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THE BIOItXIXG OREGOXIAX, TTJFSDAT, 3IAY 30, IUII. THRONG CHARMED BY OLD 'MACBETH' "Sothern and Marlowe Hold Vast Audience Entranced Throughout Tragedy. WITH ORCHESTRA HIDDEN Quick Action and Variety of I'aror. !te Shakespearean Drama Pleaaea Mollltudo Bet Gathering at Hcllig Is Attracted. srvnlus. Of execnenca, too. though less striking:, were ths lls;btr part ofjhe banquet acene, and the directions to the murderers were Interpreted as a blendicic of dignity and villainy. The final combat, between Macbeth and Mar duff, was an exhibition of agility and rigor. In Miss Marlowe's Laby Macbeth one can have nothing but admiration for a Terr fine and Impressive piece of tragic acting. In adding this role to her repertoire Miss Marlowe undertook an even greater task than did Mr. Pothern In playing Macbeth. There are. of course, more ways than one. of Interpreting this character, the stage Lady Macbeth being usually most vio lent, and played with a hand-and-glove intimacy with wickedness and blood rullt. Murder as a fiendish Joy In It self frequently underlies the whole conception and executkm of this char acter. Miss Marlowe, however, makes Lady Macbeth not destitute of imagi nation and conscience, no matter bow for the time It may appear stifled. She gtvee her to us not merely a domineer ing woman with little or none of the charm and fragrance of womankind. Her Lady Macbeth Is rather the ultxa womanly. who. having high-breeding. Is therefore a woman of fine sensibility. In all her scenes with Macbeth the af fectionate side of her nature Is evi denced. By her subtle art the actress conveys plainly, a commingling of a pos itive and very great love for Macbeth, with an equally postlve and wholly pit iless resolution to push this ambition TRUST TO DISSOLVE Decision on Tobacco More Drastic Than Standard. RULE OF REASON DEFENDED Cblef Justice) White Makes Vigorous -Reply to Judge Harlan His tory of Trust Replete With Deed of Illegality. (Continued From First Pare.) plication of the Sherman anti-trust law. Chief Justice White said that. If the law was applicable to the entire situa tion presented In the tobacco case and was adequate to afford relief. "It can MACBETH. ay Ftusk M lbs lleiilg. Punean ........ Jfaleolraa. -.... Dovaiba ...... Macbeth wnilim J3arrl Eric Blind P. J. K.lly . ...Xr. Sothera GREAT SHAKESPEAREAN STARS WHO LAST NIGHT. OPENED ENGAGEMENT Baaqoo. .....Sydney Slather e : : ie Macdnff Lenos. Ross - f salsa. ....... Aasue.t. ...... Caithness ..... Pleaace. ........ alward tVrtott. ......... 3f onl.rvr. . ... , Xonlerer Omti t lew omaa ... , Lady Macbeth.. Flrmt Wlteh Albsrt 8. Ilovsoa aoJ Wttrh Malcolms Braver ..Frederick Lewis .France Bendtsea .....Joba Taylor ...Arthur Xorton Frederick Rotend ...Emnt Sinclair ...Virginia Wells ....Paul Roberts . ..W.nd.tl Mors ....Wilton Lord ...Arthur Morris . . . Nora Lejnlsoa Ml J Marlowe Thtrol WTtrh. . Apparition.... Apparltloau..., Jkspssitloa...., .Leaere Chippendale ...William Suropter .....Charlotte Lewis Eleanor Frail ck e I : t -4 LEONE BAFR. E1nce the opening night at the Hrlllg Theater no assemblage of such mag .nltade and distinction has graced that 'auditorium as that gathered last even- Mng to render tribute to the artists. i Fotfiem and Marlowe. In Fhakespeare's :rarey. "Macbeth." tneater. from orchestra pit to farthermost seat In the gallery, was pecaiKi wnn an Intelligent and discrim inating audience that was representa tive of I'ortland representative In .very sens of that much-abused word. An air of expectancy pervaded the .onus early. Kven the silences bore the weight of the wonderful things trial were to happen. A dlgnliled. iKvw-oreathed ham of many voices swelled into chorus of Joyful expects tion ana all eyes were turned, as If drawn by a magnet, toward the great wine-eoioreu velvet curtain bearing the Interwoven monograms of hiotbern and Marlowe, that hung across the stage. Ordsmtra Is Hidden. The auemented orchestra, tinder di rection of an especial leader. screened from the view of the andlence by a curtain of rich velvet, girding the pit where Uia musicians were sta tioned. Fromptly at I o'clock the curtain rose and tbe proverbial pin could have been heard U during the first or any of the scenes following. Never has there been a more appreciative aud ience In the llelllg. nor one more dtgnl- fieuly demonstrative in lis apprecia tion. Clearly this deep tragedy of Macbeth was a f tvorlte of last night's assem bly, as It Is with the general run of audiences. Apart from Its deeper In terests there la the more obvious son of Its swiftness of action, of itself unusual in shaping and variety, de spite similarity In situation. The con stant popularity of "Macbeth" a stase play accounts for the many and fre iuent oddities extant regarding it. both as a stage story and stage history. it accounts as well for ths numerous forms of tinkering and tampering and making over it tuts undergone at va rious times at varioua bands. Rapid Action Prevails. In Itself "Macbeth- Is so profoundly a tragedy, with no lessening of the ac cumulating sunt of tragic emotions save that afforded by the porter and the witches, that the rapidity of the action, and Its closeness, appear slg' nally potent and might be rewarded as necessary parts of the underlying at traction of the play. This Is evident despite the assertion of a great many commentators, who hold that this swiftness of action is wholly due to the play aa we know It an abbreviated acting form. Tbe Sothern-Marlowe production Is one tremendous rush of theatiio Inter est and carries us on from the first line to the last. Its artistic fusion Is of triumphant completeness. Macbeth, easily the most Interesting hero Jn drama. In all Imaginative I'teraure. Is so perfectly enacted by Mr. Sothern that la spite of the monstrous crimes of this blood-stained rectclde, he never once loses our sympathy. The 1: me rue difficulty of Macbeth's character aa an acting role Is given unconscious ly, a vivid If Incomplete sketch in his own words addressed to MacduCX In the scene following the murder: "Who can be wee, amued. temperate and furious, loyal and neutral In moment? In Mr Sotem e reading and Interpretation is discernible the same Macbeth through all bia baffling variations and phases of mood and character. We find tn Hothern'a Mac beth the warrior element ss strongly dominant at the last, asserting itself In a struggle to the death, as tt was with his first entrance. The araaslng ly difficult feat of making of all these differences in the swift and stormy stage passing of Macbeth Into a com plete and harmonious whole Is the wonderful thing Mr. Sothern doe, liainly he works the change from the novice in crime to the master who strides past and governs his one-time tea-her. conveying theee shades and variations of the snvstery of Macbeth with tie practical skill of a fine artist. What many regarded as Mr. Sothsrn greatest trturrrS was achieved In that trying and difficult crux of tbe part. Ms aidree In soliloquy to the dagger. He wel-led together the warrior and poet, and we saw and beard the true Lacteth. eeer of talons. spellbound slave. tU-hter and weakling. He gave full conveyance to the dramatic and poetl.-al value of the llnee and bis every movement as ha started In af frighted horror at the visionary dag ger carrier tJie sense of mysterious ter ror. TnrKling as well as gripping was the scene at and after the appearance of the ghost of Panquo. a splendid handling of a h'ghly trying situation. Here particularly were the l'nee well spoken, the rush of emotions varying between fear, anger, anxiety sad the final assumption of being "a man again" were given with the lira of - ST ; f .... i t. 7 - - I A r- a- -25 -AT cSOJtt&J&ZY' of theirs by bending In this matter, bis will to hers. Her entire speech beginning was the hope drunk." Miss Marlowe delivers aa a whip, an Incentive to awaken, not to frighten her husband. The famous pass age. "I have given suck." the actress reads with fine Intensity, half crouching near Macbeth's chair, again bringing out the humanity that Is a part of Lady Mac beth's innermost nsture. However, she does not neglect nor fall to delineate the more terrible side, ber unshaken pur pose to realise her ambition, not by kill ing for killing's sake, but only ai means toward a desired snd necessary end. This aspect of the character, dis cernible In the opening speech. Miss Marlowe, holds closely throughout, al thousht neither side is emphasised at the expense of the other. 8he puts terror enough into the grim resolution of the murder scene, but puts also the human touch in the indication of femi nine nerves at that very resolution to such an extent that her swooning seems tbe only natural end to the effort. Again at the banquet scene, the natural cour tesy of the hostess Is not overridden by her anxiety tn ber ambitions. In the sleep-walking scene Mlsa Mar. lowe arouses In her audience, not only terror In prenty, but a great pity as eiL 6h was wonderfully fine la her scj-ne with Sothern, Just after the mur der has been committed. Their conversa tion is conducted in terrifying whispers. The expression of their faces, their hands, their eyes, supply the place of words. The support of these two artists Is uniformly good. Praise la due to Frederick Lewis celiently poised and manly Mncduff. managers. Mr. Botheren and Miss Mar lowe art to be congratulated, on the fin Ished sufficiency of their production. The elaborateness of the mounting. scenery and stage business are revela tions of artistic worth. The scenes in which appear the witches are particular. ly worthy of note. This evening "The Taming of the Shrew" win be presented and as tn all these productions this week the curtain o'clock. will rise promptly at I NELLIE STARR NOW LEADS Monnt Scott CHrl Make Big Gain la Rose Festival Queen Contest. More than 1300 votes were cast In the Mount fr'cou Rose Festival Queen contest during the last two days ana the greater part of them went to rellie Starr. Hl gala for the day was I7&, which is so far a record daring the period of voting. Gladys Forrest re tained the lead In the Tote, having gained 1J votes. LucIUe Iterry gained 110 and held second position by a good majority. Miss White, who has many strong sup. porters, registered TO votee and held third posttion. Tbe contest closes Wednesday night and It la expected that many of the candidates are hold ing back their votes for tbe last count. The vote at s o'clock last night was: Gladys Forrest. lli; Lucille Berry, UTO: Nel!le White, 1M0: Corrle Hane, 41S; Josephine Langguth. iSO: Nellie rUerr. 190; Gertrude Nelson. 0: Mand Alvord. 0: Laverne echang. 7; Fay Serhrlst. S; Krma James. 30; Fdna Masters. Ii: Hattle Bradb Si; Hilda Horman. St: Lucy Lloyd. 10; Margls Pustln. It. Ilrarlng to Knd Wednesday. WASHINOTON". May SV Hearings on Canadian reciprocity before the Senate finance committee will be completed by W'ednesdav. It Is expected. Ilepresen- tatives of the farming Interests of South )akota. who spent Krltiay and Saturday In opposing the bill, continued today. hat Foley KMser Fllle will eVe for yew Foley Kidney Pills ere a true medi cine. They are heailr.. strengthening, antiseptl- and tonic Foley Kidney 1111s take bo:d of your system and nejp you to rid yourself of your dragging ba k- che. doll neadacne. nervousness, im paired etesigrit. and or sil tae mlser- bie teeiinca that result from the Im paired action of your kldnevs and blad der. Remember It la Foley ialdney Fills that do this for you, cold by all drug. K-JtA. ee only be because that law will be given a more comprehensive application than has been affixed to It in any previous decision." He discussed whether the subsidiary companies should be dissolved or restrained, even after the combina tion bad been broken and whether the American Tobacco Company would be still illegal after being stripped of its stock In the subsidiaries. The Chief Justice then launched Into a defense of ths rule of reason law as laid down by the court in the Standard Oil case. He said: "In that case It wss held that, aa the statute had not defined the words restraint of trade, it became necessary to construe these words, a duty which could only be discharged by a resort tn reason. We say the doctrine thus stated was In accord with all the pre vious decisions of this court, despite the fact that ths contrary view was sometimes erroneously attributed to some of the expressions used in two prior decisions (the Trans-Mlssourl Freight Association and Joint Traffic case). Case Replete With Lawlessness. Then the court took up the prob lem of determining whether the acts, contracts. combinations, eta, com plained of were of such "an unusual and wrongful character as to bring them within the prohibition of the law." On this point the Chief Justice said: "The history of the combination is replete with the doing of acts which it was the obvious purpose of the stat ute to forbid, and demonstrative of the purpose from ths beginning to acquire domination and control of ths tobacco trade, not br the mere exertion ot the ordinary right to contract and to trade, but by methods devised in order to monopolise the trade by driving com petition out of business, which were ruthlessly carried out upon the aasump tion that to work upon tbe fears or play upon the cupidity of competitors would make success possible. "We say these conclusions are inevit able, not alone because of the vast smount of prestige acquired by the company; again, not alone because of the dominion and control over the trade which actually exists, but because wa think the conclusion of wrongful pur pose and illegal combination is over whelmingly established by the follow ing conditions: "(A) by the fact that tbe very first organisation or combination was Im pelled by a previously existing fierce trade war. evidently Inspired by one or more of the minds which brought about and became parties to that combination. Monopoly Trust's Intention. (B) Because immediately after ths combination and the Increase of capl tsl which followed, ths acts which en sued Justify ths Inference that the in tention existed to use the power of the combination aa a vantage ground to further monopolise trade in tobacco by means of trade conflicts designed to injure others, either by driving com petitors out of business or compelling them to become parties to a combina tion a purpose whose execution was Illustrated by the plug war which en sued and Its results, by the snuff war which followed and Its results, snd by the conflict which, immediately followed the entry of the combination in Kng land and the division of the world's business by the two foreign contracts which ensued. "(C) By the ever-present manifests. tion which Is exnlblted of a conscious wrongdoing by the form in which the various transactions were embodied from the beginning, ever changing but In every instance the same. Now. the organization of a new company, now the control exerted by the takinar of stock in one or another, or In several. so as to obscure the result actually at tained; nevertheless, uniform in their manifestations of the purpose to re strain others and to monopolise and retain power In the bands of the few who. It would seem from the brain ing, contemplsted the mastery of the trade which practically followed. U By the gradual absorption of control over all the elements essential the successful manufacture of to bacco products and placing such control In tbs hands of seemingly independent corporations, serving as perpetual har riers against the entrance of new stockholders Into the tobacco com panies. Legal Acts Done for Illegal Ends. "CE) By persistent expenditure of millions upon millions of dollars in buy ing out plants, not for the purpose of utilising but In order to close them up end render them useless for the purpose of trade. "(F) By constantly recurring stipula tions, whose legality, isolatedly, we are not considering, . by which numbers of persons, whether manufacturers, stock. holders or employes, were required to bind themselves, generally for long per iods, not to compete in the future. "Indeed when the results of the un disputed facts which we have stated are considered and the results which they brought are considered, there comes Inevitably to the mind the conviction tnat It was the danger wnich it was deemed would arise to individual liberty and the public well-being from acts like those which these records exhibit which led the legislative mind to conceive and enact the anti-trust act, considerations which also serve so clearly to demon strata thst It is our plain duty to apply Its prohibitions." Lastly the Chief Justice took up t consideration of the remedy to be ap. plied. The Chief Justice declared that the relief must be wider than that awarded by the lower court. The Cir cuit Court, he said, had merely decided that certain of the corporate defendants constituted combinations in violation of the first section of the act. because they were formed by the union of previously competing concerns. . Method of Relief Sought. In arriving at the proper relief the court said it had been guided by three dominant influences, the first of these was described as "the duty of giving complete and efficacious effect to the decisions." The second was described as the duty of "accomplishing this result with as little Injury aa possible to the general public." The third was spoken of as a "proper regard for the vast Interests of the pri vate property which may have become vested In many persons ss a result of the acquisition, either by way of stock ownership or otherwise, of interests in the stock or securities of the combina tion without any guilty knowledge or Intent in any way to become actors or participants in the wrongs which we find to have inspired and dominated the combination from the beginning." All Defendants Guilty. At the outset, he said, the court had concluded that the lower court clearly erred in dismissing the Individual de fendants, the United Cigar Stores Com pany, the Imperial Tobacco Company, the British-American Tobacco Com pany and their subsidiary corporations. Hesitating to pronounce the decree, the court said that the case involved difficulty greater than had been pre sented by any Sherman anti-trust case which had been before the court. One reason why it was so difficult to find a remedy was because a mere decree forbidding stock ownership by one part of the combination in another part would afford no adequate measure of relief, since different Ingredients of the combi nation would remain unaffected, and by the very nature and character of their organisation would be able to continue the wrongful situation. Another reason wss because the meth ods of apparent ownership by which the wrongful Intent was in part carried out and the subtle devices resorted to for the purpose of accomplishing the wrong con templated were of such a character that It was probably impossible to restore the I prior lawful conditions. The third reason was that the methods devised out of the various essential ele ments to the successful operation of the tobacco business from any particular as pect have been so separated under vari ous subordinate combinations, yet so uni fied by way of the control worked out Closed Today Decoration Day Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The kome of Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine Clothes it a Js'- ' Conrdgat Bart Acaaaasr ft kiss of ltsolf. as well as each and all of tbe elements composing it, whether cor porato or individual, whether consid ered collectively or separately, be de creed to be in restraint of trade, and an attempt to monopolize and a monop olization within the first and second sections of the anti-trust act. Second That the court below. In order to give effective force to our de cree in this regard, be directed to near the parties, by evidence or otherwise, as It may be deemed proper, lor mo purpose of ascertaining and determin ing upon some plan or metnoa ox ab solving the combination and of re creating, out of the elements now com posing it, a new condition, which shall be honestly In harmony witn, ana not repugnant to, the law." Third That for the accomplishment of these purposes, taking in view the difficulty of the situation, a. period of six months Is allowed from the receipt of our mandate, with leave, however. In the event, in the Judgment of the court below, the necessities of the sit uation require, to extend such period to a further time not to exceed 60 days. Fourth That in the event before the expiration of tbe period thus fixed. condition of disintegration in Har mony with the law is not Drougnt about, either as the consequence of the action of tbe court In determining an issue on the subject or in accepting a plan agreed upon, it shall be the duty of the court, either by way of an in junction restraining the movement of the products of the comoinauon in me channels of interstate or foreign com merce or by the appointment of a re ceiver, to give effect to tho require menta of the statute Trust Not to Be Expanded. "Pending the bringing about of the stead act to Oregon, without requiring an entryman of enlarged homesteads to live on the land, cultivation, not res idence, being the requirement for a patent. Gbldendale Delegates Twelve. GOLEENDALE. Wash., May 29. (Spe cial.) Twelve delegates will go !.'rom Goldendale to Chehalls to attend the quarterly meeting of the Southwest Washington Development Association this week. They will take a small ex hibit of apples- It Is rather late to make a large showing, but some varieties of the late Winter apples are still In' good shape. NEW YORK, May 29. Theodore Roosevelt was asked this afternoon at his home in Oyster Bay whether he would appear as a witness before the special House committee investigating the "steel trust." He sent word that he "had nothing to say." When you have rheumatism In your foot or Instep apply Chamberlain's Liniment and you will get quick relief. It costs but a quarter. Why suffer! For sale by all dealers. Welcoaie Words to Women by the scheme here condemned and are f result directed by the court, each and so Involved that any specific form of relief which we might now order might operate really to injure the public and it may be, to perpetuate a wrong. Two Remedies Possible. Two general remedies. Chief Justice White said, might be resorted to. The first of these he described as the allow ance of a permanent Injunction re straining the combination from continu ing to engage In Interstate commerce until the illegal situation be cured. The second he had In mind was the appoint ment of a receiver. The Chief Justice said that the court did not think it could "now" direct the immediate appli cation of either remedy. "We so consider as to ths first," he sdded, "because, in view of the extent of the combination, the vast field which It covers, the sll-embraclng character of Its activities concerning tobacco and its products, to at once stay the movement in Interstate commerce of the products which the combination, or its oo-operat-Ing forces, produce or control, might in flict infinite injury upon public busi ness generally by the enhancement of prices. "The second because the extensive power which would result from at once resorting to a receivership might not only do grievous injury to the public, but also cause widespread and possibly irreparable loss to many people." At last he said that the decree should be as follows: "First That the combination, in and all of the defendants, individuals as well as corporations, are to be re strained from doing any act which might further extend or enlarge the power of tho combination by any means or device whatsoever. Tn view of the considerations we have stated, we leave the matter to the court below to work out a compliance with the. law without unnecessary In jury to the public or the rights of pri vate property. "While in many substantial, respects our conclusion is in accord with that reached by the court below, and while also the relief which we think should be awarded in some respects is coinci dent with that which the court grant ed, in order to prevent any complica tions and to clearly define the situa tion, we think. Instead of affirming and modifying our decree, in view of the broad nature of our conclusions, it should be one of reversal and remand ing, tho costs In this court to be borne by the defendants below, with direc tions to the court below to enter a de cree In conformity with this opinion and to take such further steps as may be necessary to fully carry out tho de cisions which we hava given. And It is so ordered." Women who snffoc with disorders peculiar to their Sex should write our Association and receive free the advice of a physician of over 40 years' experience a skilled said sacoessful specialist in the diseases of women. Every letter 'of this sort has the most eareful consideration and is regarded as sacredly confidential. Many sensitively modest women write fully what they would shrink from telling to their local physician. Tbe local physician is pretty sure to say that he cannot do anything without " an examination." Dr. Fierce holds that these distasteful examinations are generally needless, and that no woman, except in rare esses, should submit to them. Dr. Pierce's treatment will eore yon right m tbe privacy of your own home. His Favorite Prescription" has cured hundreds of thousands, some of them the worst of eases. It is tbe only medioine of its kind that is the product of a regularly gradaated physician. Tbe only one good enough that its makers dare to print its every ingredient on its outside wrapper. There's no secrecy. It will bear examina tion. No alcohol and no habit-forming drugs are found in it. Some unscrup ulous medicine dealers may offer you a substitute. Don't take it. Don't trine with your health. Write to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R. V. Pierce, President, Buffalo, N. Y., take the advice received and be well. Concession to Settlers Proposed. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 29. Senator Bourne has introduced a bill extending the provisions of the enlarged heme- New Victor Records for June offer another musical treat Ahd everybody is welcome to hear them here. It's a pleasure for us to play them, because we know you 11 enjoy them. Ten of the selections are listed below: 5841 I'm Crazy 'Bout the Turkey Trot Collins and Harlan 31825 A Vision of Salome Vessella 's Italian. Band 1G859 (Baby Rose) American Qnartet (Why Adam Sinned Lilian Homesley 351S7 (Medley Two Step, No. 9 Victor Dance Orchestra (La Fiancee Waltzes Victor Dance Orchestra 60040 My Beautiful Lady (Waltz from "The Pink Lady ") Lucy Isabella Marsh and Victor Chorus 70036 Lucia Sextette Victor Opera Sextette 641S3 My Laddie Alma Gluck SS310 Africana Adamastor, Buler of the Ocean O. Mario Sammarco Sixth and Morrison Streets Sherman ijatSsiCbi WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Sixth and Morrison Streets NEW STYLES NEW- SHAPES Tlh Brewsir Is ftliie Bes5 $3.00 Hat iira the Woirldl SOLD BY Bern Morrison at Fotirth V mgm i fishing without good, pure whiskey. just right for a into your grip or &Von go ,S i tT A half pint flask is raiw pocket l APmW-tli You are sure of quality, 3fl!vLSiLaJ measure if you take ... - ..B f j.l tll purity and full BOTTLEOjN BONDV Since 1857, Uncle Sam's Standard of Purity r Be lore jou go, be sure to leave a bottle at home. ,' iiOiiicuiicU BSU)a.r MsnaBuxrus. ro&TLAJW. 0KGfiM.