16,000,000 SEE
MOVIESEAGH DAY
Congress May Pass Censorship
Law at This Session
TO AFFECT 13,000 THEATERS
Film Maker Protest, Saying Thair
Products Art Good Advocates of
Proposed Measure Say Children Are
Led Into Crime by Some Photo Play.
Some States Censor All Reels.
Washington. Sixteen million persous
daily attend the 1S.OOO moving picture
theaters now In operation in the Unit
ed States. A large proiortion of the
patrons are children. There are ap
proximately 20.000.000 school children
in the Vuited States. The attendance
of the picture shows therefore repre
sents four-Bfths of the daily enrollment
of the public schools and far exceeds
that reported by churches, libraries
ami other Institutions of human bet
terment These facts, or what arc represented
to be facts, were brought out before
the bouse committee on education. The
committee has under consideration a
bill to establish a federal censorship
commission over moving pictures. The
measure has strong support and the
chances are that it will be enacted
Into law at this session of congress.
It has been indorsed by clergymen,
educators aud some moving picture ex
hibitors. Other exhibitors oppose it on the
ground that film makers censor their
product aud that federal censorship
would Interfere with the business. An
other objection urged against the bill
is that its passage might serve as a
precedent for legislation abridging the
liberty of the press.
Those who voice this objection argue
that if the federal government under
takes to censor moving pictures it may
extend the authority to printed matter.
Advocates of federal censorship of
moving pictures say that these exhibi
tions are hurtful or beneficial to the
youthful mind according to their char
acter. It is asserted that many crimes
have been traced to children who had
witnessed debasing scenes in moving
picture houses.
For this reason it is argued that com
petent inspection and effective censor
ship of films are needed. The two
ides of the story were told In the
house committee.
"Many parts of moving picture exhi
bitions are perfectly proper." said the
Rev. n. N. Pringle. assistant superin
tendent of the International reform bu
reau. "Other parts may be objection
able because they present at times pic
tures of murders, robberies, holdups,
assaults, burglaries and nearly the
whole catalogue of crimes.
"Every few days you may see in the
newspapers allusions by criminal court
judges to the connection between juve
nile crime aud the demoralizing pres
entations just mentioned. This bill
proposes the examination and censor
ship of picture films so that tainted
and diseased amusement may not be
sent out from about fifty film manufac
turing firms and importing firms to
nearly 20.000 moving picture theaters
to injure millions of Immature persons
who daily see these productions."
VL Stephen Bush of New York, rep
resenting a moving picture publication,
made a defense of American made
moving pictures.
"Respect for the ordinary decencies
of life characterizes the producers of
moving pictures," he said. "They are
anxious to please, not to offend. It is
a fact that the American producers
supply not less than 75 per cent of the
world's market of moving pictures.
"No matter where you go in Europe,
you will find a strong percentage of
each program is made up of pictures
made in this country. Why? Because
the American pictures with negligible
exceptions are clean.
"They are made by men whose eyes
and ears heed public taste and senti
ment and who do not want to cater to
any morbid or depraved taste. Now,
censorship has been responsible In the
countries of Europe for a great de--rease
in the number of pic tures made,
and absolutely no good is accomplished
by the censorship such as exists In
Russia, Germany and other countries."
It was brought out that Ohio, Kan
sas. Pennsylvania and California exer
flse censorships over moving pictures.
Boards of moving picture censorship
also are in operation in many cities,
among them New York. San Francisct
Chicago and Cleveland. Censorship
laws are applied to the business in
England. Germany. Austria, Denmark,
Russia and Canada.
HIS INCOME TAX 2 CENTS,
Costs United States More Than Levy to
Send Bill to Philadelphia,
Philadelphia. Among the first in
come tax bills to be sent out from the
local office was one for 2 cents, ad
dressed to a resident of this city. This
is the sum total of his tax, computed
on o net taxable Income of $2, minus
all exemptions and deductions allowed
by the law.
Computation of this return required
the services of several clerks in this
tity aud Washington. The envelope
and the paper cost the government
mure than the amount of the bill.
SIRES AND SONS.
Daniel Coffee of Cleveland fought In
the Mexican war of 1840-8. U Is
elghty-alz.
Philadelphia has three living veter
ans of the former Mexican war. J. B.
Wilson, ninety; I. Williams, eighty
eight and Q. Manypenny, ninety.
J. C Chatterjl, one of India's most
distinguished scientists, will shortly
visit Japan to carry out research work
In the Interests of Shlutoisui aud Bud
dhism. Myron T. Herrlek. United States am
bassador to France, has been given a
gold medal by the French Natural
History association for "International
service in the protection of wild life."
Sir Charles Wyndhsm. the veteran
actor-manager, who is seventy-seven.
Is still hale and hearty, aud has no in
tention of retiring yet Ue is now pre
paring to bring out a new play. Be
fore going on the stage he served as
an array surgeon.
Captain Hugh Rodman, TJ. S. N.. who
will have charge of all the details of
putting shipping through the Panama
canal, graduated from Annapolis It.
1SSO, and with the exception of six
years has been at sea ever since, lit
has been around the world five times
and has commanded ships In nearly
every big port
Forest Notes.
Results from western white pine
plantations three seasons or more old
show an average of 97 per cent suc
cess. On average white pine soil
planting can be conducted for from
$3 to $6 per acre.
Western yellow pine cones to the
amount of 6.377 bushels, obtained on
the Bitter Root national forest Mon
tana, yielded 9.4S2 pounds of seed.
The average cost of the extracted seed
wan 41 cents per pound.
Forest botanists recognlie only one
cypress In the United States. Its
range extends from Delaware south
ward around the coast into Texas and
up the Mississippi valley to Illinois
and Indiana. It Is one of the few
cone bearing trees which drop tbeU
leaves In winter. The heart wood ot
cypress is noted for its decay resistant
properties.
Aviation Notes.
Provided its builder accepts certain
conditions, the British war office will
put any aeroplane through the military
acceptance test
One of the French manufacturers
has produced a , hydroaeroplane so
powerful that it is in reality little less
than a flying tugboat
The English aviator Gnstave Hamel
made a record recently by looping tht
loop successively twenty-one times at
Bournemouth at a height of 2.300 feet
When the latest Zeppelin airship
cruised over Berlin it made hardly any
noise. In the past the airships of this
type have been conspicuous for the
disturbance they created.
Short Stories.
Winds from Sahara desert warm Eu
rope, The deaf and dumb language was In
troduced In the year 1749.
Nearly all the sandpaper In use Is
made with powdered glass.
Sugar Is said to have been known to
the Chinese 3.000 years ago.
The area of Alaska is nearly GOO.000
square miles, almost equal to that of
the entire eastern half of the United
States.
Sweden claims to have the oldest
vessel in Europe perhaps in the world
In the schooner Emanuel, built In
1749. She was a privateer and Is now
In the timber trade.
Town Topics.
Rome is 2,667 years old. Rome was
never a boom town, but it has bad a
steady, substantial growth. Toledo
Blade.
The latest dance Is called the "Twin
kle" and comes from Pittsburgh. We
fail to get the Idea Pittsburgh Is cele
brated for twinkling like a chunk of
coal. New York Sun.
After being in operation nearly ten
years the subway is to be equipped
with safety devices to bridge the gaps
between curved platforms and car en
trances. From the first day the danger
of the present conditions was apparent
But the world does move! New York
World.
Train and Track.
On the London and Northwestern
railway 17,000 signals are lighted every
night
Canadian Northern has 8,094 miles
under operation In Canada. The com
pleted mileage has cost for construc
tion and equipment $303,319,232.
There Is now a through train service
from Buenos Aires to Asuncion, Para
guay, the run requiring about fifty
hours, but there Is only one train a
week.
Industrial Items.
New Jersey factories employ more
than 325.000 workers.
There are 50,000 apprentices In the
German baking industry.
More than 65.000.000 pounds of alu
minium were consumed in various in
dustries in the United States a new
high record.
Figures compiled by the department
of labor at Washington show that
wages In the lumber industry In the
United States have Increased 29 per
cent in the past twenty-five years.
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS."
Una Cavalier! claims to bav had
800 marriage proposals.
Miss Cora Dow of Cincinnati owns
twelv drug stores In that city.
Mme, Calve, the opera singer, will
shortly establish a traveling school tor
the teaching of singing.
Miss Bertha Ruffnor of New Orleans
started and heads a bureau for plan
ning holidays and travel.
The only commercial artist la the
west la Miss Abigail Sanbord of St
Louis, who runs a regular establish
ment In which are employed a num
ber of men and women.
The youngest Carnegie hero Is Glo-
vatilnl Rleoi, who lives near Genoa,
Italy, and Is four years old. When a
playmate fell Into a well last year she
climbed down on the projecting bits
of rock and saved her playmate's life.
Current Comment.
So long as all the powers keep their
eyes on us and Mexico the peace of
Euroie la well served New York
World.
Is there an omen for the aristocracy
In the Duke of Marlborough's acting
as an auctioneer? "Going, going,
gone!" has an ominous sound. Chicago
News.
Modern conveniences continue to
multiply In a most astonishing way. A
wireless divorce has just been granted
to a Hawaiian lady. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
In the Johns Hopkins psychical lab
oratory they are going to settle once
for all the question whether woman
has as great mentality as man. What
If they flud she has more? Boston
Globe.
Flippant Flings.
Chewing gum Is our great national
substitute for thinking. Forum.'
A girls' school at Cambridge reports
a full course dinner for M cents.
Dub! Who ever heard of pickles be
ing served in six different ways?
Washington Post
Some of the geographical sharps in
sist that "Mexico" should be prouounc
ed "Maheko." But most of us prefer
some of the names the Tex ana call It
Cleveland Leader.
Kansas proposes to regulate house
cleaning by law. Kansas will have a
bard time preventing the women from
piling all the furniture in the house
In the front hallway. I eiiolt Free
Press.
Pert Personals.
Truly, these are Richard Olney's de
clining years. Columbia State.
Confronted with marital troubles,
Manuel reflects that be always has the
stage to fall back on. Exchange.
Still, If G. K. Chesterton has too
much fun with the eugenlsts, they may
publish his waist measure In support
of their contentlons.-Vashlngton Post
Congratulations are doe to Sir Thom
as Lipton on the fact that he did not
have to depend for bis success as a
man of affairs on his judgment as a
constructor of yachts. Washington
Star.
Science Sittings.
A child ten to twelve years old re
quires 0.6 the food of a man.
Astronomers have figured that the
sun loses in Its mass a quantity equal
to the volume of the earth every SO.
000,000 years.
At 530 feet below the surface of the
water the amount of Illumination is
about the same as that on the surface
on a clear but moonless night
Two Frenchmen have Invented a
process for treating photographic nega
tives by which the effect of stereoscop
ic relief Is produced In pictures.
The Royal Box.
Queen Mary of England Is a poor
conversationalist
King George of England Is an ear
nest student of meteorology.
It la remarked that there Is a short
age of daughters among the royal fam
ilies of Europe.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has
been awarded the Carnegie hero gold
medal for bis work In encouraging he
roic deeds In Italy by the example he
set in giving aid to the sufferers of the
Messina earthquake in 1908.
Three Strikes.
To avoid hard feelings why not abol
ish last place in the baseball percent
age columns? Chicago News.
There's one thing about baseball.
Nobody cares whether or not a man Is
good looking so long as be can bit the
ball. Detroit Free Press.
Although professional baseball has
been regarded as a monopoly, the com
petition now in progress shows that
there Is no need of an anti-trust law in
sportltig circles. New York World.
Fashion Frills.
Colors of women's gowns ore to be
quieter, say manufacturers. And the
wearers? Now York Sun.
Skirts are to be fuller this year,
which Is gratifying. Nothing Is pret
tier than a skirt full of girl. Chicago
News.
Every time you see a skinny lad sit
down In a street car and hoist lilt
pants to his knee so yon can see bin
passionate silk socks we quit laughinp
at what women are wearing. Cincin
nati Enquirer,
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Department (if the Interior,
U. S. Lund Olllce at The Dalle, Or.
June 12th. l'Jll.
Notice Is hereby given that
J a men Hoyce
of Bend, Oregon, who, on May 10th,
1011, made hoim-Mteiid entry No.
08H, for l4 section 31, townwlilp 20
south, range In east, lllnme'.te
Meridian, has filed notice of Inten
tion to mitke final three year proof
to entabllHti claim to the land above
dcHcrllied U-lore II. C Kills, U. 8.
Comirilmdoner, at ltend, Oregon, on
the 8th day of AugilHt, 1914.
Claimant names as wHih'hwm :
William Ktenkamp, Henry Kttn-
kamp, (Jeorge Murler, Hubert Link,
all of Bend, Oregon.
7 2p H. Fha.nk Wooix'ocK, Register.
Nutlets for Publication Isolated Tract
Public Land Sale.
Department of the Interior,
U, S. Land Office at The Dalle, Ore.
May 2llth, 11)14.
Notice is hereby given that, as di
rected by the Commiinioner of the
General Land Olllce, under provisions
of Act of Congress approved March 2S,
11)12. (37 Stat., 77), pursuant to the ap
plication of Hhelley Holland, serial No.
01 11166, we will offer at public title, to
the hiitheat bidder, tint at not leas than
$2.00 per acre, at 10 o'clock a. in., on
the 15th day ol July, 1014, at thiaotlice,
the following tract of land : nwj. coi
tion 27. township ltt oouth, ramie 19
east, Willamette Meridian. "Thin
tract ia ordered into the market on a
allowing that the greater portion there
of ia mountainous or too rough for cul
tivation." Any persona claiming adversely the
above-deacribed land are adviHed to file
their claims, or objectiona, on or before
the time designated for aale.
(1 lip H. Fkank Woodcock, Regitter.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior,
U. 8. Land Olliee at The DalleH, Or.
.In ne 9th, 1914.
Notice Ih hereby (riven that
Marie C. Whlttaker,
of Dry Lake, Oregon, who, on
AuirtiRt 2lHt, 1912, made liomeHtead
entry No 010641, for v nej, ej m ;
section 25, towuHhlp 20 south, range j
20 east Willamette Meridian, linn ,
filed notice of Intention to make'
final commutation proof to entali-J
llHh claim to the laud above de
scribed before A. S. Fogg, U. 8. Com
mlHfdoner at Hampton, Oregon, on
the 25th (lay of July, 1914.
Claimant names an witnesses:
Fisher C. Logan of Barnes, Oregon, '
Richard It. Rhodes of Dry Lake,
Oregon, Orvll 1. DavldHon of Barnes, .
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