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Newspaper Page Text4 TJIE MORNING OREGOMAN. MONDAY, JANUARY 13. 19 MERGER ON HIS REPORT Promoters of Bank Reorgan ization Now Await State- ment From Expert.. SOLVENCY MUST BE PROVED In rpoje That ' Are Is lo Convince Depositors Oregon Trus-t's ' Assets Sufficient to Pay AH , Claims in Due Time. Further steps toward the merger of the defunct Oregon Trust & Savings Bank with the German-American Bank are be ing delayecl pending a report on the as sets and liabilities of the suspended in stitution. The success of this reorganiza tion scheme, which was unanimously ln--dorsed by the despositors in the Oregon Trust & Sayings Bank a week ago, hinges altogether on the nature of this finan cial statement, which is being prepared. The promoters of the German-American Bank, who proposed the merger, feel confident that with the telephone bonds that have been subscribed by depositors, the report of the expert Will show that the embarrassed bank is in a solvent con dition. In that event, the new bank will complete its organization by the election of a board of directors and request the court for an order directing it to take over the business of the Oregon Trust on the terms that have been recommended by the depositors. It is expected the report of the expert will be completed this week. If it is as favorable as the officers of the Gorman American Bank believe it will be, the re organization scheme can be closed and the new bank will be opened and ready for business in a week or. ten days after thj report has been filed. ' Following "the action of the . depositors in declaring unanimously for the merger of the Oregon Trust with the German American, It was believed that the final obstacle to the success of the scheme had been removed. But it is now explained by the men at the head of the proposed merger that the delay in concluding the deal has been necessary ' In order that the actual status of the Oregon Trust cuuld be learned. Kxpert Is Disinterested. For that purpose a disinterested expert was employed last week to prepare a detailed statement of the resources of the hank and all claims against it. If that, report, which will be completed this week, reveals that the institution is solvent, after allowing for the subscriptions to telephone stocks by depositors, the organizers-of the German-American Bank . -n 111 be satisfied and will proceed .im mediately to carry out the expressed wishes of the depositors. : But that condition must be shown to the satisfaction of these interested parties, tho only insist that their confidence in the solvency of the Institution must be confirmed by the report of the expert. The accountant, it is reported, cannot complete the tusk of determining the actual value of the bank's onsets and the aggregate of the claims aga'nst . it before the end of the week and until then nothing further will be done towards carrying out the merger scheme. S. G. Reed, treasurer of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, who will be the president of the German-American Bank alter the merger, declined yes terday to make any extended statement. Ie did say that from the information he had concerning the affairs ot the Oregon Trust he believed the findings of the ex pert would be entirely satisfactory, both to the depositors and to the promoters of the merger. Convince Depositors First. Before applying to the court for an order directing the consolidation of the Oregon Trust with the German-American. It will be the purpose of Mr. Keed and his associates first to convince the de positors that the available resources of the suspended bank are adequate-to pay dollar for dollar all claims against it, if only enough time Is given for the ad ministration of the bank's' affairs under the nlan suggested by the merger and approved by the depositors.- When this assurance can be made positively, and it will be made If the expert's report tallies with the figures already published, there will be nothing more to hinder the com pletion of the amalgamation of the two ' institutions. When this expected favorable showing ran be reported by the examining ex pert, the promoters of the German-Amer ican Bank will then complete its direc ' torate. This week the order to be pre sented to the court sanctioning the taking over of the Oregon Trust by the German American Bank will be drawn up. In it will be incorporated the report of the expert as to the assets and liabilities of the Oregon Trust, so that the instrument can be presented to the court and be considered in the presence of all of 'the interested parties as early as possible after the report is completed. TACKLE FINANCIAL BILL Senators Kxpected to Air Their Views on Money Matters. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. No really important measure has received the sanction of a committee in either house, if the penal code bill is ex cepted, and even on that measure all the work has been done before the beginning of the present session. The two subjects which are attracting at tention to the exclusion of almost everything else are the financial bill Bnd the Navy personnel bill, the former by Senator Aldrich and the latter by Senator Hale. The Senate committee on finance will take up the Aldrich hill at its stltlnr next Tuesday. It . Is not be lieved that tho Democrats .will make any determined opposition to the bill in committee and the indications are that it will be given a place on the Senate calendar sooner than even the Repub lican advocates of the measure expect ed. There will be some effort to amend it, both in committee and in the Senate, but whether amended or not. it will be debated in the Senate at length. Even though the Democrats themselves should favor the passage of the measure they would not permit the session to go by without discussing the financial situation, and the Aldrich bill will afford them the best oppor tunity for this. The Democrats will take advantage of every chance to make campaign ma terial out of the situation, but in the end tney will not stand in the way of h legislation as the Heupublican Jeaders may agree upon. Senator Hulu's bill will receive its first attention at the hands of the Sen ate committee on Naval affairs during the present week, but it will probably be om lime before the measure can be reported to the Senate. There is little doubt that hearings will be ordered. It will be quite Impossible to avoid touching; upon the retirement of Admiral Brownson. and if the subject Is once opened -there is uo telling to what extent it may be pursued. The general question of the reorgani zation of the Navy is of itself very im portant, but the addition of the Brown son incident has added much to the general interest in the proposed in vestigation. Chairman Tawney. of the house com mittee on appropriations, will be tn hi3 seat Monday morning, and the commit tee, will immediately proceed 'with the consideration of appropriation bills. The voluminous bill providing for the codification of the penal laws holds the right of way in both houses. It has t "been under consideration in the house for two 'Or three days, and it was given the position of unfinished business on the Senate calendar before the Senate adjourned last Thursday. The Senate will . adjpurn again on Thursday, but .the House will most likely continue its work until the end of the week. TARIFFS MIST BE DEFIMTE Interstate Commerce Commission Issues Statement to Roads., . WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. It has been de termined by the Interstate Commerce Commission that the statement of rates and fares shall be affirmative and definite. Many tariffs on. file previous to May. 1, 1907. contain long and short-haul clauses, maximum rules, alternative rate or fare provisions or other rules which makes the application of the rates or fares un certain, more particularly as to lntere mediate stations not specified .in the tariff; and some such rules through misunder standing have been Included in tariffs Issued since May I. 1907. In special tariff reports just issued the following state ment of the attitude of .the body is made! The Commission desire's and requires that at the earliest practicable date all such fea tures and practices as are above referred to. shall be eliminated from the tariffs, and dis continued either by supplement or by reissue of tariffs. . With the understanding that this work will be- earnestly pursued with the pur pose of completing it by the date named, the Commission decided that 'until July . 1, 1908, carriers may continue to use and pre sent application of tariffs which were Issued 'prsr to January 15, 1908. Tariffs Issued subsequent to January 15. 1908, must not contain any such rules as are herein con sidered nor be applied tn any manner not affirmatively, provided therein. ' Each carrier that has tariffs containing any of the rules referred to, will, on or before February 1, file with the Commission a state ment showing by Interstate' Commerce Com mission numbers all of the tariffs of Its ussu" which contain, such, rules .or which are eo applied. This list shall contain both local and joint tariffs that are issued by the car rier making the list and similar list of their issues will be furnished on the- same dates by ' Joint agents who Issue tariffs for carriers. Revisions of ' these Hat will be furnished to the Commission on the ftrat of April -and on the first of' June, from which will be omitted such tariffs as have been cor rected or reissued. LAXD OFFICE FORCE SHORT Commissioner Says .Department Is , Handicapped in Efficiency. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Commissioner Ballinger. of. the General Land Office, has completed his annual report for sub mission to Congress. He asks an appro priation of $500,000 to carry on the field work of his bureau in the protection of the public lands, an increase of $250,000 over the current appropriation. . During the fiscal years of 1S95-7 . there was re corded for investigation 24,459 cases of all kinds; of these the agents investigated and disposed? of 12,104 cases, and 12,365 cases remained for examination July 1, 1!07. Since then the number of cases lias largely Increased. There were 2243 land entries relinquished after the case was in the hands of the special agent for investigation, 353 entries were cancelled after hearings had upon special agents charges; 367 unlawful en closures of public lands were removed restoring 1,40.120 acres to the open range. There were 27 convictions connected with these cases The to'tal of moneys recovered by fhe Government, in all special agents' cases was $386,251 and 2,372,224 acres of land was cither freed from fraudulent claims to title or released from unlawful en closure and occupancy. The Commission er states that the present force of agents is only sufficient to handle about one half of the work in the field. The White Caps at the Star IT has come to the pont that a notice Of the French stock company in a new production at the Star Theater de mands repetition, of words of praise used in reference to their previous ef forts. Yesterday, however, the show was so excellently done as to eclipse even some of the best things the' tal ented corripany has presented hereto fore. Particular commendation is due the manager for setting the "White Caps" in a manner that would have done credit to theaters with much arger stageroom. Mr. French was asked one day why he gave his patrons so many blood curdling melodramas. His reply was conclusive "Simply because- my pa trons like and want that sort of thing." Recognizing that demand, the manager does the best he can to select plays that have some reason for exist ence, and in doing so, finds, as he ex plains, that it costs money and hard work to put on such plays as "White caps" in a manner that does no vio lence to one's intelligence. Owen Davis has constructed his play with the wild mountain district of Eastern Tennessee as the setting, the time being the uneasy period in the South just after the close of the Civil War, and the characters are moun taineers, revenue officers and soldiers. With this material, the hatred engen dered through the efforts of -the law abiding to put down murderous bands of outlaws and combat the horrors -of "regulations" promulgated by the se cret organization known to the times as "whitecaps," gives plenty of opporr tuni.tr. for some of the best melodra matic work, which is embraced by the author, and which is carried out en thusiastically by the company. To George Daglenn and Kathleen Taylor fall most of the hard work of the piece, and the leading man has not done a better bit of character work since he first appeared here than he does as the plucky Sheriff. He has mastered the soft Southern dialect, and plays the peace officer, restrained from violence at critical times through love of the little heroine. Hazel Randolph, prettily played by Miss Taylor. Mrs. French, as the old darky ."mammy', does the character part in her usual admirable manner, with Charles Conners as old Caesar, fur nishes the comedy. Miss Davis, as the designing and Jealous octoroon, plays the part as well as it can be done, and Leah LaForce makes much of the minor part ot May Dillon. The leading lady. Miss Hale, takes a needed rest this week. Burnison and Seaward, as leaders of the whitecaps, cause hearts to almost stop beating for fear they will "get" the hero, and George Berry, who has recovered from his recent in disposition, makes a fine type of the old-time Southern "gemman, sah." The othetrs fill lis satisfactorily. Big houses are sure to keep up dur ing the week, for the play ndt only will draw the people, but deserves to. Grease paints and professionals' supplies at v oouaru, iiar&e uo. -u I AT TH E TH E ATBKS THK MAN OF THE HOIR," AT THE HKILIG. Alwyn Bennett Lionel Adams Charles Wainwrlght. .J. R. Armstrong Henry Thompson ". -R D- cln William Ingram . . .. . Murdock G. McQuarrle Alderman Roberta.. :. Edward Dewey Henry Williams Alexander G. Carlctoa Arthur Payne .-.William Culllngton Scott R. Glbbs.... .Thomas L. Davis Richard Horrlgan. . . .Louis Hendricks James Phelan Felix Haney Perry Carter Wainwrlght.. Everett Butterfleld Judge' Newman.. William Lloyd John Mills Kbert Tule Dallas Wainwrlght...... Ruby Bridges Cynthia Garrison. -Cecil Kern Mrs. Bennett.... Ethel Brandon ' BT ARTHUR A.-GREENE. THAT much-discussed drama of mu nicipal politics, "The Man of the Hour," was offered the local public for the first time at the Heillg last night. The phenomenal success of the play the country over is significant of the awakened conscience of the people con cerning graft and its related vices, as applied to the government of our cities, our companies are now presenting- It with phenomenal results from the box office standpoint, and its effect is cer tainly being felt as "one of the agencies which are making for political reforms. It is an intensely vital drama con structed by a past-master in the art of play-building. There are few frills and furbelows, conditions as they exist in any big town in the United States being stripped to the buff. The dialogue is brisk, forcible and convincing. and the characters are drawn with slight reli ance on the dramatist's license. One doesn't have to leave Portland to meet the Charles Wainwrights, tne noni gans, the Judge Newmans, and, happily for the -good humor of life, the. Jiromie Phelans. These men are all distinct and little-exaggerated types in present day finance and politics. We may also have one or more pro; totypes of young Bennett, the boy Mayor,' but as yet .they have not emerged from the chrysalis state. In some quarters they have appeared, however, and their Influence against corruption is laying a heavy hand upon the crooks who have made poli tics the handmaid of corporate influ ence since the memory of man run neth. ' The story is this: Charles Wain wright, president of a traction com pany, and Richard Horrigan, political boss, and their satellites, in casting about for a candidate for Mayor; fix upon. Alwyn Bennett, a young man of wealth and social position who has heretofore beencontent to live the life of an idler. The young man Is smart, clean and a novice in politics. He has no "record" to rise up and damn him and the system believes he can be elected as a reform candidate and will consent to judicious "handling" after he is inaugurated. The young man is affianced to the niece and ward-of the traction magnate and it is through her influence over him that they hope to use him to. further the schemes for franchise grabs. . The cards -are nicely stacked and then the nomination Is offered him. The girl has been urging him to do something be sides idle, to be a'man of affairs, and this is his opportunity. He accepts the nomi nation and is elected. Then the men who made him apply the thumb-screws and insist -on him "making good" in spite of the fact that he has made no promises to do their bidding. He breaks with them, shows his teeth to the "boss" and the graft ring and gets himself mixed up in as pretty a- political row as was ever pulled off. The sentimental interest is considerable but the play is significant because it tells truths and introduces actual' men and methods as we know , them In our city governments. It is' elaborately staged and the company which is here is quite capable of handling it. There' is no Question but that it possesses a dis tinct educational, value in addition to its merits as an entertainment. Thousands of people have seen it who do not read political literature and it is. calculated to make them go home and think things over. In the denouement of course the young Mayor beats the grafters and set tles the girl proposition hi - the affirma tive. The play calls for fio star, and in fact the cast- really has no dominating fea ture part, although Bennett, the Mayor, naturally is the central figure. Inter preting this role is Lionel Adama, a capital young leading man, last seen here with Annie Russell in A Midsummer Night's Dream." He will also be remem bered as the first John Storm Portland ever saw In The Christian. - Adama conceives the part well and is convincing, barring an occasional lapse into theatri- calism. notably in the situation where the corruption of his late father's career is revealed to him. Just there his facial ex pression is somewhat overdone and there is a suggestion of pose. Perhaps the most all-round artistic per formance is that given by Felix Haney as the good-natured, easy-going but "purified" Irish alderman who serves as first lieutenant to His Honor. His brogue is delicious and' his naturalness possesses the charm that naturalness on the stage is always accorded. Louis Hendricks is 'admirably successful as the boss Hor rigan, his make-up being an' inspiration He is Inclined to overact at times, how ever, and In these moments is a trine too violent. J. R.. Armstrong as the franchise - grabbing millionaire and Everett Butterfleld as the amusing young brother of the heroine are to be com mended. The play is distinctively a man's drama and the ladies of the cast are somewhat In the background. Cecil Kern, an at tractive and talented Portland girl, plays the Mayor's stenographer with delightful simplicity and gives promise of doing really fine things later in her career, while'Ruby Bridges in the leading femi nine role gives an . entirely acceptable accounting for the important assignment. "The Man of the Hour" means more than a whole season of average, plays and merits a liberal patronage. It will run all week, with Wednesday and Sat urday matinees. EMPTY WALLS STILL STAND Ruins of Parker Building Have Tied Up Traffic and Closed Subway. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. The empty, tottering walls of the burned-out Park er building, rising 150 feet above' Fourth avenue, into which they threat en to .topple at any- moment, have driven all traffic from that section of the busy thoroughfare and tied up the subway service between Fourteenth street and the Grand Central Station at Forty-second street. The ruins stand between Eighteenth and Ninteenth streets, and nearly over the subway tube. The authorities have taken every precaution, and accomplished all -that is possible by shoring, and propose to take no chances. It was feared that the Jar of trains in the subway .might still further affect the weakened walls, which. If they fell, "would, in all proba bility, cut their wayinto the -underground trainway. - - - . I "THK MAN OF THE HOIR," AT i "A 10.000 BEAUTY" AT THE f T I T "A $10,000 BEAUTY" AT THE MARQCAM. Smalts lllplckle. .Frank Farrington Michael McSorley Fred C. Cuttes Shadrach Lechlnski. Murray Simmons Hoffman Barr , , . Harry C. Lewla Mrs. Waldrop Meadowbrook Mias Cells Mavis M ile Fl Fl. .' Miss Marjorie Lake 'A' $10,000 BEAUTY," wWch is "Fid dle-de-dee" by'another name, was given at the Marquam Grand yesterday afternoon and last night by Lewis and Lake and "their company. At .the night performance a howling mob In the gal lery' undertook to close the show by hisses, catcalls and insulting- remarks directed at' the actors. The demonstra tion was. taken up in part by persons on the lower floor, and perhaps 50 persons out of a crowded house expressed their disapproval, of the performance by leav ing the theater. The rest- remained to the end. . ' The show is a burlesque, on the order of those that played at the Baker Thea ter through the season of 1905-6. While it is not to be compared with the musical shows of 'the Klaw 4fc Erlanger circuit, it is entertaining and, played at popu lar prices, did not 'deserve the "roast" from the gallery. . : The chorus is tiptop. The girls are pretty, have fresh young voices, dance well and .are well trained. They would be worth while in any musical show. The. chorus Iras frequent changes of costume and is used to advantage in every act. The show made a decided hit at the matinee. The hit was being repeated at the night performance, until the act called "Doomsday", was reached. This is a spectacle that portrays the destruc-' tion of the world in the year 2005. Sun rise and sunset are shown, followed by night, with beautiful cloud and water ef fects in the moonlight. Then comes an electrical storm, followed by the end of all things In a great conflagration. The whole requires about 20 minutes to pre sent,, with no action on the stage, ex cept singing, of a poor quality. The act has no place in a musical show, and. growing impatient, a few persons In the gallery started the demonstration. The voice of the singer was drowned in the For the next act the crowd mistook Miss Celia .Mavis for the young woman who had sung in "Doomsday," and un dertook to drown her voice, but she stood her ground beautifully. Her song was well done and she received , a hearty round of ' applause; '.'.' . There are a number of u0-to-date songs. some with novelty electrical effects, and n are wen aone. rnose by.' Miss Lake and Miss- Mavis perhaps received the lion's share of applause. "My Own Home Town," with sundry complimentary references to Portland, made a decided hit. "Twinkling Star," with its novelty setting, was a close second. It was sung by Miss Lake and Miss Mavis -and chorus. An electric swing song, "Oh, What a Night to Spoon," was pretty. The Emerald Comedy Four, a male quartet,-, pleased the audience and was called back repeatedly. The three come dians had rather overmuch to do. Too much dialect comedy of this sort grows tedious. ' The management of ' the Marquam Grand has announced that it will cancel the "Doomsday" feature, and with this exception th6 show -will continue the re mainder of the week. It is a good show and well worth the prices charged. in our p1 Our water comes from wells 1400 .g Fgraq feet deep. Ssgrgil Most of our hops are Bohemian. Our yeast is produced forever from mother cell. 'Tis a yeast that no one can That is why Schlitz; beer is good. But we . spend more on purity - more skill, more money than on any other Ask for ihe Brewery Bottling. Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz. To avoid being imposed upon, see that the cork or crown is "THK OTHER GIRL," AT THE BAKER. Doctor Clifton Bradford ........ - Robert Homans "Kid Garvey"' ShcUlen. Austin Webb Reginald Lumley Donald Bowles Henry Watterman. .'. . Earl D. Dwlre Mr. Fulton .....William Gleason Judge Newton Bates, R. E. Bradbury Mr. Taylor, 'a reporter ..i. ; . ' Howard Russell ' James, the butler. .Jamea A. Gleason 'Catherine Fulton Marlon Barney EsJelle Kltteridge ...Louise Kent Mrs. Watterman . ....Mina Crollus Gleason Myrtle Morrison Maribel Seymour Ann..- Gwynne Sterling Maggie Fay Bainter BY ARTHUR A. GREENE. IT was a genuine pleasure to witness the performance of "The Other Girl," given by the Baker Company yesterday, after noon. The piece is an Interesting comedy, by Augustus Thomas, and bears many marks of his splendid genius as a play wright. The commencement is not ex actly reassuring as the early part of the first act is talky and cumbersome, but as soon as things begin to move it more than makes amends, and the act ends sprinting along at the most approved comedy gait. . The plot is coherent and not improbable, although the play is rather, a farce than a comedy per se. It is full of good laughs and the difficulties in- which the actors find themselves are so palpable to the audience that,, in spite of a few tears, the joke is always uppermost. This Is the first time the play has ever been done here, in fact it is quite a recent New York success, and the Baker management Is to be congratulated on. the enterprise which has been displayed In getting it at such an -early date. Gus Thomas has never done anything but was worth while, and "The Other Girl," while not his mas terpiece, is a very creditable, achieve ment. The cast Is fortunately arranged in that all players share a considerable degree In the affairs that are going on. The two leading roles, the. one a champion heavyweight pugilist, engaged as an ath letic instructor by a fashionable New York church under an unfamiliar name, and the beautiful but brainless daughter of the richest man in Phlldelphla, af ford Mr. Webb and Miss Barney fine op portunities. The former was- "oft his feed" somewhat, last week, but he more than atones for his shortcomings in "The Soldiers of Fortune" by his, admirable work as "Kid Garvey" who plays havoo with the heart of the susceptible heiress. Mi'is Barney is delightful in her per sonation of the flighty daughter of wealth and blue blood. Her Heart wavers be tween the prizefighterand one of the most exquisitely proper of gilded youths. It is a continual tossup between April tears and April smiles,, and she brings out the delicate shadings of the part beautifully. In the one good scene he has as the gay young broker, the prizefighter's rival,. Donald -Bowles arouses a veritable riot of applause. His maudlin encounter- of the automobile accident is one of the funniest things I've witnessed in many weeks. . Robert Homans gives a remark ably even performance as the Rev. Mr. Bradford, athletic and strictly down-to-the-mlnute parson, although he errs a trifle on the side of making the role a bit too cold and reserved. Mrs. Gleason gives one of those de- Our barley is business selected Bert Reed's Plain Announcement in Sunday's Papers Brings Results Quicker than By 9 o'clock Sunday morning Bert Reed's home telephone was ringing. This wa an unusual state of affairs for a quiet Sunday morning. It seems a gentleman and his wife from. Dallas had spent Saturday looking at pianos in the big retail ttorea of the cltv and had practically decided on an instrument: they were to let the retailer know Monday which one of two Instruments to ship. Mr. Reed's ' statement, in The Oregonlan, that he had planned to sell any or all of his own factory make pianos at cost this week to get quick money to meet some big notes due on the 2.1th. was the cause of the early phone. Bert met tho man at liis store. Sixth and Burnside. and showed him pianos that the retailer would nsk at least $400 for. This same piano elegant woods, brass finishings, finest action, hand-work throughout he whs offen-d for 2.'0. It didn't take long to decide. This gentleman aays he actually got a better piano for eighty-five dollars Iras than he expected to pav the retailer tomorrow. This gentleman's name is withheld at his spe.-lal request. We begged him to let us use it. as this little event demonstrates better and stronge- than anything else the abso lute truthfulness of our statement thnt piano will be sold for cost (or even less than cost) all this week in the Reed-French store to get the money needed to pay off the big note falling due on tho 20th. Don't be sidetracked, see Bert Iteed today, It means money to you, notwithstanding any statement that any competitor can possibtv make. We want the money and won't refuse a decent' offer. Reed-French Piano Co., Sixth and Burnside. liclously finished performances in which she is almost' alone among the actresses of her schoo) in this country. Her inter pretation of the role of the ambitious, mercenary elder sister to the parson is a gem. Louise Kent gives a good account of herself as the self-sacrificing com panion to . the millionaire-girl who finally marries the minister. William Glea son is most effective as the Philadelphia magnate and his brilliant son "Jimmie" is capital, in a bit. Howard Russell, al though having but little to do, stamps himself upon the entire performance, and deserves great credit for the excellent manner of his playing Of the newspaper reporter. Gwinne Sterling is decidedly funny as the red-haired Irish cook, while Maribel Seymour and Fay Bainter, in comparatively Inconsequential roles, add tone to the show. It Is a rattling good bill and the pro duction is another exceedingly fine one. "The Other Girl" runs all week. "Ihe Outlaw" at the 1 . Empire THH Empire offers this week, a play that is lull of opportunities and has some first-rate climaxes, but unfor tunately, the company presenting "The Texas Outlaw" falls short at times in grasping the opportunities and spoils some situation through not being letter perfect in the lines, and careless re hearsals. The story portrays the ruined father, whose brave son starts out in the world to redeem the family fortunes, and is en gaged to marry the girl of his heart when he shall have succeeded in making a name and fame for himself; then comes the outlaw: who deceives the girl's father into believing that the villain is a gentleman; a scene on a Texas railroad where the outlaw has returned to hold up a train, gives him his chance to place the hero in the position of the wrecker, who escapes, a year in prison served by the innocent victim of the plot and final vindication and happiness all around for the deserving, what more is necessary to carry an ' audience -along to real enjoy selected from the by a partner best that is grown. brewing. branded That Schlitz He Expected ment when it Is gathered to witness a heart-breaking melodrama? Oliver J. Eckhardt is the personal dlree- ' tor of the company and is in reality the central figure of the piece as a tramp, one of the sort that becomes a hobo that he may run to earth the destroyer of his family. His tramp character work is above the ordinary. Two or three of the other members of the company do fairly good work but as a whole the possibilities of the play are not fully grasped by a majority of the company. A local touch appears in the printed programme In announcing the Sheriff's part taken by John Manning of, well, not of Portland to be sure. - "The Texas Outlaw" is to be the bill all week with the usual matinees. CHINESE SAILORS MUTINY Allege Captain Does Not Give Them Proper Food and Clothing. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12. More than 40 Chinese sailors on board the British tank steamer Chesapeake, lying at Point Breeze, mutinied, tonight because they de clared Captain William Gray had not fur nished proper clothing and rood on the trip from Singapore to this port. The men clambered over the side of the steamer to the pier. A squad of police drove the troublesome Chinese on board the boat. An agreement granting soma of their demands was signed by the cap tain. Death for Robbery. ST. PETERSBURG, 'Jan. 12. A court martial has sentenced five persons to death and two to the mines for the rob bery, during last April, of the estate be longing to the Alexander Nevsky Monas tery. The robbers expected a big ' haul, but secured only a lot ot rubbish worth a couple of hundred roubles. The Governor-General of Kieff has con firmed six death sentences for theft, and at Warsaw two thieves were hanged in the citadel today. At Odessa, Vllna and Moscow two death sentences each were confirmed, and at Riga and Tchernagoff, one each, all for theft. the same duplicate. time, more cost of our is why beer is good for you. Sherwood & Sherwood, 8 Front Street, Portland.