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THE MORNING OKEGONIAX, MONDAY. APRIL 7, 1913- M m COLUMBIA SEniNG FOR FILM DRAMAS Edison Players to Act Amid Oregon Scenery During Coming Summer. FLOOD HORRORS DEPICTED Motion Picture Reproduction of Recent Disaster In Middle West Suites Being; Shown on Port land Theater Screens. Colombia River scenery ia to be Aimed by the Edison player, with the kaautlful Miss Laura Sawyer, one of the moat accomplished photo-players In America, heading the company. This work, which will mean much to Oregon and the Northwest, win be un dertaken by the Edison players, now anartered at Del Monte. cai aooui J nne 1. The object of the Edison players' romnanv in-coming here i two-fold, and the advertising- that Oregon and the Northwest will obtain from it can aearrelv be estimated. Vaiioas sections of the Northwest will he filmed for use in the New Tork schools, and the Columbia River scen ery will be brought into requisition for rugged snd gorgeous oacagrounas lor Illustrating photo-plays of the Waver- 1 novels. There are 2 membera In the Edison Players' Company, all of whom are rec ognised aa among the beat tn the business- Miss Laura Sawyer, the leading ladr. la one of the most talented acreen actresses in fllmdom and commands a large salary. F .P. Rothermal la tne director of the company. Rev. Oswald Taylor, rector of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, East Nine teenth and Weldler streets, bears the distinction of being the first pastor in Portland to install a standara motion aleture outfit In his Sunday School. He testifies to the wonderful results to be obtained by the use of films in this class of work, and says that It has proved so effective that he can get alone without teachers. If necessary. He has operated the equipment for more than a year and would not think of running a Sunday School without It. he says. Other churches of the city have had the use of It. but the owner Insists upon it being Hept In his own church. Motion Dictures of flood scenes in Ohio, vividly portraying the horrors of the situation there, are now on tne screens in Portland. A number of manufacturers have sent out their pro ductions on this feature. They are al ready released and will be the chief at traction in Portland this week. The flood ia now before the people f Portland In all Its vivid realism at the Star Theater. While the picture glvea many of the horrora of such a catastrophe, anowmg ine utter we. nesa of man tn combat with the ele ments, yet It teaches also Its lesson of resource and ceaseless energy of the human race to rise above Its direst calamities, and with Indomitable will and courage, rebuild upon Its very ruins, stronger and better, profiting by experience. C. P. Merwin. assistant manager of the General Film Company, with head quarters at Seattle, la visiting In this city. Among the beautiful playhouses be . ng constructed In the Northwest Is ana by James B. Bacon, at Bolae, Idaho. It will aeat 1100 persons and Is said to be one of the finest theaters in this country. Flo LaBadi and William Russell- do some very daring horseback riding in '1 nanhouaer's "Won at the Rodeo," which appeared recently at one of the theaters of the Peoples Amusement Company Opte Read, the novelist, has signed a contract with the Reliance people to play the role of Joe Starbuck In his book. "The Starbucks." which this com pany Is producing. Other of Mr. Read's books are to be made into photo-plays. Ksthlyn Williams, leading woman for the Eellg Company, recently was mar ried to Frank Allen, an actor, who Is said to have saved her life when the scene called for her entrance Into a den of wildcats. Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame da Par Is." undertaken some time ago by one of the large film producers, has just been, completed. Constance Crawley and Arthur Maude, recently In vaudeville on the Pacific Coast, have been engaged by the Universal Company to pose for Maeter linck's "Pelleaa and Mellsande." A life target demonstration recently waa given. It Is an adaptation of the klnematograph aa an Ideal target for ahotaun. rifle and revolver practice. providing the marksman with objects to shoot at under almost lifelike con ditions. A screen Is set up. consisting of three thicknesses of paper, behind which la fixed a brilliant light. A bul let piercing the screen cauaea the punc ture to appear as a bright spot of light on the screen. Film subjects, such as running animals, flying birds, a charge of cavalry, moving soldiers, etc. are thrown on the screen. It is most fas cinating sport. The film stops dead di rectly the shot la taken, and the hole la obliterated automatically and the picture restarted for the next shot. Sir Hubert von Rerkomer. the dis tinguished painter, recently has started a new film company, known as the Herkomer Film company. . U G. Chioasa Money, the English fi nancial expert and Parliamentary crit ic. Is an enthusiastic picture fan. see Martin Johnson, the young American traveler, arrived In London recently with a unique record of travel among the primitive peoples of the world. The record is a 57.000-mlle trip, on wUch he secured over five miles of moving pictures. Illustrating tn their most In timate and startling phases the lives and habits of the South Sea Islanders Mr. Johnson accompanied Jack London and his wtfe and the experiences of the party were most interesting. In speaking of his trip. Mr. Johnson said: "To be among tbeee folk la aa extraor dinary experience. It la living the life that waa lived before the creation of history, before mankind had thoughta aa well as bodies to clothe and dis guise. We lived with the terrible head hunters, we witnessed barbaric sacri fices, we were Initiated Into mysteries of war and religion, which pasa the comprehension of civilised man.' e e There la a little town In Norway, of inhabitants, where a picture ahow hsldlng 13ft gives an hour performance Ave times a day. It Is run by the Municipal Council, who devote all the TRIO OP POPULAR PHOTO-PLAYERS KNOWN TO PORTLAND SCREEN FANS, jj " ' 1. ff " . i r1 f t " - c v ' ' v t&ViiS. AiTT i Gertrude Robinson. Rellaace Stock ) lifr.: v.-. 1 Company. Mlgaea Aaderaoau af the Tbaahoswer r , 1 Coaspaay. ?i . - - it, f , S. proceeds toward maintenance of roads and other useful purposes. ... A nastor of a Minneapolis churc conceived the idea of illustrating by means of motion pictures the difference between the modern dance and th dance In the biblical text, "Let us praise the Lord by dances and by songs," after which he delivered a rous tng sermon on the difference betwee the dance of King David and of th day. Jack Richardson, one of the Flying A" Company at Santa Barbara, had a thrilling experience while engaged in a recent production. In one of the scenes he was to be thrown from th top of a cliff, and it was arranged to have some cowboys below to catch him. Somehow, they missed the spot where he wss to fall, and the actor went hurtling down to the bottom of the cliff. The company expected to find him, if not killed, at least aeriously injured, but he bad an almost mlracu lous escape. What upset him moat on regaining consciousness waa that th picture had been spoiled by the acci dent, but upon learning that the camera man bad been grinding away all of the time, thus getting a more exciting and thrilling record than he would have done, he was quite elated. Captain Jack Bonavlta is now con valescing in the Tampa Hospital after one of his periodical encounters with Hon. Captain Bonavlta in the Wizard of the Jungle" aoon will be seen In this city. It waa while this picture was being taken that Captain Bonavlta was attacked by a peevish Hon. The Thanhouser Kldlets appealing in 'A Spoiled Darling's Doll," is one of the sweetest and most charming of photo plays for children produced In long time. These remarkable kld lets" enter Into their respective roles so keenly that It Is a pleasure to see them. One plays the part of the spoil ea darling, and the other that of. her To add to the realism of a moving picture, a sensational realism was ac complished by an American named Law. Law was shot 1500 feet into the Ir from a rocket such as is used for Sreworka displays. The motive power f the rocket waa ordinary powder and the steel cylinder In which Law mide the flight was ten feet high and lh-ie feet In diameter, tapering to a point aa a rocket does. The weight of tne entire apparatus was estimated at about five tons. . To the picture patrons of Portland motion picture theaters, who some time ago had the pleaaure of seeing "Cleo patra." It may be of interest to learn something of the making of (he im mense production. The fact that a sweep of 250 yarJs can be obtained for the camera, gives an Impression of the distance useful to such subjects. The meeting of An tony and Cleopatra, amid the most gorgeous surroundings, splendid statues. fountains playing, beautiful flowers and plants, and graaa especially laid, flow ery palms and distant visions of his torical buildings, with the gorgeous colorings of costumes, was photo graphed three times before it wai deemed worthy. The outfitting depart ment contains 4000 or 6000 costumes. with 10 women and tailors dally re modeling and adding to this extensive wardrobe. There are sufficient mili tary uniforms to equip an army, and the hatterie and booterie can aocom modate alL Each department Is under the control of a manager who has a system of storing so that any particu lar article can be Immediately pro duced. e George ft. Grombacher. of the Pro gressive Investment Company, has just returned from a trip through the south ern part of California, and while there he visited some of the largest moving picture manufacturing planta In the world. Among those he particularly commenta on is the wonderful stride of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, which has an area of over 10,000 acres, which Is devoted entirely to the making of moving pictures. They have a large force of employes. Including actora, eta numbering more than 2000 people, as well aa some E00 Indiana large herda of horses, and cat tle, and have bulldlnga for the accom modation of their entire force. EL F. James, of the Majestic Theater, reports the most successful week s business In the history of his theater. and the wonderful success and patron age he believes Is due to the produc tion of the "Prisoner of Zenda. Many out-of-town exhibitors came to Port land for the purpose of booking this masterpiece, including F. B. L'pham. of the Rex Theater. Eugene: Eugene Levi, of the Melbourne Theater. Seattle; Henry Newman, of the Crystal Theater, Astoria: E. L. Cooper, of the Cosy Theater, Pendleton: C E. Davenport, of the Globe Theater. Salem, and C. S. Crews, of the Arcade Theater. Walla Walla. . t'nion Elects School Director. UNION. Or, April .(Special.) At a meeting of the taxpayers of School District No. t yesterday. F. O. Wilson waa elected director to fill the un expired term of W. A. Terrlll. who has removed to Aberdeen, Eo. Dak. Arthur V. Johnson, STATE 'MAKES GOOD' Oregon Will Pay Obligation to Indian Fighters of '56. That Indian War veterans are lnqulr lne In large numbers as to the pro visions of the law which allows pay ment for the use of horses during In dian wars is the information conveyea in a letter to the Secretary of State from Cyrus H. Walker, of Albany, grand commander of the Indian War Veterans. . Mr. waiKer is tne oiaesi white child born on the Pacific Coast. BAPTISTS DEDICATE CHURCH OX EAST SIDE. DEBT IS HALF CENTURY OLD Legislature Sets Aside $50,000 for Use in Paying for Horses Fur nlshed and Used by Veterans in Rogue River Uprisings. A state's belated effort to make good an obligation incurred more than halt century ago was witnessed when 150,000 was appropriated by the last Legislature to reimburse surviving vet erans of the Indian wars of 1855-66 for horses furnished and used in those wars, and Adjutant-General W. E. Fin- ser is making an enort to see taat those entitled to compensation are cot overlooked. As fast as information reaches him of those who consider that they have claims against the appropriation, he is forwarding blanks to the claimants, which they are to set forth tneir claim, giving the name of the company In which they served and the name of the Captain thereof. It is my Intention to enable ail sur vlvlng veterans to obtain the amounts which may be found to be due them," said General Finxer yesterday, "with the least possible delay and without expense to them. With that end in lew I am requesting all claimants to write me, giving the company in which they served, the name of their com manding officer, and the number of horses furnished. I would a:so like to ave two affidavits from comrades or thers who know that the services were rendered as claimed." Ad's Provtsloaa Cited. The act as passed by the Legislature Is based on an act of the Territorial Legislative Assembly of 1866, which provided that "whenever volunteers are called and received Into the service of the territory by virtue of this act, each non-commissioned officer and private ball be entitled to receive 12 a day and rations, and 12 a day for the use nd risk of horses, except for horses killed in action, unavoidably lost or re ported unfit for service and turned over to the quartermaster, in which case the wner shall receive the appraised value thereof. The act further provided that com missioned officers should receive the same pay as those of the same rank in the regular Army, and that "said vol nteers should, aa far as practicable. urnish their own arms and clothing, horses and equipment.' The Territorial Legislature of 1856. while It acted with the best and most patriotic Intentions, failed to make any provision for tne payment or tne ooii gatlon Incurred by the act. and the men ho subdued tne ttogue reiver inaians in Southern Oregon, having "furnished. as far aa practicable," everything necessary to fight the savages, have gone without compensation to this day. Many of them, returning from the cam paign, foune themselves at a serious disadvantage In their farm work by reasqn of the loss of their horses. SlOO Maalsnasa Clalsa. The act passed by the last Legists ture provides that no claim ahall be allowed for more than 1100, and that no claim shall be allowed unless it is presented within two years after the pproval of the act by the uovernor. There are In Oregon many of the men who took part in the Indian cam paigns of 1855-54, and It Is anticipated that claims will be filed at a rapid rate when once the news of the state's tardy resolve to make restitution be comes known. SALEM. Or', April . (Special.) Pastor Is Installed and Boys' CluD Formed, While Girls' Have Class in Sewing. Oneninsr and dedicstion services of the Italian Baptist Mission, at the cor ner of East Eighteenth and Tibbetts streets, were held yesterday, under the auspices of the Oregon State Baptist Convention, with Rev. O. C. Wright as chairman. The flags of Italy and the United States were placed above tne altar. Rev. J. N. Monroe delivered the invocation and Rev. W. J. Beaven read the scriptures. Rev. W. O. Shank, of the East Side Baptist Church, delivered the dedica tory address. H. W. Ptpne spoke for the Baptist City Union 1 Dr. Haycock represented the Portland Ministerial Association, welcoming the new mis sion Dr. C. VIsettl. vice-consul or tne Italian Nation at Portland, delivered an address In which he commended the mission and offered bis hearty con gratulations. Rev. E. A. Leonard, who raised the money with which the prop erty was purchased, made a oriel taia. Rey. C. S. Bergstresser, representing thd Evangelical Association from which the property was purchased, extended congratulations. Rev. C. A. Woody, in behalf of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, sent a letter of con gratulations. The Women's Baptist Home Mission Society was represented by Mrs. O P. M. Jamison, and Mrs. G. Johnson spoke for the Women's Evan gelical Board. Music was furnished by Italian musicians. Rev. F. Sannella is pastor of the mis sion. Miss Arabella Davis is assistant. The property consists of a lot and church building and cost J2000. The money was furnished by the Portland Baptist churches. A boys' club has been organized which is led by the pastor and meets Tuesdays between 3 and 5 P. M. A sewing class is conducted by Miss Davis and her assistants, meeting Wednesdays and Saturdays from S to 5 P.M. First Vacation in 18 Years Has Its Drawbacks Vsncosver Ferry Night Engineer Unable to Reverse Habit and Sleep Turing Honrs of Darkness. V cial.) After having worked nights for 18 years without a night off, D. B. Brumagln, engineer on the ferry plying between Vancouver and Hayden Island, en route to Portland, finds It an impos sible task to accustom himself to a month's vacation. I would be all right, but i can t sleep." complained the grizzled en gineer today, as he was preparing to go to Victoria. B C. "I have been used to going to bed at 1 o'clook in the morning and getting up at 10. Since I have started on this vacation I go to bed at 10 or 11 o'clock and get a little nn and wake uo again at 3 or 4 o'clock and can't for the life of me get any more sleep. It Is too early to arise, so I lie in bed and wait for the morn ing." Mr. Brumagln. accompanied by his wife and youngest daughter, will start for Victoria tomorrow. He is of English ancestry, so desires to see the Canadian city. "It seems like five weeks already," he mused, "but I am going to try to hold out until the first of May. A num ber of his friends today gave him a farewell party. V Help your Self I tT Every time you .Juj As help yourself to M you help yourself with it. As your teeth open and close upon the delicious morsel, the friction brightens them the mint juice preserves them. You create digestion-aiding saliva offset the effects of hasty eating. You sharpen your appetite by digesting your food. You soothe your throat relieve heartburn. And you're passing time pleasantly, inexpensively purifying your breath besides. Help your Self regularly BUY IT BY THE BOX It costs less and stays fresh until used. B. DTmo. AdV Ones Look for the spear Avoid imitations 21 ROBBER OF WIFE CAUGHT MAN WASTED HERE BY CHI CAGO AUTHORITIES. RAYMOND WILL CLEAN UP Washington Town to Make Arbor Day Serve Double Purpose. RAYMOND. Waah., April 6. (Spe cial.) The double obaervance of Arbor day, Thursday, April 10. n rcaymonu has been suggested by Mayor A. C. I.lttlA In a proclamation iasued yester day. In which he urges the cltisens to plan on Arbor day as naymona s ursi general "Clean-Up" day. Thl proclamation was issued in re- sponse to an appeal from th3 Women's Civic Club for a cleaner city, lor wnitu result the club is striving and has al ready initiated at considerable expense to their organization in the way of providing garbage cans, publicity and actual demonstrations. Merchants Agree on Bargain Day. CHEHALIS. Wash.. April . (Spe cial.) Winlock merchants have per fected arrangements tor a regular oar gain and sales day on the first Tuesday of each month. The first will b. held May S. Practically every merchant in town, has joined the organization. r Whereabouts of Victimized Bride Unknown and Man's Return May Be Impossible. Eighteen months after his flitting, leaving a newly wedded wife at the Portland Hotel, minus her diamonds, valued at $3000, George B. Lewis, said by Mrs. Lewis to be a racetrack gambler, was arrested for the offense in Chicago yesterday and is held pend ing the action of the authorities here, As Mrs. Lewis departed soon after making her complaint, it Is Improbable that she can be traced in time to cause the issuance of the necessary papers to bring him back for trial. The Lewises arrived here early in September, 1911, on their honeymoon, having been married only a few weeks before in San Francisco after a brief acquaintance. Lewis was a young fel low, barely pasr 3U years ol age, and cut quite a dash among hotel lobby acquaintances during the few days he stayed bare. Then he disappeared and the dlsif uslonlzed bride carried her woes to Captain Baty. She caused cir culars to be printed, and it probably was the resurrection of one of these at Chicago detective headquarters that caused the arrest. The list of Jewelry Itemized by Mrs. Lewis included several large pieces valued singly at $500 or more. PERSONAL MENTION. R. S. Barker, of Roseburg, Is at the Perkins. M. C. Friedenthal, of Albany, is at the Carlton. E. M. Vandersllce, of San Diego, ia at the Bowers. Gus Rosen, of St. Louis, is registered at the Portland. L. p. Thompson, of Carlton, Or, is at the Multnomah. Mrs. R. L. Morgan, of Kalama, Wash, is at the Carlton. Astro Rizzi Is registered at the Ore gon from New fork. T. W. Lusk, of Silverton, Is regis tered at the Perkins. L. A. Kartz is registered at the Bowers from Seattle. F. W. Payne of Coos Bay, is regis tered at the Imperial. E. E. Richardson is registered at the Carlton from Astoria. Walter H. Cline is registered at the Portland from Corvallis. A. S. Metcalfe, of Seattle, registered at the Bowers Saturday. A. J. Anderson, of Salem, registered at the Perkins yesterday. John T. Brooks, a Boston shoe manu facturer, is at the Perkins. M. D. Hogan and J. Y. Hill, of Ho quiam. are at the Imperial. William Burns, a Minneapolis manu facturer, registered at the Oregon yes terday. William A. Jackson, an attorney of Chicago, is at the Portland. F. M. Wiley, an Aberdeen lumberman, is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gay, of Seattle, are registered at the Oregon. C. L. Dickinson, a stockman of Wei ser, Idaho, is at the Imperial. B. Sawyer, a Boise attorney, regis tered at the Carlton yesterday. J. R Raley registered at the Im perial from Pendleton yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McDermott, of Saskatoon, are at the Multnomah. D. B. Catlin and C. D. Shaw are reg istered at the Bowers from Salem. G. C. Fulton, a prominent business man of Astoria, is at the Imperial. Robert M. Betts, a mining man of Cornucopia, Or., is at the Portland. G. W. Baird and family, of Union, Or., are registered at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Shedd. of Chi cago, registered at the Multnomah yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Patterson, of Spokane, registered at the Oregon yes terday. George H. Hood, connected with the Western Union at Seattle, is at the Multnomah. Joseph Rowell, a cannery man from Cheth Harbor, Wash, is registered at the Perkins. John A. Fay, of Marlboro, Mass., where he is postmaster, is rpglstered at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs, E. G. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Foster are registered at the Carlton from Salem. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Olds and daugh ter, of Cheboygan, Mich., are at tne Oregon. Mr. Olds has timber interests in Oregon. Captain Baold Amundsen registered at the Multnomah, yesterday with his business manager, Samuel Grade, of New York. Captain Amundsen regis tered from Christiania, Norway. bate for women will be organized shortly, as under the existing condi tions they are denied the privilege of publicly representing the university in a debate with other colleges. WILLAMETTE BREAKS EVEN Cniverslty of Idaho Debaters' Win at" Salem at Lose at Moscow. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or, April . (Special.) While the two Willamette Debaters, Axley and Ohling, members of the "home" team, were going down to defeat before Evans and McAdams, of the University of Idaho, in Salem Friday night, the other division of the Willamette team, the roadsters, McCaddam and Smith, won out easily in the contest staged at Moscow. In each case the visitors carried off the lau rels, agruing on the negative aide of the question, "Resolved. That the naval policy expressed in the last annual report of ex-Secretary Meyer should be carried on by the United States." Willamette University students and faculty are greatly encouraged over this even break in debate witn tne strong team from the State University of Idaho in the first important contests held in yeara After the debate here fcaturaay it students attended a banquet given in honor of the debaters. It is believed here that a separate department of de- GAMMA SIGMAS GATHER Oldest Literary Society in West Ban quets at Pacific "V." PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., April . (Special.) The annual banquet of the Gamma Sigma Literary Society was held last night and it was quite an event in the history of the Pacific University, as this is the old est society in the West that, has been a permanent organization since tho year 1863. u i ,. . . The entertainment commenced at 8:30 P. M. in the Knights of Pythias Hall and was attended by a number of Pa cific alumni. The members then gath ered at the Laughlin Hotel, where tho banquet proper was served. Some of the alumni who attended were: R F. Peters, of Portland; Hush Sparks, of Forest Grove; T. B. Dentfy, of Reedville; Donald E. Lansefleld, of Amity; F. Webb, of Cornelius, and Rob ert Loomls, of Forest Grove. Morton-Mineral Koad Wanted. CHEHALIS, Wash., April .(Spe cial.) Business men of Morton and Mineral have taken up actively the mat ter of securing the early opening oi too state road between these towns. Under tho law, this is a portion of the na tional Park highway, which exienus from Tacoma to the Rainier National Park, via Mineral, Morton, RltCe tind Chehalis to Raymond and South Don'l. A BIG SCOOP! FOR THE STAB THEATER Only Two Days More of the Original Motion Pictures of the DAYTON ROOD A Frightful Catastrophe. A PICTURE WORTH SEEING -AN- Extra Added Attraction at the STAR THEATER A Most Phenomenal Female Impersonator Direct From the East and a Grand Treat. Beautiful Wardrobe. "LEON WADLE" A 4