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!. 1913- 8 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, APRIL i r "THE CONCERT" IS HAPPY HOVEL PLAY Ditrichstein Casts Spell Over Heilig Theater Audience on First Appe'arance. WIFE SHOWN IN NEW ROLE Acting on Theory Husband Hot Re sponsible for Infatuation With Other Women, Mate Win Him Back in Sew Manner. THE CONCERT." A rornedr In Three Acta, by Her man Bahr. American Version by Leo Dltrlcbateln. Presanted at the Ilelllc Theater. CAST. Cabor Arany Lh Ditrichstein Or. Dallas Nje Chart MeOlnnla Jay Qulsley Helen Arany Isabel Irving Flora Dallaa Madse Weat Eva. Wharton Kathryn Tj-ndaU Mra. McGtnnla BaU Theadore Mia Merit Cora Wltherapoon Pannla Martin Marian Um Natalia Sloncrieff Eleanor Verden Clair Flower.... Marjaret Bloodg-ood Edith Gordon Maud Proctor Mra. Lenoon-Roen. ...Anna XJvlncaton Mrs. Cbatfleld Madelena Sorel Romance ami realism and gentle satire. And Leo Ditrichrteln. The strongest novelty In plays of the season Is "The Concert. It Illustrates happily the ad vantages of a single subject with no scurrying up or down mental by-paths, no picking; up of tangled or almost lost threads and no we-wlll-now-resume out muttons. An ordinary author writing- on one theme would have betrayed his limita tions. By which we must perceive that Herman Bahr is not an ordinary au thor. And grant, moreover, that Leo Ditrichstein. who made the American version, la quia as much an author aa he la musician of artistic skill and actor of distinction. Given the vaga ries of artistic temperament for a basis. Mr. Bahr has written marvel ously well. But it takes Leo Ditrich stein, with hla Roentgen rays of com edy and bis verbal fireworks and grins of pantomime, to make the play wholly absorbing for the two hours and a half. What Mary Garden was to "Thais": what Hamlet Is to "Hamlet," what salt is to an egg or alimony to an erst while. Is Leo Dietrichsteln to "The Con. cert." It brings him to us on his first visit as a raster of spells, a performer of acting marvels. Play Hamaa aad Haaaareaa. And what a delicious, human, humor ous, highly entertaining play la 'The 1'oncert"! Viewed as a dispassionate analysis of human nature, and vivisect ing the philosophy of motives and con duct, the entertainment might be termed an exquisitely delightful in quisition. It concerns Itself with Gaber Arany. a temperamental genius of the piano, whose balance wheel Is his wife, a wonderful mental woman, who mothers him. humors his eccentricities and de lights In his success. Like moat won derful wives, this one ia unappreciated. Arany takes her sacrifices aa a mat ter of course. To him admiration Is the breath of life: adulation Is growth and attention Is food. He craves and accepts the homage of women, particularly the women In his classes, and their adora tion adds to his development as a self centered egotist. With the opening of the play ho la leaving for a "concert." To his wife he explains that he Is go ing tor a rest to their mountain bun galow, but he forgets to tell her, how ever, that he is taking along one of his young and Irresponsible pupil ad mirers, the artistic and soul-cultivating wife of a Doctor Dallas. Jealou aii Haa Part. Another pupil, also a soul-cultivator, but with Jealousy running rampant over her said aoul, sends an anonymous warning to Doctor Dallas. Then the Doctor, a nice, likeable man, with big Ideas, such as one reads about but couldn't put Into practice in every day life, like giving up your wife or husband If someone else can make them happier, a sort of Socialist matrimonial project, comes to call on Mrs. Arany. She la hurasn. The author knew women when he made the role and Isa bel Irving, who plays It. knows her sex. She says. "No, thank, you. Doc tor Dallaa: your ethics may be all right, but I want my i us band- He isn't In love with your wife, it's merely a fan cy," or words to that effect. They talk it over, and wtth the fall of the Ural curtain are leaving together for the bungalow. At the bungalow temperament runs riot. Ditrichatcln as Aranay plays ex oulsite composition of his own and all is beautiful until Mrs. Dallas asks the inevitable foolish question that women have asked from the time of Eve. "Am I the first you ever loved." and the esthetic fat goes Into the fire. They quarrel and into thU cheery scene en ter Mrs. Arany and Doctor Dallas, neither of whom have any working di agram of temperament, but whose plan to countenance the whole affair and pretend that they, too, are affinities proves the real cure. Satire la Sparkling. T'ie talk sparkles with epigrams and bristles with retire. And it is strong dramatically, sir. Ditrichstein Is a musical l'avld Wartteld. delicate of ac cent, marvelous in mimicry, playing with exouiete feeling the role of Arany. It is hla dominant lmperaona ticn that fetters. Isabel Irving, golden of voice, brings all her consummate art to bear on the role of the "womlertul" wife. Jay 3uiglry gives a gem in charac ter study as McGinn!, the caretaker, and Cora Withcrspoon. as Miss Merk, the secretary, is a natural comedienne. That Belaeco presenta it is the "ster. ling" trademark. "The Concert" will continue for six nights and two mati nees and U well worth seeing. PORTLAND IS HIS CHOICE Thomas Kane Impressed by City's Natural Backing. "If I were picking a place on the Pa. cine Coast In which to settle down and make good. Portland Is the place I should certainly choose." Is the sum ming up of the opinion of Thomas Kane, of Chicago, of the relative great, neaa of the principal cities of the la ctiie Coast. Mr. Kane has been spending the Winter In Southern California and l retnmlng to Chicago by way of the Nrthest. He will leave this morn ing for Seattle after spending Ave days in t-uruana. "It Is the country In which a city lies that makes it possible to determine what the city Is to be." he says. "San Diego has a fine port, but she has no country back of her and for that rea son will never stand a chance of iii r,-,1.Twt In rrf atnPSS. In LOB Angeles I tind a condition which leads me to believe tnat mat cny m -growing, booming place for several years, but I have doubts as to the pos sibility of sustained growth. "San Francisco has a great port, but aside from that she la obliged to de pend upon the development of the Sacramento Valley for her growth. "In the Paget Sound cities we find port facilities, but practically no in- ..in. in innnnrt them. It is in COITI- Ing up through the Willamette Valley that I have reauxea as uo nwro cibd the perfect backing for a great city that is afforded by the climate, soil and topography of Oregon. Portland lies In the center of a great tributary circle of Interior lands. Portland In addition to the tremendously large and fertile interior which backs her up. lira as close, or closer to the Oriental markets than the cities of California. "There is surrounding here every condition which should make for a steady and substantial and practically unlimited growth, while every other city on the Pacific Coast Is limited by natural conditions." G.F. SENSATIONAL CASE IS AT END AFTER HARD FIGHT. Judge Orders 3-Year-Old Child to Be Produced in Court for In 1 opcctlon by the Jury. HILLSBORO. Or. April 8. (Special.) One of the hardest-fought battles In the annals of Washington County crim inal Jurisprudence ended Monday when George F. Naylor. a wealthy Forest Grove property holder and broker, was convicted - of a statutory offense, the rlm Invnlvlnir the wife of Miles Wat rous. Both the defendant and Mrs. Watrous were for years residents oi Forest Grove. The case was stubbornly contested with ex-Deputy District Attorney Fitx gerald, of Multnomah County, for the defense, and District Attorney E. B. Tongue, of the Fifth Judicial Diearlct. and his deputy. T. H. Tongue, prose cuting. , , The witness, Mrs. Watrous, produced the 3-year-old child In court this morn ing In obedience to the order of Judge Eakin. and the little one was submit ted to the Inspection of the Jury. This was the babe that the mother refused to produce In court on the first subpoena issued by the District Attor ney's office. Miles Watrous was an unwilling wit ness from the start and divulged noth ing except what was extracted from him by piecemeal. Naylor said tonight that he woud ap peal to the Supreme Court unless he were granted a new trial. Mrs. Watrous admitted on the stand . . olwavtt nroiudired lMurrv"ic no "-j j - against her husband, and contended that although a wining woraer. unable to provide for her and the chil dren. Watrous left his home last Fall. MEAD CONFESSES KILLING "Shooting Vp" T a co ma Saloon Leads to Arrest of Man Long Wanted. .--xei Wash. Anrll 8. (Special.) 1 .-v v. w - - - As a result of the efforts of T. H. ., r th,i Tjike. Oregon, a miner named Charles Mead la in the city Jail here on a charge or muraer uw u afternoon admitted to Captain of De tectives John Fitxgerald that he snot and killed Andy Porter, a friend at Gate City, W. V, In the Fall of I90t. following a quarrel. The West Virginia authorities have been advised by telegraph. Mead has been working on the Tacoma Eastern Railroad and came to town Sunday, when the police nabbed him. Several weeks ago Mead was arrested for "shooting up" a Pacific avenue saloon and making patrons of the place dance Jlga to the tune of bullets. The Tule LJiae man w n7 , - - -j of the affair and wrote Captain Fita- g era In ne oenevea ....... v. kiiiawt a fellow miner in West Vir ginia several years ago. Hale was sent a ieri.iiiiu tiiiuiuaiAv" of Mead. He then Informed the po lice by telegraph It was a good like ness of the man wanted in West Vir ginia. Detectives had been looking fur Mead ever since the killing. MOSIER APPLEMEN ELECT Three of Members of Board or Di rectors Returned to Office. MOSIER, Of April 8. (Special.) The annual meeting of the stockhold- r V. Tn,i.r Annlp f 1 fflWfDl' ASSO- ciation was held on Saturday. There was a very full attendance oi mem bers. It was a brief and harmonious meeting. After the financial statement for the oast year was presented and approved, the election of directors for the com ing year was taken up, resulting in three of the old board. A. Root. John Carroll and C. A. McCargar, being re elected. The new members chosen were C. A. Macrum and Lee Evans. Dr. Robinson, Hugo Buckner and John P. Ross were selected as an audit ing committee. CAR HITSJ K. M'RAE Resident Manager of Oregon Hotel Victim of Downtown Accident. Malcomb K. MacRea. resident man ager of the Hotel Oregon, was struck by a streetcar at Fifth and Pine streets at miaiiiB"fc p. -- moved to tho Good Samaritan Hospital in an ambulance, where it was said his condition is not serious. MacRea was first thought to nave naa nm e.ui fractured and perhaps Internal Injuries. He was unconscious at latest report, r, .- t-, , , n u-n , motnraian and D 1 1. Le Master was conductor of the car, which was a Jefferson and Depot car, .... rf.vn . c -ar 11 f- Ftur- gee", of the Pacific Nursery Company, and F. L- H nrrirr, wuw ssiu lived at the Multnomah Hotel. TRIBUTE PAID JOSSELYN Laurclliurst Club Also Indorses F. L. Griffith as Successor. A resolution expressing regret at the resignation of B. 3. Josselyn from the presidency of the Portland Railway, Light a: Power Company was adopted by the Laurelhurst Club at its meeting last night. The club expressed the hope that be may remain In Portland as a permanent cltlxen. The club also expressed Its com mendation of the selection of Frank L Griffith as the new president. I'elegates to the Greater East Side Association from the Laurelhurst Club were Instructed to advocate at the next meeting of that club resolutions of In dorsement of Mr. Griffith. SGHMER INS BOUT Winged M Boxer Knocks Out Turner at Brooklyn Smoker. GIBBONS QUITS TO M'NEIL Poor Officiating Mars Two of Six Frays, Driscoll and Dix Being Robbed of Decisions After Scoring Big Leads. BT JAMES H. CASSELU. Tost Schmer, Multnomah Club's tailor-boxer, scored his second victory in three nights when he knocked out Turner, a Brooklyn Club lightweight, in the third round of a bout featuring the Brooklyn Club smoker last night. Schmer was outweighed at least five pounds. Al McNeil, 191S Northwest bantam weight champion, forced Johnny Gib bons, an unattached 115-pounder, to quit In the second round. Two of the six decision bouts on the bill were marred by poor officiating. Dix, a St. James Athletic Club boy. beat Oliver Hill, the cherubic-faced Brook lyn 115-pounder, in three rounds by a fair margin, and made It certain in the fourth. But the judges, influenced by Hill's age and popularity, awarded him the bout. Driscoll, of Brooklyn Club, beat O'Brien, unattached, about as badly as one fighter can another without scoring a knockout. But a fourth period was called for and when Driscoll attempted to mix a little grappling with the ring stuff, was dis qualified and O'Brien adjudged the winner. Underwood, of Columbus Club, knocked out Lartn, of Arleta Club, In two minutes. 'The battle royal scrappers failed to show, but Myers, a lanky youth with a Salome glide, and Harris, a chunky chap with a determined chin, gave a three-round exhibition. The first two rounds were replete with real fighting, but the third was just as announced, an "exhibition." The summary of results: 120-pound Underwood, Columbus Club, defeated Larin, Arleta Club; one round. 115-pound Hill, Brooklyn Club, de feated Dix. St. James Club; four rounds. 135-pound O'Brien, unattached, de feated DrlseoIL Brooklyn Club; four rounds (foul). 140-pound Hyberg, Brooklyn Club, defeated Watts, unattached; three rounds. 135-pound Schmer, Multnomah Club, defeated Turner. Brooklyn Club; three rounds. 115-pound McNeil, Columbus Club, defeated Gibbons, unattached; two rounds. Boxing Flood Benefit Xets $600. OAKLAND, Cal., April 8. At the box ing and wrestling athletic exhibition given here tonight for the flood suf ferers about $600 was realized. Due to rainy weather the crowd was small and John L Sullivan, who, it was an nounced would take part, failed to ap pear. INSURANCE MEN AROUSED Meeting Gives Denial to Report Ref erendum Move Is On. As a result of a statement made by Governor West recently that Insurance agents were Intending to attempt re vocation of the workmen'a compensa tion act by means of the referendum, a meeting of the general agents of the state was held yesterday morning in the offices of McCargar, Bates & Lively, at which practically all the general agents were represented. The Intention had been to find out what people were at work, but when It became discovered that not one of the men present had ever heard of such a movement, let alone taken part in it, they decided that there was no cause for any action. "It Is the consensus of opinion among us that compensation Is proper and should be encouraged." said E. L Pet tis, "but there are certain points we think the public should understand properly. For that reason some of us have taken legal, opinion as to the probable working of the act. We would assist the Governor in opposing any person working against the act. "As the charges he made were found to be absolutely groundless, we decided not to send an open letter to the press, as had been our intention, while his threat of driving us out of business is worthy only of being ignored com pletely." EDITOR MAY SPEAK HERE Commission Considers Inviting Ex pert to Talk on City Rnlc. Harvey Jngham, editor of the Des Moines Register and Leader, may be In vited to come to Portland to speak In behalf of the commission form of gov ernment some time before May 3, as a result of a suggestion made by Richard W. Montague yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the charter commission, held in the commission form of gov ernment headquarters, on the first floor of the Empress Theater building, on Broadway. Mr. Ingham Is thoroughly conversant with the subject of commission gov ernment, which has been in effect longer In Des Moines than in any other cttv except uaiveston, where it origi nated. He is said to have been willing to come to Portland last Fall to deliver a series of addresses on the subject. but no effort was made to secure him at that time. The matter will be set tled at a meeting of the charter com mission at the City Hall at 9:30 this morning, and it is probable that an irw vitatlon will be forwarded to Mr. Ing ham this afternoon. POOL HALL IS BURNED Midnight Blaze at Milwankic De stroys Wooden Buildings. MILWAl'KIE, Or.. April 8. (Special.) The pool hall belonging to W. A. Thompson, burned to the ground here this morning shortly after midnight. The flumes had gained too great headway before the alarm was turned In for the department to aave the build ing, which was a total loss. H. L. WILSON IS DEFENDED Huerta and ' De la Barra Deny Charges Against Ambassador. MEXICO CITT, April 8. Indignation has been aroused in official circles by the charges alleged to have been filed at Washington by Luis Manuel Rojas. second vice-president of the Mexican House of Deputies, against the Ameri can Ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson. Both President Huerta and Senor De la Barra, the Foreign Minister, have made a statement to the Associated Press, denying the alleged charges. President Huerta recited the efforts made by Ambassador Wilson to protect his fellow countrymen, and continued: "The charge that Ambassador Wilson Is "morally responsible' for the deaths of Madero and Suarez is slanderous. The blame for their unfortunate deaths rests entirely upon their imprudent partisans. This the government will shortly show by the publication of the detailed findings of the investigation which the courts are conducting. "As President, permit me to say that the diplomatic effort of the American Ambassador had in view only the re establishment of peace in the country, for which motive I publicly thank him." Senor De la Barra was equally in sistent on Ambassador Wilson's disin terestedness, declaring that he worked always within the bounds of diplomacy and with impartiality. FILIPINOS BECOME FANS HEAD HCXTERS TRADE WEAP ONS FOR BALLS AND BATS. Far in Interior of Islands Natives Clad in Loin Cloths, Play Base ball Instead of Fighting. atHT POAMPIUfTI Anrll fi W a f P h .1 1 1 Is doing more than bullets could . - ' ...ki...,Hnn ih. warlilr trihAB 1U. BUIJUQAiiua " of the Philippines, according to Elwood S. Brown, physical director of the loung Alen s tjnnsuan iujwwinuvu - T .. i T . . n r- ra.1 tmrrx the Orient today on the Chino Maru. Mr. Brown was a student at Liucoln High School, Portland, In 1907. Tribes that a few years ago thought of little else than an opportunity to run a machete through an American soldier are now trading their weapons for balls and bats, and even the head hunters of Northern Luzon promise to become ians. m "Far in the interior of the Islands," said Brown, "the natives, clad- in their loin cloths, are playing the game. Re cently a company of constabulary landed on Jolo Island, and as they were i.i am. ... hniirn thronch the IMHIWUf, L.'"!1 msj - " Jungle an awful uproar. The soldiers, believing a village was oeiui uuvtu ered, seized their guns and crept toward a clearing whence came the noise. "There they saw a thousand natives dancing about and yelling their hara- . a K..L v. n man u.' ii a rnnnlllff L3U J, u IWC 11 1 u II ill 1. a madly toward a palm leaf that marked nrst base, ana. anotner, miciiiuo rfcnllridrt as a chief, was telling the crowd that the 'hit was fair." "Only a few years past this chief had given the constabulary a lot of trouble. A visit to his shack showed that among hi. ..ru.il nnnsenfainnR were the nhoto- graphs of some of the big league play ers. "The entire younger generation of At.. Dhlllnnln., fa hnoahnll PrUSV. Thfl American soldiers who Introduced the game in the islands aid tneir country a great service." ilS. OLSON COLLAPSES 3IINNESOTA PROFESSORS WIFE SWOONS ON STAND. Four Hours of Cross-Examination Has Effect Widow of Defend ant's Victim Contradicts. ST. PAUL. April" 8. As the last words corroborating Professor Oscar Olson's testimony relative to his wife's relation with Clyde N. Darling, for whose murder Olson is on trial, fell from Mrs. Olson's lips tonight, she threw her hands to her side, reeled and fell unconscious on the floor of the courtroom. She soon recovered and was taken to her home. Mrs. Darling, wife of the man whom Olson killed, then took the stand and gave testimony contradictory to that of Mrs. Olson. Mrs. Olson's collapse came at the end of four hours of severe questioning by the Prosecuting Attorney. Mrs. Olson repeated under cross-examination threats Darling is said to have made against Olson. "When I told Darling he would have So smooth and appetizing. It's the "beer of good cheer." A case will convince you. Call Main 671 or A 2467. Olvmoia .Brewing Company rfI "It's the Water" U THAT III MAKES Ok l II M f 1 i INDIAN AGENT GIVES FAVORABLE TESTIMONY Has Every Reason to Believe That Plant Juice Will Do All That Is Claimed. Mr. E. J. Egbert, who Is Indian agent at Suquamish. Wash., is another man who is a strong believer in Plant Juice, he has been a great sufferer from stomach trouble,- and has found Plant Juice to be the thing he was looking for. ' He said: "I find your Plant Juice to be all right for the stomach and bowels. My stomach has troubled me for a Ions time, and this was probably the cause of rfiy constipation: I was afraid the use of cathartics would form a habit, and I would have to continue taking them. I find that Plant Juice causiss a perfectly natural action of the bowers, and I believe you are right when you say it moves the bowels by acting on the liver: it is also toning up my stomacb. my food digests and does not distress me as it did." As a corrective of all the disorders of the stomach, kidneys, liver and blood Plant Juice is in a class by it self. 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Seventh and Washing ton streets, call and get a bottle from him and If you are not satisfied with it he will refund your money. to discontinue coming to my house in the daytime, he replied that he would 'fix' my husband and would tell all the neighbors what I was," Mrs. Olson testified. Mrs. Olson said she warned Darling as he was leaving the house that she would tell her husband all If he con tinued to visit her. She said Darling's answer was, "Olson always has stood In our way. I'll put him out of the way if you tell him." "After each visit I firmly resolved that it would be the last time, but I was not strong enough and I submit ted to his pleas of love and his threats," the witness testified. Mrs. Darling testified her husband was at home the night he is said to have spent with Mrs. Olson. The case is expected to go to the Jury late tomorrow. PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Mary Gillitand Passes Away at Sweet Home, Or. SWEET HOME, Or., April 8. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Gllllland, an Oregon pioneer of 1852, and widow of the late John W. Gllllland, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. R. Slavens, of this place, on March 27. at the age of 83 years. Mrs. Uilliland's maiden name was Settle. She was born in Indiana, later moving to Iowa, and in 1852 camo with her husband to Oregon, settling on what is known as the Toll Gate Ranch. Mrs. Gllllland is survived by three children, Mrs. H. R. Slavens, of this place; Mrs. W. Weeks, Harrisburg, Or., and Jacob Gilliland. Grand View, Or., and a sister, Henrietta Nye, of this place, and a number of grandchildren. A few weeks ago it didn't even EXIST To-day -hear them talk about that REFRESHING EFFECT produced by a pipeful of Stag. About that delight ful fragrance. , in which EVERY smoke is moist and sweet About that popular 5 Cent price. The Stag that staggered the country. ' EVE R-LASTI N G-LY GOOD The Suit For Business is the one you wear the most; naturally you want it to look well under all conditions, yet you want it to fit easily and to yield grace fully to every movement of the body. Ben Selling suits for men will give vou that ease and poise which bespeak the well-dressed man. Spring models are here in abund ance; tailored from fabrics that will give lasting sat isfaction. Modestly priced $20 to $35 Men ?s shop main floor Young men's shop second floor BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth r Pipe and Cigarette