Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 22, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

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    THE WRSTSG OREGO-IA, SATT7BDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916.
PROSECUTOR
CURBS
RAIDER OF HOMES
Complaint Against Banker in
Seattle Under Prohibition
Law Denied Sheriff.
OFFICER TO GO TO COURT
Warrants to Be Sworn Out Before
. Judge --Attorneys Express Opln-
Ion Recent Raids Violated.
Rights of Residents.
PEATTLE, TVuh. Jan. SI. (Special.)
Holding- to his expressed determina
tion not to arm deputy sheriffs with
warrants to search private homes.
Prosecuting Attorney Lundln today de
nied the application of Sheriff Hodge
for a complaint directed against a
prominent Seattle banker.
The Sheriff sent Deputy Malone with
a formal request for the complaint
after he had read the interview in
which Lundln reiterated his policy of
hunting down those selling liquor and
respecting the sanctity of the home.
"For my part I am not going to
dodge any responsibilities which the
law place on me." said Sheriff Hodge.
Tf Mr. Lundln will not issue warrants
I'll appear before the judge and swear
out the warrants myself; yes, and
prosecute the cases myself, too.
"Fortunately the prohibition law
makes It possible to enforce it without
either the co-operation of the Prose
cuting Attorney, the Mayor or the Gov
ernor." Rlffkts a Home Is leave.
And so Sheriff Hodge and Prosecuting
Attorney Lundln have come to the part
ing of the ways, the prosecutor ap
parently taking the stand that many
of Seattle's most prominent atorneys
do. that the law -gives a man certain
rights within his own home which are
inalienable and that raids on private
residence unless there is proof of il
legal sale or use of liquor, are without
Justification in law.
The opinion held by a large number
of leading attorneys Is expressed by
Walter S. Fulton, who says:
"It 1 the consensus of opinion among
attorneys that the recent raids on pri
vate homes were unjustified and be
yond the law. The Constitution of the
United States prohibits the enactment
of any ex post facto law; an ex post
facto law Is one which makes an act
an offense which was not such when
the act was committed, or that at
tached a penalty to an act which, when
committed, was lawful and without any
penalty. .
"The law punishing one for having
liquor in his or her possession which
was acquired before the law went into
effect when it was lawful to have it
in one's possession, seems to be ex
post facto.
Oklahoma Law Declared Void
"In addition to this. It has been held
In the case of ex parte Wilson, de
nmhrr 18. 1911. bv the Court
of Appeals for Oklahoma, that a law'
which provided that It ehouia oe un
lawful for any person to have or keep
In one's possession any excess of one
quart of any spirituous, vinous or fer
mented malt liquors, was unconstitu
tional and void."
Sheriff Hodge, under whos? Auc
tion the raids on the Boeing and Skin
ner cellars were made Wednesday,
takes the ground that the mandate of
the law and the intent of voters Is
plain, and he Is bitter at the hostile
attitude of the Mayor, the Prosecuting
Attorney and the Governor toward his
raid policy.
"Complaints were made to me." he
said. "It was my duty to make the
raids.
"But Prosecuting Attorney Lundln.
Mayor Gill and Governor Lister are of
the opinion that private residences
should not be raided. .
"None of them Is empowered to
amend or repeal any law passed by the
people. And what Is more, none of
them raised any objection to the en
forcement of the plain law until a few
of the wealthy ones. Influential, promi
nent men who regarded themselves
as above the law. got caught."
Gardeaer Arrest Xot Protested.
Sheriff Hodge point out that no
protest was made when a gardener was
arrested for having a small quantity
of liquor in his cellar. It will not be
his policy, he says, to search private
homes except where there Is evidence
that Immense stocks are stored in defi
ance of the law. Mr. Boeing's supply
of liquor he estimated at 16000. while
th amount taken from Skinner's was
valued at 12000.
"Let me tell you how I came to raid
the Rainier Club. -J was spending a
quite Sunday. Jailer Mike Halley. Mrs
Halley and some others and -myself
were playing whist. The telephone
rang.
"I went to the telephone, I could
hear two women talking. I wanted to
know who It was at the 'phone. The
other woman advised her not to tell,
he was sobbing as she spoke. She
-ald she voted for prohibition, though
he did not object to a man taking a
drink every now ind then.
" 'I voted for prohibition.' she said,
'because I wanted to have ray husband
at home on Sundays, lie used to spend
them at the Rainier Club. Now it is
worse than ever. He's hardly ever
at home. He's at the club every night
and he comes home on rare occasions
in an ugly, vicious mood.' "
JAGS' JAG MERRILY ON
Commute Is Told to Knforce List
I .aw rtc Resign Place. "
'pOMPTON LAKES, N J., Jan. 13.
The antl-jag board of tills place, known
a the Borough Board of Protectors,
must either act or get out. The Bor
ough Council has put the matter
squarely up to two of the members.
James Lawrence. Justice of the Peace
and chairman of the board, is disgust
rd. He cannot round up the other two
members, and so the Jags of this little
place go merrily along getting Jagged.
Mr. Lawrence does not purpose to
be the head of a committee that will
not commit and so he ha flung down
the gauntlet. If hi colleagues will not
work he'll quit.
The row was caused by the ease with
which Jag-listed drinkers get about
anything they want in the line of
drinks.
COPS DON WRIST WATCHES
Infectives Use Ruse to Get Invita
tion to Bet on Races.
KEW TORK. Jan. IS. Three detec
tives from Inspector Morris" offices In
th West Thirtieth-street Police Sta
tion, who constituted themselves into
a sort of "Wrist-watch squad." raided
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ough. Thlrty-alxlh street and Broad
way, which they reported to be a head
quarters for the taking oi racing ei
Frank Waters, who said ne is i
broker at -No. 155S Broadway, was ar
rested as the proprietor, and Jesse
Bchwartz, a salesman, was held as an
"inmate." Four others were permitted
to sro.
The raid was made as the result of
several letters Inspector Morris naa
received from a woman who declared
her husband had lost many hundreds
of dollars In the place. He assigned
Detectives McKulty, - Townsend and
Slatterly to investigate. In the hope
some one would Invite them into the
gambling place they wore wrist
watches conspucuously and loitered
about the hoteL The watches did not
seem to be any inducement to the
"runner" if there wa one. so the squad
went to the rooms, listened at the door,
and after hearing some talk about the
races at New Orleans and some high
bets they broke in.
The raid created some excitement 4n
Broadway, when a patrol wagon
backed up to the hotel's entrance.
ACTOR IS THOUGHT THIEF
Police Say Movie Man Actually
Was Stealing.
- !. tir vrTszr t certain mo-
called "The' Thief." or "Dirty Work
in a Print Shop" or -ins v-ioa. v-"-lector's
Busy Day," will not be re
i a .uA n.,.,nt The reason for
this is that the police found something
about the leading man wmta i"' coLt
-v. . T , . a clnnlf be-
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longing to an employ of the Thompson
. . . . . - etc Tl.-t
Publishing company, oi iu. ib '
Forty-third street.
"T, 4 .. .1 h.fnra "Kfa H t Dl t
Corrigan in the West Side Court.
Charles - Corlette, me auegea iwum
v. ; a -v. i;ia West
Forty-third street, after which he reg
istered many emotions, inciuuius
bristling Indignation, righteous con-
- . tAitrnant dltlamtlOn and HlHr-
tyred resignation. No camera was busy
recording nis spienaia war any wuii
than there had been when he was in
terrupted in the act of placing several
cloaks In a bundle at the offices of the
Thompson company.
r a . n,&an n talrst t 1 "m " In
sisted the prisoner. "I wa posing for
the 'movies.
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mun Ul CI1C1 Bl . ) V v
magistrate, "after which you may go
Into legitimate work at Ding oms
prison. I will hold you in J1000 bail."
Registering financial collapse, Cor
lette was led to a heavily barred cell.
EPICURE FEEDING CATTLE
Youth Jumps From Idle Rich Class
to Farm Labor.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Jan. 14. Before
Theodore Peltzer's death fall toppled
over the fortunes of the Peltzer fam
ily. Herman Peltzer was known as a
young man of wealth and leisure.
Today Herman Peltzer Is a hired
band on a farm, working a farm hand's
hours and drawing a farm hand's pay,
less a month than he was accustomed
to pay for a dinner Just three months
ago.
The crash that followed his brother s
death left Herman Peltzer absolutely
without funds or employment. The
voiinc- man. who is the younger brother
of a reputed millionaire, was known for
his skill In handling a speemng auto
and ordering a dinner, found himself
forced to go to work at once. He ob
tained work on the farm of Phil R.
Toll, a wealthy lumberman who has a
iarm close to Kansas City.
"I had a cold when I came out here,
but I am feeling fine now," he con
fided to a personal friend recently. "A
man living in the city doesn't realize
how much he misses until he gets out
in th open and lives and works in
the outdoors."
POTATO RAISING HELD ART
Xortli Dakotun Complains at Crop
of 40,000 Bushels From 400 Acres.
MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 15. Potato rais
ing is an art, according to Nels Fol
som, known as the potato king of the
Northwest. Folsom hails from Hoople,
N. D.. and Is said to raise more of
the tuber than any other man in this
part of the country. He was in Minne
apolis on a business trip last week.
The potato king said that the art of
potato raising is one that few acquire,
which accounts for the fact that there
are not more kings. Few give the right
kind of attention to their growing
crops, he says.
Because of the light crop last season
good price are prevailing, which in a
manner recompense the grower for the
lack of quantity, declared Folsom. He
has 400 acres near Hoople, which he
devote to the raising of potatoes, and
he says that with only 40.000 bushels It
was the poorest season that he has had
since he went there in 1910.
The potato king says he has advised
everv farmer in the Red River Valley
to plant a patch of potatoes, as it Is the
greatest preparation there Is for the
raising of alfalfa.
GAME LAW HITS EPICURES
Purveyors for .Newport Winter So
ciety Are "Inspected."
NEWPORT, R. I-. Jan. 13. Winter so
ciety at Newport will have to drop for
a while its epicurean tastes for game
out of season: for, although since the
closed law have been In force many
have enjoyed a few partridges, quail
and yellow legs, a raid this afternoon
by Game Commissioner Kent and
Deputy Harrington has placed the
heretofore relished species in the "also
ran" class.
Among those technically under arrest
for th alleged vlolatton of having
game birds in their possession after
the closed season are the manager of
Henry F. Rooney"s market, on Thame
street, a favorite rendezvous for those
of society who like to select for them
selves their choice morsels, and Gard
ner S. Reynolds, manager of the Sea
side market-
At the former place 68 birds were
found by the Inspectors and 42 at the
latter place.
The inspection Is the outcome of a
movement all over the state, and other
citie are involved.
SECRET STAIR COST $2400
Old Way Is to Be Restored at New
York State Capitol.
ALBANY. N. T., Jan. 15. The "secret
stairway" in the Capitol, which the at
taches of the executive chamber as
well as Governor Whitman insist wa
restored so that a necessary new lava
tory might be Installed, is going to
cost the state J2400. Other work In
connection with the changes will bring
the total cost to- 14823. Here are the
figures from the office of State Archi
tect Louis F. Pilcher:
Building the stairs. Contractor Mor
ris Kantrowitx. Albany. $2400: plumb
ing work, A. J. Eckert. Albany. 11250;
electric fixtures. Finch & Hawn. Al
bany, $11: exhaust fan for ventilator,
J. R. Sheehan. Schenectady. 1585.
The HOMO waiters and kitchen attend
ant of the New York hotels and restau
rants are being licensed. To do so they
must pas a physical examination.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATTOES.
Sunset '"Rosemary."
Pickford "The City."
Peoples "Mice and Men." "The
Goddess."
Columbia "The Corner," "The
Hunt."
"Majestic "The Battle Cry of
Peace."
National "The Man Inside.
VANCOUVER, B. C, is having Its
censorship troubles, the censor in
the British Columbia metropolis
more than Justifying his title. The
charge the exhibitors make is that the
censorship is erratic and inconsistent,
identically the state of affairs Portland
exhibitors are struggling against.
"Ths Man from Home," a partic
ularly wholesome picture of the Jesse
Lasky Company, ha been rejected as
unfit for public exhibition, while Mary
Pickford's "Teas of the Storm Country"
has twice been condemned.
The Essanay-Chaplln comedy, "His
Night Out," was rejected when sub
mitted by the "Vancouver office of the
General Film, but an English print, re
cently brought in by the Famous
Players Service, recently played in that
city.
The charge is made that in some
cases the wording of the moving-picture
act Is religiously adhered to and
that in others it is entirely ignored.
The censor Insists on Judging some
plays by the novelized story, ignoring
the fact that the story told on the
screen Is often entirely different.
Edwin Stevens, star of "The Man
i.iH." q Onlifornian bv birth and
a graduate of the University of Cali-
: .. tj- tia -ntapAri hunklne and
then Invaded the Arizona mining field.
When he had reached the position oi
superintendent, the Apaches came
along and destroyed tne mine prop-
and then returned to San Francesco,
where he became soloist in a church
choir. In 1883 hi stage career com
menced, for that year he joined the
Alice Oates Opera Company.
j
riora Williams, who plays an inter
esting character role in the Ince
Triangle play. "The Corner." is a
Seattlelte by birth. She made her
entry on the stage with Richard Jose.
the singing comedian, in uon t. mu
My Wife."
Marguerite Clark protests against
the vicissitudes of the. life of a screen
star. "It was only two week ago that
I was comfortably basking In the sun
light at Savannah, Ga.," walls the Fa
mous Players' beauty, "and now here
I am in Northern New York with snow
a thousand feet deep, more or less, as
far as the ey can aee.
The Keystone says that aonther pic- I
ture will soon be released that will
make "The Submarine Pirate" look like
a ministers' convention when it come
to the thrill thing, and tnat mey naa
to take the film out and beat it to
death before it could be let out on the
wheel of the projecting machine, it
was so lively.
t-v. - vttavrinh hAa a scrlnt in prep
aration In which the well-known Port
land swimmer and diver. Vivian raar-
. i . 1 1 Mtii ni. lHlnr rolA. If
buui, i " " J " ,
this cold, weather continues Miss Mar
shall will have no competitors in ncr
line of work.
The World Film Corporation has been
absorbed by the Equitable Film Pro-
. , Th. nw rnmhlrt la
QUC1QB ,UIUttU.
capitalized for approximately 11,000.-
000, ana will do Known in uio
a the Equitable Film Company.
It i understood on very good au-
inurny -- " - ---
and general manager of the World
Company. Lewis J. Selznick, ha re
tired. If this is tue, Artnur a. spiegei
will be the head of the new combina
tion. It is rumored that Treasurer
Busch has also severed connection
with the World Film.
Under the guidance of "the Terrible
Russian." Nicholas Dunaew. all the
mysteries, secret meeting places and
pastimes of New York Bohemia were
displayed and inspected one evening
last week by Mary Pickford, Clara
Kimball Young and several lesser
lights of the film world. New York's
Ghetto was examined thoroughly, sev
eral Hebrew theaters were visited and
the stage performance completely for
gotten in the demonstrations that
greeted the screen stars.
Thoma J. Carrigan. Metro' newest
leading man. who plays with little
Mary Mile Minter In "Roe of the
Alley," began hi professional career
with a circua, playing a clown.
Screen Gossip.
According to the Universal press
agent the following letter wa received
anent Bernhardt and her "Jeanne
Dore" offering, dated at Milwaukee and
signed "A Turnvereln": "There are
nine million German In th country
and they all go to see moving pictures.
But when you want to bring Sarah
Bernhardt here, and show her in mov
ing pictures, not a good German will
go and see her. She didn't dare to go
to Germany and aha hadn't dare to
come here."
The sun now never sets on Metro
films, for Australia and New Zealand
have now contracted for the Bervlce,
the organization circling the globe.
' Henry Walthall, the hero of "The
Strange Case of Mary Page." once
worked in an iron mine near Birming
ham, Ala. He also was a farmer boy
on his father's plantation, and he can
drive a mule and hoe corn. When he
grew up he attended Howard College,
near Birmingham. He believes a col
lege training is a fine thing for a motion-picture
actor, providing the stu
dent does not let his studies interfere
with his football practice.
"Partner Pickford" Is what they are
calling Mary Pickford since the news of
the formation of the Famous Players
Mary Pickford Company became pub
lic It used to be "Little Mary," but
the latter title sounds hardly dignified
enough for the half-owner of the new
organization.
Robert Mantell. with Genevieve Ham
per and an -excellent supporting cast,
including Claire Whitney, Henry Leone,
Stuart Holmes and little Jane Lee, Is
working in a William Fox film entitled
"The Spider and the Fly." The work
on this picture is being done in Kings
ton, Jamaica, under the direction of
J. Gordon Edwards.
Life is sad, life is dreary, or some
thing like that. Frank Berzage. of the
American Company, gnashes his teeth
because his hair is curly, while Anna
Little puts her bicuspids through the
same performance because hers is
straight,
Constance Crawley.of Arthur Maude's
company of American Film Company
players. Is a first cousin of Field Mar
shal Earl Jtltcnener, ureal Britain
famous war chieftain. Miss Crawley
k. immiifit faith that "Kitchener of
Khartum" and the British army will
emerge tnumpnant in tne present, b'""1
struggle of the powers. Miss Crawley
i 1 . . m,mhAv 'nt I n 1 1 P r . frnm
nun J a .... . .
her distinguished cousin, which she
admits are highly interesting. Natur
ally she refuses to make them public
The actress, who deserted the stage
for the screen was Kitchener's guest
in the field lor a time aunng tue
Miss Crawley had planned to Join
the British forces as a Red Cross nurse,
but was unable to secure a cancella
tion of her agreement with the Ameri
can Film Company.
PLEA IS MADE FOR HORSE
Legislature Asked to Keep Motors
Off of Part or All Roads.
1TD1UT Tar 14 Civ, the horSO
his share of the road and a chance to
live and prosper." The New York biaie
Association of Horsemen has addressed
this petition to the 191S legislature
here.
The object of the new organization
is the preservation of old Dobbin and
ms increase ui luo w,ow-ucc40 ...
dustry. The legislature is asked to re
serve a part of all state roads and high
ways exclusively tor norse-urawn ve
hicles.
ino great uuiuucia " " '
lng the trotter and pacer in the stable
lor saieiy-nrt reawu muitouich
Clare. Statistics give an automobile to
every rorty-one persons in tuo aic.
GIRL IS NAMEDAS BEAUTY
Miss Valedo de Corlche Chosen for a
Role In "Experience."
CHICAGO. Jan. 15. Miss Valedo de
Corlche, 448 St. James place, has been
selected out of 300 contestants as the
most beautiful girl in Chicago and will
play the role of Beauty in "Experience"
at the Garrlck Theater. Miss de Co
rlche is 18 years old, of medium height,
graceful and a -perfect 38." 6he la of
Spanish descent and has lived in Chi
cago live years.
Thl will be Miss J Corlche's first
stage experience, though she is so
pleased at having been given the part
in "Experience" that she hopes through
hard work, she says, to make the stage
her permanent career.
WOMAN JEALOUS OF DOG
Scran ton Complainant Says Husband
Neglects Her for Canines.
SCRANTON. Pa.. Jan. IS. Declaring
that her husband loved his three dogs
so much that he slept with them, Mrs.
Lena Libbey appeared In court to press
her action for divoroe from John Lib
bey. -
As a specie of barbarous treatment,
Mrs. Ubbey testified that she was com
pelled to bathe the dogs dally and "Vloll
them up" in ribbons for the satisfac
tion of her husband.
She also stated that his attachment
for the dogs was uch that while they
were living In Waverly he frequently
took th three dog for carriage drivin?
In the evening, leaving the wife and
the baby at home.
LACK OF FOREIGN
POLICY ARRAIGNED
Security League Speaker,
However, Says National
Spirit Being Crystallized.
NAVY ALSO CRITICISED
Ex-Secretary Declares Fundamental
Defect Is That It Has No Brain '
and Is Being: Admlnlsterd
on Peace Basis.
' WASHINGTON, Jan., 2L Attacks on
and defense of the Administration's
preparedness policy marked again to-
dav the session of the National se
curity League. George Von L. Meyer,
Secretary of the Navy during the
nm Tuft A Hmtnlnl rHt1nHl.
Henry A. Wise Wood, who recently re
signed from the Naval Aavisory uoaro,
and Representative J. Hampton Moore,
president or uie Aiianno icpur tyiw
Wav Association, led In the day's pro
gramme of addresses.
At ' tonight'- session tne programme
included addresses by Chairman Cham
K..iain nt th ;Tinr.A military commit
tee, and Senator Pbelan, of California,
whose subject was me i-acmc.
Lack of Foreign Policy Charged.
ht- xtTrtrtii arrniiTnMl the Adminis
tration's conduct of foreign affairs,
asserting that "we have no foreign
policy at the moment." Mr. Meyer de
clared that the fundamental aetect oi
. V. V,v T"l onort m o f WftM that it had
no brain, and Mr. Moore assailed the
"repeated and continued failure- oi tne
Government to heed lessons taught by
other wars and develop waterway near
the coast adequate for naval strategical
movements which might become neces
sary in war time.
"With the destruction of our citizens
. ; mnr.),OTi oil i n. or on our
own vessels," said Mr. Wood, "we offer
no armea lnteriereaue, ui- uu "un
armed interference when our citizens
while on foreign boII are destroyed,
wiu.. nH children outraged, their
property confiscated. Furthermore, it
is to be aouDtea wneiner a. mo
ment we are willing to enforce by
armed intervention such of our do
mestic policies as are inimical to the
interests of foreign nations."
He said there were, however, certain
indications that we are about to ex
perience a Nation-wide reaction of pub
llo opinion which cannot fall to crys
tallize into a National spirit, finding
expression in a cleiinite code of policies
dealing with foreign affairs in order
to sustain which the United States, if
need be, will declare war.
Superior Navy Held Essential.
Mr. Wood said the United States
-t.nl fnpmiilfltA n Tiavftl ollCV that
would bear the full brunt, if necessary.
of a coalition of -powen. ne advo
cated a naval policy that would "main
tain at all times in the Atlantic a
force superior to that of Germany, in
the Pacific a force superior to Japan;
protect the Panama Cane! against cap
ture or destruction by land or by sea,
or Injury by air."
Ex-Secretary Meyer declared ne
fundamental defect of the Navy De
partment is that It has no brain,
no competent military organization
charged with the preparation of the
fleets for war and with their conduct
in war, and in consequence the Navy
Is being built and administered on a
peace basis and is not being efficiently
prepared for war service.
"We add to our difficulties." he con
tinued, "by being the only civilized
nation that has not a budget system.'
Definite Proa-ramme Urged.
He urged the fortification of the
Panama Canal and the additional pro
tection of it by the Navy, a definite
naval building programme, abolition of
useless Navy-yards, necessary increase
. ...... i ... : . u . H inomnsA of ton
nage, establishment of a National Coun
cil of defense; prompt organization oi
i aaAirA ftf mnrt than 25.000
men and creation of a Navy general
staff.
Among the Administration's de
fenders was Rear-Admiral Colby M.
t . . n vatiiAH vl- i n reminded the
league that under the Constitution the
President alone naa tne uuioruj t
recommend to Congress naval and
military measures.
"If you don't like the way the Presi
dent handles this problem," he said,
"you have the recourse of turning
him out of office, but so long as he
i .rfi.. ... a ottfinlit . r.tndmhpT tha.t
IS in uii'vc " - "
he represents the entire Nation and
ShOUld support nim in ins rcLunuucuua-
tlons he makes along this line."
THEATERS ASK FOR BOARD OF
CENSORSHIP APPEALS.
Instance of Alleged Injustice Are
Cited and Power I Said to Be
la Mrs. Colwell'a Hand.
Trouble between motion-picture pec-
and and the Board of Motion Picture
Censor were again aired yesterday
before Mayor Albee and Commissioner
Daly, when the picture men went to
the City Hall to urge the introduction
before the Council of a proposed ordi
nance creating a board to which ap
peals from the decisions of the Censor
Board might do maae.
The picture men explained their dif'
ficulties in getting what they consider
Justice at the hands of the Censor
Board. They declared that the board
is dominated by its secretary, Mrs. is.
B. Colwell.
Mayor Albee contended that the pic
ture oeoDle are unfair in their critl'
clam of the board and its members and
that the board is an appeal Doara, De
cause its members do not view pictures.
Mr. Daly informed the committee in
vestigating the censorship situation
with the intention of recommending
changes if they are deemed advisable.
The committee of picture men com
prised B. J. Myrick. A. S. Kirkpatrich,
Louis Christ. F. M. Simonton, G. T.
Holtzclafc-, L. A. Todd and Paul Noble.
"Dead" 51 Tears, Sow Working.
DENVER, Jan. 14. A man who has
been dead for more than 51 years, ac
cording to the records of the War De
partment, became an officer of the De
partment of Justice the other day when
W. A. Jamieson, of Denver, took the po
sition of. announcer in the United States
District Court here. Jamieson escaped
from the Andersonville, Ga., prison.
Hi name was confused with that of
another prisoner, who died, and Jam
ieson has a picture of his tombstone.
No. 4590, In the National Cemetery at
Andersonville.
If tatltlc are to b believed, the birth
rate In the United State,. In Great Britain
and In molt other civilised lands is being
steadily, thouh slowly, lowered each year.
PEOPLES
TODAY
- Your Last Chance to See
Marguerite Clark
in
MICE AND MEN
and
ANITA STEWART WITH EARLE WILLIAMS
In the Second Chapter of
THE GODDESS
COMING SUNDAY FOR FOUR DAYS
" Blanche Sweet
f3 muffin", Anita
Third Chapter
dess."
DEATH CHEATS EX-WIFE
HEIR ' IS DROWJTED BEFORE RE-
WEDDIXG OX RECONCILIATION.
Woman Forgive Husband Who Elope
With Another Before Divorce, and
Matter I Settled.
CHTCAGO, Jan. 14. L. Hamlin Pren
tice, Jr., whose father is a millionaire
Chicago manufacturer and who, after
a stormy matrimonial career, wa on
the . point of reconciliation witn nis
wife who divorced him recently, was
drowned the other day in the Mis
sissippi River at Bolivar Landing, Miss.
He was 27 years old and the son of
Leon H. Prentice, of Chicago and Wau-
kegan, head of the L. H. Prentice uom-
pany, 330 Sherman street.
Young Prentice was on a launch trip
with W. H. Sampson, of Chicago. The
clutch of the engine of the launcn was
broken, according to reports, and young
Prentice got into a "dinky" gasoline
boat to drop the anchor. The small
boat capsized and he was drowned.
Prentice married Miss Marjorie Har
per, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
C. Harper, 2915 Jackson boulevard. Mrs.
Prentice aiyi her daughter now reside
with the Harpers. Airs, rreniice maae
some serious charges against her hus
band some time after their marriage,
alleging that he had chased her and the
baby out of their Summer cottage at
Third Lake in the night. 'She brought
suit for divorce.
Before the case was tried, however.
Prentice eloped to Crown Point, May
29, 1914, with Clara Kaminske, a ste
nographer In his father's office, and
married her under the name of Harold
Pitts. Miss Kaminske told her friends
she was going to Aurora for a visit.
The news leaked out, however, and
got to the ears of Mrs. Prentice. The
mailer was settled by the payment y
Prentice of $50 monthly to the girl for'
a year.
Meanwhile Mrs. Prentice ODtamea ner
Hnorpp of divorce, but there are said to
have been heartaches on both sides.
and the cruise which young rrenuce
set out upon was to have been in the
nature of a probationary period pre
paratory to .a reconciliation.
Both the elder Mrs. Prentice and the
divorced wife of the young man were
too much overcome by the news to dis
cuss the affair.
Hinton G. Clabaugh, head of the de
partment of Justice's local investigation
bureau, said that no member of his
staff is on the Prentice case or was fol
lowing him at the time of his death.
"It was not the sort of thing one
cared to talk about when the man was
alive, and surely not after he's dead,"
Mr. Clabaugh said. "We have had
nothing to do with It for some time
now." "
WOMAN LAUDS - SCIENCE
Motherhood Perils Dwindle, Says
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley.
Txr a prnvnTCiv Tow 13 "Silence has
Y AOIUHUAU.", -
w VaHmofrlan rf woman." de-
IUO liaiiuui"'"
Glared Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, speaking
berore tne session vl mo -
:n tn thA Pan-American
Scientific Congress, held in the ballroom
of the Willard.
"Women have naa a long, nam Bims
gle, unaided by science, until within
tn tholr various necessary
task and duties," she continued. "To
day medicaf science, the science of
nursing, the foo laboratory, the bac-
u.ttnn nf mlllr nnd other
leriai cuu".' - - .
agencies relieve the mother of many of
the dangers existing in our Ki '"'"'"
ers' time. , .
methods in which woman Is benefited.
She expressed tne opinion, nowovor,
that the city woman was more bene-
lea man uoi -'J " J " ,
"Various agencies are at work, ene
added to benent tne country wvumu,
as for -instance. In this country, the
parcels post, the co-operation of the
Department of Agriculture, the Depart
ment of Labor ana tne rurai uu..
t of further ex.tnds aov-
oiui.m-c
ernmental aid to the country women
In the United States."
"I believe a nation can rise no higher
than it women," declared Mrs. Ernest
Thompson-Seton, in describing "The
Woodcraft' Movement as vu.i .. -Builder
for Boys and Girls." She de
clared that it was never too early to
train the women of the country to be
wives and mothers. "It is important to
bring up boys and girls elde by side,
with Idea of equality for later part
nership of men and women In the so
cial, marital and civic relationships ot
life. I deplore the present tendency to
bring up boys so that in manhood they
affect superiority to feminine associ
ates." An interesting feature of the meet-
. - - rw ITAranHAr Gra-
lng was lue viati. ja ' - ' , . .
ham Bell. A group of ten curly-headed
little children irom ui
School for Deaf Children had Just fin
ished a demonstration of their work
when Dr. Bell entered. After being in
troduced by Miss JUlia .uainrui, o.
one who had done mosx iu.
lng the sufferings of the deaf, he spoke
a few words of greeting to the gather
ing, then, turning to Mr. Charles R.
Crane, who had charge of the little
ones, he expressed his interest in the
work being done by her, and spoke a
few words of praise to the little ones,
meanwhile patting the beads of those
nearest to him.
YOUNGEST VETERAN DIES
Republican leader and Superin
tendent of Workhonse Passes.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 14. Nicholas Karr,
(5 year old, retired business man and
THEATER
in "The Rasra-
Stewart in; -
of "The God- ?
former Republican politician and super
intendent of the City Workhouse, died
at his home. 2640 Ann avenue, recently,
after an Illness of a year. He had been
confined to his bed for almost half of
this time, suffering with cancer.
Mr. Karr was a veteran of the Civil
War, having enlisted In the Thirtieth
Missouri Regiment as a drummer boy
at the age of 11. He later became
private In this regiment, and served
at the siege of vicksburg.
He was a member of Frank P. Blair
Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Repub
lic. He received a medal in 1S8S from
the Grand Army of the Republic tor
being the youngest living veteran of
the war.
Mr. Karr was born in St Louis and
lived here all his life. He was actWe
In the real estate business and as a
manufacturer. He was interested in
politics and served as superintendent
of the Workhouse from 1895 to 1898.
After this term he retired from active
business.
He is survived by his widow, Elisa
beth; two sons, Jacob of Mobile, Ala.,
and Albert, who resided at his parents'
home, and two daughters. Miss Eliza
beth M. Karr and Mrs. Robert C. New
man, of 1650 South Spring avenue.
Belgians in England are making large
quantities of wooden shoes.
LAST DAY
TOMORROW
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V 'Che
riCKFORD
Washington at Park
COLUMBIA
Sixth and Washington
LAST TDIES
TODAY
Willard Mack and Thelma
Salter in
The Corner
Ford Sterling in
The Hunt
SUNDAY
Mable Normand and
Fatty Arbuckle in
MABLE ADRIFT
3 REELS
The Well Dregsed
Window
Nothing is better as a trade
brlnger unless tt be direct news
paper advertising.
The window gives the store char
acter to every passer by.
It marks It up or down. It at
tracts trade or repels It.
People are often attracted to a
window because It contain good
they know.
For this reason retailer find it
a trade brlnger to show merchan
dise that 1 being advertised in the
newspaper.
People are interested In these
good and attracted to the window
and to the store.
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