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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1916)
THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAJf, FRIDAY, JAXTJART 28, 1916. ft I f m ' -rv rr" . M 71-. t I k" MMM i Msja-wiinwwni miiiimiiiiii mi mi iimmiiwiiiiii imT CHARITIES PLAN TO GET NEXT TO THE BIG DOINGS SAVE LOST ENERGY P Committee Named to Outline Method for Co-ordination of Work in Portland. E i SAVING IS CONSIDERED Reorganization or Body to Effect Jlore Efficient Service at De creased ExpenditureOpen Meeting Arranged. A merser of the charitable activities of city, county and all Portland organ izations devoted to this work Is pro posad by the board of directors of the Associated Charities. A special com mittee has been named to outline a plan whereby all charity dispensed here may be conducted under the head of one or ganization. The directors of the Associated Char ities met Wednesday and discussed the plan at considerable length. I. N. Fleischner, chairman of the board of directors, appointed the following com mittee to report on consolidation at a meeting next Wednesday: C Henri Labbee, chairman; Jacob T- i , - Mavshflil X. Dana. t.- i ii Rvuvi w 1. Brewster. Kulus 1 C. Holman and Oeorge U Baker. It Is expected this committee will formulate a reorganization scheme for the Asso ciated Charities to provide for the co ordination of all Portland charity agencies. Mr. Fleischner declares the next meeting will be open to the public, and suggestions are invited. Representatives of the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, city and county representatives and others at tended the response meeting Wednes day. (since the resignation of Victor Man ning as manager of the Associated Charities, the directors frequently have discussed reorganization along broader lines. Manager Hardy, of the Cham ber of Commerce, has conferred with the charity department members of the civic bureau of that body. "We have thought that this would be . i m n tffft a consolidation of all Portland charitable activities." said -.r. ..o...... - -- .--., i viuua i""; . - of poverty has been combined under the head of efficient organizations and resulting benefits have been marked. cities county and city worn wr lucrs un wu . . a result and the expense of the work has been reduced. This greater econo my has not been accomplished by de nying aid to the unfortunate, but through better organization and im proved service. It is contended fre- ' quently that'the greatest cost in con ducting relief work is in payment of salaries, an1 this is unavoidable. It is Impossible to obtain volunteer workers lor more than a day or two at a time. However, by consolidation of various bureaus and agencies having the same " objects in view, this cost can be re- ' vluced to the minimum. "Such a plan would prevent duplica tlon of giving, wouw economize ou aries and overhead expenses lor tne distribution of relief and. in fact, would cut out practically all the lost motion in this wort c ii&Tv ' ' . i catlons for the poet of manager or tne iwiat.H r?hnrities a nosition lc" t va- I "We have on hand numerous ppn cant nce we resisu.uoo i ning. but we will take no acUon In that particular until we have a report . , . i . r n 1IVIU UIU v."."..- . ' out a plan of consolidation. We want .11 nA,4 in -thin Hublect to attend jusi umii ....h next Wednesday afternoon's meeting." SLEEP PUT ABOVE DIAMOND Detectives Told Not to Bother About Investigation Until Morninjr. Eleep -to M. K. Commlngs. Chcster b.iry Apartments. Twentieth and Kearney streets, is of more immediate importance than the recovery of a $17S diamond. He returned Wednesday night from a trip out of the city and found that he had been robbed. He called the city detectives and they re plied that they would come at once. It .was then 11 P. M. "No." ho replied, "come after o'clock in the morning, it's bedtime ' now." Miss lala Haslem, of the Minook . Hotel, reported the theft of a ISO dia mond from bor room. City Detectives liellyer and Tackaberry traced and re turned it. ' St. Johns Land Application Denied. An application of A. A. Muck, ex ' Mayor of St. Johns, for the right to iile a homestead entry on a tract of land near fcu Johns claimed by him to be vacant and subject to entry, has been denied by the Federal Land Office, according to word received yes terday by City Attorney LaRoche from Kdward Worth, United States Surveyor ' General for Oregon. The land in ques tion was declared to be in sections 2 and II township 1 north, range 1 west, "Willamette Meridian SMALL ERUPTIONS ITCH ANDBURN On Forehead. Skin Red and In flamed. Irritating. Disfigured Face. In Short Time HEALED BYCUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT r "Some time ago small eruptions appeared on my forehead which proved very annoying to appearance and also to comfort. The appearance of the brealdng out was a very dense rash, the skin being both red i and inflamed. The break ing out would at times itch and upon scratching It, it would bum. It was certainly irritating and dis figured my face. "I wrote for a free sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ample afforded almost Instant relief so I bought more and in a short time I was healed." (Signed) Miss Daisy Austin, R. B. No. I. Box 63, Walla Walla. Wash, July 1. 1915. Sample Each Free by Mail With 33-p. SUn Book on request. Ad dress postcard Cntieura. Dof. T, Baa tea." Sold throughout the wurid. . JL.ijpWi-U J imp, i i.pim ii nripiniPirrr i t 1 L k - vi r n j tI ? N -VJ - 1 t. ,: r .. J .? 3 . 7J ferry'D. Carey c?rcS TODAY'S FILM FEATTIRKS. Sunset "What Will People Say." Pickford "Over Night." Peoples "The Golden Chance." Columbia "The Beckoning Flame," "Fatty and Mabel Adrift." Majestic "The Beloved Vaga bond." National "A Knight of the Kange.", Colombia. .HE eternal struggle of the Orient against the Occident, wnn an airainst the Occident, witn an J- English srirl and an Indian prin cess battling for the love of an Eng lishman, is pictured in a series of in teresting scenes, featured by splendid photography, in "The Beckoning Flame," which received Its Initial screening yesterday at the Columbia. Henry Woodruff, Tsuru Aoki, the pretty Japanese actress, and Ehea Mitchell are featured In this Ince pro duction of beautiful settings. Diokson (Woodruff), engaged to Elsa (Miss Mitchell) leaves Kngland to serve as deputy commissioner in an Indian npAvitira ThprA tiA WnmM u fnilHint. ed with Janira (Tsuru Aoki), a prin-a. cess, xne princess is iorcea to marry a dissolute prince and while the cere monies are in lull swings ne succumon to apoplexy. According to the law of to Bpoplexy. According to the law of tne 8uttee tflo bride must accompany tnft nusband-a body to the funeral pyre, Dickson rescue3 the girl from this fate I Dickson rescues the girl from this fate and hides her in his house as a serv- ant Doy. ills secret is iinauy ujacover- ed after Elsa and he are reunited and . . u . i. ; .. i . - . (or ner than for Janira. Janira, to he lover from dlsKTace Bet8 fire to hi8 home and dies in the rlames. "Fatty and Mabel Adrift," the Key- stoner held over until Friday night, stoner held over until Friday night, i- K-t w oD xfH.b- mB k-7 comedy we have ever shown." and Its success as a crowa-proaucer ana mirtn- provoker does not give the lie to his statement. The ArbucKIe - ftormana combinaUon is one which has not yet j j.. x-j. been surpassed in the comedy films. Majestic. Edward Jose, with the co-operation of Kdwin Arden, Kathryn Brown- Decker and a supporting group or Dim artists have admirably succeeded in artists have admirably succeeded in transferring to the screen the delight ful whimsicality of William J. Locke, the novelist,. "The Beloved Vagabond," a gold rooster picturization of his fam ous navel which received its . initial public screening at the Majestic Thea ter yesterday, is indeed a surprise, for without destroying the Locke charm there is added sufficient action to give the story of "the open road" just the right "kick" to achieve success. The 1 r . V, A film la mii.h DnhfltlPMl by its presentation, in natural colors. the first time a 8ix-reei American feature has been so treated. presents Gaston de.Nerac, a young ar chitect, oisappomtea , m love inroufrn a chain of circumstances caused by his championship of the cause of a bank rupt father-in-law-torbe. He becomes a wandering artist, assuming the name of parragot, discovers his fiancee wed ded when he returns to claim her, and then turns again to the open road. He adopts two waifs, the life of the trio being a portrayal of compelling sym pathy. Back to civilization Parragot goes once more, only to yield to the open road" and return to his adopted family. fkford. Winsome Vivian Martin and a highly efficient cast are dishing out laughs with a lavish hand at the Pickford in "Over Night." This Brady affair in five acts is a cure for doldrums; ac companied by a triple-riveted guaran tee. irk. AnmnAv nlHirta tflA TnlRBaVM' tures of two pairs of newlyweds, and takes its title irom tne series oi cir cumstances which force each couple. lv mismated. to seek refuge for the night in a temperance inn. The couples, just marriea, aeciae to honeymoon in the Catskills. The "Hendrick Hudson," the Hudson Kiver n nn whih PliinV ff the 1 B"tl- able incidents take place, is chosen by each. In one cue mama n.ust oe iuiu of the start of the trip and in another .......... i in farioh TTftnc one husband and the other one's wife e left. The remaining coupie are r iniA th. mn1s.trnm of manv complicating situations, everyone be lieving them to be newlyweds. The folorn ones taa-e tram, men curre tum buggy, and finally the auto, daddy of them all. in an effort to catch up with the boat. The boat couple decide to disembark and must remain over night for a re turn train. The other pair reach the same spot and are forced to put up at the inn. Each couple is forced to reg ister as man and wife. Serenades pre cede the denouement which results in all being ejected from the inn. Peoples. The frequent use oi superlatives i is reouired to describe "The Golden Chance." an intensely aDsoming tasay i production, featuring cieo ttiageiey ana Wallaco Reid. which opened yesterday . , . 1 I Kb UID rcvjIISJ. auo - ' . ... I crammed ZuU of dramatic surprises, in- at tne r'eopies. xne iivc rci . . OJv3 - Gocfn,? terest being sustained to a remarkable degree. Romance, intrigue and crime are splendidly blended in a picture which excels likewise from a photo graphic standpoint. "The Golden Chance" comes to Cleo Ridgeley, portraying the role of a Judge's daughter who marries a crook and drunkard and rapidly descends the social ladder. She becomes a seam stress in the home of a broker who is working every possible string to secure the financial co-operation of a young millionaire (Wallace Reid). He is in vited to their house, -the broker's wife promising .to present to him the most beautiful girl in the world. The girl is ill and the seamstress is snbstituted. The man falls in love with the unknown and they are guests at a week-end house party. In the meantime the drunkard-crook-husband and his pals plot to rob the broker's house, and he invades his wife's room. He is cap tured by the millionaire and a dramatic expose is enacted. The girl goes home and the crooks plan to blackmail the millionaire through her. He visits the poverty-stricken home and in the fight which ensues the husband is killed by the police. The finale is left to the con jecture of the Cans, the intimation be ing, however, that the lovers are brought together. "Colonel Heeza Liar's Waterloo" is a mirth-gripping Bray animated car- . T..Aatlna- .1 1. ,1.-0 ffltllTA Jl TA LU U II. iJ.lt.ti i..". - presented in the Paramount weekly. National. "A Knight of the Range" is one of those Western things we all delight . ', o ,-!.-. a 1 1 Th TCjitirina.1 l J c H l .1, iftkmu...... " Theater offering combines all those phases of novelized and picturized cow boy lite Wllicn are ao uear iu "to the Red Feather production, from, the .. v., th acting, unques tionably being one of the most interesting films of the character stanapoint oi piol, pnviu..avu7 I enraoncirl in 'Pt'iT't-l H T1 (L " I mu- ..flint- o vnmrilDP (nt PftlirsftV is i.""" ... , "!..... . i "-. - " kihi a bad. bad man. matigrator of holdups. Champion wbo. are introduced .... . - - ho dup. mad chase over hill and down . - nnv,oii nr.H ba.ttle behind the rocks Dancehalland onfflii ni! saloon are introduced, witn a strong" story of love and ill-advised friendship running throughout the five stirrir g acts. Harry Carey and Olive Golden essay " Harry, who is the the leading roles, tne story Deing cuu i :jht" a man who .kn,?htl. J"a.?.. inicrht" : tii ii n -who iroes the limit to advance the interests of a worthless friend with the girl. xne wean one Is inveigled' into a holdup ly the gambler-cook who aspires to the girl's hand, and is temporarily saved by Harry. Eventually the girl realizes her love for the "knight," and they are united after he invades the gambling hail and kills the gambler. The Sullivan animated cartoon is a scream. Animated Weekly, "Uncle Sam at Work." and Estyll Ladd in pleasing selections complete the programme. Screen Gossip. . Martha Hedman is at present star ring in "The Boomerang," and making arrangements to appear soon in a Metro picture which will be- released in the early Spring. - Howard Hickman is playing in a submarine drama being produced at Inceville by Raymond West. . Acting upon the advice of Hazel Dawn, John Barry more has leased a country place on Long Island, which is now being renovated .to suit the Fa mous Players-Paramount taste. Bar rvmore's announcement of his Intended migration to the country was greeted with loud gufaws of derision. What did he know about farming? "Well." replied Barrymore loftily. "I know that milkweed doesn't grow on cows." - In' the Fox newspaper play. "The Fourth Estate." only one reporter is seen to take notes of a big story on his cuff. When James Keeley. owner and ,nnrr thA Chlrasro Herald, in whose plant the climax of the story was filmed, Baw me ncuun uuuus, .. advance showing, of the picture, he fainted. Emmett Corrigan has sailed from Miami. Florida, in a 70-foot schooner with Frank Powell, his director, and Gerda Holmes, his leading lady, to do sea scenes of Richard Le Galliennf's "The Chain Invisible" while en roilte to the Bahamas. The entire trip to the t.ioni. will be made in the sailing ves sel by the whole cast. Anna Uttle did some daring riding in "When the Light Came." at the EI Capitan ranch, near Banta Barbara. Incidentally she showed that she knew how to handle cattle, for the ranch Is well stocked. It was Anna'a riding which first brought her to the atten tion gf Thomas lnce when she applied for a position with him. and through this ehe got her opportunity to show him that her riding was secondary to her acting. The story of "Fighting Blood." in whtch William Farnum. the William Fox star, is at present working at the Edendale. Cat, studios, was inspired in part by the song "iiy -ia js.entucay Home." It iSi being produced under the nnmt. " r : , direction of Oscar C. Apfel in or Oscar J. -a-piei, lqo u- tnor. oui - - "r Supoorting Mr.- Farnum caoi m-i. i ixT.!. xi Fred Huntley. Henry J. Herbert. H. A. r. Tiiic Trrflnuer and Willard Liouis. i,... . u .. , - - - GIRL OFF 10 F1ILY Ellen Lisle, 15, Starts East to Folks She Never Saw. LONGING PROMPTS SEARCH Denver Police Find Father and Sis ter From Whom Lass Became Separated Soon After Her Mother's Early Death. A belated Christmas present a fath er and a married sister is given Ellen Lisle, the 15-year-old girl who located her family, whom she had not seen since babyhood, by writing to the Den ver police early last December. . The girl started to rejoin her rela tives last night in company with Mrs. B. E. Arne, wife of the superintendent of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. The story of the girl's life is almost as pathetic as the childhood adventures of David Copperfield, Dickens' famous character. Ellen's mother died a few days after the child was born. The baby was placed in the care of Mrs. wrtith Nohie. Mrs. Noble moved to Oregon in 1907 and soon after suffered financial reverses that forced her to yield the -possession of the child to another woman. From that time on Rllen'n life consisted of a series of transfers from one family -to another. The child's longing for ner own people at last grew so intense that she surrep titiously attempted to locate tnem. ou bad been born and separated from her relatives in Colorado. The child wrote to the Denver police asking their aid. "Deer Sir " she addressed the chief of police, "I am writing to see it mere is anybody in coioraao Dy me uuine m Lisle. My mother died when I was born. I was named after her. I was taken away from my people by a Mrs. E. F. Noble. My father might be mar ried again. I have never seen mm or any of my relations." The simple pathos or tne epistie touched the Denver tfficials, and they at once began a thorough search. The family was located just before Christ mas, and extended Ellen an invitation to Join them at once. But there were certain iormaiities. Ellen Lisle, Aged 15, Who Will Join Father She Haa . Never Seen, In Denver, Colo. Ellen was the ward of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. The officials must be satisfied that her relatives were of good character and able to care for the girl properly. And thus it happened that Santa Claus, with a whole packful of loving relatives, has arrived more than a month late at Ellen's home. The father is Henry Lisle. 13J6 Byers nnvAi And th sister is Mrs. Irene Vorhees. of the same city. RAILROAD TUNNEL HURRIED 375 Men Work at St. Johns Project of O.-W. R. & N. With the completion of the floor of the O.-W. R. & N. St. Johns tunnel abont February 5. practically one-sixth of the concrete work will be finished. Drifts are being run at both ends of the tunnel by which timbers may be put "in to strengthen the mouths of the tunnel for the shields, which will prob ably be in place next week. In some places the floor of the tunnel was low ered more than a foot. When completed at the mouth the tunnel will be 16 feet wide- in the clear. Two hundred and seventy-five men are employed, half working at ti If TODAY AND TOMORROW The Lasky Favorites Cleo Ridgely and Wallace Reid in the Thrilling Society, Drama 1(G olden CI THE PLAY THAT'S MAKING THE WHOLE TOWN TALK ALSO "COLONEL HEEZALIAR'S WATERLOO" . AND THE PARAMOUNT NEWS PICTURE ONLY TWO MORE DAYS YouH Be Sorry if You Miss It! Peninsula Junction and the other half at the Willamette end. Two trains of dump cars are kept busy all the time. The work is carried on day and .night. Linn Study Meetings to Begin. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 27. (SpeciaL) The first two of a series of community Mabel and Fatty IN Mabel Adrift Positively Closes Tonight It's the greatest comedy ever made, barring none. "Thou sands have laughed. Why not you? Henry Woodruff 'and- Rhea Mitchell In the Mystery Drama of Quaint India, "TheBeckoningFlame" The Sacrifice of a Beautiful Tea served daily in our Rest com The Theater of No Disappointments SIXTH AND WASHINGTON TODAY AND QYE The Brightest, Wittiest ' Comedy Ever Seen on the American Stage. It Is Full of Ludicrous Happenings and Misadventures in the Lives of Two Honeymoon Couples. VIVIAN The Captivating and Dainty Comedienne in the Part She Created in the New York Production. ' MR A. L. TUCKER, you and your friends are invited to be guests of "The Pick ford" for a loge party (8 people), Satur- - day, January 29, 8 P. M. Call for seats at the Box Office. ice educational meetings that are to be held throughout the county have been set for February 11 at Lacomb, and February 12 at Lyons. County School Superintendent W. L. Jackson, of Al bany; State Senator S. M. Garland, of Lebanon; State Grange Master C. E. Spence, of Salem, and Professor C. V. Ruzek, of O. A. C. will speak at both gatherings. Princess to SEE IT! Room, from 3 to 5 P. JL Free. 1 SATURDAY DEHT MARTIN MBIA We ALWAYS GOOD PICTURES ICKFORD WASHINGTON AT PARK - ? ' " ' . ' ) : ! , i : 1 .1 . -" .. -1 WHEN YOU WAKE UP DRINK GLASS OF HOT WATER Wash the poisons and toxins from system before putting more food Into stomach. Says Instde-bathing makes any one look and feel clean, sweet and refreshed. 'Wash yourself on the inside hefore breakfast like you do on the outside. This is vastly more important because the skin pores do not absorb impuri ties into the Wood, causing illness, while the bowel pores do. For every ounce of food and drink taken into the stomach, nearly an ounce of waste material must be car ried out of the body. If this- waste ma terial is not eliminated day by day it quickly ferments and generates poi sons, gases and toxins which are ab sorbed or sucked into the blood stream, through the lymph ducts which should suck only nourishment to sustain tho body. . A splendid health measure ia to drink, before breakfast each day, a glass of real hot water wlth'a tea spoonful of limestone phosphate in it. which is a harmless way to wash these poisons, gases and toxins from the Btomach, liver, kidneys and bowels; thus cleansing', sweetening and fresh ening the entire alimentary canal be fore putting more food into the stomach. A quarter pound of limestone phos phate cost but very little at the drug store, but is sufficient to make any one an enthusiast on inside-bathing. Men and women who are accustomed to wake up with a dull, aching head or have furred tongue, bad taste, nasty breath, sallow complexion, others who have bilious attacks, acid stomach or constipation are assured of pronounced improvement in both health and ap pearance shortly. Adv. SUCTY-EICHTY-EICHT WVr eontlnoe to suffer Rheum tlo painf Why rik the danger of the deiormitieithatirequeoUyrualtfrom RHEUMATISM Why loesrer endure the tortures of chronlo skin eruption, biliousness or indigestion? Whycontlnue to do so, when you can secure 6083 (Sixty-Elehty-ElBht) the ruannteed rem edy? Remember, 6088 must relieve your Rheumatism must prove bene ficial In esses of chronic skin erup tions, biliousness or indigestion. If It doesn't, your money will be re funded by your own druggist. And of all the thousands who have used S06S in all these years less than 1 have asked for their money back. 6088 Saves Long, Expensive) Sanatorium Trips 0S elfralnstts th anw af Rhranstts. jnt as Um waters of Hot Springs do. Ab solutely harmlns If our plaw diraeaoas era followed. f REE "Medical Advlcn on Rheumatism" 8bows lurt how to diasnoM Ioflamma AS SOtlMIUUTt dook on nnm.uM.ji vrrj, inrooic Arucuiv mint jit b nlvRKMiMtmn Hnwtore- T.' V liera pain, now vo ujo aod tasa ears of your- Baro and ad- drtaa for K Itlsrrss ACUTE AKD CHRONIC RHEUMATISM The exact cans of rheumatism Is nn k Jown. though ii !t. aen.rally tveue to be due to an excess of urio acid In the blood. It may be also said with eoual truth that no remedy has bean found which la Pe"0 In all cases. In fact the literature of rhsn SatlsiVhows that there are but which have not been given " trial. In the bands of one observer we nnd that a oertain SrSg 1 hM been os.d with the utmost satis taction: others have found the aame remedy tobts great disappointment. All physi cian, however agree that every, method of treetmentlf aided by toe administration of sornilemedy to relieve th. pals ' od quiet the nervous system and Dr. w. B. Bchultse expresses the opinion of thousands of prao tlttoiurs when be says that Isntl-kAmnls, tablets should be given preference over al Kber remedies tor the relief of the pain In an forms of rheumatism. These tablets oan be purchased In any quantity. They are also unsurpassed In headaches, neuralgias and sil iftla.A- lor A-S Tablets.