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TITE 3IORXTXG OKEGOXIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1916. T TOTAL ECLIPSE NEAR PEOPLE Today Tomorrow Wednesday Today ' Tomorrow Wednesday SOOH TO BE OPEN Sun Phenomenon Will Be Thursday About 7 A. M. STwo of Filmdom's Brightest Stars Dozens of Projects Are -to Awake When Snow Again Permits Operations. Hazel Dawn DURATION IS 21-2 MINUTES 8 HQUSANDSOFJOBS 4 ;. I MILLS AND SCHOOLS HELP Railroad and 'Logging Camps Are to Provide Balk of Work, but There Will Be Labor on Other Enterprises J n Little While. Banked up behind the snowdrifts of the present unusually wintry weather Is a reservoir of employment which will flow out to labor with a rush as swan as the cold spell is broken and moderating weather makes possible the resumption of activity in the logging camps and beginning: of work on the several large construction projects which are afoot in Portland and in this section. The acute unemployment situation is likely to find some relief with the melting of the snow, in the opinion of contractors, lumbermen and others who are in intimate touch with the situation about Portland at this time. The lumbermen and contractors are preparing to absorb a portion of the army of unemployed as soon as pos sible in view of the work ahead and with an object of-co-operating with the city in its effort to handle the situa tion. There are big building projects Im minent, such as the $750,000 plant of the Hawley paper mill plant at Ore gon City, on which the contract has already been let. and on which con struction will begin in two weeks. Here In Portland the auditorium contracts are reaching. a stage where the begin ning of construction and the conse quent call for labor is a matter of only a few weeks. Builders See Change Coming. The great Benson Polytechnic School Is another enterprise that Is immediate. lv pending, to say nothing of a score of smaller building contracts within the city itself-which are waiting now on the improvement 01 weamer condi tions. 'Building activities are viewed with more optimism by contractors at this time than they have been tor years, . and although the general feeling of confidence and security is not translat able into columns of exact figures dn every case, it is unmistakably there," paid O. G. Hughson, of the Builders' Exchange, yesterday. "There is not a member of the ex change who does not expect to see things better in the coming year than in the year Just past, and who does not expect to see them still better in the year after that." Railroads to Vse 2OO0. The railroads, while they have no extensive new construction enterprises to announce in this immediate locality, nevertheless will be opening up as soon as the Spring is under way with their general maintenance work and many minor construction Jobs. An official of the Spokane. Portland Seattle Kailway estimated that the oieiiinsr of Spring work on that line v.ill bring out crews of laborers amounting to probably looo men. Ks ti mates on other lines vary, but taking all Into consideration, the opening of Spring work on the railroads repre sents probably employment for be tween -000 and 3Ti0i men in Portland's vicinity, and in the territory directly tributary to Portland's labor markets. This alone is expected to .relieve the unemployed situation, which during the W inter has been acute. Hutlding construction, large as Its influent e on the labor market will be. Is only "a drop in the bucket," com pared to what the re-opening of the locking activities means. The railroad construction and maintenance work is further in the future than the logging at-llvities. Lumbermen and logging men optimistic, and their predictions for a busy season. 4000 to Work la Woods. The stormy weather may delay opening of the camps for actual log ping operations for a long time, in the omnlon of K. B. Hazen, of the Bridal Veil Lumber Company, and other men interested in the lumber industry: but t(i"ie will be at immediate demand for a certain amount of labor the moment 1h snow goes, to repair roads and tracks and get things in readiness for beginning locking operations. The camps, however, will not all be In logging operation before April or Jl:iv. in the opinion of Mr. Hazen, and the mills will not be able to catch up in thoir cutting hefore July. An exact esiimuie of the extent of employment in the lo-glng camps can not be given, for the volume of this type of employment is fluctuating. Fig ures based on the late census returns lndna'e that in Oregon and Southwest c;-n M ashi;i'ton. in territory Imme diately tri!uii:iry to lrland labor markets, between 1000 and 5000 men are en't'loved under ordinary active i ) ; - - jf V j ' ' ' $ $ 1 TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Columbia "The Wood Nymph," "A Modern Enoch Arden." Majestic "The Ruling' Pas sion." National "Undine." Pickford "The Better Wo man." Peoples "Mr Lady Incog," -The Goddess." Sunset "The House of Tears." Circle Salisbury's Animal Life in America." MARIE DOROi FASCIJTATISG STAR OF -THE WOOD NYMPH," AT COLUM BIA THEATER, to visit an aunt, and there falls in love with Captain Dick Clayton, of the Eng lish service, and marries him. Prince Ranjit Singhi (Mr. Shay), an Indian potentate, becomes enamored of the young bride, exercising hypnotic powers over her, and finally Dick inter feres, almost loses his life to the Prince, and then disappears, the girl entering the harem of the Indian. The erring wife, now a mother, tires of the brutality of the Prince and seeks to flee, escaping after many unsuccess ful efforts. She is received by her sister-in-law and there, hearing of the death of her husband, she awakens to a full realization of her misdeeds and falls dead. The Prince is visited by retribution when he is killed by the daughter of a man whose eyes he has burned out. The new Hearst-Vitagraph Weekly, a one-act comedy and the Majestto Novelty Trio complete the programme. are are the Pickford. PRETTY Lenore Ulrlch. who escaped from battle-scarred Mexico only a few weeks ago. Is starred in "The Better Woman," a photodrama o.'. high ly sustained interest, given its initial Portland screening at the Pickford yes terday. East and West are rivals and co-stars in this world production, the drama depicting the struggle between and Eastern and Western girl for the heart of a man, and the scenery taking the specte.'tor from the mansions and golf links of New York to the mines of the, Rockies. One attractive feature of the plot of The Better Woman" is that there is a strong element of suspense regard ing the outcome. Kate Tripler (Miss UlrichJ. the girl of the mountains, weds the man she is infatuated with (Lowell Sherman), but she reaches her goal through an erroneous report of the marriage of her rival and the de. struction of a letter written explain ing the mistake. However, wed she finally is. the husband soon repenting. Her supreme love for him wins the Columbia. Charming Marie Doro, clothed in di aphanous Grecian robes and almost un believable Innocence, is the outstanding figure on the Columbia programme, her portrayal of the title role in "The Wood Nymph" adding a wealth of beauty to this sylvan idyll of filmdom. The comedy offering of the Keystoners, who' are losing their slapstick reputa tion for something much finer, is Joe Jackson, the tramp comedian, in "A Modern Enoch. Arden." The Wood Nymph" deals with an embittered mother and her daughter, who live in the woods, far from civili zation, where the daughter is reared in Grecian simplicity. The husband, son. and a friend. Journey to the woods for an outing, and there the friend meets the girl and falls in love with her. The brother, ignorant of the girl's man over finally, and when the wife's ! identity, also falls in love with her. A destruction of the letter is exposed his , forest fire, a spectacular and convinc ing ieaiure almost destroys ail, DUt they escape. Husband and wife are re united and the sweethearts find hap piness in each other. "A Modern Enoch Arden" deals with a burlesque on the Tennyson story, a wanderer (Joe Jackson) returning to his home to find that it has been in- vaded by the family lawyer, who In turn is at the mercy of blackmailers. The father rescues his young daughter from death on two occasions, and fi nally destroys the ( villains in an ex plosion. The film Is funny, spectacular, and bits of serious acting are interject ed with splendid effect. anger yields to tenderer sentiments, and he Journeys back West to reclaim his wife. The Baker, Or., antics following the Inauguration of the "dry" regime, and the Ice-bound Tahoma in the Columbia near Cape Horn, are shown in the Pathe news weekly. business condit ioiks in logging work. In the same territory, in mills and yard-:, whlrh are in a measure subject to the locking Industry before they e;-.n operate, the employment runs in ahoitt the same ratio. EEACH rffJTEL CONSIDERED Hirovlms May Pooide This Week Wliotlier to KcnttiUI at Gearhart. a meeting to he held probably e:r!y this week, the Gearhart Land (tnir:!nv will determine whether the "..nrhart Hotel, destroyed early this "Winter bv tire, will be rebuilt. It had 1k.ii reported that plans for a $."i0.000 Mrurture were under consideration ny t'.'c directors of the company, but O. W. Yavlor. president, yesterday said no de- is. on had been reached event tenta tively. The popularity of the Gearhart Hotel in the past and the fact that Jhe burn ing of the structure, which was the most pretentious on the Oregon beach, Jic.ember 21. left the facilities for handling the 1!MS crowd Inadequate. i r, expected to have a bearing on the tlecisioo of the directors this week. DANIEL KERN HURT BY AUTO V ri-t of raving Company President i;rkrn When Machine Backfires. T'm icl Kern.- president of the Co !:. ia. Contract Company and of the -..--v.n Independent Paving Company. v .. injure! severely ' early last night v .' i ranking his automobile to take i i v of voung folks for a ride on Th- enin'of the automobile back f -vo" ar..i the crank struck Mr. Kern. I'iraking h' wrist. He was attended a' me Goid Samaritan hospital. The 7:fi'nt hni-end at Twentieth and "VYa.-u:n l alrcela. . Peoples. Hazel Dawn, p"erhaps a bit fleshier than on her last screen appearance here, and In an entirely different role, that of a female detective, opened yes terday at the Peoples in "My Lady Incog." Iividing honors with the Famous Players' star is the fourth chapter of "The Goddess." the -charm ing Anita Stewart-Earle Williams vehicle. "My Lady Incog" is a wholesome comedy-drama, replete with . amusing situations and not lacking in thrills. Miss Dawn is Nell Carroll, a Southern belle who becomes an investigator when poverty stares her in the face and the old home is soon to be lost by mort gage foreclosure. She is sent to Palm Beach, Fla. (those anti-Winter scenes were really filmed there), and there the novice is to ferret out the perpetrators of a series of robberies. She poses as the Baroness Du Vassey. A crook -detective fathoms her intentions, and one of the gang poses as the Baron Du Vassey, much to the terror of the detective and the amusement of Mrs. Spectator. Nell becomes enamored of Teddy De Veaux, scion of a wealthy family, and the man she is almost sure is the thief. However, the guilty ones are captured, Nell receives her reward, and when the holder of the mortgage is found to be Teddy. and he discovers that the Baroness is not that and also unat tached, happiness is in store for both. National. Dashing waves and dashin? nymphs, with much white water and more white skin, are displayed with artistic Iavish ness in "Undine." the Blue Bird aquatic phantasy which opened yesterday at the National Theater. Ida Schnall. heralded as the most perfectly formed woman in the world, gives one every opportunity to Judge of her merits in that particular, for her clothing, never sufficient for protection against bliz zards, disappears so completely at times that one is led to believe she left her tights drying on the line. "Undine," as filmed, is a daringly artistic production with an utter lack of any offensiveness which might be charged against a film effort of that character. It is a film version of the well-known German fairy story of that name in which man and the gods ara involved. Very briefly. Undine (Miss Schnall). a nymph, loves a mortal, dies, and to atone for her crime her daugh ter is placed among mortals. The child grown to young womanhood (MiAs ts--hnall again), is loved by a Prince. Thev are married, and she goes to his castle, when the gods interfere and she disappears, returning to the sea to be-j come a mermaid doomed to the watery depths forever. The swimming and diving of the bevy of graceful girls is excellent, while the light effects on the water and the scen ery beaches, rocks, arches and caves on the Santa Barbara Islands are' de lightful. Majestic. v The lure of the Orient and its vic tory over the Occident is graphically presented In "The Ruling Passion" at the Majestic Theater. William Shay and Claire Whitney are co-stars in this strong v liHam Fox feature, which de picts life in India in a series of thrill iug pictures with tragic culmination. The story presents Clare, a girl or the London slums, who goes to India Sunset. "The House of Tears." a highly emo tional vehicle, is the offering in which Emily Stevens, kinswoman of Mrs. Fiske, is presented at the Sunset the ater. The story is replete with tragic incidents and gives Miss Stevens, as well as Henri Bergman and other mem bers of the supporting cast, many op portunities for the display of emotional ability. The story of "The House of Tears" deals with Robert Collingwood, hia wife, Alice, and their baby daughter. Gall. The couple are divorced. Alice marrying Thome, named in the divorce case, the father obtaining custody of the hild. Thorne and his wife go West, where he finally wins money and decides to go East, leaving behind him the woman of whom he has tired. In the meantime Collingwood becomes In sane and tries to kill his daughter. As the years pass the daughter, Gail, ia shown as a reporter, and Thorne, un der another name, a money king, and suitor for the girl's hand. The mother is almost killed in an auto accident fol lowing her arrival in New York in search of Thorne, and mother and daughter are reunited. Thorne is con fronted by the wife and his "past." be comes frantic with fear as he thinks the wife dead and the appearance an apparition, and drives his auto reck lessly off a bridge. Screen Gossip. Marie Doro, star of "The Wood Nympth," was born at Duncannon. Pa- May 2. 1SS2. She was. educated at Kansas City. Mo., and entered upon her stage career In 1901. She has appeared in "The Morals of Marcus." "The Rich est Girl," "The Butterfly on the Wheel." Oliver Twist, "Diplomacy," etc. Emilv Stevens, featured in 'Tlin House of Tears." was born in New York City and educated in Philadel phia. She played with Mrs. Fiske for number of years, and this season is the star of the Broadway success. "The Lnchastened Woman." William E. Shay, of "The Ruling Passion," was born In New York City. He was with Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Du Barry." "Zaxa," etc, and In many other legitimate productions. He has had a long career in the moving pictures. Ida Schnall. "Undine" of the film of that name, is a world a champion swim mer and diver. Hazel Dawn, the female detective in "My Lady Incog," was born at Ogden. Utah. She was educated in London, England, and then went into musical comedy. For one year she remained in England and then for four seasons was under the management of Klaw & Erlanger in "The Pink Lady." Moon Will Completely Hide Solar Body for First Time la Almost Eight Vears; Change Visible If Atmosphere Permits. A total eclipse of the sun. visible as a partial eclipse in Portland, and the first total eclipse visible anywhere for almost eight years, will be apparent In Portland Thursday morning, tea ruary 3. The eclipse is scheduled to begin before sunrise, which in Portland will be at 7:12, but inasmuch as the eclipse will last until 7:45 o'clock. Portland should be able to see the eclipse be tween 7:15 and 7:45. partially at least, weather and atmospheric conditions permitting. In the Eastern and South ern states the eclipse is due to be quite plainly apparent. The eclipse will be an event of some Importance In astronomical circles. Par tial eclipses of the sur occur once or twice a- year there happened to be none last year but not so with total eclipses. The last visible to the Pa cific states occurred in 1908; the next will not come for two or possibly three years. Sun Many Times Sls of Moon. The business man who talks of hold lng a penny so close to the eye that one can't see a dollar beyond will be especially repaid to arise Thursday morning and see Dame Nature lllus trate his figure on a gigantic scale. It would take a row of 400 moons or more to make a band across the face of the sun. but the distance of this body ftom the earth Is 92.830,000 miles, or slightly less than 400 times the dis tance of the earth to the moon. In, "other words, if the sun was half a dollar, the earth would be the head of an ordinary black pin 40 feet away, and the moon would be the head of a common pin. Flerr Fringe Often Sbown. And it so happens that the moon can just about cover the face of the sun when conditions are Just right. Some times It does not quite cover, and the moon gets a fiery fringe, appearing as a huge black spot against the sun. This is called a ring or annular eclipse. Portland is so far north from the center of the path across the earth along which the cone of the moon's shadow will sweep that In all proba bilities it will appear as a partial eclipse. But if it should be complete here, and weather conditions are right. Old Sol will be wholly covered not as a complete blank space in the sky, but with the moon n black surrounded by a magnificent halo. The photosphere and the chromo sphere of the sun, comprising the flames and luminous gases shooting out from its surface, reach thousands of miles into the air, and it is during the total eclipse that astronomers are able to observe the cross-section of the sun's circumference under the best condi tions. Eruptive Bursts Dart Afar. Eruptive bursts of flame are seen shooting as high as 350.000 miles from the sun. at least so the astronomers say. and they also tell of seeing these eruptions of blazing gases rise 250 miles a second to heights of 70,000 miles. If Portland does see a total eclipse. It will gain a new impression of the surface of the moon, for,- instead of appearing a body of symmetrical con tour, its edges will appear rougn ana ragged. Along with the theories that sun spots affect the weather, which they do only in a gradual manner averaging a period of years, is a common belief that an eclipse has some effect. - Effect on Weather Indirect. But this is true onlv In a very Indl rect manner, for the eclipse may allow the astronomers to observe the sun snots in the photosphere of the sun, and from these an effect over a period of vears may be determined. The duration of the total eclipse, should it be seen here, will be only two and a half minutes, although'the eclipse will be in process of evolution for about two hours. iiiJMi My Lady Incog A Rare Combination of Laughs and Thrills - : , . ' Anita Stewart In the Fourth Chapter of The Goddess A Show You Can't Afford to Miss. 10,000 Souvenir Photos of Miss Dawn Given Away. Be Sure to Get One is L.Iliii 2500 lil CITY IDLE Commissioner to Submit Un employed Report to Council. RELIEF WORK IS INTENT 31en Are Heads bf Families and Are Not Applicants fop Charity, De sire Being to Make Own Way by Honest Toil. Lincoln Graduating Class Is Technically Yet an Entity. Failure of Last Meeting to Adjourn tn Proper Form Causes Uauaual Mtnatlon Tr. V. K. -Wellington Koo. the new Chinese Minister to the I'nited states, wan gradu ated from Columbia fnlvereity in 190t. Less than 30 years of a. he is credited with belns one of the younst men ever vent to till such a diplomatio position at Washington, - A LTHOUGH all of its members have Xx been graduated, the February, 1916, class of Lincoln High School, ac cording to all the laws of parliamen tary oroceedure. is still an entity. Last Thursday, before the graduat ing exercises had been held, the last meeting of the class was called by its president. Adolph Bloch. When the time for adjournment came every mem ber refused to put the necessary mo tion, so after a tedious wait, the meet ing was dissolved by action instead of words. Thus the lack of proper motion or declaration by the proper authority still leaves the organization complete. Members of the class, through the president, received from the former librarian. Miss Ulaays smith, a tele gram of congratulations. Miss Smith who is believed to have changed her name since her departure from this city about a year ago. Is now in Wal lace, Idaho. The first reunion of the February class has been arranged by. Miss Anna Hart, the hostess, foF Thursday night, February 3. Members of the class will gather at the home of Miss Hart, T69 Third street. MOTHER TRAILS CHILDREN Former I'oncallat Rancher Is Held in South on Xon-Support Charge. ROSEBUftQ. Or, Jan. N SO. (Special.) R. H. Jennings, for many years a prominent rancher near Toncalla, was arrested at Santa Cruz. Cal.. early to day, according to a telegram received by Sheriff Quine, of this city. Mr. Jennings left here a few months ago unbeknown to his wife, and was ac companied by his two daughters. To regain possession of the children, Mrs. Jennings caused a warrant to be issued charging her husband with non-support, Mrs. Jennings tracked her hus band through Washington and recently learned that he had located at Santa Cruz. His arrest followed. Mrs. Vennings says she will go nto the courts and trr to gain possession of the children. Mrs. Jennings left for Santa Cruz today, and will be followed tomorrow by Sheriff Quine. The. total valna of tires nsed In 1115 in the United States, including solid tires for tanrks. tires for busses and taxlcabs, amounts to tJ50.00O.O0O in round numbers To this sum should be added about 200.004 motor cycle Urea, worth t3 to $10 each. Report of the unemployed in Port land, their condition and the need of work for them will be submitted by Citv Commissioner Baker to the City Council within the next few days with a recommendation of soma sort ot a plan whereby relief work may be given. There are some 2500 unemployed mar ried men reelstered for work in the city bureaus for employment. They are not the floating class 01 laDorers, out. Mtizen of Portland with families, who do not want nor will they accept chari ty as such, but who want something to do to make their way, according to Mr. Baker. Mayor Albee recently talked to the labor department committee or me vvo mcn'a fhrlstian TemDerance Union on the Question of the unemployed and pointed out that there were less of the floating and criminal classes in Port land than ever before, but that the question of the unemployed would be one of moment which the administra tion was trying to meet with the aid of those who were interested in the prob lem. It is understood that with his re port, Mr. Baker will probably call a meeting of some of the civic bodies and ask them to aid in formulating a plan expected that the total contributions to meet the requirement; or that a di dect appeal will be made to Portland .people to aid in furnishing work for those who are waiting to ao lu The Baker report will be based on investigations covering the entire city and from sources that are official. He has had the aid of the police and other departments of the municipal govern ment in this work, covering many weeks. The purpose of this concrete statement will be to base a systematic plan of relief in the way of work for those who need it private as well as public Sermon Thoughts From Portland Churches. TODAY LENORE ULRICH ORIGINAL "LUANA" The Bird of Paradise IN BETTER WOMAN A Remarkable Drama of Love, Jealousy, Hate and Heroism. Special Music by PICKFORD ORCHESTRA Also PATHE NEWS All the latest picture news. ICKFORD Washington at Park MR. T. FRED L.ARSOJT, Yoo and year friends are Invited to be srneats "The Pickford" for m losje party teisrht people). Tuesday, Febnurr 1. 8 P. M. Call for seats at the box office. Trta r "The great Judgment of God com prehends the investigative and the executive features," said Rev. W. Catlin last night at the Knights of Pythias Hall. "The Lord has appointed a set time, which prophecy reveals to have com menced in 1844 A. D.. for the investi gation of every case. One comforting fact is that the Lord is the judge and he cannot be influence by politics, money, or friends. Each wffl receive a just reward. "One solemn fact, confronting all, is that every man must give an ac count of life, even the idle words spoken by the way. "Bach case is called according to the names entered in the Book of Life, which records every professed believer, for the judgment was to be gin with the 'House of God. "When Jesus comes again the Scriptures tell us that he will bring his reward with him, showing that then the investigations of judgment will have been completed." $15,000 IS MARK NOW SET Many Give Jewels as Contributions to Jewish "Relief Fund. Contributions to the relief of the Jews in the war zone will be received until Saturday, February 5, and it is will approximate at least 15.000. Ben Selling, treasurer of the committee in charge of Portland contributions, had the headquarters closed yesterday and no reports were made as to additional contributions. He will be at his office today at Fourth and Morrison streets and con tributions may be sent there, to any of the banks in J,he city or to The Oregonian. The charitable spirit has inspired Portland people and many articles of jewelry have been given in lieu ot cash or checks. A farm in England is devoted exclusively to raising butterflies, of which upward of SO.fMM) are so'd each year. The Servant Problem who ever heard of it in the home where the housewife knows Shredded Wheat? In five minutes you can prepare a wholesome, satisfying meal with Shredded Wheat Biscuit without kitchen worry or work. For breakfast heat the Biscuit in the oven to restore crispness and serve with hot milk. For lunch serve with sliced bananas or other fruits. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y. TODAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MARIE DORO The bewitching beauty, as the "next-to-nature" girl in the Wood Nymph A Griffith five-part feature that is part idyll, part satire and part drama, a story as romantic as any - Robert W. Chambers novel. This is Miss Doro's first Triangle feature; it gives a new side of this stage beauty's genius. A Modern Enoch Arden A Keystone comedy in four parts, featuring JOE JACKSON The Tramp Comedian and his bunch of famous laugh-makers. A SURE CURE FOR ALL BLUES. Tea served daily in our Rest Room, from 3 P. M. to 5 P, M. FREE. COLU MBIA