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DEFECT
ACT IS ASSERTED
Provision. Requiring Continu
ous Service at' Rush Hours
Declared Not Binding.
NEW MEASURE PROPOSED
Declaration Made and Heralded
Broadcast by Union That Drivers
Are Compelled Only to Oper
ate Honrs They Specify.
That appears to be a defect In the
. Daly jitney regulation ordinance has
bobbed up and relieved the Jitney driv
ers of the necessity of giving any more
service than they are willing to give.
Information of the defect in the mea
sure has been heralded to the drivers
by the Jitney Drivers union and. Is
belnr taken advantage of generally.
The measure ostensibly provides that
continuous service shall be given by
the Jitneys' between 6 A. M. and 8. A. M.
and 4:30 P. M. and 7 P. M. However,
the measure has been interpreted to
mean that the jitney driver does not
have to give service during those hours
unless he wishes. He is permuted in
his license application to designate
the hours he will run. At the start
the drivers designated hours to cover
the entire day, believing that they
would not be able to operate unless
such hours were designated. It has
been discovered since that they can
designate one hour in the day or night
or even less and they will be required
to operate only during that time.
As a result of this discovery the
great majority of the drivers have
rushed to the City Hall and changed
their hours of operation so that in
stead of covering the entire day they
cover onlv one hour or less. lhey
have found that while they may oper
ate day and night under this system
they are required to operate only dur
ing the time they speciry in their li
cense application.
The ordinance when considered by
the Council was thought to require
operation during the morning and eve
ning rush hours. As passed, however.
it has a different meaning. The driv
ers as & rule have designated an hour
either In the morning or evening in
which they agree to operate. During
the rest of the day and night they may
go into the taxicab business. In the
morning and evening rush hours pro-
vision of the ordinance the drivers are
not required to give service unless
they have designated those hours for
operation under their license, n tney
do operate mornings and evenings they
are required to make their complete
trips betwen terminals.
It Is probable an amendment to cor
rect the defect will be presented. An
amendment is being talked of to re
quire drivers to report either to the
police or the jitney inspector of an ac
cident or breakdown preventing them
from operating their cars during their
licensed hours. 1
The taxicab people are up in arms
over the way the ordinance is working
out. They contend that the jitneys
should not be permitted to be both jit
neys and taxicabs.
CITY TO BIDINW00D SALE
Comietitlon W ith Dealers In . Sup
! plying Schools Is Planned.
The city will compete with private
wood dealers in furnishing next Win
ter's supply of cordwood for the
schools. The Council authorized Com
missioner Bigelow yesterday to submit
, a bid to the School Board at the time
other bids are received. "
The bid to be submitted by the city
will not be made public. If the city
gets the contract It is said the order
will take about one-half of the wood
the city has on hand at the camps for
the unemployed of 1915.
SILENCE ISN0T CONSENT
Mr. Baker Posts Xotice to Over
come Misunderstanding.
Commissioner Baker's habit of lis
tening attentively to persons and del
egations - favoring- legislation along
certain lines has got him into trouble.
Silence on his part has been taken to
mean "yes" in several oases.
So yesterday he posted in a eonspic
uous placeMn his office a sign reading
as follows: "Please notice The fact
that I listen to you patiently and do
not disagree with you is no sign that
I aeree with you."
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TODAY'S E1LM FEATURES.
Peoples "Tennessee's Pardner,"
"The Goddess."
Columbia "Acquitted," "Love
Will Conquer."
Majestic "New York."
Heilig "The Ne'er-Do-Well." '
National "Hop, the Devil's Brew."
Pickfordy-"The Yellow Passport."
Sunset fMan and His Soul."
Circlg "The Girl and. the Game,"
"Fatty Arbuckle."
DANDRUFF
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HAIR GETS THICK,
WAVY
BEAUTIFUL
Save Your Hair! Double Its
Beauty in a Few Moments.
' . Try This!
Hair Stops Coming Out and
Every Particle of Dandruff
' Disappears.
Try as you will, after an application
of Danderine, you cannot find a single
trace of dandruff or-falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will
please you most, will be after a few
weeks' use, when you see new hair,
fine, and downy at first yes but
really new hair growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou
bles the beauty of your hair. No dif
ference how dull, faded, brittle ' and
craggy, just moisten a cloth with
Xanderin and carefuUy draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect Is imme
diate and amazing your hair will be
light, fluffy and wavy, and have an ap
pearance of abundance; an incompar
able luster, ..softness and luxuriance,
the beauty and shimmer of trre hair
health.
Get a 25-cent bottle of JCrowlton's
Danderine from any drur store or toi
let counter, and prov that your hair
is as pretty and s"?t as any that It
has been neglect-l or injured by care
less treatment that's all.
Danderine to the hair what fresh
showers rain and stinshine are to
vegetatlrti. It goes right to the roots.
Invigorates and strengthens them. Its
exonerating, stimulating and life-pro-4acing
properties cause -the hair to
grow long, strong and beautiful. Adv.
mHAI a gigantio motion-picture
I city, to accommodate a J15.O00.00O
corporation which promises. to be
the biggest projeot of the sort yet or
ganized, is looking for a suitable loca
tion has Just been revealed at a meet
ing of the Long Beach, Cal., Ad Club.
Its purnose is to consolidate five of
the leading companies now producing
for the screen, under the- guidance or
II. Horkheimer, president and gen
eral manager of the Balboa Company.
"I am unable to furnish definite de
tails at this time," said Mr. Hork
heimer, "but within the next month
full particulars -will probably be an
nounced. I may say, however, that we
plan to build a film city which will
be striking in every detail. Of the
five companies contemplating joining
in this project three are already oper
ating in Southern California, while the
others are in the East.
"Just where the new film city will
be' located is an unsettled point. A
number of locations have been sug
gested, but further propositions can
stiir be entertained. This point does
not have to Tie rushed through, as all
of the affiliates will continue to pro
duce at their present studios until the
new site has been carefully selected.
Wherever we decide to build only the
most permanent sort of Improvements
will be made."
When the matter of merging a num
ber of the biggest film producers was
first broached the Balboa- company
was asked to take the initiative, as it
is recognized as the- largest actually
Independent studio in the industry:
Because of his known executive skill
and rare organizing ability, H. M.
Horkheimer is slated for the presi
dency of the $15,000,000 corporation.
During the early stages of Its exist
ence the Balboa Company was beset
with difficulties that would have over
come any man not possessed f a cast
iron determination. But Mr. Hork
heimer refused to be discouraged and
today his plant at Long Beach repre
sents an investment of 1500,000. '
Cfrcle Signs Serial.
G. T. Holtzclaw, of the Circle Thea
ter, has signed a contract with Man
ager Reed, of the Mutual Film Com
pany, for the weekly screening of the
famous railroad serial, "The Girl and
the -Game." The first episode of the
feature will be shown oday.
Helen Holmes, "fearless film star, is
featured in this remarkable railroad
series of pictures, which will consist
of 15 two-reel episodes. She is writ
ing the .scenario for the big screen
novel herself, decjl&ring that the au
thor. Frank Hamilton Spearman, tries
to protect har from the thrills his im
agination paints.
rn the first episode she rides her
horse off a bridge into the water after
a mad race against two speeding
trains. Sounds sensational enough, but
they say that this wild ride is mild
compared with . what follows.
Screen Gossip.
Wheeler Oakman, one of the players
who is aiding in "putting over" "The
Ne'er-Do-Well," has vocal aspirations,
and has been studying the Italian
method first-hand during the opera
season -in Los Angeles.
Japanese in Los Angeles have regis
tered a strong objection to "The CheaUl
i
in which the delightful Fannie Ward
is starred, arguing that the sight ot a
Jananese branding a white woman will
inflame the minds of the whites against
the sons of Nippon.
Mayor Sebastian, of Los Angeles, is
advocating free municipal picture
shows for the children of the poor, de
claring that this is the solution of the
Juvenile problem. -.
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A huge red heart and attractive pho
tos of Francis X. Bushman and Bev
erly Bayne were used yesterday by
C. E. Couche to mai.e an attractive
Valentine lobby display. The interest
ing information is also, disclosed that
Francis Xavier holds the Valentine rec
ord, havlne- received iore than 2900
missives last year.
Recently Pathe nut over a new stunt
in New York in connection with the
filming of "New York," the Woods
stage success.
As soon as the curtain was rung
down al 11 o'clock on "Common Clay"
at theTlepublic Theater, Producer Fitz
maurice with his star. Florence Reed,
and many extras, came in and "took
possession- of the theater. Special lights
were installed and some 20 scenes tak
en In jig time. The use of a big thea
ter as a motion-picture set is fi new
scheme and proved to be an effective
one. In order to carry out the realism
the floor of the theater was crowded
with extras and friends of various
Pathe officials.
-If recent experiences mean anything.
the publio should soon. see-Dustin-Far-num
eating snowballs with one hand
and using the other to keep the wolf
from the door. The Pallas company,
engaged in th? filming of "Davy Crock-
ett,",was caught in a heavy enow storm
in the San Bernardino Mountains, thi
players having as company a pack of
live wolves, taken along for a number
of important scenes.
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Ethel Barrymore and Mary Miles
Minter are among the stars who have
taken up the skating craze. It's been
the most popular Winter sport in film
dom this season.
A report is gaining strength in the
East that Standard Oil magnates are
going to buy the Lubln Company.
Henry Kolker will play opposite BI1-
Iie' Burke in the new Rupert Highes
20-part serial which Kleine 'i to pro
duce. Miss Birke will appear soon in
'Peggy," while Kolker's latest Port
land screening was in "The Warning."
The famous New Orleans ' racetrack
and Tulane University were used by
the Gaumont Company In the filming
of "The Drifter."
Clara Kimball Young is under con
tract to the World 'Company until Au-
arust 31. Hence she will appear in a
number of features before the first re
lease of the Clara Kimball Young Cor
noration specials. Selznlck is to re
lease, commencing October 1, one fea
ture a month.iirect to exhibitor.
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Is soon to
appear in Orpheum vaudeville at Los
Angeles in a. monologue. Fifteen hun
dred dollars Is to. be his stipend for
the week.
Charlie Chaplin arrived In New York
early this month and immediately went
into business conference with his
brother Sid. The future performances
of Charlie are the subject of much
speculation.
Arthur Hoops, late of Kleine, and
before that with the Famous Players
for two years, where he appeared as
leading man with Mary Plckford, Mar
guerite Clark and other stars, has
joined Metro. Before going into pic
tures he played the lead with Virginia
Harned in "Alice of Old Vincennes,"
and with James K. Hackett in "The
Prisoner of Zenda."
TRIP PRICES FIXED
Proposed Ordinance to Regu
- late Livery Autos.
DRIVERS HELP FRAME LAW
Maximum Kates for Uso-of "Cars
In City and on Columbia High
way Set for Various Ma
chines Rented by-the Hour.
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Regulation of the prices and cfass
of service to be given by livery tour
ing cars and sightseeing cars in Port
land for protecting tourists and other
visitors will be provided .In an ordi
nance which City Attorney LaRoche
will prepare as a result of a confer
ence yesterday between the Council and
representatives of the Chamber of Com
merce, 'the hotels and the persons and
firms conducting taxicabs and touring
car service.
A committee comprising Clarence
Harrison, representing the touring-car
drivers; E. L. King, representing the
sightseeing companies; Mark Wood
ruff, of the Chamber of Commerce, and
Dr.. C. W. Cornelius, representing the"
hotels, ' was appointed to co-operate
with Mr. LaRoche in writing the ordi
nance. '
The aim of the measure will be to
fix the maximum rate for trips about
the city and to and over the Columbia
River Highway, to fix the length of
time for stops at points of interest agd
to regulate the general conduct of
drivers engaged in taxicab and livery
car business.
At a meeting last Saturday the vari
ous interests interested in such regula
tion complied recommendations to the
City Council, which In general were
agreeable to the City Council at yes
terday's session. City Attorney La-
Roche said that some of the provisions!
recommended -could be enforced, while
others could not. One provision which
he said could not be enforced was the
requiring of the drivers to be citizens
of tna United States with ability to
speak English fluently and with a
knowledge of the city and. the-points of
interest.
Following is the proposed scale of
maximum prices:
For a seven-passenger car carrying
six passengers or less and. the driver.
not more than $4 an hour, except an
additional 60 cents an hour for each
additional passenger.
For a five-passenger car carrying
four passengers or less, and the driver,
not more than $2.50 an hour, except
an additional 50 cents an hour for each
additional passenger.
Touring cars used in seeing the city
shall not charge more than SI a trip
a passenger, a trip being two hours of
continuous travel.
From any point in the city to Mult
nomah Falls and return, $2.50 a passenger.'
From any point in the city to Bonne
ville and return, $3.50 a passenger.
day president of the Oregon Hotel-
men s Association, to succeed itoy u.
Yates, resis-ned. -
The meeting was held on call at the
Benson Hotel and after its close the
members waited upon the City Com
mission in the hearing on the pro
posed ordinance for the regulation of
automobiles "for hire.
The dues of the organization were
chanced yesterday and will be here
after $8 a year x for hotels of 100 or
more rooms and$4 a year for hotels
of less than 100 rooms. A membership
campaign will be launched under a
committee headed by Victor Brandt, of
the Carlton, and it is expected that a
stronsr membership . throughout the
state will be developed eoon.-
wPhil Metschan was appointed to rep
resent tne noteimen ac me Diaie v-reun
conference at Salem March 9.
Those present at the meeting yes
terday werei President" C. W. Corne
lius, Secretary F. W. Beach, Vice-Presi-
PORTXAIVD MAST SENDS SiOTJ
VESVIR FROM TREXCJIES.
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MRS. ANN E. NIXON DIES
Old-Time " Resident Succumbs at
Home of Daughter.
'Mrs. Ann E. Nixon, a resident of this
city for more than SO years, passed
away yesterday at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. M. G. Munly. Mrs. Nix
on was the widow of Robert Nixon,
who served with distinction in the
Civil War, in wliich he lost his life.
leaving his wife a widow at the age
of 28. Robert Nixon was a member
of Company I, Third New Hampshire
Regiment. The death or Mrs. Nixon
will be a erreat loss to the members of
her family and a large-circle of friends.
Mrs. Nixon was active in cnamame
and religious work and had passed her
79 th year. Mrs. Nixon is survived Dy
two daughters, Mrs. Mary N. Munly,
wife of Judge M. O. Munly, and Mrs.
Elizabeth N. Barron, wife of James T.
Barron, of this city. She also is sur
vived by five grandchildren and one
great-grandson.
Solemn requiem mass will be cele
brated in ler memory at Holy Rosary
Church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clocV.
Interment will be in Mount Calvary
Cemetery.
LINNT0N CASE MEANS SUIT
City Attorney Unable to Settle HiH-
side Boulevard Tangle. -
AftAmnfa thfl titv to arbitrate with
property owners in the matter fit -as-
aABmAnta fnv lA Pfmstrllfftinn Of the
Linnton Hillside boulevard have failed
and the proposition of tne amount or
assessments will have to be fought-out
in the courts. City Attorney La Roche
will make this report to the City
Council.
Tt.. .if.. hoa orlTnltfrl thnt the old
Council of Linnton handled tne pro-AAAHno-a
frtf tha wnrlf in a slinshod
manner and that the full assesments
cannot be collected against ail or ine
property owners. However, there is a
wid difference of opinion as to the
amount to bo deducted.
STOCK CARE PROBE IS PLAN
Health i Officers' to investigate
Slaughter-House, Conditions.
An iTnT.-tteHr. t!nn into conditions pre
vailing at a slaughter-house on Colum
bia boulevard, near west j.enion, Dy
state health officers will result as an
aftermath of the arrest Monday of
r j T-Tonoon ond flAftrcA Donaldson
by Deputy "Sheriff Christofferson and
Humane Officer Pitts on cnarges oi
cruelty -to animals.
The conditions are deplorable, it is
reported, animals being permitted to go
without food and water for days be
fore slaughter, and infected carcasses
being sold.
CROWDED. HOME RESENTED
Divorce Asked by Woman Objecting
to Husband's Relatives.
rika.D-inv fiiat -hpr husband took her
to live in a four-room house in which
his parents, his orotner ana sisier-m-law
were living, Mrs. Amanda Creason
i - .4 .. . . j . H i Tjr.Tfn frnm Harrv
II1H.S incu OUlk -w v" - " - -
H. Creason. She wanted to go back
to him, but only on conaition mat mey
live where they had a little privacy,
she says, but he refused.
They were married In Oregon City
February 1, 1912 She asks for the
custody of their 3-year-old daughter,
Blanche Marie.
DR. CORNELIUS ' ELECTED
Oregon Hotelmen Choose New Presl
dent of Association.
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Paper Knife Made by Frank
Mitchell.
A paper knife, handmade in
the French trenches, was the In
teresting European war souvenir
which reached Portland yester
day. .It was reecived by M. Gold
berg, 314 First street, from Frank
Mitchell, formerly an express
drayman In Portland, who, a year
and a half ago, enlisted in the
French forces.
The paper knife was made from
French shells and cartridges and
was decorated with brass -buttons
from a British uniform. The
handle of the knife is a French
cartridge and the bladd part Is
made from a piece of a 75-centimeter
shell.
Mr. Mitchell explained in his
letter that he had beon in actual
fighting. The knife he ham
mered from the shells represents
four months' work with the
"crudest tools. t
Mr. Mitchell is an American
citizen.
dent Dan J. Moore, of Seaside; Al
Lundbbrg, C. C. Brandt, T. J. Hammer,
M. J. Slatky, II. P. Powers. -M. C.
Dickinson, L. Q. Swetland. Phil Met
schan, Jr., and E. E. Larimore.
CITY FORCE CUT BLOCKED
Building Inspection Employes to Lay
Off So Co-Workers Need Not Go.
So-that nono of the employes in the
building inspection bureau of the Mu
nicipal , Department of Public Works1
need bo. laid off permanently because
of the cutting out of the bureau's ap
propriation for one of the regular em
ployes, the men in the bureau have
agreed to each take a month off with
out pay. This will keep the entire
force together. '
A. S. Lotspeich started yesterday on
his month's vacation. His salary will
go toward making up the salary of the
man who otherwise would be let off.
The plan includes even Building In
spector Plummer, the head of the bu
reau. .
BIGGER AND BIGGER GROW THE CROWDS
x 1 at the
Heilig Theater
To See the Season's Greatest Attraction
REX BEACH'S
THRILLING AND FASCINATING
STORY OF OLD PANAMA
The Ne'er
3o Well"
Kathlyn Williams
AS'MRS. CORTLANDT
Wheeler Oakman
AS KIRK ANTHONY
Supported by Selig's All-Star Company
No play of the year has created so
much talk. Scores have already
seen it twice and are advising all
their friends to see it without fail.
It's the one play that pleases to
perfection. Ask those who have
seen it.
PUT EVERYTHING ASIDE AND GO
YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE THERE
Just Four More Days Left
TODAY, TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Admission, 15c and 25c
first Show at 12 Noon Then Every Two Hours
MUSIC BY EYENSON'S ORCHESTRA
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CANNERY DIRECTOR CHOSEN
Only One of Three Decided On at
1 Ncwberg- Meeting.
NWBEKG, Or.,-Feb. 15. (Special.)
.The adjourned meeting of the New
berg Cannery Association was held yes
terday.
Professor McPherson, of Oregon
Agricultural College, spoke on the man
agement of co-operative canneries. He
referred to the fact that last year was
an unusually hard year for the canning
business.
Barnett Rowe. head of the Farmers'
Union . In this county, gave a history
of the experience of the Forest Grove
co-operative cannery, established sev
eral years ago. and told of its failure.
He also quoted from a recent publi
cation in a Portland paper in regard
to the' difficulties , the Forest Grove I
cannery, organized a few years ago,
had encountered;
There were 200 votes cast, ana wun
thrnn vacancies on the board only one
candidate was. elected A. S. Mellinger,
who is one or the leading srowcm i
loganberries in the county. Another
election is to bo held next Saturday.
CANDIDACY COSTS OFFICE
Deputy Sheriff at Grande Jte-
signs by Kequcst.
t . a nnivnw rir- Tiviv 1.1. CSnecial.)
T-..- c,riff Thnmna If. William-
eon, has tendered his resignation and
it was accepted last night Dy onerui
August Hug.
Mr. Williamson today maao ine 101
tunuift . f . .
fn cv,oriff tlm Run ii Ml lean ticket.
It seems Sheriff Hug lookedupon my
candidacy witn aisiavor ana nu nasi,
for political reasons, asked for my res
ignation and it was forthcoming. The
lifferences between Mr. Hug and my
self are in no way personal." Mr. Hug
a -not a candiate. but Hal Ree, an
other, deputy. Is.
FEDERAL BUILDING BID DUE
Aberdeen Expects to Start $150,000
Structure This Spring.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 13. (Spe
cial.) A formal call for bids for the
construction of Aberdeen's new $150.
000 Federal building, at Second and G
streets, was issued today by the Treas
ury Department. All propbsals must be
received prior to March 22.
Construction work on the new Post
office will begin this Spring, probably
in April or May. The deficiency bill,
which recently passed the House of
Representatives, contained an appro
priation of $45,000 for starting work on
the Aberdeen Federal building.
Prohibition Conference at Kelso.
KELSO. Wash:, Feb. 15. (Special.)
A county conference of workers for
prohibition was held in the Mothollst
Church yesterday. K. E. Taylor, Na
tional piohibiton secretary for tlui
Northwest states, was "tho principal
speaker. His "subject wns "Natlomil
Prohibition. With Whito House, tal
House and Courthouse Dry." Field
Secretary J. C. l'atcy also was a
snpaker.
The Loveliest Woman on the
Screen
Clara Kimball
Young
in a Sumptuous Production
Vhe
Yellow Passport
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Main 3452-Washington at Park
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Cornelius Hotel, waa elected .yester
AND EACH WEDNESDAY
Thrilling RAILROAD PICTURES Featur
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NOTE "Fatty" Arbuckle Today and in a Different Picture Every Day This Week.
The Sweet-Toned Photo-Player Furnishes Appropriate Music.
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