the morxixg- oregoxiasc, moxdat, February si, ioig.
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NEWGATE CONTEST
DATA ALL PREPARED
siciess oomes
Investigate This
Chamber of Commerce Ex
pected to Strike First Blow
Wednesday Night.
A Sale of Nearly One Hundred Modern Player Pianos to Carry Out
Manufacturers' Contracts. Sale Starts This (Monday) Morning
ALL REALIZE IMPORTANCE
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Portland's Chief Contention Likely
' to Be Prior Decision Refusing
Astoria Kates Equal to
Those of This City.
Eltner today or Wednesday Is prac
tically certain to work the first step in
the campaign of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce to brinrr the Interstate
Commerce Commission to grrant lower
rates to Tortland than to Astoria and
the ports of Puget Sound.
Probably the first action will be
taken by the board of directors of the
Chamber Wednesday night. Tuesday
belnir a holiday, the regular meeting
of the board was of necessity moved
to the following- day.
The only division of the Chamber
meeting today that will be In a position
to initiate any action on the subject is
the members' council, which will be In
cession at noon. The question of the
Astoria rate case and a proposal lor
the Chamber to go on record as urging-
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to grant the parity of rates were sub
mitted to the members' council two
months ago, and, after consideration,
it was decided that the entire subject
t-hould be left in the hands of the bu
reau of transportation and the board of
directors, and should not be interfered
with by the council. It is therefore
regarded as unlikely that the question
will be revived today, although It ap
pears in a new and more immediately
Important form.
Campalca Likely to Wait.
The opinion of the officials of the
members' council last night was that
the issue will not be "sprung" from the
floor today, but that the members will
wait for the board to initiate the cam
paign Wednesday.
"However, it is not beyond the
hounds of probability tl.at someone
may set the subject off from the floor
before the close of the session of the
council today, and by precipitating the
discussion at least mark the first step
in the move that seems imminent, wa
the expression of Frank E. Smith, of
the members' council.
If the subject of the reduction of
Portland's rates Is not brought up at
the members council today, it Is prac
tically certain that three different di
visions of the Chamber will be work
ing on it by Wednesday night.
These will be the board of governors.
the trade and commerce bureau and
the traffic and transportation bureau.
The secretary of the transportation
bureau, J. H. Lothrop. said last night
that calls will probably go out to the
members of the bureau today calling a
meeting for Wednesday. The regular
meeting or the bureau of trade and
commerce will come on Wednesday,
owing to the holiday on Tuesday.
Data Already Gathered.
The decision of the Interstate Com
merce Commission has been expected
for a long time by the Chamber, and a
great amount of data has been gath
ered, with a view to just such a cam
paign as is now imminent.
A resolution was adopted by the
Chamber a short time ago, on recom
mendation of the transportation bureau,
indorsing the parity of rates provided
that a reduction in rates under Astoria
and Puget Sound should be given to
Portland, such as the advantage of her
geographical situation entitles her to.
This resolution, if nothing else, gave
a clear clue as to the attitude of the
Chamber and the course of action it
would take following the decision of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
favorably to Astoria.
Members of the bureau of trade and
commerce and of other bureaus which
have been working on the question.
Deiieve that In the dec
Commission In the case of
the Farmers' Union against the North
ern Pacific about five years ago. is
the precedent on which a decision
favorable to Portland, asking a reduc
tion of rates below the Sound and
Astoria rates, must be based. In this
case the Farmers' Union and the rep
resentatives of the Port of Astoria
asked for a parity of rates with Port
land in the shipments of wheat from
the Inland Empire, which was denied
them by the Commission on the
ground, that Portland's inland position
entitled her to the lower rate indi
cated by the shorter haul.
Board to Art Flmt.
C. C Colt, president .of the Chamber
of Commerce, is of the opinion that
the first authoritative move will be
made by the board of directors and the
bureau of transportation will be au
thorized then to carry forward the de
tails. George E. Hardy, manager - of the
Chamber, is expected to arrive home
from the East in time to be present at
the meeting of the board, Wednesday.
"Portland's campaign to secure the
reduction of rates under those of Puget
Sound and other sealine ports, which is
justified by her advantageous inland
position, has been foreseen for a long
time by the Chamber," Mr. Colt said,
"and preparations have been made for
it. We have all the material ready at
hand for carrying on the campaign and
tnere will be probably no delay In get
ting into action on it.
"It is practically up to the Chamber
to go -ihead with it at once and as fast
as possible. It is a matter of such im
portance to the shippers here that, I
believe, if the Chamber declined to take
up the responsibility and. make the
move before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, it would be a matter of
.only a very little time until some indi
vidual or shipping concern would start
the fight on bis own hook.
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, APPEARI0 I.V "HIS PICTinB IX THE PAPERS"
AT COLUMBIA THEATER.
TODAT'S FILM FEATURES.
National "The Target."
Columbia "His Picture In the
Papers," "Fido's Fate."
Majestic "Fighting Blood."
Pickford "The Woman In 41."
Peoples "The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine," "The Goddess."
Sunset "Vanity Fair."
Circle "Italy and Austria at
War."
National.
((rrHE TARGET," a bis story of a
I strong man's struggle against
- an overwhelming "adverse fate,
received its initial screening at the Na
tional Theater yesterday. This feature
of the great outdoors, with plot and
action of eeveral films crowded into
one, presents Hobart Boswortht one of
the leading portrayers of heroic charac
ters of the open places, in the leading
role.
The great central thought of "The
Target," and it runs consistently
through its many developments, in the
power of mother love. Deserted on
every hand by those whom he trusted
the man finally turns to his mother as
the one true factor in his life.
Briefly the story presents Bosworth
as a successful lawyer given a pistol
by a grateful client. A pleasure-lov
ng woman is so enchanted with his
strength that shs marries him, only to
desert her home for the lisrhts of the
city within a short time. The lawyer
takes to drink. His partner kills an
other lawyer and then accuses Bos
worth of the crime. Possession of the
gift pistol sends him to the peniten
tiary for ten years. He escapes with
nrlson-frlend. Taylor, and goes to
British Columbia. There he falls in
love with a girl (Jane Novak), but she
loves Taylor. The man then turns to
his mother, is captured at her door.
serves the remainder of his term, and
returns to her.
Honald Bradbury, formerly a Port
land stock actor, plays the part of Jack
Taylor in the feature, and is given a
much better opportunity than in his
last appearance in Portland with Ed
win Stevens.
is so badly injured that only a surgeon
can save him from death. The girl
persuades Dave, a kinsman who loves
her, to go for a doctor, and he informs
the Sheriff's souse of the Tolliver hid
insr place in order to save Hale's life.
Judd. thinking Dave Is a traitor, kills
him and then yields to authority.
The seventh installment of "The God-
dress." featuring Anita Stewart and
Earl Williams, shows the rapid prog
rets of the love of the two halted when
the father disinherits the son. Celestia
beains to pay less attention to her
mission of reforming the world.
Columbia.
Peoples.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,"
the famous John Fox story, presented
in song: and on the stage, unquestion
ably finds its best expression on the
screen. This compelling story oi me
struggle between revenue officers and
moonshiners is being presented at the
iVio , ,h. Peoples Theater, with such prominent
.V tri- . Players as Charlotte Walker in the
f Astoria and. he created on the legitimate
stage: Theodore Roberts and Thomas
Meighan. In addition to transmitting
faithfully all that has made the story
so attractive, the motion plcure adds
the wonderful wealth of scenery amid
which the moonshine mountaineers
lived.
John Hale (Meighan) is sent to the
mountains to put an end to illicit dis
tilling. As soon as it is known the
Tolliver clan, led by "Devil" Judd (Rob
erts), opens a campaign to stop his
activity. He is captured but escapes
by burning the thongs which bind his
wrists. June (Miss Walker) falls in
love with Hale, and he reciprocates her
affection. Hale Is again captured and
MOVIE MEN ARE ACCUSED
orrlstovn Managers Charged With
Showing Films Without Seals.
XORRISTOWN. Pa., Feb. 15. At th
trial of four Norristown moving-picture
show proprietors who were charged
with not displaying the seals authorized
by the Pennsylvania State Board of
Censors, the evidence was so conflict
ing that Magistrate Lenhardt continued
th" hearing.
Dr. Ellis B. Oberholtser. a member of
th State Board of Censors, was the
principal witness against the movie
ino'.i. He testified that he visited the
i-hmv houses twice in January and saw
pictures displayed without seals. This
w denied by proprietors and em
"Inym of the amusement places. The
rv.'.-n '-hargpd are Albert Jtedlhammer, of
ih Lyric Theater; Loulu Sablosky. of
ttie Grand Opera House, Thomas a
biosky, of the Empire Theater, and
Joseph Erancho, of the Colonial Thea
ter. I
Why talk of Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe
Arbuckle, et al; Douglas Fairbanks Is
In town. This sunny Broadway chap
who uncorked a delightful film comedy
surnrise in "Double Trouble." is ef
ficiency hoisted to the n-th degree
when in pursuit of his profession as
laugh-extractor in "His Picture in the
Papers," which opened yesterday at the
Columbia Theater. Triangle has pro.
duced nothing In the comedy-drama
field more deserving of success than
the Fairbanks vehicle.
"His Picture In the Papers" deals
with the efforts of a young ne er-do
well rich dad sanitary food magnate
to make good a boast that he would
cut loose and secure for himself, the
family, and Pringle's Food, publicity
In the shape of a picture and story of
himself on the front pages of the met
ropolitan papers. If he does this he
gets a half interest in the business and
the hand of the girl he adores.
Fate and the newspapers ' are decld
edly unkind to young Pringle, although
he wrecks an auto, wins a prizefight,
swims to shore from a liner and whips
two policemen. The best he can get
Is a few lines in some obscure section
until he bursts forth as a hero indeed,
foiling the diabolical plot of a gang
of blackmailers who seek to wreck a
train bearing his father-In-law-to-be.
"Fido's Fate." is a Keystone comedy
presenting Charles Murray as the vic
tim of a chain of circumstances sur
rounding his efforts to smuggle a
puppy into his apartment as a gift to
his wife. A flirty wife and a jealous
husband add to the complications.
Pickford.
The rather hectic career of a young
Italian girl, in which her advent Into
America is followed by experiences
with amorous gentlemen, leading to
divorce, suicide, and other Incidents of
high-tension, swift-moving action, is
presented at the Pickford Theater In
The Woman In 47." the world vehicle
starring Alice Brady,
mis mm story, wnicn taxes its
name from a hotel room reserved for
bride and groom, is an interesting
series of incidents in the life of Viola.
who comes to America at the behest of
her lover, to learn upon arrival that
he has been killed. Miss Brady is con
vincing in the characterization, while
her support is good.
The story places v tola in the power
of her lover's cousin, but she escapes,
and is taken care of by an old friend
until he is run over and killed by an
automobile. The wealthy owner of the
machine takes the girl into his home
as a maid. The son of the house makes
her life there unbearable and she is
taken under the wing of the family's
attorney. He makes love to her and
promises marriage, but his wife en-
The extremely low prices
brought about by these
conditions can never be
made again, and when the
last of these instruments is
sold no more can be had at
such low prices.
Iff
, In our consolidation plans
we unexpectedly took over
so many pianos from other .
establishments that we
could not fully live up to
our agreements with a
number of player piano
manufacturers for whom
we undertake to sell a def
inite number each year.
Thus, we find ourselves with
too many player pianos and we
must take still more, under our
contracts with a number of fac
tories. The old reliable Eilers
Music House always makes
good. Therefore, ,we devote the
next fifteen days to the quick
selling of nearly a hundred of
the highest-grade player pianos
ever shown in Portland. Nearly
all of them brand-new ones; also
some concert used ones, and nu
merous player pianos sold by
other firms that we have ac
cepted in part payment for the
most highly perfected player
pianos which are sold by the
House of Eilers.
2Hi
The superb new model 180 Bungalow player piano correct in de
sign, perfect in finish, purest in tone, easiest to operate, most durable
of all, and not expensive included in this sale at most liberal conces
sion in price.
The very latest player pianos THAT WERE $1000 ARE NOW ONLY
$620 AND SOME FOR $540.
The very latest player pianos THAT WERE $850 ARE NOW ONLY
$520 AND SOME FOR $415.
The very latest player pianos THAT WERE $750 ARE NOW ONLY
$470 AND SOME FOR $355.
The very latest player pianos THAT WERE $650 ARE NOW ONLY
$385 AND SOME FOR $315.
The very latest player pianos THAT WERE $550 ARE NOW ONLY
$310 AND SOME FOR $260.
STUDY THESE GREAT NAMES
Not to Be Found in Any Other Western Music House
The Nation's highest quality pianos, carrying the
most highly honored names in musicdom, including
even the superb Chickering player pianos and the
wonderful Chickering artigraphic, also the Nation's
greatest favorite and grand prize-winner at San Francisco,
1915; the Kimball; the magnificent, old-established Decker;
the now internationally renowned genuine Autopiano player;
the Bungalow player piano, also gold medal winners at
the San Francisco Exposition; the superb Player Pianos
de Luxe, and ever so many others.
METAL TUBING IS BEST
The latest metal tubed, human touch, correctly
equipped player pianos are offered. ' Not the make
believe, rubber tubed, imitation of the genuine, with
nothing but high-flowing advertising language to
recommend it. Sale now on.
Also Some Regular
Pianos, Brand New,
Included in This
Quick Sale as Follows
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Pianos often ad
vertised as "beau
tiful 250 or $300
pianos" are only
$82 here now. Ac
tually less than
ever known.
Pianos fre
quently offered as
"$350 values" are
here now only
$165. Pay $5 a
month.
Pianos often
sold at "$400" by
nranoh houses and
small dealers, are
now here for only
$216. Pay $6 a
month,
A great variety
of the kinds fre
quently charfred
t "$425" are hero
for only $222, etc..
etc.
t
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Eilers Building
Broadway at Alder St.
These Pianos Only $82
Cah Bayer. Attention!
On this occasion we can sacrifice these In
struments at actually $168 in cold rush less
than the price frequently asked for same.
Same rate of discount may be applied on any
piano or plnyer-piano you may select from the
stock in this sale.
Tuning: and delivery FREE.
ters the scene and the girl's dream Is
shattered. Viola, after being named
correspondent in the divorce case which
follows goes to work, in a shop, and
there is found by her lover, Tony, not
killed, as reported. They plan to
marry iinmeJiately, room 47 is re
served in a hotel, but further compli
cations in the shape of suicide next
door, with a note implicating "the
woman in 47. enters into the miiup
before the lovers are at peace.
Majestic.
"BIk- Bill" Farnum, the man who put
the punch in "The Spoilers," is "Fight-
ng: Bill" in his latest vehicle, "Flght-
ng Blood, wnich opened yesterday at
the Majestic This Fox production, said
to have Its story foundation from My
M4P SHOWING ZONE THROWN OPEN TO ASTORIA BY DECISION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION.
E G O N. s Q j
C '! -wieTgo 1
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The order in tha Astoria rate case annlics to the territory east of the railroad lines marked -!-!-!-
to points on a north and south line drawn coincidentally with the western boundary line of North Dakota,
Couth Dakota Nebraska and extending straight south through Colorado to the southern line of that state.
Beyond that line Astoria was already on a rate parity with Puset Sound. The order does not specifically
affect the O.-W. R. & N. from Pendleton to Ontario, as business originating thereon is not interstate busi
ness. It doM apply to the Oregon Short Lino in Southern Idaho from Ontario eastward.
Old Kentucky Home," Is Just the sort
of a film in which Farnum appears at
his best; a strong, virile, .rugged type
of manhood, with a strain of fighting
blood, which carries him crashing
through every obstacle.
Two corking good scraps not of
fensively brutal but with- "kick"
enough to thrill enter into the story
of "Fighting Blood," which deals with
Lem Hardy, a Kentuckian of sturdy
and pugnacious ancestry. He is falsely
imprisoned and emerges from jail a
preacher. He ejects a gang of rowdies
from his church, but loses his job, and
then thumps a mining-camp bully,
earning another job. In the camp ha
meets Evie, the boyhood sweetheart,
who married the man who sent him to
jail. Blake, the villain, dies by gun
shot, and Hardy and the girl start on
the long trail together.
Dorothy Bernard, a former Portland
stock actress, plays the role of Evie,
giving a splendid portrayal of the part
of the girl who falls beneath the spell
of the villain only to repent as soon as
she takes the decisive step.
Fair," but it Is possible to recreate
characters of the famous hook and
give a true picture of the times. The
plot is complex, demanding close at
tention, but there Is no danger of miss
ing the general trend of the story and
the significance of the central char
acter. The support of Mrs. Fiske is much
above standard. William Wadsworth
as Joseph Sedley, Robert Brower as
Mr. Osborne, Bigelow Cooper ss Raw
don Crawley, Richard Tucker as
George Osborne, George A. Wright as
Lord Steyne. and Helen Fulton as
Amelia, might have stepped from the
pages of "Vanity Fair."
Sunse.t.
Becky Sharp and those other world
famous, if not particularly estimable,
Thackeray characters yet live. Mrs.
Fiske and a supporting cast of Edison
players have preserved wonderfully
faithful characterizations of those per
sonages in the screen interpretation of
"Vanity Fair," which opened yesterday
at the Sunset.
Mrs. Fiske is remarkably successful
in expressing the depth and subtlety
of the character of Becky Sharp. The
settings and costuming are artistic and
indicative of the period, while among
the many elaborate scenes the ball of
the night before the Battle of Water
loo produces a particularly striking
effect.
In a feature of ordinary length it la
manifestly impossible to give anything
like
WIFE SELECTS HIS BARBER
Women Tentorial Artists Strictly
Taboo, Too, She Says.
is the kind of a
you to patronize,"
"See here, this
barber shop for
snapped a middle-aged woman as she
deposited her husband inside the door
of a Fifth-street shop which employs
men barbers Saturday morning. "Never
mind about the women barbers."
"But." started to protest the de
posited husband.
"Never mind! Tou just let the men
shave you if you can't shave yourself. '
she admonished, as ahe left the Hhop
and her husband took a seat to wait
for the call of "next."
"She just won't stand for me bcini?
shaved y a woman," explained the
husband to the gossip-hungry barber,
as he settled down in his chair.
Already several
paid the levies
Court.
firoperty owners have
fixed by the County
845 CARS OF STOCK SOLD
Valno of Sliliiiiciits From Klmiuith
i:-i!l?iialeil lit $1,223,500.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Fob. 2".
(Special.) Livestock to the vhIub of
$1.22:,00 was shipped from Klamath
County points between July 1. 1915.
and February 10. 1!)16. A total of at.'i
carloads went out during that time.
Cattle formed the hulk of the ship
ments, with 5iU carloadti. The price
averaged $150U a car, making a total
Of $82."., 000.
One hundred eighty-three carloads of
sheep and lambs have been shipped,
valtu-d ut approximately $12:1.500.
The horses and mules shipped out
tilled 60 cars and were worth about
$1211, .100.
Fifty carloads of hogs shipped durltii
the sfsim were valued at $49,000.
fnfiin rit
rrop is small'T than It was
Klamath Collecting Taxes.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Feb. 20.
(Special.) Collection of the 1915 taxes
in Klamath County began rnursoay in
complete version of "Vanity the office
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