TIIE MORNING OHEGONIAI. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 191G.
CEflTRALIH IS HOST
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Parent - Teacher Convention
Delegates Welcomed.
BIG ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
Public Reception Features Opening
Day of State Gatl'ering Dele
gation From Tacoma Booms
Mrs. Todd for President.
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CENTRALIA, Wash.. April 6. (Spe
cial.) The attendance at the sixth
annual state convention of Parent
Teacher associations, which opened
here today, will exceed all expectations.
At noon 215 delegates had registered.
Tacoma has the largest delegation,
85 registering from that city, while Se
attle is represented by a party of 65.
A. large number came from both cities
in addition to the regular delegates.
Other cities represented in the con
vention registration up to noon include
Aberdeen, Auburn, Rothell, Blaine, Bur
ton, Bryn Mawr, Castle Rock, Cattail.
Centralia, Vader, Chehalis, Dryad, To
ledo, Vancouver, Vaughn, Vashon, Win
lock, Telm, Pasco. Snohomish, Rainier,
Steilacoom, Napavlne. Kewaukum, Klrk
land, Montesano, Puyallup, Hoquiam,
Everett, Garden City and Grand Mound.
The delegates from east of the moun
tains will arrive tonight.
The incoming trains are being met
by a detachment of Boy Scouts, headed
by Rev. F. E. Dorrls, Scout master, and
J. M. Layhue, superintendent of schopls.
The visitors are taken to the Hotel
Centralia. where they register, and are
conducted to the quarters reserved for
them.
The convention opened in the high
school auditorium at 2:30 o'clock with
the general topic, "The State's Pro
vision for the Physical. Mental and
Moral Care of Children." Mrs. "W. B.
Kail, superintendent of the State School
for the Blind at Vancouver, spoke on
"The Education of the Blind." With
Mrs. Hall was Margaret Evanson. a
etudent whom Mrs. Hall used to dem
onstrate the efficiency of the Van
couver institution in the instruction of
its pupils.
Dr. F. D. Tuttle, chairman of the
State Board of Health, spoke this aft
ernoon on "The Function of the Parent
in the Movement to Prolong Life." Miss
Mary Campbell, matron of the State
School for Girls at Grand Mound, spoke
on "The Erring- Girl."
Tonight a public reception was
tendered the visiting delegates in the
Commercial Club rooms by the Parent
Teacher associations of this city. Mayor
John Galvtn. Superintendent Layhue
and Mrs. C. C. Beeson, vice-president
of the state association, welcomed the
visitors. "
The Tacoma delegates immediately on
their arrival started a boom for the
election of Mrs. J. C. Todd to the presidency.
.CHEHALIS READY FOR BOYS
V. 31. C. A. and Sunday School Con
ference Opens Tomorrow,
CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 6. Spe
cial.) The boys' conference, under
the auspices of the Y. M. G. A., -and
Western Washington Sunday School
Association, to be held in Chehalis
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, will at
tract about 200 delegates from the dis
trict, which includes all of Southwest
AVashington from Shelton to the Co
lumbia River and Grays Harbor to
Willapa.
The theme of the conference is
"Service." "
The first session will be held at the
high school auditorium Friday even
ing, Carl J. Hollingworth. of Seattle,
presiding. Addresses of welcome will
he given by N. B. Coffman. Rev. A.
II. Chittenden, R. E. Cook and James
Iane, and will be responded to by
Thomas Owens. An address will also
be given by Charles A. Phipps, of
Portland.
DEATH LAID TO OPERATION
Weston Man Sues Doctors for $5000
for Loss of Son.
PENDLETON, Or., April 5. (Spe
cial.) Charging Dr. G. It. Gowan, of
Milton, and Dr. J. E. Vanderpool, of
Freewater, with the responsibility for
the death of his 4-year-old son during
an operation last April, Charles Von
derahe, of Weston, through his attor
neys. H. I. Watts, of Athena, and Fee
Fee, of Pendleton, Monday filed suit
against them for $5000.
The plaintiff alleges the boy was in
perfect health, but at the suggestion
of the physicians underwent an opera
tion. He alleges the physicians did
not use -ordinary skill, did not examine
'the heart of the patient and failed to
note accurately his condition during
the process of administering the chlo
roform. DR. NORDINJS FINED $75
.Unlicensed Naturopath Willi Six
Weeks' Course of Study Sentenced.
"Herbs and grain are plaoed in a
pestle and ground for four hours, at
the end of which time the concoction
is of a fine consistency that will per
meate all sections of the human body,
when taken internally," is the explana
tion of one of the "cures" of Dr. J. P. A.
Nordin. naturopath, made before Dis
trict Judge Dayton in his trial yester
day for practicing medicine without a
license.
A six weeks' course in a New York
naturopathic Institute equipped jDr.
Nordin to practice, he testified. He also
claims the title of doctor of divinity.
He was found guilty by a Jury and
Judge Dayton fined, him J76.
CLIMBING ROSE IN HOME
Vine Tliat Entered Window Prom
ises Early Reward With Bloom.
During the chilly weather a wee slip
of a climbing rose pushed Its way
through the window cracks of the home
of L. S. Kaiser, 260 Chapman street, ap
parently in quest of the warmth inside.
Its plan of getting in out of the cold
was not stopped.
Upon reaching the inside it grew
rapidly until now it covers part of the
inside of the window and is about to
blossom. Mr. Kaiser, who is superin
tendent of the City Water Bureau, says
he expects to have the first rose bloom
in the city this Spring.
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TODAY'S FILM FKATCRES.
Columbia "The Raiders." "The
Village Vampire." .
Majestic "Blue Blood and
Red."
Peoples " The Sowers," Pic
tography." Tickford "Poor Little Fep
pina." Heiliff "The Melting: Pot,"
"The Gamblers."
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HO is going' to exhibit the Es-
sanay-Chaplin films in Port
land? A print of the "Burlesque on Car
men, a two-reeler, left Chicago on
Tuesday for Portland. Upon arrival, if
not before, the "first-run" privilege will
be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
according to C. P. Merwln, Oregon rep
resentative for the V. L. S. E., or Big
Eour, which is handling -he Essanav-
Chaplins as a special feature.
Portland exhibitors have been paying
little attention to the Essnnay-Chap-lins,
although casting covetous eyes
towards them, for it has been generally
understood that John A. Jennings, of
Jennings & Co., owners, and until re
cently managers, of the Sunset Theater,
would exhibit all of the Essanay-Chap-Hns.
Therefore the ntvs of yesterday
that the manufacturers have decided
to release the Chaplins as specials
through the Big Four, and not through
the General Film Company, as adver
tised for months, proved a veritable
bombshell.
Thus for the moment Mr. Merwin is
the biggest figure in Portland f 11m
dom, and exhibitors are holding many
star-chamber conferences relative to
the purchase of the Chaplins.
Much criticism is directed at the
manufacturers for . their action in sud
denly switching the Chaplins from the
General Film to the Big Four pro
grammes. Thousands of exhibitors
throughout the country and Mr. Jen
nings is one of them bought General
programme material with the under
standing that when the Chaplins came
along they would have first call on the
big comedy features.
'I received very definite assurances
from Mr. Todd, the General Film Com
pany's Portland manager, relative to
the Chaplins, and I shall hold the com
pany, to its promtse, asserts Mr. Jen
nings. Which means that he is not go
ing to submit to the loss of the Chap
lins without a struggle.
Manager Todd refuses to be inter
viewed on the subject, other than as
serting that those who buy General
Film service get full value for their
money. Irrespective of other features or
possible features. He has received no
official word relative to a change in
releasing company.
Majestic. v
"Blue Blood and Red," William
Fox's first big Western picture, a
bright and breezy story redolent of the
prairies, opened sl week-end engage
ment yesterday at the Majestic Thea
ter. While the film is rich in atmos
phere, there is no dearth of action, for
a rapid-fire plot takes the spectator
through a series of cyclonic scenes, in
cluding a prizefight, hold-up, "mad
MORE THAN 250O PKOTLE STAXD IV LIVB TO AVOID PENALTY OF ONE PER CENT . A MONTH ON DE
LINQUENT FIRST INSTALLMENTS.
chase, pistol battle, Jallbreak and
near-lynching.
George Walsh and Doris Pawn, the
latter a charming Fox newcomer, are
featured in "Blue Blood and Red."
Walsh playing the part of the ne'er-do-well
Easterner cast off by his college
and father, and Miss Pawn appearing
as the breezy Western maiden who
falls in love with tbe husky chap from
the effete East.
Algernon, the Easterner, forced to
walk the scholastic plank and told to
"keep going" by his fatfier, takes his
automobile and a vaJet and strikes for
the West. Low in funds, he earns $100
in flattening a "white hope" of fisti
cuffs, and then, in escaping from a pet
bear, meets Mildred (Miss Pawn). A
welcome guest at the Demarest home,
Algy arouses the Jealousy of Buck, a
bad-man cowboy. Buck steals $20,000
of his boss' money, and lays the blame
on Algy. The latter is captured but
escapes from Jail before the hanging
party arrives. In a thrilling gun duel
he Is again captured and the end is in
sight -when Mildred, at the wheel of
the racing machine, effects a rescue.
Result, matrimony.
The first of the Frank Daniels come
dies, "Mr. Jack Trifles," is fully up to
flattering advance notices. The Pathe
Weekly and a scenic are additional
features on the programme.
Peoples.
Blanche Sweet, the ' popular Para
mount star, will appear in "The Sow
ers," a stirring photodrama of Russian
conspiracy, at the Peoples Theater to
day. This play, founded on Henry
Seaton Merriman's novel of the same
name, presents a noteworthy cast in
support of Miss Sweet, including Thom
as Meighan and Theodore Roberts.
"The Sowers" deals with the plots to
establish a republican form of govern
ment in Russia. Prince Alexis (Meig
han). secret head of the revolutionary
league, wishes to marry Karin (Miss
Sweet), daughter of his chancelloi
(Roberts), but political exigencies re
quire that he marry another, who is in
love with an agent of the secret police.
Many dramatic incidents are flashed
before the lovers are united in the new
world.
The Paramount Pictographs, or screen
magazine, which are attracting so
much attention in filmdom, will be
screened as feature of the programme,
together with a Bray cartoon comedy.
Columbia.
"The Raiders," a pictured story of
high finance constructed about the at
tempted ruin of a millionaire by his
brokers, and "The Village Vampire," a
Ceystoner reeking with near-tragedy,
will open the week-end engagement at
the Columbia Theater today.
H. B. Warner, he of "Alias Jimmy
Valentine" fame, -is the star of "The
Raiders," which is featured with a
graphic stock-exchange scene and a
thrilling automobile rescue of an aged
millionaire. The latter, sent to' the
mountains to regain his health, is
plotted against by his broker, who
seeks to secure the Haldman millions.
Wells (Warner), a clerk, uncovers the
plot, worsts the villain on the floor of
the exchange, and then, with his em- alsting corps of Italian actors contrib
ployer's daughter, effects a rescue of I uting much to the artistic result. Ml 83
FINAL FRENZIED RUSH TO PAY TAXES AT COURTHOUSE.
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BLANCH E SWEET AS KARIN, IN THE SOWERS '
SOWING THU SEED5 OFLIBERTY
Beginning Today Three Days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Paramount Pictographs Bray Comedies
the man forcibly detained in the moun
tains. '
"The Village Vampire" deals with a
matrimonial bureau wife, $20,000 in
gold and the efforts of a gang to se
cure it. Flywheels, crushers and ore
buckets are utilized for rryir-rder and
escape.
Heilig.
Walker Whiteside in "The Melting
Pot," a picturization of" the famous
Zangwill play, and Ethel Clayton in
"The Gamblers," a Lubin masterpiece,
will continue on the screen throughout
the week at the Heilig Theater. These
films, comprising ten reels of enter
tainment, and exhibited at popular
prices, are proving big drawing cards
at the home of the "legit."
"The Melting Pot" deals with
the amalgamation of the alien
races in the United States, and
is a screen interpretation of a
drama which has been presented with
phenomenal success in Portland as in
other cities of the United States. "The
Gamblers" is a story of high finance,
plot, counterplot, loves and hates, and
for five reels holds the spectators in
no uncertain grasp, while incident af
ter incident, dramatic in the extreme,
is unfolded.
Pickford.
Mary Pickford, the most popular
voraan on the screen, about whom a
controversy as to contract, salary, etc.,
is now waging similar to that center
ing on Charlie Chaplin a few weeks
ago, scores the artistic triumph of her
career in "Poor Little Peppina," the
seven-reel Paramount feature which is
now being exhibited at the Pickford
Theater.
Miss Pickford is always ' attractive,
&nd her mannerisms always delight her
myriad admirers, but in "Poor Little
Peppina" she is more than Mary Pick
ford she is Peppina. "Poor Little Pep
pina" is an Italian play. It fairly
reeks with atmosphere, a splendid as-
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Pickford is Italian also, as is her broth
er. Jack, right down to the many ges
tures which must have required much
practice to pfesent in such a true-to-life
manner.
Tbe play deals with a kidnaped child,
daughter of rich Americans. She is
raised by Italians, although reported
dead, and then, when nearly grown up,
goes to America to escape marriage
with a man she detests. She escapes
In a corduroy suit of her foster-brother's,
works in a saloon, dons messenger-boy
garb, is involved in the toils of
the law, and finally claimed by her
parents. For third-degree realism and
intensity the play has a scene which
alone would entitle it to recognition.
Another of those surprising and fun
ny "Musty Suffer" burlesque comedies
is on the bill.
Screen Gossip.
"The people are overwhelmingly
against motion picture censorship,"
says E. D. Horkheimer, the Balboa pro
ducer. "This was proved recently by
a straw ballot taken in Los Angeles.
Ten thousand persons expressed them
selves and of the number four were
against censorship to every one that
favored it. 'Let the people rule' used
to be a popular slogan. I think, it
much better than 'let the censors
rule.' "
James Marcus, the delightfully blunt
man of many experiences, is a mine of
Information at the Fox studios, in Eden
dale. He is one of the most pictur
esque characters of the screen and his
memory turns easily back to the days
when films were unknown and circuses
were the thing.
Mr. Marcus is a Titan of a man. Big
men pale and shrink beside him and
if ever the camera's eye swings back
to the days of mythology Mr. Marcus
will take his rightful place as "Her
cules as Was."
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Can you read Chinese? Hazel Dawn,
the Famous Players-Paramount star,
has received a long pale blue silk
scroll from a wealthy Chinese mer
chant, which is covered with wild,
weird gobs, splashes and criss-crosses
resembling a composite photograph of
shorthand svmbols after an all-night
Jamboree. Though the Famous Players-Paramount
star has every confi
dence in the good Intentions of the
donor, feminine curiosity demands that
she learn Just what the fantastic char
acters mean. So If you are a student
of Chinese, please raise your right
hand.
In order to secure real ship at
mosphere for "The King of Broadway.'
A company of Universal players under
the direction of W. J. Bowman made a
trip to los Angeles harbor last week
and took a number of scenes aboard
the steamer Congress.
It proved quite a novelty for the pas
sengers on the big vessel to see- the
well-known comedy star. Carter de
Haven, being lowered into the ship's
hold in a huge packing box, -making
his bed with a dog as a stowaway and
going through all the funny business
called for in the script.
"How one forgets one's age" is often
heard by persons who f eel , that they
are growing. old especially women.
Now there is one young woman in
films who is so optimistic and so happy
and so buoyant that she forgets her
age. She is Dorothy Gish. the Fine
Arts star, and she celebrated her 18th
birthday on March 11. and on that day
was showered with birthday gifts of
every conceivable description.
Roland Bottomley, who is Jackie
Saunders' new leading man, has the
distinction of having appeared in the
London premier of two Bernard Shaw
plays. He rehearsed under the noted
satirist and is 'full of anecdotes of him.
Bottomley is now a member of the
Balboa studio forces. -'
FIRST HALF TAXES PAID
FINAL SPURT BRINGS TOTAL COL
LECTIONS WELL UP.
Penalty on Belated Payments Now
Accnmulatine at Rate of One
Per Cent a Month.
Fifty per cent of the 1916 tax col
lections for Multnomah County had
been taken in by 9 o'clock last night,
due to the tremendous rish to pay dur
ing the three days Jist past, accord
ing to the estimate of E. S. Huckabay.
Sheriff Hurlburt's chief deputy. This
in spite of the fact that up to March 25
not one-sixth of the total assessment
had been collected.
Snow and cold, rainy weather during
February and March made payments
light, and it was feared that a small
portion of the 1913 tax of $7, 981,937. 32
would bo collected before April 5. At
midnight last night all first install
ments of taxes became delinquent, and
from now until paid will accumulate
interest at the rate of 1 per cent a
month.
Thousand of letters poured in upon
Sheriff Hurlburt yesterday due to real
ization through the announcement of
The Oregonian that a long wait in line
could be avoided if money or checks
for the taxes were mailed and post
marked before April 6.
On account of the congestion, it will
be from ten days to two weeks before
receipts can be returned for all taxes
paid, though a night force will be kept
busy.
Twenty-five hundred persons, ap
proximately, paid their taxes In per
son between the hours of 8:30 A. M.
and 9 P. M. yesterday.
There were ton?, constant lines to
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three-cashiers' windows in the tax col
lecting department, and each line ap
peared not to diminish until towards
the closing hour. -Each cashier
handled between one and two a minute.
One of the more brilliant of the
younger members of the Green Room
Club, New York, is at work on the
scenario of an eirht-reel feature deal
ing with life among the garlic grow
ers of Southern Italy. The picture i
to be. called "The Breath of a Nation."
TODAY TILL, SATURDAY
in 7 Keels of Pictured Heart
throbs. Thrills and Romance.
Poor Little Peppina
ALWAYS GOOD PICTURES
WASHINGTON AT PARK