THE MORNING. OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 1016.
CHARLES SWEENY
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Life of Thrilling Adventure
Ends in Portland Hospital
After Extended Illness.
MILLIONS MADE AND LOST
Nucleus of Fortune Blade in Mining
and Investments In Real Estate
Extensive Race for United
States Senate Made.
Charles Sweeny, Spokane capitalist
and mining man and for years asso
ciated in a business way with the de
velopment and upbuilding- of Portland,
died yesterday morning- at 3:45 at the
Portland Surgical Hospital. Be was 67
years old. N
Mr. Sweeny had been ill for months
- and his death had been momentarily
expected for the past week. He had
been at the hospital here since Feb
ruary 1.
Members of the family and friends
had been at his bedside for the past
few days.
Mr. Sweeny came f to Portland for
treatment several months ago. His
wife and members of the family fol
lowed him here and have remained with
him.
The body was taken to the under
taking parlors of J. P. Finley & Son
yesterday. It will be sent to Spokane
for burial, leaving tonight fro'm the
North Bank depot on the 7:10 train.
Funeral services will be held in Spo
kane Friday morning at 9:30 and the
body will be placed in a mausoleum
there.
Mrs. Sweeny will accompany the
body to Spokane.
Although a resident of Spokane for
a number of years, Mr. Sweeny was as
sociated fully as much with the devel
opment of Portland as with that of
Spokane ami his interests here were
probably as extensive. He had large
- holdings in real estate and 'buildings in
this city and maintained an office
nere.
Career Is Romantic
The career of Charles Sweeny reads
more like a romance than the narrative
of the life of a modern business man
During his brief span of years he knew
poverty and wealth several times. "When
he came to Portland -in 1876 Mr.
Sweeny was practically penniless, and
when his death occurred, 40 years later,
he was rated as one of the wealthiest
men of the Pacific Northwest.
' His life was an active one and was
filled with incidents of a stirring char
acter, including military service, min
ing adventures and financial operations.
He was an aggressive and progressive
business man and made secure for him
self a place in the history of Portland
when he organized the Merchants' Ex
change.
The aggressive character of the man
is shown by the fact that after serv
ing through the Civil War under the
Stars and Stripes, he had not had his
fill of . fighting, and so, with several
hundred other Americans, he organized
a band of trained veterans. This band
offered its service to Emperor Maxi
milian "of Mexico, buf was 'refused.
Mining Proves Profitable.
Mr. Sweeney made most of his money
in mining property, after going to Spo
kane from Portland. He purchased
various mining properties there and
bought and sold mining stock. Finally,
with his associates, he became involved
in the lawsuit involving the ownership
of the celebrated Last Chance mine.
The Suit was finally carried to the
United States ' Supreme Court and, the
result being decided in Mr. Sweeney s
, favor, the foundation of his future
wealth was laid.
Mr. Sweeny continued to invest in
. mming- property and as his wealth be
gan to flow in he put all his surplus
money into real estate. Much of these
holdings were in Portland. One of his
great business coups was the organiza
tion of the Federal Mining & Smelting
Company.
Mr. Sweeny was also known in an of
ficial and political way in the state of
Washington in particular and always
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Presenting for the First Time in Pictures
the Charming Dramatic Actress
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Here's a Play That Everybody Will Want to See One
of the.Finest for IMonths and a Star That Is So Charm
ing; and Winsome That You Simply Can't Resist Her.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
PIckford "Playing With Fire,"
"Mutt and Jeff."
T '& D "Sherlock Holmes," "Glo- -'
ria's Romance."
Columbia "The Primal Lure,"
"Her Marble Heart."
Majestic "Police," "Camille of
the Barbary Coast." -Peoples
"Saints and Sinners,"
"Pictographs."
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Charles Sweeny, Millionaire Min
ing Operator, Who Died in Port
land Yesterday.
took an active interest In politics,
Vnder the second Cleveland Adminis
tration he held for a time the position
of deputy United States marshal for
Vashington.
He was a candidate for United States
Senator from Washington at the time
when Samuel HT Piles was elected.
" Race Made for Senate.
The contest for Senator at that time
was hotly contested in the Washing
ton Legislature and there was a dead-
lock for several days. The day be
fore the election of Mr. Piles, Mr.
Sweeny is quoted as having said to E.
W. Wright, of Portland, manager of
the Merchants' Exchange here:
"Piles worked with a pick and
shovel at one time and so did I and
am going to elect him United States
Senator. -
On the following" day. Mr. Sweeny
threw his strength to the Pile3 forces
and the latter was elected.
He is survived by a widow and seven
children. The children are Charles
Sweeny. Jr., a Lieutenant in tha French
army; Robert Sweeny, of New' Tork
k City; Frank Sweeny, of Spokane; Bars
field Sweeny, a student at Yale Univer
sity; Mrs. Lillian Edwards, of Oakland,
Cal.; Mrs. F. J. Flnucane, of Spokane,
and Mrs. Clifford Corbin, wife of the
military attache at Santiago, Chilw.-
The Same Old Stnff.
AUGUST, 1913 Mary Pickford' joins
the Famous Players.
January, 1914 Rumors com
mence that she is about to leave that
company for the Sweetman Producing
Combine, at a salary of $5,000,000 a
week.
February, 1914 Denial of the rumor
(from official sources). Miss Pickford
tells, in passing, of the enormous offer
of $1,000,000,000 per day she received
"from . the Gluebin Corporation and
turned down after mature considera
tion because the company she was with
supported her ideals of what honest
office-boy promotion should be, and the
other company wanted . her to make
comedies, anyway.
July. .1914 Threats " of libel suits
against the person, persons, or invisible
forces which had spread the idea that
Miss Pickford was to become engaged
to Aloysius P. Greenberg, of Cincinnati,
Ohio. "I am married already," says the
charming little star with the roguish
smile that made her the idol of six
(computed) billions of men, women and
children of this great and glorious :
country daily. "And while I appreciate '
deeply the spirit which moved one of
my many admirers .to say that 1 was
about to give my hand to Mr. Rotfeder,
I would remark in passing that what
we need in motion pictures today is
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January, 1915 Official statement
that Miss Mary Pickford, the blue
eyed favorite who has eased the care of
so many broken hearts, and whose mail
amounts to over 800,000 bags per diem
(24 hours), has signed with the. Pink
Apple organization for 20 years at a
salary which, though not exactly
stated, would, if extended in a chain
whose-'nether end was at Treetop, Pa.,
pay off in 956,000 years the entire na
tional debt of the Republic of San Ma
rino. .
May, 1915 Official denial of the
statement. Negotiations were in noth
ing more than the preliminary stage.
Miss Fickf ord's contract has still ten
years to run, and, having seen and
compared the propaganda and financial
status of the two companies- involved,
and looked into their attitude- toward
the 90,000,000,000,000 people who visit
motion pictures daily, she has decided
to remain with Famous Players. She
would like to -remark in passing that
unless i(variable).
December, 1915.
See January, 1914. -
- January, 1916.
See February, . 1914.
February, 1916.
See July, 1914. .
April.-1916.-See
January, 1915.
May, 1916. .
See May, 1915.
Did You Know That
Metro is about to release a trav
elogue feature which will embrace
studies of animal and bird life, as well
as show glimpses of interesting and
picturesque locales throughout the
world?
Mayor Sebastian, of Los Angeles,
says he will not appoint a film com
missioner,- as provided for In a recent
ordinance, asserting that there is no
need for censorship?
Wheeler Oakman, of The Spoilers
fame, and who recently appeared with
William Farnum in "Battle of Hearts,"
is to play with Mabel Normand?
S. Rankin Drew, son of Sidney Drew,
the Metro comedian, and nephew of
John Drew, is the youngest Vitagraph
director in the continuous employ of
that company?
Richard Stanton. Universal director
of the "Graft" series, is now with Fox?
Francis J. GrandiBT who directed
Mme. Petrova in "Playing With Fire,"
is to direct Violet Mersereau in Blue
bird features?
The entire ground floor of the Hotel
Astor. New York, was used in scenes
for "Friday, the Thirteenth," the Law
son story the world is filming with
T7aKaW- -Uravwl,1- act ai a r"
Season ticket schemes are beirrir uti
lized in connection with the Billie
Burke film novel in a number of cities?
Alice Joyce, who has been away from
the screen for two years, has been
signed by Vitagraph for the lead in
"The Battle Cry or war :-'
Helen Holmes, of "The Girl and the
Game" fame, is to appear in five five-
reelers this Summer?
Clara Kimball Young's "The Common
Law' 'is to be presented first to New
York society, folks late this Summer?
test and who -will devote his personal!
attention to every scenario or efbry
submitted, will give to the writer of
the best story or scenario $1000.
In addition to. the capital prize there
will be 19 other cash awards. The first
prize of $1000 will go to the winner,
of course; with those fortunate enough
to write material sufficiently interest
ing, awards will be made in the fol
lowing manner:
Second prize, $750; third prize, $650;
fourth, .fifth, sixth and seventh prizes
will be $500, $400, $300 and $200 re
spectively, with prizes of $100 each to
the next 12 best stories or scenarios ac
cepted by Mr. Brady.
The contest will close with the issue
of the Saturday evening Post, dated
September 15, and the awards will be
made as soon after that as the ma
terial can be read.
The contest is open to writers of all
kinds, professional, amateur and those
who can only Jot down their series of
incidents. The scenarios do not Jhave to
be in regular form, so long as they
form a basis for the picturizing ofthe
story.
Mr. Brady is suggesting in his first
announcement that aspirants for the
prize go to see the World stars and
then write their stuff to fit the play
ers' personalities.
Peggy Hyland at Peoples
Peggy Hyland, the beautiful and tal
ented little English actress, whose re
cent arrival in America to appear ex
clusively on the screen under the
management of Famous Players has
created considerable newspaper com
ment, makes her . debut to the Ameri
can public In "Saints and Sinners,
The story of Letty Fletcher, the daughter of a minister,
whose pranks caused suspicion to be cast upon her, ana
who later fell into the trap of a designing man. Though
innocent, she was' branded a sinner and cast out Nof
society. x
How love conquered and held steadfast her old father
and her former sweetheart, and restored her to her
rightful place in society and bared the sham and hypoc
risy of her enemies, makes one of the most tender and
pathetic romances in the whole history of stage and
screen. ,
You Should Let Everything Else Go By and See It
THE POLICE DOG IN
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PARAMOUNT
PICTOGRAPHS
JUICE MAKERS TO MEET
TODAY'S TOPIC IS STANDARDIZA
TION OF LOGANBERRY PRODUCT,
Mr. Blickle Wants Views of Manufac
turers Before Devtalns: Rnlee to
Govern New Industry.
tion on the part of all manufacturers
there will be danger of some of the
rules and regulations bearing heavily
on certain companies that, are under
taking to work their problem out along
distinctive lines, he says.
The meeting will be called in the
green room of the Chamber of Com
merce offices.
At 10 o'clock this morning State
Food and Dairy Commissioner Mickle
will All trt nrdp the mAtinj- nf
which opens a lour-oay engagement at io&an0erry Juice manufacturers, which
the Peoples Theater today.
"Saints and Sinners" is a film in
terpretation of the famous Henry
Arthur Jones novel and drama, which
will attempt to standardize the Oregon
product.
Mr. Mickle will hold the meeting in
the Oregon building of the Chamber of
has appeared both in England and in Commerce. The Industries and manu-
America. It is a matter of odd inter
est that Miss Hyland should first ap
pear before American audiences in a
vehicle written by an Englishman, and
one which made its first stage hit in
En eland.
The story deals with Letty Fletcher,
daughter of a small-town minister.
who is lured to the city and there
compromised. Her return, its effect
on the life of the father and the ca
reers of her farmer sweetheart form
the material for the concluding reels
bf the feature. .
Paramount Pictographs, the screen
factures bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce, which urged the State Food
and Dairy Commissioner to call this
meeting, believes that standardization
is exceedingly important, as danger to
the rapid development of the Industry
has been found in a non-standardized
product.
Mr. Mickle, through the chemical de
partment of his own office and work
ing in close conjunction with the
chemists of the Oregon Agricultural
College, will be able at an early date
to announce the chemical constituents
of an absolutely pure and safe juice
S. F. ALBERT DROPS DEAD
Old time Resident of Cathlamet Suc
cumbs to Heart Disease.
CATHLAMET, Wash.. May 30. (Spe
cial.) S. F. Albert, a resident of this
place for 40 years, was found dead in
his home early this morning The aged
man lived alone and had evidently at-
empted to start a fire in the kitchen
stove when he pitched head first into
the woodbox. where to was found by
neighbors, death being due to heart
disease.
Mr. Albert was county Sheriff for
evcral terms during territorial days
and for many years was a familiar fig
ure during court terms, always serving
as bailiff His wife, who was a pioneer
school techer, died several years ago.
He has a son, Cecil, residing at Hallis-
ter, Cal.. and a daughter, LeI.a in the
Fame state.
magazine, and a Bray cartoon-comedy product, but before establishing such
are other numbers on the bill.
Screen. Gossip.
The "electric hooo" cooks his moats by
electricity, stealing the current by tapping
any convenient wire that he may encounter
for the purpose.
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Brady Scenario Contest.
" What should : prove to be the' most
far-reachine scenario contest- ever con
ducted by any film organization will
beein in the Saturday Evening Post,
June 3, under . the direction of the
World Film Corporation, with the sole
judge ' represented in the. person of
William. A. prady. "
Mr. "Brady, who instituted ne con-
Pierre Le May, on the Metro pro
gramme in "Playing 'With Fire" with
Mme. Petrova, was the leading man
for Minnie Dupree for three years on
the speaking stage, before be came to
pictures.
Before young Bill Hart could toddle
his parents took him from Newburg,
N. Y.. to .North Dakota, -mere ne re
mained for 18 years. He insists that
those 18 years qualified him to become
the exDonent of the real western char
acter. His roles constitute a varied
gallery of types, but of all these his
nreferenee is the bad. man. "I like him
best. Hart explains, "Decauee ne is trie
most maligned individual west of the
Mississippi. I knew some famous bad
men in my early days in the Dakotas,
but 1 never met one whose badness was
the real man. There is always eome
human note under the gruff surface. It
usuallv takes some accidental happen
ing to uncover this element, but it is
there, you may depend upon .it."
Lone- walks are the best aids to
beautv. thinks charming Billie Burke.
the film star who is receiving uuu
per week for her appearance in "Glo
ria's Romance." the latest motion pic
ture novel. Every day. wet or line.
finds her clad in sensible walking. 1
clothes, low-heeled shoes and accom
panied by one or more generally
more of her dogs, starting lor a long
tramn through the country round
about her Summer home at Hastings-
on-Hudson-
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Charlie Chaplin's plea for an injunc
tion restraining Essanay from further
releasing of "Carmen" has been denied
by the courts, but the Esanay suit for
$500,000 against the comedian is still
hanging fire. The contention Is that
Cbarlie agreed to make 10 two-reelers
for Essatiay, whereas he made but six.
Chaplin got S180.000 for his year with
Essanay.
Fannie Ward in "A Gutter Magda
lene" and Victor Moore in "The Clown'
are the Lasky releases for June on the
Paramount programme.
Fay Tincher. the Fine Arts comedt
enne, has been presented with a set of
Egyptian beads, said to have been worn
by Princess Amenhotep about 2500 B. C.
This particular piece of Jewelry must
be nearly worn out now, as we -remember
its having been presented to Chris
tine Mayo, Iorothy Kelly, Mary Pick
ford, Marguerite Courtot and about 90.
000.000 other stars in the past few
months. Of course, it may not have
been the same necklace, but the an
nouncement reads the same.
standard he wants the viewpoint of
every manufacturer as to cost condi
tions.
Unless there Is a vigorous co-opera-
ft
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VISITORS TO CEMETERY MEET
WITH BAD ACCIDENT.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Harrington and Mar
. caret Smith Thrown Ont of
Vehicle on Barnes Road.
Three persons were injured early
yesterday afternoon, when the team
which they were driving ran away on
the Barnes road, just west of Mount
Calvary Cemetery, overturning and de
molishing their carriage and throwing
them out. The injured are:
T. J. Harrington, of St. Mary's Sta
tion, pay clerk for the O.-W. R. & N.,
who received a badly bruised back,
with possible injury to the spine.
Mrs. T. J. Harrington, dislocated
right elbow. x
Margaret Smith, 6 years of age. also
of St. Mary's Station, fracture of the
right thigh.
JJr. and Mrs. T. J. Harrington, with
their 4-year-old daughter, Jeanne; Mrs.
Margaret Smith and her daughter. Mar
garet, all of St. Mary's Station, hired
a team in Beaverton yesterday morning
and drove to Mount Calvary Cemetery.
About 1 o'clock they started home.
Mrs. Harrington was driving, and when
they started down a hill west of the
cemetery the horses got away from her
and began running. The carriage was
overturned and all were thrown out.
little Margaret Smith being dragged
for soma distance.
Owing to difficulty, in securing an
ambulance, the injured people were
compelled to lie at the side of the road
for about an hour while assistance was
being sought. They finally were brought
to Portland in autos and taken to St.
Vincent's Hospital, where Dr. Andrew
C Smith attended them.
Dr. Smith reported last night that
his patients were resting well, consid
ering the nature of their injuries.
Wapato Votes Scliool Bonds.
WAPATO. Wash, May SO. (SpeciaL
The bond election held Saturday by
School District No. 54 carried by a de
cisive vote, authorizing the moving of
the Guyette School, several miles south
west of town, to a more convenient
place, and the purchase of a school
site, the erection of a new and larger
school building south of town, improve
ments to the Harrah School and teach
ers' cottage and the establishment of
free text hooks.
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