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THE MORXIXG OREGONIA1T. TUESDAY, AUOTTC"' 29, 1916. ASTORIA DONS BEST DRESS FOR GUESTS Queen Muriel to Rule City From Own Palace Dur ing Regatta Days. liillHllitlliijilliill wmm. W11HHHIII u p. lil!llfilHlllil!l!ll MAIDS WILL JOIN COURT More Elaborate Water Sports Arc Provided For and Some of Best Divers in Xortlwest Are to Compete In River. M1I1BLEHEAD IS ORDERED TO ATTEND ASTORIA REGATTA. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 28. (Special.) Governor Withycombe today received word from the Navy Department that the cruiser Mar blehead. now In Portland Har bor, would be permitted to go to Astoria for the regatta Septem ber 1-6, inclusive. The Navy Department author ized two additional officers and 60 additional marines, expenses to be borne by the Government, to make the trip to Astoria. ASTORIA, Or, Aug. 28. (Special.) Astoria is rapidly taking on its re gatta attire. Business fronts are be ing elaborately decorated with the re gatta colors, blue and white, inter mingled with the American flag and emblems, while the great carnival cen ter is being Inclosed for the many at tractions to be presented, Septem ber 1-5. A mammoth grandstand has been erected on the O.-W. R. & N. Co. dock. In front of which will be staged the official races and water sports and the marine parade and fireworks. The preparations for regatta days are going on coincidentally with the Immense reclamation work now in progress. Visitors to Astoria this year will behold a city going up. Scores of buildings in the business center are being raised to conform to the new street grades, while the work of con struction of the viaduct system of street improvements proceeds. Queen to Have Palace. Through the courtesy of Mrs. S. F. Harley, who is visiting in -Philadelphia, the Harley bungalow will be placed at the disposal of Queen Muriel and her party. Extensive additions will be made to the grounds to enable the Queen to entertain according to her own plans, just as If she were in her own home. Ample help will be pro vided her. The bunaglow occupies a commanding position overlooking the city and the harbor. Acceptances are being received from Queen Muriel's Rose Festival maids of honor, who have been invited to be come part of the regatta court. Among the first to reply favorably were Miss Mildred Pegg, of Vancouver, anl Miss Edythe Frasche. of Eugene. Miss Jes sie Reith will represent the Lewis and Clark district, in addition to the As toria representatives. Water Sport More Xoraerous. The water sports, under the chair manship of L. M. Ellis, will be more than usually attractive this year and will bring together an aggregation of spectacular divers and surf-board rid ers from Idaho and Portland. Coming from Coeur d'Alene are Miss lsabelle Divine, a 17-year-old champion, and Lanta Krlder, one of the most thrill ing surf-board riders of the Northwest. Both these riders won great laurels at the recent Coeur d'Alene regatta. Coming from Portland Is Miss Bertha Phelps, the thrilling surf-board rider of the Willamette, who will make the voyage from the metropolis to Astoria in O. P. Graham's new hydroplane Car men. A contest will be arranged be tween Miss Devine and Miss Phelps. Mrs. Meyer to Compete. Among the diving girls from Port land will be Mrs. Constance Meyer, pronounced the most wonderful ama teur woman diver in America. She will give some of her most spectacular exhibitions. Then there is Miss Thelma Payne, one of the Multnomah Club's best divers and swimmers: Misses Irene and Virginia Penbrook, Miss Dolly Oberg- and Miss Helen Hicks, all artists. Buz Douglas. 16-year-old, who was second to Frank Kernan, Jr., In the marathon this year, will also be en tered. Myron Wllsey, crack sprint swimmer, will take part. BILL IS SENSATIONAL DIVORCE ftl'ESTIOSf HEADLINES PAN TAG E S VAUDEVILLE, Klrksmlth Sisters Are Back A grain. Paris Green Haa Nobby Act Nov elty Furnished by Acrobats. "The Divorce Question." one of the most sensational current vaudeville productions, headlines the Pantages bill this week. It is the clay by Will lam Anthony MacGuire, and has all the high lights of a big, many-act produc tion, in a short drama, full of thrills and quite frank. The story of a woman who aban doned her children after a marriage following her divorce and the en tanglement and hardship that result Is handled in a new and unusual manner. The neglected girl that is championed by the brother, the murder that results from her ruin and a chain of stirring, tear-bringing events are but a part of the play. In It appear James O'Malley, Douglas Lawrence, Georgia Edwards, Barbara Douglas and Fred Douglas. The Klrksmith sisters are back again with their beautiful musical act. There are six of them, every one a musician of merit. Their costumes and the stage setting are far above the usual feature act. Paris Green is here with his nobby act. His costume is green from his straw "lid" to his shoes, and his jokes and songs carry the audience away with laughter. Slack as the ace of spades are Brooks and Bowen, two merry jokers, who sing, dance and Joke. Theirs is a regu lar old-time blackface comedy act, with snap and pep and the minstrel fun. A good opening act Is provided by Black and White, a pair of acrobatic sisters, whose act is a sure enough novelty. Freeman and Dunha. two merry youths, and a good-looking girl. In "A Day at Brighton." have a happy time at the races and are liked by the audi ence. The show is the best of the Summer. i i 11' V ? 1 f n 1 - .If it- ; :a ? " " " -v )h ' -Ak . . " . A... TODAY'S FILM FEATCRES. T & D "Gloria's Romance."; "Fathers of Men." Majestic "The Serpent." Sunset "Still Waters." Heilig "Civilization." Peoples "Public Opinion." Pickford "The River of Ro mance." Columbia "Hell - to - Pay Au stin"; "Pills of Peril." REPORTS of more than a week ago have been confirmed and it may be officially announced that Marv Pickford. the "leading woman" of fllm- dom, has severed her connection with Famous Players, organized the Mary Pickford Film Company and will release her features through the Arts Crafts Film Company of New York. These pictures,, to be released inde pendently and as a part of no pro gramme, will be made In New York. No definite number yearly have been decided upon, but Miss Pickford is determined that they shall represent the highest form of screen art. She is surrounding herself with a capable company and in addition will per sonally assist John Emerson in the direction of all subjects. October is the date for the first release. Regarding the now organization Miss Pickford says: First. of all, I want to express my gratitude for the co-operation of the exhibitors everywhere, for without their interest we could attain nothing. To the great throng who' have been good enough to make up the patrons who have seen me in the past, I can but express my hearfelt thanks. Surely without either no one can have progress and our work together has been so full of happiness that it is doubly treasured. "For the Mary "Pickford Film Cor poration it is our purpose to" surround ourselves with the best brains, skill and ability possible,, so that we may nave arc narmonizmg productions which will stand out as master works. We want the Mary . Pickford pictures to be seen in every theater and play house in the country and we are de lighted with the arrangement and broad plan of distribution made by the Artcraft Pictures Corporation, which will handle the productions alone and not as a part of any programme. "Prompted by your encouragement of the past and for which I feel that I owe so much to you in aiding me to reach an ambitious attainment, I feel now that with this incentive and with the ever present confidence with which you have approved and admired my work, that I can now reach out, still higher, giving you the supreme of our art endeavor but always depending on your affectionate interest for which I am now and will always be grateful." Katblyn With Morosco. Kathlyn Williams, the well-known film star who has Just resigned from the Selig Company, has signed a long term contract to appear under tne Morosco-Pallas brands on the Para mount programme. One of the screenland's most talented as well as most beautiful stars. Miss Williams today enjoy a country-wide popularity. Her success in motion pictures has not been of the "over night" variety. Seven years ago, in company with Mary Pickford, Arthur Johnson, Henry Walthall, Billy Quirk and other members of the "old guard" at Biograph, under D. W. Griffith, she received .her early schooling in the silent drama. Born in Butte, Mont, and educated at Wesleyan University, Halena, Mont Miss Williams entered the theatrical profession at an early age. In dramatic stock she appeared under the manage ments of Belasco, Willard Mack and William Morris. Lodge Insurance Is Paid. ECHO, Or., Aug. 28. (Special.) Mrs. H. L. Deck received today J2000 from the Supreme Tent, K. O. T. M.. at De troit, Mich., that being the amount of Insurance her husband carried in Meadows Tent No. 79, K. O. T. M-. of this place, Mr. Deck died a AiiU&t 6. Quit Universal. King Baggot. the sole remaining member of the original Imp company, has severed his connections with that producing company and consequently with the Universal FHm Manufacturing Company. Mr. Baggot has not a re nounced his future plans at this date, but it is reported that several of the feature concerns with studios in New York are bidding for his services. Mr. Baggot had the opportunity to go west with the ther Universal forces but preferred to stay in New York. Another Universal player who has not gone west with the Eastern studio forces is Mary Fuller. Miss Fuller is no longer connected with UniversaL Screen Gossip William A. Brady, president of the World Film Corporation, is the head of the new National Association of the Motion Picture Industry. Adolph Zu lior t M Hiram Abrama are among tha i vice-presidents of the new trade or ganization. Paramount commences its third year of existence this week. Report has It that Selig and Essanay have been absorbed by the recently organized Success Motion Picture Cor poration. Edna Goodrich ie said to " one of the recent star additions to Success. Joan Sawyer, exponent of modern dancing, has Joined Fox. John Wanamaker Is in the films. It is understood that he is backing the Mammoth Film Company, which has secured studios In New Jersey. Constance Collier has been signed by the Success Film Company. She will appear in the title role of "The Eternal Magdalene." Nance O'Nell has been married to her leading man. Alfred Hickman. The wedding was not a surprise to their many friends, as Miss O'Neil and Mr. Hickman have been engaged for some time. The couple will spend their honeymoon at the Popular Plays and Players studio, where they are at work on the five-part Metro production, "The Iron Woman." . m The fad fof the amateur moving pic ture has reached such heights in Cleve land, O., that they plan a maesive re production of the story of "Joan of Arc." The picture as projected will be 10 reels In length and will employ thou sands of amateur actors. Raymond Wells, of the Universal staff, has un der consideration an offer to direct this ambitious attempt, but owing to his present connection will probably not accept. a "Outside of that, I have nothing to do." It was Pauline Frederick, the Fa mous Players star in Paramount Pic tures, who said It. She had Just ac complished a remarkable feat in her dressing-room. She was entertaining two callers, coaching her maid in the pressing of a lace waist, instructing Maurice and Florence Walton in the art of making up for the camera, prep aratory to taking their initial tests, and posing for an artist who Insisted upon sketching her profile, all at the same time. Nothing to do till tomorrow. That's the life. McClure will release Its 'first pic tures, all f ive-reelers, under the title, "The Seven Deadly Sins." Ann Mur dock's first vehicle Is called "Envy." Then comes Holbrook Blinn in "Pride." Charlotte Walker in "Sloth." Nanco O'Nell in "Greed." and so on until th list of seven Is exhausted. George Le Guere and Shirley Mason are among the stars. So big and important has the film distributing business become that tho Adams Express Company has organ. zed a special department for motion-picture material at its Boston office. Helen Ware, the noted actress, has been signed by Selig to play lead in "The Garden of Allah." Thanhouser's -""King Lear," with Frederick Warde as the star, is ready for release. Two thousand people par ticipated In the 'filming of the Shake spearean drama. Laura Marie Trainer, of Missoula, Mont., who on June 3 started to ride horseback to the Lasky studio, arrived there Sunday afternoon, August IS, after a trip of 2600 miles. When she left her home the Jesse L. Lasky Com pany was notified that she was bring ing a message to Director-General Ce cil B. deMille, and when she arrived it was found that the message consisted of a number of scenarios which she wished to sell. i From present indications everything points that Charlie Chaplin will have the opportunity of playing a new role this Fall, that of being the big draw ing card at the annual Sacramento (CaL) State Fair. At any rate, the committee in charge has considered everything that Is supposed to have strong pulling power and unanimously decided that, owing to Chaplin's unpre cedented film popularity, the presence of Chaplin himself at the big fair will insure its financial success. It is not known whether or not Chaplin has been secured as the star attraction, but a report has it the comedian will use the fair for the background of a new comedy. Mack Sennett, director-general of the Keystone Film Company, to - con form with the edicts of the police Judge. M. R. King, of Santa Monica, relative to the regulation length an-i styre of bathing suits, has ordered the recostumlng of the famous Keystone bathing glrla. TRAINING CAMP IS . TO OPEN ACTIVITY Bugle Will Call Citizen Soldiers to Arms at American'Lake This Morning. STRENUOUS WORK BEGINS Enrollment Was Order of Day at American Lake Yesterday Busi ness Men Arrive All Day. 120 Students Report. TACOMA. Wash, Aug. 28. (Special.) At 6:30 o'clock tomorrow morning the bugler at the military training camp at American Lake will warble the sleep dlspelllng notes of reveille and more than 100 erstwhile business men will roll out to begin a strenuous day in forming a speaking acquaintanceship with the various steps the American soldier takes in moving about by com mand. And tomorrow morning they will ' bid farewell to slumber at the same hour and every morning for the next four weeks. Today was merely enrollment day, which Included signing the "student" up for the camp period, assigning him to his company and issuing him his equipment and ordnance. Under the direction of the officers and men of the regular army this work proceeded without delay and, before the suitcase laden man who straggled Into camp hardly knew what was taking place, his "cits" had been laid aside and he was eyeing himself to see how he ap peared in Uncle Sam's olive drab. And with the exception of a certain awk wardness, due to the innovation of the thing, and the paleness of the features, due to working indoors Instead of in the open, the students were not unlike the tanned and hardened regulars, whose counterparts they will look be fore the final dismissal comes. All day the business men straggled Into camp. A large number arrived Sunday, but-the' greatest number re ported today. They came In groups of three or four, in pairs and singly. When the shades of night had fallen about 120 students had informed the enrolling offloer of their presence. This is just about 60 per cent of the number ex pected. However, it is assumed that many did not leave home until today and as yet have not had time to reach camp. As but few of those registered are from far-away points, it is taken for granted that today will see a large number from the more distant cities in the Northwestern district report for duty. Forty-one men are registered from Portland, and three more are enrolled from other Oregon cities. OREGON pAS 5 6 MEN AT CA3ir Second Detachment of 25 Men Dis patched Yesterday. A follow-up party of eight men from cities outside of Portland passed through Portland yesterday en route for American Lake to participate in the citizens' - military encampment which opened there yesterday. The contingent that went from Portland Sunday consisted of 39 men, making a total of 47 from Oregon participating in the opening of the camp. A second detachment got away from Portland yesterday morning at 7:35. The detachment comprised about 25 men from all sections of the state. The encampment will continue for the next 28 days, and those participat ing will be put through all the train ing which goes to make up the profi cient soldier. This will Include the development of the personal fitness of the Individual, and also training in military tactics and the movement of large bodies of troops. The recruiting headquarters at 347 Washington street have been closed, and the scene of activity has shifted entirely to American Lake. Had it not been for the "Jinx" that seemed to hang over the encampment project this season, keeping the men in uncertainty as to the exact status of affairs up to the last moment. Portland would have had more than 200 men at the encamp ment, it is believed. In all. Oregon will be represented at the encampment by 66 men. MASONS TO HOLD PICNIC Washington Lodge to Be Host at Bonneville Next Monday. A large picnic for all Master Masons and their families will be given at Bonneville next Monday under the auspices of Washington lodge, accord ing to plans which were announced yesterday by F. M. Patterson, master of the lodge, who heads the general com mittee for the picnic. Special cars will be attached to the O.-W. R, & N. train leaving the Union Depot at 8:30 A. M. and a large delegation will be picked up at Hood River. Fully 1000 Masons, many of whom will motor to Bonneville via the Columbia River Highway, are A programme of festivities will fur expected to be present. Now Playing THEDA EAR A In trie much-discussed photoplay I SERPENT PATHE NEWS MAJESTIC SPORT FILM Frank Gotch vs. Jim Essen. Willie Ritchie vs. Lew Steffens. nlsh diversion and amusement to all participants, and the Shrine band of 38 pieces will be in attendance. Elab orate field sports will be scheduled for the afternoon, and a number of spe cial stunts are to be staged at inter vals throughout the day. The general committee is composed of the follow ing Masons: F. M. Patterson, chairman; R. F. Hurlburt, C. L Carpenter. J. H. Richmond, J. E. Martin and Roy Quack enbush. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. it. (Spe cial.) More than 75 members of the local Masonic lodges have signed up for the trip to Bonneville next Monday, when local Masons will be guests of Washington lodge of Portland at a pic nic It is expected that more than 100 will sign before the date, and special cars will be attached to the westbound O.-W. R.. & N. train passing through the city at 9:25. JOHNSON TELLS POWER HUGHES EXPECTED TO WH SET. ERAL CLOSE STATES. 3iew York Reports Are Wilson Arbl trarUy Took Charts of Ra.ll. way Strike Keajotlatloaa. VANCOUVER; Wash., Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) Albert Johnson, of Uoquiam, Representative in Congress from this district, arrived here today from a visit in Skamania County, upon his return from Washington, D. C, where he left last Wednesday. Mr. Johnson said: "I fully believe Hughes will carry New York, after conversing with party leaders there last week. They told me the Democrats had a big campaign fund, but that they are not afraid. They expect Hughes to carry Missouri and Kentucky, and say if he does he also will carry other close states." Mr. Johnson also said that he was Informed in New York that President Wilson caused the railway negotiations to be taken to Washington after the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Board meeting In New York had prac tically arranged, a tentative settlement of the threatened railway strike. The object, he said, was to place the nego tiations in the President's hands. AUTO RUNS OVER BOY Gordon I'attee Victim of Accident at Congested Street Corner. Traffic at Macadam street and Ban croft avenue proved too thick for Gor don Pattee. 15 years old, of 1220 Cor bett street, yesterday, and he was in jured by an automobile driven by Daniel Isekite. of Duoont. Wash. He received a scalp wound and was some what bruised. After temporary treat ment at the Emergency Hospital he was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. The boy, who was riding a bicycle, ran into a truck of the Oregon Box Manufacturing Company as the truck was turning around a lumber wagon. He fell to the street and Mr. Isekite drove over him before he could stop his machine. He brought the boy to the Emergency Hospital. BROWNSVILLE HOPS GQ0D Picking to Begin September 1. Grain Threshing Now On. BROWNSVILLE. Or.. Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) Hop-picking will begin here on September 1, with the best crop that has been raised for many years. There has been no damage by lice and the quality is fine. There will be work for everybody on account of the unusually large number of hands required to care for the grain and hay crops which were from three to four weeks lsjte. Grain 1b being threshed and is yield ing abundantly. The quality is all that could be desired. Oats are almost as heavy as wheat. RESIDENTS ASK FOR BELL Warning Is Desired Where Salem Albany Road Crosses Track. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 28. (Special.) Thirty-six Linn County residents have petitioned the Public Service Commis sion, asking that a warning bell be An Appealing Drama of the Land of Deep Snows and of Deeper Love Is "The Fathers of Men A James Oliver Curwood Novel Fea turing Robert rnKn axd waomi ClilLDERS. HOT-SB PETERS In a Thrilling Railroad Tale. "TheRailRider Farewell Week of Albert Hay Ma lotte on Our New $25,000 Wurlitzer Hope Jones Unit Orchestra. NOW PLAYIXQ AT THE T A T." j She's the Greatest of All Marguerite Clark in Still Waters And Only Two More Days to See Her Today and Tomorrow Also "By Stork Delivery" KEYSTONE COMEDY SUNSET 1 10c lOc 10c B lanch Sweet In Her Greatest Play Public Opinion One of the most wonderful stories ever told in film. How the scan dalous tongue of public opinion blighted the fair name of an innocent girl and put her in the shadow of the death cell, and how Love, with its magic power, con quered over the crudest injustice and cleared the path to future hap piness is grippingly told in this big Paramount picture. It's the drama of the week and the one you should see by all means. PEOPLES TODAY AND TOMORROW Ted Henkel Marimba and Xylophone Artist, in Classic and Pop ular Selections 9 I., . ' V n Paramount Pictographs Tes. I know I eloped with him. but I left him on the train when I found out that he was married. I know I did wrong, but I'm straight. ordered placed on the Southern Pacific where the tracks cross the Salem Albany road. This Is the first instance in which Oregon citizens have availed themselves of the law relating to such matters by petitioning the Commission for relief. Stage Line Increases Trips. STON'K. Or.. Aug. 28. (Specials The Milwaukle-Bakers bridge auto stage has changed its schedule, making the Logan Mercantile Store, one and one half miles southeast of Baker's bridge, its terminus, instead the bridge as heretofore and making three trips daily instead of two trips. High school stu dents also will be . taken to school in Portland. The tonsil strength of rolled mwifiMM tl la 14.'K0 pounrta to tha qiare Inch. KULOLIA'S HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS h H M Li in "The Paradise of the Pacific" The Musical Hit of the Week Six Singers, Musicians and Hula Dancers Let Other Things Go By and See Them Without Fail Harold Loclcwood May Allison in ."The River of Romance" One of the Most Delightful Plays Ever Thrown on the Screen Love, Romance and Adventure Among the Thousand Islands of River St. Lawrence Also One of Those Rib-Racking, Rip-Snorting Musty Suffer Comedies Don't Miss It v 1 i - 4 1 .1 CKF0RD h loday and lomorrow