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THE MORNING OREGONIAIT, THTHRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916. IE PRAIRIE IS ?7m is the daughter of John Parker Read, Jr.. Ince'a personal representative. However, thve most successful emo tion that the baby registers, accord ing to the press agent, is the Joy i Pi1 . ASKED FOR HOIS ?HHllilHl!llll at the. size of her check Saturday WA 8 G RAN i h 1 1 1 . 1 1 ! 1 1 J 1 1 1 ! I ! ! I m-wii i i . in m v hi IIU . I ! ! mam MS REMAINDER OF WEEK Three More Days Only to see Lands Near Bend Sought to Be Freed From Govern mental Limitations. night. When LHlian is 3 years old she will begin her first feature picture, heralded as the star. These figures unquestionably are exaggerated, but they say that she will get $50 a week until she is 4 years old, then $75 a week until the age of 6. and between 5 and 7 $100 weekly. At 7 the figure is to be boosted to $250 a week, at 10 $500 a week, and at 15 $1000 a week. Anyway, this child is lucky, and so are her parents, for her work ia "Civilization" means many dollars t the Read exchequer before the girl is old enough to take care of her own bank-roll. Chaplin Interview. "What are ' you ?" "The Lone Star." "Your favorite clothes V "Law suits." "Your Interests and the public's are ?" "Mutual." "'jitle of your next offense?" "The Vagabond Met the Floorwalker at 1 A. M. and Took the Count." USE FOR FARMS DESIRED . S. Mohler Asks Hearing That He May Present Evidence to Show Grazing Areas Should " Be Tilled Instead. 'A petition bearing: the names at mert fhan 50 prominent citizens of Portland and adjacent communities was mailed to the Secretary of the Interior yes terday in support of the. plea of S. S. Mohler and others, that certain lands known as Crane Prairie, located about 40 miles southwest of Bend, Croolt County, bo eliminated from the N- tional forest, freed from existing: re clamation withdrawals and opened to settlement and entry. As early as October 22. 1915. Mr. Mohler filed a petition with the of l ficials at Washington requesting that the Crane Prairie lands, now a part of the Deschutes National Forest, and also withdrawn in connection with, the Deschutes Reclamation project, b re stored to homestead entry. At that time Mr. Mohler asked that a time and place be designated by the Interior De partment in order that Mr. Mohler might, at his own expense, submit evi dence in support of his contention that the lands are suitable for agricultural ' purposes. As yet that request has not been complied with and the petition, which went forward yesterday asks strain, that a hearing be granted Mr. Mohler. The final appeal bears the, names of nearly threescore of Oregon's most prominent citizens and business men. At the invitation of the. Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Mohler. on Feb ruary 11, 1916, filed nine pages of typewritten evidence with the depart ment setting forth evidence to prove his claim that the land should be opened for homesteads instead of being reserved in the forest and reclamation limits. Knows I.nnfl Thoroughly. "For the past 20 years I have been familiar and personally acquainted with the Deschutes watershed and in partic ular with Crane Prairie, being en the property during 14 or 15 years of that time," said Mr. Mohler yesterday. 'While in the' employ of the Oregon State Fish Commission. I stocked 123 lakes in that region with fish. "To my thorough knowledge. Crane Prairie is not suitable or feasible as a reservoir site for holding and Impound ing water, and I have explained this fact to the department in accurate and sufficient detail." In contending that Crane. Fraizi la land valuable for agricultural purposes. Mr. Mohler charges that the "with drawal and present use. of these, lands is an indefensible loss." "While the forest service issues leases for 1286 head of cattle, there ia tn fact a very large number of yearlings and alleged yearlings running oa th Crane Prairie country free of charge," con tinued Mr. .Mohler in fortifying this contention. "The charge, for- season grazing is 30 cents a head and produces a total revenue to the Government of $385.80. That sum will not pay for the Government's annual expenses in cident to the 'conservation' of these lands and the annual grasses. "On toe ether hand. If this land were actually farmed, a single 40-acre tract would produce, more actual cash agri cultural value than the whole present proceeds coming to the Government and a section of the land, properly farmed, would produce as much value as the stockmen now realize, from the whole Valley. Irrigation Project a Sbjtm. "The Central Oregon Irrigation Com pany, soma five years ago. initiated the withdrawal of these lands by a pre tended irrigation project filing upon water, and a fraudulent expression of an intent to build a reservoir upon the prairie. I do not believe this company has any intention of building at Crane Prairie. In his. petition Mr. Mohler charges that F. S. Stanley, one of the rncor porators of the irrigation company, is president of the Davenport-Stanley Ranch Company, which has a grazing lease from the Forest Service to run 340 head of cattle on the prairie. He also points out that Ben W. Olcott is secretary-treasurer of the Pilot Butte Ranch Company, which has a lease to run 200 head of cattle on the prairie, and that Mr. Olcott is a member of the State Land Board, which has recom mended to the Government officials that the irrigation company's time to construct be extended for five years more. Mr. Mohler also contends that the joint report of the United States Re clamation Service and the co-operating officers of the state of Oregon of date December, 1914, while in form and re cital favoring Crane Prairie as a res ervoir site, in its findings of fact showa the site to be unfeasible. Interest in Cowlitz Pair Keen. KELSO, Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.) Much interest is being displayed in the annual Cowlitz County Fair at Wood land. September 14, 15 and 16. The Fair association has announced that September 14 is Castle Rock Day, Sep tember 15 will be Kalama Day and September 16. Kelso Day. The Boys' and Girls' Fair of the Cowlitz County schools is held in conjunction with the county fair, and Superintendent Lucia Jenkins expects a splendid showing of products by the school children. The Dalles to Have More Lights. THE DALLES, Or.. Sept. 6 (Special.) The Dalles is to have more than 100 more lights if Mayor J. E. Anderson signs the light ordinance which passed at the Council meeting last night. Pe titions had been circulated. There will be an additional cost of $58 a month for the maintenance of the new lights. The south part of the city will be greatly benefited by the new system. Washington Militia Back in Camp. TACOMA, Sept. 6. Troops of the Sec ond Washington Infantry arrived from Calexico, Cal., on the Mexican border, at American Lake this morning in four large trains and immediately went into camp. The signal corps and Troop B, . Cavalry, did not come. It is expected the troops will be in camp about 30 days. Pullman to Play Gonanga. "" SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 6. The Washington State College football elev en from Pullman will meet the Gonzaga University team, of Spokane. November 25 in this city, according to arrange ments completed here yesterday by Coach Dietz, of the State College, and Father Reldy, head of athletics at Gonzaga. . V " i -s Srtesvr-jy ZvS CA&J'T' sZi-zaT C?JdT 5? ".'' -i tK-'Jt ., . '--! lie. . , ' 2 1 -- 5 ? I Ik 11 S ''- S.l, TODAY'S FIL5I FEATURES. Peoples Lou Tellegen and Cleo Ridgely, "Victory of Con science. Pickford Mary Miles M Inter, "Youth's Endearing Charm." Sunset William S. Hart, "The Aryan"; Hank Mann. "His Bread and Butter." Columbia Henry Walthall, "Pil lars of Society." "The Mummy and the Girl." Heilig Ince war spectacle, "Civ ilization." Majestic Charlie Chaplin, "The Count"; June Caprice. "Little Miss Happiness." T & D Ethel Clayton. "Husband and Wife": Edith Storey, "The Tarantula." Pickford. MART MILES MIXTER, that youth ful star of the blond tresses, and the Mary Pickford ways, makes her Mutual debut at the Pickford Theater in "Youth's Endearing Charm," a pho toplay which gives this delightful lass an opportunity to score heavily in publio favor. The play is a vehicle in the truest sense of the word, for it is one of those Cinderella affairs con structed about a really beautiful girl and a picture ably carried on her young shoulders. The star, very young, graceful and highly intelligent, has a role which does not call for much dramatic effort, but she easily carries the film along for the five reels by force of her per sonality and charm. Miss Minter plays the role of Mary Wade, a girl who, after two years of misery with the Jenkins family, escapes and goes to the city. There she is forced to beggary and is arrested. At the sta tion she meets Harry Disbrow, who secures her release. Harry is a dissi pated young chap, although a good fel low at heart, and, after telling Mary's story to his mother and sister, has her installed as a maid. At a ball the fol lowing day Mary dons a dress she finds in the maid's room and enters the ball room as a guest. To avoid explana tions, Harry introduces her as a niece of the family. This deception enables Vary to aid her benefactors. During a struggle be tween Harry's father and Horton, who has robbed his company, a pocketbook containing securities falls to the ground. Mary secures it and her brav ery wins Disbrow's heart. Harry and Mary realize their love for each other and ere long there is another feminine member of the Disbrow family. Sellg-Tribune news weekly, with lat est events of the world in action pic tures, is another subject on the pro gramme which opened yesterday. Columbia. Henry Walthall, the "Little Colonel" of "The Birth of a Nation," and actor who has been variously characterized as the "Mansfied" and "Booth" of the screen, ia the Columbia Theater bead- Ii1: . -.A''- U - Ml t Si t liner on the week-end bill opening to day. Walthall appears in a Triangle picturization of the famous Ibsen play, "Pillars of Society." The Columbia inaugurates its season of style' shows tonight, showing the very latest feminine fashions on living models. This style show is to be a weekly feature of the bill, presented on Monday and Thursday nights. "The Mummy and the Girl" is the two-reel Triangle comedy attraction, with a number of the leading comedians of the Southern- California studio in the cast. "Picturesque Havana" a scenio educa tion, will complete the bill. Peoples. Lou-Tellegen, Geraldine Farrar's husband; Cleo Ridgely and Elliott Dexter, comprise the trio of screen talent appearing today at the Peoples Theater in "The Victory of Conscience." This picture is said to be one of the strongest of recent Lasky contri butions to the Paramount programme, for it possesses many dramatic in cidents, has a strong love story and in 'addition has a splendid cast. Lou Tellegen. former leading man with Sarah Bernhardt, is seen as saint and sinner. First aa a sinner, he is brought to a realization of his wrong-doing by a near-escape from death and becomes a priest. The girl he ruined has be come a famous dancer. Louis tries to reform her and awakens her love for him again. He persuades the girl to enter -a convent. Then comes the war, Louis enlists. The two are united, spiritually, in melodramatic war finale. Sunset. Wlltam S. Hart, one of the most pop ular actors on the screen: Bessie Love, recent film "find"; and Louise Glaum, Triangle's leading "vampire." appear at the Sunset Theater today in "The Ary an," one of Hart's most noteworthy productions. A Hank Mann Keystoner, "His Bread and Butter," is another fea ture on the bill, -while Paramount sub jects will round out a strong pro gramme. "The Aryan" presents Hart in a bad-man role, a man whose faith in womankind has been destroyed by a dancehall girl on whom he had be stowed his love and confidence. So he takes to the edge of the Western desert, and gathers about him a vi cious crew of thieves and murderers. Into this den wanders a caravan of pioneers, bound" for the Pacific Coast. They ask help, but it is brusquely re fused. Finally, when a little girl makes a final appeal, the bad man's regard for women, a trait bred in the. white race for centuries, overcomes his vengeful determination, and the pio neers are saved. Heilig. Baby Lillian Read, the two-and-a-half-year-old baby appearing in the Thomas H Ince production. "Civiliza tion," now being, screened at the Heilig Theater, has created a veritable sensa tion ky. her ..remarkable acting. Siia Entertaining Billie. Juneau, Alaska, has been entertain ing Billie Burke, the sorrel-topped star of. "Peggy" and "Gloria's Romance." That is, Juneau thinks it has. and its newspapers have published columns to that effect, though Miss Burke herself doubtless would be the first to pro nounce her presence in Alaska grossly exaggerated. It looks as if Juneau were mistaken in the identity of an actress who re cently has been In its mountain-side midst. This crops out in reading the accounts of the visit of the actress. It peaks of Billie Burke being carried on the passenger list of the Prince George as Mrs. Woods. There is an actress whose name in private life is Mrs. Woods, but her stage name is Louise Beaton. The Alaska papers also think Blanche Ring ia on Lynn Canal with Miss Burke, whereas Miss Ring is starring in New York in. "Broadway and But termilk." That is, she was until last Saturday, night, when the buttermilk curdled. m Screen Gossip. Ed Myrick, manager of the Columbia Theater, leaves tomorrow for Southern Oregon, where he will pit his skill against deer and trout for 10 days. In cidentally the popular head of the Orei gon Motion Picture Men's Association is after a bear skin. Intent, emulation of one Joe Knowles, the nature man. Ben Ketcham. manager of the Al hambra Theater, Seattle, another Jen sen and Von Herberg enterprise, will spend two weeks in Portland during the absence of Mr. Myrick. Mr. Ketch am arrived yesterday and will assume the managerial reins tomorrow. Fred Dahnken. o Turner & Dahnken. owners of the T & D Theater, left Portland Tuesday for San Francisco after a 10-day visit in the city. . Press agents are prone to Jump at conclusions. It was announced a few weeks ago that Frank Daniels. Vita graph comedian, had broken an arm jumping from a bridge to an auto. A more., complete inventory showed that it was the auto that was damaged. Jean Sothern, who was starred in "The Mysteries of Myra'by Interna tional, has gone to PathA' for further serial service. " ' m In the sovereign State of Ohio "The Birth of a Nation" is inhibited, but the people are allowed to see such vice films as "The Little Girl Next Door." Further opaqueness on the viewpoint of the Buckeye State censors is pro vided by their embargo on a George Ade comedy done in celluloid. Enid Markey, the Thiangle-Ince ac tress, la having an unusual experience this week. She ia the only girl among more than 100 men who are camking out in Topango Canyon, several miles from Inceville. where William S. Hart Is engaged in filming scenes for the Triangle drama by J. G. Hawks, in which he is starring. Miss Markey is appearing "opposite" Hart in the play and is so profoundly revered by the Inceville "horse-opera troupe" that she had no compunctions about living in Topango indefinitely. Anna Little. Mutual star, was mar ried last month to Alan Forrest, who will be remembered as Juvenile lead in "The Master Key." William Fox again shows his confi dence in the future of moving pictures by purchasing a large site of land on East Fourteenth street, in New York City, on which the largest moving pic ture theater in the world will be erect ed. The house will have. a seating ca pacity of approximately 5000 persons. m m In Germany no picture may be adver tised to which children are not admit ted Chopping at the root. The New York Dramatic News de scribes a feminine film star as having purchased for use in a - forthcoming screen play a Kentucky saddle horse "15 feet three inches high," apparently believing the lady contemplates getting on her high horse. "Herbert Brenon is taking the saw and hammer out of the moving picture," remarked the New York Tribune. In commenting on the silence rule which Mr. Brenon enforces in his studio when scenes are being made. "The action stamps him as possessing the soul of an artist." a Margarita Fischer can swim, but owns she ia no mermaid and that she even is a bit scared when it comes to ocean bathing. In one scene in the first feature which will be released on the Mutual she was supposed to disappear beneath the watei- and stay disap peared. She found it terribly hard to keep her head under the water. Finally her director told her to hold on to the sand on the bottom. "But there are stingarees there," Bhe objected. "That's all right," said a property man, "they don't always kill you only some times!" True Boardman was a "song and dance artist" of some note on the Pa cific Coast before he gained greater fame in the legitimate drama. Essanay has withdrawn from the V. L. S. E.. Inc., the withdrawal to take effect September 16. This announce ment has just been made by George K. Spoor, president of the Essanay Com pany. Spoor gives "business reasons" as the cause for the withdrawal. He states that a new organization for releasing Essa nay features will be announced in the near future. This confirms the reports which have been printed recently in regard to the separation from the V. L. S. E. and the realignment of companies under new releasing organizations. m Henry (Pathe) Lehrman is organiz ing a new comedy company. He is said to have signed up three or four promi nent comedians and has a contract with L-KO for a nve-reeler. The Nevada Film Company is plan ning a trip to Central and South Amer ica. Tyrone Power. Juanita Hansen and Hal Cooley are among the players scheduled to make the trip. Jane Gall has quit Universal after several years of active service and will spend her time in the East hereafter. Dr. Kar Mantzlus, the Scandinavian CHARLIE CHAPLIN In His Latest and Funniest Comedy, The Count Also JUNE CAPRICE In a Charming Rural Drama, "LITTLE MISS HAPPINESS." Pathe Weekly. Pathe Fashion Show. Coming Sunday THEDA BARA IN "Her Double Life." 1 1 t j . . . WHAT A SHOW! W. S. HART in The Aryian and HANK MANN in ti I His Bread f and Butter An Ince Triangle play and a Keystone Comedy that knocks the spots off anything; in the show line this week. 3 Days, Starting Today SUNSET ONE DIME Li tragedian. Is expected to visit the United States early in the Autumn, probably during October, and. it is re ported, may be prepared to take an active part in motion picture work in this country. GLUBOPENINGARRANGED EAST SIDE) BUSINESS ME3T TO OC- CIPV NEW QUARTERS. September SS Ia Date. Set and 3000 Are Expected to Attend Member ship nipalgi to Start. The board of directors of the East Side Business Men's Club yesterday de cided to hold the grand opening of the new club quarters on the second floor of the new building, at the northeast corner of Grand avenue and East Alder street, September 28. A programme of interest is being ar ranged, the chief feature and object of which is to increase the club mem bership to 600, which will include all business men in Central East Portland. The new quarters are provided with billiard tables, reception and committee rooms for use of business men. The club activities will start the opening night in all lines. "We want every citizen and business man in Central East Portland," satd Secretary L. M. Lepper, "in this club. The cost is so small that every citizen can afford membership. With our fine new clubrooms we ought to have no trouble to raise the membership to 600. We invite all citizens to visit and in spect our new club quarters. We want 3000 visitors on the opening night." - AUTO VICTIM FILES SUIT Chinese and Motor Company Are Sued for $15,175. A suit resulting from the auto acci dent at Third and Morrison streets on August 19 of this year was filed by Andrew P. McAtee in the Cirouit Court yesterday for damages in the sum of $15,175. Defendants in the suit are O W. Roberts. H. W. Roberts, of the Rob erts Motor Car Company, and Ray K. Henderson, Goon Wu, also Chin Luck. Stanley Chin, Wong Ling and Dong Li Hung, partners in the Wah Lee Yeun Company. In his oomplaint Mr. McAtee declared that he was run over by a machine which had Juet been sold by the Rob erts Motor Car Company to the Wah Lee Teun Company. He says that Ray E. Henderson, through whom the au tomobile was sold, was Instructing Ocon Wu. Urlver for the Chinese con cern, how to drive the oar at the time of the accident. HUSBAND SEEKS DIVORCE Another Vancouver Marriage Is Indicated Failure. In a suit filed in the Circuit Court yesterday for divorce from his wife, Nora Martin, Albert Martin charges that she held secret meetings with one Clarence . Martii. He says 'that after she became infatuated with Clarence Martin she grew cold toward her law ful husband and became irritated if he sought to converse with her. The .failure of another Vancouver marriage is indicated by a suit for di- flerday by Letha Shanbeck against A. B. Shanbeck. They were married in Vancouver, Wash., October 18. 1912, ac cording to the complaint. Mrs. Shan beck charges that her husband de serted her in January, 1916. Parent-Teacher Body Meets. WOOPLAND,. Wash., Sept. 6.-r-(Spe- 1 "Fight It Out j for God and My Soul or j I the Devil and My Body" j HI - i HI ; A ' -k III III " Wjf r " v l i I ill ' ' V " " " J v ; - - - - .; r - : Hi ''J?5 - - - I! III - -o- - t- . . ill I llj ,J.i t O A N V 0 I I I I v . - " III I I V L "-4, - , ; I f I j j .. .... r.w..i,,. . - -r-niiilri-iNnsiiV mm I I Cleo Ridgely Lou Tellegen Elliott Dexter In the Lasky-Paramount Dramatic Masterpiece THE VICTORY OF CONSCIENCE The most powerful and compelling play of the season, running the entire gamut of human emotions and ending in a highly spectacular and sensational climax. A love romance of hierh society and the underworld of Paris. A battle between two men for the soul or the body of a beau tiful dancer of the famous cafe of "The Little Toads," and the spiritual victory for the man and the maid. Lasky says: "It's my best. I'm wildly enthusiastic over it." TED HENKED Marimba Soloist In Popular and Classic Selections Bray Cartoon Comedy Burton Holmes Travelogue 3 Days Starting Today cial.) The Woodland Parent-Teacher Association held a largely attended meeting in the auditorium of the schoolhouse yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at which the regular -routine business of the association was at tended to and much Interest manifest ed by all members. It was decided by the association to hold an informal gathering at the same place on Friday night, the object f which will be meeting and greeting the new, as well as old. teachers of the Woodland schools. CREDIT UNION DISSOLVED Court Holds It Was Not in Accord With Rural Credits Law. A decree dissolving the Western Co operative Rural Credit Union, entered by Deputy District Attorney Murphy on behalf of & G. Sargent, state superin tendent of banks, was granted yester day by Circuit Judge Morrow. No de- tense was made by the union. In bringing action, to- dissolve the organization, the state represented that It was not complying with the spirit or letter of the rural credit law. that it was trading on the popularity of that scheme, that it was practically insolvent and couldn't pay its bills and that, in addition, it had dissipated 300 or $400 which had been paid in by stockholders. HIGHWAY SPURT COSTS, $50 Policy of Heavy Kines Ia to Dis courage Speeders. Another speeder felt the iron hand of the law yesterday when W. H. Wal lingford was fined 50 before District. Judge Jones. Wallingford was arrested by Patrol man McAtee, on the Columbia River Highway. The officer testified that Wallingford was going 33 miles an hour at the time of his arrest. The heavy fine levied Is in accord ance with the policy of the judges, who are attempting to discourage speeding on the Columbia River High way and other highways leading; to It,