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THE. MORNTNO OREGOJflAIf, , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916.
S. BENSON CITIZEN,
OPPOSITION FADES
Affidavit by Head of Labor
Council Is Unsupported
by Any Testimony.
MR. U'REN CHANGES VIEWS
W. J j. Llghtner, Said to Be One 31 an
AVIio Could Give Unfavorable
Evidence, "Sot Able - to Be
Found Attack Falls Flat.
6. Benson was admitted to citizen
ship yeeterday without an opposing
vote. The affidavit of opposition to
the admission of the Portland capi
talist, highway builder and hotel own
er was unsupported by testimony and
disregarded by Circuit Judge Davis,
with the approval of Attorney "YV. S.
TJ'Ren, who presented the protest.
Charges made in this protest, which
was fathered ,by Eugene E. Smith,
president of the Central Labor Council,
were unsubstantiated, and the one man
said to have personal knowledge of
incidents recited in the affidavit did
not appear in court. He was W. L
Lightner, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners.
Henry B. Hazard, United States nat
uralization officer, presented the pe
tition to- the court after examining Mr.
Benson and his witnesses, E. E. Coov
ert and L- Coovert. He -said that he
had been handed the protest the day
before by Attorney TJ'Ren, and that
the men mentioned in the affidavit
whose testimony might support the al
legations were Mr. Smith, Mr, Lightner,
Dr. J. Francis Drake and Frank P.
Kiernan.
Mr. Smltb Interviewed.
"I Interviewed Mr. Smith last night,"
said Mr. Hazard. "He told me that ho
could not testify to any of the allega
tions from personal knowledge. Dr.
Drake was also seen and he said that
he had no knowledge of matters set
forth in the protest. Mr. Lightner
charges, I understand, that Mr. Benson
Improperly endeavored to influence his
actions as Commissioner, and will be
here this morning to testify. Mr. Kier
nan is here also."
Mr. Kiernan was called to the stand.
"Tell what you believe should cause
Mr. Benson to be denied citizenship,"
said Judge Davis.
"I consider Mr. Benson is a very
good applicant for citizenship," re
plied Mr. Kiernan. "I couldn't say any
thing about matters in this affidavit.
I have no knowledge of an attempt to
Influence Mr. Llghtner."
"Where is Mr. Lightner?" asked the
court. He was not in the courtroom,
and Judge Davis ordered attaches to
find him. Mr. Llghtner was not in his
offices, nor in any office on the sec
ond floor of the Courthouse and the
messengers returned with the news
that he could not be found.
"That's strange, I'm sure I saw him
In the courtroom a short while ago,"
said Judge Davis.
Desertion Is Charged.
"If your honor please," began Attor
ney U'Ren, "it was on the statement
of Mr. Llghtner that this affidavit was
written. He told me today that he
didn't believe it worth while to go on
with it. I think he deliberately left
us. I don't think there is anything to
do in the matter."
"Mr. Benson is admitted to cltlzen
Bhip." ruled Judge Davis.
Mr. Benson was born in Norway In
1853 and came to the United States in
1868. He has lived in Oregon since
1888. He has always believed himself
to be a citizen of the United States, he
explained, because hia father was a cit
izen. Records of his father's citizen
ship were destroyed in a fire which
burned the Courthouse at Black River
Falls. Jackson County, Wisconsin, and
Mr. Benson desired to have a public
record of his own standing. He took
out first papers in 1894. but learned
after t-iat that his father was a citi
zen and for that reason had not taken
out second papers, believing it un
necessary. The protest filed against Mr. Benson
charged that he used the power of hs
wealth to intimidate public officers,
hinting at interference with the build
ing policy of the pubic schools, and
threats to spend $35,000 for the recall
of Commissioner Llghtner unless Mr.
Llghtner supported the plan for paving
the Columbia Highway with Warrenite
Ditulithlc.
POSTS GIVEN GRADUATES
Three From Albany College Will
Teach in High. Schools.
ALBANY, Or.. Sept 14. SpecIaL)
At least three of the members of the
class of 1816 of Albany College will
teach in high schools this year. Miss
Minnie Hemrich will be principal of
the Oakville High School, Miss Lora
Warmington will teach in the high
school at Dundee and Mies Anne M.
Eddy will engage in high school work
near her home at Owosso. Mich. Miss
Margaret McDonald also plans to take
up similar work.
Irvin Custer, another member of this
class, has been appointed assistant sec
retary of the Young Men's Christian
Association of Albany. Edward Blair
and his sister. Miss Hope Blair, who
also graduated in this class, are plan
ning to enter the San Francisco Theo
logical Seminary.
Miss Berenice Hackleman, who com
pleted the four-year course in the con
servatory of music at Albany College
yast year,' has been appointed assistant
instructor in piano in the conservatory.
163 FREIGHT CARS ARRIVE
999 Have Been Sent to Relieve Car
Shortage Since August 1.
5ALEM, Or., Sept.' 14. (Special.)
Evidence that the Southern Pacific
Company Is making an effort to relieve
the car shortage situation in Oregon
was received today by the Oregon Pub
lic Service Commission, when it was
notified that 163 empty freight cars
had passed Ashland northbound from
California within the last 24 hours.
This Is the largest number of empty
cars received from the Southern Pa
cific Company in one day since the
present shortage became acute.
Since August 1 the company has for
warded S99 empty freight cars into
Oregon. Orders for cars on file with
the railroad today were 1765, with
89 empty cars available for loading.
Spokane Woman Missionary Head.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 14. Mrs. W.
G. Merryweather, of Jared, Wash., was
re-elected for her fourth term, presi
dent of the Woman's Home Missionary
Society of the Columbia River confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
at its annual meeting here today. All
department secretaries were re-elected.
The annual reports showed a member
ship of 1164 with cash receipts for the
jear of ?Z42S.
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Columbia.
A POPULAR star, a bevy of preco
cious players, and a story which
alternates between the sweet sim
plicity of Dutch life and the most stir
ring melodrama New York can offer,
combine to make "Gretchen, the Green
horn." the Dorothy Gish feature at the
Columbia Theater, a photodrama that
will uniformly please.
This vehicle for the quaint little Tri
angle girl Is noteworthy from Port
land standpoint because It presents two
local girls, Katherinn Graham . and
Hazel Hanson, as members of the sup
porting cast. . True, they only appear
in a "vision" scene, but they are there
nevertheless, garbed in the cutest re
galia the stage or screen can conceive
of for Amsterdam misses.
Miss Gish plays the part of Gretchen,
bright, hopeful, radiating goodness in
a gentle and girlish way, a pure femi
nine type. She comes from the old
country to Join her father, an engraver,
and becomes intimate with the Ital
ians, Irish and other nationalities that
Inhabit New York's tenements.
Then the girl and her father become
Involved with a gaoig of smugglers,
who use the two to defraud the Gov
ernment. The father is drugged and
taken aboard a sailing vessel and
Gretchen is lured there also. Then her
Italian Sweetheart, through a quartet
of curious children, is led to the wharf,
and an exciting chase by the harbor
police and a few stirring movements
on shipboard result In the arrest of
the crooks and the uniting of the pair.
"The Feathered Nest" Is the name of
a Charley Murray-Louise Fazenda Key
stone laugh-maker. Murray plays the
part of the designing one, whose indif
ference towards a girl changes to vio
lent love when she inherits money.
Thrilling chases on land and water.
with an explosion climax in which two
dogs play profinent parts, bring the
two-reeler to a hilarious end. A Pathe
scenic gives splendid views of Siberia.
Sunset.
A powerful story of modern life, pre
sented by a cast of unusual strength.
is the photodramatlc treat the Sunset
Theater offers film patrons on its
week-end bllL "Stepping Stones" Is the
name of the drama, while the cast.!
headed by Frank Keenan, one of the
screen's greatest actors, includes Mary
tsoiana ana totert McKim.
"Stepping Stones"' presents the j
eternal triangle, or, as some style It,
the "infernal triangle," in a new guise.
There is no sordid story here of a
faithless wife, or a weak one, waver
ing between the man she is married
to and the . chap she thinks she loves.
There are two characters of dominant
strength in the story: one is the wife
and the other is her admirer.
The husband, a clerk and physical
and moral weakling, begins to climb
the ladder to success when the friend
and admirer of the wife lifts an un
seen helping hand. Flushed with sue- '
cess and turning toward gay society
buds for relaxation, the husband de
termines to leave his wife, declaring
that women such as she are merely
stepping stones for men of such
strength as he. So the wife, loving,
devoted and a true helpmate, sorrow
fully leaves her home.
Then comes the climax. The financier
hears of the husband's actions, ruins
him financially and secures such a
complete revenge that the victim kills
himself. The happy ending Is a wel
come note in the drama
"Bucking Society," a Keystoner, pre
senting Roscoe Conklin and Shorty
Hamilton as co-stars, is a funny re
cital of society's invasion by cowboys
from the wild West. A bevy of pretty
girls appear In a ballroom setting.
Feoples.
A saloon, dancehall and gambling
resort may not be considered Just the
proper environment for a preacher, but
that is where Dustin Farnum spends
much of his fime in the Paramount
picturization of the Peter B. Kyne
story, "The Parson of Pananiint." This
feature, one of the most popular shown
in many weeks at the Peoples Theater,
continues its engagement throughout
the week.
Not only does the fighting parson
devote much of his time and attention
to the denizens of the saloon and
dancehall. but he does it so assiduously
that the straight-laced members of his
congregation object. So when he takes
a hand at gambling and attacks the
roulette wheel with such good fortune
that he wins the entire "joint," a com
plaint to the bishop results in his re
tirement. The story is strong In the atmos
phere of those good old mininn days
of sudden wealth and just as sudden
beggary. Panamint, a desert mining
town, is struck by a reform wave, and
the Mayor. "Chuckwalla Bill," goes out
lor a parson. The parson's experiences,
and final winning of all factions to
his support by an act of supreme hero
Ism are graphically told in the Pallas
aim.
Winifred Kingston, as the dance
hall "piano-tickler," and Colin Chase,
the handsome gambler, are favorite
members of the supporting cast.
Screen Gossip.
When Dustin Farnum's birthday came
brother William Farnum's gifts were
such articles as guns and fishing tackle,
the imported kind that spells quality.
Now William's birthday is at hand and
Dustin's purchases indicate that his
gifts will be simple but tasty being
imported guns and fishing tackle. This
was Dustin's final decision and one that
he knows will please his brother more
than any other selection. It is needless
to say that both brothers are fond of
the outdoor life.
Irene Fenwick, who is playing in
Metro pictures wnen not on the speak
ing stage, is at the Astor Theater, New
York, in "The Guilty Man." The role
Is quite a different one from that of
the wicked little girl in "The Song of
Songs." Incidentally. Miss Fenwick says
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that her ambition is to play Juliet, but
she realizes that the public demands
something more modern.
A little English girl placed by mis
fortunes in an East Indian setting,
summarizes "Less Than Dust." the first
Mary Pickford independent picture.
Ruth Roland will star In the first
Pathe serial of 1917, the story to be
based on "The Journal of a Neglected
Wife," and its sequel, "The Woman
Alone." by Mabel Herbert Urner. The
second serial, with Leon. Barry and
Mollie King, will be from the Willetts
novel, "The Double Cross."
E. H. Sothern, at present appearing
in Vitagraph dramas, soon will tour the
country, appearing in the larger cities
In "If I Were King." He announced his
retirement some time ago, but has re
considered and will turn hia share of
all profits of the tour over to the
British Red Cross fund. Sothern even
will defray his traveling expenses in
order that the Red Cross may be en
riched as large a sum as possible.
Dale Fuller possesses a parrot which,
"owing to the high cost of bird food,"
explains Miss Fuller, she rents to the
Keystone Studio at $3 a day in con
trast to the former rental of Jl. More
frenzied film finance.
Mme. Petrova's book of poems, "The
Heart of Things," will soon be Issued
by the publishers. Only a limited num
ber will be published and Mme. Petrova
will autograph her favorite photograph
in each copy.
Charles Clary is planning the con
struction of a mountain cabin to be
completed ir a month or two, at which
Mr. Clary plans to enjoy a vacation of
several weeks on certain mining prop
erty of his in the California mountains.
Helen Holmes, In private life. Is Mrs.
J. P. McGowah, wife of the mari who
has directed all the feature pictures in
which she has been starred.
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Valkyrien, the Danish screen star,
has instituted a suit for alleged breach
of contract against the William Fox
Feature Corporation. Her attorney,
James A. Timony, started proceedings
last week. Valkyrien has only been in
this country a little over a year, during
which time she has starred in eight
feature productions. She considers her
interests as a film actress are at stake
in connection with the suit she has
filed.
Walter Law, the new William Fox
star, . puts up one of the best film
fights yet presented to movie fans. In
the ship cabin scene of the picture
in which he stars. The photoplay will
be released within a short time.
While going to a location in a big
touring car last week a company of the
Rolin players had a serious accident.
They were run into by a large truck
with the result that the touring- car
was demolished and Harold Lloyd and
Bebe Daniels suffered injuries of a
character that necessitated their being
taken to a hospital. The cameraman
took pictures of the wreck, which, it
is stated, will be used as evidence in a
damage suit against the owner of the
truck. The injuries of Mr. Lloyd and
Miss Daniels were fortunately not so
serious but that they will soon be at
work In Patho's "Luke" comedies again.
In recognition of the splendid work
she has done under the Ince-Triangle
banner, Margery Wilson, the Ingenue,
was rewarded this week by being given
a long-time contract under the terms
of which she will appear exclusively in
Triangle plays.
The latest press agent yarn from
Lasky Studio Is that Marie Doro may
enter politics, running for an important
state office. If memory is a true
servant, It was Edwin August who was
to run for President of the United
States. How these film folk do envy
the politicians their publicity!
Andrew Arbuckle has signed with the
Yorke-Metro Company to appear in a
strong role in the Lockwood-Allison
Company under Henry Otto's direction.
Mr. Arbuckle is equally strong in drama
and comedy. His appearance is start
lingly like that of his brother, Maclyn,
there being "but ten pounds and ten
years differeflce between us," to quote
either brother.
Margaret Shelby's role in the Ameri
can Film Company's feature, "Faith,"
which she plays opposite her sister,
Mary Miles Mlnter, is quite as im
portant as is that of Mary. James
Kirkwood is directing the Shelby
Sisters in this picture.
Dorothy Kelly, the Vitagraph star,
was married quietly to Harvey Hevenor,
real estate man, on Monday evening,
August 28, at 9 o'clock. The ceremony
was performed at the home of Rev.
Albert King Morris, of Jersey City.
The couple's meeting was romantic.
Mr. Hevenor admired the star's work
on tho screen, and three years ago
wrote for her photograph. Miss Kelly
answered his letter personally and the
correspondence developed into an ac
quaintance a few months later. They
have been engaged since last May.
The bride is 22 years of age and her
husband in 40. At present they are
living at the Montague Hotel, Brooklyn.
Miss Kelly will not let her marriage
Interfere with her screen career. She
Is now working in "The Secret King
dom," a forthcoming Vitagraph serial
release.
Extra Dividend Declared.
NEW YORK, Sept.. 14. The direc
tors of Phelps, Dodge & Co., Inc., cop
per producers, today declared an extra
dividend of BV4 per cent in addition to
the quarterly dividend of 2 per cent.
The extra dividend represents an In
crease of 2 per cent over the previous
disbursement.
The Rondntonn, N. J. Baptlct Church Is
:26 years old.
PORTLAND URGED TO
REVIVE OLD TRADE
Stirring Plea Made at Lunch
eon of Progressive Busi
ness Men's Club.
APATHY IS HIT HARD
W. I. B. Dodson, New Secretary of
Chamber, Says Competition of
Other Ports Must Be Met.
Speech Wins Favor.
PITHV POINTS FROM PARTS
OF DODSOJT ADDRESS.
"Give us a market," is cry of
producer.
Create enthusiasm for the Port
of Portland.
Let us seize our natural ad
vantages. Direct ship line to Alaska ne
cessity. Let us win back our lost flour
and cannery business.
Competition of other Coast
ports grows apace Jt must be
met.
"The time has come for a change.
Portland must exert herself as Is her
right by nature's decree. The age of
competition is upon us and that com
petition must be met. The Port of
Portland must and will forge ahead."
With these much-to-the-point, deter
mined statements, W. D. B. Dodson,
executive secretary of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, told the Pro
gressive Business Men's Club yes
terday at their weekly meeting at the
Benson Hotel that the time was ripe for
action. m
"A Revived Portland" was the theme
of the address, a masterly discourse of
conditions of the past, present and fu
ture if Portland will take unto itself
the right that is her own. If not, Puget
Sound will grab it as her birthright.
Following a short introduction by
Assessor Henry E. Reed, and a two
minute address by C C. Chapman,
Mr. Dodson spoke in part as follows on
"The Commercial and Industrial Devel
opment of Portland":
Market Needs Are FIrxt.
"The cry of the producer of Oregon
has become 'Create for us a market.'
Gentlemen, this is the first and fore
most thing for Portland to do. The
dairying Interests and most all other
lines are crying the same cry.
"We are told that 1.000.000 will es
tablish a ship line to Alaska. We ought
to seize the opportunity before us
to have Alaskan ports on our calling
lists. Last year the territory to the
north did an 1 80,000,000 business on im
ports and exports.
"Where is all this business going to
and going from? There is only one an
swer to that question. The Puget Sound
country .has .and still is seizing its op
portunity. .We have to meet the com
petition of the ports of the Coast if we
are to succeed. We cannot stand for
1 a ton. additional longshoremen's
charges to the shipper In this port, if
the other parts do not make a similar
charge. It would not be fair and just.
Alaskan Line Necessary.
' "Not long ago we had the opportunity
to place bids in competition with Wash
ington firms for Army foodstuffs. It
was proved that the differential to Se
attle, the shipping port, was too great
for any chance for the Oregon firms
to win. It is .the same in all lines. This
is the most Important reason why a
direct line to Alaska from Portland is
a necessity.
"Our real estate transfers In the past
ten years have totaled near the $200,
000.000 mark. Why couldn't some . of
this money, just a million, say, have
been diverted to the problem of solving
Portland's position as a port?
"There, too. Is Hawaii, rich Import
ing and exporting territory, which Is
awaiting development If we but had
shipping facilities direct.
"The time has come for a change. We
must develop our natural resources.
Seattle has none better. Today we
have a port which Is rated as the best
and most accessible for all purposes on
the -Coast outside of Seattle. It will
continue to get better. Our forefathers
had foresight enough to see that the
channel must be widened and deepened,
that Portland might come Into her own.
Now it is up to you anu me to carry
forward that work.
Salmon Business Lost.
"We have lost, or nearly so, our sal
mon cannery business to the Puget
Sound and Alaskan territories. Why, It
was the Columbia River fishermen who
taught Seattle the cannery business.
"The same Is true In the case of our
flour business. The Chamber of Com
merce now has a letter before it in
which a mlllman Bays this Is the logi
cal location' for a mill he proposes to
build on. the Coast, but that Portland or
Oregon must guarantee him enough
cargo for the Orient to make it worth
the construction of the mill.
"We"" have many such Instances on
record. Competition is keen and is be
coming more so. Portland must meet
It. And the Chamber of Commerce now
is endeavoring to figure out easy and
successful Cleans to meet it. I thank
you."
Following the address Phil S. Bates
said: "Mr. President, Mr. Dodson's ad
dress is the most comprehensive and
most enlightening talk along these
lines that has come to the public from
the Chamber of Commerce for a year,
and I move you that the club extend
Mr. Dodson a vote of thanks and assure
him the club's support In the work the
Chamber is undertaking."
The vote was unanimous.
NEW OUSTER SUIT FILED
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and all of them, their agents or repre
sentatives. In the following particu
lars: , First That they be restrained from
carrying out or aiding in carrying out
the conspiracy In restraint of trade
charged against them.
Second That they be restrained from
In any manner acting as officers, direc
tors, agents or representatives of the
Oregon Portland Cement Company.
Check on Dismissal Wanted.
Third That they be restrained from
participating directly or Indirectly in
any stockholders' or directors' meet
ing and from voting the shares of stick
owned by them or alleged to be con
trolled by them, either by themselves,
by proxy or otherwise, or from adopt
ing any resolution or attempting to
take any action by the board of direc
tors of the Oregon Portland Cement
Company looking to or aiding In an
attempt to dismiss the law action for
$1,600,000 damages, and from assigning,
setting over, conveying, selling or dis
posing of their, stock holdings in tlje
Oregon Portland Cement Company, or
any. part thereof, or the voting power
thereof, except under authority of the
court.
InvestiKatlon Not Affected
It was explained by Attorney Burnett
yesterday that the injunction action
has no connection with the Investiga
tion into the affairs of the alleged
trust by the United States authorities.
"We don't know what the United
States Attorney's office or the grand
jury is doing," said Mr. Burnett, "ex
cept that we have learned that aubpenas
have been served on officers of the
company and other persons requiring
tlf eir presence as witnesses at a grand
Jury investigation.
"If the cement business is to be in
quired int,o by the grand jury, it is
highly important that the Oregon Port
land Cement Company be on a legal
bauis."
Kffort to Ciet Proxies CJtarsed.
In the application for the injunction.
Mr. Moore sets forth that Mr. Butcnard,
president of the company and the other
defendants have been busy obtaining
proxies for the stockholders' meeting
of September 20, with the expectation
of controlling the meeting by means
of these proxies. It is further alleged
that tho complainant has reason to be
lieve that it is the plan to adopt a
resolution Instructing the directors to
dismiss the previous suit brought by
Mr. Moore in the name of the company.
Should the defendants fall to obtain
enouKh proxies to control the meeting
it Is further alleged In the complaint
that they plan "to Ignore the sentiment
or vote of the stockholders' meeting if
unable to control, and if the meeting
Bhould pass resolutions asking for their
resignations or in any wise asking that
their plan of controlling tne company
be changed.
30 Said to Have Given Proxies.
The application gives the names and
addresses of 30 stockholders, living in
California, Colorado. Canada and Ltah,
who are alleged to have given their
proxies to the defendants. These SO
stockholders are declared also to be
stockholders in various of the 14 com
panies sued in the previous damage
action for violation of the anti-trust
act.
' The application - further sets forth
that the defendants . . . "still re
tain the domination and the control of
the managerial functions of the said
company and thereby thwart the pur
poses of said company as an Indepen
dent concern, and carry out directly or
Indirectly the conspiracy of the de
fendants heretofore alleged."
Other Stockholders Invited.
For this reason, is is explained. Mr.
Moore, vice-president and treasurer
and a stockholder in the company,
. . "institutes the suit In his own
name in virtue of stock ownership In
the Oregon Portland Cement Company,
which is a nominal defendant." Mr.
Moore offers to permit other stock
holders who desire to join with him in
the suit.
"The reason for making the company
a nominal defendant," said Attorney
Burnett, "is because of a division in the
directorate, four directors being with
Mr. Moore and four with Mr. Butchard,
and for the benefit of the company."
BRUCE DENNIS RETIRES
O. C. LKITER. WILL EDIT LA GRANDE
OBSERVER.
Paper Purchased by J. D. Myers and
Mrs. O. C. Letter Will Continue
to Support Hughe.
LA GRANDE. Or.. Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) Bruce Dennis, politically promi
nent in Oregon for several years and
recognized as one of the most Influ
ential editors of the state, more espe
cially since occupying the proprietor
ship of the Observer, for a period of
four years, retires from the newspaper
Held, for the present at least, next
Saturday morning, when J. D. Myers
and Mrs. O. C. Lelter take over the
ownership of the evening daily here.
O. C. Leiter, city editor of The Ore
gonian for many years and more re
cently connected with an afternoon
Portland paper in a similar capacity,
will be editor when the paper changes
hands.
Mr. Lelter, like the retiring editor, is
one of the best-known newspaper men
In the state and President of the Port
land Press Club. Commercially he was
active in irrigation matters and took
part in the formation of the state Irri
gation congress. He is on the ground,
ready to take his post Saturday morn
ing. Mr. Dennis came to the Observer from
the Baker Herald, previous to which
he had been a potent factor in Kansas
political and commercial circles. He
broke away from the Republican party
in 1912 after having been elected state
chairman. He supported Colonel Roose
velt In that campaign after having at
tended the Chicago convention. One
of the first influential men to bolt the
party, he was also one of the first to
return to the new Republican party in
Oregon when he pleaded for unity at
the Portland harmony meeting. He sup
ported Mr. Hughes actively. The paper
will continue to support Hughes and
will be Independent Republican in Its
policy. The new owners formerly lived
In Portland, but of late have operated
a moving picture theater in La Grande.
SINGLE TAX OPPOSED
OREGON CITY COMMITTEE OF 100
AGAINST U'REN'S MEASURE.
C. Schnebel Says BUI Is Most Vicious
on tho Ballot Former Law Part
ners Now Disagree.
OREGON CITT, Or., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) The Clackamas County Com
mittee of One Hundred, organized prl
marily for the purpose of conducting
a local campaign against the so-called
brewers' amendment and for absolute
prohibition, has broadened Its scope
and will also fight against the people's
land and loan bill and for the Sunday
closing law now on the statute books.
In a series of 40 meetings, which have
been mapped out, rural credits and tax
limitation will also be discussed.
C. Schuebel, who will be one of tho
leaders in the committee s campaign.
terms the land and loan bill as the
most vicious on the ballot. "Why, I'd
rather see the brewers' bill win twice
over than the land and loan bill," he
said today. "It means the confiscation
of all private property by the state."
Incidentally the coming political fight
has increased the break between Mr.
Schuebel and W. S. U'Ren. At one
time they were law partners with of
fices here and were associated In many
of the radical changes in the Oregon
legislative system. Now Mr. U'Ken is
championing the measure which Mr.
Schuebel terras the most vicious on
the coming November ballot.
The Committee of One Hundred will
open Its campaign Saturday, Septem
ber 23, at Beaver Creek with a mass
meeting".
First Prunes Harvested.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 14. With the re
ceipt of the first 1916 crop prunes in
Salem today, the earliest on record.
dealers report that Eastern inquiries j
You'll Have to Hustle
Only Two More Days
Today and Tomorrow
TO
ustin
Farnum
in
The Parson
of Panamint
Held over balance of
week to accommodate
thousands who were
unable to see it the
first four days. Don't
let this chance get by
it's your last.
PEOPLES
En
are becoming more urgent and the
price deadlock between East and West
is breaking. Advance sales of about
7.000,000 pounds have been made here,
and packing will begin next week. At
Myrtle Creek packing was started to
day and Roseburg plants will begin
Monday.
FIGHTING PARSON RETURNS
Eugene Minister Enjoyed Naval
Cruise on New Orleans.
EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 14. (Special.)
Rev. W. H. Davis, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Eugene, has re
turned home from the civilian naval
cruise aboard the cruiser New Orleans.
He Is still a pacifist, but believes that
the nation must have something to
back up its Ideas. He was the only
minister on the cruise and was known
as the "fighting parson."
"I believe that as long as the United
States upholds the Monroe Doctrine,
the policy of an open-door in China, and
the freedom of the seas. It Is necessary
to have a Navy that's the best in the
world," he said.
SNOQUALMIE FIRES RAGING
Three Different Blazes in National
Forest Are Spreading.
SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 15. Three
fires in the Snoqualmie National for
est, northeast of Seattle, are causing
much anxiety. One fire ia in the land
of the North Bend Lumber Company, at
Edgwick. and is spreading toward the
holdings of the Bend Lumber Company
to the northward. The second fire is
coming down the south fork of the
Snoqualmie River and is at its height
one mile south of North Bend. The third
fire is In the vicinity of Preston
In mid-September the fire danger la
usually over and the fire fighting
forces disbanded, but this Autumn only
Broadway, Stark and
Washington
THE MAN
BEHIND
THE.
CURTAIN
Clever Cast, Headed by
Lillian Walker
THE
ALMIGHTY
DOLLAR
Story of a Woman's Sacri
fice for -Fame and Wealth
Wurlitzer Hope Jones Unit
Orchestra
i
Now Playing at the "T & D"
a
SEE
Nat
Goodwin
tat.
in
AWallStreet
Tragedy
One N of this famous
actor's greatest char
acterizations. Y o ull
like it from the very
word "Go." Take your
friends along.
PICKFORD
tea
two-thirds of an inch of rain has fallen,
the woods are dry and a stiff northeast
wind is blowing. Residents of the fire
district are aiding the Government
rangers in fighting the flames.
Louiseville. Ky., has 703 saloons, one to
every 334 people.
T,,, uw. ngi?-5
People are rapidly waking up
to the fact that our shows are
the choicest in the city. The
Sunset system is the corrpct
system. We don't put on any
thing but the very best we
don'c have to run a lot of poor
ones In order to get a good
one occasionally.
LOOK. AT TODAY'S BILLS
Frank Keenan
IS
(t
Stepping Stones"
A Bit; Triangle, and
"Bucking Society"
a Keystone Comedy. Tou can't
get better plays and then we
have the little Portland fa
vorite. Helen Parrish
with her dainty Bone's and
dainty ways. She's a hit, too.
Jnat R ? m e m l e r Only two
more days to see this show,
TODAY AND TOflOHROW.
ADMISSION
One Dime
. 21:--
NOW PLATTtO
TUB WORLD-FAMOUS STAR,
THEDA
BARA
Sapprted by
STEWART nOLMKS AND
LITTLE JANE) LEE,
IN HER LATEST VOX. PBODtC
TION, Her
DoubleLife
THRILI.nO STORY OF" A
WO.nA.-VS DECEPTION.
JTLORENCTJ ROSF! FA5HIOXS.
FATUIS WEEKLY,
1ft----':
WATCH
For the Opening
of
Globe Theater
llth and Washington
High-Class, First-Run
Pictures
f 1
DRAMATIC ART
Practical instruction plven in train
ing for the stage, for public rpcakln?
by professional people, and club work
lor women by one who has had a larKn
and successful experience in dramatiu
work. Individual or class work.
All who take this course will he
cast, if they desire, for dramatic plays
and other public work given under tha
auMplces of the different organizations.
Terms very reasonable to those who
begin the work now.
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Kwm f). Stewart Hotel. .
143 Va Ilrondway.
8
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