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TTTE MORXTNG OREGONIAX. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
PLANS FOR SEWER
ORDERED MODIFIED
Mr. Dieck Told to Hold Tanner
Creek Work to Necessity of
Area Now Included in City-.
COUNCIL'S ACTION OPPOSED
Head of Public Works Department
Declares Attitude Shortsighted
and Asserts He Will Not Rec
ommend Such Plans.
The City Council yesterday, over
Commissioner Dleck's protest. In
structed the Public Works Department,
of which Mr. Dieck is head, to revise
plans for the proposed rebuilding of
the lower end of the Tanner Creek
trunk sewer so as not to provide for
Increased sewerage from' outside the
city when the outside territory builds
up. Mr. Dieck declared he would not
approve the proposed new plans, be
lieving anything smaller than the
sewer now planned to be inadequate.
Mr. Dleck's plans as presented to
the Council Thursday provided for
sewerage within the city and for all
the territory outside, with the outside
territory figured in as being completely
built up. The increased size of the
pipe by reason of the outside district
added $65,000 to the estimated cost,
which amount Mr. Dieck proposed to
assess against the city as a whole,
leaving the remainder, $200,000. to be
paid by the property owners within a
district benefited by the sewer.
Mr. Dleclt Offended.
Commissioner Daly made a motion
that the plans be sent back and re
vised to contemplate only the present
surface runoff of the district outside
the city, and sewerage and storm
water within the city, with a reason
able increase within the city.
"Do you want a technical design or
a design cut off like a sausage?"
snapped Mr. Dieck. "You may order
the city engineer to make such a de
sign, but I will not approve it. You
are moved by the right m'otive, I think,
but you are getting the city into seri
ous trouble."
Suggestion was made that the proj
ect wait until legislation can be
enacted by the legislature permitting
assessments against property outside
the city.
"I have waited for this rebuilding
as long as I feel is safe," said Mr.
Dieck. "If the present sewer fails,
as it is apt to do at any time, you will
have more of a burden than $65,000
in damages to face. Suppose the sewer
should fail under the W. P. Fuller
building, where it is in poor condition.
What sort of a property damage bill
would the city face then? I venture
to say that $65,000 would be a mere
drop in the bucket."
Figures Are Questioned.
Commissioner Baker declared that
the first section of the sewer cost only
$7000 additional on account of drainage
from outside, and, that the second half
should not cost anything like $65,000
additional. "It looks inconsistent,"
said Mr. Baker. "I think a serious
mistake has been made by filing these
plans, because they will serve as evi
dence in court if the question of assess
ment comes up."
Mr. Dieck said the $65,000 was only
an estimate, and the actual overcharge
against , the city might be less than
that. The Council expects Mr. Dieck
was unanimously in favor of a revision
of the plans, so that the city drainage
and present outside drainage Is all that
will be contemplated. By building ac
cording to this plan the entire cost can
be assessed against the property with
in the assessment district.
MUSICIANS PRAISE
CHERMAVSKYS AROUSE KEEV EN
THUSIASM ALL OVER COUNTRY.
Russians Accorded Warm Welcome In
Other Countries and London Pays
Warm Tribute.
So great has been the enthusiasm
created by the Cherniavsky trio in
Portland that their concert tonight at
the Heilig is being looked forward to
with keen enthusiasm by music lovers.
There is a magnetism and fascination
about the strong personalities of' the
Brothers Cherniavsky that makes a di
rect appeal, and in their concert they
not only give evidence of their brilliant
powers as soloists, but show splendid
musicianship and a perfect unanimity
in trio work.
The Cherniavskys are three of the
most remarkable young artists in the
world of music. They are from Rus
sia and are visiting the United States
for the first time, but have played in
every other country in the world since
they started to tour 15 years ago.
The Morning Post, of London, says of
Leo Cherniavsky's violin playing, "He
is a violinist with unusual powers of
execution. There Is immense spirit in
his playing, and it is, in fact, occasion
ally excessively Impetuous; but its ef
fect in conjunction with his command
of expression is remarkable."
Jan is only 24 now and Leo Is 26.
,Mischel is 23. Tonight their concert is
wholly different from the programme
of last Thursday night.
ERROR COSTS WIDOW'S! 500
Judgment for Mrs. Lulu White Cul
From $7500 to $6000.
Use of the conjunction "and" where
"or" legally should have been inserted,
v ili cost Mrs. Lulu R. White $1500 and
the expense of a Jury trial. '
The Supreme Court of Oregon re
versed a Judgment for $7500 damages
given Mrs.- White?, for the death of
Patrolman James R. White under the
wheels of an auto truck, because of
technical error in the pleadings, and
the Jury In the retrial awarded her
only $6000 damages yesterday. She
also was assessed the cost of the
former trial which was about $500.
Patrolman White was killed while
doing traffic duty at the corner of
Union avenue and Burnside street in
November, 1914, by a truck of the East
Side Mill & Lumber Company.
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Newport Man Operated On.
NEWPORT. Or., Oct, 6. (Special.)
a. f reeman, proprietor or me aiia
way Theater, of this city, was suddenly
stricken yesterday with appendicitis,
and was operated on here today by Dr.
Pelt, assisted by Dr. Clement, of
SaUrru The operation was successful.
Mr. Freeman is resting easy today and,
barring complications, will soon be out
again.
Peru Imports metal beds.
Switzerland imposes a tariff on auto imports.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES,
Peoples Maurice and Florence
Walton, "The Quest of Life."
Columbia Lillian Glshi "Diane of
the Follies"; Charles Murray,
"Maid Mad."
Sunset F rank Keenan and
Charles' Ray, "The Coward";
Fatty Arbuckle, "Fickle Fatty's
Fall."
Majestio Charlie Chaplin. "The
Pawn Shop"; Anna Little,
' "Land o' Lizards."
T & D Clara Kimball Young.
"The Dark Silence"; "The De
stroyers." Plckford "The Little Girl Next
Door."
Globe Edna Wallace Hopper,
"By Whose Hand."
ITS going to be an easy task for the
1917 schoolboy to get a complete
grasp of the history of these United
States if the producers, and partic
ularly George L." H&tchin. ex-manager
of the Portland Rose Festival and
builder of pageants all over the coun
try, witness the fulfillment of ambi
tions. When Mr. Hutchin organized a pro
ducing film company In California
some months ago he determined to
film a big spectacle dealing with the
history of the country. From this idea
has sprung a larger one. which means
the inclusion of the history of every
state. With the more ambitious and
comprehensive plan in view, the ex
Portlander left Los Angeles a few days
ago for New York, where he will com
plete arrangements for the production.
It Is Mr. Hutchin s idea not only to
tell the absolute complete history of
the United States by pictures, but every
state and her history will be included
in the portrayal. He will begin his
history on the spot where the Na
tion's history began, and he will fol
low it out step by step In the foot
prints. If. you please, of the men who
made the actual history.
"The task is so gigantic." said Mr.
Hutchin, "that it would be absolute
folly to attempt " to put the history
of the United States in only a few
reels. We want the school children of
the land to be able to grasp every de
tail of American history; that will be
our argument for National prepared
ness to show everybody what a great
country these United States of ours is."
It is planned by Mr. Hutchin and his
co-workers to take each state sep
arately as it was admitted into the
Union and follow on down through its
mazes of development to the present
day, connecting each one, however,
with the general history of the coun
try. It Is expected that it will cost close
to $1,000,000 to film this great spec
tacle and several months' time, but the
promoters of the enterprise do not for
a moment doubt its value to the Ameri
can people or the practicability of the
undertaking.
Mr. Hutchin states that the actual
screening of the first picture will prob
ably be commenced within a couple of
weeks.
Trouble for the Artistic.
"Purity" may be the most artistic of
pictures,' the most beautiful and at the
same time the least objectionable, par
ticularly if your mind assays 100 per
cent pure, but the art poses of the fa
mous model and star of the film, Au
drey Munson, are so "durned artistic"
that they say the People's Theater
management is experiencing difficulty
in having photographic publicity dis
played in prominent Portland places.
To the individual the "stills," really
poses in most instances not a part of
"Purity," are delightfully beautiful,
highly artistic and soul-inspiring. But
Mr. Individual has his doubts as to
the advisability of confronting the gen
eral public with art In such form.
Whether the doubt is born of a fear
as to the proper mind condition of the
spectator, or merely that the display
will detract too much from the purely
commercial phase of show-window
artistry, is not yet clearly defined.
For the screening of "Purity" the
People's Theater management will in
troduce an innovation in prices. The
cost of the production is so much, with
its exhibition attended by such ac
cessories as a six-piece orchestra, dec
orations of paintings, flowers, etc.,
that a higher schedule of admission
fees will prevail during the coming
week.
Here's a Real Stndio Romance.
She saw him in a Keystone comedy
at a -moving-picture theater In St.
Louis, Mo.
She thought he was handsome and
graceful and "Just too dear for any
thing." '
She wished she could meet him and
then forgot all about him because the
show was over and she had friends
and a motor and supper dansanta and
tea parties to occupy her thoughts.
Then she came to Los Angeles and
met him.
She liked him -the first moment he
spoke, and by the end of the first even
ing she decided that he was much nicer
out of the pictures than in them.
- Her bane was May Repetto, daughter
and heiress of the iate tobacco king
of St. Louis. .
He is Reggie Morris, of the Triangle
Keystone studio.
Reggie frankly states that heKfell in
love with the dashing young Southern
girl at first sight; that he had never
seen a girl until he saw her; that he
had become a victim of Cupid the first
moment she glanced at him out of her
deep, brown eyes, etcetera, etcetera.
Miss Repetto was accompanied to
Los Angeles by her mother and sister.
Angeline, and one day the mother de
cided that she must return to St. Louis
on business.
Trunks were packed, the motor was
shipped, the colored servants were sent
hack and the family ready to depart.
But Reggie Morris decided in his
heart that May. Repetto should remain
behind.
In his trusty little racer ha dashed
over to her home and, in an aside,
asked her to elope with him.
She consented.
And so they were married. Parental
forgiveness followed, and all is happi
ness in a little Los Angeles bungalow.
Screen Gossip.
The Fox press bulletin reads:
"Herbert Heyes, the sturdy hero of
"Under Two Flags,' got his first
shekels in the theatrical profession
by carrying a spear in a stock produc
tion of "The Sorcerer," in Portland,
Oregon, in 1905. Every Saturday night
Herbert was four-fifty richer." Who
remembers it?
"That woman is so pretty she hurts,"
was a remark made In New York after
a feminine fan had witnessed a screen
ing of Clara Kimball Young in "The
Common Law."
Grace Valentine, who is co-starred
with Lionel Barrymore in "The Brand
of Cowardice," a forthcoming Metro
wonderplay. told Billie Burke the other
day that she was coming up to her
country home north of Yonkers for a
call. Grace said she would bring some
friends along. She did. and they in
cluded Director John V. Noble, Mr.
Barrymore and 20 other .players. The
players made themselves'at home, and
used Miss Burke's beautiful grounds to
photograph several important scenes.
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Leo White, who was the Count in the
Chaplin picture of that name, has left
the Chaplin-Mutual Company and is
now with Fox. He will head. one of
Fox comedy companies.
The Orpheum Travelogue of next
week specializes in France and its Boy
Scout organization. These youngsters
act as messengers for the army while
the older ones go to the front. The
training camp includes an agricultural
course, tending pigs, herding sheep,
riding horses, etc., in addition to
maneuvers and setting-up exercises. A
picturesque scenic footage shows views
of the Island of Maderia. a Portuguese
island off Africa, and Its . harbor of
Funchal.
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Ann Pennington is 4 feet 8 inches
short. Now you know they are telling a
story of a man who visited the studio
and mistook her for a small child.
Really they've, worked that chatter too
strenuously for effectiveness.
Helen Holmes, star of the Signal
Mutual studios, is the owner of a 500
acre ranch and attends to the business
ends of the investment herself.
.
Another from the same source: Ford
Sterling passed a week's vacation in
the hills but didn't Improve his grace
in running. Ford still meaning yet
emulates the frog and the kangaroo.
"Miss Hercules" is now the nick
name for Marie Doro, the Lasky-Para-mount
star. While making a scene in
"The Lash," in which she is being
starred. Miss Doro was lifted from her
horse by Elliott Dexter, her husband.
While rehearsing he failed to lift her
down in the proper manner, and Miss
Doro flung her arms around his neck.
When safe on the ground she said. "If
I hadn't been as strong as Hercules I
would have fallen."
There may be a hidden joke in that
one. Otherwise there's no excuse for
the paragraph.
Corlnne" Griffith, of the Western
Vitagraph, is unique in the fact that
she has yet to see herself on the screen
outside of the projection room of the
studio. This is due to a shyness rather
rare among stage folk, for Miss Grif
fith says she has never been able to
summon up enough courage to venture
into a picture theater for fear some
one in the audience would recognize
her,
The Leading
Theatrical Event
of the Year
TOMORROW
IS THE DAY
AUDREY MUNSON
The World-Famous Model in the Greatest Art
Spectacle Ever Produced
PURITY
20 Players, 150 Dancing, Barefooted, Bare
legged Girls and Miss Munson in a Score or
More of Her Most Celebrated Poses All in
Wonderful Settings of Nature and Man
"Purity" will be presented on an elaborate
scale. Music by select orchestra under the
leadership of Mr. Harry Thorne. Lady ushers,
uniformed in white, while works of art will
adorn lobby and foyer.
General Admission
Onp Wp-lr STARTING
v-Jiie vv eeit tomorrow
CLASHES MARKTRIAL
Mrs. Nannie San db erg Again
Faces Court Jury.
PATROLMAN UNDER FIRE
Attorneys for Defense Elicit From
Witness Schum That He Was
Oat With Women Trying
to Secure Evidence.
Frequent clashes between Deputy
District Attorneys Hammersley and
Ryan, and Dan J. Malarkey, counsel
for Nannla Sandberg, marked the first
afternoon's session of the retrial of
Mrs. Sandberg on a charge of violat
ing, the prohibition law by selling
whisky and beer to Patrolman Schum
in room 305. Alder Hotel.
Mr. Mararkey wished to dig up the
past history of Patrolman Schum,
dwelling on his former vocation as
saloonkeeper, and his associations
with the man Stone supposedly hired
by the state to secure evidence, and
whom Mr. Malarkey pleased to call
a "stool pigeon." Both deputies for
the state interposed frequent objec
tions to the character, of testimony be
ing elicited - from Patrolman Schum,
their objections- being sustained in the
main.
Jorjr Drawing: First Clash.
One of the first clashes occurred
when the Jury was drawn. A panel
of 12 men were summoned but only
four appeared for the trial. Mr. Ryan
wished to exercise the right to use
peremptory challenges on the four in
asmuch as a panel of 12 had been
drawn. Mr. Malarkey averred that the
prosecution was using "crooked meth
ods from the first." He said he was
willing to let the four men try the case.
The four Jurors were finally passed
after a heated argument.
Another clash occurred when Schum
was being cross examined. Mr. Malar
key wished to know if Schum had not
visited a certain roadhouse outside the
city limits for the purpose of securing
evidence that the place was selling
liquor. Schum said that he had been
sent on such a mission by Chief Dep
uty Sheriff Bob Phillips.
"Didn't you take with you three
women and two other men?" asked Mr.
Malarkey. The answer was in the af
firmative. "Isn't it a -fact you were at that
time trying to secure evidence against
one of those women that she was vio
lating the prohibition law?" was the
next question. Another affirmative
answer.
Effort to Impeach Hade.
Mr. Malarkey used other means to
try to discredit the testimony of the
witness and to try to impeach him by
recalling things he had testified to at
the formal trial. Deputy District At
torney Ryan interposed an objection
on the ground that the questions were
improper cross-examination.
"'I know why he is asking such ques
tions," said Mr. Ryan. "He Is spread
ing his insidious poison now to Impress
the Jury, since he knows he cannot
sufficiently impress them with the
facts as brought out in the testimony."
Patrolman Schum testified that he
had purchased whisky and beer from
Nannie Sandberg and from Hazel
Thomas. He said he had bought
whisky and beer from Mrs. Sandberg
on two separate occasions, September
19 and 20.
Mr. Malarkey asked him If he had
caused the arrest of Mrs. Sandberg
when she first sold him whisky. He
said that he had not.
"Didn't you arrest her when yon saw
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her breaking the law and knew she
was violating the prohibition statute?"
asked Mr. Malarkey.
The case will be continued this af
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
$50,000 DAMAGES SOUGHT
Insurance Agency Sues Company for
Terminating Contract.
Termination of a contract without
apparent cause led to the filing of a
suit for $50,000 damages by the Oregon
Washington Underwriters, Incorporat
ed, against the West Coast-San Fran
cisco Life Insurance Company in the
Circuit Court yesterday.
The plaintiffs were granted the gen
eral agency for the West Coast Insur
ance Company of California In Oregon
and Washington In March. 1912, and
when this concern consolidated with
the San Francisco Life Insurance Com
pany and was known as the West
Coast-San Francisco Life Insurance
Company, in 1915. continued for eight
months to handle the Northwest terri
tory. In January, 1916. the contract
was terminated suddenly .and the
agency was changed.
The Oregon-Washington Underwrit
ers maintain that they had done much
pioneer work and were damaged to the
extent of $50,000.
CONSUL MAY BE CHANGED
Rumor In Japanese Circles Predicts
Promotion of K. Knmasaki.
-Reports to the effect that a new
head may be placed over jthe Imperial
Japanese Consulate, occupied for the
past two years by K. Kumasakl. now
on a six months' leave of absence, have
been circulated In local Japanese cir
cles, a Portland Japanese newspaper
having insinuated that a successor is
already in line for the appointment.
Mr. Kumasakl. before leaving, gave
no intimation that he might expect pro
motion to a higher position at the end
of his vacation in Japan. The basis of
the report, however, lies in the fact
that promotiona in the consular serv
ice are usually preceded by leaves of
absence.
MAYOR WILL NOT ANSWER
Scathing Letter of George W. Cald
well Not Read by Executive.
Mayor Albee will make no answer to
the scathing letter of rebuke sent him
yesterday by George W. Caldwell,
whom the Mayor removed last Saturday
from the position of chairman of the
Municipal Civil Service Board.
"A public official." said the Mayor
yesterday, "must expect to be vilified
when he removes a person from a pub
lic office, regardless of what his rea
sons or motives may be. I have not
read Mr. Caldwell's lengthy letter and
will make no comment. The Incident
was closed so far as I was concerned
when the removal order was filed with
the City Council."
LICENSES ARE PROPOSED
New Idea for Control of Ethyl Al-
cohol Sales Suggested.
Licensing the sale of ethyl alcohol
in Portland is proposed now as a bet
ter means of regulating the sale than
the proposed System of permits from
the Chief of Police. The City Council
yesterday instructed Commissioner
Bigelow to confer with druggists on
the license subject.
As tentatively planned each drug
store selling alcohol would have to
take out a license. Improprieties in
the sale of the intoxicant would enable
the Council to revoke the license and
thereby prohibit the sale. A nominal
license fee would be imposed.
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THEY
YOU
GOOD XIMEJ
Go See-
The Little Girl
Next Door
TODAY
It's Your Last Chance
Go Early!
PICKFORD
FIRE DRILL IS LAUDED
WASHIXGTO.V HIGH SCHOOL, SAID
TO HAVE IMPROVED MOST.
Time Takes (or EUnptylas; Each Iststl
tvtlon Recorded by Paklle
Safety Commission.
According to Harry Coffin, secretary
of the Public Safety Commlssioi. un
usual efficiency marked the first fire
drill of the Fail term held Thursday
morning in the high schools. Washing
ton High School showed the greatest
Improvement over last year's work.
Washington High, with an enroll
ment of 1234 students, walking a maxi
mum distance of 226 feet in 22 steps,
was emptied in 674 seconds: Jefferson,
with 1522 students, walking ITS feet
In 72 steps, was emptied in S3 4-5 sec
onds; James John, with 23S students,
walking 49 feet in 43 steps, was
emptied In BO H seconds; Lincoln, with
1240 students, wslking 17S feet in 73
steps, was emptied in 1 minute 21 sec
onds, and Franklin, with 825 students,
walking 195 feet In 28 steps, was
emptied In 1 minute 57 seconds.
Franklin High halls were littered
with building material and three of
the exits were closed, so that the com
parison is not considered fair.
Suicide's Body Found In Coods.
OLTMPIA Wash.. Oct. . (Special.)
Searchers today found the body of Al
fred Modes in the woods four miles
4 "ZQ&s
Broadway, Stark A Wuhlnctos Sts.
LAST TIME TODAY
William A. Brady Presents
Clara Kimball Young
In Her First Photoplay Masterpiece
in Four Months.
The Dark Silence.
A Beautiful Love Romance.
f , Also
Lucille Lee Stewart in
"THE DESTROYERS"
By James Oliver Curwood.
Matlaeea IOC.
Evenings 10a and 15c. Loses XSe.
r
from Olympla. He bad shot himself In
the head with a revolver after prac
ticing on a target. A note he left told
of suicide because of ill health. Modes
has been missing several days. He was
unmarried and lived with his mother,
Mrs Mry Millar.
LAST DAY
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
In His Latest Comedy
PAWN
Two Acts Riotous Fun
Other Features
Starting Tomorrow
VALESKA
SURATT
In Her Latest
Sensation
The
Straight Way
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SHOP