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e: y: K - Jl'ri. -''--iv-:-' . -- - r T C. N - i ..... - -. TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916, RADICAL CHANGE in RATE FIXING URGED Interstate Commission Would Have Congress Set Stand , ards as Reasonable. CONSTANT SHIFTS GRILLED Be Sure His-Christmas Gift Is Right Charees Should Be Based on Ex perience of 10 Years and Then Altered From Time to Time, Commission Contends. ? . Bsi&w ,n,Mj&mtvn win ihsji cm w sj mums rttm in ' r tafls " vi WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The Inter state Commerce Commission in its an nual report today to Congress recom mended a sweeping change In methods of establishing freight and passenger Tates so that shippers would not longer be compelled to show a proposed rate unreasonable or see it become effective. Carriers seeking to alter a rate would be compelled to show the change was reasonable. The recommendation Is "that by statute Congress fix the interstate rates, fares, charges,, classifications, rules and regulations existing at a specific date, prior to that of enact ment, as Just and reasonable for the past, and provide that no change there in after that specified date may be made except upon order of the Com mission; with provision that such stat ute shall not affect the proceedings pending at the time of enactment." The purpose of the suggestion is said to be mainly to correct flaws in the present method by which an in jured shipper seeks reparation for pay ment of a higher rate than subsequent ly Is approved by the Commission. Proposed Changre Radical. It -was said, however, that the effect of such legislation would be radical upon methods of rate establishment. At present tariffs proposing rate changes filed by the railroads become operative on a fixed date unless sus pended by the Commission and shown on hearing to be unreasonable, unjust or discriminatory. If existing rates are declared by statute to be just and reasonable, it was pointed out, the bur den will be on those who wish to change them. "The liecessisty for flexibility fairly to meet rapidly changing Industrial and commercial conditions," says the report in this connection, "is fully rec ognized, but the soundness of the the ory of leaving each carrier free to Initiate its own rates and thus invest ins each of them with the power to overthrow or seriously disturb an ad Justment that is recognized as reason able and fair by the overwhelming majority of the carriers and shippers interested therein, may well be doubt ed. "All rates, fares and charges have been open to complaint for a period of more than 10 years, within which the Commission had power to fix the fu ture maximum rates. For a period of more than six years all proposed in creased rates have been subject to pro test and suspension before coming ef xective. Obviously there should come time when as to the past the general lpvel of the rates and the relationship of rates should be fixed as reasonable. Car Shortage Problem Considered. "The adoption of such a plan, as this would make it possible to apply the energies expended upon rate contro versies in the direction of constructive work for the future instead of expend Ing them upon controversies as to rep aration for the past, with every proba bility that In a majority of the cases the one who ultimately bore the charge will never be reached by the repara tlon." To relieve car shortage the Commis sion asks legislation giving it author . ity to prescribe rules governing inter- change of cars, return to owning roads, loading conditions on foreign roads and compensation for the use of cars. "It seems to us beyond question,' says the report, "that largely increased railroad facilities are necessary ade quately to handle the commerce of the country and that in some way those facilities must be provided. Obviously this cannot be done by leaving these matters for determination by unani mous vote of all the carriers of the country. Within certain limits the force of competition between carriers cannot be denied. The carrier that desires to participate in the movement of traffic must carry it as cheaply as its competitor. it must accord as lib rral rules and regulations as are ac corded by its competitor and these competitive influences make unanimity or opinion as to wnat are proper rules snd regulations more difficult of at tainment than it wouia otherwise be. l"'rom these facts and experiences and a study of these considerations over a substantial period we are led to the conclusion that a reasonable degree of the desired and necessary improvement can be reached within any reasonable time only by vesting power to regulate these questions for all railroads in the appropriate Federal body and also pro viding means by which rules and reg ulations promulgated can be enforced." Read The Oregonian classified ads. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Peoples Cleo Rldgley and Wal lace Reld, "The Yellow Pawn." Majestic Barney Bernard, "A Prince in a Pawnshop." Columbia William S. Hart, "The revils Double." Sunset Charles Ray, "The De serter." Star Theodore Roberts and Ani ta King, "Anton the Terrible." Globe Bryant Washburn, "The Breaker." Sunset. YOU WANT PINK CHEEKS Every 'woman wants pink cheeks. They mean not only beauty but health. Then put the color in your cheeks, Tiot on them. The glow of health ia the red of healthy blood showing through translucent ekin. It ia im possible without rich, red blood. When a girl's color fades and she looks debilitated, is short of breath, tvhen her heart palpitates after every Blight exertion and she has pains in Tarious parts of the body she needs Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. TTbev are the remedy best Baited to re- etore the blood, bring brightness to the eyes and put color in the cheeks and lips. The only other treatment needed costs nothing. It is this. Give the patient plenty of sunlight, moderate exercise every day, not enough to cause fatigue, and use care in the diet because the food craved is often not the best for the condition. Two books, "Boildiiigrp the Blood" and "What to Eat and How to Eat" cive lust the information that every toother of a growing girl needs. They are free. "Write for them today to the lr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec tady, N. Y. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams Pink Pills or you can end fifty cents for a full-size package. Reduced Rates New Perkins Hotel FIFTH' AND WASHINGTON STS, "Where the City Uf Centera." PORTLAND, OREGON. Jackson, who ha served this county ((f-ryHE DESERTER," a sure-fire I vehicle for the exploitation of the youthful Charles Ray. I openened an engagement at the Sunset Theater yesterday. "Laundry Liz," a two-reel Fay Tincher comedy, was also presented, but today it gives way to Charlie Chaplin, the king of all come dians. In his Mutual success, "Behind the Screen." The Portland-made film, "When Friends Marry Twins," with a cast composed largely of high school students, will be presented for the last time today. "The Deserter" is almost an epic of the Western type of photodrama. There are some splendid bits of real ism, some magnificent Western pan oramas, some thrilling riding, some stirring fights, to offset the strong emotionalism which is thrown around Ray in the role of the youthful Lieu tenant. After looking at this picture it is easy to understand why Ray was made a star. He fully deserved to be. Here he is seen as an American Army Lieu tenant, who deserts rather than face court-martial for his participation in a disgraceful brawl, and then redeems himself later by saving a band of set tlers from total annihilation in a fight with Indians. The fighting scenes are particularly good, together with spectacular riding that includes several fall3 down the face of cliffs. Real Indians were used, while the atmosphere of the frontier army post is well preserved. "Behind the Screen," the Mutual Chaplin shown today, is one of the big hits of Chaplin's tenure under the Mu tual banner. It is Charlie's expose of the goings-on in the motion picture studio, with a flock of pies furnishing much of the laugh-fodder. . Star. Theodore Roberts' pre-eminence among character actors of the celluloid was never better exemplified than in "Anton the Terrible," a highly dramatic story of Russian intrigue that the Star Thea ter is presenting on Its week-end bill As Anton the versatile Roberts achieves one of the best characterizations of his screen career, for he completely loses his own identity and sinks It into that of the mythical chief of the Russian Secret Police. In story form this chapter from the book of the Czars was enjoyed by many readers of the Saturday Evening Post. it was a wonderlully gripping tal rather horrible at times. In the film interpretation the horror has been minimized without the sacrifice of the dramatic. The result Is a strong photo- drama, lifted high above the ordinary by the superb work of Roberts and the pleasing support of Anita. King. the story is that of Russia of today and deals with a series of incidents fol lowing the opening of the present war. Anton Kazoff, known as Anton the Terrible, is chief of the Okrana, the powerful secret police. Because Gen eral Stanovitch wronged his sister 15 years before and brought about her death, Anton resolves to avenge him self through the General's daughter. v era. It develops that theCe is a German spy high in the council of the Grand Duke and Anton is ordered to appre hend him. That spy Is really Anton He murders Stanovitch, to secure val uable papers, and then fastens the crime on the shoulders of Vera's sweet heart. How the girl saves her suitor and exposes Anton is told in a series of scenes that bring the tale to an ultra-dramatic climax. A Paddy McGuire vogue comedy, "With or Without," is a laughable two- reel roij to the heavier drama. Ma jestc. Barney Bernard, of "Potash and Perlmutter" fame, is best known to followers of the speaking stage as comedian. However, if he follows the precedent established in his Vitagraph vehicle, "A Prince in a Pawnshop," th Hebrew laugh-purveyer will achieve reputation as a dlleneator of characte roles that appeal to other emotions than that of laughter. As David Solomon, a Hebrew of mar. velous philanthropy and original phil osophy of lif6, Bernard is inimitable while there are laughs in this Majestic Theater offering, the characterlzatio commands the sympathies of the audi ence, while the story is full of those intimate touches of human nature that are so difficult of achievement. Solomon leads a modern Robin Hood': existence. His philosophy is that the rich must pay for the poor, and there is no reason why he should be any the poorer because he helps the poor. So Solomon is a harsh banker and a generous pawnbroker. He deals Justly but merci'esly with the rich, but lends the poor far more than the value of trinkets. Solomon's son marries a girl in secret, but deserts her owing to the false testimony of another. Six years roll away and Solomon in his wander ings on the East Side meets the son of the woman, really his own grandchild. After he has learned all the truth he effects a reunion between his son and the girl. Pathe News presents some fine views of the Yale-Harvard and Army-Navy football games, as well as Florence Rose Fashions. The bill is concluded with a Billie Ritchie L-KO comedy called "Where Is My Wife?' ' Columbia. "The Devil's Double," the latest ve hicle for the presentation of that worst of all bad men, William Shoot'em Hart, continues to attract large crowds to the Columbia Theater. In this tense Western film, which deals chiefly with the regeneration of a bad man who falls to the low estate of artist's model. Hart might appropri ateily be styled William Stab'em Hart. For while he is yet the champ with the six-gun, it is as a wielder of the bowie knife, a deadly weapon invented by one Colonel Bowie, that Hart is known on the frontier. "Bowie" Blake is the name of the villain who Is trans formed by his love for a woman. Enid Markey and Robert McKim ably support Hart in "The Devil's Double," Miss Markey playing the role of the artist's wife and the beloved of the bad man. A special feature of the week-end bill is the Yale-Harvard football game, mighty gridiron contest in which the blue defeated the crimson before 80,000 people. Alice in fcociety is an unusually laborate L-KO comedy, with Alic Howell, she of the wild locks, heading hard-working cast in 3000 feet of musing horseplay. y-y Gifts from this store stand for more than merely the thing itself ; they speak your good taste and your quality idea. You don't have to hope it's right; you can be sure. Every man is glad to see our label on his goods; it stands for best quality. Here Are Some Suggestions We Offer You A Few Contrasts. It sometimes happens." writes the editor of "The Screamer," the new paper devoted to Southern California film folk, "that Hector de Luxe, 'no- bull hero of the screen, champion of the oppressed, apostle of righteousness, and the object of worship of tens of thou sands of love-sick maidens,' in reality beats his wife and his bills, and in gen era! evinces very little likelihood of sprouting angelic appendages here or hereafter. That 'Bad Bill" Blndsplash, movie vilyun, cutthroat, wobber and other wise evil man, is really the sole sup port of an aged maiden aunt, is a mem ber of the Sons of Prohibition and an officer in the Salvation Army. 'That Billy Bumm. the movie tramp, owns a fleet of flivvers., is building his own town, gets $999,000 per week sal ary outside of many extra press-agen salaries, and also ever-so-many bon uses. "That 'Pashonia Venus, the Wicked Wampire of Paris,' was born in Pazook, Ia., is happily married and belongs to the Y. W. C. A." Screen Gossip. Some time ago they discovered that in one state one out of every six actors were divorced what kind of a report could be doped up for the picture playe witn nis motor, home, pets and every thing? Perhaps one out of 600, t-ieo maaison, the well-known an popular lilm star, is now Mrs. Don Peake. Not many days ago she was wedded to the Western sales manage of the Briscoe Motor Corporation. The were married on the spot, where, as bride in the serial "The Trey Hearts," she was filmed for the photo play. Matt Moore and Kathryn Browne Decker are with Mary Pickford in he next Artcraft production. Rudolph Bergquist. the cameraman who did the photographic work for Metro s great screen production "Romeo and Juliet." with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in the title roles, got his hunch to be a photog rapher at the age of 14, when he re ceived a kodak as a premium with a suit of clothes. Immediately he began taking pictures, and he has been tak ing them ever since. The next Lou-Tellegen picture Para mount will release presents a cast in cluding Cloe Rodgley, Sessue Haya kawa, Mabel Van Buren and Ernest Joy. The play will be "The Victoria Cross," from the Paul Potter drama. Among the Texas-born film stars are Bessie Love, Maclyn Arbuckle, Tom Forman and Tom Mix. Beautiful silk neckwear, 50c to $3.50. Hose in lisle, cashmere and silk, 25c, 35c, 50c and $1.0Q. Bath robes, $5, $7.50, $9, $10 and $12. House coats, $6 to $25. Manhattan and Arrow shirts, $1.50, $1.75 and up to $6. Dress gloves in all the shades, $1.00 to $3.50 Canes and Umbrellas, $1.00 and up. . Handkerchiefs in boxes. Silk Mufflers. Sweaters, Suspenders, Garters, Underwear, Pajamas, Night Shirts, Suitcases, Hand bags, Leather Goods, Etc. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Portland's Largest Southeast Corner Exclusive Men's Store Fifth and Alder Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity Fifty Five Suits and Varsity Six Hundred Overcoats $20 to $40 DEPRESSION ONCE NEAR WAR AVERTED STAGNATION. IXTI- MATES ENGINEER. Surplus Could Not Have Been Exported Because of Poor Shop Methods, American Society Is Told. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Walter N. Po- lakov, an engineer, declared at the meeting here today of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that at the outbreak of the war this coun try was "rushing headlong into a peri od of industrial depression caused by surplus 'production that could not be consumed in the United States and could not be exported because poor shop methods prevented us from pro ducing as cheaply as other countries.' Similar circumstances in Europe, he said, "culminated in the present great war when German methods of produc tion took away foreign markets from the countries which could not consume at ohme all they could produce. If it were not for the war between tae na tions, a war within the nations might have been Imminent. Under rational industrial manage ment, he said, investment in machinery of production pays, and all attemots to raise prices or refuse concessions to the reasonable demands of workmen on the grounds of increased investment charges are unfounded, for "either the ncrease of investment dartres is only illusory or is due to poor methods." ADDED JUDGE PROVIDED Senate Passes Bill for Heist Incapacitated Incumbents. Senator Hoke Smith s bill authorizing the President to appoint an additional Federal Judge in any district where the incumbent, has reached the age ol 7U, has served ten years, and is suffering from mental or physical disability of a permanent character. Many Republicans contended the bill unconstitutional. Senator Cummins proposed the language adopted relating to mental or physical disability, re placing the original words permitting action where the President finds the "official conduct of the business of the court" requires it. The bill now goes to the House. $49,000,000 ESTATE LEFT Most of Charles IV. Harkness Wealtu Goes to Brother. 1 ROBBER GETS $20,000 HOLD-rp EXECUTED ON BISV LOS ANGELES STREETS. Guard on Express Wagon Force to Un lock Cage Door After Which Pep per Is Thrown In His Eyes. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. Twenty thousand dollars in gold coin and cur rency was taken from a guarded ex press wagon in the downtown district today by a lone, unmasked man who covered the guard with a revolver. forced him to unlock the wagon cage and to open the strong box and escaped with the loot after he threw pepper in the guard's face, blinging him tempo rarily. Herman Rosenbloom, the guard, said the man stepped from the stream of persons passing, made him dismount from the driver's seat and go to the rear without attracting attention. The robbery was executed at the rear of the Pacific Electric building at Sixth and Los Angeles, across the street from temporary passenger load ing platforms where thousands of per sons pass every hour. If harnessed, it is estimated that the Victoria falls of the Zambesi River, i-i Africa, would provide 35,000.000 horsepower, or more than derived from coal and oil in the world today. NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Cnarles W. Harkness. who at the time of his death May 1, last, was said to be t.ie third 1 it i l pKt Vinlrtpr of Standard Oil stock. left an estate worth $49,566,895, accord- I A rrri-PlPTlfl ing to an appraisal filed with the Sur- -n.-" rogate here today. His brother, Edward S. Harkness. is the chief beneficiary under the will, receiving approximately J36, 182.000. To ms widow, Mrs. Mary Warden Hark ness, Mr. Harkv.es3 left more than $12, 000,000. Yale University and the Pres byterian Hospital ef tills city receive large sums. Tie amount to be paid by the estate to the state inheritance taxes will ap proximate nearly 2,000.000. for WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Bv a party vote of 83 to 25 the Senate today passed Two Bead, Six Hurt, In Collision. PRICE. Utah. Dec. 7. Two men killed and six men and women injured, one woman probably fatally, was the toll of a rear-end collision at the west limits of -the Prince yards of the Den ver & Rio Grande Railway at 10 o'clock this morning. One Paris motion picture plant pro duces an average of 3,000,000 feet of films weekly Only Today and Saturday. The popular favorites, Cleo Ridgely Wallace Reid In an amazingly powerful photodrama of mystery, love and thrills, mercilessly exposing the methods of the third degTee. "The Yellow Pawn" Also a funny new cartoon comedy and Selig-Tribune News. Only today and to morrow at Portland's foremost photo play theater, Alder at West Park. The "Anton, the Terrible, at the Star 5 -.5: .-' U -x- S ' V- JQ tollP.JL.; CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of Charlie Chaplin in 'Behind the Screen' TheComedy Kin gin His Latest Success . N by special re- B&rjQ quest one more day PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL WHEN H ai MARRY TWINS" Hllie Charles Ray -m- The Deserter su NS ET Only Today and Saturday The shrieks of his victims are music to the ears of the traitorous, merciless the Terrible" A surpassing film play from the recent powerful novel in the Saturday Evening Post, dealing with the present great war and showing treachery's punish ment and, true love's triumph. The all-star cast in cludes Anita King, Horace B. Carpenter, Harrison Ford, Edythe Chapman and the world's greatest character actor, To(Bodl Rob .ore new two-act On the same plendid programme a comedy-scream: "With or Without Only Today and Tomorrow at the 99 Washington, at Park. r.r '