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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 191 G.
INDUSTRY TO STUDY
BILLS COii UP
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Proposed Legislation's Effect
on Struggling Employer
to Be Determined.
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CHAMBER TO HEAR REPORT
Approval Also Is Given Movement
for Natural Monopolies Under
Federal Supervision and Plana
Jor Teachers Axe Laid.
Industry and the business man -who
Is trying- to establish a payroll-producing-
enterprise in Oregon will be
heard at the State Legislature in the
coming session, if the plan worked out
by the executive committee of .the
Chamber of Commerce at Its meeting
yesterday proves successful.
President O. M. Clark was authorized
to name a committee of from five to
Feven representative employers of la
bor, either in manufacturing or other
lines, to take up at once a study of
the different proposals for legislation
to come before the next session of -the
Legislature, which bear upon labor.
The purpose is to study them from
the viewpoint of the man who is try
ing to establish a business that win
return him a fair reward and will- add
to the payroll prosperity of the com
munity. It Is planned to prepare in
formation and arguments on the pro
posed legislation which will give the
legislators an opportunity to get a fair
exposition of the position taken by the
employer in relation to proposed legis
lation. Chamber to Vote on Report.
This comimttee Is also Intended to
act as a clearing house for reports
from various special comlmttees that
have been named to look into specif io
legislative measures proposed.
Before the session of the Legislature
the committee will bring a report be
fore the entire membership of the
Chamber, which is to reflect as nearly
as possible the sentiment of the busi
ness men on all impending legislation
affecting business, and this report will
be submitted In a referendum to a vote
of the entire membership.
President Clark will name this com
mittee today, probably.
The executive committee yesterday
approved the referendum in the Na
tional Chamber of Commerce which
recommends remedial legislation to
permit co-operative agreements under
Federal supervision, of industries In
volving primary natural resources, pro
viding such agreement tends to con
serve the "resources, -lessen accidents
and promote the public interests. The
referendum was recommended to the
committee both by the bureau of trade
and commerce and the lumber bureau.
Changes In Fishing Opposed.
The clvio and publicity bureaus
were authorized to begin the organiza
tion necessary to provide for the en
tertainment of the National Education
Association at its great convention in
Portland next Summer.
In accordance with a request from
people on the Rogue River who are
dependent on commercial fishing for
their livelihood, the Chamber urged by
resolution that the Legislature do not
modify the laws at present governing
commercial fishing on the Lower
Rogue, although it Is understood that
an angler's bill is proposed which, if
passed, would throw out of business
come 600 persons who are engaged in
commercial fishing.
RELIEF FUNDS 1M LONDON
Money Collected In Portland for Suf
ferers Reaches Destination.
Money derived from the sale of a
ring made from parts of an aeroplane
used by the allies in the European war.
together with other funds collected for
the Belgian relief in Portland, has been
turned over t Gertrude Major of the
Belgian War Relief Committee in Lon
don, according to information received
by Mrs. E. A. "Wyld. of Portland, re
cently. The letter eays that more than
25 pounds sterling have been turned
over by Miss Edith Lanyon as coming
from Portland women.
Some of the money was devised, from
a Belgian Relief tea given by Mrs.
"Wyld several months ago. The re
mainder of the sum was general subscriptions.
Imnch Served In Schools.
DAMASCUS. Or- Dec 20. (Special.)
Hot lunches are being served In the
public school here by the teachers
and pupils this week, for the first
time, as a means of testing the advis
ability of purchasing the necessary ap
paratus to continue the practice during I rob
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Columbia Mae Marsh, "The
Wharf Rat."
Sunset William S. Hart, "Be
tween Men."
Star "Pendleton Round-up of
1916."
Peoples Frank Mclntyre, "The'
Traveling Salesman."
Majestic Gretchen Hartman,
"The Love Thief."
Globe Kathlyn Williams and Ty
rone Power, "Sweet Alyssum,"
the Winter months.
ABT GENE FRAZER, one of the
infant prodigies of the screen,
. saw herself in action before a
regular film audience yesterday. Gene,
or "Baby Steve," as she is known to her
intimates, watched her shadow self
perform on the Globe Theater screen
in "Sweet Alyssum."
"Little Miss Frazer is a pioneer of the
screen, or at least a pioneer Infant,
for this lass of, but four Summers has
been In pictures for two years, and they
had to await production of her first pic
ture In order that she master the art of
walking.
Gene and her mother. Mrs. H. W.
Frazer. of San Francisco, are visiting
friends of the East Side, and will re
main In Portland until after New
Year's.
Miss Jean, who is a pal of Tom Sant
schi, the big Sellg actor who had that
terrific scrap with William Farnum in
"The Spoilers," has been playing in
Sellg pictures for two years, and dur
ing that time has been in 14 produc
tions. In "Sweet Alyssum" the youngs-. r
was many months younger than at
present, and after critically observing
her celluloid antics she declares that
her art has much improved since the
days she posed as the much-discussed
baby of the Kathleen Williams-Tyrone
Power picture
Peoples.
Frank Mclntyre, one of the foremost
comedians of the stage, makes his film
debut at the Peoples Theater today in
"The Traveling Salesman," that all-year-round
Christmas comedy-drama.
The film is an adaptation of the play
in which Mclnty re toured the country
for three" seasons, and pre-exhibitlon
critics declare that the film presenta
tion is superior to Its stage rival.
The story deals with a traveling
salesman, who finds himself in a little
town on Christmas day, and settles
down resignedly to have the most
awful time of his life. But before he
has been in the town 10 minutes things
begin to happen, and before he knows
it he Is deep in the meshes of a plot to
girL Ere long the drummer is
I battling for the hand of the girl, with
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GRAND OPENING
BROADWAY
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BROADWAY AND STARK STREETS
Under management of Edwin F. James, Saturday evening at
8 o'clock.
George Broadhurst's Famous Drama,
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Starring
MISS ALICE BRADY
Special Musical Programme by Broadway
Symphony Orchestra of Fifteen Pieces.
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whom he"' has fallen in love. A Black
Diamond comedy and Sellg Tribune
News Weekly will also be exhibited.
Sunset.
"Between Men," the Triangle feature
to be exhibited today at the Sunset
Theater, is a William S. Hart film,
but a production far removed from the
ordinary picture in which this great
portrayer or Western bad-man roles is
shown. True, Hart is a Westerner,
but his aetivity'is confined almost ex
clusively to the East, where he engages
in a battle af hearts and finance with
the kings of Wall street.
House Peters and Enid Markey are
prominent characters in this strong
story of combat, a stirring fistic battle
between Hart and Peters being one of
me reacures or the film.
"Pills of Peril," a successful Key
stoner with more than 'the average
number of laughs, and the Burton
Holmes Travelogue showing views of
Bavaria, will also be screened.
Columbia.
"The Wharf Rat." a story of San
Francisco's waterfront. with Mae
Marsh, the quaint little Triangle star,
as the headliner, will open an engage
ment at the Columbia Theater today.
It Is a typical Marsh story, full of
sympathetic touches, yet exciting
enough for the most red-blooded. The
cast includes Robert Harron. who has
appeared with much success in nearly
all of the recent Marsh pictures. This
Is one of the last of the films In which
miss Marsh will appear for Trangle,
for she was signally honored by belnir
chosen as the first star of the big, new
Gold wyn concern.
"Two Small Town Romeos ." a comodv
with Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran as
principals, the world's news in nlet
and "Bobb Bear," a noveltyy that will
appeal particularly to children, will
also be presented.
Majestic.
"The Love Thief" a stirrinr tnn r
the Mexican border, with the power of
a woman s jealousy the underlying
theme, is the William Fox photodrama
to be presented at the Majestic Theater
today. Gretchen Hartman and Alan
Hale are co-stars in this story of rapid
fire action.
Miss Hartman plays the role f n
Mexican girl. Juanita, who falls in love
with an American, only to find that he
is engaged to one of his compatriots.
The Mexican girl captures her rival and
also the man she loves in a raid on an
American, and plans vengeance upon
the American who spurns her. The
lovers escape after many thrilling ex
periences. A Hughle Mack Vltagraph comedy
and Pathe News will also be screened.
Star.
The 1916 Pendleton Round-up, one of
tne most successful of the frontier
carnivals, will be presented In pictures
U 'Yit Peters
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K E Y STONE
N. B. "Keystone" Means "Laugh"
"PILLS OF PERIL"
Burton Holmes'
Travelogue
"Beautiful Bavaria"
Recently .
Starred in
The Devil's Double"
Famous as
Star of "The
Great Divide"
and
The Closed
Road"
Featured last
week in
'Aloha Oe"
Robert
McKim
Prominent
Triangle Star
In
Another Hit on Sunday
MARGUERITE CLARK
in "Molly Make-Believe"
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ETWEEN MEN
When West came East and beat East at its
own game Three days at the
at the Star Theater today In conjunc
tion with Diamond's Hawaiian Trio.
The cowboy sports, bull-dogging,
breaking bronchos, etc. are all vividly
presented In what are said to be the
best pictures ever taken of this annual
event.
This is the first time In several years
that Rouhd-up pictures have been ex
hibited at one of the regular film
amusement places of Portland.
Diamond's Hawaiian Trio, which pre
sents an act composed of singing, danc
ing and instrumental numbers. Is mak
ing a hit with the Star patrons. Their
week-end entertainment will be com
posed of new selections.
Screen Gossip.
Edna Goodrlch7 who was seen in a
number of Morosco-Paramount pic
tures, is in vaudeville, opening an
engagement at New Tork a few days
ago.
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The plans of Frank Keenan during
the coming year call for dual appear
ances on stage and screen. Frank has
lust finished an engagement with Tri
angle. It was anounced recently that Ethel
Barrymore would not appear on the
legitimate stage again but would de
vote all of her time to Metro photo
plays. An Alton, 111., motion-picture ex
hibitor recently gave a benefit show
and charged children three potatoes
admission, and 60 cents or a half
bushel of potatoes for adults.
If Virginia Pearson adds to the Jew
els she Is wearing for picture pur
poses a "dead" line may be drawn
around the William Fox studios at
Fort Lee. Here are some of the Jew
els which the beautiful star wears:
A large diamond and sapphire Egyp
tian ring, a ring with a wonderful
black square onyxstone, with a pearl
In the center; a ring with an onyx, two
pearls and a diamond, an opal and
amethyst ring with a border of dia
monds; a black onyx bracelet, a long
string of pearls hung In a. festoon
from ner neck to her knees.
Fay Tlncher Is "at large," which
means the comedienne who has such
a wonderful impersonation of Dul
clnea In "Don Quixote." soon will be
gobbled up by some film concern. The
"black and white girl" is too big an
attraction to roam long at liberty.
Now it is rumored that Douglas
Fairbanks will head a company of bis
own. He is soon to go to New York
and it looks as If Triangle had lost
him. Next thing, if Triangle doesn't
look out. Bessie Love will do likewise.
She Is gaining in popularity very rap
idly. George Arllss Is one of the few fa
mous actors not in the films yet. But
he's reported to view favorably, which
may well be believed, an offer of
$23,500 said to have been made him
by Herbert Brenon, director of "War
Brides."
Robert Vivian, picture actor, recalls
that he dressed in a bear's den while
with the Ben Greet players in Cincin
nati. O.
Shakespeare was being done In the
park, and the soo provided the only
dressing rooms.
I never have regretted the fact that
there was no bear in the dea assigned
to me," says Vivian.
Robert G. Vlgnola is preparing a
treatise on "Authors I Have Screened,"
one chapter of which will be devoted
to the respective motion picture adap
tabilities of Charles Dickens and Booth
Tarklngton The Famous Players di
rector feels qualified to talk on the
subjeet after screening adaptations of
here's a "made-in-Oregon" film that makes the East look tame
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wild
horses
broke
the
camera
man's
ribs,
but he
got the
picture.
See it!
Twill
hand
you a
real
thrill.
Those wonderful
Hawaii ans on the
same programme.
New and popular
songs and novelties.
Thrills, laughs, sensations, deeds of daring follow one an
other in rapid succession in this smashing, spectacular, vivid
"epic of the West"
1916 Pendleton
Round-up
Made in Oregon by Oregonians in the presence of 60,000
amazed spectators, showing world's champions being made.
Real cowboys, cowgirls, Indians, bucking horses, buffaloes,
wild steer bulldogging, stage-coach racing, pony express
riding and stunts to bring your heart into your throat. Six
thousand feet of swift action, superbly photographed by
daring camera men.
Only Three Days,
Starting Today.
11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
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"Great Expectations" and "Seven
teen." with Louise Huff and Jack Pick
ford in the stellar roles of both pro
ductions. Oscar Apfel, former Fox dlreotor, hss
been given a directorship by Fred
Balshofer at the latter's Yorke-Metro
studio. ,
A former American Film cameraman,
Tom Mlddleton. Is practicing Jap talk.
as be has been engaged as chief crank
er of the Fuji Tama Features, and will
leave December Z2 for Japan with the
company.
The Morosco star, Kathlyn Williams,
in spite of her doctor's orders. Insisted
upon working last Saturday on account
of the fact that some 200 extras had
been called for her scenes. Miss Wil
liams has been already famed for her
consideration for others.
LOVE and WAR
Are the two forces which vie with
each other for supremecy
in
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Featuring
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Gretchen Hartman
Alan Hale
A tale of life on the Mexican border and the fight
a woman makes for a man's affections
Pathe
News
Hughie Mack
Comedy
STARTING TODAY
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