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THE MORXIX6 OREGONTAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1916. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. AS HE APPE COLUMBIA ARS AN "THE THEATER. MATRIMAMAC" AT TODAY'S FIL3I FEATURES. Sunset Marguerite Clark, "Mol ly Make-Believe." Star Clara Kimball Young, "The Common Law." Broadway Lois Weber and Phil lips Smalley. "Idle Wives." Peoples Margarita Fischer. In "Miss Jackie of the Navy." Majestic Alice Joyce, "Whom the Gods Destroy." Columbia Douglas Fairbanks, In "The Matrimaniac." Globe Irene Fenwick, In "The Green Cloak." Here She Is Back Again Alice Joyce The Management wishes to extend to its friends and patrons A Merry Christmas 44 Beloved of the Movie Millions In a graphic Cyrus Townsend Brady story , Whom the Gods Destroy 99 A Drama of the Irish Rebellion involving the Patriot, Sir Roger Casement NOW PLAYING Pathe News Comedy HE Majestic. LATE trains played havoc with the Majestic Theater plans for the early week, and instead of pre senting Valeska Suratt in "The Victim," the. management yesterday commenced a screening of "Whom the Gods Destroy." The change undoubtedly was a happy one, for "Whom the Gods Destroy" is an unusual photodrama, one that will do Justice to even colored superlatives. This Vitagraph feature marks the re turn to the screen of Alice Joyce, one of the popular idols of fans two years ago. "The story, written by Cyrus Townsend Brady, utilizes the Irish re bellion and the Sir Roger Casement In cident of the world war to present a high-tension picture with stirring mo ments in every reel. The cast is a notable one, for in ad dition to Miss Joyce, Harry Morey and Marc McDermott are present. The three do magnificent work. Miss Joyce having a part that presents her to eplendid advantage. The story centers on Sir Denis Es mond (McDermott). who contemplates leading a band of Irishmen against England. In this he is aided by Mary O'Neil (Miss Joyce), the girl he loves. St. George Leigh (Morey), another ad mirer of Mary's and a true British patriot, is temporarily blinded on his ship and sent to Mary's home to re cuperate. Here he discovers Denis' plans and dissuades him from his pur pose, but to do so has to rip the ban dages from his eyes, to become blind for life. But St. George has not worked quick ly enough. Denis la arrested and sen tenced to hang for high treason. A pardon Is forthcoming, through the ef forts of St. George, and Mary chooses the Englishman jn preference to the rambunctious Irishman. A Hughie Mack Vitagraph comedy and Pathe news are other subjects on the bill. Sunset. Making other people happy is the noblest expression of Christmas spirit, so Margaret Clark is a feminine Santa Claus and "Molly Make-Believe" Is a Christmasv.Photodrama. It is a happy choice of holiday entertainment that Is being presented at the Sunset The ater, for "Molly Make-Believe" is a joy film and diminutive Miss Clark a Joyous person. In the role of Molly, a little girl from the country who invades the bigcity In search of a fortune for herself and little brother, and writes a chapter of happiness In the lives of many people before she is stolen away by the fairy prince of her dreams. Miss Clark charms as only she can. The story is full of laughs, while there are other moments of appeal to the sympathies rather than to mirthfulness. The story opens with Molly and her little brother living with their grand mother, a woman who struggles hard to keep the larder prosperous-looking. To decrease the burden upon the old woman Molly and the lad run away, hide in a big box, and are packed in a freight car consigned to the distant city. The two are discovered, chiefly because of the activity of their dog. who is a member oLthe party. Taken to the caboose. Molly is on hand to as sist the injured of a wreck, and also meets a young official of the road, who is the prince charming of her fancies. Going to an apartment-house, Molly conceives the idea of starting a letter writing company, furnishing letters on all subjects including love to her clients. In this way she again meets her adored one, and Just when she is ready to have a good cry. pack up her belongings and go back to the country, confessing failure, the skies brighten and prince charming takes her into his life. "Never Again." a Keystone comedy, introduces Willie Collier, Broadway star, as the head of a strong cast In a typical Mack Sennett two-reeler. Peoples. "Miss Jackie of the Navy" Is not a holiday picture, but it is good holiday entertainment. When going to see this picture the answer to the question, "Where shalU we leave the children?'.' is "Take "them along." In other words this Mutual starring the cute and clever Margarita Fischer, an Oregon product, is a production every member of the family will enjoy. There Is wealth of comedy, a love interest, and sufficient thrills to please those who do not demand the ultra-melodramatic. The story Is bright and crisp a sure cure for nervous depression. As joke on Captain Crowe, whom, she has neara, does not admire ner loud bath ing suits and other methods of adver tising her charms, Jackie undertakes to deliver a letter to the captain, said letter having been entrusted to the cook's son. While she is making de livery the boat sails and Jackie, togged out in boy's clothing, is compelled to take the journey. The Captain is com missioned to rescue from the natives of a South Sea Island a professor and his daughter. He lands with a few men and a fight ensues in which the Captain and the menare captured. He is offered by the high priest as a sac rifice at a feast interrupted by the res cuers. Jackie", in an effort to save her friend, complicates things a trifle, but all ends right merrily, the Captain showing his appreciation of Jackie's services in the usual way. ine u. ts. s. south Dakota was used for the naval scenes, while lavish society pictures show the famous Coronado Hotel at San Diego. "A Villainous Pursuit," a new Black Diamond comedy, is a funny addition to the bill. There is a one-reeler from the new service Paramount has i cured for its patrons. IE PLEASURE of living at Hotel NORTONIA is immeasurably en hanced when Com fort Convenience Courteous Service and perfect Cuisine sparkle with NOR. TONIA individuality. It is Individuality the per sonality bak of it that greets you in the lobby at the desk in the dining hall guest room every where that makes Vour stay enjoyable. Pleasant HOMELIKE rooms Without bath $x or more -with bath. $i.5o par day upwards. urn off Washington Portland Columbia. With Santa Claus at the door, a rich and artistic foyer display radiating Christmas and good cheer, a stage ef feet that elicits applause from fandom a Columbia River Highway picture that makes one proud of Oregon, and a Douglas Fairbanks feature that stands for film delight, the Columbia Theater makes its holiday bow to the public. "The Matrimaniac" is the name of the latest comedy presenting Fair banks, the irrepressible one of aero batlc energies and general screen radiance. He represents physical agility and temperamental optimism the kind that halts at nothing when once It has named a goal. The goal in this instance is a girl Constance Talmadge when absent from the screen and our hero gets her at last, al though the marriage is conducted in a novel and legally dubious way - the man on. a telegraph pole, the girl In hotel room and the preacher in Jail the telephone does it. The main action, and there is plenty of It, centers about Jimmy Conroy who, at the start of his elopement, gets separated from his fair com panion because of his endeavor to ob tain a minister at a way static He misses the train and then he and the preacher are shown proceeding after in haste in all kinds of conveyances handcar, muleback and even on the bumpers. The minister, who has been rudely pulled from his bathtub by the anxious Jimmy, cuts an uproariously funny figure. In the end Jimmy de feats the interference plans of the girl's father and the parental choice for her husband, and they are married over the wire. The Columbia River Highway pic ture pays high photographic tribute to the scenic beauties and wonders of the famed Oregon tourist point. Florence Rose fashion film and colored reel of the three most popular feminine stars of the films in the stellar role, opened a four-day engagement at the Star Theater yesterday. This is the first of the series of Clara Kimball Young pictures to. be presented during the season by Lewis J. Selznick, and is a fitting Inaugura tion of the programme. It is the most successful picture in which Miss Young has over appeared, and from the stand point of beauty, artistry and acting, is entitled to a high rank among the masterpieces of the celluloid. Miss Young is cast in the role of Valerie West, a girl of good family who . is reduced by circumstances to earn her own living. She becomes an artist's model, and not only pleases her employer by her grace of figure and beauty of face, but he, as well as his friends fall in love with her. Valerie reciprocates the artist's affection, but when his parents, through an adopted daughter they wish their son to wed, plead with Valerie to save the career of the artist, she refuses to marry him. Her love encompassing this sacrifice. Valerie then promises to give herself to her lover under the common law. But before the day arrives a series of incidents. during which alerie Is grossly insulted and one of her ad mirers meets his death, takes the girl to the home of her adored on' There his parents are brought to a realization of the girl's purity of character and their son's love for her, and lawful wedlock Is the result. Yesterday Norman Parrlsh opened special engagement at the Star in a repertoire of marimba solos. Globe. "The Green Cloak," a mystery story. written by Owen Davis and Henry Kitchell Webster, featuring the beau tiful Irene Fenwick, of "The Song of Songs" fame on the speaking stage. opened a three-day engagement at the Globe Theater yesterday. Miss Fenwick appears as the inno cent Rutli McAllister, accused or her husband's murder, in the five-reeler of love, mystery and adventure. When Ruth returns with her father from a Western jaunt she breaks her engage ment with John Gilbert, a young attor ney. A stranger, calling at the mo ment, is introduced by Ruth as "a Western friend." An hour later he is found strangled to death in the McAl lister home. When the police arrive Ruth confesses that the dead man was her husband and she is promptly ac cused of the murder. Then comes the untangling of the threads, a process that results in the rehabilitation of the girl and the complete recovery of her happiness. FAIR GROUNDS DESIRED LAXB COUNTY TAXPAYERS WAST ACT ENABLING PURCHASE. SPRUCE IS SOUGHT British Seek Northwest Out put for Aeroplanes. MILLIONS OF FEET NEEDED placed opposite the Town Hall. Four hundred bags of candy have been made by members of the Women's Improve ment Club. Pop corn was strung by Winlock school children. A municipal Christmas tree will also be held In the Oakvllle Opera-house tomorrow night. COVE BOY WINS HONORS Veterinary Student at Pullman Knighted With Bone of Horse. I- Committee Instructed to Confer With Lea-lslatorx Budget of ?U!1.30 la Approved. EUGENE;- Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) The taxpayers of Lane County, in an nual meeting this afternoon, directed their legislative committee to confer with the members of the State Legisla ture from the county with instructions to urge them to do their utmost in procuring legislation which will enable Lane County to purchase suitable fair grounds. The Lane County Fair is held each year in Eugene on grounds belonging to the Lane County Agricultural Asso ciation, for which the . county pays a rental of $1000 a year. The taxpayers gave practically unani mous approval of the budget for 1917 as prepared by the Lane County Court providing for expenditures totaling 5291.320. An attack on an appropriation for widows' pensions, based on the con tention that the law should be repealed because of abuses, failed, and $9000 for this purpose was included In the budget. A report by the committee on roads favoring the Installation of a complete and adequate cost-keeping system and calling for detailed statements of the cost of the various projects to the tax payers in annual meeting each year was adopted. The budget was reduced more than $30,000 since tne nrst estimates were made by the County Court. Lumber Producers Expect Gulf States to Supply Europe After War With Yellow Pine With Domestic Trade for Oregon. The warring nations of Europe want Oregon and Washington spruce for aeroplane frames. Both sides in the bloody struggle have been negotiating with the lumber producers who are Just as ready to sell to one as to the other so long as they get the money. Informal negotiations were somewhat interrupted by the Teutonic peace pro posals a few weeks ago, but have been resumed within the last few days. It is said that the British allies are offering the spruce manufacturers a substantial advance over their 1916 boaing figures with an agreement to take the entire output. Heretofore they have bought only enough spruce for their own requirements. It is be lieved that their latest tactics are for the purpose of shutting off the supply that might go to Germany. Spruce from Oregon and Washington has revolutionized aeroplane construc tion in Europe. An English aeroplane captain recently in this country re ported that the allies now have 32.000 air machines In use most of them built of Pacific Northwest spruce. The average loss, he said, is SO aeroplanes a day in Northern France alone. The present type of construction re quires about 1000 feet of spruce for an ordinary aeroplane and 2500 for a hydroplane. "Aeroplane spruce," as it has come to be known, is one of the few com modities that the Northwest has been able to sell to the European fighters. Lumbermen are confidently walling for the close of the war. though, in the firm belief that they will enjoy an un precedented demand for their product. While it Is probable that the yellow pine producers of the Gulf states on account of their proximity to the At lantic Coast will get most of the bt ness for rebuilding Europe, some o doubtless will be deflected to the Northwest. Douglas fir railroad ma terial, for Instance, already has won favor among the European countries and will continue In demand after the war. If the Southern pine producers get the expected volume of after-war busi ness, it is certain that the domestic trade will be left open for the Nortn western mills, which alone will provide a wonderful stimulus for the industry in this territory. Local lumbermen do not figure that the European countries, with the ex ception of Germany, will be in position to supply the tremendous demand for lumber that is sure to set in right after the- war closes. ' It is understood here that much of Russia's timber sup ply has been destroyed. Probably the most stimulating effect that the close of the war will have on mills of the Pacific Northwest will come through the release of ocean ton nage now used for other purposes. The regular 'over-seas markets in Aus tralia. China and South America are said to be barren of lumber and greatly in need of extensive supplies, which will be purchased Just as soon as ocean freights are restored to a normal rate. COVE. Or, Dec. 24. (Special.) Floyd Antles, son of A- A. Antles. cherry orehardist. in the mid-semester examination in anatomy Just held in Washington School of Veterinary Sur gery at Pullman, Wash.. won first place. It being a custom In this school to reward the student who wins for him self any marked distinction, Mr. Antles had his choice of "three down" or "five in the air" by the pro fessor In charge. With his mind on mathematics. Cove's ambitious stuBent took first choice. He was ordered to humble himself on all fours. The pro fessor then knighted him with three blows given by the shoulder blade of a horse. BIG BRIDGE IS CROSSED i. STUART, PAPER MAN. VANCOUVF.R HIWB FIRST PEDEJTR1W. 3" CHURCH TO SHOW MOVIES Washottgal Pastor Plans Special Sunday Evening Prbgraninies. WASHOUGAL. Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) The First Congregational Church of this place has installed a moving picture machine and celebrated Christmas eve with two reels expres sive of the holiday season. Moving pictures will be given In the future at every Sunday evening scjrvice combined with orchestra and choir se lections and a short sermon. The ma chine was purchased through the ef forts of Rev. C. F. Clapp. the veteran pastor of the church, who believes tha the "movies" should be used for relig ious purposes. , Pc Ell Ships, Carloads of Honey. CENTRALIA. Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) The Pe Ell cannery has canned a considerable quantity of honey dur ing the past few weeks, all of which found a ready market. One carload was shipped to Seattle and another to Idaho. The bulk of the honey was supplied to th plant by Marzell Muller. Law Interpreted for Chiropractors. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 24. (Special.) In response to an Inquiry from George Hoeye. president of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Attorney-General Brown has given an opinion that chiropractors In the state cannot ad minister anesthetics In cases of minor surgery and obstetrics. Trip Across Interstate Structure Is Made bj CllmblBK Over Raised Draw Span ravine Hon On. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) Gordon Stuart, a local news paper correspondent, claims the dis tinction of being the first pedestrian to cross the Columbia River Interstate bridge after the last span was floated into position and dropped on the piers. Mr. Stuart arose early today and went to the bridge, carrying his camera. The draw span is about 40 feet In the air to allow river steamers to pass up and down the river. The draw span can only be reached by climbing a long ladder and steel braces. This Mr. Stuart did, and descended in like manner on the other end. The forms for the floor of the last span were put in place before the span was moved yesterday, so walking across the bridge was easy except the climb over the draw span, Stuart said. Frank M. Cortelyou, bridge engineer, and several other employes of the bridge, crossed yesterday, going out from this end. waiting until the span was in place, then continued their Journey to the Oregon side. But Mr. Stuart was the first pedes trian, and there being no toll-takers present, he paid no toll. With the placing of the last span in the Columbia River Interstate bridge yesterday, the contract of Porter Bros., McCreary & Willard was completed. The remainder of the work is now up to the paving contractors, and they are working, taking advantage of the good weather tonay by having a large crew at work on the fill between the Hayden Island end of the bridge and the girder spans across Oregon Slough. It Is the general belief now of those most in touch that February 1 will probably see the bridge opened to traf fic, though the formal opening will be held In June, when the Portland Rose Festival is celebrated. Elk Lenve Mountains Early. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) The band of elk which always Winters at Black Creek, six miles north of Montesano, has already arrived, which Indicates that heavy snows have fallen in the mountains. Their arrival is much earlier than in former years. Residents of the district fear that they will lose this band because of the ad vent of a logging railroad into the Black Creek district and efforts will be made to keep the elk from being molested In any way. so that they will not be frightened away. PEOPLES Topping the world for quality The Oregon Girl MARGARITA FISCHER In the amazing photoplay of laughs, romance and thrills Miss Jackie of The Navy A funny new Black Dia mond Comedy also. Don't miss this exceptional performance. STAR Washington at Park Clara Kimball YOUNG The Idol of the Millions In the superb 7 act pictur ization of Robert VV. Chambers' The Common Law Added feature: Popular marimbaphone solos only three days today 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. Spain, are also screened. Star. . "The Common Law," a dramatic and artistic picturization of the popular Robert w. Chambers novel of that name, with Clara Kimball Young, one W. Wells, of Maplcton, Dead. EUGENE, Dec. 24. (Special.) Word has been ' received In Eugene of the death of W. Wells. 76. of Mapleton. Mr. Wells was a veteran of the Civil War. having served in the Union Army, and showing rich and quaint costumes oflwas one of the first settlers in the Sluslaw region. He had made his home in Mapleton for about 30 years. Mr. Wells is survived by his wife and five children as follows: Fred Wells, of Deadwood: William P Wells, of Baker; Mrs. A. Linn, of Mercer; Mrs. O. S. Phelps, of Florence, and Mrs. B. F. Fiske. of Eugene. PARSONAGE LOT PAID FOR Cove Methodist Episcopal Church Vomen Wipe Out Debt. COVE. Or.. Dec. 24. (Special.) Cove Methodist Episcopal Church has made final payment on Its parsonage lot. Thursday flight at a reception in the parlors of Its pretty parsonage, ten dered by the members to their new pastor. Rev. C. C. Pratt, and family, and in the presence of guests from the other churches, the Ladies' Aid pre sented the trustees of the church a warranty deed to the parsonage lot. On motion it was decided to burn the canceled note. Mrs. M. J. Duffcy, treasurer of the aid, applied the match. As this new incense arose the as sembly united In singing the doxology. Winlock Entertainment Is Tonight. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Dec 24. (Spe cial.) A Christmas tree entertainment will be staged in Winlock tomorrow night, under the auspices of the Bunga low City Club. A tree, 30 feet high and electrically illuminated, will be 4fl Wishing All Our Friends and Patrons A MERRY CHRISTMAS While offering a vivid picturization of Lois Weber's expose of Society in Glass Houses "Idle Wives" Featuring Miss Weber, Phillips Smalley and Mary MacLaren Special musical program by Broadway Symphony Orchestra Geo. E. Metcalf, Director msmm Phime Main 21 BROADWAY AT STARK Admission 10c and I5c A r
