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THURSDAY, DECEMBEB 28. 1916. ONE-YEAR TRAINING FOR ALL PROPOSED SPOKANE SELECTED AS LOAN BANK SITE Argentina's Military Sysetrri Model for Universal L Service Bill. Twelve Cities Chosen, 5 Being in West and 2 on Pacific Coast. Broadway at Stark Street 3 Days Only Today, Tomorrow, Saturday PLAN IS TO HAVE 3,000,000 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. EARLY OPERATION LIKELY THE MORNING OBEGO NI AN, r if n Mr MmntftwmrBmi 1 Main 21 Measure Designed to Keep 5 00,0 00 Under Training at All Times, With 2,500,00 0 Reservists Subject to Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Argentina's military syetem is serving as a model for the universal service bill now be ing drafted by a committee of the Army genera! staff. Officers familiar wtih staff opinion said today that while details bad not been completed, the measure was designed to keep half a million men under training, with 2,500, 000 trained reservists subject to call. It probably will be three weeks be fore the bill and accompanying esti mates of costs are ready for submis sion to the Secretary of War. The chairman of the House military com mittee has asked to see it. and it will be sent to the Capitol for, the commit tee's information, though there is no Indication that it will go with any sort of indorsement from the Administra tion. Secretary Baker has not said whether he will approve or disapprove. Year's Training for All Provided. The main feature of the staff bill will be its provision for one year of lntens've military Instruction for all youths subject to its terms. It is ex pected that exemptions due to physical disqualifications and for other reasons, including, possibly, the conscription of certain men for work in industrial Plants necessary In war times, would leave available for Army training be tween 450,000 and 500.000 of the 1,000. 000 boys who reach the age of 18 each year. In fixing upon a year as the mini mum time for training the general staff has followed the theory that the United States seeks to provide only for an Army of defense. It has been stated to the House committee by Major General Hugh L. Scott that although European nations give every soldier at least two years of hard work before turning him into the reserve, because of the geographical position .of the country a year will suffice herei" Training After War Planned. The argument advanced to support this view was that there would be suf ficient time to give finishing touches to the military education of reservists after war had broken out and before Invading expeditions could be landed In force. In a broad way the outline of the general staff continental Army plan of last year would be followed in distrib uting tactical units of the reserve into 19 infantry and six cavalry divisions. Reservists would be liable for two years' service in this force before pass ing into the unorganized reserve. The result, when the system had been In operation a number of years, would be to give 500,000 men under arms and ' In process of training, a million more trained, equipped, organized and ready for immediate muster as first-line troops, and behind these the unor ganized, but trained, reserve, number ing more than 1.500.000. This is the basis on which estimates of cost will be made by the general staff committee. MANAGER FORM BILL READY New Government for Second-Class Washington Cities Proposed. ABERDETBN, Wash., Dec. 2T. (Spe cial.) A rough draft of the Graham bill, which proposes to make the adop tion of the city manager form of gov ernment possible for Washington cities of the second class, has been complet ed by Representative-elect A. E. Gra ham. This proposes that the city shall be governed by a council of 12, elected every two years and to serve without pay. The council Is to appoint a Mayor as city manager. He is to hold office as long as his services prove satisfac tory to the City Council. MEXICANS WANT CHINESE Cotton Planters Ask for Bids on Transportation of Daborers. SEATTLE, Dec. 27. Steamship com panies operating to the Orient were re quested today h Mexican cotton planters at MexicaB and vicinity to sub mit bids for transportation of 1000 Chinese laborers from Hongkong to the Pacific Coast. The planters report a serious shortage of laborers on account of the war. As a. bond of $500 would be required by the Government on each Chinese en tering the United States en route to Mexican, shipping companies are dis inclined to bid on transportation. ECZEMA IN RASH ITCHED AND BURNED On Knees. Also on Arms From Wrists to Elbows. Skin Would Crack Open. Could Not Sleep. HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT "I had eczema from my knees to my thighs, and also on my arms from wrists to elbows. It was in a rash which was in blotches and was very red and sore. The skin would crack open and itch and burn and I could not sleep. The blotches would swell and my clothing ag gravated them. "A nurse told me to get Cuticura Soap and Oint ment and I did so. I washed the affected parts with Cuticura Soapsuds, and then applied the Oint ment and it took six months to heal me. (Signed) Mrs. J. M. Rigour, 423-23rd St., Denver, Colo., Jan. 4, 1916. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad dress post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston." Sold throughout the world. U r -&se r-esZ: 77?& -ma 77 TnctT SS?e -2a s3hs TODAY'S FILM FEATURES Peoples Lou Tellegen, "The Vic toria Cross." Majestic Valeska Suratt, "The Victim." Columbia Hargery Wilson and Frank Keenan, "The Sin Ye Do." Sunset Bessie Barrlscale, "The Payment." Star Vivian Martin, "The Right Direction." Broadway Lina Cavallerl, "The Shadow of Her Past"; "1916 Chaplin Revue." Globe Fritzl Brunette, "TJnto Those Who Sin." N' ((VTO MATTER how low the price lor evil doing. It is too high. This philosophy of life is rec ognized by Bessie Barrlscale in her highly emotional role in "The Pay ment," a strong photoplay of modern life, a girl's ambition, her rise and sacrifice, now being screened at the Sunset Theater. Success as the goal of life, a success achieved in ways however devious, is the keynote of the life of' a young factory-town girl, who tires of the sor didness of her surroundings, work in the mills, strikes and plain, every-day poverty. She would become an artist, so leaves home and invades the city. There she meets a wealthy man, who furnishes money to send her to Europe to complete her studies. Years later the woman returns, a successful artist who is lionized by society. She meets the man who had sent her to Europe, and is made much of by his wife. Not only that, but the wife's brother falls in love with the girl, and she is ready to accept him. Then comes her talk with the man of her past. He opposes the marriage, apparently not so much because of his adherence to the code of double-standard morals, but to ave her home from future wreck. In a forceful climax he points to a guilty conscience, forever compelling, as the means of' opening the heart of the woman to her hus band. Thus renunciation of the man she loves is forced upon the victim of one of life's tragedies. Charles Miller and William Desmond furnish characterizations which admir ably support the splendid histrionic work of. the star. "Skirts," a mirthful two-reel com edy, with Fay Tlncher as the star, and an Interesting Burton Holmes Trav alogue, "Down the Danube to Vienna," are also presented. In California gold earth's surface. mine. Selig-Tribune News Weekly will also bo shown. Columbia. Peoples. Lou Tellegen. Cleo Ridgley and Sessue Hayakawa comprise the tri star combination presented at the Peo ples Theater today in "The Victoria Cross," a story of love and adventure founded on the massacre of the English at Cawnpore during the Sepoy rebel lion. Although Tellegen Is credited with being the first actor to appear in pic tures, he has been in but three other pictures, "The Explorer," "The Un known" and the "Victory of Con science," all Lasky products. Hayakawa, the noted Japanese star, is considered one of the most capable villains on the screen, and as Azimoo lah, the chief conspirator in the Indian uprising, has wonderful opportunities to display- his talents. Mabel Van Buren and Ernest Joy, in addition to Miss Ridgley Tellegen's leading wom an, are in the strong cast. A Paramount Pictograph will be an other subject on the programme. Broadway. Lina Cavalieri, or "La Cavalieri," as she was known when she sang In the Folles Bergere at Paris, and whose classic beauty is noted throughout the world, has been featured with her husband, Lucien Muratore, in "The Shadow of Her Past." a photoplay to be screened today at the Broadway Theater. With this five-reeler will be shown the 1916 Chaplin Revue, a five-part comedy billed as "the year's greatest fun frolic," and presenting the comedy king, Charles Spencer Chaplin, in the longest Chaplin feature. "The Shadow of Her Past" Is a ro mantic tale of an American girl study ing music in Italy. She falls in love with a promising young painter, but her head is turned by titled attention, and she spurns her lover. However, she is finally brought to her senses when "Peter, the rejected one, ts wounded in a duel, but her actions did not result in the usual ending. Star. A screen story with a big punch, filled with scenes of pathetic humor and great heart interest, is promised by the Star Theater management in "The Right Direction," a feature open ing today with Vivian Martin as the star. This attraction deals with a beauti ful little wanderer, a girl of the slums, a baby and a dog. and of what hap pened to them on their long tramp across the continent. The many ex citing things that happen on the way, the meeting with the handsome col lege youth, the . episode with the "jeggmen" and the hazard at the gold miife, are all pictured In this Para mount subject. An unusual feature of the production is the showing of scenes filmed nearly. 3.Q0 feet .below, the "The Sin Te Do." a story of the un written law and a man Who does not believe in it, but changes his attitude at the call of blood, is the offering at the Columbia Theater today. The cast is an unusual one, with Frank Keenan, Ma.rgery Wilson, Margaret Thompson, Howard Hickman and Jack Gilbert, the Portland boy. Keenan is cast in the role of an able but unscrupulous attorneyi who scorns the unwritten law. He Is' called upon to prosecute a little stenographer who has killed her employer, and discovers that the girl is his daughter. Then it is "right about, face," and the father is soon engrossed In the defense of the girl he had volunteered to prosecute. "Safety First," a Mack Swain Key stone comedy, said to be one of the best of recent Mack Sennett offerings, will be screened, together with a news pictorial. Majestic. Valeska Suratt, vaudeville queen who has been starring in William Fox films, will be the pbotodramatic headliner at the Majestic Theater today in "The Victim," a picture originally billed for Saturday, but delayed by poor train service. "The Victim" deals with the over whelming fate which defeats a worn an's sternest efforts to leave a pathway beset by criminals. Miss Suratt, who Is supported by Herbert Heyes, a for mer Portlander, and Clair Whitney, is seen in the role of Ruth Merrill, daugh ter of a crook. Ruth quits the old life and marries a wealthy physician, only to have the members of the old 'gang appear to wreck her happiness. The girl is charged with murder, a killing done by her father, and his confession finally clears the atmosphere. A comedy and Pathe News will be screened In addition to the five-reeler. Screen Gossip. Berkeley, Cal., now has a film studio. It is called the Italla-Amerlcan. The famous "Captain Barnacle" series of Btories has been purchased by Vitagraph. Bobby Connelly will be featured In them. Mary Pickford will be seen in "A Poor Little Rich Girl'' ere long. Bobby Connelly, of Vitagraph, had taken Douglas Fairbanks, America's greatest acrobatic actor, as hie model. Bobby Is going in strong for dare devil stunts. Among the productions Selig an nounces for 1917 are "Monsieur Beau calre," from the Booth Tarkington story of that name, and in which Rich ard Mansfield achieved distinction; "The Bread Line," by Albert Bigelow Paine; "Little Orphan Annie," by James Whitcomb Riley; "A Kentucky Colo nel.'' Opie Reid, and "The Illustrious Prince," E. Phillips Oppenheim. For the production of 10-reel spec tacles, among them being "The Silver Arrow," by Elbert Hubbard, and "The Ten Commandments," the Empire The ater Film Trust, headed by Henry Ka blerske. has bought a 40-acre tract nesr San Diego. a Bessie Love, who was discovered as a "type" by John Emerson, has been In pictures a year. Her first promi nent part was the Swedish servant girl In "The 'Flying Torpedo." Succumbing to the lure of his first love, that of scenario writing. Captain Leslie Peacock is back at the old stand with the Balboa Film Company at Long Beach, having resigned his direc torship with the Universal Company. Fred Mace is no more with the Key stone. His contract with Mr. Sennett has expired and we are Informed the popular comedian contemplates start ing a company of his own. . George M. Cohan is getting some fine points from Jesse L. Lasky, of the Fa mous Players-Lasky Corporation, in connection with the production of his Initial photoplay, "Broadway Jones," to be released by Artcraft Pictures. Through the courtesy of Mr. Lasky it was possible for Cecil B. DeMille to ac cept Mr. Cohan's offer to supervise the production of "Broadway Jones," and this photo was taken Immediately after Mr. Lasky had given his consent In the matter. Applications, Already Pouring In, Slay Be Pilled Within 60 Days. Districts Chiefly Assigned to Big Farmiag Centers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Twelve cities In which are to be located the Federal Farm Loan Banks wert an nounced today by the Farm Loan Board, and it is expected that within 66 days the new system will be in operation ready to make the loans for which applications already are pouring in from every section of the country. The banks will be opened in Spring field, Mass.; Baltimore. Md.; Columbia, S. C; New Orleans. La.: Houston, Tex.; St. Louis, Mo.; Louisville. Ky.; St. Paul. Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita, Kan.; Spokane, Wash., and Berkeley, Cal. Stock subscription books or the bana will be opened within the next ten days, probably about January 2. to re main open for 30 days. It Is expected, however, that the Government will hVe to supply most of the J9. 000. 000 capital under that section of the law which empowers the Secretary of the Treasury to make up the unsubscribed stock. Temporary Directors to Be Named. Temporary directors, five to each bank, will be named, probably within the next three weeks, by the Board. As soon as the banks have been organized and borrowers have subscribed $200,000 of the stock of each bank, the tem porary directors will surrender their authority to boards of nine directors each, six of whom will be named by the farm borrowers and three by the Farm Loan Board. The permanent directors will serve three years and receive per diem compensation, as In the case of Federal Reserve Bank directors. Each borrower must subscribe to stock in the bank from which he bor rows to the extent of 5 per cent of his loan, and the original subscribers to the capital stock are required to sur render their holdings as they may be needed to meet this situation. In destg natlng locations for the banks, the Board was guided chiefly by the needs of rural sections. This has resulted In placing only two of the 12 banks In New England and MlddleAtlantlc states, the chief centers of population. Three go to the South, five to the farming states of the Middle West and West, and two to the Pacific Coast. Twelve Districts Created. The 12 districts Into which the coun try is divided were announced as fol lows: v District No. 1 Maine. New Hamp shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. District No. 2 Pennsylvania, Del aware. Maryland, Virginia, West Vir ginia and the District of Columbia. District No. 3 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. District No. 4 Ohio, Indiana, Ken tuckv and Tennessee. District No. 5 Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. District No. 6 Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. District No. 7 Michigan, Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota. District No. 8 Iowa, Nebraska, South 'Dakota and Wyoming. District No. 9 Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. District No. 10 -Texas. District No. 11 California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. District No. 12 Washington. Oregon, Montana and Idaho. DEMOCRATS SCURRY POR JOBS Warren AY. Tolman Most Active for $600 0 Plum at Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. 27. (Spe cial.) While the decision to put one of the Federal farm loan banks in Spo kane was announced in political circles more than a month ago, organization plans tentatively sent out to interested people from Washington were switched in the last week. A grand overturn ing of political alignments that had been built up by the men In this ter ritory who want to connect with Jobs has followed. According to present expectations the chief office created in Spokane will be that of registrar, carrying a salary of $6000 a year, and a temporary truce between contentious elements in the Democratic party is being sought to land the place for Warren W. Tolman. one of the most active figures in the local field. The truce is not yet cer tain, but some agreement eems to have been reached. Mr. Tolman, J. M. Simpson, P. C. Shine and supposedly Del Cary Smith. Democratic county chairmen, were all gathering indorsements in Democratic circles with the idea of landing the place of counsellor for the bank, a lawyer's Job pure and simple. One more important position, that of supervisor at $3000 a year, is to be cre ated, but political sentiment is taking it for granted that this place will be filled from another etate than Washington. Restraining Order Granted. CHEHALI8, Wash.. Dec. 27. (Spe cial.) -A temporary restraining order in the case of the Doy Lumber Com pany vs. J. Jankowski and damages were granted by Judge Rice. Accord ing to the complaint the Mersereau Interests of the mill company in Doty sold the defendant some land near. Doty reserving right of way for a pipe line. The plaintiff alleges the defend ant threatens to blow up the pipeline. Lace was known In Venice at an early period, and was not unknown to the Greeks and Romans. BESSIE B ARRISC ALE -in- THE PAYMENT at the SUNSET Lina Cavalieri World's Most Beautiful Actress in The Shadows of Her Past A Feature Remarkable for Its Rare Beauty and Unusual Story Special Recital Lina Cavalieri's Most Famous Songs PRICES Matinees 10c Evenings, Sundays and Holidays 15c Loge Scats 30c Children 5c ALSO World's Greatest Comedian CHARLIE CHAPLIN In His Greatest Fun Frolic Revue of 1916 Special Concerts Afternoons and Evenings Broadway Symphony Orchestra BflBHB iiJr& "" Only 3 Days, Starting This Morning "The Right Direction, a thoroughly pleasm new Paramount picture, featuring dainty, belove Vivian Martin and Star Cast An amazing photoplay of powerful heart ap peal ; the story of an almost human dog called Rags One of those wholesome, thoroughly pleasing pic tures that come along all too seldom. Interesting news events of world and war pictorially told in Selig-Tribune, Don't miss it f O ! Washington at the C. I at Park 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Matinees 10c Evenings 15c See This Great Show at the Star