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THE 3IORXING OREGONIA3C, TUESDAY. JANUARY 23, 1917.
JITNEY SCALE OF
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CONDEMNED
Rate of 5 Cents for 15 Min
utes and 65 Cents for Each
5 Thereafter Announced.
MIGHT CHARGES ADVANCED
von union Drivers to Have Equal
Privileges Hereafter and Serv
ice in Any Direction May Be
Demanded by Patron.
Exception was taken yesterday by
City Commissioner Dieck to the sched
ule of rates proposed to be charged by
the Jitney Drivers Union for Jitney
ervlce after next Saturday. In accord
ance with the new standard rate card
system that goes into effect on that
date, the union, through Its president.
A. A. Thlelke, yesterday announced a
rate of 5 cents for the first 15 minutes
ff service, and 65 cents additional for
the next five minutes.
The union has worked out the rate
cards so that the jitneys can continue
operating under the guise of taxicabs
along their present routes for a 5-cent
fare, charging regular taxicab rates for
service beyond the 15 minutes that It
takes to make the average Jitney run
at present.
The rates as announced by the union
call for Jitney rates during the day
time and taxicab rates at night. The
6-Cent fare for a la-minute ride ex
tends from 6 A. Jtt. to midnight. From
midnight to 6 A. M. the fare for a 15
minute run Is 60 cents.
The union In Its proposed rate sched
ule has posted rates for more passen
gers than the registered seating ca
pacity of the car, the intention being,
apparently, to permit overloading. Com
missioner Dieck has taken exception
to this also. He has ruled that his
office "cannot admit the quotation of
rates for more than the declared seat
ing capacity."
In operating under the guise of taxi
cabs the Jitneys will be required to
prive service on demand. A patron may
take a Jitney at any point and demand
a ride in any direction for 15 minutes
for 5 cents. This will enable people
not now having Jitney service to re
quire it on a 5-cent basis provided the
trip can be made in 15 minutes.
Saturday has been set as the date
for enforcement of the new rate card
system. The city has published stand
ard cards which must be used exclu
sively. These will replace the cards
furnished by the Jitney Drivers' Union.
The new cards will be granted to all
persons regardless of their affiliations.
This will admit the non-union Jitneys,
which were excluded under the old zone
card system which was adopted by
City Commissioner Daly before Jitney
opntrol was taken out of Mr. Daly's
hands by Mayor Albee.
LIQUOR SHIPPER PLEADS
Ed Baker Case Postponed Till ex-
Saloonmen Are Tried.
Ed Baker, recently indicted by the
Federal grand Jury for a violation of
the interstate commerce act in being
an agent for the illicit Importation of
whrsky Into this state, arrived in Port
land yesterday from San Francisco to
enter a plea of guilty in Federal Judge
Bean's court. On motion of Assistant
United States District Attorney Gold
stein, the sentence of Baker was post
poned until the case against Al Woh
lera and Ed Donovan, former saloon
keepers, is tried.
Baker is the manager of the Jesse
Moore Hunt Company, wholesale liquor
dealers, of San Francisco.
TRACK TO BE BALLASTED
Southern Pacific to Improve Line
From Portland to Oregon City.
Work will be started early In the
year by the Southern Pacific to ballast
Its line between Portland and Oregon
City. Extensive track betterments on
other portions of the system ir Oregon
also will be made this year, according
to an announcement made yesterday
by Assistant General Manager Dyer.
Work is progressing on the electrifi
cation of the line between Portland and
Corvallis. A large part of the work
was completed last year. It is expect
ed that electric cars will be running be
tween Portland and Corvallis by
April 1.
Moscow Millinery Store Has Fire.
MOSCOW, Idaho. January 22. (Spe
cial.) A serious fire threatened to de
stroy the office building owned by
Judge J. H. Forney Saturday. It broke
out in the millinery store of Mrs. L. A.
Torsen, caused by an explosion result
ing from crowding the stove with ex
celsior and papers. The building was
Insured. The loss to Mrs. Torsen was
about $4500, and the insurance she car
ried was about $2000.
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TODAY'S FILM VEATCRES.
Sunset Clara Kimball Toung,
'"Marrying Money."
Star John Mason and Alma Han
Ion, '-The Libertine."
Peoples Fannie Ward. "Betty to
the Rescue."
Majestic Virginia Pearson. "Bit
ter Truth." - -
Broadway Mabel Taliaferro,
"Wife by Proxy."
Columbia Douglas Fairbanks,
"American Aristocracy."
Globe "The Daughter of the
Hun."
ROSCOB ARBUCKLB with Para-mount-Mary
Fuller with Lasky.
Charles Bay and Louise Glaum to re
main with Ince.
Such is the latest important news of
the film world Involving players. Of
secondary Importance and not involv
ing players comes the announcement
that Director Allan Dwan, who super
vised the making of "Panthea," the
Norma Talmadge feature. Is allied with
Goldwyn and that Julius Steger. who
directed "The Libertine" and other big
productions, will direct the forthcom
ing Talmadge-Selznick pictures.
For several months the name of Ar
buckle. Keystone's rotund comedian,
has been linked with that of Selznick
and Schenck. the hubby of Norma Tal
madge. Hence the contract for the
making of two-reel comedies for dis
tribution through Paramount comes as
surprising news. Al ISt. John, "the
bounding boy," Arbuckle's nephew, will
be with Arbuckle In the Paramount
comedies. Arbuckle ranks next to
Charlie Chaplin In the ranks of slap
stick comedians.
Mary Fuller, famous In the old Bio
graph days and more recently with
Universal, goes to Lasky to appear
with Lou Tellegen In "The Long Trail,"
a film to be directed by Howall Han
sel, a new Lasky director. Miss Fuller
was with Biograph in the days when
Mary Pickford, Owen Moore and other
stars of the present were commencing
their screen careers. She was leading
woman with Edison and appeared in
the first big serial success, "What
Happened to Mary?"
While no authentic information has
been forthcoming, rumors so persistent
as to be considered fact named Charles
Ray and Louise Glaum as deserters
from the Thomas Ince ranks. Now
comes the statement from Ince that
Ray, star of "The Coward," "The Hon
orable Algy" and other five-reelers,
has signed a two-year starring con
tract with Ince and that Louise Glaum
has a long-time contract with Ince.
For 1917 Ince announces the appear
ance of the following stars: Dorothy
Dalton, Clara Williams, William S.
Hart, William Desmond, Enid Bennett,
Louise Glaum. Bessie Barrlscale and
Charles Ray. This evidently disposes
of the report that Bessie Barrlscale is
to head a company of her own.
Fox Signs Giant.
James Grover Tarver.
That's the name of the newest Will
lam Fox photoplayjer one who liter
ally towers above everyone else in the
motion-picture profession and above
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Marrying Money"
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nearly everyone els in the entire
United States.
Mr. Tarver Is short in name, but long
In person. He's Just seven feet five
Inches tall from tip to toe, and his
weight is perilously close to 400
pounds.
Mr. Tarver'a tonnage Is distributed so
well over his enormous frame that he
does not seem to be quite the giant that
he really Is. He has a magnificent
physique and has never been 111 a day
in his life.
Mr. Tarver was born In Franklin.
Tex., 30-odd years ago md has been
with the foremost circusf.s almost since
he was able to walk. He Is well known
throughout the country.
Nat Goodwin Company.
Nat C. Goodwin has his own motion
picture company.
The much-married star of the photo
play and legitimate stage following In
the footsteps of Mary Pickford and
other Illustrious ones of the screen, is
the principal of the Nat C. Goodwin
Film Company, incorporated under the
laws of Wisconsin, and with offices In
Milwaukee. A studio will be erected
on Nat Goodwin's ranch at San Juanita,
Cal., and work of producing pictures
started in the near future.
Associated with Mr. Goodwin In the
new company Is former Governor Fran
cis E. McGovern, of Wisconsin.
It Is the plan of the Nat Goodwin
Film Company to produce for the
screen many of Mr. Goodwin's biggest
stage successes, as well as a series of
plays written for the star and In which
he will be featured. The 'first release
will be available in about three months.
Selznick and Brenon Part.
After staking Herbert Brenon for
$202,000, Lewis J. Selznick has decided
to do business without him. By the way,
Naziraova in "War Brides" was not the
success anticipated of it, while it will
cost so much for the production of
Florence Reed In "The Eternal Sin"
that it cannot be profitable. The break
between Mr. Selznick and Mr. Brenon,
however, will not affect the other com
panies releasing through the former's
association. Robert Warwick in "The
Argyle Case" will be the next Selznick
release, as per schedule.
M i II ions in Movies.
LONG BEACH, Cal.. Jan. 22. Presi
dent H. M. Horkhelmer, of the Balboa
motion-picture studio here, said today
that $150,000,000 would be expended In
the making of motion pictures in 1917
Now Playing to -Capacity Houses
A terrific arraignment of a modern society
which condones "the man" and condemns "the
girl" an overwhelming, compelling, heart
gripping exposure of the evil methods of the
man who leaves his victims to bear the burden:
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An artistic production of tremendous power
and heart-appeal with a surprise finish that
comes like a breath of June roses. The
famous John Mason as the man; Alma Han
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and that a considerably larger amount
would be taken down In profits. He
took the United States Government se
verely to task for failure to compile
any statistics on the motion-picture In
dustry, which he claims stands among
the first half dozen in importance in
the United Sattes.
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Screen Gossip.
The air is profuse with rumors as to
what Douglas Fairbanks' future asso
ciation Is to be- Mutual, Artcraft and
probably a hundred more minor com
panies are fencing for his name to the
oontract. The latest reports are that
$14,000 each and every week has been
bid kind o' makes the record figures
of $670,000 last year for Chaplin sit
back further in the shade doesn't It?
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has finished an
appearance before the camera for Ro
land West and Joseph Schenck. The
title of the super-feature has not been
announced as yet.
"Tou get 'em from the seminary to
the cemetery," is what Fay King, Port
land girl, who is a Kansas City and
Denver cartoonist, wrote to Bill Hart,
the screen's "bad man."
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Universal announces that Zoe Rae.
the child actress, will be featured in a
series of one-act photoplays.
They say that the entry of the inter
ests of the late Charles Frohman into
pictures with Mutual of Augustus
Thomas as supervising head of produc
tions means that Maude Adams will
soon be seen on the screen.
Edward Lyell Fox, American war
correspondent, has annexed a foreign
star in the person of Tatjana Trrah, fa
mous Slavic beauty, who has been star
ring with a German company for four
years. Fox will form a company to
produce Yrrah features.
.
Hughie Mack. "360 pounds of fun."
has severed his connection with the
Vitagraph Company and is now at lib
erty. Billy Quirk, for years a film juvenile
comedian. Is making a hit In vaude
ville. Harold Lockwood and May Allison will
be presented by Metro in the Robert
W. Chambers story, "The Hidden Chil
dren." David Horsley will produce six Crane
Wilbur features, under the title "The
Morals of Men." They will be released
through Mutual.
Triangle announces a setles of one
reel comedies, to be known as "Trian
gle Komedies." Keystone Is said to be
the producer of the new series, to be a
part of the regular Triangle pro
gramme, and replacing the two-reel
Keystones, to be distributed indepen
dently. Louise Huff will soon co-star with
House Peters In a Paramount picture.
Peters and Myrtle Stedman were the
latest partners on the Paramount pro
gramme. Edith Hopkins. a former T.uKIn
player, and more recently In vaudeville
and musical comedy, will play leads op
posite Hank Mann In Fox comedies.
Kenneth D. Harlan has been engaged
to play leads opposite Bessie Love,
Seena Owen or Colleen Moore. He Is a
former Biograph player, who has Just
finished an engagement with Gertrude
Hoffman in "Sumurun." Seena Owen,
who was In "Intolerance," returns to
Fine Arts productions after an absence
of many months.
Maude Lillian Berrl, former grand
opera star, is the latest film producer.
Her first picture is "Glory." In which
Juanltatiansen and Kolb and Dill are
featured.
Marjorle Rambeau has finished her
first Mutual picture and has started
work on "Motherhood." a play written
by Frederick Arnold Kummer.
There seems to have been a French
Invasion of the Famous Players' studio.
Marguerite Clark Is playing a French
girl of the Empire and Pauline Fred
erick is another French girl of a much
later date.
Frank Losec. the escaped convict in
the Famous Players' adaptation of
Dickens' "Great Expectations," is now
appearing in the role of an old French
roue, in support of Pauline Frederick.
The well-known illustrator, Francis
Leyendecker, insisted on lending his
friend, Francis X. Bushman's the art
ist's smock which the screen star wears
In his Btudlo scenes In his forthcoming
Metro serial. "Tho Great Secret."
The National Board of Review has
words of highest praise for the Fox
Theda Bara picture. "The Darling of
Paris."
Virginia Klrtley has returned to the
screen. Joining the Selig Company.
Tom Forman has signed a new con
tract with Lasky. He is one of the few
players who have persisted in Juvenile
roles.
Violet Radcllffe. who made her first
stage appearance at the age of 11 days,
is a new Fox player. She is only 8 years
old. but has been around the world
twice.
Essanay is to film the life of "Buffalo
Bill." who died recently In Denver.
HOSPITAL INMATE PASSES
E. F. Xlms, Formerly of La Pine,
Leaves Widow Also State Ward.
LA PINE, Or.. Jan. 22. (Special) E.
F. Nlms, about 50 years old. who was
taken from here to the State Hospital
at Pendleton less than a year ago,
died Thursday. He leaves a widow, an
inmate of the same Institution, and a
daughter, Elvira Nims. who lives here.
During the Summer of 1914 a forest
fire broke out near where the Nims
were living upon a homestead and after
working for about two days and two
nights to save themselves they suc
cumbed to the excitement and both
lost their minds.
Douglas Bank Purchases Big Ranch.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.)
The big Charles Wilson Baker ranch,
situated on the North Umpqua River,
was sold here at a Sheriff's eale Satur
day to the Douglas National Bank. The
land brought $14,000. which practically
covered the indebtedness on the place.
The tract contains 79 acres and is one
of the most picturesque spots of this
county. It is adapted to general farm
inir and stockrnising.
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