THE 3IOKXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANtTAJCY 24, 1917. h HARDWARE DEALERS TO CONVENE TODAY 7 Death Upsets Plans by Re moval of Edwin A. Walten, Noted Advertising Man. RECREATION PLANS MADE Sessions Will Continue Three Days and Conclude With Banquet on Friday Night Many Expected to Stay On for Auto Show. Death robbed the Oregon Reta.il Hardware & Implement Dealers" Asso ciation of a star programme number when Edwin A. Walten. advertising manager for the Burroughs' Adding Machine Company, died suddenly Sun day night in Spokane after a short Ill ness with pneumonia. Mr. Walten was recognized widely as an advertising expert and he was , to come to Portland on his Western trip to address the hardware dealers to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock on the topic, "Better Days' Profits." His absence from the list of speakers will be felt by the committee of arrange ments. The printed programme as ar ranged bears Mr. Walten-s name but some substitute will be provided for bis place tomorrow afternoon. No other change In the arrangements already made will be necessary, it Is expected, and the gathering will bring together representative dealers from all sections of this state and nearby ter ritory as well. President Has Arrived. George T. Baldwin, of Klamath Kalis, president of the association, reached Portland last night from Salem, where he was in attendance at the present session of the Legislature as a member of the Senate from his county. Others prominent In the hardware and im plement business made up an advance guard that reached the city last night ready for the opening sessions today. This morning there will be a heavy influx of hardware men. it is expected and it is promised that the attendance this year will be the largest in the history -of the organization. Sessions of the convention will be held at the. Imperial Hotel, which is headquarters for the meeting. The banquet on Friday night, which will be the concluding feature of the gather lng. will be at the Multnomah Hotel. The entertainment committee of whole sale dealers will meet at noon today to complete arrangements for giving the visiting hardware men a good time While in- the city. VI.lt to Be Pleasant. Entertainment is to be unusually I elaborate tnis year and we wnoie- " JJJt "bl"f pleasure and entertainment. Because of the fact that the auto show opens on the day following the close of the hardware convention, it is assured that I many dealers who do not as a rule at- I tend the hardware meeting will make! It a point this year to be present at I both events. I City Commissioner C. A. Bigelow will I deliver the address of welcome to the I hardware men as the representative of the city of Portland. This may come this morning or it may be put over 1 until afternoon, as the only thing scheduled for this morninsr Is the regis-I tration of delegates. President Baldwin I The convention is the 11th annual I meeting of the organization. The presi-1 dent's annual address and the report of the secretary will be heard this after- noon at 2 o clock and the following addresses will be given." I 33. M. Underwood Subject, "Improvement of Retail Credits." I w. o. Munseu buDject, "now to improve I TtHtull Profit.." Edward Newbegin Subject, "The Future W. O. Huddleson Subject. "Can th. Re tall Hardware and Implement Business Be Mads frof i table r' . Tomorrow morning's session will be " executive as will the sessions on H ri day. Tomorrow afternoon the follow lng addresses are on the programme K. E. Lucas Subject, "How Bball We Meet the Advanced Cost of Goods?" Lot L. Pearce Subject. "The Retail tin fiUm.nt -Ru.lnes. From Mv Point of View, T. 1. Honeyman Subject. "Trad. Accept ances." . - r- M n nilKKT WAN IS LfcUlbLA I Urt Citizens Say Coos Can Outvote ( Them Regardless of Desires. BANBOX. Or.. Jan. 23. (Specials- Petitions are beihg circulated In Curry County asking the Legislature to give Currv County an exclusive Representa tive. At present it nas a joint, xtep- resentatlve with Coos County. Authors of the petition argue that Coos. having so much larger popula tion, car elect Curry's Representative regardless of Curry s interests or de sires. F. B. Tichenor, or port urrora. 1s now serving as Joint Representative. GIRLS! TRY IT! HAVE THICK, WAVY, BEAUTIFUL HAIR Evrv ParlirV rf T).anrJriff T5i - very ir article or ijanaruir uis- appears and Hair Stops Coming Out. Draw a Moist Cloth Through Hair and Double Its ( Beauty at Once. Tour hair becomes light, wavy. fluffy, abundant and appears as soft. lustrous and beautiful as a young girl after a "Danderine hair cleanse." Just try this moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your, hair, taking one small I strand at a time. This will cleanse the! hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and! in lust a few moments you have dou bled the beauty of your hair. Besides beautifying the hair at once. Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig orates the scalp. lorever stopping it ch in k and falling hair. Rut whnt will nleaae vou most will be after a few weeks' use when you 111 m-tunllv rm new hair fine and rfownv at flmr vu but reallv new h.lr arrowlnsr .11 over the scalD. -vmi f fnr nmttv .nft h.ii- nrvi lot. f it aurelv Het a ZD-cent bottle Knowlton's Danderine from any drug gist or toilet counter, and Just try it. Sava vour hair! Beautirv It! ioq will . v this was tha hetit cents vou ver ssent. Adv. . I j . 'f - ' i 1 . ! pi ' V ' ! 1 ' i . -V f 1 I I f I f " 1 $ 5 '. I MBafcMahfaw:: TTmi .o8fcoffifnaifHrrWfcr J Wiitfiii irti n-- ir i r mir m -irfr n. ir imwrl c -ssaigm 1 TODAPS FILM FEATURES. Columbia Douglas Fairbanks, "American Aristocracy." Son set Clara Kimball Toons, "Marrying Money." Star John Mason and Alrrr Han- ion. "The Libertine." Peoples Owen Moore and Irene Fenwick. "A Girl Like That." Majestic Virginia Pearson, "Bit ter Truth." Broadway Mabel Taliaferro, "A Wife by Proxy." Globe "At Piney Ridge," "Billy Smoke." MARGUERITE CLARK, ' Pauline Frederick. Olga Petrova. Gail Kane, Ethel Barrymore. Fannie Ward, Mae Murray. Marie Doro. Bessie Barriscale. William Parnnm nH a hn.t of other stage stars are still motion Picture stars as the year 1917 Is begun, despite the predictions of one year ago that the star system was on the wane. and that the story itself would com pietely eclipse the stars within a year. JNot only are those stage stars, who have become photoplay favorites con tinuing their screen careers, but new and important legitimate players are becoming associated with the screen. las is Indicated by the signing of Mar garet Illington by Lasky. and Jane Cowl and Maxine Elliott by Goldwyn. xnis in tne mind ot Adoipn zukor, who. as president of the Famous Play- ers-Lasky corporation, has introduced otner motion picture proaucer, aoes not mean that the mere name of a motion picture star is able to appease the public for a very poor motion picture. out merely mat tnose wno propnesiea the downfall of the star were too nar- row in tneir vision. The year just past has seen a tre- mendous advance in the craft of motion picture story writing that is. in the creating of original photoplays written expressly tor the screen, but tne- stars have not in the least diminished in importance for that fact. Rather have they won a greater hold on the public because their capabilities have been de veloped to a higher extent in the better type of photoplays In which they have been appearing during the year." says Mr. Zukor in discussing the. prospects of the coming year as regards the motion picture industry. The past year has seen the elimina tion of several large companies, by I X allure or u y uum uiaauvu, auu n sccfiia as though we were gradually approach ing a more sane cozmiuon in me moiioo picture business, which is. perhaps, the most gigantic bit of chaos on the sea of big commerce. And the public is vitally interested In the organization of the motion picture business into compact, orderly whole because it Is only by these means that we can hope to eliminate the fly-by-nights, the tra- ducer of decency and man who mis takenly Insists upon catering to that very small element of the public which desires salacious photoplays." Peoples. The over-sophisticated girl crook who goes to a small town with the sole In tention of getting the combination to the village bank's safe Is the pic turesque and interesting role which Irene Fenwick plays In "A Girl Lake That." the Paramount production on exhibition at the Peoples Theater to day. Owen Moore Is co-starred with Miss Fenwick. being introduced as small-town bank cashier disguised by those queer-looking tortoise shell rim med glasses that make one look like a cross between a Harvard student and a bullfrog. Instead of being a rollicking, polo playing youth upon whom the liquor I interests can ae interests can depend for an extra divi- l dend such as he was in "A Coney 1 Island Princess" Moore Is a model Tountr man wiUl a vacant 6tare, who is so nice that you want to pat him on the head and call him "sonny. In addition to the crook play of love. the double-cross and revenge, the Sellg Tribune news weekly wiU be- screened. Mason's Record Enviable. John Mason, star of "The Libertine,' I Is one of the best-known dramatic I actors on the legitimate stage, and has the distinct honor of having played the I leading role in almost every big dra- I matie success of the last six years. s I He is better Known lor nis work in I "As a Man Thinks." "The Tellow I Ticket." "The Witching Hour, and hi I present vehicle, which is now playing In Chicago and which had a run of over 12 months at the Republic Theater in New York last year. Common Clay. - lln "The Witching Hour" Mr. Mason I gave to American audiences a strong I and most inspiring portrayal of th I best dramatic role they have ever had - the pleasure of witnessing. Getting Acquainted. 1 A rather unique method ot meeting I a young man is evolved by Mildred 1 Mies In . Marriage a la uu-te. If I ' .Marrying money. aiimreo iu.es I seat in a hammock and then pulls ol I convenient com wmiu lumuic. m - 1 hammock to the ground. She screams I for help and tne young man sne wisnea I to meet comes rusuiuK w ur uiisl- I ance. i fiiesUc BaxaoU, yia playa opposite t Clara Kimball Young In this picture, is in extremely handsome but JiKe. wise virile individual. Mr. Barnett's appearance on the screen is always the occasion for prolonged gasps and sighs of admiration from the feminine fans present. The Price of Fame. Two children last week were named after Douglas Fairbanks. The first. Douglas Fairbanks Deverlch. is the son of Katt Deverich, assistant director, employed at the Famous Players' East ern studio. And tho other child, Doug las Fairbanks Montgomery, is of opu lent New York parentage, and when he reaches his 21st year in life wUl be the heir to a large fortune. "Doug." when advised of this, wittily said: "Well, if at that time I am broke, I guess I can borrow enough for a shoe shine from my namesake, Douglas Fair banks Montgomery." Screen Gossip. Universal has lust bought 300 scripts from writers of note for one, two, three and five-reel scenarios. "The Court of St. Simon." from the E. Phillips Oppenheim story, will be Robert Warwick's Selznlck picture fol lowing "The Argyle Case." .... Ethel Barrymore and her Metro com pany have gone to Jacksonville, Fla-, ror toe turning or " Egypt." . "His Sweetheart" Is the name of the first George Beban picture since his ,.. t. rr.i. Tnm tt.hh will be chief in the supporting cast. The cast to support of Mary Pickford Is A Poor Uittle Rich Girl" will in clude Madeline Traverse. Charles Wellesley. Gladys Fairbanks. Frank McGlynn. Marcla Karris, Charles Craig ana Herbert Prior. Our statistical department Quotes that the last week which went by with out some star announcing the forma tion of his or her company was In April, 1891. e Elsie Mackay. now playing leads with fair Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and beautiful young woman the critics of Chicago have been raving over, is one of the newest screen conquests. Miss Mackay la the film property of H. A. Spanuth, who is the head of the newly-. rganized Commonwealth Pictures Cor poration. . Edwin Stevens will direct Violet Mersereau in Bluebird pictures. Stevens was lead in "The Yellow Menace," and played a stock engagement In Portland onqe. William Fox gave Annette Keller' mann a bankroll and a trip to the Ber mudas In exchange for her appearance in A Daughter of the Gods," and An nette, to show her appreciation of the addition to the exchequer, taught Will iam now to swim. Fox claims to have a great -great- grand-niece of George Washington on his staff. She is Eleanor Washington, In private life Mrs. Harris L. Forbes, wife of a director. Miss Washington claims to be descended from John Augustin Washington, full brother of "The Father of His Country." 1. W. Griffith Is at the head of an organized fight against censorship of motion pictures. The Evening Sun, New York,1 com menting editorially upon the move ment of "Censorship From Within states that the nudity of women in pic tures is not so distressing to the public as the nakedness of picture plots. billy stories, inane characterizations. hackneyed situations plots, in other words, which anyone can see clean through are a species of nakedness which demands immediate censorship from within. If pictures are to bold their own. The spectacle of a speeding auto plunging over the cliff Into the sea carrying its occupants to destruction. furnishes a big thrill In "Redeeming Love," a Morosco-Paramount picture starring Kathlyn Williams supported by Thomas Holding. It was not so long ago that William Wadsworth was known to photoplay patrons simply as a clever comedian. But that Mr. wadsworth is equally capable of playing very different types from those with which he has usually been associated Is clearly demonstrated by his excellent performance in "The Martyrdom of Philip Strong, a Para mount picture in which he appears in support of Bobert Conness and Mabel TrunneJe. ... John Leach, who plays an important part as a Chinaman in Metro's stu pendous serial. "The Great Secret," in which Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne are starring, says he was the first man to make a stage character of the Chinaman in this country. ... . There are no end of indignities being heaped upon Tom Melghan since he left the Lasky studio to join the Famous Players in the East. First he was bustled off to Cuba, and when he got back he was told tie would next appear , as Frenchman, - 'MM'& IRENE FENWCK and OWEN MOORE :fi-rffe" 1-1 KEL THAT riEVMk nr 11 I Alder Street at West Park feMI 'fi' Mane Doro, the Exquisite f I iJ, j GOAL RATE AT ISSUE Commerce Examiner Hears of Charge to Portland. LOCAL TARIFF IN DISPUTE Uozgine Company's Line Is Said to Be Common Carrier Because of Transportation of Coal From Mines Near Centralis. Presentation of testimony before Walter N. Brown, examiner of the In terstate Commerce Commission, In the case of the empress Joai company against the O.-W. R. & N. consumed the entire day yesterday. The company is undertaking to show that the line operated by the Eastern Railway & Logging Company between Centralla and its timber holdings In the eastern part of Lewis County, Washington, has been engaged in other traffic besides the shipping of logs to its mill at Centralla, and for that reason should be considered a common carrier. On that showing the coal company la asking the Interstate Commerce Com mission to order the O.-W. R & N. to grant a through rate of 1 a ton from the mine to Portland. It is alleged that the Eastern Railway St Lumber Company charges the mine company 20 cents a ton to ship coal from the mine, six miles east of CentraliaT to Centralla, and that a charge of X a ton is charged by the C-W. R. ec W. to shin the coal to Portland. The coal company wants the railroad to absorb the local rate of 20 cents on the srround that the fuel rate from Tono, Wash., to Portland is the same as the Centralla rate, although the haul is loneer. The railroad company takes tne posi tion that the line from Centralla to Tono is a branch road and, as It is In the same zone as Centralis, the rate should be the same as the Centralis rate. It also argues that the Eastern Railway & Lumber Company's line is merely a logging road, does not seek outside business, does not publish regu lar tariffs of rates and hence is not a common carrier. Other cases set for the present ses slon include the complaint of the Port land Traffic and Transportation Bu reau against the proposed Increase in rates on bottles shipped from Eastern points, the case of the Astoria Box Company against the North Bank Road involving rates of lumber to Portland and other points over the Astoria branch, and the complaint against transcontinental lines involving an in crease in rates on polishing compounds to Pacific Coast terminals and interior points. W. W. COTTON ELECTED WAVERLEY CLUB . SELECTS OFFI CERS FOR EASTJTXG YEAR. R. A. Letter Is Vice-President and C C. Ovrrtnlre Secretary-Treasnrer. Committee Heads Named. The newlv elected board at the Waverley Country Club met at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday and elected officers for the ensuing year, w. w. Cotton was chosen president. R. A. Letter vice-president and C C Overmlre secretary-treasurer. Three committee chairmanships also were awarded by President Cotton. R F. Prael was delegated chairman of the house committee; C H. Davis, jr., was named chairman of the greens committee, and Graham oiass, fcr chairman of the tournament and bandi- cao committee. The chairmanships of the polo, tennis and finance committee wiU be disposed of later. President Cotton announced. It develops that a recount of tb votes cast for directors Saturday night showed Victor A. Johnson and W. A. Pearson tied for the ninth position with 85 votes apiece. However. Mr. Pearson resigned yesterday in favor o Mr. Johnson. The board will meet again next Tuea day. The new members of the board are: C. H. Davis. Jr., Graham Glass, Sr.. C C. Overmlre. E. A. Leiter. A, C. ryjfj&-a i i - ing programme -for the particular f. y Click, click, click went th tumblers in the great steel door as the deft ftngers or Jim Brooks toyed with the combination of the safe. Over him the girl bent with tense, white face as she strained every nerve to catch the clicks and to follow the little round knob in its twistlngs and turnings. It was the one great chance for which she had been waiting for weeks and she must not fail It sounds like an extract from some big thriller," but it exactly describes one of the tense situations in the Paramount Picture, "A Girl Like That," which is the unusual attrac tion at the Peoples Theater the re mainder of th's week. Jim Brooks Is none other than Owen Moore and the girl" is Irene Fenwick. e to. - U. Berry, . W. W. Cotton. R. F. Prael, O. R. Menefee and Victor A. Johnson. AUTO THIEF IS PECULIAR Woman's Car Taken, Ditched, Then Another Machine Is Abandoned. He was a peculiar thief who stole the automobile of Dr. Mary McLaugh lin, of Woodlawn, in front of a down town theater Monday night. He drove the machine about the city and ended up some time after midnight by run ning off the road near Hoi brook. Efforts to drag the automobile back to the road failing, the thief looked about and espied the garage of P. E. Walker, not many yards distant. "Aha, a solution," the thief may have said to himself, as he broke open the garage door and made a graceful de parture In Mr. Walker's machine, aban doning his first - loot. That he was not a regular thief, op erating for mere money, was Indicated by the fact that he later abandoned the second automobile, which was found yesterday by Sheriff Hurlburt s depu ties at Thirty-third and Constance streets. $3000 FEE IS AWARDED Claim of S. C Spencer In Dale Will Contest Is Allowed. A $3000 fee was awarded S. C Spen cer by County Judge Tazwell yester day for his services in connection with the Anna E. Dale will contest, fought out before Judge Cleeton a month ago. Attorney Spencer appeared for Mrs. Mattie Tobias, of Seattle, who, with her daughter, Helen, were beneficiaries un der the will of Mrs. Dale, the validity of which was upheld by Judge Cleeton. Contest was begun by Mrs. Nannie Mathews, of Pendleton, a daughter who virtually was disinherited. The property involved is a Portland business block valued at more than $30,000. The case has been appealed from the decision of Judge Cleeton by Attorneys Clark, Skulason & Clark, appearing for Mrs. Mathews. . . AUTO USED JNJjEN THEFTS Choicest In Flocks of Chicken Fan ciers Raided and Sheriff Puzzled Ifs a far cry from the "good old days of the South" to a chicken thief who operates with a high-powered auto mobile, but the latter la what Sheriff Hurlburt's deputies are endeavoring to cope with just now. Thefts of the choicest In the flocks of chicken fanciers in the county have been reported steadily for many days past and not an arrest has resulted. From all indications, the marauder uses an automobile and operates over wide expanse of territory In one night. There may be many thieves at work, but Sheriff Hurlburt believes most of the thefts are by the same per son or group of persons. An epidemic of hencoop robberies wai quashed about a year ago by the arrest of several gangs of young men. W. W. Cotton, Cnrnd el for the OW. R. Sc. N. Railroad. Ctom President of Waverley Country Club. People's Theater Today 1 . '1 - i I v" . .- ' ' . : ; 1 I x ."f -j , j Owen Moore Irene Fenwick In a delightfully "different" mixture of romance, thrills and comedy: tAGirlLikeThat,J Adding Bpice and variety to the pro gramme is the interesting Selig-Tri-bune -with news of the world 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. PEOPLES "The House of Quality" D1EGK BACKS RATES Jitney Tariffs Are Supported After Change of Mind. NIGHT FARE IS 50 CENTS Passenger Slay Travel to Any Part of City for Nickel if Hun Is Not longer Than 15 Min utesRates Then Vary. Although It is clear that jitneys in tend to continue operating as Jitneys under the guise of taxicaba. Commis sioner Dieck yesterday withdrew his objection to the schedule of rates an nounced by the Jitney Drivers' Union and is now approving the new rate cards as Issued by the city. The jitneys have until Saturday to get the new cards and start operating under them. under tne rate system as announced by the Jitney Drivers" Union a charge of 6 cents is to be made for the first 15 minutes of service. This Is the length of time required for the aver age Jitney trip over the present close- in routes, nor 20 minutes' service the driver has a rate ranging from TO cents to 90 cents. Under the new arrangements a per son may take a Jitney anywhere in the city and require a trip In any direc tion within the city for 15 minutes for cents. This applies to the outlying aistricts as well as down town. A per son, for example, may take a Jitney at taat t iitieth and Hawthorne and re quire a ride for 15 minutes down into the Mount Scott district for 5 cents. Refusal of the driver to give the serv ice win oe a violation of the city taxi- cab ordinance under which the Jitneys are operating. The Jitneys will have two schedules of rates, one for the daytime and one for night. The 5-cent fare will be ap plied only during: the daytime, uiirht or owl service being on the basis of 60 cents for a 15-mlnute run. ROADS DELAY TOURIST TRAJV S-CO TI E VT At PATHFINDER HAS TROUBLE IX OREGO.V. Rai Pro Seattle New York Is la SI Days, bnt Oregea Bum Requires 30 Days. After being on the Pacifle Highway between Roseburg and Portland since December 23. Mr. and Mrs. William Warwick. professional trans-continental pathfinders, who left Seattle last July under the auspices of the Se attle Chamber of Commerce for a com plete tour of the United States in a truck loaded with a ton and a half of Pacific Coast food products, arrived In Portland Monday. The slowness of the trip was caused entirely by road conditions and not accompanied by any car or machine trouhle. The roads in the canyons of Southern Oregon were, so bad. Mr. Warwick re ports, that it took him four days to cover a mile at one particular point about two miles south of Yoncalla. Most of the bad roads were encountered in Douglas County. For 48 hours in a stretch Mr. and Mrs. Warwick were 3 TODAY E VIRGINIA PEARSON B I TTER TRUTH m j r?."e. 3 If 1 afraid to leave their truck for fear it would slip over Into Pass Creek canyon Mr. Warwick left Seattle July 10 and arrived In New York after 31 running days and 3714 miles of travel. The trip westward was commenced October 9 and Los Angeles was reached Nor vember 29. CLYDE JENKINS FINED $500 Man Who Ordered Whitley Til rough Margulis Sentenced. Clyde Jenkins. Indicted with Wlllam Margulis recently for the violation of the interstate commerce act in the im portation of undeclared whisky, waa fined $500 Monday by Federal Judge Bean. Margulis was fined $1000 a few days ago after pleading guilty to the charge against him. W. A. Carter and Qulmby Matthews pleaded for leniency in Jenkins case, while Assistant United States Attorney Goldstein prosecuted him. The court told the defendant that but for the apparent lack of knowledge that his order through Margulis had been a violation of a Federal statute, he would have imposed a heavier ran. tence. Whisky and Beer Affidavits Many. ENTERPRISE. Or, Jan. 23. Spe claL) A statement issued by County Clerk O. H. Zurcher shows there has been filed in the Clerk's office 3496 whisky affidavits and 590 beer afflda vita for the year 1916. Road The Oregonian classified ads. COiMING TOMORROW GLADYS HULETTE in Her New York BROADWAY Also Big: Canadian Wild Animal Hunt Pictures Today Last Day Mabel Taliaferro In "A Wife by Proxy" TOMORROW GLADYS COBURN in THE PRIMITIVE CALL n