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6 tiie aioityiyo oregonian, TnunsDAT, February is, ion TRADING COMPANY HEADS CONVICTED Spokane Jury, After 27 Hours, Finds Fraud, in Sale of Stock by Mail. CLYDE L. DAVIES IS GUILTY Portland Manager of Subsidiary Concern Will Be Sentenced With Others Friday One Employe Is Acquitted. SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 14. Gale Smith. S. T. Knudson, Clyde L. Daviea and O. C. Fowler, former officers of fhe Northwestern General Trading Company and its subsidiaries, were found guilty of having used the mails to defraud In the United States Dis- trict Court here today. J. C. Law rence, an employe of the Northwestern General Trading Company, was found .. not guilty. Judge: W. H. Van Fleet fixed the bond of Smith at $10,000 and the three others at $5000 and said he would sen tence them next Friday. The trial of the five men be"gan here January 13. The Government presented 82 witnesses and the defense 27. The prosecution alleged that the five defendants used the malls to defraud in the sale of stock In the Northwest ern General Trading Company and three alleged subsidiary companies. The District Attorney told the Jurors that the defendants had sold $584, 736 worth of stock in the companies and had paid as commissions $219,322, which the Government alleged was lost to the etockholders. The Jury was out 27 hours. The Jury reported after 24 hours of deliberation that no verdict had been reached. The foreman of the Jury asked Judge W. H. Van Fleet what he would do after one man on the Jury had said that no evidence could change his mind. Judge Van Fleet replied that he could not conceive of such a man and sent the Jury back to continue its delibera tions. Three hours later It reached a verdict. SEATTLE AWAITS TROOPS washington soldiers will get rotjii welcome: home. Signal Company and Troop B Will Be Greeted at Rennlon of Guardsmen Who Went to Border. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Seattle plans to welcome home the members of Field Company A, Signal Corps, and Troop B, in royal style, and to make it the occasion of a big re union of all the National Guardsmen who went to Calexico. - The return of the last units of the Washington troops has been eagerly awaited by friends and relatives, and the reception planned in honor of the . troops will be in charge of an or ganization composed of the parents of members of Field Company A. Tentative plans for a ball and re ception to be held probably February 24 have been made. Members of the Signal Corps, of Seattle, and Troop B. Cavalry, of Tacoma, will be guests of honor. Governor Ernest Lister, Brigadier-General Maurice Thompson, the Adjutant-General and other Na tional Guard officers will be invited to attend. "All arrangements for the reception .are being completed by the parents of the Signal Corps members," said S. M. Butterworth, member of the committee, today. "Expenses also are being borne by the parents. The organization was created last November for the purpose of sending a llttleThanksgivlng cheer to the boys on the border. We have worked thus far without much noise, but our efforts have been many." AIRMAN USES WIRELESS Ilitdio Message Is Sent 113 Miles in Array Experiment. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 14. Radio telegraphy between airplanes and land stations, a new phase of military avia tion In which the Army Aeronautical Academy here has taken a lead, had another successful demonstration to day. E. J. Simon, prominent radio engineer of New York City, temporarily Attached to the aviation school here, flew today to Dominguez Field, Los Angeles, with Captain Herbert A. Dargua as pilot and succeeded In send ing radio messages 112 miles to the re ceiving station at the school. The current for the sending set was derived from a small generator driven by a two-blade wind propeller. Railroad to Be Ready for Crops. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb, 14. (Special.) Announcement was made officially Monday that the Cowiche extension-of the Northern Pacific will be completed in time for the 1917 crop movement. This will bring practically all the tonnage of the Tleton project within two miles of railroad. ARE BATHS NECESSARY? This looks like a foolish question in this enlightened age, but there are nearly a million Americans who knew nothing of Internal Bathing a few years ago and are now eager to testify that they are fully as essential to health i an External Baths. By a purely natural process of prop erly using warm water the "J. B. L. Cascade" removes ALL the poisonous waste from the Lower Intestine, which physicians agree is the cause of 95 per cent of all human ailments. It instantly relieves constipation, properly regulates the bowels and pre- vents all the dragging down which Biliousness and Liver Troubles always creatfl. E. W. Southall, M. D.. of Geneseo, N. Y., writes: "I challenged the doctors in this town last week in regard to what I can do with your Cascade.' I can say for a truth that I know the reason for my success with many serious illnesses was due to having the bowels washed out once and sometimes twice a day. I only wish I could make the people in general believe in the efficiency of a tood bowel-washing. Sincerely yours." Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s Drug Stores In Portland have filled a tremendous demand for "J. B. L. Cascades" in the past few years, and will show and ex plain it to you on request. A free and Interesting booklet on Internal Bath ing, "Why Man of Today Is Only 50 Per Cent Efficient," can also be ob tained for the asking. Adv. Wfi 1 1 !! PTMjn imi i .i i.i i mjm.i m n 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 . i T i i , .......... M , .,, M. , , m h"wS hit ! 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In addition there were Margaret Mayo, Roi Cooper Megrue, Edgar Selwyn and Avery Hopwood, inie assembly of the most famous playwrights connected with the theater in America had been called into session to consider the case of Mae Marsh. Miss Marsh was the first of the erreat Goldwyn Pictures Corporation stars to be announced, and Samuel Goldfish sat beetde her in the projection room to make her more at ease in the presence of these dramatic celebrities. The question for determination was whether Mae Marsh was to play in tense emotional drama, in comedy, in farce, in melodrama or whatnot for her first Goldwyn picture. If it was to be a farce or comedy there sat Cobb, Megrue, Hopwood, Montgomery and Margaret Mayo, with dramatic shears ready to cut the cloth for the garment. If it was to be melodrama- chock full of surprise, both Veiller and Megrue etood ready with a twitching literary rignt arm to fashion the story. Just as alert managers for Mr. Chap lin have learned to assemble the big laugh out of a dozen of his earlier pic tures and market them as a "revue" of his funniest moments Just so did Samuel Goldfish arrange a screen "evening with Mae Mareh." This guild of authors saw a few hun dred feet of Mae Marsh in "A' Child of the Tarls Streets" still other feet of Mae Marsh in "The Escape," and "The Wharf Rat," where she is a most ap pealing boy; one reel of "The Birth of a Nation," and then In a body went over to a theater to witness her work In "Intolerance." Nothing was to be taken for granted: nothing was left to guesswork. This was how Mae Marsh's first Goldwyn Pictures play was chosen for Mae Marsh. The verdict of these authors and her managers and the title of the first play in wmcu sne will appear will soon be ready for announcement. Peoples.' , Ann Murdock, whose name is the lat est to be added to the list of Mutual stars, Is the Peoples Theater headliner today, appearing In "Where Love Is." a filmatlon of the William J. Locke story- of" that name. An unusually strong cast supports Miss Murdock in thle slx-reeler, including Shirley Ma son and Mabel Trunelle. A special feature is "A Day at West Point," showing views of Uncle- Sam's officers-to-be at work and at play. The film was made under the supervision Of Government officials. In "Where Love Is" Misa Murdock iflays the role of a harum-scarum daughter of social climbers, wb.o plan to sacrifice her on the altar of wealth. Her love for a poor young artist and betrothal to a wealthy clubman, to gether with events leading up to a re nouncement of wealth and position form material fop this photoplay. Star. "The Twinkler," a melodrama of the crook type, said to have been written by a prisoner at Sing Sing, Number 65368, and starring William Russell, will be presented at the Starheater today. Sellg-Trlbune news weekly will be screened, and Woo, the Chinese mu sician, will continue In his vocal and instrumental act. The Mutual-Russell picture is said to be crammed full of thrills, challenging: the best of all crook dramas for enter tainment value and compelling interest. The big punch is furnished by this sit uation: A crook has a sweetheart, who is unjustly convicted of murder. He decides to reform, but the sight of a plethoric wallet causes him to pull one more "ob," in order that he might pay the expenses of an appeal for his girl. He "hips the leather and then discov ers that he has robbed the Governor's secretary of a pardon being taken to her at the penitentiary. Broadway. ' "The Girl Phllippa," the widely-read and popular Robert W. Chambers novel, which in its picturlzed form, and with Anita Stewart as its star, has been at tracting much attention at the Broad way Theater, will be screened during the remainder of the week. The photodramatization of the story of romance and intrigue during the early days of the present European con flict has occasioned much favorable comment, many fans ranking it among the most attractive offerings of the season. It's a story of state papers, spies, secret service agents, a disguised princess and an American artist, with a chapter from actual war graphically presented. The production Is in eight reels and made by Vltagraph. Col umbla. "The Crab,", a Frank Keenan-Trlangle photoplay, said to present one of the finest characterizations In the realm of the silent drama, will be screened at the Columbia Theater today. Little Thelma Salter, the child actress, is co starred with Keenan in this produc tion. The story presents Keenan as a cold blooded, disagreeable and even cruel man, soured on humanity by the death of his wife, on whom he lavished all of his affections. This "crab" is at first feared by the villagers, but In time they hale him before the court on the charge of mistreating his little ward. She wins his heart when she valiantly lies for the "crab." The trial ends in a riot, the crab buys all the toys in town for the child and really plays the guardian angel. Keystone Harry McCoy will be seen In a new -comedy, "The Road Agent," while a news pictorial Is also on the bill. i Majestic. "Indiscretion." the story of a wilful girl's abiding faith in human kind, with Lillian Walker in the stellar role, will be exhibited at the Majestic Theater today. Mutual's Reel Life,, with fash ion and educational phases, and a Vlt agraph comedy will also shown. The Lillian Walker feature, one of the last presenting tilts star under the Vltagraph banner, is said to be an unusually strong one. Miss Walker is shown as a wilful and headstrong echoolgirl, who bathes, fishes, 'rides and motors with an independence that de fies all restraint. She is sent away to school and there learns to smoke cigar ettes and drink beer. Then the -girl starts a flirtation with a married man. He, of course, misconstrues her inno cent freeness and the girl soon finds herself in a desperate situation in a roadhouse and forced to make a terrific fight for freedom. Sunset. ' "The Wolf Woman." the vampire sen sation from the Triangle studios, will be the headliner on the Sunset Theater photoplay bill commencing today. The cast is headed by Louise Glaum, Ince's voluptuous "vamp," and includes Charles Ray and Howard Hickman. Mack Swain will be seen in another of those funnv Kevstona Mm.ju. k. title of this one being "Ambrose's Rapid jsurion iioimea Travelogue will also be screened. "The Wolf Woman" is one ofthe most forceful vampire subjects ever pre sented on the screen. Miss Glaum, of course, portrays the adventuress, the woman who rirfv u vn...,,. 1 1 . suicide and then sets out to conquer his uiucr u rt int'r. -rnen rnmu. t - .n.n...- between the good, as represented by the io.ii a juiiu-f-p, ana me bad. In the person of the vampire. Charles Ray again has a weakling role. Screen Gossip. Director James Kirkwood has com pleted scenes forsthe sixth Mary Miles Minter series. "The Gentle Intruder." The supporting cast has George Fiaher opposite Miss Minter, Eugenie Forde as the ambitious mother of a lawyer, Harvey Clark, who attempts to defraud a girl out of her inheritance; Marie Van Tassell appears as the spinster aunt. Franklyn Ritchie is the fortune seeking nobleman, and George Periolat the relative of the girl who leaves her a fortune. Fred R. Stanton, who plays the Great Master in the serial "The Great Se cret," for Metro, is an accomplished athlete and well-known sportsman Aside from his studio work, Mr. Stan ton finds time to officiate at big East ern football games. In the Spring he limbers up with "big leaguers" in the Southern training camps, and between times boxes and wrestles to keep in condition. , Gladys Brockwell is approaching heaven. Press Agent.! Is Mis Brock well reaching the heights of stardom, o.- merly failing in health? - Theda Bara says that she receives her greatest inspirations for vampir ish Tarts while taking a bath. Rather lucky that she doesn't stick to the pure and 'simple roles. Lucille Young, until recently with Fine Arts, and the Mary Magdalene of "Intolerance." Is now with American. piaying witn William RusselL OLYMPIA BONE-DRY BILL PASSED, 33-3 Senate . Overwhelmingly De feats Effort to Amend or Delay Measure. PREACHERS GET LIQUOR Opposition Declares Bill la TTnen. forcible and Threats Are Made That Referendum Will Be Invoked After Passage. OLYMPIA Wash.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Bone-dry restrictions on intoxicating liquor in this state, as incorporated in the Halsey bill, which has passed the House, resisted every effort to amend or delay in the Senate today and final ly passed by a vote of 36 to 3 with three Senators absent. . As it stands the total prohibition bill Is ready to go to the Governor with assurance from him in the last annual message that it will be promptly ap proved. No attempt was made to at tach an emergency clause which leaves the bill open to referendum by petition. That it will be referred to the 1918 election was frequently declared in the course of debate. Despite the obvious determination of the Senate majority under the leader ship of Senator Taylor of King to pass the bone-dry bill as it came from the House an afternoon of discussion was precipitated by Senator Karshner, of Pierce, with an amendment removing trie single exception on liquor ship ments made in favor of clergymen, priests and rabbis. Shipment to Preachers Opposed. Senators Ghent, J. H. Smith. Iverson and Hutchinson joined with Karshner in support of the amendment, opposed by Senators French, Taylor and Faulk ner. In explaining his vote, Hutchin son said he had voted for every anti liquor measure passed by the Legisla ture, but in this case was opposed to turning the wh.Isky business over to the preachers. As a final resort Groff of Spokane attempted'"to tack a referendum clause onto the bill, and when that failed' de cisively he offered an amendment to prevent the bill from becoming effect ive if an emergency clause were at tached, which was also voted down. In extended argument against the bone-dry measure, Johnson of Spokane referred to George D. Conger, president of the Anti-Saloon League, as the man who was running the Legislature on liquor measures. Bill Declared Unenforceable. Conger was sitting in the gallery at the time. Johnson contended that the state is substituting a sure regulatory meas ure under the present law for a gam bler's chance under the new, which he declared was passed purely for the sake of its bone-dry label. He said Conger had not previously been In favor of a bone-dry measure until he found he would have to favor it or sit on the sidelines and watch somebody else support it. Johnson argued that convictions would be Impossible under the crim inal sections of the bone-dry act, since one man could block a verdict of guilty, and prior voting had demonstrated that at least one man in nine favors re striction rather than total prohibition of the liquor traffic Physicians in the Senate, of whom there are several, made a final effort to authorize a physician to administer intoxicating liquor as a drug instead of pure alcohol, as provided in the bill, on the plea that alcohol could not be used as a stimulant in illness except when diluted in some form of liquor. Alcohol alone is permitted in the bill, and that only under the closest restric tions. All intoxicating beverages are shut out entirely. French Defends Church Wine. Senator French, of Clarke, took the floor in defense of the section permit ting ministers and priests to order in toxicating liquor through the regular course provided.- saying that elimina tion of this section would be an en croachment upon the constitutional re ligious rights of citizens, and that the administering of fermented wine for sacramental purposes could be left in the hands of the ministry without dan ger to the state. Senator Hall, of Whitman, one of the veteran drys of the Legislature, an nounced himself as the kind of a pro hibitionist who believed in hitting whisky above or below the belt, fair or unfair. He said that the wets had controlled as they pleased when they had the votes. and warned them not to expect other treatment now when the drys were on top. Final ballot on the bill recorded only Chase, Groff and Johnson as opposed, and each of thejn filed a written ex planation of his vote as not opposing liquor, regulation, but standing for sub mission of the bone-dry bill to a ref erendum vote. Senators Lincoln. Davis, Morthland and Stevenson were absent Nautical School Provided. ' Against the opposition of Senators Landon of Seattle and French, of Clarke, 'the Senate passed House 'bill 49. which provides for the establish ment of a nautical school at eattla. Indorsements of the school as a means of training officers were read from H. M. Alexander, president of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and the Shipmasters' Association. Landon's opposition was otiarged to his being at torney for the sailors' union, which he denied, and French opposed the 25. 000 appropriation which will have to be made to meet the Government Aid requirement. Three amendatory acts asked by the staie insurance Commissioner were passed by the Senate in Seniato bills 126. ID 3 and 156. By Indefinite postponement the Sen ate killed S.' B. 72. designed to curb the Public Service Commissioner's jur isdiction over public utility franchise provisions in cities and similar action taken in the llouse today is believed to have ended efforts of advocates for home rule for cities at the present ses sion. Shore Deeded for Parle Among bills passed by the House to day is S. B. 39, which authorises the building of public highways through unclassified towns, and S. B. 85. whioh deeds river shore lands to the city of vvonatchea Tor public park purposes. Two bills establishing state guaran tee of bank deposits were introduced loaay in the House. They are H. B. 248, by Hastings, and lL B. 239, by Farns worth. The new Capitol bill came into the House from the State Capitol com mittee in the form of a proposed ap propriation of $1,450,000 for the con struction of remaining Capitol units. Senatorial consideration of a report by Senator Chase on . recent Seattle bank suspensions was set for special order in the Senate tomorrow. Chase's report is that the "banking business of tne state generally is in better condl tion than fOF years and the four sus pensions in Seattle were due to im proper methods. He exonerates W. E-. Hanson, state bank examiner, of any neglect of duty and notes that the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco came promptly to the relief by the shipment of (6,000,000 in three days. Against the protest of Reld, of Spo kane, the House todav nassed h. bill especially drawn to meet the prospect or long trials of I. W. W. members In volved in Everett rioting, by permit ting the impanelling of two alterna tive Jurors to serve if regular jury men fall ill during the trial, to pre vent the expense of entire retrial in such contingencies. GOVERNOR IS OPPOSED PROPOSED HIGHER AUTO LICENSE HELD TAX OX FARMERS. Plan t Issno Bonds for Good Roads Work Does IVot Meet Approval of M r. Witkreembc. m SALEM. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) Governor Withycombe declared himself today as being unalterably and une quivocally opposed to any scheme of bonding whicb will presuppose a largely Increased or excess license fee upon the owner of the small automo bile. . . "Oregon's great need is roads," de clared the Governor today in response to a question as to his attitude on the plan advanced for handling the refund ing of a. bonding issue through a tax on autolsts. "We are getting a good start toward a constructive, comprehensive road pro gramme. The compromise good roads bill will give us that excellent start. "I am unqualifiedly opposed to bond ing at the present time because we have not worked out a definite and scientific plan of highway construction. As soon as we reach a stage of 100 per cent efficiency in such work, then I might advocate a bonding proposi tion, but preferably starting on a small basis even then. "The bill by Representative Bean to provide for meeting the Federal ap propriation is a proper bill, and I am favorable to it, but other bonding plans, you may say, will meet with my unqualified opposition. "To my mind the best way to secure money is to continue with the one fourth or a mill tax which will raise $219,960 this year, and allow all license fees fr.om automobiles to go into the state highway fund. I am opposed to a large increase on small automobiles because such machines are a gigantic factor in the development of our farm ing resources. "It must be remembered that the great majority of the small automobiles are used by farmers who travel with them from the farmer's home to the market town. A large percentage or these do not travel on state highways, nor will the bulk of their business call for their traveling on such highways. The farmer who is a small machine owner would be compelled, under a heavy Increase in the tax. to keep up his own highways and the state high ways as welU "We have approximately 22,000 small machines in the state. To add to the means of scouring revenue suppose they are taxed at the rate of S5 apiece. Tax the 13,000 large machines 310 aolece. and the 1200 trucks S25 apiece. The revenue raised from such purposes would be $110,000 a year for the smalt machines, $130,000 a year for the large machines and $30,000 a year for the trucks. Add the total of these to the total to be raised by millage tax and it would approximate $489,690 for the first year and shows a steady increase each year thereafter. "Automobile licenses could not be used for the state highway fund this year, as they already are collected, but provision could be made for that by taking sufficient money from the bond ing issue for state-aid, if necessary. "Such a plan would guarantee us approximately $500,000 a year for the n T A R Only Today, Tomorrow and Saturday Again we offer an exceptional programme -at this popular "House of Hits." The most remarkable, thrilling1 drama in months, written by a convict in Sing Sing and crammed with vivid action, startling situations and heart-appeal. It's called "The Twinkler" The title role is played by handsome, popular, big ossel! Added features include Selig-Tribune and, by request, that fun ny little Chinese musician, The Original Woo Chinese instruments, Chinese music. Daily 11 A. M. to 11 PM. Matinees, except holiday's, 10c. Coming Sunday: Charlie Chaplin in His Newest Comedy, "Easy Street" i . i .. r- . - v; t - :. . jr" . . -1 . - y .: , x ' - V f i 1 VI 3 Days Only Begins Today LILLIAN WALKER In a Story of the Tragedy Behind the Walls of Social Convention INDISCRETION In which Miss Walker is seen as a beautiful mermaid in some magnificent out door bathing scenes. Comedy Wa'l" U' 'Izti "3 gWI Scenic j next 10 years. "Working out our road problems on a scientific basis, the ex penditure of that amount of money each year for the next 10 years should give us an excellent highway system. "I am a firm believer in the 'pay-as-you-go' plan. "To tax the small machine owner, however, in my mind, would be a blow to the very man we .are trying to assist." G. H. KELLY IS SLATED MlXTO.MAII DELEGATION DIS CUSSES PORT VACAXCY L.eKlsIatnre Today to Kill Place 01 I'ort Commission on Advice of District Affected. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 14 (Special.) George H. Kelly, prom inent real estate and timber operator, sawmill owner and bank, director, probably will be elected a member of the Port of Portland Commission to morrow to succeed Alfred Tucker, who also Is a candidate. Kelly has the indorsement of at least 11 of the 19 members of the Multnomah delegation In the House and Senate, and it is likely that the up-state mem bers. will vote the way the Multnomah majority advises. Under the law the Port Commission ers are elected by a Joint assembly of the two houses. A meeting will be held in the House chamber at noon to morrow for that purpose. The Multnomah crowd got together at noon today to unite on a candidate. While no formal agreement was reached. Representative Mann has ob tained the signed pledges of 11 mem bers to vote for Kelly. The names are: Senators Huston, Olson. Orton and Moser and Representatives Goode. Lewis. Laurgaard, Mann, Kubli, Stott and Mackay. It is believed that few others can be lined up for Kelly tomorrow. Both candidates have had their supporters on the ground for the last few weeks making personal appeals to members of the two houses. Most of the work has been done with the Multnomah delegation, however, as the outside members are sure to bo influenced by them. It is purely a Multnomah matter. Cable Service Suspended. NJiW YORK, Feb. 14. The Commer cial Cable Company announces that the deferred service to Honolulu and tlie Hawaiian Islands is suspended until further notice. A THE LOUISE GLAUM In the Greatest Vampire Picture Ever Screened WOLF WOMAN note : 1 , We" are sometimes just as anxious to discourage the attendance of children as to encourage tha$ of adults. This is NOT a suitable picture for children and they will be refused, admission unless ac companied by parents. FREE : 5000 Pictures of Miss Glaum as "The Wolf Woman" Keystone: "Ambrose's Rapid Rise" Travelogues ZZZ3