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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1917)
m m M ... "i A - - J . V . " - J . rtlii'lUd CHARTER OFFERED Question of Legality Raised as Only One Copy of Measure Accompanies All Lists. RULING WILL BE ASKED Proposed Form of Government Pro vides for 11 District Commis sioners at $12 00 Each and Mayor to Receive $4800. A total of 6439 names wera filed yes terday with petitions calling: for a vote at the city election June 4 on the ques tion of ousting: commission form of government In Portland for a new form a cross between Councilmanic, com mission and managerial forms. A question arose as to the legality of the Sling-. City Auditor Barbur has referred the question to City Attorney LaRoche. and the result may be the rejection of the petitions. The com plaint is that the names are signed on the petitions, but the sets of petitions failed to tave attached a copy of the measure to be voted on. One copy of the measure Is filed with the entire number of petitions instead of each petition having a copy of the measure attached. By this plan of signatures the peti tions, it is said, may have been signed for some other measure, and later transferred to the measure submitted. City Auditor Barbur has 10 days in which to accept and file the petitions, and before accepting them he will get Instructions from City Attorney La Rorhe. Eleven Commissioners Proposed. The proposed new charter would create a Council of 11 district commis sioners at a salary of $1200 a year each. The Council would attend to all legislative affairs, Including the levy ing of taxes and the appropriation of funds. It would provide for a Mayor to handle the administrative end of the city. He would not be a member of the Council, and would have no vote and no veto power. His salary would be $4800 a year. Sponsors for the new charter are members of an organization of which the officers are: Joseph B. Dunne, pres ident; Mrs. F. W. Valentine, vice-president; George I. Thompson, second vice- rresident; George I. Koehn, secretary; Ralph w. Hoyt, treasurer. Members of the executive committee are Will Lip- man, Dr. I Victoria Hampton, Sander son neea, jv. tu. tsarnes, Lnaries i. Rudeen, A. A. Bailey, George I. Thomp son. Francis R. Cane 11. Fred W. Tussev. lynn B. Coovert and L. Krause. : ', Petition Circulators Named. Following Is a list of those who cir ' ciliated the petitions as filed in behalf of the charter: A. S. Johnson, R.- A. Nielsen, P. J. White, A. E. Barnes, Jo seph E. Dunne, Elmer L. Amldon, A. A. Muck, Paul Turner, L. C. Garrigus, James H. Robinson, E. M. Van Brunt, Frank A. Mowes. D. D. Jackson, H. Coleman. S. E. Stansberry, M. Mozow sky,' J. H. Rankin, W. B. Wolcott, Mrs. S. C. Strickland, A. Maloney, W. P. Thomas. Charles Warde. C. T. Evans, J. H. Frantz, Otto Newman. Dr. L. Vic toria Hampton, Charles Conroy, I. Sel ler, Scott Stevens, J. B. Schaefer. W. T. Mende, R. W. Coventry, R. B. Sul- loway, H. I Baker, Thomas B. Var. wig. F. Capell. O. F. Hagen, W. A. Dickson, W. II. Brown, D. Hardman, A. E. Barnes, J. W. Shearer, J. W. Stanlper, Martin Ready, H. S. Aaron, C. E. Henshaw, H. Y. Freedman, A. Shapiro, James La. Quinn, N. R. Jacob son. D. Sourapas, A. H. Ruddat, H. L. Poore, A. L. Krause, F. W. Tussey, D. C. Dudley, -F. R. Peterson, R.' G. Drake, Martin Hawkins, James Cochran, F. W, Wall. H. I Christensen, C. Green, J I. M. Johnson, W. H. H. Dufur, W. M. York, G. F. McAllister, F. B. Hodson. POLICE SECRET AGENTS Government Calls for Suppression of Agitators In Time of Peril. All Portland police are now duly delegated secret agents of the Federal Department of Justice, according to notification received yesterday by Chief of Police Clark from Attorney .neral Gregory. .vT'he police have been asked to be ."'vrt in -maintaining the interests of . C'nited States through the period M common peril. ' ,' The restraint of pernicious agitators, the investigation of stores of arms and ' , Ammunition, the movements of enemy lyrapathizers, the guarding of ex- 'osives and a dozen other suggested "" vties are requested of the police. . I " 4' Logging Kallroad Is Sold. . NDON, Or., April 2. (Special.) "A logging railroad equipment, ln , ',--,ng rails, locomotives, etc., owned : e Robert Dollar Company and re removed from the Bear Creek '."a-". ' has been sold to the North 'Mill& Lumber Company and Is 'T", shipped. The equipment .' r- 'r..,.."i In the North Bend sec- ALL OVER ' r ... - a b.5rfcrse. Would Smart. Bothered AND NECK Several Months. In a Week Cuti cura Soap and Ointment Healed. ;,' - VI noticed that I had a number of i pimples on my neck and face. Ididnot " par much attention to them, and finally V they got worse, and I tried but it ! did not help. The pimples were rather -": large and soft, ana they festered and came to a head. They were scattered !' all over my face and neck, and at night and through the day they would smart. "i: I could hardly go out for fear of people noticing the condition of my neck. '': "I had been bothered several months before I used Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment. I used them for two nights when i the pimples began to dry up, and dis ! V rjpeared, and after I had used both for " a reek I was healed, and I have one of the prettiest complexions." (Signed) " lisi Mabel Kalde, 123 N. Eastlake v. Aye., Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 14, 1916. , Viticura Soap, to cleanse, purify and 1? ' D"f'fy, Cuticura Ointment to soften, V so9, and heal, have been most suc - cy 'n the severest forms of skin and '55 Rubles, but greater still in pre- ' Vir skins, and preventing htde s becoming serious. Samples by Return Mail vard: "Cuticura, Dept. H, " ' - ,Jld everywhere. ' fey w - V TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Anita Stewart, "The More Excellent Way." Columbia William S. Hart, "The Square Deal Man." Sunset Marguerite Clark. "Miss George Washington." Star "Civilization." Peoples Mae Marsh, Henry Wal thall and all stars, "Her Con doned Sin." Globe Dorothy Phillip. "Hell Morgan's GirL" SO much has been said and written and printed about the tremendous salaries paid to film stars that people have overlooked the fact that there Is another side to the high-cost-of-stara problem which has been Inciting film magnates to verbal riots. The other side of the argument stood out in the searchlight of publicity when Mary MacLaren, youthful Universal star, filed suit against that company for an nulment of her contract. It was disclosed that Miss MacLar en's agreement with the company called for the munificent honorarium of $50 a week, of , which $40 was available, the remaining $10 being withheld on some condition or other. It was re vealed that Miss MacLaren's mother signed the contract, the principal being a minor, so in the litigation instituted by the actress her mother Is a co defendant with the film company. According to published reports, Miss MacLaren was to receive the same amount for a number of years, and at the expiration of her contract she was not to be permitted to retain the name of MacLaren. The name was to remain the property of Universal. Her right name is MacDonald. An offer of . $300 a week is said to have been the primary cause of the an nulment suit, to which the film com pany replied with a suit for damages against the actress. Friends of Miss MacLaren avowed that the salary she received was too small to allow her to purchase photographs to send to her admirers. Universal retaliated with a suit for $10,000 damages. However, a decision sustaining Miss MacLaren's contention and giving her permission to use the name Universal wished on her, was rendered in the Superior Court on March 3. The film company says that an appeal will be made to a higher court. This salary mixup recalls the recent Balboa tangle involving Baby Helen Marie Osborn, "Little Mary Sunshine." Balboa was paying this five-year-old child the sum of $95 a week, approx imately $5000 a year, and a sum prob ably never before received by one so young. Yet offers were made her parents that made her salary look like the weekly compensation of a ribbon clerk. Balboa was finally asked to sign a contract for $750 a week, or $40,000 a ye"ar. So Balboa reluctantly relin quished its claim to the kiddie. New McClnre Series. Frederick L. Collins, president of the McClure Pictures Corporation and gen eral manager of Superpictures, Inc.. an nounces that "Seven Deadly Sins," the series of seven five-reel features now being released through the Triangle Distributing Corporation, will be fol lowed Immediately by a new Beries In a slightly different form. The next McClure production Is to consist of nine photo-plays connected as are "Seven Deadly Sins." This se ries will be divided into three groups of three dramas each, with the stories so told that an exhibitor who cannot devote nine consecutive weeks to the showing of the series will be able to book the nine plays and show them In three different periods, as best suits his programme. As in "Seven Deadly Sins. Shirley Mason will appear In the new series. Other stars of Nation-wide reputation will be engaged for the production, which will be staged by the best direc tors available. Mr. Collins Is now In Los Angeles negotiating for actors and directors for his new companies, and expects to an nounce within a few days that Mc Clure Pictures has obtained a Los An geles stSdlo for Winter work. Married? Sure. When she isn't a wide-eyed child. Viola Dana, of Metro, is the wife of John Collins, director with the same company. , Of course you knew that Ralph Ince, brother of Thomas H., is wedded to Lucille Lee Stewart, sister of the dain ty Anita. E. H. Allen is the home mate of Hu garet Thompson, Triangle. Mabel Forest Is Mrs. Bryant Wash burn. Bryant was the Skinner of "Skinner's Dress Suit." Anna Nlllson wears Guy Coomb's wedding ring. Despite contradictions as to matri monial status, Louise Huff now con fesses that she is married to Edgar Jones, the director. Miriam Cooper, of "The Birth of "Nation" and "Intolerance,' who la now 4A'iL - rORNiXG" OREG6NIAVtUESiAT, APItlC a Fox Walsh, star. Is the wifey Fox director. of Raoul Screen Gossip. They say that the Jackie Saunders Mutual pictures are the best In which this Balboa player, called by her friends "Maude Adams of the screen," has ever appeared. Victor Bchertzlnger, the man who composed the music for "Civilization," is now an Ince director, looking after the film performances of Charles Ray. T. Jerome Lawler, who was with Bertha Kalich in the film story "Slan der," and on the speaking stage with Olga Petrova In "The Revolt." as well as in "Peg o' My Heart" and "The Bird of Paradise,". Is now supporting Marjorle Rambeau, near-divorced wife of Willard Mack, in Mutual pictures. Her first production will soon be re leased. Bryant Washburn Is soon to appear In three more photo-comedies by Henry Irving Dodge, author of "Skinner's Dress Suit." Jean Jacques Gauthler, one of the heroes of the world war, will support Marie Doro In a forthcoming Para mount picture. He was in the French aviation corps and wounded so badly that he was Incapacitated for further military duty. Jean was with Mar guerite Clark in "The Fortunes of Flfl." Some interesting bathing scenes con stitute one of the unusual features in "A Square Deal," a new World Picture Brady-Made, which shortly will be re leased. Miss Muriel Ostrlche appears in a bathing suit, as do a number of other attractive young ladies. Johnny Hines may get his grin patented. When his expansive grin appears on the screen, every spectator smiles In appreciation, and Johnny leels that it might be a good idea to patent his smile-making appliance at once. Anita Stewart was ordered to the country last week by her physician The dainty Vitagraph star has been at it too steadily to suit either her doctor or her own nervous system. vvnuo sne was maKing ner last scene in "The More Excellent Way" Miss Stewart broke down; and then she consented to go away and remain away until she had entirely recovered When Miss Stewart resumes her screen work she will play opposite Earle Williams In a highly dramatic Amerl can story written especially for these two Vitagraph players. Ralph Lewis, the William Fox player, thinks college men make the best actors because they are better able to Interpret various emotions. Yes, Ralph is a graduate or .Northwestern Unlver sity. Some New Yorkers are much in censed over a report that children had been mistreated at the New Jersey studios. An investigation revealed the untrutnruiness or the charges. Mabel Taliaferro Is temporarily to quit the screen to appear in a stairs ; interpretation or the Hall Calne story, x no woman inou uavest Me." Muriel Ostrlche, World star, was In. lured in an automobile-streetcar col lislon In New York last week. Francis X. Bushman has denied the rumor that he is going into vaude ville. The Bushman contract with aietro soon win expire. JUNIOR GUARD SUPPLIES 20 Recruits Supplied and Drill Nights Are) Increased to Two Weekly. The Junior National Guard has sup plied about 20 boys for the regular Oregon national Guard since Its re. cruiting began. The 110. boy of the Junior Guard .will meet Saturday night ror-ariii at b jvortn xwentieth street. The boys now drill twice a week and sometimes oftener. Instead of once week as before. .The boys have their choice of Monday, Wednesday or Thurs day for the second night. J. Jr. Clark is in charge, but the boys are under the jurisdiction of Adjutant General George A. White and Captain m. c lid by is their Inspector. Just now there .are needed about 12 or 15 members for the Junior Guard, especially drummers and fifers. The boys must be between the ages of 13 and 18 and not under 5 feet S inches, . The Junior Guard was organized about five years ago. Gnards Patrol Generating Plant. WHITE SAtaiON, Wash.. April 2. (Speclal.)--The generating plant of the Northwest Electric Company on the White Salmon River, consisting of their power plant, long pipe line and dam, is being patrolled by armed guards day and night. To further safeguard this property a tower 24 feet high is being installed, on which will be placed a powerful searchlight of 2,000,000 candlepower. This plant supplies power and light to the pulp mills of Camas, Washington, and for their power and light service In Portland. I YOU KNOW THE START. Can you guess the finish? Written by Fred de Gressacf Adapted and Directed byWChristy Cabanne FRANCIS X. witH SEVER LV "&W TOIIT-l oiJ3iriivi 4 A BR ai.. ''"iVii'far v.. .11-. EXHIBITS TO TRAVEL Special Train to Run Through Eastern Oregon Districts. EXPERTS TO BE ABOARD Model Poultry Plant and Gardens Are to Be Shown to Farmers Along Route and Talks Are to Be Made by Teachers. A special train to demonstrate poul try raising, gardening and home economics will De operated through Eastern Oregon next week by the O.-W, R. & N. Company In co-operation with the Oregon Agricultural College. This tour has been arranged prl marily to stimulate Interest In these homely pursuits, but to help In a ma terial way to pound down the high and ever-increasing cost of living. Competent Instructors will be sent with the train to explain to the people how the work can most effectively be done. The train will start from Portland on April 8 and continue at least two weeks In the field, vegetable garden lng lectures will be given during the first week by A. G. B. Bouquet, pro fessor of vegetable gardening at Ore gon Agricultural College, and during the second week by R. K. Allen, super lntendent of the Hermiston experiment station. One car of the train will be equipped with an exhibit In vegetable gardening. showing definite plans for planting lots of different sices and suggesting the various kinds of vegetables to be Included In the scheme, methods of tillage and means of preserving the products. Arrangements will also be made to organize garden clubs. The poultry lectures will be given by C. C Lamb, of the poultry depart ment of the college. An exhibit show lng a model poultry plant for a city yard, accompanied by Instructions for housing, feeding and care of poultry will be part of the train equipment. Misa Grace Johnson, of the home economics department of the college. will deliver xne lectures on that sub ject. These will treat of the different foods, their food values and cost, and It will be explained how certain meat sub stitutes and less expensive foods can be used. Canning demonstrations will be given by Miss Helen Cowglll. showing Inex pensive and simple methods for pre serving vegetables, rruita and meats. The following schedule has been ar ranged: April at Hood River. ADril 10 at The Dalles, April 11 at Bend. April 12 at Redmond, April 13 at Wasco, April 14 at Hermlston, April 17 at Milton and Pendleton. April 18 at Wallowa, April 1 at Enterprise and Elgin, April 21 at LaGrande, April 21 at LaGrando and, INDIAN LANDS ON SALE Bids Asked on "Inheritances" Klamath Reservation. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 2. (Spe cial.) Practically all of the lands on the Klamath Indian Reservation near here now being offered for sale are "In herited lands," allotments of deceased Indiana, to be sold for the benefit of neirs. The aggregate acreage now being of fered for sale Is 11,087.33 acres, "for 3976.26 acres of which bids will be opened by the Superintendent at Klam ath Agency on April 14. Bids for the remainder will be opened on May 14.. Each bid must be accompanied by a. certmea cnecs: ror m per cent or the abount of the bid and must conform with the appraised value or more. These landa may be purchased either H for cash to be paid within SO days " 3, 1917. AN T5s a wonderful dtory, done in a wonderful way with tKe wonder tars of motion pictures. Mystery, excitement, surpassing romance for every man,womaiv and child irv the world. Released Jbrp the METRO Pictures Corporation Now Being Shown at ippodrome Theater First Four Days of Each Week -.Z-S: after notice of the acceptance of bid or on the deferred payment plan. This Plan provides ror the payment of 10 per cent with bid, IS per cent addi tional when the bid Is accepted, 25 ad ditional at end of first year, like amount at end of second year, and ike amount at end of third year, same to be secured by notes with Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. PASTOR PREDICTS VICTORY Eugene, Minister Envies Guards Part "Counting Out Hohenzollern.' EUGEXE. Or.. Anrll 2. fSneciaLt Expressing the belief that United States is about to enter upon a war for righteousness and declaring that God will not forget the U-boat war fare. William Mole Case, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, last night, told the members of the Second and Third Companies Coast Artillery Corps, Oregon National Guard, that he envied them the possibility that they will be at the ringside when the Hohen zollern giant is counted out. At the conclusion of his sermon, he prayed "forgive us any yellow streak." At one point in his sermon he re ferred to the time "when mighty Ore gon gets to France." " Christ is at the heart of this war," he said. "It Is the holiest war the world has ever known. .- BURLINGTON OFFICIAL HERE II. II. Ilolcomb, of Omaha, Im pressed With Shipbuilding. H. H. Holcomb, general freight agent for the Burlington Railroad at Omaha, has been In Portland for the last few days to get acquainted with the local car situation and to meet local ship pers. ' Mr. Holcomb asserts that the car shortage here is nothing like that of the Middle West. The weather has been responsible for some of the worst elements of the car situation, he says, and as soon as real Spring arrives conditions ought to improve. This is Mr. Holcomb's first visit to the Northwest. He is much Impressed with the shipbuilding Industry here. WHEELWRIGHT IS INDORSED Resolution Is Unanimously Adopted by Carlton Board of Trade. CARLTOX. Or.. April 2. (Special.) At a special meeting . of the Carlton Board of Trade Thursday night, a reso lution indorsing William D. Wheel wright for the appointment to the of- "HELL MORGAN'S GIRL" Today LAST DAY She's Wonderful .. -IBs-, sasz" A-iiiiJ cm j BAYNE V7 bsb flee of Ambassador to Japan was unan imously adopted. The resolution stated that it was a voluntary offering, and had not been suggested by any out side sources. Mr. Wheelwright has many personal friends and admirers In this community and is well known here. President W. B. Dennis and Secretary C. W. Vail were instructed to send a certified copy of the resolution to the President of the United States. Carlton- Holds Patriotic Baly. CARLTOX. Or., April 2. (Special) 12 j O Ol iQBOi locaoi -tonoL. iodoi sri D A 1111 1 1 . - ft .:N 4(J "- . .. j O - v " ,1 V V i 'VI " v V- it - it- v:V" o Mr- U N 1 a ! J?s i I' '"r-ini in Only Until Saturday Night The mammoth million-dollar cinema spectacle ; now in its ninth record-breaking month in the Northwest CIVILE The greatest production of modern times an intimate view of the world war and a powerful plea for humanity. Adults, 25 ; children, 10 New shows daily at 11 A. M.; 1 P. M.; 3 P. M.; 5 P. M., 7 P. M., and 9 P. M. ST Washington at One of the largest crowds ever known In the city attended the patriotic meet ing in the auditorium last Saturday night. A nice musical programme was followed by short talks from local 3peakers. the principal address being by Senator S. B. Hjuston, of Portland. Suffrage Pickets at White House. WASHIXGTON. April 2. Woman suf fragists, silent sentinels, took up their "peaceful" picketing at the White House gates again today In a further effort to persuade President Wilson to support the suffrage constitutional amendment. 8T A VC FOUR SHOWS U A I U EACH DAY Noon, 3 P. 5i45 P, M, 8 ISO P. M. STARTING NOON APR. 7 SATURDAY William Fox Presents the Only Million-Dollar Picture Ever Filmed. 0 o A The Climax of Lavish Pro-. durtlon. Scenic Splendor, ttxqnlatte Art and Stagger lug Magnitude. DAUGHTER OF THE o o GOO D o with ANNETTE Superb Music Score Special Orchestra KELLERMANN n o Prices Xoon Show. All Seats 2.1e. All Other Shows Lower Floor SOc, Bal cony Sftc, Lioire Seats and Klrnt How HmrTM, , rtc, i n uo snum nee Tor Any ferformance at Ticket Office After 11 A. SI. edneaday. aOI 3QO ATOM A Park. Main 3452. 1 first, and last, time 1 1 4. 1 prices. r:-' i-- . t - i . - k r- r . r 3 I- t . irr r. 3 . .. . yr
