THE MORNING ORECONTAN, THTJRSDAT. APRTL 5, 1017.
SHORTAGE IS
AGAIN PUZZLING
War Is Likely to Strengthen
Short-Term Notes.
O.-W. R. & N. Reports Lacking
2250 Vehicles and South
ern Pacific Is Hit Hard.
LOW RATES MAY RESULT
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BONDS
MAY
PROVE
LUMBER MILL CAPACITY BIG
Statement Made Tbat Actual Per
centage of Normal Car Require
ments as Furnished Is About
40 Instead of 9 6.7.
SA1EM, Or., April 4. (Special.)
Figures received at the Public Service
Commission today indicate that the car
shortage situation is again becoming;
acute.
The Oregon-Washington 'Railroad &
Navigation Company reported a short
age of 2250 cars, which is above any
shortage heretofore reported on that
road.
In addition the Willamette Valley
Lumbermen's Association filed a state
ment in which they declared that tHe
Southern Pacific shortage is much more
serious than appears on its face.
In this statement it is pointed out
that the company claims its shortage
shows a 96.7 per cent supply as com
pared with the demand for. cars.
But ' the statement asserts figures
how that between March 1 and March
23 the Southern Pacific actually sup
plied only 951 cars.
The normal capacity of the lumber
mills is placed at 108 cars dally, which
would mean, during that period of
time, a normal demand for pars
amounting to 2360 freight cars. It is
contended that for one reason or an
other mills have been shut down, work
ing at short capacity, or otherwise
have been short in their demands for
cars, but that anything like a normal
demand will develop another severe
shortage as far as the Southern Pacific
la concerned. The statement asserts
that the actual percentage of normal
car requirements as furnished was
about 40' per cent, instead of the 96.7
per cent indicated by the railroad com
pany. The actual shortage shown by
the Southern Pacific today was 861
. freight cars.
GOULD PAROLE AGAIN LOST
Court Says He Would Not Be Doing
Duty In Freeing Auto Thief.-
Ray D. Gould, sentenced to from one
to 10 Shears in the penitentiary by Pre
siding Judge Gantenbein Tuesday, made
a second effort to get a parole yester
day. Attorney B. B. Crawford had scarcely
finished the first sentence of his plea
for Gould when Judge Gantenbein In
terrupted to ask If a parole was being
sought again. It was admitted that
was the object of the plea.
"Not one chance in a thousand," said
.juage udnienDein. - xi buu men no
freed the courts do not do their duty."
Gould was supposed ringleader In a
gang of automobile thieves to whose
activities the loss of about 40 automo
biles has been traced.
WOMAN TO TELL OF WAR
Miss Martha Fenner Talks Tonight
t on Some of Her Experiences.
Miss Martha Fenner, a Swiss girl who
passed 16 months in Holland working
among the refugees from the European
war zone and seven months with the
Red Cross forces in France, will speak
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Salvation
Army Hall, 243 Ash street. She will
relate her experiences In the two coun
tries and give some first-hand informa
tion on the work of the Salvation Army
In the war-ridden countries.
Miss Fenner has been in Portland
several months and will leave for the
south soon.
More Roseburg Men Enlist.
ROSEBTJRG, Or., -ipril 4. (Special.)
Four enlistments were reported here
yesterday. J. W. Claypool has offered
Yi 1 a ftarvlcea in the Navv Deoartment.
while Carl Guntert, B. F. Jones and Ir
vine V. Coziene became members of
the reserve. Many other enlistments
are expected here before the end of
the week.
WHENYOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
Wash the poisons and toxins from
system before putting more
food Into stomach.
Says Inside-bathing makes any
one look and feel clean,
weet and refreshed.
"Wash yourself on the Inside before
breakfast like you do on the outside.
This is vastly more important because
the skin pores do not absorb impuri
ties Into the blood, causing illness,
tXvhile the bowel pores do.
For every Dunce of food and drink
taken into the stomach, nearly an
ounce of waste material must be car
ried out of the body. If this waste ma
terial is not eliminated day by day it
quickly ferments and generates -poisons,
gases and toxins which are ab
sorbed or sucked Into the blood stream,
through the lymph ducts which should
suck only nourishment to sustain the
body.
A splendid health measure Is to
drink, before breakfast each day. a
glass, of real hot water with a tea
epoonful of limestone phosphate in it,
which Is a harmless way to wash these
poisons, gases and toxins from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels;
thus cleansing, sweetening and fresh
ening the entire alimentary canal be
fore putting more food into the
stomach.
A quarter pound of limestone phos
phate costs but very little at the drug
store, but is sufficient to make any
one an enthusiast on inside-bathing
Men and women who are accustomed
to wake up with a dull, aching head or
have furred tongue, bad taste,, nasty
breath, sallow complexion, others Who
hiave bilious attacks, acid stomach or
constipation are assured of pronounced
larance snoxwy. aot.
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TODAY'S IU FEATURES.
Star- "Civilization." '
Peoples Marie Doro, "Castles
for Two."
Majestic Anita Stewart, "The
More Excellent Way."
Columbia Seena Owen, "A
Woman's Awakening."
Sunset Louise Glaum, "Some
where in France."
Globe Gladys Hanson, "The
Havoc."
Peoples.
C ASTLES for Two," the Marie
I . Doro photoplay that has at
tracted so much attention from
Hibernian societies throughout the
country, will be flashed .on the Peoples
Theater screen today.
It's a photodrama dealing with an
American girl and a titled Irishman,
and many of the scenes depict peasant
life in Ireland. Hibernians throughout
the country have objected to parts of
the film, asserting the depiction of
peasant life to be exaggerated and un
true, so the management of the Peo
ples gave a special exhibition yesterday
for officers of the local order of Hiber
nians. The result was a number of
eliminations, followed by the sanction
of the viewers and expressions of
praise for the production.
The Peoples Animated News Weekly,
a scenic showing the Tellowstone in
Winter, and a comedy featuring the
Katzen jammer Kids will also be
screened.
Sunset.
"Somewhere In France," the power
ful Triangle photo-story of France, the
German invasion and the spy system,
with Louise Glaum, well-known screen
vampire, as star, will be presented to
day at the Sunset Theater. "Fickle Fat
ty's Fall," a two-reel Keystoner star
ring "Fatty" Arbuckle, now a member
of the Paramount forces, and a Burton
Holmes Travelogue will also be
screened.
"Somewhere in 'France" is a mystery
story of an adventuress who breaks a
French officer, bringing about his sui
cide, and the vengeance his brother
wreaked upon the woman. When the'
big war breaks out she becomes a Ger
man spy. Associated with her is the
brother of the man she ruined. His
actions in behalf of the hated enemy
and the revenge he finally won at the
expense of the personal and national
foe furnish material for an engrossing
story of topical interest.
Columbia.
Seena Owen, the Spokane girl who
was one of the stars of the Griffith
spectacle, "Intolerance," returns to the
Triangle programme in "A Woman's
Awakening," which will be screened at
the Columbia Theater today. Miss
Owen, a Spokane girl whose real name
is Signe Auen, appeared in a number
of early Triangle pictures, then mar
ried Director Raoul Walsh, of the Fox
forces and retired from the screen for
more than a year.
The story of "A Woman's Awaken
ing" deals with a young wife who dis
covers that she has been married for
her fortune. Her married life is un
happy, for she is wedded to a rake.
Then comes the murder of her husband
just as he is about to leave her with
the remainder of her fortune.
A new comedy, the child comedy,
"Perambulations of a Baby," and the
pictures of the launching of the Ves
terlide will also be shown.
Star,
"Civilization,' the big "Ihce spectacle
that .is showing in Portland for the
first time at popular prices and play
ing to good crowds at the Star Thea
ter, will continue as the beadliner at
if. L
Vw
1 ' few-.
J&e.acrz 3-rSn? &izcr-a!'xjr
that photoplay-house .. until Saturday
night. ,
This epectacle-allegory-drama deals
graphically with two ptases of life
particularly vital to the world. One
is the ruthless submarine warfare and
the other is autocratic misrule and the
plunging of nations into war at the
whim or convenience of despotic
rulers.
The submarine phase of war Is pre
sented in detail. The operation of an
undersea fighter, the torpedoing of a
helpless liner laden with passengers
and the sinking of the submarine by
an officer who revolts at the ruthless
sacrifice of life are portrayed as never
before.
Modern engines of war, cavalry
charges, battles in the air. sea duels
and trench operations are all shown in
the magnificent battle scenes.
Globe.
"The Havoc," a strong story of the
eternal triangle, starring Gladys Han
son and Mrs. Vernon Castle in "Red
Dawn," the seventh episode of the pre
paredness serial. "Patria," comprise
the Globe offering for the week-end.
"The Havoc" deals with the rivalry
of buslenss associates for the hand of
a pretty stenographer in their office.
Craig wins the girl and invites his
rival in love. Hessert, to live with them.
Craig becomes engrossed In business
and Hessert wins the girl. The hus
band consents to a divorce, Hessert and
the woman are wedded and Craig
forces permission to live In the same
house. Then he sets out to emulate
Hessert, and finally, by placing temp
tation in his way, makes of the man a
defaulter. Hessert is forced to flee the
country. The wife Is overwhelmed with
remorse and the picture ends with her
once more a stenographer, working In
the office of the man she married and
then deserted.
t Reeling Around.
Alan Forrest, formerly with Universal
Lubin and Amfrfnn hna mift artit-
take up scenario work. His wife, Anna
xjiiLie, wjii 0.0 me zamny acting.
Thomas Carrlgan. hubby of Mabel
Taliaferro and well-known leading- man
who made his screen debut in 1911
with Selig, is now supervising director
for Arrow, a Pathe producing concern.
D. W. Griffith has whispered to inti
mates that he expects to screen the
suffrage cause. He is with Artcraft
now and will make about four pictures
a year.
Mary Miles Minter's Mutual contract
will expire next month. Manv offers
have been made her for next season'aj
Helen Reame, who played with
Tyrone Power in "Where Are My Chil
dren?" and in' "The Planter," has
changed her name to Helen Bateman.
In the Universal birth control picture
her name was spelled Rlaume.
The Astra Film Company, soon to pro
duce a new serial with Pearl White as
star, has Earl Fox, Warner Oland, Mol
lie King, Creighton Hale. Leon Bary
and Ruby Hoffman on its staff of play
era .
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, the birth con
trol advocate, is to appear in a picture
produced by B. S. Moss.
Edwin Stevens, who has been direct
ing Violet Mersereau in Universal pic
tures, has finished his contract with
the Laemmle concern.
Not everyone is a friend of motion
pictures. Witness the following words
in a criticism of the Sarah Bernhardt
feature, "Mothers of France," appearing
in the New York Times: "Only the
pro-Teuton could see it and not be
touched by its sincerity and its art. It
atones for most of the sins of the
movies."
y , a s
Patriotic Impulses of American Peo
ple Likely to Cause' Issue to Go
at Substantial Premium if
Government Asks Help. '
Participation of the United States in
the European war will, it is believed,
strengthen the market for the short
term notes' of the allied governments.
An early issue of United States Gov
ernment bonds probably as much as
$1,000,000,000 is expected to attract at
tention to that issue. The American
bonds probably will be placed at a
comparatively low rate of interest. The
patriotic Impulses of the people prob
ably will cause them to go at a sub
stantial premium so that the net yield
will be far below 6 per cent, which, is
the prevailing rate on most of the re
cent Issues of the allies. Some of the
French municipals, in fact, are selling
at a rate that commands better than 6
per cent.
Even if the United States places its
war bonds on a 3 per cent basis they
are expected to bring par on account
of the general desire of the people to
help carry on the war.
So it is apparent tbat those people
who are buying war bonds as a busi
ness Investment will renew their de-
mands for the high-rate allied loans
as soon as the war declaration is forth
coming. Those Investors who have been ex
pecting the market for the French Se
cured Convertible two-year 6s to sag
with the entrance of the United States
into the world war, as did the early
Issues of short-term notes of the allies
a while ago, have been disappointed.
Those expecting to buy them below the
market have discovered that the loan
is active. The notes are now avail
able at the subscription price. '
Local bond houses were in close touch
with the New Tork market yesterday.
Anglo-French 5s. which were steady on
Monday, advanced a point and a half
Tuesday and yesterday were still
mounting in price. Other foreign loans
have been similarly affected by the war
preparations In this country. The only
foreign obligations at all shaken were
the rouble notes of the Russian gov
ernment. The extraordinary Interest rates of
the foreign obligations sold in this
country are believed by local invest
ment bankers to be a thing of the past.
The entry of this country into the war,
with moral, military and financial sup
port, is expected to place certain trans
actions with the European governments
on a more reasonable basis than here
tofore. CHARITIES NEED $6000
APPEAL, FOR ASSISTANCE ISSUED
BY WELFARE BUREAU.
1
Economy la Administration and Ef
fectiveness of Service Are ' Set
Forth In Public Letter.
Directors of the Public Welfare Bu
reau are issuing to the people of Port
land an appeal for assistance which
will make it possible for the organiza
tion to oope with the permanent prob
lems of destitution that are confront
ing it.
Thousands of dollars have been saved
in the administration of the bureau
In the past few months, and effective
service rendered, but In the campaign
for funds in mid-Winter less than half
the necessary amount was raised to
carry it through the year.
Six thousand dollars must be raised,
and the directors are sending out to
the public the following explanation
of the situation and appeal for aid:
"The Publio Welfare Bureau during
November, December, January and Feb
ruary rendered assistance as follows:
Individuals.
Food, fuel and clothing, eta. 2806
Temporary employment C-l
Permanent employment Ptt
Legal aid 89
Secured medical or Institutional care... 114
"Improved economio conditions in
Portland have lessened the destitution
arising from unemployment and under
employment, but, unfortunately, not
those arising from accidents, old age,
sickness and desertion.
"We have been able to reduce our
average budget by 40 per cent. We
have raised $10,000. but must have an
additional $6000 to carry on the work
of relieving distress during, the re
mainder of this year.
"Unless we can obtain the.-e funds
we will be compelled to suspend our
activities and turn away a large num
ber of cases urgently needing aid.
"In the past repeated written appeals
have tired the public, consuming valu
able time, and were a source of
enormous expense to the bureau. This
season the directors have - saved at
least $3000 of expense by making per
sonal appeals, but, even by this means,
ltsBmaml
TODAY
You Don't Have
To Enlist
Jnst because you see the
pictures Uncle Sam la
showing In oar theater, bat
if there's a dioi of red
American blood In yon,
you'll surely do your share.
They're the only scenes of
actual warfare ever taken
the U. S. Marines at the
Haiti insurrection.
Also
Anita
In THE MORE
EXCELLENT WAY
Pathe War Pictures
and Comedy.
Stewart
IBM
War against war! War against" king-made
war! War against aristocracy! In behalf of
universal peace; in behalf of all humanity, the
United States is forced to take up arms that
king-made war may cease. A powerful plea
against wars made by kings and not by the
people is the Mammoth Million-Dollar Cin
ema Spectacle:
UV1LAXA
The most astounding, daring production of modern times.
Produced by Thomas H. Ince, and officially indorsed by
Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Entire
cities built and destroyed; 40 army aeroplanes in great air
battles. The ruthlessness of submarine warfare shown "in
all its horror. Two battleships destroyed by the United
States Navy in full view of the camera. Only three days
more at special reduced prices today, tomorrow and Satur
day at the
contributions have not resulted In suf
ficient volume to meet our most ur
gent requirements. While we appreci
ate the many calls for war relief funds,
we maintain that the citizens of Port
land are not doing their full duty in
alleviating distress at home. This is
your problem. We appeal to you in
the confidence that you will respond
generously.
"Public Welfare Bureau directors T.
N. Fleischner, C. Henri Labbe. R. S.
Howard, Morton II. Insley, W. B.
Mackay, Julius "Lm. Meier, T. Henry
Boyd. J. K. Daly, Mrs. A. V. Biles, Mrs.
Henry !. Corbett, Mrs. P. J. Flynn,
Mrs. Alva Lee Stephens, Mrs. J. D.
Farrell, Wells Gilbert, Kurt Koehler,
J. A. Henry and L. B. Smith."
. Three Fined for Gambling.
PENDLETON, Or.. April 4. (Spe
cial.) John Kates. Andy Rlst and J. J.
Jones. Pendleton, were fined today by
Circuit Judge Phelps for gambling.
Kstes was fined 1250 and costs, Rlst
$150 and costs and Jones J75 and costs.
Read The Oregronlan classified ads.
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made famous
WOMAN," etc.
Harding Davis
n
As a Siren of the Secret Service, the subtle, sensuous
charm of this great vampire woman were never more
irresistible. Also
Chas. Murray in "The Love Riot"
And Burton Holmes Travelogues.
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3 Days
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ADULTS, 25c; CHILDREN, 10c NEW SHOWS AT
11 A. M, 1 P. M 3, 5, 7 AND 9 P. M.
BIG WHEAT CROP SOLD
S250.OOO REPORTED PRICES OF 150,000
B19HELS.
Record of A boat fl.63 Is Paid For
- George Drnmbrllrr's Output
For 1910.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 4.
(Special.) r-A quarter of a million dol
lars' worth of wheat raised by one man
was sold here today ty George Drum
heller, whose 1916 crop of wheat total
ins; 160.000 bushels was bought by the
Jones Scott Company.
The exact figure was not given out,
but it is about $1.63, the highest price
yet paid here except by private sale for
high grade seed wheat. The check will
be issued this week and will be the
largest ever given for a single crop of
"A Fool There Was and He Made His Prayer
To a Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair."
GLAU1
by her recent success in "THE WOLF
in a splendid adaptation of Richard
well-known novel of the European war
TJie House Tliat Brings Back the Best
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wheat in the Northwest, between $2 4S,
000 and $250,000.
The crop includes 90,000 bushels of
sixty-three hybrid, 8000 bushels of Jen
kens club and 62,000 bushels of 128 hy
brid stored In warehouses at Dry Creek,
Rulo. Climax. Paddock, Shaw. Lamar
and Eureka.
The sale of the Drumheller lot prac
tically cleans up the Walla Walls
County wheat crop. No other big lot4
remain to be sold and there are fe
small ones yet unsold.
J L W.
Pasco Jury Unable to Agree.
PASCO. Wash.. April 4. (Special.)
The Jury which was Impanneled to try
Roy Washington, colored, charged with,
the unlawful sale of intoxicating
liquors, returned to the Jury box this
morning, after an all-night session, and
reported that they could not agree on.
a verdict. The Jury stood six for ac
quittal and six for conviction and at no
time did they approximate a verdict.
Washington was ordered to be held by
the Sheriff until he is retried on April
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