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FRIDAY. MAT 4, 1017. TOURIST LEAGUE IS AFTER PATRQHAGE LOGAN'S PLEA WAITS If the Cap Fits, Wear It" Billingsley Must Appear Be fore Case Will Be Heard. Northwest Association Enters . Field to Attract Eastern Public to This Section. '0 j,&rri" t ERRORS IN TRIAL CHARGED TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, m Immmm mSmm &mw - 2 V PLANS ARE CONSERVATIVE Railroad Uncertainty Makes Direc tors Go Slow, but When War Sit uation Is Out of Way Vigor ."' , Will Bo Injected. SEATTLE. May 8. (Special.) June 1 the Northwest Tourist Association will enter the field in a limited way for capturing tho, tourist business of the country for the great Summer playgrounds of America. , Because of the uncertainty of rail road transportation it was decided to day by the directors that the associa tion should proceed with the utmost economy and care, but that when the war situation is clearedup so far as the railroads are concried the asso ciation should be ready po proceed with a well-defined campaign which was adopted as the most minute detail. Herbert Cuthbert, of Victoria, was elected executive secretary for the as sociation, with headquarters at Seattle. Mark ."Woodruff, secretary for the publicity and conventions bureau of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, was elected commissioner to represent the association at Chicago, with head quarters for the East. The selection of Mr. "Woodruff as the Eastern commissioner made his resig nation as a director necessary and it then was decided to impose the duties of that position on J. P. Jaeger, of Portland. Perhaps the most patriotic member of the board of directors was J. II. Koke. of Eugene. He came farther and at greater personal expense than any other. An appropriation was made for the purchase of the plates owned by Frank I. Jones for advertising purposes. These will be supplemented by views from other sections of the Northwest and will be furnished to lecturers for use through the country. The firm of Wnitfleld & "Wnltcomb, of Portland, was selected as the of ficial auditors for the association. The Botsford Advertising Agency, of Portland, was awarded a portlono f the contracts for placing advertising. Phil Metschan, Jr., was made a mem ber of the committee for preparing a map of the Northwest for auto tour ing. It will include all the auto roads In the states of Oregon, Washington and British, Columbia. J. C. Alnsworth notified the meeting of the directors that he had appointed Chester Thome, of the National Bank of Tacoma, as his assistant treasurer and designated that bank as an addi tional depository. CREETF.RS SEEK CONVENTION Portland Hotel Men Campaign for 1918 Session of Body. Oregon Greeters and their friends are going to Boston In force next month to attend the nnnual convention of their organization and to make a determined effort to get the 1918 meeting for Port land. They will travel eastward over the Union Pacific system, and officials of that railroad have arranged to have IV. B. Leffingwell, one of their leo turers, present a series of colored photo graphs of Portland, the Columbia River Highway -and the Northwest as one of the entertainment features of the Bos ton convention. Among the Portland Greeters who are planning to make the trip, and the hotels with which they are con nected are: C. J. Schrelter, Portland; M. K. Flemming, Multnomah i F. W. Beach, editor Northwest Hotel News; W. E. Metzger, Imperial; O. O. Madison, Nortonla; Ross I'innegan, Benson; H. Berneger, Benson; F. E. Chilton, Seward, and C. W. Hunloch, Marlon, of Salem. Greeters from other cities on the Pacific Coast will Join the Portland party and support them In their cam paign for the 1918 convention. WALLA WALLA MAN LOST Car Goes Over Precipice at Central Ferry and Sidney Clark Dies. "WALLA "WALLA, "Wash., May 3. (Special.) Sidney Clark, Bald to be from Walla Walla, was drowned at Central Ferry, about 60 miles north of Walla Walla, according to word reach ing here today. Clark was a passenger in an automo bile driven by his brother-in-law, a man named Balharr, and they had crossed the ferry and were on their way to Walla Walla about 7 o'clock last night, when the car went over the side of the cliff, about 100 yards from the ferry. Clark disappeared in- the Snake River and the body had not been located to .nlght. Balharr and two other men In the car escaped with minor bruises. Medical Reserve Officer's Sought. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. Applica tions of persons and surgeons resid ing In the ten states composing the Western Department of the Army- for service in the Medical Reserve Corps, will be received by lieutenant-Colonel Charles Lynch, 27 Pine street, San Francisco; Captain L. Melster, Fourth end Broadway, Los Angeles, and Major William L. Kneedler. U. S. A., retired, Coronado, Cal., It was announced here today. A Splendid Reputation for a Kidney Medicine For fourteen years we have been sell ing Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and our customers are perfectly satisfied with it and tell us that it is a splendid medi cine for the troubles for which it is highly recommended; and we believe It is equal to the best preparation of Its kind on the market. Very-truly yours, CORSKIB BROS., Druggists. July 81st, 1916. Harrison, Idaho.! letter to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Blngauntoa, X. Y, Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do for Yds. Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Blnghamton, N. Y., for a sample else bottle. It will convince anyone, You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, tellinff about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention The Portland Daily Orego. nlan. Regular flfty-eent and ana. dollar size bottle for sale at all drug stores, V 4-, 'H v 1 A TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Theda Bara, "Her Greatest Love." Columbia William S. Hart, "The Desert Man." Sunset William S. Hart. "The Devil's Double." Peoples Alice Brady, "Darkest Russia." Star "The Girl From Rector's," "Mystery of the Double Cross." Globe "The Unborn," "Patria." Circle "Adventures of Shorty Hamilton." Sunset. ffr-pHE DEVIL'S DOUBLE." the cur I rent Triangle attraction at the Sunset Theater, presents the screen's premier "bad man" In a pecu liar role. While he Is "Bowie" Blake, gambler and terror of his enemies be cause of his uncanny proficiency with the knife made famous by the late Colonel Bowie, Hart is also an artist's model. No, not the typical model, but the- double of Lucifer chosen because of his facial resemblance to the devil. "The Devil's Double" is a story of the triangle, with the baa man of the West pitted against a tense, emotional, ascetic painter. Enid Markey Is the woman In the case, the wife of the painter. Going West for his health. "Bowie" Blake, faro dealer and one time outlaw. Is encountered In Tophet, an Arizona border town. Tarlton, the painter, recognizes Blake as Lucifer in the flesh and demands that he pose for him. His demand is refused. Then Blake meets Naomi, the wife, and Blake, to please her, promises to pose for,. Tarlton. The painter insults his wife to preserve the devil in the face of his model. Finally Blake can stand it no longer and leaves. He re turns to find the painter dead and two miscreants fighting for the woman. "Bowie" kills both men and takes Naomi into a cave in the mountains. Then Naomi, through an injury, loses her mind and Blake nurses her back to health and reason. He is determined to take her for his own, but she re forms him. So the tamed bad man takes her back to town and watchea her leave for the East, "Bowie" bifoyed up with the promise that it is in his power eventually to claim her. The photoplay is redolent of the West, has many tense and thrilling situations and gives a picture of Hart at his best. "Saved by Wireless," a Keystone com? edy featuring Chester Conklln and Mack Swain, i and a Burton Holmes Travelogue also are screened. Theda Dreams of War's End. Is a woman to end he world warT Theda Bara, star, of "Her Greatest Lo've," thinks so. according to the fol lowing yarn anent one of her dreams, sent out by the Fox publicity corps: "Theda Bara, orientalist and screen vampire, has had a most remarkable dream, one that has not only Impressed her but her friends to whom she has told It. This dream is that some woman, - who has had no participation In the world war, will be the person who will make peace possible. "In this dream she saw a woman wearing modern clothing lead in battle a host of the ancients. Dead and dy ing soldiers covered the ground and within a second the battlefield became a field of waving grain. Following this or centuries aferward she saw, so she describes it, 'millions of soldiers of all nations' engaged in battle. Unlike the first scene, these soldiers were modern fighters, using great guns, with enor mous explosions rending the land. Men were falling everywhere, when sud denly the panorama ceased and again the battlefield became a field of grain. Here again appeared the modern wom an, this time seated at a table, sur rounded by soldiers, who appeared to be thanking and congratulating her." Potter Play Successful. Paul M. Potter, author of "The Girl From Rector's" and many other plays that have made him famous all over the world, ts an Englishman, having come to this country from Brighton, England, in 1875 to assume the foreign editorship of the New Tork Herald. When Mr. Potter wrote "The Girl From Rector's" in 1909 It was after he had been for some years an habitue of the famous restaurant and was well versed in the life that is led under Broadway's bright lights, so that the fascinating story of Loute Sedalne and her adventures In and about Rector's possesses authority. - "The Girl From Rector's" Is probably Mr. Potter's most successful play from the point of view of the box ofTIce. It ran over 100 weeks In New Tork and was six years on the road, playing to crowded business everywhere. The film ing of the drama Into a five-reel photo play for release by the Mutual Film Corporation adds the final touch to an extraordinarily popular- offering. Hart Makes Buster Cry. Strategy frequently plays an Impor tant part In the making of William 8. j X ,Xe ' r- aw: mm Hart's plays. Every subject. It seems, presents a situation of an embarrass ing nature that only quick wit or con centrated thought will overcome. 1 The latest obstacle with which he was confronted sprang up during the filming of "The Desert Man." It was caused by the stole refusal of Buster Irving to cry aj the time when he was wanted to cry. At the moment of making a tearful scene Buster aid not feel like crying. He was In a particularly cheerful mood and Hart realized that he was about to experience difficulty in driving away the "Joys" from the little fellow. Finally the actor took Buster on his knee and gained his attention with a fearful ghost story replete with weird Imaginings. Hla - central character was "a little boy who wouldn't cry." Slowly Buster's face lost its brightness, his upper Hp commenced to quiver and at last the youngster broke into tears. Then Hart proceeded to enact his scene. There are some millions of Russians in America to whom the revolution In their native land is a source of rejoi cing far 'beyond words of description. Added to these millions of native Russians - and their American-born progeny are many more millions of our own people who sympathize ardently, intensely, with a nation that has suf fered more than any other from the Inhuman oppression of despots without heart or, conscience. For every individual of these millions in their first exultant hour the hour of which they have dreamt since In fancy, as their parents and grandpar ents and great-grandparents, from time beyond human record have dreamt World Pictures Is presenting the screen drama called "Darkest Russia." This vivid photoplay reproduces the Russian life which has passed with the extinction of a pitiless and abhorrent government. Around a most chamlng love story, with which is blended a series of ex ceedingly thrilling adventures, is woven the phase of life from which Russia is now emerging. .i N Screen Gossip. Charles Chaplin In the nearfuture will do a picture which will be a trav esty aon the rough and Western type of cinema drama made popular by Bill Hart. Tom Mix and Broncho Billy of fond memory. Robert Warwick, who has not been seen on the speaking stage since he appeared with Grace George in "Cap tain Brassbound's Conversion" at the Playhouse last season, will walk be fore the footlights again next Fall un der the management of A. H. Woods. Contracts between the two were signed and delivered earlier this week. - Irene Fenwlck. now a star In Lew Field's production, "Bosom Friends," at the Liberty Theater, New York, will shortly have a motion picture studio all her own in which to'spend her spare time. George Backer, who has Miss Fenwlck under contract for a term of years, is financing the new venture Mrs. Oliver Stokes Mix, wife of Tom Mix. of the Fox Company, was granted a divorce last week. , She received the custody of Ruth Jane Mix. 4 years old, and Mr. Mix was instructed to pay Mrs. Mix S50 a month for the .support of the child. - Bessie Barrlscale, who has been one of the most prominent actresses in Tri angle pictures during the past two years, has arrived, in New York. Miss Barrlscale's contm.;- with the Triangle Company has expired and her career on the screen will in future be Identified with other film interests still in the process of organization. Her visit to New York is in connection with sev eral offers made to her to appear In important productions for distribution on a state rights basis. Grace Darmond Is to have, the honor of starring in the first natural color photoplay put out by the Technicolor Company. The film, to be called "The Little Skipper," will be made In Jack sonville for release about June 1. . Joe Hennaberry. formerly a Fine Arts director and assistant to D. W. Griffith in "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance." has been engaged by Douglas Fairbanks. In all probability he- will alternate In the direction of Fairbanks productions with John Emer son. . Essanay recently released no fewer than 33 people, among the players de parting being Nell Craig, Richard Trav ers, Leo White, Edwin Arnold, Lillian Drew and Harry Dunklnson. C ASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of Federal Court Says Fugitive Must Present Himself Before End of Term or Consideration Will Not Be Given 111m. SEATTLE. Wash., May S. (Special.) Logan Billingsley. now , a fugltiv from Justice and under sentence to s'erve 13 months in the-Federal Penl tentary at McNeil Island, will not be allowed to change his plea of guilty to not guilty, at least, until such time as he shall deliver himself to the cus tody of the court. So ruled Judge Net erer today, in . declining to consider Logan's assignment of error. However, the court, to afford Logan opportunity to surrender himself, says that consideration of his assignment of errors is continued until such surren der, provided he comes in within the time to which the November court has been extended. The court says he does not think any error was committed in refusing to allow Logan to withdraw his origin plea. - - Fred . BiTllngwley, sentenced to six months in the County Jail. is. granted his petition for -aw rlt of error and got his liberty on bonds in the sum of $2500. Ora Bllllngsley's petition was with drawn and Ora has almost served his term of 30 days. MILITARY ' RIDE TONIGHT PORTLAXD HUNT CLUB ORGANIZA TION WILL PRACTICE. Applicant for Drill Are So Nnmerous - Taat Class WU1 Be Divide Into Two Parts. The first military ride under the auspices of the Portland Hunt Club will be held tonight starting at 8 o'clock. In the Portland Riding Acad emy, Twenty-first-' - and Johnson streets. Harry M. Kerron, master of foxhounds of the club, will be In charge, but he wants it understood that the ride is open to all interested in learning military tactics regardless of whether or not they are affiliated with the Portland Hunt Club. - So many applications have come in to Mr, Kerron since the first an nouncement was made through- The Oregonlan that a military class was to be organized by the "Portland Hunt Club, that it has been necessary to divide the applicants into two divi sions. Arrangements have been made to have one class every Friday night and another one every Monday night starting with May 14. Applications for each class can still be made by call ing Main 973 and asking for Mr. Kerron. The final closed paper chase of the season will be contested tomorrow af ternoon, the finish "to be near the new Garden - Home clubhouse. The riders will leave from the Portland Riding Academy at 1 :S0 o'clock In order to get to the start by 3 o'clock. Miss Rose Harrington and Mrs. James Nicol are tied with nine points each In the race for the Multnomah Hotel trophy. Tomorrow's affair Is tho last one to count toward the cup. University Club Favors Draft. MEDFPRD. Or, May 3. (Special.) A postal card referendum among the 100 members of the Rogue River Valley University Club, has resulted In a unan imous endorsement of the selective draft as advocated by President Wilson. The result of this vote has been tele graphed to Oregon representatives at Washington by Dr. Henry Hart, presi dent of the club. In the telegram it is stated that the sentiment among all classes of people In Jackson County is also in favor of the draft as the only practical method of making Uncle Sam's military Army effective In the present war. o I i v, : :; ;pi A, remarkable demonstration of photoplay supremacy beginning Sunday. v snMtnu . . "V. ".'i i. NEW RUSSIA IS LOYAL XOTB OF REASSURANCE SENT TO ENTENTE ALLIES Forelgai Secretary Mllnkoff Says N. tloa la Firmly Convtaeed and la Perfect Agreement. PETROGRAD, via London. May 3. The Russian Provisional Government has sent to the Russian representative in the entente allied countries a note assuring the allies that the change in government In Russia cannot afford a pretext for any slackening on the part of Russia in the common struggle of all tho entente allies. The note, which is dated May 1 and signed by Foreign Secretary Milukoff. says in part: "Firmly convinced of the victorious issue of the present war and in perfect agreement with our allies, the pro visional government Is confident that the problems which were created by this war will be solved by the creation on a firm basis of a lasting peace, and that, incplred by identical sentiments, the allied democracies will find means of establishing the guarantees and penalties necessary to prevent any re course to sanguinary war in the fu ture." Railroad Aids Mining: Operations. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 3. (Spe cial.) Preparatory to handling the big ore tonnage expected from the new Chrome minfc. work on which Is he- Good news for Women who have felt the influence of the steady re cent advances In all lines. mrrmi Another "Broad Chasm ef Selling1 Expen8ein .Port land has been "Bridged." IIIIUII Tomorrow, in this space we will tell you the details how you are go ins to receive a much merited benefit 6 months earlier than we thought it possi ble how "exam ple is better than precept" how, or -why "no man ban serve two masters." ing rushed under the impetus of heavy war orders, the Southern Pacific Com- ONLY -2 DAYS MORE TD A "TV A in Her Greatest Love Comedy Scenic Pathe News t.j o g TAR Today and Tomorrow r A The Girl From Rector's A rollicking dramatic comedy. 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. TODAY OTB DAT OXI.T "SHORTY HOOKS A LOAN PHARK." another of Shorty Hamilton's Adntnroa: also a cartoon comedy. "Burn Bum"; a cenlo of tho Great Lakea. and a Bis V comedy. "Dig Blur fa and BtcUof Balls." CIRCLE THEATER The Big Home Movie. FOtRTH AT WASHINGTON. Cntlaaevs Perform a are. Weekdays t A. H. 11 r. M. Saadaya 1Si15 tt 11 P, H. PROGRAMME) CHANGED DATLT Every Night at S o'clock (Except Saturday and 6undsy) T. and T. Come and See. ADMISSION FIVE CEMS. I pany is installing a track car scales In their local yards. ' U Also lovely Mollie King in the absorbing "Mystery of the Double Cross." An inspiration: Bern hardt m the sublime "MOTHERS OF FRANCE" Next Sunday at the Peoples Theater Phone Your Wants Ads to THE OREGONIAN Main V 070 A 6095 A