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a THE MORNING OltEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, MAT 9, 1917. ITALIAN ARRESTED FOR 1907 MURDER Nicola Emilia Will Return From Vancouver, B. C, With v out Extradition. CIACCHINO ALARI SHOT City Detective Snow Traces Events Following Shooting on First Street In Early Evening. Vancouver Police Active. After having successf ally evaded the Portland authorities for nearly ten years, Nicola Kmllia, who is charged with the murder of Ciacchino Alari, a fellow-Italian, at the corner of First and Clay streets' on the night of De cember 23, 1907, was placed under ar rest by Vancouver, B. C officials Mon day night. Advices that the man was in custody and that he would waive extraditioA were telegraphed Captain of Detectives Baty yesterday morning. City Detective Snow will be dis patched to Vancouver this morning to bring the man back for trial. The cause of the murder remains a mystery, but is supposed to have been committed after an altercation over the disposition of $300 the two are said to have stolen the previous night. An other story has it that the quarrel re sulted from a debt of, BO cents which Alari is said to have owed Emilia Emilia disappeared immediately fol lowing the shooting and all efforts to locate him availed nothing until two months ago, when the, late Chief Mc Lennan, of the Vancouver, B. C. police, wrote to Chief Clark, of Portland, that Emilia was in Vancouver and that he' was -under surveillance by the police in that city. Indictment In Brought. City Detective Snow was immediately assigned to the case, and as the result of his efforts an indictment was re turned ty the April grand Jury on April 18 charging Emilia with murder in the second degree, first-degree murder having been abolished in this state with the abolishment of the death penalty. Following the indictment . a warrant was Issued for the arrest of Emilia, who bears the aliases of Maglia, George Arurl and Nick Polmio. Emilia was in a mining camp about 300 miles north of Vancouver at the time of his Indictment and for that reason there was some delay in taking him into custody. After the murder of Alari, Emilia is supposed to have worked his way by stealth to the Canadian border and to have remained secluded for some time before making his appearance in pub lic. At the time of the murder he was smooth shaven. He has raised a beard now and without the aid of Vancouver Italians he would not have been ap prehended. Fend Said to Have Existed. Testimony introduced oefore the grand Jury Indicated that there had been bad blood between Emilia and the dead man previous to the shooting and the former is said to have declared his Intentions of "getting" Alari. Emilia was the proprietor of a res taurant at 320 First street, and it was In front of this place that the shooting Is said to have occurred about 9:30 at nigbt. There were no actual witnesses to the shooting, but several testified to having heard the two shots fired and to have run up to find Alari's dead body on the sidewalk. Among the witnesses who appeared before the grand Jury were Joseph Morak, connected witn the detective bureau; Frederick Quartere, 327 Clay street; Inzasa Orazlc, 6503 Fifty-eighth avenue Southeast three of the men who appeared at the Coroner's Inquest following the murder. J. P. Flnley Held Inquest. J. P. Finley, County Coroner at the time, presided at the inquest which was held following the shooting. Dr. F. H. Dammasch, present Coroner, per formed the autopsy. A. B. Stuart, pio neer citizen of Portland and bailiff of the grand Jury for several years pre ceding his death last year, was a mem ber of the Coroner's Jury. Chief McLennan, of the Vancouver police . force, who was Instrumental In locating Emilia, was killed about a month ago by a crazed negro. He had gone to the apartment-house where the negro was staying and tried to evict him and his consort. The intrusion of the officer was resented and the police chiefs head was blown off with a short-barreled shotgun. MRS. MAESTRAETTI, 20, DIES Mother of Three-Months-Old Baby I Succumbs at Echo. ' ECHO. Or., May 8. (Special.) Mrs. George Maestraetti, of Milton, Or., died Sunday night at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hard, of this place. Mrs. Maestraetti was 20 years of age. She was born in Wisconsin and when 1'i years of age she came to Echo with her parents, and resided here until her marriage to George Maestraetti on Thanksgiving day, 1915. She leaves her husband, a 8-months- old baby, her parents, three sisters and two brothers. I Bitter Cove Child Being Treated. COVE, Or", May 8. (Special.) The 10-year-old daughter of George W. Thomas, severely bitten by an angry dog. was sent to Portland for Pasteur treatment Saturday by advice of the family physician. Dr. A. C. MrCown. Sure! High Heels Cause Corns But Who Cares Now . y ji iiijiHiiiiiiiiilin ImilmTTTmniunMTin lift & . x 1 5-. V V - If I I - US- . . . I 1 - n, , ,, ' J i yrA . " ;') 7 " 5 - tiff t - fWrwir3 y!s:. 'v-f-i -., ' s iiSiilll v-J-fMut-. it Because style decrees that women crowd and buckle up their tender toes in high-heel footwear they suffer from corns, then they cut and trim at these painful rests which merely makes the corn grow hard. This suicidal habit iiuy cause lockjaw and women are warned to stop it. A few drops of a drug called frees one applied directly upon a sore-corn gives quick relief and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts out without pain. Ask the drugstore man for quarter of an ounce of freezone, which costs very little but is sufficent to re move, every hard or soft corn or callus from one s feet. This drug is an ether compound and dries lh a moment and simply shrivels I up the corn without Inflaming or even irritaMng the surrounding tissue or skin. Clip this out and pin on your wife's dresser. Adv. f, ' 4 - ' I I - ,v" t t' -- - - - , . ' 1 -f ft rf. ............. ........... DALY'S MEASURE IS BARRED OFF BALLOT Council Refuses to Let Pro posal Go to Voters on Com missioner's Estimates. MR. BIGELOW OPPOSED, T00 TODAY'S KILBI FEATURES. T Majestic Valeska Suratt, "She." I Columbia Charles Ray, "The Pinch Hitter." Sunset Theda Bara. "Under Two Flags." Peoples Sarah Bernhardt, "Moth ers of France." Star Nance CNell and Shirley Mason, "Greed." Globe "The Love Thief," "Pa . tria," Circle Marin Sals, "The Ameri can Girl." Favorite Authors. MOTION picture stars, for the most part, are fond of reading. With many hours of waiting at the studios each day awaiting the call of their directors, they generally utilize the time, by reading? substantial books. Ethel Clayton reads Rudyard Kipling; Robert "Warwick loves Longfellow's works;. Marguerite Snow says she can recite nearly all of Tennyson's poems; Edgar Allen Poe finds a great admirer in E. K. Lincoln, whllb Victor Hugo's books are greatly appreciated by Edna Hunter. Montagu Love spends his idle moments with Robert Burns; Olive Tell Is partial to Charles Dickens; Harry Morey leans to Maeterlinck; Lillian Walker to Browning; Doris Kenyon Is fond of Abraham Lincoln's books as well as the works of Thoreau. Emile Chautard shows his patriotism by favoring Alexandre Dumas. De Maupassant Is -Louise Glaum's favor ite, while Charles Spencer Chaplin has read everything Stevenson ever wrote. Elaine Hammerstein spends her time reading Emerson; Nicolas Dunaeu reads Tolstoy; Clara Kimball Young finds in teresting material in the books of George Bernard Shaw. Coleridge is read by Howard Hickman; J. M. Barrle by Marguerite Clark; Dant by Douglas Fairbanks and Laura Jean Libbey by Theda Bara. ' Mollie Aids Recruiting. Mollie King, the very blond young woman who plays the star part in Mystery of the Double Cross, the popular Pathe serial,' is entering heart and soul into the work of securing re cruits for the United States Navy. Miss King says she has no other than a patriotio interest In the 'Navy, but in sists that had she been born a man she would be in the thick of any fight ing that is going on, not only because she believes in defending her country, but because she is of Irish parentage. A few days ago Miss King went to Newark, where she was the guest of honor at the opening of the new re cruiting station in Military Park in that city. Clad in the uniform of a sailor. Miss King marched at the head of an enthusiastic and admiring crowd to a platform in front of the recruit ing station. . From tfils position Miss King made an impassioned plea to the vast crowd that had collected and be fore she had finished more than a score of young men had signed appli cations for admission to the Navy. In addition to the results . thus achieved. Miss King is also forming an organization among motion picture actresses, each one of whom will de vote all of her spare time to securing additional members for the Navy. Globe. "The Love Thief," a Fox photodrama co-starring Alan . Hale and Gretchen Hartman, and the final chapter of "Patrla," the International-Pathe se rial presenting Mrs. Vernon Castle, win be screened at the Globe Theater commencing today. With these films will be a special one-reeler dealing with the development of the telephone in the United States. . '"The Love Thief" is a story of love and adventure on the Mexfcan border, the army, Mexican refugees, gun runners, .etc. , . "Patrla" Is. a stirring preparedness film tale dealing with plots against the United States by foreign foes. Mrs. Castle is seen in the role of Patrla Channlng, who, with Donald Parr, of the United States Secret Service, suc cessfully meets the intrigues of the enemy. Many Write Essays. The Portland Dickens Club has been busy for a week looking over the es says submitted during thr contest at tending the screening of "A Tale of Two Cities" at the Majestic Theater. Many manuscripts were mailed to the theater, but before the prizes are awarded the request Is made by the theater management that all contest ants send in their names. Immediate compliance with this request will has ten the announcement of the winners. The first prise is $10. second. -45, while other prizes consist of tickets. A Few Personal Bits. Helen Holmes says she was born lazy. Ann Murdock says she adores little men. Charles" Chaplin received word from a fond mother that she had named her twin boys Charles and Chaplin. . Edna Goodrich says she does not feel dressed if she is not wearing at least three rings, a wrist watch, a bracelet and a chain of some description. Billie Rhodes received a big doll the other day from one of her admirers who thought she really was Just a child because she was so small. Marjorie Rambeau in one week re ceived ten poems dedicated to her won derful eyes. Willi am Russell received a request to allow a brand of fish to be named after him and ever since he has been wondering if they thought he was a sucker. J. P. McCowan, director-general of Signal, says that the less hair men have the brighter they are. Screen Gossip. Mildred Manning has been named by Vitagraph as the successor to Pee-erv Hyland. She will soon appear with Marc AlcDermott In "Mary Jane's Pa," Henry Dixey's stage success. . Mary Garden Is going to be a French exhibitor. She has bought land in Paris and Is planning the construction Of a 4000-seat theater. Helen Holmes is now a director with the Mutual-Signal Company, as well as star in the railroad stories. Her hus band. J. P. McQowan, is the director-in-chlef of the company's activities. . Miss Corinne Griffith, who will be re membered for her work with William Duncan in "Through the Wall" and "The Last Man," has been playing with .man w imams at the Brooklyn Vita- graph studios. Williams and Anita Stewart are soon to be-presented as a co-starring team. . Speaking of Chaplin and recalling his X670.000 salary for the past year. with the stories of $1,000,000 for the coming campaign, recalls to mind that Mack Sennett saw him at the Empress Theater, in Los Angeles, and naralvzed him with an offer of more money a week than he had ever seen a-total of $175. Incidentally it was Billy Reeves who was the originator of , that English drunk in "A Night in an English Music Hall. Chaplin came later. " . Douglas Fairbanks has a birthday this montn. May 23 is the date. Olga Fetrova ! said to be unique among stars, in that she turns out more film footage than any other von an in the business, yet works the short est hours. No sunrise stuff, for her. Eleven o'clock is the hour. Sylvia Bremer is going to appear with Charlie Ray in other Triangle pictures. mm uwy YfeJLrULjii7 - Side Partner of Mayoralty Candi date Makes Motion Which Con signs Bill to Waste Basket. Experimental Dam Ordered. City Commissioner Daly's proposed $1,777,000 municipal electric light plant bond issue will not be on the ballot at the city election June 4. Over .Mr. Daly's protest the City Council, by a vote of 4 to 1, refused yesterday to submit the measure, inas much as engineers appointed by the Council reported that the cost would be double what Mr. Daly said it would be, and that the plant would be un feasible and possibly an utter failure after completion. Even Commissioner Blgelow, Mr. Daly's right-hand bower In the Council, refused to vote with him In favor of submitting the measure. In fact Mr. BIgeiow made the motion which for mally laid the Daly measure away. Mr. Blgelow's motion as adopted provides that the Daly proposal "re ceive no further consideration." In taking this action the Council decided that the water bureau should go ahead and construct a .water storage dam on the edge of Bull Run Lake and watch the results. This dam was proposed as a part of the lighting plant, stor age of water being essential to the op eration of the plant In the Summer time. Engineers who Investigated the Daly plans said there was grave ques tion about the possibility of storage of water in the lake because of leaks and the loose formation of the earth in that section. If storage is found possible, plans for a power plant may be considered later. - Dam Would Cost 950,000. The dam at the lake is to cost about $50,000. It is contended that storage of water at the lake or elsewhere will be necessary within a few years to augment the city's water supply in the Summer months. The engineers who Investigated the lake formation Ques tioned the possibility of storage at the lake. At the opening of the Council ses sion yesterday to consider the light ing plant measure Mr. Daly made a mo tion to put the measure on the ballot at the Daly .figure of $1,777,000, disre garding the reports of the engineers that the cost would be $3,400,000. You recommend that, said Mayor Albee, "in spite' of the fact that the engineer named by you says the cost would be $3,400,000, and that the project would be infeaslble? , When Mr. Stannard was employed by the Council to investigate the feasi bility of the plant," said Commissioner Dleck, "it was rhe understanding that the figures of this engineer would be put In the ballot measure in place of your figures of $1,777,000. I think if the question is submitted It ought to be on the higher figures."- Mr. Daly admitted the. Council had said the figures should be revised if the engineer s report showed an In crease to be necessary, but contended that the engineer's report'as submitted does not warrant an increase. Daly Stands Alone. Well, then." said Mr. Dleck. "dls regarding that, the engineer says the cost will be $3,400,000 and that the plant as proposed is unfeasible. Leav ing aside the question of cost we have the question of feasibility to face the question of the possibility of stor ing water. The whole plant depends on that and the engineer says there Is a probability water cannot be stored as needed. "Sure," said Mr. Daly, -"the whole plant depends on storage. We do not propose to go ahead until we have investigated. "Then." said Mayor Albee, "why not wait until that fundamental question is decided before Issuing bonds?" "'It is my opinion." Interposed Com missioner Blgelow, "that there should be an investigation of the storage prop osition before we submit this proposal If we put the plant on the ballot at $3,400,000 it means the municipal light lnsr plant question is killed for at least 10 years. I think the Water Bureau ought to be allowed to go ahead and construct a dam and deter mine the storage possibilities through Investigation covering a period of one or two years. Cost Is Discussed. "Reverting back to the question of cost," said Mayor Albee, "Mr. Daly contends the increased cost at this time Is due to the advanced cost of materials. I have made some inquiries along the line of prospects for re duced prices. I have letters from B. C. Ball, of the Willamette Iron & Steel Work, and J. R. Bowles, of the North-- west Steel Company, saying prices cannot get down to a steady normal for at least two years after the close of the war and when they do get nor mal they will be at least BO per cent higher than the normal we had a year or so ago. In face of these facts and the fact that there is need of deter' mining the feasibility of the project. I can see no other reasonable way than to postpone this question until times and conditions are right." "Municipal ownership," said Mr. Dieck, "is really a live issue. I am willing to submit the question of municipal ownership, but it would ap pear ridiculous to submit this pro Dosal at this time." "I stand for submitting this ques tion at the correct figures or not at all." said Mayor Albee. . . "To submit it at the higher figure,' said 3Tr. Bigelow, "would kill it for at least 10 years, I believe. There tore, I move that the proposal re ceive no further consideration ana that the Water Bureau be instructed to go ahead with construction of the dam at Bull Run Lake to determine the pos sibility of storing water." 2 BOOTLEGGERS CONFESS Ed and Frank Cook Change Minds After Three Days In Jail. After spending three days in Jail Ed and Frank Cook, arrested Friday for violating the prohibition law, yesier day decided to change their attitude toward the law. They pleaded guilty to the charge and each drew a sus Dended sentence of 30 days. When arrested both men protested that they had never sold one drink at their place at BIB Northrup street. Deputy District Attorney Delch told the defendants that if they were guilty and told the court as much he would recommend leniency. They decided that was the best course to pursue, and vesterday appeared in Municipal court Each has a wife and children, and the sentence passed -was recommended by Deputy District Attorney Deicn. OF sotIE ifnnnRfT J A IL-2 iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiinii!1 A . .. . v i . - - .. -,-- ' t- x..--:-. t '"".. ...j ... ' . v .. fc. . vi. v - , . :(,.'.. V'- v - - V " ' ' Ulill'll'PliiliiiiiliiiliiX.-- ; : t ,. ? - n til PUT l-YSTERY of the Double Cross is conceded to be the U-'-eXg-.-1 most remarkable mystery serial ever produced. Ex-m-mfJ hibitors everywhere have so proclaimed it. Audiences Lrr have echoed their approval. J Readers of the story are so fascinated that they are flocking to the theatres to see the characters in vivid motion pictures. JAs episode follows episode, the caystery apparently be comes more unsolvable, the action swifter, the scenes ; more thrilling. CJ Through it all runs a delightful love story with the principal feminine role portrayed by the youngest, most beautiful of motion picture stars,. Mollie King. She is ably supported by Leon Bary and an admirable cast. Produced by ASTRA for PA723S TAR Starting Tomorrow. HOME AWAITS BABY GIRL EASTERN OREGON COUPLE WOULD ADOPT INFANT. Owifri of Large Irrigated Tract De sire Child of Six Month Home Life Vouched for. There is a home waiting for a six- months-old baby girl in Kastern Ore gon, where a well-to-do family is looking for one to adopt as their own. Mrs. II. S. Harcourt. whose telephone number is Sellwood 7S9, writes to The Oregonlan that she has- been asked by an Eastern Oregon couple owning 230 acres of irrigated land, a large amount of livestock, and with no debts or mortgages upon their land, to find them a little girl of that age upon whom they may lavish their affection. There are no other young children in the home, there being a 15-year-old son only, and the family is highly re spected, of kind disposition and a good home for the girl would be provided. Mrs. Harcourt vouches personally for the character of the family and she says this will be a most desirable op portunity for a young girl child who la insufficiently cared for by her par ents or who has been left an orphan. When the stack of a 14-ton steam shovel pulled by 12 horses struck a trolley wire In Cleveland two horses which had their feet on a manhole were killed. Their chains became red-hot. A Not a mere "war movie" but the true soul of a courageous people laid bare mmmmmmmmm I I .null I in ill. -I f ys-ww Vl'if. 1 ; :W?f..V---, y;. Aatfwa.: f 1 SARAH""" ' I 1 A life ffVK" I MolhcrFran You are depriving; your self of one of the sub limely inspiring; events of a lifetime if you fail to see this magnificent production today or to morrow at the popular PEOPLES lOiaO A. . to 11 I". M. Dally. a in New Verki l.le Here. 4 ask your neighbor Beautiful .'ana Charming heroine of "Woman hood," Scores Another Tremendous Success. BABETTE An exceptionally fine story of olden France which comes direct from a record run at the" New York Rlalto. BEGINNING TOMORROW AT THE Hiktft X - -i V The First Fox Feature TODAY For 4 Days Also Mrs. Vernon Castle in the last episode of Patria "For the Flag" AND . "Speeding the Spoken Word" . Educational by special request. GLOBE Washington at Eleventh -T-A-R Last Times Today Nance O'Neil Shirley Mason, George le Guere in a powerful, stirring drama of Wall Bt. and New York society. 'GREED" Also Billie Ritchie in "Scram bled Hearts" and the Katzen jammer Kids, 2 clever comedies. Tomorrow: Robert War wick and Gail Kane in "The Heart of a Hero," the story of Nathan Hale. TODAY ONE' DAY OXLV. TUB TYRANT OK CHIRACAHl'A" One of the "American Glrl picture, fratnrlns Slur I a Salai alno -- O I) l:KM.N;. Jl Ih;K" a Kilrm rnn eilvt Katty ArbucWle In "FtTTV'S JONAH DAY" and Sellfc Tribune. CIRCLE THEATER The Bis llouie .Movie. 1'OIHTH AT WASHINGTON. Continuous Performance. Wrrkilayn 9 A. M. to 1 1 I". M. Minilua 13:19 to 11 P. M. rUOGKAMMK 1IAN;KI OAII.Y Kvery NiKht at o'clock. xpt isaturtlay and Sunday) T. and T. Com and See. ADMISSION FIVK CETS. MRS. SLACK'S LETTER To Mothers of Delicate Children Palmyra. Pa. "My little grlrl had a chronic couRh and was ao thin you could count her ribs and she had no appetite. Nothing: we Rave her seemed to help her, until one day Mr. Nel bert asked me to try Vinol. and now aha la hungry all the time, her cough la kou. she la stouter and haa a more healthy color.' I wish every mother who has a delicate child would try Vlnol." Mrs. Alfred Slack. We cuarante Vinol. which contains beef and cod liver peptone. Iron and manganese peptonates and glycero phosphates, to make delicate children healthy and etronp. The Owl DruK Co.. Portland; also at the leading: drugstore tn all Orttoa to w na.