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CITY TICKET OFFICE, 34S Washington Street, Portland
Klamath Falls Company Calls
on Service Commission for
Protection From Rival.
CASE MAY TEST LAW
California-Oregon Company Says
Keno Power Company Has Not
Obtained Certificate of Ne
cessity for Extension,
SAlBM. Or.. May J4. (Special.)
The first complaint to come under the
law providing for a publlo necessity
and convenience certificate was filed
today -with the Public Service Com
mission by the California-Oregon Pow
r Company against the Keno Power
Company.
The complaint recites that the California-Oregon
Power Company has
been for a number of years furnish
ing electricity to the people of Kla
math Falls, and has been furnishing
such energy exclusively.
It asserts that the Keno Power Com
pany, which has a hydro-electrio plant
on the Klamath River about 16 miles
south of Klamath Falls, Is preparing
to stretch wires Into Klamath Falls
and furnish electricity to that city.
Rait Asked on Extension.
The Keno Power Company, the com
plaint continues, has not obtained from
the Public Service Commission a cer
tificate of public necessity and con
venience, and declares that If the Keno
Power Company succeeds In taking Its
lines into Klamath Falls to furnish
electricity to the citizens of that city
such a move will result In a duplica
tion of Investment and will be detri
mental to the Investors in electricity
In that city.
The Publlo Service Commission Is
asked to stop the extension of the lines
of the Keno Power Company and the
duplication of service.
The certificate of publlo necessity
and convenience clause law became ef
fective last Monday, being passed by
the last Legislature.
Certificate Is Required.
Under its terms no publlo utility,
which contemplates entering Into a
field which already Is served by the i
same class of utility may do so until
It has obtained the certificate of sub-
lie necessity and convenience from the
Publlo Service Commission.
Under the act the certificate is not
required for the construction of tele
graph lines or long distance telephone
lines, nor does it apply to a plant
owned by a municipality or to a plant
outside of Incorporated cities which Is
mutual In its nature and not organized
for profit.
- The act also allows the commission to
compel ut.lities already operating to
extend their lines into, and to render
service to, a locality not already served.
The complaint filed today by the
California-Oregon Power Company
comes squarely under the public con
venience and necessity act, and may
be the medium through which the pos
sibilities of the act are tested out In
this state.
IRRIGATION PLAN STARTED
50,000 Acres Near Crane to Use
Sllvles River Water.
CRANE, Or.. May 24. (Special.)
Farmers meet at Rye Grass Grange
Hall this week to consider plans for
an Irrigation system serving 50,000
acres with water from the Silvies
River. At the meeting C. B. McConnell
and L. R. Brelthaupt spoke of the ad
vantages of conserving the flood
waters.
F. D. Sawyer, George Cooley and; C. A.
Scouk were appointed to canvass the
district to ascertain sentiment. Mr.
McConnell has gone to confer with
Water Commissioner Cochran at Vale.
The cost is estimated) at $30 an acre.
DIVORCE DENIED TO WIFE
6pouse as Well as Damages Awarded
to Jacob Scbnelder.
An aftermath of the alienation suit
in which Jacob Schneider was awarded
$14,000 In damages from his father-in-law,
George Tapfer, in Circuit Judge
Duffey'B court last Saturday, was the
denial by Circuit Judge Gatens yester
day of the petition of Schneider's wife
for a divorce.
In his suit against his father-in-law
Schneider alleged that Tapfer had in
duced Mrs. Schneider to leave him. He
also charged his father-in-law with
bringing about his financial ruin.
CITY EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY
Achievements in Zoning Presented
toy City Planning Convention.
An exhibit sent out from the Na
tional convention city planning and
showing the work accomplished in 75
American cities and several foreign
communities will be shown at the ex
hibition room of the University of Or
eon department of architecture and
allied arts at the Central Library for
five days, beginning today.
The exhibit includes the record of
New York City's zoning system, as
well as many other problems which
have been worked out In the develop
input of cities.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Star Carlyle Blackwell, "The So
cial Leper"; Mollle King, "Mys
tery of the Double Cross."
Majestic William Farnum,
"American Methods."
Columbia. Kathlyn Williams and
House Peters. "The Highway
of Hope."
Sunset Clara Kimball Young,
"The Savage Instinct."
Peoples Douglas Fairbanks, "In
Again. Out Again."
Globe Kitty Gordon. "Vera, the
Medium."
Circle "Adventures of Shorty
Hamilton."
MOTION picture fan and exhib
itors are alike enthused over
the coming movie ball, which
will be staged at the Multnomah Hotel
May SO as the climax to the first state
convention of the Oregon Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League. It will be
the first affair of the kind ever held
in Oregon and the tolggest ever staged
in the Northwest.
The presence of at least three stars
of the film world are guaranteed for
the balL Margarita Fischer, the Ore
gon girl with the Pollard-Mutual Com
pany, will be the guest of honor and
lead the grand march, with Governor
Withycombe or some other prominent
official. Dorothy Dalton, of Ince-
Trlangle, and J. Warren Kerrigan, who
will be In Portland Sunday, are to be
participants in the festivities.
The committee in charge. of the af
fair, headed by Charles W. Melghan.
of the Peoples Amusement Company,
has been busy for several days In an
effort to secure additional film talent.
Melghan Is due to return from Seat
tle this morning with definite news
on other stars.
The convention, also to be held at
the Multnomah, commences Tuesday
andi closes Wednesday afternoon. Ex
hibitors from all over the Btate will
be present, while film companies will
have their representatives on hand.
Adjournment will be to the ban.
which, in addition to the presence of
the player-stars, will present a num
ber of novelties. Several orchestras
will be on hand, and motion pictures
will be taken of the crowd.
Star.
Three men and two women are In
volved In a melodramatic tangle In
The Social Leper," the high-tension.
actionful photoplay which features
Carlyle Blackwell and June Elvldge at
the" Star Theater. "The Vampire"
might be the title of this William A.
Brady feature, for It's a story of an
alluring divorcee, whose wiles finally
drive a victim to murder the object of
that murder being herself.
There Is plenty of action In this pho-
todrama, featured by a struggle be
tween Arthur Ashley and a squad of
poilce. A vivid third-degree portrayal,
the murder and the vampire's efforts
to wreck the happiness of an Innocent
young girl are high, lights of the pic
ture.
Miss Elvidge Is seen as Adrlenne,
who toys with Warren until the young
fellow Is on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. Dean (Blackwell). her di
vorced husband. Is In love with Lor
raine. Adrlenne proceeds to break up
the happy affair by hinting darkly as
to Dean's past. Adrlenne's real af
fections are centered on Armstrong, a
lawyer, who loves Lorraine. On hear
ing Dean's story of nis marriea me
with Adrlenne. Warren becomes infuri
ated and strangles the woman. Dean
Is accused, but when Armstrong takes
his case the real criminal soon is dis
covered. Lorraine and Dean are made
happy with one another when Arm
strong gracefully withdraws in his
rival's favor.
The capture of Phlllppa Brewster by
Bentley. her rescue by Peter Hale, the
arrest of the Masked Stranger on a
charge of theft, and his release by Hale
are the features of the sixth episode of
the Pathe serial, "The Mystery of the
Double Cross." starring Mollle King.
The episode reeks with mystery and
suspense, with no light cast on the
Identity of the girl of the Double
Cross or the stranger with the black
mask. Leon Bary and Ralph Stuart
are principals with Miss King In this
installment.
"Dong" Talks on Pictures.
"Motion plotures. In the dictionary
of a film person," says Douglas Fair
banks, star of Tn Again. Out Again,"
at Peoples Theater, "is doing the con
ventional triangle story. In an uncon
ventional way. What other dramatlo
angle la feasible for pictures, but that
of the girl and the rival suitors? Of
course, there are subplots, that de
velop in the course of production, and
these come under the classification or
the unconventional.
"I like to portray comedy dramatlo
characters and do not favor playing
trskglo part. Someone said that we
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really can't express an emotion until
we have experienced it. I think this
Is absolutely true, and Is one of my
reasons for feeling that I am unadapt
able to very serious characterizations.
In all my life I have never had cause
to be anything but extremely cheerful.
When my tragic moments arrive we
all have them perhaps then my am
bitions will Include serious work.
"Motion pictures appeal to me be
cause of my sophmoric wanderlust
we travel great distances for the
proper exterior settings, and then the
wide variety of types one meets In a
film studio. It is uncanny the dis
tinctive and compelling people you
"Recantlv in a Tts Anrln Mf etAriit. !
where we all lunched, at our table was
Curly Baldwin, who explained he had
robbed four trains touring through
New Mexico, and showed me five
notches on his gun, which In the
Western vernacular, means five mur
ders. "Next to him eat a halfbreed of the
primitive variety, who suggested the
typical Bret Harte character you find
In The Carqulnez Wood. Oh, I oould
go on for an hour describing these
distinctive people to you."
Sunset.
"The Savage Instinct" Is another
photoplay that may be labeled a Clara
Kimball Young success. Following her
role of the Russian musician who be
comes a famous opera singer. Miss
Young makes her appearance at the
Sunset Theater as a child of the moun
tains, a happy, care-free lass of the
region of feuds and moonshiners. She
makes Just as pronounced an impres
sion in this characterization as In her
role In "The Badge of Shame."
"The Heart of the Blue Ridge." the
name under which "The Savage In
stinct" was first presented to the
public, better reveals the color of this
Clara Kimball Young production. The
spectator is taken into the recesses of
the Virginia mountains, and along with
a dramatic story, including a couple of
scrap thrillers, some wonderful scen
ery is presented.
Miss Young is Introduced as Plutlna,
who Is loved by Zeke, a young moun
taineer, and wooed by Dan Hughes,
brutal moonshiner and leader of a
gang of lawbreakers. Dan shoots a
revenue officer and when Zeke, much
against his inclinations, harbors the of
ficer, Dan persecutes him. claiming
that he Is In league with the authori
ties. Dan shoots Plutina's pet bear.
Increasing the enmity Plutlna and Zeke
hold against him. Zeke decides to go
to the city and Plutlna, brooding over
Dan's cruelty and threats, tells offi
cers of the location of his still. The
place Is raided and only Dan escapes.
Dan discovers that Plutlna Is re
sponsible for the raid and captures her.
He carries the girl away farther Into
the mountains. The country Is roused
and Zeke hurries after his kidnaped
sweetheart. He finds them at the
mouth of Dan's cave, with Plutlna on
the point of hurling herself over the
cliff to escape the brutal Dan. In a
terrlflo fight Dan Is hurled over the
cliff to the rocks below and Platina Is
safely clasped In the arms of her lover.
A comedy and Burton Holmes Trav
elogue complete the programme.
Colombia.
"The Highway of Hope," a Para
mount photoplay written by Wlllard
Mack, well known to Portland theater
goers, presents Kathlyn Williams and
House Peters as co-stars. Miss Will-
lame has a role unusual to her, that of
mining camp slavey, while Peters Is
presented in- a part that smacks of his
characterization In "The Great Divide,
his best motion picture.
Wonderful staging and picturing of
mining camp life are the outstanding
features of this production. Peters
gives a splendid performance, while
Miss Williams appears to much better
advantage than In recent photoplays.
In a surge of drunken good-natured
ness Steve King marries Lou, the maid
of all work at a hotel in a mining
town, to save her from the brutal pro
prietor. Steve receives a letter from
home next morning, ana tnougn it in
vites him to return to the household
of a socially prominent family, he de
termines not to do so now that he Is
married to such a woman as Lou. They
go Into the mountains prospecting and
locate a rich vein of gold. But Steve
in despair contemplates suicide by
drinking some acid. Lou thinks that
he desires to poison her. They are
TODAY OXB DAY OHLT
"Shorty Bags the Dmllioa Thieves"
another of the adventures of Shorty
Hamilton; also "Never Trachel Mn,"
a Big V Comedy; J. Warren Ker
rigan la "Caput ua m. Button"!
scenic.
CIRCLE THEATER
The Big Home Movie.
FOURTH AT WASHINGTON.
Continuous Performances.
Weekday, 8 A. M. to 11 F, M.
Sundays, 12:13 to 11 P. M.
PROGRAMME CHANGED DAILY.
Every Nlht at 8 o'clock
Bxcept Saturday and Sunday).
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JEWEL CARMEN
in a picture which Is without question
one of the finest in which he has ever
been seen
"AMERICAN
METHODS"
From Georjre Ohnet's "Ironmaster"
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Vitagraph Comedy
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M'r"'-LT'1" 1 ,1 ini..gni.t.wau.v. n i i l mn n a
separated by peculiar circumstances
and. although Lou receives all the
money the mine property brings, she
has no thought for her husband. But
they meet again, and this time they
are drawn together by the Influence of
deep and compelling love.
A pair of amusing Triangle oomeaies.
"His One-Night Stand"jind "The Laun
dry Cleanup," complete the bill.
Announcement is made that com
mencing Sunday J. Warren Kerrigan,
popular leading man. will appear in
person at the Columbia. He will be
present at all performances on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, speak
ing from the stage ana meeting people
in the foyer. Kerrigan will also be a
figure at the movie ball of Tuesday
night.
Globe.
"Vera the Medium." the Globe's week
end photoplay feature. Is a aeml-vampire
tale of high oclety, the lure of
women and the folly of men. Kitty
Gordon, famous English stage beauty.
Is starred in this photoplay, directed
by G. M. ("Broncho Billy") Anderson,
and adapted from a story by the late
Richard Harding Davis.
Miss Gordon has .an opportunity to
wear an assortment of handsome gowns
in the flve-reeler and gives a generally
pleasing Interpretation of Vera, the
woman of many affairs of the heart.
She is a woman of mystery, and lures
one man after another to hla ruin at
the gaming tables. She Is Influenced
by a spirit of revenge because of her
desertion on her wedding day. Vera
wagers herself against a sum of money
that she wins a man from his family,
and has .success In her hands when
the victim's daughter Interposes.
"The Sinful Marriage," another ln-
terestlng story of the "Is Marriage 8a-
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Coming Sunday
Mary Pickford in "A Romance of the Redwoods"
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credT" series. starring Marguerite
Clayton, is also on the programme.
Samoa Likes Farnum.
"ril WlUiam Farnum you all over
tne place.
That, according to Richard Korcross,
noted traveler of the West Coast. Is
the way the natives of Samoa would
put it. In Samoa, says Mr. Korcross,
they have a slang phrase for every
thing and the latest word for "fight"
is "William Farnum."
""Whenever a Samoan native gets
particularly angry about anything."
says Mr. Korcross, who has Just returned
from an extensive trip through the
Southern Pacific Islands, "he wants to
fight. Where an American would say,
"I'll wipe up the floor with you." or
I'll show you what I can do. the Samoan-
merely smiles and declares that
he'll "try a William Farnum." or "give
him the William Farnum treatment."
That's what they have come to think
of the world-famous William Fox play
er In Samoa."
William Fox pictures. In which W1I1
lam Farnum does such screen fighting
as he practiced in "When a Man Sees
Red." which was founded on Larry
Evans story of "The Painted Lady."
which ran In short-story form In the
Saturday Evening Post, have been
shown in the leading- cinema palaces
of Samoa for more than a year. Dur
ing this time the natives of the Island
have had ample time to beoome ac
quainted with the fine type of work
that the big star does, and they have
shown their appreciation of his acting
by Incorporating him into their lan
guage. Screen Gossip.
Frank Currier, actor, who Is with
the Eastern Triangle forces, went
down with Holland in his first eub-
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is merely the ability to do, to earn
and earning, to save. The ability that
gets a man nowhere financially is mis
directed; because the man who ap
plies himself to a definite end, and is
honest In his application, eaves money
as a natural eequence.
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National., bank
Fifth and Stark
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marine, "The Irish Ram." "way back
In '81.
It Is claimed for "Intolerance that
one day last week at Drury Lane The
ater, London, it brought in money
which exceeded by more than $500 the
record for one performance of a pic
ture In any theater in the world.
The name of George Cohan has been
added to the list of stars whose photo
plays will be seen first at the Rialto
Theater, New York, one of the leading
photoplay houses of the country.
Through a new arrangement with the
Artcraft Plotures Corporation Mr.
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Congestion of Kidneys
is Indicated by pain over region of
kidneys and following the passages to
the irritated bladder. A constant and
pressing desire for urination; the secre
tion scanty, hlphly colored and some
times bloody. Then the constitutional
symptoms are often headaches, eyes
bloodshot and burning. Blight nausea,
sometimes vomiting, nervousness and
general discomfort. It is -wholly wrong
to neglect such conditions when
can be obtained of any druggist for
their action is to eliminate congestion.
allay Inflammation, destroy bacteria
and restore normal, natural secretions.
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Rothapfel has secured the rights to
the pre-release presentation of Mr. Co
han's next picture, as well as those of
Douglas Fairbanks, Geraldine Farrar
and Elsie Ferguson.
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"Fatty Arbuokle was a vocalist, it
teems, and appeared In comic, light
and heavy opera, and he still amuses
his friends by warbling now and then.
In fact." continues a press agent. "h
is known among hla intimates as the
Caruso of the screen."" Some day. per
haps, the world's greatest tenor may
be called the "Fatty" Arbuckle of
opera. Who can tellT - .
all or write about !
..Paaa"rDept.
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Various Forms
Of Headache
"at Is necessary In order to treat head
aches properly to understand the causes
which produce the affection" says Dr. J. W.
Kny, of Blockton, Ala. ContlnulDR. he says,
"Physicians cannot even bepln the treat
ment of a disease without knowing what
causes give rise to it, and we must remem
ber that headache Is to be treated accord
inn to the same rule. We must not only be
particular to gtve a remedy Intended to
counteract the cause which produces the
headache, but we must also give a remedy
to relieve the pain until the cause of tb
trouble has been removed. To answer thte
purpose antl-kamnla tablete will be found
a most convenient and satisfactory remedy.
One tabK't every one to three hours gives
comfort and rest In the most severe cases
of headache, neuralgia, and particularly the
heartaches of women.
"When we have a patient subject to rerr
lar attacks of sick headache aod when he
feels tbe least slcn of an oncoming attack,
be should take two A-K Tablets. Obtalo-
ble at druggist iu axqr rtuauuty Aeslieox
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