Morning Oregonian., July 06, 1917, Page 7, Image 7

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RUTH SCHWEITZER
SUES FOR DIVORCE
RED GROSS MISSIOII
SPEED1NGTQ RUSSIA.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sig
SicheJ Says Life With
o. Husband Intolerable.
Secret Departure Five Days
After Naming of Mem
bers Is Revealed.
THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY JULY 6, 1917,
CRUEL TREATMENT CITED
Husband Is Continually Finding
Fault TVltb. Her, Sponse Alleges,
and Telling Her His Love
for Her Has Ceased.
That she was subjected to such cruel
treatment that it undermined her
health and caused her to suffer a com
plete nervous breakdown last , year is
the allegation contained in the divorce
suit filed by Ruth Sichel Schweitzer
against Albert M. Schweitzer, well
known Portland business man and
principal owner of the Northwest
Irug Company.
Mrs. Schweitzer is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sigr Sichel and the niece
of M. Sichel. both well-known Port
land families. She was married to
Mr. Schweitzer in this city June 19.
1911, Mr. Schweitzer at that time be
ins a resident of San Francisco.
In her complaint, the plaintiff sets
forth that the alleged cruel treatment
started shortly after marriage and has
continued to such a marked degree that
further married life with the defend
ant is Intolerable. She avers that he
la of a sullen and stubborn nature and
Is continually finding: fault with her
and telling- her that his love for her
baa ceased.
Daughter Is Three Years Old.
The couple have one child, a daugh
ter, Marion, aged 3 years, whose cus
tody the plaintiff seeks. She asks
that she be allowed to take the daugh
ter to San Francisco for at least one
month each year and she further agrees
that the child shall remain with her
father three months of the year.
It is averred that the defendant re
ceives a salary of $250 a month, and
she asks that she. be awarded alimony
of $100 a month up to July 1, 1919,
at which date she asks that the alimony
be raised to $125 a month and con
tinued at that rate as permanent ali
mony. She further asks that a decree
be awarded her stipulating that in
case of the sickness of the daughter
the defandant shall pay for all medical
attendance, exclusive of alimony.
Suit May Not Be Contested.
The complaint further asks that the
care and the custody of the daughter
ohall remain with the plaintiff during
her lifetime and that upon her death
the defendant may then be awarded
the custody of the child.
The defendant filed a demurrer on
the same day the complaint was filed,
indicating that the suit will not be
contested.
Mrs. Schweitzer last August had a
narrow escape from drowning while in
bathing at Seaside. She was rescued
by Mrs. Henry W. Metzger in a sensa
tional manner.
MRS. X. J. FAILING DIES
RESIDENT OP OREGON SO YEARS
LEAVES NO RELATIVES.
Disposition of Estate of Several Hun
dred Thousand Not Known
Until "Will Is Read.
Mrs. Xerifa J. Falling, aged 70, died
In her apartment at the Imperial Ho,
tel early yesterday morning. Mrs. Fail
ing had been an invalid for the past
five years and had been declining rap
idly for some time.
She had been a resident of Oregon
for the past 50 years and was the wid
ow of the late C. D. Failing.
Mrs. Failing leaves a large estate
valued at several hundred thousand
dollars. The disposition of the prop
erty will not be known until the will
is read. She is survived by no rela
tives. Funeral services will be held at the
Holman funeral parlors Saturday at
2:30. Burial will be in Rlverview Cem
etery. Chaplain Gilbert to Preach.
Major "W. S. Gilbert, chaplain of the
Third Oregon Infantry, will occupy his
former pulpit in Calvary Presbyterian
Church on Sunday, both morning and
evening. Special music will be fur
nished by a quartet and assisting solo
ists under the direction of George
Hotchkiss Street.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Majestic Antonio Moreno, "The
Magnificent Meddler."
Columbia Jack Plckford, "The
Dummy."
Sunset Norma Talmadge, "Fifty
Fifty." Peoples Rex Beach's "The Bar
rier." Star Richard Bennett, "Dam
aged Goods."
Globe Audrey Munson, "Purity."
Circle Marie Cahlll, "Gladys"
Day Dream."
Peoples.
."ffTHE best photoplay I have seen
I this month," Is what Julian
Johnson wrote of "The Barrier"
in the current issue of Photoplay Mag
azine. Here are a few extracts from
Johnson's enthusiastio outburst re
garding the 10-reeI picturlzation o the
famous Rex Beach story, on exhibition
at the Peoples Theater:
"Here Is a splendid example of author
plus director. Mr. Beach, the literary
caveman of the North, needs no In
troduction; Edgar Lewis, a camera
padrone who carries a Bessemer fist
in a plush mitten, will need none when
The Barrier" has been generally cir
culated. Not since Mr. Griffith ex
ploded a whole rocket ef unsuspected
stars in the Dixon cinema has a cast
so completely unknown scored such
signal triumph. The days of easy star
making are past, and I do not believe
that Director Lewis' prodigies will
planetize themselves, yet Mitchell
Lewis, who comes out of obscurity to
play 'Poleon Doret, the lovable 'breed,
gives one of the most magnificent
performances the silver sheet has ever
reflected. It Is possibly the high mark
in individual Interpretations this year."
Director Lewis wins the thanks-, of
every being with an artistic soul for
refusing to fade out on a hug. Instead,
It is upon the final departure of
'Poleon, fantastic and blithely tragic,
that the light expires.
Majestic.
"The Magnificent Meddler" Is excel
lent Summer film entertainment. No
heavy plot, sex theme, or a tale of the
triangle, but a wild and wooly Western
thriller that smacks of that Bill Hart
hit, "Truthful Tulliver."
Instead of Hart the public Is pre
sented with Antonio Moreno, the Span
ish film hero, as the society editor of
an Eastern newspaper, who Invades the
frontier town to operate a weekly
newspaper. The air of devil-may-care
that he brings, to his role results in a
striking contrast to the lawless atmos
phere of the town and makes for much
natural comedy. Mary Anderson, the
girl in the case, rides and swims her
horse through a wide river and other
wise deports herself as a typical "old
timer." The last reel contains much that is
thrilling. Editor Emerson's cabin,
where he prints his paper, is set afire
by the bad element of the town, but
immediately afterwards all hands are
mobilized to repel a band of Mexicans,
come to capture the heroine. The vari
ous thrills that the subsequent chase
provides, in which Emerson rescues the
distressed maiden and incidentally wins
the respect of her gambling father, are
too numerous to enumerate. Emerson
makes a Jump from a tree to the orse
of the villain, throwing htm to the
ground and galloping away himself.
Then there Is a wild ride of Emerson
and Jess, his beloved, also much shoot
ing.
The story concerns the new editor's
drive on the bad element of the town
and his advocacy of consolidation with
a neighboring town. He incurs the
enmity of Roth, owner of the saloon
and dancehalL, But he wins Roth's girl
In effecting the rescue, and Jess brings
her father to time by demanding that
he choose between her and the dance-
halls.
Interesting Pathe News and a scene
depicting the copper industry are also
on the bill.
Sunset.
"Fifty-Fifty" is the melodramatic
and splendid photo-story, strong, and
with more than the usual amount of
suspense. Add to this the presence of
Norma Talmadge, one of the most
charming of film players, and a strong
supporting cast headed by J. W. John
ston, and It is not difficult to under
stand why this slang-titled flve-reeler
is a success. This production, with
"The Social Secretary." did much to
earn for Norma Talmadge the enviable
position of a star with & company all
her own.
The story has as its theme the neg
lected wife, and outlines her efforts
to win her husband from the "other
woman." There are interesting and
spectacular sidelights, including
glimpses of Bohemian affairs. In which
Miss Talmadge does a barefoot dance
and poses in imitation of the famous
painting, "Salome." The efforts of the
husband to obtain a divorce by com
promising the wife, leading to the incl
dent of the room in which the girl is
photographed with another man, might
be objected to by many, but it tends to
strengthen the force of the drama.
Miss Talmadge is first presented as a
brilliant member of New York s Bo
hernia. She is wooed and won by a
business man. With the arrival of her
baby the wife gradually drifts away
from her old companions to devote her
time to the infant. Not so the husband.
He is more than ever immersed in the
gaiety of the world from which he
won a bride, and enters upon an affair
with an adventuress. The wife refuses
to be divorced and detectives are hired
to "frame" the girl so that the courts
will grant the husband a decree. She
is photographed in a bedroom with i
strange man and this evidence Is suffi
cient. But when the husband attempts
to take from the wife her child she
renews her struggle. The exposure ot
the "vamp" opens the eyes of the hus
band and a human judge brings hus
band and wife together again.
Foxfilm comedy and travel pictures
complete the programme.
Star.
The new edition of the sensational
"Damaged Goods" and Kulola's Hawaii
ans, a squad of entertainers who pre
sent a gleeful repertoire of singing,
dancing and instrumental music, con
tinue to draw crowds to the Star Thea
ter. The shqw will be held over until
Saturday night.
Here are a few testimonials from
prominent men who have endorsed the
sociological play, "Damaged Goods"
Rabbi Simon. "Washinsrton Hebrew Con
gregation, New York: "1 wish I might preach
from my pulpit a sermon one-tenth as pow
erful as this 'Damaged Goods.' Could 1 do
this I would consider that 1 had achieved
the triumph of my life."
Surgeon-General Blue. United States Navy
'Damaged Goods' has a most striking and
Inspiring lesson. For years we have been
lighting Just such horrors In the Navy as
are depicted In this play. It Is high time
we crusaded against this evil in a courage
ous manner.
Justice Daniel Thew "Wright: "I feel con
fident that 'Damaged Goods' Is to have
tremendous effect In educating the young
people of this country to tbe danger thai
surrounds them. It is high time that they
were so educated.
Bishop Samuel Fallows. The Reformed
Episcopal Church: "Any play that brings
out In so powerful a fashion the lessons hu
manity must learn Is of necessity to be com'
mended. 1 beileve Damaged Goodr Is
highly valuable sociological lesson."
Columbia.
"The Dummy," a' Paramount pictur
lzation of the stage success of the sam
name, with Jack Plckford, youthful
member of the famous Pickford fam
lly, in the title role of the boy wh
posed as a deaf-mute to outwit a gang
of crooks, is a distinctly human and
funny picture. The story brims ove
with original situations which becom
at times so laughable as to convulse
the most cynical. With this is pre'
sented a pictorial special showing th
arrival of General Pershing and th
vanguard of the American troops in
France and two single-reel Triangle
comedies.
Frank Losee, Edwin Stanley. Helen
Green, Ethelmary Oakland and Ruby
Hoffmann are players in support
Jack Pickford in "The Dummy." He
plays the role of Barney Cook. Here'
the story:
The separation of the Merediths an
the final disposition of their child
Beryl, make it convenient for a gang of
kidnapers to steal the youngster. Th
case is placed In the hands of Bab
bings, the best-known criminal de
tective in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Mere
dith provide very little help to th
detectives, as each considers the othe
the guilty party. Barney, a messenger
boy with an ambition to become a de
tective, answers an ad in the paper
and is chosen by Babblngs to play deaf
and) dumb and to be stolen by th
crooks. In this way he is to locate
the child and notify the police. Barney
accomplished his mission, but give
himself away .when he talks In his
sleep. He makes an escape with th
child and hurries to the detective of
fice to claim the reward. The episod
mrings about the reuniting of the Mere
dith family.
The desire of the messenger boy to
become & detective, the quarrel ove
imaginary slights by the two Mere
diths, and the outwitting of the hick
constable who wished to capture Bar
ney and the child for the reward, are
told in a way that holds the Interest
from the start.
Phone Service at Hood River O. K.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July E. (Special.)
The impending telephone strike will
have'no effect en the Oregon-Washing
ton Telephone Company in this city
and Stevenson, s hite Salmon and Gol
dendale. Wash., other than a possibl
delay of long-distance service, accord'
ing to President J. E. Smithson.
CARS OF SUPPLIES TAKEN
Every Individual, Including Motion
Picture Operators, Gets Commis
sion Rapid Accomplishment
la Declared Stupendous.
WASHINGTON, July 5. That the
Red Cross Mission to Russia was or
ganized, equipped wltb several car
loads of serums, hospital supplies and
first aid materials and started on its
way within five days after designation
of the members, was revealed today by
Red Cross officials who had been with
holding details until after the Mission's
departure from a Pacific port. .
The Mission s accomplishment on
short notice was declared by the of
ficials as a "stupendous feature."
Scores of telegraphic orders for ma
terials which Russian Ambassador
Bakhmetleff said were urgently needed
in Russia, were placed even while the
Mission was speeding across the coun
try and were rushed to the port of em
barkation. All members of the Mission nave re
ceived special military commissions.
Dr. Frank Billings, of Chicago, chair
man of the Mission, and William B.
Thompson, of New York, business man
ager, being given the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Each ' member wears the military
service uniform of his rank. Even the
two motion picture operators who ac
company the Mission to make films of
Russian war scenes for later display
in America, are commissioned second
lieutenants. Most of the other Com
missioners have the rank of Major
and attaches have been made lieu
tenants. WOMEN DEFEND SELVES
MILTTATTT St'I'-KIt AGISTS PROTEST
DEMOJI5TRATIOX PATRIOTIC
NlgrM Passed In House of Detention.
Cross-Examination, of Policeman
Conducted by Miss Weed.
WASHINGTON, July E Thirteen
woman suffragists, put on trial in po
lice court here today on charges or
disorderly conduct and unlawful as
sembly as a result of their demonstra
tion before the White House yester
day protested they were celebrating
the Fourth, of July in peaceful and pa
triotic manner when stopped. The trial
will be resumed tomorrow. The women
were released tonight on their own
recognizance.
Acting as their own counsel, the
women exhibited in court the banner
carried In the demonstration, bearing
quotation from the Declaration of
Independence, and cited it as proof of
their patriotic intent.
Policemen called to testify were
cross-examined rigidly by Miss Helena
Hill Weed, one of the defendants. Once
during the procedure Miss Weed ad
dressed Police Judge Mullowny, saying
'I am not a lawyer and am not cer
tain as to what I may properly ask."
'You are doing a whole lot ' better
than most lawyers," encouraged the
court.
Miss Lucy Burns, another defendant.
also acted as counsel. The women
pleaded not guilty and demanded sep
arate trials, but this was refused to all
except Miss Hazel Hunklns, who de
clared she did not carry a. banner yes
terday. All the women spent last night
in the house of detention.
SPIRITUALISTS TO CAMP
Annual Outdoor Gathering? of This
Faith to JZe Held at New Era.
OREGON CITY. Or., July 6. The an
nual session of the Spiritualist camp
meeting: will be held at New Era July
8 to 29. The officers of the associa
tion are: Georpre M. Laze lie, president
Mrs. M. J. Downes, vice-president
"Frank Knowles, secretary; J. B.
Burgoyne, treasurer.
Following- is the programme for this
year s session:
Sunday. July 8 Speakers: Mr. and. Mrs. JL.
Scott Bledsoe-: music and messages.
bunday, July 15 Under the auspices of
the First Spiritualist Church of Portland,
Sunday, July 22 Under the auspices of
thn Spiritual Science Church of Portland.
Sunday, July 29 The speakers are Dr.
Alzamon Ira Lucaa, of Portland; Ir. Wal
drop, of Portland ; Dr. John T. Miller, of
Los Angeles, Cai. ; Mrs. Nettie Kioh, of
Portland.
Message bearers and mediums will
be Mrs. M, J. Downes, Mrs. Henry H.
Allen Mrs. Nettie Klloh and others.
COURT UPHOLDS CONTRACT
Judge Morrow Gives Judgment
Against Fisher Flour Mills Co.
Judgment for $17,634.26 was awarded
to O. E. Fletcher, commission merchant,
against the Fisher Flour Mills Com
pany by Judge Morrow yesterday. Of
this .amount $5000 already has been
paid, leaving $12,531 due.
The plaintiff, through George Ross
man and R. "W. Montague, attorneys,
brought suit to recover $18,000. He
says he entered Into a contract to han
dle the products of the Fisher mills;
that he carried on an extensive adver
tising campaign and went to great ex
pense In handling goods; and that the
defendants without Just cause, rescind
ed the contract.
PORTO RICANS REGISTER
Good Spirit Prevails In Island Pos
session of "United States.
SAN JUAN. P. R., July 6. Military
registration In compliance with the
proclamation of President Wilson was
progressing rapidly and good spirit
prevailed throughout the island today,
according to reports received by the
military registration committee.
Indications were that the total regis
trations would exceed the preliminary
estimates in many districts. In San
Juan more than 1100 had registered at
10 o'clock this morning.
Proportional Representation Killed.
LONDON, July 5. The House of
Commons, acting yesterday on the
franchise reform bill, or, as It Is offi
cially known, the representation of the
people bill, decided by a vote of 201
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Copyright HrtBihsffnr Msg
to 169 to reject the principle of pro
portional representation.
INDIAN CAN'T GIVE $50,000
Secretary of Interior Refuses to Al
low Gift to Red Cross.
HENRIETTA, Okla.. July 5. Jackson
Barnett, Creek. Indian, whose wealth
estimated at $1,500,000, will have
to keep the $50,000 he wanted to do
nate to the American Red Cross human
ity fund. The Secretary of the Inte
rior from "Washington today denied the
request that he be permitted to make
the donation.
Barnett la classed as an incompetent
and can dispose of his money only
upon the approval of the Probate
Court or the Secretary of the Interior.
Cigarettes Forbidden to Recruits.
GREAT LAKES, III.. July 6. Cigar
ettes were barred from the United
States naval training; ' station here to
day. It was said that because of the
large number of youths and young
men )n training on the reservation. It
was deemed advisable to restrict their
smoking to other forms of tobacco.
McArtbur Back in Washington.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash
ington. July 6. Representative Mc
Artbur returned to Washington today
and tomorrow will Join the House naval
committee aboard the President's yacht
Mayflower for a tour of inspection of
the Navy-yards of the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts.
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Pacific Company Agrreea to Give 23
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Not to Discriminate.
HOQUIAM, "Wash. July 5. (Special.)
Settlement was reached tonight by
which the telephone exchange girls'
strike In Hoqulam and Aberdeen, which
has been on for the past three weeks,
is settled, being a practical victory for
the girls. Settlement was reached this
afternoon at a conference between
Unitd States Mediator Henry White, of
Seattle; District Traffic Superintendent
Cochran, of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Company, with headquarters
in Portland, and J. Graffer. representa
tive of the Pacific Coast district of the
International Electrical "Workers.
The striking operatora will return to
work tomorrow morning and the girls
brought to the Harbor from Portland
and the Puget Sound cities to take
their places will, be returned to their
homes.
The operators will get an Increase of
25 cents a day in pay and the company
agrees not to discriminate against
union operators. The operators organ
ized about three weeks ago and the
strike followed the refusal of the com
pany to recognize the union and the
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following Oregonians were registered
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land, at the La Salle. Theodore Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Wright; from
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