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9 ROAD UPKEEP FOR 10 YEARS REQUIRED K T A Only Till Saturday at the Star: Etliel Clsiyton With Montague Love and other noted players in a patriotic, timely, splendidly entertaining drama by Willard Mack NOW RIGHT NOW Highway Commission Decides on Bond and Personal Guar v antee Under Bond Issue. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1917. y V t Ik MATCH MONEY IS ASKED State Board Is Requested to Raise $400,000 for Co-operation, y VTltli Government In Building Routes. All of the pavement to be laid under the $6,000,000 road bond bill must be covered by a five-year maintenance bond and must carry an extra guaran tee of a personal bond for an addi tional five-year period, according to a decision reached by the members of the State Highway Commission at two extended business sessions in the office of Chairman Benson yesterday. The Commission adopted a resolution requesting the State. Board, of Control to Issue bonds under the Bean-Barrett act to the extent of $400,000 to be used In co-operation with the Federal Gov ernment under the terms of the Bhackleford bill and authorized the Issuance of $500,000 bonds out of the 16,000,000 fund, bids covering which are to be advertised for at the time the Board of Control launches Its bond issue. Tillamook Work to Proceed. Answering a point raised by C. "W. Fulton, who appeared on behalf of Tillamook County, the commission de cided that Tillamook County could go ahead this year with the pavement of 20 miles on the road between Tilla mook and McMlnnville with the under standing that the state would not pay Its share of the expense until next year's funds are availabe. Senator Fulton explained that the Tillamook County authorities are anxious to pay for a wider, deeper, more expensive pavement than that contem plated by the State Highway Commis sion, and asked that the available state money be applied toward the cost. The plans and specifications governing the work are to be approved by the State Highway Commission. On the basis of spending $10,000 a mile for the pavement, the state would spend probably $200,000 on this road, and Senator Fulton estimated that the Tillamook County officials contem plated the expenditure of perhaps $300, 00. For the reason that all of this year's funds have been allotted. It would be impossible for the Commis sion to share the expense of paving the road under this year's budget, and by means of yesterday's arrangement the work call be done at once, the coun ty financing the improvement entirely until next year. Advertising Is Ordered. The Commission Instructed State Hlehwav Engineer Nunn to advertise Sot the grading and preparation for pavement of the Lower Columbia River Highway from Astoria to me western Multnomah County line and from the Eastern Multnomah County line on the main Columbia River Highway to the Wasco County line beyond Hood tiver. TVi estimated cost of this work Is X435.000. Engineer Nunn also was Instructed to have three miles of road along the Klsklvou Highway below Ashland macadamized for a width of eight feet outside the pavement, which is now laid for an eight-foot width, and to fret a survey of the route between Woodburn and Mount Angel, In Marion County, so that the Commission will be able to determine whether or not to change the course of the highway In that county. Delegation Gets Hearlnc A delegation of 21 from Arlington, as well as Judge Parman and Sidney Smith, roadmaster of Gilliam County, who appeared to inquire as to the loca tion of the Columbia River Highway extension, was told by the Commission to submit the highway programme that is being framed In their districts so that the Commission will have some thing definite to work on. When the question of running the Lower Columbia River Highway through St. Helens or keeping It to the west, thereby avoiding the railroad tracks, came up yesterday morning for discussion. Chairman Benson and W. L. Thompson, of Pendleton, one of the Commissioners, engaged in a rather warm debate, during which Mr. Benson accused the other members of the Com mission of "playing politics." No ac tion was taken in the matter and the afternoon eession ran off without any recurrence of feeling. Chairman Ben son is not in favor of running the high way through St. Helens. Commission Leaves Today. The entire Commission will leave Portland today for a tour through Polk and Yamhill counties in the hope of ascertaining whether the regular high way should lead from Newberg to Mc Mlnnville via Dayton or via Lafayette, and to study general highway condi tions. The next formal meeting of the com mission will be held in the office of Chairman Benson In Portland on July 20. at which time bids will be received for the grading and paving of nine miles along the Lower Columbia River Highway between Astoria and Svenson, 15 miles between the Multnomah line and Newberg through the Rex-Tigard stretch, 10 miles across the boundary line between Clackamas and Marion counties, five miles on each side, six and one-half miles of concrete on the Pacific Highway just this side of Call fornia and one mile near Sheridan. The Commissioners conferred with Dr. L. I. Hewes. B. J. Finch and Fo ester Cecil, representatives of the Government, in the plans for the con ctruction of post and forest roads in Oregon, who reported on surveys that are now being made by the Govern xnent. A representative of the labor unions appeared before the commission to urge that union men be employed in the roller work carried on by the commis sion. Without taking any action, the commission explained that there would be little roller work to do and that the union scale of wages Is being paid on the work now in progress. LIQUOR POSSESSOR FINED Prisoner Pleads Poverty, but Search Reveals $2 7S In Cash. RTDGEFIELD. Wash-. July 10. (Spe cial.) Jalmar Makl, a Finlander, about 85 years of age. of Butte, Mont., was arrested Monday on a charge of un lawfully having liquor In his posses sion, by Constable Joseph C. Burns, of this place. The offender at a hearing lefore Justice of the Peace Hugh B. VAPPerson, of Ridgefield, pleaded guilty. He was fined $50 and costs. He re fused to pay the fine, pleading poverty. Makl was searched by Constable Burns, who found 1270 In greenbacks and Mt la silver. He fLniily. paid the tins. pF - f& . ' . '''is ' ' t I A - S3 1 hv : r so i . ! . . i GIVE 10c TO ftto ' I i - ' v - i it. ' 4 t ' ' " I i fj . CU(p . " zrSat rtCs drreJ ?gry j&z SiZ "Doug" Fairbanks, whose latest comedy hit, "Wild and Woolly," Is being exhibited at the Peoples Theater, not only subscribed $100,000 to the liberty loan and is appealing to his myriad screen friends to support the Red Cross, but is here shown with Peggy George DeMille, who extracted from him Los Angeles largest donation to the French TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Earle Williams and Dorothy Kelly, "The Mael . strom." Columbia Bessie Barriscale, "The Snarl." Sunset -William Farnura and Kathlyn Williams. "The Spoil ers." Peoples Douglas Fairbanks, "Wild and Woolly." Star Ethel Clayton, "Yankee Pluck." Globe George Walsh, "Melting Millions." Clrcle Marin Sais, "The Ghost of the Desert." George Meets "Doug." MILING GEORGE" WALSH and "Doug" Fairbanks, the "sun ' shine boy," hobnobbed together at the Peoples Theater Monday night. It was their first meeting for more than a year. "Doug" was on the screen in "Wild and Woolly," that burlesque melodramatic thriller; George was present in person. "I. too, believe in the joyous type of film entertainment the picture of laughs and thrills but Fairbanks was presenting this kind of photoplay be fore I could persuade my people to give me a chance. The result Is that some people accuse me of copying his stuff; hence my failure to be a regular at Fairbanks' shows," was Walsh's comment on a situation that is occa sioning much talk in player and fan circles. The difference between Fairbanks and Walsh Is that George has always been an athlete while "Doug" is an athletic product of maturity. Walsh was a football, baseball, track and row ing star, as well as boxing champion at Fordham College and Georgetown University. Fairbanks recognized the Dersonal value of athletics as a devel oper of brain and brawn, also the dol lars -and cents angle as expressed by public approval, and today he is the personification of aggressive, tireless, sunny, optimistic Americanism. While Fairbanks was Introducing Eileen Percy, his newest leading woman. to the crowds Monday night one of the critics present was Seena Owen, charm ing and magnetic product of the D. W. Grifllth studios, who was "Doug's" first picture leading woman. Two yearn ago, or a few months longer, when Fair banks was lured from the stage to the Fine Arts studio. Miss Owen was chosen as his leading woman for "The Lamb." Incidentally, In the "Wild and Woolly" cast are Sam de Grasse and Charles Stevens, two players who were with Miss Owen in her last Triangle picture, "Madame Bo Peep." Katherine Graham, Portland girl, was In the same picture. "Mr. Fairbanks Is a deep student of human nature and Is a firm believer in the theory of cultivating qualities of mind and action apparently foreign to a person." says Miss Owen, who is Walsh's leading woman in "The Yankee Way." the filming of which brought the Fox troupe to Flavel and Portland, and in private life Is Mrs. George waisn and the mother of a much-adored In fant daughter. "When we were playing "The Lamb' together he would talk by the hour on his hobby. He's the living proof of its successful application, and the stunts he does In 'Wild and Woolly proves that he has not weakened in his belief In the theory or faith in his ability to make it real. Star. "Tankee Pluck." a photodrama writ ten by Willard Mack and presenting a strong cast headed by Ethel Clayton and Including Edward " Langlord. Montae-u Love and Johnny Hines. will be exhibited at the Star Theater com mencing today. A comedy also will be screened while tomorrow and Friday the 12th episode of the Pathe serial. "The Mystery of the DouDie cross, starring Mollie King, will be shown. A clear insight into the Inside work ings of diplomatic Intrigue is said to be given In "Tankee Pluck." The plot is a timely one, revolving around the efforts of a Japanese legation attache to secure the highly Important plans of a new Army aeroplane carried by a United States military man. Pretty Polly Pollard, played by Miss Clayton, frustrates these efforts In a remark able and startling manner and her father Is saved from disgrace. Kellard Quits Pictures. RalDh Kellard. a Pathe star, has re tired from the film field, temporarily at least, and returned to the speaking stage, which he abandoned for pictures about a year and a half ago. Mr. Kellard opened last week for the Spring tryout. In the leading role of "The Assassin," a new drama from the pen of Eugene Walter, author of "The Knife" and "The Easiest Way." The pla la expected te open at cat of, Lh soldiers orphans. Shubert theaters in New York, the coming season. early Twenty-One Years In Pictures. Even people In the film "game gave pause, so to say, when they read little news item recently to the effect that Colonel William Sellg had ob served the 21st anniversary of his as sociation with motion pictures. In an industry which counts five years generation. 21 years is a century. It was Colonel Selig who discovered Call fornia In 1909 when he sent the first motion picture company to Los An geles. Screen Gossip. Maxlne Elliott, Goldwyn star, was recently responsible not only for swelling the Liberty Loan total, but also for winning a fat wager for Ray mond Hitchcock. The lank comedian made a bet at the Lambs Club that he could sell $50,000 worth of Liberty Bonds at a single performance of "Hitchy-Koo" to the audience. On the specified night Hitch cock made his appeal to the audience and Miss Elliott from a stage box was first subscriber with an offer of $40,000. Needless to say the remaining $10,000 was quickly collected, and then Ray mond collected. A novel motion picture has Just been released In the Hearst-Pathe News to aid recruiting. It shows Howard Chandler Christy, the famous illus trator and creator of the Christy girl, making a recruiting poster which was posed for by Pearl White, who is now appearing in the serial, "The Fatal Ring." William B. Hart. Charles Ray and Enid Bennett are said to have cast their lot with Thomas H. Ince, their former boss, with Artcraft-Paramount. Mack Sennett will make two-reel comedies for Paramount, releasing one every other week under the brand. Sennett Comedies." He will make his pictures at Edendale, CaL Triangle has changed the name of Inceville, the producing city near Los Angeles, to Hartville. Why, if Hart is to leave the concern? Charley Chaplin. Douglas Fairbanks and Julian Eltinge raised $4000 for the tiea cross at an open-air concert given at Hollywood, CaL "Doug" Fairbanks is now hard at wore on rno optimist." He wrote the play, which has scenes in the Alps, in Africa and in the South Sea Islands. He found his Alos 60 miles from the Hollywood Artcraft studio. Lucille K. Tounge. erstwhile Triangle vampire, is now with Bessie Barriscale and will appear In her first Paralta production. "The Lust of the Ages" Is the nam of the eight-reeler the Ogden film peo ple made with Lillian Walker as star. JK-ODert a. MantelL Jr.. son of Y famous Shakespearean actor, has a role in tne Art .Drama picture. "When You and I Were Young." He supports Harry Benham. Anti-Liquor Films has been fornix at Fort Worth. Tex., to make pictures ior oistriDution through churches, Y. M. C. A.'s, etc. Dorothy AbrlL who has slaved minor ana ingenue parts with Lasky, is to be iea.aing woman with Wallace Reid. -l-riangie is to distribute Paralta Pictures, which include productions of j. warren Kerrigan and Bessie Bar riscale. Paramount has bought the Balboa serial. "The Twisted Thread," featuring Katleen Clifford, former Vaudeville star. uouglas Fairbanks sleeps out In the open. o do more specific, his bed Is made up for him on the porch of the Fairbanks California domicile. He didn't know there was such an Insect as the California mosquito, until his third night of outdoor relaxation. It took them three davs to disi-nv.i- tv,. famous Artcraft actor, and now it is getting almost Impossible for Fair banks to sleep. To quote Douglas, "I uavo uiauy more mosquitoes for ad mirers than I have screen fans." m Kathlyn Williams is waging a double war in the animal kingdom these days. During the day In her snnr mm..... from the Morosco Studio, she gives her " me "eo star Society, which gives first aid to horses on th M.tu. field. But when the darkness of night has settled, she goes forth Into her garden with an electric flashlight and cotton redolent of chloroform, and then begins her war against the bugs and worms which come out at night and eat away the hearts and roots of the uowcrs u miss Williams cardan. Yan k Brilliant, appealing, thoroughly pleasing. A war story with out a battle scene. You'll like the picture you'll love Ethel Clayton. T YouTl Like 'Yankee Pluck' See It Today RAILWAYS ENTER CAMP TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED AT AMERICAN LAKE. Permanent Bakery for Army Will Em ploy 1-0 Men and Bake 24,000 Pound of Bread Dally. TACOMA, Wash., July 10. (Special.) In answer to an appeal for rail serv ice to the site of the great army can tonment at American Lake the rail road contractors have placed 100 more men and dozens of teams at work on the Job. The spur connecting the main line below Dupont station is almost to the first cantonment buildings. Lumber is now being unloaded at two points. One is where the spur line was constructed several weeks ago and the other Is where the line now under construction leaves the main track. A sawmill is In operation at the first spur, cutting the lumber to speci fications for the buildings, and a sec ond sawmill will be established at the Milwaukee Railroad engineers have been looking over the ground for the purpose of selecting the best route from the Tacoma Eastern road. It is possible that the Great Northern will join with the Milwaukee. The O.-W. R. & N. has reached an agreement with the Northern Pacific to enter the post site from Nisqually. A permanent bakery, equipped with late bread-making machinery, is being considered by Major David L. Stone, in charge of construction on the Amer ican Lake cantonment. Investigations showed that machinery will pay for its cost in laDor saved in the first year, according to Captain W. K. Harvey, in command of bakery company. No. 21. While the most intricate machinery will not be installed In the post bakery, enough will be used to do away with much of the hard manual labor. Two companies of bakers, of 120 men, will be employed at the perma nent bakery and these will bake ap proximately 24,000 pounds of bread daily. N. E. A. Speaker Arrives, but Toggery Is Sidetracked. Baggage Is Still at Home In New York and Kate Deverenx Blake Is In Quandary THERE Is someone In New York City who Is going to "suffer." Kate Devereaux Blake, principal of Public School No. 6 of New York, who Is In Portland attending the annual convention of the N. E. A., is "hot on the trail" of some baggageman. On arriving In Portland Sunday night she handed her trunk checks to Ray ciarK at the Multnomah Hotel and asked him to have the baggage delivered! to her room. Clark rave the checks to the porter, who in turn went to the depot for the trunks. The baggageman there said that no such luggage had arrived, as yet. Miss Blake was then called on the telephone and she explained that she had had the trunks checked two days before leaving Isew York. There was something wrong some where and everyone concerned knew it. The telegraph wires then Degan to hum and after considerable delay word was received that the trunks had not arrived, in Omaha, IveD., as yet. Then yesterday morning the final break" came. "Trunks are still at your home In New York." read a message sent to the Multnomah Hotel. Just who Is at lauit no one can tell here. Miss Blake is down on the programme to sneak today, tomorrow and batur- day and she doesn't know what she Is going to do for a change of dress each time. RAILROAD MEN GET RISE 30 0 Workers In Spokane Included in Northern Pacific's Order. ctatt i vw TXTo cVi Tti 1 v 1 0. tfSneeial J J n n u, . . , More than 300 men in the employ of kane are to profit by an increased wage scale and a snorter Dasic worn day, decided upon at a recent confer- - c Tq ii 1 nffftrHino' tf T. J. Butler, master mechanic at the local shops. Members of the mechanical force will receive an increase in pay or o cents an hour, making it 69 cents an hour, with time and a half for the ninth hour when worked ana ducjl pay on urn i i i i.i. i The basic nine-hour day Is granted to the 208 local carmen employed here. witn a uunun iur mi nmuum Lfxn. in stead of A back; paz .concession, such. Pliack 3 A WASHINGTON AT PARK oUIM.1 Adults, 15c; Children, 5c. Tomorrow and Friday Only Just Two Days No Longer Lovely Mollie King in the Thrilling, Absorbing, Fascinating "Mystery of the Double Cross" Only' 3 more chapters and the mystery is solved tomorrow and Friday only. as has been given to the machinists, botlermakers, blacksmiths and pipefit ters. The bonus system also will apply to helpers of the latter tradesmen. FRANCE HONORS AMERICAN Holland. Director of Relief Made Chevalier of Legion of Honor. LONDON, July 10. Announcement is made here that President Polncare of France, has conferred the Cross of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor on W. B. Poland, who was the director in Holland of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. The medal and also the decoration recently awarded by - President Poln care to Herbert C. Hoover for his work with the Belgian Commission have been accepted on behalf of the Commission. SOCIALIST ASKS PROBE Resolution in House Requires Ex planation of Ban on Papers. WASHINGTON. July 10. Investiga tion of the Postoffice Department's ac tivities in excluding Socialistic news papers and periodicals from the mails under the new espionage law is sought a resolution introduced today by Representative London, of New York, Sosialist. Mr. London named ten newspapers excluded. Most of them are understood to have been placed under the ban be cause of anti-draft propaganda. KERMIT IN BRITISH ARMY Son of ex-Pxesldent Will Fight in Asia Minor. PLATTSBTJRG. N. Y., July 10. Ker- mlt Roosevelt, a son of the ex-Presi dent, has accepted an offer of a stair commission with the British army operating against the Turks In Asia Minor. He was granted his discharge from the officers' training camp and will sail Saturday for Spain, accom panied by Mrs. Roosevelt. Two of Kermlt Roosevelt's brotners. Theodore, Jr., and Archibald, are with the American expedition in France. Farm Laborer Dies Suddenly. GOLDENDALE. Wash., July 10. (Special.) Lamar F. Mayhew, who came to the Klickitat Valley about two weeks ago to work in the harvest fields, was found dead in his blankets at the red barn In Goldendale Sunday. The man was identified by papers found In his pockets by Coroner Chap man and formerly resided in The Dalles and Spokane. He was about 65 years old and afflicted with tubercu losis. The body is being held by the Coroner pending an attempt to locate relatives. Boy Shot Above Heart. STEVENSON, Wash., July 10. (Spe cial.) Billy Garwood. 12-year-old son of Jake Garwood, a farmer living two miles out of Stevenson, accidentally shot himself Just above the heart while cleaning a small rifle at the family home Sunday and is now being cared for at Skamania Hospital. Search is being made for the bullet, but great difficulty Is being met , in locating it. The doctors believe the lad will recover. Lad Badly Byirt in Fall Off Horse. ROSEBTJRG. Or., July 10. (Special.) Charles Wilson,. 18, who has been employed on the Opher Beyers ranch, near Canyonville, for some time past. was seriously injured late yesterday when he was thrown from a horse. The accident was caused by the loosening of the cinch which held the saddle. 66 Doug 99 will be thrilling thou sands and dispensing joy all day today in WildandWoolly Don't let this happi fying hit get away from you. Of course, at the PEOPLES A Marreloiia Organ Coming isntfkBttnl A. M. to 11 P. M. Q X5d 10:30 il l k a unoi n-DirTi iq e nuAnv oMAne I It: I nilll CLAYTON lYankce Pluck" w.m MONTAOU LOVE Stmt-r by W I LLARO MACK. Dircta by oeonac AACMAIN bmuo MOVEMENT IS PLANNED TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED FOR MILITIA AUGUST 5. State ITnfta Are to Be Organized Into 1 Tactical Divisions for Preliminary Training. WASHINGTON, July 10. The Fed eral militia bureau today was arrang ing for transportation of the National Guard which will be mobilized for active Bervice August 5, in accordance with a proclamation Issued by Presi dent Wilson. The various state units will be organized into 16 tactical divi sions and assigned to camps for final training before being sent to France. The constitutional Inhibition against use of militia outside the country has been avoided by the insertion of a clause in the proclamation specifically discharging the forces from their militia status. Regiments in the Northern and East ern sections of the country are called Into Federal service in two increments, July 15 and 25. Many units are already federalized and the remainder will be mobilized on August 5. AGITATORS WILL BE HELD Bond of Two Men in Seattle Jail to Be Increased. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 10. United States District Attorney Clay Allen said today that next Monday he would ask United States Judge Neterer to require a larger bond from Hulet M. Wells and Sam Sadler, indicted on a charge of se ditious conspiracy for alleged efforts to persuade eligible men from enroll lng for the selective draft. Mr. Allen has been advised that Wells and Sadler addressed a Socialist meeting at Fouls bo. Wash., last week, at which liter' ature was circulated condemning the war as a rich men's strife and urging laboring men not to enlist. Wells' present bail is $6000 and Sadler's $2000. ALFALFA RIPE AT BAKER First Crop of Season Good, but Is 10 Days Late. BAKER. Or., July 10. (Special.) Ranchers of this vicinity have begun to cut their first alfalfa crop. It prom ises to be as good as that of last year, but Is 10 days later. The present warm weather is expected to bring the second ARRANGE Your SUMMER VACATION 1 In GlacierNa tiona IP ark On Main Line of Great Northern Railway Only TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FROM PORTLAND $28.30 PORTLAND TO THE PARK AND RETURN BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN, LAKE AND RIVER SCENERY SPLENDID FISHING EXCELLENT HOTELS Call or write for illustrated booklets at City Ticket Office, 348 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon jg H. Dickson C. P. & T. A. I ill 0 crop almost to the usual time. Ranch ers are pressed for help, and free em ployment agencies are being opened by the citizens to aid them in obtaining hands. Mrs. W. M. Tetet, of rural route No. 2 Is advertising in a local paper for "middle-aged woman for general housework and to help in the field." Many ranchers' wives and daughters are expected to be pressed into serv ice because of the scarcity of men and youths who have gone to war. TWO DIE SAVING BRIDGE Fight or 10 Guardsmen at Fl Paso Battle Against Drowning. EL PASO. Tex.. July 10. Private Clyde H Gardiner, of Lynn, Mass., and Private Martin L Dietz, of Staten Is land. N. Y., were drowned today in the waters of the Rio Grande River and ' eight or ten others had a battle for life as a result of the effort of a mili tary guard at a foot bridge near her to keep it from being destroyed by an obstruction of logs borne down by the current. Trawler Destroys Seaplanes. LONDON. July 10. The British armed trawler Iceland destroyed two enemy seaplanes and brought four prisoners into port yesterday, it was announced today. WQHIEN ! f OTHERS! DAUGHTERS You "who tire, easily: are pale hag lard and worn: nervous or irritable: who are sub ject to fits of melancholy or the blues." get your blood examined for Iron defici ency. HUIATED IBOH taken times a y after will Increase your strenp lou per cent in two many cases. r era i IXATED IRON rtco ua vvtunfa iro rood dm aHal thrc tlm V anr idm1 TO SPEND Telephones Marshall 3071 A 2286 f F. King. 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