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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1917)
THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917. MOVETO RESTRAIN STUDENTS SCORED Every Abie-Bodied Young Man Should Enlist, Says Major William S. Gilbert. GOVERNOR IS CRITICISED Ietter Vrglng Tenths to Continue In Schools or Colleges and Atti tude of Heads of Universi ties ' Are Deplored. ETTGETE, Or., July 27. (Special) Slajor -William S. Gilbert, chaplain of the Third Oregon Infantry, In an ad dress before the Oregon Presbyterian synod last night vigorously denounced the college programme outlined by university presidents at their recent conference In Washington, D. C, and also criticised Governor Wlthycombe and J. A. Churchill, State Superintend ent of public Instruction, because of a circular letter being mailed to high school graduates and other young men tinder the age of 21, urging ther to en ter college or remain In school until they become of age that they may be better fitted to fill their places in the ranks of reconstruction If the war should be ended within the next two or three years. "The schools of our country are re fusing to arise to the call of the day," Bald Major Gilbert. ' They are putting a misinterpretation to the message of Secretary of TVar Baker In which he virtually says that If a man's eyesight Is defective or If he is knock-kneed or pigeon-toed let him stay In college. "The colleges are making a plea for an unbroken programme. It is all right for the physically unfit young man to finish college, but every able-bodied young roan should answer his country's call." More Than SOOO Students Enlist. The students of the University of Ore iron and the Oregon Agricultural Col luge were praised because of their loy alty to their country. Major Gilbert Bald that Information he had obtained shows 1121 students from Oregon Col lege have enlisted and that 1136 from Oregon high schools are now 6ervlng under the colors. In speaking of the probable disposi tion of Oregon's troops he said that there were 75 chances out of 100 that they would see service on French soil and 20 chanc n out of 100 that they would be transferred to Russia. The letter by Governor Wlthycombe and J. A. Churchill, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction, to which Major Gilbert referred, follows:: There is a strong desire among- our young men and women to render aome Immediate service to our country. This is praiseworthy, and it la our wish to encourage the spirit which prompts such a conception of duty. Great Lessons Taught. However, this world war is teaching us the lesson that every person must be intensively trained for the work he intends to do. With this thought In mind we are writing to urge you. as a patriotic duty, to continue your preparation this coming year by attend ing the college or university of your choice. We feel that you owe it to your country to make every sacrifice possible to do this, because, through a continuance of your training, you can render services more val uable and effective during the later years of the war and In the times of need that will follow. The college presidents of the United States were recently called to Washington, I. C-, by the Council of National Defense. At this conference they were urged by Secretary of War Baker, In conformity with the wishes of President Wilson, to keep the work of their institutions unimpaired as a means of National defense. In accordance with the recommendations of these high officials, we. therefore, urge that all boys and gfrla graduating from high schools enter college, technical school or normal school; that all college women re main in school until they have been gradu ated; and we further urge that all college men below the age of liability to selective draft, and not recommended for special serv ice, remain in college. At all times, but especially in our present Iwur of need, you should ask yourself how beat you can serve your country. In de ciding this question at the present time, you can do no better than to act upon the ad vice of thoae who are responsible for the future welfare and Integrity of this Gov ernment. PORTLAND SCHOOLS ARE IN Two Districts Added to State De bating League. EUGENE, Or, July 27. (Special.) The high schools of the city of Port land will comprise a district In the territorial division of the Oregon High School Debating League, which held a meeting In Salem recently, adding two . districts. Portland has never before held membership In the league, which, however, has covered the rest of the state. The other new district Is formed by readjustment of the boundary lines of the two Willamette districts; territory taken from both the South Willam ette and the North Willamette districts Is combined to make up the new West Side district. ASHLAND'S- HELP TIMELY forest Ranger Grlbble Expresses Appreciation of Citizens' Aid. ASHLAND, Or.. July 27. (Special.) On behalf or the Forest Service, I wish to express my full appreciation of the prompt and efficient assistance rendered by the Mayor, City Council and some of the citizens of Ashland In putting out the forest fire near Hum ming Bird Springs, along the trail to Mount Ashland. "At this time, when labor Is scarce, such timely help doubtless saved much of Ashland's valuable watershed and perhaps prevented a repetition of the devastating fires of 1910," said J. E. Grlbble, Forest Ranger, here today. SHIPYARD TROUBLE DENIED Seattle Sfetal Trades Council lie- assures Government. SEATTLE, July 27. The Seattle Met el Trades Council, representing 16 local unions whose, members are employed In the Seattle ' shipyards, sent a tele gram to Secretary of Labor Wilson to day denying that a strike of shipyard men was Impending. On the contrary, the telegram said. the unions were negotiating a new scale of wages with employers and re lations were entirely harmonious. Alaska Editor Is Dead. JUNEAU. Alaska,- July 27.- Bert Howdeshell, one-time editor of the Ketchikan Miner and the Skagway Alaska and well known to Pacific Coast and Alaska newspapermen, died here Wednesday night. He leaves a widow here and a facher, brothers and a sister in Kansas City. 111 I'Mlfiilll III if Hill llM iJl mi Qi'ttl!"1 'if"i."srs s rsrarsjnuwii mmrxir iHprrj."firriwnnrip i f irnr nnrirnHiwrinrn-irT V " ' V , - - in-.i,'iS.",.T,','',l.l!'H,a,jl. 2tg4't;- ..-.i.-s-.w- (kSjbiv- - :.vv, .: .. . . If v-- - w - V , X J s rrt; tsy- vt , i rCS -brH- -v, a- ; I , 1 r a1 ' ' ' TODAY'S VltM KBATXrR.ES. Sunset Douglas Fairbanks, "His Picture in the Papers." Columbia Dorothy Dalton, "Wild Wlnshlp's Widow." Liberty Olive Thomas, "Madcap Madge." -Majestic Miriam Cooper, "The Innocent Sinner." Peoples--Mary . Plckford, . "The Little American." Star Robert Warwick and Gail Kane, "The False Friend." Globe Bessie Eyeton, "The Heart of Texas Ryan." Circle "Is Marriage Sacred?" THE motion-picture craze has swept over China and Japan and the prices of admission are so ex tremely low that the Japanese "spend all of their leisure time looking at pictures, according to C. J. Hubbell, Hearst-Pathe News cameraman, who has Just returned from a tour of the Orient. 'Many odd customs prevail," says Mr. Hubbell. "Incidental to the show ing of a picture in a Japanese the ater, a lecturer appears at the side of the screen and depicts the emotions of the actors. He weeps audibly with the heroine and roars with laughter at the antics of the comedian. It is hard work and these Interpreters work in relays. although they seldom retire until they fall from exhaustion. 'The Chinese depend almost ex clusively on America and Japan for their films and have no native com panies. The Chinese theaters - are divided into two parts, the men sitting the orchestra and the women In the gallery. Scenes that are laughable to an American are enacted In these Ori ental movie houses. As the visitor de posits bis ticket of admission in the box at the door, he is handed a hot towel. As he walks to his seat, he wipes his. hands and face to remove the grime and moisture In order to make himself as comfortable as pos sible for the pleasure that Is to follow. But the theater owner Insists on get ting his towels back and the Chinese ladies and gentlemen, after they are seated, throw them across the house to ushers stationed at various points. Sometimes, when business is good, the house Is filled with flying towels, sometimes to the detriment of the screening of the picture. "Each person of the audience is also supplied with a cup of tea, which he sips with a gusto that frequently, when thousand persons are in the theater. resembles the escaping of steam from a damaged boiler. Despite these minor interruptions, the Chinese enjoy the silent drama to the fullest extent and are not critical If the rilm Is seven or eight years old and sometimes so badly scratched and damaged that It is little short of possible to distinguish exactly the movements of the figures from the numerous defects of the film." Another Daredevil. E. Qulnn, of 800 West One Hundred and Fifteenth street. New York City, wants to get Into motion pictures and he doesn't care who knows It. He wrote in this wise to Fox Film Corporation last week: "I am employed in the Municipal blder. as window-cleaner. There Is many stunts we do which is never heard of and which would be Interesting for some people to know, such as walking around the building on the 24th floor or 20. On a narrow Ledge about foot wfde or crossing from one window to another in any part of Bul7 Or cllmo ine from flagpole and many other little stunts you probably take pictures of this week or find some daredevil work for me to do." Mary, "Doug" and Mary. The headlights of the movies are above professional jealousies. The other day Miss Plckford and "Doug" Fair banks both took turns at entertaining Mary Miles Minter, gilded queen of the "Flying A." The Minter-Plckford soiree came about by chance. Miss Minter and her mother went to a theater to see. some thing Miss Piekford, too, waa!seeing. The audience, recognizing the latter, called: "Speech! Speech!" The latter responded, then seeing the former, called: "Come, Mary Miles." This she did, and a g. t. was had by all. The Mlnter-FairbanKs levee was planned. . Mother and daughter Minter were guests of the Fairbanks In a Hoi lywood visit. After luncheon "Doug" took em spinning In his new raceabout. And that's not all he gave the wheel to Mary, she put her foot on the 70 mlle lever, then "Doug" stood on his head on the hood. Screen Gossip. Dustln Farnum has made a series of four pictures for Fox, with Winnl fred Kingston as his leading woman. The pictures are: "The Scarlet Pim pernel, "Durand of the Bad Lands,1 "North of Fifty-three" and "The Spy." e . Selznlck and Robert Warwick seem to have parted company for Harry Rapr, -who recently sold the Warwick picture, "The Mad Lover," and the Florence Reed picture, "Today," to Pathe, announces that he Is making two more features starring these players. Rumors that Olga Petrova will go with Triangle or Fox have been de nied and It seems certain she will head her own company for the production of elght'plctures a year. Mme. Petrova is resting after two years of steady work. J. Stuart Blackton, recently resigned from Vitagraph. where he was vice- president and active head of producing, says he has the picture rights to prac tically all of Sir Gilbert Parker's works and will film them. He will make four big pictures a year for re lease through Paramount or Artcraft. Doris Pawn, who has been leading woman for George Walsh, Is to co-star ith Wlllard Louis In Fox two-reel comedies. Arllne Pretty, who was leading woman for "Doug Fairbanks In "In Again, Out Again," and one of the fea tured players in the Vitagraph serial. TThe Secret Kingdom," Is to be fea tured in the, new Pathe serial, "The Hidden Hand," In which Doris Kenyon is star and Sheldon Lewis male lead. Monte Katterjohn, who wrote so many of those Bill Hart photoplays. Is now with Paralta, which has Bessie Barriscale and J. Warren Kerrigan as its stars. ' Moving-picture censorship in Dallas, Tex., is controlled by Brigadier John Smith, a Salvation Army officer, with the title of welfare director. In Griffith, Ince and DeMIlle. Art craft has a trio comprising the greatest geniuses of the film world. J. Stuart Blackton has quit Vita graph and will become identified with Famous Players-Lasky, making four bli special productions In the forth coming year. The first will be ready for the public about October 1. When Ruby La Fayette was 12 years old she made her debut upon the stage. At the age of 72 she makes her screen debut, August 20, In Bluebird photo plays, playing the mother role In Ru pert Julian's production of "Mother o' Mine.'." s Since his marriage to Charlotte Bur ton, William Russell is devoting mora of his time t farming. BUI Is a bean rancher. . GOOS FIRE SERIOUS Blaze Thought Controlled Fanned by High Wind. Is FIGHTERS SENT BY MOTOR Destruction Is Confined Principally to Panther Creek and Elk Creek, Burned Over Before, and - Timber Is Not Heavy. MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 87. (Spe cial.) The first serious forest fire to concern the Coos County Fire Patrol Association sprang up from a practi cally controlled fire yesterday in town ship 81. range 9, when a heavy south west wind fanned the flames. Six men had. fought the flames successfully be fore. The rapid spread carried the fire over distance of five or six miles In a short time. Secretary Carl W. Davis this morning forwarded all the men he could gather, under Chief Warden A. E. Crouch, in automobiles. They can get within eight miles of the fire by start ing across trails at Sheep Ranch, on the Middle Fork county highway. Forty or 50 men were due to arrive there by 3 o'clock this afternoon. The fire burned' over several ridges and is confined principally to Panther and Elk creeks and on Six-Mile ridge. The creeks are tributaries to Cow Creek and West Fork. The district is an area burned over before and the timber Is in patches. It is owned largely by Individuals and. the Coos Bay Lumber Company. COTTAGE GROVE FIRE SERIOTTS Burning Logs Slide Down Mountain Starting Fresh Blazes. COTTAGE .GROVE, Or, July 27. (Special.) Dangerous fires have been burning the past week In the forest re serve east of here. The hardest to fight and the most dangerous Is on June Mountain, where there Is a crew of 30 firefighters of the forestry department. A crew of 20 was brought up from Roseburk and sent out on a special train. Another crew of 15 men is fight ing a fire in the territory In which the United States Logging Company Is operating. This fire started from a donkey engine. The origin of the other fire is not known. The June Mountain fire is made par ticularly hard to- fight because of the fact that burning timbers slide down the mountains and start new fires out side the fire trenches. The wind has not been favorable for backfiring, add ing further difficulties. . FIRE RAGES IJT RIVER GORGE Flames Started by Railroad Crew Spread on Rntbton Hill. HOOD RIVER, Or.. July 27. (Spe cial.) Despite the hard showers that prevailed here yesterday morning a spectacular fire raged along the Co lumbia River gorge at Rutheton HU1, west of the city, last night. With- a gale blowing up the gorge, huge brands were driven skyward like rockets of set fireworks. Several local residents motored to the scene to watch the fire, which spread from burnings made by a crew of O.-W. R. & N. men clearing the right of way. While no ranch homes were near the scene, road supervisors and men watched the fire throughout the night to check spreading on top of the gorge. FIRES NOW UXDER CONTROL Supervisor Evans Sends Men From Baker and Sumpter. BAKER, Or., July 27. (Special.) Because four forest fires on the South slope of the Greenhorns were too mach for the local force to handle. Super visor R. M. Evans, of the Whitman Forest, was compelled to send six men from Baker and Sumpter to aid in checking the conflagrations. supervisor iiarnes has received no report of the fire on North Pine Creek. Other fires previously reported are now under control or extinct. It Is explained at the forest office that the haze that was to be seen in Powder Valley today has come from fires all over the Northwest, even possibly as far west as the Willamette Valley. DR. HINSON IS SPEAKER 'Interest of Nation's Soul War" Forum Topic. Under At a noon meeting in the Unitarian Church yesterday Dr. Walter B. Hinson pastor of the East Side Baptist Church emphasized the points necessary In the "Interest of the Nation's Soul Under War." Freedom, democracy, brother hood and humanity were the four points upon which his remarks were based. "There Is no means of entering into service except tribulation, no remls slon without blood: there is to be no faltering, no fear and. above all, no selfishness. said Dr. Hinson. "There is to be sacrifice; we are to give of our means; we are to economize and give of our pleasures and our blood. if we are to enter Into the solemnity and the privilege of this day of des tiny." LIQUID FIRE IS DISCOVERED Cottage Grove Soldier Thinks His Formula Will Aid Nation. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., July 27. (Special.) Sergeant W. S. McCaleb, of the Sixth Company, has discovered liquid which he believes may prove of great benefit to the United States In Chamberlain's Tablets . People everywhere speak well of Chamberlain's Tablets. If you are troubled with indigestion or con stipation, give them a trial. You are certain to be benefited by them. prosecuting the war, ajnd which he will offer to the Government. He calls the liquid "chemical hell." There are two chemicals which when brought tosether ignite, and pouring water on the flames serves only to spread them. The fire cannot be ex tinguished, and when once ignited the chemicals must be consumed. . A large bottle is used to contain one of the chemicals. The other chemical is placed in a small bottle inside the other. If the two bottles are dropped any distance they will break and chem icals unite and ignite. Sergeant McCaleb thinks his dis covery could be used to great ad vantage by aeroplanes, and that whole cities could be set afire in a few min utes. Only a small amount is necessary to start a blaze and the cost is less than 12 cents a gallon. ASSEMBLY 15 OPENED BAPTIST YOUXG PEOPXE AHH GATH ERED AT SALEM. Rally of Trllx-s" Around vsunpiu. Feature of First Day's Session sit State Fairgrounds. ratem. nr. July 27. (Special.) The nriron State Baptist Young People's iTninn unri Summer ABeembly opened t h. State Fairgrounds here today - in da v,' .A.iiinn. During the morn- lngs, except Sunday, ciaso held, and each evening the programme will close with an illustrated mission ary lecture by Dr. O. C. Wright, of Portland. . Today the introductory address was delivered by Dr. John it. crown, v Bridgeport. Conn., and a rally of the "tribes" around the campflre also was a feature. , Tomorrow afternoon m meeting of the State Baptist People's Union win do .1. ' .ftr a vesDer period and a musical programme with readings by Miss Lena Tartar and others. Marry Wane Hicks, of New iora viiy. al secretary of the missionary educa tional movement, will deliver an ad dress. Sunday religious services will be held and Dr. Hinson, of Portland, will deliver an address. Other speakers that win oo sr the assembly will be Professor Edna Flarida, art teacher 01 me wio gon Agricultural College: Rev. James S West, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Tacoma; Dr. Mary Fowler Thompson, of Eugene; Miss Helen Chrisman. Chicago: Dr. Mllliken Ore gon City; G. W. fearsuii, Professor Carrol Woodley. McMinn ville. and Rev. C S. Maxwell, of the Philippine Islands. YOUNG SHEEP ARE SOLD HIGH PRICE OF ax xs.., STOCKMEN TO REDUCE FLOCKS. Baker County Reports Condition 'Which Will Greatly Decrease Wool Pro duction Another Year. BAKER, Or.. July 27. (Special.) Thousands of young sheep are Deing Vi v th stockmen because of the hiirh nrlces nuked lor nay. rruni iu rauinr th lambs under present con dltlons. the sheepmen say, wouia do very small or there mlgtit even do n. heavy loss If all attemptea to reuuu their young-stocic Th rilKnossl of the sheep is believed to be general throughout Baker County and will tend greatly to aecrease wnni nrnductlon next year. The majority of the ewes are being kept, it is said, but comparatively few will be Wintered in the county. Sev .roi r.r thn largest growers are re- to h nlsnning to take their sheep out of the county to Winter be cause they can find hay at a more rea sonable figure elsewhere. Farmers in Baker County are re ceiving 12 and 13 a ton for hay in the stack, and within the last few days v. v. hn askinsr $15. Few or no sales are believed to have been con trotted at the last-named figure. RuffArtnor even, worse than the sheep men, the cattle growers are said to be facing a greater proDlem. iney can not cut down ffcelr herds without seri ous loss at this time of year. LOGGER KILLED BY TRAIN r. Kr.irntt Meets Almost Instant Death at Blind Slongb. ASTORIA. Or., July 27. (Special.) Chrlsto Netcoff, an employe at tne Larkln-Green Logging Company's camp near Blind 61ough. was almost ln stantlv killed yesterday. He stepped in front of a Ynoving train and slipped and fell, the wheels on the truck pass lnir over his chest and crushing It In. Netcoff was a native of Bulgaria, about 35 years old. The body has been taken In charge by Coroner Pohl and It Is not believed that an Inquest win do nem. CHINESE RESUME FIGHT City of Cheng-Tu, Capital of Sze Chnen, Reported in Flames. SHANGHAI. China, July 27. A cor respondent of the North China Dally News reports that serious fighting has hroken out again at Cheng-Tu, capital nt tha Province of Sze-Chuen. where Kwal-Chow and Yun-Nan troops have resumed their quarrel for mastery of the province. The city Is in flames and the peo ple are fleeting in panic Y. M. SECRETARIES TO GO More Than 500 Men Already Serve Association Abroad. NEW! YORK, July 27. The second contingent of Young Men's Christian last times today Mary - PICKFORD in that wonderful, compelling, appealing:, patriotic production "The Little American" Positively Only Today, 11 A. M. to 11 P. L PEOPLES Alder at Tomorrow: "The Association secretaries who will work among American soldiers and sailors In European camps will leave the United States soon, it was announced here tonight by the Y. M. C. A. war board. The men are from virtually every section of the country and include reg ular association workers, trained busi ness men and ministers. All are col lege graduates. The Y. M. C. A. already has more than 500 men in actual service abroad and many more are In training for the duties that will be required, of them in foreign fields. Another Ijecturer Is Arrested. DAVENTPORT. Ia.. July 27. Daniel H. Wallace, author of "Shanghaied Into War," who represents himself as founder of the League of Humanity, was arrested by Federal authorities last night charged with making traitorous utterances during a lecture. lit " -rt & - I StfBB ESB.G EnSsESElESCS 6' si si S3 BB B3! tan TH 1 I Northwestern! &ahkBuildin&x Shall I take a vacation this summer? Where By all means take a vacation so that you may be physically and mentally nt to meet the require ments of these exacting times. For variety of attractions, the creat cities, historic places and moun tains, rivers, lakes and ocean re sorts of the East afford an un rivalled vacation. The journey East is delightful from the moment you start on either " The Olympian "or" The Col umbian ' via the CHICAGO Milwaukee &St.Paul RAILWAY Steel cars Electric travel over the Great Continental Divide without cinders or smoke to annoy. W uM plan your cnUim hip and armnge all detail. j E. K. GARRISON, D. F. & P. A. Third and Stark St. Mala. 8413 - A 2601 West Park Today Tanks in Action" He will be given a hearing In Ottumwa Saturday. MEDIATORS ARE HOPEFUL Manufacturers and Strikers t Con fer at Raymond. SEATTLE, July 27. The mediators who are seeking to bring about a set tlement of the strike which has almost stopped lumber-making In this state were encouraged today by a confer ence between manufacturers and strikers, arranged to be held at Ray mond, Pacific County, the center of the Willapa Bay lumber industry, the dis trict being, next to Grays Harbor, the largest producer In the state. This will be the first meeting be twen employers and strikers. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. AO FINIS H ANE DOLLAR opens a Savings Account at the North western Na t i o n a 1 an d every dollar added to it keeps that balance growing. Thfl orthwesterrv National Sank. Sag 3D Portland Ore&ori QUES and them . shall I go? S