T-ITE MORNING OltEGONIAN, TUESDAY, ATJGTJST 21, 1917.
PLEA 15 FOR HIGHER
100 CHECKS PASSED
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M PROFITS TAX
Escaped Oregon Convict Held
for Seattle Escapades.
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Half of Income of All Na
tion's Millionaires.
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DEBATE DELAYS MEASURE
La Follette Will Speak Today In
Favor of Raising Greater Part
of War Tax From Incomes
and Profits From War.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. "Widespread
antiment in the Senate In favor of add
ing to the total of the war tax bill by
imposing higher rates on profits and
Income surtaxes received new impetus
today with the opening of the third
week of debate.
Speeches advocatiner such increases
were made by Senators Johnson of Cal
ifornia, Hollls of New Hampshire and
Jones of New Mexico. Tomorrow Sen
ator La Follette Is expected to make
his address in favor of levying virtually
all war taxes upon Incomes and war
profits. Senator King is preparing a
substitute bill providing much higher
rates on these sources.
Little progress was mafle today, and
leaders do not expect final passage of
the bill before next week.
The finance committee today disap
proved Invoking cloture, but Senator
Simmons plans soon to have a day
fixed by agreement for a final vote.
80 Per Cent Tax Advocated.
In advocating greater Federal levies
on war profits and millionaires' in
comes. Senator Johnson said American
youth had been conscripted and that
swollen fortunes, "coined from the
blood of the Nation, also should be
drafted." He recommended that the
Government take 80 per cent of the war
profits, as Great Britain does, and half
of millionaires' incomes.
Senator Johnson said that he was
"staggered" by the probable war costs,
estimated at $20,000,000,000 the first
year "and without a single shot fired."
"The future liability halts imagina
tion," he continued. "I believe the lia
bility of this Nation at the close of the
war will be greater than that of any
other belligerent.
"All this the people are willing to do.
but they ask that the burden be placed
not alone upon them, but that some of
it come from those profiting by the
war."
Senator Johnson referred to the
"enormous profits" of the United
States Steel Corporation and exclaimed:
"How they must laugh to scorn a
people's Congress that deals so tenderly
with war profits at a very time- when
money is so badly needed."
War Profits lVot Touched.
"The chairman of the Senate finance
committee tells us this Is a war profits
tax," said the California Senator. "This
is no war profits tax. This Is a. tax
where war profits are just touched."
Kngland, he said, levies a war profits
tax of 80 per cent, while Congress had
only seen fit to take 20 per cent. The
estimated war profits, he added, amount
to J3. 000.000.000, but the bill levies only
t562.000.000.
Senator Hollls, supporting the La Fol-lette-Gore-Thomas
minority report of
the finance committee for higher rates
on Incomes and profits, also advocated
taking 60 to 80 per cent of war profits,
but expressed the opinion that the Sen
ate could not now be induced to levy
over 60 per cent. The present bill is
designed to assess about 28 per cent.
Senator La Follette Introduced two
amendments to the income tax section
In behalf of the minority. One pro
posed Increase in surtaxes on Incomes
between $5000 and $47,500 and a max
imum of 33 per cent on all over $47,600.
An alternative amendment would have
the principal surtaxes apply to Incomes
of from $5000 to $17,600, with a max
imum of 33 per cent of those over the
latter figure.
Senator New, of Indiana, also Intro
duced an amendment proposing that in
the computation of normal profits in
dustries which experienced abnormal
depression during 1911, 1912 and 1913
the pre-war period fixed by the bill,
could select any of the four years from
1909 to 1913 as the basis of fixing nor
mal profits.
FIFTEEN ARE EXEMPTED
Klamath Falls Board Rejects Claims
of Fight Others.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. 20.
(Special.) Fifteen men have been ex
empted by the county draft board.
Verdicts on other claims have not been
reached. Eight were denied exemption.
Nearly all of the men dismissed are
married. Out of 80 examined, 27 claimed
exemption.
The 15 exempted are Jesse B. Kldwell,
Philip M. Applegate, Calvin N. Haskina,
Elmer L French, Harry Horel, Alden I.
Brooks, George A. Mustoe, Joseph L.
Frotherlngham, Fred W. Hilton, Will
iam H. Shadier, Harold R. Olalsyer,
Alexander W. Wysock, James W. Jones,
Joseph F. Kamarad and Dorsey E.
Johnson.
The eight whose applications were
refused are Edward H. Owens, Charles
E. Roberts, Robert C. Arnold, Joseph
"V. Mann, Van A, Cornish, Edmund W.
Gewen, Jr., Homer V. Humphrey and
Ruben S. Spackman-
Six men have been discharged from
the service thus far, five being unable
to pass the physical tests as follows:
John Bowman, Thomas E. Anderson,
Cuy Shelby. John Flodln and Melvin E.
Hedient. Ianlel - D. Murphy was dis
missed because , he is an alien.
KEEP OUT LIQUOR IS PLAN
Erection of Gate on Canyon Creek
Road Would Stop All Autos.
l-OSEBURG, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Deputy Sheriff Frank Hopkins, of
Canyonville, seeks to be appointed
state agent to stop Importation of
liquor from California. In the event
of his appointment Mr. Hopkins says
lie will ask the county to grant per
mission to erect a gate on the Canyon
Creek road in order that he may stop
automobiles without resorting to the
use of firearms.
Two automobiles have been stopped
there recently by the aid of a rifle
and the Deputy Sheriff considers tha
practice dangerous to life. A gate,
equipped with a red light for nights.
will best serve the officer, according
to Mr. Hopkins.
Canadian Minister Resigns.
OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 20. Robert
Rogers, Minister of Public Works, to
day resigned because there bad "been
too much delay in carrying into effect
the eonseription bill." .The bill has
Veen passed by tha Commons, but has
not been enforced.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Sunset Alice Joyce and Harry
Morey. "Within the Law."
Star Gall Kane, "The Upper
Crust."
Columbia Louisa Glaum,
"Golden Rule Kate."
Majestic Miriam Cooper, "Lady
Lou of Yukon."
Liberty Jack Pickford and Lou
ise Huff. "The Varmint."
Peoples Mary Miles Minter, "Me
lissa of the Hills."
Circle Ellis Paul, "Seventy and
Seven."
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O. I was not born In New Tork,
but when I was very tiny I
went" there with my sister
Margaret," says Mary Miles Minter.
Shreveport, La., was my birthplace in
April, 1902."
'I was raised In tha arrease paint at
mosphere and in my fifth year made
my stage debut with Nat Goodwin in
Cameo KIrby." Later I appeared in
support of Robert Hilllard, Mrs. Minnie
Maddern Fiske and Mme. Bertha Ka
il ch.
It was while playing Th Littlest
Rebel' In Chicago in 1912 that I was
obliged to change my name from Juliet
Shelby to Mary Miles Minter. When
the Farnums, Dustin and William, re
tired from the show, I took the com
pany out In my own name and thereby
got into difficulty with the child laoor
law, which has a ban on child actresses.
Two and one-half years ago I did
my nrst motion picture. It was a
dainty little thing called "The Fairy
and the Waif," put out by an Eastern
concern. After that premiere I went
into pictures for good, doing 'Barbara
Freitchie,' 'Emmy of Stork's Nest' and
several others for another studio In
the East.
"In 1913 I came to the American,
where I shall remain for some time to
come. My first picture made in Santa
Barbara was 'Youth's Endearing
Charm.1 The first contract was com
pleted In May of this year. I -signed an
other for a long period. The nrt pic
ture under the new agreement Is
'Charity Castle,' to be released in the
near future. I am now at work on my
second, tentatively named 'The Call to
Arms.' "
Harold Nearly a Rorse Trainer.
It Is not generally known that Har
old Lockwood, who is extremely popu
lar with feminine fans, had a narrow
escape from being a horse trainer. Har
old's father was a breeder and trainer
of horses and wanted his son to follow
him in the same business. But the boy
had his heart on New York, whitner be
went after graduating from school In
his home town of Newark, N. J. Zt
Gotham he got a job in a wholesale
dry goods establishment. where he
worked for more than a year.
Harold failed to get on the stage, but
when pletures became popular his good
looks won him a job with the films. He
worked for several companies and
finally got to be Mary Pickford's lead
ing man. He played opposite her In
"Tess of the Storm Country." "Hearts
Adrift." "Such a Little Queen" and
other notable productions. He was Mar
guerite Clark's leading man in "Wild
Flowers."
Sinee joining the Metro forces last
year Lockwood has ieen starred in
"The River of Romance," "The Masked
Rider," "The Come Back." "Mister 44,"
"Big Tremaine." "Pidgin Island." "The
Promise." "The Hidden Children." "The
Haunted Pajamas" and "The Secret
Spring."
Screen Gossip.
Betty Howe, who will be seen oppo
site Edward Earle in "For France,"
a forthcoming Vitagraph Blue Ribbon
feature, qualified last week for the
title of "the most unlucky girl in New
York." Recently her father gave her a
Packard Twin Six automobile, which
she drove for about three weeks, while
her chauffeur was on a vacation. The
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day the chauffeur returned she ordered
him to take the car to the garage af
ter a drive. He had only gone two
blocks when a . motor truck jammed
Into the Packard and demolished it.
The following day Miss Howe lost a
valuable dianfbnd-set wrist watch and
the day after that she lost her purse,
containing $150 In bills, together with
several little pieces of Jewelry. What
will happen next to break the Jinx?
Vitagraph stars always enjoy going
anywhere with "Mother" Mary Mau
rice, because something pleasant Is
certain to happen. Alice Joyce met
her on Fifth avenue the other day and
was trying, to persuade her to bavo a
cup of tea. when a handsomely gowned
woman approached and. apologizing
for intruding, said she had seen mo
ther's pictures in Europe. Alaska and
all over this country and now that she
had met her could not help speaking.
So the three had tea together. Denton
Vane contributes this: He and "Mother"
Maurice were crossing Broadway one
evening recently and the big traffic
policeman came over to them to help
her across. .As they were safe on the
other side, he observed: "A jealous
woman my wife will be. when I tell her
who it was I helped across the street."
"VT. E. Lawrence, associated with D.
W. Griffith for a number o' years, dur
ing which he played parts in "Tha
Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance."
Is now a member of the Mary Pickford
company and will play with Little
Mary in her next picture under the di
rection of Marshall A. Nellan.
Herbert Brenon will have ready in
a few days his film showing how Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Romanoff were reduced
to private life providing he can find
a double for Kerensky. As "The Fall of
the Romanoffs" Is a picture of actual
history, majiy prominent characters
appear, including the Kaiser. To bring
the production up to date Brenon must
now have a Kerensky and he Is having
his troubles. To date several hundred
applicants have been examined and
rejected.
"Oh, no. he Isn't working In the pic
tures. He's an' actor." Now wait a
minute and don't argue! The speaker
was (name censored), who has made
several unsuccessful attempts to be a
film hero, so he's adopted a new motto,
"Vengeance is mine," saith the de
feated." James Toung has returned from Chi
cago and will begin immediate produc
tion on "Hawthorne of the U. S. A." tor
W. K. Spoor. Young will continue to
work on the one picture arrangement
and is already reading several scripts
for his next productlpn. It Is very likely
that the First National Exhibitors' Cir
cuit, who purchased "On Trial,"
Young's last picture, for Spoor, will
also obtain the rights to "Hawthorne."
Clara Williams has refused the re
quest of an Eastern firm, who desired
to name their product the Clara Will
iams Shaving Soap. "Not that I am
against soap and shaving," says Clara,
"but statistics show that 65 per cent
of the men shaving themselves cut their
faces one time out of every two shaves.
Now. psychologically to have my pic
ture before a man at such a time would
be very bad, for he would ever after
associate me with disaster. The firm
can put my picture on their pay en
velopes, but on their shaving soap
never." Miss Williams is now asso
ciated with the Paralta Company after
a long period as a Triangle star!
In the supporting cast for "The Nar
row Trail," his first Ince-Artcraft
photodrama of frontier life, William S.
Hart will have more than a score of the
eowboya who have contributed such
notable bits of realism to many of his
productions. Some of these rugged
"types" Hart regards as his very own,
as they have appeared with him con
tinuously ever since he made his debut
as a screen actor under tha direction
of Thomas H. Ince.
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George Kemp, 22 Xears Old, Said to
Have Obtained Upward of $2 000
From S Weeks' Operations.
Criminal Record Lengthy.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20. (Special.)
After a frenzied career lasting three
weeks, during which time he is alleged
to have plastered Seattle with nearly
100 bad checks, obtaining between
$2000 and $3000, George Kemp, 22 years
old, who twice escaped from the Ore
gon Penitentiary, was arrested Monday
afternoon at the Smith's Cove terminal
by City Detectives Montgomery, Toms,
Yoris and Waechter. He found a sol
dier's uniform greatly facilitated the
work of circulating checks.
In company with Kemp was James
P. Taylor. 23 years of age, a member
of the Ninety-fourth Company of reg
ulars, Coast Artillery Corps, stationed
at Fort Lawton.
The arrest clears up the mystery sur
rounding the identity of the person
who had made the name of "J. S. Hall"
famous among trusting merchants and
business men, and a number of cheeks
were drawn on the Northern Bank A
Trust Company, which passed Into the
hands of a receiver last Spring.
Kemp's police record dates back to
1912, when he was arrested several
times at Oklahoma City. Later ha was
arrested at Dallas, Tex., for the theft
of an automobile.
He came to Oregon a few years ago
and was sentenced to the penitentiary
for forgery. Three months ago he es
caped from an honor gang and cams to
Seattle. He was arrested shortly after
his arrival here and returned to Ore
gon. On July 29, In company with an
other prisoner, he escaped again while
acting as a "trusty."
KEMP IS CLEVER . CRIMIXAL
Forgery, Marriage, Enlistment and
Desertion Are Done In Day.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
George Kemp, escaped Oregon convict.
arrested today at Seattle for kiting a
check, has the record of being one of
the most slippery prisoners who ever
violated parole or escaped from the
Oregon prison.
Sent to the prison from The Dalles,
June 5, 1913, for from one to seven
years on conviction for larceny from a
dwelling, he was paroled the first time
December 1, 1914. His liberty was
brief, as he stole an automobile be
longing to W. S. Walton, cashier of
the Ladd & Bush Bank at Salem, was
recaptured and returned to the prison
December 30 of the same year.
Again in December, 1916. he was pa
roled and once more established a re
markable record, forging a check, en
listing in the Navy, deserting, getting
married and being captured, all m the
course of a few days. Forging a check
at Turner, in this county, he went Im
mediately to Seattle, from there going
to Bremerton, where he Jblned the
Navy. The day after he deserted and
almost Immediately was married on
April 2. 1917, in Seattle, under the name
of George King. The day following his
wedding he was apprehended and re
turned to the prison here as a parole
violator.
On July 29. this year, he escaped
from the honor gang working In the
fields. On the same day James Merl
thew, alias Curtis, and Charles Burchett,
from Multnomah County, left the gang.
Curtis was the pal of Baldwin, the
notorious pair which spread dissension
among the prisoners at the peniten
tiary during the closing days of War
den John Minto'a regime. It is be
lieved, however, that Curtis left the
honor gang alone, and that Kemp and
Burchett were together when Kemp
escaped. Neither Curtis nor Burchett
has been heard from since.
When Kemp was arrested, following
his marriage, his wife of a day was
left at Seattle, and officers here believe
he may have made his way there to
rejoin her on his last spurt from the
prison.
STBAHQRN TRAIN TIMED
KLAMATH FALLS SEES ARRIVAL
ON FIRST "RAILROAD DAY."
Telegram From President of Oregon,
California and Eastern Railway
Encourages Interior Residents.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. 20.
(Special.) It was one year ago Satur
day that the citizens of Klamath Falls
In a mass meeting In the Houston
Opera-House informally accepted, with
tremendous enthusiasm, the offer of
Robert E. Strahorn to build a railroad
connecting Klamath Falls with interior
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personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-good" are but experiments, and endanger tbo
health) of Children. Experience against Experiment
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Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom,
and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the as
similation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
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Oregon points, launching a development
which means the eventual reclamation
of the largest undeveloped fertile ter
ritory in the United States.
Robert E. Strahorn sent a telegram
from Portland to the citizens of
Klamath Falls reminding them of the
anniversary. "While extending con
gratulations," says Mr. Strahorn, "on
the splendid progress made in this first
year as evidenced by the construction
and equipment so far advanced and the
steps taken toward making Klamath
Falls the beneficiary of still more im
portant operations, let me suggest that
we might well establish and celebrate
this as Railroad day, now and here
after, in all the vast country east of
tha mountains that is receiving new
inspiration for the greater efforts and
sacrifices we must all make until our
object is fully attained."
Coincident to the anniversary was
the arrival of the first Strahorn train
under Its own steam. Upon receipt of
the information by Chief Engineer
Bogue, railroad enthusiasts arranged
an informal parade to the Southern Pa
cific station to greet the new train.
for Fletcher's
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byrups.
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marine and war risk insurance field to
cover all lines of insurance. German
insurance men, Mr. Hurd says, are
placed in possession of Information
vital to the Interests of the United
States in being permitted to write in
surance and the payment of large
sums to German companies strengthens
tha financial position of Germany.
China Discharges German Employes.
AMOT, China, Aug. 20. German em
ployes In tha Chinese customs service
here wara pal4 off yesterday. What
disposal Is to be made of subjects of
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