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TODAY'S FIL.M FEATURES.
Majestic Harry Morey and Alice
Joyce, "Richard the Brazen."
Sunset Anita Stewart. "The Girl
Phllllppa."
Liberty S e s s u e Hayakawa,
"Hashimura Togo."
Columbia Billle Burke, "The
Mysterious Miss Terry."
Peoples Olga Petrova, "The Law
of the Land."
Star Mitchell Lewis. "The Bar
rier." Circle "The Long: Green Trail."
The screen diary Is the latest fad
of the film star.
Instead of devoting a few moments
each day to scribbling in. a notebook,
preserving for posterity the events of
the 24 hours, with perhaps a few phil
osophical remarks (they are all capable
of such mental gymnastics, according
to the press agents). Miss Star now
carries around a cameraman, plus cam
era, with her. and transfers to the cel
luloid the eventful moments of her
life.
Unless some other star is being
robbed of enviable glory, Theda Bara,
Fox's vampire de luxe, is to be credited
with Introducing the film diary. Of
course, it's expensive, but why should
a person whose weekly check carries
ciphers off into space worry about the
mere matter of expense? Let the man
ager, the secretary, the chauffeur, or
one of half a dozen maids juggle with
such drab problems as cost.
Miss Bara's film diary Is the result
of a suggestion of William Fox, who is
thus responsible for giving at least one
able-bodied cinematographer a Job.
Theda avidly absorbed the suggestion,
attached to her retinue an action
camera chap, and down in Southern
California commenced her diary. A
half a reel shows her arrival on the
Pacific Coast, a few off-stage flashes
in costume, and some Southern Cali
fornia travelogue stuff comprise the
offering to date. -When she returns to
New York the camera will again be
brought into action, and thereafter, un
til the fad becomes boresome, Theda
must forever look pretty for the lens.
It is asserted that many wealthy
tourists are going to preserve the
beauties of their world trips by emu
lating the "Queen of Vamps."
"Operatic Star In Pictures.
Anna Case. American soprano of the
Metropolitan Opera Company, is to en
ter motion pictures for-a limited period
under the direction of Julius Steger, by
whom the prima donna's photo-play
will be produced.
Miss Case's first picture will be be
gun in February next, immediately
after she completes her concert engage
ments for which she has been booked
for some time. The story will relate
the struggles against great odds of a
poor but gifted American girl, who
rises to a position of dominance In a
great opera company.
Miss Case, before she would consent
to sign a contract with Mr. Steger. in
sisted upon a series of exhaustive
camera tests to assure herself that she
would make no mistake to enter the
new field. These tests not only satis
fled Miss Case but also confirmed Mr.
Steger in his belief that as a picture
personality the prima donna possesses
excellent qualifications.
Ball Not "Stuck Up."
Douglas Fairbanks was discussing
the kindergarten days of the movies
with Spike Robinson, who knows them
all. when the latter complained that he
knew Thomas H. Ince. 13. W. Griffith
and Mack Sennet when they were be
ginners and said, Griffith is the only
one who has retained his democracy.
At this moment. Bull Montana. Fair
banks' Italian wrestler, of the cauli
flower ears, who resembles a gorilla,
spoke up, in his broken English dialect:
"Douglas, I don't see why dose a
fellows stuck up, I don't a care who
knows when I used to use a pick and
shovel."
Bull now wears celluloid collars, sus
penders, shines his own shoes and is so
particular about his appearance that he
cuts his own hair. Douglas Fairbanks
says there are only two more like Bull
and they are still uncaptured in the
jungle.
Gladys a Hoover Aid.
Filmites and fllmlghtles around the
"William Fox studios in Hollywood, Cal.,
now flee in abject terror before the
approach of gentle Gladys Brockwell.
one of the particularly bright stars in
the Fox firmament.
Miss Brockwell. be it known, is
sponsor for a movement in the picture
colony on the Coast to reduce rations
while the war continues. GladyB wants
to do her bit toward Hooverizing the
Nation, and as film folks are notorious
gourmands she decided to begin her
work right in Hollywood.
The other" motion picture stars and
would-be stars, however, have little de
sire to be reformed so, thus far. Miss
Brockwell is one of the few in the Cali
fornia city whose breakfast consists of
ttast, oatmeal and coffee, as the pho
tograph shows.
Screen Gossip.
Bessie Love Is reported to have quit
Triangle following a discussion con
cerning a story in which she was to
appear. Bessie has a three-yeai
contract with Triangle and the company
is said to plan a legal battle to hold
her. However, Bess is a minor and her
contract was not signed by her mother,
so it appears that she -vill have no trou
ble freeing herself.
Wally Reid'a claim for exemption
(torn draft was first denied and then
he was passed until the second call on
account of the illness of his wife, Doro
thy Davenport. When she recovers
and is able to care for their infant child
Wally will no longer be immune.
The Lasky Home Guard, of 'which
Cecil B. DeMile is Captain, has been
sworn into the service of the state of
California.
Richard Bret Harte, grandson of the
famous author, has Just been added to
the Triangle scenario staff.
"Hashimura Togo," Sessue Hayaka
wa's picture, may be turned into a stage
play. They want Sessue to play the
title role in the "speakies."
William Cbrlsty Cabanne announces
that he is to head his own producing
company next month and will make
feature pictures to encourage recruiting
in the fighting forces of the United
States. He promises to furnish the
Government with 100,000 fighting men.
,
Virginia Pearson is a versatile player.
She can do anything from pen and ink
sketches to playing polo. Now she is a
scenario writer. She sold the first
script she submitted to William Fox, a
play called "Sugerstition," and will Etar
in it.
Eric Campbell, the big fellow of the
Charlie Chaplin comedies, is married.
His wife was Pearl Gilman, sister of
Mabelle Gilman, who is now Mrs. W. E.
Corey. Campbell is 39 years old and
has a daughter 16.
Otis Turner, Fox director, has re
signed to manage his furniture store in
Hollywood, Cal.-
.
William B. Davidson, leading man for
Ethel Barrymore in several pictures,
was drafted. He waived exemption.
Robert W. Warwick, one of the best
dramatic actors on the screen, is giving
up several good propositions to serve
his country. Warwick is listed for sec
ond training camp at Plattsburg. The
wonderful physique of the man should
carry him through to a high rank.
Motion picture circles last week were
Interested in the return to the Univer
sal forces of the old comedy man. Max
Asher, who deserted the screen two
years ago for vaudeville, presenting his
own musical act.
CLOTURE RULE DESIRED
SENATE WOULD EXD TEXSION
OVER WAR TAX BILL.
Postage Rates on Letters and News,
papers Discussed From Oppos
ing; Viewpoints.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Tension In
the Senate's struggle over the war tax
bill mounted so today, with the open
ing of the third week of debate, that
the leaders began paving the way for
applying the cloture rule to curtail
discussion, and negotiations were set
afoot with the hope of compromising
the varying opinions over higher taxa
tion of war profits and incomes.
The Senate spent the day in talk
without action on the pending postage
sections of the bill.
Petitions for cloture, which tonight
had more than 50 Senators' signatures,
only a few less than the necessary two
thirds to put cloture into effect, were
circulated after Senator Simmons failed
to obtain consent to fix a date for
final voting on either the entire bill
or the war profits section.
In today's debate on the postage
taxes Senators Hardwick, Pomerene
and McKellar led the attack on the
bill's provisions, advocating higher
postal rates for newspapers and maga
zines. Senators Harding, Smoot, Mc
Cumber and others opposed higher
postage rates, while Senators Borah,
Townsend and others urged entire
elimination of postage taxes from the
bill.
Defending the Increased letter rate,
Senator McCumber, of the finance com
mittee, said it would be easily put into
effect.
"The American people, never so pros
perous, are not a penny people," he
said, "and are not complaining over
the letter tax.
Senator Smith, of Georgia, declared
that not one public protest against the
letter tax had been made.
EXPLORER REPORTED SAFE
Daniel M. Wise Said to Be on His
Way Home From Brazil.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 27. Dan
iel M. Wise, the explorer, who was re
ported last night as awaiting death in a
Brazilian Jungle, is on his way home
and in no danger, according to his wife,
who is a resident of this city. Mrs.
Wise received a letter from her hus
band recently in which he told of an ac
cident which is believed to have given
rise to the report that he and Bradley
Jones "were awaiting -death in the heart
of a Jungle near the head of the Ama
zon River on June 29."
Mrs. Wise says the department of ter
restrial magnetism of the Carnegie In
stitute. Washington, with which her
husband had been connected for several
years, informed her Mr. Wise left Lima,
Peru, August 11.
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Today
and
Tomorrow
SESSUE
HAYAKAWA
in the great Japanese comedy
adapted from Wallace Irwin's
"schoolboy" letters.
HASH
TOGO
IMURA
The stories are funny when you read them in
Collier's ; the picture is funnier it's a scream.
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Senator Asked to Find Out if
Portland Is Blacklisted.
STEEL SHIP ORDERS LACK
J. R. Bowles, of Northwest SteeJ,
Unable, to Obtain Contracts.
Opposition From Seattle
Shipbuilders Is Scented.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 27. (Special.) Joseph R.
Bowles, of the Northwest Steel Com
pany of Portland, who has been striv
ing unsuccessfully for two months to
obtain steel ship contracts from the
Federal Shipping Board, today appealed
to Senator McNary to ascertain wheth
er there is any intentional discrimi
nation against Portland in the matter
of steel shipbuilding.
Two months ago Mr. Bowles was in
Washington. He had conferences with
the Shipping Board and Fleet Corpora
tion and left for home convinced he
would receive several contracts. But
no contracts have been awarded. Yet,
during this time, contracts for steel
ships have been awarded to two yards
at Seattle, as well as to yards at San
Francisco.
Reduction of Crews Imminent.
Mr. Bowles says in his letter that his
yard is ready and equipped to take over
contracts for at least four steel ships
for the Government, but unless it re
ceives contracts very soon it will be
necessary to reduce the force of work
men at the Northwest and Columbia
yards, as under general orders he can
not enter into ship contracts with pri
vate or foreign buyers.
In this connection it was learned to
day that Seattle shipbuilders who were
here in conference with the Shipping
Board last week on the matter of labor,
wages, etc., strongly urged that no
future contracts be awarded for steel
ships to other yards on the Pacific
Coast than those now holding contracts
with the Government.
They argued that If contracts were
given to new yards It would increase
the demand for labor on the Coast,
whereas if Government contracts were
awarded only to the yards already fa
vored those yards could hold their
present labor and in time draw labor
from yards which do not get Govern
ment contracts.
Portland Competition Feared.
The Seattle and Grays Harbor ship
builders submitted this proposition to
the Shipping Board not only with a
view to controlling all steel shipbuild
ing in the Northwest, but to stamp out
Portland competition. Whether the
Shipping Board accepted or favored
their proposal is not known.
Senator McNary intends if possible to
get at the facts.
RECOGNITION COMES LATE
Fate Slaps Back at 'Varsity in Be
half of London and Norris.
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 27. Fate, aid
ed by the literary muse, slapped back at
the University of California, today in
behalf of Jack London and Frank Nor
ris. London, in poverty, was unable to
continue his studies for a degree. Nor
ris was refused one because he flunked
in mathematics.
Today the university formally recog
nized the talents of the authors by for
mally accepting the recommendations
of the National joint committee in Eng
lish of the National Education Associa
tion and the National Council of Teach
ers of English that London's "Martin
Eden" and Norrls' "The Pit" be used as
EVERYBODY IS SAVING!
FATHER!
Surely you will not miss the opportunity to take
advantage of our low selling cost when buying
your new suit this Fall. If you once know the
style, fit and value of our clothes, you will never
buy another suit elsewhere.
MOTHER!
Other mothers are bringing up their big sons
every day to see how they look in our special
high school clothes and they are all enthusias
tic. Why don't you come, too, and take advan
tage of our enormous buying power and low
profit cash selling system?
SON!
Say, boy, if you ever get into one of our up-to-the-minute
pinchback or belted "Trench" style
Fall suits, you'll never want to get out. They
are hand-tailored by the best manufacturers,
and the same quality as you pay $25 for on the
ground level, we sell them for $15.
DAUGHTER!
You will be doing just a little bit more
for Uncle Sam if you demand the Fa-hey-Brockman
label on the suits of all
your men friends and relations. It
means that the wearer has saved $10.
We positively can dupli
cate for $15 any $25 suit or
overcoat value shown at
ground level stores. Come up
whether you want to buy or
not all we want is the op
portunity to prove it to you.
WANTED!
We need one or two more
SALESMEN. Must un
derstand the up-to-date
principle of efficient sell
ing and have sufficient ex
perience of material, tail
oring, style and manufac
ture to be able to fully ap
preciate the value of Fa-hey-Brockman
clothes.
Must know the full mean
ing of "service and cour
tesy to customers."
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Wheat Warehouses Need License.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. Ware
houses which have not applied for Fed
eral licenses before September 1 will
be precluded from transacting any
wheat bjsiness. A. R Le-vin. second
vice-president of the United States
food administration, announced here
today.
Captain Eaenztl Transferred.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 27. (Special.)
Captain H. C. Ruenzll. who haa been
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NATIONA1.
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section commander of the Thirteenth
Naval District, with headquarters in
this city, has been transferred to
Bremerton Navy-yard, and left for
there today. He is succeeded here by
Captain A. A. Ackerman, wireless cen
sor at this port, who now will occupy
the two positions.
Lfqnor Law Violators Fined.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 27. (Special.)
In the police court this afternoon A.
Gorman was fined $40 for operating i
club where liquor is drunk, and B. Wil
son was fined $20 for having liquor ir.
his possession unlawfully.
NUXATED IRON
Increases strength
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Low round-trip fares to and through the park daily
via Gardiner, the original and northern entrance,
reached only via
Northern Pacific Ry.
Make the park a side trip on your way east.
Low Fares East
Each Friday and Saturday to September 29.
NORTH COAST LIMITED, observation car train, and
ATLANTIC EXPRESS through to Chicago daily via
Minneapolis-St. Paul and one train to St. Louis. Per
fect dining-car service on all trains.
TICKETS: 255 Morrison Street.
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