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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1917)
D USE OF WOOD URGED Architect MacNaughton Fa vors New Ordinance. " Tolly of the Circus' is one of the most remarkable productions we have ever seen. It is more than a moving: picture in fact, it is NOT A MOV ING PICTURE, BUT LIFE ITSELF TRANSFERRED TO THE SCREEN." National Board of Review. ARGUMENTS ARE ADVANCED Prominent Architect Declares That Proposed Change In Law Will Benefit City and Bring About Needed Improvements. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 15. 1917. fyi.JiiiMilliOiM VA V'-. Adoption of the proposed ordinance permitting construction of sprlnklered mill construction buildings In the inner business district is an actual aid to the advancement of the city, says E. B. MacNaughton, prominent architect, v. ho is advocating the measure. It will aid in improvement of many pieces of property now either vacant or covered with dilapidated structures, Mr. MacNaughton contends. "The purposed ordinance granting the right to construct sprlnklered mill buildings in the Inner district Is nop a step backward," says Mr. MacNaugh ton, "but is an attempt on the part ot many of the property owners in this area to get a building law that is workable without dependance for re lief on special permits. "Approximately 60 per cent of the central business area Is now improved with brick buildings whose interior construction is anything but fireproof. These structures, many of which con tain highly Inflammable stocks, are liable at any time to partial destruc tion by fire. "Under the present ordinance, if the loss Is less than 60 per cent the owners can replace the original structure with the old hazardous construction and if over SO per cent the building must be scrapped and fireproof building erected. A great deal of this property is in the section of low rentals where values are shrinking and to require replace ment with an expensive fireproof building would be confiscatory. Other ArgnmeBti Advanced "It would be far better for all prop erty interests In the inner district, if these buildings could make the restora tion under an ordinance calling for a less .expensive building of fire resist ing qualities, practically equalling the so-called fireproof building at a cost at least 25 per cent less. "The inner district also haa hold ings which are covered with veritable shacks. The large percentage of these are in the twilight zone of values where conditions do not warrant ex pensive structures, whose initial cost is such that only a tall building is Justi fied. It is a fact that the assessed value of single lots In the district varies from $40,000 to $260,000, all at present tied down under an ordinance permitting only one rigid, extremely expensive type of construction with the fnevitable result that these poorly improved lots, which are a continual potential fire hazard in their present condition, are left dormant and unim proved. It has been said that the lumber mill are behind this movement for a new law. On the contrary,, the mills care little what type of building is built in the inner district. The amount of lum ber required for the forms and false work of a fireproof steel or concrete building Is about the same as that used in the mill building with the added ad vantage for the steel building that form material is usually low-grade and of a quality that the local yards are glad to work off. Little Difference Blade to Mill. "As an outlet for increased local lum ber consumption the law has no attrac tion for the mills. They are much in terested, however, in having removed out of mouths of agents of competitive ma terials one of the hardest arguments against a wider sale and distribution of lumber in the great competitive ter ritory of the Middle West, namely, a law which prevents the proper use of the material in the very home of the industry. No other city in this coun try or Canada has seen fit to restrict Its best retail area with the fireproof ordinance that Portland has. "The proposed law also meets a pa triotic need at this time, when every ef fort Is being made by the Government to conserve as far as possible the use of steel, that it may be released to the allies and to the great munition and shipbuilding demands. Recently the National Chamber of Commerce in its second war bulletin urged that 'the building trades wherever possible sub stitute wood in the place of steel." AUSTRALIA HAS I. W. W. STRINGENT MEASURES BY GOVERN MENT STOP LAWLESSNESS, Result of Vote on Conscription Laid to Women and Labor, Say a Bishop .- Wedgewood, of London. Australia also has had I. W. W. troubles and found a cure for it In stringent treatment, according to Bishop Wedgewood, of London, who haa spent a year in the Antipodes in the interest of the International Theosophical So ciety, and who was in Portland Thurs day night on his way back to London. The women of that country had in the first use of the ballot not quite fully lived up to their responsibilities when they turned down conscription, he added. "Australia's action in this was, I believe, due to the sentiment of the women and the Labor party," declared the bishop. "The election of Hughes as the head of Australia was a victory which meant the elimination of the Labor party, and since then the war work has been somewhat stabilized. "American Consul Britten at Sydney was me nonorea guest at a great ban quet held on the night that the cables announced the entry of America in the war and everywhere the Americans were honored. Bishop Wedgewood lectured before the local branch of the National Theo sophical Society. He was accompanied by A. P. Warrington, of Hollywood. Cal., president of the American branch of the International society. The bishop and his party have de parted for the north. Drafted Men to Sell Herd. CAMAS, Wash., Sept. 14. :(Special. -Nick Morris, farmer and dairyman of Camas, and who operates a milk route in this city, was drafted for service in the National Army. He claimed ex emption on account of his occupation, but It was declined. He therefore has made arrangements to sell his dairy herd of about 50 cows at public auction tomorrow and will discontinue his milk route. There is a shortage in the sup ply of milk in this city at present, and the discontinuance of this supply will make the matter of securing sufficient milk for the city's needs a serious question. Read The Oregonian classified ads. rj I AT ' ' i'p Uf , L.- fS W) i c4 v tr; i H A X -v - rxVi i Vw f M fnX -r I H TODAY'S FILM rEATORES. Columbia Wallace Reld, "The Squaw Man's Son." Majestic Mae Marsh, "Polly of the Circus." Sunset Dorothy Phillips, "Hell Morgan's Girl." Liberty Bessie Barrlscale, "Wooden Shoes." Peoples Mary Pickford, "Rebec ca of Sunnybrook Farm." Stai: "The Argonauts." Circle "The House of Mystery." Polly of the Circus" On Today. OLLY OP THE CIRCUS," Mar garet Mayo's world-famed clas- sic of the "big tops" and now converted from the play Into a motion picture said to cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars, will open a one-week engagement at the Majestic Theater today. - After an absence from the screen of a year, Mae Ivlarsh, who won fame in "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intoler ance," comes again to greet her friends as Polly in this elaborate picture. The production is said to abound In sentiment and thrills. An exciting horse race, the reproduction of an en tire circus performance, including all of the animals and riding acts; the ar rival ot a circus in a village at day break and its departure in the night: the burning of the main tent and the stampede of the audience; these are some of the features of the play. The producers claim for its love story a charm and beauty -reater than any ever before presented by the silent drama. Vernon Steele is Miss Marsh's lead ing man. Enviable Record for Mutual. The Portland Mutual Exchange boasts of an unique record among small film distribution branches. During the past year it has sent three men into respon sible positions with the Mutual Film Corporation, ranging from general Bales manager for the organization to West ern traveling auditor. The hegira started when A. 8. Klrk patrlck, who was Portland efficiency expert before he entered the film game, left the managership of the Mutual of fice to become a member of the staff at the general offices of Mutual in Chi cago; He visited Portland recently as efficiency manager and is now general sales manager of the huge concern. Several weeks ago Oscar Hansen, Mu tual booker for more than three years and husband of Hazel Hansen, the mo tion picture actress, became efficiency booker for Mutual in the United States and Canada and is now busy installing his new and simple booking system in the various brancnes. Yesterday Manager Jackson, of the local exchange, received word that his cashier, Nye Dobbs, who has been here for two years, has been appointed traveling auditor for the entire terri tory west of Denver. Screen Gossip. Manager Holtzclaw, of the Circle Theater, is to give the kiddies another one of his free matinees at 9 o'clock this morning. The entertainment, which is for children under 14 years of age. will have an exclusive comedy flavor, consisting of "The Two-Cent Mystery." a comedy-drama featuring little Helen Badgeley: "The Ash Cap," a one-reel comedy; "Dirty Face Dan," another comedy, and "Jerry Saves the Navy," a. cartooon comedy. The Artcraft Pictures have -arranged with the publishers of the book, "Re becca of Sunnybrook Farm," for a Mary Pickford photoplay edition of this fa mous subject. The book contains scenes from the Artcraft picture just released, as illustrations with a three- Pi AW -A: color Jacket presenting "Our Mary" reading a copy of the book. m m m "The Secret of the Storm Country," a sequel to the enormously successful Mary Pickford production, "Tess of the Storm Country," is being made, with Norma Talmadge as star. "The Woman God Forgot." the first big Geraldine Farrar picture of the season, has been completed, the final scenes being filmed at Yosemite Valley, California. Miss Farrar's support in cludes Wallace Reid. Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth. Walter Long and Olga Grey. The Ogden Pictures Corporation an nounces that it is after comedy dramas for Lillian Walker. With Edith Storey scheduled to make Metro pictures in California and Will iam Clifford, her leading man of the old-time "Westerns," with Metro, it seems more than likely that these players will be together again. The City of Los Angeles is now richer by four camels because William Fox' elaborate plcturization of "Cleopa tra, the Siren of the Nile." was made in the Fox studios at Hollywood. Cal., Just outside Los Angeles. The animals, with many others, were used In the production of the Theds Bara super-picture and when the scenes were over in which they were required Mr. Fox telegraphed to his representative on the Coast that they be donated to the Griffith Park Zool ogical Gardens. It isn't always the most desirable thing In the world to look like a multi millionaire unless you can point pride fully to a bank balance in keeping with your appearance. .So believes Charles K. French, the veteran actor in the support of Charles Ray, star of "The Son of His Father," a Para-mount-Ince production soon to be seen. French has been doing pluto cratic bankers for a long time, but re cently saw visions of a dandy outing in Sierra Madres as a rough and ready Westerner. The indoor role was to be played by George Nicholls and every thing seemed lovely in prospect. Then Mr. Iitce looked them over and decided French was too good a banker to send into the "hills and substituted Nicholls. So French Is back at the desk trying to look pleasantly rich and inwardly indulging in recrimina tions over the missed outing. Jack Kerrigan is ont of the hospital, where he was sent with a broken leg, and will be back at work soon. His first Paralta. picture, "Man's Man," will be released this month. The "Doug" Fairbanks route from Los Angeles to New York was a con tinuous ovation. He was given presents of various kinds at every town, greeted by school children and Indians as well as city officials, fans and members of the film industry and then spent but two days in New York taking pictures for a forthcoming production. , Thomas Melgham has renewed his Paramount contract. At present he is supporting Billie Burke. Here's the very note Just as it came to the offices of William Fox so don't let anyone tell you that the fine art of letter-writing has gone out of style. (It comes from a, chap in Mlas Geraes, Brazil): "Salutations! Enthusiast admirer of this insuperable company cinemato graphic, very apreciated everywhere (and now comes the denouement). I beg you to send me portraits of your admirable and celebrated stars. I beg you to receive antecedently my thank fulness." Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, JL 605. - " Jv. - - i ,s; ' ; ,C - " v, ' ' J - ' ' n V--V jf , . p lH Jllllll . Ml' " ' . nil i" "IIIii,iih c --vu - . ; mmm Ma?.n? : jr""' I.? y- ixtmmmtmi "Polly." She bubbles over i i I Ei'tapm iiiw i V iii 1 1 iinij " .. - V 'r i with personality plus. The v if HJ T f vJIeTm J fj ' 1 production has humor, pa- i i 1 1 V Tw I ZTVi B I fj :,,v' "l thos and the great horse r!t 1 i M f-VVI I H k 1 - - ? X race Is a "pippin." V t 1 1ftnd kMktmmn! h : ,J . d i ... Chlcairo Examiner t "Polly J2 I . V iT I i i - f ' 15 J. VN,,, of the Circus" Is an event ;wS4 LvV 3 . - , V" In Filmland's history. "fcL, .rt-jT" . J - it NrS. : . . . Goldwyn has at- 1 fsfMs l?TvfV Trfi: I J ' tained a high notch on the $&YT&wiJhr ' ? ' Pi t . X f?rd.dt product" WUh U" nW ji-4 ' t V 1 rU7 11 - ' -s -t--X , ' ) S. SICHEL HONORED Congregation Beth Israel , Shows Appreciation LIBERTY BOND PRESENTED Institution Growth Marked Dur ing Ten Tears of Present Presi dent's Leadership and la Extremely Prosperous. With a unanimous feeling that the mere gift of a silver service or loving cup could not suffice to show their appreciation of his notable and un selfish services, the Congregation Beth Israel yesterday tendered a handsome gift to Sigmund SIchel, at the conclu sion of his 10 years as president. When the subscription list was opened for the purpose of procuring funds for the presentation, the spontaneity with which members of the congregation sought to show their high regard for the services of Mr. Sichel soon demon strated that the gift was to ussume the proportions of an extraordinary tribute. Sisnnnnd SIchel, Who Wu Hon ored Yesterday by Conarrega tlon Beta Israel. Confronted by the dilemma of gen eroslty, leading members of the Beth Israel Congregation, with the commit tee In charge, decided that more gen uine service could be rendered than by applying the fund to the purchase of a memorial trifle, and it was deter mined to present Mr. Sichel with a lib erty bond of substantial figures. Mr. Sichel haa been confined to his ................. .t ' j : - - ' ' M f t : A it . t , i tome by Illness for several days and the presentation was informally made by Rabbi Wise on behalf of the con gregation. Upon receiving the testi monial Mr. Sichel expressed his appre ciative gratitude, with an added hope that Beth Israel might derive the un divided support of the community. "I have been here 11 years," said Rabbi Wise, in discussing Mr. Slchel's service to the Congregation. "For 10 years of that period Mr. Sichel has been president. He found Congregation Beth Israel in the most precarious position possible. It was extremely prosper ous. Under such conditions it is diffi cult to keep members active and inter est keen. Yet the Congregation has in creased in membership notably, and Its school has outstripped any plans of a few years ago. It now occupies the Portland Academy building, and Is one of the finest of its kind in the country. My association with Mr.- Sichel has been personally pleasant and most helpful." Joseph Simon acted as chairman of the committee on arrangements for the presentation. . SPOKANE BROKER CAUGHT W. H. Bourke, With Reward Of. fered. Arrested In Juneau. JUNEAU, Sept. 14. W. H. Bourke. accused of grand larceny in Spokane and for whose capture $100 hai been offered, was arrested here last night. According to the police, he admitted his identity. SPOKANE. Sept. 14. W. H. Bourke. who was arrested In Juneau, was a min ing broker In Spokane until recently. Several months ago he failed in an at tempt to secure control of the stock of a copper mine. According to Spokane Stock Exchange members Bourke agreed to turn over to his creditors large timber holdings In Oregon. While negotiations were pending he left Spokane. One member of the Stock Exchange recently swore to a warrant charging grand larceny and offered $100 reward for his arrest. Yesterday the Stock Exchange offered $500 reward for Bourke's arrest. WORKMEN T0BE LISTED Men at American L-ake May Get Work at Other Places. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Workmen will be registered by the Government as they are paid oft at Camp Lewis. This action was taken on the order of Secretary of Labor Wilson so that the Government might have crews on hand when other work is to be done. The men getting through at the cantonment will not have to wait long for other Jobs, as there is much Government work to be don. A. S. Fulton. Immigration inspector in Tacoma. has opened a registration office at the cantonment and will take the names of the men as they leave. Such registration is voluntary and im plies nothing compulsory. War Ambulance Driver Killed. PARIS, Sept. 14. Robert P. Hall, of Minneapolis, a driver in section 2 of the Hartjes-Norton Red Cross ambu lance service, was : illed Tuesday while on duty, at an advanced post and was buried near Avocourt Wood, says the Herald today. The shell which killed Hall wounded his com panion, B. F. Sylvester, of Plainview. Minn., although not seriously. STOCK CAMPAIGN WINS EAST CLACKAMAS COUNTY FAIR SHOWS GROWTH OF IMICSTRY From Small Commencement R. A. Blanrhard Points to Importance of Farming; Today. The campaign the last several years in behalf of livestock as an industry is, according to K A Blanchard. agri culturist of the Livestock Bank of North Portland, bearing fruit now, and he says the outstanding feature of the East Clackamas County Fair now on at Estacada is the jncreased interest shown in the livestock department. "The remarkable thing," he added, "Is that the entire exhibit in the swine division contains entries from members of the Estacada Boys" Pig Club. "The East Clackamas Fair for sev eral years has portrayed the excellence of the country's wealth, but little at tention has been given to livestock. To day the section around Estacada is fast becoming an important little hog producing section. Through the ef forts of F. A. Ewing, of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, the first pig club was organized. There are 12 active members between the ages of 10 and 18 years regularly en rolled and following the instructions of the Oregon Agricultural College. "The exhibit was educational. The hogs varied in weight from 185 to 195 pounds for a 9-months-old animal, the boys making a profit above all cost from $2 to $15, according to skill and diligence in feeding and care. "Clackamas County is on the rise in livestock production. Estacada made her first carlot shipments to market two years ago. Fourteen head of reg istered sows have been imported. "The Estacada State Bank is behind the movement, offering finances wher MAR SHALL S80 PEOPLES MARY PICKFORD IN REBECCA of SUNNYBROOK FARM STORY BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGOIN AND CHARIXJTTE THOMPSON. IT IS THE GREATEST PLAY " AMERICA'S MARY " HAS EVER APPEARED IN. 15c ever advisable. This progress is a good indication of what a community with its bank and men like Ewing can do." SISKIYOU ROAD RUSHED Two Shifts Now Lay Macadam SO Hours Ont of Each 2 4. MEDFORD. Or., Sept. 14. (Special.) After visiting the Pacific Highway through the Siekiyous. State Highway Engineer Herbert Nunn announces that he has placed a double 10-hour shift on the macadamizing of the road over the crest, increasing the tractor and roller equipment. Rains which have already started will not interfere with the work and the present shift will be continued until snow flies. Mr. Nunn also says the Ashland Hill cutoff will be completed as soon ae the Southern Pacific has constructed Its grade crossing. Klamath Contingent Ready. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Sept. 14. (Special.) The official list of boys who will leave for American Lake Army camp next Wednesday from this city has been made public by the local board here. This group constitutes 40 per cent of the first, draft order and will be the second large contingent to leave Klamath Falls. The men who have been ntofied to report at the of fice of County Clerk De Lap next Tuesday in order that their transpor tation and other matters may be ar ranged are as follows: Nanni Domen Ico, Robert E. Winningham, Thomas Nikis, Clarence L. Bullock, Floyd L. Anderson. Edwin Anthony Miller, Ervie E. Woods. Archie O. Roberts. Ivan Tay lor. Alson Veder Davidson. James Heed Uhrin. John Riley. Otto Fred erick Boye, George Agapetos, Oscar Lawrence Arrel. Read The Oregonian classified ads. West Park. Near 5c