Morning Oregonian., September 22, 1917, Page 9, Image 8

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BISHOP HUGHES TO
LEAD CONFERENCE
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It has more action in a minnte than the
average production has in a week!
Annual Gathering, Represent
ing 200 Churches, Will Open
at Springfield Tuesday.
VISITORS TO BE WELCOMED
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Abbert Memorial Place Selected for
Sessions Portlander Will Be
Presiding Officer Over
3Ietliodists.
- ETGEXE, Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.)
Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and their wives representing
200 churches will attend the 65th an
nual session of the Oregon conference,
which will convene In the James A.
Ebbert Memorial Church in Spring
field Tuesday and close Its sessions
Monday, October 1.
The people of Springfield have pre
pared to open their homes to the con
ference visitors. Mayor E. E. Morri
son will deliver the t.ddress of wel
come, and Rev. S. A. Danford, pastor
of the entertaining church, will turn
the city over to the conference. Prac
tically all of the ministers and there
wives will be provided with sleeping
accommodations at private residences,
where breakfast will be provided for
fruests. Lunch and dinner will be
served in a great dining-room In the
church basement.
The Oregon conference Includes
Methodist churches with a total mem
bership of about 25,000, but only a por
tion of the state. Other sections are
represented in the Columbia and Idaho
conferences, bringing the total number
of Methodists in Oregon close to 50,
00. it is stated.
How Methodism Has Gitm.
The growth of Methodism has been
closely associated with the settlement
and development of the state. Possibly
the first religious services ever held
In Oregon were those conducted by
P.ev. Jason Lee and bis associates, who
came to the Pacific Coast in 1834 and
established a mission station on the
"banks of the Willamette River near
Salem, referred to in history as one of
the constructive and determining forces
that secured American ownership of
Oregon.
The influence exerted by and through
this mission settlement reached all
parts of the United States and touched
every phase of the Oregon Question,
and made the American conquest of
Oregon inevitable. Rev. A. Atwood.
author of "The Conquerors." says in his
atory of the settlement of the Oregon
country.
Conference la New Chnrrh,
The James ' A. Ebbert Memorial
Church, in which the conference will
be held, was erected at a cost of $50,
000. It was dedicated last January
and Is one of the finest church struc
tures in the state. It was erected un
der the pastorate of Rev. J. T. Moore,
who because of ill health was forced
to give up his work a few months
later, being succeeded by Rev. Dans
forth. formerly district superintendent
for the Bismarck district. North Da
kota. A parsonage which cost $5000
adjoins the church property.
Among the prominent churchmen
who will be in attendance are: Rev.
Lynn Harold Hough. r. D., of Garrett
Biblical Institute, Evamton. 111.; Rev.
G. Franklin Ream, D. D., of the Board
of Education of the general conference,
Chicago: Rev. D. W. Howell, D. D.. sec
retary of the general deaconess board,
Chicago; Rev. Ernest Daily Smith, sec
retary of the general conference board
of temperance, prohibition and public
morals. Chicago; Rev. Edward Laird
Mills, D. D.. Salt Lake, Utah.
Bishop Matthew Simpson Hughes, D.
D.. T.T.. D., of the Portland area, will
be the presiding bishop. He will an
nounce the conference appointments
October 1.
KLAMATH ROUND-UP NEAR
Famous Riders Wll Take. Part In
Three-Day Celebration.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., 6ept. 21.
(Special.) Everett Wilson, champion
broncho rider from Albany, is here to
participate in the Klamath Falls
Round-up the last three days of the
month, which is being arranged by
"sikeeter Bill" Robblns. Wilson's part
ner, now at Albany, will later bring
over Tom Thumb, the fast quarter-mi-ler,
who won first place at Pendleton
for two years.
Owing to a desire of many of the old
time stockmen of Klamath County to
see a public bucking-horse riding con
test under the same conditions as exist
on the range, arrangements have been
made for an exhibition of this nature
here next Saturday and Sunday.
Among the famous riders who will par
ticipate on this occasion are C. C
Couch and Love Chandler.
One of the features of the occasion
will be Nero, the world's champion
bucking bull, valued at 1 1000. J. Frank
Adams. William Dalton, both of this
city, and E. O. Logan, of Bend, have
been named as judges for the riding
and steer-tying contest.
Exemption Is Withdrawn.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Sept. 21.
(Special.) After being discharged by
the local draft board on the ground
that he was supporting his wife and
young child, John Walker has been
held for military service by the district
board upon a showing that his wife
had divorced him, that he had coontrib
uted only $20 to the support of his child
and that, after being discharged by the
local board, he had remarried.
Ridgrfield Churches Unite.
RIDGE FIELD. Wash, Sept. 21.
(Special.) The federation of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church and the First
Presbyterian Church has been com
pleted and Rev. V. A. Spicker has been
assigned to this charge by the Method
ist Conference. Mr. Spicker comes
here from Washougal. Wash., and will
arrive in time to conduct the regular
services on Sunday, which will be held
in th. Prebyrerian Church.
Fine for Busy Folks!
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Star Pauline Frederick, "Sa
pho." Columbia William Desmond.
"Master of His Home."
Majestic Dustin Farnum, "The
Spy."
Sunset George Beban, "His
Sweetheart."
Liberty Bessie Love, "Polly
Ann."
Peoples Mary Pickford, "Rebec-'
ca of Sunnybrook Farm."
Circle Bessie Eyeton, "The Vic
tor of the Plot."
"The Spy" at Majestic.
riDAT the Majestic Theater opens
its screening of the sensational
patriotic photoplay, "The Spy," a
six-reel William Fox production star
ring Dustin Farnum and featuring
Winnlfred Kingston.
An American's sacrifice of life and
all it holds dear to him to eave his
countrymen and learn the secrets of
the German spy system form the
theme of this stirring picture, one
which is being received with tremen
dous enthusiasm everywhere.
Dustin Farnum, on? of the few popu
lar men stars of the screen, plays the
role of Mark Quaintance, a man of
wealth and social position, who under
takes the hazardous task of gaining a
list of the Teutonic spies in the United
States.
In Berlin he finds it necessary to en
roll himself among those spies before
he can learn where the book CDntain-
ing their names is kept. Then he gets
possession or It and sends It to the
American Ambassador, while he himself
its courtmartialed.
The odd feature about this thrilling
drama is that It contains all the vigor
and excitement of war, without a sin
gle battle scene being flashed on the
screen.
Fabulous Sum Offered Player.
It can't be more than a year agoince
the evening we sat a.ound the more or
less festive board at the Hoffman pre
sided over by the genial Frits, turned
to Bill Hart and, with startling origin
ality, said: "Well, Bill, do you like the
pictures better than the legitimate?"
Yes, in some ways 1 do, answered
BUI. "and In others I don't. The big
thing, however, is the chance to have
a home and remain in one place all the
time. Then there is the financial end
of it. I work now E2 weeks of the year.
I have a three-year contract. If I save
my money at the end of the three years
I can return to my farm In Westport,
Conn., and do as I please. Out of 1300
a week I should be able to eave quite
a bit."
Three hundred dollars a week!
And yesterday a man calmly said:
"We will pay Bill Hart 1150.000 for
every picture he makes and will take
one every six weeks."
"v.'hich means about $15,000 every
week for Bill, after all expenses are
paid.
The way money is being talked about
in Los Angeles now is very discourag
ing to a lot of young fellows only mak
ing $500 or $600 a week. Bennle Zeld
man, press agent for "Doug" Fair
banks, says he knows a man who only
makes S200 a week. However, he
couldn't name him, so It is probably a
nress story.
They do say that the Pathe Company
is in the field with 120,000.000 and that
they are backed by the French Gov
ernment. The way young Mr. Seelye,
their representative, makes offers might
lead one to believe that the French gov
ernment is backed by the Bank of Eng
land, and Mr. Rosen could oYily furnish
enough money to keep one company
working.
Words fail us. Our father made $30
a week and he was the biggest man on
the block. There was a man across
the street who, it was rumored, made
(50 a week, but this was never con
firmed.
, With tout kind permission, we wlU
drop the subject for the moment while
that sterling singer, A. Zukor, renders
the $2,000,000 prize ballad, "Have a
Hart, but Not Mine." Los Angeles spe
cial to New York Telegraph.
Screen Gossip.
When Ann Pennington was a school
girl In Camden, N. J she attracted
much attention by her dancing. She
got a job in "The Red Widow," then
caught the eye of Florenz Ziegfeld, and
soon became the sensation of the fa
mous Follies. Now she is a Paramount
film star.
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A wag from the Fox studios produces
the information that Jane Lee, al
though only four years old. has been
disappointed in love. She recently
caught her beau kissing her sister
Katherine.
' Something unusually spectacular is
promised in the first Geraldine Farrar
production of the season. Its name is
"The Woman God Forgot."
Dorothy Dalton,, the beautiful Ince
star, who is now making her first
Paramount picture, was startled by the
contrast between her rude shack in the
mountains, where she spent her vaca
tion and the handsome interior pre
pared for her new production. "I hardly
know how to behave in It." she as
serted. Mollle IClng claims that her new
serial, "The Seven Pearls," in which she
has the support of Creighton Hale,
holds more thrills than any other
serial ever presented to the public.
Thomas Meighan is a Pennsylvanian
and was a record half-back in his
younger days. He was reared to be
come & physician but his leaning was
toward the footlights and he got his
first engagement in "Mistress Nell"
with Henrietta Crossman. (He had a
season with Grace George and two
years of stock which developed his
versatility and gave him a fine ground
work for his future activities. He later
appeared with Elsie de Wolff and John
Mason, with Willie Collier. David War
field, etc. He appeared in "On Trial"
and was for several seasons abroad as
leading man.
Eileen Percy, despite the fact that
she recently passed her 17th birthday,
made her first appearance on the
speaking stage about eight years ago
in "The Blue Bird." This was followed
by engagements with prominent New
York productions that concluded last
season with "The Man Who Came
Back," "The Century Girl" and "The
Cocoanut Grove." Her present engage
ment in films as leading woman for
Douglas Fairbanks, is due to Elsie
Janis, with whom Eileen had played in
"My Lady's Slipper" and one afternoon
at tea Miss Janis mentioned that Eileen
Percy would make a good leading
woman for Douglas Fairbanks. It so
happened that the latter was searching
for a girl of her described type, and
Director John Emerson started Imme
diate negotiations with her. A week
later she and her sister journeyed
with the Douglas Fairbanks troupe to
California, the location of the Western
Artcraft studio.
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Edith Storey, now a Metro star.
started in her stage career at the age
of eight years, playing with Eleanor
Robson in "Audrey." She was in the
original cast of "Mrs. Wlggs of the
Cabbage Patch. She went into pic
tures as she was about to commence a
second season in "Rebecca of Sunny-
brook Farm." the play now in pictures
with Mary Pickford as Rebecca.
It certainly pays to smile. In less
than two years Douglas Fairbanks has
shot up into the position of a million
dollar income. Doug is a real physical
culturist as well as the screen's most
persistent exponent of the grin.
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It took the Fox people a year to
make "Jack and the Beanstalk" and
1.30(1 cbildrea axs la the cast.
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r jT in Berlin George Bronson Howard f
Jr f exposes in "The Spy" the remark- :
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keeps an army of 10,000 secret po-
lice in America.
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1 Dustin Farnum returns triumphant to the screen. His work in "The t
Spy" is greater than anything ever previously accomplished.
I "The audience sat in rapt attention and all
but gasped aloud.'" New York Times. Z&j"?? ''" "S L
"'The Spy reveals with startling realism - '
the possibilities of German espionage in this "'"'' rtWf;--
I country." New York Evening Sun. s J '"S 'IvW:
I "The audience was quick to express its pa- ft ( j j $!ij s " ,sv' "
i " triotism as the truly stirring scenes were un- " . f f " f' , k "
if olded. The actien was punctuated by f re- A j , , L yV
quent bursts of applause." New York Morn- g( If . s x t-"
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"The Spy" played at the Globe Theater, New York, at 25c, 50c, $1.00.
Regular prices here 5c and 15c Begins today at 11 A. M.
DIG. A. BUDGET BIG
35 Millions Needed by July 1,
1918, for Vast Work.
ARMY DEMANDS GREAT
General Pershing Indorses Part
Y. M. C. A. Takes in Soldiers'
Life Ten Thousand Men. Ap
ply for War Service Work.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. A campaign
to raise 135,000,000 by July 1, 1918. to
carry out the vast work of the Young
Men's Christian Association, both at
home and abroad, was started at a
meeting here today of the National
war council of the association. The
first big drive to obtain contributions
will be made November 11 to 19,
which has been designated as 'Na
tional campaign week." National, de
partment and state campaign commit-
teee will be named to assist In the
effort.
This sum is needed, an announce
ment from the council said, to cover
the work in ?94 buildings and 116
tents maintained for the soldiers and
sailors in camps, cantonments and
naval stations in the United States, for
the rapidly growing work in France
and England among the American ex
peditionary troops and for the asso
ciation work among the armies in
France, Russia and Italy, now called
for by the military leaders of those
nations.
The association's annual budget
heretofore has been about $4,000,000.
George W. Perkins, chairman of the
finance committee, announced today
that of the $5,868,000 already sub
scribed to the National war work coun
cil's activities 4,0-66.858 had been, paid
in up to September 20.
The bureau of personnel reported
that over 10,000 men have, without
solicitation, applied for war work serv
ice. One thousand others have re
sponded to a direct personal appeal to
take up the work.
"Never before has the Young; Men's
Christian Association been called upon
to face even a fraction of such oppor
tunity and responsibility as now con
front it." says the statement.
"The invitation from the highest
French military leaders to the Amer
ican association is emphasized by an
authorized cabled statement from Gen
eral Pershing, who says the greatest
service America can render France at
this time 1 to extend the association
work to the whole French army.
The main items of the war work
budget call for 11.120,0X for United
States troops in this country. $11,994,
000 for United States troops overseas,
., ne nnn Pnulan trOODS, $2,649,000
for French troops and $1,000,000 each
for the Italian army ana "
war. "
man, had a reputation as a gun-fighter;
that he had boasted of killing men,
and that he had threatened Bradley's
life on more than one occasion. He also
said he would show that Moore boasted
of a number of wounds carried on his
person as a result of frunfights. Brad
ley alleges he killed' Moore after Moore
had stolen one load of grain from the
Bradley farm and was returning for a
second load.
BRADLEY TRIAL STARTED
Life of Alleged Murderer Said to
Have Been Threatened.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.)
The trial of A. E. Bradley, of Turner,
charged with second degree murder for
killing Fred Moore, also of Turner, last
month, was well under way today.
Attorney Trindle, for Bradley, In his
opening statement to the jury, declared
he would Uow. that Moore, the dead
Man Wanted In Eugene Taken.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 21. (Special.)
E. F. Judy, arrested in Portland today,
is wanted here on a charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses. He
is alleged to have purchased furniture
for a house on the installment plan and
sold it to a second-hand dealer before
completing payments. Deputy Sheriff
Elkin left Eugene tonght to get the
prisoner. Judy came from Washington
and had been working on a farm near
Eugene.
High Voltage Kills lister J. Scott.
HARRISBURG. Or., Sept. 21. (Spe
cial.) Lester J. Scott, of this city, was
killed instantly here tonight while at
work moving a house along the county
road to this city. Mr. Scott was on the
roof of the house attempting to raise
some wires for the house to pass under.
He seemed to lose his balance and
grabbed a 33,000-volt high-tension wire,
killing him instantly. Mr. Scott was It
years of age and a son of W. R. Scott,
a farmer near this city!
Union Again Has Gasoline.
UNION, Of., Sept. 21. (Special.)
Union is again supplied with gasoline
after being without any for the last
four or five days. For the past few
days, none was to be had In either
Union or La Grande, except a little
held by private parties. A truck from
the Standard Oil Company's depot In
La Grande brought a load yesterday,
which it dispensed to the three garages
and other places selling gasoline.
Photoplay; Palace
Sunday
DOROTHY
DALTON
Stars in
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DIAMONDS
It' s bigger than
the "Flame of
the Yukon" and
is some picture.
WORK BADLY HELD BACK
EIEMPTIOJ BOARD IS HAKFERED
BY BELATED APPEALS.
Persona Seeking Relief From Service
Axe Asked to Present Cases la
Resrwlar manner.
Already overwhelmed with work, the
members of the district exemption
board report that they are seriously
hindered in their consideration of cases
coming before them by countless let
ters and personal appeals from men
and their relatives who ask exemption
from military service. In most cases,
say the members of the board, these
letters and appeals relate to cases reg
ularly examined and passed upon and
which have passed entirely beyond the
jurisdiction of the board.
"People must understand," says the
board, in a statement issued yesterday,
"that the members of these boards are
giving generously of their time and
labor to a duty that is unpleasant and
that if they are to be .constantly re
opening cases and extending the time
to claimants their work will never be
ended and an army never raised.
"The principal trouble seems to be
lack of information concerning the
time in which affidavits in support of
claims for exemption must be filed with,
the board after the claim has been pre
sented. The law and regulations clear
ly provide that these affidavits must
be filed within five days after the
claim. The board has been very liberal
in extending the time for these filings
in many cases, but we cannot consent
to hold them open Indefinitely.
"The work of the board will be
greatly assisted if those seeking ex
emption will acquaint themselves with,
the regulations governing our work,
and then present their cases in accord
ance with those conditions."
First-Aid Unit Organized.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 21. (Spe
cial.) About SO teachers of the gram
mar and high school grades of the city
have organized as the first unit of
"First Aid for the Red Cross." Miss
Florence Snodgrass has been elected
president. Miss Ella Wintler secretary
and Dr. J. M. P. Chalmers physician.
Physicians in the city have volunteered
to give necessary lectures and Instruction.
Good-Bye
I am leaving tonight
at 11 o'clock.
MARY PICKFORD
ALIAS
REBECCA OF
SUNNYBROOK FARM
Mar
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West Park
Near
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COLUMBIA
House of
Service
Sunday
PAULINE' FREDERICKS
Nothing quite as stirring in the way of "crook" play3
has been produced that surpasses it. It's a masterpiece.
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