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THE 3IORXIXG OliEGONIAN, FRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 1917. JAPANESE MISSION ASKED SHIP STEEL forced to stay a night in the Ghost House as his degree in being initiated into a fraternity. He is mistaken for a house-breaker and handcuffed o a chair. In the meantime the bank has been robbed. While exploring the attic the money is found by Lois Atwell (Miss Huff). She believes Ted to be the burglar. Jeremy impersonates old At well and tries to scare the women. He is captured and placed in a closet. Mem bers of the gang hasten to the house in search of their master and are con fronted by Ted. A tight is precipitated, but the quick arrival of the police causes the arrest of the thieves and the final explanation as to the identity of Ted is made. News pictorial and comedy round out the bill. It 's TJn usua I Liberty Distinction Superior Plays Superior Service Superior Music .Third of Tonnage in Atlantic, Japan Feels She Is Doing Her Full Share. 8 - . . - A 1 BOND FEAR U. 2. WAKES NO PROMISED Ambassador Instructed to Keep Mat ter Before State Department, Securing- as Much Material as Possible. OHEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Oct. 11. Notwithstanding the air of secrecy thrown around the vfsit of the Japanese mission to the United States, it has become known at last that the prime object of this mission Is to secure from this country an ade quate supply ol- steel to enable Japan to go forward with her programme of ship construction. Other questions have been discussed with this Govern ment, but ship steel has been the one big thing the Japanese have sought. When the Japanese mission left Washington, after a prolonged stay, a semi-official statement was given out to the effect that Japan feels she Is slready doing her share in the war, and that she is furnishing her full quota of ships. "One-third of Japan's total ocean-going tonnage is now in European waters," said this Japanese diplomat. "This amounts to 300,000 tons being devoted practically to war uses in European waters, and repre sents about all Japan can do. It is hardly seen by us how more ships could be supplied for war services." The figures cited by this Japanese diplomat are interesting in connection with figures compiled by the United Ftates Shipping Board. According to the Shipping Board, Japan now has in service 447 steamers of 1.425,689 gross tons. Of this number 194 are liners, with a tonnage of 673,784, and 253 are purely cargo steamers with an aggre gate of 751,905 gross tons. Tn the trans-Pacific trade Japan now has 43 liners of 294,736 gross tons and 233 cargo vessels aggregating 679,405 gross tons. IS Japanese Liners on Atlantic. In the trans-Atlantic trade Japan, according to the Shipping Board, has 18 liners of 138,506 gross tons and 20 cargo vessels of 72,500 gross tons, or an aggregate slightly more than 200,000 gross tons. It is to be noted that the figures of the Shipping Board are in gross tons, and if this tonnage is reduced to dead weight tonnage, then the Shipping Board figure tallies with the figure of the Japanese diplomat above quoted as to the tonnage in trans-Atlantic trade, but the percentages do not agree. The Shipping Board has other infor mation with regard to Japanese ship ping that is highly interesting in view of the Japanese effort to get ship steel in the United States. According to this data. Japan now has undier construc tion, for delivery during 1917, 62 ves sels of 292,000 gross tons, but, what is more important, she has under con struction, or under contract, 127 more vessels, of 688.000 gross tons, for deliv ery during 1918. As the United States Is Japan's principal source of steel for shipbuilding, and as this source has been cut off by Presidential embargo, the foregoing figures explain the in tense desire of the Japanese for a lift ing of the embargo. Unless this can be done the Japanese fear their ship construction programme will have to be largely abandoned. Secure Xo Assurance of Ship Steel. The Japanese mission is understood to have left Washington without se curing any assurance from the United States Government that steel for ship construction in Japan will be released In quantities necessary to guarantee the carrying out of the approved building programme. But the Japan ese Ambassador, Mr. Sato, has been in structed to pursue this request before the State Department, and. If possible, to secure the release of as much steel as can be spared, without hampering the American shipbuilding industry. Where these negotiations will end no one now professes to know. The Ship ping Board has made unusual efforts to secure an adequate supply of fabricated steel for the 'American plants which have undertaken to build for the United States Government, and in addition to contracts already let, a further Amer ican ship programme looking to the building of 6,000,000 tons dead-weight ships for the United States Govern ment is about to be undertaken. It Is no secret that the bulk of this 5,000, 000 tons will be steel ships. As throwing some light on the desires of the Japanese government, extracts are here made from an interview given by a Japanese diplomat who is ac quainted with the negotiations recent ly conducted by the Japanese mission while in Washington. In part this dip- I lomat, whose name must be withheld, said: Need More Ships to America. "Japanese business concerns are suf fering greatly from the scarcity of ships to transport commodities be tween the Americas and Japan. The Japanese people in Hawaii, the United States and South America have been accustomed all their lives to certain articles of food which are not grown in this country, and which it is impos sible for them to get from any country except Japan. They are suffering real hardships of deprivation. "In spite of all this, we are using a third of our ocean-going tonnage in the service of the European trade with entente countries. In this service we have 'lost three of our best and finest steamships, which were torpedoed and sunk by submarines near the British coast. Besides, we have lost a number of smaller vessels off the Spanish coast and near the French coast in the Med iterranean. "All our largest ships except two are employed in the European trade, two being routed between Yokohama, and San Francisco. In addition, we are car ing for the peace-time trade of England as best we can in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific between India. Aus tralia, and Britain's other possessions, as well as China. It ought not to be forgotten, either, that Japan has been the carrier for Russia between the United States and Vladivostok. We have transported arms, ammunition And materials for Russia. Material Increase In Ships Improbable. "Japan will continue her services to the allies to the very best of her abil ity. But it Is not probable that we can supply any material Increase of ships. "Japanese industries are suffering from a great shortage of steel plates, especially her shipbuilding industry. We are dependent upon the United States for steel. Formerly we obtained steel from England, but that source has been long cut off, and we became de pendent upon the United States. That euply, too, has now been cut off, owing to the war needs of your own country and the allies. Ambassador Sato will continue also the negotiations respect ing the steel that we need. Read The Oregonlan claasifledads. t t ' y - tv i " ss s cene Srcm JtruSc& .Acmrr TcsraT, '.s-y " X TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Madge Kennedy, "Baby Mine." Columbia Jack PIckford and Lou ise Muff, "The Ghost House." Liberty Belle Bennett and Roy Stewart, "The Bond of Fear." Peoples - Douglas Fairbanks, "The Man From Painted Post." Star Margarita Fischer. "Put ting It Over." Sunset Mary Pickford, "Hulda From Holland." Circle "The Martlnache of Mar- I rlage." t T a........................ Liberty. Some excellent desert stuff including a realistlo sand storm effect and a thrilling escape of hero and heroine from a pursuing posse, are the features of the latest Triangle production, "Bond of Fear." which opened an engagement at the Liberty Theater yesterday. Belle Bennett, sister of Enid Ben nett, the Australian beauty discovered by Thomas H. Ince: Roy Stewart, the Triangle successor to William S. Hart, now with Artcraft, and Melbourne McDowell, the chap who played the dancehall owner in "The Flame of the Yukon," are the leading players, in "Bond of Fear." The picture deals with crime and flight from justice, the desert furnish ing the background for many of the in cidents. Judge McClure (McDowell) is a fanatic in administering the law to the letter. This leads to a quarrel with his younger brother over his al lowance. In self-defense McClure strikes the brother and, believing that he is a murderer, takes flight and set tles in a small town on the edge of the desert. He employs a guide, Cal Nelson (Stewart) and journeys out into the desert. There the Judge meets Mary Jackson (Miss Bennett) who has fled from a desert cabin wherein lies a dead man. While delirious, the Judge imparts his secret to Mary. She tells him that she, too, is responsible for a crime. Back in town the Judge dis covers that his brother is alive. This changes his attitude and he informs Mary that he will turn her over to the Sheriff. Cal rescues her and the two escape. Then the Judge discovers that his brother is dead, or believes a rumor which contradicts a newspaper story, and goes out into the desert again, to perish. Mary's only crime is that she is the daughter of a bandit and she and Cal are happy together in the final fade-out. Bray-Paramount Pictographs, Mutt and Jeff cartoon comedy and another comedy complete the bill. 'Dons Has Two Directors. "The Man From Painted Post," the new Douglas Fairbanks-Artcraf t pic ture now at the Peoples Theater, marks the debut of Joseph Henaberry as a director in the Fairbanks organi zation. The latter was selected by Douglas to alternate with John Emer son in staging Fairbanks-Artcraft pic tures, and the success with which he put on the new Fairbanks offering proves the fact that the star macLe no mltake when he selected him. The great demand for Douglas Falr-hanks-Artcraf t pictures keeps the en ergetic star very active at all times. In order to handle his productions in ihe quicken and most efficient manner the actor-producer has surrounded himself with a unique organization that has a working plan all its own. The system created by Douglas him self makes It possible for his company to turn out twice1 as much work as under ordinary conditions. The vari ous department heads of this company are Anita Loos, scenario chief; John Emerson, director - general; Victor Fleming, head photographer, and John Fairbanks, brother of the star, general manager. At the head of the entire . F. 4.io4- . vf V- v A r ' v '. jc - -fix '' r. YV SftN s :cfks . . organization and in touch with all de tails pertaining to its workings is the tireless Douglas himself the master mind behind every branch of the com pany. Children Guests of Majestic. Officers of the Boys' and Girls' Soci ety, of the Children's Home, the Port land Fruit and Flower Mission and the social service chairmen of the Parent Teacher Council will be the guests this morning of J. J. Parker, manager of the Majestic Theater, who has ar ranged a special private viewing of Jack and the Beanstalk" for their pleasure. This will be a preliminary to the party that he will give on Saturday, October 20, for the orphans and friend less children of the city. The latter affair will be Mr, Parker's big treat for the youngsters, and the committees representing these organizations will arrange for their transportation. "I think there will be found a number of good-hearted folk who will donate ma chines for this cause," said Mr. Par ker yesterday. "The film is one that is specially fof- children, and Its influ ence is good and inspirational and should be seen by just such children as these, who otherwise would never get a chance to see It." Columbia. A novel story, presenting plenty of human interest and carrying through it a vein of comedy, makes "The Ghost House," the latest Paramount picture featuring Jack Pickford and Louise Huff, excellent entertainment. Add to this mystery, based on a yarn of ghosts, some action, a few thrills, and a mite of pathos, and you have an idea of the qualities of the latest Pickford-Huff film tale. Both stars, who are becoming so popular in the cinema world, perform excellently. -Olga Grey, James Neill, Eugene Pallette, Horace B. Carpenter, Edythe Chapman and Lillian Leighton are members of the supporting cast. By the death of their grandfather the Atwells become the owners of the Ghost House, and are forced, by lack of means, to live In it. Jeremy Foster, gardener, is bead of a gang of thieves and keeps alive the old superstition in order that the house may be headquar ters for his crooks. Ted Rawson (Pick ford), freshman at a nearby college, is 5-1 V' P POKES jL GVN IN HrrACSANB J CKU MB AOSS TMEBQQM TQAMIN-lj 1 WANDACWL I NEVER SXff BCTOReV I Margarita Fully Recovered. Margarita Fischer's reappearance on the screen after an illness of several months following an operation which necessitated a long stay in hospital, is a matter for rejoicing among motion picture fans, with whom she is in tensely popular. Miss Fischer made hosts of friends throughout the United States for her clever work in "Miss Jackie of the Navy," "The Devil's Assistant" and other popular Mutual-Pollard successes and the news flashed across the conti nent after her . production of "The Devil's Assistant" that she had sus tained an injury in rehearsal which would necessitate surgical care, caused grief wherevet- it was received. For the last six weeks Miss Fischer has been once more her old self and her work in the new Iutual-Pollard production, "Putting It Over," or "The Girl Who Couldn't Grow Up," shows that she ia again able to burn up the roads in racing automobiles, to plunge Into the sea from steamship decks and otherwise to comport herself as of yore. This picture is being shown in port- land at the Star Theater. Screen Gossip. Plans are now under discussion for the formation of a permanent Winter circus in Los Angeles on the scale of the Ringling and Barnum & Bailey shows. W. H. Clune. a Los Angeles moving, picture exhibitor. Is one of the prime movers In the proposed enterprise. As sociated with him are Charles Ringling, Charlie Chaplin, Henry McRae, gen eral manager of Universal City, and a number of Los Angeles business men. It will require to establish such a cir cus over $1,000,000, according to those behind the proposition. It is believed that climatic conditions and the great transient population of Los Angeles during the Winter months would make the venture a success. Charles Clary, of the Fox Company, after finishing "The Red Rose" with Theda Bara, will play opposite her in the film version of "Du Barry." now being made at the Fox studio. Charlie has a habit of appearing in multiple- reel productions. During the past year he has played leading parts in "Joan the Woman," "The Honor System," "The Conqueror," and now in "Du Barry." In the latter he plays Louis XV. Thomas H. Ince produced a film ver sion of "The Guilty Man" for A. H. Woods at the old Blograph studio, Los Angeles, during the past few weeks. Billy Garwood, recently returned from New York', appeared in this production. as well as in the legitimate stage pro duction of "The Cinderella Man, which was showlng-at the Morosco at the same time. In spite of the fact that he is now stationed with the Overseas Supply Train," U. S. A., at Fort Jay, Governors Island, Edmund Gouldlng, playwright, actor, scenariolst and now soldier of the United States, has found time while in camp to write for Alice Brady an original scenario, "The Phantom Feud, which Is to be a Select production. Leo Nomis, a Paramount player who is noted foe his daring, has received a commission as First Lieutenant in the United States Army Aviation Corps and will leave the Western studios shortly for the East to start training. Out of a class of 27 Nomis was the only one to pass successfully all the severe tests and was the only one ac cepted by the Government. Following Juanlta Hansen and Rose Mary Theby in the position, Teddy Sampson is now leading woman for Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. Miss Sampson in private life is the wife of Ford Sterling. The 'Second Battalion, First Califor nia Field Artillery, has been christened "Mary Plckford's Fighting Six Hun dred." Mary reviewed the troops one day recently. Shorty Hamilton will return once more to the business of cinema acting way Goldwyn Presents MAXINE ELLIOTT The International Beauty, in "Fighting Odds" by IRVIN COBB mi 3 n MAJ A story of the guil ty, who faced judg ment in the desert without law. Spec tacular, stirring. . 1 Belle Bennett, Roy Stewart and Star Cast soon. He will appear in a series of five-reel , Western comedy dramas, to be made at the Continental studio by an organization In which W. H. Clif ford is one of the chief factors. What promises to be a reversal of form is the possibility that Norma Tal madge may soon make an appearance on the speaking stage. An English producer, recently visiting in this coun try, chanced to be the guest of Joseph Schenck, Miss Talmadge's manager and husband, at a private showing of "The Moth," and was impressed with the stage possibilities of the picture to the extent of offering to buy the English rights, stage the piece elaborately and star Miss Talmadge in it. The pro ducer was also surprised to learn that Miss Talmadge had not acquired her dramatio training on the stage. William Stowell, who has been ac quitting himself so well in Bluebird productions, has been loaned to Lois Weber for one picture. He is now In Arizona with the Weber company. - In Pasadena they are trading motion picture theaters for farms. Recently the Clune Theater was traded for 1800 acres of land near Bakersfield, Cal., and the Crown Theater for 183 acres of land near Chlno, Cal. Winsome Viola Dana, Metro star, is one of the best players to direct in mo tion pictures. She conscientiously fol lows her director's instructions, as she believes that the destiny of a picture should be left solely to him. As the result of her obedience she seldom has to go through "retakes." Helen Holmes, the daring Signal actress, who some time ago became ad dicted to the "tinfoil" habit. Is crying for someone to help her "let go." 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