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.
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Liberty Distinction
Superior Plays
Superior Service
Superior Music
.Third of Tonnage in Atlantic,
Japan Feels She Is Doing
Her Full Share.
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Securing- as Much Material
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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A story of the guil
ty, who faced judg
ment in the desert
without law. Spec
tacular, stirring. .
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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.
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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."
Everyone around the studio has been
gathering the precious metal and hand
ing it' to Miss Holmes, until now her
dressing-room resembles the interior
of a smelter. When a truck load has
been secured Miss Holmes will turn it
over to the Red Cross.
Emily Stevens, star of Metro produc
tions, has taken up the study of clair
voyance. In a forthcoming feature she
plays the role of a crystal globe gazer
and seer. This mysticism so fascinated
Miss Stevens that she has penned a
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