Morning Oregonian., October 16, 1917, Page 8, Image 8

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917.
PROBE ORDERED III
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Responsible for Present
Distressing Situation.
Doctors Tell How to Fight
White Plague at Tubercu
losis Conference.
Never more adorable
Never so well cast
& MANY INTERESTS AT WAR
200 DELEGATES ARE HERE
City Creameries Bearing: and Conn
try Concerns Bulling Market,
While Consumer, as Usual,
Is Paying Price.
Broader Education In Health Pres.
ervatlon. Visiting Nurses, Sana,
tori urns and Dispensaries
Are Advocated.
IBUIR.1CE
T determine just who is the "black
sheep" in the present butter situation,
a complete investigation uaa fetarted
yesterday by Henry E. Reed, of the
City Mi ik Commission, at the request
of Mayor Baker.
The Mayor says he has prone into the
subject himself far enough to know
that there is as good reason for ques
tioning" the country creameries and but
ter brokers as the city creameries, which
have borne the brunt of attacks so far.
The city creamery men tay the coun
try creameries, through brokers, have
demanded 47 cents a pound for butter
unwrapped. This is an advance over
old prices, and would force the retail
price of butter to 60 cents a pound in
wrappers and cartons. It is 55 cents
now. The brokers standing- between
the city creameries and the country
creameries have refused to deliver any
butter to the city plants for less than
47 cents a pound, and the city cream
eries have refused to buy, contending
there is no cause for the advance and
that an advance in the retail price will
disrupt the business by driving people
to the use of substitute. The advance
demanded would make butter cost more
in Portland than in any other city in
the United States, the city creamery
men say.
The city plants have resorted to im
portation of butter from other states.
They say they are able to pay all
transportation charges and still land
the butter in Portland much cheaper
than the 47 cents a pound demanded
by the country creameries. They con
tend they have imported butter from
the outside only since the country
creameries shut off their supply. The
country butter is going into cold stor
age for want of an outlet.
Underlying" the whole proposition is
th.e struggle now on for butter-fat
from the farmers having cows. The
country creameries take the position
that unless the city creameries pay
them more for their butter they can
not compete for butter-fat and will be
put out of business. They stiy the city
plants have resorted to importation of
butter for the purpose of keeping the
price down, so that the country cream
eries win be unable to buy butter-fat
and will have to close up. thereby
leaving the butter-fat supply at the
mercy of the city plants.
Mayor Baker says his inquiry so far
has revealed the fact that the coun
try creameries are the ones demanding
an advance in prices, while the city
plants are resorting to means to keep
them down. Whether or not the city
plants have any ulterior motives in
keeping down the price in this way is
a question he wants probed thoroughly.
The city plants contend their policy
against advances is purely in the in
terest of the butter business, there be
ing danger, they say, of Portland prices
leading the entire United States.
The country creameries opened their
stand for the sale of butter in the
municipal fish market at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. The product was
sent there in 60-pound cubes and cut
and wrapped an purchasers called for
it. The butter was sold for 48 cents a
pound, or 1 cent more than the country
creamery men had demanded that the
city plants pay.
There was a strong demand for the
butter, several hundred pounds being
sold between 4 and 6 P. M.
Just what the result of this step will
be is a question. As the case stand,
the city plants have refused to advance
prices, contending that by the time
they could get the 47-cent butter
wrapped, packed and delivered to the
stores it would have to retail for 60
cents a pound.
The city dealers contend that the
dealers at the fish market are not com
plying with the law requiring that the
names of ma kers and weights appear
on the wrappers, and are not handling
the product in a sanitary manner.
PUBLIC AID ENLISTED
TIIEATKR AIDIECE! NOTIFIED 4)P
BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS.
School C btldren SelUogr Ticket for Per
formance at Auditorium to Pro
vide for Emergencies.
A big drive in behalf of the enter
tsinmeut at the Auditorium next week
for the benefit of the emergency fund
for Oregon soldiers and sailors was
started last night, when speakers went
to the theaters and explained the cause
and urged support. The campaign will
continue all week.
Great success in the sale of tickets
has been reported by the committees in
charge. Thousands of school children
are going from house to house urging
people to buy the tickets, which will
be good for any of the 3 performances
to be given during the week.
The speakers who started out last
night inciuded K. L. Fraley, Wallace
McCamant, ran J. Malarkey, George I.
Brown, Clarence K. Keames. ex-Mayor
Albee, Dr. A. C. Smith, George Estes,
John C. McCue, Prank Schlegel. J. E.
Werlein, Arthur Spence, W. IX Wheel
wright. Pt. E. H. Pence. Mrs. J. D.
Spencer. Ir. A. A. Morrison, Mayor
Baker and Lr. J. F. Drake.
The fund, which the committee hopes
to bring up to $-5,000 during the week.
will go to nreet emergencies arising
among Oregon soldiers or sailors.
2 FOURTH DRAFT DELAYED
-""''Time Ghen for Remedy of Errors
by Exemption Boards.
TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 15. (Special.)
The fourth and final quota of draft
- men will not start for Camp Lewis un
. til October 27, it was announced Mon-
day at camp receiving and mustering
.( headquarters.
While it has been presumed unof
ficially that the fourth quota would
follow, at about the same interval as
- marked the coming of the second after
the first, and the third after the sec
ond. it has been found advisable to
-l allow a ten-day period within which
;J the hundreds of mistakes of local ex
emption boards may be straightened
out. In the fourth quota local boards
. f u ill be expected to make up all defici
. encies in the previous quotas and to use
greater care that those sent aro proper
suojeccs or me arait.
TODAT'S FILM FEATtBES.
Liberty Blllie Burke, "Anna and
the Girl."
Peoples Douglas Fairbanks,
"The Man From Painted Post."
Star Jack Plckford and Louie
Huff, "Seventeen."
Sunset Taylor Holmes, "Fools
for Luct."
Majestic Maxine Elliott, "Fight
ing Odds."
Columbia Herbert Rawlinson,
"Come Through."
Circle "Love's Probation."
THE motion-picture industry is ex
pected to contribute u3,750,000
to the $2,500,000,000 war revenue fund
provided for in the bill recently signed
by President Wilson and to become ef
fective on December 1.
Of this sum $50,000,000 is to come
from amusement admissions, $3,000,000
from the manufacturers as a tax on
films and $750,000 from camera and
projection machine taxes.
Under the new law all amusement
admission fees are subject to taxa
tion where the price charged is over S
cents. The tax is 10 per cent, with the
provision that the tax is to be 1 cent
on each 10 cents or traction, meaning
cents on a IS-cent admission, 3
cents on a 23-cent admission, etc Only
bona fide employes of theaters, muni
cipal employes and children under 11
years of a?e. where no admission
charge is made for such children, are
exempt from paying admission tax.
Under the wording of the revenue
bill, "To be paid by the persons so
admitted," film men interpret the law
to mean that the buyer of the ticket
must pay. In other words, the ex
hibitor is not only not obliged to pay
the tax without first receiving it from
the patron, but he Is obliged to col
lect the tax from the patron.
The suggestion is made by many
prominent exhibitors that the Govern
ment print admission tickets of 11. 17,
22 and 28 cents and sell these ticKeis
to motion-picture exhibitors for 1 cent.
2 cents and 3 cents, respectively, ana
thus simplify the detail work at the
box office of the theaters and insure
the Government a full return on the
tax without a separate checking.
Under this new law all holders ot
complimentary tickets must pay tne
regular admission tax, wnicn, in tne
case or jornana aowiuunu m u..
exclusive motion-picture houses, means
2 cents.
There is some question as to tne
tax on children who pay a ctnu no
mission. The bill only Bhows an ex
emption in cases where children under
12 are admitted tree, aitnougn unuer
the general provisions of exemption for
all 5-cent admissions, tne cnnuren
would not be required to contriDUte i
cent to the revenue bill.
In any event the 100.000 or more
Portland people who are patrons oi
cinema entertainment win
to pav a trifle more for their amuse
ment "when they patronize other than
5-cent houses, while patrons of vaude
ville, stock and the legitimate are to
be taxed 10 per cent on the admis
sion fee.
A clause of the bill provides ex
emption for all amusements tne juu
proceeds of which go to religious,
charitable or educational institutions.
man uniforms had been ordered by a
man named Kaufman. The wheels of
justice were freshly oiled and set In
motion and the report was confirmed.
Then the task of tracing down the man
Kaufman was begun and the trail led
to West Fifty-sixth street. New York
City. Here the investigators found
their quarry. Albert Kaufman, man
ager of the Famous Players studio, who
was preparing for the Paramount ver
sion of "Arms and the Girl," starring
Billie Burke.
Wears Many Gowns.
A striking feature of the Goldwyn
production of "Fighting Odds" is the
number of wonderful gowns worn by
Maxine Elliott, the noted beauty and
star, who is making her first appear
ance on the screen.
The fitting, the time and the patience
required in getting these gowns was
an ordeal Miss Klllott encountered at
the very outset of her motion picture
career. On her first visit to the Gold
wyn studios she was informed by Allan
Dwan. director of the production, that
she would have to have 31 gowns and
that she had Just 27 days in which to
get them. .
Accordingly Miss Elliott took an
apartment in a downtown hotel to be
near her costumers. and for days and
sometimes nights she was kept busy
fitting gowns. During this period she
was also making visits to the studio,
so that by the time she had litted and
seen completed the last of the gowns
she was tired out.
Police AHer Fairbanks.
The Vancouver police are after Doug
las Fairbanks. This is no -Catch line
and absolutely on the level.- according
to Bennie . Zeldman, "Doug's" press
agent.
The charge is causing 15-year-old
Lloyd Brown to run away from home
and beat his way to Los Angeles.
The youngster received a reply to his
letter to the film actor, saying that he
would be delighted to entertain blm
should he ever come to California.
-Gee. what a chance," confided the
bov to'his pal. upon receipt of tha let
ter. "Not a word to my mother. I'm
going to. hop Ihe next Ireignt out oi
town."
But his pal spilled the beans, after
being third-degreed by the Vancouver
police, and they immediately wired the
Los Angeles authorities.
Lloyd Brown, broken-hearted be
cause of his brief stay with Fairbanks,
was shipped back home, only , after
Douglas consented to arrange with his
mother for his return to the studio in
the near future.
. Director 1'nder Suspicion.
E-er since it became apparent that
America would be forced Into the great
war by Germany's ruthless .conduct
there have been rumors current of
bodies of Germans in this country drill
ing clandestinely and of the purchasing
of many rifles and much ammunition by
secret Teuton organizations for the
apparent purpose of starting local in
surrections at such time as might be
considered strategic Minute investi
gations of these reports have been
made and every effort used to trace the
culprits.
No wonder, then, that there was con
siderable "excitement when the news
leaked out that several hundred Ger-
Screen Gossip.
Tha first special liberty loan film,
one of five made by the National pro
ducers as the contribution of the film
industry towards the drive for the
$3,000,000,000 bond issue, was flashed
on the Peoples Theater screen yester
day afternoon. This picture, which
was augmented last night, or to be
added to today, at the Majestic, Lib
erty. Hippodrome and Strand, Bhows
David Belasco. Pauline Frederick, John
Drew, Ethel Barrymore, Nance O'Neill
and Lillian Walker in patriotic poses.
General Pershing and President Wil
son, i the Lafayette statue, Statue of
Liberty, marching soldiery, and battle
ships are shown. All of the big stars
of pictures and many stage celebrities
are to be seen in the five subjects.
...
Commencing next Sunday tha Lib
erty Theater will inaugurate a series
ot weekly organ recitals by Albert Hay
Malotte on the Wurlitzer Hope-Jones
unit orchestral organ. These recitals
will be between 12:30 and 1 o'clock.
Mr. Malotte is one of the best-known
of the younger organist of the coun
try and these recitals are expected to
appeal particularly to the music lovers
of the city.
Special pictures will be shown at the
LiDerty and Columbia Theaters today.
At the Columbia will be seen a film in
which M. Christensen, the Portland
dancing master, will show the very
latest ballroom steps. At the Liberty
the first and second games of the
world s baseball series between the
Chicago White Sox and the New Tork
Giants will be flashed. The Christen
sen picture was taken at Chicago,
where Mr. Christensen was attending
the dancing masters' convention.
The Eunset Theater Is making an un
usually attractive and novel lobby dis
play in conjunction with the screening
of "Fools for Luck," fcn Essanay comedy-drama
which Introduces Taylor
Holmes, star of the lagitlmate stage, to
Portland film followers. In the Washington-street
lobby are 13 horseshoes.
two smashed mirrors, the words "Fools
for Luck" in lucky pennies, and an
enormous horseshoe of cardboard over
the ticket booth. . On the Broadway
side is a ladder for the superstitious
to walk under and four-leaf clover.
All are in keeping with the theme of
the play, which laughably deals with
superstition.
...
William Fox is offering fivo Cash
prises of $100 for the best essays sub
mitted by children under 14 years of
age dealing with the well-known fairy
tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk." Fox
has transferred this popular tale to
motion pictures and the story-spectacle
will be shown commencing ijatur
day at the Majestic Theater.
...
More camouflage. Director McGowan
wanted to give a sewer scene a touch
of realism and gathered a squad of
rats. Helen Holmes objected, so some
tame white rodents were secured and
treated to a coating of gray paint.
...
Frank Campeau who plays "20-30"
Madden in "The Man From Painted
Post," has been re-engaged to play in
Fairbanks' next picture.
Bert Lytell and Barbara Castleton
are to head the Brecon card for the
plcturization of the Rupert Hughes
tory, "Empty Pockets."
Alia Nazimova. who recently joined
Metro, is to make her first pictures in
New Orleans. Charles Bryant will be
her leading man while other players
with her are Frank Currier, Bigelow
Cooper and Albert Hall, who appeared
at the Orpheum In Portland last sea
son in "The Forest Fire."
More fresh air In the schoolrooms,
broader education of the public In mat
ters pertaining to health preservation,
tha employment of more nurses and
the establishment of more hospitals,
sanitoriums and dispensaries were
some of the Improvements urged yes
terday in the meetings of the first
annual Northwestern tuberculosis con
ference that assembled for cwo ses
sions and a luncheon in the Multnomah
Hotel and in the evening in tha Public
Library.
The entire programme of the two
day conference is to discuss the great
white plague in Its particular bear
ing on the special problems and re
sponsibilities resulting from the war.
"Even though we are better prepared
than France ever was," said Dr. Ralph
Matson, of Portland, last night, in
speaking of the dangers from tubercu
losis among soldiers, "we must en
large our Institutions and build new
ones. We must establish industrial col
onies and open-air schools and pro
vide for visiting nurses and dispen
saries for after care or we shall find
ourselves facing a serious situation.
We must bo prepared to receive our
quota of returning tuberculosis soldiers.
Other states are making provisions; so
must we."
Delegates Number SOO.
Stirring addresses were given both
morning and evening by Dr. Philip
King Brown, of San Francisco, who
spoke on "What Constitutes a Diagno
sis of Tuberculosis Sufficient for Re
jection From the Army?" and "The
Military and Civil Responsibilities
Created by Tuberculosis in the War."
Delegates from six Northwestern
states and representatives of societies
and health commissions in other states
were present, numbering about 200.
Half a dozen speakers in the after
noon conference took a rap at stuffy
schoolrooms and urged more fresh air
in the schools. Oregon was the only
state reporting open-air schools. Frank
W. Le Clare, of Salt Lake, listed the
"machinery necessary to fight tuber
culosis," mentioning eanltoriums, vis
iting nurses, dispensaries and other
needs.
Dr. J. B. Lloyd got a round of ap
plause to his terse comment that there
should be a bureau of tuberculosis in
a United States department of health
service. '
Facts and figures were given by Mrs.
Berthesda Beals Buchanan, of Seattle.
Mrs. S. Barghoorn, of Spokane, urged
education by means of health charts.
Work starts at U10 A. Bl.
Other speakers who made definite
appeal for a greater Interest in health
education were: Dr. Ralph Matson. who
spoke on "Tha Use of the X-Ray";
Dr. C. G. Bellinger, of Salem; Dr. E. A.
Pierce and E. P. Foise, of Seattle.
The programme will continue today,
opening in tha Multnomah Hotel at
:30. Dr. Philip P. Jacobs will speak
on "A National War Programme," and
Dr. Quevli on "A State War Pro
gramme." Mrs. Sadie Orr-Dunbar and
Dr. R. J. Cary will lead discussions.
A luncheon will be held at the hotel
at noon and five-minute talks In the
early afternoon will be by Miss Flor
ence Ames, of Helena; Mrs. Buchanan,
of Seattle: L. R. Alderman, of Port
land; Mrs. Quevli, of Tacoma; Miss
Emma Grittinger, of Portland; Mrs. R.
A. Morton, Cheyenne, and Mr. Le Clere,
o: Salt Lake.
PRESIDENT MILLS RE-ELECTED
Tuberculosis Prevemion Society
Holds Annual Meeting.
In conjunction with the sessions of
the Northwestern Tuberculosis Confer
ence, the Oregon State Society for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis held its an
nual meeting late yesterday and re
elected A. L. Mills presid-ent.
Ninety-three members have paid dues
the state branch and the Red Cross
seal sale last season netted $46,277,116.
Thorough survey work is being car
ried on by the Bociety. Last year 654
deaths occurred In Oregon as the re
sult of tuberculosis. In 10 counties
the following were tabulated: Living
cases, 1234: cases originating in their
own counties, 729: needing institution
al care, 614: persons ill and in poor
financial condition, 4S2; male heads of
families tuberculous, 241; cases that
had resided in the state less than a
year. 48; children directly exposed to
the disease. 109.
The other officers elected were: Vice
president. Leslie Butler, of Hood River;
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A quick-fire, heart-interest atory
that created a furore in New
York. Billia Burke, American to
the core beautiful, clever, witty
gives a wonderful portrayal of
the Girl. The play abounds in
humorous situations, interwoven
with scenes of dramatic intensity.
and for "wild laughter,"-for a hilarious time, Mack
Sennett's funsters and beauties in first of his latest and
greatest Paramount-Sennett features.
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SPECIAL,
World Baseball, showing in detail
the first two great Giant and
White Sox games. Rooting permitted.
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secretary, JJr. .Bellinger, of Salem;
treasurer, A. O. Jones: executive secre
tary, Airs. Sadie Orr Dunbnr: executive
committee, Mr. Mills, Mrs. Robert
Uieck. Dr. E. A. Pierce, rr. R. Holt.
Mrs. C. E. Walker, of Forest Grove;
l)r. Ralph Matson. Leslie Butler: direc
tors. Professor Joseph Schaeffer. of
Kugene; W. J. Kerr, president of Ore
gon Agricultural College: Edgar B.
Piper, of Portland: Dr. W. M. Morse.
Salem; Dr. Alan Welch Smith. Mrs. R.
R. Rohr. C. C. Chapman, Miss Emma
Grittinger, L. G. Clarke, of Portland:
Hr. George Rebec. Eugene; C. D. La
tourette, Oregon City; Dr. U. C. Coe.
Bend: William Hanley, Burns; Stephen
A. Lowell. Pendleton: Rev. D. J. H.
Boyd and Dr. K. A. .1. Mackenzie, Port
land; Mrs. W. P. Boynton. Eugene.
brough. of Lone Rock; Mrs. Mary Gil- I for the costs of the case, which amount
11am, Mrs. Linnie Thornton, of Hepp-1 to approximately 1500.
ner; George Perry. Jr., of the l". S. Tnis last case ends the term of tha
Circuit Court for September.
Army, stationed at American Lake,
Wash., and Lawrence, Merrill and Leo
Perry, residing with their mother near
Lone Rock.
DEFENSE COUNCIL TO FORM
Grays Harbor MreUug Will Be Held
Tonight at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 15. (Spe
cial.) The county council of defense
organization will be perfected here to
morrow night at a meeting to which
every city In the county has been in
vited to send delegates. The speakers
of the evening will be Secretary Scott
Nearlng, of the State Council of De
fense; C. J. Lord. Olympla banker, and
W. A. Peters, Seattle attorney, all of
whom are members of the State Council
of Defense. These men will speak
upon the work of the state organiza
tion, of the liberty loan and upon food
conservation. .
Officers of the Grays Harbor conn
ell will be elected from the floor at
this meeting and committees will be
appointed to carry on needed work.
AUTO THIEVES PAROLED
Arthur C. Golden and It. S. Parker
Get 10-Year Sentences.
THE DALLES. Or., " Oct. 15. (Spe
cial.) Arthur C. Golden and R. S.
Parker, convicted of larceny of an au
tomobile belonging to Frank King, of
this city, were sentenced today by
Judge Fred W. Wilson to 10 years in
the penitentiary and then admitted to
parole. The condition of Parker's pa
role is that he reimburse Wasco County
Judge Morrow, of Portland, who
heard the case of Ewan McLennan,
convicted of stealing horses from C. A.
Matthews, will come to The Dalles
Saturday to Impose sentence upon him.
O. F. Meets.
5. (Special.)
Marlon County I. O.
TURNER. Or.. Oct.
At the Marlon County district I. O. O. F.
convention which met hera Saturday
representatives from Salem. Sllverton.
Stayton. Aumsvllle, Mehama, Brooks,
Hubbard, Buttevllle. Gervaift. Wood
burn and Turner were In attendance.
W. II. Hobson, past grand master of
Stayton. was president of the conven
tion. The programme consisted of an
address of welcome by E. E. McKin
ney. of Turtifr. and response by K. T.
Wrijrhtmftn, of fcAlem.
HEPPNER STOCKMAN DIES
George Perry for 4 4 Years a
dent of Gilliam County.
Resi-
HEPPNER, Or.. Oct. 15. (Special.)
The funeral of George Perry, widely
known stockman of this section, was
held here today. The services were un
der the auspices of the Masonic Lodge.
Deceased was 65 years old. He was
a native of Ireland, coming to America
with his parents at the age of 9. At
the age of 21 Mr. Perry came to Mor
row, Gilliam County, and has resided
here continuously since. He was mar
ried to Mary Neel. daughter of a pio
neer family of the Lone Rock country,
in 1884.
He Is survived by his widow and
reven children. Mr. Marta-et Yar-
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