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Operators of 15 "Club" Ma
chines Arrested."
Dr. W.T.Foster Tells of Thrill
ing Night Experiences in
Old London.
PLAN . HELD SUBTERFUGE
HUNS
FIREWORKS
L
NOISES HARD ON NERVES
Wanton Murder of Women and Chil
dren Held Proof of Failure of
Germans to See Funda
mental Truths.
London's skies are illuminated like
an old-fashioned Fourth of July cele
bration on nights when the Huns make
air raids over the netropolis, accord
lug to Dr. W illiam T. Foster, who is
jiow en route to Portland after a trip
tb France and Kngland. rr. Foster
recently arrived in an Atlantic port.
"You have, no doubt, had dispatches
concerning the moonlight raids of Ger
man flyers during the past few days,"
writes Dr. Foster under date of Octo
ber 3." You wondered. I suppose, how
London would bear up under the strain.
X wondered too and took occasion to
fchare tho experiences with different
groups in different parts of the city.
"One night I was in a crowded hotel;
one night in the underground railway
stations; another night in a theater:
another night on the streets, and still
another night at a private dinner party.
I missed one raid, when I was at Cam
bridge, with the crowd on the com
mon, watching the myriad of star
shells that illuminated the London sky
like the fireworks of an old-time Ameri
can P'ourth of July.
A'oises Hard on Nerves.
"The noises of a raid are not sooth
ing to the nerves the incessant crack
ling of tiie anti-aircraft guns, punctuat
ed by the heavy explosions of the ene
my bombs, the occasional whir of an
engine overhead and the rattling of
shrapnel on the roofs and streets. On
my way to London I was shown where
3-0 men were killed and 80 wounded by
a single bomb. 1 thought of that bomb
when, during my first evening in Lon
don, I heard the explosions coining
nearer and nearer, and especially when
sl bomb buret, as 1 thought, in the next
room.
"The Major with whom I was taking
after-dinner coffee arose and placed
the cups on the other side of the room.
" 'They fly frightfully, you know,'
he remarked.
N'ot entirely reassured by his
thoughtf ulness, T suggested going out
to inspect the ruins of our hotel. One
pane of glass was broken. The bomb
had fallen in the park between us and
the King's palace. Jt had made a hole
in the lawn 10 feet deep and 20 feet
wide. It had cut down trees in all di
rections and pierced holes in sheet-iron
a hundred yards away. Two other
bombs had fallen in the Thames. Others
had found their prey, mainly women,
children and old men in the poorer dis
tricts. People Are CompoMed,
"During the next 10 days I saw boys
all over London prying pieces of shrap
nel out of the wooden pavements, and
at night I watched the people of Lon
don with admiration. Thousands sought
shelter in the tubes, but with more re
straint and consideration for their
neighbors than is shown by an ordi
nary 'rush hour' crowd in a New York
subway. One night, after the warnini?
had been given and the streets were
nearly deserted, I watched the girl
conductors of the motor buses go on
with the night's work.
"Certainly, if I judged the spirit of
the people aright, this wanton murder
of women and children in Hnglish
towns and cities is another proof of
the failure of the German government
to understand any psychology but that
of their own minds. Each new riot of
f rightfulness appears only to strength
en the resolve of the British to 'stick
It' to victory.
"I believe Britain was never more
confident of victory than today. The
past month has been the best for the
allies since the war began. No month
lias shown so small a loss of ships and
so large a loss of submarines. Furth
ermore, no month has brought so en
couraging a report of shipbuilding in
the British Isles. It is now estimated
that 1917 will produce 1. 384,000 tons,
about three times the tonnage con
structed in 1916. The food supply is
sreater than that of a year ago.
Submarine Piracy Failure.
"The submarine piracy, as a. means
of starving Kngland, is a failure. This
is what I hear from Lloyd George, and
it is in accord with my own observa
tions wherever I have been.
"Furthermore. I have reason to be
lieve that the German government now
knows its wild adventure is about over,
and I am satisfied that the German
navy will know it soon. Even mutiny
on a large scale should not surprise
us.
"Simultaneously with the great gains
of the past week on the Western front
have come reports to London that the
enemy is about to propose moderate
terms of settlement. We must expect
an elaborately-organized peace offen
sive from Germany before long.
"The chief cause of the new spirit
which has animated both Great Brit
tain and France is the decision of the
Vnted States to join them. This they
are quick to admit. At this particu
lar moment the unhappiest news that
could come from London and the hap
piest to Berlin would be an indication
that the people of the United States
are not ready to support their Gov
ernment Quickly and generally in pros
ecuting the war. The strategic, eco
nomical course for America is to throw
her full strength against Germany as
(lliekly as possible."
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Sunset "Les Misera bles."
Majestic Maxine Elliott, "Fight
ing Odds."
Columbia. Herbert Rawlinson,
"Come Through."
Liberty Belle Bennett, "Tho
Devil's Decoy."
Peoples Vivian Martin, "The
Sunset Trail."
Star Carlyle Blackwell and June
Klvidge, "The Marriage Mar
ket." Circle "David Garrick."
Liberty.
The Devil's Decoy." or "Ashes of
Hope." the latest Triangle picture pre
sented to the photoplay public at the
Liberty Theater, is a semi-vampire of
fering with a Western dancehall at
mosphere that -reminds one of that
Dorothy Dalton success. "Th Tlnm
of the Yukon."
This story of" the dancehall Wt
which, after all, was not as exclusively
aancehall. gambling and knock-down-and-drag-out
as the Him folks would
have the public believe, is accented by
one of those sizzling man fights. For
lour minutes one is regaled with a
realistic bare-knuckle combat.
The story concerns Gonda. a dance
hall girl, a part portrayed, bv Belle
Bennett. Belle does the best work- nf
her brief screen career in this role.
ne maites a wager that she can win
im Gordon, a mysterious stranger who
is impervious to the wiles of the
women of the place. She makes sev
eral attempts, but fails. Gordon res
cues her from a drunken man. Re
fusing to drink. Gordon is forced into
a fight and Gonda saves him from a se
vere beating. She learns to love the
man and tells him of :L Nursing him
through a long illness. Gonda Is prom
ised marriage by the grateful Gordon.
In the meantime the man receives
word from the East that he has been
exonerated for the supposed killing
that had driven him into seclusion, and
that his wife and baby are awaiting
his return. He tries to get away, but
is shot and wounded by Lawton, a
gambler in love with Gonda. He re
turns to the camp to hold up the dance
hall owner.- is captured, but rescued
by Gonda for the sake of his loved, ones
far away.
"The Late Lamented," a funny Key
stone comedy, and Faramount-Bray
pictographs. the screen magazine, com
plete the programme.
Star.
None of the successful ingredients
of a A orld Film melodrama have been
omitted from "The Marriage Market"
tho Carlyle Blackwell-June Klvidge
photoplay feature, which opened a two
day screening at the Star Theater yes
terday. This production tella a story of the
familiar snarl of the woman being
bought by the man in order to pro
tect her family name; her discovery
that he is a brute; hr attempt to gain
financial independence, in so doing en
countering another brute; a murder, a
trial, retribution by the villain, his
dying confession, and the final happi
ness of the woman and the man she
really loves. The action is snappy,
has many dramatic moments, and is
.alculated to grip the audience which
likes this brand of film attraction.
To save her father from disgrace
Helen marries Spayden. millionaire
rounder. She soon discovers that she
is treated as are his horses and his
dogs. She determines to gain, finan
cial Independence, speculates in the
market, loses and turns to Foxhall for
assistance. He attacks her, she shoots
him, and. believing that she has killed
him. hides. The bullet, however, has
lodged in Foxhall's cigarette case.
Spayden traces the wife to Foxhall's
house and kills him. Helen believes
that she is guilty. Marlowe assumes
the blame, but at the trial Helen con
fesses. Foxhall's valet places respon
sibility on Spayden, bringing about his
confession and suicide.
"The Kainbow Island," a "Lonesome
Duke." comedy. featuring Harold
Lloyd, furnishes a number of laughs
for the tans.
Sunset.
"Les Miserables." as Pathe lias pic
tured it for the photoplay public, is a
worthy film interpretation of one of
the greatest human dramas of litera
ture. In this eight-reel production,
produced in France with a splendid
cast of types headed by Henry Krause,
one of Europe's greatest artists, one
is given a graphic visualization of the
life of Jean Valjean. a man forever
hounded by adverse fates.
The picture is a splendid combination
of the dramatic and the spectacular.
Its biggest momenta treat of the
French revolution, the fighting in the
streets behind barricades and the
clashes between the citizenry and the
National Guard.
Through th3 entire story, with its
great variety of incident, moves the
majestic figure of Valjean. the man
condemned to the gallows, and forever
thereafter hounded by the law.
"Les Miserables," as written by Vic
tor Hugo, wai many years in the writ
ing and was not published until the
author was 60 years old. It really rep
resents the efforts of a life work, just
aa ita story pictures the life-long ac
tivity of an unusual man, one who
struggled bravely against adversities
which stand as the epic of tragedy.
The tragic is not exaggerated in the
picture, in fact. It is considerably re
lieved by many comedy touches. Its
characters are unusually effective,
while the settings are in harmony with
the French revolutionary period dur
ing which much of the action takes
place.
' Screen Gossip.
They say that Alice Brady Quit World
and organized a company of her own
because of a scrap with Ethel Clayton
over a director. Each wanted the same
man to handle their pictures. Miss
Clayton, who is said to have had- the
prior claim on his services, made an
issue of the matter, threatened to leave
unless she won, and Alice, the loser,
quit the concern which carries her
dad's name in such a prominent place
in all of its publicity.
Romaine Fielding, formerly leading
man, author and director, with the
Lubin company, has been amputated,
matrimonially speaking, by his wife,
Mabel Vann, a stage actress who
played for several seasons in Fiske
O'Hara's productions. The divorce was
granted in Minneapolis, Mrs. Fielding's
home, and restores her right to use her
maiden name, Mabel Van Valkenburg.
Miss Mabel Vann Fielding Van Valk
enburg is not working on the stage or
In pictures at present.
m m m
Tom Ince believes he has made a
strike in the person of Doris Lee. the
California girl who plays opposite
Charles Ray in "His Mother's Boy."
A. D. Sears, associated with D. W.
Gritflth for a period of years. Is now
with the Triangle Company. He is
playing the lead in "Blue Blood." a
production featuring Alma Reubens,
directed by E. Mason Hopper.
Alma Reubens is planning to do her
share toward helping the Sammies at
the front, and the boys in olive drab
now at the concentration camps
throughout the country. She has given
a miniature yacht to the Los Angeles
branch of the Red Cross and this toy
racer is to be auctioned off some time
in November, the proceeds to swell the
fund for America's soldiers. The yacht,
although barely four feet long, is a
perfect replica of its higher sisters,
from mahogany furnishings to tiny an
chor. True Boardman will be seen in the
title role of "K," the Lois Weber film
adaptation of the Mary Roberts Rine
hart novel. Boardman was with Kalem
and was starred in the "Stingaree"
series. Albert Rolscoe. who played an
important part in the Bara "Cleopatra,"
is cast as Dr. Max and Mildred Harris
plays Sidney.
A complete hotel lobby, with grand
staircase, desks, waiting-rooms, loung-lng-rooms.
etc., has been erected in the
Famous Players' studio for Ann Pen
nington's next Paramount picture, "The
Antics of Ann." "Th only trouble
about this hotel," says Miss Penning
ton, "is that there aren't any decent
accommodations. You exit through a
door that ought to lead into a lovely
suite and find yourself on a stepladder.
It ought to be called the 'Outside Inn.'
like the one at the Frisco Exposition."
Vivian Martin is subjected to various
exciting moments in her Paramount
productions. Recently she had to en
gage in a fist fight in "The Trouble
Buster." In a forthcoming production
the script required that she be dragged
through a mud puddle by several tem
peramental dogs. It spoiled a nice
gown and splattered "the star with mud
which she didn't permit to annoy her
In the least.
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THEATER lj
Admission 15c j ;
Deputy City Attorney Meyers En
able to Locate "Clubrooms"
Where Shines and Drinks
May Be Had for Tickets.
Renewed efforts to resurrect the'jit
aey business under the guise of oper
ating machines- for "club members"
met with a stern rebuff yesterday when
the police, acting under instructions
from the office of City Attorney La
Roche, arrested 15 Jitney drivers and
charged them with operating for-hire
vehicles over specified routes without
licenses, which is a violation of a city
ordinance.
Practically all of the jitneys placed
under arrest were released later on
their own recognizance on condition
that they discontinue their jitney serv
ice until after the law Is tested
through the courts, if the jitney oper
ators decide to take such legal action.
Deputy City Attorneys Meyers and
t-taater, who directed- the arrest of the
jitney drivers, said that some of them
did not feel disposed to fight the ordi
nance in the courts, while others were
under tho impression that the so-called
"clubs" could not bo wiped out of ex
istence. The jitneys began operation again
about a wek ago through the Alberta
and South Portland districts. All per
sons joining the "club" were . required
10 purchase membership cards at 25
cents each, which entitled them either
to hve rides or a like number of shoe
shines or eoit drinks at the "club"
rooms.
However. Deputy City Attorney Mey
ers said that the city officials had been
unable to locate any clubrooms where
"members" could procure soft drinks
or shoe shines.
"It was plainly a case of attemnting
to beat the anti-Jitney ordinance
passed by the people last June under
the guise of these Pro Bono Publico
clubs," he said.
Those arrested were Nathan Green-
bcrg. Oscar Olson, Fritz Johnson. Ji.
H. Olsen. August Nehendahl. Mack
Himels, Ferdinand Mann. Henry Petras.
Mathew W. Koontz, John W. Hickman,
Raymond Church, Manuel Nepon, Frank
I'ough Ralph Jacobson and Irma
W right.
RED GROSS SHOP OPENS
RARE AXD BEAITIFIIj ARTICLES
ARE OX DISPLAY.
August Deppel, Civil W ar Veteran, con
tributes Prised Collection of
Relics to Cause.
The Red Cross Shop has taken
ts place as the most unique shop in
the city of Portland. Kvery one of the
rare and beautiful articles which are
displayed and which are for sale have
been donated by generous folk who
ire eager to do their bit for the Red
Cross Society. Kvery cent of the money
derived from the sale of these things
will be used for Red Cross work. For
some time past prominent women of
I'ortland have been devoting their time
and energy towards making tho shop
a success. The people of I'ortland and
throughout Oregon have given of their
very best to the shop.
Yesterday August Deppel, a Civil
War veteran, contributed his prized
collection ot Civil War relics. The col
lection includes some flintlocks, bay
onets, buffalo powder horn, knapsack,
some wonderful specimens of. firearms
and a miuiature gun carriage made
from the metal gathered from the
Gettysburg battlefield.
One of the most interesting speci
mens of the collection is a revolver
dated 1812. Others bear the names of
the owners and the dates of their use
engraved on the handles. This collec
tion is but one of the groups which
will be fascinating for lovers of the
antique.
Women who have famous recipes for
all sorts of good things to eat have
said they will take orders for their
specialties through the shop.
Mrs. O. H. Fithian and Mrs. J. A.
Clock will have charge of a fancy work
department which will be opened soon.
Another interesting contribution of
yesterday was that of an embroidered
kimono and chair cover given by Mrs.
H. B. Miller, whose husband was a
Consul In Japan for several years. Mrs.
William L. Wood, who is in charge of
the shop, says that there is a need
for jellies, preserves, linens and other
practical things.
People who are looking for novel
Christmas presents will find the Red
Cross Shop a blessing. Also they will
be giving their money for a humane
cause.
TICKETS SELLING FAST
Chamber of Commerce Directors to
Be Guests at Dougan Breakfast.
Tickets for the dollar breakfast the
Press Club will give in honor of Rob
ert Dougan Sunday morning at 9
o'clock at the Multnomah Hotel were
in hot demand yesterday.
Dougan is the newspaper man whom
the Chamber of Commerce has engaged
LAST DAY
THE MARRIAGE
MARKET
TOMORROW
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
in
THE ADVENTURER
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Keystone Comedy
Paramount Pictography
mt MBagffLll HJB.,1 .1.1
to act as representative of Portland
business men at Washington, D. C. He
leaves for his post Sunday night. The
Press Club farewell will consist of an
initiation into the organization, a
represe-ntati ve of each of the Portland
newspapers taking part. Members of
the morning paper staffs, to avoid the
charges of oversleeping and missing
the event, are planning on staying up
all night.
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce and life members of the club will
be guests.
Tickets may be procured at the
Chamber of Commerce, the Press Club
or at the hotel Sunday morning.
DEED BY FRAUD ALLEGED
WHIielni Larson Declares lie Got
Drunk in I -oil Parker's Office. '
Wilhelm Larson has brought suit
against Edward Larson, Annie Bjork
lund. Margaret Parker and. Alexander
Coutts for the recovery of four lots
in Kenview Addition to Portland,
which, he says, he deeded to Coutts
on .September 22, alleging that he was
under the influence of liciuor at the
time. The plaintiff avers that, contem
plating a trip to the old country, he
first deeded the property to Annie
Pjorklund last August and later made
an additional transfer of the property
to Edward Larson, who. on September
13. deeded the lots back to himself.
On September 22 the complainant
alleges that he went to the law offices
of Lon L. Parker, where he met Oscar
Johnson. He says someone suggested
that they have some refreshments,
whereupon he and Johnson each con
tributed $2 to a fund, which, he
charges, was turned over to Parker.
Last
Beg. Tomorrow
EVELYN NESBIT
AND HER SON
RUSSELL THAW
in
REDEMPTION
ADMISSION 15
COLUMBIA
SUNDAY
NORMA
in the
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COMEDY ALSO I
'DEVIL'S DECOY" $ffiL
but deep down in the core of her true woman's self glinted
red, warm and glowing the spirit of motherhood it
burst into flame at "The Gleam one wild night." The
stirring story is told in a series of pulsing situa
tions that lead up to a colorful, sensational
ciimax in
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who left his offices and returned in
a few minutes with a quart bottle of
whisky. According to Larson's story,
the liquor was consumed by the trio,
with the result that he became more
or less dazed, a condition from which
he did not recover until the following
day. It was then, he alleges, he dis
covered he had given Coutts, a busi
ness associate of Johnson, a warranty
deed to the lots in controversy and
received in exchange a bill of sale to
a one-third interest in thn Oscar
Johnson Kloral Company, consisting of
some hothouses built on leased lands,
the hothouses and contents being then
subject to a chattel mortgage.
DELEGATESMEET FRIDAY
Clackamas Sunday School Conven
tion to Be Held at Wilsonville.
OREGON CITV, Or.. Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) Delegates from all the Sunday
schools of Clackamas County will meet
in Wilsonville Friday and Saturday for
their annual convention.
Speakers and workers from all parts
of the state will appear on the pro
gramme. Ten delegates will be present
from each Sunday school. The county
organization is affiliated with the state
association, which designates the dates
upon which the conventions shall be
held.
Xcw Churcli to Be Dedicated.
The new church at Boardman will be
dedicated Sunday. October 28. with spe
cial services. P.ev. A. J. Montgomery,
of Portland, will preach the dedication
sermon at the morning services. Rev.
J. Kaucett. of Stanfield. will preach in
Day
VIVIAN MARTIN
in
'THE SUNSET TRAIL"
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b.
TALMADGE
romance of a moonlit gar- 1. 1
one night of madness six
of sorrow the drama de luxe
POPPY
of Hope
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the evening. Special music will be pro
vided for both services.
WOMAN SICK
TWO YEAHS
Could Do No Work.
Now Strong as a
Man.
Chicago, III. "For about two yearn
I suffered from a female trouble so I
was unable to walk
or do any of my own
work. I read about
Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Com
pound in the news
papers and deter
mined to try it. It
brought almost im
mediate relief. My
weakness has en
tirely disappeared
and I never had bet
ter health. I weiirh
165 pounds and am as strong as a man.
I think money is well spent which pur
chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound." Mrs. Jos. O'Bryan, 1755
Newport Ave., Chicago, 111.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from root
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may ba
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam
mation, ulceration, irregularities, peri
odic pains, backache, bearing-down feel
ing, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness,
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound is the Btan-
dard remedy for female ills.
BAD BREATH
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets" Get
at the Cause and Remove It
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi
tute for calomel, act gently on the bowels
and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through Dr. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar
coated tablets arc taken far bad breath
by all who know them.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel dou without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening,
priping cathartics are de-ived from Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets without griping,
pain or any disagreeable effects.
Dr. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeea years of prac
tice among patients afuicted with
bowel and liver complain with the
attendant bad breath.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are purely
a vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil; you will know them by their olive
color. Take one or two every night for
a week and note the effect. 10c and 25c
per box. All druggists.
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Tape's Cold Compound" Ends
Severe Colds or Grippe
in Few Hours.
Tour cold will break and all grippe
misery end after taking a dose .of
"Pape's Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken."
It promptly opens clogsed-up nos
trils and air passages in the head, stops
nasty discharge or nose running, re
lieves sick headache, dullness, feverlxh-
ness. sore throat, sneezing, soreness and
stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling! Kase your -throbbing
head nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Com
pound, which costs only a few cents at
any drug store. It acts without assist
ance, tastes nice and causes no Incon
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