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9 ANDREWS STARTS SUIT FOR Frank Gebbie Accused of Ob taining $5000 by Intimida v tion and False Arrest. it r ? PERSECUTION IS ALLEGED VV r TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, NOVE3IBER 2. 1917- s . " . fil'l!!l!liilii!!f!p U Jl'toiifeMiiiiiliiilj ilffilM $50,000 ase Arises Out of Charges Pre ferred by "Wife Wlio Kollowed Iliibband I'rom East, but Became Reconciled. Coincident -with the starting of his euit against Frank Gebbie. a New York capitalist, and the Ladd & Til ton bank for the recovery of $5000. al Jffted to have been obtained through false arrest and intimidation, Ezra G. Andrews, alias Ezra Gager, yesterday started Fuit in the Circuit Court for 150,000 damages against Mr. Gebbie for alleged false and malicious perse cution and false imprisonment. The papers in the $50,000 suit were served yeyterday on Mr. Gebbie following his arrival in Portland to appear against Andrews at the trial now in progress before Circuit Judge Littlefield. In his new suit filed yesterday, Mr. Andrews alleges that he came to Port land to regain his lost health and to escape the "vicious home surroundings of his wife." He sets forth that he was followed here by Mr. Gebbie, who had him placed under arrest for the purpose of intimidating him, to assign JS000 in Southern Pacific Railroad bonds, which Mr. Gebbie contended he had wrongfully appropriated. Intimidation la Alleged. The Plaintiff further sets forth that he was openly charged with living with a Frances Earley as his wife, and that Mr. Gebbie threatened to expose him and bring about his ruin if he refused to assign over the railroad bonds. Because of this alleged false arrest end malicious persecution he now de mands compensation in the amount of $50,000. The suit now in progress before Judge Littlefield is bringing out the same facts as were brought out after liis indictment here on another charge. This indictment was later dismissed alter it was represented to District At torney Evans that Mrs. Andrews had forgiven her husband and would take him back. Mr. Andrews later renounced his -wife and is now at liberty on his own recognizance pending an investi gation by the grand jury. After liv ing with his wife a few weeks after the dismissal of the indictment his wife left him and again fought his arrest and prosecution. Embezzlement It Alleged. Both Mr. Gebbie and Mrs. Andrews alleged that Andrews embezzled the sum of $5000 from Mr. Gebbie shortly before his sudden departure from his home at Rochester, N. Y., and corning to Portland early last year in company with Miss Earley, a nurse. Mr. Gebbie contends that after he had located Mr. Andrews here, the latter willingly as signed over the $5000 in railroad bonds In order to escape prosecution on a charge of embezzlement. 'Testifying in his own behalf yester !cy, Mr. Andrews denied having ever taken any sum of money whatever from Mr. Gebbie, and testified that he bad assigned the stock over to the lat ter only to protect the good name of Miss Earley, with whom he had been living In a home in Irvington until his arrest. The $5000 In railnnad bonds Is now held at the La rid & Tilton bank as'se curity on a $6000 note signed jointly by Andrews and George E. Hardy, with whom he was at one time associated, in a shipbuilding concern which later went out of existence. The bank is seeking to retain control of the securi ties until the note, long overdue, is paid, while Andrews is seeking to have the assignment to Mr. Gebbie annulled n the ground that it was made under threats and coercion. The case will be concluded today. BAN ON LUMBER PUZZLES .Tacoma Mills at Loss to Act In View . of Federal Order. TACOMA, Wash., No. 2. (Special.) The recent Federal embargo on ship building lumber is proving a complex matter to Tacoma mills and lumber shippers. Mills shipping lumber have not yet been advised on the measure, but Deputy Collector of Customs W. A. Fairweather has received instruc tions that all lumber vessels now loaded with shipbuilding lumber shall have their clearances withheld. This is an order from the War Department. Nearly all lumber shipped from Ta coma and Puget Sound can be consid ered suitable for . shipbuilding, as it principally consists of big timbers. It is declared that the embargo will seri ously affect the exportation of lumber.- The agent of the schooner Betsy Ross, the Tacoma vessel now at Port Townsend, is at a loss whether his cargo is affected, inasmuch as she was loaded in British Columbia. BAN ON SHORTS EFFECTIVE Extensive Recovery of Short Con tracts Drought About. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. The most ob vious and direct result of the new con dltiones created by the stock exchange authorities in placing short selling un der the ban was the extensive covering of short contracts at the outset of to day's irregular operations. Bankers, brokers and the financial community as a whole indorsed the ex change's attitude, but discouraged any notion of more drastic measures. The more conservative interests held that the new regulations ought to prove ef fective. Traders declared the market would have shown greater stability but for the revival of vague rumors dealing with the complex situation and the re strictions placed upon trading by out-of-town exchanges. Salmon. Fishing Abandoned. CATHLAMET. Wash.. Nov. 2. (Spe cial.) Owing to the scarcity of salmon and the cold weather several seining outfits have quit operations. Operations were suspended last week at the Taylor seining grounds and the Miller Sands Fishing Company also quit last week. Alden Bailey in charge of one of the launches for the latter company reports a catch of 6 tons for that company during the season. ? 4. ' S n,li lilWiiTBIf Tin lrtfifl If i- v - z 6 ' . :-rw'"'- 5S 5 5 TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Columbia Bushman and Bayne, "The Adopted Son." Star June Elvidge and Montagu Love," The Guardian." Peoples Julian Eltinge, "Count ess Charming." Sunset Alice Joyce, "Love's Sac rifice." Majestic William Farnum, "The Conqueror." Liberty Olga Petrova, "More Truth Than Poetry." Circle Charlie Chaplin, "The Floorwalker." 2 Beet Sugar Refineries Planned. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 2. Announcement was made today by Manager Home of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, in this district, that the company will build two new fac tories for the 1918 season, one at Top penisb. and the other at Sunnyside. Farnum at MajeLilc. "The Conqueror," William Farnum's latest photoplay, will be shown at the Majestic Theater commencing today. It's a spectacular eight-reel picturiza tion of the life of the famous Texan, Sarj Houston, with romance vielng with Indian and Mexican warfare for public interest. Jewel Carmen, the pretty Portland girl, is Farnum's leading woman in this picture, and critics praise her work in this production as the best she has ever done. Farnum appears In the lntererting character of Sam Houston, a historic figure In the early days of Texas, whose strong, manly vigor and person ality carries everything before him, in cluding the love of the "Tennessee Rose," the flower of the Southern aris tocracy. The battle between the Mexicans and a detachment of Texas rangers and friendly Indians is said to be one of the most realistic battle scenes ever filmed and is even more exciting than ether famous battle pictures. General Sam Houston, in 1836, in command of a few hundred raw troops. met about 1600 Mexican veterans, led by Santa Ana, on the banks of the San Jacinto. The battle was a rout for the Mexicans, and the next day Santa Ana was taken prisoner. Texas' independence was won by this victory. Film Isle of Man. Never before the filming of "The Manxman," the photo-drama founded on Hall Caine s book of the same name. have the inhabitants of the locality where a picture was being taken shown such intense and lively interest In proceedings. The whole picture was taken on the Isle of Man, and because Hall Calne is the idol of the dwellers there, or because they regard him as having done more for the island in his novels than any half dozen governors, they just naturally lent every possible col laboration when they were apprised that he was interested in the work of the camera men and their directors. Even the English Home Office and the British Board of Admiralty co-operated and permitted the camera to be used within three miles of the sea coast, such use being otherwise re stricted during the period of the war. When it became necessary to stage a representation of the famous Tyn wald Court ceremony, the men gath ered on Tynwald Hill to the number of 11,000. When the Governor, Lord Raglan, was not quite satisfied with the cos tume worn by the actor playing the part of the Governor in the film, he in sisted on sending for his own uniform and giving it to the artist to wear. Could a producer hope for more au thentic costuming than that? Screen Gossip. The case in which James Young sued for a divorce from Clara Kimball Young has been held over by Judge Wood, of Los Angeles, until March 30, 1918. Insufficient evidence was the reason given. Margarita Fischer, American Film Company star, is now permanently set tled in her new home in Santa Barbara, She spent a great deal of time in se lecting a suitable place near the studio, and is now busily engaged in furnish ing it with artistic effect. The success of Douglas Fairbanks' first book, "Laugh and. Live," has prompted him to begin writing another book along similar lines. The Britton Publishing Company will publish his second contribution to the literary world. Mary PickXord has taken up boxing and has been taught "the manly art" by DirAtor Neilan, who often dons the gloves with her. Of course it is soft for Mary, who took great delight in pummeling her director before he left for the National Army camp at Amer ican Lake. Florence Smythe, who Is now Mrs TheoCore Roberts, was named by the former Mrs. Roberts as co-respondent In the recent divorce suit. The first Mrs. Roberts has made application for more alimony, asserting that Theodore gets $1000 a week. He retorts that he gets $100. Crane Wilbur, the actor, will return to the speaking stage. At the present time he is working in pictures at San Rafael near San Francisco. How, when or where he will make his bow in per son, Crane has as yet not divulged. Hank Mann, formerly of the Fox comedy forces, has returned, to Los Angeles after a short stay in New iork. Hank has not yet decided upon his future plans. Jeanne Eagels, leading woman sup porting George Arliss in "Hamilton' at the Knickerbocker Theater, New York, has been engaged for World Pic tures, Brady-Made, to play the prin cipal feminine role in an unnamed screened drama starring Montagu Love. The scene of this photoplay is laid in Belgium, opening with the outbreak of the war. Sessue Hayakawa Is rehearsing a Japanese act for vaudeville, but he will not appear in it. It's for some Nippo nese friends. Leah.Baird Is to be starred In a se ries of six-reel productions, each to cost up to $60,000, and for which Miss Baird is to receive $1500 a week and a royalty. , In less than five years Anita Stew art's earning capacity jumped from $25 a week to $127,000 a year, 105 times the original figure. Yes, film starring is a profitable business. William J. Flynn. chief of the United States Secret Service Department, has written a serial dealing with German spies in the United States. Thanhouser will produce it. Hamilton Revelle is Mary Garden's leading man in "Thais." Many of the scenes for the picture will be filmed in Florida. k Frank Deshon, erstwhile comic opera star, nas joined the Universal forces. Deshon gave Marie Dressier her first big part when he was conducting the Deshon Opera Company in Detroit. He himself will be remembered for his "Koko" in the "Mikado" and for his inimitable King Dodo." The fact that a star is writing a scenario is not particularly novel or exciting news, for of late numerous players have manifested ambition to concoct fheir own vehicles, but Belle Bennett, Triangle star, is worthy of mention, in that she is writing a photo play for another actress. She is now working on her first screen story which will be produced with Ruth Stonehouse in the leading role. Mi Bennett and Miss Stonehouse have been friends for many years, having been associated at the same studios almost from the beginning of their film work. Percy Standing, who already has two brothers in the British service, is short ly going away to join the Royal Flying Corps. He will train in Canada before going overseas.- During 25 years of stage and screen experience, Mr. Stand ing has played many important roles one of them being the invading con queror in Thomas Dixon's. "The Fall of a Nation. Recently he has been play ing heavy "parts with Vitagraph. He i now playing his last film part before joining the colors, that of the god Vul can in "The Triumph of Venus,' starring Betty Lee as the god-dess. Fire Threatens Orchards. . HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 2. (Special.) A fire, starting from some unknown source in a wooded plot of the Slinger- land ranch in the Udell district, as sumed menacing proportions yesterday and threatened damage to surrounding orchards. Parties of orchardists watched the fire, which today was past danger, throughout the night to pre vent it from spreading beyond control. f ' '' " , i. ii , f -- - ir-nrmmin iiMimn fc F jm m" i I ' "" ' "T" t r"1 """ 'i1'1"' ' 1 i 'i""mmmmm''mm mmmtmna AUi imfi nit i sar"-"--" J-;z:X - ZK 111 f -A l fet lsfaW ': i . sa v . ' t i S'i-l pm Hon fa the best thing 3 . v. ,l , -1 ' 1 V , . 'i f hat William Karnura has npr f i tu 1 "1-- vv tf done. Thousands of horses and " 3 ' 2 y ? ' x i I ; "Ku aome stupendous battle scenes 3 - I " T ! Jig are a part of ih- entertainment. I Si vt I S-JK t?-' I J In fact, the picture qulie befr- . B s v , Jtr A $. , 3 a (tars description; there is so h J " io i J - - JM I much of it and It Is so varied M it , A " 4 ift J ' Si I But blKger than these Is the Ml ' & . y . tl x v i I' I dynamic. dramatic drive of 4 ; it i , . i v ! f. 1 "The Conqueror." The picture . t h- ll' I ' t ;t ' j SM O , " t Si holds the audience tense, ever 111 tJtSfy zf-- . ? 3i! . z L' 5 B expectant of new thrills, as they . 11 r & -: : t:--::-' ':-v ' v s 'i 4 W .,. 1 R watch the humorous, romantic. ft ::!. 1 " i tili . I sometimes pathetic. ever-hu- W I) m , jp . . , - j I man "ry ot sam h,i- j, p crpn "Vfilh Portlands Star, JEWEL- CAKNEWin 1 4tf t k j I r it u ' A "titanic American drama" in eight acts, from the life story of Sam Houston, the hero, of Texas. An inspiration to all America. Directed by R. A. Walsh, who directed "The Honor System." Cost $300,000. Eight thousand people take part, including Indians, Mexican soldiers, U. S. cavalrymen, Texas Rangers, trappers and guides. One thousand horses were used. Supreme extravagance in battle scenes. Exact duplicate used of old Nashville, Tenn. A screen sensation that has made Miss Carmen a star in her own right. COME EARLY We have shown to some enormous crowds during the past few weeks, but we have not yet shown a picture that will "get" you the way this will. We have seen it and we know what will happen as soon as the first audience spreads the news. mm Direct from N. T. Globe at 25c to J1.00 a seat. IteKulor Prices lO and SO Cents Here. BEGINS TODAY GOTHAM TO RULE PRICES CITY ENTERS COAL AIJ GROCERY BUSINESS 1ST EARNEST, New York Market Commissioner Pre pares to Limit Amount of Flour to Be Sold. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. New York to day entered the coal and grocery busi ness, with Dr. Henry MoBkowitz, city market commissioner, as its dealer. He has not divulged his plans, but Is expected to take over the milk supply first. ' The new regulations were made. It was stated "to effect proper control and to centralize the handling of exports of flour to European neutrals" and in order to protect . the interest of con sumers who have necessarily had to pay a relatively high price for flour purchased in very small packages. It also was announced that effective December 1 all flour millers operating under agreement with the Federal food administration "will not be permitted to sell flour in packages of other than one-eighth, one-quarter and one-half barrel or larger and from January l, 1918. no miller will be permitted to ship flour in packages other than these described. Another reason given for the order was "to insure such quantities of flour moving to those countries as may be necessary to meet the maximum of de termined requirements." All sales and shipments in the future to European neutrals, it was stated, will be handled exclusively through the food admin istration. CAMP BUILDER PROMOTED Major David Ii. Stone, of Camp Lew is, Made Lieutenant-Colonel. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 2. (Special.) Major David 1a Stone, constructing Quartermaster, who had charge of the building of Camp Lewis, was promoted today to the rang of LieutenantColonel and Captain James H. Como, camp Quartermaster since the period of the arrival of -the draft men, was made a Major. Lieutenant-Colonel Stone has been in the Army 21 years and had charge of important construction work in the Philippines,. Hawaii and at Fort Sill, Ok la., before coming here. Captain Como was first commissioned In 1899. DEMOCRATS MAKE SURVEY Xatlonal Committee Officer and Woman Organizer In Spokane. SPOKANE, Nov. 2. W. D. Jamison, pf Washington, D. C, assistant treas urer of the Democratic National Com mittee, .was the guest at a private luncheon- given here today by the lead ing Democrats of Eastern Washington. His trip is in the interests of the new regional organization of the committee, it was said. i While here, Mr. Jamison conferred with Mrs. George Bass, of Chicago, who is making a survey of the Democratic women's organizations In the Western States. V. L. Stewart and J. It. Catlin, of Kelso, and Frank G. Barnes, of Silver Lake, for Cowlitz County. a campaign for $225,000 will be started at once. Part of this will be used for war work. The influx of so many thousands of young men in the Na tional Army has crowded the Tacoma Y. M. C. A. to the limit. Additional space and equipment are urgent neces sities, say association secretaries. FRANCE HONORS HER DEAD All Souls' Day Ohscrvcd by Impres sive Ceremonies. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Nov. 2. (By tho Associated Press.) This is All-Souls' day. which, in France, corresponds to Memorial day in the United States. The soldiers participated in various impressive cere monies in memory of the dead soldiers of France. In some towns where Americans alone are billeted they dec orated the graves of fallen soldiers. The drivers of motor lorries carrying supplies to the American sector yester day deposited flowers at the roadside fraves of Frenchmen who were buried where they fell in the earlier days of the war. An Army chaplain conducted a memorial mass today in the historic hillside church near the birthplace of Joan of Arc. Y. M. C. A. at Tacoma to Build. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 2. (Special.) Plans have been drawn for a $200,000 addition to the Tacoma Y. M. C. A., and Cowlitz Y. M. C. A. Drive On. Show Supreme SUNDAY- CHARLES RAY Son of His Father FATTY ARBUCKLE AT CONEY ISLAND M PEOPLES , , . t V .,11 1 LAST DAY JULIAN ELTINGE i in The Big; Comedy of Thrills and High Society, V A The Countess Charming 3 TOMORROW VIVIAN BIARTIN in "THE TROUBLE BUSTER FIJMJillJ, S 1 llfl 1 " -- " 0 r I COLUMBIA 1 Send your friends "THE COLUMBIA" CASTLE IJOCK. Wash., Nov. a. The i A most beautiful book. trulv inonirlntf "o' n,M,c, 'JrJZ y SZVX o.- .um s. at .j Oak. SUNDAY SHOW MARGUERITE. CLARK BAB'S BURGLAR AND KEYSTONE COMEDY SUPERIOR service:
