THE MORNIXG OKEGONIAN, THUESDAT, DECEMBER 20. 1917.
war pictures, "Tha Retreat of th Ger
mans at the Battle of Arras, is an
other feature well liked.
Columbia.
Admirers of elfish little Marguerite
Clark are more than pleased with the
last of the Mary Roberts " Rinehart
"sub-deb" stories,- "Bab's' Matinee
Idol." which is being shown at the Co
lumbia Theater. -
! In this picture Bab Is stricken with
the matinee idol bug, falling desper
ately in love with Adrian, a handsome
leading man. When his show does' not
prosper she plans to aid it by securing
valuable publicity. Her scheme met
with failure, for another man was mis
taken for the actor. Then, when she
discovers that her hero is wedded to
the vampire in the play, the disillu
sionment is complete and Bab returns
to the fold:
Coroner Takes Issue With City
and County Medical Society.
POSITION IS SET FORTH
DR. SMITH OBJECTS
Nick's station. Nick becomes acquainted
with a Lord Boniface Cheadle, really a
notorious crook, and is soon a tool of
that worthy.
Nick fails to get a job from a chap
from Hohokus, now a studio director,
and he starts to write a gloomy letter
home. Then he changes his mind and
writes a blood-and-thunder story of
his Imaginary adventures, revolving
them around Steve, the crook. Tha
director happens along, sees the letter,
buys it for a scenario and hires Nick,
at a fabulous salary, turn out New
York ideas. Then Nick meets the lead
ing woman of the company and dis
covers that she is the pretty girl of
the mishap at Hohokus.
Peoples.
"The Co-Respondent," the unusual
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Official Contends That Inasmuch as
II la I an Elective Office Be Should
Have Authority to Employ As
sistant He Seems Necessary.
Dr. Earl Smith, County Coroner,
takes exception to the suggestion of
the City and County Medical Society
that the pathologist from the state
university should be regularly em
ployed to conduct all necessary autop
sies in this county. Neither does Dr.
Smith approve of the reccommendation.
of the Board of County Commissioners
that a physician be employed at a flat
salary to perform all postmortem ex
aminations.
Coroner Smith takes the position
at he holds an elective office and Is
ountable direct to the perple for
conduct of that office. For this
reason he argues that he should per
sonally have the selection sl such as
si s tan t s as may be needed in the ad
ministration of the affairs of his of
fice. In conducting autopsies Coroner
Smith has followed the practice Ion?
in vogue in this county and called to
his assistance some resident physician
who receives a fixed fee for his serv
ices. "There are certain parts of this peti
tion (that of the city and medical so
ciety) with which I agree," writes Dr.
Smith, in a letter to the medical so
ciety, a copy of which also was trans
mitted to the Board of County Com
missioners, "and there are others in
which I am, not in accord.
Reports Open, to Inspection.
"Inasmuch as the Coroner's office is
elective and the Coroner is responsible
alone to the people for the manner in
which he conducts it. I deem that it is
just and right that he should have the
C lection of his assistants when it be
Ves necessary.
fit autopsies have been given to phy
sicians without reference to their hav
ing any special training, it does not
apply to my term of office and should
not be considered generally as a com
mon result of its administration.
"In all autopsies performed under
my administration the physician is
compelled to fill out an autopsy blank,
stating his findings in detail, and this
blank Is filed, with the Coroner's re
port, in the office of the County Clerk
for Multnomah County, Oregon, and
notwithstanding the statement made
in the petition to your honorable bodv.
the physician is not obliged to rely
upon his memory, as the reports are
of the same character and class as used
by the Coroner's office of Cook County,
Illinois. They are open to the public
at all times and subject to public in
spection. During my short adminis
tration of the office neither the Dis
trict attorney nor the Sheriff has made
any complaint, neither have complaints
come to me .from any other source.
Coroner Glad to Co-operate.
"I am sure that I appreciate the re
sponsibilities of my office and shall
discharge them to the best of my abil
ity, as economically as possible, con
sistent with its proper conduct, and :
using my best judgment in relation to
those who shall perform the autopsies.
I can see no reason why a pathologist
from one of the universities of the
state should be called upon to make
these examinations, when I am sure
Portland has plenty of physicians and
surgeans thoroughly qualified and who
are as conscientious and honest in their
work and as thorough and complete in
their reports as could be obtained any
where else.
"I am glad to co-operate with the
County Commissioners or with anyone
else in the manner of the conduct of
my office, but I deem it my duty to
exercise my best Judgment in the posi
tion to which I have been chosen to
fill, and shall do so, irrespective of any
criticism which the performance of
honest duty may bring forth."
iLKSHORTAGE IS ACUTE
DAIRYMEX CALLED TO COXSLDER
SITUATION SATURDAY.
COO Producer Supplying: Portland to
Dlacuaa Posaible Remedies Be
hind Closed Doors.
Portland's milk supply is dwindling
and an actual shortage may ensue.
The fact that difficulty in supplying
the city with milk for the next two or
three months is feared was given out
yesteraay Dy secretary Smith in an
nouncing a conference of the Oregon
Dairymen's League, called to consider
the dilemma. The meeting will be held
here Saturday.
"As the big condenceries reach out
farther and draw more of the milk that
has been coming to supply the Port
land city trade the problem of a pos
sible shortage looms," said Mr. Smith.
"Plans of stimulating production will
be taken up at our meeting. We are
also to consider possible methods of
cutting distribution costs in handling
the output of the league's 500 mem
bers." The members of the Oregon Dairy
men's League live in the northwestern
counties and in Washington counties
bordering the Columbia River.
Saturday's conference-will take place
behind closed doors, the officers an
nounce.
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EW YORK LUCK" is Bill Rus
sell's best photoplay. Those
of you who have been enjoy
ing the scrappy comedy-dramas of this
husky fellow know that "this means
more than an hour of corking good
entertainment.
This latest Mutual-American is a
cracking good picture with a wallop'at
the finish that O. Henry himself might
have admired. Just when you think
you see through to the happy end, and
lie back in your seat contented with
having solved the plot and with the
cobwebs all swept away, vou Bret a
punch right between the eyes. And
then you sit up and laugh at yourself.
As "you know me" Kick Fowler from
Hohokus, who goes to New York to
give his ability a chance to expand
and to show the folks in that gosh
durned town what a regular guy looks
like, Russell is extremely funny. He
has another good chance to show his
prowess as a fighter even though
obliged to scuff "em up on top of an
elevator that has stuck between floors
in a shaft.
Nick Fowler's ambitions carry him
from the telegraph office at Hohokus
to New York. The direct incentive is
to .return a handbag of jewelry to a
pretty girl who had lost the bag at
photoplay feature, starring beautiful
Elaine Hammerstein, on exhibition at
the Peoples Theater, has held a promi
nent place in the public mind since
Irene Fenwick, the brilliant young
Broadway star- brought it to the Booth
Theater, New York, two years ago,
with genuine success. Alice Leal Pol
lack and Rita Weiman, then reporters
on the New York Herald, wrote the play
and it was immediately seen to have
sounded a brand new note in even the
much discussed and analyzed divor.ee
question of so-called "exclusive" New
York society. It was seen to hold even
more than the stage measure of ex
treme possibilities for dramatic situa
tions. When the feature, which is in seven
reels, was shown by its producers to
the reviewing board rf Jewel Produc
tions, Inc., in their projection rooms in
New York, it was purchased in exactly
four minutes after the last reel was
run off, by Jewel officials, who de
clare it, together with all critics who
have reviewed it, one of the genuine
picture hits of the entire season.
Liberty.
"The Secret Game," a romance of the
Secret Service, with a famous Japanese
detective working to save American
transports from destruction as they
carry troops across the Pacific to sur
prise the enemy on the Russian front,
presents Sessye Hayakawa to Liberty
Theater patrons on the new photoplay
programme commencing today.
Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Charles
Ogle and Raymond Hatton are players
supporting HayakaWa in this latest
Paramount production.
The story is timely, is said to be re
plete with thrilling situations, and has
an appealing love interest.
Comedy and news pictorials also will
be screened, with special organ music
interpreting the film offerings.
Snnset.
'"The Barrier," that famous photo
play presentation of an even more
famous story by Rex Beach, with its
vivid tale of the great North, spectac
ular fight, melodramatic thrills and
great story of love and renunciation,
will be shown at the Sunset Theater
today.
Mitchell Lewis, who scored on the
acting hits of the year by his portrayal
of the role of Poleon Doret, the half
breed Canadian who gives up the girl
he loves, is the leading player in this
pictorial unfolding the story of a girl
branded by the mark of mixed birth.
Majestic.
"North of Fifty-three." the William
Fox picturizatlon of the Northwest, the
land of forests and heavy snows, with
Dustin Farnum in the role of "Roar
ing Bill" Wagstaff, will conclude Its
Majestic Theater engagement tomor
row night.
This picture has been meeting with
an unusually flattering reception from
Portland theater-goers, breaking the
attendance record of "The Auction
Block" on Saturday and Sunday.
Portland's liking for Northwest pic
tures is evidenced, again by the popu
larity of this subject, following note
worthy successes of pictures such as
"The Spoilers," "The Barrier" and "The
Flame of the Yukon."
The first installment of the British
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Surety Company Must Pay.
United States Judge Wolverton Tues
day awarded the Peninsula Lumber
Company judgment against ' the Na
tional Surety Company for $6500. The
ait was brought by the lumber com
pany to recover the amount of a for
gery committed by a former book
keeper, H. P. Ford, who was bonded
by the defendant company. Ford
raised a. check from $37.70 to $6500. He
has been successful in eluding detectives.
GLOBE THEATER
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SECOND CHAPTER
The great Anna Katherine
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-WHO IS NUMBER ONE?
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MAE MURRAY
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