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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917.
OR. WALDO CALLED
BY WHITE TEMPLE
First Baptist Church Asks
Brilliant Orator and Organ
izer by United Vote.
QUICK ACCEPTANCE URGED
Minister Who Made Enviable Record
in Xew Jersey and Ohio Pastor
ates at Present Serving To
ronto, Canada, Church..
Rev. William A. Waldo, former pastor
of the First Baptist Church, Paterson,
N. J., and now supplying at Walmer
Road Church, . Toronto, Canada, last
night was called unanimously by the
First Baptist Church (White Temple)
of Portland.
With the exception of a. few months
early this year, when Rev. Calvin B.
Waller occupied the pulpit, the White
Temple has been without a pastor for
two years, but bas kept together well
and is regarded as one of the leading
churches of the denomination in the
West.
One of the strongest letters of in
dorsement . came from Dr. Franklin
Johnson, director of social service in
the University of Toronto. He is the
grandson of Hezeklah Johnson, founder
of the First Baptist Church in Port
land.
Dr. Waldo Well Known.
Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, of Los
Angeles, and formerly of the White
Temple, indorses him. Dr. Waldo was
one of Dr. Brougher's successors at
Paterson, K. J. According to state
ments read he was the only pastor since
Dr. Brougher who filled the church
every service. -.
Dr. Waldo is well known also in Chi
cago, and in Hamilton and Cleveland,
O.. where he held important pastorates.
He is a Canadian by birth, but came to
this country when young and is a citi
zen of the United States. He received
his D. D. degree at Chicago University.
The prospective pastor Is 50 years
of age, married and has three sons.
Dr. Waldo is supplying the Walmer
Road Church, while the pastor. Rev.
John McNeill, is serving in France. He
is anxious to settle down again to a
regular pastorate. He left Paterson
after a successful period of several
years of leadership and decided to rest
for awhile. His work at Toronto has
been light and he is ready to take up
the duties of a pastor and it was voted
last night to urge him to come to Port
land as soon as possible.
Rev. Mr. Kit Presides.
The White Temple now is being sup
plied by Rev. A. Ross Kitt, who is in
charge of the Young People's work of
the Baptist churches of the Pacific
Coast states. Mr. Kitt presided during
the prayer service last night and C. C.
Murton during the business session.
"This church has been so long with
out a pastor," said Frank H. Hilton,
"that I feel sure we will all be ready
to rally round Dr. Waldo and' support
him as unanimously as we have voted
tonight."
Dr. Calvin B. Waller was pastor from
March 1 to early this past Summer,
when he resigned on account of ill
health. He succeeded Dr. W. B. Hln
on, now of the East Side Church.
District Attorny Evans Does
a Little "Sleuthing."
Susplciona-Aeting Expressman With
Two Blc Trunk. If a. 111. Little
Jolto Milk I'ubllc Pra m tutor.
AS A SLEUTH. Walter H. Evan, is
forced to admit that he's at least
a good District Attorney. la trailing
down the wily violators of law and or
der, unwillingly he is compelled to
classify himself along with Philo
Grubb, the far-famed paperhanglng
"defective." So far as detective ability
goes there is no more difference be
tween the generally genial District At
torney and Sherlock Holmes than there
is between white and black.
Hist! mates, here's the story, and
from the lips of the truthful detective
prosecutor, at that. He didn't want
to divulge his little secret, but his care
worn face and furtive manner so
alarmed his deputies that they demand
ed yesterday an explanation from their
chief. Here it is:
"You see, boys," he began. "I have
seen the Deputy Sheriffs and special
agents bring in so many bootleggers
auring recent months that I decided
the other night to play defective my
self and make a. "pinch.' -
"On my way home I noticed an ex
pressman with two suspicious-looking
trunks'. I decided to follow. I trailed
tne wagon and trunks for several
blocks when I saw the expressman
looking over at me with a suspicious
manner.
i icii at once inai ne Knew l was
trailing him, but I decided to keep on.
iie stopped down on Third street, but
wnen he saw me in the offing h
jumped back on his wagon and hurried
away. Again I followed him. and when
he next stopped up on Taylor street 1
was hovering close by. When he saw
me he again proceeded onward with
his cargo.
"When next he stopped over on Yam
hill street I decided it was time to take
me nnai step, so I placed him under
arrest ana took him and his two sinister-looking
trunks to the County
Jail."
At this point Mr. Evans hesitated
and it was only with an apparent ef
fort that he continued his narrative.
"After I had made a good investiga
tion of the trunks I discovered they
did not contain liquor, as 1 had sup
posed. It was then that the express
man confessed, that he knew who I was
and knew that I wa following him
because I thought the trunks contained
liquor. Without a blush he admitted
that he had just been leading me a
merry chase to have a little sport of
his own.
"And to prove that he had been Ttid-
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Majestic Dustin Farnum, "North
of Fifty-three."
Peoples E 1 a i n e HammersteTn,
"The Co-Respondent."
Star William Russell, "New
York Luck."
Sunset Rex Beach's "The Bar
rier." Columbia Marguerite Clark, -
"Bab's Matinee Idol."
Liberty Sessue Hayakawa, "The
Secret Game."
Globe "Who Is Number Oner
checks.
Y. M. C.
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CIVIC BODY CHANGES NAME
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
Becomes Commercial Club.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) After two years with the title
of Chamber of Commerce, the members
held a meeting last night and decided
to return to the old name, Vancouver
Commercial Club, and adopted a con
stitution and by-laws practically the
same as before the reorganization.
W G. Drowley. a local attorney, was
recently elected president and he ap
pointed J. M. Denby, cashier of the
Vancouver National Bank, treasurer.
A campaign for new members will be
gin shortly and it is planned, to get
every business and professional man fn
the city into the organization to assist
In pulling together for a greater Vancouver.
Liberty.
The sending of American troops to
Russia, thus bulwarKing the alied line
at its weakest point, a scheme advo
cated by many experts not so long ago.
exploited in "The Secret Game." an
intensely interesting Dhotoplav star
ring Sessue Hayakawa, which is now
being exhibited at the Liberty Theater.
It's a story of strong suspense and
timely interest, with the noted Japanese
star in the role of a detective who is
protecting- the transportation of Ameri
can troops across the Pacific by ferret-
ng out criminal German schemes for
transport-wrecking. The Interest of
the audience is firmly held to the last,
the unfolding of the tale piling one
dramatic situation upon another.
Florence v idor. the girl who sprang
nto prominence through her work with
William Farnum In "A Tale of Two
Cities." does the best of her recent
work in "The Secret Game." while other
capable players are Jack Holt, Ray
mond Hatton, Charles Ogle and ilayme
Kelso.
Hayakawa is cast as Nara-Nara. fa
mous detective and secret service agent.
wno is oraerea to aiscover the leak that
exists In the quartermaster's office on
the Pacific Coast. . He takes an office
next door and places a microphone in
the walL Kitty Little, employed by
Major Northfield, has been forced by
circumstances into the German secret
service. She receives a code message
from Germany which is found by Nara-
Nara. The Japanese finds the code in
the pocket of a Dr. Smith. The Major
becomes suspicious and gives Kitty
false letter disclosing the sailing date
of transports. She gives it to Smith,
who is followed by the detective, who.
now in love wth Kitty, determines to
save her. The detective kills Smith,
takes possession of the letter, and then
tries to force the girl to leave the coun
try with him. This leads to a dramatic
climax, which results in the real Amer
icanization of the girl. -v
Paramount Pictographs. Mutt t and
Jeff cartoon comedy and news pictorial
complete the programme.
Sunset.
"The Barrier," that picturization of
the famous Rex Beach novel of the
Far North, which furnishes Sunset
Theater patrons with unusual week
end entertainment, is one of the really
great products of the silent drama.
Bigness, bigness both of theme and
its presentation, to say nothing of
powerful histrionics. Is the secret of
the power of "The Barrier." The people
with whom it deals are far removed
from your average picture hero.
heroine or villian. The parties of "The
Barrier" do not stoop to picayune quar
rels. Their fight is over something
big, and one is immediately caught
by the bigness of the whole thing.
The barrier is the barrier of race.
Lieutenant Burrell loves Necia, and
Necia is thought to- be a half-breed.
The prologue lets you know that Necia
is a full-blooded white girl, but that
doesn't detract one -whit from the
suspense of the love affair. And when
the Lieutenant, after a stormy session
with himself, decides to throw all
prejudice to the wind and marry
.Necia, anyway, audience are pleased
to the point of tears. Necia is also
loved by 'Poleon Doret, an Alaskan of
French-Canadian extraction. 'Poleon's
is a losing fight, and after it's all
over he paddles away in his canoe,
heart breaking, but singing at the top
of his lungs.
Mitchell Lewis' 'Poleon Is c. role that
will long be remembered in the land
of the silver sheet. There are many
dramatics climaxes, fights galore real
fights that make one shiver at their
very realism but when "The Barrier"
is recalled Mitchell Lewis and 'Poleon
will first come to the surface. Mabel
Julienne Scott makes a pleasing
Necia. Russell Simpson, as John Gale,
Necia's guardian, not only does some
exceptionally fine work, but his makeup-
is marvelous. ,
"The Barrier" is a picture which
cannot be overlooked by those who
boast that they have seen the biggest
productions of cinemaland.
Ince in "Co-Respondent."
John Ince, brother of Ralph W. Ince
and Thomas H. Ince, is prominently
cast in "The Co-respondent," the at
tractive photoplay feature starring
Elaine Hammersteln at the Peoples
Theater.
"The Co-respondent" tells the story
of a very young and beautiful New
England maiden who is trapped to a
small town hotel by a handsome young
stranger who is a New York multi
millionaire and the husband of a
prominent New Tork society woman.
When the New Englander discovers
the man's perfidy Just as a -mock cere
mony is about to take place, she leaves
the hotel and it is over a year later,
in New York City, that she again sees
him when as a reporter of a metro
politan daily, she is sent out to obtain
the name of "The Co-respondent" in
the sensational Van Kreel divorce case.
Her surprise is genuine when she"
finds that the wife has named her as
the co-respondent and she faces a
strange choice when she is compelled
to give the name to the managing
euiLor wno loves her and whom she
loves, to save his newspaper from libel
suit and his brilliant career from an
abrupt ending. The rainbow tints in
the seventh reel do not show them
selves, however, until a number of very
dramatic situations are projected.
Screen Gossip.
"Billy" Moran. famous Jockey who
has ridden thoroughbreds for the King
of England and the Czar of Russia, is
now in Metro pictures.
. .
Sally Crute Is Harold Lockwood's
newest leading woman. Sally is a
veteran of six years' experience In the
film game.
...
"Children of Democracy" is the'name
under which Paramount is to release
the Benjamin Chapin series of pictures
dealing with the life of Abraham
Lincoln.
Few pictures have created such an
impression on blase film exhibitors as
The Warrior," the picture featuring
Maciste, that giant who "made"
Cablria." This picture is to be shown
in Portland soon.
Sessue Hayakawa and his "troupers"
were marooned on the shore of Hilo.
Hawaii, during a storm, and did not
take the schooner scheduled to carry
them to Honolulu, en route to Cali
fornia. They went to Hawaii for
scenes for "Hidden Pearls," the next
Paramount feature of the Japanese
actor.
.
Someone has flgured.it out that
Julian Eltinge might be a star detect
ive or a clever crook if he turned his
female' impersonation talents to other
than amusement uses.
...
Fashion note Alpharette Hoffman,
Lasky costume director, has gone to
New York to make a survey of the
fashion situation. Which means more
pictorial delight for fandom.
...
They call Montagu Love "the sleep
ing beauty" at the studio where World
Pictures are Brady-Made. At the con
clusion of a scene the first thing Mr.
Love does is to make himself ready for
the next one and the second is to drop
off Into the land of nod.
FEAR OF SERIOUS
FLOOD NOW OVER
Slight Drop in Willamette Re
suit of First Rainless Day
Since Storm Began.
RAIL TRAFFIC IS RESUMED
At Least Tbree Days of Fine, Fair
Weather Predicted by Observer,
Giving Basis for Belief That
Further Floods Unlikely.
Danger of genuine flood conditions
passed yesterday, when the absence of
further rainfall held the Willamette
River safe and even brought about a
slight drop In the high water. From
midnight till noon the reading stood
at 19.7 feet, then slowly recording
slight decrease.
Weather Bureau officials maintain
their prediction that the Willamette at
this point will attain 21 feet some time
tonight, and slightly Jess than 22 feet
tomorrow, when the flood will begin
to subside.
Several factors enter into the favor-
aDie aspect of river conditions. Yester
day was without rainfall and today will
De iair. according to the Weather Bu
reau. followed by at least two days of
fine weather. Meantime the current of
the Willamette is strong, and haa
reached the stage' on its banks where
further advance will be slow, while the
LoiumDia mver Is not very high and
ame to dispense with the Willamette's
rampage in short order.
Three Fine Days tm Store.
Predictions for an Increase or nn.
and one-half inches last night and to-
aay were based solely upon the pre
sumption that earlier rainfall up the
Valley has not yet all reached the river.
The Yamhill River, for example, showed
a rise yesterday morning of 6.9 feet,
which will serve to swell the Willam
ette. None of the stations reporting to the
local Weather Bureau yesterday had
additional rainfall to chronicle, and
with fair weather to the fore it is held
to be certain that the Willamette will
rapidly decline not later than Satur
day. There was but little activity In sal
vaging goods and stores along the
waterfront yesterday, nearly all sup
plies having been removed the previ
ous day and during the night, when
scores of men labored without let-up
to carry the perishable goods beyond
the flood.
Though eat first the prospect of
heavy loss was grave, prompt action by
owners and municipal authorities
served to cheat the swiftly rising water
of a great part of the stores on docks
and wharves, and the total loss is es
timated not to exceed a few thousand
dollars.
Southern Pacific trains on the main
line were all in operation yesterday,
after being held up by the previous
aay s wasnout near Salem, where 75
feet of track was demolished. Delayed
trains were started over the repaired
track at 5 A. M. yesterday and normal
service was resumed.
Interarku Service Reanmed.
A washout between Molalla and Can
by, on the Molalla branch of the South
ern Pacific, caused by the flood stage
of the Molalla River, has placed that
line temporarily out of commission.
Officials of the company estimate that
service will be resumed tomorrow.
On the Southern Pacific's branch to
Mill City several washouts have inter
rupted service.
Interurban service on the lines of the
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany was partially resumed yesterday,
trains on the Bull Run line proceeding
as far as Bull Run Park, or almost to
the end of. their run. On the Estacada
line service was slightly extended, but
the through trip could not be made.
Mail service was maintained by carry
ing: the mails across the bridge at
Butte Creek. Through service is to be
resumed today.
Illustrative of the frenzy of the
Clackamas River when at its crest is
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flood water poured over the top of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany's dam at Cazadero on Wednesday.
Now the river Is receding rapidly, and
fears for the safety of the power plants
no longer exist. The Cazadero plant is
again in commission.
OREGON CITY MILLS CLOSED
Willamette River Remains Station
ary at Falls.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Willamette River has been
at a standstill since 9 o'clock, the up
per river gauge registering tonight
65.2 feet and the lower river 88 feet.
There is three feet of water on the
floor of the grinder room of the Crown
Willamette Paper Company's mill and
the only part of the plant in operation
today was Mill D. Four paper ma
chines were down, but may resume op
erations tomorrow, as it is expected
there will be a rapid fall in the river
tonight. Operations in the wood mill
and the pulp mill will probably be re
sumed Saturday.
The Oregon City Woolen Mills are
closed, and while the finishing room
will start Saturday, the rest of the
plant will not resume until Wednesday.
WHITE SALMON IS FALLING
No Further Damage Expected as Re
sult of High Water.
WHITE SALMON Wash., Dec 20.
(Special.) The White Salmon River, is
falling rapidly and no further damage
is anticipated. All main bridges have
escaped serious damage. Arrange
ments wer made Tuesday evening to
remove the machinery from the Husum
power plant of the Pacific Power &
Light Company, but as the water e
gan to recede it was found unneces
sary and light and power service will
be resumed within a day or two. A
number of headgates in the Trout Lake
irrigation system have gone out. This
will entail considerable expense in re-
tha fact that 16 feet 7 inches of placing. Some damage was done to
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SCOTT BACK FROM FRONT
Vessel Carrying General Reported in
IMght With Submarine.
AX ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. 20.
Major-General Hugh L. Scott, IT. S. A.,
who is to be assigned as chief Instruc
tion officer of the new National Army,
returned today from Europe on an
American steamship. He has been at
the front in France, studying conditions
there. A number of United States Army
officers arrived here with him.
Naval gunners of the vessel pn which
General Scott returned from France
fired at what appeared to be the perl
scope of a submarine the day after
leaving port, and scored a hit which Is
believed to have sunk the German boat,
according to passengers on board.
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