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TITE JIOKXIXG OREGOXIAN, . FRIDAY. JANUARY 4, 1918. " . 7 y hem sis sgiHHSBffli BAKER GIVES VIEWS War Mission's Recommenda' tion Not to Alter Plans. SGHUDL DIRECTORS Anti-Hooverism Not to Be Tol erated by Board Even if Profit Can Be Made. BUILDER'S CLAIM HELD UP BtPlon That Technical School Take Scrap From Cltj and Re turn Therefor Finished Parte Meet With Approval. An Item of $14 for candy to be re tailed at the High School cafeterias, mingled with a multitude of other claims In th audited list presented to the School Board yesterday, caused th director to pause for scrutiny and comment. Director PrmVe pinned th offending Item down with his pencil, asserting that It seemed an unnecessary claim and wholly unauthorised, even though th proceed of candy sales ar re turned to th district by th school cafeterlaa His colleagues agreed that can ty was scarcely a cafeteria essen tial, and allowed th claim with th specific admonition that It should not be repeated. Nothing was said about th conserva tion of sugar, but a great deal was Im plied by th manner In which th di rectors frowned upon the unauthorised Item. Clerk Thomas Informed the di rectors that he already bad rebuked those responsible for th expenditure, and It was asserted that student or ganisations. If they must hare candy, should procur It strictly "on their own hook." ! flea Jtppt Ted. Th conservation crusade was brought before th School Board In another guts, when City Commissioner K. Us her presented two requests, both of which were favorably acted upon. i -'' : . ' r;.: A f TROOPS WILL TRAIN HERE Th first suggestion offered by Com-I I misstoner Keiiaher was that an ex change should b established between th city and Benson Polytechnic School, whereby brass. Iron and copper scrap, fhe property of th ctty. should be turned over to th Polytechnic fof use In It machine shops. In return for the valuable material th city should re ceive, said Commissioner Keiiaher. finished artlrlea needed by the various municipal departments and manu factured by the students. Chairman fmlth appointed Directors Drake and like as a committee to further th plan and report. As chief supervisor of th Municipal Ftsh Market. Commissioner Keiiaher asked permission for th holding of demonstration lectures, by Mrs. J. D. Spencer. In th domestlo science de partments or tne schools, on the use TODAY'S FILM FK ATX RES. Columbia Marguerite Clarke. "The Seven Swans." Liberty "Alimony." Majestic George Walsh, "This la the Life." Peoples Llna Cavallerl, "The Eternal Temptress." Star Vivian MarUn. "Molly En tangled." Sunset William & Hart. "The Disciple." Glob Wallace Reld and Kath- lyn Williams In "Big Timber." it A Liberty. LIMON'T" Is a photoplay which can easily be conceded a niche among the top-notchers of the season. This sensational divorce pnoio drama has plenty of plot, much action. and preparation of Oregon fish, r avor- maintained auspens and a able comment followed th request and "P"1 cl 01 Players. fcuperlntendent Alderman was given power to act la th matter. Ballaiaa- Tvawbl Indicated, The shadow of litigation loomed when the final adjustment of the con tract of the Frlberg-UclJennaa Company for construction of the Benson Polytechnic School came op for consideration. Th com pany has presented claims for .': for extras, th cleaning of in terior walla and th repainting of walla. Payment of th claim la ad- visea against py t. A. Mramori, su- The plot outlines the attempts of a woman acorned to ruin the happiness of the man eh one loved and bis chosen wife. Her methods ar laid with the utmost care and th observer Is held In suspense as to the outcome of It all. so complete and well formulated la th network of misleading circum stantial evidence In which abe man ages to ensnare the huspand. Tb pic ture shows that Harden TaiDot, in author, la master of th wiles employed by lawyers who use the divorce courts perlntendent of properties, who asserts tn,r tool tn '""rlo being con that the charges do not represent ad- structed so that It moves with a moomotii mo rapiuur iut uw uv permit the Interest to flag. Lois Wilson, a' charming young girl, contributes a notable performance as ditlonal work, and that the structure should have been delivered In proper condition without additional payment. The board Instructed Deputy Dis trict Attorney Pierre. Its legal adviser, to Investigate further the justice of the claim, and determine whether or not It should be submitted to arbitra tors, a course already recommended. The buildings and grounds committee's report advised that the company be al lowed 1110') as a final adjustment. Representatives of the company agreed to th deferring of th adjustment whll further Investigation la mad. TONG TRIAL HEARS END I CHI JtSO HIVS FATE TO BE I JIRT-S tlAXDS TO DAT. C bargee f Craft and WItneaa Bribery Feel wre Caaa Bewailing Frees th Marder of Cause. v Ater a hard fought trial lasting an vesj ! days, the cam of Chin Jung Hia. charged with complicity la th murder of Chin Hong. June I. last, will b In th hands of th Jury today. Closing arguments wer being mad all yesterday afternoon by counsel for prosecution and defense. Th closing argument will b mad thla morning by Chief. Deputy District Attorney Collier. Aa president of th Suey Sing ting. CTiia Jung rftn ts enarged with com plicity m th murder of Chin Hong, w.althy member of the, Bins; Kungs. a rival long. Th trial has been . marked by Its bitterness Charges of graft and th young wife. Josephine Whlttell makes ber film debut aa an adventuress and Is admirably suited to th part, whll George Fisher, an old Triangle favorite, la very real aa the. man in th case. Here's a summary of the atory slight flirtation with Turner (Fisher) leads Bernlce Flint (Miss. Whlttell) to divorce ber husband, believing that Turner will marry her. Turner, millionaire, has no such Intention. 60 she. In league with Stone, an unecrupu lous lawyer, set about to damage th pplness of the man who spurned her. ner meets Marjorle Lansing (Miss Wilson) and aska her to marry him. She accepts. Bernlce and Stone then create a domestic upheaval In the Tur ner family and It la not until their at torney fathoms the criminal actions o the conspirators that the clouds are swept away. A Mutt and Jeff cartoon comedy and news pictorial furnish further enter talnment. Sunset. " The Disciple." the Triangle photo play which gave Dorothy Dalton her first real acting chance, and started her on the road to film stardom, la the Sun set Theater's screen offer -ig for the week-end. It's not a Dslton picture, however, for William S. Hart. In the role of a preacher who turns near-bad man. Is the star, and th cast Includes such sterling players aa Robert McKlm. Charles K. French and little Thelma Salter. "The Disciple" nnfolds a tale of the West, with the startling transforma tion of a frontier missionary Into genuine "bad actor" under the provo cation of having bis wife stolen from him by a smooth es-phyalclan and pro. prletor of a saloon. Jim Houston Is the bribery 8f witnesses hav been maderol entrusted to Hart In this popular from th wltnes .'and on two separate occasions during th trial. This is th second of a series of nearly murder complicity cases to be tried as the result of the tong hos tilities which raged In Portland during th first ill month of last year. Gong Woo. secretary of tb Suey tmg tong. was th first to be tried and secured a directed verdict for acquittal. Moy Ham. whose nam was men tioned by a witness Wednesday aa one who sought to bribe a witness for the defense. Is under Indictment for mur der aad will be one of those to be tried later. old production, and It gives BUI an op portunity to display emotional and dramatic effect. Houston Is a sincere preacher, on who does not hesitate to command at tention through the use of a plstoL But bla seal for saving Uvea la chaeged to Intense hatred when he goes home to discover that bla wife, Mary, has eloped with Doe Hardy, former physi clan and present saloonkeeper. Jim re nounces the church and takea his child into the mountains. A storm forces the wife to the Hous ton cabin, where their child la dying of fever, and Houston, at th point of a gun. forces Hardy to leave town and minister to bis child. Hardy eaves the LIBERTY LOANS DISCUSSED ,rl 'al ,h,B " s-wnl Mary. Houston, la great wrath, is Mrs. A. S. Baldwin Meet With Mcm Bcrt of Oregon Committee. Urn. A. S. Baldwin, of San Francisco, member of the Women' Liberty Loan National Committee, and chairman of th women's liberty loan commute of tb Twelfth Federal Reserve district, arrived la Portland Wednesday for a eonfsrenc with th woman of th Ore gon commltt la chare of the liberty lean campaign. The women's liberty loan committee, f which Mrs. Baldwin la a member. Is composed of 11 woman, on from each of th Federal reserve districts. Mrs. Baldwin baa Just returned from Wash ington, wher thla commute met to formulate plans far the next liberty loan campaign, which Is expected (to take place between now and next Juae. Mr. Baldwin left yesterday morn tag for T scorn, wher sh will con tMawa her coaler so, , about to kill th man who baa de stroyed his happlnesa, when h 1 moved to forgive him. whll over th bedside of th recovering child th man and wlf ar reconciled to each other. Neptune's Naughty Daughter." a hilarious Allc Howell comedy. Is an other entertaining subject on th pro I gramme. Screen Gossip. Ferris Hartman. well-known Pacific Coast comedian, la now a writer of comedy scenarios for Triangle-Keystone. Ferris, who Is related to Fatty Arbuckle. used to direct the come dians. e Oeraldln Farrar la to retire from the Metropolitan Opera Company at the end of next season. The Metropolitan says that no one can sing there and play In picture and "Jerry refuses to quit th silent drama. This asm also applies to Mary Garden, wall they say Anna Case, soon to make pictures, and Ltna Cavallerl. now working for Para mount, have no operatic futures be cause of their histrionic actions. e . Farrar has had a number of vaude ville offers which would not conflict with her operatic work, but she re fuses to desert the flickers. Rumor hss It that she will be with Goldwyn after April 1. e Once mora the producers predict that 1111 will see th star system on the wane. Another Instance of the wish being sponsor for a prophecy. see Mrs. Vernon Castle. Path star, has sued Dillingham & Zlegfeld, of the Century Theater. New York, for 130.00 damages for breach of contract. She was signed at tSOO a week for the mu sical comedy, went to work on Novem ber S and was dismissed December 3. e Marguerite Clark admits that need and not the glamour of the footlights carried her to the stage. Her parents died when she was very young and the youngster had a sister In the theatrical business. This In her case the easiest way to make a living was in theatri cals- David Powell, who has recently com pleted seven pictures for the Empire All-Star Corporation, haa just been slsned to play opposite Elsie Ferguson In her next picture. Mr. Powell Is looking forward to thl engagement with much pleasure, fo Miss Ferguson and he are good friends. having been together for some month when "Outcast" waa ou tour, Mr. Pow ell having played opposite the beautl ful star In that play. see Nearly all of the unmarried stara and directors of the Los Angeles film col ony live at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Myrtl Stedman Is now In New York singing for the photoplay fans. Miss Stedman was In Portland not so many months ago. e e e Ford Sterling spent his Summer golf lng and Is now back at work for the Winter In Fox Sunslne comedies. I hasn't been so long since Sterling was one of the most popular of all come dians. Secretary of War Declares That Only Difference Will Be That Probably Dispatch of Men to France Will Be Hastened. WASHINGTON. Jan. S. Recommen dation of the American war mission that troops be sent to France as rap- Idly as possible will not result in any change in the general plan of training the soldiers In the United States. This was made plain today by Secretary Baker In a general discussion of the efforts of the War Department prompt ly to carry out the mission's sugges tions. Every possible energy will be devoted to speeding up production of munitions and equipment and this, with the agree ment of the allies to furnish the neces sary ships and equipment, is expected to result in the dispatch of the armies abroad much sooner than was at first thought possible. Neither ships nor heavy artillery for any great force would be available on th.s t'.de of the Atlantic for some time. Efforts to speed up the ordnance bu reau's work were reflected in Secre tary Baker's announcement of the re organization of the bureau with ex perienced business men at the head of the several divisions which will have charge of general work. Reorganization of the Quartermas ter's department under Major-General Goethals, acting Quartermaster-Gen eral. .along the line obtaining some years ago when there was a commia sary-genenal and a paymaster-general also have been suggested. General Goethals Is said to favor this plan, and In this connection it is un derstood that Major-General James Aleshle. the former Paymaster-General, and his assistant, Major-General C A. Ievol, will be recalled to active aerv ice. Opportunity for changes In the de partment. It Is pointed out. will be given soon by the retirement on their own applications of Brigadier-General A. L Smith and Thomaa Cruz, assist ants to the Quartermaster-General. Steps to Increase the efficiency of the Army machine aLso have been taken by the newly created war council of the ar Department. These are under stood to Include approval of a plan whereby the most efficient officers will be placed in charge of the more im portant work In their departments with removal of any officer regarded by his immediate chief aa unsuited for the duties he is performing. Special Sale of Arrow Shirts Today is the commencement of our great twice-a-year sale of the well-known Arrow Shirts. It's to your advantage to lay in a reasonable supply at these special prices. This sale consists of every colored Arrow Shirt in the house, in fine madras, crepes, basket weaves, percales, silk and linen mixtures, mercerized and tub silk shirts. Come tomorrow and make your selections at the following reduced prices : Regular $1.50 Shirts. . . . .$1.25 Regular $2.00 Shirts $1.65 Regular $2.50 Shirts. . ... .$1.85 Regular $3.00 Shirts $2.15 Regular $3.50 Shirts $2.85 Regular $4-$4.50 Shirts. .$3.15 Regular $5.00 Shirts $3.85 $6, $6.50, $7 Silk Shirts. .$4.85 WHITE SHIRTS NOT INCLUDED Teddy Sampson, Ford's wife. Triangle. Is 1th Florence Turner, who returned from a Aiming period abroad not long ago, la forming a new American company. Florence Reed haa made 13 pictures, but Is not reconciled to the flickers yet. She still prefers the vocal stage. Miss Reed Is the wife of Malcolm Williams. e e e Lottie Briscoe, who used to scintil late with Arthur Johnson, haa been out of pictures for more than a year as the result of an operation, but will soon be back. Blanche Sweet asserts that she's 'coming back" ere long. She has been 111 for many months, an enforced vaca tion for the first time In six yeaas. " Marianne da la Torre, the dark. haired, dark-eyed beauty of Triangle Keystone comedies, haa tired of seeing her name spelled In every way but the right one and haa therefore changed It to plain Marian Torrey. When Claire Du Brey called up the Los Angeles Herald recently to volun teer a contribution of sklo for a Ctrl who haa been seriously burned, she waa greeted with the Information that she waa about number 400 to answer the appeal aad volunteer a bit of skin. Otherwise It waa an excellent stunt on which might have been hung a good press agent story about ths pretty star. Julian Eltlnge. who haa been In New York for the past few weeks buying gowns and other things Incidental to a continuance In the motion pictures, is planning his return to California to be gin work on a new picture following bis third Paramount picture. "The Wid ow's Might." e e e When the entire stndlo of the Fa mous Plsyera waa used for a certain scene In 'The Seven Swans." Margue rite ciarga newest Paramount fairy picture, a net was placed from roof to floor encircling the entire studio, in order to keep the varloua birds used In the production inside the set. There evidently waa one opening In the net ting unknown to humans, but quite well known to five of the pigeons used. for they escaped from their enclosure nd now, four weeks later, are still to be seen perched on the rafters or flying Dnni in etunio. ALIENS REPORT TO POLICE Mayor Baker Is Notified by Attor aey-General Gregory. Allen enemies will be required to register at the police station in Port- and. Mayor Baker yesterday received letter from Attorney-General Gregory requesting that plans for the registration be made as soon as poS' sible. Mayor Baker replied that th Portland police will be ready to con duct the registration as soon as the required blank forms are received. "I have the honor to inform you, says Attorney-General Gregory, "that. the President has issued a proclama tion, dated November IS, 1917, contain lng. among other regulations in rela tion to German alien enemies, one requiring their registration. "The plan contemplated is to have the German alien enemies fill out regis tration affidavits at the police stations In your city, and there receive regis tration cards. This department will furnish all necessary affidavits, cards and other forms and issue instructions for the work. In view of the material assistance this work will render to the success of the country in the war, I am relying upon your whole-hearted co-operation in its performance." WARHOUSE MEN PROTEST License Fee Charged by City Is Held Exorbitant. Request was made on City Commis sioner Keiiaher yesterday by opera tors of warehouses that the city reduce the license fee charged such establish ments. The warehouse people claim the present fee is excessive and should be reduced. The municipal docks and storehouses are cutting Into the business to a very noticeable extent, the petitioners said. Mr. Keiiaher promised to make an in vent i (ration. The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Cooper Union Suits Reduced Now is the time to get that Winter underwear you have been putting off for so long. YouH find what you want here at the following reduced prices: 2.00 Ecru Union Suits, special $1.65 $2.50 Wool Mixed Union Suits, special. . .$2.00 .$3.50 Wool Mixed Union Suits, special. . .$2.85 Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service SOUTHEAST CORNER FIFTH AND ALDER VETERANS TO SPEAK Canadians Will Detail Expeii ences at Battlefront. WAR LIFE TO BE PAINTED Party of Officers Will Speak Auditorium Sunday TJnder Ans pices of State Council of De fense, It Is Announced. at Pni-HniM is becoming more inti mately acquainted with that torn and scarred section of Europe known the world over as the western front. Civil ians, acting in official and semi-official capacities, Lave gone overseas aim re turned to describe their impressions of the inferno wherein world lorces con test. Never before, however, have Portlanders been given an opportunity to hear in full messages from the men who have fouerht "over there." This ODDortunity will be afforded them next Sundav afternoon, when a party of Canadian officers will speak at a patri otic mass meeting; at the fuouo Auai torlum at 3 o'clock. The Dartv will come to Oregon at the reauest of General R. G. E. Leckie commanding- the 11th military district of the Dominion, comprising tne prov ince of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. The party will consist of Lieutenant - Colonel MacMillan, Major F. B. Edwards and Captain E. J. Cooke. The narty was to have consisted of Major Edwards and Captain T. J. Le- duc Captain Leduc, however, was forced by Ulness to cancel his plans to come south, and Colonel MacMillan and Captain Cooke will' come In his stead. The Canadian officers, who are the first men who have fought and been wounded In action to come to Oregon in an official military capacity, will arrive in Portland Saturday, and will remain only one day, as they leave on Sunday night on a tour of the state. The tour provides for their appearance in every county in Oregon. The meeting in the Auditorium win be held under the auspices of the State Council of Defense and the Port land War Emergency Council. A com mittee appointed by Mayor Baker last Saturday has charge of the plans for the rally. No admission will be charged and no collection or pledges will be eolicited. Principals of all the schools of the city will address their students today and announce the coming of the party and the meeting on Sur.Jay afternoon. n order that the students and their parents may know of the chance af forded them of gaining an insight into the life of the men who are campaign- ng across the water. alias Alice Jenkins, were brought to On January 10. Phjsicial Director Bots- rortiana irora iacoma weanesoay ford will sneak for th . To night to answer to a charge of taking Miss Irene Jennings from Oregon in violation of the Mann act. They were held in the County Jail, pending ar raignment in the Federal Court. LECTURE DATES ASSIGNED Prominent Speakers Kngaged Reed College Course. for A special . series of lectures on hygiene has been arranged for the students of Reed College for the month of January. President Foster and Dr. Bertha Stuart were the speakers yesterday. On January 7. Dr. W. T. Williamson will be the speaker for the men and Dr. Harry B. Torrey for the women. Torrey for the women. The address on January 14, for both men and wom en, will be by Dr. Noble Wiley Jones on "The General Asthenic Con dition." On January 17. Dr. A. W. Chance will speak on the "Care of the Teeth," and on January 21, Dr. G. Norman Pease will speak on "First Aid." The final meeting for men will be conducted by Mr. Botsford and the final meeting for women by Miss Gold smith on January 24. The meetings are held Monday and Thursday mornings, at 8:50 o'clock. Niagara Falls Loses Old Hotel. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.. Jan. 3. The International, one of the oldest hotels at the Falls, was destroyed by fire today. The building and contents were estimated to be worth $300,000. Couple Brought From Tacoma. Eramett Selvldge and Alice Roberts, BEGINNING TOMORROW AT THE MAJESTIC REGULAR PRICES CASTOR (A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Slgnaxurocrf f7g76 3 THE most brilliant, splne-thrtlllng patriotic drama ever made Into a motion picture a picture to chal lenge the pride and the conscience of all humanity. - Thousands of men organizing and drilling to fight the battle of civiliza tion. Thousanda of men marching away to the front and into the jaws of death. Before your very eyes nations band ing together In a blood brothershlp against a -common enemy. Heroes and cowards, transformed Into supermen of gigantic courage, walking and scurrying Into a living hell of shells and fumes to bring in the wound ed from artillery-raked plains. Women showing their bravery In the home and at the camps; women living through the Inferno of battle to nurse and stimulate their men to victory; women risking certain death to be near the men they love. And the arrival of the Stara and Stripes on the battle front In France In a climax that brings audiences up to their feet with cheers These are the exciting things you see In Edwin Bower Hesser's Inspiring photo-panorama, TOR ' THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD." Throughout Its eight remarkable reela you hear the tread of thundering feet marching alone the Roads to Glory In defense of their fclood broth ers honor and the rights of civilization. The greatest patriotic drama ever screened K GO! LADIES: If you are downtown slip in and see this. JUST TODAY and Tomorrow A Tip. it Mi sC "X. . V V v, .A - ' i i f J "Alimonv" piy from the pen of a well-known Court Reporter. It rings the bell for action and intense inter est. A few scenes now may save a few scenes later. 5tf LAST DAY TOMORROW THE SURPRISE SHOW CHARMING VIVIAN MARTIN With Those Irish Eyes of Blue in "MOLLY ENTANGLED" and CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "THE ADVENTURER" It's the Wonder Bill