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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1918)
Tin: .3ioh?ct"o oregontax. frtdat. feihixtatit 13, 191s. CLOUDING OF TITLE CADIGAI1 IS TARGE . i , , 1 1 1 1 1 . : Moving. PicTUDEi Hzvs:.fi THIS IS HOW THE GREATEST FILM CRITIC IN THE WORLD RECOM MENDS IT: "'Parentage' is the tort of film I have been praying and yell' ing for all these months. It is the greatest film dealing with vital home problems that has ever been produced. Delight fully entertaining forceful with momenta of heart touch' CAUSED BY STARS New World Life Trouble Comes to Surface. Estate of Late A. R. Menden hall Entangled Through Be Cef in Power of Prophet. $8500 LOAN QUESTIONED President of Insurance Company 14-YEAR-OLD SON IS SUED Which Took Over Columbia Lifo & Trust Is Sued Secretary Treaanrer Also Defendant. ing pathos. You'll love it." I t f m , f V v. X. ill la Order to Clear Title to Property Mr. Mradreball Brine Actio Afalnst Owl Son Deed Filed for Record Atrd Removed. TTa belief la the up mat orl pew r of m star s;asr to look Into th fa tor (iiMd Alfred R- Mendenhall. tnmer prominent Portland attorney, , who died Dmalxr 1. last, to satanf;! hi property, valued at about SJtf.euo. la such a manner that his widow. M Ib-netta Mrnrienhall. was forced to brine suit acainst her 14-year-old ion. Seth. In order that till to la properly mivht bo cteared. Tn!a onuBl state of affair wm brought to llaht yesterday la tho flllns: of a civil auit by Mrs. Mendenhall In which her son Is macl defendant. 8h Hrki to hav a ded stcned by her Ur 4. 1)11. set aside In order that she anient recaln rlar tltlo to the prop erty, which brines la an annual In com of approximately 11 000 Aerordtna; to the complaint. Mra Indnhall signed a deed riving- hr husband all her property In ISIS. This deed was rtled for record July 2C. 1917. Mr. Mendenhall died Iecembr 1. 11 Waving; no wilL I'nder the Oregon slat- tea the son Is mad the sole heir at law where ao will can bo found. Mrs. Mendenhall alleged la her complaint that the deed Bled by her now deceased husband Is aot the one which she signed. tar Caaer aoaaht. Investigation yesterday revealed the fart that Mr. Memlenhalt last Summer sous-tit the services of a star it axe r dur ing; tbe Um that hta wife was criti cally ML This alleced prophet. It was learned, told Mr. Mendenhall that he would live to be TO years of axe. al though he advised the attorney that there would he a death la the family during; the year. It was learned that Mr. Meadenhall had previously deid his property to his wife, but when he thought, after advising- with the star gaier. that hta wii would soon die. he had the deed filed for record, lie had not Intended alms; the deed. It was stated. In the event that his wife should recover, as he was willing; that the property re mam la her name. tiaordlaa la Masaed. Krm tat Mrs. Meadenhall has been forced to nle suit aaaiaal her own aosrj la order to clear title to the property, II will be necessary for the court to name saaaardian of her boy's estate. It Is aaderstood that Mra U". N. Catena, wife of Cirrwit Juris Catena and Sister of Mra Mendenhall. will be ap pointed the boys guardian. Attorneys for both Mrs. Mendenhall aad the estate of Alfred It- Meadenhall. deceased, declared there was ao tsosxbt or charse of fraud la any man aer ia coanectioa with tbe salt- Title - to the property would not have been eloofied. It was assertsd. had not Mra Mesdenhairs Illness last Summer, ceupled with her husband's Informa tion from the star eraser, caused him lo nle a deed which ha had aver la tended should be Bled. In fart. Mra Meadenhall was ap pointed administratrix of her husband's eefete In an order sisrned by County Jades TaawelL Ir(mb.r 11. last, aad la , aow nervine In that rapacity. SILVER LAKE LINE BEGUN Railway Work Marled to Tap Klcb Itody or Timber. . KfTLeVX trash.. Teb. It (Speclalr Ptensun of the Ontraader Katlway t Timber Company's locctnc ratlwsv to rSh-h a section of timber near ISUver . lake, purchased this Winter. Is aow under way. The body of timber lies la lb Mirer Lake watershed and within a half mile of the laaa shore and to reach It the traader Company rail way must cross the dlvH between Uetrander Creek and Silver Lake. The aew!y purchased section I one of the he-t la this part of the atale and rfi 1 - s Ken r seseteeo feet 2 DAYS FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN IX FIGHTING BLOOD GO! Then, Too, No. 2 of the Finley Nature Pictures Pictojrraph "MUTT & JEFF1 - . ..i ii .mull i hi ( Tui-u i i ii ii ''"TT!? " ' -i t .... .. - fX . i iii,sii.iiii.'A. 4 ii n,;U.fc-sW" -- : -' r, J.V.i-' ': ." :i ..' ; : " Ji .-i-,"-.- '-V;; i-a. , k - v-:,v.- iv :.:! h: v A if. :.; -. V.':: . '. . . ., a A Y sVw.: .... ,.v K r VV-: - v-Cw-i .) I I : -V : 3tMro " CeM-fm -ion TODAY'S FILW f E.ITl'REt, People s Winston Churchill's The Crlsls.- Columbla WUllara S. Hart. "The rlarealn." 8tar Harry Carey. "The Phan tom Kl.lers." Sunset -Jack and the Bean staik. XJbertr Hush man and Bayne. -Fia-Mlna- Hlood." Majeaiio Viola Dana. "Blue Jeans- C l.i be Wsllare Reld and Myrtle Sledtuan. The World Apart." Liberty. PLKNTT of humor, a tours or patno aad an abundance of action are all woven Into a romantic comedy of excellent entertainment value In Flshtlnic Blood. the new local tltl for tbe latest Francis X. Bushman- Beverly Bayne Metro photoplsy. "Red. White and Blue Blood." This five- reel er. with the second Installment of he Flnley Nature Pictures. Paramount rictoitrmphs and cartoon comedy, pro vide a pleaslos prof rammt for Liberty patrons. There ar plenty of eenolnely hu morous situations In "Flithllng Blood,1 much of It supplied by Charles Jsdwln as a broken-hearted fat man. aad Adel la Barker as the wealthy Mrs. Smyth. The wild and wholly West the West of train hold-up and heroes and the effete Kset vie with each other In local Interest la this Metro drama, with a few dashes of spectaculsrlty to add lo tbe romance centering on the hand some Bushman and his fair film part ner. Miss Bavne. Bushman plays tbe role of John PnauMlnc In "i'lichtlns; Blood." He res cues Helen In the West, folltne; a train- robblna- crew, and then, when vlslttnir hls wealthy father In the East, again comes to the rescue of the frlrL He plana to teach Helen, a heart-breaker. a lesson: and she. hearlns; of this, ac cents a Count, who plana to wed the Ctrl and then blackmail her family . tiDauldtnsr works so fast and so suc cessfully thst when the enttaaement is announced bis name Is substituted for : InSt OI tne louni. wnw v. en t miwu ' when be tries to escape with a small fortune In Jewel -Tsmlna- Wild Birds" Is the title of the second Installment of tbe Flnley ! Nature Pictures. The picture starts 1 with a little rlrl beat Ins: a hen with I chickens, and from that develop Into the appreciation and taminc of wild birds. ' Sunset. Jack, the oeaaUful Princess, the fearful Giant who eat boy and (Iris, the Giantess, the villainous Count, and all of the other Osures of that famous old fairy tale. -Jak and the Bean stalk." are srlamorously presented In that maenlrtcent William Fox specta cle now betnc exhibit at the Sunset Theater. The ongrtnal picture ha been reduced to entertainment of an hour and a half, which makes It svsa mor appealtnr. Fox spent many thousands of dollars la the maklna of -Jack and th Bean talk." th settlnys Including; a minia ture vlliaae for the members of ths (Kiddle hins-Uom. and a huge castle for UiO oianc ana nie Breei. p.iihi ion wealth of barksround move Francis Carpenter, the heroic Jack, and little Vtrftn.a Lee Cor bin. ae the Princes and a host of precocious youngsters Bsc 're la htstronlc are dear. The picture opens with Jsck and th row he sold for a handful of beans. Thsy ar tossed Into the yard by his Irate mother. Then, wonder of gran der, th next moraine Jack rise to behold th bean sprouted and bus stalks reeehtov -tato ths sky. He climb th vtn. reaches stranc country, and the beams th adva ture with too leiaeL with Jack steal- Ine the hen that lays the golden eggs and th sinirlns; harp. The Invasion of the mldfret vlllsne by the Olant. with Its many hilarious in cidents, the capture of the J?rlncess, her confinement In the csstle. the at tack by Jack and th boat of little folks, their defeat, then the escape of the Princess and the death of the Olant aa he attempts to climb down tbe beanstalk, are all pictured In a manner to send childhood Into ecsta cles and please and amuse their elders. This Is one of th many big. features Manaasr-Owner Jennings has procured for hi bun set patrons. SPOKANE, 'Wash, Feb. 14. (Spa claL) Tba New World Life Insurance Company, which a few months ago ab sorbed the business of the Columbia Life A Trust Company of Portland, Is In th throe of a quarrel that promises to cause sweeping changes in the offi cers and management. The '.rouble came to th surface late this afternoon- Charring that lalse representations were made by John J. Cadlgan, presi dent of tbe New World Life Insurance Company, to secure a loan from the company of IS500. offering as security property valued at $5500, the Insurance company and aeveral of its officers, in cluding Thomas A. K. Lally. J. M. Shan non, tr. II. B. Luhn, Edward M. Wal- dron and Dr. Edward Logan, have Died suit in th Superior Court against President Cadlgan. Edward O'&hea. secretary-treasurer of the company, is also made a defend ant. it being asserted he bad knowl- eda; of the deal. The action seeks the recoverv of $8500 on the ground that the company only recently has been apprised of the true value of tbe property, and now desires to cancel the loan, which was made in 1911. In the complaint It Is asserted that for the purpose of fixing a value on the property against which the mort gage was written. Mr. Cadlgan filed I deed to the property, transferring it to Garnett H. Murray, at a considera tion of $8500, and that tbe loan, was secured by Mr. Murray and turned over to Mr. Cadlgan. the filing of the deed in no way changing the' true owner ship of the property, which is located in Saunders Addition. "I know nothing of the suit," stated Mr. Cadigan at his home tonight. "I have been at home sick all day." The business of the Columbia Life & Trust Company, which Is mostly in Oregon, is declared in no way impaired. as tne ftew world Life is financially strong. DADS AND SONS BANQUET Baker Celebrates at Elks' nail. Flag With 70S Stars Presented. BAKER, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Two hundred and fifty happy boys and their fathers, or borrowed fathers, par ticipated in a big banquet at the Elks Hali here tonight in order properly to celebrate Father and Son day. Tbe number present was limited to 250, ow ing to lack of greater accommodations. The banquet hall was decorated with the flags of the allied nations, the fea ture being a big service flag containing a star for each man that is now in the United States service from Baker. The number of stars on the flag was 703. Mayor C. L. Palmer acted as toast master for the occasion and announced tbe programme, which Included num bers by the Baker High School Glee Club: "Our Dads." responded to by George Hogg; "Our Sons." Frank Gar dinler; "The Sons In Uniform." C. H. McColloch; "Showing Our Colors at Home." Joe Boyer: "Getting Acquainted and Working Together." Professor S. H. Brush: "The Threefold Challenge." Rev. C. H. Hilton. The presentation of the service flag to Baker County was made by C. L. Shaw, local superintendent of th T. M. C A. Wlnslock Brings "Parentage." Melvln G. Wlnstock. former Portland theatrical man and now active In the film distribution business as a member of th Arm handling Schlalfer attrac tions. Is In Portland with "Parentage," th big seven-reel production which Is being distributed on a states right. i This plctur received a censorship screening a day or two ago at the Ma jestic and will be shown at that photo play-house commencing tomorrow. The prod uctlon - scored a record-breaking success at tne fctrana Theater, Seattle, and has played to capacity crowds in other cities. Its players Include many PENDLETON GETS SNOW Fall of Six Inches Recorded Ronnd-Fp City. in PEXDLETOV. Or.. Feb. 14. CSpe- IcIaL) Predictions of a snowless Winter were set at naught this morning when the people of Pendleton awoke to find nearly six inches of snow on the ground. Snow has fallen In other parts of the county during th week, but there was none in Pendleton until this morning. prominent Dim .tars. Including HobartJ, ,w T ' " " ""y u... j H.rK.r. f.ati.tn 4hu laid the ground nearly bare again. IQDIV Ue.V UCtU . V a.lUMO .,u,ll of snow during th Winter, but hardly enough fell each time to cover th ground. i MILITARY FUNERAL PLAN Late Dudley A. Loomls, Aviator to Be Accorded Honors by Colleges Screen Gossip. Thomas H. Inc Is a firm believer In "types" for his Art era ft and Paramount pictures. - For Enid Bennett's new fea ture, "Naughty! Naughty!" h angaged a young fellow named John Blake, who "hails" from Mississippi. Blake has the rol of a "cut-up" in a small Ksnsas town. Th author of th story Insisted that th character b a thin Individual. so when Blak applied for an engage ment Mr. Inc quickly hired him. be cause, as Bisk himself expressed It: "I'm so durned thin I have to hav all my clothe, eiceptln' my handkerchiefs, mad 40 order:" Ueorg Creel, chairman of ths com mittee on public information of the United, States Government, has given th Universal Weekly an official status by appointing Jack Cohn. its editor, as an amploy of th bureau. Mr. Creel feel that In This wsy Ji can effect greater co-operation between the Gov ernment and the producer. . e e On otf th largest studio scenes on record was constructed for Mabel Nor mand's picture. "Dodging a Million." from th story by Edgar Selwyn and A M. Kennedy. It represents th foyer and reception hall of a big New York hotel. Ninety-five feet long and 50 feet wide, it covered almost two-thirds the length of tbe great Goldwyn studio at Fort Loe, N. J. To make ths "long shot" Director Ceorg Loan Tucker and Cameraman Olll Marsh had to stand In th cold on a gallery built out from th tudla door while th scores of extra people and the star worked in th cosy warmth within. e e e Nobl M. Johnston, who plays rough and Western parts in tbe motion pic tores, was granted a divorce from his wife. Ruth Johnstoa. at Los Angeles Isst week. When the ' case was first lrrd several weeka ago Johnston's attoraey -begged a continuance on the grounds that his client wsa to be hung oa th day set for trial and couldn't be present. N6 Judg wants to hold up a plctur. so th cat was postponed un til the actor was properly and com pletely lynched before th camera. .-, Cecil B. T Mill has secured permis sion from the Government to use opium pipes and things In his first special production for Artcraft and It Is said that Raymond Hatton is studying up to become an opium smoker. Just what bey ar all doing I don't know, because they are working on ths dark stase at th studio and all the doors ar barred. t BEGIMNINGr SATURDAY SEE IT- THENlOJWILL RECOMMEND IT i I I ! 3 i ! 3 J W Til ! a R. J I I 0 ".Jrx'. -1- , ... s-a- a J J of $1,010,600 several months before the close of the year. School children are purchasing about 10V0 worth of stamps a week. Pendleton Soldier Dies. PENDLETON", Or- Feb. 14. (Spe- lal) Word was received here today of the death at one of the Eastern raining camps of Roy Emery, of Pen- leton. Pneumonia was Riven as tne cause. The young man leaves a wire nd two children here. He was a farm aborer and enlisted in Spokane a tew months ago. Red Cross Vacancies Filled. CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the executive committee of the Red Cross last night 11 vacancies In the chapter caused by resignations were filled. IT. F. Edgre- electe? to the executive committee to succeed Mrs. Norman Mills and Rev. F. E. Dorris. Mrs. A. J. White was chosen head of the supply department of the women's bureau and Mrs. Albert Smith was made head of the miscella neous department. Baker Elks to Celebrate. BAKER, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Baker Lodge of Elks will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the order tomorrow night with a big ban quet and other festivities. Places will be laid for 125 guests. The local speak ers will be W. S. Levens, A. A- Smith, Charles Breck and George B. SmalL Centralia Reports Enlistments. CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Jeffie Stinchcomb, Ellsworth Pearsall, William Webber and William UXrVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow. Feb. 14. (Special.) The full honors of a complete military funeral will be ac corded the late Dudley A. Loom is, pilot Lieutenant and former University of Idaho undergraduate, who waa killed In an air plane accident at Fort Sill, Okla.. last Thursday. This was tbe an nouncement made today from the office of First Lieutenant Luther Felker. U. S. A.i retired, university commandant. The cadets of both tbe university bat talion and the Washington State Col lege corps will participate in the funeral ceremonies. $74,651 PUTJN STAMPS Grays Harbor Fails to Reach Month- , ly Quota by $2 703. ABERDEEN, Wash, Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor bought .74.651 worth of thrift stamps and war saving stamps in January, or just $2701 under the monthly allotment of this district. Sales were more than three times those of December. Leaders In the sales drive predict that if interest con tinues to grow at Its present rate the county will have purchased Its quota 20 MILLION PEOPLE USE CASCARETS Will Only True Tonic for Liver and Bowels Costs 10 Cents a Box. Cascarets are a treat! They liven your liver, clean your thirty feet of bowels and sweeten your stomach. You eat one or two Cascarets like candy before going to bed and in the morning your head is clear, tongue is clean, stomaoh sweet, breath right, and cold gone and you feel grand. Get a 10 or 26-cent box at any drug store and enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever ex perienced. Stop sick headaches, bilious spells, indigestion, furred, tongue, of fensive breath and constipation. Moth ers should rive cross, peevish, feverish, bilious, children -a whole Cascaret any time. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Oyer 30 Years Always bears ths SSenatoro of CLEAR YOUR SKIN SAVE YOUR HAIR WITH CUTICURA The Japanese Way to Remove Corns Doesn't Hurt a Bit Easy and Simple The Magic Touch of Ice-Mint Does It Just a Touch Stops Soreness, Then the Corn or Callous Shrivels and Lifts Off Try It. Your Feet Will Feel Cool and Fine. Just a touch of Ice-mint and "Oh!" what relief. Corns and callouses vanish, soreness disappears and you can dance all night or walk all day and yeur corns won't hurt a bit. No matter what you have tried or how many time you hav been disap pointed, here Is a real help for you at last. From th very second that Ice-mint touches that sore, tender corn your poor, tired, aching feet will feel so cool, easy and comfortable that you will Just sigh with rellet. Think of It; just a little touch of that delightful, cooling Ios-mlnt and real foot Joy is yours. No matter how old or touph your pet com Is, be will shrivel right up and you can pick him out after a touch of Ice-mint. No pain, not a bit of soreness, either when applylnc it or afterwards, and it doesn't even Irri tate the skin. Ice-mint is the real Japanese secret of fine, healthy little feet. Prevents foot odors and keeps them cool, sweet and comfort able. It Is now selling- like wildfire here. Just ask in any drugstore for a little Ice mint and give your poor, suffering, tired feet the treat of their lives. There is noth ing betetr nor .nothing "Just as good." adv. Harlock, four Fords Prairie boys, have enlisted in the Engineering Corps. They reported for duty today. Klmer Snyder and Robert Boardman, both of Chehalis, were enlisted yesterday by Sergeant Percy Pizor, local marine re cruiting officer. NOW RAISES 600 CHICKENS After Being Relieved of Or ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Oregon, HI. "I took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for an or ganic trouDie wnicn pulled me down un til I could not put my foot to tbe floor and could scarcely do my work, and as I live on a small farm and raise six hundred chickens every year it made it very bard for me. "I saw the Com pound advertised in our paper, and tried it. It has restored my health so I can do all my work and I am so grateful that I am recommend-- ing it to my mends. Mrs. u. m. Alters, K. R. 4, Oregon, 111. Onlywomen whohave suffered the tor tures of such troubles and have dragged along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, brourht to Mrs. Alters. Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters condition should profit by her recom mendation, and if there are any com plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. The result of their 40 years experience is at vour service. : iiiraii I ' '51 OLD AGE A CRIME! Some people are young at 60 red cheeked, ruddy and vigorous. Others are old at 40 joints beginning to stif fen up a bit; step beginning; to lag and lose its springiness; occasional touches of pain in the back, feel tired without cause, and possibly a twinge of rheumatic pain. In most cases these are the danger signals to warn you that the kidneys are not promptly doing their work of throwing off the poisons that are al ways forming In the body. To neglect these natural warnings Is a crime against yourself. If you have these symptoms you can find prompt relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. For more than 200 years this has been the recognized remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem OH Capsules are imported direct from the labora tories at Haarlem, Holland. Get them at your druggists. Do not take a sub stitute. In boxes three sizes. Adv. J