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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. "WEDNESDAY, APRIX lCf, 1918.
AIM
Charter Amendment Will Be
Submitted to Voters at
Primary Election.
COUNCIL'S POWER LARGER
Jropod Amendment Will Give Ol j I
Itirht to Terminate I'tllltlea
Franchises and Eliminate
Cnjost Burden.
A charter amendment providlnc
trirtrr control of public utilities by
the city wtll be submitted to the C'oun
cil today with the request that It be
p!ar4 on the ballot at the coming
primary election, so that the publla
may apnrove It. The amendment has
been framrd by the committee of eight
civic clubs. C. 1. Kauch. chairman, that
has delved Into the vexed subject of
the (-cent fare.
This committee baa worked for t-
ral months past checking; up fran
chisea (ranted by other cities. Mr.
Ranch says that the proposed charter
amendment. If adopted by vote of the
pnnle. will reltere the car rider of
added burdena and will at the same
time epii the way for a reduction of
fare. It proposes that a city com
mission. Instead of the Stat Public
fervic Commission, shall hare author
Ity to deal with utilities and reculate
them.
City Ceatrot Is Prepoeed.
"At present." said Mr. Rauch. "the
elty Is acting, so far as the Council
ft concerned, onder the contract the-
ery. that a franchise is a bargain, and
botn parties are forever bound by Its
terms, no matter what the chanced
conditions that may arise.
The Public Service Commission, on
the other hand, has overridden the
contract provisions of thf franchise of
the local street railway company and
made the car rider pay the entire bur
den to permit the utility to make a
profit and at the same time carry the
extra burden placed upon It when the
areata was first made.
"Other cities have a board of con
trol, a part of the city arovernment.
that acts constantly and adjusts the
differences between the city, the pub
lic and the utility as they come up.
It rea-ulatee the fares downward, as
well as upward, compellinic the utility
to rive maximum servi
sonable charge, resultii
low fare In Cleveland. A lame portion
f the profits are turned over to the
city under the plan prevailing In Chi
cago, Kansas City and elsewhere.
Brian Telle Held I aflr.
T'nfatr burdens that the car rider In
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TODArs FILM FEATTHES.
Peoples "The Kaiser. Beast of
Berlin."
Columbia B I a Barrlscale,
Those Who Pay."
Star Ann Pennington. "Sunshin
Nan"; Fatty Arburkl and Ma
bel Xormand. "His Diving;
Beauty."
Sunset The Prie of a Good
Time": Charlie Chaplin.
"Work."
Liberty William S. Hart. The
Tiger Man"; Mark Sennett'a
Those Athletic Oirls."
Majestic Mabel Taliaferro. "Pac
Ifist or Traitor?"
Globe Marguerite Clark. -Miss
George Washington."
Pre-Geraiaa Disfavor Feared.
"A RCUS LOEW, on of the biggest
"small-time" vaudeville managers
Portland bears are paving and bridge In America. Is quoted as refusing to
tolls. Over II.00o.00O is Invested In booj, ,he .en,-, -m. Eagle s Eye," In
p.vlnr between the rails and along h, ,,.,, for f,.r u wouI(1 offend
the tracks of the company In the city . . ,,,. , . ,
snd the bridge toll Is 3 cents per car B,s Ptrn German descent. Now
and all of these sums come out of the UP to him to square himself with
pocket of the car rider. I his American clientele.
There are more than IS. 009 auto I The Eagle's Eye" is a Dlctur made
ajsers In the city, who have reduced the i,h ,B. .o-oner.tin or ihir rivnn
earning, of the rtcr coPy and hed f v
these wear the pavements worse than I
h. .treetora. vet thev par nothing to crt Service, showing In detail the
maintain them. On the bridges they I manner In which the German spy ,or-1 Inspirations, soma of the best coming;
star's husband if she has a husband
snd his wife (Marie Doro). are not In
the set. Dexter has made love to Mar
guerite Clark, Irene Castle, Una Cav
alier!. Blanche Sweet. Mary Plckford.
Alice Brady, .Kathlyn Williams and
many other stars.
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They say that that to-be-famous
star. Mona Lisa, used to be Amy Jerome,
of Fox.
Do yon remember Cleo Rldgely?
Well, she was reported permanently
retired from the screen through an
accident. The latest la that she is
Mrs. Jim Home, wife of the former
Kalem and present Universal director,
and Is the mother of husky twins,
Jimmy, Jr., and June Jessamine.
They say there's only one ' possible
place harder on clothes than a picture
studio during; the filming of a serial,
and that's a coal mine.
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Charlie Chaplin spent half that mil
lion be Is to get for his first year's
work for the First National Exhibitor's
Circuit In building himself a wonderful
studio. Address, Hollywood. Cal.
"I am so criticised for what I wear."
says Theda Bara, "the "Cleopatra
gowna In particular. But you will
not believe me but L myself, do not
wear one-piece bathing suits."
Theda admits that she's a slave to
New Legislative Committee
'Proposes to Absorb Func
tions of Individual Unions.
EXECUTIVE BOARD NAMED
cause more wear and tear to the struc- Iganlsatlon operated In thla country.
tores than the car, yet they pay no I It la supposed to divulge the Inner
toll. I secrets of the Lusltania tragedy and
The property owner who lives on the I Innumerable plots against American
streets where there are no car tracks I industrial plants.
par for paving the entire width of the I From witnessing this exposure Mr.
treat, and when he rides on the street- ut wouia protect . ms uermaa pa-
car, he help also pav the street In I Irons. And this In the face of the
front of the man whose property abuts sacred duty or every American, at
a street on which a car track la laid. I every opportunity, to snow tn thou
sands of honest German-Americans the
horrible machination of the Kaiser's
system.
Short Pictures Going.
Asaradmeat to Briu Relief.
"Landlords who own property at the
busy downtown street Intersections
where there are transfer point, have
their property enhanced In value at
the cost of the streetcar rider, who I Production of moving picture de-
Belpe pay for the pavement In rront or I creased In 117 bv 744 reel from the
the downtown skyscraper and office I total In 11. In number of pictures
building. I the decrease waa 99. The output
The City Attorney has pointed out I tor 117 waa 1114 pictures, with a total
that no relief can com save through a I ef g43 reels an average of slightly
"charter amendment and w are pro- l irsa than three reels to the subject.
vidlng such an amendment. We believe I xhe 11 product averaged only a little
the city can lorce reasonaDi amena- more than two reela to the picture. In
ments to the company s franchise, oe- I other words, the short nicture la going.
cause the high rate of fare now In ef- I it had to go. The one-reel drama waa
lo'i make competition Inviting. I an abomination, not because a story
The proposed amendment provides I cannot be told In one reeL but because
that power be given to the city to ter- I the buyer of single reel pictures will
minate utilities franchisee at any time I Dot pay enough for them to make it
In the event ot ud raitn or poor serv- possible to put good stuff Into them.
Ice: it gives the Council power to elim
inate unjust burdens upon the car
rider already mentioned, and a board
ef control within the city la also pro
vided for."
COLLISION WITH CAR FATAL
I'hrlMian Stertx. Motorcyclist. Dies
at Hospital; Companion Hart.
Christian Stertx. of S0 East Thir
teenth street North, died at the Good
hamaritan Hospital at 6:30 last even
ing of a fractured skull, received when
Ms motorcycle collided with an avving
ton streetrar at Fast Seventh and Mult
nomah streets shortly after 7 o'clock
yesterday morning, lie never regained
consciousness.
Stertx was driving the machine when
lie struck the car and R. R. Remlck.
an eyewitness, aald that the cycle was
traveling at a rate of speed which
would not permit it coming to a halt
In an effort to avert the smash-up.
Henry Glanx. of 50 East Tenth
street, a companion, sustained a broken
shoulder and a fractured Jaw.
The dead man wa not married. Motor-
man A. B. Brown and Conductor W. G.
Eichels were In charge of the streetcar.
And one company has Just announced
that It would discontinue even the
three-reel picture.
Hart Aids Red Star.
William S. Hart leading his pinto
pony Frltx. made a pilgrimage through
the business section of Los Angeles last
week soliciting funds for the Red Star
Society. The first stop waa mad In
front of the City Hall, where Hart
poke of the part that I being played
by animal In the war. and passed the
hat to the assembled multitude-
Other stops were made about town.
and the tour ended at Central Park.
where BUI and Frits met the children
of the city. More than 1500 waa raised
for the Red Star organixatlon.
STUDENTS TO STAGE FIGHT
Battle Will Be Waged on Campus by
Cadet Regiment.
Or.ElWN" AGR1CVLTUR AL COLLEGE.
Corvallis. April . (Special.) A battle
will be waited on the campus by the
cadet regiment as soon aa the weather
permits. The boys will be divided Into
two squads and will be stationed at the
cast and west ends of the campus.
Strategic advances will be made and
the combat will be spectacular.
Blank ammunition will be used.
Call Sent to College Stadents.
OREGON AGRICI LTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis. April 9. (Special.) A short
age of men In the Vniied, states Recla
mation Service, bureau of standards
and geologic survey, a as led the Fed
eral Board of Vocational Training to
issue a call for college student to train
for position In thi work. The period
of training will be from May 1 to Oc
tober 1 and will be open to students
who have had on year's training in
r-hyslca or civil engineering. Member
of th enlisted reserv or thos men
below conscript age are eligible. The
board has requested President Kerr to
rrleas men for thi training from col
Soreen Gossip.
Eugene O'Brien and David Powell
will support Katherlne Calvert, widow
of Paul Armstrong;, in the plcturlxa
tion of his play, "Romance of the
Underworld."
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's first Wash
ington motion picture was "A Modern
Musketeer," - the Pouglas Fairbanks
Kansas cyclone affair.
George M. Cohan. Gerald ine Farrar
and Caruso are the only stage luminar
ies who figure with Fairbanks, Pick-
ford. Hart and Chaplin in the amount
of Income tax payments to the Government.
e e
George Lark In. at present playing
in a Pathe serial, but before that a
Kalem star, and Olive Kirby. likewise
a former star of the Kalem firmament,
were married secretly at Santa Ana,
Cal.. the other day.
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There' a chap named Billy West
who imitatea Charlie Chaplin. After
much persuasion, Charlie waa Induced
to go to a theater where one of the
Billy West imitations of his earlier
efforts was being shown. Chaplin sat
silent through the tragedy, and walked
silently with a friend to the sidewalk.
"What do you think of it?" the friend
asked. "Well, one of us is rotten,"
Chaplin laconically replied.
Under the allied draft agreement
Jack Plckford waa subject to Canadian
call, but he apparently beat them to
It by enlisting in the United States
Navy. Charlie Chaplin and his brother.
Kid. also are included, but It's doubtful
if Charlie will be taken, aa he has a
chest measurement of only 2t Inches.
Kenneth Harlan, popular young lead
ing man, has been drafted.
Elliott Dexter confesses that while
ove-maklng In pictures is not real, he
to her In her tub.
Blanche Sweet, rejuvenated In mind
and body. Is soon to return to the
screen.
Inee ha another feminine "find."
Her name Is Beverly Travers. she's a
beautiful blonde who has no acquaint
anceship with peroxide, Is a perfect
10-something or other, and Is going
to play the role of a corset model in
an early Charles Ray picture.
Otto Hartwig, President; E. J. Stack
Secretary Third 'of Committee'
Membership Identified With
Non-Partisan Movement.
What virtually amounts to the aboli
tion of the legislative committees of
th various trade unions affiliated with
the Central Labor Council and the ab
sorblng of the functions by an execu
tive committee Is the plan of the labor
legislative committee, which was or
ganized Sunday afternoon. Already
some of the union men are resenting
the tone of superiority assumed by this
new political movement within the
ranks of organized labor.
An executive committee of nine mem
bers Is designed to say what candi
dates and measures the union voters
shall support, and one-third of the
membership of this committee has been
closely Identified with the movement
to bring the Non-Partisan League to
Oregon. Candidates for the leglsla
ture who voted for the anti-conspiracy
bill in the 1917 session will not be In
dorsed if they seek re-election this
year.
27 Unions Represented.
The meeting last Sunday was called
by the Central Labor Council and was
to consist of the president ana secre
tary of each section of organized labor
represented in the central body. There
were about 40 delegates present, repre
senting 27 unions, and, as E. J. Stack
announced, they represented about two
fifths of the unions In the city. Harry
Anderson, acting president of the Cen
tral Labor Council, in the absence of
C. P. Howard, presided in the prelim
inary session, but when permanent or
ganization was effected otto Hartwig,
president of the State Federation oi
Labor, and E. J. stack, secretary or me
state organization, were given these
same offices In the labor legislative
committee. Anderson was made vice-
Dresldent.
It was suggested mat tnree addi
tional members, with Hartwig and
Stack, comprise the executive commit
tee, but C. H. Gram, candidate for State
Labor Commissioner, contended that it
should be a larger body, and the ex
ecutive board of nine was decided upon.
This executive board consists of the
following, aside from Hartwig and
Stack: Mr. Hibbs. of the carpenters;
Mr. Jensen, of the painters: Mr. Han
nan, of the ironworkers: Mr. Walker,
of the streetcar men; Mr. Foley, of the
plasterers: Mr. Bourne, of the electrical
workers, and Mr. Wolfe, of the butch
ers.
Not All Unions Are Friendly.
A motion was made and adopted that
all legislative matters be referred to
this executive board by the legislative
committees" of the various unions, for
final action. Testerday this motion
was the subject of lively discussion
among some of the union men. As the
legislative committee of each Individ
ual union has been selected with a
view to getting the best available tal
ent to handle such problems, not all
of the unions are friendly to the idea
of having the executive board of the
labor legislative committee act as a
board of censors.
In other words, the respective legisla
tive committss are said to feel that
they have as good political judgment
as the executive board of the newly
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formed organization, and hence there
is no good reason why these various
committees should abdicate in favor of
the nine.
With three of the nine members of
the new executive board strongly In
sympathy with the propaganda of the
Non-Partisan League there is a sus
picion that the new-born labor legisla
tive committee may be a subterfuge for
the league to take a hand In politics in
this state since the league itself be
came discredited recently. The loyalty
of union men has caused them to turn
cold shoulder to the league, as It
was first presented in this state and
they will view with grave suspicion
the executive committee of nine until
firmly convinced that it is not in real
ity a convenient subterfuge for the
Non-Partisan League.
STUDENTS HELP DRIVE
MART'S RIVER LOGGING CAMP IS
SCENE OF BIG RALLY.
Visitor Are Treated to Elaborate Din
ner, Followed by Addresses and
Patriotic Musical Numbers.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, April 9. (Special.1 To the
Mary's River logging camp, located
many miles from a railroad, the mes
sage of the liberty loan was carried
last night by a group of Oregon Agri
cultural College students and pro
fessors.
The party from the college left Cor-
vallls In the afternoon and drove to
Noon, where they boarded flatcars for
a two hours' Journey. After riding two
hours the train stalled on a heavy
grade. The only means of reaching the
camp was by means of a cable and
donkey engine. A flatcar was un
coupled from the train and the cable
was fastened and the long ascent be
gun.
At the top another engine was wait
ing to take the party to the camp. Din
ner in the long dining-room was
waiting the college folk. Following
dinner the loggers assembled for the
liberty meeting.
The girls and boys, with ukuleles,
guitars and banjos, sat on grocery
boxes and sang and played for an hour.
Patriotic songs, college medleys and
old-fashioned favorites were sung.
Then came two short addresses on the
war.
Those who made the trip were Dean
George Peavy, E. T. Reed, Jack Porter,
A. J. Young, Helen Wheeler, Edith
Mihnos and Florence and Mary Holmes,
of Portland; Violet Lister, of Prlne
vllle; L. K. Fraley and Ed Olson, of
Portland, and Carroll Cornell, of Grants
Pass.
Tacoma After Aviation Base.
TACOMA, Wash., April 9. (Special.)
Anouncement of the appointment of
board of four Army officers and one
civilian to select sites for two big
aviation bases on the Pacific Coast,
one of which will be in the North Pa
cific district, finds Taooma alert In
presenting its advantages for one of
the bases. The Commercial Club has
telegraphed Its representative In Wash
ington, D. C, full information on the
facilities which Tacoma affords and
abundant data will be provided today
before the board.
WORK DAY IS EXTENDED
HIGHWAY COMMISSION ASSERTS
EMERGENCY EXISTS.
Work Near Ashland, on Lower Colom
bia Highway and Near Sheridan to
Be Poshed, I Decision.
Prospective road work in various
localities was discussed informally by
members of the State Highway Commis
sion at a meeting in this city yester
day. In each case action was deferred
pending authorization by the Federal
Government of a further bond Issue.
The Commission has applied to the
capital issues committee of the Federal
Reserve bank for permission to sell
more bonds with which to finance con
struction work that was included in
this year's road building programme.
Until these funds are provided further
improvement work must wait.
No bids having been submitted, the
commission decided to proceed with
the grading of the underground rail
road crossing near Ashland on force
account. Resolutions were also adopt
ed declaring an emergency to exist on
the paving workeiear Sheridan, also on
the lower Columbia River and the
work day was extended to 10 hours.
R. A. Booth, of Eusene, recently ap
pointed a member of the commission to
succeed E. J. Adams, also of Lane
County, met with the board yesterday
for the first time.
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
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