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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1918)
6 CITY TO BE WOOL CENTER OF WEST War Board's Ruling Makes Great Industry Tribu tary to Portland. SHIPMENTS TO COME HERE Price of 1918 Clip Officially Fixed on Basis of July 20, 1917. Government Has Prior Rights to Commodity. OREGONIAN NFWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 20. Portland, the only distributing point established by tbe Government west of St. Louis, accord ing to regulations promulgated today by the wool committee of the War In dustries Board, promises to become the great wojl center for the entire West and the point to which most Western wools will naturally be shipped. These regulations, whioh fix prloes previously announced in these dis patches under date of April 24, go further and prescribe conditions under which the 1918 wool clip shall be handled and marketed. In the main, the regulations are de signed to encourage the prompt ship ment of wool after clipping, so that its movement may not later retard the movement of farm crops. In order that the 1913 wool clip may be promptly concentrated near manu facturing centers and to make use of every available agency for storing and grading, all territory wocls must be consigned to one of the designated dis tributing centers, which are as follows: Portland, Or.; Chicago, New York City, St. Louis, Boston and Philadelphia. The only -exception is that clips of under 1000 pounds may be sold by the owner. In buying these small clips, the buyer must recognize that ha is entitled to only a small profit, which must not ex ceed 2 cents per pound. Growers, if they desire for any rea son to consign their wool through their banker, country merchants, or others may do so, and said bank, country mer chant, or others may receive a commis sion or compensation for handling said growers' wool (in no case to exceed one-half cent per pound). Such com mission or compensation is to be paid by grower. Prompt Action Recommended Growers are, however, urged to con sign their own wool and get the full price "as soon as possible after the wool reaches the railroad." The owner nhould load it and consign it to any approved dealer he may select in one of the designated distributing centers, who will there deliver the wool to the Government or to some manufacturer to whom the Government may allot it. These approved dealers will store, in sure and deliver the wool under the Government regulation. The grower does not pay the com mission or compensation for handling wools in the designated distributing centers. This commission or compen sation for handling will be; added to the selling price of the wool and paid by the buyer. In order that the Government may have full control of the wool situa tion, with & view of conserving, as far as may be necessary, the wool supply for military purposes, it is con sidered necessary to prohibit manufac turers from buying wool except in the designated distributing centers, and then only with the permission and con sent of the Government under such regulations as the Government may hereafter make. Mills to Receive Permits. However, mills located in woolgrow lng districts not near to the designated centers of distribution and which are working on Government orders will be given permits to buy certain amounts of wool in their immediate neighbor hood. Growers who desire to do so will be allowed to pool their clips in quan tities of not less than minimum car loads of 16,000 pounds and consign the wools so pooled as one account to any approved dealer in any approved dis tributing center. Prices on all wools, as soon as graded, will be fixed by a Government valua tion committee, appointed for that pur pose in the different distributing cen ters Prices to be paid by the Government at distributing centers for such wool as it may require are to be those es tablished as of July 80, 1917, at -the Atlantic seaboard markets. In addition to those prices the Government is to pay a further sum equal to 4 per cent of the selling prices to cover compen sation or commission to approved deal ers. Fixed Prices to Be Paid. On wool not taken by the Govern ment for its own use and which may be allocated for other uses, prices will also be fixed in accordance with July SO. 1917, values at Atlantic seaboard markets and on ouch wool approved dealers shall be entitled to a compen sation or commission of a sum equal to 4 per cent of the selling price. This commission or compensation shall be a charge against said wool and shall be collected from the manufacturer to whom said wool is allocated. As a guard against profiteering the books of all approved dealers in dis tributing centers shall be at all times open to Government inspection. WATCH POSLAM SUBDUE AND HEAL WORST. ECZEMA Every Eczema sufferer should know Just how greatly Poslam is able to benefit this stubborn trouble: how quickly it brings relief, stops itching; cools, soothes and comforts. To spread Poslam ovtr an angry, affected surface is to feel that here, in reality, is just the healing influence the skin demands. Treatment is usually surprisingly short and improvement noticed every day. Poslam is harmless; use it for Pimples, Hashes and all eruptlonal disorders. Sold- everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency Laboratories, -ii .West 47th St., New York City. Vrge your skin to become fresher. clearer. etter by the drily use of i'osiam boap, mealcated with Poslam. Adv. YOU CAN CURE THAT BACKACHE, Pain alons the back. dlxzlnaas. headach and Funeral languor. Get a p&ckactt of Mothar liray. AKOMATIC-LEAF. th pleasant Me dicinal Tea. Use It at first aiffn of a coid. Vn?n you feel all run down, tired, weak and without enere-y use tola remarkable combi nation of nature'! herbs and roots. As a tonic laxative it has no equal. Mother Gray's Arornatic-Ieaf la aold by Drugartsta or snt by mall lor no cent, sample sent FRElg. Address Mother lit Co.. Le Boy. .K. x.r? Adv. . . ii:i!i!li!lii!i!!in MlililjlliliijlilliHlHH lOlil!ll!ililli!iililll!ll " . . V - TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Star Douglas Fairbanks, "Reach ing for the Moon." Sunset Dorothy Dalton, "The Flame of the Yukon"; Fatty Ar buckle, "A Country Hero." Liberty Fatty Arbuckle, "Moon shine"; Sessue Hayakawa, "The White Man's Law." Majestic Theda Sara, "The For bidden Path." Peoples Elsie Ferguson, "The Song of Songs." Columbia Dorothy Dalton, "Al laine of the Daneehall." Globe Lou Tellegen, "The Black Wolf." Wally Has Double. STARS of the stags and screen have had cigars named after them, been immortalized in prose and verse, figured as originals from which fa mous race horses have been given their patronymics, but seldom have they been "doubled" by an unmitigated scape grace, as in the case of Wallace Reid. Paramount star. The facts of the case have recently corns to light. The mysterious double of W ally's made his appearance at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., where he suc ceeded in befooling many persons for some days before it was ascertained that , Mr. Reid was busy before the camera. The - mustering officer and military police at the camp spent three days trying to run down the bogus star, but finally announced that he bad vanished into thin air. The first intimation that the actor was being impersonated came from the following item to a Los Angeles paper from its Camp Lewis correspondent: i "Wallace Reid, the famous star, has just arrived here and is quartered in the barracks next to mine." Investigation disclosed that the bo gus Wally had equipped himself with information about the man he was 'doubling, even going to the length of telephoning to various friends- of tne star in Tacoma and Seattle and asking that they send him liquor, cigars and money. It the impostor Is caught it will probably go hard with him, though just what the punishment would be, from a military point of view, is somewnat open to conjecture. Wallace Reid, when told of the escapades of his double." laughed. "If he d undertake to pay some of my bills," he observed. I might almost forgive nim.- Theda Has Service Flag. Miss Theda Bara. the William Fox screen star, proudly displays a service flag in her limousine denoting that her brother. Marque Bara, is "doing his bit" for Uncle Sam. Mr. Bara is at tached to the United States Signal Corps, aviation branch, stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Before enlisting in the Signal Corps Miss Bara's brother was employed by the Fox Corporation as assistant direc tor to Kenean Buel, who directs Jane and Catherine Lee, the William Fox "Baby Grands." When the Army officials sent out a request for recruits . for the Signal Corps young Bara got in touch with Major Bert J3. Underwood, stationed in Washington, offering his services. Within a few days he got word to pro ceed to the Western cantonment at Fort Sill, where he was enrolled as a first-class private. Ulsi in Montana. Elsie Ferguson and her company have gone to Browning, Mont., to be gin the production, under the direc tion of Marshall Nellan. of "Hearts of the Wilds." for Artcraft release. Miss Ferguson, fresh from her successful campaign in behalf of the third liberty loan, was given a rousing reception, the local band and hundreds of citizens awaiting the train's arrival. The company has taken possession of a large ranch and. notwithstanding tne shortage or laoor In the West, but little difficulty has been experienced in securing the arge ensembles of people required for the picture. Sur rounding ranch owners have gladly co operated with the picture people in permitting their employes to work in the film. After the ranch scenes have been taken the company will go into Tel- lowstone Park to film the soenes re quiring the use of the soldiers and the military post. Screen Gossip. Charlie Chaplin spent a couple of weeks in the Catsklll Mountains recov ering from his liberty loan speaking tour, Mary Pickford went back to Lou Angeles and then dropped out of sight, her sister Lottie asserting that Mary was verging on a nervous breakdown and would rest for a time before mak ing the one more picture due under her Artcraft contract. "Doug" Fairbanks spent a week or two resting near Den ver. Colo., and a Denver paper has It that Mary Pickford and her party were in the same vicinity. Sessue Hayakawa, who has a com pany of his own, including Mary An derson, Just like Mary Pickford, Fair banks and Chaplin, is going to write his own stories. Madalina Traverse, well finown on the stage, is to enter the film field as a producer and aa f. staj at the fcaad, of the MonxnrG oregoxian, Tuesday, SSi 1 . v. ;- . .- V 4V ki. her own company. During a part of the present season she appeared as the star of "Yes or No" at the Longacre Theater, New York. Bill Hart is engaged, so the girls must choose another start to whom to write. Charlie Chaplin is unattached. e e Julian Eltlnge is building a home in Los Angeles, lie's going to settle down there and will organise a film company of his own within a few weeks. Pauline Frederick's Paramount con tract does not expire until August 16. After that 6he will make pictures for the Frederick Feature Film Company, for distribution through Goldwyn. For the first time in years William Farnum made an appearance on the speaking stage last week, the occasion being the launching of the Los Angeles branch of the Stage Women's War Re lief at the Morosco Theater. e James Young is back with Vita graph. He's director for Karle Williams. Sounds like old times. e Hayakawa pictures are to be mads at Universal City. Mabel Normand has renewed her Goldwyn contract for several years. A dead man was the hero of the Lasky studio fire, which resulted in a loss of approximately $250,000. The dead man in question is a certain Jo seph Bush, who was appearing in a picture directed by Cecil De Mills. Mr. Bush had just passed away and they were taking a close-up of him, which showed he was completely dead. When the bells rang Joe came to life In a hurry and, running into the projection- room, 'rescued the negative of Mary Pickford s next picture, "Captain Kldd, Jr." Mr. Bush had the choice between saving "Captain Kldd, Jr." and Jesse Lasky. Being a man of quick decls ion, he left Mr. Lasky behind. e Gustave Seyffertits, Lasky player re ported to be due to leave pictures to become a director of stage productions for David Belasco, is to remain with Lasky. Russell Bassett, well-known Famous Players-Lasky actor, died recently in New York. His last role was in a Llna Cavalier! production. He was 72 years old and was on the speaking stage for half a century and in pictures for seven years, three of which were spent with Universal. - . - Bert Lytell, stunt actor, has contrib uted many a thrill to the fan's enter tainment, but came to grief when he slipped on a bit of seawood. A sprained ankle laid him up for his first film hos pital rest. ' Alec B. Francts, who has been ap pearing in World and more recently in Goldwyn pictures, has a son in the Royal Flying Corps. Prosperity note: Jewel Carmen has been doing her New York shopping. Vernon Steele, young English actor who was with Petrova on the stage in "Panthea" and in pictures with Clara Kimball Young and Mae Marsh, is now with Petrova. in pictures. Mae Marsh is an Eastern godmother to Company B, 145th Machine Gun Bat talion. Camp Kearney, California. She was chosen by the unanimous vote of the company. Winning popularity contests seems to be becoming a regular habit with Harold Lockwood. A week or so ago he was notified that the result of popularity contest held In Sydney, Aus tralia, was decided in his favor and now Motion Picture Classic in its June issue prints an announcement that Mr. Lock wood heads the "hondsomeness" class in the ICings and Queens contest it has been conducting in co-operation with its companion publication. Motion Pic ture Magazine. Nearly 60,000 votes separated Mr. Lockwood from his near est competitor in the 1 Kings and Queens contest. a e Rumor has it that we are to see a dual Marguerite Clark, a funny black faced Topsy and a sad, white-faced lit tie Eva. No need to mention the name of the picture. TRAILS T0BE BETTERED Construction of Camp Grounds In Snoqualmle Forest Planned. M. L. Merrit. forest examiner In charge of. improvement work In the National forests of the district, re turned to Portland yesterday after a trip to the Snoqualmie National forest. A fine campground is to be fitted up at Denny Creek on the Sunset Highway near the Snoqualmle Pass. Water mains and laterals to every tent will be Installed, individual brick ovens will be built and small picnic tables in stalled. There will be side trails to Granite Mountain lookout station and to Snow Lake, a beauty spot hitherto well-nigh inaccessible to the average tourist. The Sauk trail is to be repaired, the bridges on the trail from Darnlngton to Barlow Pass are to be put in good condition, and the Clear Creek bridge is to be replaced. Materials for a new bridge have already been delivered for the Whits diuct suspension bridge. OvV.vir" - ' 111 LEGAL BOMB FLUNG 111 MURDER TRIAL Judge Lurek Moves for Prose cution of Dr. Roberts by Cook County. FEDERAL ACTION IS .HINTED Admissions Blade on Stand by Veter inarian as to Relations With Miss Inslc Jjead to Ac tion by Court. WAUKESHA, Wis., May 20. The trial of. Grace Lusk for the slaying of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts was halted suddenly late this afternoon by Judge Martin Lurek while he ordered drastic action looking toward the prosecution in Cook County, Illinois. of Dr. David A. Roberts. The action cams as the result of revelations drawn from the former state veterinarian under a severe cross examination regarding his relations with Miss Lusk and of many meetings In Chicago where they registered as man and wife. Dr. Roberta admitting that he had paid their hotel bills. Doctor's Prosecutloa Sought. Judge Lurek called D. J. Hemlock, a member of the bar, before htm and said: "I direct you to communicate with the proper authorities in C'hl cago and urge upon them Immediate action looking toward the proBecu tion of Dr. Roberts because of the offenses he has here today admitted committing in that city." Mr. Hemlock immediately telephoned MacLay Hoyne. state's attorney at Chi cago, who said he would be glad to prosecute If the facts justified and re quested that all evidence be sent to him at once. Judge Lurek complied with this request tonight. Action against Dr. Roberts by the Federal Government also was hinted by W. H. Stelner, special Investigator for the Department of Justice who was called to the witness stand by the state early in the afternoon. Inveettlator Testifies. Dr. Roberts was temporarily excused to permit the taking of Stelner's test! mony, which dealt with a statement ha had obtained from Miss Lusk in' the hospital a few days after the tragedy. He said he asked Miss Lusk If she realized what she had done and that she replied: "Yes. I do. I killed her because she called me such obscene names." When the cross-examination of Dr. Roberts was completed the state called Miss Elizabeth Bladgett, his atenog rapher, to the stand. She testified that Miss Lusk had often called her em ployer on the telephone and that she had delivered several letters from the school teacher to Roberts. RUSSELLITES ARE FREED Fines Partly Paid and Sentences Are Exceeded. Lloyd Burtch. George Simpson and Lee Miller, International Bible Student Association members, who were found guilty April 24 of violating a city ordi nance prohibiting the distribution of handbills without a license, were re leased yesterday. They had beam fined 1200 each and sentenced to serve 15 days in jail. Their release was ordered when F. McKercher, representing the associa tion in Portland, paid half of the amount of the fines Imposed on the Russellites. They had served their sentences and 11 days more to apply on the fines. The remainder of the fines was remitted. The ordinance was violated on Sun day, April 23, when the three men dis tributed copies of "The Kingdom News," a publication devoted, for the most part, to defense of "The Finished Mystery, by the late Pastor RusselL This book was placed under the ban by the government because of seditious statements it contained. State Hospital Inmate Escapes. SALEM, Or., May 20. (Special.) William Hurquim, of Multnomah Coun ty, escaped from the State Hospital today. He was nearly cured, authorl ties state, although he is subject to periodic appearances of the trouble. He has been in a number of asylums throughout the united States. ii rnROI.-.l PER CENT. j AVeidabtefreparafenfirAs . .-:tni:.,4rhfaod br Segals- tW SUlliiUUliw v . js tinS theStom&chS arid Bawgsjr ;s-si 7 i J TAereuyPtomotinDteesttJn. Morphine nor Mineral. Not Nahgotic; i z Air i i.ntr.fiiiRpmedYfcf. ;!&mstipauonaMDiarrt 1 BndFevWisWess"- J LOSS OF SLEEP icsuttin thercfrofttnWanry- Exact Copy of Wrapper T Net Contents 15Fliiid Praetor, (11111) ::; . --s- '- ' i- ti ' .4 i '4 i Vt :: i-ti'? ei P i i f: i i mat 21, 1918. 00 SKW TATnrSS-MOONSHINE wrf-nifiia.sair-i iiti'iT- iff---'-,Tt immmmmMm am,mi.t t , 'tmm- yT.i "n'V DRAFT CALL ISSUED June 5 Registration Day for All Men of 21 Years. 800,000 ARMY IS EXPECTED Exemptions Include BlinLsterlal and Medical Students "ow Pursu ing Studies Alaska No tice to Come Later. WASHINGTON, May 20. Upon ap proving today the act of Congress bringing under the army draft law all men attaining the age of tl years since the first registration day. June 6. 1917, President Wilson Issued a proclamation formally fixing next June 6 as the date for new eligibles to appear before their local boards. Male persons, whether citizens or not. are required to register. Exemptions under the original act. Including men already in the military service, apply and to these the new law adds minis terial and medical students now pursu ing their studies. It has been estimated that about 800,000 men for active military service will be made available to the army by the next registration. It is planned hereafter to have registrations oftener than once a year, probably quarterly. Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico are not named in today's proclamation. A registration day for them will be set later. An Administration bill carrying Sll. 712,283 for use by the Department of Agriculture In stimulating food produc tion and conservation wss amended by the House today to forbid the use of any of the money appropriated In pay ing salaries to employes of the depart ment who have been given deferred classification in the Army draft. Adoption of the amendment followed charges by Representative McLaughlin, of Michigan, Republican, that Secretary Houston had certified more than 1000 employes of his department for de ferred classification and a statement by Representative Madden, of Illinois, Republican, that the section appropri ating 16,100.000 to promote conserva tion by county agents of the depart ment would enable more men of the draft age to escape military service. A final vote on the bill was not reached. Mrs. Nora Ciib'son Dies at Albany. ALBANY, Or, May 20. (Special.) Mrs. Nora Scott Gibson, wife of J. G. For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Gsnuins Castoria Always Bears tho Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years ifiiTiiii J w U twt www hsipmt, atw tom etr. T cK-rini.o?-- MADE IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF SO. CALIFORNIA JUST FOR FUN Gibson, of North Albany, died at noon today In St. Mary's Hospital here. She had resided near Albany for many years and was a prominent member of the United Presbyerlan Church of this city. She is survived by her husband SIXTH AT WAIHINGTOX TRY TO GET IX. TODAY AND TOMORROW v '.-t '.i - " .tv., ii . m w r - - ! ' .... .': OS IAMB BII.L WITH ALASKA WONDERS IN MOTION - An amacina example of the most darlna camera work we've ever seen. A GLACIER CAUOHT IN ACTION! Thousands of tons of Ice and snow breaking off and falling: hundreds of feet into the sea, setting up (treat tidal waves and shaking- the earth for miles around. Worth a dollar alone. Carter's Little Liver Pills For ConstiDation The Great Vegetable Remedy C Over Night Colorless or Pale Faces condition which will bo greatly " yoa hav a lading cough. 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