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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?
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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,
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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.
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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.
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James Young is back with Vita
graph. He's director for Karle Williams.
Sounds like old times.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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