. - . -v 6 THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, THURSDAY. JUNE 6, 1918. " PLOT TO ESCAPE , FROM JAIL FAILS MAKE PRUSSIA WAR SICK, SAYS LANSING Secretary Declares U. S. Will Make Fighting Abhorrent to the German Mind. Baker County Sheriff Finds Several 16-Inch Knives Hidden in Mattress. 'NDICTED MAN CONFESSES HUN PEACE IS DENOUNCED , Jfc " '''- P .-'vy-y" V l! '-iF'':-'MM . tit" xMmX':.- fccg.. fMHr " Today f.StV -btl pipTffh Tomorrow sZlir ' iH'V-Wte- M Saturday . Milillilliiiiiiiillilliiiiiitiii fflijiiiifc ' . r v f;. - 7 f4t-cm - Murder of Jailer Held Possibility in Scheme; Previous Attempt at Escape Frustrated by County Officials. BAKER, Or., Juno 5. (Special.) A plot possibly to murder the Jailer and permit escape of prisoners from the County Jail was frustrated this after noon when Sheriff Anderson found con cealed in a mattress In one of the cells, several large knives with blades about 16 Inches long. ? Investigation developed that G. H. Klock, who, following his indictment, voluntarily appeared at the Jail last . evening and gave himself up, had brought in the knives. He admitted this under examination but gave no reason and would not state whether or not he had been in com munication with prisoners inside the jail previous to his own incarceration. Flock, who had been under bonds on a. burglary charge, told the officers that his bondsmen did not want to be responsible for him any longerand at their request had come to give him self up. The story was plausible and no suspicion was aroused until after discovery of the knives when officers believed they had uncovered a plot to commit murder if necessary t effect "Jail delivery. This latest effort followed an attempt a few days ago by several Inmates of the Jail to escape by removing a steel plate from the ceiling of the Jail cor ridor. This was discovered after a dozen or more rivets had been ham mered off wth a piece of gas pipe which mysteriously found its way into the Jail. Two PrlsoneM Suspected. Two men are suspected of plotting scape, Fred Sparks and J. F. Mont rose, charged with burglary here and arrested at North Yakima with watches and Jewelry taken from a Baker resi dence on them. Sparks has pleaded guilty and Montrose has not entered a. plea yet. From now on the men will be allowed to see no visitors and callers at the Jail will not be allowed to enter unless willing to undergo search. Sheriff Anderson believes that discovery of the knives has prevented the killing or Ferious injury of the particular deputy who happened to be in charge of jail at the lime prisoners might rrmke their attempt to escape. PRIME STOCK PARADES . 'Vision covsty exhibits better THAN EVER BEFORE SEEK, .FrIzea to Be Awarded Today in North west Classic 30OO Spectators Turn Oat First Day. "I.A. GRANDE, Or., June 5. (Special.) Sleek, fattened and conspicuous for its style and class, the cream of Union County stock passed in proud review before 3000 admiring spectators this nfternoon at Union as the feature of he opening day of the 1918 stock classic of the Northwest. ine union pens and stalls are crammed with an exhibit line that has had no equal in years past. E. A. Thro bridge, of Columbia, Mo., who is Judg ing the stock, is profuse in. his praise of the exhibits. While pome minor decisions have been reached, the big plums of th -how will not be announced until to jnorrow. The programme was varied this year a little by having the parade Jn front of the grandstand instead of downtown as usual. Governor Withy- :omoe will be on the ground for the rest of the three days classic. Tomorrow is La Grande and Baker day, and from the first-named district the merchants are coming in a body. abandoning their business at 10 A. M. The La Grande Battalion, Oregon State Guard, will participate in the festivi lies tomorrow. In view of the record first-day crowd today and the added features tomorrow, it Is felt the capac ity or tne plant will bo taxed. The weather promises to be ideal again for fast racing programmes such as were enjoyed today. After the doors -losed today the promoters at Union held a love feast and declared today's events and the exhibits the best of any opening day in the history of what has come to be recognized as the finest etock show of the Northwest. The war has not sapped the vitality of Union County stock or hindered the attend anca. 100 TAKE TEST TONIGHT Benson Polytechnic Shipbuilding Course Attracts Attention. One hundred Portland men, ship builders and non-shipbuilders, will take the formal examination tonight in the shipbuilding course which has been triven at the Benson Polytechnic School at night since April 27. This course has attracted the widest attentlcn in Portland on account of the timeliness of the subject and the prom' inence of the men who gave the lec tures and demonstrations. Superinten dent Alderman, of the city schools. Con ceived the idea of the course and with the assistance of Lloyd Wentworth, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, the class in shipbuilding was successfully launched in April. J. L. Hubbard, chief inspector of hulls for the United States Shipping Board; Fred W. Ballin. of .Supple-Ballin, and J. H. Abbott, head of the hull construction department of .the Grant Smith-Porter Company, co operated with Mr, Alderman in ar ranging the course. Tlr. Abbott had charge of the lectures and outlined th course of instruction, while the other men actfed in an advisory- capacity. The men who pass th examination will be awarded a certificate from, th Portland Public Schools certifying to the completion of the full course of 1 lessons on the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation standard wood ship, Ferris design, and the successful passing of a written ex . 1 . i . V. -...V.J . luxjinaiiuu v n tun buujc.w Coos Bay Weather Warm. MARSHFIELD, Or., June 5. (Spe clal.) Coos Bay sweltered today in the hottest day of Summer, when the ther mometer touched 85.5. The usual cool northwest breeze was changed to desert torridness and there were forest fires burning, in several places, which ............ i ? TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Liberty Norma Talmadge, "Da Luxe Annie." Majestic Mae Marsh, "The Face in the Dark." Peoples Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, "Over the Top." Columbia M arguerlte Clark, "Prunella." Star Enid Bennett, "Naughty, Naughty." Sunset Charles Ray, "The Clod hopper." Globe Sessue Hayakawa, "Each to His' Kind." Majestic T HE current Majestic photoplay bill is one 'of the most versatile film offerings in. months, for in ddition to Mae Marsh in the Irvin S. Cobb flve-reeler. "The Face in the Dark," a special war subject, "Our Ally, the Tank," a Christie comedy and Pathe News of world events are on the programme. The Face in the Dark" is a crook photoplay, with Miss Marsh in the role of a girl -who discovers that her father, retired from the secret service. head of a gang of criminals. How he saves her father, unmasks the man higher up "the face in the dark" nd brings an. actionful and highly dramatic tale to a satisfactory con tusion gives the fan a Marsh picture of more than ordinary "punch." Iiiberty. " Norma Talmadge gives a brilliant performance in "D Luxe Annie," her latest photoplay, which has the un- sual distinction of a full week's en gagement at the Liberty Theater. This photodrama, with the two-reel Mack Sennett comedy, ' "Love Loops the Loop," will be shown, until Saturday i night. Eugene O'Brien, and- Frank Mills, two well-known and popular actors, sup port Miss Talmadge in "De Luxe Annie," which takes a girl from a wealthy American home and trans forms her into a crook. A blow on the head causes a loss ef memory and when -she falls into the hands of men working "the well-known "badger" game, De Luxe Annie the Second proves uperior to the woman she succeeds. Peoples. "Over the Top," the spectacular pro duction starring Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey,. soldier-author-lecturer, will be the Peoples' attraction extraordinary until Saturday night. Over the Top is the one story of life in the trenches that has touched every responsive soul in America. Since the book was published 250 copies have been sold during every business hour, every day or better than four copies every minute. "In all more than 3.000,000 people have read it. More than 25,000,000 people have read Empey's articles In the great newspapers of the country. Many housands have been, fortunate enough to crowd their way into the limited capacity of the great halls where Em pey has lectured. f - -Sunset. 'The Clodhopper," the second Charles Ray picture of the week at the Sunset Theater, opens its engagement this morning. A Mack Sennett comedy is another subject on this comedy pro gramme. " - In "The Clodhopper," in which Mar gery Wilson, now a star in her own right, supports the popular Ray, the star plays another "boob" role and jump; from chore boy on a farm to a vaudeville headliner in New York. It all came about because his father didn't want him to have any real fun so he ran away to the big city and broke into a. chorus rehearsal for a new girl show. He makes a hit with hi rube dance and lands a Job that makes him wealthy enough to pay off the mortgage on the old home. Star. i Enid Bennett is a film star who promises to become popular with fan dom, aX least if she continues in such productions as "Naughty, Naughty," In nich she Is appearing at the Star Theater. This Paramount-Ince five reeler, with a Chester Conklin-Mack Swain comedy, ."Soaped and Scorched, provide an all-comedy bill at theTstar. Naughty, Naughty, presents Mis Bennett, an Australian convert to the camera, as a small-town girl who goes to New Tork, tastes of the Joya of the metropolis ' and returns home deter mined to bring a bit of new life into the sleepy old village. She scandalizes the good people with her pranks, but finallv wins a victory over the church 10c GLOBE 10c Washington at Eleventh SESSUE HAYAKAWA IN "Each to His Kind" folks, who think that Joy and evil are synonymous. Columbia. "Prunella," the latest photoplay star ring that dainty and elfish star. Mar guerite Clark, will be held over at the Columbia Theater "until Friday night. "Prunella," which provided Miss Clark' with a success on the stage and incidentally paved the way for her introduction to film audiences, is a pic ture of more than ordinary beauty and charm. Under the masterly direction of Maurice Tourneau the play proves wonderful vehicle for the fairy-like Miss Clark. She plays the role of a Pierrette? a girl who runs away from a home of seclusion to wed a Pierrot, leader of a band of wandering players. Screen Gossip. With the completion of "Patienc Sparhawk," a picture made from Ger trude Atherton's novel, work will be discontinued by the Petrova company for the present. lime, Petrova ha been suffering from "KJeig eyes," and will rest for the Summer, after which she proposes to return to the stage for at least -one season. She has issued an offer of a 1500 bonus to any author who will provide her with a play, this boitus to be In addition to the usual author's percentages. Otia Turner, veteran actor, pioneer director, and a Universal-ite for many years, died suddenly in Hollywood. And now Pathe la suing William Duncan. It. is alleged that Duncan broke his contract with Pathe by ap-. rearing in a Vitagraph picture after he had been loaned by Vitagraph for a Pathe serial. Aw fly complicated Oh, well, the lawyers must live. Bessie Love has designed a service bar pin for women relatives of Amerl can soldiera to wear. Harry Fox la now a corporation. He appeared in a serial once, and now plans to produce two-reel comedies tarring Harry Fox. At present he Is the star of a musical show. Marguerite Clayton has transferred her blonde loveliness from Essanay to Artcrart screens. She Is George M. Cohan's leading woman in' "Hit-the- Trailu Holliday." Miss Clayton, it -will be remembered, was "discovered" by G. M. Anderson, with whom she played n the old "Broncho Billy westerns. In her career with the Essanay com pany she appeared with success oppo site Bryant Washburn, Richard Trav- ers and Sydney Alnsworth and played the loading part In a series. WJI 'JM bill TTUiiTITT I STARTS ' ir " " ' ; TODAY T . . - i ' i ! : i ' - I t ' - - -v.vw W . v - ' ' v ' h ' . 4 !!; i vw 5 .:: .': t 3 lip "v IP 'n for the rest of the week hell knock 'era cold with " 1 1 lli Fhe Ooettio.BTDer in which he is the Dariest Dare Eves., 15c saw, Mats., 10c. Kids, 5c. M Cabinet Officer Delivers Mlirtant Speech at Commencement Exercises of Columbia University. NEW YORK, June 5. Suggestions of peace based on a "perpetuation oN Prusslanlsm" and criticisms of the Government and the conduct of the war, "which are not constructive" were condemned by Secretary of State Lansing here today. Prussia having witkedly sought war." the Secretary said, it Is the de termination of the American people that Prussia shall have war and more war and more war, until the very thought of war is abhorrent to the Prussian mind." Mr. Lansing spoke at the commence ment exercises of Columbia University which conferred .upon him and upon Lord Reading, the British Ambassador, the honorary degree of doctor of laws. MelfiBh Critic Denounced. "In the gigantic task of waging the war. Secretary Lansing said, "let u not continually look behind to see where we stumbled' but let us look forward so that we do not stumble again. For the critic of public affairs who Is manifestly inspired by political or selfish motives by conceit or by desire for notoriety, I have a profound contempt. . As we turn deaf ears to common scolds at home, so we must not relent our efforts to listen to insincere sug gestlons of peace filtering through from Germany, by various channels. A Prussian peace would only postpone the final struggle. "It. is the supreme task of clviltza tlon to put an end to Prussianism. To listen to proposals for a Prussian peace, to compromise with the butchers of individuals and of nations bo that they would by agreement gain a benefit by their crime would be to compound International felony, which this re public will never do. Complete Victory Predicted. Mr. Lansing declared that force is the only way "to end Prusslanlsm, be cause it Is the only hing which the Prussian respects. He recognized the enemy as strong and stubborn and predicted a bitte struggle, but predicted "a day of com plete victory, for the Supreme Rule of .the universe could not be free other wise. He has imposed upon us and our allies the task of freeing mankind from the curse of avarice and in humarflty." Lord Reading rated the wisdom and justice of President Wilson as one o the greatest assets of the allies in th war. He termed England the home "that Justice which has won the ad miration of the world" and said the colonists of pre-revolut ionary days had brought It to this continent. 1 ) DRY LAWS VIOLATOR FINED George Protrka to Bo Tried Today on Larceny Charge. George Protrka, of the Gran Hotel. 41 North Third street, who was arrested recently on a charge of vio luting the prohibition law, was tried by a jury yesterday An Municipal Court and was found guilty, , J udge Rossman imposed a fine or siou. Protrka sold a thirsty Oregonlan quart of whisky for 10. so the story goes, and not being satisfied with th amount which the other had paid him willingly, "stuck around until hi victim was well under the Influence o liquor jind then proceeded to search nis pocKets tor an aaamortai sum, i in alleged. He will be tried this morn Ing for larceny. - Devil Dancing-Derrisher you ever b'gosh. Starts 10 A. M. Continuous ... - to 11 P.M. 0&--f ' 0 ' Now for M'r' ' NORMA fe v J? -ZU-f " ' TALMADGE if 4A' is gmng for vou V her greatest $V '' 7 sjsfcyr'-' NNN. ' characterization yZrjrfffi' . v of her great career If Mr m . If. - a$ - 1 LtSii lif'islS ZrUUUUUL iiiiii.isMiMirinMirrw,-fr''-"-J'' ' " i" 11 "' - n'i i i i iiiim niiriffJ I , S t..- J L-J -i.. ll W U ' I TODAY s c V v - r w 77 -X ' - 77- S Swept by Arctic Breezes and TOMORROW ONLY ': ""' ' ---v- n tmm m Mm twnM mm mill m mrrTT rr Last Chances to See the Screen Novelty of 1913 A Picture Poem i Si t iiiiiiii n tt mmtr ill1 - ni i 't n served to cast a pall of Indian Sum ner -over; ha diatj-itk V