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THE MORNING OJJEGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918. 1 liiilliiiiiiiilliiliiiHiii I iiiliilMijlliiW HHP i 1 i&r'- a !. , -V , T ' W ....itf' t . S I IIV ' 1 ? l If -.1 i j 'c- ik&V' .piB"' iJ - - TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Star Mary Pickford, "ThLittle Princess." Sunset Charles Ray, "The Clod hopper." Liberty Norma Talmadge, "De Luxe Annie." Majestic Theda Bara, "Cleopat ra." Peoples Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, "Over the Top." Columbia Wallace Reid, -"Believe Me. Xantlppe." Globe Sessue Hayakawa, "Each, to His Kind." " "Cleopatra" Returns. "Cleopatra," the gorgeous and spectacular Fox visualization of the story of the siren of the Nile, with Theda Bara, famous vampire, as the queen of Egypt, returns to the Majestic Theater 'today for a week's engagement at popular prices. . This spectacle-story of the love of Caesar and Anthony , for the beautiful Egyptian and the dire disaster which overtook Anthony because of his mad infatuation, enjoyed a record-breaking run several months ago at advanced prices. Bookings did not permit of an extension of the engagement, but Man ager Parker secured a return showing of the production at the earliest pos Bible moment. Thurston Hall,' who has been leading man for Dorothy Dalton in recent "pic tures, plays A:-thony, while Fritz Leiber, who has played Shakespearean roles with Robert B. Mantell, is Caesar. Special war pictures, comedy, and Pathe news of world events are other subjects on the programme. won the Harvard prize. On the etage it scored a bi& hit, but in pictures. With a production which overlooked no op portunity for comedy injections and such a popular cinema star as Wally Reid, Its success- seems destined to entertain millions of Americans. Anna Little, who has ren - playlni with Reid in so many recent produc tions, is seen as the daughter of the Sheriff who captures MacFarland, . the forger, almost robs him - his chance to win the wager, but finally succumbs to his suit.! . . The first of the new series of come dies starring "Smiling" Billy Parsons will be shown today. These comedies, which are in two reels, are rated &s among the best on the screen today. Star. Mary Pickford in "The Little Prln cess" and Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand in "A Farmyard Romeo,' comprise the fatar Theater film pro gramme opening this morning. Mi3s Pickford again portrays the role of a child in "The Little Princess," which is a film version of the Frances Hodgson Burnett story. Sara Crewe, the girl of "The Little Princess," is a . lass of about the same age as Rebecca, and those whose hearts were capti vated by Miss Pickford's performance In that familiar story by Kate Douglas Wiggin, will see "America's Swaet heart" in a role equally delightful. "The Little Princess" is a story of an Engl'sh boarding house and Of the life of a little girl who is first the "little princess," then a slavey, and once again an heiress and "princess." "A Farmyard Romeo" serves to in troduce a farrttaus co-starring team of days gone "by. Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Fatty permits of no co-starring stunts these days and for that matter, neither does Mabel, who has graduated from the slapstick comedies to a "light comedy" job with Goldwyn. , Show Girard Picture. My rour Years In Germany," a picturization of Ambassador Glrard's famous book of the same name, which has been read by many millions of Americans and which exposes German Intrigue prior to the entrance of the United States into the world war, -will be given a special showing at the Liberty Theater at 9 o'clock this morn ing. Two thousand invitations have been issued to the exhibition, cards being sent to state, county and city officials. Red Cross, ministers, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., presidents of the various women's clubs, officials of the State Council of Defense, officers and staff from Vancouver. ; Columbia. George MacFarland, clubman and gentleman of leisure, bets $20,000 that he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. The story of his at tempt makes a thrilling and unusually funny photoplay, and "Believe . Me, Xantippe," starring Wallace Reid, seems to offer exceptional entertain ment at the Columbia Theater, where It opens a screening this morning. As a play "Believe Me, Xantlppe" Screen Gossip. Romaine 'Fielding has just opened school of motion picture acting in Chicago. nouami, me nana-cuir King, - is re ported to be negotiating with B. A. Rolfe for the trmkintc of a serial in which the mystifier will be the star. A year or more ago Houdinl signed with Williamson Bros., makers of the sub marine productions, but he never posed Derore the camera. Jack Pickford is a censor. He's In the intelligence department of the Navy ana is censoring rums for export. Gorman iverry, wno will be remem bered for his work with Mary Pick ford and Constance Talmadge, is to be leading man for Dorothy Phillips. American films going into Canada are taxed 3 cents a foot. There is also a war tax of 15 cents a reel a day for every day that a picture is exhibited. . - Charlie Chaplin's pet superstition: "I think it's unlucky to be run over by a hearse. Although only 6 years old. Baby Ma rie Osborne, Pathe star, earns an aver age of $800 a week. A young boy of la was visiting Doug las Fairbanks during the production of his Artcraft picture. "Say, young fel low. What is that yellow stuff on your face?" asked the youngster. 'That's cameraflauge," replied - Fair banks. The Educational Films Corporation of America, announces that beginning next month it will release a series o 12 single-reelers entitled, "Mexico To dry." This is the work of George D. Wright, a young American who ha been in Mexico City for several years and in partnership with a native Mex ican has received extraordinary facill ties for picturizing all the aspects of the native life. - Mary Pickford is a busy girl these days. Her mother Mrs.f Charlotte Pick ford, is ill at the Sisters' Hospital in Los Angeles and Mary spends every spare moment'with; her. Besides which she is finishing her picture, "Captai Kidd" and is reading several script for her new one, with the chances her next picture may be an Army story. And, as if this were not enough. Miss Pickford's lease on her present house on Western avenue in Hollywood ex pires shortly and she is house-hunting. Also she is daily being besieged by real estate men with offers to sell moun tains and foothills cheap. , . The typical young American type of character " has been definitely decided to be the style of parts that Qharles Ray will play-in a number of his fu ture Paramount Ince pictures. . His forte is in characters in which he de picts a youth who is placed under stress of circumstances and must fight his way. to. the front by sheer deter mination and physical as well as men tal prowess. ' Fannie Ward, the' Pathe' star, has just finished planting her . war .garden, but she has ordered, a full set of "misses" size" garden implements and will stay on the job till 'harvest time comes. - On her "ranchero" near Los Angeles Miss Ward has planted a half acre as a truck garden, and Her most shiningly bright achievement has been to raise a crop of celery that sold for $817.10, - Beginning Today Special Return Engagement by Reqnest! I Seattle m i-etara riKiKnnt f tfcta picture wn played two weeWa after tbe flrat fcowtag at ralaed prleea. la aptte of continued rea.ueta, lata la the flrat time we have beea able ta ecu re a retarn hook In a: for Portland. We re arret tae de lay. Iut are arlad that mm a reaalt we are able to abow tbla tnaarnlf Ice at production at ream la r prleea. How do you measure up to Theda? Height 5 ft. 6 in. Neck 14.2 in. Waist 30.1 in. Hips ..40.2 in. Shoulders 4 1.3 in. Upper arm 12.9 in. Forearm .-. 9.8 in. Chest .1 . . .34.1 in. 1 - 4 !r O - A lotus bud, the Nile, - . A woman's wile and smile, A kiss, a wait awhile, A longer kiss, a little guile, . -A serpent's hiss, a thud." . i " Cleopatra. Amazing, wonderful, fascinating tale of the days of romance and ancient glory. Old Rome lives again. Egypt and her vampire queen reincarnated in this most stupendous of all productions. Far surpassing all other spectacles in its costly and gorgeous settings and in its countless of unbelievable beauty. ;:v .55 scenes -V. fr. .': v.-. -Z'tS A JCSSj5,."rw. w s -r -. rN' w - Sv7 r S r1 S kX Ardf 1D l) ( 1 1 WltgRr THE BIG ONES COMS ECLIPSE DUE TODAY Celestial Event Is First Visi ble Here at 2:38. CITY 99 PER CENT TOTAL Hundreds to Leave Portland for Lo cations Where Wonderful Corona May Be Viewed Protec- ' tion for Eyes Advised. fCohtinued From First Page.) will course diagonally across tha United States, entering; the Atlantic ocean at Orlando, Florida. - ' Darkness Not to Be Complete. Contrary to the somewhat general belief, darkness will neither be abrupt nor complete, even at the center of totality. As the moon's shadow en croaches on the sun's dine, an en chanted twilight will fall upon, the earth, deepening; to the semblance of a moonlit night, with "spectacular vari ations, as totality is achieved. I Then, quite gradually, the fiery rim tt the sun will reappear and day will grow again Tho.se mistaken sparrows who hied tnem to meir roosts as dark ness fell, will twitter forth again In quest of bugs doubtless dumbfounded at the shortest nigni on record. The weather prediction, is favorable with no forecast of tain. Though the dav is" to be fair, according to the weather bureau, it . is not improbable that high and scattered clouds, such as have prevailed for some days, will be in evidence. These will not neces sarily blot out the spectacle, though they will mar . perfection. But the chances .are equally as good that the Oregon sky will be llawleba. Corona Not. Vlible Here. Portland is . situated beyond the southern extremity of totality, with percentage of 99. From this city the wondrous corona will not be visible, nor will the sun entirely disappear, for even at maximum a narrow brilliant crescent will 4 escape the moon's shadow. It Is for this reason that many hundreds of Portland people will travel today to various points of vantage where totality may be observed. One easily attained observation point to which many motorists will journey Is Cascade Locks, on the Columbia Highway, 43 miles miles east of the city, which lies Just within the border of totality. Cascade Locks may also be reached by the O.-W. R. & N.. tak ing the Pendleton local which leaves Portland at 7:30 this morning. It is advisable that those who visit this point penetrate as far as possible up the highway, as by so doing they will approach the center of totality and prolong their glimpse of the corona. The highway, owing" to road work, is open only as far as Herman Creek, two miles beyond the Locks. Totality Point Close. On the lower Columbia Highway both Goble and Rainier are in the path of totality. They may be reached by the Astoria train of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, leaving Portland at 7:15 A. M. and 12:35 P. M.. and arriving at the points of vantage about an hour and a half later. They may also be reached by auto over the highway. Kalama, Wash., in the path of total ity, may be reached by trains leaving Portland at I A. M. from the Union Sta tion and at 1 P. M. from the North Hank Station, arriving one hour and 15 minutes later, and returning at 8 P. M. This trip can be made by automobile over the Pacific Highway from Van couver. Those who will view the eclipse in the vicinity of Woodland. Wash., are advised by the Forestry Service to con tinue their .trip on the Lewis River road toward Cougar, thus approaching nearer to the exact center of totality. The distance to Cougar-is 30 miles and the road Is said to be In fair condition for motoring. Conarll Crest Vantage Point. In Portland ' the management of Council Crest amusement park has tended an invitation to visitors, with out admission, to view tho eclipse from that eminence, the highest local point above the city. The period of partial eclipse, or the time from the first to last contacts, is approximately two hours and 30 min utes. The period of totality, when the moon's shadow completely obscures the sun. varies from two minutes and two seconds at Coast points to one minute and five seconds at Baker. Professor J. W. Daniels, of Hill Mill tary Academy, will view the eclipse and make observations for the academy at Goldendale. Wash. "It Is only at this time, when the overpowering blaze of sunlight Is tem porarlly prevented, said Professor Daniels, "by the Intervening body of the moon from dazing the eye and blinding the Instrument, that the won derful flames, leaping hundreds of thousands of miles into space, and the still more wonderful corona. Irregular ly environing these flames and reach ing out sometimes millions of miles from the solar body, that these magnif icent and inspiring features are clearly visible. At all other times these im mense flames and the corona are lost In. the flood of the sun's greater bril liancy. Employes of the District Foresters office will Journey to Cascade Locks today tr view the eclipse. At least five machine loads of forestry experts will make the trip to the Locks, from where they will climb to some point of vantage where the eclipse may be bet ter seen. For viewing the eclipse the old meth- of employing smoked glass will be gen erally used, though heavily-clouded camera plates are advocated by others. None should venture to view the. eclipse with the naked eye or with ordinary colored glasses, as risk is run of serious dam age to the vision, known as solar blindness. Always painful, this injury Is sometimes of permanent nature. WHEAT LIMIT REACHED PACIFIC COAST MILLS TO GRIND NO MORE GRAIN". BURGLARS STEAL WHISKY Hold Thieves Use Auto Truck lo Take Liquor In Daylight. SKATTLK. Wash.. June 7. Burglars, equipped with an auto truck and oper ating in broad daylight, early today broke into a warehouse where $10,000 worth of confiscated whisky was said to have been stored, and made away with (3000 worth, it was reported to the police tonlght.- The liquor, which was in quart bot tles inside cans labeled "auto polish," had been seised here by Government agents on December 31 last. In connec tion with the arrest of Raleigh M. Faulkner, alleged to be an agent of illicit whisky dealers. Fugitives Steal Auto, Forge Check. SALEM. Or.. June 7. (Special.) After stealing an automobile from tbe postmaster at Turner and forging a check upon I. N. Hughes of Tangent. George Holland and It- J. Hughes, es caped men from the Oregon State Hos pital, were apprehended at Cottage Grove today. Both of the men escaped Sunday and both were committed from Multomah County. Food Administration Not to Permit Western Plants to Increase Ontpnt. According; to Message Received. Coast mills have in many . Instances already ground 10 per cent more than their allotted quotas of wheat, and for this reason can not expect the Food Administration to permit them to mill any more wheat. This Is the gist of a message received yesterday by Sec retary W. D. a. Dodson. of the Cham ber of Commerce, In response to the appeal on behalf of the millers he had forwarded to Washington. The telegraphic reply received by Mr. Dodson was over the signature of Mr. Dougan. Its text was this: "Food Administration is not inclined to favor your wheat milling sugges tion, since Coast has been allowed to mill 110 per cent of its quota and Northwest only allowed to mill "5 per cent. Was taken up with Grain Cor poration in New York today by tele graph, and you will probably hear from them soon." Though the keeping of the official pledge given the millers now means inconvenience, expense and loss of transportation space, it is felt Just and necesHary that faith be kept with them, said Mr. Ayer, and the same purpose is indicated in the message from Wash ington to Mr. Dodson. cial.) Registration day, June 6. 140 men who had reached 21 years of age in the past year registered in the of fice of the County Auditor for war service. It was thought that at least 200 would be registered. Montreal Railroad Man Here. C. E. Benjamin, of Montreal, general passenger agent of the trans-Pacific service of the Canadian Pacific Rail road, was a Portland visitor yester day, calling on old friends of the rail road traffic departments. HO Itf-glstcr at Vancouver. VANrOITVER. WKh.. June 7. Sne- Little Talks on Classified Advertising KtRI.Y Better to be canly than 'disap pointed. Kvery Saturday there are many advertisers who fall to bring or telephone their classified adver tisements to The Oregonlan until after o'clock, and ads taken after that hour must be run linden tha heading "Toti Late to Classify. If you know what you wih to advertise in The Sunday Oregonian it should be a simple matter to pre pare your copy and Ret it Into The Oregonlan office before noon today.. You will receive better service and not be subjected to any annoying delay. For the convenience of classified advertisers The Onegonian accepts classified ads over the telephone, provided the advertiser is a sub scriber to the service of either tele phone company. Call Main 7070 or A 6095 and ask for "Want Ada." nillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll j Maxwell Automobiles for Sale J EE Bids are Invited on any or all of four Maxwell automobiles, all more EE EE or less damaged by water ex. SS. "Burma Maru." These automobiles H now at Balfour Guthrie Dock. Tacoma, where they may be Inspected 3 upon application to the undersigned. ZZ Sealed bids marked "Bids for Maxwell Automobiles" must be In the S EE hands of Johnson &. Hlgglns of Washington, 602 Colman Building. E Seattle, by 3 P. M. Friday. June 14th. 1918. EE Certified check for 25 per cent of amount must accompany bids. Right Is reserved to reject any and all bids. Further particulars may oe ouiainea irom- uonnson ec xiiggins 01 nasuingion. 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