TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN, TTJESDAT, JULY 29, 1919.
IS CALLED
CIVILIZATION'S FOE
Session of Relief Commission
Opens at Medford.
Misled, Correspondents Gave
False Data, Is Charge.
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22 CLAIMS ARE PRESENTED
GERMAN MONEY SAID PAID
Hearings Will Be Conducted in Spo
kane, Baker and Portland by
Members of Body.
Baltimore Scientist Gives Startling
Testimony Regarding Actual Met
lean Conditions in Hearing.
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lESTilM HEARD
BY MINING BOARD
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MEDFORD, Or., July 28. (Special.)
The city is full of miners tonight from
all parts of Oregon and northern Cali
fornia who came here to present their
Claims before the war minerals relief
commission which began hearings in
the federal building this morning.
Twenty-two claims were presented to
day relating to manganese and chrome
properties in Siskiyou county, Cali
fornia, Lake creek, Josephine county,
and Coos Bay.
The claims varied from $100 to $52,
000, the latter being made by a Tacoma
eyndicate that operated a chrome claim
in the Lake creek district during the
war. No awards were made, merely
testimony being taken. The awards will
be handed down after thorough investi
gation by the department of the inte
rior. There were 170 notices sent out by
the commission for hearing in this dis
trict but only 55 have been scheduled
and it is believed the work of the com
mission will be closed Friday or Satur
day. Thursday night Phillip N. Moore, min
ing expert from St. Louis, a member of
the commission, will leave for Spokane,
ex-Representative M. D. Foster, another
member of Olney, I1L, will leave for
Uaker, Or. to conduct hearings in those
two places, while ex-Senator John F.
Shafroth, chairman of the commission,
will complete the work here and then
leave for Portland, where hearings will
be held.
Ex-Senator Shafroth and the other
members of the commission were taken
on a tour of the valley this evening,
the guests of Dr. J. F. Reddy, former
mayor and well-known mining man.
All members were enthusiastic over the
country and interested in the orchards
which are now loaded with pears and
apples.
The senator's chief interest, aside
from the mining claims, however, is in
the league of nations and the present
situation in Washington.
"I am a staunch believer in the
league of nations," said he, "and hope it
will be promptly ratified by the sen
ate. Its ratification will mark an
epoch-making event in the progress of
world civilization."
FRUIT ACREAGE IS SIGNED
Eight Thousand Acres Listed by
State Organization.
EUGENE. Or., July 28. (Special.)
The Oregon Growers' Co-operative .as
sociation, recently organized, has signed
up 8000 acres of fruit alone, accordi;;
to J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene
Fruit Growers' association, who is a di
rector in the new organization, word
to that effect having been received
from R. C. Paulus, general manager o
the state body.
The Eugene association has signified
its intention of marketing the prune
and apple crops of 1920 through the
state body, so it may be said that the
larger part of the fruit acreage in Lane
county is intending to operate through
the state association after another year.
Professor C. I. Lewis of the horticul
tural department of O. A. C. now is
rtirocting the organization work of the
state body.
CURRY LAMBS ARE SOLD
1000 Head of Young Sbeep to Go to
Eastern Range.
MARSH FIELD, Or., July 28. (Spe
cial.) A liirge purchase of lambs was
made . in Curry county, below Port
Orford, by William Conover of Toppen
ish, Wash, who bought about 1000
head from ranchers near Corbin. The
lambs have been sheared. The price
paid for the consignment was $5 per
head, and they are to be delivered at
the railroad station in Myrtle Point.
The herd, Mr. Conover said, will be
shipped to the Yakima country for
ranee and maturing.
The ranchers of Curry county have
in recent months been disposing of
sheep as fast as possible, fearing the
ravages of coyotes, which have be
come numerous in the past few years.
PORTLAND LAD DETAINED
Alleged Forged Checks Found by
Officers at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or., July 28. (Special.)
Ton:ild Kelley, a 19-year-old boy from
Portland, was arrested last night as he
was endeavoring to pass a check for
$17.50 which the police say he after
wards confessed was a forgery.
The lad had a check book from the
Hartman & Thompson Bank of Port
land. He had filled out three of the
checks in the sum of $17.50 each, pay
able to Gordon McFarland and signed
K. J. Hunt. The police say Kelley ad
mits forging the checks, but claims he
had not cashed any of them. He is
being held until his parents may be
communicated with.
S- fc H. green stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co.. Main 353. A 3353.
Klockwood. short slabwood. Hock
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wild wfnt miBwomai boarding aoiiselceeper
KeH at tlte Peoples.
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INSTEAD of Bill Hart or Doug Fair
banks this time it is "Pep" Gish
who has taken to two-gun play and
the Wild West films. After all the
hero movies, Dorothy Gish has decided
to become a "shero" and as such pro
vides an hour or so of mirth in her
latest appearance in Portland, at the
Peoples in "Nugget Nell."
When it comes to handling a gun,
performing acrobatics on a horse and
playing the "stick-up" game with
bandits, Nell is there with the goods.
The film is a burlesque on the popular
forms of western fiction. The star has
the part of the ferocious leather
aproned boarding-house keeper, who
falls in love with a fashion plate hero
from the east.
Robbers plot to secure his wealth,
but Nell, overhearing their plans, de
cides to mix in at the cross-roads. She
kidnaps the wealthy visitor and has a
series of thrilling escapes until finally
rescued from both bandits and a burn
ing house.
Much comedy is furnished by the ar
rival of an orphan child, who is about
twice the size of her foster mother.
Her robust proportions fail to fit into
the hickory cradle in which she had
been expected to take her naps.
In her efforts to attract the atten
tion of the easterner, Nell becomes vio
lently jealous of her charming neigh
bor. Limousine Liz, and goes shopping
in the neighboring settlement. Her
methods are direct, and though her
pocket book is flat, guns prove as good
as currency.
Cloth is neatly measured off by the
terrified salesgirl and wrapped in a
bundle at Nell's direction, afterwards,
the girl with the gun walks down the
street and selects attractive articles of
wearing apparel at random a hat from
this girl, and shoes and stockings from
the next emphasizing her demands
with the threatening muzzle.
At home once more, she dolls up- in
the first "glad rags" of femininity that
she has ever possessed only to find
that the Stranger is still unimpressed.
Some entertaining Porto Rican pic
tures and a weekly accompany the fea
ture film.
who live in the east are in receipt of
invitations to be present at the com
mencement exercises of the Los Angeles
high school this week when Bessie
Love will be among the sweet girl
graduates. While it was generally
known that Miss Love was still a school
girl in her 'teens, even if she were i
picture star, there were a few doubt
ing Thomases. Now their doubts are
at rest.
Ruth Roland, known far and wide as
the heroine of many successful Pathe
serials, is the first serial star to bead
her own producing company. To use
her own words, she is now an "Inc..1
being the mainspring of Ruth Roland
Serials, Inc.
L. Anderson Reed, lieutenant adju
tant, infantry, U. S. A., recently re
leased from the service and back at his
office in the Metro studios, completed
a pair of continuities since his return
and then wrote the original story of
A Favor of a Friend," in which the
bewitching Emmy Wehlen is to star,
following her production of "Fools and
Their Money."
Betzwood, where the Bennison pic
tures are made, was once the home
stead of John F. Betz, the brewer. Now
that the thirsty first of July has gone
this idea might be passed on to other
manufacturers.
Selah Attendant Awarded Cross.
YAKIMA, Wash, July 28. (Special.)
Second Lieutenant Leroy G. Cronk
hite of the Selah has been awarded a
distinguished service cross for extraor
dinary heroism in action. He is the
second Selah lad to win distinction
on French battlefields, Frank Sher
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sher
man, - having received the croix de
guerre.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July !8. Misled
in their investigations of conditions
in Mexico. William Bayard Hale and
Lincoln Steffens in turn misled Presi
dent Wilson in believing that President
t-arranxa was the "peoples' champion.'
the House rules committee was told to
day by William Gates, an archeologist
of Baltimore. The committee is holding
hearings on a proposition for an lnves
tigatlon on the Mexican situation.
Gates, who toured Mexico In 1917 and
1918, described Car rani a as "an enemy
of his own people first, the United
States second, and then all civiliza
tion."
Mexican President la Antt-Amerleasu
The Mexican president, the witness
said, is more anti-Saxon than anti
American, hopes to set up the suprem
acy of the Latin races and desires to
drive American and British capital from
his country. Gates said that after their
Investigations in Mexico for the presi
dent. Hale and Steffens were employed
by the Germans.
The American pepole are not well
informed of affairs in Mexico, the wit
ness said, because the American press
has received Carranza propaganda.
"Who prepared the propaganda?
asked Representative Snell. New York.
"It was written by Carranzlstas and
handed to the Associated Press and it
they did not send it out they would be
given 24 hours to leave the country."
Carraaslsta Are Real Bandits.
Gates said there were "very few act
ual bandits other than Carranza sol
diers, who are usually headed by their
officers. He added that five revolu
tionary bands exist, "and that in dis
tricts under their control, he felt safer
than in Mexico City."
Condtlons in Mexico, he testified, -are
"steadily getting worse," because the
Carranza government is "simply a mili
tary government where officers and
men are unrestrained."
He told of seeing the ruins of a farm
house which had been burned, "with a
sick woman" perishing in the flames.
Gates declared he never knew of a1
bandit being prosecuted.
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BOY'S FATHER PAYS RANSOM
John West Thompson Acts Upon Ad
vice of Government.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Acting upon
the advice of the Mexican government,
John West Thompson, an American
ranchman living near Mexico City, has
paid the 1500 pesos ransom demanded
by bandits for the release of his 14-year-old
son. the state department was
advised today. The Mexican authori
ties snld thy feared the bandits would
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Physicians and eye specialists pre
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in the treatment of eye troubles and to
strengthen eyesight. Sold under money
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Screen Gossip.
Wesley Barry is rapidly making a
name for himself as one of the leading
screen actors of the silent drama. This
boy, barely 12 years of age. has been
engaged as one of the leading supports
for Blanch Sweet.
Known as the "freckle faced boy."
there is hardly a devotee of the screen
but knows the clever work of this boy
with Miss Mary Pickford In "Daddy
Long Legs," and he was specially en
gaged by Mr. Hampton for an import
ant part in "A Woman of Pleasure," the
famous James Willard London melo
drama, in which Miss Sweet is to be
starred.
Christ's Kpiscopal church, at the cor
ner of Twelfth and Flower streets, Los
An&eles, which has for some time past
been the center of mortgage tangles
and legal fights, lost its identity as a
place of worship when on Friday, June
20, a deal was consummated whereby
all of its furniture, fixtures and interior
decorations became the property of the
Famous Players-Lasky corporation and
were moved and stored in the property
rooms of the Lasky studio in Holly
wood.
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Imagine one man wearing out 14
dress suits and 12 business suits in
five months. Not only that, but here's
woman who In the same length of
time ruined 12 dresses, innumeraDie
hats and shoes; in fact, demolished a
wardrobe which would have kept the
average woman well dressed for years.
The two culprits are James Corbett,
former world's boxing champion, who
has Just completed starring in "the
Midnight Man," and Miss Kathleen
O'Connor, his leading woman.
"A Mite of Love." written by Rachael
Crothers, is the fifth of the serial of
12 motion pictures made under the aus
pices of the Stage Women's War Relief,
the proceeds of which are to be used In
the upkeep of the soldiers' theater at
debarkation hospital No. S in New York.
Tom Moore, the debonair Goldwin
star, who has just completed "Hearts
ease," with Harry Beaumont directing.
is spending the days between pictures
at his beach home. He is quite a swim
mer and goes in several times each day.
He owns an array of surf implements.
including surf boards, air mattresses.
buoys and other sport paraphernali
He is now trying to fit a motorcycle
engine to a board so he can ride far out
and then coast in on the big breakers.
Not satisfied with having Robert C.
Bruce away on his annual trip under
sealed orders, Vice-President E. W.
Hammons of the Educational Films
Corporation of America announces that
a new camera party has left New York
this week, destination and route to be
kept a dark secret, for the purpose of
making certain new film, which is to
be produced with the co-operation of
the educational organization.
The Catalina line aero "Sea Gull."
plane of the Syd Chaplin Aircraft cor
portation, which arrived in Los Ange
les July 1. was christened by Miss Edna
Purviance. noted film star, who broke
a bottle of California orange juice over
the "Sea Gulls bow at 10:20 on the
morning of July 4. at the municipal
dock, Los Angeles harbor (San Pedrc).
Believing that a woman is more effi
cient and by her sympathy is capable
of getting more ont of his players, John
William Kellette, director of the Para-mount-Briggs
comedies, has engaged
Miss Gene Warren as his assistant di
rector. Miss Warren is now at work
with the Briggs company in their en
larged quarters in the Ideal studio,
Hudson Heights, N. J.
Many of the friends of. Bessie Love
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murder the boy unless they received
the momey.
Secretary Lanslnar said the Mexican
foreign office had agreed to refund the
amount of the ransom and to take
measures for the capture and punish
ment of the bandits.
The kidnaping; took place last Thurs
day at the Thompson ranch. 30 miles
from Mexico City, and the boy was re
leased on Friday.
LEAGUE MEETING SUCCESS
President of Gooding College Is
Among Lecturers.
GOODINO COLLEGE, Gooding, Idaho,
July 28. (Special.) According to the
report or r-resident C. w. Tenney, who
was one of the lecturers at the Kp
worth League convention which was
held at Island City, Or., July 17-20, the
meeting- was an unqualified success.
Devotional meetings, round-table dls
MiMon snd Innpirnt ionnl ar1r1rnies
vied with each other in Interest, while
an old-fashioned basket dinner brought
the entire community together for Sun
day afternoon.
For next year the meeting has been
organized on the standard institute
plan and the following officers will
see that the programme Is a arood one:
Josie Hlockman. president; Fannie Mc
Kennon. first vice-president: Fay Milli
ran. second vice-president; Leslie
Thompson, third vice-president: Myrtle
Miles, fourth vice-president: Roy Win
chester, treasurer; Beulah Smith, cor
responding secretary; Donald Cramer,
recording secretary: Mrs. Cramer, jun
ior league superintendent.
consolidation in Lewiston orchards.
One of the larger operating companies
' is the West Knd Orchards & Land
company, which has Just taken over
the holdings of the East End Orchards
company, for a consideration reported
to be around flOO.QOO. The purchase
covers more than 600 acres, half of
which is chiefly apple orchards.
The West End company now con
trols over TOO acres, which will b
operated by a committee of holders
with Fred Morris as chairman. Thi
manager is James Snipes, and tha
superintendent Is Otis Tetherow. A
force of 70 men Is now amployed in
irrigating and thinning.
500-ACRE ORCHARD SOLD
$100,000 Is Paid for Large Idaho
Fruit Tract.
LEW1STOM. Idaho. July 28. (Spe
cial.) During the past few years there
has been a notlreabls tendencv toward
Idaho Soldiers Are Home.
LEWISTON. Idaho. July 2S. (Spe
cial.) The following soldiers from this
vicinity returned from war service
Saturday: Kd win D. Kulton. Grange
vllle: J. Clark Rush. Sena; H. B. ZirbeU
Lewiston: Lawrence McCann. Lewts
ton; Orln C. Evans. Clarkston: Julian
R. Jones. Bolles and Thomas B. Miles.
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Notice to Subscribers
Under authority of the Postmaster General, on account of
recent increases in wages to employes, totaling for the State of
Oregon upwards of $225,000.00 and for the City of Portland $152,
000.00, certain changes in exchange rates have been approved and
made effective July 29, 1919, for the State of Oregon.
The changes in rates apply particularly to residence service,
changes having been made in the principal business rates May 1,
1919.
All new business taken on and after July 29th will be at the
new rates and bills to present subscribers for the month of August
will be rendered at the new rates.
The increased rates will yield an annual revenue upward of
$230,000.00, but as the increase in wages is upwards of $225,000.00,
of which increase $152,000.00 goes to the City of Portland, the net
return to the Company under the rates now made effective is
approximately 2'2 per cent on the valuation of its property at
$13,464,000.00, as found by the Public Service Commission.
The new schedule of rates is identical with the one approved
by the Postmaster-General for the State of Washington, which
has been in effect since Iarch 1, 1919.
The rates are the same in both states for exchanges that are
comparable and the rates for Portland are the same as for Seattle.
We believe that no proof as to the advanced cost of living and
the general high costs prevailing for labor and materials is neces
sary and that the telephone-using public will accept this increase
in rates in the same spirit of fairness and consideration as it has
the advances in almost every other necessity in these unusual
times.
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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