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THE MORmG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY", AUGUST 6. 1919. BUT 43 LEGISLATORS FDR SPECIAL SESSION DEAD HERO'S MOTHER 1 VIEWS SDN'S CROSS F. E. Waiting's Decoration of Honor Goes tr Young Bride. Manhattan Shirts High Class Clothes Business Trimble Hats Ready for Men 34 Representatives and 9 Sen ators Indicate Desires. SMITH OF BAKER OPPOSED THREE MORE TO BE GIVEN 8 i ST "Huston of Mnltnomah Believes Mis takes Should Be Remedied if Present Laws Faulty. EALKM, Or., Aup. 5. (Special.) Fewer than one-third of the members of both houses of the legislature have thus far expressed themselves as fa voring: a special session, and until more interest is manifested in the matter by legislators it is not likely that Governor Olcott will issue a call for a special session. D. C. Thorns, representative from Linn county, favors a special session of the legislature and will waive per diem and mileagre, according1 to a letter reaching- the executive officers today. This makes a total of 34 representa tives and nine senators who have writ ten the governor asking for a special session of the legislature to ratify the woman's suffrage amendment. One legislator, Representative Smith of Baker, has expressed himself as op posed to such a session. Huston tor Seaxion. Correction of any defects in laws passed at the last session of the state legislature is a duty of the legislators In the event the lawmakers are called together to ratify the woman's suffrage amendment to the federal constitution, is the opinion expressed by Represen tative S. B. Huston of Multnomah coun ty in a letter received at the executive offices today. "I was requested a week or so ago by the Oregon ratification committee to write you asking for a special ses sion of the legislature and waiving per diem and mileage," says Representa tive Huston. "I hesitated about doing so because I was not certain whether my letter would advance the cause which these women are advocating, and I first submitted the matter to them. After understanding my position they still persisted that I' write you, hence this letter. , "I think that the amendment should be ratified, and it is my opinion that as time goes on and the presidential election draws near, the pressure of public opinion to have the law changed eo that all the women of the United States may vote for president, instead of only a part of them, will become so great that it will require unusual cour age (if that is the proper term) on the part of any public man to stand out against . it. Women Deserve Vote. "It will be felt to be intolerable that half of the women of the United States are to be deprived of their right to participate in the election of the president of the United States, espe cially in view of the tremendous part which the women of this country played in the recent war. To remove any possibility of such a condition, I am willing to make any needful sacrifice and will gladly waive any claim for per diem and mileage. "It is very easy for those of us who live near the capital and who will lose only one or two days' time to make this sacrifice, but it is a far different thing for members who live a lcn-5 distance from Salem. And if they fail to do it, it puts them in a false light as being opposed to ratification. "I am not willing to make any pledges about my conduct if a special session shall be called. First, because I have a distinct feeiing against malt ing pledges, for the reason that I feel that I may be embarrassed by them thereafter and be prevented from doirfg what my own judgment indicated to be the proper course of action. Flaws Held Posnible. "Second, while I have no desire to en ter upon any new legislation, I do think that if it shall develop that by reason of some oversight or clerical mistake certain legislation enacted at the last session is liable to be defeated, that we ought not to preclude our selves at a special session from remedy ing those defects. "Specifically, there is grave ques tion about the validity of the law pro viding for a court of domestic relations in Multnomah county, enacted at the last session. This is a matter of vital interest to the people of that county and of the state at large. For the leg islature to meet and pay its own ex penses and not take steps to remedy any technical defects in this law, it seems to me would be little short of crimirlal .folly. "There appears to be a slight error In the law providing for the education of returned soldiers and sailors, that ought to be remedied. And if a special session is called. I shall consider my self free to undertake to remedy these matters, or any similar matters arising out of the legislation of the last ses sion." Representative H. C. "Wheeler of, Lane county writes: "I am writing you to say that I am in favor of a special session of the legislature being called to ratify the suffrage amendment to the federal constitution and will do nate my services for that purpose." HOOD RIVER SOLOX XECTRAL Senator ickelson for Suffrage Rati fication if Others Are. HOD RIVER, Or.. Aug.- 5. (Spe cial.) Im a neutral," said J. It- Niqic elson, joint senator fiom Hood River and Wasco counties, when asked about his stand on a special session of the legislature for ratification of the wom an suffrage amendment. "Understand." he continued, "I would vote, for ratification, but I am not so earer for the special session as to try to persuade some of my fellow legisla tors to accompany me down to Salem. If the majority of them want to go, then T. will join them and pay my ex penses." Mrs. Chr.rles Castner, president of the Oregon State Federation of women r'uha is strongly in favor of the spe cial session with members paying their expenses. 3eS8 iilSe&'jtMM&toxteijdxAeMM&z fit flu s. 4 " 1 s$$eril s 1: . w n i 1 1 LILLIAN GlSH AND ROBERT HERRON, IX D.W.(iRIFFITH'S "TRIE HEART SUSIE" AT THE COLUMBIA. Mi 1 1 CHARMING indeed, ia the story of True Heart Susie." David W. Griffith's new picture which will be shown at the Columbia theater until Saturday. It is one of those pastoral themes which rise to the dignity of screen classics by reason of the artis try of this master producer,- and which invariably hold their own against crit icism. In this fascinating story of a little Hoosier girl who loves a boy with rare devotion, the heart interest is supreme and the suspense wonderfully compell ing. Susie May Trueheart loves Will iam Jenkins so well that when a poli tician fails to keep his promise to send William to school, she sells butter and eggs and even her cow to raise funds for the purpose. So it happens that William goes to college, but he is un aware that his good angel is Susie to whom he writes desultory letters. When he leaves college and is or dained a minister, he comes to his home as pastor of the village church. Then the tragedy of poor Susie's life is born. William weds a flighty beautiful girl who repays his love by accepting the attentions of less worthy men. But sie is punished by fate. Susie, although she never has forgotten that she was the bearer of flowers at the wedding of the man she loved, protects the erring wife, and it is only, after the latters death that William comes to a realiza tion of Susie's great love and both find happiness. X,illian Gish plays the part of Susie and Robert Harron is William Jenkins. Screen Gossip. Carroll A. Nathan of New York, rep resenting the stage women's war re lief series, is in Portland for the Jewel Universal, which is handling the dis tribution of these features for the stage women's organization. The series con sists of 12 two-reel features, beginning with "A Star Overnight," in which David Belasco appears for the first and only time on the screen. The series was produced for the benefit of de barkation hospital No. 5 in New York. Mr. Nathan will go from Portland to San Francisco this week. , I Margarita Fisher, dainty and fastid ious made a distasteful sacrifice dur ing the filming of her new picture, "The Tiger Lily." As a little ltaiian-imt-i.-jn maid who assists her uncle in the management of an inn frequent ed by the Italians of the settlement, she was required to eat some garlic. She had always vowed that gastronom ical feat was. beyond her powers, but when realism and art commanded well, what would you do? However, she promised not to breathe it to a soul! Changes in the D. W. Griffith reper tory season at the George M. Cohan theater will bring to a close on Sunday evening, August 10. the engagement of "The Fall of Babylon." now m its third week. The next offering will be Mr Griffith's new peace edition of "Hearts of the World," wherein the league of nations receives its first mo tion picture presentation in narrative form, with the necessity for the cessa tion of armed strife very powerfully visualized by Mr. Griffith. , Earle Metcalfe, late lieutenant of the 165th infantry and cited by General Pershing, has returned to the screen. He has been engaged to star with Vir ginia Hammond in "The Battler." This picture will be released some time dur ing the month of September. Owen Moore has arrived in New York from the coast and will start work within a dav or two on his first star- ,inir vehicle for Selznick. The title of the story will be announced shortly. In the meantime Mr. Moore is vaca tioning. Rnrpne O'Brien is all upset! He re ceived a letter the other day from an admirer, who wrote. "Dear Mr. O'Brien: It is rumored that you are dead. Please tell me if this is the truth, as I am very much worried." Gene is. a very conscientious young man and of course he was happy to write to his admirer that he was very much alive, but the thing that bothers Gene, is how he would have been" able to answer the ipitpr. if there was any truth in the rumOK Gene doesn't believe in spirit ualism. .He is open for suggestions. ' ; i The difficulties that beset a director in the picturization of stories are be coming harder and harder as the in dustry increases in age," says Oscar Apfel, who has recently signed a five years contract with World Pictures to produce features for this corporation. 'One of the hardest problems con fronting the director is to create an original finish to a picture. How to get away from the inevitable 'clinch' at the finish as the picture fades out. . I might say that this is the most familiar situation in pictures and being the "walk out" cue to the public, it is the most detested piece of business in the making of pictures to a director." Lieutenant O. L,. Locklear, one of the most intrepid aviators of the age, who has created a sensation all over Amer ica, and Europe by his daring leaps from one plane to another in midair, has been signed by the Universal com pany to make a melodrama of the air, in which his wonderful leap will be pictured. Announcement of the daring" birdman's recently formed connection with the motion picture concern has just been announced from Universal City. CITY AFTER MTION FIELD LANDING SITE AT EASTMORE LAXD TO. BE LEASED. . Grounds Believed First on Coast Publicly Held Air Postal Station Likely. Acting upon the advice of army avi ators who have visited Portland and inspected landing fields, the city coun cil yesterday authorized Commissioner Pier to lease a field directly west of the Eastmoreland golf links, which haa been used as a landing field for air planes. The field is 3200 by 110 feet, and can be made to conform with army aerial regulations by improvemente which are estimated not to exceed $500. The rental of the field has been placed at $1500 per year, but Commissioner Pier before closing a deal will endeavor to have this price lowered. Decision to lease this field gives Portland the distinction of being one of the few cities in the United States to furnish a public aviation field. Several of the coast cities are equipped with private fields, but Commissioner Pier said yesterday that he did not believe any of the western cities had public landing fields. The action of the council was spurred by Milton K. Klepper, president of the Aero Club of Oregon, and aviators who have visited Portland. The golf links. which are operated by the park bureau. were not available, and in addition the aviators contended that it wae not suit able to the landing of large machines. The field decided upon by the council. however, is of eufficient size and free of trees or other obstructions which would serve to endanger the lives of aviators landirtg on the field. Through the establishment of this field Portland may soon be named as an air postal station, aviators now be ing en route to the coast, locating an aerial mail route. The landing field will also serve to encourage recogni tion for Portland by firms planning and already operating commercial aerial lines. MAN IS THOUGHT DEAD John Anderson Asks Appointment to Handle Christ Olson's Estate. John Anderson, lifelong friend of Christ OJson, 46-year-old bachelor, who dropped from sight March 4, 1919. asks for letters of administration to Olson's estate m a petition filed in the circuit court yesterday, under the belief that his friend is dead. Olson was last seen March 4, by his landlady in a lodging house on Second street, as he walked down the stairs with a milk bottle in his hand. Olson had been told by his physician that he could not possibly live more than six months more, due to an incur able malady from which he was suf fering. He left an estate of $2500. His only known relatives are two sisters, one living in .New York, the other in Careless Shampooing Spoils the Hair snAn should be used very carefully, if vou want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared chnnmons contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. Th best thing for steady use is Mul- sified cocoanul oil shampoo (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than anvthinfe else you can use. One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub It in It mftkes an abundance ol rich. creamv lather, which rinses out easily removing every particle of dust, dirt. dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair "fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every member of the family for months, Adv. Presentation to Be Thursday; French Consul to Attend; Wound But . tons Are Awarded. Portland and Oregon should not de pend on government assistance for per petuation of her steamship service con- I nections. but rather begin immediately to capitalize, the advantages of loca tion, harbor facilities and ability to handle commerce, by the formation of home-controlled organizations to op erate their own vessels. The government, while now assisting all ports possible, can. in the. future, advise, direct and aid in a general way, but best results are possible only from the actual operation of ships by the in terests controlling them. These are some of the points John H. Rosseter, director of 'operations of the shipping board, dwelt on yesterday during a limited stay in the city. Arriv ing from Seattle in the morning, he breakfasted at the Hotel Benson and then met Port of Portland commis sioners, public dock commissioners, shippers of grain, lumber and general commodities, shipbuilders and Chamber of Commerce officers. Later there was a party, restricted to much the same personnel, which had luncheon, Mr. Rosseter as the honor guest, and in the late afternoon he conferred with C. IX Kennedy, Portland agent of the division of operations, and then went on an inspecion of shipyards, which termi nated at 7:30 o'clock last night. He left on an early morning train for San Francisco. Many Queries Propounded. The conference preceding and during the luncheon was featured by innumer able questions fired at Mr. Rosseter as to "the shipping board's policy. It was apparent that no question was in the air as to tonnage for moving wheat and flour, that being taken care of now, with arrangements for the future, but there were lumbermen who sought information as to what they might ex 1 ect in the future and others who were concerned with establishment of per manent trade routes. As to whaj ultimately will be done with the ships now under government control Mr. Rosseter was rather non committal. He spoke of the Jones bill. now before congress, which provides i for the sale of government vessels to private interests for permanent lines. the lines to be under government fran chise. It is the intent of thje measure to sell steamers to persons fostering pioneer route for less than to those who wish steamers to afld to already profitable fleets, also to arrange pay ments to assist new ventures. The bill also contemplates the issuance of through bills of lading from inland points in the United States to any for eign destination, so shippers wili have no further concern once their goods are accepted by railroads. Bill Expected to Pans, The bill, it is assumed, will be passed during the present session and probably in another year the sale of ships will be under way. Mr. Rosseter made it plain yesterday that while on the ship ping board directorate he was held re sponsible for operation, not construc tion, so he was not holding out posi tive assurance that new contracts would be allotted to steel yards. 'I believe that the G. M. Standifer Construction corporation. which is building 9500-ton steamers, and the Northwest Steel company and Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation, turning out 8800-ton vessels, can lay down the proposed new 1 2,500-ton types, and I believe that the showing made during the war by Pacific coast yards entitles them to consideration when new awards are made, but I cannot say how or what contracts are to be placed," he said. "I believe we have too many of the 8800-ton ships and smaller sizes and favor the larger carriers for the new programme." As to funds, Mr. Rosseter said that In addition to appropriations carried for new work under the sundry civil bill, the shipping board was privileged to use money for new contracts derived from the sale of types built on the Great Lakes and some of the smaller ships completed on both coasts. Early Lome Made V p. He told at the session yesterday of how steps had been taken by certain shipping interests the very day the first British steamer was sunk in the war with Germany to invade trade routes, and how the undertaking was actually under way the following day, certain large steamship operators form ing a pool to enter the Calcutta zone, which today is proving profitable. He told how young Americans were sent You men who prefer the best in ready clothes, best in style and best in fabrics will find the suit you want in these high-grade Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes . They're made for just such men as you. You'll find the model, the fabric and all in cur larger assortment of these ready-to-wear clothes, something new every day. Conservatively priced at $40 $45 $50 Some more Some less : If Copyright 1919iait&chaiiiieir &itUrx Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Gasco Bldg. Fifth and Alder out first to blaze the way and how i ships were sent "later, so while then1 were early losses, they were sotn made j up. He suggested that in undertaking its own steamship lines Portland fol low that system. Max H. Houser, president of the Port of Portland commission, acted as chair man of the gathering, and asked a num ber of questions of Mr. Rosseter. C. E. Dant, of Dant & Russell, lumbermen, queried him regarding the outlook for ships to handle lumber, but Mr. Rosseter characterized lumber as a "slow dis patch production on which freight rates are low." Japanetie Are Competitors. In speaking generally of trade con ditions, Mr. Rosseter mentioned how strongly Great Britain had been forti fied in a maritime way for generations and, in answer to a question as to the Pacific trade, said the Japanese must be reckoned with as the principal and, really, sole competitors of the United States as far as the orient was con cerned. He spoke of what Japan has gained as results of a winning trade system. It was the general impression after ward that Mr, Rosseter had given little encouragement for the allotment of tonnage on the Pacific and that if gov ernment ownership of ships ia to con tinue the coast will have to wait for a much greater share than is now enjoyed. and George A. Oouglas, and County Superintendent Miss Z. May Metghen, dissolution of the district is asked. The consolidation was perfected five years ago, when districts 84 and 108 were joined, making No. 208. At the time Mr. Dokter claims that It was agreed that transportation would be provided for pupils. This was done for a few weeks, but it is now alleged that owing to poor roads and other reasons it is not furnished and cannot be continued. Purebred Jerseys Available. - HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. S. (Spe cial.) The remnant of a herd of pure bred Jersey cows brought here recently from Independence by R. V. "Wright, superintendent of th Hood River high school, for sale to local orchardists. will be taken to the upper valley, where it is expected that growers will buy them. The cows were bought from I. M. Simpson, who has just retired from stock raising. They are all de scendants of the famous Carey herd at Carlton. Overseas Men Reach Liewiston. LEWfsTOX, Idaho, Aug. 5. (Spe cial.) The arrival of the following soldiers was reported by the local can teen committee yesterday: Martin Huntley. Ilo; Martin C. Feehan. Lewla ton ; Parks Wrightman, Portland and Harry E. Kellum. All of the men are from overseas service. Warm Weather Hatches Chick. GRAND VIEW, Wash.. Aug. 5. (Special.) Mrs. John Pearson claims the weather has been warmer than usual, as she had a chicken hatch in a nert where the egg had been exposed to the heat but not under a hen. BEND MAIM STILL MISSING Walter Beesley, Lost Since Friday, Believed in Bad Plight. , BEND, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) Bend searchers, who for two days have been trying to find Walter Beesley of this city, who disappeared Friday morning, weie obliged to admit today that their efforts had been practically without avail. A man answering to Beesley's description had been seen Saturday morning in the Tumalo timber, they learned, but no other clue to his whereabouts has been found. Lacking supplies of any kind, Beesley may be in a dangerously weakened condition from starvation, it is feared. DISTRICT WOULD SECEDE Court Asked to Dissolve Consolidated School Unit Near Chchalis. CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 5. Owing to alleged failure of the directors of union consolidated school district No. 208 at Doty to provide transportation for pupils, Mike Dokter has brought suit here in the Lewis county superior court to have the organization dissolved insofar as it includes old district No. S4. Jn his complaint, directed against Directors A. H. .Toepelt. H. B. Martin NURAYA TEA Is delicious Closset 8c Devers - Portland jT j p-'-Mnnki in 1 i m ii linn i. i ill,,, i, null u. jiiijiiii in iuii mi in iroin i MEAL TICKETS - '$5.50 for $5.00- vjer 3 Million People , Served Last Year "Love andLiberty" Is it true that love and liberty are not asso ciated in a man's mind as far as the woman is concerned ? A woman you've probably seen, a lovely thing facially and physically with a saving grace of a vast underlying fund of New Eng land common sense, vouches for the above in a tj-pically zestful interview in Photoplay for September. It's called "Plymouth Rock Chicken." He scrobbles up the side of a sky-scraper, hops blithely off a 125 foot grain elevator, busts right through gates at a sixty mile an hour clip and does it all in the engineering spirit of true science. Read about this strong man who makes a ' pet of the nebular " hypothesis, see the real pictures of his real achievements in the September Photoplay Story entitled. "Stunts!". And girls, there's a visit with that "ador able Barthelmess youngster" (it's all true' about his eyes) and men, you'll dote on the he-talk with Rex Beach and "A Pair of Queens" and "Re-discovering an Ingenue." In short, the Table of Contents gives you forty reasons for asking your dealer on your way home tonight for your copy of September's Photqplay. THE WORLD'S LEADING MOPING PICTURE MAGAZINE mm . JAMES R. QUIRK, PulUsher SEPTEMBER ISSUE OUT TODAY 20 cents the copy $2.00 the year i