THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY C, 1920
SUNSET THEATER
Just Arrived
TODAY!
The giffgliest dog-gone
feature ever filmed
15
Manhattan Shirts
for Spring
Pioneer Film House Will Be
What's New?
Used by Merchant.
TRANSFER BELIEVED NEAR
Humor Prevails Corner Will Soon
v. i
Be Replaced Will) Jlodorn
Business Building.
REPORTED
SOLD
The Sunset theater building, once
the finest auditorium in Portland,
and one of the oldest motion picture
theaters In the city, has been sold,
and after a few months will be con
verted into a general merchandise
store.
This belief is current alongr the lo
eal "fillum" row. although It has been
emphatically denied by John A. Jen
nings, owner. The sale, which if not
already terminated, is more than par
tially made, as renters in the Sunset
theater building have not been al
lowed to renew leases on their loca
tions and have been asked to vacate
within the next two months, it is un
derstood. Prominent among the ten
ants In this building are Sandy's Ko
dak shop, the Ruddick Hat shop and
M. Jacoby jewelry store. The upper
rooms are occupied by the Waldorf
billiard parlors.
That the present site of the Sunset
theater will be the location of a gen
eral merchandise etore. possibly one
of the J. C. Penny string, is the cur
rent belief. A rumor that the entire
Sunset block will be torn down and
built into a modern retail store, is
prevalent.
The Sunset theater was originally
the Arcade, one of the show buildings
of Portland, and for many years the
only theater. It was owned by
Morton Cohn, who recently sold the
Strand theater, now the Rivoli. in
der Mr. Cohn"s direction it was con
vered into the first motion picture
house of Portland.
At present the Sunset theater oc
cupies a unique niche in local cinema
circles. It is the only strictly second
run theater, located in the business
section, other so-called "second run"
houses slipping at times into the
third run class. In the upper business
section it and the Rivoli theater are
he only large houses not under the
operation of Jensen and Von Herberg.
The Sunset theater is at the south
east corner of Washington and Broad
wa;' with entrances on both streets.
It is owned and operated by John A.
Jennings. Its manager is Ralph
Vt'insor.
LURED BY WOMAN. CHARGE
MRS. AXXA BA.SGAL.Ij ACCUSED
BY" THOMAS R. HAYS.
Copyright 1919, Hart Schaffner&Marx
Hats for
Spring 1920
We cannot tell you the
hat you should wear.
We'll have to see your
type. You'll have to
see our offerings.
Every good style,
color, finish, shape
and proportion is
here.
$5 to $12
THAT'S a favorite ques-
tion with the young
men ; they want to know
what's the latest style.
Here's one of them by
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
"A Spring- Model
Double-Breasted Belter"
We'll show you any number
of variations you'll like
Lapels, Pockets, Models, etc.
These suits are some of the
reasons why. young men
think of this store as the
style center. We'll show
you others.
Clothes for Young Men
Business men, or the more
conservative,
$40 to $80
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The Men's Store for
Quality and Service
Gasco BIdg.
Fifth and Alder
riaiiHirr Says It Was by Accident
Tfiut He Dicovccrd Woman
Already Was Married.
That Mrs. Anna Basgall, 927 East
Davis street, permitted him to become
engaged to her and spend his money
on her, and that it was only by acci
dent that he discovered she was al
ready married, was the substance of
testimony introduced by Thomas R.
Hays, 683 Kearney street, when the
hearing; of charges against Mrs. Bas
Kali and her husband. James J. Bas
Bali, a streetcar conductor, began In
the municipal court yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Basgall are charged
with obtaining money under false pre
tenses by Hays, who is proprietor of
a photograph gallery.
Ilays told the judge that in the be
lief that he was to marry Mrs. Basgall
he spent approximately $2000 on her.
He said that during all their rela
tions Basgall was presented to him
as the brother of the woman. On
various occasions he declared he had
taken Mrs. Basgall, while Basgall had
taken some other woman, to picnics
and parties.
Hays said that the woman and Bas
gali had first put him off, when he
suggested marriage, but that she fin
ally told him she would make a trip
east and arrange things for their
marriage and he gave her money for
the trip. He said he purchased her
clothing and various other articles.
Consideration of the case will be
resumed next Tuesday.
Slates Attorney Humphreys and Food
Administrator Newell. Mr. Daly will
succeed Mr. Newell, ; who resigned
from the board not lorg rgo on ac
count of press of duties in his own
office.
'Daly Appointment Expected.
As soon as action can be secured
by the attorney-general in Washing
ton, Will H. Daly, former city com
missioner, it is expected, will be made
a member of the local federal fair
price board Such recommendation
was mpne by Governor Olcott. United
Slate Pencil Disappears.
Xo longer will the squeaky slate
pencil disturb the peace of the coun
try schoolroom, for there are no more
slate pencils in the hands of Port
land wholesalers. The latest union
walkcut, it is said, has .completely
shut off the supply from-this section
and it is uncertain when it will be
replenished. This will not affect
Multnomah county, as it io'ng ago
abandoned the slite.
SPRUCE BUYER IS HERE
MATERIAL SOUGHT FOR USE
IX BUILDING PLANES.
Lawson Air Line Official Thinks
Branch Station May Be Es
tablished in Portland.
Apollo Club Entertains a
Large Audience.
Walter J. StevenNOn mn Soloist Ap
pear to (iood Advantage.
STIFFNESS AWAY
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BY JOSEPH MACQUEEN.
ABOUT MOO attended the concert
by home singers of the Apollo
dub male rhorus last night in the
public auditorium, with Walter J.Ste
venson, basso, as soloist. Each num
ber sung was enjoyed and liberally
applauded.
This event was more of an-Apollo
club affair than usual. There were
10 choruses sung, with two solos by
Mr. Stevenson. Sixty-five men sang
in the chorus, and they deserve credit
for good work and for the enthusi
asm which they threw into vocal in
terpretations. .The general public
fails to understand properlv the self.
denial practiced by these Apollo club
men, many of them business men with
many cares to engross them, but who
are so interested in male chorus work
that they gladly give up time spared
from business for necesasry rehear
sals.
The chorus this season is unususlly
well balanced, and the men sing in
tune, with due regard to musical
pitch. Their arrangement, with basses
in the rear and lighter-voiced tenors
in front, :s admirable, and is much
on the s.ime plan as the arrangement
cf men in orchestras, with the first
and ncond violins in the front ranks
and bass viols, drums and heavy
brasses at the rear. The Apollo sing
ers are now so massed together that
their voice ensemble is much im
proved. This is especially true in
rousing, hearty singing with piano
accompaniment. Their unaccompa
nied singing would be materially im
proved if at renearsals they sang
more without accompaniment and got
more used to it.
Bullard's rousing ditty "Hunting
Song" was given a hearty, swinging
rendition, and so was Boharmon's "Oh,
Captain, My Captain." the latter se
lection being a touching reference to
the death and funeral parade of Pres
ident Lincoln. For stately, eloquent
shading and vocal finish the palm
was won in singing the lovely "Ben
demeer's Stream," quite a favorite at
Apollo club concerts. "Widdicombe
Fair." a difficult-to-sing piece, was
excellently rendered. The hearty, con
fident chorus work done in "Swing
Along" had (electric appeal and made
the big hit of the entire event. It
was so well done that it had to ba
repeated. "God Bless Thee Forever"
(Podbertsky). a romantic story with
a tearful setting, received a fine portrayal.
Mr. Stevenson, a Portland business
man, has a big. manly, well-trained
voice that is a joy to hear. It is bet
ter than voices possessed by many
professional singers, and is so rare
heavy bass quality that is so rare
nowadays. He phrases nuentiy ana
enunciates distinctly, so that all he
says is clearly heard. It was a great
pleasure to hear him declaim that
gem of Sanderson's, "Up From Somer
set," sung in the Helll;r theater some
time ago by Reinald Werrcnrath. Its
delicious humor and hearty swing i
were deftly handled by Mr. Stevenson, j
He was enthusiastically received, his i
extra songs being "Your Eyes"
(Forbes) and "Roling Down to Rio"
(German).
Mr. Boyer conducted with fine abil
ity. The accompanists were Edgar
E. Coursen. Charles E. McCulioch iind
Ralph W. Hoyt. The next concert of j
the Apollo club takes place April 1,
w Ith Miss Florence Macbeth, soprano, I
icw 1'oik, as soloist. I
In search of a quantity of airplane
' manager of the Lawson Air Line
Transportation company of Milwau
kee, Wis., arrived in Portland last
night. Mr. Hamilton was accom
panied by his wife, and registered at
the Portland hotel.
Although spruce buying is the pri
mary object of Mr. Hamilton's visit to
the northwest, he is also commis
sioned to look over the city and its
environs for large landing fields.
First indication that Portland may
be a call station of a transcontinental
aerial line is given in Mr, Hamilton's
discussion of the plans of the Lawson
organization.
The Milwaukee concern, which is
headed by Alfred W. Lawson, air
plane inventor and advocate of com
mercial aviation, plans to operate a
line .from New York to San Francisco
on a 36-hour schedule. Mr. Hamilton
thinks it not impossible that a branch
line may be run from Salt Lake to
Portland and Seattle. With this pos
sibility in view, the assistant general
manager will view a number of sites
to ascertain their value as landing
fields. The size of the Lawson planes
necessitates large fields.
Lack of material in the Milwaukee
factory of the Lawson plant brought
Mr. Hamilton to the coast. He will
endeavor to locate several carloads of
spruce within the next few days. He
hopes to find the material near Port
land, and has already a tentative
agreement with one firm here for a
supply. Should he fail to find any
spruce near Portland, he will proceed
to Seattle tonight.
The Lawson plane, which may be
seen in Portland next summer, has a
total capacity of 26 passengers. It is
a biplane, weighing five tons and
with a wing spread of 95 feet. Re
cently the first perfected plane of the
transcontinental type made a trip
from Milwaukee to Washington, D. C,
and back, following the route over
which the Lawson planes are sched
uled to fly. The company expects to
begin operations in May. tlying five
planes over the transcontinental
route.
Mr; Hamilton, who is vice-president
of the Aero club of Wisconsin,
has expressed a desire to' meet offi
cers of the Aero club of Oregon and
others interested in the future of
aviation.
February 14, at the Hippodrome the
ater, admission to be by tickets which
will be distributed without charge
through the schools. The pictures are
educational in character and vividly
portray the condition of hundreds of
thousands of homeless and starving
refugees, for the benefit of whom the
near east relief drive is to be held
in Portland next week.
Fall Fatal to Prall.
John A. Pratt of 1200 East Taylor
street, Portland., died as the result
of a fall at Los Angeles, Cal., on Jan
uary 31, according to word received
in Portland yesterday. He was 60
years old. Interment will be at Al
lentowr., N. J. He is survived by his
wife 'and two daughters Mrs. Her
bert Sheriff of Los Angeles and Miss
Julia Pratt of Portland.
Civic League to Meet.
At tk weekly luncheon of the Ore
gon Crvic league tomorrow at 12
o'clock at the Benson hotel. Norman
F. Coleman, new president of the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
will speak on "Our Industrial Diffi
culties and the Way Out." Members
desiring reservations have been asked
to telephone Main 421.
Influenza Strikes Fossil.
FOSSIL, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.)
Fossil is having its share of influenza
but the cases are generally mild.
Pneumonia symptoms are not com
mon. There has been but one death,
that of Kay Jordon, 25 years old, who
died this week. It is practically im
possible to get nurses.
Stevedore Demands $10,300.
Suit for $10,300 damages was filed
against the United States shipping
board, emergency fleet corporation
and the Pacific Steamship company
yesterday by Emil Ebner, a stevedore.
The plaintiff alleges that he was in
jured while working on the steamer
Wawalowa at the St. Johns terminal
November 15 sustaining a broken
leg. The accident, he says, was due
to the breaking of a loading sling.
Xear East Pictures to Be Shown.
In order that thousands of school
children who have not seen the United
States food administration moving
pictures, taken in Armenia, Syria and
Palestine under the supervision of
Herbert Hoover, may have the op
portunity, a double showing of these
films will be given Saturday morning,
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While the World
Looks On
You had better blow down town and jazz right into the Rivoli
we'll give you the "thrill" of your young life 'cause Mabel is
hitting on "all six" .in her latest scream sensation.
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Do you remember the riot Mr. Guterson created with
"Mickey"? Well, here's another comedy sensation and
Mr. Guterson says it's her best yet.
GUTERSON'S ORCHESTRA
. Two concerts afternoon and evening.
CONCERT NUMBERS "Morning, Noon and Night" by Suppe; "Waltz Caprice" by
J. Cheshire. Harp solo by Hubert A. Graf.
SPECIAL CONCERT SUNDAY, 12:30 NOON
No. 1 "Morning, Noon and Night" by Suppe
N. 2 "Les Patineurs" (The Skaters Waltz) by E. Waldeenfe
No. 3 "Traumerie" .. by R. Schumann
No. 4. "Waltz Caprice" (Harp solo) by J. Cheshire
Played by Hubert A. Graf.
No. 5 "Tales of Hoffman" by Offenbach
We'll Have a Scoop Tomorrow
Watch for the "Moving Billboard"
We have just signed a contract for the biggest screen sensation of the day. It's 3000
feet of the most thrilling, realistic photography ever filmed. It was made by the
Germans but we have it now. Keep your eyes open! It will arrive in Portland
Saturday.
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