a
Statute Requires Proof
Chauffeur's Ability.-
LAW EFFECTIVE JULY
Application Blanks Will Be Sent
to All Motorists; Nominal Fee
of 25c to Be Charged.
THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1920
PUIS TO LICENSE
MO DRIVERS LAID
f hmH' L&m.JilU Slimnn i r f ' I I
SALEM. Or, Feb. 15. (Special.)
Because of a new law enacted at the
recent special session of the legis
lature requiring all persons operating
or driving; motor vehicles to obtain a
license, from the secretary of state,
Sam A. Koaer. in charge of the state
department, is working out tentative
plans whereby his office may be able
to handle the added duties imposed
by the act with the least possible ex
pense to the taxpayers.
The new law. which was prepared
by Senator Orton and approved by
both houses of the legislature almost
without debate, is not designed as a
revenue measure, according to its
author, but ha for its purpose thro
elimination of drivers who are men
tally or physically incompetent to
handle motor driven vehicles.
Although Mr. Kozer has not yet
completed his tentative plans for
complying with the provisions of the
new law. he says tne registrations
and issuance of permits probably will
be handled much the same as are the
applications and licenses applying to
automobiles and other motor venicjea.
Blanks to Be Seat arc.
To expedite and make possible the
Issuance of these licenses in the least
possible time the secretary or state
probably will send out blank applica
tions to all owners of motor vehicles
with instructions that they fill them
at and return them to his office at
their earliest convenience. These ap
plications shall contain the applicant's
full name, residence, age, height.
weight, occupation, color of hair,
color of eyes, date of birth and a
statement of his experience In the op
eration and driving of motor vehicles
and that he is not mentally or physic
ally incapacitated. This application
must bear the seal of some persons
authorized under the Oregon laws to
administer oaths.
I'pon receipt of this application Mr.
Kozer rays he will issue a card, con
taining the information set out in the
application, together with a metal
badge and copy of the motor vehicle
laws of the state. The cost to the
applicant will be 25 cents, covering
the expense in obtaining the official
license and administration of the law.
Law Kffcctlve July 1.
The secretary of Btate has received
many requests for copies of this law.
which will become effective on July
1 of this year.
The secretary of Mate may author
ise the chief of police or marshal of
any Incorporated city or town or
sheriff of any county to issue "learn
er's" permits to persons over 16 years
of age and not mentally or physically
incapacitated.
A "learner" means any person who
prior to the date of his application
for a permit has not operated or
driven a motor vehicle for a period of
more than five days and who wishes
to qualify as an operator and who
possesses the physical and mental re
quirements of an operator. Such per
mit may be issued for a period not to
exceed 15 days, but shall be valid only
when such person while operating a
motor vehicle is accompanied by a
licensed operator or chauffeur.
The secretary of state may refuse
to Issue a license to any applicant for
an operator's or a chauffeur's license
who is show- by proper evidence to be
a reckless or negligent operator or
driver, endangering the safety of the
public, or an habitual violator of the
provisions of this act.
License Hay Be Suspended.
The secretary of state may suspend
any chauffeur's or operators license
Issued under the provisions of the act
upon request of any magistrate, sher
iff or chief of police or city or town
marshal for any cause which he may
deem sufficient, and order that such
operator's or chauffeur's license be
delivered up when he is of the opinion
from the statements accompanying
the magistrate's, sheriff's, chief's of
police or city or town marshal's re
qest that the holder thereof is an im
proper or incompetent person or
physically or mentally incompetent to
operate or drive a motor vehicle.
For violation of the provisions of
tba act the party convicted is sbject
to a fine not to exceed 1400, confine
merit in the county jail not to exceed
one year or both fine and imprison
tnant.
t A w x M ,l...Jfy
8crae from Harold Lloyd latest eomedy "From Hand to Mouth, running- in I
connection wttn Anita Stewart 3Ilnd the Faint Girl, at the Majestic I
theater.
TODAY'S FTLM FEATURES.
Peoples Dorothy Tllsh, "Mary
Ellen Comes to Town."
Rivoll Henry Walthall and
Barney Furey, "The Long-Arm
of MannUter." Barney Furey
In person.
Liberty Doris May and Doug
las MacLean, "What's Your
Husband Doing.
Columbia Special production.
"Blind Husbands.
Majestic Anita Stewart, "Mind
the Paint Girl."
Star Harry Carey. "Marked
Men."
Sunset C h a r 1 e s Ray, "BUI
Henry."
Circle Mary Pickford, "The
Hoodlum."
T71 VERY "ffirl" from 16 years up to
X-i those who lo.-g ago failed to
record birthdays will immediately re
new the craving for the stage and be
gin to again count on her fingers the
reaeons why he should surely suc
ceed back of the footlights when she
sees Anita Stewart in "Mind the Paint
irl," showinar this week at the Ma
jestic The second pretentious Harold
Lloyd comedy "From Hand to Mouth"
is also a feature of this week's Ma
jestic programme.
"Mind the Paint Girl" is a story of
stage life as "we girls" used to day
dream It long ago before welfare
workers summoned courage to go
back of the picture and discover
for the public the really long hours
small pay and unvaried life of the
average "show" girl. It is a story in
which al! success .comes easily to a
pretty little chorus girl. Rich and
titled personages vie for her hand.
She has all-the fun, none of the wear
iness that statisticians allege go with
a stage career and she likewise pos
sesses the complete poise of a fairy
tale princess.
The picture Is delightful from the
standpoint of comedy and is a cleverly-filmed
drama with a romantic plot.
It makes no effort to be anything
else. To the analytical ft might seem
a bit far-fetched and dime "novelty,"
but to the majority of motion picture
fans "Mind the Paint Girl" will be
heartily indorsed as good entertain
ment. The Harold Lloyd eomedy Is one of
his best.
Screen Gossip.
Lew S. Taylor, for 18 years a resi
dent of Portland and until recently
"stunt" man at the bomb-dropptng
school at Camp Upton, N. Y, is one
of the most recent acquisitions to I
filmdom's celebrities. Taylor is now
ding stunts for the screen. Los Ange
les papers recently recorded a sensa
tional leap made by Taylor from an I
automobile Into an airplane. The auto I
waa racing at 70 miles an hour, ac
cording to the press report. A plane I
swooped down over the automobile I
and Taylor caught hold of a 25-foot
rope dangling from it and pulled
himself hand over hand to the lower I
wing and then to the cockpit The
plane was traveling at about the I
same rate of speed as the automobile
and immediately Taylor grasped the
rope it shot upward into the air.
Will Rogers, the cowboy star who
has been the. big find of the year fori
Gold wy n, paid a high trubute the I
other day to his director, Clarence
Badger, to whom he gives credit fori
much of his success. It is no small
responsibility that is put upon a di
rector when a new candidate for star
dom is placed in his hands. Success
or failure is apt to depend upon not
only his technical skill, but his abil
ity to grasp the special element In
the new candidate for stellar honors
that should be stressed in order to in
sure satisfactory results.
Irene Rich saved Nick Cogley, one
of her supporting actors, from drown
ing in a California river. When he
fell into the water with heavy boots
on and was unable to swim, Miss Rich
plunged in and held him until help
arrived.
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Director Lloyd Ingraham has
plunged into the first stages of a new
production with bis young stars,
Douglas MacLean and Doris May, at
the Thomas H. Ince studios. It will
present MacLean in a guise entirely
new to his admirers. He will appear
as an escaped jail-bird with an un
conquerable sense of humor, and both
stars and director declare that it will
have more comedy and a Btory with
more genuine suspense than any pro-
duction thus far made by this trio.
Rumor has it that Priscilla Dean
and Wheeler Oakman were married
at Reno, Nevada, recently, but Miss
Dean denies the rumor.
Look for a lot of "good red blood"
in Bill Hart's next picture. It will I
have a fight between Bill and Tom
Santschl, and no one need look for a I
pink tea affair. Hart plays the role
of a soldier returned from overseas I
and Santschi the part of a saloon-1
keeper near the waterfront in San
Francisco.
SCHOOL ELECTION CALLED
Cholialis District to Choose Director
to Succeed A. S. Cory.
CTTEHAT.1S. Wash.. Feb. 15. (Spe
clail.) The annual school election for
district No. 3 will be held Slarch 6. A
director for a three-year term will be
chosen to succeed A. S. Cory who is
ending two full terms on the board.
It is also intended to ask the voters
to authorize a :0-mtll school levy to
meet mounting school costs and
proper financing of the district.
AVhen this year is ended the fiscal
report will thow the bonded debt fully
paid, a l-mill levy having been au
thorised to wipe this out.
Canadian Newspaper Man Dies.
MONTREAL. Feb. 15 E. F. Slack,
president of the Canadian Tress and
general mana.eer of the Montreal tla
xette, died this evening. He waa
taken ill two days ako with influ
enza which developed into double
pneumonia.
ball safe. lie may be hitting the ball
hard at the outset or tne slump, out
directly at someone, as is often the
case. That doesn't worry him so
much at the start, because he be
lieves a break is certain to come.
However, as the slump continues, he
begins to fuss. He may change his
batting position, may shift his stride,
may shorten his swing, may go to a
new style of bat. Usually he would
be better off if he did none of these
things. But when a man is worried
he will resort to almost any means
to recover his poise.
ished second and Sergeant Aubrey
third.
In the mounted wrestling, Horse-
shoer Smith threw Private Sanders
after half an hour's tussle. Both are I
of the 11th cavalry.
The Roman race went to Sergeant
Gibson, the rescue race to Privates I
Larson and Marshall, and the tug of I
war to troop Gr.
The whites were victors over the I
reds in the polo n-atch by a score of f
five to four.
Major Leonard Tate and Major I
Fhiilip Magor. both of the Eastern
Last season Koger Peckinpaugh of British team, starred for the winners,
Baseball on the Inside.
the Yankees went 29 consecutive
games in which he got one or more
hits. In that long run the breaks
naturally had to be in his favor. Just
when it seemed some pitcher had
stopped him, he would connect weakly
with the ball, a dropping ny to me
nxtfielri would result. It would be
just outside the reach of the infielder
or outfielder and would go for a Dase
hit. Then I'eckinpaugh was stopped,
and. as is often the case after a player
has been hitting the ball hard, he
fnlla into a slump. For about two
I'.nbi i.clc didn't get as many hits
as he had been getting in a couple of
daya He seemed to be nuting tne
hn consistently and as hard as
ever, but always some fielder would
be right in the way or he would make
a brilliant catch. Base hits which for
Hi. month nrevious had come so easy
were now the hardest things in the
world to acquire.
No one has ever explained to the
satisfaction of all just what a batting
slump really is. I .have always be
lieved batting slumps in a large
measure were caused because of a
slump in the players confidence in
his ability. Unless the player is an
unusual tvDe. a batting slump will
worry him. and that worry destroys
1 confidence, the greatest asset in any
thing. When something gets the
plaver going again, and base hits
start comlnit his way, the old confi
dence returns, and he goes merrily on
his way to the .300 mark. Inci
dentally, no one worries more than
the manager when a couple of his
stars are in a batting slump.
4 TRROWX IX CAVALRY RIDE
Gillette Service Experts
are again in town
Free Service to you Gillette Owners Leant now how much
comfort and convenience your Gillette can really give-
U
UR Service Experts are here at the
most convenient stores.
Let them advise you about your
shaving: Get the "little knack" of the
perfect Gillette shave, the finest shave a man
ever enjoyed.
Get them to look . over your razorsee that
it is adjusted properly. No charge. Don't let
the chance of seeing them pass by and bring
your razor.
With the Gillette perfect shaving is a diver
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The Gillette is adjustable to the thick beard
or the tender skin. It never irritates.
Blades always sharp always ready.
Millions of Gillette users take only five min
utes for the cleanest, most comfortable shave
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It makes a big difference how you hold the
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Come in and let our Service Experts give you
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forgotten. And don't forget the importance of
changing blades now and then.
Surprising how much an occasional new
blade improves your shave.
" Remember No Stropping No Honing
And no charge for whatever our Service Experts
can do for you.
Shave yourself. Wonderfully simple with the
Gillette. And you'll be surprised at the amount
of money saved from fees and tips.
Are You Getting Maximum Results From Your Gillette
The Gillette Service Experts and all Gillette
dealers want to be of service to every Gillette uaer
in town.
They will show yon that "little knock" of the
Gillette shave--bow to prepare the face for hav
ing; the correct ancle-stroke; the adjustment for a
light or a close snave.
Bring in your Gillette, have it looked over. It may be damaged,
bent, out of alignment. If so, they will put it in first -class condition
again, free of charge. They may make come valuable suggestions,
anyway.
When yon shave tomorrow morning, try this
L. tiicr the beard thoroughly, and rub well in -that's essential
with any shave.
Put in a new blade and screw the handle down tight. Then, if yon
want a specially cls shave, unacrasr the handle a
light turn.
Hold the razor naturally and easily, and tilt the
handle so you can just feel the blade engage tna
beard. ,
(Here's where some men make a mistake, tney
iVt the hard'e up or down too much.)
Then shave with short, slanting strokes.
Keep the edge of the blade as nearly flat against the skin as yon
can. Any man will catch the - Utile knack" of using hi. Gillette : m
one or two shaves. In fact, when the Gillette la properly used, the
beard slips off without your knowing it.
The all-important thing is to lather well, and to hold the razor
easily, with the handle tilted so the blade uat mngMgom thm Dearer.
If there is any man in this town who is not getting a satisfactory shave, we want to know it. -
Gillette Safety Razor Company, BostonMzss.
When and where you may meet the Gillette Service Experts:
All next week
u. s. A.
All this week
Frank Nau .6th and Alder
TheJOwl Drug Co. . Broadway and Washington
Meier 8 Frank Co.
Olds, Wortman & King
Powers & Estes 129 Sixth Street
MADE IN
KNOWN THE
WORLD OVER
Lewis At Stone 120 Broadway
Honeyman Hardware Company . 4th and Alder
Stipe-Foster Drug Co. . . 289 Morrison St.
Portland Cutlery k Barber Supply Company
86 6th Street
Stout-Lyons Drug Co. . . . Third St Morrison
EVERT ballplayer, next to the old
pay check, likes his base hits.
Since the size of the pay check, in a
measure, depends on the ability to
safe by, there is good reason for the
love of the wallop that goes safe.
There is nothing quite so stimulating
er encouraging to the diamond ath
let aa the ring of the old base hit.
Of a lot of players they say: "Tou
could Just about pay that fellow off
in base hits instead of money."
In strikine contrast, nothing wor
ries the ballplayer more than a bat
tlnr slump. Inability to get the ball
safe can transfer the most congenial
athlete into the worst kind of a crab.
It can rob the peppery Individual of
all hia life if the slump is of a pro
tracted nature. It can turn the most
brilliant fielder into a very ordinary
performer. Nothing can disturb the
success and harmony of a ball club
more than a couple of good hitters
falling into a slump.
Explain a batting slump? That is
bo easy task. Literally it is inability Philip VaKue, 11th cavalry. Presidio,
af a recognized good hitter to get the 0f Monterey. Trivate Stoutenger fin-
while Hugh Drury and Erie Pedley I
aid valient work for the reds.
SALEM HIGH BEATS CORVALLIS
Score Is 34 to 18 in Fastest Game
for Capital Team.
SALKJi. Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.)
Salem High school last night defeated
corvams High school in one of the
most interesting games of basketh.ll
o,fas:dtoTse 'tIt. .b8;,;r presidot op T-A-BliAMES
sureo tne district championship as a I REGISTER. ASSOCIATION.
ruji ui last nignts victory.
Coach Schott is getting his men In
line for the state tournament to be Dispute Over Cost of Publishing
halrl All M9Flh at C aa C 1 I I
.,.a V v oiiu v, m.iiu ne says
TflOTTl FIGHT HIRED
II nis team snows the speed and
endurance that have marked the
games played thus rar this season,
the local high has a good chance of
winning the state raurels.
Annual Record Book Enters
Into Harness Race Row.
XOR.UAN ROSS BEATS
One Horse Killed Inrin Army
Event at Bel Monte.
rELi MONTE, Cat., Feb. 15. Four
riders with their mounts fell during
the steeplechase event of the U. S.
cavalry field meet, which preceded the
polo match here today. All of the
riders escaped injury, but it waa nec
essary to kill one of the horses.
The race was won ty sergeant
NEW TORE, Feb. 15. J. C Welty,
AXZAC president of the National Trotting as
sociation, has issued an address to
American Wins Three-Qnarter Mile I members in which he puts the blame
on the American Trotting neBisi
Australian Title. association for the break which has
ADELAIDE, South Australia. Feh. resulted in a third governing body in
li. Norman Ross, the American harness racing. That the refusal of
swimmer, today won the three-quarter the N. T. A. to bear a share of the
mile Australian championship, cover- loss in compiling and publishing the
ing tha distance ia 17 minutes 29 1-5 Year Book of trotting and pacing bad
seconds. .nrnhinir to rin with the break is a
He defeated the Australian swim. r nf common knowledge among
mer, F. K. Beaurepaire. by five yards, horsemen, but the story as told by
There were eight starters. M- weltv differs from that hereto
fore published.
Salem Senators Sign Games.
He says:
For several years past your asso-
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 15. (Sni.i i elation has paid one-third of the
Adequate grounds have been obtain. it Tear Book publication and distributed
by the Salem Senators, the newly or- I the books among its members. The
KauiKu iMKudu i t in , ana Olds for I ivegister a9suciiiuu tupireu duui
the erection of a grandstand are now maries of the races from the Ameri-
being received. Biddy Bishop, who is can Trotting association without ex
promoting the team, says he already pense to the American and refused to
has signed two or three games for allow 'the National actual expenses
early in the season and that not less in copying the summaries of its races,
than two games each week will be We believe that both should be treated
played bere during the entire summer, alike, and If the Register association
Two local banks have made finan- wanted the National to furnish a
cial donations to the club, and it is copy of its races, costing between $400
not believed any difficulty will be and 600 annually, that it should be
encountered In raising sufficient funds paid for by the Register association
with which to place the team on a at actual cost- This we proposed to
sound footing. do proposed to take the Year
Book in exchange at actual cost, and
this they declined to do. You can
see whether or not your officers have
discriminated against the Register
association. This is a plain statement
of facts without any conclusions upon
my part."
Mr. Welty has informed the mem
bers of the N. T. A. that the board of
review, at its recent meeting in Can
ton, O., restored the old-time allow
ance rule, but increased the allow
ance from one second to two seconds
a year, limiting its operation to three
years, so that no horse can have an
allowance of more than six seconds.
BOWLERS' POSITION'S UPSET
J. Williams, La Crosse, Wis., Leads
Meet With Score of 660.
ST. "PAUL, Feb. 15. Numerous up
sets in the leaders' positions in the
singles event featured today's pin
smashing at the International Bowl
ing association tournament. J. Will
iame of La Crosse, Wis., rolled into
the lead in this class, getting 660.
The best count in the doubles today
was hung up by G. Fisher and T.
Reynolds of Chicago, whose 1247 total
gave them seventh place.
TELEGRAPH SHOOT IS HELD
Four Teams Tied in Second Round
of Spokane Trapsbooters.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 15. The
second round of the fourth annual In
land Empire Telegraphic Trapshoot
ing tournament was shot today with
the following scores reported:
Waitsburg 72, Garfield 73; Oroville
73, Kellogg 63; Colfax-Palouse 73,
Walla Walla 9; Sunnyaide 73, Wal
lace 68; Tonasket 61, Lewiaton-Pome-j
roy 70. Odessa-Bye, 72.
HOOP LEAGUE IN BALANCE
P. W. LEE CALLS MEETING OF
TEAM MANAGERS TONIGHT.
First Half of Season Ends With
Record or Fast Games; Con
tinuance Is Question.
P. W. Lee, president of the Port
land Basketball league, has issued a
call for a meeting of the team man
agers or representatives tonight at
7:15 o'clock at the Multnomah Guard
club room in the Chamber of Com
merce building. The teams in the
league have completed the first half
of the schedule and it will be up to
the managers tonight to decide
whether or not they want to finish
the second half of the circuit.
Some high-class basketball was
played in the game during the first
half of the season, and the hoop game
which some of the quintets put up was
on a par with the contests played in
the interscholastlc league. No ad
mission was charged to witness any
of the contests, and the basketball
fans wno turned out were treated
to some hard-fought and fast games.
The J. K. Gill basketball team won
from the Company A Engineers quin
tet Saturday night on the armory
floor by a score of 29 to 20. Al
though the Engineers outweighed the
Gill hoopers, the fast team work of
the smaller quintet proved too much
for the Company A boys. The man
ager of the J. K. GUI team would like
to arrange a game with the South
Parkway quintet. The lineup:
r K. om (291. Co. A 2i
B.irton F (2) Vashn
Hood (8) .....F (S) Johnon
Mills (11) C (8) Tumi
Cash G (2) Ifllterofl
French O Nehf
Welser (8) B
GOLFERS PREPARE FOR PLAT
Special Toornament on Coronado
Course Monday and Tnesrtny.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15. A number of
professional golf champions from
several parts of the United States
are due to arrive here tomorrow for
the special tournament at the Coro
nado Country club Monday and Tues
day.
Among some or the players wno
said they would come are Tom Mac-
Namara, former metropolitan western
open champion) Arthur Clarkson, Wis
conein state champion; H. C. Walker,
Michigan state champion, and the
Martin brothers, former state champions.
The coronaao uouniry ciuo win pb
represented by Robert S. Simpson,
former western open champion for
two years; H. David Wilson, former
western champion, and Charles JJet
rick of Cpronado.
Coronado Polo Team Wins.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 15. In one
of the best polo games here this sea
son the Coronado team defeated the
Midwick four at the Coronado Coun
try club today winning by six goals
ti five. In the fourth chuckker Carle
n v RnrkA was thrown from his
horse in a thrilling scrimmage and j
FRANK TEH WINS TITLE
VANCOUVER MARKSMAN IN
TERNATIONAL CHAMPION.
Score 94 in Principal FHrnt In
Interstate TrapMiootlng Mrri
at Kansas City.
KANSAS CTTT. Feb. IS. Frank M.
Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., today won
the International amateur wing shot
championship, the principal event of
the Interstate Trapnhnotlnff tourna
ment in progress here since last Mon
day. Troeh came from behlnfl and de
feated Harry Snyder of Kansas City,
who led when the first half of the
event was completed yesterday. His
score was $4. In addition to winning
the title, Troeh alto captured first
cash prize.
The following ftva high shooters
won cash prises offered in connection
with the event:
E. B. Melrath, Philadelphia, score 2;
H. C. Herndon, Georgetown, Ky.t HI;
R. V. Elbert. Des Moines, Iowa, n;
William Wetleaf, Nicolas, Iowa, ;
Harry Snyder, Kansas City, tt. El
bert and Wetleaf split the fourth
prize to which their tie of to entitled
them. The tournament ended today.
Cantle May Manage Hannibal.
Johnny Castle, who managed Rork-
ford In the Three-I last year, may
lead the Hannibal team in the same
league this year, provided , Hannibal
narrowly escaped injury. He obtained terms are more than Rockford will
a new mount and continued in thejpgy, ro he is not being considered by
gam. bU old clan.