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TIIE . HORNING OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY.- APRIL 21. 1020 EXCHANGE HATES HELPED CANADIAN FINANCIER. VIEWS AS DISEASE LADEN SITUATION CALMLY. 8. SIBERIA PICTURED Nurses Return in Charge of Portland Man. WHEAT IS UNHARVESTED "Farther You Go Into Interior, Worse Conditions Get," De Tares Cuplaln Higgs. SEATTLE, Wash., April 20. Siberia was pictured a a country of utter despair, where disease is the grreat eHt toe of armies, the civilian popu lation and those 'who would render assistance to the unhappy Inhabi tants of once prosperous cities and villages, by 21 American Red Cross nurses and nurses' aids who arrived in Seattle today. The party, left Vladivostok January 17, coming by way of Manila. . There is no scarcity of food in Si beria, according: to the nurses, but the inhabitants seem to be in the depth of utter discouragement and despair, helpless before the inroads of disease. "I saw peasants idle with their wheat fields unnarvested." said Cap tain A. K. Higga of Portland, Or., leader of the party.' "The farther you go into the interior the worse condi tions get." "The Russians are demoralized," eaid Mrs. G. J. Brandon of Loa An geles, chief nurse of the party, who sailed from San Kranclsco for Siberia. March 29, last year as a member of the first unit. Leaders Are Lacking. "They have wonderful cities, won derful resources, but no competent leaders. "Miss Grace Robertson of Chicago, one of the American workers who took care of 1000 children sent out of Petrograd by their parents when that city was under siege by the bolshe vikl, told a pitiful story of the two years' journey across Kurope and Asia to Vladivostok. The children ranged in ages from 4 to 18 years.' Although the bolshcviki has agreed to let the children return to their homes in Petrograd, Miss Robertson said It is doubtful if many will ever find their parents and they are likely to become government charges. Siberia is in a deplorable condition from a sanitary standpoint and there is no promise of relief in the near future. The vast country is at a standstill commercially and agricul turally because the people are in the depth of despair and absolutely re fuse to work or make any special ef fort to obtain food, according to the view of the situation gained by Cap tain Higgs. Typhus Fever Itasca. Captain Higgs was the only eye, ear and nose specialist in the terri tory In which he operated and he was kept so busy attending cases along the trans-Siberian railroad that he livqd in a special car during most of the time he was in Siberia. "There is so much confusion and congestion in that country that it is difficult for me to describe condi tions there," vhe said this morning at the Savoy hotel where the Red Cross party is registered. "Typhus fever is the worst enemy of the Siberians and in fighting this disease we had between 12 and 15 hospitals and dressing stations along I the trans-Siberian railroad from Vladivostock to Tumen, a distance of j 4500 miles. In one hospital, devoted entirely to typhus cases we had re markable success, but we experienced much difficulty in inducing the vic tims to enter this establishment. The people are thoroughly discouraged. They do not seem to care what be comes of them. They refuse to work nd just loiter about like a lot of lost people -They are so . downhearted that they wont even harvest the crops and it seemed to me that some of them would rather starve than cross the street to obtain food. "There is no scarcity of foodstuffs in the territory where I was sta tioned. It is there if the people will go after it. As the natural result of this condition Siberia is a wreck. I can see no improvement from a sanitary standpoint in the near fu ture. The congestion is almost in describable. The housing conditions could not be worse, and with refu gees from European Russian coming in their flight from the bolsheviki there Is no chance for relief. 'TheRed Cross has been planning to establish quarantine stations and sanitary trains nearer the front to ake care of the refugees as they eiiter Siberia." Dr. Higgs referred to the relief work performed by Red Cross nurses in Harbin, Manchuria, .last August during the cholera epidemic there. "The victims of the disease were dying by the thousands when the Red Cross forces reached Harbin and vi cinity," said Dr. Higgs. "Inside of two weeks we had the epidemic under control and at the end of four weeks the disease was stamped out. That was only one of the many similar sit uations we had to contend with." In discussing the political position, he said that there is really no gov ernment over there. Committees com posed of men who call themselves social democrats are in control of the country. He said that there are only about 60 Red Cross nurses remaining in Siberia. -vr--Mj)ti!wauwwwwJMl.. .wmimww vw;'ig.jjiJjwwwi-'Ujwwwi.oiiii.ww iwwmwm&tiMWW tmmmmrmmmmtmw vwss : t - '. - ' , - . r KV i$ --Xyt r J s 4 ' t ' If - I' i v S IS hx frt:''. t i '- , : j H; - -i . is . X ksif '- - '' -if, H 'A.Vv, i- ' tfl J?" v T . , ,-r-v ... -ryp w ' t if yt ; SCE.M3 FROM !! OI,D KENTl'C'K V." THE SI PER-PRODICTIOS SHOW IXU THIS WEEK AT THE COLUMBIA THEATER. comedy-drama she has been making for Sol Lesser, made her a flattering proposition to take her diving act on a tour of the Antipodes. Miss Kellerman did not treat the offer seriously. "Rest and vacation are going to be my middle names," said the maritime star, when the offer was made to her." TODAY'S FILM FKATIREK. Rivoli Priscilla D e a n, "The Virgin of St.mboul." . Majestic Rex Beach's "The Silver Horde." Peoples Irene C a s 1 1 e, "The Amateur Wife." Liberty Wallace Reid, "Excuse My Dust." Columbia Anita Stewart, "In Old Kentucky." Star James J. Corbett, "The Prince . of Avenue A." Circle Ethel Clayton,' "Young Mrs. Winthrope.!' ' Globe-T o m Moore, "Toby's . Bow." TINGLING romance- finds a good friend in the southern moun tains, where forbidden moonshine stills are passionately guarded; in the blue grass mansion's, with ' their magnificent parties at which mingle dashing cavaliers and handsome debutantes -of the aristocracy, and in the spirit " of horse races-- all of which figure conspicuously in "In Old Kentucky." "In Old Kentucky," a magnificent screen version of which is now show ing at the Columbia theater, has been . an American drama favorite since its first production 27 years ago. Anita Stewart stars in this screen production, made by Marshall Ncllan, one of the most prominent directors of the present cinema world. -be used with eqUiU effectiveness Roy Stewart, one of the stars of Benjamin B. Hampton's photoplay of the Jane Grey novel, "The U. P. Trail," which has just been completed, res cued the heroine of the story, in real Jife, .Marguerite e La Motte, from an unpleasant berth under 20 feet of snow.- The. little star had eesayed to climb the side of Mount Baldy. in the Sierra Matures, when on "location" filming' the picture. She started a snowsl'ide which carried her along with it. to the floor of San Antonio canyon. Miss Le La Motte was not Injured. James E. Abbe, celebrated New Tork photographer and till now ex clusively identified with "still" pho tography in its most artistic mani festations, has been secured by Mack bennett to direct a two-reel art mo tion picture. Abbe has agreed to abandon awhile his wide activities as contributor to the nation's lead ing magazines and exclusive art Journals, the "bait" being an allur ing contract offered by Mr. Sennett and the opportunity of demonstrat ing Abbe's belief that the principles employed by him in portraiture can CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Vgna-ture of Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Permanent Relief CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS n ever fail. Purely vege-. v table act surely but JT js. gently on- the A nTPr'f ITT LET IVER PILLS 3 AW it- liver. Stop after dinner, dis tress cor rect indiges tion: irrmrove the complexion brighten the eyes. Small PHI Small Dose Small Price DR. CARTER'S IRON PILLS, Nature's great nerve and blood tonic for Anemia, Rheamatisra, Nervousness, Sleepl essness and Female Weakness. tilB ami ttr ilntir The production is amazingly elabo rate. Its elaborateness . does' not come from numbers of cast or from expensive sets which have been spe cially constructed for . minute scenes. Kather, it comes from, the perfection which characterizes every detail, large and small. 'Indicative of this care in 'detail are the views of the old southern colo nial estate at which many of. the epi sodes occur. The servants' quarters correspond with the huge house, not in style or structure., but in the nicety and good taste which would naturally characterize the home of a family of good breeding. ..The house interiors are not literally swamped with an tique furnishings, but each piece, in conspicuous though it may be, is correct. The story of "In Old Kentuck"' is' well known: As in every storv in which the backwoods and blue grass life touch, feuds, nightriders, genu- neness and conventional selfishness play a prominent part. The music which accompanies the picture is delightful. With soft, ap preciative tenderness the Columbia string orchestra plays. its score, con taining such melodies as "My Old Kentucky Home," "My Darling Nel lie Gary" and "Turkey in the Straw." Screen Gossip. Not to be outdone by Chancellor Strong of the University of Kansas, Douglas Jarmuth, manager of the Peoples theater, has cast his lot in with the overall brigade. Yesterday each and every employe of the Peo ples theater appeared for duty at tired in blue denim. New uniforms for the Peoples attaches had been a subject- of debat with Mr. Jarmuth for some time. When the overall fad started he , canceled orders already given and bought uniforms, which average $3 apiece. The average cos tume of the usher employed at the larger first-run houses Is "a. tailored affair, costing from $30 to $60 each and includes skirt, jacket, change of blouses or collars and hat. The over alls and mechanics' hats which Mr Jarmuth has furnished his employes will be used during the spring and summer months and in the early autumn the old costumes, which will be sent to a tailor and remodeled w.111 again be donned. m m As a result of his work in recent drama Wheeler Oakman is to become star in his own right. Oakman has played the leading masculine role in such big productions as "The Spoilers," 'The Ne'er Do Well," "Mickey," "The "Virgin of Stamboul" and other notable features. . Carrying greetings of Katherine MacDonald, Anita Stewart, Mildred Harris Chaplin, King Vldor, Florence vidor, Charlie Ray, Marshall Neilai; and other Pacific coast producers who are making pictures for First National, Sol Lesser, well-known pro ducer, distributor and exhibitor, will leave this coming week for the con vention of First National franchise holders in Chicago. In addition to his other activities. Lesser holds the southern California franchise in as sociation with the Gore brothers. At a farewell -luncheon given by Mr. Lesser in honor of J. D. Williams, general manager First National, the various First National stars who were in attendance, unofficially appointed Mr. Lesser their handshaking repre sentative to extend their good wishes to the exhibitors attending the con vention. Hope Hampton's initial motion pic ture production, "A Modern Sa lome," had the recent ..distinction of opening the new "Y" hut at tha Pueblo Col., steel works. The hut supplies not only the employes, but also the whole population with photo play entertainment. The lure of the footlights has no appeal for Annette Kellerman. for this week she turned down -an offer of $5000 a week for a ten weeks tour in Australia, her native land. The offer camo from the American representatives of the Hugh Macin tosh enterprises, who, hearing that Miss Kellerman had completed the ' final scenes for her new modern in motion pictures that the lighting ef fects and grouping of figures that have distinguished the best of artis "'s camera experts can be brought to oear on photoplay producing. Robert McKim, now regularly "vil laining" in photoplays of famous novels, .. received a remarkable seal ring as a present from an unknown lady admirer. - With the ring was a short note which ran: "I am an old lady who gets more pleasure watching handsome villains on the screen than handsome heroes. As you're the vtllalnest and hand somest of them all, I hope you will accept this little present. It is the wickedest man's ring I could find." The ring is of soft gold, with two opals held In place by the coils of two green-gold snakes. In the eyes of the snakes are tiny rubies. Is a kiss worth $2000? Archie Munro, a well-known cit izen of Riverside, Cal., - thought that it was, especially if the donor was known as the reincarnation of the famous Venus de Milo. It all happened at an Elks' club high jinks, where the members of the .Riverside lodge were trying to raise a big benefit fund. Annette Kellerman, the diving Venus, was on location in that city for her pew Sol Lesser picture, and consented to be guest of honor, and when a certain article to be raffled off didn't appear to be bringing the required amount Miss Kellerman offered to throw in a kiss with it, and the bids soared rapidly until the $2400 mark was reached. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. 'BAKER ACTOR SCORES EXACTING ROLE. v' 4 t i I ' X ' I Jka Fee. As the llkabl.t 'ir.busLnessuke and ..irresponsib'e ,. masculine modiste in "Lombardi, Ltd," John Fee has bcn assigned a role that mieiht stagger a less experienced actor. Primarily the role was written for Leo Ca rlilo, who! alone played It for two sjasons. Frederick a..d Fanny Hstfon. -who knew Ca rillo persons lly, wrote the part for him. When- the play was released f or . stock presentation many managerswere loud in their re fusal to consider presenting it. : fdring to put their leading men to the. task of following a type V lik Leo Carillo. The Baker ? stock management, however, I had faith In John Fee's versa- tility and his ability as a dia j lectlcian and portrayal of char- acter roles. That faith seems to t nave been well founded in the I portrayal Mr. Fee is -giving I in the role this week. Higher Cost of American Goods De clared to Be Leading to Do minion Development. In the, opinion of A. C. Flumerfelt, director of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and former finance minister of the province of British Columbia, who was a Portland visitor yesterday, the present exchange situation is likely to prove beneficial to the do minion people. There have frequently been reports of a feeling unfriendly to the business interests on this side of the international boundary because the foreign exchange rates have been such as to put a premium on the buy ing power of the money of the United States. But it is-not with any . sense of complaint that Mr. Flumerfelt views the condition. From an eco nomic standpoint, he sees that be cause of the higher cost of American manufactured goods there is likely to be a material increase in production of like goods or substitutes for them on the Canadian side of the line. "Canada is being forced to develop production," said he yesterday,- "of her own necessities. There has been a very large market there for goods of United States manufacture, but the trade has naturally been somewhat diminished by reason of the higher cost due to the state of foreign ex change. As a consequence, our peo ple are thinking more along lines of Industrial development. "We feel that relatively the North American continent today gives the greatest promise of any part of the world and that Canada has the most to offer because it is the least de veloped. British Columbia occupies a position in that respect that is anala gous to that of Oregon on the Pacific coast in this country. A very large percentage of the standing timber of the dominion is in British' Columbia, Just as I am told Oregon has the largest body of standing timber of any state on this side. "In my opinion it would be mutual ly beneficial if we could have a very much greater number of Americans come over and get acquainted with us in Canada, and if more of our peo ple could make visits to Portland and other points over here. We are one people, speak one language and should cultivate a greater knowledge of each other. ALL-YEAR ROADS WANTED WATER RIGHTS AT ISSUE Settlement of Wallowa Disagree ment Reported In Progress. SALEM. Or., April 20. (Special.) Settlement of a long standing dis- Slogan Adopted by Brownsville Chamber of Commerce Committee BROWNSVILLE Or.. April 20. (Special.) The good roads committee of the Brownsville chamber of com merce has as its slogan "to make every road a good road every day of the year." An invitation has been sent to the county commissioners of Linn county to accompany the local committee on a trip over the roads in this vicinity. It also is planned to send a questionnaire to every farmer in the vicinity asking about conditions of roads. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Linn County Good Roads association held in Albany re cently it was decided to hold eight good roads meetings throughout the county, beginning April 21 at Scio. Dehydrated Potatoes Lift Potato Boycott One pound of King's Dehydrated Potatoes restores to five pounds when soaked over nijjht in four pints of water, and it's all food no waste. They have been cleaned and pared. When the water is replaced flavor and food value equal the fresh. 6-oz. Carton S5 In bulk, per lb 50f KING'S FOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY 3 43 Fourth St. Bdwy. 1091 Portland, Oregon US HI puts between & company composed ot Wallowa county citizens and the Kn terprlse Electric" company with re gard to water power rights on the Wallowa river is In progress and probably will be effected within the next few weeks, according to Percy Cupper, state engineer, who returned here recently from eastern Oregon. The company of citizens, according to Mr. Cupper, filed for power rights on the. west fork of the Wallowa river, while the Knterprise Electric company made application for similar concessions on both the east and west forks of the stream. To bring about a settlement of the controversy and thereby prevent any unnecessary delay in development work it Is proposed to grant the application of the electric company for power rights on the east fork of Wallowa river, and hold in abeyance the filings of both applicants for rights on the west fork of the stream until the persons interested can hold a conference and enter Into some agreement. CANNERY CHANGES HANDS Graves Company Buys Plant of Brownsville Firm. BROWNSVILLE. Or, April 20. 'Special.) The cannery here, which has done a big business in canning small fruits for a period of over ten years and has been owned and op erated by the Brownsville Canning company has been sol1to the Graves Canning company of Sheridan. The new owners take charge May 1. They have already ordered $6000 worth of machinery for the new plant. The plant will be in full charge of A. B. Miller, secretary of the Brownsville chamber of commerce. He states that the company will feature the name of Brownsville on every label. The Graves company now owns can neries at Sheridan, Sherwood, Wood burn, Tillamook and Brownsville. CAMAS DISPUTE SETTLED Plaintiffs Ask Dismissal or Appli cation for Injuncton. CAMAS. Wash.. April 20. (Special.) The injunction suit against the city of Camas and W. D. Marchbank, con- Lcadbetter company of Camas, was dismissed by Judge Reynolds in the Clarke county superior court today. The Pittock & Leadbetter company filed a restraining order stopping work on Beeson street, alleging that work was not being done according to specifications. City Engineer El liott and J. Roth were the only wit nesses called by plaintiffs, and before Mr. Elliott finished his testimony Attorney J. II. Lane for the Plttock- Leadbetter company asked that the case be dismissed. The improvement of this street, which will serve as an artery to the Camas Heights residence district and all farming country north of Camas. has . been the cause of considerable controversy for over a year. Prop erty owners on Oneonta street en deavored to have that street improved instead of Beeson. An appropriation of $5000 from the interstate bridge tolls was made by the Clarke county commissioners for the Beeson street Improvement. Contractor Marchbank states that the work will be resumed at once and should be completed this summer. Made to Order COOS CATTLE SALE HELD Sixteen Head of Golden Glow Bred Animals Arc Sold. COQUILLE. Or.. April 20. (Special.) The Coos County Jersey association held its first annual sale here Monday selling 16 head of Golden Glow bred cattle which had been purchased through the sales committee, consist ing of Q. Hampton and J. L. Smith, from Earnest Gourley, of Halsey, Or. The animals were sold at cost to the highest bidder, rebate being made to the successful bidder on the basis of prices bid. Only members were al lowed to bid. The sales totaled $11. 720, averaging $732.50. Golden Glow Chief of HalBey, son of old Golden Glow Chief, purchased by Elmer Shull and W. E Cross of Co quille. topped the sale at $1600. Tulip Golden Glow, daughter of Golden Glow Chief of Halsey, purchased by V. H. Berkey of Lee, was top female at $1500. tractor, broutrht by the Pittock today. Imports Set New High Record. WASHINGTON, April 20. Imports in March set a new high record, while exports were the second largest In the history of the country, the de partment of commerce announced Sweet Crisp JUBllC10 TULS That's the first impres sion of Grape Nuts Then think how this sturdy wheat and bap ley food builds health and strength.. No waste, and it makes its own sweetening. Is a wonderful food SoldiYcerseverYwhere! r a Made byPostum Cereal Co. 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