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18 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, MAY lO, 1920 METHDDSTS MAY CHANGEV1EWP0IWT Recreation and Amusement Programme Gets Support. DANCING LOBBY PRESENT Fraternal Delegate From Japan to Ueneral Conference Tells of De cline of Militarism. NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS BY It. H. HUGHES. METHODIST GENERAL, CONFER r.VCE, Des Moines. Ia., May 9. (Spe cial.) Moscow, Idaho, presented a resolution to the general conference Saturday on community houses and a construction programme of recre ation and amusements for the young p- ople which emphasized that simply a negative attitude toward these mat ters will not suffice. It was an indi rect way of touching the much, con troverted amusement paragraph ia Methodist discipline and ready sup port was found. . The presence at Des Moines, how ever, of a representative of the danc ing masters, is prejudicing many del egates who were in favor of eliminat ing the paragraph on amusements, but they will not accept dictation from such sources. Another resolu tion condemning the Walker prize fight bill was adopted with enthusi asm. . Japanese Mennee Denied. Dr. V. Herron Smith, fraternal dele gate from the Japanese Methodist church, said that 90 per cent of the Christian Japanese and students be lieve that Japan will keep her oft repeated promise to get out of Shan tung. The same is true of Siberia, said the spe'aker. Referring to the oft-repeated statement that Japan is a military menace the speaker said: "My answer is that I would Judge that matter on the attitude of her youth. Eight years ago the military academy had over 3000 candidates, of whom only 120 could be accepted. In 1912 the naval academy had the pick and choice of the fine young-men of Japan, but last year they wanted 200 men and the candidates were so few that they got only 100, and on the second examination had to accept in ferior men to fill the quota. "Japan is establishing 9 colleges and 10 universities with her war profits, having appropriated 30 mil lion yen for that purpose. Then she is sending 400 of her finest young men to America and Great Britain, paying their traveling expenses and per month, and she has estab lished 400 scholarships In her own universities. The attitude of Japan toward Christianity was never more favorable. Ten years ago men sa,id: 'Yes, Christianity is fine; teach it to our wives,' but today they are saying it is the salvation of their country and say: 'Teach it to our boys'." Democracy is so popular in Japan that it has permeated the church evi n farther than that in America, accord ing to Dr. Smith. They havj laymen in. the annual conference, elect thtm bishops for four years with a possible re-election; have laymen in the cabi net, and it works. The membership of the church is 21,333 and the con tribution $103,000 per year. The peake rsaid the problem of Japan Is that of labor bolshevism and social ism, as strikes and sabotage are com ruon. Suffrage r"p Monday. The question of universal suffrage will be decided by the conference next Monday. , Impressive memorial services were conducted this afternoon, at the gen eral conference for the bishops, edi tors and secretaries who have died since the general conference of 1916 and for the delegates who have died since election tc the body. In the list are the names of the two men from Oregon, Bishop M. S. Hughes and Dr. T. B. Ford, superintendent of the Salem district and for many years a leading minister in Oregon and "Washington. Dr. Ralph Ward of Foo ohow read the memorial of one Chi nese, Hu Caih Hang, who was born in a Chinese Christian home and it shows the world-wide character of Methodism. The tribute to Bishop M. S. Hughes of the Portland area who died in ' Cleveland, April 4, was read by Bishop xr "I.1 .1 r , -: - A. finuciauu ut V 1 11 u 1 II Ilii 1 1 . f res ent at the services were his aged mother and his distinguished brother. Bishop E. H. Hughes of Maiden. Mass. Bishop Hughes' death has profoundly impressed the whole church. He was referred to as an eloquent preacher, a wise aamtnisirator, a man or re markable gifts of mind and heart all of which he had consecrated to the cause of Christianity. Sympathetic reierence was made to the bereaved family who are in Portland and could not come to the services today. Dr. Toungson Read Memorial. rne memorial tor ur. Ford was read by Dr. Youngson, who substi tuted for Dr. Avison of Salem. Dr. Youngson filled the vacancy admir ably and exalted Dr. Ford as a man, preacher, leader and administrator. The memorial to Bishop William Perry Everland of the Philippine islands and Malaysia was read by Dr. M. A. Raderof. Manila; that of Bishop Franklin Hamilton of Pitts burg.. Pa by Dr. George P. Eckman; Bishop James M. Bashford of China ar.d Liberia, by Bishop Joseph C. Hart zel; that of Dr. Levi Gilbert, one time pastor in Seattle, by his suc cessor. Dr. E. C. Waring; that of Dr. James M. Buckley, for 30 years editor of the Christian Advocate and prob ably its most able editor, and who was in 11 general conferences, by Dr. J. Ft. Joy. present editor of that paper; that of Dr. E". C. E. Dirion, formerly editor of Zion's Herald, Boston, by Ir. Edgar Blake; that of Dr. W. F. Sheridan, for many years secretary of the Epworth league, was read by Dr. Charles Guthrie of Chicago; Dr. F. D. Broard by Dr. John Stevans of California: Dr. C. E. Lake by Dr. Kieve; Bishop Frank M, Bristol presided at the service and Dr. George Elliott of Detroit made the opening prayer. Orpbcuni. BY LEOXE CASS BAER. FLORENZE TEMPEST, remembered as the- tiny one of the duo. Tem pest and Sunshine, returns on the Orpheum bill with a new sparkling act and she herself is just, as dainty as ever. She is assisted this year by three young men, Alton and Allen, sprightly dancers and singers, too, and George Harriss, who. by theway, was piano accompanist for Dorothy Jardon in her first Orpheum tour. Miss Tempest is beautiful to behold, whether in skirts or trousers, and her new act is so constructed that she makes several changes of costume. In the finale she is a dashing young man in full dress. The act is exceptionally well staged with novel lighting effects and op portunity is given Mr. Harriss to show his ability at the piano. Mis3 Tempest responded to six curtain calls. Sylvester Schaffer is a versatile chap wrfo rolls a-dozen tricks of the trade into one interesting act. He first appears as a Persian doing the sleight-of-hand tricks, then he jug gles a little better than some of the best with sticks and spheres. Next he paints a picture of well-balanced pro portions, excellent perspective and artistic composition. So many of the pictures painted hurriedly on the stage are all chromoesque "winter scenes" or "moonlights on a river" or "sun sets" mercifully softened by a dim ming of the lights, that Schaffer's picture of a bit of stone (dyke on which two picturesque peasants in colorful attire herded a flock of geese while a "red-topped cottage added a homelike touch among the distant trees, created genuine appreciation. Schaffer plays the violin nicely and is a sharpshooter who shoots fair and true. He dashes in astride a sorrel horse and puts the equine through a series of steps and finishes with a Romanesque juggling adventure in which he dexterously tosses two balls and supports a chariot which two horses have dragged in. A "lispthing young lady assisths" Schaffer. Madame Claire Forbes is a distin guished pianist and of headline con sequence. She is the piano soloist of the Boston Symphony orchestra, and presents a delightful series of three numbers. She plays Albeniz' "Spanish Dance," the "Love Dream" from Liszt and an excerpt from the Tschaikow sky concerto in b flat minor, which was arranged by Madame B'orbes for vaudeville. Conceded to be the most difficult classic written for piano, it seldom played by a woman. Madame P'orbes' playing of the ex cerpt, which took about five minutes, was remarkable for its brilliance and electrifying in effect. To dreamy waltz music two splen did athletes Herbert and Dare of fer a beautiful demonstration in phy sical strength and athletic develop ment. Their act is worked by a quiet simplicity, a total absence of .the spectacular or "give-me-your-kind applause" attitude and for its very beauty was constantly applauded. Another very popular act in the opening show yesterday afternoon was that of Demarest and Doll with songs and dances and tomfoolery at the piano by the masculine member of the lively couple, who, shorn of antics. proved himself to be a piano virtuoso with the left hand. The girl of this act, Doll presumably, has a melodious singing voice and shines, too, as a dancer. The Rosaires open the show with a wire act that teems with novelty. A hammock and a wall conceal the tight wires, in a twinkling the camouflage disappears and the couple goes through stunts that are all worth while and very entertaining. Milt Collins, "speaker of the house," has some apt observations to make his monologue, anent the burning political questions of the hour, the cost of high living and women, occasions much hilarity. HIGHER EDUCATIONAL Baker. BY LEOXE CASS BAER. THAT a little melodrama now and then is relished by the wisest men, and women, foo, is demonstrated at the Baker this week in the new play "Dawn o' the Mountains." Dawn is another June, the little untamed mountain girl of John Fox' novel "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." Like June, she is untutored, but romantic and filled with the lore of woods creatures. Like June, too, her life swinge in the activities of a feud, only that in Dawn's case hos tilities between her people, the Mct Nairs, and their tribal enemies, the Boltons, have been reduced to a standing truce. However, one of the McNairs, another Jed as the Jed Tol Hver who wooed June, breaks the truce In this story and the entire third act is another all-night battle, with watchers inside the cabin and waiters outside in the mountains ready to kill Jed. Just as in the other story, there is the northerner, who, in this in stance, comes to buy the coal lands Dawn's father owns. A picturesque scenic investiture has been given the story by Director I waiter s. tiiiDert, and the real pine trees that girdle the little cabin in the clearing, the bald-topped moun tains in the. distance, and the blue Virginia skies are very genuine in effect., Lillian Foster gives a sympa thetic portrayal as Dawn, "wild cat o' the mountains," acting with in cisive confidence and a certain wlst fulness and youth that is admirable. George P. Webster played Dawn's father, a fine old patriarch of the hills, evidencing a sincerity and dra matic resourcefulness that made the role stand out in bold relief. An ex cellent piece of work was Broderick O'Farrell's Jed, the villain, a role he endowed with sinister qualities and a far-reaching atmosphere of evil, so well portrayed it seemed real. John Fee was the northern hero, a regular hero part which he played with his usual skill. George Taylor cleverly introduced an interesting mountain character, an elderly par son, philosophical and kindly. Mayo Methot added a picturesque note as a boy of the mountains. Will iam Lee and Mary Edgett Baker as a pair of feud-defying sweethearts, added romance and tragedy later. Irving Kennedy was a grim avenger and Walter Corry a surveyor. This same bill will continue all week with matinees on Wednesday and Satur day. The cast: Bub MacNair 34ayo Methot Sally MacNair Mary lid get t Baker Buck MacNair. ....... .George P. tWebster Dawn MacNair -. . . Lillian Foster Slim Tooker Goorge R. Taylor Jed MacNair. Broderick O'Farrell Bob Blake . John G. Fee Cal Bolton William Lee Jim Bolton...... Irving Kennedy Billy Melegs...., Walter Corry BILL IS INDORSED State Chamber of Commerce Vote Delayed. NO OPPOSITION FOUND College Millage Advocates Sow Re port They Have' Secured 370 Pledges of Support. A favorable vote on the 1.26-mill measure for higher education In Ore gon has been receive by the state chamber of commerce from commer cial clubs in 19 counties, which would have given the bill the official in dorsement of the state chamber but for the fiict that Medford, Eugene and Gold Beach were a few days late in sending in their vote. The re quirement of the state chamber for an official indorsement called for rep resentation from not fewer than 18 counties prior to closing day, Z"o Opposition Found. Not a commercial club in the state wide referendum conducted by the state chamber' voted against the higher., educational measure, which ranked even with the good roads amendment, upon which 19 counties also, reported favorably. The commercial clubs sending in the formal representation of the higher-educational tax act, were those of Salem. Oregon City, Medford, The Dalles, Molalla, Umatilla, Warrenton, Roseburg, Pendleton, Corvallis, As toria, Bend, Brownsville, Boardman, Dallas, Grants Pass, Heppner, Lapine, La Grande, Marshfield, Myrtle Point and Gold Beach. Referendum Not ecrsMrr, A considerable number of other commercial clubs have formally in dorsed the ' measure '--without having sent in a referendum vote. Among these are Wapinitia. Enterprise, Mau pin, Albany, Redmond,, Tillamook, Ashland, Hood River. Cottage OTove and Pilot Rock and the federated community clubs of Marlon county. In addition, so many indorsements have, been reported from non-official business mens' clubs, such as Kiwanis clubs, civic clubs, realty boards, ro tary and ad clubs, and so on, that the business men of the state are believed to stand - substantially behind the measure. Indorsements of all kinds now total 370 for the "college millage act." He Lyric. SONG hits and comedy with a laugh able "plot running through" it all make the musical comedy "The Prince of Pilsner," which opened at the Lyric yesterday, one of the most popular bills which that theater has put on this season. There is a riot . of fun going from the beginning to the final curtain and love affairs get tangled up and are finally untangled to the satisfaction of everybody, even the audience. There is a prince and a princess and an American girl who, of course, starts some lively excitement. Then Ben Dillon as the king of Bolero and Al Franks as -ills secretary add a comically humorous punch to the scenes. Some of the song hits include: "The Crocodile" by Madelaine Matthews; "I'll Be Your Baby Vamp," by Billie Bingham; "Cuddle Up," by Carleton Chase: "Laughing Irish Eyes," sung byj Dot Raymond, and "Lonesome Lad," sung by Clarence Wurdig. In one of the scenes a dummy sud denly comes to life and adds a little excitement to the comedy: The leading part, that of the prince, in well handled by Carleton Chase. Billie Bingham appears as the prin cess and Dot Raymond as the Ameri can girl. Man in Fleeing Auto Killed. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 9. Charles Watson of Doty, Wash., was shot and fatally wounded this afternoon by po lice officers who claim that he re fused to obey an order to halt an automobile in which he was riding with a companion, George A. Oakland j of this city. He died in the general ! hospital here this afternoon. Oakland is being held on a liquor charge, of ficers claiming to have found 10 gal lons of moonshine whisky in the car. 'Hang Me," Man Tells Police. "I want you to hang me," calmly announced Jacob Hall; 45, to officers as he walked into the police station late last night. Shortly after Hall s entrance his wife and son arrived to inquire his whereabouts. They said Hall for some time has imagined that he is an object of contempt to every one. Hall was held for examination by alienists. Hippodrome. I T is a highly entertaining one-act musical and dramatic playlet that Homer and Adah Lind present at the Hippodrome theater, appearing in "The Singing Teacher." Mr. Lind, late of H. W. Savage's Parsifal Opera com pany and the Metropolitan Opera House of New York, scintillates as the gray-haired old-time vocal teacher. Miss Lind is the demure and winsome student, who had gone to the big city to win fame. The playlet makes a big hit not albne for its comedy and ap peal of plot but through its delightful i vocal and violin selections. The photoplay feature provides plenty of stirring scenes, with J. War ren Kerrigan starring In "The White Man's Chance," the plot of which Is largely laid in Mexico. It took the dashing young "Mexican" exactly two seconds to stir things in the sleepy town and his actions also stir the nerves and feelings of thos-e who view the screen action. Niobe has an entertaining act, per forming a number of stunts under water in a glass tank. She acts, drinks1, sings and does any number of seemingly impossible things under water. The Twentieth Century Four are pretty girls . with melodious voices who give a varied programme of rag time and grand opera. One of th&ir number provides loads of fun for her drolleries. Sheppard and Dunn are two dapper youths who sing and dance entertain ingly, i Stryker, a contortionist, who gets badly twisted up, and Sylvester, who is also quite a mixer and clever with his hands, complete the bill. SEARCH OF WELL FUTILE Body of Alleged Companion of Bluebeard Xot Found. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 9. A search in an abandoned well without result for the body of the woman alleged to have been seen in the vicinity with) James .P. Watson, who is to be sentenced tomorrow on the plea of guilty to the murder of one of the "wives" he is said to have confessed slaying, was the principal development in the case tonight. Two civil war veterans at the na tional soldiers' home at Sawtelle, near Los Angeles, identified Watso as a man they saw go into the Santa Mon ica hills with a woman last January, j They said they saw the man leave j the hills alone near the well. I Officers who examined the well re- I Garage Has $4 00 Fire. Fire which broke out in the auto mobile repair establishment of Kep- ple & Powell, 433 Alder street, ye terday afternoon, did- about $400 worth of damage to equipment and the building before it was extin guished. The fire, believed to be of spontaneous combustion origin, start ed between a chest of tools and a wall. Besides the fire damage there was considerable smoke damage. The building is the property of the Elks' lodge. 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