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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. Engines 3, 21 and 1 and chem
ical 1 and truck 3 responded to the
rire alarm.
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GILBERT SAYS:
"Exchange privilege
your money s worth or
your money back.
ATTRACTIVE
PRICES
Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Phonographs
Payments Like
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DELEGATES STOP ON WAY
Party of 8 0 or 9 0 JEn Route to San
Francisco Visit Portland.
A deputation of between 80 and 90
delegates to the convention of the
rational foreign trade council reached
Portland yesterday from eastern
states and departed for ; San Fran-
cicso, the convention city, after spend
ing three hours here. The delegates
arrived via the Great' Northern at
7:10 last night and departed over the
Southern Pacific at 10:15.
Frank A. Arnold of New York
headed the delegation of visiting busi
ness men, who hailed from cities lo
rated from Chicago eastward. There
were several women in the party,
which occupied five Pullmans. Many
of the visitors met old friends here
and there were numerous informal
reunions.
ported there was no trace of a body 6 Months Rent Applied on Purchase
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