TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1021
OUSE MEMBEH,
EKDS OWN UFE
Representative Elston of Cali
fornia Commits Suicide.
BODY FOUND IN POTOMAC
Fallnre of Government to Build
Naval Base at Alameda Said
to Have Preyed, on Mind.
WASHIXGTOV, D. C. Dec. 15. The
body of John A. jSlston, representa
tlve in congress from California, wa
found floating in the Potomac river
late today.
A note found In the representative'!
coat said he was caught in a chain
of circumstances which spelled ruin."
Mr. Klston, it was said, disappeared
Tuesday, but was found by detectives
that evening. Within a few hours hs
again disappeared, and that was the
last neon of him. It is believed hs
plunged Info the river late that night.
He apparently luid been suffering un
der mental depression, although he
had given no evidence of it until he
disappeared Tuesday. Upon being
found that evening he was given
medical attention.
Naval Ilnxe Cannes Worry.
Failure of the government to un
dertake extensive development of the
Alameda, Cal., naval base project was
understood to have been a cause of
great concern to him, as he had given
clone attention to the plan.
Whether other matters pertaining
to his district had also weighed on
his mind could not be said tonight, al
though it was asserted he had decided
not to stand for re-election.
Mr. Elston's hat and overcoat were
found on the bank of the river about
the time the body was recovered. The
note said:
"I am In a chain of circumstances
that spell ruin, although my offense
was innocently made In the begin
ning. I hope all facts come out. My
stay means embarrassment to my dis
trict and to a worthy people, clean
and generous."
Sulrlde Has Active Career.
Mr. Klston was elected to congress
as a republican from the sixth Cali
fornia district and had been a mem
ber of the house since the 64th con
gress. He was born at Woodland,
Cal., February 10. 1875. In 189 he
was admitted to the California bar
and practiced law In Berkeley until
1903, wht-n he became secretary to
Governor Pardee. Later he was se
lected as attorney for the California
state hoard of health and was a trus
tee of the California institute for
deaf and blind. He was a member of
the Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta
Kappa college fraternities Ha Is sur
vived by his widow and four children
XAVAL BASE HOPKS COLLAPSE
to
Arms Limitation Causes Sulclil
i
Ienpnlr of Pet Project.
BERKELEY.' Cal.. Dee. 15 Rela
tives and friends and business asso
ciates here of Representative Elston
had been forewarned of his possible
death today In messages from Wash
ington friends which said that he had
been missing since Tuesday.
Associates here agreed with Mr.
F.lston's associates in Washington that
failure of legislative plans which
would insure a big naval base for
Alameda, his home district, had af
fected him deeply. Limitation of arm
ament was declared one of the chief
reasons for the collapse of his naval
base hopes.
About three weeks ago a third child
was born to Mr. Elston's wife at the
family home here. Mrs. Elston to
night was under care of a nurse and
attendance of her physician was
awaited by other members of the
family before Imparting news of her
husband's death.
In the law offices of the representa
tive tonight gathered his two law
partners and the president of a bank
in which Mr. Elston was a director,
and friends. These associates were
informed the body had teen found, by
Stephen T. Mather, director of na
tional parks, who shared an apart
ment in Washington with the dead
representative.
Mr. Elston's financial affairs were
declared to be in the bst of shape by
business associates. He was said to
have been well to do and enjoying an
Income more than sufficient to meet
his deinamis. which vere declared
simple.
Representative Elston was one of
the founders of the "Llncoln-Koose-velt
league" that placed Hiram W.
Johnson in office as governor of Cali
fornia and for years had been identi
fied in state politics.
In August, this year, he announced
that with the close of his term In
March, 192.1. he would not agajn seek
election. Friends who talked with
liim on his visit to his Berkeley home
a month ago said at that time the
representative reiterated the state
men Indicating he was making plans
for resuming law work in California.
He was active in several reform
movements and campaigns In his dis
trict. Among these was a legislative
fight to win Improvements for the
Oakland and Berkeley waterfronts.
Mr. Elston was a director of a
Berkeley bank and was identified
with other Alameda county business
enterprises. Iast year he was sued
as a "liable dlrectorof a defunct con
struction company." for which, it was
understood, he had served as an at
torney. The case-is still pending.
have taken on the qualities of the
land, which Is parched and austere.
A patriarchal religion broods over
them and the hand of tradition and
superatltion rests heavily upon the
simple peasantry who live in constant
closeness with the after world.
One of their strongest beliefs is that
a widow may not with Impunity wed
again, for the spirit of her dead hus
band walks by her side influencing
her mind and compelling a loyalty to
the dead. Beneath these restraints of
Christianity and tradition and fear
smoulder wild oriental passions which
break forth like hidden fires to
devastate.
Benavente has taken a conflict be
tween elemental impulse and an Im
posed civilization for the theme of
his play "The Passion Flower."
Esteban is a Castllian who had
married Kaihunda, a widow with a
daughter. When the play opens the
daughter has grown to young woman
hood and is celebrating the announce
ment of her betrothal to a youth of
the village. As the youth leaves the
house he Is murdered and suspicion
points directly to another youth, for
merly a suitor of the girl's. The story
develops that it is Esteban, the step
father, who has become a victim of
circumstances over which he has no
control; that the animosity of his
young stepdaughter toward him. her
oft-expressed hatred of him and her
scorn has roused in him a natura
instinct to possess and conquer her.
Too, he is influenced, he says, by a
voice whispering, the voice, his super
stition tells him, of his wife's dead
husband, whose memory is constantly
between them.
The girl becomes an obsession with
Esteban and he kills her suitor. His
wife, forced to a realization of Este
ban's guilt, brings him from his hid
ing place to her daughter and the
pair's long embrace confirms her sus
picions. The girl confesses her love
for her stepfather and the mother Is
accidentally killed by a rifle shot
when she tries to separate them.
The story is powerfully dramatic
and fascinates in even its repellent
moments. Despite the analytical minds
and self-control inherited from our
Anglo-Saxon forebears, we are en
thralled and manifest a fine under
standing of a race in which primitive
pride, lust, revenge, superstition, hate
love and Jealousy are commingled.
The characters In the play stand
out In bold naturalness and the dl
logue Is written with Imagination and
vigor.
isance ONell Is Raimunda. the
mother. As has been said, she Is
splendid in the role, natural and con
vincing. She must revel in the role
for she hasn't had such acting oppor
tunity in years.
Alfred Hickman, who, by the way
also staged the piece, plays the role
of ,steuan with fine feeling and
sympathy It is a difficult role, al
most entirely lacking in sympathy
until the moment of his big confes
sion to Kalmunda.
Dorottiy Ellen, who is amazingly
like Margaret lllington and whose
voice has some of the deep rich
beauty of the O'Nell voice. Is excellent
as the daughter. A very fine char
acterization and one that is notable
for Its naturalness is Maud Durand's
portrayal of a loquacious housekeep
er. The only comedy note In the en
tire play is an occasional outburst of
protestations from this housekeeper.
Hubert Wilke gave an excellent per
formance of the father of the mur
dered youth, Howard Miller, as the
accused murderer and H. H. McCollum
as a servant to Esteban were both
admirable In difficult, exacting roles.
The play. In three acts, is effective
In scenic treatment and in lighting.
Tne engagement Is for the re
mainder of the week with a matinee
on Saturday.
The cast:
OLD
FASHIOXED MIXSTREL
SHOW MAKES HIT.
Ten Talented Members of Organi
zation Appear in Solos and
All Get Encores.
An old-fashioned minstrel show,
with the songs and dances, the capers
and quips of the end men, and all the
time-honored forms of entertainment
provided by this theatrical institu
tion, was staged at the municipal
auditorium on an Impressive scale by
the Knights of Columbus Thursday
night.
The performance was a credit to
the men who took part in the show,
and in many respects was a better
grade of entertaining than the brand
j furnished by many professional com
panies..
Possibly the most pleasing part of
the show was the programme or
songs, which included several popu
lar melodies of long ago that never
! j grow old and a number of the latest
' sons- nils straiKnt irom rsroaaway.
The large chorus of Knights was well
trained, and the members of it dem
onstrated their ability to blend dozens
of good voices in excellent harmony.
The musical numbers were put over
without a slip, which is the highest
tribute to an amateur organization
Ten talented members of the or
ganization sang solos, and each was
called to answer several encores. Out
standing hits were "The World Is
Waiting for the Sunrise," sung by
Michael Patrick Brerinan, ace of the
Casey songbirds; "Can't You Hear
Me Callln', Caroline?" by Stanley Ba
con. and "Ida," by J. R. Dixon, who
was also the leading funmaker of
the show as end man.
Following the song programme
came five special acts of the oleo
Each specialty was well received. An
afterpiece filled with fast comedy was
presented by a group of merry gloom
chasers billing themselves as "The
Coontown Thirteen Club, or Suicide
Club."
Raimunda Nance O'Nell
Acadia Dorothy Ellin
Donna lnabel litubel Vernon
Mllatcros Vivian Van Slyke
Fidelia Kidler Davie.
KtiKracIa MarRaret BioodKoml
Gn-spara Phyllla Jackaon
Juliana Maud Durund
Kttleban Alfred Hickman
Tio Euaeblo Hubert Wilke
Faustlno Kliner Cornell
Hubio H. M. ilcOollum
Hernabe Henry J. Oehler
Nurbert Howard Miller
Elston Note Vncxplainable.
KAN FRANCISCO. Dec 15. Friends
of Representative Elston here and at
his home In Berkeley tonight declared
they were at a loss to account for the
tenor of a note found in his pocket
when his body waa discovered floating
:n the Potomac river late today.
INDIANS CLASH, 1 DEAD
Oliver Jefferson, SO, Succumbs
From Blow on Head.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Dec. 15.
(Special.) As the result of an alter
cation In a pool hall here last nicht
Oliver Jefferson, a Modoc Indian, GO,
Is dead; Watkii.s Davis, 19, a Klamath
Indian, is In Jail charged with the
killing.
There had been bad blood between
the two for some time owing to a
dispute over some money. They met
last night in McDonald's pool hall on
Main street, where Davis was playing
a game with another Indian. Jeffer
son Is alleged to have cursed Davis.
Davis then struck Jefferson on the
head with a cue with which he had
been playing. Jefferson walked to a
doctor' office and from there was
taken to the Blackburn hospital,
where he lingered through the night
and died early this morning.
A coroner's Jury this afternoon ren
dered a verdict of homicide and held
Davis without bail.
PHONE INCREASE DENIED
Public. Service Commission Crit
icises Management.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 15. (Special.)
That the owners of the McMinnville
Local A Long Distance Te'ephone
company, with headquarters . at Mc
Minnville. have for several years con
sidered the payment of dividends more
essential than proper malnteiis r.c and
expansion of their plant was the find
ing of the Oregon public jervicc com
mission in an order Issued here today
denying the corporation's application
Jr an Increase in rates.
"Testimony indicates that the plant
and equipment of this applicant has
In many sections of the city been
permitted to deteriorate through lax
and inefficient management, and that
the company today must practically
reconstruct the greater portion of Its
property, which would not be the
case had the management exercised
that degree of wisdom to be reason
ably expected," said the commission s
order.
"From the record in this case It Is
evident that this utility hns not in the
past, nor does it now, suffer from
insufficient revenues for the class
and quality of service rendered,
which, as we understand, Is not nec
essarily'conf ined to the mere handling
of telephone traffic."
charming, cultured . in manners and
sparkling with style. Their pro
gramme Is unique and original In
every detail a scenic pictorial of
melody and rhyme, set to dancing; of
an unusually high order.
A special added attraction Is that
of Eadie and Ramsden. Their danc
ins is acrobatic in its nature, with
contortion sidelights, all of eccentric
ity and originality in idea and execu
tion. Smiles and good humor pervade
the Eadie and Ramsden number, with
an occasional song to round out the
entertainment.
Conroy and O'Donnell are a well
known pair of blaokface funsters,
who put excellent comedy Into a skit
which they call "The Mall Carrier.1
It is full of laughs and has the added
charm of seeming spontaneous.
Miss Hamilton, a pretty maid and
her partner, Cooke, have a. clever ar
rangement of " chatter and steps and
melody called "Samples," which is
farcical in Its fun and well put on.
Miss Hamilton's costumes are hand
some Bollinger, a tramp comedian with
pretty Miss Reynolds, are aerial ar
tists who dance, somersault and caper
cleverly on the tight wire. They
appropriately call their act "A Trip
on the Line."
The photo feature is a very fine
comedy drama entitled "Hearts and
Mask." The interesting film .star
Elinore Fields is the cenly of a ro
mantic story and surrounded by an
excellent cast. This bill changes on
Sunday.
RUSSIAN POET FAVORITE
LAUltEATE I' THE KREMLIN
EXJOYS GREAT DISTIXCTIOX.
Demian Bedni Rides Pegasus Skill
fully I'nder Orders and Writes
Propaganda Ver9e.
GARDNER TO TRY AGAIN
to
Mail Bobber Says He Expects
Leave Prison Soon.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Dec. 15.
Smiling, jovial and apparently unaf
fected by the sentence which he is
facing, Roy Gardner, mail robber,
widely known for his escapes from
prison, was checked in at the fed
eral penitentiary tonight to begin
serving sentences aggregating 75
years. In custody of four officials
he arrived from Phoenix, Ariz.
Less than two hours after he was
admitted to the prison, Gardner Inti
mated to guards that he would at
tempt to duplicate his previous sen
sational escapes. A guard handed
h'm several packages of tobacco
which Gardner had in his possession
when checked in.
"Thanks," the prisoner answered,
"It's Just about enough to last me
for as long as I'll be here."
JACKSON CLUB ELECTS
Executive Committee Is Named De
spite Fact Lights Go Out,
A score of faithful democrats at
tended the special meeting of the
Jackson club in the Central library
Thursday night and elected an execu
tive committee. The meeting lacked
fire and fighting that characterized
the recent meeting when John D.
Mann and Frank S. Myers staged
their verbal battle, and the lights
went out In the middle of the elec
tion. , .
The executive committee was
chosen as follows: Newton McCoy,
Sam Holcomb, Oglesby Toung, Mrs. J.
C. Othus and J. H. Harms. Harvey
Starkweather, president, with the
other officers of the organization, will
arrange for the Jackson banquet to
be held on the night of January 7.
BERLIN SENDS CARL LANG
United States Approves Appoint
ment of Charge d'Affaires.
BERLIN, Dec. 16 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Carl Lang, not Theo
dore Lang, will be Germany's charge
d'affaires at Washington. Approval
by the United State of his appoint
ment was delivered to the foreign
cftice today. He will start for the
United states this week.
The government has not given ac
tive consideration to the question of
the appointment of an ambassador.
BANK BILL INTRODUCED
Authority to Establish Syndicate to
Market Securities Given.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 15. Fed
eral land banks would be authorized
under a bill introduced In the house
today to establish a syndicate for the
marketing of their securities.
The measure would sanction crea
tion of a federal farm loan invest
ment' company on the application of
seven or more of the 12 farnf land
banks among whom the corporation's
capital to range between 1500,000 and
Jl.000,000 would be pro-rated.
RELIEF BILL TAKEN UP
AN
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llelllg.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
ELEGANT revival of the grand
ld days when acting meant some
thing more than It does today is "The
Passion Flower," In which Nance
O'Nell returned Thursday night to the
Heilig.
Nance O'Nell is the last of her line
and it is to be genuinely regretted
that there are not more like her on
the stage today.
Accustomed as we have become to
the repressed school of acting, Nance
O'Neil's splendid display of emtlonal
ism and the vitality of her perform
ance caused a distinct sensation.
Weeks hence, yes, even until her next
appearance here, we will still recall
her force and the strength and magic
beauty of her voice.
As for the play, "The Passion Flow
er," a translation of Jacinto Bena
vente's "La Malquerida," it holds us
by the vivid conflict of elemental pas
sions. It is a powerful drama which
could well be called psychopathic. The
scene of the story is laid in the pla
teau of -New Castile, where tne people
Passage of Appropriation for Aid
of llussla Predicted.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 15. Un
der a rule limiting debate to two
honrs, the house late today took up
the bill to appropriate $20,000,000 for
the purchase of grain and other food
supplies for dlstributioa in the fam
ine districts of Russia.
After brief discussion, however, fur
ther consideration went over until to
morrow. Opposition to the bill developed at
the outset when 44 representatives
voted against taking op the meas
ure. The vote of 237 to 44 In favor of
taking up the measure under limited
debate Indicated, however, its pro
ponents said, passage by a safe mar
Sin. .
Americans to Get Italian Cross.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 15.
American soldiers who won the con
gressional medal of honor during the
war will receive the Italian war cross.
It was announced today. General
Vaccarl, chief of staff of the Italian
army, on uecemner zu will present
nighway Opened to Autos. .
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. IE. (Spe
cial.) The Columbia river highway
was opened between here and Mosier
today for passenger cars. Harry Fur
row, engineer of the highway de
partment, however, states that the
cuts through ice and snow drifts are
tco narrow to permit passage of
tiucks. W. D. Trotter, here from
Wyeth, reports the highway open
west from there to Cascade Locks.
The only barrier on the highway la
Hood River county, Mr. Trotter says,
is at Shell Rock mountain, where
crews will have to clear Ice drifts
with pick and shovel.
Woman Hurt by Auto.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. R. H. Waugh. wife of an
east side orchardist, suffered a lacer
ated scalp and face and bruised arm
today when struck by an automobile
driven by C. E. Hounsell, Odell or
chardist. Mrs. Waugh, alighting from
a truck, apparently became confused
as the automobile came up suddenly
from the rear. She was knocked
down and it is thought that the
v heels of the light car passed over
her.
. IUppodrome.
ARTISTIC offering of more
than ordinary interest is that of
the Chalfonte sisters who top the)
new bill at the Hippodrome. The
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MOSCOW. Demian Bednl, the poet
laureate of the Kremlin, Is far more
of a popular favorite than Robert
Bridges, the British poet laureate.
Demaln Is his family name and
Bedni means "The Poor." But he is
far from being poor in the generally
accepted sense. He has a good apart
ment at the Kremlin, travels on spe
cial cars and enjoys great distinction.
He was well known as a poet before
the revolution but rides Pegasus eo
skillfully under orders and Is so suc
cessful as a writer of propaganda
verse and so good an orator that he
has been very useful to Trotzky and
other leaders. He frequently travels
about with prominent bolshevlst
chieftains and has found much favor
with the red army, to which he reads
his political verses.
Demain Is a robust, typical Russian
of 40, who has great physical strength
and personality and is not compelled
to rely on eccentricities of dress or
manner to attract attention.
The revolution brought out a large
crop of new poets and near-poets.
who cast aside all the traditions of
old Russian verse makers and an
nounced that art would throw off
Its shackles. They Immediately
scrapped Funhkln and the other old
favorites of the Russian public. They
went in for vers libre. But the public
failed to follow. It clung to Pushkin.
The imaginist poets have their own
cafe. They call it "The Stall of Pe
gasus." Long-haired bards with low-
necked shirts and soulful eyes read
their poetry there. But foreigners
who don't understand Russian make
up a majority of the audience. Cher-
chenlvitch and Yesenyin are probably
the best-known of this group. There
Is also a giro up of proletarian poets.
headed bv Alexandref fsky.
But on the whole rhymeless,
rhythmlees poetry hasn't been a great
success and the average man .Insists
upon having jingles. He may be
communist or a bolshevlst in politics
but in literature he clings to old
writers and in art to old painters.
V'erecshagin and Repin still hold
tSeir own In the art galleries, in
spite of struggling artists who have
tried to convince the public that It
must abandon everything old in order
to live up fully to the new freedom.
Gorky and Chekoff have not been
driven from the theater by the flood
of propaganda plays which have
been offered. The failure of the new
regime to produce any especially
notable novels, poems, operas or
plays is attributed by the bolshevlst
leaders to sabotage on the part of
workers in various artistic lines.
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At the W urllter and In Concert Tomorrow at
1'HOUHAN.DK,
"I.lrht Cavalry"
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Amnlla Amarhrr (A Portland Cninpoarr)
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Weekly
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Comedy
HISTORIC CASTLE BURNED
Famous Pictures, Kare Books and
Antique Furniture Destroyed.
BItECHIX, Scotland. Klnnaird cas
tle, home of Lord Southesk, which
was recently destroyed by fire, was
an historic 14th century structure
and one of the finest examples of
medieval gothlc and Italian architec
ture in Great Britain.
There was a famous picture gallery
of 170 old masters, many of which
were burned. The library, only a
small part of which has been saved,
consisted of 10.O00-volumes, compris
ing costly missals and some very
valuable early Shakespeare editions.
Some of the furniture destroyed dated
from the early Scottish kings.
The loss is estimated at 1,000,000.
Auto Vpset Hurts Three.
H. A. Harrer, S2, Astoria contractor,
and three friends, William Brayton,
Dorothy Gray and Pearl Hall, the
women of 735 Hoyt street, were treat
ed at the Good Samaritan hospital
Thursday night for bruises suffered
when an automobile Portland bound,
driven by Harrer, turned turtle on
the iTinnton road near Linnton. None
was seriously hurt. The accident re
sulted from an.icy stslp of pavement
Masked Robber Geta $10.
F. L. Tarsons, 391 College street,
was held up and robbed Thursday
night at Fifth and Montgomery streets
by a young robber wearing a hand
kerchief mask. The robber took no
chances in parting" Parsons from his
wallet containing 110. He ordered
Parsons to throw the wallet on the
ground and then to "beat it."
PRINCE KALAXIAXOLK TO RE
TIRE FROM CONGRESS.
Twenty Years Consecutive Service
Ends Political Life Unique
in American Annals.
HONOLULU. T. H. The decision of
Prince Jonah Kuhio ("Cupid") Kal
anlanaole against being a candidate
again for the position of Hawaiian
delegate to congress, after 20 years'
consecutive service, will bring to an
end in so far as main land activities
are concerned a career unique in the
annals of American politics.
Prince of the royal blood of Hawaii,
educated abroad, attendant at the na
tive monarchs' count, a political pris
oner for one year following the at
tempt to regain the throne for Queen
Lilluokalani after the republic of
Hawaii had been declared, and dele
gate from the Islands to congress for
ten successive terms, the genial
prince, who has long been a pictur
esque figure at Washington, has de
cided to forsake the glamour of life
at the national capital, "in order that
I may best serve my own people," by
serving on the Hawaiian homes com
mission, established by congress in an
effort to rehabilitate the dying
Hawaiian race.
The life of the prince has been
replete with Incidents that breathe
of the romance that tinges the shores
of his native isles. He was born In
1872 at Kapaa lBland of Kauai. His
father was the high chief David
Kahalepoult Plikoi, a descendant of
the king of Kausal. the last of the
Independent monarchs to be over
come by Kamehameha the Great, who
consolidated the islands Into the
Kingdom of Hawaii and became its
first ruler. Prince Kuhto's mother
was the Princess Kinoikl Kekaulike.
sister of Queen Kaplolanl. the consort
of King Kalakaua. Kuhlo's elder
brother rwas the Prince David
Kawananakoa, who died in San Fran
cisco in 1908.
Kuhio and his brother were brought
up in the court of King Kalakaua, the
merry monarch" of Hawaii. Kuhio
attended school here and at St.
Matthew's college at San Mateo, Cal.
Ijiter he was a student at the Royal
Agricultural school in Kngland and
also took a course at a business col
lege In the United States.
Later he spent a year in Japan as
the guest of the Japanese govern
ment. King Kalakaua was credited
with a secret desire that Kuhio
might marry a princess of Japan,
which would strengthen the position
of the Hawaiian monarch. The desire,
If held, came to naught, however.
While In prison he was secretly en
gaed to Elizabeth Kakanu Kaleiwohi
Kaauwal, the present princess, who
visited him in prison every day and
brought him food. About a year
after his release they were married
and toured the world for two years.
Now. with his 20 yeaa of service
In congress behind him, with the first
Hawaiian settlers about to take up
homesteads in accordance with the
rehabilitation act, the prince is living
quietly with the princess In his home
upon the site of Queen Lllluokalanl's
former beach castle, by the sea at
Waikikl. with the ocean surf booming
agatnHt the shore scarcely ten yards
from his windows.
tries should maintain lias been given
to the International Federation of
Working Women at its session here.
Fraulein User, the German delegate
took her own country as a measure
of military noeds She said that.
based on population, the equivalent
of Germany's luO.uoO defensive army
would' be for other countries an army
of 68.(100 In France, 71,000 In Kng
land. 69,noTl (n Italy nl 193.000 Jn
the I'nlted States
Silver Fox Yield Good.
SUMMETtSIDE. Prince Edward
Island. The pelting of Bilver foxes
on Prince Edward island fox farms
Is now general. Reports received
Indicate that last year's output has
been absorbed by the market and
prospects are bright for an excellent
season. At the last census the value
of Prince Edward Island fur farms
amounted to J3, 018. 870, while the
total value of fur farms in all other
provinces of Canada amounted to
only 11,613,736.
STARTING
FOR THE WEEK
TODAY
THE BIG SMASHING,
THRILLING SCREEN
SENSATION THAT
ALL PORTLAND HAS
BEEN WAITING FOR
Continuous Daily
11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
PRICES
Matinees, 35c, 50c and 75c
Evenings 50c and 75c
"Kiddies" 20c
Thrne Price Include Tav.
Trapping Season Open.
REGINA. Sask. The trapping sea
son Is now open In northern Sas
katchewan, and. Judging from the re
ports received by the chief game
guardian, the trappers will have a
splendid season. More licenses than
last year have been issued and Indi
cations point to the fact that musk
rats, heavily depleted during the years
of hiKh prices, have again Increased
considerably In numbers. Foxes, too,
will provide good trapping.
Defensive Armies Estimated.
GENEVA. A new standard of what
standlner armies the various coun-
Shrlncrs Tlan Yule Cheer.
The Christmas cheer committee of
Al Kader temple will open head
quarters next Monday morning at 107
West Park street, where Portland
Shriners may send toys which will
be used as Christmas gifts to needy
children. Some one will be in attend
ance at headquarters all day.
the war cross at the Italian embassy. , Chalfontea are exceedingly pretty and
Christmas Sale
Phonographs
Columbia, Victor and others new
and used at special prices.
- Terms $5 a Month and Up
Reed-French Piano Co.
' Washington at Twelfth St.
Imported Lace
Christmas Shoppers
Attention!
We will sell, while it lasts, all of our laces, con
sisting of Irish and Filet, at wholesale prices.
WM. L CROWE & CO.
Importers
Room 606, Concord Building
Second and'Stark Sts.
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SCREEN FAVORITE
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Supported by
HERBERT
RAWLINSON
and All
Star Cast
IN THE SEASON'S MOST STARTLING
FILM SENSATION
VUIL Mil
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"The thrills in 'Conflict' come fast and n
furious and lift the most hardened movie
fan out of his seat."
New York Evening Telegram.
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