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THE SUNDAY OREGONIATf, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 21, 1913. 8 LURID WHITE SLAVE PHOTO PLAY WITH "MORAL' OUSTS "SPOKEN DRAMA" FROM BELASCO HOUSE for Indorsement of J.D. Eockefeller and Others, Film Would Not Have Slipped Past Censor, Says Lloyd UnerSUent Plays Continue to sw ivals-''The Thines That Count" One of Pleasant Plays of Month-High Jinks" Amusing Farce. But BY LLOYD F. LONEROAJf." ktv YORK. Dec 10. (Special.) fJ Tteatricl managers declared louily that the end of the moving I picture craie waa in alsht when the Broadway Theater changed from mov les.to TaudeTllle. It would eem that they were slightly mistaken, for with in the past week four well-known playhouse have shifted from the spoken to the silent drama. And one Is a Belasco theater, which Is particu larly significant. In former seasons the one certain thing was that Belaaco's two local houses would open early In September and run all season without a change of bill. Now the Republic has been taken as the home of whtte-slave mo tion picture drama and "The Tempera mental Journey" goes out on the road. The photo-play in question is a lurid affair, which under ordinary clrcum- - stances would not be permitted to be presented. But. then, it has the en dorsement of John D. Rockefeller, Jr and other eminent students of morals, and In that way has won the approval ' of the censors. It moved into Weber's - Theater some weeks ago, "turned them away" for four performances a day, and now other copies of the reel are being shown at the Republic the West End. in Harlem, and the ilajestlc, in Brooklyn. A second white-slave drama Is on at the Park Theater, which has failed to draw audiences as a theatrical house, and It Is now doing a good business. Plays Teach MoraL Both these plays base their hopes of success upon the fact that they "teach moral lessons." It must be admitted that the people who go to see them art not interested In "the moral." but regard the presentations with approval as "hot stuff." They are full of scenes which would never be allowed in the ordinary moving-picture show, which goes to show that sometimes the cen sors can be fooled. One of the pleasant plays of the month Is "The Things That Count." the current attraction at the Maxine El liott Theater. The author Is Lawrence Eyre, who has appeared with Julia SJarlowo, In stock companies and with the Ben Greet Players. Over a year ago Arnold Daly gave a priTate presentation of the play at the Harris Theater. It tm then named "The, 1 - Wf'-"' ; f yr-i I j 'A A " -.. ' Jiu. &L-l . . v.; I if y j .f v iTi A Xi-C Vv oysHLp -- .- ik,T---A vi u,4 - y t Vs- a J Jy . k j! v, - . ; vi it " A V - - k v , A i 3 i vr -ir - K' "s y W - 7 "-"'- ASIS - f 4(f T-J , VWVX f. : - x yt; - u - 4 T 'sycwi1 1 .!'., , U- v ' - S fy: -r; i ; ' u f ft k . ' ? .-..'v.- -.-'.v-"? :'-- $ if . : , v I - -. J I f f - -AVU - , i s ' v - s - ' sr 4 ... ' ? i IV ; 1 fnwi Vi;-iJi i" - - iji irllwii)llimWMirtliiWwr lv, Jj U:vl ...-.. p l ' .j" ' "s if' kV . ' v n. . : : : I Christmas Angel," but for some reason I it was withdrawn after that one after noon. Now William A. Brady nas re vived It. and It seems to have struck a popular chord. The first act snows a oouso Washington Square where resiae selfish old woman and her wealthy husband. They mourn for their aeaa son. even though In life they turned him away when he married an acireaa, and after his death they refused to re ceive the widow and her cniio. Although there Is plenty or charity in their minds for some, they give no thoughts to the others they might benefit. If It had not been that the butler was suspected by a Jealous maid and followed, there might nave oeen no reconciliation. But the butler vis ited thet home of the actress ana ner chlld, and there the seflish old woman went. In ignorance ot wnat sne w w And. The daughter-in-law she had always refused to receive does noi recognise her, but the elder woman gains permission to give a pany ii the children of the tenement nouse. There they gather, little ones of all nations, and the scene is a pretty sug gestion of the approaching season. Play Is DeUsktful. The author's most graceful fancy Is concerned with the little girl, who al ways talks in the terms o f the fairy princess she Imagines herself to be. In the ena. 01 course, roe naugnty JJ l II B CI1U. VI WUIBC, HUUfttllJ grandmother Is converted by her love POLICE SEMAPHORES MAY DIRECT SAN FRANCISCO'S STREET TRAFFIC Colonel D. C Jackling's Cruiser-Yacht Cyprus, Heavily Armed, Is Latest California in Political Mixup Mexico in Market for SAN FRJ ciat) 1 used no FRANCISCO, Dec JO. (Spe- The semaphore, such as is nsed nowdays by railroad systems for the purpose of regulating trallic Ib likely to play an important part in the future regulating traffic on the streets of San Francisco. Up to the present time, the best that is done In the way ot traffic orders Is for the child, and there Is happiness for everyone. The role of the young widow was gently and tenderly played by Alice RndT. while Howard Estabrook scored as a manly young physician who loved the widow and in the end won ner hand. Florlne Arnold waa amusing as the domineering, selfish old grana- mother who was really good at heart. The others in the cast were well fitted for the roles they enacted. Trie Things That Count" Is a sea sonable offering and delightful for Its simplicity. It should score, for audi ences are becoming tired of family mixups, conjugal misery and all the disagreeables of life. "High Jinks," now at the Lyric, Is presented by Arthur Hammersteln. It is a Freneh farce, well adapted and with spirited music The story tens of "High Jinks." a perfume. The ef fect of sniffing this perfume (on the stage) works wonders. The most bashful man is made as courageous as a lion, the most careful ceases to think of his reputation, the thoughtful be come frivolous, and indeed any change which may be necessary to the exi gencies of. musical "farce is ac complished readily, xne scene 01 me play Is laid in Paris, and among the characters are an American physician and his friend, who are the first per sons to discover the powers of the new perfume. Then they see to it that the other characters are affected. The new piece deserves assuredly a better name, as it is a lively specimen ' of a French farce set to music xne for policemen. In charge at any particu lar corner to wave his hands when he wants the traffic to move In a certain direction, and, unless he operates his hands after the fashion of a windmill, the people are quite apt to mistake his orders. In Los Angeles, some weeks ago. the scheme of using a semaphore was giv en a public test and worked put admir lines have freshness and a certain blunt sparkle, while Rudolf Frimls musio has the rhythmical sparkle that waa revealed in nis nrai opereim, "The Fireflv." Elizabeth Murray furnished most of the amusement, although Tom lewis, the active and popular fat comedian. rose to his opportunities wnen mey arrived. Snitz Edwards and Ignacio Martinettl were also funny In their n.otial well-known style. To sum It up, i-lever antori have a brieht text and delightful music to inspire them, ana It would have been remarkable If they had failed to score. Next week there will be a theatri cal offering of interest, "The mew Henrietta." in which William H. Pnna will ennear with Douglas n. Cairhunk. Amelia Bineham and Patri cia Collinge. They are booked for the Knickerbocker Theater. The opening nerformances were given In Philadel' phia, and It had been planned to have a week or tsoutnern oookidbs coming into New York. Business was so good in the City of Brotherly Love, however, that me one-nignL iuuiu. were cancelled and the company re mained In Philadelphia until this eve ning. The statement that any show Is popular enogh to cause a longer en gagement this year has stirred up the managers, and they want to see what there is in Crane's offering to draw money to the box office, hoping there by to get a tip that will be of value. For managers are doing everything they can to attract business, but find it a mighty hard Job. Golden Gate Marvel Progressives in Costly Grapes. ably. It was put in use on one of the busy corners of the city and the traffic caught the signal instantly and there was less congestion than under the old scheme of affairs. Oakland has signified its Intention of trying out the scheme and Lieutenant Mathewson, of the San Francisco Po lice Department, has intimated that in. his opinion, the same scheme is quite good enough for San Francisco. Doubtless It will appear an odd plan at the outset, but as soon as the people who own automobiles or drive vehicles are accustomed to the situation, it will be an old story. San Francisco's latest millionaire. Colonel D. C. Jackllng. has added to the treasures of San Francisco Bay with his handsome and modern steam yacht. Cyprus, which came down here last week on her maiden voyage from Se attle. As everybody knows. Colonel Jackling Is the Salt Lake City mining man, who Intends to surprise society by his use of one of the floors of the new annex that is being constructed the St. Francis Hotel. The Cyprus is lik-Wise one of his playthings and from all accounts, it has cost him a pretty penny. The boat is said to have stood Jackling In the neighborhood of a cool $500,000. It Is Colonel Jackling's intention to make San Francisco the headquarters of his yacht. He is now contemplating a cruise out of here either to the Ha waiian Islands or to Southern waters. Resembling a gunboat or a small-sized liner, the Cyprus created a ripple of interest on the waterfront as she steamed Into the harbor. The guest rooms, numbering 10. each with private bath, are fitted with tele phones and other devioes for conven ience. The music hall Is located amid ships and is 35 feet by SO. Colonel Jackling's apartment is finished in Thibetan oak, the dining-room in Java teak and the music-room in Indian oak. Vessel Heavily Armed. A glance at the Cyprus' forward deck, whlnh snorts two rapld-nre guns, or the armory below, would give the lm presslon that -the vessel was a war craft. The deck guns are for saluting purposes and the crack rifles, shotguns and automatics below, together with several thousand rounds of ammunition, are for the use of Colonel Jackllng and his guests when they are on big game bent. It Is saM that the cost of maintaining the yacht will amount to $150,000 an nually. Captain McNelley. sailing mas ter of the Cyprus, Is a menrner oi me Naval Reserve. There is uuite a how-de-do in the cir cles of the Progressive party of Cali fornia, which in other words is tne present and controlling wing of the Re publican organization; and all over a question of how the chief offices are to be bestowed, or at least tne nomina tions. Until auite recently. It wasn't known whether Governor Johnson would be a candidate for re-election or whether he would seek the Senatorial toga. In the meantime, Chester H. Rowell, of Fresno, was being groomed for the position and Francis J. Heney was out in the open a candidate. Proa-rewlvea In Mlx-TJp. Only this last week, however, the ex ecutive committee of the Progressives, at a meeting held at the Palace Hotel, announced that it was back of Hiram Johnson for the United States Senator- ship to succeed Perkins. Rowell, who is hand-ln-glove with the Governor, immediately declared that took him out of the race and tnat ne was nut a candidate for any other of fice. Not so with Francis J., the graft prosecutor. Heney, in a long statement Issued from his neaaquarters, anmiueo that he wouldn't run for United States 'Senator, but declared that ne tnougnt he wan entitled to some consideration and that he would stand for Governor nf California. And that attitude. It appears, aoesn t suit the Progressives, who nave-picKea nut John Eshleman. one of the State Railroad Commissioners, as the man to fin the shoes of Governor iiram. Heney says he will not be thrown- out of the running aitogetner ana in mia stand is backed up by Representative Kent, from Marlon County, who has tel egraphed home that he is with Heney and will assist him in fighting his bat tles. So, all In all, it iooks as it a pretty little fuss had been kicked up, that will not be the easiest in the world to adjust. .Mexico Pay HJgb Prices for Grapes. All previous records for the sale price of a carload of Emperor grapes from Fresno County were smashed at a sale held at Mexico City recently, according to advices Just received. Six hundred drums were sold for 19600 in Mexican money, or approximately 4800 in Unit ed States coin. The car of Emperors was contracted for some time ago and when about ready to ship, Lucius Powers, of Cen terville. received an order to cancel the shipment. He then billed the t car to Omaha, but received another telegram from Mexico City to ship the grapes. The car was stopped at San Francisco, loaded on a steamer and shipped to Escondldo, Mexico. From there the grapes were carried on trucks to Mex ico City. The price paid is about twice the money usually brought. Nine car loads recently sold in the East brought an average of $2560. . "San Francisco women are at once the best dressers and the most appall ing eaters of any large city in the United States." This was the startling observation made the other afternoon at a meeting of the Housewives' League by Mrs. William Palmer Lucas, author of "The Woman Who Spends." Mrs. Lucas offered no defense to her statement other than declaring It waa made In the most friendly of spirits. "This local feminine taste In appar el," continued the author, "continues in spite of the caricature by which the feminine element of the social fabrlo Is now handicapped. It is a qualification which the bulk of your visitors will admit. Golden Gate Women Criticised. "But San Francisco women do not spend all of their time thinking of dress, and we must also consider wo men as spenders. The successful spender is the successful housewife, and she should proceed to hold down the expenses by 'intelligent elimina tion' of wants from needs. Scattering sunshine in settlements is spectacular, but it should not mitigate the pursuit of the less dramatic work of providing a comfortable home for those depend ent on the woman who spends." Attaches In the office of Postmaster Fay have reported to the effect that at present there are 42 newspapers here printed in foreign languages. These include 14 daily newspapers, 20 weekly and eight with a monthly issue. There are eight Italian papers, seven Japa nese, five French, four German and six Chinese. There are two Greek papers and a like number published in the Korean tongue. The other foreign languages include Danish-Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish. Croatian. Servian and Swiss. All of, these papers pass through the postofflce and the officials would have to be descendants of the builders of the Tower of Babel, were they to keep track of each and every Issue to ob serve the character of the printed mat ter that is desslminated with the assist ance of Uncle Sam's distributing sys tem. Perhaps It Is correct to say that San Francisco has more foreign newspa pers published locally than any other city in the world more than four times its size. It is one of the factors that go to show how really cosmopolitan is San Francisco. Some Sentence! Some Sentence! (Popular Magazine.) Representative Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, who stands out as the champion speller of Congress, has on tap a great assortment of stories dealing with words and spelling. One of his linguistic feats is to- reel off a sentence of 28 words, each word beginning with ?.e successive letters of the alphabet, liW this: "A boy cannot dig easily for gold; hence, if just keeping lead meltea needs oxygen, put quicksilver, rapidly saturated, timidly under vitriol, wfcsn xebecs yean zeolites," ROUNDUP GARNERING SETTLERS FROM FAR Melodramatic Features Prove Big Drawing Card in First Attracting Interest of Prospective Newcomer Result Shows in Umatilla. PENDLETON, Or, Dec. 20. (Spe- claL) Securing settlers for a new country, such as the great North west, has always been considered a strictly business proposition, a com mercial undertaking. About every ap peal known to the industrial world, the business man. the farmer and manu facturer has been made, ar.d every nat ural advantage possessed by the cour.tr has been considered an asset In this business and duly exploited.. But no one ever thought of appealing to the melodramatic nature of the desired set tler. However, this ability to gratify the melodramatic cravings of a great number of people has proven and is to day proving to be one of the most valu able assets that the Northwest has in the way of attracting prospective set tlers to this country. - The appeal seems to be Irresistible. The hired man on the Middle West farm, the retired farmer, the capitalist, banker and manufacturer read with apathy the glowing accounts of the natural and physical advantages of the Oregon country and turn a deaf ear to the call or tne west, dui iu la ment he is assured that this same land was peopled with cowboys, cowgirls, stage robbers, horse thieves, bucking horses, in fact all the dramatic char acters of the Old West of fiction, he felt himself giving way before the in sistence of the call. Melodrama Lstci Settlers. No idea of this melodramatic feature as a settier-geiter sji r haa.li nf the men who were , respons.ui. f the first Round-Uo at Pendleton. And not until their letters of inquiry along this line became so heavy that the regular secretary could not attend to it did they awake to the realization of the great field of possibilities which had opened up before them. Today the Round-Up maintains a regular office and a salaried man to at. tend to all this business. It has changed entirely the situation so far as Pendle ton and Eastern Oregon are concerned. Formerly the Commercial Club would forward letters and literature to people in the East, whose names were fur nished by the Commercial Club of Port land, people who had written to that association for information concerning the Oregon country. Very few re sponses were received for the traveler Westward.-bent invariably went clear to the end of the railroad, for he could buy a ticket from the Missouri to Port, land for the same money that he could buy one only to Baker City or Pendle ton. Consequently he went direct to Portland, and if he had time and money and found nothing there to suit him he sometimes went back to Eastern Cre- crnr, h,lt VAfV seldom. But now the letters received by the Round-Up are always along tnis line Visitors Are Investigators. "I am coming out to your next Round-Up and wish you would send me some literature of your country, as I want to make my permanent home somewhere in the Northwest, etc. n.it the letters are only a small per, centage of the business. While the Round-Up Is on. the week preceding and the week following, the offices of hnth the Commercial Club and the Round-Up are continually receiving strangers who have bundled. up bag and bastfraee and come. They want to know about the local country, the ad lnininr country and the entire North west. The majority of them have come to stay. Many of them have come to investigate and carry bacK reports. re instance of this kind happened during the 1913 Round-Up, when two men were sent out by a party consist ing of 20 families in Kansas to Investi gate thoroughly and report upon this country. All their expenses were paid the immlE-ratlon of these families to the Northwest depended entirely upon the report these two men took v,,-v with them. They came first to Pendleton, but from here started on a trip over the Northwest. Then thev come into the office and av "I have come out to see your Tjnnnn'-TTn because I have heard so h ohnnt it. but I would like to lo cte in this country somewhere If I can find a good opening. In-lcated Land Bought. Those who are foot-loose generally bring their families along and trust to luck in finding the right opening after they get to this country. They invari ably find it, too. Others, who are not so free to do as they please, buy land, -mo b-o armncrements for its pur chase and go back home, clean up and return for good the following year, still there are the men with more money and perhaps a good business back East somewhere, who buy a piece .f land Invariably irrigated land, make arrangements for the improving of the same and then send out a son, brother, nephew or someone to run it for them. Hundreds of pieces of land in the Hermiston, Stanfield, Milton and Freewater irrigated sections have been sold and handled In this manner. Ttnt tn brine the thing directly home, the town of Pendleton, itself, -is Ir refutable evidence of the way in which this melodramatic appeal works out. Anrnrdincr to the census reports the nnnniatinn nf Pendleton was at an ab ..lt. atandstlll from 1900 to 1910, Also In 1910 house rents were down to herit-nrk. insurance and taxes Just about consuming the income, and there was demand for houses. There were WALL STREET CLERKS TO MOURN YULE GIFTS Brokerage Firms Dispense With Annual Custom of Dispensing Christmas Presents to Employes, After Bad Year Some to Wind Up. EW TORK, Dec. 20. (Special.) For the first time in many years, there will be a general lack of Christmas celebration in the financial district. Heretofore it has been the custom to give clerks presents ranging from one week's salary to 10 per cent of the an nual stipend. This year brokers gen erally are too hard up to think of presents. In many cases the Tuletide gifts will be loss of positions, for a number of firms are planning to wind up at the close of the vear. The brokerage houses that have paid expenses during 1913 can be counted on one hand. In number of cases profits of many seasons have been wiped out. and the employers find themselves worse off than when they started in on "the Street." Business conditions have also had depressing effect upon the real estate market. Many expensive offices down town are vacant, and this property is becoming a drug on the market. In vestors are shy of taking chances on land and on one day recently the un precedented condition existed of a real estate market in great big wealthy Manhattan without even one transac tion recorded. Iwokera say that the high taxes have much to do with the weak real estate market, but admit that the difficulty ir. securing tenar.ts is also a factor. ' Four young men who played stuss in the back room of a saloon, were ar rested and indicted as gamblers. They pleaded guilty when arraigned, ex pecting to have sentence suspended. Judge Mulqueen, a Tammany member plenty of men who were able, ready and willing to build houses whenever they felt assured of renting them. The first Round-Up was given in lUi'i. font as all things must have a beginning it was a small affair compared with 1912 and 1913. The Improvement In conditions was not felt i-ntil about when houses began to rent freely, as a market report might say. and tliero was a sort of feeltns that things were picking up. A new house or two went up and a few others were enlarged or Improved. ' v Homes All Rented. N Conditions picked up steadily until by the early Spring of 1913 there was not a vacant house in Pendleton. Then new ones began to appear "but they were rented long before the plans were drawn. Rents jumped easily 25 per cent and still the demand increased. Old business blocks with second stories which had been non-income producers for years quietly became big producers through the changing of their second stories into apartments. The Old As sociation block was made into apart ments, the biggest part of the John Scbmilt Mock, through which tne muld er went into bankruptcy, did the same, and is now paying good dividends. The top floor of the Domestic Laundry building became an apartment-house and now W. F. Matlock is transform ing the entire second floor of what is known as the Pacific Realty block on Court street, covering half a city block. nn.rtm(.nra everv one of which has been rented for months and will i.j i,,st as soon as tne car - And tm it is a penters vacate. And still it is a poo.- tive fact tnat many uu"'" to leave Pendleton Decau could not find, a place in wnica i live And this Winter, at the present time there is not a vacant house, not a vacant apartment, not a vacant store -nnm and not a vacant office, and small cottages that before 1910 were r-ntins for 12 a month now bring $26 and the people are glad to pay n, wuno -bungalows and dwellings of from five to seven rooms are grabbed up like hot cakes at 350 a month. Condition la General. There Is lust one bad feature in con nection with this and that Is that many people who are paying tnese nign reuia ..nt afford to do so. But this con dition will be alleviated with the open ing of Spring when the building of new houses will be resumea ami w.i" sufficient to satisiy tne uemauu. rents will decrease to normal. Tint nnlv does this condition prevail In Pendleton but it is the same in every town in tho county. Echo. Hermiston, Stanlield, Athena, Weston. Milton. Freewater and even umainia. " this caused by a depopulation of the surrounding country. The rural r.oun i. o gathered Its share of the in flux, homesteaders' cabins, vacant for years, are now preny seueimij u uied. new lands are cleared and broken up and even well-to-do farmers living in Pendleton In view of the increasing demand for houses and the high rents available have moved back to the old farmhouse ana rentea uwu v"v-erty.- . ,..,. ,, Lands In the newiy-openeu ui'" districts of Hermiston ana ownnwu have shaken off their speculative values and taken on an inum.. .,ie ihv are nroducing and they are also selling at a good, reasonable fig ure without any nurran, Doosiiut hnmine- in connection therewith. And while the condition In the wheat-rais ing district has changea oui ve., tie the foothill farms, mountain ranches and garden spots have felt the first dash of spray of this on-coming wave of homeseekers and many and many of them have been sold to new people at reasonable prices Roundups S umber 52. While the Roundup has not been the sole and only cause of this change of conditions it has been one of the prime factors. It has advertised the Eastern Oregon country. Pendleton and Umatil la County especially, and put it on the map in red ink. It has done more than that. It has paid its own way. collect ed thousands and thousands of dollars each year from all parts of the world and distributed them back again into the circulation of the Northwest and has developed a community spirit, a public get-together, stick-together and pull-together spirit that is the admi ration and envy of every community in the world. It has brought the young spirit of the Old West Into activity again and made a new world's record of what a people or community can do when they get together in the proper spirit, put their collective shoulders to the wheel and all push with a will and vim. . Pendleton is not the only roundup town In the Northwest. That there is something to this roundup business more than the mere surface amusement is demonstrated by the fact that in 1913 there were Just 52 cities, towns, vil lages, communities, corporations, as sociations and individuals staging roundups. Nearly every district or county fair in the Northwest put on a roundup as a sort of side feature. All this in response to that demand of the love of the melodrama of the popu lace the world over. And they all serve In their way, either big or small, each adding its widow's ni ! to that one sole and constant desidiratum the bringing of new people into the great and rich Northwest. of the Court of General Sessions, sent each of them to the penitentiary for four months, explaining that ho "has decided views as to gambling." The unfortunate prisoners have lost their liberties for a very trifling stake, the police admitting that there was only 33 involved. But then, probably, the majesty of the law had to be up held. It is worthy of note, however, that when Canfield was convicted ha escaped with a fine, and the highest play In New York took place in his es tablishment. Children who go to school without breakfast may be furnished with milk and crackers. If the members of the Women's Health Protective Association find that such relief is necessary. At the recent meeting in the Waldorf var ious members undertook to confer with the principals of schools in their neighborhood and to visit hospital clinics. Miss Henrietta Flschlowitz, of the Bellevue Hospital Social Service De partment, spoke on tho conditions she had found among tubercular children, where a quart of cocoa, made with water, had supplied the lunch for seven children. She recommended that worthy mothers be furnished with milk tickets, so that they might give the children breakfast at home. Mrs. B. N. Scudder, of Newark, told of the experience of a group of phil anthropists of that city who estab lished a Sunday School for children of a poverty-stricken section in an abandoned schoolhouse, but found tho children so underfed that they sup plied each regular pupil with a glass of milk every day. Now the school numbers 350 healthy puuiln.
