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BY LBONB CASS BAEK.
nKTIIi David Warf ield comes for
the week of December 28, in "The!
' Auctioneer," the H'eilig will con
tinue to house the European war pic
tures which have been showing there I
for the past week. Tremendous inter
est has been aroused In the showing
f these first authentic motion pictures
of incidents of the war. Until the hol
idays the exhibition will run contin
uously in the afternoons and evenings. I
beginning- this afternoon and closing I
' December 27.
Today at the Baker "Leah Kleshsa"
opens, with Irene Oshier playing the
role made famous by Mrs. Flake. This
Invariably proves an excellent bill for
stock, since its characters are all blar. I
strong ones, and the story has a grip- I
ping- plot and vivid action. With Miss!
Oshier will be seen Robert Gleckler
and William F. Powell as her leading
eupporr.
A family of nine brothers, the Bells,
all musicians, heads the Orpheum bill;
Walter K. Howe in a sketch called "In
and Out," by Porter Emerson Brown,
tops Pantages' bill, and at the Marcus
Loew Empress there is E. E. Cllve In
an English sketch entitled "One Good
Turn." The Lyric musical stock offers
"Mike and Izzy in Mexico" for its at
traction. WAK FTLM HERE AIL VKEK
Pictures Portray Action- From Bel
gian Fields.
The attraction at the Heilig .Theater,
Broadway at Taylor street, this week,
running continuously from 13 noon un
r til 11 P. M., will be the famous first
authentic motion pictures of the Eu
ropean war. These wonderfully impres
sive pictures were taken by Edwin F.
Welgle, staff photographer of the Chi
cago Tribune, on the battlefield.
This paper secured the exclusive
privilege to take these motion pictures
on condition that &0 per -cent of its
profits be given to -the Belgian Bed
Cross. The burning of Antwerp, the
battle of Aershot, the destruction of
Termonde, the battle of Alost, the flood,
ing of Llerre, the battle of Mallnes,
together with the effect of the bom
bardment on cities of 50,000 to 60,000
inhabitants, wrecked by shells, show
ing soldiers and civilians as they fell,
are pictured.
Portland has seen in the different
motion pictures and weekly specials. In
the different vaudeville houses splen
did "still views" of the war, but noth
ing of the real action. The camera has
caught some Interesting lews of the
Belgians digging their . trenches and
the Inhabitants fleeing from the bom
barded cities with their children - and
bundles.
"iilOAH EXES UNA" AT BAKER
Sirs. Fiske's Greatest Success Is
Christmas Offering.
Leah Kleshna. the remarkable story
of a girl burglar. In which America's
foremost actress, Mrs. Flake, achieved
such wonderful success, will be the
Christmas week offering of the Baker
Players beginning this afternoon. It
Is one of the few really great Ameri
can plays and. besides the great act
ing role, for the star, there are half
a dozen others that require excep
tional ability. This- make it especial
ly strong for a first-class stock, com
pany, Leah is the daughter of Kleshna,
one of the most noted burglars of his
time. He has taught his motherless
girl the art of which he is master and
of which he is proud. - - She - knows
nothing else and glories in her . suc
cess until the fatal night when they
have planned to rob a house of a noted
man. The plot leads up to this point
with a succession of intensely inter
esting events.
Kchram is a young burglar who has
long been associated with Kleshna and
who poses as his servant. He watches
over Leah with- -an affection' that
amounts to worship
This night of the TObbery she is
discovered, but the tnari, who ' is' a
member of the Chamber of Deputies,
instead of handing her over to the
police is struck by her appearance' and
talks to her with a view of awaking
in ner neart a sense 01 her degra
dation. The role of Berton (played by
George Arllss In the original produc
tion) is a young degenerate who
shadows Leah, and this is an un
usual acting role. The third act
shows the home of Kleshna, where he
entl Schram have been - waiting long
lor the return of Leah, her coming and
toe terrinc scenes that follow.
Her final decision to return to the
lettuce fields where her mother lived,
determined to renounce her old life to
find love and happiness in the end. Be-
. sides all the regular Baker perform
ances during the week, there will be
a special Christmas day matinee Frl
day at regular matinee prices.
MUSICIANS FEATURE ORPHEUM
Good Bill New to City With Excep
tion of Avon Comedy Four.
Lacking a personal acquaintance
with Vaudeville acts, the public must
maka up its mind by what other cities
seem to think of a bill. Viewed from
that angle; the attractions which open
at the Orpheum this afternoon are sure
to make a. splendid impression. Trac
Ins their! route back as far as Omaha
F " , ', , . I iom day revive a better and greater! "5:?5::asafe'- vTv ' ' ""H I
and Kansas City reveals nothing but'
praise.
With one exception, the bill is new
to this city. It is headed by the Bell
Family of musicians, an organization
that is a worthy successor to the White
Hussars of last week. The Bells are
Mexicans of the highest social promin
ence, and who had the nerve to go to
work at the thing they knew best after
tneir estates naa Deen coniiscatea.
The Avon Comedy Four are the only
old friends, but a season without the
Avons would compare with an oasisless
desert.
. Georgo McKay and Ottle Ardine will
presefft a pattering songfest of the
kind that Is so popular these days.
while Florence Kolb and Adelaide Har
land have something entirely new in
Evolution" 1863 to 1820.
Alexander Brothers are the greatest
ball bouncers in the world and furnish
a real novelty, while the Zarrell Trio
have long been known as one of Eu
rope's greatest.
The orchestral concerts begin at z
P. M. and S P. M., the curtain rising
one-half hour later.
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E. . CMVE AT EMPRESS
London Favorite Opens Tomorrow in
English Sketch.
A London sketch, with English tal
ent in the star role, will be the top-line
attraction on the bill that opens to
morrow atternoon at Marcus Loew's
Empress. E. E. Cllve, the London fa
vorite, who was brought to this country
by Charles Frohman and who played
with Billie Burke in "The Sunshine
Girl," will s present "One Good Turn,"
a new sketch with a strong British at
mosphere. Leonard Booker, who was
the original "Tammas" in "Bunty Pulls
the Strings," will assist Cllve and the
act is said to be a decided novelty in its
line.
Ed Ford's Dance Review, with Ford
himself, who is a remarkable dancer,
and four pretty girls in the act, is an
attraction that will be popular. Be
sides offering a number of dancing
novelties. Ford has arranged some
startling scenic effects, and the act
is one of the big hits of the season all
along the Loew circuit.
Charles Delmore and Ben Light, both
well known and popular on the Fa-
clfic Coast, will be back again wltu a
repertoire of new songs, clever comedy
tricks and a pianologue. Claude and
Marion Cleveland, another pair of
Coast favorites, will reappear with a
new act, in which their peculiar tal
ents are given effective scope.
Rouble Sims, the eccentrio cartoon
ist, and Landry brothers, aerial acro
bats, will add variety to the bill, and
there will be a selection of rlrst-run
photoplays for those who like the
"movies." '
MIRTHFUL- PIjAY IS FEATURE
Arab Troupe Coming to Pantages Is
Praised Highly.
Love plays hide and seek with ad
venture in the delightful comedy, "In
and Out," in which Walter S. Howe
will star with his company as the ban
nered feature at Pantages for the week
commencing with the matinee tomor
row. The inside and the out of a fashion
able New York residence is the setting
for the action of the plot, the two set
tings beins changed with . lightning.
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like rapidity as they are needed. The
plot has to do with a young man who
starts to call on his fiancee, the
fiancee's brother, a society burglar and
a policeman, in which Mr. Howe plays
the principal role with excellent grace.
The action is fast and the . incidental
courtship is hilariously mixed up with
the adventures of the .burglar and the'
other characters.
Direct from a most successful East
ern tour, where they were the special
feature of the Eva Tanguay road show.
the ten Bon Amor Arabs will be seen
for the first time in Portland as the
special feature on the programme. The
feats accomplished by the members or
this remarkable troupe are nothing
short of marvelous. Their human
pyramid work, their wall scaling, their
whirling dances and their juggling
make up an act that has rightfully been
called vaudeville's latest sensation.
Larry Comer is vaudeville's Beau
Brummel, and he will prove a most de
lightful entertainer with his latest
songs and stories direct from Broad
way. He is different from otner enter
tainers and his wit and harmony will
meet with full approval.
It is a spectacular novelty entitled
The Musical Dairy" which Beltrah and
Beltrah present. The Beltrahs are ac
complished musicians, who introduce
their ability In a clever and pleasing
manner. A dairy scene is before the
audience and the many fittings of the
ordinary dairy are employed as musi
cal instruments.
The Wayne Trio is composed of ex
cellent singers, who have the latest
son& hits on their programme. The
act will be one of the hits of the bill.
Interesting "movies" will complete the
Dill.
Miss Lottie Mayer and her dancing
mermaids will close their engagement
with the continuous performance today,
commencing at 1:30 and closing at 11
o'clock. .
W ARFIEID ' S RETURN IS NEAR
Great Actor to Appear In Revival of
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"The Auctioneer."
David Warfield's appearance in this
city is always one of the season's most
important' events and this year his
engagement at the Heilig Theater,
"Broadway at Taylor, for six nights, be
ginning Monday, December 28, with
matinees Wednesday. Friday and Sat
urday, is made significant because he
returns with his brilliant revival of
"The Auctioneer," the comedy In which
he first revealed his remarkable powers
for swaying an audience from laughter
to tears.
'The Auctioneer is described as a
oomedy of characterization in three
acts, and was written 4y Lee Arthur
and Charles Klein, but. Mr. Belasco has
taken hold of it and made some
changes which are said to add im
measurably to its value as a means of
displaying the art and finesse of Mr.
Warfield's creation of the kindly old
Hebrew merchant, Simon Devi, whose
success and misfortunes alternately
call forth smiles and tears as he moves
throueh this Play.
Mr. Warfield, by contributing a se
ries of creations to the American stage,
of which Simon Levi in "The Auc
tioneer," Herr von Barwig in "The
Music Master" and Peter Grimm in
"The Return of Peter Grimm" are re
garded as masterpieces of art, has at
tained a position on the American
stage that is unique, and now that Mr.
Belasco has fulfilled a promise made
years ago to the effect that ho would
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some day 'revive a better and greater
"Auctioneer," theater-goers are given
the opportunity to see Mr. Warflld in
this great character -study at a time
when his art and powers are at their
fullness. 1
In Mr. Warflelds support will be
found all the living members, who
shared in his triumph when this com
edy was first brought out at the Bijou
Theater, New York, 13 years ago, and
of the 60 players included in the cast
some of the most prominent names are
Marie Bates, Lola Clifton, Harry Lew
ellyn, Guy Milham, Louis Hendricks,
Eva Randolph, Frank Nelson, Harry
Rogers, Esther Sacheroff, Richard Lem
beck, Alice Avery, Leonard Doyle, Giles
Low and Tony Bevan.
IiYRIO
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BIG
COMEDY
"Mike and Izzy in Mexico" Is Sure
. to Win Many Laughs.
Starting with tomorrow's matinee,
the Lyric will present one of- Its big
shows of the year. It was written by
Al Franks,- the Hebrew comedian, and
will oe produced under his direction.
"Mike and Izzy in Mexico" deals with
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the troubles of two American tourists
who have been kidnaped and held for
ransom by bandits. Lew Dunbar and
Ah Franks will be seen as the tourists
and in their ever hard-working way
will furnish the brunt of the comedy.
Charming Jeanne Mai will be seen in
a role suited to her talents and will
render a number" of pleasing solos.
Lillle Sutherland, the cyclone character
soubrette of the company, will be to the
front In her usual vivacious manner
and will be in one the comedy situa
tions. Jack Curtis and Joe Kemper
have roles that will keep Franks and
Dunbar busy to hold up their ends, and
Marie Celestlne .the comedienne, will
render one of her comedy character
songs, assisted by the chorus.
There will be many extra attractions
during the week, the first being Santa
Claus matinee, for the children, on
Tuesday afternoon. Every child at
tending the matinee oh that day will be
presented with a Christmas present.
Amateurs will be given a chance Tues-.
day night. The chorus girls will hold
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a contest after each performance Frl
day night and- something extraordinary
is to be expected. There will be a mat
inee every day and two performances
every night. '
BIG COMEDY DUE AT BAKER
"The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary"
Brim Full of Amusement.
' "The ' Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary," in
which May Robson starred so long and
so successfully, will be the New Year's
week offering of the Baker Players, be
ginning Sunday matinee. Aunt Mary
is a star role and was chosen especially
for Florence Roberts, the most popular
character woman who has ever playea
in stock here.
In Miss Roberts' hands the role of the
whimsical middle-aged woman, whose
ideas of life are so entirely rejuvenated
by a crowd of daredevil young people,
will be a rare treat for Baker patrons.
For Aunt Mary is a small town aunt,
with narrow ideas of how people should
stick to the conventionalities and how
they should amuse themselves.
She is rich and hence popular withal.
Her nephew gets Into a scrape, harm
less enough In itself, but becomes en
tangled In a blackmailing plot, and
Aunt Mary sends him away from her,
believing him guilty.
She later follows him to the-city to
look after him and- it is here she falls
in with a lot of his young friends, who
proceed to make life merry for her, at
first greatly against her will, but later
gradually bringing her around to their
ways of doing things, with a highly
amusing trend of incidents. "The Re
juvenation of Aunt Mary" Is a most
charming comedy. There will be an
extra matinee Friday, New Year's day.
News Gossip fo Plays and
! and Players
Edited by Lean Cass Baer.
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N the Pacific Hospital. Los Angeles.
Victor Moore, is recovering from a
-serious operation performed upon
him-three weeks ago. He has canceled
his engagements on the Orpheum cir
cuit and will remain on the Pacific
Coast recuperating until April 1.
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It will interest at least a dozen bud
ding dramatists and almost-playwrights
to learn that for the first time in the
history of the American drama, so far
as the records disclose, there has been
established a professional play reading
bureau. This department will be in
full swing in Los Angeles on January
1 under the direction of Oliver Morosco.
A regular staff will be employed, in
charge of a leading playwright, to be
announced later-. Assistant play read
ers will handle the manuscripts as fast
as they arrive. '. ,
While the plays submitted are In the
hands of the department, Mr. Morosco
reserves an option on their producing
rights. - If he elects to, exercise that
option he will give the author an ad
vance royalty of 1500, and a contract
stipulating to pay him a share of the
gross receipts on a scale graded from
5 to 10 per cent.
Some of the rules of the bureau are
as follows:
"All plays are to be addressed to the
Burbank Theater, Los Angeles. CaL
"All plays will receive attention, no
matter whether the author Is experi
enced or a novice.
"Plays from New York will be read
and returned within a period of three
weeks. Every play that is returned will
be accompanied by an honest criticism.
There will be no perfunctory notes of
regret. If accepted, the author will be
notified at once."
"By this arrangement I expect to get
good plays first hand," says Mr. Moros
co in explaining his scheme. "Many a
promising author has lost his opportu
nity by having his manuscript repose
on a shelf for two or three years only
to be returned subsequently. I expect
to be deluged with new plays, but every
one will receive Instant attention, and
I believe my new department will solve
& problem thai has ' teen harassing
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Accompanied by her Maltese terrier,"
Cecelia Devia. a Spanish dancer in Ray
mond Hitchcock's "Beauty Shop," under
the name of JJevea Eva, is under arrest
In Denver. Colo., on the charge of shop
lifting. The girl is charged with bav. .
ing "lifted" 20 worth of Italian silk
lingerie from one department store
Wednesday and a dress worth $125
Thursday. She was trailed for two
days by three detectives before she was
arrested. .
The girl was visited in jail by Hitch
cock and other members of the com
pany, and the comedian said he would
try to help her out of her trouble, "be
cause she is a good girl and never had.
done anything wrong before." The
Devea girl says she does not know why
she turned shoplifter, unless It is be
cause she loves "pretty things." At last
reports Devea and the terrier called
"Fin" were still in custody.
Both the theatrical and newspaper
worlds will be interested to learn that
Mrs. Bud Fisher, wife of the cartoonist, .
Is about to return to the stage, under
the direction of Arthur Hammeretoin.
Mrs. Fisher, who was known profes
sionally as Pauline Welch, has not pre
viously adorned the boards since he?,
marriage, more than three years ago. '1
She began her stage career at the age
of 4, appearing In "East Lynne." Af
terward she appeared with Robert Man
tel and Joseph Jefferson.
Next Monday she will begin an en-
gagement at Hammerstein's. Mrs.
Fisher, accompanied by a pianist, will
sing four songs, one of them based
upon Mr. Fisher's "Mutt and Jeff" cre
ation. -.
De Wolf Hopper has Just been made
the proud grandfather of a baby boy,
the son of Hopper's son. Someone sug
gests that the christening be a public
one sothat the entire collection of the
new baby's grandmothers may be
among those present.
Apropos of operatic stars who have
had their voices canned for phonograph
ic reproduction, Mrs.' Henry W. Metz
ger is led to observe:
"They who sob
And sing away
May get rich soon
And retire to play."
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Catherine Countiss Is on the commit
tee of actresses who are devoting en
ergy to giving the stage children In
New York a Christmas festival. The
children of the stage will be given a
real Santa Claus party at the Hudson
Theater next Sundav and all th nH
children of the profession will receive
snoes ana ciotnes as well as toys. The
Festival Society for Stage Youngsters'
Christmas was inaugurated in 1877 by
AUnt LOUlse Eldrldae. TnnV Pistnr nnH
Mrs. E L Fernandez, and continues each
year now under the guidance of Will
iam Harris, Miss Bijou Fernandez and
Mrs. Arna V. Morrison.
A notable cast has been assembled
for the production of "Th sno- e
Songs," with John Mason leading tha
list. Dorothy Donnelly is the leading
woman, Irene Fenwick has . an Impor
tant role, so has Thomas A. Wise. Cyril
Kelghtly. Forrest Winant and Ernest
Glendenning. who is a product of the
Alcazar stock. The New York premiere
of the play will take place at the El
tinge Theater some time this week.
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David Warfield's supporting com
pany when he comes to the Heilig '
shortly in David Belasco's revival of
"The Auctioneer" will be found William '
Boag, Marie Bates, Marie Reichardt
and Tony Bevan. These players have
been associated with Mr. Warfield in
"The Music Master,'1 "A Grand Army
Man," "The Return of Peter Grimm,"
and now in "The Auctioneer." In fact,
their association with this great artist
threatens to-rival in point of perma
nency and affection the memorable as
sociation of Mrs. John Drew, Edwin
Varrey and George Denham, who were
always to be found in the company sup
porting the late Joseph Jefferson.
FURTH VERDICT QUASHED
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Supreme Court Finds Late Banker
Was Not Liable for Failure.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 19. The State
Supreme Court today set asidefthe con
viction of the late Jacob Furth, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Seattle National Bank, in the Superior.
Court - of Whatcom County, on the
charge of aiding and abetting W. E.
Schrlcker. a banker of La Conner,
Wash., to receive deposits when the
latter bank was about to fail. Furth
was sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000
and costs.
The Supreme Court held that the
death of Furth in itself dismissed the
case. The court reversed the verdict
also on the ground that Furth was not
owner, officer, agent or employe of the
La Conner bank and, therefore, not
liable.
Today's decision quashes the indict
ments against other officials of the
Seattle National Bank.
COIN MAKING CHARGE FAILS
Joe Gould Back in Oregon City to
Face Forgery Complaint.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. 19. (Spe
cial.) Joe Gould, arrested last Satur
day by W. II. Glover, secret service
operative; Constable Frost and Sheriff
Mass on a charge of counterfeiting, was
released by the Federal authorities in
Portland Friday and returned to Ore
gon City, where he will face a charge -of
forgery in the Clackamas County
courts. ,
Gould and his brother-in-law, Charles
A. Rogers, are now in the County Jail,
both held on a forgery charge. County
officials say the two-passed a number
of checks in Gladstone and Parkplace
early in the Fall. The checks, they be
lieve, were signed by Mrs. Rogers.
Rogers is oaid to have told the offi
cers of the alleged counterfeiting
operations of his relative, but invest!
gation tailed, to confirm the report
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