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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1917)
7 NEW' MOTOR LAWS PRAISED BY OWNERS ST. HELEN'S HALL UNIT DEDICATED YESTERDAY AND BISHOP OF DIOCESE. Increase of Fees to Provide for Good Roads Programme Brings No Opposition. HEAVY TRUCKS UNDER BAN TIIE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 25, 1917. - ' x s X-- mssgtt-y Commercial Vehicles of Five Tons or More Can Only Operate on Special Permit . and Vpon Sucli Roads as Specified. SALEM, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) In addition to the doubling of license fees on motor vehicles, which does not be come effective this year, however, the Legislature just closed enacted consid erable legislation along a line of in terest to car owners. E. G. Patterson, manager of the motor-vehicle depart ment in the Secretary of State's of fice, declares that the legislation is en lirely satisfactory and is generally of a salutary nature. The main provision relative to fees doubles all fees on motor vehicles, with the exception of motorcycles, and adds a new scale of fees to be paid on motor trucks. The act becomes ef fective August 1, but the new scale of fees generally is not in existence dur ing the present year. During the in terim between August 1 and the first of the coming year, the fees, under the law, are cut to half, which leaves them the same as they are until January 1, 1918. This cut, apparently through an oversight, will reduce the license fee on motorcycles by one-half between August 1 and January 1, placing It at SI. 50. But after that time it will re main the same as it is now, $3. New Schedule Given. Other fees to be charged under the act are as follows: Electric vehicles for pleasure. $6, In creased from J3; electric service ve hicles, S10. increased from SS; all steam, gasoline and other hydrocarbon-operated vehicles, except motor trucks,' for whatsoever use up to 26-horsepower, $6, Increased from $3; in excess of 26 horsepower and inclusive of 36-horse-power. $10, increased from S3; in excess of 36-horsepower and inclusive of 40 horsepower, $15, increased from $7.50; In excess of 40-horsepower, $20, in creased from $10. An entirely new scale of fees Is made for motor trucks, these being as fol lows: Over one and one-half-ton trucks and under two-ton, $15; two-ton and under two and one-half ton, $18; two and one-half ton and under three-ton, $21; three-ton and under three and one-half-ton. $24; three and one-half ton and under four-ton, $27; four-ton and not over tlve-ton, $30; five-ton and over, $5. Permit Is Required. The apparently slight fee for the motor truck's five tons and over Is off set by another provision of the act which requires that all such trucks must procure a permit from the County Court to operate over any road or highway in the state and the permit shall specify the necessity for its issu ance, the time it Is to be used, the re striction imposed upon such operation and the specific roads or highways pver which the truck may drive o"r be op erated. For such use the motor truck Khali pay a license fee of $8 a month to the County Court, in addition to the $5 fee paid to the Secretary of State for the license number plate. What is to become of the automobile fees after August 1 depends largely upon developments. If the good roads bonding bill passes the fees will be used in paying the interest on and in assisting to finance such bonds. If it fails to pass the money will be used by the state in matching the Shackle ford Federal aid fund, or if not so used will revert to the counties to be used for the same purpose. The act also pro . ides a number of other details affecting motor vehicle drivers. One section provides that in stopping or turning audible or visible eignals-shall be given by the driver. Ownm' Name Protected. The law restricts the number of registration list copies which may be sent out by the Secretary of State to the County Clerk and Assessor of each county and to such peace officers as have Jurisdiction under the act who may request the same. This will prohibit sending out such lists promiscuously upon request and is a clause which was desired by the motor vehicle depart ment. A dimmer clause also is included in the law, which provides that "when the convenience or safety of the use of any public highway demands, the front lights of every motor vehicle shall be dimmed so as to prevent any glare therefrom, or shall be so directed that the center rays thereof shall strike the ground at a distance not to exceed 75 feet in front of such vehicle. Provision is also made against throw ing bottles, tacks, tin cans, or similar dangerous articles on roads. A. tam pering clause is inserted which pro hibits anyone, except a regularly au thorized peace officer in the couree of liis duty, from climbing into an auto mobile against the will of the owner, or from tampering with any of the parts, or moving any lever or other 1'art of the machine. No person under the age of 15 years phall drive an automobile, except when accompanied by his parent, guardian, or owner of the car. The system of registration is left the same as under the old law. Regis trations muet be made with the motor vehicle department of the Secretary of State's office, under same conditions as in the past. One other act of interest also pro hibits the driving of a car by an in toxicated person and imposes a heavy penalty for the same, as well as a heavy penalty for the owner of a car who- persistently allowe a drunken chauffeur to drive his machine. SORENESS, PAIN, ACHING JOINTS Don't Suffer! Relief Comes the Moment You Rub With "St. Jacobs OiL" ron't stay sore, stiff and lame! Limber up! Rub soothing, penetrat ing "St. Jacobs Oil" right In your aching muscles, Joints and painful nerves. It's the quickest, surest pain relief on earth. It is absolutely harm less and doesn't burn the skin. "St. Jacobs Oil" conquers pain. 'It Instantly takes away any ache, sore ness and stiffness in the head, neck, shoulders, back, legs, arms, fingers or any part of the body nothing like It. You simply pour a little in your hand and rub "where it hurts," and relief comes Instantly. Don't stay crippled! Get a small trial bottle now from any drug store. It never disappoints six sold medal awards. Adv. '! ,5,Y ,tff snip rs j x-r- yx-y..::.. 4 x' S'ABSSt I 7 ? "r ..iwkii SS- "-5 .www. . 'WAR BRIDES' OPENS 'j NEW CHAPEL OPEN "'Jjy Nazimova's Great" Film Role Shown at Broadway. ARTISTRY IS TRIUMPHANT Appeal of Mothers for Right to End . Strife Tears at Human Emotions and Wrings Tars From All Audiences. Marion Craig Wentworth'n celebrated photo drama, "War Brides." with Alia Nazlmova in the tremendous emotional role of Joan, opened yesterday at the Broadway Theater for an eight-day run. As a story and a photoplay it hn been talked of and argued until it has become one of the best-known of motion picture dramas, and Nazimova's portrayal of the woman has been held to be the triumphant expression of her art and the fulfillment of her fame as perhaps the foremost emotional actresa today. She was won to the screen through the forceful story the drama had to tell, that of the part woman bears in war. ' "War Brides" is an appeal against war. It wrings tears from the spec tators and it tears at human emotions through eight remarkable reels. What has been said of it In other cities could well be believed in Portland yesterday when spectator after spectator left the theater at the close of the presentation, with tear-stained faces and silent de meanor. Emotlsn Holds Viewers. Wherever "War Brides" has been ehown It is reported to have swept spectators off their feet, and Portland proved no exception. It is a dramatic and photographic symphony that holds its viewers in one long emotional tide. Nazlmova simply lives the role of the woman Joan, whose all-consuming hatred for war and love for humanity lead her on to frenzy and martyrdom. She is transformed from the simple girl to the anguished woman, tormented with visions of the battlefield, her sol dier husband, and the suffering of mothers who bear men for war. Her acting is so subtle and perfect that it seems impossible that she is not really Joan. She follows her char acter from the love-making and mar riage to Franz, in a happy mood, then plunges into fear and sorrow. Fram' Mother Well Portrayed. . Well portrayed Is the role of Franz' mother who gives her four sons to the country, and receives news of the death of all. The hundreds of forced war brides, the helpless Infants, the great strewn battlefields, come before the audience and the frenzied Joan, who feels ordained to put an end to suffer ing. And there is embodied in the drama a great plea of mothers for the right to stop war. Joan becomes a creature almost ethereal, but eo dynamic that she leads the hordes of mothers and war brides to a protest before the king. All this, her imprisonment, and sorrow blended with the really mag nificent rumatizing and stupendous crowds of soldiers, citizens, battles, and the picturesque . pastoral country when in peace. Is full of climax and action. It in a master drama presented In master fashion and bids fair to hold marked interest throughout the whole week's run at the Broadway. 1000 WOMEN STORM HOTEL (Continued From First Pare.) to the Legislature, can you tell us Just how quickly the city would be enabled to use the money to purchase food?" the Governor was asked by one of the committee in reference to a possible ap propriation by the city. "The bill would go in Monday night." the Governor, "and ought to come out signed and available to the city by Wednesday." The Governor told the committee he was "afraid things are too high." ad ding that he also was "afraid they are going higher." "Such a condition," he said, "prob ably will prevail as long as there is such a foreign demand for our victuals. But we will dp the best we can in the Legislature tohel p the city relieve Its needs." Poultry wholesalers are experiencing a demoralized market, it was disclosed today, because of a systematic boycott ing by housewives In Jewish quarters. In cars idle on local tracks are 850, 00(1 pounds of poultry and wholesale houses have great quantities more. Housewives not only refrain from buy ing but attack persons who purchase occasionally at small stores and throw the poultry into the gutters. . Relict Is in Sight. Relief Is now in sight. The most definite measure is the purchase of a large quantity of food, which will be brought here for distribution at the lowest price possible. George W. Per kins, chairman of the X-layor'a corn- Interior of Chapel and Rlsht Rev. Wal ter Taylor Sumner. mittee on food supply, announced that a campaign had been bejun o popu larize rice as u substitute for more costly foods. To keep down the price of rice the committee has bought 4,000.000 pounds. The fact that plans are laid to buy rice in immense quan tities became known today through re ceipt of information from Woodland, Cai., that Mr. Perkins had telegraphed the County Board of Trade there ask ing terms for immediate shipment to New York of 15.000,000 pounds. The Mayor's committee has purchased also a carload of smelts on the Pacific Coast, which will be used to force down prices in the local markets. The board of estimate and apportionment has asked the State Legislature to authorize an amendment to the city charter giving the board power to appropriate, in case of emergency, city funds with which to buy food stuffs to be sold at reasonable prices. PROTEST PARADE IS PLANNED Philadelphia Women Call on City to Establish Markets. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 24. Resolu tions adopted today at sectional mass meetings of women call upon Governor Brumbaugh to use his influence in the immediate passage of remedial legis lation providing for an emergency ap propriation for the purchase and sale at cost of food to afford relief from the high cost of necessities; the ap pointment of a commission to create special markets, to enact measures pro viding for municipal or state abattoirs, and a law making speculation in food stuffs a crime. The resolutions were embodied in a letter and were ratified at all meetings. The immediate return of Mayor Smith from Florida to "aid his starv ing fellow citizens" was demanded by speakers at all of the meetings. Plans were completed today for a "protest parade" of between 10,000 and 15,000 women next week. 2 MORE BILLS VETOED GOVERNOR CLEANS VP GRIST OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION WORK. Hood River Salary Increases and Act to Change School District Boundaries Disapproved. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Governor Withycombe today vetoed two more bills, signed the remainder of those coming before him, and cleaned up the great grist of work from the Legislative session which closed last Monday. In vetoing Senate BUI No. 242, pro viding for an increase In salaries of certain officers of Hood River County, he ftated that an initiative measure al ready had been passed fixing the sala ries of the officers of that county, and that there was a decided protest from many taxpayers of that section against any further increase. In vetoing House Bill No. 91, pro viding for a new method of changing school district boundaries, he stated that the bill would work a needless hardship on districts already estab lished, and that the present statute provides ample means for readjusting district boundaries through the District Boundary Board. This latter bill was of particular interest to the towns of Warrentown, Hammond and Clatsop In Clatsop County, where the school dis tricts of Hammond and Clatsop partly overlap the city limits of Warrentown. Senator Lienenweber and Representa tives Gchlmpff and Belland all re quested the Governor to veto the - bill. R'etrial Lifts First of 2 Sentences. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Attorney-General Brown today in an opinion to Warden Murphy of the State Penitentiary held that George F. Moyer, who served a portion of his minimum sentence on a charge of arson, and was acquitted on a second trial, need serve no more of that sentence, but must serve out a sentence for conviction on a charge of larceny of sheep. Moyer was convicted and sentenced on the arson charge and had been a time in the prison when a second jury acquit ted him. In the meantime he was con victed of the larceny charge. The re trial, the Attorney-General states, wipes his first sentence out entirely. Astoria Bond Issue Sold. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. '24. (Special.) The City Council this afternoon sold to Frank Patton. of this city, $90,000 in 5 per cent refunding bonds at a premium of $1000. The new issue is to redeem a similar amount in 6 per cent bonds, which will mature on April 1. Bishop Dedicates House of Worship at St. Helens Hall. BUILDING IS ATTRACTIVE Prelate lit Address Declares Child Learns Froru Pupils and Conse quent Jfeed of Higher Aspira tions Is Emphasized. The attractive little chapel erected in connection with St. Helen's Academy for Girls, adjacent to the kindergarten department of that school at Park ave nue and Vfsta avenue drive, was ded icated yesterday by the Right Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Ore gon. The chapel, which cost $1500. has been about six months under construc tion and has been erected as an aux iliary to the recently restored struc tures. The school which stood on that site was destroyed by fire some three years ago. The residence school es tablished at 635 Everett street to care for the girls at that time has been con tinued as a part of the school. That the child learns from the pupils and not from th teacher was the ar gument carried by Bishop Sumner in favor of the private school. "The flippant in religion must be sifted out or the mind of the child will be pol luted beyond repair," he said, while 100 somber-faced and miter-garbed young women listened Intently, along with visitors who had braved the snow for the dedicatory exercises, which were devoid of any social fea ture on account of the penitential season. Not only the selection of the com panions of the chile, but the most care ful use of reading matter was advo cated by the bishop in "these days of the yellow newspaper." The moulding of the character of the child as the all important factor in its life is not to be overlooked, the bishop asserted. As a step forward in this work, the comple tion of the chapel was heralded with the-plea that the union of the church and the school be' made yet more com plete. The chapel was created at the ex pense of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist, who conduct the school, and most of the furnishings were donated by the patrons of the school. A flag pole donated by the senior class of the school has been set up on the campus In honor of the dedication and the completion of the place of worship. The services were followed by tea in the kindergarten room of the academy. Prayers for blessings were not con fined solely to the academy, but the whole of the country was remembered In the supplication for "Peace with honor to the Nation and an undivided support for the President in any time of need," expressing the spirit of the academy for the uplift of all. DRY LAW INTERPRETED OFFICERS' RIGHT TO SEARCH SUS PECTS DECLARED SAFE. Senator Eddy, of Rosebnra;. Says Sev eral District Attorneys Have Wrens View of Sew Measure. ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) That the Sheriffs and other peace of ficers of Oregon have the same powers to enforce the "bone dry" law aa they have in cases where other offenses are at issue, was the statement of Senator B. L. Eddy, who, with Dr. Anderson, of The Dalles, drafted the. "dry" legis lation enacted at the recent session of the State Legislature. Senator Eddy says several District Attorneys of the state have complained that because the Legislature omitted the search and seizure clause from the "bone dry" bill bootleggers and other violators of the prohibition measure will go unrestrained. According to Senator Eddy, the conclusion of these District Attorneys' Is wrong. Senator Eddy said: "If the Sheriff has sufficient reason to believe that a person Is Importing liquor Into Oregon unlawfully, he has a right, as under the laws governing other offenses, to search him. If li quor is found on the man and it can be established that he came into posses- PAROLED MEN PROTECTED Interfering With Their Employment Now Is Misdemeanor. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Convicts at the State Penitentiary who are out -on parole or about to be pa- Hart Schaf f ner & Marx exclusive models for young men YOUNG men like to dress well, but not like everybody else; they want something different, exclusive, individual. Hart Schaf f ner & Marx 1917 Varsity Fifty Fives are different suits; we have a big variety to choose from; lots of new ideas, lots of smart designs, all wool fabrics, colors, models. $20, $25 and Up Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. CopjncM Hart SduOact fc Man I Here's the latest word in "sport" styles ; a new one hot from the Hart Schaffner & Marx designing; staff. Portland's Largest Exclusive Men's Store Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder roled are protected under the provi sions of an act passed by the last Leg islature. The act makes It a misde meanor for any person to take any steps to prevent such convict from securing employment, or to deprive him of employment, or for any person to extort money or article of value from a paroled convict. The law Is advocated by Parole Of ficer Keller, and Is aimed to cure an abuse which Is said to have existed many times in the past when convicts have been made the victims of outsid ers, or have been compelled to throw up work through activities of persons who have disclosed their records. Parole Officer Keller believes that the act will be an excellent safeguard for paroled prisoners. BERG DINES EDITOR JOHN T. BELL IS GIVEN CLUB DINNER PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. Resolutions Expressing Esteem Are Adopted New Owner of Enter prise Welcomed Heartily. NEWBERG. Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) On the occasion of his sale of the Newberg Enterprise and his leaving Newberg. John T. Bell was honored last night with a dinner at the Imperial Hotel given by the Commercial Club, and the adoption of resolutions ex pressive of esteem for the service he has rendered the club and the commu nity generally during his five years of newspaper work here. V. A. Morris was toastmaster. and short talks were made by representa tives of the different industrial inter ests of the town. In his response Mr. Bell said that in the Portland dallies Newberg and every other community in Oregon had an Im portant asset, as it was the custom of those papers to publish news from all over the state covering everything that was of value, and especially in this case in regard to new Industries. In this connection he made a comparison with the San Francisco press. Charles Jones, of Jones Bros. Sc. Co., of Portland, who began the manufac ture of loganberry juice and cider and vinegar here last season, spoke of the advantage of advertising as illustrated in the experience of his company. A hearty and cordial welcome was extended to Simon S. Dow, the new owner of the Enterprise. He came from Wray. California, where he was In the newspaper business for many years. THOMAS HISL0P BURIED Funeral Address Is Made by Judge Henry E. McGinn. Funeral services for Thomas Hislop, Portland contractor, who died at his residence, 615 Belmont street. Wednes day, after S3 years of active residence In this city, were held yesterday at the Skewes Undertaking parlors. Burial was at the Rlvervlew cemetery. Services were opened by Dr. C. E. Cline. who delivered the invocation. C. C. Chapman spoke on the relations which Mr. Hislop held with the various activities of Portland civic life. Judge Henry E. McGinn made the funeral address. Music was furnished by the Kosarian quartet. Active pallbearers were: C. S. Love land. H. J. Blaesing. K. C. Peets, J. E. Werleln. Henry Fries and O. C. Bortz meyer. The honorary pallbearers were: W. H. Fayle. W. D. Fenton, N. U. Carpenter, Joseph Simon. William Mac Kenzie and A. W. Lambert. BEAUTY DOCTOR TELLS SECRET Detroit Beauty Doctor . Gives Simple Recipe to Darken Gray Hair and Make It Soft and Glossy. Miss Alice Whitney, a well-known beauty doctor of Detroit. Mich., re cently gave out the following state ment: 'Anyone can prepare a simple mixture at home, at very little cost, that will darken gray hair and make It soft and glossy. To a half pint of water add 1 ounce of bay rum. a small box of Barbo Compound and ounce of glycerine. These Ingredients can be bought at any drugstore at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired shade is obtained. This will make a gray-haired person look 20 years younger. It is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off. Adv. SERVICE attentive, courteous, unos tentatious maintains the fair fame of The Portland among a country wide clientele. Superior in environment, with an at mosphere of restfulness and culture, The Portland is the center of the city's social activities the mecca for the traveler. Club Breakfast 6:30 to 11:30 Luncheon 11:30 to 2 Afternoon Tea 3:30 to 6 Dinner Dance 5 :30 to 8 :30 Sunday Table d'Hote Dinner 5:30 to 8:30 Table Service 6:30 A. M. to 1 A. M. Orchestral Music Evenings The Portland Hotel Richard W. Childs, Manager Elbert S. Robe, Assistant Manager DO TOUR SHARE towards re - establishment of realty values and a greater Portland by patron izing specialty stores. It will mean more prosperous conditions for the community and, therefore, for you. OVERSTUFFED FURNITURE 'Made in Our Own Shops which is sufficient recommen dation of its trustworthiness of construction and materials. Such should not be confused with the factory-made furniture offered as "overstuffed." 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