THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. XOVE3IBER 21. 1920
ELKS TO
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THREE PORTLAND WOMEN WHO WILL HELP BRING A BIT OF
OLD CHINA TO PORTLAND.
LARGE PLANS MADE
The Honorableness of This Business
is more to the two men that own it than everything else. It is pleased to have placed itself at the disposal of its clients who choose to have its
259o lower than local price service on pianos and player pianos," including the most valuable pianos in the world, and it agrees to. take such re-
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TO REVIVE
aucea proms on each sale, which is made possible because of its large annual volume of sales.
THE PIANO HOUSE OF PORTLAND.
Cast for Show Nov. 23-24 to
Include 148 Folk.
Properties in Gold Hill Region
Being Developed.
SETTING TRULY CHINESE
OUTLOOK IS PROMISING
Scid Gain Back and Six Companies
Offer to Furnish All Cos
tumes for Production.
Millionaire and - Almcda Plants
Being Equipped With Modern
Machinery ' and Power.
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PRODUC
TEMWRi
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A little bit of China as it used to
he under the old dynasty will be
transported to the public auditorium
on November 23 and 24. when 148
local folk will present "The Manda
rin," Do Koven's oriental opera, un
der the auspices of the local lodge of
the Elks. The truly Chinese setting
will be due to Seid Gain Back, local
Chinese merchant, and the Six Com
panies, who ottered to furnish cos
tumes for the opera, which is for the
benefit of the municipal Christmas
tree for the poor children of Port
land. The robes worn by the principals
In the cash Uie furniture on the etage,
and all the r.ttle odo-s and ends that
go to make up a realistic stage set
ting, have been donated by the
Chinese.
Mandarin Robes Seldom Used.
The mandarin robes) have never be
fore been used except on state oc
casions by the Chinese themselves.
Some of the features of the opera
will be the dance of the nursery
maids, the chop etick dance by the
chop suey girls, the parasol dance,
and the novelty upside down dance,
by a ballet of 36 girls.
The lullaby sons In the second act
will be one of the bis hits of the
opera, according to those who have
heard the rehearsals. The acebm
paniment will be played by Mr. and
Mrs. Walton J. Elliott, harpists;
Misses .Guri and May Englestead,
violinists, and W. A. McDougall, cel
list. Participants Are Announced.
Those who will appear in the opera
are:
Mrs. B. "B. Banning, Paisy Bcvana, Ella
Ttrueninr. Mrs. UeorRB E. Burke, Beatrice
Davison. Mm. A. B. De Keyaer, Marie
BnKleatad, Mrs. Emma M. Flaherty,
Theresa Ferrin. Agnes M. Flynn. Mrs.
I.ouis Gevurtz, Mrs. J. IT. Goldstaub, Mrs.
"William Hahn. Marguerite Kaiser, Mrs.
William J. McGinnls, Irene Marten. Nellie
Muneer. Miaa Bertha. Moore. Mae Monroe,
Mrs. L. W. O'Rourke. Gladys Koble. Edith
Pray, Mrs. John H. Raz, Mrs. Mabel Rich
ardson, Mrs. Fred T. Sheldon, Florence E.
Smith, Emma Stacey, Erma Vaughn, Flor
ence Windsor, airs. Tena Vaughn. J. II.
Anderson, F. E. Andross, William A.
Bacon, C. E. Burnett, C. W. Cottam, H. J.
Daviee, F. H. Forbes, Edwin Guiver. Lieu
tenant George E. Gandy, William Hahn, A.
I.. Hungerford, W. Johnson, Bruce S.
Jones, Harland It. Morris, A. O. Waud.
Fred Windsor, Charles I,. Woodrum, Fred
1.. York, Joe B. York, Edith Snyder, Dr.
Bella J. Welch, Georgia Schmeer, Elsie
lJavieH, Edessa Campion, Lola Muir, Bere
nice Morris, Lillian Holman. Alice High'
land. Olga Ruff. Mrs. William A. Bcon.
Mrs. Gilbert Joyce, Edith Powers, Dorothy
Powers. Helen Douglas O'Donnell. Mrs.
George R. Gordon, Lola O'Neill, Mrs. John
O. Ferris, Willie Eller Howitt, Elsie Pe
eheos, Mrs. L. It. Davison, Antonia Wind
sor. Mrs. David R. Bell, June Price. Mrs.
Joseph A. Brennfleck, Marie Jean Fisher,
ZulHh Andross. Georgia Forney, Louise
Lewis, Mrs. George W. Burt, Mrs. F. H.
Forbes, Opal Tibbetts, Guri Englestad, Mrs.
Paul Spath.
JAPS SEEK HAWAII LAND
taking; of ho-mesteaos fob
mixors protested.
Problem Similar to Tliat Pre
sented in California Is to Be
Tlireslied Out in Courts.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Xov. 12. (Spe
cial.) Whether Japanese parents are
entitled to take up homestead lands
of the territory in the names of their
American-born children is to be
threshed out in the courts of Hawaii.
The problem, in many respects,- is
similar to that of California. .
Action is to be taken at once by the
territorial attorney - general. Harry
Irwin, to obtain from the circuit
court an order appointing a guardian
for a minor Japanese boy. who is
a citizen of the United States, to
whom three homestead lots were Bold
In 1919, in order that the lands may
be taken out of the hands of his
alien parents and that the revenues
may be placed in trust for him in
stead of being sent to Japan.
On August 26, 1919, three Papaaloa
homestead lots were sold to Ichiro
Okamura. a 3-year-old Japanese boy.
by James D. Frazer, who obtained
them from the government under the
special homestead agreement. Ichiro
is Hawaiian-born and therefore an
American citizen, but according to in
formation in the attorney-general's
office, tlie land in question was pur
chased by the boy's father, who is
an alien.
The homestead law prohibits an
alien from owning or acquiring home
stead lands and this transaction in
the view of the attorney-general is
similar to transactions against which
the anti-alien land law of California
was drafted. The attorney-general
proposes to have a proper guardian
appointed for the child and the money
hnlH in trout ,,ltl , U i .
' ' ' 11 ' 1 v ia ui age.
ART STUDENTS TRAINED
Professor Says University Will
Be Center of Western Culture
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Nov. 20.---tSpecial.) The University
i't jreeon is going to have the big
Srest art school m the west, in the
opinion of Avard Fairbank, professor
or sculpture in the school of fine arts.
The students are sincere, with
pood, clean, beautiful ideals in their
lives, and with such strength as
foundation I have no hesitancy in
saying that a great art school can
oe ouiit. ureal artists and a great
art can come of it if the training in
technique is made sufficient," said
Mr. Fairbanks. "In our classes we
plan to find the students bearing
what they can do. When the students
become sufficiently advanced to spe
cialize in one branch of sculpture we
can develop to quite a high position
In the art world.''
Air FieltUWork Started.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) In accordance with recent in
structions from the war department
to proceed with the expansion of
Luke Field air etation at Pearl Hir
bor. the United States array here Is
assembling a vast quantity of ma
terial at the main base preparatory
to starting the 600.000 building pro
gramme. At the last session of con
gress $1,300,000 was appropriated for
the air service In Hawaii to -include
development of both heavier and
lighter tbaa air units. . .
FACTORY PLANS GROWTH
STRADTVARA COMPANY HERE
TO DOUBLE PMXT.
. T. Thompson, General Manager,
Declares Concern at East 33d
and Broadway Will Extend.
Plans have been put under way to
double the capacity of the factory of
the Stradivara, Phonograph company
at East Thirty-third street and
Broadway and to make the Stradivara
phonograph a national competitor
with other leading phonographs man
ufactured in the United States; ac
cording to an announcement made
yesterday by , J. T. Thompson, gene
ral manager of the concern.
The new programme provides for
the development of an export depart
ment and the manufacture of an ex
clusive line - of machines for export.
The increased capacity proposed for
the corporation will make the phono
graph industry one of the leading
ones in the state, which will employ
a large number of skilled workmen
Mr. Thompson 'declared.
The Stradivara Phonograph com
pany was organized several months
ago as a J5.000.O00 corporation, and
in August of this year it absorbed by
purchase the factory and other- as
sets of the Pacific Phonograph man
ufacturing company.
The concern recently established a
branch house in San Francisco. From
this house will be handled .the ter
ritory of California, Arizona and Ne
vada. Additional branch houses will
be estblished as fast as the capacity
of the plant will permit, it was an
nounced. German Coal Stolen.
ROTTERDAM. Thousands of tons
PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR AMERICANIZED
ROMAN ARENA UPON CAMPUS AT CORVALLIS
Units Will Be Completed as Demand Increases, First Section Already Being in Preliminary Stage of Con
struction Great Structure to Conform With Architecture of Similar Stadiums of Ancient Times.
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OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STADIUM AS IT LOOKS SINCE IT WAS COMPLETED, AND ARCHI
TECT'S DRAWING OF THE PLANT.
REGOS AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Nov. 13. (Spe-
cial.) Plans for an AmericanT
ized Roman arena for the college
have just been completed by the en
gineer. R. R. Clark, "09, of Lewis &
Clark, consulting engineers of Port
land, and Lee A- Thomas, '07, of Bend,
architect. '
The big steel, concrete and wood
grandstand, rushed to completion in
time for the University of California
Aggie game, is but one unit of the
entire structure, design for which is
shown in accompanying illustration.
One unit after another will be com
pleted to meet the demands. Eventu
ally the wood seats in the present
grandstand will be torn out and re
placed by concrete. The competed
stadium not 'only will be mammoth in
size, but will present an attractive ap
pearance because of the architectural
design.
Romnn Architecture Followed.
Mr. Clark studied the ruins of some
of the Roman amphitheaters in south
ern France, euch as those in Mimes
and Aries, la the course of the war,
1
of German coal, intended for some of
the entente nations, have been stolen
while en route down the Rhine and
Smuggled - into ' Holland on barges,
says the rtotterdam Courant.- Only a
part of the coal was unloaded at the
allied depots and the rest, covered
with stones, was brought down the
river to Holland, says the newspaper.
Mountain Lions Numerous.
VISAL1A, Cal. Reports from
the
foothills east of here are to the effect
that mountain lions are more' numer
ous this year than for several sea
sons. Several big cats have bees
killed in the vicinity of Three Rivers,
Just this side of the Sequoia National
Park gate, while lions hive been seen
by mountaineers along the Kings, Ka
weah and Tule rivers.
and has studied stadiums in the United
States. The general design used in
eastern stadiums could not be used
nere. fecause or tne uregon rains
cover will be provided for the entire
Oregon Agricultural college stadium.
The completed stadium at the col
lege will be of "U" shape, a plan
which has proved satisfactory in many
of the eastern colleges. The seating
profile is on a parabolis vertical curve
following ecual vision to all seats.
The full elliptical form and compli
cated provision required by the sepa
ration of the classes was avoided. The
circumferential corridors and radial
aisles, however, are retained and every
advantage taken to economize on
space and seating capacity.
- Unit Again to Be Used. .
The first unit will be used again to
accommodate the immense throngs ex
pected at the Aggie-University of
Oregon game. Tins unit is 300 feet
long, or the entire length of the foot
ball field, having a seating capacity
of 4000. together with box seats ac
commodating 350. - - ,
Access is from the rear and is ac
complished by five ramps leading into
longitudinal aisles, with lateral aisles
to the seats. Due to the present high
cost of construction only the super-
GOLD HILL, Or.. Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) In spite of the high cost of
mining.- apparently a " general re
sumption of quartz Ining in this
region is at hind. This industry
here has been totally suspended
since 1914, at the beginning of the
war. It was during this period that
a general resumpt'on of the industry
was setting in, after several years
of dilatory inactivity.
A partial suspension of the in
dustry at that time was due, prin
cipally, to .the . installation of mod
ern electrically-driven, machinery for
the treatment- of the rich refractory
ores, characteristic - to this region.
This machinery and power lines
cost huge sums of money and re
quired outside capital, which was be
ing cautiously invested. In the
meantime the owners of these rich
est mines, unable to get capital in
terested, plodded along with .antique
equipment. Then machinery and
power lines were stripped from the
mines throughout this - region and
shipped to the war centers. In spite
of the high prices received for rood
em equipment, the mine owners now
find that . in re-equiping they' lost
heavily.
Millionaire Mine Acquired.
Two years ago Charles A. Knight,
a retired mining engineer, acquired
the Millionaire gold mine, an old-
time producer located three miles
east of Gold Hill in the Blackwell
hill district. The hi-h cost of min
ing and a .scarcity of experienced
miners prevented the operation of the
property at that time.- In the mean
time a large sum of money has been
spent by the new owner in reopening
the old works, rebuilding the shaft
houses and remodeling the mill equip
ment. Workmen now are engaged
rebuilding the electric power line to
the mine, which was dismantled dur
ing the war period. On the comple
tion of this work the mine will be
ready to resume after an idleness of
more than ten years.
The Millionaire mine formely was
owned by- the Mcjfean National bank
of Terre Haute. Ind. The mill has
two Nissen 1500-pound stamps with
circular discharge and two ten-foot
amalgamating plates; it has a rock
crusher and a concentrating table.
Mine Nearly on Ground LeVel.
The mine is nearly on level ground
at an elevation of 1730 feet. It is
opened by two vertical shafts. 400 and
600 feet deep, with extended levels.
There are three veins running parallel,
all containing quartz with pyrite an
i structure was built in its final out
I line. It is of structural uteel and con
terete and regarded as permanent con
a'struction,
Decision to build the grandstan
was not reached until the latter part
of August and within 10 weeks th
stadium was ready for use. Steel was
obtained from three Portland concerns
and the lumber was cut in advance
ready for rapid construction.
Pent In Accomplished.
The feat was accomplished, notwith
standing - ihe fact that there was
shortage in steel. Qne hundred ton
of steel were used, together with 175v
000 feet or lumber.
One flagpole and six pennant poles
will be put in place, which will giv
the stand a festive appearance.
Construction was accomplished un
der the direct supervision of Mr. Clark
and by Parker & Banfield-contractors.
This combination of engineering skill
and constructing ability enabled the
work to be finished in time for the
University of Calfiornia-Aggie game
on October 13. H. Giet, former super
intendent of properties for the Port
land public schools, acted aa super-
mtendent and is responsible for the
workmanship and low cost of the
structure.
W& IH '1 H 11 ft III! . Ksass
1150 1820 Model, $862
Over pne-quarter million dollars In pianos. $260,340.00 In Pianos and Player-Manos
viriiri-k lower pricea,
land and on the coast. Player-pianos
- . j v u i j i i n i i --i . . j i v
pianos and now make exclusively player
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Prices cut with a view of sacrificing
Visit Our
Local $23-S50 ends Piano Home Oar
maritet - SIS to SO Monthly. Sale
Price Vrif
tlftoo Sieger, parlor grand, ma.$H2S
pieser e sons. poi. mang. , .
23 Thompson, dull mahog 468
in HI Stegrr Sons, cir. walnut S75
675 Sineer, golden oak 495
625 Thompson, nol. maho&ranv 4r.fi
J ISO Reed &. Son player, man.. 862
vnn -rnompaon player, mahog. 712
625 Tbomnwi. dull mahoiranv
lOSO Singer player, dull oak.. 787
Economy Downstairs Store and Its Underpriced New, Factory Rebuilt
rOeal SIS Sends Piano Home Factory
Market S8, SIO to IS Monthly. Snle
Prices Prices
SSO Stetcer A Sons, dull mah.. 8595
HOO Reed A Sons, up. gr. pol.ok 565
7oo 1'hompson. pol. - mahogany 495
10.10 Singer player, golden oak 750
steicer A sons, dull man.. rIri
lO.O Singer player, pol, mahog. 695
ww need A sons, auu manog.
700 Ihompson. polished oak. .495
H7S Wood A Son. dull oak 495
VSO Thompson, polish, mahog. 487
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Ders or city or traveling salesmen, and
man local marKeu prices on new, ana.silll lower prices on bpft-iais. iai iui ?
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UnUCn lUUli rlnltU Dl lYIAILof mail-order buyers. We prepay freight and make delivery to your home within 200 miles, besides the piano will be
shipped subject to your approval and subject to exchange within one year, allowing full amount paid. This virtually gives you a one-year trial of the
piano vou may order. Every piano or player-piano purchased carries with it Schwan Piano Co. s guarantee of satisfaction; also the usual guarantee
from the manufacturer. Open Saturday Evenings for the Benefit of Those Who Can't Come During Business -Hours.
lOI.IOn Tenth St. at
Washlnarton and
Stark Sis.
rare galena and chalconyrite. Two
more veins strike north and dip east.
These contain calclte, quartz, pyrite
and a mineral resembling sylaavnite.
The Almeda gold-copper mine, 'lo
cated In the Galice district west of
Gold Hill and owned by the Almeda
Mines company, with headquarters in
Portland, is being equipped to re
sume. This property nas neen idle
since 1916, but in the meantime nu
merous improvements and much de
velopment work have been going on.
The company- has spent a large sura
n sampling and testing the ores to
determine the most practical methods
of ore treatment. It has been found
that oil flotation gives the highest
Dercentage of values and the com
pany is preparing to purcnase ana
erect a large flotation plant on the
mine within the next few months.
Almeda Ore Very Rich. 1
The Almeda mine is on the north
bank of Rogue river, about 26 miles
below Grants Pass, at an elevation
of 600 to 1600 feet above sea level-
The ore of .the mine is especially val
uable for its tenor ot gold and cop
per, but also contains silver, lead and
zinc The Almeda mine is more iuuj
developed than any other mine in tnis
region. The mine is equipped with
a 100-ton matting lurnaue, num. iii
1908. three gasoline engines of . 175
horsepower and two air compressors
having a capacity to run 23 drills, as
well as an engine at the shaft to run
the hoist. '
P. H. Van Horn,, representing vic
tor W. Brown and associates of Pitts
burg. Pa. who have Deen operating
the Sylvanite group of mines the last
year under a lease and option to buy.
recently took the property over by
purchase. This property formerly
was owned by local and California
people and has the distinction of be
ing the only gold quartz mine -operated
in this whole region during
the war. '
The new owners are Duying aa-
joining property and will re-equip the
mine on a large scale. This property
is two miles nortll ot uoia mil ana
is one of the big mines of this re
gion.
New Bills at the Movie.
(Continued From Page 6.)
neer-of repute, has an uncanny habit
of ntenlintr away from his associates
immediately upon the completion ot
an iengineering project and burying
himself in a drunken stupor in tne
tenderloin district.
During one of thess sprees he meets
and quarrejs with a young trench
engineer whom he chances to meet in
a chean saloon. A reconciliation toi
lows and the two "bunk" for the night
in a. chean lodging house. In the
morning they resort to digging ditches
t 1 - i . . ... rtno.i "lTrtflHillV." US
lor U I ciliia.-l ,iiv.wj- - tf.
MacNeir dubs his newly acquired
friend, is unaware of his companion's
identity until one ot MacNeir's men
finds him in the ditch and urges "him
to return to his desk. Bewildered and
amazed at the sudden change in
events. "Frenchy" follows his erst
while "companion in misery."
How the beautiful girl comes into
"Frenchy's" Jife and his subsequent
return to his native land at the call
to arms, -leaving, his betrothed alone
and his return after having been an
nounced dead on the field of battle
his denouncement of the man who has
sacrificed his all to protect his friend's
wife and child; the "battle of hearts,"
proving a "friend in need is a friend
indeed," makes this latest Hobart Bos-
wortn production "His own Law one
of tL- best pictures ot tne year.
MARRIAGE IS OXE OF HATE
Behold My Wire" Held Over at
Columbia Theater.
Marriages are cailsed by many
things, including love, money and
moonlight; but did you ever know a
man who married for hate? That. Is
the motive which impel the hero of
George Melford's new picture, "Be
hold My Wife!" at the Columbia the
ater for a second week, to take the
plunge.
According to the etory, this young
. man. one Frank Armour, younger son
I of an aristocratic English family who
I Is working la Canada for. tie Hud-
- II ii IIll" I'll cum
$o0 Cash, fSS Monthly
win in inm sale proauce savings xo
are now sold in the east we are told to
iuni.iu i it oauc, iv i m 1 1 y carioaas
- pianos. We have taken advantage of
111 BUllia VL LU13 CUSlCrU l&UlUrieB. '
Smaller Profits on Greater Number of Sales
some profit in an effort to increase the
Quality Store, Exhibiting the
800 Reed A Son, upright grd.595
li.-Mi Keen K son player, o I ma.
BOO Sieger A Sons, dull mah. H'o
looo Mtricer A Sons, dull walnt. 750
TOO Reed A Son, dull walnut.. 525
' HOO Reed A Son, poL mahog.. 565
10.UI Singer player, dull walnut 795
U5 Thompson, pol. mahogany 487
700 Reed Sons, dull oak... 525
POO Steicer A Sonn, fancy wal. 675
ThompwB, pol. mahogany -468
7M Reed A Sonn. dull walnut fi!2
SOO Reed A Son, pol. mahog. 595
S 07S Wood A Son. dull oak... $495
Oi J senroeaer uros rum. oaa.
RT5 Sehroeder llrOH., dull mah. 43
Too Singer, polished oak 495
073 Wood A Sons, dull oak.. 495
5ttS Thompson, fumed oak.... 435
n25 Thompson, mahogany.... 468
ATS Wood A Sons, polish, oak ' 495
RT5 Sehroeder Bros. fmd. oak 395
lOOO Erard-London dl. ac. harp 650
Factory Rebuilt and Used
BOO Stelnvvay Sons, pol. ma. .$435
ou itranicn uacn, gol. oak iioo
P.WW Al FMAN The Sen wan Piano Co. makes it easy for you to buy and own a new. improved quality piano
lilln CHLtOillnil hv its orsranized method of distribution. It considers as unnecessary- for Instant irrl
you benefit by tnese luuy zu to zd-j,
nVJ MnVU TDIITUtlll nrlVhH I IxINIi 11118 store satisnes tne people tnrougn its unpreceaeniea values, trutns rully
AO UAon InUlniUL AUf LnllOlllU named. Why should pianos not have a price identity? Why should market
vnn m, tnflntoH rtrlces? Your old niano. ortan or city lot taken ill part payment.
Schwan Piano Company
son's Bay company, receives a letter
that his sweetheart back in England
had thrown him over for another.
Knowing that his family's opposition
had a lot to do with breaking up the
match, young Armour, in a drunken
rage, determines to revenge himself
upon them by marrying an Indian
maiden and sending her to them s
his wife. He carries out this scheme,
but with highly unexpected results.
."Behold My Wife!" was adaoted
from a popular novel by Sir Gilbert
l-Parker. Elliott Dexter. Mabel Juli
enne Scott. Milton Sills and Ann For
rest re prominent in the cast. The
picture is a Paramount.
' In courtesy to the Red Cross mem
bership drive of the present time, the
current Columbia scenic Is "Arch
angel, the City of Snow," where much
of the Siberian Red Cross work ha
had its headquarters. wnoiesome
comedy fills every inch of a two
reel picture starring Lewis Hamil
ton, a rotund funmaker, an added
feature of the Columbia programme.
KING SPRCCE" STAR FEATURE
. i . .
Mitchell Lewis Supported by Cast
of Weil-Known Players.
Though men dominate most of the
big situations in "King Spruce." the
Star theater feature this week, two
feminine screen favorites are fre
quently' put to as severe a test of
ability as Mitchell Lewis, the star
of the picture. .
They are Mignon . Anderson and
Betty Wales, selected by . Director
Clements from a long ist of candi
dates.
Miss Wales' performance in a pic
ture packed with melodrama stamps
her as one of -the most, versatile
young actresses before the public to
day, for most of her work on the
stage and screen has been confined to
comedy, the, magnetic little artist
having appeared as leading woman
for Willie Collier in "Nothing but
he Truth" and as the ingenue in the
successful revival of "Get Rich Quick
Wallingford," and on the screen Miss
Wales was one of 'Ernest Truex's
chief comedy assistants in "Oh, You
Women."
Other prominent players- supporting
Mitchell Lewis in "King Spruce" are
Melbourne MacDowell, Arthur Mil
lette, Joe Ray, James O'Neill, Gus
Soville and Frederic Herzog.
Milo's Merry Minstrels are also on
the Star programme.
VIOLA DANA PRETTV COOK
Story of Seamy Side of Life -Is Hip
podrome Feature.
In the story of "Blackmail," a spe
cial production which comes to the
Hippodrome today, that seamy side
of life, which has such a weird at
traction for the other half plays an
important part. The screen version is
from the story by Lucy Chamberlain
as published in the Saturday livening
Post.
It tells the story of a beautiful,
scheming daughter of a master crook
who when dying urges her not to let
the cops forget the name he has made
notorious. Acting upon her father's
last request, the girl ensnares a- rich
young man, whose main bid for fame
Is the sizs of his bank roll. But the
mother of the young Creosus arro
gantly steps In and, with the aid of a
resourceful lawyer, gives the plot an
entirely unexpected twist.
In this production of the polite
underworld Viola Dana stars in a
role which gives her unusual oppor
tunity to display her extensive reper
toire. Her characterization of the
sharp beauty of the demi monde shows
her in a different vein from her other
pictures. '-.-
She is capably supported by a tal
ented company with the tall star of
the English stage. Wyndham Stand
ing, in the leading male role. Others
in the cast are Florence Tusner, Al
fred Allen. Edward Cecil, Lydia
Knott, Jack Rol and Fred Kelsey.
SEA PICTURE , BACKGROUND
below the Surface," Bosworth
Feature, at, Circle.
The sea, again furnishes the "back
ground oc a strongly, dramatic story.
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Portland's (Factory Clearance)
are now being sold for J178.237.00.
forxiana ana coatsl piano Duyers oi j,i.ui". j, vviiiji iuu swakk, V KO-
oi pjanos jire oeing emppea iroin
the exclusion of pianos
this trade condition in the eastern markets afid have bought up by the hun
volume in sales. That's the Schwan
Most Valuable Pianos m
tinno ftcifr & sons, dull oak..75U
SOO Reed A Sons, dull oak 595
9fo ThomnHon player, pol. ma. 712
ro Thiimpnon, polished oak.. 487
TOO ThompKOn, dull oak 525
J 3n Steger A Sonn pi., pol. oak 975
50 Thompson player, gol. oak 712
(KVO Thompfton, polished oak.. 487
675 Wood A Sons, dull oak... 495
Han Thompson, polish, walnut. 487
TOO Thompson, dull oak 525
GOO Thompson, 'dull walnut... 487
6SO Thompson, dull mahogany. 487
S TOO Conover. golden oak -8315
poo Steinway A Sons, rosew'd 345
:o Mncrr, large manogany.. 1 .
i.0 Singer, massive colonial.. 435
5SO Khrrsole. modern mahog. 365
.o Thompson player, pol. ma. 495
450 Itradhnry, square piano.. 95
4."0 Hal let A Davis, rosewood 195
9.141 Thompson player ' 595
250 bollard A Collard, walnut 65
27S H. Bord. rosewood 75
lono Singer player, dull walnut 695
SOO Steger A Sons, flem. oak. 495
485 Atnbr A Evans, walnut.. Z!)
sayings, w e are not mcerestea in your name ana address it our 2a lower
reuuiu anu uweu pianos nu nui eii you.
In Hobart Bosworth's photoplay. "Be
low the Surface," which will be seen
on the screen at the Circle theater
today and Monday.
The locale is a fishing village on
the rocky coast of Maine, and the
star has the role of a stern old New
England deep-sea diver. His partner
is his son. Luther. The two are ap
proached with a fraudulent enterprise
to extract treasure from a sunken
wreck. The old diver declines, but
Luther, attracted by the pretty demi
mondaine who accompanies the get-rich-quick
promoter, accepts the prop
osition, marrying the girl at the
same time.
Dramatic events follow, including
the wrecking of a steamer, in which
Luther's wife and the promoter are
drowned. The ending is a happy one.
Mr. Bosworth is supported by such
players as Lloyd' Hughes, Grace Dar
mond, Gladys George and. George
Webb. Thomas H. Ince produced the
picture, which is a Paramount Art
craft release.
PLOT OF "BLACKMAIIi" NOVEL
Viola Dana Will Star in Master
Picture at Hippodrome.
"Blackmail," a screen version - of a
successful magazine story, which
made a hit by the novelty of its plot,
will be the Metro master picture
which will feature the Hippodrome
bill beginning this afternoon. Viola
Dana, who made her debut In star
dom as the "Poor Little Rich Girl"
in New York, and . who since has
scored a number of screen successes,
will be the star in "Blackmail," with
Wyndham Standing as her leading
man and with a capable cast ot well
known character portrayers in their
support.
The story of "Blackmail is an ac
count of a plot to blackmail a wealthy
man by a girl crook and her dead
father's pal. The scheme is frus
trated by a - new district attorney,
who has been elected on a reform
platform. In revenge "for this, the
pair undertake to "frame" the dis
trict attorney in a compromising po
sition and the scheme is moving
along, nicely when the girl messes
things' up by railing in love wttn .tne
district attorney.
Then in' revenge for what he con
siders this double-cross,- the girl's
cook partner- undertakes to "frame"
her. The acting is said to be superb
and' the scenic and costuming embel
lishments lavish.
WOMEN LEADERS TO MEET
Call Out for National Convention
at Capital.
WASHINGTON. The official call to
a national convention to decide
whether or not the woman's party is
to continue as a political group or
continue at all, has been issued by
Mrs. Alice Paul, national chairman.
February 15 to 19, 1921, are the dates
set for the convention which will meet
in the national capital. In the official
call the purpose is stated as follows:
"Our last national convention was
held in Washington at the opening of
President Wilson's second term. At
that time the outlook for the federal
suffrage amendment was dark. ....
"Since that convention the cam
paign for the suffrage amendment has
passed from a position where all na
tional political forces were against
it to a position of complete triumph.
The long'struggle now lies .behind us.
"We ask you to meet with us at the
opening of the new administration
to decide upon the next step. Having
accomplished that which the organi
zation undertook to do, shall it go
out of existence or shall it take up
new work?" n
MODERN RAILS1 IMPROVED
Service Given ou Lines in C. S
Shown by Extensive Tests.
CHICAGO. A -great improvement in
rails now in use in the United States
is reported by the American Railway
Engineering association. Some years
ago the number of rails that failed
to give normal service or broke under
moving trains became alarmingly
large, the worst" condition being
reached about 1905. This led to inves-
PI aver.
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Sale of America's Pianos
The Schwan Piano Co. sales, based
eastern factories to be sold hero in Port-
many factories have discontinued the making of
Piano company's scllinsr nolicy t otiiT.
the orId
nn Thompson player, pol. ma..$S71 2
-n..- linger, goiaen oaK ......
TOO Reed A Sons, golden oak 525
looo stfscr Sons., splen. wal. 750
.o Thompson, pol. mahogany 487
I'hompson, fumed oak.... 468
.-o Thompson player, d'll-ma. 713
Win ThompMon. pol. mahogany 487
ITS M ood A Sons. pol. mahog. 495
.o Thompson player, walnut 712
50 1'hompson, dull mahogany 487
Pay as Yon Can. S2.1 to SIOO Cash
1Z to ;iO Monthly.
and Used Pianos
flTr.o nerryirood Oreheatrton S595
looo !. V. Pianoforte, con. gr.. 29S
47S Bans Piano Co Oak 345
3.1 tiuitar 15
7. Washburn sjultar 45
$15 to S50 Cah.Sii.Ito2S Monthly
PARLOR ORGANS
at a fraetion of their original rout.
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tnp i.rrm v r.irrn, nign lop. . i.
j.mp lougn a warren, mirror,
. 1S Story A Clark, fancy
150 Schoeninger, chapel
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tigation by the American Railway as
sociation and later by the railway en
gineering association.
"A drop in the rail failures from al
most 400 per 100 track miles for five
years' service in 1908 rails to 74 in the
1914 rails is a decrease of over S per
cent," writes M. H. Wickhorst. engi
neer of tests of the engineering as
sociation's rail committee in his re
port just issued here. "We may well
feel elated over this good performance
and congratulate the mills and rail
roads that brought about the result.
"A close study of the detailed re
ports indicates that a further decrease
of over 80 per. cent of the failures of
the 1914 rails is possible."
The Swiss government is planning
to erect a powerful radio station at
Geneva. '
Cured
His Piles
Now 88 Years Old but Works at
Trade of Blacksmith and Feels
Younger Since Piles
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