The Sunday Oregonian., September 18, 1921, Section One, Page 2, Image 2

TTTE SUNDAY ORECONTAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEJIRER 18, 1921
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ARE DISGUSTED LOT
Search for Elusive Outlaw
Thankless Job.
QUEST MAY END SHORTLY
Island Combed, Waters Gnardcd
and Bole Result to Date
Bunch of Theorlea.
MeNEn8 rStAND. Wash, Sept. IT.
(Special.) All search on the part
of federal prison authorities (or Hoy
Gardner, escaped train robbur, will
b abandoned within two or' three
days, if no clew to his whereabouts
Is found within that time, according
to the statement of Warden Maloney,
mad tonight.
Today marked the 12th day of fruit
less search for tha desperado. Maloney
appeared discouraged n disheart
ened tonight. Although ha refused
to admit It, It Is known that practi
. cally tha entire land patrol has been
discharged and the only search atlll
telng conducted for the fugitive is
by tha waterfront patrol under the
leadership of Captain Henly. Three
theorlea are advanced to explain the
disappearance of Gardner. They are:
First Gardner left the Is'and Im
mediately or soon after his wild dash
from the baseball grounds and la
row safe In far away hiding.
Kecond Gardner has been shot by
Island guards, or because of lack of
food and exposure Is dead on the
Island.
Third Gardner Is still on the
Island, secreted and cared for by
friends.
Wardea Maloney Pnssled.
Maloney has consistently declined
to admit more than the possibility
of the first theory, and the methods
of his search have Indicated that he
baa scant belief that Gardner swam
to safety.
Captain Henly for 37 yean a resi
dent of the Island and mariner of
long experience. Insists that no man
could swim Pitts passage (the nar
rowest body of water separating this
Island from the mainland) except at
lack tide. The passage has been
guarded with special vigilance since
within SO minutes of the time Gard
ner escaped. A guard Is mounted in
a tower on Mosquito island In the
center of the channel. The entire
Island ha been surrounded by boats
almost every minute since the escape.
In support of the theory that Gard
ner either swam this passage or es
caped In a boat brought by accom
plices Is the fact that during the
12-day search there has been scant
direct evidence of his presence on
the Island.
Death Counted I-naxlhlr.
Of the second theory this may be
aid: There has been ample shooting
at supposed forms In the dark by the
guard to asxure Gardner's death. In
the event he had been the owner of
one of the shadowy shapes. During
tha first days of the search almost
every night some guard or searcher
' fired at what he believed to be Gard
ner's fleeing figure. It is quite pos
sible that he was wounded and drag
ged himself away to die In some se
cluded spot. Prison Surgeon Dento
said It was highly Improbable that
Gardner could exist upon roots and
berries of the forest or on the few
eggs or fowls he could steal. The
nlghta are growing cold and would
add to the discomfort of tha fugitive.
The third theory, that Gardner is
receiving aid from persons on the
Island, Is strong In the minds of some
of hi pursuers, but It Is safe to ssy
that there la no direct evidence In
support of It In their handa, since
Maloney has not ordered the search
of any of the residences on the
Inland. Hla guards have contented
themselves with the exploration of
barns and outhouses.
Ileal? Centlnaes Patrol.
While the Island search practically
was dropped yesterday. Captain Henly
redoubled efforts along the It miles
of beach about the island. Each night
he assembles his 22 guards at
o'clock and distributes them In 12
rowboats and launches at points of
vantage about the island. He then
begins a ceaseless patrol of the line
about the Island In his 60-foot power
boat. At midnight he takes coffee and
sandwiches to the watchers.
Cold nights and a deep fog that has
blanketed the island for several days
and nights are making the Job of
watching no sinecure and greatly add
to Gardner's chances of flight, as
suming he is still an Island resident.
Among- the land guards who left
yesterday were Charles and Blake
Murbarger California cowboys, who
declared life on the Island too tame.
Harry Crowell. special agent of the
Northern Pacific railway, and J. J
McDonald, forest ranger, also left the
lland.
WITNESS IS LOCATED
IContlnued TYnm Flrwt Pure )
below the courtroom. Among those
In the courtroom were members of
the women's vigilant committee,
which is made up of clubwomen per
sonally co-operating with the author
ities in the prosecution of crimes.
Jtiry to Investigate Maaday.
The county grand Jury at Its meet
ing Monday will consider evidence
that certain witnesses were tampered
wtth, Harry M. Keeley, secretary of
the Jury, announced today.
"The jury also expects to clear up
doubtful points in the demlcal atten
tion given Miss Rappe." Kelley said.
The testimony of the doctors who
attended her may be heard."
The witness tampering investiga
tion la fixed upon the failure of Miss
Z u Prevost. one of the principal wit
nesses against Arbuckle. to tell the
Jury the alleged facts that she de
tailed to the police and the district
attorney.
Aa a result of her failure to tes
tify the Jury was compelled to post
pene for 24 hours a decision to In
dict Arbuckle. the district attorney
said. A manslaughter Indictment
waa returned against him.
Dairying Vnlt I'rojcc'trtl.
UNION". Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
Professors Jardlne and Brandt of the
Oregon Agricultural college spent the
week in Union making estimate on
the Installation of a dairying unit at
the state experiment station here
There is a strong local demand for
this addition to the experiment sta
tion, and the regents of the college
are favorably considering the Installa
tion of the plant.
Work on Kalnlr-r Mill Begun.
RAINIER. Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Work began today on the mill' of
the American Export company of this
tity. which Is an auxiliary of the
Multnomah Lumber A Box company.
The mill will be completed within
three months. It is announced, and
will be the second largest mill on U
Columbia river.
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HUNTERS
ARBUCKLE BATTLES HIS WAY
THROUGH ADVERSITY TO FAME
Village Pied riper Casta Lot When Boy With Theater and Finally
Triumphs in Movies, but All Now Is Wreckage.
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BY MONROE LATHROP.
(Dramatic Editor Los Angelas Expreaa.)
IjOS ANGEL.ES. Sept. 17. (Special.)
fitting amidst the wreckage of his
temple of fame and riches, Koscoe C.
("Fatty") Arbuckle must often hark
back to the humble days of his child
hood. He must. If he Is thoughtful,
reflect 'on the vanity of such things,
and like many before him, wish for
tne carefree days of Ms boyhood
when, according to one report, he was
the Pied Piper of Santa Clara. Cel.,
and the children of the village were
singing gleefully In his wake.
There are many Interesting phases
of the career of this Falstaff of the
movies, besides his magical rise from
poverty and obscurity to International
fame. In the first place, when he
rrlved in this vale of tears, in a sod
house in the northwest corner of
Smith county. Kans., March 24. 1887,
he was one of a family of nine chil
dren, which Is something of a dis
tinction In these days. Moreover, he
was physically one of the record
babies of America, even aa be la now
physically notable In his profession.
It has been related by his family,
and he has verified it, that he weighed
1V4 pounds at birth. From that time
he has been elephantine. His mother,
Mary Gordon Arbuckle, died when he
was 10 years old. and she lies In an
unkept grave at Santa Ana. Cal. The
father remarried, and the step
mother, with two blind step-sisters
of Fatty, is living at San Jose, Cal.
Fatty's father la said to have treat
ed him harshly and virtually driven
him from home. He la now dead.
The step-mother was a sort of Mrs.
Wlggs. When the shiftless father left
home. Fatty followed him aoon.
It was inevitable that the boy
should have the nickname "Fatty"
tacked onto him at an early age. It
was voiced by his first schoolmates
when he was . They recall his amus
ing figure as he drew his mother's
l;ttle red wagon filled with the wash
ing that she did for other families at
Santa Ana to support her large brood.
Tillage Theater Plrat La re. .
Fatty wasn't much older when he
first displayed a penchant for the
theater. He hung around the village
opry house, eager for something to
do; and, like mose persons with a
definite ambition, he got it. Right
here occurs the first flash of that
thing we call destiny. The little
stock company with which the cor
pulent lad found employment, at a
few cents a day, was headed by Frank
Bacon. It was as typical a group of
barnstormers as ever trouped. strug
gling from day to day ton its very
,ife, affording Its members'the scan
tiest subsistence. Bacon is today the
most famous, and probably the
wealthiest, star California ever has
given to the stage.
Of this engagement it is related
that In order to enact a pickaninny
Fatty waa told to go home and put
on his shoes and stockings. He re
fused for the reason that his mother
would not let him come back, where
upon Bacon ordered that Fatty's legs
and feet be blacked, as well as his
face and hands.
Arbackle Taras Wanderer.
The BO cents earned for his first
night's work with Bacon was the real
beginning of the fortune which
crowned his career and has now come
to such a crashing collapse. From
then on the boy seems to have been I
very much of a wanderer, practically
a homeless youth knocking out a
living wherever he could along the
Pacific coast, but always showing a
love for the things of the theater.
We find him as far north as Port
land. Or., working as a plumber's ap
prentice. He didn't stick to such Jobs
long, for he was soon connected with
the Lyric theater at Portland, where
he sang illustrated songs.
"We took him on chiefly because
of his ungainly appearance," said
Larry Keating, the manager. "We
never thought he would amount to
anything."
Fatty started for California with
20 cents in his pocket, and the one
shirt on his back. Sid Gcauman, now
the leading exhibitor of California
gave him a chance to sing in hla San
Jose vaudeville theater. Next we
find- him at Los Angeles, which
henceforth was to be the center of
his orbit. He became a member of
Oliver Moroaco's stock company
there. Morosco waa then practically
a penniless young manager. He has
since become famous as a producer.
The wanderlust carried Arbuckle
across the Pacific ocean. He Joined
a company of players organized by
Ferris Hartman to give musical
shows In the orient. They went all
through China and Japan.
Mention haa been made of Ar
hiirklp'ft enrafrementn am ntnirer of Il
ii.n'pei It and ma'se i
taste good. ta:;c '
ocd's SarsaparL
Th on nreat family I.'.jdicint
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lustrated songs. His voice In his
ycuth was his "long suit." How he
lost his voice while abroad and had
to become an actor of the drama Is
Interesting. The misfortune ateo was
responsible for his ultimate entry Into
motion piotures.
It was in Manila In 1913 that the
Hartman company was playing "The
Toy maker." Fatty was "on" only
in the first and last acta, so he went
out back of the theater during the
second act, and, to amuse himself,
began to bark at a dog that barked
at him. This unique match went on
until semingly every dog In the
neighborhood had Joined in.
It was great fun for the comedian,
but when he went back to respond
to his cue in the third act he found
he could not sing a note.
"For three weeks I could not even
talk," said the comedian. "I never
got my singing voice back at least
Its pristine quality and volume. I
sing a little now for my own amuse
ment," he continued, "but not when
many people are around."
Arbnrkle Goes late Meviea.
Arbnckle'a last appearance on the
stage In a part was in Yokohama,
with Hartman. He played many roles
of necessity, even taking the role of
the woman Katisha in "The Mikado."
Thence the wandering minstrels
sailed for home, and toon after ar
rival Fatty was In the movlea Not
with Mack Sennett first, ss has been
stated, but with Colonel William 8e
lig, the pioneer of the films' earliest
days. He wasn't with Selig long, but
the fact should be set down for the
sake of accuracy.
Concerning Fatty's preparation for
his life work, one Incident should not
bo overlooked. During the Portland
fair In 106, a comedian in a small
Portland burlesque was attracted to
Arbuckle's personality. Tha come
dian told Fatty to come down and he
would teach him something about the
show bus'neas. Right here the portly
boy showed something of the acdmen
that brought him success. He recog
nized In this offer an opportunity
not to be lost, and gave up hs posi
tion as a singer to accept half as
much salary with this comedian.
Vnderstndy of Leoa ErroL
For a year the association of these
two continued, when the comedian
went east. This man who played such
an important part In the development
of Arbuckle was Leon Errol, now
famous on the . Broadway stage, and
for the last two years toe featured
actor In the highly successful com
edy. "Sally."
As everybody knows. Fatty's real
cinema experience and progress be
gan with the Keystone company, of
which Mack Sennett was the founder.
Mabel Normand. Ford Sterling and
others now widely known were his
contemporaries. Henry Lehrman. the
man now prominently mentioned In
connection with the Rappe case as
friend of the dead girl, waa Fatty's
director.
Only recently Arbuckle !! of him:
"All my mechanical' knowledge I
learned under the direction of Lehr
man." For 3tt years Fatty never was
starred nor featured.
"Sennett never aeem to think I was
very funny." he said. "I don't be
lieve he thinks so to this day. But
others did. Adolph Zuknr Is paving
Lasting Charm
SOME thing's commend
themselves to our taste
for a time then cease to
seem attractive. Others are
beautiful while new, but
. gTOW shabby with use. Oth
ers, like Oriental rugs,
never pall, but increase in
loveliness with the years.
Atiyeh Bros.
Oriental Rugs
Alder at Tenth
f
me $1,900,000 on my present con
tract." doing- back a bit. the marriage of
Arbuckle was one of the Interesting
venta of his life. It was In 1908.
while Arbuckle waa employed as a
barker and comedian at a vaudeville
on the Pike at Long Beach, Cal., that
he met the woman who waa to link
her fate with his for- a time. In
the musical show given at this place,
called "Byde a Wyle." waa a smafl
chorus, and one of Its members waa
Minta Lurfee, slender and pretty.
Fatty's break-neck tumbles and slap
stick business won her admiration,
which rlaened into love.
When the thrifty manager, Charles
E. Moore, discovered they were to be
married he suggested a wedding on
the stage following the regular show.
The princ'pals were willing, so It
was made a special event for Wednes
day night. August 5. and billed two
weeks in advance Whereas the ordi
nary price was 15 cents, the admit
tance rate was ra'sed to 50 cents for
this performance, and still there were
not seats enough to meet the demand.
Although the Arbuckles have not
lived together for three years, there
has never been acy action looking to
a divorce or separation. Voluntarily
the star ha given his wife S1S00 a
month for her support. She has made
ber home in the east most of the
time since (he'r home was broken up.
Dispatches report her aa unwilling to
believe any of the current storlea
about him. going to hla side to alle
viate his troubles if possible.
"One thing I never have done. said
Arbackle one day. "and that is to use
my weight to get a laugh never.
You never saw me stuck In a door
way or fast In a chair. I try to make
my business funny of Itself. If my
bulk had any part In the humor of
the scene It was because I was able
to iow great agility along; with ex
ceptional size."
Arbuckle's salary has been given
out as 85000 a week. That Is exag
geration. He does receive a salary
In the four figures, but he also has
a revenue as a partner In his own
stellar enterprise. He Is also a
partner In the productions of the
Comique Film company, ctarrlng
Buster Keaton.
Those who have known Arbuckle
and regarded him as in no sense "an
accident" in his profession find con
firmation of their admiration of his
abilities in the figures recorled con
cerning him in the Bertlllon records
made by the San Francisco police. Ac
cording to the police, the one unusual
thing about his measurements was an
extraordinarily long head. This is
said to be a mark of intellectual force.
The width of his head is normal, but
from back to front it registers more
than 20 inches, which, according to
the Bertlllon scale, is very unusual.
Last year Fatty "went to Europe
and was enthusiastically received;
in fact, his welcome waa so boister
ous It resulted In a severe injury. In
Paris his admirers attempted to carry
their hero on their shoulders, but
they did not calculate the size of
their task and let Fatty fall to the
hard pavement. He was badly Jarred,
but soon recovered.
Back In 1918 Arbuckle seemed to be
a special mark for bandita He was
held up on three different occasions
and stripped of his valuables and he
finally presented himself at the sher
iffs office and asked to be sworn In
as a deputy. This request was grant
ed and he was authorised to go armed
and thereafter he appeared equipped
with a "gun" of a size commensurate
with his general architecture.
Fatty is famous as a fancier of
specially built automobiles. His ga
rage holds six cars and Is filled most
cf the time. His pet motor U one for
which he had a special body built.
It is dolled up in a daxzling style and
is said to have "set him back" the
neat sum of 825.000.
Ccntralia Will Decorate.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) Centralis business men are be
ing urged to decorate their stores
next Thursday, when the city's new
850,000 armory will be dedicated. F.
O Gilbert is chairman of the deco
rations committee and reports that
willingness to co-operate with the
committee.
Phone us for prices on your winter
coal. Diamond Coal Co.. Bdwy. 3037.
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