... . i MRS. CARTER H. HARRISON AIDS DIRECTION OF HER FIRST PHOTO PLAY TODAY at the Columbia "The Mil-' Hot Dollar Mystery" will become ( sn open book for all to read who will, j The final episode, clearing P the many j mysteries, of the utory and announcing , the name of the one who received the i '$10,000 prize for the 100 word solution ' .of the mystery, 'will be shown on the' creen for the first four days of this jiweek. In addition the winner of the prise will !e shown. The program will be completed with" a five part drama, "ADaugt'.ur of the People," with, I -aura Sawyer, Robert Broderick and Frederick tie Belleville playing the j lead. Kthel Barrymore in "The Ni'ght- j Ingale" will return on Thursday. j Danisb people In Portland will have i .Opportunity- to pee thir 'distinguished countrywoman, tietty Xansen, the. tragedienne, at the Majestic all of this j week in her first motion picture, ap-I pearance, "The Celeiirated Scandal." ! " IV f i wa NT u muoti in flip first for i i sir- : traww iniriorted especially for pictures. ( 'j ne piay- is Dv josc wncgaray, tne Kpanish playwright, and Miss Xansen's f jeaaiRg man in jviwarn joe, roi nieriy with Bernhardt. At the Sunset "The Decision," a com edy drama featuring VVlnnifrcl (Jreen vood and Ed Coxen. heads today's hill. The story has to do with an heiress who has beeri cheated out of her for tune and devotes her life to winning , It hack. Other photoplays are "The -.Constable's- Daughter," women's right! comedy; "The Other Man." -drama: "A i fviicky Ieap," comedy and the Mutual . Weekly. ' Wednesday's big picture is , "Winning Back." , William H. Crane in his famous role : of- David Ha rum in the play of the j same name, is this week's offering at ; the Peoples. The famous story with ' Its -quaint types and wholesome Com- j edy should make a splendid feature. ' Two big Vitagraph features top the ; 'National's bill for today. One -4s "A j Daughter's Inheritance," wljh Norma . Talmadge, who has the part of an un- ; fortunate daughter condemned to suf-' fer for the sins of her mother. "Thes '. Dansants" is a society play built around the new dancing craze. In ad-1 by the Essanay company. When in dltlon' to the other picture features a terviewed on t he subject Mrs. Hani special entertainer will he Kern riin- j sun declared that writing for motion ton, little favorite or the I.ondon music ; pi, i, net? is the most fascinating thing u Transylvania, on the opposite frontier, while insufficient railway communica tionone single line route renders undesirable from the Roumanian view point further hostilities in the Timok j district. Hence the temporizing policy t of the Bucharest government, which ; evidently "hopes to be able to delay ' until the Russian pressure compels the iAustrians to utilize the force men- tioned elsewhere, although the major- plaining of the authorities' inaction. WILL BECOME LEADER IN THE LOWER HOUSE From left to right Betty Scott, Mrs. Harrison.' wife of Chicago's mayor; Richard C. Travers. Edna Mayo and Ernest Man pain. Mrs. Harrisons novel "Clemencia's Crisis" is now being published in serial form in The Sunday Journal Magazine and Pictorial Supplement. In addition to social duties and as sisting in. the .vixtli mayoralty cam paign of her husband, Mrs. Carter i. Harrison lias been actively engaged In the direction of her first photo play, based on her novel, "The Iady of the Snows,'' which is beinK filmed she ever did and that tile Kssanay es tablishment was the most wonderful institution she hid ever visited. "Yes." she continued, "I am assist ing in the direction of "I'he I,ady of the Snows,' but 1 don't suppose I am of. much help. 1 get so interested in the astonishing way they do thin&s that 1 entirely forgot that a play is being produced, and that it was-my play. They ask tne a lot of ques tions and seem to pay considerable attention to what I say, but I sup pose they do that out of politeness." Homer A. Boushey, director general of the Kssa'uiy company, in speaking of Mrs. Harrison, said: "As a rule we do not allow authors to assist in the productions of photo plays. They seldom know anything halls King Baggot in a two part drama. "The Oriental Romance," tops the bill at the Star. Another big two part feature, with Cleo Madison, is "Their Hour,"" a problem play with some un usual an-d strong situations. F"or com edy there is a Joker, "Folding Father," and a drama with an interesting title is "The Girl Who Couldn't Go Wrong" or '.'When the Gods Played a Badger Came." Pauline Brush is the star. j - Sunday's feature at the Circle is "Hi j A prehistoric past" with Charles, chap-,Fra Elbertus Finds Motion Pictures to Be Subject to the Same Jh" ! Criticism as Books-Some Are Good, Others Are Bad. From the Heart." Tuesday a Chaplain j , comedy, "Dough and Dynamite," is the j feature and Wednesday the "Exploits vt Klarhe" will he shown to continue each week. New Type Warship Favored for U. S. Waval Officer Suggest a "Torpado Battle Cruiser" Without Bis Onus as Moet Formidable Sea Terror. Newport. Keb. 2T. I'nited States! naval officers here express themselves I in favor of an entirely new type of warshln lo be known tc a tri'r,.i.. Ket tle cruiser, manned only with tor- pedoes, save for taphl fire Runs fori use against destroyers or tornedo boats. ! According to some of these officers, such a vessel must be built with not lefft than 1 .inches of armor from her -vater line and have at least L't under water torpedo tubes, placet fore and iit't of the engine room spaces. A spec) of .10 knots would be re quired and with her jiren t armor pro tection she must be able to gn after , tier prey. The great armor of the ship would be such as to enable the torpedo battle cruiser to receive gun I ; punishment so-called, hut without the ! i injury sufficient to inflict any notable f , damase, before the deadly torpedoes ; had driven home the intended injury, j The spar deck would be considerably (like that of a battleship viWiout tur- . rets, and therefore hut little oppor j tunity afforded to the Runners of the I most 1 attacking ship to fire against, save I , the hull and the heavily armored con-j ning tower which the commanding of ', ficer and his aides would occupy. ; There would need be in addition . aj , sieei signal mast, which would he , used for wireless purposes as well. ; The engines would be of a type j which would not require a smokestack. The length over all would he about 610 i'eet and drawning 25 feet of water. The officers would number 30 and the crew about J00 men. about the business and, for the part, are very much in the way around the studio. However, in Mrs. Harri son's case, it is entirely different. Much to our astonishment we found her to he an exceptionally good as sistant director.. She seems thorough ly to understand picture production and we are relying preatly upon her judgment. She is really a wonder and 1 wjh it were possible to induce her to become a member of our regular producing staff." x.ie way oi me snows is a story such a . raft would com without tor ktl nit iAUritj u ii rimun leu nonce. 1 1 - i t r f tri s- ill I I I i li I I n Y - t - . " ' f ; ; roaas . had applied for greater relief from the provisions of the araended fourth section thaii was provided by the commission In its last order In connection with the intermountaln , ease. The purpose of the meeting la ; to consider modifications of the exist ing rates to Portland and Puget sound and California more effectively to meet the competition of the Panama canaL" The roads had applied to the com mission for permission to put into effect proportionately higher rates from eastern points to intermediate stations than is charged to coast ter minals where the element of water competition Is strongest. The read justment of tariffs along thla Idea, to he worked out at Chicago, promises to be a delicate and rather lengthy task. Purchasing- Artnt Here. A. Watson, newly appointed purchas ing agent for the Great Northern Pa cific Steamship company,, arrived Thursday for a brief stay in Portland and conference with Prelsdent Oilman and Oeneral Manager Jenks. Consider- j able speculation still surrounds the lo cation of his headquarters, and de cision probably will be reached soon Tvhether it will be maintained in Port land or at Wan Francisco. President Oilman on Trip. President U. i .Oilman of the Oreat Northern Pacific Steamship company and the North Bank road, left for San Francisco Friday night to meet the steamship Great Northern at the dock when she arrives from her Hon-1 olulu cruise. hectares to Indian. n. C. Freeman, publicity agent of the North Bank railway system, is In central Oregon where he lectured Friday night to h Indians on the will be released shortly. Miraculous Movies Declares Elbert Hubbard in Discussing Their Rise England Suspected American Actress THKRK is sadness In the ranks of the Thanhouser players over the loss of one of their numbers, Shep, the beautiful collie doft who has been j a star actor In Thanhouser productions, j Shep died recently, not a a result of , the manysks he has taken, but of aj Broken heart. For four years Shep had I a mate, Besn, to whom he. was devoted. ; Not long ago she was taken ill and , Shep died recently, not as a result of was no more Shep continued to work but his spirit was gone and he mourned j day and night. One morning his mas- i ter, Director Harvey, Went over to j where he was lying. He looked up at i Mr. Harvey, gave a sharp yelp and fell I back dead. - I f HE Kssanay company has X scenarios into the discard. I'nder t,he head f "Miraculous Mov ies'' Klbert Hubbard tells what he .'thinks about motion pictures. Here it is in part : j I am a film fan. I do not drink, j and I do not smoke, but I spend 10 i cents on a moving picture show when ever 1 have tne chance. Sometimes I spend a dollar and take nine kids with me. The moving pictures cheer, but they do riot inebriate. They lubricate the wheels of exist ence, rest, refresh, stir the imagina tion, bring into play a. new set of convolutions. They never give you that dark brown taste the day after, nor a headache and that tired feeling:, nor make for a hike to the booby-hutch. 1 know a great doctor who prescribes i a Dicture snow every anernoon lor a . i patient whose nerves were getting on i thA AiitcuU nf h)R clothes. Their of i Tho Tn i n 1 i n-r! a mil from do wn- reason is that they have a corps ot i t amj wa8 to wa,k the stance to . " " i the show and bacK. of noted authors and playwrights sup- ,n a week the man rame back plying plays for their programs. With Tw erins had grown where there such writers as ueorge Aiie, tiooari i was onjy a grouch ... ,imuiu-iaf mi, iitoi i i trotten the taste. -I ermine. Mary rtooeris Kinenan, For nei vnus nrosDeritv trv the mov- before. He had -James Oliver Curwood, Edwin Balmer, Henry Oyen. Kdith Ogdcn Harrison, James Oppenheim, Mrs. Wilson Wood row. Maibelle Heikes Justice ami Justus Miles Forman, it would seem that the quality of Kssenay pictures is well assured. THE cen new Portland motion .picture ensor board will have much less work to do If the announcement of fcf self nn Aft manflfernf thp k'pvstdni company, is followed out in regard to .tne future character of nts pictures. : imimtinc- ' l ne oay or sjap-siicK ana rougn nouse siurr is swiiny passing, ae- i, flares Mr. Sennett. "and the new film j rarces I am preparing are ot a .ais- ; tinctly higher class of comedy. The new six reel comedy which I am at present working on marks.. a new epoch In Kevstone work." ing pictures. If you go to the races you'll prob ably "bet and, anyway, you'll get ex cited. If you go to the theatre you will have to dress for it, perhaps have a carriage and a little feed afterward. And you'll get tired out. But the moving picture is Jeffer sonlan simplicity and practical demo cracy. You slide in ana out, ana me whoie thing is free from frills, fads and fussiness. You always get your monev's worth, and there are no regrets as T)RESIDENT W1LSO.N is goinpr to your having made a fool of yourself by spending .a whole evening on a bum play and knocking a five-dollar bill to flinders. An Educational P actor. Another thing about moving pic ture is that the invention is one of the great educational factors of the time. It is one of the things that is helping to make this old world over into a better and happier place. Up to 50 years ago civilization was provincial. Only a few people could travel, see and know. The many were submerged in ignorance and supersti tion. The sailors who went around the world were nature fakers. The stories they told us would make your hair curl. Now we are getting acquainted with the world. Quick transportation, the mails, the daily paper, the telegraph, into motion pictures not when his term of office has expired but now, and he Is going to be a regular actor and not t appear in some, of the weeklies making a speech or reviewing a parade. The Edison company have put over a big "scoop." The president will appear as first assistant to Cupid in a heart in terest story woven around the civil Service department nt Washington. mm SINCE William A. Bray gave "Stn nersc its premier at Sing Sing nch a procedure has becorne quite the fad and the motion picture makers of "Alias Jimmy Valentine" sent the com pany on a special train to show the pic ture, to the prisoners for the first time. Robert Warwick, the star, saw himself In the garb of a prisoner, and in turn the regular prisoners saw themselves In the film for they were used in mak ing a number of the scenes at Sing Mng. Reports say mat it would nave rniversal City is nothing if not pro been .hard to realise that the audience v jussive and its latest move calls fo. for the picture was made up of con- j h estaMlshment of a 11 tne y bus sys victa ha4 it not beTi for the barred ; tem withln the city. The decision of windows. There we're no guards in the the heacls of the great motion picture room and under Warden Osborne's re- : ,Ilr,i(.inaiitv followed the failure of City Would Put On Jitney Service Conclusion Follows Kefuaal to Come to Terms with Traction Company in Unirersal City. Rime there are no cropped heads nor stripes, for the honor system prevails, j ARRANGEMENTS have been com pleted for the holding of an in spection day dance and rodeo at Cni- i versal City, March 7, one week in ad- : vance of the formal opening. The pub- i Uc will be conducted through the en tire plant. Later in the forenoon a 3a noe. will begin on the recently com- pleted interior stage and will continue throughout the day. In the afternoon j IS cowboys will hold a genuine rodeo. Among those to take part in this event will, be -Jane Bernoudy, who has re turned to the Universal company after she wrested many titles away from rivals at the last Pendleton Round-Up. m Thursday evening at the Vita- graph theatre in New York a oonefit for the "Save a Home Fund" was given by Mrs. J. Stuart Blackton. She purchased the entire house in artfer to devote all of the proceeds to the fund. - :- ... . f OIS SMALLET was mistaken about - taking m rest upon severing her ;onnections with the Bosworth com sany. She has accepted the commis sion to picturjetze "Cora" for the Rolfe company. The-star of the piece is to e Kmily Stevens," niece of Mrs. Fiske. the Universal officials and the Ios Angeles & San Francisco Traction company to come to terms over the introduction of a street railway system- in Universal City. The bus line will run from the entrance to the city down Lankershltn boulevard and thence east along Laeni mle boulevard to the eastern suburbs. By this means the ranch houses and the zoo will be connected with the city itself centering around the ad ministration buildings. the telephone, the talking machines and moving pictures are bringing the world to our doors. The moving picture Satisfies our de sire to know because it shows us. The extent of knowledge which it dis tributes as to the ways, customs an.l habits of the people of the world is great, and far-reaching for good. On Par With Books. I am a writer. In my writings T describe what I have seen and the things that seem to me to be true. Just to the degree that I express truth and make men think do I benefit them. No criticism can be brought against movies which cannot be brought against books .with equal truth. There are Rood hooks, there are bad books, and there are bum books written by punk parties with literary ec zema which are neither good nor bad. It is exactly so with moving pic tures. These pictures tell you a story, playing the thing out while you si? and look". Good people want to see only the truthful and the worthy. As we grow better we will have better moving pictures. As it is now, T be lieve the silly and absurd are being eliminated, and the helpful and the true are coming to the fore. Show me I want to knnow! German Pictures Are Authentic Ones Display Which Begins at Eleventh Street Playbouae Today Zs Sanc tioned by Xaiaer. The first antt only authentic motion pictures showing the German side of the war will be exhibited for a week, beginning today. at the Eleventh street playhouse. Kleventh and Mor rison streets. The pictures are the only ones shown with the sanction of the kaiser and the approval of the German war board of censors. The 5000 feet of film will display the kaiser's forces, mobilizing, on the march. In the field and on the seas. Scenes depicting action from the first day of the war for two months, will be shown, together with interesting views of German cities. The kaiser and emperor of Austria are to be seen reviewing their troops as well as are many inside phases of the war from the German point of view. The pic tures will be run from 11 a. tn. to 11 p. m. pedo equipment 1 ii.OImi.omo. This sea fighter would be placed in the first line of defense with the fleet. The French Follow Daniels' Precedent Warm Springs reservation." Hs took long several hundred lantern elides and several moving picture reels, showing new methods of agriculture ; and the culture of livestock, AC' Madras last night ho delivered a see ond lecture, assisted by the head farm er of the reservation.. ', t "Mqttt P!arOT Qnviim . 11V W UUUUU1 UUJ. uxxx Proves Successful New-rTork. Feb. 27. Results" of the work of 1 nearly a year by physicians, aurgrons artd the laboratory staff of the General Memorial hospital of this , city, tending to show the success of a new cancer serum, are expected, to be ' published eoon in an official -report of the medical board of the institution. The renort will contain the name of the discoverer of the serum. It com position, the details of the p'relimim nrv lahnriatorv work and the Individual medical histories of the pntltnta treated In the hospital. The announce ment forecast this .report aa one . of the most important contributions trt -science emanating from the medical profession in this country. V V Dr. James Kwlng, professor of path ology at Cornell medical college, ts chairman of the medical board of thr; hospital, which has been administered by members of the faculty of the Cot-, nell medical school, with which It has been associated since last May, when' Dr. James Douglen gave a large sum. In additjort to a considerable amount of radium, to be devoted to the treat ment of cancer. The serum Is used by Injection. Ths cancerous growths break" down, dlln tegrate and disappear. It la assorted. Photograph by Iiarrin .t Kwiug. Representative Claude Kitchin of j North Carolina, who will sue- c eed Senator-Elect Oscar Under- j wood as Democratic floor leader ! in the house. J IIB Perne Rogers, Who Baa Introduced German Spy Into Vaudeville, Wu Emphatically Invited to Leave Isles. New York. Feb. 27. The "German spy" theme is not restricted to the dramatic stage. l,ast week marked the first vaudeville appearance of Feme Rogers, prima donna. Miss Rog ers, it may be recalled, was last heaid here in "lole." the charming musical play made from the novel of Robert w. v. iia.iiiinTB. .-tuer mis sue went. ( that a vessel's aoioiiu to ipiiu ner presence ana voice i,.nmii,r,miBi to the annual pantomime at the Drury Lane theatre in Iondon, where she ; was ''principal girl." I I Abolish "Starboard" and "Port" for ' "Bight" and "Left" on All Haval ; and Merchant Vessels. i Paris. Feb. -7.- A ministerial de cree abolishes the use of the words I'tribord" and "ahord" (starboard tnd ijort) on all FrencH ships, in favor of the simple "ripht" and "left" as com ' mands to steersmen. A report .ad ! dressed to President Poincare giva , as the reason for the chance the fact safety is likely to be ompromised by possible confusiort due to the similarity of the two ex pressions. A similar decree of .Tnlv 24 1KS4 Tt would be a waste of time to re- j abolished the use of these words in count her experience with the. home j the navy, but the merchant service office. Scotland yard, the members of j has retained the old fashioned phrase the cast engaged with her and all the ology. other agencies which s,et about to i classify her as a "German spy" bo cause of some observations she made : or. the present conflict. Suffice it to ' say she was compelled to retire from ! the cist, and after spending a week ; tinder the surveillance of Scotland i yard, the home office declined to vise ; her passports to Germany, forcing her j to return to the United States. In appearance she is certainly unlike any Herman spy ever conceived; and if she he the proper type for these l personages, it is easy to understand why they should be popular with all ! classes, including playwrights. Miss Rogers sang delightfully, and received ' a most cordial neutral welcome at , mmmerstein s Monday afternoon. I RAILROAD NEWS Traffic Chiefs Will Meet in Conference. To Adjust Kate Schedule. Traffic chiefs of all the transconti nental railway lines will begin a con ference at Chicago Monday to consider rates from eastern points to the Pa cific coast and intermediate points under the recent decision of the Inter state Commerce commission interpret ing the celebrated fourth section of the -Panama canal act. Frank V. Robinson, assistant traf fic manager, and 11. K. Lounshury, general freight agent of the O-W. R. fe N. company, left last night to at tend this conference. They are the only delegates from this territory, the other lines sending their representa tives from their eastern headquarters. The object of the conference is to ad just the general rate fabric to con form to the ruling of the commission. "The meeting is a very important one," said Traffic Manager R. B. Mil ler of the O-W. R. & N. today. "The XFREE PHONES A Heritage of Misfortune. be- re- Is the part fate stows in the markably strong drama, "A Daughter's Strange Inheritance," here today. Other great features on this program. Read carefully. Marshall 6533, A-B533 Open Today 10i30 A. M. to 11 P. M. TODAY (Only) 1 A Daughter's Strange Inheritance -This is a great 3-act production of Vitagraph, featuring Norma Talmadge, "The Sins of the Mother are Reflected in the ' Daughter." Every girl should see this play (today only.) 3 Thes Sanaanta 2-act society' drama of unusual lutereiM. Magnificent cast. Se the Great Dance In this production.. 3 Man of Farts Comedy with that eleverest. of funny men Wally Van. 4 Kara Clinton Binglng Charac ter Comedienne Comes front London Music Halls und la a splendid headllner. 5 Special Or?an Coaoert Mr. Clifford Carney The ter organist. thirty. Three mas-three- Sss Monday papers for new bill r in ii i I 1 I !1 I v-' ' -. . - 111 III HI nfGQif,Bi Hi Roumanials Delay Is to Gain Time Austro-German Army May Invade Her Territory Without Warning in Order j to Strike at Servia. j Paris. Fe. 27. The Temps's Ser- vian correspondent sends a dispatch j which throws considerable light on the ! vexed question of Roumanian interven- i tion. The correspondent states that j the Austrians have concentrated a large army of from 100,000 to 150,000 ' men in the extreme southeast corner of ' Hungary, at the entrance of the Timok ! valley, a narrow strip of Roumanian ' territory coterminous with the Servian ' frontier. Though Austrian aeroplanes con tinue to scout along the western Ser vian boundary formed by the River Danube, it seems improbable that they vpKc a new attack direct through the Portes de Fer. but rather intend i- tina.de Servia via Timok without waiting for Roumania to declare war or even to complete mobilization. Roumanian hopes are centered on THE LEOTA DRAMATIC SCHOOL Under Personal Dlreotlon MISS X.XSOTA. Twelve years' actual stage experi ence. Sketches written and coached. 09 Ellers Bldg.. Broadway and Alder. Stage ' director Outlook Dramatic club. 4th at WMk. CIRCLE THEATRE , Now 5c The House of Single Heel Teaturee Hear the $10,000.00 orchestra every - afternoon and e en ing. . THEATRE TODAY AND ALL THIS WEEK The World's Foremost Tragedienne BETTY NANSEN The Actress Royal in Ecliegaray's Great Dramatic Success "The Celebrated Scandal" The Drama That Stirred Two Continents. A MASTERPIECE DEALING WITH The Evil of Gossip The Gowns Worn Are the Grandest and Most Exclusive Paris Creations. Leading Photo-Play Theatre West Park and Alder Seven Days Only Beginning Today lOc PARAMOUNT PICTURES 11:30 A. M. to 11:30 P. M. Wm0 Ho Crane IN David Haroinni Presented by Chas. Frohman With Famous Players Film Co.'s Star Cast An Immortal Play "DAVID HARUM" Is the Most Delightful Human. Interest Play Ever Produced. emim Mnmra ,mnm fyv, irrm rn S Today, Monday and Tuesday Only A Splendid Blended Bill Headed by The Great Comedy Drama Success THE DECISION Suppose you were a pretty heiress and that a man cheated you of your fortune. How would get it back? Winnifred Greenwood, in this sprightly two-act photo-play, shows you one good way. The Constable's Daughter She Outwits Stern Papa and' the Law. Mutual Weekly All the Latest News in Pictures, f The Other Man The Saving of a Lost Soul From the Gutter A Lucky Leap Another Screamingly Funny Sunset Comedy. All for 10 Cents 1 1 a. m. to 1 1 p. m. daily mi ii lllilllllllllllilllllllll II ! II Pathe Weekly, in Noted Events of the Day Today Monday u GREAT DOUBLE BILL Solution of The Million Dollar Mystery" The Grand Finale of the Great Mystery Serial See How Ida Damon, a St. Louis Stenographer Solves the Mystery and Wins the $10,000 This Will Interest Everybody. "A Daughter of the People" "A World- Film. Corporation Feature, Depicting the Self Sacrifice of a Noble Young Girl ,to Save Her People, Featuring LAURA SAWYER, FREDERICK de BELLE VILLE and ROBERT BRODERICK. Ten Cents ANY SEAT Ten Cents Coming Thursday ETHEL BARRYMORE in "THE NIGHTINGALE mm-mwmmm , II Wt rA IMisr FOUR DAYS, Beginning Today, 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. Enjoy With the Other Man and the Other Woman Their Hour Great Emotional Drama Featuring CLEO MADISON A story of illicit love with the moral so strong that it cannot be mistaken KING BAGGOT m An Oriental Romance A smashing Chino-American Romance A Chinese, of excellent birth, makes the supreme renunciation of his love for his American friend's sister." Magnificently staged. And Two Great Comedies 4S