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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1922)
THE OREGON . STATESMAN, SALEM. dREGON 4 WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1 1. 1922 Yd IS a 2 fii MOVIE Now f Playing at Liberty ml it m c ; BETTY BLYTHE '- and ; Huntley Gordon -V. iii '' ; . A scene from. "His Wife's Hasband" 5 OKEGON Betty Compson ' Bonded Woman.' ' in "The V'm IUilGII ' .v. Pete orrison in " "Daring Danger." Ateo . Vaudeville. w -., ,-.').: v ! LIBERTY ' j'-V Betty Blythein "His' Wife's Husband." ' : r GRAND , I Coming Saturday and Sunday- Rudolph Valentino and Katherine M 'Donald in "Pas sions Playground." . The Grand Theatre announ ces ,' a big special feature for next Saturday and Sunday, Ru dolph Valentino, Edwin Stev ens and Katherine McDonald will appear in "Passion's Play ground." The story is taken from the famous novel of C. N. and A. M. Williamson's, "The Quests of Hercules'.' and Is re ported to be a. real big film spectacle. tttry t'S; -.-'A 3S V' A ! ' x 4 j : . TODAY TOMORROW "SOUR DOUGH CHARLIE" i With his team of (6) prize winning Fierce Alaskan Malamutes "Soqp Dough Charlie" will work hi? lead dogs on the ?tage, als6 relate some of his experiences along the Great White Trails in the far Northlands PETE MORRISON in , . . v r: DARING DANGER BLIGH THEATRE , l TOD AY --T0M0RR0V-- FRiD AY . S y ! ' . -v - I i X '' ' . .IftJr t I . With' V s A and Richard I 37 vr; ; : John I D 'J Bowers A jW Woman ; y GOSSIP At the Oregon Today Betty Compson in "The Bonded Woman" It is true of most men that all that they are they owe to some woman; that is "the woman back of the man" to practically every maa who is a success. If the man Is !of the right moral fibre, a Woman is the inspiring factor in his Jif?. This is exemplified la J'His Wife's Husband.", a Picture adapted from Anna 'Katherine Green's famous society novel, "The Mayor's Wife," and which Is thefeature attraction at the Liberty Theatre, with Betty Blythe in the star role. The heto of the story is a pros perous and politically ambitious young lawyer who wins the heart and hand of Olympia Brewster, a college-bred girl possessing beau ty and brains. With her at his side he rises rapidly, in a few years becoming mayor, and then candidate of his party for nomin ation for governor. At this point he engages a secretary. Olympia is thrown into a panic of fear; the secretary! resembles strongly a man she had previously married and abandoned within a few mo ments of the ceremony and whom she had every reason to believe dead. Her husbands ambition Is threatened when this individual 1 1 ... ' ! forces the mayor to the etioice of, renouncing the proffered nomina tion, or publicly announcing him his wife's husband. What choice is matle and hour Olympia rises to the occasion proves that wom an's love and cleverness la'a fac tor in man's success. When Richard Dix decided ta qnit the stage and go into motion pictures, he had . his first screen test made at the Paramount stud io in Hollywood. Cal. That was nearly four years ago, but his current part with eBttr Compson in "The Honded Woman," which will be seen at the Oregon Theatre beginning today, Is his first ap pearance in a Paramount picture. Though, offered the part for which he tried out, but decided not to accept, and returned to the stage. He ebteredmotion pictures fn 1920. and at1 once became a featured player in all-star casts with other companies. Now, how ever, he realizes his. earlier am bition and ! proves,: again that everything, comes to him who waits if he works while he's wafting! Cliff Smith, producer of "Dar ing Danger," the novej western thriller which is the feature at the Bligh theatre this week, has pro vided a most unusual acting cast for the interpretation of this story. In the old role of Cal Horton, Pete Harrison, rodeo champion, cowpuncher and screen idol well known for his 'portrayal ' of west ern characters, does the best work of his screen career. As Cal Hor ton he has ample opportunity to display his ability as a roper, ex pert horseman, cowpuncher and sentimental lovemaker. Ho is as sisted by his famous steed, "Bronie," the most intelligent horse on the screen. - The cast also includes such well-known sccreen celebrities as Esther alston, Bill Ryno, Lou Meehan, Bob Fleming and a host of others, all well-known expon- ants of the dramatic art in the motion picture profession. Miss Ralston gives a charming portray al of the role of Ethel Stanton. Many well known cowpunchers, with records as ropers, crack shots busters and bulldoggers, appear in Wm. S. Hart's Artcraft picture The Money Corral," which is tho bill at the Bligh Theatre Friday and Saturday. One interesting figure who appears in the rodeo scenes is Chief ' Silver, a famous Indian and in . addition there are cowgirls and others galore. This picture ha3 many novel featur.es, but the one that is outstanding' is the rodeo a galaxy of real men and women of the cattle ranges. A picture as distinctive as it is unusual one rich with human emotions, and pnlsating with vital drama is "Flesh and Blood," an Irving Cummings production, fea turing Lon Chaney, the man "of a thousand faces," supported by an all-star cast that includes Edith Roberts as his leading worn an'. The ' picture will be the at traction at the Uberty Theatre for two days beginning Friday. It was directed by Mr. Cummings from a story by . Louis Duyrea Ughton, and tells of an escaped convict who found his way to lib ertywho found ample compen sation for. his pent-up sorrow by realizing that his daughter had fcund happiness. Chaney plays the convict and gives a perform ance that will live, long in-the The ship foundering on a reef ablaze from deck to riggingS Sticking to his post in (he wire less room the boy detective sot hi.: message ' through; See "The Radio King" for thrills and throbs Starting at .the Bligh, Fridar and Saturday. "Sourdough Charlie" and 1U jteam of prize-winning fierce Mai- amuteg will appear on the stage at the Bligh theatre for each per-j formance, matinee and evening today and tomorrow. Charlie is a veteran of 18 years experience and will explain in detail the handling of dog teams and life on the northern trails also exhibiting "Snake Eye" the only pure white McKenzie river "huskie" in ex istence valued at more than T2500. memory. The exceptional study of this prisoner, forced to become a fake cripple to avoid detection, is one' that 'stamps Chaney as the most 'gifted character actor on the screen. . How he triumphs though he returns to serve his terra is told in five reels of smashing, crashing, pulsating drama the kind of drama that carries a heart and soul. Don't miss it. All ladies attending the Friday evening showing of "Flesh and Tfcl Ml . wrtn tne compliments ot. .Mr F. Breithaupt, Salem Florist, at Uhe aSturday matinee, the first 100 ladies purchasing tickets will receive a 35-cent box of Haas Home Made Special Candy, with the compliments of "The Ace." "Her Mad Bargain," announced as the coming attraction at the Liberty Theatre. 'The' star's recognized ability as an actress of what is termed the sympathetic type is given fall play and her fashionable wardrobe more than proves her right to the title & f'The Smartest Dressed CJrl on the Screen." Miss Stewart's career In "Her Mad Bargain" ranges in social strata from the inner circle of so ciety to the humble position of artist's model. The role is admir ably suited to her natural beauty and grace and in it she is given opportunity for dramatic scenes that fairly hold one spellbound. The story was prepared for the screen by Sosephlne Quirk. Sup porting Miss Stewart is an all-star cast including Walter McGraU, Ar. thur Edmund Carew, Gertrude Astor, Adele Farrington, Ernest Butterworth, Margaret McWade and William aBdger. This feature will be open at the Liberty Sun day. Geo. C. Will closing out pinno and phonograph stock. Fhono- graphs half price, piano? up. $5 dowa $5 month. See ad page S. adv. FORTY MILES PER That's What John Dingley Does With His Combined 1909-1923 Ford Forty miles on a gallon of 16 cent kerosene, with a 1909 Ford and a trailor-c-If that isn't go ing, some, it is the turn of the next man to define the term. John H. Dingley, metallurgical engineer and chemist of Metzger, Ore., is the inventor and operator of the new money-saver. He says that he got tired of buying the whole Standard Oil gas works every time he wanted to take a drive, so he started out to find some cheaper method of propul sionc He found it in kerosene. With his own specially designed carburetor and heater he actually gets 40 miles out of every gallon of kerosene. He uses gasoline o.nly to prime the machine, then switches over on to the heavier oil, and away he goes- for less than half a cent a mile and says Blah! to the gas-sellers. His car - chassis is one of the oldest Fords going, but the en gine is the newest, 1923 model This has a higher head than the old engine, and gives a little less violent compression, though it is a fine, soft, cushiony drive. Mr. Dingley travels for his metallurgical and mine lnvestiga tions in this f antique but alto gether surprising machine, with a trailer carrying bed and complete camping outfit. The old flivver looks like a skeleton that has lost reveral of its important bones, and others a-f lapping but he says he can speed er along to 4 a miles en hour on kerosene fuel 45 miles in an hour for abont 18 cents. The car was wiped off the depreciation and Interest-bearing list almost a decade ago, so he figures that his Investment is ex actly nothing. The Dingley car is a real rev olntion a namoer or rapid rev. olutlons to any one mechanical ly inclined. The owner will be back in Salem with it within the next few days, and the sugges tion is offered that whoever' sees the worst looking old flivver in the world, and figures that he'll honk past it from behind and laugh at .the driver, . had better tie himself in the seat and hire an Undertaker and say a prayer before ho. starts the race, for the old machine is a goin hound rnd that's a fact. Classified Ads. in The Statesman 'Brino Results Willi FIDE JEHU S DESCRIBED Startling Figures Given in Address at Club by John H. Shively Fifteen thousandTpersons were burned to death in $Zi in Amer ica; 23,000 were seriously burned or crippled in fires and most of them were women and children in their own homes, according to startling figures given by JohnH. Shively, special representative? to the National Board of Fire Under writers, speaking Monday noon at the Commercial club luncheon. Mr; Shively says that the Amer ican people are almost impervious tor the financial losses, staggering though they bet The nation lost $500,000,000 in fires last year, or 19 times as much as all the fires in Europe and the people pay lit tle attention to it. W fir rvn t ho InTnct n n rr rtf I .-w iU vck AUUh V 4. civilization in the matter said. of fire heedlessness," he European Method Tokl He gave' one of the reasons for the stricter fire-law observance in Europe, by explaining the laws of responsibility, for fires. In Europe every- fire;is investigated 'with painstaking care. If one owner is responsible; for his neighbor's loss the insurance goes, not to the first man who paid for it, but to the other who! suffered through his carelessness. He said he believed , that such a law, fixing the blame where it belongs and making the careless one financially responsi ble, would work even in America. Most of all, however, he hoiyed thai a realisation of the fact that I 65 per cent of the fires are in the homes, arid that they catch the women arid children who need the care of the now careless men, would work a revolution. Most Homes Careless The speaker asserted that he or any other competent inspector could go into almost any home in America and find inexcusable fire hazards like those that have pro duced fatal or disastrous results ! elsewhere out of every 100 fires, at least 90 are easily preventable. He told a tragic story from San Francisco, of a man who left the fire screen on the opposite side ot the room from the fireplace where he had left a crate fire li,lirnin- The firfi driven bv a eust of wind, leaped out of the grate. caught in a rug, and in the blaze the wife and three children of f'Jllack Jack" General Pershing, I World war hero, were burned to death by one man's carelessness, i California had I8&0.000 worth of cigarette-stub fires last year, he saLd, needless conflagrations be- causes of the men who were not good citizens to guard the sparks ! and the smoke they made. Every Homo A Department The speaker urged that every home be organized into a fire de partment, with all necessary equipment, and a fire chief who should be the mother or other woman it the head of the home. For equipment he urged every home to have a good flash light. as a light that presents no name to ignite any inflammable gas or gaaoline. Last year, 789 women in the United States were burned to death in fires that started while they were using gasoline to clean gloves and other goods. A non- inflammable light i . might save most of these unfortunate women. ho said. "The fire chief is the most Im portant man in your community, he said. "He has to work on the instant, and his decisions are irre vocable. A governor, or mayor, I can take his problem home and 1 talk and think it over. You need to back your fire chief in. every reasonable demand for equipment. I assume that you have a good chief, because you keen him. If he asks for adequate equipment. give it to him." Is Captivating Speaker Mr. Shively is a captivating Cyrena Van Gordon Prima Donna Mezzo Con tralto of Chicago Opera Co. First Concert SALEM ARTIST SERIES Armory Tuesday Evening, Oct 17 Box office seat sale at Armory, Monday, Oct. 16, 9 a.m. Seats $1.50 and $2 plus tax Save over 30 percent by securing season ticket for series at $5, now on sale at Will's Music Store 'Ic-re's Music House speaker, lie arrived late, so that he had to speak without hi ova, luncheon. I Alderman A, F. Mamjfv hajf man of 4ha cfty council commit te on frre aud watr.; presented the case of the fire equipment bonds to be,voted oa in November and urged the city to ?luthoriz? the $13.50rt for a new fire en ik ' Hxtra Special QM0i ' ': ' ' ' ' $15 cash, $25 down; and i' A Light, may of 79 Knit Caps and Toques 19c School Shoes . Remnants at less than One-Half School Shoes Sehool Sweaters at less than V. School Shoes V' ' i Women's rib top School Hiose, boys School Kerchiefs Hue k Towels Uuddy Lee Dols Dressed Dolls gine. Alderman Schunke also urgad that hi tnattep.be mpport ed.; as did 'W. 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