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. , ,- . r -.rt' h:JizlZZlrl.JJ a.:' -.-;-. . .4--"y--;-'' - T. y :. - . - ---r . -' 2!'' ' THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON ' , ' - j ' ! SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1923 " ... , . , , , , .. , . : , r , . j-r - : : -1 n r. 7, i-..,- ' 'MIOYIM GOSSIP .. WHAT'S WRONG? . ' ! BLIGH ;- Two x acts -Hippodrome . vaude- , ".vllle." , w - ' Houdini In "The Grim Qame," OKE0OX,..' . T - Today only Viola Pana in "June Madness." Coining'' tomorrow Jackie Coogan in "OliTer Twist." 1 , ; IJBERTY Today only Tom Mix tin ''Catch.My Smoke". J .i Coming ''tomorrow Betty Compson ..in "Always y The Woman.'! . ; GIWXD . ' ' Today only American Light , ..Opera Co.. matinee Pinafore,, r tonight "Chimes ol Normandy." , Coming tomorrow photoplay i'A DiTorce of Convenience.' Owen Moore, in . a new. screen farce, "A DiTorce of Conven ience," will "be the featured at traction at the Grand theater starting tomorrow.'. Like -Mr. Moore's recent "pro ductions, "The rfChickten in f.he Case" and "ThflPdor Simp", this new picture is "a cdmedy concoct ion, of hilarious 'situations that grow out of the., chivalry ' ; of a young man, who," unwittingly be comes the co-respondent .In a di vorce of conrenience. ,ln addition to Mr. Moore's char acterization, Katherine Perry, famed beauty of the, Zlegfeld Fol lies,; has the Important part of Helen Wakefield, Jim Blake's, fl ay, cee, while sparkling Nita Naldi la cast in the role p -f a Jiery, Mex: lean senorita. -: " . -k ;.Tour la8t chance to see 'Catch. My .Smoke, , starring the most daring of Screen actors, Tom Mix. will have Its closing presentation af the Liberty theater: this even- H'tor downright thrills, "Catch My Smoke" goes 'em all one bet ter. The agi3 'Mix. climbs, fights and rides, runs, struggles and digs wilf a sincerity, which wins, for him the deserving title of "the roct daring", man on -the silver Etet. So,,' don't fail to-ee (this r:.i-pictureV ". .'- . ., w ettyT Compson, '-who will be B i at the Liberty, Uieatey begins L.-j tomorrow in "Always4" the W"-narij"jone of her own produc ts a made for - release by Oold- -J ... ; r-' r Paula -Ayers, prima donrta. con tralto, with the, American Light C- era -company! which, i offering a number of the- standard dignt -rTiie and erand- ooeras' -at'-the C r ind 'Theatre HhM". week: ti. i tl'ex Reynolds Presents The AMERICAN LIGHT OPERA! GO. (Direct from Portland Auditorium) I 'Hi-SLsr BaL SSc I J -.J, f . I ..... . wyn, apeared In Christie Comedies before she made her big hit in The Miracle Man." She Bays that her experience in film come dies laid the foundation ' upon which her phenomenal, rise to stardom was based. A girl learns poise - in comedy, . says Miss Compson, "and how to make the best of her , good features, and how to put over comedy points." , - ... . , There comes today to, the, .Ore gon theater a picture, heralded as a "milestone on ? the -. highway : of ayt," and which, bears the highest recommendations in Its own right. It is "Oliver Twist" starring that adorable child actor of the screen Jackie Coogan; produced by, Sol Lesser; directed by Frank-Lloyd, and presented by a company of the most distinguished, screen cel ebrities, including 'Lou- Chaney. Gladys Brock well, Lionel "Belnrore and a host more. r The picture is described as the most ambitious i in ' which the ju venile star, Jackie Coogan ' has ever appeared and "it is asserted in it he has Registered an appeal that strikes the hearts of young and old and all' classes of picture patrons as well aa those r that are not usually enticed to the theater. It Is the apeal of innocent! boy hood through the medium of one of the greatest! stories ever pen nedCharles Dickens' 'Oliver 'wist." The plot has been follow ed with nnusual" fidelity? it is claimed, and the characterization will satisfy the ! most enthusiastic of Pickens?! readers.. The "punch in the storyjf pne . Tw.2. k ' ' jAiVtlH :,r .,ar nhotonlav which R come to the ' Bligh theater on Snn day. , s ;l ...vv.r- - '.- The biggest ; surprise scene In "The Jilt" Is said to be one in which a bUnd man reads at a woman's command. , ' R. Ramsey wrote the - story, which was" .published in a popular magaxlne. Arthur Statter adapt? ed it to the screeni while Irving Cnmmlngs directed, ; and between ... I their respective influences sou 8, I to preserve and even, accentuate the ."trick situations;; W the story, business from . S. E. Richardson, non-technlcallyj described as "un- and will move it tohis new build eipected' developments." .- Ing as so6n asMt ' fs completed. '. Ralph Graves or Grltiitn iame and Marruerfte De La Motte of ?The Three Musketeers? have the leaaing rums y u e . 13 said to hasre ia .character , part even more dramatic than he poiv trayed so successfully In! "The : k. i . i TTniworfcai.. KtOTXni XOe ' IWf" Jewel anccess: ; Eleanor. Hancock. flafry DeVere Ben-Hewlrt. Lave other roles.,, , , r Do you know'pow Buffalo Bill got bis name t VJy the entire country loved Abraham .Llncplnt How, John Wllk3 Booth escapea alter ine assisuvi i A . & ... ... .4ln. 9 I-' -?ln. the Days of Buffati inll .. smile that seemed as knowing as which cornea to the Bllgh thatfli;.Lgenuine at the women. in the jury today is a rjsuaie or one 5 most ' wonderful and . inspirinj: onnrhs of history that; Aneric.a i . over krij t; ' lr-;m ! cat nal sta itnt in value rc; io- le overos'.i r tel and from the standpoint of romance and enter; tainment it is wholly'iBatlsfylng'.'' ' YOKEL KEEPS PROMISE (Continued from page 1 ruttory on the third floor of the building. ; . ; : Xoyal to Comrad : Young West said thaL- Ijeslaes his promise. to Mr, . Kuser, he Today Only MATINEE PINAFORES (Curtain 2:30) I Lower $1.10 . Tonight j .. " '.-... Chimes of M J- ' iiuruiouuy $1.10 Jl.65) This company is , the best musical aggregation ' that has ever visited our city. They deserve your supDortgo! .-".'? Manager Grand 4 . , . i ' ' Theatre To Ithc People. ot Halem -I W"c believe that you prefer and appreciate the better things in life that you are capable of enjoying, to the fullest! extent, the yery best class of entertainment. At considerable- expense we have brought from I'ortlaiul the American Light Opera company, believing tliat-.you of -.Salem, were quite as appreciative of really great artists as the people of Portland. , This com pany is the best aggregation of singing talent you have yet heard at the Grand the entertainment is one hundred percent. V. want to make this an annual event which requires your "support. v You liayebut today in which to show that Salem can and will support high class, clean and splendid enter tainment ; namely, the American Light Opera" company,7 which we gladly give our unqualified endorsement and approval- The prices' arc reasonable. "Pin afore" this afternoon and ."Chimes of Normandy" tonight. Large orchestra., Is Salem dead to artistic endeavor)." Are we a tank town on a kerozene circuit? Jlpst certainly. NOT! Let's turn out this afternoon and show the world! Your money's worth is guaranteed. money Saturday, Jan-. 13 thought he would have been play. ing traitor to the other members of his company by running away since it would deprive each mem ber, of a, certain number o? marks of merit. The boys re ceive the marks of merit for ex traordinary service and for a per fect , record within the company for the month. Hy giving him self ' up voluntarily. West saved his company from a : loss ot merits. : ' Leach . jokcs 5lark i , The boys musi' gain 25U0 marks of merit in order to be eligible ier parol. They can nlsof gain- jnerita .by ' overtime vdrk in"' addition "to 10 hours Jp.?. ?J f "h. daywhich is rule 'tfow VV the school. . the eaped with West, lost bis marks as- did the -.members of b's com pany since he was ' retaken ' by ot fleers. - New Building Will House . Silverton Implement Co. SILVERTON, Or. Jan; 12.- fSoecial to The State?uian. G. f Barr is going to build a sheet ! Iron bui!ding on his Jersey street lot. Mr. Barr just recently ' pur- chased the Richardson implement ir.; iticnardson, who is manager of the retail department- of the silver Falls Timber jcorjfpany, will - - ' u ; L,4 H. Meyer, who 'has tpr years been manager of the Ri6hardon 4 implement. Dusiness, wi.i continue. - lander Barr......- : l i - , 7 H 'f :-c i ' f ; I . . Z ARR1IMPWTC nil - VnroAnr-.., -munutn uHOC."DCUIri (Continued ffom page 1) " '. prosecutor. "Or 'scream? Or cry ror. help f.5No! . ..Shel! went and gazed in: a mirror." 11' Iff - ..." ..... T 1 1 wurotarin.' giancea witlf a i box. v .1 Not just Jackie CoogarV greatest picture. More than that the first true screen presentation ofT the classic. Thejre could have been nV'morev per feet portrayal had Dickens written "Oliver Twist just for Jackie. . ' rrA w, A a rV"") WHAT'S WRONG? ..... , . . i. ... . . I . .... .. 11 1 : r . THE -GRAND THEATRE, . Py A. C Raleigh, Manager WILLAMETTE 11 CLOSE TO - f L Water Drops Between 15 and 20 Feet Damage Reported Very Light The Willamette v, has : dropped between 15 and 20 feet from its flood stage and is now brownsing around comfortably and , quietly down ait the-foot of-tke--piers' and t banks where' it bad been on rampage. At no place in' or near Salem is the present water height causing the slightest damage or inconvenience. ! yf- J f Considering .the magnitude pt the flood the damage was" very light indeed. - The Spaulding com pany was perhapa the . heavJesLi loser, through the flooding of its yard3, . and the 'damage done to ita Intr lin nn which th Ion nr hauled to the' mill. This will take 1 some days to rebuild. The com- pany had fire In the .boilers -Friday but not yet for power pur poses. : The paper mill is running stead-, ily, almost as if . there' had, been no flood. . The Uy waterworks was not much annoyed. 'It 'cut off about two thirds of the water plant, but.it also supplied watejr for the mains at, a higher level and so -requiring less power " Y6 run the pumps. No breakages anywhere in theirjmains were re ported. . : tf , h-.cf-t , Traffic, was . resumed . on ..the Southern Pacific main 4 line through Salem Thursday. - At on ly two points was there any troupe bie, at Oregon j City where the track was flooded but no damage done, and west ot Jefferson, where the two trestles went out. This has been repaired so thaiM travel s now uninterrupted from British Columbia to ."Mexico"." The Oregon Electric expects to Matinee at ' 2-. p.. m. Night at ;7 p. mL, HM have its- trains running this after noon between . Salem and Eugene. There was; some damage at Talbot to the approaches near the Sah iiam bridge; but the- big bridge itself was untouched. The) road was served uninterruptedly be tween Salem and Portland.! and only the one point,, at Talbot, suffered in the least. It is announced that the state highway department, has' closed the plank road near the river at Oregon City for the next 30l days. Travel will, have to detour up oyer the hill. ! Going nofthMieht traffic can leave the highway at'lCane mah and truck traffic will take the right-hand road" 'at New Erx ' It la claimed that the 'Prince of Wales is thJ moat persistent hand shaker in England, lis he getting ready to run for constable?! ' jfOh Look;' New; York musical comedy success, , .will be at the Grand Monday. . Starring in "Oh Look" is liar ry Fox, vaudeville favorite'' and well known comedian. He. will be supported by, a New York ca and a chorus, of pulchritudinous beauties. , ' -. "Oh Look? is the musical ver sion of- "Ready.. Money," James Montgomery's farce. It is r said toi-3te.!j.one musical; comedy ; with a real plot and logical action: Mr. Sontgomery' will "be" remembered as the author of ""another musical comedy success, VIrene." In the cast with Mr.' Fox are Ethan Allen,. -Harry , Hoyt, . Dave Jones, Luther Yantes, Violet Maye, Muriel Hudsoh," Ethel Mar telle, Tom Miller. Herbert S. Sears nd Wilbur Higby. The ly Tics of "Oh Look" are by Joseph McCarthy and the music by Nat Goldstein and Harry Carroll. Among the musical hits of the w I.- "OH LOOK" IT GRAND MONDAY 5 5l'Rwe,' ai"WWtf': "WSljW Dallas Commercial Club Committees Are Named DALLAS, Or., Jan. 12'. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) C. L.' Crider. president of the Dallas Commercial club, has named the following standing committees to serve i for the ensuing year: Fin- nce committee, .Tracy Staats, N. L. Guy, F. J. Craven; promotion and publicity committee,', J. tu Allgood, E. A. Koen, M. L. Boyd; egislation and Judiciary commit tee. Oscar. Hayter. E. K. Piasec- kir L.D. Brown; manufacturing committee, C. B. .Sundberg, II. A. Jorlin, .11. H. Frltch; amusement committee, R. S. K reason, Jess I, Potter, Richard ... Domoschofsky; committee on .clty and county af fairs, : W. M.- Elliott, - Frank Mo- ser, K. k. van ursaei; roaas ana highways committee,. A." B. Mttlr, W. V. Fuller, Dr. A. B. SUrbuck; committee on railroads, - Conrad Stafrin, Carl Gerlinger, vJ. M. Camphell; membership "commit tee, C. E Ramp, B..G. Davidson, E. V. Johns. " The club wlil hold a meeting next Wednesday evening. A din ner consisting of hot tamales. will be served at 6 o'c'ock . and .the evening devoted to . important business jnatters. Truth in Fabric Bill Will be Introduced i A "truth in fabric" bin or me morial will be introduced in the renate by Senator Zimmerman of Yamhill county. -An argument against the bill that: It cannot be passed in aneuor a few states, show are '.'I'm Alwaya Chasing Rainbows," , .'Honolulu . .Blues,; and "Together.." . , ,:, "Oh Look", j ;bas a rapid-fire comedy, nifty ., .dancing, .catchy musical, a shapely and well train" ed chorus of beauties and all the other ingredients of a successful musical, comedy. It had long runs at the .Vandebllt theater in New York and at Chicago theat ers. . " By arrangement with Comstock and Gest NAT GOLDSTEIN - Presents Harry Fox In the 'great New 'York Success" I' ''" OhVLook!" Glittering Galaxy 'of Girls Music by Nat. Goldstein; j " Big Orchestra - ' Prices 50c, $1.50, $2.00 tsEATS SATURDAY GRAND Monday,'Jan.l5 I t! 5 i win ,rt MMLJ-. AVI AWiAV XI S.M. WJ1 but must be uniform throughout the United States. and if - .he .be comes convinced that this Is true. Senator Zimmerman probably will make the measure a memrlal to congress "urging passage of the French bill which would legis late nationally 'on the question. ; If a bHT; is introduced by the Yamhill 5 'fienator : it will provide that all woolen goods be branded, to show the percentage of pure wool in the goods. Thsetf"opposing the legislation for separate states claim that it would injure the rtate by driving out our manufacturing ; Industries making"? woolen ? goods. Senator Zimmerman claims -the measure would cnt ouC mttch of the shod dy material and "provide a larger market ' for the woolen Industry, - . -Vr 'J'--' '. .... ( ... f' . -. ... -. ' Why not change the liquor law so as tb punish theman who buys as welt' as; the man who sells? Both" are guilty of violating the lafw. i - . .- Last Times TODAY Tom Mix COMING : BETTY At H Always "T - 3 "- 1 1 X- . ... ''' it w s t M i i - air & t n t -i&--' ' The Things You've Laughed and Cried Over All Brought Back From the. time Oliver asks for more and on thrdiijh .vivid adventurings in Fagins den with Bill Sikes, Nancy, the Artful Dodger and all the other characters of. -Dickens, creation you'll follow the human essence of an unforgettable book in the scenes of a wonderful picture. "AVe are proud ' to present 1 this feature to the people of Salem. It will set a new ' mark in motion pictures. . 8 n ; 1 'mmm: it rT) sr. Jury List of 200 Drawn For Warren Trial rcn;y DALLAS, Or., Jan. 12. cial to The Statesman.) The trial of Phll,'lp Warren for the allege i murder of Glen O. Price, a pro hibition agent at Grand Ronis on the night of September S, win come up for hearing before Juds? Belt next Monday, The case will no doubt draw large crowds as Warren was acquitted by a jury at the October term of Court en the charge of killing Grover c. Todd, also a prohibition agent, at the same time he is alleged to have killed Price. " " " : The jury list from which ' the jurors will: be taken to try the Warren case was drawn by Coun ty r Clerk Moore Wednesday ac4 represents the names of some 208 Polk county citizens. It is ex pected that a goodly number r,t these "will be called before a jury is p'icked to try the case. Today Only ' TOSIORROW COMPSON in , hi lhe1 Wbman" V'- '.i 0) Xv.v I A " l jo , .1. L j 'r.xli r, .VAXir; mr n .
