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tTHE flffEGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1923 MOVIE GOSSIP Warner O land and other artistic screen artists. w- IUJttll Hippodrome Vaudeville. "OKEON Today "The, Pride of l'al mar." ". : -!:;!.. , .liberty . . JTTIf on Sills in "Th For gotten Uw " ' ' ; '.v GRAND ? - Today only Harold Lloyd "Dr.. Jack." ' WHllftm E. Rence is known a the world's greatest Chinese impersonator. 11a speaks , , the Chinese language fluently, and has been in China for four years. Aa . for the Chinese." costumes, customs, and maarierisma, ,he has Riven a long study which enables biro, to port ray the character so r.ear to thereal chink that he ran fool tke Chinese people Into thinking ; him oneV of their race. Miss Adelyn Estee Is known as th .double voiced ; Prima Xonna singiftg in i two ranges, soprano andcontralto, .both of which she displays 1n a' single' song. Miss Mar'e Clark, better known as Maggie, h has been with some : oi the leading shows and one - wor thy: of 'mention Is "Uncle Tom's Cabin." In this, sho played the well known j character "Topsie" with whom 'nearly everyone is so v. ell acquainted. They are on the vaudeville bill at the Bligh theatre today and tomorrow. X, Y. Z. is an affable gentle nan, and i has .created a fine Im pression. He ppsesses a wonder ful ; baritone rolce, ( a likeable character with l a splendid stage ! pi esence. Here . Is a vocalist ot sterling qualities and a magnetic peisonality' which endears him. en audience from ' the moment he ' appears until his ' final - ex It. His act Is ,' exceptionally classy In w versatility and will prove a favorite. On the vaude ville Mil at i the Rllgh theatre today t and tomorrow. As' an irate father with V a miser s love ror his aaugnter ana his secret gold mine, William Wjelsh of f'Over the Hill" fame inl "The L me Hand" has an ex cellent roli. ( This Universal at ti act ion,- starring' "IJoot" Gibson end directed j by , Reaves Kaston, is now showing at the Rllgh tb atre. .; The Gibson personality Is naturally dominant in this story by Ralph Cumm'ns. Ad aptation to the screen was made by It. Daw A.! P." Younger. In the lead- feminine i role is Marjorie i Peter R. Kyne's, "Pride ot Palpmar." besides . appearing in boofk form, ran as a serial In to&lmopolltan i magazine. It. is famjiliar to many thousands, and the announcement' that . it has been produced on the screen is one which will greatly interest local' picture ifansL The picture coinUsto the f Oregon theatre for three days, commencing today. lio many also the fact that Frank Rorzage who created 'llijinoresque' and other no tablle pictures, ? directed "The Pride of Pa lorn a r" will be an insurance of j tho high qual.ty of jthfa't production. ; , Tjhe picture has a powerfiit tl.eiio. It deals with the strug gle of a young California for possession of i the family ranch in ; California against .the father of jthe girl he loves. The g:rl. played by ; Marjorie Daw, has to face ' the consequences of her stand between her father and hfr lover, and it Is absorbing ar.d, .thrillingf tof see -how: she solfes the problem. I'orre3t Stanley and Miss Daw are the featured ; players of an all star - cast " which Includes James ; Barrow, t Joseph - Wowling, "The Forgotten Law" a photo play version of tha famous novel "A Modern Madonna," by ' Caro line Abbott Stanley, is to be seen 'for, the first time today at the Liberty theatre. Advance notices about this production oionounce it as one of the most sensationally dramatic stories ot the season, .with a subject that should arouse a? great deal ot dissuasion amone women ; es pecially. " ; s . ' Whn the novel made its . ap pearance, it exposed an .. unjust Ian.' with iiiVi tnrnt . ont indiK- " . - . . -. --. - . -- - - nation that an investigation was demanded, resulting, finally in the abolition of the s law. Through its operation tiro father in any household was permit ted to arrange for his child's rearing .after his own death, even to the point of separating the child from its own mother. The statute Is a very old ne, and fraught with dangerous po s.b'lit'es. What these could very wtll, hare bipn is seen in "The Forgotten Law." A splendid cast has been se lected to portray the roles In this photoplay. t Milton Sills adds . to his screen fame in a rt-le that gives him unusual op portun'tiH for the display1 ot his emotional powers. Jack Mul hall. one of the most popular leading men -of the screen, is cast in a part that shows h 1 s skill in an admirable manner. Cleo Rldgely is the cbarming wife, who Is. made to RHffer the wrongs caused by the law refer red to in" the title. STARTS TODAY Once you have seen; what the Forgotten Law , you it means to break can never; forget it -7vs ' Corning. Tomorrow Cast includes, Milton Sills Cleo Ridgley and Jack Mulhall. A Forceful PHotodrama Starts Today Starts Today It , injures the 1 public's gentle disposition a little too much to refer constantly to "all star easts." So mo of; them are' not all star at all, and the term is used deceitfully. I, . . i f An all star cast is composed of several players who have been eploited separately to an extent wh'ch makes each stand out. .; ! Lois Wilson has been the lead ing woman 'of so many special features of elaborate calibre that cho is distinctly a 'betA in any picture. Her work with the De Milles alone has established her. Jack Mulhall has done a doz en things as big as "Molly-O" in a brilliant career. . Ralph Lewis became really famous in "The 7 Conquering Power' in which he impersonat ed the m'ser, Grandet. J These three players of note head 'the cast of "Broad Day light." the Universal "all j star production at the ' Bligh theatre next Tuesday and indicate that the picture has . wery claim to the qualifying title. ' . Two troops of the Eleventh United1 States cavalry - support Harry Carey i in ."The Fox." his Universal 'Jewel super "Western picture, which la to; be shown at the Rligh theatre on next Friday. -The star -j; wrote the story himself. Lucien Hubbard, scenario editor at Universal City, adapted it to the screen, and . Robert Thornby directed it on the . Mojav desert. " bab'y, v however, died before jhe reached home. I i Twelve Rallots Taken J Members of th Jury declare that a majority of them wfre ready to turn Warren loose, when they left the court room, the first ballot being eight for Ac quittal and four for manslaught er. Twelve ballots were taen In all and towards . the last 1 11 were for acquittal and one ,'for manslaughter. The last ballot was taken shortly before K oclock Friday evening. ( Public sentiment in Dallas, while not favoring the killing ot officers !or any other person, seems to look with disfavor up on the method employed by the prohibition officers, and especial ly that of Price in double-crossing Warren for the purposj or making a show with superior, ot f leers. Sheriff John W. Orr, it Is claimed; has been fearlessly prosecuting bootleggers . jand mor.rishlnors in Polk county and has had little trouble in mak ing arrnxts. So far no one has been injured by his officers in enforcing- the prohibition laws,i it is pointed out. If he had been called oij j the: fatal evening to help in rounding up the bootleggers at the dance; at New Grand Ronde, many j are of the opinion that no one would have been Injured and the Etate would not have been put to jthe big expense of conducting two murder trials. 1 Warren's Character Good Parties who have known War ren since be was a small jboy declare thai he was a good young man and not into j all k'nds of trouble as had been declared. He has on several! oc casions assisted the deputy aher- rif f of that town in preserving order at the dances , and at cele brations and his character ;wasj such that demanded respect fromi all classes of people on the ! res ervation. Warren has been a model pris oner while confined in the Polk county jail and his conduct is highly commended by Sheriff Orr and officers who came In daily contact with him. 1 j The week has been one oil in tense excitement In Dallas jand row . that the casej Is a thing ot the past It appears -that, a heavy load has been lifted from I the shoulders of the peoDle. MAY IS REELECTED ASSOCIATION IID Chief of Police Jenkins Gets 1 Job of Vice-President ! Law is Attacked CROWD CHEERS r J JURY'S VERDICT (Continued from page 1) about a short time yesterday. Hb then went to the local tele-phone office ' where he called uo : his fwife at New - Grand Ronde and had his family car come over for him.' He left vlth other members of the fam ily ; about midnight to be at the bedside of his infant ton.' The - r Prisoners Released ; Among thv nine to face 4rial on .the second murder charge are three Otis Clark, Peter Mil ler and Bert Grace who were. acquitted yesterday on a charge of ' murder In connection with the death of Howard Hoffman. The other six defendants i for the. secondJ trial are: Joe Brown a negro; Percy Hall,f Dallas Mc Cree, Oscar Howard, Phillip Fon- talnetta and Hugh . Willis,; a member of the state board! of the Illinois Mine Workers. The e'ght prisoners who have been held without bonds since Gieir arrest following the j is suance ' of the indictments were all released today on bonds! of $20,000 each. The bonds yere furnished by' 19 merchants. bankers and union officials, among "they latter, being Slate Senator W. J. Sneed, president of the . miners' local sub-district. Salem Bookstore Window Js Riot of Flower Color . t L-- . . . - To the casual observer It might 4 look as though the Commercial I book store had been turned into i a florist shop, . The display win dow Is filled with a riotous cjta play of peonies, pleurocrocus, kl'mJ, STARTS TODAY - III v - - - ff 1 if With Marjorie Daw and Forrest Stanley 1 PelcV B. Kyne's great : story of a man's thrilling fight fori love and honor in the boundless, romantic west Show Continuous from 2 P. M. OregoN -T : - r-a i : 1 is&ki'mmmw m- fDay by day, jn every way, Oregon shows are get ting better and better" PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20. L. S. May1 of Seattle was te-elect-ed president of the Northwest As sociation of Sheriffs and ' Police at the clo8lns session of its" con vention here today. Chief of Police L. V. Jenkins of Portland was re-elected vice president and Clarence K. Long, sheriff of Spo kane, secretary. Vancouver, B.C. was chosen as the place for hold ing next year's convention. A banquet was tendered the dele gates tonight. An attack on the American system of criminal latf- and the declaration that Oregon's meth ods of legal procedure are Obso lete and should be changed was made today at the final session by Judge Walter Evans of the state circuit court. Especially in Oregon, the jurist said, the law plays into the hands of the criminal by its system of investigations by the district at torney, preliminary hearings by a magistrate and indictment by the grand jury before a lawbreaker can be brought to the bar of jus tit roses, geraniums, tulips, iris and violets. . Everything resembling a flow er garden is there but the smell. The flowers have no smell be cause they -are made of paper. The clever work "was done by Mrs. T. L. Davidson, who made the en tire "garden" out of paper mache. She Is demonstrating the Denni son products and Is offering sev eral days free service to Salem women who would learn the art. The flowers may be used as fa vors, decorations and the like.' Yesterday in Washington The public health service announced that its reports show a ', i widespread epidemic of grippe.. . ; "A continued Improvement ; was "reported in the condi tion of President Harding, who is suffering from an at tack of the grippe. .The census bureau, an- ;, nounced : a decreased cotton spinning activity during De cember. " . Secretary Weeks, in a statement, declared the re cent action, of the house in denying - retirement- pay to Major General Harbord was v "an insult to General Har bord and to the government itself. ; - Chairman Lodge of the. ; senate foreign. relations committee s conferred with ( ' Secretary! Hughes and the; latter Indicated : he would give the committee further Information - on the Ameri can government's relations to the reparations tangle. S.P. SHOOTING IS DESCRIBED IN REPORT (Continued from page 1) last seen after the shooting, he appeared to be staggering as if exhausted from the hard run ning. r Encountered . by -the sheriff's posse today he was shot and killed, no opportunity for serious resistance being permitted. Information obtained by Sou them .Pacific officials was to the effect that &prague became sud denly Insane. : , , THREE MORE NIGHT RIDERS IDENTIFIED (Continued from page 1) U. of 0. Will Get General Hospital Unit, is Claim EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 20. The establishment at the University of Oregon school of medicine of a general hospital unit with full complement of reserve officers, enlisted personnel and nurses has been authorized by the surgeon general of the army, according to a communication received by Dean Richard B. Dillehunt today from Lieut. Col. C. R. Reynolds, United States medical corps, Washington, D. C. The unit will b. known as general hospital No. 4 and j will be available for ser vice in time of emergency. It was announced. THRIFT WTJEK OBSERVED SILVERTON, Jan. 20.--t Spe cial to! The Statesman.) The Thrift Week program at Silver- ton Is i being carried out with great enthusiasm. Some of. the subjects spoken on at the thea tres and mills include "Make a Iludget.'' "Make a Will," "Have a Bank! Account," "arry Life In su ranee:" " Share with Others." The speakers are George Hubbs, Edwin Socolofsky, T. P. Rfctei gen and S. E. Richardsen. The various j Silverton ministers will a!so speak at their churches Sun day morning and evening. Classified Ads in The t Statesman Bring Results told of having met a strange wo man in Bastrop several days later. While in her-" company she was approached by a man who she was informed by her companion was "Blacksmith" Smith. -5 Smith, she said, asked her if she had recognized him at the scene of the holdup on August 24. I told him I had." the witness testified. "He then offered me $1.50. I refused it and he gave It to my baby. Ha told me not to PARTY FAVORS Flowers, hats and wax novelties made of -Dennison products are very popular. Free classes held . every Tuesday and Saturday. Pee At the BHgh Theater Tuesday P "BROAD DAYLlGHT'm4 . wfrLOIS WIL50N A UNIVtSSAt. ATTaACTIOrt tell on him and I said I would not. Captain Skipwiths name was brought out In he testimony of Harry Prophltt of Monroe. Prop iiitt, his wife and several women had- attended the celebration at Bastrop that day and were driving through the country on their way to Monroe. When their automo bile reached the fork of the Col-iinston-Monroe road. Prophitt said he was forced to reduce speed be cause another car was parked half way across the road. In running around the standing car, he testi fied that he saw Captain Skipwith in consultation with a black hood ed man. He at first thought the hooded man -was a negro, but on reaching Mortroe' where he learn ed of the kidnaping he said he be came" convinced that the ! man wore a mask. Captain Skipwith, he added, was not masked and he asserted that Ire was positive of his Identity. . 1 . Fine Kimball Piano Most be Sold ' "Will accept terms of S5 down. $1.50 a week. This Kimball ha been used but is in perfect condi tion and we will accept it back in trade any time in one year at full price on a new piano. See this piano today. Geo. C. 7ill, 432 State Street Today Tomorrow Only Don't filiss This Creszy, Action Show v Hoot , Gibson ' With Marjorie Daw and Helen HoVnes ' "THE LONE HAIJD'J VAUDEVHXE - - - . . ; BENCE-ESTEE & CLARK : : In : . . ' . An oriental novelty -;X. Y.Z; r. An Entertainer , . . HARRY CAREY in "A 44 Calibre Mystery" BLIGH t GRACM.D n-n n n JJ ILL n NEW R. RETURN ENGAGEMENT AT POPULAR PRICES GRAND ORCHESTRA EIGHT MUSICIANS WILL ' PLAY A SPECIAL SCORE . V - - ...... .- - " 1 . - - I TODAY OKI LY " POSITIVELY YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE THIS CYCLONIC LAUGH RIOT 1 ' J 1 a 1. -I f "t