THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY-12, 1924
'.'Beau Drummer Last
.: Time Today at Oregon
-: A bacchanalian feast reminis
cent of thej days of Falstaff in all
his glory, with. rosy wine trickling
' from flowing bowls, was filmed by
i Director Harry r Beaumont for the
Warner Brothers picture. "Beau
Brummelk'k .'starring John Barry'
''it" was a feast that would cause
vegetarian to fling his ideas to
the four winds and cure the most
chjaic case of indigestion.: Large
flatters of roast' chieken, roast
pig, huge trays filled with fruits of
-every variety, kegs of wine, steam-;
lag turkey, gobs of potatoes and
.celery everything eatable was
spread on a long, rough hewed
.tavern table for tBe edification, of
'a brilliant assemblage of 30 mem
bers of the Tenth Hussar Who
gathered, to pay tribute to the sal
ient, wit and diplomat, Beau Brum-
."Beau Brammel" is playing to
day" at the! Oregon theater. It is
the screen version of the famed
Clyde Fitch play immortalized; by
' Hichard Mansfield, and- recounts
the love affairs of one of the most
: picturesque characters ever seen
'in England- The picture closely
follows the play, and the presence
of Barrymore in the starring bole
insures 'a performance- mature,
rich and entertaining. I ,
- For his supporting cast he has
notable players, among them Mary
Aster, Willard Louis, Irene Rich,
'Alec B. Francis, Carmel Myers and
other. j ;j
Beau Brumtuel's rise to popu
larity his Intimacy -with the Prince
of y ales, the. doings of the royal
set, and the . Beau's sudden tall
and ': ruin, are .depicted with" bril
. Jianie and gustos 't -" !
Dorothy ' Farbnm, responsible
'forinany successful adaptations,
tlld the screen version.
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i FOR EST FIRES AGAIN
T BECOME VERY CRITICAL
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who'have battled the flames for
the past three days to return to
vtheir homes. r ! j
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.serious, forestry department offi
cials say. In case a high wfnd
' should- resume. ! t
. MISSOULA, o&lnt.. July 11.
Reports received late this after
uoon from the- Kootenai national
forest. In- which a number of fires
are burning, stated that f three
'larger biases are practically under
control- and that unless high winds
occur-the fire situation on that
forest- will be better than for sev
eral - days past. ; The Callahan
.Creek fire, which covered (75
acres, was cheeked today. I I i
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V i SAX FRANCISCO. July 11.
. California's forest fire situation
seemed to have assumed a more
serious phase today with reports
of;- uncontrolled ' fires in i three
widely separated 1 parts of the
state, according toj reports to the
forest service headquarters here.
Probably the most serious
blaze-1 that which Is proving so
far impossible to subdue in the
Santa Barbara national forest,
north of Los Angeles, .
.Tne fire near Yuba' Pass, Sierra
county, has been checked.
In Tulare county .700 men were
combatting a fierce blaze along a
front of 28 miles in the Bull Run
district with approximately 25,000
acres in the Sequoia national for
estl having been , burned, over. . . I
The Shasta and Siskiyou blazes
are still defiant but not as serious
as the Santa Barbara fire.
CHAUTAUQUA 1$
; NEARLY HERE
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two . programs of vocal music of
the" classic - type, the ensemble
work being- the feature, the Ralston-
. entertainers j render two
short seasons of old time songs
and stories on the sixth day, and
at a fitting; climax on the seventh
evening May Valentine's original
principal cast,, with a chorus of
25, .will present Reginald De
Koven's- master 1 comic opera,
'Robin Hood" in full costume.
' i EaUaent- Lecturers- j
. The list of lecturers presents
the names of Arthur Walwyn
Evans, nephew of. Lloyd George,
brilliant Welsh-American, on the
subject.: "The Little Red School
House," a. plea for religious In-
' struetion in the school curriculum.
Chief Strongheart of the Yakima
Today - Tomorrow
FOUR BIG ! NEW ACTS
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tribe,; a graduate bf Carlisle, on
Indian life and. culture and pres
ent day problems, an inspirational
discourse by j Sam . Grathwell
about "Getting by - Your Hoo
doo' and - the scientific and clas
sical yet entertaining production
of Edward Amherst Ott, entitled
"Sour Grapes,") and dealing with
the hereditary, i influences in hu
man life.
Bingham nntl Roach lii Joy
I f -. . Programs ( " i
-, Ralph Bingham, premier j of
men humorists i in America using
all original material, appears the
third night, and Ada Roach, noted
Irish- impersonator, and mistress
of original fun making, comes on
the second day', assisted by Miss
Ruth Freeman, who furnishes
musical' diversion. .
"The Great Commoner" ;
"The Great Commoner," a stir
ring comedy-drama, by Kettering
and produced by Elias Day play
ers of Chicago, is billed for the
fourth night. It depicts the life
of Abraham Lincoln during the
Civil War period. . -
Director Arrives
"The Great Commoner" and
the lecture on heredity by Edward
Amherst Ott, should be witnessed
by every. American boy and girl,
in the interest of patriotism and
better citizens,"! said Mrs. Theresa
B. Thatcher of Seattle, who came
to Salem yesterday, to assist the
local Chautauqua committeemen
in putting across their season
ticket sale. . .;
R. A. Harris, secretary of the
committee, reports that sales to
date are good, ! and that he pre
dicts an increasing sale each day
until the full quota of 11950 is
reached i and more by opening
day. This amount is 75 per cent
of the cost of the program. The
management raises the other 25
per cent through gate tickets and
reserved seats. ; r
For the public's convience,
Pat ton Bros, and Hartman's Jew
elry Store will: conduct sales of
reserved seats from 9 to 12 o'clock
noon next Monday, July 14th.
Service In order of appearance.
Insanity Class Fixed
To Combat Insanity Plea
CHICAGO. July 11. "An in.
sanity class,? composed of Robert
E. Crowe, state's attorney, and
three assistants, will be formed
within the next few days. ; Mr.
Crowe announced today. to nre-
pare the state to combat the plea
of insanity the defense expects to
advance for Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, confessed kidnap
pers and slayers of 13 year old
Robert Franks. I
Medical information and other
instructions expected to nrove in
combatting the testimony of a
battery of alienists employed by
we defense will be Imparted to
the lawyers by Dr. Wm. O. Krohn.
Chicago,' alienist. Mr. Crowe said.
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ie HURT IN WRECK !
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 11.-
The splitting of a switch by the
third coach behind the locomotive
in the eastbound Baltimore and
Ohio passenger train. No. 44 this
afternoon, resulted In .the injury
of 16 persons, four seriously, and
the wrecking of the coach which
smashed into a cattle car standing
on a side track.
OPEN HEADQUARTERS
CHICAGO, July 11. The na
tional .La Follette campaign ; com
mittee will move into permanent
headquarters at the Hotel Morri
son here Tuesday, Representative
John M Nelson,' national manager
of the campaign, announced to
day.. Teh committee has engaged
more than a fourth of the fourth
floor. The entire local hall of
the Loyal Order of Moose will be
occupied for clerical use and five
rooms will, be used as executive
offices. - j ; -
WOMAN IS AUTO VICTIM
1 SEATTLE, July 11. Apparent
ly the victim of , a hit-and-run
driver, Mrs. , Rachel Nolan, 80
years old, V third cousin ot Henr
Ford, the automobile manufactur
er died In the city hospital7 here,
today. She suffered a fractured
skull. .Mrs. Nolan was found un
conscious on. a public road in the
northern outskirts of the city.
Deputy sheriffs; are trying to lo
cate the witnesses of the accident
to aid them in searching for the
driver of the machine.
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Following the ,"gas attack" In
the jpenate chamber, the Republi
can Senators bolted and refused to
attend any sessions, alleging that
-the Chamber was filled with gun
men and tbugs and that their lives
SirjEsme Howard, British Ambassador, Presents
I Ex-Premier Hughes of Australia to President
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the White House when the British
envoy to the United States -pre
POWER RELIEF SOUGHT
, SAX FRANCISCO, July 11.
An arrangement whereby the Pa
cific Gas & Electric company and
the Southern Western Power com
panjj'lwill divert their excess power
to. southern California to relieve
the jjower shortage brought about
by drought conditions there, was
approved by the state railroad
commission. -
Hanihara Returns Home
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 11.
-Ambassador Hanihara of Japan
left -Washington late today to re
turn to Tokio. - Although official
ly going to Japan on leave, he is
not expected in diplomatic circles
to return. : 3
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were endangered. The gas attack
came as the climax to a six-months
filibuster! which has been in force
in the Rhode Island senate. The
Republicans, declaring: that they
sented William ' Morris" "Hughes to
Mr." Coolidgo. t
BAR TO MEET TWO PLACES
I PORTLAND, Ore., July 11.
The executive of the Oregon, Bar
association today decided that
two cities would be host to the
association this year. The asso
ciation will first convene at j The
palles, (Ore., on September 19
and after business sessions , j will
proceed jto Hood River where the
following day a banquet will be
held. i .
I ' Vprisinft ii Bolivia
j WASHINGTON, D. July 11.
4 An uprising described as of
slight Importance has occurred In
the province of Santa Cruz, Boliv
ia, the Bolivian legation was ad
vised in i official, dispatches today.'
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wlll cot returu until, assured of
safe, conduct and : protection, - es-
tablished themselves at a hotel at
Hntland. Maaa where this photo
graph was taken.
The extent of the revolt or its
causes were not indicated.
.- j Town Flees Tornado
PIPESTONE, Minn., July 11.-
Between 45 and 50 persons vir
tually the entire population of th
town; of Airlie, six.' miles west of
Pipestone--escaped serious In
juries or possibly death when they
packed into three automobiles and
"eluded" a ; small tornado which
passed through the littel town at
six p. m. today.
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Reliels Control Sao Panlo .
BUENOS AIRES, Jury 11. The
rebels contiuue to control Sao
Paulo r and "the surrounding
country." according to reliable
advices received here. The ad
vices state that the city was "quiet
yesterday under the provisional
government."
Austrian Courts Give
Divorce Movie Wives
VIENNA, June 22. (Mail.)-f
The: movies figured here recenJIJr
in two divorce cases. In one in-
tance ;the nusband accused his
pwife of haying nesl'cted her home
oyer her craze for seeing the
movies j and of. having maltreated
her children as a result of having
seen j cruel forms of; punisnmen
in the jnovies., Thewife denied
being' influenced , by ; the motion
p:ctuf-e drama, but the divorce was
lieveftheless grantetl4 f I
In the second case a merchant
complained that he could no long
er afford to eat in restaurants antl
holtels,! becaupe his ( wife had the
movie craze and neglected cook
ing,1 housekeeping (and , her hus
band. In this case,' too, the court
granted adivorce, and particular
ly stated that the defendant "hah
teriously neglected her household
duties through her f reqnen'tation
of the theatre and movies." . s
Scantiness of verdure . I
Grew in time to hoop and bustle
And back again to hardly -Clothes
enough to make a rustle.
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Starts Tomorrow
Japanese Film Companies:
- - Lift American Boycott
TOKlk July 11. Br Associat
ed Preei ) Four distributing and
producing - companies - which en
gineered the boycott of American
filma. jallcgedly as a protest
against h the - American exclusion
act, haif-a. cancelled their , boycett
agreement which had become
practicajly inoperative because of
the public demand . for American
picturesj. In an advertisement; In
the leading newspapers the com
panies ay "in view of the public
demand! that some American films
be shown and the government's
warning that the boycott would
produce ! undesirable Impressions
abroad, j the boycott agreement has
been . abandoned," although m we
adhere
to the fundamental pur
that agreement which is
pose of!
to encourage home made films."
The boycott has been a complete
houses', refusing to' show
Aracrlcan: films suffering ' heavy
losses of patronage. , i ' ! ;
CALLES MEXICAN PRESIDENT
MEXICO CITY, July 11. Gen
eral Plutarco Elias Calles polled
41,455 votes and General Angel
Flores polled 8540 votes in the
presidential election on Sunday,
according to official returns from
Mexico City, made public today
The provincial results will be
tabulated within a few days it was
stated. - The results will indicate
that in Mexico City the Calles xiep
uties. also won.
No clashes of any gravity Isvere
reported. :
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Army Airmen Break Two-Man
Take Photo of Dayton from
ifs ftT in mm ini
Lieutenants John
A. Macready.
test pilot, and A- W. Steyensj aer
ial photographer, succeeding in go
ing up 81,500 feet at :the Dayton.
O., flying field. At this altitude
Stevens made a remarkable photo
graph of the city of Dayton, bine-
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Prehislorici Remains are
j Unearthed in Siberia
, KRASNOYARSK, Siberia, July
1 1. ( By! thej Associated Press) -Russian
Archaeologists excavating
near her s have- unearthed Several
human" )odies belonging jto the
stone age, 4 number of prehis
toric mammoths, dinosaurps, bis
ons, gigantic stags and more than
700 stone and bone implements,
ornaments and weapons bf the
pre-historic era.! j
j One of the human; - skeletons
found by! the explorers is supposed
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The'aboy photo shows th) oxygen
oQuIpmenl- used by the airman from
21.000 to31.500 feet and the cam
era with'fwblch a number bf plio
tcBTaphs vere made. Mae?dy is
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to be at least 15,000 years bid.
The exploration - was undertaken
two years-ago . with; a view to
ward fixing the place of abode of
the prehltoric man in Siberia and;
is w)orking under the direction
of professors Auer.bach and Sos
nowsky, distinguished . Russian
Archaeologists.
Canada Sees Advantage in
U. S. Japanese Exclusion
OTTAWA, Ont., July 11. Re
ferring to .the ''somewhat tense
feeling" now existing between the
United States and JapanPremier
King said in the house of com
mons, this afternoon that, "if our
commercial agencies will take ad
vantage of the psychology of the ,
situation, there is a chance for
Canada to develop immensely the
trade between Canada and Pap-
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tThe premier made these state
ments while informing the house
that the government would -discuss
with Nippon the immigration
of ' "Japanese wives" ,to Cankda.
He said the Immigration depart
ment should exercise closer scrut
iny in this matter than it has dur
ing the past. :
I RESERVED SEATS
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CHAUTAUQUA WEEK
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Hartman's and Palton's
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LOVE
STIRRING love - melo
drama of Paris boulevards
and lawlettH Apat'lie hauntft
With beautiful lorol!iy Dalton
in. Iter most alluring role and
n cast of Broadway favorites.
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