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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1925)
4 Society, Churches, Better Kcr.ci, Radio, Auto' Part Two- - Fages 1 to.8 " x f I 1 V 4 '...! RFVWNTY-FOttRTIF' YEAH 11 ii HIISFITS: 11; Pi IEIH DE I! That Is the Object of ar. New movement py..ieauei;iu Trade Union Thought The' day of r the "blacksmith" printer irgbne foreyer. Tfolonger will the- Industrial misfit - find f a place in composing rooms ' of newspapers and Job printing of- neea. other - trades and profes sions- no more will be robbed of promising -material In a Tain at tempt to Instil type cunning into a brain nature Intended-to function- In bo me-other-line. . Such is-the plan of the Inter national Typographical Union, according to J. sif,, Murray - rep resenting, the Educational- bureau oft thet international Union, whd was 4n the city daring the weeki "The International Union course In printing.' for apprentices and journeymen,, to be conducted- front headquarters at Indianapolis, said Mr. Murray, ' "aimg to bring' into the sphere of Its influence1 erery apprentice- who desires to become a-"finished journeyman and eyery Journeyman who wants to remedy the- deficiencies of his apprenticeship period. It will; ba the aim "of the "school to supply that training and thus1 to stimulate the apprentice '"to make himself a master of his chosen occupation; The Instruction will caver a wider field than . was covered by the course until recently conducted ; by the International-Union," and con stitutes what Is 'practically a col lege course in the printing arts. Under the laws ? of , the typo graphical anion graduation in this course Is compulsory for all ap prentices before being admitted as journeymaett '; members of the1 union." 1 ' ' Lighting t the Way "An industrial misfit," says says JamefM. Lynch, president of J the International , Typograph ical Union, "is an economic waste. He Iff an Injury to himself, to the Industry and to tr rganlzatibn. If. w'are.;td' befeb&rgW with the responsibility , of , upholding the standards- of. crattmanshlp, it be hooves us to see "that1 those en tering; into the industry are pro mising ; materia! for the printing trade. It 1 useless to talk of ap prentice training- and . trade skill If the boy is- morally,, physically or mentally' unequar to the task demanded of him. ; "Employers as-a; rule do not object t6 paying; gdod" wages ? to good printers, but they will cdm plajii against good' wages to in1 competent printers. " It is our am bition to light the way for other trades in the problem of educa tion." i The International Typograph leal Union, said Mr. Murray,1 is one of the wealthier of the trade anions. It has about $5,000,000 of its funds invest ed in . govern ment bonds and an investment of $3,500,000 in the Union Printer's to which an extensive Addition was made last-, year. The anion has recently? purchased the palatial Van Camp- home, one of the show places atlndlanapolis, surrounded by four and a half acres of land scaped-groonda, valued at $500,- 000, which; after remodeling will be used aa- eJ business headquart era Besides-its', trade union activities- j and th Unfoa Printers' Home the iypogranhlcal union maintains an old-age pension sys emr, ; mortuary benefits afad the b'ureAa of Education, features whlch. have nb duplication' in the trade anion v.morement and are but weakly imltkted by fraternal anal ohe brginliatiens. The typographical union . is generally regarded by studeits of economics as the leader, ' ito trade anion thought kad'this latest action In 'choosing , its apprentices" by "the aeleeUve method vandv then Insist ing, on at, thorough' training along practical and technical lines is the application .of ja theory long, held by leading edUctrttJrs.-' f 5 - f . 0IFB1SWI Same Attractive- Rates - to , tliet Fast That Were - Given-Last -Year- - The ' Oregon : Electric railway will have on sale May 22 to Sept. 80, return limit Oct. Zl, sttmmer tourist round' trip tickets-to east ern points at the same, reduced fares with' the 'slme routes and stop-overs as. during - the summer of 1924;; Followlng.Are afew pfl the; typical' round'- trip; rates: y St. Paul; $74.05 Omaha;' $74:05; Chicago; $88.05; Sf: tools $83.55; Kansas- City, $74.05;. New' York, $149.45; Buffalo; $122i67; Pitts- barg, 121.81;- , i ''J' r if t;i:j.' 01 RE m El The Only Living. Relative, in This Country of the Fam ous Man of Letters- ''OljpitcrGe'staiirctnfefft imtank of-- Northwestern -University; Gymnasium. Lef RowelL Right rUroyer. SALELI PUBLIC LIKED BILL HART BEST- Some Interesting Side Ugh W pn j Salem's TheateivGoere Tastes Conti Hopes to Shovir Some ' Real- BilliankSkiH in U. S. PARISFeb. 5-"I-never seem ed to be able to get going right in the United States," said Roger Conti,. after .winning the 18.2 bil liard championship of France, with a grand average of 69.44 for 2,500 points' and' an unfinished run' of 4T7i two world's records fdrtonrn ament'play: - - t " .' , Coiiti'l performance's iii' Ameri ca were: Chicago, 1921, finished fourth with" : an average" 28:60 ; New YorkV 1922, thlrdTwlth 30.06; New Tbrk; 1923, last with 1S.Z0. ; The young r Fifench' player " was somewhat . chagrined because of the pessimism, with which his-performances here - have been greeted in America . , s "I have a gooitl many years of billiards ahead of me," said the 23-year-old French champion phil osophically. "Perhaps I may yet be able to show the Americans that Z can play billiards. If i I don't do It this year, well, there Home at Colorado Springs, Colo., are other years coming." ? f i If 1 ff LEVITZKI! Outside of liis concert appearances; the sparkling Brilliance and youth of Levitzlu'si playing canionly be heard thru ; x Sfe.AMPICQ O If jyou'cnm" an Ampico, Leyitdd To have the artistry cf one great piahistciin crcr atycurccrnxnand iscrtUistly rnore than thinned crate cosi 01 me vmpico. Yb'jArs Cordially Invited 7a H&r -TctvirtOJTbk Ore'aV ' Pianists Reproduced GEO; -G... WILL " 422 State Street -I porter dropped in at the' office of the Oregon theater and had a chat with Mr. Stille and Mr. Guthrie, who respectively manage and oper ate the Oregon, Liberty and Grand theaters of Salem. In the course of his visit some matters were mentioned ' touching . the changes and developments " in the exhibi tion ormotiori pictures during, the past twelve years, during ' which time "Mr. Guthrie has operated the Oregon theater.: One of' the first questions asked by the reporter was' an inquiry as to what type of picture' the "people of Salem best enjoyed, considering' the people as whole. .The --answer to this in quiry was quite positive, j Salem people are 'most: interested in the best type of western story. The modern extravagantly produced society drama, la only fairly ; well liked by the-people ofjSalem when considered' fronv the box ''office standpoint. Attendance -recojda have been "made by out-of-doors subjects of which. "The-- Covered Wagon' has had a long and ' env phatic lead However; pictures need hot be up to" the' standard set by "The Covered- Wagon I to be popular as out-of-door . . western dramas. For manyi years Bill Hart was Salem's best-bet, while other" stars such - as - Douglas . Fair banks; Wallace Reid, Charles Ray, William Far-nuns and Tom Mix have ordinarily t done their - best business when cast in stories deal ing with the open ' air - in western locations. . ' Some years ago Mary Pickford, Marguerite, Clarke, Bil lie -Burke, and a little later. Norma Talmadge were certain of a hearty reception, at , the hand? of : the, Sa lem public . None of the j stars above named would-be as -popular today as three years ago or , mo re. The modem .. society, drama in Gloria Swanson, .for instance, has frequently appeared, does not ap: peal to the Salem, public , in ; the same proportion as is known to be the case in the city, to Portland or in some of the smaller cities of the . northwest . The tendency of the present day. producers is very marked in a desire to subordinate any one star bur. rather to build up a stronger supporting cast, hav J ing , a "number of competenf and ' well knowh players coupled with a story which has had a popular re ception through ohe or more" bfthe national magazines: I" t The-t , old fashioned scenario has pretty. .nearr ly passed into the discard. Another inqhjry'wss dlrected to the present day costs ot photo plays and with;Tpect'totghr mart ter the reporter -was told' & num ber of things. Costs of photoplays are reflected directly" In the price of film rentals, but - there- is, no standardized! method whereby film rentals are established as a mi ket. There f is, for ; InstaaoeU- oo market price for $ny -ope particu-' lar photoplay. - Such' a photoplay is produced by' one company with a certain specific cast, and diree tor and no other cornpajiy- bas.for distribution, that same film To that-extent every photbplay.is mo nopolistic, although" as a ' type of photoplay there1 may be a number of similar subjects having, well known directors and capable casts which ; pictures ' may - he- found' In the hanfls of any r one- of several exchanges. : Distributing compan ies usually contract films In. groups or blocks. Theso groupa may vary from three or four subjects to as many as fifty: or even, eighty. pic tures sold on one contract. Many of these subjects .have not'ryei been produced when ' sold, and when, produced may be either bet ter or worse than, was anticipated at the time the contractr were ne gotiated. There' i-no direct rela tion between -the film rental charged , for a certain subject, la one city as against another. Lra general way an effort" ls-ma-ia to arracs8 filn reatali Eonevl. t ia A few days ago a Statesman r&i- proportion - to .the population of kgainthe opportunities for, exhi bitionland the business conditions in th& different .theaters or towns make k marked difference. A first class attraction which will be rent fed jti k first run'' theater Jn the city I df i Portland may cost any- whee frim three to fifteen times as mulch as it would ' bring In the citjr : of Salem, and the - length of run is! more or less immaterial. A Harold ililoyd picture subject may rufatiiTPortland' as-long as-five weekaf While its., run in' Salem is practically over in four or five days ai iitusi. iue mo8i uaceriain factor: in the exhibition" of motion pictures 'lies in the negotiation of film: contracts.) .i . t, :;-. Speaking in! a reminiscent mood i - i i ; " - I HI' to the reporter Mr. Guthrie com mented on the; great changes that ha-a ; taken place in the jpast. ten yergt', . JReferring ! to JihipregOjn theater particularly; the fllmfren tala paid in 192 or 19?4?were ap proximately 150 per fenttof the gross receipts of the Oregon theater- ot 1 9 13 or 491.4. in, fact: film rentals f have averaged J orer $100 per day,' or put in another way, film rentals 'have advanced about SOO per cent' the -past. ten years; Practically every other expense has grown;, tremendously,- though not necessarily In the same- proportion: Salaries land wages paid to our theater employees have been In creased, both as 'to the number of j-mplovees and as to the ..scale of compensation, until now when jihey. liave reached a gross figure about 500 per cent greater than en yejars , ago. Practically every ihiig ihatjs used about the, thea ter h4s . increased greatiyj during fhe same period. Advertising ac cessories, such as lithograpbs, pho tograpihs.i etc., are inot only used much more liberally than former ly but! cost about three times as much from the standpoint of the nnlt.J 'Where llthoSraphk former ly - cost from fptir to seven -cents per sheet the present . Cost: Is al most uniformly 15 cents: per sheet! other point that should -be remem bered Is that at the present time the average picture show requires from ! ten ' to twelve reels' of film which requires approximately two hours for exhibition. Nine years or ,moTe ' ago there was a - "new show , every hoar" and - the show itself comprised four or five 'reels of film. Today onr patrons not only; see twice as much film- and occupy seats twice as long, but of course; the films themselves are much: more expensively, produced and in addition are given the ac companiments of better -music ventilation, seating, etc. Now and 1 then - complaints are made: respecting the present " day costs of picture shows, but when the' enormous Increase in expens ed is considered It is not. difficult to understand why it is necessary to charge a much higher admission price than formerly it one -were to stay in- business at. all.. Speaking generally, one may say that, of dollar spent' at the-, box office by a theater patron- approximately .40 cents is expended-on. film rentals, about - thirty, cents goes to wages and - the . balance covers- advertls- tnn from their- hnrno In sniithn iognitaxesrpowef-.anA,lighI? fieaaropeaii , scbooiC Mrs. Korabiltw said. He symnathized with students less. fortunate. than himself, . and - divided his means with them.,, . , '.-" - . Later .Trotsky was jailed by the Bill ' posting costs j have grown ; newspaper-advertising perfcolumn Inch has: increased 400 j pier cent and the public practicably eXpects a maca Kreaier cegree or pomion while1 being entertained in the the ater today thaa would b.aVe neea expected ten. years Ago.. This has necessitated a. very much enlarged investment in , the theater 'itself who, respect, to seating, yeniua tion and( particularly mus&r.! An- etc There Is a hazard in the exhibi tion, of motion pictures which var ies with. every, day's., experience Everything. , that - happens in . the localtfy has a direct bearing, upon theater.;, business. . The jweather is the- first, hazard always. If wea ther conditions are Just right bus! hess. is bound to be better- irrespec tive of the cost of "tbei film being shown, i ' ' " . II tne weatner conditions are bad- the box-office will' suffer im mediately. , , If it rains too hard people stay most inviting out of doors then automobiles and good roads have their day. A rain; In -the . summer time is j an aid to business, ; and generally winter weather, if not too severe, is a help rather than a hindrance. ' Anything which brings a holiday crowd to town is expected to be an aid to business but an exception will be, found in the, case of a clrcus.W Ob . circus day, although the streets may-, bs full of people for several hours, very feware interested .in a film show in a theater. Athletic activ ities ' and ' ad; unnsnal number of social affairs, political speeches. etc., all have a directt-offect. The element I of uncertainty is always present and to this must be -now- added the great uncertainty, in the buying of films as first suggested. jlf one happens to meet with ad verse weather and other condi tions I during .the exhibition of an exceedingly high priced film it is impossible to work out a success- (ConUsned on pax S) j 3 r 1 ; i V-; I ".;:v .1 : , ' ji m? : i: ; C;r t' , ' ' ; ; . ' . I - ' "" - '' i i ' ' l" - " J ' . J : - i i i i SALE3X CTGEXE j . , ! s Better Portrait, Commer cial arid Home ' Portrait Pho- f 4 1 tography KENNELIi-ELLIS Portrait IStuaibv t 42 Oregon Bldg. ; Telephone 031 ; . 4 . i- - i ( - j 4 H,... t i it , SALE3X CTGEXE The Statesman's' census - of the old people of Salem and" the vicin ity is disclosing many Interesting tecion facts, not generally known.. Chief among, these is the fact that the only living relative. In this country of the; famous, man of letters, Thomas Carlyle. dwells in this city at 47S South-Winter street. r The name of this ? relative is Mrs.- W. H.T Troy, and with her lives her mother," Mrs. Thomas Carlyle; who - was the ' wife or a nephew " of the man -; of 1 letters. When called upon yesterday after noon" Mrs; Carlyle was busily en gaged in running a sewing ma chine. She ceased hevwork long enough to talk for a few minutes with the writer of this article, and proved :to be" a most interesting and delightful old lady. . - -. ; Her husband came to this-country at the-aga of three, in" 1840, with two brothers, from ScotlanV Mrs. Troy is the only one still living of a family of four children; Not long ago Mrs. Carlyle. was given a surprise- party on -the event of her 80th birthday, by her many Salem friends.-, .. Crarist government on a charge' of being a Socialist, and was con demned to die. It was then that the friendly acts toward is- fel low students bore their fruit. They started: to dig a tunnel into his ce,ll and. eff acted 'hi escape on the night before he was to have been hanged, his cousin related. : Dressed in femine-garments,. he fled, to Paris, and kept himself in seclusion-until the viliganceof the Russian secret police was relaxed.- Then he came to America, where he assumed the Basra oi Trotzky to iK-ly-i in avoiding de STUDENTS ONCE AIDED TRDTZKY IN ESCAPING HANGING, SAYS COUSIN WENATCHEK, Wash), Feb. 5 How-an experience in the early-life of Leon Trotzky which resulted in saving him; from -execution i by the Russian. Gzarist government nade him a convert to communism, was related by his cousin, Mns. Ilose Kornbilt of Manson, Wash. The mothers . of- Trotsky and Mrs. Kornbilt' we're sisters. .c, When: quitb young' Trotzky, whose real name is Leon Itrunsh- toen, was sent' by his wealthy parents, i David and. Anna Brdnsh "So it is only natural, that Leon would believe in communism,'' Mrs. Kornbilt said. "He gave-to the poor and in return the poor gave him what could cot be bought ,witb .money-T-hlsT free dom." .-. ..v,. . .'.'...,"..' His parents did not know for year after his escape that he had not been, hanged.. , After his re turn to :' Russia, and i his rise to the head of tKe Red Army he rejoined his mother. Witht the revolution she had lost her .wealth. She now resides- in. Leningrad.. Mrs. Kornbilt,, with SDCGIXG BAXD AT liLIGU THEATRU TGDA ' Headlining at the Bligh theatei this Sunday is the Al Sweet Hus sar, singing band, a company cl musicians' ; noted t. throughout tha vaudeville world for Ura excellecca of , their, performance, both in the rendition of instrumental anl vocal numbers. This is said to t a one. of the biggest, attractions eve r brought over thet.Ackerman. & Harris circuit. . band.' .Aaron Kornbilt. resides ci ten . acrea of " highly productiv a orchard" land on , the shores cf Lake. Chelan, not - far from ttU city. She left Russia in 1907 for fear of ? persecution of the Jews and came to America in 1918. la Seattle, where she. landed, she met and' married her husband, who also had. fled the. Jewish perse cutions in Russia. . . -'. Announcement was made late Saturday evenings that the, Anth ony Euwer-art exhibit: which has drawn. such." enthusiastic crowds thA nast week Bt IHa Mnxlhn ,nfpl ? I will continue in place till Wedne$- her. hus- . day morning. ; . . IF YOU EGI A EE R ATE ; - -i j 'OU will be doubly, pleased with our tailoring; our suits are made from the best fabrics obtainable. Every piece of goods in: our store is new and "fresh, every wanted design and color is ori our shelves. Eventually you i will buy. your suit V from Mosher . ' ' WHY NOT NOW? 474 Court. Phone 360. ' A watch" to brag about. Deliyered to you on pay ment of: A Dollar Bill! THE HAMILTON WATCH. IS A TTtTT r, M"WS m T"! WA 1 U Hi In Every Sense of The Word. Not only is it goorito look upon - j but it is one of the few watches whi'cK is never featured in the sa les". Altogether, too good to be sold at a reduced' price and besides, the margin is so small that if the re- r gular contract price is lowered the. dealer fmds himself losingTribney V ' f -SJl j- - Here tomorrow- -yoii may, get the Hamilton Watch in its splendid Gold filled case at ' :5d : :': ' $38 9 And you may slip it into your pocket on payment of a dollar bill 27iere are nerc This advertisement means just what it says. Pay a dollar and take along a Hamilton Watch1. '' Pay the balance "as 'you arorpr:ic!t " a aoiiar a weeic-will do . " .57.'Stato;St.'9:SaTr: rrn- i rap 4
