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Society, Churches, Better Kcr.ci,
Radio, Auto'
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RFVWNTY-FOttRTIF' YEAH
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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
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The Only Living. Relative, in
This Country of the Fam
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''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."
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LEVITZKI!
Outside of liis concert appearances;
the sparkling Brilliance and youth
of Levitzlu'si playing canionly be
heard thru ; x
Sfe.AMPICQ
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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
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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
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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-
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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. ; . .
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'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
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TTtTT r, M"WS m T"!
WA 1 U
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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
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Here tomorrow-
-yoii may, get the Hamilton Watch in its splendid
Gold filled case at '
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$38
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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:
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