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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1927)
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1927 'SATURDAY MORNING,.-APRIL 23, 1927 i ; Elsinore Theater 7 The gen lu i "of King Vldor, fa mous screen director, in making bis characters human,- appearing real and not las actors. Is exempli fied again in "Bardelys the Mag nificent,", his Metro - Goldwyn Mayer production starring John Gilbert which , ia now playing at the Elsinore heater.' iaraeiys aeais largely wun figures of 'ancient royalty and even,the most casual student of the, drama realizes the difficulty of making this species of charac ter appear human, and the diffi cultv la arerandized Vhen it is a costume picture as ig this opus: ' r ! . 1 . 5 Mrntmm- .Vi m von oironeim, in tae Aierry Widow," put the xoyai family 'into a petty, .middle-aged -squabble, with the prince amd. crown prince hairing their ears soundly boxed by the queen. j It was a touch, that T T W T . 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Some of the forms: Contract of Sale, Koad Notice, Will forms, Assign . ment of Mortgage, Mortgage forms, Quit Claim Deeds, Abstract forms, . Bill of Sale, Building Contract, Promissory Notes, Installment Notes, General Lease, Power of Attorney, Prune Books and Pads, Scale Re ceipts, Etc, ; These forms are carefully prepared for the courts and ' private us. Price on forms ranges from 4 cents to 16 cents apiece, and on nols books from 25 to 50 cents. ; ' - ' ' PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY The Statesman Publishing Co. . At ! r r 2 made . them at once real : human beings" "" v In "Bardelys." as the royal train mores, through France, the king spies a beautiful winding river. Halting the train he takes every body in wading. Royal ladles in waiting, courtiers, knights, min strels and all, bare their legs to the knees , and splash around in the water.. It is a delightful touch and entirely plausible- because at the time of the story, the 17th century. King Louis XIII was a very young man and still of un served and boyish bearing. . Oregon Theater . "The Show-Off." wih its sim ple, domestic backgrounds, its wholesome, . cheerful . atmosphere. Its -average, . middle-class charac ters' and its natural, plausible in cidents, presents a vivid cross section of modern American fam ily life. ' Adapted by Pierre Collings from the popular stage success by George Kelly, the story concerns Itself with the exploits of one, Aubrey Piper, a braggart and Her of unquenchable optimism and ir repressible hilarity, who - marries Amy Fisher, 'daughter of a typical, middle-aged family. His egotism and nerve get him and the fam ily lno unpleasant situations. A financial crisis develops in the Fisher household, when they are forced to pay a fine of $1000 as a penalty for Aubrey's reckless driv ing. In the end, the show-off re- Rent for Space? Ads - LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS Business Office, Ground Floor NORTH CHINA r. .i..r. ' ,. .. ... ...... ' . . iAU 11 - ---'-- r Photo shows military units, including officers of high command, of the Northern gov ernment's army In China, departing from Nanking in barges on the Yangtse river. -The Northern army held down its man-power losses in a well-executed and carefully covered retreat as it fled before the victorious Cantonese. ' deems himself by selling an inven tion his young brother-in-law has been working on. It will be shown at the Oregon April 23. The magnificent cinema Inter pretation of General Lew "Wallace's- literary masterpiece "Ben Hnr". will be presented at the Ore-r. gon theater, May 1-2. . ' ' In directing the making of the picture, Fred Niblo achieved the highest possible success ia the art of the cinema, not only by the spectacular grandeur of the char iot race, the sea battle and the massing of the Roman troops, but more particularly by the Intelli gent' manner in which he trans ferred' to the screen the very soul of the story. Itis because of this accuracy in the interpretation of the book that the cinema version of "Ben Hur" is a satisfaction and a delight to those long familiar with General Wallace's romance and with the play. The important players were Ra mon Novarro, Francis X. Bush man, May McAvoy, Claire McDow ell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers, Nigel de Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White, Frank Currier, Charleg Belcher Betty Bronson, Dale Ful ler and Winter Hall. The pre sentations are accompanied by an elaborate orchestral score per formed by a large touring orch estra under the direction of Clar ence West. Capitpl Theater Wanta be entertained? Don't miss "The Texas Streak," Hoot Gibson's latest rip-roaring picture which is providing amuse ment for the patrons of the Capi tol theater now. The picture has few serious mo ments. With Hoot Gibson in his best comedy mood, "The 'Texas Streak" is a vastly amusing af fair, traveling at a rapid gait,, with many novel developments of plot, and much breath-taking riding and battling. 1 Gibson, posing as a gun-man from Texas, when in reality he is only a celluloid cowboy from Hol lywood, gets himself involved in a fued between a development com pany exploiting the west and the neighborhood ranchers, who don't want their ranches developed. He cows the ranchers with many carefully staged bits of heroics, swaggers about the town In his chaps, rented from a movie cos tume company, and carries off his deception without recognition or detection until the war has come to an end and he announces his real identity of his own will. Blanche Mehaffey, as the femi nine lead, makes a lovely contrast to the rugged masculine members of the cast, and gives a splendid performance. It will be shown April 23. BIG WAVE DROWNS 3 WHEN CLIFF IS BLASTED (Continued from page 1.) down into the current. Although fishermen and river folk continued tonight to drag the Columbia at the point of the dis aster, little hope 'was entertained that the bodies would be recov ered. The fiver at that point ia r- V! i - . . ; ARMY RETREATS 1$ GOOD ORDER deep, with a swift current, and many rocks and boulders project along the bed at the face of the cliff. ' 1 The three men sacrificed their lives to save their cameras, in the opinion of D. B. Horton, Stella postmaster, an eye witness. "The men were standing on a rock about 15 feet high and 500 feet from the blast a position they thought safe. Had they dropped their machines and equip ment and fled they probabily would have escaped," Horton said. The men ascended the rock on a slippery log. A huge wave, gen erated by the blast, completely en gulfed them and swirled all three out Into the current. The blast moved approximately 100,000 cubic yards of rock into the river and was set off by con struction crews working on the new Ocean Beach highway being built down the north bank of the Columbia from Longview to North Beach. Workmen in charge had warned the cameramen and spectators to remain at a safe distance from the blast, it was said tonight. "We don't care for a little water; we're going to get a good shot at this thing," one of the men answered. It was recalled tonight that Bassett, while filming a previous blast two months ago, was nearly drowned as a result of- the wave that followed. Roy Hobart, powder man, de clared he had warned the men tbey were in a precarious position but that they replied that "Risk was a part of their business" and that they could take care of them selves. As soon as the plight of the cameramen was noticed a quick but ineffectual attempt was made to save them. After the first huge wave swept over the rock on which they were standing, and hurled them into the river; Ho bart and O. Hammer, foreman for the contractor, rushed to their aid as they struggled In the water. Ted Randolph and Bassett came to the surface amid the swirl and Hobar textended a pole to Ran dolph while Hammer tossed a long wire to Bassett. The drowning men made heroic efforts to reach the help extended to them but in the rush of waters were unable to do so. Then came the second mighty wave as the waters swept back, forcing the rescuers to fight for their own lives as the flood rose waist deep around them. SPONSORS SOCIAL OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Monmouth, April 22. (Special.) The Scouting organization' of Monmouth Is sponsoring a basket social to be held in the high school gym on the evening of Tuesday, April 26, according to Clay Tay lor, chairman of the Scout com mittee. The proceeds of this so- cial will be used to clean up the remaining indebtedness of the Scout cabin. A program will offer such at tractions as music by the Nightin gales; tumbling acts by high school -boys taking physical train ing under Mr. Patchin; a talk' by Thomas H. Gentle, and a series of unique relays by the Pine Tree, the Flying Eagles and Wolf pa trols. Friends of Scouting In Mod mouth have generously given their support and cooperation ia the Scout; movement; and the: results already apparent more than prove that Scouting does provide the "ounce of prevention!" The towns people most intimately associated with the various activities are be coming more and more enthusi astic over this type of work among the boys. , Harmon Cv-Rl! Airfnn .f. -4 Holds Many Degrees BERLIN. - (AP) Friedrich Schmitt-Ott of Berlin, former Prussian - minister of education, can boast of being - a doctor in every faculty known in - German universities. , i The recent award ot honorary degree of doctor of theology by the theological faculty, of Berlin university completed the chain of doctorates , which began .with a i scon THIRTY LUCK Sharp' Increase Made Over 1925 With 30; Honor States Removed WASHINGTON. (AP) Thir ty Iynchings in the United States during the year 1926 shocked the churches' in their campaign ' for a lynchless land, the Federal Council of Churches said today in making public its ! annual honor roll of states free from Iynchings during the twelve months. The. figures for the year showed a sharp increase over 1925 when only 17 Iynchings" were re ported, and five states formerly on the honor roll were removed because of mob violence within their borders. "One of these states, 'ew Mex ico, had a record of no Iynchings for a period of ten years preced ing," said the Rev. Peter Ainslie, of Baltimore, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the council's Race Relations section. "'The four other states which were free of the evil in 1925, but which lost their places on the hon or roll because of Iynchings dur ing 1926 were Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. "The list showing the states free from Iynchings in 1926. in classi fied groups oyer periods of years, follows: "States' that have never had a record of lynching: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode1 Island and Vermont. "Additional states that have no record of a lynching since 1886; Connecticut, Maine and New Jer sey. ' "Additional states that have no record of a lynching during the past 20 years: Delaware, Michi gan, Wisconsin and Nevada. "Additional states which have no record of a lynching during the past 15 years: Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland and South Dakota. "Additional states which have no record '-ot a lynching during the past 10 years: New York, North Dakota,' Oregon and Pennsylvan ia. "Additional states which have no record of a lynching during the past five years: Arizona, Califor nia, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Caro lina, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming." doctor of laws, then continued through philosophy, medicine and technical science. Schmitt-Ott's chief claim to fame, in recognition of which the various faculties honored him with doctorates, is ' the organiza tion of the so-called "Notgemein schaft der deutschen Wissens chaft,' 'an emergency organiza tion aiming to help all German scientific effort, no matter along what lines. TODAY GOOD ACTS LEVEY NEW YORK VAUDEVILLE On the Screen v HOOT GIBSON ' - ix - "THE TEXAS " ' ' STREAK" IANTAGES MONDAY 17 !' , ,TXt Y US FIBST v SALEM HARDWARE CO, t V v lne The Winchester Store BALE3I. OREGON -r : ' rhone 173 ' 120 N. Oom'I. feu 1 REPORTED IN YEAR i EDUCATIONAL MEET S, Interesting Program Planned With-Many Notable Edu cators to Speak OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Monmouth. April 22. The Edu cational conference to be held at! Monmouth today promisesfimGa Monmouth Saturday, April 23, promise to be one of the largest gatherings of educators ever held in the state. Letters from school men in every county 1 Oregon indicate that more than usual in terest is being taken in these meetings. Among those who have signified their intentions of attending are Superintendents O. D. Byers, Rain ier; A. R- McClure, Clatskanie; Fred Peterson, Klamath county; Rex Putnam, Redmond; James Hamilton, Newberg; F. E. Torbet, Brownsville; J. P. Wells, Klamath Falls; O. V. White, Stayton; J. W. Leonhardt, Milwaukie; R. R. Turner, Dallas; G. E. Finnerty, Albany; W. H. Campbell, Rose burg; George W. Hug, Salem; E. H. Castle, Corvallis; Josiah Wills Dallas; assistant state superin tendent W. M. Smith, Salem; Professors, R.'U. Moore, Eugene; H. R. Douglas, Eugene; Edwin T. Reed, Corvallis; H. Meltzer, Cor vallis; Dr. H. P. Rainey of Eu gene, and many others. The program follows: Morning General assembly. Address: The Scientific Attitude in Education Dr. Giles M. Ruch, Dr. Homer F. Rainey, presiding. Section meetings: The Use of Standard Tests. Section A Ele mentary School Teachers. Section B High School Teachers; Section CAdministrators. Section Meetings: Diagnosis and Informal Testing. Section A Elementary School Teachers; Section B High school teachers. Section C Administrators. Luncheon. Afternoon: Assembly. Presi dent Arnold Bennett Hall. Presi dent J. S. Landers presiding. Section Meetings Section A Elementary school teachers; sec tion B High school teachers; Section C Administrators. Sub section Principals, Superinten dents: Testing with a point of View Dr. G. M. Ruch. Superin tendent R- R. Turner presiding. Subsection 2 School Board Mem bers: Selecting the Teachers Prof. Thos.- H. Gentle. Assistant State Superintendent W. M. Smitih presiding. ' Section meetings. Section A Elementary Teachers; section B,' High school teachers; section C; administrators. Oregon Educational Tests asso ciation. Oregon Educational Re search council members only. Evening Phi Delta Kappa ban quet; Pi Lambda Theta banquet, members .only. Dvid Campbell concert at 8 o'clock. Smith Enters Appeal Of Mandamus Action Law to Be Attacked Gave More Machinery to Assessors Appeal : to the state supreme court of the mandamus proceed ings filed recently by L. B. Smith of Portland, to compel the secre tary of state to acept application for ballot title to a proposed re ferendum measure attacking the Mr 7t vVJlUVfillH mm . SP05 X. Capitol, rhone 520 Today Only -RANGER In "Flashing Fangs" How that dog can act. See him. - Special -, BARGAIN MATINEE Today, 2:SO p m. lQc Any Seat MONMOUTH Cover the Fi Statesman Classified Ads bring quick sure results . . Telephone 23 or 583 so-called property assessment act passed at the last legislative as sembly, was announced here yes terday, Formal . note of appeal will be filed in the supreme court tomorrow. r. ' . The mandamus proceedings or iginally were filed in the supreme court bat the write was. refuseo on the grounds that the court was without original jurisdiction in the suit. . The proceedings then were filed in the Marion county Circuit court. The .state subse quently filed a demurer to the complaint which, was sustained here yesteTday. Mr. Smith h,as appealed to the supreme court from the decision of the lower court. . , It was charge by Mr. -Smith that the legislature had no authority to attach an emergency clause to the assessment law for the reason that the constitution. ;t makes . all taxation subject to referendum attack. The law to be attacked gave ad ditional machinery to the county assessors and state tax commission in obtaining information from merchants for taxation purposes. 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