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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1927)
T - THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY-. MORNING, JUNE 8, 1927 j is- i ft If I dstaore " . Can a vtilaln hare a conscience? Is he the least bit sorry tor the 'abominable things be does? -Certainly!- declares J ska Roche, east as the "heavy In The Return, of Peter Grimm.. Fojt Films version of Darid Betueoi -dramatic stage success based apon - the suggestion that the dead can return in the spirit, and bow show ing at the Elsinore theater today sad Thursday. The villain has a conscience, as . well as a will to do things right ' even villainy and I can tell you qalte frankly that I have been disgusted more than once at some of the antics of so-called bad men who' strnt through miles of cellu loid." says Rocfie. 1 do .not mean to find fault with every Tom, t)!ck and Harry who undertakes the gentle art of villainy, bat 1 can say one thing withoat mental reservation: Some of the villains are so utterly Impossible they, arc "not even "good villains." This actor has. for his refrain, -"NeTer more! when called npon to perform Impossible stnnts In the name of villainy, J "I don't mind being the goat. said Roche, "bnt I always Insist the the heavy be consistent. If nothing else. Eren a bad egg ahoald ran troe to form. ' Capitol Theater --Holmes Herbert, who recently scored as the millionaire bnllder in "The Fire Brigade. is a member or the cast of "Mr. Wa," Lon Cbaney's new Metro-Gold wyn-May-er starring vehicle which shows at the Capitol theater Wednesday and Thursday. L Herbert portrays the role of the English millionaire whose indns trlal battle with the uncanny man darin is contrasted with the battle of wits of his wife, played by Loaise Dresser, who fights for the life of her son. Herbert was a jpoted stage actor before achieving , success on the screen in a number of notable roles. r The new picture directed by William Xigh. stars Chaney as the mysterious mandarin in the Orien tal mystery play, a role made fa mous on the stage by Walker "Whiteside. -, In these days of music by trav eling organizations and over the air. music by choirs, soloists, mas , - tire organs, bands, large and small, and many other modes and methods, the general public has become greatly interested in com parisons. And even if one's musi cal training is not sufficient to warrant a fair and. free criticism of any particular kind of music, . the most of us have heard enough ' to be able to say what is good and what is bad. ' The Australian National Band whhich will be brought to Salem , by Bligh's Capitol theater for a series of twp concerts on Tuesday, June 14 at 2:30 and 8:30, is a - dynamic sensation.-. The word 'dynamic literal ijr means, force ful, voluminous. ? This is -exactly What is meant to be- conveyed, but . at the same time, they are able to display a remarkable talent in every department, of instrumental music Their versatility is appar ent from the very start of each and every concert. . They are practical ly virtuoso. , All the leading in strumentalists are soloists of out standing ability. As an aggrega tion, playing organization they . have been called by a number of critics, "the finest band in the world." - , . Oregon Theater The old proverb, to the effect that an over, quantity of culinary artists frequently plays havoc with perfectly -good broth -not only ap plies to cooks, but to crooks as well. ; Such is the firm belief of Mil dred Davis, charming and viva cious young ' screen actress who makes her first appearance at the Oregon theater in more than three years in Paramount's comedy "Too Manjr Crodks" today and "Thursday. The photoplay which brims with hilarious situations concerns a fashionable Long Island debut ante who wagers she can write a good crook play. To obtain first hand information the girl launches Upon a companionship with a band of desperadoes who soon turn her home into a den of iniquity and 5 You'll Howl With Glee When You, See rpfT- f '"-vy anna ItttttxM aiKTEiicoriiriri r A " T - I LA. a ' EtJjrtinS Triiaj : THE OREGON IHbow your way la Lanh your way out WO 1 ' threaten her reputation Jn society, Mildred finds she has made a bad bargain and that "too 'many crooks" like "too many cooks" bring disastrous re a Its no mat ter what they attempt to do. OFFICIALS OF IEE CITED TO APPEi Public Service "Commission Issues Several Orders at Last Meeting " Officials of the Orange stage line which operates between Cannon Beach and Seaside, and the Pen nant Parlor Coach company which operates between Seattle and San Francisco, have been cited to ap pear before the public service com mission here to show cause why their permits to operate in Oregon should not be canceled. It was said that the companies had failed to remit their annual license. Other orders-issued by the pub lic service commission yesterday follow: Application of the Josephine connty court for permission to es tablish a road over the Southern Pacific tracks in Josephine county. granted. - Application of Marion connty for permission to establish a county read over the Woodburn branch of the Southern Pacific company, granted. Application of the American Railway Express company for per mission to discontinue its station at Stayton, granted. Application of the Oregon. Cali fornia Eastern Railway for per mission to extend a spur track in the city of Klamath Falls, dis missed. Application of the Oregon. Cal- fornia & Eastern Railway for per mission to establish crossings and occupy streets in Klamath Falls, dismissed. The commission has set June 13 as the date for hearing the appli cation of Lane county for permis sion to establish a grade crossing ever the Marshneld branch of the Southern Pacific company. The bearing will be held at Eugene. BERLIN CROWDS CHEER AS COLUMBIA ALIGHTS (Coatiaa from page I higher officials of the German and Prussian governments by frequent scrutiny of their admission cards. Excitement reached fever heat when the loud siren which an nounced the arrival and departure of all the Lufthansa's aerial trains gave three soporous blasts, signi fying that the air police on Temp- elhofer conning lower had sighted the Columbia.' Eager eyes, in thousands of cases 'aided by pow erful binoculars, were strained to the eastward where, in the blue late afternoon sky small specks became visible. Nearer and near er they approached: bigger and bigger they grew ' rapidly, until even the naked eye could distin guish between the monoplanes and the biplanes and pick out the yel TODAY AND TOMORROW A Big Story with an .Unseen Star . .... News Events Comedy i?T ON CHANEY. The j Mia of a Thousand Faces, achieves His greatest triumph now as a sinister, Chinese mandarin. A masterly exhibition lot acting a strange, . thrilling ro mance of . East and West a glamorous, colorful production with all the allure of the Orient. : WttlX I ' LOUISE DRESSER REXEE ADORER RALPH FORBES International Xews " Comedy -- Cecil Deacon Flayiag . Special Music . - , Score . . 35 1 , Tomorrow Xizht s Salem Boys Cborus in ".Concert f v.' 0 -J low wis ed, Columbia from the rest. : : ; Isspremlve Cbrm (iirru ; - As the American, with its hon or guard of German planes, majes tleally ' soared over Tempelhofer field the crowd broke into, wild cheers, waving American and Ger man flags, clapping hands and throwing hats In the air. -.The A BeUanca .. plane, which everybody imagined,' because it crossed the ocean, must he enor mously large, seemed tmy'amid its larger Germ an brot hers. Then for a few minutes the machines' were out of sight again, for they flew over the city, to give the watching thousands there a chance to see the historic craft. v - , Shortly before o'clock the air fleet reappeared and made a big loop over the airdrome, then slow ly descended, the Columbia strik ing the ground at 5:51. The crowd tried vainly? to rush the police to break through the close drawn lines, bat even the Invited guest were not permitted to penetrate the inner circle thrown about the Columbia, within which only the official welcoming party was ad mitted. Amid deafening .hurrahs and hochs, the trans-Atlantic fliers stepped out of the machine. - The American Ambassador. Jacob Gould Scburman warmly clasped their hands. Then the German minister of economics. Herr Cur tius. who especially dwelt on the cultural value of Columbia's ex pedition, thanked the airmen for "placing this new boundary mark of human ability on German soil and carving it indelibly on Ger man hearts." Burgomaster Scboltz felicitated them as "courageous sailors of the air. and conquerors of the ocean." There were lusty' cheers after each speech, then a chorus of voices from the crowds standing on tables, chairs and fences to look over the policemen's heads, yelling Insistently: "Hoch Heben. Hoch Heben" "lift high." which as the sound increased in volume was finally heeded and Chamberlin. smiling in- pleased fashion, and Levine. more solemn, were borne aloft by Lufthansa of ficials. These however soon gave signs of strain, and on their shoul ders the airmen seemed to sit as on a rocking horse, so that the more powerful police had - to re place them and hold the visitors until a barrage of photographers snapped them. CHARGE MISAPPROPRIATION OAKESDALE, Wash , June . (AP.) A warrant charging Fred C. Barron. 25. former warehouse operator of Oakesdale and Fletch er, with misappropriation of be tween 125,000 and 135,000 worth of grain has been sworn out, it was revealed today. -. . 1 2005 "N. Capitol i Phone' 520 - Last Times Tonight 7 and 9 P. M. Delores CosteDo in ' THE THIRD DEGREE A thrilling mystery drama Always 25c Children 10c EESINORE .m -4 .... . ' . . t UraODEfl COiJTEST IWIflFULLSlUG Irish and Scotch Jokes Bring Laughter to Many People of Salem -Did yes hear t he one about Ran McFadden and Jock MaeTavish zigraggiag their way home after a hectic evening? It was raining and the going was slippery. Sud denly both worthies executed a simultaneous skid and landed prostrate in the cozy mud. Mc Fadden laboriously raised himself on one elbow and pleadingly mut tered. "Jock. Jock, give me a hand oop, wilt yea? Jock leered back at Dan and shaking a wag gish finger replied. "Flatterer." Did- yex hear that one? Or what other better one do you know about a Scotchman or an Irishman, or both? Better get on your thinking cap and Jot down a few good Scotch and Irish stor ies to have them ready to send in to the "McFadden's Flats Story Contest." now in full swing. The rules of ' the contest are simple. The story must concern either a Scotchman or an Irish man. If the former, the name "Jock MacTavish" must be used, if the latter use the name "Dan MacFadden." Make your stories brief and funny. They need not be original, any good, amusing story stands an excellent chance of being a prise winner. Prizes will be awarded daily for the ten best contributions and will consist of 3 pair of tickets for the first prize. 2 pair for the second, and a pass for one to the Oregon theater, good for any performance of "McFadden's Flats," for the next eight. Everyone Is eligible except em- j ployes of The Statesman, the Ore- j gon theater, or of First National ; Pictures, inc. or memoers oi tneir immediate families. Marshal your stories now. You may send in as many stories as you wish but only one prize will be awarded each contestant. TENTATIVE JURY SEATED IN DEAUTREM0NT TRIAL Continued from pace 1.) peremptory challenge against O Berger. hotel man of Ashland, and ' D. H. Jackson of Ashland, former sheriff of Jackson county, who was ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY ! THURS. KVE. Picture 7:15 Concerts 8:301. g SALEM'S BOYS' CHORUS In Concert BOYS' CHORUS BENEFIT too IO ICS OX THE SCREEN -LON CHANEY in "MR. WU" Prices: Adults 50c .-COMING 6 to ' The Finest Band in the World' C TOUR1XG AMERICA TUES., JUNE 14-MAT. & NIGHT U ; m -A REVELATION' IN MUSIC . SEICTED FROM AUSTRAUA'S BEST SIUSICIAXS - ; ' Their Performance is Not a Concert1 : ; It's a Whole Vaudeville Show JIAIL ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT Must Be Accompanied bjr Remittance - Evening Seats All Reserved . . , riUCES Xlbt: 3Iain floor 1st 5 rows fl.10, next IS rows f 1X5. Balcony, Loges section f 1.63. 1st 13 rows 75c. bal ance OOc All reserved, tax Included. Matinee mnuicA, Adults 75c ami SOc Cbildren 25e Regular Seat Sale opens at Box Office Saturday this week at 10 A. iU DIFFERENT PROGRAM EACH CONCERT called and - passed ; for ' cause by both sides. The defense then ex cused E; jEL Gore, Med ford, as court adjourned for the day. United States District Attorney George Vuner of Portland, la the questioning of -veniremen, indi cated. that the state would demand the death penalty. Public interest i In the trial con tinues apathetic, only a handful of spectators being present. Three juveniles were ordered from the court room by the sheriff. Examination Start Teachers examinations for Mar ion connty will start this morning at 9 o'clock in the Sunday scnool room of the First Christian church. Today and Tomorrow t ADDED " Lindbergh at Paris NEWS EVENTS COMEDY THE OREGON THURS. EVE. Pictureajf:13 Concerto 8:30 Children 25c BY POPULAR DEMAND X Zed RESTMffiG S01T DATE Supreme Court Hands Down Several Opinions at Ses sions Yesterday The state supreme court yester day handed down an order advanc ing to June 21 the cases of Peder Boa and the Eastern and Western Lumber company against Governor Patterson and other members of the state board of control. The suits were filed to restrain the board of control from borrowing $600,609 from the state industrial accident commission for the erec tion of a new state office building In Salem. The state appealed the cases from a decision of Judge L. II. McMaban of the Marion county circuit court who held in favor of the plaintiffs. Opinions handed down by the o V You Know NSrWxV fll But mtX .gW Where to buy it is the 1 JgM I BigProblemNow . ALAx Wilsons Have ? Jh MZAMK It for You - 'VtxtAx ! Wilson's Fashion Shop Style and Quality Without Extravagance State Street Next Door East . 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