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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1927)
I G H T S OP ?T 1 '; 'm FJslndre 'Theater.' . f -Positively the hit' of the new ' season In vaudeville Is ; the show now 'playing at the Elsinore thea ter, Is ' the - pinion expressed by . the untold hundreds who witness- ert its performance at last night opening at the popular playhouse Fast, sweeping .and colorful are these exceedingly clever acts ; headlined . by Brock. Thompson to!" owed by Roto the European novelty sensation;- Eddie Bernard, and Lee the musical favorites, entertainer 'with pep and person ality and the act beautiful with Upton and : Terrell.- the perform ance that Is bailed as "ditferent. In addition to the biff vaudeville entertainment the feature film at traction; of. Irene Rich In 'Pear lo" marls a complete and most entertaining program. " w ; "The Roujth Riders" -the most colorful romantic -and- redblood ned, drama of American activities ' in the days of the Spanish Ameri can war. , with those stella stars in the major roles, Wallace Beery, i George . Bancroft. - Mary Astor, George Farrell .and others Is tax i log the box office of the Oregon ;j theater daily to capacity. "Thei Rough Riders" is proving i one of the. most popular drawing attractions that has, been arrang ed for presentation, in the popular ! playhous'e tor some time, and Is ', receiving the Upraise- of hundreds dally , who ; , witness Its .showing : here. . : . . - . : Lovers of romance.' action and the.: thrill of Vfcfory, will', find in "The Rough Riders' everything i their hearts desire.., .Theresa no I time like the ,,present J. and the management nrerM thr inntm. plating, seelnggthlv most remark- i able ilim,, one, of this years great--ir mqvie 'spectacles ,; to arrange ; their plans' to tee it now. - - Fanchon and Marco's idea "The Seasons'! will be the state pres entation act at .the Elslnore thea i ter Sunday and Monday only in conjunction with the hilarious feature comedy f llm "No Control," starring Phyllis Haver- and Harri '. foq Ford offering a combina j tfon program that?is claimed to be ! positively unbeatable . entertain i rnent. ; For elaborateness, color i ful and daring artistry, beantr and t gorgeousness. Jt is sad the "Sea ' sons'' is unusual" and presents one ! of the most striking offerings ev - er seen In this part of the country. The famous Berkoffs are featured, : likewise Jean "Winslow; ' Webber ! and the gorgeous and ravishlnely ! beautiful Sunklst? Girlies; The ' large company of artists in their whirlwind extravasanEa will prove ' tinquesttdnably a theatrical feast fxtr.Ataheiteirgoing public f Sa-Imtn-'awl'S'aTroundiBg' territories. TtjscUyffiylth tthe feature 'Nb Control" which offers a genuine Ir Vtitertalalngnnresdlng with Its sp'arkJlng'humor and comical sit uations r this"; week's, combination program Is expected to satisfy- the mos$ exacting theater-goer. The ? management has arranged this partlcularcombihktloir mindful of the idea:to" presentlrig the 'best, in entertainment ' eflual to' that of : fered 'apany.-df the " deluxe thea ters anywhere. It's some . show. . Let's "go.. ' ; Orejron ' Theater -'-Tlie1 acfd test or a man's love for a-glrl Is one of the two things -Either his refusal to give her up 'under any conditions, or his - 'willingness; to sacrifice himself to insufe'ctlatplnpsgi?r he is con - v in ced she loves another. The" testt'of "1ov?H one of -the big momeTlts(ln"The, Rough Rid ers" the epfc! film 'comedy at- the Oregon ; thoaterltartiagl Thurs l day. ' ' - " f . In this superb-Paramount pro ! duetlon,' Charles Farrell and MATINEETODAY DON'T MISSf-7 . , TIIE' GREATEST PIC TURE T O M E VE R MADE, -TPNY,' vHI3 WONDER HORSE TOO I "G R E A T. YOU'LL SAY SO1 --. - 3 DAYS ONLY J ANY; SEAT v THEATRE HQ mm Charles Emmett Mack are in love with Mary Astor. i Farrell is a dashing New Yorker who attempts to sweep Mary off her feet by his ardor. Mack is the -home-town lad who has loved her.'from child hood. ; - They go Into battle. Half way up San Juan Hill In" the thrilling charge, of sRoosevelt's Rough Rid ers an amazing thing happens, something that s indefinably sad and yet wopderfnl fn revealing the nature of; men. Mary is far away but the test of love ; is decided. , Victor Fleming directed this splendid Paramount picture which has In its featnred:cast Noah Be- ry andGeorge" Bancroft.? Frank Hopper appear as Rooseveltl . Oraiwl Theatr Honest-to-goodness screen en tertainment' Id what Tom 'Mix Is siinnlyng at the Grand theater In "The Great K A A Train Robbery" which wa accorded an enthusias tic reception by.the first local au dience to e It last night. There's a real, thrilling story -which shows the ever-popular Tom In the best role of hl careerj The scenic ef fects are gorgeous,, the surround ing cast in excellent and the dir ection of Lew, Se'ler 'H all that could be desired. The picture ia Fox Films product. -)'Kr U .t-v Director Seller started out with an excellent plot; .which Is based npon the novel bv panl Iiceister Ford. But he didn't let one oppor tunity go by the boards. He grasp- ea eTery situation and developed It to the utmost degree. The star Is cast at Tom Gordon. afoted detective who ha been ass gred to the .touch : of. nf Youndin? un.a gang of desperado wnn have had grat sucres, in nl'!0,T .Tc -. A Trains. "viTon suDerfntendnt, i3 really the brains of the gang and Tom soon ffnds thn out. Mean while, he meets Madee Gullen. f Dorothv Dwan the daughter of the president of ; the railroad Madge mistakes Tom for a ban!, which does nothing but add to the detective's troubles. Prom th tlmof Tom's big encounter with the bandits to the end of the nic ture. Th, nreat K a a Train Robbery" travels at terrific speed 'YANKEES AGAIN BOUND FOR HOME IN AMERICA (Continued from Page One) nalres. the main item on the con versation at the luncheon being vuicureaa.. me delegates who had the honor . of accompanying General Pershing and th tee to the tiger's den related the conversation .between Clemenceau and Pershing. They said ,that when the general , had told Clem eneeau he was younger than erer, the war premier had smiled, but rather disabusedly saying: "Yes, just 8 6, years young. How old is my friend Chauncey De- pew?" ? The Le Bourgetl flying show was the greatest that has been put on -here in a. long time. Fast pur suit planes, battle planes, heavy bombers and light scouts obscur ed the sky for nearly .an hour. Speedy battla planes took oft like athletes competing in .the hop-step-and-ump fifty; yards down the runway and then-aloft : "Ihey looped the loop, corkscrewed,, did the falling leaf, and tall spinned until the , 20,000 spectators in cluding 2,000 legionnaires were dizzy. . . ' K STEEVES GIVEN LARGEST VOTE FOR LAY; DELEGATE ; (Continued frw' Page. One) the general conference. , The can didates who get my vote- win be those who can . take theproper stand on this matter," he 'declared. - pother View Voiced!. The speaker's , remarks: brought a retort from another layman, that "There has-been i no achievement without shedding 'iof blood, and it looked is. It the sesaion . would de velop into a prolonged argument on the matter, when the chairman ruled that the speaking' was out Now! SI.VGKRS-, CAPITOL Roirbwl Chorus 18 PKOPLliS j !VW7 . x x . v t--a lit MUSICAL Viola Vercler HoImarTs Orchestra On the Screen Wwlm THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, of order, and that the balloting should proceed. -f Dr. B. L. Steeves, president of the board of trustees at First church and Willamette university, received 81 out of a' possible 9 votes cast. E. L." Wells, f Rose City park church, received. 70; Ernest W. Peterson, Centenary Wilbur church, 67; and Dr. E. L. Gregg. Ashland, 51. The neces sary number to elect was 50. f Senator L. L. Mann, Pendleton: I A. Umphrey, Cottage Grove, and R." X r BoothT " Eugene, were named alternate delegates. f Complaining at the, dominant position the Portland district has held in . conference elections, and denying that "the Portland district had all the brains of the state." a groan of -eastern and southern Oregon delegates introduced a mo tion calling T for; election by dis tricts, so that each would be rep resented.' The motion .failed by a margin I All districts were reoresented- in ': the resulting elec tion, except" jeastern. Oregon. : .Only one resolution was acted upon by the laymen.' This was to the effect the Oregon ministers should be boosted for the larger Oregon pastorates, instead of transferring In men from other sections of the" country. It car ried.. 1 ') Officers for the layman associa tion during, the coming year were elected as follows: O. V. Badley, Portland Sunnyslde churCh.' presi dent; Walter Winslow, Salem, vice-jresident Salem district; Clyde Umphrey, Cottage Grove, vice-president southern district; J. O. Gibson, Bend, vice-president eastern district: I. Waring, Port land, vice-president Portland dis trict: Ernest W.- Peterson. Port land, secretary; and C. W. De Graff, Portland, treasurer. ; Both morning and afternoon, sessions were held by the laymen; also meeting in a joint session with the ministers at 11 o'clock. DATA 019 RAILROAD EXTEllOIISOUGin Public Service Commissioner And Officials Leave to Inspect Route Data to be used at a hearing called by the Interstate commerce commission to consider the appli cation for an east and west rail road through Oregon, will be gathered by Edward Ostrander, member of the public service com mission, who left here Friday to Inspect the route of the proposed new line and confer wih various commercial organizations interes ted in the project. ' Mr. Ostrander was accompanied on the trip by William P. Ellis and W. C. McCulloch, attorneys for the public service commission; L. F. Wiggins, statistician, and J. P. Newell, consulting engineer with headquarters in Portland. The petition for the proposed new railroad was filed wih the Interstate commerce commission several years ago, and much data in connection with the line was submitted at a previous hearing. The new railroad sought by the public service commission would extend from Crane1 to Odell, where it would connect with the Natron Cutoff completed recently by the Southern Pacific company. Mr. Osrander was to confer with members of the Bend cham ber of commerce Thursday night. Sidewalks are getting narrower and narrower but at the same time pedestrians are getting fewer and fewer. Detroit Free press. liftumatic pains Too much uric acid. Take Foley ,P31s diuretic for rheumatic pains; stiff joints and swellings. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ask for Foley PEllo j A dluratlc tfmulant for tht kidaajr I CAPITOL DRUG STORE 1 salem's Theatre Bcutif ul PLEXTlT OF COMEDY. COMEDY CO. ALL SEW SHOW, SIIIRLKV MASON U ROBERT FRAZEU , .In 'SIN CARGO" ; The story of a girl who Is torn between - conflicting emotion between love of her brother anI her gallant sea captain. TOMORROW 5 ACTS . A. & II. VAUDEVILLE on II S Nev -'$750,000 : Unit Starts Today; the Sulphite Mill Is Also Doubled There are a good many stock holders In Salem of the Columbia River Paper mill aC Vancouver, Wasbington. The new 1750,000 unit of that mill starts operating today. The new equipment was ordered and shipped and erected all within a period of seven months, and r no noise has been made about it, and it doubles the capacity of the Van couver plant. The sulphite nitfl there Is also doubled, and the grinders for newsprint, too. The Salem papers and most of the other valley news papers get most of their newsprint stock at that mill. The new machinery will be used mostly In making light weight pa pers, like fruit wrappers, etc., but the big new paper machine in stalled can be used on news print and other stock as occasion may demand. GERMAN PLANE DIVES I TO EARTH, 6 KILLED (Continued from Page One) than 150,000 miles for Lufthansa without an accident. The Inability of aviation authorities to establish a definite cause of the accident gave rise to rumors that sabotage was responsible. Officials of Luf thansa said there was no founda tion for this report. Baron Killed Instantly It was established that the ba ron, pilot Charlett and three pas sengers were instantly killed. The mechanic died shortly after the crash. The passengers included Hans von Armin, son of Admiral Volkmar von Arnim, who was In charge of the traffic division of Tempelhof airdrome. He had been assigned by Lufthansa to accom pany the baron. The others killed were Hans Osmer, pupil at the Staaken air pilots school, Rudolf Roell, clerk at the main offices of the federal railways and mechan ic, Seidel. The baron, who was on holiday from his post at Washington, boarded the plane at Berlin this morning. He had been the guest of Herbert Gutniann. director of the Dresden bank' during his stay in Berlin which was a round of social and business appointments hastily concluded to permit him to fly, to Munich to meet the baroness and their only child. Edith. . ... .,' Makes Easy Take-off The plane took the air "without difficulty and flew to Schkeund nitz, which is the combined air drome for Lelpsic and Halle. An other successful takeoff was made and the plane headed southward. MON1 CANY BUY A BETTER OIL than THE NEW ZEROLENE H cR&uon why (l OF MANY) , ECONOMY Keep down upkeep coats; keeps up engine efficiency. STANDARD OtU COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA Matt orders now received j ; Matteee and Mgbt 1 Wednesday; Sept. 28 iCdnn-nneAkiKG ' "COMEDy. Popular Return Engagement The Comedy that , Put "U" i t ' - in Humor ' Public Seat Sale Opens : ! Saturday, Sept. 24 Now Playing its Sixth Year . ' In N. Y,a . Breaking Records Everywhere "You must see -Abie's: a smart boy." Prices night, 75 c. fl.00, $1.60. - 12.00; Wed. Mat. p. best eata f 1.00 plus tax. DOUBLE CAPACITY 3mneN icliols f SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1927 Nothing more waa known of It un til a terse message telling. of the crash and the ambassador's death was received. ' ' , The baroness learned of her husband'adeath when she arrived In Munich, where they had a ren dezvous. Private advices from the foreign office at Berlin were hand ed her. She Immediately retire to . Hainhaused. castle, near Mu nich, which is "the country home of Baron von Hall. former coun sellor of the . German embassy in Washington and now Prussian minister to Bavaria. ., , . I The debris offered a pitiful sight to those who rushed to the rescue. AH the bodies were badly mutilated,' the plane was demol ished with the exception of one wing, which - seemed to bear out the 'eye v witness , story of a wing crumpling, and falling off as the plane plunged downward. The plane . had been driven deep into the ground by the force of the im pact. x - , . Six Applications Received For Position at Roseburg Election of a successor to George W. Riddle, commandant of the Oregon Soldiers' home at Roseburg, who has died, will not be considered by the state board of control before . early next - week, according to an nouncement made Thursday. There are ..six' applications for the. position on' file in the office of the secretary of state. - These include F. M. Comfpton, of Suth- erlin, Sam Starmer of Roseburg, Robert S. Huston, James Ren shaw and Byron Sheffield, all of Portland, and Orfc&r J. Hull of Salem. , . 1 . . Mr. Starmer ' ? Is ; . ; sheriff of Douglas county-and is a Span ish-American war veteran. . Mr. Sheffield Is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Electric Service Supplied To Curry County Group The J. C. Leith company has filed with the public service com mission here application for a cer tificate of public convenience and necessity to give alternating elec tric service in the community of Gold Beach. Curry county. The company previously at tempted to Kive this service with out a certificate, with .the result that the commission ordered it to desist pending a hearing. . r- ' ' ' ? ';;:::i:i;;i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;!ii:!!iii;iiiiini;!iiii:;uui;i;i!ii!iiiiin!iiiutiiniiinl This Qoupon and 5c Will Admit Any Child V. v toOur Miller's Theatre Party TODAY AT 2 P. M. . . - ' - -r AT GRAND THEATRE TO "Tom And His Wonder Horse TONY" "The Great K.and A Train Robbery" , Cum-on Fellers HaTe a Good Time lIlfHHHUmillllHIIIIU lMMiM....!i!!.....ri.,.MM, Unn-CcMMAtns John Philip Sousa' Conouctor f AiATlOlAL : SOUSA'S . . - - . ' Tlie-Toar Comemoraten Fiftieth Anniversary' f Mr, Sousa" ' . '.. . - as Condnrtor ' : r 'Programs , consisting of the latest in Classical, Humorous, Jazz, Martial andj vocat Novelties ' KOITSA'S NEW Ilidera for the Haff '.' f ' Instrumental Novelties by the Double. Cnartette bf Saxophones . l' Sextette of Trombones ',. " '' ' : Triple Octette or Clartaetn At each performance, Mr. &ousa will- play a selection of the v ; greatest marches ever written, including' ' . The Stars and Stripes Forever. - v , . i j 1 1 i i , . . MIhs 3larJorle Moody, Hopranrt 5Hhh Winifred BAtnrtck, Harp Howard Ooulden, ' Xylopltone KdW. J. Honey, KAXop&one . J. F. Kchneler, Trombone ELSINORE MATINEE & EVENING ELSINORE . i)CT- ItTIL, 1027 iLTI.KE PKICE8 " EVENING TRICES - 1st 7 rows, 9f .10 balance, of 1st 7 rows, $i.f5; balance of floor." 91.65; entire mezzanine, floor, $2.20; entire mezzanine, t5. ' a.20. "Balcony: 1st 3 rows, 91.05; Balcony: let 3 rows, $2.20; next 8 rows, 91. lO; last 7 rows, next 8 rows, 91.6"5; last 7 rows, 75c. , 91.10. Mall orders now.- Send self addressed envelope with remittance - to "THE ELSINORE.- s Some of Displays Ready and Others Being Arranged An Fast Time With some" of the exhibits com pleted and ready for the opening of Sixty-sixth Oregon State Fair next Monday morning, and with other exhibitors working day and night to get their displays in- place there is every indication that. prac tically v everything ; will .be in its place when the if ate$ swing open to the crowd3 nxt weekjj i Everything .connected with the annual event is. ; further advanced in the way b ; preparation this year than ever before., Particular ly Is this true in the IllveBtock de partments, for which the drst ex hibits arrived early, In the week Every train brings In more cars of show stock and the unloading spur is one bf the busiest places on the grounds. . . ; . Late entries of cattle, sheep, swine .and 'horses .have, so taxed the available display space that the fair-board has had to erect two 80x110 feet tents to accomo date the .overflow. More room Is also being sought for the automobile display. Fifty different makes of cars In more than 150 models have been enter ed. and they cannot all be housed even in the big automobile pavil ion built last year. Display of some models never before seen in Oregon is promised by some of the dealers. , 5 One of tb booths which is al ready attracting attention as it takes' form- is that which will pic ture Oregon's new linen industry for the first time, demonstrating the productsand processes by which finished linen cloth is pro duced. Yarn, thread and cloth spun and woven In the new mill3 at Salem from flax grown in the Willamette valley and' retted and scutched in the state flax plant will be included in the exhibit. Incomplete figures compiled by Mrs. Ella S. Wilson, secretary of the fair board, reveal that the to tal .number of exhibitors in all de partments will exceed the record for previous years by over JfO per cent; ' - THE SEE )9 IiTITUTIOij FEATURES MARCHES Mix Minnesota Magnu Charta Jtm. Ielura, Enphoniam , Cornet ''- Cornet Clarinet " Trombone John Dolan, William Tofig, Kflmund Wall, Jay O. 81ms, The accusation made in Ger many that the Russian Soviet is financing foreign propaganda oat of the profits of trade with the United Statea probably is true Cincinnati Enquirer. tJ TJ Xj Ji r TODAY , unce izzvs : ; Country. : 'Store ' -" - Also TOM TYLER ; RED HOT HOOFS LLOYD HAMILTON COME D Y--FE LIX And MOVIE SIDE SHOW, 7 EVENING -ADULTS -25c; KIDDIES A DIME Louise Fazenda in "FINGER PRINTS"! Matinee 2:30, Any Seat :10c Salem's Greatest Entertainment . PACIFIC INTERSTATE NOW mMML ROAD Featuring BROCK THOMPSON & LEE Musical Comedy Favorites ROVO t European Novelty i. LIPTON & The Act ON THE CAPTIVATING POPULAR tt : (.",. --iff '" IRENE ELSINORE THEATRE 2nd The service staff of West COAST THEATRES are selected with great c.re a.nl aro taught to hve a. high regard for' cour tesy, tolerance, loyalty and responsibility. They are taught the importance of discipline, service and sclf resfraint and understand the responsibility they liavc because of their personal contact w ith tlio public. SUNDAY MONDAY Some .. .Show! . . n t m u fi m. JEAN WINSLOW AND WEBBER Delightful Entertainers .AND THE SUNKIST BEAUTIES Those Ravlshinly FasclnatlnR Girlies While on t - - x " With ' PHYLLIS HAVER HARRISON FORD ' Produced Ry Lhs MUlo LET'S GO ':v- ' ' ' SOME-SnCWl CONTINUOUS ALL DAY SUNDAY . , Coolidge, IU is said, stood for several moments watching Old Faithful, the famous geyser, spouting 200 feet into the air; but be didn't say whether it remind ed him of any certain senators. VV A- KJ THEATRE ! - SHOW EDW. BERNARD '.n "Speed nnd rersonality" TERRELL Beautifur SCREEN :R1CH IN (4 DEARIE" PRICES - Featuring THE BERKOFFS Famous Russian Dancers the Screen I iiiV- 4 j i i 1 t. s -2 u l V h r H V. V' v . v ri u i i ! .1 ? .1 J