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JEGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, -FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, J i i Mi lis S 1 : i i i P s If I If if n i I f . Elsinore Theater - btunning gown, always a fea ture of her pictures, are to be noted In plentiful quantities In Florence VIdor's i new Paramount production "One ; Woman to : An- otner" which comes to the Elsi nore theater today. In this com edy. Miss Vidor wears no less than so remarkable creations, all o"f her own design and all designed to appeal to the feminine foil? In the audiences. - ; In fact, the entire picture will prove a magnet. for American wo men. It la a lore story and the action has to do with a romance that goes on the shoals for a time when a brother leaves two n nrnly children in a girl's custody. Aa a result of the appearance of these charges and a quarantine on the girl's home, the man takes an in terest in another. Through strate gy, she plots to regain his lore by placing him In an embarrassing chiereons children, and others' .of equal importance to film fans. Oregon Theater With a reputation for hating re ceived as detailed a production as Is" ordinarily given a two million dollar epic, Robert Kane's "Dance Magic,' with Pauline Starke, and Ben Lyon heading an exceptional ly large cast, 1 to be. seen here at the Oregon today.' ; It is a Flret National, release. The new; Kane picture Is an adaptation by . Adelaide Heilbron of Clarence Buddlngton KeUand's latest novel, recently serialized in the Ladles Home! Journal. Kane paid 150,000 for the screen lights, after outbidding a number Of other producers for the dramatic tale of conflict between New EnglandJ remans ; and; Manhattan Jass kings for the soul of Jahala, "the world's greatest dancer." . . . : Victor : and i Edward - Halperin, cituation. But complications arise, who owned the screen rights to and her scheme Is almost wrecked. the story, made the picture In eon The combination- of beautiful 'Junction with Kane, the former gowns andwardrobe, a good story and an excellent cast makes "One Woman to Another" one of those certain-to-be successful : s c reen plays. :::' : ;V u ... During the course of - filming thia . Paramount comedy-drama, MIssf Vidor spent several hours a Aa- at her dressmaker's with the result that her. apparel charms all who see it. -v. ,s Chief in the support of Miss Vi dor in "One Woman to Another" are Theodor Ton Eltx, the leading man; Hedda Hopper, ,a a breezy society matron; little Joyce Marie Goad and Jlmsy Boudwin, the mis directing with his brother acting as production manager, v Several cf the-, stage stars who made their screen debut in Kane's recently completed "Broadway Nights' have parts in the new pro duction, for which Robert ' Haas built eereral elaborate sets, , Mabel 8wor, the lovely blonde, under contract! to .Kane,: appears in one of the major -.supporting roles. The former extra has won the highest praise of all concerned with the production., and bids .-fair to become one .'of the best, known figures on the screen within a comparatively--short time, - t - FLAT DENIALS MADE , AGAIFJST HpARST STORY j (ConUn4 from saga 1 -"-; '. - . . on Mexico, and demanded that the committee "make an example," jot -."iose responsible for the charges. La Follette or Wisconsin des cribed the attempt to link up Ma name with this matter "an Infant, cus and cowardly fraud." 1 Morris of Nebraska, confined to his house by Illness, rose from his sick . bed to prepare V statement saying that ha. "never had an of fer or any intimation that anybody contemplated offering me any thing." ;..;; c-v'v'.--.jt-v Branded as Forgeries - During" its two sessions today and a third tonight, the committee also heard denials from others who were- named in ' the docu ments. Among the - witnesses was Dudley Field "Malone, the New York lawyer, named in the Span ish' text of the documents as the "pay-off" man in this country. He sai he never, had any connection whatever with such a project, and described signatures purporting to be his aa forgeries or copies. Arturo M. Ellas, the Mexican consul general at New York also took i the 'stand just- before- the long afternoon session of the com mittee adjourned and flatly denied . the references mace to hnn. tn the mysterious documents. He volun teered to be sworn before he told his t.t or y, despite the fact that the M exican embassy has taken ; the position that he need not appear at all if he preferred to plead dip lomatic immunity. Hearst Taid $15,000, ". The Mexican government sever al 'times had denied the authen ticity of the documents, bat both M r. -Hearst and several of his em oyes said on the stand today that the had been assured the. papers came from the official files of the Mexican government. Some of them, it was ? testified. Vw ere brought out of Mexico, and some were taken from Mr. Ellas' Mexican-consulate In New York. Mr. - Hearst said they had cost in the neighborhood of $15,009. The publisher also told .. the committee that It was . his under standing that the collection had been ' submitted to . the American embassy at Mexico City and to of ficials at the. summer White House in the Black Hills some months before publication. He had; been told he said, that President Cool- Id g was "not -willing to become acquainted with the details, "but felt' there was no proof that any of :the senators .named had .taken money. . . - .. v. ! ! Senator Skirts Clear ' :. . The same opinion was express ed freely-among committee mem bers during the hearing. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, - the chair man,' specifically- called attention that "no evidence," of payments had been put Into the article and Sena tor . Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic floor leader, declared 0113 CHEST GOLDS QST0? kis Pain and congestion is gone. Quickly? Yes. Almost instant relief from chest cclis, sore throat, back ache, lumbajo loi-lows- a gentle rcb bing with St. Jacobs Oil. Rub thuUoc'JJr-, penetrating oil nc .t on yoar chest and Lke marie relief cr.es, ... Li. Jzccbs is ' a tarmkss Uniment which qyt'ck!y breaks chett ccMj, soothes tLe i-.llimfr.atioa o f sore throat and treats ti.4 cca "::ion that cac?J yaia. it never c s-1- d ;-cs rot turn t!.? ".- t. c -t bottle cf it. r he was convinced' no payments had been made. " . - Mr. Hearst; at the beginning of his testimony,; 'passed the whole batch of documents " gathered by the Hearst organization across the table, in a big envelope, and the committee' did not make all of them public. . U was disclosed, however,, that most t of the 215,000 was covered in an alleg ed official order by the Mexican controller general, dated July 15", 1926, setting aside the money "to be charged to secret expenditures for pro-Mexican propaganda." Under this heading, Borah was to receive $500,000; Heflin $350 0 p 0 ; and Norr Is 5350,000. Under a separate Jieadlng La Follette. designated by his initials : "R. M. L." was allotted SI 5,0 00. The order of the ' controller : general was addressed to the chief clerk of the controller's department, and there the trial ended. ' - Offer to Kellogg Refused ' The story of how : the papers were obtained, ; was . gone into at some length by Mr. Hearst and the witnesses who". followed him. E. D. Coblentz, editor of the New York American, said he sup ervised - preparation of them for publication, and made inquiries as to their authenticity, until he sat isfied himself that they were "ab solutely, genuine." He added that the collection had been offered to Secretary Kellogg at the state de partment, but that the department declined to help In the investiga tion. . i ; -. : - V" - - -f ;-1 r-. -,. . - : Both Mr. Coblentz, and Miguel A vila, who followed him on the witness stand, , related details of the negotiations by which the pa pers were -procured. fe-Y;-viV":: It was Avila, a former agent in the .- American ; , military intelli gence service during the war. who was credited with, haring' extract- ed the documents from the Mexi can files, working through .clerks, both In Mdxico City and in the ease of the consulate in New York. Testifying with a pronounced ac cent, he told a fascinating story of his experiences tn New York, Mex ico City, and along the border. ' Hearst Recounts Details Mr. Hearst "told the committee thaj It was through Avila, Edward ciark. the manager of his moth er's estate, and a third man whose name he gave to the committee In secret, that he first learned . that the. documents were : procurable He had expected at first to get onlycoples, he said. Delivery was made during the summer, begin ning about last May. He kept the papers in .his possession during the summer, he 'said, and this led him to discount the Mexican gov ernment's denials of their authen ticity, since on one occasion it had been stated in a denial that an offer was made In August tg sell tne coueetioa back to the Mexican government itself. Asked directly, whether he had any evidence indicating that any senators accepted payment, the puoiisner replied: "No.? "Have you any reason to he lieve that any senator did accept any such money continued Chair- man Reed.; . - ., ; - 'I hare no reason to believe it at ail," was the reply. I 'As a mat ter of fact, I do not believe it." Robinson Pushes Probe ." "Why did yon not make anv effort to I determine whether the payments had been made," asked Senator, Robinson of Arkansas. -"Any such, investigation carried on at any length, would have re vealed entirely the documents." "Yon intended to. reveal- them finally?" ' "., c , - .; - I did not intend to publish any names, and I did not," (as the do cuments appeared in facsimile re cenuy mrthe Hearst papers, the names had been marked out)'. 'WhyT" continued Senator Rob inson. well, because ' personally ; I agreed with the statement which Mr. Clark said the president made. mat in all probability this was merely a blind for the distribution of that money in some other .di rection." .i-:; .i.u When the witness said a little later that he had been surprised that no congressional investigation was ordered sooner. Senator Rob inson asked .if a congressional in quiry waa one of his objects. ."That 1 what I though it would result in," said Mr. Hearst. The publisher also was Ques tioned at length by Senator Rob-J inson, regarding his own holdings in Mexico, which he said probably would be quite unsafe now that ine . Hearst newspapers had pab- iisnea its Mexican expose. Heie clared he could not give details of his properties from memory : bul suposed they amounted to "three or four millions." COMING TO ELSINORE SATURDAY MAGRUDER HITS NAVAL METHODS IN EVIDENCE (Centioncd from pace 1) ; construction only. ,- He approved the base being constructed in Ha waii as, in his opinion, it is needed. " " ': '." t '.The outspoken admiral declared that many old ships Including "the flagships at Santiago, were be ing kept In commission to police South America. He argued that the ships were so old that their maintenance was expensive and that new ships should be assigned to the work. Disclosing that he had asked and been denied assignment ' as commander tf the Charleston yard and of American ' forces ; in Eu ropean waters, Magruder asserted that the nary department had as signed this as a reason "why I had laid strictures upon the Charleston yard and r, criticized the small European command." , t ' "I gained the impression ; from press reports originating in Wash ington soon . after ; the articles In the Saturday Evening Post: were published," he continned, "that some high official or. high offi cials in the navy department were attempting to place me in a false position before the public by mis representation and misstatement This does ' not in any way reflect upon the secretary of the nary. CITY ATTORNEY RACE NARROWS DOWN TO 2 . (OmtlaM fra pm( 1) . turns to personal sollcitatlois fori his choice, or drops a hint that! committee assignments for certain councllmen may. not be so -favor able If Williams fans to get the! office. The conncfl has lined up behind nearly all of the mayor's plans, and might be expected to on this occasion as welL ; .-..i ;.; 2 ' Opposition to Williams, how ever, is stronger than in any past year and indications are that he might be retired. " - - - Read the Classified Ads "4 - ".' V , " . .. , ... .1... OREGON VS.VU '"c . ' - ';wBro3dvay :i : ! jiAr ' jp j " - i f .- r-. ... ' .' "ee..-. I ,. : .-. : .;.:.. . . !;;. - L 'I rf-.jit jfc. V "Borna and Mclntyre Team with the; Golden Voice; CIUIICTEBS FflDill : PAST FILL STAGE Beggars Opera" Scheduled To Appear Here For One : Day At Elsinore PffllBJTiWSIW ii ns PROVES H O Vaudeville and;Face Com edy Entertaining) J vyo i More Performances ; - Inside"; number Uproarious - laughter provolced by good, clean fun-that charact- erlaee ' the entire entertainment which inmates of the Oregon state penitentiary aTe puttfng-on - this week-end at the penitentiary audi torium. The show opened before an enthusiastic audience which all but filled the room to capacity Thursday night, and will be given again tonight and Saturday. The gates open at 7 p. m., and specta tors must arrive before 7:45 to be admitted. ; The "boys among them plenty of first class entertainers, and .they take great pains with the . preparation for this , annual event,' the proceeds from which go to the prison enter- talnment fund. While the show was r excellent throughout,. tbe raudevllle ..num bers bore just slightly more of the professional stamp ; than did the play; - "The Private f Secretary. The "Melody Four" proved to be as good a quartet as has come to Salem -on the vaudeville stage In many a day, and their, numbers were strictly up to standard. Maurice White. Is a remarkable second tenor, and ' the others' are equally competent in their parts. Jacques Do Pount, the basso pro- f nndo, carried his end of the qnar tet work and later delighted the audience with several of . the old favorite bass solos. George Moore sings first tenor and Charles Fos ter baritone. There isn't an orchestra in, Sa lem that outclasses the' prison or chestra, and its jazz numbers were just as up to date as the classical pieces were perfect in their rendi tion. ;. Earl Riley la the director. Then there are three real vaude- villlans; Jimmy Blomer and Frank Estes. a couple of agile dancers. who pall some clever patter along with .their nifty steps; and John Benham. whose pleasing personal ity in his best asset, even in com parlson to his fine Toice and in imitable "line." "The r Private : Secretary" is frankly a farce, and therefore ad mlrably adapted to the necessity for using men for the feminine parts, under which circumstances a serloua play could scarcely be convincing. There Is at least one of the fe male Impersonators, however, who could play female character .parts fa any play; Maurice White, who doubles as a landlady and a gov erness. His stage voice for the oc casion Is perfect, and. causes the audience to forget that "she" is a man. X --. . i ' '- ; J', ',- .; ; . . . -.The --others. Art McKlnnis and Emil Knprr, are perfect In makeup and -mannerisms ; as ." "flappers, even- though they . haven't mach Sex . appeal. y-:f- ; . ..' ' . , ; -. There are two members of thel castwho betray past experience in the "legitimate;" Richard East wood aa the eccentric Mr. Catter-I mole, ahd Lionel -Jay Hobson as his lively nephew. . Charles Foster is equally striking, if not so pro fessional in hla manner. In the up roarious Jtitle role. -Robert B. Af ford, W.' J. Jenkins and Jack Laird carry: their parts well, -Jenkins be ing especially good in the inebriate scene.- I. r. Harrington and Casey 0Malley have' minor parts. The play has been carefully directed by Joseph - Andre and Ed. Prim rose. Last Week In February Set For Better Homes "Better Home week" probably will be observed the last week In February, " it was announced yes terdty following the Realty Board luncheon, at which H. R. Boltdn made a brief Ulkvv ,X-o ChUds, William r McG ilchrlst, and . George H. Grabenhorst were named on a committee to arrange for the ob servance, f-v. .;.. V T. W. Zimmerman, secretary of the Pacific Northwest real estate association, also was a speaker at the luncheon. . . Romantic characters out of the ' . ..mm w past fill the stage of rne e8 gar's Opera, which is coming to Salem at the Elsinore and will.be acted and sung by the original English company direct from the Lyric theater, Hammersmith, Lon don, where the revival or. this old music play enjoyed a run of four soHd- years. The company arrives from London in October and is making, a coast to coast tour of the United States and Canada, commemorating the two hund redth anniversary of the first per formance's of "The Beggar's Op era." The principal personages in the piece are Mr; Peachnm and his wife, tleir c, daughter Polly; Locklt,' the keeper of : Newgate prison, and his daughter Lucy; Captain Macheath, a gentleman highwayman: Filch, a stool-pigeon and assistant to Peachum; and a variety of young ladies who rejoice In such names as Diana Trapes, Jenny Diver; Mrs. ?oax er: Dolly Trull: Mrs. Slammerkin; Sukr Tawdry; Molly Brazen and Betty Doxey. ;The male members nf Macheath' gang are cauea Jemmy Twlcher; Crooked Fingered Jack; Robin of Bagshot;..Matt of the Mint and Nlmming Ned Undoubtedly the prototype of Peachum Is Jonathan Wild, - who waa portrayed by Henry . Fielding, and. a century later in a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth. JLc- cordlng to all accounts, England at this cerlod had many Peach- urns, but the Macheaths, while numerous, were not common. Ab created by John Gay, Captain Mat heath Is a gentleman w 1 1 h a bright and happy disposition. He is the- darling of the ladies, but in the course of the play his es pecial loves are Polly" Peachum and Lucy Locklt, Polly is & trust ing creature, thoroughly ..in love with the t highwayman, to whom she believes herself to be legally married, and as it eventually turn out, she Is right In this belief. On the' other hand" Lucy is much of a vixen. She Is equally in love with the Captain, but burns with a jealous passion over his flirt; Ing, as she . thinks It, with Polly. Macheath has to exercise much diplomacy to satisfy each that she alone Is the favored one, and it Is with a genuinely heartfelt reason that-he sings the familiar lines r " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away, .'v The wonderful run of "The Beg gar's" Opera' reveals a fact that Is fast becoming recognized that the i plays - of old have a .. certain sparkling though simple and was old even when "The Beggar's Op era? was new. Popular ballads are CRUELTY TO HORSES .They fell of a dear old lady who could not be prevailed upon by her son, a prominent engineer, to ac company him to a polo match. She had a vague idea, it seems, that the horses were frequently killed, Mer on -laughingly assured her that she musct be thinking of hull fights and that . the onlr weanon used in pofo was a. maUet, "It Is,"j ne toid ner, "rery much like cro quet." The dear old lady was still adamant. ."I couldn't bear, she explained, "to see the poor horses trip on tho.wickets.2i.v:.'.-s ;; . AT THE ELSINORE TODAY V i 1 ' v 1 i. ! . .... jr. it. i' Florence- Vidor snd-Theodor voaEltx in th-e"rrarJc Tattle Prodacttet Introduced throughout the play. The Beggar's Opera" with Its Iwt and satire and melodious music has proved to be much more ap pealing to the average theater-go er than most of the seemingly more popular musical comedies of the present hour. It will appear here on December 27 for one day. The Gift That Lasts ELSINORE and OREGON SCRIPT BOOKS S5.00 for -S4.50 t a t c-y rr-T- TT" 1 wMV Lii SHARPE & Kmins "Trying Their Best" HONS, ANDREA. A CO. Song and Dance Fashions DoxAircrn & botke Cameos of Today and Yesterday LE ROY & LYTTON . Over the thence . , in "pits of Harmony VIOLA YmCLETt nOL?.L!XS CAPITOL OKCHESTR.1 : At BLVh's Capitol 3 DAYS STARTING StJNDAY Carl Laemmle - presents A Universal FOm de France Triumph ( ( c YANK ACE RECEIVES NUMEROUS GREETINGS - (Continued from part 1) office greeted him warmly In the name of the nation. . They pro posed a toast to good relations be tween the United States and Mexi-j co. Lindbergh courteously touch ed ' a glass of champagne to hie lips but did not drink any of the wine. ' Salutes Kxchanged : As the Americans approached the national palace the military guards snapped to attention and Colonel Lindbergh returned their salute. The party, limited to the Elsinore Burns & Mclntyre The Golden Voices Musical Comedy Stars Vaudeville Sat. Dec. 17 Matinee . & Night ambassador; the flier, Senor Estra da and General Alvarez then en tered ' the president's private re ception room with an interpreter and remained In conversation with Mexico's chief executive for half an hour. The president renewed personally and officially his en thusiastic welcome yesterday at Valbuena field, The modest, half bashful de meanor of the unofficial aerial en voy and his erer-ready smile la response to ail praise seemed to captivate everyone who saw him today. Approximately two hun dred congratulatory cablegrams were received for him during the day at the embassy from all parts of the world In addition to scores of messages from officials and in dividuals throughout the United States." - - We Cater To Who Buy For Women SHIPLEY'S i iisj ij " LAST TIMES TODAY Florence Vidor G Starting SATURDAY RONALD COLMAN and VILMA BANICY ' The Magic Flame with McINTYRE and BURNS ' ; formerly with "Xo, No, Nanette . " - offering SELECTIONS FROM COMIC OPERAS 99 66 REMEMBER NEW YEAR'S EVE MATINEE FUN FIT FOR A KING" 66 99 ORDER YOUR V CHRISTMAS CAKE O All kinds of" Cakes, Fie3 and Pastrieo baked especially for your Christmas table. Coming Saturday Matinee and Evening BURNS ci ECcWTYRE . 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