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7 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, S ID ELI GH T S OP T H B j Stage and Screen h Elalnore Theater t - The management of the Elsl aore is not looking forward to the support of the bootlegging gentry. "ladies of the eTening." or the general' non-producing riff-raff of the city when it presents Us film " "Man. Woman and Sin." the ex ' ' :: traordinary newspaper drama " which will be shown Wednesday, 6 ' Thursday, Friday and Saturday. :' The curioue need not go far for " an answer, because "Man, Woman and Sin." points a moral which every thinking theatergoer will dl 'est and remember. -Critic have pointed out that, despite the fact that the picture U a lesson, it also tft remarkably good entertainment A Everywhere It has drawn crowded Ki houses. But the city's parasites will not approve a picture so polg- nantly descriptire or mat wnicu (rltahlr comes to him. who l(it. , , strays. Again it may be mentioned that ;J;the film haa to do with the news paper 'world a world in wnicn, it appears, fully 90 per cent of the people are interested. No pains havft been soared to make the story setting its atmospher .authentic. The patron metaphor It-ally Htcs the life of a reporter a-auaints himself with the city de5k and the copy desk and when he leaTes there is the smell printer's ink in his nostrils. Jeanne Eagels and John Gilbert top a cast which Insures its popu lirltr Washington. D. C. la the city which serves as a background. chon and Marco bill will be even better than previous presentations. Such a statement approaches the superlative, so nothing mora neea be said to the hundreds who enjoy the program weekly. of Again, today. George Guthrie, owner of the Elsinore. expressed deep regret that Mary Lewis, sing er extraordinary, found it neces sary to cancel 6er Salem engage ment and return to New York City. Those who have reserved seats with a view to hearing Miss Lewis have lwn ureed bv Portland bookers to retain their tickets, declaring 'that an attraction equally as ex cellent will be offered in the near future." Capitol Theater Fox Films' "Sharp Shooters." which shows at the Capitol today. Wednesday and Thursday, is one of the most colorful pictures that film fans have seen in a long time. Tha mat i headed by two such able stars as George O'Brien and Lois Moran. who add new laurels to their already long list by their work In this picture. This picture has as its ingredl ents every known eiemeui w please any fan. no matter how discriminating. Every scene Is lull of action. Romance, comedy, pa thoa and thrills are prevalent throughout the picture. J. G. Bly- atone has done an outstanding bit of direction. The plot of the story revolves arnni n little French ciri irom Morocco and an American goo From Morocco the story moves to the New York East Side, where the girl follows the sailor. There k fa iio intn th clutches of a no- torioiu bootleg king and it is then that George realizes his love. In a smi8h.ua climax George leads hi huddle to the dive &MUg " and cleans up the entire outfit. William Demarest gives a com mendable performance as the bootlecaer and Nancy Carroll is eouallv as fine as the fc-aat aiae comeay is and Noah buddies of tee a great quantity of water fall 70 feat from datum lake to the canal 'proper The party then climbed 110 feet to the Terr top of the spillway to see the treat waterfall. He Yisited the hydro electric plant and also was shown at the control house Jnst how the gates of the lock are operated. The flying colonel was so full of 'enthusiasm and high spirits that, despite warnings that 3(0 tourists, many of them armed with cameras, were in the vicinity, he braved their admiration to visit the submarine base in the after noon. He Inspected the undersea boats with eagerness, showing no signs of nervousness in the pres ence of whispering tourists, Back from his week's hunting and flsh'ng trip in a remote dls trier of Panama., Colonel Llnd- Elsinore Wednesday; TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1928 NOW PLAYING AT CAPITOL is an origin H. Faye, and the scenario photographic bps, wwmM is- T.:i-S fi OrHl JEANNE tnUCW MAN.WOMAN AND 5IKT belief would be MEETING TAKES UP INTISSU ES Tariffs arid Pan-American Union i Discussed At Havana Congress bergh today spent an hour in the low wave length that will not ln- air in his Splrlv of St. Louis. His terfere with any otner station, ior rnht carried him over several of there Is no other station tocaieu tha Amcrimn irmr coats in the nearer than Corvallis Canal Zone. This company, whictt nas oeen ... , Imnkiner nrenaratlons to -start Aimourn mere nave dotu it- " ' m . ... , i u iiv. hrnadr&stlne here in the tn r- that Its application Ueve him of the strain of the many granted, ie calculated to fill a long which felt want in Salem ana mis aec- await him everywhere, there was tion of the Willamette vaney. no indication today that he had which heretofore nas noi nau vui not any desire for a "double" to Important means or aaverusmg at hnndl hi famnnm nlane. its command When he lauded today after Indications Monaay aner me re- nirfnrmlni series of stunts, to celot of tne leiier were imi ihA doiirht of a crowd on the field, local people and organuauons there was no doubt in the minds would send protests to tne raoio of the snectatora that the Ameri- commission, pointing out that tne ran air hero and hia plane were refueal to grant this license would both In shape to resume Friday work an Injustice on the people or the good will flight to Havana for Salem and vicinity the Pan-American conference. The colonel said both he ana QpQTITTir DI1T HP his nlane were fit after the test www w . - - flight which he had made to de- pflD FARMER RELIEF termine whether the overhauling given the plane while he was on (Continued from pC 1) Advance reports indicate that the next appearance of the Fan- girl. Some splendid done by Tom Dugan Young as the sailor O'Brien. "Sharp Shooters" a story by Randall Marlon Orth wrote Some unusual effects in the Moroccan and East Side sequences have been obtain ed by Cameraman Charles Clarke. The fact that George O'Brien served in the Pacific fleet during the World War makes his part in this picture all the more alluring. for in every sequence oughly at home. he is thor- vacathin was satisfactory. method upon which all can agree The itinerary of the Colonel'a With reference to the bill whlc tour for the continuation of his the grange intends to support. flight which calls for a two day's statement given out at the head- nvso tn each nlare is as fol-l nmrlr nf the organisation Had lows: (this to say about It Leave Colon. Panama. Friday "Stated in the simplest terms for Bogota. Colombia, about 50 the export debenture plan is an miles: ueave Bogota Jan. 29 for arrangement whereby exporters of Caracas. Venezuela, 650 miles; certain agricultural products re leave Caracas Jan. 81 for St. ceiTe from the treasury depart Thomas. 575 miles: leave St. rtlficates having a face Thomas Feb. 2 for Porto Rico, 75 Taiue established by congress and miles: leave Bogota Jan. 29 W intended to represent the differ for Santo icomiigo, 250 miles; Santo Domlneo Feo. t ior Haiti. 160 miles, and leave Haiti. Feb. 6 for Havana, 700 miles. HAVANA, ! Jan. 23. (AP) Two snbiects of extreme import ance were discussed today at i meetlnr of the committee on Pan American union affairs of the Pan American conference. One was high tariffs which came In for de nunciation from Honorlo Pueyr .inn argentine atffbassador at 1 tUWUj Washington.! The other! related to the organ lzatlon of the Pan-American union as viewed by Charles Evans Huehes. head of the American delegation, j Mr. Hughes' was entirely op to the projected Mexican amendments! seeking new regula tions to govern the selection of union membership, the presidency of the union! and the office of di rector general. The principle underlying the de termination of tariff scneauies under the United States tariff act was criticized severely by Senor Pueyrredon, :who declared this sys tem precluded international com merce and injured Pan-American relations. He also protested nrainnt the i erection of high or nroblbitlve tariff walls in inter- American commerce, asserting wis practice was In direct violation of the object for which tne ran American congress was first called tha formation of an American economic and commercial unit The Argentine delegate made no direct reference to any country but the delegates-assumed he had re ferred to the American tariff poi Icy. especially as during the last Four Famed Fliers Meet In Panama Section Today Canal Zone. Jan. the Canal Zone and probably will vnternatlonally be at France field tomorrow. Doolittle is on his way to Lima, Peru, where he is taking some Curtiss planes. Gayer and more talkative than before his week's rest in the nioun tains. Llndhergb not only per fnrmod stunta in the air to the delight of crowds at France field. but went on a regulation sight seeing trip to the great Gatun canal. Jrie CRISTOBAL 23. (AP) Four famous fliers and the slater of a widely known airplane manufac turer are due to meet here tomor row. The one and only Lindbergh is hre. The French fliers. Dieu- donne CoBtes and Joseph Lebrix are expected here a second time on the way to the United States from South America. The fourth n. ia t tontonanf James B. Doo- locks of the Panama ...I- fiw over theiwas not received with regulation ii i r. waav - i Andes mountains while his ' f ' ' .. ;"-.V--i I ' 'aaai 'S s t f .4 "xSA S V' tT- r a v- , r-x i ft X ' v, ? " j WILBUR S&YSNAVY 1ST BE KEPT IIP Secretary Stresses Need of Efficiency In Address At Boston ficttiz from fiheirp Slooierj vuiam rcw AuitAcno Heflin Given Challenge To Immediate ShowdownJ MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 23.j (AP) Instead of waiting until 19 SO to get an expression from the democrats of Alabama on Sen ator Tom Heflln's "tar and feath ers" threat. Mayor William A. Gunter has announced himself a candidate for delegate to the na tional democratic convention from the state at large and challenged the senior senator from Alabama to do likewise. This climax to the series of attacks by Heflin on the democratic floor leader In the sen ate, newspapers In Alabama and the Montgomery mayor Is the ans wer of Mr. Gunter to Heflin's COMPLETE DATA, RIVER USES TO BE PRESENTED (Continued from pas 1) be were in plaster casts. Th auartet of flirs will plemented by Miss Marjorie J iSOB, sister of Eddie Stinson of Detroit, flier and builder of air craft. Miss Stinson is already in lew; unconcern, for canal employe went out of their way to snow mm how the locks work. m i Ed. stillweU,itauperintendent, Hid the lienors, "lie and Jack Walsh, foretnan, opened a dam aniiiwav for the awed aviator to ence in' costs of production here and abroad, such certificates be lng negotiable and good for their face value In the payment or im port tariffs on any articles later Imported. "The farmer, cooperative organ ization or commercial exporter may not desire to import directly Washington. tut tne ceruiiMies wulu ... . .t.o.,t Ko. m9H nlatn to the ilv neeotiaoie 10 aiubi.u .... 1 . . 111.1 JJ-aa... - Vo. j a t.sk-lfci thaf tna Innrtera slT a HI1KQL UIBV.U uuw. WaSQIuglUU auiuuiuici) . , - nM,ant rivr tnnmce Is a mere tu rally the effect of such an ar i""'"1 - . . i , . . , ji..i baitatelle as compared to what rangement wouia ds imuwu...; would be developed witn sun to raise Dy me itiuuuui. tor frnm Portland to Salem, and debenture tarlir, tne prices oi lr on nn as far as Eujcene. those farm products now held , . I .. . . . . rro-l- Wrlth a boating and barging down to the loreign levei. u stage the whole year through, sol would be true because any noiaer that a host or a tue may draw a of these products couia reauuy sen of harms carrvlna heavy his suddIv in. the foreign market J . I . . . . M freight, to be lowered into tne at the foreign price ana gei iu up holds of ocean going vessels In the ditlon the value of the exporVdV Portland harbor. benture or certificate. f .He. 1s Mr. Hawley'a Anxiety therefore able and willing to.pay The. -anxiety of Congressman I a higher price and the general Hawley for a good showing at the price level for these cropa In, this Salem hearing is natural. Mr. country would rapidly ascend by v. in controversies! challenge to run for aovernor in UO MVl mmm I " .1... . M 1. with the United States government retarding the points in bis speech, particularly regarding agriculture an itee. "American delegation, also o .... a to assume that Benor Pueyrredon's remarks were direct ed against the Washington policy CANCEL ACTRESS TALK AT CHURCH ''A r . (' .& . 'X'-'" , v X-.V-. - .1; J? r . .. --rrr--. '.'t: ' A HORNET'S Hawley wrote and Introduced the Litem in the rivers and harbors bill calling for this survey. That was the necessary first step. That la the line of procedure, according to precedent. The thing now is to make a good showing of what we now have to offer In the way of river tonnage, and what would de- elop with the proposed Improve ment. Then the war department will have something concrete on which to work, and so will the members of the Oregon delegation in con gress. w - " . . -.i mi ached ulea to ao ft - Mil Both Kejue. vaan iv, n' ir.V Preahr- - Am Tfleetinr of the Men'a uno ox we ' " ta5e5?fi he tot a letter ; cancelling the nggtmt Inttnetflat of the church, opposed the speech. -The " rnake-beUeve. and we prcrerxea - '- Alabama in 1930 Mr. Gunter's telegram to Sen ator Heflin follows: "Hon. J. Thomas Heflin, "United States senate," Washing ton, D. C "Today in the senate you chal lenged me to run for governor of Alabama. That race Is too far off It does not come off until 1930 We can secure a quicker expres sion from the democrats of this state on your notorious 'tar and feathers' threat to the democratic leader of the senate. I am tonight anaounclnar mvself as a candidate for delegate at large from Ala bama to the national democratic convention to be held at Houston. I challenge you to announce your self as a candidate for delegate at large. Let ns give the loyal dem ocrats of Alabama this apportunlty to speak their views on your ef forts to dynamite free speech and free religion out of the constitu tion. "(Signed) W. A. Gunter." BOSTON'. Jan. 23 (AP) A demand that the navy be kept up to date was made by Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur of the navy de partment in an address before the Middlesex club here tonight. '"We should either scrap our ships and abandon our navy," he said, "or maintain modern ships in a high state of efficiency." He defended a modern naval battle as "essentially an artillery duel fought against moving tar gets from moving gun platforms. complicated by the use or tor pedoes, mines and aerial bombs." The scientific problem or nu- ting a target at long range nai been demonstrated in Dioang. he ald. la the World war m in naval battles between the British and German fleets at Coronel ami the Falkland islands. "It is obvious." he continue.!, that if the nation is to maintain itself on the high seas in the event of war It must have first clis material. If. since the World war. possible gun ranges have doubled then it must have gum capable of firing at those long ranges. If torpedo range nas creased then It muat have ianr ranza torpedoes. If approximately the amount of the export debenture." YAXKS KILL 14 REBELS MEXICO CITY. Jan. 23. (AP) Dispatches from Guadalajara state that 14 rebels were tinea and several wounded when a rebel band attacked the town of San Juan de Los Lagos in the state of Jalisco which was bravely defend ed by the mayor at the head of a group of local guards. HEADS OF 2 NATIONS MEET IN WASHINGTON (Continued from 1) and later was IotIJ.mI to dine with Minlste Mass of the Canadian legation. President Cosgrave, despile nis .... i n. j heavy social Duraen, cnaneu pleasantly with newspaper men on a wiae variety oi uuujoim uui carefnl'y avoldd controversial themes. Lc;-'ST-''' Profat'Iesw iKxigea Prohibition he deemed purely an American-problem and added that be naa enougn uuutuu; with : Wi own legislative body without delving into the prob lems of other countries. ".He poke freely of the Irish tariff, tax and economic problems and said the free states was deep ly Interested In aviation and that steps were being taken to de- velop commercial flying lines. He smiled when a reporter In quired what great American he admired'most and countered with the remark that "one should not Institute comparisons between the saints." The free state president, touch lng for a moment on President Coolldge. said he knew of no ruler of a republic who could re tire with ereater satisfaction or could look back upon an admlnis tratlon marked by greater peace or prosperity. Clinic Planned. Liberty Schoolhouse Tomorrow LIBERTY, Jan. 23. (Special) A clinic for administering toxin- antitoxin will be held at the Lib erty school Wednesday. January 25. at 10:30 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. Marine of Albany were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dougherty. Mrs. John Wirth had her tonsils taken out last Thursday, and is getting along nicely after the op eration. Jeese Wilson spent the week end at the home of Hugh Weston house who is ill. Mr. Wilson is from Portland. Mrs. Wilson has been caring for her father for sev eral weeks. The Forensic society will meet Friday afternoon in Mr. Hoag'sJ room. Visitors are welcome. R. J. Loynes and family have returned from Portland where they have been since the holidays. (church. "If you have a daughter at the university and she goes to the dean for advice, you can see what type of information she will receive." Dr. Clark severely criticized the dean for endorsing the recent visit of Ren Lindsev. author of the book. "The Companionate Marriage," to the Oregon campus, and her part in sanctioning the Invitation of Lindaey to speak at a student body meeting, and to attend a dinner at one of the so rority hotf6es. Dr. Clark had been Invited by the church congregation to speak on the subject "The Companion ate Marriage versus the Christian Marriage." and his attack on the university dean came during his remarks on that subject. in- th til- hitting power of the projectile has increased then it must have ih heavier and speedier projectile. "If w owe something to tha security of the nation. It is mani fest that we owe something also to the men who volunteer to haz ard their lives in order tnai me nation may be preserved. No matter what our moral standards may be nor how much we may abhor war. It must De conceal that H is a shameful thing for a nation having financial ability to equip Itself with modern weapons. to plan to send Its boys into bat tle In ships so Inferior to th enemy that their sacrifice Is thf obvious result." The secretary added that "from every accident and from every mishap we seek to learn all that Is possible to be learned In ordr that such accidents and mishaps may if possible be avoided in tha future." "If we are to have a first class navy in time of war." he con cluded, "we must have a first class navy in time of peace." yt Former Preacher Scores Acts of University Dean "The dean of women at Uni versity of Oregon is not the type of woman who should hold such a position," Dr. Fred Clark, for mer Eugene pastor, declared Sun day evening before a large aud ience at the Knight Memorial IXSAXITY HIXTKD PAIN'ESVILLE, Ohio. Jan. 23 CHARITY SHOW PLANNED FOUR DAYS OF PROPOSED BY ATTRACTION ASSOIATIO Plans for a four-day Bhow. Feb ruary 22 to 25, to raise funds for the Salem Associated Charities were discussed at a meeting f sterdav afternoon. It is planned to ask the ai izations in tne city (AP) Mrs. Velma West Elks, the American Legl charged with killing of her hus band T. Edward West with a ham mer, refused to enter a plea when arraigned in common pleas court here today and ten days were granted her attorneys to deter mine whether her defense will be insanity, Liberal Education. Professor "Don't you know anything about literature?" Student "Sure, I've written to all the toothpaste companies for it." Life. fternoon. It p id of ornan luch as tli TCT egIoti. an.i T Woodmen of the World to ass!i in providing attractions. Among the Items suggested were a styl show, an auction and an old tim- dance. The organization is much hini.li capped at this season of the year for lack of funds as no drive was held last fall. It is believed that this big show will provide suffi cient funds to carry the charity work through until summer. Com mittees to take charge of the var ious divisions of the work will h appointed soon. BROADCASTING IN SALEM MAY NOT BE PERMITTED (Continued from page 1) cal conditions and nee5s are not to be taken into consideration. Will Not Interfere The facts are that the Capital Broadcasting company, which plans to install a station here. Is seeking a license to operate on a J1 1UUAI WED. & THURS. i WILLIAM FOX presents such- a leading P d. shown abpffe; mat m. VMten rictnro Dnt an imi"'r narrative of the navy and faraway parts of the world, it s a grow. picture. Mack Bennett Comedy A 1 OP TTMI& By Peter B. Kyne LAST TIMES TODAY o "1 ri C W I 0m John Gilbert's greatest romantic vehicle! ; svith 1 MAVftfAVOV LAST TIMES TODAY . TOMORROW SWEET DADDIES H TN57 Yr To) W a isNj vvy au LS4