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SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1911.
NO. 276.
WHEN THE CURTAINS GO UP
AT OUR LOCAL THEATERS
The Grand has three great plays on
in the next four days. "The Girl of
the Golden West" Saturday night will
have an immense house. It is the
greatest western play ever brought to
the city and every act is a curtain
raiser. Monday night Charles Klein's
play, "The Third Degree," will be
administered to Salem for a second
time. With the "Lion and the Mouse"
this playl s characteristic of the great
est American playwright's work. It
Is clean, strong and fascinating. On
Wednesday night the Grand will have
"The Commuters," another great play
Ye Liberty has secured Gretschen
Know In character songs, and she
Is delighting the large crowds. Miss
Earle, a popular soprano from The
Louvre and Hotel Portland, and Viola
Vercler as piano soloist, are all great
attractions.
At the Wexford the girls quartet
Misses Cooder, Keizer, Rosner and
Roberts, in vocal and dancing, are do-
that has never been seen here. Mr. lng winning stunts and Salem may
Waters has all these at popular have the reputation of furnishing a
prices. feature of the vaudeville circuit if
1 The Grand is not running a bill on they keep on developing ability as
Sunday, but weekdays when there is entertainers. The reel showing an
no drama nor musical comedy there airship and automobile in a race with
are four reels of the latest motion the villain foiled and the hero mar
pictures, rying the girl Is drawing well.
matinee for children Saturdays. Mr.
Bligh Is holding his record as an
amusement caterer.
the quiet life of a suburb than Mrs.
Brice has for the Mghts and frlvolty
of the city.
In order to overcome the prejudices
of each, Brice Invites his friend to
spend a day at his suburban home.
It is here that Mr. Forbes develops
the complications of this plot and
provides that distli.t brand of com
edy which has made his stage contri
butions so popular with the rank and
file of playgoers. He Introduces Into
the story a great many characters typ
ical of suburban life.
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THE TIE OF Hl'.HAMTY.
THE THIRD
DEGREE AT
THE GRAND
CHARLES KLEIN'S CRE.VT DRAMA
TO BE PRESENTED TO SALEM
AUDIENCE 1(Y STRONG COMPANY
MONDAY SIGHT.
The Bligh has secured the great ' The Palm is winning its way to
American baseball series for next popularity under the management of
week. This week tiey have had the Win. P. Morrison, the proprietor. It
Four Bonnells In a great musical act, shows three reels of pictures, vaude
with the youngest orchestra director ville and singing by Mr. and Mrs. Jim
in the world. There are three reels Shaw and company. Mr. Shaw is do
and three vaudeville acts at every ing great blackface work, and the
show at the Bligh, and a five-cent company Is strong in comedy.
"DAYS OF OLD
DAYS OF GOLD
DAYS OF '49"
"THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN
WEST" AT THE GRAND TONIGHT
GIVES VIVID PORTRAYAL OF
MOST PICTURESQUE SCENES
OF THOSE GOLDEN DAYS.
NEXT IS "THE
COMPUTERS"
WEDNESDAY
A FLAY SPLENDIDLY STAGED AND
PRESENTED BY ONE OF THE
STRONGEST COMPANIES THAT
EVER VISITED THE COAST.
In the play "The Girl of the Golden
West" that comes to the Grand opera
house tonight, we are told that the
days of '49 In California are most pic
turesquely described. Mr. David Be
lasco, the noted author certainly hit
on a most realistic theme when he
selected "In the days of gold and the
days of '49" for his most wonderful
and successful play. In the history of
all plays written by American authors
"The Girl of the Golden West" has
been the only one ever selected by a
composer of grand opera. Mr. Fred
erick Belasco, brother of the author
and manager of the Alcazar theatre,
San Francisco, having engaged Eve
lyn Vaughan and Bertram Lytell for
the stellar roles In this production
toirether with the Alcazar Theatre
company, which will present Will R
Walling to theatregoers of this city,
Mr. Belasco has also arranged to have
the original scenic production and ef
fects brought on from his brother's
James Forbes, the author, whose
two successful comedies, "The Chorus
Lady" and "The Traveling Salesman,"
have contributed unlimited delight to
playgoers all over the country, has
written another play, "The Commut
ers," and It will be seen at the Grand
opera house for the first time on
Wednesday, November 22.
It Is doubtful if any American
author has been able within the past
few years to delineate American types
and portray American life as success
fully na Mr. Forbs. His "Chorus
Lady" proved a gem, and "The Trav
eling Salesman" was no less enjoy-
hio- anil In "The Commuters he is
said to have fully kept pace with the
record set In these two productions
The new play Is under the manage
ment of Henry B. Harris, and was
staged by Mr. Forbes. The piece Is
in four acts and the plot concerns
Larry and Hetty Brice, suburbanites,
and Sammy Fletcher, a New York
bachelor, wro for years has been the
(By Katharyn Clarke.)
The tie of humanity! Oh.what a farce!
Yes, In dens that a beast would
despise,
Our brother we herd, as the ox or
the horse;
What care we If he sickens or dies
While others stand eager to grasp in
a trice
His place, should he tremble and
fall?
The blood of our kith Is not named
In the price;
Yet brothers we are one and all.
In workshop. In prison, In brothel
In pen,
We enter, communing with God, j
And search for the hoot of the devil
within,
The path where our brother has
trod.
His virtues we damn by our silence
and scorn,
We parade his mistakes howe'er
small,
We can't grasp his hand 'tis bleed
ing and torn;
Yet brothers we are one and all.
Christ bade us uplift the fallen and
low,
And gladly His word we obey.
To the scorn of the world we cheer
fully go
And lift the poor soiled lump of
clay,
Then loudly we herald the deed we
have done,- -And
worry lest he again fall.
The right to our doubts he justly has
won,
Yet brothers we are one and all
Can you
B nnmnpnlon of Mr. Brice. Pos
theatre in New xorK, to .prouuce u
, w ho In sessinc the Intuitive qualities common
. o rt mnnv wives. Mrs. Brice
keeping with the Beiasco name.
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to a great many wives, Mrs,
assumes that her husband's diverge
Are we brothers In flesh
answer me this?
Yes, brothers, estranged from our
kin,
Who with Jealousy, hate and a Judas
kiss,
Try to rid the great world of Its sin,
Then let us arouse from this leth
arglc sea
And pray that our God may install
The right unto man a true brother
to be.
Then brothers we'll seem one and all.
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"The Third Degree."
Among those In the cast of "The
Third Degree," which the United Play
company will present at the Grand
opera house on Monday, November 20,
are Franklyn Gale, Minnie Radcllffe,
Chas. Burnham, Neil Barrett, Harry
Foreman, Kenneth Stuart Wesley
Todd and others. The majority of
these players are well known to local
playgoers, having In the recent years,
with but few exceptions, appeared In
one of the many successes seen at
the Grand.
The amiroaeh of Charles Klein's
great drama, "The Third Degree,"
which Is to appear here on Monday,
November 20, may bring with It some
conjecture as to the meaning of the
title.
Not all theatregoers are familiar,
through one source or another, 'with
conditions as they exist in certain po
lice circles, nor are they acquainted
with the evils of a" much-used system
of preliminary Inquiry too frequently
employed by the police In questioning
a suspected person. This system is
known as "the third degree." The
more modern Idea of the third degree
constitutes a long, trying series of
questions with or without some form
of physical torture, but never without
some mental shock or discomfort,
The third degree as used in the six
teenth century was worked only by
means of physical horror and torture,
and was known as "the Spanish In
quisition." This soon gave way un
der the opposing attack of certain
European powers, and was abolished
Later, In France, a crime was enact
ed, as It was supposed to have been
committed, before the suspect, which
necessarily called for the many grew
some spectacles without any real as
surance of a correct "confession
This system of playing crime was
known as "The Reconstruction," and
Is still In vogue In France, though In
milder form.
The name, the th'Td degree, as ap
plied to the present fprm of inquiry
is a phrase given to a "sweating"
ordeal which was given a newspaper
review of the event by a "police re
porter." No one, even the reporter,
himself, could tell Just why the phrase
was applied to the system, but It won
Instant favor among his fellow news
paper men, until now It 1b a term
that has an International significance.
not thresh pupil elthet, as you said.
When teacher appeared before the
board for his conduct with the stu
dent, and the previous day the parents
had arranged to remove their son
from the school to undergo an opera
tion, he stated to the board his act
was for not getting lessons. Pupil
had worked examples and found an
swers right that teacher told him were
wrong. '
Secondly, there was a delegation,
Including one director not one
woman who appeared before the
court asking an Injunction to protect
the school funds. The court granted
us our decree and County Superinten
dent Smith was compelled to revoke
the permit. Undoubtedly Bennle s
hand trembled, and his hair stood on
end, and drops of perspiration as big
as hen's eggs fell from his face when
he attempted to write ont warrants
to defray the expenses of their pri
vate school.
If their expense were only $25 as
you say, what right have tney to im
pose a tax on the taxpayers of the
district for $25, attorney fees $30,
court costs, and $90 teachers' salary?
If they had tried as hard to secure
a teacher as they did to secure a per
mlt no doubt they might have been
able to find one. Plaintiff had no
trouble In locating one and having
him on hand to take charge of the
school, when the board was notified
by the taxpayers of the district to get
a teacher with legal papers.
The gentleman and his assistants
knew more than the parents did of
their son's health, and when they In
sisted and persisted, they had to fall
back, roll up their sleeves and take
their medicine, bad s It tasted.
Are we patrons obliged to keep
mum when a teacher Is not able to
deliver the goods? When school Is
kept without proper warmth because
the directors haven't time from their
private business to furnish fuel?
When little boys who have walked a
long distance to school are forced to
eat their cold lunch out doors? And
when a teacher reads the Oregonlan
while the class is reading, and John
nie reads his lesson through and tells
Willie to take next paragraph. Now
Is this a free country? (Signed)
B. A POPHAM,
School District No. 124.
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If the Bible teaches anything with encies from tne strugm. -uu
clearness, it Is that our treatment of path are due to the Influence of
the poor is the test of our loyalty to Fletcher, the bachelor F etcher ha
no more sympaiiiein; """ft
Christ.
MR. POPHAM
TALKS AS THE
SPIRIT MOVES
The following reply to an article In
the Salem Statesman of Nov. 7 lias
been received at this office:
Editor Journal: We arc here to
meet the exaggorated and falsa find
Ings of the Statesman. Firstly It was
a coward who would revert to a youth
not able to defend himself as a shield
to cover up his owr dirt. But Instead
will say, we hope God may have pity
on a gentleman who Is so weak. The
pupil referred to hadn't been giving
teacher any trouble, and teacher did
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The Youth's Companion Calendar for
1912.
The . publishers of The Youth's
Companion will, as always, at this
season, present to every subscriber
whose subscription ($1.75) Is paid for
1912, a beautiful calendar for the new
year. The cover picture reproduces
a water-color painting of a bit of
New England Coast, giving a glhnpSe
of breeze-swept ocean, of smiling
sky, of warm, sunny rocks, which
will come like a breath of salt air
to those who have once lived near
the sea and to those whoBe whole
life has been passed Inland. The
picture being In eight colors, the
tones of the original are fulthfully
reproduced.
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Hrcut Play Tonlitht.
A Belasco play, a Belasco company,
and production from the Alcazar the
atre, San Francisco, will bo the next
offering In the Grand Opera house to-
night. "The Girl of the Golden West,"
with such eminent players as Evelyn
Vaughan and Bertram I.ytell, at the
head of the company, with Will H.
Walling In the cast, theatregoers of
our city should certainly be grateful to
.Mr. Frederick Lli-lnsco for such an at
traction. Tim scenes of the play de
pict cainp life In the days of gold and
the (lays of '49 In California, ror
picturesque scenes and characters
could one have sclented anything more
interesting? With the magic touch of
David Ilelasco great results are sure
to come.
Bridgeport, Conn., was recently the
scene of a most remarkable aeroplane
achievement. Not only did U thrill the
vast array of spectators because ol the
recklesi daring displayed by the bird
men, but it proved beyond nil question
that, with the right make of rifle, a,
marksman can shoot while flying at
tremendous speed, with the same ac
curacy as when on the ground.
Army officers have been anything but
satisfied with the results obtnlned with
the service rifle, and the flight was
planned as a test of repeating arm of
other than government make.
The fllcrht took dace at the Lake
Aerodrome before 10,000 people who
oald admission and a fur greater num
ber who occupied points of vantage
upon neighboring hilltops, housetops
and trees.
When Beachy came upon ths field, a
violent wind was blowing, unueterreu,
he mounted his seat and was soon
soaring high above. More than once
It seemed to the spectators that his frail
craft must surely turn turtle and come
crashing to the earth, but every time
thetreacherouswlndthrenthened, clever
manimilatlon bv the aviator held the
machine straight and true. After having
been In the air a number of minutes,
Beachv pointed his craft In the direction
of the grandstand, encircled It twice
and, as gracefully as a mra aiignts
brought It safely to the ground.
To everv one nresent it seemed cer
tain. In view of the dangerous antics of
the wind, that no more flights would
be attempted that afternoon; buttotho
amazement of all, Beachy, as soon as
he landed, hailed Lieut. Fickel, who
was standing nearby, armed witn a
Kemington-UMt; rule, amiinvitea mm
to take a seat alongside.
This Lieut. Fickel did, and aviator
and passenger were soon on their way.
To make the trip all the wore haisrd
ous, the machine had been shorn of all
extra supports tnvariaDiy carrteu wna
passengers for balance.
l ime ano agnin me nig piane cuum
be seen to tremble as If they were about
to snap when contrary gusts of wind
caught them; and to those below th
tilting and the swaying of the mono
plane were lore-runners or cenain ob
struction to the aviator and his pas
senger. When the machine reached the
farther end of the field it suddenly
turned, and came flying back at light
ning speed. .At the other end of the
field, In full view of the spectators, a
target bad been rigged. When within
firing range, Lieut. Fickel ralsedhlstifle
and sent two shots straight to the mark.
It was a wonderful performance and
a fitting climax to a meet that was re
plete with sensational features.
In an interview after the demonstra
tion, Lieut. Fickel said that he found
the speed and accuracy ol the Auto
loader a distinct advantage over tb
service rifles he had previously used la
similar tests, and that he considered It
the only practical gija tor us under
such conditions.
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Fifteen Krowned.
Qiieb-c, Canada, Nov. 17. Fifteen
seamen were drowned today as a re
Hiilt of a gale on the Gulf of Ht. I.aw
renre, which drove the Norwegian
hark Antigua ashore off Martin Riv
er during the night.
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Floreaf Malon nd Minnie William with "The I onimutfrt", ot. 22.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
0NK MttHT, SATl lflHV, NOV. IS
Frederic Dehisce I'resi'iits
KVKM'X VAl'C mid
HKHTIiW LYTFI.I.
And the Alcazar Theater Company
Including Will It. Walling In David
Helasco's Masterpiece
The Girl of
Golden Vest
Depicting Actual Scenes of California
Life In the days of '43
Original Scenic Equipment
Seat sale at 9 a. m. Friday, Nov. 17.
Prices, Sue, 75c and 11.00.
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