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c AS TIME EXPIRES last Day for Affirmations on Behalf of Initiative Peti tions Busy One. CHANGES IN LAWS SOUGHT Movements Ranging From Extension of Direct Primaries, to Liquor Issue and Demands for Xew ! . Counties Represented. SALEM, Or., July 4. (Special.) A grist tt affirmative arguments received at the Secretary of State's office today give a fair Indication of the balance of initia tive petitions that will be received before the time of filing such documents expires Jiext Thursday. Time for filing argu ments closed at 5 o'clock this afternoon fend a large number of them received are cihead of the petitions which they repre sent. Four arguments from the People's Power League were brought down from President Ben Selling by W. S. U'Ren, of Dregon City. The petitions which these arguments represent have not been filed. The first of these is in favor of a. bill jto extend the direct primary to Presi dential campaigns and nominations, to delegates to National conventions and to presidential electors. Blow at Abuses Aimed. i ' The second favors a bill to provide a plan for election of members to the Leg Sslature by proportional representation, an increase of the initiative and referendum ejid recall powers and "to prevent log rolling, hasty legislation end abuse of the emergency clause." The third favors a bill to provide for partial inspection and reports on state and local public offices and publication of Euch reports and general news of pro gress in government in the Oregon offi cial gazette, a copy of which is to be taailed to every registered voter. The fourth favors an amendment to al low three-fourths of a Jury to render a verdict in civil cases and to generally simplify court procedure, especially ap peals to the Supreme Court. Railroad Building Issue. Another argument brought down by U'Ren was in favor of an amendment to article 15 of the constitution, to allow the state to construct railroads. The idea of the amendment Is to re move the restrictive clause which at present stands holding down in state indebtedness for this purpose. The ar gument states it is the purpose of the bill to allow the state the same free, hand in railroad building as is allowed private capital. The Home Rule Association presented an argument in favor of the proposed local option amendment allowing cities and towns to control their own govern ment of liquor sale. The argument con tends that this amendment will pre vent the forcing of either saloons or prohibition on a municipality by vot ers outside the city and would pre vent the combining of outside precincts to the injury of a city. Xew Counties Asked For. The wholesale number of petitions being received this year in favor of new counties will bring forth another petition to regulate the creation of new counties, towns and districts. The argument on the bill was filed today ly the Madras Commercial Club. The petition shows that the bill will pro vide that not less than 30 per cent of the number of voters be required to eign the petition for the county. Other arguments were filed in favor of the good roads amendment by Judge Lionel R. Webster, and on the taxa tion propositions by the Oregon State Federation of Labor and the Central Labor Council of Portland. EDITORS TO HELP ASSEMBLY Convention Called to Consider Ways and Means. WAD POLITICS ivt-'pubiican editors throughout the Btate are rallying to the support of the assembly, professing to see in that measure the preservation of the party, Recording to communications given out yesterday by the state central commit tee. The committee was advised in the afternoon that a meeting of Republican "editors has been called for July 20 for the purpose of going over the present Situation in Oregon and taking such eteps as may be required to aid the party in the coming elections. Initiative in bringing about the as semblage of Republican editors has been taken by the editors of five lead ing country papers. A formal call has teen sent out to every Republican edi tor in the state. The call is signed toy J. S. Dellinger. of the Morning As- torian; B. H. Kennedy, of the Baker City Herald; Carl Abrams, of the Salem Statesman; W. S. Gilstrap. of the Kugene Register, and G. A. Hurley, of the Oregon Orlano, at Vale. The call follows: Organization to Be Effected. To the Republican Editors of the State A meeting is hereby called of the Republi can editors of the ntate to meet In Portland at 10 o'clock A. M. on July 20 to perfect an organization of the Republican editors of the state and to take such action as we see fit to help the Republican cause in the State of Oregon. You are earnestly re Quested to be present and help us organize tor the coming campaign. Twenty-one of the country Repub lican papers have signified already their purpose of aiding the assembly plan, it is said at local Republican headquarters. Among the papers are some of the strongest in the state and many of them have long been urging the Republican voters to beware of misrepresentations concerning the as Bembly plan. It is expected that the list of favorable papers will be supple mented daily now that the work of getting the editors to take up an active part in the campaign has been under taken from within the fold. Many Papers in Accord. The papers now noted at headquar ters as heartily in accord with the assembly are: The Astorlan, Condon Times, Corvallis Tri-Weekly Republi can, Polk County Observer, Eugene Register, Kalis City News, Gervais Star. Oregon Observer, Heppner Times, Hood River Glacier, Hood River News, Independence Enterprise, Lebanon Cri terion, Mitchell Sentinel, Douglas Leader, Salem Statesman, Amity Stand ard. Baker City Herald, Ontario Argus. Wallowa Sun, umpqua Valley News and the Tillamook Headlight. It is not known.as yet, how large the attendance will be at the coming assemblage of editors, as the call went MM NTS THICK I put but yesterday. Thirty, or more editors are looked for, however, by those calling for the meeting. Head quarters of the state central commit tee have been placed at the disposal of the visitors for meeting purposes on July 20. ASSEMBLY PLAX IS COMMENDED "Washington Party Leader Holds Oregon Has Right Idea. When the Republican State Assembly convenes in Portland July 21, among the interested spectators will be J. W. Lysons, secretary of the Republican State Central Committee of Washing ton, and probably James D. Hoge, chairman of that body. Mr. Lysons, who. passed through the city yesterady, declares it his inten tion to be present. "I am much Interested in the plan de vised in Oregon for recommending party nominations to the voters wno take part in the primaries," said Mr. Lysons, "and it seems to me that it is the best solution yet reached of the dfflculties that the found in obtaining the best results from the primary law. "It is true in Washington, and I be lieve in all states where direct primary laws are In force, that the candidates for state office, with the possible ex ception of Governor, are generally HEN'KTV OT.KN T PRIEST CT1.T8 CHURCH AND PARSONAGE AND PLANS SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL. Rev. Father Henry Bruenegal. RAINIER. Or., July 3. (Special.) The Catholics of Rainier owe their beautiful new church, recently dedi cated, a half block of ground and handsome parsonage, to Father Hen ry Bruenegal, who came from the East tor his health, recently and be came Interested in Rainier, which had many catholics and no Catholic -Church. He came here to live last November. The church grounds and parsonage are the personal property of Father Bruenegal, who will bequeath them to the church. He is negotiating for grounds in Rainier upon which will be erected a parochial school, with sisters as instructors, where the usual school studies and the fine art will be taught. In addition, there -will be & first-class hospital, the lack of which Rainier has felt. Father Bruenegal may be seen daily beautiylng the church grounds. He has adopted a little boy who was found dying by some sisters in the East when he was 0 days old. known to not more than one voter in ten and often to no more than one in 100. The plan of the party members getting together, discussing available candidates and giving a representative recommendation to the voters is a good and proper way to overcome this dif ficulty. If the plan Is not a good one, or if it is not carried out in a proper man ner, the voters can repudiate it at the primary polls. I am so much Inter ested In the proceeding that I shall certainly attend the Assembly and watch the outcome in the primaries with Interest. I believe Chairman Hoge will also attend." Regarding the Senatorial situation in Washington, Secretary Lysons said: "While not in close touch with the sentiment throughout the state I am inclined to think John L. Wilson is gaining. Polndexter is showing unex pected strength in certain quarters, but the old-time Republican strength is be coming solidified behind Wilson, ac cording to my observations. Republi can leaders are against Polndexter and. they seem to be picking Wilson as the leading man against him." Mr. Lysons is interested with James Cawston, ex-Collector of Customs in Porto Rico, in promising mining claims near Winnemucca, Nev., and was in Portland en route to the camp to in spect the properties. He is also inter ested in the Nelson fender, which is be ing tested on the lines of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. DIOGENES' QUEST ENDED New York Supplies .Honest Man, "Who Resists Temptation. NEW YORK, July 4. Thomas Qulg ley, who tends a hoisting engine and lives at 121 West Sixty-second street, ap peared in the role of the man Diogenes was looking for when he called at police headquarters and delivered an envelope containing $120, a gold watch, a diamond ring and a bank book, which he had found in the Spring-street subway sta tion. The envelope bad been lost by Robert Saunders, SO years old, of 136 East Sev entieth street. He had reported the loss at police headquarters' and was in great distress. Quigley had not even opened the en velope he had found, though he could feel that there was money and jewelry in it. M'ARTHUR MAKES ADDRESS Speaker of House Delivers Oration at Jacksonville Celebration. JACKSONVILLE. Or., July 4. (Spe cial.) C. N. McArthur. Speaker of the House at the last session of the Legis lature, and now -secretary to the Gov ernor, delivered the oration here today. The crowd gathered here to attend the Independence day celebration was the largest ever seen in this historic old town. . Mr. McArthur, In his address, made a plea to the people of Oregon to rid the state of demagogism in its poli tics. The speaker was loudly cheered when introduced by Judge William Col vig. president of the day. The speech was received with enthusiasm. . Californlan Sold to Boston. MERCED, Cal., July 4. Cy Moreing, owner of the local team of the State League, has sold Pitcher Moskiman to the Boston Americans. Moskiman, who has been restored to good standing by the National commission, will leave for the East next week BLINDNESS FEARED; NOTED ABBOTOUT Head of St. Benedict's Abbey at Mount Angel Resigns High Office. . POPE MUST SANCTION MOVE With Sight of Right Eye Already Gone Right Rev. Abbot Thomas, Xow in Private Sanitarium In East Is Compelled to Quit. MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE, Or., July 4. (Special.) Threatened with total blindness, his lordship, Rt. Rev. Abbott Thomas, the first abbot of St. Benedict's Abbey, has resigned his position. Announcement to this effect has Just been made at the monastery and is cer tain to cause genuine regret alike among churchmen and laymen throughout the Northwest, as he was one of the most learned and scholarly of theologians and one of the best beloved prelates in the West. ' For some weeks past rumors were cur rent that the abbot had taken this step, but this had always been emphatically denied at the monastery, where it was explained that Abbot Thomas had mere ly retired to a sanitarium . for treat ment and that while grave apprehensions were entertained that he would be com pelled to take such action, it was still hoped that it might not be found neces sary. . Abbot Warns Co-Laborers. At the time, however, the abbot warned the priests at the abbey to be prepared for such a development. . Abbot Thomas first experienced trou ble with his eyes about a year ago, when he underwent treatment at St. Vincent's Hospital, Portland. Then he has con sulted a number of prominent occullsts and has bad several operations, but all these measures proved to be of no avail. Eminent physicians declare that he is on the road to blindness and already he has lost sight in his right eye. On account of the treatment of. hl3 eyes the abbot had been obliged for al most the entire year to remain absent from Mount Angel and the duties of managing the monastery devolved upon Prior Adelhelm. The - last time Abbot Thomas visited Mount Angel was during holy week, prior ato Easter Sunday, when he . officiated at the elaborate church ceremonies of the occasion . and cele brated three pontifical high masses. At present he is at an Eastern sanitarium. but for the sake of privacy he has kept "his address secret. Abbot Thomas has always "had weak eyes, having even, as a student, been obliged to wear the strongest of glasses. For several years past he has been seri ously afflicted with stomach and In testinal troubles for which he has had several operations, and this, the doctors state, is responsible for the present af fliction of his eyes. Pope Must Give Sanction., Before the resignation of Abbot Thomas can take effect It will have to be ratified by the Pope. It is now being forwarded to the Rt. Rev. Abbot Frowin Conrad, O. S. B., at Conception. Mo., who is the abbot praeses of the Swiss con gregation of Benedictines in America and whose authority corresponds somewhat to that of an archbishop over bishops. By Abbot Frowin the resignation will be sent to the Abbot Primats at Rome, where it will be acted upon and finally ratified by the Pope. Although Abbot Thomas will then no longer have author ity he will always remain an abbot with all the qualifications of the office. When the resignation Is ratified the election of a new abbot will take place at a chapter of the members of St. Benedict's Abbey here. This, in all likelihood, -will not take place before October or November. Abbot Thomas was appointed first ab bot of Mount Angel when the Pope ele vated St. Benedict's Monastery to the dignity of an abbey in 1904, and he was consecrated by Archbishop Christie In June amidst a large gathering of clergy and church dignitaries from all over the country. FRENCH INVADE CHINA MORE RAILROAD PROJECTS PLANNED FOR ORIENTALS. Everywhere In Empire There Is Great - Activity In Searching for Openings to New Ways. SHANGHAI, July 4. (Special.) An other important railroad is projected by a strong group of capitalists here. The backing is mainly French, so it is doubt fuf 'if the Chinese government will grant a concession except to an out-and-out Chinese company. The line planned would run from Shanghai to Klnchau. about 100 kilo meters, along the shore of the Bay of Hangchau. A section of the rich Yangtse valley would be tapped and, with proper administration, a well built line would be a sure success. Everywhere in China there is the same activity in searching for openings for new railways. Especially in the west Is there immediate prospect of rapid de velopment. But foreign concession hold ,ers and hunters are disgruntled by the enthusiasm of the Chinese for the cause represented by the cry ''China for the Chinese. The members of the British mercantile association known , as the China Association, with branches In Hongkong. Shanghai and Tientsin, are very wroth with their home government because the Chinese continue to repu diate concessions granted in years gone by and no effective protest Is raised. "Representations are made sometimes. It is true." says J. O. P. Bland, a promi nent merchant, "but England makes them in such a form that they can be shelved within 24 hours. The Chlneso thoroughly well know the present Brit lsh government would never, move a step nor land a man in China to enforce the recognition of a concession claim, how ever Just. That is. why British prestige is. at a lower ebb today in -China than ever before." Parable of a Gloomy Kitchen. Columbus Journal. It is a poor home that has- a dark and dingy kitchen. Food absorbs not only the material conditions that sur round it, but the spiritual conditions as well. A gloomy kitchen makes a gloomy heart, ana a gloomy neart never can make a pudding or a pie worth eating. It is said that some wom.-n who are trying to reform the world have dingy kitchens. They will never do It. Are PIsioo Prize Qiecks Real Valine or Not? These Pictures Tell the Story The Eilers Money-Saving Methods Again Demonstrated i ) ' , St j 1 fc5 - r j if I ' i, iiv . ft MP i ' mm $ , . - jf j&r-x This Piano Was $450 "Saturday a lady was looking at quite a gaudy cased piano in these people's store, she was asked $450 for it; toward pay ment of which a prize check of $105 was to be accepted. She promised to call again in the afternoon and arrange to have the piano delivered. " . -.--w 7- f EC t lis! " - " r:H r A I For This Piano They Asked $550 This lady was surprised to find at Eilers Music House the identical make of piano for which this small Ilichigan concern was asking her $550. The Eilers Houses everywhere bear the reputation of soling the best pianos, and selling them for les3 than any other concern. It is an established fact that day in and day out the highest grade of choicest pianos can be had at Eilers Music House for less than what is paid elsewhere for medium grades, and even for the still cheaper kinds. Time and again these facts have been proven and thesa are only additional instances to bear out our claims. Does it not pay to deal with an established concern, one that possesses the money-saving facilities and economical methods employed by Eilers Music House, a concern that has established a reputation for dependableness in every way and is anxious to maintain it? When you deal with LITIGATION IN GHAOS I'TREXCH IiAW MACHINERY IX BAD WORKING ORDER. Whole Court System Being Swamped by Arrears Endless Legal Points Arising From Prosecutions. PARIS. July 4. (Special.) Law court machinery in . France is shown to be in fearful chaos by the latest statistics. In the Criminal Court alone the number of accused dealt with in the last 12 months was 31.290 3 per cent more than in the year before. Since the beginning of the year 1500 cases have fallen behind the scheduled time o" trial. i , Endless legal points arising from prosecutions for' secret gambling waste weeks in discussion, and over 66,152 of such cases have been abandoned In the end. So the whole law court system is be ing swamped by arrears, from Police Courts dealing with petty offenses to the higher courts handling such im portant prosecutions as that of the big financier Rochette. To cope with the rising tide of crime and civil litigation there is the following administration: The Tribunal, with a president, 12 vice-presidents, 14 presidents of sec tions and 31 judges for "instructions." .The-Attorney-General has 3.2 deputies, one chief clerk, aaA 97 sworn assist i,.,!.!!, 1 V k f ants. There are 11 - sections to the Tribunal the first seven trying civil cases and the remainder petty offenses. Then every parish in Paris has its Justice of the Peace with his assist ants) 20 principals and 80 assistants in all. In these local courts most of the real business is done, for the Justice speedily gives his verdict, and tells the parties concerned they can go higher and spend their time and fortunes in appeal if they want to. But for this summary method of procedure the higher courts of the French capital would indeed be smothered in an end less range of delayed cases.' RICCARD0 MARTIN LAUDED Young American Tenor Praised by Leading British Critics. LONDON, July 4. (Special.) Ric cardo Martin, the young American tenor, is scoring high honors at Covent Garden Opera-House before the most critical au dience in the world. - ' The leading critics are loud in their praise of his voice and style. In "Faust" and "Madam Butterfly" his success has been especially marked. As one critic puts it, "he is a genuine master of bel canto, and every note is of the same rare and beautiful quality." And'another says, "Ha has alljjhe power and compass of Caruso's voice, and when he has had the experience of that great artist, his name will be linked with thoEe of the first tenors in the world.'' The Farthinfc Gazette, probably the cheap est daily newspaper in existence, has been started In Moscow, and has already a con siderable circulation. "5 .- -- -i- . -fflr S Two Weeks Ago This Piano Was Sold for $286 "Much to her surprise, however, she accidently found a friend who had bought this same piano for $286, or exactly $59 less than the net amount she was asked to pay after the 'credit check' was to have been deducted." rn .....Mwrr!: h liLxx "" W I Z --v'i"-. I s c But at Eilers the Same Piano Is Only $378 At Eilers Music House this same piano was to be had for $378, or exactly $172, over 30 per cent less. Eilers Music House there will be no regret as to your piano purchase. Bring Your Checks to Eilers Holders of factory awards, prize checks, etc., will be pleased to learn that Eilers Music House has completed arrangements with nine of the foremost Eastern piano man ufacturers whereby all such awards, whether they be $1 or $125, no matter to whom or by whom issued, will be ac cepted the same as gold coin toward payment of one of. these instruments. Come in today and select your piano here. House will see to it that you never regret it. Oregon's Oldest and Largest Piano Establishment 351-53 Washington Street Corner Eighth (Park) RVING STATUE IS PLAN THEATER, TOO, WILLi BE BUILT IX ACTOR'S MEMORY. Backers of Scheme- Are Late Veter an's Son, Playwrights and Offi cials of Theatrical World. LONDON. July 4 (Special.) For long enough British playgoers have been talk ing of a memorial to Sir Henry Irving. This week definite news is available of a double-barrelled reminder of the great actor's geniua To begin with, a rtatue on which the sculptor, Thomas Brook, has been en gaged for about three years, has been completed, and is now being cast in bronze. It will be erected at Charing Cross road, behind the National Gallery, and will be unveiled by Sir John Hare at the end of June. More interesting still is the fact that a site has been secured close by in the Charing Cross road upon which it is pro posed to erect a luxuriously equipped building to be called the Irving Memorial Theater. The chief backers of the scheme are the late Sir Henry's eon, H. B. Irving, Arthur Bourchier, A. W. Pinero and J. H. Hemmerde, M. P., Recorder of Liver pool. There are also others whose names are prominent in the theatrical world who have guaranteed financial assistance, so . that the scheme need not suffer for want of the necessary funds. Eilers Music The site selected ia almost next door to the Alhambra, and directly opposite Wyndham'a Theater. The building will be fully licensed, as a part of the pro posed site is now occupied by a saloon, for which a big price has been paid by the promoters. A feature of the theater will be the production of plays in which the late Sir Henry Irving made his name famous. Another omission of which Americans have often complained is to be remedied. After an unveiling ceremony by Princess Louise, the statue of Dr. Johnson will look down Fleet street from St. Clement's Danes, close by the Law Courts. "DOPE" IS DIVORCE CAUSE Disease, Xot Drug, Causes Husband to Act Uncircumspectly. CHICAGO, July 4. "Chicago dope" is not a drug, but a disease, insidious and analagous in symptom and mani festation to the old-fashioned "Spring fever," according to the testimony of a witness in the divorce suit of Mrs. Lalla Cook against Edward Cook, be fore Judge Chetlain. "The dread affliction made Mr. Cook so that he did not wish to do anything but eat, sleep and fool around," said the witness, Miss Hattie Raines, 135 West Forty-fifth place, who discovered the disease. The analogy was complete when she said It also caused Cook to "run around with other women beside his wife. "Do you think Mr. Cook was dopey?" Judge Chetlain asked. "I surely do," she replied. "Take your decree, Mrs. Cook." an nounced the 'court.