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16 THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX- 3IOX"DAT. JTJL.Y 17. 191G. 500 REALTY MEN TO GATHER TODAY 200 Will Be Visitors From Ore gon, Southwest Washing ton and Idaho Towns. GOVERNOR TO MAKE TALK beginning of Fight on Proposed Land and Loan Initiative Meas ure at Convention Indicated. Single Tax Is Charged. Every train entering: either the Union or North Bank depots this morning will be met by members of the general re ception committee of the Portland Real ty Board, appointed to greet visiting delegates who will arrive to attend the interstate realty convention, which opens today for a three-days session. A considerable number of . the visit ing "realtor" arrived last night, the largest delegation, composed for the most part of the Astoria delegates, coming on the steamer Georgtana, but by far the majority of the 200 who have promised to attend will arrive to day from Oregon, Washington and Idaho points. With the Portland dele gates, the attendance is expected to number 500. The convention will be held on the fifth floor of the Oregon building. Indications are that the proposed land and loan initiative measure will come in for condemnation. The opening gun against this proposed law was sounded at last Friday's meeting of the Portland Realty Board, when a committee of 10 was appointed to fight the measure. Single Tax Move Charged. . Under the terms of the proposed bill, as explained at that meeting, real es tate is to be taxed for full rental value. Two-thirds of the money raised is to be employed for regular tax uses, while the remaining third is to go into a loan fund for the use of those who have no security. Herbert Gordon, chairman of the board's legislative committee and Republican nominee for the coming legislature, declared that the bill is nothing less than single tax. In announcing yesterday that they were going to orrlve in Portland at 11 o'clock this morning between 15 and 20 strong, the members of the Eugene Realty Board gave out the hint over the telephone yesterday that they were going after the interstate convention for next year. The principal card on today's pro gramme for the convention will be the Informal smoker tonight. Twenty-four women and four men are on the enter tainment programme. Governor to Give Address. Today's programme In full, follows: 0 A. M. to l'J Registration of delegates at registration bureeu In Convention Hall of the Chamber of Commerce, fifth floor of the Oregon building, corner Fifth and Oak streets. Register to receive official conven tion badge. This badge 'will be the only means of admission to the smoker, banquet and the Columbia Highway automobile trip. 1:30 P. M. Convention Hall. Oregon build ing; meeting called to order: address of wel come. Governor Withycombe: address by Mayor Albee. "Welcome to Portland": ad dress by C. C. Colt, president of the Cham ber of Commerce. "Welcome of Realty Men to Chamber of Commerce"; address by K. K. Taylor, president of the F. E. Taylor Com. rany and president Portland Realty Board, "Welcome to Outside Delegates by Portland Ttealty Board": response by J. S. Delaneey, of Astoria. Or.: response by A. C. Williams, president Eugene Realty Board. Eugene. Or.; response by O. Z. Skinner, Walla Walla, Wash.; responso by Kdwin Snow, Boise, Idaho. 4 P. M. Address by F. X. Clark, vlce-pres-ldift of National Association of Real Estate Kxchanges, "Benefits to be reiived From the Organization of Realty Association"; ap pointment of committee to consider advis ability of permanent organization: committee to report back at 10 A. M. Tuesday. 4:30 P. M. Address by A. G. Clark, ad vertising manager. Wadbams & Kerr Co., subject. "Advertising." 3 P. M. Address by C. C. Chapman, pub lisher "The Oregon Voter." subject, "Pub licity." 5:30' P. M. Adjournment. R P. M. Smoker and get-together show, fifth floor Oregon building. Free admission to those wearing official convention badge. ONE OF THE PRETTY SCENES IN "VEDA THE VAMPIRE," SOCIETY MOVIE, WHICH WILL BE SHOWN FOR BENEFIT OF PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE WITHIN TWO WEEKS- U'REII QUITS, DISGUSTED "PKOPI.E'S LAXD AJiD LOAN LAW NOT ADOPTED AS TITLE. Attorney-General Refuses to Change Caption. In Spite of Plea of Author of Measure. SALEM, Or.. July 16. (Special.) After an all-day discussion with At torney-tieneral Brown. In an effort to persuade him that "the people's land and loan law" was the best title for the proposed constitutional amendment which, if passed, would make the sin gle tax operative in Oregon. W. S. U'Ren. author of the measure, gave up in distrust and departed last night. As drawn by the Attorney-General's office, the measure will bear the fol lowing title on the official ballot next November: "Full rental vallfe land tax and homesteaders' loan fund amendment." In finally deciding that this should be the official title of the proposed amendment. Attorney-General Brown said he believed that it fairly con tained the meat of the measure. De spite Mr. U'Ren's argument to the con trary, he said he was unable to see that Mr. U'Ren's suggested title was appropriate. In case Mr. U'ilen should appeal from the Attorney-General's decision as to the title of the measure. It would be up to Circuit Judge Galloway, of Marion County, to decide the Issue. VEOA NEARLY READY ''XW SCESiE SHOWING SOME OF THE FLAYERS IN THE WILCOX GARDENS. , - . z. Society's Movie Will Be fered When Completed OBJECT OF FILM. WORTHY For 12 Years People's Institute Has Stood as Friend of Those - in Need and Helped Poor to Get Foothold in Iiife. CHERRIES REACH OMAHA Ifoml River's First Car for 1016 Ar rived In tiood Condition. HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 16. (Spe cial.) The first car of 1916 cherries from the Hood River Valley reached Omaha yesterday. Wilmer Sieg. sales agent of the Applegrowers' Association, making the shipment, received word to day that the car of cherries was the first to reach the Middle West from the Northwest this season In good condi tion. Early shipments from other sec tions, while they have been bringing record prices because of the scarcity of the fruit, have shown up mouldy. . The cherries shipped from here were of the Bing and Black Republican vari ety. The price of the Btngs will prob ably top the year's market. The steady rain that has prevailed here since yes terday, however, throws a damper on further cherry prospects. It is likely that Hood River will not have over 15 per cent of the 11 cars of black cherries shipped Kast last year. -"The rains." Mr. Sieg declares, "will put an end to shipments of strawberries and raspberries. Now for the serious part of It. "Veda the Vampire" is not such a wicked creature after all. The moving piojture written by Ford Tarpley. and under his direction put on by local so ciety, has passed the frolicsome stage. Sometime between now and the last of the month the picture will be presented for the public's edification and enter tainment at one of the downtown the aters. All the money realized from it will go into the fund of the People's Institute to help carry on the social betterment work In which it has been engaged with manifold results the last 12 years. W hen the picture has been shown It will have accomplished several results. It will have been not only a fascinating diversion, but it will have Initiated Into the worthy work of the institution many of the local belles 'and beaux who have taken part in the picture, but who heretofore have known little of the actual work connected with the insti tution, which has been organized and maintained largely by their elders. i Work Not Generally Known. The comings and goings of society in producing "Veda the Vampire" are in reality far less interesting than the institution for which they have been cavorting with a good deal of self sacrifice. The Institute was estab lished 12 years ago for . the purpose of doing educational, industrial, so cial, medical, religious and friendly work among the so-called working classes who have little time for any thing other than to eke out an exist ence. For families where the father and mother both work, or where one or the other is departed, the Institute has filled a place too little known of and too cursorily passed up In the general settlement work. In these 12 years classes have been established where daughters of the poor are taught systematic housekeep ing, where their education in various lines has been picked up. Miss Valentine Prichard has been at the head of it as director since it was In its Infancy and has seen It grow from a small social center at Fourth and Burnslde streets to a large insti tution which has interested a num ber of local girls and women in its activity and which maintains a general headquarters now at Fourth and Burn side streets and a study and practical work center at 450 Goldsmith' street in Lower Albina. Boon Widely felt. The Institute is and has been a boon to many families of stalwart citizens who needed help in times of sickness or distress or who needed but to have the way pointed out. that they might prepare for bettering themselves. Boys. In many cases boys, whose chief sin was obstreperousness. have been taught the finer arts of surplus- energy and have turned their excess energy into constructive work In the manual arts or profitable labor fields. Girls, whose chief delinquency was Ignorance, have been taught to keep house, sew, study, tend children and generally be "useful. Potential temptation has been con verted into actual forces for good In almost every branch of work which the Institute has taken up. Branch libraries have been encour aged and established; a visiting house keeper to relieve some tired and worn out working mother has gone her weekly rounds under the direction of the Institute as well as has a visiting nurse to minister to the needy. Free baths have been established and made popular for those families whose Saturday night tub too often was de layed or was too often crowded. The Institute has aimed, with success, to form new good habits and break old bad-ones among its people. IllnesM Chief Problem. Illness has been one of the chief problems in the work and the medical corps, built up under the leadership of Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, composed of 35 physicians, with the aid of the Uni versity of Oregon Medical School, has treated thousands of cases and con ducted tuberculosis clinics with effect. The Big Sisterhood movement estab lished in Portland by the People s In stitute has enlisted the co-operation of 50 or more Portland women. These women, some of whom are In the ex clusive walks, have literally adopted in the name of friendship, girls and young women who were found stranded or friendless in the city. The Institute was instrumental in 1906 In getting established the free public playgrounds, and two years later in having the city take up this branch of welfare work, which has led to extensive Improvement along this line. The People s Institute has been the enemy of the penny peep show and the penny-ln-the-slot machine with the re sult that these have been abolished In Portland. Child Welfare. Travelers' Aid, the d' partment of public safety for women, juvenile. Frazer Home work. News boys' licenses, social centers, widows' pensions and the Consumers' League Housing Code are only some of the en terprises in which the institute has been actively interested. It has been the policy of the organ ization to draw its support from an nual subscriptions and this It has done, spending from $5000 to 17000 a year In money and vastly more than that in volunteered tir.ie and work of its sup porters. The last year found heavy demands on the institute and the so ciety movie was taken up as a means of meeting the financial drain in part. "The result no doubt will be gratify ing." said Miss Prichard yesterday. "The girls and young men have worked hard in it at a good deal of sacrifice and the picture will be a most interest ing one." TONNAGE IS SOUGHT PLANS PROPOSED TO GET BUSINESS FOR J1EDFORD Ll.VE. S. S. Bnllla Willing to Build Sawmill, to Get Box Factory, if Citi zens Will Co-operate. MEDFORD, Or., July 16. (Special.) In a public statement to the residents of Medford last night, S. S. Bullis. with whom the city recently concluded a contract for an extension of the Bullis line to the Blue Ledge mine, announced that he would put up a 130.000 sawmill In order to obtain a large box factory for the city, if the citizens of Mcd ford would co-operate with him In an effort to get tonnage for the proposed road. The Commercial Club has the nrom- Ise of a large Oregon box factory to erect a second plant near Medford for 1917 business if it Is guaranteed 1- 000.000 feet of lumber a month. With the operation of a sawmill on the pro posed Blue Ledge road Mr. Bullis will make this guarantee. The new box factory would employ 172 men and have a payroll of 1 10.000 a month. Mr. Bullis assures the residents of Medfordathat the construction of the road will never be a liability to the city or Involve any increase In taxes, but will be an invaluable asset if the proper local support is given in the effort to get the required tonnage. He says he does not want the city to spend a cent o. the railroad until there is enough tonnage in sight to make it reasonably certain that the railroad will pay its operating expenses from the start. WIFEFJO. 2 ASKS DIVORCE GIS H. ABEXDROTH SAID TO HAVE HAD TWO AT ONCE. CHINA LACKS LEADER Country Declared Political as Well as Moral Bankrupt. INDUSTRY IS . BIG ASSET Missionaries Only Building Founda tion for Itcgcneration of Peo ple, Says Dr. F. G. White ill White Temple Talk. DRAXFORD'S STORY BRANDED AS FALSE Portland Detective Certain Dr. William Bradford and Dr. Axford Are Identical. ADDRESS GIVEN FICTITIOUS Alleged Ilappenlngs also Reported Too Unusual to Hare Escaped I-ubllclty, aa Sea-Faring Folk Not Adverae to Notoriety. E. B. Jamison Wants Freedom From Pearl Jemlson, Who, He Says, la Quarrelsome and Crnel. When Gus H. Abendroth married Miss Josephine Gilbert In Portland. Septem ber lb, 1914, he already had one wife, Mrs. Helen Hubert Abendroth, living, according to a suit for divorce filed Saturday in the Circuit Court by Mrs. Abendroth N'o. 2. The complaint alleges that at the time of his second marriage Mr. Abend roth had not been divorced from wife No. 1. Mrs. Abendroth asks that she be per mitted to resume her maiden name. On the ground that his wife. Pearl Jemison. quarrels with him and is cruel to him. E. B. Jemison has filed suit for divorce in the Circuit Court. They were married in Pendleton, Or., December 4. 1906. Married In St. Johns March 11, 1913. and deserted by his wife July 4, 1915 that, in brief, is the marital history of R. H. Springer as related in a com plaint for divorce from Emley A. Springer, which was filed in the Cir cuit Court. "China is politically and morally bankrupt," said Dr. F. G. White, presi dent of the Baptist College at Shang hai, at the White Temple yesterday. Dr. White has been In missionary work in China for 15 years. China needs preparedness for war as well as for peace," continued Dr. White. "But she Is bankrupt. That does not Imply a lack of assets. There Is no other nation on the face of the earth as old and no people much more Industrious and peace-loving. "With the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty several years ago, and with the advent to the head of the newly organized republican government of Yuan Shi Kai, many looked for a new China. But China today is in the worst condition that she has been for 100 years. "The political and moral bankruptcy is due to the lack of leaders. Yuan Shi Kal. although he endeavored to make of the republic a monarchy, after centralizing the power in the hands of a few, was a great leader. But still, he was but relatively great. "The salvation of China lies in the possibility of creating among Its 400. 000,000 people a spirit of leadership. The history of China antedates that of any modern nation, but history Is useless unless it spurs the living gen eration to deeds greater than those of Its ancestors. "Education alone will not create that spirit of leadership. There is something more than education needed, and that something is Christianity. There are at the present time in China but one missionary for every 100.000 of population, a circumstance - that means apparent failure. But the in domitable will and earnestness of those missionaries is slowly building a foun dation for the future regeneration of that country. "We are now just beginning to pre pare the native Chinese as leaders. For the past 100 years, since Chris tianity first extended its benign in fluence Into that vast country, we have been building the foundation. - We are now at the top of the ground and are starting work on the superstructure. A firm foundation Is needed for any edifice; and that foundation has been built by the sacrifice of Christian lead ers. We are not quitters, despite the odds we meet, and the task of regener ating China is Just beginning to quicken." Dr. White admitted that the Pacific Coast had honest fears in leftlng the bars down to Chinese immigration. He said that it was the Mongolian charac teristic to "swamp" territory that had no bar to Chinese immigration. He said that the whole of Southern Asia was being "conquered peacefully and Industrially" by the Chinese people. ' He asserted that there was no longer a "yellow peril," . and said that the Chinese would cause the world no harm despite their numbers, if the proper treatment were accorded them. Home from his presumed adventure in an open boat on an angry sea, ur. v. Axford. in fan Francisco, Is ex periencing the questionable delights of being probed for publicity. Thinner and thinner grows his entertaining story, and the deductions of City De tective H. H. Hawley are expected to be provevl correct. Dr. Axford maintain that ne wa slugged and robbed on the San Fran cisco waterfront, carried to sea In n Italian fishing schooner, and later cast adrift In an open boat. Rescued by the crew of a steam packet off the Wash ington coast, he was brought to Port land by one William Bradford, who be friended him. ami sent messages or as surance to his fiancee, Mrs. A. E. Stone. In San Francisco. He returned to that city on Wednesday of last week. Pressed for particulars. Dr. Axford sought to withhold the Portland ad dress of his benefactor, William Brad ford, but. when the query became in sistent, said that his friend lived at 423 East Morrison street. The address Is, plainly a fictitious one. as no euch number exists, neither does anyone In that locality know aught of one Will iam Bradford or the rescued Dr. Ax- ' ford. ; Comes now City Detective Hawley, l asserting that a Dr. William H. Brad- ford, of San Francisco, was registered ! r at a Washington-street hotel during : R the exact period of Dr. Axford'sjrf perilous absence from home: that Dr A Bradford sent the mystery messages to Wt Dr. Axford' friends: that Dr. Bradford fF while in Portland made a signal failure m as an Insurance solicitor: and that Dr. j Bradford's description tallies with that of Dr. Axford. who has been restored i ff to his anxious friends. - A Detective Hawley contends that Dr j 'A Bradford's departure from the Portland jK hotel. and Dr. Axford's reappearance In p San Francisco, aa well aa other corre- ; sponding evidence. Is too synonymous I J5 to escape analysis. v ' W. It is further indicated that the cir-jrf cumstances of a sea rescue such as Dr. Axford contends he experienced, are j J altogether too Infrequent and unusual )R to have occurred without comment on 1 v the part of the cook and the captain I jL bold, to say nothing of the mate and j 5 the crew. Skippers are human folk, j contends one who is wise In the ways ! of those who "go Vlown to the sea in euips. ana tn e opportunity ior neaa- ; wa lines is never to be scorned, to the i ft create Di idc cornpany ana me repute : or me sea aog. At any rate. Dr. Axford Is home again. He is an optometrist, and was mourned as lost when vhe disappeared without explanation on June 29. PRUDENTIAL TO PAY GUARD Provision Made for Salaries of sent Staff Until January 1. Ab- The Portland office of the Prudential Insurance Company of America has been notified that all employes of the company who are members of any mili tary organization sent to the Mexican border during the present crisis will receive full pay from the company not to exceed six months from July 1. Should it be necessary for the em ployes to remain at the border until after January 1. 1917, further consid eration of the matter relative to pay ing salaries will be made by the board of directors. BABY INSPECTION IS ON COAST COUNTRY TO BAR INFANTILE PARALYSIS Sl'SPECTS. Oregon State Board of Health and Rr p- reaentatlvea of Railroads to Dia - cuaa Local Measures. Interstate regulations, designed to prevent the introduction of infantile paralysis, are now in force for Montana. Washington. California, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia, as the direct re sult of the conference held In this city Saturday. Late yesterday the Oregon State Board of Health had received no ad vices that any passengers had as yet been detained at the boundaries of the protected territory, but the Inspection of children arriving from the East is already being enforced. Dr. David X. Roberg. state health of ficer, to whom the measures of con certed Interstate action are due. said yesterday that preventive measures for the state of Oregon would be adopted within the week at a special meeting of the board. ' Another special meeting of the State Board of Health will be held with rep resentatives of the various railroads operating in the state, to adopt local preventive measures. Dr. Roberg and members of the Ore gon Board of Health are highly grati fied at the prompt spirit of co-operation with which ' their proposal was met. 1 5 5 M0NTAVILLA IS AGITATED Xew Angle on Sewer Construction Taken Vp by Property Owners. Agitation over the Montavilla sewer construction has taken a new form, and a special meeting of the Montavilla Board of Trade will be held tomorrow night at the office of W. H. Hamilton. East Glisan and East Eighteenth streets, to hear a report on the method of assessment adopted on this big sewer. A. Bonham. an expert book keeper and owner of some property In Montavilla, has been figuring on the assessments and comparing the total with the sum paid Contractor Und. He thinks the assessment excessive. At this meeting officers for the en suing year will be elected. Coos County lias Heavy TCain. MARSIIFIELD. Or.. July IS. Spe cial. 1 Rain has been falling since daylight Friday, and the roads have been ruined for the present for auto mobile traffic The storm is not ac companied by wind, yet the sea off Coos Bay is reported rough. mni Insr j 1 KRYFIOK rflr I kryptoks II made by us cost no more Ijlfi II T T Xl I III U man ivrypioKS mane oy u S other by us cost no more Kryptoks . make by opticians, but the Kryptoks supplied by us are better, being finished on specially made machines and in the finest, most completely equipped retail optical factory in Portland. Besides, we do all the work under one roof, from the examination of your eyes to the accurate fitting of the finished glasses. THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrison vCSOl MEN!- Today $15.00 and $18.00 Suits $11.85 Regulation styles, box backs, advanced English models and some "Pinch Backs" in all sizes. Raincoats at $9.85 REGULARLY $15 AND $18 Broken lines tan and gray cassimere rubberized, fancy wool surface and a few $20 and $25 black cravenetted coats included in the lot. Sizes 34 to 48. All at ?9.85. Men's Clothing: Shop. Third Floor. July Drug Sale Begins Today 9 A. M. Drugs, Creams, Face Powders, Soaps, Household Remedies, Sundries, Reduced in Price SEE SUNDAY PAPERS FOR ITEMIZED LIST -Drug Shop, Main Floor. Phonograph Shop Moved NOW LOCATED SIXTH FLOOR, FIFTH ST. Be sure to visit our enlarged, elegantly ap pointed Phonograph Shop in the fine new quarters on the sixth floor. Agents Victor, Columbia and Edison Diamond Disc Phono graphs. All latest records. Soundproof rooms. Sixth Floor. Fifth Street. Eastern Sugar-Cured HAMS, Pound 20 V2 c Victor Four, Today at Sack $1.25 Royal Banquet Butter, fresh Imported Lentils, fancy quality, from our own churn, roll 6Sr. 3 pounds 50 pound 17 Mf. Olive Oil, Cross & Blackwell's, Pom-Or-Lem. the new marma- large bottles 90?. lade, jar 25?. Fancy Pineapple, sliced, regular Jelly Powder, Diamond W. 10 20c lb.. No. 2V4 .cans 17V4. flavors, 3 for 25e. Victor Bacon, 6 to 8-lb. strips, Baking Powder, Royal, best half strips, pound 2e. made, pound cans 4:J-. Fancy Corn, Perfection, Illinois Apple Butter, Hood River, No. pack, doz. $1.35; can 124?. 5 pails. 65. New Shrimp, R. R. latest pack. Fancy Teas, high grade 60c large cans 25?; small 12V4?. bulk variety, pound 49?. Condensed Milk, Holly brand, Tea Room Coffee, rich, fragrant case $3.55; dozen 90?. blend, pound 35?. Grape Juice, Ginger Ale and Fine Mineral Waters Concord Grape Juice, Ohio California Grenadine, delicious grown, big 45c bottles 35?. beverage, CO? and 40. Imported Ginger Ale, Schwep- California Nuvida Water, large pe's, finest made; dozen bot- bottles, dozen $1.05; medium, ties for $1.50. dozen $1.35. LAUNDRY AND KITCHEN HELPS Pearline, large packages, priced Sunbrite. cleaning powder, four at 20?. cans 19?. Naptha Soap, Victor brand, six Gloss Starch, Kingsford's, six bars 25?. pound boxes 59c. White Soap, Lurline Floating, Fancy Brooms, "Little Beauty," 5 bars 19?. four 6ews, 59?. Ninth Floor. Fifth Street. Our Model Bakery Specials All pake and pastries in our Daylight Bakery are made from Royal Banquet Butter churned daily in our own churn and from the purest cream. Layer Cakes, all flavors, 60?, Scotch Shortbread, a specialty, 50?, 40?. three cuts for 10?. Angel Food 40?, Devil's Food Fancy Cakes, in variety, pound 50?. OO?, 50?. French Pastry, choice, at dozen, French Filled Coffee Cake, 40?, 75?, 60?. 30?, 25?, 10?. Petite Fours, made to order, Pound Cake. Sultana, Citron and dozen 50?, 40?. Plain, pound 40?. FRESH IN OUR BAKERY EVERY MORNING Fresh Rolls, dozen 10?. I Tea Sticks, dozen 20?. Cinnamon Buns, dozen 15?. I Bread, loaf for 10?. Gluten Bread, loaf 20?. WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY CAKES MADE TO ORDER Ninth Floor. Fifth Street. 2 v : Make Skin Smooth There is one safe, dependable treat, meot that relieves Itching torture in stantly and that cleanses sod soothes skin. Ask any druggist for a Z5c bottle of zemo and apply it as directed. Soon you will find that pimples, blackheads, ecxetna. ringworm and similar skin troubles will disappear. A little ren-.o. the penetrating, ealis fying liquid, is all that Is needed, for it bunlohes all skin eruptions and makcj the skin soft, smooth and l.ealthr. ittoo, Cleveland. Phone Your Want Ads to - THE OREGONIAN Main 7070 A 6095 ! I I !