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8 THE 3IOICXIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAT. JANUARY 26, 917. HARDWARE DEALERS ELECT G. W. HYATT Enterprise Man Chosen Presi dent of Retailers' Associa . tion for Ensuing Year. SESSION TO END TONIGHT Addresses on Trade Topics and View of Fire Prevention Films Take TTp Greater Part of Day's Pro ceedings at Convention. Election of officers for the ensuing yearand a. number of addresses on trade topics formed the leading- features of the session of the eleventh annual convention of the Oregon Retail Hard ware and Implement "Dealers' Associa tion at the Imperial Hotel yesterday. (The convention will close with an ex ecutive session this afternoon and a banquet at the Multnomah Hotel to night. Officers elected yesterday were: Oeorgo w. Hyatt, of Enterprise.presl dent; W. A. Hudleeon. of North Powder, vice-president; Lot L. Pearce, Ealem; P. H. Churchill, Koseburg; George lar ken, Newberg, and P. I Love. Wood burn, members of the executive com mittee. The executive committee will appoint the secretary-treasurer of "the organization. H. J. Altnow, of Port land, who has held the position for the past year, announced that he would not be a candidate. Value of Quick: galea Emphasized. The vafue of time to the business man was emphasized by the paper of Edwin A. Walten, advertising manager for the Burrows Adding Machine Com pany, which was read by P3. E. Lucas, of Epokane. Mr.- Walten died of pneu monia at Epokane just prior to the con vention. The paper touched upon the neces sity, for making quick sales to secure a "better day's profit." It also urged that business men talk their business troubles over with their banker, declar ing -that bankers were as a rule in touch with different phases of business and glad to assist with their counsel at any time. T. D. Honeyman, of Portland, urged the adoption of the system of "Trade ' Acceptances," declaring that it made for reduced overhead cost. Briefly the sys tem means the use of, drafts, which will draw Interest and are negotiable rather than mere book accounts. The value of service in the business world was emphasized by Lot L. Pearce, of Balem, who gave a talk on "The Re tail Implement Business From My Point of View.". E. E. Lucas, of Spokane, spoke from the subject, "How Shall We Meet the Advanced Cost of Goods?" Fire marshal Shows Pictures. Following the sessions yesterday the hardware and implement men were en tertained at tha Central Library by a series of moving-pictures on "Fire Pre vention, shown by ire Marsnai jay Stevens. There will be no sessions of the. con vention this morning, thereby giving out-of-town men an opportunity to call URon Portland jobbers and manufac turers. In the afternoon an executive session will be held at which time busi ness of the organization will be tak en up. The banquet In the evening at the Multnomah Hotel will be given to the retailers by the wholesalers and Job bers. More than 200 places have been reserved for the occasion. W. K. Slater, of the Honeyman Hardware Company, is chairman of the banquet committee and other members are: E. C. Ward, of the Marshall-Wells Company: F. Creasey, of the Gauld Company: B. E. Tresslsr. of the Bimonds Manufactur ing Company, and S. C. Rasmussen, of Kasmussen & Co. E. D. Tlmms will nrrside at the banquet. The question of the place for the holding of the next annual meeting will nrobablv be left for the executive com jnittee to decide. Portland, however. will In all probability be selected. DR. H. R. TALBOT IN WAR Former Portland Clergyman Drlv ing Ambulance; Wife Is Nurse. Pr. Henry Russell Talbot, who gave up his work as rector of St. uavid i Church in Portland 18 months a"o be cause of ill health, 13 nowdriving an automobile with the allies' ambulance service in France, while his wife. Mrs. Talbot, is nursing wounded at the front. Dr. Talbot's health was broken as the result of- previous service In the missionary field in Manila, and he failed to regain his strength after coming here. After resigning here he went to Spain and a year there re stored bis health. Mrs. Talbot, before her marriage. was a nurse at Manila. She is a daugh ter of Mrs. J. B. Montgomery. Centralla Mills Get Big Order. : CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 2S. (Spe cial.) Mills in this vicinity nave re ceived a big share of the order for 10.- 000,000 feet of lumber recently placed by the Union Pacific' A big block of the orders was pced .with the Lui ber Manufacturers' Agency, of this city and distributed by the agency among the numerous mills it serves in this section. TIRED WORKING MEN A Local Druggist Suggests a Remedy for Overworked, Run-down Men. The following letter from Manager Hodes' recounts the experience and con dition of many Portland men. Read this letter and our offer which follows: Brooklyn, . N. Y. "I am a general office manager and became so nervous and run-down in health that I lost my appetite and finally my health broke down completely, largely because of overwork. I tried Beef Iron and V Ine and other remedies without help. saw Vinol advertised and soon after taking It I noticed an Improvement. I now have a hearty appetite, sleep bet ten feel better and have gained consid erable in weight. Samuel Hodes, 501 Stone Ave. The reason Vinol is so successful In such cases Ih because it contains the oldest and most famous tonics, vi beef and cod liver peptones, iron, man ganese peptonates and glycero-phos-phates. We ask every run-down, overworked man in Portland to try a bottle of .Vinol with the understanding that their mon ey will be returned if it fails to help them as It did Mr. Hodes. The Owl Drug Co, Portland; also at tha leading drugstore in all Oregon towns. Yf I y iWiiliiiPlillM H lily : JJljiilli!!l!l!!lill!lii!! iilHli tags- m? ' " ' 1 i . ' . :-i-;. " . - I" r , r --tf.vWfrr-Tr ' - ! - , s V 1 ? , j f ' ' " 1 A. , s ' ' : - ' "w T ,t '- - f-' .: : ' v " - : ' 3 i ' - ? , -1 - II ' -rf ' ' -i i - 'U are given in the two-reel subject, which will be followed by other camera-hunt pictures Just as novel and entertaining. Musical numbers and International comedy complete the bill. , Peoples. There is a new kind of motion-plo- ture hero being Introduced to the screen by Owen Moore in "A Girl Like THM," in which he is being co-starred by the Famous Players Film Company with Irene Fenwick at the Peoples. This new species of hero is disguised by . those queer-looking tortoise - shell - rimmed glasses that make a man looit line a cross between a Harvard student and a bullfrog. Instead of being a rollick ing, polo-playing youth upon whom the liquor Interests can depend for an extra dividend, such as be was in A Coney Island Princess," Moore is a model young man with a vacant stare, who is so nice that you want to pat him on i But this pious youth, who neither drinks, swears nor chews, really has concealed about his person a great many admirable qualities which are aroused from their lethargy by the ar rival in his town of Nell Gordon, who Is the heroine of the story.- And if you think that our hero is a queer sort of a hero, it may be well to explain at the start that our heroine Is a lady crook more crook than lady at first, to be sure. Se & 97c TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Gladys Coburn, "The Primtlve Call." Broadway Gladys Hulette, "Her New York." Columbia Frank Keenan and Margery Wilson, "The Bride of Hate." Sunset B essie Barriseal e,' Charles Ray and Louise Glaum, "Home." Star John Mason and Alma Han Ion, "The Libertine." Peoples Owen Moore and- Irene Fenwick, "A Girl Like That." Globe "At-Piney Ridge," "Billy Smoke." L-KO comedy, is a good foil. to the tense five-reeler. H Sunset. OME," a comedy-drama which handles the newly rich, their aspirations and -weaknesses, with ruthless hand. Is the VTriangle photoplay of rich entertainment value on exhibition at the Sunset Theater. With an all-star fast and a story sur charged with many amusing situations, this is one of the best photoplays in which Bessie Barrlscale has appeared. Charles Ray, Louise Glaum, Clara Williams and George Fisher are among the players, all of whom except Fisher, having been starred during the' past few months, go to support Miss Barrls cale In "Home." It is a story of a girl who devotes her efforts to saving her family from the evils of too-suddenly-acquired wealth, and who nearly sacrifices her own happiness in encompassing the re turn to sanity of her family. Bessie Wheaton returns home from school to discover that the one-time happiness and peace of her family has gone a-gllmmering. Father has retired from the family circle and Is a cynical club man. Brother Is immersed in the doubt ful pleasures of the day and is paying assiduous court to a chorus girl of the most obvious type. Mother and sister are snobs of the first water and are Jaying a trap to ensnare a count, who is even more anxious to get a strangle" hold on a part of the WTieaton fortune. So Bessie decides that the only method of procedure is to become the biggest fool in the family. She dis gusts her bapther by aping the chorus girl, and so opens his eyes that she de parts for other feminine society. She steals the cotmt from her sister, and then drops him with a dull thud. She outsnobs the snobs of her own home. Insults father, mother and sister, and generally deports herself in such a way that she brings about an awakening, although in so doing she almost loses the love of an artist who had been at tracted by ber charm and refreshing naturalness. '.' "The Millinery Girl," a Triangle- Komedy, with Fay Tincher at her best, and a Burton Holmes Travelogue com plete the programme. Columbia. Art attractive and original photo drama, boldly and powerfully pictured, but so well handled that the most crit ical could not take offense, , is "The Bride of Hate," a romantic tragedy of the old South, on exhibition at the Co lumbia Theater. .'Faithful and realistic costuming the crinolines, stovepipe hats, frilled shirts, immense canes artistic subtitles, an Intensely dramatic story, and splendid acting contributed by Frank Keenan, Margery Wilson and Jerome Storm, contribute to make this one of the best of recent Ince produc tions. In this atmosphere of ante-bellum days Keenan is presented as Dr. Du pres, a Southern gentleman of mixed ethics, who is the soul of honor in finance and family purity, but who be lieves that the smallest taint of negro blood draws a sharp line between the possessor of it and human beings. While in a friendly game of poker on a Mississippi River steamboat he wins a slave who is pure white, but who has been brought up from babyhood as a negress as a matter of spite. On re turning home he discovers that his little grandniece. the last of the blood, has killed herself from shame. . He discovers that Paul Crenshaw, a young blood from New Orleans. Is the betray er, and overcomes desire for .immediate death in favor of a more subtle revenge. The supposed negress is trained care fully in conduct and dress to imper sonate .a wealthy young Spanish girl, and gives her a choice of winning the young blood or going to work in the cotton fields. The girl yields to the scheme of revenge and is soon married to Crenshaw. Nooontr Is the cere mony over than the planter denounces the bridegroom, and laughs him to corn for having married a negress. Socially ostracized, the young fellow meets a violent -death. Almost at that moment the true identity of the girl is revealed and the planter makes superb restitution by her complete social re establishment. "The Battle of Let's Go," a. two-reel Majestic. "The Primitive Call." a story of the East and West, Taclal conflict, and the wiles of a white woman as practiced on a redskin, yesterday opened a three-day screening at the Majestic Theater. This William Fox photo drama, which is noteworthy for its photographic merit as well as story In terest, stars Gladys Coburn, the Ken tucky girl who has been elevated to a position among the Fox luminaries of the celluloid drama. Miss Coburn as Betty Malcolm. spoiled, petted, and headstrong daugh ter of millions, and Fritz Lei ber, as Brain Elkhorn, son of an Indian chief, are the principal figures in this story of a woman's intrigue in the name of love. Betty meets Brain at a recep tion In the East, and when she dis covers that her father is negotiating with Chief Elkhorn for possession of Indian lands in the West, and that the deal Is at a standstill, she determines to use her wiles on Brain to secure the tract of land The Indian performs numerous acts heroism, including the rescue of of HOTEL ROOMS SECURED RESERVATIONS FOR BT. E. A. COX. VEXTIOX BEING MADE. TJtan. Wyoming; and Other Middle Western States Already Have Beta Heard From. Reservations at Portland hotels for rooms during the annual convention of the National Education Association here on the week of July 7-14, next, are already coming tn. Utah. Wyoming and other Mld'dla Western states have been heard from, and It la Indicated that Interest In the Portland -convention is widespread. An active campaign is being carried on by the general committee of the N. E. A. in charge of convention plans, here, to advertise the coming event widely and publicity Portland will re ceive as a result will be extensive. Mark Woodruff, in charge of pub licity for the Chamber of ' Commerce, who is secretary of the executive N. E. A. committee, has-sent out arti cles on the attractions of Summer life in the Pacific Northwest to all the educational and school papers of the United States. These articles advise teachers to Summer here this year and attend tbe'Natlonal Education Associa tion convention. Similar articles will be sent to many other publications throughout the United States. The special folder to be Issued by the committee is being arranged now by Mr. Woodruff. An issue of 300,000 will be printed and circulated widely. A big list of addresses of people who are more or less Interested in the com ing convention or who can be attracted this way because of it has. already been secured. Folders will be sent to these selected addresses, as well as to very many others. Betty from drowning, and a strong ad miration for. him Is developed in the girl, yet she persists in her scheme to use the young redskin. The contract for the land is signed, through the ef forts of Brain, and then the girl spurns him, while his people ostracize the man who has assisted the palefaces In the land robbery. In a spirit of revenge Brain kidnaps the girl and parries her away into the mountains, there forcing her to live in a tepee and do menial camp work. The other Indians kidnap a child, and through it secure a cancellation of the land contract. Brain releases - Betty after she has suffered much in spirit, and the white giri who is ready to love her captor is in turn spurned by Brain, who turns to an Indian maid for hap piness. A Vitagraph comedy and Hearst Pathe News weekly round out the bill. Star. - Glimpses of a millionaire's fairyland kingdom on the historic Hudson River, Including beautiful lawns and gardens, are one of the striking features of tire powerful moral photodrama, "The Lib ertine," on exhibition at the Star The ater. This extraordinary film production, made by the Triumph Film Corporation under the direction of Julius Steger, contains a number of other interesting scenes. Another striking view Is of a moonlight party taken on board a $70,000 pleasure yacht, showing the beautiful shores of the Hudson along Riverside Drive and the skyline of New York City inthe distance. The interior scenes in "The Libertine" are among the most costly ever used in a photodrama. Scenes depicting the home of Jim Mills, the libertine, show glimpses of an art gallery containing some of the most costly paintings and tapestries of famed European artists. The New York Evening Journal says of "The Libertine": "The Libertine" is a story of modern life, strong: and gripping. The heroine, a young girl, who 1b the main support of her wid owed mother, la engaged to marry a. clean, wholesome young man, who has been ber childhood's sweetheart. Her path is crossed by a modern libertine, the man who "can afford to play the game." A surprise finish comes like a breath of June roses, and the story ends bringing close to the hearts of the audience the pow erful and timely moral of a great old play forever new. Broadway. "Her New York," the current attrac tion at the Broadway Theater, pos sesses much of the ingenuousness rrid most of the charm of a fairy tale. It's the story of a little country girl who runs away to the city, falls into the trap of a female white sla m r and 'a saved through the instrumentality of a pet hen and Is married to a young chap who boldly proclaims that he is going to support, her by writing poetry .-and makes good. All of which furnishes excellent material for a photoplay "of a simple and compelling charm, with the effect appreciably heightened by the acting of Gladys Hulette, the youthful Thanhouser star. The aforementioned - pet hen and a baby play prominent parts in the play. The hen is the property of Phoebe, the country girl who goes to tha Idolized city, while the baby has been adopted by her city sweetheart, a struggling peot who finally gains success. If not fame, by hammering out lines for a baked-bean company for $100 a week. - Phoebe. Phillip, the hen and the waif are embarked on a career of happiness, when Philip starts gambling and gets in debt to his employer. The situation is complicated when the employer casts covetous eyes on Phoebe. The boss suc ceeds in making Phoebe believe that Philip has deceived her, and things look black for a time, bv . finally everything comes out right, although the hen has been sacrificed in the meantime, and Phoebe's New York is bright and happy again. 'Along the Game Trails in Canada" Is" an unusually interesting hunt pic ture, with the camera as the weapon. Intimate views of moose, bear and deer 39 TAKE RED CROSS TESTS Successful Members of Forestry Service to Get Certificates. Twenty-seven men and 12 women connected with this Government forest district, who have been attending series of lectures on first aid given by D W. N. Lipscomb, field representa tive of the American Red Cross Society, at forest headquarters in the Beck building, are now being examined in first aid work. Those passing the ex amination will get certificates issued by the Red Cross Society. .The examinations include practical demonstrations in the use of splints in setting bones and also in the fixing of bandages. 4 COUPLES GET DIVORCES Three Plaintiffs Allege Cruelty; One Claims Desertion. A divorce was awarded to Ella E. Balmanno on a cross-complaint from Jack H. Balmanno by Presiding Judge Gantenbein yesterday. She had left her husband because of his treatment of her and had gone to live with her folks at Eugene. Ella M. Reznor obtained a divorce from Charles F. Reznor. Reanor threw dishes at his wife and called her vile names, according to the testimony. I. A. Mallory received a divorce from Martha Mallory. She had left him. Nellie B. Anton was divorced from Harry C. Anton, whom she charged with cruelty. ' CITY MAY DENY BLAME Commissioner Holds Against Claim of Resident for Damages. Reclaims of W. C. Lawrence for dam ffes to his property in Portland Heights because of earth slides claimed by him to have been caused by leaking water or improper drainage underneath street area, are to be denied if the City Council adopts recommendations of Commissioner aly. A report on the subject will be before the Council this morning. . The Lawrence home was badly dam aged by the moving of the earth during the storms last Winter. The city claims no responsibility for the troubles. AUCTION IST0PAY DEBTS Effects of Tom long, Blind Cigar Dealer Who Died, to Be Sold. To satisfy creditors of Tom Long, blind City Hall cigar dealer who died recently, Dr. F. H. Dar.imasch, admin istrator of the estate, has arranged for a public auction of Mr. Long's be longings at the City Hall at noon Mon day. His cigar stand and all his stock will be sold to the highest bidders. Mr. Long died leaving more debts than assets. Dr. Dammasch has found that he cannot realize the required amount by a private sale and therefore has proposed the auction. Occupation Tax Proposed Again. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) The proposed occupation tax for Aberdeen, which it was thought was killed by the Council laet week, is beginning -to show signs of reviving, for several of the Council who opposed the tax last week are now In favor of such a tax. Consideration of the oc cupation tax matter probably will be up again within the next two weeks. 1 :: Two 15c Cakes of Churchill Skin Soap Both for 15c We make you an unusually attractive offer on Churchill Antiseptic Skin Soaj Two Cakes for the Price of One. Churchill Antiseptic Skin Soap is a standard toilet medicinal 6oap of high quality, used for all-around toilet purposes. It pos sesses well-known antiseptic and hygienic properties. . It is a quick and efficient cleanser. It is delicately perfumed, most agreeable to use and is lasting. Churchill Antiseptic Skin Soap has been sold by The Owl Drug Stores for 1 5 years and is highly commended by all who ' use it. . . v . It is regularly sold by all Owl Stores at 1 5c. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY YOU CAN BUY Two Cakes for 15c "... - This is an unusual bpportunity to get double value in a re fined medicinal soap that may be used with most satisfying results in toilet and bath. ... - Q--y:-8'.'2&P Vaf I )l ?.... -2P2Z:3ri2l . .-T I j-rtnf l f In inii'M i m I i ii LAf3tsi ' 3t;V"fe ' 'on ik smim cxasAa.es S-' -rr-hJ ""v ostice ft. Sc. mm ch mm if 00A? LAST CORNER IS RENTED C. J. MATH IS CO. take: io-yeah LEASES IN CORBETT BUILDING. CASJOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears yj? sfC TT Signaroxeof C4fZcti Men's Fiirnlsklna Geeds Store te Occupy Premises Vacated by First Rational Bank. The 'only vacant prominent down downtown corner store in Portland, the premises of the Corbett building, formerly occupied by the First National Bank, was leased yesterday for a 10 year period by C. J. Mathis & Co., an exclusive men's furnishing shop, which first opened for business five years agro in the Sixth-street side of the Selling building. By the terms of the agreement en tered into between Charles J. Mathis and Robert H. Strong, manager of the Corbett Estate, the Mathis firm is also to have full use of the basement, and will have first call on considerable second-floor space as soon as all de partments of the First National Bank are moved to the new bank home at Fifth and Stark strets. The ground floor of the Corbett builtung alone will provide the Mathis store with approximately 60 per cent more space than the present quarters, which are now too small for the grow ing business of the concern. Before moving Into the new loca tion, about March 1, extensive changes and alterations will be made in the Corbett building front under the direc tion of Architect A. E. Doyle, and a new feature in the form of shadow box windows, that have never before been used west of Denver, will be Installed. The newly patented win dows are said to give perfect vision at all times- by preventing reflections. The new quarters will provide 100 feet of window displrfy space. The Interior furnishings in the new store Will be of solid Honduras ma hogany, and new showcases, counters and cabinets will be Installed in the hope of making the shop one of the finest in the West. The store is to have a frontage of 40 feet on Morrison street, with entrance in the center, and 70 feet on Fifth- street. Space behind the elevators will Li-shaped. make the store Read The Oregonian classified ads. a TODAY GLADYS COBURN Famous Kentucky Beauty in The Primitive Call COMEDY PATHE NEWS ISIS p EOPLES "The House of Quality" Til Saturday Night Owen Moore Irene Fenwick In an exceptional comedy drama of smiles and thrills. "AGirlLikeThat" A play of -unfailing; appeal to the particular varied, inter esting; world news; also, in Selig-Tribune. Enjoy this pro gram tonig;ht. . Coming Sunday -Marie Doro, the Exquisite '.. Ti - . - -t-'-y-" - -. V .. '. h "4 4 J Gladys Hulette A Lovable Star A Lovable Story GLADYS HULETTE in "Her New York" Christie Comedy Wild Animal Pictures Now Playing i. iamp.4 Bessie Barriscale Charles Ray Louise Glaum b "H0M E" at the SUNSET N. B. Free portraits of Miss Barriscale today. 1