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THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917. OREGON'S INCOMES WILL PAY iLLIOII Prosecution of Delinquents Not to Begin Until After July 1, Says Washington. ILL ARE WILLING TO PAY Kew Law Increases Rate and Hits Particularly at Large Revenues That Can Bear Great Share of the Cost -of War. Oregon probably -will yield $1,000,000 In Income taxes ror the Jjeaerai (jov rnment this year. The last day for paying Income taxes under the law was Saturday, but advice from Washington Indicates that delin quents will not be prosecuted if they pay up before July 1. 1 All records and statistics bearing on the Oregon collections are forwarded direct to "Washington. The final re ports of the amount of money raised through this channel in Oregon -will be made from there. But unofficial estimates by private agencies place Oregon's quota close to the million mark. The new Income tax law, now In ef fect. Is expected to raise almost three times as much as the -old income tax law and the old corporation tax law combined. Rate lllxher Than Old I. aw. The rate of taxation under the new law is substantially higher. The ex emption, as under the old law, is $3000, with an additional exemption of $1000 if the person paying the tax is mar ried or the head of a family. The law imposes a normal tax of 2 per cent on all incomes not covered by the exemptions, and a graduated super-tax, in addition to the normal tax, on all incomes over $20,000. On incomes in excess of $2,000,000 the super-tax is IS per cent. Legislation now pending In Congress will advance the rate on the biggest Incomes as a means of raising war revenues. Under the old law Oregon produced. In the last fiscal year. $197,795.61 from corporation incomes and $118,437.49 on individual incomes. On account of the Increased rate, the larger number of people paying in come taxes and the enlarged incomes of some of the regular income taxpay ers, it is believed that the total yield in the Btate will be nearly tripled. ftimn nan often i nn nxnariftncA or nmer states. In that case the state will have no trouble approximating $1,000,000. Tax la Paid Willingly. Officials of the Internal revenue de partment report that they have had no difficulty in collecting the tax from those to whom it apples, and that every man and every woman subject to the tax has co-operated quite willingly, both in furnishing the information nec essary to compute the tax and in mak ing the payments. It is understood, though, that some of the smaller fellows those barely within the taxpaying class have more or less difficulty in digging up the money. But Uncle Sam is no respecter of persons or circumstances. Delinquents will be prosecuted. That's all. After July 1 the agents for the Government will start on a still hunt for those who are suspected of being delinquent. However, it la believed that the number of such in this state is extremely small It is reported that three residents of Oregon are paying taxes on incomes well above $5,000,000 and that one man is paying on an estimated income of approximately $1,000,000. The internal revenue department, however, maintains strict secrecy and silence on the identity ' of the indi vidual payers and on the size of the Individual payments. "iiirvr nn i rn imr-m r nir DILL tNdUIAdLt "CAPERS OF HIGH CALIBER IS VERSATILE HEAOLI.XER. Other Features Are Monte Carlo Sextet, Hayaahl Japanese Troupe and "The Cyclonic Marvel," Leonard and Louie head this week's tlll at the Hip in an act entitled "Capers of High Caliber." . The boys have a versatile skit, made up of dan cing, athletic stunts, witty patter and a song or two. Their voices harmonize splendidly in the popular vocal selec tions. liarrity Sisters, billed as the "Singing end Dancing Girls." have some charm ing costumes. One of the girls Is the image of Margarita Fischer. Norton Brothers are a pair of sporty lads who had the house with them from the start. Their nonsense is highly enjoyable, though one or two of their Jokes are about ready for cold storage. The Monte Carlo Sextet, singers and Instrumentalists, are an unusually and doubly welcome feature at the local vaudeville house. The singing Is splen did, and the violin and accordion duet Is well worthy of the applause ac corded it. Dot Marcel, "the Cyclonic Marvel of Syncopated Melody," though working alone, has, perhaps, the stellar act of Ithe bill. One of her character songs 'especially, "At the Wedding of Xat'an an' Me." made a big hit. The Hayashi Japanese Troupe has the most pretentious act of its kind seen on the Hip stage this season. The set tings are gorgeous, and the act itself is an athletic marvel from start to finish. On the photoplay portion of the pro gramme are the Mutual Weekly and "The Green Door," one of the series of O. Henry ptories now being produced by Greater Vitagraph. This particular story is very dainty and enjoyable, and Is of an altogether different type from the average photoplay. POST RAISES $400 FOR FUND lied Cross Benefit "Well Patronized at Fort Stevens. FORT STEVENS. Or., June 17. (Spe cial.) Almost $400 was raised for the Tied Cross work by entertainments given in the post gymnasium the past week. The burnt cork artists were I orporal uonovan. Privates Clayton, Bellows. Kay, Mannlna and Canlield. The Red Cross "volunteers," consist ing of nine girls from Hammond, ren ored two stirring songs. Miss Mar garet Smith gave a dramatic recitation and the three young "Graces" from As toria, the Misses Lorls Gratke, Eleanor J-.akin and Ivy Claire Love, charmed the audience with their aesthetic red. rnite ana Diue scarf dance, originated tjr Alias uraiae. I ' " . Y ' - - i 4"" ' - it?' ' ' J k - i ; ? : '- ' A " A. - : ' , CW , K I VI ; v :l -X J, A . w I ; - p. I f - t , - - - v W - T " -' . s- s t J r. Sat Ax lop ioine Hayakawa in The J agaar's Clans," at Columitla Theater. Bottom Kitty tiordon, star of "Forget-Me-Xol," at Peoples Theater. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES, Helllg "The Eyes of the World." Peoples Kitty Gordon. "Forget-Me-Not" Star Charlie Chaplin, "The Im migrant." Majestic Earle Williams, "Apart ment 29." Columbia Sessue Hayakawa, "The Jaguar's Claws." Sunset Douglas Fairbanks.'TEteg gie Mixes In." Globe Gladys Brockwell, "One Touch of Sin." Circle Ruth Rowland. 'The Neg lected Wife." - Star. "The Immigrant" Is the name of the latest two-reeler in which Mutual Is presenting that "golden clown of the ages," Charlie Chaplin. After wit nessing It one need not take exception to the statement that Charles spencer never manufactures, his pictures from scenarios. There's hardly the faintest trace of story, but who wants a Chap lin story? The public invaded the Star Theater yesterday to laugh, forget dull care, etc And forget it they did, in hilarious witness of the mishaps that fall to the lot of Charlie In "The Im migrant." This eleventh of Mutual-Chapllns, which means that the 12-picturee-for- $670,000 contract is nearlng an end, is divided into two sections of mirth. The first offers Charlie as an immi grant on a trans-Atlantic liner; the second as a patron of a restaurant. In both he Introduces some new "business"' and some that Is old; it's difficult to determine which scores heaviest. Char lie's brogans and coat-tails are first introduced in a manner which leads one to surmise that he is paying a heavy toll to the sea. But no, he Is only fishing, and displays a huge mackerel to prove it. On ship he shoots craps and plays cards In a novel but winning fashion, meets pretty Ed na Purviance, beauty nearly eclipsed bv European peasant's garb, and is then kicked from the ship, a la tag. Then comes the restaurant, with big Eric Campbell; the waiter, who is not to be cajoled. Charlie finds a dollar, enters said cafe, meets Edna, orders for her, and discovers the loss of his money. His bean-eating performance, numerous tilts with the waiter, and final Journey to a marriage license bu reau, wind up the Jolly 2000 feet. Per haps the funniest episode of all Is that dealing with Charlie's efforts to re trieve a dollar lying at his feet. His antics are ludicrously funny In this passage. Grace Darling and Harry Fox are featured in a two-reel tale of the sea, smugglers and revenue officers In "Wrist Watchei," a Beatrice Fairfax two-reeler. Universal Screen Maga zine, with several educational novelties, completes the bill. Peoples. As a stage offering "Forget-Me-Not" achieved success and is likely to score a hit as a screen melodrama. The picturisation of the play is scenlcally beautiful. Kitty Gordon Is effective as the adventuress, Stefanie, and Montagu Love in a dual, or Is it a triple, role, does splendid work; there are thrills In abundance and the atmosphere of suspense holds sway from the first to the final reel. Miss Gordon's beauty Is a strong as set in her Interpretation of the role of Stefanie, played on the stage by Genevieve Ward and Rose Coghlan. The attack of the prisoners on the warders is staged by Director Smile Chautard in capital style, while some of the sets are remarkably fine. Stefanie -Paoll Jilts her sweetheart, Gabriel (Montagu Love), to marry Mar quis de Monrivart (Aleo B. Francis). Despondent, Gabriel takes his life. The Marquis runs a gambling house In Paris and years later Stefanie Is a mem ber of his household. Her son studies in England. Benedetto (Love), Gabriel's brother, seeks out Stefanie for re venge. . In an attempt to kill her ha stabs the Marquis and Is sent to Jail. Meanwhile, for some reason or other, Stefanle refuses to recognize the mar riage of her son to Rose Varnay. He dies from the shock of her stand. Later Stefanie thrusts herself on the Verney family In order to obtain a foothold In society. Sir Horace Welby, an old ad mirer of Stefanie. now engaged to Alice Verne, gets rid of her by finding a man of marked resemblance to Bene detto and preying upon her fear of the man, who Is In reality dead. She is so terrified that she leaves her would be victims forever. A cartoon comedy featuring "Jiggs and Maggie," of the "Bringing Up Father" series, and Animated News with some splendid pictures of cur rent events, complete the bill. . Majestic. "Apartment 29." the Vitagraph five reeler starring Earle Williams, at the Majestic Theater, is unique and refresh ing, a photodrama out of the ordinary run of screen plays, with a surprise finish that reminds one of "Seven Keys to Baldpate,"" that George M. Cohan drama soon to be presented by the silent drama Plenty of action, a murder trial seen In a dream, hiding the hero in a ward robe trunk and his escape by the fire escape and auto route, and other char acteristics of the regulation detective thriller are In evidence In "Apart ment 29." The author of the story sets out to prove to a dramatic critic that truth is as strange as fiction, and while doing so he holds the attention of the spec tator and furnishes him some remark ably restful entertainment. Williams Is cast In the role of the critic. Stan ley Ormsby, who thinks the play is poor because he does not agree with the logic of the author. He tells author and playwright this before leav ing the theater. After writing' the criticism at his club he receives a message from his editor to interview a certain actress. In the apartment house hall he finds a woman uncon scious and after earring her Into' the apartment discovers the body of a man, apparently dead. Circumstances are against Ormsby and he attempts to es cape. This leads to other complications and he discovers that hiB hasty, unwise action has fastened the crime on him. Then comes the disclosure that it was all a plot arranged by the playwright and Ormsby Is convinced that even ex ceptionally keen men act quite like simpletons when confronted by strange circumstances, and changes his mind about the value of the play. "His Bomb Policy," a two-reel Fox film comedy of many laughable mo ments, and Hearst-Pathe News, Includ ing glimpses of registration under the selective draft, and the Russian East front, round out the programme. Sunset. Give Douglas Fairbanks a "fair ve hicle and average support and thfc result will be a sure-fire picture, a photoplay success. "Reggie Mixes In" goes one better than "fair" vehicle, while ''Doug's" support must be labeled higher than "average." for the Fair banks satellites include Bessie Love. In this intense comedy-drama Miss Love Is a girl of the tenements and Fairbanks is a wealthy young idler, whose love for adventure and dissat isfaction with his mode of living leads him to accept a Job as bouncer In Gallagher's cabaret. There Bessie, de spite the sordid surroundings and more sordid people, stays on the straight and narrow path while hold ing a Job as dancer. Of course "Doug" runs afoul of a lot , of Jealous gangsters, narrowly escapes death several times, and. finally Is challenged to a bana-to-nand com bat for the girl br the gangster-in-ohlef. The fight Is one of the moat terrlfio ever seen on the screen, and noteworthy in the film career of a man whose public appearances constitute one unbroken line of strenuous ex ploits. It's full of gasps. Reggie, of course, wins the girl, and takes her to bis horns of luxury. The two then commence a life of min istering to the poor of the tenements. This picture was directed by Will lam Christy Cabanna, who claims, so it Is asserted, to have taught "Doug" most of his athletio tricks. The di rector assembled a fine collection of gangster types for the cabaret scenes. A Mack Sennett Keystone comedy and Paramount Pictographa complete the bill, Columbia. Sessue Hayakawa, noted Japanese actor, gives one of his best charac terizations In "The Jaguar's Claws," a zestful, stirring melodrama of the Mexican border. Hayakawa appears as a "Greaser," a dep-dyed villain, and his histrionics, combined with an abundance -of dramatic situations, adroitly unfolded, makes the photoplay good entertainment. The Japanese is supported by a cast of many well-known players, including Tom Moore, Fritzl Brunette. Marjorie Daw, Tom Forman and Mabel Van Buren. The Jaguar Is the name by which a Mexican desperado is known. He Is the terror of the wild country in which he operates. Phil Jordan, an Easterner In Mexico to manage an oil property, excites the wrath of El Jaguar when the latter Insults his sister. In re venge the Mexican sends his men to kidnap the girl, but by: mistake they take Jordan's wife. Jordan and his men set out In pur suit, but in the meantime the mis take is discovered and El Jaguar now has both Jordan's wife and his sister. With animal cunning and forced brav ado the Mexican asks Jordan to choose one of the women and depart with her. The wife offers herself to El Jaguar. But the Mexican's defiance brings on his own defeat, for before he can work his terrible vengeance on Beth a number of cowboys come to the rescue and the Mexican Is killed by another woman he had stolen awav from her home. i 'Oriental Love" offers as Its funniest feature a butting ram who attacks all the players without fear or favor. The picture contains some fine Indian scenery and a story with the usual I numDer or hilarious gags. The .Key stone tank ( and some girls scantily clad are thrown In for good measure. This is the comedy Mack Bennett's pub licity folks asserted was being made in India. Ora Carewe and "Baldy" Bel mont head the cast. Hellig. Departing from the merely spectac ular and concentrating its essence into a powerful love story, gorgeous Cal ifornia scenic settings and elaborate musical attributes, "The Eyes of the World." now playing to enthusiastic crowds at th u.ni.. Tk.... something different in pictorial' drama i u oi great nim orierings Dut forward of late. Represented in this achievement are Harold Bell Wright, author of the famous story, which has had a sale of over a million Copies in book form nnri w u w.how" associated in the "production x- -'" t xne .Birth of a Nation ) and other large film ventures. v noted author amplified the story for this production and personally as sisted In the work of putting his char acters on the screen. While "The Eyes of the World" is primarily a romance. It is melodramatic In the best sense, bristling with adventure, hazard and dramatic clash, as well as idyllic charm. The cinema version is in 10 acts, was seven months In making at unlimited ost. on the actual scenes of the story In Southeastern California. The qualities that gave the book such phenomenal sale are intensified in the Pictorial version, which has a wealth of gorgeous photographic settings. The presentation Is a lavish one in every y;. numer" cities It has broken all theater records. ofAtILeb?rate "lusic setting Is one of the features of the production. Globe. wne, TUOh of Sln'" a vrilllam Fox nw ,llV .ta",,n- Gladys Brockwell rTeaturlnsr Jack Standing and Wil- i and "Hrt and Saddles." . . comed5r w"'th Tom Mix per forming In n , - . - , - w--ceier or run and -iWU?,;er-t,JrlLla: ""Prise the early- Theater c"ler'annient at the Globe "One Touch of Sin" tells a hectic trayedf hl? f th Eastern trajed by the man she loves, and then wUh ht'M,5ht SUt th8 batt.e of life 7i ,h J ,ChU,d- Foowing the deser tion the locale changes from East to ri.il wuh-in fr0ed Int riage with another man. Watt Tabor because he takes the blame for a crime she has committed. Then In th. ing camp of th. frontier, "she m"et. s: Kria fathenerfd0' W WAR WORK ASKED FOR OSTEOPATHS SEEK AUTHORITY TO CO TO BATTLEFIELDS. Terrors of French Warfare In Europe. It Is Aaaerted. Yield to Treatment by Drusleaa Doctors. "Shell shock," one of the terrors of the modern battlefield, will lose some of Its terror as soon as osteopaths are sent to the front to work with the regular Army medical staff, according to Dr. W. Banks Meacham, of Ashevllle, N. C., president of the American Asso ciation of Osteopathia Physicians, who arrived in Portland yesterday after at tending the osteopathic convention at Salem. "Osteopathic science gets response from shell shock, nerve paralysis and several of the more prominent peculiar trench ailments due to muscle and nerve strain," said Dr. Meacham yes terday. "We have recently demon strated it on the European battlefields, and the osteopaths hope to have passed by the United States Congress a bill that will be Introduced next week per mitting osteopaths to supplement the work of the regular Army medical staff. Dr. Meacham was too modest to tell of his own personal contributions to the welfare of the profession, but Dr. K. E. Moore, whose guest Dr. Meacham Is while in the city, stated that Dr. Meacham had already given to the A. T. Sill Research Institute, which is developing the science of osteopathy, his $75,000 sanitarium located at Ashe ville. The doctor has been a trustee of the institute since Its formation in 1908. He leaves today for Beattle. HOBO MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT Junk Man In House Along Tracks Is Arrested In Salem. SALEM. Or., June 17. (Special.) James Murray, supposed to be a hobo. Is In a local hospital with a mys teriously Inflicted - gunshot wound in his left leg. Murray and a pal. giving the name of Walter Anderson, were walking along the Southern Pacific tracks near the southern edge of the city when they were fired on, they allege, from a house near the tracks. R. M. Wade, a local Junk dealer, who lives in the house, was arrested In an intoxicated condition, the police say, and told Chief of Police Cooper he has no recollection of doing any shooting. Chief Cooper is making an investiga tion and Wads and Anderson are being held. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. 1 P Particular FoIIss Praise It Most You'll find your ideals If . . - : . ; it ciate tne value oi clean- i!f n m m H w (1 I-'-liness, purity and whole- A ILSLIlI B ll LI somen ess. Order today. Royal Bakery & Confectionery pCopyrlght WIS BAD CHECKS TRACED Farmer, 34, Is Accused of Uttering Ten. J. W. BRADLEY ARRESTED Many Signatures TTsed, but Little Cash Is Obtained, as System Was to Order Goods and to Collect Difference. J. W. Bradley, who says he is a farm er, 34 years of age. was arrested at Fifth and Washington streets yesterday noon by city detectives and members of the Burns Detective Agency, and charged with forgery. Within the past week he is said to have cashed 10 bogus checks at different places In this city and two in Sllverton, all of the checks being drawn on the Ladd & Bush Bank, of Salem. The Burns operatives and Detectives Leonard and La Salle had been work ing on the case, and the arrest is cred ited to them. Many Signatures Uaed. When the first check appeared for payment at the Salem bank, the Burns operatives got busy. The Portland de tective department was also notified, and then checks began to flow Into the Ladd & Bush Bank, drawn payable to various Institutions and bearing many different signatures. Bradley Is said to have used the names Baker, Hartley, Smith and Brown, but always the Initials J. H. were used. The checks varied In else from $2. B0 to (60. but Bradley is said to have re ceived but a small cash difference, and his monetary advantage in the transc tions is small. Small Cub Difference Taken. He would go into a store and order a quantity of goods and have them sent to a designated address, taking the small cash difference. The goods were ordered sent to Silverton for the most part. In Bradley's pocket was found a check book on the Ladd & Bush Bank, a check book he said he found on the road near Salem. When arrested he had been drinking bay rum. He Is said to have cashed bogus checks on the Hudson Arms Company, the People's Clothing Company, the Pa cific Tent & Awning Company, the Manx Hotel, two on the Hoyt Hotel, Roy Marks, automobile accessories, and others. One of the victims in Silverton was a woolen mills store. SGLDIER RECOVERS COIN JTHEKTCARCOXDUCTORFIDS GOLD PIECE rS CAR. Loser, When Money la Returned. Bays HarauM for J. A. Mlckelaon, Whom Diogenes Sought. When Diogenes fared forth with his smoky lantern in search of an honest man he should have ambled Rose City ward, hobbled aboard a Vancouver streetcar and peered Into the eyes of the man wearing a Portland Railway, Light & Power Company cap No. 860. For there his search could have ended. On June 9 J. A. Mickelson, conductor on a Vancouver streetcar, noticed a shining object on the floor beneath the seats. He picked It up, and there In the palm of his hand lay a 15 gold piece, and when his trip was completed he turned in the coin to the "lost and found" office. Several days later Joseph A. Broder Ick, a soldier stationed at Vancouver Barracks, informed the street railway officials that he bad lost a 15 gold piece. He had no idea that the money would ever be returned, but thought he might Just as well take a chance. He named the hour of the day he had ridden on the car. which corresponded to the re port of Conductor Mickelson on the lost 15 gold piece. Yesterday Broderlck fondled a little plec eof gold, that was welcome legal tender at the cigar store where frag rant Havanas were purchased for the man who could have answered "pres ent"! when Diogenes made his famous search. Baptists Change Meeting- Place. RIDDLE, Or.. June 17. (Special.) of what good bread should be If If tFAroUiV r n tr' t- u Yia t-s The Umpqua Baptist Association, which was to have been held at Riddle June 20, 21 and 22, has been changed to the churches at Elmira and Veneta in Lane County, on the same dates. The epi demic of measles at Riddle was the cause of the change. DUFUR COLT SHOW IS OVER Governor Witbycombe Is Present and Delivers Address. DUFUR. Or.. June 17. (Special.) Yesterday was Governor's day at the Dufur Colt Show. After the parade of premium winners Governor Wlthycombe delivered a short address. The Dalles Chamber of Commerce cups for the best mule team and for the best pure bred colt in the show were won by Slusher Bros, and W. A. Adklsson. The J. D. Farrell. president O.-W. R. &' N. Company, cup for the best draft team was won by F. B. . Ingels. Johnson Bros., bankers, cup was won by J. P. Bolton. The Oregon Horsebreeders' Association cup for the best groomed, fitted and mannered colt in the show was won by Ebon Butler. Lincoln Alnmnl to Meet. The Lincoln High School Alumni As sociation will hold Its programme to night in room A of the Central Library. Adolph Bloch, chairman of the commit tee in charge, has arranged for six nuembers. including an oration by C. E. 8. Wood and selections by Richard Montgomery, Jess Talbot and Mrs. Mlscha Pels. The first number will be sailed at 8 o'clock and every graduate of the West Side high is Invited to attend. Auxiliary Meets Tonight. Through an error it was announced that the regular meeting of the First Oregon Cavalry Auxiliary would be held tomorrow night in room E of the Cen tral Library. It should have read to night (Monday) at 8 o'clock. All rela tives and friends of the members of Troops A, B and C are requested to be present, as some matters of grave im portance are to be discussed. Roll of Honor Is Prepared. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. June 17. (Special.) The Commercial Club is preparing a roll of honor containing the names of all the young men of Walla Walla County who have entered mili tary service Just prior to and since war was declared on Germany. It will be framed and placed In a prominent po sition on some important street corner. Fonr From Gresham Gradnated. GRESHAM, Or.. June 17. (Special.) It . I 7 VI CTTK BUYTRU-BLU HOUSEHOLD l' . J V' SODAS Tk HaruJy Red 7 r I " . The Food Value Crackers in hundreds of homes On Sale Everywhere Made Right in Portland by the TRU-BLU BISCUIT CO. It 3 tie id all filled to a B T" in Sold only in clean wrappers 10c and 15c per loaf at your grocer's mmtim g Xaisaax Portland. Or. The Misses Olive Merrill, Best! Howitt, Ruby Rasmussen and Alice Ekstrom were among the young la dies who graduated from the Oregon State Normal School. Miss Merrill and Miss Howitt are graduates of Gresham High School, the predecessor of Union High School, No. 2. Miss Rasmussen is a graduate of Union High School. No. 1, at Corbett, and Miss Ekstrom is from Powell Valley. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070, A 05. TODAY 2:15 TONIGHT 8:15 ALL THIS WEEK HEILIG BROADWAY AT TAYLOR. Main 1 and A 11X2. Every Afternoon 3:15. Every Evening SslS. CLtNE's MAGMFICENT FILM PRODUCTION, HAROLD BELL WRIGHT'S ROMANTIC STORY The Eyes of The World SPECIAL MUSIC Following prices include RESERVED SEATS Aft's 25-50; Eve's 25-50-75 BOX SEATS 73c BOX SEATS Sl.OO. TICKETS NOW SELLING FOR ENTIRE WEEK lV J , J 7.1 r : t i j 1 rNfc TAvTy la"l fV1- Favorite