THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, lO. 1919. TAXPAYERS TO PASS L Pubnc Meeting Called Board of Directors. by $3,272,00.0 IS ESTIMATE Ar-cnoicnts Against Any Items Con tained In Statement "Will Be Heard December 1. It will cost $3,272,000 to operate Uie Portland public schools during the coming year, according to the estimated budget for 1920 as pre pared by the board of directors. The board has issued a call for a public meeting to be held at room 304, court house, at 10 A. M., December 1, at which taxpayers may present argu ments against any items contained in the budget. Salaries of principals and teachers form the biggest item in the school expense, the tentative budget allow ing a total of J2.348.355 for this purpose. Sinking Fund Included. Outlays, including betterments, new buildings, improvements, etc., J141, 350; equipment, J68.150; instruction. including salaries, text book sup plies, etc.. $2,355,205; supplies, J57, 200; maintenance. $115,860; operation, $:iS3.350; administration, $113,235; mis cellaneous, $37,650. Sinking fund, interest, bills pay able, etc., $196,523. Although the actual cost of main taining the schools is placed at $3, 272,000, the total budget calls for $3, 468.523, the added $196,523 being needed to take care of the sinking fund, interest, bills payable and other items listed under the school board's debt account. The estimated receipts for 1920 are placed at $3,468,523, of which $531,000 was authorized by the tax payers at the special election May 10, this-year. The school board ex pects to receive $570,000 from the county school fund and $117,000 from the state school fund. The other jtems included in the estimated reve nues include $40,000 for delinquent taxes, $10,000 in tuition, $4000 as interest on bank balances, $1,975,000 to be raised by special levy and $196, 523 to be raised by a special levy for the sinking fund. One Building Permitted. The 1920 budget allows for but one new building, this being a carpenter shop at the Benson Polytechnic school which it is estimated will cost $30,000. Betterments are estimated at $17,650, while but $50,000 is set aside for temporary portable build ings. The school board will endeavor to set at rest all doubt as to the va lidity of the board paying the travel ing expenses of its directors or other -epresentatives to conventions and school meetings by inserting an item of $3000 for this purpose. The di rectors take the position that such a fund is in every way legal, and unless it can be proved otherwise, the 1920 budget will allow $3000 for this purpose. RELIEF ARMY PROPOSED KMKMAX APPEAIj MADE PEOPLE OP OREGON. TO Support of Resolution Before Con- sress Urged in Letters Sent to Communities. I'eople of Oregon who are in sym pathy with the movement to protect the Armenians in their native coun try from the cruelties of the Kurds and Turks until such time as the na tions of the world through the peace treaty have taken steps to estab lish order throughout that region have been asked to support a resolu tion now before congress, the main feature of which is to grant author ity to enable Armenians in the Uni ted States to raise money to equip themselves as an armed force to go to the aid of their countrymen in Asia Minor. A letter sent out to "the Armenian life savers of Oregon" by J. J. Hand eaker, state director of the Armenian relief movement, gives the provisions of the resolution now before con gress and asks that those who favor the resolution bring it before the people of their community for in dorsement. The resolution points out that the withdrawal of British troops from the Caucasus and Armenia will leave the Armenian people helpless and aeks that the president be auth orized to suspend the foreign enlist ment act to the extent necessary, to enable Armenians in the United States to take steps to send an armed force to the aid of their countrymen. Conditions in Asia Minor as a re sult of the inhuman acts of the Turks are pictured by Pilos Cartozian in a letter to his brothers here in Port land of the Cartozian Brothers com pany. The only relief agency is the American missionary organization, he states, and its facilities are so small that they render little protection against groups of bandits. DUFUR RESIDENT BURIED Funeral of William S. Folston. Held at Slultnomah Church. DtTFUR, Or, Nov. 9. (Special.) The funeral of the late William S. Folston was held at the Methodist church today, and interment was in I. O. O. F. cemetery. He was born July 28, 1844, in New York and was married in 1S66 in Michigan. His wife died about one year ago. Mr. and Mrs. Folston came to Ore gon in 1875 and lived near Silverton for 24 years, then moved to Mitchell, "Wheeler county, where they lived six years. Seven years ago they came to rkfor to reside. Nine children ' were born to them, of whom seven survive their parents. Mr. Folston was wide ly known in the different communi ties where he has lived since coming to Oregon. Walla Walla Man Moves East. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Nov. 9. (Special.) E. F. Barker, one of the best-known attorneys in southeastern Washington, has sold his interests here, withdrawn from the law firm of Rader & Barker and will leave with his family in a few days for Rock vine, Ml, near where he has bought a JOO-acre farm on which he expects to make his home. Mr. Barker was a candidate for state supreme court judge a tew years ago. SCHOD BUDGET NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS Orphcum. BY LEONE CASS BAER. THE appeal in Venita Gould's im pressions of celebrities is that she does not resort to a bag of false noses, wigs, eccentricities of costume and hand painting to accent the likeness. She is Venita Oould when she steps from between the curtains and she does not change her costume, save for one number, when she puts on a black kimono to be Mary Nash as the drug fiend Marcelle in "The Man Who Came Back," a vitally big dra matic bit, by the way. This impression, and one of Leonore Ulric as the vividly colorful Tiger Rose, screaming her defi at the Haw and the church for taking her man away, are the only two emotional roles Miss Gould presents. They are wholly dissimilar, and each is a fine etching in characterization, and we are grateful that she has added them to balance her comedy playing. She gives us Bert Walker's famous poker pantomime, an exquisite idea of Grace La Rue and the best imitation I have ever seen of Julian Eltinge, carrying the impersonation into even voice in flection and the studied poses El tinge necessarily adopts. For this role Miss Gould doesi put on a bride's veil and dress, but uses no make-up. Jack Norworth and George M. Cohan are faithfully presented, and the ir repressible Tanguay is added when the encores become insistent. Miss Gould runs a comb through her hair, tightens it or fluffs it. adjusts her mobile features and pitches right into action, seeming to take on the actual personality of the one she is imitat ing. There's a big lot of personal ap peal about Miss Gould herself, a warm radiance, a womanly charm, undeni ably real and quite compelling. An interesting vocalist is Eva Shir ley, whose diminutive figure and paJe blonde coloring stand out against a background of very busy jazzoip gists, five in number. Miss Shirley's voice is a flexible soprano, high and tricky, which she displays in a series of songs. Of these, "My Baby's Arms" is her best number, sung first as a simple melody with -the orches tra, a real symphony of harmony, and then plunged suddenly into animated syncopation, with everyone dancing. A clever bit is Al Roth's original shimmy shiver" in this act. Ralph Kitner and Jim Reaney oc casion great hilarity in an oceanic episode. One is the captain of the boat and the other an ebon stowaway who has run away from a flock of wives to sail the briny and now is seasick. The comedy is extremely funny and to round out good measure the two sing in excellent harmony. If I had the paper out of which Arthur West read the review of his own act I would just copy it here. For Arthur has dug up a neat idea. He calls his act "What the Critic Said," and just before he recites or sings or dances he reads "the audi ence was convulsed at Mr. West's recitation," or "next Mr. West de lighted everyone with his brilliant singing, or "not since Pavlowa have we seen such a dancer as Mr. West, etc., etc. It is all so artlessly done, with genuine humor running an un dercurrent throughout the criticism he makes of his own act. He reads that "a dainty girl assists Mr. West at the piano." She does. A somnambulistic farce is "The Man Hunt," in which a pretty girl guest at a house party walks in her sleep and not in the path of con vention. When the excitement is at its height we learn that the little sleep-walker had a method in her seeming madness. It is frankly a farce. The prettiness and femininity of Isolde Illian makes her playing possible, and Lewis Nelson adds a clever bit as a dolt. Princess Radjah returns with her versatile and very-much-alive snake in her Cleopatra dance. The princess" dance is mo"stly graceful posturing. When the snake is added to the dance, winding his sinuous coils about her head or shoulders or crawling about on the floor while she dances, the creation assumes the personal equa tion. If you ask me, a live snake isn't my idea of a little playmate. However, we all have our preferences. The last part of the princess' act is a demonstration of grace and strength wherein she dances wildly while she tosses a chair held in her teeth. ' The opening number is a capital array of juggling embroidered with good new comedy and replete with sensational departures. Mark Nelson, a quiet comedian, puts it over big. P. S. This show closes with a mat inee Wednesday. Lyric. T"lLLON and Franks and the rest of the Lyric stock company are all right in "In Wrong," which opened yesterday afternoon at the pioneer house on Fourth street. Comedy that is uniformly good and songs that carry an appeal give the company ex cellent opportunity for scoring. As the erring husband, Ben T. Dillon maintains his high average of laughs, and gives generously of his talents by shaking his harmonic brogans in a solo dance. Al Franks is a horse doctor with less than horse sense, but with a faculty for coming forth with his nonsense at the time it is best appreciated. Charlton Chase and Olive Finney are paired as sweethearts, as are Clarence Wurdig and Billie Bing ham. Will Rader is impressive as a haughty doctor and delightful as a hardboiled longshoreman. Madeline Mathews is a suspicious wife and Jean Maidment is a clever maid. Four swingy songs, each full of pep and melody, are crowded into the medley with which the chorus opens the show. An addition to the chorus this week is Ruth Leora, whose tra versing of the Pantages circuit was interrupted when her partner suffered injury here. "I Found the End of the Rainbow" is Olive Finney's song for the week, and it is full of happy thoughts. "Old Boy Neutral' 'is one of -the happiest songs Carlton Chase has sunir in weeks. Ruth Leora and Delia Romig '"S lunacy tana" in duet and fin ish with a dance in which they are as admirably matched as in their har mony. Miss Leora was well received yesieraay atternoon. Ann Mullally, from the front rank of the second squad, corses forth for about 16 scintillating steps in another song number. Clarence Wurdig has an easy job making love to Billie Dingnam, entrancingly garbed in snimmering white, in "When the Preacher Makes You Mine." Wurdig's " " xwngnam s acting is excel lent, and so Is the comedy Ben Dillon proviaes as the country preacher "Just You and I and the Baby" is ftiaaeiine Mathews' number, which is lent the full amount of comedy neces sary uy song-aiaiogue with Ben Dil lon. The whirlwind windup of the show is punctuated with rib-straining antics of the comedians and other principals in a free-for-all dance. Harvesters Damage Wheat. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 9. (Special.) Use of combined harvest ers with their speedy cylinders is aid ing farmers in doing their harvesting more rapidly, but it damages the wheat for seed. Several farmers have complained that wheat planted sev eral weeks ago has failed to germi nate. County Agent Virgil Patton states that wheat is often chipped while being run through the machines and that when it is vitroled to kill smut the vitriol enters the exposed part of the wheat firrain and kills the germ. Baker. BY LEONE CASS BAEK. WITH all the Baker talent called into requisition the presenta tion of Max Marcin's "House of Glass" was greeted yesterday by demonstration. The author proved himself an ex pert in dealing with violent situa tions. On the contrary, he displays a proportionate lack of information about railway systems. The hero leaps, in a few months from "assist ant brakeman," whatever that is, to a managerial position, where he is handed $50,000 bonuses and has more authority than the president of the road. All the railroads in the world are bidding for his services. The play carefully conceals Just what his position was, but Mr. Mc Adoo's was an office boy's job in comparison. However, despite a few such inconsistencies, and where is the play that isn't full of them, there Is much of sincere underlying mo tives in "The House of Glass," there is plenty of human nature, and the plot is cohesive. Also its acting is of an excellent order, and Walter Gilbert, who is re sponsible along with his scenic aides and abettors, has equipped the play with a fine regard for the real. The interest in the story gains ma terially by reason of the novel treat ment of the material in hand. The main story, which winds around the attitude of one man, the herd, and the husband of Margaret Case, takes on the subject of criminology. He takes no middle road. He has an unalterable conviction that all criminals must be punished. When after ten years of unalloyed happiness with his wife he learns that she is a hunted parole violator, that she has served part of a prison sentence, his fine theories crumble. The personal equation enters into his philosophy. When he is convinced that she was an "innocent victim, and when all doubt and jealousies of the other man, a chap who had been con victed with her of theft, have been erased from the husband's mind, he forgives his wife. One sadly reflects that it would have been more of a slice of human life to have put his love to the test of having him forgive her before he found that she had been an innocent victim. It is a play that will certainly cause discussion pro and con among the folk who see it. As its title sug gests, the preachment it offers is that those of us who live in houses of glass must not throw stones. The wife arguing from personal knowl edge for greater leniency for crim inals, and the husband advocating no mercy and no pity for criminals are neither of them new figures. When both sides have been heard, and our sympathies swayed this way and that way, we must still admit that the author colored the problem for only the ones concerned in the play, a he question of what is best for society at large still remains unanswered. "The House of Glass" is a woman's play, but the actorial honors, with the exception of Verna Felton's play ing, go to j. half dozen men. John G. Fee as the crook, whose adventure with Margaret Case lands her in the law's toils, dominates every scene in which he appears. He plays with virility and repressed power, plus a fine quality of sympathy, not sought for but undeniably present. David Herblin's role of the husband is made a wholesome, manly interpretation, and George R. Taylofs police com missioner Is something to be vastly enjoyed as an excellent piece of act ing, in total disregard of the un popular type represented. Lee Millar gives a skilful and pol ished playing of a fine friend to Margaret and her husband, a role he invests with a smiling good humor which becomes infectious. Verna Felton brought her fine sense of dra matic values to the role of Margaret Case and an outstanding feature in her portrayal is the feeling of reality she puts into her semblance of grief when she is forced to reveal her past to her husband. Claire Sinclair adds a fine flavor of comedy in her role as an Irish landlady, with a laugh that inspires responsive laughter from her audi ence. Walter Corry as a smiling and sibilant-voiced Jap servant. Mayo Methot as a maid and Geraldine Dare as the landlady's friendly daughter, George P. Webster as a likable hu man old railroad personage, Irving Kennedy as a cop and William Lee as a governor add luster to the cast. The cast follows: jrje Geraldine Dare M u r garVt' C ase Verna Felton Mrs Brandt Claire Sinclair James Bu-ke John !. Fee Carroll Geome K. Taylor Crowley Irvine Kennedy H.irvev Lake David Herhlin Kdward MeCletlan Lee Miliar Judaon At wood George P. Webster Waria Walter Corry Kdith Mayo Methot Hon. H. T. Patterson William Lee Hippodrome. H' UNDREDS of ex-service men keenly enjoyed the showing of government war pictures taken by the United States signal corps at the battles of St. Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne now showing at the Hippo drome. As practically every view rep resents some action participated in by the 91st division, many glimpses of Oregon soldiers are to be had. The motion pictures are not like those shown in news weeklies, pur porting to be on the front but actu ally far behind the lines. One may witness the explosion of gas bombs on the position of an American artil lery battery and may view supply trains under bombardment. Intimate views of the men as they were in pup holes before several of the big fights give those who remained at home a clearer conception of life at the front. Accompanying the pictures is an army lecturer who is an entertaining and humorous story-teller. He tells the personal history of some of the men in the pictures and occasionally rewards his audience by pointing out Oregon veterans. Mystic performances a-plenty has Pitroff the Great, who unties knots, escapes from locked trunks and puts his two assistants in and out of curi ous contrivances. A whole collection of well-trained dogs, "Pearl's Pets," have an act that has several novelties, one of them balancing on a rope by a small puppy. Another one, done up in a comic patchwork blanket, is skilled in walk ing and jumping on his hind legs and is the real comedian of the bow-wows. Jules Klbeil and Pauline Flanders furnish much fun with their alarm less alarm clock, a device which awakens the sleeper by cuffing him on the head with a long tin arm. This pair of comedians have a num ber of good songs.' A boy Impersonator is Helen Har rington, who rirst appears as a youthful sport and then as a girlish singer. Others who have peppery songs are the three who make up the Broadway trio. "Well, Well" is the title of a rural skit put on by Maxine Alton and company and deals with a dissatisfied husband and wife whom a hayseed justice of the peace unwittingly re unites. Aberdeen Mill Sale Denied. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 9. (Spe cial.) A rumor so current as to gain much credence, to the effect that the National mill- in Hoquiam had been sold to eastern parties, has been of fi cially denied at the National com pany's offices. NOSY CELEBRATION 11 TOMORROW Secretary of Committee Ap peals to Portland People. MANY EVENTS SCHEDULED Navy Recruiting Band From Cali fornia to Head Parade, 'Which Will Move at 1:30 o'clock. Every patriotic and war organiza tion in the city will be mobilized to morrow, prepared to take part in some special observance commemorat ing the first anniversary of the sign ing of the armistice, which ended the world war. Hourly more and more elaborate plans are being formulated MAP SHOWING C'OI RSE OK ARMIS- T1CK-DAY PARADE. Stark - It Washington AldPr Motrlsarz fr Yamhill Taylor Salmon i Court- houe Mam - Madison Jetferson Columbia Clay Market The blgT patriotic proceauiloB of Tun day afternoon will start on the Pourth-Mtret side of the courthouse and, after traversing? Main, Broad waj, Sixth, Morrison and Third in the sequence Indlfntrd on the map, will terminate at the municipal au ditorium. and the people to whom the great conflict meant so many heartbreaks will unite in one gigantic jubilee of rejoicing. The general committee in charge of the municipal programme will meet at the Portland Chamber of Commerce at 12:15 o'clock today to complete final arrangements. One particular plea to the citizens of Portland has been made by Frank Glenn, executive secretary, who says the directors of the celebration want every one In town to join in making all the noise possible. "We want every factory whistle, church and school bell and fog horn in Portland to help announce the day," he said, "It's up to the peo ple that own these noisemakers to see that they are put to use." Navy- Band to Play. An attraction in the parade, which begins its march from the courthouse at 1:30 o'clock will be the picked navy recruiting band from California. The 26 musicians in this organization will lead the procession. Portland's kiltie band has been claimed by the Canadian Veterans' association for its section, which will be in charge of Colonel John Leader, formerly of the Royal Irish Rifles and of the military staff at the University of Oregon. The association has be tween 150 and 200 members, who have planned a special celebration for the evening, when the new club rooms on the sixth floor of the Man chester building will be formally opened. The programme will be in charge of A. E. Brown, the British consul, and will include songs by Mrs. Eaton and Walter W. Stevenson and a piano solo by Mr. Peterson. An invitation dance will clotte the en tertainment. Over-the-Top post. No. 81, Veterans of Foreign Wars, also will sponsor a dance to be given at the Multnomah hotel tomorrow night. The Red Cross canteen girls will attend the affair in uniform and will give a special drill for -the entertain- Wretchedness OF Constipation Can Be Quickly Overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE jf" LIVER PILLS. , vr..J Purely vege table act sure and gently on . the liver. Cor- rect bilious- V nesSj head ache, dizzi CARTER'S ITTLE VER PILLS ness and indigestion. They do their duty. Small PHI Small Dose Small Price DR. CARTER'S IRON PILLS, Nature's great nerve and blood tonic for Anemia, Rheumatism, Nervousness, Sleeplessness and Female Weakness, fcwiw am Bir flitfnt ment of those attending the function. All former service men are requested to attend in uniform, if possible. J. W. Jones is chairman of the committee on arrangements. The "Ltaddies"' club. or. as it of ficially known, the Association of Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors of the U. S. A., and the local unit of War Mothers will hold a supper, en tertainment and dance in the hall at 129 Fourth street. The affair, which begins at 6 o'clock, is open to the members, wives, sons who were in the service and their girl frlend3. Soldiers or sailors who have no particular place to go also will be welcome. Five hundred guests will be accommodated at the banquet, which is in charge of Mrs. N. J. Ahlstrom, president of the War Mothers, and Mrs. John S. Eubanks. CEMR.LIA VETS TO DAXCE Post Plans for Armistice Day and Knjoys Big Spread. CENT R ALIA, Wash., Nov. 9. (Spe cial.) At the meeting of the Grant Hodge post No. 17 of the American Legion held this week, officers were elected and plans for Armistice day completed. The affair ended with a big feed furnished and served by the mothers, wives and swethearts of the soldiers. It is planned to make November 11 a day that will long be remembered. All of the business houses of the city have been asked to close, a military parade will be. held, a banquet will be served in the chamber of commerce rooms and a patriotic speech by H. E. Veness will be given before the clos- ng event of the day, a military ball at the auditorium, completes the cele bration. THE DALLES STORES CLOSE Patriotic Programme Will Be Ar ranged for Armistice Day. THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 9. (Spe cial.) Armistice day, November 11, will be a holiday in The Dalles. This announcement was made Sat urday following a canvas of the business men of the city, who assert they are heartily in favor of suspend ing routine work on Armistice day. The city may observe the holiday with public speeches and music. It Is particularly desired that out of city residents take heed of the holiday next Tuesday and not come to The Dalles with the expectation of conducting routine affairs. It is expected that country mem bers of the American Legion and many others will come to the city to celebrate the day. TRAFFIC IN VICE CHARGED ALIENS COMMERCIALIZE LAW VIOLATIONS, SAYS JCDGE. Mr. Rusman Declares Greater Per centage of Serious Offenses Arc by foreigners. "Why should the alien be allowed to remain in the United States en gaged in commercialized vice and come up time after time in police and other courts?" asked Municipal Judge Rossman yestserday in commenting upon the large percentage of aliens represented in the business of the municipal court in months past. "Why. should the alien be per mitted to violate American laws and make a profit out of it?" continued the judge. The judge's observations were caused by a study which he had Just been making of the hearings coming up in police court for the month of September just past. The figures showed that of the 1248 arrests made during the month 398, or nearly a third, were aliens. "These figures are still more star tling," said the judge, when It is con sidered that the aliens almost invar iably figure in crime cases such as I gambling, bootlegging, drunkenness and similar more serious violations, j while a large percentage of the! American cases are traffic violations, 1 most of them of a minor sort. "I dare say," said the judge, "if a further check were made we would find where aliens have been allowed to come Into this court a score of times and still are permitted to go free to prey again on society after they may have paid a fine or served a term in jail. f "These figures show the large per centage of aliens who are to a more or less extent making money by a violation of our laws," declared the judge. "Some men of foreign birth come over here, settle down in some use ful occupation and ultimately become citizens. Many of these at first are section hands on railroads, etc. An other of their own nationality per haps operates some sort of a joint In the North End more or less in vio lation of law, where he robs his own countrymen of their hard-earned sav ings. If a few of the latter type who have no use for our country, except to make a living by violation of our laws, were shipped back whence they came it would bring about a whole some respect for our laws." Mormons Tavor Cigarette Han. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 9. (Special.) Boise Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, better known as the Mormon church, has FOUAth &- Your Estate Will Have the Advantage of careful, intelligent administration when you appoint the Hibernia Savings Bank as your executor. "Why not do it now? See us about it. HIBERNIA SAVINGS 3ANK SAVINGS - COMMERCIAL. - TRUST FOURTH AND "WASHINGTON STREETS s. OPEN SATURDAY The Store Will Be Closed All Day Tomor rom, November 11th, in Honor of Armistice Day. We Will Be ! J.'ID to mowing reopie simple time to Supply Two-Days' Needs at This Store of Finest Stocks and Service. It Required Almost 4 PAGES In Yesterday's Oregonian to Tell Even in Part of the Good Things at the Quality Store For the Second Week of Our November Pre Holiday Sales Just Received J -Meier & Frank's: More of Those Wonderful Boys9 ALL WOOL Blue Serge Suits $10 These same suits would cost us $10 WHOLESALE if bought on today's market. Stylish Norfolk models with slash pockets. Belted style with buckle and waist seam. Full cut, full lined knickerbocker pants. Sizes 6 to 18 years. Wonderfully good values today at $10. Meier & Frank's: Third Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) ' it ill irp " . tM The QjuAurTf Store of Poktiamd k 5 gone strongly on record against the sale and use of cigarettes to and by thoso under 21 years of age. The state and municipal authorities are called upon to rigidly enforce the state law. The tendency toward cig arette smoking is deplored by the church. fr&i wA&MMOTOM S. EVENINGS 6 TO B r gryi Open All Day Today, L 1 6 V. A Selection of Men's Fine New ALL WOOL Overcoats 30 These are finely tailored perfect-fitting coats made of good aiedium weight all-wool material. Warm, good-looking and comfortable coats suitable for men of all ages. Green, brown, gray and tan mixtures with plaid backs. Loose belted models with convertible collars that button snugly under the chin. Sizes 36 to 41. 1 Third Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) . I i GILBERT SAYS: "Good luck is not always an accident. TRIAL -4 S3 4 I SPEAK THE TRUTH OF MY INSTRUMENTS. GIVE ME A TRIAL AND I WILL GAIN YOUR TRUST AND YOUR TRADE. The Portland Owned and 0- C cn H j TRADE CMi ppilBJlL Hi . .I' j hardlosgilbert lj3a- YAMHILL ST j ft piANOS III Managed Store. THIS GENERATION Will SEE CHRIST Great Prophecy of Jes.us Explained By Evangelist. EVIDENCE IS UNASSAILABLE Mr. Dickson Declares That Many Now Living Will See Him Come in I'erson. s l'claring that hccau: this pres cient generation has witne.-sed the i fulfillment of all the signs spoken ut rj ' by Christ as just preceding his sec IP i oiii return, and because no other gen- j oration has witnessed these signs, , evuii ne is undeniable that many : who now live upon the earth will see j?,tlie master coming in the clouds of : heaven to gather home ins waiting land watching people. Kvangelist L.. K. j IMrkson spoke in Christensen's lixll. l.'.eventh street, hiwrtn Morrison and Yamhill, last night to a large audience on the subject. "What Are (the Kviden.es that Christ WiH Coma ir v'. . iip sum. nnsi wouiq fi not eome by or because of the union A of nations or of churches, or of both; Jjlthat He would not come and set up a His everlasting kingdom through tho quiet processes or civic righteousness; but that He will make a speedy rid j dance of all sin and sinners when once 'this pospel of the kincdom I shall be preached in all the world for witness unto all nations?'" r i i t . Evaogellttt llickxon. Mr. riekson said in part as follows: "In direct answer to the pointed and earnest question propounded by the diseiples whom lie loved and who loved him. "What shall be the sifn of Thy eoming and of the end of the world?" (Matt. 24:3) Jesus in no ambiguous terms described fully the political, social, moral, physical and spiritual condition of that gener ation which would be living upon the earth when He appeared the second time. Beginning in the days of an cient history just prior to the de struction of Jerusalem, tie directed tho minds of the disciples to great outstandine signs which should mark the approach of the coming Christ, making special mention, in the early part of the chapter, of the rise of false Chrisls, the coming of wars, famines and earthquakes in "divers places Standing out in bold relief and pre-eminent above all the signs of the times Christ spoke of the spread of the good news of the set ting up of His kingdom in the sound ing of the gospel message just be fore the end." The speaker referred to the fart that less than a century ago this great message of the soon coming of the Saviour first started in mod ern times in this country, and that not before the year 1874 did the for eign missionary work of the Seventh day Adventist people begin, and which has now encircled the earth and en tered nearly every nation under heaven. This people, he stated, feel that God has placed upon Christians in this generation the great task of warning the world's inhabitants of the destruction soon to come to the earth at Christ's second coming, and to present tho glad gospel of not only a Saviour, who has died and ris en and ascended, but also that same Jesus of whom the angels spoke. "This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." "As additional proof that we are living in the last generation we might notice," said the evangelist, "the fact that one hundred years ago there were less than one hundred Protes tant missionaries at work in non Christian lands, and these were con fined to a very few pl.-ices. Today there are twenty-five thousand for eign missionaries at work in non Christian and non-Protestant lands. These workers are being assisted by one hundred twenty-five thousand native Christian workers who have been won to the cross of Christ. Mis sionaries are being sent out by the Adventist people alone at the rate of over one hundred every year, and for the sustentation of the world wide work of this church the total yearly gifts amount now to nearly $T0 per capita. This is a greater showing than any other relieious so ciety in the world for its size. "After locating the signs in the heavens as due Immediately after the tribulation of the dark ages, which would be shortened for the elect's sake (through the reformation car ried on by Martin Luther), the Saviour foretold the darkening of the sun which occurred along with the dark ening of the moon on May 19, 1870. and the miraculous falling of the stars on November 13. 183a. There shall be signs." said the Saviour (I.u. 21:25), and every sign which He foretold has been fulfilled to date, not one failing. This genera tion has witnessed every fulfillment, and no other generation of men has ever witnessed these things. This being true and facts bemit rather stubborn things, should not the world today rejoice to know that just as surely as summer immediately fol lows that season marked by the "put ting forth of leaves.' just so surely 'this generation." our generation 'shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled" (Matt. 24:32-34). and Christ will come to gather home His chosen people, those who have chos en Him and made Him first in their lives." The lectures will continue each Sunday evening in Christensen's hall and the great prophecies of the Bible will be explained. Beginning next Kriday evening. November 14, Evan gelist Piekson will hold a tri-weekly series of lectures in Voodlawn hail, corner Pekum avenue and Kast Seventh street North, every Wednes day. Kriday and Saturday nights of each week. The public is Invited. Adv. Phone Your Want Ads to THE OREGONIAN Main 7070 A 6093