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1 TIIF MORNING OREGONTAJT T, MONDAY, WT TOBER 34, 1021 ROBBER CONFESSES SHOOl'GOFVira Love for Girl Declared to Be Motive of Crime. WOUNDED MAM BETTER V. C. Powers Said to Have Chance to Recover From Injury Suf fered in Gunflght. ' Joe H!H, 27. confessed to the police yesterday that be had shot W. C. (Jerry) Powers, proprietor of a. pool hall In the basement of the 'Perkins hotel. Fifth and Washington streets, In the course of an attempt to hold up the place at 12:45 A. M. He said he had attempted the robbery in order to get money to marry a Portland girl. Hill was arrested after a running cunfight Just after' the shooting; of Mr. Powers. Mr. Powers Identified Hill aa the man who had shot him. The wounded man Is at Good Samaritan hospital, where It was said he has a fair chance to recover. He was shot in the abdo men, and the Intestines were punc tured twice. Ball Refused Prisoner. IIUl was held .without ball at the city Jail. He was captured near i'ourth and Burnside streets after a running pistol duel with Patrolmen Spaugh, Marsh and Arnold. Hill emp tied his gun at his pursuers, and was himself shot In the left thumb. " When the officers closed In on him Hill turned his weapon on himself and attempted to take his own life. But the six chambers of his .38-caliber re volver has been emptied In the gun plary with the pursuers and he was taken into custody without further Struggle. Hill made & complete confession to Detective Lieutenant Golts and In spectors Price and Mallett. He said he had attempted the robbery in order to obtain money to finance a love affair with a Portland girl. Following his arrest Hill was taken to Good Samaritan hospital, where he was confronted by his victim. That's the fellow," whispered Mr. Powers from his hospital cot. "I'd know him among a million." Doctor Identifies Prisoner. Dr. W. H. Smith of Woodburn. who was entering the poolroom Just as Hill fired at Powers, likewise identified Hill as the poolroom man's assailant. According to his statements to po lice detectives. Hill had been planning the poolroom robbery for more than a week. Last Sunday, he said, he went to Vancouver, where he attempted to purchase a revolver. Falling there, he tried to get one In Portland, with out success. 'Three days ago, he said, he noticed a gun In a drawer of the desk of the Hood hotel, where he has been living. When the clerk left the lobby for a moment. Hill said he went behind the desk and stole the weapon. He went to the pool room Friday right for the purpose of staging the robbery, but It was closed up before he arrived. Again Saturday night he entered early and took up his vigil. For nearly two hours he sat on a bench watching men play pool. Ilobber Hides Away. When the closing hour arrived. Hill said he went to the lavatory when the other men left the place. Remain ing there for a moment, he rushed out and up to the desk where Mr. Powers was counting his money. "Stick up your hands and hand over the money," ordered Hill, as he stuck the revolver In Mr. rowers' face. "I haven't any money; It's all locked up in the safe." came the reply. . As he spoke, Mr. rowers jumped from behind the counter and grappled with his assailant He had Just about 'overpowered the young Austrian when the latter shoved his gun in his victim's stomach and fired. Without waiting to obtain any money. Hill ran up the stairway and out into Fifth street, with Mr. Powers at his heels. Patrolman Arnold was standing near the corner of Fifth and Washington streets and im mediately took up the chase. Pe destrians who Joined in the pursuit got between the policeman and fugi tive and prevented the officer from firing at close range. Fugitive Returns Fire. Then followed the running gun fight to Fourth and Burnside streets. Several times during the flight Hill turned and fired at his pursuers. Two blocks from the pool room he threw away his overcoat In order to make more speed. "I didn't want to have to shoot the fellow in the pool room, but he was getting the best of me ana I fig ured I had to do It In order to get away." Hill told police detectives. "He would have had me down a minute later If 1 hadn't shot him." Hill denied he had ever been im plicated In any other crimes of a similar nature, although he was said to fill the description of a highway man who held up an east side resi dent earlier In the week on the Broadway bridge. A seal ring he was wearing was Identical to one worn by a highwayman the past week.. Prisoner Talks Freely. Hill talked freely of his crime to police detectives and Joked with tbem over his failure to make a success of his first attempted robbery. He did not seem to be in the least con cerned about whether or not his vic tim would survive, and apparently had no conception of the seriousness of the crime to which he has con fessed. The prisoner said he came to Port land September 30 from California, where he had been employed In a logging camp. Upon his arrival here he fell in love with a girl living on the east side, but sh refused to marry him. he said. Following this jilt, he said, he became acquainted with another girl, whom, he said, he was Intending to marry. But he soon ran short of funds and reeded more money to prosecute his courtship. "1 never thought of such a thing before," he said. "But when I needed money I decided to pull off a robbery. Once 1 had made this decision, noth ing could stop me. 1 plnnned for several days to get a gun. and I hung around this pool room night after night figuring on how I would do it. I had Intended getting the money and locking him up Inside. I never thought he would fight back, or I wouldn't have attempted It." Hill came to the United States from Austria in 1911. and has never ap plied for cittsenshlp papers. He ad mitted he was a draft evader. He carried an I. W. W. membership book, but denied he had ever belonged to this organisation. At the hoKpltal last night It was said that Mr. Powers Has a fair chance for recovery, unless compli cations arise. He was shot once, but there were two distinct punctures rf vital organs of the stomach. Mr. J'owera is 49 years old and married. He lives at 6S9 East fine street. NEW BILLS AT Orplicum. BT LEOXB CASS BAER. IX point of actual entertainment and novelty Schlchtl's "wonderettes" occupy a pleasant spot in one's mem ory of the excellent new bill at the Orpheum. The wonderettes are minia ture copies of vaudevillians, whose emotions and antlps are controlled by strings worked from above by Kerr or mister of the unpronouncable name. The scene is a miniature stage and the xnannlxins do not stop at mere dancing and gymnastics. They fall apart and turn into surprising bugs or animals, a realistic frog pur sues a butterfly, a highly natural alli gator devours an entire harem of gaily dancing maids, and a giddy ostrich lays an egg which Instantly hatches' out a varicolored snake that in turn chases an Inebriated old gent. Hopping ladies somersault and change by magic Into balloons, one waltzing old man became an airship and one prancing old woman turned Into an automobile, her legs and arms be came dancing children who hopped irto the iar and drove away. Chil dren would love and remember this wonderful act. It is novel and de lightful and full of wholesome fun and surprises. The accredited headline act Is George Whitney, a debonair, easy going chnp of delightful personality, along with a Frances White sort of girl called Sadie Burt. Sadie is klt teny and dainty and very fascinating In her little girl moods. The two sing duets In a conversational way, dis agreeing stormlly or agreeing amica bly. One especially clever song epi sode is Miss Burt's "Sleepy Head." Another Is the bungalow song with a Lohengrin epilogue in which the wee Burt person is an adorable ultra mod ern bride. Mr. Whitney has an ex cellent singing voice. He has one philosophical song called "Money," which is new and mighty entertain ing the way Whitney Interprets the lines. George Moran and Charles Mack are billed as two black crows. At least they are birds of comedy, quiet and scornful of each other's attain ments, with never a ghost of a smile coming when the audience Is roaring at their fun. George stands at one extreme side of the stage and argues or boasts to Charles at the other end and the silences between them are positively fraught with volumes of meanings. One of the crows dances lazily a set of new sliding steps. Their material la original and exceed ingly funny. A series of four dances Is offered by Beatrice Squires, who Is an ex ponent of ballet at Its best, and Fred erick Easter, a lithe, graceful man dancer. The first is a spirited fan dango rag, the second and third are stories told In graceful plrouettlngs and posings and leapings, but the fourth of the series provea a sensa tion. Back and forth across a tennis net the two danced with acrobatic leaps, tossing an imaginary ball, and maintaining the spirit of a game in pnntomlme. A lively diverting dance expression It proved and was much applauded. "Indoor Sports" has visited us be fore, but it is so well put on ana so timely whenever It appears tnat we relish Its returning. A slice of an apartment house reveals two front rjarlors and a hall between. In each parlor a modern girl spider manicures her nails and awaits tne arrival or her modern bouquet and candy bear ing fly and we see why so many girls &re writing to' Beatrice Fairfax. It Is all vastly amusing and full of Lrlght dialogues and situations. The work of one of the boys. Jack or Bill, the one who Is cleverly vamped by an athletic young charmer Into a proposal provides a delightful mo ment of fun. The other chap, a wise guy. Is similarly Inveigled into a pro posal through the culinary arts of a girl he has vowed to resist. If Sam Adams and J. P. Griffith would sing more and be a little less talka tive the audience would be propor tionately grateful. Not that some of their chatter in "A Music Lesson" Isn't amusing, for it Is. But their voices blend in unusual harmony and are so much better than the comedy that if one may be permitted a choice it would be to hear a few more melo dies. Their yodellng is excellent. East and West are a pair of ex perts who spin the ropes while en gaging in various hazardous enter r.rises in balancing. At this hand and head balancing they are especially proficient and every one of their ad ventures is unique and daring. Hippodrome. Tf HE most exciting thing in the new X Hippodrome programme Is the wrestling match under water between Bert Swan and a monster crocodile; the prettiest thing Is Gertrude Me Klnlcy as a French doll; the funniest Is F. Palmer as an old flirt, and the most amazing are the Zelda brothers in some remarkable contortions. - The act called "Doll Frolii-s" by the three McKlnley sisters, with Irene Coolahan as pianist. Is a winsome little sketch quite worthy of men tion, especially the Kgypttan dance by Velma and Bertlna. and the French doll dance by Gertrude. The latter has dimples on her knees and should ers quite out of keeping with her 12-year-old girl's voice, but that lit tle Incongruity detracts not a whit from her fascination. IHvlrig and under-water acts are al ways good, and Bert and Mabel Swan are exceptionally so, staging endur ance tests with a young tea lion. Bert's little stunt with the large crocodile is a real thriller. Palmer and Houston are a pair of good come dians in a little rural flirtation, while Ivy Lillie and Charles Keefe give the bill a nice minstrel touch In the form of some snappy songs. The Zelda brothers possess the knack of tying themselves in more kinds of fancy knots than the boy scouts are taught to tie with ordinary rope. Their gymnastic act la . ex ceptionally good. "All's Fair In Love" Is ihu name of the motion picture and Richard Dix stars in the role of an unhappy bridegroom who finds himself en meshed In the coils of a vampire ac quaintance of an earlier dr.y. His wife discovers his shameful past on their wedulng night and rains tears for 40 days and the same lumber of nights until the reconciliation comes and clears away the clouds. MORROW TEACHERS UNITE County Division of State Associa tion Is Organized. BOARDMAX, Or.. Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) Morrow county teachers are now organized Into a county division of the Oregon State Teachers' asso ciation, with 100 per cent membership both in the county and state associa tions. The organization was accom plished at the annual Institute Just closed and which was one of the most successful ever held in the county. Officers are: Superintendent Ben nett of Lexington, president; Super intendent Curfman of lone, vice-president, and Miss Myrtle Lay. principal at Hardman. secretary-treasurer. Del egates chosen for the state meeting were Superintendent Signs of Board man and Superintendent James of M.hnnrr and Mm. FV R Rennett. nrl- mary Instructor of Lexington. County Superintendent Shuster is delegate e-oficlo, j ; THE THEATERS Baker. BT LEONE CASS BAER. STEADILT the Baker continues to give us one good play after an other. Just as soon as a play is re leased by the play agents of New York the Baker management grabs it by wire and, regardless of high royal ty demands, puts it on at the earliest possible date so that there will be many good worth-while plays in an unbreakable succession. "Smilln Through" was an example; I "The Girl In the Limousine" rilled the theater last week. . Now we have that beautiful play, "Turn to the Right." aa sweet and huffty aa "Way Down East" and tuhot fun and sense and entertainment of the fine, wholesome kind. . "Turn to the Right" is the story of a lad who had been wandering along a crooked path add when he had to choose he took the first "turn to the right." s Simply and appealingly the authors, Wlnchell Smith and John E. Hazard, have taken the old theme of the wan dering son and the little old mother who keeps faithful watch for his re turning, with a prayer for him at night and a light in the window as a beacon for his guidance. They have taken this theme and that other old one of the mortgage about to be fore closed by the crafty lawyer, -and the story begins on the night when the old skinflint has come to have the widow sign the papers. But this is all of the old theme the authors have used. A new play It Is in all else. The son returns and following in his footsteps are two of his pals who share his secret of the year he spent In prison, of which the old mother knows nothing. With the boy the two pals determine also to keep on the turn to the right. The manner in which they lift the mortgage and dis cover a source of income for mother and themselves in the sale of her homemade peach preserves consti tutes a charming and constantly de lightful story. As in the instance of "Smilln' Through" and other plays requiring garden plots and distant hills and set tings where perspective must be main tained' or half of the value or the pic ture lost, Walter B. Gilbert and his helpers with paint and hammer and canvas and nails have made beautiful settings for the story. The third scene Is in the fall of the year, when the boy comes home, and the peach trees are laden with rosy fruit, the trees bending with their weight, and early autumn fields stretch purpling Into the dis tance. The last scene is In the spring, when all the business cares are ad justing themselves and the boy and each of his pals are perfecting their Individual romances. The peach trees are laden with pink blossoms, a new bungalow has been built on a hill way ofr in the green distance and the lights of an automobile Journey ing to the bungalow at dusk further enhances the effect of. reality Mr. Gilbert has achieved. The other scenes are in Ma Bas com's kitchen, a homey place, where she reads her Bible, makes her pre serves, feeds the wandering boy and his pals and weaves a spell of moth erly love. The prologue introduces us to the boy in a pawnshop, where he buys a suit and a present for his mother, and one for his. sister, and tells his pals he Is going to turn to the right. The humor of the play Is spontaneous and develops from both characters and situations. The play has been exceptionally well cast, with special empnasis upon the selection of Lora Rogers for the part of the mother. It is the best portrayal of this type the gentle, kindly. self-denying and loving mother type that Miss Rogers has ever given us. and she dominated every scene in which she moved with womanly charm and graces. Selmer ' Jackson as the wandering son, with.Guy Kibbee and Leo Llnd hard as 'his two pals, provided a steady avalanche of interest. It was a triumvirate of leading men, with each of the three contributing espe cially fine characterizations. Three girl roles, with one girl for each of the wanderers, were played nicely by Marjorle Foster, Mayo Methot, Jane Gllroy, another well balanced trio of excellencies. Will lam A. Lee adds one of his bucolic masterpieces as the grocer boy who develops into a traveling salesman and later graduates into evening clothes and small talk. His por trayal Is a gem. Irving Kennedy Is notably good as the grasping old deacon, and Rankin Mansfield Is a dashing and debonair villain. George P. Webster is first a Hebraic pawnbroker, who sells the boy some clothes, and In the last act Is a nioe human plalnclothesman. Laurence Keating as a tailor In the pawnshop and Virginia Richmond as a maid, when ma gets rich enough to have one, complete the cast. It is a worth-while play and one that is thoroughly enjoyable in every es sential. - - The cast: T'adnr. Georrg-e P. Webster Joe Hucom Selmer Jackson Mukkh Uuy B. Kibbee OHly I-o Llndhard An Old Tailor Lawrence Keating Bftty Bsi.com Mayo Methot Jennie Stron Jane Ollroy Mm. Rurom -..Lora Roiteni Ham Martin "William A. l.e Deacon Tilllniyer .....Irving' Kennedy Lester Morgan ...Rankin Mansfield Elsie THllnger . . . Marjorie Foster Tom Callahan ..George P. Webster Katie Virginia Richmond ' IiVTlC. (THH AWAKENING OF CALLA," X the comedy which opened at the Lyric, Is perhaps the best that has been given there this season. From the time the curtain rises until the show closes there are no Idle moments, and the Lyric theatergoers are afforded much opportunity for mirth. The very popular pair. Al Franks and Eddie G. Wright as Ike Leschin ski and Iny Blotz, are clever In their respective roles. Franks Is an artist , and Wright is his servant. Dorothy Raymond appears as Calla, the sub ject of a particularly valuable paint- ing which Ikie calls his masterpiece. Billie Bingham is featured as the artist's w'fe. who takes no pleasure in the' attention her husband showers on Calla. She is seconded in her attitude by her aunt, which part falls to the lot of Madeline Matthews. Howard Evans as Tom Blaine, an art collector, visits Ikie to view, the painting. As he stands before the canvas Calla comes to life. There s turmoil in the household when Ikie's dual nature Is revealed. An irate father-in-law threatens the use of a horsewhip. The art collector appears on the scene and makes some expla nations that save Ikie from diffi culties. The music Is pleasing. Dorothy Raymond sings "Kismet," Howard Evans renders "Hearven Is Like Dixie After AH." Billie Bingham sings "Cry Baby Blues." Madeline Matthews "Ain't We Got Fun" and Eddie Mar makes a hit with "At, the Fountain of Youth." The rosebud chorus and the Lyric quartet also are featured. Phone us for prices on your winter coal. Diamond Coal Co., Bdwy. 3037. Adv. The average age of bridegrooms is nowadays 20.08. and the brides, 27.79 years is Great Britain. - - , HOME RECLAMATION URGED BY GOVERNOR National Weakness Cited by Executive of Idaho. APPEAL MADE TO PARENTS Father Cannot Run Still in Cellar and Expect to Be Lftw ' Abiding, Is View. 'The reclamation of the American home is more necessary than the reclamation of the nation's arid lands," declared J. W. Davis, gov ernor of Idaho yesterday morning in a sermon at the Sunnyside Methodist Episeoparchurch. "Never In the history of the world has the church and its religious, teachings been as much needed ss at the present time, and the Christian home Is absolutely essential to save the world from selfishlness," he said. Selfish Rich Blamed. "Our nation Is wonderful In re sources and wealth and the little red school house has been the ammuni tion wagon to conquer and annihi late Ignorance. War brought on ab normal conditions of inflated prices, radicalism and extravagance and we are now having a hard time redjust Ing ourselves to a sane and conserva tive basis and we must personally and collectively assume the respon sibility in bringing about the new condition. "Bolshevism ' Is rampant and Is brought on by the extreme poor and the selfish rich, who use every power and Influence to commercialize their fellow man. We make too many laws and break about as many as we make. We should have fewer laws and en force them. A father cannot run a still in the cellar and expect his son to be a law abiding citizen. "Our national weakness is in the home. We put In too much time in seeking pleasure and not enough on the welfare of the home. Our Insane asylums, reform schools and feeble minded institutions are fuller than ever before because of the neglect of the home. Eighty of the 230 crimi nals in the Idaho penitentiary are 21 and under. Appeal Made to Parents. "Keep the home fires burning and I. W. W.iBm an! bolshevism will die of malnutrition." The governor also spoke on the needs of the world programme for disarmament, stating that 83 per cent of every dollar raised by taxation goes to war and war purposes. The governor made a strong appeal in closing to the fathers and mothers to give more time to the home and the proper bringing up of the boys and girls of the coming generation. CONSECRATED MEN HELD XEED Kingdom Should Be Built as Planned by Jesus, Says Pastor. "What the world needs "more than anything else Is a long, persistent period of a great army of men and women consecrated to building the kingdom of God after the nlan out lined by Jesus In The Sermon on the Mount," Declared Rev. Elbert E. Flint, pastor of the Atkinson Me morial Congregational church yester day, In his sermon on "The Sick Man and Christ, the Great Physician." "The Christian world is rapidly uniting to -fight the works of the devil, regardless of who and what he is. His one purpose and business is ruin and desolation. Christ's one pur pose and business is to restore and re deem. The world today Is suffering because the programme of demoniacs has received greater support than the programme of Jesus Christ. De struction and ruin have been at work more than construction. "The world is divided Into two classes on the question of What think ye of Jesus? The demoniacs scorned and mocked him, as did the one re corded in the fourth chapter of St. Luke's gospel.. They , scorned him. saying: 'Let us alone. What have we to do with theer This is not the language of one made In the image of God. This Is the Impure spirit and soul of man. Those who are carnal-minded talk this way, and want to be lert alone. This is the final declaration of the work of evil. Self-abandonment rather than divine abandonment. The other class declare Jesus to be the son of God; the high est expression of the divine will and ind; the highest standard of human example combtired. The world must be ruled by one of these two classes it Is left with, with the Christian church to determine which It shall be. "But greater still is the question of what Jesus is to us. We agree that all we think of him and all he is to us, blesses and improves and helps this physical man. But let the church know that its realm is not primarily the healing of the body, but the healing of the soul. The sick man of today is the man whose spirit and soul Is diseased. Jesus, if he was here, might be interested In what physicians and ' surgeons and hos pitals were doing for sick people, but he would be a thousand-fold more in terested in what the church and the Christian world was doing to make men righteous and pure and right in spirit." 2 GREAT WORDS DISCUSSED Leadership and Loyalty Explained by Dr. Charles MacCaughey. "Two Great Words. "Leadership and Loyalty.' " was the subject chosen yesterday morning by Dr. Charles MacCaughey as his opening sermon as pastor of the Centenary Wilbur church. Dr. MacCaughey spoke -from the words found in I Samuel x:26: And Saul also went to his house and there went with him a band of men whose heart God had touched." He said in part: "I find In the circum stances connected with this dramatic event the combination of elements that always make for success. The record says that this young king was made of kingly stuff. He was a figure calculated to inspire confi dince In his leadership. "There are certain characteristics patsiaawOOSTER'S Auto Owners : It doesn't take but a few min utes to come to my store. It's so handy and I sell everything. VOOSTER'S 488-494 Washington St. OPEN EVENINGS WOOSTER'S I e H I In which a preacher must be pre eminent If he is to be a fit leader of a great church. He must be dis tinguished by his personal prepara- j tion and consecration. God pity the ; minister who does not believe tre-1 mendously In his ministry. Better j iu us & iiiey slave cnainea ivi mo task than to be like that. The preacher must also be distinguished by the purity of his life. He must be a man with a soul as clean as a sunbeam. If there is any question about him, there ts no question about him; he must be 'above suspicion.' But that is only half the story, for there is another element that con tributes to success. Saul must have been a very lonesome young man when the people departed for their homea They shouted 'Long live the king and then. I suppose they said. 'Now there la nothing left for us to do. Saul will run the kingdom now and our responsibility has ended.' ! The preacher is a lonesome man be cause the people insist that he must always be a preacher. x Would It not be a dreadful thing for the butcher j to dh compeuea to oe always iie butcher, or the lawyer or doctor to be compelled to be professional In all their relationships? "But the people Insist that the preacher must always be the preacher In all his contacts with life. I must insist bn being a human being some times and In forming human rela tionships. I want to serve this city of Portland, not only as a preacher but as a citizen and as a man. The record 'says that Saul also turned to go to his house, and then- the great thing happened the thing that provided the other element of suc cess. There went with him a band of people whose heart God had touched. .Saving band. Their assist ance was voluntary. They went with him and beside him, not behind him. Not to observe but to uphold. Not to criticise but to assist They were out and out all the time for the king and the kingdom. . If these elements are here this morning, the elements of leadership and loyalty, this church is invincible, and we shall abundant ly enter that open door set before us by God himself, which no man can close." WORLD PROGRESS IS NOTED Biblical Doctrine Is Discussed by Rev. Harold II. Grlffis. The Rev. Harold H. Grlffis spoke yesterday morning at the First Chris tian church on the Blblcal doctrine of world progress. Comparing and con trasting the record given in Genesis of man's origin with the account In Revelations of his destiny, the speaker contended that humanity is ordained to progress and that the events of human history substantiate the scrip tural promise of ultimate perfection. The dogtna of the fall of man. he said, is theological fiction. He saidsin part: "The word of God opens . with a paradise and closes with a paradise. It Is a long, sad Journey from the first to the last, but the pilgrimage Is worth the effort. John declares that there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and we need not be staggered by this statement; for science delights to show that many heavens and many earths have already come and gone. "The humanity of the future s'lall attain to a higher bodily organization than that of primitive humanity. Science tells Us that this body of ours has already passed through marvelous processes of refinement and trans formation. We may believe or hot be lieve in the evolution of the human body after the Darwinian theory, but certainly the science which gives this account of the origin of the body has nothing whatever to say against an other resurrection out of dust and darkness. "Our glorified humanity shall at tain to a superior character than, that of primitive humanity. The first man was an Innocent child; the final man shall be made perfect through suf fering. The dogma of the fall of man is a theological fiction. The Bible nowhere teaches it. On this point the scriptural teaching is that of gradual improvement over a primitive type rather than the reclamation of a lost perfection. The most wonderful and delightful thing going on in the worlI today is the evolution of human char acter. "Do not let people hoodwink you into thinking that the world is near its end; it is just coming to a decent beginning. We have hardly yet shaken off the mud. A better litera ture, Juster laws, a vaster unity, de mocracy, brotherhood, world peace, glory to God in the highest, good-will towarM men all these are promised us and they are on the way. Christ ians are compelled to be optimistic of the outcome of God's work in the world. The Bible is the most opti mistic book in all literature." 2 MORE RUN FOR MAYOR G. L. Barner and J. S. Saunders Enter Centralis Race. CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) George L. Barner and John S. Saunders yesterday announced their candidacies for mayor at the coming city election, making six candidates that have appeared. Mr. Barner is a young Centralia business man, over seas veteran and former member of the school board. Mr. Saunders Is serving as city commissioner. So far only two candidates have appeared for the two commissioner ships, W. W. Dickerson, who will seek re-election as commissioner of finance, and C. E. Payne, auctioneer, who would be street commissioner. H. B. Ogle has also been mentioned as a probable candidate for the lat ter office. HEROES' FUNERAL HELD Military Honors Paid to Two Killed Willie Fighting in France. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) Military funerals were held in Centralia this afternoon for two war martyrs Willie Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, and Leo Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Miller. Services for Brown took place at 1:30 o'clock from the Episcopal church and were followed by services for young Miller at the Christian church. The Grant Hodge post, American Le gion, had charge of both. Both soldiers were killed In action . WEEK DAYS DANCING- Jerry Reed's Orchestra 12 to 1:30. 6 to 7:30. 9:30 to 12:30 . .American and Chinese Dishes Service Supreme 11 A. M. to 2 A. M. Try Our Lunch or Dinner Week Days 11 A. M. to 8 P. M. . Prices 30c. 35c. 40c to 75J Includes Soup, Vegetable ana leverage Special Sunday Chicken Dinner TSe 11 A. M. to 9 P. M. Refreshing; Fountain Drinks Oriental Cafe W ault Inst on and Broadway' V pat airs .VICTIiOLAS Self Collared-" Youthful New York Styles No Coats Sent C. EfH in France, young Brown while fight ing with the marine corps and Miller with yie 91st division. Strike Plans Secret. SALEM, Or., Oct. 23. (Special.) Governor Olcott Saturday refused to make any statement as to what ac tion he would take In case the mem bers of thevariou8 railroad unions walked out October 30. It was inti mated through other sources, how ever, that state officials are keeping close in touch with the situation, and that In case of a strike, every effort will be made to prevent suffering and violence. Students Emulate Congress. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) The organization of a student body along the lines of the national congress Is being perfected by pupils of the Central senior and Junior high schools. The four upper grades con A service feature that most people appreciate Anyone who receives checks on out-of-town banks can save money by banking at the "Broadway" be cause The Broadway Bank makes no charge for the collection of checks This is but one of many service features offered here. The Broadway Bank pays 4 interest on savings accounts and 3 interest on special savings accounts subject to check. Let us tell you about them, v. Bank by Mail If More Convenient. ' BROADVfBANK BROADWAY AND VICTOR RECORDS SIXTH FLOOR The Principal Event Scheduled for Todajr Sale "Miss Manhattan" Coats for Fall In Two Amazing Price Groups ' Fur Collared $49,50 178 ENTIRELY NEW COATS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES Bolivia and Pollyanna Materials NAVY SORRENTO REINDEER 0. D., None on Approval, No Meier & Frank's: Fashion Salons, Fourth Floor. frrt The Quality Store fr' a . OF Portland U stitute the senate and the two lower grades the house. A constitution has been-adopted and officers will be elected the coming week. Howard Costigan is the nominee for presi dent of the senate, while Burgess Bldwell, Maxine Wilkins and Alberta Holycross will fight It out for chair man of the house. The new organi zation will direct all student activi ties. C. II. Doty Host to Lumbermen., CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) C. A. Doty of Chehalis was host last night at a dinner to the old-time members of the Southwest Washington Lumbermen's association, who, during the early 90s and later, were engaged In the sawmill and lumber business in various lines. About 20 guests were In attendance, some coming from the northern part of the state. The dinner was served at the Hotel St. Helens. AND STAR K . Sizes 16 to 40 Included BROWN Mail Orders Filled SLAVES For Sale Half price and less. Always ready to do your bidding IS A PHONOGRAPH High -grade machines at half the former price. Closing out or moving on account of losing lease. Everything reduced. No salesmen. No regrets. PIANOS 'jTEP-50LD-REPA!RED 6 Gilbert Guaranteed BANKERS favor Pure Protection because they know the value of the money they save. Guarantee Fund Life Association Lovejoy & Hazen 514 Pittock Block fGILBERTSAYS:) laOBi- "100 p,ayr riis llSr r 1 25c each, some less ( j II LlJ than thaU" HAROLD SGILBERtI