THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL 16 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921. PORTLAND, OKliiUuii. J AND GIRL IN PORTL CHINA SEES POOR IN FAMINE AREAS The Buffering and misery of the famine etricken Chinese in the farm ing districts of Honan, Klansu and Pechilll provinces is told by Miss Mary Keating, a' Portland girlwho is making a tour of the world, In a letter-received by Mrs. Robert Mul ler of 361 Tillamook street, last week. . ...... MUw Keating wrote from Peking. She in now on her way- to India and will return to Portland by way of the Sues canal, Europe and New vYork. - Telling of her stay in Japan, sne says : "We spent three weeks in Japan. The day we arrived It was raining, so we did not behold the much-discussed beauty of Fuji. The next day. how ever, was a blaze of sunshine and I beheld the mountain, but really I much prefer the beauty of "Mount Hood. "There are wonderful flowers in Japan, but so lacking in fragrance. I ' viBlted all the tea shops, silk stores and temples.- .... . , "The Japanese are most affable, mil very crafty, and unfair when given an opportunity, especially the officials, who seem to regard Americans as rather suspicious persons. .The students Jn tiie academies I found to be more broad-minded and fair, seeming to wish the relations between America .and Japan to be the most cordial.. So much for Japan. J'AMISE DISTRICT HORROR , "The Empress of Asia carried us from Japan to Shanghai. I remained but two days In Shanghai and then came to Peking. "Coming on the train I passed through the heart of the famine district. I shall never forget the misery and suf fering. The people live in mud hovels and come to the trains begging for crusts of bread. They are thin and their clothes are so patched that there is no trace of the original. Isn't it a pity that such conditions mujt exist in a world of plenty? r "Here in Peking It is hard to realize that you are living in the Orient The houses are very nice and one may pro cure the services of the Chinese for a very small sum. Life In China is very .Jazy for the foreigner, although the days pass quickly in the gay social whirl of the Chinese capital. JOl'RXAI8 ARRIVAL ETE5T "The biggest event In our lives is ,the arrival of the American mail. I receive all issues you send of The Journal and read every item from the workings of congress to, Jiggs. After I am finished reading the papers I pass them along to eager friends, and The Journal is becoming more than popular. "Although the Japanese and the Chi nese are of the same race, there is a great difference in characteristics. The Chinese are peaceful and most oblig ing. They regard the Americans very highly and center: all their hopes In America. To. America they look for help In adjusting their external and in ternal troubles. All the nations with -the exception of America have annexed a part of China. The Chinese cer tainly dislike Japan's tactics and frankly show their dislike." New Auto Camp at Peninsula Park to Be Ready March 1 Portland's new auto camp park, op posite Peninsular park in Albina avenue, will be ready for automobile tourists entering the city by March I, if weather renditions permit the carrying on of the work as now outlined for that long delayed tourists' haven by Superinten dent Keyser of the park bureau.. The 12-acre tract, recently leased by the city, with a two 'year option to pur chase, is being rushed to completion. Miss Florence Holmes, recently employed as city landscape architect, is directing the laying off of the grounds and drive ways, and C. W. Weigant is speeding up his park crew in completing the kitchens, comfort stations and many other, conveniences in keeping with a thoroughly modern auto park. Construction is well under way and visiting autoiuts will be received by Portland in one of the most modern, thoroughly equipped campgrounds on the Pacific coast this year, according to Commissioner Pier, who Is responsible "for the city's new campgrounds. Many suburban towns are also rushing work on smaller auto parks to assure 1921 motoring tourists of pleasant camping 'grounds, the commissioner said. Mrs.; Anna .Worth, ; Pioneer of 1851, Is Buried at Peoria - Mrs. Anna M. Worth, pioneer of 1851. died February 4 at Salem. She was buried in the Pine Grove, cemetery at Peoria by the grave of her husband, John Q. A. Worth, who died 54 years ago. .. i ! ; .- ,. . v, Mr. Worth was born in Ohio In 1843 and came to Oregon by way of the Isth mus of . Panama with her father, the Rev. E. R. Geary; in 1851. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and present at the organization of the Pres bytery of Oregon, the first to be formed west of, the Rocky mountains. - One daughter, Mrs. Ada I Condit of Salem; two sons. K. G. Worth and J. E. Worth of Portland ; one " sister, Mrs. Martha Perham of Portland ; two broth ers, Dr. J. W. Geary of Burns and Dr. E..- P. Geary of Portland, and two grand children survive her. OREGON HAS SCOR E OF 100 PER CENT IN Cll TEKRANC mm ruim Enrollment Data Is "1 Prepared at; III of 0. University 'of Oregon, Eugene, Feb! 14. The office force in the registrar's -office axe working hard these days preparing the annual statistical report of enrollment. This report Includes comparisons of enrollment for this year and years past, data , concerning the residence and home address of the students ; of the university, amount of work being carried by students and num ber of students enrolled in each depart ment of. the university. Oregon has the distinction of be ing one of the two states that scored 100' per' cent last year in the work of its scientific temperance instruc tion as outlined by the National W, c. TV-tr, , '..j -r ,,Vf ! ;r i I This announcement ; was made at the Joint luncheon of the W. C. T. ;U. and the Oregon Civic league, held Saturday at the Hotel Benson in honor of visiting W. C. T. U. workers. Mrs. Elizabeth O. Middleton, national chairman of this department, made the announcement and at the; same time presented to the Ore gon chairman,, Mrs. G. L. Buland, who is responsible for this record, a ' small silk ' flag. " The other state with a per fect record is Missouri. OREGOIT. SCORES AGAIN ! Oregon got 'a second pat on the back from Dr. -Valeria II. Parker, head of the department of social morality, who said that Oregon la the birthplace of a voluntary social hygiene society and that it is the only state in the Union that receives a .state appropriation to carry on its' work. Each of the visiting women made short addresses Mrs. C." J. Vayhinger, director ' of Americanization, urged the teaching of English to . adult foreign ers, declaring that when only the chil dren become Americanized they , become ashamed of their parents and a break occurs . that '. often ends in tragedy for both . parents and children. ' Mrs. Middleton said that the securing of the eighteenth, amendment was direct ly traceable to educational work among the young,, who finally became voters. INDORSE CHAMBERLAIN Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingstone, su perintendent of Christian . citizenship, urged just law enforcement on people of all classes and conditions, and. said that the program of her department was. the stressing . of . moral .. legislation for the safeguarding of the citizenship of the future. '--..- s, . Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, head of the child welfare department, said that her department had. a five-pointed program, namely, that a child has the right to be well born ; it has the right to an edu cation ; it has the right to protection against commercialism : it has the right to be morally safeguarded and spiritually- trained, : - ; ... The league gave its unanimous in dorsement to the appointment of Senator George E. Chamberlain on the shipping board. WELFARE BUREAU TO SALVAGE JUNK AND PROVIDE JOBS Hens at La Grande Are Still on Strike La Grande, Feb. 14. Despite reports from Western Oregon and other sec tions of the country to the effect that the price of eggs ia tumbling because the hens are working overtime, La Grande egg prices remain steady at from 45 to 60 cents retail. The demand ex ceeds the supply here, the local hens still being on nhelr winter strike. An industrial department Is soon to be opened by the public welfare bureau of Portland, 'of which A. R. Gephart is secretary. ' The purpose is to be the capitalization of waste and unemployment through the col lection and sale of things that other wise wquld be wasted, using the par tially unemployed for this work. The definite objects of the new de partment are : To salvage second hand articles, particularly clothing and house furnishings, now often wasted or sold for Junk ; to give employment . and training to the handicapped and par tially unemployable, who would other wise be dependent upon charity : to se cure reclaimed clothing, and house fur nishings, which are greatly needed by the social agencies of the city for dis tribution among those who are- depend ent, and for sale at moderate prices to Belf-supporting persons of small means ; to collect and sell any kind of waste that may be converted into cash for furthering these objects. A suitable three story brick building at the corner of Thirteenth and John son street has been secured as a ware house and factory where donated mate rials will be collected . and renovated. Tfie factory will engage in any kind of activity that wilt increase the value of the goods donated and at the same time give employment or training to the handicapped. Among such activities will " be the mending of , clothing and repairing of shoes ; the making of chil dren's - garments from v men's and women's clothing that cannot be profit ably repaired; the manufacture of rag rugs from worn out clothing ; the laun dering, dry cleaning and pressing of used garments; the repairing and re finishing of ' furniture . and household furnishings. ' " ; The goods produced by the industry will be placed on sale in a store In the retail district, The relief department of the Public Welfare bureau and other accredited social agencies will be asked to pay the actual cost of collection, renovation and selling for such goods as they secure for' free distribution to the needy. . 7 " Should the industry show a net profit, the money will either be turned back into the industry for increasing its use fulness, or into the relief fund of the Public Welfare bureau. There will be conducted during the week of February 28 a city wide col lection of clothing, shoes, hats, furni ture, house furnishings, dishes, books, bric-a-brac and any other- articles which may no longer be of use to their owners, but which , have la them eco nomic possibilities for the unemployed and the needy, K. F. Johnson heads the general com mittee created under the auspices of the bureau for the handling of this project He already has a score of prominent men and women .., working ih him and additional people repre senting the club, civic commercial an avMai ifr life of the city will join In the work. . Drat These Indigo Laws! No Dancing. : As Mortgage Burns The heavy heel of the law stepped out to tread harshly on the light fantastic toe when residents in Irving street com plained to. the' police that a public dance was being conducted at Linnea hall, Irving and Twenty-first streets, Sunday night, in defiance of. a city ordinance. Two motorcycle patrolmen put the "how come" to F. Anderson, manager of the hall. Anderson :- pleaded ignorance of the law. said it was a private party, any way, and explained that the dance was held in celebration of the burning of a mortgage. The patrolmen agreed that the burning of a mortgage was suffi cient cause for celebration and depart ed after Anderson assured them there would be no more dancing. Reducing Tire Costs Assuming that average annual tire expense for Oregon autoists is $100 per car, Oregonians spend $12,500,000 for tires each vear . based upon 125,000 cars. . Figuring there is 20& less wear over resil ient, bituminous pavement, a low estimate) than over- a rigid pave ment, : there would be a saving of $2,500,000 annually In tires Vlone In favor of the resilient, bituminous type - of pavement. : providing all road a used were paved. Resiliency is typified in ; .. . , . WAR RE NIT BITULITHIG Other Papers Give Additional Meier & Frank News for Tuesday The February Sale of Furniture brings reductions of 20 to 50 on a repre sentative collection of suites and separate pieces from the regular Meier & Frank stocks. - ' Meier Frank's : Eighth Floor. Tncr Quality' Store or Portland The Sale of Lamp Shade Materials continues tomorrow with extraordinary values. FREE INSTRUCTIONS in the making of lamp shades to those who purchase their ma terials here. Meier & Frank's : Seventh Floor. All Perfect Quality 75 or More Wool Me o: 44 P anr E .Ukefts $25 $2: $25 S2; Wrap Just Received by Express Special Purchase of 1 GO New Spring Most Remarkable Values New spring coats and capes at twenty-five dollars! Unusual? ' Amazingly so. ., Of serge, twill, polo cloth and yelour. Navy, brown, tan, copen. Plain three-quarter belted, fancy cape and draped models, many with braid embroidery. All fully lined for spring wear. V See Fifth Street window display. . 1 i i Meier & Frank's : Fashion Salons, Fourth Floor. Mail Orders Filled.! Entire Center Aisle Bargain Squares, Main Floor, Devoted to This Sale, in Which , Compared With Costs for Like Grades Last Fall, M any Are About Price Because we took over the 1920 surplus of the Santiam Woolen Mills of Stayton, Ore gon, we can stage this extraor dinary sale. The blankets are characteris tically ""Oregon Made," first qual ity, thoroughly good and service able. Nearly all are pure Oregon wool throughout, a few have part cotton warp, but in every instance the blankets are 75 or more wool. There are white and col ored blankets in a variety of pat terns and border effects. Single and double." Three-quarter and full lengths. Blankets for bed, outing, camp and beach use, suit able for automobile throws, etc. Special attention is directed to a lot of 250 all-wool "Hudson Bay" blankets in two sizes. '4 .45 Choose From Eight Wonderful Price-Groups $11 $9 EXTRA Hudson Bay Blankets of pure Oregon fleeced wool with fancy colored borders at about half the usual prices: 3 lb. 62x80 4 lb. 68x86 Sg.95 4 .45 $g.95 $6 See Double Corner Window at Fifth and Alder Meier & Frank's : Center Aisle, Main Floor. (Mall Orders Filled.) 46 RbomfSize Rugs The assortment includes an excellent selection of pat terns in various qualities of standard Seamless Brussels, Velvet and Axminster Rugs. J All are in size 9x12 feet. Re ductions are from the NEWXOW prices. $35.50 Seamless Brussels Rugs . $27.50 $57.50 Seamless Velvet Rugs . . . $41.85 $60.50 Seamless Velvet Rugs . . . $43.65 $46.00 Axminster Rugs : . .$39.75 $68.00 Axminster Rugs . ; . . . . .$43.65 5ee Sixth Street Window, display. ; . Meier & Frank's r Seventh Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Reduced 3809 Yards in This Sale of New Cretonnes 69c Regularly $1.25 to $1.80 Yard A noteworthy special purchase accounts for this remark ably good disposal of new cretonnes at 69c yard. There is wide diversity of charming designs and colorings. Three large tables will be piled high with these new cre tonnes. ; ' . ' ' " ' See Sixth Street Window Display ' Meier & Frank's : Seventh Floor. (Mall Orders Filled.) - HUNGRY THIEF IS ! CAPTURED: ADMITS JOBS, SAY POLICE Many bunglaries committed during the last two months are said to liave been cleared up Sunday, f following the arrest of E. B. Hodd. alias Wood, alias Way, Saturday night r Hood, called the "hungry burglar" by some of hla victims because of his raid on their pan tries after he had looted their homes of Jewelry, confessed to de tectives Sunday of the looting of seven houses since the middle of December, police say. . ; He had stolen jewelry in his possession which he was trying to dispose of when he was picked up by a couple of motor cycle patrolmen, it is asserted. Much of the loot has been disposed of to -downtown Jewelry stores and pawn shops. Hood told the police. He told detectives of a cache, where he says come loot remains. x CAJi'T REMEMBER ALL ; Hood's operations in east side resi dences have been the source -of much worry to the police department for the last two months. He has prowled about In the eariy morning, using a screwdriver for a Jimmy to open the windows of residences. . V . ....... It is believed that other thefts than the ones to which Hood has already con fessed were committed by him. He has loot which he is unable to. account for, but police believe that their records will clear up many robberies that Hood is unable to remember. , Following is a list of the burglaries to which Hood Is said to have confessed : HE LIKES THEIR FOOD W. H. Foley. 89 Kast Twenty-second street, December 26; William Turner, 61 East Eighteenth street north,. January 9 ; Joseph 111k, 500 Tillamook street, De cember 18; Ueorge W. Burt, 990 Kast Burnside street, January 30; !. Bittman, 22 Kast Fifty-second street. February 5; Dr. P. 8. Kaadt, 1312 East Stark street. February 10 ; J. U Hangenburg, 603 Greenwood avenue. February 12. : Hood said he eould recommend the cooking in most of the homes he has visited. The appeal of the pantries has been much stronger than the jewelry in several instances, he said. , THIEF STEALS 8oi When M. K. Moaner, 107V4 Fourth street; awoke this morning, he found his room had been ransacked during the night and $55 stolen from his trousers' pocket Mosner told the police he left his door unlocked when he retired so his roommate could enter. He -believes the prowler entered before the roommate returned. The apartments of Charles French. 870 Kast Kelly street were robbed Sunday evening. When French arrived home about midnight he found the place ran sacked and five gold nuggets worth $18 and two gold athletic medals had been stolen. Entrance was gained with a pass key. The lower unoccupied apart ment was entered. - , With the arrest of Florence . Brrg stasser, age 22, Spokane police believe they have solved the mystery of a. loiifr series ot forged checks passed On Spokane dry goods -stores since last March. - 49 Lb. Sack Flour 32.49 Kerr's Best milled in Portlands Phes Prunes, limited quantity, io-Ib. wrapped J- QQ boxes ......... tDAeOi Snowdrift Shortening, No. 8 tins $1.55, No. 4 HQn tins 4 7i Salad Oil, Wesson or Mazola, Jl!Ln $.1-7.9,..h".'. . 90c Campbell's Soup, nearly all va rieties, doz. $1.55. OQn three cans ........ 07U Karo Syrup, Blue Label, No. 10 cans 75c, No. 5 OQ ' cans Oi7U White Beans, small hand picked, 8 lbs. 48c. OKf four lbs. dO White Figs, California cooking, 4 lbs. 48c. OKa two lbs. UOKs Minced Clams, Royal Chef, tall cans, doz. $1.95. Kf three cans OUU BAKERY BULLETIN 28c Cup Cakes, dozen ........ French Ptry, with : "I H prune filling, each.. -LUl Bran Bread, "l'CT loaf IOC Brn Cookies, Of") dozen UC Meier & Frank's : INintn Floor. Trie Quality" StoXc or- Poktlahd Features Tomorrow the following specials for men, women and children, as well as 13 unusual values in domestics. ; 500 BUNGALOW APRONS 98c Were 1.98. Women's Amoskeag gingham bungalow aprons neatly trimmed. Open back or side fastening styles.' 80 BREAKFAST SETS $1.69 Were 12.49. Women's two-piece breakfast acts in plain colors and plaid combination gingham and percale. ' 600 GOWNS, CHEMISE 69c Were 89c to f 1.49. Women's gowns made of soft muslin with round yoke and wing sleeves, chemise ot fine nainsook with lace trimmed yoke. 1000 WOMEN'S OUTING GOWNS 98c Were XI. 39. Women's pink and blue striped outing flannel gowns In round neck long sleeve style. ; 500 WOMEN'S UNION SUITS 35c 3 for II. Women's light weight white cotton union suits in low neck, sleeveless, knee length style. . 1200 PAIRS INFANTS' WOOL HOSE 29c - v Infants' white wool hose with eilk heels and toes. Seconds. 2000 PAIRS WOMEN'S HOSE 25c . Were 39c. Women's fiber silk hose in black, gray, navy and brown. Seconds. , 3600 PAIRS HOSE, 2 PRS. 25c Women's cotton hose in black, white and cordovan. All sizes. Seconds. 1200 PAIRS CHILDREN'S HOSE 19c Were 35c pair. Children's fine ribbed black cotton hose. Sizes to 10. 150 MEN'S SHIRTS 79c Were 31.25. Men's full cut black sateen shirts with turndown collars. Sizes 14 to 19. -. -r ' 500 PAIRS MEN'S HOSE 39c Men's French worsted hose in brown, green and blue heathers. Seconds. 750 BOYS' CAPS 59c Were 79c. Boys' one-piece top caps mostly In dark shades. Leath erette sweatbands. DOMESTIC SALE 1000 YDS. PERCALES 15c Regularly 19c yard. 26-inch percales in light and medium colors. 5000 YDS. GINGHAMS 15c 27-inch ginghams in plain and fancy colors. 2000 YDS. OUTING FLANNEL 15c Regularly 19c yard. Regular width outing flannel in stripe effects. 2000 HUCK TOWELS 2 FOR 25c Good size huck towels in plain white and with red borders. - 600 TURKISH TOWELS 25c Full bleached double thread heavy Turkish towels. 1000 YDS. TOWELING 10c Regularly 15c yard. Heavy twilled crash unbleached toweling. 200 BEDSPREADS $2.49 Were 33.98. Full size heavy weight Honeycomb bedspreads In pink and blue. 2000 YDS. DRAPERY 25c 3 to 38 Inches wide. Cretonnes, plain and colored burlaps and print ed etamines in designs for aprons, dresses and drapes. 5000 YDS. MUSLIN 15c 3d Inches wide. Bleached and unbleached muslin, also soft finished cambric. 100 BEDSPREADS $1.49 Were 31 98. Crochet bedspreads in several designs. Good weight and size for beds. . . . ; ,- 100 BOLTS LONGCLOTH $1.69 BOLT 10-yard bolts of 36-lnch soft finished longcioth for lingerie and in fants' wear. Regularly 25c yard. 300 YARDS SHEETING 45c Heavy bleached sheeting 31 Inches wide. . 100 YARDS CURTAIN GOODS YARD 18c Regularly 25c yard. 32 to 38 Inch white scrim with fancy colored borders, some dark al lover designs, ' Meier 4c Frank's : Lower Price Store, Balcony Basement. -V A -