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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1U07. GENTLY CHIDES FELLOW PASTORS Rev. Dr. E. S. Muckley De fends Vote on Ministerial Association Resolution. UPHOLDS BUSINESS MEN Their Meeting in Slate Convention on Sunday to Discuss Financial Situation Xot Sufficient to Justify Rebuke. Rev. E. S. Muckley, pastor of the First Christian Church, explained last night why he voted against the resolution of the Portland Ministerial Association at Its meeting last Monday morning, con demning the convention of Oregon 'busi ness men on the previous Sunday. He said the action of the ministers was taken on "snap Judgment," and was wholly un justifiable. He took for his text the scriptures "Judge not that ye be not Judged." and "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." He said in part: It is not so much my purpose this een lns: to enter upon a defense of myself, or to criticise my brethren in the ministry for their action in rebuking some of the busi ness men of Oregon, ns it is to apply the principles of the Gospel to the Lord's Day nnd determine, if possible. Its significance In the Christian system. Five of the min isters who opposed the resolution requested that their names be published. Several others voted against the resolution, and still others didn't vote at all. So the vote for the resolution was by no means unanimous, apart from the five of us whose names were published. No doubt we have been mis understood and even condemned by many good people who read the account In the papers. So even a statement In self-defense would be wholly permissible. How ever, because I have always cared very little what people thought of me, who opposo me or criticise me for taking an attitude which T am convinced Is rlirht, I am there fore more concerned In having; my position understood than myself defended. I am also aware that what I say may be construed as designed only In criti cism of my brethren who voted for the resolution. But not so. I simply assume' that they were as hone'st In their convic tion as I was in mine, I simply question their right to sit in Judgment on their brethren. The mere fact that some business mep held what was to them an emergency meeting to discuss the financial situation on Sunday afternoon at a time when it did not conflict with church services, was not In my Judgment a sufficient ground for re buke. I can even conceive of such an emerKcncy arising as would Justify a meet ins of business men at the hour of church ser'lce, to consider what we are pleased to call temporal matters. Not the Jewish Sabbath. . Sunday Is not the Jewish Sabbath. Nor can the restrictions of the Jewish Sabbath te mad ! to apply to the Christian's worship day. But even the Jewish Sabbath allowed for emergencies, for Christ referred to Iavld's eating; the showbread, which was unlawful. In defense of his disciples for plucking corn on the Sabbath. First, I Insist that nowhere in the Gospel are ministers given the right either ex plicitly or by Implication to sit In Judg ment on their brethren in business for holding an emergency business meeting on Sunday. These men may have erred In their Judgment as to the necessity for such a meeting. But they evidently thought it was necessary or they would not have come long distances to attend It. While I would have preferred they should ha-e met on another day, and do not believe any work should be done on Sunday that can be done any other day, yet I was willing to give them. In the spirit of Justice, the benefit of the doubt. For I felt It was posslb'o that the very conditions they met to con elder had made It necessary for them to be with their business every business day. Some business men In our state have been under a pressure that the majority of preachers' know nothing about. For the preachers of Portland to say the meeting was not necessary on Sunday, and to sit In Judgment on these men, without giving thein a chance to defend themselves before their self-constituted Judges, was doing what no court In the United States or any other civilized state unless It was Russia, would think of doing with any hope of escaping mob violence. By a majority vote the Min isterial Association condemned some of their brethren unheard. It was a snap-Judgment and wholly out of harmony with the spirit of fairness taught In the Gospel. It Is such votes as these that makes honest men In the community discount the voice of preachers on matters wholly within their rights. I refuse to be among those who condemn their brethren without a hearing. In a 15-minutes discussion the preachers under some little heat presumed to put themselves in the places of business men from the extremes of Oregon and Judge their conduct without having Interviewed one of them. A most remarkable feat of Infallibility, that. Announcing my vote to the public was a confession of my falli bility and limitations. Day Often Desecrated. These business men would not have been rebuked by their brethren in the ministry if they had waited to hold their meeting until one minute after midnight. They at tended to what they thought was a tem poral need on Sunday. Possibly half the audiences Ln the churches last Sunday came on the streetcars and made men work. The fact of the case Is. that this was no more necessary than the business men's meeting. And men had to work to light the churches at night. And I Imagine it would be a eource of some amusement to those business men to know, what things the preachers and their members talked about aa they mingled with one another before and after eervlces on that same Sunday. . I suspect some exceedingly temporal remarks were made by even the preachers. Christ's lesson about motes and beams, and gnats and camels is hard for us to learn. Many of those men who met In convention were christian men and were not the serv ants of the Portland preachers but of the most high God. I have been unable to find any law human or divine which those men violated. I appreciate the spirit of the resolution Indorsed by the majority of the ministers. Very often unnecessary work is done on Sunday. My brethren in the min istry meant well, but In my humble Judg ment they made a mistake. They exceeded their authority. "o Xew Testament Support. But let me urge one more thing. I am aure that the common distinction between the sacred and secular has no support in the teachings of Christ or his apostles. Here I am n.ost likely to be misunderstood. But we need to correct both our theology and terminology In this matter. I am convinced that the grossest sort of abuses have re sulted from this false distinction. It la said the spirit is sacred, the body is secular; the church building Is sacred, the house you live In, secular; the ministry a sacred call ing, school teaching, secular: Sunday a sa cred day, Monday a secular day. Things . have their appropriate use and should be committed to that use. But to call the day a man works to feed his body a secular day, and the day he feeds his spiritual na ture a sacred day Is not In my Judgment a scriptural distinction. Our bodies are the temple of God la the desk In the church that holds the Bible any more sacred than the table In the home that holds the dinner for a grateful family? If "the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." everything should be holv unto the Lord. And we should not think of anything being made unholy until It has been diverted from Its proper use and abused by the selfishness of man. BUhop Advertises Oregon. A folder which is being circulated in the Kast by Bishop Charles Scaddlng, in the interest of the Episcopal En dowment Fund, the Associated Mission Fund, and to raise money for Rodney Hall, advertises Oregon as the land of undeveloped and varied resources. Lumber, minerals, grains and fruits, sheep and cattle all these, which go to make up the wealth of the state, are mentioned. The folder bears the title, "Where Rolls the Oregon." In the folder the Bishop mentions the fact that this year 20,000 homeseekers have entered the state, having left farms in the East and Middle West. PROVES IT BY MATHEMATICS Afternoon Talk at Y. M. C. A. by Rev. S. C. Lapham. Rev. S. C. Lapham. pastor of the Second Baptist Church, delivered the address at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday Club yesterday, taking for his subject, "Two and Two Make Four." He said that the teachings of Christ as applied to the life of the Individual will bring results with mathematical accuracy. A. M. Grllley, physical director of the asso ciation, preceded the address of the afternoon with a short talk on his trip up the Yukon River, Illustrating it with stereopticon views. Among these was that of a bark hut made and oc cupied by Indians, and the log church of Juneau, perhaps a duplicate of some erected In early Oregon. Besides these there were views of the steep Chllcoot Pass, and several showing how wood is laid and the fires started in thawing pay dirt 40 feet under ground. An innovation at the Sunday after noon men's meetings is the arm swing ing and deep breathing exercise through which the men are put by Physical Director Grllley after sitting through the talk which precedes the address. "The Employer and Employee" was the subject chosen for debate in the discussion group, led by R. F. Barnes, in which every man present is given the opportunity to express his views. CHURCH OF GOD IX SESSION Annual Assembly Is Held at Gospel Home on East Side. The annual assembly meeting of the Church of God Is being held at the "Gos pel Home," 430 Hawthorne avenue, and will continue till next Saturday night. Services are being conducted each day at 10 A. M, 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. Ministers present are: William Ebel. editor of the German Gospel Trumpet, published at Anderson, Ind. ; H. C. Wlekersham, Portland, Ind.; J. C. Peterman, Montesa no; E. W. Greeley and wife, Centralla, and Thomas Cooper, Colfax. Wash.; J. L. Green, Woodburn,; H. G. Clark, Aums ville; John Van Laanen, Salem, Or.; D. D. Adams, California, Other leaders are expected. The assembly is being attended by men and women of the faith from Oregon and Washington. They live in the "Gospel House" and take their meals together in the basement. The church has no creed and Is not called a denomination. Members of the Church of God are called saints and they believe that faith cures are constant. At the opening of this session. Elder G. T. Neal, local su perintendent, was taken very sick with grip. He was anointed by the breth ren with oil, and through their prayers and faith yesterday the grip left him. He said he had recovered but was still a little weak. Elder Neal ascribes his cure enitrely to the divine power. DENIES GAG RULE CHARGE Mr. Allen Explains Status of a Re cent Political Meeting. HERMISTON", Or., Dec. 7. CTo tho Ed itor.) In justice to the citizens of Hermti ton. I feel it my duty to give The Orego nian the facts regarding a mass meeting1 at which "gag rule" and the refusal of tho right of suffrage to voters were condemned, at which "reeling was at a high pitch," and "Editor Baker was thrown out," as ap peared In a dispatch sent The Oregonian front Pendleton. Hermiston Is a new town and rapidly pushing ahead. As is natural a great many laborers are employed In both Government and private works, among them being a force of men engaged in piping to town water from the Minnehaha Springs about' two and one-half miles from town; others employed by the Maxwell Land & Irriga tion Company for the purpose of supplying the town with pure water; by Contractor J. E. Fritz; by Canneld brothers. In clear ing land; by Contractor Means, In building houses and sidewalks; by Contractor Irving La Dow, of Pendleton, in the erection of an SO-foot-front brick block, and by many others. Hermiston offers opportunity for the la boring man. The outlook is excellent. There Is every probability that work of like char acter will continue here all through next year. 1 he writer has spent 15 years in the West and Middle West, and has never seen a more gentlemanly set of laboring men than those here the opportunities for se curing a home here have attracted them. In no place Tmve I seen less drunkenness on the streets. Th dispatch from Pendleton states that Mr. Baker Is a leader of the Independent party. On the contrary, he is a follower of the Fo-called "Citizen's" party, and when Mr. Baker, as & newspaper man, attended the Independent caucus he took occasion to mako an Inflammatory speech denounc ing the laboring men and charging that they had been Imported for the purpose of voting. There was absolutely no ground for such speech, or such articles. Yet they were followed by the appointment by the City Council of which a majority Is sup porting the so-called "Citizen's" ticket of election judges, all radical supporters of that ticket; and the Independents were de nied any representation on the election board. At the election, the jqdges de liberately accepted arid rejected ballots ac cording to their previously stated policy, regardless of any oath or claims that the voter made, and in this way 21 , men are denied the right of franchise. The manner of conducting the election was enough to arouse the resentment of any good Ameri can citizen, and while not countenancing any radical methods, 50 or more law-abiding citizens of Hermiston united In a meeting of protest on the night referred to In the aforesaid dispatch. Mr. Baker attempted to enter this meet ing. Because of previous experience with him In this matter he was denied that privilege, although it was in no way refused to any other newspaper writer, citizen, or representative of the opposing party. George Tyacke, contractor and builder, being at the door, refused admittance to the newspaper man, and did not allow htm to enter. I have known Mr. Tyacke personally since I have resided in Hermiston. He Is not a saloon man. I have always found him a law-abiding citizen, and without question he has contracted and builded more homes and buildings in Hermistonsthan any other .contractor. I attended the mass meeting In question, and not or.e man showing the least sign of intoxication was in or near the hall. In every respect, the meetflng was a decent and orderly expression of indignation on the part of the citizens over the deprlval of other citizens of their right of ballot. ROBERT E. ALLEN. CURTAIL SOUND SERVICE Northern Pacific to Operate Fewer Trains From Portland. Train service between Portland and Puget Sound will be reduced during the Winter months. The "Puget Sound Lim ited" will be taken out of commission commencing tomorrow. This train leaves Portland daily at 4:30 P. M. and arriving at Beattle at 10:55 P. M. This train is No. 14. Train No. 13, leaving Seattle daily at 4:30 P. M. and' arriving at Portland at 10:55 P. M. will also be taken oft the run until further notice. It Is expected that these trains will re sume in the. Spring. During the Winter months operation is difficult and expen sive, with light revenue. The Northern Pacific is following the policy of re trenchment now being carried out by all railroads of the country, and is reducing expenses where It will not seriously in convenience the public. Mail orders promptly filled at Metz gers, Jewelers, 342 Washington street. TRIBUTE OF PASTOR Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher Eu logizes Late Judge Frazer. "FRIEND OF FRIENDLESS' Preacher So Describes Jurist Whose Greatest Talents Were' Devoted to Work of the Juve nile Court. Speaking on the subject, "A Friend of the Frlendlrss at the White Temple last night. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher paid a tribute to the lifework of the late Judre A. I Frazer. saying that the death of the jurist had suggested the topic for tho evening's sermon. He said in part: Those who knew Judge Frazer as a law yer and jurist better than I did have spoken In the highest terms of praise of his eminent ability and qualifications In these respects. i knew him simply as a manly man. He represented the type of manhood which every on& admires. He was upright In character and exemplary in habits. "Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatso ever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, If there be any virtue and If there be any praise' these things he thought upon and lived. He was jusC such a man as we need in. public life. He was a typical citizen of the Roosevelt type. He be lieved in law and order and good govern ment. He stood for the exaltation of right eousness and truth in civic life. He had the courage to execute these convictions. He was not a man of merely negative or passive virtues. He was not content to do no wrong and just be passively good. Some men are so good they are good for nothing when it comes to a fight with entrenched evil. Believed in Doing Good. Judge Frazer took an actrve Interest in the welfare of the community and believed In doing something positively good for his fellowmen. It was in harmony with this principle that he conducted the Juvenile Court. For this work he was specially endowed by nature and training. He knew how to manage both boys and girls. He understood their temptations, their struggles, their heartaches and their trials. He was tactfut and sympathetic. He was kind and firm. He was a father to the orphan and a friend to the friendless. I have been In his court on several occasions when he was dealing with wayward boys and wilful girls. He was quick to discern the disposition and temper of the youthful offender and adapt his advice or punishment to meet the needs of that particular case. He may have made mistakes, but I was never present when it seemed to me he could have improved upon the counsel given or the action taken. He won, the love and esteem of the boys and girls who came before him. They went away from his presence knowing he was their friend. His interest in them did not end with the court room. He planned for their welfare throughout the week. He looked after their companions and took an Interest in their games. He provided swimming facilities in the summer time and arranged for an encampment at Gearhart. He did everything he could for the moral elevation and happiness of the boys and girls who came under his Influence. His power over tile young was greatly In creased by the fact that he himself was a noble example of what he taught. He never urged total abstinence from intoxicating liquors or set forth the evil effect of cigar ette smoking with a breath that belied his words. Kcarless in Action. Those who heard him In the White Temple pulpit a few Sunday nights ago were greatly stirred by his address. No father or mother who was present on -that occasion will ever forget his words. He felt keenly the need of good. Intelligent, wise parents who would be willing to sacrifice to train the rising generation. The young who heard him 'will never forget his warning concern ing the evils that beset them. He depre cated the cheap'theatre, the dance hall and every other place of amusement where he felt the influences had a tendency to be hurtful and demoralizing. He expressed his views on these things without regard to whom they would affect and without fear of unfavorable criticism. It will be a most difficult matter to find another judge to take his place. I am sure I express the feeling of all true parents In this city when I call upon Governor Chamberlain to take his time in the selection of a successor to Judge Frazer, so as to choose some one who wilt have the qualifications needed for this very Important work. The Governor should permit neither politics nor friendship to Influence him in this selection He oueht to have only the interest of the young at heart and to select a Judge who can take up and carry on this work which Judge Frazer has so success fully inaugurated. The wayward boys and girls of our city need a friend. The care less and thoughtless parents need an ad viser. To do this work one must have peculiar qualifications.' No one could desire a "higher encomium than to be known as the friend of the friendless. Jesus Christ Himself was ac cused of being the friend of sinners. These words were uttered as a condemnation, but they have become a message of hope. In this world where every man has the ten dency to look out for himself, and where the fallen are kicked further down to know that there Is someone who will care and help those who have sinned Is a source of abiding Joy and comfort. There is nothing in this world to be prized more highly than a true friend. How deep must be the anguish and how awfully real the heartache of thai person who knows that he has no one to whom he can go with his sins, his sorrows, his trials and his troubles. It was this characteristic of Jesua Christ that has made Him the real Savior of men. HOMER DAVENPORT WRITES Gives a History of His Grey Arab Stallion, "Mesaud." MORRIS PLAINS. N. J.. Dee. 1. (To the Editor.) I see by a recent editorial paragraph in The Oregonian that those in Oregon who are not up in Arabic want to know about "Mesaud." With pleasure. 'Mesaud" Is a grey stallion foaled i 1903. bred by the Roala tribe near Pal myra to the East. He stands about 15 hands high and weighs about 1000 pounds. He is a very easy traveler up to carrying any weight. The word "Mesaud" means "The Fortunate or Lucky." He is of the family called Hemdani Samri, one of the favorite families of the Arab horse. In ancient times, the Seglawte Jedrau family outranked all others In the e.ste..n of the Aneza Bedouins. . But many years ago, a Seglawte Jedrau mare that was soon to foal, slipped her hobbles and ran to the open desert. Arabs tried in vain to catch her. They offered her barley, even dates, but she wouldn't be approached. The Aneza then offered re wards, and the Kehilan AJuz hdrses tried to catch her, and she ran them all down. The Abeyans, the Hadbans, the Manakies and all the great families came, and were beaten. The mare then kept far out of sight, coming to a spring to drink when the sun was the hottest. Her colt had been foaled, and the mother was mo-e determined than ever to keep in the wild open. ' An Arab named Simrl, who had horses of the Hamdani breed, heard of the bij reward if any one could catch the Sag lawie Jedrau mare. He came with a large, powerful bay horse, with round su.es and very wide Jaws. The Aneza Bedouins laughed when he asked to be shown the spring where he Seglawte mare and colt came . for water at noon. They showed him, and he laid in wait. When the Seglawie Jedrau mare came in sight, the Arab on the full, round barreled horse began the chase. He went slowly at first in comparison to the Seglawie mare and colt, but he went better as the game warmed up, and at four hours he had caught tile colt, hobbled him, and laid him on the ground. And at sundown he caught the mare. Then the great tribes of the desert gathered to rejoice over the remarkable feat, that any horse other than a Seglawie could catch a Seglawie. So Simri was honored by men and Anah by having his name added to that of his breed of horses thus the name Hamdani Simri, which is the name of the favorite of all the families of the Arabian ..orse. When The Oregonian suggests that my Silverton friends and relatives, and others in Oregon, want an explanation, I take the greatest pleasure in giving a com plete one. I wish it to be understood that "Me saud" will be ready when the mud is turning back to dust in May, to start across the continent. But as yet neither the Kentucky mare Carolina nor General Castleman has been heard from. That they will be later, I haven't the least doubt. HOMER DAVENPORT. At the Theaters What the Press Asjents Say. FRITZ! SCHEFF TOXIGHT. World Famous Star in Comic Opera, J'M'lIo Modiste," at Heilig. Beginning tonight at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, Charles Dillingham will present Fritz! Scheff In the comic opera, "Mile. Modiste," written by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert. The engagement la for four nights only. There will he no matinee. Mr. , Dillingham Is send ing to Portland the same company that ap peared with Madame Scheff in New Tork, In cluding Robert Michaelts, William Fruette, Claude. Gllllngwater, Leo Mara, Howard Chambers, J. G. Doyle, R. W. Hunt, Joe-. phine Bartlett, Blanche Morrison, Carolyn Strelltz, Bertha Holly. Ethel Bard, Grace Delmar and the Constantino Sisters. Th or ganization Is a large one numerically. There will be a large augmented orchestra during the engagement here, the musicians carried by the company being added to the orchestra at the Heilig Theater. MINSTRELS AT THE MARQUAM George Primrose and His Great Company Again Tonight. The biggest minstrel show hit tn years was scored yesterday and last night by George Primrose and his great organization at the Marquam. Every., number on the programme Is a gem, and the programme Is a long and varied one. The singers and dancers are the best in the business, while the scenic effects are unexcelled In any min strel performance. George Primrose is danc ing better than ever, while Neal Abies and Milly Beard are a team of the funniest com edians that ever donned burnt cork. The singers one and all are blessed with beautiful voices, which they know how to use. The burlesque baseball game will be the talk of the week. HERXE'S "SAG HARBOR.' Beautiful Production of the Famous Play by Baker Company. Packed houses greeted the Baker Stock Company's opening productions of the great Heme play, "Sag Harbor," yesterday, and this bids fair to be one of the most enjoy able and prosperous weeks of the season at the Baker. Austin Webb scored heavily in the noted role of Captain Dan Marble, an entirely new style of part for him In Portland, and Miss Barney, always winning In everything she does, plays Elizabeth Turner, afterwards the Captaln"s wife. The play will continue all this week. "The Holy City" at Empire. This week the religious play, "The Holy City." is at the Empire Theater with all its wealth of Impressive scenery and telling the beautiful biblical story of John the Baptist. Miss Luella Morey, who last season played the strange character of Salome with such success, is still with the company, and the scenery is new and beautiful. "The Holy City" will be the Empire's attraction all this week, with the usual popular price matinees Wednesday and Saturday. "Lighthouse" at the Star. "The Lighthouse by the Sea." the attrac tion at the Star Theater for this week, was presented yesterday by the French Stock Company In a manner eminently pleasing. It is the most spectacular comedy-drama the company has given this season, and a larg amount of special scenery is used In the production. The storm at sea Is a. vivid pleco of realism and the light tower looks as natural as the one at Tillamook. "Cumberland '61" Tonight. Tonight is the night toward which Lyric patrons have been looking for the first per formance of that inspiring Civil War drama, "Cumberland '61," by the Allen Stock Com pany. It will be one of the most preten tious productions ever attempted by the Lyric management and the performance will be as nearly perfect as any stock company could possibly present. The play Itself is considered the greatest ever written with the Civil War aa its theme. COMIXG ATTRACTIONS. "The Land or Nod" at Heilig Xext Friday and Saturday. The' musical extravaganza, "The Land of Nod." will be the attraction at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, next Friday and Saturday nights. December 13 and 14, with a special price matinee Sat urday. This delightful extravaganza fur nishes entertainment of the kind which most people enjoy. It Is full of bright comedy which creates hearty laughter. Its music, of which there Is an abundance. Is of the spirited kind, and it u all performed by the same clever people who have been Identified with the extraordinary success of the pro duction during the two years of Its con spicuous prosperity and Its present New York run. Seat sals opens Wednesday. "The Lion and the Mouse." Henry B. Harris will present the greatest of all American plays, Charles Klein's drama, "The Lion and The Mouse," for an engage ment of four nights at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, next Sunday night, December. 15. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS Trained Birds at Grand. Children of Portland should see the troupe of trained tropical birds used by Madam Naynon at the Grand this week. There are more than 80 feathered creatures. La Belle Estellta. assisted by Senor Garcia, offer "The Dancer and the Toreador." , Mr. and Mr j. Mark Munroe will present the "Beauty Doctor," a playlet filled with fun. Jack Lyle, the monologlst, ana Carl Herbert, the magician, are others on the new bill, which tegins this afternoon. Change of Bill at Pantages. Pantages rew bill opening today for the week, is one of varied acts and uniform ex cellence, the best of advanced vaudeville turns contributing, as usual. There are two features, the Lucretla trained leopards and the Buckeye quartet. The leopards are un ruly beasts, but their trainer is a master In ihls line. The Buckeye quartet Is an enter taining aggregation of comedy singers. Other acts. Dan J. Harrington, ventrlloquil comedian; Jim Cooper, black-face monolo glst and a good one; Alberus and Altus. cyclone comedy Jugglers; Fred Bauer, tenor, and the Pantages exclusive motion-pictures. Greaee, paints and professional supplies at Woodard, Clarke & Co. Elite china shop. Morrison, near Park; hand-painted china; hig reduc tion. Holly nut bowls given away. Elite, China shop, Morrison, near Park. A few barrels of. rain are of slight importance to the man who is raincoated no shower , can dampen his ardor. He can pursue his vocation without having to pursue the doctor afterwards. A good raincoat is as neces sary as food. Here at $10.00 to $30.00. ClottlHlgCO AusKuhnProp? 166-168 Third St. engine, la also thought to have thrown the car into the engine. The soldiers appeared at a garage at Fifteenth and Alder streets about 6:30 o'clock last night, and asked for a car. Oman was hired and ordered to drive about the city. The party was coming down Flanders street and the arc light at the corner of Fourth street was not burning brightly. Oman, seeing the holes In the pavement, attempted to avoid them, when the front wheel struck the large plank, causing him to lose control of his car. The machine, which was traveling at a good rate of. speed, swerved around and ran directly Into tho engine. The hood was raken off, both of the front wheels torn away and the body telescoped. The soldiers did . not have time to Jump, but were not Injured In the least. Patrolmen Annundson and Burchell ran to the scene of the collision and seeing that Oman was injured, called for the patrolwagon. The injured man was sent to the Good Samaritan Hospital. There his wounds were dressed by House Physician Ross. Oman is 23 years old, and lives with his parents at St. John. He has the reputation of being a careful driver. The stationary engine Is the property of the C. J. Cook Company, and is being used In excavating a basement for a new build ing at Fourth and Flanders streets. FOUKlD DESTITUTE AND ILL D. M. Flanders Rescued by Police Is Turned Over to Relative. D. M; Flanders, an aged man and formerly a well-known real estate dealer, was reported to the polite last night as being destitute and without food and was being sheltered by a family named Schneider at 382 East First street. Patrolman Stahl was sent to the scene and found the man to' be seriously 111 and had him conveyed to the police sta tion, where it was learned that he is a brother ' of George C. Flanders, local superintendent of the Standard Oil Com pany. As soon as he was notified of his brother's condition Mr. Flanders hurried to the police headquarters and had the sick man transferred to a hospital. Shortly before last Thanksgiving day George" C. Flanders was notified that his brother was In want and called on him at that time and supplied him with money. Instructing him to call on him as soon as he again needed assistance. D. M. Flanders became ill and as the people with whom he lived knew none of his relatives, they were unable to do any thing for him. The aged man Is believed to have money in one of the Portland banks, but he was too 111 last night to talk and nothing definite could be learned of his business affairs. A third brother Is resident manager of the Standard Oil Company at San Fran cisco. . . AUTOMOBILE IS WRECKED Collides With Donkey Engine. Chauffeur Is Painfully Injured. ' While attempting to avoid holes In the pavement at Fourth and Flanders streets, Loss Oman, a chauffeur, lost control of an automobile which he was driving, and the car smashed Into a donkey engine about 1 o'clock last night, on the south west corner of the street. Oman was severely shaken up and had his right leg cut and his back wrenched. His car was nearly demolished by the force of the collision. In the machine with him at the time were four soldiers, giving their names as William Cardens, W. H. Louveare. F. H. Westall and R. B. Hall, all of the Fourteenth Infantry, stationed at Vancouver. The automobile was valued at about J2000 and belonged to Spanton & Co. At the time of the accident there was no light on the stationary engine and the pavement of the street was badly torn up by the tracW.aylng crews of the Unit ed Railway Company. A large plank, four inches thick and about two feet wide, thrown carelessly across the street by the men In charge of the stationary A NEW DEPARTURE. The cost of interments has been greatly reduced by the Holman Undertaking Company. . Heretofore it has been the custom of funeral directors to make charges for all incidentals connected with a funeral. The Edward Holman Undertaking Company, tho leading funeral directors of Portland, have departed from that custom. When casket is furnished by us we make no extra charges for embalming, hearse to cemetery, outside box or any services that may be required of us, except clothing, cemetery and carriages, tltus effecting a saving of J25 to $75 on each funeral. THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAK ING CO.. 220 Third St.. cor. Salmon. 20-year case, 16-slze watch, Elgin or Waltham movement, $9.75, at Metzger's. 342 Washington street. Prices are rlirht at Metzger's. Danger in a Cold Because you hare contracted ordinary colds and recovered from them without treatment of any kind, do not for a moment Imagine, that colds are not dangerous. Not only pneu monia, but also the infectious diseases such as diphtheria and scarlet fever start with a cold. The cold prepares the system for the reception and development of the germs of these diseases. Take our advice cure your Cold while you can. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy by its remarkable cures of colds has become a staple article of trade and commerce . 1 1 Is prompt; It Is effectual; It Is reliable. Try it. N E W VIA O. R. Second TICKETS EVERY DAY DURING DECEMBER Excepting the 31st. . THE SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE Between Portland and the East. Accommodations equal to the best. CALL AT OUR CITY TICKET Sts., for any further information ALL MEN BROTHERS Dr..H. C. Shaffer Calls Alien Exclusion Talk Nonsense. NATIONAL NEEDS MUTUAL While State of World Is Far From What It Should Be, Indica tions Are That America Is Making Progress. In his sermon yesterday mornlnpr In the First United Brethren Church, East Mor rison and Fifteenth streets. Rev. H. C. Shaffer, the pastor, on "The Signs of the Times." concludes that the world Is on the uplift and grows better. Dr. Shaf fer sees in the men's movement in church a decided gain. He declares that the church is demanding and requiring sin cerity from Its ministers, and says that a minister who does not believe In the doctrines he advocates must resign and come out in the open wearing the right label of an open enemy. One declara tion made by him will excite some com ment, and that is: "All .this foolish talk about exclusion of foreigners is useless. They are com ing, and we need them and they need us. It is a world movement. Everyone of them that lands upon our shores spells 'opportunity' to the church of America. The man across an Imaginary boundary line may be my brother, and the man across the ocean may be my brother, and they both are; for God hath made all nations of one God. And what God hath Joined together let no man put asunder." Continuing Dr. Shaffer said in part: It Is no doubt true that each perlpd of th world's existence seems to the people of that particular period to be the moat en lightened and advanced of all the ages. Viewed In the light of hlMory, there have been periods of retrogreewlon, aa well as periods of evolution. When the northern tribes of Europe poured themselves down upon the Christian peoples of the borders of the Great Sea, there was an apparent but not a permanent backward movemlnt. It took the church some years to clear away the rubbish, or In other words, to leaven the whole lump, which. like lava, engulfed her. but she finally triumphed. And It Is entirely possible that the unexplained movements of the race will finally be clearly understood when the province of God will be discerned In those events, which, studied by them selves, give no solution of the place which they occupy in the history of the race. The present state of the world Is far from what It should be, yet there are many in dications that we are making commendable progress. Today the church and the world are demanding of the church sincerity In the stating of its belief. The concensus of opinion among those t who do not attend' church as well as among those who do, Is that the preacher who does not believe the doctrines of the church for which he labors and from which he receives his support, should at least relieve the situation by re signing, and coming out in the open with a true label on. 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ON SALE OFFICE, Third and Washington desired, and buy your tickets there. orltlo of the Bible, one who does not be lieve In the supernatural features of the birth of Christ, and who denies the resur rection, should unite with the Unitarians, and one who has so lost tho sense of pro priety, as to deny the fact of eternal pun ishment from an evangelical pulpit, should be reminded that he Is at perfect liberty to announce his views, but that as a matter of ethics he should cease to accept a salary for tearing down the Institution which he was called to more flrmly establish. The second hopeful condition In the church generally Is the Intense Interest in the sprea of the gospel. It Is almost astonishing to think that our own denomination has In creased Its gifts to foreign fnlaelons during the past year by 62 per cent. This happy result la no doubt due to the fact that a a church we are giving more attention to the study of missions than any other church, aa Indicated by the fact that there are mors Bible study classes according to members than in any other church. It Is now more clear than ever that we are world-cltlzens. The men's movement In the church has taken upon it new life. As a pastor. I say to you frankly, that the Interest that is now to be found among men. In the affairs oi the church, and In the well-being of society, surpasses anything that I have witnessed during the 12 years of my ministry. Tht courage with which they face the most dif ficult problems, their daring In undertaking, great things for Christ and humanity, thelt consecrated business ability, all Indicate to. the dawning of a better day for the church. Fairness would demand that It be said thai these characteristics have been true of the men In the church In the past, but their num ber has been limited, and they have been un organized. Again, men of today are re sponding more generally to the Invitations ol the church. One of the main reasons why It has been difficult to reach large numbers In the past 15 years Is that the attitude of ths church upon the moral Issues aroused the Intense antagonism of many persons. Today this la different. With 33.000,000 of our people living under the beneficent Influence of pro hibition laws, with gambling going, and the church, setting her face against the brothel. In an organized way, with the whole country practically accepting the moral standards of the church, which she has been advocating for these years, with no one defending vice and crime, except a few persons who ars Interested financially, with the average -man of touay favorably disposed to moral reform, it is no wonder that finding himself In so many ways in harmony with the church, that he publicly accepts Christ, and for the sake of aggressive and organized effort, he unites with the church. Finally, the coming of vast numbers of young men from other countries to our own. In order to prepare themselves for life's work affords to our people a world opportunity. We may dream, with Alexander, of world conquest, but there will be no wars and the crown shall be upon the head of Im manuel. We shall outrank Greece with all her culture, for we shall teach students of Japan and China and the world to cultivate the powers of their .spiritual natures as well as their intellects. We shall surpass Rome, for with the matchless law of the Old Tes tament, we shall inculcate the matchless gospel of the New Testament. We shall improve upon Enpland, for In these students' hearts we shall write with more vigor and beauty and emphasis, the story of "Paradise Regained." for the world need has written tn his life he story of "Paradise Lost." CHRISTMAS PHOTOS. Pictures taken at Aune, Columbia bldg., between now and Christmas, will be finished promptly regardless of weather. Tomorrow, Tuesday, will be the last day for discount on West Side gas bills. Portland Gas Company. Metzger saves you money on Jewelry. Hanan shoes keep your feet dry. For a Warm Bath Room A bath in a cold room is a "shivery" operation and is extremely liable to cause colds. The bathroom above all should be kept warm. This is easy and the bath is a comfort if you have a 6