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THE 1IORMKO OBEGONIA1. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 11. 1911: 14 If You Are Out of Town, Send for Our 130-Page Fall and Winter Catalog : ' T r WW . T A received the resignation" of Lieutenant Commander Edwards, of the Oregon Naval Reserve, and knows nothing of the circumstances surrounding It. "I have no comment to make until I receive the resignation, and know the reason why. As far as I know, there has been no criticism of the officer of the Reserve." William D. Edwards, chief engineer of the Oregon Naval Reserve, admitted last nlgbt that he had tendered his resignation to Governor West, but de clined to give is reasons for taking that action. "My resignation is purely a personal matter, and In no way Involves the or ganization,", said Mr. Edwards. I have my own reasons for resigning, but I will not give them at this time. There has been too much publicity al ready concerning the Naval Reserve, and I want to give the other officers and enlisted men a chance to fix up their difficulties satisfactorily. If pos sible. However. It was not necessary Come to the Big Store for Boys' and Girls' SchoCiogMiggs Another Week of Meier (lb Frank Store's Personal Study of Conditions Made by Inquisitors In North End. Preacher Who Performed Cer emony Is Denounced in Portland Pulpits. OFFICIAL ADVICE DODGED GIRL'S PARENTS SCORED EVIDENCE BROAD; JRYBEGINSWORK PASTORS STIRRED BY ASTOR WEDDING Miss Pores Slaughtered, Says Rev. W. B. Hlnson, and Rev. Luther Dj-ott Likens Her ( Future Life to That of White Slave. Rev. Josepa Lambert, pastor of a Con gregational Church at Providence, R. I., who married John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine T. Force last week, will probably be compelled to resign from his church and Quit the ministry be cause of his act, according to Rev. Lu ther R. ryott, pastor of the First Con gregational Church of Portland. Dr. L'yott gave vigorous expression to his vlewa about the wedding yesterday morning, using the term "ooztng slime of a degenerate lite" in referring to Astor s matrimonial career. Dr. v7. B. Hinson. at the White Tem ple last night, also severely criticized the minister and the mother of the bride. "Oh, the pity; the heart-rending, heart-breaking, damnable shame of it!" he said, "that dollars in America to night loom so large that purity and goodness and honor are ruthlessly rid den over. I pray God we poor, uncon splcuous folk may remain more virtu ous and honest than those who passed us in riches. Marriage Called Shameful. . "Some one asked me to say tonight what I thought of the preacher who married John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force. What I think of him matters little. Only I would bid my boy change his name if I had stood and said over them. 'What God hath Joined together." But I find myself thinking less about that creature than about that girl, not 10. slaughtered! slaughtered! for in the sight of Almighty God she is Madeleine Force at this moment, and not Mrs. John Jacob Astor." Dr. Dyotfs subject yesterday morn ing was "Friendship." He said, in part: "Men and women like the father and mother of the former Miss Force, who are willing to sell their daughters as vhite slaves to the passions of vile men men whose decayed lives are foul before the nostrils of common decency such persons as these, and such things as these are festering sores upon our National life. It is said that Miss Force had refused to have her wedding cere mony performed by any one save a pas tor of some church. God pity the poor, weak man who did officiate at that dis graceful wedding. Resignation Is Demanded. Rev. Joseph Lambert Is pastor of a very small and obscure church in Prov idence. R I. He has been there about one year. Even that little mission rhurch will now ask for his resignation. No other Congregational church will invite him to become its pastor. In reading that wedding ceremony yester day, with the saintly (?) Astor and the silly girl on their knees (Heaven have mercy on the mockery!) Mr. Lambert -ead at the same time the words that sounded his owji ministerial doom. "Men as weak "as Mr. Lambert should never be allowed to enter the Gospel ministry. There. Is not a Congregation al minister of any prominence in the United States who could have been In duced, under any circumstances, or for any financial consideration, however large, to perform that wedding cere mony, and even Mr. Lambert will now undoubtedly find It necessary for him to leave the ministry. So the curtain will fall about the miserable life. "Friendship for the whole human race demands that common decency should retain its place in our American life, and that the oozing slime of a degener ate life like that of Mr. Astor should not be permitted to stain the marriage altar." Capital Punishment Decried. Dr. Dyott also .declared that capital punishment should be abolished. He said the decision as to whether a man should be hanged for murder, as In the Webb case, should not be left ulther to the Governor or to a pardon board. He also deprecated the cutting of the hangman's rope in Webb'B case In small pieces for distribution among the prisoners at the Salem Penitentiary. He said, in part: "The first idea of punishment . was that of vengeance. Then we progressed sufficiently to admit the theories of prevention and reformation. In the early history of society the Infliction of punishment was left In the hands of those who had been wronged. Then crimes came to be. considered as offenses against the state, and punish ment Is now regarded as an act of social defense. But. at the same time we recognize that even a criminal has some rights. We give him what we call a fair and Impartial trial." Tet. nevertheless, we find ourselves still say ing. 'Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Event ually we shall outgrow this. "Even now, I think. It is time for us to give up capital punishment. It Is not the best mode. It Is not, as some have urged, merely a question as to whether this mode Is the greatest determent to the commission of crime. Such arguments as some advance In thla connection only beg the question. There are other and better ways to de crease crime. "In our state, we place too great a -responsibility upon the Government. Our Government, for whom I have very high regards, may. or may not, have done the right thing In saving the life of a nortorious criminal, if we are to Judge the right according to the opinions of some. Certainly, his sweet and Innocent little girl should not have even known about this criminal. Neither should It have been a question as to the Importunity of the criminal's daughter. But. since the Governor's daughter and the criminal's daughter did enter their pathetic appeals, we are bound to regard a man whose heart could thus be touched. Neither should grewsome poems have influenced him. "The only question he had to decide was the question of right, and even that question should not have been left to him. A board of pardons would be better, but that would not be good enough. We ought to have laws that ehall say 'a man who takes the life of another must be lmprisonedfor life." But we have no right to take hta life. It belongs to him, even though he be a criminal." . 1 EDWARDS TOQUIT RESERVE Resignation Personal Matter, Says Chief Engineer. : SALEM. Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.) Governor West said tonight he has not HEART DISEASE CAI7SES DEATH OK WO MAX WHO CAME I j O REG OX IX 18T.2. The Late Mrs. R. M. Wade. Mrs. R. M. Wade, pioneer of 1S52, died suddenly from heart disease yesterday morning at her home, 400 Holladay avenue. Sirs. Wade was the daughter of the late Jefferson Williams, a well - known pioneer of Douglas County. She was born In Sulli van County, Missouri, In 1843, and at the age of 10 crossed the plains to Oregon. The family settled at a place now known as Looking Glass, near Roseburg. She was one of 13 children who all grew to manhood and woman hood. In 1857 Mrs. Wade was married to R. M. Wade and made her home at Auburn, Or. In 1863, with her husband: she moved to Salem, which continued to be her home until 1883. when they came to Portland. Mrs. Wade tfl sur vived by her husband, two sons and two d a u g h t e rs Walter 8. Wade, of Olex. Or.; R. L. Wade, of Tillamook: Mrs. 8. May Glafke and Mrs. Susan E. New begin, wife of Edward Newbegln, of Portland. Mrs. Wade was a member of the First Congrega tional Church of Salem. for me to resign in "order to make pos sible that result." REeUFFSlSiTsPIRIT FRTEXI SATS CHILL RECEPTIOX UXSETXED GIRL'S MLVD. Shock Declared Too Much for Miss Ada Wlnterburn When She Found Herself Unwelcome Visitor. Dazed by constant application of the "cold shoulder," Ada Winterburn, a young woman of attractive appearance and evident good rearing Is held as a common vagrant at the City Jail, be cause the authorities are at a loss how to dispose of her case. Only the fact that she has been rebuffed by many to whom she looked for shelter and com fort. Is responsible for her apparent de mentia, said friends who came to her assistance yesterday and threw light upon the young woman's career. Mrs. W. B. Lincoln, living in the suburb of Brentwood a former friend of the destitute girl, went to the police station yesterday and after an inter view wlh her, applied to the police for permission to take her home. As she is held technically as an offender, though solely for her own good, the officers were unable to grant the re quest, but the application will be re newed in Municipal Court today and probably will be granted. As she was wandering aimlessly about the North Bank station last Thursday, the woman was taken in custody by a policeman and was turned over to the Y. W. C. A. She was nlainlv a woman of good character and wore beoomlng clothing, but bad a vacant stare and a vague manner ol replying to questions. After a night at the association rooms she was re leased and again took' her station at the depot, where she told all inquirers that she was "going nowhere." She carried a new suitcase, and had $3. She said she "guessed her mind was not just right, as she had been told so." Seeing nothing, else to do. Patrolman Eennessy arrested her on a charge of vagrancy and she Is still held on that charge by the matron. "There is nothing wrong with the poor dear except that she has been re buffed until her spirit is broken," said Mrs. Lincoln after talking with her. "Her people live In Bloomfleld. Mo., and are well-to-do. She came out here with friends some years ago and liked the country so well that after return ing home she wished to come back here, and without waiting to find out whether a visit would be acceptable, she came on and appeared one day un announced at the home of friends In White Salmon. Wash. They naturally were surprised and not altogether pleased. "After a while she left them, and was thrown on her own resources. She baa several friends In this section, but none of them has come forward to help her. My home is open to her until her peo ple can come to take care of her, as I am sure they will." Mrs. Lincoln knew Miss Winterburn and her people before coming to Ore gon, and first learned of the girl's plight through reading of her arrest in the newspspers. Fv T. DODGE IS IMPROVED Attack of Pneumonia Confined to On Lung of Patient. F. T. Dodge, Waterworks Superin tendent, who was stricken with pneu monia Monday, was reported much bet ter by his physician. Dr. A. S. Nichols, yesterday. The disease has so far confined Itself to the right lung- ;;s, s. It 1 i . x J v, f t . 'i I "8 JWJ'' !I Long Period Is Given In Which to Delve Into City's Moral Status. Special Prosecutors Proposed by Last Investigators. If conferences between members of th August and September grand juries and quiet visitations of members of the latter body to the North End :ive been Illuminating, interesting developments may be looked for from ihe session of hi Innulnltrirs. which will begin this morning. Both means of Informing themselves have been usea oy me i iminir tnrnrs. and It is probable that they enter upon their work with more collective knowledge of the conditions before them than any similar ooay i" a long time. Acquaintancesnip exisims "' August and September jurors furnished the basis for an extension of the rela tion, and since the Jury was drawn last Tuesday several meetings have taken place. In addition the jurors have made investigating trips to dives. Jurors Work Alone. , So far as could be learned, the frank distrust of the former jury for offi cials in general and the District At torney in particular probably will be reflected in the actions of the new body. During the latter part of the August session Judge Cameron was almost to- 1 ,wi nm tha room and the lanj DAVIUUW - . Jurors made no secret of their prefer- ence to proceea wiuiuui They even went so far as to propose the appointment of special prosecutors in some of the cases reported by them, and this recommendation was omitted from the final report only by an over sight, it Is said. .Smaller Cases Handled. Aside from taking up the morality campaign, the jury has already .before it a fairly large accumulation of cases coming up from the lower courts, but none of especial Interest. These will be disposed of in a few days, and then the jury may settle down to work of greater Import. Keeting at the beginning of Its period, Instead of at the end, as has been the case hitherto, the jury will have unusual oppcttunlty to work. The fact that its predecessor made an un usually thorough visitation of the pub lic institutions will afford excuse for the present body passing over that duty very lightly. If occasion. Is found the Jury may labor for three full weeks be fore the operation of the law puts a termination to Its existence. PASSENGER LOSES TICKET Man's Pocket Picked as He Boards Beaver Steerage Travel Heavy. When S. Tapoll went to go aboard the steamer Beaver, bound for San Fran cisco, yesterday morning, he found that some one had picked his pockets and taken his purse. In which he had $80 and his ticket for a berth In the steer age. He explained his plight and gave the number of his ticket, and waa permitted to go aboard, while a sharp watch was kept at the gangplank; that any one who tried to use his ticket might be caught. The police were notified, and Detectives Lytle and Swennes searched the ship a few minutes before she sailed, but without success. This trip of the Beaver, with a steer age list of 206, marks the beginning of heavy steerage travel southward this season. Many laborers, finishing their Summer's work in Oregon, will be go ing to California In the next month. In subsequent trips It Is probable that extra space will be reserved on the freight decks to accommodate the in crease in the steerage passenger lists. The Beaver was passed below Astoria by the Bear, which arrived in Portland at. 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The Bear had a full quota of cabin passen gers, but a light list In the steerage. MRS. QUACKENBUSH . DEAD Funeral of Woman Who Came Here in 1865, to Be Held Today. Mrs. Edward Quackenbush, who suf fered a paralytic stroke Friday morn ing, September 8, at the country home of the family, two miles west of Hood River, died at 11 P. M. the same day.. Mrs. Anna Clarke (Has tie) Quacken bush was born In Portland, Me., Novem ber 28, 1840, of English and Gcotoh an cestry, and came to Oregon In 1865. From 1867 she has been identified with church and Sunday school of the First Presbyterian Church and was a devout ly religious and earnest worker. She was married to Edward Quackenbush,' president of the Investment Company, on September S, 1867. Surviving her are her husband and two sons. Edward H. and Fred. The family home at 249 Thirteenth street was their place of residence for more than 40 years. Services will be from the home and from the First Pres byterian Church, at 1:30 o'clock P. M. today. RUSSIAN BATHS RAIDED Woman Is Arrested on Charge of Disorderly Conduct. After a surveillance lasting a week, direct knowledge of the proposed sale of liquor at Hill's Russian Baths, at 695 Front street, came to Captain Bailey, of the first night relief, yester day, and In a raid in which Patrolmen Gill. Evans, Burri and Griffith' par ticipated, the baths were entered and several women, besides G. Hill and A. B. Hill, the attendants, were arrested. Mrs. Ida FTedenthal was arrested, charged with disorderly conduct: G. HilL conducting a disorderly house, and A. B. Hill, on a charge of selling liquor without a license and with sell ing liquor on Sunday. Patrolmen Gill and Wylle, in plain clothes, entered the place first, open ing the way for the three uniformed men. When Motorcycle Patrolman Evans broke In the door of one room of the place and arrested several of the occupants, one woman and two men sprang out of the second-story window to th ground. Join the Throngs at 1Ee Big Store Today! IUEW features are scheduled for the second week of our Great Golden Harvest and Manufacturers' Sale, 1 which will surely bring a repetition of last week's tremendous success! w br7SWf?eht and express, the purchases made by our corps of buyers during the months ; they spent in the Eastern and European markets, continue to arrive, rounding out the huge Fall and Winter stocks. See the full page of details m Kunaay s newspapcis. Big Glove Sale Tomorrow Never before has a Glove sale meant so much with us! Approximately 80,000 pairs of Women s, Men's and Children's Gloves bought for this event alone. WATCH TONIGHT'S AND TUESDAY MORNING'S PAPERS FOR FULL DETAILS. Sale opens promptly at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. LIQUOR LAW DODGED Easygoing Enforcement Stirs H. C. McAllister to Protest. MUNICIPAL COURT IS LAX Slanager of Home Rule Association Scores Action In letting Saloon Man Go Becanse "Penalty Was Too Drastic." H. C. McAllister, j manager for the Greater Oregon Home Rule Association, yesterday scored the Portland municipal court for Its lax methods of dealing with those convicted of violating the liquor ordinance. Mr. McAllister referred particularly to the case of Peter Mich ell, a saloon keeper, who received a suspended sentence from the court after he pleaded guilty to keeping his sa loon open after midnight Sunday morn ing, August 17, on the grounds that the penalty provided by law was too severe. Michell keeps a saloon at 29 Sixth street north. Judge Tazwell said he suspended sentence because a second conviction on the same- charge would forfeit the saloon man's license, and that he considered the law too drastic Mr. McAllister, speaking of the case yesterday, said: . , . "I look upon the discharge of Michell as a miscarriage of Justice, and firmly believe that if the practice is contin ued It will result in danger and be a menace to the moral welfare of the city. Penalties Meant to Be Heavy. "The people of Oregon last Fall, by heavy - majorities everywhere, voted down prohibition, and the Greater Ore gon Home Rule Association pledged it self to work for better regulation ot the liquor traffic throughout the state, and wherever possible their pledges have been kept. "Thousands of pamphlets on the sub ject of proper regulation have been sent 'out generally. We were largely Instru mental In framing the new Portland liquor ordinance, which repealed all others then in existenoe, and gave this city, while not an ideal, still by far the moat sensible and effective regula tion on the Pacific Coast. The penalties in this ordinance are heavy. They were meant to be so. For a first conviction there is a fine of $100 to $250; for a second. $360 to $500, and for a third, not less than J500, and in addition thereto, the outright cancellation of li cense. These flnea carry an alternative Jail sentence in the discretion of the court. "The single exception to these pen alties Is that where the holder of a li cense Is convicted of a second violation of the Sunday closing law. It consti tutes in Itself revocation of license. It we are going to have decent and proper regulation of the liquor traffic in Port land and in Oregon, the laws affecting it must be enforced wherever possible. It is sufficiently difficult to obtain a conviotlon. and where a conviction Is obtained, or where a plea of guilty is entered, the penalties provided by law should be imposed. Tax Enforcement Pretested.. "If te offender in the case above mentioned had. been fined, as the law distinctly provides, and warned that a second conviction would revoke his li cense, It would have had a salutary effect not only upon him, but upon the others in the trade, and he and they would have been very careful to observe the -law In the future. "My views on this matter are in no sense Intended as a political statement, or an attack on the Municipal Judge. It is a protest against lax enforcement of the law." DONOR OF FORTUNE CALLS Mls Barton,-Who Gave $15,000 to T. W. O. A., Visit Association. Miss Adella Barton, ef Rochester, N. y visited at th Portland Toung Wom en's Christian Association early last week. Miss Barton recently gave the Rochester association $75,000, and is interested greatly in the work. In speaking of the large donation of Miss Barton, the Portland grand secretary. Miss Lisa Balls James, said: "We are glad to say that legacies to the association are becoming more fre quent, and the future dispensation of several large fortunes in Portland will Include ' our association. Recently a young woman was left a fortune, and as were one of the few organiza tions that did not ask her for aid, she informed us she had remembered us liberally in her will." Sneakthlef Robs Widow. Mrs. A. Curtis, a widow who runs a small grocery at 1748 East Thirteenth street, was robbed of $19 of her sav ings by a sneakthlef yesterday. The man entered the store and asked for a can of oil. When Mrs. Curtis said she did not have It he asked for a bot tle of oil and while she was filling the bottle, the man left the store. It Is believed, with a buckskin sack con taining the money in gold and silver. For best heating coal ask Edlef- sen. irr WASHINGTON ST'. OF PORTLAND MENS ORESOrU CLOTHXS JAMES RAGG1 HAS RECOVERED Mr. James Raggl Is a wine merchant doing business at 426 Montgomery street. San Francisco. He is in the heart of the Italian banking quarter and there are few of his countrymen in San Francisco who do not know him. Last year he waa in one of the local hospitals with dropsy due to Bright's Disease. His friends thought his days were numbered and so did the physi cians. He had the very best medical skill and the case had been declared incurable. Upon leaving the hospital he called at 645 Battery street to see if any hope was offered from our di rection. We referred him to a personal friend of his who had recovered from a similar case ten years ago. Mr. Raggi heard from his own lips of his recovery and that It was perma nent was In evidence. He put hmself on the treatment without delay. He began to mend al most from the start. After making considerable progress he left for a southern trip to get the benefit of the mild climate of Southern California, all the while taking nothing but Fulton's Renal Compound. His improvement was continuous and in a few months thereafter was feeling and looking eo well that he went to his physicians tor examination. His delight to get a clean bill of health from the same physicians who had determined the albumen, casts and seriousness of the disease last fall may be imagined. And he is not concealing his light under a bushel. Ha has told hundreds and Raggi's recovery from a theoreti cally Incurable case of Bright's Disease is one of the best known facts In lower Montgomery street. One Incident we must present his recovery was so definite that after he had hie examination a prominent local Italian physician of high standing said In the presence of the house physician: "I must admit that compound got results" .uc 4 Amateur Photo Contest Have you seen the beautiful collection of Photos which comprise our first Great Amateur Photo graphic Contest, on exhibit in lobby of 7th floor Restaurant! The judging will take place Wednes day by Mr. Wnr. Dyer, of Hood River, Chas. Butter worth and Harry G. Smith, of Portland. Take the New Fast Train ' TO Tacoma and ijfjrtBir r GOING OUT "i1 nil I g Mi in At Factory Cost Free Trial We are retiring- from the Piano Business and want to get rid of the balance of our stock within the next few days. Come in and select a piano and if you are not satisfied with it at first sight as to price and terms, we will send it to your home on 30 days' trial. All we require is a deposit of $5 for cartage. 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