THE SUNDAY OREGONIlTf. PORTLAND. JUNE 23, 1912.
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NEW YORK COURTS
HIT LOAN SHARK
Extortioners, Fighting All the
Are Held Under
Usury Statutes.
Way,
RUSSEL SAGE FUND HELPS
Two Bloodsuckers Held Under III'
dictraent Here as Nuisances,
but Remedial legislation
Is Badly -Needed.
Efforts of loan sharks to evade
usury statutes by exacting- "fees" ln
iji1 of Interest on loans made by
. . IaH in
tcw Vnrli where the court of last TB-
nn h held that extortionate lees
come In the same category as usury.
The daelslnn Is of great moment lo-
-bJIv for the reason that a fight to
drive the extortioners out of business
la now being- waged here ana is at a
nroKresslvs stage, with two of the
nnnov-ianriers under Indictment as
common nuisances. The New York d
cislon is based on a specific statute
which has no counterpart here, but the
trend of the courts on this question 1
Known bv the decision.
The case on which the decision was
made went "P from Brooklyn, where
a loan company manager had been eon
vift nf exacting- S41 on a loan of
K Ha annealed and members of
his craft flocked to his support, rala
in irn fund to carry the. case
thranch the aDDellate courts. Only
fw dava asro the question was de
termined finally, the conviction being
sustained. The fight for the victims
was waged with the assistance of the
Russel 8age Foundation, wnicn is m
. t.reated in this work throughout the
country. The decision is hailed by
philanthropists throughout the country
as a great step In the direction of pro
tecting the small borrowers against
the Insidious clutches of the blood'
Remedial legislation in Oregon Is
pitifully lacking, the only provision
being that usury, when detected, shall
work the forfeiture of the loan to the
state school fund. When the District
Attorney recently commenced a cam
paign against the loan sharks In the
criminal courts, he was forced to resort
to the nuisance statute, which Is broad,
but weakened by Its very broadness.
Two Indictments returned under its
terms are now before the court and
have been attacked by the defendants
on the ground that the statute does not
cover the allegations In the Indict
ments. The hollow mockery of the "broker
age!" tax on these loans has been ex
posed frequently. The usual procedure
Is that two loan sharks sit at desks In
the same room and the destltue bor
rower consults with one of them.
I can get you the loan." says the
suave swindler, "but I must have some
thing for my trouble."
Gripped by some pressing necessity
and with hope shining In the future,
the applicant is willing to pledge him
self for almost any amount and readily
consents to sign a not !-r 130 or S35
and receive only $25.
Then the shark earns the difference
by swinging his swivel chair around
and "negotiating" the loan with his
fellow at the other desk.
A month later the borrower has not
thrived as he expected and Is back for
an extension. Sometimes h gets It
by paying the "brokerage" again In
real money; sometimes by giving a new
note for a still larger amount. If he
adopts the first course he la slated for
a series of monthly payments which
reduce bis obligation not at all; If
he elects the latter, his notes are
pyramided until he owes an amount
so large that all his chattels must go
to pay It off. for the loan shark, de
spite his pretenses, never makes a loan
without being thoroughly sure that his
bread upon the water will come back
well buttered.
It Is -to break up this vicious, end
less chain that public-spirited men are
working, with little backing; In the
way of legislation, but sustained by an
ann.r.nttv llv.lv nubile sentiment.
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PERS0NAL MENTION.
C. I Starr, of Salem, Is at the Per
kins. Mrs. J. A. Holbert, of Ean Jose, Is at
the Annex.
E. G. Gearhart. of Astoria, is at the
Multnomah.
J. B. Hunt, of Hood River, Is at
the Perkins.
W. C. Seale. of Vancouver. B. C, is
at the Annex.
Charles Marlenthai. a lumber mer
chant of Saginaw, Welt, is at the
Portland.
Albert F. Sullivan, of Valdes. is at
the Portland.
V. A. Piatt, a banker of Boise, is
at the Bowers.
R. M Jackson, of Payette. Idaho, is
at the Perkins.
Judge A. E. Reams, of Medford. is
at the Portland. '
M. H. Kims, a merchant of ChehaUs,
Is at the Carlton.
Gny L. Lindsay, a banker of Baker.
Is at the Multnomah. -
M. McGinnls, a real estate broker of
Lyle. is at the Perkins.
E. E. Davis, a business man of Seat
tle, Is at the Cornelius.
A. C O'Brien, a business man of St.
Paul, is at the Carlton.
A. A. and M. Cahanlss, U. S. A- are
registered at the Carlton.
J. H. Moran, a merchant of Mon
mouth. Is at the Perkins.
George A. Verner, a merchant of
Denver, is at the Portland.
M. C Murphy, a business man of
Spokane. Is at the Cornelius.
O. Li. Xelnlnger. a business man of
Chicago, Is at the Cornelius.
G. A. Martin and Mrs. Martin,
Newbergr, are at the Multnomah.
Miles C. Moore. ex-Governor
Washington, is at the Multnomah.
Mrs- M. L. Mowry, wife of a promi
nent railroad man of Denver, Is at the
Bowers.
D. H. White has returned from an
extensive' tour of the East and Is at
the Bowers.
T. C. Flynn. deputy district attorney.
and Robert Morrison, an attorney of
Minneapolis, are at the Multnomah.
Tophara Richardson, a stock broker
of London, Is at the Portland hotel,
while looking over Oregon Interests.
A C. Mitchell, representing the Sa
voy hotel, Seattle, and Mrs. Mitchell
are . at . the Portland en route home
from California.
C. D. Stlnson. a prominent lumber
merchant of Seattle, - and his brother,
E, T. Stlnson. a prominent lumber
merchant of Los Angeles, are regis
tered at the Multnomah. C. D. Stln
son has Just completed a hurried trip
across the continent in his automo
bile.
SEATTLE MAN MOTORS FAR
Lumber Merchant Comes Across
Continent in IS Days.
C. D. Stlmson. a wealthy lumber mer
chant of Seattle, arrived In Portland
yesterday morning, having- crossed the
continent from New York to The Dalles
In a runabout, with a record of IS
days' running time. The mileage was
3720. Dally average 48.
Mr. Stlmson, who Is the picture of
health and wears an Indian coat of
tan, was accompanied by a mechanic
but did all the driving himself. His
enthusiasm over the trip Is unbounded.
The weather was fine and the car did
not have a mishap.
We left New York on the morning
of June 4 and traveled almost con
tinually," said Mr. Stlmson at the
Multnomah Hotel yesterday. "We
stopped one day in Detroit, half a day
n Chicago, half a day In Marshalltown,
Ia and were delayed half a day at
Kearney, Neb., on account of a heavy.
shower. We arrived in The Dalles June
21 and a poor road between there and
Portland made me ship my car here.
I will leave here for home tomorrow
morning, by motor.
"Our itinerary was changed owing
to the Montague Pass being obstructed
by washouts; the Albany and Salem
passes were obstructed by snow and
the Snoqualmle Pass was closed foi
work.
"Of the IS states I have motored In
nowhere have I seen as many good
signs along the roads as have been
erected by the automobile clubs of the
Pacific Coast. The road J In Idaho and
Wyoming were the worst that we en
countered, and this was due to rocks.
washouts and grades."
SPAIN ST0PSALL GAMING
Even Most Aristocratic Clubs Hit by
Ban on Gambling.
MADRID. June 22. (SpeciaL) Fol
lowing objections raised in the Cham
ber of Deputies against gambling at
Barcelona, the government has adopted
the most radical measures. Gambling
has been prohibited throughout Spain.
even In the most aristocratic clubs.
Every town has been notified. All the
clubs and gambling saloons have been
closed. The San Sebastian Casino has
closed Its doors, and the employes have
been dismissed. The government will
study a system of regulation. .
Spain is one of the countries where
gaming Is most prevalent, and the
measure has produced an enormous ef
fect. Popular opinion applauds the gov
ernment. The authorities have orders
to imprison persons who contravene
the legal prohibition. The Impresario
of many casinos where roulette was
played was a celebrated Belgian, whom
the Belgian tribunals had already con
victed several timea He has gained a
large fortune from gambling at Ostena.
Monte Carlo, San Sebastian and Barcelona,
RELIGIOUS CONVENTION
TO DRAW MEN OF NOTE
World's Christian Citizenship Conference to Be Held in Portland Next
Tear Will Se largest of Kind Ever Convened.
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Diamonds from the new fields in German
Africa are softer and more easily cat than
those from British territory and are more
transparent.
EV. JAMES S. M'GAW, field secre
tary of the National Reform
sociation. arrived In Portland late
last . week in the Interest - of the
World's Christian Citizenship Confer
ence, to be held Jn Portland in June
and July, next year. He will be in
Portland and ' Oregon for five or six
weeks, and probably will remain in the
West until the time of the conference,
unless other matters should take him
East. He will speak at the Hawthorne
Park Presbyterian Church tonight.
Tomorrow noon he will confer with
a committee appointed by the Com
mereial Club to further the interests
of the conference, and with the state
committee at the Y. M. C. A. at I P. M.
tomorrow. " The members of the state
eommittee are: Albert Ehrgott, F. D.
Frazier, C. J. Larsen. H. H. Bushnell,
8. Earl DuBois and William Parsons.
Mr. MeGatr outlined yesterday some
of the aims of the world conference.
saying it would stand for religious in
structlon In the public schools, the es
tabllsbment of a legal day of rest, and
uniform divorce laws. The state com
mittee will be Increased so that every
Dart of the state will be represented,
he said. He will also visit Seattle and
other Darts of Washington. Idaho, Hon
tana and California, ana organize com
mittees in these Hates. ,.
We have been conducting a cam
paign of education, beginning In the
East and extending to the West," he
aid. "We have held conferences in
the most of the states, bringing the re
ligious forces into line for this con
ference, which will be the. largest yet
held by religious forces in the world.
"we bsve made detinue arrange'
ments for the attendance upon the con'
ferenoa of 38 men of National and in
ternational reputation. William Jen
nings Bryan probably will be present,
although we have not yet received his
definite acceptance of our Invitation.
Ng Poon Chew, of Canton, China, who
started the modern newspaper business
In China, will be among the speakers.
We are endeavoring to secure Dr.
Robert J. Burdette. of California.
speaker, but are not yet sure he will
come. Dr. J. A. MacDonald, editor of
the Toronto Globe, will be here."
Mr. McGaw will have publicity head-
auarters at the Commercial Club.
He had arranged to speaK yestercay
at the annual United Brethren confer
ence, at the First United Brethren
Church, East Fifteenth and East Mor
rison streets.
The cornerstone of the new West
minster Presbyterian Church, at East
Sixteenth and Schuyler streets, will be
laid at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Those
in charge of the service will be Dr.
John H. Boyd, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, and Rev. W. D.
Forbes, who 20 years ago established
the nucleus of the present church or
ganization. The new church is to cost
$100,000, and Is to be the second larg
est Presbyterian church in Portland.
The material used In construction will
be Roger Butte stone and Tenino sand
stone.
.
The dedicatory services of Lents Bap
tist Church wil be held today. Dr. C.
A. Wooddy, Coast superintendent of the
American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety, will speak at the morning serv
ice. At I o clock In the afternoon Dr.
W. B Hlnson. of the White Temple,
will preach the dedication sermon. Rev.
F. C W. Parker, secretary of the Ore
gon Baptist State Convention, will
preach in the evening.
The former church building was
burned, necessitating the rebuilding of
a part of the church. Although the
blow was a heavy one to the little Bap
tist organization at Lents, the church
has shown a fine spirit of loyalty and
sacrifice, and the new church is well
built.
Tlgard Methodist Episcopal Chapel is
to be dedicated today. Rev. James
Moore will preach at the morning serv
ice. Rev. Robert Brymer is pastor of
the church. T. S. McDaniel will assist
in raising the balance necessary to pay
for the structure.
Dr. E. H. Todd, vice-president of Wil
lamette University, will preach at Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church this
morning and tonight. Dr. D. H. Trim
ble, pastor of the church, Is in Toronto,
Canada, having been called East ty
the death of his sister.
Dr. Fletcher Homan. president of
Willamette University, is attending
the Y. M. C. A. students' conference
at Columbia Beach.
Grant K. Lewis, general secretary of
the American Christian Society, with
headquarters at Cincinnati, O., and Mrs.
M. E. Harlan, corresponding secretary
of the Christian Woman's Board of Mis
sions, with headquarters at Indianapo
lis, Ind, will Be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Reasor today. They are on
their way to attend the annual state
convention of Christian churches .in
Oregon, being held at Turner. It opened
last night, and will continue eight days.
e e
Bishop Scaddlng will preach on "Ma
sonry the Handmaid of Religion" at St.
Stehen's Pro-Cathedral at f o'clock to
night. The service will be especially
for Portland Masons. Members of
Portland Lodge, No. 99, will attend In
a body, and representatives of other
Masonic- lodges of the city will be
present. -
.
Three weeks after the destruction of
Its old building by fire, the" Lents Bap
tlst Church broke ground tor Its new
and larger edifice on April 10. The
work has progressed so rapidly that
the new building will be dedicated to
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Rev. James S. McGaw, f Pitts
burg, Who Has Established
Portland Headquarters tor the
World's Christian Citiseashl
Congress-
day at 3 P. M. The sermon of dedica
tion will be preached by Dr. W. B.
Hlnson, pastor of the White Temple.
Other Portland pastors will assist In
this service. There will be special serv
ices throughout the day. The morning
service will be in charge of Dr. A. C
Wooddy, Pacific Coast secretary of the
Baptist Home Mission Society, At night
Rev. F. C. W. Parker, general secretary
of the Oregon Baptist convention, will
speak. For the convenience of those
who may come from a distance, basket
U tch will be served in the casement
of the church. Special muslo will be
rendered at all of the services. The
new property Is valued at about JS000.
The auditorium of the church will seat
about 300 persons. Accordion doors
connect with the lecture room, which
will seat 100 more persona The build
ing ts of bungalow construction. It
was c.eslgned by the Oregon Architec
tural & Engineering Company.
Clinton Kelly Memorial Methodist
Church will be dedicated this after
noon. ,
Rev. Bernard Vaughan, S. J..' the
noted Jesuit, is in Portland, and will
deliver a number of lectures to non-
Catholics in the Interest of the Catholic
churches of the city. . Definite arrange
ments have not yet been made, how
ever. -
The annual missionary rally of the
Oregon Branch of the Women's Board
of the Missions of the Pacific, and the
Oregon Home Missionary Union, two
organizations of the Congregational
Church, will be hein at sunnysiae
Congregational Church next Wednes
day. The morning session will com
mence at 8:43 and an afternoon session
will be held at 3 Vclock. Among the
subjects and speakers will be: "The
Church and Social Pioblems," Mrs. R.
E. Millard; "Court.- of the Kingdom,"
Mis. W. N. Forrin; "Conservation of
Religious Idea's," Mr3. Cornelia Taylor;
The Immigrant of home ana America,
Mis. C F. Shrotk.
Elder C. L. LingAnfelter, pastor "of
the St. Johns Seventh-Day Adventist
Church, has accepted a position In the
Idaho conference, of which Elder A. M.
Dait of Portland, was recently elected
president. Eldar O. J. Cuznmings, of
the Lents Seventh-Day Adventist
Church, has accepted a place as chap
lain of the Portland Sanitarium, and
pastor of the Mt. Tabor Seventh-Day
Adventist Church
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Rev. H. C Griffith, general mission
ary of the Welsh Presbyterian Church,
will preach in the Welsh language at
the Hassalo-street Congregational
Church, East Seventh and Hassalo
streets, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, on
Knowing the Time.
In a report to the Portland seventh-
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day Adventist Church on the growth of
qunday School donations, which go
toward the support of foreign mission
endeavor, Mrs. L. Flora Plummer, cor
responding secretary of the Sabbath
sohool Department of the General Con
ference of Seventh-day Adveatlsts,
states that the amount last year reach
ed a higher mark than that of any year
in the history of the department, iot.
488.37 being raised. This amount was a
gain of 320.274.1 over the previous
year.
The collecting of these funds through
the Sunday School Department began
in a systematic way, according to Mrs.
Plummer, in 1887, and a total of 810.
815.73 was contributed. Since then the
schools of the Seventh-day Adventist
denomination have given 11,085.651.64
for the help of missions tn loreign
fields.
GUARD TO BE INSPECTED
Third Regiment Quarterly Review
Will Be Thursday.
The Quarterly Inspection of the Third
Regiment of Infantry, Oregon National
Guard, will take place next Thursday.
Lleutenant-coionei jonn u. way., ana
Majors Ryland O. Scott. Loren Bowman
and Charles T. Smith will Inspect the
out-of-town-companies. As the Third
Rea-imental Band has been mustered
out for refusing to play for less than
union wattes, the bands of tne Joast
Artillery Corps will furnish muslo for
the Inspection.
The review will be witnessed by of
ficers of the Twenty-first infantry,
which has Just returned from the
Philippines. .
Auto Races Planned for Jttly -I0.
c M. Dickinson last night announced
that negotiations have been concluded
NEW STATE ASYLUM HOSPITAL TO BE ONE OF BEST EQUIPPED INSTITUTIONS IN UNITED
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SALEM. Or, June 33. (Special.) The handsome new administration building and reelvtas hospital of
the Oregon State Asylum for the Irsane is neartng completion and Superintendent SSntner believes It will
be ready for use by August t. There is still one wing upon which no work has been done. The building
will cost tl'o.OOO. It Is of reinforced concrete, fireproof throughout and ewy department ts equipped
with the most modern appliances.
At this hospital only the Incoming patients will be treated. They will be retained there until they can
be classified and turned over to other wards, or If not too chronlo or violent they will be kept until oared
exnd discharged. Tb. hospital will have a eapadty for 150 patients.
This bulldlnc contains one of the finest surgeries In the United States. '
Kansas Opposes
Duplicate Franchises
The Kansas Public Utility Commission
on February 5th of this year reaffirmed the
rulings of the New York, Wisconsin and
Massachusetts Commissions regarding du
plication of investment in public utilities.
It was in the city of Parsons, where an ap
plication had been made for an electric light
franchise by a new company. The Kansas
authorities stated, in their opinion:
"The whole controversy in Parsons seems
to be one over rates. From the showing
made, it does not appear that public con
venience would be promoted by permitting
another light and power company to engage
in business in Parsons."
"It is therefore ordered that the applica
tion be denied."
In other words, the Commission took the
broad ground that a duplication of invest
ment acted as a preventive to effective and
f efficient regulation of rates.
Portland Railway, Light
and Power Company
for an automobile race meet to be held
here July 9 and 10 under the auspices
of the Portland Automobile Club. The
events will be held on the Country Club
track. While It has not been definitely
settled how many races will make up
the programme or thev names of the
men who will compete. Mr. Dickinson
said that the entry of at least six ot
the most noted pilots of the country
is assured. Prizes will be put up by
the club.
A milk pasteurisation plant at Csrdenss
Is a nw Cuban enterprise. It delivers milk
In quarts, pints and half pints at 18. 7 and
4 cents r"specUve!jr. .
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They'll Soon Love it
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Now Love it in Omaha
and Scores of Other
Western Cities.
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Corner First and Morrison Streets,
Portland, Oregon.
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