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.THE SUNDAY ' ORKfiOXl A V TnitTT.. vn -i a- in iqoa ' E 3 NEW BISHOPS Rev. C. E, Locke, ex-Portland Leader, Is Chosen. FRATERNAL VISITORS TALK Presbyterian Delegate Says lays or Denominational. Debate and Ttancor Are Over. 'Continued From Kirat. Pagg.) Punnyside, Wash ; J. A. Martin. Great Falls, Mont.; Edward Smith, Billings, Mont., and Messrs. C. H. White, Boise. Idaho; C. A. Pollock, Fargo, N. D. ; f A. Hai.ltine, South Bend. Wash., and the writer. Sentiment for Inlon Strong. Metftinscs have been held every eve ning and will be held until such time as they will have o. report leady for the general conference. What the outcome will bo is difficult to predict at this early stasi of the rroccedlngs. That there is strong sentiment for union there can be not the slightest question, but the method for bringing that greatly-to-he-deslred result into l.-t-ing is a matte.- upon which very strong mon nave conscientious opin ions that are as far apart as the east is from the west. The overwhelming sentiment . Is To-. what is popularly termed "genuine" union.' That is, a union where there will be no divisible lines eitner in .olor or in penpraphy. The plan which is under consideration has what .ire known as "regional con ferences." whioh divide the United States up into oix "white regions" and tine "colored region"; theu there is provision for oiher regional confer ences in the foreign field. There are Jiumerous memorials, all of which are opposed to the proposed plan. These memorials come from conferences, schools, district meetings and individ ual societies in the section of our church which will be most affected the south and the border conferences. "What the sentiment is for is a union that will bring the two present churches into the relation which ex isted before separation in 1844 non-raial, non-sectional, world-wide Methodism. Property Status Ruined. One of the important questions, that have been raised is tha legal status of the property in the new organiza tion. Some eminent lawyers are of ihe opinion that conferences, socie ties and even boards of trustees of iccal churches can refuse to transfer the property to the reorganized church. And u.lso there is legal ad vice that would support the idea that there is n-ithing that can prevent any regional conference from withdraw ing at any tinis and "setting up housekeeping" for itself. All these matters will havo to be threshed out before a report can be brought in. . Thero seem to be two things that the church south is contending for and they are not without sympathetic response in the hearts of practically every delegate and- member of the northern branch of Methodism. .The first is that they are a minority church and fscl that their rights fcs a minority should be protected. .. This everyone sympathises with and therej is no aisp jjition to infringe upon thepe rights, buL-the difficulty is in finding a way to protect them and at ihe sme time keep from erecting a vrovincializcd or sectional chureh. There must be a very large exercise of confidence if real unification is to be effected and unless both tides are ready to repose such trust it is better that the churches remain separated for a while. Dellrnte Problem rnccd. The south, is desperately afraid of the negro coming into the reorgan ized church on an equality with the white membership. That is a delicate j-ioblem. The north does not know the negro as the south does. They have lived with the problem and have inherited traditions which are very hard to put aside. Then the north is none too iranguinc a3 to the best method to deal with this matter. There is a principle to which the church north adheres and from which it feels it cannot retract. To ask the colored man to surrender his rights as a man is too high a price to pay for unification, and that is what n.any feel is done in the plan tWat is submitted. The church south is grad ually coming to a different attitude toward the negro, as is the whole of the south. Then they are coming, to the point where they will have"ne groes in their own general confer ence, for some of their missions in Africa are coming to the point where they will be sending delegates. This some of the southern leaders are real izing. Then there Is something more than the black man to be considered in this colored problem. The proposed rlan has no disposition of the brown n.an, or the yellow man. or the south ern Kuropean, or the Indian, or the Kilipino or any other color. Is the negro to be the only color to be dis criminated against? Many of ttiese other nationalities are just as .-b-jectlonal, not to say offensive, to the white man as is the black man, but we are asked to make no distinction excepting in the one casj. Race Problem Bis; One. If Methodism is to be a world church she will have to be as broad as the human family, for God loves every race, and as the Episcopal ad dress reads: - "T he world is not a white man's world: the church of Jebus Christ is rot a white mans church. And farther on the address iads: "The ordination of the church 13 not racial, but human end univer sal. . . . We must have the courage of Christ clear through the race prob lem. His courage toward r&ces car ried him the whole length of the way of suffering and sacrifice. . . . -phe Methodist Episcopal church must this month think straight about races clear around the world." That. I verily believe, is what gen eral conference is disposed to do The action of Tuesday, when it was determined to elect two bishops of the negro race, is only the start. The unanimity for this action was remark able, only very few hands were lifted in opposition, and not a single address was made against the report. From where 1 sat 1 could see only six dele gates whu sat down when the en thusiastic audience, amdist cheering and shouting, stood and sang: "Mine Kyes Have Seen the Glory of the Com ing or the Lord." It was a momen tous moment and is sure to have a wholesome effect upon the attitude of those who are not favorable to a genuine" union of the two churches. One Office Done Away With. I do not want to take too much space in the discussion of one subject. Many interesting things are taking place. The conference this morning reversed its time-honored attitude on the missionary Episcopacy and de cided to make thcthree men who are now missionary bishops as "gen-" eral superintendents" and do away with this "office altogether. Among the mcn-who will be thus effected is the father of an Oregon pastor, the Rev. Uaiiow Johnson of "Clatskanie. METHODISTS IHM The father is expecting bis son here to see the election and consecration. "With these three men made general superintendents and the election of two negro bishooa it will leave prob- abiy six or eight additional bishops to be elected. Four of these will be for the work In the home field; three to fill vacancies caused by deaths and one by retirement, then there is one new residence to be created, prob ably at Indianapolis. The other new bishops will be for Europe, Asia, China and Manila. "Fire Works' Committee Best.. ,' The committee on the state of the church is called the "fire .works" and they have some of the real thing there. Here the amusement question is handled and the resolutions dealing with social and labor problems also. There have been several attempts made to make the Methodist book con cern,, the only institution of the church that is a large-employer of la bor, there being upwards of 1000 em ployes, a closed shop. Four years ago the general conference directed that th"e principle of collective .bar gaining be adopted. The house in the east took the labor, union interpreta tion of that term- and - adopted the closed shop rule, but in the west they have taken another interpretation of the term and while they have "col lective bargaining," pay the union scale, have the same hours and give the employes many recognitions which the unions do not require, still there is a contention and this-is being con tested. The outcome cannot be pre dicted this early. There is consider-' able sentiment' for the Kansas indus? trial court idea. The report on the amusement question will not before me tunitrente ior several aays in ail probability. , Innovation Whs Shock, . '.i ' . An innovation that was a kind. of a shock to the bishops came on Mon day when Dr. Charles M. Stuart of Uerrett Biblical institute, Chicago, read a resolution which would tend to abrogate the accepted tradition of the bishops that the session of the conference be presided over by them in the order of their seniority. The resolution proposes that, "in view.-of the acoustic properties of the house and the natural restlessness of the body under pressure of accumulated business, to select from their number, without regard to seniority, those who have special aptitudes for the direc tion and dispatch of business" to pre side. In supporting the resolution Dr. Stuart, with that remarkable felicity of his said: "You will notice that the resolution recognizes the constitu tional right of the bishops to de termine the order in which they shall preside. But It has been suggested that perhaps it might be better ad vised if the scriptural principle of di versity of gifts inspiredsby the same spirit and diversity of administration under the same Lord; be recognized. It might relieve some bisnops who, having no special gift or liking for administration upon parliamentary perplexities, would not feel free to excuse themselves except upon the in itiative of the general conference." The vote was very close, a count .be ing necessary to determine the result. It was adopted however, but the next day an attempt to reconsider ' was made, but that also failed. Men from the northwest are still ar riving. I have seen some of them, but not all in all probability. Rev. A. L. Howarth, area secretary eft Portland, arrived today. Dr. E. - C. Hickman, pastor of Wilbur church, Portland, is expected almost any day; .Rev. N. M. Jones of Walla Wa,IIa, G. A. Landen of Seattle, C. A. Hollins, formerly of Centenary church, Portland;-Rev. J. W. Miller of Gooding. Ida., and Ira R. Aldrich of La Grande are among the visitors. Our northwest delegates are still securing recognition. Miss E'. A. Ariss Is on the hospitals and homes com mittee; I A. Hazeltine is on the com mittee dealing with the European sit uation; the committee on federation has Major L. S. Hopfield of McMinn ville on it, and Dr. J. Stansfield is on the committee on revision. 12 ENGINEERS GRADUATED CERTIFICATES ARE ISSUED BV EXTEXSIOX SCHOOL. Address on Value or Education to Professional Man Is Given by President Kerr. "Twenty-one Portland men, students in- the heat engineering extension school here, received their certificates last night at the graduation exercises at Lincoln high school. Otto Hart wig, president of the State Federation of I-abor. acted as chairman and spoke a few words of appreciation of the work of the school. Colonel Crossley was called on to tell of the impor tance of engineering .overseas and Professor Teeter described the prac tical methods of teaching ii? the ex tension school. President Kerr of the Oregon Agri cultural college delivered the prin cipal address, touching on the value to -the professional man of continuing his education. Other speakers 'were George Orton of the school board, W. H. Peterson, president of the engineering union, and William Mackenzie, international vice-president of the union. Profes sor Goldman and L. R. Depperman, one of the laboratory men at the col lege, also .spoke. Michael ' Brennan and Mrs. N. B. White furnished vocal selections and Dorothea King danced. All but two of the men who re ceived certificates last night are mem bers of the local union. The list in cludes F. H. Miller, George W. Stitt, Elmer G. Quine, John W. Quine. Charles E. King, O. G. Gilstrap, John Lee. F. T. McCanse. Bernard O. Op-itz, L. R. pepperman, E. C. Parker, Mil lard Smith, A. O. Sisson, G. E. Sandy, R. T. Hendy. William St. George, Stan ley St. George, Henry H. -Gerlach, A L. Parke, J. W. Gosnell and R. S. Kerr. , MAYOR TO EXTEND TRIP Solution of Portland Problems to Be Sought in California. Mayor Baker, who has been In at tendance at the seventh annual for eign trade council in San Francisco as a delegate from Portland, will not return directly to Portland, it was announced yesterday- by his secre tary. Hal M. White. Instead, Mayor Baker will visit several of the California cities, mak ing an investigation into numerous municipal problems which are now confronting Portland. During his absence City Commis sioner Bigelow. president of the city council, is acting as mayor. DRIVER JAILED RELEASED ii. E. Baugliman Held for Investi gation of" Accident. After being kept in jail all night pending an investigation- of an acci dent in which his automobile struck and Injured Oscar P. Foxley. 14 East Thirtieth street, Friday night, G. E. RauE-hman 98 1-" . t . .. . .. - - - - iii iii street North. . was released by the Liaiui: Durcau. The i n vast i sra t inn rt u- -. : . c - . v. ii s atiiueiii showed that Foxley stepped from the ClirK In fnlll t aF ,i rr n. - . i : t . - -- - jn"iiioii iii&v-'illlie. Foxley s collarbone was fractured. E YET FACTOR IN IDAHO Democrats Fear Invasion of :Ranks in Convention. OPEN CLASH EXPECTED Organization Weil-Oiled and Evi dence of Activity Seen In Pur- " . chase. of Twin Falls Times. - BOISE, Idaho, May 15. (Special.) The Non-partisan' league has not dis closed its hand,' insofar as its action is concerned' with regard" to the po litical ' campaign in this' state, but .that it . will endeavor to be en impor tant factor is now quite apparent from- activities of its representatives in "various parts of Idaho. There seems to be a well-grounded suspicion that the league will again endeavor to invade the ranks of the democratic party next fall just' as it did two years previously.- That' means that an open clash must come, for many of the democratic leader are determined that there shall be ho absorption of the league by their partjv The state committee is said to have takeji that stand when it met at Moscow, through common understand ing among those ' present. But the league has a well oiled organization and that organization was able two years ago to capture the party at the primary. , It js still in workTing con dition, but to become effective this year it must lollow some other cam paign course, for the direct primary has been eliminated.. . - . Conventions Battleground. " In-order to get its nominees before the people, the league will have to participate., in- either the republican or democratic conventions. The last legislature did away with" the state wide primary so that candidates will be nominated in state 'conventions. The purpose of this was to prevent the very thing that "the leaguers ac complished two years ago. ,But the legislature did not repeal the primary law. insofar as it relates to the nomi nation of legislative and county can didates and delegates to the county conventions ; which will-select deler gates to the state nominating conven tions. ,- .- If the league Intends to participate in the state conventions it will neces sarily have to elect delegates to the county conventions and control them, for by doing so they have a chance of controlling . the political complexion of the delegates sent to the state con ventions. This is not going to be easily done for the legislature so amended the law that all voters at. the county primaries may be challenged .and if challenged they must show they had prior affiliation with one of the two dominent political- -parties. and . are either republicans or democrats. ' McKalg Active fn the Meld. Ray McKaig, who figured so promi nently in the Gooding libel suit which he lost, in his . attempt to secure a $50,000 judgment for damages against Frank Ii. Gooding, republican candi date for United States, senator, has been very active in the field and rs speaking in many parts of the state: Considerable interest was aroused in a meeting held at SU Maries, where the officials refused to permit him to speak in a hall rented for that purpose, or In the limits of that town, so he went outside - the limits and addressed a 'crowd- of people. He had a comewhat similar experi ence at St. Anthony, in the southeast ern part'of the state, where, he was also refused the right to speak in a hall and he spoke outdoors- from the courthouse steps; Apparently these refusals . do . not ruffle McKaig. He spoke anyway "and took occasion to attack those who had declined to permit him to appear in a licensed hall. The incidents are taken by political leaders aa illustra tive that there is still some' litte re sentment in many parts of the state against the league. ' , Twin Kalis-Times Bought. Additional evidence of the activity of the league is apparent from the fact that it is still extending its cam paign to carry on its propaganda through the press, for it has come into the possession'' of another news paper, -the T'mes at Twin Falls. Th.e stock in the Twin Falls Pub lishing company, formerly owned by D. M.-denton, has been purchased and will he distributed among the farm ers of southern Idaho, it is announced. r. F. Detweilder,' a rancher of Twin Falls county, has been elected presi dent to succeed Denton, and will- hold office until June, when the annual meeting . of the stockholders', takes place. Louis Gi Hilf remains as vice-president;- and I. E. Finney as secretary treasurer. Tr, V Wiegard. general manager of the Co-operative Publish ing company' of Jiampa, will also be general manager of the Times and will have as his personal representa tive with that paper, H. V. Tower. The editorial department will be un der the supervision of Ross Parker, who has been associated with Wie gard for some time. The Co-operative Publishing company publishes the Free Press, the league's daily paptr at Kampa. . BLACK DUCK DIVER'S PET Miss The ma Payne Adopts "Bas- tus" as Official Mascot. "Rastus." the black duckling adopt ed by Miss Thelma Payne, champion amateur woman fancy diver of "the United States, to 'serve as her mascot was yesterday removed from the bac teriological bureau of -(he city hall to Miss Payne's home, j- Lnder the direction of City Bac teriologist Benson. Miss Crystal Cor ner, assistant in his office, placed a number of duck eggs in an incubator. Rastus was the only evidence of suc cess in the venture, and, because he was the sole product, he immediately became the pet of the city hall. It wis when Rastus took his plunge into water headlong that Miss Payne decided that he was an adept worth adopting. Should Miss Payne be successful in being selected as the representative of the United States in the faney div ing contests in connection with the Olympic games and Rastus continues to be a healthy duck. Miss Payne promises to take him abroad. PARTISAN LEAGU MRS. ELLA COHEN IS DEAD Widow of Late Benjamin ,1. Cohen Invalid, for Past Ten "Years. Ella Harper Cohen, widow of, the late Benjamin I. Cohen, one of' the founders and formerly president of the Portland Trust company, died last night at her home, 70S Clifton street. The funeral will be hell from the tJi . v : : ; u on the money iwt Fahey-BiockmaBs , Alterations Up-stairs ClotHiers house Monday at 2:30 P. M The re mains will be cremated and sent back to Shepherdstown, W. Va., where they will be interred in the family lot Mrs. Cohen had .been an invalid for ten years, ever since the death of Mr. Cohen. Candidate Speaks at Salem. SALEM. Or., May 15. (Special.) Vernon Parsons, candidate for secre tary of state at the republican pri mary election on May 21, delivered an address here tonight- Mr. Parsons has traveled quite extensively over the state and will pass most of next week in southern Oregon. He resides at Eu gene. Election of Wood ifrged. ALBANY, Or., May 15. Special.) Montaville Flowers, Chautauqua lec turer, delivered a strong address in the Albany armory last evening in favor of the candidacy of General Leonard "Wood. He portrayed the work of General Wood as a soldier, business man and statesman and urged his qualifications for the presi dency from many angles. The ad dress received much applause. The SCXD.VY, MAY 16. FIRST CHIRCH OP MODERN SPIRITUALISM, 409 Alder St- Paetfle Stateaj Klre lunrucc Bnildlns;. 3 P- M. Experience services and messages. 7:45 P. M. Messages by the well-known blind medium. Mrs. Anna Shyder and C. W. Shaw. Special music, soloists R. w. Cur tis ana Mr. Stanley Hicks; pianist. Mrs. Crocker. All welcome. Jot' the weei.c - OUNSHINE and air, and the scent of theopen fields! A Week-end's freedom from the turmoil and grind and the confinement of the city. Snow-capped peaks, winding trails and mountain streams-all these made available for thousands by shrewd men who saved that $10 extra every time they purchased a suit or an overcoat at any of Fahey-Brockman's three great Upstairs Stores. ' , - Once a Customer Always a Customer . Free RALEIGH BUILDING rj,, 0 ; Sixth and Washington (Three Stores) speaker was introduced by L. Ml Curl, Mayor of Albany. ' Degree of Honor Session Held. EUGENE, Or., May 15. (Special. ) A district convention of the Degree "Fits Any Ice Box" - - - ' ' At last we have a shipment of the famous ISKO that you have seen advertised in the Saturday Evening Post and other leading magazines. .. '-.' k ' This machine is installed for your inspection at THE ELECTRIC MAID SHOP 133 Tenth St, Near Alder . N Mcintosh Ice Machine Co. Distributors Dealers wanted for all parts of the state. ' 'Pfi Satisfaction or your money back Buy of Honor was held i Eugene yester day and last night with over 200 members of the order from' different parts of the upper valley in attend ance. Richelieu pearls at Friedlander's, 310 Washington. Adv.' SCO Fahey - Brockman Building g?Ji,slZ Mi. up - staivs and save $10? 1 - ' Every possible improve- jj j I ment has been made for the It I sal comfrt f our patrons. The i ltj TOa firm of Edward Holman & j W- I frail ' "on ias awys considered RS fill ' ' a priyilege to render jj I II courteous service in every j n j II ill - EDWARD HOLMAN AND SON 1 11 Funeral Directors " 220 Third St. Portland l 2x einL to 5SO Fit Guaranteed -'I- 7 W I u .