THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 1, 1922
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EDUCATORS OPPOSE
COMPULSORY BILL
Oregon Scheme Everywhere
Declared Un-American.
PRUSSIAN DRIFT SEEN
troduced the following resolution,
which was adopted: -
Whereas, The magazine ection of
many Sunday newspapi deal with sen
sational and immorally suggestive stories
and scandals of both the new and old
worlds.
Resolved, That a strong protest be
entered against the contents of such
publications.
"We of the W. C. T. JJ." said Mrs.
Dunlap, In introducing her resolu
tion, "should protest against the
publishing- of such trash as appears
in the 'magrazine' section of the Se
attle Hearst paper every Sunday. It
is filled with scandalous tale of
persons of both worlds, and with
shocking1 reports fronr the under
world. All such news may be found
in the Police Gazette. Anyone reading-
the Gazette does so at his own
HISTORY OF OREGON
MIRROR OF ROBE
Charles H. Carey Is Author
of Remarkable Work.
LORE OF STATE EXALTED
Measure Is One That Might Have
Been Expected From Germany,
Had It Won War, Says One.
The proposed compulsory educa
tion "bill, to be voted on at the gen
ial election in November, is at
tractlng- nation-wide attention, es
pecially among those engaged in
school work, according to statements
made public yesterday by Joseph A.
Hill, principal of Hiil Military
academy, Portland, who la executive
aecretarv of the non-sectarian and
orotestant schools committee for
freedom in education. Letter re
ceived by him from noted educators
indicate ireneral condemnation of
the terms of the measure. They
were given out for publication yesterday.
Educators who have written to
the office of the Protestant organi
sation headquarters in the Consoli
dated Securities building here, put
their stamp of disapproval upon the
proposed law on the ground of what
they term, generally speaking, its
"un-American" features.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, wrote in
part as follows:
"This bill is conclusive evidence
that Prussian ideas have displaced
American ideals in the minds of
some, at least, of the voters of Ore
gon. Parents Held Responsible.
"Education is primarily and
fundamentally a parental and family
privilege and duty. The parents of
a chjld are responsible before God
and man for its upbringing and its
preparation for an honorable and
useful life. It is an essential part
of their civil liberty to train their
children in such wise and in such
form of religious faith as they may
prefer and choose.
"In our American theory, the
state steps in, not to monopolize
education or to attempt to cast all
children in a common mold, or forci
bly to deprive them of all religious
training and instruction,- but merely
to prevent damage t3 itself. It of
fers a free opportunity to every
child to receive elementary educa
tion, and usually much more than
that, in tax-supported schools. But
it is in no sense the business of the
stute, in our American political
philosophy, to attempt to monopolize
education or to prevent the freest
choice by parents of tl-e teachers
and schools of their children.
'This measure is exceedingly dan
gerous, in that it strikes directly at
the authority and dignity of the
family, at religious training of every
sort (since tax-supported schools
may under no circumstances offer
such training), and at that com
plete education which is the only
training w rth having.
"If Prussia had won the great
war, this bill is precisely the sort
of measure which it would have in
troduced in every country that came
under its control.
American System Hit. j
"This measure should be entitled
"A Bill to Make Impossible the
American System of Education in
Oiegon." It is fundamentally un
American in its principle and pur
pose and should be overwhelmflgly
defeated."
Arthur Hadley, president of Tale
university, wrote:
"In general, I dislike to express an
opinion on legislation which is
pending in other states; but an ex
amination of the law proposed on
page 21 of the Oregon voters' pam
phlet leads me to think it an un
wise and unnecessary infringement
on Individual liberty. It certainly
looks like an attempt to give the
majority of the people a dangerous
power to restrict the diffusion of
truth which it wishes to suppress."
Dr. Edward T. Devine, associate
editor of Survey magazine and ex
profesor in Columbia university,
wrote as follows:
"It is extraordinary that the pro
moters of a. law, the alleged pur
pose of which is to prevent group
divisions and cliques. Should admit
that, the inspiration of it comes from
the re-solutons of a secret order.
The American non-Bectarian public
school system will continue to com
pete successfully with parochial and
private schools; it needs no com
pulsory monopoly, The state should
supervise all schools, examine and
certify teachers and Insure that chil
dren are taught fundamentals. It
should not set up a monopoly or in
terfere with complete freedom of
education. The interests of public
schools require free competition,
free experiment and free criticism."
Dr. Wilbur Opposes Bill.
Here Is what R. Lyman Wilbur,
president of Stanford university
wrote about it:
"While I believe In compulsory
education of all mentally sound boys
and girls up to the age of 15 or 16,
it seems to me both unwise and un
fair to require that this education
be given only in state supported
schools. There should be free op
tion for parents to educate their '
children either at home or in pri
vate schools properly supervised and ,
Inspected by the state."
Harry Pratt Judson. president of
Chicago university, wrote that the
provisions of the bill seem to him to !
encroach upon the fundamental j
rigHtB of American citizens with ;
regard' to the education of their :
children. Robert E. Vinson, presi- j
dent of the Vniversltjf of Texas,
gave it as his opinion that the task ,
of educating all of the American ;
children is large enough to require ;
the co-operation of every proper
private and public effort.
The non-sectarian committee con
sists of V L. Brewster as chair
man, Mr. Hill as executive secre
tary, and H. G. Thurston. P. W. J.
Sylvester. W. J. Henderson. Fred
erick Strong and James Stapleton
Various, denominations having vital
interests at stake are co-operating
through the Portland headquarters
In placing before the voters of the
state the facts regarding the bill as
' viewed by its active opponents.
Charles Henry Carey, ant nor of
Oregon history.
risk, for at least he knows what he
is getting-. But 4t is not faJr to the
public to deliver such trash at its
very doorstep.
Other resolutions adopted includ
ed. a pro-test against comments in
the Literary Digest concerning the
Volstead act and the constitution; a
stand for a better standard of mov
ing pictures-; a protest agjrtinst cer
tain advertisements and pictures in
newspapers; a protest against public
dancehalls and a stand for enforce
ment of the laws .governing them.
WOMAN IK LENIENCY
DESIRE FOR FIXE CLOTHES
WHETTED BY PRIVATION.
Mother of Brood of Six Kicked Off
Farm by Husband Repents
Attempt to Cheat Store.
Desire for furs and fine feathers,
accentuated by 17 years of priva
tion and drudgery on a farm, landed
Mrs. Grace McCrillis, 31, mother of
a brood of six, before the municipal
bar of justice yesterday. Mrs. Mc
Crillis, without money and pos
sessing only..the clothing which she
wore, attempted to replenish her
pitifully scant wardrobe by charg
ing various articles of clothing to
another person's account in a
down-town department 'store. Her
story and her apparent repentance
won her freedom. She was fined
(25 by Judge Ekwall and tho pay
ment of the fine was suspended.
Married at 15 she was taken by
her husband to a farm of stumps
and underbrush near Port Angeles,
Wash. For IT years it was her
home. She now has six children,
the youngest being 17 months old.
Several months ago the husband
decided to sell the farm and go
back to his mother's home in Can
ada. The wife refused to sign the
deed. The husband then drove her
from the house. She came to Port
land three days ago.
Poorly dressed, without a change
of clothing, she wandered through
the department store and saw the
array of silken dainties, fine hats
and shoes. She was tempted. And
the feminine desire being stronger
than her spirit of honesty, she at
tempted to get the goods on credit.
The attempt was so crude that the
attention of the house detectives
was drawn on her. The arrest fol
lowed. "No good will come from sending
this woman to Jail," commented
Judge Ekwall. "The desire for fine
clothing is as old as woman her
self. The fine of J35 will be sus
pended pending good behavior."
BrMge Report to Be Made.
The Sellwood board of trade and
community club will meet Tuesday
night in the community house to
hear the report of the club's com
mittee on Willamette bridges, which
will determine the organization's ac
tion in the matter of the Sellwood
bridge proposal and its support of
the Ross island and Burnside pro
posals on the November ballot. A
musical programme has been ar
HEARST PAPERS SCORED
Women of Washington Condemn
Sunday Stories as Immoral.
TACOMA. Wash., Sept. JO. (Spe
cial.) Hearst publications were de
nounced here today at the session of
the 39th annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
union- of Washington, which is be
ing held In Tacoma, when Mrs. Har
riet B. Dunlap of Mount Vernon in-
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Portland Attorney Makes Com
prehensive and Notable Con
tribution to Northwest.
The need for a new history of
Oregon, comprehensive in scope
and accurate in historical detail,
has been filled by the publication
of such a work, written by Charles
Henry Carey, prominent attorney of
Portland and indefatigable enthusi
ast and authority on the historical
lore of the state. Representing
years of research and compilation,
the Carey "History of Oregon" is
not only a marked acquisition to
stats archives, but to Oregon liter
ature as well.
Among the distinctive features of
the history is an interesting collec
tion of maps, some of which now
have popular circulation for the
first time, including Carver's map.
whjch first employed the name Ore
gon, showing "Origan," and the
"River of the West." Not only are
various ancient maps reproduced,
but the text discusses fully the
circumstances under which they ap
peared and throws light on the geo
graphical darkness of the early
days of western American' explora
tion. Valuable Aid to Students.
An exhaustive index and copious
footnotes will commend the work
particularly to students of Oregon
and Pacific coast history, making
instantly available for study any
particular phase of the story of
Oregon. No puzzled search through
the volume is required to follow the
intricate thread of a life or event.
The merest glance at the index
suffices to guide the reader to
each reference.
The volume reviews state and
northwestern history from its
earliest beginning. Including the
romantic speculations of writers of
the sixteenth century.
"At just about the time 'Twelfth
Night' was given Its first perform
ance ia London," comments the
history, "a Spanish expedition under
Vlseaino found Monterey bay on the
California coast and reached as far
north as Cape Blanco (or Orford)
at the south boundary of Oregon.
But, strange as it may seem, 150
years elapsed after that before the
rugged coast line of Oregon and
Washington was delineated upon
any map from actual observation or
exploration."
River Oregron First Appears.
A facsimile of a page from
"Carver's Travels," issued at London
in 1778, illustrates the first printed
use of the word Oregon. Therein
it is quaintly said that the "River
Oregon, or River of the West, . . .
falls into the Pacific ocean at the
straits of Annlan."
Discussion of the early explora
tions of Oregon and of the reasons
for delayed discovery is more fully
entered into than in any other work
on the subject. It is evident that
only a vast amount of scholarly
research made possible the treat
ment of the events of the Spanish
period on the northwest coast and
the subsequent English discoveries.
The approach of the Spaniard, . his
early voyages on the Pacific, the
discovery of Oregon, the part that
Sir Francis. Drake played in our
history, are fully discussed.
Disputed Points Cleared.
-Judge Carey's peculiar qualifica
tions for the authorship of a volume
on Oregon are aptly illustrated in
the chapter on "International Com
plications," which show him in his
dual capacity of lawyer and his
torian. It is important to observe
that, in the troubled early history
of the state, this chapter authori
tatively clears up many disputed
points.
A strong picture of adventure,
both by sea and land, rises in those
chapters which treat of the dis
covery by Gray, the Lewis and
Clarke expedition and the Astor
enterprises. The romance of early
Oregon, which comes to mind wtth
the mere mention of these names.
is vital in the pages which discuss
the exploits associated with them.
The chapter on "Fur Traders and
Mountain Men" holds much of the
same appeal, and is linked with the
westward movement across the
continent, showing the indivisibility
of our history with that of the rest
of the United States. In it Is given
the full record of all the events,
diplomatic and otherwise, leading to
the settlement of the northwest
boundary and bringing together for
the first time these occurrences in
perspective and in much detail. The
accompanying notes indicate that
the author has been at much pains
to consult original documents and
sources.
New material is contained In the
missionary chapters, and of partic
ular Interest Is mention of the real
inception of the missionary move
ment, even prior to the "Book of
Life" incident, heretofore accepted
by many writers as the real mis
sionary "Impulse.
Indian Wars Discussed.
A unique view of the Indian wars
is found in the historical treatment
of these by Judge Carey. In the
new history they are viewed as
phases of sociological change rather
than as a series of disconnected
battles and massacres. The process
of "quieting the Indian title to the
soil" is discussed with lairness lo
both sides.
Later history is discussed more
completely in the Carey volume
than in any ever before printed and
the work concludes with a review
of Oregon's participation In the
world war, bringing state history
down to date.
The book as a whole Is both a
painstaking review of events and a
sympathetic Interpretation of the
vast number of widely divergent
Influences.
All Features Exhausted.
It. assembles, in one volume of
about 1000 pages, virtually all that
Is known and a great deal that has
nA heretofore appeared In any
Oregon history. It makes, as well,
almost a full sweep of all contro
verted points as to which there has
been lack of material or apparent
bias in the works of previous
writers on particular topics.
The edition now available is the
publishers' edition, in three volumes,
and goes only to subscribers by
arrangement in advance. It is
understood, however, that a special
edition, to be designated as the
author's edition, comprising the
historical volume only, will be
issued separately and will be on
pale after November 1 by the J. K.
Gill company, Portland, which has
been appointed special selling agent
for that purpose.
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RAIDS HELD LACKING.
Sixty Thousand Dollars' Worth of Women's Coats, Suits and
Dresses to Be Sold in Great Haste. Sale to Begin Wednesday.
Upstairs" Store for Women
Failure
Portland Clean, Avers Member of
Morals Squad Who Took Pro
prietresses to Court.
A wholesale series of arrests of
proprietresses of north end hotels,
staged Friday night by Policeman
Drapeau of the morals squad, netted
the police nothing, yesterday when
Muriicipal Judge Kkwall discharged
the women who had been arrested on
charges of vagrancy. ,
The arrests, it was brought out in
court, were only an Incidental part
of a police investigation as to moral
conditions. Drapeau called at the
hotels, he explained, expecting to
find immoral women and finding
none, directed the proprietresses to
put on their hats and coats and
"come along to the station."
The city, Drapeau told the court,
was clean and lilywhite, a decided
contrast to the Portland as pictured
by three of his fellow officers three
days ago. Last Thursday, Inspectors
Moloney and Schulpius and Patrol
man Chamberlain of the morals
squad had testified that the moral
condition was bad and that under
world women were scattered over
the entire city.
The women arrested by Drapeau
Friday night were: Mrs. H. Pey-J
ronon, Brunswick hotel. Z8H Nortn
Third street; Anna Taloff, Richelieu
hotel, 33 North Sixth street: Eva
Shaw, Clayton hotel. 62 North Sixth
street; Charlotte Mathews, Raymond
hotel, ZVi North Third street; Nine
Weaver, 326 Couch street, and May
Steel, 230 First street. The Weaver
woman's case was continued until
Monday. Absolute lack of evidence
of any immoral acts was given by
Judge Ekwall as his reason for dis
missing the cases.
Peterson's the fine store for women
located in one, of Portland's finest
office buildings (the Pittock block) can
not be made to pay. This is the decision
of the owners and the creditors. Money,
and time, and a high purpose, are of no
avail if 'expended upstairs; this is the
opinion of experts who have studied the
situation closely. One authority declared
that "To make a fine display of women's
wear on a second floor is like the young
fellow who winked at the pretty girl in
the dark he knew he was winking, but
the girl didn't so he didn't make much
progress!" Upstairs stores for men may
be "O. K.," this authority added. "Men
will go half a block to save a dollar but
women for some reason or other are
averse to riding in elevators or climbing
stairs."
The Petersons have been in business in
Portland for many years and while
they have made hundreds of friends,
still the cost of doing business has
continued to mount, and the end of
eachTseason has invoiced a loss. To sell
off the stock and get out of the business
as quickly as possible is now the purpose
of the concern. The sale will open on
Wednesday morning next, at 9 o'clock,
and everything in the store all new fall
merchandise will be sold out at retail
for whatever it will bring. If a garment
will not sell at one figure (it is stated)
the prices will be reduced as may be
necessary to effect a complete clear
away in the space of a short time.
Gaston Adds Teacher.
GASTON", Or., Sept. (Special.)
There has been such an increase
In the enrollment of the high school
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that another teacher has been
added to the faculty, Mabel Patton
of Forest Grove. Prune picking and
the apple harvest are keeping out
many of the school children and it
will probably be another week or
ten days before the enrollment Is
complete. Never before have so
many boys and girls been employed
In the berry harvest, hop picking,
prune picking and apple harvest as
the fruit growers and hop growers
depend almost altogether upon local
help.
Homeopaths to Met Here.
It was announced by Dr. David
Breuer that the homeopathic phy
sicians and surgeons of Oregon will
assemble in Portland October 3 and
4 to attend the meeting of the State
Homeopathic Medical society to ob
serve national homeopathic clinic
day, October 3, when all the homeo
pathic physicians and surgeons of
the United States will Join in the
observance of a day devoted to the
treatment of the sick and ailing. It
is the American Institute of Home
opathy'! "great medical holiday."
force could not locate him, Y. Hoff
man, 18, 4136 Sixty-third street, was
arrested yestesday on a charge of
having In his possession a radiator,
a hood and circulating pump stolen
from an automobile. Huffman, who
was building a bug at his home,
had included the pieces in his ma
chine. Detectives said that the three
parts came from an automobile be
longing to M. Aparton, 892 Burn
side street, which was found,
wrecked and stripped. In the vicinity
of Mount Scott cemetery two weeks
ago. Mr. Huffman said he bsught
the pieces, but his story larked
substantiation and he was Jailed on
a charge of receiving stolen
property.
The Oregonlan Is ths medium
through which many people supply
their wants by using its classified
columns. Telephone Main 7070.
Accessory Thefts Charged.
Because "John Doe," from whom
he said he purchased the material,
was such an elusive and mysterious
Individual that the entire (police
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Oregon's First Educational
Institution Needs $1,500,000
Within a short time a drive will be
started to raise a huge stun to endow
and carry on the work of Oregon's
oldest institution of higher learning
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
Long before Oregon had been admitted
to statehood, Willamette was doing its
part in upbuilding the commonwealth.
It started in 1834 as a Methodist mis
sion school. Ten years later it had
grown into an influential institution,
and in' 1853 just one year before
EDWARD
Holman's was established it became
a college. Oregon has grown into a
great state since that time, and many
of the minds that have contributed to
Oregon's development, gained their
training within Willamette's venerable
walls.
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It was all because they
were superbly healthy
About her were women in their thirties and
forties buoyant, radiant, Vivacious, with
a charm that drew everyone around them
while she, many years their junior, with all
her sparkle gone, was losing her hold upon
. people.
Why the difference? It was all because
they were" superbly healthy, while her
vitality was slipping away.
Health is normal, not exceptional. Fail
ing strength means just this: something is
hindering the body from performing its two
vital functions; either from building up the
living cells which compose it, or from throw
ing off the poisonous waste which gathers
in the intestines.
The fresh, living cells of Fleischmann's
Yeast contain a naturaj food with the
very elements which help the body perform
these two vital functions.
Like any other plant or vegetable, yeast
produces the best results when fresh and
"green" not dried or "killed." Fleisch
mann's Yeast isthe highest grade living
yeast always fresh. It is not a medicine,
it is a natural food. Result a cannot bo
expected unless it ia eaten regularly.
Everywhere physicians and hospitals are
prescribing Fleischmann's Yeast to correct
constipation, skin disorders and to restore
appetite and digestion.
tt
T was on the verge of collapse"
"So irritable I lost nearly all of my friends," writes
a woman in Washington. "So weak I couldn't
carry on an ordinary conversation.
"Today I would like to tell every nervous person
on earth the wonderful cure yeast has been to me.
Friends- cannot believe it is I. Wrinkles gone, nerv
ous twitching gone and I feel like a million dollars.'
Eat two or three cakes a day regularly plain, or
spread on crackers, or mixed uiith water or milk. If you
prefer, get six cakes at a time they will keep in a cool,
dry place two or three days. Begin to know what real
health means! Be sure you get Fleischmann's Yeast. AH
grocers have it.