THE MOBKING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1901.
10
STRIKERS ARE FIRM
1- i T ri i ni
TBI8Dn0ne UperatOFS rlaH TOP
r . r i
Lengthy Campaign.
HAVE MONEY ' FOR- NEEDY
Girls Will Establish Employment Bu
reau for Those Who Must Get
Work or Who Have . Others -Dependent
on Them.
The-steering committee of thcHelephone
rwvir a mftt -Yesterday. The
main office was not even picketed, the
strikers feeling their position secure be
cause there was only one desertion from
the ranks of the strikers. Beginning with
this morning, however, war against the
company will be renewed with vigpr.
During the morning there will be a meet
ing of the striking telephone operators
and at this meeting the plans of future
battles' will be mapped out. Among the
manv ImDortant things that will be done
at this meeting will be tne appomuueut
of a finance committee which will have
in its charge the distribution of the 51200,
and also the anointment of a employ-
m.T.t vmrpnii committee, whose duty It
will be to secure positions for these girls
who have gone on strike.
It Is the Intention o the strike leaders
to' distribute the money they have on hand
among those operators who are absolutely
deoendent upon their salaries lor a living.
or those who are the family bread win
ders. Such girls are well known to the
leaders and they will be cared for until
the strike Is over, or until hey have found
other positions. The committee who will
have charge of the employment bureau
will make a systematic canvass of all of
the places of business where girls are
employed and explain that they are look
ing for positions for girls that have left
the telephone company on account of the
etrlke. It Is thought that the money tne
strikers have on- hand and their system
of securing: emDloyment for girls that
must set work quickly, will keep the
strikers all In line. Another thing that
will be taken up this morning is a sys
tematic canvass of the business men of
"Portland' with a view of obtaining their
moral sunnort. A select number of promi
nent business men will be called upon and
the grievances of the girls will be fully
outlined to" them and in tur they will be;
requested to meet with the company of
ficials with a view of bringing about
setttlement or the trouble.
The strikers are preparing facts and
figures to present to the business men.
showing just how much in their estlma
tlon it is costing the company to carri
on the strike, and what It costs a tele
phone operator to live and the average
salary she earns.
One girl who claim to know, stated last
night that at the present rate of salaries
the company is paying to the Imported
employes and the bonus given to the girls
who remained, that It will amount to
525.000 a month. She says that the 52
girls that were brought from Tacoma and
Seattle are each costing the company. In
eluding board and lodging and salary not
less than $6 a day. The girls that have
remained with the company, she says.
gels a bonus of 55 a month added to her
salary for two months, and out of
this she must pay car fare, sometimes as
high as 20 cents a day, that Is, those girls
who work the broken shifts, or relief
girls. Usually these are new girls and l
is customary for them to get 50 cents
day. As many of them live beyond walk
ing distance, they are in reality working
for 20 cents a day.
This young woman has gone into the
economic side of the strike with a venge
once. She has figured that the average
operator can earn. If she works steadily
for a year, 5300. Out of this she must
pay not less than 516 a month board, or
5192 a year. Her laundry will cost her
518 a year and if she is a careful dresser It
will cost her 560 a yean This will leave her
530 to spend for amusement, doctor bills
and medicine and car fare. This she says
is the reason that none of the girls, unless
they are working merely for pin money.
can save a cent.
The linemen have not yet decided whe
ther they will go out with the girls or
not. Indications yesterday seemed to be
that they would not. Before any action
Is taken by them theywlll meet again
;vwiu me; operators.
FEARS, WIDE-OPEN TOWN.
Dr. J. W. Brougher Warns Congrega
tion Against t-istlessness.
Gambling and the proposed poolroom
ordinance Were bitterly denounced from
the pulpit or the First Baptist
Church last night, and Dr. J. "W.
Brougher told the business men of his
congregation that If they did not want
such ordinances passed they -should be
up and doing. He told them to go for
their Councllmen in no uncertain way
and make their demands in a manner
which could not possibly be mlsunder
- stood. He said In reference to these
"If we become indifferent to the ef
forts of the gambling fraternity to have
another wide-open town, and the up
right people of Portland become pa
thwc the demon of lawlessness will
come back with seven other evil spirits
more wicked than himself and the con
dition of our city will be far worse than
It was formerly. I want to give the
devil due credit for being alive to his
. Interests. Parkhurst once said: 'If the
perseverance of the saints was madof
as good stuff as the perseverence of th'e
sinners, we would be certain of victory.'
xne mmcuuy is tnat gooa men grow
weary in well doing, while evil men keep
everlastingly at it. Of course, It is the
.wicked mans business to do evil. He
makes his money that way. Frequently
the good citizen has to neglect his busi
ness to fight the devil and his emis
saries. The bad man takes advantage of
this situation and simply waits and
watches for the opportunity to regain
his position and power.
"Dr. Josiab Strong well says: 'The
good citizen must be open-eyed and tire
less. To keep office when they are in.
and to seek office when they are out.
Is the business of the men who are In
politics for what they can make out of
It; they have nothing else, to" do. The
people with whom is the defense of our
liberties have everything else to do,
Yhen,therefore, good citizens lose sight
of the public welfare for only a little
. time, the rogues slip In again. The pat
rlotlsm of the good citizen must be as
sleepless as the selfishness of the boss
.and his henchmen. Eternal vigilance Is
still the, price of liberty. A New York
Drewer saia: -xne cnurcn peopje can
drive us when they try, and we know
.it. Our hope Is In working after they
grow tired and continuing to work SG5
days In the year.'
"We must not rely on campaigns of
enthusiasm. If tidal waves come, they
also go. If our moral victories are to
e secure, then civic righteousness must
not be a mere Impulse, but a fixed prin
ciple rooted in the heart and controlling
the life.
"Believing that the people of Portland
had become indifferent to the moral .re
form undertaken some months ago. the
gamblers schemed to get our City Coun
cil to pass an ordinance licensing pool
rooms. They slipped It through without
referring It to a committee or giving the
publics ian opportunity to protest against
, Its passage The Mayor is to bebighly
nance is to .come up lor further consid
eration next "Wednesday afternoon at the
meeting of the Council. There ouht to
iro ud such a nrotest from, the united
voices of good citizens that any Coun
cilman -who nretends to represent xne
decent element in uus city ' e rr
pelled to support the Mayor's veto. The
hniinnxi Tnpn of this citv -who believe In
good morals, ought to go and see the
man who represents tneir aisinci in uic
Council and tell him that ne expects aim
tn Bfnnri iv the Mayor's veto. Let him
understand that If he does not, ee -will
assign him to oblivion the next ume ne
comes up for election.
"There is no form of gambling that Is
more Insidious apd deadly In its effects
than that of the poolroom. It Is not
confined to any time or place. I have
examined Into the processes of gambling
In pools and I find It contaminates the
whole city. Agents go from store to
store and factory to factory and secure
beta from boys and girls and young men
and young women who are wonting in
these places. Messenger boys are even
enticed. These agents get a. commission
on the work they do. Thus the seeds
of gambling are sown broadcast among
the young as well as the old. Iet us
not deceived. Tne enorts to cnange
the box .ordinance and ,ns ojrooms
are only the first steps In the return to
n. wide-oDen city. Let us stand by the
victory won and fight this thing to a fin
ish. Business men had Better turn asjae
from their business a little while and
give some time to the public good. Go
see your Councilman. Enter your pro
test In no uncertain way, be present at
the meeting of the license committee
Monday afternoon and then be presnt at
-mp-tine at the.CItv Council "Wednes
day afternoon. Xet us wane up oerore
it is too late and do our duty as good
citizens to prevent the unclean spirit of
gambling to take possession of our city
again and make it far worse than it was
formerly."
BIGHTS OF SOCIETY.
Judge Sears Criticizes C. E. S. Wood
on Divorce.
PORTLAND. Or., October 16. (To
ihe Editor.) Two articles in "The Pa-1
clflc Monthly" from the pen of Mr. C
E. S. Wood Rave attracted my atten
tion. Anomalous in their assumptions
and In the conclusions drawn, bizarre
In character, they but serve to
strengthen my opinion of one for
whose personality I have a far higher
respect than for some of his expres
sions of opinion.
That his vtews concerning marriage
and divorce run counter to the Chris
tian religion and to the consensus of
the opinion of the civilized world
may be waivea as me as pernaps lrrei-
levant, dui nia assumpuuns ui iwi mu
Inference may be repelled, if untrue,
especially as he seems to Invite "a
general discussion as pertinent and
useful."
"We are told that "this vacant theory
which Is chattered by parrots about the
state having a vital Interest in the
home and family Is borrowed from the
Canon law." This would not (neces
sarily condemn It, but Is It true?
Monogamy has spread among civil
ized nations since .- the general prev
alence: of Christianity; yet, that it
never existed before is not true.
The references in Ecclesiastics im-
jjly Its general establishment among
the Hebrews at tnat ume.
The tendency of the course of Greek
civilization was in the main In the
same direction. Sparta, the State talc
ing the highest interest in the care
of the .family and the rearing of chil
dren. In the days of the Empire at Borne
there was an undoubted retrogression
In sexual arrangements and usages
from earlier times, but this accom
panied a general retrogression likewise
In morality and ethical notions.
Indeed, generally in pre-Christian
days, the higher the civilization the
more constrained were the sexual ar
rangements, though obviously this re-
mark is subject to some exceptions.
Coming down to modern times I can
do no better than cite an author whose
dicta Mr. Wood will hardly controvert.
"It remains only to emphasize the
truth, discernible vamid all complex!
ties and" varieties that without a pre
vailing chastity we do not find a good
social state. Herbert Spencers
"Principles of Ethics." voL I p. 462.
'These inferior forms of ,marrlace
are not. consistent with the conception
of chastity which accompanies the set
tied, "Monogamy of Advanced Socle
ties,' p. 449.
"As we understand it, the word
chastity denotes either the absence of
any sexual relation, or the permanent
sexual relation of one man with one
woman." Id.
Among the lowest types we have
the Ku-Ka-tha clan, whose chief
characteristics are treachery, ingratl
tude, lying and every species of deceit
and cunning, who have no property, no
idea of right and wrong, chastity or
fidelity being quite unknown to them.
At the other extreme como the most
advanced societies of Europe and
America, in which, along with a rel
atively high standard of chastity (for
women at least) there exist high de
grees of the various traits required for
social life, which are wanting in these
Australians. Nor does comparison of
different stages of civilized nations -fall
to furnish evidence; as witness the
contrast between our own time and
the time after the Restoration, In re
spect alike of chastity and of general
welfare. There are three ways In
which chastity furthers a superior so
clal state," etc. Id. pp. 462-463 et seq,
I resume parenthetically that absolute
freedom of divorce Is Inconsistent with
chastity on a monogamous marriage
if it is not, I have failed to understand
Mr. Wood and am wasting my time. If
what I have quoted frdm the greatest
thinker of this age Is true my friend
Is wrong when he says: The logical
conclusion is that what begins with the
parties alone, and the foundation of
which Is the will of the parties, should
end with the parties alone, etc This
Is plausibly, but In its application Is
bad law, bad morals, inconceivably bad.
We have heard this same argument be
fore. It fell from the lips of Cal
hound, Davis, et id omne genus. The
latter said: All w want Is to be let
alone." But the words of Marshall and
Webster armed the forces of the Union
with an Irresistible logic, which said
that "though you might have ab
stained from this Union of the States
there can be no dissolution now. The
Interests of the state prohibit Ht," and
the South, not succeeding in securing"
Its desired divorce, returned to Its
allegiance and is getting along, fairly
well at present. So the German Judge
who shut up together a mutally re
calcitrant couple, discovered the nat
ural workings of a similar law. Every
American judge haswltnessed. in many
Instances, the satisfactory operation of
the same rule. That there are evils re
suiting from ill-mating Mr. Spencer
recognizes, as do we all; but the rem
edy is not in a right of divorce, free
for all; rather in .the application
more judgment, more attention
physiological, pychologlcal and socio
logical laws In the, mating than In
destruction of chastity and a return to
promiscuity. I have neither time nor
space to fully cover thlB subject. That
would require a full discussion of th
rationale of the marriage relation.
leave the matter to, the good sense of
our civilized community. I would not
destroy the right of divorce, but as
marriage Is an institution of the state
at least the causes for its destructibil
Ity must be determined by the state.
"ALFRED F. SEARS. Jr."
For any case of nervousness, sleepless
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspep
sia, reiiex is sure in carters iaiuo liv
commended for vetolnr It. The crol-
ALL READYTO TRADE
Coos Bay Would Do More
Business With Portland,
: I
HAS PRODUCTS TO DISPOSE OF
Finest of Matchwood, Excellent Lum
ber, Choice Quality of Coal and
Unexcelled Products of Dairy
Are Sample Lines.
COQUILLE, Or., Oct 14. (Special Cor
respondence.) President Topping, of the
Bandon Board of Trade, said to the writer
tlte other day: 'Z can buy goods
cheaper in- Portland than I can in San
Francisco; but Portland will not buy
from us."
A traveling man from one of the larg
est hardware houses In Portland re
marked with great earnestness at the ho
tel the qjjer evening: "I have talked to
the people of Portland till I have been
nearly black and blue In the face and
they will not believe there is such
country down here."
There are many things that Portland
could buy from Coos Bay to their mut
ual nrltynntn t-n Shlnlonrt after shlnload
of the finest kind of white cedar, the -
famedPort Orford cedar, goes to San
Francisco as matchwood. Why should
not those matches be made in Portland?
This famous dairy country has to ship
in some bay from California and pays a
handsome price. Why snould not that
hay be grown by the farmers of the Will
amette Valley? The distance by water
from Portland Is 100 miles less than to
San Francisco and the freight should
be less. Coos Bay lumber Is shipped to
Chicago to be manufactured Into fur
niture, Why should not all this Jum
Via, rm Sr 4 Via wnr nf Vnrtlnnrt? ATM?
ber go by the way of Portland? And;
above all, why should not Portland burn
Coos Bay coal? Beaver Hill has become
celebrated as producing the finest domes
tic .coal on the Pacific Coast. It leaves no
about the house as anthracite. Tne
Portland Hotel burns Beaver Hill coal.
If Portland would use Coos Bay coal
that alone would keep a line of steam
ers busy, and In return Coos Baywould
buy goods from Portland merchants.
Irf Need of Advertising.
In the past Coos Bay has hardly
made Itself known, but the part The
Orofronlan Is taking In helping to ad-
ertise Its resources is greatly appre
ciated In this section. President Mat-
son, of the Marshfleld Chamber of Com
merce, said to the writer the other
day:
This part of Oregon Is 50 years' be
hind the" times. We have done what
we could to advertise the country.
Whejl" the people do learn about It and
It Is population that Is needed nere,
and the inaccessibility has kept people
out. President Kerr, of the Coqullle
Board of Trade, remarked the day of I
the woodmen ceieoration: i
We need more people. I have seen
it hotter In Summer and colder In Win
.Ja. i n txti i
ter In Southern California Los An
geles, Riverside than I have seen It
here ' In seven years. When people
know our delightful climate they will
come here to live.
Export Trade of Two Millions.
This is all well enough for the fu
lure, UUL UlUl. .nu.j uv.k I
mindful, of her own interests In the
ure. but nas .romana always oeen
past? Has she always done what she
could to make tne uoos is&y country
known for the good of Oregon? The
export trade from Coos Bay foots up
to about 52,000,000 a year. Portland,
with ten times the population, nas
foreign commerce of only 512,000,000.
Would It not be a considerable ad
antagc to Portland to divide the Coos
Bav trade with San Francisco? Tne
tfeoDle of Coos County are all Oregon
ians, loyal to the state politically ana
commercially, and It is a mistake to
say that Coos County belongs to Ore
iron only In name. That may be true
of the past, but it is not tne natural
order of things. However, the feeling
of the neoDlo here toward Portland Is
one of deep Injury. One case In point
will suffice. .
At the State Fair for tne years 1.301
and 1902 a Coos County creamery took
first prize for Cheddar cream cheese
over all the rest of the state. Some
time after this a shipment of four
twins from this same creamery to
Portland commission house brought
8 cents a pound and tho shipper paid
the freight. -The people here buy this
same cheese at the creamery 'and pay
12 cents for it, and there is demand for
all that Is made.
The market quotations for cheese In
Portland at that time was 9 and 9
cents. But 8 cents a pound was not
so bad, to Introduce a new cheese to the
Portland ' market, a cheese finer than
Portland people were used to. It re
malned for tho following letter from
this commission house to add Insult to
injury:
Insult Added to Injury.
The La Grande Creamery Informs us
that you quoted them cheese similar
to that you shipped us at 4c per lb.
If iu have any ,of these cheese and can
ship them to us at tnis price please
send us 15 cases
Thto letter Is dated September 23
last, and tho firm can easily turn to
Stenographer B's notes and see that it I Its nominee for Governor, and while re
Is quoted correctly. Of course, this membering with peculiar satisfaction the
was a little joko on ui part oi tne
creamery, which also has cheese to
sell, but it failed of appreciation down
here.
This attempt to advertise Coos Bay
cheese in Portland was voted a failure.
This same creamery also runs a groc
ery store and bought all its groceries
in Portland. It now buys them in San
Francisco. When San Francisco sends
In an order for Coos Bay cheese It
does not quote market prices, -but
asks. ""How much will you take for
your cheese?" when the order Is re
turned not filled. Yes, after all. Coos
County belongs to Oregon only in
name, and seems to be getting farther
away every day.
San Francisco also likes Coos Bay
butter. But the connoisseurs of the
Golden Gate, who must have the. best
of everything, would look askance It
the dealer offered them Coos Bay but
ter. Eel River, in Northern Callfornlo,
has long been famed for fine butter. So
the San Francisco commission houses
send up Eel River laDeis xo tne Coos
Bay creameries to de siampea on tne
Coon Bay product- High-grade butter
in San Francisco is all Eel River.
California, but the best of It Is made
In Cdbs County, Oregon. It has been
truly said that Coos Bay is an undis
covered country. Here Is something
for the State Improvement Association
to tako hdld of, for the state suffers
Wne U.ckuu utuuui.u v&auvb ua
shipped abroad under their true name.
Reproaches Are Qualified.,
We should not reproach Portland too
severely for the seeming neglect of her
opportunities. She has not always been
tne great city she Is today; able to give
a worm s iair. xne Lime -vviis wnea
Portland was no more man vjoos Jtsay,
and both had about an equal start. No
one helped build Portland; she built
herself. Now that she has attained
her eminence she can reach out and
holn nf-Viora hut Ttrhn nan sav lust what
jaay 11 was ui&t jroruaua icit uu wa
dllng clothes and put on the garments
of a city.
Now that Portland is a. city many
demands are made upon her, and she
would "be neglectful of her own inter
ests did she not heed them, oos xiay
Is not the only port that wants a
steamship line witii Portland. There
are other towns along the Oregon
coast that could also, be served by a
line to Coos Bay.
Then, again, there Is "no steamer line
between Portland and points" on . the
Washington coast. South Bend and
Aberdeen. These are large milling set
tlements, and they Import butter, eggs
and beef. The export of lumber goes
to about the same ports tha.tthe Coos
Bay and Coqullle lumber goes to.
Portland sells 70 per cent of -the
merchandise used In the Gray's Harbor
and South Bend zones of trade. The
cattle killed In Western Washington
settlements 'are shipped In on foot
from Eastern -Oregon. For the Hoquiam
and Aberdeen markets alone 40 head of
cattle perweek are imported. From
an agricultural standpoint that West
ern Washington country never will be
self-supporting. But Its -timber re
sources cannot be exhausted in two
generations. In respect to agriculture
the Oregon coast has the advantage
oyer the Washington coast. But Coos
Bay need not feel neglected, while
Portland falls to annex . the Gray's
Harbor country by a steamship line.
if Not by Rail, Then by Water.
Tlllamook Coos Bay, the" Coqullle
and Curry country. In addition to their
timber resources, can feed themselves
and have agricultural products left for
export. The gold that comes In from
fordlgn ports to pay for Coos Bay
lumber can be paid out to home peo
ple for agricultural products. While
Coos Bay would not buy farm products
from Portland, as would the "Washing-
ton-jcoast with a steamship line, yet all
.nese agriculturists would buy Port
iam merchandise.
If Portland cannot have- railroads
Into this surrounding country, which Is
the bone of this contention, the thing
for her to do Is to establish steamship
lines. It was ships that made Rome
great, and If Portland would maintain
her independence she must have ships.
It Is true that even now San Fran
cisco steamers going to Portland touch
at Coos Bay. But the people of this
section are waiting and anxious to
patronize Portland when Portland
opens a market for Coos Bay products
and gives quick and regular steamship
service
HOUSE-IS BLOWN TJP.
inuiana uwner Accused or wrecKing
a Bank.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. IS. A telephone
message from Rennssellaer reports that
the residence of Thomas J. McCoy, presl
dent of the defunct McCoy Bank, against
whom Indictments were recently returned
for alleged complicity In the wrecking of
the bank, has been dynamited and totally
destroyed.
The house was a frame structure, valued
at 523,000, and considered one of the most
beautiful homes In Northern Indiana.
When the explosion occurred the house
was unoccupied.
McCoy Is believed to be vlsltinc friends
In Chicago. The detonation was heard
for miles. Instantly hundreds of people
nocked to the scene.
The McCoy Bank failed last April and
the liabilities greatly exceeded the assets.
jiany iamiues lost neavny, as tne Dank
was one of .the best-known and oldest-
.vni j i .i i t ... . . .
csiuuiisucu in uu; irari. ul uic state.
Thomas J. McCoy is at present under
520.000 bond, on charges of embezzlement.
The grand jury returned 22 Indictments
against him' Individually, two Jointly with
his father and two jointly against him
and John White, assistant cashier.
Recently the McCoys appeared In court
and applied for a change of venue, which
p - - , . . .
8 granted, and their cases were sent to
three adjoining counties The indictments
against Mr. White were quashed.
CLARK, JR., TO GET DALY FARM
Magnificent Property in Bitter Root
Valley Valued at $2,000,000.
MmsuuixA. iiont., Oct. 16. it was
learned ,ton!ght from what appears to be
unimpeachable sources that the sale of
the famous Bitter Root breeding farm of
the late Marcus Daly Is all but consum
mated. The purchaser will be. It Is said
by persons close to him, none other than
William A. Clark, Jr., the youngest son
of United States Senator W. A. Clark,
Daly's bitter political enemy during the
latter's lifetime.
The person who makes this statement
further states that the papers have been
actually drawn, but are. Vet unsigned.
They are In the shape of a "bargain and
sale" deed, in which young Marcus Daly
agrees to sell the entire 27,500 acres, to
gether with the beautiful private home of
Mrs. Daly, located on the ranch, as well
as stables and all other Improvements
when he, Daly, arrives at the age of 20
years. In his will the late Marcus Daly
stipulated that the property should not
be sold until this age had been attained.
The consideration price Is unknown, but
will range well toward 52.000.000. The pur
chase Is presumed, to anticipate the en
trance of young Clark Into the turf arena
with a string of horses which he will
breed at the Bitter Root ranch.
Cleveland Begs to Decline.
NEW YORK, Oct 15. Grover Cleveland
writes to the New York Reform Club
that while In complete sympathy with
what the reform clubs may do in further
ance of the pending campaign in favor of
services of the clubs In time past, he re
grets that his engagements are such 'as to
render It impossible for him to be pres
ent at the reception to Judge Herrlck, ap
pointed for the 18th Inst.
v ,
OUT OF SERVICE.
(Continued fr6m page 2.)
exercise as thorough a supervision ss the
means at his disposal allow.
In order that I may be Informed as to
the exact condition of the service In all
Its parts. I direct you to order a search
ing Investigation in compliance of the in
vestigation of the commission, into tne
conduct of the central office and of every
outside, subdivision of the service, save
that of iew York.
Changes in Regulations.
"You will also make such changes In
the regulations as are recommended by
the commission, and you will, therefore.
moll o arinlol mtlne nf thn T?nn rrt - nf
supervising Inspectors for this purpose.
.ry;ou n also jay before the Congress
a request that the law be changed In the
various particulars recommended by the
commission. I wish particular emphasis
laid upon the proposal of the commission
that there be created by law a special
body thoroughly to Investigate the laws
which are supposed to provide for the
safety of passengers on steamboats, es-
peclally on excursion boats, where the
prime causes of danger are- the over
crowding and the flimsy and highly in
flammable character of the superstruc
tures. "Very truly yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Croap.
Not a minute should be lost when
child shows symptoms of croup. Cham
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Impressive Incident in Calvary
Presbyterian Church,
MEMBERS OF SYNOD ?REACH
Delegates and Prominent Visiting
Ministers Fill the Pulpits of City
Churches-Session 'a to Close
This Morning.
Sixty-six ministers and elders, several
of them past the allotted age of three
score years and ten, stood In a circle
with clasped glands yesterday afternoon
at Calvary Presbyterian Church, vowing
a vow to the Lord that In the year to
come they would go forth and save souls.
It was an Impressive spectacle of sworn
fealty, like a company of Roman soldiers
bidding farewell to the Eternal City be
fore they went forth to conquer or to be
conquered. Many men in that line of
clasped bands stood there under the ln-
nuenca or strong -emotion, ana team
trickled down more than one furrowed
cheek. Patriarchs' eyes were dimmed;
along with those of the youngest mem
bers of the Oregon Synod, and deep voices
tremoiea in singing ".Blest xe me u.ie
That Binds."
Rev. Dr. Edgar P. Hill presided, and
took as his text the memorable scene
recorded In the Acts of the Apostles,
where Simon, the sorcerer, offered the
apostles money If they would give him
the power of the Holy Ghost, to ma.ie
him as one of themselves.
"I know of no other picture In the
Bible that so well describes a condition
as It Is with us workers today," said
Dr. Hill, In part. "Here was a city where
there were sick; and deluded people, some
of them carried away by a man whose
teaching was false. We talk of the dlf
Acuities of other fields, just the same as
those mentioned In the Acts. Many of
us are Inclined to say: 'My field has be
come peculiarly difficult.' One minister
tells that the Sabbath day Is not re
spected as It ought to be In his locality,
and another complains that certain men
are hard to reach. But I find that Philip
went to those places to preach Christ,
and he made Christ the center of It all.
"I am well enough In years to give ad
vice. It is not easy for a man to remain
10 years in a church and get along all the
time, as its pastor. I find In my dealings
with my own people that there are many
things I must Ignore. Yes. It Is far better
to Ignore some things, and they will settle
themselves after awhile. Do I scold my
people? No. If I find- my people living
a 'worldly life. If they do not subscribe
liberally, I don't scold. Even If people- do
not come out to the prayer meeting. I may
be to blame. The man that attracts my
attention In a peculiar way in this case.
is the man Simon. He had an ambition
such as we all have. He wanted power.
What would not some give to "have the
power of J. Wilbur Chapman or our own
Rev. J. E. Snyder, our state evangelist.
to move men?
"In a short time we start on our jour
neys," said Dr. Hill, opening his eyes and
facing his brethren, right and left. "Many
of you will resume the familiar paths by
valley and mountain, and It will be weeks
and months before we see each other
again. I have read that when Japanese
soldiers start for the war. there are no
demonstrations, no bands playing, no
huzzahs. Fathers, mothers, brothers and
sisters are there, but they utter no sound
of farewell. They think the word fare
well, and deep In the silence of their
hearts they say: 'God speed you.' Think
again of the vows wa take with clasped
hands, now." For a moment the line of
Lmen that stretched around the church
bent with reverent neaas, ana lips movea,
but there was no audible sound. Another
moment, and the spell was broken.
At the communion so price that followed,
Rev. Dr. E. J. Thompson presided, and
was assisted by Rev. William Travis and
Professor Landon. of San Francisco
Theological Seminary.
Sermon at Calvary Church.
Professor Landon preached a sermon at
the morning service at Calvary Church,
where he was .pastor for six years. He
spoke on "The Power of a Godly Life,
and said In part: "Many of us have
heard sermons without number that
never moved us, but It la the living ser
mons that we never can forget. There
was that Christian mother, patient, lov
ing, prayerful; that Godly father, not
perfect, but earnesly engaged In an ef
fort to put oft the old man and pwt on
the new. You-never can forget the gospel
embodied In that man of God, that worn
an of God, whose child you have the
honor to be. We like the music of the
lines: fSermons in stones, tongues In
trees, books In the running brooks, and
good in everything.' But the greatest
sermons ever preached have been In liv
ing men and women.
"We hear much today about the stren
uous life. Christianity needs strenuous
lives. We have great numbers of Chris
tians, but how little Influence many of
them have; How feeble the rebuke to
sin their lives are. It Is the half-hearted
disciples who are despised. Dr. Grelg
says. The world does not- even reject
Christ It is the caricature of Him that
is rejected.' V
"It is not by 'a policeman with 'a club-
stick -or with a gatllng gun that the labor
problem will be solved, but It will be
solved by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
do not mean any dlsrepect to pay breth
em In the ministry, when I say that we
do not have men trained to go Into labor
centers, and lead men. to Christ. Foreign
speaking people are landing every year on
our shores In .larg numbers. They do
not speak our language, and some of
them despise the authority of government
because they do not believe In any gov
ernment, and their hands are against
every one else. They are Ishmaelltes
and they believe that the government only
exists to magnlfy'ftself. From those peo
ple comes such a creature as Leon Czol
gosz who shot and killed President Mc
Klnley In September, 1B0L"
Addresses were also given along evange
lical lines by Rev. P. E. Zartman, of New
York, and Rev. W. S. Holt. D.D. The
latter gave a most amusing talk on
Oregon evangelical work.
Sermon at First Presbyterian Church.
A labor union address was made last
night In the First Presbyterian Church
by Rev. Dr. John . Dixon, of New York,
representing tne Board of Home Mis
sions. "The danger in the -church," he said.
"Is that as it grows in. wealth It forgets
to reach ,out. When a church gets into
this condition the beginning of the end
of Its usefullness has come. The Jerusa
lem Church was not stirred until perse
cution came.
"The gulf between organized labor and
the church 13 growing wider and wider.
Organized labor says that the church Is
capital organized. You will find that
among union men the name of Jesus lS-
rhoprpd and that the name of the church
Is 'hissed. But thefe Is no better friend
to the rich or the poor man than the
church of Christ. The latter must make It
lovingly clear to the laboring man or the
capitalist that It wants them, and will do
them good, and will make them the broth
ers In name and In fact.
"One of our ministers In New York Is
Rev. Charles Shelsley, and he has been
raised 'up to open the hearts of these la
bor union men. Before- he became a min
ister he was a machinist and a sie saber of
labor union. He still has "his. union
card, and what does he do? He meets
these men Sundays In their halls, halls
mat are nued to the door, while churches
are only half filled. He at once becomes
storm center, and names are hurled at
him and so are questions. He does his
best to answer them and Is helped- by
rrjenas.
Among the preachers yesterday was the
new Moderator of the Synod, Rev. J. E
Snyder, who spoke at the Third Presby
terian Church, where hewas formerly a
pastor. He said In part:
"We are not kept from disease and
pestilence by disinfectants, fumigation
and quarantines alone, but by the forces
of the heart, by the richness of the
blood and. rose of the cheek. This Is true
of the children of God. They are not de
pendent upon circumstances and environ
ment for their moral safety. They pos
sess a strength of character that insures
them against the evil that Is In the
world. The disciples of the early church
walked the filthiest highways .this world
has ever known In the streets of Corinth.
Atnens and Rome, but they kept their
garments wnite by the power that was
within them. So must we be kept In the
Babylon of today. As we walk the filthy
highways of llfei We must be kept pure
by the power o holiness within. We
cannot live a shelre,d life. Our place Is
In the world, in the midst of the evil, but
we must have sufficient strength of char
acter to Keep ourselyes from it?"
BILLY "WINTERS LOSES JEWELS
Sum of Money Also Disappears "With
His Bartender. '
( While Billy Winters, proprietor of the
Log Cabin Saloon, on Third street, was
on a hunting trip the latter part of last
week he was robbed of 51700 In cash and
diamonds. William Thompson, his bar
tender, who Is well-knownamong a cer
tain clas3 of Portlanders, Is supposed to
be the guilty person. He has been miss
ing since 11 qclock Friday night and
no trace of him can be found by detec
tives working on the case.
One of the missing diamonds Is valued
at 5500. Several rings, less expensive,
were taken, and. 51200 in casn, partly
money belonging to the establishment,
and partly money deposited by customers
of the place.
Thompson was on duty Friday night up
to 11 o'clock He appeared to be nervous,
say those who were In the saloon at that
hour, 'and soon after 11 o'clock asked
the customers to leave the place,, saying
that he was feeling too ill td' work. Ac
cordingly all those in the place left.
thinking Thompson's" actions very s,trange.
The saloon was closed Immediately, ana
since then nothing has been seen of
Thompson. The Jewels and money was
contained In the safe, to which Thomp
son, as an old and trusted employe, had
the combination. He was In full charge
of the saloon during the absence of Mr.
Winters. It Is supposed that, after or
dering the customers from the place,
Thompson opened the safe, took the
jewels and money, closed the safe and
went at once to the Union Station, tax
ing the 11:45 o'clock Northern Pacific
train for Seattle. Not the 'slightest trace
of him can be found, though the Police
Department has made every effort to do
so since tne roDDery was reportea iu
the department on Saturday.
SUFFOCATED AT A FIRE.
Four Persons Lose Lives in New York
Tenement House.
NEW YORK, Oct 17. Four persons
were suffocated and 15 wereovercome by
some In a fire which gutted a five-story
brick double tenement house at 15 Moore
street, Williamsburg, early today. Two
of the injured, a boy and a girl, probably
will die. Incendiarism is suspected.
The fire originated in the basement and
ran up a dumb waiter shaft causing the
crowded flats to fill rapidly with smoke.
The flamesspread through the flats on the
fourth and fifth floors, and escape for the
persons asleep there was cut oft.' Firemen
and police did heroic work and soon res
cued more than a-score, 15 of whom were
almost suffocated. These were removed to
St Catherine's hospital. Two children
among the number were In a dying condi
tion. -
On8, fireman in attempting a daring res
cue was overcome by smoke and had to
be carried out by his fellows. 4
The loss was only about 53000, Several
fires occurred in the neighborhood dur
ing the early hours today, all of sus
picious origin. They appeared to have
been . started by the same hand as all
were discovered In the basements of tene
ments. Only the one noted, however, was
accompanied by loss of life.
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