THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 190C.
BATTLE ROYAL 15
TO BEGIN TODAY
Trial of Blue Mountain Forest
Reserve Land-Fraud
Case Opens.
MOST IMPORTANT OF LOT
Involves Blnger Hermann's Connec
tion With Alleged Scheme Steals
200,000 Acres While Hold
ing High Position.
The trial of -what la generally known
as the Blue Mountain forest reserve case
will begin In the United States District
Court before Judge William H. Hunt and
a Jury at 9:30 this morning, and will un
doubtedly be the most Important of any
In connection with land frauds that has
come up at the present term of court.
That every step In the proceedings will
be stubbornly contested is indicated by
the array of counsel on both sides, the
three defendants having no less than six
lawyers to look after their interests, while
the Government will be represented by
Special Assistant to the Attorney-General
Francis J. Honey and United States Dis
trict Attorney William C. Bristol, who
have mus far encountered a continuous
string of victories In the land-fraud cases
already tried. They will be opposed by
William D. Fenton, of Portland: his
brother, J. E. Fenton. of Seattle, and W.
Lair Hill, of Oakland. Cal., who will ap
pear for defendant F. P. Mays; Martin
L. Pipes, of Portland, and S. B. Huston,
of Hlllsboro, Or., representing defendant
Wlllard N. Jones and Alex Sweek, of this
city, who will act as counsel for George
Sorenson.
Under Indictment No. 2918, returned by
the Federal grand Jury February 13. 1905,
Blnger Hermann, John N. Williamson.
Franklin P. Mays, Willard N. Jones and
George Sorenson are charged with a vio
lation of section 5440 of the Revised Stat
utes, by entering Into a conspiracy to de
fraud the Government out of the posses
sion and use of, and title to, 200,000 acres
, lying in different states and territories,
by means of a fraudulent plan contem
plating the obtaining of title, in the first
Instance, to loO.OOO acres of state school
lands In Crook, Grant, Harney, Malheur,
Baker, Union, Umatilla and Wallowa
Counties, through the use of illegal affi
davits and applications, and the subse
quent inclusion of such school lands In
the Blue Mountain forest reserve, thus
creating the possibility of their use as
base in exchange for valuable timber
lands under the lieu land act of June 4..
1497.
Two Defendants Left Out.
Blnger Hermann and J. N. Williamson,
the other defendants In the case, have
been severed from the present proceed
ing, the first named by reason of a stipu
lation entered Into between Mr. Heney
and attorneys for the ex-Commissioner of
the General Land Office not to try him In
Oregon until after the Washington letter
press copybooks case is disposed of, and
ex-Congressman Williamson on account of
a prior conviction, the Government deem
ing that sufficient punishment and last
ing disgrace enough to Justify his elimi
nation from the cause.
Steps in the direction of the establish
ment of the Blue Mountain forest reserve
were first taken in 1902, when the late
Senator John H. Mitchell is alleged to
have sent a petition to the General Land
Office, of which Blnger Hermann was at
that time Commissioner, asking that the
reserve be created. This petition was ac
companied by a strong indorsement by
Senator Mitchell, and on July 22, 1902,
Hermann recommended the temporary
withdrawal of the territory, amounting to
about 3,840,000 acres, contained in the con
templated reserve.
Acting upon this suggestion. Secretary
of the Interior Hitchcock a, few days
later ordered the temporary withdrawal
of the tracts indicated, and the reserve
has since been cointirmed in a modified
form.
In all probability a complete analysis
of the system of forming forest reserves
1 will be taken up at the coming trial, and
the general public will doubtless be fur
nished some Interesting data in this con
nection. Refutes Defendant Mays' Claim.
Defendant Mays, having set up in his
plea In abatement to the present pro
ceeding that he did ' have knowledge
of the alleged disqualification of Grand
Jurors Fred G. Buffum, George Glustln,
Frank Bolter and Joseph Essner until
the plea in abatement In the Mitchell
case was argued in April, 1905, while
the indictments against Mays were
found In December, 1934, and February,
1905, at which time Heney claims that
his objections to any presumed dis
qualifications of grand Jurors should
have been made. Mr. Heney on Saturday
morning submitted an affidavit signed
by himself to show that Defendant
Mays had full knowledge of the Inves
tigations of the inquisitorial body.
In this affidavit, Mr. Heney alleges
also that Franklin P. Mays, the prin
cipal defendant in the case which
comes up this morning, was one of the
attorneys of record for S. A. D. Puter,
Horace G. McKlnley, Mrs. Emma L.
Watson and Miss Marie L. Ware, now
the wife of Horace G. McKlnley, at the
original trial In November, 1904, al
though he did not appear to defend
them.
He also sets forth that Puter. Mc
Klnley, Mrs. Watson and Miss Ware
had been indicted in October. 1903. for
conspiracy to defraud the Government
out of six quarter sections of its pub
lic lands, and that the records of the
county where the tracts were situated
show a conveyance from the entryman
to Emma L. Watson, and that the lat
ter transferred three of the quarter
sections to Thad S. Potter, then a
clerk In Mays' law office, who. about
May 18, 1904, Informed Heney that he
had become the grantee of the lands
at the request of Mays solely as a"
naked trustee for the purpose of con
veying the title to whomsoever might
purchase the same from Mays; and
that a short time after acquiring title
to the three tracts described. Potter, at
Mays' request, conveyed two of the
pieces to a man In Seattle, and the
other to a local resident.
Mays Got the Money.
Potter, upon this occasion, also de
clared to Heney that Mays had profited
solely by the transaction to the extent
of J2400.
In a subsequent conversation with
Mays, Heney alleges In his affidavit
that the latter admitted having re
ceived the three quarter sections of
land from Mrs. Watson, but claimed
they were in the nature of a fee for
services performed for S. A. D. Puter.
The concluding paragraphs of Heney's
affidavit are decidedly Interesting as
throwing considerable light upon ex
United States District Attorney John
H. Hall's connection with the land
fraud cases, and also shows how the
Puter contingent were taken into camp
by the Government forces. The affida
vit in this respect reads:
Heney's Affidavit In MaTl rase.
That this affiant la informed and believes
and therefore states, that said Franklin P.
Mays advised and consulted with said S. A.
D. Puter and Horace O. McKlnley In regard
to their defense under said last-mentioned
Indictment, and wag fully advised as to the
probability of their being convicted under
aid last-mentioned Indictment, and that
they were tried under said last-mentioned
Indictment, and that their trial commenced
on the 21st day of November. 1904, and
ended on the 8th day of December, 1904. and
that said 8. A. D. Puter, Horace O. McKln
ley and Emma L. Watson were then and
there convicted of the offense charged in
said Indictment.' and that their trial upon
the first aforesaid Indictment which was
found and returned against them on the
29th day of October, 1903, had theretofore
been set for trial to commence on the 2Sth
day of November, 1904. and by reason of the
pendency of the aforesaid . trial upon said
other Indictment against said last-named
defendants,' had been postponed to and until
the 14th day of December, 1004, and that a
few days prior to the aforesaid 14ta day of
December, 1904. said S. A. D. Puter, Horace
O. McKlnley, Emma Xj. Watson and Marie
L. Ware secured a postponement of said
trial upon their promise to and agreement
with this affiant to be witnesses on behalf
of the Government of the United States be
fore the grand Jury, and to there tell all
they knew about the conspiracy described
in said first Indictment which was ao found
and returned against them by a grand Jury
of this court on the 29th day of October,
1U0.1, and particularly, to each state fully
what connection, If any, said Franklin P.
Mays had with said conspiracy, and that
said 8. A. D. Puter, Horace Q. McKlnley,
Emma L. Watson and Marie L. Ware did
appear as. witnesses before said grand Jury
and did state fully and In detail what con
nection said Franklin P. Mays had with said
conspiracy, and that said Indictment so first
returned against said Franklin P.' Mays on
said 21st day of December. 1U04, was based
largely upon the testimony of the aforesaid
last-mentioned parties, and that affiant Is
Informed and believes and therefore states
that said Franklin P. Mays was fully In
formed prior to the return of said Indict
ment against him for said conspiracy and
offense In this court of the nature and scope
of the testimony which was so given by the
last-mentioned parties against him before
said grand Jury.
Mays' Hand in Naming Grand Jury.
Affiant Is further Informed and believes
and therefore Btates that prior to said 19th
day of December. 1904. said Franklin P.
Mays was Informed by John H. Hall, who
was then and there United States Attorney
for the District of Oregon, that his connec
tion with said conspiracy described In said
Indictment which was so found and returned
against S. A. D. Puter. Horace G. McKlnley,
Emma I,. Watson and Marie L. Ware, on the
20th day of October, 1903, would be Investi
gated by the grand Jury of this court, and
that said grand Jury would meet on the
10th day of December, 1904, and that said
Hall suspected and believed that said Puter,
McKlnley, Watson and Ware would testify
against said Mays before said grand Jury.
Affiant Is informed and believes and
therefore states that said Franklin P. Mays
thereupon investigated and caused to be In
vestigated the qualifications of the mem
bers of said grand Jury to serve as such
grand Jurors, and requested said Hall to re
quest said Fred G. Buffum to appear and
be sworn as a member of said grand Jury
and to act as such, In the hope and belief
that said Fred G. Buffum would be Influ
enced by his acquaintance with and friend
ship for said Franklin P. Mays to vote
against any Indictment In the aforesaid mat
ter, and that said Buffum was so then and
there requested and urged by said Hall, who
was still then and there United States At
torney, to be sworn as a member of said
grand Jury and to act as such member and
to refrain from requesting to be excused
from performing duty as a member of said
grand Jury, and that said Buffunv had pre
viously been duly subpenaed and drawn as
a member of said grand Jury, but was ab
sent from the city at the time said grand
Jury was originally empanelled.
That said Buffum was, on the 19th day of
December, 1904, duly sworn as a grand Juror
by this court, and was sent to Join his fellow-members
on said Jury, and that said
Buffum thereafter continuously acted &s a
member of said grand Jury as long as said
Jury remained In session, and conscien
tiously and properly, as this affiant believes,
and therefore states, performed his duty as
such member in all matters which came be
fore said bod.
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
COMMITTEES WILL CONSIDER
ALASKA STEAMER PROJECT.
Definite Plan to Be Outlined for
Raising Money to Float
the Enterprise.
Captain Richard Chllcott, representa
tive of the Nome Improvement Company,
who is endeavoring to Interest the citi
zens of Portland in the Alaskan steam
ship project, will return from a trip to
Seattle this morning. Tonight a meet
ing of the Joint committee appointed some
time ago and consisting of four mem
bers from each of the four business
men's organizations, will hold a meeting
at the Commercial Club, and it Is prob
able take some definite action in the
matter.
Something more, than $15,000 has been,
subscribed spontaneously toward the
proposition. During the last week J. B.
Laber has been receiving the offerings,
which will be turned over to the com
mittee at the meeting this evening. In
addition to those who have already sub
scribed any number have offered to as
sist the proposed line In a financial way.
A subscription committee will be ap
pointed at the meeting tonight. This
body will have charge of the work of
beginning the campaign among the peo
ple to Interest them and secure their aid
to make the organization of a stock com
pany a certainty. The men will proba
bly start their canvass as soon as possi
ble. An effort will be made to Interest as
many different individuals as possible.
Subscriptions of one and ten-share lots
are particularly desired. In this way It
Is the idea of those Interested to get
a large number In the concern. Shares
are selling at $100 each.
The four committees which will meet
this evening are as follows:
Commercial Club F. A. Spencer, Jay
Smith, T. W. B. London.
Board of Trade J. Frank Watson, E.
N. Stoppenbach, Wallls Nash.
Chamber of Commerce Edward New
begin, Sol Blumauer, T. B. Honeyman.
Manufacturers' Association A. H. De
vers. George Lawrence, Jr., and W. H.
Morrow.
EASTERN EXCURSION RATES
August 7, 8, 9, September 8 and 10.
On the above dates the Great North
ern Railway will have on sale tickets
to Chicago and return at rate of $71.50,
St. Louis and return $67.60. St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Duluth, Superior, or
Sioux City and return, $60. Tickets
first-class, good going via the Great
Northern, returning same or any direct
route, stop-overs allowed. For tickets,
sleeping car reservations, or any addi
tional information, call on or address
H. Dickson. C. P. & T. 122 Third
street, Portland.
Shoots Friend In Back. ;
IDAHO FALLS. Idaho, Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) While on a camping trip under the
auspices of the Baptist Church, Harry
Williams was shot in the back bj Roy
Heller and instantly killed. It was pure
ly accidental and no blame attaches to
the young man who did the shooting.
Both were popular young men of this
city. Heller la 20 years of age; Williams
was 18.
POINTS OUT FLAWS
Dr. Wilson Preaches on Weak
nesses of Socialism.
FINDS MANY DRAWBACKS
System Generally Advocated Falls in
Ignoring Necessity for Improve
ment of Individual Lesson
for Christian Church. '
Where and how Socialism, as gen
erally taught, falls short as a remedy
for present day conditions was out
lined by Dr. Clarence True Wilson In
his sermon at Grace M. E. Church last
evening. The principal weakness of
Socialism, he asserted, was that It
PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO BANKERS SENT TO
PORTLAND POLICE
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rani O. Stensland.
Acting Chief of Police Gritzmacher yesterday received the ofSclal re
quest of General Superintendent Collins, of the Chicago police, for the
apprehension of Paul O. Stensland, president of the defunct Milwaukee
Avenue State Bank, and Cashier Henry V. Herlng. The request states
that every effort should be made to locate these two men and arrest them.
At the time the circular was mailed Herlng had not been located. Stens
land Is described as being 57 years old, height 5 feet 10 inches, weight
about 200 pounds, with light, sandy hair. Herlng, who is charged with em
bezzlement, is about 45 years old, over six feet high and weighs 275 pounds.
In his description of the men. Superintendent Collins mentions that Stens
land Is of a very nervous temperament, but very affable and a good
dresser. Herlng is said to be a good dresser, fond of women; plays the
races and poker. '
The communication was read to all the police officers yesterday, but
it is hardly thought that Stensland would come here, although from
recent developments in Chicago the authorities there think Stensland fled
to Nelson, B. C.
aimed to Improve the condition of the
nation without uplifting the Individual.
In part Dr. Wilson said:
"There are four elements in Social
Ism: The common ownership of the
means of production; the common man
agement of these means of production;
the distribution of annual products of
industry by common authority, and
private property in income.
"Great stress is laid uponland own
ership and co-operative labor. It is op
posed to the personal proprietorship of
lands and denies any special right to
the means of livelihood and enjoyment.
It denounces especially our competi
tive system. The present American doc
trine is Government control of natural
monopolies, and competitive business
should be left to private enterprise and
free competition.
"I shall not name and criticise the
countless vagaries of some of the un
wise Socialists, believing that to set up
a man of straw and knock him down Is
an unmanly sport. First, Socialism de
mands the public ownership of land. If
all ownership could be common I fear
the ills would be greater than under
present conditions, for the incentives to
industry and thrift would be removed.
Secondly, the repudiation of National
debts is demanded. It is hardly Just to
say that much of this money was for
the purpose of war. The loaner did not
make the war and the government
needed the money. It was loaned in
good faith. It has an earning capacity.
It was as legitimate to loan it to a na
tion as to an Individual, and many peo
ple are dependent for their living
upon the- earning capacity of their
goods. Endless suffering and injustice
would result from the repudiation of
these Just claims of debtors.
Would Encourage Extravagance.
"A third feature is the abolition of
the right of legacy and inheritance.
Much can be said against the grasp of
the dead hand upon property; but I
shall maintain that one can do what
he wills with his own, and that the
state has no moral right to step in and
interfere except to prevent injustice.
If the state should regulate beyond
that or prevent the old man disposing
of the accumulated fortune of his life
of toil with hand and brain, it would
discourage economy and encourage
luxurious extravagance.
"The weakness of socialism is Its dan
ger to freedom. The improvement of
the individual in the family, the church
and the state demands not a nest but
an arena. Man must be free. Suppose,
under Socialism, some unscrupulous
combination should gain control of
government, there would be no stand
ing ground for effective opposition. If
all production Is carried on by public
authority tnere would be no private
press for criticism and unwelcome
views, often the truest would fare
worse than at present.
Again a single industrial principle
Is always dangerous in control. The
single social principle is Just as dan
gerous. Mercantilism now threatens
American civilization. Socialism is a
single phase of it. I am opposed to the
government attempting to do for men
what the best interest of the indi
vidual requires him to do for himself.
The idea that law should protect him in
his individual exertion amid conditions
of absolute freedom from interference,
while he could work out with brain and
brawn his destiny, is the idea which
has made this country great. State pa
ternalism does not appeal to me as a
character builder.
"The tendency is to object to the
present social structure without any
thing better to take its place. Our com
mercial system, manufacturing system,
and even competitive system Is better
than a reconstructed order unless we
should, be ruled by better men. WTiat
society needs is not reconstruction,
which is external, but regeneration,
which is internal and essential.
Helen Gould's Millions.
"For the good of the whole I would
rather see Helen Gould handle her mil
lions to suit herself than to have it
divided apart from her control among
a thousand tobacco-stained, rum-
soaked, gabbling, loafing, lecherous
and foul-mouthed men, who would use
It for personal injury and public
wrpng.
"Why should not some people hatre
more than others? They deserve It.
"And again Socialism ignores the es
sential differences in men. You cannot
equalize conditions and fortunes till
you equalize brains, aptitudes and
characters. It is said, 'where two men
ride a horse one must ride behind.' Do
you not realize that there are enter
prizes too big for you or for all the
people to manage which must be left
to the specialist and the genius? Who
would think of directing one of these
by popular. vote?
"I believe the business of this world
can be better conducted by the man of
talent than by the man of popularity.
But the first' is not often elected to of
fice. It Is proverbial that the work of
the state 1b not so well done as the task
of the private citizen or tfie corpora
tion. How would it be under Socialism?
It falls to strike at the root of our
evils because It fails to better men.
Conditions do not make men; men make
conditions.
"Socialism seeks to run an ideal state
of things with unideal workers and
managers. The church is assuming a
harder task by trying to make men bet
ter that conditions may Improve. The
church ought to take on some of the
ideals of socialism for the uplift of
society, but you Socialists ought to
come and help these churches improve
men, women and children, for we are
aiming at what you want by a differ-
Henry W. Herlng.
ent method, namely, the betterment of
the world."
OPENS WAY TO NEW LIFE
Dr. Short Preaches on Christ as the
Leader of Mankind.
An unusually large audience, for the
Summer season, was present at the
Taylor-Street Methodist Church yester
day morning and heard a most inter
esting sermon on "Christ, Our Leader."
The church was packed again last
night to hear Dr. Short lecture on "The
Lite of Christ."
In his morning sermon Dr. Short
said in part: '
"The Kingdom of heaven began on
the shore of Galilee when Peter and
Andrew left their fishing and James
and John their ships and father to fol
low Christ. The readiness of their re
response was indicative of the valu
able service which they afterward ren
dered in and for this new kingdom
that had begun on earth.
"Procrastination means indifference,
half-heartedness, lack of Interest, Ir
responsiveness to the voices that call.
Such was found with the early disci
ples. They possessed soul capacity, soul
hunger, soul yearning. They loved
their ships and homes, but when Christ
called a new passion seized them, a
loftier ideal inspired, a diviner impulse
led them on.
"What they had ships and home
were not the all nor the best of life.
These were not their ideal; but when
they paw Christ he was at once the em
bodiment and incarnation of their soul
Ideal. And in leaving ships and home
for him they but conformed to the
principle which actuates life.
"Men give all they have and are to
secure their ideal. The ideal always
leaves ships and homes behind. This is
true in realm of affection, business, re
ligion. "The new passion which took hold
their soul for their new leader was
most evident. They saw in him the
world leader of a new thought. And let
it me remembered, everyone is led by
some thought or person which is
thought incarnate and in action. Great
heart-minds are leading the world.
Abelard, Goethe. Emerson, Milton.
Dante, Browning, and all brilliant
writers have their followers; but they
are largely in proportion as they have
been followers of the spirit which
Christ taught.
"The Christian chooses Christ as
leader because he alone lifts the cur
tain that light may fall upon life's
perplexing problems. With Christ as
our leader of thought life, sorrow,
destiny, fatherhood, service, even death,
take on a new meaning, and one does
not soliloquize with Hamlet: To be or
not to be.'
"Christ is the leader of Christianity
In kindly ministrations. What multi
tudes he fed, and healed. The nearts
he comforted and cured. He went about
doing good, and that is our supreme
business. I do not ask are you a mem
ber of some church? But I do ask, are
you doing good? Does some one and
some ones feel the benediction of your
kindly ministrations. The question is
not, have you ships, culture, place? And
these are not to be despised. They are
good. But unless you are using them to
assist the needy, you cannot be regard
ed as a follower of Christ.
"Sage had his millions. How many
of the poor, downtrodden, soul blight
ed gathered about his casket and
thanked God for his kindly ministra
tions? Hadly, that prince among Chris
tian workers for outcast humanity, had
no ships, but when he died those whom
he had helped legions of them
poured upon his face their tears of pro
found gratitude, an undivided press
sung his praise, and out from the skier
came the master's 'well done."
"Christ is calling us today. Calling
us not to occupy comfortable pews In
expensive churches, or listen to excel
lent sermons or 'enjoy' the 'splendid
choir.' He calls us not to be minis
tered unto, but he calls us to minister,.
That privilege is yours, is mine. O,
Church of Christ, I beg you, I beseech
you rise, and follow your great leader.
"And as you so do, the once difficult
will become easy, the once burdensome
will become light, and the joy of the
Lord will be your strength. O Christ
of the manger, the common people, the
cross, the resurrection, we will follow
thee In the garden, up the hill, and in
the grave, please thee that we may
rise and reign with thee forever and
forever."
SPXIXG OUT LAXD OF CANAAN
Sermon by Rev. Hiram Vrooman at
Swedenborglan Church.
Before the Swedenborglan Church,
which meets In the new Knights of Py
thias Hall, Rev. Hiram Vrooman deliv
ered a sermon yesterday on "Spying
Out the Land of Canaan." He said in
part :
"The leading of the children of Is
rael by Moses through the wilderness
for 40 years to Canaan is representa
tive of the Lord's leading us of today
through the life of this world to heaven.
"When the time finally came that the
Israelites found themselves upon the
very border of Canaan, the' land of
promise, towards which their faces
had been set for so long a time, .they
selected 12 of their Princes to go ahead
of their armies to spy out the land.
"The report brought back was that it
was indeed a lond flowing with milk
and honey and most desirable, but, that
the inhabitants were giants and could
not be conquered. But notwithstanding
the gigantic stature of the soldiers of
the enemy Moses and Caleb advocated
immediate entrance of the land, de
claring that they could vanquish the
foe. But the people refused to obey,
from fear.
"This is truly representative of some
of our experiences. A man sometimes
lays aside temporarily all business or
workaday cares, and feels at peace
with his conscience and with his God.
This time may be upon a quiet Sunday
when he gives himself up to serious
meditation upon spiritual subjects
thus he approaches the very borders of
Canaan. In this temporary mood of
spirituality the 12 Princes sent to spy
out the land of Canaan are the only
mental faculties awake on his con
scious plane. For the time being he is
unconscious of the worries and hard
ships and struggles and temptations of
his secular ilfe.
"To him now the glory and reality of
heaven Is as manifest as Canaan was
to the messengers who were spying out
its wonders and attractions. But after
he has sent out mental spies, during a
Sunday's spiritual meditation, and has
had visions of spiritual realities and
gained a knowledge of the heavenly
kingdom, these spies return on Monday
morning, as those spies returned of old,
to be confronted with the desires for
worldly success and with the secular
or business attitude of mind toward
dally problems. And, frequently it is
the case, that when report is made con
cerning Canaan of spiritual investiga
tion before this secular situation, an
evil report is given and announcement
is made that whereas the land indeed
flows with milk and honey, yet the
giants are too strong to be overcome."
SAYS CREEDS ARE OUTGROWN
Sermon by Dr. C. A. Mock at Vnlted
Evangelical Church.
Dr. C. A. Mock, the new president of
the Dallas College, preached yesterday
morning In the First United Evangelical
Church, East Side, on the subject, "Chris
tianity Outgrows Creeds." His text was,
Matthew xxlll:$, "For one Is your mas
ter, even Christ, and all ye are brethren."
Dr. Mock said that the "one" is youl
master, not in the sense of despot, but
in the sense of a teacher. "Christ," he
declared, "is the universal teacher, and
all the world sits at the feet of this
master. But some one asks, 'Is not
Christ not losing his hold on the world
today?' In answer most emphatically,
no.
"Never before have there been so many
to own their allegiance to Christ as at
the present time. The world was never
before so eager to learn of Christ. One
of the greatest 'hits' modern journalism
has made was when a few years ago
McClure's published In serial form a
Life of Christ." The world has not and
never will outgrow the teachings of
Christ,
"The world may and does outgrow
creeds. And why should it not? Ought
not the child to outgrow its first clothes?
Some day you will look at your boy and
see that the buttons are all bursted off
his Jacket, and it won't come together
by four inches, while It and the trousers
have parted company, and his' coat is
ripped up the back and at the shoulders.
Imagine yourself saying to your wife,
'Mother, 1 am convinced that John 13 a
failure. Just look at his clothes.'
"Just so some people Judge of Chris
tianity. It Is a healthy sign when Chris
tianity outgrows a creed. But we must
be careful not to confound creed and
Christianity. Creed, from the Latin
'credo,' 'I believe,' simply indicates what
I believe, and not necessarily what the
thing actually is. We all have a creed.
But It is one that is constantly being
modified to adjust itself to our increasing
knowledge.
"The fact is that, whatever may be
said of creed, the world Is listening more
eagerly than ever to the teachings of
Christ. True it is that we hear much to
day of a '20th century religion' and a
'20th century God.' This may all sound
'advanced' indeed, but does not alter the
fact that the '20th century religion' is a
religion of selfishness, and its god Is the
'golden calf."
"The teachings of Christ are just as
applicable to the 20th century as to any
other period of the world's history."
"The False and the True."
"The False and the ,. True Christian"
was the subject of the sermon by Rev.
Elmo Robinson at the Rodney-Avenue
Christian Church last evening. At the
opening of his discourse Rev. Robinson
proceeded at once to strip the mask from
those who masquerade as Christians for
mean and selfish purposes. He declared
that all professing Christians are in one
or the other of these classes; that is,
they are either counterfeit or genuine,
and each bears the stamp and ring of
the class to which he belongs. Nega
tively he illustrated what the false
Christian stands for.
False Christianity has no restraining
effect," he said, "and it requires nothing
of its professors but show and ostenta
tion. It does not teach or inspire high
Ideals. It does not teach or require per
sonal purity in everyday life. It Is mere
form, superficial, and deceives even the
masquerader Into thinking show Is all
there is about Christianity. It does not
restrain the wealthy pew renter, the man
who contributes largely to the support
of the church, and the man who gives
largely to schools in public, so as
to attract attention. With this class of
professing Christians, Christianity is
mere form; it is mere churchology.
"With the true, real Christian, who
has accepted Christ as an Ideal, we have
a very different picture from the first.
He makes no display. He is simple and
real. His Christianity enters Into and
regulates his life. There Is nothing
strained about his discharge of duty. He
becomes benevolent, not from a sense of
duty to perform a good service in a sel
fish perfunctory way, but he becomes
benevolent from the true Inspirations of
his real Christian life. 'He visits the
sick. He relieves the wants of the
widows and the orphans because his heart
goes out In tender sympathy for all hu
man suffering. Self he forgets altogether.
His highest happiness is gained In mak
ing somebody else happy. If he gives
largely or small his act Is heralded broad
cast in the land. All this Is the natural
overflow of a soul filled with the love
o Christ."
BRINGS NEW PLAYS
Manager Baker Returns From
His Trip to the East.
PLANS FOR THE SEASON
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Finest Stock Company In Its History
Will Open the Baker Theater
September 2 Jew Faces
and Old Will Be Seen.
The Baker Theater will open September
2 with the production of Winston
Churchill's play, "The Crisis." Miss Lil
lian Lawrence, John Sainpolls and a
number of the old favorites in addition
to several well-known people frdm the
East will be in the cast.
George L. Baker, manager of the Baker
and Empire Theaters, arrived from New
York last evening and brought with him
many new plays for the coming season.
While In the East he Becured the serv
ices of some of the best known stock
performers in the country.
Lillian Lawrence, who has attracted un
usual attention at her old home In Bos
ton, where she was leading woman for
seven years, will return to Portland this
week. Richard Thornton, a well known
and prominent theatrical man, will be
the new leading man with the Baker
Stock Company. Miss Mina C. Gleason,
an old favorite here, has also been en
gaged. John Steppllng will bo the co
median. Mr. Baker spent six weeks visiting the
different companies in the East, and was
successful in obtaining the services of
Miss Frances Slossen as Ingenue. William
Gleason, who Is well known here, will
have the character parts. Miss Frances
Arno, who has never been seen in Port
land, will be the second woman. Among
the other old favorites who are on the
list are Donald Bowles, Howard Russell
and William Harris.
John Sainpolls, who Is Interested with
Mr. Baker ln-the stock company, will also
arrive this week.
Rehearsals to Begin Soon.
All the members of the company will
have arrived in Portland by the end of
the week, and rehearsals will begin
within ten days. Mr. Baker, in addition
to securing the services of unusually
clever and well-known people, also made
arrangements for the production here of
many of the best-known plays that have
been put on in the East during the past
year. Most of them have never been
produced on the Pacific Coast.
Twelve of Charles Frohman's successes
will be produced. These are all high roy
alty plays, and among the best to be had.
Several of Lelber & Co.'s plays, none of
which have ever been staged on the
Coast, are on the list for the stock com
pany. Kelsey & Shannon's great success,
"Taps," will be among the repertoire.
with "In the Bishop's Carriage," "The
Prodigal Son" and Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell's wonderful success, "The Sorceress."
Greatest Season of History.
The stock company was completed only
after Mr. Baker had spent more than a
month in the cities of the East studying
the characters before making his final de
cisions. He is particularly enthusiastic
about his new people, and has no hesi
tancy in making the statement that the
coming season at the Baker will be the
greatest In Its history.
Mr. Baker attended the opening per
formance of "The Scrap of Paper" at the
Globe Theater in Boston at the time
Miss Lawrence received her remarkable
ovation. The news was telegraphed to
Portland that the applause which greeted
her continued four minutes, and this
statement Is verified by Mr. Baker. For
seven years she had been leading lady
at the Castle Square Theater Stock Com
pany in Boston and was a great favorite.
The Empire Theater will open Septem
ber 2 with an entirely new play. Mr.
Baker also paid much attention to the
plays for this house, and Is congratulat
ing himself on his success. Many of the
pieces he has secured have never been
produced here, and all are up to date and
the best to be had in the East.
Blondes Are Going Out
ol Fashion
Brunettes Now Most Admired of
Lovely Women, and the Price of
Peroxide Is Declining.
WOULD you believe it?
Blondes, the natural kind and the
artificial, if there should really be any
of the latter, are really and truly going
out of fashion? Tea sir, and yes ma'am,
twenty-three for Mrs. and Miss Blonde.
Why, would you believe it, the fad for
dark-colored hair hasi gone so far that
a number of Portland blondes, the natural
and unadulterated kind, have actually
taken a step or tow Jn the direction of
the revolution and are now transforming
themselves to brunettes. It takes every
kind of people to make a world, and
that every kind is certainly on earth to
day. Only a few years ago women by the
hundreds were running to the "hair
dresser" to be made into blondes. Now
the style has been reversed and the ilght
halred beauties are no longer satisfied
and are doing everything in their power
to become brunettes. And doubtless they
will succeed.
It is reported that the new fad was
started by a hairdresser to create new
business, but this report cannot be veri
fied. The market price of peroxide of hydro
gen is declining.
NOT MEMBERS OF MAFIA
Manager of D'Urbano's Band Pre
sents Statement About Musicians.
I RuzzI, manager of D'Urbano's
Band at The Oaks Is very much pro
voked at the statement alleged to have
been made by Ernest Vanucci that the
members of the organization belonged
to the Black Hand. Vanucci assaulted
Thomas Antonelll and was fined 10 by
Judge Cameron, judgment being sus
pended. Vanucoi made the statement that he
was worried that death would claim
him if ho made another assault upon
Antonelll.
"Why, It is absurd to say that the
musicians are members of Mafia," re
marked Mr. Ruzzl last night. "No
threats have been made against the life
of Mr. Vanucci by members of the
band."
Arrivals and Departures.
ASTORIA, Aug. 19. Condition of the bar
at 5 P. M., smooth: wind northwest, weather
partly cloudy. Arrived down at 8-A. M. and
sailed at 2 P. M., barkentlna Tropic Bird
and schooner Sequoia, for San Francisco;
sailed at 2:40 P. M., schooner Halcyon, for
San Francisco; sailed at 12:30 P. M , Brit
ish, steamer Comerlc. tor Port Plrls ar.
rived at 2 P. M. and left up at 3:30 P. M..
steamer Hllonlan. from Ban Francisco.
Ban Francisco. Aug. la. Arrived British
s'alp Crown of Germany, from Antwerp;
steamer Newburg. from Gray's Harbor:
steamer Newport, from Unga; schooner John
Q. North, from LuJlow; steamer Helt'n
P. Drew, from Rainier; steamer Spokane,
from Seattle.
Hongkong, Aug. IS. Arrived previously
China, from San Francisco, via Honolulu and
Yokohama; Mongolia, from San Francisco,
via Honolulu, Yokohama, etc.
Suez. Aug. 19. Arrived Keemun. from
Seattle, via, Hlogo, Hongkong, etc., for
Liverpool.
HEAT SHRIVELS THE GRAIN
Reports of Damage to Crops In the
Central West.
SIOUX CITY, la., Aug. 19. (Special.)
Hot winds the past two days, fol
lowing a week of unusual torpidity, the
maximum temperature being dally from
00 to 100, has created fear among grain
men that widespread damage to the
lato grain and corn has been done. To
day has been a scorcher, although there
are indications tonight of- a let-up.
From Western South Dakota, West
ern Nebraska and the northern central
part, of South Dakota and Southern
Minnesota reports today are that late
grains had been ripened so rapidly that
the berries are budly shriveled. The
greatest harm Is expected In cornfields,
which have not In ten years, accord
ing to reports a week ago, promised
such abundant yields.
Corn Is in tender tassel, with the ker
nel in the most sensitive stage of its
life. Where moisture has been suffi
cient the damage will be light, but in
the vast territory west and northwest
from hero it has been dry for two or
three weeks and when the hot winds
came the vegetation has been largely
robbed of Its power of resistance. Good
authority places the depreciation in the
corn crop as the result of the last
week of fierce heat, at from o to 1'
per cent on the average, with much
greater loss over various extensive re
gions. BREAK UP A CRAP GAME
Police Swoop Down on Sportive Cir
cus People Giant to Be Arrested.
Just because his money burns in his
capacious pockets and his prodigious
fingers fairly ache with a desire to
give the "bones" one roll for luck
whenever he sees a crap game in
progress, the burly giant who Is one
of the side-show attractions with the
Forepaugh & Sells Bros.' circus will
do a stunt in Police Court prior to
taking his place among the other
freaks when the big show opens this
afternoon.
Police Sergeant Jones, accompanied .
by two patrolmen, strolled out to the
circus; grounds at Twenty-fifth and
Raleigh streets early this morning and
surprised a small but select party of
circus people engaged In an exciting
game of craps. Somebody yelled "Hey
Rube!" in the nick of time, and the
raid the officers were about to make
failed. But the players are all marked
men. Especially the "eight-foot man."
Warrants for the arrest of the giant
and his fellow gamblers will be sworn
out this morning when court opens, and
they will be taught that Portland is a
truly moral city.1
Most of the men engaged in the dice
game were negro roustabouts.
BLAZE ON THE EAST SIDE
Olympic Warehouse Saved by Quick
Ilesponse of Fire Department.
Fire, supposedly of Incendiary origin,
broke out In the Olympic warehouse &
Milling Company, at the corner of East
Front and East Stark streets, at 2:55
this morning. A still alarm brought
out engine No. 7, and the flames were
quickly quenched.
Letters dropped on the railroad near
the warehouse led to the belief that
the office of . the building had been
looted before being set on fire.
The flames started In the storeroom
in the basement of the building and
were discovered by Policeman Peevin
before they hud gained much headway.
DEFENDED BY HIS PASTOR
Rockefeller Declared Xot to Be So
Bad as Painted.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 19. Indigestion,
from which he has suffered for three
days, kept Mr. Rockefeller Indoors at his
Forest Hill home today. The Euclid-Avenue
Baptist Church was crowded, many
of those present being strangers, led by
the announcement, that Mr. Rockefeller
would be present. Dr. Cortland Myers,
of the Baptist Tabernacle. Brooklyn,
preached the sermon, during the course
of which he defended Mr. Rockefeller
from newspaper attacks. He said:
"I have known men to be unjustly ac
cused and made to appear worse than the
inside of the gates of hell, still among the
friends who know them and live with
them uiey are loved and respected."
FILM MACHINIE EXPLODES
Toy to Please Dowager Empress Was
Being Tested.
PEKIN, Aug. 19. The explosion of
the gasoline tank used in a lantern
show last Friday, which gave rise to
rumors of attempted assassinations,
took place while Tuan Fang, Governor
of the Province of Hunan, was trying
a moving-picture machine which he
had brought here from Europe for the
amusement of the Dowager Empress,
before taking it to the palace.
The sensation this incident created
In offlcial circles indicates the extreme
state of nervousness prevailing In high
quarters. All the residences of officers
have been heavily guarded by troops
since the explosion.
THUNDER DROWNED NOISE
Boys Crossing Track Do Not Hear
Engine, and Are Killed.
BEREA, Ohio, Aug. 19. (Special.) Fre
and Albert Loomls, sons of a Berea mer
chant, were fatally Injured today by a
Lake Shore train while driving to & fire.
Lightning struck a house in Hamilton
street and the fire department was called.
The boys, hearing the alarm, started
for the scene. Just as they approached
a railroad crossing a terrific peal ol
thunder came, making It impossible for
them to hear an approaching passenger
train. The engine struck the wagon Ir
the middle. The boys were hurle'd high
in the air and fell into a ditch.
Preparing for Naval Review.
NEW YORK. Aug. 19. The battleship
Maine, Missouri, Kentucky and Kear
sarge, of the first Atlantic fleet, under
command of Rear-Admiral Evans; the
Minneapolis and the Columbia and the
naval yacnt Mayflower, the latter from
Monte Chrlstl, have arrived off Tomp-kinsvllle.
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