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THE MORNING ' OKEGOXIAX. FRIDAY. MAT 29; 1903. DlbGIPLIN wLL E NOT 6E CHANGED Methodist Conference Buries the Motion in Regard to Amusements. MOVE TO CHECK DIVORCE J'i-ommhI Agitation for I HI for in Laws on Divorrc Bishops As- xient'd to Itslclcnccis Smith Sent to Portland. KA1.T1.MOF1B. .Mil., May 2S. Adverse ac tion . today by the Methodist Episcopal Goneral Conference on an apparently un important motion is said tonight to have hack of It a determination on he part of a large number of delegates to bury tiie whole question of whether or not paragraph 34 of the Book of Discipline, which deals with amusements, shall be chanced. The motion -in question was that a time be net for consideration of the re port of the committee which had the matter under consideration. The motion was lost by a decisive vote. Want I'niform Divorce Laws. Rev. R. A. Chase has prepared a new paragraph which will be offered to the conference for insertion in the Book of Discipline, relative to divorce.' It calls upon the proper national authorities to make a special- study of divorce and is Intended to create a sentiment in favor 0 uniform divorce laws In all the states of the union, such laws to be In har mony with the findings of the Inter Church Conference of Protestant Church es on this subject. The paragraph also suggests that in the proposed uniform laws a provision be Included requiring as a prerequisite to the filing of a suit for divorce by any one coming to a state for the purpose of filing such a suit, a stay of the same length of time as would be necessary to secure a legal resi dence In that state. Assignment of Bishops. The assignment of bishops to ' the various episcopal residences was report ed to the committee on the episcopacy tonight by a special committee of 19 and adopted by the full committee during a meeting tonight that lasted until nearly midnight. The assignments are as fol lows: Boston John W. Hamilton Buf-nne Ayres, Argentina. -Frank M. Bristol Buffalo Joseph W. Berry Chattanooga, Tenn. . . .'William P. Anderson Chicago William F. McDowell Cincinnati David H. Moore Denver Henry W. Warren Fno chow. China W. S. Lewis New Orleans Thomas B. Neely New Yom Daniel A. Gnc.di.ell Oklahoma City William A. Quayle Omaha John Nuelsen Pekin. China James W. Bashford Philadelphia Luther B. Wilson Portland, Or Charles W. Smith St. Louia Henry Spellmyer ft. Paul ) . . . .. , ... . Robert Mctatyre San Francisco Edwin H. Hughes WaahlnKton. D. C Earl Cranston Zurich. Switzerland William Burt KEEP MINISTERS IX PULPIT Laymen Complain of Participation In Church Business. By It. I.. Under.' Kdltor Pavifle Christian Advocate. BALTIMORE. Md.. May 21. (Special Correspondence.) The first thunder cloud that has arisen In the Methodist , sky is now In sight on account of the attitude of some of the laymen on . the question of filling the positions connect ed with the business management of the church. When the call was made for the meeting of the laymen, who are mem bers of the general conference. It was very emphatically, but briefly opposed by Dr. J. M. Buckley. He called attention to the fact that it would appear to be a very singular thing if the ministerial members of- the conference were to hold a meeting aside from that - in which the laymen participated, but the meeting was held, nnd some disgruntful brethren gave expression to great dissatisfaction over the fact that ministerial brethren were anxious to turn aside from their Work as gospel preachers to conduct the business affairs of the church. -. This was especialy condemned In the case of ministers undertaking the man-ase-ment Qf the publishing Interests of the church. The singular 'thing about It Is that the claim was made, that the fact that the publishing houses are not more profitable Is because they are managed by ministers and ministers are not ex pected to bave great business sagacity. The thing that makes this peculiarly strange Is that with one exception for a hundred years there were no laymen who had anything to do with.-the business af fairs of the publishing Interests of the church and there has been but one lay man who has occupied a responsible place in the management of the Book Concern, since the death of Mr. L. M. Phillips, who whs the exception previous to 18X9, and this one who is now the publishing agent of Chicago, has not been a transcendent ly conspicuous success. Only Blunder a Layman's. It was under the management of Mr. Phillips in New York that the present great building was erected on Fifth ave nue and Twentieth street. The great est criticism that has ever been offered on the business management of any In terest connected with the church has been on the location of this great fac tory on grounds so very valuable as that of the property on Fifth avenue. The laymen who are ignorant of the situation frequently rave over the idea of putting a factory in such a place as that which it occupies in New York. But the ministers are not responsible for this grave mistake. tt has been under the management of ministers that the Methodist Book Con cern has grown since 178S, with a debt of ii'-OO with which to begin operation, to a capital stock free from al incum brance of about J4.250.000. The profits of the business during last year were S.1AK.O00. after paying all expenses and making liberal discounts on stock and machinery. The publishing interests of the Methodist Episcopal Church are the most extensive under one organ ization of any In the world. It Is therefore very difficult for one. who Is Informed, to un derstand how it comes about that any Intelligent business man can seriously criticise the ability of Methodist preach ers to manage business affairs. The fact Is that men who are capable of handling such large Interests as that which is now under the direction of the Rev. Baton -and - Malna. of New York, and the Rev. H. C. Jennings, of Cincin nati, usually command from 110.000 to 160. )00 per annum, while these men labor each for 5X a year. It la probably the :ese that the men who are finding such 'ault with ministers occupying these posi .lone arc not successful in the depart ments where they are now operating and desire some place which will give them a living. If the voice of these laymen wore to be heeded and laymen were to be put In tlace of ministers In managing the iffaJra of the church, salaries would either bave to be very greatly increased or the church would have inferior man agement, as do highly endowed success ful business man would be willing to take the positions at the salaries now given. '1 Preachers Good Managers. It is a little singular, anyway.' when one hears, laymen talking about the Inability of ministers to conduct business. It la doubtful If there is another set of men In the world who are-so successful in the management of their own affairs and the affairs of the church as the ministers of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church. On meager salaries they appear in public usually well clad, clean and respectable. Their families are astonlshinlT-well pro vided for; their children are usually edu cated far above the average of the com munity in , which they live. They have succeeded in building churches all over the United States, seldom losing -one even In times of adversity. Over a hundred million dollars are invested in collfge and university property, and nearly an equal amount In endowment. '. To be sure, all this money has come from laymen, and the two classes have worked ' together harmoniously and suc cessfully. It will be a sad day if tqere should ever come a time when the rela tions between the laymen and the minis ters become strained. But it will be an occasion for great rejoicing when laymen shall give themselves with such devotion as to insure success to the nnancial in terests of the church. and relieve the min isters so that they may be free to devote themselves without distraction to the min istry of the word. It should not be thought strange, however, if ministers who have had meager salaries but great success, and know themselves and are known of their brethren to be success ful business men, shall seek a position wnere they can serve the church and ad vance the interests of the cause, and at the same time secure a more comfortable livelihood for themselves and their fam ilies. While this flurry seems at present somewhat threatening and Is very dis agreeable, it will doubtless pass over and nothing serious will come of it. The name of another Governor has come prominently before the General .Confer ence. This time it is Charles a Hughes, of New York. He wrote Bishop Hamilton a reply to a communication sent him by the General Conference indorsing his po sition on the question of horse racing and gambling and expressing the hope that he would succeed. The following is his let ter My Dear Bishop Hamilton: I have the honor to aoknowledg receipt of your letter pf the 12th instant, setting forth the reso lutions adopted by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church with re gard to the matter of racetrack gambling; and the proposed legislation for the purpose or abolishing it ln-thla state. Permit mo to express my hisrh appreciation of the action taken by the conference and of ' the aasurance of your support in this contest to put an end to disgraceful conditions and to secure decent respect for the fundamental law of the state. With cordial greeting to those In attend ance at the General Conference, and with as surance of my high regard. I have the honor to remain very reepectfullv yours. . CHARLES K. HUGHES, KILLS CHARGES AGAIXST DAT Metliodist Committee Clears Chan cellor Xew Bishops Residences, i BALTIMORE, Md., May 28. Rev. George A. Cooke's appeal against the ruling of Bishop Moore in the matter of Mr. Cooke's charges against Chancellor J. R. Day, of Syracuse University, whom Mr. Cooke charged with disrespect to President Roosevelt, has been dismissed by the judiciary committee of the gen eral conference of the Methodist .Episco pal Church. The report of the commission on the San Francisco Methodist Episcopal Churches destroyed by the great fire was unanimously adopted today after an" ap peal for funds by. Bishop John V.. Ham ilton and delegates from California. Lay men attending the conventllon have al ready subscribed 49,000 toward the fund of $250,000 asked ?or the purpose. The new episcopal residences were fixed at New Orleans, St. Paul, Okla homa City, Foo Chow and Pekin. At tempts to have Los Angeles or Detroit named in place of Philadelphia were withdrawn today. They were renewed at the expense of New Orleans, but the ef fort failed. It was decided to merge the publishing interests of the denomination, now con ducted under the corporations, the Meth odlst Book Concern at New York and the Western Methodist Book Concern at Cincinnati, into one corporation, -com publishing plants will be continued. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, of Washington, has received a note of congratulation on his election to the episcopacy from Mr. Roosevelt. ARGUES FOB DELAY House Committee Majority Op poses Stevens Bill. FINDS' NO PULP TRUST Russia Honors Her Dead. ST. PETERSBURG, May 28. The mon ument to the memory of the officers and sailors of the naval guards battalion who lost their lives in the battle of the Sea of Japan, was unveiled here today. Among those who assembled to witness the cere mony were the Dowager Empress, the Queen of Greece, several of the Russian Grand Dukes and Admiral Rojestvensky. DYNAMITE CAUSES PANIC 1HOIGHT EXISTS OXLY IX THE CHILDREN'S MIXDS. Children . lit Chicago Schoolhouse Rush pellmell to Street at Humor of Plot. CHICAGO, May 23. Rumors that an Italian secret society had ' formed a plot to dynamite the Dante School on Desplalnes street caused a panic this afternoon among- the 1730 pupils. About 600 of the. children became panic-stricken and fled from the build ing. Many of thera were knocked down in the rush for the doors and slightly bruised, but none of them was seriously injured. For several days there have been rupiors that the school might be blown up with dynamite. There has never been any foundation for the stories, but they have served to make the pupils and their parents somewhat nervous. This afternoon somebody fired a number of shots in an alley ad joining: the school, and instantly hun dreds of children left their seats and ran for the doorways. The teachers finally managed to quiet the children, but not before sev eral hundred of them had fled into the street. INJURED IN LOGGING CAMP S. P. Sludobuker, Workman, Re ceives Broken Leg. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. May 2S. (Spe cial.) While working In Loughlin's log ging camp, near Olequa, this county, yesterdaj- morning-. S. P. Studebaker, a hook tender, suffered the breaking of his right leg below the knee. In putting the choker about the end of a log a pole was included in Its grip without the hook tender being' aware of the fact. When the line tightened the pole wa swung around parallel with the log and struck Studebaker's leg. About 4 o'clock yestrrday afternoon. Chet Bemis. of this city, met with a painful accident and suffered the loss of a portion of one of bis fingers while running the clipper saw in the Oowlitz Shingle Company's mill. Aiiy Change In Tariff Should Be i Made Only After Farther Inves tigation Minority for Im mediate Repeal of Duty. 1 WASHINGTON. May 28. The special committee of members of the House ap pointed on complaint of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association to In vestigate the wood pulp, and print paper situation in relation to the tariff and with regard to an alleged conspiracy in re straint of trade today submitted a ma jority and a minority report. The majority report, which is signed by Representatives Mann -of Illinois, Miller of Kansas, Stafford of . Wisconsin and Bannon of Ohio, is a preliminary report and recommends that no legislation af fecting wood pulp and print paper be en acted until the committee has finished Its investigation and reported. The minority report, which is signed by Representatives Sims of Tennessee, and Ryan of New York, recommends passage of the Stevens bill to place wood pulp and print paper upon the free list.- The majority report Is summed up In the following words: "As the present price of paper, would not to any considerable degree be Imme diately affected by the repeal of the tariff and as the passage of the Stevens bill in Its present form might spell ruin to the paper industry and ruinously high prices for paper in the near future, your com mittee believes it the part of wisdom be fore making recommendations for posi tive legislation to wait. until Its Inves tigation has been completely and thor oughly digested." Fails to Prove Combine. As to the charge of the existence of a combination In restraint of trade, the re port says: "The evidence before the Committee so far fails to prove any combination of print paper manufacturers to advance prices or otherwise In restraint of -trade, but considerable evidence was presented which - excites suspicion that such com bination had been made and la In ex istence." Regarding the removal of the tariff, the report says: . '- "As to the removal of the tariff on print paoer and wood pulp, it Is intimately con nected with the conservation of the forest resources In the United States as well as its effect upon the paper manufacturing industry and newspaper publishing. The committee is not yet prepared to make recommendation as to the permanent pol icy of the United States in regard to the duty on paper -and wood pulp. - "Your committee proposes during the Summer vacation to continue Its Investi gations and expects to be able to present to the House at the next session definite recommendations, based upon complete investigation thoroughly considered. . "The decreased consumption of paper consequent upon general business condi tions In the country means a lessened de mand for pulp-wood and we believe a con sequent return to normal prices." Minority for Stevens' BUI. The minority report Indorses the Ste ven, uni in us entirely ana recommends its passage. Discussing the Issues be tween the publishers and the paper, man ufacturers, the report states that an acute situation which might be termed "trade hysteria," was precipitated In 1907 In newspaper print paper manufacture, when a group of 16 Wisconsin mills, known as the Wisconsin Wood Pulp As sociation, bought 50,000 cords of pulp wood In the Province of Quebec, Canada, which purchase entailed a transportation of that material a distance of 1500 miles. "It demoralized the wood- pulp manufac factor into what was more or less of a speculative operatia" says the report. "It demoralized the wood pulp manufc ture of the United States as well as Can ada, where nearly a million cords of pulp wood are bought for export to the United States." The report points out the fact that more than half of the spruce wood used in American mills for making news print paper comes from Canada. FIVE YEARS; HEAVY FINE Continued from First Page. other depositors who were constantly withdrawing their accounts. When the bank closed the money was all gone and the demand of the state . for repayment was refused "for want of funds." This prosecution was then brought by District Attorney Manning of Multnomah County, under Section 1807 of the Code, which provides in substance that, "If any person shall have In possession any money whatever belonging to the state or fn which the state has an interest, and shall in any way convert the same to his own use or neglect or refuse to pay the same over as by law directed or re quired or when lawfully demanded so to do, such person shall be guilty of larceny, and upon conviction shall be punished by Imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than 15 years, and by fine equal to twice, the amount converted or refused to be paid." Tries to Sliift Responsibility. Upon the allegation that a fair trial could not be had In Multnomah County. the case was transferred to Marion for trial and a verdict of conviction resulted after a hard-fought legal battle. The de fense set up was that the Treasurer had a right to deposit the school funds In the bank, and that they were handled as other deposits, and the failure of the bank was merely a misfortune and not a crime, and that no criminal statute had been violated. It was also urged that the stat ute quoted related only to defalcations by public officers who came into the pos session of public money. Further, it was argued that it a crime had been com mitted, the wrongful act was that of the Title Guarantee A Trust Company, and not that of Ross; who had not personally taken the money. The contention of the state was that the statute plainly applies to "any person," whether an official or not, and to those who "have possession" of public money. whether that possession be acquired le gally or illegally, and that It applies, whatever the reason for non-payment. Law Very Plain, Says Judge. In giving his Instructions to ..the Jury, Judge Burnett declared as a matter of law. among other things, that it was not necessary .to prove that Ross had taken the money personally or that he had used it -for his personal benefit. If he was in any way a party -to the offense he wou,ld be guilty under the statute which makes an accomplice liable aa a principal. In other respects bis instructions were in The Plymouth, Clothing jiouse of St. Paul and Minneapo lis has this to say about the ' Gordon Hat "What do we think of the Gordon Hat? . We think well of it or we wouldn't offer it to our trade. v Experience has . taught us that a first class article, well advertised, is a busi ness magnet; and the num ber of customers who buy the Gordon Hat,..' season after season, is convincing proof that it is in a hat class by itself." The Plymouth Clothing Hogs ' FOR SALE BY accordance wih the contentions of 'the prosecution. After the verdict the time for passing sentence was postponed In order that a motion for rehearing and for arrest of Judgment might be heard. These motions were argued yesterday and this morning. and Immediately thereafter Judge Burnett decided the motions adversely to the de fense and Imposed the sentence as stated above. The arguments on the motions were substantially the same as at the trial of the case. Suspend Sentence During Appeal. Ross was in court this morning when the case was decided, but there was no change In his expression -when he heard Open Tonight Until 10:30 Closed Saturday Decoration Day "Forced Thro the Wall" Great A Iteration Sale Our large stocky of high class Suits and Overcoats are going fast. Notwithstanding -the onslaught of. the past few days, there are plenty of these Suits left. The sale started with NOT MERELY A FEW, but hundreds of Suits, embracing every shade, coloring ' V and pattern one could wish for. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Go. CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS the sentence. Attorney McCamant had a notice of appeal ready and served It Im mediately. Bail was fixed at K000, which was furnished, with A. A. Llndsley, of Portland, and John T. Ross, of Astoria, as sureties. Judge Burnett granted a certificate of probable cause for appeal, remarking that this is the practice, In all cases where a debatable question is involved. This has the effect of suspending service of sen- tence pending appeal. MISS WARREN GETS CASH Swell tan shoes at Rosenthal's. Wins Contest of Will of Friend Who Committed Suicide. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 Final dis position of the Bertha Dolbeer will con test was made today by the State Su preme Court in a decision written by Justice Henshaw' and concurred In by Justices Lorigan and McFarlane. - The decision of the Superior Court, In which Horatio Schander. an uncle of Bertha Dolbeer, was contestant, was affirmed and the will therefore wfll be considered valid as written. Miss Dolbeer's will left her entire for tune to Miss Etta M. Wartren, her friend and traveling companion, who was with her at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel In New York when she committed! suicide by hurling herself from an upper window to the pavement of tne courtyard. It was charged by the contestant thai undue in fluence was exerted by Miss Warren when the will In her favor was made. Germany sends 29.000.000 feathers a yeas to England for mllltm-ry pnrpwwm. Store Closed All Day Saturday Decoration Day LARGEST AND LEADING FUR MANUFACTURERS OF THE WEST. EXCLUSIVE OUTFITTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Cor. 4th and Morrison Sts. Friday's S pecials in Brief Take advantage erf these- exceptional bargain offerings and dress up for Decoration day and Rose Festival week. See Window Displays. Grand Rose Festival Sale Fine Tailored Suits, originally (1Q 7C . worth from $40 to $45,red.to PO J O This is quite unusual to offer the best and most popular styles in tailor-made Suits at this extremely low r e du c t i 0 n. Take advantage. ONLY : ' : . . $18.75 Odds and Ends in Misses' and Children's Dresses for Only $1.98 , We are offering a limited number of Misses' arid Children's White and Colored Lawn Dresses, sizes 8 to 16 years, at values as high as $8.00, for only v $1.98 The reason of this remarkable reduction is due to the fact that they are slightly soiled from handling, and we wish to close them out at this low price .$1.98 $3.00 Parasols $1.19 About 50 Ladies' New 'Summer Para sols, in the following colors: White, navy, light blue, pongee, tan and brown. Values to $3.00, for only .$1.19 Our Children's Dept. Specials at V4 Off Children's Dresses in all sizes, from 6 months to 6 years, all col ors and white ONE-FOURTH OFF. ONE-FOURTH OFF on babies' Bonnets and Hats. ONE-FOURTH OFF on children's Coats, in linen, pique, wool . serge and covert cloth, in all colors. ONE-FOURTH OFF on .children's Sweaters; white, blue and red. MOTHERS Take advantage of this sale and dress the little ones up for Rose Festival Week. 35c Jabots and Stocks 21c Special lot of dainty Jabots, Stocks and Ties, all the latest styles; regular 35c values, for only 21 Linen Skirts Special $1.39 A sample line of Linen Skirts in white, blue and col ored rep, in both pleated and gored effects; several different styles for your choosing, at the extremely low price of : $1.39 GRAND MILLINERY 12 Price Special l2 Price Your choice of any Hat in our establishment at One Half Price. We call particular attention to the fact that all hats are this season's styles, and good, clean, up-to-date merchandise. Your choice in either pat tern, street or dress hats, at ONE-HALF OFF REG ULAR PRICE. 1 2 and 1 6-Button , Silk Gloves 9Sc A special offer in Ladies' Fine Quality Silk Gloves, 12 and 16-button lengths, regular, values $1.50 and $1.75; extra special, only . . . j 98 Colors: White, black, pink, red, blue - and browns. FUR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Special inducements offered for all repairing and remodeling for the Summer. All Furs remodeled at a cost of $5.00 and upwards, STORED FREE OF CHARGE DURING THE SUMMER. WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR RAW FURS. SEND FOR PRICE-LIST.