THE MORNING ' OKEGOXIAX. FRIDAY. MAT 29; 1903.
DlbGIPLIN
wLL
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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
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EXCLUSIVE
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FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
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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.