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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908.
COUNCIL PUNS TO
T
TIN CHI
Committee Votes to Shut Off
Prosecution for Violation of
Fire Limits Law.
TIES DOBSON'S HANDS
Building Inspector Says He Will Be
Helpless if Council Carries Out
IntentionEast Side Resi
dents Protest.
Aftr voting to grant a special per
mit, which was illegal, the City Coun
cil will shut off further prosecution of
C. W. Nottingham by adopting a reso
lution instructing City Attorney Kav
anauglr to drop proceedings In the
rase, now before the Municipal Court.
This is the recommendation of the com
mittee on health and police, made yes
terday morning, and there seems no
doubt It will be ratified next Wednes
day by the main body, although Coun
cilman Concannon will make a minor
ity report.
The Council voted a special permit
to Senator Nottingham to "alter" a
two-story frame building, located at
Kast Second and East Stark streets. In
the fire limits, and he proceeded vir
tually to build a. new and large struc
ture. He was arrested by Building In
spector Dobson, who declares the act
to be the most flagrant violation of
the building ordinance ever perpe
trated in this city, to his knowledge.
Inspector Dobson demanded that the
building be torn down, but the Coun
cil, having already illegally sanctioned
. the alleged flagrant violation, will now
protect Senator Nottingham's interests
by arbitrarily stopping prosecution.
W. B. Hall and C. A. Bigelow, rep
resenting large interests on the East
Side, appeared before the committee
yesterday morning and declared that
the whole district is up in arms over
the matter. They demand to know
what protection there is, if one indi
vidual can proceed with a violation
bo open and flagrant, despite the pro
tests of business men and the loud
romplaint of the Building Inspector.
They were given no satisfaction what
ever by the majority of the committee
men. Councilman Concannon, chairman of
the committee, declared that the Coun
:ll alone is responsible for the state
f affairs, his remark being occasioned
by a statement made by Councilman
Wills, who said that Building Inspec
tor Dobson should have furnished the
Council with a written opinion from
lty Attorney Kavanatigh, to the ef
fect that the Council should not grant
luch a permit. Mr. Wills became very
ingry at Inspector Dobson, and told
Hie latter that he is to blame for the
humiliating condition in which the
Council finds itself. Mr. Concannon
replied to Mr. Wills by declaring the
Council to blame, and that Inspector
Dobson has done his full duty.
L. A. McNary, formerly City Attor
ney, represented Senator Nottingham,
nd furnished the resolution, which
was recommended for adoption, order
ing City Attorney Kavanaugh to cease
further prosecution. Inspector Dob
ion, in- the course of his remarks, ex
pressed the opinion that Senator Not
tingham's actions in this matter have
een strikingly peculiar for one who
Sas been elected to make laws for
ther people to obey.
Inspector Dobson declared that,
ihould the Council adopt the resolution
jext Wednesday, it will play havoc
with his work, as, he said, it will be
Impossible for him to refuse to others
the privilege granted by the Council
lo Senator Nottingham, and will open
ap all kinds of embarrassing condi-:ions.
PI DELTA KAPPA TO MEET
High' School Fraternity. Will Hold
Annual Convention.
The sixth National convention of the
PI Delta Kappa fraternity will open in
Portland Monday morning, July 6, and
will continue through the week, end
ing Saturday, July 11. The sessions
will be held In the Portland Commercial
Club Auditorium and will be under the
auspices of the two Portland chapters,
the Oregon Beta of the Portland High
School and the Oregon Gamma of Port
land Academy. This fraternity is rec
ognized as one of the strongest organ
izations of its kind in the country,
and has 25 chapters In various parts
of the Vnited States. The chapters
are located principally in the Middle
West, California and the Pacific North
west. In addition to the business sessions,
which will be held on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Saturday, numerous events
have been planned for the entertain
ment of the visiting delegates, who
will number about ;0. The following
committee is In charge of the arrange
ments: Elmor K. Young, chairman;
Frank Howell. Howard Charlton. Dick
Jones, Chauncey Sperry and Harold
Bates. Following is the complete pro
gramme: Monday ( Morning). Receiving and
registering delegates. (Afternoon). Re
ception of delegates. Portland Commer
cial Club. (Night). Reception for
ladies at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Charlton. Portland Heights.
Tuesday ( Morning). First business
meeting. convention hall. Portland
Commercial Club. ( Afternoon ). Trip
up the Columbia River, with supper at
Bonneville, as guests of the Omega Mu
Sorority. (Night). Banquet Portland
Commercial Club. Dr. Ben I Norden
will preside. The speakers will be
Pereey H. Goodwin. of San Diego,
grand president of the fraternity: Mil
lard Holbrook. Jay H. Fpton, Harry
Gay lord. L. Todd Hazen. Kenneth Fen
ton and Leslie W. Hayes.
Thursday will be devoted to trips to
various points of interest in the vicin
ity. Friday night a grand ball will be
giver, for the visitors in the Masonic
Temple.
The final business session will be
held Saturday morning, when officers
will be chosen. The delegates and
their friends will visit the Oaks Satur
day night as the guests of Manager
Freeman.
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OREGON
WANT HELP OF EAST
United Brethren Conference
Shows Falling Off.
MINISTERS POORLY PAID
Bishop Bell Compares This With
Other Denominations and Says It
Is for East to Furnish More
Money for Work In Oregon.
"I am never willing to give up a fight,
and I think I can whip my weight in
wild-cats and alight on all fours, but I
want the East to give us a fair deal.
Either the Eastern churches must back
up the W'ork out here, or withdraw the
bishop and close up the whole business.
To say that the East has no responsi
bility for the work out on this Coast
is not true. It is responsible and. must
do its whole part. I have 40 ministers
out here and only $S000 with which to
pay their salaries. When I go East to
the general conference I intend to say
these things, and if we do go down then
I'll go, too. It may mean my head, but
I say these things now, and will say
them before the general conference no
matter what the consequence even if
my head goes off."
Bishop W. M. Bell, who Is presiding
over the deliberations of the annual Ore
gon conference of the United Brethren
Church in Christ. In session in the First
Church on East Morrison and Fifteenth,
delivered the foregoing vigorous remarks
'yesterday afternoon at the close of a dis
cussion on "the state of the church In
me uregon conference, which was
started by a speech by Dr. W. R. Funk
in the forenoon and carried Into the
afternoon. Practically the time of the
conference was all taken up with the
discussion and the leading ministers all
took part, Including Bishop N. Castle,
Rev. J. H. Rhodes and Dr. F. M., Jones.
Reports Show Xo Increase. 1
Dr. Funk, while speaking on the in
terests or the publishing house in Day-
ion, u., discussed conditions as shown
by the reports of Dr. Jones, nresidina
eider, and the ministers, which did not
show an increase. Dr. Funk criticised
the ministers for reports which showed
no increase in members. He declared
that he would not come to a confer
ence with such reports, and that he would
work night or Aay in order to show an
Increase. He further declared that the
conference could not expect help from
the East on such a showing, indicating
a downward grade.
eee g , jeeoitta mama suomo
that Dr. Funk was coming out to Ore
gon to close up the affairs of the Oregon
conference. A letter to this effect had
been received by Bishop Bell and that
such a letter had been received became
current among the members. While on
his feet Dr. Funk declared that he did
not know that such a letter had been
Bent out, but he declared the statement
that he had such a mission was abso
lutely false and without foundation. He
said that he stood ready to back the Ore
gon conference, but that he did not come
out to "snuff it out, but it must be care
ful or it would snuff Itself out," judg
ing Irom the reports. Dr. Funk nmshed
his address in the afternoon.
Ministers Receive Pittance.
Rev. -J. S. Rhodes replied direct to Dr.
Funk, pointing out conditions in the
West, and comparing the condition of
ministers of the United Brethren Church
with those of the Methodists, whose min
isters, he said, were well paid and well
supported, receiving J800, $1000. $1200 and
$3000 per annum, while United Brethren
ministers received one-third and one-half
as much, and in many cases were ob
liged to work six days a week for their
living and preach on Sunday. Dr. Rhodes
declared that conditions in the West were
different from those in the East, where.
the United Brethren churches had long
been established.
He drew a rather sombre picture of
the experiences of many of the United
Brethren ministers.
Dr. F. M. Jones, who has been pre
siding elder and who submitted his re
port, showing that the past year the con
ference had gained 311 and lost 305 mem
bers, spoke also with much feeling of
conditions, and the failure of the boards
to furnish the support needed to hold
fields that had to be abandoned. Dr.
Jones had declared that under no con
sideration would he accept re-election as
presiding elder in the district, and it
cropped out in the course of the discus
sion that the conditions in the district
were responsible for that decision, but
he declared that if funds were guaran
teed he might undertake the work fur
ther.
East Responsible for Conditions.
Bishop Castle spoke in a more en
couraging tone, and Dr. Parker and Rev.
W. W. Rosebraugh declared that the Ore
gon conference had accomplished as much
since 1889, when it was split, as any con
ference In the United States.
Bishop Bell closed the discussion with
one of the most vigorous addresses ever
heard In any conference In which he de
clared that the smaller churches and con
ferences were finding conditions harder
than ever before. It was so, he said, in
other denominations than the United
Brethren, but It was harder on the Pacific
Coast than In the East. He said that in
spite of his friendship and admiration of
Dr. Funk, he must say that the East was
responsible for the work in the West, and
that when the mission board sent men
Into the torelgn fields their salaries were
guaranteed in hard cash, and there was
no trouble about It. It came in good
United States paper, worth 100 cents on
the dollar. He said that he would make
it part of his business to set before tbe
General Conference the conditions In the
West, and declared that the church haj
no right to send a bishop and men into
the field in th West and- then not back
tijett lift .
"You had better said that in the East,"
declared Dr. Funk.
"Well, I say now and I will say it be
fore the General Conference. They will
hear from me then," thundered Bishop
Bell.
The result of the discussion was that
Dr. Funk said he would do what he could
to secure ample funds from the boarcs
to carry on the work in the Oregon con
ference for the next two years, and this
will now be worked for. The discussion
lasted three hours.
Church Comity Violated.
Much routine business was transacted.
Bishop Castle, Rev. J. S. Rhodes and J.
M. Kittson were appointed to carry out
the resolution of the conference to revive
the old-time campmeeting on the grounds
in Tillamook. In the matter of church
comity between denominations a consid
erable breeze was caused by the report
that In some places the fields and work
of the United Brethren Church had been
encroached on by other denominations.
Rev. J. S. Rhodes declares that such prac
tice was a shame and disgrace and
should meet with public reproof."
Bishop Bell said that church comity
was practiced in other states and that in
California he would attend a meeting
July 11 in which the subject would be
considered. He said further that he
would take up with the bishops of other
denominatibns all cases where there had
been violation of church comity. He said
that there ought to be a church comity
commission to handle such' cases in Oregon.
The pastorate reports of Rev. Dora
Toung, who has charge of Hazel Green,
showed such substantial gain and pros
perity that Bishop Bell .had her stand up
and be commended before the conference.
Rl MAY MAR FESTIVITIES
Nonexistence of Matter.
PORTLAND, July 3. (To the Editor.) A
statement in an article In The Oregonian
which see ma to favor the hypothesis of the
nonexistence of matter, reminds one of a
fttory that Is told of Berkeley, the philoso
pher, who held that belief or one practically
the same.
It was Berkeley's ' Idea that material oh
jects, or all that we know of them, were
only sensations or Impressions; that If there
were no mind, there could- be no oblect
since such can only exist or1 be known to us
as a perception or sensation In the mind or
consciousness. Including;, of course, the con
sciousness or mind of an animal, since ani
mals as welt as men have to perceive ma
terial objects In order to exist on this lower
plane or footstool. This view, of course, wai
when introduced, unpopular, as It is yet,
and was occasionally made fun of, especially
among Berkeley's friends.
One day, Berkeley was invited by some
friends to attend a meeting; or party at one
of London's famous club houses. He went
and enjoyed the occasion, as only London's
wits and llterateurs at that period knew
how to make such occasions enjoyable.
Finally, Berkeley got up to leave the com
pany (he was not a member, only a guest)
and as he was leaving; the hall, one of the
members called out to him (I do not recall
the exact expression, but this is the sub
stance): "Say, Berkeley, don't leave. If
you do, we will forget you and then you will
cease to exist." The roars of laughter which
followed can be easily imagined. A.
OTHERWISE FOURTH AVILIi BE
DAY OP OUTINGS.
Many Portlanders Will Spend Day
in Vancouver, While Crowds
Will Visit Other Towns.
If "Weather Forecaster Beals carries
out his threat to have rain fall today
many Portland residents will be de
terred from taking1 trips planned to
mountain, seaside and sylvan resorts.
Otherwise there will be the greatest
number of people leave the city today
the transportation lines have ever car
ried away from Portland.
' Every town and city in a radius of
a hundred miles and more has ar
ranged to entertain large crowds of
visitors, and in many of the places
elaborate entertainments have been
provided. Albany, for Instance, is giv
ing a three-day celebration, and Van
couver expects thousands to join in a
big parade and celebration under the
auspices of the woodmen of the World
Regular troops from the barracks will
be In the parade and about 1200 Wood
men are counted on to attend from
Portland.
Church picnics are to be given at
Piedmont, Hawthorne Park and the
Exposition grounds, at the latter place
Lafe Pence beiner the orator of the
day, and Wallace McCamant at Haw
thorne Park. There will also be a
large crowd at Oswego on the grounds
of the Catholic orphanage for girls. -
Prominent buildings of the city were
decorated with American flags yester
day in honor of the National holiday,
and today will find every flagstaff in
the city and every vessel in the port
displaying the colors emblematic of the
union of the states and their indepen
dence of foreign domination.
Field sports are to be features at
Hawthorne Park. the Exposition
grounds and at Vaughn street grounds.
Special fireworks will mark the day'a
close at the Oaks, that being the only
display of consequence arranged for.
All the principal stores will remain
closed during the day and some of the
minor places will open In the forenoon
only.
Out of a total of 307. IT. 7 workers in cloth.
ing factories In Great Britain 107.320 are
women, the female tailors numbering; 46,07 U,
to 13,084 men.
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