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THE MORXIXG.OREGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1903. m .t..u....n E REV. "BILLY" SUNDAY AND HIS PARTY It: P. R., L. & P. Co. Suffers Through Lack of Water Pressure in Mains. 1 ". ;"V? 17 The most hifily refined -and healtbfal of baldng powders. Its xnstant use in almost every American household, its sales all over the world, attest its i y!V . LARGE PART IS SAVED wonderful popularity and usefulness. s FUMES DIG GRSHOPS 25 00 till Brick Firewall Restricts Blaze to Carpenter Shop and Barns Filled With Cars and Machine Shops Escape Fiery Element. fire which Rained uncontrollable headway because of feeble water pres sure virtually burned iteslf out after rag-ins for two hours last night at the carshops of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, at Twenty-third and Washington streets, damaging the com pany's property to the extent of $25,000. 'During all this time a stiff wind blew and the firemen worked as best they could with the water facilities avall ' able, but to the fact that a fireproof brick wall intervened between the car penter shop, which was aflre, and the 'car barns, which were filled with cars, and the machine shops, which adjoined. It is no doubt due that the entire rail way property at the head of Twenty third street, valued at several hundred thousand dollars, was not entirely de stroyed by the flames. The brick building on the corner of Twenty-third and Washington streets, used as the carpenter shop, was virtu ally destroyed. A portion of the first floor was saved from the flames, but all of the second floor and the roof were burned. The fire was discovered by Night Watchman Robert Krause, who started on his rounds at 8 o'clock. He rushed to the corner of the street and rang In an alarm from box 138. He then returned and his cries attracted the attention of six or seven other men working in various parts of the build ings, and together they manned the company's fire hose. The amount of water from the water pipes in the plant was Insufficient, and the employes stood and watched tfce flames leap and grow. By the time the firemen reached the scene the blaze had a good start. Only one six-inch water main serves the en tire district near Twenty-third street west of Nineteenth street, and this could not supply water enough for one of Portland's first-class fire engines, carrying three lines of hose. President E. 8. Josselyn. of the Port land Railway. Light & Power Company, was early Informed of the fire and was an interested Fpectator during the pitiful efforts of the firemen to curb the roaring flames with a wholly Insufficient water - supply. 'That such a condition should exist is a difgrace to the city," said he. "I have never seen such a poorly man aged affnlr. They don't seem to be able to get any water at all." Mr. Josselyn was greatly surprised when Battalion Chief Toung demonstrated with a line of hose that the pressure of the water at the fire plug would not rarry the stream a man's length. F I. Fuller, the vice-president of the company, and other officials were among the spec tators which numbered fully 10,000. Most of the loss Involved in the fire was to the building. One car on the lower floor of the carpenter shop was wheeled' out into the street by the em ployes of the company and was not damaged. On the second floor some valuable wood turning machinery and some seasoned stock was destroyed. The shop records were saved by the watch man and his associates. John King, a teamster, living at BIS Hoyt street, received a slight electric shock while attempting to assist the fire men drag a hose across the street. Pa trolman Stewart ran to his assistance. King was helped to a nearby saloon where stimulants were administered. After a short rest he was able to go home. King Is an ex-fireman. Regarding the criticism offered the conduct of the fire by President Josselyn, Chief Campbell said: "I don't think any one would criticise the Fire Department if they knew that It was the fault of the water mains and not of the depart ment that we cannot get a bigger and a quicker water supply out here where there Is only one six Inch main. I came to the fire a short time after Chief Young and took charge and 1 know that at all times the men were doing all they possibly could with what they had to work with." AUTO ROUTE IS ALTERED Clatsop County Court Decides Bridge Over Necanlcum Unsafe. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) In connection with the building of the automobile road from this city along the beach to Seaside, the County Court, at its meeting today, decided not to construct the proposed bridge across the Necanicum River near its mouth, as on account of the damage wrought in that section by the recent gales and high tides the court is convinced that the bridge would not stand. Accord ingly it has decided to plank the road from the beach through Gearhart Park to a connection with the main public highway leading to Seaside, and a contract for the lumber was awarded today. The court also offered a reward to day of $25 for the arrest and convic tion of the murderer of Christ Konlas, who was klUed at Clifton last Friday night. HOME TREATING A CRIME Idaho Local Option Bill Has Server Provisions Left. BOISE. Idaho. Feb. . The Senate to day. In committee of the whole, took fa vorable action on the Senate local op tion bilL The Democrats presented a number of amendments to make the measure constitutional and all but a few unimportant ones were turned down by the Republicans, charging them with per petrating a subterfuge by passing an Im perfect bill In order to present the fiction of carrying out a party pledge. Vigorous objections were made, but to no purpose, to parts of the measure making It a crime to give away liquor even In one's own house, and permitting an officer without a warrant to enter a house and search It for liquor. IIow Sunday Registers. This la the way that Billy Sunday reg istered yesterday at the Oregon Hotel: "Billy Sunday, wife and four kids, Chi cago, IlL, U. S. A." To-lay. "Wednesday. Is positively the last day for discount on West Side gas bills. Read "Gas Tips" Children's shoes reduced at Rosenthal's. .C .IM.U 1 li THE CENTER JMt. M.MIAY IS IMfclMili. nnnnnil in mini lMirl Rev. "Billy" Sunday Attacks Evil of Every Degree. SPEAKS AT WHITE TEMPLE Exhorter Grills Cards, Theaters, and Booze" With Slang and El oquence and Every Kind of , Oral Gymnastic. (Continued From First Page.) unterriiied vehemence. He ripped and ha rared, he tipped and he tared, he pulled out the staple, he knocked off the faucet, he ransacked heaven and earth for new and strange similes, fantastic strings of ground and lofty adjectives, and churned up the most lurid lot of word-llghtnlng that ever came over the theological "pike." Every little calm only presaged another storm. It was sometimes like a pack "of Are-crackers exploding In a barrel, sometimes like a vociferous shout in the darkness, sometimes like a cross cut saw going through an elm knot. But it was always electrical in Its effect. Manner Varies With Words. It was his manner, his gesture, his Jibe, his slang, his unconventlonallty that ran to the grotesque, and what the saintly mlpht even hint was blasphemous that made It different. A great deal of the time his audience laughed with him. He pleaded for the "old-time religion." He pleaded for more Bible-reading, less novel-reading no novel-reading in fact, no cards, no liquor, no dancing, more praying. He was earnest, fiery, sarcas tic, humorous, pathetic, as the mood hap pened to strike him. "Lord, is It I?" Tea. it was Sunday. He chased the devil from pillar to post, from bar-room to bed-cham ber, from turf to timber until he nailed the Satanic hide to the spiritual smokehouse, while the startled pigeons In the belfry above stood first on one leg and then on the other. Sunday miked his metaphors until the rhetoric stuck out like "blobs" in newly rising bread. He said things that shocked his audience and much that amused it. And some things ' that set his auditors to thinking. It was auda cious to a degree. "Lord, is it IT" he would shout, and then go off on a pyro technic tangent of glittering generality that was clear off of the theological tack. Church Fnll of Dry-Rot. He attacked the church as a fossilized decadence of spiritual dry-rot, and shout ed. "We want more God In the church." He pilloried and crucified male and fe male gossips and lashed with scorpion venom of vituperation the fashions and the fripperies of the generation. He stung his hearers into antagonism, only to laugh them into complete accord with his charges. He could well have said, with Ben Johnson: I'll trlp the rasireeJ follies of the tlm Naked as at their birth, and with a whip of steel, Print wounding lashes on their Iron ribs. I fear no strumpet's drug nor ruffian's stab. When I am pleasd to unmask a public vice. Certainly he was unique, and tem pestuous, vibratory and denunciatory; the one and only, the concrete, the crystal lized, the creative, the condemnatory, the crucifying, the church-castigating, the cumulative, comical, cyclonlo "Bill." Long may he wade. Pirate of the deep blue sea, adieu. So long, "Bill." TEXT OP 60TATS DISCOURSE Evangelist Takes Last Supper as Basis of Sermon. "Billy Sunday chose as a basis for his discourse the story of Christ and the last supper, when Judas asked him: "Is it ir' Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane was also made the foun dation for parts of the sermon. A small portion of the speech follows: I may say some things you don't like, but that doesn't make any difference. I ball ur them Juet the same. I believe in the Bible, and that's what I shall preach. When th consensus of scholarship die agree w"h ,h word of God. the consensus of . scholarship can go plumb to hell, for mil I care. The conversions in Spokane in cluded the women of the street, the mil lionaire, the hobo, and the little, gum-chewing, frlszle-headed sissy. Christ told hl dlaclples. "Tou go to town. Tonll Bad there a colt tied, on OF THE PICTURE HOLDING HIS BABY SOX, PAUL-MRS- SUNDAY STAWDS TROTTER ARB AT THE EXTREME RIGHT OF TIIEV PICTURE. which never man sat. Bring him." If the i country tavern in ihubb - " w " " - ! country taverns In our day, thene were a I int in.r.n l,.lllnr nrnnnd. BmoklnfT. chewing, spitting, cuesing. And I can see one fellow swap his cud over from the right to the left side of his mouth and say: . "Hey-awk chew, pwhat are you going to do?" He's Just ilke a lot of you church members who have the asinine effrontery to stand up and tell God what he ought to ao. I don't believe In the universal father hood of God. and the brotherhood of man. It's a lie. You're a creature of God, but you're no child of God unless you're a Christian. You're a child of the devil. A lot of you money-loving, wishy-washy church members will go to a good-for-nothing, stinking card party to carry home a cutglass dish. All these card-playing, theater-going, gambling. tobacco-chewing church members aren't worth three whoops outside of hell. You want the solution to the problem of the 20th century It was the problem of thfl Bret century. We will cap ture the world for God when men will stop lying and selling their souls out to the 'you can't weep over this old community going to hell when you hang onto the beer glass and go to a little, stinking theater, where you can see a leg-show. Go and listen to some girl with painted cheeks and a collar around her waist sing to you. The trouble with the average church member Is that the only law he sees Is the law of his desire. I am no pessimist. I belleva a brighter dav has never dawned on tna church of God. But we are just playing hide and seek with God, and tag with the aYou say, "Give us machinery." Why, we have so much machinery now that you can hear the wheels squeak. There s the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. and the W. C. T. V. and the B. Y. P U. and the X. M. Z. and the J. L. X. Y'. and the Q. R. T- Tr end the O. I. M. E. Z. You go to meet ing After a long wait the leader eays. "Iit's sing 64." Loag pause. "The meeting I. now your. I hope you will all feel free to take part." Long pause. Let s sing nunJbVr 46." You sing, "Oh to Be Nothing Nothing. Only to Sit at His Fet used to sing that at revivals, and found people took It too literally, so we cut It out. A sister gets up and reads s poem from the Epworth Herald. Then they rise and sing. "Throw Out the Lifeline ' but thev haven't strength enough to hang out a clothesline. Another long pause Some one said. "Let's sing number J3. men. "The Lord watch between me ana thee while we are absent one from another, and God's got a hard Job on his hands, too. That kind of a card-playing, theater-going, ragtime-singing church hasn t power enough to cast the devil out of a peanut. These women of wealth, selfish, piggish, players of the game of bridge, auto rid ing, who have a maid to pencil their eye brows, manicure their finger and toenails, who wear four-karat diamonds In their ears, go to the opera In sealskin raiment hanging to their ankles who with thelr stomarhers of diamonds, sweep In, wltn an attendant holding up their train, and four or five detectives watching to see that no one dashes up and JerkB the four karat diamonds out of their ears: and who when the theater Is out go to visit the fashionable restaurants and order welsh rarebit and lobster salad: who, when they get home, tired and Jaded, have a girl to put them to bed. after manicuring their finger-nails, and their toenails, and to stick them into a perfumed bath, and who then lie back there like lazy llsards in the sun oh-h-h-lfs no wonder, the church, is aeWomen. God pity you, you are Just a lot of great big empty shells, perfectly useless. You never darn a sock or hem stitch a handkerchief, or fix anything for the kids. Then you go kiss the pug dog. If I was you. fellers, I wouldn't P'ay "c ond fiddle to a crooked-legged bulldog, I'll tell you that. . , When Jesus was there in the garden I can hear Michael holler down from the parapets of heaven. "Jesus, do you want me to sweep that howling mob Into hell? lust lift your head and I will come. "Not as I will," said Jesus, "but a. thou W "vot""aseri" will" but thaf. where you re into the ditch. That's where you bTow out a cylinder head. Tlat's where you torn out the lights. That's where you hang u5 the receiver. That's where you rtng'ofl That's where you hit the bunker That's where you puncture the tire That s VhVr' you strike out. If I said "Thy will be done." I would lose the trade of the saloonkeepers. I would have to pay W axhta burn my cards, turn my ballroom sbtum.b into a' crasy quilt, let t that other man's wife alone, tell that girl of mine that we must trot square from now on; It costs youoo much, you dirty dog. You will have fobreak"he beer bottle,, take the decanter down from your . sideboard, quit lying all around the neighborhood about that ..woman quit reading novels and go to reading the Bible. It costs you too much. "Bill" also told of his conversion and of the death of Mike Kelly, Ed Will iamson and Frank Bennett, with whom he was formerly associated as a ball player, saying It was because of their bad habits which they neglected to re form 22 years ago. "Billy" Sunday and his party left on a late train for the south last night TROTTER HAS BIG GROWD SPEAKS OS LIQUOR ISSUE AT WHITE TESrPXE. Assistant Also Defends Sunday's Methods and Tells How Spokane Pastors Were- Won Over. With a pathos that brought tears to the eyes of his hearers, Melville Trotter, of the "Billy" Sunday troupe, told the audience that filled the auditorium and gallery of the White Temple yesterday afternoon, of his own conversion from the thralldom of "booze," and of the man ner in which, with the help of his wife, he brought to Christ a railroad man, whom he referred to as "Sam." Mr. Trotter took as a basis for his discourse the gospel story of Christ's miracle at the pool of Bethesda, Dr. J. t y t 3 - 4- Whltcomb Brougher read the scripture lesson. t . . When Mr. Trotter arose to speak he was greeted with applause from the audience, whom he impressed with his sincerity. He opened his talk by saying he would turn no handsprings but would leave that for the speaker of the even ing He spoke of himself as too light for that kind of work, and as he Is a man of huge proportions, his audience saw the point at once. He said he could much more easily put his arm around a poor, drunken "bum" of the street, and love him Into the kingdom of God. than he could preach to well-dressed folks. The speaker then went on to say that 2000 died of alcoholism last year, and that cocaine, morphine, opium and head ache powders are getting a terrible hold on the world. "Ask these people," he said, "would you be made whole?" and hear them answer, in the words of the text, "I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool." He then launched into an impassioned plea for the girls of the underworld, say ing there are 600,000 of Buch in the United States, that they only live for five years each, on the average, that 10,000 women live on Barbary Coast, San Francisco; and that they would lead upright lives, but that their more fortunate sisters neglect to help them. The long-drawn-out endeavor to bring "Billy" Sunday to Spokane, was next referred to by Mr. Trotter. He then said the ministers, "who would not blush to read Shakespeare, referred to Sunday as slangy' and -ulgar.' " The last word was pronounced with an upward, sar castic expression which provoked merri- . tViA mnmhpra of the audi ence. But, said Mr. Trotter, the minis ters found the saloon element was op posing Sunday, so they began to turn in his favor. t mtViA-r Tva a chambermaid in' a livery barn, than to rent my building -alsuin " 1 a HMlHrAi. HTli wafi AD- plauded. He said one man spoke of Sunday aa a nypnotist. xrotter saia ne wished Portland had some of the hypno- i xxa iM GrtYi men u-nm.n And chll- Uaiili AAO WW 1 dren were converted In Spokane. "He's only what uoa maae mm, saiu iroucr, referring to Sunday, "but sometimes he u.lv l.nntrn tha nnlrM nut cit me. no that I hold my breath for fear of what's coming next. Mr. Trotter said ne naa received a ..i.h ,A .'rat .Via- Mr 'PloriirAi' one of the Sunday party, was dying in a nospitai at opoaaue. Business men to ti.e numDer ot at- C. A. yesterday noon, and cheered him loudly. He spoke on the necessity of applying the principles of Christ to busi ness me. ERIGKSDN'S PLAGE RAIDED PROPRIETOR AND 1 6 PLAYERS ARE ARRESTED. Sergeants Keller and Klenlen Con tinue Crusade on North End Started by Wills. The polios shortly befor-e 1 ojclock this morning raided Erickson's saloon, corner of Second and Burnelde streets, taking into custody J. J. Russell, the proprietor; and 16 men who were playing cards. Sergeants Keller and Klenlen made the raid, with Patrolmen Raney, Howard, Madden and Bunn. Evidence against the game was secured by Patrol men Madden and Bunn, two recent ac quisitions to the force, who entered the resort dressed as loggers and saw the game of draw poker played for drinks. The saloon proprietor protested to Cap tain Slover that there had been no gambling in his place. Captain Slover placed his ball at $100 and that of each of the players at $10. Ball for all was supplied by the saloon man. He took the came and address of each one of the players and received their promise to appear in court to testify in the case. Russell says he will fight it through all all the courts. Erickson's is one of the resorts visited Saturday night by Councilman Wills. Some of the men admitted playing for the drinks. The police told them that the law provided that playing a game for anything of value constituted gambling and that consequently they were guilty and that the charge would not be with drawn. A raid on a Chinese gambling game was also made at 93H North Fourth street. In New Chinatown. Detective Sergeant Kay, assisted by Patrolmen Reed, Burstow, Thatcher and Owen broke down the doors, arrested five Chinese and seized $137.60. Councilman Wills said last night that his crusade had not stopped. He has received information regarding rooming houses and Chinese gambling which he Intends .to sift out, he says. Chicken pie and waffles at the Woman's Exchange today for luncheon. Red Cross Shoes reduced at Rosenthal's. AT HIS RIGHT, MR. AND MRS. PROD UP HARP.IMAN Commercial Club Is to Issue Sharp Rebuke. HELP EASTERN OREGON Special Meeting Called to Place Club on Record as Favoring More Feeders Through Unde veloped Territory. That the railroads of the state will receive a sham rebuke for their slow ness in building new lines throughout Eastern Oregon is expected as a result of the special meeting of the Portland Chamber of Commerce that will be held this afternoon in the quarters of that organization on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce building. The meeting Is called for 3:30 o'clock and is one of the very few special sessions of the organization to be called during the past few years. The object of the meeting is to con sider the transportation needs of the state, and President William MacMaster yesterday Issued a call for the session at the request of the transportation committee. The bylaws of the Chamber provide that a special session may be called at any time at the request of ten members. It is felt that the Chamber of Com merce should take some action in regard to the state railroads, or rather the lack of state railroads, and that an immedi ate move is all the more timely on ac count of the present session of the 8tate Legislature. The Harriman In terests will unquestionably be criticised sharply for not constructing more feeder lines in the Interior of the state. "Our delegation at the Legislature has been accused of hanging back In this matter by members from the interior," said President MacMaster yesterday, "and we therefore desire that the Chamber as a whole go on record. What the action of the organization at to morrow's meeting will be, I do not know, but we all know that a large pro portion of Eastern Oregon Is suffering from lack of railway facilities, although Harriman has promised relief several times. We expect a good attendance at the meeting, as well as an Interesting discussion of the points involved." CHANGES IN FREIGHT RATES New Cement and Grain Schedules Are Announced. Reductions on cement plaster between Portland and Ashland are announced on the Southern Pacific, effective March 1. On that date a rate of 15 cents will be put Into effect between Portland and Ashland and Intermediate points, the minimum being 60.000 pounds a car. The NO MEDICINE But a Change of Food Gave Relief. Many persons are learning that drugs ere not the thing to rebuild worn out nerves, but proper food is re quired; There is a certain element in the cereals, wheat, barley, etc., which is grown there by nature for food to brain and nerve tissue. This is the phosphate of potash, of which Grape Nuts food contains a large propor tion. In making this food all the food elements in the two cereals, wheat and barley, are retained. That is why so many heretofore nervous and run down people find in Grape-Nuts a true nerve and brain food. "I can say that Grape-Nuts food has done much for me as a nerve renewer, writes a Wis. bride: "A few years ago, before my mar riage, I was a bookkeeper in a large firm. I becamo so nervous toward the end of each week that it seemed I must give up my position, which I could not afford to do. "Mother purchased some Grape-Nuts and we found it not only delicious but I noticed from day to day that I was improving until I finally realfzed I was not nervous any more. , "I have recommended it to friends as a brain and nerve food, never hav ing found its equal. I owe much to Grape-Nuts as It saved me from a nervous collapse, and enabled me to retain my position." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well vine," in pkgs. "Thtre's a Reason." Ever read the above letter t A new one appears from time to time. They are aeaulne, trie, and full of human rate on oement plaster is now class C. that provides charges ranging from IS cents at Albany to 34 cents at Ashland. Material changes will he maae in tne m-Bin minimum. between the Inland Empire and Portland by the O. R. & N. on February 26. The minimum for grain has up to the present time been the marked capacity of the car, but not to exceed the space in loading to capacity. Under the rule now in force, shippers have frequently found it necessary in cleaning up warehouses at the end of the season to pay for minimum weights in excess of the grain iney naa in me warehouse to ship. For example, if it was desired to ship 47,000 pounds of crnln, it was too much to load in a 40,000-pound capacity car, and the 60.000-pound capacity car was the smallest that would contain the shipment. If the 60.000-pound car were used it would be necessary to pay the rate on a minimum of 60.000 pounds. Mlnimums will hereafter be as follows, the first figure being the marked capacity of the car and the second figure being the minimum weight: 80.000 pounds, THE QUEEN OF Ab olli As supplied to the Emperor of Germany, King of England, Prince of Wales, King of Spain, etc. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF Security Savings and Trust Company Portland, Oregon. At Close of Business February S, 1909 RESOURCES Loans ,?,..M!!J-n Bonds. - W'!'B?J Customers Liability Under Letters of Credit 8.093.1S Cash and Due From Correspondents 1.966.176.09 Total. LIABILITIES Capital. Surplus and Undivided Profits. Letters of Credit Deposits. .-.-----" Total . I Sell Only Sample Shoes They Are the Pick of the Shoe World POSITIVELY NO BRANCH SHOPS IN PORTLAND FOR I V I FOR MEN srJUtL'- mm $2.50 fflHl ; $2.00 APAIRJ 1 APAIR ' f II, ' " Sixth Floor Oregonian Building Rooms 600-601 Take 30,000 pounds; 40,000, 81,000; BO.OOO. 44, 000; 60.000, 66,000; 70.000. 66,000; 0,' 000, 77,000; 100,000, 88.000. Mudslide Closes TnxmeL A small. mud slide on the main line of the O. R. & N. near Rooster Rook blocked tunnel No. 1 yesterday morning and tied up traffic for a short time until the slide was cleared away. Passenger trains Nos. 2 and 8 were held about two hours by the slide, that was cleared away without difficulty, and traffic pro ceeded as usual. F0RJRENT. Store with large storeroom in rear. In brick building. Front street, near Madison. A. H. Birrell Co., 203 McKay building. Third and Stark streets. Today, Wednesday, is positively the last day for discount on West Bids gas bills. Read "Gas Tips." nans TABLE WATERS. 6, 418.493-08 S 600,000.00 850,695.01 12,374.60 6,556.423.66 $6,418,493.06 Sixth Floor Oregonian Building Room 600-601 Elevator am m