rire MORNING OBEGOXIAX, TTEDXESDAT, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
METHODIST BODIES
RALLY AT SALEM
Election of Delegates to Na
tional Conference Calls
Forth Interest.
PORTLAND MEET INDORSED
Mlnlttrr n.l I .a rmr-n fnlt In Brine.
Inf ltl Convention Her.
Trial of Alaska Clergyman
I'earnr of Programme-.
SALEM. Or- Sept. 1- (Special.)
with sa Epworth Las-gua rally the, an.
tuaj conference of tha Methodist
F.plsropal Church opened here this
eelnr It will contlnua In aeislon
until September JJ,
Tha.roeetine- this aranlng was held
at tha rirst Mathodlat Church, where
tre aasslons of tha oonentlon will ba
held. Rrr. Williams, of tha First
Jfet&odlet Church of Lewie too. Idaho,
was tha speaker for tha evening. All
cf Methodiera was present at tha open
ing and tha churcn waa crowded to
rara-itjr.
Much Interest Is centering about tna
election of delegates to the conference
which will ha held In Minneapolis In
far. and several candidates ara men
tioned. Hon. R. A. Hooth. of Kugene.
one of the strong candidates, sat
churchmen. Pr Fletcher Homan. presl
llent of the Willamette irr.lverslty. la
another candidate mentioned, and back
rf him there ta a strong following.
Among the other candidates mentioned
are It. Young, of the Taylor-Street
I hurch rf I'ortlsnd: Re. McPougal.
ld of the Portland district, and lr.
Ahhott. of the Kugene district.
Among the lay candidates mentioned,
b.eidea Hon. K. A. Booth, are A. A.
J.ee. of this city: A. M. Smith, of Port
lend, and John McCorklsh and Robert
Iftiches. also of Tortiand.
The delegates elected will go to tha
general conference with tha determina
tion of having Portland named as tha
plsre for holding the general confer
ence In tl. Tha minister and lay
aien as a unit feel that the conference
res rot given sufficient recognition to
the Northwest, and that no more Ideal
j- are could be selected for the hold
Inr of tha convention than Portland.
The trial of Dr. Parson, of Alaska,
on tha charge of misappropriating tha
funds of his church Is slated. Pr. Par
son was for a number of years pastor
rf the- rhurch hera and has scores of
f 'lends.
A question which will coma up be
fore the laymen's meeting of the con
tention on Friday morning and about
wht.-h there will revolve considerable
dehate Is the rutting down of tha num
ber of district superintendent from
four to three. Should te reduction
be made It will mean a I'.ka reduction
In the districts and the change of tha
boundaries of tha present dlstrtcta
I HARGFS IMPLICATE PASTOR
I. J. Wheeler Arrive? From Alaska
to Forward Church Case.
For the purposa of presenting evl-1-nce
at the Salem conference of tha
Methodist Church, which nieeta today.
' In support of charges which hsve been
made against Rev. John Parsons, su
perintendent of Alaska missions of tha
-Methodist Church. I. J. Wheeler, of
'"Fairbanks. Alaska, arrived In tha cltv
yesterday and will start this morning
- for Salem. Wheeler charges that wblia
" Parsons was pastor of tha church la
t alrbanka la 1901 he permitted a sa
loon to be opened on tha lot adjoin
ing the rhurch building, though ha
knew that member of hi congrega-
'thn were opposed to It. Tha saloon,
known as tha Floradora. had been In
operation sine the founding of tha
t-n until an order of tha I'nlted States
I tstrJct Court compelled tha closing of
a. I saloons that had dance ha. Is In
connection. Some time after the place
was closed the Methodist Church waa
- started on the lot adjoining.
' When, later tha saloon appMed for
licenses to operate as a saloon. Wheeler
declares Mr. Parsons wrote a letter In
which he expressed no objjectlon to
- tie proceeding. Mr. Wheeler also haa
dorumenta purporting to have been
:med by Mr. Parsons. In which he Is
shown to hsva charged usurious rates
or Interest for money loaned to varli
cms people In tha t.me. In IS'1 and
V-f re any of tha evidence which Mr.
Vhecler now has bad been eecured.
Mr. Faraone left Fairbanks for Ju
rra'j. leaving In charge of tha church
a minister bv tha name of Dun is p.
Dissatisfaction with affair there led
It the resignation of Punlap, and an
' other minister was appointed. Both of
1k.se ministers, so Wheeler chsrges.
were obliged to leav tha church be
f 'jse of their unwillingness to put up
wtth the fault-finding of tba sttperln-
t.ndeot. Rev. Mr. Parsons. Conditions
rename so unfsvorable with the church
'".tnat It was closed In tha early part
of !nt month, and many of Its mem
Vers are now attending churches of
other denominations, as shown by let
ters which Mr. Wheeler holds as part
cf his evidence.
"I have no personal feeling aga'nst
Mr Parsons.- said Mr. Wheeler last
.night. "It has taken us nearly a year
to rolct the evidence we hold and
It la solely becauea of this and he
re use wa wished to have tha scandal
eiear.d up that I hava come here. I
am here simply as a orrvate cltlsen
'-and not a a representative of tha
church."
, Rev. Mr. Parsons was prominent In
the affairs of tha Methodist Church of
" this state before going to Alaska as
superintendent of Methodist missions
Shout eight years ago. He wa at one
time In charge of tha Salem district
cf tha Oregon Conference and later was
pastor of tha First Methodist Church
rf that city. In hla various cspacltlea
y has always been regarded as an able
and sincere churchman.
MAXY CHANGES ARB EXPF.CTEJJ
Portland MlnlMrra at Salem "Confer
ence on Anxious Seat.
Portland Methodist Episcopal preach-
ers hava gone to Salem, where the first
" business session of the Oregon Confer
ence will be held this morning at t
'.e clock. Bishop Smith will preside.
-The conference will hold over until
" Jlonday. when the pastoral appomt
stents m-lll be announced by the bishop.
Vhile holding tha other Northwest con
". f .ranees, tha bishop this yrar has made
-a good many changes In pastors and
It Is bslleved that this conference will
e'en-e In for a large number.
The work In Portland haa progressed
well this year that many of the
congregations have requested the
r-ishop to return their respective pas
tors for another 12 months. Howexer.
this dees not mesn that the bishop
"wtu be able to do an. even should be
o wish, in mas-lcg u Uia arpomt-
ments a arreat many thlna-s enter In
and preachers hare to h sent where
he 6eaia best attar considering all
problems.
There are rm vacancies this year In
the district superintendence. and.
aelde from the paetoral appointments,
the- selection of delegates to the gen
eral ronferem-a at Minneapolis next
Mar will be the most exciting feature,
so far as known at this time. Three
trt to he choeen and as this Is a
greet honor there ara manr eandl
dat.s and their f.lenrte ara working
hard for their aureese.
BEAUTY IS CITIZENS' AIM
Baslnrat Clubs See Portland Ad
vantage! In Improvement Move.
At tha Invitation of Dr. J. R. 'Wether
bee, of tba Civic Improvement League,
member of the Rotary Club went to
tha Art Museum yesterday Immediately
after the close of their weekly lunch
eon and looked over the plans of "the
greater Portland" displayed there by
the Improvement League. Pr. Wether-
M ELL-K.IOWTT OREGON CITT
KEMDOT DIES, AGED .
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Etoaeser Warmer.
OREGON CITT. Or, Sept. It.
(Special.) Ebenexer Warner, an
old and highly respected resident
of this city, died on Monday at
Medford. The body will bo
brought to this city for burial
besMe his wife, the lata Louise
Werner, who died March 4.
Ebenexer Warner was born at
Galpalts. O, April 12. 181s. and
on the llh day of November. 1814.
married Mlsa Louise Barker, at
Merlin. Wis. The couple moved
to Nebraska and then to Oregon.
Mr. Warner I urvlved by two
sons. Henry and FTed. of Michi
gan, and an adopted daughter.
Mrs. George Ely. of this city.
He also leaves a brother, L. B.
Warner, of Medford.
bea gave a short address, explaining
tha different prints and outlining; tha
plans of the league.
Adolphe Wolfe wa tha guest of
honor at the luncheon, and gave an In
teresting description of tha axpanaa
of mercantile business In Portland.
Enthusiastic over tha "dty beautiful"
movement which tha Clvto Improve
ment League represents. Mr. Wolfe de
clared that no city can ba of commer
cial Importance unless It la a dty beau
tiful and a city practical, and said thst
this Idea should prsvall aa well In the
construction of stores and ahops In a
city aa In tha laying out of parka and
boulevards and the erection of museums
and galleries. Hla own firm, ha aald.
In tha construction of Its new 10-story
building, waa keeping this In mind, and
hoped to produce a building that should
ba practical and at tha same time add
to the beauty of tha city.
About 79 member of tha club at
tended tha luncheon, which wa P re
al Jed over by W. W. Roblnaon.
After Ita luncheon In tha Portland
Hotel, today, the members of tha Port
Vend Ad Club will also probably Tlalt
tha Art Muaaum and Inspect the plan
of tha Improvement League. This wa
seriously discussed at the luncheon last
week, and the visit to tha museum waa
only deferred ao that anthualaetto mem
bers could gather a record-breaking
crowd of membera for tha occasion.
HEALTH BOARD ORGANIZED
Medford Mass Meeting Result In
Prompt Action by Cltlsms.
MEDFORD. Or. Fept. li. fSpelal.
At a mass meeting of Medford elUiens
tonight. Dr. E. B. Picket member of
the State Board of Health, waa named
to appoint a committee of five local
physicians to act ax a clvlo health com
mittee. Thl action wa taken during
an address by Pr. J. N. McCormlck.
chairman of tha organisation commit
tee of tha American Medloal Associa
tion, who I starting a series of talk
through Oregon.
It Is the plan of Medford cltlxena to
have thla board of physicians hold pub
lic meetings frequently during; tha
year, at which lecture on practical
sanitation, pur food and all matters
pertaining to tha pub'.lo health will ba
considered. Oreat Interest was aroused
and It was decided that special atten
tion be given tha question of tha milk
supply, sanitation and fresh air supply
of school and the disposition of city '
garbage.
Dr. McCormlck. who will speak at
Eugene. Salem. Portland and Pendleton,
declared tha greatest need today waa a
knowledge by the .people of tha ordi
nary rules of health. He advocated a
National board of health and city
boards of health similar to tha on ap
pointed. He further auggeata tha
physicians composing them be paid by
the Nation and city, ao that they could
devote their entire time to tha public
health and depend In no way upon pri
vate practloa.
CAR TOLLS ARE DISCUSSED
Power Cotnpanr Object to 5-Ccnt
Rate on Hawthorne Span.
Arguments were completed yesterday
In the quo warranto proceedings before
Judge Oantenbeln to determine tha
rental the Portland Railway. Light et
Power Company la to pay for the use
of tha new Hawthorn bridge and the
case was submitted to the Judge for de
cision. Figures were Introduced to show
that If the railway company la forced
to pay t cents toll for every car cross
ing tha bridge tha amount will ba close
to 120.000 yearly. It wa shown that
from December 20. 110 to February 1.
1911 the company operated 67.100 cars
over the bridge snd from February 1 to
September IT of this yesr 31i.42. This
would make a total of $l 7St-0 ao far
this year with three months yet to run.
The company Insists that Its old eon
tract of a straight $100 a month for
the use of tha bridge U.IUU binding. J
1P0LIGE MAY GROW
Mayor Favors Reorganization
of Whole Department.
NEED OF 100 MORE SEEN
Rnshllght AdvorafrM Ilttonslon of
Protection of City MUli Bulldin
of New Station Next Tear.
New Billot Approved.
I
i rnrrnlete ranmn Ixatlon of the Port-
laud Police Department probably will
be effected early next year, by the con
struction of a new City Jail, head
quarters, emergency hospital and Mu
nicipal Courtrooms, tha adding of per
haps 100 mora policemen; building of
at least one precinct station with lieu
tenant In charge and the creation of
tha position of Assistant Chief, lieu
tenants and corporal.
Mayor Rushlight ha such a plan
under consideration, he said yesterday,
and. while he was enable as yet to say
whether he would recommend a plan
so elaborate, he admitted that he be
llevea Portland should have a police
force on a thoroughly modern forma
tion baaed on the precinct plan. That
tha city Is alresdy too large to be
policed properly from a single station
he declared to be a fact, and it is
probably only the question cf funds
that would be necessary to build new
statlona and pay for 100 or so new
policemen and the requisite number of
.eutenanta and corporals, with the of
ficers of rank already classified, that
causes him to hesitate.
Rut One Bulldlag I'eed.
At present Portland has only one
very antiquated police building, which
la used for directing the work of the
entire force of 200 .officers and men.
It has been condemned repeatedly and
la Inadequate for the present needs.
"I think we will ct action pretty
soon on the new police administration
building." said the Mayor. "We are
looking for a site. The present loca
tion at Second and Oak streets is good,
but It Is not larna enough and. besides.
It would be difficult to build a new
station-house and take care of tha
police business meantime on that
ground.
"I believe that the city Is larga
enough for a reorganlxed police force,
based on modern plana. It Is also
a fact that we need mora police
men; the preeent number Is too small
to police a city of the slxa of Port
land. We need at least 100 additional
patrolmen.
Aide ta Cblef Favorad.
"I favor the creation of the office of
Aaslstant Chief, but under the pres-
1 ent charter. I hardly believe the, Coun
! cil hss tha authority to do so; there
should be such an office, however, in
my opinion, and I thought It would be
wis to let the subject go to the City
Attorney for an opinion In due course
of time."
Under the present organization, thers
are captalna, sergeants and patrolmen,
aside from the detective staff. It la
believed by many that the efficiency
of the force could be Increased greatly
by tha Installation of an Assistant
Chief, lieutenants and corporals and
the formation of the prec'net station
plan, so that the city would be dis
tricted and policed from sub-station,
a In nearly all large cities. Seattle
has three statlona Los Angeles three
and San Francisco a doxen.
Authority to reorganlxe tha force
does not exist at present, but It Is
plsnned to lay the case kefora the
framers of the commission charters,
that they may consider the advisability
of tha plan and. If favorable to It, to
Incorporate It Into tha charters to bs
submitted to the people In a few
months.
Johnon-Vells light Fought.
LONDON", Sept. 1. The Times In an
editorial yesterday urged that. In tha
empire' Interest, tha Johnson-Walla
match ought to ba stopped, because It
haa no sporting Justification. The spec
tators, aald the Tlmee. would be of
to-ether with the showing of the fight
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Protected slopes; righ't
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Fertile garden bottoms. ,
Deep, rich, virgin soil.
Plenty of good water. ,
Good roads, schools, handy
to churches, stores, tc.
Superb scenic settings.
Soil positively unsurpassed.
Developed by charpit
method.
"WTiich means great saving.
Water and rail .transporta
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And ruitil further notice
this great new district will be
parceled out to home-makers
at from $25 to $60 per acre.
Pay $75" or $100 down and
$S to $12 a month if you wish.
See Us Today.
F.B.HoIbrook Co.
214 Lumber Exchange.
morbid nature, and the contest Itself,
pictures, can only serve to promote
or aggravate race feeling throughout
the empire.
NEW BANK CONTRACT. LET
Merchants National Building. Will
Be Substantial Structure.
Tha contract for ths construction of
the new bank building for the Mer
chants National Bank was awarded yes
terday to the Louis A. Hicks Company.
There were about a dozen contracting
firms that submitted bids. The cost of
the building has not been announced,
but tha structure, bank fixtures and
equipment combined probably will cost
more than 1 100.000.
The contract stipulates that the
building shall be completed In 100
working days, It being neceesary for
tha bank to have Its new location ready
before January 1, 1812. The building
now occupied by the bank at the north
west corner of Second and Washington
streets has been leased to the North
ern Brewery Company, the lease to
take effect January 1. '
The bank building to be erected will
occupy ground 60 feet on Fourth street
and 100 feet on Washington street. It
will contain three stories and full base
ment. It will be a class "A" structure,
thoroughly fireproof and probably the
most modern and exclusive bank build
ing In the Northwest. The sub
structure will be heavy enough for the
addition of flvo more stories. Tho
Louis A. Hicks Company will com
plete the building except Installing the
lighting, beating and plumbing.
The exterior will be entirely of white
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TIFF 0VERDUKS COSTLY
Alleged Stolen ecoy Cause of
3Iacb Court Procedure.
VANCOUVER. 'Wash.. Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) The two trained wild ducks, al
leged by Jesse Troeh. night police offi
cer, to hava been stolen from their pen
recently by Jesse W. Hill. will, cost
somebody much more than their orig
inal worth before the case Is settled, as
costs are piling up.
Hill was'to have been tried Friday,
but he failed to appear, and a bench
warrant was issued for him. For con
tempt of court Hill was fined $10,
which he paid under protest. Then the
case was set for today, but when It was
called by G. Lloyd Davis, Justice of the
Peace, a request by Hill for a change of
venus was granted to Justice Wilson's
court at Minnehaha.
Troeh bought the wild ducks this
Summer for 15 apiece and trained them
to sit as decoys. They were left In his
back yard one night and next day were
gone A few nl-hts later Troeh' was
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his pets. Making an investigation, he
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trieved them and took them to the
Sheriff's office and tho police station,
and had a warrant for Hill's arrest is
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