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14 the aioRyiyq okegoxia:??. Wednesday, October 4, 19H- METHODISTS SHY AT RULE REVISION Portland Church Leaders Dif fer in Opinions of Cards and Dancing Clause. LAW IS HELD DEAD LETTER Iln. J. II- Cudllpp and R"T. W. II. Fry In Favor of Tl-p-al or En forcement Hughe Doubts Adoption of McMore. The adoption of a resolution by the Southern California Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, asking the general conference which meets In Min neapolis In May to repeal paragraph t of the discipline, which prohibit card-playing, theater-going and danc-ir,- h.a .roused much Interest In Fort- land la view of the fact that the dis-ej trlct convention or tne fcpwortn four years ago adopted resolutions menwirlallxlng the general conference In Baltimore to allow the section, then known as paragraph 14. to remain In the discipline. Hlnce the adoption of the section a half century ago. amplifying the rule laid down by J"hn Wesley. "I will re frain from the taking of such diversions as ran not be used In the name of tha Iord Jesus," there has been a wide di versity of opinion concerning the spe cific things Wrsley did not mention that the general conference saw fit to include in the discipline, particularly dancing, card-playing and theater-going. Of recent years several lay mem bers and not a few ministers have at tempted to have the rule abolished, but the general conference remained stead fast to the specific principles laid down In section 20. which reads: reaalttra Are Bet Fee-tlt. -In case of neglect of duty of any kind: Imprudent conduct; Indulging sin ful tempers or words; the buying, sell ing or using Intoxicating liquor as a beverage, signing petitions In favor of granting license for the sale of Intoxi cating liquors, becoming bondsmen for persons engaged In such traffic, or rent ing property as a place In or on which to manufacture or sell Intoxicating liquors; dancing: playing at games of chance; attending dancing schools, or taking such other amusements as are obviously of misleading and question able moral tendency: or disobedience to tha order and discipline of the church. On the first offense, let private reproof he given by the pastor or leader, and If there be a a. acknowledgment of the fault and proper humiliation, tha person may be borne with- On the second offense the pastor or leader may take one or two discreet members of the church. On the third offense let htm be brought to trial and It found guilty, and there be no algn of real .humilia tion, he shall be expelled." Perawaal Ilirtelaa Q swat fanes). Opinion of the propriety of the spe cific prohibitions is divided to such an extent that arguments for and against tha rule are made from wide angles. At the same time the subject Is con sidered so vital that It Is regarded by many ministers and some laymen as too delicate to discuss In public. Those In favor of repealing the sec tion say members should be at liberty to exercise their own conscience In se lecting amusements along the general lines laid down by Wesley and that the specific provisions of paragraph lit gives no latitude for discrimination. Those against repealing tha rule say no compromise may be made with sin ful amusementa aa specifically enu merated in the discipline. Rev. penjamln Young, of Taylor Ftreet Church, a delegate to the general oonference. laat night refused to ex prees himself on the action of the Southern California conference. He aid he had not seen tha resolution and until he knew Its full Import, would give no opinion. Adevvlra Tkeeucfte reawetrajl Robert IL Hughes, acting editor and business manager of the Factnc Chris tian Advocate, while not giving an opinion of the California resolution, aaid: "I doubt If the resolution will be adopted by the general conference. KfTorta to repeal the section before failed, and I think they will fall this time. However. I am of the opinion that the resolution of the California conference does not mean to license the amusements prohibited, but to repeal a law that Is generally considered a dead letter and not enforceable." Without expressing aa opinion Rev. TV n. Trimble, of Centenary Church, said- ""The general conference In thought It could Improve on the gen eral rule laid down by John Wesley by specifying amusements to be prohibited and there haa been a difference f opinion ever since. The Canadian Chur'-h. Instead of repealing the rule of Weslev. attached a footnote, specify ing certain amueementa to be prohib ited. Last year at the Canadian con ference In Victoria, this footnote was eliminated. a -I am heartily In favor of repealing the section." said Rev. John H. Cud lipp. of 0-a-e Church. "It should be repealed b"all raeana" Rer. W. H- Fry. of Punnyslde Church said: Tha section shocld either be repealed pr enforced." COAST RATES PUT HIGHER Tariff to Spokane), However, From "1 East Ar Placed Lower. ' PTOKAMi Oct. J. Loral and class rates have been lowered to Spokane and raised to tire Coast, according to tae first published tariffs since the re- enl ruling of the Interstate Commerce CurnmlMloa. which were received hero today. - J The old rates from Chicago to Spo kane by tha ten classes were: 11. IIS. IXK. 1.T. II. SO. STL44. SI 1U cents. si cents and 11 cents. The new rates effective November U by rlassrea are: II o. II 11. IJ.0. tl.Ta, f L47. It 40. (Ml. 4 cents, t cecU and e cents. The new rates to the Coast from Chi cago effective November 1. are 93.40. S:. Hi. IfT. 11. 74. 1 1ST, $1.4. 11.04 and i cents. "GRAND JURY INDICTS 28 Fr-ik-ral Inreertlgatore Adjoarn Vntil October S for Further Probing. Twenty -eight indictment against various alleged violator of Government law were returned yesterday by the Federal grand Jurr, when It closed Its session until October Si. The Jurymen had expected to be dismissed at the conclusion, of tha session, but war la- formed by Judge Bean that the United States District Attorney haa an Impor tant case tor thsra to consider.' The date for the next meeting was et at October J 6. when evidence now being gathered will be submttted to the jury Just what la the case to be considered, the District Attorney declares, cannot be made public at this time. He Inti mates, however, that It is of the ut most importance. The report of the Jury yesterday showed that ST cases were considered and IS true bills and nine not true bills were returned. Ten of these were made public and the rest are held until ar rests are made. Among; those indicted are: Ah June;, rhartred with having opium In his possession: August Verrler, alias Eunene Kltt. accused of perpe trating Immigration fraud by entering the country on a false natusallzatlon certificate: Frank Slnanni. a bartender, accused of Msaultlng a postman with a beer bottle: Ah Won and Koon Guck. accused of having opium In their pos session: Frank F. Thompson, accused of forging a signature to a money order; Hell Masterson. accused of perjury in , : Hf - I .,e I Rrgreeeatatlve Barton 1. "Preach, I of Idaho, Who "Mill Be Operat- ed 1 poat fer Appendicitis Here Today. connection with a hearing In which he was charged with selling liquor to In dians; Charles Austin and W. D. Alfred, accused of selling liquor to Indiana. An Indictment was returned against O. T. Anderson, of Bly, Or., charging him with purchasing cattle from In dians who received the cattle by ap propriation from the Government. This Is the second indictment against Ander son, the new one being brought for tha purpose of enabling the case to be taken to the higher courts of the Gov ernment to settle a point In the act of Congress appropriating money to the Indians for the purchase of cattle. SOLON READY FOR KNIFE BCTITOX L. FREXCn WILL BE OFKRATKT) OX TODAY. Wife of Idaho nepreenta(lve to C"ocgrr-. Joins Him Here Ir. R. C. Coffer to Attend Patient. Burton L French. Representative In Congress from Idaho, will undergo an operation for appendicitis at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Vincent's Hospital. Dr. R. C. Coffey will perform the op eration. Mr. French arrived In the city Sun day night from his bom at Moscow, and Mrs. French Joined, him here yes terday. Although In a somewhat weakened condition, Mr. , French will be able to withstand the ordeal. Dr. Coffey believes. He has had attacks of append,'tts for the past two years. Mr. Freuch. although only Is years old. haa been active in Idaho politics several years, having been Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives before completing his university course. He Is now serving his fourth term as Representative. MISSING GIRL IS FOUND Mother of S erect-heart Disclose nidlng Place of Las. TACOMA. Wash. Oct. I. After archers had sought for her for two daya In Fpanaway. near here, lone Adams, a 14-year-old girl, who dlaap peared Saturday night while returning horns from choir practice, was found last night Jn the home of Winifred Read, a tfapanaway bartender, who had placed her In the care of hi mother and alster. The Read home 1 a few hundred feet from the residence of the girl aunt, with whom he boarded. Yesterday three posses searched the woods tn the belief that tbs girl had been murdered and her body concealed. The young woman and Read are In love, but her family objected. 8he decided her only course was to hide In the care of the bartender's mother. Read was to send her to hi relative In Eastern Washington, with whom she was to remain until old enough to marry. Ilia mother, however, became fright ened and divulged the girl' where abouts. Ths affair caused Intense In dignation In Spanaway and threat are being made today to tar and feather Read. RANCHER KILLS HIMSELF "Tired of Life," J. S. Ilajnt, Wealthy Man, Commit Suicide. BELLING HAM. Wash. Oct. L J. 8. Flagg. a wealthy rancher and pioneer of Northwestern Wsshlngton who set tled on a homestead five mile north of this city In 1176. spent last week ad Justing his business affairs, making his will and writing to relatives In Colorado and the East. Hs closed his affair In this city last evening, went home and sent a bullet through his head. He was T yeara of age. and wrote that he "was tired of living." Hla divorced wife lived on the same farm .with him. AURORA GETS POSTAL BANK Hubbard and Canby to Be Depos itaries October 58. ALMORA. Or-Oct.!. (Special.) The local postal authorities have received notice that a I'nlted States postal aav Inss bank wl'.l be established here, and J win be opened for business October XI. Banks will also open in mm towns gi Hubbard and Canby the same day. Five rural route renter her making the Aurora postofflce one of the busiest of Its size in' the state. I i . . . ,-1 a ,.i.r(-iafl J trying cases of cttlldrea aodsr Is. REFERENDUM CASE OPENS HERE TODAY University of Oregon to Call Witnesses to Show Numer ous Petition Frauds, v- ONE CONFESSES FORGERY Circulator Admits Writing Many Names Himself Detective Finds Vacant Lots Addresses of Anti-Fund Signers. Counsel for the University of Oregon will resume the introduction of testi mony showing wholesale fraud tn the signature to the university reterendarn petitions when the hearing Is resumed before Circuit Judge Galloway, of Mar lon County. In the county courtroom at the Courthouse In this city, at 10 o'clock this morning. Examination of witnesses her may continue until the end of the week, when M. L. Pipes, who with W. T. Sla ter, of Salem, la representing the Uni versity of Oregon, will be called to San Francisco on legal business. Friends of the State University hav obtained the Introduction of evidence deemed by them sufficient a a founda tion on which to build their case and which they think will suffice to Inval idate the referendum petitions. Im portant among the witnesses examined at Salem In' behalf of the Institution was one of the circulators named Coler, who examine 1 several of the petitions he had circulated and showed the court a large number of names and ad dresses he had written In the petition personally. These he admitted wer fic titious. Oae Retracts Oeafesaloa. Mr. Matthews, another circulator, was also a wltnes for th plaintiff In tn case. When the Investigation of th referendum petitions was taken up by the friends of the university, Matthew admitted ho had written many of the name on the petition he circulated. Subsequently he denied this tut In an swer to question from Judge Pipe he aid hs had denied authorship of th algnaturea for the reason that he was afraid if he did not he would be aent to Jail. However, Judge Pipe pointed out that there wa a great imllarlty between the alleged bona fide signa ture on the petition and the same lg nature included in the affidavit to which Matthew certified a circulator. In all case of referendum petition i . - ..miiF.il to write into ins ccui" - the affidavit the name of those sign ing the peUtlon. ,ounsei iur mo m hmii the Matthew' peti tion for the purpose of comparison and will contend mat mo - titlon Itself and those -in the affidavit were written by the same man. Vacant Lota Are Addresses. Equally valuable to the university was the testimony of a representative of the W. J. Burn Detective Agency, who told of having endeavored to find the residence addresses given for many of the lgner of petition circulated by a man named Goldman. Thla wlt nes testified that In a great many cases the sddre was a vacant lot Where the residence addre was found, the detectiv said he frequently learned that the man supposed to live at that address and whose alleged signature appeared on th petition did not live thThs same witness testified that he found several men whose names ap- pearea on uv - - - dress given In the petition. When ho"Tn their aiiegea signer pronounced th lgnature forgeries. In these cases, the detectiv obtained the signatures of the men who alleged that their name had been forged and the genuine signatures will be used for comparison with the al leged genuine signature on the peti tion. Affidavits Only Proof. Further testimony of a similar na ture, ahowlng that In numerou cases fictitious name and residence d drees were forged on th referen dum petitions, will be presented when the hearing Is resumed this morning. It Is the opinion, and It will be so contended by counsel for the Univer sity, that where It Is proved that any circulator has forged the signatures or has sworn falsely In his affidavit, whether the forgeries be few or many, his affidavit Is discredited and all of the names on any such petition cannot be oounted. If this contention I u talned by the court. It 1 expected to throw out sufficient signature to In validate the referendum petitions. "The law make ths affidavit of th circulator the proof and the only proof of the gentalnenees of the signatures In th flrt Instance." said Judge Pipes yesterday. "When that proof I elim inated It leaves all of the names ob tained by that circulator without proof as to the genuineness of the signature and at least throw upon the circulator the burden of proving the genuine ness of the signatures of any of tha names on the list. The application of this principle will throw out enough names to Invalidate the petition. PeHtlra Law Not Kept. "The law ala requires that each sheet of the petition shall have at tached to It a copy of the measure befor the petition 1 circulated and signed as well as when It Is presented to the Secretary of State for filing. The Secretary of State 1 then required. In the presence of the person filing the petition and the Governor, to de tach all of these copies of the measure, save the one on ' the outside, return them to the man filing the petition and then bind the balance of the pe titions together and file them. This was not done In the case of the Uni versity of Oregon referendum petitions, which were not presented to the Secre tary of State in that form. Instead, they were filed with only one copy or the measure sttached to a large num ber of petitions. "The object of this provision of the statute is to prevent fraud In getting signatures without a copy of the meas ure before the eigner and also to pre vent signatures, obtained in some oth er way. from being attached to the measure." GRADES OF GRAIN SET Chamber of Commerce Committee , Standardlxes 111 Crop. Grain standard for the Portland Chamber of Commerce grading on the 1911-11 crop were established yester day by the Grain Standard Commtttee which met at Montgomery dock No. 2. jhe graded "baat has been turned over to the Chamber and will be put up In packages for distribution among the Eastern and foreign grain buyer this week. The standard set by the Chamber of Commerce committee have for several yeara been accepted by all buyer as the typical grading for the grain product of the Northwest, although some of the Northwestern states have grading commissions that work Independent of the Portland body. "The grading this eason' 1 prac tically 'the same as that of last sea eon's crop." said D. A- Patullo, of Bal four Guthrie Company, chairman of the committee, yesterday, "and the crop as a whole ranks tip to very good standards. We have practically decided upon all export standards and little remains now to be done, ex cept the preparation of samples of the new grading by the Chamber of Com merce." Alining bluestem of the present sea son's yield tests a trifle lighter than that of last year, having a standard weight of 67 pounds to the bushel as against 67 H pounds last year. The three export classes are about the same as ever. Export bluestem tested be tween 68 and 68 pounds to the buehel in veaterdaVs examination, and the White 'Walla Walla and Red Walla Walla both tested 68 A pounds. ROAD-JOINING IS URGED PARTS OF PACIFIC HIGHWAY BAD, SATS FRANK B. RILEY. Enthnxiast Addressee Rotary Club on Necessity of Better Ltek to Neighbor States' Trail. The need of Oregon for a "state-llne- to-state-llne" hrnhway to join wnn tne California and Washington sections of . V. imrtnmm 7af1flr tflirhWSV WAS the subject of an address delivered before the Rotary Club at its luncneon in Richards' grill yesterday noon by Frank The Pacific Highway extends now rrom tne .'Janaaian line iu me v.mui nla line, but portions of It are so bad ... lnin,,Mhl fflr M. lftni portion of the year," said Mr. Riley. "The worst cections, or at icmv bwiu, of the worst sections, are right here Mr. Riley haa driven Into Canada in an automobile, and says that the best stretches in tne great t-acmc innnj -.-. --- in that ronntrv. "I am proud of what they have done there he said. "They. have put their hearts Into the work, and that la a feeling that should take hold here In the United States. I am glad to say that It is taxing noiu muio ouuua' with each succeeain year. "By 1916 we hope to have a continu ous highway running from Mexico City to the Alaskan boundary." C. T. Prall. formerly assistant engi neer In the United States Reclamation Service, dwelt on the development of the Government work in the irrigation projects, and Frank C. Kiggs, chairman for the day, read a paper on the de velopment of the autotmobile industry. The Rotary Club members will Join the members of the Ad Club In an ex- i f-1j4o aftornoon to Vancouver. where they will be specially entertained by the committee in charge of the Clark County Fair. Raymond's Mayor Has Enough. SOUTH BENT). Wash.. Oct. S. (Spa- clal. ) A. C. 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