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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, WOTTDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1914. 9 PASTOR SEES PEACE Rev. W. G. Eliot Says America Has Chance to Stop War. BRYAN TAKEN TO TASK Star Spangled Banner" Speech Not Indorsed, While Preacher Urges People to Hold Back Opinion Until After Trouble Ends. It Is within the bounds of statesman ship to make peace almost at once in the great European struggle now on, says Rev. William Q. Eliot, Jr., pastor at the Church of Our Father, who yesterday morning gave the second ser mon in a series on "The Causes and Consequence's of the Great War." Rev. Mr. Eliot declared the influence of the United States as a neutral power could become more commanding and effective if the people refrained from too evident a mobilization of sentiment and called attention to the fact that at so great a distance the American peo pie, regardless of how widely read they were on the war situation, could not know all essential to forming definite views at this time. Mr. Eliot openly took Secretary of State Bryan to task for his "Star-Spangled Banner" speech as reported. Talking directly on the consequences of the war Rev. Mr. Eliot in part said Further Wars In Prospect. The possible outcomes of the war may be put down as follows: "First Germany and Austria-Hungary may completely subdue the allies; or the allies may completely subdue Germany and Austria-Hungary. "Second Mediation may succeed be fore either group is completely sub dued. "Third After either victory or medl atlon there may be quarrels among the allies and renewal of war. ' "The last alternative may now be ig nored; for what 1 shall say of the other alternatives would still apply. "As between the other two alterna tives, mediation Is devoutly to be de sired. "The only possibility of a stable peace at this time seems to lie in the opportunities which successful meai atlon may offer. Led by the United States and backed by considerable groups of people in all the nations en gaged, it is within the bounds of prac tlcal statesmanship to conceive and to make effective a peace based upon treaties, with an increased sense of treaty obligation, sanctioned, if need be. by a sufficient body of neutral con stabulary. "But essential to the carrying out of any successful mediation must be a genuine and well-sustained neutrality on the part of the United States not only of the Government, but of the people and of our high official repre sentatives. The official neutrality of our Government will be enhanced greatly if all Individual opinions can be kept from too definite a mobilization to one side or the other. "It took a long time for the world lightly to assign and distribute the blame for the Franco-Prussian War. Is that not a warning to all neutrals to avoid passionate one-sidedness? Strict Neutrality Necessary. "The neutrality of the American peo. pie ought to be maintained strictly, not only on general principles and because we genuinely sympathize with suffer ing fellow-beings In all the nations en gaged, but also on much more specific and vitally important grounds. Be cause the proposed mediation of the United States might fall from the first if our people at large are to be sus pected of a unified opinion all leaning to one side. "Moreover, a neutral public opinion ought to hold our high public officials strictly to account. "If the Secretary of State's 'Star Spangled Banner' speech has been cor rectly reported, ought it not to be con demned by a sound public opinion? It is no serious abatement of many great and noble qualities in Mr. Bryan's character nor is It necessary to dis agree with a single word of the speech, for even his best friends to inquire whether he is really upholding the President's position or even furthering his own heart-felt desires, when in a public address at this critical juncture he denounces those policies which the nations engaged have believed were, and which under the circumstances might well have seemed necessary and wise. The President has taken the stand which anyone worthy to be President, of whatever political party, would have taken; and I believe the entire country Is back of him. Rev. Mr. Eliot's sermon September 6 was on "Fifty Years of Europe." Next Sunday his topic will be "An Inter national Peace League" and on Sep tember 27 he will apeak on "A New Era." power that the last generations have earned for them. "I plead for a return to the simple life. We cannot live unto ourselves. We must realize that each shares in the welfare of all." REV. J. D. Corby, of First Universal. ist Church, in speaking on "How to Be Happy," said: "Nine-tenths of the heartaches are useless. Most people do not want to be unhappy or to make others unhappy. They are simply Ignorant Married people become estranged oftentimes be cause they drift. They are like chil dren. The playthings of great forces they cannot guide or control. "This is the age of 'psychology,' the science of the soul's Ufa We can each grow a soul if we are willing to pay the price. It Is the soul that cries out for God. Many of us are deliberately smothering the soul within us. One of the prices of soul growth must be the change of our mode of life. We must also learn what to think and think It A gloomy mind means a gloomy world. The soul is waiting to be used. Neg lect is wickedness." HE peace party in power pro longs the war. This seems paradoxical but. is true," said the Rev. Walter Duff, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, yesterday morning, when he spoke to a large congregation on the conflict in Europe, referring particu larly to conditions in England. "If the Tories had been in power they would have entered Into war more readily. The Liberal party is made up of peace makers in conviction and tradition. That may cause them to continue the war forced upon them until every de sire for militarism in Europe is shat tered; therefore I fear that the Liberals may continue until all are reduced to their-own world-peace policy.. "The lack of the grip of the Spirit of God on men and nations let loose the dogs of war. When the battles are over, I believe men will more fully recognize God. 'Blessed are they that mourn' has great significance now." Portland Agents Gossard Corsets Portland Agents for Richardson Table Linens PASTOR CALLS WAR BLOT Dr. L. K. Dyott Says It Is Second Only to Crucifixion of Christ. That the war will leave the darkest blot, next to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, that has ever blackened the pages of the history of the human race, was the contention made by Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the First Congregational Church, in his sermon last night on "The War." A spirit of selfishness, military com petition and national jealousy were cited by Dr. Dyott as the taproots of the struggle. Men and nations are never at their best in preparing for and engaging in war," said Dr. Dyott, "but in so living together as to make this awful relic of organized barbarism and wholesale murder impossible. The real and prac tical brotherhood of man can find no sufficient excuse for war. "Motives are hard things to under stand, but to the degree of our under standing we should say that in very few instances can history show that any war has been justified in terms of civilization. Assuredly this is true with the present war, which, next to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, will ever be the darkest blot on the pages of the history of the human race. "Selfishness, whether it possesses the nation, people or indlvioual, is the costliest and most profitless thing in the world. Again, low ideals had much to do with the bringing about of this war. Added to these were national jealousy, racial prejudices, hatred and suspicion and withal a barbarous type of patriotism. It Is really blasphemous for most of those who are fighting to pray for the success of their cause." ,J Olds, Wortman & King Reliable Merchandise Boys9 School Apparel Dependable Qualities Lowest Prices Parents will save many a dollar by coming to this store for the children's Fall wearables. Largest assortments to be found any where in the City of Portland. Boys' School Suits"$4.95 to $15.00 Boys' O'coats, Mackinaws $5, $18 Boys' Shirts, Blouses 50c, $1.50 Boys' Wool Sweaters $1.50, $5.00 Boys' Eats, Caps, 50c to $5.00 Oliver Twist Suits $4.00 to $6.00 Full line of Boys' School Shoes. Portland agents for Boys' "Black Cat," "Buster Brown" and "Nota seme" Hosiery Full line sizes. Sale Girls' School Needs Girls' Regular 14.25 Wool Sweaters, sp'l 83.19 Sale Girls' Woolen Dresses, 4.98, 5.98. 86.48 Girls' Smart New Fall Coats at M.9S and 95.98 Girls' Fall Coats. $10 grade, priced sp'l 87.88 Girls' Gloves. Hosiery, Shoes, Underwear, etc., at lowest prices. Sale of School Supplies At the Center Circle, Main Floor OWK Tablets, 100 Sheets, plain or ruled, special, each at 50 Regular 10c Ink Tablets 50 10c Scratch Tablets tor 10c Legal Tablet, special 80 10c Foolscap Tablets, sp'l 80 15c Ink Tablets, special 10 Blotters, asst. colors, doz. 50 Erasers, 10c doz., 5c, 10c each. White Chalk, 3 doz. for 1O0 Colored Chalk at, dozen 8 Pencils, 3 for 50, 50, XV0 School Bags, 15c, 25c, 35c, 65c Complete line Rulers, Slates, Ink, Paste, Mucilage, Pens, Penholders, Drawing Ink, Drawing Pads, Pencil Sharp eners, Scratch Pads, Memos. Pencil Boxes With Keys Full Contents Japanned Each 250 Pencil Boxes Made in Shape of Ruler Full Contents Ea. 250 Bishop Mouzon Speaker. Edwin D. Mouzon, bishop of San Antonio, Texas, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, occupied the pulpit of the Union-avenue Methodist Church South yesterday and delivered evangelistic sermons at both services. His text in the morning was "God Is Spirit; God Is Life, and 3od Is Love." In the course of his sermon he said that a Christian makes a good husband, a good father and a good citizen. Bishop Mouzon is the head of the Methodist Church, South, on the Coast. He will preside at the annual Oregon conference, which opens at Tangent Wednesday night to continue over next Sunday. Conference opens Wednesday night with a sermon by Rev. Martin Law, of Corvallls, and the business ses sion opens Thursday morning at 9 A. M with an address by Bishop Mouzon. He will speak every morning during con ference. W. E. Vaughn, editor of the Pacific Methodist Advocate of San Francisco, and other prominent men will attend conference. Rev. L. P. Law, who haa been in charge of Portland First Church since the resignation of Rev. J. H. Ben nett, will be transferred to the Oregon conference. It Is expected that he will be returned to the Portland charge. COUNTY MEET SOON Woman's Christian Temper ance Union to Hear Reports. SESSIONS TO LAST 2 DAYS Convention Will Be Held in Centen ary Methodist Church Building and Committees for Ensuing Year Will Be Appointed. Orients province. Cuba, will this year expend $220,000 In publlo works. WOMEN WHO WILL TAKE PROMINENT PART IN ANNUAL CONVENTION OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY W. C. T. U. SermonThoughts Expressed in Portland Churches of of the Education" SUBJECTS of sermons by Portland ministers were many and varied at the services held throughout the city yesterday. Probably the opening the schools suggested many sermons and addresses, for was a popular topic. Rev. L. C. Cooper, pastor of Univer sity Park Methodist Church, said in his morning discourse: "Education should be symmetrical. The training of the physical is good. Health is one of the great blessings, but we need intellec tual and religious culture as well. The individual needs the training of the hand, the head and the heart. "The state is facing great problems. Who shall solve them? Shall It be the wild-eyed anarchist, the demagogue or the statesman? We need men and women with trained intellects to grasp the problems of state. The Oregon sys tern demands that every man and WO man be a statesman, and above all, the leaders must be trained intellectually and spiritually if our system is to stand. The church is facing new con ditions. The demands upon the mem bership as well as upon the ministry grow more and more each year. There 1... a great need to draw men to the Christ, also a need to train them In the way." "Q UALITIES Demanded by Our Times" was the theme upon which the Hev. Frank W. Gorman spoke at the Atkinson Memorial Con gregational Church yesterday morning. Mr. Gorman said in part: "Is self-control a characteristic of our day? After a study of the changed external con ditions of this age, realizing man's conquest over the forces of nature, the growth of cities, the Interdependence of peoples, the changed National rela tionships, the need for self-control and strict discipline is emphasized. "Men of wealth have seen the great vision of service to humanity and have endowed and Invested in institutions and libraries, which tend to develop greater vision of service to humanity. The church, as well as the public school system, must train the young people and nt them tor the enormous J . -. . , . ....... ,.. . . i 4 The annual convention of Multnomah County Woman'a Christian Temperance Union will open Wednesday morning in Centenary Methodist Church at 10 A. M. with devotlonals conducted by Mrs. S. Alice Hanson, state evangelis tic superintendent. It will be in ses sion Thursday. Delegations from all the county unions will attend. After the opening there will be a roll call of members and appointment of committees, which will be followed by the superintendents of departments in five-minute reports, as follows: Circulation, department, Mrs. Hattie Wil son; co-operation with missionary societies Mrs. Ward Swop; evangelistic. Mrs. Matti Sleeth; Flower Mission, Mrs. Letltla Ross; health -and heredity, Mrs. Lora Little; leg islation and law enforcement. Miss Frances Gotshall; temperance and literature, Miss Catherine Burns; meda'. contest, Mrs. C. A. ponnay; temperance- and labor, Mrs. Lucia F. Addition, mothers' meetings, Mrs. Sarah Kerr; peace and arbitration, Mrs. 8. Alice Hansen; press; Miss Sarah I. Lyman; purity and rescue work, Dr. Brown Tynan; purity In literature and art, Mrs. Weister; noon tide prayer. Wednesday afternoon Devotlonals, Mrs. Hattie Wilson; reports of general officers: county president, Mrs. Mary Mallet; secre tary, Mrs. Hattie George; treasurer, Mrs. Inez Richardson; report of finance commit tee; school savings banks, Mrs. Fannie Mc Court; Sabbath observance, Mrs. J. A. Ban ner; Sunday school, Mrs, Hattie Wilson ; social and red-letter days, Mrs. Margaret Margin; scientific temperance instruction, Mrs. G. L. Buland; soldiers and sailors, Mrs. Lizzie Roper; systematic giving, Mrs. J. C. Scott; special music; address, Mrs. M. M. Sleeth, state lecturer; war bulletin, Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, state campaign manager ; our young people in the campaign, Mrs. Lillian Downing. Wednesday evening, 8 P. M. Gold medal contest, Albina L. T. L.; special music; demonstration, young campaigners. Thursday morning Devotional service, Mrs. S. K. Hawkins; campaign songs; read ing of minutes ; report of credentials com mittee: election of officers, election of del egates to state convention, memorial serv ice; noontide prayer. Thursday afternoon Praise service, Mrs. Margaret Houston, state treasurer; sympo sium, "What Has My Union Done for Ore gon Dry ?" (two minutes each), by local presidents; address, "W. C T. U. Weapons of Warfare," Mrs. M. L. T. Hid den; the L. T. L, "Our Coming Reinforce ments," Mrs. J. M. Alphln ; lecture bureau and Institutes, Mrs. Ines Richardson ; re port of resolutions committee; miscellaneous. UPPER, MKS, ALlCfcJ W EISTER CEMER ROW, MRS. LUCIA ADDI TOX, MRS, G. I,. BULA3TD. EDUCATION PULPIT THEME Dr. W. W. Youngson Is Opposed to Cramming Process. "Does an Education Pay?'' With this question as his subject. Dr. W. W. Toungson, pastor of the Rose City Park Methodist Episcopal Church, aid last night, in hia sermon: "History knows no illiterate seer, or sage or saint. It is worth while, then, to consider the true worth of books and schools and teachers and to dis tinguish carefully between the noble use? and the possible abuses of these great gifts. Books are the ships of thought that sail across the sea of time and make of all generations one human fellowship. School life should be in the noblest sense a training pro cess, not a cramming one, nor a crush ing one. By systematic drill, one should get posession of himself, not of mere forms and formulae. Teachers should be the living source of knowledge. Their minds should be the home, not the hotel of ideas. "The supreme thing in education is not the dead lift of recollected things of books, of school life, of teachers, 'precepts in the memory,' but a true and well-poised individuality not what do you know, but what are you. The colleges and the schools, which are now welcoming our youth to their cherish ing arms, offer to each child three MAKING HOME WHAT IT SHOULD BE The Manufacturers' Emergency Sale at Eilers Music House Is of Paramount Importance to Many Homes We are now in the midst of double-quick piano selling. Without doubt more pianos have been sold by us during the past week than have been sold by any other house in the United States. But no wonder. The prices have been made so low and the terms of pay ment so easy that there is scarcely a caller who does not decide upon a piano or a Baby Grand, or one of the modern Player Pianos immediately. As previously stated, the manufacturers make these low sale prices. They pay all of the expenses of the present sale, under an agreement that we order of them, for immediate shipment, three pianos for every two now sold. A Sale of Kimballs We want to call particular at tention to about fifty of the very finest Kimball pianos ever shown in this city. No finer Kimballs have ever been here. Thousands of Kim balls have been sold by us in the past. We are now offering these splendid Kimball pianos for sale at less than actual dealer's bill ing, for the reason that these in struments have been taken back by us from several dealers for whose trade they were too ex pensive and we have already re ceived a portion of our cost from these dealers. To protect the manufacturer's trade, we cannot openly publish the sale prices of these Kimballs. But we wish to state frankly that we are selling these Kimballs for less and on easier terms of pay ment than we have ever offered Kimball pianos since we com menced business here. We are selling them on a new forty months' payment plan. Think of it, over three years to pay for a Kimball piano! Cheaper than renting one, and at a price less than dealers pay. A very fine assortment of mod ern Kimball player pianos also included in this offer, and a beau tiful selection of music rolls is supplied free with each Kimball player piano sold. Baby Uprights for Fastidi ous Musicians A superb exhibit of Baby Up rights on the third floor will at tract the attention of every dis criminating music lover. Just the thing for a cozy parlor -or in apartments. Of daintiest case de sign, most exquisite finish, the sweetest toned, and also the most durable pianos that have ever been offered by the House of Eilers. These, too, are included in the price sacrifice. In fact, nothing is reserved. The little beauties are priced at only $345 for the regular $525 styles, and the plainer models are $12 and $27 less. A deposit of $5, to show good faith, is all that is required; pay ments may be arranged at the rate of $8 and even as low as $6 a month. Special for Professional Musicians or Schools A number of concert - used Grands, several Baby Grands, two magnifioent Semi-Orchestral Con cert Grands and one of Jho very largest-sixed Orchestral Concert Grands are also included in this sale. They may be had at less than actual cost of making. These instruments have been used for advertising and concert purposes, are in the finest possi ble condition, and are now in tended to be sold to schools, homes, studios or halls where their presence will prove of an obvious advertising value to the manufacturer. Easy terms of payment, like rent, will be made to any responsible buyer. Real Beauties The Auto-piano Baby Grand And last, but not least, the long-waited-for Auto piano Baby Grands 1 A carload of these superb grands has now arrived. In tone quality and as baby grand pianos, each instrument represents per fection. All the exclusive and wonderful Autopiano features, the flexible striking finger, the automatic guiding device, five-point motor, the selector but ton, etc., are all to be found in this Player Piano Baby Grand, and the price is not $1750, nor $1500, nor even $1250, but in this sale these instruments will only be $965, with $30 additional for slightly fancier cases, and $6'U more for the very fanciest. The Eilers liberal payment plan applies to these superb little Autopiano Baby Grands as to all others. See and try that acme of sweet-toned loveliness, the Autopiano Baby Grand. Necessity Knows No Law While business conditions everywhere are speedily resum ing normal, it is well known that finished pianos in large quantities have accumulated in all of the Nation's piano facto ries. With a well-founded faith that the near future will verify, Eilers Music House has agreed to take the surplus of seven leading piano manufacturers, under a special agreement, as above, and that these manufacturers assume all expense of disposing of every instrument in the establishment now. The factory's representatives, now here, do not eare for profit. Their purpose is to have these pianos immediately out of the way, and commence shipping the surplus. Hence this opportunity, this most unusual price offering, which will never come again be cause conditions which have com bined to make this undertaking necessary can never again arise. Please bear in mind that the largest and finest assortment in the West four floors full of brand new instruments, nothing shop worn, nothing second-hand, all regular high-quality stock is included in this genuine sacrifice, nearly all being sold at manufac turers' cost some for even less. Excellent new warranted pianos, only $118; many for $98; finest $550 and $600 pianos, $333 and $315. Payments arranged to suit any customer's convenience ; some pianos for only $1 a week, others $5 a month, $6 a month or $8 a month; latest and best metal tube player pianos, with free music rolls service included, at corre sponding reductions; payments $10 a month; some for $2 a week. There is no home in Oregon now that cannot have a choice piano, but quick action is necessary. Money Back Guaranteed This sale ns above is now in progress (store open till 9 P. M.) at Eilers Music House, Eilers Building, Alder street at Broad way. If everyone in this city could but realize what a money-Having opportunity this really is all would be sold out in less than a week's time. No pianos will be sold to deal ers exeept in the morning from 8 to 9 o'cloek, and no pianos will be sold if intended for shipment by dealers into other territory where these instruments are sold by merchants at the regular re tail prices. Those living out of town should take a trip to Portland and make selection at once. Telegrams telling to hold cer tain styles till letters ean ar rive with doposit will be honored for 36 hours only. Every trans action great or small is protected by the E. M. H. money-back guarantee. EILERS MUSIC HOUSE The Nation's Largest EILERS BUILDING, BROADWAY AT ALDER Ellsworth, Barnes and Davey, Authorized Representatives of the Manufacturers gifts. All may be received or all re fused. There is the gift of learning, set forth in curriculum and equipment and dally tasks; there is the gift of comradeship, which makes the school bond a marvel for strength and Joy and tenderness, and there is the gift of in spiration, which outlasts the textbooks." Pastor Preaches Farewell. Rev. D. V. Poling, who has been pas tor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church for the past two years, deliv ered his farewell sermons yesterday. In the morning his subject was "A Prob lem In Arithmetic," and In the evening "The Larger Vision." Mr. Poling, in the evening, sang by request De-Koven's "Recessional." The clergyman will leave this week for Peoria, 111., to Join the soloists of the "Flying Squad." which is to conduct a Nation-wide cam paign for prohibition. Professor W. M. Proctor, of Forest Grove, will occupy the pulpit September 20. There is an orchid In Java the flowers I Japaneae shrimp canning Industry la ae- of which open all at once. ! rloualjr rivaling; that of Louisiana. Hairs Quickly Vanish After This Treatment (Helps to Beauty) Science has aided in simplifying the banishing of hairy growths from the face, and according to a beauty special ist, the most effective treatment yet de vised consists of applying a delatone paste to the hairy surface for 2 or 3 minutes. The paste is made by mixing some water with a little powdered delatone. 'VThen this paste is removed and the skin washed every trace of hair has vanished. Be sure to get real dela tone. Adv. FARE AND A THIRD For the Round Trip Sept. 11 to 16 Good Till 21st to the Spokane Interstate Fair $14.95 Round Trip via North Bank Road. 2 Fine Trains Daily. GREAT Polo tournament for championship FEATURES of Northwest. Conventions of fruit DAILY men, dairymen, poultrymen, the granges, cheese and buttermakers, cattlemen, Shriners' spectacular parade, etc., etc. Indian congress, races, sports an epitome of the Great Inland Empire's Development. 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