TITE MOHX1SG OKEGONTAJf, WEDNESDAY, BEGE3IBER 1914. 23, ' 1914. X '' i .i.,- nsnss ll CHURCH AND BIBLE LINKED TO SCHOOL Instructors Adopt Resolution for High-Classes to Give . Credit for Sunday Study. FILMS FOR PUPILS URGED State Superintendent Would Raise Minimum Term From Six to t Eight Months Regulation ot Dances Suggested. EUGENE, Or., Dee. 22. (Special.) Bible study In' Sunday school will re ceive credit In the Oregon high schools Insofar as the recommendation of the state school supedlntendents, in ses sion here today, is concerned. They met as a. branch of the Oregon State Teachers Association, In convention on the University of Oregon campus. The resolution as adopted asks that a. committee composed of J. A. Thorda eon, of Lebanon, and Murial Eakins, of Urants Pass, confer with the represen tatives of the state Interdenominational Sunday school superintendents to work out details of the final resolution to be presented to the State Superintend ent of Schools. It is proposed to give half a year of high school credit for two years' work in Sunday school, the examination to be given by the school. The resolution is based upon the ac ceptance of the Bible as the key to literature, nearly all, of which makes allusion to the Bible. Another resolution adopted by the same body asks the University of Ore gon extension department to take steps to aid the introduction of the motion picture machine Into the public schools, serving possible was an exchange for reels. t Art Department Formed. The department of art in the Ore gon State Teachers' Association was organized today. Ellis F. Lawrence, of Portland, was chosen president; A. Mc Cloud, of Corvallis, vice-president, and Miss -Virginia Mann, of Salem, secre tary. It is formed with the aim to develop a desire for art among the teachers and students.' ' The 700 delegates to the convention were the guests of the Eugene Com mercial Club tonight at a reception in the clubrooms. A made-in-Eugene lunch was served. The convention will close tomorrow afternoon, following election of officers. ' Steps to bring the minimum school Kteps to bring the minimum school term in Oregon from six to eight months in the year were announced to day before the Oregon State Teachers Association, by J. A, Churchill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The average term of school in Oregon now lacks but five days of being eight months, he stated, and the cost to the taiTinvPTS of hriniHncr " - --o"'ft j,iiluuuA Irom six to eight will be slight. The worK or tne rural schools, however, woula be strengthened greatly. . Another bill which is expected to come befora tTia Stat Tdcrioii,i n the coming session is one making it ufiiuuiii who tne counties of the state to change from the district unit to the nun oi aaministration. Superintendent Churchill opposed the changing of the certificate fee from i to $1 unless the Legislature will ap propriate for the department of educa- iiuu an amount sumcient to meet tha deficit. Bible as Textbook Suggested. A double demand that the school at tempt to regulate the moral and social life of the youth as well' as his educa tional training was voiced before the session today. P. Thordarson, super intendent of the Lebanon schools, asked the introduction of the Bible as a textbook in the ti-hnnls nf tha Bert A. Adams, of Gold Hill, proposed .-c icsumuun oi tne social activities of the students, in the substitution of harmless and regulated pleasures for the present dances and allegedly far-too-frequent parties. The school, tha latter- aaii y.aa i a stand on many of the problems of mT w enure oi me cniia and the com munity, and that this is the next. "If the housewife has difficulty In obtaining help, the school must teach domestic science; if too many boys ma leaving tne larm the school must teach agriculture if the home fails to imoart moral utamin Its children, the school must accomplish wmcn me noma has failed "' Such was his premise. Society Demands School Aid. "There is at .present a conviction that the proper use of leisure time, , amusement, in short, the social life of our youth, is neglected in the home, and. in a way, detrimental to the in dividual and society. The latter is demanding that the school come to the rescue by regulating social life. "Parties, socials and receptions are necessary, but too numerous and too shoddy. Allow only a few first-class formal affairs during the year, instead of having some cheap event every night. Dances, a questionable amuse ment, should be eliminated. "Since motion pictures have come to stay, give them free in the school audi torium on certain days of the week. Encourage literary and debating socie tleavdramatic and glee clubs, bands, orchestras and school papers. Foster and supervise "-them, but never 'run them.' ' " . The Oregon schools are heeding- the complaint of employers of ail. classes that young men and women, coming from the high schools', are deficient in the so-called practical. .English, and they are seeking a remedy, according to Frederick Berchtol'd, of ' the Oregon Agricultural College. He -outlined a course in vocational" English, teach ing the kind of English needed in actual business after graduation. Miss Rosa B. rarrott, bead ot the English department of the Oregon Normal School, carried the psychology of practical teaching further when she urged the teaching of English through dramatization. dustrial education at the Agricultural (Joiiege. Art In Schools Is Aim. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Dec 22. (Special.) To- cor rect the neglect of art in the general schools of Oregon, an effort 'will be made to organize an art section in. the Oregon Stat Teachers' Association, now in session at Eugene. At the re quest of the officers of the association V. D. McLouth. professor of art at the Agricultural College, has assumed the responsibility of callinz the arts teach ers together and forming an organiza tion. Mr.. McLouth has written 250 letters to art , teachers, to school su perintendents and, principals in various parts of tho state. Making specialists In art Is not the primary aim of introducing art courses into the public schools, though that should result in special cases. .The big purpose is to lead all the children into an understanding and appreciation of art in nature and in the tools and implements, of their every-daj employ ments. NEW JUDGESHIP UPHELD SUPREME COURT SAYS WEST MUST CERTIFICATE C TJ. CAXTEXBEIX, Bible Authentic History. The use of the Bible as a textbook Is differentiated from the teaching of religion by Mr. Thordarson, who recom mends the giving or actual school credit for Bible reading out of school hours if necessary. "The Bible is the authentic hstory of a great nation and a clear - record of divine revelation," he said. "It is literature in itself and it is the great key to literature in general. Our great English writings are replete with Biblical allusions that remain mere words to those who do not study the Bible." The industrial Idea in school life was outlined by H. H. Wardrip, School Superintendent at Grants Pass who would link history to industry rather than warfare. A demand for a full college degree course for teachers of manual training home economics, agriculture and com mercial branches, that these teachers may be the equals of other high school teachers, was made by Professor E D Ressler, head ot tb department of'ln- Transrer ot County Judge and Creation ot New Office Separable In Act, Court Says. SALEM, Or.; Dec 22. (Special.) Holding that an act passed at the last session of the Legislature so far aa It relates to the creating of a Circuit Judgeship in Multnomah County Is valid, the Supreme Court today. In an opinion by Chief Justice McBride, or dered the Governor to issue a certifi cate of election to C. TJ Gantenbeln, who was successful in his race for the office at the recent election. Citing the recent decision of the court that the part of the act trans ferring the probate business of the County Court to the Circuit Court and elevating the County Judge to the new Circuit Judgeship was invalid. Chief Justice McBride says the sections of the measure are separable under the law, and the creation of the additional Circuit Judgeship is clearly expressed by the act, and evidently its principal object. Says the opinion: "It is going far1 into the realm of speculation to say that the additional judgeship would not have been created had the section providing for such transfer been omitted. On the face of the act they are not so interdependent that we can presume such a result would have followed the omission of the last four sections. ."The congestion of business has been a matter of public comment, so that it is more' reasonable to presume that the Legislature would have passed the act in any event than that they would have allowed judicial business to ac cumulate in Multnomah County as it has in the past." Governor "West declined to issue Mr. Qantenbein a certificate of election upon the ground . that the courts had not -determined the additional Judge ship had been legally created. Mr. Gantenbein asked for. a -writ of man damus against the Governor, which the Supreme Court has granted. SUIT STARTED TO CLEAR TITLE Jndgo Gantenbeln Takes Step to Make All His Acts Legal. "I instituted these proceedings," said Judge Gantenbein last night, "as soon as possible after the election in order that the question might be settled defi nitely. I might have taken office with out any objection being raised, but In that case, had I tried a number of suit's, someone might have raised the ques tion of the legality of my office and it would have caused no end of trouble. "When I decided to run for office I intended to run for the Supreme bench, but on learning that County Judge Cleeton would not be a candidate for the Circuit Court I decided to run for department No. 6. At that time nobody suspaptea tne legality of this office." Under the order of the Supreme toun juage gantenbein will take of fice on the first Monday in January. Between this date and January 4 a vacancy exists in the department to which Judge Gantenbein was elected by a 8-to-l vote at the last election. It is within the power of Governor west to appoint a judge to hold the of fice until January 4, but as that date is less than two weeks away it is doubtful if 'this will be done. On hearing of the Supreme Court de cision in his favor scores yesterday causa on juage uantenbein to congrat ulate himrSST' "On -the dy I went to Salem to start these proceedings,' said the judge, "I told Mrs. Gantenbein I was going to Salem to mandamus the Governor. My boy Edward, 7 years old, overheard this piece of conversation and it stuck in his mind. - . ... "The next day my wife.-heard him talking to a playmate. ; : " 'My father's gone to Salem to dam damus the Governor,' he said." COURT REITERATES CITY SOVEREIGNTY Ordinances Limiting Speed of Autos Are Upheld fay State Supreme Tribunal. DECREE IN SUIT REVERSED COHEN STAYS IN PRISON HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS FOR RELEASE DISMISSED. Portland Attorney Yet Seeks Appeal o ' Hlsh Court Against Subornation of Perjury- Charge. TACOJIA, Wash., Dec. 22. (SDecial. Max G. Cohen, of Portland, wninr five years in McNeils Island Peniten tiary for subornation of a Christmas present today when Fed eral Judge E. E. Oushman handed down n. ueuision dismissing the habeas cor pus proceedings begun by Cohen to ob tain release from Drison. Tho rr.,,rt holds that the main questions involved in Cohen's application for a writ are the same as those in which the pris oner appealed to the United States Dis trict Court of Appeals from the Fed eral Court judgment at Portland whih judgment was affirmed. Cohen was accused of inEtrni,. Esther Wood to give false testimony when she was called upon to testify against her husband. J. Gronieh ac cused of transporting her from' Cleve land to Portland for immoral purposes. He contended that he was sentenced in violation of the Constitution, because a wife could not be compelled nor al lowed to testify against her husband and that therefore he could not be held for subornation of perjury where no perjury existed. Judge Cushtnan cites that Cnhn m..i for a writ of error in the Circuit nnnn of Appeals, where all matters of which he complains were formally assigned as errors in court. He also quotes from me decision oi ine appeal court that Esther Wood freely gave, without co ercion, the false testimony he advised her to give and that no suggestion was made at the time that she had a- right to remain silent because she was Gro nich's wife. Attorney Tom Mannix. who the writ, said he would anneal. Cohen'a attorneys at present are seeking an appeal to the United States Court against the subornation of perjury charge on which Cohen wa convicted. Constitntion Is Quoted to Show In tent of People to Bar Legisla ture From Amending Charters. People's Rights Broad. SALEM, Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) That the constitution prohibits the State Legislature from amending the charters and ordinances of municipal! ties by special or- general legislation in matters of purely local concern, and that there is a city sovereignty sep arate from state sovereignty, was re iterated today by the Supreme Court. in an opinion by Justice McNary. and concurred in by Justices Moore, Eakin, Bean and Ramsey. Dissenting opin ions were offered by Chief Justice Mc Bride and Justice Burnett. The opinion was in the case of Peter Kalich against F. C. Knapp, on appeal from Multnomah County. Kalich was struck by ah automobile driven by the defendant at the intersection of Will iams avenue and Russell street, Port land, and was seriously injured. In his suit for damages to show negli gence on the part of the defendant, he onerea city ordinances limiting the speed of automobiles in Portland to a maximum rate of 15 miles an hour In general and graded to 10 miles an hour within the fire limits. Judge McGinn Held Wrong. The Circuit Court). Judsre McGinn nre. siding, sustained, an objection to the introduction of the ordinances on the ground that they had been superseded Dy an act of the Legislature, known as the motor vehicle law. Dermittinev a maximum speed of 25 miles an hour. Because of this action the Supreme Court reverses the decree- The majority opinion Quotes the fol lowing paragraph from the constitu tion: "The initiative and referendum pow ers reserved to the people by the con stitution are hereby further reserved to the legal voters of every municipal ity and district, as' to ail local. SDecial and municipal legislation of every char acter in and for their respective mu nicipalities and districts." This paragraph and the following: from the constitution are considered In connection by" the majority opinion in arriving at its conclusion: The legal voters of every city and town are hereby granted" nower to enact-and amend their municipal char ter, subject to the constitutional and criminal laws ot the State of Oregon." Intention Held Clear. 'In considering the two sections," says the opinion, "for the purpose of wielding an harmonious construction. we think it was the clear intention of the electors of the state to restrain the Legislature from legislating in criminal matters affecting those sub jects that are purely local and munic ipal- in character." - We are liable," continues the ma jority opinion; "to confuse the discus sion of the subject if we fail to dis cern between sovereignty itself and that force which stands as the repre sentative sovereign power. In time the people may strip the Legislature of every power it once enjoyed, leaving It but a place in memory, and them selves exercise directly within the state all of the powers formerly committed to the Legislature. . . . Nor does the city on that account become a min iature state, for at all times and under all forms of government sovereignty remains in the people of the state, who speaking through the initiative may A Few Suggestions $8.50 Mission Magazine Racks for $4.25 $24.00 Women's Mission Desks for $12.00 $28.00 Quartered Oak Mission Bookcases $14.00 $25.00 Golden Oak Colonial Hall Seat $12.50 $12.50 Oak Book Racks. $5.90 $3.00 Child's Oak High Chair for ..$1.80 $24.00 Genuine Leather Arm Chair $12.50 $26.00 Morris Chair, spring back and seat, velour $13.00 $4.00 English Doll Perambulators for $2.65 $16.50 Oak Rocker, leather up holstered seat and back . . $8.50 $16.00 Oak Smoking Tables $9.60 $3.50 Child's Reed Rocker $2.29 All Cedar Chests All Camphorwood Chests Greatly Reduced I fl For the convenience of last-hour shoppers we have displayed on our main floor - hundreds of pieces of furniture, ranging from the inexpensive to the costly. HEach piece is plainly marked with the regular price, also the removal sale price the price you now pay. 0 Come and do your own shopping, bearing in mind this fact no other store shows merchandise of equal merit at prices as low as these. 0 Delivery when and where you desire. OI1S H Jenning enry Second and Morrison Streets & legislate on all matters unless re strained by the Federal or state constitutions." Emergencies Are Considered. In his dissenting opinion Chief Justice McBride says emergencies may arise in which it is desirable that gen eral legislation may be speedily enacted for nuniclpalities without the delay incident to the adoption of measures by the Initiative. While deprecating," says the Chief Justice, "legislative intermeddling with the local affairs of towns and cities in the matter the act in question has done. consider it not a question of power. but of public policy, which can and, no doubt, will be corrected at the next session of the Legislature soon to meet." Justice Burnett says the people of Portland lit adopting their fundamental law,; expressly made the legislative power of their City Council subject and subordinate to both the civil and crim inal laws of the state as well as its constitution. - v "It follows," he says, "that when the Council adopts an ordinance conflict ing with any state law that body ex ceeds the legislative powers delegated to it." EX-BBAKEMAN WINS $4000 Southern Pacific to Appeal Verdict Given at Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Or.. Dec. (Special.) After deliberating five hours, a Jury in the Circuit Court here late today awarded Thomas Book judgment of $4 000 against the Southern Faciflc Company. The suit was brought to recover J40, 000, which he alleged was due as dam ages for Injuries sustained when Book fell from a freight car at Drain. LARCENY VERDICT STANDS Supreme Court Holds V. II. Cliapin Waived Right of Dismissal. SALEM, Or., DecT 22. (Special.) The, Supreme Court today affirmed the verdict of the Multnomah Circuit Court, finding W. H. Chapin, a real estate dealer of Portland, guilty of larceny by bailee. Chapin and E. C Herlow were indicted jointly on a charge of obtaining $3500 from William and Marion Grace. It was contended that the court lost jurisdiction of the case because the trial was delayed. It was argued that if a defendant, whose trial has not been postponed upon his application or his consent, is not brought to trial at the next term of court, the court must order the indictment dismissed. Flledner. Mrs. II. M. Glenn and Mrs. F. J. Haines, must pay an inheritance tax of $3050. The difference in the figures arose over the Fliedner building, at Tenth and Washington streets. The apprais ers had fixed the value of this build ing at $222,500 nd State Treasurer Kay fixed it at $290,000. Judge Cleeton held It to be worth $280,000. ESTATE RAISED $57,000 Court Increases Value of Fliedner Holdings to $332,500. The valuation of the estate of Louis Fliedner was raised from $275,000 to $332,600 by an order of County Judge uieeion yesterday. The neirs, W. Louid llth-H fea Gilt our iJinsoiias esooiis irom Sent by Express or Parcel Post With Privilege to Examine and Keturn at Uur Expense if Not Satisfactory. - ' ' t Music Bags and Rolls Violins, complete, with Case, Bow, Rosin and Instruction Book. Combination XIV B S5.95 Combination XIV C 9.95 Combination XIV E 5511.85 Special F $15.00 Violin Cases from J51.50 to $15 Toy Drams for the boys 3 to 5j54 An entire retail stock being closed ' out as well as regular lines. Prices specially low. Xmas Sale Prices 95c, $1.25. $1.50, $2.00, $3.25, $4.50, $5.00 and $7.00. Guitars, Mandolins, Etc. Large Assortment, Ranging in Prices from $4.50 to $35. Jnat Received a Large Shipment ot HOHXKH'S ANO OTHEIl uakmo,k;as, Ranging in prices from 15c to $3.50 MT'SIC FOLIOS, SOIVO POLIOS, I-NSTIltJCTION BOOKS, STUDIES, EVKRTHING IN CLASSICAL, OH I-KOKIdSSIONAL. 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