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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1915)
THK MORNING OREGONIAX. . WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1915. MOVE FOR AIRTIGHT SUNDAY LID STARTS Dr. E. L. Tufts, of Oregon Methodist Conference, to Vv Initiate Measure. BASEBALL AMONG TARGETS "Plan Is to Close All Commercialized Amusements and Stores Not Ue- quired by- Their Nature to Keep Open Every Day. An air-tijjht Sunday law will be proposed on the initiative ballot at the election next Fall. The proposal is to make the measure tate-wide and to apply it particularly to Sunday baseball, theaters and all classes of commercialized amusements. cigar stores, groceries and other places or business that are not required, by their nature, to remain open on Sun day. The movement is being promoted by Tr. E. 1 Tufts, a minister of the Ore- iron conference of the Methodist church, lie is interesting1 ministers and laymen of the various churches in Portland. and expects to have their active co operation for the campaign next Fall. Dr. Tufts spoke on Sunday at the Centenary Methodist Church on the East Side and explained his propaganda. He also asked for contributions to support the campaign. Considerable cash was given and other substantial pledges were made. State to Be Toured. It Is the intention of Dr. Tufts to tour the state and to interest the church people everywhere in his plan. He is operating under the auspices of the American Veekly Rest Associatioo which has lor its ostensible purpose the enactment of a law in each state that will procure one day's rest in each week for every working man and every working woman. Coupled with this object,, however, is the further movement to put up the barriers against all Sunday activities, so far as possible, thus providing per sons who now are required to work on Sundays with their weekly rest day on Sunday. Or. Tufts now Is seeking advice from attorneys who are in sympathy with the movement on the form of an Initia tive measure that is to be presented to the voters next Fall. He proposes to have the measure drafted early in the campaign so that it will find a place near the top of the ballot. "The working people particularly are in favor of the movement," he explained last Sunday. "They are as eager as anyone to have their freedom on Sun day." Actors Said to Be Favorable. Ho said, too, that members of the theatrical profession are co-operating with his organization in the hope 01 having the theaters closed on Sundays. "The actors and actresses," he said. 'are as eager as anyone else to have a, day of rest on Sunday. "One of their number attended the recent convention of our organization at Los Angeles in the hope of aiding the cause." It is aimed, further, to place severe restrictions around cigar stores, gro eery stores and small mercantile es tablishments that are required to re main open on Sundays. Help is expected from certain gro eerymen. who have been waging a cam paign for several years for a Sunday closing law. The measure passed by the Portland City Council to close the groceries in Portland was defeated on referendum last June. Some grocers now want another Sunday law. Dr. Tufts has not yet aimed particu larly at the Sunday baseball games, but it is expected that they will be included in the list of those activities against which the measure is to oper ate. Amateur games for which, no ad mission is charged, it is understood, are to be permitted. Adventlst Provision Made. Opposition is expected from the Seventh-Day Adventists and others who are in the habit of observing Saturday as a day of worship, but the framers of the bill hope to overcome this oppo sition by a provision in the measure that will permit them to transact busi ness on Sunday, providing they close on Saturday. Those leading the move ment realize that they will be opposed by great masses of people who find Sunday their only time for such amuse ments as the theater and baseball, and by thousands of others who are hostile to blue laws which they regard as an unjust infringement of their per&onal liberty. Hotels, restaurants and such places which, by their nature, are compelled to remain open on Sunday, will exempt from the operations of the measure. It will be provided, however, that those persons who are required to work on Sunday shall have their rest on another day of the week. "One day of rest out of every seven for all workers." is the slogan of the organization. They prefer Sunday, but if that is impossible, then any other day win do. L. C. GILMAPJ RETURNS Arrangements Completed for Trans- I fer of Liner to Honolulu Run. Tj. C. Gilman, president of the North Bank Railroad and the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company, returned yesterday from St. Paul, where he con ferred with officials of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroads. I'pon his arrival here Mr. Gilman met Oal 12. Stone, traffic manager of the steamship lines, and completed ne gotiations with him for inauguration of steamer service between California points anil Honolulu, beginning: Novem ber 26. About November 15 the steamer Northern Pacific will be withdrawn from the Flavel-San Francisco service and placed In drydock at San Fran cisco. As soon as she is fixed up the (.treat isortnern win be placed in dry dock. The Northern Pacific will remain in service between the mouth of the Co lumbia and San Francisco throughout the Winter. The Great Northern will Join her asam early in the Spring. DEBATE OFFER DECLINED Representative McArtliur Answers . Challenge of K. V. Hutton. There will be no debate on Natio nal prohibition between C. N. McArth ur. P. Ilutton. suoerintendent of the Oresr on Anti-Saloon League. Mr. McArth ur n- yesterday wrote to Mr. Hutton decli inn his challenge and asserting t Ruch a. discussion would serve no u ...1 II- I . . 1 . . 1 . hat ise aui -'II. luur explain: that prior to his election he pledged ains himself to be guided on the National prohibition tesue by the vote of bis own district on state prohibition. His letter in part follows: During the campaign which result ed in my election to Congress, I was repeatedly asked how I stood on the question of National prohibition, and my invariable answer was that I would regard the vote of the people of this district on the question of state-wide prohibition as an instruction for my guidance should any National prohibi tion amendment be considered by Con gress during my membership, in that body. As you know, the people of the district voted against prohibition, and I therefore feel in honor bound to vote against any and all National prohibi tion amendments until tne voters 01 tne district direct me otherwise. Whenever the voters change their attitude upon this question, I will change mine, but until they indicate a change I cannot recede from the po sition which I have taken, without stultifying myself and repudiating my campaign pledges. If a debate such as you propose would tend in any way to settle this difference of opinion, I would, accept your challenge, but I fail to see how we would be any nearer an understand ing after the debate than we are at the present time." CREDIT MEN DUE TODAY REPRESENTATIVES TO COME FROM SEATTLE AND TACOMA. Mornintr Will Be Devoted to Sight seeing?! Afternoon to Business and . Evening to Banquet Credit men from the wholesale, job' bing and manufacturing houses of Portland, Tacoma and Seattle, together with official representatives of the Credit Men's Associations of the three cities, will get together today for the second annual conference of credit men from cities of the Pacific Northwest. The delegates who will arrive on. the early morning train will be shown about the city by officials of the local associations. In the afternoon a round table will be held at the headquarters of the Portland Association of Credit Men and the day will conclude with a dinner at the Portland Chamber of Commerce. From Seattle, H. S. Gaunce. director of the National Association. O. 1. Woods, president of the Seattle Asso ciation of Credit Men, and Ij. H. Mac amber, manager of the Seattle Mer chants' Association, will arrive on an early train this morning. Two mem bers of the Tacoma delegation, Wil liam Schlarb, Jr., president of the Ta coma Association of Credit Men, and W. W. Keys, manager of the adjust ment Bureau ol the Tacoma Associa tion, will arrive on the Shasta Limited in time for the afternoon conference. Othor delegates, making a total of five from Seattle and ten from Tacoma. will arrive on later trains in time for the evenfng meeting. For the evening meeting an elaborate programme of toasts and addresses has been provided, following the dinner which begins at 6:30 o'clock. George E. Hardy, manager of th Chamber of Commerce will welcome the visitors. A. H. Devers will extend greetings to the visitors on behalf of the .local association. A formal address will be given bv F. H. Luce, vice-president of the Fidelity irust company, or lacoma, on the topic "Should Jobbers Exercise the Same Degree of Care in Credit Granting as Banks?" CHURCH ELDERS ORGANIZE Wilson Bcnefiel Elected President of Presbyterian Society. At a meeting of elders of the Pres byterian churches of the city, held Mon day night in the First Church, an or ganization was formed which will be Known as the Portland Presbyterian Elders' Association. Wilson Benefiel was unanimously elected president and A. S. Pattullo and F. S. Miller were elected. members of the executive committee to serve with the president. All the churches of the Presbyterian denom ination in the city were represented. A dinner was served and Ur. J. H. Boyd was the honored guest. Short addresses were made by Robert Liv ingstone. John Bain, John M. Lewis and R. R. Steele. The association has been formed to encourage greater co-operation among the churches. BUSINESS LOT IS SOLD Xcw Three-Story Building to Rise on Washington Xcar Twelfth. In purchasing a 25 by 100-foot lot at 430 Washington street, near Twelfth street, yesterday, I. E. Solomon an nounced that ' he expected to improve the property soon with a three-story modern building. The fractional lot was sold for Richard Wilder by F. E. Taylor & Co. for $42,500. As part payment Mr. Wilder accepted a full quarter-block and four modern eight-room houses on the northeast corner of Tenth and Harrison streets. The balance was paid in cash. Yesterday's sale is the second large transaction in upper Washington-Btreet property concluded this month by Mr. Taylor. Less than a monthf ago H. M. Cake paid $75,000 for the northwest corner of Fourteenth and Washington streets. SCHOOLS TO SEND GREENS Autumn Foliage, Gathered by Pupils. Will Decorate Oregon Building. Autumn foliage and evergreen are to be gathered by the school children of Portland and shipped to San Francisco for decoration of the Oregon building on October 30, which is Oregon day at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Arrangements were made yesterday by Superintendent Alderman that each school which desires to participate may arrange to do so. Announcement of a central place where the foliage can be collected for shipment will be made in a few days. School children in the outlying dis tricts will be in especially advanta geous positions to gather the eversreens. such as Oregon grape and ferns and the red rose berries of the eglantine and the laurel-like salal foliage. SUNDAY BREACH CHARGED Four Grocers Accused of Keeping Open, Will Bo Given Hearing. The first attempt to enforce in Port land the recent decision of the Supreme Court, holding the Sunday closing law constitutional, came yesterday, when A. W. Kerhielm. of S729 Sixty-fourth street Southeast, and A. C. Roberts, of 523 East Forty-fifth street North, swore to complaints before Deputy Dis trict Attorney Pierce, charging four East Side grocers with, keeping 'open last Sunday. Those accused are Dan Kellaher, 135 Grand avenue: Fred Mason, Grand ave nue and East Ankeny street; Ben A. Bellamy. Hawthorne and Grand ave nues, and J. D. May. East Sixth and Burnside streets. They will be given a preliminary hearing in District Court today-or tomorrow.. 'ij:.; - ;V - ' ' 1 j.cm- o li i 111 a Fy L Golden I Jl 1IL A A West I A ! ? V-rA Jf Coffee If II J y Is Steel il I Cut-No ! X. Chaff, II ill Look for the (Red ' Label I! M i STEEL V V fjpi w, WlSm Order of Voor 'n4Mr- . Beater fowl I Ilia I PORTLAND AND SEAT TIE j v $1 FUN IN PLENTY ASSURED BIO PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR LAXD rRODlCTS SHOW. Many Special Features Provided, In cluding Competitive Drill by I Fraternal Societies. The programme of amusements and special events for the Manufacturers' and Land Products Show, opening Mon day at the Armory and special build ings, is fast taking shape, and during the 18 days the exposition will be open there will be hourly attractions after noon and evening. The Chamber of Commerce is now giving attention to the opening pro gramme,,, when it Is expected every member of the Chamber will be pres ent. Officers and directors of the manu factures and industries and the Ore gon development bureaus will be pres ent in a body. The first week of the exposition will bring out many special days and events. following opening day, October 25, will come Sister Cities' day, when special excursions will come from Oregon City. Vancouver, Linnton, Estacada, Uresham and Oswego. Wednesday will be Good Roads day and Thursday Marine day. Friday will feature Fraternal day, and five drill teams from Portland se cret societies will compete for cash prizes. The winners of the contest will receive a first prize of $100. The second prize calls for o0, and the third prize $25. Several thousand members of frater nal bodies in Portland are working for the success of this day at the exposi tion, since a cash prize of $-5 will bo presented the lodge selling the greatest number of admission tickets. A second prize of $25 will be awarded the lodge selling the most tickets in proportion to its membership. The first week will close with Satur day afternoow given over to the school children of the city. It will also be HaJoween night, - The employes in. tne Glossef The Oldest and Largest Coffee Roasters in the Northwest Portland postoffice will attend the ex position in a body Saturday, October 30. MOVIE STAGE LURES GIRLS Roseburg Misses, 14, Run Away to Become Actressses. ROSEBURG. Or., Oct." 19. (Special.) Fascinated by moving pictures and a desire to become actresses was respon sible for the sudden and unexpected de parture Sunday of the daughters of R. W. Robinette and L. F. Otto, of this city. The girls are about 14 years of age. They left their homes under the pretense of attending Sunday school, and when they failed to return in. the evening their parents became alarmed and officers were notified. The girls were located on the Pacific Highway, some distance south of Roseburg. They first said they had been' lured into an automoible by a, stranger and ' later ejected from- the car near the spot where they were found, tinder ques- This Baking Powder Keeps Its Strength .The large can of K G lasts longer than 25 cents worth of other baking powders but no matter how long It takes the user to get to the bottom the last spoonful is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. K G raises the nicest, lightest biscuits, cakes and pastry you ever ate, and it Is guaranteed pure and wholesome. For goodness sake, use K C. & Devers 1 tioning by the District Attorney, how ever, they broke down and admitted they left home of their own free will and were en route to Los Angeles to become moving - picture actresses. Neither of the girls had any money. MRS. WEBB WINS AGAIN For Sixtli Time Victory Gained Over AV. Isensee in Court. For the sixth, time within the past couple of years Mrs. . Lillie T. Webb scored a victory in court yesterday over William Isensee, when a jury in Judge Kavanaugh's department gave her judgment against him for $2500 for slander. . Mrs. Webb is lessee of the Westphal Apartments, Fifth and Harrison streets, owned by isensee, and their previous litigation has been over the lease and about mortgages which Isensee held against Mrs. Webb. On every occasion Isensee was beaten, but be showed a dogged determination by coming back into court Again and again. - The slander suit was an outcome of the other suits. . ', Relationship to Mrs. Gait Claimed. W. I. Morgan, of this city, is a rela tive of Mrs. Norman Gait, President Wilson's fiancee. Mr. Morgan's mother, before her marriage, was Miss Meldred Trust Prices Than Bigger Office, Bigger Business, Better Methods, Better System, More Patients, More Hygienic Than Any Trust Dentist in Oregon We examine your teeth (not your pocketbook) Free of Charge Part of every dollar you give a Trust Dentist goes to help keep up the Trust in Oregoru Can you afford to pay $2 for $1 worth of old-style dentistry just ' to help the dental combine crush competition? PAINLESS PARKER DENTIST Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or. Loa Angeles, San. Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Bakersfield, Brooklyn, N. T, Boiling, of Virginia, a cousin of Mrs.'" Gait's father. Although related, the Morgans do not know the bride-elect,' but they have the family tree tracing back to Pocahontas and are greatly interested in the approaching nuptials." In tho north of England. 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