Morning Oregonian., January 17, 1917, Page 8, Image 8

THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917.
METHODIST UREAL
CONFERENCE OPENS
MEN OF PROMINENCE PARTICIPATING IN CONFERENCE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
TWO HEW REGENTS
SEATED AT EUGENE
So Digestible That Even
Babes Thrive Upon It
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ASK yonr doctor what BOrt of cereal food is best of all
x. for easy and thorough digestion. Answer: A bal
anced food that is non-constipating, granulated to allow
free play of digestive juices, and complete with the natural
salines 'and coarse brans retained. All of these essentials
are abundantly provided by (
Dr. Jackson's
Prominent Churchmen From
All Districts but Alaska
Attend Sessions.
C. C. Colt and Henry M. Mc
Kinney Take Places of F. V:
Holman and W. Smith.
STIRRING TALKS FEATURE
litshop Edwin H. Hughes, D. !., of
Boston, Brother of Rev. Matthew
8. Hughes, of Portland, Present-
Reports Interesting.
SSAPPT EXTRACTS FROM AD
DRESSES BY PROMIXJE-f T . . .
METHODISTS.
It'a as pious to pay as to pray,
and sometimes it is plous-er. "
You'll never get and keep con
verts by the sensational and
brass-band method. Earnest per
sonal work is much better.
Giving- Is an act of worship.
Education and religion should '
go hand in hand.
Don't make boasts of your
Western industries and progress
and then hold out your hat and
beg for help In the East.
In the grammar of God the
word "thou" stands out large.
Any man who can't look after No.
1 can't -take care of others. -
The best patriot makes the
best missionary.
A stirring address by Bishop Edwin
H. hughes, D. D., of Boston, brother
of Rev. Matthew S. Hughes, resident
bishop of the Northwest, completed a
busy day for the prominent Methodists,
district superintendents, representa
tives of general boards and others
who attended the three sessions of the
general conference that opened yester
day in the First Methodist Church and
will continue throughout today and
tomorrow.
Although Bishop E. H. Hughes spoke
along broad lines, the dominant note
that rang throughout his address was
one of personal obligation and patriot
ism. When he said x'he hyphen is
a minus sign. The sooner we make it
that, the better, he was roundly ap
plauded. When he said "In my veins there is
Fcotch blood, and German blood, and
Welsh blood and Irish blood, but 1
em not Scotch-American, or German
American, or anything like that. 1
am an American" he was cheered.
And when he rose to heights of elo
quence in prate of the stars and
stripes,' he was-both cheered and ap
plauded and one good minister ex
claimed aloud, "That's good stuff!"
T-'afnlthfuliiesa Is Scored.
The visiting bishop made a strong
plea for decency and honor In the home
circle. Of the man who Is untrue to his
wife and children, he said "There is no
meaner devil this side of hell,"
Of friendship and loyalty he said:
"The man who is not true to his friends
is not to be trusted, with public office
or the investment of other people's
money.
In upholding the tendency men have
to take pride in their locality. Bishop
Hughes said. "The man who knocks
his locality isn't fit to represent it in
Congress or anywhere. If you don't
like a place, don't live in it. I never
lived in a place I didn't like, and I m
never going to, in this world or the
next. I was born in West Virginia:
went to college in Ohio; entered the
ministry in Iowa: married In Georgia;
settled in Massachusetts; preached in
Maine; assigned to a pastorate in In
diana; was transferred to California
and then back to Massachusetts, where
I have been for six months, and in
that time have learned to say, 'The
pawst at least Is secuah.' "
Responsibility la Outlined.
Man's- responsibility was divided by
tne msnop into circles of the family,
one's friends, the locality, the state,
the Nation and his obligation to all
and to God.
Interspersing the address were fre
quent sallies of wit and good-natured
jibes at his brother. Bishop M. 8.
Hughes, who in turn, at the close.
Khowed that he, too, had the gift of
humor.
The singing of the 109 children o
the vested choir of Rose City Park was
praised by the visitor. Superintendent
W. W. Youngson presided. The audi
torium was filled with a capacity au
dience of Methodists..
Addresses and reports bristling with
new ideas, helpful suggestions, honest
comment and spiritual inspiration
were given yesterday and many more
will be features of today. The women
of the church will serve dinner and
lunch each day of the conference.
Thursday afternoon there will be a
reception in honor of the visitors, with
Bishop and Mrs. Hughes entertaining
at the Episcopal residence, 406 East
Twenty-fourth street. The business
sessions will close at noon tomorrow.
Alaska Alone Unrepresented,
Every district except Alaska has its
representatives here.
Sound. practical advice, straight
from the shoulder, was handed the dis
trict superintendents and ministers
nt the morning session which opened
the conference yesterday. The two
principal speakers were Bishop Mat
thew S. Hughes and Dr. John Lowe
1'ort, of Chicago.
Bishop Hughes spoke of the diffi
culties of the area, naming the great
distances to be covered in all of Ore
gon, Washington. Northern Idaho and
Alaska, the diversified industries, and
the debt that is on many of the
churches.
"We talk about our itinerate min
isters. I tell you we have an Itinerate
membership. Don't I know? Haven't
1 chased them? In a town where there
is a mill, the mill may shut down and
all the church membership move
away." said the bishop.
Chorea Debt Deplored.
"Another thing that must be stopped
Is saddling a church with debt. The
man who puts big loads of debt on a
church or community and then goes
away bragging what he has accom
plished. while some one else is having
to pay the penalty, should be sup
pressed.
"You talk about your itinerant mem
bership," said Dr. Fort. "Why, in the
East we have a lot who couldn't even
Itinerate. "
An arraignment of the present lack
of interest in denominational educa
tion was embodied in the address of
Ir. Edward H. Todd, president of t-;
Puget Sound University, before Emi
nent Methodists gathered at church
house in the afternoon.
"Up to the last few '-ears,' said Dr.
Todd, "we were too congregational in
our educational policy. Methodism
should hav i system of education that
our youir people could take advan
tage rf from the secondary school to
th graduate school.
"Methodism wss responsible for the
standardization of tha educational gys-
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Gtohd. Left 4a Rlabt. J. C. Harrison,
of Portland DUtrlet. Individual
of Boston. 3 Robert Bromley.
B. K. Kovnts. 9 T. E. Elliott.
terns, yet it has no schools ranking
with the highest institutions in ths
country."
The afternoon session was opened by
a talk by Dr. Edward Laird Mills, of
the frontier department or tne ooara or
home missions. Dr. Mills said that
there should be a reorganized board;
that its staff should bo representative
and up to date and recommended that
a paper be published to give publicity
to the actions or the Doard ana tne
activities of the church.
The afternoon session closed after
an informal discussion of the needs of
the district superintendents for their
respective localities, with devotlonals
led by Dr. T. W. Lane, pastor of Cen
tenary Methodist Church.
One of the features or the sessions
this afternoon will be' the address on
The New . Frontier," . by Rev. J. K.
Crowther, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, of Seattle. There win also be
a general discussion among the dis
trict superintendents. Dr. Crowther
spoke here during the Daymen's Mis
sionary Convention last year. Dr.
Clarence True Wilson, of Washington,
D. C: Dr. A. W. Mell, of San Fran
cisco; Dr. D. W. Howell, of Buffalo,
N. Y.:' Robert H. Hughes, editor of the
Pacific Advocate, and Dr. R. N. Avison.
of Salem, will be among today speak
ers.
A mass meeting will be held tonight
at 7:45 o'clock. The First Church
quartet will sing. Rev. Alfred Bates
Is chorister in the various sessions. Dr.
H. O. Perry is acting secretary.
NOISY CYCLES AROUSE
Riders Declared to Speed and to
EndangerIiives ot Children,
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Residents on East Burnaide street
from Grand avenue to East Twenty
eighth street are up in arms over t
fact that motorcycle riders us, rtiat
thoroughfare for a race vrars It
is said that many careVJ.a riders tear
along East Burnsid street with their
exhausts and mwriiers wide open.
John F. O-dray. manager of the
Oaks Amrfment Park, who resides
at 74T :ast Burnside street, is one of
th! yeaders in the movement to have
Tie nuisance suppressed. v
"These riders tear along this paved
street and endanger children, he sald.
"In the morning we are usually awak
ened by the rattling of the machines."
There is some talk of a petition to
the Portland police bureau asking that
the law be strictly enforced.' ,
By harnessing a fly to a tiny wagon,
an English scientist found it could
draw 170 times its own weight over
smooth surfaces.
of Olymplai S. S. Snlllger. of Taeoma,
Portraits. 1 nishop M. M. Hnghes, Northwest Area, a Blsbop E. II. Ilngken,
4 W. F. Hawk. S J. M. Canne. 8 G. A. Lasdon. 7 Andrew Warner. I
10 H. O. Perry, District Superintendents.
BOARD IS DIVIDED
Majority of School Directors
Oppose Kindergarten.
RESULTS HELD DOUBTFUL
One Member Would Favor limited
Appropriation of $10,000 Yearly.
Another Says Tendency Is
to Shift Responsibility.
Members of the Portland Board of
Education are divided in their attitude
toward the idea of including kinder
garten work as a part of the public
school curriculum. The majority of
the board, however, refuses to sup
port the plan that is to oome before
the Legislature involving a huge out
lay for kindergartens in this city, and
not a single member who has been
interviewed comes out in favor of it.
The board members advance several
reasons for their opposition to pub
licly supported kindergartens. One
reason is that there appears to be no
material educational gain from kinder
gartens and another that the expense
is not warranted by the returns ob
tained.
Of four members of the board in
terviewed two are strongly opposed
one is non-committal and the fourth
is in favor of a limited amount of
money being spent on kindergarten
work.
Mr. Lockif4 la Opponent.
"I am strongly opposed to kinder
gartens in the public school system,"
said S. P. Lockwood yesterday. "I
have made very wide and exhaustive
investigations for some time and I have
found the pupil who has had kinder
garten work has little or no advan
tage over the other puplL
"I have found that kindergartens
have no educational advantage. They
are nice as a day nursery and I would
be willing to contribute a certain
amount for the maintenance 'of day
nurseries.
J. V. Beach thinks that there is
"too great a tendency for th parents
Welcomed by Dr. W. W. Tanngson,
of today to shift the responsibility
of the early training and education of
the child on the government" or some
other public body.
"I believe that the children are
started in school now as early as they
should be." said Mr. Beach last night.
"There seems to be little advantage in
putting a child in school earlier than
the age of six years."
Results Are Questioned.
Mr. Beach also said that the re
sults obtained would not warrant the
expense Involved.
1t. 3. Francis Drake said that he
had not given the subject sufficient
study to form any definite opinion.
He is making a study of the situation
from an economic and educational
standpoint, but right now he is "on
the fence. -
Dr. AJan "Welch Smith is in favor
of appropriating a certain sum yearly
for the operation of kindergartens at
the public expense, but he would limit
that expenditure to. $10,000 a "year for
the present. He said there were cer
tain portions of the city .to be served
where a kindergarten would be the
inical educational unit to install.
L. R. Alderman, City Superintendent
of Schools, is known to have refused
to approve the bill presented to the
Legislature concerning the installation
of kindergartens in pudiic kuoou.
HARDWARE MEN TO MEET
Pacific Northwest Association to
Open Sessions In Spokane Today.
' SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 16. Hard
ware and implement dealers of the
Pacific Northwest will meet here for a
three days' convention tomorrow to
discuss problems connected with their
business. The convention, under the
auspices of the Pacifio Northwest
Hardware and Implement Dealers' As
sociation, is held annually in Spo
kane. A. L. Callow, of Lima, Wash., presi
dent of the association. Is expected to
preside at all sessions. The election
will be held on the second day and if
precedent is followed C. S. Robinson,
of Bremerton, Wash., will be advanced
from first vice-president to president.
Between 400 and S00 delegates are
expected at the convention.
Sami point Man Nominated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 President
Wilson today nominated Arthur J.
Swing, of Sandpoint. Idaho, to be re
ceiver of public moneys at . Coeur
d'Alena,
ANNUAL REPORT IS READ
President Campbell Points. Out Re
quirements and Board Wrestles
With Problem of Mainte
nance on Lower Allowance.
UXIVERSITT. OF OREGON. Eugene
Jan. 16. (Special.) Two new regents
Degan their terms of office .today
when the board met in its annual
meeting. The new men are C. C Colt,
of Portland, and Henry M. McKInney,
of Baker, who succeed F. V. Holman,
of Portland, and Judga William Smith.
of Baker.
With tha Installation of theso new
men, the big question was taken op
of solving the problem of meeting the
Dig increase of enrollment In tie stu
dent body with the shrinkage in the
income due to the-lessening of the dn-
comeof the university. T-o meeting
of the regents was called to order In
Johnson hall this morning at 10 o'clock.
ai tne ena ot tne deliberations of tne
regents they bad failed to find an
answer to the big question, and they
adjourned to meet again in about a
month, when , the Legislature will have
adjourned, and It will be definitely
known Just what will be rn income
of the university for the coming year.
Hew Professor Elected.
George Turnbull. T Seattle, was
elected to the second place on the
school of Journalism faculty list in
the place of Colin V. Dyment, whose
resignation, to go to the "University of
Washington, was accepted.
The principal business of the meet
ing, besides the election of officers,
was the consideration of the annual
message of President T. L. Campbell,
who called attention to the wide ex
pansion of activities besides the rapid
growth in numbers. He laid stress on
the need of more library room and a
larger force of attendants.
That the school of Journalism was
also in need of more equipment to
accomplish the practical work planned
for the coming years was also pointed
out by the president to the regents.
ith an Increase in enrollment of
more tfian 75 per cent the school of
commerce has successfully assumed, in
addition, considerable extension work
n practical commercial lines, the pres
ident said. It was declared that the
sahool's activity In contributing to the
development of the flax Industry in the
state of Oregon alone Justified the ex
penditure made upon the school during
the past year.
Portland Ceater Desired.
It is the strong desire of the exten
sion department of the university to
reorganize Its work in Portland into
an extension center this year it the
general policy is approved by the
board." said the president in his re
port. "The history of the development
of university extension centers In va
rious sections of such educationally
developed states as Wisconsin and
Minnesota proves that the plan is both
practicable and educationally sound,
If the recommendations of Governor
Withycombe, In . Is recent message to
the State Legislature, are followed, the
report declares, the most serious of the
university's needs can be met. although
the board will have to postpone still
lonarer the erection of a much-needed
women's dormitory and a classroom.
There are now 1421 students in the
departments at Eugene. 73 in tne aieo
School in Portland. 52 corre
spondence students and 1694 extension
cla?s students.
Th. ree-ents today accepteo. rrom
the Oregon-Washington nauroaa
Mnvle-ntion Company deeds for 21
acres of land on the hills overlooking
the city of Portland, to tie used as
site for the new medical department
of the university. citizens oi ron
land have contributed 125.000 toward
the first building and the state has
already appropriated au.ouu.
Legislators Are Invited.
The board appointed a committee to
make arrangements In conjunction
Th committee
Campbell and Regents Milton A. Miller,
of Portland; unaries ii. rismr. i o--
l.n anrl A C. DIXOIl. Of EUOD".
The board deciaea to au im uosi--imtrm
tnr an aDDronriation within the
limits of the reduction in me original
..Hmt suare-ested ny uovernor
Withycombe In his message and to call
strongly to tne attention ot iea
i.iotiira tba Dressing need of a dor
mitory for women as one of the Items
to be considered in any appropriation
which might be made.
The election of officers resulted In
tn re-election of R. S. Bean, presi
dent, and L. H. Johnson, secretary of
the board. The same executive com
mittee, composed of A. C Dixon, acting
chairman; W. K. Newell. C. H. Fisher,
Ray Goodrich. Mrs. Gerlingsr and
Judge Bean.
RED CROSS WANTS BRANCH
officials of Society Hope to Get
People Enlisted In Belief.
Conferences are now under way be-1
twean local men and John L. Clymer I
and William W. Hush, of San Fran
cisco, representatives of the American
Red Cross, who hope to organize a I
branch of the society here. Mr. Clymer,
riir.rtnr of the Pacifio division of the
Red Cross, and Mr. Hush, special field
a rent of the society, announce that
Portland is the only important city on I
the' Coast which has-not organizea a
branch.
It Is Intended to work up extensive I
Interest among Portland people in the
relief work of the Red Cross and enlist
a large numher or memoers. a com
mittee will be named today for the I
work of organizing the branch nera.
Mr. Clymer and Mr. Hush ara regis
tered at the Benson.
AUTO HIT; DRIVER UNHURT
North Bank; Train Wrecks Car Pi
loted by Robert Knauf.
Robert Knauf. 1429 Wears street, St.
Johns, escaped uninjured yesterday
when the automobile which he was
driving was struck by a Spokane, Port
land and Seattle gasoline motor-train
at the St. Johns ferry slip at Whitwood
Court. The automobile waa wrecked.
jXr. Kaauff was thrown some distance.
The train was one of those running
between Portland and Rainier and was
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for inviting the Legislature to come University: the present campus is held
to Eugene to inspect the university, by virtue of a trust deed and cannot be
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Eves babies- may as a It freely
(from the eighth month) with
greatest benefit to not only their
health but their development
and growth.
When graina are "refined
the brana, salines and nutritive
dark parts are removed. Only the
highly starchy white parts are re
tained. These fine, starchy par
ticles pack and clog the digestive
tract, and ferment. The poisons
thus produced ester the blood
and you feel the nasty, debilita
ting ssnsatioa dne to indigectloa ,
and self-poisoning.
Roman Meal pre
vents indigestion, and
helps other foods to
digest, too. It Is
porous because gran
ulated. The digestive
Juices can reach every
particle quickly, thus
promoting digestion.
The brans also help to
bring out the digest
ive .juices. Result:
Quick and thorough
digestion, no f erment
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poisoning, hence the
sense of wellness
Roman Q-
Reman Meal CeTacoma (Washington) and Toronto (Canada)
The Easy Way to Health.
Roman Meal Bread
Baked in Portland only by the
Log Cabin Baking Co. :
MERGER YET IS
Special Committee" Investi
gates Albany College.
MERCHANTS OPPOSE MOVE
Plan to Unite Albany Institution
With Pacific 'XTni versify, Urged
by New Tork Board. .Pro'
daces Very Bitter Feeling
ALBANY, Or, Jan. -16. Speclal.)
That the members of the Presbyterian
Synod of Oregon who want to merge
Albany College with the Pacifio Uni
versity have not given up hope and
consider that they are making good
progress, became known here today
when a committee appointed at the last
meeting of the synod arrived here to
I make an investigation of the condition
I oi me conesc
ine Doara wi iruB,a di Aiu.ny uoi
1 lege nas ueciueu qcuhuwj hidi io
merger, but the college board at New
York City, which controls the disburse
ment of funds for all the educational
institutions of the country, has not
reached a decision, and at their atrec
tlon the Investigation continues.
Eastern Board la Criticised.
Albany people not connected with
the board have satisfied themselves on
these two points: The $260,000 en
dowment which was raised for the
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when you eat freely of Roman
MeaL
If Roman Meal does not posi
tively relieve constipation we will
refund your money. If you load
tip your system with foods that
are impoverished and lack waste,
the muscles of the digestive tract
fust stop working, and then yon
have constipation. Let Roman
Meal relieve it- '
Roman Meal Is also a perfectly
balanced food. Your digestion is
never upset by too much starches
or too much protein. That is
why it "agrees'' with everybody
it is properly balanced. Ask
your doctor about it.
Roman Meal has all
the nutritive value of
entire berries of wheat
and rye, and the seed
of flax rendered both
tasteless and odor
less by electricity."
Roman Meal makes
the most satisfying
porridge (must never
be stirred except
while mixing meal and
water) . It is also used
for making pancakes,
gems, bread, etc At
all grocers.
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Pacific University. Kor these reasons
Albany people expect to have a col
lege here, no matter what decision
the New York board may reach.
Local business men who are not con
nected with the church or college hare
become very bitter toward the New
York board and the Portland Presby-'
terians who are trying to effect the
merger.
Endowment Food Ezempl.
Th' Albany people do not question
the power of the college board to close
Albany College if it desires, for the
reason that the board has loaned money
to the Institution to such an extent that
it could be forced Into bankruptcy If
the board were to resort to extreme
measures: but even then the endow
ment fund and the campus would be
immune, according to the opinion or
Albany's best attorneys. Their opinion
Is based on the decision handed down
by the Supreme Court when it decided
the right of the college to sell one
campus and buy another at Albany
with the proceeds of the sale.
The committee which made the in
vestigation today was composed of
Rev. Carl Elliot, pastor of the Salem
Presbyterian Church: J. S. Bradley.
Portland; Rev. J. M. Skinner, pastor of
Rose City Park Church. Portland, and
C. C. Bryant, of Albany.
W1LMER SIEG IS HOME
Contract With. Hood River Applo
Growers at $6000 Expires Soon.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 16. (Spe
cial.) Wilmer Sieg returned last night
from a business trip of several weeks
to his former home In Milwaukee, Wis.,
and other Eastern points.
Mr. Sleg"s contract with the Apple
Grawers' Association, from whom he
has received an annual salary of 16000.
will end May 1. When asked If he were
considering a severance of his connec
tions with the organization between
now and then, he was non-committal.
He admitted that he had received flat
tering ortera from other fruit concerns.
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