THE SrOKXTXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1010.
RABBI WISE'S WORK
IS HIGHLY PRAISED
Industry Tireless, Declares Dr.
Friedman.
generations. His name and fame will
be written on the hearts of men aa long
as time is' numbered."
MENTAL MASTERY GREAT
America's Greatest Jew Lauded by
Ucnver Minister AVho Ke-
peats "Address.
DENVER, Colo. The story of the
life and work of Isaau M. "Wise, Amer
ica's greatest Jew, was told by the Rev.
"William S. Friedman at Temple Eman
uel. Recently Rabbi Friedman went
to Cincinnati to attend the centenary
r the birth of Rabbi Wise. There, at
the tomb of the great Jewish leader
and in the presence of the greatest con
gregation of rabbis the world has ever
seen, Rabbi Friedmaa delivered an ad
dress which was repeated at Temple
EmanueL
"We have turned aside from our daily
tasks to behold the burning bush of
American Israel's flaming enthusiasm
and to ask ourselves why the fire is
not spent," said Rabbi Friedman. "We
hear the divine command: 'Take the
phoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou etandest is sacred."
"Our noblest thoughts and finest
emotions are enehrined on this holy
srround. Before us rises the prophetic
figure of our beloved master. The
beautiful features of his benign coun
tenance look down upon us and we feel
the glow of his divine spirit.
"He was our father, the patron saint
ef all of his boys and he lavished upon
us the tenderest love and deepest de
votion of the most indulgent of parents.
His caressing smile was the sunshine of
our early years and the warmth of his
heart was the light of our lives. He
was our tower of strength when we
weer faint, the never-failing fountain
of salvation when our souls thrlsted
for encouragement. No father was
kindlier or quicker to forgive pranks
of his children and none ever wielded
over them a more blessed influence.
"He was our friend who never
wearied of granting favors, always
ruiding and guarding as under the
ehadow of his sheltering wings.
"He was our teacher, patient with
our shortcomings, imbuing our minis
with the lore of the ages and with the
loftiest philosophy.
"He was our inspirer, the Shekinah
of whose presence enhaloed the class
room, radiated from the pulpit and
kindled in us responsive ardor.
"No wonder that those who knew
Jiin. best loved him most and that in
communing with his spirit we are re
consecrated in loyalty to our faith.
"I believe the first thing that im
pressed' everyone who met . Isaac M.
Wise was the indefinable charm of his
personality. His gt -tleness and his
genialty melted away the barriers of
distance and distrust, while his never-
ceasing sympathy attracted all who
came within the great circle of his
acquaintanceship. Rich and poor, the
learned and ignorant, all classes and
conditions of men, were heartily wel
come to his company. With the bibli
cal poet, we might repeat. "Thy gen
tleness hath made him great."
"His modesty was as characteristic
as his gentleness. He .never called at
tention to himself. He was lost in the
great causes he espoused. There were
strong men who honestly differed from
him and endeavored to undermine the
foundations he was laying. He re
garded them with profound respect.
"Small natures irritated by ill-dis-fruised
envy would belittle his stature
and then fill the air with poisonous
calumny. The often discouraged and
despairing of the success of his work,
his enemies could not disturb the even
ness of his temper or embitter the
sweetness of his soul. He had neither
time nor inclination for personal abuse.
The path of his life was upward and
he could not be distracted from his on
ward aspirations. He was too big to
nurse a grudge and eventually his un
relenting enemier became hts dearest
friends.
"We call to mind his mental endow
ments. There may have been rabbis
more learned in this or that specialty,
tout none whose intellect included a
wider realm of knowledge. There
seemed to be no subject with which
he did not enjoy a. familiar acquaint
ance. Preacher, professor, author and
editor, a vast library of literature tes
tifies to his mental mastery.
"His industry was tireless; none ex
celled him in the capacity for work.
Uor did he content himself with being
A thinker and a knower he must need
he sober 123456 thedgehthegda
e a doer. His thoughts must chrys
tallize in deeds. His dreams must be
come a realfty. He was the great prac
tical idealist of Judaism in America.
"His greatest mental gift was his
jrenius for organization. When Isaac
JI. Wise came to this country more than
three score years ago to escape the
hampering fetters of Europeans Jew
ries, he found that the same medieval
Bupe-stitions and petty local customs
which had germinated in the dark con
fines of oppression had been imported
into this land of liberty and oppor
tunity. Fanaticism and apostasy,
ignorance and indifference were sap
ping the vitality of Judaism and eating
out its life. He determined to clear
away the decay and debris, to remove
the ruins and rebuild the waste places.
He uprooted only to plant anew; he
tore down only to build up. Isaac M.
Wise destroying nothing that was not
already dead. He never cast a etone
into a well "which had quenched his
thirst.
"He substituted the living symbol for
the obsolete ceremony; supplanted the
Oriental custom of excluding woman
from place and participation in the
synagogue services by recognition of
her rights and duties, conferred upon
girls the privilege of confirmation with
tooys, delivered sermons in English and
his i.iany reforms have been adopted
even by large numbers of so-called
orthodox congregations. He lengthened
the cords of Israel's tent, but he also
strengthened its stakes. Important
as were his innovations, they were
secondary to his life's purpose. It was
the Jewish spirit that he revived that
entitles him to a place among the Jew
isli immortals.
"Like unto the prophet of old, the
hand of the Lord was upon him and set
him down in the midst of the valley
which was full of dry bones. He cov
ered - them with sinews and flesh and
breathede upon the slain ones and they
lived and stood upon their feet, an ex
ceeding great army. From the four
winds', from every quarter of our land
was borne the spirit that built the
monuments to his prophetic vision the
union of Amei lean Hebrew congrega
tions, the Hebrew Union college, the
Central conference of American Rabbis
and kindred organizations. He Joined
Judah and Joseph one to another and
they became one in his hand.
A century has rounded its course
eince Isaac M. Wise was born. Nine
teen years ago, we bedded him in the
. bosom of Mother Earth. He is not dead
He is more alive than any of us. He
will continue to live and inspire be
cause he really lived tnd inspired. His
influence and example will be carried
on to the countless hosts of comin
BLIND MAN FELLS ROBBER
Youth, IujurecJ in iioldup, Befriend
ed by Victim, "
DENVER. "It has been left to blind
man," remarks the Philadelphia In
quirer, "to do what the police of this
city confessedly have been unable to do
apprehend a real highwayman in the
very act of a hold-up." By way of good
measure the blind man broke two ribs
for his assailant, set and bandaged
them, gave the young bandit some good
advice and set him free. Ir. William
A. Nealon of Philadelphia, who played
both the conquering hero and' the good
Samaritan in this fracas, may not con
sciously have set out to prove the ca
pabilities of a blind man, but neverthe
less he furnishes strong support for the
theories which Sir Arthur Pearson of
England has brought to public atten
tion recently and which the number of
young men blinded in the war makes
an especially live topic just now. To
quote the newspaper account:
The physician, who was stricken
blind by optic paralysis in the same
year that he was graduated as a phy
sician from the University of Pennsyl
vania in 1902, had been visiting in West
Philadelphia.
He returned to his home in a street
car, as was his custom, got off to smoke
a cigar and make his way along the
Pennsylvania hospital wall and thence
to his home.
"I had walked down Ninth, to Pine
street," the physician said, ."before 1
lighted a cigar. I had just struck the
match when someone grabbed my hand.
I was wearing an expensive ring.
"Maybe I did lose my temper, because
about five years ago I was held up and
robbed on that exact spot.
"I swung round suddenly and the
fellow lost his grip. I raised the heavy
stick that I carry and let him have It
across the head. He went down with
a groan and then I guess it was the
injustice of it all that sort of swept
me away.
"I lit into him with both feet and,
as it turned out later, broke two of his
ribs. But what could I do? I couldn't
see who he was or what he was likie
or what he was doing. I was afraid to
run, for fear he would shoot me or I
would batter in my own head by col
liding with a tree or a post or with the
wall.
"'The fellow was yelling for help
when I heard someone approaching,
and then my closest friend, Edward T.
Dillon, arrived on the scene.
"He asked me what was the matter
and I told him. The young man plead
ed for mercy and requested not to be
taken into the hospital. I hadn't been
hurt and I harn't been robber, and so 1
told Mr. Dillon that we would carry
him to my office, less than a block
away, and I would treat him.
"Maybe I ought to have turned him
over to the hospital or the police, but
there was something pitiful in his
groveling pleading and then, too, I
guess there was some kind of bitter
satisfaction in repairing a cur who
would hold up a blind man.
"Anyway, we carried, or almost car
ried him to my office and I made an
examination. I found that 1 had frac
tured two of his ribs and they were
pretty bad fractures, too.
"I bandaged him up and did every
thing I could to ease his pain and. then
I asked him some questions.
"I asked him how old he was and he
said 19. I asked him if he had a job
and he said he had not a that time. I
asked him if he had parents in this
city and he answered 'yes. ,
" "Well," I said to him, "I can't see
you and I won't ask you your name.
You're a pretty poor specimen and I
guess you know it. But let me advise
you this: You'll be laid up for about
three or four weks. When you get out,
try to get a decent, honest job. But if
you don't do that if you get back into
this holdup game have red blood
enough to attack a man who can see
you, anyway." - -.
There might nave been a little com
pliment to me in the way he said if he
ever got into the highway game again,
he surely would avoid a blind man. .
Anyway, I had done all I could and
told Mr. Dillon to take him out and
head him- toward home. 1 hadn't asked
where that home was, and I don't want
to know. I fele mighty sorry for his
parents, or any other relatives he may
have.
But what happened immediately
thereafter I learned from my friend
Dillon. The young man hobbled pain
fully to the door and then he turned to
Mr. Dillon to ask: "Is that doctor real
ly blind?" Mr. Dillon informed him I
was.
'I guess the fellow was pretty hard
hit himself by that time, for he reached
into his pocket, drew out a o bill and
said: "Well, I haven't any money in
the world but this, but that doctor gets
it.' Mr. Dillon brought it back to me.
The fee went to a practical charity." "
And then the doughty doctor, who is
44 years old today, who has gone on
refusing to be handicapped by the ter
rific affliction which overcame him
just as he glimpsed the future for
which he had striven and worked,
showed a disposition to talk no more.
Literary Digest.
CHILDREN IN SAD PLIGHT
Red.
Cross nrse Returns
Service in France.
From
CHICAGO. It was with a mixture of
relie fand regret that Miss Marie E.
Miller, 4449 Lowe avenue. Red Cross
nurse, returned to Chicago after 18
months overseas and found Chicago
"kiddies" healthy, happy, normal chil
dren, clean and wholesome and with
honest-to-goodness playthings.
Miss Miller sailed for France in Sep
tember, 1917, with Miss Marie Phelan's
infant welfare service group. She did
rescue work among the women and
children at .Toul, at Neuve Chapelle and
at La Concordia and also worked with
wounded soldiers.
The children at Toul were in a sorry
plight, according to Miss Miller. They
were emaciated and. dirty and hungry.
Particularly pitiful were (heir attempts
at play without paythings and their
delight in a few kindergarten toys sent.
Miss Miller by a Chicago school teacher.
The children loved the nurses." said
Miss Miller. "They particularly admired
the red cross on their caps and wanted
to wear red crosses, too.
"I am glad I was over there and was
able to help a little, but. oh. how glad
I- am to get bock to Chicago," she
added.
Miss lone Stephenson of Miss Phelan's
infant welfare service also has re
turned from the service overseas.
A 0 p
L-eper Worker .Refuses Pension.
HONOLULU. T. H. Brother Joseph
Dutton. who succeeded Father Da
mien, the martyr at the leper settle
ment on AioioKai. Has refused to ac
cept a pension from the territory and a
bill in the legislature to give him $50
a month for life has been tabled at h
request. Brother Dutton said that he
was in good health and wanted no re
ward for his work among the lepers.
He has not been off the island of Molo-
kai for 33 years and has contributed
$10,000 of his own money for relief
work.
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SWINDLERS REAP MILLIONS
B.VXKERS FAVORITE PREY OF
CONFIDENCE MEX.
has proved a shining mark for swin
dlers. They cannot risk their reputa
tions by complaining. It is surprising
how many shrewd business men fall
into the net,"
It is estimated that $3,000,000 of the
$10,000,000 total was obtained in Flor
ida, where hundreds of confidence
workers are said to operate, particu
larly among winter tourists.
Mexicans to Guard Historic Ruins.
MEXICO CITY. The department of
agriculture and development has ob
tained funds for the protection of the
ancient ruins of Mitla. located in the
district of Tlacolula, state of Oaxaca,
which have been subject to depreda
tions. A commission of the govern
ment bureau of archeology will have
charge of the work. The Mitla ruins
are among the oldest left by the tribes
that preceded those conquered by the
Spaniards early in the lt6h century.
Gold Bricks, Shell Game and' Three-
Card Monte Are Discarded
by Modern Crooks.
CHICAGO. The American confidence
man reaped a harvest or more man
$10,000,000 last year, according to fig
ures compiled by Chicago authorities.
This is the approximate amount actu
ally collected from the credulous public
by professional confidence operators,
and does not include the millions gath
ered in annually by the various stock
jobbing schemes.
The crude device or me oia-time
confidence man, with his shell game,
three-card monte, gold brick, . green
goods, money changing and lemon
games, have given way to modern
methods, more complex, and more profitable.
The really successful confidence men
of today usually have summer and win
ter homes, ride in limousines and are
aided by richly gowned women, author
ities say. They are educated and far
more clever than their brothers of old
days, whose favorite trick in Chicago
was to sell the Masonic temple to a
rumbe" for a small sum, or agree to
make the building "turn around."
Land selling schemes, peddling of
worthless mine and oil well stock, wire
tapping and "fake" Bportlng events are
now the nanamaiaens oi ine moaern
confidence man, who matches wits
with the banker, capitalist and law
yer instead of dealing with the ignor
ant ruralite. .Nearly all tne victims oi
a Chicago gang recently sent to the
penitentiary were bankers and business
men. The gang's loot aggregated more
than a half milloin dollars a year.
Fear of publicity keeps most victims
quiet, thus giving the high-class conn
dence man a certain degree of immun
ity. authorities say. They add that fed
eral prosecution for using the mails to
defraud has been a big factor in break
ing up gangs and recently brought
about conviction of half a dozen lead
ing confidence workers.
"Tom Brown, who came from Detroit
and made his headqaurters in New
York, was the father of the presentt
type of confidence man, said iwlliam
A. Pinkerton, veteran detective, in
striking a comparison between the old
and new swindlers. "He operated 40
years ago and formerly was' a three-
card monte man. He was known as
bunco steerer and won by fake lottery
schemes and other crooked gambling
devices. Then he invented the gold
brick, with which he toured the coun
try. The green goods game came later
and Brown had many imitators who
picked up thousands annually. Wire
tapping and other schemes now used
developed from those old games. The
modern operators don't bother with
small money, and often clean up $100.-
in a single deal. The old-timers
thought $100 a big job.
"Victims are not realy honest at
heart, for they often enter into
scheme to cheat another fellow. The
small-town banker and business man
ARREST LAID TO JEALOUSY
Mission AVorker Say Woman Is Un
fair to Him.
CHICAGO. George Ischida. arrested
while participating in a "holy roller"
meeting in West Congress street, thinks
Mrs. C. E. Britton. 1518 South Wabash
avenue, has done him wrong. She told
the police he annoyed her. Ischida ex
plains that it is all because he once
wanted to marry her and she preferred
Britton.
Mrs. Britton, who was formerly Miss
Elizabeth Reed, 2700 Florence avenue.
is a prominent mission worker. She
says she took the same interest in
Ischido. when she first met him last
summer at the Pacific Garden mission,
that she would in any other "struggling
soul."
"I was foolish enough to think last
summer, when Mrs. Britton. who was
then Miss Reed, was going to marry
me, as we got real clubby after she
came to me and, putting her hand on
my shoulder, asked me if I were seek
ing salvation, says Ischida.
This is the second time that Ischida
has been arrested on the same charge,
having been released on a previous oc
casion. Mrs. Britton and her husband
were at the mission when Patrolman
William Murphy of the South Clark
street station hauled Ischida from the
services.
touched the crozler that is to be the
staff of his authority, a rir srwas placed
upon his finger and he laid his hand
upon the book of the gospel. Lastly
ho received the kiss of peace and was
given, in Latin, the wishes for a long
life.
Archbishop Daeger is 47 years old.
He was born in St. Anns. Ind., where he
received his early educat'.'n. later at
tending St. Francis college in Cincin
nati. He was ordained priest in 1S96
and came to the southwest 18 years
ago. He was stationed at Pena Blanca
and Farmington, both in this state.
before assuming charge of the Francis
can mission at Jemez, Pueblo, ten years
ago. His familiarity with the Spanish
language and with a number of Indian
dialects has rendered his services par
ticularly valuable in New Mexico and
will further aid him in his work
throughout his arch-diocese.
Archbishop PitavaL the retiring
metropolitan, announced his resigna
tion last June, giving as his reason
the fact that hi sadvanced age pre
vented his continuing to do the neces
sary amount of travel over his ex
tensive jurisdiction. '
the American continent. It is the ace
qua madre (the mother canal) which
irrigates the Juarez valley and fur
nishes the youth of the town with an
ideal swimming place where it ripples
under the cottonwood trees from Rio
Grande intake to the valley farms. Hun
dreds of naked Mexican boys may be
seen sporting in the muddy waters of
the canal on warm spring days. The
acequa also serves as a municipal laun
dry for the housewives of Juarez who
do their weekly wash on stones beside
the canal which have been worn smooth
with many washings.
CHURCH RITES ARE SOLEMN
Prelate Consecrated Metropolitan of
Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
SANTA FE. N. M. His head bound
with a linen band, his forehead anoint
ed with holy chrism and his finger
wearing the ring of ecclesiastical au
thority, the Most Rev. Albert Daeger
of Jemez Pueblo. N. M., was conse
crated metropolitant of the massive
Cathedral of St. Francis here recently,
The kiss of peace was administered
by the retiring bishop, the Most Rev,
J. B. Pltaval of Santa Fe. who per
formed the ceremony of consccuration.
By this ceremony the former superior
of the Franciscan fathers in an obscure
Indian settlement became the spiritual
guide of the Roman Catholics of New
Meximo, Colorado, Arizona and part of
Texas.
The imposing Gothic structure in
which the consecration took place was
thronged with churchmen and laymen
from all parts of the arch-Ciocese. as
well as by a number of visiting digna
taries. The fact that the ceremonies
were performed in the middle of the
week enabled many priests to be pres
ent.
The rites began with the solemn
presentation of the archbishop-elect.
Apostolic letters permitting the con
secration were then read. The anoint
ment of the. forehead and the binding
of the head of the new prelate fol
lowed. The archbishop-elect then
Border Patrol Posts Preferred.
MARFA. Tex. Eighth cavalrymen
prefer the open range and the Isolated
border patrol posts to army post bar
racks and nearby city life. The 8th
cavalry aws given Its choice of occupy
ing the Fort Bliss post or remaining in
the Big Bend district. Colonel Lang
horn put the choice to vote of the of
ficers and enlisted men. and all but
four voted to remain here.
Swimming Hole Is Also Laundry.
JUAREZ.
one of the
Mex.-oldest
-Giudad Juarez has
swimming holes on
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UNITED STATES RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION
Director-General of Railroads
Southern Pacific Lines North of Ashland, Or.
Important Change of Time
of
PASSENGER TRAINS
Sunday, May 11
Main Line Changes:
Koseburir LocaL . LeavM 1 :45 P. M. instead of 1 :S0 R M.
Albany Local Leaves 4:35 F. M. instead of 3:45 P.M.
Train 64 from San Fran
cisco Arrives 7:20 A. M. instead of 7:30 A. M.
Brownsville Local. ..... .Arrives 11 :S0 A. M. instead of 11:45 A. M
Roseburg Local. ....... .Arrives 4 :20 I. M. instead of 4:25 P.M.
Coos Bay Train. Arrives 8:00 P. M. instead of 9:15 P.M.
Electric Zone Changes:
Newber I,ocal Leaves Portland 10:20 A. M. instead of 9:35 A.M.
Train 309. Oswego Local, now due out of Portland at 10:25 A. M.
cancelled.
Train 312. Oswego Local, now due Into Portland 11:40 A. M..
cancelled.
Train 307, Oswego Local, Leaves Ankeny street 9:0S A. M. in
stead of Union Station at 9:05 A. M.
Train 127, Reedvllle Local, Leaves Union Station 5:05 P. M. In.
stead of 5:00 P. M.
Train 127, Reedville Iocal, leaves 4th and Washington 6:11 P. M.
Instead of 5:08 p. M.
Train now leavinsr Portland at 5:45 P. ST. for Rewiville will run
throuah to McMinnvllle, arriving there 8:00 p. M.
Train now leaving Forest drove nt T:0T A. M'. will ortslnate at
McMinnville. at 6:15 A. M., Forest Grove 7:05 A. M., arrive
Portland 8:30 A. M.
Train now leaving Portland at 6:20 P. M. for Forest Grove
will terminate at Reedville.
New Trains:
No. 123. Reedville Local. Leaves Union Station S:35 A. M., 4th
and Washington Hts. 8:41 A M.
No. 125. Reedville Local, Leaves Union Station 1:10 P. M.. 4th
and Washington sts. 1:16 P. M. (On Saturday and Sunday
runs through to Forest Grove.)
No. 124. from Reedville, Arrives 4th and Washington 10:07 A. M..
Union Station 10:15- A M.
No. 126. from Reedville. Arrives 4th and Washington 4:24 p. M.,
Union Station 4:35 P. M. (On Saturday and Sunday starts
from Forest Grove).
For more detailed information consult any S. P. agent or local
folders.
JOHN M. SCOTT.
General Passenger Agent.
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