THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. 3IOXDAU- JULY 28, 1010.
LEADERS IN WORLD OF
BUSINESS TOUR WEST
ARROW POINTS ON MAP PREPARED BY ENGINEER NEWELL SHOWS POINTS ON NORTHERN LINES
BETWEEN WHICH "ROAD COST" OF TRANSPORTATION ARE EQUAL.
U.S. EXPOSES SECRET
OF HUN-HINDU PLOTS
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Distinguished Eastern Men to
Visit Portland August 7.
ROSTER HAS NOTED NAMES
fnlted States Chamber of Commerce
Members to Inspect Northwest.
192 0 Convention Eyed.
Officers and board members of the
TJnited States Chamber of Commerce
will arrive In Portland August 7 on a
our of the Pacific northwest which
began Saturday in Chicago and will
close there August 17. Business condi
tions will be studied on the trip and
all of the large cities of this section
will be visited.
Plans for the reception of the visitors
are being drawn up by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, and the visit
here promises to be of unusual Interest
because of the fact that Buyers" week
will be in progress at that time and
other conventions scheduled for this
city during that week will draw an
unusually large number here.
Portland may draw the 1920 conven
tion of the national chamber. When
the party is here advantages and at
tractions of this city will be explained
and a deciison Is expected when the
officials meet in Seattle two days later.
The party will be In Portland one day
and then will go to Seattle, where a
session of the national chamber will
be held.
Officers Makins Trip.
The following officers of the United
States Chamber of Commerce are mak
ing the trip:
Homer L. Ferguson, president of the
national chamber and bead of the New
port News Drydock & Shipbuilding
company; A. B. Farquhar, honorary
vice-president and head of the A. B.
Farquhar company of York, Pa.; Joseph
H. Iefrees, vice-president of the cham
ber and a member of the firm of
Defrees. Buckingham & Eaton, Chicago;
John Joy Edson, treasurer of the cham
ber of the Equitable Co-operative Build
ing association of Washington, I . C;
13. A. Skinner, assistant secretary, and
V. N. Shepherd, head of the field di
vision, both of Washington, D. C.
Many Lines Represented.
.Members of the board of directors
and others with the party are: Max W.
Babb, Allis-Chalmers company, Mil
waukee; George H. Barbour, Detroit;
William Butterworth, Deere Plow com
pany, Moline. 111.; A. E. Carlton, Colo
rado Springs, Colo.; J. E. Chilberg,
Seattle; Charles C. George, George &
Co., Omaha, Neb.; L. S. Gillette, Plym
outh Investment company, Minneapolis;
G. A. Hollister, Rochester, N. Y.; Clar
ence H. Howard, Commonwealth Steel
company, St. Louis, Mo.; Frank H.
Johnson, City Coal & Wood company,
New Britain, Conn.; Frank Kell, Wich
ita Falls, Tex.; Frederick J. Koster,
California Barrel company, San Fran
cisco; R. A. McCormack, Baltimore, Md. ;
Lewis E. Pierson, Irving National bank.
New York; John Ij. Powell, Johnson &
Larimer Dry Goods company, Wichita,
Kan.; Henry M. Victor, Union National
bank, Charlotte, N. C: F. A. Seiberling,
president of the Goodyear Tire & Rub
ber company, Akron, O.; Alexander W.
Smith of Atlanta, Ga., and Pomercy
Burton of London.
' Mr. Seiberling is now chairman of the
chamber's committee on highways and
good roads, while Mr. Smith is one the
chamber's railroad committee. Mr. Bur
ton was formerly a journalist in New
York as correspondent for leading
European publications.
UMPQUA HON TO MERGE
IRIIT BODY WILL AFFILIATE
WITH STATE AGENCY.
Pioneer Organization of Douglas
County in Favor of Plan for
Central Organization.
ROSEBCRG, Or.. July 27. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Umpqua Valley
Fruit union, held at the association of
fices yesterday afternoon, the session
being called especially to consider the
question of affiliation with the Oregon
Growers' association, it was unani
mously voted to merge its interests
with the state-wide association.
The Umpqua Valley fruit union is a
pioneer organization of Douglas coun
ty and has filled the needs of growers
in past years, providing markets for
fruit and broccoli and producers here
have been greatly benefited through
membership therein.
Only recently the union voted to
build a J10.000 packing plant for han
dling green fruit and ground for this
improvement already has been broken
in order to get ready for handling the
fall crop. At the meeting yesterday
the stockholders also voted to turn the
new warehouse and packing plant over
to the Oregon Growers' association
which latter concern will complete the
buildings according to the original
plane.
DEATHS FEWER IN MINES
Utah Operators Gain Much Credit in
State Inspector's Report.
SALT LAKE CITT. July 27. Opera
tors of underground metal mines In
Utah are given much credit for lower
ing the number of deaths due to accl
dents during the first six months of
1919, in the report of Carl A. Allen,
chief inspector of mines for this state
Mr. Allen, in his report to the state in
dustrial commission, mentions only one
fatal accident for the six months end
ing June 30, 1919.
Compared with last year, 16 fatal ac
cidents wero recorded In 12 monhts,
while in the year previous 22 deaths
were due to mine accidents. Mr. Allen
says Initial credit is due the mine op
erators for keeping thei.- properties
safe: next come the miners themselves
who have assumed their part of the re
sponsibility by keeping their individual
working places safe. Safety-first
campaigns also have had much to do
-in keeping everyone alert
The record In surface-metal mining
has not been so good, there having
iteen three fatalities, as compared with
eight for the entire year of 1918, and
four for the whole year of 1917.
Tot Falls on Glass.
Helen ohischiegel, aged 2 years.
fell on a drinking glass yesterday a
her home, 1437 East Hoyt street, and
suffered cuts about the head and scalp,
fche was taken to Good Samaritan hos
pital- Doctors from the Emergency
hospital, who gave the child first-aid
reatment, were obliged to go to he
house in the police patrol, leaving
headquarters without motor apparatus
until they returned. Automobiles at
headquarters were in such dilapidated
condition that. none of them could be
started.
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Great Northern line between a point 17 miles west of Wenatchee and Seattle; Milwaukee Use between Beverly and
Seattle; Northern Pacific line between n point midway between Sunnyslde and North Yakima ana Tinna, the tm4
cost in the same as over the Oregon-Washington line between WsIIdIh and Portland. Road cost line shows division
west of which costs are lower to Seattle, and east of which costs arc lower to
TO TESTIFY
EFFORTS MADE TO EXPEDITE
RATE CASE HEARING.
Cost of Service Continues as Vital
Element for Modification of
Tariffs to Portland.
(Continued From First Pare.)
were told, is now being emptied of the
last of the 1918 crop of wheat and soon
will be In readiness to receive ship
ments of the fall crop. It was the
first visit to the lower Columbia river
for any one of the party. Commissioners
Daniels and Eastman having never been
on the Pacific coast before and Commis
sioner Hall having failed to visit the
lower river region in his three previous
visits to Portland.
The commissioners were taken to the
pilot house of the Georgianna where
points of interest along the river were
shown by Captain C. C. Turner, Purser
L. W. Powell. Keen Interest in the
depths of the river, the course of the
channel, the agricultural pursuits of
territory tributory to the river was
evinced by all of the commissioners.
All three commissioners were inter
ested in a cigar- shaped log raft which
was being placed together preparatory
to shipment on S. Benson's place above
Kalama, Wash. When told that one of
these rafts contained as hwh as 800,000
feet of lumber the commissioners ad
mitted that they were astounded.
Commissioner Loses Hat.
The journey down the lower river had
one unscheduled incident and this came
early in the journey when Commis
sioner Eastman had concluded his
breakfast. The commissioner was mak
ing his way up a stairway at the stern
of the vessel, and had just reached the
upper deck when a gust of wind carried
his straw hat into the river. The com
missioner smiled faintly, was.hatless on
he remainder of the trip, and on ar
rival at Astoria was presented with a
at by Port Commissioner Sanborn.
While the excursion was mainly for
recreational purposes. It afforded an
opportunity of obtaining a comprehen
sive view of the river, which enters
prominently into the rate case, as well
as viewing other ports which are Iden
tified with the Portland rate case.
Chairman Goes to Seattle.
Chairman Fred Buchtel of the pub
ic service commission, who has made
the rate case his particular work dur-
ng the past several months, with his
two associate commissioners, H. H
Corey and Fred H. Williams, have been
constantly beside J. O. Bailey, assist
ant attorney-general, who is conduci
ng the case of the commission during
the progress of the hearing. They will
all proceed to Seattle for the continua
tion of the case mere, and will be ac
companied by Consulting Engineer
Newell and Fred A. Basch, chief exam-
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lner. Ed Wright, secretary of the
commission, probably win attend the I
Seattle sessions also.
YVOODWORTH TO BE WITNESS
Efforts Being Made to Expedite
Rate Case Hearing.
It is probable that in order to put on
at Portland today the leading .witness
of the railroad administration, J. G.
Woodworth, traffic assistant to the re
gional director of the northwestern re
gion of the railroad administration, the
cross-examination of J. P. Newell, con
sulting engineer of the Oregon public
service commission, may be deferred.
It is probable that Mr. Newell will
be cross-examined exhaustively dur
ing the continuation of the hearing at
Seattle during the sessions to be held
there. Division of time between Port
land and Seattle was made for con
venience of the intervenors of the Pu
get sound cities, and it haa been indi
cated that a considerable number of
witnesses will be called at Seattle. As
toria will present its case at Seattle
after the defense shall have completed
Its case. This was suggested by G. C.
Fulton, attorney for the Astoria Cham
ber of commerce and the port of As
toria, in the interest of expediting the
hearing. Much of the testimony that
would have been used in support of
Astoria's contentions as intervenor
may be covered sufficiently by the
railroad defense, thus shortening the
record materially,
Newell Testimony Forecast.
J. P. Newell, consulting engineer,
will continue his direct testimony on
behalf of the Oregon public service
commission, showing the relative cost
of transportation over the railroads
operating between the territory blan
keted as the Columbia river basin sec
tion of the inland empire, and Portland
on the one hand and Seattle and Ta
coma on the other. Cost of service will
be shown on each of the railroads, and
with completion of the exhibits for all
of the lines, it will place before the
commission data covering the actual
experience of the lines for the 12
months of 1917 between all principal
points.
The remarkable showing conveyed in
a map entered as an exhibit Saturday,
defining between what points on the
east side of the Cascades transporta
tion costs are the same to Seattle on
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
or Great Northern, the same to Tacoma
over the Northern Pacific, as between
Portland and Wallula on the Oregon-
Washington Railroad & Navigation
line, indicates the purport of the
testimony to be brought into the evi
dence.
Portland's Claim Substantiated.
The further showing that will sub
stantiate in detail the assertion of Mr.
Newell that the higher cost to the cities
on Puget sound ranges from 10 per cent
at Spokane to 75 per cent at Pendle
ton more than the cost for like service
to Seattle, will form an important part
of the complete record upon which
rests the justice of the Portland claim
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EXHIBIT IV PORTLAND RATE CASE.
Portland.
that its natural advantage be reflected
in the rates.
Evidence so far Introduced in the ac
tion of the public service commission
has gone directly to the kernel of the
Issues involved In the Portland rate
case, that rates for movement within
the northwest trade territory should
be based upon coat of transportation.
It Is not the contention that Portland
should have a lower rate than Seattle
for the benefit of Portland, but that
producer and consumer are entitled to
have transportation service performed
at rates based upon the actual cost.
The attitude of the railroad adminls
tratlon and of the representatives of
the different lines now joined under
federal control has been indicated as
defending existing blanketing of rates.
making the application In effect a rec
ognitlon of zones as proper.
But it is also maintained by traffic
officials who have been called to the
stand that all the benefits of the rate
structure should go to the large centers
and no community should be granted
relief from burdensome rates until it
has developed heavy traffio to justify
asking for adjustments.
This was directly brought Into the is
sue in the Warrenton case In cross
examination of John H.' Lothrop, chief
witness In the consolidated Portland
cases, counsel for Seattle commercial
organisations endeavored to break
down evidence on the basis that Seat
tie's large volume of traffic was justl
ficatlon for the tariffs.
SOLDIER DATA OBTAINED
STATE LIBRARIAN COMPILING
NAMES OF FIGHTERS.
Presentation ot Medals Will Take
Place Xovember 11, In Charge
of County Courts.
SALEM. Or.. July 17. (Special.)
Thousands of replies are being received
d- jniss ornena Marvin, state libra
rlan, who is in charge of the work of
assembling permanent state records of
Oregon service men. Upon these rec
ords will be based the presentation of
medals to soldiers, sailors and marines
under an appropriation authorised
the last session of the state legislature.
Blanfis sent out by the librarian to
returned service men and relatives of
those who sacrificed their lives on the
fields of battle and In the navy, ask
their nativity, occupation before enlist
ing, foreign service, rank, citations.
casualties and place of residence.
Miss Marvin says ehe already haa re
ceived thousands of photographs o
service men, together with information
necessary to completion in the records.
The medals, which are now In the hands
of a special committee for design, will
be presented to the soldiers by the vari
ous county courts of Oregon on Novem
ber 11, 1919, the first anniversary of
the signing of the armistice.
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Government Officers Disclose
Activities of Orientals.
INDIA REVOLT IS RECALLED
Bhagwan Singh, Involved In German
Machinations During War,
Called Leader of Schemers.
SEATTLE .Wash.. July I7.-r-(Speclal.)
With the lifting of the ban on gov
ernment war secrets and the comple
tion of an exhaustive four-year Inves
tigation involving hundreds of United
States and British secret agents in all
parts of the world, federal officers in
Seattle for the first time have defi
nitely cleared up the mystery In the
now famous Annie Laraen munitions
plot and named Bhagwan Singh. Hindu
lierman revolutionist, now awaiting
deportation from Seattle district, as a
central figure In the conspiracy.
The disclosures, as revealed by gov
ernment officers, deal with such names
lians Tauscher. husband ot lime.
(iadski. the opera singer, whose activi
ties landed him In an internment camp;
Captain Fred Jebsen. San Francisco
steamship man long mysteriously miss
ing, w ho tried to provision the Ger
man fleet and ship arms and ammuni
tion to India; Krani Bopp. former
German consul at San Francisco and
his spies in the consulate in that city
the former kaisers arch plot toys on
the Pacific coast at present confined
In the United States penitentiary on
McNeil's Island .and numerous others.
Plot Is Many Sided.
It is a many sided plot. The de
velopments yesterday also hitch to
gether as episodes of one connected
but many-sided conspiracy, such thrill-
lnr Incidents as a shooting affray in
San Francisco courtroom In which
two Hindus were killed before hun
dreds of spectators, how government
agents traced Bhagwan Singh half
way around the globe as he attempted
to kindle the fires of revolution, and
an expedition designed to Inaugurate
a reign of terror and murder in India.
The fate which overtook virtually all
of the conspirators provides another
feature. All but two or three of the
Germans involved are behind prison
bars: Ram Chandra. Hindu revolution
ist leader, was shot and killed by a
fellow countryman, who In turn was
slain by a federal officer; Captain Jeb
sen Is supposed to have met death while
In command of a German submarine
during the war. and Bhagwan Singh,
after IS months in the penitentiary,
will be returned from Seattle to India.
Schooner Is Seised.
Laden with a $300,000 cargo of arms
and ammunition, the little schooner
Annie Larsen arrived at Aberdeen
Wash., In June, 1915, and was promptly
seized by United States customs offi
cers. Thus began the first develop
ment In what later proved to be one
of the great Intrigues In this country
during the war period.
From the first the cargo of the lit
tie schooner was shrouded in mystery,
although representatives of the United
States and British governments began
their Investigation the day the seizure
was reported. In the early stages of
the inquiry it leaked out that the probe
indicated a plot to start a new revo
luion in Mexico. Later government
agents said the Annie Larsen arms and
ammunition were part of a German
plan to foment a rebellion in Java.
The suspected German ownership of
the war supplies was not disclosed in
fact until the following year when
Count von Bernstorff. the then German
ambassador at Washington, suddenly
made a demand upon the state depart
ment that the arms be turned over to
the German government. This was re
fused, however, testerday. or more
than three years later, the government
revealed the facts surrounding the
Annie Larsen's mission and Bhagwan
Singh s connection with it.
Shlst Well Remembered.
It is this linking up of the schooner,
which is well remembered in Seattle,
and Bhagwan Singh, whose deporta
tion from the port has been recom
mended by Immigration Commissioner
Henry M. white, with the planned re
belllon In India, that makes these
latest revelations ot marked interest
here.
Bhagwan Singh recently completed a
sentence In the penitentiary lor con
spiring with the German consulsr off!
cers at San Francisco to overthrow
British rule in India, thus involving
the United States neutrality. The An
nie Larsen expedition, according to fed
eral officers here, now is defined as one
of the multifarious ramifications of
that plot.
When Bhagwan Singh's sentence ex
pired July 20 last, he was rearrested
by Seattle immigration officers at the
direction of Commissioner White, and
subsequently released on a f 10.000 cash
bond, pending the arrival from Wash
ington. D. C. of a deportation warrant.
Government officers in Seattle yes
terdsy declared that Bhagwan Singh
not only played a leading role In the
Annie Larsen plot but actually was on
the ship as a stowaway at the time of
her arrival at Aberdeen, and when the
ship was seized made his escape be
fore his presence was discovered. His
connection with the arms shipment was
not known at the time. The Hindu,
nowever, claims to have been In Japan
on the date the schooner was taken
over by the United States authorities.
Hindu Refuses Information.
During a recent examination on this
point in the penitentiary before his
release. Bhagwan Singh was closely
questioned as to his movements during
the time he said he was in Japan,
but hefused the government agenta in
formation. Federal officers here also said yes
terday that the completed investigation
shows that Bhagwan Singh operated
with German money and that the or
ganization, of which he vat the head,
with some of this cash purchased in
New York the rifles and shells shipped
on the Annie Larsen.
Numerous instances In which the
Hindu was supplied with German gold
Is said by officers to be found in the
government records in the case. It also
is known thit Bnagwan Singh was in
variably in close touch with German
agents in this country and in the far
east and that his movements were re
ported from one German consul to an
other upon his arrival and departure
In or from their territory.
The Investigation also has disclosed.
according to government sources, that
it was German money that charted ttie
Annie Larsen and the former oil-tanker
Maverick, to which she was to trans
ship the munitions at Socorra Island in
the south Pacific, en route to India.
Plane Falls, Two Die.
HOUSTON. Texas. July 27. Lieuten
ant Francis M. Bryan, of Morencl, Ariz.,
an Ellington field pilot, was instsntly
killed and Private Will Ponclk of Hol
land. Texas, member of the recruiting
detachment, was seriously injured when
an airplane In which they were flying
fell today.
Bolshevists have killed 10.000 Rus
sian officers who fought for the allies.
SATURDAY, NOT SUNDAY, IS
THE LORD'S DAY, SAYS BIBLE
Evangelist L. K. Dickson Shows Seventh-day Sabbath to
Be Perpetual and Proves That the Example and
Teachings of Christ and Apostles Did
Not Change the Day.
Declaring that until the Scripture a reality, and how terrible it wss for
text or texts can be produced whUh l'aul to show such a poor example as
tell of another day than the seventh- to keep the old o-t.li1 Jewish Si b
dny of the week to be honored and bath and to lead the new converts
kept In the place of the Sabbath of bark to the old Morale dispensation
Jehovah, the dsy which was made in bringing them sgaln under the cunt
the creation week by the Creator and of the law. Ah. the verv fact that
horored by Christ and the spostles Paul did nut in all his mlnistrv men
will ever remain as a Christian obll- tlon a new sabbath clay and that he
tration upon all believers, whether held but one meeting on t!i rirt dsv.
Jew or Gentile. Kvangelist L. K. IMck- and ihsi In the evening. Siiurdi'v
son spoke to a packer tent lat nmnt.
corner Thirteenth and Morrison streets.
on the subject "The Chrisiiati Sab
bath." Evangelist Dlrkson.
Taking for his text Isa. 56:1.
the
speaker said In part as follows:
By a comparison of other
texts
(Heb. :38. Kev. sr:12. Isa. 62:11 It
will be understood that the promise of
our text is given wiU special reference
to the time of the end or the days Just
preceding the hour when Jesus Christ
will come to bring salvation to his
nMnnlA V. a -. r.tih will Km marfA .i r h I
it I. nnt .irin then that the evil
on. hoM hiinrf n.en' eve. insofar
that they are persuaded to hold that
he who keepeth the Sabbath of the
Bible is under a curse or is going
back to the old dispensation. When
ever God has desired men to know of
His promised blessings, it has always
been Satan's studied plan to darken
the understanding. But anyone giving
the word of God a candid study upon this
point will come to the conclusion that
there Is but one day mentioned in
Scripture as the weekly sabbath and
that dav he will find to be the seventh-
day of the decalogue.
The seventh-day sabbath Is a per
petual institution which God. through
Christ (Fph. S:9, Col. 1:11-17. Jn. 1:1-S
created for man (Mark 2:17. 2S) in the
beginning of this world (Gen 2:2. 3).
at least 200O years before a Jew ex
isted. In making the Sabbath. God
rested, blessed, end sanctified it three
acts which man has ever been helpless
to change or dt plicate upon any otner
day. Until the Scripture can be pro
duced showing the act of God In the
making of another day as the Sab
bath, the Lord's day, the seventh-day
of the week will remain forever. In
harmony with this fact Is the state
ment of Holy Writ llsa. 66:22. 23) to
the effect that In the earth renewed
this sacred day will be kept by the
redeemed host.
The purpose of this great Insti
tution, made out of the seventh-day,
was that roan might at all times te
membtr that God created the world in
six literal days and not in six long
periods of time causing it to evolve
from one stage to another (Ex. 31:17).
it is also a sign that God is the one
who has power not only to make a
world out of nothing but that He is
also the snnctifier. or re-creator of
the heart (Etc. 20:12). It is a notable
fact that wherever the Sabbath has
been kept and honored by men the
man-made theory of evolution has
never thrived, nor has Idolatry been
able to live.
As the evangelist continued he pro
ducer! from the bible the proof for
his position that the Sabbath existed
before the law was given on Slnal
(Ex. 16:4-6. 22-30) that this institu
tion Is nestled In the very heart of the
law, and reminded his hearers that the
very first work of the fourth com
mandment pointed men's minds back
to the institution at creation (Ex. 20:8
11). Christ's teaching and example
was carefullv noticed (Mark 2:27 Lu.
4:16. Lu. 23:56. Mark 16:1) and the
fact that the gospel writer, Mark, re
corded these clear facts 10 years after
the early church was founded, the
evangelist remarking that surely this
disciple of Christ would have found
some occasion of mentioning such a
momentous event as the changing of
the eternal law of God if such change
was made by Christ.
The apostles, continued the speaker.
In teaching the Gentile Christians as
well as the Jewish converts, never
once referred to the new sabbath day
which Jtsus. we are told, founded to
commemorate His resurrection. But on
the other hand in their work it was
found to be their custom, as was the
custom of Jesus, to go to church on
the Sabbath and preach the gopel
(Acts 17: 2: 13:42. 44: 16:13: 1S:4. 11).
It was through this Dreaching and ex-
ample that the early church was made
SWISS CELEBRATE
CRYSTAL LAKE PARK SCENE OF
MERRY-MAKING.
Judge McGinn Review HUtory of
World's Oldest Republic; Swiss
Games Are Feature.
Three thousand of the Swiss residents
of Portland and vicinity met at Crys
tal Lake park yesterday for their an
nual picnic celebrating their Independ
ence day. A programme of Swiss games.
music and speeches was provided,
whereby the Swiss people here were
able to mingle In spirit with those In
the Alpine republic of Europe who
celebrated yesterday.
Switzerland Is the oldest existing re
public. The republican form of gov
ernment was sdopted by a viva voce
vote in 1217. The republic has stood
the test of 700 years. July 27 is the In
dependence day of Switzerland, corre
sponding to America's Fourth of July.
The event yesterday was under the
auspices of the United Swiss societies of
Oregon.
Judge Henry. E. McGinn of Portland
gave the principal address of the after
noon, being introduced by A. Keller,
president of the United Swiss societies.
Judge McGinn took as his topic, "Switz
erland. America and Ireland
After discussing briefly the history
of the oldest republic and quoting lis
motto. "One for all and all for one." the
speaker took up a consideration of the
league of nations. While favoring the
league as the sign of a new era In his
tory. he found criticism of it along the
lines of the rights extended to smaller
nations. The league was not framed
to give rights o smaller nations to
which they are entitled and does not in
some cases recognize small nations
which have a right to recognition, he
declared. Ireland, he said, should have
been recognized by the league as
elf-Boveruing unit. Tie lime will soon
night, the day back there beginning st
sundown, and that, on the other hand.
he kept and preached upon over SO
Sabbaths, which instances sre re
corded In the book of Acts alone, dis
proves the Sundsy-keepitig theory as
far a r.iul und tMe early apostles are
concerned.
Such f-ict. which every deep Bible
student knows, have brought such
coufe5ior s an the following quota
tions will show:
"The festival of Sunday, like a'.l
other festival, was aJways only a hu
man ordinance, and it was far from
the intention of the apostles to es
tablish a divine command In this re
spect, far from them and from the
early apostolic church to transfer the
laws of the Srsbbath to Sunday."
Neandr in his History of the Chrls
tlon Klisloii and Church, p. 1. Rose's
Translation.
"Sabbath. In the Hebrew languace.
t-icntfieg rest, and is the seventh day
of the week; a day appointed (or re
ligious duties, and a total cessation
from work, in commemoration of God's
resting on the seventh-day and it
must be confessed thst there Is no Isw
in the New Testament concerning the
first day." Buck's Theological Diction
ary, p. 403. (Methodist )
"So some have tried to build the otv-
rvance of Sunday upon apostolic com-
mand. whereas
the apostles gave no
command on the matter at all.
The
" '- mrrsi
writing of the Bible, the Sabbatarians
nve mo cesi or ine argument. i n
.iirisiiau si v urn. April 19. eo.
Ifresbyterian.) "We hear less than
e." l about ,he Ptolic origin
?f thc Present Sunday observance, and
for. the reason that while the Sabbath
and Sabbath rest are woven Into the
warp and woof of scripture, it Is now
seen, as it is ad nitted. that we must
go to later than apostolic times for the
establishment of Sunday observance."
Id. January. 18S4.
Dr. R W. Pale, Congregatlonallst.
famous in all the churches as one of
lingland's foremost writers and schol
ars, in his book entitled. "The Ten
Commandments." HodBer & Stoughton.
London, writes. "It is clear that, how
ever rigidly we may spend Sunday, we
are not keeping the Sabbath. The Sab
hath was founded on a specific, divine
-Ommand. We can plead no such com
mand for the observance of Sun lay.
There Is not a single sentence In the
New Testament to suggest that we In
cur any penalty by violating the sup
posed sanctity of Sunday."
"Some Baptists are fond of demand
ing a 'thus eaith the Lord' for every
thing, and profess to accept nothing
for which explicit authoritv cannot be
produced from the word of God. Prob
ably not a reader of this paragraph
would be willing to follow this prin
ciple to its legitimate conclusion. It
would involve the immediate return to
Sabbath worship, the abolition of Sun
day schools." The Baptist Examiner.
January 4, 1S94.
"But some say it was changed from
the seventh to the first day. When?
Where? and by whom? No man can
tell. No: it never was changed, nor
could it be unless creation was to be
gone through again: for the reason
signed must be changed before the ob
servance in respect to the reason can
be changed. It is old wives' fables to
talk of the change of the Sabbath from
the seventh to the first day. If it be
changed, it was that august personage
changed it who changes times and
laws ex-ol'ficlo. I think his name is
Dr. Anti-Christ." Christian Baptism.
Vol. 1. p. 44. Alexander Campbell
(Christian ).
Referring to the prophecies record
In? the fact of a great reformation in
Sabba'h keeping and the observance
of all the commandments (Isa. SS.l. 13.
14: Rev. 14:9 12) the evangelist closed
with a plea for the Sabbath which
Je&us kept Lu. 4:16). The speaker an
nounced that the meetings would con
tinue In the tent pavilion every night
for a number of weeks and gave his
sermon topics for the week as follows:
Monday, "Sunday Keeping and the
Bible." every Scripture text which
speaks of the first day will be care
fully noticed: Tuesday, "Who Vhangcd
the Sabbath?" Wednesday. "The Per
petual Nature of God'a Law"; Thurs
day. "Does the Grace of Christ Give
License to Wreak the Law?" Friday,
'"The New Covenant. Its Relation to
the Law- and the Sabbath": Saturday,
"The Beast Whcc Number Is 666":
Sunday. "The 144. 0i0 Sealed Saints and
the Mark of the Beast." These serv
ices ai for the public and are pre
ceded each evening by a community
sine led bv the able gospel son
lead-
er. Professor 1. C. Colcord Adv.
come. Judge McGinn predicted, when
Great Britain will be shamed Into
granting home rule for Ireland and
when the Emerald Isle will be recog
nized by the league.
The speaker referred to Switzerland
as the home of the Red Cross organiza
tion and the oldest republic and as the
ideal place for the seat of the world or
ganization.
During the afternoon a series ot con
tests was held. Including the rendering
of Swiss yodel sonzs, Swiss Alpine
races and tugs of war between dlller-
eut groups In the Swiss societies.
FOCH REPORT IS ACCEPTED
Boundary Between Poles and Lithu
anians Established.
rARIS, July 26. The supreme coun-
cil
has accepted Marshal Foch's re
port on the boundary between the
Polee and the Lithuanians, whereby the
Polise shall move Into Suvalkl and
withdrawing to a line running north
east from Suvalkl.
The terms of the Bulgarian treaty
have been referred to the economio
committee. It Is expected that the
Bulgarian treaty will be ready to de
liver to the Bulgarian government by
the middle of next week.
TECHNICAL MEN PLENTIFUL
Shortage of Farm and Common La
bor shown bjr Bureau.
WASHINGTON. July 27. A shortage
of agricultural labor as well as com
mon labor in the western and southern
states, and a general surplus of men of
professional and technical training and
of clerks were noted as the outstand
ing features of the present employment
situation in the United Stales in the
annual report of the division of opera
tions of the federal employment
service.
Electric fog sirens have been Invest
ed that can be heard for It miles.