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K PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. LXI NO. 19,285 Entered t Portland OreraTi PoBtoffiCf aa Second-class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1922 inncri ucnniMP ic S. EINSTEIN'S THEORY DECLARED FAILURE N I'll I'll Mill I sMIt ."ET. iL'r'JVI CHILDREN DONATE MR HARD KIPLING SCORES AMERICAN CREED Delay in Entering War Censured Bitterly. SENATE PAGE PRAYS FOR MRS. HARDING MERCURY AT 3 P. M.. SHOWS 91 DEGREES DAY HOTTEST FOR SEPTEM BER SINCE 1909. 100,000 GREEKS GIVE UP SMYRNA Turks Establish Civil Administration. COLORFUL PAGEANT TO TESTS ARE CONDUCTED ON MOCNT WILSON. BOY, 1 5, HAS FAITH GOD AVILL SUSTAIN LIFE. ARCHBISHOP PRESIDES OVER ELABORATE CEREMONY. 00Q CHURCH SEEMS M O V Favorable Turn Is Taken at 9 P.M. OPERATION IS DELAYED Patient's Fever Drops and Relief Is Notable. DR. MAYO AT BEDSIDE Crisis of Case Expected to Be Past by This Morning, Says Aviiile House Bulletin. ' WASHINGTON, I. C. Sept. 11. At 2:15 this morning:, although there had, been no further official word on her condition since the bulletin issued at 9 o'clock last night, Mrs. Harding was understood to be rest ing relatively free from pain, and etilt holding the slight improve ment which the bulletin said her condition had indicated during Sun day. Dr. Sawyer, who has been in al inost constant attendance at Mrs. Harding's bedside for four days and nights, left the .White House at 10:30 o'clock tonight for a rest in his own apartments. He remarked on leaving that he was pleased with the favorable symptoms of the pa tient. At that hour she was asleep. Woman Friend leaTts. Mrs. Edward B. McLean, wife of the publisher of the Washington Post, an intimate friend of Mrs. Harding, who had been at the White House since last night, also left for her own home about 10 o'clock. "Mrs. Harding is considerably bet ter," she said. "That is just why I am going, to my own home tonight. She is quiet now and going to sleep. I believe that there is an excellent chance for her recovery." Dr. Mayo- remained, at the White House for the night with Dr. Carl Sawyer and Dr. Boone, of the navy, In attendance in the sick room. (By Cnlcago TrlDune Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C Sept. 10. The condition of Mrs. Florence Kling: Harding, wife of the pres ident, who has been dangerously, ill for several days, was so much im proved tonight that decision of the attending physicians as to the ne cessity for a surgical operation has been deferred until tomorrow morn ing. General C. E. Sawyer, the White House physician, made . the an nouncement of the favorable turn In Mrs. , Harding's critical illness shortly after 9 o'clock tonight. The decision to postpone a sur gical operation which for a time today was believed to be inevitable was reached at a consultation par ticipated in by Dr. Sawyer, his son. Dr. Carl Sawyer, Dr. Charles E. Mayo, of Rochester. Minn., who ar rived at the White House this morn ing, and Dr. John Finney, of Balti more. Bulletin la Issued. At 9:05 P. M., immediately after the consultation, Dr. Sawyer issued the following bulletin: "Mrs. Harding's condition tonight is as follows: "Temperature, 100.5. "Pulse, 116. "Respiration, 36. "She has had a fairly comfortable day, with such indications of a slight improvement that the deci sion relative to surgical relief was postponed until Monday morning. "C. E. SAWYER, M. X." While the bulletin is the first lu-.ictuic l"j nttve come irum , the White House bedside since Fri- day, when Mrs. Harding became des- pei-ately ill with acute congestion of the kidneys, it was stated unof ficially that the distinguished pa tient is not yet out of danger. The immediate apprehension . has beeu greatly relieved and the physicians cow hold out much hope for Mrs. Harding's recovery if there is no relapse. By tomorrow morning, it was stated, the crisis may be passed. Blood Test Made. The consultation tonight followed a blood test taken at the direction of Dr. Mayo soon after he reached the White House. Laboratory spe cialists worked on the test until evening, when Dr. Finney returned from Baltimore. This test, together with other laboratory tests made at Dr. Mayo's direction, showed unmis takably, it is reported, that the toxic condition of the patient, so threatening yesterday and last night, had been considerably .re lieved. Dr. Mayo reached the White House at 10 o'clock this morning, hastened to Washington at the request of the president. After examining Mrs. Harding, Dr. Mayo made no statement for publication, but at- 4 o'clock this afternoon it was announced that he and Dy. Sawyer were waiting to consult with Dr. John Finney, of Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, who has been consulting specialist in the case since Friday night, and for the result of bipod tests- before deter mining whether an operation would be advisable. Dr. Sawyer issued the first bul letin of the day on Mrs. Harding's iCuaeluded oa F age Column 1-i i Professor -to Continue Experi ments Regarding Bending , of Light Beams. pHICAGO, Sept. 10. Two shafts of light racing through a steel tube one mile in length and a foot in diameter is the latest test devised for the Einstein theory of relativity by Professor Albert A. Michelson, noted physicist of the University of Chicago, who has just returned from California, where he conducted ex tensive experiments at Mount Wil son observatory. Professor Michelson went to Cali fornia last spring on invitation of the Carnegie institution of Pitts burg, with the object of applying further tests to the Einstein theory, and also to establish the actual ve locity of light. While there he ad vised and perfected equipment for both classes of experiments. The phase of the Einstein theory chal lenged by Professor Michelson per tains to the effect of the rotation of the earth on a beam ef light. Einstein has contended that the rays of lighj. from a distant star I undergo a noticeable deflection as they pass near the sun. io test nis theory, Professor Michelson, who I startled the scientific world in 1920 by his announcement that he had obtained the actual dimensions of Betelgeuse and found its volume to be 27 times greater than the sun, told of his more recent experiments with the Einstein doctrine. At each of the four corners of a square, he said, measuring a -'quarter of a mile on each side, a mirror was placed, from one corner a beam of light was dispatched around one way on the direction of the rota tion of the earth. Simultaneously another beam was dispatched around the other way opposite , to the direction 'of the earth's rotation, i By use of a delicate instrument Professor Michelson 'was able to identify the beams upon their re turn. If they returned at exactly the same instant, the Einstein theory would have been repudiated. If they returned simultaneously, he said, it would have established that the rotation qf the earth exercises no influence oyer the beam of light. "We almost succeeded this sum mer in our experiments," he said. "Atmospheric interference was all that prevented the complete success of our "work. Temperature Varia tions in. the raatintains, and , valleys out there militated against us. " "We proved our principle was right and now we plan to eliminate atmospheric interference by con struction of a steel tube, one foot in diameter around the entire one mile course. By making this a vacuum, all such interference is eliminated. We expect to quickly complete our experiment next sum mer." ' - BAKER'S' FRIENDS ANGRY Kneycloppdia Brittanlca Said to Misrepresent ex-Secretary. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK. Sept.' 10. Resent ment over the scathing biographical article of Newton D. Baker appear ing in a new supplementary volume of the Encyclopaedia Brittanlca has aroused friends of the ex-secretary of war to make protest to the edi tors of the work against what is regarded as a misrepresentation of his career. . Scores of letters from men asso ciated with Baker during the war have reached his ex - secretary, Ralph Hayes, expressing indigna tion. Several of the writers also have protested to Hugh Chisholm of London, editor-in chief, asking, for revisions. LOCKS OFF, GIRL SUICIDE Worry Over Bobbed Hair Respon sible for Drowning. ROCHESTER, N. T., Sept. 10. Worry over the fact that she had had her hair bobbed is believed re sponsible for the death of' Miss Norma Teffner, 21, of Batavia, who committed suicide by drowning in Horseshoe lake, near Batavia. In her clothing was, found a note addressed to her brother contain ing the sentence: "Since my hair is gone my looks are gone, too, and it makes me so nervous." The body was recovered yesterday. , BIG GRAPE VINE UNIQUE Stalk 8 Feet in Circumference Envelops House. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.) A grapevine twining about the "home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Waldron here is attracting . un usual attention. The "vine, which easily extends 150 feet, starts from a stalk- measuring eight feet in cir cumference. The vine extends from the side of the house, around the front 'and over woodshed and comes back to the place from which It starts. T,he vine is laden with Isa bella grapes. WRECK HURTS 3 WOMEN Chicugo Limited Hits' Another Train in New Mexico." ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Sept. 10. Three women passengers were in jured, none seriously, when Santa Fe train No. 4, the Chicago limited, crashed into the rear end of train No. 8. The latter train was stand ing on the main line at Laguna, N. M., about 100 miles west of . here, late Saturday, afternoon. . ' NATION IS CALLED QUITTER U. S. Soul Traded for Gold, Writer Intimates. EVEN LINCOLN TARGET Emancipator Held to Have Wast ed 2,000,000 Lives to Save Negro From Work. BY CLARE SHERIDAN. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by arrangement, all rights re served.) LONDON. Sept 10.--(Special.) A huge proportion of the United States has landed in England, this summer. Their impressions must havie varied according to the time and place at which they disembarked. For tunately for me, I landed on one of those rare days when the sun was shining. It was 6 o'clock in the mornin and Plymouth sound looked just as beautiful as any foreign port that one has ever admired. England, through the train, window, looked so pretty, so carefully - tended, so much loved. The hedges and the gateways and the little houses with their flowering gardens, even the cows in trimly enclosed pastures, looked like toys or miniature mod els. And what an absence of waste spaces. Every corner of land from Plymouth to London seemed to be long to some one. How springlike It was, and green, and joyous. Such was my first impression. Home Is Visited. Before allowing myself to get im bedded in. the old familiar-current pf life ih"London I went straight to my' home, and I rejoice, as Kipling does.Vthat "The lot lias fallen to me In a fair land, in a fair land. Yea, Sussex, by the sea." Leaping out of the car that brought.rne I flung off my hat and gloves and rushed up the green sward path between the clipped yew hedges. I found my mother In a sunbonnet on the bowling green. She was reading an old, faded vol ume of Strickland's "Queens of England." Her background was a long, tall roW of blue delphiniums. As I hugged her after the longest absence I ever have made from home I remembered that she had her origin in New York city, from where I had just come. ' But for many years now she has looked out (Concluded on Page 5. Column 1. ) NfEi-W- YVtOS &0 N3 TO WIN -THIS YEAR ? iu K At XHAT1 ONE - TWO- TrA Note of Confidence Sent to Presi dent With Copy of 12 1st Psalm Encased In Frame. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10. Richard L. Riedel. 15-year-old page at the United States senate, who knew the president wlien he was in the senate; went to the White House executive offices tonight and de livered to the doorman a printed copy of the 121st psalm, encased in a gilt frame, with the following note: , ''My dear Mr. President: , "I believe God is going to let Mrs. Harding live': My mother and I are praying for her recovery. I am giv ing you the 121st psalm. My dear father, who was a Methodist minis ter, repeated it just before God called him suddenly, Just before he dropped dead in the harness as he wished. ' "This psalm has sustained us in many trials, and I know it will sus tain you now. "The senate page who loves you and Mrs. -Harding." "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help," the psalm reads. "My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth." - CLEMEMCEAU IS COMING French AVar Premier to Sail for New York in Four Weeks. . PARIS, Sept. 10. M. Clemenceau, the war premier, will sail .for. New York in four weeks on an extended tour of the United States, for the purpose of telling the American peo ple what are the rights and duties of the nations which jointly won the war, and also 'to try to restore the prestige which France has lost in the United States. The trip will mark the returji of M. Clemenceau to ' French politics, according to what is considered au thority here. . .. EMPLOYMENT IS BETTER 39 Large Cities Report Increase in Angust Jobs. WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 10. Of 65 leading .citlea: In the United States, V 39 - reported - increased, em ployment ' during August asv"". com pared with July, while 28 recorded decreases, according to the indus trial analysis for last month issued today by- the department of la.or. The soundness of business, it "was said, was reflected in the employ ment Increase in many industries, surmounting the "reaction of the rail and fuel situation.. BOLIVIA TO QUIT LEAGUE Retirement Is Imminent, Says Report From La Paz. , LIMA, Peru, Sept. 10. (By the Associated Press.) The retirement of Bolivia from tne league of na tions appears to be imminent, says a telegram from the correspondent in La Paz of "Kl Tiempo,. which that newspaper publishes today. THE CALL OF THE WILD. V, " Equal Temperature Attained Here Only Three Times In History of Weather Bureau. Portland yesterday experienced the hottest September day that has occurred since the year 1909, the mercury registering 91 at 3 P. M. The city was f-irly vacated, as it is in the best oft the summer days, with thousands seeing the cool and shade of the country -nd making their own breezes by motoring. Only three times in the history of the weather bureau has hotter r bureau ha n that regist weather than that registered yes terdaji been recorded. The ther mometer has registered 93 degrees three times September 11, 1886.; September 9, 1S07, and September 5, 1909. On September 10 there -has never been any higher temperature than was recorded yesterday. The wpather bureau said that the warmth was precipitated ' by some proud citizen bragging' about the elegance of the weather during the first of the week. There has been almost no variation in pressure re corded, and though the relative hu midity was not great, 39 per cent, the actual percentage 'of moisture in the air is sufficient to make the heat uncomfortable. The weather bureau would not venture to say whether the record would be repeated today. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) The mercury reached 94 degrees in Eugene this afternoon, the sec ond hottest mark reached during the entire summer. The hot wave came suddenly, beginning yesterday with a maximum temperature of 84 de grees. SALEM1, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) Salem and Marion county -today ex perienced one of the warmest days of the present summer. Thermome ters in the business district ' regis tered between 92 and 98 degrees above zero, depending upon .their location.' As a result of th heat the batlifcg resorts were crowded, while the parks . attracted their quota of visitors. Many persons took advantage of the warm weather and spent the day at the beach resorts. . . :, ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) With scarcely a breath - of-1 air stirring'' and the, mercury touching the 91 mark this afteraoW.-As te-ria sweltered in. the hottest day of the entire year. Late this afternoon the breeze shifted from the northeast io the north, bringing cool, refreshing air as a relief 340 RESCUED AT SEA British Steamer Picks Jp Stir rivors of German Wreck. . LONDON, " Sept. 10.- A radio, dls natch received by "Lloyd's from the British -steamer Kinfauns Castle re ported that the steamer rescued 340 persons from the German " steamer Hammonla, which sank Saturday at 6:2fi i P. M. in latitude 41:50 north, longitude "10:50 west. The Kinfauns Castle is due to reach Southampton Tuesday morn ing. . - " Not even TORNlMK TttEm HEADS V3rVNCl! CO U l-O AS AG OWE. 'F 1 rAt THE. ouo son along! TYPHUS RAVAGES TOWN City Crowded With Refugees 1 - Without Food. HELLENIC CROWN SHAKEN Athens Talks of Expelling Con- - V stantine and Recalling Yen- -Izclos to Power. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10. (By the Associated Press.) One hun dred thousand Greek troops have evacuated Smyrna nd a Turkish civil, administration has been estab lished there. History is said never to have re corded so complete a disaster as the, Greeks have met. It is asserted that Austria's defeat in the Capor etto during the world war . is as nothing compared with the debacle of the Greeks. PARIS', Sept. 10. The Greek evacuation of Smyrna has been com pleted, says a dispatch to the Havas Agency from Athens. The dispatch adds that M. Theotokis, the Greek high commissioner in Smyrna, is momentarily expected to arrive in Athens. V ictory Ik Celebrated. Another dispatch to the Havas Agency from Athens dated Sunday says that, M. Kalogeropoulos has -abandoned the task of forming a new Greek cabinet and that King Constantino has requested former Minister of the Interior Trianta fillakos to assume the task. . The Turkish Nationalists ending the two-weeks-campaign have swept the Greeks but of Asia Minor! and the Kemalists,' who yesterday en tered Smyrna, took prisoners, the remnants of the -Greek forces re maining behind to cover the wild flighjt of the Greek army that a month ago held securely a large part of western Asia .Minor and talked of marching through Thrace into Constantinople. Race With Diplomat. Worn. .The Turks ran a race with the diplomats, their leaders say, and won the race, for Turkish arms settled in a few days and settled finally, according to Angora ad vices, the problem of how Asia Minor is to be divided, a problem with which diplomacy has been struggling for three years. Smyrna, which has been in.a state of chaos for three days since the Greek high commissioner took to a warship in fear of his life, is now a hotbed of typhus and plague and is crowded with thousands of refu gees without food. Turks Take Charter. The' allied consuls and naval con tingents, including . the Americans, had begun the restoration of order as soon as they arrived but the Turks have taken charge of Smyrna and their first efforts have been directed toward stamping out epi demics and relieving distress. Smyrna, which has been the goal of the Nationalists, as Angora was that of the Greeks, soon will wit ness, according to dispatches from Angora, the ceremonious and tri umphant entry into the city of Mustapha Kemal Pasha and others of the nationalist government. The seething ferment of Asia Minor now seems to have been transferred to Athens through the returned troops, dispatches from the Greek capital say, . and there is much talk of Constantine's second descent from the throne and the return of Venl zeloa to.power . ' Insult to Kins: .Shouted. The Greek soldiers evacuated from Smyrna were ordered taken to islands in the Aegean sea, there to be disarmed and demobilized so as to avoid possible trouble in Arthens, but the soldiers are reported to have threatened the ship officers and compelled them to steer for Piraeus, the port of Athens, where they disembarked and marched through the streets shouting insults to the. king and demanding the re turn of Venlzelos. TURKS CELEBRATE VICTORY Mosques In Constantinople Are Lighted Vp. i (Chicago Tribune Foreign Nrws Service. Copyright, 1922, by the Chicago Tribune.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10. Stamboul is insane for the first time in the history of Islamism; the mosques are lighted up to celebrate the military victory; illuminated tests from the Koran are swinging between the minarets. Including the text: "Allah be praised. We have entered Smyrna." It has been decreed that the cele bration shall continue four days, that the mosques shall.be decorated, flags unfurled and the city illumi nated in honor of the deliverance of the faithful from the heel of the invader. From the almost erflptv pocket books of the Turks here have been , (Concluded on Face 3, Column 2.) Local Colony Sees Pretty Daugh ' ter of Greece Become Bride or Old Playmate. A colorful Greek wedding which brought a touch of the Levant to Portland was held yesterday at Hi bernian hall, 340 '.Russell street, when Panagoula Drougas, pretty daughter of Greece, be.came the wife of her old playmate and sweetheart, James Meletis, a local business man. Archbishop Panteleimon. of Neap olls, Palestine, who is a delegate to the Episcopalian convention, per formed the ceremony, assisted by Father ' Karahaleos, head of the Portland Greek congregation. The distinctive feature of having an archbishop preside over a wed ding brought practically the entire community of Greeks living in Port land to the affair. An archbishop, it is said, does not often officiate at a wedding. However, the archbishop consented to perform the services yesterday because both the bride and bridegroom came from his own birthplace in Argos, Greece. The entire ceremony was chanted by both the church heads and sev eral singers from the local church. Flower wreaths connected to each other covered the hfads of both the bride and bridegroom.' These were changed back and forth from the bride and bridegroom and vice versa by the archbishop as a sign of the inseparableness and perfect union of the two. With the church, heads wearing their elaborate ceremonial robe, and the bride and bridegroom lit erally covered with flowers and rice, the affair was really a pageant. At the end of the service the friends and relatives of the couple lined up to present their best wishes, kiss the bride, and drop a small contribution of money in a platter placed before the couple. FUGITIVE SLAYER HELD Man Who Shot Timber Cruiser Is i Lodged In Jail. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept 10. After a search over the panhandle of Idaho since August 4, Joe Farriri, wanted in connection witli ' the shooting of Joe Marsden,,tljpbeT cruiser, was captured late Saturday in the brush near Herrlck. The fugitive has been living on berries, fish and herbs ever Bince the shoot ing, which occurred following a dis pute over money matters. Marsden was one of the four men who ran down the outlaw, Harry Tracy, more than a decade ago. Farriri is now in jail at St. Maries awaiting arraignment. BALLPLAYER IS KILLED Youth of 18, Struck on Head by Fast Insiioot, Dies Instantly. (Br Chicaito Tribune leased Wire.) PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 10 Struck by a fast inshoot while at bat in a game of baseball yesterday at Rosemont, Leon Scanlin, 19, was killed instantly. The game waa be tween learns representing the Phila delphia and Rosemont factories of the Durham Carriage works. Miles Donnelley of Bryn Mawr, pitcher for the Rosemont team, was arrested and held to await tne ac tion of the coroner. Players say Scanlin stepped for ward to meet the ball but it curved in and struck him on the temple. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 01 lur.Fi: lowest. BO derrees. TODAY'S FORECAST Fair; continued warm, northwesterly winds. Knrelvn. KIpHng scores American (red. Page 1. 100,000 Greek evacuate omyrns. i-ass x. National. Senate page prays for Mrs. Harln. Page 1. Democrats show Rains In Maine. Page 3. Railroad merger again to for. - 1'age 3 Mrs. Harding seems better. Page 1. Pacific Northwewt. $1,200,000 Willametto drive popular. ' Page 5. Cost of phone rehearing estimated at ( 25 ,000. Page S. Domestic. Rapplngs on radio mystify magician. Page 6. Stage Is all set for strike battle In court. t- - ID Einstein's theory declared failure. Page 1. t8port. Yankees win two and Increase lead. Pag 10. Pacific Coast league results at Portland 8-1, Loa Angeles 1-2; at Oakland 1-2, Sacramento 4-0; at Los Angeles, Vernon 0-4. Salt Lake 1-0; at Seattle, 4-1, ban Franctsco 11-2. Page 10. Yankaes and Giants face ' acid tests. Pago 11. Eastmoreland golf tournaments draw record crowds. Page 11. Commercial and Marine, End of coal strike aids eastern business. Page 17. Oregon bond Issue bought In Gotham. Pago 17. British steamer chartered to load here. Page 16. Tortland and Vicinity. Standpat conservatism dangerous, says Bishop Williams. Fags 7. Mercury at 3 P. M. shows 01 degrees. Page 1. Large audience hears Bishop Tuttle. Page 7. Strikes Jo good, says Judge Twohy. Page 18- Episcopal children donate ' 37000 to church. Pag 1 Means to combat I- W. W.lsm found. Page i- I Lumber stocks reach low point. Page 16. Money r wiuuw a uciini nuwa in. Page Greek wedding like colorful pageant. T.l 1 Tributes paid to Salvation Army. Pags 6. Oklahoma Disnop aenvera ipuowsnip V. rarfln Pasrn 4. America on road to doom, says bishop. 1000 Small Folks Attend Episcopal Convention. BISHOPS PREACH IN CITY All Northwest Has Chance to Hear Prelates. TODAY TO BE BUSY ONE Joint Session of Two ITotnefi to Begin at 11 o'Clock With Heavy Calendar. WHAT THE CONVENTION I WILL DO TODAY. 1 9 A. M. Daughters of the 4 King, buKinrftft session at the T Labor temple. 4 9 to 10:3i .. M. Church t Service School league clause! I in method, at the Labor T temple. 1 9:30 to 10:ta A. M. Wotn- I en's aux'llary. Central library. Z 11 A. M. to 1 P., M Joint I session of the house of hihhnps and the houce of deputies, I municipal auditorium, depart i ment of missions senioii. 1 I". M. Daughters of the 5 King, election of council. Labor temple. 2 P. M. Women's auxiliary, business session, headquarters. 4 to 6 P. M. Church School Service league, tea. Labor temple. 3 to 4 P. M. Mission study class. Labor temple. 4 r. M. Women's auxiliary tea, basement of auditorium, 6 J -M. Church --hVinpn ffnfe-r'cncf.' committee room, auditorium. P. M. Church college din ner, Portland 'hotel. - 8 P.M. Department of pub licity, mass meeting, audito rium. 8 P. M. Olrls' Friendly so ciety, mass meeting, l'nl!arlan church, Broudway and Tam hill street. 8 P. M. Mass meeting in In terest of old Catholic and eastern orthodox churches, St. Davids church. East Twelfth and Belmont streets. Yesterday was children's day. at the Kpisoopal convention. A thou sand Portland children, accompanied by 2000 parents, teachers and mem bers of the' clergy, filled the main hall of the auditorium yesterday aft ernoon during the special service of the Church School Service league. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle. presiding bishop, the venerable patriarch f the church, was there to meet the small folks. "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom Of heaven," he quoted, as a formal welcome to the little visitors. An address by Rlshop Peter T. Rowe of Alaska on the hardships and the perils encountered by mis sionaries in that country and the an nouncement that the children thank offering for the Alaskan dis trict would amount to more than $7000, were the features of the aft ernoon meeting. Mass Meeting Held. Another mass meeting. nhidi packed the ziudltorluni, was held Kit t night under the auspices efthe nu-tion-wido camjalga dcparlinciit ui the church. N Yesterday, belntf Sunday, wis de voted primarily to religious service by the visiting delegates. fcpaiu was at a premium in all of tin: Episcopalian churches of tho city. During the afternoon many church men took advuntage of the excel lent weather for motoric, golfing or walking In the parks. .Not a few were in attendance at the L-.il grounds. Episcopalians, It was ex plained by those who remained at the convention hall or hotels, were not opposed to wholesome recrea tion as long as a person first die charged his or her religious duties on Sunday. Both houses of the cenvention will settle down to earnest work at 10 o'clock today. A score of nmtten of vital importance to the church are elated to action this week. Bishop Brent's resolution on the di vorce 'and remarriage question, which caused a storm of comment Saturday, was the principal subject of conversation yesterday. Whli the bishop declared that his resolu tion simply makes explicit points in church canons which are now Im plicit, other churchmen Interpreted it as a part of the movement t' make the divorce regulations of the church still more stringent. Joint Helo Scheduled. At 11 o'clock this mornliig the two hounes will meet In Joint .fu sion to hear the report of I he de partment of missions. As this bu reau Is considered ths most Imix.r- tConclutifd on !' 7, Culumu 3.)