THE SUNDAY 0REG0NIA2?, PORTLAND, OCTOBER '23 1904.
HAVE SOCIAL SIDE
Plans of Telephone Girls In"
elude a Dance,
STRIKE IS NOT ' CHANGED
Operators Issue Appeal to Public In
Which They Allege That the
Wages Paid by Company
Are Not Fair.
The telephone strike situation continues
unchanged. While not quite so good as
usual,the service is fair, considering the
probable shortage of operators and the
necessity of breaking In green employes.
The strikers are elated at the success of
the theatrical benefit Friday night. Not
all tickets having been turned in up to
late last evening, the theatrical manage
ment was unable to announce- Just what
sum the girls will receive.
A large number of girls are still cir
culating the petition -with usual success.
The benefit ball donated by the "Woodward
Dancing Academy will be given next
Thursday evening, instead or this evening,
as first announced. The girls are now dis
posing of tickets to this ball among their
friends calling at their neauquarters on
Salmon street, between Third and Fourth.
Strikers Make Another Statement.
After a consultation with their legal ad
viser,. Judge Martin I. Pipes, yesterday.
the .strikers gave out the following ad'
dress, and asked for its publication:
"To the Public: The telephone operat
ors, who have a controversy with the Pa
cific States Telephone Company, must re
ly upon the force of public opinion and
the moral support of the patrons of the
company for a redress of their grievances.
we realize that without these not only
will our own wrongs be remediless, but
the welfare of all operators in the future
will be at the mercy of this company. For
these reasons we venture to lay our case
before the tribunal that alone can help
us.
"We are advised that this company oc
cupies a relation to the public under the
law that makes an appeal to the public
i peculiarly appropriate. It does not con
'duct a private business. It exercises a
public franchise granted to it by the muni
cipality, which puts It under obligations
to the public different from those assumed
by merely private enterprises. It is re
quired by law to serve the public as a
quasi-public corporation, and is in the
same category with railroads, gas com
panies and other corporations of like
character. When it cripples its own serv
ice to the public by injustice to its em
ployes, it invites and should receive the
public condemnation and correction.
Think Wages Not Fair.
"Wo submit to the candor of all men
that the wages we have been receiving
are not fair compensation for the services
rendered. We work- actually 7 hours.
but most of us are under service in the
company's building 9 hours. The work
Is peculiarly wearing and exhausting. The
majority of the operators get no more
than 520 per month, and perhaps the aver
age wage is no more than $25 per month
Measured by any standard known to men
in the business world, work that is as
necessary, as productive of profit to its
employers as this, is worth more money
"In the next place, our work is worth
more than this to the company. The com
pany will answer that labor is worth no
more than it can be had for. Without dis
puting that general proposition, which is
debatable. It is not true when applied to
this company. It enjoys a public fran
chise, which is a monopoly, and it has not
to meet any competition, either in the
charges It makes or the wages it pays for
this class of service. It charges what it
pleases, pays what it pleases, and does
what it pleases. Competition that regu
lates other business to some semblance of
reasonableness does not regulate its busi
ness. Since the public has by its laws
and franchises and specla.1 privileges put
it in this independent position, Is it not the
duty of the public to see that its power is
not abused?
"The company pretends to object to our
union. If we suppose that objection Is
valid, for the sake of the argument, still
the company can do us justice as individ
uals. It will not do so. It publicly de
clares it will maintain the same wages
and the same unreasonable rules. This
means that It never intends to admit a
cause of grievance or to give" us any
redress. We would not have been tena
cious about the union if we could other
wise have obtained justice. It was the
company's injustice that caused, the union,
and its objection to the union is that we
may have no remedy against Its arbitrary
decrees.
"But will somebody please say what
crime there is in a couple of hundred
young women combining in an association
for their own protection? Is not this very
company a combination of men associat
ed together the better to promote their
own Interests? And they have added to
the power of association the additional
and tremendous power of the law, which
endows them with the privileges they en.
joy. But association, for proper and legal
purposes, operating In a reasonable way,
is not wrong, whether it is a corporation
of capitalists or a union of helpless girls.
The right of association is essential to
freedom, and this company's attack on
our union is an assault on a principle that
never can be destroyed without injury to
everybody.
Real Question for Public.
"But the union question being a mere
pretense of the company, leaves the real
question for the public to solve, 'Shall
this company, which is itself a public
servant, have the sanction of the generous
men of Portland to beat us down without
mercy or consideration T
"We have s-ld that our wages were not
adequate to our service. We are entitled
to have adequate wages proportioned to
the value of the service, whether they are
much or little. But, In addition to being
out of proportion to tho value of our work
to the company, they are not sufficient for
our decent support. Whatever may be the
proper rule in private concerns, no com
pany deriving its powers from the muni
cipality and its support from the public
ought to be tolerated which does not pay
its employes decent lHing wages. If it
cannot do that, it ought to surrender Its
franchise and go out of business. But It
can -do that. It will do that, if the people
will it
' If the patrons of this company will In
dicate their determination that we shall
have due justice, we will get it If not.
the contest we wage, though lost to us,
will be renewed by others, for, 'though
justice travels with a leaden heel, it
strikes with an iron hand.' "
The telephone-operators got together last
night and with the aid of individual mem
bers of the Federated Trades Council for
the first time organized their union com
pletely, appointing various committees.
The girls now have and are promised con
siderable sums of money to help them
carry on the strike, some of it from busi
ness men. They feel that they have an
organization to work with, and last night
expressed encouragement at the outlook.
"We have got back one girl who re
turned to the company," they said with a
tone that implied that an avalanche would
follow. "We are very hopeful now, with
some money to go on and an organization
to back us. Over half the girls responded
to the rollcall tonight We know that very
few have left us, and we expect them to
return. Some of ua are on the blacklist
with the company and will never be taken
back, but we don't care. We wouldn't
work for them, anyway."
At the meeting pickets were told in a
Jocular manner that it really wouldn't do
to use more than moral persuasion when
inducing girls to Join the union.
"Halrpulling will not do," said the Jocu
lar gentleman who was. handing out ad
vice. He saw a stiffening of backs around
the room, and attempted a little more joc
ularity to cover his remark:
"Or scratching."
The back-stiffening began to look dan
gerous to the jocular man, so he caved'
completely and tried to prove it was all
a Joke. They swallowed it but it did not
go down very well.
JEALOUS HAH IS SUSPECTED.
Higgins' Friends Advance a New
Theory in the Thomasson Murder.
PEORIA, I1L, Oct 22. Some unknown
person may have inflicted the injuries up
on Mrs. Nellie Thomasson from which she
died, according to the friends of young
Higgins, who is under arrest charged with
the crime. The evidence brought out at
the Coroner's inquest v showed the
woman walked to the train at the station
in this city with but slight assistance
from one of the employes of the road, and
that when she arrived at Lacon she sum
moned a hack and made her way to the
home of her mother, several blocks away,
without assistance. She did not summon
a physician until 16 hours later, and these
facts tend to prove, it is asserted, that
Mrs. Thomasson was not fatally hurt by
young HIgins, but by some one else after
she left the depot where she had encoun
tered Higgins and his sister.
The name of a man with whom Mrs.
Thomasson was intimate, and who Is
known to have objected to her relations
with Higgins, Sr., is mentioned In this
connection, but so far there has been no
positive evidence against him.
When it became known that the grand
Jury had recommended that Higgins be
held for murder, there was a remarkable
demonstration on the part of his friends,
who flocked to his assistance.
BUYS P0R THE HAESEBIAN LINES
W. V. S. Thome, Director of Pur
chases, Arrives in City.
W. V. S. Thorne, of New Tork, direc
tor of the purchases of the entire Har
riman system of railways, is at the
Portland for a short visit Mr. Thorne
is accompanied by his secretary, Will
iam A. Ransom, and by a friend, George
S. Brewster.
Mr. Thorne was formerly connected
with, the Great Northern and made his
trip to the Coast over that line. He
will remain in Portland until Monday
night, when he will leave for his return
trip tb the East, going over the South
ern lines.
It Is announced that no significance
is to be attached to the visit of Mr.
Thorne at this time as the trip is made
partially as a pleasure Journey. Mr.
Thorne Is simply traveling over the
lines of the Harriman system in order
to be more fully able to cope with the
questions arising In the conduct of
his office. The expected arrival of A. L
Mohler, general manager of the Union
Pacific, together with tho general con
dition of things in the railroad world,
however, lends some strength to the
opinion that there may be something
more in the visits of these gentlemen
than is admitted.
WELCOMES LEADING-' MEXICAN
San Francisco Tenders Vice-President
Corral a Banquet.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22. Vice-President
Ramon Corral was tendered a ban
quet by the citizens of San Francisco to
night It was a notable affair, at which
were represented distinguished men In all
walks of public life, and most of the
prominent Mexican residents occupied
places of honor. Speeches were made by
United States Senator Perkins and Ad
miral McCalla. U. S. N.
Senator Perkins dwelt at length upon
the harmonious relations that exist be
tween the American and Mexican Repub
lics, and paid a high tribute to the late
Mexican Minister Romero. Vice-President
Corral made a fitting response, thanking
the people of the city for the welcome
he received and expressing pleasure at
his visit to the United tSates.
HIS RESIGNATION IN ESCROW.
Kansas State Treasurer Will Step Out
if Books Are Found Irregular.
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct 22. Thomas T.
Kelley, State Treasurer, placed his res
ignation in escrow last night and In
vited an Inquiry by expert accounting
auditors and Judicial inquiry into his ad
ministration of the office. If, after full
and unprejudiced Inquiry, it shall be de
termined that Kelley Is not guilty of the
charge the state accountant has made
against him, the resignation shall be re
turned to him and be of no effect If, on
the contrary, he shall be adjudged guilty
by the Inquiry, the resignation Is to be
delivered to E. W. Hoch. who, It Is ex
pected, will be Governor at the time.
TRACEY MAY BE DUMB.
Terrible Result of Assault by Two
Men Who Are Out on Bail.
The bonds of Guy Foster and Theron
Bush, the two young men charged with
committing a murderous assault on Leigh
Tracy, were fixed yesterday at $5000 each.
Attending physicians now fear Tracy
has leen stricken dumb by the fearful
blow which crushed his skull. Ho has ap
parently lost his power of speech, and hl3
right arm also appears to be paralyzed.
supposedly from the shock to the nerve-
centers. He is now able to understand
questions asked him, and answers them
by nodding his head.
NEW LOCATION.
Goodyear Rubber Company Moves to
Welnhard Block.
Mr. R. H. Pease, president of the Good
year Rubber Company, announces to tho
trade that he has removed his Portland
branch from First and Oak streets to
commodious quarters in the new Weln
hard block, corner Fourth and Pine..
The Goodyear Rubber Company, in its
new location, will occupy the full 100
feet front and seven stories in height.
This today is one of the most Important
of Portland's great wholesale houses. It
Is one of the largest and best arranged
jobbing houses for sale and distribution
In the United States.
YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY
Is now offered you to visit the World's
Fair at St Louis and other Eastern points
at very low excursion rates. The North
ern Pacific will again sell special excur
sion tickets on October 27, 2S and 29 to St
Louis and return and other Eastern
points, and will run through sleepers to
St Louis, leaving on the dates mentioned.
For particulars call on or write A. D.
Charlton, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, 255 Morrison st, corner 3d.
HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE FLUE
Mrs. G. Holmes Lawrence and Mr. C W.
Lawrence, principals of the Holmes Busi
ness College, desire to thank their friends
and the public generally for the many
sympathetic letters and generous offers of
assistance, occasioned by the late fire
JAPS AGAIN BUYING
Flour Exports in Last Quarter
of 1904 Will Be Heavy.
SEVEN STEAMERS FROM HERE
Movement Will Almost Reach the
Record Figures of Last Fall
When Immense Purchases
Were Made for the Army.
Portland's exports of flour to the Orient
in the last quarter of the present year,
according to steamship reservations that
have been made, will not be far below the
record shipments of the same period last
year. A year ago, the Japanese and Chi
nese .were making immense purchases in
anticipation of the war and a possible
blockade of the Japanese coast The buy
ing was for consumptive requirements far
ahead and more than doubled that of the
GKXEItAT, GRIPPENBERG.
Ho was appointed by the Czar recently to command tho Second Army in Man
churia, which will be composed of 250,000 men. HU reputation anions the Ruarfan
people is second only to that of Kuropatkin. He U CO years old. and a Flnlander.
His appointment to command in the Far Hast Is now expected.
last quarter of 1902. In spite of all this,
and with no necessity for stocking up
for .future emergencies, the shipments
of the presenf quarter will nearly ap
proach those of a year ago. It Is esti
mated that In the three months of Octo
ber, November and December, Portland
will export to Asiatic points between 323,
000 and 350.000 barrels of flour. In the last
quarter of 1003 the shipments amounted
to 3SL065 barrels, in the same period ot
1602, 105.763 barrels, and In the last quarter
of 1901 they were 178.1 barrels.
The Portland & Asiatic Company dis
patched on the steamer Arabia In the
early part of this month, 4L200 barrels,
and the Aragonla, which will sail next
week, will carry about 40,000 barrels. Three
steamers will be sent out In November,
the regular liner Klcomedla near the mid
dle of the month, tho Elleric an extra
steamer, about the same time, and an
other extra vessel, probably the Pacific
Mall steamer Aztec, later in the month.
Two sailings are provided for In Decem
ber, the Numantia on the 8th and the
Arabia on the 31st Should these two not
be sufficient for the December business,
another outside craft will be secured.
While the westbound movement of flour
has steadily Increased since the early part
of the Summer, the traffic in other lines
of freight has also grown. This Is partly
accounted for by the efforts made by the
Portland company to expand its business
and partly by the sailing of the Baltic
fleet for the Orient The latest move on
the part of Russia had the effect of fright
ening many timid Eastern shippers who
have heretofore patronized the Eastern
lines and thus diverted their business
from the Suez to the Pacific route.
The movement of Oriental merchandise
toward America via the Portland line is
also increasing, as is shown by the car
goes lately brought here, which have
taxed the carrying capacity of the P. &
A. vessels. Officials of the company ac
count for this Improvement by the with
drawal of the fleets of the Nippon Tusen
Kalsha and Toyo KIsen ICalsha from the
trans-Pacific service. In all, nine Jap
anese steamers have been taken off the
route and their business distributed to
the remaining lines. The Pacific Mall, with
its recently enlarged facilities, naturally
is reaping the principal benefit from this
change, but the Portland and Sound lines
are ajso feeling the effect of it The San
Francisco company. In addition to the new
big liners It has lately put on, will dis
patch the Algoa as an extra steamer on
the 25th of the month, and the through
freight received on the Sound has made
necessary the chartering of two large
steamers, one now on the way to the
Coast and the other on the other side,
about ready to sail.
NO GRAIN CHARTERS.
But Rumors Afloat Concerning Sev
eral Spot Ships.
No grain charters have been announced
in the past week, though rumors have
been current that negotiations affecting
one or two of the spot fleet were under
way. If such was the case, they have, not
progressed far enough for the parties
Interested to give them publicity. Among
the reports that could not be confirmed
was one that the Dumfriesshire was be
ing fixed, and the Rothwell also figured
In the rumors. A story was likewise
afloat that the Oweenee, which has Just
arrived here with coal, was taken , for
lumber loading on the Sound, but this
also lacked confirmation. Shipowners In
the combine continue to hold their ves
sels firmly for the agreed rates and sev
eral are asking more than the minimum
figure fixed. The 'San Francisco Com
mercial News, In Its weekly review, says
of the situation:
In the Coast grain freight market there
have been hut a couple of fixtures during
the week, and those at the usui rates ot
22s. 6d. t this port aa4 3d at '-
coma. The European demand Is not brisk
and shippers are provided with sufficient
tonnage for the present In lumber
freights, outside of a few fixtures at 32s.
6d. for Melbourne, Adelaide or Port Plrfe,
there has been little business and rates
remain about as before.
There has been a rather startling reve
lation of the workings of the French
bounty, system. Three French vessels
were seized in British ports at the In
stance of mortgagees by the Marshal of
the High Court and sold by private ten
der. These vessels are the French, ships
Bcrangere, Madelalne and Andre Theo
dore, built In 1902 and owned by the So
clete de Navigation de Sud-Ouest Brit
ish capital being largely used in their
construction. The vessels were built in
France at a cost of about 10,000 each
above what it would have cost to build
them in Great Britain. In addition to this
outlay delays in port and accidents at
sea made large Inroads on the expected
bounty of 4000 per year, the result being
bills contracted with not enough money to
meet them forthcoming. The experience
of these vessels is an indication of the
decrease In strength of the French mer
chant marine and the failure of the
French government to build up that ma
rine by the present system.
HARBORMASTER'S VAIN QUEST.
Found No German Deserters on Car
narvon Bay or Wray Castle.
Harbormaster Ben Blglin loet several
hours of valuable time yesterday after-
noon searching on the Wray Castle and
Carnarvon Bay for men that had deserted
from the Anna. As the two first-named
ships are ready to depart It was thought
that the deserters might have found
berths on them, but no trace of the miss
ing men could be found. In the crew of
the Carnarvon Bay will be Walter Blum,
a sailor who has spent the past month In
the County Jail. Blum deserted from the
ship at Port Los Angeles and signed there
on the Wray Castle for the run to this
city. He was arrested in the British Con
sul's office here while he was being paid
off, and was put In Jail for safekeeping.
This morning the Harbormaster will put
him back on the Carnarvon Bay Just be
fore she sails.
The Carnarvon Bay goes to Cape Town
and carries 966 tons of barley, 1498 tons of
flour and 550 tons of wheat of a total value
of $108,250. TheWray Castle, which will
leave down tomorrow, bound for Queens
town, has 2125 tons of barley and 752 tons
of wheat her cargo being worth J93.447.
Marine Notes.
Robert Dollar, of the Dollar Steamship
Company, of San Francisco, is In the city
on a business trip.
The Glaucus will shift tomorrow from
Fuller's dock to Greenwich to finish dis
charging her cargo.
The Crlllon yesterday moved from Co
lumbia No. 1 to Oceanic dock, where she
will begin loading wheat
The schooner Crescent has cleared for
Redondo with a full cargo of railroad ties,
45.000 of them, loaded at Cone's mill at St
Johns.
Bids will be opened by Lighthouse In
spector Hellner next Saturday for making
extensive alterations to the deck of the
tender Heather and for making other
changes. '
The steamer Kruger sailed north from
San Francisco yesterday and will load a
return cargo of lumber at the Eastern &
Western mill. She will ply In Taylor,
Toung & Co.'a line.
It Is reported that American financiers
are intending to form an extensive depot
for American coals at some European
port, probably Havre. Two 10,000-ton
steamers are. It is stated, to be kept con
stantly employed in connection with the
depot
Fred Russell, of the San Francisco firm
ot Russell & Rogers, which operates the
steamer Aurella between Portland and the
Bay City, Is here looking into the advisa
bility of putting another steamer on the
route. If the firm concludes to do this, It
will maintain a weekly service.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Oct. 22. Sailed at 8 A. M.
Steamer laqua, for San Francisco, and schoon
er Annie Lax&en, for San Pedro. Sailed at
11:15 A. M. Schooner Taurus, for San Pedro.
Arrived down at 12:10 and sailed at 1:15 P. It
Steamer Bedondo, for San Francisco. Condi
tion of the bar at 5 P. M.. smooth; wind north
west: weather cloudy.
San Francksco, Oct. 22. Sailed last night
Steamer Aberdeen, for Portland. Balled at 7
P." M. Dispatch. Arrived at 2 A. M. Steamer
Columbia, from Portland; steamer Aurella,.
from Portland. Arrived Schooner Boy Somers,
from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Steamer Queen,
for Puget Sound; steamer "Wellington, for Lady
smith; steamer Mackinaw, for Tacoma; schoon
er Zampa, for Gray's Harbor: steamer Hon
iara, for Seattle; steamer Kruger, for Port
land. Hoqulam. Wash., Oct 22. (Special.) Sailed
Steamer Santa. Monica, from Aberdeen for
San Francisco; steamer G. C. XJndauer. from
Aberdeen for San Francisco; ef earner Newbury,
from Aberdeen for San Francisco: schooner
Sailor Boy. from Aberdeen for San Francisco;
schooner Henry Wilson, from Aberdeen for San
Francisco: schooner G. W. Watson, from Ab
erdeen for San Francisco. Arrived Steamer
Bee, from San Francisco, tor Hoqulam.
Yokohama. Oct. 22. Arrived previously
Gaelic from San Francisco, via Honolulu, for
Hong Konr; Hyadee. from Seattle, for Hong
Kong.
rTaacuc.
SPLIT ON DIVORCE
Episcopal Bishops and Laymen
Cannot Agree.
REMARRIAGE THE QUESTION
Sentiment of Members of Local
Churches Is Generally in Favor of
Permitting Innocent Parties
to Do as They Please.
Yesterday marked the end of 15 days of
the general convention of the Episcopal
Church In Boston, and the house of bish
ops and house of deputies seem no nearer
an agreement on the subject of the re
marriage of divorced persons than the
day It was first brought up for discus
sion. It has long been a law of the church,
that the guilty party to a divorce for In
fidelity (the only grounds for divorce rec
ognized In that church) could not be
reunited in marriajre by a priest of the
church, and the present general conven
tion has tried, as it did In San Francisco
three years ago, to ,amend that law by
making "both parties come under It3 pro
hibition. The house of bishops is strongly
In favor of this, but the house of deputies,
where many laymen sit as delegates, re
fuses to accept so rigorous an application,
holding that the innocent party should
not be made to suffer for the other's
wrongs. Thursday the house of deputies
offered as a compromise measure an
amendment to the divorce canon agreed
upon by the bishops, whereby the Inno
cent party to divorce for Infidelity would
be permitted to remarry after a period of
one year, on satisfactory proof from the
records of the court and a dispensation
from the bishop of the diocese based on
that proof. The amendment also gave
clergymen the privilege of refusing to
perform the ceremony If their convictions
prompted them to do so.
When this went before the house of
bishops yesterday there was again lengthy
discussion on it They finally amended the
clause requiring bishops of dioceses to
Issue licenses for the remarriage of the
Innocent party, by a provision that he
only be required to declare In writing
that in his Judgment all requirements are
met The clause referring to the admin
istration of sacraments to the Innocent
party was also amended. In this state
the question will go back to the house
of deputies and for the third time will
be taken up by them.
Interest in Question Aroused.
There has been widespread interest in
the outcome of the matter, and in the
past few weeks there has been a mild
epidemic ot lectures, sermons and maga
zine articles on the question. A man was
heard to say yesterday a man who has
long been connected with the courts of
the city and county that he didn't see
why eo much fuss was being made about
this matter in the Episcopal Church, as
It was very seldom that an Episcopalian
sued for divorce. A Roman Catholic, to
whom he was talking, gave It as his opin
ion that If the Episcopal Church had a
head like the Catholic Church has, the
question would have been settled long
ago. The opinion of laymen of the Episco
pal Church, of clergymen of other denom
inations and of Judges of the courts who
sit In Judgment upon the dissolution of the
marriage tie, differ, but not widely. The
laymen are all sufficiently stanch church
members to feel that no matter what the
convention adopts as a law. It should be
strictly adhered to, but before the mat
ter was permanently settled they ex
pressed individual opinions.
James Laidlaw, who was appointed a
lay delegate from this diocese to the
convention, but was unable to attend,
says that all laws of the church ' should
be followed, but his private opinion Is
that the Innocent party should not bo
hampered by any restriction as to future
life.
Upholds Liberty of Innocent Party.
"I think the innocent party should be
allowed to remarry," he said. "As to
whether the other party should be strictly
prohibited from entering the marriage
state again Is a question for the church to
settle within Its Jurisdiction. I base my
opinion about the Innocent party on the
Scriptures as I do not think they forbid
the Innocent party the privilege of re
marriage." Dr. S. B. Joseph!, who was also one of
the delegates appointed, has decided views
on the subject He says:
"I think the rule of the church as It
stands now is quite sufficient There Is
generally great Injustice done the Inno
cent party to a divorce, and to deprive
them of the privilege of remarriage does
not seem right to. me. The recommenda
tion of the canon committee in the house
of deputies seems rather fine-strung to
me. If It is right to marry at all after
divorce, why not let the civil law govern
the time? "Why Is It worse to remarry
at six months than at a year? .The civil
law makes Its provision for the time
which shall expire before divorced per
sons shall remarry, and I think that
should stand where the Innocent party
wishes to enter matrimony again."
Mr, H. D. Ramsdell says that while he
has not given the subject any particular
thought It would seem to work a hard
ship on the innocent party, not to be al
lowed to remarry.
"There are many cases where a divorce
seems absolutely necessary If the inno
cent parties are to retain their self-respect
or to raise their children properly. In
such cases, where the one Is driven to It
for the good of all concerned, it seems
unfair that for no fault of their own the
future should be Tegulated for them by
others."
Thinks Year's Interim a Good Idea.
Rev. W. A. M. Breck said: "I think
that not allowing divorced persons to re
marry for a year is a good step. There
are so many cases on record of persons
obtaining a divorce for the express pur
pose of marrying some one else. They do
this on the spur of the moment under the
spell of an Infatuation, and If they knew
that a year must elapse before they could
be remarried It might cause them to fe
donslder their determination to divorce an
innocent partner. I once remarried a
couple who had been divorced, but who
on reconsidering their hasty step decided
they could after all get along together.
Our church has always forbidden the mar
riage "of the guilty party, however. But
the divorce evil Is being carried to such
an extent that the church realizes that
something must be done, and if the con
vention takes this step we will all abide
by It Times have changed since our Sa
vior was on earth, and he might think
differently if he were on earth today."
Dr. George Croswell Cressey. of the First
Unitarian Church, had this to say on the
subject of divorce and remarriage:
"Excessive cruelty, desertion and infidel,
ity are Just grounds for divorce, and
should Include the right to remarry, at
least to the innocent party. The attempt
practically to abolish the privilege of di
vorce Is to add unhappiness to an Imper
fect condition of society which we all de
plore, but which rigorous regulations d
not remedy. To allow separation at will
would be to destroy the sanctity of ths
family, and to render it practically Im
possible would be to punish th8 innocent
party more than the .guilty. A church has1
.Via. t V,- J I. t I. I
the sanctity of marriage by all ethical
means In its power, but it is unwise and
probabljr useless to combat just civil res-
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ulatlons which are sanctioned by the great
majority of intelligent people every
where." Judge M. C. George, of the Circuit Court,
is in doubt as to the efficacy of the com
promise measure adopted by the house of
deputies. Judge George has listened to
hundreds of tales of marital woe during
his career on the bench and he is prob
ably in a position to know more about the
subject than ttie clergy.
"It Is a question as to whether the
church will find a material remedy," he
said. "In fact It Is a question whether
there Is a remedy. If they decree that the
innocent party may remarry, they will
find. a3 I do, that It Is often difficult to
decldo which one is the innocent party.
The problem of divorce and remarriage
Is so large that I doubt if a remedy will
ever be found to cover It"
"If the question rested entirely with the
ecclesiastics of the Protestant Episcopal
Church." said Judge- 3d. G. Munly, "I be
lieve the remarriage of divorced persons
would be entirely prohibited."
A. I. MOHLER COMING.
Former President of O. R. & N. Will
Visit Portland Today.
A. I. Mohler, general manager of tho
Union Pacific Company, will reach Port
land this evening from Chicago for a
week's visit Until April 1 Mr. Mohler
was president of the O. R. & N. At that
time he was promoted to the management
of the Union Pacific system by E. H. Har
riman. It is stated that his visit has
no significance in railroad matters and
that it is simply a pleasure trip.
LARGE RAILROAD DEAL.
New Haven Secures Control of New
York, Ontario &. Western.
NEW YORK, Oct 22. Negotiations for
the sale of a majority of the capital
stock of the Nevr York, Ontario & West
ern to the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad have been practically
concluded, according to the World, which
says:
"At a meeting of the directors of the
former system, to be held In this city
November 9, they will be given an op
portunity to accept the offer which has
been made through President Mellen, on
behalf of the New York. New Haven &
Hartford stockholders. Negotiations for
the New York. Ontario & Western have
been conducted by President Fowler and
Kuhn. Loeb & Co., who- control 275,000
shares of the stock. The minority stock
holders, who have been represented by a
committee headed by James B. Clews, of
the banking house of Henry Clews &
Co., are stated to have assented to the
proposal, which is a sale outright of' the
assenting stock at 45, or a guarantee of
2 per cent in dividends.
When the minority committee began its
campaign to abolish the voting trust it
became necessary for the management to
call In the services of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.,
to save the control. This was done
through the purchase of 275,000 shares,
it is understood. At the ensuing meeting
some weeks ago, stockholders were pre
sented with plans for terminating the
voting trust which controlled the property-
These were predicated on the ac
ceptance by the stockholders of a new
financial scheme, involving the flotation
ot $10,000,000 in bonds, and the promise
of a declaration, at the meeting Novem
ber 9, of a 3 per cent dividend.
It is stated that control of the road
being assured,, it was then offered for
sale to several lines. Including the Wa
bash, but the competition was keen and
the bid submitted by the New Haven is
understood to have been more than the
others were willing to meet
Editor -of Wonderland In Town.
O. D. Wheeler, editor of Wonderland.
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the magazine published by the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, was in the city
yesterday and will remain for a short
visit here. Mr. Wheeler, accompanied by
Mrs Wheeler, has Just returned from
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tour of the state in general and Yosemlte
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New York Central May Get It.
OGDBNSBURG. N. T., Oct 22. Tha
presence here of President Webb and Gen
eral Manager and Vice-President Jarvis,
of the Rutland Railroad, In company with
a large delegation of New York Central
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port that the Rutland property Is to be
absorbed by the New York Central. None
of the officials of either company would
make any statement
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