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THE SUXDAT OREGONIAX, PORlLAND, OCTOBER 7, 1906. t BEATH DF H. F. STRATTDN OREGON PIONEER PASSES AWAY IN SEATTLE. Fop More Than Half a Century He Was Identified. With the Up building of the Northwest, SEATTLE. Wash..- Oct. 6.-(SpecIal Horace F. Stratton. an Oregon pioneer of 1S52 and a resident of Seattle for many years, died at his home In this city late last night of paralysis after a lingering Illness of nearly three years. His death closes a long and adventurous career. For more than half a ceutury he has been prominently Identified with the up building and development of the Pacific Northwest and was an admirable type of the hardy frontiersman who blazed the trail for civilization on the Western Coast. Mr. Strattoji was born at Blossburg. Pa., May 30. 1S35. being one of the 11 children of Curtis P. and Lavlnia Strat ton. When very young his parents re moved to Indiana, settling in what was then the remote "backwoods." near the present city of Madison. Here he lived until he was 17 years of age, when he and an elder brother took the family across the plains by ox team to join the father and another brother, who had gone West with the stampede following the discovery of gold in California. Before attaining his majority Mr. Strat ton began life for himself as a miner in the Galice Creek placers of Southern Ore gon. He was here when the Indian war r of 1S65-56 broke out and promptly .Joined the Oregon volunteers and achieved dis tinction. After the war he again turned his at tention to mining and was one of the pioneers of the then newly discovered Idaho gold diggings at Warren and Flor ence. During the early 60s he made his start in business by establishing and operating one of the first pack trains between Walla Walla and Florence. After some years spent in this venture he returned to Oregon and took up his residence at Eugene, where, in 1S6S. he married Miss Marilda F. Dunn, with whose brother, F. B. Dunn, he engaged In the general merchandise business. In if-"S he served in the Oregon Legislature. In the Summer of the same year he established a large mercantile store and Indian trading post at Farmington, Whit man County. Later in partnership with others he established similar stores at Medical Lake and Cheney. In 1SS0 he w-as elected to the Territorial Legislature and was Speaker of the Coun cil or upper house during the session of 18S0-S1. gaining considerable prominence as a debater In 1&53 Mr. Stratton sold his mercantile Interests and engaged in wheat growing on a large scale and In stockralsir.g. He came to Seattle in June. 1SS9. Here he en gaged in the real estate business until 1594. when he went to the Yukon to seek for gold. He remained there at Forty mile and at Circle City until the Fall of 1595. when he returned to Seattle, coming out empty-handed. Ignorant of the fact that even at that time the marvelous discovery on the Klondike had been made. Later he mined at Cook Inlet, Rossland, Atlin and on an Island near Juneau. Besides his wife. Mr. Stratton leaves three children Dwlght and Gertrude, residents of this city, and C. D. Stratton, of The Oregonian editorial staff. The late M A. Stratton. of Portland, was a brother. Suit9 Against German Company. EAJf FRANCISCO, Ocfe 6,-rFlve Hundred suits will be filed In the next few weeks In the Federal and State Courts in' San Francisco by the North German Fire In surance Policy-holders' Company against the North German Insurance Company, of Hamburg. Germany. This le announced by W. J. Herrin. president of the policy holders' company. EWALL ARRESTED AT SEATTLE Man Wanted in Portland for For gery Is Caught at Postoffice. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 6. (Special.) John Ewall. wanted in Portland for for gery, was arrested here tonight when he called for his mail at the general deliv ery window of the Postoffice. At first he claimed he was a friend of Ewall, but when it was 6hown he had been open ing Ewall's mall and faced a peniten tiary sentence for that offense, he ac knowledged be was Ewall. He Is held awaiting the arrival of Portland detec tives. A warrant for the arrest of John Ewall, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from John G. Manning, was issued on August 15, and placed in Captain Bruin's hands. Captain Bruin could not be found last night to be asked as to whether a detective will be sent to Seattle to bring Ewall to this city. John G. Manning's name appears In the city directory as an employe of the Pennoyer Lumber Company. He could not be found last night. Phonetic Alphabet Defective. PORTLAND. Oct. 4 (Tu dhe Editor). I thine I shal need a veri flu lines tu sho my Ontario critic dhat I hav no speshal occasion tu study by "litl speling buc some mor" and dhat my sistem ojt orthography iz "what iz fonetic." Darkies, dhe Dutch (and Mr. L. !) may pronounce dhe "de." but I wud sug gest tu dhe Prof, dhat he luc up hiz Standard, hwar he will find dhe sound of "th" in such words az that, there and the in everl case reprezented fonet icalli by dhe digraph dh. Bel'z Vizibl Speech also has a speshal character tu indicate dhe sound hwich I invariably indicate by these tu letters hwen I vary from dhe acsepted speling. I hop in fiuchur dhat dhe jentlman wil forget dhe pronunciation of dhe "Darkies and Dutch" and try tu learn dhat of dhe eminent scholars hu edited hiz dictionary! Insidentalll permit me tu call attention tu dhe fact dhat I speld It mluzic. not mlusic! While I hav not made eni rul dhat I yuzed no yusles letters, stil it iz a fact dhat I yuz none in everi case hwar I seemingly misspel a word I am not responsible for ribe Arinam t-... dhe rim word. And O onll change dhe eyciiug ui fuc.1 woros az can be ren derd foneticallt widh our prezent alfa bet. I du dhe best possible widh dhe instrument I hav. I am mildly surprised tu hear dhe Prof.' intimate dhat dhar shud be az men! syllables az vowels in a sistem of fo netic speling. He may have forgotten dhat dhar iz such a thing az diphthongs composed of tu vowels and sounded az one. Hiz speling of dhe litl verse may be funny, but it iz neither wise r.or logical nor consistent az a style of orthography. He givz no les dhan three sounds tu each of dhe vowels ecsept e and tu tu dhat. It can scarsli be called an impruvment on enlthlng til spel sheen "shin" and in dhe same line repre sent dhe same sound by e! I thine dhis last wud "torture" Mr. "9enakerlb" or "Senackerlb" mor even dhan tu write "kam. and. stars" and pretend dhat each lz fonetic! In my speling of Lord Byron's poem CI hope dhe Prof, does not ' teach htz plupilz to follow dhe Dutch-darky meth od and call it "phome" or pom) I hav reprezented ever! sound, hwar I refluz dhe acsepted speling. invariably by dhe tame character. It iz, dherfor, perfectll fonetic. I am sorry tu notis a disposi tion on dhe jjar.t al some of mjr critics. Portland Will Have 250,000 Population in 1910 POPULATION GOVERNS VALUES Portland on account of its location with shipping and railroad facilities is steadily growing; its increase is a matter of record NO BETTER INVESTMENT ON EARTH THAN EARTH For Close-in Business Property. For Residence Property. ( For Prop erty to Forget About and Wake Up to Find Ten-Fold Increase; See J. Whyte Evans, Broker Telephone Main 4006 7 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., City tu ecspect me tu make brics without straw, but It lz Impossible tu spel all dhe words in dhe langwej foneticalli so long az we hav a defectiv alfabet. Dhar lz a perfect, a scientific Inglish alfabet Invented, but it wud cost money tu put it intu yus and dherfor dhls commercial age has litl or no yus for it. And finally I am not advocating a ra tional sistem of speling Inglish so much In dhe interest of dhe "furriner" az dhe scul children of dhe Nation. We hav an averej of mor dhan ten characters for each elementary sound and tu ad tu dhe confusion each of dhe nearly five hundred letters, digraphs, trigraphs. pentegraphs. etc., are made tu du diutl for mor dhan one sound In different words. I thino it must be evident tu even a worshiper of dhe "langwej of Shaks pere" dhat a sistem of speling hwich makes a letter reprezent one sound and onli one iz preferable. My sistem wud save a ful year in dhe scul life of evri child in dhe Republic and it cud be learned widh ease in les dhan a week bv eni person hu wisht. Thancing Dhe Oregonian for dhe op portunity tu sho dhe possibilities of our alfabet even az it iz, I am, Turz for a fonetic revolution, W. S. VARNUM. Complaint Against Lumber Camp9. PORTLAND. Oct. 3. (To the Editor.) In connection with the death of my friend Gustav Erlckson, who was run over by a logging train at Rainier, Sep tember 27, I wish to mention that there is utter disregard for the welfare of young men who work In the lumbering camps of this state and I presume this whole western Coast; not only that but there Is gross neglect In providing for. a man's safety. I mention this in a gen eral way because I do not believe that the C. C. Wilson Lumber Company is the only company that neglects to keep things in proper repair. Another thing I wish to call attention to Is the employment agencies of the City of Portland. There are several of them and they seem to have a gold mine at the public expence. I have patronised two of them and I have been beat by both: on August 29, my partner, Gustav Erlckson and myself, were sent out by a certain employment agency. I was promised $65 per month and board as fireman, that there was a 6elf-feed, etc., but when I came down to Rainier I noticed that the paper which I had received from the employment, agent only allowed me $2 75 per day and that I was to pay $4 20 for board. I went to work and Mr. WIIboh agreed to pay me $3 a day which he did. I believe that the employment agencies are a public nuisance the way they are conducted and that an agency conducted by the City Authorities, and for the pub lic benefit should be substituted. Erlck son was a strictly honest young man, a willing worker and a total abstainer. He was promised a nice comfortable room to sleep In: Instead of that he had to choose between sleeping In a dirty old bunkhouse full of fleas or else a. tent. He chase the latter and when he was hurt he was put aboard1 the train with out a doctor to attend him SONDRE ROMTVEDT, Jr. Bishop Eats Humble Pie. . PARIS, Oct. 6. The Echo de Paris to day published a special dispatch from Ma drid announcing that Minister of Justice Romanones had received from the Bishop of Tuy a communication completely re tracting his pastoral letter, in which the bishop instructed the clergy of his dio cese that civil marriages were void; that the parties thereto were considered to be living In concubinage: that they would not be allowed to participate In the sac rament and would be refused absolution in articulo mortis as well as Christian burial. The retraction was madefin terms agreed upon between the papal nuncio and fqyetrnent : APPLIED CHRISTIANITY SUCH IS THE APPEAL OF SO CIALISM TO THE CHURCH. Organization of Ministers and Lay men Under the Name of "Chris . tian Socialist Fellowship." ASHLAND. Or.. Oct. 6 (To the Edi torsSo far as I am aware, you have not published any account of a Christian Socialist conference recently held at Louisville. Ky. Herewith you will find a brief statement of the doings of that conference and the object of the 6ame. The murmurings of the multitude of the creators of all wealth the wage slaves has reached the ears and touched the hearts of thousands of ministers and lay. men throughout the land, resulting in the calling of a Christian Socialist conference to give organic expression to this awak ened Interest in behalf of the oppressed producers by the heartless exploiting wor shipers of Mammon. The call was signed by ministers of dif ferent denominations, and reads in part as follows: "All those who believe in the Christianity of Socialism and the So cialism of Christianity are invited to the conference at Louisville. Ky.," for the above-named purpose. The object of the organization is "to permeate churches, denominations and other religious institutions with the so cial message of Jesus: to 6how that so cialism is the necessary economic ex pression of Christian life; to end the class trouble by establishing Industrial democracy, and to hasten the reign of Justice and brotherhood on earth." The name "Christian Social Fellow ship" was the one chosen for the organ ization. A committee of 50 prominent clergymen and laymen from all parts of the country were named as an executive board: permanent secretary, Lueian V. Rule, Goshen, Ky., treasurer, William A Ward. Henderson, Ky. The Christian So cialist, a semi-monthly paper, published at Danville, 111., was indorsed as the of ficial organ of the society. The question will doubtless be asked by many good Christian men and women, "What's the need of a new organization? Does not the church stand for universal brotherhood and for Justice?" It certainly does stand still, for these things, but has no working method by which to put them dnto practice. The ethical standards of all denominations-make room for, condone and Justify the competitive system, which means "to the victor belong the spoils," utterly ig noring the exhortation of St. Paul: "We that are strong (mentally, socially, finan cially or religiously) ought to bear the in firmities of the weak and not to please ourselves." While these false standards prevail the enslavement and robbery of the masses by the few will continue, and the walls of class distinction will be built higher and deeper. The Socialist standard 4s applied Chris, tianity: "From each according to his ability, and to eaoh according to his. ne cessity." The "Christian Socialist Fellowship" is the evolutionary .child of our present In dustrial and commercial system. "Necessity" is said to be "the mother of invention." Necessity is the mother, and the best concepts of all the ages the father of the Christian Fellowship movement. The necessity for this organization is threefold. First The church, all organized reli gious institutions, utterly fail to provide any working method by which their high est ideals may be put Into practice. So cialism furnishes this method. Second The Socialist party deals alone with politics, for the purpose of crystal lzing the theories of Socialism into law, so that Industrial democracy may pre vail. It caon9 and; ghould fjo djQtiUa, religious belief: hence furnishes no spir itual home or fellowship. . Third If religion is to retain the re spect and confidence of the thinking world, it must be found antagonizing un righteousness, class distinction, war, usury and every phase of exploitation now sheltered by laws, customs and religious ethical standards. Yours for applied Christianity, J. W. WELLS. Dancing and Dr. Brougher. PORTLAND, Oct. 4 (To the Editor.) In Tuesday's paper Dr. Brougher Is quoted as saying, "if Mrs. Larowe were a man instead of a woman I would not mind arguing with her on this question but really you know. I can't argue with a woman." No doctor I am sure you could not If the woman was either Dr. Anna Shaw, Miss Grace Laughlin or Abigail Scott Duniway. women who last year were equal In eloquence, logic, prompt impromptu replies to would-be smart men opponents, questioners or scoffers. These women won the admira tion of every one, whether advocates of Woman Suffrage or not. I cannot say that I am as yet a suffragist but I do say I was pre-eminently proud of such brains and particularly logic, each of which Is supposed to be woman's weakest point. I had no expectation in the first place of arguing with Dr. Brougher on the question of dancing or card playing. I did not expect or want time to change his views but I did want to set him right when I felt sure that he had not seen the german or cotillion and refined pri vate dancing (I do not approve of public dancing) and now I am more sure than ever because the gentleman says he saw the german a long time ago at Asbury Park. Now Asbury Park is a Summer resort, I believe of New Jersey and like all Summer resorts has a dancing pavil ion where all go In their own particular little cliques and dance exclusively to gether: a gerroan at such a place would take at least an hour and a half to dance; the other people who had not been educa ted up to It (for the german or cotillion stands to dancing aa Shakespeare to lit erature and the drama) would have to sit still during that time. No. unless that dance at Asbury Park were a private one I feel sure the Reverend gentleman is mistaken as to what he saw. I presume aa I said before it was a quadrille with a howling "swing on the corners" and a fellow in the balcony yelling out what ever figures came into his mind. Now I want to say while I am writing that the chief objection to private games of cards by ministers is that the card is used to gamble with. I have known many religious families who eschew cards but spend whole evenings with dominoes, not knowing that dominoes are also used to gamble with. Violin6. pianos, bass viols and horns, send forth their music from the North End there fore these Instruments should not be used elsewhere; especially In church. I will again hide my humble light under a bushel where its Imperfect rays will no longer trouble the Oregonian or at tempt In any way to flash Its feeble light against that of the great and shining orb of the White Temple. I have 6at many times and listened to Dr. Brougher's preaching and of course have found much to admire and instruct. I have and always have had a reverence for broad and true religion as contradistinguished, from a harrow field, through whose high palings one must- not even peep to get a breath of Invigorating thought and Ideas. MRS. NINA LAROWE. REDUCED ROUND-TRIP RATE. Low Rate Made by O. R. N. to Chicago and St. Lotus. Account annual convention American Bankers' Association, to be held at St. Louis. October 16 to 19. the O. R. & N. on October 12 and 13 will sell round trip tickets to Chicago and St. Louis at a rate of one fare nlus $10. For information re garding different routes. sleeping-car service, etc. apply at City Ticket Office, fbini, ani Wahlpgtea Jftreeta. J'jjrUftjjdj KID" NOT HELD FRITZ THINKS JOE DAY MADE MESS OF CASE. Brother of Robbed Man in Salt Lake When Morgan and Woman Are Released. SALT LAKE CITT. Oct. 6. Alice Ad ams and Harry Morgan, who were arrest ed here at the request of the Portland. Or., and Chicago authorities, charged with stealing $9000 from Anton Fritz to Portland, are again at liberty, the extra dition proceedings begun in the local courts having been dropped. The Tribune will say that the cases against the colored prisoners was dis. missed under a compromise, by which Morgan gave Johan Fritz, father of An ton, a check for $4500 on a Chicago bank and $500 in cash. When shown the dispatch last night. Anton Fritz expressed entire ignorance of the last move on the part of the au thorities in releasing Clara Adams, known as "The Candy Kid." and Harry Morgan, her accomplice, who are accused of robbing him of $9400 on the steps of the White Temple, some time ago. "I cannot understand the whole busi ness." said Fritz last night. "All I know is that I was robbed of the money. After that Joe Day came to me and told me that the woman and the man are the ones who had taken the money from me. and undertook to apprehend them and re cover the money. Since then everything that has been done was done by Joe Day. I had nothing to do with it." When asked whether he personally sus pects the woman of robbing him. Fritz declined to say. Nearly every question of the reporter was met with a laconic "I don't know." When asked whether he thinks that the two were released because the evidence was not strong enough to bring them back. Fritz ventured the opin ion that perhaps Joe Day did not dis cover as much as he intimated and that the money found in Chicago may not be long to Morgan at all. It developed that Fred Fritz. Anton's ' brother, is now in Salt Lake City. He has been there for the last few days, and it Is probable that if the two were lib erated Fred Fritz knew about it. TUBE INSPECTORS FOOLED Charge Made That Rejected Iron Is Fraudulently Stamped. PITTSBURG. Oct. 6 Special.) The vitals of the United States war vessels are filled with boiler tubes that were re jected by the Government inspectors, according to charges against Pittsburg concerns. The United States Government through the Department of Justice is investigating accusations that defective boiler tubes were supplied by the Shelby Steel Tube Company for the new war ships Maine, Colorado, Georgia and Pennsylvania, that Government stamps were stolen and used to get defective tubes past the inspectors and that cars, after being sealed by the Government, were broken open and defective tubes added to the complete shipments. As sistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry declares that as soon as agents finish in vestigation, action will be taken by the Government. Searchlight Wants a Prizefight. SEARCHLIGHT, Nev.. Oot. 6 Search light is to vie with Goldfield In having: a championship pugUisdo foatesj; decided. it within its borders. 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