The Sunday Oregonian., February 23, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 10, Image 44

THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1908.
WILL ASK FOR
NEW! DISTRICT
NTAL WAR ON
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Northwest Methodists Petition
Conference for Another
Subdivision.
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OTHER 'NEEDS OF CHURCH
Many -Mailers of Importance to
Members of Denomination Will
Come lp t Meeting
In. Baltimore.
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Oregon Methodists a te much inter
ested in the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to be held
in Baltimore. Md.. beginning the first
"Wednesday In May and continuing
throughout th month. Portland
Methodists and- those of the Pacific
Northwest are particularly interested
In the movement to secure -what is to
be known as the fifteenth general con
ference district, which will give this
section of the denomination more
prestige and greater representation in
the affairs of the church. .Numerous
other contemplated acts are receiving
much attention locally and through
out Oregon. Washington and Idaho.
David Hastings Moore, resident bis
hop for Oregon, Is leading the move
ment for the enactment of legislation
by the general conference for a
fifteenth general conference district,
lie is backed by the solid delegations
from all of the Northwest confer
ences. Including those embraced within
the bounds of Oregon. "Washington,
Idaho and a portion of Momtana. The
rapidly growing importance of ' the
church in those states demajvds greater
attention and one of the most impor
tant duties devolving upon the-Northwest
delegates will be to make every
effort to secure the additional confer
ence district.
Plans of Portland Pastors.
A committee of eight ministers,
members of the Methodist Ministerial
Association of this city, is working on
several important matters connected
with the general conference. Among
these are the questions of electing pre
siding elders, instead of leaving their
appointment to the bishops, as now;
the districting of bishops by a new
system and the election of bishops of
foreign-speaking peoples to have sup
ervision of the various foreign fields.
The local ministers recently decided to
memorialize the general conference on
these matters, and at the last meeting
of the association in April, the com
mittee is to make its report and the
association will then vote on these sub
jects. t '
The general conference is held
iiuadrennially and is the supreme body
of the church. All laws and every
thing governing the denomination
passes in review before the ecclesiast
ical assembly, which is now composed
of an equal number of ministerial and
lay members. Immense volumes of
business of every character relating to
the administration of the church have
to ho acted upon and It will require
at least foiir weeks, with sessions
morning and afternoon and sometimes
in the evening to transact all that will
come up for settlement.
No less than six and perhaps as
many as ten bishops will be elected,
this being the highest office in the
Llllirril, auu Liie srcteu uunui iiic .
..li,i..K fan hifnw unnn A. member.
These elections never fail to create the
greatest interest, not only within the
conference, but throughout Methodism
generally.
May Abandon Publication.
Kditors of all of the official church
organs, of which there are a large
number, are also elected by the gen
eral conference, and in this connection
the Northwest is again interested, as
t' I iciile Coast Christian Advocate,
nrbii. ned at Portland, will be the cen
r. i f one of the big fights of the
suai. ennial session. Whether or not
it shall live, or be cut off and merged
. ith the California Christian Advocate,
is the issue. The Northwest delegation
will have to handle this matter, and
4t' is believed they are practically
unanimous that the paper must be con
tinued and published in Portland. Dr.
1). I.. Kader. the present editor, was
elected at the. last general conference,
held In Los Angeles. He declares the
paper is almost self-supporting, and
says it has a circulation of nearly 14,
006 copies weekly; that It must not be
legislated out of existence, unless the
general conference Intends to deal a
tremendous blow to the growth of the
church in the Northwest.
Itemove Ban on Amusements.
All of the publishing agents, the
missionary secretaries, and other high
officials of these organizations, the
general secretary of the Epworth
League and numerous other officials
are elected by the general conference.
There are always delegates who de
sire so-called radical legislation, such
as an amendment to the discipline
where it Is held to be contrary to the
spiritual life of members to indulge in
"worldly amusements," such as the at
tendance at theaters, the playing of
games of chance or dancing. There
will be another big right over this
question next May, as there are some
who believe the paragraph should be
eliminated, or at least amended so as
to allow members to Indulge In these
'amusements, the church still to advise
asaiiist it, and to let the individuals
decide the issue.
Another matter of interest to the
Northwest in particular and to the en
lire hureh and the religious world,
as well, will be the retirement of Bis
hop James M. Thoburn, one of the
great missionaries of modern times.
F.ecause of advanced age and en
feebled health, -he has announced that
he will ask the general conference to
retire him at its next session. His
daughter lives in Portland, and Bishop
Thoburn himself made his home here
for a long time, since returning from
his last trip to India. He but recently
went to Delaware to live.
The session at Baltimore marks the
completion of the first century of
Methodist administration in America.
One hundred years ago next May. the
first general conference met In Balti
more and elected Asbury the first bis
hop of the denomination in this coun
try. It will therefore be an event of
historical Importance.
Trust Committee' Meets Tomorrow.
The first session of the special com
mittee of the City Council, composed of
Councilmen W. T. Vaughn. H. A. Bclding
and T. J. Concannon. will be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. The object of
the committee is to probe into every al
leged "trust" in the city, and the inves
tigations will be conducted in secret,
much on tho order of a grand jury. It
is expected that some very interesting
features of certain "combinations'' will
bo revealed.
$1000 is offered by us to any Dentists, barring none, who will compete with us
in painless operations of the mouth. We are thorough experts in every branch of
the Dental profession. We now stand ready to comply with the above. The Dental
profession is constantly proclaiming we cannot and do not do what we say.
We want to say to every man, woman .and child in Portland and vicinity that
we have been in the practice of Dentistry for over seventeen years in some of the
leading cities of the East, and we have not an of ice where there is so much profes
sional jealousy as exists in this city.
To substantiate our ability and knowledge of the Dental profession, we extend
this challenge to all Dentists: -
All of our offices are of the high class, having installed all of the latest appli
ances and formulas for hygienic and antiseptic purposes, and therefore we invite
the public to call at any one of our offices and investigate and find out for them
selves whether we are financially, morally and professionally qualified to carry out
any assertion we may make.
It is a well-known fact that whenever a thorough expert enters a new field in
any line, his professional friends will knock at his door.
We wish to add that we stand ready to testify and prove to the public that we
have never met with one misfortune among the tens of thousands of our patients.
Our phenomenal success is due to honest and high-class work at most reason
able prices. -
All our work is backed up by a protective guarantee.
Nervous people and those afflicted with heart weakness can have their teeth
extracted, filled and bridges applied without any pain or bad results 'by. our im
proved methods.
. There is not a day passes over that we do not receive one or more . bad cases
from some one of your most prominent physicians and surgeons and not yet have we
failed to accomplish the operation successfully.
. WE EMPLOY NO STUDENTS; EVERY ONE OF OUR DENTISTS ARE
GRADUATES, HAVING HAD FROM FIVE TO TWENTY YEARS' EXPERI
ENCE. WE OWN AND CONTROL NINETEEN OFFICES IN THE UNITED
STATES. BE SURE YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
LADIES IN ATTENDANCE.
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221 lh Morrison Street, Corner First
Dr. P. L. Austin, Manager
EXCHANGE TO OPEN
Board of Trade's New Depart
ment Popular.
BEGINS BUSINESS MARCH 2
men all over the Tiist are studying this
courscwith a great deal of interest.
Barton Howard, an Oxford graduate,
and a man who has had a great deal of
experience in social settlement work both
in London and New York, and wjio has
been associated with Jacob A. Riis in his
i slum work for six years, is to be the
leader of the class. It will 'meet on
Wednesday evenings. Supper will be
served at 6:30. A number or prominent
men will be asked to speak to the class
gathered around the supper table. The
real class session will be from 7:30 to 8:30.
All men, whether members of the Y. M.
C. A. or not. are invited to come and
join this class. '
Merchants" Arc Hastening to Avail
themselves of Commercial Fea
ture,' and 365 Have Already'
Knrolled as Members.
The commercial exchange department
of the Portland Board of Trade will open
for business on Monday, Jlarch 2. T. S.
Townsend, the president of the board,
and Fred Muller, secretary, have their
plans so far perfected as to announce this
date for the opening of the exchange. Of
the 600 members to which the exchange Is
limited, 365 merchants have already en
rolled themselves, and there is no doubt
the full membership will be signed up
before the first session, A number of
out-of-town members have already been
secured.
Nearly every commission merchant and
wholesale produce dealer in the city has
subscribed for stock. The Front street
men take warmly to the idea, as such an
exchange has long been needed. It will
put prices of all kinds of produce on a
regular basis and the publicity will be
best for all concerned. Prices as estab
lished by the dealers in the various lines
will.be posted on a blackboard, and these
will" be the values for the commodities
until the ensuing session. These prices
will be based on actual sales or bona
fide offers to sell or buy.
Daily quotations of the Eastern and
foreign grain and stock markets will also
be received, as well as other commercial
information or Interest to the members.
Semi-official bulletins giving' the official
Quotations will be mailed to all members
outside the city.
Among the members signed up yester
day was one of the largest cheese manu
facturers of Tillamook County, who saw
the advantage of the exchange in his line
or business and subscribed $10 for a share
of Board of Trade stock. It is expected
the other cheesemakers of the county will
also join, and an effort will be made to
enlist the butter and cheese manufac
turers of Coos County.
In the coming week President Towns
end and Secretary Muller will visit the
principal shipping points in the Willam
ette Valley and lay the matter before the
produce men there.
AT THE Y. M. C. A. TODAY
NEW BIBLE STUDY CLASS
Popular Course at V. M. C. A. on
Social Teachings of Jesus.
A very popular course in "The Social
Teaching of Jesus" is to be conducted at
the Young Men's Christian Association
for 12 weeks, beginning February 26. In
the study of this course, which is pre
pared by J. SI. Jenks. professor of po
litical economy in Cornell University, all
of the questions that are causing so much
heated debate throughout the country to
day are to be discussed. Socialism, .capi
tal and labor, wealth, graft, the Institu
tion of the family, corporations and social
purity will ail be discussed in their rela
tion to the teachings of Jesus. Thou
sands of college students and business
John M. Dean to Speak at. Today's
Sessions.
John M. Dean, of Seattle, the popular
pastor of. the Tabernacle Baptist Church,
is in town and will address the meeting
at the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Mr.
Dean, of Seattle1, like Dr. Brongher, of
Portland, is often accused of being sen
sational. He has been making some sen
sational statements in the I5-mlriute meet
ings held from 12:30 to 12:45 in the
Young Men's Christian Association, and
he will undoubtedly make some strong
statements about things in real life in
men's lives in his address this afternoon.
Mr. Dean was a Y. M. C. A. secre
tary in the Philippines, and he knows
what the seamy side of life is like, yet,
in spite of all that, he always has a mes
sage of good cheer for men, and Is al
ways ready with a joke. .
Mr. Dean's subject for today will be
"Absent Treatment."
Just before the address there will be
an orchestra concert by Des Larzes or
chesta. After the address there will be
a debate on the subject, "Resolved, That
the Church Is Essential to Christian
Life." There will be a free and open
discussion for all. There will also be a
discussion group led by Mr. Stone, which
will discuss, "Christ's Choice of His
Cabinet." The afternoon programme will
close with a social hour, given up to
singing and eating.
MUSICIANS PLAN FOR THEIR
PKOTECTIOS.
Jeffries, of Walville, was caught yester
day as she got off tho South Bend train
by Marshal Clark, and was held by him
until Sheriff King came up from Che
halis. Mies Jeffries' father telephoned to
the Sheriff's office that his daughter, who
is 1G years old, had run away from home,
and asked the sheriff to stop her. The
South Eend train had left Chehalis and
the Centvalla Marshal was telephoned
to. Miss Jeffries, it is understood, expect
ed to meet a num. with whom she is in
love, in Seattle. She had in her posses
sion when arrested a ticket to Seattle
and about a dollar in change.
Walrus skin la uaed to covar amall boa-La.
to which It is attached with the points of
the wfllrns tuskp.
WILL PRESS THE BUTTON
President Will Open Tunnels Vnder
Hudson River on Tuesday.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22. Announce
ment was made yesterday of tho plans
for the opening of the McAdoo tunnels
under, the Hudson River from Hoboken
to this city on" Tuesday when Govern
or Hughes, Governor Fort, of Now Jer
sey, and their staffs will be passengers
on the firsft official train to go under
the river. At 3:30 P. M. an operator
in the New York terminal at Nine
teenth street and Sixth avenue will
send a message to Washington, inform
ing President Roosevelt that every
thing is ready. Seated In the White
House the President will then press a
button signaling the sub-station at
Christopher street here, causing the
power to be turned on. illuminating
all the cars. Guests will then enter
the train and proceed on the trip to
Hoboken. when short speeches by Gov
ernors Hughes and Fort, Mayors of
Jersey City and Hoboken. and others
will be delivered. The state line, in
the middle of the river, will be indi
cated by a circle of red, white and blue
lights in the tunnel.
D'Urbano's Concert.
The next rehearsal of the D'Urbano's
concert will be held on Monday evening,
February 24, at S o'clock, at Bilers recital
hall. Only three more rehearsals will be
held.
Perfect 'fitting glasses 11 at Mclzgor's.
Composer Holzmann Says Present
Statute rails to Meet
Requirements.
Representing the Words and Music
Club of New-York, Abe Holzmann, the
composer of a number of marches,
waltzes and "cake walk" compositions,
is in Portland. Mr. Holzmann ' Is
greatly interested in a movement pro
posed by the club he represents and
indorsed by the American Authors and
Composers' Club, of which John Philip
Sousa is president and Victor Herbert
is secretary, to have Congress pass an
amendment to the copyright law. .
Mr. Holzmann wrote the march that
received the prize at the St. Louis ex
position and his marches and waltzes
are played by bands and orchestras, all
over the country. He says he voices
the opinion of composers of America
that they should be protected in the
work of their brains and talents
against loss of royalties through the
appropriation of their compositions by
phonograph and mechanical musical
companies. The copyright laws. He
says, as interpreted in the courts,
afford composers little If any protec
tion, and the authors' clubs and-other
organizations In sympathy with them
propose to enlist a concerted movement
all over the country to petition Con
gress for legislation that will put a
stop to the use of their productions
without adequate compensation.
Mr. Holzmann . says bandmasters,
orchestra members and musicians gen
erally oppose this free use of composi
tions by the mechanical music manu
facturers, for where formerly in hun
dreds of halls and resorts musicians
were employed to furnish the music,
under existing conditions a phono
graph or like mechanism has been in
stalled, and he . leaves it with the
listeners whether a reproduction is as
satisfactory as the original production.
Another point the composers make,
according to the author quoted, is that
phonograph manufacturers assert that
their machines popularize compositions,
whereas, he says, the manufacturers
wait until music publishing houses,
bands and orchestras have introduced
and made compositions popular before
they make their record-cylinders.
Auxiliary organizations are being
established in all the principal cities
of the country, and Mr. Holzmann will
remain in Portland until one is or
ganized here.
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PERILOUS TRIP OVER ICE
Body of Dead Keeper Taken With
Difficulty From Ughthouse. '
TOLEDO. O., Feb. 22. Reeling with
fatigue and after facing death a score
of -times on the treacherous ice of
Mauraee May, the rescue party of five
men arrived in the city today from
the lighthouse, bearing the body of
Captain Delos Hayden, who died in
the lighthouse last Wednesday. There
was nothing but floating Ice about
the little lighthouse and it was risk
ing life to attempt to reach it. The
boat was finally pushed through and
after remaining at the lighthouse all
night, the party set out this morning
tor Toledo with the Captain's body. The
rescuers traveled 14 miles over thin
Ice and frequently they Just f escaped
drowning.
Runaway Girl Overtaken.
CENTRALIA, Wah Feb. 22. Elancht
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