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x SUNDAY UKKliUHIAJV. FOBTLAJiD. KKI'TKMBEK 25, 1913. OREGON UNIVERSITY STRDNGLY1NDDHSED Methodists Will Sustain Insti tution Against Referen dum Move. BISHOP RENDERS RULING Her. Mr. Toang and Superintendent McDongall Upheld as to Manner of Electing Trustee Indiscreet Pastor Is Transferred. EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 27. (Special.) Bishop Cooke today read a decision up holding the decisions of Rev. Benjamin Young and Superintendent J. W. Mc Dougall as to the manner of electing trustees, and the Oregon Methodist '. conference unanimously adopted the report of the committee on education, which, among other things, strongly recommended the University of Oregon to the members of the church and urged that the institution be sustained In the forthcoming referendum elec tion. The whole day was consumed In ' business sessions, the social service an niversary services being eliminated. Much business was left over until Mon day morning for final action. The conference determined to raise a fund of $100,000, the Income from which should be applied to the support of aged ministers. Rev. T. J. Jones 'was named as financial agent for the raising of the fund. Inrilarreet Pastor Transferred. TV. H. Kuhlman. of Tillamook, who ; recently figured in an unfortunate af ' fair in Portland, was transferred, at his request, to the Rock Springs con . ference of Illinois, and G. H. Benton, of ; the Rock Springs conference, was re ceived into the Oregon conference. C. H. Baldwin, formerly a missionary in Alaska, was allowed to withdraw from the conference "under grave charges." ishop Cooke's decision sustaining Rev. Mr. Toung and Superintendent Mc Dougall came upon the appeal of F. J. Steinmetz, of the Portland First Church. Mr. Steinmetz and 24 other members of the church filed a petition asking that an election be called for members of the church to name a trustee in stead of holding the election at the fourth quarterly conference. Both methods are allowed by the discipline of the Methodist church, but Dr. Toung held that the charter of the church pro vided a different method, namely, that the pastor should nominate the trustee. Bishop Kales Likewise. Superintendent McDougall sustained his decision, and Bishop Cooke like wise holds that the charter method must stand, for the discipline of the church states tnat elections of the of ficers of the church shall be held in conformity with the laws of the state within which the church Is situated." He points out that the articles of In corporation of tne church should be amended to conform to the Oregon laws. A committee was authorized, but not ret named, to present to the Legis lature the matter of having the excep tion made for the Methodist Episcopal Church the same as for the Catholics and the Episcopalians, allowing elec- ' tlons to be held according to the rules of the church. A pretty feature of the morning serv ice was the presentation to Superin tendent Dunlap, retiring superintendent of the Klamath district, of a handsome dictionary and to his wife a hymnal of the church, as a testimonial from the people of the district. Class of Five Addressed. At the afternoon session Bishop Cooke delivered the address to the class of five ministers. TL S. Bishop, A. T. Luther. T. D. Yarnes, W. F. Powell and V. E. Willings. The last named was received on credentials from the United Evangelical Church, upon his taking of the vows of the Methodist Church. The greater part of the afternoon . was taken up with the talks of the re tired ministers, and with the routine transfers of names from one list to '. another. 1 Just at the close of the afternoon service. Rev. Clarence True Wilson predicted the coming of Xatlon-wide ' prohibition, even before the people re alized. "The time is ripe," he said. "Congress is ready to pass on to the Federal Constitution and IS states are ready to give their approval." "Dry" Oregon Planned. Rev. H. B. Sheldon, of the Anti-Saloon Ieague, outlined the programme for making Oregon dry in 1916. Dr. Wilson and Dr. Sheldon spoke more at length at the temperance rally this evening. The report of the committee on edu cation announced the consolidation of all the endowment funds of Willamette University and nominated G. F. John son. T. S. McDaniels and A. M. Smith as trustees. These were subsequently con firmed. Recommendation of reappor tionment of 30 cents per member among the charges for the support of educa tion was adopted. The committee also recommended the raising of $50,000 to go with a like amount given by R. A. Booth for the erection of a pioneer's building. FRENCH AVIATOR WHO ATTAINS SPEED OF 118 MILES AN HOUR, BREAKING WORLD'S RECORD. - i j -v" v - 6: Jy cms. ' ' ; w z&bp V l M i..:- . ... B1XBY CASE CL05E0 Millionaire's Fate to Be in Jury's Hands Monday. LAWYER PLACED ON STAND AVIATORS FLY FAST Vedrines and Provost Go 1 1 8.6 Miles an Hour in France. WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN Low Speed Contests rrangt.t AVIth Danger Airmen Go Slowl at Altitnde of lower Than 150 Feet Cailleaux Wins. FURTHER DELAY GRANTED Diggs and Caminetti to Have Exten sion of Stay of Execntlon. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Maury I. Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti. through their attorney, Mar shall Woodworth, today asked that the ten-day stay in execution of sentence, which expired today, be extended, and after hearing arguments Judgi Van Fleet granted an exter.Bion of 20 days. Woodworth explained that owing to the mass of testimony to be gone through. It was a physical impossibility for him to complete it in less time. The special prosecutor Interposed no ob jection and the stay was granted. Judge Van Fleet took the occasion to warn Woodworth that the rules of the appellate court should be observed; that all reference to testimony must be made in narrative or news form. Instead of the questlon-and-answer form. CITIZENSHIP IS REFUSED Judge Scores Applicant Who Fails to Send for Family. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27. Judge Vande venter, of the East St. Louis City Court, In denying citizenship papers to Fow redaa Speros. said In explanation: "Any man who thinks so little of th6 country of which he wishes to become a citizen as to fail to reunite his fam ily In the new land would not make a good citizen. Palpably, negligence Is shown here." Speros had been in America 11 years. RHEIMS, France, Sept. 27. The re markable speed of 118.6 miles an hour, beating the former official world's rec ord of 111 miles an hour, was at tained here today by both Emile Ve drines and Maurice Provost, French aviators. The previous record was made by Provost June 17. They were flying in the elimination trials to se lect a French team for the Interna tional aeroplane cup race next Monday. Vedrines, Frowst and Eugene Gilbert were chosen .s the French representa tives. The course Is a closed circuit of six and one-fourth miles, around which the aviators flew 10 times. More dangerous than the high-speed contests were the efforts of the 15 en trants in the preliminaries of the low speed competition to remain in the air at a lower altitude than 150 feet for as near as possible to six minutes and 40 seconds while flying once around a course measuring 6.2 miles. Fourteen of the competitors qualified for the actual race, the most successful among them being Abel Gaston Lucien Cail leaux, whoso time was just two and a half seconds under the limit. The machines which qualified In the low-speed preliminary competed later over a course measuring two and a half miles at an altitude less than 150 feet. This contest was won by Deromme, whose average speed was 31.9 miles an hour. The contest for height without a pas senger was won by fParmelin, with 11,293 feet: height contest, with one passenger, by Eugene Gilbert, 14,265 feet: height contest, with two passen gers, by Rene Mouineau 5124 feet. American Aviators Second. LONDON. Sept. 27. The international aviation contest between America, Eng land and France, which began at Hen- don, September 25, ended today. The American team, G. W. Beatty and W. L. Brock, finished second to England in the speed test and cross-country flight. Brock won the altitude flight. In the first day's competition the American team took first place In the alighting competition, second in the quick start ing and third in the team race. The final positions were: England, America, France. PORTRAIT AND FLYIN& PICTURE OF EMILE VEDRINES. CHAMPION C0WB0W MADE (Continued From First Pag-e.) of the Columbia is one of the finest in the west. This road next year will more than likely send three or four trainloads of excursionists here from Portland to witness the second session of "Frontier Days." Old Pony Express Rider There. One of the prominent figures on the ground today was Daniel M. Drum heller, of Spokane. We hear now and then about the demise of the last of the pony express riders, but there are probably quite a number of those who rode the pony express for Ben Holla- day still alive. Mr. Drumheller Is one of them. He rode a stretch 100 miles in Nevada, from Sand Springs to Wood ford station, which he made every third day In all sorts of weather In ten hours. He remembers very dis tinctly on one of his rides of calling out to all he passed, "Abe Lincoln, of Illinois, has been nominated for the Presidency by the Republican conven tion." So It will be seen he was riding in the year I860. Not an accident worth mentioning occurred on the grounds during the three days of the great show. Two steers each lost a horn. That about sums up the accidents. Not a horse or human was Injured even a little bit. The Red Cross surgeons never could even coax a man or woman to get on their stretcher. Some riders were thrown and the breath knocked out of them, but in a few minutes they came .up smiling to the plaudits of the crowd. Visitors Land Hospitality. The way in which the visitors have been treated by the Walla Walla peo ple calls for the highest praise. As the curtain goes down the officials of the fair at The Dalles, which will be held week after next, announce that they have arranged for Bob Gavin, John Spain, Jason Stanley and about 30 of the best riders and ropers to entertain their audiences, and two carloads of horses and one carload of steers will be shipped down there at once. As the season is practically over for affairs of this sort, there will no doubt be a big array of the best riders and ropers who will go without a settled engagement simply to carry off the good prizes offered. So The Dalles Fair and Rodeo will more than likely be well worth at tending and a large number of vis itors may be expected to attend. PIONEERS HAVE BARBECUE Frontier Days Thrills Followed by Oldtlmers Reunion. WALLA WALLA, Sept. 27. Frontier day championships were decided here today with the closing programme wit nessed by 25,000 to 30.0UU people, ana featured by the thrilling finishes of all races, the supreme efforts of riders in all contests, the roping or wild Dutiaio and a mimic war between Indian tribes. It was "Pioneers'" day, the old-timers in the morning presenting the biggest parade ever seen here, and tonight they are holding a barbecue and reunion in the exhibition arena at the fairgrounds. In the bucking championship. Bob Gavin, of Caldwell, Idaho, was awarded high honors, with John Spain, of Union, Or., second: Tex McLeod, of Texas, third, and Red Parker, of Montana, fourth. In the steer-roping contest George and Charles Weir, of Texas, were easy winners, Charles taking first money, his shortest time being 25 seconds. George Weir's best time was 30 sec onds. In the cowboys' two-mile- relay race, changing saddle every half mile, six days, Braden Gerking finished first, making the 12 miles in 25:41; "Sleepy" Armstrong second, in 25:44 3-5; Drum heller third. In 27:44. ! Cowgirls' bucking contest was won by Miss Rose Henderson, with Miss Rose Montez second and Miss Nettie Hawn third. Cowgirls' relay race, three days, two miles a dav. changing horses alone every half mile. First, Miss Ruth Par ton, In 12:32; Miss Lila Smith, of Wal la Walla, second, and miss uiiie u- KnrnA third. Steer bulldogglng Dad Lewis made quickest time of contest, turning the trick in 45 seconds; Juan Montano second in 1:14, and James Massey third In i-is. Pony express race, three heats, two miles each First, Jason Stanley, time for six miles, 9:09; Roy Jj-eny seconu in 9:20; Glen Rust third. George Weir roped wild buffalo in 3 minutes 5 seconds, in spectacular ex hibition. Tex McLeod won the championship for fancy roping. The men who w-ere In the bucking finals In addition to the winners, were Red Pruett, Lee Colwell, Earl bimpson, Jack Hawn and Allen Drumheller. nhi.r vimv wolf- of the Nez Perces, who took part In the Chief Joseph War in 1877, showed how they scalped the .hie, Pninnai MeWhorter. a white man adopted by the Yakima tribe, be ing the victim. The "scalping' was preceded by a thrilling chase. During the war dance Felix Warren, a noted old stage driver, drove a six-horse stage coach into the arena and the Indians took after It, firing guns, yeuiug a.im having lots of fun. Warren held up hi. hnnrt. while the movie man got It. Clarence Plant won the thrilling char iot race In 1:01 by a seconu. WOMAN HEALER SLAIN 6. L GILLESPIE 0IE5 Major - General Remembered for Work Near Portland. RIVER IMPROVEMENT HIS Admission Made That of $2500 Paid by Wealthy Architect to Settle Suit, Girl and Mother Re ceived Only $1000. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 27. The case of George H. Bixby, the millionaire charged with statutory offenses against minor girls, will be in the hands of the Jury Monday. Testimony was completed at noon today and Judge Bledsoe in structed the Jury to report an hour earlier Monday, so that arguments which he limited to three hours for each side could be completed and the charge given some time that day. W. H. Stevens, one of the attorneys whose actions supplied some of the groundwork for the blackmail allega tions made' in Bixby 's defense, was cross-examined today by Blxby's at torneys. Stevens admitted that of the $2500 paid by Octavlus Morgan, the wealthy architects, supposedly to avoid a threat ened damage suit by Marie Brown Levy, one of the girls Involved against Bixby, only $1000 went to the Levy girl and her mother, Mrs. Lacey. Stevens said he kept the remaining $1500 as a fee. According to statements made by Prosecutor Asa Keyes, the actions of Attorney Stevens and of his law part ner, Charles McKelvey, who filed suits aggregating $150,000 against Bixby, on behalf of Cleo Helen Barker, Marie Brown Levy and another girl, will be subjected to Investigation by the grand Jury. Bixby has been on trial two weeks. The offense charged is a high mis demeanor set forth In an indictment based on allegations made by Cleo Helen Barker, a 19-year-old girl. A second Indictment charging Bixby vir tually with the same offense against Irene Marie Brown Levy, another in mate of the Jonquil resort, is pending. m BODY FOUND IN OFFICE Willi FOREHEAD CRUSHED. Han's Bloodstained uouu is Promising Clew, but Motive for BInrder Seems Lacking. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 27. Mrs. Re- beca P. Gay, a Christian Science prac titioner, was found murdered today in her office, under circumstances of deep mystery. A man's bloodstained collar. found on a roof directly beneath tne open office window, was the most prom ising clew detectives possessed tonignt. They said they believed tne couar naa been discarded by the person who mur dered the woman. Mra Gay was the divorced wife of John P. Gay. a wealthy resident of San Diego. She was said to be possessed of considerable wealth In her own right, although she received alimony. Her body was found early today by the Janitor of the large downtown building where she had an office. Her forehead had been crushed and her body was lying face downward on the floor, covered by religious papers and cards, one of which bore the phrase "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." On the top of the papers was a towel on which were bloodstains, indicating that the murderer had tried to cleanse the blood from his hands before leav ing. There was nothing apparently miss ing from her office, the detectives be ing at a loss for a motive for the mur der. Officers are searching for per sons who called on Mra Gay yesterday. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27. Mra Rebecca P. Gay was divorced by John H. Gay, of this city, nearly 20 years ago. ac cording to Mr. Gay. He says he has not seen her since that time. Mr. Gay, who is reputed to be a millionaire, has been married twice since. The second mar riage resulted in a divorce also. The divorce from Mrs. Rebecca Gay was se cured on the grounds of desertion. Incident of His Being Fined by Close Friend on Federal Bench for Infringing Election Laws Is Recalled. SARATOGA, N. Y Sept 27. Major- General George L. Gillespie, U. S. A, retired, of Washington, died at his Summer home here today. He was graduated from West Point In 1858 and at one time was Acting-Secretary of War. He was 72 years old. The funeral will be held at West Point Monday. General, then Colonel, Gillespie was chief engineer of the Department of the Columbia In the late '70,s and early '80's and had charge of all river and harbor improvements. He worked hard with the commercial and shipping In terests of Portland to secure perma nent relief from obstructions to navi gation caused by bars at the mouth of the Willamette and at St. Helens. It was on his recommendation and under his supervision that the dyke at the head of Willamette Slough was built Old-time men of affairs In Portland have kindly recollections of him. He was a warden in Trinity Episcopal Church during his residence in the city. The late Judge Matthew P. Deady was also a warden In the same church and a close friend of the engineering officer, but occasion arose when the Federal Judge was obliged to sentence the Federal soldier for Infringing a Federal law. Colonel Gillespie wanted to vote for M. C. George when George ran for Congress the first time. He asked Judge Deady whether he had the right to vote. Judge Deady told htm no sol dier in the service had such right Colonel Gillespie sought other legal advice and decided to risk voting. He was indicted by a LTnIted States grand Jury and Judge Deady fined him $200. Colonel and Mrs. Gillespie were dis tinct social favorites. General Gillespie took part with General Sheridan In the reconstruction of the Gulf States and in the restora tion of the Republic of Mexico. He was In command of the Department of the East for the defense of the At lantic Coast during the war with Spain. He was retired June 17, 1905. GIRL IS SENT BY MAIL Pretty Immigrant, Tagged 'Fragile,' Reaches Destination Safely. METUCHEN. N. X. Sept 27. (Spe cial.) Seventeen-year-old Rosie Hullck landed at Ellis Island a few days ago and today arrived here. Unable to speak English, she wandered into the postofflce, where she tried to make known her wishes to the postmaster. The postmaster after inspecting a tag pinned to her coat, learned that her destination was a farm at New Dur ham. He called rural carrier Kempson and told him he had a package to go by parcel post Kempson glanced at the pretty girl and vowed he would get the package to its destination. A parcel post tag and "Fragile, han die with care" card were attached to the girl's coat In three hours she had reached her new home. It Is against the law for anybody but postofflce Inspectors to ride with rural letter carriers while they are deliver ing mall and the parcel-post scheme was the only way the postmaster could arrange to get around the postal regu lations. FISTIC DUEL EXCITING SOX OF SEATTLE BANKER TAKES ISSUE WITH FRENCHMAN. Tennis Courts, in Fall View of Fem inine Admirers of Both Men, i Is Scene of Set-To. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept 27. (Spe cial.) Certain remarks by Russell Per kins, son of W. D. Perkins, the well known Seattle banker, concerning a somewhat undergrown but stylish Derby that reposed on the aristocratic head of Roger de Lobel-Mahy, son of the French Consul here, today, re sulted in a decidedly smart exhibition of fisticuffs between these two young gentlemen. The battle, which took place on the Seattle tennis courts. Summit avenue and Madison street, was staged with some little show of romance, formal challenge to duel being made, seconds selected, a number of the girl friends of the combatants being present and was strictly In accordance with the French custom, except that ten-ounce gloves were substituted for rapiers or pistols. Young Mr. Perkins, after several minutes of brisk fighting, during which. according to witnesses, he severely damaged his opponent's right eye and in other ways made the Frenchman ais satisfied with himself was forced to retire. Different reasons are assigned for this action. Those who were direct ly on the firing line declare he was forced to withdraw because he could no longer breathe through his nose. upon which De Lobel-Many naa cen tered his attack. Others in the con fldence of Perkins assert the embryo banker was fast losing patience with his adversary and thought it best to stop short of a funeral in tne vice Consul's family. 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Public bequests of 325,000 are contained in the will of Miss Harriet Cruft, filed for probate today. Miss Cruft died August 31, leav ing more than 1,000,000. The will sets aside $50,000, the in come of which is to be given "to worn- en of American birth and Protestant religion, of good character, more than 60 years of age, and who are In great need, preference to be given to school teachers, wives of ministers and to those who have seen better days." Other large bequests Include J50.000 each to the Museum of Fine Arts and the American Unitarian Association. Centra 11 a Robberies Reported. CENTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Two robberies were reported to the Centralis police Thursday night. At the home of Fred Enger on B street o car ..a morn w stolen, while sneak thieves entered one of the rooms at the Columbia Hotel, where 78 Lincoln pennies and a pair of cuff buttons was he extent ot tne 1001. CLAYTON ISN0T DAUNTED Underwood's Candidacy Will Not Af fect Decision as to Senatorshlp. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Represen tative Clayton, of Alabama, will re main in the field as a candidate for the Senate from that state, even if he has to contest against Oscar W. Under wood, the House leader, for the nom ination. In a statement today. Mr. Clay ton said he would whether Mr. Under wood entered the field or not. Mr. Underwood Is known to be con sidering entering the Senatorial race, but at present has not announced him self formally. I Mayor Cured; Skin Cleared By D. D.D. Mayor Chapman of Ellis, Kansas, courteously says he will answer any letters written him relative to his. truly marvelous, care of - skin trouble with the D. D. D. Prescription. Mayor Chapman writes: "I think bow I suffered last winter, how I could do no work. I waa covered with ter rible blotches, sometimes weeping wa ter, sometimes worse, blotches some times 10 Inches In diameter. FEARFUL ITCHING. 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