Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1914)
13 WILSON'S I POLICY DEN PIONEER WOMAN'S CLUB OF OREGON CELEBRATES Tirst President and Several Charter Members of Eugene Fortnightly Or ganization Attend Banquet Marking Hwenty-First Anniversary. . ....... . . - Comfortable Furniture and Christmas Gheei' Portland Catholics and Others Plead With Administra tion to Repudiate Villa. are inseparable. Nothing gladdens the hearts of the than a comfortable addition to the home furnishings, gestion when Christmas shopping. Consider also, and one logical and money-saving place to buy from is the whole family more Consider this sug seriously, that the ATROCITIES ARE LISTED Morgan-Atchley Furniture Co. The recent announcement of the firm's new ownership and management to boost the old year out with a great number of bargains holds good. Look over the following items and prices and form your own conclusions. They are chosen from many, many others in stock. Open Evenings Until Christmas Open Evenings Until Christmas lUvolutlona 'Adopted and Subscribed To l)y Wcll-Kiimvit C'lllafcns Clto Lutheran' Protest to Erjatt. rlnlut Scut to Congress. THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBEK 20, 1914. EXIGAN QUNGED ilPlSI At a meeting of representatives of the Catholic parishes of the city, ana other, at St. Francis Hall last Sunday afternoon to denounce the reign of terror in Mexico and protest against th friendly recognition by the Ameri can Government of the terrorist lead ers, the chairman was authorized to appoint a committee to prepare, sign and publish appropriate resolutions. The committee appointed adopted the following preamble ana resolutions, which have been subscribed to by a number -of well-known Portland citi zens: Whereas, the following letter is an authentic statement concerning the reign of terror prevailing in Mexico, to-wlt: "To Hi3 Kxcelleno. Hon. W . J. Bryan Sir: On July 22 last I had the honor of addressing vour excellency on the sub.lect of the persecution of the Catholics in Mexico, as practiced by the revolutionary parties now in power in that country. The Third Assistant Sec retary of State, under date of July 24, acknowledged receipt of my letter. Since then I have made the acquaint ance of Rev. R. H. Tierney. editor of the Catholic paper America, published in New York City, who writes me that he visited your excellency concerning this subject and that you wished to hear me on the same matter. I have thought well, theretore. to note down for your excellency's convenience the principal points, and I wish to say that I have written down nothing that I sm notfullv aware of and can person ally vouch for. I have lived in Mexico 23 veare. am a German by birth, by religion a Lutheran, and am 60 years of age. Brutalities Are Listed. "(1) I know of Catholic clergymen who. under pain of death, were made to sweep the streets of a city and do menial work for common, illiterate sol diers. (2) Of a bishop. 70 years. old, deported to the penal colony on the Pacific Coast. (31 Of a parish priest, SO vears old. so tortured that he lost his mind. M Of several priests in the Monterey Penitentiary as late as Au gust 30. last. (5) Of many deported to Texas, both foreigners and Mexi cans, ifi) Of priests and teachers tor tured bv hanging and strangling. (71 Of a priest ii hiding who was enticed out to hear a confession and Instead wae thrown into a dungeon. (3) Of 40 Sisters of who have been violated, of which number four are known to me. and one ot" these four has become demented. (9) I have been iiiFtrumeiitai in saving six Sisters and seven cirl pupils from the same fate. save the personal effects of these 13 women, being fined $-000 for the at tempt. (Ill Of all the eonfestsionals of the Monterey churches being piled in a public snitare and burned. (121 Of valuable paintings stolen from churches and supposedly brought to the United States bv filibusters. (13) Of consti tutionalist soldiers, led bv a man who is now Governor of a state of Mexico, doing on the altar what decency does not permit me to Bay. (141 Too vile to print. (13) Of decrees, published by the present Governors of states, pro hibiting the practice of religion and closing the churches, convents and schools. I am. respeCtfull v. vour humble ser vant. MARTIN STECKER." Administration' Aid Cited. And. whereas, the above letter .Is a mere index to the atrocities committed against the religion of 15.000. 0U) of Mexicans and the ministers of religion and women and children attached to religious institutions In that unhappy country: and. Whereas, government and civil order lias been destroyed in- Mexico by so called constitutionalist leaders. Car ranxa and Villa; and. Whereas, the said terrorist leaders, and especially Villa, who is now in practical control of Mexican affairs, have received moral and material aid through the Administration at Wash ington, and the said Administration Appears to continue friendly relations with the said Villa: now. therefore, be it Resolved. That we denounce the un speakable crimes committed against the Christian people of Mexico and ex tend to them our deep sympathy in their awful hour of trial: that we pro test against the friendly policy of our Government toward the terroist leader, Villa. Be it further Received. That the Administration should repudiate Villa as It has re pudiated Hucrta. Be it further . Resolved. That a toov of these reso lutions be forwarded to our Senators and Representatives In Congress in order that ata investigation of the Mex ican situation mav'be undertaken and that lustlce mav be done in the nrpm ises. a.nd that a copv of these resolu tions be published in the daily press ot tnis eitv William Albers. 1 B. Varl Nice. J. C. Medio. A.N. Wills. Frank E. Dooly. August Webber. P. A". Tuhey. A. Heitknmper. Charles Becker. Joseph jaccobber ger. Thomas McNamee. .1. C. Knglish. 1 . M. Dunne. Thomas Mannix. I. V. Sinnott. "Father Gregory. I .or a C. Little. Miriam Kartell. Frank K. Collier. W. K. Comnn. John F. O'Shea. .lames IT. Black. Geo. M. Sniderhon. ran Kellaher. P. K. Sullivan. C. T. Whitney. Kdgar B. Piper. Frank K. Collier. W. A. Daly. Robert J. O'Neill. K. V. O'Hara. Geo. J. Cameron. lJ. W. Ward. J. Hennessy Murphy. Fred O. Luren. M. G. Munly. Br:, i( Kiwk -zAVtA IrrT'jz III 4 'I'v4m r A -- - m rr i tr'M v i , , ' & lis J .1 - I PLAY TO BE- DISCUSSED Dr. Chapman Wilt Talk: on "Pompey the Great" at Y. M. C. A. The subject of. Dr. C. H. Chapman's Monday night lecture at the Young Men's Christian Association will be Masefield's play. "Pompey the Great." Dr. Chapman eays of the play: "Al though this tragedy is obtensibly placed in ancient Rome, in the last century before Christ, it is really in tensely modern in- spirit and language. The theme is the struggle between the rising democracy of Rome and the old aristocracy. Pompey led the "stand pat" party. Caesar the mob. But Pom pey was more than an ordinary re actionary politician. He had in mind great plans for concession to democracy and reform of abuses. '"When victory was in his grasp and Rome might have been made peaceful and progressive for all time, perhaps, everything was spoiled by his militarist nssociates and the bigoted Senate. Maseliflid'e play handles the militarists without, gloves. They were the same in old Rome as in modern Germany and France. Physical force was their sole dependence and they reveled in siuugh ter, Just as they do today. The Roman militarist acted upon the same doc trines that Bernhardt and Treitschke preach to moderns. Wickedness Is much thv Hitii! in all ages. " A new Arkanas 1 w provides that a chlM, to wrk In rniy occupation, must have at tended fchot'l four years and b mora than 14 jvmxm ut atre., EUGENE, Or., Dec. 19. (Special.) A definite step toward the recogni tion of the woman's point, of view in solving- economic problems was marked last night In the celebration of the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Eugene Fortnightly Club, Oregon's first woman's club, according to Mrs. Alice Hall Chapman, of Woodlafrtr, Wash. She was one of the founders and first president of the club and has watched the subsequent development of an organization of 8000 Oregon club, women under 100 affiliated clubs. This same movement, one to develop self-expression on the part of women. and to train her to make felt her own position on .matters-of public welfare," said Mrs. Chapman, "has caused pro vincial Boston, where women hav been backward, to organize a league for women with all classes represented. In cluding pot only the intellectual but the working types. Tendency Toward Club Life. "The tendency Is toward club life for all classes of women, in which they may be free to express themselves as women; where they are So delight fully able to be rid of the influence ot men, ror the occasion, and where they are able to form an exclusively wo man's expression upon public Issues. The growing linanci&l responsibility which women . face is to be trained through the financing of women's clubs. The great economic problems of a nation cannot be solved without the woman's view point as tyell as that ofj the men. And the women's club is the field for women's expression." One hundred and thirty representa tive men and women of Kugene particl pated in the anniversary banquet of the Fortnightly Club. The significance of the function was apparent. Spirit of democracy t.anded. "The spirit of democracy that has been fostered among the women is the most Important contribution of the women's clubs to our time," said Mrs. Minnie Washburn, a continuous member of the Fortnightly Club tor 21 years. You meet upon a level. Every woman is known as Mary Jones or Anna Smith. No position of wealth or influence that the husband may have counts. fahe stands or falls upon her own merits. Truth, justice and opportunity lor everyone is her motto; honesty and sincerity, her aim." Mrs. Washburne referred to the woman's club as the emancipation from abundant advice from the men. "We would be most enlightened if We accepted half what they tell us," she sal-d, "and the mere fact that they have made the biggest failure of poll- tics in the history of the world does not deter them in the least." She referred to a new philosophy opposed to the theory that the state shall Interfere as little as possible and reserve for the individual certain in alienable rights. Some tCcsnlto Pointed Oat. " "The old Idea," she said, "was that freedom, is apart from society, and hence the social motto, "the survival of the fittest. The new philosophy recognizes tne philosophical truth in the saying, "I am thy" brother's keeper,' in such fundamental laws as the mini mum wage law, the employers' liability act, and others. "Do you wonder that we are grop ing In the dark? But we feel that somewhere, somehow, we shall be able to put the idealism of the church, the unselfish service of motherhood and the democracy of the club, into the state." "The intrinsic value of the woman's club is worth no more than the aid it can give its community," said Mrs. Addie Osburn, another charter member who has been connected with the club for 21 years. Pint Chairman Sprakjt. All present rose to mark respect when Luella Clay Carson, first chair man of the Fortnightly Club organiza tion, and for 21 years a member of the faculty of the University of Oregon, was introduced. 8he now lives in Port land. She contrasted, to the banquet, the bare room, the central stove and the rattling windows of the second story hall in which 22 Kugene women formed th6 first club on December 15 18!3. She spoke of the 8000 Oregon clubwome who have followed this example. "you have reached the social ntntnrn for doig large things." she said, "if gives confidence Of purpose and ambi tions to carry out what is undertaken "Women's clubs along the coast are seeKing mgner levels," she continued. "so that they may administer to and do the best for our arrowing civiliza tion." Mrs. f'.vaaa Sends Messag. airs, harah JI. Evans, president of the Oregon Federation of Women's ciuhs. in a telegram referred to last night's event as a milestone in the women's club history of Oregon, anil to the Fortnightly Club as one with a prouuetiveness which few clubs have equaled and none have excelled. Letters and telegrams Were also read from Mrs 11. B. Miller, Mrs. Frances Washburne and Mrs. ! rederiek Eggert. The history of the Fortnightly Club is interesting. When Eugone was a lit tle village, -J- wsBieg gathered, oha al i $7.50 to $10 values in slightly damaged Atahogany Arm Rock ers, several patterns, tfj O tZf now J10 to 115 values in slightly damaged Arm Itockers of Cir- Cfl cassian walnut, now WiiUU 7.50 values in Cir cassian Walnut Bed room Rockers, slight ly damaged, now - Bedroom Chairs to match, same price. S3 'and 6 values In Hedroum ( 'hn I rs mn- hogany finish, slight-, PC $2.50 124 Dressing Table in quarter-sawed golden oak. now $11.70 $24 Dressing Table in Circassian wal nut, now S14.00 Announcement Mr. S. H. Mor gan null continue his business asso ciation toith this firm. $18 Dressing Table In mahogany, now $9.75 $31 Fine Dresser in quarter - sawed golden oak, $16.00 $25 Princess Dresser in quarter - sawed golden oak, Willi ( 1 f ff 0 1 J.JVJ large oval mirror. $37.50 Fin. Chiffonier, design, now Mahogany Colonial 0 t! Pj,au $32.o0 Dresser In quarter - sawed golden oak. now... $16.25 $29.75 ly damaged, now. $25 I.arge Arm Chair vlea ivered in. genuine fn ather. now wX A.vJvJ $50 Buffet of solid oak. fumed finish, C now $4 Mahogany Pedes- Qrt tal .Tabourette, now.. J.OU $4.50 Pedestal, in ma hogany, now $37.50 Solid Oak China Cabin et fumed finish, now 1 $15.65 ternoon in "Mount's Hall," on what was then the main street, to "bring to gether women interested in artistic, economic, philanthropic, literary, scien tific and social purposes, with a view to rendering themselves helpful to each other and useful to society." This was the beginning of the Fortnightly Club. Library la Formed. Since then this pioneer club has de veloped a largo share of the civic pros perity of Eugene. It formed Eugene's first public library, and later, when the institution became larger, obtained a Carnegie Library for the city, said to be the first in the state. It con tributes each year $100 to the Uni versity of Oregon student loan fund, by which girls, otherwise unable, are aided in obtaining an education. Its mem bers are leaders in the state issuvs taken by the women. Its first chairman. Dr. J,uella Clay Carson: Its first president. Mrs. Alice i ITall Chapman, of oodland, wash.; Mrs. Harriett Veasie, of Portland; Mrs. Florence Gilbert, of Astoria, and Mrs. Fletcher Linn, of Portland, leading charter members, attended the anni versary banquet, which was one of Eugene's most elaborate social events of the season. Mrs. Chapman presided at the banquet. . - Eight of the charter members are still active members or the Fortnightly Club. These are Mrs. Franc Hales, Jlrs. Addie Osburn, Mrs. Emily Potter, Mrs. Cornelia Straub, Mrs. Minnie Wash burne, Mrs. Jennie Frazier. Mrs.. Emma "Wilklns and Mrs. Irene Williams. B Mattress i VJl Bargain $15.00 Silk Floss Mat tresses, full size, with roll edges, cbvered in art tick ing, now only .... .$7.50 $3.60 Pedestal, in ma hogany, now $12.50 Shaving Stand, in quarter- sawed golden oak. with ad justable mirror, now.. $2 Solid Oak Hanging Book Hacks now $10 Solid Oak Library Tables, in fum ed. goiaen or eany Eng lish finish, s 1 1 g htly damaged, now $2.65 $3.25 $5.00 25c ; 4 Mji $2.95 $4 Axminster Rugs, fr a size 36x63 In., now... OaCalO n Music (jaDinets in m a h ogany or quar-ter-sawed golden oak, now 2 Solid Oak Child's Arm Rocker, In gold- C 1 Crt en finish,, and heavy wlOU C h 1 1 d's Chair to match, same price. Others as low as $1.10. $21 Arm Chair in quarter - sawed gold en oak, with leather covered auto-cushion seat and leatherdJ-iQ OC back, now .Ol JiJ $S Center Tables in mahogany or quarter- QtJ 'sawed golden oak.... Of.OO $31 Combination Ilookcase and Desk i r (( In the fumed oaky. OlO.UU $14 Lady's Writing Desk In quarter- Q sawed golden oak... $24.50 Colonial Chif fonier In Circassia walnut, now . . "$14.90 $25 to $40 values in s 1 1 ghtly damaged Mahogany Dressers, 1 f? pn all good patterns.. O lDtOU $33 to $42.50 values in slightly damaged Cir cassian Walnut Dress ers, all good patterns. now at. . $14.50to$17.50 $7.90 fS Lady's Writing u e s k in q u sawed golden $2.30 Axminster Rugs, size 27x54 in., now... esk ir quarter- fr? rr? oak . . . MfKJttjKJ $18 Airtight M 1 OC Heaters, now Full east tops, castiron bottoms and linings, and nickel trimmed. Other Heatinsr Stoves at $2.95, $3.35, $6.35 AND UP $1.85 $5 Center Table In 0 OCl 24 Chif fonier lnftlC nfl mahogany finish now 5JJ brdseye maple now w IOlu MORGAN-ATCHLEY FURNITURE CO. . Grand Avenue and East Stark MONEY SYSTEM PRAISED NEW FINANCIAL PILOT SAVED COUNTRY, SAYS J. . LEE. Eastern Trip Brings Oat Fact That Portland Is Less Advertised Than Seattle as Itoate to Fair. "To the new financial system busi ness men of the last accord the pos sibility or this country having weath ered the financial etortns precipitated by the European war," says J. O. Lee, who has Just 'returned from a six months' tour in the East. "In Chicago I had a. chat with John V. Farwell, the great dry goods' jobber, who was presi dent of the National Citizens League lor the Promotion of a Bound Banking System, of which I was secretary for Oregon, and he expressed thes opin ions most emphatically. It is confidently believed that the crisis Is safely passed and prosperity now fully initiated. "I was gratified In my trip to find Portland now prominently on the map. This is my fourth trip Bast stnea the Lewis and Clark Exposition and I have found a growing feeling in favor of Portland, its solidity. Its splendid strategic location for commerce and manufacturing and its undoubted fu ture greatness. "I must admit, however, that I found more prominent mention of Seattle than Portland in connection With proposed tours to the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion. This may serve as a hint to our own publicity people to keep a sharp lookout. I had opportunities In a num ber of Interviews to point out nd em phasise the importation of tourists to the exposition routing by way of Port land. "Portland in now ranidlv taking Its place oeside Chicago as a wheat mar ket In fact cash wheat is a shade higher in Portland than In Chicago. As soon as possible ws should do away with the costs of sacking our wheat for European ports. "I note the renewal of the auestion or consolidating the Chamber f Com merce and the Commercial Club. I fa vored, that when secretary of the Port land Board of Trade. If oerfect or gantc "anion cannot be effected, I trust that there will be such a federation of them as will prevent any duplication of machinery or method. We should not for a moment slacken Our best en deavor. . INDIANS WILLGET $75,000 Federal Appropriation to Help Make Warm Springs Latids Fay. - An appropriation of $75,000 ha been made by the Federal Government, ac cording to advices received here yes terday, to purchase farm machinery, livestock and grain for he Indians on the Warm Springs Reservation in Cen tral Oregon. This money. It is understood, is to help the Indians in placing their land on a paying basis, and is to be re turned to the Government, with Inter est, at the end of eight years, when the reservation will be closed. At the end Of the eight-year period the Warm Springs land will be al lotted among the lnllans then on the reservation.- lCicn mitn, Woriian and child will be entitled lo a tjuartor sec- tion. The-j-eservjitioil consists of 600, 000 acres, some of it hi!h-e!a.B agri cultural land and some covered with timber. There are about Tr.00 Indians on the reservation now. The land re maining . after the Indians' portions have been allotted Will be thrown open to settlement. INDUSTRIALISM IS TOPIC Russia Alxo lo Be Discussed at V. 51. V. A. Meeting. Charles James, closely Identified with California's studies of industrial problems, will speak at 2:15 today at the Young Men s Christian Associa tion on "The Unemployed." At the S:J6 meeting. TJr. George Rebec, professor of philosophy of the University of Oregon, will discuss Russia, Her Yesterday and Her To morrow." Miss Evelyn Carvell, pupil of Madame Delphlne Marx, will sing. Christmas Carols sung by the men will be- the features of the fellowship sup nr t 5:20. SCHOLARSHIP 13 AIDED BUTtSCttlPTIOIS COMIJiO TO r't'TIIJ STAIITKT BY MAYOIt AtUEE. Plans Indefinite Yet, hut Investment of Principal and Use of Inter- Hit la Suggested. As an Indication that there Is unusual Interest In a plan announced some time ago by Mayor Albee for the establish ment of a college scholarship at Jef ferson High School for enterprising students, a number of contributions have been made for persons of Port land and elsewhere to the fund created by the Mayor. The contributions' amount to about t75. The names of the donors have not been made public Oeorge Albee. the son of the Mayor, who dlf1 recently ns a result of . an accident, had saved $750 which he in tended to use in getting a college edu cation after graduation from Jefferson High School. When he died the money was in. a local bank. Mayor Albee de cided on the scholarship plan aa a memorial to his $on and added enough to the fund to make it $1000. Although the plans are not definite, it is pro posed to increase the amount by sub scription and invest the principal so that Interest thereon will enable somn student of the Jefferson High School to go to college who otherwise would be unable to go. Among the contributions to the fund Is $10 from a former Portland man, who lives In Vancouver, B. C. In a letter to Mayor Albee he says he be lieves the plan to bo meritorious and he 'wishes to help it out because of the fact that he himself had a diffi cult time getting an education, because of his financial condition. ' Unitarian Yonng Folk to Entertain. Tho Young People's fraternity of the tTnltnrlan Church, assisted by the Sunday si ho;)l. Mrs. Krunk KM. -"v. .Miss Sheehy. Mrs. II. .M. IjUII. Mi:'s Ad el Brault and Miss 'lara Wt.fl will give a benefit entertainment lor the Amer ican Red Cross, depicting Chrislmss In many lands., in tho Snnriny school room of the church, entrance on -Broad- way, Tuesday evening, December TOBACCO DEALER FINED Vlon Itegarclins- Ages or Minors "ot Satisfactory lo Court. For selling- tobacco to minors. Ni' k Pappaff, proprietor of a ciiar store al. Fourth and Hurnxlde streets, was fined $25 yesterday morning by Judxrt Stevenson. The plea of the defendant was that he could not tell that the boys were under the age limit. "I am tired of hearing tljat excuse."' said Judge Stevenson. "If you can't tell whether a boy is IB or IS years old you should not sol) htm anything. It. may bo carelessness or it may he pn eye to business, hut this thing has been going on too long." ehind the Portieres There'll Be a Real Christmas in An East Side Homeland Four Youngsters Did It i i I ve $ot Vt f ot k e A P Sura en ou h, let3 3et Bad a player piano) thcxts just The fh (with lots of music rollaV S"ot!:,dnt ethi 1 tfiat sooner W V MM WWm u mmijft .1 7M Wkt hit inn - " ! hj k w meae&R- i hi r fii s""n"raBlMnnnisSMnisnnnnnsnnnwwnWSnW ,a in.whtj I" Well, we II. They've ni of- j guessed jr rihl: hut T hociC ihon " wKl : i. " ' ' t . n . -fr.-. - . -SWT :'iv i ir. ' i Mil W Filonc 1 1 i i c?r in , hi I i ill ' i SI -wit IMP' These i'onr j-oiing- people had vead Eilers 'Aluiri ITotiss Manufacturer' Ernersreney Sale Adveitif-ements. They have ha4 a beautiful Pe Luxe Plfi-yer Piano set nside, for Christ mas delivery, with over a hundred music rolls which are furnished free and are exchangeable. Nothing: entering a home is more to be desired than A modefrt player piano. It opens a hew and Deaiituui woriu to every memner ot tne lamuy. Sperlal, aionday and Tuesday, seven $575 player pianos at almdst half price, payments or $ per week. Kilers Music tlouhu. the Viautiful new $950 pianos for less than $S0U -iirvrith lnys them. Kent $6."i0 new p t a V e r rr only $n"T, $10 a month ni at Kilers Music limine, ':'i'p.; Broadway at Alder, .trtnrr.-' Kmerseno" and .Surplus Halt-.