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THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 30, 1918. 11 The T.lfe and Times of Stephen Glrard, Mariner and Merchant, by Professor John Bach McMaster. J5. Two volumes. Illus : trated. J. B. Lippincott Co.. Philtadel-, ! Phla. ' Visitors- who pass through the city Of Philadelphia, often wonder what is the character of a certain series of building's, hemmed in by fences and usually by high walls, located in the Jieart of that city. The property is Immensely valuable because of the proximity of other prop erties. Wonder is increased then when eightseers are informed that the prop erty in question is Glrard College an orphan boys' home and school. The author of these two handsome nd imposing looking volumes is pro fessor of American history in the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. It is fitting therefore that a Philadelphian should write such a valuable history, to tell the world at large what a useful and patriotic citizen, Stephen Girard, was and how he signally honored the city of Philadelphia, his American home, by establishing a school for boys there. We are Informed that "Stephen Gir ard by will bequeathed to the common wealth of Pennsylvania J300.00O and to the city of Philadelphia cash and real estate amounting in 1S31 to more than $6,000,000. Never before had a private citizen of the United States be queathed so vast a sum for the public eood. By careful management the in vested capital of the various trust funds created by his will now amounts to more than $32,700,000. Despite the (treat benefit Philadelphia has received from the income of these trust funds, and the community from the education of orphan boys in the college, no biog raphy of Stephen Girard has hitherto been written, although he has been 86 years in his grave. A few sketches have been published, and a book by Stephen Simpson was issued immedi ately after the death of Girard in 1831. Simpson was one time a clerk In Girard's bank, and, disappointed and disgruntled because he was not made cashier, avenged himself by writing a fciography, false by deliberate intent nd by lack of Information. "Material for the story of the life of PIrard as mariner,.merchant and bank er Is abundant. The Girard manuscripts number more than 50.000 pieces. Of these, 14.000 are contained in his office letter books and represent his side of n. voluminous correspondence. Some 36,000 are letters from his captains, supercargoes, agents. correspondents dn everv seaDort of Kurone from Petrn- istt irrad to Trieste, in China, in the Kast Indies, in San Domingo and the West Indies, in South American ports, from correspondents in our own country and from bankers in Europe, Great Britain and at home. The remainder of the manuscript consists of Lhips' papers, (documents relating to trials In prize courts, prices current, and papers treat ling of matters not connected with his mercantile and banking affairs." These facts are all the more remark able, in the light of the voluminous dumber of Girard letters, when It is remembered that they must have been In ordinary handwriting, as the mod rn typewriting machine, as we know It, had not yet been Invented. It Is interesting to relate how Girard became a banker. We are told: Girard, when our war with Great Britain opened in 1812, was possessed of far more wealth than, with safety, be could use in his commercial ven tures. He turned, therefore, to bank ing, became the first private banker In our country, and rose rapidly to im portance in National finance. His let ters at this period reveal the troubles which beset him from the hostility of the Philadelphia banks and the legis lature of Pennsylvania; and show how, with David Parish, by his great sub scription he enabled the Government to float a loan of $16,000,000 for which the people of the entire country had not subscribed DO per cent. When the sec ond Bank of the United States was chartered and the stock did not sell it was his subscription of $3,000,000 that made it possible for the directors to complete the organization of the bank and begin business. It must be remembered that Girard made and lost several fortunes, before me became permanently wealthy. otephen Girard came to our coun try," writes Professor McMaster. "just oerore tne opening of the War for In dependence and during that war en gaged in two privateering ventures Which ended disastrously. After the peace he traded with French San Do mingo, until the massacre of the whites by the negroes and the establishment of the present negro Republic of Haiti put an end to all trade. Turning to Europe in 1793, just when France be came a Republic, and made war on Great Britain and brought on the world war of 1793-1815, he suffered, as did other American merchants, from the plundering French Decrees and British Orders in Council. One after another his ships and his cargoes were seized by the French, by the British, by the Swedes and the Danes. But the dif ference between those times and these Is, however, clear, for there was no Prussian beast loose in the world, on land and sea. Men and cargoes were captured, not destroyed." It appears that Ktienne Girard. later to be known as Stephen Girard. was iborn in Bordeaux, France, in 1754, that he took early to trading and- priva teering on the sea. beginning on the first round of the ladder as cabin boy. that after many vicissitudes by land end sea he came to this country, and in 1776 reached Philadelphia, which was fcis home and the scene of his remark eble business ability and prosperity Vntil bis death in 1831. This interesting account of his later comfortable home-life Is taken from one of Girard's letters: "At my age, the sola amusement Which I enjoy is to be in the country constantly busy, in attending to the work of the farm generally, also to my fruit trees, several of which, say about 300, I have imported from France, end I hope will be useful in oiir coun try. In addition to that, I have two extensive gardens, the whole of which 1 direct throughout, in consequence of not having a. good overseer or gar dener. All my valuable fruit trees are juniformly planted or trained by me. On the subject of gardening, if you want some good cabbage, lettuce, eel cry, onions, carrots, beets, turnips, par snips and other vegetable seeds which I received from time to time from dif ferent places in Europe, consequently It is pretty good, I will send you what you want for your own use. I have taken much pains with grapevines. Our severe Winters are a great ob stacle to their progress. For this few years past I lay them down and cover them with earth in the Fall, and take them up in April. They appear to do a little better. The last season I had some good fruit. I have about 250 of the best sort imported from France and Spain, except one vine which is pretty large and raised from the seed of a grape imported in a jar from Malaga. Out of that vine I had last season several fine large grapes in full maturity. Girard was blind of one eye. from early childhood, from cataract. He was a man of frugal habits. "For upwards of four years," he once wrote, "I have contracted the habit of Using nothing but ship bread and vege tables. I neither use milk, butter, meat nor fat of any kind, except sweet oil of the first class, which I have im- j ported from Bordeaux. As to my I" jinking, it is black tea at my break- "PIG-S RE ALWYS 5AT(SF.E0, AND rOCtV ARE DISSP.T(SF(D." V fast without sugar or cream. At din-1 ner I generally drink once claret and water about half and half after having drunk a tumbler of pure water, and I close my dinner with strong coffee alone without sugar, etc. In regard to supper I generally take a tumbler of water alone." Later he wrote that physicians never visited his house, and that he considered himself, in the treatment of fevers, cuts, sores, etc., as competent as anyone in the United States. Curiously enough, Glrard left direc tions that no member of a religious aect should ever be allowed to set foot within Girard College. He ordered that "no ecclesiastic, missionary or minister of any sect whatsoever shall ever hold or exercise, any position whatever in the said college, nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any pur pose, or as a visitor, within the prem ises appropriated to the purposes of the said college." But lest he be mis understood, Girard explained that he did not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person. "As there is such a multitude of eects," he con tinued, "and such diversity of opinion among them, I desire to keep the ten der minds of the orphans who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clash ing doctrines and sectarian controversy are apt to produce. My desire is that all the Instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instill into the minds of the scholars the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince be nevolence towards their fellow crea tures, and a love of truth, sobriety and ndustry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured , reason may enable them to prefer. In writing such readable volumes. Professor McMaster has not only worked on a labor of love, but he has placed in much clearer National light an often misunderstood patriot who oc cupies an honored page in the ranks of really great Americans. The Smiting or the Rock, by Palmer Bend. $1.50. ti. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City. In real life. Palmer Bend, our author, is George Palmer Putnam, once a news paper man at Bend, Or., and more re cently private secretary to Governor Withycombe. and a member of the Third Oregon Infantry, which served on the Mexican border. Mr. Putnam is now in New York City, where his fam ily is engaged in the publishing busi ness. But, why "Palmer Bend?" It is significant of the modesty of our author that he, for a time, pre ferred to remain anonymous. The name of Putnam is well known in the pub lishing trade. Determined, therefore, to find out beyond the shadow of a doubt, what the publishing house "reader" thought of "The Smiting of the Rock' on its own merits, our author, as humble Palmer Bend, sent him the story on approval and back came the story marked "O. K." Mr. Putnam was satisfied, then, that the story was "safe ; and so it saw the light. But great was the wonder of the trade when it became known, lat er, that the author was none other than George Palmer Puf nam. t ne smiting or the Rock" is a story of love and irrigation in Eastern Ore gon, and has that nearly dif f icult-to-explain quality, decided human inter est. It is an honor to literary Oregon. It has the ring of truth, the essence of honor, and is filled with the sturdy spirit or the Oregon pioneer of our day and generation. It is a lively, and al ways readable. The hero is David Kent, homeseek- er. An Easterner, he had heard from his friend, Mrs. Alton Pennoyer, of Bishop Rudd, of Eastern Oregon, and when Kent met the bishop, the latter talked so enthusiastically about Oregon as a place for homeseekers that Kent made up his mind to go there. At that stage of the game, Kent was a sort ef social butterfly, and did not possess enough money to appeal as a possible son-in-law to rich and, scheming Mr. and Mrs. Pennoyer. Miss Valentine Pennoyer, daughter of this couple, was fond of Kent, but was too socially ambitious to .become engaged to marry a moneyless young man. Valentine and Kent agreed to wait one year, whiie Kent went out to "wild" Oregon to seek his fortune. Bishop Rudd gives Kent letters of in troduction to several people in 'East ern Oregon. Kent was told to proceed to a place called Farewell, Or. The train bore him to Shaniko, and one of his fellow passengers was Miss Crete or Lucretla Colton, school teacher and rancher. . A stage runs from Shaniko to Fare well, price $10, and an auto trip costs $20. Kent chooses the stage trip, and is hugely amused at the driver, "Dad" Trumble. a talkative, elderly man with a fund of stories fishy and otherwise. One of Bishop Rudd's letters of in troduction was to Pharaoh, alias Fair. Jones, newspaper editor, and owner of the nearly defunct Farewell Pioneer newspaper, and Kent secures employ ment as assistant editor. The Pioneer is published Wednesdays. The lone compositor is Mrs. Jones. Farewell, Or., is suffering from the failure of an irrigation scheme engi neered by tne Bonanza Irrigation Com pany, James Failing, manager. Failing had sold land to settlers, before he turned on the water, and soothed them with golden promises. "Dad" Trumble tells Kent that the irrigation scheme is "crooked," and that it. is a plan to fleece Innocent settlers. as there is not enough water available to flood the ditches. The scheme of the South Canal unit is declared to be a failure. Failing and his fellow schemers ask the editor of the Pioneer newspaper not to expose their irrigation graft, and they offer to buy the newspaper plant. Kent is torn two ways. He is half engaged to Miss Valentine Pennoyer, and he Is vastly Interested in Miss Crete Colton. schoolma'am. Miss Pennoyer accompanies her fath er to inspect some irrigation proper ties, in which he is interested, in the West, and to her surprise finds that one of his properties is at Farewell. Now, Kent is determined to expose the irrigation scheme, and finds to his embarrassment that one of his oppon ents is the rich Mr. Pennoyer. A eud den coolness makes its presence felt between Miss Pennoyr and Kent. Kent, who is something of an en gineer. plans a scheme that will mean salvation to the deluded settlers; he proposes to bring the waters of Lost Lake to the rescue of the irrigation oroiect. How Kent, Miss Colton, and the Bish op, all work together toward this end behold. Is not the action all cleverly described in these storied pages? How to Fare Life, by Dr. Stephen S. Win so cents. B. w. Huebaeh, New Torn city. Dr. Wise, formerly rabbi of the Tern pie Beth Israel, of this city, and now rabbi of the Free Synagogue. New York City, has written a book of good ad vice for young and old so educative a book that he has earned the right to be called one of the best thinkers and doers of his time. There are 82 pages, in these three sections: Touth, Maturity and Age The first essay tells how to prepare for life; the second how to serve and achieve, and the third how not to grow old. Dr. Wise's message is written in clearly understood, crisp, cultured Eng llsh, with delightful, short sentences. Would that all young folks especially could read these pages. Many a weak character would be Improved thereby. In the concrete the lesson Dr. Wise teaches is to know, to love, to serve Here is one paragraph, on page 28 that has the real ring of Dr. Wise' voice as we heard him preach in this city "Give yourself to something great, enroll under the banner of a high cause, choose as your own some stand ard of self-sacrifice, attach yourself to a movement that makes not for you own gain, but for the welfare of others and you will have come upon a rich ly satisfying, as well as engrossing, ad venture. War Letters of Edmund Genet, edited by Grace Ellery Channinx. $1.50. Charles Scribners Sons, New York City. These war letters, from France prln clpally, are more than ordinary. They are worthy of a literary Bhrlne. Genet, barely 20 years old, was tn first American aviator killed flying th Stars and Stripes. He was the great great-grandson of the first minister from the French republic to this coun try. His aviation mates liked Gene and called him "Smiler." Leaving the United States Navy afte service at Vera Crus In 1914, Genet enlisted as a private in the French For eign Legion. His letters tell of 1 months' service as a legionary, culm! nating in a graphic account of the great Champagne offensive. He then becam a member of the famous Lafayette Es cadrille. where his cheerful courage won him many devoted admirers amon his asoBCiates, and his letters are full of such heroic names as those of Chap man. Prince and Lufbery. After a num ber of conflicts with Boche aviators. In eluding the one in which McConnell was lost, he was himself killed the first American to fall after our declara tion of war. He Who Rreaks, by Tnna Temens. $1.50. Dodd. Mead & Co., New York City. Rarely is a more daring love story published. In it lovi Is crucified for all to see. Theodore BIran, the hero, is a sculp tor, but so much of a brute that If a stronger man than he gave him, Biran, horse-whipping, the punishment would be tame and would not have fitted the social crime he committed. Going to a friend's music recital. BIran notices one of the violin students. Miss Elsa Colt, and decides that she has the genius of music in her, but that she has not been awakened. So Biran awakens Elsa. What he does is to break social conventionali ties. They practically live together, without benefit or blessing of clergy, and there is lots of fine talk about love, the right of every human being to live his life to its chosen ends, etc. Jails yawn for such image-breakers as Theo Biran. Do such stories help? S. O. 8. Stand To! by Sergeant Reginald Grant. Illustrated. $1.B0. . Appleton Co, New York City. In this exciting novel of the big war in France, Sergeant Grant, of the First Field Artillery Brigade. First Canadian Division, has told of his varied experi ences during three years as gunner in the front-line trenches of the Somme. Sergeant Grant had so many escapes from what seemed certain death that his Major called it "darned horse-shoe luck." Grant worked principally in the sacrifice-gun battery so-called from the fact that it is usually placed only 300 yards back of the front-line trench. In case of a raid by the enemy it is rare that the gunners escape with their lives. There is no time to run. Raspntm and the Unosian Revolution, by Princess Catherine RadzlwilL $3. Illus trated. John Lane Co., New York City. So much has been published recently in The Oregonlan concerning Rasputin, "the mad monk of Russia," and the country named, that it is not advisable to print an extensive review of his life. Our author had evidently unusual ad vantages and opportunities in Russian society to see all that could ba seen nd hear all possible concerning Ras- utin; and the mirror she holds up Is remarkable one. The book Is filled with sensations bout a most uncouth personage in Russian society, Rasputin, one who In he end perished miserably. The Real Frost, by Arthur Hunt Chute. $1.60. Harper & Brothers, New York City. There is much human. Interest In this Canadian story of the war in France, an ntimate, friendly touch that the reader will like. Our author was, or is, a Canadian rtillery officer, and as a war corre spondent he had passed through the Balkan and Mexican campaigns. His chapters do not follow each other in events as they happen are concerned. Mr. Chute takes full leeway and the result is mighty entertaining reading. Here and there are reference to the part American trooops will play in the war. The best of the story deals in a record of the glorious deeds of our au thor s command, the first Canadian con tingent, the men of Yprea, Stories of the Steppe, by Maxim Gorky. 25 cents. Standard Co., Bwton, Mass. Maxim Gorky. Russian, has been called a dreamer-revolutionist, a liter ary realist. Here are three short tales written by him, and breathing of queer conditions In Russian life: "Makar Chudra," "Because of Monotony" and "The Man Who Could Not Die." These tales are masterful, but often unpleas ant to those of fastidous taste, and certainly not meant for babes. The Odyssey of a Torpedoed Transport, by Y, and translated from tne renrh by Grace Fallow Norton. I.2o. Houshton- liirriln. Co.. Boston, Mass. A stirring French classic of the war, as affecting the adventures of a French transport, the 1'almlr, which it is feared, is now at the bottom of the ocean having met her fate through the agency of a German torpedo. It's a merry, lively story of entertaining qualities. The American Spirit, by Franklin K. Lane. T5 cants. Frederick A. Btokes Co.. New York City. Thirteen messages of National im port, mostly addresses delivered by our friend the Secretary or tne interior. They are on a variety of topics, but the trend of them all is democracy. The American spirit lives in these 131 pages. Quite inspiring. Sewing and Textiles, by Annabell Turner. $.S. D. Appleton 4k CO., nsw xora city. One of the admirable wln-the-war series. This book gives easily under stood instructions in the details of all kinds of plain sewing, darning, patch lnsr. etc.. so that they may be taught to children or may ba used lor seir-in- structlon. My Boy in Khaki, by Delia Thompson Lutes $1. Harper ft ifrotners. New iora i-ny. A brave, courageous American moth er who sees her only son going as a soldier to France. His letters to her make up a good part of the excellently told story, which is one of rare, quiet literary merit. Cape Cod: New and Old, by Arnes WwarJi, tz. Illustrations. iiougnion-aaiiiun u. Boston Mass. A series of delightful, conversational essays or papers depicting the charms and memories of that old-time ocean playground and Summer resort of New England, Cape Cod. The Ne-er-lo-Mnch. by Eleanor Halloweil Abbott. $1. Illustrated. Dodd. Mead St Co., New York City. A bright, clever novel, written with that delightful charm noted in the literary treats of the author of "Molly Make-Believe" and other successes. The Yellow nog. by Henry Irrlnn Dotlite. SO cents. Harper 4c Brothers. New loric City. Here is a story that the American reading public has been waiting for. It exposes cowardly. rumor-spreading pro-Germans In this country, and fea tures their effective punishment. The Joyoos Trouhle-Maker, by Jackson Gregory. $1.40. Dodd. Mead ac Co., New York City. A healthy, bright love story of ranch life In the West, and really worth reading for its entertaining qualities. NOISELESS PIANO IS NEXT Woman Plays Instrument Without Disturbing Neighbors. PHILADELPHIA. June 25. The noiseless piano is on the way, and the young lady in the flat above soon will cease to terrify. Mrs. Mary Hallock Greenwalt has been demonstrating to friends here a mechanical apparatus which plays pi ano music in colors. It simply gives the "correct color value' 'of each note, and makes you feel as though you were listening to music, when, as a matter of fact, you're only looking at music Mrs. Greenwalt, before her marriage, was a concert pianist of some stand ing, and therefore doesn't play ragtime in colors, but her "Triumphal March," from "A id a," Is said to be a fine com bination of rich purples and high car mines, and on the .same theory it is pre dicted that a very particular bridal pair may have the "Lohengrin" music In white and conventional black, or may choose a programme to match the bride's hair. In future, when you attend a musical, you may have to dhess to match the music American military bands, equipped with variations of Mrs. Greenwalt'a device, might drive the foe Into a froth ing rage by projecting over his lines such airs as "What'll We Do With Him. Boys?" or might blind whole regiments with jass music it is pointed out. LOST SISTER IS LOCATED Harry Soule Finds Relative Through Ad In Newspaper. CHICAGO. June 28. Harold G. Soule, a private in Company F. 48th Infantry. Camp Stuart, Newport News, has lo cated his sister. Miss Myrtle Soule, of New Bedford, Mass., whom he never saw, through an advertisement in the New Bedford Standard. Mr. Soule believed he had a sister living in New Bedford. He observed In a New Bedford directory the name of Rufus A. Soule, Jr., treasurer of the Soule mill, and as the name was spelled in the same way as his own, wrote to him for information. There in no relationship between the two families, and Mr. Soule. knowing noth ing of the soldier's family, searched the city records and failed to find his name among the New Bedford births. He then advertised. Miss Soule responded. She explained that her brother was born at Pitts- field on August 11. 1837. They will exchange photographs and correspond. Private Soule has been in the service of the United States for over one year. Cripple Marvel of Industry. SILVER CITY, N. M., June 1. In canvassing this city for Red Cross members a Red Cross team of cam paign workers stopped at the home of Mrs. Catherine Wilson, a 76-year-old widow. The visitors learned that, al though Mrs. Wilson is a sufferer from rheumatism which had badly crippled her hands and confines her to her bed most of the time, had knitted seven sweaters and mufflers for th Red Cross in the past few weeks. MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE CONSPICUOUS IN INTERESTING WAR NEWS OF WEEK Naval Lieutenant From Arizona Made Prisoner by U-Boat Raider; Eddie Rickenbacker, Who Wanted Something More Exciting Than Driving General Pershing's Car in France, Finds It in Flying Branch of Service. J Vndfixtad ct I LAi.M-,.. 't.,in,., Jl I inctertvood ct 1 1 . LM,,.t. J . 'j I Ihcrosd I tJL&i " UndertroodAYX I- ig) tnderwooaM Y ' -i&) 1ndertfOodJVY r LIEUTENANT E. U. N. ISAACS. United States Navy, was taken prisoner by the German subma rine which sunk the United States steamship President Lincoln. May SI. Lieutenant Isaacs cams into service from Arizona. a Lieutenant Eddie RIckenbacher, of the American aviation service, was for merly chauffeur to General Pershing, but wanted something more exciting and changed to the flying branch of the service. He was one of the best known auto racers in this country and has been seen on speedways from Maine to California. Ha has been of ficially credited with bringing down a number of boche machines and is re garded as a daring and courageous flyer. Wallace E. Johnson, champion tennis player, has laid aside his white flan nels and his racquet to don Uncle S&n's khaki and shoulder a musket. Jchnson. who is a Sergeant, is sta t'oned at Camp Crane, Aflentown, Pa. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania he won the intercolleg iate tennis champs and ever since has gained international fame as one of the best racquet-wieldcrs that ever shot an ace over the net. The Earl of Beauchamp has been elected president of an organization formed in English towns for the pur pose of "adopting" American towns so as to give the arriving American, sol diers all the comforts of "home. The people of Worcester have 'adopted" Worcester, Mass., and will do eveiything possible to attend to the wants of our boys hailing from the American city. Newport has "adopted Newport, R. -MSf .. j '. ' I : ' 'JsSSssNy . I ): : A n - 4 -J IN PORTLAND'S CHURCHES (Continued From Pate 10.) tral Church Is working energetically toward securing a permanent pastor to succeed Rev. Arthur F. Bishop, who was compelled to retire temporarily from church work on account of ill health. Rev. A. C. Moses, of the Waverly tl.-k. rnnvrMirttllnnal Church, will preach this morning at 11 o'clock upon "What Is the wedding varment: i 8 o'clock the subject will be "Doing Our Best." The church is located on East Thirty-third street and Woodward avenue. "The Comforter" meetings will be held today, as usual, in the assembly room of the Portland Hotel. At 11 o'clock this morning Mrs. Florence Crawford will speak on "The Master and the Law." At 8 this evening her topic will be "Your Star." A healing meeting is held every Thursday even ing at 8 o clock In tno noiei. ini lectures are open to all. Rev. J. H. Boyd. E. D.. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of Twelfth and Alder streets, has returned here from American Lake and will preach in his pulpit today both morn ing and evening. Dr. Boyd has spent the week at Camp Lewis talking to the men as they thronged the Y. M. U. A. huts in great numbers. Many of the men there are on the point of departure for France and were found exceedingly deceptive to the message which Dr. Boyd brought to them. At 10:30 A. M. today Dr. Boyd will speak on "Making the World Safe for Christian Character." and at 8 o'clock in the evening he will preach on "Our Country at War and Christ a Comparison." At 7:45 in the evening and continuing until 8 o'clock there will be an organ recital by Edgar E. Coursen. At 9 o'clock, after evening service, the usual reception will be held for the soldiers who attend the service. A special in vltation is extended to soldiers to at tend the services at this church and meet the members. Wednesday evening Vernon Presby terian Church will hold a church social on the lawn of the church. This is a free-for-all social for all members of the congregation and will be a real "get-together" for young and old. It will be conducted under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society. This morning the sermon topio will be "Allies and Alliances." Rev. Dr. Landsborough will talk on the viola tion of traditions, previously considered secure, and will Impress -upon his hear ers the importance of being allied with that which abides. In the evening his sermon will be "A Soldier's Seri ousness." In this sermon he will refer to the letter of Adrian Edwards, pub - . .... ..A .' . . , v . a w v-' SV- -. .--r-y SB, VV ) V,.' , I La-t u . v I I T .v r t., and It Is said that London may "adopt" New York. Sergeant David E. Putman. of New ton, Mass., is reported to have downed five German airplanes on June 10. Three of his aerial victories are now lished in The Sunday Oregonlan. and written to his mother on the eve of battle. "A Costly Heritage" will be the sub ject of the Fourth of July sermon at St. James' English Lutheran Church, by the Rev. W. E. Brinkman at 11 o'clock today. Sunday school will be held at 9:50 A. M. The evening serv ice and Luther League will be omitted during the Summer. - The Realization League meets at :10 at 1SS Fifth street, over the Woman's Exchange. Rev. 11. Edward Mills, lead er, will speak at 11 A. M. on "I and My Father Are One." and at 8 P. M., "Tri umphant Truth." At Calvary Presbyterian Church, cor ner Clay and Eleventh streets. Rev. R. W. Rogers will speak at 10:;i0 A. M. today on "The Relation of Christ to a League of Nations," and at 8 P. M. on "What Shall We Teach About the Sec ond Coming of Christ?" At Trinity Church. Nineteenth and Everett streets, there will be a cele bration of the holy communion at 8 o'clock this morning in the chapel. At 11 o clock there will be morning prayer and sermon In the church. The sermon will be preached by the rector. Dr. A. A. Morrison. The subject of the sermon will be the most difficult of command ments. "1-ove Ye Your Enemies." taken from St. Luke, sixth chapter. 35th verse. The discussion will be Interesting as applied to the war situation. Evensong will take place In the chapel during the Summer at 8 o'clock. Strangers are invited to all the serv ices. Rev. Robert Murray Pratt will preach at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, corner Missouri and Shaver, this morn ing at 11 o'clock. The subject of the sermon will be "When the Friend Be side You Goes Away." TRAINED APE TAKES LEAVE "Charles, the Great," Slixes With Throng of Pedestrians. WASHINGTON. June 15. Page Mr. Darwin. A "missing link" raised high jinks in Washington on the Sabath. Charles the Great, a monarch among apes, went abroad and strolled down Ninth street with a Sunday afternoon throng of human pedestrians. Charles the Great boasts of an an cestry which dates back beyond the advent of Adam. He is a blue-blooded F. F. A. of the species who Darwin claimed were Uie real progenitors of the human race. Being a leader of the F. F. A. (first families of apes), Charles the Great resenta captivity by . rr.v. -n. official while the others are under In vestigation. This record. If the five victories are officially credited, makes hi? total 15 and causes him to supplant Lieutenant Frank Bayliss. of New Bedford. Mass., as the American ace of aces. us inferior descendants of the cave man. He tired of the spotlight at a local theater and broke a date with his trainer and also a rope which held him in a dressing-room. His Apeship is prepossessing only to his kin. His appearance on the thoroughfare followed his sensational escape from his dressing room in the theater. He dropped from the second story window to an awning and thence to the sidewalk in the midst of a crowd. Panic threatened until the forest mon arch scurried up I street and into the kitchen of a restaurant. The cooks remembered other more habitable places than the kitchen and abandoned juicy steaks. The food did not ap peal to the beast, and he explored the cellar. Charlie then jumped out of a window and resumed his dash up Ninth street without Interference. A paw sidesweeped a window of an art gallery and disarranged the win dow display. Charles the Great again met his master and valet, and the re union was celebrated by a return to the theater, where claims replaced ropes. HORNED OWLS KILL HOGS Chinese PI Raiser Wages War on Feathered Thieves, CIIKMANrUS. B. C. June IS. Sam Yik Kee. Chinese patriot and pig raiser, is distressed and the potential pork production of Canada has been reduced by ten fine pigs as the result of the depredations of horned owls. Sam Yik Ken had ten sturdy little pigs. Then there were nine, and he couldn't account for the shortage. Next day another disappeared. Each day thereafter the Yik Kee piggery was shy another suckling animal. After the nine had disappeared the Chinaman happened to look upward and saw the carcass of one of his choice pigs hanging from the limbs of a tree. The mystery was solved. An active war is now being waged against the feathered thieves. Hatters to Aid Nation. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., June 25 Em. ployes of the Stetson hat factory in Philadelphia, numbering several thou sand, voted unanimously the other day to abstain for the duration of the war from wheat bread at meals eaten in the factory restaurant. This action tas taken at a noon meeting in the factory auditorium, attonded by 5000 employes, to whom Jay Cooke, food ad ministrator for Philadelphia, explained the need for conservation. J. Howard Cummings, president of the company, asked his employes what they wished to do in the matter, and the decision to eliminate wheat from the factory meals followed a resolution offered by an employe, which was carried with a rising vote and a great cheer. The factory restaurant serves 10,000 meals weekly.