The Oregon daily journal., May 14, 1905, Page 11, Image 11

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TTE OREGON , SIJNDAY JOURNAL';..' PORTE AND.' SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 14. 1 1905.
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DOG POISONER IS
BUSY- WEEK SPENT
ATWORK OHCE MORE
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If Bruno Has Not Returned He Is
Y. M.. C. A. Students" Attending
Frobably Among Dead I en
eetTngCo"
Are Killed in Five Days.
. With Study
NO CLUE FOUND BUT .
MANY SPEAKERS TAKE -
- 1 PART IN EXERCISES
: MANY BITS OF BAD MEAT
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Corey and
The, Portland Automobile club held
special meeting : Friday evening-, -which
. was largely attended, i and at which a
' great amount of enthusiasm we manl-r-feted.
The principal business" of- the
meeting was the hearing- of the reports
T of the committees appointed some time
ago by President Blumauer. r All of the
Committees reported progress and thelrprotecV them. -One of the judgegajl
.-. runnrlm' mhnmmA tbat considerable Work
'- - A had been done.
- The meet, run and race committee
; V'" stated that; they-had looked into; the
a-J - mattet-er Iveldlng -races on Memorial
' ,7 day. and the elul promptly gave them
i . iiower to go Bhead.vThe. plan la to-hotd
' ihe events-at . Irvlngton race track.
"r.rri, in I i . n. m iitiam-ina-rsce,
breaking contest and a-10 mile
"' race for runabouts. In the runabout
."-event the drivers will have many things
to do en route that will make the race
one of great Interest. The committee
was alao empowered -to- purchase a p
propnsie megan ior pnm Knnc. meeu
1L.J : .Tht road fommittee. announced that
$l,Htf were ebrtected''ao far In order to
- 7-the Jjlnnton .road.T.haworlt of
..;;l-olinig thia driveway wilt begin. soon
'; aa the necessary arrangements can be
'-A made. A local oil company has offered
the club 100 barrels of oil to be used
r t "T on part of the road.nilrlBi. Other
i ii matters of a' minor Importance eame up
.., . ' ."-i and were disposed of ty the club. B
t ' , far the outlook for a good road 1 ex.
tremely bright. - ;"
h The race meet at Irvlngton. will at--fi
' tfact many. - This will be the first op---if-
portunlty-trrat4 PortlandersTiave Ta3to'
fhe-roernbvrg Ot
the meet, run and -race committee, ares
Dr. CV B. Brown, David Honeymsn, Ed
gar- Ijowell, -D. C. aRetlly. Bert Hall,
F- Upmannd.CharlA.Brlgga.; The
f read- enmmxtee' men ane"i."C Atws-4
worth; A. K. Bentley, Charles Brlgga.
H. r Keats, Lodla Russellard and H.
The.ciu.b- will, give- a .Tbik parade the
' i mgnt rfrTTTd Memnrisi rtsr an era'-
' On Memorial day. Immediately -after
which the jiarade wlll' proceed-to ..the
r'T'ra'Cc .tr'acl. ,.The membership committee
"77 ilso .made a "favorable report. The
memlicrs rei C A I laky, W. 2. -Travit,
T 1 H. K Woo'd". Hoiiard Holland and Ben
, Holladay. The, speed committee are:
1 diaries J. Geek, Wi Llpmsn, Rol
t Wtevenr.- El wood WilesU-Wemma and
ArE. Mackuy. . : ...
-Hli driver, are off far the trans-
: coiitinentaraceOTHPW-Ttn4tt--thl
I Lewis and Clark centennial In this city.
l'rrry .Megargee of Buffalo la drtvtn E
t one of the Olds runabouts and Dwlnht
, Is. Haas ot letroit. the other s uotn
"zZt these meri drove cars on the St. Louts
,' tour last yeaf".! This race has aroused
great, interest among automoblllsts, and
a flood of applications poured In on the
'.' . olds works. In response: to their $1,000
prise .offer and call for volunte'era to
... drive the cars. The race promise to
been an interes-ting one. One of the re
atrUtlon imposed oil the -drivers-wUll
. - be the observation of the road laws of
k , : the state through which they are pass-
- Ing. L'nder -no circumstances are they
. , to exceed the speed limit, i " - 1 .
b lit connection with the race the Olds
.Motor works are offering a series of Tt
- prliesotj)hotogTaphs JUJtaa by-pensM
zzSzzaza aionB; - the route at prlxe uf Her
. the second of 1S, third of $10, J5 of
$$ each, and (0 of $1 each. In each case
'' . the competitor must send In one print
r mounted on cardboard-or-llnea and the
negative. The prtaoa will be awarded
strictly on the merit of the photograph
. BUbmrtted-,:iiot-aa Tegarda- the" time re
ceived. Maps showing the route are on
exhibition at all the Oldsmoblle agencies
throughout the country, whera informs
tlon oan be obtained regarding the UmalP l!h letlHlltture. ltdoo not become
of passing through different towns, etc.
. i Mr. Keats, the local agent. It receiv
ing information ..daily from hla agents
,r throughout the state regarding the con
": dltlon of the roads, and before the east
i ernert reach the Oregon line Mr. Keats
-wilt know which roads are the beat for
' travel in Oregon. This Information will
be given- to. the -drivers at the first
. .." opportunity. "
i Shortly beforiJiOQnBaturdayChrlea
"f" IT" Wrldgway of Newjrork city finished
the most remarkable continuous run of
'.'' 1.000 miles- that hayet been; achieved
at. .with an automobile, starting at :(
Hk' f oviiwk nn tfridav mornlna. Wrldaway
drove his car, -without having the en
gine atop at any time, around and
around the mile course of the Brighton
Beach racetrack until ha had completed
l.vOe -miles at 11:28:04 o'clock Satur
day morning. Tho performance was
timed by a ship's chronometer and half
a 'doaen atop watches In tht bands of
capable persons, and 'the time for the
thousand miles was agreed on as 36
houra6 mlutee--aeondr Thjst
iM-"-lntee-itd-J-aoonde-betteT4aJ xd" -Heatn-police' court for-es
than the previous record for $l,000-mlle
notv-etop run on the track, - made last
summer by Charlea Schmidt at Detroit..
Wrldgway t feat Indicates that with a
pervVct' stretch of road between New
Y9rk "ajid Chicago it would be possible
to make the rp In 14 .hours or 'lens.
, fWrldgwCy finished his task In fairly
good condition. On the run he was tut
talned fry chicken "and ham sandwiches
, and coffee, He, stopped, or flowed, up,
every loo miles' o get a eahdwtrh or
L two and a Cup of coffee, " Ootslde of tbls
;dtrt he had two drink of whiskey and
-nothing else In the way of stimulant
. Fresh suppllea ol - gasoline, etc were
i taken on when ie stopped fbr food.
All through Friday nlflit, when heavy
'mUt tiling over the groundr, Wrldgwky
continued hla circling drive around the
course and much of the time he had to
steer by faith 'and Hake his chances of
: going through the fence. ..Before-dark
5ael In on Friday the Inner 'rail of the
' track had been strung with 144 Incan
Riddl in One of Their Crack Cadillac
descent light in red globes.-but the
mist was often to heavy that these were
not discernible. Mr. Vrldgway removed
his goggle In order that, he might' b
able to see. the guiding lights. He found
the wind and the mtat and the dust
more than his naked eye could endure,
however, and he called for something to
hannv thoucht f.nd a woman a Veil,
and he took 4hem both to the heroic
motorist Mr, Wrldgway adjusted In a
veil with a laugh, but he kept it on until
the end of hie drive, and then said that
It wa tbe finest thing that fcaisad" ever
"UTtjrfl Jft "ft ' BJOtOl" CB f4 rjtrr, ire--4Itsi ir .
The last 170 mtleB of "the run were
driven br Wildgway wliheut a atrip True.
food or for enarlne sunlles. He wss out
to make time on the last stretch of the
trip and drove as If he were racing. His
time, would, have been a few minutes
better because of this spurt had tt not
been for an accldentthat-flccurredlo
the i-ar when It was 80 miles frnm the
end of the journey. The exhaust pipe
broke and a piece of it fell to the track.
It was teen danf ling , by the Judges and
Wrldgwsy" wss - warned - through the.
megaphone to stop, which he did. Sev.
cral minutes in all were lost: .
. The car with which Wrldgway made
the run, ll JMUlarJPeeflesa touring
model, of 14 horsepower, except that
It had a facing body with a seat for
two, and extra large tanks, for fuel, .
lubricating oil and water. Roy Was son
rodo with Mr. .Wrldgway a large part
of the time, and there was alwaya some
tmsmrttnr Beat beside the driver.' There
rae-wm-hreVef pntlce totetfaranca
1 ys.eraay monm.g. put. in w wruru
off by the explanation being made that
Wrldgway was being regularly relieved
at the wheel by Wasspn and' was a pas-
jtongec .part of tb-Haie. -This pacified
tbe cop. even though it waan t true.
' Tht aoore of Mr. Wrldgway' drive.
by hundred miles, was as folow
Mile. H.M. S.IMiles. It M. 8.
M .......It lJtOu...,-17 18
$00 .i.M.4 43 4 im ...4,,l. " ti
300 .......7 4 40) n-.... ..10 65 J
400 7rr;;T.1rit 19 pT.r:23 "3 ,fi &
SOfr-V.-rr.-.l $0 34il.0jJ;.-:vr.H 60. 1
A Toptka. Xannaa,' paper. In speaking
of Barney Qldfleld'a rwcent visit to that
city says: , "Barney Oldfleld honored
the big chief and a mob of police re-
P.OTleTslaatyenIng byTEainiqg them
around town in hla touring car. - Not
withstanding the fact that there is a
slow-coach ordinance and that the maj-
ety xif the law. was one of the party,
I Mr, Old field gave aeveral Uttleexhlot
tlons of high life and close shaving.
When he got an open stretch of street
in-the suburbs Hie- pinched -something,
twisted something else and kicked the
machine In the Jaw. In reply to the
insult the carriage got up and dusted.
Doc held onto his hat and the reporters
exchanged dying confidences. "
"When he eased up a. little about a
m" ome on? nlm nc"
""t the wagon would go "Oh. 'bout a
mile away,, some one asked him how
mile a minute,' he, replied casually. On
the way back the reporters bet 'the cigar-
that, he-would -or wouldn't knock
down a ttlephone pole. .But there were
no casualties. The wizard of- tbe gaso
line bugjry has a way of bending the
maomntrfi
tottls a harr
raiaor. lie turne the-front end of the
car, and then by a twist of the wrist
makes the . rear wheels Jump around
and take up the trail. The reporters all
agreed that they would refuse afiy in
vitatlotrfro ride with Mr. Oldfleld when
he goes out on the track with hla green
aragon.-
Oovernor Pennypacker' of Pennavlva.
nia last week signed the 'Orlm automo
bile bill, which had passed both houses
operative, however, until January
lUO, ; , , '
Thf measure la worse than the pres
ent law in some .respects, but was ac
cepted a a compromise ,by sutomobtl
latB of the state after 1t had been shorn
of some of Its most obnoxious features.
It. regulates the speed of automobiles in
streets and public highway at 10 and
20 mllea an hour, respectively, provide
fOL ttifl llceaalng of the-operators, flXCi
the amount of license, regulating pro
ceedings of action in damages, and pre
scribes penalties for violation.
. All fines and penalties shall be paid
to the city, borough or townahlp treas
urer wherein the offense is -committed
for. the benefit of public . roads, exenpt
In cities of the first class, wn'ere, the
money shall be paid Into the treaauary
I for the us of the cftyVA-.-kn.-
The duko or f ire must be numbered:
among those unfortunate motorists -who
Jiava dashed, unconsciously, into a well
aid po,let"trap."r " ' ' : - :
, Last week hie chauffeur, Alfred Lit-
leywhlte, - wae fined 110 and-ensta-at
ceeaing in-legal speea limit.
. There, were some ironical coincidences
hi connection with the case. On April
1 the Duke and Duchess of Fife were
motoring to Brighton, and had reached
Bolnay , crossroads when, from his- hid
ing" iJlaee'stepped a uniformed policeman
named King. He held up a wanting fin
ger, t
, The motor clr wa stopped, and the
duke, looking surprised, jumped out.
Then Police, Constable Waghorn cam
up and Informed the duke that he had
been traveling at the rate of 34tt mile
an hour.- . . ,
"Hard line." Mid the duke, laconic
ally. ... "J ' ... '
, An Invitation to go back .and Inspect
the 4ltdrlcal timing apparatus Invented
by tht chief eonatable of East Sussex
wat declined by the distinguished mo
torist, who remarked" thaV'he would not
dlaVute the word of the police.
Up to this point the constables were
not aware of the Identity, of . their
Machine.
"vietlm." but - they were ubequently
enlightened by. two ; gentlemen, .one a
member of the neerage, who had been
witnesses of-the-Incident. Thei-eheOf-
feur had . tendered bis name, and - tne
nollce wera satisfied. '
Thirteen other motorists, principally
from London, were charged . with, ex
ceeding the -legal limit, and the fines
and coats imposed exceeded 150.
NOTES OF THE TRADE.
The : greatest benefit to . the . auto-
mobtleWdu stry- by racing ! to adver-
tlse and keep it before the public and
byttraethit, laige tiuwds 'gecUfB
paper publicity. The public ha been
more quickly "educated to, the wonderful
speed and possibilities pf. the auto
.mobile and the stability of the industry
in this way- thanittay oiuerr- and -the
constructor , of successrutracerTiave
reaped. large rewards In high prloea and
Increased sales. " There Is no question,"
says Charles A. Duerr. the agent of the
Royat-TourlBt,r"that all manufacturer
have? been idlrectly benefited, but In the
end the. manufacturer who bjullda a ma
chine that wfjl stsndup under all cbh
dltloniF With the least expefls" for '-re
newals and repairs and "yet. have suf
ficient power to satisry. - tne .-average
rider will do more eventual good for
the trade and people than racing, ma
chines, -and the art of practical , con-
stroctionr IS aimoat-oiannciiy opponeo r
tn l.that.ot,racer.li. .Tnr nf aiitomahilel
engineer -will go -to--the racer for hla
road designs." - Mr. uoerr saya ne win
forfeit $ l,0UCh to any one who can prove
that a-different axle was-used In -the
3 S-horse Royal-which ran At Brighton
recently than Is ' used - In ' any etock
Royal- ttfurlaa; car. or different front
t-cllmtunFort I.e blU-ortaaea
part In-the hill-climbing contests.
The-WlnXan Bullet xmo- i wI make
its reappearance on the ttack at Read
vllle on May 30 "for Ha third consecutive
season.--.This machine waa built in
1903 for the. Gordon Bennett-race . In
Ireland - It -has started in races- on both
sides of the Atlantic; and Jn practically
fVPry iTiprtanl marlr. n nltiv from
Boston- to
Of all the Important points Jn the
mechanism of an automobile probably
the tran8mlsloniltha moat vital.
Borne- manufacturer make their trans-
mlsslon too- wide, others use bearings
that have not - the wearing qualities,
whileothers- build the transmission
shaft to run a lot of uaeless gearing
When-on-the-hlgh.jpeedj !n the Thomas
transmission the motor drives direct on
the high speed and the two- other gears
are thrown out entirely. i nie no -oouot
accounts- for the. great apead developed
by the Thomas, which haa brought
about the nickname Thomaa Flyer, by
which this car la known throughout the
states.
fh greatest race New York
city ever known will be ; run . by. Hol
lander and Targeman thla aeason. They
f wm-havefour well known ditvers tp
operate 10 csr ' for track, roaq ana
beach racing. Charlie Meyers, who con
structed" for H.L. Bowden the eight
cylinder 120 horse-power- Mercedes
which broke the mile record at OrmJnd.
and - Fred Nagel, once a well known
cycle racing man, with Cedrlno and
I-ancla, the-Italian-drlrerawllL operate
Fiata. William Wallace win drive nis
own car and Paul Bartorl that of Alfred
Qwvnne Vanderbllt. The 10 cars for
the team Include the tine Oordon Beir-
nett machines of 130 horse-power, two
0 horse-power Flats from laat year and
two track racere to be known at the
Fiat. Br. (SO horae-power) and Fiat. Jr,
(34 - horae-power), These last - will be
constructed with -the steering wheel to
the left and hung low for last track
work.- , 1
Under date of April 1. 1905, t?nlted
State8X0nsurjrF"."M"onagTian. I'hemnlts,
Germany, transmits the following: The
United Kingdom Imported during the
first 11 months of ...104, 1,143 suto and
motor cycle machines, of f. total value
Of 3,3Z,3Q ($U,448,3SJ.
A. Q. Sctimldt of ChloAgo la'arjcanglng
for an attempt at an early date -to beat
the Chicago-New Tork record now held
by- Bert Holcomb and the Columbia.
Bchmldt wat ajtarmer-holder of the ree-
ord, having beaten the original recora
between the two cltlea established by
Holcomb, who regslned It lest year. On
hie last record ride, a partnership, affair
befween"hlmself and Jerome A. Ellis,
Bchmldt drove srt ApperionnTi Tnount
In the" coming-attempt wlth.be a 60-
horsepower Beyard-Clemeht. . L .,
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7"Th( Eaaterii " Oregon Transportation
company, operating a stage route be
tween Bhanlko and Bend, have received
and are using the .first of five large
Old touring car IS ths transportation
of passenger between the two town.
.E. A." Allen, of Medford, Oregon, ha
pirched "an Olds touring car for us
In the southern Oregon cuy ana vicinuy.
L. tnuvingardt ' of thl city pur
chased Otle of the handsome Pope-Tolede
machiffe from Keatg A Co. during tht
past week.. .'
' 3. B. Toen of Ralhler. Oregon, I an
other enthii1irt to take a liking to th
new Pope-Tolbdo machine and purchased
one which he will use la Portland and
vicinity, ' ; - " . ' - .
Believed to Be Same Crew That
Worked In'Brooklyn Two Weeks
Agoland Caused Nine Deathav-
Tbe east Side oftce of Tbe Jonraal li la
tha atori f UrS. V. W. Mcklnoer. WO .Kaat
alurruwB atreau. Tvaspboo fct 210.
' . Two weeka age a dog polaoner caused
the death of half a dozen valuable ani
mal In Brooklyn, Hla-wark-jaroueed
the jritlsen and the sudden deaths
among the canine' population ceased.
This week the poisoner appeared In the
d tat riot near East Oewuteenth ,ana"Sar-
mon streets and In four days it aog
have been poisoned. One of the- own
er whorls after the scaip--Mte-pol-Qnera.Ja-JThomalLeggy.
who-Uvea at
Seventeenth and Salmon streets. ! He
lost a valuable, animal Tuesday night
but said nothing, thinking that the dog
might have .found-the poison- by acci
dent. When nine other' dogs in .-the
neighborhood died he concluded that his
pet bad been deliberately poisoned and
now--.witli the reat of the aggrieved
owner hei offerIng-ewgrdsand do
ing -detective work. - . -Hardly
a spring passe but a poisoner
brings death to some east side suburb;
Last spring-ltwae-lhft chicken- thief
who-would steal the young hens .'and
poison the old -ones; two year ago It
was th .dog - poisoner, w-.L-.
INSPECTS NEWBOSTdFFlCE.
St Sid Business Man TUlt Station A
rrr end Sxprexs Their yieetniei ;
Leading east side ' business men
crowded the new location of postal Sta
tion A at Cnlon "avenue and East" Al
l-tier street yeatSljdav. aflnrnonn
llBWB-TTpeciil7the furnishings, learned from
Superintendent W. S. Halvor what th
service will be and expressed- their gen
eral gratification that the business dis
trict of the central east tide -wotrld at
last secure adequate service. Th loca-
equipment la entirely new.anor:ample
It Is probable that the location of the
office wllHiarr a decided Influence on
new enterprlaes that -are hesitating be
tween locations on the east or west
side. This haa heen the problem that
caused the Women of Woodcraft to hes
ltals in accepting ttw i pmrfetdT" g'lte
near Holladay avenue, and aeveralwet
slde buslnesa houses, among them the
Calef Furniture company, will move to
new-quarter on the east tide, now that
the mall service ha been modernised..:
iax-Xoj
wa.wOOWXK3tllI
"B"1
- The battle of little. Rusula Is ettll
waging la the east side justice, court.
Testerday- Mary- Wldowtts won' a ault
against Pawel Sprewcow, Ju'dgment be
ing rendered for $35. -The-plaintiff
sought to recover , 5.4-, on a board bill,
The defendant 'in turn charged that he
hadTieen employed by the plaintiff at a
- - , , , . . .. .
ago .the partlea-. concerned '4a-thl euit
were before-th court, hut t that time
Sprawcow-rwas plaintiff and' sued -for
$300,- alleged by him to be due from
L Wldowits which- he- had - given Mr.
Wldowits to- keep, for hln and which
he did to a greater extent than he an
ticipated, -y Bpraweow secured a "JH0Tr-t
meat at that time' for 3260.
nxBTAir bets iro mou.
onstable, A t. Keenan of the eaatl
side justice court haa resolved never to
b?t on elections again. Thla week he
started- suit - against- G.- W.- Stapleton
and' E. J. Hall to recover $15 alleged to
be due on an election bet Thje "matter
was compromised out of court and Kee
nan, for a short time. Was happy. A
legal friend. -however, casually Informed
him that betting on the election waa an
offense and punishable as a misde
meanor and also hinted thst his position
as an officer of the law Would be somewhat-peculiar-if
some one saw fit to
tart proceedings. While the state law
on the subject Is not explicit, decision
have been rendered -which support the
contention of the aftorney and Keenan
has announced hit fatareetermlnat ton
toechewall bet.
BAST SXDS WA PBOBI.X1CV
-- If it takes lghf men three day to
nail down on plank, how long will It
take Ave men to make Uaat Morrison
street paasahleT That Is -the problem
troubling the; east side business me
who depend on the Morrison bridge for
connection with, the west side. The
eight men who have been employed to
replace the planking at the Intersection
of East Morrison street and Grand ave
nue have labored valiantly at their
taak for seven days. The exsct number
bf plank replaced can not be stated but
the epace covered Is about 10 feet
square. A a stretch of street a block
long remains to be renewed the faltb
of the most hopeful Is slowly ebbing.
MAE WOOD'S DAMAGE SUIT
- DISCUSSED BY CABINET
(Special Dlptch biLeaeed Wire to Tbe Journal)
Washington. May 13, The fact pub
lished that the Ma" Wood, case wss
discussed ' humorously at- the cabinet
meeting ha caused several ' of Miss
Wood' friends In the poatofflc de
partment to liruah up on their knowl
edge or the rase. A rriend ox- Mia.
Wood said today:
''It Is strange aa published that Sena
tor Piatt addressed Mlaa Wood ee-'Bwir
Beauty.'' :. The fact la that In letter, he
invartahly-eddeeesed- lir " 'Pear Cath v.
Tou know her name la Catherine Mae
Wood.' -I have seen Several -of thb let
ters." - . . v- "
' Ir ia not unlikely If Mist-Wood ever
get to trial, her ease against. Consul
General Wynn.-Private i Secretary to
the President Loeb and J. Martin Miller,
United Consul to Alx La Cnapelle, wit
nesses will be summoned from the post
office department to prove the exist
ence and the nature of the letters which
are alt said to have been abstracted
from Miss Wood by the Vonspiracy"
named In her process for 330,000 dam
ages.agalnat the pkrtlea,
Warren- 1- etnal! vlllag'e," but ha
three chilrrhea and regular preacher,-
-. L- - "- . 1 JU S
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Ormmpm, Ooiio. oyntory,
Life Work Metin8: Prov9 0ne
. -oLJVlost--: Prof itabtfl"-7
" ' .i Features. ., .
- '(Special Dlapatck to The Journal)
Gearhart Or.. May 13.Th last week
haa , been one of . much pleaaure and
profit to the delegatea assembled here
to take part In the T. M. C. A. student
confer ecevIheprQCfie.dlngof-the
week follows - - " - ;
The conference began Saturday even- J
tnav May 0... The vuri'Jm cauoational
Institutions represented wereWlllam.
ette unlviBllvr-Tegn Agricultural
college, t ;.-llnlveralty of Oregon, 7; Pa
cific university, 3; Albany, 3; Whitman,
3; Pallas.- 2; Philomath, U Drain Nor
mal, li Ashland Normal, l; Monmouth
Normal, IrChemawa,- 1; Unlverslty-o
Washington, T; Washington State col
lege.. Ti University of, Puget sound, (
Idaho, unlveralty.. i- Whltworth,- 6i
Montana Agricultural college, 3. - t
"Lessons' from .Other - Conference''
waa tha subiect which was discussed
by th conference leaders at the flrnjif
BeaiOTE Mfi-Hi O. MllU-XJacinocoaa v
secretary of the association! gave cf
flclent eervlce ae. thei keynote of-t he I
convention. Mr. 11. W. Stone, general
secretary of the Portland association.
Impressed the delegates with the fact
that Gearhart megntppoetiolly. 'H
lm asy,' B4-said.rtoglv a man an
open hand, and It will be eaay to give
ourselves over, to be entertained; but It
require effort to grip thing and w
have got to be in dead earnest If we
are going to get the. moat out ef this
conference."
Mr. Lester E. McLean, general secre
tary of the--ColnnhfcJprlngaaaocia. 1
tion, ad.dresaed the conf erenoe-t Sundayf
,K61nTngne"bJerwai,Work."
.. Mr, JH. O. Hill spoke Sunday after
noon from th text, "Whatsoever h
saith unto you. da It."
-.Monday afternoon Dr. C. H. Haa of
New York City spoke On "Personal Pur-
lty-ln-Young Men. Hla-addrens- was
whUe. f .nd produewl - m profound
Impression.,,
lM-Frederlek- WrrCUmpttt: ptor of
the Trinity Congregational church of
San' Francisco, spoke Tuesday morning
on the "Four Pillar of Chrlatlan Char
acter," and agotn Wednesday morning
tn the - "Three Contending urcearrla
the Life of a Christian.
ThenplBtform-addrese'ThursdBy morn
ing waa delivered by Rev. -John M.
Dean -of the Tabernacle Baptist church
of floattle. nils subject wa "Right-
eonsness.':riJilidayv morning- he spoke
on-th---"Hol y Spirit.
T((r"lii personal and . assocla-
tlon pledgee was eubacrlbed-afc--thert 1
o'clock session of tha -conference -today
for the support-of the Young-Men1
Christian Association --national commit
tee -The of ferlng waa preceded- by an
addreae hy Mr. -Leater McLean on the
association work in Japan. . He said the
most -slgntfloont -opportunity that 7had
I v r i i Kivrn
ever been given Chrlstendpnxtajifin4
emperor'
work in the Japanese army. Mr. H. O,
Hill followed with an-appeal for, support
of the work at home, which resulted in
the above subscription. .. .
i The evening life work' meeting was
conducted by Mr. Reno Hutchinson of
the Portland aeaoclatlon, who gave an
address on the opportunities of an asso
ciation secretaryship.
Thla Bunduy Is
thu laat Am nf 111
sapeelad -that It Will
be one of the most Impressive days of
tKeineetmgr-lt will begin at o'clock
with - a eervlce - conducted- by- Mr. C,
Tener, on the spiritual awakenings In
the colleges. At 11 O'clock Lr. Haaa will
give an address , on "Service. ' An af
ternoon service will be led by Mr. Ivan
B. Rhodes of the Portland association.
followed HB-the evening by the farewell
meeting
One of . the most prof liable f eaturea
of the conference has been the life-work
meetings, held 'every evening. These
meetings nave urrn uosiriicu w uim
young men to "a. thoughtful, Intelligent
and heart-searching, consideration of the
important matter or cnoomnif -m- mt
work. The leadera have been men of
velwable TrofMtlmial eapetlrwe and
aympathetlo appreciation of the prob
lems of young men.
- The regulsr morning Institutes . have
been df greannterest and profit. Mr.
Reno Hutchinson, religious work direc
tor of the,-' Portland association, con
ducts a clatia In T. M. C. A. work and
mot hod a; lr.- Haaa haa Acl8SBlnforl
elgn missionary work Mr. Charles
Tener leads a personal workers' class
and Mr. Lester McLean Instructs a
class of Bible study leaders. Then there
are various classerwhtchr meet for an
hour-eah morning In Bible atudy. An
hour each evening has been devoted to
the dlacuaslon of aasoclatlon work In
the colleges. The efttrnoons have been
given, over to recreation and athletics.
There have been boating, bowling, base
ball and tennis tournamenta and varloua
lnterclaas, intercollege and . Interstate
contests. ' ' "!nir
Altogethr"the "thyrd annual-student
conferenp'e" of thclu.-M C. A. haa been
a very j successful .yj enjoysble' occasion.-
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EIGHT HOUR LAW TO
PREVAIL IN PANAMA
Mody Oecides Contracts for
Canal Work Must Be Made - -r
n Regulation Time.
(Sprcial rtlipatcB by tested Wlrs to T be Joornal)
i Washington. Mar-IS The labor
presidents lAve won. In their. contention
through Attorney-Oeneral Moody that
tha eight hour law ought to prevail on
the Isthmian work for the government.
It came before the attorney-general on
proposition of many contracture to the
war-department that they could fur
bish Chinese and 'Japanese laborers,
who. would work almost Indefinitely.
8ec3etarjfjraft..then taw that the Im
portant question was Involved and re
ferred th matter to the attorney-general.
Moody has decided that the con
tracts must ie jnade on en eight hour
basis. "-!' ' - i
The questions of extra pay for extra
hours, etc., hwve been sent back to
the attorney-general for elucidation
. Secretary Taft proposes to rertws-.Htl
contracts and make Inquiry ; Into the
character of r,t foreign, contractor!
He has elated that thla sbaU be'ljo
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