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THB OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY BVBNING, OCTOBER li, 1I0S. MAGNATE'S SON TO DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO SLUMS Rev. Edward Laughlin of Pitts burg Refuses to Accept Pas torate of Fashionable Church ; and Goes Among Philadelphia Poor as an Assistant. (Journal apodal SsrvlM.) - Philadelphia, Oet. 15 Renouncing a life of ease and luxury to Work with tn poor In the slums. Rev. Edward Laushlln. on of the Pittsburg Iron and ateel multi-millionaire, haa come to tins city aa aaalatant paator of the Preaby terian church In one of the poorest ssc tlona. When ha waa graduated from Princeton and married the beautiful daughter of Judge Wilaon, aocicty held open Ita arme to the handaoma man. hair to a vaat fortune. He gava up all, however, and decided to devote hla life and fortune to the uplifting of- unfortu nate humanity. Ha entered the Princeton theological seminary and waa ordained with honors, to rain the elder Laughlin tried to pr- j suade the young clergyman from hla aelf-choaen task. The son was offered . a big church In the fashionable district, but thia ha refused. The alder Laughlin than threatened to disinherit him. but the young man would not be dissuaded. It is not only his energy and earnest ness that Laughlin will give to his poor. His wealth ha also intends to uae for the betterment of their condition. He ,. preached hla first safmon laat night In a chapel to a large congregation. URGES THAT (Continued from Page One.) Coast Elevator dock this morning. In vaded the ship's hold and created a amsJl-alsed panic among the nonunion longshoremen at work there. Captain O. Windhorst ordered the intruders off the ship, but they refused to go until they war ready. number of policemen wars V guard at the dock, but not one of them hap l pened to be la sight Captain Wind horst went on a hunt for the policemen. but it was li minutes before the three nearest onss could be got togsther. Thesis three charged the ship, only to f find that the unionists had gone. Captain Windhorst was much angered over the Incident. He called upon a Bel wart, secretary of the German con sulate, and the two complained to the United States district attorney's office. They aakad that a United States mar ahal bs stationed upon the ship to pre vent a repetition of the offense. Dep uty United Statea Attorney Cols called up D. P. Hall, secretary of the long shoremen's union, and aakad him In re gard to ths matter. Hall responded that ha had no knowledge of the affair, but that it was quits possible that one of his plckst boat crews had been the a guilty parties. He promised to tnvss- Itlgate ths, mslUe gad to take action., against his men if they proved to bs ths men who boarded ths Mereldja. Be said that aU picks! have orders to hasp tha peace, and that his organisation will do all In its power to carry out this prin ciple. The request of Captain Wind horst for a United Statea guard was not complied with. A number of rumors, mors or less au thentic, of violence done by strikers, have come to the ears of ths polios within ths past thro daya Last night a man named Jack Slbo, who says that be lately arrlvoJ from Minneapolis, called at the polios station In a badly battsred condition. He said that he had been attacks! by a gang of M men at First and Burns ds streets, which Is only ons block from ths headquarters of tha longshoremen. Ths gang had beaten him Into Insensibility and Isft &lm lying In ths gutter. Though, he was not certain that ths man were strikers, Slbo supposed that they were, as he thought h heard the word "scab" uttered several times. He believes that he was mistaken for a strikebreaker Charles and Walter Sseley, father and son, who wore engaged by Brown A Ho- Cabe laat Saturday to help load ths Villa do Mul house, report that, while walking With seven other strikebreaker In the north end lata Saturday afternoon, they were sst upon by a gang of supposed anion longshoremen, who beat them unmercifully. The men escaped serious Injury only by taking to their heels. Secretary Hall does not believe that these alleged assaults were committed by members of ths longshoremen's union. If thsy were, hs says, they - war committed agalnat the direct or ders of ths union, which is trying to conduct a peaceable and gentlemanly contest. w raafcgkw ASBBBSsl BBSS aSBBsl BBBBS sbbI V4bbI i Edward S. Curtis. JmJ ANOTHER DIVORCE PROMISED IN THE CROCKER FAMILY Pretty and Rich Mrs. Alhe-Gilllg-Gourand'a Daughter leaves Her Husband, Who Was Her Mother's Brother-in-Law and Son-in-Law to Own Brother. CURTIS IS TO PUBLISH (Continued from Psge Ons.) An umbrella, no matter how good, gives poor pro tection to a good suit. Here are good umbrellas 91 to 85. Qood Raincoats that shine In fair weather from 8 10 to s?30. Everything in the line of Wet Weather Clothing ' LION lothinaCo Cl GaiKatlraPiW Men's and Boys' Outfitter. 166 and 1SS Third Street. Mohawk Building. single thins- And mors than that you can alt and listen to him and never grow tired. He has studisd their habits so that hs knows Just how to approach them. Some hs will ask for their legends ss an interested outsider; to others hs will tell of his wish to per petuate thslr names and oustoms in a book; still othsrs hs must approach as ons of themselves and bs cannot hope to gain anything till hs has made them believe hs Is ons of them In spirit If not in blood. To a few of the stronger minds his life work means much and thsy know that It is well to have thslr customs recorded; others are silenced by ths idea. And so It Is plain that It takes a man Of tact and understanding to know how to approach ths Indiana Mr. Curtis' work Is to bs a faithful and detailed history of all ths tribes. that ths futurs may know of the cus toms that are rapidly dying out among thsm. Ths first volume of his work, which will bs published next July, will deal with ths Navajoas and Apaches. These are among ths Indians most dif ficult to work with. Mr. Curtis lived among them for months studying thslr ways and ths better to he able to get toss Uteir oam -spirit la their ceremonial rites he was initiated Into their sacred orders. Ons of ths most Interesting ceremonies Is ths ophltlc prayer for rain, a story of which Mr. Curtis will soon publish in ths Century magastne in an article on In dian ceremonies. It Is a nine-day cere mony and la participated in only by the snake priests. For that period of 1 time the snake priests live apart from I ths people, taking little food. Thsy I take medicine snd sing and pray for spiritual and bodily purification. On tha ninth day ths priests move out with sacks for ths capture of snakes. ' Bach new kind that la caught must bs I placed about the bare neck of the novitiate, who in this case wag Mr. Curtis Ceremony Ss Tasclastlng. Ths ceremony Is a fascinating oas, and a day ts given to gathering the anakee from each point of ths com pass. On the final day thers Is abso lute fasting and at midday tha purifi cation of ths snakes. They are washed by ths chief priest snd then are thrown la a heap In ths dry sand, whlls ths naked priests gathered about sing ths washing song and wavs eagle feather wands about them, picking them up and throwing them back in tha pita when thsy try to escape. At tha snd of ths ceremony there la a mass of sleepy, stupid snakes instead of wriggling, angry onea The Indiana accredit thslr power over the snakes, who are their messengers to the lower world, as dus to thslr own purification, but Mr. Cur- tia pronounces It a wonderful cass Of hypnotism, prompted largely by thslr stats of mind after their long fasting and prayer. Ha himself fslt like a par son apart and, without their belters, lost for tha tlsns all his fear of snakes and picked them up and caressed them Just as did ths Indians. Another ceremony through which ho passed was tha Tevachl of ths Navajo tribe, which is also a nine-day rite. It la for ths healing of chronic troubles, and Is moat slaborste, being deemed powerful to break hood 00s, to remedy prenatal Influences and to cancel dis ease that haa boon handed down for generations. It Is a great privilege to bs allowed to pass through these sa cred ceremonials, for ths priests never know If tha gods wiU be angry at thsm for- bringing In an alien, and the alien dealrous of sntsring must resort tsr all kinds of arguments of brotherhood by purification and the like to bo accepted. And then the least un favorable Incident, aa, for tnstsnes. da isy In catching ths first snake In the snake ceremony, would bo scored! ted to him. The book that Mr. Curtis is writing Is full of such Interesting; experiences some of which have probably never been known by another white man. It la nec essary, he said, to approach ths Indians always in a spirit of simplicity snd seri ousness. Any mere cariosity thsy re- The presence of too many men thsm, and so Mr. Curtis sends his helpers to different places to-gather data. They are afraid aa a rule of tha camera, and must bs caught unawsres. Mr Curtis has long been famous for his Indian pictures and hM exhibit at ths Lewis and Clark exposition last year attracted much attention. It was through these pictures that he earns to tha attsnUon of the president who, hear ing of Ms attempt to perpetuate the types of tha tribes by photography, asked for. a masting and haa been his enthusiastic supporter ever sines. Ths foreword of tha new book la written by him. It was largely the artistic value of ths photographs that first ap. psslsd to JT. Ptsrpoat Morgan, who Is perhaps ons of the bast art critics In America Ths books will be published at Intervale throughout sight yesrs. Much of tha material that has already been collected could not aow be dupli cated sines the death of ths old men who gave it. Thus ths necessity of im mediate work la shown and from this time on Hu CurUs will have from nvs DIAMOND PRICES ADVANCE DESPITE TRUST Usual Increase of Twenty Per Cent Is Caused by Labor and Shipments. (Journal Special Berries.) Now Tork, Oct U- To buy diamonds for holiday prssants will cost this year at least 20 par osnt mors than a year ago. Bscauss of now conditions In tha trsds, ths diamond trust which had annually declared three or four ad vances, each of t per cent since 1902. did not do so this ysar, but diamonds bars bean going up lust aa fast. One csuss that has been sanding up prices is tha unfavorable assorting In msny ahlpmsnta Another element Is labor, snd, according to manufacturers, thsy now pay much higher wages than a year aao. whlls msn do not cut snd polish aa much owing to union regula tions. Bo vaat have been tha galna in values of dlamonda In recent years that aoms atones, bought in the rough tor f 10 a carat, being nearly signals, are now among tha choice specimens of whits snd blue diamonds, which If put on ths market would bring 1600 a carat. (Journal Special Barries.) New Tork, Oct II. Although no legal proceedings have been begun. It is as open secret among their trionds that a separation, will take place between Mr. and Mrs. Powsrs Oouraud. After a aojourn of several months In Europe, Oouraud returned to this city and took up his residence apart from hla wife, who returned to her mother, Mrs. Amy Crocksr-Ashs-Otlllg-Oouraud. wlfs Of Powers Oouraud a elder brother. At the time of her marriage la, Lon don in 101, tha bride waa it years old snd heiress to a large fortune, whloh will bs increased by what aha wiU In herit from tier mother. Powers Oouraud Is ths son of Colonsl O. A. Oouraud of London. Gouraud's marrlaga to his brother's stspdaughter mads a rather Involved relationship, aa his sister-in-law became hla mother-in- law and his brother became his stop- father-in-law, whlls his brlds became her stspfathsr's sister-in-law and by marriage aha also became alater-ln-law to her own mother. ' Oouraud has bean on ths stage. Hs played In the ohorus "for experience. his friends said, but after his marrlaga such a necessity waa no longer present, and the pupU reveled In many things In kssping with ths wealth of his bride. Mrs. Gouraud's family haa tha divorce habit Her mother haa been married three times, and divorced twice. When shs wss Amy Crocker, daughter of ths Sacramento Crockera, attar a brief courtship with R. Porter Ashe, tha horssman, boa vlvant aad lawyer, ska married him without sanding out cards. All waa forgiven, and tha young people prepsred to live happily ever after In one of tha handsomest homos in San Francisco. There tha daughter waa born, which evnt was shortly followed by a divorce. Ashs wont to Nsw York, bis horses ran with such luck that lis returned to San Francisco, wsnt to ths legislature, and then became assistant dlstrlot attorney. Mrs. Ashs married Harry Gtlllg, son of a fine old family which held a leading place In tha social aad financial world of early-day Ne vada and Virginia. When Harry Oil llg'a father loot 12.000.000 In two dsys, everybody who knew him rejoiced that he could afford It Ths orange blossoms soon withered la tha Ollltg orchard, and tha divorce was tha pro- lougue to the wedding with Oouraud. "FROM MAKER TO BOYCOTT ON STEVEDORES (Continued from Page Ons.) ORCHESTRAS WILL PLAY Oil RAILROAD TRAINS General Passenger Agent of Col orado Midland Plans New Departure. (Journal Special Service.) Denver. Oct. It. The lstest departure la railroading Is being planned by C. H. Speers. general passenger agent of the Colorado Midland, and before plessure sseklng tourists throng to Colorado next summer tha mountains will probably bs resounding to ths strains of symphony and grand opera from every passing train. So much doss Mr. Speer appre ciate music that the Colorado Midland trains will Install orchestras In parlor and observation cars to play claaalc and ragtime whlls the tourists are gaxlng enraptured over the mountain grandeur through which the road passes. During meal hours an orchestra will play la tha dining-cars. TEXAS RANCH IS STOCKED WITH ELEPHANTS First Shipment of Monster An imals Sent to Valentine by New Yorkers. Valentine. Tex., Oct. II. Tha first shipment of slephants to stock a largo elephant ranch which Is being estab lished near here by J. P. Adams snd as sociates of New Tork arrived today. There are four females and ons male In the initial shipment ' Other shipments will be -received dur ing the next few weeks. Ths ranch Is to bo stocked with about 100 femalea and several males. It ts said to be the first experiment of breeding elephants on a large semis aver attempted In this country. Ts Build Mow West era mead. Chicago, Oct II. At a special meet ing today ths stockholders of ths Chi cago, Jollet a Kansas City railway are to tsks action toward Incrasslng ths company's capital stock from 11. 000.000 to 112.000,000. of Which 12.000,000 Will be preferred. Tha additional capital Is to bo used to complsts a asw line be tweon Chicago and tha Missouri rlvsr. Is no loading or discharging, therefore, of sny dssp ssa veesels except the Nereids, and mo loading or discharging ot any est tha 00s stasias lumber vessels with which Brown ds McCaba ar.,con nected. . V When asked what he Intended to do Captain Brown, head of ths firm of Brown McCabe. stated that for ths present hs would wait. As to bis fu turs plans hs oould not yst say. OoaalalSS Shipping Unaffected. Tha tlsup la no way affects ths Har- rlman coastwise vssssls or any othsr coastwise vessels not loaded or die charged under the direction of Brown A McCabe Longshoremen's union No. t4 is exclusively engaged In doing ths longshoreman work on the Harrlman vessels. Neither Brown a McCabe, Longshoremen's union No. Ill nor ths Exporters' association have any connsc tlon with ths Harrlman vessels. There is, therefore, not tha slightest dsnger of their being at any time effected by or drawn Into ths strike. Secretary P. D. Hall Of Longshore men's union No. Its stated In the plain sst possible terms today that ths boy cott is almsd only at Brown A McCsbe and that any of the veasels affected will bo furnished with the necessary labor as soon as thsy sever connections with Brown A McCabe. If the captains. for example, cut out Brown A Mc Cabe and aak the longshoremen to load their vessels thslr request will be granted, provided the handling of ths freight on the docks . Is "fair." Ax Mot Taking Contracts. "We are not taking contracts for loading," ssld Hall, "but we will fur nish the workmen and the foremen and will work at our regular scale. We will do this sven for ths members of ths Exporters' association, provided the labor on ths docks is not scab labor." This means that, though tha long shoremen will not load grain for tha sxporters until ths latter hsv corns to terms with ths gralnhandlsrs. thsy will load and discharge any othsr cargo for the exporters at any time that ths porters decide to dispense with ths services of Brown A McCsbe aa boss stevedores. All this drastic action against Brown A MoCabo Is taken on account of the fact that tha boss stevedores advertised far and wids for nonunion longshorsmsn to receive grain from ths nonunion gralnhandlsrs now working on ths docks. of Secretary Hall, ths captains of two coastwise lumber vessels, the American barks, Homeward Bound snd James Drummond, snnounced that thsy would dispense with the services of Brown A McCabe Accordingly the union long shoremen went back to loading them at 1 o'clock this afternoon, furnishing foremen frorq, their own ranks. W. J. Burns of Balfour, Guthrie A Co. stated today that the Exporters' ssso- c la tlon would stand by Brown A Mc Csbe. (Schubert Week at Reed-French's. Oet II to It.) It's About Reed-French's Business Six people bought Schubert Pianos last Saturday at forced prices and everyone saved a hundred dollars As Fine a Piano as Ever Went Over a Pianoman's Threshold for $315 (the Retail Price of a Schubert Is $450) Pay $8 or 10 a Month A few days ago Reed-French's Eastern office promised the Schubert Piano Fac tory to have their Portland store take care of three cars of Schubert Pianos, due to arrive here about the first of October. The Schubert people were in a quandary as to how to handle these pianos, as they had discontinued their agency here after the cars had left the factory. There was no one in Portland to look out for the pianos. The Schubert Company are friends of this company, and as a business courtesy we agreed to Sell these pianos, provided we could sell than in bur own way, namely: To the factory cost add the actual freight and a reasonable wareroom charge no other appendages allowed. The Schubert people consented to this. Our method of felling does away wit h the retailer altogether and brings the two principals together it's 'Wker to player," and nobody else. We will sell you a beautiful Schubert for less money than retailers will want for a very ordinary piano. Get "up-town" prices and then see usr-this is ths way to make the test. We Made Some Good Friends Saturday, Let Us Tell You About Them. A School TsaehsTi Ha lives on ths East (lids you'd know his nasas wars ws to tell It this gsnUsman lived for years In a piano factory town he's aaen pianos o together trom castors to top board and hs knows hs says a Schubert Piano for MIS must bs an eye-so re to uptown retailers hs person ally knows lots of people who have paid 400 and over for a piano that should not bs spoken ot in ths same breath with a Schubert. It didn't take him firs minutes to selsct his pl ana. Hs pays us t a month. A asdr Olsrki A Schubert ssls that Inter ested us Immensely waa tha laat one for ths day (Ws sold six Sehubsrts Saturday). This llttls lady Is a clsrk In one of tha department stores here, and couldn't sst around until after 10 o'clock but aha wanted a piano she wanted toMsarn and to halp a younger sis tar to learn. Nalthar ons of these girls could touch tha piano throughout ths day, for thsy work, and yst this faot did not do tsr thsm buying a piano and trying as best thsy know bow to advance themselves. It is this lads pendence on ths pert" of ths womsn that ac counts for Amsrtca's greatness today. An aprosamaat Wa'd Ilk to tall you about him but ws havsn't room he's riving his surplus change to hla children If every man would do this it wouldn't bo such a hard Job to bs a child. This man win $8.00 every month for a Sobubort for tie fellows. Can you use a beautiful piano? This is Schubert week! $816. (Retails for $460.) Terms won't prevent your having it begin payments in November. See us tonight. Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co. A Wholesale Piano House on a Wholosals i Sixth and Burnside Made iiit New York EVERY leading tailor from other cities goes to New York once or twice a year to learn the styles. Alfred Benjamin fe Co. are in New York the year round their styles are the' JNew. York styles; not of six months ago, but of to-day. Wear Alfred Benjamin & Co. clothes, made from the best fabrics by the most skilled tailormen, and you will be properly dressed., Correct Clothes 'for Men Alffoiamin AAKER5. SAM JONES DROPS DEAD (Continued from Pags One.) to tan helpers In ths field. The sum ad vanced by Mr. Morgan wss supposed ts covsr flsld expenses, allowing $15,000 a year, but this yssr expenses exceeded 117.000 end next yssr will be larger. Mr. Curtis Is at tha Portland for a fsw days aad Mrs. J. B. Montgomery will glv. a reception ifor him Wednes day svsnlng. Hs will leave Thursday to return to his Arlsona camp. It is ex pected that hs will gst soma subscrip tions to his work from wealthy Portlsnd people who ars deeply interestsd la It Mr. Curtis will bs his own publisher because of tha difficulty of finding a firm who would undertake so large s responsibility. His lectures throughout ths ssst have attracted much attsatloa and help difrsy bis exDSnsss, b seams an evangelist. The pastorats was given up and his successful plat form career begun. Good Work few ths South. Although his tour sxtsnded aU over ths country, most of his work was dons among ths people of ths south. Last ysar tvs mads a lecturing trip throughout ths northwest snd was In Portland January. 10 and 11. Ha spoks to large crowds st the '.' hits Tsmpls. i. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of n ft" 311 MORRISON ST., opp. Postoffloa. Mr. Jones was a personal friend of mine aad I visited at his beautiful home In Csrtersvllle, Georgia, snd became ac quainted with his wlfs and children. I feel ths death of Sam Jonas dseply. Hs was a truly great - orator, thars never wss another llks htm, and there never will bs again. Hs waa aa clean and honorable a man as I svsr knsw. I was planning to have htm come In Jsnuory and conduct a two weeks' svsn asllstlc ssrvlcs at ths Whits Tsmple.. Dr. T. Burgatts Short of Taylor Strsat Methodist church and I wars talking sbout ths matter yesterday, and It was our purpose to have ths Whits Tsmpls snd Dr. Short's church units In ths meet In as. Ths world has lost a great, upbuilding Influence In the death of the Rev. Sam Jones. MINERS PREPARE FOR ANNUAL MEETING (Joaraar Special Servles.) Denver. Colo., Oct. . Everything is In rsadlnsss for ths opening tomorrow of the annual meeting of ths American Mining congress. Tour governors will be Dresent. who. with mine owners, ex perts and othsrs. will represent all ths prominent mining regions of America A glancs at the program snows tne rsprcssntatlvs character of the coming meeting. Governor Psrdse of California will discuss the prevention of mining frauds of stdts legislation. Jossph T. Cornforth of Ssattle will tsll of mining In Alaska, and Horses J. Stevens of Houghton, Michigan, will apeak on cop per and copper mining. The copper deposits of Washington will bs discussed by A. W. Mclntyrs of Everett, Washington, aad other sapsrta !S j- bbB Nwi lllU,HflgS ' wrrnmir ' hs -viWti 1 SB SBBS I BBlVSBBr asmgssBBBVtattBTaYgSBBBBBBBBI Tha Golden Bagls Department store haa Just placed on Its routs a rather unlqus delivery wagon. It ts dastgned for quick delivery snd will bs ussd for special delivery system. The Golden Eagls hss four othsr delivery vtmna. but this la tha most unlqus ons. This nsw department store hss recently enlarged Its place of business by adding 100 fset on Second street snd 104 fast on Tamhtll street. Basidsh e 10-foot frontsge on Third strsat. Will tsll of ths mineral rssourcss of Oregon, Utah, Nsvsda, Colorado, Mis souri aad othsr rsglons. Prsfsiisd Ssook 0 lan a, t . Li.- yjaat Ms Ohaaos fat Arg-amssU. "Did you hoar ms aoms la last night, my dearf aaked Mr. Luahley. "No. I heard you fumbling srouad ths door knob for an hour ar twa. What Urns 4U you gat lad" V Tt