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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, , SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1908: WALLA WALLA EDITOR IS BOOSTER R. C. 3IacLeod Says Interests of Fortland and , Inland Empire Tributary to Co lumbia Arc Inseparably Identified. ' . "Portland and . the Inland empire of the northwest tributary to the Columbia river and Its branches are inseparably ' identified. Thu interests of the city and the entire region to the north are identic!. Tim rrowth of the Columbia ,.V basin depends upon the progress of the Oregon metropolis, and further stride to tiiti commercial suoremacv of the Pa clfln coirt by Portland can only be : lengthened 'with the cooperation and f good wilt of the people wno must look to this city for their markets." . R. C. MacLeod, editor of the Vp-to-Date-Times Magazine of Walla Walla and an enthusiastic booster of the In land empire country, is in Portland for the Christmas holidays. In an inter view with a Journal reporter yesterday Mr. MarLeod expressed hi" opinion of ' ihe relation of Portland to the grain belt of the northwest in the paragraph quoted above. ': ' j - . .. : -, Continuing, the up river editor ald:' "In a business way Walla Walla has srwavs been loyal to this city, and the wonderful growth of ' the Rose City is Homething that pleases every farmer, orehardist and gardener in the Walla Walla valley, They look to Portland as the natural outlet for all the products of the soil raised in that section. The water level route has always been a leading factor In the commercial devel opment of Inland towns when connected with a seaport. The opening of the North Bank road means that what little trade Seattle formerly held is now die verteo down the river We already have one or two electric railways in operation between- Walla Walla and other valley towns and the farmers are making arrangements to construct a 30 mile line from Dayton to the Garden City, as the metropolis of southeastern Washington is called. We have room for 100,000 more people In the valley, which is as yet but com paratively thinly populated. As soon as our diversified resources are heralded to the world an influx of homeseekers is bound to come. We expect Portland to help advertise these resources, for the more people we can get to visit us. the greater will be the trad which will be built up with the farming coun try by Portland merchants. , vThe Walla Walla Commercial club has done much to bring the Columbia basin to the notice of eastern investors and every year it sends out tons of ad vertising literature in which space I given . to an incidental boost for Port land. "Nowhere else on earth do-I believe' there can be found a more favored re gion than that tributary to Walla Walla, tA vaiiau t mi r n (1ml 1 11 i-.very agricultural industry has its foi lowers. , in addition to th a.ooo.ooo bu-hel wheat cron this vesr. ftrodueer! sold more than 1000 cars of fruits and r-- 1AAA ( , - ,4 . - vegetables for more than 11.000,000. A greater-Whitman college is now an assured fact. - Walla Walla Is to have a fully enulpped modern univer sity, for which an endowment of 13,000, 000 has already been secured." BRIDGE EXPERTS Special Committee "Still In vestigating Facts Con cerning Structure. Another dreary meeting of the special bridge committee appointed by Mayor Lane to investigate into the facts con cerning the construction of the reen forced concrete bridge on East Twenty eighth street was held yesterday after noon. After being in continuous session for almost five hours the committee ad journed, to convene again at the call of the mayor. . J. W. Moffett; one of the three ex pert who Inspected the structure and reported many alleged defects, wa put upon the stand and threw the only new ' light on the question to be turned on since the meeting of a week ago. He reiterated his statement that tha col umns of the bridge are poorly con structed and that the loading required by the specifications cannot be sup ported by the concrete pillars. hia testimony was disputed St every point by the experts of the Northwest Bridge company, and r. e.alorlc became the dispute that Mayor Lane was obliged to interfere and order the bridge . company's engineer to be seated. The investigation Ira now narrowed down to a wrangle between two seta of ex pert, one side asserting that the mas sive pile of. steel and concrete Is in every respect of first-class construction, and the other that the work of building waa directed In Ignorance and that the city will endanger the safety of the . public if the structure is accepted. ELECSlW AT HEW ANGLE Lilley Defense Interposes v Brand New Constitu tional Kink. : tTTnlteg Frew lM Wbai New Haven, Conn., Dec, a a culiarly forcible defense against Important accusation was mapped to-lay before the adjournment nf pe an out the tribunal empowered to decide 'Whether MERELY WRANGLE or not tvernor-elect .Lilley and his "political agent, L M. Ullman, violated tlie law by filing with the secretary of mate an Incomplete account of expense lit the last campaign. Counsel for th governor-elect maintained that if a man were found guilty of such a charge he would be denied the privilege of hold ing office for four years and that if a verdict of guilty were reached in this case the constitution must be violated by an enforeemnt of the penalty with-1 Mil trial by Jury. The contention was m!vantiel also that Superior Court JiMaca Hennett and Robinson sat mere Iv mm an Inquloitorial body, tiling their riiKhngs with the secretary of state. - Two Ways. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. " A twd y to keep from lending ir,.n. y to ywur friends- Is not to have . i V f rlml.. -"' '!ii t Kiod wey iSinot to have tny :,""7 - '. . EMPTY CHURCHES AND ..' FULL THEATRES-WHY? Remarkable Drift From Stage Toward Presentation Of Christianity' to Audiences of MenExtraordinary ' Experiment Conducted for laymen. Copyright. 1908, by Herman Hapgood. Two stock subject of discussion at preachers' meetings and religious con ventions are "How to ret men to church" and "The Sunday evening ser ice"; thus indicating two grave and allied problems of organised religious life. While- more or leas academic de bate upon . this two-fold theme is under, way. actual life is giving an answer of deeper significance than many preachers and other "prof e-- sionais- realise. A notable tendency of the day is the popularity of relig ious meetings for men held outside of the church; and while thousands or churches are full of 'echoing empti nest on Sunday evenings there are In certain' quarters notably in i!ew York and Boston conspicuous in stances of the popularity of unchurcmy discussions, of moral and religious tnemea -. ; - ; . . ....- it is to be doubted If organized chris tianlty has rea;:y ava?;ened to the mean ing of the big theatre meeting for men held all over the land on Sundttv after noons oy tne Young Men s Christian as soclations, and occasional! by "popu lar oreacners. This la a distinct de velopment of Ame.Tcati religious life, re motely related to the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" scheme of British churches. Men by hundreds, and even by thou sai.up, .u some of the larger cities, gath er in theatres and halls to hear religion discussed by speakers who have a "way" with men. Inasmuch as some of these theatre addresses are of the stlff est and ; most ultra-conservative type theologically, it must ba true that it i the manner f presentallon, rather than the subject matter, thai attracts these huge congregations. Also there 4s less formality, and d-lstinctlv more enter tainment, especially in a musical way, than la afforded bv, the ordinary church. ,j What Elg-nincs. Whether all this forecasts a drift away from the conventional ecclesias tical form and building and authority, remains to be seen. Assuredly it is true, and a sign of the times worthy of the attention of intelligent persons, that In the very communities where hundreds of men gather for a theatre ! tions of the churches will muster only service, me regular evening" coagrega r, hi i..i . . i r.i r . i i iniB arirt towards exrra-cnurch iigion rinas sporadic illustrations in the ultra-liberal men, who, impatient of ecclesiastical trammels, or unfitted for working in harness, take the ad vice of the popular saying and "hire Tnere "rce.-y a city of the first or second class on the con tinent which has not lately witnessed one or more experiments of thl sort. I.aually, it must be said, these one man hall enterprises suffer an early demise, unless . they are supported by an organised congregation. .That the big themes of religion, mor ality, and sociology profoundly appeal to the men of this day and especially to the worklngmen -cannot be gain said by anybody whose observation Is wide. Probably the most conspicuous concrete evidence of this is the famous Sunday evening meeting In Cooper Un ion. New York, where great throngs of men and women gather weekly, and af ter addresses on religious, philosoph- i Sr-Vt;i'"rl wwmes. pour a "",1,1"'? 5UP1"lon? " upon What a aehcaMrtn m,Ai cr",? " preachers were to follow .n ii.mun, na, coming down from the pulpit, which Emerson called "the casiie, give the JHople a chance to answer back: and To Twbject th sermon to the searching Inquiry of thoughtful. honest question. Were this custom to be widely adopted, I fear, there would be both a aerious secession from the ranks of the min istry, and an accession of dillaence In sermon preparation. No longer would it be possible for the preacher to fol- OFFICERS OUST TOO UNWED Motley Ciwvds Are Found Asleep In Spokane La bor Halls, (Special Dlspatcn to The Journal.) Spokane. Wash., Dee. J6. Over 100 ragged., unemployed men were found asleep od th floors of two union labor halls thi morning. Officer were called to rout them. Less than $2 was found In the crowd. Many were covered with vermin. . They were aanh4 fn, cealed weapons, but none were found, and they were all released. The invasion is ' believed to be tha result of I. W, W. members' threats made yesterday- to congregate 600 strong to defy police when the new ordinance prohibiting , street speaking goes Into effect. The police expect to have the jail filled the first night, as the L W. W. plans to put a new speaker on the box in the street a fast aa the police arrest one. - KILLS HIS MAN, THEN SUEEENDEKS Virginia City, Mont, Dec. !. Pat Carney of Waterloo this afternoon tele phoned Sheriff Kadell that John B. An thony, a well known mining man. had surrendered to him, stating ha had shot and killed a man named Havemeyer at the Bay Horse mine, near Parrott. An thony would . give no details other than to say that he bad shot Havemeyer with his six shooter. From the drift of An thony's talk, the inference was drawn that the two men had had trouble over mining matter. . TAFT DINES WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS - r1- (Cnitra PrnT Leased Wlre.l Augusta, Ga., Dec 28. Fifteen prom inent federal office holders In this and adjoining states were the gueots of Henry C Maxwell, formerly of Cincin nati, at a dinner tonight 'In-honor of President-elect Taft, an old schoolmate of the host. There wa no speechmak lng, the course being interspersed with personal chat and goo$ humored ban ter. . Taft returned from a trip to Aiken, 8. C, shortly before the dinner.: NEW LINE, SEATTLE ' TO CENTRAL' AMERICA Heart t New by Longest Leued Wire.) - Los Angeles, Dec 26. Jebson ' and Ostrander of Seattle have -advised thsi Lo Angele harbor commission that San Pedro will be made a port of call for- a new monthly -steamer, service be tween Seattle and Central American port which will be established aome time in January. The steamers Ella and Erna will be placed in service on the new line and, will -go as far south a Mansanlllo. . Uvea in Glass House, i From the Norfolk Va.) Landmark. When Mr. Roosevelt talk about auing for libel It sounds like throwing etones from a glass house. low the old advice. "When you haven't anything to say. holler!'' More significant in a churchly way than the Cooper Union meeting, of wnictt It Is an outgrowth, or even than the popular theatre meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association, is a oosion . innovation in the nature . or Sunday evening meeting. , This : Is gathering In hord hall supported and promoted by the orthodox Baptist Social union, which treats current interest rrom a broadly humanitarian stand point and gather an extraordinary au dience of university graduates, north end foreigners, labor unionist and typ ical Bos ton ians. This is -a- Cooper Union meeting on a somewhat higher so cial plan. - , When I wandered into Ford hall bn a recent Sunday evening (the beautiful building Itself, like the fund that are being used for this enterprise, being a beau est from the late Daniel Sharp Kord, owner of the Youth's Companion). I expected to find wlld-eved Socialists. aown-at-tne-neei visionaries, and motley collection of crank, aager to take advantage of tiila open forum. What I met instead was an audlenca of between S00 and 1000 men and women or such manifest intelligence and seri ousness as it la the fortune of only th rare preacher to confront. There was a large sprinkling of people of manifestly foreign birth; and a detach ment from the cigarmaker' union, and an occasional man of the kind who haunt the public libraries; thinkers who have never been able to harness up their theories to actual life. But the dominant type wa ' representatively Bostontan; the people who go to sym phony concerts and .to lectures, and who turn out in support of progressive civlo or phllanthroplo movements. -, It was plainly tne sort or crowd tnat a man with nothing to say would shrink from faclnff. . . Audiences Discriminating. . . The announced toplo on thl occasion was Tolstoy' "Story of a Soul' Resur rection," and Professor William Salter. of Chicago, was the lecturer. The pre ceding week a woman had spoken upon "The Unrest in India." A week later four preachers presented a- symposium on "Socialism," -find 600 person were turned away. Ther were no "devo-j tlonal exercises, neither D..i.iildiiB 1 naltliM nMVM nn. h vmn. Insteud. a . fine string- auartet rendered several selections of classical music which the audience, manifestly 14 .1 ln.il jnn V. ... i 1 . nla...l.l.l Tk. i lPfAk?r.f P?.inJ !? .a,pp.Lauded'. M W Ct B Bill V UUCBtlUII") flat. IIIQ IIUVC . If anybody think that the preacher 0"rat,I0"2"h wVii- ,Tn5 .pmI and professor have a monopoly of ia nd prf5n SJ110. hi.i,. riit .nH mnMnnvi. i Year, sermon on the subject "Th thinking urjon religious and sociologi cal themes, he should have heard those question. Not on wa without point -and frequently a subtle point at that. I rather expected that a demonstration would be made over Tolstoy' position that the man who aln against chastity 1 as culpable a th woman: but this audience postulated that position, and went on to consider deeper things. The evening must have been a revelation to rirat visitors,' of the number and char acter of the men and women who are thinking deeply upon these fundamental human, spiritual problems, Doubtless some of the etraltlaced would vote this vital, thought compell ing meeting a violation of conventional religious procedure. It seemed to me, though, that the devoted Baptist deacon, George W. Coleman, who is responsible for the idea and for Its working out. and the orthodox Baptist body which stand behind it, are doing a conspicu ous service to genuine religion in tnus nrovldina- a Dlatform for an unconven tional, adaptive presentation of th fundamentals oi religion as applied to our own time. X could wslly Imjglnej the Galilean on that Ford hall Dlatform, answering the eager, earnest questions of the perplexed multitude. THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER. PEACE TEMPLE Bartholdt of Missouri Will Ask Congress for $10,-Contribution.- Washington. Dec. 2S. For the main tenance of a temple of peace up In the Alps, Representative Bartholdt, Repub lican, of Missouri, la going to ask of congress an appropriation of $10,000. The Missourian called - at ; the White House today and had an extended con ference with the president, going over with him some project for the further ance of hi world-peace' idea. The $10,000 is to be used to defray expenses of permanent peace headquarter at Berne, Switzerland. England has al ready set aside' $5000 for thl purpose ana a large amount Is yearly contrlb uter by philanthropists. Heretofore this nation ha not been in the list of contributor. ; PRESIDENT LEWIS . ANSWERS CRITICS Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 2-Prident T. L. Lewis, of the united Mine workers, from his home In Bridgeport tonight, answered some of hi critic in th United Mlneworkers, but refused to mention the name of Walker, hi oppo nent for president, claiming he would not dignify the author by so much aa naming them, H said: -"Regardless of what some men who are member of the United Mlneworker may say: there i evidence, and - the- proof will be fur nished at tha national convention, that those men are deliberately trying to de stroy the power and Influence of the United Mlneworker. "I have refrained from naming . any one and Will refuse to be drawn Into any controversy with those who are en gaged in the malicious work of destruc tion. Those men will have every oppor tunity to explain their conduct to the miners' representative in th national convention where everything affecting the Interests of the miners should be taken. . - ' -- - 1 ' - There was a circular Issued on the 6th of September from Springfield, 111,, and on the circular appear tha names of the officers -of the Illinois organiza tion and that circular contain a num ber of malicious falsehood and -was distributed for no other purpose than to injure my standing with the miner of the. country. Sine that circular was issued, and circulated soma of th 'men i III SWITZERLAND whose names appear on it have repu-j ormanca of some foreign champion, diated It and etate they know nothing I In each case, however, when the per of it;, that they did not authorize . th - formanee is closely scrutinised, it I use of their names and did not approve found to be a myth. Minor I Fulji the contents. of th circular issued and i tar tied th athletic world a few year sent out ' from SDrinafield. Thi avl. dence I. have In my possession.". : ; FOREMAN ALLEGED TO HAVE FORGED CHECKS : 1 " " ' - - X .;. Spokane,'-Wash.,- Dec'. IS. -The police are looking for Archie . Devers, bos of a construction crew on the high ten sion line between Wardner and Osbum, Idaho, who Is alleged to have forged the names to' pay checks for $0 men in his crew, securing cash to the amount of nearly $1800. Devers Is be lieved' to have fled the coast. The merchants who cashed the checks must Stand th loss. f '. OR. BR0UGI1ER CALLED EAST Will Preach in Famous Tre- mont Temple Baptist Church of Boston. ' Rev. J. Wbitcomb Brougher, D. D.. ! paator of the White temple, has been invited by the Treraont Temple Baptist church of Boston to supply the pulpit of that a-reat church for th first two ! Sunday in January. Tremont temple 7. ,," V .k T . if Generally recognized a the greatest a ouuii . cnurcn in .America, it nwna a , property In th heart of nin. wMh 11.000,000, and haa'an auditorium seat ing 8000 people. It has had soma of in most lamou preachers In the world as pastors. Recently Dr. P. 8. Henson resigned xrom that position. The church la now looking for som one udcbq mm, ana it . is understood that the congregation Is anxious to secure tha services of Dr. Brougher. i is oeuevea, nowever, that the pas- j tor f the White temple cannot be se cured He has made a place for him-1 self in Portland that could hardly be rna84 In influence even as pastor of the great hlstorlo church in Boston. wnue ut. crousrner considera it in a nonor to oe invited to occupy the pulpit inwiii uniipiv, tin nevenmiess nas no desire to leave Portland, and sees no reason why he should. In accepting the invitation to nruiH for th Tremont temple Dr. Broue-hsr propose to take advantage of hi trip i io give several addresses -upon "Baptist and the Northwet," with the view of interesting the Baptists of the east and central weat in coming to Portland next June to the northern Baptist convention. With this Idea in mind he will address the Drenchers' conference of Boston, New York( Cleve- ianu, inio, ana I'mcago. tie will or gan! committees at these center to nanaie tne literature to be Issued by the local . committee advertising Port land and the northwest. He will ln- tervlew Harry Pratt Judson. president Of tha Chicago university,- in regard to the arrangements of the convention, Mr. Judson being president of the northern Baptist convention. Dr. Brougher will also preach for the Euclid Avenue Baptist church. Cleve land. Ohio, Thl is the church that John D. Rockefeller attends, and It is understood that it also is rooking for a pastor. : . Dr. Brougher will be gone from his home pulpit about three Sundays. - He will visit friends in New York city i na -aierson. N. J., where he had his first pastorate. During his absence Kev. Arthur S. Phelps of Los Angeles. reputed to be one of the most brilliant ! White TemSleTulDlt I 'l - . , , . . . i x. . Trinity or tiuraen wearing." , THE DEAR PEOPLE If There Arc Grafters It Is Because Nobody Cares ; Very Much. (Heartt News b Jmrut Ltii.1 Wlrcl . loieao, unio. ueo. .-Berore tne . . I . ... t gressman Burton delivered a speech : on pnirntMr nr rnmrnMcn th VAttino iAn. I in nusiness Aianin political uta'- dnr. ing which he took ocoaion to lay the ?iam? for corrupt politics at the door .PV j -1? nm w nis own senatorial num. joui in i peronal Interview he tated. that 'b wa pleased wita the outlook ol bis In hi speech he said In Dart: : "While we should in no wise condone offense In political or commercial life, th real responsibility can for the most part oe traced to tne people them f,e'vr?.r ?Lletf SI81;,0' JP"Jr Ho spirit and1 the standards nf moral Ity of the great majority. Success Is worshipped, and in th formation of our Judgment of the successful man din, line between uorlVhtness ourm"tnhod:nt aTwy divl aeunea. wnen puuuc oiiioiais are con-i vlcted of candalou conduct the most , a, . . .i . i i in ,miiiiiitiH ,hr tii. tton.1. ::Z .i ..j uir .Tn n low frh orvinv evil u iniiiffnr- i.. - h. ... int.iii..n I an patriotic voter. - , "The success of nonular aovernment I in the United State is an inspiration to the whoje world. It is not without its faults, which have been most glar- ing in the control of municipalities and In the Influence of corporate interests in shaping governmental policies." Tturton also took Occasion to differ URTQII SCOLDS from Wood row Wilson bn the free trad board heard any such talk., - - . proposition, stating briefly the argu- Oswald West, one of the three state men t in favor of protection as a pol railroad commissioners, made the short icy and reviewing the hlstorv of other est speech of the evening.. Mr. West's nations of a similar type with our own introduction occunled more time than and referring to the possibility of Kna land changing her present policy of free trade to one of protection, at least to the extent - of imposing duties on many articles. ; . "DUTCH" ARNOLD'S '100- YARD RECORD DOUBTED New York. Dee. 2. Report of mar velous feat being performed by "Dutch," A7o,dAniii-iJlliPLn.tisn bring out the following remark from Arthur Duffv: "Arnold used to be quite a familiar figure- In athletic circles some 10 years ago," says the one time champion, "In those Aava ha could sorlnt. lumo or hur dle with any of the champions. But of all the weird tales of new records made in sport I have to take, with a grain of ait, tne aiiegea periormance ox Arnoiu in running 100 yards In 1-S seconds. "Arnold at present is one of the en listed men In Uncle 8am's service, and it Is reported performed his great feat on a grass track and trained mostly on a diet of cocoanuts and Manila grass. He tabooed meat completely, and now he will return i to America after his enlistment expires and will look after th scalps of all the leading sprinting champions. Of course, the report said nothing about the watches and 4be tim ers, and, of course, the American peo ple know nothing about the qualities of Manila grass, but, at any , rate, when Arnold lands In this country the Ameri can people will have to be shown be fore . they will believe any such fairy tale. - - . ' "That 100 yards' record fias received some severe jolt th last 'few years. It is generally about this time each year that we hear of the alleged per- ago In the same way by running the oiatanc in 1-6 seconds, but his rec ord was not: considered!. Today Dan Kelly' 9 3-6 seconds is acknowledged the . world's amateur record, but this, too, has come In for as much question as any of the other reported- perform ances. Perhaps the tuna will Come when a sprinter will he unearthed wiio will be able to cover the distance In f 1-5 seconds, but at present it looks as If it will have to be done with the aid of a flying machine or some other mechanical contrivance." u Paradoxical as it may ee,m.' farmers' wives of Berks county, Pennsylvania, keep sweet corn perfectly fresh all win ter by salting it down In stone crocks or cedar tub. i ' - - f v r - i -. ! . ' - ' '1 ' CHR1SFS REAL TEACHIiJGS liev. F. Elmo Robinson of Bodney Avenue Christian Church So Explains Decis ion to" Quit., Ministry Phurch Fails of Mission. Relieving that the chiirch of today falls sadlv in the accomplishment of its mission, that too much attention is pah) ttk H ni t rinttm nnri tnrmalii ism ftflt nft enough tat the real teachings of Christ. and having experienced within the pant year a change of views so radical that he feels he can no longer continue to expound vt" dVctrtnes of the church, Kev. F, Elmd Robinson will tomorrow preach his last sermon a pastor of the itoaney Avenue Christian cnurcn ana I will leave the ministry permanently, - "I don't know what I shall do," ald Mr. Robinson last night. ."It is prob able that I shall engage in religious work of some kind, but not as a preach er. I am leaving th ministry, I may write, or it may be something else. I have not decided yet v For a while I shall do nothing. - "uuring the oast, year my view nsve been undersrolnir a chains, and I feel that t can no longer consistently remain a minister of the Christian church. I do not mean that my views as to the basic principles or religion have unoer gone any change. I still believe as ear- 117 n Ll 111 B 1 l' nn.ipio u vui - tianity a ever I did. But l am no longer in accord with- the church' Inter pretation of those principles, and I do not believe that the church i fulfilling her mission. Too rmich attention is paid to doctrine and dogmas, and I do not feel that I can afford to spend my time any longer preaching doctrine. "T tendered mv reslenation last May. but the church refused to accept It, and requested me to continue In my pas torate. I consented to remain until the end of the year, but I have refused to continue any longer aa pastor of the church. 1 shall preach my farewell sermon tomorrow. On my recommendation the ' church has called as its pastor Rev. T. O. Pic ton of Woodland. . Cal. Ho ha been prominent in that state in the state Sunday school work. I think the church haa made a wise selection and that h will make a good pastor." - t ITRAVELIIIG IllEII ' HOLD BANQUET Governor Chamberlain having sent bis regrets, it remained for Mayor Lane tn 1 pat the traveling men on the back and i ten them what good fellowa they were at me ninth annual banquet or. tno Oregon and Washington division of the Travelers' Protective association at the Commercial club last night. And Mayor unt diil tnat. most admirably. Hut patting himself by wire. 1 1 V 1 1 I IIUII1 I . .11" ptw Incidentally, the governor did a little beeri om of th TspeakSr t'nl. to " i ... ... . .i e.i.. u wa read by Willi Fisher, - tne toastmester. and new president of the association. Here' what the message i i ,..r.t th.t t on not ba with the beat fellows on earth tonight to share In th annual festlv- itle. . May your shadows never grow less and may the New Year bring to each of you much happiness and pro perity The mayor told what fine chap there owth 1 and ! prosperity of Portland wa du to their efforts and handed them compliment arter compli ment in. a nice little five minute talk. He didn't mention reform, politic, any i.---v --j' --s - . ,. fac he Just mad a few remarks that mAnA .v.rvniiilv h nnri v. Beside the mayor near th head, or the table sat D. M. Dunne, who has been mentioned for Portland' 'next1 mavor. Mr. Dunne the speakers. His suhlect was: ' i ne commercial traveler Of the past and present." - Chummy Wita Mayor, Mayor Lane and Mr. Dunne were quite chummy all evening. If they said any- thins; about the position held by the one and mentioned for the other, it was i t,i.n... j. nnx amin th his addreaa. All that anyone heard, ex cept the man who sat directly In front of him, wa: "Gentlemen, I thank you." At that, Mr. West wa applauded: What Mr. West had Intended to say wan but It wouldn't be right to tell. . H. C. McAllister talked. Subject, "Clean Sheets." . Mr. McAllister, who is now state fish warden, .used to be a traveling man, you know. Therefore, he knows something about sheets, Ms. McAllister wore his full dress, a he usually does on such occasions. It is really too bad that there were not many Umn present Mr. McAllister wear swallowtail so becomingly. But in speaking about clean sheets, the fish warden told that story about staying in a hotel, when he was, on the road, of course, where breakfast was de layed because ; the , waiter hadn't 'had time to get the sheets off the bed so that they could, be used for tablecloths. Now, you might not believe that of Mr. McAllister, but h did It, honest. Other speaker on tne program were: E. J. Fay; W. B. Glafke; C. W. Hod son: C. L. Dick; C. A. Whltemore; F. A Ford"; C D. Frazer and Ok G. Hugh-son.,,.- ' ' ; i; -v.''- Menu .Card Zs HoyeL , But the sneaking - wasn't the only feature of the banquet For instance there Was the dinner. And the menu eard. - The card was In the shape of a minatura folding sample cas with tne letter T. jp. a." on both aides. Opening toe case here' are some of the samples one s eyes were allowed j to feast upon : - - "Martini cocktail paint landscape! upon the brain of man; Tok point oys ters a shell game; the little pitchfork is not a souvenir; English Sol a la Rochelaise captured for this occasion by the- winsome master fish warden? Pommes du terre persillade these are spuds; Saute aauterne press the wait er for duplicate orders; Egyptian cigar ette ten minutes among the pyra mids; Petits pols franca Ise French peas from Skookum flats; White seal watch the moving picture and see how natural they look; Cigars 20 minutes In heaven," . . ' . Th last thing on the menu card was this: "Next course is breakfast. : There was an orchestra to add to the entertainment of tha diner. Also a real picture machine - and several vaudeville stunts. At the business session - . - S I Travelers' Protective association held during tha afternoon most oftne of ficers were reelected for the new year. The list of officers aa chosen yesterday is as follows: Willis Fisher, president: C D; Frazer. first vice president; C. L. Dick, second vice president: I. Monhelmer. third vice J preRldent; t)tto Windfel'ler, fourth vie president j - tlcorge A. Peel, fifth Vic UED 7 ( To stimulate business of January we will start cember ibth that will continue through the month of January. Our rich and beautiful stock will be sold at the following exceptional discounts during. this sale: iSSSSSfia25 Per Cent Off . 'This means a rare opportunity to purchase a diamond at actual Wholesale cost. .Every 'stone guaranteed. ! watchers Per Cent OH This includes all standard makes in gold-filled and solid gold cases. Brooches Rings Scar! Pins This discount should surely purchase of any of the above Sterling Silverware Our stick e mbraces all that Rlated Silverware You will need it later if not save one-third your money. ciocko25 A large and beautiful line to Cut Gloss Hand Painted China . Our goods are the profit. . all priced so Toilet Goods; One Third Off All other goods not Quoted included in our large and well selected stock at a liberal discount during this sale. LEFFEMTPS 272 Washington St. SEVEN PER DIE!. (Hearst News by Longest Leased Wire.) Ijlnrtnn Kv.. Dae. !. Un to thl LfternooII xi person have been killed in Kentucky since ChrUtmas morning In lignts or coia piooaea rouruors. j.ia tabulation Is follows! - - ;. . Fight between striking miners and United State marshajs at Stearns, alx men killed, two officers and four min ers.',"' .;'-: . '-. ': At HopklnsvHle. Fred Daugherty killed James Hearm during a dispute. Lynch- iiiKEinr nds nextin fe4Mi m this Instance. so onf?rl At Sturgl In western Kentucky Zak Li ft N - TVlH . ,W ml 11IM1U V, u . prlc( and Thoma Williams, brothers- in-law. atiarreled over a trivial mat ter and fought a duel, killing each other. In the same section Emanuel Gavin killed William Boyd. At Grayson, in a three cornered duel between Town Marshal Frank Prather and Grant and Stephen Stamphere, Pra ther killed Urant ana laiaiiy wounaea Stephen -' , , At. Mount Zlon James Leary went home Intoxicated and his sister, Mrs. Leta Dutton, .upbraided him. He killed his sister and then committed suicide. At Nlcholsasvlllo tonight in a fight between an insane man whose 'name could not be learned, and officers, the Insane man was killed and two officers hot. . At Perkinsville five negroes were shot and fatally wounded during a gen eral fight last night. - , . - . , .. In Bath county Henry Jackson fa tally shot Ills father. Thoma Jackson. when the latter remonstrated with him for drunkenness. In Fleming county Lee Hln ton' fatally wounded Charles GUmore. .. Breathitt county . has not yet been beard from. , . v : ' president; Joseph C. Gibson, secretary ana treasurer. - .. -- Board of dlrecWr: W. B. Glafke, H. M. Ogden, E. W. Dlngman, R. L. Adams, H. F. Gaylord, Stanhop Pier. , Trustees: ! A. E. King, successor to E. M. Brannlck, deceased; D. M. Dunne, and J. M. viurran, noia-overs. - 9emaad All Ootnf ort. , A resolution wa adopted asking that the legislative committee frame a bill to ba presented to the Oregon legisla ture at the next session in January re quiring all interurban steam or electric cars operating In- the state to be pro vided with toilets, running water and clean towel. An Invitation extending the hospitali ties of the reading room of the Eugene commercial club to all nonresident com mercial travelers was read. There was also a letter from R.' W. Hoyt asking the cooperation of th association for the Kose Festival next spring. : - SCHURM AN BANQUETED AT UNIVERSITY CLUB J. G. Schurman, president of Cornell university, was the guest of honor at a banquet at the University club last night. An Interesting and scholarly ad dress was made by Mr. Schurman. C. E. S. Wood and Dr. J. R. Wilson were also on th list of speakers. The oc casion was enlivened with college songs and ' a local quartet rendered several selection. In addition to President Schurman all tha Cornell men tn Portland and IU1 ti 1 1 y -cm 411c BUWLa Ul ins VIUU, together wit!T numerous prominent pro- xessionai ana ousiness men. In England; Always Danger Here5. - ' -From Punch. V-v Every man should reraemt.er" that in the ordinary way, If he has reached S p. m. without getting married, he I, by a merciful dispensation of ecclesiasti cal law. eafe or that dav t.. mv rite. -a V during the usual dull month a CLEARANCE SALE De 0ne Third Olf attract those who contemplate the items. r 25 Per cent Olf is new and artistic in design I One Third Olf now. Buy during this sale and Per Cent Oil select from, 25 Per Cent Olf low the discount saves you all HEHEV VISITS THE PRESIDENT (CnltedreM Leased Wlr. . - Washlngton.fDec 28 President Roose velt and Francis J. Heney of San Francisco, had a talk today on the sub ject of municipal corruption and the best means of fighting grafters. They went into the experiences of Heney in unearthing the Oregon land frauds and tha present hard struggle against cor ruption In San Francisco, r The sensa tional developments in Pittsburg were referred to aa an Illustration that graft was graft the world over and that it was cause underlying, and not indi viduals, that are mainly responsible for public plunder. The president told Heney that he would give the local au thorities his full suDuort In the house cleaning that is in progress in pltts- ourg. ; Both men believe that only through the arousing of a public sentiment against the bribe inducer as well as the bribe taker can municipal corrup- tlon be prevented, and they united to day In th declaration that when some powerful grafter clothed with apparent respectability could be put behind the bar the great battle that ha been going on in many - cities would have ' been practically won.. FAVORS STATU (hpectil Ditpatcb to The JoomiH ' Pendleton, Or., Dec 26. The Uma tilla county lobby, or business men' legislative committee, of IS will meet President Kerr of the Oregon Agricul tural college in this city next Tuesday to work In connection with that insti- tution towards securing an experiment station for the Umatilla reclamation project where th government proposes to establish and maintain a station, with, th state's cooperation in main- ' tenance. . -, ' "..-.'.'. . .i- ' . The "lobby" will also discus th pro posed branch Insane asylum -for this city. Pendleton wants such an instltu- -tlon on merit alone, and not at the v cost of trading the one state institution now located In thl county, according to Senator C J.v Smith, who thus ex- ' presses the sentiment of the people. ' During October, under the Operation of penny postage, the weight of the malls from Great Britain-to the United' States increased 27 per cent. 4 V s. nmscna co. KANSAS CITT. MO. ;