THE 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
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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.
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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
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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.,,.-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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