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r,T"n ' " TriTf"" " T t, -. it tt t- rtT'rn r 1 - 4 - OEMM YOUTH FROM FOREIGN LAND IIS AN EDUCATION Remarkable Achievement in Gaining . College . Honors Example for Others,- v CAME HERE 9 YEARS AGO Espbael Qcldenstein'e rtat Klglt Trtb ., nte to Tree Anierloas Studying to Become RabbL Raphael ; Cioldenstein : Perhaps the happiest man la Port' land today is Raphael. Gpldenstein of 1435 East Twelfth street, north, who has Just returned from a great east ern university with college honors aud a splendid scholastic' record. But nine years ago Mr. Goldensteln arrived In the United States with practically no education except the one sided religious Hebrew- training which He received la his native land. Goldensteln was born in 1885 In the Mty of Eachtshisati in southern Rus sia. At the age of seven he was sent ?y hts parents to the north where he attended many chadarim and Jeshi ,.ooths In . Poland and Lithuania. In - these purely religious, old-fashioned schools, where nothing but . the, taJ .mud and- the : old Hebrew; testament were studied, day and ntcht. In a most sncienf eystemless and orderless manner,- Raphael passed ' the majority of hia youthful days, in -poverty, misery ' and want. At the age of 16 he was ordained orthodox rabbi and hi fath- er,:' who la - also a minister, desired him very much to Ret married at that - time, which . he strenuously refused ."'.O. dO. Zionism - Takes Hold, About the same' period and the fol 'owlng ouple of years, religrlous doubt -nd unbelief commenced to cresp into " his heart, - which soon developed Into . x fierce conflagration that consumed All early religious teachings, and or thodox beliefs and superstitious cere ' naonial practices and modern .Hebrew titerature occupied his whole atten tion. t 1 Zionism and nationalism now filled ' his ; mind, and even the Socialistic idea of Carl Marx, and La Tola found ;heir -way to him at this "storm and ijtress" riperiod of his life, with tlie re ult that at the age of 20 he left Rus sia for America, landing in New Tork. lie came directly to Portland, which he ' made hia permanent home. Here he worked until he accumulated the necessary sum of 1300, the fine due - from the Russian peasant for his hav ing missed military . service. Starts at Very Bottom. By this time Ooldensteln had reached "manhood. Nevertheless he started to xjhool In thiB country at the very bot- torn, "'Mamma loves baby; baby loves roamma," In th first reader. Through the helpfulness and assist ance' of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, who : taught hinv English and helped him to vet 'Americanised, lie finally 'Succeed ed in entering the Allen preparatory - school In 1907, graduating In 1911, ; While attending the Allen prepara . tory school Mr. Ooldensteln tutored in Hebrew evenings . after school and taught Sunday achool at the temple. '-' Xg-aonmea Wag AstoalsUaCc - The young man had been grounded . In none of the sciences and hia lgor ance of matbemaUos, geography and the like was astonishing. The young fellow bucaled td u however, though U was no pleasant, thJng.for. him by . any means, to be in the same room with comparatively young . children, with, whom he had little In common. It -, - , -- . ' . , r-- : ; t - ' ll - ; ' 1 PIONEERING FOR PORTLAND TRADE Half carload of paint sent north by Acine White Xead When Anchorage, Alaska, sprang into existence as the first" townslte established on the new . government railroad the need for paint ther be came apparent. The Acme. "White Lead was lesg pleasant for him to go up to the blackboard, make a blunder and b corrected by ome little fellow half . his own age, - or held up to ridi cule before the entire class because of his Ignorance of the English language.- - Student noally Graduates. - - On his graduation from the Allen preparatory school he went east where he entered the University of Cincin nati. . from which he graduated last June, with the . degree of bachelor of arts. At the same time, upon the instigation and advice of Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, he also entered the Hebrew Union college, he only. Jewish school of theology on thin continent, train ing Jewish leaders' and teachers for liberal Judaism, s - In these two colleges he worked very hard, but accomplished consider able. The .university he attended in th morning and the Hebrew college in the afternoon, thus killing two birds with one stone, and although the Hebrew Union college course is one that covers a period not less than nine years.: In addition? to four yaare of university training, yet on account of Mr. Ooldenstcin's knowledge of Hebrew and ancient Jewish lore be is making both the university -and .Hebrew Union college in five .-years- time. While attending the colleges Mr. Ooldensteln .has f conducted a large r Ilgloua .summer school, In ,1312. in Newport, Ky., and ? another -regular Sunday school at -Cumminsvtlle, Ohio. He also tutored privately as he did Jn Portland and preaehed in many -different cities In the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He is the author of a number of articles. jiones and poems in Hebrew Yiddish aid English. Next September h' is going to Enid, Okla., during the approaching Jewlah holidays, and next year he will grad uate from the Hebrew Union college and become : a- full , fledged rabbi in Israel. ROCKEFELLER IS MAN . OF UNUSUAL J POWER SAYS EDUCATOR . President Thwing of Western Reserve in ; Portland Visit - ing Head , of Reed College. John t. Rockefeller is not a man primarily of ; will,! but rather pf fare thinking ability, ' This is . the opinion pf Dr. Charles P. Thwing, president of Western Re serve university, -Cleveland, who. with Mrs. Thwing, was. the guest of Presi dent and Mrs, W.j T; Foster,- of Reed college, yesterday. The two families are old friends.. , . Dr. Thwing- employs Mr, Rockefeller as an example of tbe meaning of his own epigram. "The chief aim of educa tion is to make a man thinker." "Learning has small value by itself," said Dr. Thwing f yesterday. "It has great value aa a means of teaching one, to use hi thinking -powers. The present war, Dr. Thwing be lieves,; will .bankrupt the old world both in money and brains, and this, he thinks, will add greatly to the burden of thinkers In America, who must bear the brunt of the work of re adjusting chaotic ; world conditions. "On the youth tof . America will be laid , this burden.',' " continued Dr Thwing, "and they must not fail in the tremendous world's recuperating task this war has laid upon ua. - "It. I had the power I would make this a bugle call : .to . the youth of America to summon them for the sake of the great world." ,t Dr. and Mrs. Thwing' were shown the wonders of the Columbia highway yesterday by Dr. - and.' Mrs. Foster. They go from Portland to San Fran cisco, where Dr. Thwing will make several addresses. - : rr Put in Qell at 16; Is Pardoned' at 27 'r "' :- " ; .. ' 'r : Governor Dunne 'of XUinols Acts In Behalf of Tonth round la Bad Com pany Eleven Tears Ago. Chicago. July t4. Governor Dunne has commuted -the sentence of James Formby Jr.. of Chicago, a young man serving a life sentence in connection ith a murder committed by another. Eleven years ago young Formby, then only 16 years old. participated lh a saloon holdup.; Three other boys took part. The shot which resulted in the killing was fired by one of the other boys. Formby was outside of the saloon when the shot was fired--nearly a block away. In fact, It is said. He was unarmed.. : But h did not es cape the law. Prison incarceration has told' upon the boy'a frame and If la asserted that he is In the early stages of tubercu losis. Hia plea direct to the governor, done in beautiful scroU work, attract ed the attention of Governor1 Dunne and . the Investigation, that followed determined the governor to commute the young man's : sentence.. ' , and Color "Works Of Portland saw its opportunity asd ; decided to establish a new branch store in that new town on a new railroad. The picture shows a half carload of paint and other similar requirements of a new town HINKING 's u-t i Nf?t l-SiJ '"'Tk 'wS - " ' i i i . , MOUNTAINSIDE DRIVE WILL. BE PRESENTED TO PUBLIC. FREE 4 1 V . 1 3t - ' '$ -V' v Above Official party inspecting t he Hlrivo. Below Where dlouotalnside drive and Germantown road Left Tree which stands as sentinel near' the road. ' This Is the 'biggest better roads year in the history of Portland and Mult nomah count y. - ' The county Is spending a' total of $1. 800,000, approximately, for hardsur fac ing and maintenance. - Seventy miles of roads are being bardsurfaced, comprising, the county's most Important trunk thoroughfares and including the Columbia river high- b way. The cost Of hardsurfaoing 4s DENMARK LATEST "TO ADOPT PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION PLAN . . . - .. . . ' , System Recently Put Into Eft feet Gives Each Party Jts Proportion. ' '- By Alfred D. Crlde. One of the great fundamental re forms constantly advancing is that of proportional representation, sometimes called the effective ballot. - Denmark Is the latest country; to advance along the line of making1 its w legislative bodies more representative, and the ballots of its citizens more effective. ' The new constitution : f Denmark not only provides for equal suffrage for women, but for the- election In its upper bouse of 44 members by a sys tem intended to give to each party Its proportion ' of representatives accord ing to its voting strength. By giving each party Its Just proportion the ma jority will rule, but the minorities win be heard. . ' -vi Tasmania System Simplest. There are many different details and various methods to secure the result. and it is in the details that the In vestigator becomes confused. The most accurate and practical system is in op eration m Tasmania, where the voter marks tale ballot with the 'figures 1, t and 3 - opposite the name of his pre ferred candidates.- That is all he has to do with it - The state ; is divided into five districts electing six- mem bers eacta to the lower house. ' Any candidate Is elected who Has ovej one- and Color Works. that were, sent to Anchorage a week ago to stock the new store. This is the Portland concern's first' shipment to Anchorage, but ethers will follow as the town grows an the demand for paint , increase r ....... i i ' ' '' - " ' " ' " . ' ' - j b ' " " ' rT MMi.wiMMMwwBssBasensssssaasasssssss& - ;B?5Vi'(P V ; I - ' s . : : ' ' i . N ' I t I ' 1 :;r-.:.S. ,:5f- :: : -.. t . . :;::: -XiN: ' .. J . :-.,:.:.: , ...; ; 1 t -.- - . y&:: :s:yy;:y:y:y:'s: ; . L f"! . ' ' ' ,t . Jfl j v . - - ' - i j ii.S- II . B'rT. 4.,, vl-' . 5 . , " ' " 4 ' ' f -v. ' . -' -' - f ' , " x-, . ( " 3 m - - ,. - - -,. -. . being met from the proceeds of $1. 250,000 in bonds . voted by the people of the county. April 14. - : In addition to all this work, the city is to be presented with an 11-mile road costing $142,000 . -lt will probably be officially known as Mountainside drive. It leads west from the border ot the city along the side of the -high bills that face the Willamette and Columbia, rivers.. Its uniform elevation is 700 feet. seventh of; the vote in a district with the figure one opposite his name on the ballots. . Effective Ballot Seonreo. Provisions are made for the dispos ing of all - votes . over the "elective quota? Konn more than: one-seventh of the total vote In the district) which any ' canddlate receives, the - ballot be ing counted then for the second choice. Also for. the elimination of those can didates at the foot of the list and hope lessly defeated their ballots likewise being counted for the indicated second choice In this way the absolute math ematical possibilities of an : effective ballot are secured. The voter does not have to- trouble himself with the calcu lations. - -. Difficult to Explain. - ! In Denmark .the election laws- at tempt to secure a combination of the old 'mis-representative ' system, with the new effective systems. It is there fore difficult to explain to a foreigner and difficult for even -a student of elective methods - of securing propor tional Representation to fully under stand. The Danish people and law makers understand the principle and are working toward. It hampered by traditions, special-- privileged interests, prejudices and political superstitions. In the election ot ; its landstlng, or. upper house, B members are elected by the people . in districts . returning from 1' to 12 members,- only two dis tricts returning one each, and are elect ed for four years. Alternates Axe FTovlded. i Provisions are made for the election at the same time of alternates - who take the place of those who die or re sign -during the term of office- - Not only - is Denmark to be congratulated on its giving women full suffrage, but on going part way in giving men and women, a more effective ballot and a nearer' approach, therefore, to majority rule, 'i . : In New Zealand - the upper bouse, called the legislative council, is here after to be elected from four districts, two returning nine members eaoh, and two returning 11 members each, -. The methods- .closely follow the lines of Tasmania which have been tested out in several ' elections and found to be practical and satisfactory. Some modi fications, however, tending to facili tate the counting of the ballots,- have been proposed, in both Tasmania and New Zealand, and may be adopted, - Sweeping Changes Expected. - Cities, and towns. in New Zealand have been authorized to apply the same principle and law in the election of their local governing bodies. The house of representatives Is still to be elected in - single : member constituencies, ' but the agitation for "ef f ective voting" will no doubt carry In"1 the course of a; very few years the election -of the entire -New Zealand - parliament. - The upper house of Nw Zealand has here tofore been a life membership body ap pointed by the crown, and the making of it a genuine representative body Is expected - to make" some ' Sweeping changes in its said existence. . -' - The agitation for the Tasmanlan sys tem is - widespread throughout Aus tralia, and it is thought that western Australia will be the next to follow. Majority Soles. - - The Tasmanlan lower -house is com posed Of 30 members and there - are but two parties in it. The idea that proportional representation will give a number of factional parties is not car ried out by the application of the prin ciple In its purity. The radical and conservative elements of the political field' find their representation within the two great parties, and in propor tion. Men who are radical on (one or two - propositions are, often : conserva tive on others, and. measures are dis cussed with less partisanship, bigotry and. crass Intolerance where the whole people are represented, and the ma jority after representative ; delibera tion, rula. . The reorl of Tasmania overcame their natural and Inherent conservatism and applied the principle ioi--- I Ii r)-r2T .-, 1- A straight line 'between the extrem ities of Mountainside drive ' measures but a little more than five miles. The 11 miles of road construction became necessary In order to follow the con tour pf the hills. . There are almost Innumerable draws and canyons. - None of; these .was bridged, and to . keep level grade necessitated' an Immense in a thorough -manner. It is sure to spread. It is spreading. . . . Australia Heart in Zdne. Even -under the burden of -war and drought the people of A.ustraUa are considering the principle and many are demandiirj-its application. Tho ' two great parties of AnstrallaVre 'divided on the matter, of course, n advocat ing, the initiative and referendum and the other the effective vote as the best method to secure more power to the masses. They Will ' end ,up by both winning, although at present botb lose, because politicians In all lands have to be 3 driven to doing anything of the sort. . ? y, yy':ry "?-. y ;U-' Suit Buyer Goes East. , : V- Walter K." Montague, women's cdat and suit buyer for . the Ben Selling store, left for New York City on last Wednesday on his semi-annual trip. r Men's Clothing AEeoefliciinig Our Glearaince Beginning Monday Morning, You May 147-149 SIXTH ST. NOTE--ThU U Everything goe amount of turning and twisting,' The result is one of the most beautiful scenic drives- in the vicinity of Port land, . Many vista points provide v views of city, rivers,, mountains and valleys, and much of the route of the road is laid through unbroken forests of tow ering firs. - ., Mountainside drive will probabjy be Call for a Peace ; : . Confess Issued Join ICeetlngt wm - Be Xeld at San rrraaclseo October 10 ll'and 18j jWorld Peaoe Aim. -. A call for an international peace congress - has ' been Issued by "The Church .Peace j Union, ' the American Peace, Society' or ' Fifth' American Peace Congress, and the Ban' Francisco Federated l! Peaee - Committee.: which will be held in San Francisco at the ex position October -10, 11 and 12. --; . The purpose of the peace, congress Is "to bring together, as far as possi ble, representative leaders from all na tions and from all organizations that favor world peace, In order to -confer on the most practical plans' for the putting Into cooperative action tbose- No Story to TellJust This: : This Season's Fancy Suits or Overcoats, for ; REGULAR PRICES UP TO $45.00 STRAW AND PANAMA HATS HALF PRICE (kyy?;:yiyyy,i:j,'i: i:.,iVvS5.;e.s:M-v:--.i,l iv ' -ff.tS-c' v. v .;:-!-.-?.. .r--f-v'-.?--1'.-i i,y--y- : . .- ijiftt. -if-, -j- ;r,1f..j,r-"A,.-;i- iS 'y?'yy-y'yyyi yt' W:-"..i,-.'"-;i-4-i';iirt;v--i;iix.i?jJ i-:o-5ac,,'J, ii.v.-,-'...----.j,:j: :,, - :. y-yyyy?ryy ',y S4; :y--'!ry:yy'y' T V - rpSM. y'y?- ' J y jy '''-yyy '' "'?'.yi. 'r' -y '-y- ' ; -y. C-yy : 'yr:yyy :J-k :yy ' :. -y 'r: y- .y-' - Come Early in the Day if You Can olio IMIaitlSiii the first and only sale We have conducted this season, and W over from one season to the next. . OF ALL COST hard surfaced after being taken over by the city. . In order to build the road, abutting property owners bonded their property. J. B. T Holbrook and Richard Shepard did the major part of , the. work of organising the Interests involved and for their persistence - are. given chief credit .for its completion.- . forces and agencies that will , lead to the abolition of war." , Delegates from all religious, indus trial, educational, commercial and, pub lic bodies, and from each, state and na tional, government fere invited': to at tend, v - The Joint, secretaries are H. H. Bell and Robert O Root, with headquar ters at the Tabernaacle. Van Ness v eriU, San Francisco. . - , ,. 25,000 Oklahoma If orses for Italy, - Bartlesvllle, , OkJa., July 24. A. K. Dunlap. -.a horse and mule buyer of Copan, Okla., has announced ' that a firm of - which he Is a member had contracted with the Italian govern ment to furnish J6, 000 horses to be used by " artillery and cavalry regl- ments. i 'Chiefly Intended . for -campers Is a curved table knife, the end of which is formed into a four pronged fork. Hats Come to Our Store and , NEAR ui CLi;,;,E( CAUGHT IN STORhl Oil SIDE OF HIGH PEi; Party Experiences Air Thrills of Such Event on Slopes of Mountain. " LIGHTNING PLAYS - IN SKY reals of Thunder SLeeonnd and Can jroas Sclxo Back Salute to the ' Power of the Storm Xing. Who would not give part of their lives to experience the thrill that comes over ne who v encounters a storm high up on a mountain? When added to this thrill one encounters the roar of thunder reverberating in a dozen different valleys, the lightning flashing and the swlh and roar of hall swept by. wind at the snow line who has lived that will ever forgat the pleasure that, fear can give to man. Such must have been the sensations that caught and held captive a recent party Of local mountain climbers who attempted to scale Mount Hood from the side of Government Camp. At least that is the way some of the par ticipants in the climb who encountered such a storm Indicate the nature of their experience. The party consisted of J. B. Waggstaff, Mica Maud Choller, Mr. and Mrs. J. Vlgellus, Francis fc'ul livan, Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Salvert. The start was made from Government Camp at 6:30 the evening, of July 13, giving them time to get to the timber line by 8:30 the same evening, where they pitched their camp for the night. At 9:80 the following morning they started for the summit and succeeded in "making good time until they reached the snow line, when little fluffs of wind began stirring, followed a little later by a terrific roar, like "the sound of a. forest fire In, the distance. Then strsy flashes of lightning begin shooting through the clouds and lit them up like a lake "on fire. The wind began to increase In vio lence end 'the air took on a crisp ami biting snap. 'Off in the distance th;y heard a slow, rythmic rumble which kept . Increasing in volume- and more and more perky pulsations until it burst Into a horrifying roar and deaf ening explosion which seemed to shak thjf whole mountain and set the ha vens on fire. Then came the hail ant the wind and the sleet and the roar as if a million Uhlans had broke looso , and were charging at them from some entrenched hell among th cloudn. Encountering this kind of opposi tion the party retreated In haste to their original camp ef the morning and finally - succeeded In reaching a place of .safety as thy passed the timber line In their descent. - Austrian Diplomat , " Goes as Volunteer Former foreign Minister von Berchtold Enlists and Is Assigned to Seglmeat oa the Italian Tront. . Parte, July 24. Ojptatn LeopohVvon Berchtold, ' former Austrian ' forelrn minister, has enlisted as a?volunt-sr In the Kleventh regiment of -dragoons, of which- his son is a , member and which is fighting on the Italian front, according to a Havaa dispatch from Geneva. . .. It. was reported early in June thnt Count von Berchtold, who was ' suc ceeded by "Baron Burian as foreign minister in January, had offered bis services in the Italian .campaign as a volunteer automoMllnt. He was given a farewell audience by Emperor Fran cis Joseph on July t and it was an nounced at that time that he had de cided to go to the front as cavalry re serve officer.' . and Haberdashery Buy Any of MORRISON it is a real one. .. i 1 I - III . r