THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY , MORNING, MAY' 23, 1916. , )
METHODIST PAGEAN
AT LOCAL THEATRE
PROVES
SUCCESS
Young People of Different
Churches Demonstrate the
Growth of Institutions.
ORCHESTRA IS FURNISHED
. . . . a. 1
Church; Audience Joins la Slaa-laf
Son retrlotlo Soars,
The pageant of Methodism was wit
nessed Friday evening- at the Elev
enth Htreet theatre by a very appre
ciative nudleuce. Tha young people
of the different churches of. the city
aptly showed the history of their
churrh from the time of ItM founding
by John Wesley until the present
flay.
dt. jonnn inowea the early home
of the Wealey' and the rescue of
Utile John from hla burning home.
Centenary church gave the opposition
to the preacher, and Hellwood, John
Wealey'a laat open air sermon.
In episode two, Barbara Heck from
Sunnyglde chapter broke up a card
Raine and then urged TU-v. Kmbury to
preach to the wicked men whom she
corrected. Th first church service
In America l then held by Bunnyalde
ana then Kpworth how the patriot
flag and during the revolution.
Sunday School Tonaed.
Sopliia f'ook from Trinity then or
ganizes tlie first Sunday school f ro
a band of quarreling atreet urchins
and then I,enta foliowa with the
general conference of 1789, followej
In turn, by the first missionary to the
Indiana, who are the Campflre glrl.i
ot Woodlawn and boy scouts of
Lenta.
Episode three shown the days of
the circuit rider and Patron church
relates the experience of Solomon
Hiarp at the hand of a rough crowd
In a blacksmith shop. Peter t'art
wrlKlit and the early camp meeting i
then given by XTnlversity Park, after
which first church follows with In
cidents showing the patriotism of the
church. The episode closes with n
humorous presentation of lit. Tabor
.of the reception of h missionary
.barrel by a frontier preacher.
In episode four the church of to
day la shown at work with all 1 1
Mtrtnl-m.A . i V. .. W ...111
v. u . j . t: . ureal kiiicnii vy dluIHA tllft'
One Intereating Incident In this rart
Is that a relative of the first metho
dlst circuit rider In America was on
"the stage last evening representins
the ministry.
TamUy of Preachers.
Ttev. D. A. Watters. financial secre
tary of Kimball college. Is a descend
ant of William Watters, the first
Methodist traveling preacher in the
United States. Incidentally the fam
ily Is made up of preachers. Nicholas
Watters. a brother of William, Is the
ancestor of a family out of which the
Methodist church has received 63
preachers and missionaries.
JI . fc. 1 - M . . 1 1 m A I I -
riri ruin n lurrusiysa ine cnorus
ndf Montavllla the orcheatra. Audi
' enre stood up and aang patriotic tunes
with chorus. ,
The pageant was stasred under the
direction of Mrs. K. W. Jones. Her
efforts were rewarded by a vote of
tha&As."
GUESTS WILL TAKE PART IN PARADE
Man's Attempt at
. Suicide Successful
Thomas Lewis, "Who BUot Himself
With Bifla Because of Despondency
f UTer ui aieivn, vies.
Despondent over his continued ill
health, Thomas Lewis, 82 years old,
attempted suicide about noon yester
day at the home of his father-in-law,
Andrew E. Dahlberg, 408 Jessup
street, by shooting himself through the
head with a 22 caliber rifle. He died
at 7:45 p. m.
Lewis was found moaning and half
conscious on the floor of an upstairs
room at 1:30 p. m. He went to his
room about 11 o'clock. Mrs. Dahlberg
later heard the groans and found the
door locked. Her husband entered the
' house about the same time and he
broke In the door.
Patrolman John W. Long summoned
an Ambulance Service machine and had
Lewis taken to the Good Samaritan
tospltal.
Lewis had a wife and three children,
two girls and a boy. He had been un
able to work for several months. His
wife Is employed. He left a not as
cribing the cause to the above facts.
He was attended at the hospital by
Drs. A. E. Rockey and F. J. Laird.
The first class of Chinese students
trained to read their own language by
means of the newly Invented alphabet
was graduated in March.
NEW WAGE SCALE IS
T
0 6E DEMANDED BY
WORKERS N TUNNE
L
Mass Meeting to Be Held at!
Columbia Park,JVIonday, at
"I o'Clock P, M,
CIRCULARS DISTRIBUTED
Man In Charge of Zooal Contracting
Tina uj Hs Xnows of Ho Trou
ble; Z. W. W. Kay Act.
"There will be a mass meeting of
workers employed 1b the Peninsula
tunnel In Columbia park Monday, May
29. at 1 p. m. and at 4:30 p. m.. to
draw up a new wage scale and elect
a committee," says a circular dis
tributed yesterday afternoon among
workmen employed on the project.
It bears the Imprint of the
trial Workers of the World.
The tunnel Is being bored for the
O-W. R. & N. company by the Guth-rie-MacDougall
company, under con
tract, and from 1200 to 1300 men are
at work there, three shifts being em
ployed, each putting in eight hours.
TtsMma i Vt,w In phartB Af thn
I . .i i l 1 r.fH - .I.I.H
l llL( t L1I1IC 111 III S U'l'lVBi -snu
necessity and act forward the thinking
of the statesmen of the world by a
whole age. "Repeated utterances of
the leading; statesmen of the nfost of
the great. nation now engaged In war
have made It plain that their thought
has come to thi that the principle
of public right must hencefjSrth take
precedence over the Individual inter
eats of particular nations, and that
the nations of the world must In some
way band themselves together to see
that that right prevails as against
any selfish aggressions; that hence
forth alliances must not be set up
against alliance, understanding against
understanding, but that there must be
agreement for a common object and
that the heart of that common object
must lie in the Inviolable rights of
peoples and of mankind.
JTationa All Melgabors Vow.
"The nations of the world have be
come each other's neighbors. It Is to
their Interest that they should under
stand each other. In order that they
may understand each Other, It is im
perative that they should agree to co
operate in a common cause and tthat
they should so act that the guiding
principle of that common cause shall
be even-handed and impartial Justice.
"This is undoubtedly the thought of
America. That is w"hat we ourselves
will say when there comes proper oc
casion to say it. In the dealings of
nations with one another arbitrary
force must be rejected and we must
move forward to the thought of the
modern world, the thought of which
! peace is the very atmosphere, the
Indus- thought which constitutes a chief part
of the passionate conviction or
America.
What America Believes.
"We believe these fundamental
things:
"First That every people Jias a
right to choose the sovereignty under
which they shall live. Like othe.
cations, we have ourselves no doubt
l&St nieht that SO far as he knows , n a vain nffunriari a tt 1 n H t thul
there li no dissatisfaction among the 1 principle when for a little while con-
men, and he thinks very rew w:u ai-
tend the mas meeting.
"Most of the men in our emp.oy on
the tunnel are married men wio live
here and have their homes. None is
paid less than 28 ft cents an ho'ir an.l
none works more than eight hours. So
far as we know the men are aatisried.
In connection with the ciroulafton of
the circular It Is stated that a crew
of SO I. W. W. members have arrived i
in the cijy for the purpose of conduct
ing the announced mass meeting.
The report that two workmen were !
burled in a cave-in In the tunnel and ,
that their bodies '.iave not been re-1
covered has also been circulate.!, but J
the coroner who made an investigation j
states that he has been unable to ver
trolled by selfish passion, as our
franker historians have been honora
ble enough to admit: but it has be
come more and more our rule of Ufa
and action.
"Second That the small states of
the world have a right to enjoy the
same respect for their sovereignty and
tor their territorial integrity that
great and powerful nations' expect and
insist upon. And third, that the world
has a right to be free from every dis
turbance of Its peace and freedom
that has its origin In aggression and
dieregard of the rights of peoples and
nations.
tJ. 8. Beady to Join Alliance.
"So sincerely do we believe In these
trary. to limit ourselves along with
them to a prescribed course of duty
and respect for the rights of others
that will check any selfish. passion of
our own as it will check an aggressive
Impulse of theirs.
OatUnee Peace ProgTasa,
"If It should ever be our privilege
to suggest or initiate a movement for
peace among the nations now at war, I
am sure that the people of the United
States would wish their government to
move along these lines:
"First, such a settlement with re
gard to their own. Immediate Inter
ests as the belligerents may agree
upon. We have nothing material of
any kind to ask for ourselves and
are Quite aware that we are In no
sense or degree parties to the present
quarrel. Our interest is only In peace
and Its future guarantees.
"Second, an universal association
of the nations to maintain the invio
late security of the highway of the
seas for the common and unhindered
use of all the nations of the world
an'd to prevent any war begun either
contrary to treaty covenants or with
out warning and full- submission of
the causes to the opinion of the
world a virtual guarantee of terri
torial - Integrity and political Inde
pendence. Creed Is That Bight Kurt Prevail.
"But I did not Some here, let me
repeat, to dlacuss a program. I came
only to avow a creed and give expres
sion to the confidence I feel that the
world is even now upon the eve of a
great consummation, when some com
mon force will be brought Into exist
ence which sTiall .safeguard right as
the most fundamental Interest of all
peoples and all governments, when co
ercion shall be summoned not to the
service of political ambitlfm or selfish
hostility but to the service of a com
mon order, a common Justice and a
common peace.
" "God grant that the dawn of that
day . of frank dealing and of settled
peace, concord and cooperation may be
near at hand."
'HEALER' SCHLATTER
IS IN TOILS OF
IN NEW YORK C1T
Government Charges Old Ma
and Secretary With Usln
Mails to Defraud.
, things that I am sure that I speak
lfy the report; that It has been oenied the mind of America when I say the
by everyon in position to know some-; united States Is willing to become a
thing about it tad such an accident j partner in any feasible association of
i happened. ' nations in order to realize these ob-
Above, lef to right Miss Besxie Hutkfleston, Heppner; Miss Roma Jacobson, La Grande; Miss Elsie
O'Neill, Spokane. Center, left to right Miss Myrtle Ferguson, Condon; Miss Lavaughn Burge,
Tekoa, Wash. Below, left to right-Cieorgia. Ella Reynolds, Harrison, Idaho; Mis Irene Viele,
Wallace, Idaho; Miss Zylpha Freeman, Central ia, Wash.
Forty young women from out of
town will be the guests of the O-W. R.
& N. company during Rose Festival.
They have been Invited by J. V. Far-
rell, president of the company, from
among the women employes and daugh
ters of employes eldest in the -Service
of the company.. They will come from
Idaho, Washington and Oregon towns.
This is the second year that .the
O-W. H. N. has brought to the festi
val a ir , of young women from the
three nortuwest states which Its lines
serve. The best that the company af
fords In the way of transportation ac
commodations and the like will be
provided for the party.
The young women will arrive Thurs
day morning, June 8, and Friday they
will take part in the O-W. R. & N. sec
tion of the military, civic and fraternal
parade.
In the party will be the following:
Miss Ethel White. Aberdeen; Ailss
Pansy Coates, Olympla; Mrs. Dorothy
Wilson, Tacoma; Miss Myrtle Fergu
son, Condon; Miss Bessie Huddleston,
Heppner; Miss Dorceas DeWitt, Hood
River; Miss Emma Kasberger, The
Dalles; Miss H. B. Mlnnick, Umatilla;
Miss Zylpha Freeman, Centralia; Miss
Avis Putnam, Huntington; Miss Loelete
King, La Grande; Miss Roma Jacob
son, La Grande; Mrs. Grace Trumbull,
Joseph; Miss Edna Hamilton, Reith;
Miss Kllzabeth Sheppard, Baker; Miss
Wilma Oesterling, ' La Grande; Miss
Mabel Folsom, Elgin; Miss Olive Wil
Mr. Kurs said that the report was
without foundation upon fact.
OLD DIPLOMACY "
MUSf GIVE WAY
TO GAIN PEACE
(Confirmed from Puge One)
concerned that It should be brought to
an end and the world be permitted to
resume its normal life and course. And
when it does come to an end we shall
be as much concerned as the nations
at war to see peace assume an aspect
of permanence, give promise of rays
from which the anxiety of uncertainty
shall be lifted, bring some assurance
that peace and war shall always bere-
son. Pendleton; Miss Madeline Walker, afUr b, recused part of the common
Waltsburg; Miss Grace Harden. Mil
ton; Miss Agnes Ferring, Btarbuck;
Miss Clara Blake, Pomeroy; Miss Helen
Ross, Wallula;' Miss Elizabeth Keelan,
Walla Walla; Miss Martha Wright,
Walla Walla; Miss Myrtle Hlggans,
interest of mankind.
Are part of Ufa of World.
"We are participants, whether we
would or not, In the life of the world..
The Interests of all nations are our
Jecta and make them secure against
violation.
"There Is nothing that the United
States wants for Itself that any other
nation has. We are willing, on the con-
Sweetheart's Death
Avenged by Girl
Tonne Woman Ooes Xlgb on Voun
talas of Austrian rrontlsr Sniping
Soldiers WHo Blew Brothers.
Geneva, May 17. L N. S.) The
Swiss Alpine troops on the Btelvio
Pass noticed for several days a slim
Italian girl, aged about IS, and armed
with a rifle, climbing the snow-covered,
paths leading up to the Austrian
frontier, where she spent most of the
day.
One of the Swiss soldiers Inquired
what she was doing. The Italian girl
replied fiercely:
"They have killed my two brothers
and my sweetheart, and I am taklnir4H. Black wllLofflciate. No memorial
mass will be held there this morning.!
my revenge. , I think I have killed
four Austrians, but that la not enough
I shall continue shooting until I am
myself killed."
New York, May 27. . (U. P.) -"Rev."
Dr. Francis Schlatter pastor
the "Baptist Church. Inc.," of iim f
ireles, nnd his secretary, "Rev." D
Oua Alganl, were arrested here th
afternoon by postal Inspectors e
charges of using the mails to defrau
The men were indicted in Los Angel f
yesterday. They were arraigned bt
fore United States Commlaaione
Houghton and htld for further hearln
on June 7. ; M ? (
Dr. Schlatter ttss styled himself tr.
"healer" and it Is charged that ha h
been doing an extensive business I
"blessed handkerchiefs," warranted t
heal the ill of all maladies. ''.,''
Although the Baptist church, Inc
of Los Angeles, Cal., has maintains
headquarters at 839 West Thirty!
fourth street here. It Is alleged the
the healer had "blessed handkerchiefs
for all those who applied for admls
slon to the church. The "blessing, '(
however, has always been aceompanie
by a fee or a contribution , to th'
church. ,1
The "healer" is now 79 years el
age. but when a child of 7 In Bwlti
erland he clalma he "had a Vision am
knew that the spirit of the Lord ha
conio to reside In his body and th
he should go forth and heal. I
The state of Illinois drove Behlat !
ter from Its borders some months ag'
and It was then that the church lr
Los Angeles was set up. All th'
members of the church were mallei
"blessed handkerohlefa" which wouli
heal as long as a weekly offering eanu
forth from those who owned them.
A ease Is now pending In the New
York state court against "the healer',
charging him with practicing medicine
without a license.
By consent of the district attorney's
office Sohlstter and his secretary wer
field in $2500 each for appearance
June l. r
Memorial Maws at Mt. Calvary.
Memorial mass will be Celebrated
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at
Mount Calvary cemetery. Tha Rev. J
When writing or odllng on drartUerf, pleas
mention The Journal.
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LADD ESTATE COMPANY L,rvv i
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Walla Walla; Miss Nellie Nelson, Wes-' own also. We are partners with the
ton; Miss Mabel Mathls, North Yakima;
Miss Elsie O'Neil, Spokane; Mlos Bes
sie Nyqulst, Rockford; Miss Lavaughn
Burge, Tekoa; Miss Hasel BrakeblU.
Colfax; Miss Irene Velle, Wallace;
Miss Georgia Reynolds, Harrison; Miss
Vera McDonald, Dlshman; Miss Jane
Lillian O'Brien and Miss Mary M. Bly,
Seattle.
MOOSE
CONFERENC
E
TAKES UP NUMBER
OF LODGE PROBLEMS
Meeting of Secretaries of the
Oregon Lodges Proves an
Interesting Affair,
The conference of secretaries of the
Oregon lodges, Loyal Order of Moose,
was held yesterday afternoon In Moose
hall, presided over by T. J. Ratcllffe,
state director of the organization de
partment The following participated:
C. B. McConnell. Medford; J. H Eayle,
Ashland; Donald W. Miles. Salem; F.
L. McGahney, Oregon City; George R.
Black. Corvallls; P. L. Gilmore, 6t
Johns; V. S. Goff. Cottage Grove;
Charles E. Heard, Pendleton; A. Broad
head, Tillamook; J. E. Snipes, The
Dalles; H. O. Pargets, Roseburg; J. P.
Hunt, Woodburn; R. L. Jacobs, Sheri
dan; P. L. Procter, Portland; A, B. Col
ber. , Coqullle.
This Is the first conference of the
kind ever authorized by .the supreme
dictator or the supreme council, L. O.
M. It was addressed briefly by E. J.
Henning, supreme dictator of the or
der, and by T. J. Ratcllffe. Resolu
tions were passed requesting .the su
preme lodge to provide for such con
ferences in the constitution.
A great many questions were brought
up relative to the proper accounting
of dues and expenditures and explained
by Brother Ratcllffe and others.
OREGON'S
PROGRESS
IN FLAX CULTURE IS
SHOWN
BULLETIN
Banana Crop Big.
Washington, May 27. (I. N. S.)
The Honduras banana orop this year
is the heaviest since 1912, the returns
for April, according to exporters'
figures, being 25 per cent greater than
for the s& -ie month last year, declarea
American Consul Dyer, In a report to
Secretary of Commerce William C,
Redfield. Exporters in Honduras are
paying producers 19 cents a bunch for
the choicest fruit
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his burdens are many, body and mind feel the urge.
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VARICOSE (enlarged) VEINS are unpleasant, often danger
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yrCTgnATwTarPaflK-"MAB3HAU. 4700-WOMg AWT!
State Will Produce This Year
900 Acres of Flax, Mostly
Under State Rule.
Oregon's progress in the culture of
flax Is described in a bulletin published
In a late number of the daily Commerce
Reports, issued for the benefit of deal
ers the world over by the federal De
partment of Commerce. The material
was prepared by Ansel R. Clark, local
representative of the department.
The report ahowa that Oregon will '
produce this year about 900 acres of :
flax, of which COO is to be grown under
direct supervision of the state on lands
near Salem. The state supplies the
seed and supervlaion, the farmers sell
ing the orop to the state. Convicts
will harvest the flax and It will be
treated at the prison flax plant.
Near Eugene more than 200 acres is
to be grown, the people of Lane county
being enthusiastic over the prospects.
About 100 acres Is to be planted in
Washington county near Gaston, the
farmers there having purchased their
seed from the state. Near Roseburg a
few acers will be grown to discover if
the soil and climate are suitable for
best flax and. If so, a large acreage
will be put in next season.
Altogether, the report shows, Ore
gon Is building well in its effort to
create a new Industry.
Mr. Clark is preparing other bulle-
rest. What affects mankind Is inevlt
ably our affair as well as the affair
of the nations of Europe and of Asia.
"One observation of the causes of
the present war we are at liberty to
make and to make It may throw some
light forward upon the future as well
as backward upon the past. It is plain
that this War could have come only as
it did, suddenly and out of secret
counsels, without warning to the
world without discussion, without
any of the deliberate movements or
counsel with which it would seem
natural to approach so stupendous a
contest.
Could Have Averted War.
"It is probable that If it had been
foreseen Just what would happen, just
what alliances would be formed. Just
what forces would be arrayed against'
one another, those who " brought the
great contest on would have been glad
to substitute conference-for force. If
we ourselves should be afforded soma
opportunity to apprise the belligerents
of the position which it would be our
duty to take on the policies and. prac
tices against which we would feel
bound to use all our moral and eco
nomic strength, and in certain circum
stances even, our physical strength
also, our owp contribution to the
counsel which might have averted the
struggle would have been considered
worth weighing and regarding.
Most Have Been Diplomacy.
"And the lesson which the shock of
being taken by surprise In a raaner so
deeply vital to all the nations of the
world has made poignantly clear is:
That the peace of the world must
henceforth depend on a new anl more
wholesome diplomacy. Only when the
gTeat nations of the world have
reached some sort of agreement ax to
what they hold to be fundamertal to
their common interest and aa to some
feasible method of acting in concert
whea any nation or group of nations
seeks to dlrturb those fundamental
things, can we feel that civilisation
is at least in a way of justifying its
existence and claiming to be finally es
tablished. It ia clear that nations
must in the future be governed by the
same high code of honor that we de
mand of Individuals.
War Has Advanced Thinking.
"We, indeed, in the very .same
breath with which we avow this con
viction, we admit that we have our
selves upon occasion in the past, been
offenders against the law of diplo
macy which we thus forecast; but our
conviction lg not the less clear, but
If this war has accomplished nothing
else for the benefit of the world, it
has at least disclosed a great moral
tins to be published la the Commerce
Reports. The flax bulletin already has J rather the more clear on that account
attracted attention xrom i. u. xooa
& Co.. a large New York Importing and
exporting firm, which has written the
Portland Chamber of Commerce asking
for more information regarding the
quality and quantities of flax procur
able here as it wishes to Increase its
stock for the manufacture of heavy
flax fabrics.
Congresationalists at Canemah.
The young people of the First Con
gregational Bible school and Christian
Endeavor society will observe Decora
tion day at Canemah Park. Part of the
day will be devoted to commemorative
services with patriotic songs and
drills and a special number by three
Grand Army patriots. Several hours
will be given over to games under the
supervision of Harry Smith of the T.
M. C. A.
A new clothespin is made of a sin
gle piece of wire, having a ring at the
center to encircle a -line and clips at
the ends to hold garments.
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