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THE . OREGON - DAILY JOURNALS PORTLAND, . OREGON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1820. COiKMH CE NTENARY m 1 ;..: Y The long former . cherished I desire of Taylor , Street r Methodist cnurcn raia o maintain a eepiraw wrguh'uiStlon hu ended. Tuesday night the . members, who comprised the WU bur Memorial I Methodist church, , voted to accept an Invita tion issued six years ago, ana cast, their lot with Centenary Mett-Odist church. Wednesday night the of ficial board of Centenary met In special session Hand took action necessary for a. formal welcome, to their new brethren." Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Episcopal church will be the name of the new or aanlaatlon, which will meet in the Cen tenary edifice at East Ninth and Pine streets. Dr. PYank, I tVemett of " Centenary win remain fas pastor, with Dr. E. C lllckmah of Wilbur as associate pastor. St Is anticipated that both pastors will serve the merged congregation until the close of the conference year next Sep tember,' unless Bishop William O. Shep ard should decide otherwise. -BISHOP APPBOVES PLAIT Bishop Ehepard attended the Wilbur church congregation meeting Tuesday nlgbt and gave his hearty approval of the plan, after the vote had been given. He predicted a greater day for Method ism In Portland as a result of this ac tion. In a few words addressed to the congregation. The bishop left for the East following the meeting. The present move Is considered final and is far j different from that taken several years ago when 4 the Taylor Street and Grace churches combined. Considerable opposition to the previous plan was expressed but the present move was not forced, the members vot . un tartly expressing the wish, and the - vote was practically, unanimous. Within a short time the new congrega tion plans to erect a modern Sunday school temple and community house. While the official board has a location in mind, pubflc announcement of the site has been withheld. The building will cost from 7 6,000 to f 100,000. MEMBEKS TBAXSJTE&BED The merger does not call for a dis banding of Wilbur church as was ex perienced several years ago when the Grace- merger was taken. The entire membership has been transferred by the bishop at the request of the congrega tion. . This Includes pastor, special workers, Sunday, school, Ladles' Aid so ciety. Deaconess -Aid society and For eign Missionary society. The member ship of Wilbur church was 135 and the Sunday school ISO. Centenary's mem bers number over 700 and the Sunday school about 400. Wilbur's special work ers are : Miss Marguerite Hewson, juve nile court deaconess, and Miss Mildred Bartholomew,, religious work director. Centenary's workers are': Mies Martha Warrington, deaconess, and the Rev. Harold Oberg, director of boys' work. A great service Is planned for Sunday morning when the two congregations will meet as one for the first time. Both , pastors will participate in the service, with Dr. Hickman preaching.:' Dr. Wemett will preach at night. No re-nodellng of the present edifice Is planned-as it is antioipated that the galleries will provide enough room to seat all members. -i Two incidents-are responsible for the change. Dr. Hickman explained this morning. The one considered most Im portant is the lack of opportunity in the Multnomah hotel to do church work .during the week. " WIDEB FIELD SOUGHT , "-We felt as though we were not ac complishing t all - that we should as a church, Dr. Hickman said. The idea of service to , mankind superseded any sentiments the members had against the merge." The - move was not made because the congregation was unable to meet expenses of about $200 per week. Dr. Hickman said. : i Wilbur, jehurch was organised about three years ago by rinsurs-ents' who left the First Methodist church after the old Taylor street and Grace churches had been combined about six years ago. When the First church was moved from Third and Taylor streets, where it had met since lUt. to Twelfth and Taylor streets,' the insurgents met on the side walk in front of the building. , They continued to worship this way every Sunday , morning, , rain or shine, . for about a year, even though jot recog nised by the conference. This service was continued until workmen wrecked the, old building. .They later met In a Fourth street hall, completed their or ganization and received official conference-recognition. Soon after appoint ment of a regular pastor they moved to the Multnomah hotel. -.-.- - PAPER LAYS EXPLOSION 1 D FIGHT WW UNION (Continued I'm Pace One) council. Is now under Investigation by the Lockwood legislative committee here. He is said to have organised new unions, forcing the old ones out of busi ness and making their members pay him- tribute before they could get work from contractors' dominated by him and his new unions. ' Members of one of the unions thus or- eranized by Brlndek were said to have been engaged on the Volk house wreck ing Job and one of the foremen was James Re Illy, a protege of Brindell, the World said, further describing him as "a member of the inspection ana enter talnment committee charged with re sponsibility for driving all members of the old house wreckers' union out pf the trade." Five other 'foremen on the Volk Job were known as "Brindell men." The newspaper also said: "Volk became Brindell's confidant and friend. Volk was accepting batches of 12 -Brindell union men every day ana dismissing ten of them as unfit before the day was over. The Zaranko men (members of the old union) hated Volk for catering to Brindell ; they hated LBrindell for aiding' Volk replace them. They hated him for helping to keep them out of work Finally they hated him for employing Brindell's foreman, who first exacted Initiation fees' and 'dues' and "work permit fees' from them and then drove them off the work by threatening their lives. MEJT ABE MANHANDLED fWhen the wreckers were paid off on Saturday the Zaranko men were taken into no gentle custody at the cashier's window and manhandled until they paid over their weekly fees to Brindell's walk ing delegate, who had a desk in the corner of Volk's office. Always the Zaranko men were cursed at and called filthy names by all the other men on the Job. Constantly great chunks of stone or plaster would fall two or three stories and strike near them. The last of them had been driven from Broad and Wall streets (the Volk Job) In fear of their lives by these accidents and by 'com bined assaults of foremen -nd other workers." Following this continued persecution, the Evening World pointed out. came the attempt to blow up the Volk Job, which resulted la the Wall street bomb dis BRIQUETTES MY BE ADVANCED AS GAS INCREASES Increase to the ccst of gas may fall below the 46 cents per thousand feet estimated by officials of the Portland Gas & Coke company, fol lowing; the filing of an application for authority to increase rates with the public service commission Mon day morning. Readjustment of the price schedule governing the cost of gas to consumers now is 'under way in the office of the gas company for the purpose of arriving at an equable rate which will be least burdensome to tbe consumer. ; j No hope 'of securing oil for the manu facture of gas at a less price than J2.S0 per barrel is entertained by Guy W, Tal bot, president of the company, who re turned from California j, Wednesday morning. CONTBACT LIMITED "The Union Oil company, from whom we purchase supplies of oil, refused: to make any contract covering a longer period than one year." said Talbot, "The present price charged by this and other companies is $2.50 per barrel and the price will be advanced to $2.75 on Janu ary 1." I While the production! of 'oil in Cali fornia is increasing rapidly the demand continues to grow at such a rate as to make the accumulation pf any material surplus unlikely, according to Talbot. The United States navy is one of the largest purchasers and the government pays $2.10 per barrel for the oil used. The amount used for1 naval purposes has Increased from 500,000 barrels prior to the war to over 5,000,000 barrels for the current year,-, '; INDEPENDENTS BLAMED "The independent oU companies are largely responsible for the advance in cost of crude petroleum," , said Talbot "Approximately 0 per cent of the oil handled by the big companies operating in California is furnished them by email independent concerns and these have en deavored constantly to increase their In comes by raising the price f oil Cow ing from their wells. i - It Is possible that the price of briquette's for heating purposes will be advanced at the same time the rise in the-price of gas is announced, according to Talbot. A draft of the proposed new price scheduled for gas will be submits ted to the public service commission within a few days and the findings of the - commission win be announced shortly afterward. Rates for gas will remain on the present schedule until the first of January. United States because it is to the inter ests 'of. the " soviet government:, tot de velop economic relations such, as stipu lated by this contract : SOVIET IS OLDEST REGIME H I "The Russian government la the old est in Europe today. Its ministry has not been changed in upwards, of three years, which is not true of any " other first class European power. " ! "All carta of th tlnlttut Kt at., will benefit by the restoration of trade rela tions zrom California . to Maine ; from Washington to Florida. Factories win exnand and run on full time. Firmm merchants and all classes of labor will share in the prosperity. If the majority of American people will no longer tol erate the chaotic conditions now prevail- OT BOUGH (Con tin a d From Psc One) throughout European countries. in a few months the unsettled conditions In the Far East which have enabled Japan to secure almost a complete monopoly on trade, will be brought back to normal conditions and ' goods - purchased in America will move freely' from all Pa' clfic coast ports over the Chinese East ern railway and the Siberia railway as well as the Baltic seaports, the Mur mansk ports and the Black sea porta "The Vanderlip syndicate purposes to act as finance agents for the Russian soviet government Immediately upon restoration of trade traffic . and the abandonment of the British blockade. The Russian government is perfectly capable of carrying out any trade con tracts between it and citizens of the John B. Gordon Dies Seattle. Nov. It (U. P.Wohn B. Gordon, local manager for the R. L. 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Members of the party are W- I Burckhalter, as sistant general manager in charge, of the northern district ; A. T. Mercler, superintendent, and members of the en gineering departmeut Eastern Surgeon To Give Lecture On Brain Tumors Dr. C IL Frailer, professor of neurological surgery of the University of Pennsylvania, and recognised as one of the world's authorities on the brain, will deliver a lecture on "Brain Tumors" betore the Portland Academy of Medi cine at the Benson hotel tonight at f o'clock. . ' j ". . ."' i ' The lecture is one of a series given each year to members of the academy and ' their friends by Dr. Thomas - M. Joyee of this city. leaders In the med ical profession are Invited to deliver lectures, the expense being borne by the ; donor. . Dr. ' Frasler will leave for the East Friday, after a trip up the Columbia River highway and to other ecenio points. .. j. - I Woman's Death Sudden Freewater, Or, Nov. 11. Mrs. Sam Cutlet, daughter of Mrs. M. 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