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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
Relief Ship, Loaded With Flows,
Movable Houses, Food and Medicine
Is Sent By Centenary to Europe

Laden with food. clothing and farm
Implements a ship will sail for Europe
in a few weeks under the supervision
OF leaders in the Methodist Centenary
to carry relief to war suferefosfr
to carry relief to war sufferers of
France, Italy and Southeastern Eu-
rope
Three million dollars of the $685.
100000 now being raised by the Meth
odist Centenary was spent on the mis-
sion ship. Flows and tractors formed
large part Of the cargo.
DR.. B. NJ Triple. head Of the Metho-
dist College in Rome. Bishop Theo-
dore s. Henderson of Detroit, and
Bishop w f. Anderson, will accom-
psny the ship which viii discharge its
cargo before July l.
Bishop Henderson has just returned
from Europe where ne was surveying
the needs Of the war sufferers with a
view to formulating a program for
their relief which will be made part
Of the Methodist Centenary five-year
program
Although much relief work has al
ready been done in Europe by other
agencies Of the Methodist Episcopal
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15

Church the relief ship will be the mi
tial one sent our as Centenary offer
ing.
The ship will enter the Mediterran-
can, discharge part of the cargo at
Marseilles and land the rest in
Trieste. From Trieste supplies viii
be sent to Italy. the Balkans, the new
Jugo-Slay nation. Hungary. Rumania
and if conditions allow. southern Rus.
STA
DR.. Triple, who is close in touch
with European conditions. says that
tractor ploys and other farming i'm.
plements are badly needed. I'VE also
win send few cows as the invading
armies drove off ali the stock from
northern Italy and the Balkans" be
said.
we shall include auto trucks for
farming and for carrying relief sup
plies, clothing and shoes desperately
needed by men. women and children,
condensed milk for babies, flour, corn
meal. potatoes, salt, sugar, bacon, med
icines. seeds, candles. pots. pans.
matches and so to 100 movable
houses"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
CENTENARY WILL
RECRUIT $1,000

Fifty-three thousand young men and
women are being recruited and trained
for social and religious work at home
and abroad. the biggest single project
Of the kind in the history OF Christian
ity, it was announced at the offices of
the slO5, 100000 Missionary Centenary
of the Methodist Episcopal. chureh.
This army OF trained workers will
be needed to handle skillfully the
world missionary program for which
slo5OOe-00o is being raised by the
church. Extension OF schools, hospi.
tails and churches in many countries
is being planned.
A special effort is being made to in.
duce young men from the American
army to so into Christian service. II
is realized by the heads of the move.
ment, in the life service department
of the Centenary commission, that the
men who proved themselves capable
leaders in France possess the charac-
ter and personality which will make
them most powerful agents in the dis
semination of civilization and the
gospel.
OF 1897 Methodist Episcopal
charges. or congregations, IN the Unit.
ed States, nearly 5000 today are with.
out pastors. In the foreign field, the
number of trained workers who could
be used is limited only by the funds
available and these will be enormousi,
Increased through ,ll war drive Of
the Centenary.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
TOWNS OVER TOP IN
METHODIST CAMPAIGN
National Quota Of s1o5,o0o,ooo 10
Asked For World.

With budget that calls for the ex
penditure of ss0,0OO,O0O for home and
foreign church development and mis-
sion work for period of five years.
and S25,000,000 for war reconstruction
work in Europe, the Methodist Episco-
pa! Centenary movement is row in
full swing. Although the intensive
campaign for funds does not take
place until May is to rs, after the Vic.
tory loan-numerous churches in the
Northwest already have gone over
the top with good margins.
The movement has enlisted more
than 10000 layment in this territory,
who are giving their service to the
presentation of the cause of world.
wide Christian reconstruction.
The Centenary movement is based
upon the most thorough and complete
religious census ever made in the
world
Some idea of the detail with which
the estimates have been made for the
expenditures, both in this country and
abroad, can he gained when II is
known that the s40,0O0.0OO TO be spent
in this country is divided between
4,7ls items of equipment and 1904
Items of maintenance.
In addition to the present personnel
OF the Methodist church in the United
States, the following will be added
under the Centenary program: 1854
pastors in mission territories; $50
language pastors; 1928 other workers
--deaconesses, evangelists, directors,
superintendent and helpers; 2,50s
new church buildings, 1.035 remodel
ed; 1873 parsonages and 40 special
buildings
In the foreign field viii be added.
1,174 village churches and chapeis;
1854 millionary residences; s57 native
workers houses; CAT village schools.
% high schools and colleges, LOSS
teachers houses; IS hospitals, II med
zeal workers homes; 4se missionaries,
1897 native pastors, 2.S02 teachers, SO
doctors, 80 nurses and 1866 native
helpers.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
GRIFFITH TO PRODUCE
METHODIST PHoTo.PLAY

David Wark Griffith, the world.fam.
Gus motion picture director who pro
duced THE Birth of Nation" "Intol-
erance,' and Hearts of the World
and the man who trained Mary Pick
ford. Dorothy and Lillian Gish,
Blanche Sweet and many another star
Of the screen, is to make a picture
play for the Methodist Centenary.
AS a tribute to the memory OF his
mother, who was q Methodist, Mr..
Griffith will direct and take full
set OF motion pictures of the celebra-
ton next July of the si05.00o.0 900
Methodist Centenary at Columbus,
Ohio. These pictures he will present
to Methodism.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15

into service. This was the first rural
memorial hall dedicated anywhere in
the United States
In the hall is a standard motion pic
ture outfit. Mcconnell and two of his
members bought 1t. protector. seats
and all, for sl.lO0. on their own re
sponsibility. Pictures are shown every
Saturday night.
sif,ooo,ooo on Country.
The farmers were losing money
through Ignorance of modern agri.
cultural methods. Mcconnell arranged
with the State University for a series
Of farmers Institutes.
The institutes were held In the
church. Better orchards. better cat.
tie, better crops were the result.
Through the country are the ruins
Of abandoned rural churches. The
Lakeyiile church flourishes. But rural
churches cen not retain McConnells at
existing rural church salaries. That is
the Gordinh knot which the Centenary
program for American rural communl.
ties is planned to cut.
In the next five years nearly Sill.
100000 Of the 100000 funds pro
vided for In the world reconstruction
program of the Methodist Centenary
will be spent to put such a man in
every rural center in the country. In
the Portland area of the Methodist
Missionary Centenary (western Ora
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15

Next Saturday evening at Z :0l
o'clock at the membership feed
there will be brief talks by loca'
men and by the visitors, Among
other subjects the following will
be discussed;
"What is the Young Mems
Christian Association"
what About the Boysln
"Why Should Business Men
Promote Welfare Organizationsi'
1t is expected that there will be
present a song leader to add to the
interest of the occasion. No doubt
some local stunts viii also be pro.
vided.
Sunday morning at II 100 o clock
there will be union service with
Rev. Gebert presiding. AT that
time it is expected that there will
be two addresses ON the "Y. NJ c.
A. in the War one of the speak
ers being an overseas soldier who
can talk concerning his own per
sonal experiences.
Sunday afternoon at 3 100 o clock
there will be conference ON Ru.
raj Problems, with special refer
ence as to how the Y. NJ. c. A. can
help solve them. There will be
brief talks on the various phases
of Y. NJ. c. A. country work and
plenty of opportunity for discuss
ION and questions.
Sunday evening, following a
song service, the general topic.
"The Patriotism of Peace, will
be discussed from different angles.
1t is expected that under this gen
cral title the following, among
other subjects, will be treated by
different speakers
The Patriotism OF Friendship
Patriotism ii Business.
"'rhe Patriotic Boy.
1t is expected that Charles W.
Wilcox, state secretary; Ben II.
Schmidt, State Boys Work secre-
larry: and Frank Il. Sickels, State
disqualification secretary of the Y.
NJ. c. A., viii be among the speak
ers; and that 4. G. Harlan, a re-
turned soldier who spent a greater
part of year in France, also o.
E. Tyler Northwest Executive
Secretary of the National War
Work Council. and r. b. Culver.
song leader, viii be present.
All these sessions are open to
anyone who is interested and gen.
eral attendance is expected. Del
egates from other sections of the
Island have been invited.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
KEYNOTE OF METHODIST
CENTENARY
Or. S. Earl raylor

THE world cannot be recon.
structed by a formula. NO mere
agreement among diplomats can
heal the wounds Of war. No
international constitution, now
ever perfect In its phrssing, and
no mere economic revolution,
however sweeping in its scope,
can bring about the universal
reign Of peace and good will
among men. Such peace is
the fundamental aspiration OF
every human heart, but Il cannot
be realized through government,
and it cannot be realized through
law alone. World democracy can
and will be realized only through
the practical application Of the
religion Of Jesus, and nothing
but faithlessness on the part of
the Christian Church need delay
its realization now
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15

In iIas on the 1lih OF April. Stnn.
lslaus foniatowskl the last king of
Poland. died ponIatowski assembled
The Polish throne in 1854. The con
dillon Of Poland required strong
man on the throne to keep the country
from ruin and Stnnislaus lacked the
necessary strength and stmesmanshlp.
Russia Prussia and Austria divided
this kingdom among them and the de
posed king retired to Petroerad on o
pension, where he died in 1893.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15


Christ Church, Episcopal-serviees
Sunday school 1915 a, M, morning
prayer atil;15 a. IN.
Lisabeuls.
Methodist Episcopal-sunday serv-
ices at 3 p. m. Rev., w. Reynolds, pas.
tor
Baptist--Preaching every Sunday
evening at TAB Sunday school at g. 80
a. NJ.
Dockton.
Methodist Episcopal Sunday serv-
ices at 1870 p. IN, Rev. j. w. Reynolds,
pastor.
Cove.
Norwegian Danish Methodist-Sun.
day school at 10 a. M; morning serv.
ice at Il.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
country,s DARK DAYS

The saying mot worth continent
tal." came from the fact that the con
tinental currency issued by the CONT
mental congress, was worthless. or
nearly so. during the revolution and
after. As the continental congress
had no power to levy taxes II was I'M
able TO redeem its promises to pay.
Besides. the country was flooded with
cor1terfelts which could not be de
ietted.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
hr.nnished naddx

June * having some difficulty In ser.
Ting mon the proper title for her
faf'ms The other day she was nlay.
Ing with one Of his collnrs when she
tore II. lust then she heard him com.
ing upstairs. and rushing 10 he top
step called IN distrcssfu tone. "oh.
daddy I has tore my bubbles collari"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.

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:, "aih e. "n.eiiiah LOUIS, no. ~
=. q a. IA, M'-Nesulai communications,
seeohu Weunesuay N eacn month ID
Van Olinda, w. NJ: A. ]. Marsh. s.
w; ]. II. Winery, J w! T. g.
Ogilvy, S. D.; W. G. Whitfield, J. D.:
A. B. Cook, 5. s.; w. H. Hall, J. s.;
Wm. Marsden, Treasurer; r. W. T..
Martin. Secretary; X. b. Hayes, Tyler,
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
MUSINGS Of Martha.

If tn weddln ceremony Included,
besides love, honor and obey" cook
his meals, wash his clothes, darn his
socks. m sew on his buttons" there'd
be fewer hasty marriages.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
METHODIST CENTENARY
RURAL CHURCH PROGRAM

Expenditure OF sii0oo.o0o.
Establishment Of effective
training schools for rural church
leadership.
A nationwide educational cam
paisn 10 Increase the efficiency
of the ministry now ln service.
This Is how the Methodist
church proposes 10 rshabllisate
rural churches In this gigantic
five.year Centenary program.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
STEAMER vAsHoN

Tacoma Quartermaster Route
LEAVE LEAVE
Quartermstr8 loan Burton 6i0an
." 10 foam ii loan
Saturdays 8 JPN 330pm
Dockton 63Oam Tacoma 9OOa M
"a llMam - 2Wpm
+" 3l5pm 5l5 pm
Leave Quartermaster Saturday evenings
at GAS p. m. Returning leave Tacoma
at 1900 y. III.
Sunday Schedule
Leave Quariermaster lis a. m. and $40 y. m.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
STEAMER VIRGINIA III

FOR LANDINGS on WEST PASS
leave Seattle. Pier 4. foot o. Spring
street, Daily except Sunday. $3.50 p. m.
Leave Tacoma Daily except Sunday.
6ii0 .. m, Saturday 6:45 y. m, for Seattle
and way ports. Municipal Dock.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15

sunday Schedule. - Leave seattle HaN
a. IN. and 600 p. m.
Subject to change without notice,
WEST PASS TRANSPORTATION co.
N, G. CHRISTENSEN. Mgr.
Phone Elliott 222l. Pier 4.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
FRANK c. JACKSON
FINANCIAL HEAD

Frank c. Jackson. a prominent bust
ness man Of Seattle, will lead the IL
nancial drive of the Methodist Centen-
airy. May 1925. for sl05,O00, 900 for
home and foreign missions and for
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
vashon.

Methodist Episcopal--Sunday serv-
ices, Sunday school, 10 a M; preach
ing, II a. M: Epworth League, $3.50
p. m: preaching at 1880 p m. La
dies Aid meets at Log Church every
alternate Wednesday in the month,
Everybody invited to attend these
services. Rev. e. II, Gebert, pastor.
First Presbyterlan-S Sunday school
1000 a, m; Morning service, II 100 a,
m; Christian Endeavor, $50 p m. /;
Evening service, 1880 p. m; Bible
study Wednesday evening. 1880 O'Clock
Lutheran Evan. Scandinavian-S Sun
day services, Sunday school, 10 a. m, /;
preaching every first and third Sunday
of each month at II a. m. Ladies' Aid
on third Wednesday Of each month at
2 p. m. Rev 0. Eyer, pastor
coIvas.
Golgotha Evangelical Lutheran -
Services Sunday at II a. M: Sunday
school, 10 a. m; Young Peoples soci-
ETY.. Sunday evening; choir rehearsal,
Tuesday, S p. M. at Mrs. o. Madison's;
prayer meeting Thursday evening; La.
dies Aid meets third Thursday OF the
month at 2 p. m.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
Leave Maury for Seattle 1850 y. m.
Saturday nights.


Passengers FOR Seattle ON Saturday
nights viii 80 aboard south-bound.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15

var reconstruttlon work Tor The next
five years.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-15
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Burton.

Methodist Episcopal Morning sery.
ices. Sunday school, 10 a. M; regular
service, 1l:15 a. m. Rev.J. w. Reynolds,
pastor
Baptist-Bible school at 10 a. m,
public worship and preaching at II
a m. b. Y. P. U. at $50. followed by
the usual evening service at 4; 80 p. m.
Midweek prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening al 1880. cordial well
come to all strangers to worship with
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-29
MARY PLCKF0RD TO RE ! IRE FR0M
 SILENT STAGE

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug 29-Mary Pickford has finally and conclusively decided to quit the silent stage prob ably for all time, it was announced at the Iickford studios yesterday, where the queen of the movies is working hard on one of the three final pictures tn her present contract
 Following her retirement. it was announced. the winsomc little star will take a long rest in the mount s.taz, where she has a snug lodge. Then in the spring she plans to carry out one of her most cherished dreams which she has thus far been too busy to bring to realization: that is, to see something outside Of tho American continegt.
 Probably in April Miss Pickford, accompanied by her mother and other members of her family, will sail for Brazil, from where a thorough tour of the South AlnericIn continent will be made Dreams of foreign travel havc long dwelt in the heart of the winning little actress. but strange to say she has never been off the Ameri- can continent in her life.
 While Miss Tickford has announc- cd her retirement as an actress. she also says she may take with her . full company to mske pictures for her.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-29
Memorial Claims 50
 Million People Would
 IndOrSe WarfieId Plan

Washington, Aug. 29 - Principals Of the Warfeld plan. under which a minimum return of percent of which road securities would be guaranteed to mandatory adjustment of rates by the interstate commerce commits sion were indorsed "by fifty million persons dealing or directly interested in railroad securities in a memorial presented to the House Interstate Commerce committee today by S. Davies Warfield, president of the Ma tional Association of Owners of Rail- road Securities
 Signers of the memorial numbered 5000 investing institutions includ- ing savings banks, national and stata banks, surety companies, trust compa- nies and life and fire insuEance com panies and S,1S9 individual investors. The shipping public also was repre- Bented in the indorsement by 16 mu- nicipa1 trade organizations with an es- timated total mem bership of 3O,O00. Insurance companies giving their in dorsement were said to represent 23,- 100000 policy holders, while it was estimated that 5,5O0,5OO persons were represented by savings banks
 Mir. Warfield said the signers did not ask the continuation of auto cratic railroad methods of the past but a just and definite solution by the Congress of the most important problem now before the country"
 Urging favorable consideration by Congress of the remedial legislation proposed in the Warfeld plan, the memorial declared:
 "ft is our conviction that the rail-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-29
MARITAL BLISS GREATLYLkCKINC;
 DIvORCES GAIN

Marital Belations continue to show a. strange state by the fact that di- vorce cases are piIing high for the term of the superior court opening next week. Several actions were filed today.
 Susan E Turney tired of her hus- band seven months after they were welded and deserted him. This is the complaint of Isaac P. Turney against his spouse who was Susan E. Frey on February 19, 1913, when they were married. She has been in desertion since August, 1913.
 Emil Miles of this city names Frank Reed as correspondent in charging Martha Veronica Miles, nee Noon, of this city, with misconduct. He all leges acts were committed at New York and at 79 Gold street, Bridge port.
 Christie Dennison has falnd Cath crime Muldoon DennisOn unfaithful and asks divorce on the ground Of misconduct. They were married Feb- rUary 3, 1916.
 Dorothy Douglas was only 19 years old when she married Robert Douglas in Bridgeport, January $, 1919, and on that day she repudiated the marriage and now seeks an annulment because she was a minor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-29

roads cannot avoid destruction and eventual government absorption with out a primary distributable return of not less than six per cent. assured upon the aggregate investment, not through a governmental guarantee but through the exercise by Congress of it's duty to stop, by act, the knife of regulation short of the heart of the transportation system of the United States.
 The responsibility for the existing system and the duty of conserving transportation in America, rests upon the Congress. The Interstate Com merce Commission has not the power and cannot, consistently with the con- stitution, be charged with the respon- sibilty of determining fundamental questions of public policy. We ap- peal to this Congress to discharge it's duty by the only possible methods The first requisite is a mandatory declaration that the power of regula- tion shall not be employed so as to de|~ess net operating income below the level which experience has shown to be necessary to sustain the car riers.
 The legislation proposed is based on the necessity that Congress shall by law recognize a minimum per centage return on the aggregate in vestment as a necessary limitation upon it's delegation of rate making power to the interstate commerce commission and shall by law enable that commission to comply with the duty to conserve transportation in America"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-29

Think you Germany - snarting and staggering under the terms of thig treaty'-w-ill supinely rest con- tcnt with the dole of grace and suf- ferance we are vouchsafing her, the crumbs from her victors' table !? That people will no more cease to plot and plan to recover their former high estate than did Satan plunged into the abysnal depths of Hell. Whether they nre in the league, if formed, or out of it, Germany's agents, secretly or openly, will be ct work with her former allies and with injured Russia and with Japan. As Russia goes. 50 will go the whole Slavic and affiliated q peoples. And if Germany succeeds in this, Western Europe at least must perish"
 Stripped of its idealistio phrases, he said, the treaty really was an all liance among five great powers against whom Germany would try to bring a stronger alliance. The real interest Of France, he said, was in gaining the friendship and not the cnmity of the German people.
 ''The instrument before us," he said, lis not the treaty but the truce of Versailles.
 "It takes Gcrmany's territory, Flu ropean and foreign, without compcn- sation; 1t takes from her practically all of her ocean shipping and a large portion of her inland vessels; it de- prives her of all special benefits of treaties and conventions; it takes her cables; 1t compels her to supply large quantities of raw materials;it interna- tioraLzes her great river systems and throws them open to traffic of all na- tons on a national basis as if they were the high seas; it opens her cOasLwise shipping to all nations; it cOmpcls her to grant exceptional im- port and export privileges and to ac- ccpt important restrictions; it closes out German interests in practically the whole civilized world; it closes out the interests of that same world in Germany.
 Having done all this, 1t assesses against her provisionally with stipulation permitting an increase, debt of one hundred and twenty bill lion gold marks which is in addition to the property restored in kind and to the value of the boats, gold and securities delivered; it makes her re sponsible for these damages inflicted not only by herself but by her allies and even by the allied and associated powers themselves with a list of items which include and some admittedly contrary to the rules of international law hitherto existing; finally and in addition, she is compelled to answer to her own nationals for the value Of the property taken by the allied and associated powers.
 "Tho United States Is bound up in every one of the obligations and du- ties incident to the enforcement of these terms with the great responsi- bilit5es attached thereto"