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TTIE MORNING OTIEGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1922 5 11 i lira 10 KU KLUX KLA Ceremonial Is Held at Munici pal Auditorium. LOCAL MEMBERSHIP 5000 Plan Adopted of Holding Monthly Ceremonials Some Initiates From Outside Towns. More than 1100 candidates took their oaths of allegiance to the In visible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at a big ceremonial held last night in the municipal au ditorium. This was the largest class of candidates ever passed into any fraternal order in the city of Port land. Due to the fact that the Klan has outgrown its regular meeting place, it was necessary to obtain the municipal auditorium to stage the ceremonial. Among the initiates were numbered men from all of the important walks of life in the city. There were doc tors, lawyers, business men of all kinds, railroad men, clerks and citi zens from other professions and em ployments. There was no outward demonstra tion in the gathering of Klansroen. They made their way quietly to the auditorium and those who were al ready initiated donned their robes and awaited the coming of those who eought admission to the Invisible Em pire. The stage was decorated in a man ner not unlike the scenes pictured in the stories of the original Ku Klux Klan of post-civil war days. A third of the entire lower floor and the entire gallery space were occupied by Klansmen and the re maining space was filled by candi dates. Officers of the organization last night declared that the big ceremo nial brought the membership of the Klan in Portland to numbers well above the 5000 mark. The order was started in Portland early last sum mer and since that time has been making a rapid growth among the Protestant organizations of the city. Due to the fact that it is impossi ble to hold large classes in the regu lar fraternal halls of the city, officers of the Klan have announced that henceforth they will adopt the plan of holding monthly ceremonials, which will probably be held in the auditorium. Among the class of candidates were a number from the smaller towns of the state. In the larger towns, such as Eugene, Salem, Pendleton, Ash. land and Astoria, the Klan is already organized and is building up chapters. PARCELS TO BE DEGLflRED INTERSTATE RAILROAD RUJj UVG IX EFFECT TODAY. Passengers Must Sign Nature of Baggage Hereafter or It Will Not Be Checked. SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. (Spe cial.) Beginning tomorrow Interstate passengers on the steam railroads will have to declare and sign the nature of their baggage or it will not be checked. Baggage up to the maximum declared value of $2500 will be ac cepted at a cost of 10 cents a hundred with an allowance free on each ticket of $100 of baggage. This does not alter the rule of 150 pounds of baggage free with each ticket. The cost of excess baggage can be paid in part from the 10 cents collected on each $100 of declared value. Money, jewelry and other valuables which the courts here all along ruled do not constitute personal baggage cannot be declared in the value of baggage sought to be checked. The object of the new rule is to protect the interstate railroads from suits for damages where it is claimed more than $2500 worth of baggage was lost or stolen. mitted by the Alabama Power com pany. At the same time Chairman Kahn said the committee hoped to dispose by the end of the week of all hear ings on offers before it. Including those from Mr. Ford, the Alabama Power company and Frederick Engstrum, and begin work next week on preparing a report for the house, reciting the committee's opinions on the various proposals it will have studied. The decision to begin the examina tion tomorrow of the power com pany's offer was reached today when Hubert Dent of Alabama, former chairman of the house military com mittee, acting chief counsel for the Alabama concern, and Thomas W. Martin, president of the company. concluded arguments in which they strongly defended the option claimed by the company for exclusive right to purchase the Warrior steam plant, contained i-n the contract signed with the war department. While the power company' omitted in its proposal to make any provision for the manufacture of fertilizer or the operation of nitrate plants No. 1 and No. 2, it was understood that its officials had received information from independent interests indicating that they would ask the government for lease of the plants for use in com mercial fertilizer production. STREET F. FINAL PAYMENTS ON DELAY PROJECT NEARING END. Delinquencies Are Growing Less and City Will Confiscate All Debtor Property Soon. The legal steps in, the proceedings for the opening of Delay street, from Russell to Larrabee streets, have reached the point where the final pay ments on delinquent assessments are being made. Out of a total assessment of $53, MO, for the purpose of acquir ing the property required for this street opening, probably less than $9000 remains unpaid. This represents a large number of parcels of prop erty, but in no case is the single assessment large, the amounts rang ing from 60 cents the lot upward. AH properties on which the assess ments remain unpaid by the end of March will be bid in by the city at public sale, and the money for such assessments will be' advanced from the general fund. This is a necessary proceeding, as the end of March is the time limit within which the city must settle with the owners of the property to be taken for the project, or all proceedings will have to be abandoned. Acquirement of the property by the city is now deemed a certainty, and this means that the city will come into possession of three buildings, one of them a three-story brick structure, each of which contains! stone rooms now in use. More Circuit Judges Wanted. At the annual meeting of the Multnomah Bar association to be held in room 203 of the court house at 8 o'clock tonight a resolution will be offered for the appointment of a committee to make plans for increas ing the number of circuit judges in the county. The advisability of pro posing a statute authorizing the ap pointment of temporary court com missioners to relieve congestion in the court dockets also will be considered. Kennel Club Being Organized. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 27. (Special.) Elma business men are or ganizing a kennel club and are plan ning a dog show at the county fair in September. Earl France, Denny Pearson, Mr. Goodman, Charles Pal mer, Dr. Malcolm, George Burtch and E. W. Fuller have joined the club. Mr. Fuller has been named temporary president and Denny Pearson secretary-treasurer. REORGANIZATION IS ASKED SOUTHERN ALMOND GROWERS FACE LIQUIDATION. Association Can Not Get Banking Credit Under Present Sys- i tern, Declares Manager. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. The California Almond Growers' exchange, comprising approximately 4000 grow ers, "must liquidate or reorganize along new lines," according to a no tice sent to the members today by its Board of directors. "While the ex change is entirely free of debt it can not go on under the old form of sea sonal contracts for the delivery of growers' almonds into pools because such contracts no longer afford bank ing credit," the notice said. "The directors have Informed me," said T. C. Tucker, manager of the ex change, "that the marketing and sell ing activities of the exchange will not be renewed tuntil a substantial num ber of tlfe growers sign crop agency contracts running for a period of at least five years. The situation involves more than 100.000 acres of land planted to ap proximately 7,000.000 trees and rep resenting an investment of $60,000,- U00. The Exchange is 12 years old. FORD OFFER IS TO WAIT WAY CLEARED FOR HEARING ON RIVAL PROPOSITION. Option Based on Contract With War Department Defended by Company Attorneys. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 27, (By the Associated Press.) The Ford offer for purchase and lease of the government war projected properties at Muscle Shoalst Ala., was tem porarily sidetracked today by the house military committee after almost three weeks' continuous investigation The way was cleared to begin con sideration tomorrow of the rival pro posal tot, the same properties sub- Redmond Seniors Are Hosts. REDMOND, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) The senior class held) its annual programme at Redmond union high school Friday. It is a tradition of the school that the senior class give a programme in. honor of the rest of the school and the other classes each in turn must entertain the senior class also with a fitting programme. Hearing on Spur Track Dated. SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.)- March 2 has been set as the date for hearing an application for a spur railroad track at Independence. The hearing will be conducted in the of fices of the Oregon public service ccmmission in Salem. Eastern Star Meeting Tonight. Sellwood chapter of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the Masonic hall, East Thirteenth street and Spokane avenue. HARDING PETITIONS, PLAH VISIT TO PORTLAND TO BE URGED ON PRESIDENT. E. V. Hauser Thinks Chief Execu tive and Wife Finally Will Ac cept City's Invitation. President Harding may not yet have made up his mind on the pro posed trip to Portland with Mrs. Harding to attend the Rose Festival in June, but he probably will decide when the full efforts, now in process of forming, are expended on his un suspecting head. To be sure, the president has indi cated that he is in receptive mood to accept the invitation extended by E. V. Hauser, president of the Rose Festival board, and is very apprecia tive, but at the same time he has not been able fully to determine the date at which he can make his proposed western trip. So Mr. Hauser, in "addition to the broadside invitation, is bringing into position the big guns. One of these is to be in the form of a monster peti tion, signed' by the state, county and city officials and the presidents of the various civic clubs and business or ganizations, requesting the presence of President and Mrs. Harding. Another big gun the effect of which is expected to be excellent will be a petition signed by the 40,000 school children of Portland. When all of the petitions are signed they will be presented to President Harding- by the senators and representatives from Oregon. Then some more guns are to be used. It is planned to have an en grossed petition sent to Mrs. Harding, signed by the presidents of the wom en's clubs and organizations, in which Mrs. Harding is urged to use her in fluence to bring about the desired visit. At the same time there will be presented to Mrst Harding an album of beautifully-colored views of en tries in the past grand floral parades and also of Columbia river highway. When President and Mrs. Harding feel the full effects of the invitations. Mr. Hauser feels that a quick accept ance of the invitation to be guests of Portland during the Rose Festival will be quickly forthcoming. COURTHOUSE ROW AGAIN KLAMATH CONTROVERSY HAS NEW DEVELOPMENT. Injunction to Prevent Holding of Sessions in Old Building Asked ' by Petitioners. trial conditions and the demand of the present state administration for strict economy, the accident commis sion began slashing its overhead costs last September. Some 30 employes were discharged and those retained were speeded up. The commission's administrative cost for July, 1921, was $21,082.77; for August, $21,645.73, and In September it dropped to 14,118.7,7, a saving of 7,526.96 over the preceding month. The highest mark reached in administra tive costs since the cuts were mad was irt November, when it was $15,272.26, or a saving of $6873.47 over the pre ceding August. The cost for January of this year was $14,325.31, a saving of $7320.42. The average monthly administrative expense of the commission for the five months" period from September i, 1921, to January 31, 1922, was $14, 692, a monthly saving of $6953 when compared with the expense for the month preceding the reduction. COMMITTEE OF 100 DINES MEMBERS TO ARRANGE FOR SMOKER CHOSEN. Mayor Baker Deolares "Hand shaking and Fine Speeches WiU Not Get Us Far." William P. Merry, chairman of the committee of 100 of the Chamber of Commerce, presided last night at the monthly dinner of the committee and appointed a special committee to ar range for a smoker for March 24. The committee includes O. C. Bortz meyer, chairman; Lionel Mackay, as sistant chairman; W. H. Fear, C. E. Milligan.. B. Lee Paget, John Plage man, Isaac Staples, James Mcl. Weod, Frank L. Nagel and William Plepen brink. The speakers at the meeting and dinner were Mayor Baker, Fred An drews, Robert A. Splllane and Mr. Merry. Mayor Baker urged constructive work for the Chamber of Commerce. "Merely shaking hands and saying a lot of fine speeches will not get us very far," said the mayor. "Oregon has a wonderful future if we all pull together and get to work," he de clared. Mr. Andrews praised the work of the committee of 100, declaring that what it had accomplished was "in line with the spirit of progress and growth that Portland needs." Mr. Spillane told of a recent visit in the east and declared that financially Oregon is In better condition than the east. Mr. Staples urged the clearing of logged-off land that the areas may be made productive. Nearly the en tire committee attended. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) A new development in the Klamath courthouse controversy ap peared today with a petition for a circuit court injunction to restrain the county court from holding ses sions in the old courthouse or any where except in the Main-street structure. The petition seeks also to compel the county court to remove the vault doors and all county rec ords and files to the Main-street building. It also seeks to enjoin the county court from interfering with the county clerk, sheriff, assessor and ' other county officers in removing the equipment to the Main-street build ing and asks that the county court be required to order the removal of the cells from the old county jail to the new building. The petition is contained In an amendment to the complaint of Frank Ward against the county court and Klamath county filed in December, 1920, to restrain the county court from levying taxes to complete the Hot Springs courthouse. The new attack has been launched by Renner, Manning & Ganong, who replaced C. F. Stone as counsel for Ward after Stone was appointed to the circuit bench. It places the county court on the defensive for the first time as far as the removal from the old to the new building is concerned. AGED CHINESE RUNS STILL Sing Bang, 80, Arrested as Saki Drips Into Receptacle. Sing Bang, in the shadows of life's evening, was in attendance upon a small still in his cubbyhole room on the third floor of 84 North Second street last night when members of Sergeant Oelsner's morals squad brightened the shadows. Saki was dripping into a granite receptacle as Sing meditated upon the precepts of Confucius. "I die, I de," he protested when the police entered. "Oh, you die bimeby," returned one of the policemen as he dipped his finger into the mash and touched it gingerly to, his lips. "We all die bimeby." Sing, although 80 years old, was arrested and placed In Jail with bail at $500 for violating the prohibition law. The still, 230 gallons of rice mash and three gallons of saki were confiscated. Mayor Baker visited Sing just after the arrest had been made and watched the operation of the still. DUTCH REFUGE IS FUTILE DEFIANT CHINESE LIQUOR VENDOR IS ARRESTED. Police Instructed They May Enter Foreign Vessel if They Have Warrant for Someone. Pang Suey, Chinese member of the crew of the Dutch steamer Tjillboet, sold members of Sergeant Oelsner's morals squad a pint of sake early Sunday morning, then stood on deck and defied the officers. They re fused to arrest him until after they had consulted with the city attorney, who referred them to federal attor neys. They were told to swear to a warrant and to board the boat, so Pang Suey was jailed about 6 o'clock last night. In response to a tip that someone on the Tjillboet was selling liquor Patrolmen Fair, Jackson, Sullivan, Sanders and Chauvin made the early morning visit. Pang met them on the dock and offered to sell them liquor The officers gave Pang $2 for the bottle he carried on his hip. Then they asked for more. Pang returned to the ship and obtained two more bottles, which the police confiscated. Pang evidently "smelled a rat," for he refused to leave the gangplank. The police were not sure they had a right to make an arrest on the foreign vessel. "When you have a warrant for a man on a foreign vessel, and that vessel Is within ' the city limits of Portland, go get him," was the sum mary of instructions given to the police, who will face sucha situation in the future without fear of causing international complications. WOODMEN ENJOY DINNER Thirty-first Anniversary Observed by Multnomah Camp. The Slst anniversary of Multno mah camp, No. 77, Woodmen of the World, was celebrated last night at a dinner at the Benson hotel, with nearly 400 members of the order in attendance. Every member present had won the right to attend the din. ner by getting one or more new mem bers for the camp during the last two month. "This Is a live organization with out a drone in the hive," said Mayor Baker, speaking of the local branch of the order. The list of speakers included Adjutant-General George A. White, J. O. Wilson, head manager; E, P. Martin, deputy head consul; F. B. Tichenor, special representa tive; Major F. H. Drake, Judge Rich ard Deich, F. A, Beard, district man ager, and James Ruddiman. A. Gerwin, consul commander of Multnomah oamp, presided. The programme included several musical numbers. SHRINE REJECTS GIFT THe quality and price appeal are combined in these suits for men and young men $35 i - THe economy of these Suits , .Is not alone in the purchase price it's in the service that they will give. Smartly styled, splendid quality garments in a choice variety of finished and unfinished worsteds, BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth cott and Mayor Baker have been in vited to speak. IS. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COM MISSION ECONOMIZES. Meeting Is Postponed. The meeting of the Women's Study class of Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, scheduled to be held this morning, has been postponed, It was announced last night. Oregon's Best Coal Southport. Try a sack, 76e. Bdwy. 70. Adv. Slashing of Overhead Costs Begun Last September Some 30 Employes Dismissed. SALEM," Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) Since September 1 of last year the state industrial accident commission has been effecting a saving in admin istrative costs of approximately $7000 a month, or $84,000 a year, according to information obtained from the com mission today. While the saving in overhead costs is in definite form and can be checked to a cent members of the commis sion pointed out that an even greater saving is Being maae inrougn me work of its physical reconstruction department, branches of which are lo cated in Salem and Portland. In keeping with the changed indus- Ii. C. Jesseph Addresses Veterans. L. C. Jesseph, In charge of the northwest regional district of the United States veterans' bureau, - last night addressed the members of Over- the-Top post of the Veterans of For eign Wars at their regular meeting in the county courthouse. The activ- ties of the veterans' bureau attend ing to the needs and requirements of the disabled men of the world war and those seeking vocational training were outlined by Mr, Jesseph in his address. $100,000 and Land for Hospital Turned Down, Due to Strings. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 27 The John A. Finch estate offer of $100, 000 and land here for a hospital for children, to be known as the Finch Memorial Shrine hospital, has been ' rejected by the hospital board of the Imperial Shrine, which is rejecting all contributions which carry the name of the donor, according to in formation published today by the Spokane Chronicle. The board, according to the Chron icle, took such action at its meeting in St Louis Saturday night. The article quotes Henry A. Pierce, Spo kane, one of the men submitting the Finch offer, as saying: "No hospital will bear any other name than that of the shrine. The trustees extended a vote of thanks to the Finch trustees for their offer." MILL LABOR PLANS STRIKE Establishment of Nine-Hour Day at Klamath Falls Fought. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) Three hundred . mill and box factory workers have agreed to strike Wednesday if plant operators attempt to enforce a nine-hour day. The strike advocates are members of the Timber Workers' union and are taking active steps to strengthen the union membership. A meeting of the central labor coun cil and the Timber Workers' commit tee has been scheduled for tomorrow night when It is expected the attitude of other unions toward the strike will be determined. Mill operators asserted that they cannot compete under the Lions Committee Meets. Members of the committee in charge of staging "charter might" for the Lion's club of Portland met yesterday in the Old Colony club rooms for an outline of the work. Lloyd Bates, chairman of the com mittee, announced the personnel of sub-committees. 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