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K TIIE STJXDAY OREGOXIAN, POItTLAXD, FEBRUARY 19, 1911. V INSURGENTS SHOW IN GRIDIRON CLUB Noted Newspaper Body Gives Travesty on Proceedings in Congress, . nm.STy RnSTF ) Tn 1 VIWhWIW I I Wfl W I kh W Will Every fnnre In Introduced With Mil on Men and Measure and C nests Retaliate in Night ot Rollicking Fan. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1J. That unltue oricaslzatlon of newspapermen, the Grid iron Club, entertained its friends at din ner tonight, and It would be bard to tell which got the most fun out of tha var ied melasg of wit and humor, of sense sad nonsense, that was poured forth the guests or the hosts. There were many men of high degree among the former; men of stern visage, with faces lined with the burdens of great public charges and responsibilities: yet they laughed like schoolboys and chuckled and chortled with mirth at tha merry quips snd Jests of the scribes that unfailingly played upon the foibles ef some of their own number .or hit off In a roaring skit some fatal weakness la the carry policies. And tha hosts had that keen sens ot enjoyment that comes from a know! edge that on has purveyed successfully to the utmost demands or mlna ana mat ter and has supplemented a repast ot th most exquisite viands with a fast ot mingled humor and satire calculated to add infinite sest to the emertaw mac L. . Jokes Come Between Courses. r.rlrilron dinners differ from most other formal affaire of the table In the fact that a auest does not wade creer lly through a havy course dinner clear down to the coffee ana cigars ana ouix then, with brain mors or less dulled, have an opportunity to listen to floods of oratory. No; at one of these ban- anota the fun bextns with the very seating of the gursts and sparkles and crackles throua-h the dinner, ana in tnrrupts courses in a fashion calculated to drive a well-meaning chef to dis traction. Tonlcht'i dinner was no exception to the rule, for almost at the outset there wss what appeared to be a bitter row over the Inauguration of Richard V, Culahan. publisher of the New York Sun. to preside over the dinners of the Gridiron Club for the next year. Quite unaware of opposition, he bad taken his seat at the very handls or the srldtron. when he was fiercely beset by the famous Democratic "Committee of fifteen. Because they had undertaken to run the business of ths House of Representatives, relieving of all re soonaibiilty the unfortunate Speaker Champ Clark), whom they exhibited in shackles to demonstrate what a rules fight la on Congress can do to a perfectly good Speaker In th next, they now extended their ambitious de signs and dsmasded to be Inaugurated aa president ot the Ondlroa Club. Japanese) Spy fneartbed. . Scarcely had th ommitte ben placated by being resolved Into a "hog combine," and order restored, when a Japanese spy was unearthed. Papers of ths most compromising nature were found upon his person, such as a dla snua "showing where Honorable Cum mins will place step ladder on back porch of Whit House.-" "Blu print of Hon. Tsft's mind when Hon. Hitch cock refused to he Impelled with to of boot out ot Republican National Committee:" "Phonograph record show- lng long intervals of sllanc at Ovster I Ray" and "Measurements of Honorable i hoi Into which Congress throws bil lion dollsrs each year." Just when th excitement ran highest, it was discov ered that th pseudo-spy was Richmond Pearson Hobson ths "Japan War Scare." Blithe enouch was th sprightly clerk who announced to the diners that the lions had passed the reciprocity bill, which be heid In his hand. But he cut an awful Cgur a few minutes later as Ike emerged from the door of the Senate chambar. with his clothes In tatter his bat knocked over his eyea and th parch ment ot th bill In shreds '"all that was left of reciprocity. JLectorer Tells of Men and Measures. Then for a moment the dining hall with Its exquisitely beautiful floral em bellishments was plunged Into blackness, and the great fiery gridiron over Presi dent Tift i head faded away. In sepulchral tones a lecturer lifted his voice amid th chill sllanc and dis coursed mournfully, and then in turn wtth pucgent wit, upon public men and measures, and shrieks of laughter were heard as a remorseless spotlight was di rected upon the shrinking victims of his shafts of wit as they were each In order disclosed to their fellow-guests. Thinking that he had quieted ail op position In disposing of the "committee of fifteen," the newty-lnstatled presi dent ot th club had been lulled Into fais security. Before bis very eyes a big table was spread Ilk magic In th open spec below his seat and In a twinkling an opposition dinner was In full blast over bia protests. It appeared that there wer insurgents, even In th Gridiron Club, and they bad taken this method of showing their Independence. They ntterly disregarded ths president of the club and smugly constituted themselves a mutual admiration society. Insurgents Have Dinner, Too. "It is perfectly wonderful how we da It." (moaning th dinner), says on. "It Is amaaing that newspapermen houid b so much talent." volun teers another, to whom a third gravely assents: "However, w admit it-" Notable Bursts had these Insurgents, too. Among them wer counterfeit presentments of Carnegie. Tawney. Cannon. Bherman, Bevertdge. Fairbanks and Champ Clark iJl of whm war rresent in th flesh at trx real guest tables, and thes wer railed upon In turn to address the din ers briery. Em h of th little speeches as a bit of delicious parody upon th wall-known oratorical styles of ths erlgtnala. Carnegie, for instance, ot-J-oted to th number of windows archi tects placed In his libraries, as not af fording dead wall apac in ST plaoes for bis ova nam, and bis ambition was "to die poor, but advertised." Tawney was bitterly opposed to more battleships and economy wss his watch word, but he stood for publio buildings galore and for ths many creeks that needed deepening Fairbanks bad never attended a more Joyous dinner. Wherefore he felt called a port to aid to th hilarity by a -few words "to tribute to ths great leaders who heated beneath th mossy tomb stone on yonder hills." He bad men tioned them at the preceding club din- nr. but felt justified in recurring to the subject because they are atlU dead.' Sherman's Story Is Aged. Yloe-Prestdeot Sherman's double told the Inevitable anecdote, only ID mis eaa It was unsoeakablv axed and shop worn, which can never be said of the original article. He would like to be a newspaperman. "Let me but write the political news of the Nation ana me uia Guard will act the rotes." said no. Beveiidae'a representative "stood fear. lessly for the uplift." In fact, he was the uplift himself. He had never missed aa opportunity to make a speech, and Indeed he "bad made a treat many when tnra war no ODOortunltlea. Champ Clark was fairly obs rased with his love for Uncle Joe. but, of course, that had nothing to do with the fact that "he will be fussing around on the floor of K Hiuim whan I am OR in Ul Bikra chair." I ' , , , Ail or in iimucii. vj m -w Incidf-flc. expressed their undying ad miration of the Gridiron Club, "no mem ber of which had ever betrayed their confl. lance." Thoua-h a few days after the Bentl- menial Saint's annual visitation, the Gridiron Club was resolved taat ROGFE RIVFTR VALLEY PI OS ERR DIES AT EAGLE FOIAT AT AOK OF 8. ' i V- Ve 4 V v : . -i t -':-aa.-: .v Jefca MrKee. MEDFORD. Or.. Feb. 17. (Sr. eial.) A resident of the Rogue River Valley sine IS 61, John McKee. aged 81 years, wss burled .today la th McKe Cemetery on forest Creek, the same ground upon which he first located when ha arrived la tha Valley. Tha aged pioneer died at Kagle Point last Wednesday, lie is survived by nine sons and daughters: A. D. McKee and A. M. McKee. of Applegate. Or.; George McKee. of Grant County; W. H. McKee. of Klamath Falls; John McKee. Mrs. Emma . redenburg and Mrs. John Hlgginbotham, of Big Butte, Or. Mrs. King, of Ashland and Mrs. Fort Hubbard, ot Medford. His wife died here two years ago. Mr. McKee was born In Lxgan County, O, and moved to Mis souri at an early age. When 2( he cam to Oregon and ngagd In mining on Forest Creek, near Jacksonville. Later he engaged In farming. He lived at Big Butte until the time of bis death which occurred in Eagl Point, where be had gom for medical treatment. J Its guesta should not suffer for their valentines, and the pretty missives vert personally bestowed upon the favored ones between courses by a 100-pound Cupid with diaphanous wings (and Utile else), who cruelly Insisted upon pro claiming aloud each choice bit of senti ment, which generally was loaded with half-concealed Jest at ths expense of tb recipients. Kansas Insurgent In Plight. Catching up and holding together th varloua skits and adding to the Jollity of the occasion were th topical songs ot th famous Gridiron quartet, re pie to wtth sparkling humor, yet abounding in ths sweeleet melody. President Taft was not given ths usual number of turns on th red-hot gridiron, so he had a bettor opportunity to enjoy himself snd doubt less ons. of th songs especially appealed to his risibilities. It was entitled. "Th Tariff Whoop." and pictured the plight of a sturdy Kansas member of Congress, who had been shrieking for tariff reduo tloa and: Kicked up such a terrible dla That President Taft sussastlvety laughed. To cet ratee he etarted nsbt in. Me trained a Cenadlaa treatr. Put farsa products ea the tzee list. But Ue Kansas laaurseat held views se dlverseat Re becged- bis colleagues to desist. And th solo In th chorus rang out: "Great guns. Holy Brooke. Can't Bill Taft take a Joker- Carnegie received a special tribute, being saluted In a coon song beginning: "A man named Andrew Carnegl was I busy giving things sway. "Ha thought that he was Santa Claua and every day was Christmas day." etc And Incle Jo and Roosevelt and Champ Clark and Guggenheim and Ber rldg had their roast In combination In a "Song ot Famous also." Guests Roast Hosts Also. It Is not to bs supposed for a moment that th Grldlronars did all th roast ing, though. Th victims of th grill cam back In great style, and it Is to be regretted that the Inviolable rule of th famous organisation, which pro tects th utterances or th guests ot th Gridiron Club from publication, op erates to consign to oblivion some of ths brightest snd wittiest and sometimes pathetlo deliverances of th greatest brains ot th Nation. NEW DRILL IS TRIED OUT Tweltii Cavalry Experiments While En Rout From Manila. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 11 (Ppeclsl.) Colonel George A. Dodd, commander of tbs Twelfth Cavhlry. which Arrived th first of th week from Manila, has lnvsnted a new drill never before at tempted by any branch of th army. Th entlr regiment participated In a tryout of th new manual while on th Pacific. Though th entire drill Is performed without a single verbal order. It la by no meana silent, the oallsthsntcs being accompanied by ths regimental band. Th Oerman army's gooss stsp is th feature. This oonslsts of a walk In which ths troopers stsp high, but bring their feet back to th starting plaa. Th muslo is important. When ths troops marched slowly around the Lo gan's decks the band played "Georgia Camp Meeting." "The Barn Dance" gave Inspiration to tired soldiers to double time, while the "Rye Walts" was played aa every soldier and officer including Colonel Dodd hopped forward three steps on th right foot, than a Ilk number on th left foot. Tb laat axercls may take tha-plac ef th annual tO-mll rlde THIRD ATTACK BY DENTJIS IS FAILURE British Parliament Finally Committed to Home Rule for Ireland. ASQUITH ' IS EXULTANT Debate In House Is Triumph tor Parties In Coalition Redmond's Pie for Reconciliation Even Win Over Enemy, O'Brien, l TBT T. P. O'OONJfOR. M. P. (Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune. Copy- rlsht. 101L by the Tribune Company.) LOXDON. Feb. 18. (Special.) The Tories now have mad three big at tacks on th ministry during th first fortnight of th session of Parliament. The attack on th Maocan marriage Ignomlntously failed; tha attack on reciprocity left th Chamberlain policy In fragments, and th third and final attack on th horn rule policy was th biggest failure of all. Premier AsaultO. beaming and ex ultant, meeting Redmond in th divi sion lobby after tbb Irish debate, saidt "This was th greatest night for Eng land and Ireland In a quarter of a century." The Ireland debate ail went on way. Th Tory attack, consisting of stale quotations, of appeals to Protestant feeling and of thrsats of Civil War in t'later, sounded Ilk far-off echoes of tb Irrevocable past and it la evident It is impossible sny longer to make a sensation or even get a hearing for the old bogeys which defeated Glad stone. Asqalth Frankly tor Home) Rule. Asqulth's deolaratlon was remark able In two respects. Hs used, for ths first time, the words "Irish Parlia ment." and Indicated that tha horn rule bill would be th first meaaure In the next session. BlrTSll. in a rollicking speech, which wound up the debate. put this sven more clearly. Home rule. he said, definitely wouia oe me nrst bill next year. Winston Churchill maa a powerful speech, coldly reasoned out. proving that th military, political and social dangers from Irish boms ruls were groundless and finally he begged the Tories to seise ths opportunity lost In the South African case ot making th Irish settlement a national instead ot a party triumph for tha Liberals. Redmond Would Reconcile Races. Redmond's speech was th best of his whole career. It produced such a pro found Impression and was considered so useful that ths Liberals ars print ing it by the 100.000 copies for distri bution In th English constituencies. Redmond's language was unmlatake abl In its clearness. He proved th readiness ot Ireland to enter Into a full friendship with th people of Eng land and. following Parnell's historic speech on the home rule bill In 1880, he acoepted the supremacy of the Im perial FarllamenL Redmond offered to strengthen that aupremaoy, it neces sary, against ths danger, real or Im aginary, of Catholic persecution of tbs Ladies sum. F&sMom in Planira Tailored J Q) J CLqJ l' LEADING CLOTHIER MORRISON AT FOURTH Protestant minority la the Irish Par liament and wound up with an Impres sive appeal that th new sovereign be gin his reign and make it nlstorlo by opening In person ths Irish Parliament la College Green. Several Englishmen were observed to weep silent tears when Redmond made his lofty and touching appeal for racial reconciliation. Even O'Brien Is Won Over. An even more remarkable episode was tha speech of William O'Brien. After preaching for years that tha Lib eral leaders wer knaves and that ths Irish leaders wer their dupes and after compelling Ireland to wast $200,000 In internecine struggle. O'Brien was completely upset by the clearness, hon esty and promptitude of Asqulth's pro nouncement. In stumbling language and with broken appearance O'Brien announoed that he would do nothing to embarrass tbs Liberals or Redmond and hs ac cepted ths honesty snd .boldness of Asqulth's attitude. But from O'Brien's sttltuds one day on never can anticipate his attitude on th next, and on th budget and other questions O'Brien may make troubl again, Ireland Triumph Certain. But th Irish faotions power of mis chief Is submerged in the great, united flgbt of ths Liberals and Irish against the Lords and for home rule. Finally th debate is of Immense service In olearlng th air, both In England and Ireland. England now Is prepared, 11 months befors ths Introduction of ths horns rule bill, to consider ths home rule problem, and Ireland, though hav ing to wait during that Interval, is oonsoled by tbs knowledge that the Liberals mean business and the gen eral conviction that, with the Liberal ranks so united and determined and tha Tories so helplessly divided and discouraged, horn rule at last is march ing to a certain and early triumph. BOATS STOP AEROPLANE CTRTTS9 MACHETE BLOCKED IX FLIGHT OFF WATER. Lieutenant Ellison Starts) Propeller and Falls Into Bay to Escape Whirling Blades. HAS "DIEGO, CtU.. Feb. 1A While try ing out a new hydro-aeroplane on San Diego Bay this) afternoon, Glenn H. Curtis encountered a flock of motor' boats snd sailboats that bad gathered to watch his trial and. In order to avoid accident to his machine from th rough water they kicked up, stopped hla motor. With motor desd, the frail machine floated wtth the outflowing tide until a navy boat took Lieutenant Ellison out to the rescue. Lieutenant Ellison, who waa clad In a bathing suit, climbed upon tha rear of the hydro's surface, started ths propeller and tumbled oft backwards into th water, in order to avoid the whirling propeller. The officer was picked, up and rowed asbors while Curt las rose and made the longest water flight sine hs began turn xpertments. On a second nignt n got up directly In front of the big steamer Santa Rosa, Just entering th bay, astounding the hundreds of passengers who lined the rails Mountain Home Grows Fast WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Population statistics announced today Included Mountain Home. Idaho, with a popula tion for 11 of 1411. compared wun SI in Spraag In Men's Apparel Now on Exhibition Sunitts, Up-to-Ae-Miiiniiui-e in Make ELLIM ARMY SCURVY Disease Only Enemy Which Worries Mexican Rebels. NAVARRO MARCHES WEST Bertbold and Leyva Expect Attack at Mexicali Warning From Bab cock Brings Tart Reply Force May Divide for Attack. MEXICALI, Mox., Feb. 1A White falsa alarms of appearing Federals kept tha lnsurrecto outposts In excitement today, the leaders and men were worried over tb appearance of a more dangerous foi one of more concern than breastworks and guns th scurvy. New potatoes and fresh meat are at a premium in tb rebel o&mp. But the in surrecto managed to procure supplies) of both today and their commanders. Bert- hold and Leyva. decided to hold their strong position here for another day or two to await tha expected attacK or tne government army said to have been sent from Chihuahua or Sonora. Navarro Advances for Battle. Rebel sympathisers at Yuma sent word to the insurrectoi today that xiavarro, who left Juares several days ago, was expected there tomorrow on his way here to give battle. Prior to uie receipt of thia message, the rebels had numerous reports of Federals advancing from tbe eastward. Every time tha smoke of a locomotive appeared on the horizon tbe rebels mad ready for action. There was no nervousness spparent among them, however. They regard their position here as almost Impregnable. In front and on both flanks, east and wast, there are protecting washes of the old Colorado overflow, while their rear abute upon American territory on the north. Calexlco Not to Be Backstop. Captain Conrad S. Babcock, command lng the Cnlted States cavalry stationed at Calexlco, Informed Berthold and Leyva today that bs would not permit Calexlco to be used as - a backstop for bullets. But Leyva in a polite note replied that Captain Babcock .should tell that to the Mexican Federals. He would; not be the attacker, be said. and. if stray bullets struck down American sightseers, ho would not be responsible. General Berthold, who arrived from Los Angeles) last night, said today that If the Federal army did not appear within the next day or two, he and General Leyva would divide their force, one part pro ceeding eastward to Sonora and the other moving westward against Enaenada. MADERO TAKES TO MOUNTAINS Navarro Finds Guadalupe Deserted. Border Guard Causes Protest. EL PASO. Feb. 18. Federal troops sent out by Genersl Navarro yesterday are encamped tonight within a few miles of Guadalupe and San Ignaalo, but Francisco I. Madero, his provisional government and lnsurrecto forces have disappeared- It is believed they have retreated to tha mountain fastnesses, confident that the Federals will not follow them. Mexican Central officials report that two construction trains were sent through to Chihuahua today. Tele YOUNG MENBOYS CHILDREN Sihromigo Sini&ppy Sdtas, A Kmd WMhi Merit G graphic communication Is also said to have been restored along the Mexican Northwestern as far as Peason- Before Madero, Gonzales and tha command of rebels left Guadalupe, Gui terrez de Lara, the Los Ans-elea Social ist, who is a captain in the lnsurrecto army, declared that all labor unions of the United States would be appealed to to protest strongly against the United States maintaining an army as a guard aiong xna international border. He says the army merely disarms and releases Mexican federal soldiers ar rested in the United States, but prose cutes Insurgents. He asserts that it Is costing the United States about 81,000.- vuu quarterly to guard th border, and says that Mexico does not spend a cent to keep back the hordes of Chinese that flock into thi country from Mex lco. Eight lnsurg.nts. arrested south of El Faso, near Fabens, were today held to th jderaL grand Jury by United States Commander Oliver. They gave notios or carrying their cases to Fed eral Judge Maxey on a habeas corpus. Mail advices from Canadelarla, Tex east of here, say tha insurgents took ths town of San Antonio, directly oppo site, and threatened to loot Canadela rla, but Captain Williams and the Uni ted States cavalry arrived in time to prevent it. Lauro Carcamo, captain in tha Thir teenth Mexican Federal Infantry, and Just found guilty at Chluabua of aid lng tha revolutionists and sentenced to be shot, will be sent to Mexico City for execution. This advice comes to tbe EJ Paso Herald. Rebels Seize Railroad Terminus. GUADALAJARA, Mex., Feb. 18. Train service on the Yaqui River line in So nora has been discontinued because Tonlca. ths terminus of the road, is in possession of the lnsurrectos and the camp of the Sunset Development Com pany, a Southern Pacific property, has been taken possession of. Mexicans were disarmed by the rebels, but the Americans in the camp were not mo lested. RATE ADVANCE SUSPENDED Commission Blocks Rise From Mld ' die West to Southwest. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. An order was Issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission today, suspending until June 15 advances In freight rates from Chicago, Kansas City and other places, making the same rates to points in the Southeastern and South Atlantlo Coast territories. Objection to the suspended tariffs known as the Leland tariffs was filed with the Commission on behalf of 220 common carriers operating in the Mid dle Western, Central Traffic, South eastern and Southern Atlantic Coast territories. The traffic mad advances on vari ous classes and commodities. Including particularly agricultural implements and vehicles of all kinds. Tbey were to have become effective on February 20. This is regarded by ths Commis sion as one of the most important sus pension orders thus far issued under tha new law. Forger Gets Unlimited Term. KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Joe McMillan, Indicted by the grand Jury Monday on two counts charging him with forgery, pleaded guilty before Judge Henry L. Benson and was sentenced to serve from two to 20 years in the penitentiary. McMillan forged the names of his former em ployers, Wickstrom A Linman, boat- builders at Shipping-ton. a suDurD ol Klamath Falls, to two checks, one for (8.60 and another for 116, which ha cashed. Hs also had ons forged with th same names for $76, but was una ble to cash It. CARNEGIE GIFT TAKEN $10,000,000 ACCEPTED BT IN STITUTION OF WASHINGTON, Donor Imposes Conditions Regard ing Use of Money Emergency Fund Is Created. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. The board of trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington today formally accepted the gift of $10,000,000 made last month by Andrew Carnegie and listened to the reading of Mr. Carnegie's letter announcing the gift, in which the donor said: "I stipulate as a condition of this gift that, unles3 expressly relieved therefrom by me, you shall set apart annually for the next 10 years a sum ' npt less than $250,000 in cash to be held in a reserve fund as against losses, emergencies, reduction In income and the diminishing . purchasing power of money. "This will also give the board more time to study suggestions submitted to it and avoid the danger of premature action. Better that new ideas should be tested on a small scale before going deeply Into them. "I hope the work at Mount Wilson ' will be vigorously pushed, because I am anxious to hear the expected re suits from it. I should like to be satis fled, before I depart, that we are going ' to repay to the old land some part of the debt we owe them by revealing' more clearly than ever to them the ' new heavens." It was announced that although no new plans had been inaugurated as a result of the gift, some action would be taken at the next regular annual meeting of the trustees next Decem ber. Carnegie Offers Danes Hero Fund. COPENHAGEN'. Feb. 18. Andrew Carnegie has offered to establish hero fund of $100,000 in Denmark. Tlx foreign office already has expressed iti gratitude for the proposed gift. Humphreys' Seventy-Seven ; breaks up Colds and "Seventy-seven" taken early, shortens the attack. Be careful, during the prevailing epidemic of Grip, keep your feet 017 , and your, body warm and take "Seventy-seven" 'at the first sneeze or shiver. Don't wait until your bones begin to ache; until the development of In fluenza, Catarrh, Pains and Soreness in the Head and Chest, Cough, Sore Throat, "General Prostration and Fever or the cure may take longer. Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor. William and Ann Streets, New York. 102.0v