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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1913. LEGISLATORS MADE HERS OF TS I Special Train Takes "Invad : ers" to Salem, Where They ? Storm Law Factory. ADVANCE GUARD SEIZED Governor Marches Up for Initiation to Strains of Funeral Dirgeand Answers Queries All Take Solemn Vow. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 11. (Special.) Th aneciil train from Portland with larae deleKation of the Ancient Order of Muts arrived in this city at 11:20 o'clock this mornins. The Muts were met by the Cherrians. city officials and all public-spirited boosters. All local Muts and those slated for ' Initiation were on hand with few ex cretions. But those who had failed to obey the mandate were rounded up by ihn "nifchfnrk DriKade. The special train brought 8bout 200 Muts and they were accompanied by the famous Portland Police Band. The : Muts. Cherrians. officials and many r others formed in line on Commercial ' street and. headed by the band, marched in full force upon the State hn... which thev expected to storm successfully at the first onslaught, rltehfork Mgtl Shackled. nn aounri of the approach of the "Im serial enemy." which was heralded by ' the strains of the advance guard band President Thompson ordered the aoor keener of the Senate to lock the door n,l admit no one except by his order. Six "pitchfork- Muts were detailed to the Senate. They were admitted, one at a time. But as fast as they were admitted they were seized and securely ' handcuffed and shackled. Senator Perkins In the melee suffered a dis located finger and fainted. After all were fettered and brought before the Senatorial bar of justice and had pleaded not guilty, the Senate an nounced that as a punishment the in- vHjr should be made honorary mem- " bers of the Senate, which was done ; with ceremony befitting the occasion. . Those made honorary members were William F. Spencer. Ray Barkhurst. Ted Lansing. E. J. Soloman. Monroe uoia tin And Robert Adams. The Muts then took possession and marched the Senators into the House chamber to join in the real official xroirrmme. Xeffer Kara Dham J. Ed. Werleln, officer of the Imperial Dynasty, took up the gavel in the House. Womn Lea-tNlators Honored. The two women legislators. Miss Kathryn Clarke. Senator from Douglas ' County, and Miss Marian Towne. Bep sentative of Lane County, were made : honorary members of the Muts' organ ; Ization. Th members of the House and Sen ate were herded together and held by ih nitrhfork bricatle for initiation. To the strains of a funeral march, Oovornor Withycombe marched up for membership. Charles F. Berg. Tel Et Tun Yuh. hurled questions at the state's chief executive. Some were: re von opposed to paying salary to all officials of the state, except the CrtVArnnr?" will vou serve your sentence of four years in the City of Salem?" "Have you any objections to un dressed mutton?" The Governor answered the queries and qualified as a Mut. Speaker Ben Selling. Pan Kellaher. Vavor White, of Salem: Tom Kay. Rep resentative 1'arker and others also were questioned and qualineu. -a sieam roller was presented to Mr. Selling, l'r. Andrew C. Smith was made a Mut because he aptly could define the word 'bugaboo." The Muts. Men United to Serve, sol emnly took their vow to do some thing iach day by word or deed to make some one else happy and make the world brighter and happier and then the fa mous hand played "Gee. I Like Music With My Meals." JOB PRINTERS FORM CLUB Portland Body to Join National Ben Franklin Order Is Hcnort. With representatives from S5 of the 70 or more Job printing plants in the city a Ben Franklin Club has been formed in Porthind. with the avoweu object to protect printers. the interests of the The Portland organization, it saiiL will become a member of tne National Ben Franklin Club. Officers chosen at the meeting Fri day were: President. K. K. Kubli. of the Kubll-Miller company: vice-presi-oent U D. Hunter. Pacific Stationery and 'printing Company; secretary. M. J Sweeney of Sweeney, Varney & Straub: treasurer. II. M. Glen. Port land Linotype company: directors. J. C. Hover. Boyer Printing Company : George Smith, Smith Printing Company; J. J. Price, of Price & Ziegler. linotypers. V. L. Moreland. formerly foreman for Irwln-Hodson. lias been recommended as manager of the organization. VETERANS' CAMP IS SET Cirand Army to Be Reviewed In Washinston September 27. Advices have been received by Ad-lutant-General Williams, of the Grand rmv of the Republic, that the date has been sent for the National encamp ment for the week beginning Septem ber 27. at Washington. D. C Because this year marks 50 years since the end of the war and also on account of the fact that the encamp ment will be held in Washington, it is evic ted to attract many veterans from re?.n. The historic grand review at the close of the war. when the Union troops marched down Pennsylvania avenue and were reviewed by the President, will be stimulated by the old soldiers and it will be one of the big events of the encampment. BREAD CUT IS INDEFINITE "o Time Set by Master Bakers for Smaller Loaf to Be Sold. Since the members of the Oregon Master Bakers' Association decided Wednesday night that they would make a cut of one ounce in the size of the loaf of bread, the question of when this cut is to be made is one which Is now commanding the attention of the pub lic. H. F. Rlttmann. president of the organization, said last night that in taking the action no deflntte time had been specified, so that It was prac tically left to each Individual baker. He said that some of the bakers prob ably would put the new rule Into effect as soon as they could procure the proper pans. While the action taken, he said, was try th Tin til re nf an agreement in Which all members of the association con curred, he pointed out that it could not be made compulsory. Mr. itittmann expressed the belief that other bakers of the city would follow the lead of the master bakers In making the cut CHIEF IN AUTO WRECK Police Head Bumped by Another Au tomobile on Bridge. Chief of Police Clark figured in an auto smashup on his way to his office yesterday morning. The Chief's car was traveling west across the Steel bridge when it was struck by a car driven by Walter -Freiwald. Jr., 601 Schuyler street. Freiwald swung his auto out from FRIENDLY VISITOR PROMI .E.T IN SOCIAL SERV ICE WORK. 120 GUIDES NAMED Agricultural College Students Will Go to Fair. SELECTION MADE BY TEST . n grf-Vt! V.J. Jjjflzl lira Albert J. Hoover. The friendly visitors of the social service department of the Portland Parent-Teacher Associations are planning busi ly to provide seed potatoes for families who cannot afford to buy them and who are willing to cultivate either their own back yards or vacant lots that are available. Mrs. Albert J. Hoover is chairman of the com mittee that is securing the seed potatoes and she has met with generous response from the mer chants of Front street. Those who wish to secure potatoes for planting may apply to Mrs. Hoover, Sellwood 2462. behind a streetcar and clashed headon nto the Chief's machine. No one was injured, but both autos and the street car were damaged. Freiwald was arrested charged with driving his car more than 30 miles an hour. He put up J50 bail and will be given a hearing in Municipal Court today. ATTEMPT ON LIFE FAILS Theodore Sewell. Spurned by His AVifc, Drinks Acid on Street. Theodore Sewell. 107 Seventy-fifth treet North, was unsuccessful yester day in an attempt on his lite. me attempt was made yesterday morning at Third and Morrison streets and was witnessed by a large crowd, beweu had just met his wife, who Is suing him for a divorce. For some time he has been trying get her to return to him, and when he again refused he took a small bot tle of carbolic acid from his pocket. drank it and fell to the sidewalk At St. Vincents Hospital last nigm he was reported Improving. ine Sewells have two daughters of 9 and 8 vnn of age. Mrs. Sewell also has a daughter of 14 by a former marriage. Y. M. C. A. CIRCUS APRIL 23 Youthful Performers Preparing for Act From Dizzy Heights. Jarrum & Bingham's Greatest Show on fc-artn. tne annual circuo ui i" Young Men's Christian Association, will appear this season April 23 and 24. Every gymnasium class in me asso ciation will have some part in arrang- nir the programme. Novelties tnai surpass anything the physical directors. who have the enterprise in nanu, ver attempted before are promisea. Part of the work that tne younger classes will do on trapeze oars ai iizv heights Is now under way ana the performers are In training. Prominent Folk to Reply to Toasts. Representatives of the leading clubs of the city, professional men ana women, doctors and lawyers will be among those who will orrer toasts at the luncheon to be held in the Hotel Benson tomorrow In honor of Dr. Mary A. Thompson. Mrs. uronson - zsaimon will be toastmlstress. Mrs. G. L. Buland will have charge of the decorations. Music will be a special feature. Reser- ations may be made today. Committees to Serve Four Weeks ' Each Escorting Visitors About State Building and Telling of Oregon's Resource. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Feb. 11. (Special.) Presi dent Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural College, has announced the appoint ment of guides for the Oregon building at the San Francisco Exposition. These men were selected by a committee, which took into consideration the scholastic record of the applicants, their appearance and personality and the knowledge of the State of Oregon as indicated by the answers given to questions asked In a recent examina tion. Lectures were given by a number of members of the faculty, preparing the applicants for the examination. Out of about 300 men who applied for ap polntment 120 were allowed to take the examination and 38 were appointed. In addition 22 alternates were chosen. The men will be on duty at the fair for periods of four weeks, except the lirst two guides to go south, who will serve but two weeks. All expenses will be covered by the commission. The duties of the guides will be to conduct visitors about the building, answer such questions as may be asked and to call the attention of visitors to the re sources of the state and the opportuni ties for investment. The first men to go south will leave Corvallis February 18, in order to be present for the open ing of the fair. Which men will be sent first has not been announced. Seniors in Majority. The men appointed consist mostly of members of the present senior class, with a number of members of last year's class now taking post-graduate work at '.he college. The appoint ments are as follows: John K. Magnesa. of Amity; O. B. Hayes, of Pasadena, Cal.; Henry C. Gil bert, of Salem; Charles E. Hill, of West Springfield, Mass.; M. H. Middlekauff, of Corvallis; Byron C. Wright, of Port land; W. K, Dallas, of Corvallis; A. J. Funk, of Corvallis; J. O. Beck, of Boise, Idaho; Roy E. Marshall, of Corvallis; W. J. Chamberlain, of Albuquerque, N. M. ; F. W. Kehrli, of Portland; Clayton Strain, of Pendleton; W. W. Coe, of Portland; H. M. Curry, of Baker: Sereno E. Brett, of Portland; J. W. Green, of Suver; E. C. Al worth, of Battleground, Wash.; A. M. Doerner, of Denver, Colo.; C. E. Shuster, of Cor vallis; F. V. Romlg. of McCoy; J. E. Cooter. of Corvallis; D. C. Howard, of Corvallis; It. M. Howard, of Corvallis; A. A. Amort, of Corvallis; Devere Fen- dall. of Newberg; Martin Van Couver Ing. of Riverside, Cal.; N. L. Tartar, of Corvallis; C. M. Scherer, of Brookville. Ind.: Kenneth L. Fox, of Portland; Brooke Hukili, of Corvallis; G. F. Cham bers, of Newberg; Perry Johnston, of Moro; J. Howard Paine, of Portland; Edgar Vestal, of Payette, Idaho; L. G. O. Gentner, of Portland; F. D. Yeager, of 'Centralia, Wash. Several Alternates Named. The following were appointed as al ternates: John Boles, of Corvallis: Wallace Kadderly. of Portland; T. H. McClellan. of West Stay ton; Halbert E. Selby, of Bellingham, Wash.; W. W. Johnston, of Corvallis; L J. Locker, of Burns; Rob ert V. Throne, of Ashland; C. E. Oakes, of Corvallis: W. J. Koenig, of Rock Island, 111.; C. A. Fiyor, of Shaw: T. E. Richards, of Kalispell, Mont; F. H. Forster, of Tangent; Theodore John ston, of Moro; L D. Crouter, of Union: J. Homer Edwards, of Monroe; I. R. Loughary, of Monmouth: R. V. William son, of Wells; Howard C. .Belton, of Gardena, Cal.; Irwin Betzel, of Port land; R. L Stoneberg. of Coburg: U. G. Robbins, of Warm Springs; R. M. Kling- hammer, of Elgin. n n n 1 njKrMgan-Q'-n i u u IT'S POSITIVELY THE CREATE! ft- fBlNG SALE EVER KNOWN PEOPLES 104-106 3d St., mnmrsTTmYri man ?o -SI 104-106 3d St., nafr 1 ir '-r - Erf Wash MPPMM'WS VIS Tow liftsl jSiiii To I siwm only wmmm fc mm asmsmmmmmkmmmsm i iifttsLJ !otti&oU COURTHOUSE PLANS LAID DESIGN FOR $100,000 JOSEPHINE BUILDING IS SELECTED. Sabbath School Is Tomorrow. Sabbath school will be held this Sab bath (Saturday) at 10 A. ai. in tne en- ral Seventh-Day Adventist cnurcn. East Eleventh and East t-vereii streets. Milton H. St. John is pastor, ine ocrip- ure lesson for tomorrow will oe -mat- he w v:l-12. Levy Made and Arrangements Begun to Bent Quarters, That Site Slay Be Cleared for Structure. The design submitted by E. E. 51c- Claran. a Portland architect, was se lected by the Josephine County Court Thursday as the plan to be followed In the construction of the $100,000 Josephine County Courthouse that Is to replace the present wooden structure In Grants Pass. The levy to finance the erection has been made. The plans, as outlined by Mr. Mc Claran. will be ready for figures soon after March 1. In anticipation of the Immediate construction of the new Courthouse, arrangements a7e being made already by the County Court to clear the Courthouse block and to oc cupy rented quarters until the new building is completed. The new Courthouse will extend two stories above a ground Dasement and be of reinforced concrete class A con struction. The exterior, which is to aa'f. ra 'r-im n n m nTrn-fi I I'l t I 'Li LJL rnvnr isovfir; feet, will be faced with a liirht-colored brick, trimmed with terra cotta. The snace In the basement will be divided Into the County Jail, the janl tr' annrtmpnt the heating plant and nn ovhihit room for the display of local products. The first floor will provide rooms for the Sheriff, County Clerk, the Cnnntv .Tudre and Commissioners, the fnimiv Treasurer, the county court room and a room for weights and measures. The upper floor will contain the Cir cuit Courtroom, the chamber for the Circuit Judge, witness and juryrooms and compartments for the County En gineer, the District Attorney and the County School Superintendent- The officials who chose Mr. Mc- JOSEPHIXE COUNTY TO HAVE $100,000 COURTHOUSE. jijJ; ,1m .saafl s s . - s ss - - ARCHITECTS SKETCH OF BC1LDING TO RISE AT GRANTS PASS. Claran's sketch from among eight sub mitted in competition were: C. G. Gil lette. County Judge- E. J. Lind and R. M. Robinson, County Commissioners, and B. L Coburn, County Clerk. FLAGS AREJTOBE RAISED Many to See Ceremony Today at Xew Meier & Frank Building. Several thousand persons interested in the advance of Portland, Including 2000 employes of the Meier & Frank Company, will congregate at 8:30 o'clock this morning In front of the new 14 story department store building' in course of construction on Fifth street, between Morrison and Alder streets, to witness the ceremony of raising two huge American flags on the two flag poles recently elevated to a height of more than 200 feet. The principal address of the occasion will be delivered by Tom Richardson. Music will be furnished by Prasp's band. The event is to celebrate the recent completion of the steel framework of the new $1,250,000 skyscraper. SYRIANS ARE IN MISERY Forty-Three Hundred Refugees Are Being Aided at Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA. Egypt, via London. Feb. 11. Refugees from Syria who con tinue to arrive here report that great misery exists and that many persons are stranded there. The refugee com mittee here is now feeding 4300 of the refugees. The United States cruiser Tennessee has done splendid work in transport ing the people fleeing from Syria It is reported here that Jaffa, a short distance northwest of Jerusalem, was decorated with flags last week on the occasion of the "successful crossing of the Sue Canal by the Turks." 1 THE WHOLESOME BAKING POWDER Restores in part, the nutritious and health giving phosphates of which fine wheat fiour has been deprived, making all home baking more nutritious, more easily digested and of better flavor and texture. Furthermore, you will realize the great saving in money and material by using Rumford. It stands for Pure Food and Household Economy Mailed Free. The new Rumford Home Recipe Book, including Ftrelem and Cuserole Cookery. RUMFORD COMPANY. Providvnca. R I. 1 MRS. 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