2 r4 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JANUARY 12, -1913. SEATTLE AD CLUB 7 Fifty "Buckarooes" of Sound City. "Ride" Into Port land Banquet. WOODEN HORSES MOUNTS Bedecked in Really Woolly Western Raiment, Vilstors Charge Admen to Blasts From Brass of Little German Band. While George L. Baker and his fel-low-commltteemen were buzzing about behind the scenes warming up the grid Iron for the incoming officers and other prominent citizens at the annual ban quet of the Ad Club at the Multnomah Hotel last night. President G. F. Vran deburgr and his following of 50 Seattle Ad Club buckaroos stormed Into the banquet hall and kept the excitement 'whirling through the early part of the evening. Portland admen and guests of honor were at their places at the table, stand ing expectant. There was a blare of brass and an "oompah" of bass and the "Hungry Seven" in Its original glory, marched into the hall, preceded by a standard announcing It as the "Seattle Sympathy Orkestra." Each Ride a Hobby Horse. As the triumphal march played by the famous street band came to its close the Seattle buckaroos came riding into the hall, with feathered paper hats, red Bhirts and bandanas, each mounted upon a hobby horse. Up and down the aisles they trotted, and swung Into their places at the banquet table singing: We are, we are. we are, we are, ; The Seattle Ad Club gang. ; We are, we aie, we are, we are, And we don't care a hang. ' "We'll tie our horses, to a chair, i And fill them fall of oats; 1 Then we'll go riding round again To gather Portland's goats, i Changing to the tune of "America," Ihey prayed for "eats," while each ex tracted a paper nosebag from his pocket and solicitously hung It upon the nose of his hobby horse, before taking his seat. 1 Before the soup came in R. W. Ray jmond, in an impassioned speech, de claimed against Seattle bringing its 'sympathy orchestra" to Portland to 'corrupt local musical taste, and In an swer to his motion a squad of police jmen rushed into the room and hurried the Hungry Seven from the hall before they could extract another squea from !their instruments. i From that instant something was happening in some part of the hall (every half second or oftener. t Retiring President A. G. Clark pre sented a resolution, purporting to come from C. E. S. Wood, urging George I JBaker to accept the nomination for the ioffice of Mayor of Rio Janeiro and ap pointing A. G. Rushlight, Gay Lombard and Joseph Simon on his campaign jcommittee. !Moclc Prayer Amuses. , Called upon for a speech. President rVrandenburg arose and launched into a (prayer to the Spirit of the Willamette ;Valley, while the red-shirted buckaroos tknelt at their places and' lent a true 'campmeeting atmosphere to the scene .with their interpolations. ' "We beseech thee, great spirit," 'groaned Vrandenburg, "to permit us to construct the Lake Washington Canal to the Columbia River, so that we can build Summer houses along it and ; watch the Alaska shipping trade go by on its way to Portland " ; "A-a-ad-men!" bawled the kneeling 'buckaroos from Seattle. ) " falu would we clear all our checks through the Portland clearing house, erect a 42-story Smith building in Port fland, build Harbor Island terminals in your great city and transfer the Brem 'erton Navy-Yard to the mouth of the Willamette River, where it would be jsafe from foreign invasion " "A-a-ad-men! Hallelujah!" chanted the kneeling figures. i " Grant us to see your beautiful Sil ver Thaw and we will give you in ex change C. V. Hillman and Taooma. Fain would we approach the Columbia bar, lor we are athirst " ! "A-a-ad-men !'." came the response, staccato. " grant that the avenging spirit from Salem may not entrap us, lest the i people vote to hang us and be well rid of us," he prayed, and ended with a promise to come, in a body from Se- iattle to the Portland Rose Show and , an invitation to Portland to visit the ; Potlatch, to which the buckaroos gave 'a final uproarious "A-a-ad-men," before ; arising on creaking knees to return to : their victuals. Joseph Blethen Is Heard. Joseph Blethen gave a short speech on the Potlatch and for several minutes the Seattle men circulated among the guests pinning "Potlatch bugs" upon them. A. G. Clark called for attention to the "premier stunt" offered by Seattle for the evening. While the banjo plunked slow, eerie music, Charles Duncan, of Seattle, and W. L. Campbell, of Poryand, mounted the rostrum, threw off 'their clothing and appeared in black ' tights, after which they proceeded lovingly to black one another with burnt cork. Two yel low skirts, with 'INortbwest trade" printed on their skimpy edges, com pleted the" illusion of the "Gold Dust Twins." Duncan was labelled "Seattle" and Campbell "Portland." Then the two attacked a huge screen upon vhe stage, which showed a spider web and the words, "doubt, knocking, misunderstanding, discontent, belly aching, etc." The gold dust twins worked rapidly together. 1. G. Inverarlty, of Seattle, in ap propriate Italian costume, swaggered onto the stage and sang a solo, "Ma Portland's De Best" to the tune of "Ma Bruddu Sylvest." while Duncan mounted a chair and led the Seattle crowd in the chorus, which ended its praise of Portland's possibilities, declaring: "Oh, to taka hundred Frlscos to whip Ma Portland de best." I. Id Lifted for Visitors. Senator Claud McCulloch, of Baker, called upon to speak In behalf of Gov ernor West, declared to the Seattle men that, although the Governor's activities had been directed toward making Portland a town with a lid on. "while the visitors from the Sound are here, the stuff's al loff." Colonel George Young, from Van couver barracks, and ex-Governor Miles Moore, from Walla Walla, spoke from Washington, and George L. Baker was .called to represent Mayor Rushlight. Joseph Blethen. announced for a speech as "Mr. Joseph Blethen, president of the Pacific Coast Admen's Association," arose and "regretted to say" that "Mr. Joseph Blethen, presi dent of the P. C. A. M. A., did not come to Portland because he wasn't invited to the show." He made it. however, sufficiently clear that Joe Blethen waa there. M. Mosessohn's playlet, "The Court room Scene," was the vehicle whereby the Incoming officers were initiated and some of the leading men of the ESCORTS HUNGRY state and city were cheerfully grid ironed, after the addresses of the retir ing president, A. G. Clark, and the in coming president, C. H. Moore, had closed the serious part of the evening's work. "The Tazwell-Davis court will now dispense with Justice," bellowed Rob ert Wayne, the bailiff, as "Judge" Mosessohn took the bench and prepared to enter upon work of the evening. "Theodore B. Wilcox" was haled be fore the court on the charge of ex ceeding the speed limit in erecting the municipal Auditorium. "Do you wish a trial by Jury?" asked the Judge. TUBERCULOSIS IN SCHOOLS Irish Doctor Claims Disease Starts In Unsanitary Buildings. DUBLIN, Jan. 4. (Special.) An Irish doctor claims to have made a new discovery to account for the terrible ravages of tuberculosis among the peasantry of the South and West of Ireland. He puts forward the astound ing theory that the disease has its origin mainly in the unsanitary con dition of the elementary schools throughout the country and supports his contention by showing that con sumption was practically unknown in Ireland before the existence of these ramshackle buildings. He points out that although there Is a vast improvement in the nature of the buildings now employed, com pared with what they were 30 and 40 years ago, there are hundreds still remaining that are a disgrace to mod ern civilization and ought to be scrapped. Poorly clad children have to travel sometimes two and three miles to these schools, and sit frequently in damp clothing for five or six hours without any facility for warming their little bodies. Here, the doctor maintains, the seeds of tuberculosis are sown; and he in sists that the present generation of sufferers in Ireland are the distinct product of these unsanitary school rooms. It is a remarkable fact that since the compulsory education act came into force in Ireland the victims of consumption have shown a steady increase. ELECTORS T0J3E NOTIFIED State Pays but One Fare While Frve Are Anxious for Trip. Five men will gather in the office of Secretary of State Olcott in the Statehouse at Salem Monday at noon. and with grave faces hear that of ficial read the "news" of an event that happened over two months ago. They will be Hugh McLain, of Coos County; Will M.' Peterson, of Umatilla County. John M. Wall, of Washington County; D. M. Watson and F. C. Whltten. of Mutnomah County. They are the Demo cratic electors for the State of Oregon, and theoretically it lies in their hands to consummate the will rt the voters of the state expressed at the polls No vember 5, 1913. Having heard the election returns, as officially compiled, read by Secre tary Olcott, it will be their pleasure and duty to cast Oregon's five electoral votes for Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, for President of the United Ststes, and for Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, for Vice-President. , This solemn and superfluous proceed ing completed they will select one of: their number to carry the official re turns to Washington, D. C, and cast Oregon's five ballots in the electoral college in accordance therewith. Inas much as all five ot these representa tives of the triumphant Democracy have expressed not only a willingness but a full-flowered desire to discharge the duty of carrying the "news" to the National Capital, and as the law provides that but one shall go at state expense, complications may arise which will result in considerable balloting before the messenger is chosen. SINN FEIN STAMPS TABOO Postmaster-General of Ireland Is sues Order Not Popular. DUBLIN. Jan.T (Special.) Her bert Samuel, the Postmaster-General who has been steadily cultivating popu larity in Ireland, has suddenly come in to conflict with the "Sinn Fein" ele ment by curtailing their sources of revenue. For some years the Sinn Feiners have used an adhesive stamp supposed to be emblematic of their protesta tions against English domination in Ireland. This stamp, which correspond ed In size with the ordinary official one every good Sinn Felner was expected to use in connection with his corres pondence. Some of the more militant actually appropriated the customary position on the front and relegated the official mail stamp to the back of the envelope. The postal officials contended that such procedure was inimical to the best Interests of the postal service, as it caused delay and confusion apart from the insult conveyed. Private re monstrance had no effect on the Sinn Fein executive In Dublin, who claimed that they were entitled to place the official stamp where they pleased so long as they paid the regulation fee. The Postmaster-General has now de clared that he will be responsible no longer for the delivery of any mail packet or letter bearing a "Sinn Fein" stamp. This decision must seriously affect the revenue account of the Sinn Fein movement. INDIAN SCHOOL IMPROVES Superintendent at Chemawa Plans to Increase Efficiency. CHEMAWA, Or., Jan. 4. (Special.) Under the new management of the Salem Indian Training School marked changes are to be noticed frequently, and in each case the efficiency of that part of the institution is raised and the benefit derived by the Indian students receiving instruction in that particular Una of work. Recently Superintendent Wadsworth purchased several new machines for use in the harness and shoe shop at the Indian school which now places it as one of the best equipped shops in the whole Indian service. For several years this department has been con ducted at a great disadvantage, owing to the lack of proper equipment. It is the intention of Superintendent Wads worth to have each department effi cient In every way, and to do this will take some time. Another change welcomed by the fac ulty and the student body and the pub lic in general is the lighting of the grounds at night, which is a conven ience as well as a necessity. In former years the grounds have been in dark ness from 10 o'clock until morning. Since the beginning of school fauper- intendent Wadsworth has had several rods of cement walks laid, and has more improvements planned, which will be made as soon as the authority s granted to do the same. nelrs Seek to Rescue Money. VANCOUVER. Wash, Jan. lL (Spe cial.) Although the late Frederick Olson deposited 3070 In the Commer cial Bank of Vancouver a few days be fore It failed and received for it a re oelpt ir jtead of a certificate of de oosit. his heirs will recover the full amount, if an order given by Judge McMaster. of the Superior Court of Clark County, stands. While the heirs have won a decision in the Superior Court, the case will be appealed to the Supreme Co EHR0R RESULTS IN FAME Brigadier Blion Causes French Reservists Hurriedly to Mobilize. RESPONSE PLEASES NATION Gendarme Sends Out Call Through Mistake in Telegram and People Rush to Battle for Their Coun try' Germans Alarmed. PARIS, Jan. 4. (Special.) If Briga dler Bllon had won back Alsace and Lorraine he could not have been more talked about than he has been on ac count of his hurried mobilization of the French troops. This act nearly pre cipltated a full-fledged European war and sent the Bourses down 10 points. And yet the much-talked of Brigadier is Dut an. ordinary country policeman who is sergeant of the police of Arrl court in the district of Lunevllle, which is situated in that part of the lost province of Lorraine still belonging to as Arricourt is only a small town of a few hundred inhabitants, Brigadier Blion is not even a city po liceman or sergeant de ville, as contra distinguished from the country police man, or gendarme. Mistake Causes Fame. Active, athletic, alert, he owes his temporary fame to the error of a tele graph operator. The War Department sent out telegrams to different centers of the east, notably to Nancy, Lune vllle, Belfort and Montbeliard, to go through the exercises of mobilization. These are, of course, as different from actual mobilization as military man euvers are' from real war. But as the air was filled with war and rumors of war, M. Defaut, the operator who re ceived the telegham at Arricourt, easily concluded that the telegram- was an order for actual mobilization. He lost no time in communicating a very for mal order to Brigadier Blion, with the result that the latter became the most famous man In France. Brigadier Blion did not stop to reason whether or not some one had blun dered. His was not to reason why. Like the noble Six Hundred of Tenny son's poem his was but to do or die. And though it was 12:30 at night when the order to mobilize reached him at his humble barrack at Arricourt he at once set about doing. Immediately notice was sent-to the 10 little com munes under the police officer's Juris diction. Drums began to beat and bands began to play. Women and children got out of bed to help their husbands, fathers, brothers and sweethearts to get ready to go to the front. The order of Brigadier Blion was being executed to the very letter. Response Is Prompt. Within a few hours the men were all on their way to Join their respective garrisons. Those who could catch a train did so; those who could not do better set out on foot, but all went and more. The drums beaten by Brig adier Blion's orders infused such life into the sleeping Inhabitants that not only the reservists who were bound to go to the front set out, but others besides. Boys not yet old enough to bear arms in defense sof their country, and men supposed to be too old, set off for the garrisons. One tiny commune should have sent 52 men; It furnished 60. This was also considered a triumph for Brigadier Blion. He is known per sonally to every man, woman and child in the 10 communes. He is on hand shaking terms with them all, and to his magnetic influence a part of the promptness of the response was attrib uted. The garrisons at Lunevllle, Saint Nicholas, Nancy and Toul could scarce ly belfeve their eyes when they saw men on bicycles, in wagons and on foot during the small hours of the morning. Brigadier Blion was questioned by the officers, but there was the order clear and unmistakable and he was bound to obey it. He would reason about its accuracy as soon as they were taking their repose, after having won the first battle over the Germans. Reservists Are Disappointed. But a counter order came. Then Brigadier Blion was similarly prompt. He hastened to stop all he could. The original order had been so promptly obeyed, to the great delight of the po lice officer, that there were not many to be turned back. Most of the men had to be sent back. Of course there was much emotion caused by the mis take. But It soon disappeared in view of the rapid response of the Lorraine population to the call of the country. And for a knowledge of the prepared ness on the part of the people, the country Is grateful to Brigadier Blion. Military men now say that the error was a happy one, for it proves that the spirit of the people Is strong and that there is none of the dry-rot of anti-mitytarism among the peasantry. Brigadier Blion's order in the dead of the night proved that patriotism is on the qui vlve in France. It is claimed that the promptness shown by the peo ple of this remote corner of Lorraine would likewise - be visible all over France, should occasion require. Germane Are Excited. Another curious effect of Brigadier Blton's promptness was that in the neighboring German villages there was a run on the local banks. The peas ants rushed to get their money to hide it away, while those on French soil remained tranquil. Hence the haste with which the semi-official papers of Germany published notes that Briga dier Blion's alarm was false. So far reaching was the sound of Blion's big drums that even the banks of the strong town of Strasburg heard their beat. It is said that in the indus trial locality of Warmsdorf In Germany the Brigadier's order caused a loss of two million marks. On the other hand the Frenchmen who responded to the call were back at their ordinary occupations the same day. "What would you do if tomor row you were really called?" asked Colonel Grosetti, of Nancy. "We are ready to return," replied theyreservists. The whole affair is a confirmation of the new spirit which has come over France, a spirit of confidence and self reliance. And in their heart the people are really grateful to Brigadier Blion for what has happened. ROSECRANS IS TOTAL LOSS Anchors and Gear About All That Will Be Saved Is Report. ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 11. (Special.) The bodies of Second Engineer J. L.. Adams, Chief Cook James Yeats and Messman Angus McDonald, three vlc- ttims of the Rosecrans wreck, will be sent to San Francisco on the steamer Rose City tonight. Advices - received from the north shore are that the wreck of the tank steamer Rosecrans lies in its original position, and the- mainmast is still standing. The hulk is probably so buried in the sands that it will remain there indefinitely. The wreck lies di rectly in the path of one of the favorite drif tint; grounds of the gillnetters. who fish about the mouth of the river, and as the water is usually rough there, more than one net is liable to run foul of the obstruction, bringing disaster to those in the boats. Of the $225,000 insurance on the wrecked tank steamer Rosecrans, about $50,000 is carried by the companies connected with the San Francisco Board of Underwriters, while the balance is carried by the members of Lloyd's in England. Mr. Cherry, Lloyd's agent, has received instructions to act with Captain Crowe, of the San Francisco board, in making a survey of the ves sel, but he has telegraphed that she is a total loss. Captain Crowe stated today that within a few days he will make a trip to the scene of the wreck and then report the steamer a total loss. About April or May, when the conditions are favorable, an effort will be made to recover the anchors and chains and whatever part of the gear can be reached. D UAL PERSONAUTY PLEA JAIL PHYSICIAN SAYS CURIOUS CASES ARE POSSIBLE." Churchgoing Woman Held for Shop lifting in England ' Causes Com. ment on Peculiar Condition. LONDON, Dec ' 28. (Special.) The provincial chapel-goer, who, when in London, finds himself in the promenade of the Empire Music Hall; the model husband, who runs another establish ment; the good young man who gambles and robs his employers, can now suc cessfully put forward- the plea - that they are the victims of a dual con sciousness, and that the sinful half of them cannot be punished or exposed without injuring and degrading the saintly half. This defense has been advanced In the case of a young engineer who stole a motor car, and, though it was dis allowed by a skeptical Judge, yet it has Just been successfully pleaded in the case of a middle-aged woman, of hither to unblemished character and promi nent in church work, who was charged with shoplifting. The physician attached to Holloway Prison, where the accused woman had been detained, certified that she was liable to attacks of mental confusion, and he believed at the time of the con currence her mental condition was such that she did not realize the nature of what she was doing. This state of mind is known to medi cal men as automatism, and, according to Dr. Edwin Ash, a leading authority on nervous diseases. Is a phenomenon much more common than laymen Im agine. Dr. Ash is responsible for the statement that, in many cases of epi lepsy, automatism takes the place of the fit with which most people are familiar, and maintains that in such a state a patient might perform any ac tion and be quite unconscious of it, then, or afterwards. "A man might go away from home," he declared, "open a shop in another town, grow prosperous and return to his own town after five or six years. and know nothing of what he had been doing all that time. Such a case, of course, would be quite extraordinary. but It is a possible one. "It might be that half a man's brain cells are wrong. In which case he would have a "split personality, and be alternately one person or another Dr. Jekyll one day and Mr. Hyde an other, if you like to put it that way. In some cases a patient might even have five or six personalities, but that again would be considered an extraor dinary case.' Dr. Ash is In direct concurrence with the judicial action in the case of the woman referred to. and he expressed somewhat vehemently the opinion that, where it can be definitely proved, a so- called criminal action is the direct re sult of the disease; then, to put it mild ly, it seems hard to hold a person ac countable for an action for which he certainly is not responsible. MARSHFIELD BOY IS HERO Little Howard Post Gives of Skin to Heal Sister's Hand. MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) Eleven-year-old Howard Post, of this city, is a little hero, for he gave seven square inches of skin from his body to cover a wound on the hand of his sister, which had been Injured in an ironing machine in a laundry here. The hand had been terribly bruised and burned. The wound was treated at the time of the Injury, but it has persist ently failed to heal, and at a counsel of physicians it was decided that the only way the hand could be saved was by means of skin-grafting. When Howard heard this he said that he was willing to give the necessary cuticle to cover the wound, and accom panied his sister to the doctor, where he calmly bared his leg, -and without the assistance of anesthetics or any deadening drugs, watched the phy sicians peel the skin from his leg and lay it onto the injured hand of his sister. MAILS STOP FOR WEEK Burns and Surrounding Towns Have Temporary Service. BURNS. Or., Jan. 1L (Special.) A live, active, thriving community with out mail for a whole week! That's Burns. Not a line nor an item of writ ten or printed news from outside of the county from Tuesday night, December 31, until Tuesday night. January 7. Spe cial agents of the department have come to investigate the situation, and have made temporary arrangements for regular service on the daily lines be tween here and Canyon City and be tween here and Vale, until the routes can te readvertised and relet Two tri-weekly routes running south to- Diamond and southeast to Venator have been supplied as usual, the local bondsmen of Contractor C M. Kellogg, who had all four routes, having as sumed the responsibility of running them. Kellogg's bonus on the two daily lines were furnished by a surety com pany. Chehalls Officials on Duty Monday. MONTESANO, ' Wash., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) On Monday at noon the newly elected county officials of Chehalls County will take their oath of office. The new officials are R. A. Wiley, as sessor; A. C Girard, Chief Deputy As sessor; Schelle Mathews, sheriff; Ed Hoover, Chief Deputy Sheriff; Jerry Mc Gillleuddy, Treasurers J- G. Taylor, Chief Deputy Treasurer; J. W. Hodge, Superintendent of Schools; R. S. Shorey, Engineer; P. S. Locks and E. E. Flshel, Commissioners, and J. E. Stewart, Prosecuting Attorney. Some New Yorkers want to erect a statue of the late Queen Victoria of England la that city. THEATER INCIDENTS IN GERMANY TOLD Dr. W. Ahrens Writes Inter esting Reminiscences of . ' Stage Happenings. ACTOR COVERS UP ERROR Qulckwittedness of Devrient After ' Making Mistake In . Playing Othello Recounted' in Book Recently Published. BERLIN, Dec 28. (Special.) Quite a number of amusing anecdotes, many of them hitherto unpublished and most of the others very little known, are told by Dr. W. Ahrens In a book dealing with his reminiscences of the theater in Germany that has just been pub lished. One of them tells how a few lines in one of Fritz Reuter's best-known come dies came to be altered, on account of a very unusual incident. Junkermann, the popular interpreter of many of the roles In Fritz Reuter's plays, was or dered to give a command performance before Emperor William I the victor of 1S70 at Wiesbaden. He had to play the part of a lieutenant who left the service on account of his debts, but later came in for the large fortune that his father lett behind him. "Ah!" said the Lieutenant at the initial perfor mance in the Emperor's presence, "non I can go back to the army." - Junkermann had Ju;dt got , to the words, and was saying them ' with a certain expression of joyful relief that seemed quite in the part of full blooded youth of 20 and a few years, when suddenly the figure of the Em peror leaned over the edge of the box, and both the actor and those of the court who were there were surprised to hear the old monaTch say with curt deliberation: "But I shall not take him back into the army!" Sensation I Created. The interjection, somewhat of a com pliment undoubtedly to the actor who had persuaded the Emperor of the reality of what was really only so much comedy, was, however, at the same time a sharp correction of the author. At all events, for one' reason or the other it caused something of a sensation. No doubt the Kaiser was aware of this when he ordered Junkermann to give a second performance of the same play some short time after. It was certain from the point of view of the players that it would never do to repeat the words that had led to the incident. So the prodigal Lieutenant said something about going in for agriculture. Again the Emperor leaned forward. "Yes, I can approve of that," he said, just as plainly as before when he caused the incident mentioned. The Emperor would never approve of young officers running into debt, and ever after actors and managers took care that no approval of them should be shown in any play performed in his presence. Another story illustrates the extra ordinary fits of absentmendedness to which some of the great actors are sub ject, and the astute means that may be used to cover a case of such forgetful- ness. Karl Devrient, a famous Shake spearian actor, was playing "Othello" at the Court Theater at Hanover when once he stayed rather too long chat ting In his dressing-room before one of his entries. He appeared on tne stage without the dark gloves that were to match his dark complexion, and the playgoers saw an Othello with white hands. Offense Is Repeated. Naturally the director censured him when the curtain came down, but the director's temper was altogether lost when he saw Devrient walk on the next act for which the director had taken good care that there should be no un duly hurried entry, as before still with white hands. He could not help watch ing a man of such apparent audacity, however. Othello went on as though nothing were wrong, and then suddenly both the director and tne audience were surprised and no doubt not a little de lighted to see him pull off a pair or white gloves and show a pair of Moor ish swarthy hands. Having made a mistake once, the ac tor had decided not to repeat it, but the question was how to cover the initial blunder. There was. nothing for it but to make the audience believe that the white hands of the first act were white gloves, and that the black gloves of the second (for there was a pair the pair that should have been worn in the first act under the white pair) were merely the dark skin of a Moor. The ruse succeeded in this much that those who had seen through it were too ready to acknowledge the quick-wlttedness of the actor not to think that this comedy within comedy was quite full compen sation for the original error. DUKE WILL RAISE PONIES Industry Once Popular in Ireland to Be Revived by Nobleman.- DUBLIN, Jan. 4. (Special.) The Duke of Manchester, the son-in-law of Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, is developing a new scheme by which he hopea substantially to supplement his income and at the same time revive what was at one time a popular Indus try in. Ireland. He sees vast possibilities in the breeding of Connemara ponies, a spe cies that has been for some time threatened with extinction. For years this industry flourished around Kyle more, where the Duke's famous man sion is situated, but the tendency to abolish the small tenant farmer and put the land out of cultivation reduced It to a state or decay. The breaking up of the grazing farms and the division of the land among all that is left of the population have again, opened up a new career of usefulness for the Connemara pony, whose hardy and Inexpensive mode of living is particularly suitable for the small tenant farmer in the South and West of Ireland. But it is its polo possibilities that chiefly prompts the Duke to try the experiment of revival. Experts in horse breeding assure him there Is a valuable and lucrative market waiting for the Connemara pony end that it only requires the exercise of a little care and enterprise to make him pe culiarly adapted for that sport. MR. DREXEL MAKES "HIT" Grand Duchess Vladimir Eager to Meet American Banker. LONDON. Dec. 28. (Special.) "That delightful Mr. Drexel," said the Grand Duchess Vladimir, of Russia, when re ferring to the well-known American banker the day after be had given a sumptuous dinner party in her honor. It has been said with truth that no man is a greater expert in ordering a choice dinner than Mr. Drexel. Asparagus E (No. 1 of Series of Articles on Bread.) From day to day in the newspapers of Portland we are going to tell you the story of a loaf of bread. It may take us a month or more to really explain to you how human ingenuity, mixed with the best flour and the richest milk arranged for by Nature, produces the best bread that you have ever eaten. Out upon the monntain slope and in the valleys, where the wheat is ripening and contented cows are developing the milk that we use, it is there that the manufacture of Royal Milk Bread is started. Concern should be felt about the foodstuffs that find their way to your table three times a day. We are going to tell you how the body-building nutriment to be found in each loaf of Royal Milk Bread is placed there. AVe want you, . Mrs. Housewife, and your husband, and your children, and your sister, and your brother to read this series of arti cles very carefully. Clip them out and paste them in your cook book. We will convince you that Royal Milk Bread is better bread than you can bake in your own ovens. When this series is completed, we are going to ask you to write an article not to exceed three hundred words telling why Royal Milk Bread is the best bread made since the art of bread-baking was invented. WE ARE GOING TO PAY, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GOLD as prizes for the best of these articles. .Girls and women alone will be allowed to enter this contest Brother Ben and Cousin Fred may offer suggestions, of course. Professional writers will be barred. Watch the papers for full details. (To be continued in Oregonian January 15th.) Watch other daily papers. Royal Bakery & Confectionery "Sole Makers of Royal Table Queen Bread. "Eternal vigilance is the price of a good digestion." Order Table Queen Bread and see that you get it. w Ph Ph o w N P3 P-. t o PS and strawberries figured on the menu, not to speak of "spring" chickens and ducklings. This magnificent dinner must have proved a revelation to Her Imperial Highness after the ordinary menus she has been having at Windsor Castle, where, on principle, Queen Mary never permits an out-of-season delicacy on the table. The Grand Duchess is reputed to be one of the haughtiest Princesses in Europe. She met the American mil lionaire abroad for the first time last Fall, when she asked a friend to pre sent "the handsome American" to her. No one was more surprised at the re quest than Mr. Drexel himself, but he readily fell in with the suggestion, and Blnce then they have been the best of friends. Both are epicures, both are autocrats, and both look at life from the same slightly cynical view-point. Like other foreign Royalties, she likes Americans, and is free and easy in their society. 58 "BEAU" KNOTS TIED Judge Duncan, of Linn County, Makes Record for Single Year.' ALBANY, Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) By officiating at 58 weddings in 1312, J. N. Duncan, who retired last Monday as Countv Judge of Linn County, broKe all records for the greatest number of marriage ceremonies ever performed In one year by one man in tnis county. The former record was 48. This was also held by Judge Duncan, who estab lished it In 1911. Rev. D. H. Leech, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Albany, ranked next to Judge Duncan and led all of the ministers of the county in the num ber of marriages performed In 1912. He officiated at 43 weddings and es tablished a new record for the greatest number of marriages ever performed in Linn County In one year by anyone except a County Judge. His record is excelled only by that of Judge Duncan in 1911 and 1912. Rev. F. H. Geselbracht, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Albany, ranked third, with 18 ceremonies dur ing the year. UNIVERSITY JILL PLAN OUT President Campbell Favors Move for Appropriation Act. otitt? PAPTTDT, Sfllpm. Or.. .Tbt. 11- (Special.) The University of Oregon appropriation bill, which was threshed out several weeks ago by the board of regents of that institution and the de tails Of Wnicn nave ueeu puunoueu, .-ui rill a-n rUraftlv Intrt tfaA wn.vn and means committee of the Leglsla- tUre WltnOUt Iiiai. ucm s iii.iuuui.cu from the floor. rrn.1. Via nlnn that vena RiitrffPRtfid X UiO a. a v"w o a by the board of regents and President Campbell or tne university nas ueeu here in conference with the Governor as to the feasibility of the plan. The executive, says Mr. Campbell, seemed to be lnciinea 10 tavor me muvc irw. kill nrnhohlv will hft RPnt hv the - A.,AT-m-.F himsolf into tha w flVR and means committee. In that event it will come into the Legislature pruned ac cording to the wishes of the committee fnr th first time that it appears be fore that body as a whole. KLAMATH TAX RATE FIXED State, Connty and School Levy of 15.1 Mills Is Announced. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) The County Court has fixed the tax rate for the assessment made for 1912. The tax will be 15.1 mills for state, county and school taxes; 3.5 mills to provide for outstanding warrants, and 6.4 mills for road work, outside in corporated towns. In Klamath Falls the rate for the county ana state tax will be 18.1: for city purposes, 10 mills, and for school, 1 mill, and a special school levy on bond account of 8 mills. making a total in tne city -or n.i mius. The levy last year was 28.3 mills, the increase being due to the Increase i.n county and state levy from 11.3 mills last year. The question has been raised whether the county can levy on city -6 t- O O o o Q o a M H 03 property the 3.S mills for outstanding warrants, as most of those warrants are for road work. The levy for the Courthouse is 4 mills. Nearly all school districts have special levies on account of bond issues. . Washington Levy Is Fixed. HILLSBORO, Or.,' Jan. 11. (Special.) The County Board has levied 17 mills on a valuation of 319,999.713. and the total tax to be collected from the roll will amount to 3337,118. Of this all will be used for county purposes ex cepting 128,414.50, which goes to the state. 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