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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JANUARY 12, -1913.
SEATTLE AD CLUB
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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
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(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.
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"Sole Makers of Royal Table Queen Bread.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of a good digestion."
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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.
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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
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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. The millage was as follows:
roads and bridges, 7.8 mills, providing
3149,760; state and county, 4.8 mills,
392,160; county schools. 3.4 mills,
365,199: Courthouse building fund, 1
mill, 319,999. This year's tax was ex
ceded by the 1912 levy by $53,000. Many
of the road districts in the county have
levied 5 mills tax for rock roads, and
not a few have levied 10 mills. The
county levy does not provide for any
permanent road work.
Oregon Postmasters Xamed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. John B.
Beesely was today appointed Portmas
ter at Falls City, Or., and William M.
Brown Posmaster at Lebanon, Or.
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