V THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL . PORTLAND, SUNDAY. . MORNING, AUGUST 11', 1C07. CORiJERSTOPJE LAYING WAS IMPRESSIVE EVENT . i ' - ' ' ? . , Hnge Block of East Side Masonic Building. Scaled, Then .' " Swung Into Place Before t Largo t G athering. : 'y' T v ; Speeches and Music Complete gniS'nv. ' Xa the preaenoo of mors thaa 0 Ma- ton and ether spectators, ths oorner , stone for ths mw Masonlo building at East Burnsld and East Eight atreeta was laid yesterday J aftsrnoon, - Tht ' weather was favorable, despite ths (act that rala tell Immediately preceding the ceremony and soon afterward, , . Tha Masons fathered at the BurUiard building. . East Burnslde street and Orand avenue, the present meeting quar ter of the W aldington lodge and Wash ington chapter, the organisation erect- in the new edifice. Headed by Brown's band, they marched In double file to East Eighth street and aaaembled around the corner atone, hanging on the derrick over Its resting place. The ceremonies were then taken In charge by, a rand Master i-ot , U Pierce of ? '. ttoas Was ieaisd, " The well-known and beau tl fur cere mony of the Masons waa carried out Tha huge stone waa sealed, pronounced true and swung Into place. There were the usual number of interesting objects nerstone to the lives of many others by peing irue ana square in svery-flay lire. H. IL Paf ker, grand master of Royal Area Masons, was railed upon ana an nounced that the Washington council organised In 1883 would be 16 years old next year, it was the plan to Hold bis; celebration in honor of the event I M . A v-.- V 0orf ' H. Burnett, Grand ; dander. Com- and that this structure which they were then erecting would be used on tnat oc casion. He. spoke of the. need of a suit able meeting place for the eaat side lodges. . . oioea Times or Xroog. " T. H.' Ackentiari.' rast master of the Wash In cton lodre. was the last SDeaker. Ho represented Washington lodge and BETTER EOUMIT WHEN scoot OPENS no m BE SUCCESSFUL Many Improvements Made in Curriculum at St. Mary's Academy. . j ... flt Marys academy will resume Its school work , on Monday, September t, better equipped than over to teach ttg students. Daring July the slater teach ara took anaclal oouraes In Physics and ohemlatry under Dr. Frledel of tha sUte university and special musio xor inree weeks at Seattle. ' ; IIiit Imnrovementa hats been mads tn tha curriculum, oartloularly In the science department, lit. roeaei aeciarea the physical and chemical laboratories to ha tha best of any secondary school ha has aaan In tha state. . A number Of Improvements nave also oeen maae ana are under way about the buildings. Tha officers orofoaaors and lectur ers in the academy are the same as last year, being ss roiiows: President ex-offlclo. Most Reverend Alexander Christie, D. D., archbishop of Oregon; professor of Christian doctrine snd cnurcn nistory. nev. ueorgo Thompson, St. Mary's cathedral; -professor of Dhllosoohv. Rev. Edwin V. O'Hars, 8t Mary's cathedral: chaplain. Rev. Eusene Holla: lecturer on hygienic philosophy, Dr. Andrew C Smith; lec turer on civics ana constitution. Hon. John P. Kavanauffh: lecturer on me diaeval history, John . trwara, B. A.; lecturer on economics, P. SI - Sulllvo, STRENUOUS WEEK IS Vetoes, Important t ' Ordi nances and Other Matters 1 Promise Busy Days. Woodmen of World Desire Pacific Jurisdiction Of f ices BemoYed From Denyer. AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN WILL BE CABKIED OUT TremendoiM. Number of Initiations Bcneme wmcn win u BDrnnc at Next Trl-Ennlal Session Co Be '. HeW' la '.This City. V i Great effort Is to be put forth 'by Portland Woodmen to ' secure the re moval of the bead camp offices of the Paclfle Jurisdiction of the Woodmen of the ; World ; from Denver to Portland. It has boon decided the most effective work toward securing this removal will bo In the number of Initiations' and a ttremenduous campaign has been planned for that purpose; v v . V Org snlseTS Ooming Xsro. Seventeen organjsers . will corns to Portland Immediately, . accompanied by A Lot L. Pierce,' Grand Master. ' sealed up In the stone, among which . the most interesting pernapa was ( gavel, made Trora the wood or one 01 the Bpanlsti ships sunk in nanus I Admiral George Dewey on May There, were - also present-day coins, copies of the dally papers of ; August 10. and lists of com: directors connected with the erection f the building. ,- - ' Speeches - were made oy airrerent membera of the grand lodge and repre- oirierent orsaniaatio within the Masonic order.' Harvey W. waa the principal He spoke of the work under- Boott grand orator. ooeaaer. taken by the order, and said that It sought to exert an uplifting Influence on humanity; ' supplied moral strength, aroused the best and hlgheet qualltlea In man; waa not narrow in Its creed, and was tolerant or ouiera. , 4 V : Pioneers Pas stag Away. George H. Burnett, grand commander of the Knlghta Templars, was the next speaker, and grew eloquent In bis ref erence to the. future growth . of the Oregon, country. He said the pioneers were paaalng away, the tented caravans of whits wagons were gradually disap pearing Over the horizon, -and Oregon This week will be a strenuous one for the city oouncll and the executive board In view of the accumulated work of the past three weeks .of enforced Idleness. The three weeks were lost when the two bodies decided to meet after August I during the second and fourth-weeks of each month. Instead of the first and! third. Since the Isst council meetlna Mayor Lane has vetoed two lmDortaut ordi nances which will be reconsidered by the council. These are the ordinances grant ing a franchise to the Oregon Traction comoanv to ODerate a. street railway in Portland and regulating the conduct of markets and stores where rood is sold and prohibiting consumptives from uam t. n. cu. nrini Wnnil jrfen. of the World- i-: '" 'S f ' '.' . .'' .',''.' ''.'"'V ' ' ,, " ' : - w : .f. ;-t ', x'' , ... ' . mm urn no WM Oil 'it. Alfred Benjamin & Co. , High Grade Summer and Outing Suits 0 $18.00 Suits --$12.60 $20.00 Suits - $14.00 $25.00 Suits - $17.50 50n Discount $30.00 Suits r $21.00 $35.00 Suits - $24.50 Wl A iA AA. M a . - . : A a - ' ' .Tal 34U.UU 2UltS - W5.UU 1 ' 50n Discount All Straw Hats $ 5.00 $ 5.00 $ 7.50 $10.00 $12.00 Knox Straws Panamas Panamas . Panamas Panamas $2.50 $2.50 $3.75 $5.00 $6.00 I. : K: working around such food. Then the council Will in all probability be asked to take soma action with relation to the franchise granting the Portland General Electrlo company the right to Install a steam heatlns system and sell heat to buainess houses in ths business district. The permit of this company extired April and the executive board recom mended to the council that the permit be declared forfeited. Some membera of tha oouncll declare It Is not In the Juris diction of that body to declare the per mit forfeited and an Interesting contro- 3. H. Ackerman, Past Master. Washington chapter, and olden times of Ahe lodge 1 waa in It a chlfdhood and met In the Koss building; later or when it was in 'U v;fv'.: iaw-we-ypy -t a f9' ' ii'""'f " t J f f , ' ' i t 4 X B IV Abu m am 31 i I J i ' J "If . ." ,j "T VlTV versy may be expected. The health ordinance is the one In which Mayor Iane discovered a "Joker," which would give a slaughterhouse the right to operate anywhere in the city, lth powers entirely In the bands of the board of health as to Its regulation. Mayor Lane ' thought that the council ought not to delegate so much power to sny minor body and promptly vetoed the measure. The executive board, aside from its routine work of awarding and accepting contracts, will be compelled to lusals told of the I with the trial of the ex-detectlvea. Snow, of when it I Day, Carpenter and Rasing, which will firobably be called this week. The hear ng has been held In abeyance during the absence in the east of Attorney Ralph E. Moody, counsel- of defendants Moody returned short time sgo and since the time for the hearing waa aet , for . the first week in August, It will probably now do neia xnis wees. , Also there must be sn Inquiry into ths 'charges against Acting Deteotlves Kay ana luemin prererrea oy (japtain Bruin. These two officials are charged with Incompetency and Insubordination. Minor chargea against patrolmen will probably aiao oe heard during the week. - In the street cleaning committee of ths . executive board the charges pre ferred against Foreman Jenkins of sell ing city dirt for private fills and keeping and training horses at the city's expense will be heard. Last week the various committees cleaned up a great deal of the routine wont. Bargain Sales In Japan ' Even in placid Japan they have bar gain ' sales, out tney conduct them on rinclpies from very srln different. the mm MUaVS. r Masonic Cornerstone Readr for the. Ceremonies was on ths threshold of a new era. I Us said the development of civilisa tion on ths Paclflo coast would be as much greater as that On the Atlantic as the Paclfle ocean -was greater -than the Atlantic ocean. He called atten tion to the corresponding growth In the Masonto order. Where they once met In log cabin S they were now meeting in pressed briok and concrete structures, lie exhorted the Masons to be an ex . ample of right living and to bo tha eor- 1U . youth and met In the Burkhard building, ana now when it was meralna Into young manhood and would move into a larger ana nicer Duuaing. Tho new structure will cost when completed about. $25,000, .It will be a two-story building with lodge room and banquet hall on .the upper floor and with storeroom for rent on the first floor. It will be completed by January 1, 1908, and will be occupied by all the East A'oruana loages. , the English Ladles' Pictorial. An amus ing American woman has embodied her experiences of travelling alone In Ja pan In a most entertaining volume lust published, whence may be rath ered a description of a sale at the greatest trading house In Japan. The goods are not flung about. They are snown 10 aavantage in locxea cases. and the heads of departments keep the keys. Remnants, however are laid on mats, and though there Is 'keen anxi ety, to secure and quiet prevail. Babies toddle about quite comfort ably; others sleep on their -mothers' backs. However orderly and quiet mougn me Japanese oargain sale may oe, it is not 1 roe irom mo anopillter, and it is interesting to hear that the detective is as necessary In the Flow ery Land as In England. The kimono sleeve is a useful receptacle for uncon sidered trifles. bargains, perfect order DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SIDESTEPS SHERIFF'S AUTO BILL Announcement Is made that William J. Bryon will make hla first Important speech of the 1908 campaign in La fayette, Indiana, at the annual banquet of the Jackson Club of that city. The banquet is usually given on January I. the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, but the date will probably be moved forward to suit the convenience of Mr. . Bryan. . Chief Organiser Peter L Ollroy. They are consldsred the best Held men In the services of the order. They will assist the Portland camps and will be under the charge of Stats Organiser H. L. Day. The Portland choppers believe they will win on this Item as also on the score of location. It . Is expected other cities will also make an effort to get the offices Ths head camp convention adjourned In Seattle last week. It was then de termined that the next triennial session should be held in this city. It Is at that time that tha Portland camps will make the effort to have the pacific jur isdiction offices moved to this city and when the different sections will flaunt their initiation numbers In ths faces of ths assembled delegates. It Is ex pected that other cities will point with pride to the growth made In their dis trict during tne term ana wui attempt to secure the offices on tnat scors. Sard Campaign Work. Two thirds of ths members of this Jurisdiction live In the coast states and for that reason It is expected Port land will get the offices, especially If a good showing in initiations Is made. Mr. Gilroy will speak to members, of the lodges ana tneir zrienas on tne xoi lowlnr dates: , - . , Monday. August, 1J, Prosperity camp No. 9; August 13, George Washington camp, no. 28i; August .1, roruana camp,- No," 107; August IS, Prospect camp, : No. 140; August 18, Woodlawn camp,.; No. 776; August '$0, - St Johns famn TJn 771 . V '. ' - Initiations sText Xontn. Following is the schedule for the carnival or Initiations to take place next month: Monday, September I, Prosperity and Montavllla camps, under Organisers Kennedy and Budrow; Sep tember I, George Washington, Wood-, lawn. Rose City and St. Johns camps. under Organizers Burrows, Williams and Kelsey; Wednesday, August 28, Portland and Mount Tabor camps, un der ths charge of Organisers Craw and Hagerman; Thursday, August 80, Al blna. Prospect, Sunnyslde, Lents and Arleta camps. In charge of Organizers Moon, Flood, Hagerman and Petit; Fri day, September 6, Webfoot and Mult nomah camps In charge of Organizers Dibble and Van Hooser: Thursday, Aug ust 80. Oregon City and Vancouver camps, under Organisers Necklem and Price. it.- 311 Morrison Street Opposite Postofflce ssmmssi wm Clearance of I Men's and Boys' Clothing Black snake Charmed Woman. From the Indiana Messenger. Among the snake stories received Is one from Kit tanning of a Mlas Camp bell, who. while churning wss charmed by a blacksnake. The lady uttered a scream that at tracted the attention of her nephew. who immediately ran to see what was the matter and found his aunt gazing transnxea at an enormous oiacxsnake. The reptile's head, reared two feet from the ground was siowiy moving from side to side, while Its tongue darted In and out. The boy ran for a gun and shot the snake's head off. Miss Campbell then collapsed and It ts some time Derore she recovered from her fright 6he said she was' un able to move when she saw the snake's glittering eyes fastened upon her. The repine was seven reel long. Metsgefs sys glasses, $1. 141 Wash, ' . County Auditor Brandos has received from the district attorney an answer - to his query as to whether the bills pre sented by Sheriff Stevens for the rent or. his own auto are legal claims, but the auditor is still In the dark as to whether the bills art legal. District At , torney Manning . referred Auditor Brandes. letter to his deputy, H. B. ' " Adams, for an opinion. ' Deputy-Adams, tn answering Auditor Brandes Sidestepped the lesue by say ing that the question cf the legality of the bills for the rent of Stevens' auto Is one that the county court should de cide. Auditor Brandes had left the of fice before Deputy Adams' letter was sent to him yesterday afternoon, and no action on the bills was taken. The let ter of Inquiry sent by the auditor to the district attorney follows: "Sheriff Stevens has sent bis bills to the county auditor's office for auto hire , rrrrtlng HQ tot enforcing the 8un , ,v Hosing law, to-wlt: July 7, 14, 21 . .I ; at Mnnton, HolbrooavTroutdale, ,r'xhAi and t. Johns. I would like to Know if yuu authorized any such pro-rw-i'iiin on the part of hesherlff and kin.jiV filve in vour opinion whether inii is a legal claim agajnst Multnomah c,.,:rtf." . ii-uty A to whom District At torney Manning referred the matter for an opinion, wrote tho auditor as fol lows: ' r-v)t;.ur:t.v u ..v'.-:. :. ; No special authorization was given 8herlff Stevens nor was any needed. Mr. Stevens rendered valuable ance in closing the saloons on but the hiring of automobiles ITALIAN MURDER CONFESSOR FREED ON TELEGRAPHIC ADVICE Nlcomedla Chiaro, the Italian who was s"daHal're,ted JuIy lt l tha rqUMt '.tho was immigration omciais, cnargea wiin nav- mtlZ fvV0,it.ntaJ7 ? ? hl! Prt- Jlng murdered the 11-year-old wife of f uctuor , ik in ! sn um ciaim atmnsTr i - iiSri' husband, was released the sheriff tele; ' "S" S? S?J'.55W. fronl the county Jail ii i"J ."w," ."Ul? o? "CI OI ln Bun- . District of Columbia, ordinary exoensea of other county officials. t .- I . . . 1- . T " I L J i RhaHff Binrana r4a lluuit 1 ' t, I COlVOQ 7 UUmillillUU UUrCilU ITOU1 hi J., :.: " rru 7Z S'l """iy I department headquarters at washing- yesterday after- grapnie instructions re- lmn Release Nlcomedla Chlaro from cus- ioqy emitn. ' - - . cmaro s arrest - was caused by a Brother or tne aeaa girl, an Italian named uuiseppe juiuggesi, who arrived irora ctan t uiv li. ana ov to the lodging house at S3 Front street. In amounting to mors than 880. translated his words as a conf esafon of fesslon much interest has been taken In ijmaro m roi " INo inunuuoa u w wnnnrr uiuiro message ordering his .release. Chlaro A Railroad's Belief Pond. " ' ". Jrrm the Hartford Courant - - Tbs Pennsylvania road's . relief fund was organised In February. 1 P.e.W B4 M1X251 on ao- extradition papers for uiuieBvent. The payments soon, and that were 8108.884. Tht.V"'? JLJSTl. tS gJUSi bomp,l.he. Vlot was guilty or not Is contained in the ;n IUI was expected that was held under orders from the bureau ic was exoected that for him would arrive for the month rt&AUZJP??&'f-?2 K-T."?-" r work goes I as follows: ' ' , - lot "Washington,- u. August io, -07 lZaunlgratloa Barrios, PerUaod, Oregon Portland from San Francisco on tha evening or juiy n, ana oy cnance went to tne loaging nouse at zi 'ront street where Chlaro was staving. Whan Skine- fresi learned that Chlaro was among the odgers at the house he went to the po lice and exniDited a letter from his wife telling him that his sister had been shot at Mammola In Cassenza, Italy, on - Chlaro was arrested and has slnce been held ln the county Jail, When the telegram was received from Washington yesterday afternoon the Immigration In spector at ths custom house telephoned Jailer- Beatty Its contents snd asked Beatty to release Chlcaro. . . Beatty refused to release the prisoner without something more tangible than a telephone message as hla authority and held Chlaro-until-later In the day when Inspector R. IS. Hussey delivered the original telegram at tha county laii tor Beatty to place among bis records. . Men's Three-Piece Suits What we have left at the . following prices: $25.00 Three- Piece Suits . $20.00 Three Piece Suits . $15.00 Three Piece Suits . Men's Outing Trousers $15.00 $13.50 $10.00 $2.50 Outing Pants. , $3.00 Outing Pants . $3.50 Outing Pants . . $4.00 Outing Pants . . $5.00 Outing Pants. . $1.75 $2.0p $2.85 $3.35 Men Outing Suits Hats Boys' Wash Suits , Men's and Boys' Straw All Our Panama Hats One-Half Off Regular Price WHEN YOU SEX IT IN OUR AD, IT'S mm 1 Jil1 ITS ; SO - r A ,4 - . 4 TWO STORES THIRD AND STRLLTS