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XX. aloiUMO OHJLoG-NlAN, TliL'IlSllAV, -t iL--.-. REDlSTmHD TWOT ARM Y IS ADVISED Militia and Regulars Must Co operate, Secretary of War Says in Report. PRESENT SYSTEM ASSAILED Centralized Method of Supply and Initiative Always Breaks Down When Put to JTest Aero Service Is Needed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Complete re adjustment of the distribution of United Btates troops, having: in mind as a feature-in-chief a closer co-operation with the militia organization, is recommended in the annual report of Secretary of War Dickinson, which, was made pub lic today. The Secretary calls the pres ent system of distribution not only Illog ical, but menacing:. The Secretary rec ommends also & comprehensive reorgan ization of the army establishment. "The military system," he says, "oon ' templates a correlation of the Regular Army with the National Guard. Joint camps of instruction and maneuvers in the past have been of pronounced benefit to all the troops engaged. The partici pation of the National Guard in these maneuvers has given to the Regular Army the Inestimable advantage not 1 otherwise obtainable of experience In the maneuvering of large masses of men under conditions of service assimilated so far as practicable to the actual con ditions that may be expected when war - is on. The National Guard. In addition, had the opportunity to acquire military experience in association with profes sional soldiers." Change of Organization Favored. The present system, the Secretary says, should give way to an organization tac tically correct for war purposes: that Is, these various troops, both regular and militia, gathered together, should be per manently designated In name and or ganization, with all the attendant sys tem which would be In existence In time of war, so that when the troops retire to their proper stations they will not lose their brigade or division organiza tion and will be controlled by their proper commanding officers, stationed within the district. "What is greatly needed," the Secre tary adds, "is a decentralization of the powers of supply and initiative. The present centralization always breaks down the moment it Is put to the test, and the peace organization of the Army as It stands today is Incomplete and Im proper for military purposes." Since the co-operation of the militia necessarily must be voluntary, the Gov ernors of the states should be asked to assent to it. Upon receiving this as sent, says the report, the War Depart ment 'should designate In each district the exact organizations, assigning the various branches of the service to their proper origaaes or divisions. While this will necessarily result In an Incomplete organization, as there will be lacking . In all branches certain organizations, both In the Regular Army and In the militia, still It will be the first step toward carrying out this proposed cre ation. Greater Militia Needed. There is a shortage of various militia organizations to complete the proposed corps. In order to obtain these neces sary organizations the various states should be urged to add to their National Guard such organizations as would be required In each district. "The question of coast defense and of utilizing the militia In connection with the coast artillery," says the Secretary, "has been so far developed that It may be assumed that the present system will be continued until perfection." A radical change in-the system of shel tering the Army Is advised. New posts are elaborately constructed, and expen sive to maintain: hence it is difficult to abandon them, but in the construction of further quarters these rules should guide: First The forces should Ibe so located as to permit of their being maintained and ad ministered in the most economical manner. Second They should toe stationed In po sition from which they can be moved most expeditiously and economically to points of concentration acslnst foreign or domestio enemies. Third They should be so distributed - as ,- to he of the greatest value Jn educating and training- the militia and carrying out plane for raising volunteers in case of necessity. The Secretary hopes that the failure of the bill designed to promote rifle practice among students in public schools and col leges will not result in suspension of ac tivity by those who favor it. The report Buys, on thli topic: The encouragement of rifle practice n among our cttlzuns and schoolboys Is of the giratest importance in this country, where jireparedness for war Is largely based on the employment of an army of volunteers, nnd wisely framed laws will give a healthy "inn'1'11"' tC th' branch of m'"try prepara- Airships Needed, but Not Asked. No estimate is submitted for airships in the budget of 1911, because of the need of reducing department expenses, but em phasis is laid upon the Importance of an aeronautical equipment. "All first-class , powers, except the United States," says Air. Dickinson, "are providing themselves with aerial fleets." He summarizes the applications of alrshlpa to warfare as follows: To gain information in peace time re specting harbors, fortifications, etc; patrols and frontier guards; for reconnaissance and photographic work; dispatch work; check ing an enemy's reconnaissance on land or ees; signaling and wireless-telegraph sta tions: directing artillery flre and drawing ene-mys flre: destroying the enemy's aerial lleet; attacking an enemy's base line de stroying stores, etc.; destroying railways and other communications; raiding the capi tal of the enemy's country; making night or surprise attacks on field forces, usirut ex plosives -or incendiary, mixtures; raiding harbor and naval bases; carrying out over sea raids; locating and capturing or de stroying submarines; locating mines- fol lowing up a victory by land or sea and completing the rout. Complaint is made of unsatisfactory conditions as to international wireless telegraphy. The United States Army transport Kilpatrick In a cruJBe from Iew York to Manila. February 17-April 23. 1909, and returning May 16-July 25 ln!, hud great difficulty In communi cating in different parts of the world and it is reported that In several ln- stances, after ascertaining her natlon- . messages were refused. The wireless telegraph business of the world is conducted In accordance with a treaty between 28 nations, the United States not being one of them. The re port says: As the Vhlted States up to this time has not given Its adherence to the convention, ships flying the American flag And them selves without standing In International wireless telegraphy, as none of the con tracting countries is compelled to receive a telegram from the ship of a nonoontractlng country, and any coastal station In a for eign country may refuse transmission of a message"lo"a' srai'on','onl s'hlpboard Vubj'e'ct to a noncontractlng country. Appropriate action by the United States Senate Is urged. Degrees of Hazing; Vary. It Is advised that discretion be per mitted in meting out punishment to hazers, according to the degree of their offenses. Of the 31,057 applicants for enlistment in the Army, 26,493 were native born, 4105 were foreign born, 17 were In dians, 14 were born in the Philippines, and 428 were born in Porto Rico. A substantial Increase in the num ber of officers is urged strongly. Many officers are necessarily absent from their commands on detached service and the strength of the active list is constantly too low. It is asked that provision, be made for the assignment of retired officers to certain classes of duty temporarily when the service requires it. x The report also advocates more strenuous physical tests for officers. President Roosevelt inaugurated an annual test to determine the physical fitness of officers, compelling them to ride 90 miles inthree days or to walk 60 miles within the same time. This, in the opinion of Secretary Dickinson, should be changed so as to compel of ficers to undertake a. certain amount of prescribed exercise each week. Causes of Disability Tabulated. The average proportion of men on the constant sick list was 86 to the 1000 for the year, compared to 39 for the preceding year, compared for the past 10 years. The diseases causing the great est noneffective rate are in the order of Importance: . Venereal diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, rheumatism, ton sllltis. dysentery, diarrhea, bronchitis, measles, and typhoid fever. Venereal diseases cause a greater sick rate than all of the others added together. The total noneffective rate for the venereal group is 11.64, while that of the other nine diseases Is 8.88 per 1000. The ad mission rate for venereal diseases was nearly double for the colored race and less than one-third in Filipinos, as com pared with the white race. The Army now numbers 71.840 men, 4208 officers, a total of 76,049, an in crease for the year of 3421. The figures do not Include 8486 men in the Hospital Corps. KISSES TO RAISE DEBT CHICAGO WOMEN . TO SELL SMACKS AT HIGH PRICES. Real Llp-to-LIp Osculations to Be Auctioned to Get Money . for Church. CHICAGO. Dec. 1. (Special.) Twenty-five hundred dollars' worth of kisses real lip-to-lip kisses, not candy kisses are to be disposed of at the North Bide Turner Hall next Saturday. The kisses are to be purveyed by 26 chlo and charming young women, to all comers, and the money is to go to raise the debt of the Temple Emanuel. The bill of far for the evening will run as follows: Enlppy snaps (One for bashful young men), 25 cents. Kiss caresses (for old women and el derly married women), 25 cents. Smushy smacks (for uncles, grand fathers and aged widowers), 50 cents. Kiss direct (for folks who are kiss broken), 50 cents. Kiss ardent (for bold bachelors), 76 cents. Soul kiss (for bolder bachelors), $1. Kiss furious (only one or two to be sold during evening). $2.50. '. Four thousand tickets already have been sold, netting $2000. Five hundred dollars, it is expected, will be realized from other features of the bazaar, leav ing $2600 to be raised by kisses. DEATH IN BLOODY DUEL Oklahoma Scene of Shooting One Dead, Others Dying. KIBFBR, Okla., Dec. 1. One man was killed and two probably fatally wounded In a street light with revolvers here to day. Dead: MHL.VIN OOXJST. Fatally wounded: Deputy Marshal Gooch and Thomas Boxley, a carpenter.. The shooting grew out of the killing a month ago, of Homer Ooley, a gambler, by Marshal R. P. Hlghnote. When MeVvln Ooley, Homer's brother, met Marshal Hlghnote and Deputy Mar shal Gooch, he took them to task for the death of his brother. The argument waxed warm and finally Ooley drew a re volver and shot Gooch, Inflicting a fatal wound. As Gooch dropped to the ground, Ooley struck him about the head with a rifle stock. Highnote, who had been taken by sur prise, had by this time drawn his re volver and began firing. Ooley returned the fire and in the exchange of shots, Ooley was killed and Boxley, a bystander, was shot In the head and probably fa tally wounded. WARSHIPS AWAIT CRUISE Vessels in Hampton Roads Ready for Maneuvers Farther South. NOHFOtaC Va., Deo. 1. The battle ship Minnesota today Joined in Hamp ton Roads the battleships Missouri and Rhode Island and the despatch boat Yankton. They are awaiting the arrival of other battleships from New York, Philadelphia and Boston, preparatory to their depart ure for "Winter maneuvers in Southern waters. HETTY GREEN IN STREET Again Appears In Financial' Circles and Lends Money. NSW YORK. . Dec. 1. Mrs. Hetty Green has again become an Interested figure in Wall Street. Within the last two days' she has been a large lender of money In the financial district, advancing funds for time loans at 4!4 per cent, slightly be low the current rate. CHANGE IN NAVY GRADUAL Meyer Reorganization Plan Effec tive; Execution Deferred. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. While the Meyer plan for the reorganization of the Navy became effective today, .many of the changes will not be made for several weeks. The transition will.be gradual. E. P. Mitchell Succeeds La f fan. NEW YORK. Dec. 1. Edward P. Mitchell, for many years on the editorial staff of the New York Sun, has, it was announced today, been elected president of the Sun Printing & Publishing Asso ciation, succeeding the late William I,af f an. , I Sole Portland Agents Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear for Women Sole Agents Merode Underwear for Women Stuttgarter Underwear for Men Hankerchiefs The huge assort ment of 'kerchiefs that we shaw here is all that some women will need to know what to eiioose for Xmas presents. Olds Woriimiain m Gift Certificates If you are puzzled, thera.'s nothing can solve the problem as well as one of our handsome, taslefnl hand -colored gift certificates. Mhuursday Mousekeepers9 Day 30 c Huck Towels 20c This superb special on these ' large hucK towels is just for " Thursday, Housekeepers' Day. Thrifty 'women with Rood towels to buy should take generous advantage of this unusual offer. They're good size, with fancy border, good, heavy weight and reg uarly worth 30c each. For Thursday only, they're O re priced at just ZUb Huck-a-Back Towels, with Krfl11nriorf nrl era fonrtv slow. ask border. Special values for Thursday's seling at 25 Mercerized Huck Towels with hemstitched ends, fancy I t -damask border; regular price 20c ea., Thursday, only XL 2j Fancy Terry Cloth, 66 inches wide, splendid for making bath robes, lounging robes, house waists, etc. Regular $1.75 Q-f nn quality special at this very low price, the yard V I lUU S3 Handkerchief Linen, $1.98 Yd. Richardson's Best Buy today because you have not any too much time left and Olds, Wortman & King have a sale 01 nn on this splendid quality. Regular $3.00 grade at, yard O I lull Last Day $1.98 Shoe Sale .51,93 Sewing Machines At $1.00 a Week A practical gift that would make any -woman in the land grateful to the donor is a STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. The Olds, Wortman & King store is the only place in Portland where this best of all machines is to be had. If you don't want to pay the entire price of the machine at once our club plan makes it easy to buy and THE MA CHINE CAN BE USED WHILE YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT. Don't let your mother, your wife or your sister use an out-of-date machine or go without one any longer. Buy a Standard on $1.00 Weekly Payments. Holiday Neckwe'r Tasteful, attractive neck pieces make dainty and acceptable Christmas gifts. We offer a beautiful assortment put up in special holiday boxes, priced at 25, 35S 50S 65J, 75 and up to $5.00. You may choose from rabats, stocks and other styles, real Irish crochet and hand embroidered novelties. . Style B-201, women 's patent colt shoes, ll-button style; made with extended sole, new short vamp last; tops of black cravenette. Regular $3.50 shoe for only. . Style 275, women's gunmetal calf shoe in blucher lace style; dull kid top, short vamp, nar row toe; Cuban heel. QQ $3.50 values for only. . .0 I lUU Style 250, women's glazed dongola kid shoes ; lace style, patent tip; medium heel; kid top; a shoe built for comfort and wear. Regular $3.50 value for only. Women's shoes in odds and ends ; broken lines, mostly narrow widths. A little of everything, containing many lots and styles. Regular val ues from $3.50 to $6 ; Ol QO for today at, the pair. .0 I iwO .$1.98 Lace Curtains $2.35 Regular $4 values the CO QC pair, at low price of Pfc0J Regular $5 valnes the ffO OC pair, at low price of JUsXd Regular $7 values the ffQ QC pair, at low price of $0.03 There's not a home in Portland or out of it but will be beauti fied and added to by better curtains. We offer you these as the result of a sensationally fortunate capture of a manu facturer's surplus lot of cap tains; an assortment so large that any taste may be suited. They are Irish point curtains hi rich, handsome designs, with especially well finished edges; centers are plain or in scroll designs; ecru color. It's the curtain bargain of the season. The sale is for three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Don't miss this. Regular $6 values the tfO Cfl pair, at low price of JeUU Reg. $7.50 valnes the CM Cft pair, at low price of rJU Regular $9 values the tfC fjO pair, at low price of $UUU $15 Silk Petticoats at $6.98 .No Better Christmas Present to Be Thought of Such a sale as this has never in our memory been offered to the women of Portland. Not only does it excel in values, but in as sortment of colors and patterns it far out shines any sale ever attempted hereabouts. There are plaids, stripes, Persian effects, and a world of choice in plain colors. The mate rials are prime grade taffetas in two weights and a few of the softer and more clinging messalines. These latter come only in the more delicate 'evening shades. The heavy 'weights come in plaids, stripes. Persians and all sorts of street shades. The colors includ ed are black, red, green, blue in several shades, pink, old rose lavender, reseda pink, ana practically every shade which is in non- ular demand for street use or for wear with dainty evening frocks. Buy one for your own use or make one of your best friends a present they will greatly appreciate. Values up Of QO' to $15.00, on special sale for the remarkably low price of, each vDuiUU EXTRA SPECIAL To aid those who have presents to buy and who have not all the price of one of these skirts to spare, we make an unheard-of offer. We will lay aside any petticoat in the entire lot on payment of one dolllar, with the understanding that it must be called for and wiw ojuance paio, not later man uecemoer 23. so now" come and choose one early, and pay, if you wish 5Sb S1.00 $1.75 Kid Gloves At 95c the Pair Women's kid gloves specially low priced, in glaee or suede finish; all sizes; regular values up to .f-1.7.) the pair. Special for today QRp at the low price of, the pair..."" We include large number of the famous "Alexandre Made" Kid Gloves in this sale. "Alexandre made" kid gloves for women are standards of quality, none better to be had at any price, and our stock is complete with all the leading shades, and we have this superb grade in all sizes. We are sole Portland agents for "Alexan dre" gloves. Thoy are made from the best skins and carefully made by expert workmen. When you are looking for the most style and the best quality for your glove money, it means yon '11 buy "Alex andre made" gloves. Glove orders for Christmas gifts are always acceptable. Save on Ribbons Thousands of yards of beautiful silk ribbons, splendid quality, in our annual holi day sale at savings of from one fourth to one-half. Fancy ribbons in Dresdens, stripes and plaids; 3Y2 to 5 inches wide; rejrularly 1 Qr 35c the yard. Special at only. . ' 3 $4. 75 Reading Lamps $3. 75 For a home gift a reading lamp is an ideal- suggestion. One instant ly thinks of the comfortable, rest ful hours the recipient of such a gift would spend under its soft ened and cheery light, and one who gives these things as gifts can expect to be well and kindly remembered. S3.75 $4.75 Reading Iiamps, special $13.00 Read- CO Qfl ing Lamps at OJiJU $27.50 Read- 001 7 C II $35.00 Read- C07 Efl ing Lamps at.Olil J 41 ing Lamps at..QZfiOU $2.2d .Nickel Baking Dish, cover and lining, special, each. st.ou leaning jjishes, on spe- 04 nr cial sale at this very low price. I jD $3.50 Baking Dishes, on spe- CO QC cial sale at this low price, each.Oi Jj $1.75 Crumb Tray and Scrap- Ql yjQ er, on special sale at, set. . . .0 I A3 $J.Jo Urumb Tray and Scrap er, on special sale at, set.... Reading Or nn S1.80 .$1.95 $6.90 Lamps, special.. $21.00 Read- QIC 7C ing Lamps at.ylOilU $48.00 Read ing Lamps at $2.75 Coffee Percolators, spl..$2.45 $10.50 Coffee Percolators, spl..$8.75 $11.50 Coffee Percolators, on CQ CQ special sale at this low price.. .yiliuU $12.50 Coffee Percolators, Q with lamp and stand, special. U $13.25 Coffee Percolators, Q witblamp and stand, special. 0 $4.00 Alcohol Cooking Stoves; special sale price, each $33,50 0,10 1.50 S3, 15 Men's House Coats at $4.85 Both practical and acceptable gifts in every sense are house coats for men. Remember that few men buy these for themselves; that every man should have one for lounging about the house; that you've a larger assortment here than anywhere else; and that for to day's selling, we've two striking specials on sale. Men's Smoking Jackets or House Coats of double-faced wool golf cloth, with edges, cuffs and pockets trimmed with cord, and lapels, cuffs and pockets faced with fancy plaids. They come in an endless variety of plaids anil stripes, the predominating colors being gray, green, brown and blue; single or double frog fasten- T A QC ers; regular $6.50 values, special at $K0j Men's House Coats of all-wool golf plaids, bound or edfres. Dockets and rnffa with cill- - !.. -..( pockets and lapels faced with fancy material to match opposite side of coats. Splendid materials; perfect fitting garments. Regular price $8.50 each. ffC QC Special price for today's selling only, each... O.UU AtltO Scarfs Shoalder DraPes and Novelty Automobile Scarfs in wide assort- ment. Regular values up to $6.50 each, special today.. $2.98 VWomen's HoSe FaSt blaCk' mercerized Jisle bose for women, with embroid- piiuc uuu tne pair, special i7 Portland Agents for Royal Worcester. Bon Ton, Adjust o and Howd & Le Beau Corsets ; r-' ' . i Baby Week Bargains Beyond All Precedent The Greatest Success That Has Ever Attended Any of Oar Baby Week Sales is ours in a Phenomenal Degree for This Week SitPfr! LaUJ a vng-n a lively-rate and mothers who have been here to former sales enthusiastically declare that these bargains aro greater than any yet offered. Verify this statement by attendins this sale yourself and snnnlvino. vm,r vonn. i Ztlj ! L ?"?ains aiC Babies' Flannel Skirts, short or long, made with muslin waist. Regular -$1.00 values, PQ0 our sale price, each .. Duu Regular $1.25 values for. .84 Regular $1.50 values for. .99 Regular $1.75 vals. for $1.17 Pinning Blankets, of all wool flannels made with waist. J7p 65c values for, each 11 u Shoulder Shawls, of cashmere or flannel, trimmed with fancy stitching; come in pale CQn pink or blue. Vals. to 85c. Dub Hand-Made Slips and short dresses, and long or short skirts ; daintily trimmed. Reg ular values from $2.25 to $14. Our entire stock at 1-3 LESS Nightgowns, Coats Babies' Outing Flannel Night gowns, in plain white, value for today at. . . .55 and 69 Baby Coats in cashmere or Japanese crepe, with hand em broidered capes. Extra OR QQ special value at, each. .01 00 Baby Shoes in all sizes Q and colors, special value. 'tDu Woolen Dresses for Girls from 6 to 14 years of age; come in cashmeres, pan am as and lus tres; made sailor or waist style; all colors. At these low prices : Regular $4.50 values at $2.19 Regular $6.00 values at $2.98 Regular $7.75 values at $3.97