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THE MORNIXGr OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916. nmiCDMMCMT UUVLlll. hum mi ifiLin an SCHOOLS ABE URGED Preparatory Training for Can didates for Academy Ad- vised by Secretary. NATIONAL GUARD PRAISED operating railroads that they managed the task, although of unusual difficulty and size, with great skill and most com mendable success." The report shows that on June SO, 1916, the authorlzed'total strength of the regular Army was 5018 officers and 122,693 enlisted men, an Increase of 184 officers and 25.445 men over the pre ceding year. The actual strength on that date was 4843 officers and 97.013 enlisted men, or a net gain during the year of 227 officers and 1248 men. Analyzing the National defense act, the report finds that the maximum en listed peace strength authorized is 223,580. while the war strength would reach a total of 298,000. The strength of the National Guard contemplated by the bill is fixed at 17,000 officers and 4 40.000 men, but the report says noth ing as to the prospect of enlisting enough men to fill up either service. Oregon Legislators. No. 88. fnlrit Regarding Border Service Is leclared Good Generally Re cruiting for Regulars Disap pointing to Mr. Baker. WASHINGTON', De 6. Efficient military organization of the Nation de mands abandonment of the present system of selecting candidates for ad mission to the Military Academy. Sec retary Baker declares in his annual re port, made public today. Instead of having the President and members of OongreFS designate students to take the entrance examinations, the Secre tary urges that preparatory sc-hoo.ls be established by the Government and graduates of these institutions who show the greatest fitness be further trained at West Point or Annapolis. "It seems likely." Mr. Baker says, "that schools of this sort would spread the field of selection ideally over the country and make the cadets at West Point and midshipmen at Annapolis bodies of young; men selected by a demonstration of the special aptitude for the pursuit, of military service." Amplifying his suggestion, he adds: "The method of selection of cadets for West Point has for years consisted of designation by the President. Sena tors and Representatives, with exam ination as a prerequisite to acceptance; but we are learning daily that a Nation efficiently organized from a military point of view must of necessity be efficiently organized industrially. Industrial Training; t'rged. "TVe are learning also thai, the Ideal military preparation of any country Is one which is readily expanded in an emergency so as to include greatnum hers of men in the industrial and com mercial life of the Nation who have had enough preliminary training to make them convertible by brief additional training into officers. Should the United States ever be called upon to meet a Kreat military emergency a large Army would have to be sustained and sup ported by a highly co-ordinated indus trial system. There should therefore be in the country at all times a great body of men trained as mechanics, whose places in such an emergency would be not in the ranks-of the fight ing forces, but at the lathes and forges from which the ammunition supply of the Army must be drawn. "I venture to believe that If the Fed eral Government were to establish In a number of places throughout the country schools preparatory to the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, In which the rudiments of sound educa tion, the elements of mechanical skill the principles of business co-ordination. and the beginnings of military science wero taueht. these schools would ae velop the natural aptitudes of the stu dents In such a way as to supply those fittest by temperament and talent to Dursue In the Military Academy and the Naval Academy the study of mill tarv science: and Incidentally these schools would furnish a great body of men returning to civil life fitted by training either to respond in an emer gency to a call to the colors or to take their places as civil soldiers In the service of the Government in those in dustries and undertakings fundamen tal to the successful conduct of mill tarv operations. "The suggestion here made ought not perhaps to be further elaborated In this report, but I think It will bo apparent on reflection that no expend! ture In contemplation of a military emergency would bo more apt or help ful than one which gavo to 23,000 or 30.000 young men the inspiration of In dustrlal education at the hands of the Government, lndoctrlned them with the spirit of service to their country, and tabulated them so that they would be always available either for the military or industrial service which their aca demic experience Indicated most in ac cordance with their aptitudes," Men Praised Xor Spirit Shown. Tho report goes at some length into the odd situation which was presented when the National Guard was sum lnoned for border duty. Reorganization of the force under the National defense act was in progress, but not completed at the time. Mr. Baker says, and many complex problems had to be solved. "The confusion and difficulties at tending the mobilization," he contin ues, "will seem insignificant In com parison with Its success and with the splendid spirit with which, men and officers of the National Guard re sponded." The Secretary points out that the duty to which the state troops were called was the most trying a soldier could bo required to perform, lacking the movement and enthusiasm of active military operations, yet presenting all the privations of a soldier's life. "It Is not strange that some restless ness and complaint have been heard both from an occasional-member of one of the guard forces and from their friends at home," he said. "These com plaints, however, have been minor and infrequent. The spirit of the regiments lias been high, their service cheerful and their appreciation both of their op portunity for public service and of the value of the training received by them has been evidenced from all quarters. The report discusses at length what was accomplished by the War Depart ment through, co-operation with the American Raiiway Association in the rapid transportation of troops and sup plies to the Mexican border. Declaring the movement was carried out without any serious confusion or delay, Secre tary Baker adds: "It seems to me ust to claim for the War Department and for the co ' x" ? s 3 Stephen A. Dong-Ian Meek (Rep.), Representative - Elect Krom 'Washington County. STAGE DRIVER SLAIN Highwaymen Get $3100 Jarbidge Mine Payroll. of POSSES ARE IN PURSUIT HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) Previous legislative experience was winning card when Washington touniy picKea its aeiceauon in. l u r. bni Aiirrn lower house this year, so after sending rlUIHtLn uenton cowman duck i or a second suc cessive term and concluding that B. P. Cornelius' services at Salem a dozen or so years ago were worthy of a second term, it cast about for a third mem ber who knew the ropes and called from the plow on his North Plains farm no lees a person than Stephen A. Douglas Meek. Steve, as ho insists upon being called, is a farmer and glad of it. He is a son of the pioneer. Joseph L. Meek, and was. born on the donation land claim October 20, 1857. He has lived in Washington County all of his life, has always been a farmer and as a recreation occasionally runs for the Legislature. His running ability is shown by the fact that he has been able to indulge in his favorite form of recreation on two previous occasions. the present being his third term. .Jf he has a pronounced characteristic it is modesty and if he has the pride of achievement It is more over the fact that he has for" 24 years been clerk of his school district rather than in bei numbered with Oregon's lawmakers, Robbers, Apparently Posing as Pas sengers, Shoot From Inside of Vehicle and Drive From Road Where Mail Is Rifled. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Doc. . (Spe cial.) Word received here today from Jarbidge mining camp, in Elko County, Nevada, 90 miles south, said the- United States mail stage was held up last night within half a mile of Jarbidge, the driver, F. Searcy, shot through the back, of the head and killed instantly, the first-class mail sacks rifled and a sum variously reported between J3100 and $7000 taken. From the evidence gathered, two men, probably posing as passengers, shot from inside the stage. Searcy fell from the wagon, was picked up and supported on the seat by the two rcjn, who turned off onto an old road. They drove some distance to a clump of willows, where they rifled the sacks and abandoned the body and the team. A posse of Jarbidge men started at once searching for the holdup or hold ups. Today was payday at the Long Hike mine. The stage was due at between 5 and 6 last night in Jarbidge, and when it did not arrive men were sent out and found the body and evidences of the robbery. Word was at once sent through Twin Falls to the Government officials and to the Sheriff of Elko County, who, to reach Jarbidge, was forced to make a wide detour through snow-covered mountains to reach the camp. S-earcy was a young unmarried man. well known here. His parents live near ivafhsas City. lis I n- ! and. banks for several years, with hi own silk threaded currency, was se tenced to 15 years' imprisonment on McNeil's Island. Washington, today by Judge Maurice T. Dooling, of the United States District Court here. He pleaded guilty. Two accomplices are under ar rest in New York City. Wilken was arrested in Santa Cruz. Cal., last 'October. He confessed and led secret service men to his "money factory" in Los Angeles, within the shadow of the police station. There in his artist's studio he showed his captors how to crush bond paper into a pulp, distribute , the silk threads through it and then fasten it into "notes. He is the author of the famous Indian-head five-dollar certificate; a flood of Fed eral reserve notes and one-dollar certif icates. It was a "perfected" counter feit of a Federal reserve note on which he was tripped up In Santa Cruz after one bank had declared it genuine. STOCKMEN HOLD BANQUET Co-operative Range Methods Urged by Speaker. Art. to 2 J COUNTY CANVASS ENDED COUNTING REQ,riRES 17 DAYS BE FORE! CHECK IS COMPLETE. Official Figures Vary But Slightly From Those Given on Returns Gath ered by Newspapers, Official canvass of the vote in Mult nomah County was completed at the Courthouse Tuesday by Deputy County Clerks Miller and Mann, after 17 days or counting. County officers were the last to be canvassed. The official count varies but slightly from the newspaper count. The official canvass shows the vote for these offices to be as follows: 26.9SU County Judfa Coorse M. McBrid ............. George Xazwell County Commlsslonex Lee Arnett 18.83S George Menzel 4,014 A. A. Muck 4l).Ji3 Countv Sheriff H. J. BlshoD 2 BOH Thomas M. Hurlburt S6.106 George W. Jackson ii. Wallace County Clerk Joseph W. Beveridge marsnall uanna .... Edna L.. Farney County Treasurer John M. Lewis ...... tv . V. Cladek Henry E. Reed ......... Theodore Row land ...... 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OF 1851 DIES A need for co-operative methods In using the available range for cattle In this state, and the need .for pure bred sires for shorthorn herds was re flected in a number of speeches given last night at the conclusion of the ban quet given by the Northwest Shorthorn Association at the Imperial Hotel. Among those who spoke for more co operation and better herds were Pro fessor Iddings, of the University of Idaho, and E. E. Flood, assistant to the president of the Exchange National Bank, of Spokane. Mr. Flood said that less than half of rne sires in Washington shorthorn herds were pure stock and that the propagation of scrubs meant low prices for cattle. The banquet was largely attended. Duncan Dunn. of Yakima County. j Wash., was the toastmaster. CHURCH TO HOLD RECEPTION Rev. Joshua Stansfield to Be Hon ored by Congregation Tomorrow. Rev. Joshua Stansfield and Mrs. Stansfield will be honored with a re ception at the Sunday school temple of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Dr. Stansfield is the new pas tor, tomorrow night. The welcome has been postponed until now so that the church might welcome the daughters of the pastor. Both the Misses Stanstield ha-e arrived. They were delayed in Indianapolis because of the illness of one. Various prominent persons of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be present. Bishop - Matt Hughes is ex pected. District superintendents of the Oregon conference and various digni taries' from the Methodist universities of Oregon and Washington will attend. F. S. Powell, AVho Crossed Plains on Honeymoon, Passes at Monmouth. MONMOUTH, Or.. Dec. 6.-(Spec!al.) Franklin S. Powell, pioneer settler of Oregon and a prominent resident of Polk County, died Sunday night of troubles incident to old ago. Mr. Pow ell had been a resident of Polk County since 1874, and of Oregon since 1851, when he came here with his bride. He was a member of the Legislature in 1889, was one of the supporters of the Christian CMIege, and had been a director In the Polk County Bank and First National Bank since their organi zation. Mr. Powell was born near Springfield, 111.. March 20. 1830. Besides the widow, he Is survived by four sons and one daughter:- Dr. J. M. Powell, of Spokane; Mrs. A. M. Arant, P. O. Powell. Ira C. Powell and J. Pow ell, all of Monmouth. One son, John another charge of violating the pro Powell, of Farmington. Wash., is dead. Miibitlon law. She was released on $250 1 f I -J 1 I Hr tvt-i I in tha r. 1 1, a . a still pending, while she is out on $100 7.55 S.OtitS 39,533 3U S.tus 63.297 4,5fK) ....... 45, r. liS ...... .20,663 County School Superintendent W. C. Alderson 37,817 j. i. wan 27,981 Harriet W. Roudebush 5,325 County Surveyor R. C. Bonser 52 007 John A. McQulnn 16.862 County Coroner William F. Amos 12 305 n . in. uamnuKn ................... .06 Constable. Portland District A. H. Harms 21 304 Mark W. Petersen 171587 Justice of the Peace. Multnomah Dat B. F. Rollins 1.299 Constable. Multnomah District M. M. Squire 1,331 TAVERN KEEPER IS FREE Chef Gets Himself Arrested by Ad mitting Liquor Manufacture. Paul Polsky, manager' of the Clare- mont Tavern, near Whitwood Court, on the Linnton road, was found not guilty 01 violating tne proniDmon law, by a Jury in. Municipal Court yesterday, Claremont Tavern was Invaded Satur- day night, November 25, and a quart of whisky, unopened, found in Manager Polsky s private apartment, was seized as evidence. A keg of fermenting grapelulce was also seized, ana in court yesterday Er nest wmDert, cner at the tavern, caused himself to be arrested by testifying that he was making the keg "of wine lor nis own use. A charge of manu facturing intoxicating liquor was placed against, nim, oui later dismissed. Lam bert had not been arrested in tho raid. Art bussman, a porter at the tavern, alsi was found not guilty of violat ing the law, but Harry Miller, a waiter, was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and serve 60 days in jail. His attorneys gave notice of appeal. , Mutes to Hold Anniversary. Tho birthday anniversary of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the first school for the deaf in America, 100 years ago next Summer, will be ob served at a joint celebration of Portland and Vancouver deaf mutes Saturday night at tha Church of the Strangers, Grand avenue and Wasco streets, Port land. A playlet depicting events lead ing up to the establishment of the Hartford school more than 99 years ago will be staged and Thomas P. Clarke, superintendent of the Washing ton State, School for the Deaf, will ad dress th assembly. LIQUOR RAIDERS IN HOTEL Proprietor and 18 Quarts of Whisky Seized at Hood Hotel. Two men were arrested and 18 quarts of whisky seized early last night in a raid on the Hood Hotel, 82 Vi North Sixth street, by Deputy Sheriffs Christ offerson. Flaherty, Beckman, Rexford and George Hurlburt. Those arrested were: E. C. BalW proprietor of the hotel, and James)'Donnell, manager. Tho deputies allege that tho two men, who also are proprietors of the B. & B. soft drink establishment at 80 North Sixth street, have been bargaining to sell the liquor to customers at the lat ter resort. Most of the whisky was found in Ball's room In tho hotel. The deputies say they had purchased thre-quarts of the beverage from Ball and that O'Donnell delivered it in bot tles packed in a shoe box. 4 WIDOW FOLLOWS HUSBAND Mrs. Isabel Brents Passes While Talking to Children. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 6. (Special.) Mrs. Isabel McCown Brents, widow of Judge Thomas H. Brents, who died six weeks ago yesterday. passed away suddenly -Sunday night. Al though not in the best of health she had not been considered in danger. She was uptown shopping yesterday and died while seated in a chair talking to her children. She leaned back and when a daughter spoke to her she was dead. Three children survive. Mrs. W. L. Stirling, Mrs. John Itobb and Helen D. Brents. " Mrs. Brents was' born in Jackson County, Missouri, and came across the plains with her parents in 185 2, when 8 years of age. They settled in Clacka mas County, Oregon. WOMEN IN LIQUOR RAIDS Proprietors of Ixdglng-Houscs Arc Taken by Moral Squad. Two prohibition raids were made by the moral squad last night. Mrs. Fan nie Silverman, who was arrested on December 3 on a charge of conducting disorderly house at 31 North Sec ond street, was arrested last night on bail The other raid was at Second and Burnside streets, where Mrs. H. Harris was arrested on a charge of selling liquor, and her husband, proprietor of a lodging-house at that address, was arrested on a charge of maintaining a nuisance. THIEF SAWS HOLE IN DOOR House of Felix A. Bryan Ransacked and Revolver Is Taken. The home of Felix A. Bryan, 728 East Oak street, was entered early last night by a burglar, who reached tho upper floors by sawing a hole in a door lead ing from tho basement, and then ran sacked the building. He obtained noth ing of value save a revolver. The thief entered the basement through a window, and used Mr. Bryan's new saw to cut a hole in the door. Reaching his arm through the aperture, he turned the key. which had been left in the lock. He then opened evey outside door in the building to insure his escape If the family returned while he was there. AN IMPROMPTU DANCE Any Time With the COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA Many fascinating new dance steps among the December and holiday Columbia records, now on sale ! Hear them all played today in our Phonograph Shop. Get your Christmas Grafonola outfit NOW pay only a little by joining the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CLUB THIS NEWEST STYLE GRAFONOLA With 12 Selections V $89.50 GALE BLOWS CARS AWAY Freight Carriers Pushed Down Track and Derailed by Wind. BAKER, Or., Dec 6. (Special.) While awnings flapped and rattled, threatening to demolish windows In the high wind of late yesterday the gale played its biggest prank on the Sumpter valley tracks, when it blew two boxcars from the passenger depot, down the track a block to the end of the ware house spur, where the cars derailed. ' Tho damage was repaired today. The cars had been left brakes off and tho lolence of the wind had not been realized. cold was not as manifest as on recent windy nights when the thermometer stood higher. To avoid slipping on the sidewalks on Council Crest pedestrians were forced to take to the parking, where the grass made a better footing. LEARN FIRST AID Dr. Calvin S. White Gives Demon stration In Wound Dressing. - The principles of first aid were ex plained by Dr. Calvin S. White to Boy Scouts meeting last night at the Cen tral Library. Practical demonstrations in -bandaging and applying splints were given, while special precaution was urged for care and cleanliness in dress ing flesh wounds. fThe meeting was open to the public, as are all of the lectures given in the course of scoutmastershlp and boy leadership now being given under the auspices of- Reed College. BEND TO HAVE YULE TREE Celebration for Cliildren Will Take Place on December 2 3. BEND, Or., Dee. 8. (Special.) Ob aervance of Christmas here this year will include a community Christmas tree on the same plan as that held last year for the first time. (Committees to attend to the various features of the event have been appointed, and Decem- br 23 selected as the time. It is expected to provide especial Christmas music with the aid of the different churches. Unusual lighting and decorative effects will be sought. More than 600 children were given pres ents at last year s tree. H. R. WILKEN SENTENCED Noted Counterfeiter of Bank Notes to Serve 1 5-Year Penalty. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. . H. R. wilken, the $60,000 bank note counter feiter, .who baffled the secret service U-BOAT WARNING GIVEN British Cruiser Off Sandy Hook Tells Merchantmen to Beware. . KKW VCm K Tier-, 7 innth!. -aram. ing to merchant steamers of the entente allies to beware of German submarines was sent broadcast by wireless at 1:30 o'clock this morning by a British cruis er about 40 miles off Sandy Hook. The wireless message sald:- "German submarines may be met anywhere in the Atlantic, especially west of 60 degrees west. Keep good lookout. Show no unnecessary lights. Avoid all trade routes and converging points. BELL IS HEARD 40 MILES Sound of Alarm Clock Transmitted by Dry Battery Wireless. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Dec. 6. (Special.) The same electric power employed in ringing door bells has transmitted sound through space 40 miles. In, experiments by Dr. H. B. Arringer Cox, the ringing- of an alarm clock at Los Olives has been faintly recorded at his station outside the city limits. It la wireless without wires, and the power used is the ordinary dry bat tery, which Dr. Cox invented several years ago. POSITION WON AND LOST Russians Shelled Out of Place Re cently Taken. PETROGRAD. via London, Dec. 6. Russian troops attacking the Austro German lines in tho wooded Carpa thians captured a height to the west of Jablonltza, the War Office announced todav. but subseauently were shelled out of tho position by the hostile artil lery nre. Onlv scouting operations are reported elsewhere along- the Russian front. FROST GLAZES SIDEWALKS Pedestrian on Heights Take Parkings to Keep Footing. to Frost last night transformed the sidewalks on the snow-clad heights around the city into veritable sheets of ice, There was no wind, and ' the It has the new, exclusive Grafonola filing system for records. Push a button and the record you want can be found in an instant. Machine finished in rich mahogany. Complete with 12 selections (6 D. D. records) of your own choice, $89.50. PAY ONLY $5 DOWN AND $5 MONTHLY GRAFONOLA OUTFIT 39.50 Including 12 Selections We believe Meier & Frank's is the only store in Portland that has this style of Grafonola! We have only 50 for the Christmas Club. A splendid machine plays any Columbia or Victor record. Complete with 12 selections (6 D. D. records) $39.50. PAY $2 DOWN AND $4 MONTHLY Hear All the Latest Records in Our Sound Proof Parlors The- QjjALrTV Store oi Pohtlaxd Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor, Fifth Street will be held this afternoon and even Ing in the parish house. East Fifteenth street and Harney avenue. A su will be served from S In ! P. M. OHIO VOTE TO BE PROBED State-Wide Investigation of Fraud Charges Ordered. COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 6. Charles Q. Hildebrant, Secretary of State, today ordered a state-wide Investigation of charges of fraud and error in the re cent Ohio election. The charges were filed with him by the Republican state committee. All ballots which would have been destroyed tomorrow were ordered preserved. Welleeley Club to Meet. The Wellesly Club will meet Saturday,- December 8, at 2:30 P. M., with Miss Mary Frances Isorru 815 Overton street. All Wellesley women are in vited. First Snow Falls at South Bend. SOUTH BEND. Wash., Dec. 6. (Spe clal.) Snow fell here today, the first of the season, but it quickly melted. Sellwood Bazaar Is Today. The annual bazaar of the Guild of St. John's Episcopal Church, Sellwood. Reduced Rates New Perkins Hotel FIFTH AND WAtBUGTOH 8TI, "Where the City Life Centers." PORTLAND. OREGON. Jackson, .who baa served, this county 3332 There are many tour ing sedans but none with lines possessed by this Chalmers. It's the kind of a car that gets the longing look from the men on the curb. The price, too, is remarkable-only $1850. (All prices L c W Detroit) H. L. Keats Auto Co. Broadway at Burnside St. ppcr