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t YlliS swuiiT OREGONIAf' ITOHTLiaimj, utnur iu,
DISSENSIONS RACK
OREGON REGIMENT
Numerous Officers Threaten
, ing to Resign From Na
tional Guard.
RANKING MEN PASSED OVER
Acting Colonel Poorman Goes Down'
Line for Major, Because, It Is
Said, He Was Turned Down
Himself lor Desired Post.
Dissension that threatens to result In
the wholesale resignation of field offi
cers has developed in the Third Regi
ment, Oregon National Guard, as the
result of internal politics. A climax
was reached yesterday in a series cf
Internal intrigues when the appoint
ment of Captain Frank W. Settlemier
, as Major of the Third Batallion was
confirmed.
Although the appointment of Cap
tain Settlemier was made several days
ago by Lieutenant-Colonel John M.
Poorman, acting regimental commander
at the time, the dissatisfaction with thi
new Major was kept quiet by tne
guardsmen until yesterday, when It
was learned that the appointment haJ
been confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief,
Acting Governor Bowerman.
The appointment of Captain Settle
mier. who commands I Company at
Woodburn, it is -said by the senior
officers of the Guard, was made by
Colonel Poorman in order to slap back
at the field and staff officers who re
fused to vote him in as Colonel of the
regiment following the resignation
some time ago of Colonel C. E. Mc
Donell. Poorman Covets Colonelcy-
Lieutenant-Colonel Poorman. also of
"Woodburn, was' an active candidate for
the Colonelcy and, according to the
rule of seniority, he was entitled to
the place. But the Captains of the
regiment, who have the choosing 'f the
regimental commander, decided not to
follow the rules of seniority. They en
deavored to get Captain Martin, of the
First United States Infantry, to take
the place, but Captain Martin was un
able to get leave of absence from the
"War Department.
Then half a dozen candidates de
veloped against Colonel Poorman, in
the list being Majors F. S. Baker and
T. N. Dunbar. In order to ascertain
where the sentiment of the Captains
lay. Colonel Poorman called for a straw
vote. The result Indicated that Major
Dunbar was the choice. .His choice as
Colonel was confirmed yesterday when,
an official election was held.
Disappointment Is Keen.
The acting regimental commander
did not deny his chagrin at the out
' come. Following a long term of years
in the Guard, two years of the time as
a company commander in the Philip
pines, he had been anxious to retire as
a full Colonel and said as much among
his friends. It is said he offered to
retire shortly if the Colonelcy were
given him. but the Captains said they
were not willing to take any chances.
They regarded Colonel Poorman as an
excellent officer in many respects but
eald he was not fitted for the Colonelcy.
They were more pronounced in that
view following a recent regimental in
spection when the acting commander
got confused in putting the regiment
through its paces on the drill floor at
the Armory.
Although he was not expected to act
' in the matter. Colonel Poorman decided
to fill a vacant majority, caused by
; the resignation of Major Baker, who
withdrew from the Guard because, as
he said, the internal strife among the
self-seeking coterie of junior of fleers
was not conducive to peace of mind.
Captain's Hopes Aroused.
"When Colonel Poorman made It
known that he was going to appoint a
Major before his brief term at the
head of the regiment closed, his choice
was awaited with feverish expectancy.
It was thought choice lay among the
three senior Captains, C. T. Smith, L.
A. Bowman and R- O. Scott. Accord
ing to the rule of seniority again. Cap
tain Smith was entitled to the place.
Furthermore. Captain Smith served in
the Philippines and his record is an
enviable one. The appointment of
either Scott or Bowman was quite gen
erally opposed, it is said by those who
are on the inside.
Then Colonel Poorman quietly burned
.the regiment for not .abiding by the
rules of seniority in bis case. Since
the Colonelcy had gone down the line
to a junior Major he announced that
he would skip a few seniors on his own
account. He overlooked the first six
Captains on the list and gave the
Majorship to Captain Settlemier.
This was a week ago and the pro
test that went up sounded from every
'voice in the regiment. Captains and
Lieutenants and even enlisted men
- hurried down to the office of Adjutant
General Finzer to protest. They pointed
to Captain Settlemier's record. They
called attention to the fact that while
he was in the regiment when it went
to the Spanish-American "War, Captain
Settlemier withdrew at that time of
need and "did not renew his military
connection with the Woodburn com-
" pany until after peace had been de-
clared and the company had returned
from arduous tropical service to nice,
comfortable quarters at the Woodburn
Armory.
Finzer Cannot Interfere.
Further than that, it was urged that
' the Captain was distasteful personally
. to many of the officers, that he has
not had experience sufficient to entitle
"" him to command a battalion and that
he is not located in Portland, where
' the battalion is stationed.
General Finzer explained that it was
not within his province to interfere in
regimental politics. He passed the ap
pointment along to Acting-Governor
Bowerman together with a terse ex-
' planation of the status of affairs.
Protests were then poured in upon the
. Acting Governor, Commander-in-Chief of
the Guard. He took the matter under
advisement and, it is said, gave the pro-
- testing element reason to believe the
' appointment would not be confirmed. But
. it developed that he had no choice In
; the matter, for the law. holds that ap-
polntments must be made by the ,Com-mander-ln-Chief
upon recommendation of
the regimental commander. The matter
was passed up by the Attorney-General,
' who said the appointment of Captain
Settlemeier must stand. . t ,
When this was announced among the
: officers yesterday the pot of discontent
began to boil. Officers were threatening
on every hand to resign. But there Is
rne.Jjope left to those who oppose Cap
tain Settloroler. He has not passed his
formal examination, as to his fitness. Anj
examining board will be appointed short
ly, and as the guardsmen generally are
hostile towards the appointee, it is said
he will have to be perfect in military
knowledge if he succeeds In getting past
the examining officers.
Dunbar Is Confirmed.
Major T. N. Dunbar was confirmed as
Colonel of the -Third Infantry, Oregon
National Guard, when the official ballots
were opened yesterday at headquarters
of the National Guard. Of the 18 ballots
cast he received 15 votes, while 3 votes
went to his one competitor for the
Colonelcy, Lieutenant-Colonel John M.
Poorman, of Woodburn.
Major Dunbar will assume command
and the new rank accorded him as soon
as he passes the formal examination.
Inasmuch as he is regarded as a thor
oughly efficient officer, no difficulty is ex
pected when he goes before the examin
ing board. He has been la the regiment
since 1886, served through the Philippine
campaign and has worked his way tup
from the ranks, holding every grade on
the way up. His selection is generally
satisfactory among guardsmen.
AMERICAN PRAISES JAPAN
E. C. Jones, 'Business Manager of
Toklo Advertiser, Likes Country.
That Japan offers opportunities for
American advertising men, was ' the
opinion expressed yesterday by Edwin C
Jones, business manager of the Japan
Advertiser, of Tokio. The Advertiser has
the largest circulation" of any foreign
dually in the Empire. Mr. Jones is on hia
way to Japan after an absence of five
months.
"I went to Japan last August," said Mr.
Jones yesterday, "as press representative
of the University of Wisconsin baseball
team which played a series of games with
AMERICAN ADVEHTISIXG MAST
IS BUSINESS MANAGER
OF TOKIO PAPER.
Edwin C. Jones.
Japanese 'baseball teams in Tokio last
Fall. At the end of the season I took
charge of the Advertiser's business office.'
The Japanese are fully aware of the
value of publicity in modern business
methods and are open to suggestions in
that regard. Foreigners who represent
outside interests, newspaper correspon
dents most of all are welcome in Japan.
But persons who enter the country with
the idea of establishing a bus-iness, are
apt to be looked upon with disfavor.
The baseball team which I accompanied
to Japan last Fall was received every
where with , the greatest hospitality.
Baseball is rapidly becoming the most
popular sport in the Empire. At the
same time if the players had announced
their Intention of remaining In Japan and
entering business, there would have been
a marked change In the attitude of the
Japanese. Their distrust of foreigners is
deep-rooted. Their friendship for the
United States would seem to be strong
and sincere, but like every other for
eigner I have failed thoroughly to under
stand the Japanese character.
"I have made many friends among the
Japanese of the higher class and esteem
them highly. My wife and I look forward
with pleasure to our life in Tokio, the
advantages of which are many." .
GOLDSMITH HILL JS TRIP
Portland Realty Board Will Make
Next Jaunt on Saturday.
The Portland Realty Board will take
a trip to Goldsmith Hill as Its next ex
cursion, which will be given Saturday,
July 16. The operations at the head of
Lovejoy, Marshall and Northrup streets,
where the hill is being washed down into
Guilds Lake, will be thoroughly ex
amined. Water is now pumped from the Willam
ette River up the hill and the force is
used to crumble away the dirt, which is
carried down the long flume into the lake.
President Killlngsworth has appointed
as a committee to take ch'arge of the de
tails of the excursion: Secretary Roun
tree, ex-President Fries, George D.
Schalk. E. J. Ialy. J. J. Flynn. J. M.
French, W. A. Storey, Henry Reed and
George P. Kauffman.
SPECIAL REDUCTION.
Men's Fine Clothing.
$30, $35, tiO suits $23.75
25 suits 18.73
We guarantee every garment one
year.
HEWETT, BRADLET & CO.
344 Washington Street.
Near Grand . Theater.
OAKS PARK BAND COSCERT.
Thaviu and his band: programme for
this afternoon and evening:
March, "La Per de la Victory"
Van Blon
Overture, "Festival" Lanthner
Soprano solo Selected
Miss Anna Woodward.
"Beauties of Erin" Bennett
Overture, "II Guarany" Gomas
Medley of popular songs Remick
Baritone solo Selected
Herr Marx Bing.
"Reminiscences of the Plantation"
- Chambers
Russian singers and dancers
Kvenlnir.
March, "Hohenzollern" .., Rothner
Waltz, "Italian Nights" Tobani
Overture, "Oberon" Weber
Baritone solo , Selected
Herr Marx Bing.
Symphony march, 'Slave"
.Tschaykawski
March, "La Relne'de Zaba" Gounod
Soprano solo Selected
Miss Anna Woodward.
Russian fantasie Tobani
Russian singers and dancers.......
Lafferty Opens Campaign.
A. W. Lafferty, direct primary candi
date for Congress, will speak at Grange
Hall, Lents, Monday, July 11, at 8 P.
M. Other dates this week: Wednesday,
Gresham; Thursday, Woodstock; Fri
day, St. Johns. Everybody invited. Carl
S. Kelty, campaign secretary.
Trunks, suit cases and bags. Largest
rariet y at Harris Trunk Co, 132 Sixth. .
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WOOLMEN EXPECT
25.000 DELEGATES
Portland Lays Plans to Enter
tain National Woolgrow
ers' Convention.
5000 SHEEP TO BE SHOWN
Additional Cash Prizes Are Offered.
Wool Schedule in Tariff Bill
Will Be Topic for Gen
eral Discussion.
That Portland will reap fully $2,000.
000 as a result of the National Wool
Growers' Convention and the National
Sheep Show which will be held in Port
land January 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1911, is the
belief of persons prominently identified
with commercial activity in the city.
The National Wool Gfowers' Conven
tion and Sheep Show, the first ever
held in Oregon, is expected to bring
Into Portland fully 25,000 delegates and
persons interested in the sheep and
wool business.
Members of the Portland Commercial
Club and Oregon Wool Growers' As
sociation met -yesterday at the Oregon
Hotel with George S. Walker, secretary
of the National Wool Growers' Associa
tion, and formulated plans for the
largest convention and show ever held
In the history of the sheep or wool in
dustry in the United States.
A number of innovations are to be in
troduced at the Portland show. Among
these will be an exhibition of collie
and shepherd dogs of which the North
west has many breeders and fanciers.
This exhibition will be for both exhibi
tion and "working" animals. The lat
ter will be "worked" 'as on a sheep
range for the edfication of the visitors.
Angoras Will Be Shown.
Arrangements are being made by C.
B. Minton. who was yesterday elected
secretary of the show, for a monster
exhibition of Angora goats simultan
eously with the sheep show. Always
heretofore at the annual show this
feature has been neglected, but at the
January show it is planned to make
this stellar attraction. "The brand
of Mohair grown in Oregon exceeds
that of any part of the United States,"
said Mr. Minton yesterday, "and as the
Industry is much followed In Oregon,
we hope to have fully 1000 thorough
bred Angora goats at the exhibition."
Not only will the awards be given
to prize sheep, but the fat stock and
mutton will have a special department
with cash awards. This is also an in
novation. Negotiations have been opened to .ob
tain the Armory for the sheep show and
the convention sessions. This, it is
thought by the committee of arrange
ments, is the best possible place for
such a gigantic show. It is argued that
the drill hall will be sufficiently large
for the accommodation of the . 5000
sheep expected and the numerous goats
and dogs. Not only will it have that
advantage, but also the dance hall can
be used as a convention hall. And then,
said one of the committee yesterday,
the Armory is the most central loca
tion in Portland. ,
One other thing which it is believed
will make the proposed Portland show
the greatest ever held in the United
States is the fact that the , committee
of arrangements voted to increase all
of the cash awards over those given last
year. Cash prizes will be given Id all
events, for sheep, goats, and dogs.
Special Rates Will Be Asked.
Members of the Wool Growers' Asso
ciation met with the members of the
promotion committee of the Portland
Commercial Club in the offices of C. C.
Chapman, publicity manager, yesterday
morning to confer with Secretary
George S. Walker, of the National As
sociation, and to appoint 'the various
committees to begin preliminary ar
rangements for the show.
Attending the meeting called by Mr.
Chapman were: D. O. Lively, manager
of " the Union Stock Yards, Portland;
G. F. Johnson, chairman of the promo
tion bureau of the Portland Commercial
Club: Charles Cleveland, president of
the Willamette Valley Wool Growers'
Association; C. D. Minton, editor of the
Oregon Agriculturist; W. H. Daugherty,
president of the Union Stock Yards'
Portland; N. C. Maris, of Portland, and
Dan Smythe, secretary of the Oregon
Wool Growers' Association.
At a meeting of these men in the
lobby of the Oregon Hotel in the after
noon, W. H. Daugherty was elected
chairman of the show committee, . and
Dan Smythe, Charles Cleveland and C.
D. Minton were elected committeemen.
C. D. Minton was made general secre
tary of the show.
C. C. Colt, of the Union Meat Company,
was named to confer with the railroad
officials to arrange for special low rates
to the show and convention. C. C. Chap
man was named as publicity chairman,
while D. O. Lively was appointed chair
man of the committee on general affairs,
and he immediately set to work to make
an effort to obtain the Armory for the
show. W. H. Daughtery was chosen
chairman of the sheep show committee.
Other committeemen will be chosen at
once and active work begun.
Delegates to the National convention
will represent over 600,000 owners and
breeders, not to mention the men em
ployed by the sheep and wool-growers
and owners. The value of. the 6000 sheep
and goats expected at the show was
placed at fully $50,000 by one conservative
sheepman yesterday. This will be the
most valuable bunch of stock ever as
sembled in Portland, it is thought.
Light Shed on Wool Schedule.
Among the many subjects which will
be brought up for discussion at the Na
tional convention in January will be the
tariff on wool, better known as schedule
K. A large publicity campaign will be
conducted by the National Woolgrowers'
Association to enlighten the public as to
the real status of schedule K.
Railroad rates on wool and better
transportation facilities for livestock will
also be the theme for discussion at the
convention. The present forest adminis-.
tration will be discussed, too.
The National Association of Woolgrow
ers was organized at Syracuse, N. Y., in
1864, and is the oldest organization of
stockmen in the United States. After
being Inactive for a number of years
the association was reorganized at Den
ver in 1906. .Since then its growth has
been wonderful. George S. Walker was
at that time elected National secretary,
and has held that office ever since. At
the time of the reorganization, the or
ganization had but 36 members. ' At the
next annual metAing in Sal Lake City,
there was a total membership of 5242, and
when the meeting was held the follow
ing year at Helena, Mont., Mr. Walker
reported a membership of 7667. Since
then the organization has grown to 25,000
members.
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Our present club plan, however, offers advantages to club members which were not possible then.. A substantial premium is
given to members who pay faster than agreed. Still longer time is given than we did eight years ago, resulting in payments
actually lower than what these same pianos are rented for.
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GRANGE IS COffllEHDED
JUDGE CXEETON TELLS OF GOOD
WORK IX ADDRESS.'
Tatrons of Husbandry Praised for
Efforts to Secure Good Roads in
Meeting at Lents.
T. J. Cleeton, County Judge, was the
guest of 'Lents Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, yesterday and during the
afternoon delivered an address on his
Impressions of the work of the farmers'
order and Its mission. Judgre Cleeton
contended that within Us proper sphere
the grange Is one of the most potent
Xaotora for education and. social ad
Meariimg the
vancement in the country, and Is an
order that may teach city people many
thing's.
"I am glad to be here today." s-aid
Judge Cleeton. X"I mean more than the
ordinary expression conveys.' While I
am not a granger, I have very pleasant
recollections of the order. My father
and .my early associates in Missouri
were members. The order is essentially
educational -and social. It also touches
the economic questions of the day, as
well as the social and educational.
"Some of the best laws we have on
our statute books were placed there
through the influence of the Patrons of
Husbandry. Our good roads campaign
has its warmest and most enthusiastic
supporters in the granges of this state.
I can conceive of nothing more genuine
ly educational' than the good roads
movement. Good roads themselves are
educational and tend to uplift the com
munity. "I shall be glad to help the order
through the official position I happen
to. hold in this county, and if I can do.
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Regular Price 550.
Club Members Pay 359.
save: 191.
anything I shall take pleasure In the
act." ,
At the close of Judge Cleeton's ad
dress remarks were made by J. "SV.
Haworth, of Wasco, Or. Mr. Haworth
said that in his county the Farmers'
Union had gained strength and was
effective In protecting their farmers and
in securing for them good prices for
their produce. . He commended the
grange, but remarked that to be effec
tive it must be united. There was a
large attendance. J. T.- Kreuger pre
sided and A. F. Miller had charge of
the programme.
Tobacco Brand in Jail.
"Pedro Plug-cut" was one of the names
on the docket in police court yesterday.
The owner, or temporary possessor, of the
name is a huge and unwholesome-looking
person who was unable to make the police
officers- understand anything he had to
say, when he was arrested ' Friday night.
In response, ta reseated leauests for iiis
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name, ' he gave unintelligible answers for
a time, and then drew a package of to
bacco from his pocket and. placing his
finger on the brand name, said that that
was his mime. He was booked according
ly, "iesterday morning he was still too
befuddled to answer intelligibly and wa
sent back to the cells for another day.
CHOSEN F0RJTENTH TIME
For the tenth consecutive time the
pianos to be used at the Chautauqua at
Oregon City will again come from
Eilers Piano House. This signal honor
emphasizes the preference eminent mu
sicians and societies have in general for
the magnificent instruments handled
exclusively, by the Eilers House.
The Chautauqua committee selected
a beautiful Kimball Concert Grand and
three uprights of the well known Whit
ney make.
The Chautauqua this year promises to
be one of the most successful ever
feeld,
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