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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, FOTtTLAXD, NOVEMBER 20, 1910.
Bargains That Bring Home to You the Fact This Is the Place to Secure the Most for Your Money,
Whither It Is the Refurnishing of Your Dining-Room or Fitting Out Your Home Completely
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toSSpccial Off cr for ThanksgMiig Week
A Complete Set of Six Leather-Seat
Chairs and a Fine Oak Table
Worth $55 for Only .....
ThU mirmifueiit extension table is from the celebrated Lents factory; made from the finest quarter
iwl iS w -filled hand-nibbed, in the fumed, wax, early English or Pohsh finish; has 44-inch
Top "vith parent lo'k which permits of extending to six feet without dividing the pedestal; large bar-
TL a full box seat with genuine leather covers;
.uarter sawe,! back panels, firmly bolted and braced; making an outfit worthy of any home in the
city The average -Portland dealer would ask yon $53.0O-our price for the sem $39
articles complete, is only
This $35.50 Outfit for $25
This splendid Dining Outfit is also made of solid oak, iu all finishes;
top is 44 inches in diameter, with extra leaves, which allow it to be ex
tended to 6 feet; has four-inch legs; heavy rim like cut. The chairs
to match are also of solid oak with handsome panels and quarter
sawed saddle seats. The six chair3 and table are worth $35.50; our
special price this Thanksgiving week
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Handsome, Hig-h-Class
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A Splendid Thanksgiving
Offering
These Eugs are really the best bargains ive have been
able to offer this season. We have them in all colors
and many very attractive patterns.
$19
Stickley Fumed Oak
Rockers for Less
The "Stickley" make of Rockers are all the race, and, of course,
have manv imitator?. We carry the genuine Stickley" pood,
with guaranteed label. This week we are offering ppeeial dis
count in prirc of some of those famous Hookers and Chairs.
$17.50 Values for $12.50
Spring wats, covered with genuine leather, frames of solid oak,
fumed finish.
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And Union Avenue
Specials in Basement Dept.
The list of bargains is daily growing larger new stock constantly
arriving, and our prices are far lowef than in any other store
in town.
14-inch Basting Spoon, regular 10c, for 7
"Cake Turner, regular 15c, for . 70
15c Dover Egg Beater 70
Common Clothes Pinsr dozen 1
Good Carpet Tacks, regular 5c, for, box 3
75c Rice Boiler, special 58
No. 9 Tea Kettle, "Royal" Graniteware; regular $1.00 720
No. 8 Copper Bottom Wash Boiler, special ....95
Genuine "Savoy" Roaster, regular $1.50, for 950
UTMOST SECRECY TO HIDE EVERY
MOVE OF NEW YORK DETECTIVES
New Commissioner rinds Publicity Hamper Sleuths and Aid Criminals-He Selects 25 Eagle-eyed Men from
the Ranks and Starts Them Hunting Criminals by His Method.
BT LI.OTD F. LOXEUGAX.
NEW YOltK. Nov. 1. (Special.)
Members of the local po. ee fore
are frankly Interested In the rev
olutionary tactics followed by Second
Deputy Commissioner Flynn. who la In
charge of the detectives.
Flynn. after several weeks In office,
has finally got things on a working
baa La. There la no music by the band.
bo Ions; Interviews, but each dar tor
the past week about 15 of the old
timers In the bureau have been trana
f erred to new fields, and replaced by
active young men. few of whom have
had experience aa detectives.
Commissioner flynn. although he
wilt not talk for publication, regards
the old methods In the department as
decidedly behind the tiroes. In-fact,
he was a much-surprlaed roan after he
had a chance to study conditions as
they existed.
"The amaztnjc thins: to roe." he con
fided to a friend, -was that any ar
rests were ever made."
t"ndr the old system, the detectives
boasted knowing all the crooks, but
the drawback was that all the crooks
certainly knew all the detectives. The
consequence was that the sleuths
might as well have been In uniform
and carrying flags so far as any value
of plain clothes waa concerned.
Flynn. however, haa taken bis be
loved United States Secret Service aa a
modeL No more will detectlvea be the
heroes of the corner saloons or the po
llce courts. No more will their names
appear la large type In the papers.
Wtectrvee will be assigned to work up
cases and gather the evidence. Then,
when things are ripe, the police of the
nearest station will be railed upon to
make the arrests. The detectives will
not fla-ure In the case at all. and the
prisoner will have no chance to sise
them un. Neither will his friends.
Secret Selection Made.
The new recruits for the detective
f rtrre have been selected by Mr. Flynn
personally. e has been skirmishing;
around the city, looking over the man
n poet, and if hi appearance struck
him favorably, taklns: hla name and
address. B oriA-rtna; the man to ap
pear before him at headquarters. But
the lucky patrolman did not know the
Identity of hla visitor until he was
electedA
Pollre Commissioner Cropsey. by the
way. haa adopted unique tactics. Xls
predecessors have always talked to the
newspaper men at more or less lenirth.
Cropsey takes the around that what he
la doine- Is no concern of the public,
and called the headnuarters reporters
toicether the other day to Inform them
that In no circumstances would he talk
to or ace them aitaln. Cropsey Intends
to suppress all Information regard Inn
robberies, murders and crime of all
sort, bellevlne; that this Is something;
that peculiarly belongs to him.
The question Is. "Can he get away
with Itr Moat experts say that the
answer Is "no.- .In many cases where
the police were at fault the guilty
ones have been run down by the news
papers and hundreds of criminals have
been located through the publication
of their photographs.
The belief Is that Cropseya order
will remain In force for a few weeks.
Then he will see the light, or Mayor
Gaynor will turn It on for him. and the
old methods will be restored.
Sulk Hart Roosevelt.
The way Roosevelt sulked after the
election has cost him many friends.
The public likes a good loser only next
to a rattling winner. And Roosevelt,
who haa been a good winner. Is about
the worst political loser oi whom there
Is any record.
Reporters who were at Oyster Bay
on election day are telling funny sto
ries of their experiences. They saw
the Colonel at S P. M. and he promised
to receive them again at P. M.
"If everything la O. K.." Roosevelt
added, "say. write or do anything you
want to. Come up with a band If you
feel like it." And the reportere marched
down Baaamore Hill to wait for the re
turns. Here la the rest of the story. In
the word." of one of the correspondents:
"Promptly at t o'clock we called again.
By that time we had returns, showing
the extent of the aweep. When w-e
n-.ached up Sagamore Kill there waa not
a light In the house. Apparently every
body had gone to bed or moved. But
we rang the bell, and rang and rang
again. Finally an upper window was
opened and the old negro butler looked
out. He shook his flat at us and said
beat It." and we did."
Justice Frederick C. Crane, the young
est member of the Supreme Caurt. haa
laid down some rules that may be of In
terest to nagging wives. The caae waa
an ai-tlon for separation brought against
Attorney George Robinson. Mrs. Robin
son alleged cruelty and read from a
dtary entries) allowing date, place and
nature of offenae.
Justice Crane found that Mrs. Robln-
ron's allegations were correct In the
main, but refused her relief, saying:
"When a wife tantalises a husband Into
a temper the resulting hasty words and
violent deede may not amount to cruel
and inhuman conduct, although men
might agree that Insults and violence to
a wife may be Inhuman. The law does
not say that ev man Is ever justified In
losing hla temper, striking and swearing
at hla wife, but It doea say that when
she cornea Into court asking for a sep
aration with support, because of such
conduct, the husband may show In de
fense that he waa provoked by her con
stantly aggravating conduct and ' treat
ment, until he lost his temper and sa'd
and did things he didn't Intend to do."
, Temple Again Delayed.
Members of the Episcopal Church are
beginning to wonder If their new tem
ple, the Cathedral of Bt. John the Di
vine, on University Heights, will ever be
opened. Work has been progressing,
more or less leisurely, for many years.
Laat Spring It waa formaly announced
that the building would be consecrated
on December 27, and preparations had
been made for appropriate ceremonies.
But now it la stated that there will be
more delay, and Bishop Greer haa post
poned the date until "some time In Eas
ter week." Whether the services will be
held at that time s another question.
Mrs. George Fackier, said to be a
"millionaire's widow," haa discovered a
new way to get her photographs Into the
newspapera And it takes a mighty
smart society press agent to do that
these days.
Mrs. Fackier has started a crusade to
free si the wild beasts In the various
zoological gardens and menageres
throughout the Vnlted States.
"I often wonder," soys Mrs. Fackier,
"how the men who sre responsible for
caging wild beaate and birds would like
to be caged up even for a day. I have
spoken to acveral New York women In
tereated In humanitarian work and they
agree with me. and I propose to enlist
the sympathy of all women to end thia
abuse."
Mrs. Fackier, however, does not say
what ahe will do with the animate after
abe turns them loose. Perhaps that a a
minor point.
i;p In the Bronx Zoo there are an aa
aorted lot of lions, tigers, bears, hyena,
gorillas, venomous snakes and other
pleasant animals and reptiles, if Mrs.
Fackier means to open these cages It Is
hoped that she will give New Tork warn
ing, so the populace can atart Weat be
fore the beasts come along.
New Tork City haa many laws and
regulations which are seemingly un
,i.ti tn the 'attorneys and
Judges themselves. One of these cases
In point concerns the speed of auto.
mobiles.
Ask the average owner of a car what
v. i.rrfli .it in Manhattan and
he will undoubtedly Inform you that
It Is 15 miles an hour, ana in tne out
lying districts, the police do not ob
ject If a driver hits It up to 10. The
-oona' will tell VOU about
the same. And frequently In the
courts the judge win say 10 a prison
er, "You know the legal rate In the
citv is 15 miles an hour."
The fact Is that the law provides
that the speed of autos and other
vehicles shall not exceed eight miles
y,nr- in the rltv limits, "except In
districts where the houses are 100 feet
apart."
Now as this condition does not pre
vail, except in a few deaolate sections
of the Upper Bronx, It Is safe to say
that the owner of every car in town
Is violating the law daily.
Teachers Want More Pay.
A committee of the Board of Education-
haa been busy for several
months studying up the subject of
salaries of teachers. This action was
taken at the request of the women,
who say they are underpaid and dis
criminated against.
Probably the most Interesting fact
brought out was that teachers of both
sexes regard the schools only as a
means to an end.
Professor Ayres "caused a laugh
when he said that statistics proved
that it took men three years as teach
ers to prepare for the law. Into which
profession most of them drifted, while
the average time that it took a woman
to get married was five years.
Ferry to lie Dropped.
The Brooklyn Annex, the ferry con
necting Kings County with the Penn
sylvania railroad station In Jersey
City, will be abandoned November 27.
Brooklyn merchants are complaining
bitterly, but the company joints out
that its vehicular traffic has fallen off
to a great extent, and that the passen
ger traffic is trifling, owing to the
fact that the B. R. T. runs few cars
to the foot of Fulton street.
When the new Pennsylvania 1 depot
Is fully opened, Brooklyn will be much
nearer Jersey City than It has ever
been before. Shuttle trains will run
from the Flatbush avenue station,
Brooklyn, through Woodside. Queens
Borough, and thence under the river
to the Pennsylvania station at Thirty
fourth street and Seventh avenue.
The passing of the old ferryboats
will be missed by many New Yorkers,
for sentimental reasons. It was a
mighty pretty trip down the North
River, around the Battery and In the
shadow of the Statue of Liberty, and
then up the East River to the slip un
der the Brooklyn Bridge. In fact. It
was one or the best of the short water
voyagea around New York, and many
persons took it just for the ride.
WASHINGTON CONSIDERS IMPORTANCE
OF REVIVING THE NATIONAL GUARD
Militia Affairs to Be Salient Subject Before Next Legislature of Evergreen State Plan Afoot to Con
vert All infantry Into Artillery Soldiery as Advocated by Coast Defense Expert.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 19. (Special.)
National Guard subjects. It is
probable, will occupy the attention of
the next Washington Legislature to an
unprecedented extent. An effort is un
der way to convert the infantry com
panies Into artillery, and to that extent
to conform to the policy of the .War De
partment, which Is understood to favor
making artillery reserves . of all the
militia of the Coast States.
A statement to that effect was made
at the recent laying of the cornerstone
of the Behingham Armory in a speech
delivered by Colonel Garland N. Whist
ler, commanding the Puget Sound artil
lery district. Colonel Whistler, a cou
sin of Whistler the artist. Is widely
recognized as an authority on coast de
fense; In fact, a military genius when It
comes to the manufacture of powder and
the science of the big guns. As befits
a genius. It pleases him to wear his
hair long. He was a striking figure at
the banquet of the Belllngham Chamber
of Commerce when he declared that if
all the regular artillerymen were counted
and to them added all the reserves on
Puget Sound, there owould not be enough
to man half the guna now in place.
In -this way he brought home to the
business men the fact that If the guns
are to be served at all, that work must
fall to the citizen soldiers and thus has
been sounded the keynote of the cam
paign that will present the needs of the
National Guard to the Legislature of
1911.
Militia Marksmen Clever.
Admittedly Colonel Whistler's training
is the Influence that has resulted in the
artillery reserves of Puget Sound mak
ing world records in their practice with
the mortars and the rifled cannon. At
a range of 4300 yards two of the com
panies made perfect scores, and the three
others were close to the record. The
practice work on Puget Sound has been
made the subject of a special compli
mentary report issued by the Secretary
of War.
The War Department offers induce
ments to the artillery. The military
arm of the Government wants the men
for the guns, and in Coast States like
Washington and Oregon Is favoring the
artillery as against tho infantry and the
cavalry. For the National Guard of each
state the Federal Government gives a
pro rata of the Appropriation for militia
purposes. The appropriation Is divided
in proportion to the numerical strength
of the Guard of each state. For the
artillery it makes a special provision. The
artillery gets from the War Department.
without a charge being made against
the state's allotments, uniform and equip
ment complete to the most trifling de
tail, everything from guns to web belts
for trousers. It is practically a dona
tion of about J9000 to every company of
1000 men, and the offer holds good for
as many companies as a state may mus
ter Into the service. The War Depart
ment goes further. Without cost to a
state. It will establish in any armory,
where there are two or more artillery
companies, a full-size dummy ten-Inch
disappearing rifled cannon and a 12-lnch
mortar, with cement piers, .mounts and
complete fire control. Including the ne
cessary telescopic Instruments for obser
vation and range-finding. The expense
for each armory on this basis Is about
$25,000.
Nation's Generosity Big Factor. .
When Adjutant-General Lamping and
his associates present their case to .the
Legislature it is probable that they
will emphasize the acute Interest of
the National Government In the artil
lery arm, and will urge the state to
take advantage of the War Depart
ment's willingness to pay the bills. The
fact is that the. Washington Guard to
day faces a deficit. There is only
$4000 or $5000 in the treasury of the
$96,000 appropriated for the two-year
Interval beginning with 1909. The
money in hand is only enough to meet
the upkeep of armories, necessary
printing and such charges, without the
allowance provided by statute for com
pany and headquarters expenses. It
is also a fact that if the War Depart
ment had not been committed to Its
present liberal policy, not a company
of Coast Artillery could have been
formed In this state. The Guardsmen
do not propose to do any lobbying. In
stead they will make a plain state
ment of the situation, with an appeal
to Legislators as business men to act
for the highest Interests of the state.
Great Change Urged.
At Belllngham, Colonel Whistler,
who was recognized as speaking prac
tically for the Federal Government,
said he would like to see every com
pany of the Washington Guard an ar
tillery company. Further, he believed
that this state ought to support not
less than 22 artillery companie- of the
full strength of 100 men each, a total
of 2200 men. Since the state guard to
day numbers only 1200 men. It Is clear
that there must be radical changes be
fore the plans of the War Department
or of the guardsmen can be realized.
On the score of expense the way seems
to be clear. In addition to the aid af
forded by the National Government,
the tax levy as fixed by the state mili
tary fund C0015 mill, limited to .002)
will produce a revenue of approxi
mately $133,000 in 1911, as compared
with the exhausted appropriation of
$96,000 for the two-year Interval. Mak
ing allowarces for construction of new
armories, rifle ranges and other ex
penses, it Is evident that there will be
plenty of money for an increase In the
size of the National Guard.
Law Change Needed.
Before the Guard can be made over
Into substantially an all-artillery or
ganization the law must be amended.
The present statute requires that there
shall not be less than 1200 Infantry,
and not less than four companies of
Coast Artillery. It provides also for
one signal corps company, one troop
of cavalry and a medical corps. The
limitation on all companies Is fixed at
65 men, except artillery, where the
maximum is 100 men.
The Guard today slightly exceeds
1200. There are five companies of ar
tillery, 345 men; 12 companies of In
fantry, 750; signal corps, 63; cavalry,
63. In Seattle are the headquarters of
Adjutant-General Lamping, also tha
headquarters of the Coast Artillery Re
serve corps. Colonel Matt H. Gormley;
headquarters of the Second Infantry,
Colonel John Stringer; also the regi
mental band. Companies A, B, D and
L, Second Infantry, and Company A,
Signal Corps. In Tacoma are the first
and Fourth Companies of the Artillery,
Major Griggs; Troop B, Cavalry, Cap
tain Palmer; in Spokane, two compan
ies; Yakima, two companies, and one
each In Walla Walla, Centralia, Ho
quiam and Aberdeen. In Belllngham Is
the Second Company of the Artillery,
in Everett the Third and in Snohomish
the Fifth.
Since the War Department has taken
the stand that an increase in the ar
tillery Is imperative. National Guard
officers believe that branch of the
service can be recruited up to 1200 men
Inside of a year, thereby including
practically all the militia organiza
tions in the cities of I'uget Sound. The
Belllngham Armory is planned exclu
sively for artillery and will take care
of 400 men comfortably. If any West
Side city is planning to capture a new
armory at the Legislature it might be
well to bear in mind the fact that the
War Department wants only artillery
men at American seaports.
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