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AUGUST 11, 1913. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PHOTOS SHOW PROGRESS ALONG LINE OP OREGON ELECTRIC. sl n Q Controversy Between General Staff and Accused Officers Will Be Aired. .. TTII.' SI IAV IIKMtUIAiIi X WlkXiil JL1 J J - I ' M GOVERNOR ORDERS MILITIA INQUIRY HEARING TO BE AUGUST 20 Contention That Elasticity of Com mission Gives Immunity From Disbandment Is Ridiculed. Guardsmen jnth Staff. As a result of the tangle of affairs which have followed the orders of the General Staff of the Oregon National Guard, disbanding the second battalion for mutiny at the maneuver campaign at Gate. WaalL. last month. Governor West has ordered a hearing for August 10, at which the entire controversy will be given a thorough airing. Adjutant-General Flnser was notified of the plan of the Governor yesterday, and will Issue orders at once accordingly. The five officers who are charged with leading the mutiny by refusing to obey the orders of Brigadier-General Maus will be given a chance to present their defenses, and other offi cers of the Third Infantry and officers f the United States Army will be called upon to tell their stories of what transpired. It is probable that there will be an attempt made to in ject a number of charges against Army officers, including, among others, pos sibly General Maus., Developments in' this controversy were numerous yesterday when it be came apparent that the General Staff had no Intention of backing down from the stand it had taken in ordering the battalion disbanded. The disbandment orders were prepared and presented-by General Flnser to Colonel Foorman of the regiment, with Instructions to pro ceed with the work of mustering out the men and officers at once. Officer Claim Immunity. The first move on the part of the five accused officers after this step was taken was to present to -the -General Staff a claim that the disbandment order does not affect them because they are merely assigned to the second battalion. The officers say that they hold commissions with the Third Regi ment and not with the second bat talion, and the fact that the battalion to which they have been assigned Is disbanded does not mean that their commissions are affected. ' "I was commissioned as a Captain of infantry,"' declared Captain ' H. "E. Williams, one of the accused officers. "I was assigned to Company F of the second battalion by the Colonel of the regiment. The disbandment of the bat talion does not mean that I am re lieved of my commission or that it Is affected in any way. I am still a Cap tain of Infantry. The same applies to the other four officers. Major R. O. Scott holds the commission of Major of infantry, assigned to the second battalion; Captain W. L. Tooie, Jr., Captain of infantry, assigned to Com pany G: Lieutenant Richard Deich, Lieutenant of Infantry, assigned to Company H, and Lieutenant H. . C. Brombaugh. Lieutenant of infantry, as signed to Company E." CeaunlMloa "ot Transferable. Other officers of the Guard say that this is a technicality which will not stand. They think the conditions would hold true In the Regular Army, where the officers could be assigned to other regiments, but here there is no other assignment possible. Further mere, It is held that the members of the companies of the battalions of the Guard select their Captain and he. In turn, selects his Lieutenants. This fact, they maintain, makes the Captain and Lieutenants a part of the battalion. Another development Is the an nouncement that plans are under way for the preparation of an initiative measure to be placed on the ballot do ing away with the general staff of the Guard and making the position of Adjutant-General elective. Behind this plan are said to be some of the mem bers of the United Spanish War Vet erans and several business men. They are basing their move on the belief that the general staff has too much power and that the head of the Guard should be subservient t- the people In stead of to the general staff and the Governor. Whether or not the pro posed Initiative measure will materialize-is not known, but it has been said on good authority that it will be nade an issue at the general elect'.ou. Sympathy Not With Offenders. It Is asserted by officers of the Third Regiment of the Guard that the remaining battalions are not in sym pathy with the officers who have brought about the trouble. Should the officers make any ef forts to seek vengeance through polit ical moves directed at the Adjutant General and general staff. It Is said strong opposition will develop among the majority of militia officers of the state. "There Is a general feeling," said a line- officer yesterday, "that the ex pulsion Incident will Tesult In a great good to the Guard. A disgruntled el ement is removed and the way is laid for the establishment of a higher de gree of discipline. The National Guard owes a great deal to the military pro gresslveness of General Flnser and an effort to wreak political revenge on him will be resented throughout the Guard. Some of the discharged offi cers naturally will exercise their vocal chords for a few days, but ' nothing will come of it. Sentiment In the Guard, of which they were a very small part. Is overwhelmingly against them.' .-. ! present Attitude Criticised. A company commander said yester day: "The charges made by the ex pelled officers, and the attitude now assumed by them, is but a reflection of the spirit that led them Into mutiny. So far as military circles are con cerned the mutinous officers seem to stand largely alone. "Should those officers who Insulted General Maus be reinstated, I should immediately resign. I have said as much to the offenders and certainly mean it. I refuse to- associate profes sionally with an officer who has so little sense of duty and so little re spect . for military authority. Those chapa belong in the Mexican service." General Flnser said yesterday that he has no further statement to make regarding the situation. "The orders for the disbandment are with Colonel Poorman." he said, "and It is up ..to him to proceed to muster out the men and the officers. - As to the contention ' of the accused officers that, they can not be affected by the order because they hold commissions, I would not earn to express an opinion. The Gov ernor has opened the way for the en tire controversy to be delved Into and everybody concerned will be given an ' opportunity to bo heard." The five accused officers have en gaged an attorney to represent them at the hearing and to lead them In car. rying out other plana which, are being formulated. V . - j - s . , - . - , . v' .--, - . y " ' , - ' - ' - . ' " ' f " ' 4 ' ' " I r, rrj- WORK IS HURRIED Oregon Electric Laying on Eug Rushes Rail ene Branch. CREW SHATTERS RECORDS On July CO 134 Men Handle 1,055, 000 Founds of Rails and 1 1,520 Ties, Completing Pour Miles and 80' Feet of Track. Track-laying crews are working night and day to extend the Oregon Electric Railway south from Albany to Eugene so that the new road may be in complete operation before the unfavorable weather sets in next Fall. On July 29, the crew of men engaged In this work made a new record In track-laying by laying four miles and 80 feet of track. This was done a short distance north of Harrisburg. During these nine hours the crew of 134 men, which was short 40 men of the full or ganization, handled 4S cars of material, consisting of 1.055,000 pounds of steel rail 75 pounds per yard 11.520,000 ties, with the necessary bolts, angle bars, spikes and crossing material. All this material was unloaded as the train proceeded over the tracks. Vir tually all of It was handled by ma chinery to the "pioneer car" at the front of the track-laying machine. Five Men Make Record. At the "front" the 950 rails were handled by a crew of three men, while nine gangs of two men each laid the 11.520 ties. In this kind of work the rails are placed on the cars ahead of the locomo tive and are carried by a tram along the right side of the cars to the track laying machine which lowers them to position by derrick, when angle bars are Immediately fitted. The ties are conveyed in similar manner on the left from cars at the rear of the locomo tive and are distributed and placed by the tie gangs. The rails are held in place by "bridles," until the train Is moved over It when they are gauged and spiked. While the track-laying proceeds, ar rangements also are being made for the overhead construction and the early Installation of the electric wiring. Flrlle Gets Substation. A handsome substation has been erected at Pirtle, four miles south of Albany. This building Is typical of those being erected on the Oregon Elec tric line. In It the current is trans formed from 60,000 volts alternating current to 1300 volts direct current. The company also is erecting homes for Its substation operators. One of these is shown In the accompanying pictures. It is patterned after modern flats, giv ing four rooms to each family. The false work across the Santiam River is in place, allowing the trains to operate over it. Rapid progress is being made on the permanent structure which will consist of seven steel spans of 175 feet each 1225 feet in all, with 1000 feet of heavy trestle approach at each end. v WHAT OF LITTLE FELLOWS? Single Taxers Queried as to Others Than Wealthy. Inne Rus In Portland Labor Press. In the Labor Press of the 25th ult., under the caption "Puncturing Quib bles," our economic editor and special pleader for single tax makes another attempt at replying to one of my pre vious letters. His pleadings for his pet measures remind me of that childish play, which amounts to blowing films of soap suds from a pipe and making hollow iridescent globes called soap bubbles. Prick them and they disap pear. Hence I propose to puncture a few soap bubbles. The placing of water power on the assessment rolls is pos sible without the adoption of a grad uated single tax measure. When and to what extent they should be taxed is a question I shall not now discuss. What I desire to point out is that this feature of the bill may be likened to the sugar coating of a bitter pill. Single tax being the- bitter part of the pill. Persons with political eyes in their heads readily see why this matter had been .Infused In a single tax measure. It is simply the cunning work of po litical tacticians to catch the votes of heterogeneous bodies of uninstructed and gullible voters, who are more or less susceptible of an appeal to class bias, but who never dreamed of In dorsing a Simon-pure single tax meas ure. The general construction of the amendment has reminded me of some of the constructions of the ancient architects, who always' made ' the1 se cret place of the oracles, known as the adytum, the. smallest part of the tem ple. Paragraph "I" of the proposed amendment is the adytum of this con struction, the other part looks , very pretentious and the constructors are making a great noise about it, but what about the smaller part? In a previous letter to the Labor Press, I paid my respects to all the comparative taxation statistics our local single taxers have placed before us. Mr. Crldge agrees with me that they are irrelevant and immaterial to the question at Issue. Why does he continue to pelt the read ers of the Labor Press with such hypo thetical taxation statistics, relative to farms? Are the readers of the Labor Press mostly farmers, and are they liv ing in Benton or Clackamas County? If Mr. Crldge imagines that .such ata tistics will Inveigle any one into voting for the single tax measure, why does he not use Multnomah County figures? One of my fellow workers owns sev eral thousand dollars' worth of prop erty the savings of a Quarter of a cen. tury of hard work near the corner of Fourteenth and Montgomery. Another one. having faith In Portland's future, and not caring to deposit his savings in a bank, where It would earn only 3 or 4 per cent Interest, saying noth ing about incurring the risk of some roughish set of bank officers running away with it, has purchased some un improved city property. Still others. Imbued with the same spirit and to re duce the hixh cost of living have In vested in suburban property, and are living with their families, several miles from their place or work. Had we to deal only with those who SULPHURRO MEETS SYSTEM'S NATURAL Desire for Nature's Purifier and Antiseptic Almost an Instinct in Human Race. Astonishingly Quick Core. Seattle. C. M. C. Stewart Sulphur Co.. ?1 Columbia St., Seattle Gentlemen: Late in September. 1911, I received my first bottle of Sulphurro, being orfe of about 400 who were that day given of the wonderful remedy at Sir. Stewart's home. 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Sulphur in powdered form was never regarded as entirely satisfactory for medicinal use, as the powder coats the walls of the stomach and Intestines, re tarding rather than promoting circu lation. But la liquid form (Sulphurro) it passes freely into the blood, and there expels the poisons and disease germs that cause the human family so much distress. The Sulphurro booklet (sent free upon request to the C. M. C. Stewart Sulphur Co., 71 Columbia St., Seattle, Wash, will tell you all about it. Book let accompanies each 60-cent and fl bottle of Sulphurro at drugzlsts. MINUTES ON A STREET CAR DIRECT WEST FROM SIXTH WASHINGTON CARLINE IN OPERATION King's Heights and Arlington Heights are in a district that is absolutely restricted, both in natural beauty of the land and in the artistic and unusual . treatment of boulevards, terraces parkways, making it Portland's most prominent high-class residence district, and assuring you of a ' home that can never deteriorate in value by reason of encroachment of inferior surroundings. "We are offering special inducements to those who will build within a reason able time. BUILDING SITES FROM $1000 TO $3500 TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASER Dorr E. Keasey & Co. CHAMBER OF COiWERCE BUILDING V l XT' . i " : ' i.ii i-n w " VIA V-IX ) 11 really robbed "us, we might make short work of the matter. The trouble Is your remedy would Inflict a penalty upon one guilty person and a loss upon a thousand innocent parties. If single tax Is such an unalloyed blessing to the wage earners, why Is It that Sam Oompers does not clamor for It? Mr. Crldge gives unqualified assent to my statement that a heavy taxation of cap- ital, employed in Industrial undertak ings, will fall, ultimately, most severe ly on the poor. Friend Cridge proposes to take taxes off Industrial undertak ings and impose them on land, water power, franchises and rights of way. Perhaps he will have the audacity to inform the readers of the Labor Press that such things are not capital, and therefore no amount of taxes placed upon them can ultimately affect the poor. State to Take Spokane Bonds. SPOKANE, Aug. 10. Mayor Hlndley received today an offer from the State Board of Finance to purchase at par the bond issue of J250.000, proceeds from which will be used to erect a new city hafl. Beautiful Laurelhurst Mansion Secures Art-Brand - -111 V ?l I ! ! 1 - It -'A V . Wfe-;ltk1 ; Equipped with self - playing mechanism bringing perform ance of all great VV artists right into fflS the nome. J? MR. H. RUSSELL ALHEE3'S MAGNIFICENT LALHELKIKST HOME. 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