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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1912)
..tt. ctivtmv rrr?rLr-rr -w TrT?TT A VTV OfTrnTVER VANCOUVER POST WILL BE RETAINED Major-General Wofcd Puts to Flight Rumors of Removal ... or Abandonment. ' BRIGADE POST DISCUSSED I! 16,009 Men Could Be Accommodat ed Portland Committee Presents Brief for Establishment of Brigade Post. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Oct. 12. (Special.) Major - General Leonard "Wood, chief of staff of the t United States Army, Is an honored ! guest of Brigadier-General Marion P. ( Maus. commanding officer of the De partment of the Columbia. He arrived I early today and he will not leave until Monday, or possibly Tuesday night. ' With a view of looking over the Pacific Northwest, and setting informa t tion first hand of what the Govern- ment has and what is needed. General ; Wood started on his present trip Sep i tember 24. Dismissing all reports con- ! cernlng the removal of this post, or the abandonment of It, as Idle gossip, General Wood made free the minds of ' i those who had believed tnese rumors. M While General Wood could not at : this time say anything definite con- , cernlng what will be done about tne establishment of a brigade post here. he said much In favor of it, and nothing , in its disfavor. j "There is land enough here to ae- commodate 10,000 troops.' he said today, "If properly quartered In the most ; modern quarters. There is ample room ' here for a brigade post, and no need ' of more land if this is cleared. Garrisoaa Mill Be laerenaed. "It Is the plan of the War Depart j ment to augment the garrisons of the . Northwest. There are now all too few soldiers here, and to work out present plans will require years. The whole 5 matter will be taken up by the gen i eral staff this Winter in Washington I with the hope that Congress will make I it possible to carry them out." . some time ago, several Army sur geons visited this post and made re ports concerning the health of the troops. It Is understood that of the 15 men said to hav tuberculosis but one bad the disease. Regarding this. General Wood said: "The health of the troops in this department is un usually good, as shown by the records. M Th pnnrta ft flnwHfl.Hst at flnr hos 1 oltal at Fort Bayard. New Mexico, where tuberculosis suspects are sent, ij prove conclusively that the charges ' against Vancouver Barracks are not M justified." !i . Sokool Boys Shoald Be Trained. ; General Wood would very much de H sire to see simple military Instruction ! given more generally in the public ; schools, and declared today that the function of the Army officer should . be that of a teacher. He does not favor long-time enlistments, but pre j fers to have ten men each serve one j enlistment of three years than to have ! one man serve 30 years. . I "The best way to make our officers efficient is to keep them bUBy." added .' the General, "and we would keep thera busy teaching young men the eleraen , tary principles' of warfare, so that in I case of a sudden need they could enlist and the Nation would have a "large body of men from which to " recruit its -Army to normal war strength. i "We are very anxious to see more " military Instruction in the public '. schools, and more generally applied. It '" Is a' good thing for the physical wel . "i fare of the boy, the young man and ;i very valuable to the Nation to have .! him schooled in the elements of mlll . tary training. These boys will make j valuable officers in the reserves. ; "The War Department is anxious to j! have rifle shooting taken up by the schools. This would make the young ! men of the country quickly available in ' case we should need them, 'j "There Is no desire or effort to build ;! up militarism in this country, but the ' department does desire to see the best j possible military instruction given in - schools and colleges, with a view of ' having this class of men in case of ; any sudden emergency. !' Congress Is Utvea Credit, i' "The late Congress has done a good :'. deal. It has given us the consolida . tion of supply departments, which will it tend both to efficiency and economy. It has given us general service corps, ( which will place teamsters, packers and the general bulk of civilian em ployes on a military status with rates . of pay. making them a part of the ' Army. "Most important of all. It has made i possible the establishment of a reserve ' system by allowing, after November 1. :; the enlistment of men to be carried as ! reserves. The new enlistment Is for " seven years, three years with te col ors, with a provision that after that '! time the enlisted man may be carried ' on a reserve list. During this time he Is drawing a small sum, 5 a month, 2 of which is paid to him. the balance. ' which Is to be paid hira in ease of war, !; being carried to . is credit. He is given i positive assurance that he will not be 1 called upon for duty unless there is ' actual war. Labor troubles and riots will not be taken as war conditions. 'The object is to create a large body ' of men of trained soldiers, who, while working at their respective trades and professions, are not an economic drain " upon the Nation, such as the standing Army Is today, necessary as It la By this new method we will, soon be able to throw approximately 600.000 trained . soldiers into the field. The War Department Is also co operating with the state mllltla organ izations, to bring them up to the stand ard of the regular Army. In a few years we shall hBve an army of 600. 000 men. while now we eould put in the field but a small portion of this number, only a small percentage of whom will be drawing more than ISO a ' vear from the Government. 1 ' "The number of available officers Is not enough, so the classes at West Point have been Increased, .until now they are he largest In the history of the Institution. By selecting the most : promising graduates from the higher j grade of military schools, we hope t ' take these young men and by commis j sioningthera second lieutenants In ac .' tual service, makevery efficient and - desirable officers o'f them." General Glvea falnte of Hoaor. When General Wood arrived this ! morning, a salute of 17 guns boomed ' forth. After breakfast with General ' Maus at his headquarters. General Wood and General Maus took a ride through the post, and then a commit tee from Portland, including General C. F. Beebee, of the Arlington Club; F. B. ' Riley, of the Commercial 'Club: K. C. :;iltner, representing the Chamber of Commerce, and Major C. H. Martin, of ' the General Staff, who Is now in Port land, was received. A brief setting forth reasons why Vancouver Barracks CHIEF OF STATT OF UNITED STATES ARMY AND PORTLAND COMMITTEE THAT MET HTM IN . VANCOUVER YESTERDAY. , i ... . ,. ... 1 V' LEFT TO RIGHT, MAJOK CHARLES H. MARTIN. EDMUND C. GILTNER. SECRETARY PORTLAND CHAM BER OP COMMERCE! DR. T. F. BRENNAN. A PERSONAL FRIEND OF GENERAL WOOD MAJOR-GENERAL WOOD) GENERAL CHARLES K. BEEBE, FRANK B. RILEY. n should be designated as a brigade post was presented, and this will be duly considered by General Wood when he returns to Washington. Starting nearly three weeks ago, General Wood, accompanied by nis aia-de-camp' Captain Frank R. McCoy, has visited nearly all posts on a line west from Chicago. Including Fort Sherman, Wyoming; Rhode Island Arsenal. Oma ha; Des Moines; Fort Robinson, St. Paul: Fort Mead. Nebraska; Fort Mac- Kenzle, Fort Missoula, Montana; Fort George Wright, -near Spokane; Fort Lawton. near Seattle;: Fort Flagler, Fort Casey and Fort Worden, Washing ton. General Mans Holds Reception. At 9 o'clock an informal reception was held in General Maus' home, and all of the officers of the post and de partment headquarters met , General Wood. A number had served under him in the Philippine Islands, and knew him personally, and many incidents of a pleasant nature were recalled. No gar rison review, nor other ceremonies were held, upon request of General Wood. A shooting party, including General Wood, General Maus, Captain McCoy, Major Fleming and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Cabell, retired, or rortlana, will be guests of Dr. K. A. J. MacKen- lie at the Deer Island club grounds over Sunday. W. C. Alvord, at his Sau vles Island grounds, will entertain sev eral of the officers of lesser rank. EXTERTAIXMENT PLAXS MADE General Wood to Be Banqueted and Shown About City. Major-General Leonard Wood will be the guest of honor at a banquet to be given at 7 o'clock tomorrow night at the Hotel Multnomah. Committees renresenting . the Chamber of Com merce the Commercial Club and the Arlington Club have been appointed to arrange features for the entertainment of General Wood during his visit in. Portland tomorrow. Following a luncheon at the Arling ton Club General Wood will be given an automobile ride about the city and environs. If the programme permits it is probable that the distinguished vis itor will be taken some distance up the Willamette Valley for the purpose of pointing out special points of vantage for a brigade post at or near the con fluence of the Willamette and cotumoia Rivers. The programme at the banquet to morrow night, while not yet fully ar ranged, will Include addresses by prominent Portland men and army of ficers. Arguments for the establish ment of a brigade post at. Vancouver will be presented formally at this function. Portland citizens desiring to attend the banquet are requested to make ap plication for reservations at the office of E. C. Giltner, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce, or C. C. Chapman, manager of the publicity bureau of the Commercial Club. PASCO TRIAL HALTS MAN STABS OLD FRIEND FISHING TRIP ENDS INr DROK- ' EN FIGHT. 'Scotty" Cosgrove May rle and Jud Aiken Is In Peril of Penitentiary. An Intimate friendship of 15 years was broken, one of the friends is on the vero-A nf AAth and the other faces a sentence In the penitentiary, as a re sult 01 a iisning trip in w mua bite" precautions were too prominent feature. tl.. n-inntnal tt th trnuhle were "Scotty" Cosgrove, the victim of his insane .companion's knife, and Jud & ii-- t2ah op Tiprftti miners, the former about 60 years and the latter about 60 years oio. 1 no men ima only been intimate friends, but part ners in many mining ventures. When they stopped last night at the home of William Carroll, a mile from Bourne, they imbibed too freely and before long, the cause being unknown, were Involved in a quarrel. In the fight that followed Aiken stabbed Cosgrove in the back, cutting into the intestines and the throat. The injured man was brought to Sumpter and cared or. Aiken tele phoned Sheriff Rand, of Baker County, today that he would come down on the -night train-and give himself up to the authorities. ' - Huntington Has New Mayor. HUNTINGTON, Or., Oct. 13. (Spe cial.) Within the past nine months Huntington - has had three different men for Mayor, Mayor Northey, who resigned at the request of Governor West; J. T. Fyfer, who succeeded him. and 'lastly, J. S. Crlmins. who was elected by the Council last night Mr. Fyfer resigned because of poor health and a disinclination to stand the worry of the position. Woodburu Hops Bring 17 Cents. WOODBURN. Or.. Oct. It. iSpecial.) The following lots of hops were purchased here yesterday by Whitman & Shortell: Joseph Alchre crop of 51 bales, at 17 cents: the G. Reiling crop of 29 bales, at IT -cents, and- the A. Chrlsten crop of 66 bales at Hubbard, at 174 cents per pound. The first two crops-are graded as prima and the lat ter as choice. v Prominent Men Sought as Murder Case Witnesses. SUICIDE THEORY PRESSED Widow Christensen Is Calm and Is Sure of Being , Acquitted, in Which Event Charges Against . Garcy May Be Dismissed. PASCO. Wash, Oct. 12. (Special.) Today being a legal holiday, the trial of Mrs. Anna Christensen accused of the murder of her husband. H. E. Chris tensen, the Pasco banker and ex-Councilman, was suspended until 9:30 o'clock Monday morning. From the evidence brought out yes terday ' by the defense, and from the opening statement of Judge uodman leading counsel for the defense, it is evident that - their intentions are to try to prove that Mr. Christensen took his .own - life. Council for both sides are secretive as to their plans. A num ber of witnesses is vet to be examined by the defense, but 'counsel will not state who they are or what the nature of their evidence- may be. It is said several witnesses will be used by the prosecution In rebuttal. but no information is obtainable as. to who they will be. Several witnesses who had been served with sutipenas disappeared prior to .the opening of the trial and officersare looking lor them in several states and Canada. Sheriff Hayes made what proved to be a wild goose chase Thursday after W. F. Eisenhardt, whom he thought he had located. Eisenhardt is a mem ber of the City Council and has a family In Pascp. J. B. Kerfoot, a Pasco buslnessrWan, is also missing. Both warrants have been issued by Judge Holcolmb and officers are endeavoring- to apprehend these witnesses. Although the trial has been wearing on Mrs. .Christensen, she Beems today to be in good spirits. She says she is not worried and is confident of acquit tal. She converses cheerfully and freely with friends. Outside attorneys and many ' wit nesses left for their homes last even ing to spettd Saturday and Sunday. It is thought the trial will consume two or three days of next week. Prose cuting Attorney C. M. O'Brien will make no statement as to whether the case against Garey will be dismissed in case Mrs. Christensen is acquitted, but it is the general Impression it will be. . ' LICENSE QUESTION IS UP Woodburn Petitions Have Requisite Number of Signatures. WOODBURN, dr., Oct. 12. (Special.) Th. nii0Mnn f "license" or "no li cense" will be an issue at the munici pal election November 6. xnis cuy has been In the "dry" column for two vooi-a hut it numerous, predictions prove correct, saloons will be permit ted again January i. Petitions have been circulated and placed on the ballot, and the regular annual strife Is expected to be waged. The city nas Deen voiea ry mvoihj . i n .hjtr T-rtnAm And -haft been dry during the past two years by a good margin oi votes. .-.. .(tiMHi haVfi mnrMSMl therrv- i tttwtMhlA tn a rhanra at this time, under the provisions of an amend ment passed a year u J .." which onlv one saloon will be allowed .,.h r'an inhabitants. This, will al low but two saloons in the city, and with provisions tor strici regumiious. t. i- nnrtMi thfi.t the "wets" have a shade the better of the fighL The an nual license, as nxea Dy m cumi, rtmy vary from $800 to 1500. BAPTISTS WILL CONVENE State Gathering to Be Held at Ore gon City Next Month. Ti,. annual meetinsr of the Oregon Baptist State Convention "is announced ,-nn r-ttv. October 15-18. The convention is a meeting representing the Baptist denomination throughout the state or Oregon. The programme provides for a min isters' conference next Tuesday, at which addresses on timely topics are ... k ffivan hr renresantative Dastors of the state. The state organization of Women's Societies also has an Import ant session Tuesday. The convention proper provides for addresses - by representative . laymen and pastors of the state, covering the entire field of operation "of the con- -w Tt.v r nr. Hill nrrsl- dent of the Pacific Coast Baptist Theo logical Seminary. Jseraeiey, mi.: ev. e- t u.Bcrard home secretary of the Missionary Union. Boston, Mass.. and other leading men or tne aenominauon from out of the state will be present. A leading feature will be the bible readings by Dr. W. B. Hinson, .pastor of the White Tempre Church. Through out the entire session, the programme provides for the discussion of social service work, temperance, evangelistic personal work, young people's work, missionary work, and otfcer Interests vital to the work of this denomination. Much Interest will center In the re port of the state convention work. More than 50 workers have been under its direction the past year, and the ad ministration of this work through the general secretary involves an expendi ture of more than 120.000 In the state and city of Portland. The new general secretary. Rev. O. C. Wright, succeed ing Rev. F. C. W. Parker, has just as. sumedVthe work, and the policy for the ensuing year will receive careful con sideration by the board. The Oregon City church Is one of the foremost churches of the state, ana adequate preparation under the direc tion of Rev. W. T. Milliken. pastor, is being made to entertain delegates and visitors. Various railroads are offer ing one and one-third rate on the cer tificate plan, and a large meeting is anticipated. " POTATO HARVEST LARGE ; 1 ELLENSBTJRG REPORTS RECORD- ' BREAKING CROP. Acreaee Estimated at 1331 and Yield t 8650 Tons Farmers Hold for Increased Prices. ELLENSBURG, Wash.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Exceeding by fully 25 per cent the bumper' crop of 4500 tons harvested last Fall, the Kittitas County potato output this season Is expected to total at least 6650 tons, which, at $20 a ton, will bring $133,500, according to an esti mate made this morning by George Michels, who owns and operates the largest potato warehouse in the county. At the county fair held In Ellensburg last week, exhibits of potatoes weigh ing 2, 3 and 4 pounds were common sights, and practically an ot tne rancn- ers who showed their produce said their potato harvest this year promised to be the largest in the history of their ex perience in the valley. A representative from the Federal Department" of Commerce and Labor who was in the valley earlier in" the year, estimated that last seiaon 1331 acres were devoted to the raising of ubers, and It is the opinion of prom inent ranchers that the acreage has not been materially increased this year. The enormous increase In the output Is due to more Intensive methods of farm ing. The price offered for spuds here Is low, compared to that of previous sea sons, and, as a result, many of the ranchers are placing their potatoes in the pit or warehouse, to hold them for a rise in market. Michels' warehouse, which holds 800 tons, is rapidly being filled, and from various sections of ihe valley come reports of vast quantities being-placed in pits on the ranches. Mining Congress Delegates . Picked. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 12. (Special.) Two delegates appointed by the Portland Commercial Club to attend the Ameri can Mining Congress at" Spokane, No vember 25-28. are Professor H. M. Parks and Arthur M. SwartUiy, of the Oregon Agricultural College school of YOUR ESTATE Should be adjusted to your requirements while you are in position to do so. If you desire it pass -at once, upon your decease,-to your heirs, or, to be held for later distribution, you can best accomplish this purpose by placing this 'important trust with a competent Trust Company as trustee. It is the cheapest, safest and best. s We have a large volume of this class of business. - Let jus consult with you. - MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Sixth and Washington Sts. Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 8. mines. Professor T"arks is also the head of the State Bureau of Mines, and will present to the congress a report on the work or the bureau. IS BAKER MAX WARXS STATE EN GINEER OF TROUBLE. Next Legislature to Be Scene of Struggle for Larger Irriga tion Allowances. SALEM. Or., Oct 12. (Special.) The first rumblings "of what promises to be a war In the Legislature over the alU. Important question in arid regions of the amount ofswater supply, are being heard at the state capltol. State En s-lneer Lewis has received word from L. R. Stockman, consulting engineer of Baker, that a concerted action is being started in that section to pass a law or laws at the next session of the Legislature compelling the state engln eer to grant permits to greater amounts of stored water ror irrigation nurDoses. "Somehow the Impression has gained srround." writes Mr. Stockman, "that a miner's inch of stored water Is not nearly so beneficial as the same amount of water Dy direct now, ana aiso mai when a person or set of persons ex pend their money in building reservoirs they are entitled to a larger amount of water, regardless of the fact that they cannot put It to beneficial use. To tills end I have been told that the candidate to the Legislature will, if elected, bend his efforts, and that he will have the support of local people. "It is a well-known fact that our water supply Is limited, as compared to the land available, and it will be the best policy for the state to limit the amount of stored water to Dene ficial use fully as close as the amount hv direct irrigation. I, for one, am fully convinced that full authority should be -given to the state officials bv direct legislation, so that tnere can be no over-appropriations In the early Ktae-os of stored water in this state. To this view State Engineer Lewis has arlven his approbation, ana states that an effort to limit the powers of state officials regarding the flow ( of water will be strongly contested. "This Is a matter of vital Interest to the entire state," Baid the State En glneer today. "We consider that a cubio foot per second for 80 acres is ample. This will deliver three acre feet in 120 days, the average length of the irrigation season. If we should grant twice that amount it Is readily seen that it 'would limit the ultimate area to be developed, which Is a ques tion of vital lmpor to the entire public." Mosier Resident Ties. MOSIER, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) Mary Reeves died here yesterday from heart disease, after an nines or tne past two years. Miss Reeves came to this place wltn ner parents irom iiu noiB about three years ago. The fu neral will be held from the home one Men Over 45 Not Wanted By Corporations Man With a Good Head of Hair Has Best Chance in Life. Men Over 45 Need, Not Apply ; There's' the sign that's getting to be a common thing liy America. Corporations are retiring men at -60. They are not hiring anyone over 4a A baldheaded man often looks 1.0 years older than- he Is. A man with gray, hair always does. T , I. Imnnra rt nnwmlRTfl that a man look as young as he is; it is vastly Im portant that a man having a family de pendent upon him should take care of his hair. If you have dandruff, get rid of It by killing the germs. If your hair is railing, out, siop il. If your hair is fading, don't, waste any time. There Is one sure remedy that will correct these misfortunes and aid you to remain young. ParUlaa Sage, the grand and efficient hair restorer, is guaranteed to perma nently remove dandruff In two weeks, or your taoney back. Parlalaa Sage stops falling hair. It prevents the hair from fading. It is not a dye. It Is the best beautifier for ladles' hair, as it makes harsh, lusterlesB hair fluffy, soft and beautiful, and is not sticky or greasy. r , Parisian Sage Hair Tonio can be ob tained at drug and department stores and at counters where toilet goods are sold for 50 cents, The girl with the Auburn hair is on -every package. Why Salves Can't Cure Eczema Since the old-fashioned theory of cur ing eczema through the blood has been given up by scientists, many different salves have been tried for skin dis eases. But it has been found that these salves only clog the pores and cannot penetrate to' the inner skin below the epidermis where the eczema germs are lodged. This the quality of penetrating nrnholilv oxnlains the tremendous suc cess of the well-known liquid eczema remedy, oil of wintergreen. thymol, glycerine, etc., as compounded in L). 1 . LK ireecripiion. We have sold other remeaies ior bkiu troubles but none that we can recom mend as highly as this for we. know that D. D. D. stops the itch at once. We can give you a good size bottle for 50 cents that will be enough to prove It. Of course all other druggists have D. D. D. Prescription go to them if 'you can't come to us hut don't accept some big profit substitute. But if yon come to our store, we are so certain of what D. D. D. will do for vou that we offer you a full size bottle on this guarantee:- If you do not find that it takes away the itch AT ONCE, it cpsts you not a cent. 1 The Owl Drug Co Seventh- and Washington streets. In a Suit You are distinguished as "a little better dressed" This is an age of individuality, and the . clothes you rear play no small part in winning you success. ' In Chester field Clothes you'll possess that well groomed appearance men continually seek. They are drafted'and draped to give you that spare-shouldered, slender-hipped, correctly tailored appear ance now so fashionable. Our Chesterfield Overcoats are the best we've ever shown. v The choicest imported and domestic fabrics for your choosing. The Prices Are $20 to $50 A pleasure to show you new styles. 11 M. GRAY 273-275 Morrison at Fourth mil. sKt nf town and interment will be in the Oddfellows cemetery. Albany Water Pipes Replaced. ALIiAir, Or:, Oct. -12i (Special.)- Albany's water system controls 92,539 feet of laid pipe. These figures have been compiled by Manager Morton, of the Oregon Power Company, which owns the local pl-t. The company laid a great deal of new pipe this year. most of which replaced small pipes on streets which were paved this year. This Summer the company laid 250 feet of 10-inch pipe on Baker street; SO feetr of six-inch pipe on Calapooia street; onemile of four-inch pipe ou First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Sev enth streets; J100 feet of three-Inch pipe on Water street and 860 feet of two-inch pipe on Tenth, Maple, Walnut, Front, Pine and Washington streets. tit ,iii,iiliiliiiiii;ii,hiraiirim.nVofiifi---"i"'j3 Marino Returns to Ye Oregon Grille 'After an- extensive trip abroad, during which he visited Brussels, the home of his beloved master, the great YSAYE. PIETRO MARINO Portland's Most Gifted Violinist ' has the honor to announce to the patrons of the Oregon Grille, that he returned yesterday and . may be heard once more at the Grille, commencing Monday, October 14 From 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. - , and From 10 P. M. to 12 P. M. During his trip he heard the best and most recent music, an ample selection of which he has brought back with him.' These numbers he will -present for the delectation of his admirers throughout the season.' White in New York, by good fortune, Mr. Marino was able to secure the ' services of Michele De Santis the" noted harpist, "who achieved such fame as harpist in the special orchestra of "The Spring Maid." f