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TIII5 ST7TTDAY ORISGONIAN. POTSTLAND, AUGUST '8, 1915. ARMY EFFICIENCY 15 BRIMS PROBLEM Volunteers Plentiful and Muni tion Law Effective, but Or ganization Imperfect. CLASS TRADITIONS BLAMED Old 3Icn and Youth Found la Same lament; fcomc Major Not as Familiar With Military Tac tic as Men of Ranks. -VT ROBERT R. M'CORMICK- few St. lili. by the Chicago Trlboae.) ARTICLE IL UOSDOS. July 10. To appreciate the .. - STr Ttrlfaln At War It I IUVH V. - necessary to summarise her recent nis- EMland has retained control of .ths sea and as a nation has acquired I the habit of mind of a successful mloule ased man. For years the Knsltsbraan s Ideal has been not the acquisition or more wealth but of more rest an more recreation. 1 n.u w. kam ik. A-mirm of the won man as much sa that of the business man and capitalist. . It waa on a people thus preoccupied that the war burst lr August, 11. Ths government did all that a demo cratic government could do. It put "s best known general In charge of the war and gave htm a free hand. Tht Kitchener was a far sighted man arvri m Irons man was shown by vi iniBrnrM utont an army of a mil lion men and adequate training before iikinr the Held, something England was unprepared to consider. Xatlonal Eeeratlee First Need. Ho came to power with all an English or American officer's uafamlllarlty with his nation. Of course. England lacked any com-t-.h.n.iv military system, lacked military knowledge and knowledge of nilltmrr needs. Mer immeaiaie wai MturatiolL. Although the country had refused to follow the army's farseelng advice and introduce universal service. It was far from Ignoring all warning. A srstem of territorials" wss In traduced. comDOSed of 1I.00 cavalry rwt more than JOO.OOo Infantry, and which met In annual maneuvers with the regulars every year. As graduatea of ths Boer war were number of aeml-irainea troops ana mi-ducs.ted officers. The colleges and public schools In recent years had conducted courses In which were taught the rudiments of military education. This gave England a start which we, for Instance, rannot equal. The disad vantage waa that the amateur soldiers did not appreciate the short distance ther had traveled on the road of soldiering. Old Soldiers Voleateer. The territorials volunteered well and manv battalions of them have been already sent to the front, where they have behaved gallantly. Old soldiers turned out to a man. sacrificing all personal Interests. The veterans of the African cam paign almost all returned to the colore. Ths leisure class waa delighted to find occupation, especially occupation In support of their country. Volunteers flocked to the colors, -and they did so without any Idea that they were going to a picnic Kitchener said ths army would be ready In May. In August, and again In October, the Russian army sacrificed Itself to reduce the pressure on the French-Engllsh-Belglsn front. Now In July the Austrlans and Germans are massing against the Russians and Kitchener's army Is not ready to ad vance. In March Sir John French attempted n advance, but was unsuccessful. In May the Germans attacked with gas and almost broke through. Only the extraordinary courage of the Canadians tof whom more in another article) prevented them. To all soldiers the fact had become plain that as a military factor Great Britain was negligible. Varimsa Classes te Blasae. The fault Is partly due. no doubt, to the military authorities, who had had no opportunity of becoming ac quainted with affairs on a large scale, and who. In the first glow of new found authority, were unwilling to as sociate with competent business men. It was due In a greater part to the workmen, who Insisted on limiting the output per man. as they had become accustomed to do during the many years of easy peace England'a ad vantageous position had brought them, lie was never told how serloua was the situation of his nstlon: on the con trary, he was entirely deceived at the beainning of ths war. and has received only a small part of the truth to date. The government ts now fully awake to the seriousness of the situation. The War Department officials have learned that they cannot do all the work them selves. The plan Is forming to make Great Britain a nation at war In the same sense that Germany. Austria. France, and Russia are at war. but with no governmental machinery to do thla with and with a public mind unaccus tomed to such discipline, the task Is herculean. The most forceful radical politician in Great Britain. LJoyd George, has taken the leadership In bringing the onion working men under martial law. r.ttlrirmrr mt A rear la Preblra. The nation is on the right track In handling the munitions question that Is. all of It excepting the press bureau. The more serloua problem which con fronts the nation Is the formation of an army large enough and at the same time efficient enough to meet the Ger mans In the open field. In collecting a large voluntary array men must be allowed to form special reslments of different classes, so that while one regiment may contain 100 men fit to be officers, another regiment mar contain les than ten. Men of ages varying from 20 to 40 may be In the same regiment and men from the strongest to ths weakest In physique may be put In the same regi ment, with a result that a group of such regiments la worth about half as much as an equal number of men grouped according to the Prussian sys tem. I'nder the voluntary system where eld and young are mixed together half the regiment of young men are 1m reosillsed In permanent fortifications, and regiments composed In half of oldish meo are sent on lore marches, with the result that half the regiment Is left on the roadside. It must be plain that the latter form of organisation can never defeat the former. Tthalerr I'aeqaal te Tralaed Mas. Let It be borne In mind that Great Britain had organised a voluntary army Infinitely belter than a voluntary army has ever been organised before, and has allowed less politics to Inter fere than bad been thought possible. Tt baa exceeded every standard of a voluntary army that baa ever been Imagined, and yet has demonstrated just one thing that a largo voluntary army cannot compete with universal service troops. How can It when a Major command Ing S00 men has less military educa tion than a Sergeant commanding so men. yes. snd often, less military edu cation than a private commanding only himself' Kitchener's army has, therefore, don on great thing It baa shown that the whole military system o( ureal Britain must be revolutionised, and alter sucn a system has been revolutionised the last year's training will pay for Itself In full measure in the new orgsnlsa tlon. To send the present army to the Con tlnent to fight against a better organ Ised. better trained German force la to slaughter so many thousands of men without any possible chsnce of vie tnrr. At thla point the reader who is will Ing to credit my ststement must think to himself: -Then England is In a desperate position. So she would be if it were not -for SALEM MAW SELECTED FAIR JL'DiiB. AS h '. v i : y - i Thoaaaa VT. Braak. SALEM. Or, Aug. 7. (Special.) Thomas W. Brunk has recently been appointed one of the mem bers of the International Jury of Awards for the Livestock De partment at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. He was selected from a large list recommended to the president of the fair board. Mr. Brunk has been a resident of Polk County. Oregon, all of his life. He is recognised as one of the best Judges of livestock on the Pacific Coast. He Is not only a recognised Judge but Is slso one of the leading breeders of pure bred livestock In the United States. her navy, which la as efficient In per sonnel as It Is powerful In numbers. It has met every teat. and. barring ai cidents. will continue to do so. It Is for Americana to bear in mind that we cannot expect to do better on land than Great Britain has done, and at sea, even If our naval authorities were free to conduct the fleet accord ing to their best opinion, as they would not be. there are at least three naval powers that could wipe us off the seas. LID DECREE DEMANDED CRAM CASE IS FORMALLY SEXT TO PORTLAND TRIBCMAL. to Officials of Government re Try Work Oat Plaa That Will Meet With rresldcat'a AppravaL ORECOKIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. 7. At the request of the Attorney-General the clerk of the United States Supreme Court today is sued a mandate In the Oregon & Cali fornia land grant case, sending the case back to the United States District Court at Portland for a decree In con formlty with the decision handed down by the Supreme Court June 21. There is no time specified when the District Court may hand down Its new decree, and six months limitation placed upon Congress by the Supreme Vourt will not begin to run until the court at Portland announces Its decree. Most officials of the Government who are charged with working out recom mendatlon to be submitted to Congress sre on vacation, but the latter part of this month conferences between off! cials of the Department of Justice and the Interior Depireraent will be re sumed, and an effort will be made to get together on some plan of legisla tion which will represent the Adminis tration s Ideas as to how the unsold por tion of the grant should be disposed of. This plsn. when formulated, will be submitted to the President for ap proval, before being announced. Sec retary Lane haa given the problem some attention, but not enough to for mulate a definite idea as to what legislation. In hla opinion, would be most desirable. Land Commissioner Tallman and the Forest Service are collecting Information showing the character of the land and its location with rea-ard to existing forest reserves. and to private holdings, and this In formation will be considered when the conference begins. Secretary Lane has reserved two small tracts of land on the east and northeast banks of the Chilkat River. Alaska, one to be used as a site for a government sanitarium for the treat ment of Alaskan natives suffering from tuberculosis, the other to protect fishing grounds of natives on that stream. ALBANY CLOVER CROP GOOD Damage Can-ted by Midge Is Kc ported to Bo Slight. ALBANY", Ore.. Aug. 7. (Special.) Despite fears for this year's clover crop because the midge ruined much of the 11 crop, clover la yielding well throughout thla section of the state. A few fields 'are reported poor, but a good crop la being harvested. Warned by experience with the midge last year many farmers clipped the clover this year at the proper time and tbua have bad little trouble. Discouraged by the failure of the crop last year many farmers plowed up their clover. The clover acreage was depleted further this year by the fact that a high price for wheat is expected on account of the war and most fsrmers devoted all land available to wheat growing. . Doty Mill Has Fire. " CH EH A LIS. Wuh, Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Fire from an unknown cause broke out in the dry kiln of the Doty Lumber Shingle Company plant at Doty, on the South Bend branch, yes terday. The kiln was a double struc ture of considerable else and both rooms were filled with shingles. The dry kiln and practically all of the shingles were destroyed. , LI III LOVE SLAYS Dramatic Murder and Suicide Occur Aboard Steamer. AMERICAN GIRL IS CAUSE Peruvian Naval Officer Kills Dn lnth Man, Tries to Shoot Young Woman and Then Ends His Own Life While on Voyage. NEW YORK. Aug. lDrlven to a frensy by unrequited love for a beauti ful American girl he met for the first time recently on an ocean voyage, Caesare Bravd, former Peruvian naval officer, attached to the Legation In Washington. tried to ahoot Miss Gertrude Ives, of Niagara Falls, mur dered Harry J. cooney. oi iwiuin, Minn., and then killed himself on board the steamship Tennyson, of the Lam port and Holt Line. The romance and tragedy of the sea occurred In British waters, about 60 miles from the Barbadoes. but not until the Tennyson slipped Into port, one day overdue and custom men went aboard, waa the dramatic story unfolded. In the 'hold of the vessel was the body of Cooney In a sealed coffin, draped with the American flag. Bravo died In the hospital in Bridgetown, British West Indies, and when the Tennyson left that port an investigation) by the British authorities waa under way. All the tragedy of Leon Cavallo's Pagliaccl" surrounds the story of this murder and suicide. The Peruvian with hla Latin temperament and love for the unusual, staged the climax analo a-ous with the end of the lamous opera, In the nlay Canlc after uttering threats against his rival, stabs iveaaa. nis com panion, and then, knife in nana, an nounces mockingly: "The comedy Is ended." Bravo, after concluding that his love was hopeless and deciding to kill all concerned, scribbled with a lead pencil In Spanish on his deck chslr: "La comedia es Anita" (The comedy Is finished). In no part of the real drama does Miss Ives appear In the role of a coquette. She was chaperoned by her father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ives, of Niagara Falls, and was on the last lap of a world tour. The ad vancea of the Peruvian were resented by her, and Cooney, a buyer for Srvencer tt Kellogg, of Buffalo, and an old friend of the family, paid with his life for acting as a buffer between the girl and the man Infatuated with her. Captain Symons. of the Tennyson, was Inclined yesterday to minimise the part Miss Ives, who Is 30 years old. and unusually pretty, played In the affair. He gave another reason for the shooting, but minor officers including the Ives table steward and those of the crew, who could be induced to talk were emphatic In their statements that the Peruvian became madly smitten with the young girl from the first time he saw her. The . Tennyson Is a combination freight and passenger ship ' plying between Buenos Ayres and New York.. When she left the South American port on June 17 she carried 43 cabin pas sengers snd more than 100 third-class passengers. The Ives . family went aboard at Buenos Ayres. accompanied by Cooney, who was in Argentina buy ing linseed for his firm. ' Bravo also was on the passenger list. He seemed to be out on Government business. Bootlegger Is lined. CH EH ALTS. Wash Aug. 7. (Soe- cfal.) William H. Stewart, a burly six- footer, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Berry on suspicion of carrying liquor and selling It in a dry unit. He was caught near LittelL He pleaded guilty and waa fined 120 and costs. The Cop's Suggestion. New Tork Sun. Woman (separated from husband In crowd) I'm looking for a small man sith one eye- Policeman If he's a very small man. maybe you'd better use both eyes. HOW TO GET RID OF DANDRUFF This Home-Made Mixture Removes Dandruff and Stops the Hair From Falling Oat. The following simple recipe which can be mixed at home, or put up by any druggist will quickly remove dan druff and stop the hair from falling out. To a half pint of water add 1 ox. of bay rum. 1 email box of Barbo Com' pound, and H os. of glycerine. These are all simple ingredients that you can buy from any druggist at very little cost, and mix them yourself. Apply to the scalp once a day lor two weeks, then once every other week until the mixture is used. A half pint should be enough to rid the hair of dandruff and kill the dandruff germs. It stops the hair from falling out, and relieves itching and scalp Ulaease. Although It ts not a dye. It sets upon the hair roots and will darken streak ed, faded, gray hair in 10 or IS days. It promotes the growth of the hair Mid makes harsh hair soft and glossy, iAav. For Summer Complaints Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Is reliable. It will keep your stom ach and bowels In fine condition to do all the work called for, thus avoiding or relieving cramps, dys entery, diarrhoea, cholera,, malaria and stomach troubles. "Get Duffy' Bad Keep Well" Sold by most druggists, gro cers and dealers, $1.00. SPECIAL NOTICE " tor local trade cannot supply you, send your order and remittance toj Tae Huffy Malt Whiskey Ces 171-173 Sliu St.. San FraarUco, CaL. They will have your order taken care of promptly at the following prices:- 1 Bottle. Express Paid, 91.15 3 Battle - 3.10 4 Hot I Ira - - 4.SO Remit by Express Order. Fostof flce Order or Certified Check. If cash Is sent, have your letter registered." To nearly all . readers of The Ore- gonlan the 15th page. Sec 1, will be more Interesting and of greater bene fit than any other. Don't overlook it. We Have Inaugurated in This City a Weekly Half-Holiday for Department Store Em ploye. Closing Our Store on Thursday Afternoons at 1 o'Clock During July and August. We Maintain That a Weekly Half-Holiday During These - Hot - Months Should Be Universal, and We Solicit Your Co-operation. Lend This Movement Your Support. "YOU CAN DO BETTER FOR LESS ON THIRD STREET" Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. On Saturdays 9:00 A. M. Pacific Phone Marshal 5080 The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P.M. On Saturdays 6:00 P.M. Home Phone A 2112 Clearance Sale Specials Drug Sundries and ' Stationery 60c Grade Boxed Writing Paper at35r SI Grade Worcester Steel Razors. 59 26c Grade Hazeline Face Cream. lOc 10c Size Newskin, reduced to 5 10c Grade Alrfloat Talcum Powder 6t 16c Grade Crushed Rose Talcum.. lOet 60o Grade Vanity Fair Bea.utlfler.S5e 2Sc Grade Almond Cream, priced. 19 ' 25c Grade Liquid Rouge, priced at. 104 6-os. Bottle Witch Hazel at 12 25c Size Bottle of Peroxide, priced. 15 10c Size Bottle of Peroxide, priced 6d 60o Grade Pure Olive Oil. priced. 35 75o Grade Luxor Hair Tonic, at. 39 JSc Grade Fine Quality ITch'ne Oil. 15 60c Grade Newbro's Herpicide. at. 28 26c Grade Powdered Borax, priced. 15 25c Grade Box of Barls Acid. aL 15 nrw Second Week of Our v&u uu u Important Under priced Offerings in Every Section of This Great Store Unmatchable Values as Shown by These Items A Great Clearance Sale Underpricing of Several Hundred Yards of Wash Goods Batistes, Crepes and Lawns in Printed, Flowered, Figured and Striped Styles 120 to 15c 7 Qualities at, Yard Our Wash Goods section is a very busy place these days, because of the extensive assortments of fashionable fabrics shown and because of the unusual values now being offered. It is our annual August Clearance Sale and hundreds of yards of dainty Batistes, Crepes and Lawns are passing on to new owners at great price savings in this offering are the most attractive styles and colorings in flowered, figured and striped styles qualities regularly sold at 12c to T 16c a yard. Priced to Close at, Yard c Many Other Lines Have Also Been Reduced Cotton Blankets, Full Size; $2.50 Grade; Priced Special (jjl AO This Sale at. .P ei70 Bleached Sheets, 72x90 Inches; 50c Grade; Priced Special A This Sale at CiC Cotton Comforters, Full Size; $2 Grade; Priced Special AO This Sale at..........PA0 Wool Blankets, Full Size; $4.00 Grade; Priced Special JQ QQ 7aW.eW 19c 25c Grade White Under wear Crepes Reduced, Yd. 25c Grade New Novelty "t C Voiles Reduced to. Yard IOC 15c Grade Fast - Colored - " Romper Cloth at. Yard... 1 vFC 12 'jc Grade Best Standard -1 f Ginghams at. Yard llC Pillow Slips, 42x36 Inches; p 15c grade, on Sale at.... le&C White Spreads, Full Size; $1.75 Grade; Priced Special (J f AO f A .-!- This Sale at. This Sale at Regular $3.00 Lines Auto and Lounging Robes, $1.98 1 Bath Towels at Reduced Prices 25c Quality and Size at..... 19 30c Quality and Size at 240 45c Quality and Size at 34 Splendid Wearing, Full Bleached Bath Towels, Finished With Hemmed Ends 12'jc Quality and Size at... 9 18c Quality and Size at. ..140 20c Quality and Size at... 170 The Choicest Grade Silks Charming and Exquisite Colorings Exclusive Pat terns and the Best Plain Shades $1.75 to fc iq $2.50 Qualities Priced at, Yard .P Our annual August distribution of large savings in choice new Silks is more and more strongly characterized by unequaled value-giving each succeeding year. This item tells of the special underpricing of several hundred yards of the season's most fashionable Silks Cheney Bros.' 44-Inch Spot-Proof Foulards in neat small floral designs 40-Inch Plain Colored Charmeuse in most every shade, including black 40-In. Crepe Taffetas in an extensive line of plain colors 40-Inch Novelty Printed Fleur de Janeusse in dainty small figures 40-Inch Printed Crepe de Chine in rich floral designs 36-Inch Novelty Moires in navy blue and a great many other fine Silks in qualities sold from $1.75 ! - Q up to $2.50 a yard. August Clearance Price ejp 1 e X V Every Yard of Woolen Dress Goods In Our Tremendous Stock Now Selling at Clearance Prices Cream, Black, Plain and Novelty Fabrics Hundreds of prudent buyers are daily taking advantage of this im portant saving opportunity and are purchasing now for both present use and for future needs. At this sale you have unrestricted choice from our entire stock including as it does every desirable weave, weight, width and coloring cream black plain shades and novelties ALL AT REDUCED PRICES. V9 sv . rtrr l x tmm 1 1 Iff Great Corset Sale Regular Prices From 50c up to $5.00 a Pair. Our Entire Stock at Reduced Prices. Henderson, Rengo Belt R. & G. Mento Included Are All Styles and Sizes in Various Materials. An Un usual Saving Opportunity to Se cure a Fashionable Corset in Any of the Above Makes. For To morrow Our Entire Stock Is Placed on Sale at Reduced Prices Women'sPumps&Shoes One, Two and Three-Strap Pumps, in Gunmetal, Patent and Velvet Shoes With Cloth on Tops, Etc. Reg. $3 and $3.50 Grades, pair p 1 .OI7 At no other store at no other sale will you be able to find Shoe values to equal these. The styles are the very latest and best, in cluding, as they do, one, two and three-strap Pumps, in gunmetal and patent leather, and in vel vets. Models with hand-turned and flexible McKay soles. All sizes. ' Also button and lace Shoes in the popular styles with cloth tops, patent vamps, kidney heels and light soles, as well as other styles, s All high-grade footwear of standard $3.00 and $3.50 qualities. Clearance Sale f- QQ Price, the Pair P eOI Misses' and Children's $2 Mary Jane d A Pumps, Sizes 8'2 to 2, the pair p 1 Infants' Patent and Velvet Pumps, Sizes 3 to AO S, Regular $1.50 Grade, the Pair i?OC You Should Avail Yourself of This Sale of Women's Dainty New Wash. Br esses Attractive Styles in White and Colored Linens, White Lingerie and Cotton Crepes- Values to $8.50, to Close at. One or more cool, comfortable Wash Dresses are necessary for one's complete Summer outfit 'and at this sale you may select from a charm ing collection of authoritative styles in white and colored Linens, White Lingerie, Cotton Crepes, etc, included are all sizes in styles that will delight you, and at a price-saving that will more than please you, for lines selling regularly up to $8.50 go on sale Io QQ tomorrow at .PJe70 Children's Colored Wash Dreses on Sale at 69 Sizes 6 to 14 Years, in Values to $1.50 Mothers can not afford to overlook this sale of Colored Wash Dresses if there is a daughter in the home. It is our Mid-Summer Clearance of Children's Gingham, Percale and Chambray Dresses in sizes 6 to 14 years included are the best styles and colors in stripes and checks; also plain colors and plaids our regular lines selling up toQ $1X0. Clearance Price OUC $3.98 Continued Our Great Sale of hudn Stockings Splendid -We a ring, Medium Heavy Cotton Stockings, Made With Double Heel, Sole and Toe All Sizes and Fast Black A Leader at 19c a Pair Clearance Sale Price, Only THE TIME TO BUY IS NOW A very fortunate and unusual trade event permits us to an nounce this extraordinary sale of women's and misses' fine Cotton Stockings. Less than factory cost is the price you pay at this sale, rhey are medium heavy, fast black Stockings, of a good, durable quality. The women's Stockings are well shaped and made with louble heel, sole and toe, and those for children are of equally as good quality and are shown in lxl rib, -11 rvii44&n4- nrtmAII will an ri&ca. a i uuvnu v ..... purchase liberally for both present and future needs and profit accord ingly. They are Stockings of splendid value at 19c a pair. QjAj Clearance Sale Price ' MEN'S UNDERWEAR 35c Gar. For Reg". 50c Lines All well-known makes Blood's ribbed, porosknit, cotton mesh and Shedaker shirts and drawers in all styles and sizes. Our reg ular stock. Summer lines, regu larly sold at 60c garment. OP Clearance Sale Price. . . . OOC Substantial Savings in the Men's Section A CLOSING OUT OF BROKEN LINES OF DRESS SHIRTS Cluett-Ide and Ferguson & McKinney J f 1 C Guaranteed Shirts All $1.50 Qualities. . p 1 1 0 From the standpoint of quality, fit and price, this sale of Men's Dress Shirts stands supreme. . No shirts are better made, better fitting or better appearing than those made by Ide-Cluett and Ferguson and McKinney, and at this sale you have choice from an extensive assort ment of patterns. Now is the time to secure a full supply ! " C for present and future needs. Regular $1.50 lines now p X e X J MEN'S FINE SOCKS At 15e Pp. FopReg. 25c Grade A well-wearing fashionable Half Hose, made with fiber silk top and cotton foot with reinforced heel and toe all sizes in black and in shades of tan, a sock sold everywhere now at 25c. 1 C Clearance Sale Price. ... A OC 5