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ESTABLISHED 144 iffii'raffisfii KIT BACK HARD E THE GIANT AWAKES. BILLS ON BALLOT RES BINOLR TAX DEBATE IN OREGON CITY INTERESTS LARGE CROWD CHAIRMAN ASKS PfRTINENT QUESTION Ltagut Stcrstary Frankly Admits Rich Men are Bshlnd Him Strum Simile la Worth Ponarlng Declaring tlmt Joseph Fela, Ilia single utx "angol" In Oregon li In dm puitillon o (ho niedliul epnr III Hid Rockefeller Institute C'liui li n II. Hhlelds, ewrelery ut Hid KijiiuI 'luxation league. In a dubulo with W. H. U'lten, Kola" paid agent, irorml a bl( point Saturday ut llio Hhlvely Th ruler, whlrh wua crowded tu (Uu duum. Mr. Shield eaid thut when dig Rockefeller nun wished tu niul out liuw certain serum would art they lint experimented upon rabbits anil guinea plga, ami If ellleacloue they luter used It uHin liuniiiii tti'liiKa. Ha ri'iiituU Mr. Fela. whu In a iiilillou aim of Philadelphia, coming tlioun anU of miles, serosa the lontlnuiit, ti Oregon, to iui l lil ill wiry Into ait ive operation among people Juat a good as Buy In the world. He declar ed If Mr. Fela were aimere, and be lieved single lux punnrea of all III. li ahould llri try to put It Into operation In III home elate. Mr. I "Iti ti. the leading champion of Ml 11 Klu tux In Ori'Kon. euloglied Jiiliimiliuii HimriiH and Theodore Roosevelt. Win-ii Mr. Hhlelds aaked hi single, tax opponent why be con. ilmied Senator Hourne'e liltltudo In repudiating lha prlnmry law, which Mr. (i Ken friimeil, th Oregon City mini hiiil no answer. The crowd iwiii ed to be ntout equally dlvldod bet ween the two speaker, and both aiored lolling I'olnts Mr. Shield win applauded when ho annou.iced that Mr. U'Hen after several duya of urging hud llnully come to hla olfU'e Huturd.iy and not a complete atate nieiit of the money received and puld out hy the Equal Taxullon League. He in Id the total waa about 17,UM and admltttid thut the I Jidda and f orhctta and other rich men had con tributed to th fund. Their object was, be aald. to try to prevent u selieme of taxation being folatod up on the public which would be Injur Iiiiii. He auld hla backwra realized If the furmera, laborera, etc., Buffered from eltiKle lux. they naturally being of the people and mutually depend ant uikiii each other would auffer. Ths apeukera referred to each otner at Willie" and "Charlie", which wu not entirely approved by the aud ience. Mr. Hhlelds arcuaed Mr. U'Hen of having called him "Charley Ut Hood Ulver. and auld be waa Justified In referring to hla opponent aa ll He." Mr. 8hlelda. who apoke flrat. traced the growth of the preaent aystem of taxation. He auld ll waa tho surviv al of the fittest acheine of railing rev enui. to carry on the work of county, atute and union. Other systems bun been tried. In fact aliiKln tux. and had been dial snide because they were not satisfactory. He doclnred that all property, regardless of whut ahape aliould bear Its Juat proportion oune tnxea. He thought thla atutnmnnt axlomullc. and doclnred thnt waa why men clamored for nu Income lax and in Inheritance tax. Property, ne mild, waa only . valunblo becauae aomeone elao thun the owner dealred It. W. W. Myera. chairman of the meet I nu. defied both apeukera to ahow thut all tuxea were not paid by the men who labored. He auld no achume hud been devised, ao far aa he kuew, to place the burden of tux Hllon upon any but the men and wom an who loll. Mr. Mcyere is a aociui Ut. Mr. Shlelda announced thut equal auffruKe would bo punned tu Oregon and urKed tho women In tho audience to Inform themaulvet regarding the nliiiia of the alngle tuxera. He aald there wua no question but the promot era of the graduutnd tux measures honed ultlmntely to huvo alngle tux, exoounded by Henry George, In operation In thla atute. "Mr. V Hen auya he bellevea In private ownership of land," auld the apcakor, "but whut la bla object In wanting to exempt from taxation de- iinrtment atorea. brewerlos, atocka and boutla, etc.? Under alngle tux thla form of property would pay no pnrt of the expense of the govern ment. "Under the proposed plnn of taxa tion there would be a deuclt or 647,000, The alngle taxera aay thoy will muke It up through tho franchise tax. They would have to add 54, 000,000 to francblae vuluutlona. The pooplo who patronize the publlo aor vice corporatlona will have to pay the money." Mr. U'Ren spoke of "Charlea H. Shields & Co" the "Co." he aald being the Udds and Corbetta and million aires of I'ortlnnd. He auld that the land wua already paying two-thirds , of the taxea and the alngle taxera pro. posed that It pay the other one-third. He declared that under the alngle lax 2,600 land monopolist! would pay two thirds of the taxea and the farmers and workera one third. Mr. U'Ren declared that F. M. Gill, Republican nominee for representa tive In the legislature, opposed alngle tax becauae Mr. Gill had land at Ea tacada which he waa holding for spec ulative purpoeee. Rev W. T. Mllllken, paator of the First ' Baptist Church, eaked Mr. Shields If the Tela truet belonged to the predatory trusts. Mr. Shields aald he did not know. The pastor Intimated that It would be better to be with the Fels trust. If It were not a predatory trust, than be with other trust! that are of the pre Jatory class and art opposing single tax. The llruver Creek local of tliu Farm els' Hoclcty of Equity waa organized Hulurday evening at a meeting held In the hall of W. K, Jones. The follow ing ure tlio officer and charter mem bers: Fred Kumerulh, president; 8. I. Uiiidergnu, vice president; W. W. Harris, ancretary and treasurer; VII Hum Tholnus, J, K. Jones, O. II. Hughes, II. Ilenrlcl, K. II. lluiirld, W. K. Jones, (i. (), Kglmunn, lien KUher, W 1 1 1 1 u in (irlaeiithwalto, Kdward Hrlen, C. (I. I'ryce. Wllllum Daniel, I'eter IHooin, II. Haiidemou, Walter Owens, William l.ewel)n, K. I.. Drown, Hal l.lndsley. An open tueellng will be held next Hul unlay evening. All farmer are urged to attend. OREGON CITY LAWYER FORCED TO ADMIT THAT HE FAVORS SINGLE TAX BIG PORTLAND THEATRE CROWDED Sscrttary of Equal 'Taxation League Wins Crowd When He Says Plan Is to Confiscate Prop rty I'OHTLANO, Oct. 21. (Hpetlul) Five minutes after the doors were opened! al tliu Huiignlow theater to nlxhl for the Charlea 11. Shields I' Itell debate uu single tax, every seut wuh taken. Hundreds were tur" ed nvtuy and a greater crowd atteud ed the two chumpiona of aluglu lux and sail alngle tux than gathered al the big Gypsy Hmlth tabernacle for the liovernor Marshull Democratic rally. The crowd waa keenly purtlsu" yot waa full of appreciation. Iloth Mr. U'Ken and Mr. Bhlelda fenced with wonts and more than once a clusll seemed Imminent. Chairman' Kugcne llrooklngs time and aguln bad to beg for alienee aa first oue mun and then the oilier was greeted with a riot of applause or a storm of hisses Mr. U'Ken msde bla appeal to the laiMslons and prejudices of the crowd and for a lime It seemed aa If be had themj all with blin, and it was not until the closing ten minutes of the debute that Mr. Shlelda forced home the realization thnt alnglo tux, be cause It waa designated to confiscate to Ihe stnte all land vulues, that the crowd chugged. There waa one ea peclally Intubating moment Mr. Shields had Just rend from Henry George's "l'rogress and Poverty" this extract: "Private property Iq land Is a bold bare enormous wrong like chattel slavery" and the speaker showed alnglo tnx would enslave the land owner. There waa a moment's pause. "Hear" came plainly and ob vloualy from an Individual who had a seat In the center of the house. "I'm glad you said that, my friend for you a single tuxor, have ahown thut you really believe In confiscation of all land to the atate," anid the speaker. Mr. Bhlulda glanced at the stranger again. "And I want to add," he resumed, "thut tho gentleman who Just spoke la Coulter, a puld worker of the Fels tend commission, nowj speaking for the graduated single tax. Mr. Coulter Is one of those who have denied that the graduated single tax la single tax. "The net results of the debate were thnt Mr. U'Ken admitted that be waa a alngle taxer and had been one for many yenra and thut be hoped to see the scheme In operation In Oregbn. Up to the present, It la aald, Mr. U'Ken hna not stated definitely his opinion The meeting wua keenly partisan No declhlon wua asked for or given. Mr U'Ken cltod the alleged auccess of whut he termed alngle tnx In Hrlt lull Columbia and Alberta, Canada, but' waa stnggnred when Mr Shlelda proved that there waa a $3 poll tax in Hrltluh Columbia and other person nl tnxea while that In Alberta with partial single tax, tnxea wore 10 per cent on the land and twenty uiunlcl polities had met In protest against the ntcoln of the government. . CLEVELAND TO E PRINCETON, N. Y.. Oct. 29. Mrs. Orover Cleveland authonv.cn the an nouncement of ber engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston, profeasorof Archeology and History of Arts at Wells College. The date of (he mar riage Is not yet determined, but will be announced later. Mr. Cleveland Is a graduate of Wells College and haa been a trustee of that Institution since 18S7. Her wedding to Orover Cleveland, which took place In the executive mansion In his flrat administration waa one of the noteworthy eventa In the hlatory of the White House. Her father, Oa rs r Folsom, was a law partner of Mr. Cleveland, who, upon Mr. Folsom's death in 1875, became Frances Fol som's guardian. WIFE SEEKS DECREE. Mollis Childress Monday filed suit for a divorce against Clarence Child ress. They were married In Portland July 13. 1903. The plaintiff alleges her husband abandoned her Septem ber IS, 1911. SILDS-M DEBATE IS WARM SINGLE TAX IS BLOW TO ALBERTA RESIDENT WRITES THAT SYSTEM IS "NOTHING SHORT OF LEGAL THEFT" WARNS ORECONIANS AGAINST PLAN Taxes ao High That There Is no De mand for Real Estate Wanta to 8ell but Can not I'OKTLAND, Or., Oct. 29.. (Special) The first, of a muss of evldeuce that will show, It Is declared, that siugle tax has already proved a failure in Alberta was produced, toduy by Sig. Hlcliel, a leading dealer of Portland V. 8. Jealouse baa written to Mr. Slchel declaring thut tuxea in Alberta are alreudy so high that it is impos sible to sell land at all and that very shortly all laud will bo confiscated to the state. The letter follows: 'lear Sir: I have run across a copy of your opeu letter In regard to single lux and although I was not much Interested In the same I tuke liberty to offer some authentic facts and figures in regard to the effect of slnglo tnx In the province of Alberta. I own three raw lota In a railroad town there or 2.000 population. Last year these lots were assessed at $9U0. The taxea amounted to $40. Thus, under single tux these lota are assess ed at $2500 and the taxes are now $U!i. Although these lots are assessed at $2600 I could not sell them for $M0. In fact I could not sell them at any price. Conditions are in a state of stagnation there. "My experience with single tax Is that is Is nothing short of legalized robbery. From my Alberta experience I know It is decidedly harmful to the progress and prosperity of any place and the people of Oregon will do well to give It no place In that atate. Youra respectfully, "W. S. JEAI.Ol'SE" THE WORK FOR SINGLE TAX WILL CONTINUE AS JUDGE DIM1CK TALKS FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE Mayor Grant I). Uinikk was the muin speaker at a meeting of Warner Grange, at New Era, Saturday after noon at a discussion of equal suffrage and the various single tax measures. There was a good attendance at the grunge meeting, a musical program being an entertaining feature. Muyor Dlmlclc explained to bis au lence the injurious effecTa of the Sin gle Tax measures that will go on the ballot at the coming November elec tion and was warmly applauded. In hla speech favoring e'lual suffrage be made the following telliug points: The women buen given the right of franchise In the state of Washington on our north, Idaho "on our eait, and California on our south, aa well as Colorado, Utah and Wyom ing, ana in those six slates the com mon welfare of their people has been greatly Improved for the reason that there Is no taxation without repre sentation Over a million women will vote in tnis presidential election, Ore gon la the only coast atate whose women are not represented. The taxes in Oregon, have been in creasing at an alarming rate during the past few years, and as the women of the state are among its largest and heaviest payers, they should be al lowed a voice in the management of municipal, county and state govern ment Approximately forty per cent of the taxes In Oregon are paid each year by the women, and they are com pelled to stand at the sheriff's office awaiting their turn to meet their ob ligations, and are compelled to mingle with men of every nationality, and no one who la opposed to women's rights ever asserts that It la Injurious to her reputation or does violence to her character, although we bear 4t aald that If women should g to the polls to vote, the men would lose all respect for their sex. People of foreign countries come to our state and in two year's time, by aimply declnrlng their intention to become citizens, are given the right of franchise a large percentage of (Continued on pace 4) EVEN THE FELS' SINGLE TAX COW LOOKS (fit ? ;'7 F E LS CX--?.i.1t. REPUBLICANS HAVE BIG BORING CROWD VOTERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND CANDIDATES ASSURED OF SUPPORT LB. TONGUE IS ONE Of SPEAKERS Rally Held at Sandy Saturday Encour ages Nominees Meeting to be at Damascus To morrow The Republican candidates for county offices addressed a large ana enthusiastic audience at Boring Mon day evening. Those who spoke were James F. Nelson, nominee for assess or; E. C. Hacket, nominee for sher iff ; E. P. Dedman, nominee for record er; E. B. Tongue, nominee for district attorney, and Chris Schuebel, nomi nee for representative in the legisla ture. There was a large attendance of women, and the speakers were giv en rapt attention and applauded throughout their addresses. The candidates were assured after the meeting by representative citizens that the Republican ticket would have a large majority in that district One of the most enthusiastic rallies held by the Republican candldatea was that at Sandy Saturday evening. About 125 voters were present and the loal band redrened several se lections. One of the largest delega tions was from the Bull Run precinct It was the consensus of opinion that the Republicans of that section were better united this year than for sev eral years, and that the ticket would receive the largest vote since 1902. PAIR ELOPES IN AIRSHIP. FORT WAYN'E. Ind., Oct 26. Ar thur Smith placed his fiancee. Miss Aimee Cour. beside him In his biplane today and flew to TTlllsdalle, Mich., 1 75 miles away, where they were mar ried. WORRIED LONG AS THE FUND Mrs. Sarah Hard Field Ehrgott. Colonel Robert Miller and George C. Ilrownull addresed a large crowd In Miller's Hall at Gladstone Saturday night on' Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Ehr gott declared that the movement was gaining ground dally and she believ ed the bill would win at the coming election. Mr. lirownell called atten tion to the fact that about 8,000,000 women were self-supporting In the United Slates and said they should be enfranchised In order to protect themselves. He made a strong plea for equal suffrage and bis address was applauded throughout Colonel Miller, aa usual, won the crowd and he advanced several new arguments for the enfranchising of women. VICE-PRESIDENT IS ILL JAMES 8. SHERMAN'S CONDITION ALARM8 RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HIS PHYSICIANS GIVE LITTLE HQPE Arteries are Hardening and Belief Is Expressed that Distinguished Pa tient Cannot Long Sur vive UTICA. N. Y, Oct 28. Jamea H. Sherman, vice-president of the Unl States Is seriously ill and steadily failing in bis home here. L James S. Sherman, vice-president of United States, who Is serioualy III Willie bis physician, Dr. Fayette H. Peck, bellevea there is no lmii late danger of death, yet the patient'; condition is such that it la a matter of conjecture how much longer h can withstand the ravages of the dls ease with which be is afflicted. Dr. Peck at 8 o'clock tonight made the following statement: "Mr. Sherman has been ill all of year, due to the condition of the kid neys, hardening of the arteries, and softening of the muscles of the heart, which are somewhat stretched. Mr. Sherman had an attack In the Adrlon dacks at Big Moose Lake, and I ex- . .-.'.a .j uit. He pot out of the It M-o5P and Improved rapidly and ut:s r.ctorMy until t ie litter partot . -g' st. Pi-re teen n's condition has iron cs.'rsvated and he haa been n,lii- "For the last three weeks, since he came back from went to rest, he has been dressed on ly once ana that was a week ago Fri day, when, against my protest, he went to the polls to register. "Mr. Sherman Is now In the condi tion whlcn that sort of trouble leads to and la very seriously 111, but tl Is, I believe, no immediate danger of death." I; I ESTACADA, Or., Oct. 29 Persons living In the proposed Cascade Coun ty met here Monday In the theater and adopted resolutions condemning tbe County Court of Clackamas Coun ty for Us alleged attitude in aiding those opposed to the division of Clackamas County. A committee or seven larmers slso waa named to obtain legal advlcs con cerning the advisability of suing the Clackamas County Court, which It la alleged haa appropriated the taxpay ers' money to reimburse those who fought t annexation to Multnomah County In 1910 and haa approjrlated money this year to help fight against the creation og Cascade County. The resolutions also empower the committee to decide if the matter shall be laid before the grand Jury to ascertain whether there waa viola tion by the court of the corrupt piac- Klcea act and whether the county seat organisation soliciting money from the court may be proaecutea under tbe same charge. SERIOUSLY H ADOPTION OF MEASURE CREAT ING OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR URGED GARY FICHTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL LAW Mulvey Favors Amendment Which Appeals Single Tax Amendment Equal Suffisge Is Discussed Without doubt tbe most Important and inatructlve meeting of Live Wires of the Oregon City Commercial Club took place Tuesday evening, when tbe weekly luncheon was followed by a full and free discussion of tbe various measures and amendments to be vot ed upon by the people of Oregon next Tuesday. T. W. Sullivan, Main Trunk Line of tbe organization, hud pre viously assigned to a majority of tbe members a measure for explanation and recommendation, and an active interest waa taken. Dr. Clyde Mount led off with a brief talk on the Equal Suffrage movement The doctor made no recommendation. Mayor Dimick urged the adoption of the amendment 302-303 creating tbe office of lieutenant-governor. He aald it waa a new office, without salary, and tbe principal reason he had for favoring the measure waa It abolished tbe logrolling that always prevails over committee appointing, and where by votes for president of the State Senate are exchanged for committee placet. Tba lieutenant-governor will preside over tbe Bute Senate. County School Superintendent Gary recommended the defeat of No. 304 305. divorcing different kinds or prop erty from taxation purposes. He said it would be detrimental to the schools of Clackamas County, in that It con veyed a right to tax certain kinds of property for different purposes. He emphasized the fact that U public aer vice corporations were taxed for state purposes only, they should not be tax ed for cpunty purposes, and the school district of Milwaukie would lose $300 in valuation and Estacada would lose 50 per cent of its valuation in Its school district Mr. Gary said that the temptation fof graft would be greater than under the present system County Clerk Mulvey favored the constitutional amendment 308-309, which repeals the single tax amend ment adopted two years ago. He said the amendment was Indorsed by Gov ernor West, the State Tax Commis sion and the Legislative Tax Commis sion. O. D. Eby recommended the adopt ion of the majority rule amendment, 310-311. This provides that all the votes cast must be considered and the enactment of a constitutional amendment must be dependent upon Its receiving a majority of all votes cast at the election, Instead of a maj ority of the votes cast on the partic ular amendment Mr. Eby said that there are now 14 new amendments proposed on the ballot this year, and while he was at first opposed to the majority rule amendment he had concluded It would be wiser to safe guard the constitution to the extent that 11) would not be so easy to at tach amendments to It E. H. Cooper advocated the adoption of 312-313, making stockholders in banking corporations liable to pay for the benefit of depositors an amount equal to the par value of the stock held by any stockholder. In addition to having originally paid the par val ue therefor. J. E. Hedges made a very lucid ex planation of the Public Utilities meas ure. 314-315, which gives the State Railroad Commission power to regu late all Public service corporations, unless they are municipally owned. M. D. Latourette urged the defeat of the bill to create Cascade County and dividing Clackamas County. He referred to the lew residents oi we proposed new county who favor the measure, outside of the town of Es tacada. The ballot number la 318-319. L. Stlpp talked in favor of the en actment ot the Mileage Bill for the University of Oregon and th9 State Agricultural College, providing for a single board of regents for both in stitutions and everlastingly doing away with the legislative fights for appropriations of these two educa tional Institutions. J. E. Hedges, talking for W. M. Stone, who was unable to be present explained 322-323, amending the con stitution to require a majority of the electors on a bill or amendment to secure their enactment He made no recommendation. Tbe various road bills were discuss ed at some length. William Hammond favoring 324-325, one of the Grange measures, providing for the construc tion of roads leading to market cen ters by counties as a whole, through bond Issue. H. E. Draper advised voting yes on 336-337, authorizing convict labor on public highways. Wil liam Beard urged the defeat of the road bill 340-401. creating a State Road Board, and Frank Busch did not favor the enactment of 342-343, prohibiting the state from Increasing its Indebtedness for road building in excess of two per cent of the taxable property of the state. Mr. Busch said that ten per cent would be a better limit In a atate where good roada are needed as aa they are in Oregon. O. E. Freytag favored the County Home Rule Road Bill, 344-345, authorizing counties to lssnej 20-year bonds to build roada within the county. C. Schuebel urged the defeat of 360-361 because there la no limit on the in debtedness a county might create. R. L. 8hepberd recommended the defeat of the bill creating the office of Hotl Inspector and the bill fixing a percentage of freight rates. Ralph Parker went on record agalnat the bill making eight hours a (On tinned oa page )