- 14 fllE MORNING OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1911. 1 1 1 1 TAX ESTIMATE FOR YEAR 23.05 MILLS City Levy Put at .8 Mill Above 1911 While School and Port Rates Are Cut. COUNTY ASSESSMENT UP JKipcnd Hurra for Stue Parpovra lroiulse to B Higher According to fcalem Announcement Li brary Impoat Placed at .IS. Owners of property In Portland need not expert that the tax levy for 1 13 will be lowrr than 12 mill, the torn Mneil levy for this year. Preaent Indi cation are that the argregate of next rear's levy will reach 21 mill If It does not amount to 24 mills. This la apparent from the fart that the levy, whlrh has been virtually decided upon hy three of the ta-levying boarda for neat year, already represents an in rr'ane of .4 of a mill over that assessed for 111. Of these three, the I'ort of Portland flied Ita levy at 1.S mills, as against l. mills for The levy for the City of Portland, aa it haa been ap proved by the iouncll ways and means committee, will be .t milla. aa com pared with mills for 1 1 L. Thla levy will be finally fixed at a meeting; of the Council next Wednesday, but there Is no prospect that the recommenda tiona of Mayor Rushlight, which call for the t. mills levy, wtll not be In dorsed. ait Levy la CatC The Board of Education for School TMstrlrt No. 1 has recommended a levy of t mills, clipping .3 of a mill off its levy for 1)11. The net result of these romputationa la an Increaae of .4 of a mill over the levy that waa made by the same departments for thia year. The Portland taxpayer, however, will lint know officially the aggregate chari;e that will be made against htm until next month, for the reason that the aaaeaementa for state and county purposes will not be made until then. If the levy Is kept at 21 mill, it will be up to the County Court to do some pruning and even practice self-denial so far aa county expenditures are con cerned. It haa already been unofficially an nounced at- Salem that the demanda of the atate for general atate purposes will require more money than was col lected from the several counties for the year 1911. . In order to raise Multnomah County's share of this tax. a levy of 3 nulls wss required this year. The increased share or the total state turf that will be required from thla county next year. It la behaved, will necessitate a levy of 2.3 mills. If not more. For school purposes. It Is believed the levy of l.J mills, collected this year, will prove adequate to meet the exactions from this county to the state school fund , In Uli. aaasr la Be I raed. County Judge Cleeton yeatarday said that every reasonable effort would be made by the County Court to keep the levy for county purposes at the lowest possible figure next year. At the same time he is extremely doubtful If the segregate of the levy for various nunty purposes can be kept any lower than that for 111. An additional expense has been in curred by the county In taking over the Portland Library and converting It Into a county Institution. In addition tu the levy for mainte nance this year of .IS of a mill, it will be necessary for tha county next year to levy a tax of from .5 to .75 of a mill aa an Initial fund for constructing the new library building called for by the terms under which the county took over the city library. "We will be required next year to provide for an additional liOO.ooo fur completing the west wing of tha new courthouse. said Judge Cleeton yes terday. "However, we have hopea of being able to reduce tha levy tor gen eral county purpoaea from .1 to . of a mill. That levy for 111 was 3.7 mills. The road tax probably will be the same. .S of a mill. At any rate. It will not be any higher. Addltloaal Tax Cite. "We have not received a report from the Library Association aa to Its needs for the ensuing year, but It la not likely that we will be able to reduce this year's levy of .IS of a mill for that purpose. We will be required neat year to make a levy amounting to probably .4 or .75 of a mill for the new library building the county Is re quired to construct. The law provides t him t a total tax of 1.5 mills must be raised for the library building In two annual levies. W probably will levy a tax next year equal to one-half or at least one-third of that amount. This will be an unusual tax In that It will be additional to that heretofore re quire. I for county purpoaea.'" rn If the County Court practices rigid economy in filing tha levy for state and county purposes, an estimate as to the aggregate of the levy to be met by the Portland property owner places 31 mills aa the minimum. A comparative table, showing the levy for 111 and tha probable levy for 1111. follows: 1Tl tJ3 ili.U. Mu:a. .ttat -- - - ! School 11 I .''"utity l.T 9.4 n.d ounljr library matn.naa.-e. . .14 .la ountT ltrwrv iDutMinel Tort tf Portland 1-i 'ur of vt:.Dt a. BVnoo! district Six I a. 3 . Tetal - fc;.tlmatr1 rn.hM and minimum lev. 05 HEPPNER WILL ADVERTISE I'und I Nrcuml and Publicity Man Will tie Appointed. HEPPNER. Or, Tec. II. (Special.) The business men of Heppner have ap pointed a committee for tha purpose of raising a definite monthly income to open a campaign of publicity. The prime purpose of this la to pro vide salary for a secretary, who is to b appointed. The Booster club In dorsed this action and the committee la now busy and meeting with success and encouragement. M'LEANS STORM ATTORNEY Jerry Kronaagh" Visited by 12S to Maim Namesake' Money. Until Jerry Bronauch announced that l:m -a as commissioned to find the lielra of Dan McLean, c Portland, aald to have died suddenly In tha Southern part of Arkanaaa and to have money on deposit In the England National Bank In Little Rock. Ark, he believed that John Smith waa the most common name in Portland. He has changed his mind now and has reached the con clusion that there are more Dan Mc Leans In Portland, or who once lived here, than there ara In any other sec tion of the globe. A week ago Mr. Bronauch asktd for the heire of McLean. He is sorry that he did so. now. and has prepared a bill for 1150 to present to the bank for expenses incurrCT by him. McLeans literally swarmed in the Fenton building. Mr. Bronaugh says they used his telephones and his sta tionery, stole hla stenographer's pen cils and borrowed and kept his own fountain pen. Kor a solid week, says the attorney, they prevented him from doing any of hla own business. They brought pictures of every kind, show ing Dan McLean as he was at the aue of 2 until he was S. Most of them were convinced that the deceased was their own "dead Dan." Some of them were more careful. "I hope it ain't Dsn'l.' but if It is I want, the money." said many. Those who represented themselves to be divorced wives, sweethearts, -mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, cousins and every conceivable relation of the late lamented Dan McLean, still con tinue to vtMt Mr. Bronaugh. Approxi mately II relatives of Mciean nave seen blm. Tha city directory lists but IS Mc Leans and four MacLeans. So far, none of the clairriants has proved to be a bona fide relative of the departed Daniel. Mil FREED OF CHARGE EVIDENCE IX AIISOV CASE HELD XOT TO BE CONCLUSIVE. Lodgers Called as Witnesses Are Un able to Say Accused Is Man Seen During: Eire. Laci oi conclusive ,llt-low n. part of the prosecution yesterday led io a veraici pi iciiuuui in mo v the slate agalnl W. P. I'lm. charged with arson. The trial was held in Judge Morrow's department of the Cir cuit Court. I'lm. it waa alleged, had set fire to a lolglng-house at 645H First street which lie held under lease, the alleged offense being on the night of October 10. Mrs. Delia I'lm. the accused man's wife, waa Indicted with him. but waa not tried. Deputy District Attorney Page announced after the verdict hid been received that the charge against her probably will be dismissed, aa the evidence against her Is the same as mil iniroouceu B"i'i hoi ' The state'a case was weak in that the lodKera called aa witnesses were not able to swear positively that Ulm waa tha man they saw dodging about the several vacant rooms In which Urea were discovered. The smoke was too dense, they said. Kvldence waa Introduced by the defense tending to show that the t'lma were in good finan cial clrcumstancea and that their busi ness waa prospering. At the conclusion of the state'a evi dence Gus C. Moser. defending, -moved for an instructed verdict, on the ground that the lodging-house waa the dwell ing of Vim and a man cannot be guilty of setting Are to his own dwell ing. Judge Morrow denied the mo tion, holding that .the place was also the dwelling house of the, various lodg ers, who had no other home. In thts he established aprecedent. The Judge said that the old English common law on the subject of arson waa the product of a time when modern buildings were undreamed of and that the fact that the building haa only one entrance should not now debar a charge of ar son. - CHINESE SALTS FOILED HARBOR OFFICER BALKS AT TEMPT TO LEAVE SHIP. IVa tollman Aboard British Tramp la Attracted Forward, Then Men Make Descent Over Stern. Patrolman Stone, a recent recruit on the harbor patrol force and who for merly was attached to the police de partment, saved Federal officers con siderable worry last evening when he frustrated a wholesale escape ut Chi nese members of the crew of the Brit-, lab tramp Fltspatrlck, which Is loading1 wheat at Oceanic dock. Aa the Chi namen slid down tha stern line to the dock Patrolman Stona escorted them aboard. According; to Harbormaster Speler there had been a cunningly planned, plot laid. , Three Celestials were de tailed to attract the attention of the watchman forward and when It was thought be was out of the way the others made a break for the stern. Patrolman Stone happened to oa- making hla round of the dock and wit nessed the agility of the Chinese salts on tha line and enjoyed their -kl-yllng when they almost bumped Into him at tha end of the rope. The Government demands a bead tax of $50 on each Chinese escaping from a ship. Owners of vessels on which they. are employed must pay. CHRISTMAS CONFECTIONS. Tha best In tha land la none too good for the festive season. We ara sola agenta for the best candlea In America. Park Tllford's. Matllard'a and Allegrettl bon-bons: also Mullane's taffies. IMg'n Whistle, etc These con fections are most exquisitely boxed, making most desirable gifts. All alxea and prlcea. . Telephone orders get prompt attention. Slg Slrhel eV Co.. 3 Third. Third at Washington and Sixth at Washington, SOMETHING NEW. . ,ur nlanA with the human tou :.i. a centlng single notes exactly na hand playing. oia iimii pt- .. . It. store own evenings. Sherman, Clay 4 Co.. Morrison at Sixth. f 3 Per Month Rent. A piano. Cblckertng. Kimball. Kohler. Fisher and many other makes. Kohler Chase. ITS Washington street. North Yakima Man Robbed. CH EH A LIS. Wash, Dec. 31. Spe cial. Edward Code, a German. 1 years of ago. who was walking tha Northern Pacific tracks from thla city to Portland, was robbed of all tha mon ey he had In tha world lata yesterday by a stranger whom ha overtook and took up With as a companion. Tha stranger, who Is described aa having the general appearance of a logger, wanted Uhde to let him carry his pack for him. When Uhde sat down to rest the robber slipped behind hlra and struck Mm. afterwards taking his mon ey. U.'ide says ha waa from North Tak ima. Wash. MAIL SAFE ROBBED Cracksmen Rifle Postoffice Station A on East Side. $1000 AND STAMPS TAKEN Strongbox Broken Into With Sledge, Lodgers at East Alder and Union Avenue Hear Robbers but Pay No Heed Sack Is Found. Burglars looted Station A of the postoffice, at East Alder street and Union avenue, shortly after midnight yesterday, and carried away 11000 in money and more than $400 worth of stamps, accomplishing the feat with remarkable ease. Although lodgers in the upper story of the building heard the man or men operating, they though nothing of It at the time and only reported their suspicions after the robbery was dis covered. Entrance waa gained to the building by picking a lock. It is believed, as detectives could not find any place where fastenings had been forced. Once inside, the thieves knocked off the combination frdm a large, well-made safe, containing the assets of the office, using a slodge for the purpose. Strongbox la Smashed. With the combination knob removed access was given to the interior work ings of the safe, which the thieves smashed with a punch, springing the bolts and allowing the safe to open. An Inner door waa forced In the same manner. Inside the safe was money to the amount of $1000. of which $250 was silver and the remainder gold. There were also pennies to the amount of $10. All this waa taken. In addition the supply of stamps was removed. This Included &000 z-cent, $00 i-cent. 250 4-cent. S00 6-cent. 500 -crnt. S0O s-cent, 600 10-cent. 400 13-cent and 400 15 -cent stamps of the regular Issue. Sixteen hundred registry, special de livery and due stumps also were taken. The first report of the crime reached the police when the office was opened yesterday morning. Detectlvo Smith was assigned at once, while inspectors from the Postoffice Department were also on hand ahortly. Woasaa Hears Robber. Tha Investigators made a thorough search of the premises and convinced themselves that entrance had been gained through the door. Mrs. E. B. Turley. who lives over the postoffice. heard the robbers at their work, but gave no thought to the Inci dent, because men had been working In the evening In a machine shop ad joining, and she thought the noise was made by them. F. G. Gates, of 1081-, Union avenue, also heard the clang of the sledge, and thought that morning had come. He looked at his watch and found that the time was 2:10 o'clock. He went to sleep again, not suspecting the cracksmen were- at work. Loot In Mall Sack Found. Indication that the thieves were men' acquainted with postal business is seen by tho officials in the fact that after taking everything from tho safe of probable value, they sorted out all tho non-negotiable stuff and discarded lt A mall sack in which tho loot waa car ried away from the postoffice was found later under the sidewalk near tha John Doere building on Kast Mor rison street. In the discarded sack was found a quantity of money orders, all the due stamps, which hava no negotiable val ue, and the pennies listed among the stolen articles. It is believed that the men must have carried their loot to a room, where the assortment was made. The loss will be sustained by tne Government in all probability, aa the law makes It discretionary to exon erate the postmaster where the facts warrant It and the loss Is under 1 10. 000. Over that amount he can be re lieved only by an act of Congress. The money taken by the thieves was the accumulation of two days, the Christmas rush having prevented the daily deposit which is customary. LOCHARD WITNESS SOUGHT J. B. Logan Said to Have Seen Man Near Scene of Murder. tlltia 1 11T. .1 1 o V w.. . J " - ..... about of J. B. Logan depends the fur- V 1 1 r I j;i llH-o v. r. Lewis G. Lochard. alleged slayer of Barbara iioixman. xiiis wnncno. v. i i i c, .1 that Yi m j-n n tell WflOlll i . ! . - of seeing Lochard come from the room ing-house where tne muraer won piace. hi, been traced from place 'to place through two states. Because Deputy Ltistrict Attorney v., i j . in circuit I 'mi r t iui,n,iu " -- yesterday, no evidence was taken In the case and T. Ambrose, who says he saw Lochard at the rooming-house In the middle of the night after the mur der, has not yet been questioned. Cqmpllcatlons are brought Into the case by the contradictory atatements of Mrs. Bertha Nelson, the roomlng bous keeper, who first Identified Loch ard by bis photograph, then gave a qualified Identification of him when she saw him at Kelly Butte, and now Is more than doubtfuL The authori ties are not greatly amBarrassed by her doubt, however, because they know that sha has given qualified Identifications of other men. RALEIGH CONTRACT URGED Street Committee Favors Letting Warren Firm Have Work. The street committee of the Execu tive Jtosrd yesterdav recommended the MAKE YOURSELF AN XMAS PRESENT One of these hand some Manning Port able Lamps. It will pive you more com fort and convenience than any other equal investment you can possrbly make. You can brighten your family circle by 40 eandle - power with one of these lamps. We also make Gas oline Ijphtinp: Sys tems ' for residences, stores, churches, ho tels, etc. H.W. Manning lighting & Supply Co. 529-331 Oak St Portland, Or. Gireait of the C&in-Rice RemoYal Sale SHioe Co It's the Place You Can Save the Big Dollar ye will move to our new and larger quarters iu the Medical Building, 349 Alder street, on January 1, 1912. We must sell every pair of Ladies' and Men's Shoes at $1.00 off the regular price, which is nearly cost. WE HAVE NO OLD STOCK THEY ARE ALL STYLES OF TODAY Men's Shoes now at . Men's Shoes now at . Men's Shoes now at . Men's Shoes now at. $5.00 Ladies' Shoes now at $4.00 $4.50 Ladies' Shoes now at $3.50 $4.00 Ladies' Shoes now at $3.00 $3.50 Ladies' Shoes now at $2.50 JOHNSTON & MURPHY SHOES NOW AT $1.00 LESS 400 Pairs of Men's and Women's Shoes, Odds and Ends, $3.50 to $5.00 Values, Now at . . $2.45 Men's Slippers, Ladies' Felt Slippers Misses' and Children's $2.50 Slippers now $1.75 $2.00 Felt Juliets, Shoes at Cost $2.25 Slippers now $1.65 alj coiorS) n0w. . , . . tD 1 UU $ 00 Slippers now $1.45 lOO pairs of children's Shoes, $1.75 to $2.50 $1 75 Slippers now $1.35 $1-75 Felt Comfy, rf values, sizes 6 to 11, patent or gun-Qf- $1.50 Slippers' now $1.20 all colors ...... P 1 0 J metal, button or lace, now V O L I 1- ' 341 Washington Street ice Cor. Seventh 341 Washington Street letting; of a contract to the Warren Construction Company for the paring of RalelKh street from Fifteenth to Twenty-eiRhth streets. The bid for the work is 162.000. The improvement Is one of those neia up because of noncompetitive bidding and nonconformity to the Ellis amend ment. The proceedings were begun be fore the amendment became effective, and some of the property owners are attempting to secure the immediate ac ceptance of the bid and the letting of the contract so . that work can be started. The committee adopted a resolution favoring tho acceptance of the Im provement of Vista avenue. The cost of this Improvement waa $28,000. The acceptance has been held up for about six months on account of protests against a concrete wall which waa built. . . " F. T. Brown to Go to Spokane. F. T. Brown, who haa been with tha Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway here In Portland for the past two years, has decided to sever hla connection with this company. Mr. Brown will leave for Spokane January IB, and will be associated with the Inland Portland Cement Company In that city In the capacity of traffic man ager. A few of Mr. Brown's personal friends gave a. dinner and theater party in his honor on Wednesday eve ning. Those present were: A. II. Devers. Jr., E. H. Morgan, A. J. Hill, D. L. Andrews, Ollle Hughes, Dr. Sam F. LeFevre. J. O. Thomas, R. E. Piper. H. Garthwalte, F. S. Glover and Oscar J. Tilleson, Albany Girls Win Tryont. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CorvaUis, Dee. 21. (Special.) The rep resentatives, for the Junior and the freshman classes in the declamation contest to be held In conectlon with the lnterelass debating contest here, were chosen last night. - Miss Amber Bessie Spaulding, of Albany, won the tryout contest for the Junior representatives. Her selection was. "The Unknown Speaker." Miss Hazel Holt, of Hollls ton, Mass., won the first prize for the freshmen. speaking "Aux Italian." Both the winners are awarded special copies of the Junior Annual, voted by their classmates to the class represen tatives. 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