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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1912)
1912. MULTNOMAH TAX TO BE $7,575,100 COCHRANE WOULD 60 10 CONGRESS BRIDE WHO STANDS BT YOUNG RAILWAY CLERK IN HIS TROUBLE. Next Week a Special Car Will Take Our Buyers to Eastern and Foreign Markets for New Spring and Sum mer Merchandise. Today Increase Over Collections 1911 Will Be Approxim ately $1,245,422. in Water Commissioner Aspires to Be Representative From Second District. STATE DEMANDS LARGE CANDIDACY NOT ANNOUNCED The Meier (1 i 5tre s MORNING OKEGONIAN. MONDAY. JAMJAR 8, : : : , , - - - r 1 : . - - : au . ,' . - i - -- af : .. Vr.. ---- z- v ; ! v ir v 7'--; '- ' Fran! Ituk Alone of Many Mentioned for Office .Now Making A(TKrrsivo Campaign W. I-alr Thompson Will Not Kntcr Knee. Since that part of the state east nf the Cascade Mountains was created Into a separate Congressional district by act of the Ut State Legislature. It has been a quiet day mhen some candidate did mt aspire tr some one or otiier of the offices within the gift of the elec tors of that aectlon. This Is particu larly true In the matter of candidates lor Representative In Congress from the Second Cong regional district, latest among the aspirants among Re publlins for this nomination Is George T. Cochrane, of La Grande. Mr. Ohianr U now serving as Water Commissioner lor the Kastern Oregon district, having ben elected In the la.t general election. Friends of Mr. Cochrane, who has an extensive acquaintance throughout the Second illrirt. arc urging him to get into the contest. Mr. Cochrane has refrained from makin any dvf.n.te announce mint but his candidacy has received considerable Impetus already through the efforts of his friends. Raak, Aloae Active. Although probably a dosen Republi cans in Kastern Oregon have been aug gcMeti and even considered tentative candidates for this nomination. John 1. (Jerry) Rusk, also of I-i Grande. Is the only nf who Is really conducting an aggressive campaign. Ever since I:usk removed from Joseph to I Grande, fol lowing the last session of the Legislature when he was Speaker o' the House, he has been looking after his political fences. Tills has Included personal visit to many of the coun ties of in district from which he seeks election. Other Republicans suggested In enn rectioa with this nomination are: J. N Burgess. State Senator from I'ma tllla County: S. F. Wilson, of Athena; W. H. Brooke, of Ontario; T. J. Ma hf.ney of Heppner: R. R- Butler, of The ralles; W. Lair Thompson, of Lakevlew; N. J. Slnnott, State Senator from Wasco County; F. W. Wilson and M A. Moody, both of The Palles: F. s. Ivanhoe. of I'nlon County; C. A. Bar rett. Suite Senator from I'matllla, and Otis I'attrrson. of Canyon City. Tkoaapsoa Out of Race. Of these. Thompson, of I-ake. is out of the conteKt. V.'hcn In the city last week. Mr. Thompson made it known that he would be a candidate In April for h nomination to succeed Dr. ieori;c 11. .Merryman aa State Senator from Oram. Harney. Crook and Klamath. lr. Merryman will not be a candidate to succeed himself. Mr. Thompson In the last session of the I.eilature served as Representa tive from the same district. In the lou he was recognned as the most sl.le member. Although leader of a . minority, he was Instrumental In In fluencing much of the legislation con sidered during the session. Mr. Thomp rn has received flattering assurances of support from Republicans through out the district from which he will seek r.omlnatlon and election to the State Senate. ' ' W. H. Brooke, of Malheur, may not seek re-election to the House of Rep resentatives In which he served at the 1M1 sesjlon. Ho Is ta'.J to be serious-, l c-nrl'lerlng going before the voters nd asking for election as Prosecuting Attorney for the Ninth Judicial district t. uci ee.1 the Incumbent. J. W. Mc culloch, who has also been mentioned is it probable candidate for Represen tative In Congress from the Kastern Oregon district. FILM PORTRAYALS GOOD Wide Range of Photo l'lay Topic Kmbrared at People's Theater. President Taft. Life In Malay, the Navy as represented l' the battleship Minnesota, a Ki n.-h-Canadlan drama and Parisian a-tors In comedies tell te story of the woiolerf .illy blended snow offi-rpri yesterday at the People's Theater. The were all photo-plays, but in addition, the management of fered the posing pony and Tiiat Trio. The extreme photographic feature was a French-Canadian romance under the title of "letlny Is Changeless." 'ihe tale portrayed the struggle of two men for the love of a maiden. They were of the primitive kind and stood ready to fight and battle to the death lor her favor. S'.ie will take him who first brings to her feel the skin of a silver tox. After saving his enemy from death In an attack by Indians, one of the rivals obtains the fox. but gets caught in a bear trap. The other reaches him as he lies unconscious in the snow, and seising the trophy, marts to return for the final hearts victory. Conscience at length over takes him. and returning he takes his rival on his broad shotiiders and with the Jkln of the silver fox brings him to the rnbln wherein lives the woman over m-nom they both battled. The Heart of tne Kings Jester." a costumed play on the order of the Fool's Revenge" and "Francesca di Rimini." was the main picture at the Star Theater, and was a distinct film novelty. "A Mutinous Crew" told of a terrible struggle at sea between a cruel captain and a rebellious crew. Three cons-dies and the Doric Trio made up a fine programme. Five pictures with a good Western op-llner. "The cowboy's Sister." af forded a pleasing entertainment at the Arcade Theater, where In spite of th extremely cold weather, the attendance was large. "The Rebuked Indian" and a, Western cowboy comedy and good singing completed a fine entertainment at the Oh Joy Theater. Hortk-nltural Study I Aim. OREXCO. Or, Jan. 7. iSpecial.) Notwithstanding the snow storm Thurs day night. 50 residents of Orenco and employes of the Oregon Nursery Com pany met and organised a club for the studv of horticulture. John A. McOee was "elected president and Roy A. Mc Inwrll secretary. Frank W. Power, eeeretary of the Oregon State Horticul tural Society, gave a talk on horticul ture. Ti e club will meet again Janu ary for permanent organisation. While It Is the object for members to take a regular reading course In hor ticulture, the public generally la In vited to all meetings J MRS. TEMPLE ALEXANDER. .....e',,,,T WIFE 15 DEFENDER Mrs. Temple W. Alexander to Stand by Husband. GRAND JURY ACTS TODAY Confessed Knibezzler of O.-W. R. & ". Funds W ill Learn Fate After Investigating Body Has Heard Testimony. After confessing to the embexxle ment of money of which he saya ha has no Idea of the amount, but which Is estimated by railroad officials to bo between 15.000 and $30,000. Temple W. Alexander will tnis morning learn hia fate from a grand Jury, following the visit of Ralph Blaisdell. general audi tor, and other employes of the railroad. Forged vouchers, the signatures de nied by the signing officers, will be presented as the sole testimony and Alexander will then be bound over to await the action of tlio February term of Circuit Court, should the grand Jury Indict him. ( Hnad to Bf Kralahei. Two prominent Portland business men liavo come forward and offered to go on his bond, which has been placed by the railroad attorneys at 35on. Alfred C. Holmes, auperlntendent of the Plnkerton agency, which holds a warrant for Alexander's arrest, yester day went to th Alexander home, at Twenty-fifth and Savier streets, to seo the young man. Itefore he left, ho de cided to get to work, and Alexander and Holmes passed the afternoon chip ping Ice and snow from the stepa and front of the house. "We are making plana for the future already." said Mrs. Alexander, who was confined to her bed as the result of tho train which she has been underg-oin. Wife Makes) Plaaa. "First thing of aP. we shall sell the house It Is In splendid condition, and from that we shall be able to obtain immediate funds. I hope. Then I shall send Mr. Mack hia furniture back. I have enough for a small home. "This trouble has made me care for T.mnii more than ever. Of course. he was most dreadfully silly to do this t thing, but now It Is done and 1 cannoi undo the past. why. I m going to stand bv him to the end. -He's Just a great big boy.. Why. I remember Chri-tmas eve we saw a lltth? newste with shoes In tatters, look ing at a shoe store. Temple took him in apd bought him a pair of shoes. wllle I waited outside. Now a boy that will do a thing like that la not at heart bad. Do you think so? Action Not Defended. "Temple's trouble was that, needing money, ho Just did not distinguish be tween 'mum' and 'teum.' as we used to ay at school. It was wrong. I am not defending his action: I am merely explaining it. But I do know this: The only difference between Temple and hundreds of other men Is that he has been found out. Another difference he'll show from now on la that ho has had his lesson. Ho may have to take punishment, but Temple Is a man. He knows ard I know that whatever happens to him. he will al ways find me hia faithful wife. famFoimked ICEV. D. II. TRIMBLE SPEAKS Ol SERIES OF LECTl'RES. Methodist Pastor Says He Espeet Fair Expression From Roman -Catholic Prle-t. Praise for Rev. Kdwln V. O'Hara. of St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, who Is to deliver a series of lectures at the F.ast Side Library soon, was given by Pr. Ielmer H. Trimble, at the Cen tenary Methodist Kplsoopal Church last night. He took occasion to say. how ever, that "the misinterpretations of the spirit of history, finding expression from many of the Roman Catholic cler. gy In the support of their claims, have been legion." Dr. Trimble said: -To the thinking public of Portland there has come food for Interrogation In the announcement through the pub lic press that Father Edwin V. O'Hara will deliver a series of seven lectures at the i;ast Side Library, that municipal Institution ofwnlch we are Justly proud. on "The Critical Period In Ro man History.- the speaker to tell of the fall of the Roman Empire. "Knowing Father O'Hara aa favor- ablv as the Portland public does, and knowing likewise the tendency upon the part of the Roman Catholic priest hood, so frequently exercised, to read Into history a verification of their claims and a vindication of their Insti tutions, the . question Is being asked upon every side: Will the courtesy that has been extended to the reverend gen tleman by this, one of Portland's mu nicipal Institutions, be sacredly safe guarded? "I have read with pleasure and profit various expressions from the Rev. Mr. O'Hara on morals and remedial meas ures for our daynd city. In my opin ion; ho will deport himself with per sonal credit and a spirit of Christian fairness In the coming lectures. The apprehension that exists In many quar ters that this occasion will bo used, through the suavity, subtlety and ec clesiastical diplomacy of one of the clere-v. to foist upon the defenseless nnhilo the claims of the Church of Rome, is not. In my opinion. ell- founded. "I can well . understand these fears In the minds of many In view of his tory. The historical sophistries, the an. nallstic assumptions, the unwarrantable arrogatlons, the misinterpretations of the spirit of history, finding expression from manv of the Roman Catholic cler gy In the support of their claims, have been legion, and are well-known to us all. "However, this Is not a case In com mon with the above, and we need have no far that the privilege accorded to Father O'Hara will be used In a covert attaok upon Protestantism." COHEN PROMISES UPSET ATTORNEY SAYS HE WILL PLT ACCUSERS TO ROUT. Testimony . In Graft Charge to Be Taken Today Defense Alleges " Frame-Up.' Testimony against Max G. Cohen, to show that he solicited a bribe from Eleanors Maceo, a woman of the un derworld. whUe acting as Municipal Judge, will begin In Circuit Court this morning, all the preliminaries having been completed last week. Only three important witnesses are expected to appear for the prosecution. Theso are the woman who baftes the charge, S. J. Silverman and John D. Mann, at torneys. The Maceo woman alleges that Co hen ordered her to pay Silverman 150. assurlna- her that a case against her In the Municipal Court would turn out favorably If she did so. Silverman will tell bow he took the woman's case, and Mann, who also appeared for her. will say that Cohen spoke to him of the transaction after the trial. A sensational defense Is promised by Cohen, who asserts that he will throw a bombshell Into the camp of hia ac cusers, repeating and amplifying tes timony ho gave before the December grand Jury. His retaliation will be di rected largely at Police Commissioner John B. Coffey, who, during the pre liminaries of the Cohen trial, has sat with the prosecutWm as adviser to Deputy District Attorney Collier.. Co hen alleges that the charge against him was framed tip in revenge for his refusal to enter into certain relations !th Coffey and others. STAGE TROUPE BLOCKADED Money Is Returned to Tatrons Who Were to See "The Barrier." Because of the blockading of the train somewhere between Portland and The Dalles yesterday. "The Barrier" company on the way from Salt Lake, which was billed to open yesterday afternoon at the Baker Theater, failed to reach - the city and the box office was- obliged to return' money to pur chasers for the two performances. This Is the first time the Baker Theater has had to do this since It was established. Tho sales for both performances were vousually heavy, the bad weather seemingly having no effset on the pros pective audiences. The Baker management announced that the show will open tonight- Pur chasers of tickets for yesterday's per formance may receive their money by applying to ihe box office, or tickets mav be exchanged for performances later In the week. The theatrical busi ness has suffered-from the storm along with everything else. The last nights of "The Virginian' wer not well patronized and the Saturday matinee and night performances were poorly attended, although the play Is one of the most popular now being given any where. The Latest Talking Machines. No talking machine department In the city Is a complete, coxy and com fortable, and In none in as courteous service offered as at The Wi!ey B. Allen fo.'a new store, corner Seventh and Morrison Eta Added Burden on Taxpayers vfor 1912 Results Principally From Liberal Disbursements Made by Last Lcglslntnre. Multnomah County taxpayers thia yrar will contribute taxes to the amount of approximately 7,675,700 as against 16.330,314 for 1911, or an in crease of $1,245,422. The aggregate of assessable values In the county and on which 1912 taxes will be levied and collected is $324,360,100 as compared with $301. 917.755, an increase In prop erty values of $22,442,345 or about 7 per cent. At the same time the ag gregate of levies made by the various tax levying boards Is 24.4 mills as against 22 mills last year. These figures as to the total amount of taxes to be collected this year are not official, but they are approximately i correct. They are based on the ap proximate assessable valuation ot prop erty included within the :errltorles liable for taxation for different pur poses. Exact Figures Vacompleted. Having Just received the figures from the State Tax Commission as to the assessment on railroads and franchises, swelling the county assessment roll to $.'-24,360,100. Assessor Slgler has not had time to segregate the total assessment and ascertain the total assessable value of property In the City of Portland, the Pert of Portland and school district No. 1. The figures presented by The Oregonian, however, are substantially correct, and will not differ materially from the official figures when they are announced by Mr. Sigler. The Increased taxes re due prin cipally to the demands of the state for general purposes, resulting from tho liberal disbursements of the 1911 Legis lature which made the largest appro priations In the history of the state. For that reason the amount of taxes this county must pay towards the sup port of the state government this year is double that of last year, having In creased from $603,647 In 1911 to $1. 2H0.00O this year.. More Revenue Assured. An Increase of .8 of a mill In the levy for city purposes on tho Increased assessable values will provide the municipality with approximately $350. 000 additional revenue for thia year. I.ast year a 6-mill levy produced $1, (47.187 for city .purposes, while the larger levy this year will yield revenue amounting to $1,999,200. Another explanation for the demand, for more money this year Is supplied by the fact that the county was re quired to make a spec!al levy of .R5 of a mill as an Initial fund towards erecting a new county library building for which a total levy, divided between 1912 and 1913. of l.S mills has been authorized by the Legislature. This levy of .55 of a mill this year will raise $178,398. which is an additional tax on property owners. The remain ing .95 of a mill tax for this purpose will have to be raised next year. Comparison la Made. The appended tables show the levy, valuation of property and amount of taxes raised for different purposes last year and the probable amount of money that will be raised by taxation for the same purposes this year: 1011. Valuation of property City $'.74.v:l..1!0 291 31S.2W 301.H1T.7-Vi I Port of Portland County or Multroman .... School District No. 1 7.:i8.0rtO Lew. Distribution of .funds Mills. Oi.r. 2.00 Taxes. r.03.V17 3C2.370 1.11S.747 2SS.7.12 r.5.273 470.744 1.647.1S7 1.747.614 ! (Stale school l.S County 8-7 Road County I-lhrary -la Port of Portland 1-0 City School District No. 1 6.3 Total.-. 12.00 ,330.314 191S. Valuation or property City Port of Portland County of Multnomah School District No. 1 ... $204,000,000 81 .1.000.000 824.310. lOO 287.000.000 Levy. Distribution of funds Stale State school County Road Library malntenance) Library ihuildlnp) ... Port of Portland Clly School District No. 1 . . Total Mills. . 3.T .1.23 . 3. . .SO . .20 ..V, . 1.5 . 0.8 . .0 Taxes. $1. 200.132 4n.1.-i 1.17. !! 2!3.-SS C4.S72 17S.:l!' 472. 5O0 l.liftlt. 2J11 1.70XOUU .24.4 $T.575.73 Estimated ind probable. SHOW PLANS MYSTERIOUS "The Folliesi 112," Will Be Given at Helllff January 25. Mystery concerning the contents of that theatrical plum pudding 'to be opened January 25 Is maintained by all of the theatrical managers of tho city. The Follles-1912 are to Inaugu rate a new departure In this city and are to be made the big carnival of Portland's mimic world, so they an nounce, and that is as far aa any man ager will go in any statement. No announcement was ever made to play-going Fortland that brought more contentment than that of yester day concerning the Follies-1913. It places Portland among the big centers of amusement of the United States, and a good deal of pride is expressed by Portland theatrical managers In the fact' that this city is to be the first west of the Rocky "Mountains to step in among the eloct. Within a very few years the annual follies will de velop Into the same sort of a specta cular production as is given annually In New Tork. Thia year, the premiere for Port land's big event, the managers have two purposes In view. The first Is to raise a fund for the benefit of the Portland Elks who will entertain tlte grand lodge next Summer, and the sec ond to begin the accumulation of a fund from which the enormous ex penses of such a production as the Follies may be paid. Outside of the committee of man agers having the entertainment in charge no one seems to know Just what sort of a presentation will be given at the Hellig. Tho managers seem to be staking tbelr reputations on the assurance that It will he satis factory from curtain to curtain. It is known that Manager Coffinberry. of the Orpheum. and Manager ranfcle. of tbe Hellig, are busy with telegrams to and from Eastern theatrical agen cies, but they refuse to Inform the public of what they are dolng- Great Annua a&d CarEiva Continue Price Every Single Article Reduce Contract Goods Are Alone Excepted See Details of Today's Offerings in Sunday's Papers, Including the Full-Page Announcement of Our Big January Sale of Toilet Goods! MANY OPPOSE DEAL Purchase of Ross Island Generally Indorsed. Not COST IS HELD TOO GREAT Frlentls of "South Portland Bridge Plan Fear Dereat for Measure if Both Proposals Are Placed on Ballot. A committee from the Sellwood Board of Trade is investigating the Mayor's pioposal to purchase Ross Island by the Issuing ot bonds for that purpose. John W. CampDell Is chairman of the committee. Data are being gathered aa to the number of times the Island .,.. heen overflowed for a number of vears past and the probable cost of Improving the land after It has been acquired. At the last meeting of the Sellwood Board of Trade the sentimeni ap peared adverse to the purchase, but no action was taken except to appoint a committee to investigate and report. . V wills. ex-Councilman, who is an old' resident and who has already looked Into the Rosa Island proposi tion, yesterday expressed himself aa opposed to the purchase. "It will cost much money to buy it, he said, "and a great deal more to put It In shape so that the city can use It for any purpose. I know it has over flowed a number of times within my recollection. A retaining wall must be built about It and then a fill made, to bring it above high water before it can be used for any practical purpose. The Oaks resort is on much higher ground and yet the owners have spent vast sums of money In Its improvement. The Oaks Island is several feet higher than the highest point on Ross Island. The price asked for tho land and the cost of filling It up so It would be SAID GOOD-BYE T0THE COLD Man Who Couldn't Take Plain Cod Liver Oil Swears by Ozomulsion. How did you get rid of your cold?" "Osomulslon three times a day. "I had the orthodox dislike of cod liver oil, but found that Ozomulsion tastes as 'good as any dish mother used to make. "Nothing fishy auout it. "How the Good was don, I can't say. "It's enough for me that It Was done and I can work and sleep in comfort. "No more rawness In the throat nor tightness across the chest cough and bronchitis all gone. "I'm advising all my friends to take Ozomulsion. "It's good for everybody, from baby to patriarch," ! C! I of With Still - Cutting the Order! 'OTiwiamS '"" aitw" mi ot VirVtarinf W serviceable would mean the expendi ture of a large sum of money." The Brooklyn Improvement Club so tar is the only club that has Indorsed .... proposal of the Mayor on the East Side. In his address before the club Mayor Rushlight said that the pur chase of the land and the erection of the Greater South Portland bridge are two separate propositions and will go on the ballot separately and Indepen dent of each other. However, the City Engineer has made soundings In the Willamette River for the bridge with Beacon street on the East Side as the approach, and the drawings seem to make the purchase of the Island and the bridge one proposition. Friends of the bridge fear defeat again If both propositions are sub mitted to a vote. The Mayor's plan is to have a roadway constructed from the bridge to Ross Island. The Greater South Portland commit tee has delayed any active campaign until it Is known where the bridge will be located and what its connection with the Ross Island scheme will be. BEASTS AND BIRDS STARVE Locked In House Dumb Creatures Are Rescued at Point of Death. A starving horse, tied to the knob n f o iMiirnnm doni with SL blanket "v - - t I i , .1 .1 a.- Til. feet, n hunfirrv 1 dog sitting on the bed looking at him, two canary birds twittering feebly in their cage, and five chickens, scratch ing the floor for the food they craved: these were part of the objects that PURITY IN BREAD DELIGHT ml ROYAL BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY THE MOST SANITARY BAKERY ON TOP OF THE EARTH .Annual r MicfwlnterJ C Hukiber j TV, PACES earance v v anas. More Radical met tile eyes of Patrolman Burstow when he forced his way Into a desert ed house at Forty-second street and Killingsworth avenue yesterday. The policeman was called to the place by the fears of the neighbors that something had gone amiss with the tenant, a Mrs. Miller, who had not been seen for several days. The whin nying of the horse led him to the room where the menagerie was confined.. All showed plainly that they had been sev eral days without food or water. The horse was bridled and had a blanket strapped to his back. All tho creatures were suffering keenly from hunger, thirst and cold. The first act of the officer was to scurry through the neighborhood beg ging food. All were provided for boun ttfully, and then Burstow made an In vestigation of tho woman's disappear ance. He could find no explanation of her absence. Mrs. Miller was the mother of Ethel Smith, who lived with her, and from time to time played the role of tho "Girl of tho Golden West" in the eyes of the police. She was arrested once for stealing a cow, and again for rac ing her pony through the Rose Festival parade of 1910, dressed In traditional ' Wild West costume. Learn to Say- El Rayo MEANS "ROYAL" The Bread Question need not trouble any-, one, as Royal Bread is equal to any of the best home-made, and supe rior to most. Tell your grocer the quantity and kind you need and he will serve you with fresh, delicious Table Queen every morning: California and the expansive Southwest Its won derful growth, its vast resource. 1.2 portunltles vivldlv .7i'e op- authority. - coven. J"J a.CK"ow'1 nd development. InViSSS ing and of Inestimable value. mlonn' or .,:.ry XL By m" ,Re- ln now. Aidresa THE TIMES Los Angela