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TIIE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913. 16 Watch for the BELL PHE GIFTS OF GASH ADMITTED Watck for the Slovlnfc Bear. Moving Bear BUDGET IS SLASHED II STORMY SESSION FIRST PRIZE EXHIBIT OF VEGETABLES AT STATE FAIR. Inaugurating a new era in motion ... picture theatricals BEGINNING Government Digs Up San Fran cisco Scandal of Old to Se cure Evidence. Public Works Department Re quests Target; $145,000 Due to Be Cut Short. ii o 1 1 o PVEST PARK AND ALDER. DIECK'S PLANS FADE AWAY Pruning Knife "Works Industrially on All Items at All in Ques tion Salary Increases Are In Peril Kow. Approximately $23,000 was wiped out entirely and $122,000 more was almost the same as wiped out of the 1914 budget of proposed expenses for the city's public works department by the budget committee at a stormy meeting held at the City Hall last night. The committee went down the line eliminating every item of expense the need of which looked at all questiona Kio nnd In addition placed in abey ance with the preponderance of evi-, dence in favor of final elimination mo majority of the numerous plans of City Commisisoner Dieck for survays, new departments, increased engineer ing and inspection forces and street improvements. In the balance, with two members of the committee in favor of their elim ination, are Mr. Dieck's plans for the elimination of dangerous curves and jogs in streets, the changing of the curbing at street intersections to give greater street area, the proposed trl angulatlon and bench level surveys, sewer surveys in the outer Peninsula districts, and many other plans which Mr. Dieck has been urging. Members Are Divided. Commissioner Blgelow and City Auditor Barbur. standing on a plat form of economy, expressed themselves against these any many other propo sals In the budget. Commissioner Brewster, the third member of the com mittee, favored some and opposed others. The meeting was marked by sharp controversy between Commissioners Bigelow and Dieck, the former stand ing out agalnBt the proposed expendi tures on the ground that taxpayers are demanding a tax levy for 1914 as low at least as the levy for 1913, and that the levy cannot be held as low if budget pruning is r.ow performed by the committee on an elaborate scale. "I want results," declared Commis sioner Dieck. "I am not looking at this thing in a narrow way. I am looking at it in nn economical way. The methods in the past in the en gineering department looked like econ omy at the time, but they were the wildest kind of extravagance in the long run. Small salaries were respon sible for inferior work in the past. Vista Avenue Wall Cited. "The Vista avenue wall is an exam ple, and there are hundreds of others which are costing the city now thou sands of dollars where proper hand ling of the improvements in the first place would have saved these amounts. "I absolutely will not be a party to such procedure as has been permitted in this department in the past. I want competent men to do the work right and I want the facilities with which to do the work in a scientific way. That's real economy in the long run. There can be no argument there. You can't control anything along improvement lines unless you have the men, and you can't have the men if you don't pay them decent salaries. The engineering department has been abused with small salaries and inef ficient equipment." Commissioner Blgelow declared that he believed the expenditures as pro posed were all needed and were worthy but he said they should not all be at tempted next year. He declared that the city Is In a bad way financially and that the taxpayers are demanding lower taxes. "The taxpayers of this city cannot afford an increase In taxes and there must be an increase unless we slash the budget," declared Mr. Bigelow. Small Item Cat Oat. A total of $23,000 was eliminated from the budget in small items, rang ing from $100 to $1200. In the items in the $122,000 which was not trimmed out but was held in abeyance are $30. 000 for the changing of street corners, $10,000 for the elimination of jogs in the streets, appropriations for various kinds of surveys and the preparation of various kinds of maps, the creation of new departments for the inspection and testing of materials and the purchase of new equipment. In addition to these the Commission held up $59,600 in proposed increases in salaries and salaries of new em ployes. Many of these are involved in the improvements as outlined in the projects which are in abeyance. The elimination of the one means the elimi nation of the other. The $59,690 is a part of the $122,000 held In abeyance. Among Items allowed to stand in the budget was $28,000 for the repair of defective streets next year and $33,000 for the maintenance of highways and bridges. Xfw Employes Dodged. At the morning session of the com mittee the budget of the health de partment was taken up and a few small items of expense eliminated. The com mittee did not go into the question of new employes and did not complete checking up , on the estimates for equipment and supplies, owing to the fact that more figures were required before definite action could be taken. The question of the monthly health bulletin was gone into in detail. An estimate from City Health Officer Mar cellus provided an appropriation of about $400 a month for the bulletin. Purchasing Agent Wood suggested that a saving possibly could be made by printing the bulletin on a mimeograph machine. This suggestion did not meet with the approval of others of the committee. There was considerable talk about the establishment of a mu nicipal printing plant to print the bul letin, the calendar of Council proceed ings and other city printing. This question was left in abeyance. HOME IS SOLD FOR $22,000 J. McCallum Purchases Property In Irvington District. J. McCallum, of Edmonton, Canada, yesterday closed a deal for the pur chase of a handsome dwelling in Irv ington, paying $22,000 cash for the property. The dwelling was owned' by R. B. Rice. The property includes a quarter block at the southeast corner of East Seventeenth and Brazee streets. Strawberries Giving Second Crop. INDEPENDENCE, Or.. Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) R. J. Taylor, a real estate deal er In this city, has about 100 straw berry bushes In a garden on his city lot bearing a second crop of fruit. There will be about 60 boxes or an average of half a pound to the plant. hrrru : r4-Hf 111 llll t .--.-rti.i6Mius.vX "Yfjii i'liTffnflt riTinfrnr iii nil n ml n mi r" T "i ri i m t F. M. SHERMAN'S DISPLAY. LEBANON, Or., Oct. 15. (Special.) F. M. Sherman, of this place, received first prize at the State Fair for an exhibit of vegetables. He showed over 200 varieties. SUPPORT IS PLEDGED County Purchasing Depart ment Is Recognized. OFFICIALS NOW AS ONE Auditor Martin explains Stand, Which He Says Was Designed Solely on Economic Lines. Co-operation Is Assured. The purchasing department, recently inaugurated by the County Commis sioners, will receive the heartiest co operation from officials about the Courthouse, according to assurances re ceived by Commissioner Holman yes terday. District Attorney Evans, Sher iff Word. Judge Qatens, Assessor Reed, County Clerk Coffey, Treasurer Reed and Constable Weinberger have assured Mr. Holman that in the future all the supplies to be used in their offices will be secured by requisition through tne purchasing agent. The new department was Installed By the Commissioners after the adoption of the Sands administrative code, by a 2-to-l vote several months ago. The September county warrants were held up by Commissioner Holman last Mon day, when four Items appeared on the claim sheet which had not been regu larly through the office of the pur chasing agent. On Wednesday Air. txoi- man approved the claim sheet after he had drawn a line througn tne items to which he objected. Two of the claims which had not been approved bv the purchasing agent were for sup plies secured by Assessor Reed and by Sheriff Word. Officials Explain Actions. Mr. Reed promptly made out a requi sition when the irregularity was called to his attention and assured Mr. Hol man that he had not intended to ignore the new department and that future supplies for his department would be secured through the purchasing agent. Deputy Sheriff Pratt told Mr. Holman yesterday that the Sheriffs office was innocent of offense and assured him that in the future all supplies for the Sheriffs office would be ordered through regular channels. Auditor Martin, who at nrst was re ported to have taken exception to the new order of things,, said yesterday that he did not propose to Ignore the new department, but would co-operate with the purchasing agent to secure supplies for the county at the lowest possible figure. All Departments Support. "The receipts which I purchased for Sheriff Word's office and which Mr. Holman refused to approve for pay ment," said Mr. Martin yesterday, "are ordered about once a month. Glass & Prudhomme keep this form standing and can furnish us the receipts cheap er than another firm that would have to set up new forms. The new pur chasing officer possibly can get the supplies from Glass & Prudhomme for the same price, and, if so, I am perfectly willing to have all orders go through him. My only reason in opposing the new order of purchasing would be to secure supplies at cheaper rates." It is believed that every department In the county government circles now will support the new department, which Mr. Holman and municipal experts have de clared is the only method by which purchasing for a government corpora tion can be reduced to the greatest ef ficiency. SCHOOL DEBATERS PICKED District Discussion on Exclusion of Undesirable Imigrant. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) The Vancouver High School will be represented this year by Daniel Shanedling, Austin McCoy and Velma Snider in the district debate, the three winning today in the final tryout Claud Snider, Miss Snider's brother, was selected as alternate. The question will be: "The exclusion of the undesirable Immigrant from Southern Europe." The local team has not learned where the first debate will be held, nor on which side it will de bate, but the date has been set for No., vember 7. Friday evening at the high school "Pilgrim's Progress" will be given in moving pictures, the proceeds to be turned into the football fund. NATION GROWS WASTEFUL Red Held Says Fire Ixss Is Only Part of Thought and Habit. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 16. "The ap palling yearly loss by fire in this coun try is only one of many manifestations of a spirit of wastefulness that has become an ingrained part of American thought and habit," declared William C. Redfleld, Secretary of Commerce, in an address today before the National Fire Prevention Conference. The task before the conference, he said, primarily was one of education. He advocated the organization of a staff of demonstrators, whose duty it would be to go about the country ad dressing legislatures, labor unions, civio bodies and other organizations on the general subject of wasteful ness. ' " Secretary Redfleld said that In Wash ington the evidences of carlessneES in regard to building construction are amazing. Old records, public docks, copper plates of rivers and harbors and other irreplaceable records, he said, are kept in buildings subject to conflagration. A resolution outlining a plan by which the Government could establish compulsory fire standards was adopt ed. The resolution recommends Fed eral legislation setting forth standards that would have to be respeoted In Preparing state and city fire preven tion legislation moneyTenderaccused MAN UXABLE TO PAY HIGH RATE CHARGES ATTACK. El by Company Employe Beats Pa tron With Stick, According to Complaint, as Cash Offered. V. H. Johnson, a salesman living at 4804 East Sixth street, went to the of fice of the Elby Company, 320 Lumber Exchange building, Saturday night to explain why he could not meet pay ment of Interest due on money he naa borrowed from the money lenders when, he says. Jack Fletcher, an employe, be came abusive and finally drew a billy from a drawer and beat him about the head and body. He swore to a com plaint yesterday charging Fletcher with assault and battery. Johnson, who is - married, became n.Aeoiu4 fnt. mnnav A month fiTO and appealed to the Elby Company for a loan. He says tney toio. nim tne omy way they would advance money. In order to evade the usury law, would be for him to have a friend give him a note for the amount desired, he to in dorse the note and the loan company to buy it. Under the conditions of the loan Johnson says he received 167.60 and after a term of 90 days he was to repay them $88.80, which, on an annual basis, would exceed 100 per cent. Through the arrival of a baby in his household and a reduction in wages from $25 a week to a straight commis sion, Johnson says he was unable to meet the weekly payment of $7.40 and at the end of the first week he paid $3 and secured a receipt for fhat amount. When it was seen that Johnson was not living up to the conditions of the loan, Johnson says the company "dunned" the friend who gave him the note and made trouble at the office where he was employed, threatening legal proceedings to enforce payment. Saturday night Johnson went to the of fice of the Elby Company and tendered $2 on account, which, he says, was re jected with obscene comment by Fletcher. When Johnson objected to the words used, Fletcher, he says, drew a stick from a drawer and swinging it from a leather strap belabored him over the head, and ejected him. FIRE HORSES TO DIE EASY Xew York to Exile Old Equines to Life on Farms. NEW YORK, Oct 12. Horses of the Fire Department, which have outlived their usefulness, will not be sold to peddlers and hucksters hereafter, but will And a home on the inebriates' farm at Warwick, N. T.. according to an offer received by Fire Commissioner Johnson from Charles Samson, execu tive secretary of the Board of Inebriety. Mr. Samson states that the horses will be well cared for on the farm, and that above the stall of each horse will be his name and record of service. Commercial Clubs Conferring. GRANTS PASS, Or., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) A delegation of representatives of the Commercial Club went to Med ford yesterday for the purpose of con ferring with all the Commercial clubs of Rogue River Valley and to take part In presenting general plans and meth ods before the convention whereby tourists and travelers during 1915 may find it convenient to stop "over at the various towns in the valley. The con vention promises to be one of the larg est and best meetings ever held in this part of Oregon. Yakima Boys Again Win. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 16. (Special.) The North Yakima boys' department of the North Yakima Y. M. C. A." again won in today's mem bership contest with the local associa tion getting 143 to 132. The totals are North Yakima 348, Walla Walla 328. AIM IS TO SHOW METHODS Constantino J. Smyth, Special Aide of Attorney - General, Returns With Depositions to Be Used in Anti-Trust Suit. For the purpose of showing: the at titude and methods toward competition of the Bell Telephone companies, now the target of an anti-trust suit in the United States District Court for Ore gon, the San Francisco telephone brib ery scandal was dragged from its six-year-old ashes in hearings completed a few days ago in San Francisco be fore H. M. Wright, standing master in chancery for the United States Dis trict Court of Northern California, who acted as a special examiner In the taking of depositions. A. M. Wilson, an auctioneer; Charles Boxton, a dentist, and Max Mamlock, who were members of the San Fran cisco Board of Supervisors at the time of and af ttr the earthquake, were called before Special Examiner Wright at the instance of Constantlne J. Smyth, special assistant to Attorney-General McReynolds, who, with United States District Attorney Reames, has charge of the Government's suit against the American Telephone & Telegraph Com pany. Mr. Smyth returned from San Francisco yesterday, Judge Carey, who represented the telephone company in the taking of the depositions, having returned Wednesday. Men Admit Taking; Money. Wilson, Boxton and Hamlock, under oath, all admitted that they were paid money by T. V. Halsey, at the period following the earthquake a special agent of the Pacific Telephone Com pany, and still In its employ. Like other members of the Board of Super visors at the time of the Investigation of the scandal by District Attorney Langdon, who was assisted by Francis J. Heney, they obtained immunity from prosecution by confessing that they had taken money from agents of the tele phone company as a reward for their attitudes, as members of the Board, against granting a franchise to the Home Company. Wilson at first refused to answer the questions put to him by Special Assist ant Constantlne. Later, however, when Boxton had admitted that Halsey had given him an envelope containing $5000, sup posedly for the position he, Boxton, had taken on the franchise matter, and Hamlock had admitted that Halsey had offered him $10,000 to oppose the Home franchise, and had later given hifh $5000, Wilson arose from his seat In the rear of the courtroom and said that he was ready to answer the questions which he had refused to answer a short time before. Acceptance of Money Told. Wilson said that $5000 had been given him, he supposed for Ills "friendly" at titude to the Pacific Company, and an swered other questions. In all 11 depositions were taken at San Francisco before Special Examin er Wright, and this testimony is the first taken in the suit of the Govern ment to dissolve the alleged "telephone trust." One of the principal witnesses was H. D. Pillsbury, general counsel on the Pacific Coast for the Bell companies. He was questioned by the Govern ment for the purpose of showing that the service of the Bell companies was very poor before competition came; that the policy of the Bell companies had been to prevent competition wher ever they could; that to this end they had resisted the granting of franchises to Independent companies, and that wherever possible they had made con tracts with independent companies for their long-distance business, both in Oregon and Washington. Evidence was Introduced to show that Louis Glass, one of the vice-presidents of the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph Company, operating companies on the Paclflo Coast, had been indicted and tried In Ban Francisco for the al leged crime of giving; a bribe of $50,000 to the San Francisco Board of Super visors. Mr. Smith will go to Tacoma today. and Seattle later, to take further depo sitions in the big suit before the case comes to trial in the local United States District Court. WOMEN TO DECIDE ISSUE Oregon City Fair Voters Register by Hundreds for "Dry" Election. OREGON CITY, Or, Oct. 18. (Spe cial.) Though no active campaign seems to have been started by the pro hibition forces in Oregon City, women are registering by hundreds ,ln the of fice of County Clerk Mulvey for the Cattle on November 4. While there are several state meas ures to be considered at that election, some of which the women of the city are Interested in, most of them, are registering for the purpose of votiug on the prohibition fight at the city election on the same date. It is expected that the returns on the prohibition question will show that the women mainly decided the Issue of whether or not this city 1 to be placed in the dry column. EXTRA SESSION' PROPOSED Governor of Florida Considers Land Laws to Exclude Japanese. TAMPA, Fla Oct. 15, Governor Trammel of Florida said tonight he had not yet decided on the advisability of calling an extra session of the Leg islature to enact land laws preventing ownership of Florida lands by Japa nese. The Governor said he was investi gating the question whether Japanese are undesirable as land owners. He also said be had no information that indicated the probability fhat Japa nese would settle In Florida in large numbers. The calling of a special leg islative session, the Governor said, would depend on the result of his in vestigation. Monmouth Tracks Connected. MONMOUTH, Or., Oct, 16 (Special.) A new switch track, connecting Inde pendence and Dallas tracks In this city, is under construction north of the new Southern Pacific station. This will save extra switching to shift cars from one track to the other. NEXT SUNDAY Portland The ater ' Goers will be glad to learn that the People's Thea ter has con tracted with Daniel' Froh man for the exclusive ex bibition rights of all hi3 fa m o u s player film produc tions. This new pol icy will start with the Fiske engage ment and marks the beginning of a higher st a n d ard in every detail at the People's Thea ter. s A . C 0 M I N G-Sunday, 11 :r5rl fr:itX IfV Complete ? KMJ fcTif I J" A ,w i9 MARY PICKFORD David Belasco'g star In "In the Bishop's Carriage" 0 EXHIBITS HAILED BEST KLICKITAT COUNTY FAIR EX HIBITS EXTjARGED. Kecord-Breaklng Crowd, Xakima Indians and Wild West Show Combine to Produce Success. 001DENDAL2, Wash.. Oct- 16. (Special.) With the sun shining brightly in the crisp Autumn air the second day of the fifth annual Klicki tat County Fair has passed Into ms . nmnia bezan arriving early this morning from all parts o the valley in a recor-urC...o ner. The grandstand was filled, the crowd being entertained by the best programme ever given by the fair man agement. , About 200 Taklma Indians are at tending the fair this year and have esablished an Indian village Just out side the main gates. The Indians, in gay tribal costume, gave a parade through the main streets of the town at noon, which was followed by a war dance on the racetrack in front of the grandstand. In addition to the regular race pro gramme a number of interesting spe cial events were pulled off and 6pain brothers gave their Wild West show, consisting of fancy roping, triok rid ing rough riding, Roman riding and a pony express race at the fairgrounds. o - h h Toiini stock in the Northwest was in the showring. The display of rruit ana- isncumuu products is by far the best that has been made here and th prize-winning exhibit at the Washington State Pair, made by the Qoldendale Fruit and Produce Association, is duplicated. William Olson, of Husum, in West ern Klickitat, who has exhibited fruit every year since the fair started, has enlarged his exhibit this year to in clude grasses, grains, vegetables and processed fruit and his exhibit speaks wonders for what can be accomplished in the Upper White Salmon Valley. The big crowd is taking in the carnival and side-show attractions tonight, and merriment has full away. Race results: 2:20 pace Mack N., Dorris, Almost, Nearest N. Time, 2:19. Half-mile dash, Klickitat ' horses Better B., Penny. Time, 0:58 FTee-for-all trot, Klickitat horeea Oak land Moore, Katie Guy. Mack W. Time, 2:30. Three-fourths-mlle dah Lo H., Ethel Sanders, Eastman. Time 1:17. State Fair Office Abolished. NORTH ,TAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 16. (Spocial.) The office of secretary manager of the Washington State Fair will be abolished by Commissioner of Agriculture Perkins and all corres pondence and business relating to the fair will be handled hereafter from Daniel Frohman iii II Do X' for one week in the 'famous player" moving picture drama, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" With more of the same high-class kind - and better to follow w, n,niuii.iu,.unu iimnmiwiiii.uMf. uawwi'ii , J.H'W ua aw,iagpiiyijiM'M;j!; Oct. 26 Olympia, except for a brief period be fore and during the fair. H. B. Averill, of North Yakima, has been secretary and manager for the last year. ACCUSER S DISMISSED Insplrer of Anonymous Charges loses Government Job. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Secretary McAdoo ordered today the summary dismissal from the Government service of George L. Snider, a bookkeeper in the llfesavlng service, because of an anonymous charge said to have been Inspired by Snider and others, reflect ing on Captain Sumner A. Kimball, general superintendent of the llfesav lng service, and the administration of hla office. At the same time the Secretary repri manded Thomas Maxwell, formerly employed In the llfesavlng service, but now a clerk In the office of the audi tor for the War Department, for co operating with Snider and a man now out of the service in circulating the charges. AUTO ACCIDENTS INCREASE Statistics Show Great Growth In Number of Casualties. CHICAGO, Oct. 16. Deaths In this city from automobile accidents in creased 1S3 rer -cent from 1907 to 1912, according to statistics supplied today to the Chicago Safety Commission, which was organized recently .to com bat such accidents. In other large cities the increases for this period were: New York, 310 per cent; Philadelphia, S90; Boston, 277; Cleveland, 640; San Francisco, 93; Ix Angeles, 290; Seattle, 180; Denver, 57; Memphis, 400. Klamath Teachers 3Ieet. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Oct 16. (Spe cial.) Teachers from all parts of Klamath County are here to attend the annual institute, in session at the Cen tral School and high school buildings. sf . c. l..nnt t'otoronn m In eharg-e. In charge of Instruction work PLENTY OF WARM BEDDING is certainly a comfort in Winter. Our stock is very complete and the prices are especially low, on ac count ot tne immense four stores and our low rent on the East Side. Be sure to inspect them, presents I In Six Complete Parts Curtain Rises at 12:00 M. 1:30 P. M. 3:00 P. M. 4:30 P. M. 6:00 P. M. 7:30 P. M. 9:00 P. M. PRICES Balcony 10c Lower Floor 20c Box Seats 30c Box Seats may be reserved in a d v a nee by phoning Mar. 880, A 2087. are State Superintendent Churchill, F. U Griffin, of the Agricultural Colleger-Miss Ruby Shearer, of the State Normal School and others. Dr. C. V. Hodge, of the University of Oregon ex tension bureau. Is also one of the speakers. Ootton Broker Pleads Not Gnilty. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. Colonel Rob ert M. Thompson, Wall Street broker, pleaded not guilty today to an Indict ment in the Federal Court charging htm with conspiracy with James A. Patten and others to corner the cotton crop of 1909. The other defendants had pleaded not guilty, with the exception of Mr. Patten, who paid a fine rather than contest the case. Colonel Thomp son was in Europe at the time the other defendants pleaded. Colonel Thompson was released in 32000 ball for trial. (3 The very quickest con sistent with perfect service, prevents any needless delay for the busy business man at the Imperial Grill. Luncheon Fifty Cents S3 M HnMElFUDNISHFRS j 36Q-66 EAST MORRISON S7, swy?' y,,rPrstr MLA