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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1914)
TITE MORXIXO OREGOyiAIf, TTTTJRSPAT, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914. s V V DEMOCRATS AGREE TO WAR TAX LIST Early Legislation for Emer gency Revenue Is Now in Prospect. REPUBLICANS PLAN ATTACK right to Be Made on Theory Special Method to Supply Treasury "Un necessary If Harbor and Bulld , ing Bills Are Trimmed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Adminis tration leaders in the House propose to expedite as rapidly as possible war revenue legislation, now that party dif ferences have been Ironed out in cau cus. Democrats of the ways and means committee will meet tomorrow to com plete the draft of a bill outlined by the caucus to include a. tax on beer, wines, gasoline, and trie special and stamp taxes of the Spanish-American War revenue law. Majority Leader Underwood hopes to Introduce a bill late tomorrow to re port it the following- day, and to bring in a rule for its immediate considera tion. The plan is to pass the bill by Saturday night if possible. Republicans Flan Attack. Although Democrats of the Senate axe inclined to look more favorably on the proposed measure than on previous efforts of the House committee to pro vide emergency revenue. Senate Re publicans are maneuvering to attack the bill with all their strength. It is the purpose of the minority to use the bill for political argument on the verge of the Fall campaign, and their hope is to keep the fight going until election time if possible. Republican Senators tonight declared that the final action of the Democratic caucus in approving a form of taxa tion made by the Republican Congress in 1S98 would not deter thein in their opposition. They insist that conditions row are vastly different from those of the Spanish-American war. Their argu ment will be based on the Democratic revision of the tariff, which they will maintain is responsible for vast falling off in the revenues. Kven now, the minority will urge, no emergency revenue measure would be necessary if the river and harbors bill were trimmed to $12,000,000, Just enough to take care of existing public works, and if a public building bill for the next year were abandoned. In addition to wine, beer and gaso line taxes previously agreed on it will tax banks with capital - and surplus not exceeding $25,000, $50 a year and $2 for each additional (1000; stock brokers, $50; pawnbrokers, $20; commercial brokers, $20; custom-house brokers, $10; proprietors of theaters, museums and concert halls, $100; cir cuses, $100; public exhibitions, $10; bowling alleys and billiard halls, $5 per alley or table; dealers in leaf tobacco, $6 to $25, according to volume of busi ness; dealers in tobacco. $12; manufac turers of tobacco and cigars, $6 to $24. Telephone Messages Included. The stamp taxes proposed, subject to probable revision by the committee, are in detail as follows: , Bank checks, 2 cents; drafts or bills of exchange, inland. 2 cents for each ' $100; certificates of deposit, 2 cents; promissory notes, 2 cents for each $100; money orders, 2 cents per $100; express receipts, 1 cent; freight receipts or do mestic bills of lading, 1 cent; telephone messages costing 15 cents or more, 1 cent; bonds, 50 cents; certificates of de posit, 2 cents per $100; certificates of de mand, 25 cents; certificates not other wise specified, 10 cents; charters, $3 to $10; brokers' contract, 10 cents; con veyances, 50 cents for each $500; tele graph message,. 1 cent; life Insurance policies, 8 cents on each $100; marine, inland, fire, casualty, fidelity and guar anty, of 1 per cent; leases, 25 cents to $1; mortgages or conveyance in trust, 25 cents for each $1500; power of attorney to vote, 10 cents; power of at torney to sell, 25 cents; protests. 25 cents; warehouse receipts, 25 cents. Early Action la Prospect. Democrats of the House ways and means committee began today pre paration of the bill with the proposed tax on freight transportation eliminat ed and designed to bring into the Treasury $105,000,000. This was not only by party caucus direction but with the approval of President Wilson. The action of the caucus, which was enthusiastic throughout, in . abandon ing the proposed freight tax, it was believed today, assured early Congres sional action on the bill. Decision to eliminate the freight tax in the new bill was reached because of antagon ism within the Democratic party and President Wilson's announcement that lie would not Insist upon the plan. ANOTHER LINER FOR COAST Old Colony, of Boston, to Bo Added to Facific Navigation Sleet. BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. (Special.) An important steamship announce I J y - Vcad a . j H J ALASS " X. V IOWBB LINES MARK SOUTHERNMOST BATTLE SCENE AT POSITION ATTAINED BY GERMANS TEN DATS AGO IN THEIR BIOVEMENT AGAINST PARIS IPPCa LNUS FfiSrriOJSS CS" UOSTim ARM IKS S PIBSVIT, WITH BATTLE L1"E JJITESDLIQ FBOH JiOVOJi TO METZ, ment is abroad In- shipping circles to the effect that the Pacific Navigation Company will add to the service sup plied by the fast turbiners Yale and Harvard by the addition of the steamer Old Colony to the fleet operating be tween San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. It is reported that the ne gotiations for the charter of the Old Colony, now operating out of Boston, have been completed and that the steamer will be brought to the Golden Gate before the first of the new year by way of the Panama Canal. The Old Colony, Harvard and Yale are rated as the fastest and most handsomely and adequately equipped coastwise passen ger liners in the Jnited States. It is understood that the Pacific Nav igation Company's liners will connect here with the Hill liners Great North ern and North Pacific, which will ply between San Francisco and Astoria. As these vessels are 22-knot boats, they will e able to compete with the rail roads for time. WAR HITS ALL ENGLAND HEART-ACHING SCENES EXACTED AS SOLDIERS LEAVE. Relative of St. Mmt'i . Cathedral Organist Tells How Martial Law In Fareham 'Works. Some interesting passages on the war appear In a. letter received by Frederick W. Goodrich, , organist of St- Mary's Cathedral, from his sister-in-law, Mrs. W. G. Millard, who resides in Fareham, England. Writing under date of August 30 Mrs. Millard says: "I don't think any one in England ever will forget the -night when war was declared, said to be the blackest night in our history and It came so suddely, no thought of it in the minds of the public I cannot tell you some of the heartaching scenes when we saw the last lot of soldiers leave our town, three weeks ago tomorrow. They came past here on their way to Southamp ton. There were not many dry eyes, for most of them had someone in the houses about here, and now today as we were having dinner more beautiful horses went past to be sent off, and so it is day after day, until not a horse will be left. "We have felt martial law here. All publics (saloons) closed at 9 P. M. and no one cares to go out after that for fear of being stopped. Several peo ple that we know have been stopped in their motors. We have heard little news the last few days things are kept so quiet. No one knows where their friends are, and It is best I suppose, but It's the dreadful suspense. "C Is coming tomorrow to spend his holiday with us. He was to have gone to Manchester, but all the rail ways have been closed to the public The government took them over to get the troops through; last Sunday (Au gust 23) there were 160 trains passed through this station and no one knew where to. Sixty thousand Russians went through Southampton on Sunday for the front." 49,000 PRISONERS HELD Austrian Foreign Secretary Reports Capture of Russians and Serbs. MANCHESTER. Mass., Sept. 16. The Austro-Hungarian Embassay, tempora rily located here, gave out a wireless message tonight received from Count von Berchtold, Foreign Secretary , of Austria-Hungary, as follows: "Fighting Gallcian war theater not yet restarted. Number of war prisoners officially given as 41,000 Russians, 8000 Servians. Number of captured guns 300. All prisoners brought into terri tory of monarchy. "It is officially announced that the Servian forces which have crossed Save River and had entered the monarchy some time ago were repulsed every where District of Semlln now free of enemies. "COUNT BERCHTOLD, "Foreign Secretary." TRAFFIC RIGHTS SOUGHT Preference Over Car on Left Side of Street Asked by Autoists. . The right-of-way of automobiles over streetcars, when the cars are moving on the left-hand side of the street, and elimination of a provision necessitating lights on automobiles parked under arc lights, will be sought by the Portland Automobile Club when the proposed new traffic ordinance, now in the hands of City Commissioner Brewster, is brought up. The autorists say there are a num ber of places where streetcars move onto the left-hand elde of the street. At these places, it Is contended, the autos should have the right-of-way, in asmuch as the streetcar is out of the ordinary line of travel. Brought Continues; Water Recedes. SILVER LAKE, Or., Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) Streams and lakes In Lake County are lower than they have been for five years. Silver Lake has re ceded more than 150 feet from its usual shore line and Falina Marsh is almost completely dry. There has been no rain of consequence since July 3, and as a result Fall plowing is far behind. G. A. Van Anda Funeral Is Today. HOOD RIVER. Or., Sept 16. (Spe cial.) The funeral of G. A. Van Anda, who died Monday night, will be held today at the Masonic Hall. The body will be sent to Portland for cremation. Mr. Van Anda, who was 66 years old, had long been a resident of Oregon Mr. Van Anda was a Mason. WAR MAP ILLUSTRATING EBB AND MM. PEACE ONCE NEAR Briton Says Austria and Rus sia Almost Agreed. MEDIATION BASIS READY Entry of German-Russian Contro versy Fatal to Carefully Made Plans Double Ultimatums Permit Single Reply. LONDON, Sept. 16. The Foreign Of fice issued tonight in the form of a white paper the report of Sir Maurice de Bunsen, late British Ambassador at Vienna, on the rupture of diplomatic relations with Austria, in which the Ambassador declares that Austria and Russia had about reached an agree ment on the Austro-Servian dispute, when their conversations were cut short by the transfer of the dispute to the more dangerous ground of a direct conflict between Germany and Russia. The Ambassador says that, although two days previously he had refused to consent to the continuance of the con versations at St. Petersburg, Count von Berchtold. the Austro-Hungarian Min ister of Foreign Affairs, on July 30, although Russia had been partially mo bilized, agreed In a most friendly man ner that the conversations should be continued. Germany Adds to Tension. "From now onward," saya the Am bassador, "the tension between Ger many and Russia was much greater than between Austria and Russia, as between the latter an arrangement seemed almost in sight, and, on August 1, I was Informed by Count Schebeko, the Russian Ambassador, that Count Szapary, Austrian Ambassador at St. Petersburg, had at last conceded the main point of Issue by announcing to the Russian Foreign Minister, M. Saz onoff, that Austria would consent to submit to mediation the points in the note to Servla which seemed incom patible with the maintenance of Servian independence. "M. Sazonoff had accepted this pro posal on condition that Austria would refrain from actual invasion of Seryia. Austria, in fact, ha4 f,ully yielded; and that she herself, at this point, had good hopes of a peaceful issue is shown by the communication made to you ' on August 1 by Count Mensdorff (Austrian Ambassador at London) that Austria had neither 'banged the door on com promise nor cut. off the conversations. Russian Works for Peace. "Count Schebeko to the end was working hard for peace. He was em ploying the most conciliatory language to Count Von Berchtold and he in formed me that the latter, as well as Count Forgach, had responded in the same spirit. Certainly it was too much for Russia to expect that Austria would hold back her armies. But this matter probably could have been set tled by negotiations and Count Sche beko repeatedly told me that he was prepared for' the acceptance of any reasonable compromise. "Unfortunately, these conversations at St. Petersburg and Vienna were cut short by the transfer of the dispute to the more dangerous ground of a direct conflict between Germany and Russia. "Germany intervened on July 31 by means of her double ultimatum to St. FLOW OF BATTLE TIDE IN F RANCE. BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth Petersburg and Paris. These ultima tums were of a kind to which only one reply was possible, and Germany de clared war on Russia August 1 and on France August 3. "A few days' delay might, in all prob ability, have saved Europe from one of the greatest calamities in history." The Ambassador then referred to the rupture of diplomatic relations between Austria and the allied powers, the de tails of which have already been pub lished. Boy 9 .Years Old in War Zone Self-Reliant. Philadelphia Lad in Budapest Drawl Draft on Father and Geta Coin From Relief Committee. ONDON, Sept. 16. Theodore Taper- ser, a 9-year-old boy of Philadel phia, arrived today at the office of the American relief committee in London in charge of a Hungarian widow and her six children, whom she had brought all the way from Budapest, Young . Taperser had been visiting relatives in Hungary. He started to come out alone. At the railroad sta tion in Budapest he met a forlorn fam ily, whose father, now dead, had been a naturalized American citizen. He took the Hungarian mother under his care and brought them successfully to London. On his arrival here the boy drew a draft on , his father in Philadelphia, which was promptly hon ored by the relief committee. He then acted as Interpreter for the widow while she told her story and obtained aid from the committee, after which he attended to getting passage tor his charges. The chairman of the relief com' mlttee said today tht no persona ap plying to the committee for help had shown 'more self-reliance and intelli gence than has this 9-year-old Amer ican boy. PARIS, Sept. 16. A story has reached here of the courageous action of Mme. Macherez, of Soissons. When the Germans arrived there they demanded to see the mayor, who was absent. None of the officials responded to the call, whereupon Mme. Macherez went to the Germans and said: There Is no Mayor here, but 1 am here and 1 answer for everyone and everything, as you will have to do if depredations are committed. After disputing the requisitions and the condition of the Germans, the courageous woman saved Soissons on easy terms. )XDON, L Reuter's Telegram Company from Petrograd says that the Swedish col ony in the Russian capital, under the leadership of the daughter of the Swedish Minister, has established a hospital for Russian wounded It is reported that after the recent AUBtro-Russian fighting detachments of Czechs, fraternized with the peasants and asked where they could surrender to the Russians. A peasant woman. who, with her children, had been bid ing in a cave on the banks of a stream during the fighting, led them to the Russians. . Hundreds of bodies in the streams never will be recovered, so the peasants are erecting crosses on the banks of the river. The correspondent says that Austrian prisoners are being held by the Rus sians, while Gallcian slaves are being paroled. Feasants meet all trains car rying wounded men with bread, eggs, milk, sugar and other supplies. To enable the driver of. an automo bile to see whether the rear light of tils car is burning without leaving his seat, an English motorist has patented a pair of small mirrors, to be suitably mounted. 14.95 That price takes his eye; he's after one of those $6 all-wool Norfolk Suits with the extra trousers that Ben Selling is selling now at $4.95. He's fol lowing the trail of hundreds of pairs of feet that have come to Ben Selling's during the past week. BAKER FAIR DRENCHED RACES POSTPONED TO TODAT ON ACCOUNT OK RAIN. Exhibits Are Larter Than Ever Before and Districts Heretofore Not Rep resented Make Fine Display. BAKER, Or.. Sept, IS. (Special.) In a pouring rain which baptized most of the opening day of the Baker County Fair, the exhibitors and managers were busy Installing the many exhibits and entertaining the small crowd that ven tured to the grounds today. The weather caused a postponement of, the entire race programme until 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, whon it is expected that a big crowd will gather for the events. Today was scheduled as Baker day, but it has been changed to tomorrow. when the annual Baker Derby will be run. The displays are larger and better than in any previous year, and they are coming irom places never' repre sented before. The dry farming ex hibit from Sparta, once known as only a mining camp. Is a feature, while aumpter, another former mining head quarters, has a surDrisIncr dlnnlai-. brought from Its own fair held last weeK. The children's exhibits are the cen ter of attraction because of the large number of schools represented. They are showing everything that can be raised, cooked or made, even to a mod ern battleship designed by a boy. The women's hall is filled with exhibits. The poultry display is the greatest ever shown here. The livestock stalls are being filled rapidly. Friday Is chll dren'e day, and special trains will be Port! Gresham, Oregon Sept. 17, 18, 19 BIGGER AND BETTER EXHIBITS Livestock, Poultry, Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, Domes tic Science and Art, also Grange and Juvenile Displays. Horse and Driving Races. Full Line of Amusements 'i Citizens of Portland Attend Our Own County Fair "Meet Me on The Astronomers Now Tell Us That a Comet Is Coming, and That Within the Next Forty eight Hours It Can Be Seen With the Naked Eye. At the Time of Every Great Wax a of the Last Few Days Have Would Now Have Something The comet In the heavens in of no little Importance, and just the reason for its appearance, of course, no one knows; but the greatest of all im portant events, particularly to piano less homes In Portland, is the great sale now going on at 38S Morrison street, the sale which is authorized by the court to dispose of the stock of pianos, player-pianos and talking ma chines of Soule Bros., who have failed. UNBELIEVABLE. Thoroughly, reliable instruments are now being sold at unbelievably low prices and terms. Many a pianoless home is now being made happy for only $97.20 with pianos that are really 250 to 3300 value, and at only 3118 for instruments worth $350 and more. A large number of 3460 pianos are also being sold for in the neighborhood of 3166, some for less, and a few for a little more. PLATERS ARE CUT. Player pianos at prices less than the same quality uprights. For only $266. yes even as low as 3168 you can buy the 3700 and even $800 player pianos, guaranteed for ten years; for $337 the $850 player pianos, guaranteed ten years, and for only $688 the $1000 values, also guaranteed for ten years. GRANDS. Grand pianos now for less than the same' quality uprights would cost at any other time: $700 values now 3337. $800 values now $446 and $950 values now $518. all old reliable established makes Also many other pianos not listed above, and I want to say to you right now that you can secure almost any make of piano you desire. But to appreciate the true value of these greatest bargains ever offered, you must see them. Electric pianos of the higaest quality, instruments that have been in operation around and in Port land for years, can now be had at $88, $166 and $278, and the very best and run from Sumpter. Haines. Huntington and all other railroad points. AUSTRALIAN LINERS TAKEN Britain Commandeers Boats Transportation of Troops. for SEATTLE, Sept. 16. The British Ad miralty has not only commandeered all the Canadian Pacific liners on the Pa cific Ocean, but has also taken the Union Steamship Company's big new Australian liner Wlllochra and the new liner Tahiti from the San Francisco- Australian run. The steamship Marama has been transferred from the Vancouver-Australia run to the San Francisco-Aus tralia service, in which the Maitl and Moana are also plying. By making and Today MULTNOMAH COUNTY FAIR the Furrow 99 Comet Has Appeared. - The Papers Stated That Superstitious People to Worry About. highest price electric pianos, usually selling for $600 to $1000, now go for only $388. NOTHING HELD BACK. All talking machines must go. Co lumbia, Edison and Victors, and any number of records of all makes. We must also sell all desks, chairs, safes, music rolls, racks, stools, benches, cabinets, typewriters, numbering ma chines and in fact complete office equipment, for very little money. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Some particular values that we have to offer and that we would like to close out quickly: $1100 Weber Pianola Piano, $537. This is the finest and best ever made by the Aeolian Company; also. The Behning. the " acknowledged best of all; a $1500 com bination Lester Grand-Pianola, $666; $500 combination Burmeister-Planola, , $218; $600 or $700 Kingsbury Player Piano, 88-note, now $335. We could go on enumerating bargains like this indefinitely. The Kohler & Campbell, the Chickering, America's oldest and best; Steinway, Steck, Wegman, Schu man can all be secured now at un believable reductions. As above stated, practically every make that you can possjbly think of is here, and must be sold at once. Terms of 1, 2, 3. or even 4 years. This means payments of as low as $1 per week, , and all that we ask Is that you pay $1 down to show good faith. Player Pianos and Grands. $2 per week. For the benefit of those not being able to call during the day. our store is open every evening until 9 or 10 o'clock. C. E. Lucore, agent and credi tors' representative. Soule Bros, have failed and their entire stock is offered for sale by order of the court. Must be cleaned up Immediately. A chance only once in a lifetime., Makes no difference as to price or terms. Store open even ings. 388 Morrison street. Read page six this paper. shorter stops in port the Niagara and Makura will maintain a 28-days' serv ice between Vancouver and Australia, beginning with the sailing of the Makura from Vancouver September 30. The Japanese government has taken over some passenger boats for trans ports, but Is careful not to cripple th service to United States ports, the business of which Is heavy. Krebs llopliouscs Burn. BROOKS. Or, Sept. 16. (Special.) " With the burning of the Krebs hop houses Thursday night at Hopmere (formerly Chemeketa), but little re mains of this once popular yard. Many acres of the hops have been dug up. and for the last few years the place has been leased to parties who have not made amusement the chief end and aim of the vard as it was under the direct management of the Krebs Bros. Round Trip Fare 25c Take Car at First and Alder 4 ED 1 05.2