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PROPOSED LIMIT Oil
TAX MAY HIT CITY
Budget Prepared by Council in
; Present Form in Excess of
What Law Would Allow.
SURPLUS IS $311,435.48
: Passage of Legislation by Voters In
' November Would Require Trim
ming by Commissioners From
S3, 3 73, 00 7 to $3,0 61,5 71.52.
There will have to be a heavy cut
ting of the City Council's budget es
timate of $3,373,007 for the 1917 ex
penses of the City of Portland should
the proposed state-wide tax limitation
amendment, sometimes called the 6
per cent amendment, be approved by
the voters at the November election.
In such event a little matter of $311.
435.48 would have to be lopped off the
budget as it now stands.
And in place of the present estimate
of $3,373.007 last year's budget was
$2.886.002 the Commissioners woultf
have to content themselves with a
maximum budget, for all purposes, of
Dot to exceed $3,061,571.52.
Amendment la Specific.
"Unless specifically authorized by a
majority of the legal voters voting
upon the question." reads the pro
posed amendment, "neither the state
nor the county, municipality, district or
body to which the power to levy a tax
shall have been delegated shall in any
year so exercise that power as to raise
a greater amount of revenue for pur
poses other than the payment of bond
ed indebtedness or interest thereon
than the total amount levied by it in
the year immediately preceding for
purposes other than the payment of
bonded indebtedness or interest thereon
plus 6 per centum thereof. . . "
The bonded debt item of last year's
budget vac $462,580. which is exempt
from the 6 per cent limitation. Sub
tracting this item from last year's to
tal of $2,886,002 leaves $3,423,442. the
amount, plus 6 per cent thereof, that
may be raised next year for taxation
purposes other than bonded indebted
ness. , Bond Debt Not Included.
;'. Six per cent of this amounts to $145,
406.52. That is the maximum increase
that would be permitted for general
expenses over last year's budget. The
maximum the Commissioners would be
able to appropriate for general ex
Tenses under the proposed law would
thus be $2,568,848.52, in place of the
$2,880,284 now reckoned for the pur
pose. For bonded indebtedness the Com
missioners in their tentative budget-estimate
$492,723. As no limitation is
placed on bonded indebtedness and in
terest, this item wouUi not have to
be slashed. The total maximum bud
get would thus be limited to $3,061,
671.53. That ie Just $311,435.48 less than the
present tentative budget. Of course,
this budget is still to go through the
trimming-down process, in which
$100,000 or so may be lopped off. But
to lop off a cold $311,435.48. as they
would have to do if the tax limitation
law carries, is probably a little more
than any of the Commissioners are
figuring on.
. Even at that, the permissible budget
maximum would be $175,549.52 greater
than this year's high expense total.
Commissioners Face Worries.
The complications which will arise
to plague the Commissioners if the
amendment passes were pointed out
yesterday by ex-Governor Oswald
West, who has been looking into the
question.
Governor West pointed out further
that should the taxation limitation
amendment be adopted it would become
effective at once, being an initiative
measure. On the other hand, the Com
missioners don't make their tax levy,
following the various required budget
trimming sessions, until December.
So if the law carries there doesn't
seem to be any way out for the Com
missioners but to cut down the tax
levy as indicated.
LLOYDS TO GIVE OPERA
UNDERWRITERS PLAN SALVAGE
ON RAIN INSURANCE.
BIme. Gadskl and Other Principals
Agree to Stay Over and Excess
Profits Will Go to Charity.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. Lloyds, of
london. may assume the role of oper
atic impresario in San Francisco for
one night only if the request cabled
by Lloyds' agent here today to London
meets with a favorable response. The
open-air performance of "Aida," for
the benefit of local charities, which
was to have been given Saturday and
which was abandoned on account of
rain, was insured with Lloyd's for
$25,000 against such a contingency.
Lloyds lost. Seeking salvage, the
agent suggested that the organization
be held together, and that Lloyds stage
the opera next Tuesday night. Lloyds
to turn over to the charities all profits
: In excess of the amount of the policy.
Madame Johanna Gadski, who cam
here to sing the stellar role, and the
other principals agreed to stay over for
the performance, and the agent today
cabled to London for permission to go
ahead with his plans.
OCTOBER CHILL IN AIR
Maximum for Day in Portland. 59
Degrees; Minimum 44.
No wonder an overcoat felt comfort
able yesterday, or that the cold bath
yesterday morning penetrated to the
bone.
It was only 44 degrees above zero
arly yesterday and during the day the
thermometer did not rise above 59 de
grees. It was brisk October weather, some
thing of the kind when the "frost is on
the punkin and the fodder's in the
shock." It was general throughout the
Northwest. Pocatello, Idaho, registering
only 48 degrees at the warmest part of
the day. Seattle. Spokane and San
Francisco fluctuated between 54 and 58.
: The forecast for today is fair weather
with possibly warmer breezes.
Swiss-German Treaty Ratified.
BERLIN, via London, Oct. 1. The
commercial treaty between Germany
and Switzerland, it is officially an
nounced, was consummated on Friday,
after an exchange of ratifications,
CLACKAMAS ROADHOUSE WHICH
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Some Fair Ones With Escorts
Other Than Husbands.
MUCH LIQUOR IS SEIZED
Fleeing Manager . Arreted After
Shot Is Fired Sheriff Wilson
Escorts 1 0 Auto Loads of
Prisoners to Oregon City.
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"What's the matter with you?" French
asked.
"I am going after my ball," replied
the panting resort keeper.
Each member of the party brought
to Oregon City was taken before Dis
trict Attorney Hedges. Deputy District
Attorney Burke and Sheriff Wilson at
the Courthouse and examined. Several
admitted that they had obtained liquor
at the Friars' Club before, and many
said they had procured drinks of ginger
ale. Bottles labeled "ginger ale" were
found to contain liberal "shots" of
whisky.
Husbands Not With Women.
Several women refused to tell their
names until District Attorney Hedges
promised them to keep their names out
of print. They said they had gone to
the Friars' Club ,with men other than
their husbands.
The list of those found in the resort
include several prominent persons in
the business life of the Coast. District
Attorney Hedges made public tonight
tne following names of those whom he
had examined:
D.. W. Jenkins. Arctic Club. Seattle.
Pacific Coast manager of Henry Ditson
& Sons: Iver Elde. 623 Marshall street.
Portland, automobile driver; Fred F.
Raymond. Portland: N. M. Strite. 728
Johnson street. Portland: A. J. Mills,
automobile driver, with offices in Pan-
tages Theater building. Portland: D. C.
Newman, insurance salesman, 964 Cor
bett street, Portland; R. Murphey, lum
ber salesman, Centralia, Wash.; Mable
Greyson, Washington Hotel, Portland;
H. H. Johnson, department manager
and buyer for Lang & Company, of
Portland; Gertrude Morehouse, Califor
nia and Macadam road; E. C. Habel,
secretary Dulmage-Manly Auto Com
pany, 710 East Sixty-fifth street; Jane
Roberts, 4904 Forty-second street, Port
land: J. H. Rohr. Palace Hotel. Port
land; Mrs. C. C. Carlson. Salem; Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Anderson. Lafayette.
Ind.; H. Goldsmith, traveling man.
Centralia, Wash.; William A. Lemont,
broker. Coalman building, Seattle.
The case will be taken directly be
fore the grand jury, which meets at 10
o'clock Monday morning. District At
torney Hedges and Sheriff Wilson have
been at work upon the case for several
months, and three times had the raid on
the club planned only to be forced to
postpone their plans because of some
unforeseen developments. Wilbur has
been convicted three times on a
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FLOATING POWER PLANT, DEVISED BY II. C. BERRY, AS IT APPEARS UNDER DEMONSTRATION IN CLACK
AMAS RIVER.
A simple and inexpensive device for pumping water from streams for irrigation purposes has been patented by
H. C. Berry, 251 Twelfth street, and is being demonstrated on the Clackamas River, at Gladstone. The inventor
says his device will irrigate 160 acres of land from a five-mile current.
The device consists of a floating power plant to be anchored in the stream and having undershot water wheels,
constructed to run the pumps mounted upon the power plant. The device may be anchored in any part of the
stream and may be moved about at will. The power developed depends upon the speed of the current, and
the device is manufactured to suit local conditions. It is asserted that irrigation may be accomplished by use of
this device at less than 25 per cent of the cost of the present methods.
TJIE MORXING OREGONIAIT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1910.
WAS RAIDED, DIRECTING OFFICERS, AND PORTION OF LOOT.
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William J. Wilson, Sheriff. Between Them Is Conflxcated Liquor.
liquor charge by District Attorney
Hedges, who is confident that he can
make this case the fourth conviction.
DR. 4 WILLIAM BOYS DEAD
Past Grand Master of Masonic Lodge
Succumbs to lions Illness.
Dr. William Boys, aged 71, who has
practiced medicine here for about 26
years, died last night at his home. 54 5
Broadway, after a lingering illness.
For the past year he had been retired
from practice.
Dr. Boys was past master of Port
land Lodge, No. 55. Masons, and his
funeral will be conducted by that or
ganization. It is expected the last
rites will be held tomorrow from Hoi
man's chapel.
Dr. Boys was born In Straussburg.
Pa and is survived by his widow and
his daughters. Miss Bess Boys, ' Mrs.
J. H. Franks, of- Salt Lake City, and
Mrs. A. L. Hagen, of Eugene.
ISLAND TO BE POOR FARM
Puyallup River Property Found to
Have Been Ownerless.
TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 1. (Special.)
Treasure Island. 20 acres in area, situ
ated in the center of the Puyallup
River, has become the property of
Pierce County and will be renamed
Reed Island by the next Legislature, if
present plans carry. The island never
was platted and only recently County
Commissioner Reed learned that no one
held title to it
Tradition has it that valuable treas
ure was buried on the island by the
earliest settlers, and the Indians car
ried along the lore with embellish
ment. The island will become part of
the County Poor Farm.
Samuel Rosenberg Dead.
SEATTLE, Oct. 1. Samuel Rosen
berg, owner of much valuable real
estate in Seattle, and pioneer clothier
of, this city, died this afternoon on his
fruit farm near Medford, Or., aged 57
years.
INVENTED BY PORTLAND MAN TO
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Failure, of Mrs. Graven to At
tain Ambition Upsets Mind.
NOTE HINTS AT INSANITY
Woman Who Slew 3fother and Killed
Self Known as Keen Piano Stu
ent Bodies Are Sent to
Astoria for Burial.
Art unrequited, or "music-mania," is
the summary explanation given by
some as the possible cause of the pe
culiar psychic condition which led Mrs.
Ellen Graven, young Portland woman,
to kill her mother, Mrs. Minnie Graves,
and then to slay herself early Saturday
morning, leaving a note: "Better this
than the asylum."
In the ambitious fight to interpret
music as she felt its artistic urge
against her human limitations, and the
distracting realization that the spirit
Infused in her from the works of mas
ters could find no satisfactory agency
of actual expression, may have caused
her mental powers to crumble. This,
at least, is believed a plausible reason
for the violent action Saturday, by
friends who knew Mrs. Graven and
kne-w her to be constantly "visualizing"
her music.
Mrs. Graven was not a music com
poser, but she was attached, passion
ately, to music. Her marriage was un
happy, and she separated from her
husband, Carl Graven. Two years ago
she awoke to the possibilities of music
as an expression. From hearing other
musicians play and sing. Mrs. Graven
determined that she would give a mu
sical message by performance. She be
gan the serious study of the piano.
Tiut one difficulty came in the way.
Try as she might. after the
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first drugdery of the piano was
learned, and when her rebellious fin
gers got used to the piano keys. Mrs.
Graven found she could not interpret
as artistically as she felt her music.
When she was ready for advanced
piano playing, she became a student
with Francis Richter. the piano vir
tuoso, son of Frederick W. Richter.
The latter said yesterday. "There was
no marriage engagement or love affair
between my son and Mrs. Graven, she
is my pupil primarily, and was a
friend of our family. Francis Richter
was afterward her piano teacher."
It was stated last night that Mrs.
Graven recently obtained a divorce
from her husband at St. Helens, Or.
The bodies of Mrs. Graven and her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Graves, were sent
to Astoria last night. The burial of
the two women will take place in that
city. No funeral arrangements have
as yet been made. v -
Astoria Is the former Home or airs.
Graven.
CHINA TRADE COMING
PORTLAND UILL HAVE STEAMER
SERVICE TO ORIENT.
Company
Orsranlred In East. and
Sailings From Atlantic, Pacific
WASHINGTON". Oct. 1. Organization
of the Chinese-American Exchange
Company, a shipping corporation which
proposes to inaugurate a general mer
cantile trade between China and Ameri
can ports on the Pacific. Gulf and South
Atlantic, was announced here tonight.
It is headed by Dr. Clarence J. Owens,
managing director of the Southern
Commercial Congress, and is understood
to have the backing of that organiza
tion. Kstablishment of regular sailings is
contemplated between Norfolk, Charles
ton, Wilmington, Savannah, Jackson
ville. Mobile and Galveston on the East
coast, and San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Portland on the West
coast.
A Portland connection will be made
with another fleet plying to and from
the Chinese treaty ports. The com
pany's Chinese correspondent will be
Kai Fu Shah, formerly Chinese Minis
ter to the United States.
J. T. M'CUTCHEON TO WED
Artist and 'Writer 15us Island In
Bahamas for Honeymoon.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1. Announcement of
the engagement of Miss Evelyn Shaw
to John T. McCutcheon. artist and
writer, today added romance to his
purchase of Salt Cay. an Island in the
Bahamas, which has Just become
known. The honeymoon will be passed
on the island, which also is known as
Treasure Island.
Mr. McCutcheon said today the wed
ding would probably take place before
Christmas. Miss Shaw is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Van Doren
Shaw, of Lake Forest, I1L ,
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NEAR SIDE STOPS ON
Streetcar Patrons Confused
First Day of Change.
LAW UNKNOWN TO MANY
Streets of Alternate Pavlns and
Dirt Cause Most Trouble Com
missioner of Public Safety
Expects Good Results.
That part of the new traffic ordi
nance requiring streetcars to stop on
the near side of crossings on paved
streets caused all kinds of trouble for
treetcar patrons yesterday.
The only part of the ordinance to
become effective yesterday was that
affecting streetcars. Streetcar patrons
apparently had not learned of its
passage or forgot that yesterday was
the first of October.
There are parts of tne city in which
streetcars operate that the streets are
paved for a few. blocks and then there
is a strip of unpaved 6treet. ending
with pavement again. These particular
strips of unpaved street caused the
streetcar men almost as much worry as
the ordinance did the passengers.
One streetcar man. operating on the
Rose City line, stopped on the near
side coming west until he got to East
Sixteenth street. From there until
Tenth street the street is not paved.
The motorman kept stopping on the
near side and one wise passenger who
got on the car between Sixteenth and
Tenth streets had a lot of fun at the
motorman'a expense.
Other motormen stopped on the far
sides of streets that have but few
stretches of pavement. The condition
of the streets makes strict observance
of the ordinance rather difficult for
both passengers and crews.
The Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company dispatchers reported that no
time had been lost on car schedules,
despite the fact that many people
walked from one side of the street to
the other before they could board the
cars.
Secretary Coffin, of the public safety
commission, said yesterday that his ob
servations led him to believe the new
ordinance would be most advantageous.
He cautioned passengers to look care
fully after they alight from cars until
the part of the ordinance regulating
automobiles becomes effective.
The streetcar company has placed
signs on the cars telling persons to
board at the near side of crossings.
Test Met by Destroyer.
ROCKLAND. Me.. Oct. 1. With the
exception of a six-hour run at 25-knot
speed which is to take place tomor
row, the torpedo-boat destroyer Wilkes
has met all standardisation tests, ac
cording to the board of inspection and
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Don't forget
after every meat
survey. The destroyer had her four
hour endurance run in a choppy sea
today averaging 29.55 knots. The con
tract required 29.50.
A four-hour run at 20-knot speed,
using main turbines, also was within
fuel economy requirements.
STRIKE MAY END TODAY
Seattle Longshoremen Uxpected to
Accept Open-Shop Basis.
SEATTLE. Oct. 1. Unofficial re
ports along the waterfront indicated
that the strike of longshoremen, which
has been in effect here since June 1.
will be called off tomorrow.
The men will return to work on the
open-shop basis under the same wage
scale accepted by the San Francisco
wnterfrnnt workers several weeks ato.
When You
Come in
to look for your new Fall and
r Winter Suit, we can safely
offer you a premium if you
will find a last year's.
E5 When the subject of mov-
ing: from our old Morrison
Street location was settled
upon, we decided that not one
dollar's worth of merchandise
sa should be moved, other than
r staple goods, such as collars,
EE underwear and similar ar-
tides that do not change in
style and are of a nature that
we are re-buying constantly.
EE As a result, we sold our
' clothing stock down to bare
r counters, almost literally, and
it is a genuine pleasure to
show our customers such a
p new, up-to-date stock as we
are now offering.
EES The new Fall styles are
zz most attractive, both in
styles and colorings, and we
want you to see not only
these beautiful garments, but
EE; also the most attractive and
Es lightest clothing salesroom in
EE Portland, our entire second
EE floor being devoted to men's
EE clothing.
EE New Fall Suits and Overcoats
$17 to $33.
H Buffum &
1 Pendleton Co.
g ' 127 Sixth St.
EE Next to Oregonian' Bldgv
EE F. N. Pendleton. f
Winthrop Hammond.