THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIA3T, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1916. NEW DANGER SEEN IN TAX LIMITATION iMiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiMiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiMiiMiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiniiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiM IIIIIIIIU J iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiii Double Stamps All This Week They're Money Thousands Take Them Do You? Our Special Reduction Sale of FRAMED PICTURES Is the j Season's Sensation Scores of Standard Art Subjects, Color Prints, Gravurcs, Carbons, beautifully framed, choice SI Question Raised as to Valid ity of Any Claims if Appro priations Pass Limit- ' FORMER WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY MAN WHO ARRIVED HIILa, I LAST NIGHT TO AID IN SOLVING GREEN t MiUZZFk TRUNK MURDER MYSTERY. .-? i' fffifflTjfl : H ji If :: . - J-y-&1rrK Mm Hn 1 17 1 11 if CLOSE FIGURING IS NEEDED Committee Recommending Allot ments of Public Funds Will Be All-Powerful as Upset of Pro gramme Would Be Fatal. SALEM. Or., Dec 17. (Special.) Some critical questions have developed In the mincte of lawyers here as to pos sibilities which face the coming State legislature under the provisions of the 6 per cent limitation amendment. In event the Legislature should ex ceed In Its appropriations in the aggre gate the amount allowed for the bl ennium under the limitation amend ment, the status of -such appropria tions, they say, seems to be clouded In doubt. If such appropriations were held to be Illegal, the question -arises as to which of them would be legal and which of them would come under the terms of the amendment. As an Instance If $5,600,000 In appropriations is considered excessive ' under the amendment, what portion' of It might be attacked as beinsr In excess. If the matter were brought before the courts? Vearly Grant May Be Necessary. Another matter which probably Is of more present Importance, as It may touch the preparation and introduction of all appropriation bills Is as to the form of such bills. Heretofore they have been prepared to cover the bien nial neriod. flat sums bejng set out for the entire two-year period. The limitation amendment may throw an entirely different angle on the submission of appropriation bill Inasmuch ae the amendment allows only a certain amount of taxes to be raised In a givea period, some lawyers say, it means that only . a certain amount of money may be expended dar ing any one year. Consequently It may be necessary for the Legislature to ap propriate for each institution so much money to be used during the first year of the biennial period and so much for use during the last year. Otherwise, it Is asked, how can an institution regulate its expenditures under the amendment, as It might, with a flat eum allowed for the two-year- period, expend a greater portion of it during the first year of that period than contemplated by the amendment. As to the first question relative to an excess appropriation for the two years and as to what appropriations might be declared. Illegal if the matter is taken before the courts. It Is con sidered by some as probable that the issue may be a serious one should such a phase arise. It will put it up to the courts to determine the validity of all appropriations. It is said, and eome even go so far as to declare that if the sum total of appropriations is in ex cess of the amount allowed under the law it might invalidate all of the work done by the Legislature, as far as ap propriations are concerned, and neces sitate an extraordinary session to straighten out such a taugle should the eventuality come up. Committee Made Powerful. As it is the Joint ways and means committee in the coming session prob ably will be the most powerful com mittee in the history of Oregon Legis latures. Should that committee pre pare appropriation figures . so they come Just within the grand total al lowed under the amendment, any boosting of such figures might disar range the entire programme and re sult in decided difficulty which it would be hard for the Legislature to smooth over. It is pointed out that it is impractical for 90 members of a legislative body to get together on some definite figure, provided a por tion of them attempt to disrupt the set programme of the committee, and as a result the committee more than ever will have to be looked to as a -guide at the next session, it is said by those who have been watching the sit uation. Close figuring will be required to get within the terms of the amendment. Aside from an approximate figure of about $460,000 which was appropriated for buildings and grounds for the last two years there are many items which were allowed not touched upon In the budget prepared by the State Tax Com mission, as that budget included only such items as are provided by law. Miscellaneous claims were allowed for the past two years amounting to 811,000. these being claims against the state for reimbursement for individuals who were killed or injured while in the state's employment. The cost of elections also was not mentioned in the levy, as there is no election in 1917 unless a special referendum election is called, and the Legislature must pro vide for the expense of that. Two years ago $67,000 was the sum allowed to cover election expenses. The flax industry received $50,000 two years ago. the Social Hygiene So ciety was given $15,000, the Historical Society $12,000 and the Humane So ciety $2000. unaritaDie institutions, which re ceived well over $100,000. and email improvement work in cities where the state has buildings or property, as well as rewards for apprehension of crimi nals, all will be up for consideration. Numerous other small items, none of them formidable in Itself, but taken as a whole presenting quite an aggregate. will be brought before the lawmakers to provide some means to handle, or to be thrown Into the discard entirely. 1 V : llN-.-f III J - W ' -K rill 4 Flashlight by Staff Photographer. 4 j..- OSCAR ALEXANDER LUND. ........l Have You Thought of Your Skilled Physician and Faithful Nurse? Remember Them Appropriately Physicians' Bags, Satchels and Cases, grain seal, real Bathroom Scales, with nickel measure rod S22.50 Nurse's Instrument Case, handy, compact $5.00 "Madico"Box Scales S10.50 Thermometers Rubber, gold and silver filigree cases priced from S1.00 UP SEE? 1 cowhide, S2.00 to 20.00 CONSIDER THESE Leather in a, thousand useful forms. Ansco Cameras Pyralin Ivory Electrical House Helps Fine Perfumes Exclusive Stationery Well-made Umbrellas A Genuine Waterman, "Ideal" or "Wood-Lark" Self-filling Fountain Pen is needed by everyone who writes. We warrant them. Exchangeable after Xmas if other shape , $1.00 to $25.00 . is desired. OSCAR LUND HERE Bartholomew Says Man Is Not Paul Lund; Release Ordered. COINCIDENCE IS STRANGE Suspicion Virtually Banished - De spite Striking Resemblance to De scription and Fact Lund Was Here When Llnd Was Killed. Continued From First Page.) mew, Oscar Lund went to the home of his brother-in-law, at 982 Hawthorne avenue. i ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1IIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIII iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii Progress of the War. FRUIT MAN ENDS STUDY Washington Grower Leaves After In vestigations in Wasco.- HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. 17. (Spe clal.) H. R. Dickson, a fruitgrower of J-ast Sound, Wash., who has epent th past two months here making; a study of the methods of harvesting: and pacx ing apples, returned home yesterday, Mr. iJickson spent the Summer with the Iufur Orchard Company, of South ern Wasco County, studying methods of Summer cultivation. Mr. Dickson says that many of the islands of the Puget Sound region are being; devoted to fruit raising. ROUMANIAN GRAIN HELPS German Says Seizures Insure Plenti ful Supply Until Harvest. LONDON, Dec. 17. Adolph von Satocki, president of the German food regulation board, has arrived at Buda pest to attend the Austro-Hungarian food conference, says a dispatch from Copenhagen. Herr von Batockl la quoted as having declared that the Austro - Germans seized 60.000.000 bushels of grain and maize in Roumania, insuring to the central powers sufficient supplies until the next harvest. THE French are continuing their of fensive on 'the Verdin front and have made further gains. The British Saturday night raided enemy trenches near Ransart and southwest of Wytschaete, gaining a foothold in both cases. The new French lines at Vacherau ville and Bezonvaux and in the Cham brette Farm region have been heavily bombarded by the German guns. North f the Ancre River in the Somme seo tor, the British detachments attempted to enter German trenches, but were re pulsed. rawn Into the murder tangle wouia have upon his folks. I'm afraid mother will worry about this," he said. "I believed. I owed it to my folks and to myself to square things by coming up. And it will be nice to be home for Christmas." Mr. Lund's' parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lund, live in Hillsboro. He came from Los Ange les of his own volition, and alone, at the request of the District Attorney. At Salem the train bearing Mr. Lund was met by v arren Booth, a Willam ette University man and an old school mate and chum of Oscar Lund's. He rode to Portland with his friend, de claring that he intended to stick by lm until things were cleared up. Both chatted about affairs of personal -inter est, and Mr. Lund appeared little con cerned about his ability to clear him self in Portland of any suspicion. The I'll never forget " and "Do you re member " dialogues had precedence over any murder discussion. Name "Paul" Repudiated. Mr. Lund said that the first he knew f the details of the murder was from the reading of a paper from Portland "yesterday morning. He said he had once dug up a copy of the Los Angeles Times of November 20, but found only brief account of the murder. The man Bartholomew says killed Lind was named Paul Lund. City De tective Goltz said that men in a lum ber camp at McCloud, Cal., where Os car Lund worked lor several montns this year, had known him as Oscar Paul Lund. I was never called 'Paul' in my life," denied Mr. Lund. "It's always been dscar A.' or "Oscar Alexander.' " Bartholomew said that Paul Lund had worn a dirty gray mackihaw coat. Oscar Lund admitted that be wore a gray mackinaw on his visit in Portland In the Fall of 1915. but denied it was dirty. Description Fit Oscar "Land. Bartholomew said that Paul Lund wore loggers' shoes and khaki trousers with his mackinaw. Mrs. Jessie Alt no ft, who saw Bartholomew and an other man load the green trunk Into a wagon, described that helper and said that he 'wore heavy shoes and was dressed as a logger. "I did not have my logging shoes or rough trousers in Portland on that visit, sa id Mr. Lund. "I never was dressed as that helper was dressed. Bartholomew's description of Paul Lund fits Oscar Lund perfectly. Queer coincidence that, and that I should have been In Portland about the same time," commented Mr. Lund.' I came to Portland on the steamer Northern Pacific from San Francisco in October, 1915," related Oscar Lund. "I went to Hillsboro to see my folks and then came to Portland to stay with my sister and brother-in-law. Football Flayed Thanksgiving. "I can't say for certain just where I was the night of the murder, Novem ber 18. I do know that I was in Hills boro watching a football game on Sat urday, November IS, 1915, and that I was in Hillsboro several times In the following week, practicing for a foot ball game on Thanksgiving. On Thanks giving I played in Hillsboro with the All-Stars in the game with the Colum bi Park boys of Portland." City Detective Goltz boarded the train at Oregon City, and Mr. Lund was met In Portland by his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Hitchcock. District Attorney Evans and Deputy District Attorney Collier. When released after a brief interview and , after being confronted with Bartholo The Teutonic armies under Field Marshal von Mackensen .in Eastern Wallachla have crossed the Buzeu and Lower Calmatuiul rivers, and, in ad dltlon to taking 1150 prisoners, cap tured great quantities of railroad roll ing stock, with innumerable vehicles of other kinds. The pursuit of the Rus sian and Roumanian troops in Dobrudja continues and the Teutonic forces now are close to the forest district in the north, where It Is expected that Russo Roumanian armies will offer a stiff re slstance. Petrograd admits the capture by the German and Bulgarian forces of the village of Testmele in Dobrudja. In Volhynia the forces of Prince Leopold are declared by Berlin to have stormed Russian positions on a front of 600 yards north of the railroad be tween Kovel and Lutsk, capturing Ave officers, 300 men and several machine guns and mine throwers. A thrust by the Russians near Illukst was repulsed This result was accomplished after three desperate attacks. , 1 jiyi7ZUrsu &&ysLyit kN rm rv . ..uiT3vrirl Tfn w-v.rr a siti 1 TOYS, DOLLS, BEARS, DOGS PRICE REDUCTIONS M IN EVERY E DEPARTMENT 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 g 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 ! 1 1 ! I ! j , I , ! , , , , t7 WALLAGHIA 13 WON Berlin Regards Military Oper ations as Terminated. I the peace, the District Court and the ' Supreme Court. In the courts the use of the Polish and the German languages- will be permitted. Representatives of several other Polish twns have proposed that an association of polish towns oe formed In order to realize their com mon interest. This organization will be similar to that of the association of the German townships. GRAIN AND OIL ARE SEIZED In , the Carpathians the Russians, after repelling-an attack at the point of the bayonet, captured a height. More active artillery bombardment marked the fighting in the Austro Italian theater. These and patrol en gagements are he only events an nounced from this sector. LABOR WOULD NOT QUIT BRITISH LEADERS DECLARE WAR. '.MUST ACHIEVE ITS ENDS. German News Agency Declares Kmv Actlvlty on Western Front Can not Modify General Mili tary Situation. BERLIN, Dec 17 (By wireless to Sayville, N. T.) The following com ment on the military situation in Rou mania and the Verdun sector of France is ariven out for publication by the Overseas News Atrency: "Operations in Wallachla can now" be considered as terminated. Buzeu. which has now fallen Into the hands of the central powers, is the last- important railroad point in Wallachla. The allies fTcntonlc) now control two-thirds of the Roumanian railroad lines. The Bu rm and Jalomitza rivers form the sec ond and third strategical lines, in which were secured corn and oil stores. "The most recent German successes finally have provoked a greater activ ity on the western front, but the great new attack on the Meuse, launched by the French after strong artillery prep aration, cannot modify the general sit uation. Such offensive thrusts, carried out with all available means are al ways successful at the beginning." LAWS OF WARSAW CHANGED WILLIAMS THOUGHT SUICIDE Vancouver Coroner Notifies Victim's Sister Body Is Held. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) The body of John Williams, found floating in Bachelor's Slough Friday by O. S. Williams, a fisher man, is being held at Limber's funeral parlors In this city pending word from Williams' sister, who has been located in Paterson. N. J. A telegram was sent her today by Coroner Limber. The man was identified by an empty envelope in his pocket, addressed to him at 10 Union avenue. North. Port land. There were several letters for him at this address when found by Mr. Limber, and through" them the name and address of the sister were learned. It is thought by the Coro ner that Mr.-WUliams jumped into the Willamette River with intent to end his life. No bruises were found on the body. Calvin Cooper, a student In the Dufur High School, caught two wireless mes sages on his amateur wireless appa ratus last night. . The messages were transmitted from', California. Young Cooper made his entire outfit him self and these are the first messages registered on his apparatus which he has erected In the yard surrounding his home here. He Is a son of ex-Mayor C. C. Cooper. Schools Costing Les. CENTRALIA, Wash, Dec. 17. (Spe-clal.)--The average cost per pupil of maintaining the Centralia schools dur lng the school year 1915-1916 wss $33.40, according to the educational di rectory Just Issued by the state su perintendent. This is a decrease of $1.23 over two years ago. in spite of the fact that four more teachers wire employed. The average daily attend ance during the year was 1563. an in crease of 184 over two years before. Nephew of Robert E. Lee Dies. FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. Dec. 17. Captain Daniel M. ee. brother of the late General FitzhuRh Lee. and R nephew of General Robert E. Lee. died here last night at the age of 71 years. Read The Oresronlan clssslfled ads. Use of Polish and German Permitted in Courts. to Be Allies Urged. However, to Seise Oppor tunity to Define Alms for Bene fit of Kentral Nations. LONDON, Dee. 17. Lloyd's Weeklx News publishes specially written state ments on the subject of the German peace offer by four representative labor leaders Stephen Walsh. M. P., repre sentative of the Lancashire miners; James O'Grady, chairman of the Gen eral Federation of Trades Unions; C B. Stanton, M. P. for Merthyr Tydfil, and Lieutenant Colonel John Wai 1, commander of the navies' battalion. Alldeclare war must continue until the conditions laid down by Premiers Asqulth and Lloyd George are achieved, but Walsh In addition contends that the entente allies should take the op portunity to make their position clear before the world. Walsh said: "Pending the reception of the Ger man proposals, it would be foolish In the extreme to treat them as though they were only a diplomatic move on the part of Germany. Even If they were, nothing but good should come if the entente powers seize the oppor tunity to place their case before the world. They can Indicate the terms upon which they are prepared to ne gotiate a peace. They could Inform the neutrals of their position. "It would be an act of sublime folly If we were to repeat the mistake of presuming that the German offer means that Germany is rapidly approaching exhaustion. In view of the sufferings and disasters which have befallen the world the allied powers should not take up a merely negative attitude at the present time. That would be a suicidal act." BERLIN. Dec. 17. (By wireless to Sayville. N. Y.) According to a decree that becomes valid January 1, 1917. says the Overseas News Agency. Jurisdiction-In the government" of Warsaw will be completely changed. ' In the future th. civil and military Jurisdic tion will be carried out by Justices of CHURCH PAINTING STOLEN Snnnyslde Congregational Edifice Kobbcd Once More. Thieves invaded the sacred precincts of the Sunnyside Congregational Church, yesterday after the morning service and carried away an oil paint ing of Mount Hood, one of a collection given to the church by the late Mrs. Barkus, of Portland. The theft, which is the second from the church In re cent months, was discovered last night during the young people's meeting. The nainting was a 9 by 18 piece, framed. Dr. J. J. Staub. pastor of the church was advised, but. as In the theft of six other oil paintings a short time ago. no clew could be found yesterday. Amateur's Wireless Effective.. DUFUR. Or.. Dec. 17. rspeclal.v "7 i That "Money-in-the Bank Feeling ' "F YOU can bring such Condon Eastern Star Installs. CONDON. Or., Dec IS (Special.) Condon Chapter, No. 23. Order of East ern Star, Saturday night installed the following officers: Worthy matron, Mintie Sturgill; worthy patron. Dr. W. J. Miller: associate matron, Elsie Weed; secretary, J. C. Sturgill; conductress, Gertrude Robertson: associate conduct ress, Lucy Hammock: treasurer. D. S. Brown: chaplain, Mary Kingsley; mar shal, Anna Johnson; organist, Blanche Parker; Electa, Tressa Horner; Ada, Minnie Farr; Ruth. Mary Portwood; Esther, Maud Moore; Martha, Mata Rogers; warden, Barbara Jackson; sentinel. C. H. Horner. Refreshments were served. ma nn pi m pn pp re cr m rp r r r i zt. cr n' '"n I rn i m r lifers UUtl BLlfll iCUS mm HI mm i.e. a"' satisfaction to some one at Christmas time you may be sure that it expresses both a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year indeecL. With One Dollar, or more, you may open a Gift Savings Account at The North western National Bank. Do this for those you wish to remember and to be remembered by. Dost p a t It off until the last minute. Act upon that Impulse NOW dVrv Sorter i Ii' V Iwiilii - in TO mi 7 HE store where ladies can buy gifts men will value. The first step in selecting the right men's gift is to select the right men's shop. At this store you are sure of selections that will make your gift distinctive from the rest, for it comes from a shop patronized by discriminating men. Men like the class of merchandise a man's store sells. WHAT 5fe WJLL BUY Pretty Tie "Interwoven" Silk Hose 2 "E. & W." Linen Collars Initial Linen H'dcf. Scarf Pin Tie Retainer Evening Dress Tie Silk Garters Pair Suspenders WHAT $1 WILL.BUY Silk Hose Handsome Tie Pair Suspenders Link Buttons Silk Handkerchief Initial Belt .WHAT $2 WILL BUY Good Umbrella Set Pajamas Silk Hose Union Suit Beautiful Tie Dress Shirt Muffler Evening Shirt Day Shirt Pair Gloves ' Collar Bag Night Shirt Exchange when necessary will be made and cheerfully Courteous clerks will serve you Special gift boxes for the higher-cost ties and also for silk shirts, pajamas, etc. Buff tun &Pendletbn Co. - Clothiers, Hatters and Haberdashers 127 SIXTH ST, 30 EASY STEPS FROM WASHINGTON F. N. Pendleton Winthrop Hammond Open Evenings This Week WHAT S3 WILL BUY White Evening Vest . Silk Shirt ' Bath Robe Silk Dress Muffler "Knox" Hat Cane - Silk Umbrella WHAT S10 WILL BUY .Traveling Bag Bath Robe Set Underrvear -Knox" Silk Hat Silver Trimmed Umbrella Silk Evening Vest Suitcase WHAT $23 WILL BUY Benjamin Suit Traveling Bag Lounging Robe -Warm Overcoat Rain Coat Tuxedo Coat Evening Dress Coat I A Merchandise Order I On Our Store 1 Is a Sensible Gift c VISIT The "Vogue "Gift Shop All Goods Made in Portland SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY Hand-painted Serving Trays S1.50 P Children's Costumers SI. 50 Window Wedges 25d . Flower Sticks for the garden 25c? Novelties Toys Wooden Articles 127 BROADWAY Between Washington and Alder The Oregon HomeBitilders Only a limited Stock Offered Store Open Evenings inmniimiiiiiiiiiHmu. IN i