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THE 3IORXTXG OKEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JAXUAKT 27, 1D22 7 SEATTLE If USE TAX FUND FOR CARS 'Taxpayers Lose Suit to Re strain Payments. BONDS HELD FIRST LIEN Court Declares Authorities Huve Not Threatened General Levy to Operate Street Railway. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Waah., Jan. 26. The oity of Seattle wllLnot be enjoined from dipping Into the geenral tax fund for money to op erate the municipal street railway system, mo far as the superior court In concerned. After several days' de liberation over the case, which was brought to a close last Saturday. Su perior Judge Ronald today decided against the 14 taxpayers who have made themselves locally famous by their efforts to keep the railway sys tem off the general tax account. The 115.000,000 worth of bonds de livered to Stone & Webster by the city In payment for the railways pro vided that bond principal and Inter est shall be & lien upon the gross revenues of the systems prior to all other charges. This lien was con firmed by Federal Judge Cushman In a, decision rendered last week. Casea to Be Appealed. Th contention of the 14 taxpayers lias been substantially that all costs of operating and maintaining the sys tem should be paid out of its revenues leaving the residue, if any. for the bondholders. This contention Is now upset by Superior Judge Ronald's de cision refusing to restrain the city from applying general tax funds to railway purposes. The two decisions therefore run In the same general di rection. Both cases will be appealed. Judge Ronald's comment, however. Is designed for the comfort of tax payers. While he does not take into account the $2,000,000 drawn from the general tax fund In the past three years for railway replacements and extensions, he finds from the evidence that the city authorities "have not threatened and are not threatening to levy a tax for the purpose of operating or maintaining the municipal street railway and that there is no Intention on the part of defendants to do so or to use any moneys heretofore derived from tax ation for such purposes. ItrrrlplH Thought Adequate. The court discovers a cheering view of the situation in finding that "the gross revenues of the system are and will be sufficient to pay the principal and Interest of all bonds payable therefor and to cover the cost of maintenance and operation and all other amounts properly chargeable against said system." The court adds that the law will not presume that the city council will do an unlawful act In the future. But, gays the court. If the city should fail to meet the -maintenance and operation expense It Is within the power of the council to borrow from the general fund or to levy a tax direct, providfd the limit of taxation is not exceeded. Allan Brookes, emerged from behind prison bars at McNeil's Island today a free man, after having served a sentence on a charge of having de frauded the federal government, only to be rearrested by William H. Jack sen. Cincinnati detective and former chief of police of hat city. Jackson served on Brookes a war rant for his arrest on a charge of having defrauded a Cincinnati auto mobile concern. Introducing himself as a wofld-war hero and British army officer, Brookes, It was said, "moved In fast circles" In the nation's capital shortly after the war. In the spring of 1920. according to the police, he purchased an. expensive touring car from a Cincinnati firm and accompa nied the firm's agent to Washington to cash a bank draft. He eluded the agent. It was charged, and escaped with the car. Several months later he was ar rested In California on a federal charge. The automobile concern, in the meantime, learning of his where abouts, took steps to have him. re arrested at the expiration of bis sen tence. The Cincinnati officer has arrived in Tacoma. LUMBER SALES BETTER SHIPMENTS FOR WEEK MORE THAN PRODUCTION. POUR OFFER IS STUDIED EXGIXEERS WILL REPORT OS I CORPORATION PROFFER. West Coast Association Reports Excess of Nearly 5,000,000 Feet Over Mills' Cut. There was an element of encour agement for the lumber Industry ot the northwest in the report ot west Coast Lumbermen's association mills for the week ending January 21. It showed that nearly 5.000.000 feet more lumber had been shipped during the week than had been produced. The 133 mills which reported had manufactured 70,643,849 feet of lum ber; sold 65.544.621 feet, and shipped 75.200.838 feet. Production was 19 per cent below normal; new business was 7 per cent below production, and shipments 6 per cent above produc tion. Thirty-nine per cent of all new business taken during the week was accepted for future water delivery. This amounted to 25,524.621 feet, of which 18.073.048 feet will move coast wise and intercoastal, and 7.451,573 feet overseas. New business for de livery by rail totaled 1334 cars. Fifty-three per cent of the week's shipments moved by water, totaling 39,530.838 feet, of which 28,354.869 feet moved coastwise and intercoastal, and 11.175,969 feet export. The rail movement for the week was 1189 cars. The unshipped balance in the do mestic cargo trade totaled 84,151.624 feet, and in the export trade 83.813,747 feet. In the rail trade the unshipped balance amounted to 4315 cars. K.U.MER THOUGHT ERUPTING .MlMiup at Lighting Plant Causes Startling Illumination. TUCJKT SOUND BUREAU, .Seattle. Wash., Jan. 26. When a generator grounded and burmd out In the Seat tle municipal lighting plant on Cedar river Wednesday nislit the people of Cedar and Snmiualinie valleys Imag ined Mount Rainier was in eruption, so brilliant was the illumination. The accident did considerable damage, but did not seriously affect city, service, as the new Cedar falls unit' was but recently installed and had not been placed in operation. Tlio accident was the culmination of a series of misfortunes. The in stallation of this new lS.OOO-kllowatt generator was authorized in 1920 and it should have been in operation mouths ago. The machinery wa In a wreck en route from the manufactur ers and hnd to be returned to them for rebuilding, which caused a delay. When It arrived and was placed on Ils foundation it could not be made to run without vibration. An attempt to reinforce the base appeared to be successful, but in the installation no switch was placed between the gen erator and the transformer, an un-iif-ual method of installing such a machine. Due to some unknown disturbance "Wednesday night the transformer grcunded and the generator unable to bear tho strain grounded, too. Short-circuited at the machines, the powerful current jumped to the ground. The transformer and gen erator immediately burst into bril liant electrical flame. The damage cannot be estimated until a survey has been made. The generator and transformer were installed at an ap proximate cost of 1(K,000. JUDGE BEAN' IS IX SEATTLE Federal Jurist or Portland Will Help Clear Congested Docket. TM'UKT SOUND BUREAU. Seattle. Wash.. Jan. 26. Judge Robert S. Bean of Portland arrived here today and assumed a place on the bench of the United States district court to aid Judges Neterer and Cusliman in the cifnrt to clear the congested calendar. Judge Bean expects to hold court here during February and March. The first case brought before him was that of the International Lum ber Kxport company against Suzuki Sc Co., involving alleged breach of a lumber sile contract and $-7,ouu dam- MINE WORK UNDER WAY Boswell Diggings Employ 10 Men and Will Need More. GRANTS PASS. Or.. Jan. 26. (Spe cial.) Work at the East Boswell and the East Boswell Extension is now well under way. a crew of 10 men be ing employed there at present. Sev eral shafts are under way and as the work proceeds more men will be em ployed. C. Dufdahl and J. Narberg. of the Arctic Trading company of Portland, accompanied M. Norden, of the Boswell mine, to the workings this week. On a recent assay, according to R. A. Dozier, of the Richinore Mining company, 14 sacks of concentrate, weighing 791 4 pounds, yielded 181.10. Of the ore, the fine gold content was 3 166 ounces,, fine silver 4.74 ounces, and platinum .296 ounces. ARSON DEFENDANT HELD Illinois Sheriff Not Arrested for Burning of Courthouse. HARRISBURO. 111.. Jan. 26. Harry Fletcher, county clerk of Hardin county, arrested January 14 in con nection with the burning of the courthouse at Elizabethtown, has been held for trial after a preliminary hearing. A dispatch on that date recording Fletcher's arrest erroneous ly stated that D. N. Cox. sheriff of Hardin county, had also been taken in this connection, nut he is on bond awaiting trial on a charge of em bezzling several thousand dollars in county funds. The courthouse burning occurred after Sheriff Cox had been indicted The fire was said to have destroyed ull books and records of his office. Tacoma Improvement Clubs Oppose Attempt to Relegate Plant City Is Developing. PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 26. (Special.) Ira a Davisson, city commissioner, today announced that he had asked four en gineers of his department to study the offer of the Stone-Webster com pany for the sale of power to the city and advise him. Besides Llewellyn Evans and W. A. Kunigk, superin tendents, of the light and water de partments; Norton L. Taylor and C. A. Lund, light department engineers, have been In' conference. Preparations for the hearing that will be held later on the issuance of a permit by the state hydraulic en gineer for construction of a dam for the Lake Cushman project and the diversion of the water of the Skoko mish river, was being made yesterday by J. Charles Dennis, city attorney. The oity has complied with legal re qairements for a permit, bift opposi tion of the state fish board Is delay ing the matter as it did In the con demnation of fish hatchery riparian rights. The Stone-Webster interests want to sell power to the city 10 per cent cheaper than th latter can manufac ture it. Improvement clubs oppose the offer on the ground that the munici pal electric system should be devel oped. TACOMA CARLINE HAS DEFICIT Shortage of $59,647.50 in 1921 Brings Total to $220,016.10. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Jan. 26. (Special.) The Tacoma municipal street canine accumulated a larger deficit during 1921 than in any year or its history, although December ehowed a betterment, according to the report of John M. Roberts, city con troller. During 1921 the deficit, in cluding interest, depreciation and other charges, was J59. 647.69. bringing the total deficit of the utility since Its inception of $220,016. 19. In 1920 the deficit was $51,939.85 and the deficit from 1917 to 1919 was $108, 428.73. December came within $335.74 of paying the operating expenses alone, but the total deficit for the month was $3654.35. Operating revenues were $8067.32. and operating ex penses $8403.06. The number of passengers carried In 1921 was only a litle more than half the number during 1920, It is shown. In 1920 there were 4,030,759 passengers carried, as against 2.265, 114 for 1921, which was also less than 1919, when 2,98::,553 patronized the Line. MIXING PLANTS TO BE VIEWED Tacoma Delegation Sent to -Make Investigation in Portland. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Tacoma. Wasm. Jan. 26. (Special.) In antici pation of completing the repair work on the South Tacoma boulevard, Edi son and Union avenues, and of doing extensive other repairs to asphalt pavements during the current year, starting as soon as weather condi tions will permit. Commissioner Har rison today sent members of his de partment to Portland to investigate asphalt mixing plants. A small mixing plant msy be p-ur- New Velie Light Six Model 58 Scores Biggest Hit at the Auto Show Thousands of motor car owners have acclaimed the new Velie Light Six Model 58 to be the most handsome and most improved motor car exhibited at the Automobile Show. Come today and see how Velie's engineers have developed this newest and finest car to the point of perfection. W.R. DeLay Motor Co., Inc. VELIE DISTRIBUTORS FOR OREGON 58-60 North Twenty-third Street Phone Main 780 (Dealers Wire or Write if Your Territory Is Still Open) aonoi I0IO n n o a o chased for city use. Last year a : fair took place. Unanimous Indorse portable repair outfit was purchased j ment of the project was given but and this will be used on patching work, but where parts of pavements of considerable size must be repaired. a larger outfit 1 needed for economi cal construction, Mr. Harrison said. A. Christof ferson, superintendent of Btreeta, and C. E. Putnam, assistant city engineer, were delegated to look into the plants available at Portland. They were accompanied by W. D. Vealey, also of the engineer's force. C. W. JAMES IS INDORSED Ex-Warden of Penitentiary Out for County Judgeship. NbJwPORT. Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.) The Newport community club, at its regular meeting last night, adopted a resolution indorsing C. W. James of this city for county judge to fill the vacancy caused by death of Judge Fogarty, who died suddenly Janu ary 22. Mr. James is a man of considerable experience in public affairs, having served as warden of the state peni tentiary and as private secretary to George E. Chamberlain In the senate. Others mentioned for the position are O. V. Hurt of Waldport, Dr. W. Berry of Newport and W. Bill of Toledo. Newport Club Indorses Fair. NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) At the regular meeting of the Newiport Community club last night n discussion of the proposed 1925 the means to finance the fair could not be decided upon as the club had opposed the direct tax method. The income tax plan was favored. The club directors elected the following officers for the ensuing year: C. C. Presley, president; G. H. Wilcox, vice-president; George R. Dickinson, secretary, and C. O. Hawkins, treasurer. Salem Schools Held Crowded. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.) George W. Hug, superintendent of the Salem public schools, today told mem bers of the llariop County Realtors' association that aome action would have to be taken !n the near future to care for fast increasing enrollement in local educational Institutions. Mr. Hug said the present enrollment ni Salem schools aggregates 4000. whicli is several hundred more than shouid be accepted until additional accommo dations are provided. Postmaster Is Veteran. DALLAS, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) Ronald G. White, who was recently nominated by President Harding for postmaster at Falls City, is the youngest of several candidates for that office. He is an ex-service man, having served overseas during the world war with an artillery regiment His candidacy did not have the in dorsement of the Polk county repub lican central committee, but the American Legion was behind him. Read The Oregonian classified ada. FREED CONVICT RE-TAKEN Auto Dealers Cause Arrest of Ile lensed Federal Prisoner. PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 26. (Special.) Alleged : social impostor, pseudo army officer, 1 .1 Al'pn Hroftkfji. alias Captain J O V: J Great R V American R j Version of O V "The Three W Musketeer" I 9 Fists and six-shooters in stead of swords; Yankee punch instead of French politeness. RIVOL TOMORROW WATCH WRIGHT'S WINDOWS C a o I mi a ! jii i. in fg Wu in u uijj Q , P iiMiiii ii.ilii iiaul iiiiiii in- minim I J 030 Selling: Broken Lines of "Globe" Union Suits At Reduced Prices! It doesn't even matter much" whether you need winter weight underwear now or not, you will next fall and these union suits are exceptional val ues at such reductions $2.00 Suits $1.65 2.50 Suits 1.95 $4.00 Suits $3.00 4.50 Suits 3.15 FLANNEL SHIRTS at very special reductions Discontinued lines of INTERWOVEN COTTON HOSE black and cordovan only, regular 50c, 35c pair, 3 pairs for $1.00 Striped and figured $1.00 Cut Silk Ties at 65c Sam'IRosenblatt&Co. Fifth at Alder D o n o JANUARY CLEsENCE Opens Today (Friday) 9 A. M. WE NEED the MONEYS WHY GO BARE FOOTED? LOWEST PRICES IN PORTLAND! 5000 Pairs Shoes and Rubbers at These Give-Away Prices ( Don't say Drug Store say Stout-Lyons it saves you money Ladies' Rubbers Sizes 2i2 to 4 Medlnm r 0 a d tnea, K o 0 d quality. WX pairs. Not a mistake. The price, while they last, per pair. Oc Ladies' SHOES ' Oxfords and Pumps Samples and odd line. Cuban and French tace!, nar row, m e d I am or round toe. Better come early 400 pairs. 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