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10 THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX PORTLAND. TfOVEMXJEK 8. 1014. 7.5 MILLS LIKELY TO BE 1915 TAX LEVY Addition Made. to Provide for Reduction of $180,000 in Revenue From Saloons. FINAL ACTION IS DEFERRED Estimates fop Con d-ucting: City AT. fairs $210,00 0 Less Than for Two Preceding Tears Public Hearing for Budget Is Set. Having: pruned the budget ot est! mates tor conducting' the city govern ment during 1915 down to a point where a tax levy of 7 mills will be sufficient, the City Commission is con fronted now with the necessity of In creasing the levy or making still fur ther cats In the estimates to make 'Tip for the loss of revenue next year by reason of the closing: of the saloons at the end of the year. The Commission will meet tomorrow morning, at which time it is probable half a mill will be added to the proposed levy of 7 mills to make no for the saloon revenue loss. At this rate the cost of operating the government will be about $210,000 less than the cost for the present year, and a. like amount -less than the cost in 1913, during the last year of the old councilmanic form of government, ui the saving of $210,000 in expenses the taxpayers will get the benefit or a re duction of only about S60.J00 over I9lt as the remainder of the $210,000 will go to make up the loss of saloon license revenue which heretofore has gone for the support of the government. Under the city's financial arrange ment the saloons pay their first six months license on January 1. This amounts to about $180,000, and. with balances in municipal funds, carries the city over from January 1 to the time when the first of the tax money comes into the treasury. At the end of next year the saloons will go out of business, and. therefore, the city will not get the usual $180,00(1 to carry it over, so this must be raised by taxa tion When the Commission started on Oc tober 6 to arrange the budget of ex- Tiense for 1915 it was agreed to cut the levy down to 7 mills, or $210,000 less than the levy for 1914. This was done by the cutting of estimates as exten sively as possible. After the work had been accomplished the saloon amend ment was passed and the Commission faces the necessity of either cutting $180,000 more from the estimates or in' creasing the levy. At a meeting--of the Commission yes terday it was decided that the in creased levy probably will be neces sary. but definite action was deferred until tomorrow morning. In concluding its budget work yes terday ' the Commission arranged to have the budget published! next week and to have a public bearing Friday. Following 13 a table showing the bill was found against Charles Burk- hardt, John H. Burgard, George H. Kelly and Gay Lombard, who went before the grand Jury at their own request to give information as to charges made against them that they violated the election laws last Tues day in swearing in a voter. E. H. Mills was Indicted on charge of arson, the offense being alleged to have been committed last July, when Mills Is accused of having set fire to the Powers furniture store at Third and Yamhill streets. Mills also is charged with having set two fires in the D'Moy Hotel, adjoining the Powers store-' Eugene O'Connor, held for grand Jury investigation some time ago in the District Court, where he was charged with larceny, was indicted on two counts, one of larceny in having stolen a carload of potatoes shipped to the Equity Warehouse Company, of which he was manager, by an Estacada farmer, and the other charges larceny by embezzlement in that he is accused of having converted to his own uses the proceeds of the sale of 273 sacks of potatoes, the property of the Equity Warehouse Company. John Doe Kabiasla and M. Howard were indicted on toe charge or. con ducting a disorderly house, and a not true bill was returned as to Carl Saun ders, charged with having passed a forged check; F. F. Russell. T. J. Far rell and Mike Dowd, charged with bur glary, and Edgar J. Harrison, charged with having passed a forged note. PROHIB MADE ITI0I1 TO BE ENFORCEABLE Multnomah Members of Leg islature Declare in Favor of Stringent Laws. NO "BLIND PIGS" WANTED BAKER PROJECT REVIVED POWDER VALLEY IRRIGATION WORK TO RESUME IN SPRING. A. Almirall, of New York, Anmonncei Balm Creelc Dam Will Be Built to Serve 2000 Acres. BAKER, ,Or.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Work on the Powder Valley Irrigation Company project will begin next Spring, according to plans announced today by J. A. Almirall, New York capitalist, who arrived today to visit the project. Mr. Almirall said today that the plans as now mapped out are to build the toe of the Balm Creek dam next Spring and thereby to store enough water to irrigate at least 2000 acres. The Balm Creek dam is north of the lower Powder. Mr. Almirall left this morning for the site of the operations with W. A.' Stewart, local representative of the company. Mr. Almirall's announcement today means much toward the development of Baker County, as it points to re sumption of operations on the project, which ultimately will furnish water for the Powder River Valley. It also answers the question of whether the company Intends to complete the big project. "We cannot sart more than this work at this time," said Mr. Alimlrall today. "With the present condition of the money market it is imposible to think of going ahead with any at tempt to finance this undertaking. I look for no immediate relief in the financial situation. The European war is making itself felt acutely and until condtions are more settled the price of money will remain high. We can, however, make this start, and then possibly within two years we will be able to go ahead and finance MADE IN OREGON! the project. There is a possibility that the next Congress will pass land legls- amount originally asked by each Com-j lation which will relieve the situation missioner and the amount allowed: and enable us to proceed with the en- Departmut of Public Safety Mayor Albee. Estl- y mated Ex- ditures Mayor Office for 1914. Salaries ; $ 10,200 supplies, materials, etc.... 426 Fire Bureau Salaries 470,053 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc 210,751 Health Bureau Salaries 43,773 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc 14,158 Municipal Court Salaries 7,807 Supplies, materials, etc 289 Police Bureau Falaries 359.560 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc 33,257 Pound Bureau Salaries . -. 6,000 Supplies, materials, etc 1,169 Department of Public Utilities Commissioner Daly. Commissioner's Office Falaries 4 19,687 Supplies, materials, etc 187 Street-lighting fund 195,000 Garbage-Disposal Bureau Salaries 22,420 Supplies, materials, etc 1,918 Street-Cleaning Bureau Salaries 221,123 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc 50,503 Amount Asked" for 1915. $ 10.560 973 523.703 254,758 47.415 21,167 7,78 362 444.210 163,352 6,180 1.027 14.605 200 195,000 22.420 3,597 229 530 67U01 Commissioner Dleclc. Department of Public Works' Commissioner's Office Salaries. 11,606 Supplies, materinls, etc 1,546 Special service fund 12,0 All Other Bureaus of Public Works Department Salaries 302,293 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc. . . . 130,407 11.540 2,650 11.200 309,239 188,110 Amount Allowed for 1915. $ 10,200 223 607,773 173,031 42.695 16,860 7,608 349 288,620 68.521 6,000 1,548 14,605 200 195.000 22.420 3,115 228.393 60,732 11.120 1.075 6.500 289.230 3,4bU Department of Finance Commissioner's Office Falaries Supplies, materials, etc Treasurer's Office -Commissioner Blgelovr. 6,020 6,020 ' 6.020 105 S50 260 17.020 16.540 16,640 4.886 4,347 4,812 '2.652 3.825 3.787 2,9S5 4,932 4.932 2.220 2,220 2,220 6,110 5.42a 1,925 9,425 9,885 9,885 259 677 167 1,020 1.020 1,020 213 310 310 Supplies, materials, etc Municipal Garage Salaries ; .. Supplies, materials, etc Public Market Salaries - supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc... Purchasing Bureau Salaries Supplies, materials, etc Storekeeping Bureau Salaries Supplies, materials, etc Department of Public Affairs Commissioner Brewster. Commissioner's Office Halaries 7.100 Supplies, materials, etc 290 City Attorney's Office -Salaries 19,260 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc 5,244 Park Bureau Salaries 103,435 Supplies, materials, special appropriations, etc 50.675 City Hall Bureau Salaries 15,030 Supplies, materials, etc 8,860 ; vveignts ana Measures bureau ''Salaries. - ".Supplies, materials, etc Free Employment Bureau Salaries Supplies, materials, etc . Auditor's Office A. I.. Barbur, Auditor. Salaries 60,280 'Supplies, materials, etc 4,328 ?" Municipal Civil Service Bureau. ' .Salaries 4,000 Supplies, materials, etc 780 Several Newly-Elected Assemblymen Assert That Personal Views Are Secondary and Will of Peo ple Is to- Be Obeyed. Prohibition will be a reality as well as a theory in Oregon after January 1. 1916, if the intentions of the newly elected members of the Legislature are carried into effect. Regardless of their personal views on the subject, members of the Multnomah County delegation propose to back up the prohibition law passed by the peo ple last Tuesday with supplemental legislation that will provide severe penalties for violations and make im possible the continued traffic in liquor through private clubs and. corner drug stores. Framers of the recently enacted pro hibition amendment do not propose to outline any definite plans to tne Leg islature. They concede that the next step lies properly within the province of the Legislature itself. They do not intend to dictate to the Legislature, but they are certain to have their ears close to the ground and watch with extreme eagerness the legislative pro ceedings. They confidently expect that the Legislature will make the amend ment effective by passing the right kind of enforcement law. Statement No. 1 Cited. 'I don't see how the Legislature can do otherwise than pass laws that will eliminate the traffic in liquor all over the state," said Ben Selling, one of the newly elected members of the Multno mah County delegation, yesterday. It is the mandate of the people that the liquor traffic be abolished and it is the duty of the Legislature to make the voice of the people effective. Ho my mind our position now is the same as was that of former Legislatures act ing under provisions of statement No. Regardless of their personal inclina tions the members who had subscribed to statement No. .1 were in honor bound to vote for the people's choice for United States Senator. 'Likewise we are in honor bound to give the people the kind of prohibition legislation that they want. I certainly expect to .support a programme of that kind." S. B. Cobb, another of the Multnomah delegation In the lower house, is deter mined likewise to support a strict anti saloon programme. The people have shown by their votes that they want the liquor traffic abolished," he said yesterday, "and I shall use every effort to carry out the people's wishes. Mr. Cobb Determined. It is the duty of the Legislature ow to give Oregon real prohibition. The people are entitled to have a fair trial of this issue. If there is anything in prohibition and -1 believe there is we should be given prohibition in the strictest sense of the word. If there is nothing in it the sooner we learn of it the better." D. C. Lewis, who points out that he was not a supporter of the prohibition amendment, is, however. In favor of giving the state that kind of legislation mat will make the law effective. 1 certainly don t want to see the liquor business pass out of the saloons into the hands of the corner drutr stores," he said yesterday. "The peo ple voted for prohibition and I believe in giving it to them, regardless of what my personal views are. I will vote and work for the kind of legislation that will make 'boot-leggers,' 'blind-pigs' and the saloon-drug store impossible to exist." Drastic Restrictions Promised. Other members of the Multnomah delegation are equally determined to provide the most drastic! kind of re- triction against the continued traffic in liquor. "Ever since the election." said E. V. Littlefield, one of the 12 members elected on - the Citizens' ticket from Multnomah County; "I have heard it said that now that the saloons have been voted out of business the drug stores will do a "land office business In whisky. 'Now I am in favor of passing a law that will make it possible to revoke a druggists license as soon as he i found to be engaged in the illegal traf- rio in liquor. I am in favor of the most rlcrid en forcement of the prohibition law. I am in favor of providing the most se vere penalty against violation of the law. I want to see the next Leglsla ture enact a law that will back up the prohibition amendment in the strong est possiDie way." Pre-IoveinitoFy OF Lig Jhting Fixtures Sale Continues Until Saturday Evening, November 14th All Glassware in Stock on Sale All Fixtures in Stock on Sale 3,000 557 2.375 1.790 7,700 225 23.250 4,840 110.454 89.703 13.616 6.395 4.320 1,306 2.370 2,005 42,640 4,071 4,090 840 7,400 225 20.8 4,840 110.274 76,398 13,814 6,395 3,000 1,225 2,370 1,835 42.540 4.071 3.820 690 The estimated balance of funds De cember 1, 1914, is $244,030. At the rate of 7 mills the taxes to be received in 1915 will be $2,123,660. The estimated amount of license for 1915 is $761,051. .-The total amount of revenue from tax ation and other sources would be $3, 328.741. The total amount of the 1915 budget is $3,224,830.26. This includes in addi tion to the appropriations for the various departments the following items: Interest on bonded Indebtedness. $316,240; interest on crematory bonds, $3530; redemption of crematory bonds, $10,352; bond sinking fund, $121,352; appropriation of $30,133 for firemen's relief fund; public dock commission, $164,998, and special appropriations amounting to $82,320. GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT E. II. Stills Indicted for Arson and , .Eugene O'Connor for Larceny. A number of minor Indictments were returned by the grand Jury in a report mads at noon yesterday. A not true tire project." The company has already done $125, 000 worth of work on the project. WORLD'S BIGGEST GUN SET United States Secretly Constructs and Completes Monster Rifle. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. The largest and most powerful naval gun ever de signed has Just been completed for the United States Navy. It is a 16-inch rifle, which, it became known tonight, has been constructed without publicity at the Washington Navy Yard and is now being put through tests at the In dian Head proving grounds on the Po tomac, below this city. If the new weapon proves to be the success its trials promise, in all prob ability it will be adopted for the mat battery of the three dreadnoughts au thorized at the last session of Con gress. These vessels will be larger by several thousand tons than any ship now afloat. It is said the 16-inch gun will have range of 15 miles and at least twice the penetrating power of the famous German howitzers. 12-inch Plate, $2.75 SALE 14-in. White Bowl, $4 15-inch Plate, $3.50 7 SEEKING SPEAKERSHIP BEN SELLING REGARDED AS MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE. IRISH CLANS IN FIGHT Liarkinltes and Volunteers Kngage After Visit to Parnell's Tomb. DUBLIN, Nov. 6. An extraordinary scene occurred here the other after noon. It was the anniversary of the death of Mr. ParnelL and. as usual. procession took place through the city city to Glasnevin Cemetery. This year the procession was largely composed of members of the National Volunteers of both the official Nationalist party and the followers of the original Pro visional Committee. The "citizen army' of James Larkin also marched. Large numbers of the men carried rifles and swords. After the visit to the graveyard, the various corps marched i back to Rut land Square, where meetings were held by the Sinn Fein party and by Mr. Lar kin s followers. Later in the day large number of men, headed by band, entered the square and marched towards that part of it where the of fices of the Ancient Order of Hiber nians are situated. When the band was passing through the Larkinite meeting it was stopped by the "citizen army." who carried both swords and bayonets. A scene of great excitement fol lowed, durlag which several revolver shots were fired. Some policemen tried to come between the two parties, and the band, by making a detour, got to its destination. Meanwhile the "citi zen army" was drawn across the road. and the Volunteers, who numbered 600 and carried fixed bayonets, maintained their position opposite them. Even tually the police and some civilians succeeded in inducing the Volunteers to return, and they marched back toward the quays. Afterwards some exploded revolver cartridges were found on the roadway. Keeps your feet drv. Webfont nil shoe dressing, the great waterproof.- All ucaucra, 11 If i 'r $1.25 70 14-inch Spread; $1.60 These Prices Include Glassware 12-inch Plate, $2.25 KINGERY & MARRS, 161-63-65 Grand Ave. Corner Belmont With Presidency of Senate Conceded to Lair H. Thompson, Multno mah Men Feel Confident. . Seven candidates now are in the field for the speakership of the House of Representatives in the next Legislature. They are Ben Selling. E. V. Little- field, S. B. Huston and Conrad P. Olson, of Portland; Allen H. Eaton, of Eu gene: Vernon, A. Forbes, of Bend, and William I. Vawter. of Medford. Of these Mr. Selling is said to have the best chance of success, that is, if be wants the position. He has not ac tively entered the race, although many members of the Multnomah County del egation are trying to persuade him to accept. It is probable that he will accept. Meanwhile Messrs. Littlefield. Huston and Olson are canvassing the House membership actively for votes. Air. Olson was a. member of the last Legislature and points to this fact as an argument in his favor. He is said to have the support of many members of the last House who have been re elected, of which there are 14, includ ing himself. But of these 14 at least two others also are candidates. They are Mr. Eaton and Mr. Forbes. So It is apparent that the support of the old members in the House is badly split. Mr. Huston is campaigning- only be fore the Multnomah County delegation. He declares that Multnomah should agree on one man. Judge Littlefield has obtained the promise of much support from up-state legislators." There are many members in the Multnomah delegation, also, who are favoring him. Meanwhile Mr. Eaton has lined up the "insurgent" faction in the House and is hopeful of success. It is generally conceded that Lair H. Thompson, of Lakeview, will be presi dent of the Senate, and this situation lends confidence to the Multnomah can didates for the speakership. SHORT WEIGHT EXPOSED Official Says New York. Loses on Bad Scales $10-,0'00,000 Yearly. NEW YORK, Nov. 3. Short-weight scales occupied the attention of the convention held recently by representa tives of . the bureau of weights and measures of 15 states, who met in the City Hall with Commissioner Hartigan, of New York City's department. The Commissioner is in favor of a National standard, so that charges against cheating butchers, bakers and grocers may be decided upon a uniform basis, and this took up some time. There was an inspection of the city's open markets, and later the delegates went to the bureau's mechanical de partment, in West Forty-ninth street, to look at some of the newest styles in frauds. Cornelius A- Sturla, chief of the mechanical division, explained how the butchers sometimes line the bot toms of their scales with chopped meat, and thus sneak tw or three ounces from a customer; and how the old plan of holding up the spring In a scale has been superseded by the use of a strong magnet. "The people of New York City lose $10,000,000 a year because of short weight scales," said Mr. Sturla. MRS. BELMONT TO GIVE AID Lunclieon at 'Washington to Greet Miss Pankliurst. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont will come to Washington from New York with Miss Christabel Pankhurst. the English militant suf fragist, November 7. to discuss the plan of American campaign with Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the Congres sional Union for Woman's Suffrage. Mrs. Belmont will entertain at a large dinner and at a luncheon for Miss Pankhurst, which will be attended by many distinguished Washington people. NO KNEE SHOWN, SUIT WON Jury Gives Woman $600 0 Verdict "Sight Unseen." WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. Although she refused to show her knee in her suit to recover damages from a street railway company. Miss Lorretta M. Lanahan was awarded a $6000 verdict. Miss Lanahan said that her knee had been severely injured, which the com pany denied. Concerning Compensation. (Washington Star.) "Do you think a man ought to docked for absence from Congress?" be How To Stop The Liquor Habit Secretly By m Specialist. 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