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22 TIT 13 SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 5, 1916. 27.15 HULLS GIVEN AS PROBABLE LEVY Decrease in Assessed Valua tion Makes Increase in Tax Rate Imperative. ALL ESTIMATES ARE HIGHER Another Bugaboo Faces Boards In Possibility of Amendment Limit ing Increases to 6 Per Cent Being Adopted. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TAX LEVY FOR 1910 AND TENTATIVE LEVIES KOIl 1917. 1916. 1917. Mills. Mills. State 2.70 3.00 County school 1.35 1.40 County general 2.45 3.00 County road 1-95 1.95 County Library 45 .50 Port of Portland .... 1.00 1.10 City of Portland .... 8.90 9.40 School Board 6.60 6.80 Totals 25.40 27.15 Note The figures for 1917 are tentative and not final. They may be increased or decreased. The 1917 budgets of proposed expen ditures for the various branches of government supported in whole or lh part by taxpayers of Portland are in the making. For that reason no definite figures can be presented regarding what the total levy In Portland will be. Only one thing is certain, and that is that it will be greater by consider able than the levy for the present year. Most branches of government are holding oft on their budgets until after Tuesday's election for two reasons.One Is to determine the future incumbents of some of the principal offices and the other and main one is to determine the outcome of the vote on the 6 per cent tax limitation law to be voted on. The tax limitation measure interests particularly the state, the county and the school board. With a law in effect limiting the increase each year for op erating purposes to 6 per cent of the levy for the same purpose the year before, some branches of government are hesitating in making cuts In the budget figures. Three Levies Affected With the School Board there is a feeling of retrenchment this year. How ever, it is not the desire to trim down to a point where a 6 per cent increase the following year might be insuffic lent. With the county, and particular ly the county road department, the same idea prevails. It is not desired to trim the road levy down if It is going to be years before it can be brought up to its present size in case of need. The state is in still another condition. According to State Treasurer Kay the levy was made $500,000 less this year than the actual cost of conducting the state institutions and departments. The cut in the levy was made because there was a $500,000 surplus carried over from last year. With only a. 6 per cent increase in the amount for operation for next year the state would be in a bad way, Mr. Kay says, because the 6 per cent would not permit the making up of the $500,000 cut in this year's levy, not to mention any natural in crease that might be required in 1917. State Would Be Crippled. Coing on the theory that the 6 per cent limitation law will carry, the state levy for 1917 would be limited to about 3 mills, or an increase of .3 of 1 mill over the present year. If the limita tion law does not carry the levy prob ably will be made higher. The levy for 1916 was lower than the average estate levy for the last 20 years. This was because of the $500,000 surplus. With all branches of government supported by Portland there will be a natural increase in the levy next year because of a decrease of about $20,000, 000 in the assessed values. In Portland this decrease means that each mill of taxation will raise approximately $20, 000 less than it raised during the pres ent year. Maintaining everything just as it has been this year will necessi tate a greater levy than this year's levy because of the decreased valua tion. Geueral Increase Necessary. Because of this decrease in valuation It is probable the county school levy will have to be increased a shade, possibly .0o of one mill. The levy for county general purposes will probably be in creased .4 5 of one mill to make up for decreased valuation and also to make up for increased cost of materials. No tangible effort has been made as yet to trim down the county general levy, the budget work having been deferred until after the election. It is said, however, that the county general levy will run up to three mills as compared with 2.45 for this year. An elaborate road improvement pro gramme has been mapped out tenta tively, and if put through probably will keep the road levy up to its present footing of 1.95 mills. It has been more than double during the last three years what it was a few years ago becauseJof construction of the Columbia River Highway. The tentative figures of the road fund are said to total up at least to the present 1.9 mills. Port Expense to Be Greater. A trivial increase in the county li brary levy probably will be necessary because of the lower assessed valua tion. This also will cause an increase in the Port of Portland levy. The Port of Portland also has to provide for an additional dredge next year. The city levy at best will be in creased half a milL With everything In the way of special appropriations sUready cut out and a general 5 per cent reduction in operation ordered; the city will have only to make pro vision for decreased assessed values. The School Board budget is very in definite as yet. Figuring on less new construction than was allowed this year and continuance of the present forces of teachers and other employes, the Increase will be considerable by reason of decreased assessed valuation. The tentative figure is 6.8 mills, which is considered probably lower than ulti mately will be adopted. Locusts Threaten. Rice Crop. MANILA, Oct. 2S. The promising rice crop of Central Luzon, one of the best in years, is threatened with anni hllation by swarms of locusts. As rice is the principal staple food of tbe Fili pino, the locust invasion is fraught with grave consequences. The Bureau of Agriculture is watching the situa tion closely and appealing to residents of Bulacan towns to fight the pest. Ten towns and 37 neighboring hamlets have bn attacked by the insect army. HEILIG BOOKS VIOLA ROACH AS STAR IN "HOBSONTS CHOICE" Sparkling Comedy, Coming November 16-17, Is Made More Captivating by Clever English Lass Who Shows How to Win Girlhood Sweetheart. - , - . . , , . . - , -f. r . . .ss .$. - . ' " ... -TV. .'.:-. : : v.-.' . '- .- - .',:.'.:... ' ' ' i ' : ' ' j I ' " X V '. ' .y yy y-: ' St'; f s ; (' . i f, !-' -J? k it s ? i , ' . -f Z - - ' s- i 'i .""- - ' -' ij -'i.,-Af i . v - , ' ' 1 A.- ' ' - t I: . r - 'V, ' " h - v' ' , v Oh - " - f y A li; . -; ' t ' , " K 1 Ut . . '. v - ' - , -c. : HI - - ' - " 'v ' ' ' VIOLA ROACH. EVERT woman who eat spell-bound under the witchery of that de lightful English actress, Miss Viola Roach, as Maggie Hobson in "Hobson's Choice," last year in New Tork, Boston and Chicago, must have felt proud of her sex because of Mag gie's masterful exploits. And now this self-same Maggie will come to Port land in the same domineering figure of the .Lancashire lass who proposes to and wins her "Willie-boy" sweetheart, outwits all the folks around her. and achieves the marriage which she has long had in her mind's eye with de lightful maneuvering. Hobson's Choice." which MessTS. Shubert will present for an engage ment of two days, November 16 and 17, at the Heilig- Theater, is ouite as original as "Peg o' My Heart," "Bun ty" or "Kitty MacKay." and its types and situatins are quite similar. The action transpires in a suburb of Man chester, and the Btory is full of pic turesque Lancashire qualntness and charm. Much of the success of the comedy scored in this country by "Hob son's Choice" is due to its sparkling, mischievous and clean-cut fun and humor. It is many moons since playgoers have seen a young actress give such a splendid portrayal to a part as Miss Roach gives to Maggie Hobson. Born in Kings Lynn. Norfolk County, Eng land, and educated to be an artist. Miss Roach is very familiar with the coun try where the scenes of this provincial comedy are laid, and her characteriza tion of Maggie Hobson is a Teal slice of life. When Miss Roach was first selected to play the role she rather disliked the part because it seemed unsympathetic and domineering, but after a few re hearsals she realized the comic possi bilities of Maggie, and now revels in it and says that she enjoys playiing it more than any other part that has fallen to her lot. mOFSGA. iB SUE Protection of Chanticleer Inn Property Is Object. FATHER MADE DEFENDANT Conspiracy Between Parent of Mi nor Children, of Late Madge Morgan, and Creditor, Is Alleged by Guardian. To save the Chanticleer Inn property on the Columbia River Highway to William Kay Morgan, aged 11, and Alba Richard Morgan, aged 3, to whom it was willed by their mother, the late Madge Gertrude Morgan, suit was filed in the Circuit Court yesterday by George W. Joseph, guardian of the two children, against Frank H. Hilton, A. R. Morgan and Marie A. Morgan. An Illegal agreement, by reason of which the children are in danger of losing all their rights to the property, is alleged. A R. Morgan is the father of the children and Marie A. Morgan Is bis second wife. When the children's mother died, in 1913, she left the property to her two children, encumbered by two mort gages. Their father was then their guardian. The mortgages were fore closed and the property sold to Mr. Hilton, who is alleged to have con spired, prior to the issuance of the execution under the decrees, to secure title to the property by bidding it in at the Sheriffs sale and contracting with Mr. Morgan, whereby Mr. Morgan would rent the property with option to buy it back after the time for redeem ing it from the sale had expired.' The property was sold to Mr. Hilton January 28. 1915. for $2807.85. Since. Mr. Morgan has been paying Mr. Hilton a heavy rental for the land, and half the property has been sold to Mrs. Morgan No. 2. This sale is said to have reimbursed Mr. Hilton for all the money he had put in the property. These operations are declared to have tended to defraud the estate and the minor children. The papers ask that Mr. Hilton be required to account for all moneys received on the prop erty, that the children be decreed own ers of the real property, that Mr. Hil ton be required to satisfy a mortgage he gave June 30, 1916, and that Mr. Hilton be ordered to hold the property in trust for the children. PERS0NALMENTI0N. P. P. Adams Is staying' at the Eaton. John Nielson, of Bandon. is at the Perkins. R. Yount, of Rainier, Is registered at the Cornelius. R. Roland, of Camas, Is registered at the Perkins. C. H. Beard, of Spokane, Is registered at the Oregon. M. B. Schaefer, of Waitsburg, ia at the Multnomah. C. Knutsen, of Astoria, is registered at the Nortonia. J. M. Wiesei, of Denver, is registered at the Multnomah. H. L. Gill, of Woodburn, Is registered at the Washington. Mrs. E. R. Morton Is among the ar rivals at the Oregon. Ed Arnold, of Pendleton, arrived at the Oregon yesterday. Miss Helene Kavanaugh, of Kalis pell. Mont., ia registered at the Port land with Miss Florence Rogers, of oeattie. M. Wilhart. of Roseburg, is regis tered at the Nortonia. W. L. Powers, of Corvallis, is regis tered at the Imperial. H. D. Vaughn arrived at the Eaton yesterday from Kalama. J. Rathbone, of Vancouver, B. C, la registered at the Eaton. E. G. Sturm is registered at the Nor tonia from Laurel, Mont. A. B. Rossman, of New Tork, ia reg istered at the Seward. A. P. Johnson is registered at the beward, from Corvallis. V. J. Kirk is registered at the Per kins from St. Paul. Or. D. M. Walton, of Mayville. ia among ine arrivals at tne iaton. Frank Patton arrived at the Impe rial yesterday lrom Astoria, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Johnson ar As toria visitors at the Nortonia. D. L. Swan is registered at th Washington from Los Angeles. Mrs. J. Wesley Young is registered at Lne jiuitnomah from Seattle. Hugh McLain. of Marshfield; is among the arrivals at the Portland. S. E. McKenzie. of Cascade Locks, is among the arrivals at the Seward. S. B. Walte, of Sheridan, was among yesieraay s arrivals at the Cornelius. James E. Bannon arrived at the Washington yesterday from Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. A. Sechlen, of The Dalles, are registered at the Cornelius. E. B. Hanke and Paul Hanke ar rived at the Seward yesterday from Astoria. Mrs. N. J. Dafrane. of Vancouver. Wash., in among the arrivals at the Washington. Mrs. Ray D. Gilbert, of Salem, who is visiting in the city, is registered at the Multnomah. L. M. Horny. who arrived in the city yesterday from Madras, is regis tered at the Perkins. Frederick C. Simpson, who arrived in the city recently from Seattle, is registered at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kepper arrived in the city yesterday from Hood River. They are registered at the Cornelius. Miss Ethel Hepburn will sail from Vancouver for the Orient. November 30. Miss Hepburn was selected from hun dreds of New York representatives for this trip. She will buy for 12 of th largest organizations in America. She win be gone eight months or one year. visning japan, unina and Manila, CAMPAIGN IN LEWIS ENDS Republicans Hold Final Rallies at Several Points. CEXTRALIA. Wash.. Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) The finishing touches were put to the political campaign in Lewis County tonight. Thomas Revelle ad dressed a Republican rally held in a local theater. Last night Mr. Re velle spoke at Vader. A Republican rally also was held at Mossyrock to night. J.. R. Baxton, of this city, being one of the speakers. H. W. Thompson, of this city, was the principal speaker at a rally held at Doty last night. A conservative estimate of Lewis County's vote gives Hughes a majority or 7 50 to 1000 votes over Wilson. Mc Bride is expected to lead Lister by about 500. The estimated vote of the county js about 5000. Mormons, Wed 4 0 Tears, Wed Again MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Oct. 31. James Mitchell and Louise Moran on the 40th anniversary of their marriage by the Mormor Church in Ltah were married the other day in Minneapolis. They feared that some legal differences might arise from their first marriage which would deprive their children of their inheritance. Both had left the domain of the Mormon Church. ADAMSON LAW-LAID E BY BAR CRITICISM Railway Age-Gazette in Care ful Study Declares Demand Has Been Evaded. WILSON METHODS EXPOSED Trickery Charged In Effort to Pre vent Strike From Tying Up In dustries of Country Analy- sis Is Made for Layman. . If you are not fully informed on I what the Admason law really is and what It is?nt, read the accompanying series of categorical questions and an swers, which chow that the measure can in no way be construed, to provide an eiKht-hour day for the trainmen, at whose urgent behest the bill was passed. The Railway Age-Gazette has made a careful study of the Adam son law and its various provisions, which it proceeds to set forth in a way that the lay mind- can well understand. What s more important, it points out the methods pursued by President Wil son and his followers in Con press to satisfy the demands, of the trainmen on the pretense that they were g-oing to nant an "eight-hour day" and pre vent a disastrous strike from tying up the industries of the country. Following is the complete analysis of the law. Q. "What ! the "Adamiwn law?" A. It is a law designed to kIva cer tain railway employe a. l!l pr cent In crease In wafres, by Insuring them th same pay tor eight hours as they now e-t for ten hours. Q. Does the law make elcht hours the maximum time these men may work In one day? In other words, does it aim to es tablish a real eight-hour work day? A. it does r.ot They may work any number of hours up to 16 a day. provided they vet a w age Increase of .1 per cejit over the present wages. u. i hen. it is not a law for a bona fide work day of elpht hours at all? A. In no sense le it such a taw. It Is a basic was plan only, and hence totally different from all other so-called "eitsht hour" )ais. Q. Dor tbe law require the men to wttrk a full eight hours to earn a full day's pay? A. This was not the Intent of those re sponsible for the passage of the law, but thi may be held to he Its meaning, and that possibility is ftreatly worr lug tl.e men whom the law was Intended to spe cially favor. Q. Vv ho are those men? A. The' members of the railroad brother hood. Q. "What are they? A. They are the four labor unions which are made up of the men employed in rail way train service : l tne locomotive en gineers, (2) the firemen. (3) the con ductors, 4) the bra kern en, flag-men and yardmen, or switchmen. Q. lo these men ge-t rcood wages? A. They gwt very hlph wanes. On the Western railroads In 1'Jla all the train service employes (Including those who worked only a fraction of the years) earned these wages, on an average: Passenger. Freight. Tarn. Engineers 42CS J7:;7 11J1S Conductors J 77- 1814 Firemen 11MS i7:i Brakemon 11J 1000 loO Q. Do they work every day in the year to make these wages? A. They do not. A record kept for a typical month (Octo-ber, 1U 13) for engineers and firemen on Western roads showed they worked only -3.4 days per month. Ho they have more days to rest than does other labor having: steady jobs. Q. How are their wages calculated ? A. For men In freight service, being those who are now complaining, they are calculated, on the basUB of a day of ten hours or less, or lOO miles or less. If a man makes his run In ten hours or less he gets pay for the full day, even though he works only six or seven hours. If his run takes over ten hours, he gets pro rata for the time In excess of ten hours; that Is, -if his excess time Is one hour, he gets one and one-tenth his day's) pay and so on. If his run Is over loo miles, he gets pay pro rata for the mileage in excess of loo miles, no matter how few hours It takes to make the run. If his run is over loo miles and takes over ten hours, he gets hla extra pay either for the excess hours or for the excess mileage, whichever makes the higher amount of pay for him. Q. How have these wages and conditions been arrived at? A. They have been arrived at by nego tiations from time to time during the past 30 years, originally with the individual roadu and of recent years by general con ferences of committees representing the brotherhoods and the railroads ; and more recently by arbitration covering large parts of the country. Q. What was the recent demand of the brotherhoods? A. It was that they should be paid for the flrwt eight hours of their run the same amount which they now receive for the first ten hours; and that for any time In excess of eight hours they should be paid one and one-half times the hourly rate. For ex ample. If a man's pay la now $1 for ten hours, this demand meant that he should get $4 for the first eight houns and then should set 75 cents per hour for time in excess of eight hours, thus making for ten hours work fu.D. or an lucreuttu of iit per cent. Q. Were they not trying to get their work cut down to eight hours a day? A. They were not. They were and are VOTE X 312 YES REPEAL A BAD LAW FIFTY YEARS OUT OF DATE Amusements are necessary for workingmen and women. VOTE X 312 YES ANTI-BLUE LAW LEAGUE 510 Oregon Bldg., Portland, Oregon (Paid Advert larmrnt.) Kind to work tli additional tlms 10 as to gfet additional money. 3. Then they ware trylna; to net more money Instead of trylnn to Bet a. shorter day? A. That Is exactly what they were trying to do. Q. Would their demand hav made any Important Increase. In the expenau ot the railroads? A. The railroads animated that It would coat them about S6o.0ou.uuo additional merely to srajit this demand of the men lor Increased pay even If the excess time over eight hours was paid for only at the hourly rate instead at one and one-half times the hourly rate; and estimated It would have cost an additional S.'iO.OOU.UoO if the excess time had been paid for one-and one-balf times the hourly rata. Q. What answer did the railroad com panlee make to the demands' A. The railroids said the trainmen were already paid very hlsh 1 wages and could not reasonably demand still further In creases; that they already got wages which were relatively much higher than the other railroad employes got. and that It was un just to Increase this disparity still further: that the railroads could not stand the ad ditional cost unless the freight and pas senger rates paid by the geueral public should be increased. Q. What happened then? s A- After various efforts at mediation by other Federal officers. .President Wllsoa summoned both siiU-s to Washington and indicated that he had decided that the rail roads ought to pay the meu for the first eight hours of their work tho full pay which the various conferences and arbl tratura had fixed in the past as reasonable for ten hours' work, and should pay for any time lu excess of eight hours at the hourly rate. Vi. Does thl mean that President "Wil son proposed that the railroads should pay the men additional wagea for the same serv ice over and above the wages wnich had been fixed In the various conferences and arbitrations in the past? A. It does. U. Had President W'lUton. before decid ing that this heavy Increase la wages should be given to the trainmen, had a hearing of all parties concerned so as to get the facts as understood by both sides and so as to hear their arguments and so as to decide, on the basis of those facts and arguments, that his decision was Just? A. He did not. Ke maue up his mind be fore summoning either s:de before him and without giving either eldo au opportunity to present Its case or criticise the case which might bo presented by the other side. j. Did I'resldent Wilson claim that these matters ought to be settled In this way ay the President of the United Slates, tilmaelf. without a full hearing of both sides through the usual processes of arbitration? A. No. He said his faith In arbitration was not shaken, but that tho eight-hour day was not arbitrable and that there was no way to compel arbitration and no way to prevent a. strike. Q. Did President Wilson first urge the brotherhoods to agree to submit all their demands to arbitration and Impress upon them that arbitration had the aanctlon of society and that public sentiment would not support a strike to enforce demands which the brotherhoods refused to arbitrate? A. He did not. He started out by pro posing that the brotherhoods be given, with out arbitration or investigation, the prin cipal Increase In wages which they were demanding, and that the remaining increase In wages be left open for future considera tion. . What did Congress do? A. It did as It was renucsted. It hur riedly passed tho bill. Q. Was the bill passed and signed by G o'clock Saturday evening. September - 7 X It was passed, but not signed. In stead the President of the United States made a pledge to the brotherhood chiefs that he would sign the bill on Sunday morn ing September .1. and finally tho brother hood chiefs agreed that In consideration of hi pledge they would call off the strike. Q Did the President sign the bill so as to pay the price the brotherhood leaders demanded? , , A. Ho did. He signed It with four pens rv M EFFICIENCY IN DIGESTION In order to build up the system there must be, first of all, effi ciency in digestion. From this source comes proper nourishment of the body, enriched blood, liver H 21sss rrn-anf -i n and bowel regularity, a strengthen ing of all the forces that stand for better health. Try HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS as soon as any stomach weakness develops. It is for Poor Appetite, Indi gestion, Cramps and Constipation. A IS i and ravo thrin to the four brotherhood chiefs as souvenir of their conquot of the President and Conpfreaa. Q. Did Concrws have an ODDortunltv to ln eUicate the reason abl en of the In creased wage m hlrh U voted to the train-I men? A- It dft not. It wan admitted on the1 floor In both bouse that they did not know ! whether the demands were reasonable or, not and that they had to pas the hill to keep the brotherhood chief from stopping: rail transportation. Q. Did the President recommend the passage of any other legislation? A. Yes. lie recommended the papsae also of a bill prohibiting- conspiracies to strike on the railroads xcept after there had been an Impartial Invectlgattnn and a decision and report as to the re-uonable-nesa of the -demands. Q. Would this prohibition of conspiracies to strike in advance of investigation have hen sufficient to stop this strike? A. It would. If this prohibition bad been passed it would have prevented the strike and It would have been unnecessary for rnngrew to increase without luvrwtiRa Uon the wages of the trainmen and thereby put the Government in lh humliiUllng po sition of submitting for the first time In tho history of the country to an unqualified and unvarnished holdup under a threat to tie up the bulnes of the country. Q. What did Congress do as to thla ad ditional recommendation ? A. It said there was not time to pass tm prohibition whlrb would have, vindi cated the dignity and power of the United ststtf and that the mutter could be con sidered at the next session. Would it have required any more time to pa ss thla prohibition than It re quired to pans the act which yleldtd to th hold-up of the brotherhoods? A. It mould not. Hut Congress waa willing to pans without the necessary time for Investigation and consideration a bill which svo tho brotherhoods the price thty demanded ; and hu unwilling to pMttx, eiri with full time for investigation and con sideration, the bill which would have vindi cated th honor and power of the I'nited. States. The President and Congress knew for months In advance that the brother hoods were threatening to strike and tie ut all the railroads in the country unless their demands were granted without opportunit y for arbitration. Hut neither the President nor Cong resa mad any effort to provide legislation to prevent the carrying out of such a disastrous conspiracy and thereby vindicate tne dignity and power of the country. $ An American Inventor has patented a llfe saviitg suit for aeronauts in vol lug a cush ioned cap and back and front pad for the body, communicating o that thr can be blown up by a tube extending to the mouth of the aviator, communicating pads being provided on opposite sides of the legs ami yielding, spring-supported shoes being car ried on the feet below the waibt. tso t hat in falling the persou will fall feet foremost. FOR WASHINGTON VOTERS STOP! READ! THINK! Candidates for office are falling over one an other in their haste to knock Initiative Measure No. 24, the so-called Brewery Bill. WHY? Simply because they are politicians, and play ing the game, each afraid his opponent will score a point against him. That's all. 70,000 voters, 11,000 of whom were women, ap proved of No. 24 by signing the petition. Will No.- 24 Improve Present Conditions? YES. IT WILL Open large plants, employing many men. Restore the large export business, now lost. Bring outside money into the state and keep our own money at home. Permit sale on written orders only and delivery to home only from factory direct. Prohibit even delivery to home if father or mother objects. Prohibit agencies, and sale by grocers. Put blind pigs and bootleggers out of business. Substitute the drinking of a mild, healthful beer for villainous alcoholic decoctions. Provide revenue for better roads. Enable fanner to get beer for himself or "hands" at a reasonable price, which now is practically impossible. Place all on an equal basis, as regards drinking privileges the poor with the rich the farmer with the city man. Cast Aside Prejudice and Emotion Look the Question Squarely in the Face Vote for Initiative Measure No. 24 (Paid Advertisement) J
