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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1917. BUDGET INCREASES TAXES IN GERMANY 20 Per Cent Added in Meas ure Sent to Reichstag by Government. NEW LOAN NEEDED SOON Another Credit to Bo Asked Xext Month in Addition to 15,000, 000,000 Marks Just Raised. Indemnity Hope Held Out. S5NVDON, Feb. 24. War taxation In Germany has been Increased. 20 per cent In the budget presented to the Reichstag yesterday by Count von Roe dern. Finance Minister, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter's. In the course of his speech, in which he announced the new war credit of 15. 000.000,000 marks. Count von. Roedern explained that the increase in taxation was necessary because the budget pro vides no new money,- while the "safety 'law" enacted last year called for an ln- crease of 50 to 60 per cent in the legal reserve. Dealing with the proposed new coal tax, the Finance Minister said that the question of taking over the coal mines by the state had been rejected as Impossible. He added that Germany was well able to rely on its own coal production and that the commodity could be taxed all the easier because, in spite of war conditions, the price was lower than In foreign countries, averaging 15 to 18 marks. He maintained that an average taxa tion of 2Vi marks on coal and 80 pfen nings on lignite was not too high. Railway Tickets Taxed. In addition to the coal tax, there will be a levy of 10 to 16 per cent on railroad tickets and 7 per cent on all freights. Count von Roedern said that the war credit voted last October was near ly exhausted, and continued: "As in all the belligerent countries, so also here, the war expenditure in the last few months has created a cerr tain tension, but this is certainly not greater with us than with our enemies. I have no reason to suppose that the proportion of two to one which I esti mated in October as existing between the expenditure of the entente and the central powers has changed. "The war expenditure of the world exceeds 300.000,000,000 of marks and not more than 100.000,000,000 is our share. The cost in the next few months will not relax and therefore I ask a war credit of 15.000,000,000 marks. IVew Loin Needed Next Month. Next month .we must issue another war loan and this budget picture is certainly serious, but our economic life erives us no reason to look to the fu ture less confidently than hitherto. . . . Against tfj demands of our enemies for reparation, we shall be able to put the word "indemnity." "I have confidence in, our economic future and In the unbroken financial strength of our people and I am con vinced, in view of our rapid technical development during the war and the firm determination of all producing circles, that everything that the war has destroyed will be rebuilt." IMPERIAL BUDGET INCREASED Amount This Year Is 5',035,000,000 Marks, Reichstag Is Told. BERLIN. Feb. 23, by wireless to Say ville. N. T., Feb. 24. This year's im perial budget amounts to 5.035,000,000 marks as against 3,758,000,000 marks last year. This is an Increase of 1,277,000,000. it was announced In the Reichstag today by Count von Roedern, the Finance Minister. TONG GUNNERS SLAY ONE (Continued From First Tnge.) similar type. Five shots had been fired. Another Seen Shooting. Still another witness of the third gunman's attack was C. Bird, of 304 Morrison street, who ran toward the sound of firearms and arrived Just as the last gunman thrust his head into the taxicab door and emptied his weapon. He described the gunman as fhort and compact of stature, and said that his hat was a fedora. In hiding on the second floor, at fllH North Fourth, street. Detectives Moloney and Tichenor and Patrolman Johnson, found Jeu Joe. Concealed near him was a 38 - caliber revolver. with the shells secreted beside it. As ' they searched the building, Wong Chung Sung attempted to escape by the stairway and was taken in custody. A third Chinese, Charlie Lee, was ar rested in the same building. Positive that gunmen were in hiding In Hop Sing headquarters, at Fourth and Flanders streets. Patrolman Well brook battered down a door and raided the place with other patrolmen and de tectives. They arrested Lee Tim, an swering to the description of the third gunman, Wong Ching Ming, Chin Pack and Wong Toon, the latter a Chinese actor of repute. Neutral Deny Knonledse. At the direction of Detective Captain Baty five Chinese were placed under arrest to be detained as witnesses and taken from the Kwong Shew Lung store. before which the murder oc curred, after repeated denials when asked if they had witnessed the shoot ing. 'All are said to be members of the Four Brothers Company and "are neutrals In the tong trouble. Interviewed in detective headquar ters, the suspects presented blank faces to their questioners, stolidly denying any knowledge of the crime. The case of Lee Tim, however, is more than TO STOP BAD COUGH SOOTH DRV. IRRITATED THROAT WITH PARMINT SYRUP SAYS THIS OLD-FASHIONED COrtiH MEDICINE IS THE BEST. We are told that the old-time reme dies are best and invariably contain less harmful yet better medicine than those which are In use today. This be ing so. undoubtedly the following old fashioned recipe which is quick acting will be welcomed by many, as there seems to be a regular epidemic of roughs at the present time: Secure from your druggist 1 ounce Parmint double strength), take this home and add to it a quarter pint of hot water and .4 ounces of granulated sugar, stir until dissolved. Take 1 tablespoonf ul four times a day. No more racking your whole body with a cough. Clogged nostrils should open, air passages ot your head should clear and your breathing become easy. Parmint svrup Is pleasant to take, easy to prepare snd costs little. Every person who has a stubborn cough, hard cold or ca tarrh In any. form should give this prescription a trial. Adv. ordinarily precarious, as the prosecu tion v will not have to rely on Chinese witnesses for identification. In the body of Ham Quongr Fong-, according to Coroner Dammaach. are seven bullet wounds, each, of which passed completely through the victim and all but two of which inflicted fatal wounds. An Inquest will be held on Monday. The tong war In Portland broke out on February 8, when Mar Duck, a gun man of the Suey Sings, was killed by three Hip Sing gunmen at Fourth and Everett streets. Hard on the heels of this affray came the killing of Harry Wong, a Hop Sing. In Seattle. It is said that his assailants were members of the Hip Sing tong. The alliance of the Bing Kung-Bow Leong- tong with the Hip Sings, and of the Hop Sing tong with the Suey Sings, furnished complications from which further trouble was freely predicted. despite the peace treaty signed by those olden foes, the Bing Kung-Bow Leongs and the Hop Sings. Yesterday s strife presents a new angle in local tong warfare, and openly embroils the four tongs, which are arrayed in pairs. In company with 40 of his fellow tongmen, the victim of yesterday's shooting. Ham Quong Fong. intended to depart yesterday afternoon in a spe cial car for Seattle, there to attend the festal opening of the new Bing Kung Bow Leong headquarters. Tickets had been purchased, and their departure was scheduled for 4:10 o'clock. It was to draw funds for the visit that Ham Quong Fong made the fatal trip to 91 North Fourth street. Mad Indignation Caoited. Members of the Bing Kung-Bow Leong tong were mad with indignation following the shooting, and declared that their tong would exact a life in payment for the blood-wrong. They charged that the Hop Sings and Suey Sings, balked for a fortnight in their attempt to "get" a Hip Sing tongman. had turned their revolvers on the han diest target. Ham Quong Fong,' the cannery foreman. Deputy District Attorneys Ryan and Deich. who aided in the investigation yesterday, ordered that the prisoners be held incommunicado. Robert F. Magulre, attorney for the Hop Sings, and James E. Craib, attorney for the Suey Sing tong. were not allowed to confer with the prisoners last night. New and old Chinatown, which have been under close police guard since the killing of Mar Duck, were doubly patrolled by policemen and detectives last night to forestall further encoun ters of the warring tongmen. The pa tience with which the Chinese partisans await their opportunity, and the venge ful swiftness with which they strike, is baffling to the closest espionage, and the threat of the Bing Kung-Bow Leong tong hangs like a menace over strangely deserted Chinatown. N tort-It m-pern In Hiding:. Chinato-wn was deserted and silent last night, with most of its stores closed and the owners in hiding. An example of the terror of the Celestials was given the police when two China men sneaked into the police station and asked a patrolman to accompany them to the Union Station, where they wanted to warn a Chinese passenger on a northbound train of the outbreak. Patrolman Rekdahl was sent with them, and found on the train a wealthy Seattle Chinese and his wife, en route home from San Francisco. The couple were told of the trouble so that they might take due precautions when they arrived in Seattle. The police exercised unusual vig ilance in Chinatown last night, search ing several resorts for firearms. De tective Goltz found a loaded revolver hidden at 283 Va Flanders street, and confiscated it. CHINESE VISIT FEARED SEATTLE TOUCB DOUBLE DETAILS AND WEAPONS ARE HUNTED. $7S.OOO Masonic Temple la to Be Dedi cated Tomorrow, East and West Being Combined In Decorations. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Chinatown here is at nervous tension tonight in anticipation of the arrival of 10 Invited Chinese from Portland and San Francisco to attend the dedication Monday of the hand some new Chinese Masonic Temple erected by the Bing Kong Bow Leong. The murder in Portland of a mem ber of the order caused apprehension here and the police tonight arrested Ah Gun. 43 years old, and Lock Bin, 31 years old, on a charge at carrying concealed weapons. Both men art strangers in the city. They were heav ily armed. The police details in the Chinese quarter have been doubled and It is probable that every visiting Chinaman will be searched for weapons tomor row. Old China, with its dragons, its fight ing men and its mystic symbolisms, dominates the decorations, which are exquisite Chinese silks, embroidered by hand in China for the Seattle temple. New China, with its Republican ideals, its intimations of thrift, sci ence and brotherhood, is uppermost in the organization that will use the tem ple. It is called the Bing Konir Row Leong and the silk banner that stands at the shrine of the temple, combin ing the American flag and the flag of the Chinese Republic, so states it in good, plain English letters. The temple cost $75,000, its decora tions are valued at more than 110,000. The formal dedication will begin at 1 o'clock Monday. , U-BOAT USE APPLAUDED PRESIDENT OF REICHSTAG SAYS GERMANY WILL NOT QUIT. Declaration Made That Unrestricted Use of Submarines Is Reply to Refusal of Pence Offer. BERLIN, Thursday, Feb. 22. (By wireless to Sayville, Feb. 24.) The speech by Dr. Johannes Kaempf, presi dent of the Reichstag, at the opening of the session today, is reported by the Overseas News Agency as follows: "We are apparently approaching the decisive struggle in the gigantic war ot nations. Magnanimously the Ger man Emperor, together with his allies, stretched out the hand of peace to our enemies. They refused this hand with jibes and jeers. In the face of this rebuke Germany now seizes the weapon of which she desires to make unre stricted use and which has been forged by her energy and her advanced tech nique. In the solemn, serious hour in which we live we are sure that we shall not lay down this weapon before we accomplish the aim of this war the defense of our independence and the freedom of our homes. "As we enter now upon the greatest struggle, we send grateful admiring greetings to our proud army, to the armies of our allies, to - our proud navy, to our unconquerable submarines and their crews, courageous unto death. We send greetings to our ex perienced leaders who have proved their genius on land and sea. We send greetings to the whole nation, which is working as never before, in spite of all difficulty, for the Emperor and the empire, for the freedom and Inde pendence or our country and our homes." SENATE FILIBUSTER IS FINALLY. BROKEN Republicans Abandon Effort to Defeat Excess Profits Tax in Revenue Bill. VOTE WILL BE WEDNESDAY Minority Seeks to Curb President lor Attempting to- Get Rid of Congress in Handling In ternational Situation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. One of the most spectacular filibusters the Capitol has seen in years kept the Senate in session until midnight tonight, and was broken down only when Republican leaders directing it secured a pledge from the Democrats that the Adminis tration revenue bill would not be urged to a. vote until Wednesday. The Democrats, facing what they de clared was a Republican attempt to break down the Administration pro gramme and force an extra session of Congress after March 4, had threatened to keep the Senate in continuous ses sion over Sunday if that were found necessary to secure passage of the rev enue measure. International Affairs Debated. The debate, which went far afield from revenues and note exchanges be tween the Democrats and Republicans, led Into a dramatic discussion of the international situation and of President Wilson's policy in the submarine crisis. Late at night leaders on the Repub lican side let it be known that they did not favor carrying the fight to theJ extent of embarrassing the country by killing the revenue bill and thus weak ening its preparation for defense. After two or three peace proposals had been rejected by the Democrats, the Republican leaders submitted a proposition for a vote Wednesday night at 8 o'clock on condition that in the meantime appropriation bills mky be brought up by unanimous consent. Democrats Make Compromise. The Democrats accepted, believing this arrangement gave them a chance to save enough of their legislative pro gramme to avert an extra session. There was no understanding, how ever, as to what the Republicans might do with other bills than the revenue measure in case some of them should hold to their determination to force an extra session in order to have Congress in session for developments in the Eu ropean emergency. Several Senators pointed out that a vote on the revenue bill Wednesday would not mean an extra session would necessarily be avoided. Aside from other legislation, three of the most im portant supply bills, the Navy, Army and sundry civil, carrying altogether close to $1,000,000,000, have not been taken up at all in the Senate. There is certain to be some discussion by Senators with pacifist tendencies of both the Navy and Army bills. Many Work for "Pef Bills. When, Jast before midnight, Senator Simmons submitted the proposed agree ment to the Senate for ratification, every Senator was on his feet. Senator Ashurst declared he would object unless assurance were given for consideration of the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill, and It was agreed to give an hour to this re port on Monday. When other Senators, including Shafroth, urging the Porto Rican conference report, began to plead for "pet" measures, Senator Penrose rose and declared: "This has gone far enough. If there is to be any further wording of this agreement, objections will come from the minority. The minority already has sacrificed enough. I will say further to the Senators from Colorado and Ari zona that neither of their bills will pass this session of Congress." The objections then were withdrawn and at 12:15 the Senate adopted the agreement by unanimous consent and recessed. The smoldering row broke into flame this afternoon when the passages be tween Democrats . and Republicans turned up a sensational debate on the relations between the United States and Germany which reached its cli max when Senator Fall, Republican, introduced a resolution to authorize the President to use the armed forces of the United States to protect Amer ican rights on the seas. It is such a resolution as President Wilson was expected to ask of Con gress some time before its adjourn ment but its Introduction at this time by a Republican Senator while the Administration is forming its course came as a surprise. Republicans Are Resentful. It promised further to complicate and embarrass an already much mixed sit uation. The Republicans, reeentful of what they construe as President Wil son's wish not to have Congress on his hands in an international crisis, are said to be ready to force an extra ses sion of Congress in order that nothing may be done by the President without the House and Senate in session. Chairman Simmons, of the finance committee, bitterly assailed the Repub licans for their filibuster. The Demo crats, he declared proposed to die fight ing for the revenue bill and prepared ness legislation, and would hold the Senate in continuous cession, until a vote could be had on the revenue bill. "We are witnessing here," said Sen ator Simmons, "the most determined filibuster I have ever seen in this Sen ate. If this revenue bill shall fail and as a result the great programme to put this country in a condition of defense is held up and suspended for another year, I think it due to the American people that they should know who is responsible for such a miscarriage of this great purpose on the part of the Government. "We are told this is not a filibuster. The Senate knows and the country knows it is a filibuster to defeat the revenue bill carrying taxation amount ing to $248,000,000, of which $226,000,000 is placed on the backs of the great rich and powerful corporations. "I do not know what the President proposes to do or what he proposes to ask, but in this nebulous condition of affairs we cannot afford to delay pas sage of this bill. "I Ray with all sincerity and solem nity that this is but a pretext on the part of the minority. If the gentlemen on the other side are afraid of some threatened Invasion on the part of the President, why should it be necessary to defeat this bill? I am convinced that this is merely a pretext and the real purpose of the minority is to de feat this bill. "We wait the American people to know it was your dagger that pierced the body of this great programme and brought it to its untimely death. "Go ahead with your filibuster, but we shall not content ourselves to sub mit to the consequences of defeat until we have exercised every resource and every weapon at our command." Edward Dunn Buried The funeral of Edward Du held 3-esterday at the chapel of J. P. Finley S Son. Rev. B. J. Hoadley of ficiating. Services were also held by the Grand Army, of which Mr. Dunn was a member. J. S. Hamilton sang "Rock of Ages" and "Jesus, Saviour. Pilot Me." The pallbearer were: Warren Patten, T. B. McDevitt. F. H. Shepheard, R, A. Wohlfarth. M. Evana and W. M. Hendershott. Interment was in the Grand Army Cemetery. JORDAN DENOUNCES WAR California Educator Speaks at White Temple. In an address at the White Temple last night Dr. David Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford University, described the horrors of the European conflict, denounced the factors that cause and support war, and said that the only so lution of war was the substitution of democracy for the autocratic form of government. In speaking of the exchange of pris oners he said that was done only when the soldiers had been so mutilated that they could be of no service" when re turned to their own countries. He gave instances where trainload after train load of prisoners under such conditions had been exchanged. Many of these, he said, were musicians, artists and pro fessional men. He described one of the realistic works of a young French artist in the trenches. The picture represented a peasant on a battlefield with a wagon with a deep box. The peasant was pitching boots, "some with legs in and some without." and other remnants of battle into the wagon. He said that all the "glory" which consisted of brass and other metals would be melted and used over again. "It was different with what was left pf the legs that were Inside the boots and whatever other parts of human bodies that were left, said Dr. Jordan. "These could not be recast again, but they could be used as fertilizer on the grain fields. In some instances the corpses were dried out for oil. which made, an excellent lubricant for the big guns." SITES FOR GUNS SOUGHT Department Commanders to Distrib ute Antl-Alrcraft Arms. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 Depart ment commanders in the United States and at overseas posts have been or dered by the War Department to re port what points under their jurisdic tion should be provided with anti-aircraft guns under the authorization for purchase of 130 for continental United States eight for the canal zone and 17 for the insular possessions. The War Department has placed orders also for 46 9.6-inch field howitzers of a type said to equal the 11-inch guns of similar design in use abroad. The Bethlehem Steel Company will furnish 26 and the Midvale Company 20. They are to be drawn by motor tractors. It was announced today that three American Army officers Lieutenants Joseph E. Carberry, of the aviation section, and Millard F. Harmon, Jr., and Davenport Johnson, Infantrymen, all now on border duty have been or dered to France for instruction in fly ing at French military aviation schools. ATTACK IN THEATER FATAL Brigliam Shultz, Teamster, Dies on Way to Police Hospital. Brigham Shultz. teamster living at the Lambert Hotel, Union avenue and East Oak street, died suddenly last night following an apparent attack of heart trouble at the American Theater, First and Main streets. The man's death occurred as he was being taken to the Police Emergency Hospital from the theater in the police patrol. Mr. Shultz was employed by C. J. Cook and was 55 years of age. The body was taken to the public morgue, where an autopsy will be held to determine the cause of death. C. Morton. 234 East Forty-seventh street. North, was with Mr. Shultz at the time he suffered the attack. EXPLOSION INJURES THREE La Grande Woman Uses Basin of Gasoline to Wash Dress. LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) A basin of gasoline in which Mrs. W. A. Thompson was washing a dress, Ignited during the process, and burned Mrs. Thompson, her husband, and daughter Florence, though not seri ously. The house was badly damaged by the flames before the fire department could control the situation. 1,138,000 CAPTIVES WORK More Than 500,000 Are Employed on Farms In Itussia. LONDON, Feb. 24. At the end of 1916 the prisoners employed in state and agricultural work in Russia numbered 1,138,000, according to a Reuter dis patch from Petrograd. Of these 545.000 were under the juris diction of the ministry of agriculture, 294,000 in mines and factories, and 169, 000 ways and communications. Corns Peel Right Off With "Gets-It" 2 Drops; and the Corn Is a "Goner I When you've got to walk on the sides of your shoe to get away from those awful corn-pains, there's only one com- Use "Orts-Iti" Tour Corns Won't Swell in Water. Besides. They'll Shrivel, Looien and. Peel OH I mon-sense thing to do. Put 2 or 3 drops of "Gets-It" on the corij right away. Pain and inflammation will disappear, the corn will begin to shrivel from that instant then it loosens and falls right off. There's no other corn-remover in the world that act like "Gets-It." No new discovery has been made in corn-remov ers since . "Gets-It" was born. Don't forget that fact. "Gets-It" does away forever with the use of salves that Irri tate, bandages that make a bundle of your toe plasters that half do the work. - mini uniiri - i ii knives and scissors that draw blood. Use "Gets-It" no more digging or cut ting. "Gets-It" is sold everywhere. 25c a bottle, or sent on receipt of price by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. III. Sold In Portland at all stores of The Owl Drug Co. The SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENS 1 of the community show a de cided preference iCLOTHEvS Spring Models at $20, $25, $30, $35 The Brewer Hat Always S3. The Dunlap Hat S5 B CHURCH SALE PROPOSED onECiOV CITY CONGREGATION Ol'T GROWS OLD KDIKICK. Site of St. Pnul's Eplscopsl Said to Be Worth Sufficient to Bay New One and Bnlld on It. OREGON CITV. Or.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Plans to finance a new church building by the sale of the valuable business site now occupied by St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the purchase of a less expensive location, are being considered by the officers and members of that church. By the sale of the present property It has been suggested that the church raise enough money both to buy a new location, possibly on the hill, and finance a new church structure. The reported price which the con gregation has fixed on the present site is $20,000. There is a $2000 mortgage against the property. The property is In the heart of the business district, directly across the street from the postofflce, and in the same block as the Courthouse. At the present time it is occupied by the church, the rectory, a rooming-house and a plumbing shop. A plan to build a new edifice on the river bank was started some years ago, but it died out after the founda tion of the proposed building was started. Growth of th congregation. It Is TODAY - II I -'III ill MflMMfchllSII I-IIIM III IMMS MSMiaMMMMisa. -' J I j VjjP "VAXJOIETVILLE 8rPHOTOPLAYS NCDX I I I Vnswwav! ji "ws"pwswwsi -u spwi inssnir4. 1 I It nil -' ' 11 1 " ' ' - - -1 r hi i ' The International Model Cecile Paqiiin & Co. In a Series of Beautiful Poses. Chase & Singing-Talking NEW NOVEL RED "M War SL Ton A thrilling and sensational drama of life among the Warring Chinese Tongs in America, THE ENTIRE CAST COMPOSED OF CHINESE ACTORS ONLY MONDAY Extra Added Attraction 9th Episode TUESDAY "THE PURPLE MASK" ONLY WITH FRANCIS FORD AND GRACE CUNARD en8ellifi Morrison at fourth' said, makes some sort of new structure a necessity. Dr. Iilndley'a lectures Moved. To accommodate the exceptional audi ences which have been attending Dr. Ernest Hiram Lindley's Reed College extension course on "Psychology in Re lation to Commerce and Industry," the lectures this week will be held In the A Real Umbrella Sale! ALL last season's umbrellas now in stock, including Hull's and other makes; regularly priced from $2 to $35, will be offered this week until sold at One-Half Price ' New patterns in hand-carved all-platinum Diamond Engagement Rings. The largest and best stock in Port land, from which to make appropriate selection. Special Values in Engagement Rings $25, $50, $75, $100 and up New style Wedding Rings, with half circle set in diamonds. $50 and up. See these beautiful new rings. ARONSON'S Washington Street at Broadway MONDAY - TUESDAY Janis Comedians. Burton & Smith Colored Dancing Comedians. FEATHER Photoplays Present the Washington High School auditorium in stead of the Central Library hall. The audiences at some of Dr. Lindley's lec tures at the Library have been so large that the hall could not accommodate them. His lecture at Washington High. School tomorrow night at 8 o'clock will be "The Training of Memory and Im agination Tests and Exercises." Read The Oreeonian classified nds. 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