1913 BUDGET TAX
THERE'S MANY
flKHHIWIE
EIGHT. HOUR LAW: SCANDAL IN JURY
DEFECTIVE; M AY .FOLLOWSTAGOMA
BEDECLAREDVOID COAL CONVICTION
A SLIP S"
CERTAIN FALL DF
LEVY IS 7.7 MILLS;
W100BT2
Army Commanders Admit De
feat at Council Held in Cap
ital; Bulgarian Jttacks on
: Fortifications Succeeding. -
WOULD SURRENDER CITY
1 TO PREVENT OCCUPATION
Sultan Fears Results if Allies
Invest Their Capital; Seeks
. Terms of Bulgars.
- (United Presa Leased Wirt.)
London, Nov. 13, TheJhignedt offi
cers f the Turkish array at a council
' held In the,Moslem capital decided that
tha forca resisting the Bulgarian ad-
. 4.n-i.Ht,,viMninlA ttannnt VinM
i aiiKV i ...........
V'out much longer, according to dis
patches received today. Tho porte, tne
message said, was trylnjr to arrange
terms for a surrender which would not
Involve actual Bulgarian occupation of
tha city.
' London,, Nov. IS. The influence of
Kaiser Wilhelm, the "war lord" of Ger
many, Is admitted to ba almost the
only remaining bar to a g'eneral Euro
s' pean conflict, which Impends owing to
Servla's determination to have a port
' on the Adriatic sea, and tha equally de
- termlned declaration of Austria and
Italy that she shall not.
It is understood that 'the kaiser has
Indicated to his two allies that he be
lieves Austrian interests on the Adrlatio
can be safeguarded whout war if the
situation is carefully 'handled, Brit
t while he is moving for peace there is
.- no longer doubt that both Austria and
Italy have mobilized their fleets off .the
Adriatic coast and the reported occupa
Hon of Durazso, the port in dispute,
: by a , Servian force may at any hour
. precipitate the conflict predicted In Eu
' rope for decades.
Adding to her naval preparations,
1 Austria is' mobilizing her land forces
and reserves are hurrying to her colors
from distant countries. Germany also
Is quietly mobilizing her armies in prep
's aratlon for whatever may come. On the
, ' other side of the probable war line. up,
' Russia as .principal backer of the Bal
kan allies, has massed great forees on
the Austrian and German 'frontiers, and
is reported as ready, to, strike. Jae mo
ment Austrian or Italian w&rshlps open
on trie Servians at Curasao or when the
- Austrian forces cross the lnt into Al-
., isni, - s -"
What France will'do if the conflict
comes la not clear. Thcra. Is" as yet
Utile military activity in the republic,
but little, doubt is felt here that if the
(Continued on Page Six.)
SERBS SAID TO HAVE
DEFIANCE OF AUSTRIA
Sofia Hears, ' However, That
'. "Franz Josef Has Agreed to
Surrender of. Adriatic Port,
(tTnlteit Prem teoiied WlrO
i Belgrade, Nov. 13. Unofficial, reports
received here 'today ' state that General
Yankovltch's Servian troops havei occu
pied purazzo, in open ' defiance o'f Aus
tria warning.
Sofia, Nov. 13. President Daneff of
the Bulgarian parliament returned here
today from a conference with Emperor
Frahi Josef of Austria, which he salj
had - resulted favorably to Servla's
Claim for a port on the Adrlatio sea.
rt Ferdinand Fears Cholera.
.V -. ' '(United' l'ri lmrt Vk . ..
St. Petersburg, Nov. 13 Sofia dis
patches .say Czar Ferdinand has de
1 elded not to lead the Bulgarian army
into Constantinople, fearing that such
action might precipitate a massacre of
Christians in the Turkish capital. It
is believed he-re, however, that Ferdl
- nand's- real reason la that he fears to
expose his. troops to danger of cholera,
which is said to be raging In Constan
tinople. - ,
Refugees Are Destitute.
(United Frew leased Wirt.
. Constanza, Roumania, Nov. 13. With
thousands dead from starvation and
disease, Constantinople telegraphed to
day that many. bodies are lying un
furled outside the city walls. The mor
tality is greatest in the" refugee ramps
between Constantinople and Tchtalja.
The refugees are In a terribly destitute
condition, having no clothing or water,
except that which Is tainted.
Continue TchntaIJa Attack.
(United I'jTiit Leaied W!r.
Vienna, Nov. IS. . Lieutenant Von
"Wegener telegraphed-to-the- Relchpost
today frgm the Bulgarian front that, the
nttaqk oh the Turkish center at' Tcha
talja Is most desperate, and tha the
Bulgarians are steadily' gaining ground.
Von Wegener states that the Turks have
been driven from all their advanced, po
sitions. , lis adds that boggy roads have
delayed the Bulgar advance, making it
most difficult' to get their heavy artillery-to
the front.
Report Russian Mobilization.
(nulled ('rem Lfiaeri Win.)
Constantinople, Nov, 13. Derlarstion
ihsthenioblnlzatlon of .the Russian
irmy TUiTiirope Jmb ""been"' unified is
tiade here aoday in Young Tuikeyt - a
jewspoper. This implies ' that Kussla
ulll take immediate action against Aus
tria if the latter country tries to keep
tervla. from the Adriatic rci.
OCCUP ED DURAZZO IN
Failure , to Have Enacting
, Clause at Head of Initiative
Measure Likely to' Nullify
Bill Just PassedJ
COURT DECISIONS - CITEp
. TO PROVE. ILLEGALITY
Message From Secretary of
State's Office Says Clause
Was' Omitted."
Because The words, "Ba it enacted
by the people of tne state of Oregon
are not printed on-the original of tha
eight-hour "law, passed last week by the
voters of the state, it is quite- likely
that the statute can never bo enforced
: Supported by a state, supreme, court
decision and the decision of Judges in
a majority, of the other-states of the
union, that a bill without an enacting
clause' is void, - a search through the
records this morning . revealed the fact
that the recently enacted measure can?
not ba enforced.
In going over the pamphlet containing
a copy of all measures referred to the
people for decision at the last election,
a prominent Portland attorney this
morning discovered that the eight-hour
bill, which was listed on the ballot last
week as Nos. 332 and 333, had no en
acting clause. ... A search was at once
instituted as to what could be the re
sult in this state of sunn n. measure
Various dlgt-sts revealed tho fact that
In a majority of the states of the union
where such a case had been brought
up for judicial decision, the verdict of
the Judgo had been that tho measure
without an enacting clause, either from
(Continued on Page Two.)
I
ENNUI
Railroads May Enjoin; Officials
From .Enforcing Vague and
Unfair Provisions. .
Trafflo official and attorneys of the
Hill and Harrlman lines are holding an
other conference this afternoon to dis
cuss the so-called Medio rd freight, rate
Initiative bill passed at the general elec
tion, which' prescribes rates on certain
classes of goods In less than carload
lots. v
Nobody seems to understand Just
what this bill wtll do If enforced, though
railroad men agree In declaring that one
sure result will be a, raising in freight
rates ' generally throughout the state,
except in the particular classes of goods
named in the bill. This they say must
be dona by the railroads in self-preservation,
owing to what they point out
as tha-ruinously low rates on - these
classes of goods, that the bill would put
into effect. , '
Portland shippers, especially, they say,
would be Injured, he. Portland Cham-
Continued on Page Two.)
MONTENEGRIN
FREIGH
RATES GO UP
UNO
lPRlll
I VII
TRAFFIC
IN
AGREE
hur ' " . n
WyiL''' ;-C- ( n-,K'J, f L. . f fi ' $1 vJ t-J
f ji' 3" ' "kV j l """ ' ' f ' 1 "i ' ''" f.
These men arc all crlzilcj veterans, uho are at last realizing the ambition ot their Uvea In successfully fighting to throw off tho Turkish yoke,
Jurors and Bailiff . Tell of the
Strange Change of. Mind on
Part, of ; MiUeson, One ot
Their Number.-1-, -
MILLESON "BELIEVED ', !
-'"HE CQULD GET $5000"
"When They Come Through Ml
,;Put Money in My Pocket,"
: -He -Said. ..
' ; (United Press teased Wire.) .
Tacpma, Wash., 'Nov. 13. The legal
Cy namlta which J Government Special
Counsel B. D. Townsend yesterday, aft
ernoon Indicated to Judge Cushman was
under the defense in the case of C. E.
Houston and John H. Bullock, convicted
of" conspiracy; to defraud the government
through collusive coal bids, exploded at
noon. today, wheq a bunch of J.0 affi
davits were filed, in court from nine of
the jurors who had, convicted Houston
and Bullock, and from Bailiff M. Brot
ton of the federal court
Brotton in his affidavit says that as
bailiff in charge of the Jury while the
case was in progress i ho observed the
jury was being shadowed by men who
tried, to get to the Jurymen. He pre
vented this. After, the. verdict, he said,
Samuel Milleson, "who made - affidavit
for the defense that he had been. cozened
into a verdict of guilty by misrepresen
tations of .other Jurymen, came to him
and said he was being . shadowed.
'Them fellows are . following me and
talking, to me all the time about that
verdict," Milleson said to the bailiff;
When asked "What fellows?" Milleson
said tha "coal company."
Brotton urged him to bo careful.
A "Piece of Money In It."
' Later Milleson came-back and said
that Bob Lee had told him there was a
"piece of money in.lt" if he would get
another juror and make affidavit to try
to influence the Judge to let Houston
off with a fine and without Imprison
ment. Milleson told Brotton the "coal
company was babind it," and that they
did not care how big the f lqe If they
could get ' out of the imprisonment.
MilieBon'sald ba believed he could get
15000.-,
"When they coma through I'll put the
mqney in my pocket," . Mllleaon, 4old
Brotton.
Milleson aaid he was to meet Hous
ton at the office of w. D. C Spike, the
Saturday before election.
' Milleson also involved C. O. Bates, at
(Continued -on-Page Twelve.)
N
I
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CUaHed Frees IXsefl Wire.) "
i Indianapolis, Nov. 13. Because of the
Illness of Iwo Jurors the dynamite con
spiracy trial here was postponed today
until tomorrow. Juror Allen Spaulding
today was tin able to sit up, and Juror
John Thomas was also la bed with
the grippe. Both are threatened with
pneumonia. To add to the delays of
the ' case, Mrs. Alta ' Hawkins, an im
portant .government witness, was shot
through tha legs yesterday while hunt
ing, and la unconscious in a hospital.
Mrs. - Hawkins kept a boarding house
here which was frequented by iron
workers in 1909. It had been planned
to have her testify against tha defend
ants. .
WITNESS
DYNAMTF CASF SHQ
SOLDIERS RETURNING TO P0DGORITZA AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH TURKS
r , i..ni....li,.,inl. .,. , mi. r . , . : , , , , --raja-Ju '
1 1' 1 K I '''1 ' '
1JA "
T. R. BY 1 36 VOTES
Will Complete Official Count in
San Francisco Tomorrow
Democrats Gain Steadily by
-.X&sJtocjsles' Official Count:
(Oalted Preaa ltad Wtr.)
) San Prailclsco, Nov. lS.Beturns of
ficial and unofficial, available this aft
ernoon ' from 'all over ' the stalk were
claimed here by the Democratla loaders,
as? indicating that Wood row Wilson has
at present a lead of 136 votes over
Theodore Roosevelt for California's elec
toral vote.
San-Francisco, Nov, 13. "Wilson leads
in the state on the basis of all figures
collected by Just 14 votes at this hour.
mere is no aouoi mat me resuu win
be uncertain until the official count is
completed, but we believe that part
probably all of the Democratic elec
toral ticket is safe."
This was the statement here at 10:10
o'clock today by Democratic State Chair
man Davis, when informed by the
United Press, of the final and official
result In San Diego , county, In which
four precincts had been missing until
today. In-that county the official fig
ures showed a gain of ) votes -for
Wilson over former figures.
Information has reached the Demo
cratic leaders here that . the official
count of Sonoma county will show an
Increased Democratlo vote of nearly 100
(Continued on Page Six)
WILSON REGIS
MAYOR OF ROSEBURG
ORDERED BY WEST TO
ESI
If He Doesn't, His Brewery Co.
Is to Be Put Out of Business
by Suits,
' 'ttalem tnru of tie Jonroel.V
Safem, t)r.," Nov." 15. Governor West
today ' Issued an ultimatum . to Mayor
Mlcelli, of Roseburg. Mlcellt must re
sign and make way for soma one who
will enforce the liquor laws, or the gov-
(Continued on Page Six.)
L
IN
' ' (Untied Preni trwrt XV ire.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 13. As the result
of a shooting In a sieeptug car of a
Pennsylvania railroad train near here
this morning, Mrs. Elirabeth Myers Is
dead and the police are holding her
daughter Gladys, 18 years old, pending
an investigation. Gladys and her broth
er, Rappe Myers, planned a double wed
ding and mother and' daughter were ep
route to N.ew York to purchase the
girl's trousseau. According to Miss
Myers" story her mother awakened her
suddenly' and the girl, mistaking her
for a burglar, fled a bullet into Mrs.
Myers' right lung. The mother was
taken to a hospital here but died
shortly after, her arrival.
AD
GNATION
ILL
MOTHER
PULLMAN
BERTH
E
COST, $1594,718;
OPEN FEB. 1,1913
Offices Now Scattered Will Be
Installed in the New Build
ing, Which Is One of Finest
on the Coast
4 Pacts About Sew Courthouse, ' 4
Total cost, $1,694,778.67. 4
Klght stories high, covers en- 4
4 tire block, ,
Tearing down of east wing of 4
4 old courthouse began August 27, 4
a iu. . 4
Concrete foundation of new
4 east wing completed December 4
12. 1909. , 4
4 First steel riveted on east 4
4 wing March 7, 1910. 4
4 First concrete floor of east 4
4 wing completed April 20, 1910. 4
4 First stone work on east wing 4
4 finished December 13, 1910. 4
4 County started to move Into 4
4 east wing September 2, 1911. 4
4 West wing of old courthouse 4
4 torn down October 15, 1!U. , 4
4 Steel work. on new west wing 4
4 began November 21. 1911. 4
4 First and second (loors of west 4
4 wing to be ready January 1, 4
4 1913. 4
4 Entire west wing to be com- 4
4 pleted and turned over to county 4
4 February 1, 1913. 4
4
4
Tha new Multnomah county court
house will represent a total cost to the
taxpayers of tha county, when It is com-"
pleted next February 1, of $1,594,778.67.
This figure Is from the final esti
mate that the architects, Whldden &
Lewis, have sent to the county commis
sioners bs to the total cost of the big
steel frame and fireproof structure,
which covers tha entire city block
bounded by Fourth, Thlrdr Salmon and
Main streets.
The estimate, which includes also an
Itemized statement of expenditures so
far. made on the building, shows that
the total amount of the contracts let
to this time is 31.477,599.56. The con
tracts stJll to be let, the architects say,
will approximate $10,200 more, and the
amount of their commission, 5 per cent
of the cost of the entire ' building and
Its furnishings, Is placed at $81,979.01.
This makes a grand total of $1,699,
778 67. This amount, however,' will ba
reduced at least $5000, to the previously
named total of $1,594,778.67. The $5000
is the estimated cost of a system of
fire escapes, but as the building Is con
sidered absolutely fireproof, the com
missioners have decided tfr sav this
money by having no fire escapes. r
Of the architects' commission, tha re-
(Continued on Fage tSlx.)
FIRST TOWN NAMED
IN HONOR OF WILSON
TO BE WOODR0W, WN.
4 (Special to The Journl.
4 Spokane.- Wash,r-Nov.-16.
4 survey of the new town of Wood
4 row, natnetl In honor ot Presl
4 dent-elect Wilson, 'and situated
4 on the Columbia river about a
4 mile below the mouth of the
4 . Spokane river, has just been
4 completed. . The towns! t la
4 owned jointly by the Spokane &
4 British Columbia and the Great
4 Northern railroads, and will be
4 .placed on the market in tha
4 spring. Te same crew that sur
4 . veyed Woodrow immediately bo
4 gan surveying a link of the Spo
a kane ft British Columb'la . line
aorossjhe Fort Spokane military 4
4 reserve with' a" view to. rising
4 - above the proposed government 4
4 dam site at Narrows, on the Spo- 4
4 kane river.'
4 r
i i ' c
Amount Needed $3,081 ,380.27
Gain Due . to Added .Ex
pense in Street Department,
Public Docks, Bridge. Fund.
REDUCTIONS MADE BY .
MAYOR TOTAL $426,380
Levy for Present Year Was
6.8 Mills; Tabulated; Rec- .
ommendations Made.
x-nnoipn ssumates lor 1913. t
4 Police department ...$412,016.00
4 Fire department 2i,3930
4 Bonded indebtedness.. 261,785.00
4 Lighting fund 190,500.00
4 Street repair fund..,, 141,565.00
4 Park fund 14iJ.440.00
4 Public, docks comm'n... 69,725.00
4 St clean'g, sprinkling S30.ooo.00
4 Special bridge fund... 108,653.00
4 Mayor (gen'l fund)... - 9,600.00
4 City aud. (gen'l fund) 1 47,920.00
4 City eng. (gen'l fund) 210,622.00
4 City atty. tgen'I fund) 17,810.00
4 Mun. Judge (gen. fund) 4,200.00
4 Inspector of buildings "
4 (sen'I fund) - 28,(50.00
4 Board of health (gen'l
4 fund) 14,010.00
4 Civil service commls-
4 slon (gen'l fund) . . . " 3,480.00
4 Sealer of weights and
4 measures (gen, fund) 1,878.00
4 PoundmaBter (general
4 fund) 7,070.00
4 Garbage crematory''
4 gen'l fund) ........ 16,(83.60
4 Janitor city hall (gen-.
4 eral fund) -19,360.00
4 Miscellaneous (general
4 fund) 147.41S.00
4 Free employment bu- -
4 reau . ............. 4,188.00
4. Free museum ....... 1,000,00
4 Plumbing inspector... 11,137.50
4 City treasurer ....... 16,241X00
4
4
4 4 4
So rapid has been the progress ef
i uriiiinq ana mo .BUDsequenv growl n v
of publlo improvements during the past ,
i yBiir4(ii.iiJUu.tk..j -nuMnitira me earaa
rate Of ' development for the . coming
year a large Increase in the 1913 tax
levy over that of 1913 will ba necesst.
tated. .After cutting and slashing the
annual estimates of department heads
of the city in day and night sessions
. 1. . 4 V. - . . If.,,.. ..U
light today completed his second annual
budget of municipal expenditures and
recommends appropriations which will,
if carried into effect by the city coun
cil, make necessary a tax levy of 7.7
mills. This year's ' tax levy was 6.3
mills.
The total of the estimates submitted
to the mayor was $3,507,945.77. After
a careful and painstaking examination
of these estimates, the mayor bas suc
ceeded in making a reduction of $418.
380.27. This leaves a balance to be
raised by direct taxation and from the
receipts of the general fund, whi'h is
derived from saloon and, Other license
fees, of $3,081,380.27, or approximately
$400,000 mora than had to "ba raised for .
this year's expenditures.
. - Causa of Increase.
A comparison of the various Items
of the tax levies for 1912 and 1913
reveals the fact that the 'increase for
1913 la mainly due to the ' increased
expense of tha street cleaning and
sprinkling department, the publlo docks
commission, the street repair and light
ing departments and tne special bridge
Improvements.
The following figures show thla in-
(Contlnued on Page Five.)
GEN.DIAZREPORTEDTO
E
Rebel Leader -Said to -Be 'in
United States; ...Mexico
Winked at Jailbreak. : ,;
Dnlted Ptw Ua Wle.)
Louisville, Ky.. Nov. lS.The reported
escape from a Mexican prison of General
Felix "Class, nephew ot Porflrlo Bias,
and the leader of the latest rebellion
against the Madera administration, is
told in a letter received here today by
R O. Ktrwan from E. JII. Dlckerson,- a
copper mining magnate at Oaxaca, Mex
ico. Dia was captured at tha surren
der ot Vera Crua and was sentenced to
death by court martial. He escaped,
h letter said, on November . It Is
auppoaed that ha bribed Ma prison sen.
tries.
" Vera Crus, Mexico. Nov. 13. Altheuph
5 the reported escape ot General Fi't
i"Dlas from the San Juan da Clloa n.':
Jtltary prison is unverified, it is gnrai:y
T( credited here.
T' - Th Maderd administration neither t-
affirms ths esrane. Manv In-
' nivm ..v. -
lleva the government purposely enw i
Dlas to escape, not knowing what e'v
to do with him.
Revolutionary advices stat t'.st I
Jailers aided Plat to s-;ure l.U frei .
and furnished him with a b.at hi v -he
made his way up th ?!rir i- .
to a point n"rtn r.f T'r- r '
here he is stiM to have .1 . h ! .-.
gufho and t!'ard.l it V t
railroad train, pro'" 1 ';
end thenre si-n.' ' t' h 5 r t
HAVE
SCAPED
FI
PRISON BY JAILER S AID