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THE OREGON! DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 26, 1914. 1 . I' REMAINS TAX MUDDLI AT STANDSTILL TODAY; STATEMENT IS ISSUED " . , County Treasurer Tells Public to Use, Own Judgment in the Matter. MEETING IS NOW AWAITED Conference will Be Had rriday S . timn County Commissioners, Tax Commission and Others. I' Absolutely no progress was made to day in cKnirlnjj up the tax collection muddle precipitated by Judge Cleeton's decision last Tuesday In which he nul lffled some of the more Important fea tures of the tax law passed by the 1913 ' legislature. County Treasurer Lewis refuses to take the responsibility of advising the public how tp proceed in the matter of paying the tax. In a formal -'statement issued yesterday afternoon he warns the tax payers that they must rely upon their own i judgment. Everybody Interested in the tax ; problem Is awaiting the meeting called by the county commissioners for Fri day afternoon which is to be attended by the county officials and the state tax commission. At this meeting some definite form of procedure will be cigreed upon. That is, it will be decid ed either to appeal from the decision to the supreme court of make the best of the situation under Judge Cleeton's ruling. There is no denying the fact that Judgi Cleeton's decision is immensely popular with the public, while it is equally unpopular with those officials who are charged with administering the affairs of the various governmental bodies of the county. That the county, city and school dis tricts will be seriously crippled for th- next six months in the event that Judge Cleeton's decision holds good is known to be a fact. For the most part taxpayers are taking advantage of the half payment feature of Judge Clee tnn'n decision. This is shown by the r large Increase 1 ft the number of half ' rawnents made at the tax colleotlng ; department yesterday. ! Kay Avoid: Shortage. i If the taxpayers, generally, follow the letter of Judge Cleeton's ruling and make half payments, there need be no serious shortage of funds for carrying i on county and city government, but the fesr on the part of the county and city I officials Is, that many of the heavy taxpayers will hold off making pay I ments until later In the summer, prob ably the last half of August. Under the 1913 statute, Treasurer T.ewls Is remilred to pay over to the Mate May 1 one half - of the whole amount of taxes due from this county for the year. This amounts to $7S5. 468, and unless there Is a material in-1 crease in the volume of tax money to come in before that date, the treasurer will not have anything like that sum on hand belonging to the state. -In or der to comply with this law, the cbun ty treasurer has announced that h e will use the county tax money If it is necessary In completing the state ap portionment due and payable May 1. At the close of the tax collecting de partment yesterday, the treasurer had on band 1339.804 belonging to the state and $140,391 of county money. At this rate of payment the state's appor tionment on May 1 will. It Is estimated, be $200,000 short of the amount due. In former years from 75 to 80 per cent of the total tax roll has been col lected prior to the first Monday in April, the date on which taxes became delinquent under, the law of 1907. This year, however, the Indications are that less than 35 per cent of the roll will be collected by next Tuesday night, after which taxes are delinquent under the 1913 statute. Out of a tax roll of approximately $9,000,000, only about $3,000,000 has been paid up to date. No Escape Seen, District Atorney Evans sees no way out of the dilemma except through the appeal of Judge Cleeton's ruling to the supreme court, and predicts that tne meeting of county and state officials called for tomorrow afternoon will In struct his office to appeal the case at once. "v . "My Judgment is that the supreme court will nullify Judge Cleeton's rul ing," said the district attorney. "The legislature clearly has the right te regulate the collection of taxes, and I have no doubt the legislature of 1913 Intended to abolish the half payment plan and make taxes delinquent April 1. The wording of the statute is not as plain as might be, but I believe the 1 intention is there." The following is a copy of the state ment issued tci the public last night by County Treasurer Lewis In which he declines to assume the responsibility of advising taxpayers how to proceed and asks them to draw their own con clusions as to the law governing the payment of taxes: On account of the present unsettled conditions pertaining to the law gov erning the payment and collection of penalties with taxes after March 31. we desire to inform the public that a'l payments of taxes and the time of pay ment must be left entirely to the Judg ment of the taxpayer. Will Hot Advise People. "This office cannot undertake to ad vise taxpayers of what will be the probable outcome of the present litt gatlon in the courts relating to the payment of penalties, and In view of present conditions we can offer no au thentic Information to guide the tax payer. "We wish to warn the. public that this office cannot be responsible for a mistake in judgment on the part of the taxpayer in the matter of when and what part of the taxes should be paid, and whether or not penalties will attach to all or any part of the taxes paid otherwise than as provided In the law passed by the last legislature. "The present status of the case now DEATHBED TELLS WHO KILLED THREE G. N. PASSENGERS Nameless Man in Victor, B, C, Hospital Says Murder ous Robbers Two Convicts PHOTOS ARE RECOGNIZED Search Is Wow Being Conducted for Harry Mathews and George JS. Ball, Accused by Dying Man. Playground Sought , ! by reople of Aibina Business Men's Club Appoints Com mittee to Work for Block at Wil liams Avnu and Morris Street. The Aibina Business Men's club has appointed a committee consisting of Rev. John Dawson, S. Collins and A. R. Zeller to work for the acquisition by the city for public playground pur poses of the block bounded by Van couver and Williams avenues and Morris and Stanton streets, a resolu tion favoring -this- plan having been adopted at the club's meeting Tues day nig.it. The club has been informed by Mayor Albee that a little money from the general fund will be available for the aid of the public market which the club will open April 28 on Knott street, between Williams and Rodney avenues. Other markets which may be opened will receive similar aid. Seattle, March 26. With a bullet wound in his stomach, near death In a hospital at Victoria, B. C, a man whoso name is withheld by the authorities has revealed in a complete confession the Identity of two of the bandits who wantonly killed three passengers and robbed others In the holdup of tho Great Northern train at Samish, near Bellingham, February 20. Fearing that he is about to die, the man at Victoria is said to have told railroad detectives the men responsl ble .for the crime are Harry Mathews, 26, and George E. Ball, 25. When the man first came to the hos pital to have his wound attended to. he said he had been shot in a logging camp. He at first protested that he knew nothing of the Great Northern tragedy, but later talked to detectives. He said that photographs of the two men were In the New Westminster prison and at the Deer Lodge, Mont., penitentiary. , Special agents of the Great North ern admitted they have secured pic tures of the two men and that pas sengers on the train the night of the killing have identified them as the ones who committed the outrage. Mathews has a long criminal record. the police say, and was Identified re cently as the man who stole $5000 worth of plumes from a San Fran cisco millinery store. Ball has been In San Quentln for burglary and is now wanted by Vic toria, B. C Vancouver, B. C, and Ed monton, Alberta, officials for various crimes. The two men are declared to be drug fiends. A. R. Adkinson, a Vancouver busi ness man; Thomas F. Wadsworth, of Vancouver, and R. Lee, a clerk of the Puget Sound navy yard, at Bremerton, were killed in a struggle with tho bandits at the time of the Great Northern train holdup. Woman Dreamed of Raid by the Police ARR EST AUTOISTS ON CHARGE OF VIOLATING NEW HEADLIGHT LAW First Attempt Is Made to En force 1 Ordinance Recently Enacted by Commission, TEST CASE TO BE MADE Grounds for Xealstaac is Based on Apparent Conflict With the State Statute. So Declares Patrolman Griffith, Who Said woman Admitted Getting the "Tip" and Hiding Liquor. Delia Harrington, who runs a room lng house at Fourteenth and Washing ton streets, had a dream recently that her place would be raided by the police. She took the "hunch" and when Patrolman Griffith, In plain clothes, visited the house soon afterward on scouting duty, she told him that she bad hidden ail the ttquor she possessed. At least this is what he testified in the municipal court yesterday that she had told him. The woman appeared on the charge of conducting a disorder ly resort. Two girls who were found in the place, Edna Ford and Ida Lander, were taken along by the police also, and they, along with Delia Harrington, are held to await action of the grand Jury. About 45 automobile owners ar rested last night charged with vio lating the headlight ordinance will meet Friday morning in room 210 of the municipal court building to de termine what united actloh shall be taken to contest the measure. The Portland Railway. Light & Power company and the Oregon Electric company are also Included in the arrests. This morning, the automobile men held an. Informal, conference before municipal court convened, and agreed to meet Friday. W. J. Clemens, of the Automobile club, authorized H. P. Coffin, special traffic officer of the club, to take action In behalf of the club members. The auto men, claim the city ordinance forbidding bright headlights is in violation of the state law, that It is conducive to accidents, if enforced reasonauie signals will not be given pedestrians and to shut off such lights would be dangerous to auto traffic. It Is upon these grounds, It Is asserted, the contest will be made. xne interpretation given the meas ure by the police is that only small side lights or. dim head lights will be allowed. Lights operated by pres to tanks, and lights having reflectors come within the objectionable ordi nance. The state law provides that lights sufficient to throw a signal 200 feet shall be on all machines. Under the headlight ordinance, a light throwing a signal more than 100 feet Is prohib ited. There had been no attempt at enforcement of the ordinance until last evening, when the chief of police in structed all patrolmen to arrest auto mobllists having brilliant lights. This order will be in effect until there is an interpretation in the circuit court. Among those arrested last night were Drs. Percy and James v yley. Bud" Anderson, the Vancouver pugi list; N. P. Sorenson, timber man: Dr. F. C. Coffey, K. J. Ferguson. J. H. Haak, A. Brandies, F. W. Clark. Wil liam Whelan, J. C. Bawley, George Nelson, William Tinker, C. A. Kaurieo, Jean Adams, I. M. Taylor, N. Clark. Roy Haskell. Harrison Allen, H. Paul sen, Louis Thompson, M; F. Houser, J. D. Peters, Fred Lincoln, C. B. Wil liams, George Johnson and H. A. Mor rison. Lewis I. Thompson. 475 Twenty-first, was taken to the station for having a bright headlight, but he explained to Captain Circle how he had screened his light to keep ,jt from glaring and there by saved himself from arrest. W. J. Clemens, president of the Port land Automobile club, said today that the club did not support the ordinance but instead had opposed it and has asked Mayor Albee not to sign It. Will Free Rioters. Vancouver, B. C, March 26. Advices received today are to the effect that the governor general at, Ottawa will nlgn the release of 23 mine strikers convicted of rioting at Nanalmo last summer. Marriage Is never a failure or both parties to It may be. -but one : 1 - - Youths Apprmgli : Before GrandlJury ; Boys Asked egardinff Ttprcllasea of xaquor Trom the feefai ijvnua ana Saloon Students ofSchocl. Seventeen boys are jlraltjngln tha , grand Jury waiting rc&jn tMaijr ' wnil 1 one after another is uen 'before tha grand Jury to give !.forina.tJon re- garding allegations Vt Hhty hava ; purchased liquor fromrijMiand Ba loons or the city wlthca!. auction. The boys range froml5 ,toi 19 years 1, old and are students r public high -schools and private j M:hoj4f tha , city. The Hill Military; agajfeW au thorities firBt appealed foil assistance in stopping the sale ogltquorjto their boys and InvestlgatlortJprovetr boys or other schools were buying tHtftOr also. Deputy District Attorney iRobison in handling the cases before! tha grand Jury. - : v ; Spanish Il&ilroad Strike jjThtvatens. Barcelona. March Zfe": railroad strike threatened today7qn tKjBpanlsh railroads. The. men iate iidisatlsf led with their pay, hours, "wot lng condi tions and the industrial afcd .twllMeal situations generally. 'f 'JiS ' In litigation affecting the payment of penalties Is being published In tne daily newspapers and we must aak taxpayers to draw their own con elusions ana govern tnemseives ac cordingly." Leaves His Home; Threatens Suicide Charles McWatr Writes That Ha Is Crazy and Says He Will Jump Into Blver; Folic Notified. Mrs. E. H. Morgan, 744 Northrup street, this morning reported to the detective bureau that Charles McNalr, who has lived In the Morgan home four years, left yesterday, threatening suicide. Before leaving, he took $25 and a grip belonging to Mrs. Morgan. An hour axierwara, the grip was re turned, with a note, in which he said he was crazy and would Jump into the river. "Tell my folks they will see me in their dreams," Wrote McNalr. He Is 24 years old. Journal Want Ads bring results. Our say-so in the papers is our do-so in this store The WOR ELL'S IR. CORNER SIXTH AND ALDER STS. Greatest of All Money-Saving In New Spring Suits Coats and Dresses at Soon Be Here- The Largest Cloak and Suit House on the Pacific Coast S75J00O Easter Will Opportunities i Discount t& From Reg. 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