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r 1UKWKATUK11 OR" ; Tonight and to,: morrow,' prob abljrrai Dor enow;' southerly f winds. ' Humid ity. 48. ' Or PORTLAND, OREGON, THUfesDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 1, 1917. -TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OTf TSAIW8 AJTD VYWt STAMPS JflVE CEKTS ; it-r t " - 1 11 ' . IXV. NO. 280. J i I 111. I , German f ELVJILL Watch a. tain U. SHIPS WE - - British. av Believed I. I ' ?S ! Ski; ; ' Aiaerla. 1 , bailment Issues Or- o'4"tehf using Passports to Hovers as Result of the MniaWThreatened to Ves- ,wAnchnving in "Zone,." cwnarc 3 yf?WNT PREPARES j ANSWER TO WARNING I 1 Instructions From Chief executive, Secretary Lan- :9as Drawn Up Com V unication to Be Forward rSl Without Delay by U S. Uswtnm of th TTnltsd Stataa i-V to OarmanT, April 18, 1916. x 1 "If It i till the' purpose of -jsecqts relentless and indis nnilnate warfare against ves jIb of comirkerce by 4be use of ubruarlnes without regard to vht the government of the United States must consider the ?! - acred and. Indisputable rules r mternauonai law ana im i nlversally ' recognlzeJ dictates ! ;? humanity, the government of no .united States is at last rcedito the conclusion that ero j but 'one course-it can rsue. Uniess the imperial vernment should now intmedi- 1 Jy ' declare rtnd effect an . djidonmemt of its oresent J lt hod of submarine warfare alnst- passenger and freight rrylng vessels, the govern tint of the, United States can fave: no choice but to sever diploma tie relations with the "flormn empire altogether." Jrxaanye Xeply, Kay 4. 1916. -- Tbe German government no I ies the United States that the rman naval forces have re- v iwq va ss . . - - . v.? 'In accordance with the gen-is'i- prineiplee ot visit and H" irph ana -destruction, or mer- ant vessels, recognised by ln rnaUonal'v la-v;- such vessels. Hi tb. -within vnd wltlfcut , the i 'J ea f fleclared. as a naval war ' no, shall not be sunk without . Earning and wrthout saving hu f ian lives unless these ahips at tempt to escape or offer resist ancw f Oermaay's Vew SeelsMtton. f ' "The- Imperial government J therefore also is forced . to do fs. urn v with the restrictions which tintlt- now It has lm- pressed - upon the use of its fighting means at sea.' 1 ' -. ;Bf Robert 3, Bonder. Washinct4n, I Feb. l (U. P.) t Sident Wilson - Is about ready to wnci this arovernment's answer to nany's ; warning of future unre ined aavat warfare. .-tlnAT :Upon- instructions from the Ident, Secretary umsin- nas pre- d a - communication, the nature vhich is sruarded In secrecy. jllowing'aa hour's conference with president - this morning, during i the-' forthcoming communication . T ifi this . government was discussed. tnir frlar(1 he would ' nrohnbi -1 A he newspapermen at 8:30 o'clock. v ucluded oa Png Tbrt: Colama Two) IS BROUGHT PEACE lateverOutcome, Whether U. S.';ls Involved or Not, It Is Beginning- of Enjd. . By Karl H. von Wlejfluid. sipyrlghtf' ' 19tT, " y" Tnt-tntlonal Newi - , - flertlce.l jwt York," Feb, 1. (L N. S.) Often darkest Just before dawn. Dark 'be situation Is today, it may not without Its silver linipg. Oer- vy'B proclamation- which has tied the world In general and our :ed States In particular, marks the ,lnnlng of the last phase of the war. at ever the- outcome of - the w.b. ether ife Involve the Uited States toes no, it, is the beginning of the i'. Thl sVery move .of Qermany's brought peace nearer. sowing toe personal views of some. Ute men; who .have the decisive roif .ermany, . this proclamation regard -ot thef- views , hitherto held- t-y n. can only be Interpreted that the r man government finds itself ., con ited by; a new sftuationiv it is th f r encies of that situation which ap H to hate reversed their policy. u ' nimuT PliTiir ast Caxdi A ethmann-Hollweg.; .c the imperial ancellor; Helferich, -minister of In- Kor; DtJ Solf, colonial minister, and. ttSo the time I left Germany, lUnden- 'irar and. Iodenovorxr. naa ji aiong op. osd ruthless i submarine - warfare lost energetically. T Kot that tbey did ?it consider it Justified as against the suffering' ;of v Germany women ; and pi iMren ' and otne ! non-eomtatants -r CODcluded so Pig Tlree, Coloma root) . ri . :i -. - - . BSSX .. II I II llll itiu ur nm ISERS NEWMOVE NEARER vIEWTAKEN Fight to Finish, Challenge Accepted by G ermany Is 'Staking Every th tATSiA'r ib& VOH -Jtw ft V 1 W l! ' I 111 " -r I I Imperial. Chancellor in Speechto Main Committee of the Reichstag, Sums Up Germany's Attitude; Says'Condi- tiohsof jMlies Only Accepted by Totally Beaten People; Amsterdam am. Feb. 1. (U.' P.) Imperial chancellor von Betli-mann-Hollweg held a long con ference today with Ambassador Gerard, after -he had concluded his speech before the main com mittee of the reichstag. Dis patches fTOm Berlin did not re veal the nature of their dis cussion. , Amsterdam, Feb. 1. (U. P.)-M3er-many accepts the challenge to fight to the finish and is staking everything to win. , The imperial chancellor. Von Beth-mann-Hollweg; thus, summed up Ger many's attitude in a speech which he made yesterday to the main committee of the reichstag. Dispatches today from Berlin quoted the chancellor as follows: "We have, been challenged to 'fight to the finish. We ' accept, and are staking everything.. ' "Many, of President Wilson's ma- SAYS ALL SHIPS WITHIN ZONE Ml BE TORPEDOED No Attention Will Be Paid to Flag or Character of the Craft, It Is Announced, Washington, Feb. 1. (U. P.) A flat statement that all ships within the German barred zone, neutrals in cluded, will be sunk is contained in the German official memorandum handed to the state department last night. This was revealed this afternoon, when the department made the text public It said, too, that Germany in tends to use submarines to accomplish her purpose. , Germany takes back the freedom of action which she reserved, in her note addressed to the United States govern ment May 4 lact. . This means that she is definitely casting overboard all . her Sussex pledges. . While previous versions said neutral ships would enter the barred zone at their peril, the memorandum is the first statement that "all ships would be sunk." . - - , The nets added: "The Imperial gov ernment is confident that this meas ure will result la a speedy termination of the war, and in the restoration of peace which the government of the United States has bo much at heart" Lansing Refuses to Make Any Comment Washington, ; Feb. v 1. (U. P.) Withholding an expected announce ment of this government's contentions In the crisis with Germany. Secretary of State Lansing , thirf afternoon, re fused to comment Jn any way on the situation.'- --'',' . , -v - - ..-...".. - - GERMANY Says Hbllweg ing to Win ims agree with our alms," the, im perial chancellor said. "But the en emy's conditions mean that Germany's defensive force would be destroyed." Continuing the chancellor, after enumerating and commenting on "the enemy's designs," declared: "I can rot elpress it more strongly than to say that Germany accepts the chal lenge to fight to a finish and is stak ing everything." . "In their reply to our peace . offer, our opponent declared they wanted only a peace which they dictated." the chancellor continued., "Thus the whole guilt of the war's 'continuation falls upon our opponents alone. Conditions which they made are only accepted by a totally defeated people.. "President Wilson's speech in the senate shows the sincerity of his de-" sire forpeace." Discussing the new submarine pol icy the chancellor said: , "Since last autumn the time has been ripe, and now the moment-has arrived, when, with the greatest prospect of success, we can- undertake the enter prise. Therefore, we. must not wait longer." ; TO ONLOAD HOLDINGS German Naval Warfare Proc lamation Causes Decline but Recoveries Occur. Xew OTork, Feb. 1. (U. P.) In a mad rush to unload, started by the German "naval warfare proclamation, traders on the . stock exchange today dumped hundreds of thousands of shares ' of stocks, causing a break of 2 to 26 points. . Leading industrials, shipping shares and "war brides" crashed downward 6 to 26 points." The widqst loss was in Bethlehem Steel .which waj. sold t.t $365. Ralls broke 3 to 7 points. United I States' Steel common broke points to 100. recovering 3 to 4 points when ' cne maraet louna . wiiDDort. interna - ; tional Mercantile Marine .shares were among those hardest hit. preferred ; Concluded on Page Three, Column four) Germans in U. S. ' Had Advance Tip And Sold Wheat ' ChlcaVo, Feb. 1. (I. N. The wheat market was stirred by reports that definite hews of Germany's new: submarine ulti- , matum . had been In the hands ' of German-v Interests ; in ' the United States as early as VJ r ,. a usajr vl ims weei, ana mat : they had profited by the "leak. ; : Three big Chicago grain houses, all of whom' are said to re pre- sent a big German syndicate in tins east, sold 12,000.000 bushels .' of wheat on the Chicago Board . , of Trade on Tuesday and Wed-' hesdayK , '. , . ' f m - f. - r- STOCK PRICES BREAK BADLY MAD RUSH )jg VESSEL barrIdzone" - ' eii ii n ilea. is ii Five Others, British Steamer Trevean,. Belgian Steamer Euphrates and Three Brit ish Smacks, Are Victims. LONDON NEWSPAPERS ; BITTER Iff COMMENT British Threaten Reprisals as Result of German Stand on Sea Warfare. By Ed. Ij. Keen. . London, Feb. 1. (U. P.) Two more vessels, the British steamer Trevean and the Belgian steamer Euphrates, were reported this afternoon as vic tims of the new German ruthlessness. This makes a total of six vessels so far reported as sunk since the German "barred zone" decree went into ef fect at midnight. The Trevean was a steamer of 3081 tons gross, owned by the Hain Steam ship company and registered at St. Ives. The Kuphrates was a vessel of 2809 tons, property of the Cie Na tional Belgiaue Transportation Mar atime of Antwerp. The Dutch steamer Epsilon was the first victim to be sunk in the new "barred zone" today. Three British fishing smacks, the Merltt, Watt and Wetherill were also among the first vessels known to have been svnk in pursuance of the new German order. The Epsilon was a steel screw steamer of 3211 tons gross, buift In Rotterdam In 191S and owned by the Vrachtvaart Maats Bothnia. She was registered at Amsterdam and Lloyd's Register gave her master as K. Ryke boer. Papers Open Broadsides. The text of the note was not re ceived In time for the morning news papers, but with its appearejio In the (Concluded ofePsge Three, Column Six) OF WIVES AND FAMILY Only One Vote in Senate Cast Against Strengthening of Non-Support Measure. Salem, Or., Feb. 1. The senate with but one opposing vote, went on record today in favor of correcting the joner slipped through the 1915 legislature, amending the non-support law to ex empt divorced husbands from support ing their minor children. The senate passed senate bill 157. which repeals the 1915 Joker and makes it a criminal offense for any person without Just cause to fail to support his wife or female children under 16: After a short but sharp debate over senate bill 167, by Dimlck. the meas ure was returned to the Judiciary com mittee to make it less drastic. Senator Dimlck insisted the pur nose of the bill was to Drotect nubile Kofficials from threats and intimidation by paving and bridge and other con tractors, who are seeking contracts for public work. Senators Garland, Pierce and Orton declared- the bill was too stringent and would prevent any adverse criti cism of public officials and would make the use of the recall a crime. Speed- Bill X.oss. Insistence by Senator Smith, of Jo sephine, that an emergency clause bo attached to his bill amending the state traffic laws to require doctors to com ply with the speed laws, except when answering emergency calls, resulted in the defeat of tbe bill by one vote. The vote etood 15 for and 12 against. Six teen votes are necessary to pass a bill. . Congress, is memoralized by a reso lution passed by the senate today to construct a military highway along the Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico , "Such' a highway would be very use ful in the event of war," said Senator Smith of Coos, author of the memo rial, "and profitable in time of peace." inner cms passed by the senate ere as follower t w'r ' H "y wiey Authorizing sTOvernor to appoint 10 policemen - "'" ---. ' uium steamboat company. S. B. 154. by Olson Making it a crime for any. person with Intent to defraud to draw, a check on a bank in which he has not sufficient funds. The following bUi was killed by the senate-, 5 S. B. 199,r by committee on roads and highways Authorizing county courts toMm'prove private roads when of pub lic benefit. . (Land Forces Rest A$ uiyers uet J5usy Berlin, via wireless to Sayville. Feb. giving valuable information as to dis position or enemy rorces, were the only activities reported on the western front in today's official statement. ' Roumanian Front QuieT. - 1 Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Feb. 1. (I.- i. S.)--Only minor fighting and Isolated artillery duels have - taken place en the Roumanian front, accord ing to today's war office statement- HUSBANDS TAKE CARE Music Circles of Portland Widely Cleft One- Faction Wants Mendelssohn's "Elijah" Other Wants Handel's "Messiah" at Festival. Portland musical circles arc cleft as to which of two famous oratorios Mendelssohn's "Elijah" or Handel'si "The Messiah" shall be sung at the musical festival to be held !n the new municipal auditorium in June. . Some favor Mendelssohn's work as being more modern; others say to sing it will necessitate bringing? a double Quartet to Portland from the east. , "Elijah" is favored, too. because 1917 marks the seventieth anniversary since its first production, Mendelssohn going to Birmingham, England, in 1847, personally to conduct it. And another reason advanced in its favor is that it is non-sectarian,, inasmuch as Elijah is an Old Testament prophet. It is saidi however, that '-W. H. Boyer, director of the chorus, person ally favors "The Messiah" because he has directed it a number of times and because Portland singers are more fa- ! miliar with it. "The Messiah," with the coming of Christ as its theme, was first pre sented in 174 2 in Dublin, having bean written by Handel in the incredibly short space of 21 days. The program committee of the Mu sic Festival association met this after noon to debate which oratorio is pre ferable. ASSASSINATED IN HIS AT E. W, Olson, "Chairman of In dustrial Insurance Com mission, Shot Dead, Olympia. Wash., Feb. 1. (U. P.) E. V. Olson, chairman of the indus trial insurance commission, was shot and killed in .his office in the capitol building here at 1:30 o'clock this aft ernoon, by A. C. Van Dell, a disappoint ed claimant for compensation from the commission for injuries he .had re ceived. c It Is' believed be may be in sane. ' 4 . Olon was and. died instantly. Van Dell was taken Into custody a few .minutes later. London Papers Are Bitter in Comment Editorials and Headlines Otre Expres sion to reelings Fall Mall Gazette's Statements .are Typical. London, Feb. 1. (U. P.) Comment of the Pall Mall Gazette was typical. "This is Germany's supreme apoca lypse of horror," the editorial assert ed. "The kaiser stands the 'declared protagonist of Indiscriminate bestial slaughter on a preparea plan even while he Is shedding crocodile tears as to further desolation of the war of which he is the prime agent. "Civilization merely repeats in a sterner tone its previous answer 'We will so tame the beast that the world need never fear again.' " An Idea of tbe bitterness with which London newspapers characterize tho new submarine frightfulness may -be gathered from the following headlines and editorial expressions: "The beast at bay," "War against the world," "Wild boat warfare," "Su-rer-frlghtfulness," "Unspeakable Hun," 'Extraordinary foulness," "Anarchial frightfulness." The Evening Globe, commenting on Germany's warning that she intends to sink British hospital ships if found within a certain area demands "in the event of the sinking of any such sh;p. that five Imprisoned German naval of ficers including Grand Admiral von Tirplts's son be shot forthwith." Hongkong in Grip of Smallpox Epidemic San Francisco, Feb. 1. (P. N. S.) Hongkong is in the grip of a smallpox epidemic, nearly 600 deaths occurring daily, according to passengers and of ficers of the Pacific Mail 'steamer Ecuador, which reached' port today from the orient via Honolulu. The Ecuador also brought word, re ceived through wireless dispatches, that the steamer Nippon Maru, 'three days overdue at Honolulu on her way to this city, is battling against the dread disease and that smallpox is un controllable aboard. Eight Trains Held Up by Blockade Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 1. (XJ. P.) Heavy snows, driven by a high wind; have again blockaded the main line of the Union Pacific railroad this after noon between Laramie and Rawlins. The temperature is 15 below zero. Eight trains, three eastbound and five westbound, are held at Rock River, unable to proceed in either direction. Other trains are held up at Laramie and Rawlins. Keep Ports Clear of Obstructions Order - : - - -Washington, Feb. 1. (L N. S.)4r Specific instructions were sent this aft ernoon to collectors of customs in the seaports of the United States to take most elaborate precautions to keep the harbors clear of obstructions. The collectors will take any action they deem best and ma4 place com petent guards on intern- vessels. i WASHINGTON 0 HAL OFFICE OLYMPIA AFTER FIGHTING British Cruiser, Amethyst, Damaged Puts Into Per nambuco, Reporting En counter With German Craft BATTLE OCCURRED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29 Submarine, Report Says, As sisted Commerce Raider, in Clash. By Charles P. Stewart. Buenos Aires, Feb. 1. (U. P.) The British crufser Amethyst has arrived at Pernambuco damaged after a fight with a German submarine and an aux iliary cruiser, according, to dispatehes from that Brazilian city today. The encounter, it was said, occurred on-January 29, north of Pernambucjo. According to the reports received, here, the Amethyst said the Germans withdrew from the fight and escaped. . This is the first definite word re ceived tending to confirm a number of reports that the German raider is accompanied by a submarine. "The auxiliary cruiser" mentioned in ' the Pernambuco dispatches is supposed to be either the original German ralderV or one of her prizes, outfitted as a raider. , At the time the raider scare was at its height, Rio de Janeiro quoted one of the survivors of the captured ships as asserting that the raider carried three submarines, about 19 feet in length, loiter reports said the raider was act ing as "mother ship" to a number of German submarines of the regulation war type. The Amethyst is a light cruiser of 3000 tons displacement, completed in November, 1903., She carries 360 .men and-her armament consists of 12 4-inch guns and eight three-pounders with two torpedo tubes. The vessel cost about $1,200,000. The Amethyst has a speed of "3 knots. Make Any Comment Hew Austro-Hungarian Ambsssadox Beaches United States But Maintains Silence as to Hew German Bote. New York, Feb. 1. (I. N. S.) Count Tarnowskl Von Tarnow. the new Austro-Hungarlan ambassador to the United States, who arrived today on board the Holland-American liner Noordam. studied carefully the Ger man submarine note before leaving the ship. "I am not able to make any com ment at this lime." he said. "This note comes as a ;reat surprise to mo. I feel I had better wait until I get to Washington where I shall spend the night at the embassy." Von Tarnow spoke of his pleasure at coming to the United States. He -denied emphatically that there was any grave scarcity of food in Austria-Hungary. The ambassador was met by Baron H. Von Soiimaruga, secretary of the Austro-Hungarlan embassy. German Press Temperate. Berlin, Feb. 1. (U. P.) The Ger man press supports the government In Its move for a "barred sone" about Germany's enemies and removal of re strictions on naval warfare. So far there have been no demon strations. The German people appear satisfied with the decision. Captain Hans Boehm May Be Portlander Washington dispatches that the state department is investigating the use of a false passport by Captain Hans Boehm, a German army officer, leads to the belief that the Captain Boehm mentioned is Hans Boehm, formerly of Portland. Mr. Boehm while in Port land was connected with the Hotel Portland, was manager of the Arling ton club for several years, had charge of the University club and was steward of the Commercial club. He was known to hundreds of Portland club men. He left Portland In -1914, ond word came some time ago that he was in the secret service' of his native land. He is said to have made many trips between New York and Berlin in the past two years', using fraudulent pass ports. Captain Boehm was' traveling on a passport issued ' to, Jelks Leroy Thrasher when arrested by the British en route from Spin to Holland. ! 1 Denial of Hospital Ship Charge Made Washington, Feb. 1. (I. X. 8.) At the request of the British govern ment the state department this after noon transmitted to Berlin a categori cal denial that the British government is using hospital ships' illegally. At the same time -. the British threat of reprisals should Germany torpedo, hos pital ships was sent forward to Berlin. Arizona Expresses ;j .Faith in President 'Phoenix, Ariz.. Feb. l.nr. P.) The legislature' today unanimously passe i s resolution' expressing "entire- faith and .confidence" in-- Preside!: Wilson and: pledging support of - the . state to whatever action he Jnay take relative to the situation growing out of the German note. w Woman First Pay For Last Year LionisA Rufner on the - Job Before: 8 This Morning; C. F. Rufner ; Is Number Two. Louisa Rufner, of 1423 Mllwaukie; street, led the procession of taxpayers at the county courthouse this morning. Bright and early she appeared and paid her first 'naif of the taxes for the year 19 16. The payment was in the sum of $17.12 on Improved property In City View Park. ' The payment wa mad shortly before s o'clock. The property la assessed to -G. W. and Loulsetlufner. C. F. Rufner of the same address was No. 2. E. Lombard of 1277 East Madison street, paying on a lot in Glencoe Park, was No. 3 on the list. Katherine A, Stone of 807 East Everett street was No. 4. ' Up to 10 o'clock about 30 persons had paid ' their taxes. The force of clerks under the direction of E. S. Hyckabay, chief of the tax collecting department, waited on the taxpayers promptly. The average time required for a single description was one min ute for each taxpayer. Payments jof the heavier amounts are not expected to be made until the period of delinquency draws near. Large estates. . rod corporations can make better uca of their money by allowing- it to Vaw interest until the latest possible moment. The largest payment in the early hours of the day was fpr 3ST.67, made by T. S. Law rence of 371 'Larch street, on property in Ladd's addition. . . FATE OF 'BONE DRY' BILL RESTS IN HANDS OF THE STATE SENATE Chamber Crowded by Spec tators When Consideration of Measure Is Taken Up. Salem, Or., Feb. 1. With every foot of: space In the senate chamber occu pied by Interested spectators, the sen ate at 2 o'clock this afternoon began consideration of the Anderson-Eddy "bone dry" prohibition bill. No doUbt of Its passage has ever existed, tbe only question Being as U how, mapy of the "senator wlltf rmprovV the1 'dpper turrit y to relieve themselves of pent-up oratory. After passage by the senate it will be necessary for the bill to be returned to the house for concurrence In thre small amendments before the bill will be transmitted to the governor for nls signature, after which it will ImmeJi ately be in effect, as It carries an emergency clause. Senator Shanks, chairman of the committee on alcoholic traffic, asked the senate for unanimous consent to make one more amendment to the bill, eLimlnating . the requirement that ths district attorney in person shall eign all permits for the Importation or pur chase of alcohol. The amendment which was made will permit deputy district attorneys to sign the permits. Myers 'Sure Lents Is To Gab City Delivery Extension, Be Teels, Will Be Mads as Soon as Preliminaries Are Completed. Schow's Indorsement Trans mltted.4 Washington, Feb. 1. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Postmaster Myers said today that h. feels assured city delivery will be extended to Lents after preliminaries are completed. The Llnnton delivery 'depends on the postof flee. Senator Chamberlain has trans mitted to the farm loan board the Ore gon Democratic state committee's In dorsement of E. P. Schow for regis trar. - Harry J. Spanell Found Not Guilty San Angelo, Texas, Feb. 1. (I. N. S.) Harry J. Spanell was this after noon found not guilty of the murder of his beautiful wife, Crystal Holland Spanell. The Jury deliberated two hours. Spanell will be placed on trial at once for the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Matthew ,C. Butler, U. S. A., who was shot and killed while riding In the Spanell automobile with Mrs. Span el L - Counteraction of MoyS, Asquith Hope London. Feb. 1. (U.'.P.) "It ff5lm. possible to dispute the gravity of the situation' declared former Premier As quith today, addressing a meeting at Ladybank and commenting, on the new German blockade order.-- "But with the navy supplementing such other measures as the arming of merchantmen and acceleration of new tonnage, we may hope to counteract it," he added. . , ; ; Kills Companion a ' Thim Ends His Life - ' San'Frahclsco. Feb. 1. (U. P.) A murder and suicide were revealed to day when the bodies of Perry Y, Kub, a bartender, and Mrs. H. B Freeman, a Widow, were found In their room at the Hotel A valon. ' They had ; been dead at least - 24 - hours. The couple had been living at the hotel for three weeks as Mr. - and Mrs. Perry, Police said Koh had deserted his -wife Baler meeting Mrs. Freeman. , . T TAX LIST GRAFT IS IDE tl BY SMOOTH TRICK - . .. - . - . - John P. Rusk Tells How Dis credited Newspaper Publi cation Bill Was Sneaked Through in Final Hours. LAW ONE WHICH COST MULTNOMAH $30,071.24 Same Newspaper .Lobby Is Working to Perpetuate "Easy Money." Delinquent tax advertising In r .? ,' newspapers was abolished ln Oregon in 1907 The legislature of 1909 passed ' a bill restoring 'the graft, but it was vetoed by Governor' Oeorge E. Chamberlain in the following message: -This bill provides for the publication of taxes which may be delinquent upon real prop ertyin the several counties of the state. This law was in farce a few years auo and entailed upon the taxpayers such a heavy expense that It was deemed, best to repeal it. X cannot see that any, good can corns of the reeaactm -.t of. the law, bat on the contrary It will b lAStrnmentl la entailing ad ditional burdens npoa the tax payers of the state, and I there fore return said bill to . you herewith with my veto." , The legislature or 1911 re enacted the law providing for newspaper publication of the delinquent lists. ' . ft t. I. 1. 4f 144 44 U, 144 U. ,4444.j4U..l4ti4.ft, .' m r -w v w tit -m -m t m -wm -m m w w-w- Ten years ago the Oregon leglala ture, in response to strong demand from the people, wiped from the stat utc books the act legalizing newspaner advertising of delinquent taxes. Four years later. In the closing hours bf the 1911 session, a bill was rushed through reenactlng the old law, under which Multnomah county was . rolib In i -single yearV Of; I20.01L14 for. 'pubJie-.x.-lion of delinquent tax lists. t' i , Vivid light is thrown upon the lils tory of the graft bill in the 1911 leg islature by Honorable J. H. Rusk of La Granda, who was speaker of the house In that session. Jn a letter to The Journal, Mr. Rusk writes as follows: funds, is there a worse example ex " tant than the law now under public discussion which requires publication of delinquent -ax lists. And is It pos- v (Concluded on l'ss Four. Cjl;ima Three) CLACKAMAS PEOPLE ; FORK OUT TAX LIST GRAFT JO 2 PAPERS Taxpayers-Asked to Pay Two; to Four Times Legal Rate to Courierand Enterprise. Clackamas county has paid Its share of the newspaper graft for publication . or delinquent tax lists. It has bean paying all the way from two to fonr times the rates charged other la rg' advertisers. The Oregon City Courier and the Oregon City Enterprise have been awarded the publication for sev eral year past and there ars circum stances 'strongly suggestive of collu sion in 'the business of extorting from the county all that it could be mad a to pay,- : , The two papers charged the same rate, three cents a line. In 18J6- the Courier charged the county $447 and the Enterprise also charged S447 . .- v The two papers raised their rates in 1916 attempting to charge five cents a line, but the increase was too great, and they were finally obliged to com promise on four cents a line. Ths Courier received $8S2.-k0 and the Enter prise, by an interesting coincidence,' also received JSil'.S'O. . ' Wasted Over f2300. . ? The total paid to the two papers for t n 1 . 4Mlinn lnf r . V Ui1i;.rtl, n. I v 1 D ) r. ws fii94. In 1916 th amount was' tl605.b0, and If the "papers bad U(s (Cenrloded ou Page Koor, Colama Three) ' Interned German r : Freighter Is Sunk v At Her Anchorage , Charleston, g. C ' Feb. 1 ' (U, P.)-The German freighter Liebenfels, lying in harbor here since the war surted. mysteri- k -. .oosiy began to go down by tho -1 at Ht - mitrrii aua com.nuea sinaing un-. til her after deck was nearly awash and her , bow raised. ' '. Tuf offered assistance, but ' - it was refused , the captain . -, said. ; ', 1 : - Shipping men leaned to - the ' : rumor that the LJebenf els must- Tf , have been deliberately scuttled. CapUin : Klattenhof C com-V mands the vessel. , ; ' ,; . i The crew deliberately pulled " s out the seacocks and sank the - ship, according Xo a. report re ' -. ctlved at WarftJington by As- . sistant Secretalyr of the Treas wry Peters-In caargcoenhe cus - toms division. . ' s , . 'js ' V f. - 4 . " . I 'I vi.;-.: V 4 . '