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- : THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY MAY 23. 1917, BONDS WILL PROVIDE AN INCOME EARNING SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS Multnomah, While Getting No .-Share 1 Fund, Was Vital , '- Interest in Project. BIG SHAffE IS GWEN STATE Thousands of Dollars Expended In ailp sfood Methods of Repair Unfit tlx Present System. W ; : Good xtoftoa Meetings. Tuesday. May, 2 Rotary club, noon; Northwest Steel company, noon; Portsmouth school, 9 p. m.; Powers' Fur niture store. 8:30 p. m.; Ores bam, 8 jji. m. Wednesday, May 80 North Pacific IUutnber company, noon; Monta villa school, 8 p. m.; Laurclhiirst club, 8 p. in. Thursday, May 81 Progres sive Business Men's club noon; Eastern ! and Western Lumber company; noon; North Portland library, 8 p. m.; Sell wood Com munity house. 8 p. m. Friday, June 1 Rose City Par, 8 p. m. 1 If1 Mfc fr ifc (f fc Multnomah county has a vital Inter est In the I success of the $8,000,000 state road bond bill, which Is to be. .voted on June 4, notwithstanding: that : the bill provides that none of the state road funds Is to be expendel on Mult nomah county roads. : - During: the past four years the coun ty has paid through the quarter1 milt levy $'846,072 into the state road fund. and has practically received no direct return. , Instead of being: concentrated ron pome project of Keneral state ben-f eflt, the fund has been dissipated by small appropriations, here and' there, , and has brought no result of a. perma- ; nent nature. Wasteful Process to Stop. tJnJer the proposed bond measure Is . offered a prospect, for the initiation Of a comprehensive plan for. building Up a state system of highways on con- ' servatlve lines, the initial cost being: chiefly home by those who use and wear out tho roads, the automobile owners;. Pour years afro the state of Wash lngrton entered upon a state wide plan Of highway construction, which is now ' about half completed. It has pro , ceeded at an annual cost of $2,600,000, and the burden has scarcely been felt. A similar method of operation in Oregxwi is contemplated by the pending bill. But there is this difference: The Washington plan is carried out by a i J?4 mill levy on property. The Ore . iron plan Is to be financed principally v by the . economic waste in the opera tion of motor vehicles. Multnomah Pays 38 Per Cent. In 1914 the Oregon road fund amounted to $238,570. Of this. Mult nomah county contributed $90.46. , In 1915' the state fund was $233,103. Of fthf 1 amount, Multnomah county paid ' 88,638. in 1910, ine-runa amoumea to! 1233,623. Of this. Multnomah county's contribution was $85,898. " - Ths 1917 fund will amount to $219, 9j). Multnomah county's share will be! $80,$90. ! t - The total, of ths state road fund for ths past four years Is $924,988.61. Ths amount contributed -by ' Multnomah county - during: that period is $348, 072.32, or nearly 38 per cent of the whole. I Portland's Share Orowst The last legislature passed a law, effective next January, transferrins; all motor vehicle license fees-to the state road fund. In 1918 the gross license receipts amounted to $148,232. After deducting- the expense of col lection by the secretary of state, the net receipts were $119,987.45. Of the (?ros amount Multnomah contributed $55,531. The expense of administra tion was $9966.43, leaving a net bal ance of $45,564.57. Next year's license fees are to be practically doubled and as a result Mjultnomah county will pay into the state road fund from this source ap proximately $110,000 or about 40 per cinv of the estimated whole $310,000. This estimate is based on tha assump tion that the number of machines Is to remain unchanged. It does not take into account a possible increase. All Pay, Ho Gain, la Present System. "There is nothing Inequitable in the fact that Multnomah county will not receive any portion of the state road fnd," said a prominent Portland ad vocate of the bond measure. I "We will get it all back indirectly In the growth and development of the state. It la not material, either, so far as we are concerned, In what part of the state our money is spent. We do, however, have a material interest la seeing that the fund is spent to the best advantage. I unaer tne system or state roaa administration which now obtains no permanent good has been accomplished The amount of money available has not been sufficiently large at any one time to accomplish anything. Under the .proposed bond issue, which will not add to our taxation, we can bor row at 4 per cent' a large enough amount to give us in a few years' an Income earning system of roads, or In other words, make the roads pay the Interest on the bonds, j "This Is the method adopted in financing ' railroads and industrial plants. : Why not apply It to our publio roads 7" - ; ; GOV ERNOR ASKS THE TO E! AUTHORITY SPEND WAR EMERG NCY COIN Committee Appointed to Draft Resolution on Subject and Report This Afternoon, M'CONNELL IS ATTACKED Attorneys Cor Paclfio livestock Com pany Charge That Be sponsible for Complaint. Hew York Fears Food Riots Soon New York. May 28. (I. N. S.) phless food conditions rapidly grow better, food riots are feared by the bast Side Protective association. Soaring food prices and other high bommodlties are causing intense suffering-, the food committee of tho as sociation reports. School children and inany working women are said t-j be suffering from malnutrition. Offices Robbed of Cash. Robbers Sunday - night entered the offices of the Patrick Lumber.company and the Rodgers Lumber' company in the Chamber of Commerce building, but failed to secure much of value. Eleven dollars in cash was tf.ken from a aesa drawer in tne Patrick com pany's offices. Part of this was' in coins given to Walter Patrick, as keep sakes. Ietectlves Swennes -and Mo loney believe the work was done by the same persons who have been rob bing office buildings during the last month. . . The Store of Style and Service ft el Mb Washington & Alder ecoration Day SPECIAL i PRACTICAL ECONOMY right now is the first essential of TRUE PATRIOTISM. "DO YOUR BIT" by talcing advantage of our won- derful values in White Canvas and Nu-buck Shoes Pumps, Oxfords, High Shoes Dressy Cool Durable Economical PRICED AT , ' I - $1150 to $3.45 Nu-Buck $2.50 to $495 Clarence GiUUanfl of Harbor Patrol Dead Death Sunday Vlfht Ends nines, of Tear; Widow, Brother and Parents Survive; Arrangements Xter. Clarence Gllliland. engineer of the harbor patrol for many years, died at his home Sunday night. Gilly " as be was familiarly known from one end of the waterfront to the irther, had been ill for over a year, an attack of diabetis I having first con fined him 12 months ago. Surviving are a widow, Mrs. Hatti- belle Ray Gilliland. his parents. Mr. and 'Mrs. R. P. Gilliland. and one broth er. Ranee. The Glllilands lived at 169 xSast Twenty-seventh street. Funeral arrangements are In charge of J. P. Finley & Boa. Salem, Or., May 28. In resisting tho request of Attorney General Brown for authority from the Emergency board to incur a deficiency by expending $3500 to prosecute the suit brought by the state against the Paclfio Live stock company to recover thousands of acres of land alleged to have been obtained fraudulently, attorneys for the company are bombarding C. B. lie Conncll, of Burns as an arch . con spirator. Those bombardments are be ing addressed to the Emergency board, which is in session, and took up prac tically all of the morning session. Before the Pacific Livestock com pany case was brought up, Governor Wlthycombe asked the board to clotne him with authority to Incur dencien cies In expending funds as the need may arise as a result pf war. Committee Is Samed. A, committee of four was appointed by the governor to draft a resolu tion riving the governor this author ity. This committee will report at the afternoon session of the board, The members of the committee are R. N. Stanfleld. speaker of the house of representatives; Gus C. Moser, president of the senate; Representa tive K. K. Kubll and Attorney Gen eral Brown. In making his request for this au thority. the governor pointed out that the war crisis did not arrive until after the legislature had adjourned. and In most states where the legisla ture was still in session, financial provision was made to meet emer gencies. Wants Hew Authority. "I have appointed a state council of defense," said the governor, "and I believe I should be given authority to create deficiencies to meet emergen cies, If such will be legal and neces sary. I have conferred with tne at torney general and he believes It will be legal." Speaker Stanfleld. speaking in De- half of the state council, said it would be necessary for the council to have funds. "We have agreed to contribute from our own pockets," he said, "to pay for a secretary and offices, but If our acts are to carry official weight we should be maintained by the state and this board should take action to enable us to have funds." State Treasurer Kay said there was no question but that every member of the board would favor such expenai- tures, but he doubted if the board had legal authority to authorize them, livestock Case Considered. Taking up the Pacific Livestock company case, Edward P. Treadwell of San Francisco, chief attorney for the company, declared that the suit against the company was brought in the in terest of C. B. McConnell. "I object to the name of the state of Oregon being used by McConnell for the mere purpose of punishing one of his personal enemies and to carry out his personal desires," ho said. Treadwell objected to any funds be ing authorized for use in making fur ther investigations of the caso, but de clared if the board is to authorize ex penditures it should be for the prose cution of the case and not to hunt up evidence. "If the case was started without the evidence. It was all wrong," he in sisted. All Members, Present. "The attorney general should have asked the legislature for enough funds to carry on all the work of his office," he said, "and not single out a specific case and when an appropriation is made gain the moral support of the leg. lslature or of this board." He bitterly attacked McConnell and the statements be had made in a published article. Treadwell was followed by Johs L. Rand of Baker and A. C. Shaw of Portland, attorneys for the company. They also aimed their attack at Mc Connell. All the members of the emergency board are present. Harrr Qj Aldrich. Harry Q. Aldrich, a native of Port land, aged 46, died this morning at the Good Samaritan hospital folowlng an operation. He ; was a member of the Spanish War ' Veterans and the Elks. Mr. Aldrich Is survived by one brother, E. R. Aldrich of San Fran cisco, and three sisters, Mrs. G. Webber of Portland, Mrs. L. G. Stott of Dayton, Wash., and Mrs. L. S. Fin ley of Saratoga, : Cal.. Funeral ar rangements will be in charge of the Edward Holman company. Mr. Aid- rich was at one time a deputy sheriff of ' Multnomah county. FILM EXHIBITORS OF OREGON ARETO OPEN CONVENTION TUESDAY Special Car Brings Exchange Men and Motion Picture Exhibitors From Seattle. Irving H. Rogers. Irving H. Rogers, aged 50, a native of Iowa, and a retired banker, 'died' at his home Sunday night at 1689 East Morrison street. He had resided in Portland for the ; past year, and is survived by a widow, Mrs. Grace D- Rogers, and a daughter, Miss Edith Rogers. The funeral arrangements are in charge of J. P. r inley & Son, and announcement will be made upon the arrival of Miss Rogers, who Is now in Baltimore. Mr. Rogers was vice president of the First National bank of Phillipsburg, Kan., for many years. The first annual convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Oregon will be held at the Multnomah hotel, Tuesday and Wednesday, open ing Tuesday at 10 o'clock in the con vention hall of the hotel. A special car of motion picture exhibitors and exchange men from Seattle and Ta coma arrived in last night. W. A. Graeper, vice president of the league, will open the convention in the absence of C. W. Meighan, who went to Washington, D. C. Sunday night to represent the Oregon exhibitors at the war tax hearing. The committee. In charge of the con vention consists of John A. Jennings, chairman; John Adams, E. C. Mitchell. Abraham Kelson, Hugh aiccreaie. George BUgh, A. H. McDonald, A. Bet- tingen, w. A, Long. Claude Bmitn, a. L. Scott, George Maple, G. T. Holtx claw, W. E. Lewis. Lew Cullins. Guy Matlock, J. Sullivan, O. E. Suderstrom and Peter Thomas. Portland and Seattle film exchanges are installing exhibition booths at the convention hall, and these exhibits will be open to the public at the time of the grand movie ball, which winds up the convention on uie evening or Mav 30. Mr. Meignan tert xor wasmngron at the call of William A. Brady, president of the National Association of Motion Plcturemen. Heads of the industry from all over tha nation -will give tee--timony that motion picture exhibitors cannot pay a tax of 10 per cent on their gross earnings. mere is not a house In Fortand that is paying a profit of 10 per cent of Its gross earnings," said Mr. Meighan. "in ract, there are only a lew or the larger houses that are paying much more than a good salary to their own. era. To tax these houses 10 -per cent on their gross earnings would make every exhibitor In Portland dig np out of his pocket In other words, he would be saving money by closing his theatre. "We are ready to submit to any tax the government sees fit to levy on our net earnings. We are patri otic and are with President Wilson heart and soul in the war to save de mocracy. We simply want to convince the lawmakers at Washington that they are using their taxing powers 111-advisedly." f Carle Abrams ttf Go To Fort Sill School Lieutenant-Colonel Carle Abrams of the Third Oregon regiment was today designated as the officer to attend the training school in rifle machine gun fire at Fort Sill. Okla. Colonel Abrams will leave at once for Fort 8111 and will be stationed there until August 1. The attendance of Colonel Abrams at the training school is in compliance With an order received Saturday re quiring that an offioer of the Oregon regiment should be detailed .for ex pert Instruction in rifle machine gun fire. GAGER ANDREWS EZRA HELD IN -JAIL, UNABLE TO GIVE $2000 BOND Grand Jury Brings Indictment on Complaint of Wife Who Arrives From East, a j w . ass a . s, sa caw uui m ivm . whom he was acquainted -in Rochester, : He left me a little over a year ago, and told me, because of certain busi ness deals. h had to get out of the country, advising me to go to Detroit. Andrews, who is being held in the cqunty Jail in lieu of a S2'00 bond, maintains that the nurse whom Mrs. Andrews accuses Is being slandered, and Insists that she was only attend ing him during an illness. SIGNATURES ARE IDENTIFIED Americans Reach London. London. May 28. (I. N. S.) The St. Louis and Philadelphia units of tne American army medical corps ar rived today. Ezra Gager Andrews, alias Ezra Gager. arrested Saturday night on In formation filed by the district attor ney's office, was indicted on a statutory charge by the grand Jury which re turned a true bill against him th;s morning. It was through Mrs. Margaret An drews of Rochester, N. Y., wife of the prisoner, according to Deputy District Attorney Dempsey, that it .became i known that Ezra Gager of Portland, resident of Irvington and one of the executives of a local shipbuilding com pany, was in reality Ezra Gager An drews, formerly a prominent real es tate operator of Rochester. The district attorney's office avers that Gager -came to Portland about a year ago. accompanied by a woman supposed to be Mrs. Gager. While here he became identified with the organ ization of a shipbuilding company. He rented a houce In the Irvington dis trict belonigng to Tom Word Jr., where he Is said to .have entertained lavishly. Mrs. Andrews came to Portland April 24, having been on her wa; to Cali fornia, when i the summons for a di vorce suit reached, her at Denver and caused her to change her plana and come here. The woman who has been llvinr here with my husband," said Mrs. Todd Salt Against Insurance Com. panjr Heard in Federal Court. Introduction of testimony relative to handwriting and signatures, was a point of sharp contention thia. morning in federal court, in the case of W. F. Todd against the Alliance Insurance company of Philadelphia. Recovery of full amount of insurance money on some farm building near Hillaboro, de stroyed by fire over a year ago. U sought by the plaintiff. The defend ant maintains that fraud was at tempted. That checks of various large amounts and documents bearing the signature of W. F. Todd were in reality signed Dy Nellie M. Todd, his sister, was ad mitted by the plaintiff's counsel, when shown the signatures by defendant counsel. -The .case is expected to continue over tomorrow. Aircraft Raids on England Expected London, May 28. (I. N. S.) A warning to the people of England to look for greater and more disastrous air raids was sounded by the press to. day In commenting upon last Friday's attack when 76 persons Were killed. Germany is believed to have re solved upon another big -effort to spread a reign of terror In England, using both air craft and submarines for the purpose. John Monro. The funeral of John Monro will bs held from the Holman chapel. Third and Salmon streets, Tuesday after noon at 2:30, Rev. "Luther R. Dyott officiating. Harmony lodge, A. F. and A. M., will conduct the services at the grave in Rlvervlew cemetery, Mr. Monro died Saturday In his sev enty-first year. He was a native of Canada and had I resided in Portland j for 80 years. Several years ago he ; retired from the active work of a locomotive engineer. His widow, Mrs. Mattle Monro, survives him. Charles A. Lewis. Charles A. Lewis, a native of low. aged .'8 years, and a resident of Port land for 13 years, died at his home. "5407 Thirty-seventh avenue, S. E., this! morning. He is survived by his wife. Airs. Maud E. Lewis, his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lewis, and two sisters. Mrs. Leota Shea, and Mrs. Helen Jones, all of this city. Funeral ar rangements are in charge of J. P. inniey & son. Whit canvas sport lae Ox- - ford with ivory sola and heel gray buck trimming, pair, $3.45 Sam style in 8-inch top, spe cial, pair, $3.45 'VI. Plain too, rubber sole Oxford, $2.50 White) Sea Island Pump with hand tarn leather or rubber sola and covared Louis heal Paris modal; special at, pair, $2:50 Same. 'with low, rubber heel and rubber solo, pair,.- , . ; $1.50 Between S. P. Waiting Room and Washington li Oxman Again Held To -Superior Court San Francisco, May 28. (P. N. S.) A new order holding Frank C. Oxman, Oregon cattleman, for trial in the su perior court on a charge of trying to Induce F. E. Rigall to testify falsely against Thomas 'J. Mooney, convicted as a preparedness parade bomb con spirator, was issued today by Police Judge Brady. Oxman secured his lib' erty on $3000 balL Meantime in Superior Judge Sea well's court, at the conclusion of the morning session six jurors were sworn and five were In the box temporarily passed subject to peremptory challenge xor tne case or Mrs. Rena Mooney, cnargea wun murder as a conspirator. Explosions on Ship Arouses Suspicion Havana, May 28. (XT. P.) Three explosions In the forward hold of the American steamer Lackawanna In jurded three workmen today. The ship was not seriously damaged and the fire which followed the explosions was soon controlled. The Lackawanna recently arrived from Norfolk with a cargo of coal. She was discharging this cargo when the explosions occurred. . Captain Johnson was convinced the explosions were of bombs placed there, he suspected, by plotters, probably wuie tne snip waa loading. Rev. J. W. Eldredge Dies. Rev. X W. Bldredge, a retired min ister, died Sunday at his home at Sher wood. He left a widow and two chil dren, Mrs. Ordean O. Gatchet and Roy X Eldredge. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning; at 10 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Eldredge waa 76 years old. Memorial Service Held.' Vancouver, wastu. May 27. -Open Ir services were conducted in the barracks Sunday in honor of Sergeant Elton Blake of Company L, Third Oregon, who died at the Post hospital May 25 of pneumonia. . Chaplain Blake of tha Fourteenth Infantry conducted BAKER HOLDING OUT 1 TAX COLLECTIONS CLAIMED DUE STATE Maintains Title to Excess of 6 Per Cent Over 1916 Re turns, It Is Declared, Salem, Or., May 28. A new twist was given to tne constitutional 6 per cent tax limitation today when Stat? Treasurer Kay received notice that Baker county refuses to pay a portion of its state taxes on the ground that it is in excess of a 6 per cent in crease over the taxes paid in 1916. As equalized by the state tax com mission the state taxes fo Baker county for 1917 total $62,646.90, of which half is i now due. Today tha state treasurer received a letter from the county treasurer of Baker stat ing that the Baker county court de nied that the county owes the state that sum. The letter stated that the state taxes paid by Baker in 1916 were 356,451.89, and that 6 per cent of that sum is 13387.11, which, when added. makes a total of $59,839. This Is the amount that the Baker cpunty court is willing to pay into the state treas ury, and a warrant for half that sum was enclosed in the letter. After consulting with Tax Commis sioner Galloway, Deputy State Treas urer Ryan said that, under the law. the state treasurer would simply hold the county treasurer responsible for the payment of the full tax, and his fail ure to do' so would make him subject to a severe penalty and dismissal from office. Any contention with the county court wm have to be settled by the county treasurer, he pointed out. The condition arose as the result of he equalisation of state taxes, which is done by the state tax commission each year, and a probable increase in the assessed valuation of the county over 1916. It raises a Question which probably will nave to be determined by tne courts. Man's Death Came From Natural Cause Thomas C! Hurley. 430 East Sixth I street, was found dead on the stairs of the Bay City rooming house at 230 Burnside street, early this morn ing by the proprietor, Daniel Edge. Hvrley went to the rooming house shortly after midnight and paid for a room. He retired and about 3 o'clock Dan Mahoncy, another roomer, heard him groaning, and found him lying on the stairs. He called the proprietor, who thought: he was drunk, and made no effort to! aid ham. An inquest hold this morning proved tiuriey aiea i natural causes. 1 He is survived by a wife and two boys, one i or wnom is ra tne army. State Grain Bureau Has Opened Office After a week spent In Tacoma ob taining an intimate knowledge of the workings of the Washington bureau, J. C. Porter chief of the Oregon hay and grain inspection department, and James W. (Church, registrar, today opened the offices of tha state's newly createa gram aepartment. The offi cials . are occupying quarters in the rooms of - the public service commis sion on tha second floor of the county 1 flak 9 M2TC r.-v Mi To! i Victor quality. aiw7 look for tha famous trademark. "Hia Maatcr-a Volet. it ta i all genuine DTOdl alking Machine Company. luctsoftbeVictar NewMctor Records for June, Two new Irish songs by John McCormack "Eileen Alanna, Asthore" and "Ireland, My. Sireland" sparkling numbers from Victor Herbert's delightful new Irish opera, Eileen. Victor Scd Seal Kceorda 64665 sad 64666. Tea-inc. f 1 each.. 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