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THE OREGON DAILY : JOURNAL, PORT LAND; WEDNESDAY, .NOVEMBER 27. 1318. $396,467 PAID IN WAP PRT4TF T4YF! iinn Luini l. imiLU BY WILCOX HEIRS State of Oregon Collects as In heritance Tax $80,837 From the Four Heirs to Estate. COURT ORDER FIXES AMOUNT Appraised Value of Estate Is t4no a a a fn. r Values Reduced the Figures. It Is an expensive business for a rich man to die In these war days. Wars must be paid for and the government levies heavy, tribute on wealth. The es tate of the late Theodore B. Wilcox is required to pay Into the state treasury In the forrr of inheritance taxes the sum of $80,887.33. But this is merely a. nip cue compared with the tiig bite that the federal government takes in the form of war estate taxes, the executors of the estate of the late Mr. Wilcox being required to pay to Internal Reve- nn uouecior miiioii A. Miller J315.63n.65. The total amount required In inheri tance taxes by the state and in war estate taxes by the federal government amounts to $396,467.98. Bigger the K. stair. Heavier the Tax Due to the fact that the Wilcox estate wa divided among four heirs and that the state inheritance tax is paid by each of the heirs and not on the total value of the estate, the state of, Oregon will receive a much smaller sum In proportion than the federal govern ment will take in war estate taxes. The rate of tax provided by the federal statute begins with 2 per cent .of the first $G0.0OO, and mounts rapidly until a valuation of a million dollars is reached. For the first million the tax amounts to $82,000. For the second million the tax is $120,000. After ten million Is reached there Is a flat tax of 25 per cent of all in excess of that sum. In the county court Monday Judge Taxwell made an order fixing the in heritance tax to be paid by the Wilcox heirs as follows : Nellie S. Wilcox on her legacy of $949,949.45 Is to pay $31, 072.98 ; Raymond Wilcox, Claire Wilcox Bquires and Theodore B. Wilcox Jr. will each pay taxes of $16,571.45 on a leg acy of $585,612.97. Estats Appraised at $8,898,484 The appraised value of the Wilcox estate was $2,82.484. 00. Some surprise was expressed locally at the time the appraisers made public the value of this estate. It was generally thought that Mr. Wilcox left an estate worth any where from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000, but this disparity 9was explained when it became known that a year or two prior to his death Mr. Wilcox organized the Wilcox Investment company and trans ferred to it the three big structures, the Wilcox building. Sixth and Washington streets; the Stevens building, at West Park nd, Washington streets, and the Btark street portion of the Imperial hotel. These buildings were valued" by Mr. Wilcox at $2,000,000 and the stock of the corporation was divided into five equal parts, each member of his family taking one part. But for the creation of this corporation and the transfer of the title of these buildings to it. the war estate tax of the Wilcox estate would have amounted to more than $600,000, Instead of a, little more than $300,000. Coolies Cause Suit lxs Angeles; Nov. 27. (U. P.) Ten thousand dollars - is what G. C. F. Michel thinks it's worth to have to live with cooties. He had a suit on file here today against Chief of Police Butler and the police "war squad," asking that amount of damages, al leging he was placed In a cootie in habited cell. Plan for Increasing Fur Animals and Elk Herds Is Told The plan of increasing the number of fur bearing animals, notably -the martin, which lives In timber of the lodge pole type, was explained by Smith Riley, district forester from Denver, at the American Foresters Tuesday night. The pelts of the martin are valuable and their presence does no damage to the forest, according to Mr. Riley, mak ing their Increase in every way desir able. Mr. Riley told of the method adopted of feeding the elk in the Yellowstone by purchasing areas where forage could be grown for the elk. Among the hab its noted of the elk is route feeding, by which the animals follow a certain trail of forage for the year. In some in stances, fences have been erected across these routes, and elk carcasses found on the wires, showing how they had tried to follow their customary line of travel. It is the plan of the forest serv Ice to acquire these routes of drift which the elk may follow unobstructed. Mr. Riley leaves this evening for Den ver. ' PORTLAND SYRIANS WILL DISCUSS PLANS FOR SYRIA'S FUTURE ; Government Organization Similar I to U. S. or Switzerland Is Proposed for Nation. Portland Syrians will consider tho future of their native country at mass meeting called today by A. Atiyeh in response to a telegraphic request from Dr. R. Haddad of Brooklyn. N V., president of the Syrian Natlona Committee of America. The meeting will be held Thursday at 4 p. m., at W. O. W. hall. Eleventh and Wash ington streets. The Syrians in America, according to Dr. Haddad, are urging the organ! zatlon of Syria under government stmi lar to that of the United States or Switzerland, under the protectorate of America, England or France. For 500 years the Syrians have been governed by the Turks and before that by the Arabs. Hearing that on. prpposal is to allow the Arabs to rul3, under Sherrif Hussan, the Syrians are starting this movement to have a re publican form of government created Under the proposal, the country would be divided into six states, with a fed eral head. The question of Jerusalem which is figuring so strongly now in the Zionistlc movement of the Jews, would be a problem possibly solved Mr. Atiyeh believes, by making If an independent state. The Syrians have been held apart by jealousies over religions and class dl tinctlons for so long that it has been easy for outside despotisms to rule them, Mr. Atiyeh said, and the re adjustment must be along wise and broad lines or Its effect will be the same as before. Syria, at one time In its early history,' was the seat of the world's highest civilization. "We want to reattaln that position," say the Syrians. Mr. Atiyeh said about 20.000 of h'.a people are residing in the United States. 200 in Portland and about 309 families In Oregon. Counter Revolution Reported in Russia London. Nov. 27. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Copenhagen states that an antl-Bolshevlst revolution has broken out in Russia. Moscow is reported In a state of siege and the Black Sea fleet is reported to have raised the imperial flag. STATE BOARD OF CONTROL OFFERS REC0N1ENDAT0N Biennial Report on .State Insti tutions Shows Number of Pa tients and Cost to Taxpayers. SUGGESTIONS. ARE OFFERED Legislation Needed to Correct Present Defects in Handling Insane and Other State Wards. Attempt to Collect retroactive salary Increase Js Illegal Salem, Nov. 27. The attempt of the state board of health to make a recent increase in the salary of Dr. Holt, state health officer, retroactive is illegal and the claim for the additional back salary cannot be paid by the state, according to an opinion given by Attorney Gen eral Brown to Secretary of State Oleott The state board of health is vested with power to fix the salary of the state health officer, but the attorney general points out that once that salary is fixed and paid it cannot be later added to. Dr. Holt's salary was $250 a month Then It was increased to $300 a month, and in October it was again Increased to $4000 a year, and the health board attempted to make the $4000 salary ap ply to the last 13 months. FORMER PORTLAND Father and Son The senior member of the family generally prefers the same smart modeled over coat we sell to younger men likes to look as young as he feels: Why not? Mathis Overcoats take off ten years. Many brighter mixtures in Irish Donegals, Harris tweeds and cheviots. Nor only chill proof, but rain proof - protection in all weathers. ; , $25 to $65 MEIVTSWEAR Gorbett Building Fifth and Morrison Salem, Nov. 27. On September' W of this year there were 3440 inmates in the 10 institutions which are maintained by the state, according to the biennial report of the Oregon state board of control. During the last two years these in stitutions received 2937 new inmates and lost by discharge, transfer, parole, es cape or death a, total of 2916. For the maintenance and upkeep of these 10 Institutions the last legislature appropriated $1,743,599.87. In addition to this various state institutions have sold products which brought into their betterment funds an aggregate of $125, 864.98. Of that sum $80,371.01 has been expended for the benefit of the institu tions and the balance Is remaining on hand. Keep Out on-Resident Insane The board recommends the following legislation : That a law be passed against the bringing, within the state of non-resident Insane. That a voluntary comrAitment law bo passed which will enable patients to get the kind of treatment they need without going to court. Experts be lieve that many threatened attacks of insanity could be prevented or at least lessened and shortened if such a measure were on our statute books. That an act be passed - preventing junk dealers from buying from chil dren, any kind of junk. Out of 324 boys committed to the state training school during the past two years, 101 were committed for stealing. Provision for Pay Patients That some provision be made by which "pay patients" could be received at the tuberculosis hospital. That the county sanitarium and coun ty nurse law be so amended as to re quire more counties to make provision for public health nurses. That some steps be taken to prevent the commitment to the training school or to the girls' industrial school of chil dren that are merely poor and dependent. That a uniform commitment paper be devised for the use of all counties in making commitments to the training school and . the industrial school. That the laws governing commitment to the training school and to the girls' school be so amended as to forbid coun ty officers from sending children to these schools until advised by the su perintendent that there is room. mat an act should be passed making possiDie to exercise greater parole lYIERCHAN T RETURNS F ROM DUTY OVERSEAS GOVERNOR CANNOT SHIFT BLAME FOR PRISON TROUBLES Former Senator People Will Responsible. I. N. Day Says Hold Executive SILENCE SAVED HIS DEFEAT Portland Man Advocates Use of Convicts in Clearing Logged- Off Lands. T. J. Roberts Went Through Bat tles at Ypres, Somme, Vimy Ridge and Other Hot Ones. it w supervision over the paroled boys of me training school. That the legislature recognize the ob ligations resting upon the executive heads and certain other officials where salaries are now fixed by law, and grant the board power to increase the salaries of such executive heads and other of ficers and make them commensurate with their duties and responsibilities. These officials have been very zealous in all of the war drives and have given willingly and generously, many of them taxing the limit of their resources. Restrictions Lifted Except for Weekly And Daily Papers Washington, Nov. 27 (U. P.) All re strictions affecting the publication of periodicals have been rescinded ex cept on daily, Sunday and weekly news papers, the war industries board' an nounced today. The restrictions were not lifted on daily, Sunday and weekly newspapers, it was explained, because newspaper publishers requested that the board con tinue to exercise control over the use of news print for the present. However, restrictions on weekly pa pers will be lifted December 1. Restrictions governing the manufac ture of wall paper and the making and cutting of wall paper designs are also withdrawn. Preparations Are Made to Eaise Tug Sunk by Steamship After an absence of more than three and a half years, most of which time was spent in the service of the Cana dian army, Thomas J. Roberts, for merly connected with the firm of Rob erts Bros., has returned to Portland. Mr. Roberts enlisted in April, 1915, at Vancouver, in the Seventy-second Cana dian Seaforth Highlanders, and after required training here and in England, he reached France In the fall of 1915, where his regiment took Its first place in the line near Ypres. Mr. Roberts participated in the fa mous British drive on the Somme In the summer of 1916, and the celebrated battle of Vimy Ridge, in April, 1917. when the Canadian forces gained their objective in spite of terrible losses. Most of the time Mr. Roberts served in the signaling and sniping branch, and, although wounded with shrapnel on Christmas night, 1916. he remained in service several months following be fore being evacuated because of wounds and illness. The next year was spent in England. Only recently he was discharged from service, returning immediately to Port land. "The winters were the worst of all," he said, "the mud and slime and ex posure being more than one would think a man could bear. I am mighty glad to have had the experience and, moreover, to be back in Portland again." Mr. Roberta recalled that after the first eight months of overseas service, only 90 men of his battalion survived, so intense was the fighting in which they were engaged. Chrome Situation Given: Attention, Declares Sec. Lane Salem, Nov. 27. "This department I fully conversant with Pacific coast chrome situation and is giving earnest ana sympathetic attention to solution of preblem." This message was received today bv Attorney General Brown in reply to a telegram sent to Secretary of the In terior Franklin K. Lane in behalf of those who have made large investment in chrome mines in Oregon and now are without market for products as a result of the close of the war. The at torney general's message said : The chrome miners of the Pacific coast have answered the patriotic ap peal or tne government and have in vested largely in furnishing the gov ernment with the necessary chrome dur ing the war period. I believe the chrome miner should be protected from loss in thus getting behind the government and that probably the war minerals bill under your administration is the only way in which they can look for relief." Valley & Siletz to Readjust Its Rates feaiem. .Nov. Zi. The public service commission has issued an order perma nently suspending the proposed increase in freight rates filed by the Valley & Siletz Railroad company and presenting a new schedule of rates w-hich the com mission deems will allow sufficient in creases to meet the financial needs of the company at this time. The commls sion sugKcsis uiai me company rue a new application for an increase in rates which shall not, exceed those seated by Ir Equipment was assembled today. pre paratory to commencing work on rais ing the Port of Portland tag Pronto, ! which was rammed and sunk by the gov ernment steel steamer West View as she lay at Municipal dock No. 1 Tues day evening. The damage to the tug is believed to be considerable. iThe 8800- ton vessel, loaded with flour, was at tempting to make a landing alongside the steel steamer West Kysha when she swung in the current and struck the tug. The Pronto's starboard side was crushed like an egg sheH and the boat sank so quickly that those on board barely escaped with their lives. As the tug sank her steam pipes burst. Those rescued werei Ned Aly ward, fireman ; .Mrs. Josephine Lawler, cook ; and Donald Harrisoon, deck hand.' The rescue . was effected by means of a gangplank leading from the top of, the tug s cabin to . the wharr slip. ; only a small "part of the tug's - smokestock. and a .portion of " the mast remains above water.' I '- -. .During the mishap the steel steamer fouled the bewspit of the wooden steam er Nancy, one of the -new vessels built by ' the Foundation company for the , French government. The damage to the Nancy was comparatively slight. The West View was not injured. flf German Blockade '' May Be Abolished London,- Nov.. 27. (L.'N, S.i-rSeml-' official advices from, Berlin to- Copen hagen :state that it is understood .in the German capital that the entente powers are considering the abolition, of the Ger man blockade as a result of President Wilson' initiative, according to a Cen tral News dispatch from Copenhagen today, We Exeel is DYEING French Dry Cleaning Steam Cleaning Pressing Broadway Dye & Works Matter Dyer and Cleastrs PertlaaO. . Oreroa . J3RSAOL- Salem. Nov. 27. So far as the public mind is concerned, it will be Impossible for Governor Withycombe to shift the responsibility for the failure In the ad ministration of the state penitentiary to the shoulders of Warden Charles A Murphy. This was the view expressed by for mer State Senator I. N. Day of Port land, who was in Salem Tuesday. You will remember that the 191o leaialature passed the "spoilsmen's bill. ' said Senator Day. "It was our Idea when that bill was passed to concen trate the responsibility for the conduct of state institutions and state4 depart ments in the appointing power. Not half the people of the state know who is the warden of the penitentiary or who Is the parole officer, but they do know that the governor appoints the head of that Institution and is respon sible for its conduct. If all this stuff about the prison had come out prior to the election I cm of the opinion that we would have had a Democratic administration during the next four years. I supported the present governor, although we have had sharp differences in the past, because my Re publicanism is deeper than personal feelings. 'Some of these times the people of Oregon are going to awake to the fool ishness of maintaining a state prison at a heavy expense to the taxpayer. They are going to make the prison earn its own support. "Work should be provided for the con victs which would enable them to earn something. We might go back to the old idea of working the convicts on the roads, not particularly under the parole system, but with a reasonable number of guards to give the public protection. Or the convicts could be used to clear stump land. From a monetary standpoint, it costs a man more to clear logged off lands than the lands will earn, but to have the lands cleared is of Immense benefit to the state. 'In employing convicts in this kind Of work. they should he given to under stand that they - have the opportunity to work their way out of prison Just as they worked their way in. They should be given credits for good work and there should be no politics or favoritism of any kind mixed up in It. They should also be credited with reasonable wages. so that when they left prison they would have a little stake, something with which to grab a foothold in the world again, and not be forced to steal In order to live the first month they are out of prison." Vice Admiral Sims, Overseas Chief, to Be Made Admiral Washington. Nov. 27. (U. P.) Vice Admiral Sims, who has been in charge of the American naval forces overseas, will be nominated by President Wilson as admiral. Secretary Daniels said to day. He will assume the rank hell by Admiral Knight, Pacific fleet com mander, who retires early next month. Rear Admiral Gleaves. In charge ct the cruiser force at New York, will become vice admiral. For the present Rear Admiral Rodgers will have, the Asiatic station, though nominally an admiral commands the Pacific fleet. Allan I. Smith, financier of Philadel phia, who says he is the heir to the fortune of Captain James Alexander, who. with his wife, perished when the steamship Princess Sophia was wrecked Bellingham Soldier At Camp Karlsruhe Washington. Nov. 27. U. P.) Among the Americans captured recently by the Germans were the following : At Camp Karlshrue E. H. Larrabee, Highland Drive,' Bellingham, Wash. Lieutenant Larrabee is a brother . of Charles Larrabee. who was a student at Reed college and who married Miss Mary Brownlle of Portland. The Lar rabee family is well known here. BUILD UP YOUR BLOOD AND ENTIRE SOTf IIEFITS When you feel badly all over but with no particular organ of your body notice- aoiy out or oraer, you need a tomic for the blood. You require a medicine that will benefit the whole svstem. The blood reaches erery part of the body and when it is built up the whole system quickly benefits. Let the blood become deranged and deficient in needed elements and the nerves will be badly nourished and headaches, neuralgia, sciatica, func tional paralysis and a host of ether dis orders may result. One such trouble is nervous headache and the success of the tonic treatment throueh the blood is described by Mrs. J. H. Morgan ot Correctionville, Iowa, who says: x was in a terriDiy nervous and run down condition and suffered greatly from nervous headaches. My head seemed as though it would burst, and I had frequent dizzy spells. I was in despair of getting well until I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and be- Sn taking them. A few boxes proved at they were an ideal remedy for the treatment of nervous disorders and since then I hav used them as a family medicine. The pills Lave done more for me than anything else and I recommend them heartily." ur. Williams' rink Pills are a tonic for the blood and nerves. They be gin at once to build up the system weakened by excess or overwork. They are sold by all druggists, or sent, post- Eaid, on receipt ofprice, 60 cents per ox; six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Wil liams Medicine Co., Schenectady. N. Y. Write for free book on the blood, (Adv.) HEAVY MEAT EATERS HAVE SLOW KIDNEYS Eat less meat if you feel Backachy or " have bladder trouble Take glass of Salts. No man or woman who eats meat reg ularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get slug gish and fall to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts or If the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi ment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy ; take a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast and in a few days your kid neys 'will act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate the kidneys.' also to neutralise the adds in urine so it no longer causes Irritation, thus ending bladder weak ness. - Jad Salts is inexpensive and can no? injure; makes a delightful effervescent llthia-water drink which everyone should take new and then to keep the kidneys clean and active anf the blood pare thereby avoiding serdus kidney com plication. - CAdy.) m k jiiwivj. a i a, a w a vu.j m umi a i ifl awm 7? a will believed to have been left by Alexander. . Smith says be baa a copy of the will drawn in New York May 8, 1I1S. but baa been unable to-find the original. "Having suffered from nervous indigestion for sterol years, i pna ojier using ur. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin that Lam as well as I ever was and can now eat anything without fear of consequences." (From a letter to Ur. Caldwell written by Mrs. John K. Moore, 516 No. 27th St, Richmond, Va.), Indigestion and constipation are condi tions closely related and the cause of much suf fering. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a mild, pleasantly effective laxative; it quickly relieves the intestinal congestion that retards digestion and has been the standard household remedy in countless homes for many years. DR. CALDWELL'S Syrup Pepsin The Perfect Laxative Sold by Druggists Everywhere 50 cts. $1.00 A TRIAL SOTTLI CAN BE OtTAINEOTTIICC OF CHARSC. Y WRITIN TO DR. W. S. CALOWTLU 459 WASHIN6T0N ST RIFT. M0NT1CEU.0. ILLINOIS I I Sophia Victim's Will Souaht I I 1 1 Vancouver. B. C, Nov. 27. (I. ,N. S.) 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