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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,". PORTLAND, THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1919. . 0 LUXURY TAX SMALL' "PRICES SHOULD NOT SOAR BECAUSE OF IT Persons i Should Familiarize Selves With Levy to Keep From Being Overcharged. Every person who has to pay the small taxes Imposed by the government, - according; to Milton A. Miller, collector of Internal revenue, should remember (hat H Is has chare fn the payment of the cost of. the war, and that it is small when compared with what our v boys have been through. "Everyone should familiarize himself with the tax provision so-that he may know if he la being: over-charged." said Sir Miller. "The bureau of Internal revenue cannot set the price at which merchandise shall be sold, but it does require the dealer to show the customer what portion of the purchase price he pays for any article la tax. Up to certain prices, articles may be considered necessaries, such as $15 for waists and hats and $10 for shoes, and the tax Is only upon the amount paid fn excess of the various specified limita tions. - . Soft drinks and Ice cream are not taxable when Included In the regular course of .an eating- house, but only when sold separate and apart from meals. A. traveling; vendor and operators of stands- at fairs, races, parks and ball grounds must collect the ta. Milk, buttermilk, tea and coffee are 'not, taxable when sold at a soda foun ' tain, A tax of 10 per cent of the price sold by the manufacturer has been placed upon, base balls and sporting; goods. The retail dealer Is not required to collect tax on the sale of such articles, an1 if his price- la raised only to cover the tax th Increase In price should be slight, ' Telegraph Company Receives Messages To Townson Rhine If written In plain English, or French messages addressed to many places on the; right bank of the Rhine may now be accepted for transmission by Western Union. W. A. Robb, Pertland manager of the telegraph company, announced today. ;i It Is doubtful if the addresses of the messages could be said to be written In "plain" English or French, for, said Mr. Robb, the principal places under allied occupation to which mes sages may be sent are, Colndutz. Lang ennhcwalbach, Darmstadt. Neuwied and Wiesbaden, but not Frankfort. The rate la seven cents a word more than the rate to- London. .Plain English or French messages may now be accepted for transmission to Latvia and Lithuania, subject to heavy del-y, at the rate of 18 cents word more than the rate to London. The principal offices open In Latvia, are Libau and Wldau ; In Lithuania offices are in Kovno, PoneweJ, Romny Schwaly and Telschl. . charged In June, ISIS, as the result of disability incurred In - the line - of duty, has received notice that bis application for a life Insurance course has been approved by the federal board for voca Uonal education. -i , . This course will; be-of three-' months' duration. ' Mr. Black will be under the personal supervision - of the .agency. di rector," for this "city. ' of' the JS'ew York Life Insurance ' company. During the course of instruction Mr. Black will re ceive $65 per month from the govern ment." and upon the expiration of - his course be wUI receive $8.40 per month from the bureau of war risk insurance as long as his disability lasts. Portland Man Will Take Tip Course in Insurance Business Clyde- E. "Black of 919 -Kerby street, formerly a private in the S62d Infantry, flat division, who was, honorably dis- Oregon Aggies to Play U. of :W. Team, Two - Game Series Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis. May $. By its strong come-back In the second game of the series with the University- of Oregon, the Aggie ball club. Is expected to make It two straight from the University-. of Washington fcwhen the two teams clash' Friday and Saturday afternoons, r "Lefty" Miller, whose port arm held the university nine In Its power through nine innings last Saturday, is sched uled for the mound In one of the games In the coming series. Big "Babe" Mc Cart, or Hughs will be Jimmy Richard son's choice for the other game, al though there Is some rumor that "Speck" Keene's arm Is responding so well to treatment that be may be available for alab duty. . ! Freshmen Defeat Faculty - Senior Combination; 7-5 In a game marred by many . errors, the Reed college freshman baseball tossers humbled the Faculty-Senior ag gregation Wednesday, 7-5. Gray starred for the losers. catching , several long fouls and tying Wehrlt with three hits for heavy connecting. Countryman . and Belch starred with the bat for the Frosh, each registering three hits, and the latter crossing-the plate three times. The lineups follow: Freshmen. . .. , " , Faculty-Seniors. Cole c. Gray Salmon p Dambach Christmas ......... lb. Foster Cover 2b. Wooddy Countryman ...... So. .......... Wehrll Belch ............ ss. Petersen Stone If. Knowlton 76Qs cf Ulrcoh Miller rf. Hart Hits off Dambach, 7 ; off Salmon, 8. Struck out by Dambach, 2 ; by Salmon, 9. BIG: MEET TO BE RUN AT U. OF O. - ' High School , Athletes Ready to Face Starter's Gun; Spearow to Try for Record. fJNIVERSITT OF PRECOX. Eugene. May 8, With the selection and ao- polntment of officials for the state inter scholastic track meet which will be held at the University of Oregon Saturday, Coach Bill Hayward, manager of the tournament, 4s . putting the finishing touches on plans for the meet. . . Following 8JA . th ftffltfola n hlnh ' ho has selected: Referee, Ralph Spearow': starter, Martin Hawkins ; clerk of course, James Sheeny : assistant. Carl Nelson. - Judnur af th rini.h . n... -r. Walter Morton. PrefeHor w w. n Tbacher, Colonel Raymond C. Baird, Colonel John Leader and Henry Foster. Timers: Prnfiuur Iak t?.. y feasor W. D. Smith. W. W.-Rrit n C. A. Burden. Field Judges: Clifford Mitchell. Lloyd Tegart, Albert Runqulst, DOW Wilson. Kilfl Rtarr hv U..l. ton, Nish Chapman. Newton Estes. F. jacobberger and S. Hargraves. Scorers: Morrison, Anderson and Durno. K3TTBIES coxnro nr FAST With the exception of Spearow and Hawkins, all these men are athletes and professors prominent In athletics at the university and athletes who are resi dents of Eugene, ; Coach Hayward and Dean Walker, graduate manager, are receiving entries in the state meet daily, and according to the present outlook, the meet will be the largest that has ever been held Hn the state. A tag day held this week on the campus brought in over $400 to aid in the financial support of the Visiting teams, and now the business men of Eu gene are carrying en a tag selling cam paign to raise a sura twice as large to aid in making the meet a success In everyway. ' t; " . v. . 8PEAROW GOIKG AFTER RECORD As a feature for the" meet .Ralph Spearow, well known Portland . Dole vaulter who came within a fraction of .n men oi escaousning a new world rec ord In the pole vault last Saturday when he broke the northwest record In the Ore gon-Multnomah meet, will attempt to freax the world record at the state meet Saturday afternoon. Several of the fast est cren Schoolers in tha Ktata mrm tn via with each other In the 100-yard dash, and i is expected that In this event the Pa- Worries of Bush . League:Ball Arei Many, Max Pld Top Presides Max Walther of the Ceja merclal Baseball leagse has received his first protest from asy game played sad but two-' contests have bees staged so er.. Kaaager Kasjpf o the flremea's team says the Cats olle Foresters failed to live p to the by-laws of the clrealt taatmHeh as they ran. la baaeh ef f ringers" oa him. , - " - - - - The ' next games are slated for Satnrday af tersoos' aad by tha time Presldest Walther f sUy expects te have hU dedslos completed. The Corafoot Taanlgaas wUI meer the Catholic Foresters asd the MeDoa gaIOvermlre eeatlageat will tangle with the Portland Fire Departmeat representatives Satnrday. Tex Eickard to Let Contract for Eing Before End of Week New York, May (I. . N. S.)Tex Rlckard, who Is promoting the Wlllard Dempsey bout scheduled for Toledo, Ohio. July 4. will leave tonight for the scene of the fight with plans to let the contract for the big fight" arena within the next two- or three days. Rlckard says the arena will cost ap proximately $50,000. While it is gen erally believed TUckard favors Mali Hinkel of Cleveland, Ohio, as referee, he would make no statement further than "That matter ; will be, settled by the participants." , ? . . New York speculators are already busy trying to obtain blocks of seats for the big fight, but Rlckard promises he will do his best to block them. jj jj Victor Records t by leading Y 1 Dance Orchestras Ml ViJ Lively, catchy numbers that make dancing doubly alluring! . . ".. 'i- . ' .... 'Arabian Night" One-Step Waldorf-Attoria Dance Orchestra VSand Dunes" One-Step Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra Victor desU4Mt SLteera, 1W "Kentucky Dream Waltz" ; !. Velyet Lady" Medley Waltz Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra Vkto soaWe-faced lUcord, 1SS39 "Sometime" Medley Fox Trot i VCaiong" Medley Fox Trot Joseph C Smith's Orchestra vTetos DmiMaaced Record, 4. Come in "and ' let us - play - these and other HewiVictor Records f dt May -MASON AND HAHLIN P1AX)S ' MOBRISOX STREET' AT BBOADWAT Stores Also st Ban Fraielseo, Oaklaad, Sacramento, Sai lose, t t ' 'J " ' 1 Aagcles . .. cific coast Intersoholastic record will be broken. The Oregon oval Is being completely gone over and , remodeled and worked into perfect condition. It is also being enlarged so that the scores of athletes who -will visit Eugene for the state meet can be taken care of. The Oregon track -team will clash with the O. A. C. team In the annual dual meet Friday afternoon. Coach Hayward's athletes took their final work out last night and are now waiting for the Cor vallis contingent. - Coach Hayward has selected 10 men ior nis varsity aiiu wmm it has several sure point winners m' Its number, the majority of his selected men are green. Coach Hayward Is by no means confident of success over the Aggie athletes. Louis Coulter Quite Likely to Hang Up New Century Eecord Predictions are being made freely by those who witnessed both the Oregon State end Paelf la Northwest interscho lastlce track and field meets at Corval 11s last Saturday that Iouis Coulter, the sensational Jefferson high sprinter, will have his hands full trying to humble Walter Tuck of the Redmond, Or., high school .when they meet Saturday after noon in the lnterscholastic gathering at Eugene under the auspices of the Uni versity of Oregon. Tuck took four fh-st places at Corval 11s but he did not compete against Coul ter, as each could enter but one meet. Tuck's coach taking- the state meeting as his choice and Coulter being selected for the Northwest affair. Both Tuck and Coulter won the 100 yard dash m 10 1-5 seconds and both negotiated the iiiT n ILEO E MS by ambiguous statements: regarding salaries of Portland teachers. ITS TRUE that there are school heads in Portland-receiving $3500 and more per year. -There are just seven of them. ,'' IT'S TRUE that there are heads receiving $3000 and over eleven of them in Port-' v -v ' land; . But what proportion of the 1237 teachers in Port r? ' land are they? IT'S TRUE-rthough the report of the sub-com-. mittee of the Committee of 100 did , Xnot give much attention to it that 96 per cent of the teachers in Port-J I land ' are receiving $41 and less.: IT'S TRUE though they neglected to call much x attention to it that 80 per cent of Portland's teachers . are receiving $4.17 per day and less. IT'S TRUE though similarly overlooked in the - report that 57 per cent of the .. 1 teachers are getting $386 per day and less.; THE WELFARE OF YOUR CHILDREN DEPENDS UPON YOUR HAVING ; THE BEST TEACHERS OBTAIN- ABLE IN THE PORTLAND " SCHOOLS AND YouGan't Attract and Hold at $3.86 a Day or $4.17 a Day When They Can: Get 'Better Elsewhere . V OTE. ; : ,; 1. for the Teachers' SALARY MEASURE- ' .Saturday;, May 10 (AdT. by Citizen' Edicatlosal XeaVne, Clareaee ST. EabasKS, Secretary. SH Joiraal Bslldlsg) . ' , , . , " 22ft yard dash, In M S-S seconds, ,' Tuck it s blg six footer and weighs about ,17 pounds It Is said, and when be sprints he does not seem to exert himself to any great extent. .-.-- Following are the University of Ore gon Interscholastlo records: 100 -Tarda 10 1-5 seconds. ; Grant rWaahlngton high), 1912-1914 ; Snook (Jefferson). 191S. 220 yards 23 seconds. R. Grant (Washington nigh). 1912. ' ' . " 4(t yards 52 1-S seconds. '- Pelouse Otedford high). 1915. 880 yards 1 minute S 4-5 seconds, V: Windnaglo (Washington high). 1912. One mile 4 minutes '29 seconds, P; Wilson (Washington high), 1912. ' - 120 yard high hurdles 1 seconds, W, Mulrhead (Columbia university). 1911, 220 yard low hurdles 28 1-5 seconds, B. Bibee- (Jefferson high). 1912. " Broad jump 21 feet 7 Inches. Bounds (Bugene high). 1915. --- -- : High Jump 4 feet, J. Murphy (Colum bia university). 1918. Pole vault 11 feet 8 Inches, K. Spea row (Lincoln high), 1918. ' 12 pound shot put 46 feet. Xj. John son (Washington high), 1912.; Discus 109 feet 7 inches, - C Miller (Vancouver. Wash., high), 1911. Hammer throw 149 feet , 7 Inches, Foster (Dayton high) 1911, Javelin 152 feet M Inches, West (Bu gene high), 1918. . Half mile relay 1 minute S3 3-5 sec onds (Columbia university), 1912. Knockouts Many In Bay City San Francisco, May $. (U. P.) Knockouts were the order of the eve ning - at Dreamland last night. Jack Reeves stowed Walter Porsch away in the first and Sailor Mitchell did the same to Loe Kay. George Carter took the count from Joe Reilly and Johnny Commons lasted three rounds with Cyclone Williams. . In the main event, Joe Carroll lost the decision to Charley XJoyd. WINTEEBOTHAM -,; HUELS VIOlORY : FOR U. S. BANK First National Bank Team Uses : Baseball Contest; Schedule ; . Is Announced. . Windy" Wlnterbotham, twirling -for the United States National Bank base ball team.. let the First National Bank ball - tossers .down with six hits and four runs, while bis teammates were pounding Davis for six blngles and eight scores on the Vaughn street grounds, following the .. Pacific Coast Portland Seattle contest Tuesday. It was' the third game of the Portland Bankers' league for the 1919 season. Today the Hibernla, and Northwestern aggregations will clash on Vaughn street grounds, starting around 5 o'clock. Win terbotham and Matschner opposed Davis and Berry in the U. S. National-First National affair. Following Is the sched ule for the remainder of the season: -May 13 United States vs. Hibernia. r May 15 Northwestern vs. First Na tional. ' . - - 1 May 20 United States vs. North weotern. ' May 22 Hibernia vs. First National. May 27 United States vs. r First Na tional. .- j May 29 Hibernia vs. Northwestern, i June 3 United States vs. Hibernia, June 5 Northwestern vs. First Na tionaL June 10 United 'States vs. North western. June 12 Hibernia vs. First National. June 17 United States vs. First Na tional. . '.. :. . . . - June 19 Hibernia vs. Northwestern. -'June 24 United SUtea vs. Hibernia. J une 28 Northwestern vs. First National. Lincoln High Wins Game From H. S. 0. By Bally in! Ninth f ; ' 1 1 ; . - K spirited ninth Inning rally was all that saved the Lincoln high school ball team Wednesday en Multnomah Field is their annual baseball game against the Commerce high. The final count was 7 to 6. the winning tally coming in the last half of the final frame. ' t By the victory the Lincoln high team Is now tied with Jefferson high for the leadership of the Portland lnterscho lastic league, each with three wins and no defeats. ' : The score : It. II. E. Lincoln .....7 A 8 Commerce.... . 8 7 4 Batteries Lincoln ; Wright and Helmke and Enkalis. Commerce: Keppinger and Wagner. Umpire, Rankin. Japanese Sailor Is Facing Deportation - Astoria,' May Shlgemul Saito, a Japanese sailor, who Jumped overboard from the Japanese steamer Kalan Mara while coming down the river Tuesday evening, is held at the city jail for de portation. The sailor was making a des perate effort to stay in the country In defiance of the immigration laws, STAB ATHLETE 3 OF N. W. EETUEII FROM OVERSEAS Walter Hummel, Stir Hurdler of Multnomah Club, to Don v Track Suit Again. . Frert from, the battlefields of France, Sergeant Walter Hummel arrived thU morning in Portland with the detach ment from the 316th sanitary train. As a representative of the MultnomH Ama teur Athletic club, Hummel gained a national reputation through his hurdling over the quarter-mile distance. He won the Amateur Athietio uniin national title In 19l and in 1917 1 went east on a furlough while In tho service of Uncle Sam. but lack of con dition was against him. lis enlisted in the 164th field hospital June 4. 1917. sn i has been overseas more than ten month h. He will compete for the Winged "XV Institution -i fter being discharged. Other soldiers who arrived thin morn ing who won fame in. local athletics are Trivate Leonard L Kaufman, Frivol.' James M. Vranisan, Frederick Raymond Stipe. Samuel Cook, the sensation of the University of Oregon football team a few years ago. also wss listed amon:; those present today. Other Unlversiiy of Oregon stars In the 316th sanitary train are Orvtlle Montieth and KenntUi Bartlett, . " The men are on their way to Camp Lewis to receive their honorable dis charge and will leave shortly before mid night tonight for the cantonment. i Tis done. We have fought the good fight. We have won. So, let us rejoice, as becomes the Victors, i ' Put the Victory Loan over with a smash. Pay our debt of gratitude right royally. Come across like Men, Then face the future unflinchingly,. Readjust ourselves put our houses in order get down to Business. It is the pleasure and privilege of all motorists to get behind and push. As a matter of Loyalty and Judgment. . d Torg -