THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTL AND, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1919.
TAX INCREASE IS
GRANTED BY VOTE
IN CITY ELECTION
Complete Returns From Precincts
- Show That Majority of People
' Have Heeded to Demand.
LIGHT BALLOT IS RESULT
Assurance of Two Mill Additional
Tax Will Enable Municipality
to Keep Big Affairs doing.
ConitiniK-d Krom Pe One)
ministration funds with which to con
tinue their varied activities.
EC050MT IS PBOWIHED
Simultaneously with the assurance
, that the 2-mlll tax increase had been
passed by the voters Mayor Baker and
the city commissioners pledged the
exercise of strictest economy In earry
' ing on affairs of city administration.
"Our policy will be one of economy
close economy with our eyes ever on
tie finances of the city," declared Mayor
Baker. "We will view everything; care
' tally. Each department will be closely
scrutinized and trimmed if found neces
sary. The city will be carried on In
normal manner but our one big aim will
be to avoid and cut out unnecessary
, expenditures."
Mayor Baker further asserted that
there was Immediate need of additional
policemen. "I'll ask for a reasonable
number of additional patrolmen to guard
. the interests of the city."
DOM. ARM TO BE Ot'ARDED
"We will spend the money of the city
just as if it were the last ever to be re
ceived." said Commissioner Plr. In
pledging himself for economy. "This is
r no time for unnecessary expenditures
i, we must (ruard our dollars in hopes of
J gaining a balance to start next year
j wltli. I hope, however, that we car.
continue music in the city parks next
j summer."
I Pier will ask that salary increases in
i the amount of $40,000 be passed by the
lty council at its earliest opportunity.
He states that in many cases they will
be retroactive to Include several city
- employes from September on. Provision
will be made to increase salaries of com
mon "laborers of the city from a mini
mum of $4.10 a day to $4.50. The salary
Increase contemplated was provided for
"-In an old ordinance introduced by Com
missioner Pier. Increases in the fire
and police departments will be pro-
vlded for in the budgets if funds are
- available.
v MUST HEW TO THE LIXE
"We must hew to the line of financial
economy despite the 2-mlil tax in
" crease," declared Commissioner Blge
low. "No increases are contemplated in
the fire department although adequate
protection will be assured the people.
Economy that will be our watchword."
"I'll cut all possible in my depart
ments If I find It necessary to meet tha
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strict needs and duties of the city,"
voiced Commissioner Mann. "The coun
cil I am certain is united to curb un
necessary expenditures. I need, how
ever, a sanitary inspector of buildings
now that the new housing code has been
passed. We will know that every dol
lar spent is for an immediate and stress
ing necessity."
Work In preparing the budgets in the
various departments of city administra
tion started early this morning with
Mayor JJaker and the city commission
ers sitting in Joint session. The work
must be completed by Monday, Novem
ber 17.
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he do but become her
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NVESTIGATOR FREAR
ELS EMBARRASSED
(Continard From Pace One)
din. jarred the committee earlier in th
day. Addressing Chairman Frear and
referring to a statement telegraphed by
Frear and Magee to the secretary of
war while they were on the Pacific coast,
Cowdln exclaimed. "I don't believe you
meant the statement accusing the Spruce
Production officials . of incompetency,
but if you did it was one of the rot-
tenest statements ever made by a pub
lic official."
On Magee's motion this was stricken
from the record and Frear curtly dis
missed the witness.
Among significant testimony by DiSque
was a statement concerning Canadian
spruce production compared with the
American effort. He explained the Can
adian specifications, which permitted
shipments of material containing 50 per
oent actual airplane stock with no re
quirement for wing beam stock, whereas
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Auction stopped! the day after the ar
mistice, said Disque, but later approved
the recommendation of Colonel Stearns
to complete 14 miles of track, believing
then and now that not to do so would
be like building a house with the roof
left off.
Until two weeks ago he did not know
what lands the Milwaukee railroad
owned in the Northwest, -Jout he has
since obtained a map and finds that
fully 80 per cent are inaccessible to the
spruce railroad built as an extension
of the, Milwaukee system. Neither the
Warren Spruce company nor the t Grant
Smith-Porter company received' any
profit frontv the soldier labor on the
cost-plus contracts, he said.
Referring to criticisms by the Puget
sound loggers, Disque gave figures to
prove that their plans would have cost
the government $1,000,000 more than it
did to produce the 104,000,000 feet of
spruce actually turned out under the
cost-plus contracts, assuming equal ef
ficiency in operations.
Disque read a letter from C. A.
Blaney, chairman of the Michigan state
board of control, denouncing the charges
against the prison management at the
time Disque was warden as "malicious
lies."
DISQUE'S SIDE IGNORED
Out of 282 corporations with which
the spruce corporation had dealings,
said Disque, the ccri.ny.ttee ha? had only
three persons before it as wiuiessea and
only four others he has asked to have
called. Frear responded that the com
fnittee could not hear everybody.
"I'm going to stay with this thing,"
said Dtsque as a parting shot.
Other witnesses were Colonel George
Breece, 'who had immediate charge of
the cost-plus contract operations, and
John Cheever Cowdin. former assistant
liason officer to Major Fred'W. Lead
better in Washington. Cowdin contra
dicted various statements by -Charles R.
Sligh, Leadbetter's predecessor, con
cerning the production records and the
quality of airplane stock. He also de
nied the statement by C. E. Dant, Port
land exporter, alleging that a large pro
portion of the material snipped
worthless. Cowdin said the
was
French
lieutenant quoted by Dant told: him
otherwise
Cowdin said lie was instrumental In
bringing Disque to the attention of of
ficers of the American International
corporation, who later secured Disque
to manage one of their large subsidi
aries. The committee will meet again Friday
and expects to close the hearings with
two or three more sittings.
I. W. W., In which four former soldiers
were killed.
"National propaganda teaching Amer
icanism and the failure of I. W. W.tarn
should and must be started at once,"
Hanson said. "Let ths government ; ; - I
thoritles go ahead now under full steam. ,. ; I
Evidently '- that Hawaiian volcano, -Mauna
Loa. is trying to show up the
stage Imaginations now so popular.
Hanson Denounces
Red Tape. Policies
In Handling Reds
Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 18. (U. P.) "The
people out west are tired of red tape.
They want action and want it quick, '
Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seattle,
declared here in discussing the Cen
tralia. Wash., Armistice day clash with
04 j American shipments had to be one third
suiiaoie ior wing Deams.
"We could have shipped three Mmes
as much spruce if we had been working
under Canadian specifications," said
Disque.
Disque announced he had affidavits
concerning statements recently alleged
to have been made by Pendleton, who
was in charge of Canadian production, to
the effect that if "we can buet this
proposition." referring to spruce pro
duction property, "when the next ad
ministration comes in, we can get as
interest in it."
Disque told Frear that the effect of
the telegram sent by the majority of
the committee to Secretary Baker con
'cernlng the railroad properties was to
eliminate bidders. He knew of one offer
which was being prepared of three and
one half million dollars for Clallam
county property. It was never sub
mitted because of the committee's ac
tion, said Disque.
STATEMENTS HELD WttD
"I think you left here with a lot of
wild statements," Disque told the com
mittee, referring to the beginning of its:
investigation.
"You heard a lot of soreheads and let
them fill you with a lot of bunk, and
I don't wonder that you were preju
diced." Frear retorted that Disque started in
with wrong impressions about the com
mittee giving interviews and causing
strained relations.
"You have been so used to directing
things in the army that it seemed' you
wanted to direct this committee," said
the' chairman.
Disque. responding to questions by
Congressman Lea, Democratic member
of the sub-committee, entered denials of
the various statements heard by the
committee since Disque testified in Port
land. He said he never was "called on
the carpet" to Washington, but came al
ways at his own volition. He sought
no soft Job, he declared. Early 1n the
war Colonel Roosevelt invited him to
join the division of volunteers Roosevelt
wanted to raise, and he would have
been regimental, or probably brigade
commander had the plan gone through.
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Salaries Rise by
Library Board Made
Effective on Nov. 1
Salary Increases for library workers,
which were decided laat month to be
granted when the board passed on the
budget, will be effective from Novem
ber 1, 1919, according to action taken
at the monthly meetins of the board
last night.
ThiB will be contingent upon the granting-
of the levy asked by the library
from the county commission. The com
mission will not pass finally upon, the
levy before December SI, but as the
library'a fiscal year begins November
1. it was deemed best to let the in
creases be retroactive to that date.
All of the county commissioners have
unofficially declared themselves . heart
ily in favor of granting the .8 of
mill levy for the library.
- The annual meeting will be held next
monthT when two- new members will be
elected, to the library board and a suc
cessor to fill out the term ot Elliott
Corbett, resigned.
Order Bulbs Now
Our complete
Stock of French
and Dutch flow
jring Bulbs is
in and ready to
riant. Buy now
while stocks are
large and com
plete. Pamphlet Bulb
Culture indoor
and outside, and
descriptive cata
logue free.
Colored litho
graphs on dis
play at our store"
will help you se
lect the varieties.
Fern Special "7
Beautiful lot of Ferns and Plants
this week, with or without
Jardinieres.
145 Second SL, Near Alder
"I Think that Crescent
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Crescent produces light,
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baking.
The above statement was made by a user of
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for our Cook Book:
"I always worried to get things into the oven,"
she writes, ''as soon as possible before the raise
of the powder was over. But with Crescent 1
find this is not necessary. Another good thing
in favor of your Baking Powder is that I use
only about half as much as other baking pow
ders, and by buying the 5 -pound tin for one,
dollar I save 25c on every dollar's worth I pur
chase, and I find it keeps as good as ever. 1
tnink that Crescent Baking Powder is finel"
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Closing-Out Sale
Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Sweaters,
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To close out, all sizes, saving
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To close out, all sixes at ... .
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