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.9 i mm L - . , Polk County Must Pay Com monwealth $126,734, Commissioner Says OREGON LIST $7,200,830 .... State Expenses for 1926, Minus - Special Levies, Estimated at - f3,l&4,la08, De ficit Forecast Taxpayers of Marion county will .' be 'compelled' to contribute $312,891.41, and taxpayers!- of Polk , county 1126,734.62, for sUte purposes during, the year 1926, according 'to announcement made here last night by the state tax commissioner,- .'". ; '' h'"" The special taxes for 1926, as Included in the levy follow; Agricultural college, $743, 682.94. SUte university, $557,762.20. Normal schools, $65,072.26. Elementary school fund, $2, 169.074.24. . V . ' ; , ; Market roads, $1,084,537.62. Soldiers bonus, $542,268.81. Taxpayers of the state of Ore gon will provide a total of $7,200, 830.79 for state purposes during the year 1926. Approximately $2,038,431.72 of . this amount comes within the six per cent tax limitation amend ment, and was levied by the state - tax commission. The remaining $5,162,399.07 represents special : tax levies made mandatory by law. The 1926 levy is '$292,000 less, than that "for the year 1925. A summary prepared by . the state tax commission last night showed that the tax for the year) 1926 within the six per cent lim itation is approximately $115,483 . In excess of that in 1925. The special levies show a decrease of approximately $400,000,Twhen compared with these levies for 1925. This decrease was made possible, it was said, becaase of the action of the last legislature In 'reducing the- levy for the sol diers bones fund br"one-halt milL r The resultant reduction In this ax for 1926 Is $542,268 when compared with' that for 19 2 5. Despite the levy authorized by the state tax commission there will be a deficit of $480,000 to meet the actual needs of the state in 1926. ; - This deficit will result from re strictions Imposed by the six per cent limitation amendment. . Necessities of the state for all governmental - functions during the year1926, other than those covered, by special millage levies, uwere estimated at $5,194,198.68. -This amount is partly offset by an item of $575,267.76 which rep resents surplus funds on hand. This reduces the amount to be "raised to $4,618,930.92. Fees to be received by the state from various sources, together with thB unexpended balances,' was- esti mated at $2,099,635.85. . nt tht huance hf S2.519.294. 97 -.only $2,038,431.72 can? be raised ' under the six per e'ent limitation ' Amendment. The Actual deficit. as1 estimate by the state tax com mls8ioner, will be $280,863.26. fThe amount apportioned for collection In the several counties fo)low: ' ; Baker. 3151.714.30: Benton. $106,255.46; Clackamas, $326, 939.32; Clatsop $194,285.62; Columbia. $118,468.07; Coos, : $173,230.39; Crook,;$37,941.18; Carry, I $28,709.71; , Deschutes, $83.385.62; Douglas, $205,- 425.30; . Gilliam, , $ 6 6 ,2 8 3.6 5 ; Grant; $50,045.77;' Harney. $59. 255.64; Hood River, $67,320.57; Jackson. $19 5,178.52 ' Jefferson, - . $$5,975.35; Josephine,- $52.- 530.06; Klamath. $156,366.04; Lake." $68,343.08; Lane;. $306,- 849.00; Lincoln; $38,449.14; Linn $220,547.05;- Malheur, ,$93.. s (Continued itom ja 1.) 1 ; BiW-SlAMRS Christmas letters and Christ mas cards ' bearing this seal carry true Christmas spirit. "" Four - downtown booths will open Monday, at . Kafoury's. Stiff's, Miller's and Bank of Commerce. ' ' Receipts through the mail to date are $568 . " Buy seals now."' mil HURT. UJSJ8 HOURS MISS BESSIE MAY FOUND LYIXG IX BED WEAK - After lying in bed for eigh teen hours, unable to move be cause of an injury' to her knee. Miss Bessie May, a dressmaker, was found in her rooms in the Breyman building at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Miss ..May was discovered by one .of her customers who called the Gold en ambulance and had the woman taken to " a hospital where she 'is resting comfort ably; Miss May fell and injured her knee Thursday afternoon, although she did not think it wag serious. She went to her rooms to rest and found" she was unable to rise. No one was near to hear her cries for help and she gradually weak ened. ; At. the hospital last night sne was said to be easily. resting CONSUL WILL BARE HUGE 0PJUM SMUGGLING RING TRANSACTIONS TOTALING MIL. ' f'OXS AR DESCRIBED i Opium Graft Declared to Be Bottom of Present Chinese Conflict at HONOLULU, Dec. 11. (By As sociated Press.) Opium smuggl ing transactions totaling millions oi aonars win be described to the state department at Washington wnen George G. Fuller, American vice consul at Teheran. Persia, reaches Washington, he disclosed here In an interview while the lin er President Cleveland, on which he is a passenger was In port a few nours. Mr. Fuller said he would report tne arrest in BOshire, Persian sea port, of A. M. T. Woodward, an American citizen, and seizure of a suitcase of Woodward's papers re vealing how an international hing was 'smuggling high grade Persian opium into China. aboard Chinese warships; how crates of opium. part of which ultimately ; was smuggled into the United States and other' coua tries. were guarded Dy soldiers of ; the Chinese army: how graft derived from, the trade by Chinese officials is a present cause of conflict between opposing leaders in Chekiang province on the east coast Of China; and how the smuggling ring dickered to se-. cure the favor of each new Chin ese regime. Among other ' things. Mr. Fuller told of three huge ship ments of opium into China shortly before the arrest of Woodward last October. The shipments were conservatively valued he said, at 10,000,000. The consular offi cer declared every trans-Pacific liner had opium aboard despite the dogged searches made by the United States customs officials. Mr. Fuller's home; is in Roches ter, N. Y. He succeeded the late Major Robert Imbrte a Teharan, after the latter had been slain there by religious fanatic's. CRASH VICTIM RESTING TWO HURT WHEN CAR HITS AUTO TOWING LINE Good- Samaritan result ed in serious injuries to Theodore Reuss and nearly fatal injuries to W. E. Smiggs- Thursday evening at Brunk's corner. They were en deavoring to tie a tow rope on a stalled car containing two Willam ette university - women when George Eberting of Dallas crashed Into them. " Smiggs sustained serious head injuries. Reuss sustained an in jured knee and leg. Eberting was traveling, east, and did not see the men or the machines until it was too late. . The girls had stopped for gas, but were unable to start again. Smiggs and Reuss, salesmen from Portland, offered to tow them to Rlckreall. The tow rope was at tached, butbroke. The men were hitching It up again when the ac cident took place. - - They were rushes to a. Salem hospital. . Smiggs, condition was Jound" to be- ' serious enough to make it necessary for him to stay at the hospital His condition' is reported to be fair. and he Is not considered to be In any Immedi ate danger. ! . FIRE DESTROYS ELKO '-y-.-r '-.vr ;- : ; - - FERNIE, B, C. Dec. 11. Two hotels, two general stores, a pool room, a cafe, a second hand store and a tailor shop were burn ed at Elko. iO miles cast of here today. Loss was put at $50,000. . MINE TOLD 31 BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 11. (By Associated Press). With miner from Overton mine No. 2 the recovery of the 'last negro of the Alabama Fuel & Iron com pany tonight, the number of iden tified d dead in Thursday's exnlo ' reached $1,' ' ' ' ' sion IIEBITICE TAX COMES UNDER FUSE Provision of Revenue Reduc tion Bill Is Debated for ' Five Hours . SPOKESMEN NOT LACKING Representatives From Both Par ties Rally to Support of Measure; Republicans Lead Attack WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (By Associated - Press.) The inheri tance provision of the revenue reduction bill came under fire in the house" again today but the five hours of debate, as on previ ous days, trought considerable support . for ho measure from spokesmen of both parties. "Rep resentatives 'Ramseyer of Iowa and Simmons of Nebraska, 're publicans, carried on the attack opened yesterday by Representa tive Frear,' republican, Wiscon sin, against the -50 per cent cut in the maximum inheritance rate, and also opposed the ' provisions to give an 80 per cent credit In settlement of the' federal Inheri tance levr on', account of the amount" paid on a similar state tax. Chairman Green of the ways and means committee which had framed the $325,000,000 tax re duction measure, replied that the committee had concluded that the states needed revenue from this tax, but with several not impos ing any such levy it was felt that the federal government . should retain control over it and allow the 80 per cent credit. "For every dollar . the taxpay ers of Nebraska will benefit, by this," Mr. Simmons said, "those In New York benefit $8. We men who right the agricultural states cannot support this provision -of the bill." Mr. Ramseyer, who sponsored (Continued on pars 2) HUSKY ELtVEN TO PLAY WASHINGTON 0"TAI PART JN PASADENA CONTEST SEATTLE. Dec. 11. (By As sociated Press.) Alabama's crim son tide and Washington's purple tornado will vie for football su premacy January 1 at the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Cal. -The University of Washington Champion of the Pacific coast in tercollegiate confercence, which concluded Sunday that it could not nartirinate In the Atlantic- Pacific contest at Pasadena, and then decided, On an appeal by the conference to reconsider the mat ter, today accepted here in the an nual meeting 6f the conference The University of Alabama which had already signed a con tract to play in the game, was formally invited, and a formal acceptance was- rendered. IN j. ' . . ........ .rr..! (. ' - m. - . - . MP0RTANT DISCOVERIES i ' ,y- -;i i -4-- .'V, ' t: r" MADE IN SAHARA DESERT RESULTS OP THE EXPEDITION ELATE ARCHAEOLOGISTS Tomb Believed to bo That of Le gendary Ancestresa ' of. ; Tuarega Kings PARIS, Dec. 11. (By Associat ed Press). The discoveries made In the Hoggar country of the Cen tral Sahara by Count Byron Kun de Prorok and his De Prorok- Beloit' college expedition, came before the academy of inscriptions of the French institute today and aroused " more interest among members of that body than the scheduled election of a new mem ber of the'academy.' " Professor Stephane Gsell of the College of France, an authority, on North African archaelogy, read his report on the discovery of (he tomb which Count de Prorok be lieves is that of Tin Hanan, the legendary ancestress of the Kings of the Tuaregs, the strange white race of the Central Sahara. : ; The discussion showed a divi sion of opinion among the scien tists as to the antiquity of Tin Hanan's tomb although all agreed on its importance te archaelogy. Salomon Reinach, conservator of the national museum or St. Ger main, called it the "greatest dis covery and richest tomo ; ever found In . North Africa outside Egypt." He placed the date: of the tomb about 500 B. C. The Abbe Chabot, noted Orientalogist, however, said it dated f rob "about the time of Christ. M. Gsell, who said he had been misquoted by French and Ameri can newspapers, asserted the tomb could not have been made earlier than 1,000 B. C, because of the iron objects found in it, but said be thought it more likely that.it dated from the ninth or tenth cen tury of the Christian era. (Dis patches from Paris quoted M. Gsell as saying that Tin Hanan lived in the fifteenth or sixteenth century of our era). His report referred to the "rich harvest of archaelogical and lin guistic documents brought back" by the expedition. The so-called "Libyan Venus' which Count de Prorok , andLJl aiaas t nougat Deiongea to tne Aurignacian epoch about 1,000 B. C, ound near the tomb, has been set aside for study by the acad emy of inscriptions, which will make an official report within two or threeweeks. Other materials from the tomb also will be gone over carefully by this learned body. CRITICISM BANNED SEATTLE, Dec. 11. (By Asso ciated Press). Neither coaches nor officials of schools represent ed in the Pacific coast Intercol legiate athletic conference will be permitted to criticize the work of referees in' future games, it wasJ decided at a meeting of the con ference here tonight HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS ! FRENCH FINANCE HEAD FINDS SLEDDING HARD M. LOUCHEUR'S PREDICTION ALREADY COMIXQ TRUE Statement That ' He Would "Most Unpopular Man in - France," Verified Be PARIS, Dec. 11. (By Associat ed Press.) M." Loucheur's proph ecy when he assumed charge of the ministry of finance that his fiscal measures would make him the most unpopular man in France already is being realized. His fin ancial bills are meeting with grow ing opposition in parliamentary quarters. He spent virtually the entire af ternoon explaining to his ministers and the finance committee of the chamber of deputies but apparent ly failed to convince the majority of the committee. Expert parlia mentarians say1 the political fate o fthe finance minister may be greatly compromised when the bills reach the oratorical and vot ing stage i nthe open chamber. The piecemeal introduction in to the chamber of Loucheur's seven financial bills, five of them hav ing been deposited with M. Her rlott, president of the chamber, since Monday and the remaining two still being' revised, has caus ed much criticism In the chamber, where the, measures themselves are unpopular. The bill introduced today deals with a method of security conver sion that will be offered to holders of government bonds. By the terms the holders of the present, 4, o, and 6 per cent french in- 4AMHAS 1 1 . .... iciuiiuuuai Donas would be per mitted to convert them into a sin gle 5 per cent security which would be accepted by the government in sieaa or cash in the payment of inheritance taxes. In addition to the opposition shown by the finance committee the attitude of several important poiiucal groups aoes not augur well for the future of he legisla tion which the finance minister has prepared. He has made it known that his projects are sub Ject to amendments and this con cession has been seized upon avid ly by the socialists. r ;tThy , Hx& prepared. ,, couater projects which, if accepted, would make M. Loucheur's original measures conrpletey Inoperative. LELAND CARL IS DEAD HUBBARD YOUTH LOSES FIGHT FOR RECOVERY Leiand Carl, 16, died in Deacon esfi hospital last night from in juries received when his roadster left the highway and urned com pletely over a mile north of Horse shoe park oh Wednesday. Ydung Carl was rushed imme diately to Salein, and was report ed 'merely hovering between life and death until yesterday when slight improvement was noted. He was sinking .later, and passed away last night. BIKII POLICY B FIRE State Board j Spends Day Hearing Charges, Denials, New Charges FULL FACTS ARE SOUGHT W. B. Haines, PoitHand National Bank, Accuses; Siate Super intendent; Hearing to , Continue Thuiday f Removal of Frank Bramwell, state superintendent of '.bank, was demanded by W.? B. Haines and, other officials of the Portland Na tional bank, at a speci 1 meeting of the state banking qoard hejld here Friday. Membem' of Jtfhe banking board j are j Gover nor, Pierce, Secretary of Sba(e ' Koaej and State Treasuner Kay. After a full day sjent tn hear ing the charges preferred by Mr. Haines and his associates, denials and counter charges by Mr. Bram well, and statenients by a number of country bankers, it was decided to continue the Investigations un til next Thursday.1 At that time all witnesses will testify under oath and only testimony pertinent to the charges lodged' against the state banking superintendent will be admitted. ) The principal jchalrges lodged against Mr. Bramwell were that he had discriminated ; against , the Portland National bfink through his refusal to permit .the institu tion to act as a reserve agency for state banks, and that lie had writ ten a series of letters in' which he sought to have one of hjis employes established as owner ,of an , uni dentified depository on terms to be dictated by the state superin tendent of banks; Tlliese letters were said to have been sent to the board of directors' of tha unidenti fied institutions. . The original letters over the signature of Mr. ;Bramtwellv were submitted to members of the bank- injt board but later were with drawn with the understanding that copies Ul4hem ' ouldbeprepared or tne state snperratemaent oi banks and introduced in evidence at the hearing herer next week. Although neither Mr. Haines nor his associates attempted to charge fraud on the part of Mr. Bramwell in connection with the letters, it was intimated by the complainants that if the proposal contained therein had been carried to a successful conclusion, there would have been ample opportun ity for the state superintendent of banks and his friends to derive a substantial profit.; Mr. Bramwell, in defense of the intimations' that ; the letters in question were written through sel fish or fraudulent -motives, declar ed that the proposal to dispose of the unidentified bank, was approv ed by its directors and waa pre pared at the request of its presi dent. Mr. Bramwell was emphat ic in his statement that the let ters-over bis signature contained merely the terms of the purchase; as outlined by the' prospective buyer. He denied that either he or any of his friends or associates had entertained tW thought that they would profit 'by the transac tion. ''It has been the policy of the state banking department to pro- ( Continued on page 8.) COMPANY M REUNITES FORTY-FIVE VETERANS JOUf FOR ANNIVERSARY Forty-five veterans of the World war were present 'at the reunion of company M held last night at the Gray; Belle. This' ref union included several visitors from, other companies. Captain Roy Neer presided! at the banquet. Commencing at; 8 o'clock, -the reunion lasted until 1 1 o'clock. The general program of the even ing consisted "of music and short responses td toasts. . Those called uppn for speeches were Col. Carle Abrams of-Com pany M, Bill HInes. quartermaster sergeant of company L, Captain Henry Miller .of; ccmpany A, Aubrey Jones of company M, Bob Perlicvh of company M and Aub rey Tussing of company M. ? Aubrey Jones rf turned but two months ago from a trip to France. He recounted to the boys the ciir. rent conditions of the county as compared to the conditions at the lime when, the boys were over there." ' 'It is expected that only 35 men would be on handj --. WHEAT PRICES BREAK CHICAGO, Dec. ill. (By Assc elated Press). --Wheatk prlces-nn- aerwent a saarp.preak toaay as selling orders . neat the end of the board of trade session was dis closed a'pa'nia In demand!' Prices went down three centsr pSI blotter 'IhIws DRY LAW CASES FALL 50 PER CENT IN MONTH " Traffic Violations Decrease When Compared Whh October Sum - 13 Reports for the month- of Oc 1 6ber and the month' of; Novem "ber, just made" out. by. Frank Mlnto, chief of Salein police,, re veal that qrime in, general is on the decrease. Total number of complaints and reports on the police blotter tor ' October were 219 as compared to 203 'forr No vember. ' v. Drunkeaess is on "the decrease. judging. from the report.. In Oc tober, Zl arrests on charges of In toxication vrere- made, and only 15 In November. Thirteen men1 were arrested for possession of intoxicating liquor in October, as compared to only 5 In - Novem ber. V . Traffic violations In October I reached 53, while In November but 40 were reported. The com plete reports of the two months follow: '' . . ' October Report, Number of complaints and re ports on police blotter, 219. Total number of accidents report ed, 150. Number of: arrests on felony, charges, 2. Number of ar rests for being drunk, 31. Num ber of arrests for traffic viola tions, 53. Total number of ar rests. 109. . - ' " " Total number of days In jail sentenced, 120. Number of meals served the city prisoners, ' 2 8 8 . Number of people given beds 64. Number of burglaries", 1. Re ports of larceny, 8. ' Total number of autos stolen, ; 4. Total 'num ber of.autos recovered, 4,. Total number of bicycles stolen, 6. ' Total number ' of bicycles brought In, 1. Total number of officers, special . reports,' 43. Amount of fines imposed for traf fic violations; $320. :' Total amount of fines imposed by city Judge4 Poulsen, 12390. . . v T:t i November Report. ' Number .of 'complalnts'and re ports on., the police blotter, .203. Total number,, of -caccidaBiUy. ro norted. 184. NUmber.b'f arrests on felony charges, 3. "Number of, arrests fpr intoxication, 15.. Num ber of arrests for possession of Intoxicating liquor, 5. Number of arrests for traffic violations, 40. Total number, of arrests, 84. Total number of days In jail sen tenced, 30. Number of meals served to city prisoners, ltl. Nuraher of people glvea beds, 131. Total number of burglaries, 31 Reports of larceny, 15. ' Total number of autos stolen, 7. Total number of autos' recov ered, 7. Number of autos recov ered here ' reported stolen from other cities. 2.- Total number of bicycles stolen 8. .Total number of bicycles brought in, 2. Total number of officers special re ports. 50. Amount of fines Im posed "for traffic' violations, $177.5u. foM , .amount of ; fines imposed - by city Judge. Poulsen, $4S7.50. 4 i'lf - NO! NQI JEFSTAY t)UT UtS. MUTT EXCLUDED FROM liADIES AUXIMARV i, .. .'v .Augustus Mutt, lanky creation of Bud Fisher, was taken offici ally into .the Salem Longfellows club last night when the members met for a banquet at the Marlon hotel. . Some one proposed, that Jeff, iliustrons 'pal of the lonit-nosed Lion Tamer', be takn in as hon orary member and mascot of the Salem club. But Immediate re monstrances were voicecL; on the grounds - that tef f has had alto gether too much- fun already at Mutt's expense;' . r -; -t . It was -voted . unanimously that Mrs. Mutt should not be given membership,' eveaTth 'the woman's auxiliary, as she has been too long addicted to the user of the rolling pin.- :;-;-4;:.r;?-t.:v i W,- W. Rosebraugh. was toast master for the evening Several of the members were called upon to propose toasts.,. Dr. Bates, re sponding to a': toast,' intimated that the toast,- like the legs of the members, was too long on the toaster, and was slightly hnrnedC Phpherd and ; McGllchrrst sang a lew; duet, numbers. . Manley Brass and ' Robert Newsome ren dered solos. Miss Jean Hobson accompanied on the piano. . ; i BOYS ARE ENTERTAINED . j The , boys and, o'ffickls of- the state training school were enter tained by the De Molay dramatUS players in "A Pair of Sixes,"' pre sented at the industrial school last night. Tbe play: wa greatly en joyed by the boys, ,-ft win be pre sentee: at tne Heiiiir theater here Wednesday, December 1C, MUnHflY CASE WILL GOTO N COIT 22 Year Old Oregon Despe,rr ado js' Nbt to Kace Gal- : .ows on 0eceml)cr-18 . WRIT OF APPEAL! StGliD, . Certificate of Probable Cause Is ' sued By' 8uprraie Court " Justices;' Alleged Er-x rors" Aro Cited' ; . Tom Murray, convict ; who Is undcrjleath' sentence for .the part he played-, rn the breab at the. Ors--gon state ; penitentiary hier on August -iz, wm not pe executes on December 18 of this year as decreed' 'by Judge.-Percv Kelly Of the Marion county circuit court. This was -determined here : yes terday' when a certificate of prob able cause foT appeal of the. Mur ray case to- the 4 state " supreme court u aieiind bv f threa ' meili- .. bera of the court: Members" u the cO u rt wh o signed the 'certifi cate were Chief Justice McBrlde and Justices Bean' and Rahd.- Re quest for the certificate 6t prob able, cause' was flledr by Will R. King of Portland, who represent ed Murray et the ' Ome of tat trial. The certificate was opposed ' by District. Attorney; John H. Car son ot Marlon county. In snhmitting ' his -. application for a tertificate of probable cause Attorney King- cited a number of alleged errors of lawv in the low er 'court and contended that Hur ray could not be hanged legally under the Oregon statutes and the constitution5 until' he ' had served out his penitentiary sentence of 20 years for bank robbery com mitted in Lane' "county, v Judge Kelly yesterday declined to sign a certificate' of probable" cause 'on the showing made by Judge King la" his court. . f V nr c; ' Based on the time required la disposing of appeals In other mur- . der;a8es in recent years It proh ably will Ue 18 months bftorn the fate of the defendant is -deter nv . ine4 finally by-the; supreme court The 1 records ' shor that'out ; of eight appeals In murder cases dur ing the past few years stx of the defendants remained In prison for more than ono year pending a de cree of the higher eourt.'' . ' Ikturray was convicted In 5. the Ration ; countv cdrduftcanrt' ere a few weeks ago bt 'first degtee inurder in." connection ",w!ta ! the death of . John. Sweenejr, fuard. during the break at" the prison, Two other convicts, XUsworth Keftey an4' James' "yyrXios, also- are under death sentence for the part they piayeo m. tne crime.. . Jho three : convicts also were indicted for the slaying of Milton R. Holman, another guard at the prison, but they wereii not tried on this charge. -v f--- Under the certificate of prob- (Ctntinatd a psc SV SHOPPING? Only 10. MJore Shopping Days Till Christinas! Making out your shop-; ping" list; Santa? Don't ' forget, some little folks Ji Jnst becaase their mothers an4 ' fathers -if . they , have any are . poor, i ; rAsyou gor'to"-'ahop,put down the first Item, little, gift for the unknown . fellow,"' who ' needs, Christ-1 .f Iiakethat tlrst errand a Uttleigiftr too : the Sutes , inatt. Associated Charities ; Christmas' Fund "'ThattrlU add joy to your shopping. :- Glfte Salem Ad Club . ...f 10.00 V Lane, Morley , . , . . , .1.00 . Unknown $ 1.00, ?T6mf Wash Rack: . . ;t2ZO Anna S. Kantner ....$lH) ' ' Cash .fl.oo A Friend .....$ 1 .00 :;i Friend T...:r...i. oo " Only' to more shopping - Cays-tttl Christmas! - -