CIRCULATION Ayerage for Quarter Ending December 11. 11 54 S 8 . Member Audit Bureau ot Circulation Associated Preae Full Leased Wire WEATHER FORECAST Oregon : Tonight and Thurs day fair, continued colder, gentle northerly winds Maximum 45 Minimum 31 nvrAP xtna , .nT nmrnTirgnAv taxtttapv7 loon EIGHT PAGES. PRlCE2CENTS. e l ' . OF SELF-STYLED DEPORTATION Agreement Ending AD R.S0I I CASE ENVOY ORDERED Strike Is RaMedmiim W MD JURORS Order For Arrest Of Alleged Columbus, O., Jan. 7. The miners talf en on the motion oQ president inconventlon here today voted to rat-'Murray ot the Pennsylvania miners If y. the compromise agreemeat offer-organization that the report of the: ed by President Wilson In the coal international officers be accepted. Ac- miners strike and appointed a com-:cording to Acting President Lewis, the ratification carries with it acceptance of any award to be made by the pre- The vote was a plea for ratification. The vote was, 1,639 for ratification to 221 against. 'mission to draw up a new wage agree- merit. i i iir vulc wvtia lancii iiihl i i," i l i i noon I noiW Of nniTiniHP.lStS III after Acting President Lewis had made sidenfs commission. LllUUVl v w United States Issued By Justice Department (Associated Press Leased Wire) Washington, Jan. 7. A warrant for the arrest and deportation of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled ambas sador of the Russian soviet govern in, 'lit, has been ordered executed by the department o fjustlce. Martens, regarded, officials say, as the real leader of the Communist imtv in the United States, was said i, he in Washington. His arrest was exneoted soon. Determination of the government to take Martens into custody was defi nitely made after all evidence which had a bearing on activities of the Rus sian soviet bureau in New York had been assembled by Assistant Attorney General Garvin. .Martens came to Washington near ly a week ago from New York and -v. ith his secretary and other assistants lias occupied a suite at a local hotel. Abe Ruef Free; Good Behavior Cuts Sentence To ReoiK-u Ellis Island Washington, Jan. 7. To provide a place of concentration for the radical aliens taken In the recent raids by the department of justice, the department of labor today took steps to reopen El lis Island, New York, to its full ca pacity. Assurances have been received that sufficient funds will be forthcoming from congress. San Francisco, Jan. 7. After hav ing been at liberty on parole since August 25, 1915, Abraham Ruef, for mer political boss of- San Francisco who was convicted of bribery after a sensational attempt to overthrow the distrct attorney, was freed of all pa role prohbitions today. Today marked the completion of Kuef's 14 year term which his cred its reduced to 8 years and ten months. He was committed to San Quentin penitentiary March 8, 1911. For the first time in approximately 12 years, counting the period of his incarceration in the county jail while awaiting trial Ruef may visit a cafe where liquor is permitted, may leave the city without a permit and may sign a contract. Eugene E. Schmitz, who was mayor during Ruef's period as boss, was convicted of extortion also in connec tion with ' Ruef's activities, but tho conviction was overturned by the i slate appellate court. DRAFT DODGER 01 SOUGHT BY . POLICE, CAUGHT Rural Dance Halls, Capital Punishment And Dangerous RaHroad Crossings Enter Into Report To Court. PARTY WILL ASSURE OF L Washington, Jan. 7.' indorsing President Wilson's stand on . a kept the 0f(lcers at bay for sev me peace treaty ana cuiiimeiiums i eri hours. '- "r -. .. To Pace Court Martini. Young Bergdoll was taken to the federal building and locked up. Hearings Arc Sot. New York, Jan. 7. Hearings In the cases of more than 500 alleged reds held at Ellis Island on deporta tion proceedings began today before immigration Inspectors. They were taken singly from the detention quar ters to small shearing rooms where a stenographer recorded their test! It-'ron H. Vhl. acting commissioner efforts to establish a, league of peace at the island, estimated that the force Is to be laid before the democratic of inspectors could complete from1 .national committee at its meeting o thirty to forty hearings daily unless morrow with the backing of the com the extremists prove recalcitrant and mittee officials. interpose technical objections. " unyuu.is At least three New York lawyers said Chairman Cummings today, after !,,. have made a specialty of defend- consulting with various party leaders, in- reds Since raids began in Novem-"the resolution will be so clear as to her are ready to conduct protracted .leave no doubt about our position. We proceedings are behind the president." W hen deportation Is finally ordered The announcement that formal ac .... ,n., ,.., ek to hrlmr his case be tion by the committee would be sought f,,,- nnnn. hv ha hens oomus iiro-iwas taken as enhancing the prospect , dings. i,,,at the treay would become an i ,,. '.-,1- tiAaa n...w.,i in recent live campaign issue. The general raids are likely to he released on ball pectation was soon. Serret.irv Wilson has decided , would adopt upon J 1 0 0 0 cadh as the amount (Associated Press Leased Wire) Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7. Grover Bergdoll. one of the two brothers ac cused of draft dodging and who have been sought by the police for the last two years, was arrested In his motn er's home here today. Detectives broke into the house"by the front and rear entrances. While one of the men wrested a revolver from Mrs. Bergdoll, mother of the two accused men, the others went through the house and found Grover wrapped in a blanket, hiding In a box seat. Escaped Two Years Ago. Grover escaped two years ago in a high powered motor car and reports reached this city that he was seen in various sections of the west. He sent impudent messages, written on post cards to the authorities. Once he was seen in Mexico and again In Cuba. He was provided with a large sum of money. His mother, Mrs. Emma Rergdoll, is the widow of a wealthy brewer Although born In this country, the Bergdolls were of German descent and declared they would never fight against Germany. Mrs. Bergdoll was arrested several times on the charge of obstructing the draft, Later Mrs. Bergdoll was arrested nhi -crai with nhstructlnsr lustlce A resolution,,,. ..mi,,1c it wnH nlleeed. she I NEW PEACE PROPOSAL SUGGESTED BY LENINE -The Marion county grand Jury makes various recommendations and findings to Circuit Judge Percy R. Kelly, department No. 1, in a report filed late Tuesday afternoon. Rural dance Jialls, poorly protected railroad crossings and capital punishment were subjects of the grand jury's re turn, i The charges made by J. A. Ander son concerning ine auegea miscon- behavlor of an employe of the state school for feebld minded was appar ently not given consideration by the grand jury. While the Jury was in session, many witnesses were called before the Jury and a special trip to the school for feeble minded was made. Anderson, as a former employe of the Institution had aroused state wide interest in his allegations by writing letters to Governor Olcott and to District Attorney Max Gehlhar. Public Laxity Seored The grand Jury report recommends the reconsideration of the capital punishment question by popular vote. statingr . ! ' "The grand jury rurtner yecom mends .that the legislature re-submlt to the people the constitutional ques tion of capital punishment." Severely arraigning public laxity which permits the evasion, of Juvenile and common decency codes by the toleration of public dance halls, es tablished beyond the scope of city regulation; the grand jury reported observations concerning rural dance halls. Spurred to activity by numerous complaints and by reports made by city and county authorities and per sons interested m Juvenile protection, the Jury called numerous witnesses during the session now terminated. Testimony was received which estnb llshod that the condjjet of patrons of Tho hall was questionable especially as to occurrances in the vicinity of the dance halls and in journeying to and from these amusement resorts. Control Is Needed That persons 'under age were jible to attend these dances at later hours than permitted under city ordinances whs another feature of various com ! nluints entered, and also that the greater portion of patronage Is re crulted from Salem and nearby towns Rural dance hulls near Salem are, the Auburn hall and the halls near Che mawa and I.Ivesley stations. The evi halls did not oh- Twenty Churches Represented At Big Conference Atlantic City, N. J.. Jan. 7 Near ly twenty proteatant denominations are represented at the opening session today of the co-ordination conference of the Inter-church world movement. Nearly one thousand delegates were on hand when Dr. John R. Mott, gen eral secretary ot the Y. M. C. A. rap ped for order. Among those In at tendance are 11 bishops of the Meth odist Episcopal church. Representing the Philippines are many heads or church boards and field workers in the new era movement. The primary object of the great con ference is the coordination of the ex penditures of the protestant denomi nations with a view to avoiding waste and the overlapping of effort. The opening session was devoted to some extent to presentation of for eign surveys, designated to show the needs of Asia and other foreign fields. Rev. F. W. Bible of New York, forecast a homeogenous Chinese em pire stretching from Siberia to the Pacific coast, and including Malaysia. MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER KILLS : OIL EMPLOYEE Gabriel Porter American Citizen Employed Bv Penn-Mex Company, Shot At Tuxpam, December 21. Advices To State Department Say; Total Of 20 Deaths Reported From Tampico District Since April 1917. T RAIN CRASHES T HRU WEAKENED (Associated Press leased Wire) Washington, Jan. 7. Gabriel Por ter, an American cltlsen In the employ of Penn-Mex company, was shot and killed by a Mexican federal army o ftcer at Tuxpam on December II, ac cording to advices received oy me state department today, from the Am erican consul at Tampico. The consul Immediately was order ed to report further Information and If the circumstances warranted to urge 'the local authorities In the Tampico dlsrlct to arrest and punish the guilty person. SO Americans mucu. BRIDGE; 20 HURT Mobrldge, S. D., Jan. 7. A score of persons traveling In day coaches were injured about fifty miles west of here last night, when the west bound Columbian passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul road broke through a small bring near Watauga. Twenty five vlctfms MEXICO CALLED Oil TO APPREHEND AND Washington. Jan. 7. The Mexican government has been called upon by th state deDartment to use very This makes a total ot !0 Americana .,.. UOBHble to apprehend and pun- killed In the Tampico district by Mex-lim tne nvunlerer ot yJ. Honey and leans since April 7, 1917. Klghteen ofjKHrl u0wlea, American oil men In the them were employes of American oil companies. Yesterday the consul at Tampico re ported the murder of F. J. Roney and Karl Bowles, oil men employed in me Tampico oil field. ' Immediately upon reoeipi yesxerauy ot the ieport of the murders, the Am lean embassy at Mexico City wa In structed to urge the Mexloan govern. Tampico fields. The state department !ment to take prompt steps to brine; the immediately instructed the embassy at, murderers to Justice. ii Mexico City to urge the Mexican gov- consul at Tampico was urged to get eminent to take prompt steps o bring action by local authorities. ih ntv to lustlce nnd similar ac- The dispatch to the state department tlon by the department In the case Mia the two men were murdered near were brought here today. Ten are porter was expected when the con- qulte seriously Injured ably will recover. but all prob- Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 7. Twenty persons were Injured, several seri ously, early today, when several cars of passenger train No. 17 sul had reported additional Informa tion. Accident Report False Washington. Jan, 7, The Mexican were killed. authorities first reported that Porter Port Tjohos and that their bodies were discovered January 5. They were em ployes of the International Petroleum company and were supposed to have had the company's payroll when they 17 on the Chi- had been accldcntly shot by a compan cago, MliwauK.es ana hi. j-hui '. ion In a party roturning irora s osnuo. known as the Columbian, went thru investigation by the Penn-Mex offl a burning bridge two miles from Ma- cinia anj by the American consul was tauira. S. D. The train was west bound Several of the victims were broug.it to Mobrldge on a special y-ain. Meager reports rewivwu im nvin Mobrldge saldUhat the "locomotive and first few coaches" of the long train passed safely over the bridge, when it collapsed. The coaches and sleepers were alt of steel construction and none caught fire. It was said. uii.l to have deevloped. however, that fhe was Bhot by an army officer. Por ter's home wns In Fullerton, Cal. released by the immigration aulhori I: s. In some eases they were found i lie citizens and in others it develop ed that there had been improper iden-.uiealion. Stockholm, Jan. 7. Nikolal Lenlne. ao- Russia,, bolshevik premier, has mado.ience ugalnst-the rura ex- a new neace offer to the allies, which tend to show that any actually that the committee ,, being taken to London by Colonel j( ctlonuble conduct occurs at the halls the resolution; helping Tallents, British representative In the The report of the grand jury fol- to open the way for discussion of the Baltic states. Among other conditions lows: l.'Uring OUT M'!WIUII, U IIUIIIU. I complaints have been made regard t..i, Ti'tiiient 1 1-'.-r,i n inta pv tribunals. HCCOrulIlK IU speech by William Jen-nn Esthonlan newspaper. i-lml"" '"5" the treaty Is expected ' Sixteen persons' sent to Kills Island subject at the Jackson Day Banquet included In the offer Is a Prorniae to os the result ot recent raids have been .Thursday night. abolish terrorism and the activ ty of LOST AS RESULT OF son and in a nines Bryan, hv committeemen to be brought prom inently forward at the banquet. hat they will say nnd how far their views will coincide was the subject of spirit ed discussion today. ' j The committee resolution Is under stood to go no further than indors ing the position of the president. avoiding any direct declaration for. ratification without reservations. The fiKht over the place of this! year's national convention also to be 'derided tomorrow, has become more spirited. Of the six cities asking for 'the honor, only three seemed to i.e Hserlous contenders. They were San Francisco, Kansas City and Chicago, Mexico City, Jan. 7. Hundreds, ;,vth the two former making ine mui 'ss.hly thousands of lives were lost 'vigorous fights. VILLA SURROUNDED BY FEDERAL TROOPS Galveston, Texas, Jan. 7. Francis co Villa Is surrounded by Mexican federal troops In the desert of Hcch Icero between the states of Chihuahua and Coahulla. und his capture Is ex pected momentarily, according to a dispatch received here today by Mex ican Consul Firro. Generals Muigula r.nd lMecue are III command of the pursuing columns, ARMY STOCKS LEFT IN FRANCE BRING BIG PRICE ON SALE ALL IN READINESS FOR OPENING OF SPECIAL SESSION; VINTON AND JONES TO SWING GAVELS NEXT MONDAY (Associated Press Leased Wire) Antwerp, Kunduy, Jan. 4. Tho sum of 7tU,"0,00 was realised from the .-in ..f American slorke .remaining In France after the departure 01 tne American army, said Brigadier Men- ..rni w. I). Connor, ciilef ot starr 01 ine American department of supply, wnoi o,,in.,i ti.dav for America. no esu muted the value of the stoc k at $1,700- t'uoo.OOO and declared It would have ,..mt Ha.OOO.OOO. to tako them bueK to America. ...I !.. retailed In various i in. . j icokinlileH Kreat losses would have lieen 1 ,i m il... imienso would hive ibeen heavy, lie Hilld. Franco paid 1 1 ao, 000,000 fur stocks It too over, 'while other allies and smaller na'lniiH im,.,l mmnllc for filBO.O'ift.OOO. !ah an Ufsel against the stocks boimht TWO KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT Everett, Wash., r Jan. ,-Luollle Corbett, aged HQ, and iXjJ. Parsons, both of Seattle, are dead as the result of an automobile accident last night on tho Pacific highway at a curve at Silver iJike, south ol Kvereii. sr. nnd Mrs. W. . Bwenson, also of Se attle, who were the other member of the party, and who suffered broken legs, are In a hospital here. Parson was driving and fulled to make the turn, the auto striking a telenhi'iie pole, llu was killed Instantly end Miss Corbett died here early thle morning. Heallle, Wash., Jan. 7 1. C Par sons killed at Silver Lake last night. v. as .5 years old and as a printer on was employed Heattle newspaper. FOUND DEAD ON DOCK ( Associated Press Leased Wire) as a result of the earthquake which shook the state ot Vera Cruz Satur day night. So widespread was the dam ae and so wild are some of the sec lii'iis that suffered that it is probable l', number bf casualties will never t-f known. Private dispatches from Vera Cruz ai.d Jalapa s.iy that i00 persons lost iKs'ir lives at Cuuxilan. Thirty lives v t? lost at Tcorelo, where thivej ti-arches and forty houses were d- u. Tho legislative :ialls are ready for the reception of the lawmakers who will convene here in spe cial session next week at the call of Governor Ol cott. The dust that has accumulated on the dv-sks In the house and senate since the adjournment of the regular session has been cleared away. Spit toons hava been resurrect ed from their hiding places and new Inkstands and wastebaskets have been provided to replace thuse purloined by the ... I souvenir seekers In the I last regular assemblago Pnrls Jp.n, 7. Today's newspapers j , h ,inn and the apree that Premier Clemenceau will be; u,rm puri0in;d" is used CLEHENCEAU NEXT PRESIDENT OF Volcanic rvuiitloiia have occurred icte.t uresident of France on Janu- i.t Cofre l'el'.Mite, from which point nry j?, although there has been no of n the vole.im. of Orizaba the shock fiol.il acknowledgment of his accept-."ff-ined to center, according to rum- the candidacy. advisedly at that, for when It com8 to souve nir hunting there Is very liitle In the form of move Kdltnrlal opinion Is for tne most pan , , nroueny that eulogistic, although ine exirennm. or. Mood nisters pouring down i escados riwr have Inundated lsh- poiogisTlc. although the extremists re;,,.4r7M .:ie eagle ey of uacan. M.ihauxtian and Tlepnnala. sarcagtlc. It is pointed out that thls; thoR(i who fliow ln th( tule many ranches are under water. ,g ,he amX fme In the history or tne, tral, fi( a legislative as lMrranra Grande and Los Stmones r.i, rs,niiMlc that a president has. , . 10:30 Moniluy (lie Hour ithe well known dilatory tactics of nnrnln. at t ft 5 11 n'rilifV '. leKIBJilll . c " J T. Vinton In the ser.au J Instance of the kind was mat 01 aiar- ,(nd g)ieaker Seymour Jones in the are also suffering from fluoda. It Is re-',. v,n from amone "outsiders. U nited from Vera Cruz. Twenty bod- ... .he fact that M. Clemen-j i -s have bn recovered from the Pes- .i,rv 17 will be neither a! Monday tide at Jaleonuiloo and Apaxapan. '!,,,,.... nor a senator. The only other j -resident W. . rrr inree hiisiu. iiiuvKs I i VF.V "rs I , fl i , t Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 7. Jaeli ,. ,i,i ,i,..k ..rricnr of the Aber- Krance that country unde-toot J0;,,,,,,,, 'l(,n,.e department, was myster- clal.ii.1 unioununn nil,r,i,(ri.,i shortly btttore i by iiiiv damage nnmlv 1.000.000 francs as a rnsibt or . . . , ,,illt on thd Utmham American operations in iiaiiiinK'u-"i"',(1()eki ,)t of tl street, on tile hum" When the American army went, ,),.,, w,lt,.r front, shot throuKh the 1'iance it was iiureed that rarnis uno hwirt rturI1( a KUti duel, liut one oui bulldliiKS used by It In training 'vouhl ,,.t e,ere, (irecr's body, and powder bo left In the same condition as found. !,a,.kM nmir the wound showed the Miles of trenches were dUK anil build-,()h()t , ll!ive .eii fhed at close ranKe Inns were tleniollshed and American i N,,,ir (ir.,.r-B body was his own re f.irces were rushed Into Germany bo-, v,,V,,ri wnh four shells empty. fore the land could lie resioreu m n. One theory is uiai nri former condition. boot!cKfrers runnlnK a Phmt. Greer Gouerol Connor BKnln denls t thn Uv(.(1 ,.,. t,e scene of the crime, old story that the I'lench made thej American army pay ror tne ue. n. It occupied ill France. Th. ..! truth." he said, 'Is that; V.T.VINTON provident oy the Piiabe PEYMOUlTJOMCvSI ole Houe tlie American army has not pan cent for any ground used or for any thing destroyed at the front." DEMOCRATS FLOCK TO CAPITAL FOR FEAST FARM LOAN IN TO HOLD MEETING HERE I- rday, so feeble that they could be slml jfncMnhon. second president of u lecieu ot.iy oy instruments, w he republic 1. rr.mean noises are still ni.llce.tble ( i the I'edresai. a rocky wasle near, It . city and groat rravka have ap- I'.aied in tho earth. Travelers return-i 'is? here front Vera Crux say some! '"'-ami were dried up as a result of j the shock and It U feared that many; t 'ills near Ori4b;v which depend up-; i watet4oeer wi I b compelled to t.,'se. Sev er.vl oil wells nrtr Tuxpam have b.'en Kpuutiitc petrolecm since the e.rthquake, ncvorJtns to aJyices from era Cruz. Not Particicatra' h Demand Fcr Wilheki-r (house of representatives will beat up ',m their respective desks with their Ires'H.-ctive travels and rail sjectlve orifariizatlons to order. H )W ill last Is a mere mat in which the av- IllllH Mount l'p Governor OaoU's cull for Ihs ses sion set forth five measuies Vir con sideration. Tbi se ir.cluded the In- j crease in tile rate of compensation ! their re- paid to irijure l workiin. ine resto- ration of r.!i punishmnl, provis ion for adili i"iil funds to carry on the work of educating Oregon ex- qualified to. service men under the terms of the; educational a;d bin. remMiy- (the creation of a new commission of two 'ler.anmem or i jeommisslon n. one to care fo soldier Ameroneen. TueK'lay. Jan- " Urate reader is as iuny ,,.! f,,r the extrsdllion oi ., is the wit polr.ician ' - - n-,ni,.m nt nermarfV & ...... , ar ruh nr.usrh tr.tr tii "G;sllaBher aniendtnent'' to In which it Is known America will not ,0 papr, iheniselve as of the pin .... r. ainected at the Hasrue , ,h lf dsvs will uuffice it , ' . it th.,h in rinr the decics f .r adlourn- r.n irrgdtla lind, and the rtific. I it nn dispatches have stated r,nt. Among th more eonwrvatlve , (son ot th,f ..i..ny,itAri. rr-iirnt BurTnnitr v,....v.r if, ximti limit 19 -l ai sii r.jeni ij nn embarrass The .etner-',n way fr.,m ten to teentjr ia- . taeee rave i-h ' a - .Count Uresis of the commercial risncrrnen j and the other representing the sports men of state. s .on U-ngth t muTtaln Aided to these administrative" ineasures are numerous other pet measures which have bobbed up from every section of the state umli now r.iore than a seor of bills stare the UgUla.t-.is In the face. These bills ev er tt wide range of subjects. Including tu protection of lk and the regula tion of the high cost of living. Wheth er or Rut these will 1 admitted Into woman suffrage amend-.the prex-nee of the egi.ur i" the federal constitution. T,j . tjenend upon the action taiun ijr inai I Amoclited l"rei- leased Wire) Wostiliigt-iii. Ja- T. I'euiocratK from all parts of 'the country cm tinned to arrive In Washington today t . . . 1 A .. the In-1 to attend tomorrow tne j.-ickb-.u -mj- the famous quiuiiienniiw bamiuel. event of the state corortliution providing rr in mate guarantee of Interest pas s;.m In Lane county last year marrt. b'-enses nurtiliered SS. while 1H di vt.-e actions were f.leil. ' . . ...rr.M Tne .eiUT- r , . rvtner if - . ,. , ..,.... .'. .. ...... w ...,..,-,,- Hin.iu.-k the lands siAernmen!, nut it ie hoiik-h'- upon ine ii i iv "' . ' . . ii Hu tiro.!. a .... ......in. .inn ih. !. unw nrominentlT roention! fish and, Wton of Holland and her refusal Ur the session of the lepslature andignrt.e controvery. This will cull for; the honor the allied demand. organization upon Ite convening here Ami up'-n this action largely depend er.gth of the special semiion. The members of the Oregon state as oi -lalion of lb national farm loan iiMoclallons. numbering about 75, will gather 111 Hale m January 27 and I for the second annual convention of the HtW'jclatlnn, according to an an nouncement Wednesday by A. C l.ohmHt.-dt. l-eal representative of tne farm loan association. The Oregon mate association wae formed at tt meeting last year In Ktt Kene. when the organization had 5 ..i, bein. About ten more niemtwre he democratic party whenjiav)( ien in. lulled since. It la esti mated, and It Is believed inai n Kccond convention will bring all mem ber. The president of 'he Oregon state association U K. C. Kmery. The sec retary Is 1. V. Kyre, cashier of the t tilled States National bank hero. The convention will be attended t representative of the district federal ..un bank at Spokane, Wash., and repretk-nlatlva of the Joint Ktock-lin-1 tank of Han Francisco. ential sneakers considered of presi "timber" discus public qiieHtlons. Although the bumpiel la supposed to be a side Issue I 'he meeting of the ilt.ttif.cratic convemion lor - tion of time and place for the national! convention, main centers in A letter from President Wilson will be read and an address by William Jennings I'.ryan are expected to have an Important bearing on the presi dential campaign. lis. federal officials ill a governm-nl raid at Urhfield Saturday night failed to make a single arrest or find any Incriminating propaganda radical literature. or A bill will be presented at the com ing special session of the leKtslatur removing all school evies from apul catton of the 9 per cent taz limitation.