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OREGON CITY ENTFJIPR1SE. FRIDAY. JUNE 29, 1917. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE PwMlan! Iwy fri4f. L K. MOM I. tiifr S.IIW. tfa4 Orf Ctif, Oroa PtaTlr M ooadUM mill. licit flatae: m I ka Meat U rrUI febMrtatkaa. Twe Moatk II uwrrlkra will ted lk tat of wplratloa etaaip Ulr pPr fol fewlM (Wlr Ma, 1 tod aaraiaal h KM credited, hladly notify ua, tai m Bailor am rrf r aiuettoe. Advwiiatag Rat a application. THE FINAL RECKONING The futility of "peace without victory," a President Wil on phrased it last winter, or of peace "without annexation! or indemnities," at aome of the Russian are now putting it it shown by the inspired outgivings of the Austrian press These syhilline editors are setting forth the aims of Austria ! lungary in the war. These comprise the disappearance o Serbia, the control of the Balkan Peninsula, the curtailment o Itaiiian territory, and whacking indemnities. It is not to be supposed that Austria's ally will be more generous. A nation that mulcted Franc: in 1871 for an indemnity twice th amount of the cost of the war and that kept an army on French soil until the last pfennig was paid, is not likely to pocket her own war expenses now, in case she happens to be victorious The word "indemnity" may not be employed; we may speak of "compensation" in stead. The word "annexation" may not be even whispered; the talk may be of "readjustment" in stead. But the end of the war will find the victorious ready with their claimsall but the United States. We shall be seeking no man's land, demanding no man's money. We shal ask only that we be given assurance of peace and the liberty to go on with our own task without the menace of war. W shall desire to have repaid the loans which we have made to our allies, of course; we shall not be finicky if repayment is made from moneys taken from the defeated Central Powers. . i . . . t'linnn urrn irvriirn imtii n.,. a . WU WN M H KW H rittt i onm m an v ....- C ' 'J'T - Mfv I ....... . ii - i iiiiiifu ii nnnni niu 111 i ; iirAiiui vu uvw y VIIUVLV I IIUI 1.11 1 I IV THE PRICE OF TOMATOES Last vear there waa a plentiful tomato crop. Tomatoes were canned at a cost which, according to federal authorities, enabled the canner to sell them to the jobber at around 80 cents a dozen cans. The jobber then sold them to the whole saler at 90 cents a dozen. The wholesaler passed them on to the retailer at $1 a dozen. The retailer sold them at $1.20 to $1.50 a dozen, or 10 to 12 cents a can. Nobodv has much fault to find with that procedure. Some of the middleman profit might have been eliminated, but it wasn't enough to get excited about. However: Those same tomatoes are now said to be selling at 20 to 25 cents a can. That is, the consumer is paying $2.40 to $3 a dozen cans for tomatoes that the canner only got 80 cents for last fall. The jobbers who paid 80 cents for them and held them are now charging $1.80 to $2 a dozen for them. The wholesalers who stocked up with them at 90 cents a dozen are charging $2 to $2.20. The cost of holding them has been negligible. It's the old story. The grower got little for his product Neither did the canner nor the retailer make much profit. The middlemen got it nearly all, by the simple process of grabbing the supply and then charging what they liked for it. PLANT MORE MEDDLE LESS Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland questions the wis dom of interfering with the law of supply and demand by at tempting legislative regulation of food supply and prices. "At such a time as this," says he "it is a very dangerous undertak ing to begin to interfere with the normal operation of econ omic laws, and particularly with the fundamental law of sup ply and demand." Senator France holds that the conditions in this country are totally different from those in Europe where food control has been found a necessity. There the acreage is absolutely circumscribed, but in this country the area susceptible of cultivation is practically unlimited, and the senator believes we should talk more about the stimulation of food production than the question of food control. But one-third of our tillable land is now cultivated, and Senator France declares that if we should add another third we could produce in one year 36 billion dollars worth of foodstuffs, which he claims is a complete solution of our food problem hi a I a Newspaper men n&v observed with deen and peculiar pleasure the whole-hearted activity of the men of their fra ternity in the country in promoting the sale of the Liberty Loan Bonds. The influence and assistance of all publications in making the loan a success are simply incalculable. Their efforts greatly contributed to making it a double success in that it was not only largely oversubscribed but the Liberty Loa Bonds were placed in every community in the United States in cities and in remote country districts, in mining towns and manufacturing centers, among farmers and country mer chants as well as city bankers and large commercial and man ufacturing houses. The country press which without compensation gave liber ally of its limited space is equally deserving of praise with th larger papers. In their respective spheres all classes of publi cation in the country covered their field thoroughly and well The press of America can look back on the work it performed for the Liberty Loan as a great public service, ably, thorough ly, and unselfishly performed. Takan From EnUrprla June 22, 1S6T Concert A vocal concert will begin ou wedueeday evening next at me court hou by Kev. SelUood and hla niutlcal claa. Seminary Th closing eiervlac at th Oregon City seminary will lak place on Friday next. Commencing Ws obaerved on Tu day loat that Mesara. McNamara and Kudy wer engaged In gottlOK out building rock on the bluff for tba res ervoir for Orvgon City Water Works company. Baaaball Match The match game of baseball, at Portland on last Mon day between th first nine of Clacka mas club and th Brst nine of the Pioneer club, waa won by th Utter. return name will be played In the city on July Fourth. Th Clackumas nine waa composed of Zlgler, Pope. Randall, Hrldgea. Salmon, Uiircluy. Harding. , Shephard. Johnson. The Plonevr nine was composed of Miner. uchtel. Quackenbush. Wltherell. Steele. Cooke, J. Steele, Delluff and taughman. Manila Paper On Tuesday last the Oregon City Paper Manufacturing com pany started it machinery on the production of muhila paper, which. like the previous productions of this mill. Is vastly superior to any that can be purchased elsewhere for the same money. Marriage In High Life It Is so sel dom that an opportunity Is afforded an Oregon reporter to attend n marri age of princely dtgnltarie, that we regret not having been present on last Saturday to witness the nuptial ceremonies of Miss Nannie Clootch- man and Mr. Stwash, at the village of their people near the confluence of the Clackamas and Willamette rivers. Attempted Assaaalnatlon Th cable has a long account of an attempted assasstination of the Czar. The assassin fired two shots. The second barrei exploded, wounding his hand The first ball entered the head of a horse ridden by the Imperial groom. The assassin says he came from Del glum with the Intention of killing the Czar, and declares bo bad no accom plice. 10 GET NO PENSION 8ALK.M, Or., June 37 - In an opln Ion handed down today, th supreme court holds that widowed mother with children under 14 yean old. who owna property, la not entitled to re ceive a pension for the support of th children until th property la sold and applied to th maintenance lot th children. 1 The opinion waa rendered In th c of Grace E. Duater vs. County of Marlon. Mr, fluster was left a widow In 1914. with two small children and enough life Insurance money to pay her husband'a debta. Including a mort gage on SO acres of uncultivated land In Lincoln county. She applied to the Juvenile court of Marlon county for a pension for herself and her children A pension of 110 was allowed, from which she appealed to the circuit court contending that the Juvenile court should also have allowed her a pen slon for her children. The circuit court allowed her a pension of $17 50 a month. Th supreme court reversed th low er court and ordered the application for a pension dismissed. KANSAS WHEAT CROP SMALLEST FOR21YEARS TOI'EKA. Kan.. June 22. A total production of 42,009,004 bushels of winter wheat In Kansaa this year, 2.100.000 bushels more than the May estimate, was forecast In the report Issued by the state board of agricul ture today. Il will be the smallest wheat crop since 1896. FIRE LOSS IS $200,000 HOQUIAM. Wash.. June 27. The plant of the Panama-Eastern Lumber company was destroyed by Are early Tuesday. A few minutes after the discovery of the fire the mill was In flames and doomed- The losa Is about K'00,000, partly Insured. LOADING UP M'NARY The Republican committee on committees of the senate has shown rare judgment in recognizing the ability of Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon by appointing him to commit tees where he will be able to render most valuable service to his constituents and the country. Mr. McNary has been given memberships on nine committees, several of which handle matters of prime importance to the people of the West. In his work on Indian Affairs, Irrigation, and Public Lands Mr.'j McNary will have the benefit of his long and close association with the subjects, and the advice of his Oregon friends to whom such matters are familiar. The committees on Philip pines and manufactures also will claim a share of his atten tion. Mr. McNary 's assignments give him unusual prestige for a senator just entering upon his duties as a national legis lator. ATHENS. June 25. Tho entire Zalmls ministry resigned today. was reported that Elutberlos Venlze- los, former premier and president o the provisional Greek government now enroute here would probably be named by King Alexander, as head of the new cabinet. Venizelos is known to have depart' ed from Salonlkl and to have reached a city In southern Greece enroute to Athens. King Alexander Is known to have great admiration for the prime minister, whom his father, the for mer King Constantino, rejected and whose advice he refused to follow. Allied officials here asserted that the new king could make no more popular move with his people than to Install Venizelos as the bead of the cabinet. Such a move would, It was said, immediately reunite the mon archlal and provisional governments, Venizelos was three times supported In elections by the Greek people against the former king, and as many times did Contantlne refuse to fol. low Venizelos' policies. THE PATRIOTISM OF THE AMERICAN PRESS The service rendered to the Government of the United States in the sale of the Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917 by the press of the country is record evidence of the generous pa triotism of the newspaper men of America. It is recorded in the pages of thousands of American newspapers, many of them printed in foreign languages, from the largest daily to the smallest country weekly. The newspapers of the coun try "came across" with liberal donations of space in news, editorial, and advertising columns. IS SAFE AT ASTORIA, IN ASTORIA, Or., June 25. The auxil iary schooner Margaret, reported on fire off Yaqulna yesterday, reached the Columbia river this morning and an chored at 11 o'clock off Fort Stevens. The Margaret was towed here by the Standard Oil tanker Atlas, which an swered her distress signals yesterday. The vessel, commanded by Captain Hansen, sailed from Astoria on Thurs day with 1,500,000 feet of lumber. 8he carried a crew of 21 men and was on her maiden voyage. Litany of Poilu Has a Delightful Resigned Air The philosophical air of resig nation which the French "Pollu" has adopted Is evident from the accompaylng Litany which Is re ported to be very popular In the trenches of the nation with which we are allied. It Is the epitome of the age-old philosophy embodied In tho saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk" and, com ing from a race that Is as Inordi nately logical and conclusive In Its reasoning as the French, It has an extraordinary subtlety. "The Litany of the Pollu" holds that: Of two things one Is certain: Either you're mobilized or you're not mobilized. If you're not mobilized there Is no need to worry; If you are mobilized, of two things one Is certain: Either you're behind the HneB or you're on the front. If you're behind the lines thero Is no need to worry; If you're on the front, of two things one Is certain: Either you're resting in a safe place or you're exposed to danger. If you're resting In a safe place there Is no need to worry; If you're exposed to danger, of two things one Is certain: Either you're wounded or you're not wounded. If you're not wounded there Is no need to worry; If you are wounded, of two things one Is certain: Either you're wounded seriously or you're wounded slightly. If you're wounded slightly there Is no need to worry; If you're wounded seriously, of two things one Is certain: Either you recover or you die. If yon recover there la no need to worry; If yOU die you can't worry. The Spirit of Chautauqua I aa th (llaiUton Chautauqua! I com la you and your - Ilk Morn' tint Hunbeain Hrlnclng a radiant Wag of Warmth Ang alnglng a Joyous Hong of llup And llapplneae! I atlr your awl lo Ha vary depth, And awaken and aruua th llaal that's la you! I bring you Joy! I bring Ambition, and I aa4 Nw Life and Knergy rouralng through your velnal I am th sworn Koamy of Hadn, And with on fell awoop, I rout plaeouraganianl t I lak the llttl children by th hand Vpon their ruay cheek I leav th Kla of Health And th wl lingering llraalh Of Christian Inspiration! And together laugh -and alng. and play And danr beneath th giant firs-along th valval path. Thai liiad toward th Dreamy Land of "lletter Men and Woman!" For I am th Gladaton Chautauqua! And I com lo you and your bringing my Joyous song Of and Hop and llapplna! I NEAR PERFECT SCORE I rOllTLANI). Or. June S7.-Th Portland team No. t yesterday won i th team shoot at th last day of th 33d annual tournament of th Hport- men's association of th northwrati with a acor of 6$ out of (0. C. Lelth, of Woodburn, waa th win ner of th O. U IlM-kert trophy with acor of 4? out of 50. Kboollng at LONDON. Jul IT. An attempt by th Uermana to twapt'ir ground loat by them In th sector of Fontaine lea Crolm'llri, un th Arraa front, waa r pulied. lh llrltlah war olfke an nnunred today. After shelling the Hrlllith trembet very violently the Uertnana com-entrat- - 1 . - u ,. L 1 . . L two aeta of IS blnla each. Lelth brok -.-....I ....1.1 I..II. -I I . . . t lm th first 15 atralght. and 13 of the neit """" "mv vw "'"' 15. In th double event of 10 blrda he kept up th good work and dropped one bird, turning In 11 acor, giving him a total of 47. F. C. Relhl, of Tacoma, gave Lelth hard run for th Ileckert trophy by turning In acor of it. on leu than th winner. Ilelhl brok two aeta of 15 atralght, but In th double event loat four. J. W Seavov. of Portland, continued I . .... tk . in. .k. hi good .hooting that be haa been r" ,r""u ,uo """" " ' broken up by lh heavy artillery fir which Oia llrltlah directed against th (icrman poaltloua. In the Oppy lector, also on th Ar raa front, lh llrltlah raided Carman trenches, th llrltlah raaualtlea to th garrlaona and damage lo th work. WOMEN HEQUEST UNIFORM SIZE OF IIHEAI) LOAF BAl.KM, Or, June It- Mr Willi IL Trumbull of I'urtlaad, rpfating Ik woman' dlvtalua) of Ik alal cou fll fur data, waa her today to atk the publle rlt rommluluu u leg alal Ik l of l"f of bread ead lh prl of flak In thl alala, and particularly In th 'ortla4 Mark!. "I am BiaiubvT i( WNninltta ap point) lo look Into th things." aid Mr Trumbull "I hat found that lOceal loav of bread la Cort land lk all Ik way from It lo II oumea. W want lh putillo aarvk riirmnUalua lo atabllah standard l(hl for a l'f of bread In eorra pond lo Ik prli for flour. A Ik prlc of flu'ir fluctuate lh weight of th loaf of bread may fluctuate with II. bul II should b atandardlil " Mr Trumbull aya th price of flk, sack a aaltnon and halibut, kav oarvd beyond all reaaonabl bound. Htep ahould b lakes lo ragutat them. Hh think lb public aarvk ronimlsalon ahould b abl to ragulat them Ik earn aa they regulat Ik price of light and lelepbon. Whll br. Mr. Trumbull, who I eacretary of lh bureau of child labor Inspector, requested lh cooperation of lha alala Industrial accident com mllon In preventing boy noder II year old from working In factorle without a permit from bar department. Kba aaked lha commlaalon lo send no lle lo lh em ploy era, under th work men' compensation act. that Jhay ahould obtain th "O K " of lh rhlld tabor bureau for all boy tnployd of doubtful age. aa In the raa of acci dent lh employer doe not hav th protection of the compensation law If boy la Illegally employed. JURY HOLDS CHINESE GUNMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF ANOTHER AMSTKItllAM. June 27.-l!rl(lh drum fir reached a new ataga of violent- In th recent fighting on th Ar- doing sine the tournament opened, and lost only 10 out of 400 of the clay targeta. Seavey la an amateur, and hla mark waa better than the one turned In by L. II. Uolhl, of Seattle, who waa high profeaslonal with a acor of 387. .Mrs. Ada Schilling, of Portland, waa In fine form yesterday, and dropped only nine of th laat 100 blrda for 1 score. Gladys Held, of Portland, turned In core of 79 of the last 100. 2101 Pacific Coast League 8tandlnga W. L. I'd San Francisco 49 35 .583 Salt Lake 43 34 .558 Los Angolcs ". 41 40 .50$ Oakland 41 42 .494 Portland 35 43 .449 Vernon 34 49 .410 Wednesday's Resulta At Los Angeles Portland 2, Vernon 1. At Salt Lake Salt Lake 3, Oakland 1. At San Francisco Los Angolcs 3 San Francisco 2. LOS ANGELES, June 27. Portland got to Mitchell In the sixth Inning after two were out and scored two runs on three hits, two bases on balls and five Btolon bases, winning the second gamo of the series from Vernon. Ilouck did not allow a hit after the third Inn ing. Portland made two double plays. IS TO COME 10 OREGON, SAYS LEADER SALEM, Or., June 27. In reply to an invitation to visit Oregon, Oovornor Wlthycombe today received the follow ing message from Huron Moncheur, chief of the Dolgian mission now In Washington, D. C: "On behalf of myself and tbo other members of the Ilelglan special mis sion I thank you for your kind Invita tion. It would give us great pleasure to visit Oregon If It could be arranged for us to do so- Our Itinerary hus not yet been arranged. "The whole program Is In the hands of the department of state, which has very kindly undertaken to make all arrangements, and which will no doubt communicate with you later. Highly appreciate your courtesy." Lokal Anselger, lb official German newapaper In Ilerlln. eatlmated that In one week English cannon and mine thrower fired between (.000,000 and 10.000,000 ahella A copy of th Lokal Anielgsr rec celved here today publlahea an order of the commander of lb Seventeenth llrltlah army corpa, found In the pos sesion of a captured English officer, which gives an Idea of the Immense amount of ammunition used by llrltlah artillerymen. The order ahowa that before an at tack waa mad In the sector of Malaon Illanche, on the Scarpe river, the ar tillery preparation waa carrlud out by 698 guns and 288 mine-thrower. And alt thla firing waa done along a front only flvo mllea wide. PAIIIS, June 27. So thoroughly complete was the Fronch victory of yesterday In the Hurtoblse sector that today tho Gorman did not attompt the usual counter attacks, today's official statement relntod. An artillery duol whs still In progress In the Hurtoblao sector, but there were no Infantry ac tions. "The enomy positions Include tho Prngon's Cave, a formldnblo strong hold from which counter attacks hnve been lnunchod," the war offlco stated. "A large amount of mntorlal was takon. POIITLANI), Or.. Juna 27. A ver dict of guilty waa returned yaalerday against Wong Wen Tueng. Chlnea gunman and murderer of Joaeph Gue on th night or March 27 laat. Tha verdict waa relumed to Circuit Judge Gatena In Juat on hour after th Juror had retired to deliberate. Th Juror took lh raa at 2 o'clock and It waa exactly 3 when th youthful Hop Sing long murderer had loarned hla fat. He will be aentencod by Judge Gatena at 9 30 o'clock Saturday morning. Aa In tha caae again! 1-r Yin, who waa acquitted lea than a month ago, counsel for defense declined lo addre th Jury In closing argumonta. After they had compluted offering their testi mony and following an argument by Chief Deputy District Attorney Col lier, counsol for th defense asked that tho rase bo aubmltted to the Jury with out further argument. Ity ao doing they blocked an expected dramatic arraignment of the defendant by Spec ial Prosecutor Malarkey, who waa to have made the cloalng argument for the atate. I END OF WAR WILL BE BUT THE BEGINNING TRADE ASKED 10 EXPLAIN Han Wagner, a Pittsburgh Institu tion, Is the only ball player owning stock In a major league club. WASHINGTON, Juno 27. In a ros olution Introduced In tho simato today by senator lined of Missouri, the fed oral trudo commission Is culled upon to explain why is has not forcod the alleged print paper combination to de sist from Its Illegal and unfair prac tices. In a Btatomont accompanying the resolution, Senator Itced charges that the trade commission hus powor, un der existing laws, stimmurlly to com pel the paper manufacturers forthwith to stop tholr unfair practices, but that It has taken no step to do so, although It has hod conclusive proof of viola tion of the luw In Us possession for more than a year. The Heed resolution says the com mission, In two reports filed with tho senate finds that the paper men have advanced prices $50 a ton to large and 9 180 a ton to small consumers, and have discouraged production by Joint action, which has driven small com petitors out of business, such action being In violation of the anti-trust laws of the United States. TWO NORWEGIAN 8HIP8 8UNK COPENHAGEN, June 27. Two more Norwegian ships have been sunk by German submarines, said a dispatch from Christina today. They wore the King Haalcon and the Mag gie. Only six members of the King Haakon's crew were saved. TOKIO, Juno 27. Viscount Ichiro, Motono, foreign minister, In an address to the diet yoatorday expressed tho con viction that the entrance of tho Unit ed Statos In tho war with unshakon dutormlnutlon to defeat Germany by employing all her forco would greatly contribute to tho realization of the goal sought by all the entente allies. Ho rejoiced that Jnpan and the Unttod Stntos are now closoly collab orating agulnst common onomlos. Their cordial relations have an Increas ing tondoncy to furthor become content ed In mutually and slncoroly uniting all efforts. "We cannot foresee," said Viscount Motono, "when tho end of the struggle which haa ravaged the world for three years will como and I do not bollove all difficulties will bo flnUhod with this war. "I enn even affirm that tho groatost difficulties will bogln with the end if tho war, Then we will need all our forco and all our cnorgy to establish a durablo peace In the world und do fond our rights and Interests." OSWEGO WATER HEARING MOVED UPTOJULY10TII SALEM, Or, June 26. The public sorvtco commission today fixed July 9 and 10 as tho time for hearing the first applications of currlors for the 15 per cent horizontal Increase In frteght rates. At the request of Commissioner Buchtcl the commission today also advanced the Oswego water caae to July 10, as he doclared that be bad been advised that typhoid had been developed as the result of the water supplied, and be Insisted that the case take precedonce over other case. Seventy million dollars are Invest ed In trapshootlng In America and the sport Is following the flag.