Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, September 03, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV ... '; K E G C H I 3T0k I C M. fCC I ? ilpirOHEtaON OTY ENTEIRPK a,ielif County. 4-4 Tea Wttkljr (ntrpn It worth the prut. Ctmpi'l )l ttitn e1hrs end thtn auo- POUT V NINTH VARN. $. OKMON CITY KNTKKWilBE, KM DAY, KKITKMIJKK .'J, 101.',. ESTABLISHED IM wmwm i NEUTRAL PORTS PHINORICI AOVIIIt STATE DE PARTMENT OF ACTION TAKEN v foreign office. COODS WORTH HIlllS Ml EE EfltASiD By WnHORAWil Preseura Brought U Baar by Amsri can Inttrtet htvttf He penibt for CencMlor Washing ton It llltnt. WAMIIINCTON'. Aug. .10-Ai.ur-ancea (hat Great llrllaln will relax the enforcement o( her ordrr In council mi aa to wrmlt shipments from neutral miil of German and Austrian gimda contracted (or by Americana prior to In effective data of tha order ass glv. rn tha stale d'partmiiit tday by Hlr (V. II HprliK Woe, tha Hrltlah Ambas sador. Thr amtaadir eiplalned that ar rangements would be mail (or accept. Inn proofs of reports at tha Kiulr here Instead of requiring Its produc tion In liwlon. tN'lalla of tha plan III Ha given Inter In I memorandum from tha Umdon foreign of flic. Officials art hopeful that It will make pntallde tha rrleaa of millions of dollars of AmrMr noed iimmIs of German or Austrian orlitln a riinio latrd at neutral European ports, par tlcularty llotterdam. Tha furrlun trade advlarra of th stata department have be-n niaklnic vigorous Informal representations re cently In hchslf of American Import era generally, and bar complained that while their efforts to arctira J lie release of ((Mid had been In vain, prl rata Interfile In Great Ilrllaln were getting permlta for certain ahlpinenta. Prior to June) 15 tha Prltlfh govern ment throuiih Informal negotlontlona with tha for Im trade advisers had airreed not to Interfere with shipments from neutral porta on the production of proof that tha good hud arluallV own paid for by Americana before last March, when the order In council went Into effect. After tha British ainhanaadnr cnlled at tha department, cablegram ar rived from Consul-General Skinner at Umdcn, announcing that ronie of the restrictions on neutral commerce wera to he removed. No formal alntcment on tha subject was given out by tha department. FOUNDATIONS CALLED MENACE TO MILLIONS MANLY REPORT SAYS MOVEMENT HAS POWER TO INFLUENCE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. CHK'AOO, AtlR. 2. Southing do iinncliitlim of the Kmkef.dlor and Tat ni'iclo fottnilntlona, and thn ilcclnrntlon that the lives of millions of wugo r-nrn- IEHTS FROM ers nre suhject to the dictation of a relatively small niinilier of man, fea tured thn third section of the Manly report of the industrial relations com mission, made pnlillo here today. The entrance, of the Ilockefuller foundation Into the fluid of Industrial relations, throtiRh the creation of a special division, was declared to "von Btlttilo a menace to tho nutlonut wel fare, to which the attention; nut only of congress, but of the entire country, should be directed." "Hacked by the $100,000,000 of the Tlockefoller foundation, this movement , has 'tho power to Influence tho entire country In tho determination of Ita most vital policy," tho report de clared. The InveHtluntlon Into Industrial conditions which Is being made by the Rockefeller foundation la not In ttood fulth, it Is declared, but was originated to promote tho Industrial Interests of Hockofollor. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is churned with hnvlnu planned to utilize In his campnlh'ii literature whlfji ho knew contained fulse statements. That ho proposed to Influence the public press, is doclarcd to be "clearly shown by the employment of an experienced publicity expert as a member of his personal staff." Kxeopt, perhaps, for improvements In Bafety and sanitation, the labor conditions of corporation controlled Industries are a menace to the welfnce of the nation," the report said. "In order to prevent the organization of employes for tho improvement of work ing conditions, oinuoraie systems oi espionage are maintained by the larg er corporations which refuse to deal with labor unions, and employes sus pected of union affiliation are dis charged." GLADSTONE WOMAN RELEASED. Mrs. Nuncy Elder was released Thursday following her arrest on a charge of Insanity. She lives In Glad stone and the complaint was mude out by Chief of Police P. C. Cross, of that town. PLEA HADE AGAINST T HOHTON, !... Ana. Gover nor Hime, of Illinois nisda a pi" a for the alHillnhnienl of raplUl puhlnhilietil iM'fnra tha gutertiura' r inference here IimUt. Ma akrd tha fiMiieratlon of other aiscullrea III dolni away with tha scaffold end electric rhalr. 'Tha argument that capital puiiluli mrnt acts as a deterrent to crime hat tieeti prix. !! fallacloiia.", I Minna de i tared lla cited ncnernmenl statUllia to ho 4hat states which dn not Infill t the death penally hava the Irnl num tier of homicides. (iotemor Hunt of Artxma. joined Ooiemor Ihinna of Illinois. In plea aialnsl rspltal punishment. IMPERIAL VALLEY MANY FRAIL BUILDINGS ARC UN. ROOFED AND ALL WIRES ARE DOWN. 1EMPERATURE DROPS OVER 30 DECREES IN ONLY FEW MOMENTS Country for 200 Miles North Into San Btrnardlns Mountains Suffsr Light and Talsgraph Ssrvlca Crlpplsd, I.OH ANCKl.M. Aui !.-llegln nine at Yuma, an electrical storm, ac companied by hlrb w inds and a heavy rain, swept up the Impvlsl valley to day and x;iided Its energy In the Han lternardlno mountains, nearly 00 miles from Ita starting point. Telephone and telegrsph wires were temporarily put out of commission Fllmay structures were unroofed, or blown down. The Southern Blerrsa Tower com puny reported thnt three of Ita high tension lines, carrying current at 3.1, 000 volts, from the mountains to the Imperial valley, were burned out At Tecate, about 30 miles east of Ran Diego, ncsr the !owcr California border, a cloudburst was reported to have destroyed a number of adobe buildings. At various points the wind attained velocities of from 45 to K0 miles an hour. Yuma and Imperial valley points reported that temperatures dropped .10 degrees In a few minutes, followed by downpour of rain which mnounted approximately to half an inch in a brief time. At most places the storm lasted but an hour. Kl Centro reported a heavy dust storm preceding the rain, but no dam age was done either to buildings or crops. At Yuma the secondary, or heat proof roof of a refrigerator plant was blown off. Calexlco reported thnt the tempera ture dropped from 108 to 78 degrees. At 8nn Hornnrdlno, where the storm was preceded by a period of op pressive bent, tho thermometer fell from 102 to 72 In a few minutes. San Bernardino, Riverside and Redlands all suffored from Interruptions of tele graph and telephone communication. Imperial valley points were Isolated temporarily, whllo telegraph wires In to Arlxnna were out of commission for several hours. Y FROM FOREST FIRE FOUR FAMILIES ESCAPE WHEN FLAMES ARE DRIVEN OFF IN EAST CLACKAMAS. The story of bow n cliango In the dl rectlon of the wind Eaved four fumllles from probnblo death In an eastern Clackamas forest fire, is being told hero by members of a party which ar rived Monday from that dlHtrlct. The party went Into the mountains with horses a week ago for berries. l.nst Monday a number of fires were started by a lightening storm and tbe pnrty was trapped In the path of one. Escape through the mottnttilns was al most Impossible, while the fire blocked their path out the way they came in. Saturday there was a change in the direction of the wind, blowing the blaze awnj from tbe party. Tho four families, all living near Estacada, left tho woods late this week. SUIT FILED ON NOTE. O. H. Morrison, of the O. II. Morri son Lumber company, Monday filed a suit In the circuit court against Char les D. Hayner, R. D. Hayner, Frank E. Allen, Mabel Allen. Mary E. Hicks, George B. Rogers, Anna Rogers, I.yn den D. Scott and Jane Doe Scott to col lect on a note for $800. ' SWEPTBYSTORM DAMAGE IS GREAT HE VARIETY Of CflflTESTS TO BE PRESENTED HERE fOVn TEAM! CERTAIN, OTHERS POSSIBLE fOR TOURNAMENT OF flRE'lOHTERS. TWO DAY PROGRAM WHl OPEN MONDAY HOBNINC WITH PARADE Camas, It Johns, Corvallls and Oragon City Will Compstt for Cash Prim Thraa Othar Towns May land Raprsssntat'vaa. With the problem of finances solved thn aMiirance of an Ideal track of the new Main afreet, and now with the urogram complete, one of the most successful firemen's tournaments ever held In the state la assured bere nex Monday and Tuesday, The departments of Corvallls, Ht. Johns, Camaa and Oregon City will be repreaentttd with teams and It Is pos sible that Astoria, Mood Itiver and Mo lull will come In. The program will open on labor day wltb a grand fire men's parade at 1:30. The program follows: First Day, Monday, Sept (. 10:30 A. M HtralghUway wet teat I'rlzea Klrst $40. second, $20; third. $10. 11:30 A. M. Exhibition drill by Cor vallla fire department 1:30 I'. M. Klamese race, 1'rltes First. $15; second $10; third. $.1. 3:00 r. M. Patching leaky hose rrliea First. $7.50; awrnd. $5; third, $2.S. 8:00 P. M. Ladder race. Prliea First. $15; second $10; third, $3. 5:30 P. M. Water fight. Prlxes First. $13; second. $11; third $8; fourth, $8. i Second Day, Tuesday, SapL 7. 10:00 A. M. Race against time. Prlxes First. $40; second. $20; third. $10.' ' 11:00 A. M. Hose coupling. Prlxes First. $16; second. $10; third. $1. 11:10 A. M Exhibition drill by Cor vallls Fire department 1:30 P. M. Relay race. Prises First. $20; second. $10; third. $5. 1:30 P. M. Ladder race. Prlxes First. $15; second. $10; third. $5. 3,: 00 P. M. Hose and ladder race. Prlxes-Flrst $15; second, $10; third. $5- 4:00 P. M. Horsekcy box test. Prlxes First, flremen'a play pipe; sec ond. $5; third. ! 50. 1 6:00 P. M. 100 yard dash. Prlxes-, First. $15; second. $10; third. $:.; fourth, $2.50. MANY BRITISH KILLED. HERI.IN. Aug. 31. Ily Wireless to Suyvlllo.) IfrltlHh losses in and about the Dardanelles have exceeded 30,000 since August 6, according to dispatches received here from Constantinople. "One hundred thousand allied troops attacked various Gnlllpoll positions Saturday and Sunday, but all assaults were lepulsod." WILLAMETTE COUPLE TO WED. Martini Schwerin and Mahion Snl- dow, of Willamette, secured a marriage license here Friday. THE REAPERS. . wgmM vv . mmL pi im t r&ZWMi d Im i i- . " .7 .Jj .K. sT V iSVW . aW V . ww,. r-w-' "I ' 1,W I 3 . POLE. TOUCHES AND FALLS TO EARTH RAILROAD COMMISSION INVeSTI GATES DEATH OF YOUTH AT ANDERSON STAT, ON. Melvln A. l-arwn, an It year old farmer hoy, cllmlM-d one cf the tall steel trarisintsolon Itnwera of lit Port laud Railway, Mi: bt k I'owcr com , pany, near Anderon sutlon on Ihej Katarada line Hatnrday afternoon at 3 o'clock and wa electrocuted, ac cording to a Ricaaiaye by the stat rail way rommlsalon. 1 The Information! was In the i ffe. t that the boy cllml II to the top of the In.er stretched (Jit and touched the it and to'M hed the ig a voltage of CO.-J heavy wire carr)l 000. He died Inn to the ground, a ! feet laiitly and dropped tance of almut 40 Tbe rsllroad rumruleloo is Inves egating the caae. ' " PLANS FOR PUBLIC MARKET DEFEATED a I man of the conference executive com . . mil tee. were the outsUndlng features BOARD OF TRADE DISCOURAGED .i BECAUSE CITIZENS REFUSE COOPERATION. Oregon City will hsve no public mar - ket until the people are willing to give adequate support to such an Institu tion, according to the statement of a member of the Hoard of Trade, who declares no suitable location can be obtained. The market, which was established! last year at Fifth street between Main and Kallroad avenue, was reopened early In the spring, and biter was re moved because complaints were filed. A new location was found on the hill, but the place did not prove satlsfac tory. The board. It Is said, has become dis couraged In'lts effort to !rovlde a mu nlclpul market, u.l hut' practically abandoned the attempt. ALL BUT 3 MILES OF PIPE LINE IN PLACE Only three miles of pipe on the South Fork projevt remulna to be laid. but. owing to the fact that this work is to be done in the canyon of the Clackamas river. It is slow and diffi cult As the time grows nearer, Engi neer Hands, and William Andresen, chairman of the South Fork commis sion, are still more confident that the lino will be completed by the end of next month, or two months before the contract time of completion. The In take is practically finished, including the construction of the settling tank. WIFE ALLEGES DESERTION. Mrs. Bessie Wolcka charges deser tionhi her comnialnt, filed Weiltuadny in the circuit court, aeainsc Ilol ert J. Wolcka. Thev were married in Port Wild, AugiiBt, :910. 71 EXECUTIVES FIGHTING POWER IS INADEQUATE AIO OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY ALL OF STATES URGEO AT BOSTON MEETING. HUM TRAINING IN ALL UNIVERSITIES ALSO IS URGED i Munitions Factoriss All Daclarad lo Ba joo Near Atlantic Coast Incrsaae . ef nlB (rvi Hold Nacaaaary. IIOHTON, Aug. 27. A majority of ! governors and x-etate executives, del egatea to the Governors' conference here, at the final aesalon of the con- ' ference today agreed that the I'nlted j States is lnadequstely preptred to re- sist Invasion by hostile European I force. Dlhcusaion of naval and military pre I parednets and the election of William Spry, governor of I'tah, to be chair- I No resolutions on the subject of pre I parednesf were proposed, but several of the executives said they felt certain that all the governors would return n tholr iIiIh with the Intention of de- 1 m,ndlng from their congressmen sup. port of any program for strengthening tbe forces of the defense. Tbe discussion by the governors was prefaced by remarks by William C. Redfleld, secretary of commerce, speaking, be said, not In behalf of the administration, but as a member of It Secretary Redfleld urged restraint of speech and soberness of thought In what he termed these trying times. Governor E. F. Dunne, of Illinois, said he felt tha nation's main reliance for a reserve force might well 1 found in a requirement that evtry college and university receiving funds, federal or state, should give four years of mil itary training to its students. ,- -if war were declared on the Vnited States by any of the principal Ktiro ixan nations tomorrow It r.irn't be ad mitted our situation would be a pcrcar I jus one," he sa d. Deferring to the need of . gTeat sup ply of munitions, as developed by the Ttiropean war. Governor Dunns sail that any fleet from Great lt.-ita'n or Gtrmany toult. teke pcsress'.on or do-i!.-iy all rrti-ur. of manufaote.rinv am munition 1'-. ihe Vnited St'.ics.'sueh ...ants beit)4 almost entire!'- within i..y miles of New York c.ty. ESCAPE COMES EARLY. Thomas Rufus Fisher, held in Jail on a charge of insanity, who was ar rested for tbe second time In a month near Moialla Monday, escaped the day after Clackamas county officials turned him over to Portland relatives, accord ing to Information received over the telephone from Portland Tuesday by Sheriff Wilson. He is the son of Thomas Fisher, 295 Montgomery street Portland, and baa been under the care of physicians for several years. He received considerable notriety when picked up the first time as he was ar rested for criticizing farmers for plant ing potatoes too far apart. v. s: 'i 1,AM T'.. i TJ' I Mem 81 T MJNliOV, Aug 31 Tha tii.t de stmctlte JJiday period ut sulmarln warfare since tha K'lrrcsa wariiprnrd was brought to a rlMi with tha sink ing of Hie llrlllab steamer Hlr William rttepheaum August it. I'urlng that time (iertnan suhuiarlnes aank II vessels of varying U-u nptino 1 -ri t lab subinarlnea acrounted for tao fwli, one a Turkish traniport and the oilier a (ierman steamer, both of which arrs torpedoed In the Marmora ae. In addition to theu., a II )! auliinarlna was rrnllled wltb the de struction of a (jermaa transport In tha futile era and a Iirlllsh aeroplane with tha sinking of a German submarine in the North aea. E BE LOST TO THE UNITED STATES LOW EXCHANGE RATES LIKELY TO COST AMERICA BIG . BUSINESS. BREAK IN QUOTATIONS UNEQUALED IN fORElGN EXCHANGE MARKETS England Cannot Place Order Under Conditlona Which Now Prevail Dealings in Ntw York Prac tically at Standstill. NEW YORK. Aug. II. Foreign ex change rates reached tbelr most seri ous stage today with an over night break of two and one-half cents In ster ling, tbe English pound selling In this market at $4.58M, close to the mark where curtailment of big foreign or ders to Vnited States would follow. In the opinion of bankers here. Nothlug like the violent break In quotations bad ever been recorded in i foreign exchange markets here before. The low level reached today was ! cents below the mark set weeks ago by financier as the socallcd irredu cible minimum which, when reached, would cause British buyer to place their orders for such import as could be obtained elsewhere than in Am erica. Foodstuffs, manufactured goods and many other products. In fact almost everything except actual munitions of war, were embraced within this cate gory. Demoralization In the foreign ex change markets was followed by al most chaotic conditions as the result of tbe break. Dealings were virtual ly at a standstill. Rate varying as much as a cent were quoted by differ ent houses, but these rates, in almost every case, were purely nominal and there was no business worthy the name done In English money here today. Tbe big break means that English buyers, in addition to the top market prices already paid by them In this country for American products, are called upon to pay a premium of 28H cents on every pound's worth of pur chases, or more than 6 per cent FAIR WILL FEATURE T CONTEST ARRANGED IN MILK AND BUTTERFAT PRODUCTION RULES ARE GIVEN. As in the past, the dairy department of the Clackamas County fair next month will be one of the feutures of the annual exhibition. A two days' contest for tbe production of milk and butterfat Is expected to be popular among the dairymen of the county. The following rulings have been adopted for this contest: All entries must be made with the secretary, Ward B. Lawton, Oregon City, Oregon, or with the superintend ent, and cows must be on the ground before 6 o'clock P. M., Wednesday, September 15, 1915. No entrance fee charge in this class, and any cow can be entered, regardless of breeding and age. The following handicap has been ar ranged by the superintendent so as to give a young cow with first and second calf an equal show with matured cow. For every day less than 5 years old at time of test adds 1-100 pounds milk each day's work in test For every day less than 5 ears old at time of test add .00274 pounds but ter fat to each day's work in test. The result of each milking will be posted on bulletin board in pavilion. This will be a very Instructive con test and every dairyman owning a good producing cow should enter In this class and help to make It the mo3t Interesting feature of the fair. Remember that all cows must be on the ground and milked in the presence of the superintendent at 6 o'clock p. m. on the day before he opening of the test TRAD llli Liuiua Hli If LEWIS CIVES UP MR. CANTINC WILL IE PUT IN ACTUAL CHARGE OF HIGH WAV WORK OF STATE. STATE EKCDiEEJl DENIES ANY LOT TO EREAK FAITH Chisf Executive and Treasurer Will Constitute Majority of Commis sion to Vote Today to Re turn Bond of $10,000. BAI.KM. Ore. Aug. 2. Goternor WlthyeomU and Htat Treasurer Kay toUr won their flyht to make K I. Can line tha actual stata highway engi neer, when John H. l-et, alate enxl neer, made a proposal of withdrawal from blghaay work. While declining to concur In the in terpretation of the hlchway law an nounced by Governor Wlthyromhe and Slat Treasurer Kay. Mr. Lewis said If tbe commission would enter an or der relieving him 5f all duties In con nection with the work and from giv ing $10,000 bond he would withdraw from all connection with It. It was announred that the governor and state treasurer would, vote for an order which will be Introduced at a meeting of the commission tomorrow In accordance with Mr. Lewia' proposal and directing Mr. Ctntine to furnish a bond of $10,000. Mr. Lewis said he had always been willing to retire from the position of highway engineer provided he was as sured by the commission that bis In terests would be protected. Mr. Kay recalled that be bad on sev eral occasions informed Mr. Lewis thst tbe board would enter an order pro tecting him provided be turned over the highway work to the chief deputy, as was Intended by the legislature when It passed the amendment to the highway law consolidating the state highway department with at of the state engineer. "I am somewhat hurt to leant that the governor and Mr. Kay are accusing me of breach of faith In writing Mr. Caotine that I no longer needed bis services after I entered Into an agree ment to settle the controversy through a friendly suit." said Mr. Lewla todsy. "I Intended no breach of faith. Mr. Cantlne and I had talked over certain matters before the agreement was en tered Into, and my letter dismissing blra was In accordance with our con versation." CLACKAMAS LAND 111 TV0 BIG EXCHANGES PROPERTY AT DAMASCUS AND NEW ERA INVOLVED IN TRAN SACTIONS DURING WEEK. Two important real estate transac tions in which Clackamas county prop erty was concerned have been made within the lust week. Close to two hundred thousand dollars la involved in the two transactions. . A. A. Hopson has completed a deal with O. J. Gregorie in which he traded lots In Wllberg addition, Portland, for a modern eight-room home and a 20 acre tract three-quarter of a mile west of Damascus, which has been owned by Mr. Gregorie for some time. The Damascus place lies iu one of the old est settled regions of the valley, is fertile and highly Improved and well stocked. It has an artificial lake stocked with trout and lies near the Eetacada carllne. Mr. Hopson, who Is a retired contractor, will make his home on his recently acquired prop erty, while Mr. Gregorie will occupy the Portland home. Each place is valued at $7,500. The other deal involved a 280-aere ranch a mile and a half east of New Era which is valued at $40,000. This property, as well as the place in the Damascus transaction, is well improv ed and one of the best ranches in the community. The transfer of the New Era property waa a part of an ex change, involving property valued at approximately $180,000, consummated between J. H. Gray, of Prlnevillo, and the Yamhill Land company, of Port land, of which A. Welch, of Portland, Is chief owner, Mr. Gray has transferred to the land company the Hotel Oregon property of this city, taking in exchange the fol lowing real ottate: Ranch east of New Era, the Alama Apartments at Fourteenth and Market streets, Port land, valued at $30,000: a Laureihurst residence valued at $7000; St. Jobns residence property valued at $7000, and 60 acres of land near St. Helens valued at $6000. SUIT FOR $199 FILED. G. W. N. Taylor filed a suit In the circuit court Friday against W. H. Thurston and Sadie Thurston, his wife, to collect on a note for $100 aud for merchandise valued at $99. GOV D, flD UIMO 0 D