OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE Tha Weakly Enterprise 4 i warm I Ha price Cam- pare it with ethers ana) a than ubcrta. a rawing Count a County. S OREGON (MTV, OltKCJON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY. 9, 1917. FIFTY FIRST VI All No I. ESTABLISHED ItM TIM Kr.lt. la k y ClMfcam County mmtfttm thai prints all f lh nw ( Ihlt STEAMER CALIFORNIA MAY BE SECOND TUSITANIA; SENT TO BOTTOM WITHOUT WARNING WAHIIINOTON. Feb 7 Couul Friwl al yuecnslown Mhlnd ilia slats dnparttnnnl tonight that Ilia llrtllsh paaMingrr liner I allfornU hail Iwit torpadoed without warning off the Irian roaal and Hint the one American known lo have been on Umrd waa aved Horn of tha paacngri and rr allll were mlMlng. Including Iwn women and sever! children I In- railalti of the atilp u quoted aa laying th iiilintarln did nol ball or gtn any Kurning i.iori. nrtm: two torpedoe fnim a dlalanra of 300.,,,,,, hr d,lon. had retired whan yard and tiding th California iilr. .., ,.,, i i,cUu would not down Thn American urvtvor waa John A. Ittm, of Montgomery. Ala, who la uppoii-d lo hava haan a member of thn rrw. t'onaul Frot' flrat dispatch waa u follow: "Anrbor lln California ha bn unk. hound ilagow. presumably from New York; 200 person on iNiard. on death .in hoapllal raana; survivor reach here lat" tonight." Thn liner tarried 31 paaaetigera STATE LOSES ITS EIGHT TO REGAIN DISPUTED LANDS M.000 ACRES OF HVOC SCHOOL LANDS RETAINED BY THE WESTERN LUMBER CO. SUITS IN SEVEN COUNTIES ARE NOW BEING HEARD BY COURTS Judga Campball Esplalnt Daclalon, j Which la Baaed on State Law Paaaed by the Legislature In 1901. Judge Jarut-a 1. Camptxtll, of the atnto circuit court, Monday handed down decision absolutely unfavorable to thn state In II ault to act aaldo deed to over 30,000 acre of timber lands In eastern Clackumu county 1 known as the llyde-ltenson school land. I Thn ault. which waa brought August ' 11, 1913, waa directed against P. A llydo and others, charging that they fraudulently obtained title to statu lands through (he use of dummy-en-uymnn and seeking to regain ttu amis to the state 00 that ground. No Doubt of Fraud. "Thorn Is no doubt that Hyde com mitted a fraud ngulust each of the on trymon," oiplalned Judge CampMl In connection with his decision." Hut a law panned by the legislature In 1901, providing that all prior sales of school lands wherein the full amount of $1.2S an acre had been paid should be affirmed, prohlbltH and forfeiture of title at this time. Hyde had paid tho $i.'.'.'i an acre, so although he got tho lund fraudulently, tho loglslnturo mude It linpoaalbla to cancel the deed." Similar suits have been brought In seven other counties In the state. All ho cases are under the prosecution of Attorney tlenerul (leorge M. Brown. Mr. Brown made the argumonts for tho state before Judge Campbell here. They began November 20 and lnsted for four days. J. I. Bailey represented the dofonse. This Is the first enso to he decided. At the preseut time most of the laud, which in honvlly timbered, Is owned by tho Western Lumber compaJiy, a Mon tant concern. Landa Lost to State. Tho ault was brought In the hopes of returning the lands to the state whom they would have again becomo a part of the school fund. Great sheaves of papers have been filed In the county clerk's office In tho case hore. Tho first of the allegod frauds, oc e ii red In 1898. Subsequently to that time additional tracts of tho lands were obtained. Tho atato charged that Hyde sent representatives through! tho state for the purpose of Inducing people to take claims under tho promise that they would later turn tho title ovor to htm. His activities brought him in j o great promtnance when the United 8ta.tes district attorney's office took the mat ter up and Hyde was prosecuted for alloged land frauds. EXAMINATION FOR P08TMA8TER. A civil service examination for the position of postmaster of Colton will take place In Oregon City February 24th. and those desiring to take ad vantage of this examination and who wish Information may secure this at the Oregon City poatotflce. As Colton is a fourth rate postofflce It ia neoea sary for the postmaster to cnteer the civil service. I and raw of IB4 Advice lo the Iim bI office aald liter warn 10 survivors; tho lo the slate laiarliiint friiin 1 1 'imaiil Kruol al Queenitown thai unn 'life wa loal and thai lhara war" 10 himiltal i ! ' The California . untied whin aha laft her arllh a alrn gun and rarrlad a cargo including war aup pllra. M a aald Whether IhU will prova to be the overt act lo drive Hie ChIIim! State Into war nu ona would attampt to say ,,-, 1'rr.lnVnt Wil.on. who must wka hlui lat In Ihu afternoon ha hud heen Informed of a message from t'onaul i i... i telling of the alnklng of tin California. Imt giving no details aa to warning or the presence of Amrrl MM Although many In the pimnetiKer Hal are recorded aa routing from AmiTlran it. It waa explained by the offlrlala that all tha paaaenKeri win- newrthelena. llrltlah or Cana dian aubjerta, who either redded In them or booked from them L IS PLANNED BY DIRECTORS WILL ASK VOTERS TO REPLACe OLD STRUCTURE WITH MODERN BUILDING MASS MEETING IS CALLED TOR FRIDAY NIGHT TO GET ELECTION Drawing Have Bean Quietly Prepared and Will B Exhibited to Property Owner and Schoolpatrona of Diatrlct After carefully preparing plaus and InvoHtlgatlng costs the school directors of West Unn huvv act on foot a brand new campaign for the construction of it modem grammar school building to ecunv the nresent school site The new building Is designed to cost between 112.000 and $14,000 In order to put Hie matter before the voters of the achool district the school liourd bus arranged n musu meeting of proerty owners and school putrons, to bo held In Hunsot school, hYlday even lug nt 8 o'clock. Will Show New School Plana At that time the plans will be pre sented to the voters and they will be asked to authorize ait election for the purpose of legalizing the expenditures chief of the speakers at the mooting will be II. T. Mcllaln, manager of the Crown Willamette paper mills nt West I, Inn. Mr. Mcllaln Is a strong advo cate of a new school building. This fact Is particularly Important to tho people of the community owing to tho fact that tho company which ho represents pays 8G per cent of tho local tax. Present Quarters Inadequate. It Is the opinion of tho school direc tors that the present building is un able to care for the 120 pupils of the West Linn grammar grades In tho proper manner. Tho structure thnt now houses the school Is a four room frame building. It supplies only one room for each toachor In the school. The proposed building will bo one story in height. Tho material will be of frnrio or tile, according to tho pref erence expressed nt the mnss meet ing. It will be thoroughly modern. In nddition to tho regular school rooms on the first floor, It is proposed to have In the basement, scionce roomB, a lunch room, a sewing room, manual training room, nnd threo playrooms. Playrooma For The Klddiea. Tho playrooms, designod to furnish recess a placce for the children during wet weather, will be arranged to pro- vide ono room for tho girls, one for the i hoys, and a common playroom for both boys nnd girls. Tho mnnuul training room will bo directly under the auditorium, so that tho noise of hammers will not Inter fere with concentration In the class rooms above. Another of the speakers at the meet Ing will bo J. H- Carey. Members of theboard, which includes, W. R. Mc l ion. ild. chairman; Richard Blttner, C. E. Charles, and Clyde Hughes, clerk, may be oxpected to be heard from. CANEMAH GETS GAS. The Portland Gas & Coke company Thursday completed the laying of mains In Canemah. Twenty-five real dents of the town have signed con tracts lo connect with the company's mains, and several connections were made Thursday. The company In tends to extend its service to every district which wants to be supplied $14,000 SCHOO WEST LINN BOARD with gas. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IS UNDER GUARD! Wilm Wai OIRMAN SPIES ARI BEING WATCH CO; PICKIO RIFLEMEN ARC ON LOOKOUT. SHOOT TO KIU ORDER Oovarnmant Secret Sarvlc Oparatlvta Ara Buay Trailing Both Oarman and Pro-ally Amlaaarlaa Much Evidence I Sacurad. CHICAUO. Peb. 8. First steps for the protection of government property in the tone around ''lib ugn . r.- lakcu today, following receipt of order from Waahlngton by wireless, when sentries wrr tripled and all visitors bsrrcd from the grounds of thn Ureal Ijike Naval Training Blallon near l.ake Bluff Picked riflemen of the Illinois Naval reserves mounted guard on the United Hlatea gunboat Isle d" Luzon and on the training ship Commodore. Knact ment of mobilization orders, which have been In possession of Captain E. A. Even, Is expected to aasemble 1000 membi-ra and rx-membera of this or ganization for duty on American fight ing craft "Shoot to kill." was the order to sentries for attempt at tampering with government property. Tho United States secret service deiuirttnent in Chicago, reinforced by core of operatives from Washing Ion, today look up with rrnewed w ih" trail of aliens whose activities In the lust two years virtually classed them under the term "aplea." Activities of German and pro-ally emlssarlea are almoat aa great In Chicago aa In the east, It Is declared, and. while agents for both sides plot and counterplot to each other's con fusion, operatives of the United State government compose thn third purty In the vast Sherlocklan conflict. A card Index of well-known Ger man propagandlste In Chicago is known to be in the posaesslon of the Secret Service bureau, and it forms tho web of a net In which the gov ernment Intends to trap Instigators of attempts to destroy government property and munition plants. Incriminating Information has been obtulned against u number of the propagandists by tho secret service men who attended meetings of cer tain Hermnn organizations In Chi cago during the lust two years. E COUGAR BITE THE DUST AND EKE FIVE BOBCATS ESTACADA FARMER BRINGS IN PELTS AND CARRIES AWAY FORTUNE IN BOUNTIES. Hides of five cougar nnd five wild cuts, the largest number of pelts ever presented in this clf-y for bounty, were brought to Hie orrtce of county cterK Harrington Monday. They were the properly of A. G. Ames, of Estacada, who hunted for five days In tho Warm Spring section of Clackamas county and along Oak Grovo crook. Ames will be paid a bounty of S58 from the county and $75 additional from the state. Tho hides are valued at $1 B0. Each day's hunt brought Amos one cougar and one wildcat. At tho point where these animals were killed the carcasses of four deer were found; the beasts had had a fenst- There is an unusual number of wildcats and cougar in that section of to county this winter, Ames states. No sooner had Miss Harrington dis posed of Ames than In walked William Alt, of Sandy, with the hides of two coyotes and throe wildcats. Miss I i.ir rlngton Bays she was ready to believe that a menagerie had been slaughtered wnen the second farmer arrived. The men were given the bounties before leaving the office. FIRST SHOVELFULL OF Ground was broken for the Moose lodge now building to be erected in Eleventh and Main streets. A. F. Fish er, contractor, has a crew of men ex cavatlng for the foundation. This will be a two story building, with three store rooms facing Main street, while the second floor will be used for lodge room. The building will be ready for occupancy in June. Jesse Hazell, formerly of Oregon City, but now of Portland, was here on business Tuesday. Mr. Hazell will leave soon for the east. P0Utr..4;.. r resident Lautious a. I A a a a, Wont Rush to War WASHINGTON. I b . The i,re. dent undoubtedly will wait lor com plete report 00 the disaster before determining whether the time has ome for him lo go lo congress lo ask authority to "use uny means thst may be n imury for the protection of our seamen and our people." VOTE ON REPORT Of COMMITTEE ; ENDS AGITATION INDEFINITEPOBTPONEMENTPUT8 BILL INTO THE LEGISLATIVE DISCARD. SALEM. On. Feb ter being carefull) the bouee oo Us the governor the : -(BpeclaD Al piloted through Journey toward move to cre- ato a separate t an.ile county waa defeated today in the n-nate when ouly six votes could be mustered against an Indefinite postponement report, un animously relumed b) the senate com mittee With a number of Oregon City and Clackamas county representatives sit ting In the rear of the senate chamber Walter IMmlck spoke for ubout 40 min utes against toe measure It appeared on the floor, aa bud In en predicted. with unanimous report against It Lost From First It hsd boon apparent almost from the first of the session that If propon ents of tho measure srera successful in the bouse they would find a last resting place in the up par body and talk waa confined to Lmnlck'a aasault. Dlmlck mad a bitter attack on the bill, pummellng it, kicking It around the floor of the senate and otherwise humping It verbal'-- until It found small support among members. Six votes against indefinite post ponetnent of the bill were cast by Bis hop. E&rrell. Hswley, Lewis, Olson and Shanks. The balance of the senate ex cept Bingham was present and all the other 23 members voted against cre ation of a new county. New Bill Introduced. A bill from the Joint consolidation committee proiioslng to merge the stallion registration board and live stock sanitary board was Introduced simultaneously In both houses today by Brownell and Dlmlck. The bill was drawn by I. Ivy Stlpp, of Oregon City, and is designed to save consider able money to the state. Only the apparent complication in connection with It Is the fact that the ways and means committee has al ready sent in n bill for appropriation for the livestock sanitary board, cov ering all that is asked and this action may cause some difficulty In straight ening out the appropriation tangle this late in the session. CONSTABLE RILEY ASKS HEDGESJOPIIOSECUTE MILWAUKIE OFFICER TURNS EVI DENCE AGAINST CLUB OVER TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Constable Sam Riley, who raided the Priarn' club at Mllwaukie Friday morn ing, turned what evidence he had in the enso over to District Attorney Hedges Saturday. Justice of the Peace Kelso, of Mllwaukie, accompanied Con stable Riley on bis visit horc. The case will probably be taken dl rectly before the grand Jury, which will meet about the middle of this month. Deputy District Attorney Burke called Attorney General Brown by telephone Saturday to leant detail of the new-bone-dry prohibition law but was un able to get information. The fact that local authorities do not have a copy of the new law and that so many amendments were made after It was introduced hinders the en forcement of absolute prohibition un til the new Inw has been printed and distributed. .(, .. $ ,r. f. j, ., FIRST, A8 USUAL. Over an hour before a Portland extra reached Oregon City, the 4) Enterprise had all ready dls- tributed throughout Oregon City and surrounding towns extras $ telling of the diplomatic break 4 $ between the United Stu:. s and the central powers. 4 The Enterprise extra was on - the streets at 9:30 o'clock, which 4) was only a few minutes after the $ news first flashed out from the national capital city. The story 4 In the extra, while not long, cov- $ ? ered all the principal points in 4 $. the matter, and the people of Ore- gon City knew of the break as ? soon as other cities of the coun- $ $ try thanks to Enterprise organ- 4 ixation and efficiency. GERMAN AMBASSADOR . IN AN h 'ASS ' H Hi W p - : ....a- on JvV, BARON ZVJIEDlhEKL O Count von Bernstorff and hi staff ' American government. Von Bern ' I storff Is shown here with his friend, have been given tbelr pascports by the , pamn Zwled'nek- NEW AUDITORIUM FOD 8! DIRECTORS EXPECT BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR JULY SESSIONS. If present plans of the board of di rectors are carried out, the Willamette Valley Chautauqua assembly will be boused in a new )6,000 auditorium at its coming session to be held In July. Final action of the building com mittee will be taken before the middle of February, and the work on the new structure will be started early in April. The building will be elliptical In shape, patterned generally after the famous Mormon tabernacle. It will be 150 by 100 feet in size, with a large stage. The present plans are to build the structure about 50 or 75 yards north of the present auditorium, on a natural slo:" among the fir trees, where a comparatively small amount of grading will make an ideal site for the building. The sides will be open, as in the present structure, but new seats and new seating arraneement will make it possible for between 4000 and 4500 persons to enjoy the programs with comfort. The stage will be elevated and will accommoate 100 persons, while under neath several dressing rooms will be provided. The plans were drawn by Architect Tobey, of the Palmer-Ellison Company, Portland. Upon receipt of several hundred dol- bars in stock subscriptions, which is to be paid during the next four weeks, work will begin immediately on the building. The assembly convenes early In July, and work will be rushed so that the programs can be held In the new building. The present structure was built over 23 years ago. Many of the men who backed it are still actively connected with the chautauqua. As it only seats about 2500 persons, the need of a large structure during the past few years has become icute. It Is yet In a fairly good state of preservation, and may possibly used to conduct class work, during the next year or so, if the di rectors do not see fit to tear it down this year. DIRECTOR RECALL BILL SALEM, Or, Feb. 2 School di rectors were placed on a parity with other public officials this morning when the house of representatives passed senate bill 95, providing for the recall of school directors upon tire filing of proper petitions- The vote was overwhelming 44 favor ing the measure , 14 voting against it, with two being absent. For days a bitter attack was made on the bill by O. M. Plummer, of Portland, representing the Interests of City School Superintendent Alder man, of Portlmd, who saw In the bill a possible tionace to the close corporation of the Portland achool board. In nplte of the struggle of the lobby the bill passed on its mer its. It applies only to dlsricts of tho first class. VON BERNSTODcr ore O COUNT BERHSroRFF I'S PLAN OE CONSOLIDATION CETS 0. K, OFJMNIITTEE AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON RE ORGANIZATION OF STATE TAX COMMISSION. SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 1. (Special to the Enterprise) Chairmen Dlmlck and Brownell of the Joint consolida tion committeea today agreed with the balance of the joint committee on the bill, relating to the state tax commis sion and decided to adopt the gover nor s plan as promulgated In his mes sage. Under this plan one tax commis sioner is topped off and the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer remain as the other members of the commission. As the board now Is con stituted there are two commissioners besides three members of the state board, one of these commissioners un der the law being Democrat and the other Republican. TB ASSIST LITTLE T DEDMAN'S MEASURE ALLOWING MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS PASSED BY HOUSE. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 3. (Special to e Enterprise) Every effort will be made by Senator Dlmlck to secure the passage in the senate of Dr. Dedman's bill allowing communities to Join to gether to develop domestic water fa cilities. This statement was made by Senator Dimick today. Representative Dedman states that a large amount of interest is being taken in the bill in Clackamas county, particularly In the Oak Grove district where a plan has been made to bet ter the water supply it the bill be comes a lew. It seems probable that the bill will pass the senate and be signed by the governor. It passed the house by a good majority and is now in the senate. It will probably come up Tuesday or Wednesday for final passage. BILL CANNOT BE PASSED. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 1 No bill deny Ing to Japanese, Chinese or other Ori entals the right to own land in Oregon will be passed by the present legisla ture. A drastic anti-alien land bill, aimed especially :t the Japanese, but including anlso Chinese and Hindus, was introduced in the senato early in the session by Senator Wilbur, of Hood River. This measure, was referred to the senate committee on Judiciary. WIFE CHARGES DESCRTION Kate F. Connor charges desertion In a divorce suit filed in the Clacamas county circuit court Thursday against Harry H. Connor. They were married October 27, 1910. In Oregon City. She asks for the restoration of her maiden name, Kate F. Fleck. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED. County Clerk Iva Harrington Thurs day issued marriage licenses to Anna Oberst and Wllhelm Sommermeyer. E . ..a ii GIVES PLACE TO MILLER-PARKER COMPANY PAYS 1B.000 FOR NINTH AND MAIN STREETS SITE. PLANS FOR THREE STORY PLANT WILL BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION Big Really Oeal Closed When Auto mobile Merchants See Bargain; Plans for Budding to be Pressed Rapidly. With the Intention of using the site for the construction of a thoroughly modem, fire-proof garage, coating at least $10,000. the Miller Parker com pany Tuesday closed negotiations for the purchase of the Char man property at the comer of Ninth and Mala streets. The price paid waa 1 16.000. Construction of the new building will begin within 30 daya and will be completed before fall. Contains Many Improvement. Tho new structure will contain an automobile show room, a atore. and a repair aod machloe shop, a painting plant, and an elevator. It will cover (he entire frontage of 80 feet along Main street and will extend 110 feet toward the rear of the lot Three sides of the building will be almoat entirely of glaaa, according to the plana now under consideration. The building will be one of the beat lighted In Oregon City. A heating plant will be one of the featured Improvements among the equipment of the building. House Will Be Moved. The Charman property now em braces two large residences. One is the historic Charman home, situated oo the corner; the other ia the house where Mrs. Lena Charman now llvas, which faces on Ninth street The Charman home is now occupied by Dr. Hugh 8. Mount It will be re moved to the rear of the property. The other house will not be effected by the now structure. The purchaae was made from Mrs. Lena Charman, widow of the late E. E. Charman, who built the house where Dr. Mount now lives. The site of the proposed business block is on the northeast comer of the street intersection. There is a front age of 80 feet on Main street and 210 feet on Ninth street. To Rush Plans for Building. "We shall now hurry plans as rapid ly as possible," said Mr. Miller Wed nesday. "The sale was concluded with a rush because we thought that wo saw a bargain and so grabbed the site as soon as possible. Things will be pushed from now on aa rapidly as possible." General plane for the new structure Indicate that the building will be as well built and equipped as any similar building in the Willamette valley. The material has not yet been selected. NINE FOREICN BORN MEN ONE GERMAN IN GROUP ADMIT TED BY JUDGE CAMPBELL BY NATURALIZATION One German became a citizen of the United States Monday when Circuit Judge Campbell held naturalization day. He was Carl Schandt. Nine other men of foreign birth became American citizens at that time. Judge Campbell, who conducted the examination of the candidates for citi zenship in the absence of Immigration Inspector Hozzard, asked Schandt If he would fight for the Fatherland in case of war. "Mein Gott, no!'' exclaimed the new American. The others who were admitted by the court were Joseph Cbulic, George H. R. Miller, Carl Aug. William Law. son, Henry J. Bigger, William Wal ter Laurie, Carl Henning Bergman, James Garvin Hamilton and Joban Ekcrson. RURAL CARRIER TEST FEB. 4. The United States dvil service com mission has announced an examina tion to be held in Oregon City Febru ary 24, to fill the position of rural car rier at Eagle Creek. OREGON CITY GIRL TO MARRY. A marriage license was issued to William F. Mueller, of Boring, and Mildred S. Blsaell, of Oregon City, Monday. The records in the county clerks office state the ages of the cou ple as being over 21 and 18 respec tively. HOM MODERN GARAGE