flPTV-flMT YtAR No. V.
Q. nnn mhdf remarkable decrease
0,UUUIfIUilLN INDEBTEDNESS IS
DDIQlWRQ MADE BK 1HE COUNT!
i moum.Hu
WITH MANY
GUNS WON
U)NIK)N. July I. The Austro4Ier-
man fore ar evacuating llrewiany
10 miles southeast of Lemberg. th
capital of 0lcl, aays Reutsr dls
natch fnira I'etrogred. Tb Russian
armies hav Invested Dreieiany from
tb northeast, southeast and south
WMt.
I'Dlta of four Russian armies, th
dispatch adds, ar co-operating In th
Galaclan advance, covering a (runt of
about 10 roller These nnlla, with tba
approval of tba commander In chlnf, art
resolving to do or die In tba supreme
teal of HuiHla'a manhood.
Tbe ar ealloo, respectively, regl
mania, baltallona, companies, batter
lea and squadrons of "death." They
wear black and rod atrlpes on their
cuffi with a deatb'a bead on crossed
aworda.
I'lCTIlOOUAD. July I. Tbe new Hue.
alan offensive baa resulted In tbe cap
ture of 6000 more prisoners. Tbe flue
alana are advancing toward Zlochoff,
Uslacla. tbe war office announcea.
Russian troopa bave occupied tbe
Galaclan villages of Preiovce. Zborboff
and Korehlduv. The Austro-Gormsn
force bave retreated woetward acroea
tbe little Strips liver.
Twenty-one guna and aeveral mine
thhrowers were captured. Prisoners
continued to be brought In.
Tbe number ot prlaonnrt taken In
the fighting aoulbeaat of Dreieiany on
Bunday la given aa (3 offlcera and 1200
men.
Tbe Ruaalana captured poaltlona to
the weatward of tbe Narayuvka river.
and many guna were taken and turned
against tbe enemy.
BERLIN, July S. Russian troopa
bave broken forward acroaa tbe
belgbta on tbe weatern bank ot tbe
Stripe In Oallcla and aucceeded In e
tending northward the gay they made
In tbe Teutonic llnea the prevloua day
At Konlucby, the German atatement
aaya, atrong Ruaalan attacka broke
down with heavy loaaea. The Rua
alana did not find atrengtb to ropeat
their attacka against the Brexetany
belgbU.
The Ruaalan progreaa waa baited
with the aealitance of German reaervea
the official atatement addi.
PART OF PAVING IS
EIS
The Clackamaa county court la do-
bating the propoeal of tbe Oregon atate
blKhway commission made at the meet
ing of tbe commission Wodnosday aft
ernoon. Aftor the clntma ot Clackamaa
county were presented to the commis
sion It waa agreed by thnt body thot
If the county would provide $15,000 for
the elimination ot the dungoroua grade
on the New Era hill, tho commlBalon
would respond with an amount equal
to that and that would, It seems, af
ford the aafeHt mothod all the way
round. What the court will do with
tho matter la hard to predict because
of tho illness ot Judge Anderson,
which will Inconvonlonce the commit
toe. In addition to this promise ot as
slHtnnce, the commission also gave as
surnnce that five miles of Clackamas
county road will bo paved this year.
South of thlB piece of rond will also
be a section of Marlon county road
which will be paved from a point five
inline south of tho northern boundary
of Marion to the boundary line. This
will also give us a straight stretch of
paving ten milcB In length and lying
in two counties. ,
The court has promised an answer
to the commission'! proposal within a
few days.
PRISONERS MAKING MONEY
SALEM, Or , July ,2. raroled prls
onnra from the penitentiary earned
$165,102.24 since July, 1915, and $14,
879.50 during May, when 216 reported,
according to the report of Parole Offi
cer Heller Just Died with Governor
Wlthycomba
The average monthly earning waa
$52.01
Showing a reduction III the county's
Indebtedness of 'JI,HI0 HO aluce !
comber 31, 1 1 0. the semi animal r
port of the financial condition of Clack-
amaa county baa been made public by
County Clerk va M. Harrington. The
report shows an Indebtedness at that
date of $102.300 19 with a present In
dobtetlnoss of $10,409 39.
The mo laies brought In $4X3.
4I5.XI the 1915 tales $IM.5400 tales
of 1914 and before thnt date. $1,717 61
Hherlff WlUnn also reported the col
lection of $240 AO fees.
The county treasurer now has on
bund $:ni.OK3X4 for the payment of
reneral county fund and road Improve
ment fund warrants, and $49.270. M for
the payment of county road warrants
Ixirlng the sis mouths ending June
30, the county's expenditures were
$50,250 61 of the general fund and $9s,
877.73 fur roads and highways, making
a total of $144,128 34 County road
with Interest estimated at $1,445.00,
white county road warrants, not en
dorsed, and unpaid, are $41,317.74,
with county road Improvement war
rants unpaid totaling H.773.3H. Gen
eral fund warrants outstanding and
unpaid, total $5.99.1.(1.
Nothing waa spent from the ac
counts of either the state school fond
or the Institute fund which received
155.34 and $214.70 respectively, while
only 50 rents was spent from the fair
fund, which received $1,706 18. The
general high school tuition fund alao
shows a large profit with recnlpta of
$19,060 12 and expense of $6K.34. The
special school fund received $79,553
and expended $72,310.37 while the spe
cial city fund shows receipts of $42,
7SX.37 and expenses of $40,129 84. The
county school fund shows receipts of
$61.8X2.50 and expenses of $39,903.50.
The district road fund and special
fund received $211,743.51 and spent
$162,473.51. The expenses of the
road improvement fund were $9,181,26
and the receipts $34,239.85.
FIVE OCCUPANTS OF
AUTOMOBILE HAVE
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
What might bave been a serious ac
cident waa prevented by some freak of
Providence on tho Eatacada road 11
mllea east of here about midnight
Tuesday when a light automobile
rolled over a fifteen foor embankment
and Its five occupants eacaped with
only slight bruises.
C. II. Rosentreter. his wife Noll
Roacntroter, their 10-months-old In
fant. Miss Edyth Myers and Gilbert
Johnson, all ot Obwpko, were the oc
cupants of the machine and were
bound tor Euglo Creek where they In
tended to spend the Fourth of July
fishing. Mr. Rosentreter was driving
and allowed tho car to akld In some
loose, gravel, too near the edge of an
embankment. Tho machine turned
completely over In- falling and pin
ioned tho occupants undor tho frame
of tho car. Johnson and Rosentreter
nutmiKod to wriggle free and lift the
machine enough to allow the women
and the baby to crawl out.
A lighted oil lantern wrupped in red
cloth and attached to the rear of the
machine exploded and threatened to
burn tho car but the flumes were ex
tinguished by Johnson before the cor
caught fire.
The party was brought to this city
whore Dr. H. S. Mount ottendod them
and found that aside from u few
bruises they had escaped unhurt
A
TOKIO, July 2. A proposal that Jap
an negotiate with the United States
tor the exchange ot the Philippine 1b
lands to Japan for the South Sea is
lands, solzcd by the mikado from Ger
many, was made In parliament today
by Kotoran Mochizuki, an opposition
momber.
Mochizuki expressed the belief that
the United 8tates would consent to
such an exchange, thereby removing
many of the difficulties that have tend
ed to cause friction between Ameri
ca and Japan. In dlscunslng the Jap
anese policy in the orient, he declared
the United States Is suspicious of the
Imperial government's attitude toward
China.
Viscount Motono, foreign minister.
replying to Mochizuki, declared there
was no cause for fear regarding Japan
ese-American relations, as recently
they had shown marked Improvement
OREGON CITY ENI
HUNDREDS
OF
KILLED IN
IB RIOTS
CAST IT- LOUIS. III, July 2. The
number of dead ntgroee was sstlmatsd
t 210 by State's Attorney Schaunv
loeffsl after Inspecting the rlot-ewpt
district tonight.
EAST ST. LOUIS, III, July 2
Two negroes were taken from street
ear this afternoon and shot and killed
while a white man, aUnding In front
of his store, waa killed by a stray
bullet
The turbulence of the mobs In
creased during the afternoon. Rioters
took tbe rifle away from 18 national
gusrdamen. Whit women and white
girls are participating In tbe violence.
Despite the troopa, the attacks on
negroes continued this afternoon and
at 1 o'clock eight neifroes were in
hospitals. The atUcks usually took
the form of a bombardment of Indi
vidual negroes with atones and pav
ing; bricks.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., July 2.
SLx companiea of national guardsmen
were patrolling the tree Is here todsy
as a result of another outbreak of
race rioting early this morning, In
which one policeman was killed and
three others seriously injured.
Tbe trouble began when about 200
armed negroes gathered at the ring
ing of a church bell shortly after mid
night and began marching down the
street. They were met by an auto
mobile filled with policemen and or
dered to disperse. Instead, they be
gan firing at the occupants of the
ear. After the mob had been dispers
ed, the negro quarters of the city
were searched and all arms found
were confiscated.
Race rioting in East 8t Louis be
gan May 28 last, when the robbery
of two whit men precipitated vio
lence which resulted in Injury of
scores of persons in foor day. Tb
trouble followed the Importation of
negro laborers from the South.
Today's trouble is thought to have
been caused by desire on the part
of the negroes for revenge. '
The trouble broke out anew short
ly before noon when a negro waa se
verely beaten by a crowd of whit
men. Several pistol shot were fir
ed. Later a white man fired at a
negro several paces away. The aim
waa bad and the bullet hit another
white man. The armed man was ar
rested, but at the demand of a crowd
the police released him.
RED CROSS FUND IS
AT $14,250 IN
With 80 small outlying dlBtrlcta yet
to report Clackamaa county Saturday
night reached a total of $14,250 sub
scribed to the Red Cross fund. Of this
amount $6,330 was pledged in Oregon
City and the remainder, $7,920, was
subscribed In the county outside ot
Oregon City.
Districts not previously reported
who have filed their statements with
County Campaign Manager T, W. Sul
livan report as follows: No. Ill,
$24.75; No. 18, $20.60; No. 109, $56.60;
No. 65, $52.50; No. 97, $76.72 addition
al; Mrs. C. C. Louck's committee (no
number), $25; Beaver Creek, $14 ad
ditional; West Linn, districts No. 34
and 105, $150 additional, with $470 In
pledges.
There were a total of 136 committees
working outside ot Oregon City,
ALL IS READY
FOR GREAT WAR
LOTTERY HERE
Monday Sheriff W. J. Wilson and
Deputy District Attorney Thomas A.
Burke turned over to Adjutant Gen
eral George A. White copies of the
2G25 war registration cards for Clack
amas county. The cards bear the
official numbers of the registered
men and these will serve as the per
manent records of the United States
Government
Sheriff Wilson said today that he
was satisfied ' that there were very
few eligibles who failed to rsgictcr in
this county, since each of the many
suspected ones haa proved that he
was not included in the draft act
BLACKS
FJUMUSE, FRIDAY, JULY 6,
Ho Saya That
Ho Ovos Dili
Nothing Now
Ernest llelnrkh WUk. a native of
lllldetheln, Hanover, 'iermany, be
lieve not wily In rlmridilng alli
ance to the Ktars and BlMpes but be
also wants the world to kno about It,
and so, knowing that hW ropiest would
not be granb-d until after the war, be
applied for final rltlu-m.blp papers
here Friday. Ills bearing will come
up on August I but It will without
doubt be denied, In line Hb tbe gov
ernment's policy.
Richard T. Davis, wboM borne Is at
Cams, who now owes allegiance to
Kaglsnd but wlshe to transfer tbl to
the 1'nlted States, also asks for cltl
icnsblp. II bas been la this country
II years.
IS
OF ATTEMPT TO KILL
August Erlckson, now serving a sev
en months' term In tb Clackamaa
county Jail for conducting a onlsant
at Clackamaa tavern on tb Logan road
eaat of ber,waa Indicted by tb grand
Jury Friday on a charg of assault
with attempt to kill. Tbe alleged as
sault waa mad upon bis wife, Maria
Erlckson. May 10, at tb tavern near
Dakar's bridge.
A not true bill was returned In tbe
case of William Niemann, charged with
threatening to kill II. F. Olbson, of Bar
ton. Erlckson bss bad a busy time ot It
In tbe Clackamaa county courts since
tbe date of tbe alleged attack. On
June I be pleaded guilty to five charg
es preferred against htm In th cir
cuit court and on June T b entered
a plea of guilty In each of four charge
In th Justice court here. June 11 Cir
cuit Judge J. U. Campbell sentenced
htm to sli months' Imprisonment and
Imposed a fin ot $150 aH.-eosU. and
Justice of th Peace John N. Slever
sentenced Erlckson to seven months'
Imprisonment on tbe four other char
ge In the Justice court
Nor was this all. Between the date
of entering his pleas of guilty and
tbe Imposition of the sentences, Maria
Erlckson. wife ot August, filed suit tor
divorce on tbe grounds ot brutality and
drunkenness. Attorney Jos. E. Hedges
representing August Erlckson, filed a
demurrer to the complaint last week,
asking that plaintiff be required to
pay temporary alimony and suit mo
ney during tbe process of tbe trial
This unusual request was overruled
Friday by Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell
and the defendant waa allowed ten
day further In which to prepare de
fense.
Among the charges to which Erlck
on haa entered plea ot guilty In the
recent complaints are the following:
Maintaining a nuisance In the form ot
Clackamas tavern, on the Logan road;
manufacturing liquor, assault with a
dangerous weapon, operating and own
ing slot machines, having liquor In his
possession and selling liquor.
Erlckson formerly conducted the no
torious Erlckson Cafe and saloon in
Portland.
YOUNG GIRL HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DROWNING
Francis McGlnnls narrowly escaped
drowning In Abernethy Creek Sunday
afternoon when, with a company of
glrlB, she went wading in the stream.
Miss McGinnls, who Is a fair swimmer,
ventured too fur out in the stream
which is now swollen with back water,
and went down three times before
Bhe was rescued by O. M. Onleaby who
lives near tho scene of the accident.
Miss McGlnnls is 34 years old and was
tne only one In the party who could
swim.
Fl
The Clackamas county court will this
weak authorize the expenditure ot $15,
000 for road improvements during the
coming year to meet the proposal of
the State Highway commission, said
Judge H. S. Anderson Saturday. Tbe
greater part of this fund will be used
for the elimination ot bad grades and
dangerous places In the road.
Mehama: Seven thousand dollar
clam and fish hatchery to be built here.
1917.
AIR RAIDS
FATAL TO
SEA COAST
LONDOM. July 4. From 12 to 14
German air raiders today dropped
bomb on Harwich, a seaport town In
Essex, It wss officially announced.
Eleven persons were killed and 36
other were Injured.
Two of tb German machine were
brought down ablate by British naval
aircraft and a third machine waa dam
aged. It Is officially announced. All
th British airmen who engaged tbe
Germane emerged safely from their
fights.
Only about flv minute elapsed be
fore lb defeoslv aircraft and th
anti-aircraft gun drov off th In
vader, according to late dispatches.
It was a misty morning, but the Ger
man machines could b distinguished
at Intervals when ihey appeared from
behind cloudbanks.
Tb German squadron traveled at
great speed and in close formation,
beading first on way and then an
other In erratic manner. Bombs were
dropped In rapid succession. British
airmen Immediately look tbe Initiative
and, operating under the most adverse
conditions, intercepted tbe Germans
and broke up their formation.
Frustrated in their enterprise, the
Germans turned toward tbe sea. Their
retreat was marked by a series of
duels with British aviators. One Brit
ish machine was seen to engage two
German.
Anti-aircraft guns are believed to
bave registered some hits, although
clouds prevented the gunners from
getting a clear view of their targets.
Tb teat of th official atatement fol
low: "A squadron ot some 12 or 14 enemy
airplanes attacked Harwich from a
northeasterly direction about 7:05
o'clock this morning. A number of
bomb were dropped and the latest re
ports state that eight persons wer
killed and 22 Injured. Only alight ma
terial damage was caused.
"Fire waa opened from the anti-aircraft
defense and the enemy's forma
tion waa broken up, although the low
lying crouds rendered tbe visibility
very bad. The raider also were en
gaged by our own aircraft from a
neighboring station.
"After dropping their bombs the
enemy's squadron turned seaward
without attempting to penetrate in
land. The whole raid occupied only a
few minutes. "
The official statement announcing
this result reads:
The vice-admiral at Dov r reports
that naval aircraft from Dunkirk in
tercepted the hostile squadron return
ing from England after the attack on
Harwich this morning. An engage
ment ensued at a considerable distance
froth the Belgian cost Two hostile
machines were brought down In flames
and a third was seen to have been
damaged.
"Several other machines were at
tacked with Indecive results.
"All our machines returned safely.'
INSANE LOGGER
OUTRUNS GUARD;
IS AT LIBERTY
SALEM, Or.. June 28. Victor Eric
gon state hospital from Columbia coun-
gon state hospital trim Columbia coun
ty about six weeks ago, escaped Wed
nesday afternoon by outrunning asy
lum farm hands who tried to over
take him. He was hoeing in the fields
when he suddenly dropped his hoe and
ran. Farm hands took after him and
the chase covered a course of three
miles, but the fleeing Inmate was too
swift for his pursuers. Erlcson is 21
years old and was wearing a black
derby hat hickory shirt and blue over
alls.
COUNTY BOARD
ON EXEMPTIONS
READY TO WORK
Clackamas county's exemption board
composed of Sheriff William J. Wilson,
County Clerk Iva M. Harrington and
Dr. J. W. Norris took the oath of of
fice Thursday morning and in the af
ternoon the work ot checking over
the list of names and preparing for the
national lottery was begun. Clacka
mas county is said to have been the
first county in the state to report that
Us board was ready for service.
ELEVEN ON
iOSWEGO MILLS MAY
E
GRANTS I'AHH, Or, July 3. Tb
problem of securing manganese ore
for the Osi0 steel plant, near 1'ort
land, recently acquired by William Pig
gott of B'Mtle, Is thought to bave been
solved by the granting of option to
I'lfXott upon two southern Oregon
properties.
Samples from a recently uncovered
vein located on Buck pak. 10 mlU-s
west of tb famous Oregon caves, were
sent to PtgKott at Portland. Assays
are said to have proven th ore to
contain Just such metalliferous con
tent as would make It th proper com
bination with tb bematlt or found
In a property about a mile north of
Gold Hill of which Plxgott bad already
secured control.
A crew of men bad been set to work
on the new Buck peak property. It
Is situated witbln half a mile of the
new truck road Just completed to tb
chrom deposits on Oak Flat The
ore wilt be trucked to Waters Creek.
IS mile from this city, and th pres
ent terminus of th C. O. C. R- R.
Tbe Gold Hill property waa located
as early as 1870 and shipments of sev
"Pssquale," George Beban, the wonder
means of teams hauling to Red Bluff.
Cal., river freight to San Francisco,
and thence as ballast around tb Horn
to Wale. Tbe report was satisfac
tory, but high transportation charge
caused the shutting down ot the prop
erty. The then owners died; tbe heirs
disposed of th property to the Gar
field Iron and Llm company composeo
ot Portland people.
Arrangements have been made for
putting a number of men on both
properties early tbl month. Local
representative of Mr. Plggott says
that ore will be shipped from both
properties to the Oswego plant within
60 days.
JURY EXONERATES
CREW OF TRAIN THAT
KILLED A ADKINS
A coroner's jury empaneled Sun
day by County Coroner W. E. Hemp-
sUad decided that the death of James
A. Adkins, who was killed by a South
ern Pacific train Saturday morning,
was purely acidental
Adkins, it was shown, was hurry
nig toward the station at Kraft, on
the Molalla-Canby division of the
Southern Pacific Saturday morning
about 7:30 o'clock, and attempted to
cross the track to the station, when
he was struck by the train and in
stantly killed.
The train was in charge of Engin
eer Robert Gittings and Fireman Roy
Knight
Tbe funeral services over the re
mains ot Mr. Adkins were conducted
at the Methodist church in Canby on
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
Rev. Moore, pastor, officiating. The
church was filled to capacity with
friends of the deceased, as Mr. Adkins
was widely and favorably known
throughout Clackamas county.
"Nearer My God To Thee" and
"Jesus Lover Of My Soul" were im
pressively rendered. The floral trib
utes were in profusion and magnifi
cent Among those sending floral trib
utes were the Redmen's lodge of Ore
gon City, large pillow; B. P. O. E.,
floral design, and the Oregon City Hose
company, of which Mr. Adkins was a
member, "Gates Ajar."
IS
TO THE U. S.
HIGH STATE OFFICIAL
TOKIO, - July 2. Relations with
the United States and China continue
to be the basis of opposition attacks
on the government in the diet Ke
tara Mochizuki contended in parlia
ment Saturday that a grave misun
derstanding existed between Japan
and the United States owing to am
biguity of Japan's Chinese policy,
many Americans suspecting an in
tention to subjugate the Chinese and
exploit Chinese resources.
M. Mochizuki suggested that the
difficulties might be removed if Jap
an negotiate with the United States
to exchange Japan's newly acquired
South Sea islands for the Philippines.
Viscount Motono, the foreign min
ister, smilingly said he had listened
to the suggestions and declared that
relations with the United States were
never friendlier. Concerning Amer
ica's advice to China, as contained in
a recent note from Washington, Jap
an, M. Motono declared, had ap
proached Washington with perfect
frankness with the result that a cor
dial understanding exists between the
two governments.
CITAItltHtO mi
D I
OE CHINA
MAY BE IN
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4 A cable
gram received bar today by tb Chi
nes World, a newspaper, stated that
unconfirmed rumor persisting In all
section of Pekln wer that President
LI Yuan Hung had been assassinated
and that former high officials of th
republic had declared allegiance to
th monarchy.
A battl Is In progress today between
troop of th southern provinces, fight
ing for th preservation of th repub
lic and th northern province of th
young emperor, according to cable ad
vice received by th Chinese National
ist league. Tb first clash occurred
yesterday, tbe officer of th league
announce, who say th sourc of Its In
formation Is unquestionable.
According to th dispatches, tb sol
dier of President LI In th Chinese
capital, are steadily gaining ground.
TIEN TSIN. July . Li Tuan Hung,
the Chinese president with two at
tendants, escaped from the palace at
I o'clock last night and sought refuge
In the Japanese legation. The Jap
anese, considering the urgency of the
case, granted him refuge. No one la
allowed to interview th president
TOKIO, July 1 (Delayed). Gener
al Chang Hsnn, say a dispatch from
Pekln, asked Baron Hayashl, the Jap
anese minister, on June 22, whether
Japan would support a movement tor
China.
Baron Hayashl replied that Japan
would adhere to it policy of non-interference.
Should the restoration ap
pear to succeed. It Is believed it may
precipitate a decisive struggle between
the northern and southern province.
The opinion has been expressed here
that should serious disorders arise, Jap
an and the allies might be forced to
take protective action.
AMOT, FU KIKN PROVINCE, China.
July 4. Troop of Kwang Tung prov
ince are reported to be concentrated
on the Fu Kien province border.
SHANGHAI, July 4. It is generally
believed here that the navy will up
port the Republicans, while the local
i
(Continued on page 4)
Tl
IPE
A Jury in the circuit court Saturday
allowed Peter J. Erlckson $660.50 dam
ages for injuries which he claimed he
received at the hands of W. O. Grant
on the night ot April 23 near the
Fourth street viaduct
Erlckson, who bas been employed for
the past five years In the Hawley Pulp
& Paper mills, became engaged in a
dispute with Grant over the displaying
ot the kaiser's picture some time In
March. It seems that Grant then cir
culated rumors and made statements
that Erlckson had insulted the Ameri
can flag and had assaulted him.
Grant was subsequently discharged
and on April 23, Erlckson left work
at midnight and way on his way home
when a man attacked him and struck
him over the head with a section ot
gas pipe about 18 inches long.
The incident aroused considerable
excitement in this city and because of
this fact Chief of Police Lee French
undertook to run to earth the' man
who was responsible. By establishing
a chain of circumstances, French was
able to convince the Jury Saturday that
Grant was responsible for the attack
on Erlckson.
Erlckson filed suit May 24 for $1000
through Brownell and Slevers.
ROOSEVELT BOYS
IN FRANCE WITH
AMERICAN FORCE
PARIS, July 3. Major Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., and Captain Archibald
Roosevelt have arrried In France to
Join the American expeditionary forces
JAPAN NOW