Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, July 13, 1917, Image 1

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LUTHERANS
IN LEAGUE
s
IS
LINCOLN, Nob , July II The COtl
eplruoue leedere" of the Lulhera
rhurrh la the (( and "certain pro
fessors" of the University of Nebraaka
wore denounced for "treasonable at
(erancee, dlaloyal 'tlvlly and pasalv
ty that baa tended to give aid to Ur-
luaoy, an enemy." In alatnmant la
sued today by (ba Nebraska etate coun
rll of defense, "after tha nioat eolem
and aarloua Investigation and ronald
eratlon."
Tha statement, It la explained
baaed upon reports and upon hundreds
of letters from every section of lb
lata and upon hundreds of letters
from patriotic man, many of whom
declare they bave loat thouaanda
dollars because they would not tamely
ubmlt to prolerman Influences.'
Specifically It la charged that bank
rra who Invcstod In liberty loan bonda
r threatened with withdrawal of
deposits; that tha aala of war bonda
haa been actively opposed; that Had
Croaa relief work haa nmt with an
alarming antagonism; that tha Luther
an church haa failed to take a single
atep twoard organizing for war rellaf
work and Ha "consplcuoua represents-
Uvea" have ahown marked partiality
for tha Herman cauae; that certain pro
foaaors at Nebraaka university have
been guilty of disloyal utlorsmes, and
that thera are communities where the
purpoaa of thla war la not understood
and where the aympathlea of tha peo
ple are with Germany.
Tha namna of man against whom tha
rhargea are mad were not made pub-
lip, but Qeonte Coupland. vice-chair
man of tha council of dofenae and head
of the food conservation division, aald
"condition! became auch that tha coun
ell could no longer repress the bitter
neaa It felt."
lie aald ample evidence to warrant
tta assertions had been obtained by
the council.
Reveral Lutheran churchmen here
aald the council should have confined
lta denunciation to "Gonnan Luther
ana" and asserted there waa no ciuse
to queatlon their loyalty. Gonnan Luth
erana who were alleged to be In sym
psthy with Germany would not dls
cuss the charges.
Chancellor Barauol Avery, of the Unl
verslty of Nobraska, who haa been ao
tlve In patriotic: relief work and baa
even taken part In the campaign for
recruits, would not be quotod, but H la
known he baa strongly disapproved of
number of profosors whose pro-Gor
man utterance! have causod dlssen
slon at the unlvoralty.
Some time ago etudonts protested
some of tholr professors wore saying
"this la not our war and we will not
fight, bocnuso we do not know what It
la all about."
When complaint was made to Chan
collor Avery It Is understood there
woro aomo conforoncoi with profog'
sors, at which the chuncollor, who was
then urging the students to enlist, lot
It bo known In emphatic language such
doctrlnoB muHt not be board In unlvor-
Blty classrooms.
Half the male studontB at the unl
verslty of Nobraska have either en
listed in Bonio branch of the service
or have voluntoorod and been accoptod
for work on farms in the Control Wost.
Throe unlvorslty professor! enllHted.
SOCIALISTS URGE THE
MEN AND MONEY
CHICAGO, July 9. Mombera of the
Socialist party In the JBnlted States
have approved by an overwhelming
mnjortty the statement of the party's
attitude toward the war wKh Germany
eubmltted by the majority of the com
mittee on war and militarism appoint
ed by the St Louis convention last
April. The party'! executive commit
tee announce! that the vote In favor
of the proclamation wai 21,639 to 27E2.
The Socialist party, according to the
proclamation, opposes the entrance of
the United States Into the war, but ad
vocate! the application of socialist doc
trine! to the war. The two principal
Innovation! urged are the conscription
of wealth as well a! men, and public
ownership of all national industries vl
Jp to the proseculton of the war.
WITH
REPORT
OP MTU AND IN
. URGED BY JOHNSON
Declaring that whn tha government
lieeda soldiers It conscripts Ihein with
out giving the men any option In tlie
matter, (but that when It needs money.
It aake for volunteers to give tha use
of their money at 1 per cent, Dr.
Andrew Johnson of Philadelphia Tues
day evening strut k a responsive rhord
In the bearta of tha 2000 persons who
listened to the first lecture ot the
present lllay Chautauqua aeaslon
whli -b. opened today. lr. . Johnson
hastened to eiplaln that be strongly
favored the rolisrrlpllve method be
cause be asld "Any man who Is not
resdy to give bla Ufa for thla country
la not entitled to lta protection."
The afternoon session today was de
voted o outlining tbe proposed courses
of lectures and study within tbe small
er circles of the Chautauqua and mak
ing tha preliminary aunounce menu.
Jack Larson, ajinployed aa ticket
salesman at the Thirteenth atreet auto
entrance, waa overcome by what be
rlalmnd was the effects of the sun's
rsys. He wss revived after emergency
first aid was given blm by visitors In
the park.
In bla decidedly humorous lecture
entitled, "Ell and Ennla" Dr. Johnson
shows that the, progress of much of
the world Is apparently blm-ked by the
failure to distinguish between service
and money atandards. In brief, Dr.
Johnson's contention Is that In the1
1'nlted States we put the dollar mark
on everything. We evaluate the Uvea
of men In dollars and rents, by con
scripting men, whereas when It comes
to raising money we depend on sub
scription. Why not conscript the mon
ey aa well, be asked, and tbe response
from the crowd waa answer enough.
That there are four channels through
which wealth may be gained, waa the
statement made by Dr. Johnson. Itesl
estate, he aaya, puts a premium on lail-
nets by encoursglng people to bold
property and allow It to Increase In
value without the expenditure of
either effort or money upon It.
The trusts were hit hard by Dr. John
son who said that no matter what you
had. If you bad enough of It and had
corner on It you were sure to make
handsome profit. That the 60 billion
dollars of stocks, bonds and Industrial
securities In the United Statea la over
two-third a water waa another charge
made by the speaker, who concluded
bla address by appealing to the nation
In this hour of external peril to remain
loyal to Itself and to the world.
The attendance at the oponlng ip
slon was estimated by Secretary Thom
as A. Durke of the Chautauqua associa
tion to approximate 2000 persona. Fol
lowing the oponlng words by Chair
man C. II. Dye, Hartrldge Whlpp sang
My Own United States," and the Lyr
lo quartet gave several selections.
BAKERS SPURN STALE BREAD
WASHINGTON, July 10. Beginning
tomorrow bakcri throughout the land,
ut the request of the commercial econ
omy board of the counctl of national
defenso, will refuse to accept returns
of stale bread from the retailors.
GEORGE GOULD JR., MARRIED
PHILADELPHIA. July 6. George J.
Gould Jr., son of the New York bonk-
r and railroad magnnto, was married
ore yesterday to Miss Laura M. Car
ter, of Freehold, N. J.
Hedges Wins Decision In
Famous Wilbur Liquor
Case In Supreme Court
In upholding Circuit Judge Camp
bell's decision In the famous case of
the State of Oregon versus Julius Wil
bur, the Supreme Court Tuesday con
firmed the constitutionality of most
vital aoctlon of the 1916 prohibition
law, and Incidentally addod another
scalp" to Gilbert L. Hedges' long
string of county victories before the
supreme bench.
The higher court found, In effoct,
that Section 33 of the prohibition law
is constitutional, In that It does not
require that the name of the person
to whom liquor is Bold be mentioned
in the Indictment. This waa the point
ralHod by ex-Senator Fulton, counsel
for Wilbur, on demurrer before Judge
Campbell at the time of the trial last
fall, when Wilbur, then proprietor of
the "Friar"! Club" was convicted of
selling liquor.
Judge Campbell overruled the de
murrer on the state's contention that
Section 33 wai constitutional. The
decision Is of far-reaching importance
because it settles once for all ,a very
vital question in the prosecution of
liquor violators.
District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges
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This remarkable photograph shows a British transport after being torpedoed by a German submarine la the
Mediterranean. She waa run on the rocks in vain effort to beach her. Some of the crew and the soldiers may
be seen clinging to the sides of the vessel, sliding down ropti and In the water.
GANTENBEIN IS
OFFERED POST
IN PHILIPPINES
SAN FRANCISCO, July I.Judge
Calvin U. Gantenboln of Portland, who
la a colonel In the United Statea offi
cers' reserve corps, baa been offered
the post of Judge advocate general of
the department of the Philippines, with
the rsnk of colonel, It waa announced
here today. Simultaneously It waa an
nounced that David V- Harrows, of the
University of California faculty, baa
accepted the post of Intelligence offi
cer of the department of the Philip
pines, with rank of major. Both man
are now at the reavrve officers' train-
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
SEARCH FOR SPIES
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.-filrcnu-ous
efforts are being tnado by the
United Statea court to prepare war
rants for the arrest of tbe 158 men
named in 10S Indictments returned
lust Suturday by the federal grand
Jury In the India revolt and Sacra
mento caaea.
Many of those named are in Ger
many and cannot be reached, but It Is
expected by United States Attorney
John W. Preston that of the conspir
ators now In the United, States all will
be under arrest within the week.
It Is charged that the conspirators
not only sought to overthrow British
rule In India, but also to send supplies
from here to German men of war and
to dynamite ships carrying munition!
and supplies to the allies.
KEEPS BOOZE IN STATE
. FARGO. N. D., July 10. Carrying
liquor for personal use from one itate
to another which li dry violate! the
Interstate commerce law, according to
n decision handed down Monday by
Federal Judge Charles F. Amldon.
and Deputy Tom A. Burke prepared
an exhaustive brief on the point at is
sue, when Wilbur appealed, and went
carefully through all similar cases of
all the statea. The case waa argued
about three weeks ago at Salem by
Mr. Hedges, and on account of the
importance of the point at Ibbuo At
torney General Brown aBslBted with
the argument.
In the lower court last fall Senator
Fulton contended that the section was
unconstitutional, under the constitu
tional provision that every accused
person shnll be advised of the nature
of his crime, arguing that where the
indictment falls to states to whom
liquor Is sold, the defendant can have
no knowledge of his accuser.
After overruling the demurrer the
trial proceeded with a resulting con
viction of Wilbur. Judge Campbell
sentenced him to six months In jail
and a fine of $300, and execution was
stayed pending appeal.
The district attorney's office receiv
ed a stream of congratulation! from
Portland and Salem Tuesday when the
decision was made public. The first
to congratulate Mr. Hedgea was At
torney General Brown.
ORtfeON JjTYJffT ERPHlStw FRIDAY,
Torpedoed French Transport
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The enlisting of woodsmen and
mill workers for the 10th Reserve Engi
neers (forestf began Monday July I.
with District Forester George 11. Cecil
of Portland, Oregon, at the bead. En
listment will be tor the period of the
war. Men wishing to Join the regiment
should apply to the District Forester.
Beck building, Portland, or to one of
the following forest supervisor!, who
are assisting In the enlisting work:
Forest Supervisors Belli of Eugene,
Erickson of Med ford. Hastings of Bend,
Evans of Baker, Oregon; Smith of Se
attle, Frorame of Olynpia, Park of
Belllngham, Sylvester of Leavenworth,
Washington. "
Men recommended by any of these
listing officers go to any U. S. army
recruiting officer, where they are ac
cepted as recruits if they pass the phy
sical examination, which la the same
aa that for other military service. Re
cruit! must be white, between tbe ages
of 18 and 40 years, and must be clU
tena of the United Statea or have de
clared their Intention to become such.
Mon subject to conscription will dis
charge their obligation by enlisting in
thla regiment All applicant! should
understand that thla Is a military or
ganltatlon; that they must undergo the
customary drill and discipline of Unit
ed States soldiers, and that they may
be called upon to do work within the
danger tone.
Picked woodsmen will compose the
regiment men who will be given a
chance to take the part In the war for
which their lite and training have fit
ted them. Although listing has been
going on for two week!, the district
forester states that there Is still room
for experienced loggers and mlllmen.
Placei are open for !kllled axmen,
Sawyers, tie hewers, Bklddera, team
stera and blacksmiths. Millwrights,
sawyers, and engineers are needed to
man the portable sawmills which will
form part of the equipment; helpers
are required for the various activities
connected with the woods operations
and the maintenance of large camps.
After enlisting, the men will be fed
at government expense, and will be
furnished uniforms and regular mili
tary equipment, and In addition will
be paid according to a lxed scale, the
lower scale to apply while training In
this country, the hlfiher scale after
they reach France.
HONOR GUARD IS
TO ASSIST RED
CROSS WORKERS
The Oregon City Honor Guard girls
will meet at their Mount Pleasant
bean patch every Wednesday night
equipped with hoes and ready to culti
vate the precious vegetable, instead of
holding their weekly drill in the Ma
sonic hall building on Tuesday nights.
This was decided at a meeting of
the Guard held Friday night at which
the hour of the Wednesday meeting
was set for 7 o'clock.
Monday night of each week will be
devoted to the work of .assisting the
Red Cross prepare surgical 'dressings
for the members of the Third Oregon.
Several girls have alsoslgnlfied their
intention to make the little bag ar
rangements for the soldiers which car.
ry the needles and thread tor the sold
ier. Many of the girls plan to attend the
benefit ball to ba given at Hubbard on
Saturday, July 14.
JULY 1 3U91 17.
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ROAD IS TO BE
CLOSED MONTH
AT CLACKAMAS
T. A. Roota, of Clackamas, county
road master of Clackamas county, an
nounced Saturday that the roadway
from Clackamas station extending to
the Multnomah county line, was open
ed that morning. This completes one
of the finest pieces of pavement in
Clackamas county, and It la the In
tention of Mr. Roots to close thct por
Uon of the roadway north of the E. P.
Dedman farm for about a month, when
more paving will be done. It will be
necessary for all teams and motorists
to take the roadway leading along the
government hatchery until the main
roadway la opened. '
There are now two and three-fourths
miles of paved roadway In the coun
ty, pne and one-halt mile of this hav
ing been completed so tar this year.
Other roadways will be given atten
tion wben this is completed.
RICH GRANDSON
OF MARSHALL
FIELD IS DEAD
NEW YORK, July 9. Henry Field
gradBon of the late Marshall Field,
Chicago merchant and financier, died
late Sunday at a hospital In this city,
where be waa operated upon for an
abscess on one of his lungs.
As one of the heirs to the 'estate of
Marshall Field, Henry Field was ac
counted one of the richest young man
of America. The value of the estate
Is reputed to be more than $200,000,000.
He was married last February to
Miss Nancy Kean Perkins, daughter
of one of the famous Langhorne sisters
of Virginia. '
At the outbreak of the war, Mr. Field
served for a time aa an ambulance
driver in France. s
Eugene: State University has com
pleted military drill hall, and starts
work on $50,000 dormitory.
Score of I. W. W. Members
Escape From Armed Guard
In Arizona Mining Town
KINGMAN, Aril., July 11. Twenty
of the 63 men deported from Jerome es
caped after they were unloaded here by
the combined armed guards from Jer
ome, who tad taken them to Needles,
end by the shotgun squad of Needles'
citizens that came to see the men safe
ly back into Arizona. The remainder
of the men were taken to the court
house where they demanded food.
Immediately after the men detrained
local authorities and home guards be
gan rounding them up. The town is
being patrolled by the home guards
to prevent disorder.
The 63 men were deported from Jer
ome yesterday as Industrial Workers
of the World, active there in the strike
repudiated by mine, mill and smelter
workers. They arrived here today from
Needles, where armed citizens met the
car in which they were held prisoners
an dcaused its return to Arizona on
the next eastbound train a few hours
GOVERNOR GENERAL IS ILL
AMSTERDAM, July 9. It is report
ed by Les Nouvelles ot Maastricht that
General von Falkenhausen, governor
lu vnvv ..iti"-.M.'"
IS DANGEROUS OVER
WASHINGTON. July 11. With the
freah delays resulting from substitution
of a milder food bill In the senate and
an agreement to vote thereon July 21,
President Wilson today was confront
ed with Herbert Hoover'! direct warn
ing that delay Is now perilous.
Radical revialon of the food bill,
now before the senate agricultural
committee, will strip the measure of
its present prohibition statu!. It will
be left with a provision to forbid dis
tillation of spirits, without providing
for selxure of present stocks, while pro
hibition of beer and wine will be left
up to the president
Hoover's warning anant delays char
ga that there has been "rampant"
speculation and extortionate profits
this year among those who barter with
America's food supplies. Stability of
prices Is needed, be says. Inasmuch
aa every link la the food chain Is tak
ing a wide profit as protection against
abnormal fluctuations.
Hoover pointed out this nation will
have a theoretical balance of 78.000,-
000 bushels of grain this year, with
180,000,000 through conservation.
The situation at present with no
checks npon it works 111 to the fanner
and consumer alike. The farmer, be
aays, gets only $1.51 for that which
commands $3.25 In Chicago.
Hoover auggeats tne possibility of
Internal troubles If prices continue to
soar, and urges that speedy enactment
of food legislation should be taken.
With the date for a vote set at July
21, five weeks will have elapsed since
the measure first went to Congress,
while the food survey bill has been
mulled over since June. President Wil
son is 'manifestly disappointed at the
delays. He will probably call In cer
tain members of congress and use his
personal influence with them to check
further dalliance.
WASHINGTON. July . Urgent
pleas to be sent to France to Join the
American forces are being made by
3000 Hawaiian militiamen, according to
J. Kublo Kalanlanole, the Hawaiian
delegate in congress, who is urging
favorable action by the war depart
ment Tbe question of food supply, It Is
said, enters into the problem of what
disposition is to be made of the Ha
waiian forces, for Hawaii is looked
to furnish much of the United States
sugar and rice needs.
"Our men want to get into the
fight rtcht away," said Mr. Kalan
lanole, who expressed the hope that
the department would Immediately
order the militiamen into the federal
service.
OREGON CITY PEOPLE WED
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 9. A
marriage license was Issued here to
day to William Shtrder, aged 45, and
Mrs. Ellen S. Gilnett, aged 40, both of
Oregon City. J
later. The deported men left the train
here.
Many of the Industrial Workers said
they had been victims of unfortunate
circumstances in the clash between
their organization and union miners
and mine operators.
Several said they bad been forced to
leave claims they were working near
Jerome and poln picket lines during
the strike called Friday. One assert
ed that he had been taken from bis
home four hours after his wife gave
birth to a child. Many complained of
the summary manner in which they
were hustled out of Jerome.
Sheriff J. N. Cohenour telegraphed
Governor Thomas E. Campbell at Je
rome asking what disposition should
be made of the remaining 42 prisoners.
Meantime citizens held a mass meet
ing at the courhouse to decide the same
question. The Industrial Workers of
the World asked to be returned to Je
rome. general of Belgium, Is dangerously ill
and that hope of his recovery haa been
abandoned. He succeeded General von
Blsslng, who dleti recently.
ESTABLISHED M
bKUPS ARE
8ALEM, Or., July . Communica
tions which have been pouring Into
Governor Wlthycombe from various
sections of Oregon Indicate that the
menace of the L W. W, which has
been felt with an Iron hand la other
sections of the country. Is advancing
on to Oregon with the threat of crip-
, pllng Industry, terrorizing labor and
throttling manufactories if possible.
Writers of soma of these letters,
who the governor declares, are as lev
el headed business men as any found
In the state, declare that the people
are not alive to the conditions which
threaten Oregon at the dawning of Its
great Industrial awakening.
One Eastern Oregon manufacturer
asserts that advance guarda of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, who
are pouring Into his section are mak
ing open boasts that they will cause
strikes, tie up Industries and "kill or
disable workers who refuse to join
In the move."
In addition word has come to the
governor's office that threats have
been made to burn the Eastern Oregon
wheat fields and drive the workers
from the fields it necessary.
Added information states that the
emissaries are being sent into this
state by the score, with the express
purpose of fomenting strikei and labor
trouble! and nip in the bud reviving
trades.
"The situation from the information
which has been coming to me, is alarm
ing: much more alarming than the peo
ple realize," said Governor Wlthycombe
today. '
"I want the citizens of this state to
become alive to the fact that this L
W. W. movement Is a real threat a
menace that Is confronting us. ,
"No man has more kindly feelings
toward the honest laborer than I, and
none believes more firmly In the max
im that the laborer is worthy of his
hire.' But I have here literature,
which is a part ot the propaganda of
this order, which shows that anarchy
Is Its dominant spirit 'To fan the
flames of discontent" is a motto which
appears In this literature, and complete
abolition of the wage system Is flaunt
ed as the great desire which these men
wish to attain.
"They are not workers; they are not
laborers, but they are anarchists. They
stand ai opposed to law, order and
government and are aligned against
all laws, both state and National.
"One of their prime object!, I am
certain, ii to choke the life from the
Infant shipbuilding industry If they
can accomplish It
"My information leads me to believe
that these men may be backed by some
great organized movement which is
against the national life and independ
ence ot the United States.
"Whatever this office can do, under
the law, to crush this menace will be
done. But I want the people of Oregon
to become alive to the fact that It Is
a menace; that it Is the intention ot
these so-called Industrial Workers of
the World to strike and to strike hard
at Oregon's industries during the bal
ance ot the summer.
"My correspondence convinces me
beyond the shadow of a doubt that
there is a real danger here which
threatens this state and we should
prepare for it What these men can
do is being demonstrated in other
states, and I trust that Oregon will
prepare itself in time to guard against
any inroads which they might contem
plate here."
IS
SALEM, Or., July 11. Discovering
that several druggists are violating the
law in the sale ot bitters, Attorney
General Brown yesterday signified his
Intention of asking Governor Wlthy
combe to request the pharmacy board
to curb their activities.
The sale of bitters as a medicine,
but not as a beverage. Is permissible
under the law, says the attorney gen
eral. The pharmacy board, he further
declared, is empowsred, to formulate
rules dealing with the subject and.
he desires to have it take action In this
direction.
III DANGER
ACCORDING
TO REPORT