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OREGON CITY EgEr 21, 1917.
ESTABLISHED 1B68
BILL GAINSFAVOR
SIGNAL CORPS NEEDS
100,000 IRE MEN;
BE
j In mini up gap filming to tb avla-
IH'BNOrt AlUF.S, H"'t. 1 - Tho Ar
rntlt,p innate, by ' 'f J ' J.
declared for lbi breaking off of
p,!,)!.,), with Ortimity.
rBe rw" "' the
,-h!l,.,li. r it ll'aHn Tlmr I (rtm
1,11, fisln In favor f Ms fliml p
(iTnl'Kllol.M. Hepl 19 It In gen
r!f believed hem l'"t tlm (rouble
el tv Swedish (tjvwnmenl In cornice
wiili llm German tolrriii fur
,Jf.i. fn.m tunt Aire through (he
f.fdtnb legation STO by till llltUi
0er
Tlx1 au-lliill of the hour U whether jtlori an I telegraph branches, and ths
lulled SUlea will f satisfied upnt-ml ataff a xjftril lo nwr la
Mb tho th of Ik (tmetlUlt rutnraiini- few day, I
rtiMi Issued lt Saturday, The draft law permit the filling of
K m..iil urpru noone bern If 8e, nH which are now below a'renglh,
rUf7 Uiialnc. of tho stt department lul II I held that an added 100,000,
,.; ,t tS f.ir a rlr ami unjulvu ' Instead of aujr of the 687,000 of the
t u)cmtii to the fff- t i!it tb original draft would bo accessary for
f.nar !ii, of Amrrl- ! communli a 'he signal eorpa.
li,m n a linuau oiH-n t. the H ! Mn ha Join th aviation auction
iih auth'iriiira and ltti lb u..l IU bo a chanrfl to Iraln eltht-r In
Pit ml -iiiiit of Iho jt-riiiiiMit ' Ainrrl. an nehoola or In England. Italy
ct: . (i.-1 ma In tot romparablo 'T t"'0' o
lu ih rti-i tfndrit4 lo (iormany Knland, It la !ar4. baa tab
,f i.iirti ( il-h"-! flying arhool In Eicypt which
Tl, rn(..n intnMur an t Ira Nrl ' ' , hirf!f b ('a,"",1"n c,,rl'
..! Mir u, lb Aoirrit on nlntisiir l
jSncli'ti. brld oi of Ihir -nl. unary
f..:,:. r-!i. on Motnlay afUrniKu.
t?tt II tt mi.lf l"l. lh altuatlon
rft(rl l.j ihe of ;TU'.ii l"l
!tiu llurloi Alr lo M i i
t'lly .) ron a Id red
SHE Of 4
LONGSHOREMEN IS
FACED IN NEW YORK
NKW VOItK, Ki pt. 19 - I'l.!r of v
rat of tli prlmdpul trana-Atluntlc
aloaiiixlilli llmm In NV York harbor
r affiH.iml today by u atrlke of long
nborniiipfi, who charKo tlmt the Intnr
national Mi.rciintlli) Marino Inalxtod
uioti rnlimtmiog a foreman nguliut the
protat of ih union.
About 3&oo moo ar aald to Im out,
and union Jt'udvr declare that
Mil im ordnrnd to jult work "and llo
up tho commerce of thn ontlre port,"
uti!-iM thn foreman U dlamlaaed.
l(proaiiiullv of the l'nltd State
Kuvornmctit and T. II. O'Connor, prea
Idcnt id the Inturnutfonal ),oiiKhore
men's union, are expected to take part
In confi rciice lnrt In an effort to end
atrlki".
Pi? OREGON'S SHARE IN
AMONG MISSING
BALKM, Or,, 8opt. 19-TaklnK ad
vaiitiige of prlvlleKea enjoyed a hon
or men, Jeff Baldwin and John Kyan
fiiilod to report et the penitentiary
iuat nldht. Jlaldwln waa aervlnic a
term from Clataop county for larceny
and Hyan a term from
for burglary, Haldwfn had a bad
record back of blm ani It waa for bon
ing him that John Mlnto waa aaked to
renlgn warden. The guarda have
been aearcblng for both alnce laat
night, but at noon today bad found no
trace of them.
THE GREAT WORLD
WAR IS A HEAVY ONE
Id IS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19,To fill
tho army algnal eorpa, the war depart-',,,
tnenl tny diclde lo draft an additional
,v" " WA8IUSOTON, Sept. 19.- Labor de-
T aiKttal corp. aorrrre hai aaked ;pBrtmtit olficlula today exorpaad the
f"f a d" Ulon on the method to nuraue ! t itlt t it lit llifl t t tl orM "tat MlltMl litf til tittl't '
of adjuntiiH'ttl oon" of the ehlpbutld
ft' and Iron workera' atrlke at San
Kratnlitco.
Th(lr eitlmate waa bacd largnly, It
REDATHENDEE
BY A LARGE POSSE
Frank Miller, age 22, a paroled con
vict from the Salem penitentiary waa
captured Thursday afternoon in the
wood near Hendee station after a
' thrilling chane In which nearly all of
aaald. upon terrains received f rora the Multnomah county deputy aher-
,..,,. -.i-w...t m,B,Mr, ,,ffll al)(1 a , n of th)J por0and
i.. ...t tf . .... It. 1 .. . i
u, E.uUll m rram-.m:.., woo i dppartmet,t fgured. Score Of
la actinic conciliator. Mr. lioyce
Oregon has contributed 115,000,000
to the war In the pant five month.
It doean't aeem poaalble that Oregon
Multnomah'1"" hmn 5,,nBrou,, but tn figures
are convincing. On the baals of a
population of 800,000 for the etate, it
mean the contribution per capita la
18.50.
The big Hem In the total la the aub-
acrlption for Liberty Loan bonds. Or
egon took 113.820.000 of the flrat hv
aue, Portland' gbare alone of thla
sum ia 18,800,000.
Next in importance la the contribu
tion to the American Red Cross. For
this work Oregon subscribed $1,005,000.
For the Y. M. C. A. Oregon contrib
uted (12,000.
Ambulances provided In Oregon
amount to approximately $45,000.
The state is now raising $40,000 to
build library huts for the soldiers, this
sum being Oregon's apportionment of
the national fund being collected.
The foregoing sums fall short of the
$15,000,000 by $48,000. This latter sum
bas been contributed In various ways.
The B. P. O. Elks have levied an as
sessment of $2 on each of the 8600
members in Oregon. The Knights of
Columbus have already raised a con
siderable sum by assessment on mem
bers, to be used for relief of soldiers
INT FINDS
EST WAY WOULD BE
TO GRANT INCREASES
GOVERN
B
ROSSIS FORCED TO
RESIGN BECAUSE OF
D
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The gov
eminent today opened a way for pos
sible sentiment of strikes in Pacific
tcoaet shipyards by offering to pay half
shot were fired at the fugitive but
report.) coherences mat mgnt j one took effect.
.,.. ... ....... .- it ... f
ui n i" n .im uwm tooay. ) M1)!pr who u .ad to haTe confe..ed
frKtlt auKBoation from the Amtr-. , hmM robberleg ln and about! and Banorg The jy of Pythlaa resolution setting forth that the tragic
of any wage increase for companies
making not more than 10 per cent prof
its on commandeered ships.
San Francisco builders in whose
j plants a strike of iron workera is in
PETHOGRAD, Sept. 19. In view of ! progress agreed to consider the work
the resolution of the Maximalists, erg' demands for more pay on the
which was voted by a plenary session (Shipping board's coet-sharing proposal
of the Petrograd Council of Soldiers'
and Workmen's delegates demanding
that power be assumed by the coun
cil, the whole bureau of the council
has resigned. Among those who hand
ed in their resignation were President
Tchezze, Vice-Presidents Annismoff
and Gotz and'Mme. Skobeleff, Tsere
telli and Tchernoff.
Delegates of the Petrograd Council
of Soldiers' and Workmen's deputies
at a plenary meeting held at Petrograd
on Saturday adopted the Maximalists
BABCOCK'S FISH BILL
IS GIVEN TITLE TO
jrortiMiw aunnir tne past ween ana a
j half, broke into the home of Wert Mt
inor near Milwaukie Thursday. Word
j was itr-nt to the Portland police depart
j merit and to Oregon City and Deputy
run reiteration of Utoor. however.
thut the entire Pacific Count should be
considered a unit in determining wage
ale for shipyard employes dimmed
the hopo of shipping board officials
or eiumK imiepcmienuy mo striae sheriff Phillips of Milwaukie and Con
Iron worker at San Francisco. Cone-L,,ibl(5 Jack FroRt, of Oregon City,
.jeuntly the shipping board devoted j jtltM,j , ,earch throagh woods
more attention to solution of the dif jm,ar enim gtatlon for the escaped
ficulty arifing out of a Seattle com- Iltan
pany action In granting hlRh union j whn Detective Hellyer of Portland
'lenum.ia. t- tiairman iiuney or waa Rtaml!ng near the Hendee green-
th board considered post Mining his hoime. Mllfer turned the corner of the
have been raising fund for their fra-
sltuation of the country render neces
ternal brothers. There has been a great 88rr the ConsUtUtion of a 8trong reT
assortment of relief associations and nm party free from all compro
,,Tiiii.rt hteh wn iin mlse wlth he counter revolutionary
funds by dances, entertainments, soli
citations and each of these has accu-
and prospects for settling the strike
were reported bright.
Chairman Hurley, of the board, post
poned Indefinitely a trip to the coast
on which he had Intended to start to
night. Agents of the board and of the ,
department of labor in San Francisco
reported that the employers and men
seemed near an agreement, and that
work on the commandeered ships
might be resumed within a few days.
Mr. Hurley conferred again today
with Samuel Gompers and other of
ficials of the American Federation of
Labor. Tomorrow he will give atten
tion to the strikes at Seattle, Port
land and other Pacific coast cities and
mulated a substantial amount. Every
unit of the Oregon troops, infantry,
field artilery, cavalry, machine
company and coast artillery has
auxiliary, composed of relatives, and
these have been chipping in regularly.
mise with the counter revolutionary j ,nt"cauona were al lae DO
bourgeoise elements. j settled on the basis of the proposal
... , , , i made to San Francisco builders.
The resolutions put forward an ex-
mo auippiug uuuru 8 at turn ia cou-
VA8HIN;TUN, Kept, 19 Sweden's
nf;,. i ! r !i i:. cin emlliS the el
fKiMirm tiiO'lo by Secretary l-aimilii:
i.f the (irt hr dlpli'inatlc aK'-nt
tut i. uin In ir!itim!Hit!g German
nim.ditr is regarded hero larc-ly at
a d.wik til n-ier Vtllitt Itlliot ieci-aarl!y
lw an eiubarratalii Intornal reform.
of the atato u!nmelll t'
(b liia te effurt to .Hi. eal the fai t
thai the fulled State Is diisjo.-i to
ao-rji ii nunflti'lal ttelti,tit of re
!.' wi.l HuliKttsU'iH from A'lmlra
I.Sh4:i.iti. mHllater
"I MwMi iht), a a tru
flM DM I T!,rlt, h" ml mUl he Cm'''1 c,mf,,r!n' fM nMy- Um of women, such as the W. C. T.
PL U0LU till DMLLU! ,he K rul mn,"1, r f the s!alM "Have you seen a man around u., which are making comfort kits or
U company uuo ro arrive ne.o uimur-, hl!..,.r Hetyer asked. i knitting .nckn anrt Bweater, anil hnv-
The board also emphasizes its de-
SAI.KM. Or, Spt 19.-Attorney!
General llrnttll hl prepared and sub-j
mltted to Secretary i.f Stnte Olt'ott j
tromelv rarticat nmmm. ripmaniliner
. . , ... isidered significant, inasmuch as it irv-
the exclusion from power of all repre- ,
njnlsentatives of the property classes, the i
6 I . .. ! mand for higher nav should be erant-
I, ,. J , .! J
1 1 1 1 1,1 I IhIH IIHl'fril!lfHI ,11 M ,ll-IIIIH'rl 1IT
... (termination not to let any differences
republic. , . ...
A dispatch from Odessa declares ! Prevent the speedy prosecution of its
that Maximalists in the army groups !big WpbWln program
. , . . . i To avoid being compelled to pay a
there strongly oppose the order Issued I . . . .
. . ,. . , ..... i proportion of wage increases for com-
hv Premier KprenKirv fnrhmnln? noli- v
! .. .. . , .. . .. .. ' BU0 "u BW"'-C' uu uu'-i"' " . " naniea making hie nrofifa on e-nvorn.
r..w, air. uuriey piannmi ui ieae -.So." Raj,i Miller, and started on. i iK the material an ddoine the work tics In the army. Their executive!' 7 7 " ' "
,1 . . . , . ., s, j . . .... , ., i mem contraciu, oowever, iub present
muu v.i. 1 no..i w i juu. inf nsc res. ami oiner oreamzaiions i ."-' uuiauu u,
From the fniancial side, Oregon has
today.
The suggestion of federal concilia-1 aM tne detective, but the burglar had whlch sneclaliie in making bandages.
tiirii that t ie sun brancisco strmers go hi,., .nvi,i
""'"""'a """ "" "1";iMk to work temporarily on the basis
hlhlttng tliihliiK fur salmon in Oregon
in i!tn by Huh wheel, trap, or seine:
' A bill protecting salmon by for
bidding fish wheel, trap and seine fish-
death penalty.
A Cossack council
met yesterday j
' No, you don't want to talk to me
lof the Mare Inland wage scale, recent- j ne answered.
', y Increased about 10 per cent, was i VeH if you look at it that way. all . ,
ul 11 u,Ml j Oregon great record in the matter of
tnil receiven invoraoiy ny uni. ii i'i ; rK,t," snirt Hellyer as he waiKea
(lie metal trades department of the
offer specified that profits of not more
than 10 per cent must be applied to
f rrnooFn mani'a aha n r9 V i hnv.
jnot displayed any symptoms of being f'cat T , 7 7Z t cases where profits are high
! a shirker, and the country knows that kuslf. the caPal of the territory of the Jl. ... ...
t .... ' ! C11L11C aUUlLllJUUl Ul. C A L I U IfU T
Iton Cossacks, to discuss tne recent . . ,
,1 an 1.0 uta; ov uiiuv tJj iua uuiiuvioi
lug
away.
I im .oki- To protect fUhlng by
American Federation of utlior. Ihev; when the posse closed In upon him.j
explained that the Mure Inland scale Uuor t0ok flight and followed the bed I
enlistments per population, has been
surpassed by no other state.
f foreign affair protumuiig nmnK ior saimon in whmwhs oaseu on rmea in luuiiuen mi ot jonnson creeK ror a snort uisiance , r tin rtiiir rir
Indtcatlnn of water of the flute of Oregon or In! plants about San Francisco ami was i closely pursued by Detective Goltz, of j j JJ Oil LUC IlliJLU
the Hwi:h i,.iiiilfl' attitude fh waters over wnicn uie in ui roiisiuereu too iu. iihhiihi.iii "-j rortiana. .Miner crawiea into me;
no leucrauou i'm me j iirush ny tho Elite ot me creeic ana
order to arrest General Kaledines, the
Cossack leader.
t'ti'H m,lal admission of measure hn concurrent jurimiictloii, by ren. of
of (S'.ilH made, however, and prom
l' of r.-'-ver care In the future are
Klrefl II appear Improbable that Swed- of the act sh:ll be punched by fine
l"h ii!'!i.i;i.iiic representative will he of not mure than $100 nor more than
afforde! the same fucllttle for the lono, or by Imprisonment in the cmin-trnissiiiH-iiHi
of their dispatches. Mr Jail mt less than fio days tmr more
AiihmiKh the American government tluui one year, or by both such fine
has not p'toed tny restrictions on the, and Imprisonment.
f.-i!i ii tenntlon here, there Is Haiiy, phis Is the rih bill pre
evi l, lire that code messages sent t Uhart' S. labcm-k of Ore
stnl froiu Mlockholm through cable Sta- ho plans to clrciilate petition lm
iiieiiim of seines, traps or linn wneeis. i opinion tnat ine Min rranciHco umiium (;0iti slipped up on him. covered nun:
-Any person violating the provision ! could not be settled before the Seattle J witn revolver, and ordered him to i
fiituatnm is composed. crawl out backwards.
! Mr. Hurley and Samuel Gompers ar
! ranged another conference today on
Mho problem.
DODGE SERVICE FOR
The cost-sharing proposal will apply
only to vessels under construction
commandeered by the government, to
hasten their completion, and will not
affect ships ordered originally by the
government. Contracts for these cover
i such exigencies as wage increases.
j Miller laughed after he was hand
cuffed nnd said. "I could have killed
any of you, but I had my fun holding
I up that other detective.
Three hundred deputies attended the
meeting ot the Cossack council, which j
was led by Under Ataman Bogasensky, j
who read General Kaladines' commun- j
ication. The Cossack leader, accord-
Itnp- in Itnirasprisikv u-nt siisnpctpfl of i
,i , . . either under a plan to pay cost plus
, ui gauu.uig a iciuiutiuu nucu 1,001
!only traveling through the territory! Percentage
u.a caarge oasis.
nanml galiulincfl IpQt-Tiert nf tho nrrlpr
, . . , , . .. . . iment is estimated by shipping board
for his arrest and voluntarily went to t , . , , .. ..
IU , , , , 4,l. , ! officials as only a small proportion of
profit or on a fixed
The total cost of the new arrange-
!l"ti In ihe control of Gre it Iltitatn
Hf" b- 1; subjucted to Indefinite delay.
HepiiKM from Stixkholm that
'him,;,.,, in tho government would In
rltnle ihe phiclng of Admiral Llndinati
in the premier's seal have gone f:r
wwiinU convincing this Kovernment
Hut the Hweillsh sentiment ha been
amused that formal assurance will
'am come thai audi Incident as those
discovered In ArBciittiiti nnd Mexico
will not be repeated.
E GERMAN FOREIGN
OFFICE DENIES THAT
PEACE WAS DESIRED
mediately,
JULIUS WILBUR, OF
FRIARS' CLUB FAME
DENIED REHEARING
-: - i KELSO LISTENS TO
PLEA OF SPEEDER
RT
, Herbert . Holmes, of Milwaukie, r u. imi tvissncka and waited thprp.
Miller will probably be returned to nnd Gus Rudolph Hallman. of Boring, for two hours vainly for the govern
Salem to complete a seven year term 1 ho were given permission to post-, ment's commissioner to arrest him.
of which he has served only one year.
j SAI.KM, Or., Sept. Ill - Adhering to
j its orlgnlal opinion, the supremo court
today vei'bally denied a rehearing In
tho case of the state versus juuua
Wilbur, proprietor of tho Friars' club
at Milwaukie, convicted of selling li
quor. The original opinion sustained
Wilbur's conviction.
Despite the fact that County Motor
cycle Officer li. K. Mends alleges J.
lit. Johnson, a carpenter of Portland,
drove his machine from 40 to 60 miles
an hour for the entire length of the
S-'d street road In Clackamas county
this morning. Judge Kelso, of Milwau
kie Tuesday fined Johnson
PAROLED PRISONER,
ARRESTED AT HENDEE,
IS SENT TO
JUDGE H.S. ANDERSON
I'ONDon, Sept. 18. Tho German
foreign office today denies stories l
pouring in Danish and other foreign
d'apers to tho effect that the German
Kevernmeiit has indirectly cotninuni
nlnii Its pence terms to Washington,
or had sought to sound sentiment in
he United States.
The Gorman foreign office further
"' thut the rumors woro promptly
discredited on tho strength of the
pence terms ascribed to Germany and
further by the fact that there was no
occasion for Germany to address the
Washington government in this re
"ltnct. The assertion made by Mathias Era
b'TKer, the Clerical leader in the relch
""iff, that Germany's noto in reply to
1l)le llenodlct'B poaco proposals al
ready was on its way to Homo, also
Wa denied in official quarters.
The Center lender informed his eloo
l"r to this effect in the course of two
lllnlings which he addressed in Wurt
t'Miibcrg on Sunday,
Portland: $90,000 expondod in pro
Pftrl')g for work of building viaducts.
IroJent of lowering railroad track in
rHl(lence districts will cost $594,000.
COUNTT
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE the MOISTS PAY
$125 IN Fl
Within a very Bhort time, Clacka
mas county's resources are to be lined
up for the defense of the nation, umtor
the direction of County Judgo II. S.
Anderson nnd a corps of assistants
whom he Is to choose.
nil ot defense, with
Judge Anderson fit its head, was or
ganised Wednesday afternoon under
the direction of Bruce Dennis, state or
ganiser. C. H. Dye, of Oregon City,
was chosen secretary of the organiza
tion. Tho expenses ot the council are to be
borne by tho county, inasmuch as the
benefits are shared equally by all.
Frank Miller, paroled prisoner from
the Oregon State penitentiary, who
was arrested Inst week after enter-
$12.50 ilng several houses, was taken to Sa-
nnd costs on the strength of his state- lem Tuesday by Deputy Warden
pone their examination for admission
to the national army because they were
both suffering from injuries when the
other eligibles were examined, were
passed by the examining board Mon
day. Hallman. who is a native of Sweden,
and has lived In this country three
years, will file claim for exemption
on the ground that he is not a citizen.
Albert W. Frederick, of Oregon City,
and Max Hollman of Beaver Creek,
were certified by the district exemp
tion board in Portland Monday.
merits that his machine would not ex
ceed 3S miles an hour.
Meads claims that Johnson drove
through groups of children on their
way to the Clackamas school at a rate
in excess of 40 miles an hour. When
arrested and told thnt he was travel
ling 60 miles nn hour Johnson is snld
to have disputed the fact and claimed
that he at no time exceeded 60 miles
per hour,
Burns. Miller has six years to serve
on a seven-year sentence for burglary.
GE
MINING HOLDINGS
IE
DOUGLAS COUNTY SELLS BONDS
EOSEDURG, Or., Sept. 18. The
DouRlna county court has sold coun
ty road bonds aggregating $111,000 to
Morris Brothers, of Portland. The bid
was at par.
CARRYING LIQUOR
Pnul Loudenshusen nnd W. H. Cain,
of Dayton, Or., were fined $50 and J.
T. Ohlert of the same place was fined
$25 by Justice of the Peace John N.
Sievers Tuesday afternoon on a charge
of transporting liquor in violation of
the state prohibition law. The viola
tion occurred about a month ago near
Aurora, at which time these three men
with Sherman Miller and Tony Cinn
nion, were taken into custody by Coun
ty Motorcycle Officer Meads, after a
fist fight in which three of the men
took part.
The latter two were released and
gave state's evidence. Tho trio have
served notice of appeal.
EL PASO. Tex., Sept. 19. German
mining companies continue to obtain
control of large mining interests in
Northern Mexico and are investing
millions of dollars in silver, lead and
coper mines, American mining men
having holdings in Mexico declared.
The Mines & Metals company, a
German-owned company, said to have
its headquarters in Strassburg, Ger
many, is preparing to open recently ac
quired properties at Santa Eulalia,
near Chihuahua City, and also at Sier
ra Mojeda, where the company con
trols a branch railroad as well as a
large mineralized district.
TWINE PRICES INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The food
administration has commissioned Hen
ry Wolfer, formerly head of the Minne
sota state prison, to investigate the
sisal and hemp industry, with a view
to action toward reducing prices. The
price has risen 500 per cent since the
war began.
EOF
STATE GRANGE GOES
TO FIX WHEAT PRICE
C, E. Spence, of this city, master of
the state grange, is on his way to
Washington, D. C, where he will con
fer with a party of Grangers from oth
er coast states and representatives of
the department of agriculture in re
gard to the price of wheat recently
fixed by the government. Oregon's
other delegate Is W. W. Harrah.
Bogasensky said the Cossack leader
was trying to restrain the assions of
their men, and then added:
"But it General Kaladines is sum
moned to trial, I'll follow him."
PETROGRAD, Tuesday, Sept. IS.
Announcement was made tonight by
Foreign Minister Terestchenke that
all the sailors participating in the re
cent massacre ot officers on board the
Russian battleship Petropavlovsk at
Helsingfors have been arrested.
the expense Incurred In taking
ships under construction.
LET 1 BOCK! THE
BOOZE FOR ROUND-UP
HAS BEEN CAPTURED
R. G. WERNER COUNTY'S
NEW AGRICULTURAL
T,
SALEM, Or., Sept. 19 Attorney
General Brown yesterday held, ln an
opiuiijri to the highway commission
that it must bear the expense for the
certification of bonds issued under
the $6,000,000 bonding act known as
the Bean-Barrett law, which provides
for the issuance, of bonds to match
the federal appropriations tor high
way work.
R. G. Werner, who was recently ap
pointed agricultural agent of Clacka
mas county, arrived in this city, and
will commence his duties Wednesday.
Mr. Werner has been a deputy in Mult
nomah county in assisting in the work.
He Is a graduate of the Oregon Agri
cultural college, and is well posted
on the work he has taken up in this
county. It will be his duty to co-operate
with the farmers of Clackamas
county In securing better seeds, put
ting In large crops, and promoting the
work on the farms of this county.
Mr. Werner was accompanied to
this city by Paul V. Marls, who is state
leader ot the county agents. Mr. Wer
ner will have his headquarters in the
publicity building of the Oregon City
Commercial club, donated free of
charge by the publicity committee.
WALLACE, Idaho, Sept. 19. Twenty-six
cases of liquor, consigned to Pen
dleton, Or., probably to have been dis-
. i posed of during the Round-up, are held
by the sheriff here today and William
Johnson and George Smith are under
arrest on a charge of having liquor in
their possession.
The deputy sheriff who made the
arrest charged the prisoners first of
fered him $100 and then $700 if he
would free them. The liquor Is high
grade whiskey and is valued at $1050,
the bootlegging price.
The automobile from which the
liquor was taken bears a Washington
state license and the men have sent
to Spokane for an attorney to defend
them. They entered pleas of not guil
ty when arraigned in court today.
The car is the seventh seized by
county officers since the new prohi
bition law went into effect, providing
that all vehicles used ln the transpor
tation of liquor become the property ,of
the state.
JAPANESE HONOR PERRY
NEWPORT, Sept. 17. The Japan
ese war mission, headed by Count Ish
11, paid a reverential visit here Sun
day to do honor to Commodore Perry,
who nearly 75 years ago opened Japan
to American trade. They laid a wreath
on his grave.
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NAME OF PRESIDENT
HELD FOR ESPIONAGE
DEADWOOD, S. D., Sept. It Chas.
Doll, of Custer, S. D., was convicted
yesterday ln the United States court
here of violation ot the espionage law
by the use of abusive language against
the president of the United States.
This is said to be the first case ot
the kind tried under tho act of June,
1917. : '