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FirTY-riRST YEAR NO. 44.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917.
ESTABLISHED 1866
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BALING! OHIO
WATER FRONTS
SWEPT BY FIRE
TWELVE MEET DEATH IN FLAMES
THAT DESTROY BALTIMORE
OHIO RAILWAY PIERS
OF
Saorot Sarvloo Invaatlgato Causa of
rirta and Aatart tho Work of
Carman Agenta. Loaa la
Flva Million
Baltimore, M1 Oct. 30. Twelve
men are unaccounted for in the fire
that swept Baltimore ft Ohio plera
here early today, and tbe property
dumoKO will probably run to $5,000,
000. On the theory that the confla
gration waa of Incendiary origin the
department of Justice hat itarted a
vlgoroua investigation.
Secret service operatives and the
police repeated aaiertlona that the
German agenta probably were re
aponiilble tor the fire when a aecond
blaao sprang up In the ahopi of the
railway at Riverside today, more than
a mile from the plera.
One man, Mlchale J. Hand, an Im
port clerk employed by the Furnlaa
Withy company, Ltd., waa burned to
death, and chief gunner Drowoley of
the British ateamer Kerry Range and
all memberi of the crew, with a ne
gro atevedore, are tnUelng. It waa
definitely established thla afternoon.
Offlclala of the Baltimore k Ohio
thla morning flied tbe probable loaa
at $5,000,000. -Ynla la covered by the
railroad's replacement fund and In
aurance In part.
Eighty ahella atored on the ateamer
Kerry Range for uie In an anti-submarine
gun exploded below deckan-
dnngertng the Urea of firemen.
Tbe Kerry Range, which arrived
here yesterday, was a British ateel
ateamer of 6586 tone registry, com
manded by Captatn Howard and own
ed by the FuruessWtthy company,
limited, London.
One auspect has been taken into
custody. He gave hla name as John
K. Hltterman.
Explosions punctured efforts of
Baltimore's entire flreflghtlng force.
Tiled on the plera waiting steamships
were many cases of ammunition,
which detonated as tbe flames reached
them. Foodstuffs went up In smoke
food thnt was to have gone to tbe
armies of America in France.
Secret service agents and the police
are combing the city and Its environs
today in a hunt for men seen running
from the piers shortly after a police
man turned In a general fire alarm.
They are believed to have started the
fire.
RECEIVED BY COUNTY
CLERK FOR DRAFT
Additional registrations for the
draft army were received Thursday
by the county recorders office from
the adjutant generals office whore
they were sent to be given the serial
numbers. These registrations were
made by men who were absent from
the county at the time of general reg
istration and were not recolved un
til after July tenth.
The names, serials numbers and
other numbers are:
Ordor Serial
No. No.
130A 2628 William Arthur Crltes.
6G9A 2G39 Wallace McBatn.
1243A 2629 Tony Condarl
1611A 2632 Jlmmle Lewis Duke.
1733A 2633 Owen Soarle.
2016A 2637 Andrew Simpson.
2214 A 2638 Nathaniel Raymond
Orlbble.
22G8A 2034 Hurley Fellows.
2303A 2631 George Ralney.
2424A 263S Frank Oscar Sweet.
2504A 2630 Charles Neal Dorrlck.
26UA 2636 Qlen Rhodes.
LAWLER SUIT
HEARING IN
CIRCUIT COURT
The trial of the divorce action of
Nellie V. Lawlor against Robert E.
Lowlor was held In circuit court
Thursday, Brownoll and Slevers ap
pearing for tho plaintiff, Dlmick and
Dlmlck and W. L. Mulvey for the de
fendant. The wife brought suit for di
vorce on the grounds of cruelty, and
failure to support, stating that they
were married at Reno, Nevada, In
1906. Also asking that she be allowed
permanent alimony for the support of
the one child an issue of the marriage.
Tho decision gave her twenty-five doll
ars per month, the custody of the child
and one half of the property consisting
of a lot in Oregon City,
s
FIVE IE BILLS
The Clackamas county grand Jury
closed its session Thursday morning
snd handed In Its report together
with five true bills nearly all 'for
crimes and offenses transtored from
the Justice court. The Jury In Its re
port recommended Improvements in
the office of the county recorder In
the way of new floors, steel counter,
steel shutters and the transcribing of
the old county records. It also ad
vised the improvement of tbe county
Jull with new Iron doors and certain
changos looking to Its improvement
from a fire standpoint.
Those serving on the jury were, L,
II. Wang, foreman; D. II. I'urcoll, S.
R. Seeley, Jerome Avery, W, W. Fos
ter, W. A. Hedger and L. D. Yoder.
True bills were returned against Paul
Rotter, of Oregon City, on statutory
charge, Charles Barte, of Oregon City,
non-support; Harry Holland and G. W.
Clark, of Portland, for larceny; O. H.
Felsensteln, of Spokane, for obtain
ing property bjr fulse pretenses, who
Is charged with obtaining a deed from
Henry Krebs for land valued at ten
thousand dollars In exchange for land
In Ronton county claimed by the de
fendant to belong to blm, Stanley Gib
son of Mllwaukle, for larceny accused
of entering the house of Fred Rathkey
at Mllwaukle, and Csdlt Pratt, Para
dise Corner farmer charged with as
sault being armed with a deadly weap
on, who Is charged with striking bis
wife on the head with an Iron bar from
which Injury she Is still a patient In
the Oregon City hospital. All Indicted
are out on ball with the exception of
Pratt who has been In custody since
the day of the tragedy.
Those Indicted will be arraigned
In circuit court between now and the
opening of the November term on the
second.
WEYERIIAUSER
APPEALS BOARD
EQUALIZATION
The WeyhaUBer Timber company
has requested from the county clerk's
office a transcript of the doclslon of
the Hoard of Equalization on tbe as
sessment of their holdings for 1917,
the taxes on which are payable in the
coming year. The company will ap
peal to the circuit court from the
figures of the Board of Equalisation
which Includes tbe holdings of the
Weyerhauser and Collins Interests In
the county.
T
F
OF LIE SHARKS
According to County Agriculturalist
P. J. Wernor, Lime Sharks are oper
ating through Clackamas county en
deavoring with a smooth line of talk to
sell inferlon lime fertilizer to the farm
ers. Mr. Werner in a statement says
that the principal brands attempting
to be fostered on the farmer for a
price far above the value are, Eur
eka Clover, perforated lime, super
llmo, potash fertilizer and Bacteria
culture. Describing the products Mr.
Werner says that Eureka clover is not
a clover in any sense of the word, but
a weed which originally came from
Japan and domesticated to some ex
tent In this country, but la far Infer
lor to sweet clovet Perforated lime,
supor lime and many other fertilizers
are put on the market by the sharks
continues Mr. Werner at prices far
above their value as a fertilizer and
that the farmer can obtain the best
grade of lime at prices ranging from
$5.50 to 6.00 per ton which contains
92 to 97 per cent calcium carbonate.
Bacteria culture Is faked In many dif
ferent ways by those seeking to make
money out of the farmer whose only
protection In obtaining this form of
fertilizer Is to buy It from the agri
cultural college or some reliable house
that Is known for its honest dealings.
The county, agent is In favor of the
farmers co-operating and buying lime
by the carload at $5.90 per ton first
getting data throughout the county
as to the actual number of farms re
quiring fertilizer.
Mr. Werner has started under the
auspices of his office, a monthly ex
change list, a small sheet published
monthly which Is mailed free to the
farmers of the county and deals with
the problems vital to successful farm
ing. , .
COLD WAVE FELT
OVER EAST AND
SOUTH SECTIONS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The cold
wave today overspread the eastern
half of the country. Frost extended
to the Oulf coast, Texas and Central
Florida, and snow fell as far south
as Ashevllle, N. C. Lowest October
temperatures of record at various
points in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkan-
aas, Texas, Missouri, Indiana, Missis
sippi and Louisiana were reported to-
aay by tno weather bureau.
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MEETING GETS CROWD
Several hundred people attended the
first Food Conservation meeting of
tbe city beld Monday night at the
Baptist church, where tbey heard able
addresses delivered by V. A. Burke of
Portland, F. J. Tooxe, Supt. of Oregon
City schools, MIhs Zoe Brown, head
of domestic science department of the
high school, Mrs. D. Caufleld. George
C. Brownell, V. A. Dlmlck and Jos. E.
Hedges. Meetings were held at the
different school houses In the county
a number of business men from the
citjf delivering the addresses of tlie
evening. Among the successful meet
ings reported and tbe principal speak
ers, are Thomas Burke at Evergreen;
John Slevers, at Fir Grove; C. Schue-
Uel, at Stafford; John Mason, at Ha
zella; Frank Mltz, at Lorn Elder;
William Stone, at Union Hall; Miss
Parker, at Mundorf; B. Vedder, at
Cams; Judge Anderson, al Clurkes
and Highland; B. E. Tatro. at Alberta;
O. D. Eby, at Teazel Creek; John
Loder at 109; Grant B. Dlmlck. at Mt.
Pleasant; W. L. Arant, at Shubel; Dr.
Mllliken, at Bolton; J. II. Cary. at
West Linn; Jerome Howard, at Red
land; J. E. Cola van, at Canomah and
Clarmont and K. E. Gilbert at Maple
Imic. Many of the pledge cards were
slsned at Monday nights meetings and
Bcveral of the teachers at the outside
school districts have sent in a call for
more cards having exhausted their
supply on the first day of enrollment.
Clackamas county will do its part
towards making the coming Land and
Products show a success, to be held at
the new auditorium In Portland com
mencing on November 1st. There will
be- 15 counties represented at this
show, Clackamas county has been al
lowed a space 12x30 and from the
present indications it will be occupied
with products. Many women who
have devoted much ot their time to
food conservation, and prepared many
varieties of canned fruit, vegetables
and jollies, will exhibit samples ot
their work at the county booth.
Mr. O. E. Freytag, of Gladstone, has
charge of the exhibit, and will be as
sisted by E. Werner, agriculturist for
Clackamas county. All products to
be exhibited are to be left with Mr.
Freytag at Gladstone, or with Mr.
Werner at the publicity department
of the Oregon City Commercial club,
who will prepare them for shipment to
Portland.
Arrangements are to be made to
have Clackamas county and Oregon
City day at the coming show, and a
special program will be arranged for
that day.
Mr. Freytag states that he would
like to have each housewife loan 12
Jars of fruit or vegetables, and a pass
to the show will be given for the use
of them.
Vale Harney and Malheur county
wool clip for 1917 estimated at 2,000,
000 pounds, at an average of 50 cents
make values of crop at $1,000,000.
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RACT
Paris, Oct. 31. French and British
armies are rushing to the aid of the
Italians.
Paris expects one of .the greatest
battles ot tbe war to be fought on the
Italian plulns.
M. Jules Cambon of the foreign of
fice, expressed his firm conviction
that the Italians, with this allied as
sistance, would succeed In Btopping
the Austro-German invasion.
Rome, Oct. 31. The Italian retreat to
prepared positions continues In or
derly fashion, todays official report
asserted. Bravery of the defending
troops permitted the redlsposition of
the Italian forces according to stra
tegic plaps.
There were various engagements
yesterday on the hills of San Daniels,
Delfrutli and along the Ledra canal,
Pastan, Schlavoneco, Pozzuolo and Del
fruili fronts.
Berlin, Oct. 31. "The movement of
. our armies from the Carnlc Alps are
taking place In accordance with the
Intentions of our leadership," declared
today's official report.
German and Austro - Hungarian
troops are dr'vlng through the plains
of Venetla toward the Tagliamento
river, while anoher army la endea
FELIX ZEILANY
ER; FAILS TO
Upon investigation of Sheriff Wil
son, Assistant United States Attorney
Latourette and Deputy District At
torney Tom Burke, Felix Zemolany, a
native of Russia was taken into cus
today Thursday on charge of falling
to register under the army draft law.
Zemolany is owner of a small farm
on the Tualatin river, married and the
father ot two children and states his
age now at thirty-one, but it was found
that when the draft law took effect
he was but thirty. The man stated
that he had been advised, naming
those who had told him, in reply to
the questions of the officials, that if
he wos thirty years ot age at the time
of registration he was not required to
register. The case was laid before
the federal authorities and informally
before the federal grand jury by Mr.
Latourette. The man evinced a desire
to comply with the law and do every
thing possible to get right with the
result that he was allowed to register
before the local board. He applied for
first citizenship papers in 1907 and
stated that he would soon make ap
plication for his second papers. Two
brothers of Zemolany are registered
for the army one at Seattle and one in
this county.
Troops in France
11
These photographs show the steam
er Antilles, which was .sunk by a
German submarine on ber return trip
from France, where she had taken a
large number of American soldiers.
Some seventy men lost tbelr lives.
The ship was unloading troops in
France. The upper photo shows her
just making her dock, and the smaller
shows her tied up with American
troops at the stern cheering.
FROM ITALY
voring to break through the Italian de
fenses in the Carnlc Alps, In an at
tempt to outflank the Tagliamento
line Udlne, abandoned some days
ago by General Cardona, has been oc
cupied by the invaders, whose ad
vance guards are being harassed by
Italian cavalry between Udine and the
and the Tagliamento.
Since last Wednesday the Austro
Germans have occupied more than
800 spuare mile of territory formerly
held by the Italians. The greatest
depths ot the advance has been from
Tolmino southwestward to Udine, a
distance of about 25 miles.
The United States will give Italy
what aid it can in the form of money
and immediate tonnage to transport
needed munitions, food and fuel. The
French and British troops and guns
probably are on their way into North
ern Italy. Internal conditions In It
aly are Improving.
"The most devoted courage and
hardihood are shown by detachments
garrisoning isolated positions. One
of these, belonging to troops operat
ing between Plezzo (Flitch) and Tom
lino, was beseiged and completely cut
off. It. sent a carrier pigeon with
the laconic message: 'We will never
surrender.' The detachment is pro
vided with provisions for 12 days,
so there is every likelihood of its ful
filling its promise.
CAMP LEWIS SENDS
IE
Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Oct. 30.
Two hundred and thirty-one national
army men of the 91st division were
discharged at Camp Lewis today be
cause considered physically unfit to
serve in the army.
Construction was begun yesterday
afternoon on the new library on the
grounds at Camp Lewis, which the
American Library Association; is
erecting for the benefit ot the na
tional army men. The new building
is 40 feet by 120 feet, and when com
pleted will hold 15,000 volumes 'and
seat 200 men.
Wilfred B. Killhnan, amateur cham
pion rider of the world ; John Fitchue
and James Thomson, roping experts,
who spent several years in circus ex
hibitions; McNeal, the famous expo
nent of the drunken rider at BiBl
Hngs and Miles City; Kennard, with
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, will
compete in the mounted field meet
or the army rodeo of the 348th field
artillery at the remount station,
Camp Lewis, on November llh.
Oregon has sufficient spruce to run
the war and government has sent of
ficer here to see that it gets 10,000,
000 feet monthly.
ETHY GRANGE
IS FALL IRK
Abernethy Orange nad one of its
best programs Saturday. The pro
gram was opened by Prof. Mason, who
rendered with his usual success, "Dot
moy ot Mine," by Adams, with an
encore by Cook, 'The Moo Cow. M.tA'
which made a great hit with mv
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which be centered around the neces-
alty of winning the war now that we
are in it. In order that we might avoid
the catastrophe of paying not only our
expenses, but those of Germany. He
also spoke on distribution, stating it
must be io arranged that it will not
cost as much to distribute, as to pro
duce, as In the case of many products.
To win the war he said science, en
gineering and money, were necessary.
He said if It were right in war times
to say what profits should be taken,
It would be right in time of peace. He
said the farm labor problem will cut
tbe crop one-half, and will make con
scription of farm labor necessary.
Master E. C. Dye then gave a short
speech on "A Higher Type of Liber
ty." He stated that those oratorical
masters Edward Everett and Rev.
Lyman Abbott had tackled this sub
ject, but be, too, felt that he had a
right to express bis opinions, as he
had spent some years on phases of
the subject. There Is a tendency on
foot at the present time, said the
m r aa Irnm t Kara t n MnasnM
speaker, to have too many managers
and to make those who are successful
divide up their earnings, preroga
tives and power. He asked what In
centive the $7,000,000,000 brained Edi
son would have it just as soon as he
created an Invention, he would have
to divide up equally with some fellow
who could not and never did do a thing
to perfect the patented article. Log
ically carried out this Idea would fet
ter the race, as it did in prehistoric
times, when the slightest variation
from the tribal customs brought cer
tain death, and in later times when
the men of genius and brains were
subjected to every persecution even
nnto death. He concluded his address
by stating that he thought mistrust
ot each otVr was what, was keeping
the management ot the mills and the
unions from getting together, as he
felt sure the management of the mills
were ready to make the concessions
the unions were asking, provided It
felt that matters were being definitely
settled for a given period of reason
able length, but it did not like to have
constant bickering on the part of the
union, and did not like to have itself
dictated to In the matter of strictly
mill management,
TWO PLEAD MONDAY
T;
THREE POSTPONED
Those indicted by the grand jury
in session last week were arraigned
in Circuit Court Monday to enter their
pleas. Caditz Pratt through his attor
ney, J. Dean Butler, entered a plea of
not guilty and his bond fixed at two
thousand dollars. He was returned to
Jill not having furnished bondsmen.
Harry Holland and C. W. Clark, Port
land men charged with larceny ot a
dwelling appeared, Holland pleading
cot guilty and Clark allowed until
ra?xt Monday to enter his plea, at
which time the trial ot their cases
will be set down. Holland Is now
beld In jail at Portland charged by the
Multnomah County authorises with
malicious damaging of property and
non-support, he was brought here by
the Portland officers for appearance
an I taken back by them.
Paul Rotter charged with statutory
offense, through his attorney, O. D.
Eby, was allowed until next Friday to
enter his plea. Stanley Gibson, of
Milwaukie, charged with larceny, en
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
and will be sentenced on Friday morn
ing. Charles Barton, of Oregon City,
charged with non-support, was allowed
until today to plead.
P. R. L. & P. TARIFFS
ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL
SALEM, Or., Oct. 29. Tariffs filed
by the Portland Railway, Light &
Power company, to become effective
October 30, were suspended today by
the public oervlce commisison until
November 30. The tariffs advance
the freight rates 15 per cent on all
class and commodity rates and
switching rates on the interurban
lines. They also abolish the passen
ger transfer between the interurban
and city lines, together with all com
mutation and round-trip fares. As
these latter fares were put in by or
der of the commission in 1911, they
cannot be changed without a formal
hearing, which will be set in the near
future.
BIG MEETING
MAKES
BOND
SUBSCRIPTIONS
AT
PEOPLE OF
GOOD BY
URPLUS
Vp
i - in
T rURTY THOUSAND OVER
Ninety Thousand Dollars Comes In
During Last Day; Outside Banks
Report Surplus Over Towns
Apportionment
Clackamas county has exceeded its
quota for the sale of the second Lib
erty Loan bonds by $40,900. The 10
banks of the county reported Saturday
night the sale of $340,900 worth of
bonds, the county's quota being $300,
000. Of the total there was sub
scribed through the three banks in
Oregon City, $249,650, or $34,650 more
than the city's quota, and the country,
outside of Oregon City, exceeded its
quota $6,600.
The last day of the big drive opened
with a shortage of $50,000, but the peo-
nlA nf Plflr.lrnmAa rnm a mottlnv in
nfscw of the count repnUtIon and
subscriptions flooded the banks' offi
cers up to and past the closing hour.
The First National Bank of Oregon
City ranks first, with more than one
third of the quota, while the Bank of
Oregon City and the Bank of Com
merce received applications Saturday
for practically as much as they re
ported during the entire campaign, up
to Friday night
The following reports were received
Saturday afternoon from all ot the
banking institutions in Clackamas
county:
First National Bank, Oregon
City $120,750
The Bank ot Oregon City.
87,050
41,850
14,650
15,500
14,000
12,000
14,400
13.200
7,500
Bank of Commerce
Farmers Bank of Wllsonville
Estacada State Bank
First National Bank of Canby
Canby State Bank
Molalla State Bank
Clackamas County Bank of '
Sandy
Mllwaukle State Bank
Total .$340,900
Molalla exceeded its quota by $1400,
Estacada by $1500, Bandy by $5700
and Milwaukie by $5100, the last
named town more than trebling its
quota.
The Boy Scouts went to the bat to
help in the sala of Liberty Bonds, Fred
Sardner, aged 12 years, selling 10
bonds, amounting to $1000, and Wil
bur Criswell selling 10 bonds, amount-
lng to $1550. He is 13 years of age.
CJarence Sheppard4 aged 15 years,
sold 10 bonds, amounting to, $550.
They will receive medals. Lot Beatie,
aged 14 years, who sold 13 bonds ot
the First Liberty Loan, has just re
ceived a medal and has been insisting
his companions among the Boy Scouts
In selling bonds of the second loan.
Mr. and Mrs. William Fine, of Cane
mah, were among those to subscribe
for bonds Saturday, taking $200. Some
of the Oregon City teachers were
among the subscribers, and a number
of children took their savings from
the banks and invested in bonds. The
employers of the Oregon City woolen
mills have subscribed a total ot ap
proximately $5500 of the second loan,
and the company on Saturday pur
chased additional bonds to this
amount to take care of the subscrip
tions of its employes, permitting them
to pay installments as low as $1 a
week. A. R. Jacobs, president of the
company, In commenting on the sub
scriptions made by the employes, was
highly pleased at their patriotic spirit.
Frank Jaggar, Luke and James
Tracy are among the out of town peo
ple who worked untiringly for the suc
cess of the loan.
STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONERS
DEFENDANTS
J. W. Ganong and M. E. Ganong his
wife are plaintiffs In an action filed in
circuit court Friday against S. Benson,
W. L. Thompson and E. J. Adams,
members of the State Highway com
mission of Oregon. The complaint of
the plaintiff's allege that they are the
owners of certain land in Clackamas
county situated in what is known as
the Hedges donation claim and that
the defendants have entered on the
land and are tearing down trees, fen
ces, shrubbery and carrying off loads
of earth. That no condemnation pro
ceedings have been brought by the
defendants the complaint asking that
they be restrained from entering on
the premises during pendency of the
action.
ACTION DISMISSED.
The suit of the Frank S. Johnson
company of Portland, against Fred H.
and Elmer Anderson was dismissed in
circuit court Friday as settled.
COUNTY
GOOD