OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917,
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ENGINEERS
Tim (lrt Oregon City boy t '
In Fnimm U William K. Huncoek, or
tho INlh Engineers Hullwiiy, whose
death waa reported Wednesday. Han
cock was born In Smith Mill, Ky
uinl wuh 24 yours of ago IubI month.
U liuil lived In Oregon City nnveral
years, for thi lust throe ytmr lit tlm
homo of ('. O. Diyden, unit wuh em
ployed by the llawley Pulp & Paper
Co. Two years ago lio foil heir to
u fortune of $50,oon, roiiHlititnK of
property In Kontmky, but It wuh
known to only u tew of Mm cIdhu
friends, for ho continued bin work
hero in Hie paper iiiiIIh, lln was nn
nuirrlt'd, When tho 18th engineers
wum organized in northwest lie
wan Bilious tlm first to enlist, uIoiik
wllh I htrobl Kwiifford, "llliirkHinith'
Martin, William Folger, llluko How
limd mid a uuinlmr of olhiir Orewm
City young men, 18 of them in ull
Ho died Dweiuber 2 "somewhere In
France," In a lttr received here
I Hi-ember 5 from Martin, dated No
vember 8, it was staled Hint Hancock
witit In th hospital, suffering from
a Hivirn cold, mid It In supposed IliU
developed Into mini nionln. 4U was
it meinlier of Captain 1 limner's com
puny. A aiatnr nt Smith MWa, Ky
mirvtvea him.
GirU at Work in British Munition! Factory.
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Thief Steals Money &
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lii-re io the way In which Uritii;h wotnon hwlp the wur. Thin in on
actual Hitinu In a lunnllloiiB factory, mid It hIiowh woinim doing not only
thn IlKbt work of Hlnnclllug hfllH, but of whdlii(f them about, ttnd lift
ing UlCIII,
SHE DIFRGULTIES
P. Varc, arroatod by Chief of Police
Cooke on it charge of dlaorderly con
duct, ulnaded guilty Thuraday and waa
fined f 5 iy Itecorder Loder.
The caaea agalnat I), llurgnaa and E.
L. Moore, who were charged with aa
aault, have boon dlamlaaed. They were
arretted Sunday by state deputlea and
were releaaed on I2G ball.
It waa atated Thuraday night that
l'arole Officer Keller, who came down
here Wedneaday to take charge of the
operationa of the force of state depu
tlea, dealred to start hla work with
clean slate and that tbo dlainlaaal of
Moore and Iiurgem followed.
SALARY INCREASES
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GIVES THREE SONS
FOR COUNT
With the enllatmwnt Wednesday of
hr oldest son, Ralph, Mrs. Jontiie
Nllcs a widow, well known resident
of Uwton ilulghia gives her third
mid last son to I'ncle Hum, About
six months ago. Eugene, the youngest
son decided to join the U. S. forces.
Ut week Royal, a teacher In the
Klamath high school enlisted in the
southern part of the state, and Is now
In active service.
Wednesday Ralph, who Is a mall
carrier from the local ostofflco un
der Postmaster Cooke, decided that
he, too, would get Into the big game
of saving the world for democracy,
and he went down to the enlistment
headquarters In Portland, lio was
accepted and will report for duty at
once.
Gee, Ain't It Fierce
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Fires Big Gun
Search
Is Made
WOULP MMJCE
While State Officer L, R. Morlack
peaceably slept and audibly snored In
his rooinat the Electric hotel Wednes
day night, some evil-disposed person
age boldly walked Into his room, went
through his trousers pockets, and re
moved aome 140 therefrom.
To add insult to Injury, the thlel car
ried away a fine largo state officer's
star, which Mr. Morlack had tacked to
his coat In a very consDlcuous position.
Thn robbery occurred about 2:00. ac- A plan is being considered by Coun- over to the Red Cross activities at
cording to the best opinion of Officer Uy Clerk Iva M. Harrington to appoint ;each general or primary election. There
Morlack, and it was reported Thursday
morning that two other rooms in the
hotel were ransacked during the night.
No clew has been obtained In dis
covering the thief. Morlack money
was In the form of silver and check
which had been endorsed by him,
Morlack has been In Oregon City for
some time a one of the special offi
cers appointed by the governor to
mulntaln order here during the strike.
BULL CALF GIFT
TO MRS. HUGHES
BY CATTLE CLUB
Under the belief that there were
mysterious prowlers about her home
In Willamette, Mrs. Joe Robinson fired
three pistol shots through the doorway
of her home about 8 o'clock Friday
night. Local officers were notified
and rushed to the scene, but could
find no trace of any persona in the vi
cinity of the Robinson home.
According to Mrs. Robinson's story
she stepped from the door of her home J
lost evening to soe some men standing
In her back yard and she immediately
returned Into the house, seised a small
pistol and fired three shots at the In
truders. The officers could find no
trace of any prowlers and searched
the neighborhood thoroughly. Sheriff
Wilson and Deputy Frost scoured the
locality until a late hour last night
Why is a Bookkeeper?
Telegram Pulls Boner
Can "Marquis" Write?
If Edward F. de Reymonte Is all
bis personal papers indicate, the
county jail now holds as a federal
prisoner a man who has seen much
war service and should bear the title
'marquis."
Hut the government officials, par
ticularly United States 'Marshal Alex
ander, suspect that the "marquis" is
an lm poster. He was arrested at Ore
Ron City Saturday, along with Otto
Rose, a German, for investigation.
Rose says de Raymonte is an Aus
trian. But the "marquis" insists that
be is a subject of Great Britain and
a native of Russia. Incldently be
insists that be graduated from the
Royal university at Petrograd and
served as major in the medical corps
In the British army in Egypt and in
the Russian army under General Ku-
ropatkin during the Russo-Japanese
war. He claims also to be the heir
of a large estate in Corsica. He was
working as a bookkeeper for a paper
company at Oregon City when federal
officials arrested him.
patriotic women of the county as the are 81 precincts in the county and the
Judges and clerks of election for the average cost for night and day boards
next two years, with the understand- is in the neighborhood of $30.00, or
ing that the volunteers for the places ; $3.00 apiece for three judges and two
will devote their salaries aggregating j clerks for each shift
$2500 at each election, to the Red j Of course the proposition Is entirely
Cross. la patriotic one, but Red Cross workers
The appointments will be made in all over the county believe that enough
the January term of the county court patriotic and responsible women can
and If patriotic Red Cross workers will be recruited for the task, so that the
volunteer for the task and the court full amount of the pay checks can be
sees fit to appoint them, a tidy sum of turned over.
approximately $2500 can be turned! Miss Harrington plans to hold the
project open during the next week or
so before making any recommenda
tions for the county election Judges
and clerks who are appointed for two
year terms. In the meantime the Red
Cross workers are to begin a definite
"drive" among their membership to
get the required number of volunteers.
When asked if she thought the wo
men were capable of handUng the elec
tion Miss Harrington called attention
to precincts where women act on the
board, and where their work has been
neater and better' in every way than
that of boards handled by men.
Rhode Island Governor
Flies English Channel
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Paddocks Celebrate Golden Wedding
Well Known and Popular Gladstone Couple
Been Married 50 Years
Have
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Paddock fil Glad
stone, well known and prominent resi- j
dents of Clackamas county, celebrat
ed their golden wedding anniversary
at their home Wednesday afternoon,,
at which time many of the old time ,
El
School holidays will begin on the
Friday evening preceding Christmas,
and tho sessions will bo resumed Wed
nesday morning, January 2, according
to a rule in nil o by the school board
Thursday night.
Permission was granted the Uve
Wire committee, represented by A. E.
Rugg, to pluce Rod Cross Christmas
seals on sale In the schools.
Two salary Increases were granted
by tho board Thursday night of $5 a
month each to W, L. Arant, principal
of tho high school, and to Burr E. Ta
tro, head of tho commercial dopnrt
mont who were not included In the in
creases in salaries gran tod last month.
In appreciation of her services on
behalf of the organization, the Clacka
mas County Guernsey Cattle club has
presented to Mrs. A. I. Hughes, a pure
bred Guernsey bull calf, and the ani
mal has been added to the famous
Hughes herd. Mrs. Hughes is secre
tary of the club, and it is said to have
been largely through her persistent
efforts for tho Improvement of
Guernsey herds In the county that the
recent $11,000 importation of pure
bred cattle was possible. With her
husliand. jJ. Hughes. Mrs. Hughes
maintains whut Is reputed to be one
of the finest Guernsey herds in the
northwest.
FILE A COMPLAINT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The declar
ation of war on Austria was passed by
both houses of congress today with
brief debate. President Wilson's sig
nature is now the only thing required
The house accepted the senate resolu
tlon.
ELAG IN 13. S. NAVY
Earnest Mass, Jr., who has been
paymaster of the Oregon City Manu
facturing company for the past three
and one-half years, has resignod the
position, enlisted in the navy, and will
loave Portland Thursday evening, at
the present time not knowing his des
tination. Mr. Mass' position will be
filled by Miss Marie Harvey, who has
been in charge of the private tele
phone service, and Miss Harvey's for
mer position Is to be flllod by Miss Eva
Calift.
Dimick Loves Chicken
But Would Eat Ham
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No Meat At Live Wires
SALEM, Or.. Dec 12. Residents of
Milwaukee have filed a petition with
tho Public Service commission com
plaining as to the car service given
by tho Portland & Oregon City road
and asking for a hearing.
They stute that tho car service Is
irregular and inadequate; that there
are poor station facilities at Milwau
klo, and they also state that lives of
passengers are endangered by filling
tho gasoline tank whllo passengers
are on the car, and in case of fire
there would be no exit except through
thd, flumes. They also charge Hint no
ear barn Is provided, and that delay
is caused by people "monkeying with
tho mechanism" of tho gasoline engine.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. With less
than one hour's debate the senate to
day passed the resolution declaring
war on Austro-Hungary.
The resolution was adopted by the
senate unanimously 74 to 0. Senators
Gronna, of North Dakota; Norris, of
Nebraska, and Vardaman, of Missis
slniil. who voted against the German
war declaration, supported the resolu
tion. Senator La Follette, of Wlscon
sin, left during the speech making
and did not cast his vote.
Secretary Dodson of the Chamber of
Commerce reports Portland has built)
up a payroll or vast importance in
lie shipbuilding Industry, there being
between 13,000 and 14,000 employed
now In the various plants, and the out
look Is bright along industrial lines.
The above Is from the Portland Tele
gram. Just wny n is siaiea inai oe
Reymonte waa a bookkeeper in the pa
per mills Is difficult to understand. He
came here with a party of men from
Seattle last week to work in the mills
as a laborer, and spent two days in
Oregon City. The moral to this la the
bona fide news oj Oregon City ia print
ed In the Morning Enterprise, printed
and published in Oregon City, and a
home institution.
I tUH f i'i Vi
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Governor R. S. Beeckman of Rhode
Island, who has been in Europe look
ing Into war conditions for some time,
flew from England to France In an
aeroplane recently. He has been
making a study of the war at first
hand.
PHILLIPS REPLIES
TO OBSERVATIONS
COUiYj i :R REVOLT
IS MENACING TO
RUSSIAN PARTY
mas, brother of Mrs. J. C. Paddock,
this event was also celebrated in con
nection with the golden wedding anni
versary. Mr. Dedman received his
share of congratulations.
Mrs. Paddock's maiden name waa
friends from various sections of the Mary Dedman, and waa the daughter
county called at the Paddock borne of the late E. P. and Martha Ded-
in Gladstone to extend their congratu- j man. She was born in Missouri, De
lations and best wishes. Many pretty . cember 9th, 1848, and was united In
gifts were presented to this couple. 1 led marriage to J. C. Paddock De-
The Paddock home was prettily dec- cember 12, 1867. In 1885 Mrs. Pad-
orated, yellow and green being used , dock accompanied her husband and
in the reception ball, yellow chrysan-; family from Dea Moines, Iowa, to
themums were used, in the living Clackamas county, where they have
room, while the decorations of the since made their Home, and have
dining room were bright red carna
tions and asparagus ferns.
Assisting In receiving were Misses
Laura and Jessie Paddock, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Paddock, Mrs.
A. D. Paddock and Mrs. Harry Pad
dock, of Gladstone; Mrs. S. P. Hunter,
of Raymond, Wash., sister-in-law of
Mrs. J. C. Paddock.
"Refreshments were served. Mrs.
Harry Paddock and Miss Ona Renner .f pacity. He is a member of Meade
poured tea, while Mrs. Arthur Pad-1 Post G. A. R. .
dock, Mrs. Henry Dedman, the latter) Among the pleasing features at the
of Canby; Mrs. Don McKenzie, of wedding anniversary on Wednesday
Portland, sister of Mrs. Paddock, as-1 were the vocal selections by Mrs.
sisted the Misses Paddock in the din- j Thomas Burke, who sank "Why Tou
ing room. ' Come Home" and "I Love You Truly,"
As this was also the birthday an-' and the selections given by MrMa. W.
nlversary of E. P. Dedman, of Clacka- Dedman, of Portland.
made a host of friends among the old
and yonng.
Mr. Paddock wxi born at Burling
ton, Iowa, November 10th, 1842. His
father waa the late Johnson Paddock,
of Burlington. Mr. Paddock after n
siding in Clackamas county for sev.
I eral years was elected by a large ma
! jority to the office of county treasur
!er, and served two terms in that ca
OF H. G. SHANDY JUDGE S1EVERS HAS
SEATTLE, Dec. 10 reattle's mas
ter butchers today stand ready to
back ud the packing houses in the
fight against the striking union work
ens.
At a special meeting cf Ahe Seattle
Master Butchers' association yester
day it was voted to continue in bus!
ness and to obtain their meat supplies
through the regular channels patron
ized by them for several years past
whether they be fair to union labor or
not.
This action, it is believed, will re
sult in the calling of a general strike
of the union butchers of the city.
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ITALIANS DRIVE
GERMANS OUT OF
PIAVE POSITION
South American Rulers
Who Broke With Germany
If there is any member of the Com
mercial club who attends the Tuesday
noon luncheons of tho Llvo Wires and
expects to be fed up with moat, bo will
bavo to go elsewhere for his meal, for
by unanimous vote Monday tho Wires
decided to observe strictly the govern
ment's request that Tuesday be a
meatless duy. At Monday's luncheon
there was chicken and boiled hum on
the table, and Senator Walter A. Dim
ick, who raised the point, was accused
by Dr. Clyde Mount of passing up
the chicken and eating the hum. Presi
dent Eby declared that Dimick wanted
chicken every Tuesday and Dimick ex
plained that he usually ate what was
set before him. Hereafter the Wires
will be served with fish or fowl, and
will observe the spirit and the letter
of the food conservation campaign.
ROME, Doc. 10. Teutonic troops
were driven in flight out of the whole
Cnposlle position on the lower I'leve
river and that, point was recaptured
by Italian troopH, today's official state
ment said.
The ItrtliuiiR achieved their victory
early last night Numerous enemy
support lines wore seen in hasty
flight Tho enemy suffered severe
louses In killed. Thirty-five prisoners
were taken.
WOMAN FROZEN TO DEATH.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12, Mrs.
Frank Drake, aged 40, wife of a Pau
puck farmer, was frozen to death two
mllos from this place. She was driv
ing with a horse und buggy and is
bolleved to have lost her way in the
blinding snowstorm.
CONKLIN JOINS ARMY.
Louis Conkltn is the sixth Oregon
City young man to be sent to join the
third company, coast artillery corps.
statlonod at Fort Stevens, Oregon.
WASHINGTON1, Dec. 10, Labor
conscription to prevent Interference
with war work is regarded as' unnec
essary by Secretary of Ijibor Wilson
In his annual report sent to congress
today.
Noting a "sudden and enormous in
crease" in the number of labor dis
putes with the beginning of war, the
secretary blamed most labor lawless
ness on employers who permit organ
ization by their workmen only on the
pain of dismissal. Secretary Wilson
Indorsed labor unions. But should
labor conscription finally become nec
essary, he declared In favor of mak
ing such workers government em
ployes, rather than compelling them
to work "for private profit."
'By simple and fair systems ot col
lective bargaining between the gov
ernment, labor organizations and bus
iness organizations," said Secretary
Wilson, "all labor disputes prejudi
cial to an effective prosecution of the
war can be promptly eliminated.
"Since war was declared, on April.
(5, 1917, and up to October 25, the de
partment of labor had assigned com
missioners of conciliation in 521 new
cases, made up of 281 strikes, 212 dis
putes that threatened a suspension of
work, and 28 lockouts. It has been
successful in satisfactorily adjusting
323 of those; has been unable to ad
just 43; has 104 cases pending, a com
paratively small number of which
have reached the strike stage; and in
51 cases its commissioners found on
their arrival that the matters in dis
pute had been settled or that the plant
was in operation and the former em
ployes had secured work elsewhere
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PRES. fXLICIANOVTJa
fHtSw J03D IPARDQ
General Tasker H. Bliss is chief of
staff of the United States army, and
General John Blddle has just been
named assistant General Biddle Is
an engineer officer, and ia one ot the
few to be named to a high place in
the general staff.
OREGON, CITY, Dec. 9. (Editor of
the Enterprise) I would like to say a
few words at this time in answer to
the letter of H. G. Shandy, in your
issue of November 27.
It appears to me, from the tone of
his letter that Mr. Shandy is either
one of the foremen employed at the
mills, or had there been no strike
breakers to come to his help, would
have been a few dollars short in his
bank account; or one of those worst
kind of things on earth. I would not
insult a man by calling them one.
He claims a striker is a traitor to
his family, his God and his country.
In what way?
For trying to get better conditions
for himself, and thus benefit his fam
ily and his country? Never. Judas
betrayed his God for 30 pieces of
silver and afterwards hanged himself.
Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his
country, on the promise of a commis
sion in the British Army. Was not he
shot? Esau sold his birthright for
a mess ot pottage; is not the "scab"
doing the same thing today? There
are two sides to every question and it
is my opinion that it is the strike
breaker who is the traitor. No only
is he betraying his God, family and
country, but is also a traitor to his
fellow man.
In the writer's opinion, shooting or
hanging is too good for them. In
fact I would not insult a gun or a
rope by using either on them.
Christ went around preaening for
better conditions. He was an "agita
tor." Men have been doing the same
thing ever since. They also are agv.
tators. Who gave any one the right
to think for nie? Yet under present
conditions that is what is actually
taking place.
The "bosses" have been doing all
the thinking so far. Now that men
and women are beginning to do a lit
tle for themselves they are traitors!
For nearly 22 years I was content to
lot my employers or father do' the
thinking for me, but am now begin
ning to make use of one of God's gifts
to me my brain, and do some think
ing for myself.
The working man of today has not
as much freedom (?) as had the ne
groes of the south prior to the Civil
War.
I would advise Mr. Shandy and
any others who share his opinion to
put on their thinking cap and do a
little for themselves.
I do not think, personally, that the
men are asking too much. The world
owes each person a living at least,
and how can one do that if they do not
earn enough,
I am not a Solcaiist, but would like
to know why one man can ride around
in automobiles and eat ham and eggs,
when the employes of the same mill
have to walk and in son cases bo
lucky if they get butter to put on their
bread. What is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander. AH men are
equal, and I and the rest have the
same rights to the best as the other.
T. J. PHILLIPS.
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Judge J.
the Main
N. Sievera held court on
street sidewalk Monday,
morning, with Deputy District Attor
ney Burke prosecuting Charles Pinkery
of Portland, on a prohibition violation
charge. Pinkery waa fined $12.50 and
paid bis fine.
WTiile attorneys in the paper strike
preliminary were holding a consulta
tion, the judge's court room and priv
ate office were both filled with specta
tors. Pinkery, who is a ship yard em
ployee, was anxious to get back on the
job, so court convened in the street in
front of the judge's office.
Pinkery was arrested Sunday even
ing, in company with three other Ital
ians on charge of possessing intoxicat
ing liquor. Two bottles of wine were
found concealed in the back seat of his
automobile. He denied ownership of
the liquor but finally decided to plead
guilty before the court.
CASUALTY LIST
SHOWS 25,000
ARE HOMELESS
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 10. Revised
fiKures were issued today regarding
casualties resulting from the explo
sion as follows:
Known dead, 1200.
Unaccounted for, 2000.
Identified dead, 900.
Wounded, 800.
Homeless, 25,000.
TWO OF DRAFTED
MEN SENT HOME
FOR DISABILITY
Russell Scramlin of Macksburg, and
Robert Rosenau of Sunnyslde, two of
the six members of the draft quota
which left December 3 for Camp Lew
is, returned home Saturday, following
their dismissal by medical authorities
at the camp, for physical defects.
It Is not known whether the other
members ot the quota passed the ex
amination or not.
ATC1P1LWY.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Armstrong, of
West Linn, are in receipt of a number
of letters from their son, Fred, who
is cook with Company G, 162 infantry,
and stationed at Fort Mills, New York.
In the letter Mr. Armstrong states that
all of the boys from Oregon City are
in the best ot health, and are ready
to sail for Europe at any time the call
comes.
I have seen some of the big cities ot
the east and they sure look fine. WTian
it rains here the mud is knee deep at
Camp Mills. At the present time the
thermometer registers ten degrees be
low zero, and the nights are very cold,
and also the mornings.
"We are camped close to an aviation
field, and all you can see are the air
ships. I have seen as many as ten
in the air at one time, and it is inter
esting to watch them. They make an
awful noise.
"I have seen one of the largest post
offices in the United States. It is
right here under New York City. When
we arrived here the town was lighted
up, and the people cheered to "beat
the band" as we passed by. We have
.gotten a hearty welcome wherever we
have gone.
"I am at the Y. M. C. A. now, and
you should see the bunch of fellows
writing to their sweethearts or
mothers.
"Well, I am back in the kitchen
again, but do not know for how long. I
have taken an interest in the kitchen,
and this goes a long way in camp.
"Talk about men well there are at
least 50,000 here in camp, and more
coming all the time. We have some
of the finest fellows you ever have met
in this camp.
"We have been invited for Thanks
giving dinner, and there are hundreds
of boys in camp that will be feasted
by the people of this city on that day.
We certainly appreciate any favors
that are extended us..
FRED ARMSTRONG,
Company G, 162 Infantry,
Camp Mills, N. Y."
"Astoria will pave highway to Smith's
point
BIG FIRE IN ATTLEBORO.
ATTLEBORO, . Mass., Dec. 12.
Three large business blocks in the
center, of this city were, destroyed by
fire and 17 dwellings damaged with a
total loss of $500,000 early today. The
fire was put under control after aid
had been summoned from all sur
rounding cities. The fire waa one of
the most disastrous in the city's history.
RED CROSS MARKET NETS $245.
The committee having charge ot
the market recently given in this city
for the benefit of the Red Cross of
this city, Wednesday checked up all
accounts, and mailed to Mrs. L. E.
Jones, chairman of the relief commit
too 'n nlioflr frY AR Thla mnnnt
is to be used for the purchase ot sup
plies, as the affair was given for this
purpose.
PANAMA DECLARES WAR.
PANAMA, Dec. 12. Panama de
clared war on Austria yesterday. The
government, in co-operation with the
canal zone authorities, is interning
Austrians. The zone has now been
been cleared of Germans and Aus
trians, in accordance with President
Wilson's recent order.