OREGON CITY TERPrTsE. "FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,1917,
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TWIN CITY
CAR STRIKE
CALLED OFF
III 3 HOURS
ST. PAUL, Dec. 13. The city wide
In omunothv with tflA Twill
S .tree car men was called off
mis auernoou, aner u uau ucm vu vi j
about three hours.
The order to return to work was ia-1
sued after word was received nere mat;
President Wilson had ordered his la-
bor commission, of which Secretary
mison is we uau, iu uy '
route east from Seattle and mediate
in me moor irouoies.
. Labor leaders estimated that 1S.000 j
walked out in the two cities, about SOOO '
of them here. Railroad shopmen and;
gome other trades refused to respond
to the call. j
George W. Lawson, secretary ot the ;" '" ""
... . , . i u . i open competition.
Minnesota Federation of Labor, wired ;
from Washington that following his! Second-That the Warren Construe
conference with federal officials See-ltIon company, or soma one laying its
retary of War conferred with the pres-!Pavei"ent. gets practically all the
ident. He then issued an order to Sec-: PaTin contracts.
retary Wilson and his commission to
visit St Paul at once.
WASHINGTON", Dec. 13. Presi
dent Wilson today ordered the spe
cial mediation commission headed by
Secretary of Labor Wilson to go to the
Twin Cities at the earliest possible mo-
ment. . last winter. He then stated that he.
HLabor leaders in St Paul an4 Minne-!and otne had Kne on tne stumP ,ori
apolis were appealed to over the long! th J6.000.000 road bond issue in June
distacce telephone from here by gov
ernment officials in an effort to avert
the spread of the general Btrike.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dee. IT.
Though the Interstate bridge has
been in operation less than a year.
$40,000 of the $500,000 bridge bonds
issued by Clarke county to pay its
shore of the cost of the big structure,
will be retired on January 1. There
is now more than $30,000 in the bridg?
fund, and this will enable the pay
ment of 16,750 interest due the first
of the year, as well as the retirement
of the large block of bonds, leaving
a .net balance for current expenses.
The bonds to be redeemed are held by
the state of Washington and are re
deemable at any interest paying per
iod. Half of the issm, $'J50,000. are
not payable until after 1 years tune;
eiayseu. mey are neiu oy eastern
people. Nearly all of the money to re-!
tire the bonds came from th? profits
of operating the bridge, through the
toll collected.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 17 The entire
membership of the Fulton county ex
emption board has been summarily
dismissed on orders from President
o. i..i
movu vu uii6ca luiuiviug uuwai-
ranfo vo, f I. . J A:
cvujimuua ouu umcuaiges
aim me ,-ae na neeu turnea over to i
the department of justice. Of 813
white men called in the county 626 1
were dismissed, 44 per cent of the
exemptions being on physical grounds.
was aiso cnargca tnat or zuz negroes
examined by the board only six were j
exempted. I
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PERFECTION
OIL HEATER
FOR SALE
Frank Busch
C W. Friedrich
OREGON PAYING TOO
MUCH FOR PAVING
Oregon is paying too much tor Its
paving, the state highway commis
sion is not delivering a dollar's worth
for a dollar, pledges made to the peo
ple are not being kept, and there Is
no competition, were some ot the
charges made by Gus C. Moser at the
banquet attended by county judges!
and county commissioners at the Im
perial hotel Friday night. Moser
opened up what he Intends to be a gen
eral attack on the road policy In Ore
gon, although assuring his audience
that he is still a road booster.
While not questioning the integrity
, the state highway commissioners.
! S. Renson, W. U Thompson and K. J
! Adams, in his remarks, Moser accused
fhAm nf failure trt mnlsia ?ond ftn
! .mL.,. u ir..)
,rrevocab, committed t0 the use of
j Warrenlte pavement; that such Is thelthlnl!l vote woula 1,6 required for eon
general impression, in the state, and ;
, that Benson has not denied it, and,
urthenuore Benson dominatMj
I the commission.
Mr. Moser presented the following
four points, which he declared are un
disputed facts:
First That specifications are not
maila a a o 1 1 tt-ma f'llf anil
Third That we pay them more
than is paid In Washington or Cali
fornia. Fourth That the public will not
stand it any longer.
In opening his talk, Moser gave
review o fthe history ot the good!
roads legislation enacted at Salem
uu una promaeu me peoe u mey stitutlon by the legislatures Of the
voted for the bonds that the state . severa, stateg 8g provlded ln the con.
would receive a dollars worth of road ; 9titlUiolli withln 8even years frora tne
for a dollar and that there would be!date of ,he 8ubmisslon hereof to the
free, air and open competition. These: states by thg conKre8S-,.
premises were made by the state j senator Borah objected to accept
highway commission and Moser. with ,ng the nouse amendmenUi contend
others he said, had believed them and; ,ng that congress has no authorlty to
went before the people using thse ; specify the time ,n whlch the araenJ.
. j v .1 : i a i i i m v.
r ment Is to be ratified and that the
There is a general demand that pav- constitutlon give9 no authority for
ing cease, continued the speaker, e providing that prohibition shall be
cept where absolutely necessary. Thejcome effective within one year after
ran, uu.uu a.ruy nas proposeu ,
to repeal the good roads bill.
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EUGENE, Or., Dec. 13. The debat
ing contest of the Oregon university
and Oregon Agricultural college was
held Monday evening at Eugene. Sev
eral reputations for oratory were
that lhe member3 of the cabinet 8nould
be admitted to both houses of con
gress with the privileges, of introduc
ing measures and of submitting amend
ments, when relating to their respec
tive departments.
The affirmative was taken by the
Oregon Agricultural college, the nega
tive by the university team. The nega
tive by the university team, the nega
J. Tooze, of Oregon City, Levi Pen
nington, president Pacific college and
Col. Callahan.
SOCIETY LEADER
GOES INTO ARMY
A BUCK private;
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Dec. 13. Cra !
PHILADELPHIA,
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xjiuuib, luuiiuu a i re uscieiy leaner ana i
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iimeu leiwn.i c.xpri:, nas iuKen me oam ;
as a nrst-ciass private In the army and
is now on his way to Kellyfield at San
Antonio, where there is an extensive
aviation training camp.
Mr. Biddle tried for an officers' com-1
mission at Fort Niagara training camp
last summer but failed to pass the final I
examination.
Real Gmrl
Instant warmth. Les3
furnace heat needed
fewer (jrate and coal
stove fires. Portable.
Economical.' No
.smoke or odor.
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY
(CALIFORNIA)
BY
W. E. Estet
Hogs Bros.
SEVEN YEAR
LIMIT MADE
FOR STATES
TO
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WASHINGTON. Dec.
IS. The con
stltutional amendment
(or national
prohibition was today Anally submitted
by congress to the states for ratlflea-
tton or rejection within seven years.
The senate completed congressional
action by accepting the resolution as
passed yesterday by the house, 47 to 8,
without roll call.
Immediately after the senate con
vened Senator Sheppnrd, ot Texas,
called up the national prohibition
amendment and moved that the senate
i concur In the house amendments. Vice
! President Marshall ruled that a two-
currence.
Following is the resolution as
adopted by house and senate:
"Resolved, by the senate and the
house of representatives, That the fol
lowing amendment to the Constitution
be, and hereby is, proposed to the
states, to become valid as a part ot
the Constitution when ratified by the
legislatures of the several states as
provided by the Constitution.
'Article 1, Section 1 After one year
from the ratification ot this article,
the manufacture, sale or transporta
tion of Intoxicating liquors, within,
the importation thereof into, or the
exportation thereof from the I'nited
Staes and all territory subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof for beverage pur
poses is hereby prohibited.
"Section 2 The eoncress and th
asevera, gtate8 ghaU have concurren,
p0Wer to enforce thl s article by
ap-
, nrm,rin.R wisiatlon
. Sectlon 3Tnl8 artIcle ghaU be ln.
operative unless it shall have been
nmed a8 an amendment to the con-
being accepted by the 8tate8.
"We have no such power as to say
the amendment shall be ratified with
in seven years after being submitted
to the states by congress," said he.
"It is either to be submitted to the
states or not to be submitted at all.
If it ever goes to the states, they can
ratify it whenever they desire."
With a vote of two-thirds required
for its approval the result in the
house late yesterday announced by
Speaker Clark was 2S2 to 13S, or 33
more than required.
A wild demonstration took place In
the house. W. J. Bryan appeared on
the floor and took a seat with Repre
sentative Webb as co-recipient of con
gratulations. GENERAL GOETHALS
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; WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Rear
i rangemcnt of some high commands in
: the war department was indicated to
i day by the detachment of officers de
! signated by Secretary Baker to sit in
! the d 'partment's war council.
! It became definitely known today
I that Major General Goethals, builder
' of th.i Panama canal, has been offered
the place of quartermaster general to
succeed Major General Sharpe. Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder Is the
Ani ..t a . ..
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TW.t ,!... .,.1, ,..1 t .w.
present office
Brigadier General John h. Barrette,
I of the coast artillery corps, recently
at Camp I'pton, has been selected for
Cluer ol o;!St ."rul erv. sueeoedinir
General Weaver.
PETROGRAD, Monday, Dec. 17.
The German and Austrian foreign min
isters, Dr. von Kuehlmann and Count
Czernin, have notified Leon Trotsky,
the BolKhevlki foreign minister, that
they will arrive at Brest-Litovsk
Tuesday to begin negotiations for a
general European peace.
The evening newspapers announce
that Trotzky has notified the allied
embassies that the armistice has
reached definite results and that peace
negotiations will begin, and asking
them to participate or to state wheth
er they wish peace or not.
NAVAL PROBE
HAS APPROVAL
. OF SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Plans for
the proposed inquiry into the navy's
war activities were begun today at a
preliminary meeting ot a house naval
sub-committee entrusted with the
work of starting their investigation.
Secretary Daniels has approved the
purpose of the inquiry and declared
that the more Congress learns of the
navy and overseas, and at home, the
APPR
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Officials ot the Portland Hallway,
Light & Power Company say that
with higher wages and shorter hours
fir the men, nnd Increased cost of
material, it is no longer possible to
run the street' car system at a profit
with a 0-cent fare and that unless re
lief is offered in the way of Increased
fare the street railway company Is
headed straight for bankruptcy. The
economies recommended by the con.
mission us a substitute for an In
creased fare have failed to afford a
solution to the financial problem.
Shrinkage In revenue Is shown by
the tabulated figures offered to the
public service commission. The gross
operating revenues In November, IS II,
were $:S2.629.57, as asalnst $279.
272.61 ln November. 1S17. tlross oner
ating revenue, less expense, for t'.H2,
November, 1917, had shrunk to $S9,
975.73. Although operating expense was
.54.0('.2.57 in 1912. for the same
month. November, in 1917, It was
$lS9,29fi SS. This latter figure takes
into account Increased wages for the
men and the eight horn- day. On the
other hand, the general expense.
which means pay of general officers
nnd the like, there is a reduction
shown,
It was in 1912 that the eonumnv
earned 6 per cent on the valuation
placed by the commission. aiulKinee
then the earnings have dropped to 2
per cent.
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OTTAWA, OnL. Dec. l.S.-The Eng
lish speaking sections of Canada yes
terday voted solidly for conscription.
that the Dominion may continue to be
represented on the fighting line in the
strength It has shown there up to the
present time. The French and the
German speaking parts of the coun
try voted against the Donlen govern
ment and for the return of Sir Wil
frid Laurler as prime minister.
The predominance of the English
speaking element In the Dominion
makes the return of the union gov
ernment with Sir Robert Borden as Its
head a certainty. ,
WASHINGTON, Ihc 17.-Tho Ore
gon delegation in !h lower house di
vided on the prohibition vote today.
Sinnott and llawl.y voting for and
McArthur voting against the resolu
tion providing for a constitutional
amendment.
In a two-minute speech, McArthur
said he held no brief for liquor traffic
and denounced "that sinkhole of In
iquity, the saloon.'' but said that he
would not he a party to any movement
he regards inimh-al to the best Inter
ests of the country. His district, the
day he was el rt , to congress, voted
against bone-dry Htate-wide prohibi
tion by r00u votes he ald, and for
this additional n .i ;on he would vote
against the amendment.
GERMANY HAS PEACE OFFER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Informa
tion received agre s with Intimations
from abroad that Germany is con
sidering another offer of peace.
WHILE AT WAR
WOMEN SUFFER At HOME
EnoK.vi:, Or.EM.N. "I certainly own a
great deal to Dr. Pierce's Ue-i wiles; three
dilleret.j titties they
have saved my life.
One time 1 had
trou ble with my
lung and the doctor
fiald tl;ut 1 could not
?et well, i took
r. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
and it cured me.
During another Ill
ness die doctors said
ther" was no chance
for my recovery, I
took Lwo bottles of
1 rescrlption and (rot well. Again doctors
said that the only thing to save my life
was an operation, m,d at once, too. I
again took the 'Favorite Prescription'
and the 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and
they brought mo through JuhI line-well,
aim without an operation, so i cannot
speak too highly 0r t,ftHe wonderful reme
dies. "-AIjih. A I. ma JakVIS, 403 W. 2d bt.
KoHKHL-iw, OitKoo.v. "During expect
ancy 1 was ho poorly I could not keep a
" ' " g on in v T
m y
stomach and
head
mv
and
back
ucneu lerrioly all
tho time and I was
so nervous. A
friend told mo
about Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip
tion r ..i. .i :
bottles and never I
had any tronl.h. '
afterwurd. The W1
hrst dose helped L
me. Mv huiiv wnu lT
a nlco, healthy
Child. thinl n,f.
'Proscription' Is simply great, I am glad
to recommend lt."-Ml8. C. A. I'ltlfcND,
dTjI Mosher Street,
"Favorite Prescription" and "Golden
Medical Discovery" nre both put up in
liquid and tablets. If not obtainable at
dealers, send JO cents to Doctor Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel, Itoffalo, N. Y,, and he
will mail trial package of either tablets.
CONSCRIPTION
HAWLEY AND SINNOTT
FAVOR PROHIBITION;
m'arthiir is mm
yj 1
Early Draft Promised Those
Fail To Return
Friends ot registered persone ot
draft age who are away at distant
points should rally to their assistance
at once, If they would save those with
dependency claims, from going In the
next draft.
Under the rules of the draft pro
ceoditre, each registrant must have re
turned hla questionnaire within seven
daya from the date of mailing to the
county clerk. It It la not so returned
the draft officials are ordered to place
their names In classification No. 1.
which represents those to come under
NOT EXIST EXCEPT III
SPOTS, IS STATEMENT
OF MR. SPRECKLES
WASHINGTON. Dec. H The food
administration was charged with di
rect responsibility for the migar scare
Ity by Clans A. Sprecklest. president
of the Federal Sugar Mflnlng com
pany, on the witness stand before the
senate manufacturers' subcommittee
In the sugar shortage Investigation.
He laid the entire blame to the food
administration's agreement with the
sugar trust, which, he declared to the
committee, was In control, directly or
Indirectly, of !0 per cent of the sugar
In th United States,
Spreckles declared there Is no suwar
shortage "except In spots.' One ot the
spots Is the eastern I'nited Slates, he
said.
"The I'nited States has ample su
gar." ho said. "The shortage Is local.
Ined in the eastern states. As a whole
tl.er is plenty of sugar." Spreckela
aiiiteii that there is enough sugar ln
Java to supply the whole llrltlsh Isles
for a year.
"You say there Is no shortage,- yet
wo can get no sugar. Why Is that?"
asked Senator Heed.
Spreckels said tho food administra
tion, by "Interfering with his busi
ness." had made it Imnosalhlo for
him to obtain raw sugar to refliuv
I'nder a price agreement with the
food administration, he said, he hud
been unable to buy raw sugar from
Cuban and other markets.
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I'pon motion of the attorney for tho
plaintiffs, the two pending Fish dam-
j age actions brought against Clackamas
county last summer, following an ac
cident on tho New Era hill, have been
dismissed by Judgo Cnmpboll.
The cases are thoso of Amy Fish vh.
Clackamas county, In which plaintiff
asked for $2000.00 damages by reason
ot injuries sustained, and tho suit of
Frank K. Fish, the driver of the car
who sought damages In tho sum of
MOO for injuries to his automobile
The case of Alice Etta Fish vs. the
county, which was tried at the Novem
ber term of court resulted In a clean
cut verdict for Clackamas county, the
Jury being out only a short time before
finding for tho defendant. The order
dismissing the other two cases was
signed by Judgo Campbell Wednesday.
FlHh, with his wife, daughter and
son, were returning from a trip up the
highway in August, 1915, when the car
In which they were driving turned tur
tle about two-thirds of tho, distance up
the New Era hill. Mrs. Fish and daugh
ter sustained serious Injuries and the
car was badly damaged. In the recent
suit Mrs. Fish asked $2000 damages,
alleging the highway was In a detec
tive condition. Tho district attorney's
office had taken the precaution to have
several photos of the scene of the ac
cident taken on the morning following
the Injuries, showing the actual condi
tion of the road bed and these played
a prominent part ln the recent trial.
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A decree of strict foreclosure was
entered in the circuit court Thursday
In favor of the Glcnmorrie company,
a corporation, against B. D. Elliott and
S. F. Sinclair, on block 1 of Glen
morrlo, near Oswego, containing Z1A
acres.
The land company contracted with
Elliott tor the land in 1912, he agree
ing to pay therefor the sum of $3125.01,
Upon default ln the payments suit was
Instituted in tho circuit court early
last spring and ln June the court gave
the defendants until December flth to
pay over the amount of the contract, in
default of which they would be barred
from further legal or equitable claim
to the land In controversy. The de
fendants defaulted and the ordor of
strict foreclosure was entered Thurs
day afternoon.
CONGRESSMAN NOW PRIVATE,
WASHINGTON, Doc. 17. Repre
sentative Royal C. Johnson, of Aber
deen, 8. D., enlisted today as a pri
vate ln the regular army.
tho first call. The only way that this
can bo thwarted Is for those who are
ncuunlntod with reglstrnntt who are
away and who will be unable to return
their quoNtlommlro In time, to appear
before County Clerk Harrington Im
mediately after the questionnaires are
malted out to tho addresses nnd make
nu affidavit before the clerk (hut the
registrant Is nt a distant point where
It would bu Impossible to return the
questionnaire In time. This action
will defer classification, nnd will keep
the drafted one from going In tho first
call.
This Is Not An Advt.
.
Girl Wanted at Dodgi;
14 Males At School
It la juvenile ICvolnss Kdon nt
Dodge, In eastern Clackamas county,
lit tho Kstncadn territory. Tho Dodge
school occupies a unique place In the
ranks ot the public schools ot tho
state. If not tho nation. The total en
rollment In the school Is 1 4 nil boy,
LABOR SCARCITY IN
HAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. - If the
war last until IDUt. Alaska's produc
tion of gold will bu utmost negligible
unless the government aids In reliev
ing labor shortage, according to Cap
tain J. M. Mustard, medical rvserv
corps, formerly practicing physician
at Nome, nnd now hero awaiting ns
stKiimelit. He said:
"The value of gold has depreciated
."0 per cent thi lust few years. du. to
Its lower purchasing power. The
mines and dredging plants cannot g1'1
the men. Time was when $.1 a day
and found was an ettraction to labor
to go to Ahthku. but with the hU'.h
wages prevailing In the Stat s, It no
Ioniser Is an Inducement.'
He added that the shortage of In
bor now looming In Alaska might be
come critical.
WAYS AND MEANS
PLACE IS GIVEN
TO OREGON MAN
WASHINGTON. Dec. U. Republi
can leaders In the house have pre
vailed upon Representative llawley to
take a place on the ways and means
committee, while loath to give up
his place on the appropriation com
mitten Mr. llawley felt It his duty to
take the ways and means committee
uietnbcrHhlp, wlih h Is particularly Im
portant, ns the country west of the
Rocky mountains has no other repre
sentative on that committee.
OF
PROBE IS BEGUN
I STATUS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. A house
Hiib-coinmlttec thoroughly to investi
gate the conduct of tho war by the
navy, was created by the naval com
mittee today In executive seslon.
Hearings will be arranged soon. Sec
retary Daniels, bureau chiefs and of
ficers who have been on duty abroad
will be culled.
Tho plans for investigation were
unanimously agreed upon. Members
ot the committee sey that as at ll. e
last session ll.oOO.OCO.OOU was appro
priated for navut expenditures and
that this year another billion Is pro
posed, tho system of expending such
W:Ht sums should be examined.
Statements regarding tho prospec
tive delivery of rifles, told confident
ially by the war department, and
other matters the witness declined to
discuss .publicly, were given today by
Major General Crozler, chief of
ordnance, at an executive session of
the senate military committee's In
quiry Into alleged delays in supply
ing the war army. .
General Cro.lors examination totiuy
went further Into details of the rife
and machine gun situations. Seve.nl
senators sharply questioned him In
what, were described us "somewhat
heatod" exchanges. Some of the mem.
hers were said to bo Inclined to at
tribute to General Crozler himself re
sponsibility for tho reduction of at)
per cent in rifle production at private
plants duo to tho change In type.
Appropriations Not Used.
' Failure to use appropriations for
the purpose Intended was developed
from General Crozler. In particular,
an application of $5,000,000 made In
August, 1918 for small arms and In
tonded by congross for rifles Generul
Crozler Bald, was used for pistols,
some at high royalties, from private
contractors.
Gonoral Crozler reiterated that rifle
production will Increase so that n.
American troops sent abroad will be
without surplus arms and that soon
there will be an umplo supply for
training purposes.
MILWAUKIE GIRL TO WED
Mabel V. O'Dell, of Mllwaukio, Or.,
and James Reuben Jones of the same
place, were granted a license to wed
Wednesday.
Who
Questionnaires
Kriwnrd Melville Coffey' qientlon
nnlrn wn relumed to tho county clerk
Saturday, with n notation from the
postofflco Ihnt he had moved ami left
no nddress, Unless Mr, Coffey's Ad
dress Is found nnd his answers are In
by next Saturday, ho will uutnmMlr
ally go In the first quota, Cuffpy U an
Oregon City boy,
The quest lonnnlre are being mailed
out nt (he rule of 130 a day and the
clerk's office In swamped with Informa
tion seeker nml Inquiries by mull
from those who nre within tin sgn
limits.
NEUTRAL CITY
STOCKHOLM. Hoc, 17 Phillip
Scheldomnnn, leader of the ''ormati
majority HoclallstH, Is here today con
ferring with liolsh.vlkl Mltiihtr Or
lovsky on peace between tiertnuu ih
LuKftln.
'I hiii very sorry, but I caei.ot ills
cum the nature of my conferi'ii'" with
M. Orlovsky," Scheldeiuann told the
I'nited Press, today,
Orlovsky was equally rHIcenl From
oth r source, however, It wan report
ed that Hi heldemnlKl had been dollied
with full powers by tho German gov
ernment, which had directed peace
angling at Stockholm rather than il
llrest l.ltovsk because proceedings n
tin latter .place were subject to full
publicity by the llolshevlkl.
The llrest LltovHk conference v'
eoinnilslonerit represent lug tho artn 'ei
of Germany and Russia will pree'in
ttMy continue. Irrespective of negoMu,
tlotis at Stockholm,
The llotsh -vikl. It was reported, fim
suggested thn coiltereiuo with Hcl'el.
deiinuin, nt the Swedish city In the
belief (tint Ihey would line up Si be.
deinann's majority soi lullsts against
Herman Imperialism.
AS CANDIDATE FOR
8AI.KM. Or., Dec. U, - According to
Information reaching here, O. M.
riiiimner, a Cortland schoid director
und nil assistant to tho stale food ad
iiilnlstrnlor, Is considering becoming
a candidate for state treasurer He
is tho sixth candidate to be mentioned
for this office. The others are As
sistant Treasurer Thoman I". Ryan, or
Oregon City; William Adaimi. of
Portland; Assessor II. V West, of this
city; State Senator K. I). Cu.ilck. of
Albany, nnd Stale Senutor W. D.
Wood, of Hlllsboro.
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0. A. C, HAS SALARY
CORVALUS, Or.. Dec. 13,-Presl-dent
Kerr has decided In favor ot Ore
gon. After careful consideration ho has
decided to contlnuo as hond o fthe Ore.
gon state agricultural college. His
salary hus been Incroasod from $7000
a year to $8100 a year. The position
offered him In Knnsas pays $900.
TO
COI'KNIIAGKN, Dec. is. The re
port that former Premier Kerensky ot
Russia, supported by some thousands
of troops, has nppenrod In tho vicinity
of I'etrograd, Is contained In a dis
patch from Huparandn, In Sweden, nt
tho Finnish frontier, to tho Herllngsko
Tldondo.
8INGER HONORS FLAG.
SAN DIKGO, Cal Doc. 18-Mme. Er
nestine Schumnnn-Holnk, noted diva,
yostorday presented tho colors to a
regiment of Infantry stationed hero.
In presenting the colors, she said:
"Love the flug; stand by the flag;
die for the flag; but remember that
the flag stands tor the highest ,tho
grandest, the noblest conception of
the rights of man. Let all tho world
know that our country and our flag
mean Justice and liberty to all man
kind." SINGER'S 80N IS COOK.
NEW YORK, Doc. 17. Walter Schu-mann-irclnk,
sou ot Minn, Ernestine
Shcumann-IIelnk, enlisted it the
army today as a cook of tho fourth
class aftar recruiting officers had sat
isfied themselves that he was an
American citizen. He la tho fourth
non of the opera singer to enter the
army or navy.
PEACE SUBJECT
OE MEETING IN
OREGON'S TREASURER