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FIFTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 82
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBR 28, 1917.
ESTABLISHED 1868
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WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.-I'r)Hli
dent Wilson announced tonight that '
lie Will tSnllMIO IDKHCHHlon 11 ml oper-i
( Ion ot every railroad In the conti
nental United States ut noon Friday,
Duceinber IS, and that bo had appoint
(I Secretary McAdoo director general
of raltrtad.
In alatomntil accompanying bin
proclamation tho president announced
that whan congreii reasnemblud be 1
would ak thnt definite guarantees be)
given that tho rallroml proportion
bo maintained In aa Rood repair
a complete equipment aa when taken
over, and that the net operating
come In each caso ahnll equal
average net operating Income of the
throe yearo preceding June SO, 1917.
Tha riillrouda will bo taken over
under war authority already granted
by congress, through tho secretary of
war.
Secretary McAdoo, whose appoint
ment la made by formal proclamation,
In expected to direct tha unification
and operation of the roads through ,
their present management. He will
retain hla place In the cabinet us sec
retary of tha treasury.
The president mnkea It clear that
hla decision was not nitido because of
any failure on tho part of the rail
roads to perform their whole duty In
Bofar aa they could while hampered
an they wero by legal restrictions.
"Tho committee of rallroud execu
tives," nald hla atatement, have done
tho utmoat that It wan possible for
them to do, but thero wero difficulties
they neither could expect or neutral
ize, In mcro fairness to them tho full
authority of the government must be
HiibdueiL"
Tho plan of control aa outlined In
tho proclamation la not extended aa
to detail, but the general acheme ap
peara to follow cloaoly tho Rrltluh
system. In England, howover, gov
ernment freight la curried fre'o and
tho guaranteed earnings require an
euornioua amount ot money from the
government funda, whllo In tho United
States the government will pay for
Ita freight aa In tho pnat and will
stand ita part of Increased freight tar
iffs If they are found to bo necessary.
DIVORCE GRANTED RICKABAUGH.
Charles K. Illckabaugh was given a
decree of divorce against his wlfo,
RoHPtta Klckabnugh Wednesday In the
circuit court.
REV. WtnLAUFFER STICKS TO
JOB AND CAUSES DEADLOCK
Timber Grove School Director of Fighting
Fame Withdraws Previous Resignation
And Situation Remains Tense
Rev. W. F. WottluulTor will not re
sign as clork of the Timber Grove
school district, so those who antici
pated such action as a solution of the
long standing fight between Wottlau
fl'or and B. Sullivan, a follow member
ot the board, must sit tight and await
further developments.
In spite of two wrltton offers made
by Mr. WottluulTor to resign provid
ing Sullivan would also step down and
out of office, hardly had tho hitter's
resignation been tucked away in Coun
ty Superintendent Cnlavan's files,
whon a lntter came from Rev. Wett
lauffer in which ho 'revoked his former
offers to resign.'
The trouble which culminated in a
flstlo encounter botwoon the two at a
board 'meeting a week or bo ago, and
which resulted in Sullivan being con
victed ot assault and battery in Justice
Slovers' court last Tuesday, is evident
ly not finished. Following his convic
tion Mr. Sullivan paid his fine, and im
mediately sent in his resignation along
wilk (hat of School Director A. F.
WILLIAM M'ADOO.
SecreUry of tha Treaaury, who has
been appointed Director-General of
Railroads.
"That's a heavy grip you have
there," suggested Sheriff Wilson to a
durk skinned gentleman wending his
way along Main street Thursday morn
ing. "Yes sail, boss, but it don't belong
to me" came the prompt answer.
Sheriff Wilson gave the sultccuso the
offlclnl wiggle with the resultant
clink of glans and gurgle of Joy
water. The man gave his name as A.
Hanklns. claimed to have stepped off
the local north bound Southern Taclflc
train simply as on accomodation to
the negro porter, whom ho had prom
ised to meet with the suit case later
In Portlund. The suit case contained
eight quarts of whiskey neatly
wrapped between tho folds of two Pull
man car sheets.
Deputy District Attorney Burke ar
raigned the dusky gentleman before
Justice of the Peace Slovers on charge
of unlawfully possessing intoxicating
liquors. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to thirty days and costs.
llanklns claimed to be a resident of
Seattle giving his address ns 1217
Jackson street.
Bucho, who was also charged with as
sault and battery but who was freed
by the Jury at tho trial.
With the filing of Sullivan's resigna
tion, It was thought that Rev. Wett
lauffer's would Immediately be forth
coming, but Instead the clerk wrote
Superintendent Calnvan a letter re
yoking his offer to resign, stating he
believed It his duty as an American
cltlzon to stand by tho "little white
school house." lie further gave as
his reasons that he had been compelled
to sock redress In the courts and had
boon forced to undergo unpleasant
notorloty in connection with the mat
ter. In view ot Wettlauffer's latest stand,
County Superintendent Culavan who
hns sought to get both sides to step
down for the sake of the school chll
drons and patrons of the district, may
not accept the resignations of Sulli
van and Ruche, No vacancies have
been declared and it is possible that
none will be on account of the latest
turn of affairs.
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LONDON, Dec. 26. M. Borovaky,
the Bolsheviki representative In Stock
holm, a dispatch to the Morning Post
from the Bwedish capital says, con-
firms reports that Stockholm will be(A
jthe scene of the continuation of the i
HuHKo-Ccrinun peace negotiations. Ho
says that the sessions In Stockholm
will begin early In January, when all
the delegates how at Brest-Lltovsk
are expected In the Swedish capital.
PETROGRAD, Monday, Dec 26. En
sign Krylenko, commander In chief
of the army, reported to the Bolshev
ikl headquartera Sunday that the Ger
mans were transferring troopa In
very large numbers and aa quickly aa
possible to the western front against
the allies and also to the southwest-
Ninety flvo percent of the families ot
Oregon have signed conservation food
card pledges, according to Arthur M.
unurcnui, cnairman oi mo siaie-wiue
movement.
Some difficulty is being experienced
in tettlne I tin farmers of tho ntntA Into
line. Those who have been accustomed j
to raise their own hogs and make their!
own hntinr nr tnw n roniirfl th 1
!nntH to hn fiorlvMl snvu Mr
Churchill.
"We have plenty of food but the peo-
pie must learn to use substitutes for
Burplus of wheat has already been
shipped to Europe this year. Economy
should be the watchword now. The
Italian situation and decreased crops
In Europe have become serious fac
tors."
SALEM, Or., Dec. 20. Articles of In
corporation for tho Universal Nut-Lock
company ot Portland were filed Wed
nesday by J. W. Uutler, E. H. Butler
and John A. Stubbloflold. The company
has a capital stock of $100,000. Articles:
were filed for tho Carver Industrial as-
soclstlon of Clackamas by R. L. 1
Peoker, J. G. Mumpower, A. R. Smith
ond T. E. Brown. The association has
a capital stock of $1500.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS NOW IN ACTION
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Official British Photograph of American Engineers in Camp
That our American engineers are already in action in France is indicated by news from
the front telling of their activities with the British. Our men in this division of the service
have been given very high praise by the leading military authorities abroad. .
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tern Russian front ;
Leon Trotsky, the Bolsheviki for-j
elgn mlnlater, baa called the attention i
of the peuce delegation to thla fact, j
special dispatch from Brest LItovsk
announces the Germans were not
ready to reply to the Ruslan peace
terms, and consequently the meeting
of the peace delegates was postponed
until Monday afteraoon. It is report
ed that the refusid of Germany to
issue passports to the German social
ists Haase, Dedeuour and Kautsky,
who desire to go to Stockholm to ac
quaint themselves with the Russian
revolutionary conditions, has pro
duced In Russia an! Impression which
may hamper peace negotiations.
Minister Trotsky! has sent a tele
gram to his delegates at Brest
Lltovsk In this connection, declaring
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RED CROSS LEADERS ASKED
i TO HfcNfcW thrums TO in- 9
8URE CLACKAMAS QUOTA '
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Red Cross campaign captains
throughout Clai.amas county Sj
will be asked tulay to renew j
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membershlpa, am; to use every
S endeavor to ma)"- hp the pres-
cnt deficiency of vr-Tpxlmately j scheme of bringing about a solution ot
P $4,000. j Gladstone's financial problems, and at
? Chairman Eby said last night j the same time working out a plan of
that he would today make a per- S! proper sewerage for the city to pre-
sonal appeal to every district 4 j vent a recurrence of the flood troubles
$ leader to bring the big drive to a $ J of the last few days, well attended cit
? successful termination without j izens' meeting was held Thursday
delay- nougIas 8nd Umatilla
counties have exceeded their a
!' respective quotas, and it is up to e
i Clackamas to harness its forces ?
and make further efforts to land
? the state first among those of the ?
ti nnfnn In capurtnir Ifa momlier. .
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Hush! the Bogy Man
He's Coming to Town
Income Tax Is Next
llnring the months of January and
February income tax forms must be
executed im.l sent to tho collector
of internal revenue.
Sinfile persons are exempt $1,000
en incom-' tuxes.
Married perrons are exempted $2 -000
on Income taxes.
A representative of the United
States treasury department will be
pt the court house in Orgon City
from February 2 to February 2" and
h? w ill have tax forms and ' other
il:it a pertaining to his office.
The 1918 tax may affect you and
we would suggest that you take ad-
vantage of his presence and call on
him early and thereby savs yourself
much inconvenience.
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that if the Germans refused their
socialists passports thla would create
such a bad Impression at Petrograd
that It wag deemed necessary that the
German official delegation, which is
expected here Thursday, should go to
Stockholm Instead.
The Bolahevlkl commissioners have
Issued a manifesto to all Russian
workingmen declaring that, as the
armistice probably will be trans
formed at an early date into a gen
eral democratic peace to all the Eu
ropean peoples, preparation of mili
tary equipment is a waste of financial
labor and funds, and that consequent
ly the output must be stopped imme
diately and replaced by the produc
tion of peace supplies, which the
country needs.
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FACING SOLUTION By
SUBURBAN RESIDENTS
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For the purpose of devising some
j evening in Goodman's hall.
j The city has a large number of out
j standing street assessments for work
j done three or four years ago, which i
$have never been collected, and which,
; it is rumored, some property owners
i hsiVA rofiiRpd in nav rtf tha (rrminri tha
assessments were illegal. A commit-
i tee was appointed to investigate this i
! matter and report at a subsequent
meeting 10 De neia in January, at;
which time a report may be made to!
the city council outlining a plan for
handling the assessments. This com
mittee consists of R. Freytag. T. J. B.
Williams, W. W. Leete, A. D. Paddock.
C. A. Frost and S. E. Lowe.
The flood committee appointed to
present a scheme to the council for
making proper drainage for the city,
consists of F. A. Miller, T. J. B. Will
iams, A. D. Paddock, Guy Dwiggins,
L. A. Read, Ed Harrington, J.H. Pra
ter and Ed Carter. The high water
this week has done considerable dam
age and Wednesday morning the low
land on the east side of the track was
one big pond with the water over the
sidewalks and into the stores in some
places.
BAILEY WOULD BE CITIZEN.
Arthur S. Bailey of Oregon City, has
filed application for citizenship pa
pers with County Clerk Harrington.
Mr. Bailey came to the United States
from Liverpool in 1S91 and is a sub
ject of Great Britian.
ON BRITISH FRONT
New President General of
Daughters of Confederacy
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M MARY POPPCNHCIM
Miss Mary Poppenhelm of Charles
ton, S. C, has been elected president
general ot the United States Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. The DaDugh-
tera o fthe Confederacy have author
ized the creation of a general com
mittee for war relief work, its activi
ties to be in co-operation and under
the direction of the American Red
Cross.
PREPARING
FOR BREAK
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 25. Nicholal j
Lenine, Bolshevikl leader, is preparing i
to flee from Petrograd, according to in-
f,,nt..n
from an authoritative
source today.
Seeing the power of the Bolsheviki
crumbling about him, and with fighting
breaking out hourly in Petr.ograd, Le
nine is said to have despaired of gain
ing the success he had dreamed was
ahead of the radical regime and is
about t0 Beek safet
Leon Trotsky, minister of foreign af
fairs In the Bolsheviki cabinet and co
worker with Lenine in the revolt which
overthrew Kerensky, is said to have
determined to remain in Petrograd, re
gardless of consequences.
The Bolsheviki leaders realize that
the peace negotiations which they
planned are likely to fall unless the al
lies join In the parleys. They also re
alize that with failure of these negotia
tions the majority ot the people and
the army will be against them.
BOLSHI
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BOYS IMPLICATED IN FATAL
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DUE
PAROLED
Severely Lectured By Judge Anderson And
Forbidden the Use of All Fire Arms
Until 18 Years of Age.
Cecil Green and Lake Smith, two of
the youthful participants in the Park
place "sham battle" which resulted In
the killing of Leslie LaDoux last Satur
day were arraigned before County
Judge II. S. Anderson Monday on juve
nile delinquency charges preferred by
the state.
The court, after exacting solemn
promises from the lads that they would
neither possess nor use firearms of
any description until they became 18
years of age, took the case under ad
visement pending final disposition of
the delinquency charges, paroling
young Green to his grandfather, Joe
LaDoux, father of the boy who was
killed and turning young Smith over to
the care of his father, Wm. Smith. No
charges were preferred against Cecil
Shaw, the 8-year-old Parkplace school
boy who was the fourth member of
the party, which a week ago Monday,
went up on the hills above Parkplace,
RED CROSS
DRIf WILL
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Clackamas county wni be 100 per
cent Red Cross before the end of thi
week, according to O. D. Eby, chair
man of the drive for 12,000 member
ships, the quota of this county In the
national campaign. He received auth
ority Tuesday from state headquartera
to continue the drive until the quota
for this county had been subscribed.
From the best information obtain
able Christmas day, the county la ap
proximately $4,000 short of Its quota.
Workers in scores of districts have
labored diligently, and some ot them
have been very successful. The local
factories are expected to become 100
per cent efficient in Red Cross sub
scriptions, the woolen mills having
solved the problem by taking out a
membership for every one ot its 400
employes.
The recent high water has had its
effect in retarding the progress of the
big drive. Many of the meetings
scheduled for last week in the country
districts had to be postponed, aa the
roads were impassable.
The quota for this county means that
practlally every adult male and female
resident mast become a member nf
7 the organization, in order to make the
drive successful.
In the several campaigns conducted
here since the outbreak of the war,
Clackamas county has given its full
quota and the leaders ot the Red Cross
drive are determined that the present
campaign must be vigorously prosecut
ed until the goal is reached.
Bonds ot the First Liberty Loan
convertible 4's were received by all
of the banks in the city Friday. Tha
First National Bank and the Bank of
Commerce have received all of the
bonds of the Second Liberty loan
where the subscriptions were paid In
full and these can be had at the respec
tive banks as asked for.
The banks announce that they are In
receipt of circulars to the effect that
the government has been unable to
keep up with the demand for the paid
up bonds and this accounts for some
banks in the same town having re
ceived their bonds while others have
not
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and staged what they termed a "duel"
with the result that young LaDoux
was shot in the forehead and instant
ly killed. .
The lads stated before the court that
they did not know which one of them
fired tho fatal shot that snuffed out
the life of their young companion. Tho
details of the tragedy were briefly
gone into before the court by Sheriff
Wilson and Deputy Frost.
Judge Anderson talked to the boya
for perhaps half an hour, and all pres
ent in the court room, including offi
cials and the parents of the lads, were
visibly .affected by his words. In tak
ing the matter under further advise
ment, tho court declared he would
keep in personal touch with the lads,
and see that they lived up to their
promises of future good behavior and
truthfulness in all matters, and that
they kept their word regarding the
use of fire-arms.
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
0 PARE