Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, January 04, 1918, Image 1

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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918.
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 1
ESTABLISHED 1888
OREGON
ENT
S
ASSAULT ON
PAPER MILL
EMPLOYE IS
TRIED OUT
PAPER MILLS MAKE IN-
CREASE IN MINIMUM 4
WAGE TO $3.10 PER
DAY.
The following statement wa
P Issued Thursday by the manage
mnnt of tha Crown Willamette
Paper company and the Ilawley
l'ulp ft Paper company:
"Now that the Ilawley Fulp ft
Paper company mllla here and
the Weat Llnn mllla of the Crown
Willamette Paper company are
4- again In full operation and all
'P evidence of the recent atrlke ob- l
llturated, the coat of living, how-
ever, alaylng about the aame, tha
local managers have today given
notice that commencing January
1, 1918, tha minimum wage until
further notice Khali be f 3.10 per
day, which Is the equal or better
than the beat common wages in
thnie parts, and much better than
In other paper making districts."
The present minimum wage In
the paper mills Is $2.90 per day.
ailbert Coffey, a local paper mill
atrlker was round guilty of assault
and battery upon tha person of Charles
Murray, an employee of the Crown
Willamette Paper company, by a Jury
In Judge Hlevers court Thuraday af
ternoon, following a deliberation of
fifteen mlnutea. Coffey la to be sen
tnnced Friday morning at ten o'clock.
The aaaault occurred laat Friday
evening as young Murray was return
ing from his work at the mills to bis
home on upper Seventh street. Near
the public library he was aurroundl
by a group of atrlkers, when suddenly
on of the number struck him a slag
goring blow. On further up the bill
he was again surrounded and assault
ed and eye witnesses testified that Cot
fey was th person who struck the
blow Jn each of the assault.
The trial was somewnut a case of
brother aKalintt brother. Gus Sehue-
bI, a apodal guard at (he mills, wa jaeUe the shipment but he captured the
CANBY WITH 200 QUARTS
Two hundred quarts of California
booio was the rich haul secured by
Sheriff Wilson at Canby New Year's
night, when the train pulled In from
the south and two steamer trunks and
four suit cases full of red liquor were
dumped off. Not only did the sheriff
REGISTRANTS ASSIMD
TO NATION'S R
AN S
County Is Rapidly Marshalling Its Sons For
Service In the Great struggle
to Down the Teutons
Twenty-nine additional registrants
receive their classification by th local
exemption board in special session
Friday evening. Six of these are
schedulod for Class 1, who Will head
the ranks In the next draft, and three
are In Class V, the permanently ex
empt. Class IV carries the largest
number, mostly married men with de
pendents. Ten more "unknowns" were return
ed Suturday, and ten more registrants
will forfeit their claims to deferred
classification If they fall to show up
within the seven days allotted. These
are llablb Sullum, Route 1, Hoff, Ore
gon; Nick Shlmlck, Boring, Oregon;
Jlmmle Lewis Duke, Mllwaukle, Ore
gon; Pete Gulrlolo, ' Mllwaukle, Ore
gon; Joseph Bassone, Route Z, Milwau
Clarence L. Chandler, Mllwaukle IV-A
Lester W. Hugett, Oregon Clty IV-A
Wilson Edd Test, Eagle Creek 11A
Robert J. Matoon, Oregon Clty IV-A
Jacob Karl Kraft, Canby V-F
William H. Thompson, Mllwaukle IV A
Alva C. Hughes, Oregon City IV-A
Custlve M. Landeen, Oregon City II C
Frank Dury, Molalla IV-A
Marvin II Herbaugh, Aurora IV-A V II
Joslah W. Rogers, Oregon Clty.. rV-A
Fred Veomans, Molalla . IV-A
John J. Miller. Oregon City IV-A
Heppell R. Shipley, Oswego IV-A
Phillip L. Voung, Oregon City HI-ABC
Chester Erwln Carothert, Oregon
City I-A
Ernest Douglas, Barton IV-AC
Hector R. Morrison, Oswego IV-A
Albert Hubert, Oregon City I-A
DEUNQUEHT TAX
iOMEY
MARY M
BENEFITS
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an eye witness to the second attack
and was the prosecuting witness for
the state while tha defendant was de
fended by Attorney Chris Bchuobol.
(in "Schuebel testified that he saw
the blow struck and hut Immediately
afterward Coffey started to run away.
Mr. Schuebel who has been a deputy
sheriff for a number of years pulled
his gun and made Coffey halt, and im
mediately took him before the local
labor temple where his appearance
was guaranteed by the union men.
whenever ho was wanted. Mr. 8chue
bel swore out the complaint.
Other witnesses for the state testi
fied Ihey saw the first attack near the
llbrnry. The defendant, and those
who we.M with him, denied that they
hud any part in the assault, and
claimed an unknown mun ran out on
euch occasion and struck Mr. Murray.
The jury consisted of T. P. Randall,
H. L. Martin, W. H. Howell, E. Har
rington. H. Krummel, and James
Contes.
mnn who accompanied the stuff and
who left the train at Canby. The man
told the sheriff hi name was Brown,
and later said It was Fisher, but Wil
son believes he guvo a ficticious nume
In both Instances, jie bad baggage
checks for the shipment.
The sheriff was aided In securing the
boom by his deputy at Canby, Dick
Gnrrett, who bad been instructed to
watch the trains, as Wilson had been
expecting the reappearance of a party
of bootleggers who brought in a lot of
booze about two months ago and who
escaped with It In an automobile. Sher
iff Wilson spent New Year's eve at
Canby and on the following night his
vigilance was rewarded by the capture
of Uia largest shipment of liquor that
has come into Ctackamus county since
the state went dry.
kle; Angela T. Larlos, Mllwaukle Charles M. Chlnn, Oregon City I-A III-J
LoumI Merle, Mllwaukle, Oregon; i Clarence Collins, Aurora I-A
Haakon Hovlk, Oregon City, and Blano Fullmore T. Arnold, Parkplace.. IV-A
Baslllo, 326 Gilbert street, San Fran- William Earle Simons, Huff IV-A
clsco. ! Gotlleb A Schneider, Oregon City IV-A
The classifications made Friday eve- Glen Harries, Greshara I-A
nlng are as follows: Jake John Lau, Oregon City V-E
Nome Address Class. Erwln A. Hackett, Oregon City V-G
George Cyrus Mitts, Canby IV-A Fredrick Blsckman, Mulino IV-A
I
The neat little sum of $100,254.89,
representing the O. ft C. land grant de
linquent taxes for the years 1913, 1914
and 1915, was ordered disbursed by the
county court Friday. The road funds
In aeveral land grant district will
consequently be swelled in consider
able amounts and the general county
and general school funds will also
come in for their share of the big
plum.
The disbursements will be made as
follows:
County general fund, $18,439.43;
county school fund, $20,349.90; genar
al road fund, $18,339.03; district road
funds, $13,109.56; special road fund,
$22,339.07; special school fund,
high school
$6738.86; special
$441.04.
The following district in the spec
ial road funds will benefit by the land
grant payments:
District No. 49. Garfield
District No. 21. Colton
District No. 28, Wllhoit
District No. 7, CherryvHle...
District No. 9, George
District No. 41. Eagle Creek 1987.87
District No. 66. Highland 1085.12
Districts Nos. 8, 19, 22, 33, 35, 45,
and 55 are among the other road dis
tricts of the county which will each
profit to the extent of several hundred
dollars.
The amounts adjudged to the coun-
fand, "f.'ve Oift the county school fund
treated a cash on band and
, V-icted from the amounts to be
raised by taxation. The sums belong
ing to the general road fund are to be
applied to retire outstanding road war
rants. The district apportionments are
placed to the credit of the road dis
tricts in proportion to the valuation
of the 0. ft C. land in each district
The special road and special school
taxes are also placed to the credit of
road and school districts in propor
tion to the valuation of O. ft C. lands
in such districts. The high school
fund is to be treated as cash and de
ducted from the 1918 tax estimates.
$6111.76
4216.24
2832.24
2168.07
1386.63
QUESTIONNAIRE
Clackamas county made a handsome
profit during 1917 through the efforts
of Motorcycle Officer H. K. Mends, who
hna been relieved from duty until
spring. Mends went to work for the
county as traffic officer In May and
drew $100 a month until December 31.
In addition to being on tho Job day and
nlKht, he kept careful account of his
labors. He made 391 arrests for vio
lation of tho traffic laws, 11 arrests
for violation of tho state prohibition
lnw, 3 nrreHts for stealing machines, 3
arrests for drunkonness, and snys he
founda lost boy. He limited 1C3 warn
ings to careless drivers, reprimanded
31 motorists for being without lights
on tall lamps and cautioned 29 tor
having only one license tag. The
county treasury was onrlchod to the
extent of $2300 for fines for violation
of the traffic laws, $000.50 for violation
of the prohibition laws, $57 for having
whiskey at dances, and $25 for viola
tion of the game laws. Officer Meads
says he caught one machine going 62
miles an hour, which was the speed
limit coming under his observation.
He called special attention to the lack
of automobile camping grounds in
ClackamnB county In the vicinity of
the Clackamns river, and said that dur
ing the summer he had from 1 to 12
Inquiries every day from motorlBts
who wanted a pleasant spot to camp,
FROM JAIL BY WIFE
E
Fine. Xmas Present
Tax Levy Is Pared
One-Half Mill Less
OF MILL STRIKERS
RULING PUZZLE
T
NFANT OF 14 YEAR
OLD MOTHER DIES
0 LOCAL BOARD
SQUALOR
CAMAS, Wash., Jan. 1. As a result
of the determination of the sheriff's
office to stop picketing paper
mill atrike, 15 arrests nave been
made. Five arrests were made Satur
day evening, and ten yesterday. Four
of the men, three of them Greeks,
were taken into custody on
Local officials are making an inves
tigation of the peculiar circumstances
surrounding the death of the two-months'-old
daughter of ' 14-year-old
Mary Lillian Taylor, of Mulino.
Some confusion Is apparent over thei Acting Coroner Sievers, with Coun-
questlonnaires of men already in the ty Health Officer Welsh visited the
United States service, and' County poverty stricken home of the Taylors
Clerk Harrington, Sheriff Wilson and! at Mulino Sunday, following reports
j Deputy District Attorney Burke will ! that the infant had been neglected by
go to Portland today to confer with the family. The mother of the girl,
' the district exemption board over the herself the oldest of a family of seven
situation. In a telegram received here , children living with the father. Wm.
Wednesday by the local board it is Taylor, a lumber mill employee, claims I
HUN PEACE
PROPOSALS
Thanks to a snug O. & C. land grant
sum tucked away for county use In the
vaults of Treasurer Dunn, and appor
tioned to the various funds by the
court, the general tax levy for 1918
will be an even IS mills. This is one
half a mill less than the total 1917
levy.
The levy Is as follows:
County general fund 0048 and the others were arrested on war-j cer having knowledge of the facta and j the marriage ceremony.
LOOK BOGUS
II! RUSSIA
stated that whenever practicable ques
tionnaires and supporting affidavits
provided therein should be executed
LONDON, Jan. 2. The. central pow-
she and the Infant's father, one Ralph '
William Taylor, were married at sea,iers within 10 days will make new dec-
in the Alsea, Benton county, country, larations regarding Germany's peace
under supervision of the commanding when she was but 13 years of age. The j conditions, a dispatch from Genera to
officer, but if for any reason this is im- family could produce no record or lie-1 the Daily Express quotes the Munich
016 1 practicable, questionnaires may be ex- j ense of the wedding, nor could they Nachrichten as saying.
ground by Deputy Sheriff Sapplngton, ! eCuted in behalf of such men by an off i- give the name of the party performing j Peace negotIatlon9 at Brest-Litovsk
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Clackamns Tanners and others who
use powder and dynamite, must tight
en up considerably in handling these
explosives. Otherwise they may for
feit their government permits and in
one or two reported cases of careless
ness, now bolng investigated by gov
ernment and state officials, they may
face prosecution.
Reports that some handlers are al
lowing their explosives to lie about in
unconcealed places have reached the
county clerk's office. Ine report Sat
urday was to the offect that a Clacka
mas county farmer kept 300 pounds of
powder in an old Btump, for the rea
Bon he didn't feel safe in keeping it
anywhere near his house, Under fed
eral law carelessness can be punished
with a forfeiture of the license or by
prosecution in serious cases.
The wife of Thomas Brown saved
him from 200 days in Jail Wednesday
afternoon by coming up from Portland
paying a fine of $400 that was Imposed
by Justice of the Peace Sievers after
Brown had entered a plea of guilty to
having Intoxicating liquor In his pos
session, unlawfully. Brown was cap
tured at Cunby Tuesday night by Sher
iff Wilson, and Deputies Frost, Joyner
and Garrett, along with two steamer
trunks and two suit cases and two
travelling bags full of whiskey,
shipped to Canby from San Francisco
as baggage and checked through to
Canby on a ticket, virown says he
boarded the train at Salem, but the
officers believe he purchased the liquor
in California and came up on the same
train with It.
Brown admitted he was bootlegging,
and explained that T. C. Callahan, of
Portlnnd was going Into partnership
with him in a soft drink establishment
In Portlnnd. Deputy Garrett mot the
train at Canby and helped Brown car
ry the baggage Into the Southern Pa
cific station, where Brown proceeded
to empty the contents into gunny
sacks,
The booze was brought down Wed
nesday to the sheriff's office, where
there Is enough to stock a saloon.
Schools and libraries . .0027
State tax .0035
Roads . .007
The road levy was eight mills lust
year, and the other levies ran about
the same as the estimates made public
Friday by the court. The levies are
made, with the exception of the state
tax, in accordance with the estimates
made at the recent county budget
; meeting.
STATE HEALTH BOARD
IS UNSAFE FOR USE
SALEM, Or., Jan. 1. Robert Holt,
secretary of the state board of health,
today protested in a letter to the pub
He service commission against the
discontinuance of the use of chlorine
gas in the city water supply of Os
wego, declaring that the "water in
its present condition is dangerous."
After an investigation of this water
supply several months ago by Public
Service Commissioner Buchtel, the
commission issued an order relocat
ing a spring, and requiring the in
stallation of a sterilization plant. The
company adopted the use of chlorine
gas, and recently the council of Oa
wogo passed a resolution ordering the
discontinuance of the use of chlorine
gas. Commissioner Buchtel suggest
ed that, pending the restoration of
the use of chlorine gas, consumers
obtain, boiled water.
WAY UP IN SALE OF
U. S. THRIFT STAMPS
According to a telegram received
by the Enterprise, Clackamas county
is among the leaders in the drive for
the sale of government Thrift stamps.
Clatsop county leads with total thrift
stamp tor last week outside of Multno
mah, with $1505.10. Lane county is
second, with $2S80.30. Other leaders
are Marlon, $2597.42; Jackson, $1663.
73; Clackamas, $1577.79; Baker, $1430;
and Josephine, $874.91.
I havn bettn hroken off bv th Rnrishp-
rants. The charge In each case la j promptly returned to the proper local I The family came from the Alsea yiki government' owing to the German
unlawful assembly. Among those ar-! board. ! country about two months ago Just ! attituda in reeard o Poland and
Local boards ore instructed to im
mediately forward to the last known
rested yesterday was J. S. McAllister,
a socialist councilman. Five women
were arrested. They are Mrs. Frank
Frampton, wife of the president of
the Paper Makers' union; Mrs. Art'najre8
ueea, .Mrs. m&u Zimmerman, airs.
Ewing and Mrs. Heckman. Among
thoae arrested Saturday was L. E.
Smith, who had gone to Vancouver to
provide bail for those previously ar
rested. He is a brother-in-law to
Jailer W. W. Laws. Councilman Mc
Allister Is an uncle to Laws.
Bail In each case has been fixed
at $500. The women were told that
they would be released on their own
recognizance if they would promise
to refrain from picketing, but they
refused the pledge. Mrs. Frampton's
! husband Is in Seattle, and their baby,
only a few months old. is ill. . I fiTTFQTTONN A TRF
In addition to local attorneys. W. S. i V VEiJ 1 lVJllAllXJUO
17'Ren, of Portland, has been re
tained to defend those arrested.
address of any registrant now in the
military or naval service all question-
The telegraphic instructions say that
local boards should carefully observe
the requirements of section 131. in or
der to avoid the charge of desertion be
ing placed on the record of registrants
now" in service.
The Clackamas county board has
followed the pru"tice of sending ques
tionnaires to the last known eddress
of registrants, in all instances, and will
endeavor to obtain a clear interpreta
tion of the instructions of the war de
partment.
prior to the birth of the infant, and! , ,.hllftn, an(1 tha enpmv'. nmnosal
settled in a little shack near the foot ttat garrisons be retained in Libau.
of the Mulino hill, where they haveRiga and elsewhere, according to a
all been living in abject squalor since , teiegram from the petrograd corre.
the child was born. No reason could j gpondent of the DaUy News appear
be given by the parents other than ing ln that paper today
wai me cnua was always sicsiy, aim
no doctor was in attendance when the
little girl passed away. Evidence of
neglect in the care of the little babe
was reported by the officers.
The girl-mother declares her hus-
The dispatch quotes an article from
the Bolshevikl newspaper Izvestia
discussing "the new phase in the
peace negotiations." The article says
that owing to pressure from below
the Germans have been obliged to soil
band was 25 years of age and came , ti,eir lips with the formula put for-
originally from Missouri and that:ward DT the Socialists at the begin-
shortly after their wedding he desert
ed her. Further Investigation is pend
ing by the officials.
Federal aid to extent of $50,000
may be forthcoming for construction
of Columbia river highway in Wasco
county.
TEN DAYS GRACE ONLY
?
Owners of motor vehicles will
be given until January 12 by $
ARE SENT BACK
FROM THREE MEN
Three more questionnaires were re
turned Friday with "address un
known" stamped across the face. Joe
Shlrka, whose last address was 916
Sixth street, George Herenden, of Ore
gon City and Nils Norquist, who gave
his address as 250 Sixteenth street,
Portland are the three who will auto
matically chase themselves into the
? first draft by failing to keep the coun-
ty clerk notified of their change in
i address.
Sheriff Wilson to secure license S
tags, and will not be subject to 3
arrest for violation of the state
? traffic laws until after that date, $
when Sheriff Wilson annunces 4
$ the law will be rigidly enforced
New French Cavalry Enters the War After Three Years
"WW"!
LA GRANDE 80LDIER DIES
LA GRANDE, Jan. 1. Bert Andrews
whose death ln France was reported
Monday, was a member of the La
Grande Hospital corps.
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STRIKER ACQUITTED
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J. E. Brenner, striking mill worker
was arrested Monday morning at 6:30
by Chief of Police Henry Cooke
charged with disturbing the peace. As
two workers were coming across the
suspension bridge returning from their
work in the mill Brenner is alleged to
have called out "there goes two scabs
and rats" Chief of Police Cooke who
witnessed the affair, as did also State
Officer Stewart, immediately arrested
Brenner. At the trial which occurred
at three o'clock Monday afternoon be
fore City Recorder Loder, Brenner ad
mitted making the remarks of which
he was accused and further admitted
that he had intended the remark to
'have an offensive meaning." The
trial was enlivened by Attorney Chris
Schuebel, representing the defense,
who charged the court with using un
fair tactics in the examination of the
defendant. Mr. Loder stated that he
considered the term "scab" as strictly
contrary to law and order and while he
dismissed the defendant he issued a
warning to. the effect that he would
give the limit of punishment as pro
vided by the city ordinance covering
that offense, to any one brought be
fore him again on a like charge. Mr.
Schuebel had a stenographer present
taking down notes for the purpose of
preparing atranscrlpt for an appeal
o the district court in the event of the
.conviction of his client. City attor
ney George Story, assisted by special
counsel O. D. Eby, prosecuted for the
city.
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This photograph is the first Indication of a radical change in the method
vailed for three years, It shows French cavalry starting out on patrol
months of the war when the French horsemen were known as cuirassiers
armor over the upper part of the body, and the Germans sent forth
extensively, Now, however, it is predicted that the fighting will be
more into-use.
of European warfare that has pre-
along the Aisne. Not since the first
and wore heavy and unwleldly metal
their Uhlans, has cavalry operated
more open, and cavalry will come
FOUR MORE ELIGIBLE FOR DRAFT
The following men through their
failure to notify the local board of
their change of address have become
eligible for immediate military service
whenever they are located.
Juneich Maehara, Walter Gustaf
Krueger, Emil Clement Gourdeau,
John Ployt.
nlng of the war, but the German im
perialists would' not be imperialists if
they did not try to take back in fact
what with gritted teeth they yielded
in words.
"The Russian revolution cannot ac
cept their conditions to retain Poland
and Lithuania. Just you try it, gen
tlemen," says the Izvestia.
This is the line, the correspondent
n 4tiA Tn!l Vanra n rl rl a (hat nVAKd HJv
Ut IUO xsuiij ncno chuu- iuuv juvwomi;
will be taken at a general meeting
tonight (Tuesday) to consider the re
port of the Russian peace delegates
The' Bolsheviki aim, he adds, is a
world revolution of peace on their
own terms which they think will dis
credit the imperialists generally. The
correspondent continues:
"And it in the long run Russia is
driven to conclude a separate peace
on any other terms, I prophesy that
the Russian signatories to such a.
peace will not be Bolshevikl, but
members of opposition political par
ties." The Daily News correspondent says
further that considerable numbers of
Red Guard ere being sent to reinforce
the front and that other preparations
for defense are being made.
It is not clear from the dispatch of
the Dally News correspondent when
the meeting, which is said to have re
sulted in the breaking off of peace ne
gotiations was held and there is a
possibility that the report refers to an
alleged rupture of negotiations sev
eral days ago, when the discussions
were adjourned.
"I have private and reliable infor
mation with regard to the breaking
off of the peace negotiations, which
established beyond doubt the honesty
of purpose of the Bolsheviki," says
the correspondent, whose dispatch is
dated Tuesday. "The central powers
proceeded to make a more detailed
statement of terras, from which it ap
peared that they considered Poland,
j Lithuania, Courland, etc., had already
defined themselves. They further
based their demands on the statement
of Ukraine that it would not recog
nize peace negotiations at which it
was not represented officially. They
demanded that they should keep gar
risons at Riga, Libau and other strat
egic points.
CUPID DOES IT TWICE
Marriage licenses were granted Sat
urday to Emil J. Anderson and Rebec
ca Ramberg, of Mt. Angel, and to G. E.
Moore and Ila Marie Ford, of Seattle.