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NTEtPDIDSE't ' - .. ., . ' . . j., ,'", FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 1i. OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 3, I9I8. ESTABLISHED ISM OREGON OTY AMFIlirflltlR fflf! BOATS 0 ririuii urtiiu HIIRI RAP.K VflUMffFTE iiuiil unvii GERMANS' MAD RUSH PARIS, May 1, A heavy Herman attack launched yestitrday against the Americans In the vicinity of Vlllers llrttonneux wm repulsed with heavy losses (or the enemy, Tbo Qermnn preliminary bombardment lasted two hours unit then the Infuntry rushed forward, ooly to be driven back, loav Int arte numbers of dead on the ground In front of the American lino. II TO BE TAKEN OFF PORTLAND, May 1. Extreme coat of operation and lack of business In the Willamette Valley territory be tween 1'ortland and Corvallla bai com pelled the Oregon City Transportation Company to retire 1U atoamere from the route. With the departure of the steamer Grahamona from Corvallla Monday the Yellow Stack line will pass Into hlatory, and that enda steam boat service on the Upper Willamette, Hlnce 1880, when the steamer Lat oua made her appearance on the Willamette, the line baa been In ser vice, except when extreme river con ditions or the cloning of the locks at Oregon City prevented the vessels moving. Captain A. B. Graham and Captain A. W. Graham, brothers, have i been In personal charge of the (fret LONDON. May 2.-The Dally Mall's 1118 Vmo' " acM? " m"l7 it v uanutv li4 int. fet iiih sui turn a Zeebrugge Mole Blown Up by British Under Admiral Tynvhitt t j "f-"tf"'m ill ni----1 ' "r- -a;v s THE UOU t ZttBKUOflt correspondent at Italian lieudquartors aaya that Hohemlan troops are join ing the Italian troops agalnat Austria and that the first detachments are already on the Italian fighting line, wearing Italian uniform a. French troops last night Improved their positions in the neighborhood of UxTfl, on the Flanders front. The lirllleh r.uhod Gormun posts In the Meteren sector and took prlaouers. The Franco-Urltlah,, batterlea are constantly ahulllng Mgnt Kemmol. Vu lesa the enemy can push beyond this iHoluted atronghold the hilltop may become virtually deathtrap. The advantage of Kemmel to the enemy Is a "tactical one. Me la now committed to an attempt to punh on and captur the whole chain of hills. General von Arnlm muds no further move along the Flanders butllefront hint night, nor hnd an attarck been expected. The heavy defeat which the Germans suffered Monday (nrt-ed them to pause and bring up fresh troope before continuing their drive fur the hill positions in the Kemmel region. A few more boars, however, will suffice for their- reorganization and another assault may be expected Im mediately. The serioiiRneas of the German In tentions here has bow evinced In nu merous woja. On Monday, for ex ample, they puahed at leaat one field Kim forward to within 700 yards of the bnttlo line and other guns were brought close up. tlm to the management of the busi ness ashore. For the past two or three years revenues declined, while ex panses took the opposite trend. VoDscls on tho Upptsr Willamette route burn wood and when the Yellow Stark line started fuel was worth $1.75 to 13 a cord, always being below the ordinary market when sold to steam era. Today It Is worth $4 along the river. Deckhands received $.10 a month before, while today their pay la $00, and the former cost of boarding them was 11 to 12 cents a tneul, as against f 1 a day now. Wages of licensed men have advanced, the cost of all necessi ties are hlghr and Limber and ma chine shop work haa followed suit, while ' rates have undergone little change during the last few years. The fleet Is to be sold or leased, the Taylor-titrcet dock will be given up and the force disbanded. Captain A. W. Graham is helping the Coast Shipbuilding Company with Its ves sels having been a muster of deep water vessela on the Fast Coast be fore coming to Oregon, and Captain A. II. Graham Is holding the fort un til the last. 1 u a aowmd 1 7rERRlK30Ew YME TEMP j I A HIGHER PIE camal -rr a I LONDON" .Z' This mole, which Juts out Into the North Sea more than a mile and a half from Zeebrugge thus forming the harbor for tho town, because there Is no natural bay to receive ships," was the scene of the desperate battle between ibe British raiders under Admiral Sir R. Y. Tyrwhittand Germans Monday night. The admiral led bis men In cruisers to the mole and boarded it. After a fight the Ger mans ran and much property was des troyed by the British. Two old sub marines loaded with explosives were sent against the sides to blow up the mole. The map shows the relation of Zeebrugge and Outeud, points on the Belgian coast, which th3 Germans have made their submarine bases, to the coast of England and the English channel. Both points were attacked by the raiding force under Admiral Tyrwhitt Neither town has a harbor, so small vessels and particularly sub marines have entered the canals for refuge and repairs. The admiral sank -three old cruisers filled with cement 200W00DJT, ARE MM ATVASIi GTO m m WASHINGTON, May 1. Expansion of the shipbuilding programme to provide for the construction of 200 ad ditional wooden vessels of 4500 or 4700 deadweight tons waa announced tonight by Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board. This will Increase to 580 the number of wooden ships completed, building or planned. The vessels, which will be either of the Dougherty or Ballln type, will be constructed in shipyards already established and will be allotted, Mr. Hurley said, among yards which are most efficiently managed. Construction of the ships will be started as soon as vessels now build ing are off the stocks. The board also decided today to au thorize the construction of 25 new sea-going tugs, increasing to 100 the number of such craft now building for the board. The tugs will be employed in- Coast traffic, replacing those di verted overseas. SHARE 0 FROM OREGON SPRUCE at the month of the canal leading from zeebrugge to Bruges, so submarines will be bottled up there, and those at sea will not be able to get In. He ran two more crulBers toward the mouth of the canal at Ostend, but there was some doubt If they reached Its mouth. I Oregon "Flies With Her Own j Wings" in France. According to in formation received from Washington there have been manufactured from Northwest spruce and shipped to France 200 swift Curtis biplanes, 1700 bombing planes and 127 heavy battle planes. Of the airplane spruce produsced in the Northwest 60 per cent, it is said, has been shipped CLUB PRESIDENT FILES r F LONDON, May l.Gnvrlo Prln.lp, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, hclr appnrcnt to the Aus-tro-Ilungurlun throne, and his wife, at Sarajevo, Bosnia, died yesterday In a fortress near Prague of tuberculosis, the correspondent at The Hague of tho Exchange Telegraph company says. Frlnxlp shot to death the Austrian urchduka and his wife while they were on a visit to the Bosnian capital on June 28, 1914, and out of this double murder the European war do velopcd. l'rlnr.lp, who was a Htudent, was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years' Imprisonment. Earlier In tho day Medlljo Oabrlno vlc, a typist of Serbian nationality, hnd thrown a bomb which the arch duke warded off with his arm so that It exploded somo distance from his automobile. The bomb Injured six per sons. Gabrlnovlc was santenced to 30 years' Imprisonment, Four other con spirators were sentenced to death by hanging, one to life Imprisonment and one to 20 yours In Jail. I'DHHlblliiy of an early rise to 12 cents retail for the one-pound loaf of bread stnndarlzed by Fortlund bakers calmed by demands by tha food admin Int ration for greater use of expensive substitutes and the advancing cost of labor, developed at a confer jnco be tween Stuto Food Administrator W. H. Ayer and a committee of bakers Thursday afternoon. Tbo commute? submitted to Mr. Ayer figures show ing the added expenses they must bear as a result of using wh?at sub stitutes, on which prices are far great er than for wheat flour; presented their claims that wages had increas ed and that overhead costs of trans acting business are constantly mount ing. Mr. Ayer vouchsafed no action In the nialtsr, but Immediately talegraph ed details of tho baker's claims to Washlnston and expects from that source an early response. The com mittee which met with him Thurs day was appointed at a recent moot ing of representatives of the baking Industry to prepare and present a statement. At present the one-pound loaf of bread sells to the dealer at 8 cants. The bakers have endeavored to show that they are not profiting at that flguro and request permission to raise tholr wholesale price to 10 cents, which would force the denier to retail the loaf at 12 cents. LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE AS FOUR MINUTE MEN In nearly every Bchool In tho coun try this month the boys and girls are to prepare four minute speeches or essays on the Liberty Loan. A million or more bulletins have been sent out by the Four Minute Men of the Com mittee on Public Information to every public school and many private schools of the country. Honor cer tificates are to be sont from Wash ington to the boys and girls who prepare the best speeches. Among the schools to take up this patriotic work will be die Barclay with John R. Bowland, principal, and the Eastham school, with N. W. Bow land, principal The studonts to cntiir the contest and to net ns four minute girls and boys will be selected the latter part of this week. There will be about 32 from each school. L The county wide spelling and arithmetic contest was completed by Superintendent Calavan ami Super visor Vedder this afternoon, and the winners In the various .ones will be announced within the next tan days. The contests were held Monday In Molalla, Mullno, Mllwauklo, Gladstone, Marquam and Elliott Prarle; on Tues day at Damascus, Lower Logan, Macltsburg, and Canby; Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant, Beaver Creek, Wil lamette and Oswego; Thursday at Boring, Estacada, Stafford and Wll sonvllle; and Friday at Sandy, Fir Grove, Clarkes and Colton. These districts were each one of the sones into which the county was divided. All eighth grade pupils In the county took part In the contest. W. W. llansks. Republican lnc dute for nomination for state senator for the 14th senatorial district, com prising Clackamas, Columbia and Multnomah counties, is being very favorably mentioned In connection w Ith his aspirations for that office. Mr. Banks was born In Moultrie County, Illinois, In 1876, and has been a cltlxen of Oregon since he was thirteen years of age. He la married, a taxpayer, and lives with his family at 854 Marshall Street, Portland. He was educated In the Portland Public Schools and attended the law depart ment of tha University of Oregon and has practiced his profession with success In this diserict nearly twen ty years. He was a member of the lower house of tho Oregon Legisla ture In 1903, and Introduced and se cured the passage of the first law placed on the statute books of this state limiting the hours for employ ment of women. Mr. Banks was form erly assistant United States attorn ey for Oregon, having been appointed to that position during tbe admin istration of Theodore Roossvelt by Philander C. Knox, attorney general of the United States. Mr. Banks Is president of the Mul tnomah Amateur Athletic Club, well known athletic organization. In Mul tinomah County, which has furnished during the present war over GOO of Us members to the army and myy through voluntary enlistment. He Is actively Interested in good roads, pro tection of fish and game, athletics and civil affairs, e He will luitlute and support legis lation to encourage and protect legitimate business, shipbuilding and manufacturing enterprises to the end that Or?gon shal have additional and permanent Industries and pay rolls. He Is a strong advocate of low er taxes to be attained through econ omy and business methods hi the ad ministration of state affairs. His patriotism is 100 per cent. He Is a loyal supporter of the govern ment and a man who will devote his energy and beBt efforts o the people of this state and district. - i f I r k W. W. BANKS ENTIRE REGIMENT IS WIPED OUT ON MONT ! KEMMEL DEFENSE WAR CONFERENCE AT Tl ROAD if! r Oregon City's legislative charter will prevail, it was decided Wednes day by Judge Campbell, and the $14, 000 special road tax money, balf of which la now In the bands of tho county treasurer, must be turned over to the city treasurer of Oregon City, for such expenditure as the municipal ity sees fit to make. ' "This seems to me to be the only equitable and reasonable construc tion to place on tbe apparent conflict of powers," stated Judge Campbell in making bis decision from the banch Wednesday morning. ' The result of the decision will not only start the old water wagon In Oregon City, and the forte of street workers who have Wen idle since the puzzling question came up for ad judication, but will vitally effect tbe case of Estacada, which also claims Its road funds under legislative chart er. As far as known these are the only two incorporated citlss in the county which came into being under legislative grant, and the other towns in all probability, will have to abide by the provisions of the laws of 1915 and 1917, and have their money spent under direction of the county court. Judga' Campbell held that in 1915 and 1917 laws, upon which the ques tion of the disposition of the road funds arose, were simply amendments to the old road law of 1893, which now stands, subject to the later im provements of the legislature. Oregon abroad for manufacture on foreign clty obtained her charter a few years WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FLANDERS, April 27. The French regiment ordered to def?nd Mont Kemmel "to the death" obeyed t'.ie command to the letter. Entlrsly sur rounded by Germans, the pollus held I out for more than eight hours, slaugh tering whole companies of the enemy as thsy swarmed up the step slopes in the face of the French machine gtm fire. A veritable flood of grey clad troops finally swept over the summit, obliterating the defenders as "one's heel does an ants' nest." Like the old guard at Waterloo, this French regiment "died it did not surrender." SALEM, May 1. In a statement is sued here tod-7, Governor Withy combe urged a large attendance at the war conferencs to be held in Port land this month. The executive, who has been exceedingly active in giving full cooperation to the work of win ning the war, says: "Bscause many matters of vital im portance will be discussed at Ore gon's first war conference to be held in Portland May 22 and 23 I respect fully urge the war workers and of; flcials in the citiss and communities of Oregon to make their best effort to be present and participate in the pro ceedings which are to be conduct2d under the auspices of the State Coun cil of Defense. "So many of the war-time einsr gencles arising in the various local communities are of a similar nature that it would be both helpful and wise to exchange views looking toward a uniform or cooperative treatment of the different situations insofar as a general plan could be worked out feasibly and comprehensively. "The success of the coming confer ence depends largely, of course, upon the measure of support given by the war workers of.Oregon who have thus far enthusiastically and whole-heartedly promoted the general patriotic programme. Mayjt not, therefore, rely upon the loyal people of Oregon to as sist the State Council of Defense in accomplishing constructive results?" LICENSED TO WED Isaac N. Cook, an Oregon City engineer, and pora Marquardt, of Ho!f, were granted a license to wed by Clerk Harrington today. TWO IN MARINES Lester Lee Nlckerson, of Sherwood, and Edward Orrie Hanslnger, of Ore gon City, have been permitted to en list in the marine service by the local board. Both are Class I registrants of the county. COURT THROWS OPEN LAND IN SECRETARY FREYTAG SAYS $ NO HORSE RACES AT COUNTY FAIR THIS YEAR There will be no hcse races $ $ in connection with the annual $ Clackamas county , fair at Canby $ this year, according to a state- ment issued Friday by O. E. Frey- Q ANTYV TnTiTI T?0 ATi tag- recentlv elected secretary $ U X r JL .J1.U Bn,i monneor of tha fair associa- $ tlon. -He explains that the horse $ LIQUOR soli and 40 per cent has been retained for the airplane Industries of this country. . A very much larger amount of air plane spruce has b3en produced than that used In the construction of the battle ptsnes referred to. Under the Administration of Colonel Disque, com mander of the spruce production divi sion, the exceedingly difficult prob lem of supplying airplane spruce to the United States and her allies has been solved. A significant feature of the airplane program is that not only have 7000 American mechanics been sent abroad to build airplanes near tha battle line but American airplane factories, acres in extent, are being erected on for eign soil. , "On tha whole the record of the signal corps i3 one of which every American can be justly proud. In the face of unparalleled difficulty it- is accomplishing an unparalleled task with characteristic American energy, patriotism, capacity and enthusiasm." This is the tribute paid the signal corps, which, In the face of stupend ous difficulties is attempting to com plete tha American aircraft program. by a minority report of the senate investigating committee published in a Tecent issue of the Aerial Age Weekly, copies of which have been received her a. Let it be remembered that the signal corps had to put regiments of workers in tha forests to find spruce and that 1,000,000,000 feet of the timber had to be cut and inspected before 100,000,000 feet could be ob tained "Cloth us ad in the wings of planes must be treated with acetone. This is being distilled from wood under super vision of the government at a cost of $20,000,000. "An airplane of the battla type Is made up of 4000 parts which must be carefully inspected. Factories had to be remodeled and new ones built to manufacture these planes, when at the same time 11,000 tons of materials and 7000 American mechanics were sent to France for use in its airplane program. "Castor oil was necessary for lubri cation of some of tha delicate parts of the plane and 110,000 acres of beans had to be cultivated after much dif ficulty in obtaining enough seed. "To say that the foundation has been laid for this complicated task is to state the truth and at the same time recite an achievement unparallel ed in all history for so short a time." Judge Campbell has Issued a restraining order enjoining Fred and Etta Beschlll from in any way inter fering or obstructing the right of Henry Larson to have free Ingress and egress across certain lands of the de fendant Beechlll and wife. All are residents of the Sandy country and the suit was brought by Larson to keep open a roadway travelled by himself and others across BeechlU'g lands. The suit also asks to condemn a pub lic roadway through the said lands. racing has cost the association $ about $1800 for the season, and $ $ under the new policy more money $ will be expended for premiums 4 for agriculture, horticulture and 3 other displays. Grant B. Dlmlck, $ $ president; C. N. Wait, vice- $ $ president, and W. H. Balr, treas $ urer, have beon reelected to the $ $ offices they have held for sever- $ al years. The members of the $ county court are ex-officlo mem- bers of the county fair board. t 4 Q f . I .! f 1 after passage of the original law, the charter coming from the legislature. This document, with subsequent amendments provides that 60 percent. of all road moneys shall be spent within the confines of Oregon City, In street, sewer, sidewalk improvement, or in (act in almost any manner da sired. As the charter governs, the city may employ these funds in any method provided therein. In the apparent conflict between the charter and the general law the one claiming 60 per cent and the state law prescribing 70 per cent, Judga Campbell declared it was evidently the intention of the legislature to provide for a 70 per cant, division In all cases and that the rule was to be folowed in Oregon City's case. Estacada's charter provides that all its road money 100 per cent. shall be spent inside its city limits. Undar the court's ruling in the Oregon City case, it is quite likely that Estacada will only obtain the 70 per cent provided for in the general laws. It is not thought that the county will appeal the matter, as their atti tude has simply been to obtain a rul ing one way or the other, in order to govern their action in the matter. As Judge Campbell stated, it was a nice legal point which had never been di rectly touched upon in any court of Oregon. INST PORTLAND, Ore., April 25. Jesse C. Applegate, sheriff of Washington county, Uohn W. Bailey, vice-presW dent of the Commercial club at Hills- boro, not far from Portland, and Charles B. Buchanan, a prominent business man of Hillsboro, were sen tenced to ten days In the county Jail and flues of $250 each today for im porting liuorq Into Oregon. The sherlf stated he probably will send In his resignation to the county com missioners of Washington county to night The men were caught by federal agents early today while loading liquor into an automobile at Fano, a small station near Hillsboro. They elalmed to be looking for suspected bootleggers but could not explain the possession of a consignment slip bearing a fictitious name. Later they confessed and agreed to plead giulty. Sentence was passed at noon. The men are now in tbe Multnomah coun ty jail here. 1 T Ed Owen, an unmarried man, 80 years of age, while felling timber near his home several miles from Oregon City Thursday afternoon, ac cidentally fell and Injured his leg, causing a compound fracture. Owen dragged himself to his little cabin by crawling along the ground and over stumps, and manager to reach it, but was weak from the loss of blood. Neighbors passing his home in the evening heard the old man calling for help. They .responded to his call, and local physicians attended the aged man's Injuries. In a suit filed Friday at the county clerk's office, Clara E. Morey began action to recover on a note given by the Glenmorrie company, a realty concern of Portland. The basis of the action is a promissory note, given June 15, 1910, for the sum of $267, 676.50, and due five years latar. This note was signed by Franklyn T. Grif fith, president of the Glenmorrl.a com pany, and Is secured by a mortgage on I certain properties in Clackamas coun ty. The complaint alleges that the payments on the note have not been met, and that the sum of $26,666.20 is all that has bean paid. There is a total interest due of $116,508.80, of which $12,905.77 has been paid, leav ing a balance of $103,603.03 in inter est due. i The plaintiff, through her attorneys, ask that the mortgage be foreclosed, and that a judgment In the sum of $241,101.30 for unpaid principal be entered, with the further sum of $116,508.80, as interest, and $3000 for attorney's fees. This makes a total of $360,610.10, which, it is alleged is due. The complaint was filed by R. A. Lelter and Harrison Allen, of Port land. President Griffith, of the defend ant company, is also a member of the firm of Griffith, Lelter & Allen, who with associates, represent the plaintiff. COOK WOULD BE CITIZEN Robert James Cook, a ship carpen ter has filed his first declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States. Cook Is a subject of Great Britain, coming here from Canada In 1880. )