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FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 1i.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 3, I9I8.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. -
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W. W. BANKS
ENTIRE REGIMENT IS
WIPED OUT ON MONT !
KEMMEL DEFENSE
WAR CONFERENCE AT
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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.
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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.
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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. )