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FIFTY 6IC0ND YEAR No, 22.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918.
ESTABLISHED 1889
ENTE
FIGHT OpniPTw
WAR IF1"
II Villi HULL
Li DOWN
FOR DRAFT
WASHINGTON, May 23. All mo
auliH't to draft hereafter ''muit do a
man' work or fight." Thl rule, oper
atlva July 1, provides that ail loafer
and man not In uaefut occupation
Hated In tha draft daeae must iiKce
tn useful war work or bo drafted In
to the fighting aorvlca.
Provost Marshal General Croader
announced today tha plan for thla
new syiteiu. It will aotie at once upon
(ambler, racetrack men, waller,
bartend"!, club, hotel and apartment
attendant, persons engaged or oc
cup led In game, eport or amute
menta (with aoma exceptions); domea
tlc lervanta, aaloa and other clerk
of department atoro and mercantile
establishment.
Dependency exemption will not pro
tect mn tbu claaalfled.
Local board will conduct the weed
Ing out proce. They are empowered
to iiimmon before them the idler and
the non-eaaontial worker Hated above,
Rive thom a chance to explain their
pursuance of non-useful war oecupa
tlom and. If they fall, draft them In
to the army.
Strictly enforced, the new regula
tlon would practically break up pro
fessional baseball, official admitted,
a porta I one of the clamea from
which tho player now (ranted de
pondancy exemption ar bnrred. Tha
plan, however, la framed ao that
practically all of tha men tliu ahtfted
or eut Into tha army can bo replaced
by women.
Provoat Marshal Qemral Crowder
declined, however, to jive a apeclflc
ruling a to whether the order affect
baseball until a caae ha baun pretent
ed to htm by a local board or until
Secretary ttaker had made a state
ment of policy thereon. Other war de
partment legal expert aald tha order
could not be coniitrjctod otherwise
than a taking draft age ball player
Secretary Iiaker wae not available a
ha waa testifying before the house ap-
proprlationa committee.
Beside the Idler the following
classes of Uvllhood were named by
General Crowder aa being closed to
draft reglntranta after June 1:
Gamblera of all types, employe
and attendant of bucketshopa and
racetrack, fortune toller, clairvoy
ant, pnlmlat and the like.
rnrspns engaged In the serving of
food or drink In public place, Includ
ing hotels and eoclul clubs.
rasncnRer elevator operator and
attendants, doormen, footmen and
other attendant of club, hotel,
Mores apartment houses, office build
ing and bathhouses.
Persons, including ushers and other
attendants, engaged and occupied In
and In connection with games, sports
and amusements, excepting actual
performers in legitimate concerts,
operas and theatrical performances.
Persons employed in domestic ser
vice. Sales clerks and other clerks em
ployed In stores and other mercantile
CHtabllshmunts. .
The scope of the regulations will
soon be extended, General Crowder
stated, by adding several more non
useful occupations to the list.
"Men who are now onguged as
above or who aro Idlers will not be
permitted to seek relief hocause of
the fact that they have drawn a lute
number or because they have been
placed In classes two, three or four
on the grounds of dependency," the
the regulation states.
"The fact a man Is not usefully em
ployed will outweigh both of the above
conditions."
In addition, General Crowder hns
provldod that any local board will be
empowered to force draft registrants
to work whethor It has original Juris
diction over the man or not. A man
loafing around a Chicago pool hall,
though registered In New York can
be sent to work or to the army by the
Chicago board.
In determining Idleness, regular va
cations are not to be considered. An
other provision Is that whoroln "there
are compelling domeBtlo circumstan
ces that would not permit change of
employment without disproportionate
hardship to his dependents, or where
a change would necessitate removal
of the registrant or his family to an
other locality, tho board may give
consideration to the circumstances."
Whore changes would cause night
employment of women, boards are
asked to take such circumstances Into
consideration In making their decis
ions. 8howlng the necessity of the step
General Crowdor said:
"One of the unanswerable criticisms
of the draft hus been that It takes
men from the farms and useful oc
cupations and marches them past
crowds of loafers and Idlers.. The rem
edy Is simple- to couple the industrial
basis with other grounds for exemp
tion to require that any man pleading
exemption on any ground shall also
show that he Is contributing effective
ly to tho industrial welfare of the na
tion. -.
"We shall give the ldlors and men
RED CROSS
STILL COMING
Fourteen additional districts In
Clackamas county wero reported a
having "gone over the top" in the
lied Cross drive yesterday. Campaign
Managor T. W, Sullivan reports that
with a quota of $15,000 for the coun
ty, Clackamas county resident have
thus far subscribed more than $20,
000 lo tho cause of mercy.
Additional reports from other dis
tricts are expected today and before
tba campaign ha boen concluded, It
I exacted that thl large total will
bo even larger. The county, a a
whole, "went over the top" on the
third day of the campaign.
The district reporting over ub
rrlptlons yesterday were as follows:
No. 301, Frog pond; No. 65, Hrown;
No. 3G. Liberal; No. 90, Jlazeldule;
No. 13. Welches; No. 119, Harmony;
No. IS, Munderf; No. 309; No. 123,
ATdonwald; No, 108, Estacada; No. 78,
Dodge; No. 68, Tracy; No. 12, Car
field and No, 7, Currlnvllle.
ED
A Red Cross Auxiliary was organ
Ited at Henrlcl Friday evening. The
people of that section of the county
have boon working with the Red
Cross Auxiliary of Beaver Creek, but
many were anxioua to have one nf
their own. and got together and or
ganized. The meeting was held at the
achoolhouse, and the officers elected
ware a follow; Mr. Fred Henrlcl.
chairman; Mr. Henry Henrlcl, treas
urer; Mts. Willamette W. Harria, sec
retary.
W. F. Harris, a fanner of that sec
tion, has offered the A-innarr tea
use of a vacant hotiso on hi farm.
and be will have thla fitted up for the
comfort o( the workers, r
The first meeting of the organiza
tion was held Wednesday of thla week.
WASTE PAPER TO
BE COLLECTED .
FOR RED CROSS
The local branch of the Red Cross
organization has Just received a
timely offer from the California Paper
and Hoard Mills, tor waste paper,
such aa magazines (which Includes
cloth bound books with covers re
moved), newspapers, clean paper box-
ex, and tho like.
The iirlces quoted by the company
were considered so attractive that
their offer was Immediately acceDtod.
and preliminary arrangements made
for starting the work.
A committee consisting of Mes-
dames W. A. White, H. E. Straight, A.
L. Heattlo and B. P. Rands are al
ready at work and they have named
hatuniay, June 8, as the day of the
big drive.
It Is desired that on this dav. each
and every home donate to this worthy
caue, and that you have all clean
newspapers and magozlnes ready, that
no delay win prevent completing the
work in the one duy.
Indies will call at vonr door. drlv.
Ing cars themselves assisted in the
handling of the bulky packages by
volunteer Doy scouts.
A tidy little sum should be netted
by the. local Red CroB If the success
of a Blmllnr drive In Salem Is in
dicative of what Oregon City can do
proportionately.
T
An Interesting romance of the rec
ent political campaign became known
Saturday In Oregon City when James
R. Linn, wealthy hop dealer of Salem,
and MIbs Fauls Stocker, of Portland,
were married at high noon by Rev. E.
E. Gilbert, pastor of tho First Method
ist church.
James Linn was campaign managor
for R. N. Stanfleld, aspirant for the
Republican nomination for United
States Senator and Miss Stocker was
a stonographer nt campaign head
quarters on the second floor of the
Northwestern Hank building.
Mr. and Mrs. Linn will go to Al
aska on tholr honeymoon and are
planning to leave about June 5. Miss
Nellie J. McGreen, of 1275 Williams
avenue accompanied Mr. Linn and
Miss Stocker to Oregon City and wit
nessed the wedding.
not effectively employed the choice be
tween military service and effective
employment. Every man, In the draft
age, at least, must work or fight."
II 11
Americans Fighting in the Open in Battle of Picardy
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When American sa dlcrs were call
ed Into the battle of Picardy this Is
one of the first photographs to arrive
BALLOT
Democratic nominees in Clackamas
county were known Saturday when
tho official count was completed and
tabulated. So many were written In
on the Democratic tickets that the
work of canvassing the vote was
very alow.
Walter A. Dlmlck, Republican state
senator, won the Democratic nomina
tion over J. E. Hedges by 46 to 37.
Both names were written in. The nom
inees for representatives are Harvey
E. Cross, John Rtsley and John W.
Loder. George Swafford received the
most vote for cleTk and W, F. Har
ria for county commissioner. The reg
ular Democratic candldatea ndorad
were H. W. Koehler, sheriff; J. C. Saw
yer, treasurer; Ed Fortune, constable
for district No. 4. Deldon Ganong re
ceived the nomination for coroner.
On the state ticket the following re
sults were announced: national com
mitteeman, J. W. Morrow, 364; Will
H. Hornibrook, 424; United States
sonator. Will R. King, 333; Oswald
West, 658; governor, W. M. Pierce,
187; H. O. Starkweather, 647.
Scattering Democratic votes were
written In forDractlcall everv man
on the Republican ticket and for
many others.
MEN COMING OF AGE
Local draft board officials are very
deslrlous that all the young men
reaching the age of 21 years slnm the
registration date last year, June 5.
fully understand the instructions
about registration day this year, June
5, and have given out the following
Instructions from the Adjutant Gen
eral's office..
"Young men must register. Who?
All men 21 years old. When? June B.
Where With your local board. Fail
ure to register means a year In -jail.
If you are away from homo anniv
now to the nearest draft board and
protect yourself. Illness will not .
cuse you from registering on June 5.
If too sick to register in person, sdnd
a friend to your local board to fill
out your card."
TAT
Judged by the local registration
board and by Adjutant General Wil
liams to be a wilful drafe evader,
Henry Carl Nollmeyer, a former resid
ent of Redlands, is in the county Jail
at Oregon City and will be taken Sun
day to Camp Lewis and inducted at
once Into military service. The slack
er was born In Russia but has been
naturalized since coming to the Unit
ed States.
Local authorities began looking for
the draft evader when he failed to
send In his questionnaire. Nollmeyer
moved from Redlands to North Dakota
right after registering. Later he again
came West and wns located in a log
ging camp nt Grays River. Deputy
Sheriff Frost brought the slacker to
Oregon City and will take him to
Camp Lewis.
At the investigation before the
local board Saturday It developed that
Nollmeyer had refused to join the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and to buy
Liberty bonds. He said he did not
want to fight but would dress wounds
and do othor work behind the lines, i
DEMOCRATIC NAMES
IE 5 FOR YOUNG
f 4- , ' , , . - , ' , 1
in the United State showing them in
the greatest action of the war they
went Into onen flirhtlnir th lin h.
V - - n uv nuu t V.
Amerkan regular army had been
Motorists In Contest
Speed Cop Enters Too
Court Enriched 100
Racing along East 82nd street at a
speed of over 60 mile an hour, R. W.
Gaston and Tom Colton, two Portland
motorcycle enthusiasts, were arrested
by Speed Officer Meads Sunday even
ing about 8:00 o'clock. The men were
each fined 150.00 and costs, today be
fore Judge Slevers, and In default of
payment, their machines were taken
from them.
The arrest occurred only after an
exciting chase by Officer Meads for a
distance of over three miles, the men
beginning; their -wild ride near the
Clackamas end of the East 82nd street
pavement They both admitted their
guilt and told Urn officials they were
staging a little pee between them
selves. There was considerable traf
flc on the road, and only a miraci
aaved serious accident during the
three cornered chase.
J. R. Stair, a Portland school tea
cher, ran a little too lively In a Stutz
car Sunday evening, when Officer
Meade crept up from behind . He con
tributed $10.00 to the county treasury
Monday afternoon.
R, M. Schultz, of Vancouver, was
fined $20.00 for Sunday speeding this
mornlngi before Judge Slevers. E.
Erlckson of Mullno and R. Sutter of
Portland, each contributed $5.00 and
costs. R. A. Backus, of Portland was
also arrested, and Is to appear Tues
day ES
SALEM. Or., May 23. (Special.)
Serenity again reigns at the State
Penitentiary and Deputy Warden
Burns will remain on hla job as Dep
uty Warden, following a visit of the
Governor to the prison and a heart to
heart talk with all of the employes.
The Governor told the employes
plainly that Warden Murphy was
warden at the prison and that his
orders must be observed and obeyed
implicitly.
He also had a talk with Deputy
Warden Burns much along tho same
line with the result that all hands
got together and peace was declared.
Burns Is not to leave June 1, as or
iginally scheduled and there is every
indication that things will work
harmoniously and smoothly at the
prison.
The trouble between Warden Mur
phy and Deputy Warden Burns came
up when Burns placed a gun guard In
the dining room where the convicts
eat against the wishes of Warden
Murphy, and when he repeated the
move after strict instructions from
the warden he was told to resign.
LIBERTY HONOR FLAG
WITH STAR BESTOWFD
Clackamas county has received Its
honor flag for Its quota In the recent
drive for the Third Liberty Loan
Bonds, along with a star for doubling
the quota of the county. M. D. Lat
ourette, county chairman, announced
Thursday that the subscriptions to
taled close to $550,000, while the coun
ty's quota was $258,000. The star will
be sewed on the flag, and it is prob
able that the county court- will erect
a flag pole in the courthouse square
nnd that the flag will float from that
pole. Arrangements will be made for
raising the honor flag with appropri
ate ceremonies.
BURNS REMAINS ON JOB
AT PEN HARM ONY RUL
ON CLACKAMAS COUNTY
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itiBiKwfr miiiriwsiTmaMmin j
used to. This picture chows a party
of Americans manning a small gun
In open fighting against the oncom
ing Germans.
ENTWI
WASHINGTON, May 28. Wealth
conscrlptlonlsts in congres today
welcomed President Wilson to their
ranks.
The President s suggestion that the
government would "naturally" look to
war profits, Incomes and luxuries to
furnish the new taxes was hailed a
evidencing the president's conversion
to their way of thinking.
At the same time opposition devel
oped in the president's own party to
the "40-60" financial policy he has
laid down. .
Representative Kltchln, bouse Dem
ocratic leader and chairman of the
house ways and means committee
which will frame the bill la balking
at thla today. Kltchin wants -a larger
proportion raised by taxation.
"There should be no attempt to fix
an -exact ratio," said Kltchln. "But a
larger percentage than 40 should
come from taxes. We must get these
huge profits while they are here to be
had."
President Wilson has twice express
ed himself to congressional leaders as
strongly favoring this exact propor
tion, once in a memorandum to tne
senate finance committee, and again
in response to an Inquiry from Senator
Simmons as to whether he would ac
cept some other ratio. It was hia In
sistence on this exact proportion
which caused some of the senators
to break away last Saturday and up
set what seemed certain to be an
icable agreement to postpone the bill
until a special session in November.
T
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The work of paving the Pacific
highway in tha southern part of the
county will b commenced the first
of this week. Eight miles of roadway
will be paved, and when completed
will be one of the finest pieces in the
county. The stretch is between Canby
and Oregon City, and does away with
the dangerous hill at New Era, where
many automobile accidents have oc
curred duTlng the past few years. The
paving is to be done by the Hassam
Paving Company.
A day and night crew is working
on the construction, thirty-five employ
ed at the rock crusher, and 75 men
on the grading.
W. E. DeWltt, resident engineer,
has charge of construction work.
Divorce decrees were entered Fri
day In the following cases:
Arthur Cahlll vs. Bessie Cahill;
Fannie J. Beals vs. Harry J. Beala';
and Maudie Butzer vs. Elmer Butzer.
Joe Mae Budshaw has brought suit
against David V. Budahaw, alleging
that her husband is a habitual gamb
ler and that he has continually
squandered his earnings at hie fav
orite pastime, since their marriage
in Vancouver in 1917. Sho asks $10.00
per month alimony and the care of a
minor child.
V. Floyd Hutchinson filed for di
vorce agalnBt Linda D. Hutchln, charg
ing desertion. They were married in
Nebraska In 1905, and the derestion
is said to have occurred in 1916.
COURT CONTINUES TO
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GET TO LADDER
SAYS KELLAHER
Thousands of tons of salmon, un
able to reach the fish ladder and pro
ceed to the spawning grounds on the
upper Willamette are dying and go
ing to waste, according to Dan Kel
laher, city commissioner of Portland
and director of Portland's municipal
fish market
The statement was Issued by Mr.
Kellaher after he had made an Investi
gation beneath the Oregon City falls
last night.
"The fish should be taken out with
nets and sold to the people at a low
figure. They cannot possibly reach
the fish ladder because there la ab
solutely no current leading to the lad
der. The fish are dying a alow death
and immediate action Is necessary If
the fish are to be utilized. Already
some of them are beginning to dis
color." Commissioner Kellaher was taken
below the falls by Oregon City gill
net fishermen. He said that the bulk
of the fish were beneath the Crown
Willamette mills In the tail race near
the electric power station.
Boys pulled fish from the water
with spoon hooks, he claimed without
more effort than was needed to cast
the line and drag the fish out.
"Statements issued by state of
ficials recently that the fish were able
1 to get over the ladder were mlstate
I ments," said Mr. Kellaher. "I made
itne trip to uregon City In order to
I lpArtl If tho ftnrifncra rf f K a at.tA r
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ficlals as announced in the papers
last week weTe correct. The fish are
still there and unless something is
done Immediately they will die and
neither state, the fishermen or the
people will accrue any benefits."
RAILROAD RATES SOAR
ON ORDER OF M'ADQD
WASHINGTON, May tl. To meet
wage increase Just announced and
higher costs of coal and other sup
plies this year. Director General Mc
Adoo today ordered railroad freight
rates In the United State raised 25
per cent and passenger fares Increas
ed to 3 cents a mile from the present
basis of about 2 Scents. It is estima
ted that the program will bring in be
tween $800,000,000 and $900,000,000
more revenues to the railroads within
the next year. It represents by far
the biggest rate incrase in the his
tory of railroads.
The new freight charges, which
cover both classes and commodity
rates, becomes effective June 25, and
the passenger Increase will go into
effect June 10.
Issued under authority granted by
the railroad act to President Wilson,
acting through the director-general,
the order wipes out all interstate
lower rates effective on either freight
or passenger traffic.
Travelers in standard sleeping and
parlor cars are required to pay 3
cents a mile, In addition to Pullman
fares, and In tourist sleeping cars 34
cents. Pullman rates remain the same
Commutation and other suburban
rates on railroads are Increased 10
per cent. Fares on electric interurban
lines are not affected.
Special excursion, mileaite. conven
tlon and tourist rates, with a few ex
ceptions, are discontinued, privileges
such ns stop overs and free side trips
charges are increased.
Both freight and passenger rates
on boat lines operated on the lakes,
rivers, or coastwise by railroads are
to be raised proportionately with the
general increases.
Export and import freight rates are
ordered canceled, and the hieher
domestic rates will apply to and from
ports.
A number of flat Increases, Instead
of percentage additions, are ordered
for coal, coke, lumber, ore, stone,
grain, cotton, livestock, meats, sugar,
bullion and other commodities.
Existing differentials and rate rela
tionships between various localities
are to be preserved so far as possible
but many readjustments will have to
be made later. All rates are subiect
to review and confirmation by the in
terstate commerence commission.
In announcing that the rate in
creases are required by public Inter
est, Director General McAdoo referred
to the $300,000,000 or more added to
the pay rolls of railroad labor under
an order published today, to the rap-
Idly rising cost of coal which he es
timated this year alone at $160,000.-
000 more thon last year, and to high
er cost of. every other material enter
ing Into railroad transportation. Op
erating expenses, he estimated, would
be between $830,000,000 and $SOO,000
000 greater this year than the $2,852,
000,000 figure last year.
TEACHER W1UL WED
Elmer Hi. Hitchman and Miss Inez
Mortenson, a school teacher of Clack
amas county, were granted a license
to wod by Clerk Harrington Friday.
FISH UNABLE
FRENCH m
VIGOROUS
ATTACKS
VICTORS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 27-Unnchlng a hea
vy offensive at dawn today against the
French in the Locre-Voormezeele sec
tor, the Germane failed of their ob
jective at virtually all point.
At some points the defending pat
rols wera driven to, but In vigorous
attacks threw tha Germans back at
moat place. Virtually the entire
French line was re-established.
Hard fighting at this hour still con
tinues on the northern part of tha
battlefront. Just south of Dickebusch
Lake the Germane forced their way
into the French lines for a distance of
800 yards and also got into the front
line system at another point In this
region.
In both these places the enemy waa
clinging desperately to his newly ac
quired positions, but the French were
dealing with the situation, which aa.
peared to be satisfactory at the latest
reports, one Hundred prisoners al
ready have been sent back to the
French cages.
Today's attack was perhaps pre
limlnary to lareer onerationa anil an.
parently has been undertaken for the
purpose of regaining the high ground
which the French wrested from the
enemy May 20.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 27. Von Hlndenburg's
troops tnus tar nave met with failure
virtually at all points in their attack
against the French In the Locre sector
"On the Locre-Voormezeele front
the French troopa repulsed the enemy
with great loss."
! This announcement waa contained
in Field Marshall Halg'a official re
port tonight ...!.;.-,. ...
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WITH THH BRITISH ARMY LNf
FRANCE, May 27 The latest reports
show that the Germans have made
some small progress in places.
The attack of the Germans In tho
sector northwest of Kemmel appeared
to be directed against the ground cap
tured by the French on May 20.
Belgian troopa have recorded fresh
victories over the Germans. On Sun.
day night they repulsed Teuton at
tacks or big raids on three sectors of
their front
LONDON, May 27. Strong German
attacks developed early this morning
against the British and French posi
tions between Rheims and Soissons,
the war office announces.
The attacks were preceded bv a
heavy bombardment The Germans
also attacked this morning In Flan
ders between Locre and Voormezeele
on the northern side of the salient
PARIS, May 27. Over the front be
tween the forest of Pinon and Rheims
the Germans launched an attack this
morning, the war office announced.
The French and British trooDS are
resisting with their habitual valor.
The front of the German attack Is
along the sector which usually is re
ferred to as the Aisne front owing
to the fact that for a long time the
line of battle followed the Aisne river.
The present battle line runs along the
AHette river, north of the Aisne. Over .
the larger part of this sector the
French have advanced their line. The
front of attack Is about 40 mllep,
which Is about 15 miles shorter than
the line of the original German attack
on March 21.
In turning to a new sector to strike
their blow the Germans have taken a
course contrary to that which had
generally been predicted by military
commentators.
The Tiew usually expressed has
been that the Germans were commit
ted so heavily to their campaign In
Picardy and Flanders and were oc
cupying such dangerously exposed po
sitions that they were under the
necessity of striking again at those
points when they resumed the attack.
The German strategy may contem
plate a- surprise attack In sufficient
strength to compel General Foch to
withdraw troops from the north in
the hope of involving the allies suf
ficiently on the Aisne front to weaken
their lines In Picardy and Flanders.
Auxiliary Is
Formed By East
Clackamas Women
A Red Cross Auxiliary has been or
ganized at East Clackamas with
twenty-three members. The women of
that section of the county have be
come very enthusiastic over the work
to be carried on by the organization,
and meetings are now planned for the
auxiliary.
The officers elected werfl a a fol
lows: Chairman. Mrs. A. C. Kctn-.
hober; vice-chairman, , Mrs. B. Mulrf
treasurer and secretary, Mrs. Carol
ine Daywalt.