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FIFTY-8EC0ND YEAR No. 32.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918.
ESTABLISHED 1886
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PROFITEERS
MUST PAY
HEM TAX
Descendant of "Old Put"
Downs Thirteen Germans
FOR 1918
CHICAGO, Aug. 7. William tl Mc-
Adoo. Hecnitary of Uie Treaury, to
night dnclurud himself unreservedly
In favor of a flat wur profits (ax of
NO per cojit,
Tli adoption of mi 80 ptr cint war
profit tat should rmdur unnecessary,
ninl I believe unduiiiruble. any In
imase la tha existing excess profit
tnx rate," ha declared.
In presenting his views on tax meas
ures before Congress, Secretary Me
Adoo addressed tha following tele-'
pram to Claude Kitchln, ehulrmun of
tho House:
"Roper bus advised ma of hla talk
with you Wednesduy lust. 1 greatly
appreciate assurance you gave him of
your desire to meet an fur us possible
the views of the Treasury.
"I aliould be very aorry to have pro
gress on lha revenue bill delayed for
conference concerning ar proflia
tux, as I understand that you suggest.
Thla In a mutter which bun engaged
my earnest thought, and In order that
you nmy know my vlowa without de
lay I take tho liberty of telegraphing
to confirm and relndorse the program
outlined In my letter to you of June
6. and to express the conviction that
that program la found and reasonable.
"I earnestly hope- that It may com
mend Itwfrlf to you and the commute.
I regard the war proflta tax aa an
Inlertrral and Indispensable part of
that program.
"A a result of tho further cotislder
Htloa of tho aubject which has boon
gives since 1 wrote you, I urn con
tinued In my opinion that a flat war
profit tax of 80 per cent ahould be
Impoaed."
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(WttSANT PA.VIO E, PUTNAM
Sergeant David E. Putman, d
scendent of General Israel Putnam
"Old Put." who went to France from
Now Bedford, Mass, and joined the
French flylug lervlco, bin brought
down hla thirteenth Oermon airplane
Ilia luteal exploit waa winging five In
one dny, only three of which hove ao
fur been ofllclnlly admitted.
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registrars in
UMS FOR
NEW DRAFT
GERMAN SAILORS
REVOLT AGAINST
U-BOAT WARFARE
Upon advice from the war depart
ment lute Wednesday afternoon that
Immediate preparation ahould be
made by the local board for a regula
tion of men between 18 and 45, during
tho early part of September, a meet
ing of the local board waa held In
Clerk Harrington' office and the
following lint of registrars wasoppolnt-
ed for 81 precincts of the county.
Abernathy Alfred Ladd; Arden-
wald D. F. LeFever; Barlow Jeo.
Q. Ilerg; Barton Nannie D. Sllva;
Beaver Creek No. 1 Ben Fliiher;
Beaver Crock No. 2 Luke Duffy;
Boring Amy L. Morand; Bull Run
Jame Feglea; Canby No. 1 Ida B.
LONDON". Aug. 7. Rumors of a
revolt by German sailors at Wilhelms
b a ven In protest agatnxt continuation
of the aubmarlne war are In circula
tion, according to a dtuputch to the
lixprea from Amsterdam. H In re
ported that propaganda among the
men Incited sailors about to leave on
submarine cruisers to attack their
officers and surrender their ships or
seek an opportunity to sink them and
get themselves Interned In neutral
harbors. More than 50 submarines ur
said to have disappeared.
Twenty-three of the rlntsleaders of
the revolt are reported to have been
arrested and sentenced to death.
The correspondent, who sends the
reports admits that the stories are
conflicting and the facts difficult to
ascertain.
The recent resignation of Admiral
von Holtzendorff chief of the naval
staff Is declared to have been connect
ed with the scandal.
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PRODUCTS
REGULATED BY
General Counsel for the
,uuuwau 1 ORE HISTORICAL HuCIiC
t Public Auditorium
Portland, Ore.
Prices that the cousumer In Oregon
City will have to pay for foodstuffs
have been fixed by a local committee
appointed by County Judge Anderson,
food administrator for Clackamas
county. This committee consists of E.
O. Caufleld, A. B. Buckles, J. E. Jack.
S. 0. Dlllman, C. H. Dye. D. C. Boyles
and R. 0. Scott.
The committee not only fixed the
prices to be charged the consumers,
but also the prices to be paid by the
retailers to the grower. The committee
expects to Issue a new list every
week, as market prices and market
conditions will be subject to change
from time to time.
German Prisoners Now Farming in France
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Word was received by Judge (Irant
11. Dlmlck Tuesday from St. IxuIh,
Mo., anyliig that Mrs. Addio Dlmlck,
widow of the lute George Dlmlck, of
this city, had died while on her way
to St. Louis.
Mrs. Dlmlck's husband died at the
family home at Muple I.iuie, near
Oregon City about it month ago, and
after his death Mrs. Dlmlck desired
to visit her old home at St. Louis,
where bor daughter, Mrs. Nellie Bur
nett, resides. Mrs. Dlmlck had looked
forward with pleasure of again visit
ing her old home, but at the time of
her departure she waa In poor health,
seeming to suffer from heart failure.
Relatives tried to pcrsmule her from
taking this long trip at this time, ow
ing to her ago nnd poor health, but
she hud the denlro to visit her daugh
ter, and thought, sho was nblo to make
the trip).
Mth. Dlmlck Is survived by lior
daughter, Mrs, Nellie Burnett, of St.
Louis, Mo., and a stepson, Senator V.
W. Dlmlck. who Is on his vacation at
Suit Air, Oregon, with his family.
Mrs. Dlmlck was 77 years or age.
It probable tha the Interment will
take place In St. Louis.
The local board Tuesday called In
19 class ono selective, and uav them
final lupectloti at the court house at
6 o'clock. Tho boys departed lit 8
o'clock in the evening, for Camp
Froemont, California, where they en
tor the National Army. Those to go
In the call were Carl M. Troxel. Gray-
don Puce, Bruce Itumlnlskl. Frank
Fred Paycer, Francis L. McOubuey,
Hny S. Welsh, of Oregon City; John
SchopiH'rt. Clacknmas; Amos F. Short.
Camas, Wash.; Paul Travajlnl, Port
bind; Alfred Lyons Johnson. Oswego;
Marlnus MndHcn and Thomns V.
Jubb, Portland; Indltlo Astl and I'm
berto Mlnelll. Mllwnukle; Delbert Mc-
Klnley Hutchinson, Molalla; Alex
John Schmllx. Sandy: Edd Albert
Orlndeland, Barlow; Philip Maaslngor,
Jr., Hoff, nnd Henry Peters, of Port
land. Two alternates hold for the
call In case any of tho number are
disqualified at the camp, are Fred
Babbler IHIgerm, of Mi;lIno. and Matt
John Macho, of Boring.
Ray Welsh was selected to captain
the squad on the trip, and as lieuten
ants be bad John Schoppert and Thom
as Jubb.
At the Inspection, every one of the
number Bhowed up In good time, there
by maintaining tho record of Clacka
mas county registrants.
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REARWARD
Hon. John Barton Payne, general
counsel for the Railroad Administra'
tlon, has proposed to the Senate an
agreement with the short line rail
roads for a fair division of rates be
tween them and the trunk lines, which
are under government control.
PLAN TO RUSH
U.S. TROOPS
INTO
IMMEDIATELY
RUSSIA
Thousands of German prisoners in , army. This photograph was taken on i with a cultivator drawn by a pair of
France are now engaged In tiling the
soil for the benefit of the Freach
one of the large
there and shows
prison farms over
German prisoners
oxen. The men look as ir tney
joyed their present Jobs.
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AT STATE CAPITAL
Mrs. O. M. Hansen, of Monltor,.noar
Woodburn, was brought to this city
Tuesday and examined for Insanity.
She was judged not sound of mind
and was committed to the state hoo-
pltal for the Insane at Salem, on or
der of Judge II. S. Anderson, of the
county court.
The affllctod woman has a husband
and five children, the younRost of
whom Is but two nnd a half years old.
Sho la 39 yoars of ase, and has been
suffering from a weak mind for some
time. She has ope brother In the asy
lum In North Dakota now. She la a
native of Norway, coming to this
country 14 years ugo, The family has
resided at Monitor for the past 8
years, whoro they are well known.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Railroads
under common management this year
have hauled approximately the same
uniount of freight as last year, with
less actual train movement, owing to
re-routing ami fuller loading of cars.
This wns shown today by a railroad
administration report on freight
train oporntlon for the year up to
June 1.
In the. five month period the nuin
bor of tons of freight hauled one mile
was 154,000,000,000, as compared with
155,000,000 000 lust year.
The hauling of empty freight cars
also wns cut down 44,000,000 car
miles.
Railroads had 30,791 locomotives in
service June 1, as compared with 30,'
32 1 a year before. This was In ad'
tlltlon to 4555 locomotives awaiting
repairs In shops. There were 2,418,
000 freight cars In service, or 130,000
more than a yoar previous. A ton
doncy to reduce the miles covered by
trains in a day also was reflected is
the report.
PROHIBITION IS
NOT EXTENDED
TO ALL RECRUITS
Knight; Canby No.2 D. It. Dlmlck;
Cunby No. 3 William Lucke; Can
emtth Jessie L. May; Carus Geo
rge Ingram; Clackamas Elmer Cole
man; Chirks J. A. Coulter; Cherry
vllle W. E. Welch; Colton L P.
Elliott; Concord John Oatfleld;
Cottrell A. C. Baumback; Damas
cus Madge Byers; Dickey Prairie
H. J. Ruetall; Dover H. H. Udell;
Eagle Creek Florence C. 'Glover;
Estacada No. 1 Jess M. Barlett;
Estacada No. 2 E. Mae Yonce; Ever
Green Geo. C. Armstrong; Garfield
Charles Duncan; George Frod LIns;
Gladstone No. 1 Bertha NelBon;
Gladstone No. 2 Maud Gallogly; Har
mony No. 1 C. G. Millard; Harmony
No. 2 Wallace F. Miller; Highland-
Ida May Fellows.
Jennings Lodge C. E. Meldum;
Klllln L. E. Dlmlck; Ladd Hill-
James A. Pnrrott; Liberal W. J. E.
Vick; Logan Laura L. Klrchem;
Macksburg Avon J. Jesse; Maple
Lone John Gatfey; Marquam J. W.
Yoder; Mlllwaukle No. 1 Hattie B.
Wlsslnger; Mllwnukle No. 2 Maggie
A. Johnson; Mllwnukle Heights Eliz
abeth S. Buck; Molalla No. lO. W.
Robblns; Molalla No. 2 E. h. Tal;
frey; Mount Plesanfr Ward B. Law
ton; Mullno Mary S. Howard; Needy
Maud Cameron; New Era Blanch
E. Brown.
Oak Grove No. 1 Valeria G. Bon-
vle; Oak Grove No. 2 Myrtle Will
iams Oregon City No.l Dnsy Etchl
son; Oregon City No. 2 J. J. Tobln;
Oregon City No. 3 Lenora E. Cooke;
Oregon City No. 4 Delia Green;
Oregon City No. 5 Nancy E. Chap
man; Oregon City No. 6 Alma Mo
ore; Oregon City No. 7 Mrs. Fred
Tooze; Oregon City No. 8 Mary It.
Caufleld; Oregon City No. 9 Jeanette
F. Schott; Oregon City No. 10 Nellie
M. Alldredge; Oregon City No. 11
Geo. Everhart; Oswego No. 1 H. B.
Blckner; Oswego No. 2 Mary L. Dav
idson; Oswego No. 3 James Skin
ner;. Psrkplace E. L. Pope.
Tlensant Hill Jessie M. Say;
Sandy No. 1 Paul R. Melnig; Sandy
No. 2 Blanch R. Shelley; Soda Spr
ings A. B. Hlbbard; Sprlngwnter
C. M. Folson; Sunnyside F. M. Town
send; Tualatin Chas. O. Thompson;
Union N. M. Crlssell; Viola James
Fullnm; West Linn No. 1 OHva
Clark; West Linn No. 2 Geo. J. Hall;
Willnmette No. 1 Jess W. Hyatt;
Willamette No. 2 Geo. F. Thompson;
Wllsonvllle Jeo .J. Thornton.
MEN BETWEEN
18-45 MUST BE
HSMD OR
MILITARY DUTY
9 AN FRANCISCO, Aug. C.Cnp
tain I. N. lllblierd, supervisor of sea
training for California, yesterday an
nounced that prohibition of Intoxi
cants to tho armed U. S. forces has
been extended to merchant marine re
cruits under training by the United
States shipping board.
BANKS MAY AID FARMERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. To help
finance crop movements the wnr
finance corporation announced today
it. would welcome applications from
banks for loans to cover advances by
the banks to farmers and merchants
for harvesting ond marketing wheat
nnd other crops. Loans will be limit
ed to four months and will carry in
terest at 6 per cent per annum.
Between 4000 and 4500 Clackamas
county men between, the ages of IS
and 45, must register under the new
proposed selective draft early In Sep
tember. This unofficial estimate was
made by members of the local board
yesterday, upon receipt of an urgent
telegram fro mAdjutant General Wil
liams to make immediate prepara
tions for the registration under the
new law.
The telegram urged that the local
board take all preliminary steps for
a big -registration early In Septem
ber, and upon receipt of the order a
meeting of the board was called and
registrars were appointed In each of
the SI precincts of the county. But
one registrar was appointed for each
precinct, and the official appointed
will be vested with authority by the
local board to appoint as many as
sistants as are needed.
The registration will be much heav
ier than that of a year ago when 2050
Clackamas men between 21 and 30
Inclusive, signed up for service under
the selective draft. The board's esti
mate of the new draft Is made from
tho number registering a year ago,
and it is thought that the figure will
be close around the 4500 mark. The
new call will practically double the
work of the local board.
That the men will be called quickly
from the new drnft is intimated in
the telegram by the Instructions to
have the registration arrangements
perfected so that upon the final pass
age of the legislation, the machinery
may be put into Immediate opera-
tlon. The local board expects that the
registration day will be set some
time during the first week lu September,
The list Issued Tuesday by the com
mittee follows:
Fresh eggs, retailer, 42 cents; con
sumer, 45 cents.
Butter, fresh creamery, retailer,
53 cents; consumer, 60 cents.
Potatoes, New, retailer, 3 to 3V4
cents; consumer, 4 cents.
Cheese, full cream, retailer, 28
cents; consumer, 35 cents.
Corn meal, yellow, bulk, 100 pounds,
retailer, $5.60; consumer, $7.00.
Corn meal, white, bulk, 100 pounds,
retailer, $5.60; consumer, $7.00.
Corn meal, yellow, 10-pound bag,
bale, retailer, $6.50; consumer, 75c.
Corn meal, white, 10-pound bag,
bale, retailer, $6.25; consumer, 75c.
Rolled oats, 90-pound bags, bbl. 7
cents; consumer, 9 cents.
Rolled oats, 9-pound bags, bale, re-
taller, 67 H cents; consumer, 80 c.
Rice flour, bulk, per lb, retailer, 10
cents; consumer, 12H cents.
Barley flour, 9 8-10 pound bag, re
consumer, 7'4 cents.
Barley flour, 9 8-10 pound bay, re
tailer, 65 cents; consumer, 60 cents.
Rice, head, per pound, retailer, 10
cents; consumer, 12H cents.
Sugar, dry gran., 100 pounds, re
tailer, $8.15; consumer, 10 cents lb.
Corn flour, white, bulk, 100 pounds,
retailer, $6.25; consumer, 8 cents lb.
Corn flour, white, 10-pound bag, re
tailer, 67 cents; consumer, 80 cents.
Rye fjour, 10-pound bags, bale, re
tailer, 65 cents; consumer, 80 cents.
Hominy, 10-pound bag, bale, re
tailer, 67 cents; consumer, 80 cents.
Cornstarch, pound, retailer, 10
cents; consumer, 12 cents.
Beans, small white, pound, retailer,
10 cents; consumer, 12 cents.
Beans, large white, pound, retailer,
9 cents; consumer, 11 cents.-
Beans, colored, pound, retailer, 10
cents; consumer, 12 cents.
Dried fruit, raisins, pkgs., pound, re
tailer, It cents; consumer, 15 cents.
Corn Syrup, 5-lb. cans, Karo, retail
er, 43; consumer, 55 cents.
Wheat flour, 49-pound bags, retail
er, $2.82; consumer, $3.00.
Wheat flour, 24 pound bags, re
tailer, $1.42; consumer, $1.B5.
Wheat flour, 10-pound bags, bale,
consumer, 70 cents.
WAS inNGTON, Aug. 7. First de
tails of American military aid to be
sent to Siberia for the protection of
the rear of the Czecho slovak forces
were given today by General March.
The Chief of Staff announced that
Major-General William S. Graves will
command the American forces, the nu
cleus of which will be two regiments
of regulars from the Philippines.
General Graves is now In command
of the eighth division at Camp Fre
mont, Cal.
The regiments to form the vanguard
of the American contingent will be
the 27th and 31st, neither of which is
recruited to war strength. This force
will be supplemented by troops from
the United States.
The Chief of Staff said the Ameri
can forces would not be large.
General March said that so far as
he knew no commander-in-chief had
yet been designated." He recalled that
this could be done only by interna
tional agreement, such as was found
to be necessary to concentrate the su
preme command of all the entente
and American troops in Europe in the
hands of General Foch.
Ill BITTER
I1E
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT,
Aug. 7. Under an Inferno of shrap
nel and machine-gun fire and wavs
of gas the Americans forced their
way over the Vesle River last night
and early this morning, while rain,
varying at times from a drizzle to a
downpour, drenches the battle field.
French troops already hare gained
positions on the American left, and
the joint movement has straightened
out the line from a point west of
Bazoches to Flames.
The Germans lost considerably in
casualties. Prisoners' stories tended
to corroborate the opinion of those
previously taken that the Germans
expect to continue their retreat until
the Aisne is reached.
The attack began between 4 and 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. By mid
night those on the right had reached
their objectives, th main highway '
east and west extending along the
foothills that rise north of the river
and become a series of terraces to
the Aisne.
The left wing was delayed, but it
also reached the line shortly before
8 o'clock this morning.
The allied armies have obtained ,
further successes over the Germans
in fighting in the Solssons-Rkeima
sector and to the north of the Mont
dldier region and etill further north
in Flanders between the Lawe and
Clarence rivers.
East of the town of Braisne on the
Vesb River, midway between Sois
sons and" Rhelms, American and
French troops, under the stifTest kind
of fighting, have crossed the river and
held all positions. The French north
of Rhelms have penetrated more than
400 yards In the railroad triangle be
ginning at Rhelms and running north
eastward toward Rethel and north
westward to, Laon. All positions pre
viously gained In the netire Rheims
Soissons salient have been held, not
withstanding counter attacks.
WHY NOT LITTERS?
SUES ON NOTE
George Reddnway has brought suit
against J. Wi. Turner and Mary Turn
er to collect the balance of a $356.75
note given by . the defendants for
goods, wares, and merchandise pur
chased from the plaintiff prior to
Ferbuary, 1916.
Tho raising of Belgian hares for
meat consumption is getting to bean
industry in Estacadn, with Victor
Adlx, Vernon Woods and a number of
the other boys now the owners of
fastly multiplying droves, flocks:
herds (or whatever a bunch of rab
bits is called.) A knowledge of
mathematics is necessary in this
business to figure out the number of
offsprings, as the animals are credit
ed with reproduction at a rate of 56
per year. Estacada News.
TO PREVENT Bl
FROM T
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
SALEM, Or., Aug. 5. The cherry
and loganberry season has come to
an end in this part of the Willamette
valley and this week the Hunt can
nery and the Oregon Packing company
will begin working on the blackberry
crop which will come in heavily In the
next few days. The evaporating plant
of the Salem Kings Products company
will begin operating on string beans.
While still below normal, the bean
crop has been improved by recent
rains.
With the exception of strawberries.
the production of berries and cherries
has surpassed that of last year. The
Lawton variety of blackberries will
be light and the Mammoth variety,
which promised well a few years ago,
is said no longer to be an important
product here. Other varieties will
yield well.
Susan C. Linn, as administratrix of
the estate of the late Benjamin F.
Linn, yesterday commenced action in
the Circuit Court through her at
torney, C. Schuebel, to foreclose on a
mortgage given in. January of this
year by M. E. Lee, and Minnie Lee.
The mortgage was given on a quarter
of section 12. township 3 south, range
2 east, and includes a saw mill and
machinery and some timber. The note
secured by the mortgage was for $3,
630, made January 29th this year, and
due within three years. The plaintiff
in the action charges that H. N. Balr
claims an interest In the saw mill ma
chinery, and she states that he is
threatening to remove the mill from
the premises. The complaint says that
the said Bair's title to the machinery
is inferior to the plaintiff's, and the
court is asked for an order restrain
ing him from removing any of the ma
chinery until the note has been satis
fled. The plaintiff ssks ior a Judg
ment for the face of the note, with In
terest at 6 per cent from the date of
making, and with $350 additional as
attorney's fees. She asks that the
mortgage be foreclosed, and the prop
erty sold, with the proceeds to apply
on the note. ,
WOOD HAULING
CONTRACT COMES
BEFORE COURT
Suit on an alleged broken contract
was instituted Wednesday by J. Canby
Morgan against A. Laff, for an unfin
ished cordwood hauling contract
which the plaintiff claims Laff has de
faulted In. The agreement covered
the transportation of 6,000,000 feet of
limber from Clear Creek to Eataeada,
and the complaint charges that Laff,
after finishing about half of the con
tract, threw up the job
IN
Sadie M. Buechel Is the complaint-
ent in an action for divorce filed here
against Francis M. Buechel. The wife
charges that ' the, defendant often
cursed her in the presence of other
folks and made life miserable by his
course of cruel and inhuman treat
ment. They have one son, Marvin,
and under a special agreement the
father is to pay the sum of $15 each
month to the plaintiff for the v care
and education of the boy "according
to his station in life." It has also been
mutually agreed that the wife Is to re
ceive .the sum of $1 500 from the de
fendant in this action, payable at the
rate of $50 each month.
They were married in Portland, In
December, 1905. '