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flFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 38.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1 9 1 8.
ESTABLISHED 1868
Father and Son Registering in Selective Draft
LINE TO OREGON THREE MILE
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ENTERPR
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DISTRICTS MOTHERS DAY TO
OVER TOP!
OBSERVED IN
CITY HOT PAIS
:oryiu 17 1 ill I
DRIVE
FOR BONDS
Hat oft to Timber (irove school
dlntrl t t'lackHinna county, U. 8. A.!
Within nix hour after Chulrruun
Tom Unite, well known farmer, hud
luumhvd tho Liberty Loan tlrlv,, In
hU lorullty, the district hud regis
tered looo jut cent In subscriptions,
and rttlHfd a couple of hundred more
tlmn the 1,400 required of th patrio
tic rlib.cim of Timber (Irove. ,
Mr. tiroio, assisted by his nun, IS
K. Uroce. Mm. Ella Momikhe, and
('. )(. lt'Tniiutn, startud out bright and
etirly Monday morning and put Tim
ber drove owr the top In what U
tbouKht to he u county, If tiot a state
record. Mr. (Iroce culled upon
Chairman Thomas Hurko of the Ore
gon t'lty banking district ?nrly
Wednesday morning, bin emit bulging
with applli'Htlontt uud hi walltit
J 1 1 K 1 1 k with Initial payment)).
Mrs. II. E. Join's, cliulrmun of the
CaiUMUiik district, also reported tho
Canomtm quotu complete Tueitday
evening, t'iMieinah wan iiss.Hd at
1 1,700, and Mm. Jones, with an ublo
group of assistants mink' short work
of the tank, ('uncmah lands second
bonort In the Oregon City Hanking
district. Many other locnl chulrmen
reported Wednesday that their tusk
were cither compMo or that they
wero nearlng tbclr respective goals,
Oregon t'lty' drive la on In earn
'est, according to John Loder who in
handling th town proper. A splen
did response la everywhere meeting
the I'lierr'.etln workers who nro scour
ing the old mill town from top to
bottom. H Is planned to baw thine
all over In Clackamas county before
folk in other partH of the state wake
up to the fact that the drive Is on.
Mull Hun, In tho Saudy product
vies wiih Caiiemah for second hon
ors, as word re-reived from (feat pre
cinct, Wednesday, was to the effect
that Hull Run made an extremely
short and pleasant Job of landing Us
full quota.
All oyer the county the women ar
doing tremendously good work, under
the leadership of County Chairman
Mrs. Harry Cartlldge. Mrs. Dr. Pick
wis, who licuds the women workers
for the Oregon City Hanking Ws
trlct. ha also launched a fine organ
ization of workers, who ur. playing n
big part In makliiK the Fourth drive
tho most successful to date.
A. Schoonborn, prominent Cluck
iiniiii county farmer, was arrested by
Short tf Wilson and Assistant U. 8
Attorney 'Latounittc, Tuesday, on
foiV irttl charge of having violated the
espionage uot. lie wus brought 4o
Oregon City and taken to Portland by
a United States marshal late Tues
day evening.
Schoonborn, who live In the Carus
.district, la accused of having vocifer
ously ataVd before his precinct regis
tration board on registration day,
that this "la a rich man's war," and
that "we wero driving the men Mke
nheep like cattle." He further Is al
leged to have stated that In tlu pres
ent conflict the "poor men do the
' fighting."
Unfortunately for Schoonborn the
registration board was composed of
patriotic American citizens who made
inontal note of his statements and Im
mediately turned them over to the
county and government authorities.
Following his arrest he changed
the tone of his remarks considerably
but mad the statement that he would
rathor He In jail than fight. Schoon
born owns a good ranch about 9 miles
from Oregon City, Is married and has
one child.
lie wus within the registration ages
and la about 3G years old. He la of
German descent.
II. C STEVENS
DEFENDANT IN
DIVORCE SUIT
PORTLAND, Sept. 12. H, C. Stevens
general manager of the Portland
Amueement Company, Is charged with
cruelty and infidelity In the suit filed
by Pearl Sterens, who demands cus
tody of their two children and J5Q a
month tor their support. Stevens la
a son of a prominent Oregon City
capitalist and his wife la a daughter
of Itenry Keldrum, former svrroyon
gcmeral ( Oregon. ... ;.
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MKHIM
CITY
SATURDAY
Mothers' Day In to bo observed In
Oregon City Saturday afternoon, mid
one of the features being planned for
the day Is the paring to be held at
2:30 o'clock, and participated In by
iiintbers, grandmothers and groat
grandmothers and sisters of boys In
the service. The parade Is to form nt
Thirteenth and Main street and
march south as far as th liawley
Pulp & Paper Company's plant, nnd
counter march to the Liberty Temple,
where there will be speaking by some
of the prominent speakers of tho
state. An effort Is being made to
hi vo I'nclo Ham represented by a
soldier recently returned from tho
front.
Willamette has already announced
that there are 37 mothern who will ap
pear In tho parade, and one of these,
motlrrs hits two sons In the service,
while a mother of West I. Inn, who bus
four sous, Mrs. John Montgomery
Wlllard, John Richard and C'lydo,
will bo one of the gueiis of honor.
The wives of soldiers and their chil
dren tire to be reprinted.
Automobiles are to be donated for
tho mothers and grandmothers and
to walk, mi 1 It Is desired that all hav
ing automobile to leave word at the
Liberty Temple this week,, or to felo-t
phone, as both phones have bti n In-1
stalled.
There will be singing girls In the!
parude, and the national song will be
sing.
KacU woman or child apearlng In
(he parade will carry a flag, and the
stores and otlv r business houses ns
well us the public building are to
be decorated for tho event.
There will be a large representa
tion from all over the county appear
liiK In tho parade and It Is the Inten
tion to have this a memorable oc
casion. Members of the Home Guard will
act as body guard of the parade, nnd
the Hoy Scouts are to take part. The
(!. A. It. P1IV and Drum Corps, one
of the patriotic organizations of Ore
gon City, Is to furnish selection for
the occasion.
Miss Nan Cochran 1 chairman of
the parade, and her assistant is Mrs.
A. C. Warner, of Mount Pleasant.
GOERNOR SAYS
PEN SCANDAL IS
TO FACE PROBE
'SALEM, OR., Sept. 16. If an ex
huustlve probe Into the conduct of
nffalrs at the state nenltentlary ap
pears to warrant sith action, Governor
Wlthycombe will wield the ax upon
official beads nt that Institution.
There will be "a thorough cleaning j
out of officials from cellar to garret,"
In tho governor's own words. This
Investigation he will ask Attorney
General llrown to ninke as soon us
Mr. llrown returns from his vacation.
Several unpleasant Incidents be
tween officials at the state prison, it
develops, have occurred, though they
have not become geuerally known.
Matters have been brought to a head,
however, by the recent Incident In
which $200 of a convict's money was
Involved nnd in which, it appears, ef
forts have been mnde to show that
the money was to be used to bring
about a parole. Governor Withy
combe, In an authorized statement
yesterday, says he has absolute con
fidence in the honesty of the higher
prison officials, and attributes the
trouble to petty Jealousy among some
of the officers.
Relations between Warden Charles
A. Murphy and State Parole Officer
Keller have been strained. This
has been known to Governor, Wlthy
combe and to others close to prison
affairs for some time and ha become
generally known within the last week.
Shortly after Warden Murphy took
office he expressed a desire to Gov
ernor Wlthycombe that he be allowed
to exercise authority over general
prison affairs and that Captain Keller
be allowed to handle parole affairs
without interference from the, war
den's office. This was agreed upon
between tho two officials and only
vague hints have indicated that rela
tions between the two have not been
entirely peaceful.
While the governor does not inti
mate that a oleanup is likely to be
mnde at the prison immediately, he
makes it plain that Jealousy among
officials must come to an end or the
heavy hand of the state executive
will be felt.
MARRIED AT VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, WASH., Sept. 16.
Licenses to marry were issued here,
today to Derley Leavett, 24, of Browns
ville Tenn., and Miss Hazel Dowe, 18,
of Oregon City, Oregon; and to Lati
mer Teeple, 28, of, Portland, and Mies
Emma Mann; 28, of Oregon City, Ore,
r-V f V. V:x
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Moe Itosenberg led his son Hy to the registration booth in the selective draft for the lghteen to forty-five
men In New York City. Moe was over thirty-one and Hy was between eighteen and twenty-one years of age. A
prtty girl of their own race filled out the registration cards for them.
110 QUESTIONNAIRES
TO NEW REGISTRANTS
The local board 'Wednesday mailed
out 170 questionnaires pursuant to in
structions from the war department
Tuesday. , It is estimated that 1700
will be mailed during the next ten'
days, which represents the total of
men between 19 und 36 who registered
under the roc; nt draft.
I'nder the Instruction at least 10
per cent are to be mailed each day,
but Clerk Harrington will probably
have them mailed out at a faster rate.
Registrants must have the question
naires returned to the office of the
local board within seven days from
the date of mailing which is stamped
on ench questionnaire.
Instructions are sent out along with
the questionnaires this time, but those
In doubt of any question Bhould con
sult locnl attorneys, all of whom will
assist in helping fill them out.
U.S. WILL MAKE FLAT
WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. The
United States will officially reply to
Austria's bid for pence. The reply
will be an unqualified refusal of the
letter and spirit of the proposal.
ia already lias been determined
on, it was learned from a high of
ficial source. The Austrian proposal
was handed to the Austrian minister
to Switzerland at Heme, Switzerland,
Sunday. Ho has so notified this gov
ernment and also that the proposal is
enroute to this country via cable.
Until the complete text of the pro
posal reaches here no official action
will be taken. The president him
self will pen the reply. The Aus
trian proposal will be sent to him by
Secretary of State Lansing as soon
as It reaches Washington. The pres
ident will then prepare the reply,
which will be sent back without un
necessary delay.
S. O. S. CaU Flashed
They Had Money Left
Out of Applications
So great was the demand for bond
applications in Oregon City Wednes
day that all the local banks were
practically "cleaned out" at 3:00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. An
"S. O. S." call was sent in. to Port
land and aditlonal supplies were
rushed out.
All day long local bankers were be
Bleged by patriotic subscribers. The
Hank of Oregon City ran out shortly
after the lunch hour after a rush
lasting all day. The First National
divided all blanks on hand with its
neighbor and then both ran out, and
the Bang of Commerce was nervously
fondling the few available applica
tions left on hand. A local chairman
came to the rescue with approximate
ly 100 which he had, on hand after
supplying local committeemen. Wed
nesday's bond business was a record
breaker." Born, Saturday, September 14, to
the wife of Hal E. Hoss, of Sixth
street, a daughter.. The little one,
which is the ifrst daughter in the
Hoss . family, has been named Mabte
Jean.
STRIKE OF EMPLOYEES
IN PAPER MILLS IFF
The big paper mill strike that was
declcred In Oreson City, Wtst Linn
Camas and Lebanon last October, and
which originally! Involved more than
1000 men, was Icalled off Tuesday
night at a meeting of the striking
mill workers in Willamette hall.
Otto Hart wig; president, and E. J.
Stack, secretary, of the State Feder
ation of Labor, came up from Port
land to attend the meeting, which was
attended by nearly 230 members- of
the paper, pulp and sulphite unions
from the tows involved. W. R.
; Smith, vice -pfes!Vat of the interna
tional union, who came here from the
east last Winter to take charge of the
strike, and who has been seeking ever
since his arrival to bring about a set
tlement, waa a big figure at the meet
ing. -
Just before midnight, the meeting
adjourned, and it was officially an
nounced that out of 235 votes cast,
that 227 strikers had voted to call the
strike off, while only eight wTe op
posed to this action.
The finish of the greatest labor
trouble that Oregon City has ever ex
perienced was ' the direct result of a
conference held several weeks ago in
San Francisco between officials of the
Crown Willamette' Paper Co. and the
Hawley Pulp & Paper Co. and repre
sentatives of the unions. Heads of
the local unions attended this confer
ence. The paper companies, it was then
announced, agreed that It the strike
were called off, that the objectionable
non-union agreement, which every
man employed in the paper and pulp
mills has be.n required to sign, would
be withdrawn, and that members of
the union would not be discriminated
against by the mills. Other conces-1
slons demanded by the union represen
tatives at the conference were refused
by the companies.
Within a few months after the
strike was declared, the mills were
able to secure sufficient labor to oper
ate! on a maximum, basis, and many of
the strikers went back to work in the
paper mills, while others secured em
ployment in the shipyards at Port
land and Vancouver.
The ability of the paper coinpanks
to resume operations and fill their
orders made a condition that was cal
culated to defer a settlement, but
negotiations have' been pending for
some time between company officials
and labor loaders with a view to end
ing the trouble.
The following statement was made
arly this morning by W. R. Smith
representing the uriionB:
"The strike has been called off.
"The paper companies have agreed
to stop all discrimination against
union men,
"All former employes of the paper
companies who went out on strike are
to return to work in their former
positions as fast as their respective
Jobs become vacant.
"The general principles laid down
by the war labor board have been
agreed to by the unions and the paper
companies.
"All men who went out on strike
are to be hired through the office of
E. J. Stack, secretary of the State
f ederatlon of Labor. Men who desire
employment In the mills at their form
er positions will make out employ
ment cards, which they will file with
the secretaries of their local unions,
and the secretarlea in turn will file
thera with Secretary Stack, and when
the companies require men they will
can upon Mr. Stack. ,
"No new men will be hlred on Jobs
that may become vacant, if any of the
Did men have applications on file for
such positions."
OF
Local officials bel;ve they have
solved the mystery of James Walsh,
a native of Ireland, who was arrested
in the woods above Oswego Sunday
morning by Sheriff Wilson, as a
suspected slacker. . Walsb Monday
confessed that he had been an in
mate of the Washington state insane
asylum until a few weeks ago. He is
being ueld pending instructions from
Washington.
His suspicious actions in the dense
woods beyond Oswego ttye past few
days led to the belief that the man
was in hiding for some reason or
other. He was seen by several par
ties but each timid hurried away when
noticing that he had been seen. He
had about $300 in bills on his person
and a membership card in the Log
gers' Loyalty Legion, and stated he
had beren sleeping out in the open for
the past week or ten days, coming
here from Portland.
Sunday morning he was seen by
Deputy Sheriff Davidson at Oswego,
who with Sheriff Wilson and Deputy
Joyner went into tbe woods and cap
tured the man who made no show of
resistance. He would give no reason
for his actions Sunday and it was
presumed the man was a slacker as
he had no registration card. Monday
morning when visited by Sheriff Wil
son and Assistant IT. S. Attorney
Latourette, he told the officials that
he had walked away from the Wash
ington institution a few weeks ago,
and was willing to go to war or do
anything else required rather than go
back.
He. seemed quite rational.
E
A. C. Howland, L. Adams, P. J.
HoultQn, R. W. Kirk, Rev. and Mrs.
H. G. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dye and
C. E. Spence went to Portland Mon
day to attend the united war work
council, which met to discuss plans
preliminary to the drive that starts
November 11 for funds for the various
war activities. The quota for Clack
amas county is $26,700. The drive
embraces seven activities, being thj?
Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Salvation
Army, Knights of Columbus, war
camp community service, library and
Jewish welfare.
INDICTED BY GRAND
PORTLAND, Sept. 18. Two rich
Clackamas County farmers were
among those Indicted by the federal
grand Jury today for espionage. They
are A. A. Peas and I. H. Phipps and
both are said to have made disparag
ing remarks about the government.
Mr. Peas was reported as having
said In reply to a request to buy war
savings stamps that he owed the
coantry nothing.
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SAYS GRIFFITH
PORTLAND, Sept. 12. That the
Oregon City line is not now on a
paying basis was the statement made
by Franklin T. Griffith at tbe hearing
today in answer to repeated insinua
tions by Lyman E. Latourette, Deputy
City Attorney, and E. M. Cousins,
city rate expert, that this line had
to make up for the losses sustained
on the Cazadero, Troutdale and Bull
Run lines.
"Tbe Bull Run line represents only
about one-eighth of our interurban in
vestment," said Mr. Griffith. "Part of
every transportation system must be
for mere development, and it is an
axiom that the stronger must support
tbe weaker at such times. If it were
not for this fact, there would be no
extension of lines and no territorial
development."
In answer to repeated questions as
to what he considered a "reasonable
increase in passenger rates," Mr. Grif
fith said that he expected the com
mission to decide this and that he
thought it should be "all the traffic
would bear." In this connection he
pointed out that the Oregon City-Port
land fare in the 90's. when labor was
half asa expensive as now, was 25 cents J
It now is 20 cents.
Business of the company's interur
ban lines has been on the upgrade
since late in 1916, while it had been
going down the three previous years,
he declared. It followed business con
ditions closely, he suggested.
Presentation of the company's 'case
in support of its proposed passenger
fare increase was completed yestep
day. The hearing was continued to
September 24 to allow the city rep
resentatives time to introduce evi
dence showing why the' increases
should not be allowed.
The hearing on the power com
pany's petition for an increase of 2a
per cent in freight rates on Its interur
ban lines on the Willamette Valley &
Southern railway, whose bonds are
guaranteed by the Portland company,
was begun yesterday. E. W. More
land, company engineer, again took
the stand to present the basic facts
of operating expenses and revenue.
The valley fine, which connects with
the Interurban lines at Oregon City
for points up to Mount Angel has not
earned operating expenses since its
inception in January, 1913, he declar
ed. The proposed freight rate increase
would parallel that of federal rail
roads but basic rates are lower. ,
.Councllmen J. J. Tobin, I. C. Bridges
and A. B. Buckles, and Tom Cook,
John Green, W. A. Dimick and cTity
Recorder Loder were Wednesday
night selected as a committee to rep
resent Oregon City at an adjourned
hearing in Portland, September 24, on
the application of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Co., for an in
crease in freight and passenger rates.
The hearing is set for 10 a. m. at
rom 252, court house, in Portland.
The council held a special meeting
Wednesday night to discuss the ques
tion, and listened to a letter from the
city attorney of Portland, who asked
the cooperation of Oregon City In a
protest against the rates. There was
considerable discussion pro and con,
and the question arose as to whether
a committee of business men should
be named or a committee from the
council and the people w-ho traveled
frequently on the cars. City Attorney
Story said that Fred J. Meyer, cash
ier of the First National Bank, had
testified at the initial hearing last
week that three Seventh street busi
ness men, Messrs. Farr, Ely and Jack,
favored an Increase in freight rates,
but Mr. Ely, who is a member of the
council, disclaimed having made any
such statement. It was suggested
that some of the business men had
gone on record as favoring increased
rates, and Mr. Story told of one bust
ness man, after having stated in a
newspaper interview that the pro
posed increase In rates was an out
rage, had gone to Portland and test!
tied In favor of a higher rate. Dis
cussion brought out the statement
that 13 cars, loaded to' capacity with
workers bound for the shipyards and
other lines of industry, go to Port
land and return every week day,
1 ne council passed to its second
reading an ordinance' increasing
rates to be charged by the city sfix
ton at the cemetery for interring and
exhuming bodies, the ordinance hav
ing nothing whatever to do with the
proposed increase In rates of the trac
tion company.
GAS EXPLOITER TAKEN.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sept. 16. Among the cap
tives taken by the Americans at
Thiacourt was Professor Otto
schineernkose, the exploiter cf
chlorine gas as a form of civilized
torture.
I UV..1 UUI
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OOOHIS
ARE TAKEN
LONDON. Sept. 18. The British
penetrated the enemy's defensvs
northwest of St. Quentin today to a
depth of three mil. s and captured
more than 6000 prisoners, Field
Marshal Halg reported tonight. The
British have captured Fresnoy-Le-Petit,
Berthucourt and Pontru and the
Australians have occupied Le Ver
guier, Villeret and Hargicourt.
The high ground south of Gouzeau-
court has been carried by the British,
who reached the outskirts of Villers
Guislain and occupied Gauche wood.
Templeux, Le Gueard, Roussoy,
Epehy and Peiziere have also been
taken, the troops penetrating to a
great depth along the line.
LONDON, Sept. 18. Allied troops
In Macedonia have broken through
the Bulgarian front and advanced an
average of 10 miles; they have acp-
tured more than 4000 prisoners and
50 guns, according to the latest Re
port received today from Saloniki.
The report says that resistance of
the Bulgarians is growing weaker as
the, entente troops advance.'' '
"Give us more cards' was the "wail
that wafted into the office of the local
board from every part of Clackamas
county Thursday. In spite of the fact
that in every precinct more registra
tion cards were sent out than provid
ed by government apportionment, near
ly two' dozen calls came in during the .
day for more cards. It is believed
Thursday will se nearer 5000 than
the estimated 4000 register.
A special trip was made to Esta
cada by Clerk Harrington Thursday
afternoon, and additional cards were
sent to the Molalla and Mulino coun
try. Every mode of transportation
was employed Electric trains, auto
mobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and
common ordinary pedestrian and ev
ery uistrict was given sufficient cards
to handle their situation.
The surprise was a big one, for it
was thought there were ample cards
in each of the 80 odd precincts, as the
board took particular pains to give
good measure. As a result Clerk Har
rington and Sheriff Wilson were kept
busy delivering registration cards a
greater part of the day.
At the. various registration booths
of the city Thursday a number of
amusing Incidents occurred. Most of
the booths were presided over by wo
men, but in the southern part of the
city, In the Cataract fire house, men
officiated, with John J. Tobin, F. L.
McGahuey and W. B. Stokee. A
father and son, DrT C. A. Stuart, and
William Cecil Stuart, are among those
registering at this booth. The boy Is
lit years of age.
At the city hall Mrs. W. C. Green
was chairman, assisted by Mrs. Ralph
Miller, Mrs. J. E. Jack and Miss
Clara Wievesiek. Miss Wievesiek al
so acted as interpreter. During their
spare moments, they decided to hold
council for once in their lives, Just
to see what women could do in that
line. First was the appointment of a
mayor and Miss Clara Wievesiek was
given that position, her council con
sisting of the other women. The first
subject to be brought up for settle
ment was that hereafter the keys of
the council chamber are to be turned
over to the "women members" or to
have the chief of police unlock the
doors, so that the registrants will not
be compelled to wait in nearby stores
or on the streets for opening of the
doors of the city hall. L. A. Nobel's
place of business was used as a wait-
uS mum aim registration Doom while
the women waited for the doors to be
opened. The women were on time, but
no one had the key to the council
chamber. Officer Cooke finally opened
the doors at 8:30, and business was
rushing for some time. Other sub
jects brought up for discussion was
the lowering of the car fare between.
Oregon City and Portland instead of
increasing the same as' proposed by
the company; also to see that the
elevator Is kept constantly in opera
tion during the day time, and that
water rates be cut from the -present
rate. '
Robert Crawford, 18 years of age.
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