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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1918.
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CAUSE HUNS
MUCH LOSS
AatHTKItDAM, Oct. 23. Tha evac
uation of Ghent, Belgium, la In full
ewlnn, according to a dispatch to the
Telograaf from Baaeanguiit. Tlio lust
boats la Ghent ar lliif hastily tow
dil toward gelxaete, near the Dutch
frontier aouth of Baavangant, tb dla
palcB add.
IONDON. Oct 23.-Tho British
launched a pew attack today on tho
front aouth of Valmicionnes, and at an
Nvrly hour had drlvan the Uermana
buck from ona to two mllea atonic
front of from Ufa to six mile. Tho
advance was accomplished In the face
of determined resistance. The high
ground overlooking tho Harpies Val-b-y
waa gained. Roma tuna were tak
in.
North of Valoncloiwea the British
have captured about two-thlrda of the
lUlamea forost. Farther north they
have got well eaat of St. Auiand and
reached tho Scheldt north or the Hoi
glan frontier.
I)N1X)N, Oct. 23. The attack of
the Itrttlnb third and fourth arm leu
toiluy la of vital strategic Importance.
Tho allied salient here menaces the
German lines alt the way to Holland
and If It la widened It will have a
tremendous effoct on the enemy front
to the aouth.
PARIS, Oct. 23.The Americans to
night ,are fighting north of Bnnthe
villo, Hill No. 297, 1UU 21)9 and Hill
2s 1 . I'anthevllle having changed hands
somrat time In the Inst few day.
Biieallca aUo has been cleared of the
enemy.
1 1 111 2X1 hiut been the scene of se
ver,! Bunting for four duye. the Ger
man having numerous machine gun
nuitta on tt aumiult. The capture of
thla hill give the Americana com
mnnd of Clorylve-Crnnd and the val
ley along the bunion river.
ntWDON, Oct. 23. The sttffest
llghtlnic of tho American offensive
west of the Mouse waa under way to-
day. The lino la swaying buck and
forth.
In the roaions of Orand Pre, on the
western end of the front, the Amerl
runs threw back repeated violent Ger
man counter attacks.
4TH LIBERTY LOAN
T
U, D. Latourette, county chairman
of the Fourth Liberty Loan, received
tho following telegram Thursday, from
Edward Cooklngbum, state chairman:
Tho good work of yourself and your
associates in putting your county over
tho top has been splendid and I ex
tend my heartiest congratulations.
Tho principal metropolitan centers In,
the Twelfth Federal District and olse
wbere are facing an extreme difficulty
in gaining quotas because of the strain
of previous loans and of heavy taxes
on larger corporations and capitalists.
There Is Imperative necessity for oar
continuing active solicitation and
raising; every dollalr possible In order
that the loan as a whole may surely
be subscribed. All those who huve not
yot subscribed or havo made Inade
quate subscriptions should be
oualy solicited.
vigor-
CITYOFCANBY
LOSES VERDICT
IN IIORNIG SUIT
the city of Canby lost more than
$4000 today when a jury in the Cir
cuit Oaart Drought in a verdict for
$4778 in favor o( Peter Hornlg, who
filed suit against the city for dam
ages duo to personal injuries bus
tlned In the municipal pumping plant.
Horntg sued for $10,000 damages. It Is
understood the city will take an ap
peal After Hornlg's Injury he offered to
settle with the city for about $500
representing his hospital bill and the
physician's expenses, but -jpon the
advance of their attorney, the city
council declined to' settle, and forced
, Hornl to go into court.
MornlB Is crippled for life as a re-
s"jl fd tha Injury. The jury was out a
Mt aaora than an hour.
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HIHTOIUCAL HOCIKTY
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There are 57 cases of Spanish In
fluenza In On-con City, not counting
ttioee In various Hoctlons of the coun
ty, as reported by City Health Officer
J. VV. Norrls. County Health Officer
M. C. Btrlclilund reporU few new
cases In the country. In Oregon City
there were twelve new cases reported
Tuesday, and fourteen yesterday.
The 57 .cases are those from ' Oc
tober 7. Very few cases are now ser
ious, and It Is believed by the physic
ians tlii-t If rare Is taken none of these
.ill prove fatal. Most of the cases re
ported In the city are of mild form.
CAMP LEWIS, American Lake,
Wash., Oct. 23 The army base hos
pital here contained 9s fewer patients
yesterday than It contained Monday
according to hospital reports to camp
headquarter. There were 67 fewer In
fluenza patients, 1133 being confined
suffering front this disease against
1190 yesterday. Charts In the office of
Major irby L. McClasson, sanity In
speetor of the 13th division, Bhow In
fluen.a gradually decreasing butaome
Increase In pneumonia, 85 new cases
of pneumonia reported Monday being
the greatest number of cases In a
single day since the camp was es
tablished, lessening of Influenza Is ex
pcted to decerease the number of
pneumonia.
8KATTLLE, Wash., Oct. 23. Span
in!i Influenza In Seattle has reached
Its crest, according to Dr. J. 8. Mc
Hrlde, city health commissioner, lasl
nlKht. New casee reported yosterduy
were only 21S and deaths E.
RVGENK. Ore.. Oct. 23. With two
deaths directly traceable to Influenza
reported In this city during the last
24 hours, and several new cases de
veloped, tho epedemlc situation here
shows little change and health of
ficials are exerting every effort to
check tho spread of the disease.
At the University of Oregon the In
fluenza situation continues to show
marked Improvement. Tho total num
ber of students In the Infirmaries had
dropped from 250 on Saturduy to 180
this morning and there are few Influ
enza cuses among these. There are no
serious eases tonight. The present
strict health regulations governing
the students will remain In force un
til Ul danger Is pnst.Dr. John F. Bov
srd, chairman bf the student health
committee, announced this evening.
LIVES LOST
BY ACCIDENT
DURING WEEK
SALEM, Oct. 19. Seven fatal acci
dents, besldese 553 non-fatal accidents,
were reported to the state Industrial
accident commission during the past
week. The fatal accidents were as
follows:
Richard Mlnkenna, Homestead,
miner;' Klamath Hilly, SlloU, lumber
ing; Thomas Enrlght, North Portland,
flour mills; John Gefforors, Cornuco
pla, miner; Charles Halcom, Oregon
City, paper mills; HJalmah Swanson,
Seaside, lumbering: W. W. Fletcher,
Neverstll, logging.
Of the total number reported. 526
were s-.ibjoct to the provisions of the
compensation act, 31 were from firms
and corporations which have rejected
the provision of the act (one of this
number being a pasaongor receiving
injuries), and three were from subllc
utility corporations not subject to the
provisions of the act.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. Over
subscription of the fourth liberty loan
seemed assured tonight when the three
weeks' campaign closed.
While official rep orts were lacking,
It appeared that ugaln the American
people havo given not only what was
asked but more to carry the way to
a successful conclusion.
Indications are that the number of
Individual subscribers will far exceed
twenty million, and break all records
for distribution or war bonds for
either this Nation or, any other.
llow far the total will run above
the six billion dollar goal officials
would not attempt, to estimate.
It all dopendn, they eald, on whether
big financial interests at the laa( mo
ment filed the big lump sum subscrip
tions expected of them, and whether
the number of small subscriptions by
Individuals Is found to meet expec
tations. New subscriptions entered during
the last day and those made effective
by payment of the 10 per cent install
ment, probably will amount to a bil
lion and a half dollars.
NATION FAR OVER QUOTA
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thereby permitted Franco to get read y to meet the German Invasion, Is here shown on his progress through Bel
gium after four years Imprisonment 1 n Germany. Everywhere In Belgium he was received with tremendous en
thusiasm.
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HOI LIFE IN ARMY
1 lomeslckness is one of the strongest
forces which army authorities have to
combat in maintaining morale among
soldiers. To, In a measure, obviate
this, the War Camp Community Ser
vice came Into existence. This organ
ization, recognized by tho government,
Is looking after the soldier and sailor
in the cities and towiig adjacent to
military camp and naval training sta
tlons.
Where there are no organizations to
care for tho soldier buildings are es
tablished and maintained, Information
bureaus a.- Instituted and representa
tives of the agency Induce churches,
clubs and fraternal organizations to
throw open their buildings for the use
of the men.
It is a real personal service and in
ordor to maintain and extend It the
the people will be asked to subscribe
to the United War Work Campaign in
November, $15,000,000. of the $170,500
000 to be raised for the Y.' M. C. A.,
Y. W C A, War Camp Commiijlty Ser
vice, K. of C, Salvation Army, Jewish
Welfare Hoard and American Library
Association, to be used fpr .commun
ity service.
SUFFER F
OFT
SALEM, Oct. 21. In handling of
about 90 cases of Spanish Influenza
that have developed at tho .State
Training School for Hoys, Superin
tendent Gilbert says that institution
Is much handicapped because of short
age of nurses, only four being on
duty. Some help has been obtained
through the Salvation army and by
volunteers for emergency work. All
but two regular officers of the school
are ill and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Pros-
nail, supervisor of the farm and head
of nurses, respectively, at the school,
are both ill with the disease today.
Despite the shortage of help a great
majority of the cases are light and
none has developed Into pneumonia.
The disease has not appeared at any
other state institutions. The number
of cases in Salem remains stationary.
Five or six cases of pneumonia are
reported today as developments of in
fluenza. SETTLEMENT IS
MADE FOR DEATH
OF RAILWAY MEN
Roy ,C. Taylor, of the law firm of
Griffith, Lelter & Allen, of Portland,
presented Judge Gordon tfi. Hayes, df
Oregon City, with a check for $15,000
in the county clerk's office here today
in full settlement of the claims of
Mrs. Alice L. Kinder and Mrs. Pearl
Murray, whose respective husbands,
Arthur G. Kinder and William E. Mur
ray were killed on July 18 last, when
a freight train of the Portland Rail
way Light & Power Co. crashed
through an old bridge near River
Mill on the Cazadero line. Complaints
were filed yesterday by both women,
asking for $7500 damages in oach case,
but along with the papers were filed
stipulations, under which the company
confessed judgment. Murray was a mo
tormnn and Kinder was a conductor of
the freight train.
LICENSE TO WED
License to marry was Issued here
Saturday to Mrs. Clara Hess, 84, and
Otto Roscher, 30, of Jennings Lodge.
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DEMOCRATS
GET BE
SKIRTS OF
Politics Is not adjourned!
The Enterprise ias been wondering
how far the soft-pedal Democrats
would really go with their camouflaged
slogan of "politics is adjourned." We
were skeptical from the first, and we
have finally been brought face to face
with the painful reality that we have
been deceived.
If you think "politico is adjourned"
then watch the gum-shoe antics of Mr.
Henry W. Koehler, Democratic candi
date for sheriff of Clackamas county.
He Is operating by stealth In every
nook and corner in a pathetic plea for
Republican votes.
Close behind him Is J. C. Sawyer,
running as a Democrat for county
treasurer, and asking for the support
of Republicans.
The prince of them all, however, is
Walter Pierce. On Wednesday his sup
porters slipped a lot of Walter's cards
In a little pamphlet entitled "Stand
by the President." Just whut Walter's
ambition to be Governor of Oregon
has to do with supporting the admin
istration war program Is beyond us.
The Republicans in congress hava
been far more faithful in supporting
war measures proposed by the Pres
ident than have the leaders of his own
party, but let that pass. We won't
rub It in.
Republicans of Clackamas county
are concerned in the election of Re
publican candidates, nominated in the
Republican primary.
They want Governor Wlthycombe
returned and not Walter Pierce,
chief demagog of Democracy.
They want to see Senator Charles L
McNary kept In Washington, where ha
has stayed on the job and refused to
come back to Oregon and make a
campaign.
They want Sheriff Wilson retain
ed, knowing him to be competent, faith
ful and willing war worker, and they
are strong for Miss Alberta Dunn,
the only woman candidate for a Clack
amas county offlfflce, and now the Re
publican nominee for treasurer. , ,
"Politics h adjourned." Yes, In
deed, it Is, but not for the Democrats
who coined the catch phrase.
Every time a Democratic officer
approaches you with soft spoken
words, SPRING THIS ON HIM:
"Politics Is adjourned!"
DR. C. H. MEISSNER
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Dr. C. H Meissner has been appoint
ed medical examiner for the local
draft board, succeeding Dr. Guy Mount,
who has been called into service and
ordered to report at Fort Riley, Kan.
for duty with the ambulance corps. It
was expeoted that Dr. Mount's suc
cessor would be Dr. M. C. Strick
land, but the latter has his hands
more than full as county health of
ficer In charge ot the Spanish influ
enza epidemic.
PRESIDENT
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tho Germans for nine days, and
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OF-1 INFLUENZA
Among the schools of Clackamas
county closing on account of the pre
valence of Spanish influenza are those
of Willamette, East Clackamas, Glad
stone and Sandy. The schools of Mil-
waukie and Wichita were closed last
week. There are no cases of the in'
fluenza at Willamette, but in order to
be on the sate side the board of edu
cation and the teacherg believed It a
wise idea to close. Several cases have
deve'oped at Gladstone since Satur
day and all are children.
So fur there are no deaths in the
county from the disease, but the body
of Lester Boylan, who was at the
training camp at the Oregon Agricul
tural College, died Saturday evening
and the remains were brought to Ore
gon City Sunday afternoon for burial,
his home being here. The body of
Ralph Parker, a former Oregon City
and Gladstone young man, who died
at Tacoma Sunday morning, was also
brought here for interment.
Few new cases have been reported
by the physicians of the city, although
there are .several still In a serious
condition. There are also several
families In the county where more
than one are afflicted, but many of
these are Improving. For several
days Including JMday, Saturday and
Sunday, the physicians were working
over-time.
Among the serious cases reported
in Oregon City Monday is Miss Maud
Warner, who la very ill at her home.
WAR WORKERS HELP
E
Whenever the American soldier is
stationed, whether it be in this coun
try, England, France, Russia, Italy or
at any of the far flung battle fronts,
he finds that touch with home which
the Y. M. C. A., K. of C, Salvation
Army or one of the other welfare ser
vice organization serving with the
troops, brings. Even though he may
be made prisoner the friendly organiza
tions reach out to aid him.
The influence of the American home
is not allowed to stop when he leaves
his door step. Though one of these
welfare organizations it follows him
even unto the front line trenches.
There during the height of the battle
he is served with hot chocolate by red-
blooded men who brave the same dan
gers that he does in order to make
life a bit happier and'easier for him.
These brave men and women of the
Y. M. C. A., K. of C, Sa'vation army.
Jewish Welfare Board and the Y. W. C.
A. offer themselves as a sacrifice that
he may have a full measure of comfort
and some small touch of home. It is to
support the great work which they are
doing that a drive for funds will be in
augurated during the week ot Novem
ber 11 to 18 under the name of the
United War Work Campaign. The
sum of $26,700 is to be raised in
this country through popular subscrip
tion. Every one is expected to contri
bute In accordance with their means
"FLU" SERUM TRIED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Nine sail
ors who volunteered to be inoculated
with influenza serum to enable Navy
medical officers to learn specific
facts regarding the disease and possi
ble menas of its prevention, were of
flcally commended yesterday to Secre
tary Daniels. None contracted the dis
ease. The experiment prove conclusively
the disease is not due to a filterable
virus.
booze JsrouTO
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Four suitcases full of , booze were
captured Wednesday morning by Sher
iff Wilson at Clackamas station but the
owner bas not been located. The sher
iff received a confidential tip that a
shipment had been put off the morn
ing train and he hastened to Clacka
mas, but waited in vain for some one
to appear and claim the whiskey. Fi
nally Wilson took two of the suit
cases to Oregon City and left the
other two at the station, with Deputy
Sheriff Henry Hughes in the offing,
but evidently the owner was too wary
and did not appear to claim his proper
ty. The shipment waa marked with the
name of an Oakland, Cal., liquor es
tablishment and had been carried on
a puiiman car,
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BE CAREFUL WITH TLU'
Owing to the epidemic of Influen
za in Oregon City, Mayor Hackett has
ordered the city closed, and the fol
lowing letter has been given oat by
him:
"To the People of Oregon City:
"I am ordered by the Surgeon Gen
eral of the United States Public
Health Service to discontinue all pub
lic meetings, schools and places of
public amusement on the first appear
ance of the present world-wide epi
demic of Influenza, and as we now
have it In our midst, it Is our duty to
be careful.
"To this end all public amusements
are hereby closed until the danger Is
passed.
"I likewise urge upon all the neces
sity of avoiding crowds, unnecessary
street car traffic and unneceBary shop
ping. "School children should be kept at
home and not allowed to be with other
children. In other words your own life
may depends upon the care you take.
Be careful and avoid crowds of any
and all kinds. Take extra care of your
children. '
"E. C. HACKETT, Mayor."
By Mayor Hackett's order this
closes the pool halls, schools, churches,
'movies,' lodges, clubs, and meetings, of
the Live Wires and Home Guards.
Dr. C. H. Meissner reports of having
three new cases today, and in all nine,
three of whom are seriously ill. Drs
H. S. and Guy Mount also have seven
al new cases today, having in all Iff,
two of whom were reported Friday
evening. Dr. Strickland reported six
case Friday evening, and with several
new ones Saturday. Dr. Stuart reports
no new cases, and has three convales
cing, while Dr. J. W. Morris has four
cases. All the physicians are working
over time to check the epidemic.
Among the cases reported Saturday
morning is that of Frank Ware, son
of Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Ware, who is
seriously !!!.
The school board of Gladstone has
decided to close the' school at that
place owing to the epidemic of Span
ish influenza In the county. So far
there are no cases reported at Glad
stone, but to be on the safe side It
was decided to take this step.
E
The. state highway commission
has agreed with County Judge Ander
son to draw the plans and do the pre
llminaty engineering for a new bridge
across the Willamette river connect
ing Oregon City and West Linn, and
a resolution formally requesting the
commission to prepare these plans has
been adopted by the county court and
forwarded to Salem.
The present Dridge will not last
many years, and the county is looking
forward to replacing it within the next
three or four years at the most, and
under authority from the taxpayers
at the annual budget meeting in 1917,
the court levied a quarter mill tax to
provide a nucleus for a bridge fund.
It is likely that another levy for the
same amount will be made next year,
About $7000 is realized from a quarter
mill levy.
The highway commission, as indi
cated by Engineer Herbert Nunn, fav
ors the construction of a reinforced
concrete bridge, contending that the
action of the acids from the paper
mills caused the steel to deteriorate,
and that cement will have a much
longer life, though the cost Is slightly
In excess of steel.
The new bridge, according to pres
ent plans, will be 30 feet wide, as
against 16 feet for the present
structure, and will have a roadway for
pedestrians separate of motor and
hors drawn vehicle traffic.
GERMANY
MUST PROVE
5IIMKIH
FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. President
Wllsoa bas informed the German gov
ernment that ho has transmitted Its
correspondence to him seeking an
armistice and peace to the allies with
the suggestion that if those govern -menta
are disposed to effect peace
upon the terms and the principles in
dicated, their military advisers and
the military advisers of tho United
States be asked to submit the neces
sary terms of uch an armistice, as
will fully protect tho interests of the
peoples jnvolved.
lie says that should such terms of
armlstloe be suggested, acceptance by
Germaay will afford the best concrete
evidence of her unequivocal accept
ance of the terms and principles of
peace.
The President's reply to the last
German note was made public tonight
and will, be transmitted to Berlin
through the Swiss Legation Immedi
ately. It says that, having received
the solemn and exp'iclt assurance of
the German government that Jt unre
servedly accepts the terms of peace
and principles enunciated by him, and
that the desire to discuss the details
of the application emanated, not from
those who hitherto dictated the Ger
man policy, but from Ministers who
speak the overwhelming majority of
tho German people, and having re
ceived explicit promise that the hu
mane rules of civilized warfare will
be observed by the German armed
forces, the President' fee's he cannot
decline to take up the question of an
armistice with the allies .
The President says that significant
and important as the constitutional
changes seem to be which are spoken
of by the German Foreign Secretary,
It does mot appear that the principle
of a government responsible to the
German people has yet been fully or
permanently worked out.
He-reiterates that the nations of the
world no not and cannot trust the
word of those who have hitherto been
the masters of German policy and
gives warning that if the United
States must deal with the military
masters and the monarchial autocrats
of Germany nor or later, it must de
mand, not peace negotiations, but sur
render. HERE OCTOBER 23-24
Orders were received Saturday by
the local board to send 12 select ser
vice men to Fort McArthur, Cal., and
12 to Fort Stevens, Ore., and the for
mer contingent has been ordered to re
port for entralnment October 24, and
the Fort Stevens men October 23. The
following selectives reported Octo
ber 23 to go to Fort Stevens:
Carl Frederick Kleeb, Mllwaukle;
Peter Olsen, Molalla; Glen Rhodes,
West Linn; James Lee Cannon, Port
land; Albert Edward Berner, Hoff;
Henry Rye, Mount Angel; Ernest Arn
old Morgan, Mil waukie; Lester Rivers,
Vancouver; Edward Earl Kenny, Port
land; Charles AJleb Buckman, Boring;
Lloyd McKlnley Massey, Mllwaukle;
Carl Dewlght DouglasB, Barton.
Alternates Harry Earl Davis, Auro
ra; Edward G. Meyrlck, Oregon
City.
The following have been ordered to
report October 24 and will proceed to
Fort McArthur, Cal.:
George Arnold LaChapelle, Salem;
Abel Hart Jacobson, Mount Angel;
Albert Ertckson, Estacada; Clarence
Edward Froseard, Mllwaukle; Harry
Peter Ameele, Mllwaukle; Frank Le
Roy Flanery, Clackamas; Normer
Leonard Peterson, Lenta Station; Jas.
Birden Green, Parma, Idaho; Ralph;
Arthur DeShazer, Eag!e Creek; Henry
Kyllo, Aurora; Walter Wlllard Helms
Marmot; Herbert Keebaugh, Canby;
Alternates Robert Avery Snod
grass, Oregon City; Clyde Ernest
Fischer, Aurora.
The registrants 'who have bean ae
lected to report for service at the Ben
son Polytechnic, at Portland, have
been ordered to appear here October
25.
Harvey Jackson, of Molalla, has
been assigned for duty in the tank
division, and is waiting for his orders.
MRS. MARTEN APPOINTED
Mrs. Katherlne Marten has been
appointed administratrix of the estate
of Louie Marten, who left an estate
valued at $3000. C. Schuebel la at
torney for the estate.