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rimr ecoND YEAR No. 4. .
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, ,1918.
ESTABLISHED 1866
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U-BOATS
GIVEN UP
TO ALLIES
BY BOCHE
U)N1X)N, Nov. 20.-Twenty Gorman
tuhtaarlnug, the flritt of more tlinn 100
to be tsnied over to tnu allies this
week, were surrendered to Ilar-Ad-mlrl
Reginald W. TyrwhltL 30 miles
nff Harwich, today at sunrise.
Admiral Tyrwhltt received the sur
render of ths German craft on board
hi a fUgHhlp, a llrlllnli miser.
After gloaming 20 miles acroa t lie
North Sea, tlii 1 lurwlnh force, which
cnnaliitad of live light crulaerg and 20
deatroyem, wore sighted. The flag
utitp of Admiral Tyrwhltt, the com
mander, wag thi Curacao. High above
the aquadron hung a big observation
balloon.
Boon after thu British squudion
started the "paravanes' wore dropped
overboard. These device aro ahaped
llktt tops and divert any mlncg which
may be encountered, for the vomuU
entered a mine field.
No mines were encountered and ths
i.ibmarincs were turned over to the
British.
The Canh? High School, aluo the
Klvnralds achool of Canby commenced
Monday morning. aftr ckialng tor a
month owlug to the bun being pluced
en tbi schools of ' Clackamas, county
(luring the recent epidemic of Influ
nn.a. Owing to a number of cases of
InfluiMir that have mude their ujip nr
ancs at tha lUverahle school, which la
ulo la the Canity mcIiihiI dlHtrlct, and
aeveral cases In the lluhman fumily,
Dr. M. P. Dodmnn of the achool board
of Canby, ilecld d It waa bent to again
close the achool In order to prevent
the apreud of the disease. The attend
ance at ths High achool was very good
b:it lb 4 grades showed a decrease.
Ns dslnltn time him been aet for re
opening the acboola at Canby.
Other achoola that have been closed
during ths pant month that did not re
h u inn Monday morning were Mount
Pleasant, Canomah, GlndHtone and Hoi
ton, With the vole of the people of
(lladsteni, It bt probable that the In
atltntlon will open Monday morning.
Six new ciikoh are reported In this
city by City lfealth Officer J. W. Nor
rla Wedaeaday evening.
GIVEN PREFERENCE
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SAI.Baf, Ore., Nov. IS. In responce
to a request for information, the state
highway department will advise fed
eral authorities that the. department
will be able next year Jo give em
ployment to a large number of skilled
men. Ths government Ib gathering
data and plana, for furnishing em
ployments ag many returning boI.
dlors as possible, and it la usamnod
that the Oregon highway commission
will give preference to men who have
lieon in, the army and who will need
positlonaMn civilian life.
F)P the reason that operations of
the commtHttlon were In large part
haltsd several months ago at the re
quest of the government, all ccm
structioa be on a basis of absolute
nocesslty, will make a heavy program
of improvement work for the high
way department next year. Approxi
mately J,000,000 will be available for
construction work.
If a full program Is currlod out and
ull available money Is used, the de
partment will need about 15 engl
tiers. Because of the installation of
much labor-saving machinery, many
other places will be open for skilled
men, sseh as superintendents, fore
men, loading machine men, , motor
truck drivers, steam shovel men and
other mechanics. On some Jobs the
need for skilled men will be Increased
50 per cent.
SUIT ON NOTE
Hdgar it. Urown started suit against
Mrs. Josephine Morris and A. U Cnppg
on a promissory note (or $150 made
in Jwsa , 1814. The plaintiff alleges
that set blng has been paid on the note
but faterest on two occasion and he is
suing for the full amount and interest
and tW Wtornsy'i fees.
Soldiers Talf Epaulets
from 1 i,'thY,ycmtx Chief
CitNEHAL. IVU f A.LKtNHAYW
During ths rioting in Ilrusaela a
soldiers' committee directed that all
German officers abuuld.be stripped of
tholr epaulets. One of those wboae
aword and lnalgna wore torn away
waa General von Falkenhayn, former
chief of the Ucneral Staff.
T.
LOSES LIFE IN
U. S. SERVICE
Word was received berj Tuesday
by Mrs. Ida lielghton f the death
of ber youngest son, llobert, In lance,
October II. lie died of wounds re
ceived In action according to the word
received. .
The young mnn waa called to the
colors May 15, and within to monthi
after Jultilng the army he was on hla
way tol-'rnnce. He was at Camp Cor
don, Cu., for aome time In training and
was made sergeant In the training
school and latr corponil In the reg
ular army. In 1 -tters received by his
mother form the captain much praise
was given the young limn and through
the efforts of the officers he attended
the officers' training school. He was
put in cha-ye of a squad of men and
they received hlh praise for their
work and young HelKhton was glvun
full credit for this.
The young man was well and favor
ably known here and besides many
friends he leaves to mourn his loss
the mother ' Mrs. Ida Heighten,
one broth?:, Herbert, In Ohio, and a
slHter, Helen lielghton, of this city.
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CASE IS REFUSED
BYSUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, Nov. lS.-The su
preme court refused today to review
the case of Thomas J. Mooney, labor
ledr, under sentence to die Decem
ber 13 for murder In connection with
a bomb explosion two years ago in
San Francisco.
'In asking the supreme court to re
view his case, Mooney charged that
his conviction had been obtained
through fraud on the part of the dis
trict attorney, who had made use of
p'rjured testimony. This fraud was
not discovered, he claimed, until uftor
his conviction, but efforts to obtain
a new trial failed. In acting on Moon
ey'a petition todny, the court merely
announced its decision through Chief
Justice White, without comment.
The case hns attracted country-wide
attention. In reaponse to appeals for
his Influence, President Wilson twice
has telegraphed the governor of Cal
ifornia suggesting that clemency be
considered.
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VOTE TO
PASS AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 Suffrages
still need one vote to pass the Susan
11. Anthony amendment through the
senate. They have 100 days loft In
which to secure this vote bwfore the
present congress ends. If favorable a&
tion 1b not secured before March 4, the
measure wll have to bs put through
the house again. The three best
chances for winning over the one re
quired vote, the suffragists believe, are
Senator Gay of Loulslanan, Senator
Borah of Idaho and the successful can
didate of the conteetesd senatorial
election In New Hampshire.
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HEGHTON
SUTO THIEVES
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LOCAL OFFICERS
Wednesday night Officers Meads and
Jplnur were on the lookout for a
Chalmers car that waa atolen from Sa
lem and about 12 ;20 were about ready
to return home when they noticed a
car coming ap the road and decided to
stop It and Joiner turned bis car across
the road so the other could not get by.
Meads stopped the car and flashed his
light on It and discovered it waa a
HuUk. He knew this was not the one
they were looking for but decided to
ask the occupants a few questions.
When he suld he waa looking for the
sto'en car, no answer was received
and then he asked thein where they
got this car. Btlll no answer. Ho next
asked, where they lived arid they tyld
him Portland.
Hy th'a time the officers were sus
picious and kept on w ith the questions
until the occupants of the cur admitted
they bad stolen It In Portland.
They were three young boys and
gave the names of E. 8. .Seaman, Id,
H1 Clinton street; A. D. PlaucichW,
9CG Division street, and R. A, Steven
son, 14, 784 Woodard venue.
This car had not been reported, as
stolen yet and ths officers got thi
thieves before they had It very long.
NO PHYSICAL EXAMS ,
FOR MEN IN THE DRAFT
IS LATEST REPORT
The local draft board received or
derg Monday to discontinue the physi
cal examination of the man In the se
lective aervie'e but are to complete at
the earliest possible date the classifi
cation of the registrants of the 19 to
36 year old group und the 18 year old
boys. - ' 1
Fifty-four were to be called here
Wednesday for examination but the
order rancelg this. AH records must
bs checked and preserved and the
board is to await further orers regard
ing these.
AMERICANS RECEIVED
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY,
Nov. 18. Hailed as heroes and liber
ators of the people, the American
army of occupation, led by General
Joseph Dlckman, is moving toward
the Rhine today In three mighty col
umns. The Vunkeeg made nine miles Sun
day and then halted. Today the army
of occupation Is advancing on a 65
mile front, with a French army.on our
right and another French army on our
left. They expect to reach their dosti
nation in about a week.
General Dlckman'g host is known as
the third American army and is ad
vancing in battle formation, supported
by airmen and artillery and ready for
any emergency. It Is the most historic
"hike" that the Stars and Stripes have
ever seen.
Every where the xanks were , re
ceived by the civilian population with
open arms and In a town that the Ger
mans had left only 24 hours before the
United States flag blossomed forth on
the tuildlngs.
An Amerlean captain and several
doughboys entered Splncourt Saturday
to take charge of 42 cannon the Ger
mans had delivered there.
They were met by a German officer
and a group of German privates and
were warmly received. The German of
ficer said he had been fighting four
yenrg ami he whs loud in his praise of
the lighting qualities of the doughboys.
(Splncourt is 16 miles northeast of
Verdum and 26 mllea northwest of
Metz.) .
The German soldiers said they were
glad the Americans were coming. The
two groups lunched together and the
Gormang shared their last bottle of
wine with the Americans.
It was a great ovation the doughboys
received from the men, women and
children as they entered evacuated vll
lages. Lagging German soldiers who
trailed behind their own forces saluted
the American flag and American army
officers with profound respect and
tried to fraternize with the doughboys,
The olive drab of Uncle Sam's ma
rines was a novelty everywhere. Men
politely doffed their hats. Women and
little girls smiled and bowed ia their
prettiest manner. Grandmothers at
windows nodded their bonneted heads
Children looked on In amazement at
the victorious brown army that follow.
ed so closely upon the heels f the
German soldiers, the only type of
troops they had known since tie Hun
invasion over four years ago. -
(IflfjTFST A
SHERIFF IS
PROCEEDING
OF DOUBT
Examination of the statutes relating
to'conteatlng elections indicate that II.
W. Ko.diler, defeated candidate for
sheriff, will find It cxtreme'y difficult
to dislodge Sheriff W. J. Wilson, re
elected by 63 votes for a third term.
Mr. Koehler, with the aid of Constable-'
elect Ed. Vortuna, the only Democrat
to be elected to office In Clackamas
county at the recent election, and V. R.
Hyde, a local ' abstractor, has been
around Oregon City soliciting funds to
finance a 'contest against Slmiff Wil
son, and Mr. Hyde hug been delving
into the records, in an endeavor to find
grounds upon which to institute con
test proceedings. Junt why the Inter
ested partlRS have been asking for
money is not quite clear, as Section
3532 sets out that the petitioner In
contest proceedings shall give a bond,
not exceeding $2000, with not less than
two sureties, but it Is plain that the!
contestant is not required to put -up a
dollar to Initiate contest proceedings.
Under Section' 3531 of tbe election
laws, where Illegal voting Is alleged as
a cause of contest, the contestant
shall state generally that in one or
more specified Toting precincts illegal
votes were given to the person whose
election is contested, which, if taken
from him, will reduce the number of
hlg legal votes below the number of
votes given to some other person for
the same office, and the party contest
ing shall deliver to the opposite party,
at least thrae days before tbe trial
of the case, a written list of the number
of illegal votes, and by whom given,
which he Intendi to prove on such
trial ,. .: - ... .. ,
Llvy Stipp, secrtcaly of the Republi
can county c?ntnfl committee, who as
sisted Mr. Hyde4 in checking over
about, two-thirds of the tally sheets
from the 81 precincts of Clackamas
county, said Wednesday that he bad
never seen a cleaner lot of tally sheets
than those on file in the office of Coun
ty Clerk Harrington, with respect to
the vote on sheriff, and that Mr. Hyde
had found an error of only two votes
in KoMiler's favor in comparing the
original tally sheets with the e'ection
record. Unless some evidence that
would swing at least 27 votes from
Sheriff Wilson to Mr. Koehler is uncov
ered, It would appear that the defeat
ed Democratic aspirant for sheriff
would find It next to impossible to
find irregularities sufficient to base a
petition for a contest.
E IN GERMANY
OFFICERS.! CHOSEN
HEltLIN, Nov. 16. In accordance
with the decision of the council and
national plenipotentiaries, the depart
ments of Btate in the new government
have .been filled as follows:: :
Foreign Office, Dr. V. Solf; Treas
ury, Dr. Schiffer; Economics, Dr. Au
gust Mueller; Industrial Domobliza
tion, Dr. Kotp; War Food, Ecanuel
Wurm; Labor, Dr. Bauer; War, Ma-jor-General
Scheuch ; Admiralty, Mann,
Justice, Dr. Krause; Postofflce, Dr.
Fuedlln.
Announcement was made . recently
through Copanhagen of the formation
of a German Cabinet of six members,
three majority Socialists and three In
dependent Socialists. It would appear
from the Berlin wireless dispatch that
a coalition Cabinet has been formed,
perhaps subsidiary to Chancellor Ebert
and his Socialist colleagues.
llr. Solf has been German Foreign
Socretary since the retirement of Sac
retary von Kuehlmann. Dr. Schiffer is
a leader of the National Liberal party"
and was formerly under secretary of
the Imperial Finance Ministry. Dr.
Mueller is a Social Democrat and tor
tious in conjunction with the foreign
office.. ',
BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 16. If
the new German government can carry
on its work for six or eight weeks the
future of new Germany is assured, de
clared Frederich Ebert, the Chancellor
In a speech in Berlin on Thursday,
merly was under secretary of the War
Bureau. General Scheuch has been
Prussian Minister of War.
There have been no previous advices
from Berlin mentioning a council of
national plenipotentiaries.
Mathias Erzberger, chief of the Ger
man armistice delegation, will conduct
the preliminaries of the peace negotia-
ORDER OF DEFAULT
An order of default was issued
Thursday In the case of W. S. Jolllffe,
the defendant failing to make her ap
pearance in answer to the complaint.
Friars Play Piano in Middle of Fifth Avenue
to Help Swell Fund for United War Workers
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Fifth avenue used to belong to so
ciety. Socllty is still allowed to
promenade there, but it must have IU
pocketbook ready nowadays. It has
been the best hunting ground in New
York for sellers of Liberty Bonds and
War Savingg Stamps. .Now it is In
putting the United War Work Cam-
Clarence Thompson, 5 years old, of
Portland, Is lost, and frantic rela
tives and friends and county and city
officials are trying to find him.
Clarence, who is the son, of Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Thompson, 1545 East Nine
teenth street, Portland, has been visit
ing with his mother and a brother, 10
years old, at the A A. Allen place in
the upper Logan country. Wednesday
afternoon Lawrence and his brother,
walking ah3ad of their mother, went
Into the country to drive home the
cows. Lawrence became tired and gtop
pad to rest. When his mother reached
the place she had last seen him, Law
rence wag not there, nor haa he been
seen since, so far as can be learned.
Tha boy wore a striped gingham
waist, and striped trousers, torn, with
tan shoes and stockings. He is dark
complexioned; long hair; even teeth
and brown eyes.
The search is still in progresa for
Clarence Thompson, the youth who
was lost in the. Logan country over a
week ago and about 300 soldiers aid
ed In the gearch Wednesday. These
soldiers were from Vancouver Bar
racks and were given permission to
aid in the search by Colonel C. E. Van
Way If transportation could'be-' furnish
ed them. The Public Service Bureau of
Portland furnished trucks, as also did
the health department and the water
bureau.
The country where the boy was lost
is heavily wooded and it is necessary
to make a minute search and many
men are necessary for -this. JJp to the
present time no trace of the boy has
been found but hope has not been
given up, The searchers are to drag
the river for the body if it is possible
that he could be drowned.
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THE TOP IN CLACKAMAS
The big War Campaigu Drive went
over the top with a rush in Oregon
City Monday, including the 50 per
cent raise. About $8000 was subscribed
here in all. The county went over the
original quota but did not succeed in
making the new one. About $29000 was
raised In all districts.
The time has not been officially ex
tended but the headquarters will be
kept open all this week and it is not
too late to make a subscription.
The districts between here and Port
land suffered from the fact that many
of the residents work in the shipyards
and made their subscriptions in Port
land. '
The different chairman have work
ed hard to make this drive a success
and are well pleased with the results.
Efforts will be continued and it is
hoped to put the whole county over by
the end of the week. The drive started
glow but the patriotic people of the
county came forward the latter part of
the week and upheld the reputation of
the county for support of the boys in
the trenches.
DERMURRER OVERRULED
The demurrer in the case of B. E
Kennedy vs. Willis Cox, John Pork et
al was overruled and defendant given
10 days to file answer.
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rimiLHHU DUI
BECOI LOST
IN THIS COUNTY
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possession of the volunteers who are
palgn to raise $170,500,000 over the top.
This photograph shows a piano and
singers right in the middle of that
once sacred avenue stimulating the
donations that are helping the Fralrs
in tblr fight to outdo the Lambs.
INCREASE IN
PHONE RATES
NOT ALLOWED
SALEM, Nov. 20. The public ser
vice commission Tuesday iasued . a
formal order declaring the Increased
telephone rates promulgated by the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany to be "of no force and effect,"
and that the only rates which are in
effect are those which were on file
with the commission prior to Novem
ber 4..
A complete copy of this order was
telegraphed to Postmaster General
Burleson, from whom the commission
earlier in the day received a wire stat
ing that he was Informed the Increase
in telephone rates was made to meet
the increase in wages and that the
"inereases were regularly filed with
your commission." Burleson, said the
increase in rates had his approval.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. President
Wilson will attend the opening ses
sions of the peace conference. This
was announced tonight officially.
H will go Immediately after tha con
vening of the regular session of Con
gress on December 2. 1 . . .
The announcement said it was not
probable the President would remain
throughout the sessions, but that his
presence at the beginning of the con
ference was necessary to obviate the
disadvantages of discussion by cable
in determining the greater outlines of
the final treaty.
This official statement was Issued at
the White House:
"The President expects to sail for
France immediately after the opening
of the regular session of Congress, for
the purpose of taking part in the dis
cussion and settlement of the main fea
tures of the treaty of peace. It is not
likely that it will be pbssible for him
to remain throughout the sessions of
the formal peace conference, but his
presence at the outset is necessary in
order to obviate the manifest disade
vantages of discussion by cable in de
termining the greb-ter outlines of the
final treaty about which he must neces
sarily be consulted. He will, of course,
be accomplished by delegates who will
sit as representatives of the United
States throughout the conference.
"The names of the delegates will be
presently announced."
How long tht President will remain
abroad he himself probably cannot say
now.
RETURN QUESTIONNAIRES
A new order was received by the
local draft board Thursday to the ef
fect that the men in the draft 37
years old need not fill their question
nalreg out but they must bs returned
to the local board. Questionnaires will
be sent to the 18 year old boys today
and these must be filled and returned
on time. All others are to be filled
out and returned and the men will be
examined and classified the same as
the previous plans..
Forty-two will be examined 'here
next week and classified.
ENTRANCE
INTO ITZ
MADE it
THE FRENCH
METZ, Nov. 20. Maa-ghat Petain,
commander-in-chief of the French
armies, made his triumphal entry In
to Metz yesterday with a staff of al
lied officers at the head of the fam
ous Iron Division, the 39th Division of
the 20th Corps. From all the statues
of French heroes still standing in
Metz flags were flying, but most things
German had disappeared overnight, In
cluding the statutes of German rulers,
which had been haulded down by the
citizens.
The statutes of William I and Fred
erick HI had been toppled over, but
that of former Emperor William II
stood grotesquely on the facade of
the cathedral. The hands had been
chained during the night and Into them
had been put a banner bearing the in
scription, "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.''
Following the troops was a long pro
cession of Lorraine societies and oth
er groups, Including a great number
of girls In the national costume of Lor
raine. This procession met the Mars
hal at ths Port de France and conduct
ed him in triumph to the Esplanade,
where surrounded by a remarkable
group of generalg and other hlgh of
ficers, he reviewed his troops.
BY THE
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SALEM, Ore., Nov. 18. Considerable
improvement in the tonnage, situation
relative to grain shipments has been
promised, says M. H. Hauser, second
vice-president of the fod administra
tion grain corporation, in a leter to
H. H. Corey, of the public service
commission. Relief is . indicated es
pecially for the upper Wilamette
valley, the Wallowa valley, Central
Oregon and Northern Idaho.
Mr. Houser does not consider tbe
situation serious, especially in. Ore
gon, since not more than 6,000,000
bushels of grain remains to be moved.
Movement for from 200,000 to 250,000
bushels, it is estimated, will clean up
the wheat in the Willamette valley,
days he expects to have sufficient
tonnage in sight to relieve late and
Mr. Hauser is now in the East and
says that when he returns in a few
outlying districts that should not avail
themselves of shipping facilities be-
"I find on investigation," Mr. Hau
ser writes, "that Astoria is cleaning
fore terminals were congested,
up the 400 to 500 cars on the track
there. They are now practically filled,
but if we can get the alotment of
steamers, which I expect to arrange
for, I think we will be able to start
the country movement by the first
day of Decomber, so that by at least
the first day of January every place
should be cared for, as th9 situation
is by no means serions, especially in
Oregon, as our reports show that
there are only about 4,000,000 bushels
left in the country warehouses, and
as near as we can ascertain there is
not to exceed 1,000,000 to 1,500,000
yet to deliver, making a total of about
6,000,000. Of this 6,000,000 there is a
litle over 2,500,000 to 33,00,000 that
has already found a home, either hav
ing been paid for outright by dealers
or being purchased, paid for and car
ried for account of the mills, such as
at the Dalles, Pendleton and up
through the Grande Ronde valley."
MOLALLA MAN
SEES DEATH
OF CAUFIELD
Mrs. Gladys Harffreaves, of Molalla,
a teacher of the Oregon City schools
during her husband's absence in
France, has just received word from
Mr. Hargreaves, saying that he was
but 50 feet from Sergsant Waldo
Emerson aufleld when he was killed
in action in October. Waldo Caufleld
was In the Intelligence service, and
was one ot those who had bsen In the
thickest of the battle many times be
fore he was killed. He had been cited
for bravery by Pershing. His death
occurred early In October, according
to word received by his pa-ente, Mr.
and Mrs. David Caufleld, of thut city.
PETITION FOR PROBATE
Otto Naef filed petition for probate
of the estate of John J. Naef, deceased.
The state is valued at $4000 and con
sists of real property at Naef Station.
FOOD ADIV!lN!STRATjON