REG'ON CITY
Th Enterprise It thf
oniy Clackamas County
Newspaper that prints
all of the news ef this
growing County.
riFTY-SECOND YEAR No, 47.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1918.
ESTABLISHED 1866
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DISCUSS
PHONE RATE
Concerted action protesting agalnat
th4 proposed Increase In local rates
of the Pscino Telephone &, Telegraph
Co. will probably lis taken next Mon
day evening at a mass meeting called
at tho Commercial Club of telephone
subscribers and otlior Interested citi
zens. Authorisation for tho meeting
vaa given Tuesday following a report
, of the Live Wire committee, which
rmommmuli'd that subecrlbors refuse
to pay the new rate, effective Decem
ber 15, and mad under authority of
1'ontmanter General Burleson, over the
protest of the Public Service) Commis
sion of Oregou.
The nuwrats 'n Oregon City wU1
mean an Increase in main line business
phonos from the present rate of f2J0
to $4.25 ptf month, and In residences
from CO cents to fl per month over
the present rate, depending upon the
churacter of the service.
The l,lv Wire commute suggests
that subscribers continue to pay the
present rate -until such time as the tot
ephona company takes up the matter
with, thj public aorvlce commission, as
the state law provides.
The erection of a Victory Monu
ment In memory of 4he Clackamas
county boys who have died while serv
lng their country wss proposed by M.
I). Lntourette and he was made chair
man of a committee, with H. T. Mc
Iluln and R. W. Kirk to Investigate the
feasibility of the plan and report at
next Tuesday's luncheon.
The suggestion of A. K. Rug that
preliminary plans to worked out for
th establishment of a Y". W, C. A. In
Oregon City was fouowed by the adop
tion of a motion to appoint a commit
tee of five, two from the Llvo Wires
and three from the two paper mills
and the woolen mill. A. A. Trice was
enthusiastic In support of the proposal,
statins: that such an Institution is
numied In Oregon City.
POLICE ARREST
MURDERERS OF
DEPUTY SHERIFF
PORTLAND, Nov. 25. John Cyril
Uard. who Is believed by the police to
be the murderer of Deputy Sheriff
Frank W. Twombloy on the enlght of
November 19 after he had held Up and
roblwd 0. 0. Hermann, brldgotenrter
nt the Oregon approach of the Inter
state bridge, was arrested last night
by Inspectors Snow and Tackaberry
nt an npnrtment-hnuso at, lVlmont and
Thirty-fourth atrocts, when he appear
ed to keep nn appointment with a wo
man, who, be declares, Is his wife. He
was booked for Investigation.
Mrs. Llard, who, the polce believe
was with him the night of the robbery.
was taken Into custody earlier In the
day and was hald at the apartment
house awaiting the arrlvul of Llard
who was down town. After Llard was
arrested she was taken to the police
Btotlon and made a complete confes
slon. She admitted she was with Llard
when ho kliied Twombley and that her
own life was threatened If Mie Inter
fered with the shooting.
AN ANONYMOUS
LETTER WRITER
IS VERY BUSY
An anonymous letter was written to
a Portland paper stating that Clar
ence Thompson, tho boy lost in the
Logan dlHtrlct, could be found in a
small gray house on tho California
road, 20 miles from Portland. The let
ter stated that the parents were to
to come with only a driver and one
officer and they would find the boy
playing In the front yard, but they
were to go into the housa. The parents
of the boy and Sheriff Wilson, In hopes
of finding some trace of the lad, but
without taking much stock in the let
ter, made the trip Saturday and only
found one house this color. This did
not answer the description and no
trace of the boy was found, It is
thought that some one who thought
this a joking matter wrote the lotteer.
CONTRACT CANCELLED
In the suit of Eugene Cummings
against Clifford Earl Spencer, on a
contract to purchase land by the de
fendant, the contract was ordered can
celled. The matter had been before the
court hofore and tho defendant was or
dered to pay th el plaintiff $150 on the
contract within 60 days which he fail
ed tO dO. .-; . i , -- .
INCREASE IN
IS IMK
SALEM, Or., Nov, 87. (Special to
tho. Enterprise) Rate Expert Davles
of the Public Service Commission
has thrown some more light onto the
recent Increases In furos granted the
ortland Railway Light & Power Com
pany on Its lnterurban lines, explain
ing Just the busts used by the com
mission for Its new rates. This basis
Illustrates, perhaps, better than any
other manner, the general percentage
In Increases which the new rates wake
effective. '
The old schedule, now In effect snd
which will bo until December 1, wss
made up by Clyde Altchlson, nojw In
terstate Commerce Commissioner, but
formerly a member of the Oregon
com m Is Ion.
The scale which he drew up was as
follows:
First five miles, 1 14 cents per mile;
next three miles, 1 1-2 cants per
mile; next four miles, 2 cents per mile;
next four miles, 2 12 cents per mile;
and everything over 16 miles, 3 cents
per mile.
The now scale, to be effective De
cember 1, follows;
(Irst six miles, 1.6625 cents per
mile; next five miles, 1.8750 cents per
mile; next five miles, 2.50 cents per
mile; next 10 miles, 3 cents per mile.
Under the new scale, when cash
fares are paid, where the fare at any
station would bg a frae'lon over a mul
tiple of five. As an Instance It the
fare to a station were 10 1-3 cents,
the cash fare patron would pay 15
cents, that being the next multiple of
five. Hut, If the patron buys a 10 ride
book, he would pay the actual fare for
each ticket of the 10 purchase or
10 12 cents a ticket, which would be
paying' for the actual mileage as es
tablished by the schedule.
EN ENEMY I
N T 0 CUSTODY BY
U.S. MARSHAL MASS
H. Metamer ,of Willamette, was ar
rested Saturday by Deputy U. 8. Mar
shal E. T. Mass, on the charge of hav
ing a weapon In his possession and
tuken to Portland Vie same day and
turned over to the federal authori
ties. He Is an alien enemy and the pos
session of the weapon Is a violation of
the law.
Molzner has been arrested before for
making unpatriotic remarks but was
released on parolo. He has been In
this country for about 27 years.
BUSY IN MEXICO;
EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 28. Juarez,
across the Rio Grande from here, is
apparently cut off from the interior of
Mexico and rebel bands, under com
mand of Francisco VHla and other
loaders, are reported at various points
within striking distance of the town.
Military officials In Juares laBt
night still were without information
concerning the result of the rebel at
tack on Villa Ahumada, 80 miles to
the south, which occurred early Sun
day morning. A heavily guarded train
sent out today reached Rancherlo, 60
miles to the south, where a number of
bridges were found burned, and fur
ther progress impossible.
LIMA, Peru, Nov. 27. The Peravian
government Is apparently determined
to prevent the occurrence of unto
ward incidents here in connection
with the Peruvian-Chilean dispute.
The situation continues calm.
SEVERAL DISTRICTS
VOTE FAVORABLY ON
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Several road districts held special
meetings in this county .Saturday for
the purpose of voting on taxes for the
Improvement of the roads in their dis
tricts .All that have reported so far
voted favorably of the'tax except Hen
rlcl. The following reported Monday:
No. 18 mills; No, 65 mills; No.ll,
5 mills; No. 808 1-2 mills; No. 38
10 mills; No. 3910 mills; No. 4610
mills; No. 4710 mills; No. 69 B
mills; No. 6410 mills.
"Gott Mit Uns" Scrawled in Wrecked Home by
Wantonly Destroyed Property Before Being
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This Is the first photograph received
In this country showing the effects of
the German occupation of Cambrai.
After wantonly destroying the furni
FAIL
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L EXAM
Several registrants who have been
ordered to report for physical examina
tions to the local board have not yet
reported and will be classed as delin
quent If they are not here by Friday.
Notices were sent to these men and re
turned because the addressed were
unknown at the present. These men
should have reported the first of the
week but th) local board extended the
time to Friday. It Is thought by the
board that the men have moved and
noglected to leave an address, but this
does not excuse them and they will
face serious charges if not found In the
given time.
The following are the names of the
missing men: George Edward Weiss,
Glen Echo; Louis Jo Gambettl, Mil
waukle; Charles Robert Taylor, Ore
gon City; William Franklin Smith,
Orgeon City; and Ewald Richard Sny
der, Oregon City.
Immediate suspension of all govern
ment contracts for wooden ships of the
Oregon district, keels for which have
not been laid, was ordered by the
United States shipping board Monday.
OiMclal conflmutton of the order
was given by J. W. Hall, assistant su
pervisor of the government's wooden
shipbuilding activities of the Oregot,
district.
Twenty-five hulls are affected by the
order.
The shipbuilders aro compensated
foi the "withdrawal of ihe contracts,
however, by being given permission to
contract vessels for private account
er.ual to the tonnage withdrawn by the
government.
Ultimate results of ' the sweepiug
order, which Is taken by some to mean
the death knell of the. government's
wooden ship construction program
will be extensive. In the Oregon dis
trict today are employed some 40,000
workmen, the payroll of the employes
running Into millions of dollars a
month. .
That the tancellation of the order
will seriously affect some of the yards
is obvious, and unless tbe builders can
obtain private c.rntracts at once, the in
dustrial situation will le complicated,
if is believed.
Sime of tha builders, it is said, have
already secured options on contracts
for private account.
While the governments order was
not wholly unexpected, its receipt by
telegraph this tuornlng came, neverth
lee, with sudenness.
VICTOR STCONE
ENDS LIFE AT
FERRY LANDING
PORTLAND, Nov. 21. Victor J.
McCone, former state secretary of the
Btate Socialist party and the editor
of Win the War, a publication Issued
by the Columbia River Shipbuilding
corporation, committed suicide at 7 o'
clock last night by 1 driving his ma
chine off the east slip of the Sellwood
ferry, after he had been arrested by
Patrolman R. C. Brown for endeavor
ing to entice Henry Bryant, aged 15,
into his automobile. McCone met the
boy by appointment at Milwaukie and
Bybee avenues, and it was there that
Patrolman Brown arrested him.
j I LI f
y um
ture in the room the Hun wreckers
left a sample of their brand of humor
by scrawling on the head of the bed,
"Gott Mit Uns." I The destruction
PHONE RATE
SET
BY .WON
SALEM, Or., Nov. 27. (Special to
the Enterprise) The Public Service
Comlssion has set December 6 at Sa
lem forthe time an place for hearing
the application id U Home Telephone
Company for an increase in rates in Al
bany, Oregon City and Corvallls, the
Oregon City portion of the application
covering the Oregon City and Farmers
Independent Company.
Originally this application for an in
crease was made through the Home
Company to be used as a defensive
measure against the Pacific Company
in its increases in rates which were
to have been made November 15. But
when the Pacific Company got Into hot
water through the activities of the
commission In taking up the Question
with Burleson, the Home Company
mad a a separate application entirely
i as to the rates for Oregon City, Al
bany and Corvallls. The Increases ask
ed for are on a par with those which
the Pacific Company intended to make
effective on November 15, before Post
master General Burleson receded from
his position and decided that a hearing
would be allowed before the Pacific
Company cculd put in its increases.
FLAG IS GIVEN
TO THE CITY
BY BOY SCOUTS
The flag staff In the court house
yard and the fire oei: lower on the
bluff near Seventh Street were adorn-
eu Saturday with handsome new .flags,
gifts from the Boys' Scouts of Oregon
City. These tings, that are proudly wav
ing in the breezes, are 6x10 feet and
are of all wool bunting, and have ot
tracted much attention Blnce being
hoisted to their places. Owlnf to the
rain Saturday afternoon they were
carefully drawn down again and placed
away and will again wave in the
breezes when the weather is more fa
vorable. These flags have been needed, and
the boys' attention were drawn to
wards the faded flag on the court
house. They immediately "got busy"
on flag day, October 11, and carried out
a drive for funds from which to pur
chase flags for some of the public
buildings of Oregon City. They secured
$100, and proudly purchased the Stars
and Stripes and presented two of the
flags on Saturday, and a number of the
boys assisted installing them.
CARLOAD OF LIME
. TO BE SHIPPED FROM
PLANT
County Agent Scott is making up or
ders for a car of lime to be sent from
the state lime plant at Gold Hill. Any
one who' wants part of this car should
leave Ji is name and amount wanted at
the Publicity Building, The cost will
be about $4.60 per ton on the car at
Oregon City .
s H EA RING
Hun Hordes Which
Driven from Cambrai
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wrought in this house is a fair sample
of what occurred all over the city
before the Invaders were driven out
LEGAL STEP MAY BE
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BY
SALEM, Nov. 25. In view of a tele
gram sent Saturday night by the public
service commission to Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson.quoting the section of the
Oregon law, wheh applies to the regu
lation of telephone rates, Comlssloners
Buchtel and Corey said today they are
expecting a reply from Burleson advis
ing the commission that he is ordering
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company to make proper application
to the commission for, an Increase In
rates.
."From the tone of ths messages we
have received from the postmaster
general we know he has been misln
fornid by the telephone company as to
the manner in which the company at
tempted to raise Its rates," said Com
missioner Buchtel. "Now that the com
mission has clearly informed him of
the facts we believe that he will direct
the company to proceed in a legal
way to seek an increase in rates."
But if Postmaster General Burleson
!doe8 not recognise the authority of
the Oregon Commission, then it is
probable the commission will go into
the federal courts to test the question
of jurisdiction.
FLEET OF 71 SHIPS
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HARWICH, England, Nov. 21. An
other flotilla of German U-boats sur
rendered today to a British squadron.
There were 19 submarines in all. The
20th, which should have come today,
broke down on the way.
LONDON, Nov. 21. The German
high seas fleet surrendered today to
the allies in accordance with the terms
of the armistice. Official announce
ment of the surrender was made by
the British Admiralty this afternoon.
Following the surrender, which took
pleace east of May Island off the Firth
of Forth, the German warships were
escorted into the Firth of Forth by
the British grand fleet and American
and French squadrons. Tomorrow the
surrended fleet will be taken to Scapa
flow, in the Orkney Islands oft the
northeast coast of Scotland.
One German light cruiser while on
its way across the North Sea with the
other ships of the German high seas
fleet to surrender to the allies struck
a mine. The warship was badly dam
aged and sank.
The German fleet which surrendered
todayj consisted of nine battleships,
five battle cruisers, seven light cruis
ers and 50 destroyers.
MORE GERMAN
U-BOATS TURNED
OVER TO ALLIES
LONDON, Nova 22. Twenty more
German submarines were surrendered
to Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhltt off
Harwich this morning. This makes a
total of 59 submarines thus far hand
ed over. There would have been 21
surrendered today, but one sank dur
ing the night.
When the Germans arrived the revo
lutionary element was noticeable
Some of the officers had replaced
Prussian eagles on their caps with a
red badge that recognizes authority
of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Council
There seemed to be little discipline
among them. To the officers one shout
ed: "no officer no kaiser," ' - .
ACCUSED I'll
RECEIVED MAIL
II CITY
That J. C. Laird, suspected murderer
of Deputy Sheriff Frank W. Trombley
on the night of November 19th, was
In Oregon City on the morning follow
ing the murder, was established by
Will Howell of the local postofflce,
Tuesday afternoon. Following a trip to
Portland with Sheriff Wilson, Mr.
Howell Identified Laird as having been
In the Oregon City postofflce the
morning following the murder, where
he attempted to cash a money order
payable to "Basil Haig, C. E." and re
ceipted for by Halg and endorsed by
J. C. Laird.
At the time of his visit to the local
postofflce, Laird was accompanied by
bis confederate, Miss t Augusta Carl
son, who was with him when the sen-
atlonal robbery and shooting of Officer
Trombley occurred. Miss Carlson re
mained in the auto in front of the of
fice, while Laird came to the postal
window and presented the money or
der.
Deputy Postmasters Howell and
King refused to cat the warrant
through lack of proper identification
and Laird, after making a few rather
caustic remarks about reporting the
matter to the postofflce officials at
Washington, left the office and stepped
into the machine, driving off toward
Portland.
Laird's self-confident manner at
tracted a little attention among he
postal officers here but little thought
was given of the matter. Deputy
Howell and others watched the couple
drive away and noticed the car was
black Hupmobile roadster. As the Port
land papers, on that morning had des
cribed the auto as a gray Hupmobile,
here was no thought of connecting the
couple up with the murder.
When confronted with Laird Tuee
day afternoon In Portland, Deputy
Howell immediately identified the
prisoner. Miss Carlson later on during
the afternoon, told Sheriff Wilson that
Laird had received mail both here. and
in Vancouver and that she had made
several trips with Laird to each of the
towns.
The money order was from the East
and was in the sum of $69.85. It was
afterwards cashed in Portland it was
learned by local officers who accompan
ied Mr. Howell to Portland.
The girl Tuesday made a complete
confession of the murder of Trombley
to District Attorney Evans.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26. Seven
teen days yet to go before Thomas
Mooney hangs.
Many expect Governor Stephens to
act, granting a conditional pardon
which would allow Mooney another
trial for murder on one of the nine
indictments springing from the pre
paredness parade bombing,, July 22,
1916. '
Others who declare Governor Steph
ens has expressed himself unalterably
against a pardon for Mooney, believe
he will "stand pat" and let Mooney
hang.
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PORTLAND, Nov. 26. Sentiment
favoring a strike as a protest against
or interference with, the proposed exe
cution of Thomas Mooney on Decem
ber 31 received further impetus this
morning when the vote of the Street
Car Men's union, was counted and
found to he 85 per cent of 1600 votes
cast in favor of a general strike.
Balloting at the various car barns
is said to have progressed calmly and
without agitation.
This action by the street car men
makes five local unions now on record
in favor of a general strike.
S. A. T.C. UNIT
WILL CONTINUE
MILITARY WORK
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Nov. 21 "S. A. T.
C. unit will continue military and
academic work without Interruption,
regardless of armistice," reads a war
department telegram from Washing
ton, D. C, received today by President
W. J. Kerr. "Plans have been pre
pared, for the future of the S. A. T. C.
under conditions brought about by the
armistice, which will be seat to you
as soon as authorized."
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Will LEAVE
NEXT WEEK
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 27. The Ger
man government will invite President
Wilson to visit Germany while he ia
In Europe, says the Berlin Lokal An
zeiger. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. President
Wilson's plans for attending the peace
conference are all matured, with the
exception of the day and hour of sail
ing. Bis departure, however, Is cer
tain early next week.
It is entirely probable that the first
announcement, of the personnel of the
American delegation will be made in
the Presidents address to the opening
of Congress, to be delivered Monday
or Taesday. At the same time the Pres
ident may-take occasion to make some
thing in the nature of a statement to
the country, as well as to Congress, on
his going to Europe, something no
other President ever has done.
The most important announcement
yet made for the peace conference
came today. It was that there would
be absolutely no censorship on the
news the American nawspaper cor
respondents send back home.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 Demobili
zation of the American expeditionary
forces already in progress with the
movement homeward of sick and
wounded will be hastened by the re
turn at an early date of eight divisions
of National Guard and National Army
troops, eight regiments of Coast Artil
lery and two brigades of field artillery.
This announcement was made today
by General March, chief of staff, on re
ceipt of dispatches irom General Per
shing. Total American casualties to No
vember 11, when hosti'itles ceased,
were 236,117. This Includes, General
March said, killed and died of wounds,
died' of disease, unclassified deaths,
wounded, prisoners and missing.
-The divisions which General March
said have been designated by General
Pershing to return as soon as the sick
and wounded have been moved to the
United States, are:
National Guard Thirty-first (Geor
gia, Alabama and Flordia), 24th (Ne
braska, Iowa, South Dakota and Min
nesota), 38th ((Indiana, Kentucky and
West Virginia), and 39th (Arkansas,
Mississippi and Louisinan).
Natonal Army Seventy-sixth (New
England), 84th (Kentucky, Indiana and
Southern Illiois), 86th (Northern Illi
nois, including Chicago), and 78th (Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Southern Alabama).
The Coast artillery regiments to be
returned as soon as possible were an
nounced as the 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th,
50th, 73d, 74th and 75th.
The two field artilery brigades to
be brought home are the 65th and
163d.
HONORING DR. CARLL
Memorial tablets have been installed
on the drinking fountains at the ap
proach of the suspension bridge 'both
in this city and at West Linn In honor
of the late Dr. W. T. Carll a phllan-
thropist of Oregon City, in whose mem
ory (the fountains themselves were
erected. The memorial fountains were
erected by the Dr. Carll Memorial as
sociation, and handsomely engraved
tablets add to the beanty of the foun
tains. The wording is as follows:
"In memory of Dr. W. E. Carll," a
friend in need is a friend indeed. Bora.
October 26, 1858, died November 27,
1911."
The officers of the Dr. Carll Memor
ial association are Martin Rosenbaum,
Alex Lewthwalte, of Portland, B. T.
McBaln of West Linn. .,
OREGON MEN ON GERMAN SOIL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Accord
ing to official information released by
the war department, the One Hundrer
Seventeenth sanitary train,' formerly
Ambu'ance company No. 1 Oregon
National Guard, Is included In the
American Third army, known as the
army of occupation, which is marching
Into Germany under command of Ma
jor General Dickman. Theee are the ,
only American troops Included In the
American Third Army It la stated.
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