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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918.
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 48.
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NEW YORK, Doc. 4.Preatdent
WllMon t on the high atwa cm lile way
to tho peace conference. Ida steamer,
tha Ceurgu Wanhlngton, pained Ban
dy Hook and headed fur Frouca ut
11:46 A. M. today.
Aa tho president's ahlp, breua'.ed the
ocean swell, atnrm warning were
displayed along the conet. Strong
winds are expected late today and
during tho night They will be off
ahore, however, ao the George Waah
iiutun will not he bucking tho gale.
New York gave the president a tre
nuwdo.ia sendoff. From the time his
ehlp with tho president and Mr a.
Wilson on the bridge left Ita pier at
Hoboken, until It vanish jd Into tha
Atlantic mlHt. alrena and cheers and
fluttering handkerchiefs bade au re
voir to tho first American chief ex
ecutive to go to Europe during his
term of office.
Veiwela off the coast pnsslng close
to the presidential liner saluted with
their whistles. The dreadnaught
Pennsylvania and a fleet of 16 d
troyera convoyed the George Wash
ington. Ten of thii destroyer will
turn back Inter.
Aa the transport bncked out Into the
atream two alrplaneg circled overhead.
Three destroyers In the river took up
their stations beHtde the Georite Wash
ington. At 10:30 A. M. the big steamer
awung around and started down the
river,, the tuga ttll aroumfher.
As she moved out, the presidential
nlute of 21 Kims was fired by the
ehlp's own batterioa.
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PEACE TEh. j
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. General
discussion of PreHtdont Wilson's 14
peace principles was started n the
senate today by a speech of Senator
Krellnghuyaen, of New Jersey, Repub
lican, advocating a resolution be had
Introduced calling upon the presldont
to make a public declaration Interpret
ing the principles.
Senator Prcyllnghousen said the
president's 14 principle were open to
various Interpretations and added:
"Tho president should not on bo
ftnlf of the American public make
radical proposals until he la sure that
they are Indorsed by tho people."
Senator Walsh, of Montana, Demo
crat, declared' that lack of criticism
until recently of the president's 11
term had Justified general belief In
their acceptability. Benatore Knox, of
rnnsytvanla, and Polndexter, of
Washington, Republicans, sharply dls
sented.
French Celebritcs and General Pershing Wear Victory Smile
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TO MEET NEEDS OF
THE PACIFIC
PETITION FOR LETTERS
Anna Shea filed petition for letters
or administration In the estate of
Km met Shea, who died In November,
1918. The estate is valued at $110.
Letters were filed in the estate of
John Trachsel, deceased, by John Aa
ton Trnchsol. in the probate court
Tuesday. The estate consists of pe
sonal and real property and Is valued
at 115,000. Tnere ate several helm,
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MANY EMPLOYES GRAND JURY
Ur SHIP VAIiDS
Here la a remarkable group of war
heroes, all of them wearing the vic
tory smile. The photograph was taken
just before the armistice waa algned
but at the time every one in the
group knew that Germany could not
hold out. In the front row, from left
to right, are Marshal Focb, General
Pershing, Mme Dubail, wife of the
military governor of Paris; Marshal
OUT Of WORK
PORTLAND, Dec. 4. That suspen
sion of wooden ship contracts at Ore
gon yards by tho United States ship
ping Board a few days ago baa al
ready, worked a great hardship on
thousands of employes who have been
suddenly let out of their jobs is indi
cated by a report from the Grant
Smith-Porter Ship company of Port
land.
Some 2000 workman hare been dis
charged from the yard, the retrench
ment order catching all the night force
and part of the day force.
According to Eric V. Hauser, gen
eral manager of the company, It was
Imperative to let the men go. He said:
"We regret keenly that we have
been compelled to disrupt our splendid
organization. The yard has made good
speed records and the employes have
shown a willingness to cooperate with
us fully In the building of ships
"I am hoping that the government
will soon take some action which will
DOES IT
PUT BLAME
ONWARDE
Joffre; General Dubail, military gov
ernor of Paris, and his son. General
Pelletler and General Galopin are In enable us to complete the contracts
the rear, at either side of Marshal
Joffre.
ARMY PLANE FLIES !
THIS CITY
PORTLAND, Doc. 3. Heavy pres
sure Is being brought to boar upon the
government to undertake or to per
mit the construction of shlim suitable
to North Pacific const trade and It Is
uanerted by locul Interests that It Is
altogether probable In tho next few
duy tho United SOitcs shipping board
will authorize the building of carriers
suited for local demands. Hy persons
In touch with the shipbuilding sltim
tlon nnd the'demand of the trade, It
Is assorted that the construction of a
gigantic fleot of enlllng schooners or
other type of ships adapted particular
ly to lumber carrying will be author
ized by the shipping board, which is
at present time considering tho pro
posal. The Chainlor of Commerce and oth
er Interested parties and concerns
have placed before tho government
repeatedly the Inadaptability of the
Hough and Ferris type of Wooden
ships for local needs. The Hough type
bus boon proved a failure, shipbuilders
say, and has been thrown Into the dis
card by the governmant designers.
The Ferris type, vessel Is of better
design but wholly lnatloquute to meet
local demands. '
Lieutenant Holland, army aviator,
who Is on a pathflndlng trip from
Sacramento to Seattle, passed over
this city Wednesday about 11:50. Very
few poopla saw the machine os' they
were not expecting It.
The reason for the trip Is to de
termine the feasibility of an aerial
mall route between tho two cities.
Manv of the routes probably will be
established before long and these
nathflndlnit trine are being made In
different parts of the country.
A few of those lines have been
established In tho East and have
given satisfaction and are capable of
delivering mall much faster than' the
ordinary means and it Is 1 probable
that in a short time It win not be a
novelty to receive a letter by air.
LOUISE I UK
DIES WEDNESDAY
ATSPOIWM
'Miss 'Louise Elvlna Deute, young
er daughter of Mrs. Arthur Deute, and
of the late Arthur Deute, died Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at
St. Luke's hospital, Spokane, Wash4
according to a telegram received by
Miss Deute'8 sister, Miss Clara Deute.
Miss Deute was taken 111 on Thanks
giving night at Spokane with Influenza
followed by spinal meningitis. Miss
Deute's mother, Mrs. Arthur Deute, er
Portland, was at her bedside when she
passed away, and will bring the body
to Oregon City for burial in Moun
tain View cemetery, whers the fath
er Is buried, having dld In Oregon
City six years ago.
Miss Deute was well and favor-
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Prince Mnrat and American Wife Who Have
Turned Over Paris Residence to President
Owing to influenza again making
Its appearance in Clackamas county,
three schools have been closed. These
are Gladstone, Canemah and Clair-
mont. There are about 30 cases re
ported at Gladstone, but the larger
majority of these are of mild form.
There have been a number of deaths
during the past week at Canemah,
and a number of cases are at Clalr
mont. Although there are about 22
new cases In Oregon City, most of
these are mild, and H Is not probable
that the schools of this city will close.
Dr. M. C. Strickland, county health
officer, stated Tuesday afternoon that
he did not believe that the schools
of the county would close In general,
but where there are cases the school
board of the district would act ac
cording to the danger of the disease
sprsading and the cases he has been
notified of have been of a very mild
form.
FREE PASSES
ON RAILROADS
ARE FORBIDDEN
SALEM, Dec, 4.Even If the gov
ernment railroad administration of
fers to give the members of the pub
lic service commission and their em
ployes free passes over the railroads
undor government control, there will
be nothing doing in the fre9 paBS line.
That is the substance of a reply
made by Chairman Miller of the com
mission to a letter received from John
linrton Pavne. aeneral counsel for
the railroad administration, who an
tiounced ttiat the administration con
sidered Issuing passes to the mem
bers o the various state commlBslons
If the commissions desired to accept
them.
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SEAT ASKED FOR
BY LABOR III
PEACECOHGRESS
Complaint by neighbors that all was
not right at the home of Charles
Covell, of Canemah, caused Deputy
District Attorney Thomrra A. Burke to
call two of the daughters, Leta, aged
14, and Pearl, aged 8, to his offices
Monday and question the m.
The older girl made a complete
confession implicating the father
since the death of the mother last
November. A complaint was sworn out
and the man was arrested by Officers
Frost and Joyner on a statutory of
fense and brought here in the after
noon for hearing.
. When brought before Judge Sievers
he waived preliminary hearing ana
was committed to jail In default of
$2500 bonds and held for the grand
Jury.
The man is about 40 years of age
and his wife died November 15, leav
ing nine children. . ,
ATLANTIC CITY ,N. J-, Dec. 4.
Four thousand men representing vir
tually every branch of business and
ndU8try in the country assembled
lere today in a reconstruction con
gress, listened to messages on read
justment problemo delivered by Sec
retary of Commerce William C. Red-
field, Charles M. Schwab, head of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation and di
rector general of the Emergency Flest
corporation, and Harry A. Wheeler,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States.
Mr. Wheeler urged that business
should be represented at the peace
conference in Paris. Mr. Schwab made
an appeal for a great merchant ma
rlne to give outlet to our surplus
American products and declared that
labor should be permitted to organ
ize in Individual plants and to share
In the prosperity of tha country.
Secretary Redfield said no rash
hands should be laid on wages; that
the proper spirit of trade is not ex
cessive profits but service, and that
the American business man should
take into account moral values when
dealing with his customers in all
lands.
BIG MAJORITY
IS GIVEN FOR
SPECIAL TAX
VANCOUVER MARRIAGE LICENSE
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President Wilson and his suite are
lo be comfortable while In Paris. They
are to occupy tho residence of Prince
and Princess Murat. The Princess
was Miss Helen Stallo, daughter of
Edmund K. Stallo. She Inherited a
large fortune from her grandfather,
John McDonald, who was Interested in
the Standard Oil Company.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 4. The
following Becured license to wed to
day: Harry Grisco, 37, of Raymond,
Wash., and Mrs. Mary Remkos, 34, of
Oregon City, Or.
TRIP POSTPONED
Four people voted against the spe
cial school tax at the election Saturday
afternoon, but the tax was voted in
by 49 people who favored continua
tion of the public school system, there'
being 53 votes cast, the franchise be
ing limited to taxpayers. The tax was
levied under the budget system, as
in former years, and gives the district
fundg to operate, during 1919 on
close margin, aa the school board, in
making up the budget, kept within
the 6 per cent tax limitation.
WOUNDED BOYS
TO BE CARED
FOR NEAR HOME
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Secretary
Baker has announced that he had de
cided to postpone his trip to Europe,
which had been planhed to take place
about this time. He said Edward R.
Stettinius, assistant secretary, and
his personal representative In France,
would return home for Christmas and
that they would go to France togeth
er, probably In January, "on war de
partment business solely." '
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. Plans un
der which all wounded men returning
from France will go to hoepitals
within 300 miles of the homes of their
nearest relatives were announced to
day by the war department.
To this end base hospitals at train
ing camps have been turned over to
the aurgeon general, providing 75 hos
pitals with facilities to care for 104,231
men. Fifty thousand men are expect
ed to be sent to these institutions
within the next four months.
which were originally -given us. Be
cause of the unsettled conditions
have not tried to land any contracts
for private account and will not do
so until I see how things will shape!
up. With the force which we now
have at the yards we will be able to
keep the plant running for the next
five months."
FUND
CAflNS
FOR THE RED CROSS
ARE DISCONTINUED
According to a telegram received
Wednesday night there will be no fur
ther campaigns for war funds for the
Red Cross.
This does not mean that the activi
ties of the Red Cross will cease, but
as the war is over, the great amount 1
of work will be materially lessened
and at present a campaign will not
be necessary.
The following is the telegram re
ceived here: ,
PORTLAND, Oreg., Dec. 4. The
Roll-Call Christmas Campaign of the
American Red Cross is the culmina
tion of Red Cross effort and there
will be no further war fund campaign
of the American Red Cross. This was
made plain in a telegram tonight to
Wilber E. Coman, state chairman.
from S. P. Davison, chairman of the
American National Red Cross War
Council.
Mr. Davison, has consulted with
President Wrilson and announces that
no further campaign for war funds
shall be conducted by the Red Cross
and it is believed that this will prob
ably apply to all organizations.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 4. Charles A.
Murphy, who has been discharged by
Governor Withycombe from the war
denship of the Oregon state peniten
tiary, is exonerated in a report re
turned yesterday by the special Mar-"
ion county grand Jury that has been
investigating the state prison, whlla
Governor Withycombe and Parole Of
ficer Joseph Keller are blamed for
the high expense of running the Insti
tution and for the turmoil that has
existed there for. several years. The
report recommends that 'management
of the penitentiary be restored to the
board of control. , "
Murphy's administration la declared
to have been efficient and economical
"insofar as he had control", but it is
declared that there are many, matters
over which he has not had control and
that he has been hampered because
the governor haa dictated the ap
pointment of subordinates. Tha parole
officer is accused of being the cause
mainly of all strife and agitation at
the prison for the past four, years.
In a statement made today Gov
ernor Withycombe said the report is
exactly what he expected after his
experience in the Jury room.
"Because of the attitude taken by
! the Jurors and th9 nature of the ques
tions asked," said the governor, "I
anticipated Just such a report. I ex
pected it would result in a 'white
wash' for Murphy. I have allowed
Murphy the fullest control at the pri
son, and without his consent I have
not requested that a single employe
remain at the prison. At the time he
peremptorily discharged Deputy War
den Burns I told him that I considered
the cauBe insufficient and he readily
agreed to keep him on the pay roll.
Murphy also has had a free hand In
the business management of the prison.
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QUESTIONNAIRES NOT
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BOARD BY DRAFTEES
TAKE NEW ORDERS
PORTLAND, Dec. 3. With the
termination of the war and the gov
ernment's requirements for woolen
goods receding to near a peace-time
basis for the army and navy, there
will be no shortage of wool experi
enced by manufacturers who now are
privileged to take without restriction
any and all orders for goods for civil
ian uses. As long as Australian wool,
controlled by the British government
is not dumped onto American markets
there is slight probability that wool
prices will depreciate to a degree
alarming to wool producers.
This situation was made clear at
the meeting of Pacific coast woolen
manufacturers at San Francisco last
week, called by the army quartermas
ter of the Western district to adjust
matters with Oregon, Washington and
California mills In reference to unde
livered goods for war purposes. It
was arranged that the government
would be relieved of undeliveries ex
cept In cases where woolens were la
Several men have been reported by
the local draft board as having failed
to return their- questionnaires and
these men will be given until Mon
day noon to report ' or they will be
classed as delinquent.
Two of the ones recently reported
as not having appeared for physical
examinations made their appearance
but the other four are still missing.
The following are the ones reported process of manufacture up to Novem-
for not returning their questionnaires: ' ber 23, two weeks after the signing
Paul Petrella, Portland; John R. 1 of the armistice. Oregon and Wash
Meyrick, Oregon City; Herman Lamp,, 'ngton manufacturers are well satis-
Oregon City; Robert Benton Refer,
Oregon City; Charlie Sailer, Aurora;
Warren Herbert Roach, Oregon City;
John Zadnikar, Oregon City; , Homer
Arthur Frederlckson, Aurora; Oscar
Thankvil Jacobson, Molalla.
Questionnaires were mailed to these
men November 16, with tha exception
of the latter, whose was sent Novem
ber. 9. '.,. - ' i.
fled with the fair treatment accorded
them by the quartermaster.
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BELGIUM LOSS LARGE
AMERICAN DEAD
BROUGHT HOME
TO BE BUREID
BRUSELS, Dec. 2. The central in
dustrial committees of Belgium, after
an Investigation, estimated that Bel
gium's losses through military occu
pation and seizures of machines and
raw material are 6,000,560,000 francs.
WASHINGTON, , Dec. 4. General
March said yesterday that unless rel
atives of Americans who have lost
their lives request otherwise, all bod
ies of American dead will be brought
home without legislation by congress.
How soon the transportation of bod
ies will begin. General March said
he could not state. ..