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FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 49.
ORECON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918.
ESTABLISHED 1888
OREGON
GUY
ENTERPR
S
INflLD
TO CONTEST
ELECTION
OF SHERIFF
llonry W. Koehler, defeated Demo
cratic candidate for sheriff of Clacka
mas county, nerved papers Into Tues
day of content of the vote by which
' VV, J. Wilson, Republican, win elect
ed.
The charge In tha complaint li
wronitful counting Jn a largo number
of the products of tho county and the
plaintiff alh'gnH that ho received more
legal votes than did the defendant
and tno latter wan not entitled to a
cert incite of election.
Under law the content rnunt be filed
within 30 days aftr the certificate of
election la iHH.icd and the time would
have expired December 12 and tho
plaintiff had but a abort time to file.
It la tluiUKlit that tho recount will
take at leant two week and It will
b0 held In the room of the circuit
court and bcxldes the time end ex
pense wilt take a great deal of work.
Although there are nearly a dozen
Democratic attorney! In Orogon City,
Koehler went I'orilund and re-i
tallied FlUKerald & Hume for tho
case. j
Thla content was started some time
axo when workers for Koehler can
vaaaed the county In order to secure i
th necessary funds for the recount.!
but nothing- had been heard of It until
the complaint was filed and most of
the citizens thought It had been
dropped. Under law a certain bond!
must be put up by a 'contestant. i
The election was vory close, Wilson I
defeating Koehler by a majority of
63, but the supporters of Wilson claim
that a teeount w ill only mean a larger
majority for him and have no fear of
a teeming
IS STILL MISSING
The duplicate questionnaire of St.
Clair was returned to the local board
Friday and the man will not be clnsBod
as delinquent. He had gorto to a log
ging camp to work and the question
naire was forwarded to him, but he
had started homo and idIhhi'c! It and
the duplicate was sent.
Warren Herbert Ronch la tho only
one of the 1918 boys to be heard from
and he has a few days left to report.
Of tho 1918 registrants only eight
were reported delinquent and five of
these have been classed as deserters L
and the other three have until Decem
ber 13 to report. Flvo of the eight
failed to report for physical examina
tion nnd tho others fulled to fill their
questionnaires out.
Orders have been received to seal
all records of the local board Monday
night In order to close -,ip business.
CONTRACT TO BUY
SUIT TO BE FILED
In the case of William Connett vs.
T. R. A. Sherwood and wife, Steve
Christoffer and wire, and t'red Keller
asks for a settlement of a contract to
buy proparty.
Connett bought the property from
Sellwood on a contract and still owed
$100 when he sold his equity to
Christoffer, the latter agreeing to pay
the balance of contract. The latter
did not live up to the contract and
gave the property up to Sellwood, tho
latter giving possession to Keller. It
Is alleged that all of this was trans
acted without the proper legal meth
ods and Connett wants the property
sold nnd the balanca of the contract
paid. ,
DUTCH PLOT
WITH KAISER
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PARIS, Dec. 10. The city council
of Spa has documentary evidence
proving that a Dutch general came to
Spe, to meat tho former German em-1
peror before his flight Into Holland,
according to the Matin. It would ap
pear, thorofore, that his recoption
and that of the crown prince and
eulte at the Dutch frontier was "a
mere comedy," the newspaper
tlnues. , - -
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ONE QUESTIONNAIRE
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SHIP CONTRACTS
OF GOVERNMENT
CANCELLED
I WASHINGTON. Dec. ll.-Canclla-)
Hon of all outstanding contracts for
l construction of wooden ships when!
builders have not spent more than
$200,000 on a ship has been determin
ed wpon by the shipping hoard. This
applies to yards on the Atlantic, Gulf
and Pacific coasts.
Contracts for 160 ships of this type
were sunpnnded recently, and many of
these nre affected by tho decision,
though officials of the board would
not attempt today to estimate the
number.
The contract cost of wooden vesse's
av?r;u'es about $700,000 and It is un
derstood that tho board's experts de
cided that where not more than $200,-
000 worth of work had been done, It
would bo economy for the government
tot,o cancel the contract with ths pro-!
vision .against loss to tho builder.
Although the hoard approved the
wooden ship for emergency purposes
It has been made clenr that Its policy
will bo to add as few wooden craft
as poHslbli to the permanent mer
chant murine. Arrangements' already
are underway for se'llng a number
of wooden as well as some small steel
vessels.
YOUNG BABY OF
CANEMAII DIES
LAST TUESDAY
Robert C. Cheney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen Cheney, of Canemah,
died at the family home Tuesday af
ternoon from Influenza. The child's
ago was 13 months. The father is very
low with the same disease, and the
body of tha child is being held at the
funeral parlor of itolman & Pace,
pending on the condition of Mr.
Cheney.
L OPENING OF
The formal opening of the new
Crown Willamette Inn at West Linn
was the occasion for happy festivities
Suturday night. Nearly 1000 people
thronged the spacious rooms and lob
v of the big hotel, which was erect
ed by the paper mill company a few
months ago and bponed without cere
mony during the Influenza epidemic
when celebrations came under the
ban.
People came from miles around to
inspect the hostelry and to partake of
the entertainment offared by the man
ardent. There was a delegation of
25 from Camas, and aa many more
I from the company's Portland office.
' Light refreshments were served and
dancing was enjoyed until a late hour
to tho music of Flechtner's jazz or-
chestra.
1 The souvenir programs were era.
belllshed with United States and Brit
ish flags, in observance of Britain
Day.
The new inn is one of the best
equipped in the Northwest and Is at-
I ready filled to Its capacity.
ARE
CONTROL URGED
OF RAILROADS
FOR FIVE YEARS
CAMP YEWIS, Doc. 6. Every avail
1 able bed In the base hospital here Is
J being prepared today for reception of
WASHINGTON, Doc. 11. Exten-' some 80Q veterans of the world war
slon of the period of Government con-' who are coming from Camp Eustls, Va.
tro! of rullroads for five years, until Among these Injured and convalescent
January 1. 1921, was recommended to! It Is believed Is Jarge number of
Congress tonight by Director-General
McAdoo.
The advantages of this, he said, are
that it would take the railroad out of
politics Tor the present; give time forled here and sent Into the thick of
carrying out an extensive programme! the fighting In the Argdne, on the
of improvements nnd provide oppor
tunity for a fair test of unified con
trol and to Indicate the permanent so-j
lutlon of the railroad problem.
"The Trestdent has given mj per-
mission to gay that this conclusion ac-l nounced, soldiers will be sent to the
cords with his own view of the mat-! camps nearest their homes, it Is be
ter," Mr. McAdoo said, concluding aj lieved the men now en route here are
letter to Sonator Smith, of South Caro- almost all from Pacific coast states.
Una, and Representative Sims, chair-
men respectively ot the Senata and
Hour.e interstate commerce commit-!
tees. "
DIES
AT
E
Mrs. J. E. Armstrong, of Tenth and
Water Streets, of this city, recalved a
telegram from Wyandotte, Oklahoma,
Wednesday morning announcing the
death of her brother, Willard Hardy,
of that place. His death, which oc
curred that morning, was caused by
influenza. '
William Hardy was a former resl-!
dant of Division Street, Oregon City,
and left here several years ago. lie Is
survived by his widow and four chll
dren, of Oklahoma, also by his three
sisters, Mrs. J. E. Armstrong and, Mrs,
N. L. Baldwin, of Oregon City; Mrs.
Llzzte Hursey, of Missouri; two
brothers, S. H. Hardy, of Death
Lodge, Missouri; T. L. Hardy, ot
Okmulga, Oklahoma, and his mothet,
lahoma.
Mrs. L. L. Hardy, of Wyandotte, Ok
Mr. Hardy was a native of Missouri.
B.
AT
T
William B. Lucas passed away at
the Oregon City hospital late Wednes
day night after an lllnsss of some
time which caused an operation.
The deceased had lived In this coun
try for some time and made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Wf. A. Holmes,
of Parkplace, and was taken to the
hospital a few days ago.
The daceased was 76 years of age,
and Is survived by three sons, frank,
of Parkp'ace; Vebstor and Harley, of
Kansas; two daughters, Mrs. W. A.
Holmes, of Tarkplace, and Mrs. Olive
Bohn of Meldrum.
The remains are at the Holman &
Pace fune-nl parlors and no arrange
ments have beon made for the fun
eral. ' ;' : ' ' .
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HEROES AR
BACK HOME
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Welcomed
home as heroic sons of the Nation,
7740 mora soldiers, sailors, marines
and aviators representing virtually
every state In the Union, entered fog
bound New York harbor today on six
large transports from European ports.
The tales these men told about one an
other were narrations of American
hljjh courage on French battlefields,
on the open seas and la the air above
France and England.
Hundreds of the. men, maimed for
life by wounds received In some of ths
world's heaviest fighting, were re
turned to hospitals and others went to
camps where they will be demobiliz
ed. Some had left America as scarce
ly more than boys, but they came back
as men either wounded or sound.
Tho wounded Included soldiers who
had walked with crutches when their
ships sailed from . Europe, and who,
made exultant by their home coming
tossed their props aside and declared
themselves "curedt as if by the mir
acle of their return.
WOUNDED MEN
ENROUTE TO
CAMP LEWIS
members of the West's famous Slat
division.
This division Is composed of re
cruits from the Western states train
plains of Plcardy and in the Auden-
arde.
The men are to be discharged from
the army here as soon as they are
well. As the war department has an-
, r
PORTLAND GIRL
DIES SUNDAY
OF INFLUENZA
Dorothea . Johnson, . two-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville John
Bon, formerly of Oregon City, but now
of Portland, died at the family home
Sunday, and the funeral servies are
to be held at the Kenworthy chapel,
Thirteenth and Bldwell Street, ' Sell
wood, Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Dorothea Johnson was born in Ore
gon City, and the parents moved to
Portland about a year ago. The father
was a rural maiicarrter In Oregon City
while the family resided here. The
cause of the little girl's death was in
fluenza. AT
Many friends and relatives of the
late Gilbert Haines, of Oswego, at
tended the funeral services that were
held at the Methodist church In that
city Wednesday. The services were
conducted by Rev. Moore, who officiat
ed at the marriage ceremony of Mr.
and Mrs.-Haines. During the service
Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Shipley
sang several selections.
The pallbaarers were E. G. Zeller,
Eugene Worthington, S. E. Cox, J.
W. Blckner, Otto Johnson and H. W.
Koehler. ,
Mr. Haines is the eleventh child of
Judge and Mrs. J. C. Haines, of Os
wego, and the first child they have
lost.
RELATIONS SEVERED
LONDON, Dec. 9. Sweden has sev
ered diplomatic relations with the
Bolshevlkl, according to an Exchange
telegraph dispatch from. Copenhagen
today .-
The Swedish foreign office has re
quested M. Vorofskl, Bolshevlkl min
ister, to leave Stockholm immediate
ly, the dispatch adds.
LInnton Columbia Engineering
works launch topsail schoonor. .
WELCOMED
OSM
LETTER OF PRAISE BY
Word has been received from the
commanding officer of bis company oi
the heroic death of Lieutenant Hugh
Ilroomfield, well known in this coun
ty. Lieutenant Broomfleld enlisted
while a resident of Gladstone, where
bis father. Rev. Thomas Broomfleld,
was minister of the Baptist church.
The Broomfleld family recently mov
ed to Seliwood.
Lieutenant Broomfleld enlisted as
a private and was rapidly promoted
and was well liked by the officers and
men of bis company for his manly
bearing and courageous spirit. He
was first on the Italian front but was
later transferred to the Verdun front
where he met his death while scout
ing over the enemy lines.
After this territory was captured by
the allies his grave was found ana
the body taken to the regular army
cemetery and given burial.
During the fiercest fighting Lieu
tenant was always on duty and It was
largely through his efforts that his
squadron made such a good record.
Broomfleld was In charge of much of
the active work and- proved to be an
efficient officer.
Lieutenant broomfleld was quiet tn
manner and had many friends in this
county who will mourn his loss.
KANSAS MAN DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
William G. Hubert, of. this city,
died at the family home on Molalla
avenue, Wednesday morning after an
Illness of saveral months. He came to
Oregon City four months ago from
Kansas for the benefit of bis health.
Mr. Hubert was a native of Ger
many, and was born June 6, 1844, and
came to the United States maiy years
ago, residing for some time in Kan
sas. , . . .
The deceased is survived by his
widow, of this city; and the follow
ing children: George Hubert, of Kan
sas; William Hubert, of Washington;
Fred Hubert of Mexico; Edward Hu
bert, of France; a member of the
Eighth Hospital Corps; Mrs. G. W. Gil
lett, of Portland; and Miss Charlotte
Hubert, of Oregon City.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from I
Holman & Pace's funeral parlors. Rev. j
W. T. Milliken, pastor of the Baptist
cnurcn, wui omciaie.
DIES IN PORTLAND
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
, , . . .
Miss Mabel Bannon. second daugh-
ter of Mrs. John Bannon of .Gladstone,
died at the Sellwood Hospital, Wed-
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after a tectum.
brief illness. The immediate cause ot;,(0Miss L- Schmidli gave a talk on
, ' Geographic Conditions of History"
her death being pneumonia. j and c E Barker gaye ft taJk oa ..gu.
Deceased was bora in St. Paul, ! pervised Study."
Minn., coming with the family to this j Mrs. E. C. Shaw, of Milwaukie, was
place which has eince been her home, ! elected delegate to the State Teach-
and where she has made many warm ' rs' Asf cift,on v that convenes in
rf I Portland TWAmhAr 9fi 97 9ft fra
friends who sympathize
with
stricken family.
Miss Bannon was a member of the
Eastern Star and active in the local
chapter.
She is survived by her mother, two
brothers, George and Jack Bannon,'
and a sister, Mrs. Lloyd Lacy of Wil
lows, California.
Mrs. Lacy arrived from California
In time to be with her Bister when the;
final 'summons came.
Funeral services will be held Friday
at 10:30 A. M. and will be private.
P.E.
IN JUSTICE COURT
G. Peppln, the man . caught with
the liquor Saturday night by Officer
Surfus and released on bail, made his
appearance Monday and was fined ?15
by Judge Selvers.
P. E. Collins, who was arrested by
Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Joiner last
week with Pete Sebuff with a car full i
of whiskey, was fined $100 by Judge
Seivers Monday. Ha claimed to bw
the driver of the car and said he had
nothing to do with the liquor. Sebuff
was fined $350 and given a 20-day jail
sentence. ' 1
FOR HAVING LIQUOR
TEACHERS HOLD
MEETING HERE
LAST SATURDAY
One of the most successful teach
ers' meeting held in Oregon City was
at the Barclay school building Sat
urday. The meeting commenced at
10:30 o'clock, the morning session
was devoted largely to the business of
the Clackamas County Teachers As
sociation. One of the principal speak
ers of the day was Professor Heard
man, of tha Washington High School
of Portland. Professor Heardman gave
an excellent talk In the morning. He
spoke on "Morals and Discipline In
Our Schools."
During the morning session a num
ber of resolutions were passed. Among
these were as follows :
Whereas, the teachers of Oregon are
not receiving a compensation in pro
portion to that received by people in
other lines of work, therefore
Be It Resolved, that teachers should
be paid by the year in twelve equal
monthly installments, with a minimum
salary of" $780.
Whereas, Clackamas County has
140 school clerks, and 420 school di
rectors, and this large number of
school officials employes 300 teach
ers,' therefore
Be It Resolved, that we plac our
selves on record as favoring the
County Unit plan of finance and ad
ministration. Be It Further Resolved, that we fav.
or a law raising the standard of re
quirement of teachers in Oregon, the
minimum requirement to be gradua
tion from a standard normal or Its
equivalent, this requirement to ap
ply to all beginners after Sept :1,
1921.
Whereas, any class of workers can
secure better results through proper
organization, and believing that the
Clackamas County Teachers' Associ
ation should become a great factor In
the upbuilding of the public schools
of this county and state, therefore
B9 It Resolved, that all teachers In
Clackamas County should become
members of this association, and
Be it Further Resolved, that all
teachers in Clackamas County ehould
become members of the State Teach
era' Association.
The committee suggests that a copy
of these resolutions be sent at once
to each teacher in Clackamas Coun
ty, and also a copy to each County
Superintendent in the state and to
each member of the Oregon Legisla
ture for Clackamas County, and to
the State Superintendent of Public In-
j 8tructlon
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
The meeting was in charge of Mrs,
W. A. Barnum, principal of Mt.
Pleasant, and president of the Clack
amas County Teachers' Association,
who presided during the day, and as
sisted by the secretary, John P. Bow
land, principal of the Barclay school.
Patriotic selections were rendered
during the morning. Professor Ress-
ller ot the Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, was another speaker,- and gave a
most eloquent talk.
Duflng afternoon a number of
interesting discussions were features,
Prof essor Flechtner gave a violin se-
treasurer of the association.
At noon a cafeteria luncheon was
served by the girls of the High School
and was well patronized.
ELK HORN MOSS
BROUGHT HERE
BY LOCAL MEN
August Rakel, of this city, and Al
bert Schoenborn, of Carus, who have
been at the former's homestead in the
mountainous section of Colton, have
returned. They went to the home
stead to get some of the Elk Horn.i
n,Ll.l, J A.n.lM M '
muao, wuiuu is must aiiitrauvo iul
, . , . v . .
Christmas decorations, and brought
back
12 large sacks of the moss. This !
is rare, and grows only in certain sec
tions of the mountains, and where the
homestead of Mr. Rakel's la located
seems that the soli Is most adapted
for this. This moss grows to 20 feet
and more In length, and covers the
' ground. Many of the business houses
have Purchased large amounts of this
to De usea in aecoraung tne winaows.
Among those to decorate the windows
is a merchant who has purchased ?15
worth of the moss, and is to festoon
the entire store.
DECREE GRANTED
Emma A. Thompson was given a
decree of divorce from J. R. Thomp-
son and the custody of the minor child
and $55 a month for the support ot
herself and the child.
mm
ElGLAfi
mm on
BRISTOL, England, Dec. 14. "The
navy Is a defensive weapon and that
Is why we do not intend to give It
up," declared Premier David Lloyd
George in an address here today in
which he announced that "the con
script armies of the continant must
end If we want permanent peace."
"We propose to demand the whole
cost of the war from Germany," the
British premier added. "The Imper
ial commission believes this can be
done without Injuring British inter
ests." Concerning the termination of con
scription in Europe the premier as
serted: "If we want permanent peace and
to prevent a repltitlon of the horrors
of this war we must end the conscript
armies of the continent.
"There is an irreslstib'e desire on
tha part of heads ot those machines'
to try their luck. The Germans al
ways thought nothing could resist
their perfect war machine, hence they
hurled it against the world."
LETTER IS RECEIVED
OF LAST DELINQUENT
BY LOCAL BOARD
A letter from Warren Herbert
Roach, who the local board hag re
ported missing,-was received by tie
board Monday. He claims that he went
to California and sent his address
here, but the board failed to receive
it and he was reported in Saturday.
Those so reported have seven days to
report to the adjutant and as Roach
claims that he was not at fault he
will have the privilege of proving he
did not leave to avoid the draft. It
is thought likely by the local board
that he will be given the privilege of
filling out his questionnaire by the
adjutant.
Telegraphic orders were received
here Monday not to eeal the records
of the local board and that a letter
would give further orders on Decem
ber 11. It was ordered that the re
cords be closed Monday night but
they will be kept open until further
notice.
T
Search is being made all over the
Northwest for Walter Hodgson, eon
of Dr. J. E .Hodgson of Spokane, who
left home with a blanket and quilt
November 3 and has not been seen or
heard from since. .
The lad Is 14 years old, 5 feet 6
inches tall, with dark hair and brown '
eyes. He was wearing a dark knlck
erbocker suit,- black shoes, plaid
mackinaw and plaid green and red
cap. His name and address were on a
war stamp book he carried.
Dr. Hodgson announces that a lib
eral reward will be paid for Informa
tion leading to his location. Dr. F. E,
Moore of Portland, a friend of the
family, is aiding in the search in this
neighborhood.
A blanket and quilt were . found
here near the court house on the curb
Thursday and were taken to the court
house and are still there. It Is thought
probable that these might belong to
I the young man and the officers will
i . , , , . .
keep a sharp look-out for him
I . y
$$ 4i4
$ CONVINCING PROOF ,
$
S Does advertising in the Enter-
$ prise pay?
S Read this and you will be con- $
S vinced.
Mrs. Rarabaud, of West Linn,
ran a small classified ad in the &
$ Enterprise (this cost 65 cents) $
for rooms to rent Th3 first day
$ ehe received 30 answers to this S
and the Becond day 12,
The rooms were rented and 3
Q the ad cancelled, for it had sure- 3
$ ly done its duty. '
3 Try this yourself when you
have anything to sell, rent or 4
trade. It doesn't cost much and Is
S eure to bring big results.
BIG NAVY