it
1
Tha Weekly Interpret
It worth the prlc. Cerrv
part It With Blhtrt and
than aubionbt,
Tha Enterprise la the
My Clackamas County
Newspaper that prlnte
all ef the newa of thie
4 growing County.
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 60.,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1 9 1 8.
ESTABLISHED 1866
OREGON
QTY
ENTE
SE
I!
GIBRALTAR
OF RHINE
OCCUPIED
BY YANKS
C'OIILICNZ. December 18, The
German fortress of KhrenbrolUteln,
often culled ilni (illiriiltur of the
Ilhlnn, jiiHt nerotw the river from Cob
Inn, Ih belli prepared (or oeeupuncy
by the American troop.
Until December t, tho fiuy after tlio
American advance guard urrlvuil In
('obli'iix, tli fortress won occupied by
itwvurni rKliinnU of Germans. Since
thn the fortrcs bun been cleaned
thioiinlioiit by (Ionium soldiers, as
sisted by acori'g of women.
The fortress and the grounds oc
cupy inor,, ttiun 100 ncrcs on a rocky
promontory which a 400 feet above
tlio river.
A concert evo-y afternoon by an
American bund In tlio plimi In front
of the government building here,
which In occupied al headquarters by
tha Third Army, l feature of the
dully life of Cohlcnx.
There In a hoHptnl nearby from
which recovering oldUra of different
nationalities tit mil to hoar the con
certs. Anion the auditors at the con
cert Monduy wu a Frenchman who
)md lost both feet aa a result of
wounds. He, was In a rolling chulr
which waa pushed by a German with
one arm.
S.A.C.T.
. DEMOBILIZATION IS
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LKGE. CORVALLIS, Doc. 13. No-
vombor wngea are to bo paid to all
B. A. T. C. men today yand It la ex
poetod that all section 11 men will
be discharged and released by Satur
clay. B, A. T. C. members here will
receive no redaction In fure for their
return home due to tho fact thnt fares
are reduced only to those men who
have left the place of enlistment.
Those men have enlisted here and
were Inducted at the college.
That the It. O. T. C. may be estab
lished bore again next term Is Indi
cated In a communication received
from war department headquarters.
The cadet 11 lutonants who were re
cently appointed will hold office In
the R. O. T. C. If they are approved
by the commandant In charge.
Fl
IX1NDON, Dec. 17.Friedrlch
Kbert, German chancellor, In an Inter
view declared that he knew of no pro
vision In law upon which the ex-kals-er
could betextradited,
"We have separated ourselves from
him after decades of bitter struggle,"
Ebert Bald. "And we only desire thut
guilt for tha responsibility of the out
break of the war should be finally
fixed In order that he should be ex
posed once for all. I cannot think of
any provision In law upon which Wll
helm would have to be given up."
Asked it he took nn optimistic view
of the future, Ebert replied:
"Certainly as far as possible for
a government which has taken over
such a heritage and finds itself placed
before such a terribly tangled situa
tion. You must romombor that, our in
f'.uance upon tho course of events Is
limited. We cannot create bread for
tho Gorman people. If the nation Is
allowed to starve, then the Inevitable
will followt That a notion can be
brought to such a desperate situation
that It must broak all restraints is
shown by the experiences of the past
year.
themselves
"Such people revenge
upon the authors of tholr misery. Our
old system came to the ground finally
as a result of Russian events which it
had Itself Invoked."
FORECLOSURE ORDERED
A docree In the case of Maggie
Franks vs ItosBle Sims Brown, et al
was handed down Wednesday grant
ing the plaintiff a judgment of $1337
and $100 attorney's feos and the cost
of the case. The mortgage on the pro
perty involved In the case was order
ed foreolosed and the property sold to
satisfy the claim.:
ms
IN LEGAL WAY
RULES JUDGE
The motion of VV. J, Wilson to quiikIi
the service f the recount papers of
It, W. Koeliler, defeated Democratic
candidate for sheriff, wn overruled
VV'ediieHilay by Circuit Xidge Camp
bell. Sheriff WlVon asscrtnd that dill-
Kent search had not been made Ufr
ho, "l'"i the papers were served and
'At ...... M.I .... M U'll......
liiV t. Attorneys for Wilson
W. fn. -i i.i .......
vini.ii ,, e miuuiu nave oeen
should
served V'oJ.O
" of abode of the
f1iifiii,tiin( V. tk
- rn
The election T
1 ':loo, Wilson
winning by 6.1 v. Koeliler al
1ik that miscount v, made lu sev
eral precincts. Tha date of the recount
has not been sot and It Is estimated
that It wilt tuke about two weeks.
IS
OF
WASHINGTON, Due. 18. Punish
ment of William Hohenzollern and
"everyone associated with him lu the
commlttlnng of brutal atrocities In
the late war. partleu'arly all concern
ed In tho sinking of the Ltisttanla, en
tailing the murder of American cltl
fens, men, women and children," Is
demanded in a Joint resolution Intro
duced In the house today by Repre
sentative George P. Darrow, Republi
can, of Pennsylvania.
The resolution sets forth "that It Is
the sons3 of the Sixty-fifth congress,
representing the sovreign people cf
the United States, that it Is tho duty
of those who represent the United
States In th settlement of the terms
of peace and other war questions lu
Europe, to cooperate In a lawful man
ner with tho IH". In bringing the
former kulsor and his associates to
trial.
It was provided that copies of the
resolution bo forwardsd to President
Wilson and the American peace com
missioners. Darrow pointed out In the resolution
that tho president upon
unching '
France expressed the conviction of the :s" lon cans wnetner tne in-
people of the United States when" he,dlv,Jul11 called 18 reached or not. pro
declared for "such action In the final hiding connection Is made with his
settlement of the Inaucs of the war as i telephone. New standard line rates
...in i.. -i...i. i. ... . tare also establlHhed.
villi mil, uin icuunn nuv;ii m:in n lui-f
rorlsm and spoliation but make men!
nuunwiinu o,ir (l.o, (,v nnni v
ventured upon without the certainty
of just punishment."
.c.
T!
LONDON, Deo. 17. Lieutenant
General Jim Crslhtlnn Smuts has re
signed us member of the war cabinet
on tho ground that the end of the
war has terminated the need of his
services, according to the Express.
Jan Christian Smuts has long been
a figure In the political life of South
Africa. During the Boer war he was
la command of the republican forces
In Cape Colony. As commander of
British forces in East Africa fighting
against the Germans his success was
remarkable.
In January, 1917, the British gov
ernment named him a member of the
Imperial war conference as represen
tative of the Union of South Africa,
and In June, 1917, he entered the war
cabinet.
El
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 17. Poland has
severed relations with Germany, ac
cording to a telegram received In
!Dorlln from Warsaw
Poland, as a reason for the rupture,
accuses the German authorities In oc
cupied provinces of acting contrary to
Polish Interests and working with the
Bolshevlkl. At the request of the Pol
ish government, Governor , General
Von Besebr and the entire staff of
tho German mission will leave the ter
ritory of 'the Polish republic.
CRACOW, Friday, Dec. 13. Tens of
thousands of eoldiors are moving back
and forth across the old Russian f on
tlor. They come from many nations.
All are returning to tholr homes and
some of thorn are pillaging as they go.
D
AN COLSON
LAID TO REST
ON WEDNESDAY
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late Dan CoIhoii, who
died nt his home at Willamette Han
dily evening, were held from the Hoi-
man & face funeral parlors Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev,
W. T. Mllllken, pator of the Iiaptlst
church, officiating. The Interment was
In Mountain V(W cemetery. The pall
bearers wore William Kaiser, John
Tumor. G. L. Snow, Georgs Klllgson,
Harry Greaves und Carl Christiansen.
Mr. Colson was bom In Indiana, and
was 6!) years of age. He bus resided at
Wl'lamette for the past seven years.
He Is survived by Ills wife and two
IHtl j children of Willamette, also a
daughter, Mrs. Zol'a Jones, who Is
with her husband at an Eastern train
ing camp, and was unable to attend
the funeral of her father, owing to
Illness.
IN U. S.
Promotion to the staff of the 302nd
U. 8. Infantry and citation for bravery
In action are the fortunes of war
which have fallen to Lieutenant An
dr sw Koorner, according to word re
ceived here. He has been with the 91st
division during Its brave work both In
France and Belgium, and was with
King Albert's army at his triumphal
entry Into Brussels.
Lieutenant Koerner Is well known
here, where he was born and spent
several years of his boyhood. Ills
father was superintendent of the Ore
gon City woolen mills for a number
of yiurs, making his home in this
city.
The young man hag many friends
who are glad to hear of his promo
tion. IN LONG DISTANCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Postmas
ter General Burleson Sunday an
nounced a reduction In night long d la
tn(,o telephone rates and a charge for
;
The new rates are to be effective .
jnnuary ii ana are recomm 'naea in
the fl.'st report of the committee on
standardization.
Between 8:30 and 12 P. M. the rate
Is to be one half the day rate, and
between 12 P. M. and 4:30 P. M. one
fourth the day rate.
All rates apply where connection Is
established, but 25 per cent additional
Is to be charged when a particular
person is demanded to answer the
call and does answer. Under present
p-actice, no charge is made unless the
party demanded answers. This has
led to abuse, the committee reports.
IAL
BE
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Clarence H
Mackay, president of the Comni2rclal
Cablo Co., charged la a statement is
sued here last night that Postmaster
General Bur'eson was implicated In
a "plot" to bring about the govern
ment ownership of all wire communi
cations, "and incidentally enable the
Western Union and Bell Telephone
companies to sell out to the govern
ment at a-high price."
Mr. Mackay declarad Mr. Bur'eson's
most recent action In removing him
and other officials of the Commercial
Cable Co., from direction of lines and
appointing a committee to control all
wire communication, placed the West
ern Union and Bell Telephone Co. In
terest "In the sadd'e." Asserting
hla companies were "marked for an
nihilation", because they had always
opposed government ownership, Mr.
Mackay said he was "In this fight to
the finish." '
FRANK JONES
DIES MONDAY
OF INFLUENZA
Frank Jones died at , the Oregon
City hospital Monday evening of in
fluenza. M". Jonas' leg was broken
In an accident about a month ago,
and he. was recovering from the acci
dent at the time of his death.
Mr, Jones Is survived by his wife
and s'x children, the youngest being
two years of age. ',
CONFLICTS
CONTINUE
VIGOROUSLY
IN BERLIN
AMSTERDAM, Jc. 18. The Ger
man government has opened negotia
tions with the vacioug factions with a
view to appointing Count von iterns
torff foreign secretary.
MERLIN", Dec.
18. Field Marshal
von Mackensn, ij
itemed by Hungari
ans, is confined ilih bis entire staff
In Count Karolyi'
castle at Foth, ac
cording to a dispatch from Budapest.
BERLIN, Dec. 18. (Nlnht) The
conflict between the radicals and the
Ebert-Hasse government, which broke
out afresh Monday, Is still undecided.
The demonstration by soldiers out
side the'relchstag building, led by
Karl Liebknecht. was more serious
than appeared at first. While there
were no actual physical encounters,
the attitude of .the so'dlers succeeded
in forcing Chancellor Ebert to avert
the issue by adjourning the "goldaten
rath" (soldiers' council) until tomor
row. If the radical movement continues
to grow the present government may
be overthrown. The radicals gained
courage for their demonstration Mon
day from the attacks made by George
Ledebour and Richard Earth, against
the people's council, which resulted in
Barth bolting the meeting.
Major General Scheuch has re
signed as war minister owing to dis
agreements concerning military poli
cies. He is also blamed for the disor
ders throughout Germany.
The proposed "insurgent" meeting
of the relchstag in defiance of the
Ebert-IIasse government was called
off today by its president, Konstantln
Fuhrenbach. -i. -
Fehrenbach explained the meeting
was rendered unnecessary by the ex
tension of the armistice. His action,
however, is regarded in some circles
as a complete backdown.' New Col
ogne, a hotbed of Spartacusans, Mon
day was raided by troops of the peo
ple's council. Followers of Karl Lieb
knecht, who held the public buildings
for a fortnight, were forcibly eject
ed.
T'SiTT'V A TT TTT1 T Tf
JL,1JD A U HELD
UNDER BONDS
FOR GRAND JURY
William R. Llndau, arrested late
Thursday night for having too many
wives, was charged with polygamy
Friday and waived preliminary hear
ins In the justice court.
About a year ago he left wife No.
1, whose name is Eva, and went to
Great Falls, Mont., and without tak,
ing the trouble to get a divorce, mar
ried wife No. 2, Etta Shyrlock.
They came to Oregon City last Feb'
ruary and went to live at the home
of Llndau's mother, near Linn's Mill.
Wife No. 1 went East for a short
time and then came back and return
ing to Seattle married ajnan by the
name of C. D. Waters. She neglected
to get a divorce and after a time they
decided they were not legally mar
ried and that she would go hack to
her former husband. Llndau agreed to
this but they did not take No. 2 into
the agreement.
Llndau went to Portland Wednes
day night, telling wife No. 2 that he
was going to Washington to work. The
wife got suspicious and followed him
to Portland and found him and wife
No. 1 in a hotel. Llndau promised to
leave No. 1 and the second wife came
to Oregon City to wait for him .
He came here but brought No. 1
with him and took her to his home,
not stopping for No. 2. This did not
suit the latter and she called offlcsrs
and had the man arrested. She alleg
es that she thought Llndau was a
slng'e man when she married him.
Llndau had left $30 with his mother
to give to wife No. 2 for her to go
back to Great Falls but had told her
nothing of this and she swore to the
complaint against him.
He was released on $500 bondi, put
up by L. E. Jones and Llndau's
mother, "and is to appear before the
grand jury.
HEAVY DAMAGES ASKED
' J. W. Roots entered suit against
the Portland & Oregon City Railway
Company to recover on property dam
aged. Plaintiff a'leges that the defendant
entered onto some of his property
and nade a road bed and left a large
hole In the ground and also an em
bankment that stopped drainage from
the property and damaged tne land.
He asks payment to the extant of
the damage resulting,
Government Witness at
Hun Propaganda Inquiry
A.MJJCE BICLASKI
Columns of newspaper space hare
been developed recently to the test!
mony given by A Bruce Bielaskl,
chief of the Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice, before the
Senate committee investigating the
brewery and German propaganda.
This photograph was taken at Wash
ington after he had begun his sensa
tional disclosures.
SOUTHERN PUCK
10 KTICT
STEEL Biff HERE;
The much fought for steel bridge of
the Southern Pacific. Company in this
city on Fourteenth street, where the
track of the company crosses over
head, was started Wsdnesday.
The present bridge is mostly wood
en and the city has been after a steel
bridge to rsplace this, which the rail
road company did not wish to do.
Over a year ago the company start
ed to replace the old bridge with a
new one of wood and when ordered to
stop by Mayor Hackett they refused
to do so. In order to stop tham the
mayor had the workers arrested and
the company then sued the mayor for
false arrest. This was tried and the
company lost.
The new bridge will make the cross
ing safer and will do away with the
supports that are in the street.
IE BY
LOSS OF RIGHT ARM
Barney Johnson, a former resident
of Oregon City, engaged at one time
in barbering and later in the paper
mills, who enlist ?d In the engineers'
railway service some 15'or 18 months
ago and saw considerable active fight
ing in France, renewed acquaintances
here Tuesday, after having been In
valided home because of the loss of
right arm at the shoulder. He Is at
present visiting with his wife and
the latter's parents at Clackamas sta
tion. Mr. Johnson expects to leave
shortly for California, where he will
enter a r?construction hospital and be
provided with an artificial arm and
hand. Several reports had come to
Oregon City some time ago that Mr,
Johnson had been killed in action or
had died as a result of his injuries,
and those friends who greeted him on
his returne were pleased to see him
alive even with his misfortune.
PRESIDENT OF
PORTUGAL SLAIN
LAST SATURDAY
LISBON, Dec. 16. The body of
Dr, Sidonlo Paes, president of Portu
gal, who was assassinated Saturday
by a man named Jeetne, was taken to
day to the Belem palace to await the
funeral ceremonies. Meanwhile . the
Portuguese government is continuing
in office . under Onsorla Castro, the
minister of justice, while both chan
bers of the parliament have been sum-
moned today to discuss the question
of a successor to the president.
The whole capital is in mourning
with a deep undercurrent of excite
ment among both military and civili
ans, who are organizing parades, In
which the marchers' call for vengance.
. The government has lssuued an ap
peal to all public officials asking them
to preserve order.
The assassin of Dr. Paes made sure
of his aim when he attacked the presi
dent. Dr. Paes was talking with a
number of ministers at a railroad sta
tion here when the young man ap-
nroached the group. He succeeded in
reaching the side of Dr. Paes and
drawing a pistol, fired point blank at
'he president. Dr. Paes never regained
consciousness.
The murderer was killed by the
crowd and another man, suspected of
complicity in the crime, was arrest
ed. 1
h K . f ' i
( : ; ;t
-
- -
.3
f
-"
OFFICIALS OF
MTV
FEW INCREASES
The county budget to be discussed
by the taxpayers of the county at the
court house Saturday shows but li.tle
increase in the salaries, of the depu
ties in the various offices. These in
creases are necessary so officers at
the court house contend, to have com
petent help and they are not la com
parison with the salaries paid this
kind of help in many places. The
county offlcsrs are asking small In
creases in order that they wl'l not
have to break in new help, which in
many cases would be far more ex
pensive to the taxpayers.
The clerk's office shov.s lncreas
of the second and third deputies of
$5 per month. With this increase the
salary is $80 per month. The chief
deputy will receive the same salary as
last year, $1080.
In the recorder's office the salary of
the chief deputy is $1020 and the new
budget asks for $1080. This is an in
crease of $5 per month over the old.
The machine operators' salary is
$75 per month and the increase asked
is $5 per month. The amount
allowed for extra help Is $150 as
against $130 of last year.
The Increase in salary asked in
th3 treasurer's office Is $ per month
I iur me uepuiy.
At J .
The surveyor's office shows a n
terlal decrease In salaries as the as-
sistant will be done away with the
coming year. It was decided that there
was not enough work to keep this as
sistant busy and the surveyor will
hire the needed help and the bill will
go to the general road fund. Axmen
and chainmen will also be Paid out of
this fund.
The salary of the chief deputy in
the assessor's office is Increased from
$1020 to $1200 or an increase of $5
per month. The salaries of the field
deputies of this office are $1700,
and the new budget calls for $2000.
This goes to cover the expense of
assesing the whole county. An
Increase of $50 over last year is shown
In the new budget for extending the
tax roll. Extra heln will be needed to
do this work as the tax roll must be
made up by February 1.
The assistants in the tax depart
ment are given an increase of $5 per
month, which is all the increase in
this department. ,
The sheriffs office shows no
in-
crease in the new budget.
E
E
Mrs. Maude Sturgis, wife of Ernest
Sturgis, died at the family home near
Fourth street Tuesday morning at 5
o'clock;- after an illness of one week
from influenza. '
Mrs. Sturgis was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard St. Clair, of
Portland, but has resided in Clacka
mas county most of her life, and has
resided In Oregon City for a number
of years, where she is well and fav
orably known. She was 24 years of
age.
Mrs. Sturgis is survived by her hus
band and two children, Ellen, about
seven years of age, and Harvey, five
years. She also leaves her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard St. Clair, of Port
land; a sister, Mrs. Lottis Wunder, of
Portland; and a brother, Charles St
Clair, who resides at Mount Pleasant.
PACIFIC HIGHWAY
!G
SALEM, Dec. 13. Announcement
was made today by the state highway
department that a contract has been
let to the Columbia Contract company
for 50,000 yards of road material for
us3 in paving 18 miles of the Pacific
highway between Salem and Aurora,
and that hauling of material will be
gin In January.
"We will put material on the ground
and set up the paving plant this win
ter so the work, of laying the pave
ment can be started just as soon as
the weather is favorable next spring",
said C. A. Dunn, who has charge of
highway construction for the highway
department. 1
The Sa'.em-Jefferson section of the
Pacific highway will not be paved
next year, ws it has not been graded
by Marion county, it was stated.
CONTRACT LET FOR
PRESIDENTS
CHIEF AIM
IS LEAGUE
OE NATIONS
PARIS, Dec. 18. "I am not only in
favor of the league of nations, but I
believe formation of such a league is
absolutely indispensible to the main
tenance of peacs," President Wilson
declared today.
The president made this statement
In denying the authenticity of a dis
patch published in an American news
paper, declaring he approved the plan
of the league to enforce peace,
peace.
"It is entirely false," the president
said. "I am, as everyone knows, not
only in favor of tha league of nations,
but I believe formation of Buch a
league is absolutely Indispensible to
the maintenance of peace. But the
particular plan of the league to en
force peace was never directly or in
directly indorsed by me."
PARIS, Dec. 18. The first confer
ence of the complete American peace
delegation will be held at 5 o'clock this
afternoon, when President Wilson
goes to the Crillon hotel to meet the
other representatives.
The president's principal conversa
tion today, preceding the American
conference, will be with Gabriel Han
otaux, former French foreign minis
ter. He was busy studying reports and
data on recent conferences. De
spite the rain, be planned to take a
motor trip this afternoon.
DEMOBILIZATION OF
ARMY NOT LIKELY
FOR OVER ONE YEAR
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 18. A
least a year, possibly two years, will
be required before the nation. can re
turn to normal peace conditions, and
"we will be fortunate if conditions
abroad make demobilization possible
at so early a date," said Secretary
Daniels here today, addressing the
conference of state governors.
The navy, said the secretary, must
be Increased and strengthened to en
able the United States to contribute
as many units as any other nation to
an international police force, but he
auded : -...,-
"I look to S3e the peace conference
Hit an end to competitive big navy
building."
Secretary Lane, also addressing the
conference, urged governors to do
everything in their power to keep
state branches of the Council of Na
tional Defense from disintegration.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
WITH HUNS ADMITTED
BY
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. Pleas
of guilty to an alleged conspiracy to
supply German warships at sea
through the wholesale chartering of
American and other vessels here, in
violation of the neutrality laws, were
entered here today by four shipping
men, two shipping firms and the Chan
cellor of the former German Consul
ate here. Sentence was set for De
cember 21. .
Tha shipping men were Robert II.
Swayne, C. D. Bunker, Thomas W.
Anderson and Joseph H. Bley. The
firms were C. D. Bunker & Co. and
the Northern & Southern Steamship
Company. The consular agent was
Heinrlch Kauffmann.
Charges against Phillip R. Thayer,
president of tha Northern and South
ern Company, the shipping firm of
Swayne & Hoyt and John G. Hoyt,
other alleged conspirators, were to be
dropped by the Government and dis
missals asked for, John W. Preston,
Special Assistant Attorney-Gen aral,
announced. It was stipulated that fines
would be asked for in the cases of
those pleading guilty, with the excep
tion of Bley.
' KAISER WON'T LEAVE
AMSTERDAM, Dec- 17.Willam
Hohenzollern, the former Gorman,
emperor, the Telegraaf says It under
tands, has refused to leave Hel'and
after official reprasentations have
been made that his continued pr -enco
in Holland was likely to 'nvolve
the country in serious dlfficul'Ies.