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CEREMONY
IS QUIET AT
BURIAL OE
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T
OT8TKII HAY N. Y., Jan. 6,Colu
nl Theodore Itoosovolt, former presi
dent of Itio United Statns and one of
tha most picturesque and forceful Nu
ll roa avr known In American public
Ufa, died at hl world famous country
homo at Sagamore Hill, at 4.15 o'clock
thla morning.
Tha former president la reported to
have died In his sleep from embolism
blood clot effecting tha passage of
blood through tha heart snptirlnduo-
ed by a number of maladies from
which b haa recently been a aufferar.
complication of diseases, born of
an exploring expedition Into tha wild
of South America, la believed to hare
boon tha oauaa of death.
During tha past 18 tnontht tha for
mr president had bean treated by the
foremost aurgaona and medical men
of tha country, but tha malady baffled
tha akllt of the scientists.
It I believed that the death of bla
youngest son, Quentln. who waa killed
la France a few montha ago during a
battle In tha air with German plIoU,
affected tb former president deeply
and baatened hie end.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-The death
of Colonel Kooaevell allocked the capi
tal. Unlveraul regret at tha paining
waa evident on every hand. Profound
aorrow waa shown by the many who
knuw the fornitvr prealdent person
ally, and bla political friend and an
tagonist Joined In expressions of ad
miration for the man.
Colonel Rooaevelt waa born In New
York City on October 87, lSit, btng
the aecond aon of Theodore Roosevelt,
a merchant and phtlanthroplHt. Polo-
no! Roosevelt turned to polltlca aa
aoon aa ho hud been graduated from
Harvard In 1880, and bla aptitude for
public life mnilu Itself apparent an
once. He worked hla way through the
Now York state assombly und the gov
ernorship to the vice-presidency of tho
United Hiatus and finally became the
twenty-sixth president In 1901. The
colonel waa not elected on bla ftrat
tenure of the presidency, having sue
coed 'd President McKlnley when the
latter wua assaslimtcd by an anarch
lat In Buffalo, N. Y., but In 1904 ho
waa elected president us the popular
choice of the people.
OYSTER HAY, N. Y., Jan. 8. Col
otiol Itoosovolt was burled hero today
with Impressive simplicity. The pomp
and splendor which the World wbh eag
er to offer to iho niomory of the emi
nent statesman, warrior Hnd author
wn totally absent. It wne the funeral
of Theodore Roosevelt, private citizen
of Sagamore Hill.
The body was laid to rest on the
creel of u Know-covered knoll In the
atwulow of Sagamoro Hill. There was
n abort prayer service nt tho Rooss
volt home, and ceremonies without
music at tho village church and ceme
tery. ,
Mrs. Hooeevelt saw that tho ex
pressed wishes of tho colnnol wore
carried out to the mlnutoHt detail. At
tho apeclnl prnycr service at tho home
only Mrs. Koosnovclt and the mem
bers of tho family, with a few lntl
mato friends, wore pronent. Mrs
Roosuvclt did not attend the cere
monies at Chrlnt church or at the
cemetery.
8now fell early In tho day. Tho sky
was gray and overcast. An almost lm
penotrablo mist hoverod for a time
over Oyster Hay nnd Sagamore Hill,
RESPECT IS SHOWN
M.'iyor It. L. Ilolmnn Issued a pro
clamation on Tuesday afternoon to
miHpond liuHlnoss (or five minutes
during the funeral Bervice of the lata
Theodore Itoosovelt, and all business
was suspended here, for five minutes
at 0:45, the Washington time being
12:45, when services were he'd at
Oyster Bay. Flags on the public build
ings and many at the homes of the
people of this city were at half mast
during the day. The mills and other
manufacturing plants closed down
their machinery at that timee. The
large flags on the Crown Willamette
and Hawley Pulp & Paper Company's
plants and the Oregon City Manufac
turing Company were at half mast
most at this time.
LICEN3E TO WED
A marriage license was issued here
Wednesday to Amy L. Duncan, 87, of
Canemah, and John Stacy, 36, of
Portland.
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DIES IN SEATTLE OF
SEATTLE, WASH., Jan. 8 -Mayor
Ole Hanson announced today that the
city government will arrange an of
ficial tribute to the memory of former
Mayor Hiram C. Gill, w ho died yeater
day. Arrangements for the Gill fun
eral were to be made today.
SEATTLE, Jan. 8. Hiram Charles
Oil!, three times elected mayor of
Seattle, died here yaaterday afternoon
of pneumonia, aged S3 years. GUI be
came 111 December 27 with Influenza
wblcu later developed Into pneumon
Few men In public life In the state
of Washington experienced the ups
and downs of fortune to such an ex
tent aa did Hlrnm Charlea Gilt. At
tncka on his personal honesty he de
feated, but he waa compelled to re
tiro to private life with his political
prenclples rejected and himself a cen
ter of national Interest becausoe of his
trial on a foderal indictment charging
him with having shielded the Hillings
ley lirothers, noted "bootleggers." He
was acquitted of this charge.
IRRIGATION WILL BE
IMPORTANT FEATURE
SAI.1CM, Jan. 8.- Irrigation lcglH
latlon will be an important feature of
tho legislative session which will open
next Monday, In the opinion of State
Engineer Percy A. Cupper.
He declared there would be import
ant luglHlutlon along th0 line of mak
ing preparation for cooperating with
tha government In tho development of
farm homes for returning so'diers
This will not Include provision for fi
nancing any portion of the develop
nient program, as he looks to the fed
eral government to do that, but It
will pertain to making Carey Act land
and land in othur irrigation projects
available for the government's pro
gram. E
AT SALT LAKE MEET
SALEM, Or., Jan. 6. Oregon's
share to put up to gain federal funds,
will be $73 to $27 out of $100, Instead
of dollar for dollar, If plans which
were sot In motion at the Salt Lake
conference of the state highway of
ficials become efective, according to
State Highway Engineer Nunn, who
roturned from the meeting today.
Resolutions adopted provide that in
the stote having loss than 100 popu
lation to the square mile, one-fourth
of 1 per cent should be deducted for
each person loss than 100 from, the
dollar for dollar proportion, which
would make Oregon's share only $27
for each $100. Mr. Nunn stated that
Oregon would be entitled to $9,000,000
under the Bankhead bill and for the
state to meet the federal money on
that basis, would bankrupt the state
for road purposes. It was also deter
mined to recommend that the propos
ed federal highway commission for
the control of the federal funds undor
the Bankhead act, should control only
purely federal roads, and that the con
struction of post roads should be con
trolled the same as now, through the J
state commissions. 1
BIG DEALS ARE
REPORTED BY
RECORDER NOE
Several big deals and a number of
satisfactions have been filed with
County Recorder J. G. Nbe during the
paat two weeks, showing that the busi
ness In the county la flourishing.
Among the large deals recorded was
that of Susan C. Linn of 653.85 acres
In Section 13. T.8 8., R. 4.E. The
sonsldoration waa only $10 but the
revenue stamps shows thla to be
$14,000.
Henry Wagner, Henry Winkard
Wagner, and Neva Marie Wagner
transferred to, Alexander Wagner land
In the Peter M. Rlnearson D. L, C
formerly the A. C. Beaulieu place, for
th0 consideration of $10,000, accord
ing to the revenue stampa.
,. Another largo deal was that of Clara
E. Morley to the Portland-Oregon
Und company several tracts of land
In the Glenmorrle Park for the sura
of $16,000.
JITNEY RUMORS
CAUSE ACTION
BY LIVE WIRES
Humors of Jitney competition with
the Portland Railway Light & Power
Co., between Oregon City and Port
land excited the Llve Wires of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club at its noon
day luncheon here Tuesday to a pohit
where a committee of business men
was appointed to protest to the city
council against lowering the bars to
tho Jitneys. The sentiment that was
expressed appeared to be opposed to
a modification of the existing ordi
nance, wnicn practically shuts out
Jitney competition with the interur
ban.
Samuul Francis, well known resi
dent of the hill section, was quoted as
snying that the traction company
would discontinue the Jitney service
operated between Mountain View and
the business district if tha present
Jitney ordinance was modified by the
council, It has long been known that
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Co. operates the hill Jitney within
the city limits at a considerable loss
solely to, protect itself from Jitney
competition on the Portland run. The
big bus Is an expense to the company,
but sorvlee Is constantly maintained
as a measure of self protection.
The attitude of the new city admin
istration is unknown, but the report
s in circulation that some of the
members of the council favor jitney
competition since the recent rise in
passenger rates on the Interurban.
W. A. Huntley, A. A. Prlcov Ray
mond Caufiold, Goorge Bunnon and
William Andreaon, all Main street
business men, comprise the commit
tee.
WILSON MAY
VISIT COAST -IN
NEAR FUTURE
ST. PAUL. Jan. 6. President Wil
son on his return from the peace con
ference will tour the United States,
and St. Paul Is on his itinerary, accord
ing to a confidential letter received
in St. Paul last night by a prominent
Democrat.
The President will go to the Pa
cific Coast by way of Chicago, St.
Paul and Tacoma.
It Is the Intention of the President
to lay bare all the facts concerning
the peace conference.
He will tell what he won and lost
in the conference and will tell why
he won or lost it, according to those
In touch with the President's plans.
Returning east, the President will
50 by way of San Francisco, Salt
Lake City, Denver and Omaha.
According to the plans laid out by
be President before he sailed for Eu
rope, It will be one of the most ex
fenslve trips ever made by a Presi-Nt.
BOLSHEII
DEFEATED
BERLIN
FIGHTING
'LONDON, Jan. 8.The street fight
Ing In Berlin has come to an end with
the government forces victorious over
the Spartacldes (Bolshevlki).
Parliamentaires were ent to the
government by the Spartacidea "to
discuss measures for the avoidance of
further bloodshed." A truce was then
declared for further negotiations.
During tho fighting aro-ind Klepe
nlckerstrasse barracks the govern
ment troops used a "ralnenwerfer"
bomb thrower).
LEON TROTZKY
PLACES LEI1IIIE
COPENILAGEN, Jan. 8.-Nikolai
Lenlne, the Bolshevik premier of Rus
sia, has been arrested at the com
mand of Leon Trotsky, minister of
war and marine, who has made him
self dictator, according to a Moscow
dispatch to the Gothenburg, Sweden.
Gaaette.
Trotsky was prompted to mak the
arrest becanse of a ijlffe'.-. of opln
lon'with Lenlne concerning Bolshevik
reforms, the dispatch states. Lenlne
desired to effect a coalition with the
Menshevikik, or moderates, while
Trotsky wished to continue the reign
of red terror.
FAIR ASSOCIATION
Th9 stockholders of the Clackamas
County Fair Association met Saturday
afternoon with Judge Grant B. Dim
ick presiding.
The election of the board of direc
tors was as follows: W. H. Bair, of
Canby; George DeBokj of Willamette;
W. W. Everhart, of Hlolalla; A. H.
Knight, of Canby; and Grant B. Dlm-
ick, of Oregon City; also threa mem
bers of the county court of Clackamas
county, Judge Anderson, W. A. Proc
tor and W. F. Harris, were chosen.
The following officers were elect
ed: President, Judge Grant B. Dim
ick, Oregon City; secretary, Adam H.
Knight, of Canby; treasurer, W. H.
Balr, of Canby. Judge Dlmick and W.
H. Bair were reelected to these. offic
es.
It was decided at this meeting to
have the ' admission fee reduced for
the county hereafter, and Instead of
charging 60 cents, 25 cents will be
the admission fee, this to be for those
above the age of 12 years, and all
persons 12 years or under, 10 cents.
At the next meeting, which will be
.held In the county court room Febru
ary 7, 1919, the establishment of sea
son tickets and other preliminary rule
and regulations, together with the
general policy of the foir association
was left to be established.
LICENCE TO WED
Mabel Bair and John Eid, both of
Canby, were granted license to wed
Monday by the county clerk.
Constable Is Sore
Was Badly Insulted
t
Hit Little Soldier
Some excitement was created at Os
wego Monday night when Constable
McVey and a soldier by the name of
Jack W. Doane, of Portland had trou
ble. Doane was walking down the street
with twe young ladles of Oswego and
constable noticed them and as Doane
was a stranger he looked at him for
some time and the soldier made the
remark: "I hope you got your eye
full." Other words followed and Mc
Vey clalTi the soldier insulted him,
which wa denied.
McVey tuen proceeded to mix with
the yeuug man, who is only 17 yearB
of age, a.-." heat him pretty badly.
Investigation Is being made. of the
affair bu no complaint has been
sworn out as vet
UNDER ARREST
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY STOCKHOLDERS OF
SITUATION AT SALEM
SALEM, Or.. Jsn. 7. (Special)
With the passing of the year, another
period of a state administration also
lias passed Into history and a new
one Is looming up, with a new Legis
lature, and In many ways a new out
look on state affairs.
For the first tle In many years a
Legislature i about to convene with
seeming peace boverlng over the
fitate Board of Control, which plays
such an Important part In the adminis
tration of the affairs of state. Either
one or. another of the members has
been out of Joint with general board
harmony with the convening of every
Legislature and some cessions the
main squabbles have hinged on this
very disjointed stcte of affairs In the
board.
There was a time when Governor
Withycombe and O. P. Hoff, the new
State Treasurer, were scarcely on
speaking terms. 8eemingly, on the sur
face, the hatchet haa been burled.
How deep it reposes under the politi
cal sod Is for the next fonr yean to
disclose. Olcott and Hoff also are
friendly and If any bad political blood
waa ever spilled between Withycombe
and Olcott only daisies now seen to
be growing to mark the spot where it
fell.
Thus, on the surface, it all looks
calm and serene and there Is appar
ently a chance for a more or less har
monious time ahead. It is true that the
Ship of State has grounded on some
very, very small pebbles In the past
and what may develop during the next
40 days of the session remains to be
seen in the line of creating friction
among board members.
The only josslbility now looming
Is In the chance that an effort will
be made to swing the State Peniten
tiary back from the Governor to the
Board if Control. It Isn't at all likely
that this Jiove will get very far as it
is not apt to meet with the approval
of the other members of the board,
nor is it likely to meet with the ap
proval of the Governor. Both Olcott
and Kay were glad to get clear from
the prison burdens and Olcott hasn't
changed his mind in that regard. lUtl
hasn't expressed himself on the sub
ject, but he has never been known
to go out eunning for superfluous
troubles and the chances are that he
will be pleased to take what troubles
come along with the treasurer's office
without shouting for more.
The Legislature Itself is going to
hop onto several matters of admin
lstration with wWch the Board of Con
trol is more or less Intimately assocl
ated. For instance, the prison itself
will come in for more short arm Jabs.
The story is being peddled around
among the legislators that Seymour
Jones, as a Marion county man, pre
sumably friendly to the Governor,
was slipped into the Speaker's chair
for the purpose of shielding the ex
tcutive as far as prison matters are
concerned. To any one who knows the
real status of affairs this sounds rath
er ludicruous, inasmuch as it was a
Marion county grand Jury that took
occasion to swat the executive and his
lineup of prison officials, but It Is
true, nevertheless, that a number of
legislators are spreading this story,
and the fact that they are goes to
show that there will be much and
plenty said about the prison before
the session is over.
Some of the Granger members also
are going to take a bump at the board
for its failure to do more with the
rural credits fund than it has. The
board, in this instance, has a perfect
ly good alibi, but any sort of alibi
doesn't save anyone from getting
cracked by a legislator, providing the
legislator couples up the opportunity
with the inclination to get a bit fus
sy. The rural credits fund petered out
as far as loans went after a few hun
dred thousands of dollars in bonds had
on the market had the board been In-
been sold. The ward at first refused
to seil bonds below par, and then the
war overtook the board and the bonds
would not have been allowed to go
clined to float them which, by the
way, it was not.
But the people in general may rest
assured that none of these considera
tions will be taken into account by
some of the granger legislators If
they feel inclined to go gouging
around with a nviat ax for someone's
scalp, and it is a safe bet that during
the next 45 days tb"re will be some
loud talking about rural credits,
the occasion offers.
The board also is going to get some
verbal rappings because of increase'd
wages and salaries to employes at
the state institutions. It has been gen
erally agreed as far as is known, that
in a majority of cases the increases
were justified because of abnormal
conditions existing, but this alibi isn't
going to be swallowed by the Leglsla
ture as a whole. At least if some of
the legislators who have been heard
to express themselves remain in the
same frame of mind during the ses
sion as they are now, charges are go
ing to be made not only that there
has been extravagant administration
at the State Penitentiary, but that
there has been extravagance in tha
administration of practically all of the
state institutions.
It Is true that the institutions have
cost much more to run during the last
two years than the Legislature of
1917 bargained for. It is generally con
ceded that they had a right to cost
Iwn'ti. got"? tq WPP-
YANKS FIRST
TO BREAK LINE
MB
LOXDON, Jan. 8. American troops
were the first to break the HInden
burg line, according to the Daliy News
In its comment today on the report of
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg on
the operations from the end of April
last to the close of hostilities. The
New points out that at least the first
mention of a break through contained
in the field marshal's report was in
the course of bis description of the
day's work on September 29,, In which
he wrote:
"North of Bellingllse, the 30th
American division. Major General E.
M. Lewis, having broken through the
tieep defenses of the Hindenbnrg
line, stormed Bellincourt and seized
Nouroy. On their left the 27th Ameri
can division, Major General O'Ryan
met with very heavy enfilading ma
chine gun fire, but pressed on with
great gallantry as far as Jony, where
a bitter struggle took place for poses
lion of the village. The fighting on the
whole front of the 2nd American
corps was severe, and In Bellincourt,
Nouroy, GOlemont farm and a number
of other points.
LABOR COMMISSIONER
MAKES APPOINTMENTS
OF
SALEM, Or., Jan. 4. C. H. Gram,
who next Monday will begin hla du
ties as state labor commissioner, will
ask the. legislature to aljr to pres
ent law so that .one deputy commis
sioner will have charge of all prosecu
tions outside of the factory inspection
department Mr. Gram yesterday an
nounced the names of all of bis depu
tios, but because of the change in
the new law proposed by him, is with
holding the fourth appointment until
later.
The three deputies for the factory
inspection department named yester
day are B. H. Hansen, Portland; J. C.
Bradford, Corvallis, and J. H. West,
Salem. Hansen is already serving, hav
ing been appointed by Commissioner
Hoff a short time ego. Bradford has
been connected with the sawmill
business for 30 years. At one time
he was superintendent of the saw
mill and logging work for the Port
land Railway, Light & Power com
pany, and is at present superinten
dent for the Corvallis Lumber com
pany. West is an electrical and steam
engineer and at the present time Is
connected with the Drager Fruit com
pany of Salem.
In the Salem office Commissioner
Gram will have as clerk W. H. Fitz
gerald of Portland, formerly a mem
ber of the Portland executive com
mittee under Mayor Rushlight, and
who also was formerly an employe of
the sheriff's office in Portland. Miss
Marie Marshall, of Salem, will be
stenographer.
much with some of the boys who have
their mallets slugged with lead, and
the board will come in for an unples
ant piece of roasting.
A number of state departments will
come In for some manhandling along
with the board of control and along
with the institutions, on the same
score. There is going to be more econ
omy talk at the next session than has
been heard for some timeJn the past,
and no one yet has ever accused any
of the late lamented legislators of
having put the soft pedal on economy
talk, whether they have practiced
what they preached, or whether they
have not.
But the Legislature is not going to
have such a difficult time of it in
meeting the high cost of state govern
ment under the 6 per cent amend
ment as a first glance at the budget
estimates recently issued , would indi
cate. By making a careful perusal of the
budget It may be seen that a large
number of the departments and insti
tutions have included estimates for
expenses which had a direct bearing
on some activity which had risen in
connection with the war. Further ex
amination shows that now the war is
over, for all intents and purposes,
these estimates can be lopped off with
one fell swoop without interfering in
any way, shape or form, with the ef
ficiency of the various activities. This
will be one of the first Jobs of the
ways and means committee, and when
this Job is finished it will represent a
very tidy sum eliminated and will re
duce the prospective cost of the next
blennium very well down toward the
figure allowed under the 6 per cent
limit.
In fact the situation seems to be
becoming brighter and brighter for the
incoming solons as far aa the finan
cial end of the deal is concerned, who
were decidedly pessimistic a few
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PARIS, Jan. 8. Premier Clemen
ceaa and President Wilson were be
lieved today to be approaching some
understanding regarding their appar
ently conflicting views on the balance
of power and the league of nations.
The two leaders certainly had an op
portunity to exchange views in this
matter as a reenlt of their unexpected
meeting Tuesday evening in the of
fices of Colonel Houss. Great inter
est is attached to this meeting as. 'tt
waa the first time Clemenceau and
Wilson had met since the former's
frank declaration In favor of retention
of the balance of power and the lit
ter's simultaneous statement la Man
chester that this ancient Institution
must give way to the league of na
tions. American circles have ail along held
the opinion that the divergence in
Clemencean's and Wilson's views was
more apparent than real, and that
both were working toward the same
end, only along different channels.
RECOUNT COMPLETED
SHEIFWOUT
The recount of the vote for sheriff
waa completed Friday evening and
tha final reattlt gave Eheriff Wilson
a larger majority than he had before
the recount started by abont ten
votes.
Very little difference waa found
daring the last day of the count al
though In one precinct in Oregon City
Koehler won fonr votes and In the
other precincts the count went first
for one and then the other.
This gives Wilson a lead of 63 votes
and perhaps a few more.
The large miscounts alleged by
Koehler did not materialize and he
claimed this miscount in a great many
precincts. In order for him to win it
would have taken a mlsconnt. nf at
least 27 votes In his favor and also
taken this many from Wilson.
"When the recount was completed
the attorneys for Koehler said they
would make a motion to dismiss the
case and this will end the case.
The recount was completed in th'ree
days when it was thought that . it
would take at least a week. The judg
es and clerks worked diligently and
were seldom interrupted at the work
and Friday evening they were so near
through It was decided to finish.
One of th9 startling features of the
recount was the mistake found in the
original count In the small precinct of
Harmony No. 1. Here it was discov
ered that there had been a mistake of
19 votes in Koehler's favor. These
votes should have gone to Wilson and
if they had in the first place ther
would have been less grounds for a
recount.
It is rumored that there may be a
grand jury action on this matter as
many people of the county ar0 not sat
isfied with conditions found at Har
mony. BILL DRAFTED
TO INCREASE
LICENSE FEES
With the view of aiding In solving
the critcal financial situation confront
ing the state as a result of tha 6 per
cent tax limitation amendment. State
Representative ChVis Schuebel, of
Clackamas county, has drafted for In
troduction in the coming legislature
bills materially increasing the license
fees of domestic
"0 vv.yv.
uons, and also the inheritance tax
scale. Under the amendment the state
will be short the next bisnnum more
than $1,000,000 of the sura needed for
its governmental activities, and Mr.
Scheubel declares that, if enacted, his
measure will produce additional reve
nue totaling approximately $900,000.
Under the present Inheritance tax
scale the state receives annually $80,-
SM2.77, and under Mr. Schuebel's bill
the total annual tax that would flow
into the treasury each year would be
approximately $220,153.38 an In
crease of $159,230.61. He. asserts that
the present Inheritance tax scale Is
too low, and that the increases will
not make the tax excessive.
KAISER'S 80N TO WORK
PARIS, Jan. . The fourth son of
William Hohenzollern, 'the former
ranee August William, has taken a
situation with a German automobile
EKED
BY PiiEflU
AND WILSON