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FIFTY-THIRD YEAR-No. 8.
ORECON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1919.
ESTABLISHED 1864
CITY
HUNDREDS
KILLED BY
STOCKHOLM. Jtin. 15..-Troop are
firing upon crowd of Mtarvlng pooplo
who are Jamming the street ol Potto-
Krad crylna for bread, nld advlcu
from tliut city today.
Ton tliouHtiud ponwii are roaming
tliu utriMitH of Petrograd dmniiiiilliig
food.
Several hundred porsoua hiiva been
killed In a immmicro at llerdiuhov, In
tho government of Kiev,
The program followed an attempt
by ii'uamiU to dUarm the Jewish mill
tla.
Many moro program are antli Ijiit
d.
Several prominent citizen ot Cane
man met with the county court Wed-
eaday to dlaciiaa the qucatlon of ro
irovlng the track of tho Port'and
Railway, Light ft Tower company be
tween thla city and Canemah.
Thla quoaUon waa brought up by
a litter from the Public Service Com
m'.aHlon complaining of .the dnuger
owing to the narrowneaa ot the ro id
whore thla track la, laid. It la ao nar
row n place that It la Impossible for
a vehicle to paaa a street car and V
la thought nwoanary that the road
way be wldonod or the track torn up
If the nronoacd pavement la laid a
thla Improvement would mean a gr-it-er
amount ot travel on thla road.
Soveral of the Canemah citizen
a poke at the meeting aaylng that thay
would rather have the1 car aervlce bnt
If It waa neceaaary to aubatltute a
Jitney aervlce there would be no aa.l
oua objectlona on their part providing
the tracka were all taken up and none
of them loft for freight and awltchlng
mirDoaaa aa they do not think It
would be fair that the company be al
lowed to dlacontlnue paasongor er
vice and atlll uae tho tracka for other
purpoaoa.
P. J. Fuller, vice proaldont of the
railway company, waa In attendance
at the mooting and atated that the
company waa willing to do the right
thing by all concerned and If ao or
dered would take the tracka away.
No doclalon waa readied at tho
meeting. " i ' ' ' ' "
Mayor Holman and Beveral of the
councllmon were present at the meet
ing.
ROADMASTER IS
REAPPOINTED AT
LARGER SALARY
T. A .Hoots, county roadmiiBtor, waa
reappointed to that poaitlon Friday by
tho county court without opposition
and at an Increase In aalnry.
Thla makea the fourth time that
Mr. Itoota lias received the appoint
mont, having served with atlafactloL
for three years. During that time
much rodd work hag been dono In
the county considerable hard-surface
pavement having been laid. Un
der the supervision of Mr. Roots the
county operates Its own paving plunt
at Dell Station and by so doing Is able
to put in much pavement at a low
cost. This pavement has alood all
tost and has aroused much Interest
throughout Oregon.
In addition to the ronda that have
been paved Mr. Roots has charge of
over 1200 miles of gravel and dirt
roads whore much Improvement has
been done during the terms of Road
master Roots,
Forty-five road districts of the
county voted special road taxes recent
ly through the efforts ot Mr. Roots
and this will be used to a good ad
vantage during the coming year.
The salary of the roadmaster was
lncreaseu from $175 per month to $200
and tue county court will pay for the
upkeop of hla automobile whilo doing
the work of the county. Mr. Roots
had asked for a salary of f2G0, he to
pay the auto expenses or $200 and
the county to furnish him with a car,
After consideration It waa decided to
give him the Increase to $200 and pay
the traveling expenses.
DECREE GRANTED
Alta Graves was granted a decree of
TROOPS III
PERTOGRAD
divorce from D. W. Graves In the cl
NO HEW BILLS
BY CROSS; HE
MAY KILL SOME
HAUSM, Or.. Jan. l&.(8podal
UiiIonm hla mind veer completely
mound, tipromnluilvo Harvey Cron
of (inckamn county, will do no In
troducing of bill (luring, the promint
HKHBlon.
lu fact, Mr. f'ruBH think thore ar
too many luwa on the stututo book
ii h It In and ho Intend to alt calmly
In hla seat with hl knife out for any
thliiK In shape of u"'Iim or detrl
tni'iiiul luKlHlatlnn.
"!tok at 'cm," mild Mr, Crow to
day, na Iim swept hla hand along tho
Una of coda and teimlon lawa which
decorate the front of hla and every
other member' deaka. "A man could
Hprml ' whole lift rcuillng thorn and
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Nid tart.
o ninny law and wo
want m "lu8 10
watch thtf.jty, k by. and every
tliun on0 trU-5 i, don't look
goou io me 1 am k
It."
(", n spear
Mr. Crona la aliw on tu mmlttoe
on countica a It chairman and over
In the Bmmio Waltur Dlmlck In Aittlug
antrldr? tliut at.
Kuri of thOBO member waa aaked
If there would be anything doing In
the linn ot county divlalon In Clacka-'
niu county thl year.
Not that we know ot," was the an-
wer. Each dates that there 1 little
chance of anything like that coming
up.
When ttHked what would happen to
It If It doea coma up, they each re
marked a to who 1 acting In the
renpectlve housoa a chairman of the
committee on counties. And a they
remarked It each had a grim look In
hi eye. There will be - no Caacade
county, if thl leglalature ha any
thing to do with It
"I was In tha lcglnlatura 25 years
ago and I learned something bdoui
the woe attaching to man on that
Job," remarked Mr. Cro. "If It wasn't
for the county propoaltlon I wcgMn't
b back here."
Everybody know from tha last te
Hi on how Dlmlck stand on Caacade
county and if anything I started they
will find the other member standing
In the aam spot.
SAWMILL WILL
BE OPERATED
BY LUMBER CO.
After long Idleness the sawmill In
the northern part ot the city will prob
hbly be In operation again in the near
future by the Jackson Lumber Co. O.
A. Jackson, an experienced lumber
man, la to bo associated with the new
company.
Thla gftwmlll location Is one ot the
moKt desirable for shipping in the
county. It Is close to the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company,
Southorn Paciflo and Willamette Val
ley Southern Railway lines, and also
located on tho W'lllnuiotte river, near
the mouth of the Abernetby creek and
ClHcknmns river.
The late James aukihs lormerly op
erated a lumber yard at thl point,
and was leased by him for some time
until about a year ago, when he was
killed by an online near Canby.
By the operation ot this mill It will
give employment to a numbor ot men
Mr. Jackson was In Oregon City
Monday making his final arrange
monta for commencing business.
OFFICER HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM INJURY
Serious injury was narrowly avert
fed Saturday night by Nl:ht Officer
Surfus after he captured an automo
bile thlof and a Btolon car from Port
land.
The officer was on Washington
street and noticed a car with no tail
light and ordored the driver to light
this. In place of complying to the or
der the driver made his getaway and
the officer started to come down to
town and ran into the boy again and
asked whore the car was. He was in
formed It was near by and ho took the
driver, who gave his name as Gilbert
Strum, claiming that his father was
in the wholesale business In , Port
land, to the court house Jail.
As they were turning into the yard,
the driver threw on the power of th
car and Jumped out. The officer had
no time other than to turn the car in
to the woodpile, thus saving himself
from going over the hank Into the
river. -
As soon as he could get free from
the car he made haste to pursue the
boy and saw him near the Miller-Parker
garage but before he got near the
youth had disappeared.
The thief was dressed In a uniform
and there was a boy from Portland
and a boy by the name ot Stewart of
this city, with him.
The car was a new Buick and be
longed to Dr. R. A. Phelps, ot Port
land. It was damaged considerably by
Beaten ami Dejected Huns Marching Back
: A ft i t II " r -4;
Fritz no doubt Is glad the war 1
over, but he hanti t been able to
reconcile himself to the fact that he
has boon boaten. Thla photograph
CLACKAMAS DELEGATES
T
8ALEM. Oreg,, Jan. 13. (Special)
Development today were that
Clackamas county member will be re
sponsible for the introduction ot leg
islation which promises to be a storm
center of soma of the hottest fights
ot the esalon. Dlmlck ent to the
desk tor Introduction a bill that will
sound the death knell of Bolshevism
and I. W. W. In the state. It la pat
terned after the Montana law and sur
round all forma ot criminal ayndlcal
Ism and sabotage, providing the moat
stringent provision and heavy pen
allies. Kubli, In the house, also has a
similar measure, only It is patterned
after the Washington law.
Scheubel has two measures of ex
treme Importance. One of these cover
a provision for creation ot a state
board of conciliation of one commis
sioner to be appointed by the Gover
nor from a list of five name submit
ted by tha Employers Association ot
Portland and one from a list of the
state federation ot labor and the
third chosen by the commissioners ap
pointed. If commissioners are unable
to agree the Governor names the
third, the fcoard to have large pow
ers In the settlement of labor dis
pute. Scheubel also has an alien land bill,
providing that an alien holding lands
must become a citizen of the United
States within seven years, or sell
the land to a bona fide American citi
zen or the land escheats to the state.
The same applies , to corporations.
The bill Is not retroactive to inter
fere with any rights existent prior to
Its passage.
Dlmlck was temporarily president
of the senate today while the organ
ization was being perfected.
In the houso the clack am as delega
tion sits on the east side, second row
from the back on the Inside aisle.
From the east to the west members
sitting side by side run: Scheubel,
Cross, Dedinan. Dlmlck has his old
seat In the senate, back row, east
side on inside aisle. Banks sits In the
front row on the east sldo.
Dlmlck, It became known today,
will also be chairman of the special
committee on consolidation.
Clackamas county members of the
senate are on the following commit
tees: .
Dlmlck, Resolutions: Counties, Ju
diciary, Printing! Medicine, Pharm
acy and Dentistry.
Banks, Insurance, Chairman, Bank-
ina Revision of Laws, Municipal Af
fairs, Claims and Fishing Industries,
GREAT BRITAIN
PEACE ENVOYS
FAVOR LEAGUE
PARIS, Jan. 8. Lord Robert Cecil
who has arrived here with the first
section of the British peace delega
tion, expressed the opinion to the As
sociated Press today that the definite
organization ot a league ot nations Is
IndlspenBible as a flrB.t step toward
conclusion of enduring peace and a
satisfactory settlement of Internatlon
al problems.
Lord Robert, making It clear that
his statements were personal views,
said:
"In my opinion, a league ot nations
1b necessary as the Initial step In the
peace negotiations. It Is not only
necesary to Insure peace, but also for
the proper treatment ot many Interna
tlonal questions which must be con-
show German troop retiring alter
the armistice waa signed. Instead of
goose stepping, the dispirited Huns
aro dragging their feet along, some of
CLUB WILL
MOVE INTO
DIFFERENT
QUARTERS
By a vote of 25 to S, the members
of the Oregon City Commercial Club
Wednesday night adopted a resolution
presented by Dr. Clyde Mount provid
ing for the acceptance ot the proposal
of the Masonic Lodge to lease the
fourth floor of the Masonic Temple as
a home for the club, and within a
month the Commercial club will re
turn to the quarter vacated five
years ago. It appeared to be the al
most .unanimous sentiment ' of the
members at the annual meeting that
the change of location was desir
able.
M. D. Latourette, Raymond P. Can
field and Arthur Rugg were "unani
mously elected to serve for three year
terms on the Board of Governors, O.
D. Eby and T. W. Sullivan retiring
and declining to become candidates
for reelection. Mr. Latourette was
chosen to succeed himself as president
of the organization, and at a meeting
of the Board of Governors J. E.
Hedges was elected vice president
and Raymond P. Caufleld was chosen
as treasurer. E. E. Brodle was re
elected secretary of the club.
Affiliation of the club with the new
ly former Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce was authorized, by tha
members upon a motion of L. Adams,
who Is a member ot the membership
committee of the state-wide body.
BE HELD LAS! OF
Oanby will h- iho cen'er of a two
day dairy schco! conducted by Pro
fessors Fitts am! Brand: of Corvallis,
on Friday and Salurlv of this week
The lectures will begin At 10 A M.
and last till 4 P. M. nnd cover such
important sublecfs as thi Business of
Dairying, Building Up tha Herd, Calf
Raising, Feeding for Milk Production,
Sibm and Silage, Value of Feeds.
, Canby has long been an important
dairying section, and some ot iho best
cows in the county are to be found
near here. These loctures will be alto
gether practical, by men who know
dairying from the ground up. With the
prospect ot plenty of home grown
feeds next year, and good prices for
dairy . products, it is expected that
there v.ill be a large attendance. The
City Hall has been secured for the oc
casion. FILES FOR PROBATE
George E. Thomas filed for-probate
ot the estate of the late Edith C.
Clay, who died January 8, 1919, The
estate consists of lota in Oswego and
Mllwaukie and personal property to
the value of $2,100. The petitioner is
' 1 "
Into Germany
them vMth rifles on the left shoulder,
others on the light, some with bayo
net fixed, others without. The atti
tude of the men show their feeling ot
depression and disorganization.
AT STATE CAPITOL
SALEM, Jan. 13. With the sun
shining into it windows, the doors of
the state house corridors thrown open
to the springlike breezes and an or
ganization program running without a
hitch, the house of representatives or
ganlzed on schedule time this morn
ing.
Seymour Jones ot Marlon waa elect
ed speaker without opposition. Benton
Burdlck, who had been hla opponent.
case bis ballot tor Jones amid op
plause, while Jones returned the com
pliment when his name was reached
on the roll call, b7 casting his vote
for Burdlck. All the other votes cast
for Jones, except Fuller of Polk and
Stannard of Coos and Curry who are
sick, and James Stewart ot Condon,
who has been delayed in reaching the
session. '
Senator Vinton of Yamhill waa elect
ed president of the senate. He took
the gavel at 11:05 and was admlnla
tered the oath of office by Chief Jus
Uce McBiide. He was nominated by
Senator Moser.
SALEM, Jan. 13. The legislature
opened this morning with a clean bill
of health In the senate and two mem
bera temporarily laid up for repairs
In the house.
Representative Fuller of Dallas, is
at home with a bad cold and will not
come over until next week. He la be
ing represented by Mrs. Lillian S. Mar
shall of Dallas, who will serve as his
secretary during the session
Dlmlck Introduced a Joint resolu
tion In the Senate providing for a joint
committee on consolidation. House
members declare that they won'
stand for this and that they intend to
have a purely House committee.
House members, who will be con
nected wlt" the special committee, al
so make it plain that the consolida
tion commission's p-ofrara will meftt
with approal from them only in cer
tain details. In the main It will be
shoved Into tho discard. They also
maoo It plnin that they will have
program of their own.
JAPAN TAKES
MUCH TRADE
FROM AMERICA
PORTLAND. Jan. 9. Will American-owned
steamship lines contemplat
ing trans-Pacific service be able to
compete with the foreign companies
which now usurp the field? This Is
the question being propounded upon
all sides In view of the fact that the
shipping board will not release any of
Its ships which might be used for the
Pacific trade. Each day that Ameri
can interests are forced tb see for
elgn competitors gathering la .the
Oriental trade is just so much ground
lost in the fight which must be made
to gain that ground back when ships
are available. Eighty per cent, of the
commerce of the Pacific is now car
ried in Japanese bottoms.
According to W. D. B. Dodson, ex
ecutive secretary of the Chamber ot
Commerce, the government must
throw down the bars of production so
that American-built ships can be con
structed as cheaply as those In for
tign countries. If this Is not possible,
It Is held that the only other way to
compete on a basis of equality with
other nations is to adopt ship sub
sidy, a thing which is apparently dis
tasteful to the American public. Ship
ping laws, too, sold Secretary Dodson,
must be changed to place American
merchant marina on a footing compar
able with those of other seafaring
SENATOR ASKS
DEPORTATION OE
Mi suns
SALEM, Oreg., Jan. 13. (Special)
No alien slacker will be left in the
nlted State of America If Senator
Dlmlck of Clackamas has his way and
be will Introduce a Joint resolution
demanding that under the army draft
law all alien slackers who cancelled
their cltlzennhip papers be forthwith
deported.
Dimick prepared a complete list ot
those men of draft age who renounced
their Intention ot becoming American
citizens as a mean of avoiding the
draft, and the resolution which is be
ing prepared will name each Individ
ual who displayed these un-American
tendencies.
The resolution will ask the Nation
al congress to enact immediate legis
lation for deportation of slackers, and
they be torever prohibited from re
turning to the United States.
According to federal statistics gath
ered by Dimick there are 94 such
list show there were 38 Swedes, 21
slacker in the State of Oregon. The
Norwegians, 17 Swiss, 10 Spaniards
three Danes, two Dutch, two Bulgar
ians and one Russian.
Neither Oregon nor the United
States has a place for such disloyal
person and the sooner we rid the
country of this class of slackers the
better It will be during the critical
period of reconstruction," aid Sena
tor Dimick concerning the resolution
If they though so little of thla coun
try that they refused to wear the uni
form ot American soldiers, they cer
tainly are not entitled to live among
us now that peace Is at hand."
Senator Dimick is also preparing a
bill providing that all teaching ot Ger
man in public schools be abolished
and the same applies to all education
al Institution supported either whol
ly or In part by state.
"Teaching German is one potent
method furthering pro-Hun propagan
da in thi county," said Dlmlck, "the
time is now at hand to stop this at
once and for all I wonld like to go
further and demand that every citizen
learn the English language, but If we
succeed in stopping the teaching of
German we will have taken a long
step forward In advancing the cause
of American citizenship." . ;
CLACKAMAS MEN
ARE CHOSEN FOR
HIGH POSITIONS
SALEM, Or., Jan. 14. (Special)
Clackamas county representatives
fared well in the appointments of
Speaker Jones today. Several of the
most important committees are head
ed by representatives from Clacka
mas and are as follows:
Representative Cross is chairman of
the committee on counties and is al
so on the committees of alcoholic
traffic, fisheries and Judiciary; Repre
sentative Dedman is chairman of the
committee on banking and is also on
the committees of health and public
morals, medicine and manufacturing.
Representative Schuebel Is chairman
of the committee on labor and indus
tries, one of the most important of
state committees, and is also on the
committees ot assessment and taxa
tion and revision of laws.
With Representative Cross as chaii
man of the committee on counties in
the House and Senator Dimick as
chairman ot this committee In the
Senate they will be In a position to ef
fectively block any movement that
may arise to divide Clackamas county
or any other county. The question
on the division of Clackamas county
was brought up at the last legislature
and passed the house but was voted
down In the senate largely through
the efforts ot Dlmlck
Any question of county division will
be referred to these county commit
tees and their ruling will undoubtedly
have much to do with the final deci
sion. FEDERAL ROAD
CONTROL URGED
BYR. W. WOOLEY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Declaring
that it is "practically Impossible" to
attain justice and equity tor the con
sumer in the matter of railroad rates,
with the railroads under private own
ership or control, Robert W. Woolley
a member ot the Interstate commerce
commission, today urged that the Mc-
Adoo proposal for a five-year exten
sion of government control be carried
out, so that "for the first time it will
be possible to fix rates that are rea
sonable and just from the standpoint
of the consumer as well as the ship
per and the carrier."
Commissioner Woolley made this
recommendtion in a statement pre
sented to the senate Interstate com
merce committee, investigating the
ABIT
TO DRY LAV
RATIFIED
BY OREGON
SALEM, Jan. 15. Oregon today
took its place among the states which
have ratified the national prohibition
amendment to the federal constilu-.
Uon.
Py unanimous vote of it 30 mem
bers the senate passed house Joint
resolution No. 1 by Elmore, which had
been passed the day before la the
house.
Oregon is the thirty-first state to
ratify the amendment Thirty-six
states are necessary to make the
amendment effective.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 15.
The state senate today ratified the na
tional dry amendment. The amend
ment was ratified by the house Tues
day by unanimous vote.
.T.L
CITY COMMISSIONER
SALEM, Jan. 14. T. L. Perkins was
given the decision in his case against
Dan Kellaher for the seat aa city com
missioner. The decision was handed
down by the supreme court this morn
ing after having been made on a four
to three vote. Justices Benson, Bur
nett, Harris and Johns favoring the
judgment and Chief Justice McBride
and Justices Bean and Bennett dis
senting. The court was unanimous in sus
taining the valadity of the law chang
ing the election, but was divided over
the question as to whether Perkins or
Kellaher should have the office. Jus
tice Harris presented the main opin
ion favoring Perkins, and his opinion
was concurred In by Justice Benson.
Justices Burnett and Johns concurred
with Justice Harris, but each present
ed minor opinions. ,
Chief Justice McBride presented the
side dissenting opinion, which was
concurred in by justices Bean and
Burnett
STATE FAIR
INCREASE PRIZES;
TO HOLDHORSE SHOW
SALEM, Or., Jan. 14. Increases of
approximately $6000 in the premium
lists of livestock and agricultural ex
hibits at the Oregon state fair were
voted at the annual meeting of the
state fair board yesterday, the la-
crease in the livestock department be
ing 10 per cent For agricultural ex
hibits the board voted, In addition to
the regular premiums offered, to pay
transportation one way.. The horse
show, which proved a big attraction
at the 1917 fair, but which was elimin
ated last year because there was no
convenient place to stage it, will be
a feature again next September. An
entirely new feature will be a stu
dents' livestock judging contest to be
put on prior to the Judging by the
regular officials ot the fair.
ION
E PLANS OF
S
SALEM, Or., Jan. 14. Giving as
reasons that the industries and short
line roads of this state cannot endure
a continuance of the extreme handi
cap under which they have patriotic
ally endeavored to operate under fed
eral control, and that "shippers are
tired ot the unjust burden", the Pub
lic Service commission, In a telegram
to Charles E. Elmqulst, president of
thn National Aaanrl.ltlnn nf Tinllumr
and Utilities Commissioners ot Wash
ington has gone emphatically on re
cord against government ownership
and control of the railroads. The kilo
gram was in response to a request
from Elmquest for an expression of
opinion on ex-Secretary of the Treaa
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