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FIFTY-THIRD YIAR -No, 6.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ! 4, 1919.
E8TA1L13HEO 1M
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GERMANS
DENOUNCE
ARMISTICE
V I'll M All. Tuesduy. 1'Vli. II. At l
day's iinitlii of the German cutiHtllii
lloiiul iiKi.cinlily lint iii'iiiIhIIoi cuii
dli Ions mill lint lilockwlo worn dc
iiiiiuici'il. Tlii'io wuh un, minimis up
pruviil when it ini'MHimu from the
Wiirli'lnli irj;i Kliiliiluru wus p-ikI, pro
IrtHltiK UKiftimt the armistice ciniill
tluns nnit predicting futunt war If
pnucn Ih atoned nit thi'lr IuihIh.
I'eiiliug church IikIIh ulitioiinced to
I Im people nt 4 : 1 ft uVoIrk thlit lifter
iiioti l hul tli Horn win folk fur the
lirH lime hi history Imil chosen tlin
lit'iul of their own state.
Kili'ilrli-h Kberl, runner saddler ami
S.icluliht leader, appeared In tlu llifii
ttr 20 minutes laior uml received tin
president of (i.'nniiny those pluudlta
formerly miirkltif the appearance of
tho monarch who once Mtlniiutlcil ihe
party to which President Kbort b
Ioiiks nil biting mtulu up of men "un
worthy to boar tlui nam of German."
IS
KILLED IN FRANCE
Official won! h been received In
Oreioa City by Mr and Mra. Thomas
llammoatl nnnnuiuiitg the death of
tholr son. York Hammond, mho wu
killed la act Ion In Franco September
Thn yuunn man waa wll knowu
hnro, nad at tho tlmo of fMillntlnx was
employed at the Itoaa Jwwolry store
In rortland He wiia a mntnbr of
'ompiiny M, Ki'th Infantry at Camp
l.i'wla, and after arriving In Krauro
waa trnnnfrrod to t'oiupany II, 10!Hh
lnfunlry, and wlilli a member of tluil
company Iih lout hla life.
York llaminond wna born at Molul
ln, and waa 23 yearn of rk Ho ronlil
eil for iwme tlmn In OroKon City, and
Inter took up hla roHldeiice In l'ort
lan.l. ,
Tb young man la aurvlvod by hla
parents, ThomiiM and Mury Ham
inond of t)n'gin City; a Hlator, Mra.
Amy Drako of l'ortland: alx brothera.
O. K Hammond of Molalla, Jnmea
llainmond of Monitor, Oregon, Glen
Hammond of Oregon City, C. T. Ham
mond, who Ih with Company M, ICHli
Infantry, A tat Pivlxion, In France,
Hoy Hammond, who la In tho navy,
and Pcwey Hammond of Ori'Kon City.
MANY MILLIONS TO
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Ton mil
I Inn (lollnrH, to bo "mod In Hproadlng
tho dortrlnca of HoIhIicvIhiii through
out thn world, wiw aunt, from Huaala
liiHt Bummer, according to toatlmony
of Dr. William C. Huntington, former
attache of tho Amurlcnn embassy In
HuhhIii, appoarlng bofore a guliooininlt
loo of the Honnto Judiclury committee.
With thlH evidence boforo It the
committee began Its work of attempt
ing to learning whether any of this
money or any other funds have been
Hpnnt In tho Ujiltod States and whoth
er 1!o1h1u;vIc representatives are act
ive In this country In an attempt to
oHtuhllnli their political faith among
tho workers of America.
COMMITTEE ON
LEAGUE PLANS
MAKE PROGRESS
PAUI9, Feb. JO. With the work of
writing the constitution fof n league
of nations In Us final stages, the com
mittee, met, at tho Crlllon hotel this
morning to receive the. roport of the
speclul committee of four, which re
wroto and clarified aomo of tho dis
puted clause,
American delegates expressed tho
hope that It will bo possible that the
completed agreement may bo submit
tod to tho plenary session of tho poace
conference by the end of this weok.
The matters at Issue are not seri
ous, Inasmuch as a general agreement
Jim been rwif.licd nn tfro nhaohito div
CONDITIONS
Fighting Congressman
Urges Immigration Ban
to Protect Our Soldiers
(ft' ys ,.t.
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America. iiiiihI pniti:t Ur returning
aoldiera from tho mmuu o of cheap
Kuropean lulior, duclarea lloyal C.
Johnaon. who quit hla aeat In the
Houho of Representatives to arve In
France na a lluutnnatit. He urged a
four year ban on Immigration. H
aaya our display of tremendous ealth
iind reaouron during tho war has ted
tho lower claanea In Kuroio to think
money la lying around loose In the
t'nlied Ktatcm. "German nrlaonora 1
talked to," aald Mr. Johnson who haa
Just returned from France, "were unit
ed In the purpoae of coming to
America after the end of the war."
REST COUNTY
Ml
At a meeting of Urn offtcera of the
Clackamas County Fair Association
held Friday afternoon It waa decided
to resume the horse racing at the fair
next fall. Last September the racea
were cut off the program, and It waa
a disappointment to many of the lov
ers of rating.
The date of the flr will be Septem
ber 24 27. Inclusive.
There will also be motorcycle and
auto races.
The admission will be reduced from
HO cents to 25 rents.
AMENDMENT IS
WRITTEN INTO
BONDING BILL
HAl.KM. Feb. 7. Hlcliard W. Mon
tague, attorney for the Warren
Urothers company, stood guard over
the senate and house roads and high
ways committees In Joint session last
night, and succeeded In having an
amendment written Into th $10,000,
000 bonding bill. Shortly thereafter
tho bill was adopted by unanimous
vote of the members who were pres
ent, and today the bill will he Intro
duced In tho houso.
Tho amendment In which Montague
was Interested provides that should
the highway commission reject all
bids received In . open competition,
covering either patented or non-patented
pavements, and decide to do
the work by force account, It may still
make use of patented pavement.
s
Nina C. Keller entered suit against
Clackamas county for $1000 to reim
burse her for Injuries received caus
ed by dangerous roads.
The road In question Is nenf Esta
cada and was a plunk road. She al
leges this had decayed and became
dangerous and the county knew ot
this. The road Is about 18 Inches high
and 'sbo claims that ebe wns riding a
horse and tho plunks broke -under Its
feet and she was thrown heavily to
the ground.
for complaint says her -light arm
was dislocated and severely sprained
and Is still weak and will remain so.
Tho accident occurred September
10, 1918,
MT. HOOD ROAD DISCUSSED
Judga II. S. Anderson, Commission
er Proctor, John Rlsley and C. Man
ning were in Salem Monday conferring
with the roads committee at the Leg
islature on the Mount Hood loop road.
Nothing definite was learned at the
meeting but. It was decided to refer
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FEES UP AGAIN
SAI-KM, Feb. 12.--(HpecluH
Hi'li.iebel won a algmil victory today
wbert the Iioiihh ugrefd to reconsider
blii iiH'UHiire providing an lncreune In
fees of domestic corporations which
was lost In the Iioiihu the other day.
The Mil will ho re referred to the com
mitter! on corporations, amended
ou)i'whut and It Is underNtood It will
bavij a good chance of passage when
amended This Is one of a number of
bills of Hi liucbcl designed to raise the
revenue to meet exli:enclos of tho sU
per cent, amendment. 8chuc,e also
secured the passage of a measure
which prohibits the sain of Junk to
minors. This bill was endorsed j,y
loading men of Oregon City.
OF
STATE
8AI.KM. Feb. 10 After a atonny
aesslon today, the senate roads com
mittee agreed to start wrangling over
tho patented pavement bills Wednea
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Toundlng
the table with hla fist, Chairman Orton
ron hi not maintain order, for Sena
tor Dimlck talked loudly and violently
and Senntora N'orblad. Handley and
Hurley resented what they termed Mr.
Dtmlck'a attempt to "run the commit
toe," of which ho la not even a mem
ber.
Meanwhile, In the house, the - $10,
bOO.OOO bond bill waa being studied
by the member. A number ot features
connected with the measure are of im
portance to all citizen of the state
An outline of tho bond bill la act forth.
WEALTHY MILLER
WILL APPEAL
SEDITION CASE
PORTLAND. Feb. 6. That Henry
Albers, who was convicted Wednes
day In the United Statee district court
of seditious utterances. Is not Inclin
ed to accept the verdict of the jury
a the last word is indicated In the
preparation by his attorney of an
appeal to the United Stdtoa circuit
court of appeals. The appeal, it la un
doratood, will be baaed on alleged er
rors of the trial court. Stress is to be
laid on the fact that the Indictment
did not act forln tho utterances of the
defendant in German, the language in
which they were uttered.
In the event the verdict is confirm
ed by the court of appeals the line of
defense during the trial suggests that
an appeal would bo taken to the Unit
ed Statis supreme court on the con
stitutional ground that congress bus
no authority to pass laws abridging
the right of free speech.
SALKM. Feb. 10. (Special) Sena
tor Dlmlck's resolution providing for
voting on a constitutional amendment
to reestablish the death penalty pass
ed t!i senate today, amended so as to
provide that the Jury would determine
whether death or life imprisonment
would be the penalty for murder In
the first degree or treason.
Schuobel, in the house, assailed the
members of that body today In a vitri
olic speech when the question of with
drawing the state aid from the acci
dent commission was up. Ho declared
that the legislature was taking $080,
000 from widows, orphans and crip
pled, while at the same time It was
raising salary bills right and loft.
The bill withdrawing state aid was
amended so as not to be permanent;
but suspending It until June 30, 1921.
Tho senute today sot Wednesday af
tenoon nt 2 o'clock, as a special order
for the hearing on Dlmlck's bills 17
nnd 08 relative to the paving trust
nnd royalties. This promises to open
:be hottest, and possibly the longest
forensic, tight of the session,
AMERICAN BOYS
ARE VICTORIOUS
OVER BOLSHEVIKI
day against the allied positions near
LONDON, Fob. 10. The Holshevlkl
la-,mched an Infantry attack on Satur
Sredmakrenga, southeast of Archan
gel, and were repulsed, according to
an official statement on activities In
Northern Russia, Issued by the war of
fice tonight.
In the operations Friday In which
American, British and Russian troops
Improved their positions south of
ON CORPORAT ON
Royal Theatre at Weimar Seat of New German Government to
Be Formed Following Election of Members of National Assembly
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REPORT IS DECLARED
FALSE BY DELEGATES
PARIS, Feb. 12. Lord Robert Cecil,
the Initial), representative on the
league of nations commission, emphat
ically denied tonight the report spread
In Paris today that the league ot na
tion commlsolon had approved . the
creation of an Immediate International
army and that the United States and
Great Ilrltaln had conceded a point
to France.
The supreme co-.mcll at It meeting
today decided on the condition for
the renewal of the armistice with Ger
many, according to "in official an
nouncement ' . V
The league of nations commission,
says the Temps, will probably be able
to submit to the council of the pow
ers the definite texts of its project
before President Wilson's departure.
The peace conference commission
TO
BIG STANDING
ARMY VOICED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. General
opposition to a standing army In ex
cess of 175,000 men, a5 authorized In
the national defense act three years
ago, wus voiced In the house today
during debate on the annual array ap
propriation bill with its provision for
a military force of 536,000 officers and
men during the period of demobiliza
tion. Chairman Dent of the military com
mittee was questioned closely as to
tho future army, with several mem
bers asking if the force provided In
the bill was to be the permanent
army strength.
OPPOSIT ON
Crew of Government Armored Car Firing
on Liebkneclit Followers in Berlin Street
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This Is one of the latest photographs
receWed In this country showing tha
on International labor legislation at it
meeting today adopted aricles IV and
V of the British draft of a plan for
an international labor organization. At
the suggestion of Samuel Gompers,
the president of the commission, the
members arose and stood silent for a
few moments in honor of the anniver
sary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Article IV provides that representa
tives of the governments, employe
and working people be entitled to
speak and vote Independently at the
proposed international labor confer
ence without regard to the view ex
pressed toy other reoresentatives of
thir nations.
Article V provides that the interna
tional labor conference shall meet in
the capital ot the socltey of nations
unless It lg decided by a two-thirds
majorly to meet elsewhere.
OF
TAKEN IM MARKET
The largest part of the amount stol
en from the Seventh street meat mar
ket has been recovered and the of
ficers have trace of the balance.
Charles Krugesf who was arrested
for the robbery turned $34.50 over to
the sheriff and said he had given the
rest to friends. Wilbur Wilson was
one of those implicated and $28.00 was
recovered from him. A young man by
the name of Lindgren was another of
these boys and $32.50 was the amount
he turned over.
There was another man In the
crowd, but up to a late hour Wednes
day night he could not be found. The
amount recovered so far Is $95 and
$140 was the total amount stolen.
Kruger made a complete confession
of the robbery and assumed the entire
blame, claiming he gave the money to
the other boys to' keep for him.
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LABOR TROUBLE
NOT SETTLED
SEATTLE, Feb. 12. Thirty thou
sand shipyard workers are still on
strike In Seattle In spite of the efforts
of the city's organized labor to bring
about a settlement of the shipyard dif
ferences by the calling of a general
strike.
Although the general strike ended
Tuesday at noon, union tailors are still
out of employment until their status Is
settled at a meeting of the Master
Tailors' association this afternoon.
The men went back to their shops
Tuesday noon but were told that no
work had been laid oat for them.
The general strike committee of
350 officers of local unions will hold
a special meeting in the labor temple
Sunday. Tha meeting is called to deal
with the case of the few union men
who were not reinstated in their jobs
when the strike waa called off.
ROBBER CAUGHT
IN PORTLAND BY
SHERIFF WILSON
The clothing store of Joe Swartx at
Sixth and Main streets was broken in
to Tuesday morning and rob
bed of over $500 in cash and a $100
Liberty bond.
The robber knew the combination of
the safe and Jacob Adler, a former
employe of the store was suspected.
The young man was here Monday on
a visit and had been entertained at
the home of Swartz. Later in the ev
ening Mr. Swartz was at the store
and when he started for home Adler
took a car for Portland, where he was
staying at tho Benson hotel.
Sheriff 'Wilson was Informed of the
robbery and went to Portland to try
to locate the man. His suit cases were
found at the hotel and a trunk was
at the depot, checked for St. Louis.
No trace of the man was found and
Wilson and two deputies from Multno
mah county waited at the hotel until
5:00 when Adler made his appear
ance. He was arrested and at first denied
any knowledge of the robbery. Later
he confessed and said he left Oregon
City Monday night and returned early
Tuesday morning and made his way
Into the store by the front door. It is
supposed he had had a key made when
he worked here. He knew the combina
tion of the safe and had a key when ar
rested that fit the inside door.
Adler had gotten rid ot the checks,
some of which he left in the waiting
room at Parkplace, where he had
walked after the robbery. The Liber
ty bond had been mailed by him to
some place in the East.
Adler was brought here by the sher
iff and roost of the money was recov
ered. He had purchased a ticket for
St. Louis and would have left within
thirty minutes after the time he was
captured.
This young man came here some
time ago and said he was a cousin of
Mr. Swartz and was given employ
ment for some time.
UNANIMOUS VOTE
IS GIVEN FOR
ROSE FESTIVAL
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. Portland will
have a Rose festival In June.
This was the unanimous decision of
representatives of civic and fraternal
organizations who met last night in
the green room of the Chamber of
Commerce with the Rose festival aux
iliary committee. About 50 representa
tives were present and it was agreed
IN SHIPYARDS
UEVIKI
RE TO BE
DEPORTED
FROM U.S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Soma
5000 Uolshevlki and I. W. W. are slat
ed for deportation as soon as the fa
cilities for getting them out of the
country are available.
This was revealed at the department
of Justice today by John Lord O'Brien,
who has charge of this particular
phase of the department's work. He
also let it be known that the depart
ment Is awaiting action by congress
that will permit the deportation of
the thousands of interned Germans
and Austrian in this country who
don't come under the alien act. under
which the others are being rounded
a p.
The roundup of undesirables which
bad its beginning in the Northwest
and resulted in a batch of prisoners
being taken to Ellis Island. N. Y- to
await deportation, was planned by the
departments of justice and labor
months ago, following the passage in
October of the alien anarchist act,
O Brien stated.
U.S. TROOPS CAIOT
BE WORKED ON RQADS
PRIOR TO DISCHARGE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The sen
at has adopted an amendment to the
$400,000,000 postofflce appropriation
bill, prohibiting the employment of
American soldiers, sailors or marines,
while still In service, in building or
roads. ,
This amendment was designed to
prevent the use of soldiers returning
to this country and not yet discharged
in carrying out a $200,000,000 road
bullding program authorized in the
bill.
An effort to kill the rural motor
truck service was defeated. The $200,
000,000 road provision was adopted in
the face of charges that it was a "pork
barrel" appropriation.
The postofflce bill was passed late
Saturday night.
E
TO SIGN PEACE PACT
LONDON, Feb. 10. Chancellor Eb
ert's speech completely bears out the
view we may yet have to fight the
new German government over peace
terms," says the Dally Erprees today
editorially.
The Daily Express is regarded in
England as being very close to the
British government and Its editorial
utterances are. frequently considered
as being semiofficial.
The newspaper continues:
"The armistice was a mistake. We
ought to have finished the war out
by a clean march on Berlin. There is
still time for that march."
WEIMAR, Germany. Feb. 10. The
German government may attempt to
use the Spartacans as a weapon to
force the allies lrti making terms of
the peace settlement less severe, ac
cording to reports in circulation here
today.
Government officials openly declare
they will refuse to sign the treaty if
its provisions "are unreasonable."
They Intimated that the government
would resign, turning the country over
to the radical elements, which they
believe would Immediately create a
chaotic condition.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Japan's
attitude towards China In the peace
conference is causing grave appre
hension among the representative of,
the other associated powers. Accord
ing to official diplomatic Information
reaching here, Japan virtually' has
threatened war if China makes public
secret treaties between the two coun
tries and falls to carry out an agree
ment to make Japan the successor of
Germany in rights, property and con
cessions held by Germany at the out
break of the European war. China 1
relying on the peace conference, where
her delegates are said to have made
vlsn cTfeHent Imnrw ifnTL.ii n rl Jq. sen.v.
JAPANESE THREAT TO