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FIFTY-THIRD YEAR No. 7.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1919.
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f'Atll, rb, 19. Georges Clemen
nan ii, premier of France, un hot anil
Wtmndad by a liny named Cut III im the
pt-euilwr entered a motor cur In front
of his raaWloiiro HiIh inoriilti I Hit uh
ttiltnnt wan arrested.
"Its nothing." wa "The Tiger's"
on1 cumniAtit after lui hud walked,
bark lat the bonne unalMted,
According to the latent available In
formation (noon), tlio bullet lodged In
Cli'iui'Dioau'a bark near the spine
and It waa feared the wound was more
dung roua limit at firm announced, es
pecially tii'ttiiii of the dttiiK'T of dlu
betes dattftoplne, An X ray exttmlua
tlon wna to b hold thla afternoon.
The ai.Hiil'nnt, who refused to make
any statement regarding bin motlvo, la
bout IS yearn old. Il la a French civ
lllun and la attld to It vo In ('oiiipcilmio
Cdtln waa lit: or nald to bo u well
known anarclilut Clomenceuu waa
K)i1"(J to all iir h no political nlgnlfl
ranca to tho attack.
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FOR DOUBLE BOARDS
8AXKM. Fb. 19 Repreanntatlva
t'rawford'a dotiblo election board
nirataur waa paanod by the ho ian to
day after having been remodeled to
meat objection of aeveral ramnben
whan it cam up for conalderatlon
and mat dafvat two waeka ana. Princi
pal amoog tha objm-tlona waa the pro
vlniun requiting the counting board to
begin work within 30 mlnutea after
tha polla were Opened and to proceed
with tha count at) rapidly aa possible.
Under the amended bill the county
will not begin until 25 or more ballot
have teen cant and no box will be
opened until it contain 25 or more
Imllota. with the excnpllon of the last
box of the day. This change waa mude
in order to eliminate the possibility
of Invading the secrecy of the ballot
which, It was contended, would have
been the case should the box have
lieou o pound after only one vote bad
bimn cast. Tho meug.ire, it was ex
plained, would expedite tho count of
ballots without increasing tlio oxpenne
of elections.
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ALLIES ARE ACCEPTED
TREVES, Feb. 17. Tho new armis
tice was signed at 6:30 o'clock Sunday
night In tho salon of Marshal Foch's
private car.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 17, A ema
nation of the German offensive against
tha Poles is one of the trma of the
new armistice, which prolongs the
terms of the Inst armistice Indefinite
ly and reserves the right of the allies
to terminate it upon giving three days
notice upon fnllure of the Germans to
comply with the conditions set forth
on November 11, December 12 and
January 16.
COPENHAGEN, Fob. 17. The Ber
liner Zoltung asserts today that en
tente troops will cooperate with Ger
man forces on the east front in stem
ming the advance of the Bolshevlkl,
unless the advance ' is voluntarily
chocked by Bolshevist loaders."
An Italian regiment Is expected at
Kovno and British troops are looked
for at Llbau, the newspaper add.s
SOLDIERS IN
RUSSIA ARE TO
BE WITHDRAWN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Stops to
ward Btrongtlioii'ng the position of
American and nUod troops in north
ern Russia as a proliminnry to their
safo withdrawal In the near future are
under way at the direction of he su
premo war council.
Secretary Baker, transmitting this
information from Presidont Wilson to
the house military committee today
said all the American soldiers should
be out of Russia this spring.
To facilitate the withdrawal, addi
tional forces are being dispatched to
the scene. Great Britain is sending
2400 troops and the United States rail
road engineer units numbering about
6500 men.
President and Mrs. Wilson Greet Doughboys
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SENATORSPEAKS
AGIST LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Instead
of bringing universal and enduring
pence, League of Nations, baaed up
on the constitution read to the peace
conference In Paris hj President Wil
ton, will multiply the opponents tor
war, Senator Mllea I'oindexter declar
ed In the senate today,
8enator Polndexter spoke to crowd
ed galleries. M. Stephen Panaretoff.
the Ilulgarlan minister, sat In the
diplomatic gallery.
At the outaet Polndoxter referred to
the attempted anamination of Premier
Clemenceau of France, denouncing
the premier's assailant and describing
him as ' a man humanlay could ill
spare at thla time."
Senator Polndexter opened the at
tack on the League of Nations in viola
tion of the president's request that de- i
bate be suspended until he could con -
for with senators and representatives,
Tho attack was begun, lie said", "be
cause the freest dlxcuslon is neces
sary." vyhlle opponents of the league
are asked to keep silent, proponents
are busily arguing for approval of the
constitution, he declared.
TROOPSOFWESfARE
PORTLAND. Oregon, Feb. 18.
Crowds swarmed the union depot's
platform when the trains carrying the
65th regiment, const artillery corps,
steamed In, ten minutes apart, at 3:45
P. M. yesterday. Aboard were 40 of
ficers and 900 enlisted men, 80 per
cent of Colonel Benjamin H. Kerfoot's
command hailing from Oregon.
The regiment is on the last lap of
its transcontinental trip to Camp Lew
Is, where its commanding officer
pects nearly every man will be mus
tered out of the service within a fort
night.
Relutlvos and friends, swept away
and overcome with emotion and Joy,
spent one hour and 15 minutes greet
ing the home-coming heroes.
When the trains reached the steel
bridge, Portland was awakened like a
sea by a mighty tempeBt shaken. The
flieboat "George H. Williams" com
menced the din of whistles blowing,
at the saino time putting on a' spec
tacular water display with water gush
ing from all hoses.
Thousands were cheering at the
union depot as the, trains pulled up
with the happiest cargo that ever hit
Portland. Hundreds of whistles and
horns wore shrieking and it seemed as
If everybody and everything that could
make noise wore employing Herculean
efforts in welcoming the battle-scarred
gladiators.
PHONE HEARING SET
The matter of the application of
the Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph
company for increase in its local ex
change rates will come on tor further
hearing before the Public Service
Commission Monday, February 24, at
10 o'clock A. M., at Room 252 of the
courthouse, Portland, Oregon, at
which time and place all interested
parties will have an opportunity to be
heard,
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thoy entered an automobllo for a drive
around the dlatrlct which will live
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SALEM. Feb. 17. Reductions in
freight rates on sand that will afford
an Important saving to the state high
way commission have been submitted
by the railroad administration and
will be taken up at a hearing before
the Portland district freight traffic
coramlttoe Thursday of this week. The
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lie service commission early in Jan
uary, about 10 days before Representa
tive Coffey introduced a resolution in
the bouse asking the commission to
take this action. The tentative reduc
tions submitted by the administration
to the commissions, as affectinng the
Southern Pacific and the Oregon Elec-
trie railroads, will afford a reduction)
from 12.42 to fl.30 a ton for a 100-mile I
haul, $1.40 to 90 -cents for a 50-mlle
haul. 80 cents to 50 cents for a 10-mile
haul, and 60 cent to 40 cents for a
five-mile haul.
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ARE DISCUSSED
lil LilVrj WIlVlliS
The Live Wires of the Commercial
Club held their regular Tuesday noon
day lunch at the club rooms In the
Masonic building. At this meeting a
resolution on the League ot National
was the moBt important matter dis-
cussed. The following is the resolu-1
tlon:
Whereas, The War, now brought to
a victorious close by the associated
power of the free nations of the world
was above all else a war to end war
and protect human rights.
Therefore, be it Resolved that we
advocate the establishment ot a league
of Nations. We believe that such a
League should aim at promoting the
liberty, progress and orderly develop
ment of the world.
Be it further Resolved, that we fav
or the entrance of the United States
may be ade -
into such a League as
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been won by the Joint forces of the
allied nations.
Be it further Resolved, that copies
of this resolution be sen o he Presi
dont of the United States, the Sena
tors representing the State ot Ore
gon at Washington, and to the Honor-
able William H. Taft, Presidont of the
League to Enforce Peace, 130 West
42nd street, New York,
Tho Wrns did not take definite ac
tion on tliis resolution, as they thought
a more representatleve meeting of the
citizens was needed and they ap
pointed the following committee to ar
range a mooting of citizens for this
purpose:
M. 1). Latourette, W. A. Huntley,
O. D. Eby and A. A. Price. This com
mittee made arrangements for a meet
ing at tho Commercial Club Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock.
At this meeting the principal speak
ers will be Rabbi onah P. Wise of
Portland, and Richard W. Montague,
presidont of the State League to En
force Peace. These men are in favor
of the loague and will discuss It from
the affirmative standpoint.
The public, men and women, are in
vited to attend and take part in the
discussion and ask any questions that
they care to,
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Wllnon la Been at tf President'! left.
Directly behind the Presidont U a
Yank with he'mc-t. which he rather
forcibly captured from a German.
NICARAGUA IS
THREATENED BY
NEIGHBOR STATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Alarms
of war over President Wilson's poli
cies, together wltfl plots and counter
DlotS of rnnnupvt sm mhmlllnk tha
iUlM a-Cem a,rlai to tR . fex.
tent that 1 likeW tn remilra h !!.
patch of an American expeditionary
force to maintain order, unless the
Job be saved for the league
of na-
tions.
Costa Rica is on the verge of war
with Nicaragua and, according to a
dispatch received by the Nicaragua
legation, has mobilized 8000 troops on
the Nicaraguan frontier. Nicaragua Is
frantic with fear of the threatened ag
gression, for the republic has no army,
no weapons and no ammunition. It la
at the mercy of any designing neigh
bor unless protected by the United
States.
Under the Bryan-Chamerro treaty
or JH, granting tne United States a
canal route and naval bases, Nicarag-
na Aa K r A aA Its anrtv tn iVia IntArnol
of economy and agreed to devote the
J2.000.000 received from the United
States and all other surplus revenue
to the payment of its debt
ODESSA, Feb. IS. The anti Bi'lshe
vlk army of General Denlklne has
reached the Casytau sea, having ad
vanced 350 versts and captured 31,000
prisoners, 95 guns and eight armored
trains.
LONDON, Feb. IS. The seventh
Bolshevik army in Esthuaia attacked
furiously on all sectors of the Narva,
Pskov and Volmar fronts, Saturday
and the fighting still continued, accord
tnK t0 Dally Mal,' Helsingfors
1 vuiTeapuuuBui, iu uispmcn aaiea
Monday.
Tha Seventh array," says the cor
respondent, "consists ot 40,000 men,
who have more than 100 guns, several
armored trains and airplanes from
the Ural front.
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AlxlVllb 1 lLJCi WILL
COMPEL HUNS
TO TRIM ARMY
PARIS, Feb. 18. The specelal com
mission of the supreme council charg
ed with drafting terms of a definite!
armistice which will hold good until
the pence preliminaries are signed
has almost completed its task, and it
is possible, says a Havaa report, that
Marshal Foch will be able to notify
the Germans on Thursday or Friday
of tho military and naval terms
which will be essentially those of the
preliminary peace treaty. It is under
stood that the terms will Include
clauses by which Germany will be al
lowed to maintain only 250,000 men
under arms to keep order.
All war material beyond what ie
necessary to equip these troops would,
according to rennrt. ho nlnfefl undo
control ot the .allies, who will alio
Germany's munition factories.
SOLDIERS
OE OREGON
ARRIVE
EW YORK
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 All records
for bemedalled homecoming heroes
were broken today by the 1223 officers
and en'lated men of the 162nd Infan
try of the Sumset division from the
Pacific coaBt states, who arrived after
a stormy voyage from Brest on the
While Star liner Canopic. Nearly
every man In the reginemt from lta
commander, Colonel John L. May of
Portland, down to its smallest buck
private boasts of at least one war dee
oration. On board the ship were 1443 pa
sengers. Among these were 23 civil
ians picked up at Liverpool and 22
naval officers who had seen service on
torpedo boats, submarine chasers and
with the naval aero service. The units
the 162nd infantry on board are
the medical companies A, B, C and
part of D. They will be quartered at
"amp Dix. '
EBON SOLDIERS IN
HEW YORK IL BE
ICK RELIEF
SALEM, Feb. 19. The ways and
means committee tomorrow will re
port in a bill providing that $5000 out
of the $100,000 soldiers' and sailors'
relief fund be appropriated tor the re
lief of Oregon soldiers arriving in New
York city . None ot this money, how
ever, will be allowed to be spent for
office turnitare and expenses, It be
ing the Idea of the committee that the
entire amount be placed in use for the
soldiers themselves.
The probability is that the governor
will be asked to name a special com
mittee of Oregon New Yorkers to have
charge of the adminits ration and to
handle the fund in such a way that
none ot it will be diverted from Its
primary object
MANY TROOPS
ARE DUE SOON
IN NEW YORK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The
transport Turrialba, with 96 casual
officers, including Brigadier General
William C. Davis, has sailed from
France and is due at New York Febru
ary 27, the war department announced
today.
The Carillo, carrying one officer
and seven men for South Carolina,
four convalescent officers and 36 cas
ual officers, is due at New York Feb
ruary 26.
The Yosemlte with one officer and 24
men for New York and 33 casual of
ficers is due at New York February
27.
The war department also announced
the assignment to early convoy of
evacuation hospitals Nos. 25 and 33,
Third mobile ordnance repair shop,
base hospital No. 32, including hospi
tal unit "R."
SALEM, Feb. 17. The 91st, or
"Wild West Division" has been desig
nated for return with the latest date
for embarkation set as March 1, ac
cording to word received In a letter
to Governor Withycombe just received
from Major-General William H. John
ston, In command of the division.
General Johnst-a'a letter also tells
of an inspection of the division by
General Pershing in which he person
ally presented the congressional med
al of honor to two sergeants and near
ly 80 distinguished service crosses to
officers and men for extraordinary
heroism.
General Pershing also complimented
the men on their fine appearance and
"expressed pleasure on hearing of the
small degree of sickness, and almost
complete absence :f vioo," writes Gen
eral Johnston.
WAR DEBT HUGE
LONDON, Feb. 19. Eight billion
pounds ($40,000,000,000) is the cost of
the war to Great Britain, as officially
estimated by Premier Lloyd George
before the peace conference commis.
slon on reparation. Announcement to
this effect was made In the house of
commons by Chancellor of the Ex
chequer Bonar Law late today.
Champion Swimmer Who
Saved Ship and Won Medal
fftWtoM. TtOK!0 H. cam'h "
Ensign Tedford H. Cann has proved
that swimming is not a "non-essen-tial
sport. When as an amateur he
was winning championships in the
colors of the New York Athletic Club
he did not dream cf the valuable
service his ability as a swimmer was
to be to Unci Sam. He now wears
the Congressional Medal of Honor for
saving the U. S. S. May. When that
vessel sprang a leak Cann dived Into
a flooded compartment and plugged
a hole. This photograph was taken
when he arrived recently in New
York.
ROADS BOND
BILL EAVORED
BY SENATORS
SALEM, Feb. 19. With the $10,000.-
000 bond bill made a special order in
the senate tor Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock, the gasoline tax bill passed
by the senate, a one-mill tax for mar
ket roads on the verge of enactment
in the senate, and the long-deferred li
cense on automobiles drafted in tenta
tive form and ready tor introduction
in the house, road legislation moved
forward today.
With but two dissenting votes, the
senate passed the bill placing a one
cent tax on gisoline and a halt-cent
tax on distillate. On gasoline. It is
estimated, $310,500 will be raised and
distillate will produce $40,500, making
a total ot $351,000.
Dealers must tile a statement with
the secretary of state monthly.
Eighteen senators are combined to
pass the road bond bill when it comes
up tomorrow. The measure was read
the first time today and on motion ot
Senator Banks, the rules were sus
pended and the bill advanced to sec
ond reading. The 18 senators friendly
to the measure, aa approved by the
house, are Baldwin, Banks, Bell, Far
rell, Gill, Handley, Howell, Hurley,
Huston Jones, Nickelson, Norblad,
Orton, Patterson, Rltner, Shanks, J. C
Smith and Wood.
BILL INCREASING
OFFICE SALARIES
PASSES HOUSE
SALEM, Feb. 14. (Special) The
bill by Representative Cross providing
for an increase of salaries of certain
officers of Clackamas county passed
the houso today, without a dissenting
voice. Mr. Cross declared that the of
ficials affected by the bill are all
highly entitled to the increases grant
ed. He stated that the sheriff had once
before received an Increase, which he
deserved, but eome one with a person
al grudge bad succeeded In getting a
reduction made which was wholly un
warranted. The offices affected by this bill are
county clerk, shertrr, treasurer, re
corder, assessor and commissioners
The school superintendent is allowed
$75 per month for traveling expens
es and the commissioners are given
$5 a day, but are allowed no mileage
expenses.
The bill provides that the county
court shall determine the number of
clerks and deputies required, but
these shall be appointed by the vari
ous offices.
The salary ol the treasurer was
$1,200 and the bill provides for an in.
crease of $300 per year.
The clerk would bei given an in
crease from $1,500 to $1,800, and the
recorder's salary would be raised from
$1,200 to $1,500.
The sheriff is granted an increase of
$400 over the former salary of $1,700,
The assessor's salary increase
would be $250 over the present salary
of $1,250. : .
SIXTEEN SOLDIERS DIE
VIENNA, Feb. 18. Sixteen soldiers
were killed and 50 injured when
troop train collided with a frieght
train near Mabresina today.
Mini i jpfff Tr 1''"Vwfc-.
DIVISION
OF COUNTY
POSTPONE
SALEM, Feb. 19. (Special) The
speeches of Representative Cross yes
terday afternoon on the question of di
viding Clackamas county had sunk In
to the minds of the members of the
house so deeply this morning that the
first action of that body was to indefi
nitely postpone the Oswego measure
and put it asleep forever.
Not a word was said in protest and
again Cross proved too fast a worker
for the Multnomah delegation. McFar
land was asleep at the switch which -Cross
immediately moved for post
ponement of the previous question and
shut off the debate before It had start
ed. The soothing words ot Cross still
lingered in the ears ot the members
and an overnight sleep had caused a
"cooling off, which Cross had sought.
By a vote of 29 to 23 Indefinite post
ponement was carried. McFarland af
terward admitted he was not on the
Job this morning and that Cross had
outgeneraled him. '
An interesting incident was the
fact that members of the Multnomah
delegation worked a long time on
Bean last night to get him to vote for
annexation to get back at Schuebel.
Bean refused.
"I have consistently voted against
Clackamas county division and I am
not going to change, no matter what
Schuebel or anyone else says about
me," Bean told the Multnomah tempt
ors. ''
A bill by Representative Dodd pro
viding the creation of free county li
braries passed the house today. This
bill was prepared by a special com
mute on the subject, appointed by the
governor, 3. E. Hedges ot Oregon
City, being a member of this commit
tee. Under the provisions of this bill
no present library would be inter
fered with nor would It be mandatory
to establish county library systems. It
desired, however, a county may levy
one-mill tax for this purpose.
'AVEMENT MEASURES
SALEM, Feb., 13. (Special) The
greatest victory of the session waa
won in the senate today when after a
debate which started at noon yester
day and continued all day until
nearly six o'clock tonight, Senate
bills 67 and 63 by Senator Dimlck
were passed by the senate and along
with them were passed the bPle of
Senators Thomas and Lachmund.
Senate bill number 67 by Senator
Dlmick provides for open and com
petitive bidding on road work and that
patented pavement must be put
against non-patented pavement of
like character as near as possible.
Senate bill 68 by Dimick provides
for posting royalty and license agree
ments. Thomas and Lachmund bil's do
away with ten-year maintenance and
also make the highway commission
furnish its own specifications and
have them on file before awarding any
contract.
Nearly three-fourths ot the mem
bers ot the senate debated on these
bills and the lobbies were crowded
almost for a day and a half of de
bating. Dimick took the leading part
in the fight which put Benate bill 68
over with 28 votes and senate bill 67
over with 22 votes. r
Underground fighting in the senate
and committee has been waging
around these bills almost since the
session started and the result today is
admitted by members to be one of the
greatest victories over heavy odds that
ever was won in an Oregon legisla
ture. Dimick will also pull all the
wires he can to gain a similar result
in the house. 1 1
PREIDENT IS
ENJOYING REST
ON WAY HOME
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Presi
dent Wilson's ship is 700 miles on
its homeward journey and is running
fast down toward the Azores, which
probably will be passed tomorrow.
Mr. Wilson continues the enforced
rest which has been prescribed, by
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his
physician, and has taken little exer
cise. After a night of smart winds
and choppy seas, the ship ran into
warmer and quieter waters today
Members of the Presidential party
and the troops on board shed their
overcoats and exercised on the dacki
In the brilliant sunshine today.
MEASURE IS
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