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ORB yON Y FIFTY-THIRD YEAR No. 11. RflrniTO nlf i'J! W If 11 1 Ill I II I I Ift I II III 111 IF ATTACKED POUTON, March 1 . Th Merit of the proponed covenant of tbs Ikuru (if mil loin were l dinted to nlKlit by Senator Henry Cubol IhIrw mid A. lAwrcmce Lowell, pres ident of Harvard university, before nil audience tlmt followed the apoiik rs with ItitetHM Intereiit and fre quently expressed approval. The debater approached the gen oral topic from different anglo. Sen ator liitpM attacked the covenant "as agroed upon by the coinmUslon of (h pence conference,' as t "porous instrument" on tho Interpretation of which the signers theinnolves would bo at oihli within 12 nonths. E ADMITTED BY C. HALL Umlt K. Hauvle, attorney for C. M. Hall, appvurod boloro the I'lrcull Jury Tbumduy and cntcrod a pica of guilty for hid client Hull was charged with hutulng a worlhlmia uh k In payment fur a horse nnd when arretted 'r hearing plftiidod not utility and u Uoaud over to tho grund Jury, who brought an Indictment ugulnftt him. lie w re leaned on $500 bunds, and wa to ap p r for trlttl hint Monday but failed to do no. He waa given until Thura ttfty to appear or forfeit the bonda. It wa ullogod Wall entered into an iigrconiont to punbaee tho horao from Mr. Miimhull and gave blm a check for 1500 In full ptiymeit, Tho check wua dntud aoiuotiino In April but wa not to be protmted fui pnymont until July IS. Hall took the horao and later sold It and wont to.Pouthom Oregon and when the chock waa presented for payment It wna discovered there were no fundi In 4he bunk to cover It. . Hall was locnted and brought here in answer the charge of IkbiiIiik tho worthing check and wirn bound over by J.mili e Sloven. FOR UNI L TO BE 26 The e'octlon for school warrants In the amount of G2,fiO0.OO for the purchaee of ground and the oroctlon of a union hli'h school in Went Linn wll be hold March 26. The Willamette grade school Duel ing, part of which has been usod by tho union high school district. a "ced ed In Ha entirety for the urado school nnd boforo winter the high school must either bo hounud by Itself or llnlmnd and the pupils sent lo other schools In adjoining districts, tnte th;se favoring tho construction of the now building. About nix acres of ground have been offorod by Franklin T. Griffith for $2230, and the building of a cem cnt sidewalk and a street to connoct with the county road between Oregon City bridge and Wllhimotto. The property is the best in the tract, lo cated about 1000 feet from the sus pension brldgo. The newB Items In dally papers stating a lnrger price for the land were Incorrect. The plan is to build a school aocond to none nnd then, as greater accom modations are required iu years to come, add to the building, which will bo designed on the sectional plan. OF NINETY-FIRST ARE T WASHINGTON, March 19. As signment of practically all units of the 91st division and several organiz ations of the 6th army corps for early convoy was announced today by the war department. Tho 91st division is composed of men from Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. The 147th regiment, field artillery, originally with the 41st division, will return with the 82d division. COtEMl ' - HIGH Flirting With a Duke Is Lois of Fun '' " 2 ' 1 . I ' ! ., ft ma miiniwt MUM Mfe at I'ntm lleach, even with Ita bathing, dancing and vurlwl tttiruc tloim, u dull at time. Ilnnco thin flirtation. The priiiclpuli in (he flirta tion nro MImh Virginia Willys, daugh- CAPITAL CITY NAVIGATION CO. FORMED HERE March 1 tho Capital City Narlgatlon company, recently formed In this city w ill take over thl business of the Willamette Navigation. Company be tween this city and Portland. The CPltal Navigation company was fonr el by several vrcm!nent u ea of thu city who veri formerly employed by tho Oregon tlty Navigation uompan, hlttlMllmutinud buttlnu. lint -May Tho new romnany nurchnHed the. toumer Pomona and will make tnpn up the rlvor as fur as Independency every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day, and trips to Portland will bo made every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Ash street dock In Port hind and Husch's dock In '.his city wll bo hendijuarters for the new com pany. Tho reason of the Willamette Navi gation company for giving up theso runs was that they had too much buslneBs to attend to properly, W. E. Pralt, well known navigation man, will be agent tor the new com pany here. Mr. Pratt has been In tho transportation business for over 50 yours, most of the tlmo at Oregon t'lty. He was formerly employed on the boats and later at the locks and for the Willamette Navigation company. CRAWFISH TRIO PLEAD GUILTY AND PAY FINE Ivan Hutchinson, Tom Mcltale and Lizzie Davis, the famous "Crawfish Trio," plead guilty, through their at torney, Goorgo C. Itrownoll, to the possession of liquor before Justice Slevors Saturday. Hutchinson was fined $200, McUale $100 and the charges against the woman were dis missed. Those people were arrested some time ago in a raid on the 'Crawfish House" by Sheriff Wilson and depu ties at which time much liquor was confiscated. The offondors were ar raigned before Justice Slevors and plead not guilty and were released on $1,060 bonds. At tho time set for their appear ante Justice Slevors was 111 and the trial wus postponed to a later date. On thlg date Hutchinson was 111 and sent a physician's affidavit to that offoct and the trial was again post poned until last Saturday. Shortly fter their release from their first arrest they were re-arrested by the officers for having opium in their possosslon. They were taken- to Port land and released on $1,500 bonds but those charges have been dropped. Suit on Crops Is Continued The suit of W. M. Hostetler agnlnst It. F. Eccles was continued In the circuit court Monday on stipula tion of the attorneys to allow the I iniutiff to amend his complaint. Hostetler had leased some land and plantod It to grain and in the lease there was a clause providing for the sale of the property that he should re ceive for his labor and the seed plant ed. Tho property was sold to Eccles and plaintiff alleges the former re fused to give him the crop, which he estimated to be valued at $2139.25. He asked a Judgment for this amount and $250 damages and costs. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, . i ft tcr of John M. Willy of New York, and Duke Emmanuel de Ctiaulnos, Hon of tho widowed Duchem Emman uel de Chaulnt's, who U a dutiRhter of Theodoro I". Shonta. SECRETARY BAKER SAYS E POitTlAND, March 13. Prepo terous nonsense!" said Secretary of War Daker. "It is preposterous noa bod - for anyone to say that Senator Chamberlain would not be as wel come on a ship going to Europe with tne as any other member of con gress. I saw an editorial on the sub ject. There is nothing to It" t Thus did Mr. Pakcr dlsiwse of the report from Washington thut when ho goos abroad he will not want the chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, Mr. Clamberlain of Oregon, on the boat. Portmoater My ers, State Democratic Chairman Starkweather, and former Council man W. T. Vaughn llstoned to the statement, all attention. Accompanied by General p. C. March, chief of start the secretary of war arrived In Portland yester day afternoon, was greeted by a dale gatlon consisting principally of feder al officeholders and democ i-.c leaders, with a sprinkling of ordinary citizens. NATIONS LEAGUE TO BE PAR TOF PEACE TREATY NEW YORK, March 17. The plen ary council at Paris hag definitely de cided that the League of Nations is to be a part of the peace trea'v Jos eph P. Tumulty, secretary to Presi dent Wilson, announced today. He declared the president had so cabled him. Secretary Tumulty's statement was mado with reference to reports that the league would not be Included in the peace treaty, Tumulty's statement was: "I cabled direct to tho president at Paris, asking him If there was any truth in these reports, and I am this morning in receipt of a cable from the president stating that plenary coun cil has positively decided the league Is Jo be a part of the peace treaty; that there is absolutely no truth in any report to the contrary." PARIS, March 15. President Wil son will issue an official statement later in the day on behalf of the American pence delegation, denying that the Americans ever considered the proposition ot separating the League ot Nations frOm the peace treaty. ITTEE WASHINGTON, March 13. Efforts to add four members to the republi can steering committee ot the next house, which in directing the general course of legislation in the next con gress Is regarded by leaders as influ encing the party platform ot 1920, were defeated today at the final meeting of the committee on committees which framed the house organisation. The proposal was voted down, 155 to 36, but it was said an attempt might be made to reject the committee's ac ion at the party conference which will be held Just before congress reconvenes. WEST CANADIAN UIIIOIIS JOIN I llf II I. . Ottawa, March 19. The labor' un ions of Western Canada have voted to sever affiliations with the Ameri can Federation of Labor and to fol low the I. W. W. plon of organizing by Industries instead ot by crafts. Two hundred and forty delegates, repreentlng practically every A. F. of L. union from Western Ontario to Vancouver, voted unanimously to submit to a referendum of their local unions a scheme for reorganizing under the title of the One P.ig Union. E IN DRIVE About one-third of Clackamas coun ty's quota for the membership drive for the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce has been subscribed. Bus! nesg men who were solicited this week have responded freely after they have had explained to them the aims and plans ot the State Chamber The Hawley and woolen mills and the three local banks subscribed $265, and local buuiness nnd professional men In Oregon City are coming In for $5 and $10 subscriptions. Seven ty dollars more has been subscribed or promised by the several commer cial organizations and state-wide as sociations, and the balance will have to be made up from the banks ot Canby, Wllsonvllle, Estacada, Molal la and Mtlwaukte and the business in terests of the county. ' Clackamas coifritV- quota" is about $1800, and the remainder of more that $1000 to be subscribed will be made up for the most part ot $3 and $10 subscriptions. It is expected that the membership campaign will be terminated some time next week. CoL John May Is Adjutant General SALEM, March 19. Governor 01 cott this afternoon accepted the res ignation of General Charles F. Bee be as acting adjutant general ot the Oregon National guard and appoint ed Colonel John L. May, recently re turned from overseas with the 162d infantry, to succeed him. General Beebe asked to be placed on the retired list, which Governor Olcott announced he would do. MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED AT DAIRY INSTITUTE Tho Dairy Institute held at Sandy Tuesday and Wednesday was a most successful meeting, and was largely attended. Professor Fitts of the Ore Con Agricultural College, and Profes sor E. I Westover, also of that col lege, made addresses both days. Coun ty Agent R G. Scott and Miss Marie Anthony, home demonstrator, were In attendance, and told of the work they were carrying on in the county. Miss Anthony took for her subject "Cook ing." Mr. Scott talked on better farm ing, improving the soil and Improving the stock. This was one of the largest attend ed meetings that has been he'd by Professors Fitts and Westover, and they were much encouraged over the Interest of that section of Clackamas county. A meeting was held by County Agent Scott and Miss Anthony at Molalla Friday; &t Eagle Creek Grange Saturday; Monday, Damas cus; Tuesday, Needy; Wednesday ev ening, Barton; Thursday evening. Boring;- Friday evening, March 21, Estacada, Paul V. Maris, county agent leader i of the Oregon Agricultural College who ha3 Just returned from Central Oregon, in company with W. L. Kad derly, assistant county agent leader, have been in Oregon City for several days, and are much encouraged over the work that 1b being taken up in the state among the farmers and theli wives. Mr. Maris has attended a con vention recently, held at Salt Lake City, Utah, when ten etates were rep resented in the work. Farmers throughout the United States are tak en up with the various projects, and the people ot other states are as ac tive as those of Oregon carrying on the project work. Organization seems to be one of the main points in carry ing on the project work. if. lunuLo QUOTA MEMBERSHIP 1919. Commander of Indian Army On Weitern Front Now at Peace Conference Following bis service as commander of the Iniad troops that fought with the allies on the western front, the Maharajah of Plkaner was chosen as a representative of India at the Peace Conference. His military career began in 1900. He was decorated the follow Ing years' because of his success as commander of the Bikaner Camel corps while serving with the British army In China. Li WAR ZONE IN ADDRESS Depicting the horrors ot modern warfare from first hand observation, Edgar B. Piper, editor ot the Oregon lan, ta'.ked to hundreds ot the em ployes ot the West Linn mills of the Crown Willamette Paper company Friday afternoon. He was introduced b Mill IKanager McPaln' and -talked entertainingly for nearly an hour on his trip of 13 days across the Atlantic stormswept, with 27 soldiers of the American army buried at sea, victims ot the Spanish influenza. He told ot the narrow escape from shipwreck on the English coast, and passed rapidly from the tale of the visit of the edi torial party to the English King to an inspection of the area in France where the allied and German armies had struggled four years for suprem acy. The Inevitable humor of the col ored soldier found its way into Mr. Piper's graphic narrative. His ex periences were vastly interesting to the crowd who evidenced their ap preciation by frequent applause. OTTO KLAETSCH FOUND GUILTY IN CIRCUIT COURT Following a four-hours' deliberation circuit court jury Tuesday evening found Otto Klaetsch of Estacada, guilty of starting of brush fire on the lands of Robert McClintock. Klaetsch wi probably be sentenced Thursday. The case was an appeal from a con viction in the justice court last sum mer, when Klaetsch was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $200. The fire occurred early last summei and according to McClintock, theJ prosecuting witness, Klaetsch was In the act of starting several small fires in the canyon above McClint ock's home when the latter discover ed him. The resultant fire did consid erable damage to McClintock's prop erty. The state showed that immediate ly after the flames were discovered by McClintock, he, with two neigh bors immediately went In the canyon and fired several shots at the re treating Klaetsch.' The defendant ad mitted that he was shot at by Mc Clintock but claimed he knew noth ing of the origin ot the fires, having come into the canyon to look after some new fencing he planned. Mc Clintock, who is an old Spanish American war veteran, claimed to have reported Klaetsch to the federal authorities some time prior to the fires, and declared that Klaetsch sought to burn him out on account of this report ' ' The case aroused considerable at tention and a large crowd of East Clackamas people were in attendance at the trial. The prosecution waf han dled by District Attorney Hedges and Deputy T. A. Burke, while Attorney Geo. C. Brownell and John Collier ot Portland, represented Klaletsch. PROBATE COURT Lewis Kuehn filed Tuesday tor probate of the will of the late August Machost, who died at Sunnyside, Clackamas county, August 16, 1918, and left an estate valued at $6,000. Petitioner is named as executor in the will and there are several heirs it . ' , I h.-. .. V. , V i I 'c - ' " ' f x 4 a ii ' ' 7t ; - i L " - 'r . - ! If - - r I r - j ' ' JAPAN BLAMED.niVlS Prth TrtrMint r ml" I l run in in EAST SIBERIA WASHINGTON. March 19.-Re ports of growing anti-American feel ing In eastern Siberia have for some time been In the hands ot the state department. This was learned au thoritatively today In connection with an Associated Press dispatch from Vladivostok, telling ot wide spread criticism In Eastern Siberia of the operations of the American mili tary forces there. Much of the hostility in Vladivos tok toward Americans is attributed in well-informed circles here to the activity of Japanese agents. It has been reported that about three weeks ago a Japanese pumicity agent ar rived in Vladivostok. Within a few days, these reports say, articles began appearing in the newspapers of Vladivostok, which are said to be nnder Japanese Influ ence, reflecting upon the United States and its Siberian policy, or, as the articles described it, lack of pol icy. WORK STARTS ON NEW QUARTERS OF POST OFFICE Improvements on the new quartern for the post office are going forward rapidly and the large vault loaned by the city was moved to the new quar ters the first of the month. This vaul; was o:igUali.v in the First National bank and when a new and larger vault was installed the o,d one was given to the city The city intended to install the vauit in the city hall but tor the past four oi five years it has been stored in the fire department building where it was deteriorating and doing no one any good. The city loaned the vault to the government and M. D. Latourette, who is transacting the business for the owners of the building, will install it" " ' ' ' " ; The new quarters of the postofflce were formerly occupied by the Klera sen Grocery company and Terk Broth ers. These quarters are being remod elled and the interior and front chang ed and improved. . The postofflce expects to move about the first of the month. , TUALATIN RIVER IMPROVEMENT IS SUGGESTED Improvement of the Tualatin river by the federal government was sug gested here Tuesday by Warren Thatcher, a former resident ot Wash ington county, who pointed out to the Live Wires of the Commercial Club the possibilities for navigation, re clamation and sanitation. It was stat ed that above the dam on the Tuala tin, the river has a considerable depth, with a maximum of about 14 feet and that the removal ot the rap ids at the mouth of the Tualatin, where it empties into the Willamette about three miles above Oregon City would be entirely practicable. Con siderable of the area of Washington county is drained by the Tualatin, and the project will be brought to the attention ot the Oregon delegation in congress this spring, while sonih of the members are in Oregon. f- - MONUMENT MAY BE ERECTED FOR PIONEER PAPER With the object of permanently marking the spot ot the building where was established the first news paper printed on the Pacific Coast George H. Himes, assistant secretary of the Oregon Historical Society, came to Oregon City Tuesday for a conference with W. P. Hawley, presi dent of the Hawley Pulp & Paper company, the owners of the proper ty. The Oregon Spectator was issued February 5. 1846. in a building locat ed near the Falls of the Willamette, and the exact soot where the building stood, as nearly as can be determined by Mr. Himes, is the open square Just north of the office building of the Hawley company. It is proposed to erect a suitable monument on this square, and to hold the unveiling cer emonies in August ot this year upon the occasion ot the visit to the Pacific Northwest of the National Editorial Association. INDORSE MILITARY TRAILING WASHINGTON, March '7. Over whelming Indorsement ot a universal military training system, coupled with equally strong support of the existing disciplinary relationship be tween officers and men of the army was expressed by a representative group of selective service men of the 12th division, Camp Devens, Mass., just before the organization was de mobilized last January. ESTABLISHED 1861 101 OF LEAGUE AND TREATY DEMANDED WASHINGTON, March 19. Evi dence accumulates that a force of United States senaMrs potential enough to be effective is deeply In earnest In the Intent to hasten ratifi cation of peace with the central em pires and to defer action on a League ot Nations until that peace has been accomplished. Today it was positively declared by members of this group that it President Wilson continues to insist upon interweaving the new issues and should succeed at the peace con ference, steps Immediately will be taken In the senate to separate them. 0 TO OPEN AND MANY The fishing season is close at hand, many young men and others who have had the luck, and some who haven't are commencing to get their row boats in readiness for the sea son. Several traveling salesmen of Portland, In order to be on the safe side this year, have purchased boats so as to get a hand in on their Sun days off. Last year there were many coming from Portland, who were un able to hire a boat for the day owing to ine aemana. One ot the first big fish to be caught with hook and line this sea son wa caught Monday by Thomas Fairclough. This tipped the scales at 37 pounds, and it waa a dandy. The river is somewhat high, and is still coming up, thus making it unfav orable for fishing. T WITH CLACKAMAS MEN Ralph E. Williams of Port'and, and George H. Bird of London, England, have contracted with the Clackamas Hop Farming company of Sherwood, to purchase 30,000 pounds of hops at 25 cents a pound. The contract was filed in tne recorder's office Satur day. These hops are to be prime and In bales, delivered t. o. b. the ware house of the growers. The first years' crop will be delivered in two lots, the first September 15 and the second October 13, 1919. The contract extends over a period of three years, 1919-20-21, and the hops will be raised on a 78-acre tract of the company, located near Wllson vllle. B.T.M'BAINIS TRANSFERRED TO PORTLAND E. Kenneth Stanton will succeed B. T. McBaln as mill manager of the Crown Willamette Paper company plant at West Linn, according to an announcement made here Friday.' Mr. Stanton has been connected with the company's Portland office since the consolidation of the Willamette Pulp & Paper company with the Crown Columbia Paper company several years ago. Mr. McBaln came here about 10 years ago from San Francis co, where he was connected with the 0,d Willamette company and has been manager of the plant ever since. He has been transferred to the Portland office but will retain his residence at Waor T Inn TTa had Koan trara oottua In behalf of West Linn and Oregon City having served two terms as president of the Oregon City Commercial Club and was largely instrumental in se curing the establishment ot the pub lie library building here. Storms Kill 36 In Middle West CHICAGO, March 18. With Wire and rail communication completely disrupted in many sections and with but vague reports coming from tor nado and flood swept states In tho Middle West and South, the death toll stood at 39 today with property utuuugo running uiu ui iiiJJiiuiiB,