Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, April 25, 1919, Image 1

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FIPTY-THIRO YEAR-NO.16.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1919.
ESTABLISHED 1881
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THREATENS
TO RETUR
TO ITALY
PAIUH, April 23. Premier Orlundo
threaten to return to Italy today
unless Ihoro Ik a wit tafia-lory adjust
ment ot tlio Klu mi nml Dalmatian
premier Lloyd 'loorge of
Great Britain, la trying to puiHUtide
tho Itulluu lender to remain In Pari
whllo he continue hi effort to rec
oncile the opposing viewpoint.
Tht Itullnn iloli-Kul Ion to tho peace
conference reasserted today Ha de
termination to stund firm on th
question of Pume, Indicating that
unless the council changed lta posi
tion tho (li liiKiitlon would not return
to the confer-nre.
PAULS, April 23 -The Itnllun vice
admiral. Thuon dl llevel. former
chief of staff, ha loft Pari for
Homo. General Armando Dinz, com-msmlcr-lnchlef
of the Itallnn armies,
It Is announced, wilt leave tonlKht.
,L FINED
FOF MAKING
TlimfIC LAWS
Thu hurvet fur tho eeond day of
thu speed cop' activitie wa even
butter I linn the firm and Utile whit
curds wire given to about 25 alto
gel her. Moat of thesa were minor vl
olutloiiH and tho driver were turned
loose with a lecture,
A driver ot a Seattle caf posted
110 hull lummy for speeding and for
felted It by not appearing Weilno
duy for hearing. W. It, Keiley also
posted $10 and fulled to appear. W.
II. Curtla, driver for the Oregon City
laundry, was arrested Tuesday for
turning at the Intersection of Sev
enth and Main but was released.
VVt'dnesday be was ugitln a r rented
and fined $5 tor buvlng no born on
bl machine.
I Farmer of West linn, was ar-
rented for driving with tho cutout
open and as this was the second of
fense he was assessed $5.
('. Meserry of Portland, was cauKht
speeding and paid a fine of $2 50.
Utte Tuesday night Mike Valley
arrived from Portland In an Intoxl
cuted condition and was arrested by
Joyner, who found two quarts ot
Puko Ited In his pocket. The man
was placed In Jull and later released
on f?0 bonds. He made his appear
ance Wednesday and was given until
Thursday to plead.
Millions In a Blanket
LOCAL BOYS ARE
ON WAY HOME
WITH ENGINEERS
The new traffic ordinance for Ore
gon City was passed unanimously at
Its second reading at a special meet
ing ot the council Thursday evening
As the ordlnunce was read it was
discussed section by section by mem
liera of the council nml all points
were given the closest attention.
The section granting "For Hire"
cars tho privilege ot parking on Main
street with the permission of thu
property owners caused tho most dis
cussion of any suction and a petition
was submitted to the council by E.
W. Fowler, W. C. McNeal and Jack
Albright for the privilege of parking
their cars near the Intersection of
Muln ami Seventh streets. This Dell-
Hon was signed by the business men
of that part of the city, who said
they had no objections to the cars
being there.
As tho council did not wish to
grant tho permission without further
Investigation they gave tho owners
of the cars this privilege for 80 days
and promised to meet with the driv
ers to discuss permanent locution.
The new ordlnnnce prohibits any
vehicle passing a street car while the
latter la tuklng on or discharging
passenger and ot turning at the In
tersectlon of Seventh and Main
street. It also prohibits a car stand
ing In the limit ot one block for
more thun 43 minute between city
limit on tho south and the souther
ly side of Tenth street on the north.
Speed in tho city limit la regulat-
ed to 18 mile an hour and no one
under the nge of 16 years Is allowed
to drive a car In the city limits un
loss accompanied by an older person
fully cnpublo of handling the cur.
Dimmer must bo used in tho city
and open cutout and Btnoklng ex
huusts are prohibited.
Vlolotor of thts truffle ordlnunce
may be penalized by a tine not to ex-
cecd $300 and a Jull sentence not to
exceed 90 days or by both flue und
aentonce.
Tho ordinance was taken from tho
stuto traffic luws and amended to
suit the needs pf the city.
0 ,H. Dlmlek submitted a petition
to tho council to rofund the fine
. puld by II. B. Tschirgl -and Coclla
Goldsmith as ho claimed they were
paid under protest and as the city
had no traffic ordinance at the time
thoy were entitled to the refund. This
mutter was placed In the hands of
the city attorney.
An' ordinance to enlarge Mountain
View cemetery was read and order
ed published,
Tho council ordered 1000 copies ot
tho new ordinance printed In booklet
form for distribution.
Haylmrst Appointed
Phone Co. Manager
There was great rejoicing In a
number of Oregon City home Mon
day when word came to the effect
that the (eighteenth Engineers' Hall
way Company, had sailed from
France April 18 and was on It way
to New York, and would probably ar
rive there about May 1.
There are quite a number of young
men, sons ot prominent families,
of tho organization, and their
return has been looked forward to for
some time.
Among the young men who are
now on their way home and who are
member ot the eighteenth, are Al
bert and Kdwln Meade, twin son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mead, William Folgor,
formerly with tho Jones Drug Com
pany, Alfred Digger,. son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Hlgger, Karl Hutchinson,
son of Mr, Ida Hutchinson, Roy
Stafford, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. It.
Stafford of Mount Pleasant, Wallace
McCord, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. W.
McCord. Private L. II. Rubicon, El
bert (hurman, who left with tha
Eighteenth Engineer, and later was
transferred to tho Star and Stripes,
la not known whether to have sailed
or not with his former company. He
Is the son of T. L. Charman of this
city.' Make Ilowland, son of Profes
sor and Mr. John Ilowland of this
city, Is also with tho Eighteenth En
glnoors.
It la hoped by many here that tbo
boy will arrive home in time to at
tend tho big victory ball to bo given
by some of tho young women of Ore
gon city, when ome of tho members
of the Homo Guard will also act as
a reception committee. This affair Is
scheduled for Saturday night. May 3,
and Is to bo given In honor of the
Clackamas county boys returning
from tho service. If the boys arrive
too late a similar bull will probably
be held In their honor as well as
others returning at a later date. The
Clackamas county boys have not
been forgotten from the Interest that
Is manifested over the coming vic
tory ball.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rigger recolved
a telegram from James T. Twohy, ot
Twohy Brothers, Contractors, of
Soattlo, Monday morning, which was
a copy of a cablegram ho received
from Carl Holman, who Is with the
company, saying the entire company
had loft Franco, and wos on tho Bat
tleship Texas bound for home, These
young men will be mustered out ot
service at Camp Lewis, and It Is
thought they will pass through Port
land about tho first ot May for that
camp. Many friends and relatives
are planning to go to Portland to
wolcome them to that city.
T. B. Hayiuirst, who has been local
manager of the Homo telephone com
tnr the nast ten years, has been
appointed local manager oi me a
clflo Telephone company, tho Homo
Telophone company now belnfe com
bined with that company. Mr Hay
lmrst commenced his new duties a
lew days apo.
While manager ot tho Homo Tele
phono company Mr. Hayhurst ha
made many friends tor that company
and added many subscribers, both In
this city, and on the rural routes
'or the present the former headquar
ters of Ihe Home Telephone com
pany will remain In the AndroBon
Imildlng.
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On June 3, or in about six weeks, the people of Ore
gon will vote on a number of constitutional amend
ments and measures. One of these measures carries a
bond issue of $5,000,000, known as the Reconstruction
Bonding Bill. S
Perusal of the several sections of this measure
shows that of this vast sum, $2,000,000 is to be used for
reclamation of lands; $647,500 is to be used for promot
ing land settlement, and the remainder, or $2,352,500 is
to go into public buildings, as follows :
$500,000 for a new penitentiary.
$350,000 for a state reconstruction hospital at Port
land. ;
$500,000 for new buildings at Corvallis for the
Agricultural College.
$500,000 for new buildings at Eugene for the Uni
versity of Oregon.
$100,000 for new buildings at Monmouth for the
State Normal School.
$150,000 for new buildings at Pendleton, for the
Insane Hospital.
$ 1 87,500 for new armories.at Astoria, Baker, Bend,
La Grande and Medford.
$25,000 for new buildings at Roseburg for the Sol
diers Home.
$20,000 for the completion of an armory at Marsh
field. $20,000 for a hospital at Salem for the feeble-minded
institution.
Is it an equitable proposition to ask the people of the
state to swallow a five-million dollar bond issue, with no
provision for the payment of the interest nor the retire
ment of the principal except through the media of gener
al taxation?
Is it fair to put it up to Mr. Average Voter to sanc
tion such an enormous expenditure of public funds in a
blanket measure?
Why was this measure not submitted in units, so
that the vote might express his approval or disapproval
upon each of the 12 units, ranging from, $20,000 to
$2,000,000?
Thirteen cities are interested in the passage of this
measure from the standpoint of having buildings erected
in their own communities. . , '
Thank God, Oregon City is not one of them and
may vote independently.
Chaplain, Who Rallied
Doughboys in Argonne,
Is Cited for Bravery
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M CLOTHING
IS DONATED IN
RE
DISTRICT
WORK lit
nPRAQQnRUF
VB1 UU 111
Clackamas county has again gone
over the top thla time In the recent
drive for clothing for the refugees in
Europe, this having been carried on
under the auspice ot the Red Cross
Society. The women of the Baptist
church, of thil city, have done much
towards assisting in carrying on the
drive. There have been 3500 pounds
of clothing, all of which was in ex
cellent condition, donated, and sent
to Portland to be ent on Its way
across the sea to the unfortunate
people. Clothing came from all sec
tions of -the county, and each Red
Crews Auxiliary did its bit towards
carrying on Its work.
There have been 200 navy blue
serge dress skirts made by the aux
iliaries of the county and the local
branch, and also 150 girls' dresses,
and 20 boys' suits.
GET
CAPTURED NEAR PIS
County Chairman M. D. Latourette
received a telegram from State Di
rector of Organisations John L, Eth
erlilgo Wednesday stating that two
German helmets would be sent to
this countv to bo given to the two
largest subscribers to the, Victory
Loan.
These helmets were captured by
the Americans from the Germans as
they nenred Parte, and were prepar
ing for a triumphal march Into the
city. The helmets are new and are
considered the- best of souvenirs
and who ever receives one ot them
will have something to be proud ot.
Road Master Stuck
S. O. S. Call Sounded
f
Farmers to Rescue
n mttAu u as
After most of the officers of the
HOth Infantry, Thirty-fifth Division,
had been killed or wounded during
the fighting in the Argonne Forest,
the Rev. William L. Hart, chaplain
of the regiment, rallied the dough'
boy time and again. He appointed
non-commissioned officers, lieuten'
ants and captains and under them
the 140th made a glbrioua record.
Father Hart, who was connected
with St. Mark church in St Paul
before going to France as a K. C.
chaplain, ha been cited for bravery
and highly praised tor his valor ana
coolness under tire. This photograph
was taken when he returned recent
ly from France.
U. S. SUPREME
COURT TO HEAR
J. WILBUR CASE
F
Although the roads are rapidly be
ing improved in Clackamas county
the work Is going forward too slow
ly for Copnty Roadmaster Roots'
benefit
It is reported by good authority
that the roadmaster was driving
along tho highway Wednesday near
Yoder and struck a fill that gave
way, causing his car to mire deep in
the mud.
An S. O. S. call was sent out and
eyewitnesses claim that 13 men and
two teams were required to pull the
car out and from last reports the
roadmaster waf still In that neigh
borhood. The accident happened
about 11 o'clock in the morning, and
it was not until after three in the af
ternoon that the car was out of the
hole.
BY
Gladstone Man
Released by Reds
ARCHANGEIL, April 23. Addition
al American prisoners in Russia have
been released. According to a mes
sage from Secretary Pennlngroth, of
the Y. M. C. A at Terejoki, Finland,
Bryant R. Ryall, a Y. M, C. A. Becre
of Gladstone, Or., and Bloomfleld,
N. J., whom he Baw In prison at Mos
cow, has been released and is pro-
'coodlng to Coponhagen.
Secretary Pennlngroth has again
reported the release of Merle Arn
old, a Y. M. C. A, secretary, of Polk,
Nebraska. '
County Speed Cop Meads started
the seuson Sunday by arresting two
speeders near. New Era and two
others Monday In tho same neighbor
hood. If,. C. Smith ot Portland, was "hit
ting 'er up" nt 45 miles per hour,
and L. G. Klump, also of Portland,
made 35 miles per when captured by
Meads. They were released and will
appear later for trial.
Tuesday Means wos out again and
caught 0. G. Jackson of Portland,
herding his Ford along at 35 miles
por hour and Mrs. Lamp of Canby,
also wus making 35 miles when
Mends appeared on the scene.
Last year the speed limit was 25
miles per hour but thts has been
raised to 30 and all speed officers
have instructions to strictly enforce
tho law and all violators will suffer
the consequences when caught.
County Pavement
; To. Be Extended
NEW HIGHWAY
PROPOSED ON
SCENIC ROAD
At a meeting of the county court
Saturday It was decided to go ahead
with the county pavement on three
projects! Bids were asked for this
work but as none were submitted it
was decided to start wOrk on two of
them by day labor.
The first of these is the completion
ot the pavement on the old South End
road, following tho old route.
Pavement will also be extended
through Clackamas station east ot
Baker's bridge.
This work will be paid tor out of
the general fund and will be done ac
cording to plans laid down In the
minutes of the meeting of the coun
ty court.
Tapping the Mount Hood loop at a
point near Firwood, end routing a
highway through Bissel or George
and down Eagle Creek and the Clack
amas river connecting with the Pacl
tic Highway at Oregon City is pro
posed by Eastern Clackamas peo
ple, represented here Tuesday by E,
W. Partlett and J. W. Reed, citizens
of Entacada. They argue the prime
advantages of a beautiful scenic
route nn a water grade, and expect to
have the support of residents of Ore
gon City and all sections uirougn
which the proposed highway would
pass. Mr. Burnett expresses me opia
ion that people of Eastern Clacka
mas would donate' much of the labor
necessary to grade the road.
The matter was proposed to tho
Commercial Club Live Wires at their
luncheon Tuesday and a meeting has
been arranged for next Tuesday ev
ening at 6:30 o'clock, in connection
with a Live Wire dinner, as a substi
tution for the usual weekly lunch
eon. Members of the county court of
Clackamas, of the state highway
commission, and of tho Mount Hood
Iood committee will be asked to at
tend the dinner.
OLD BATTLESHIP COMING
PORTLAND, April 23.-JThe fain
ous old battleship Oregon will steam
Into the harbor Saturday night. Her
visit, by recalling the stirring events
of history in which she has been en
gaged, will, it is believed, arouse
patriotism and Increase subscriptions
to tho victory loan. Men will be
watching for her who served on
board when the memorable run was
made from tho Golden Gate to Cuba
nearly 21 years ago and timely
slstance given to Admiral Schley In
destroying Cervera's Spanish arma
da.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The sys
tem of military jurisprudence is de
signed to produce an efficient, de
pendable fighting array, not to do ex
act justice to individual soldiers, ac
cording to the views vigorously pre
sented toflay to the committee of the
American Bar association by army of
ficers of field experience, including
Major Major-General Edwin F. Glenn,
organizer and commander of tho 83d
division, now in command of Camp
Sherman. ,
In attaining that objective, the of
ficers contended, tne present machin
ery tor enforcing military discipline
had proved both efficient and talr,
the final product of the system close
ly approximating justice to the indi
vidual in addition to producing what
General Glenn described as the best
disciplined army in France.
Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges receiv
ed word from Washington, D C,
Monday that the cse of Juliu Wil
bur will be heard before the Supremo
court of the United State this fall.
The case was to have been beard
April 25, but as Mr. Hedge could not
reach the capltol by that time, he
wired to have the case postponed nn
tiy May 1, but according to the tele
gram received Monday that court
will not hear cases after May 1.
Wilbur was arrested two yean ago
and charged with the possession and
sale of liquor at Milwaukle at the old
Friars' club. He was tried beforo 0c
local court and found guilty, after
which he appealed to the state su
preme court, where the conviction
was confirmed. Ho Was defended by
tho late Senator Charles W. Fulton,
and prosecuted by Attorney Gilbert
L. Hedges.
After this trial Wilbur appealed the
case to the United States Supreme
Court through his attorney, E. W.
Brazell, now In France In the Unit
ed States service.
This case has attracted more than
local attention at is Involves the
heart of the Oregon dry law and sev
eral other states have adopted the
same law. The section of the state
constitution affected is No. 33, per
mitting an Indictment to be drawn
without the kind of liquor named or
the name of the party purchasing it,
or the name ot the accusing witness.
Mr. Hedges was prepared to make
the trip to Washington and will go
when the case comes up to argue it
before the Supreme Court.
Ill DRIVE
The Victory Loan enve in Clack
amas county Is making fair progress
and ail banks reported bond sales
Wednesday.
Molalla, one or tha district not
ever ths top, reported that they were
making a bouse to house canvas and
heped to make their quota by the lat
ter part of the week. Eatacada, the
other district not over, reported that
they were just getting started good
in the drive and had hopes of making
their quota within the time limit.
Several of the small districts are
preparing for patriotic meetings and
have asked for speakers for the loan
drive. Yoderville held a meeting of
this kind Wednesday evening and a
large number attended. A short pro
gram was given and an address on
the drive proved Interesting.
The following subscribers were re
ported by the Oregon City banks
Wednesday:
Elinor Williams $
Linwood Latourette
A. M. Potter
John Heagney
Ben Schuld 100.00
Sedonla Shaw 300.00
R E. Park 50 00
Herbert Hanifin 100.00
R. Mae Gilbert 100.00
John Burgoyne 200 00
R. B. Runyon 500 00
Don E.' Courser 50.00
J B. Lewthwaite 200 00
Clyde Hughes 50 00
Chas. H. Caufield ......... 1,000.00
H. S. Clyde ... 100.00
50.00
50 00
50.00
50 00
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OREGON CITY
BOY REPORTED
KILLED IN ACTION
AT ESTACADA TUESDAY
The safe ot the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company at Estacada,
was blown open early Tuesday morn
ing and robbed of the contents. The
robbers were, evidently experienced
men in the game for they made a
clean job ot it and did not awaken
residents living near by.
The robbers secured about $100 in
cash, $150 in Liberty bonds belong
ing to the agent and nearly $3i)0 In
blank travellers' checks from the
safe. It is thought that the work was
done at 3:40 as that was the time the
clock In the station stopped, probab
ly from the jar ot the explosion.
Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Hughes
were on the ground soon after being
notified and spent the entire day
there but did not get any clue to the
identity of the robbers.
JOHN SIEVERS '
RESIGNS FROM
JUSTICE DUTIES
John N. Sievers, justice of the
peace in this city since 1913, an
nounced Friday that he has resigned
that office and will devote his en
tire time to tho practice of law In
Oregon City.
Mr. Sievers was first appointed to
tho office to fill the unexpired term
of the late W. H. H. Sampson and
has been re-elected twice since.
Tho ex-justice claims the reputa
tion of having fined more bootleggers
and collected tho fines than any
other justice in the state of Oregon
outside of Portland.
.No successor has been appointed
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schwoch, well-
known residents of Oregon City, re
ceived a telegram from the , govern
ment Saturday announcing ihe death
of their son, Henry G. Schwoch, an
Oregon City boy, who was killed In
action October 5, 1918.
Every effort has been made to lo
cate tho young man since last fall.
The last word received from him was
in September, 1918, and since that
time the letters have commenced to
return to the anxious parents and
other relatives of this city and in
Portland. A similar telegram was re
ceived from the government last
December saying the young man was'
missing in action. The parents did
not give up until the telegram arriv
ed saying he was killed, and the date
ot his death was not determined.
Fred Schwoch was born in Wiscon
sin, December 2, 1891, and entered
tho service June 27, 1918, and left
soon after tor overseas service. He
had many friends, and was popular
with the men of his company.
Only one letter was received by
the parents after tho arrival of their
son in France, and this was a brief
note saying he had arrived safely
overseas, and was in the best of
health. Many letters have gone to
him but none since that time have
arrived.
The young man Is survived by his
parents, and two brothers, W. T.
Schwoch, a sister, Miss Gertrude
Schwoch, of this city, and Emll
Schwoch, of Portland.
Mrs. Charlotte Clyde ...
C. A. Elliott
Rosina Fouts Evans
Paul C. Fischer
Roy Kara 100.00
Fred Oldenstadt ....... 400 00
Anna Oldenstadt 100.00
Hiram B. Straight ..... 250.00
Henry C. Salisbury 250 50
Wm. Andresen
James H. Cary
A. R. Daue
Walter C. Green
M. P. Griffin ? T.00 00
John Hendrickson .. 100 00
Philip Kohl 100 00
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reif .. 1500.0
Mrs. Oscar Thoen 50 00
J. H. Walker 500 00
Mrs. Thos. Warner 100.00
Percy R. Winston 1.000 00
100.00
50.00
100.00
50 OQ
500.00
250 00
50.00
50 00
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With tho purpose of solving the
housing problem for Oregon City, a
committee, consisting of A. R. Jac-
rys, A A. Price, Willard P. Hawley,
Jr., and Lloyd Riches, was appointed
Tuesday to formulate and present a
plan tor the consideration and ap
proval of the Live Wires of the Com
mercial Club. The committee will get
Into action at once and will report
next Tuesday evening.
ii was announced luesaay inai ine
Oregon City woolen .mills faces the
shortage of labor in its garment fac
tory to the extent that unless some
thing is done to relieve the condition
here, the concern may have to con
struct an auxiliary factory at Port
land, where the labor problem is not
so acute. The garment factory now
furnishes employment for about 200
people, men and women, and the na
tional advertising campaign under
taken several months ago has
brought about such an influx ot busi
ness that it will be necessary to se
cure additional help, which is not
obtainable here because of the lack
of housing facilities. The mill is rap
idly developping a large business,
and the business men of Oregon City
propose to cooperate In a plan to
make possible the recentlon and
growth of the factory at this point,
with the increase of Oregon's popu
lation in mind.
RUNAWAY BOY CAUGHT
'llXfjljto succeed Mr! Sievers as yet.
A 13-year-old boy named Bechtel of
Jennings Lodge was picked up here
early' Tuesday morning by Chief of
Police Woodward and turned over to
Constable Fortune, who took the lad
back home.
The boy had run away from home
last Saturday and said he was on his
way to Mexico and had been sleeping
in the woods until Monday night,
which he spent under the platform of
the depot.
Defendants Given
Judgment on Note
A judgment was given the defend
ants Tuesday In the circuit court In
the case ot J. A. Odell vs. John Van
derhoff. The case was over a promis
sory note given by ' defendant md
plaintiff and Nicholas Vandorhoff
for $500 for the benefit of Gilbert
Vanderhoff and George Odell.
When the note was due the plain
tiff alleged the ' latter were bflk
rupt and he had to pay the note and
when he tried to collect a part of it
from the defendants they refused o
pay-