EMIT
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 43.
OREGON CITY. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1865
CTY ELECTION TO
BE HELD DESPITE
STATE TIME LIMIT
Failure To Post Notices At
Period Provided Will Not
- Hold Up Ballot in Opinion
Of Attorney O. D. Eby.
FEAR OF ILLEGALITY
IS DECLARED "BUNK'
Condition Similar to 1918 Is
Faced; Validity Of Move
Said Untested by Courts.
The city election in Oregon City
will be held on November 7 despite the
fact that the notices for the election
will not be handled in the regular
manner by the county clerk and the
city ballots are not to be incorporated
in the general county and state ballot,
according to O. D. Eby, city attorney,
Failure of the city officials to comply
with the state Jaw raised the question
01 whether or not the entire city
election would be invalidated.
Separate Ballot To .Be Used.
That's all bunk!" declared the city
attorney when asked if the Oregon
City election could not be held. "There
is nothing to prevent the city record
er from having his own ballots printed
and distributing them to the election
boards and holding the election."
Under the state law of 1917 it is
provided that the city clerk shall give
40 days notice to the county clerk of
the offices to be filled and the elec
tion notice shall be posted for 30 days
Only 11 days remain before election
and this has not been done. Their
period for accepting nominations un
der the state law, has also passed.
Clerk Not To Act
County Clerk Fred A. Miller states
that he can take no action regarding
the city election. The law, he' says,
provides his course of action, and be
cause no notice from the city recorder
has been received by the end of the
legal period for giving notice of elec
tion, he cannot place the city list upon
the general ballot.
. City Attorney Eby holds that the
election can be legally conducted un
der the provisions -of the city charter.
Under this provision, the way is still
open for further nominations, until
noon of November 1. The prepara- j
tion of ballots and the posting f no
tices for a period of ten days will be
S. in the hands of city recorder C. W.
Kelly, and the county authorities will
take no cognizance of the city elec
tion. Officers To Be Chosen. !
The mayor, four councilmen, record
er and treasurer are to be voted on.
Three measures have been submitted,
two to decided where the proposed
-city hall will be located and a third
to increase from two to three mills
the tax for the maintenance of the
fire department.
A similar situation confronted the
city in 1918. which was the first muni
cipal election following the passage
of the law providing that city elections
should be held upon the same day as
the general and primary state . elec
tions. Time under the state law for
filing of the certifications and notices
was passed. Separate ballots were
printed for the city election and dis
tributed to the 11 precincts and the
election was held, the returns can
vassed and the results declared with
out contest.
The result of this election was never
contested, and it is now known
' whether or not the courts have passed
upon the validity of such a ballot.
BOY IS BADLY INJURED IN
CRASH NEAR PARKPLACE
O. Holman, Blamed For Smash
Given Unusual Sentence;
Motorcycle Is Under Arrest
REGISTRATION IN
COUNTY REACHES
NEW HIGH RECORD
17,338 is Total For This Year
Figures Compiled by Clerk
Miller Show: Mark For
1920 of 16,640 Exceeded.
SOCIALISTS' NUMBER
SHOWS BIG DECLINE
Odin Holman, 19, was badly injured
in an accident near Parkplace Sunday.
Holman was driving a motorcycle to
ward Gladstone and struck a machine
driven by F. C. Gillman. Gillman was
running off the highway at the turn
just south of the Clackamas bridge.
As he started to approach the pri
vate road, Holman ran into his rear
wheel, shoving the car across the high
way. . . -
The boy was picked up with a brok
en shoulder and brili?ed head.
Later, after having the injuries
dressed, he was taken before Judge
E. J. Noble, and charged with reck
less driving. . His license was suspend
ed for six months.
The bov was eiven his choice of co
ins- to iaii fnr Hix mnntha r niinw. I . ne largest registration ever re-
ing the motorcycle to be held for a , corded in Clackamas county was reach-
similar period. He decided to leave ea nJS Jeilr Burumg 10 me oujciju
the motorcycle "in jail", being depriv-. figures completed Friday by Fred A.
fid of iU us for that neriod. I Miller, county clerk. The total is
Banker Is Arrested i
Hirschberg, president of the" In-
Prohibitionists Decrease; All
Other Classifications Are
Augmented in Equal Ratio.
H.
dependence State Bank drew the same
treatment that was meted out a few
days ago to a student who was er-
rested for speeding. Hirschberg fail-
ed to keep on the proper side of the
curves near Gladstone, and after pay
ing the eosts of the action brought
17278, as against 16640 for the year
of 1920 when the last official tabula
tion was made.
One salient fact which is revealed
by the tabulations that while the
number of democrates, republicans
and independents has been increased
in both men's and women's classifi
cations, the number of those registered1
against him. was sent back to thtt ! as "socialists" and "prohibitionists"
city by the judge, and ordered to drive
the entire distance there and back at
the rate of ten mils an hour, and on
the extreme right of the road.
J. C. Brady and Jo Eaton were ar
rested by Traffic Officer Long. The
former, charged with having defective
lights, paid costs and had his license
suspended for ten days. Eaton was
charged with driving while Intoxicat
ed and fined $25 and costs.
Man Is Ht
James L. Hamlin reported striking
an unidentified man on the highway
near Parkplace Saturday evening at
o'clock. The man, who was taken
to the local hospital, was not seriously
Injured.
A sedan automobile, driven by
Harry I. Price, was run into by a truc
of the Pacific Storage and Delivery
ompany, driven by Warren Dicken-
soi?, at East Clay ana 8th Btreeis.
Portland, Monday afternoon. Price
iad the right of way. according to wJt-
ljesses and the traffic officers Tvho
investigated tne accident The truck
driver was exceeding the speed limit
and cutting the corner. Price's car
was driven across the side walk and
thiough a rail fence, but neither car
was sericusly damaged.
CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL
LINES TO BE DEMANDED
has materially decreased. In 1920 the
socialists numbered 336 and this year
266. Prohibitionists in 1920 numbered
256 and this year 155.
The classifications this year show
10,595 men and 6,686 women exhibit
ing an equal proportionate increase
over 1920.. The complete, tabulation
follows:
1922.
Male Female Total
Rep. 7486 4597 12083
Dem. 2557 1736 4293
Pro .59 96 155
Soc. 181 85 266
Mscl. 352 . 189 542
Total 10595 6683 1727S
1920.
Male Female Total
Rep - 7156 4238 11394
Dem. 2503 1664 4167
Pro. - 86 170 256
Soc. 226 110 336
Mscl. 319 168 487
Total 10290 6350 16640
ExcursionSystem
Plan for 1927 Fair
BLANKET REDUCTION OF
$50 MADE ON FORDS
A straight reduction of $50on each
model of Ford automobile has been
announced by the Park Shepherd Mo
tor company, following telegraphic)
word from the general headquarters at
Detroit. The new prices are now in
effect.
The new price schedule establish
ed a new low record for the Ford and
brings the car under the $500 mark
in Portland for the first time since
war taxes on motor cars have been in
order. The new prjpe for the touring
car, f. o. b. Portland, wth war tax in
cluded, is given as $492,72, while the
roadster is down to 462.56 Prices
for the other Ford models, straight
down the line, are $50 lower than prev
iously. The new list makes the basic price
for the Ford car $62 lower than it has
ever been before, it was announced
by the Ford Motor company here. The
lowest pre-war price on the Ford was
in 1916, when the car, without self
starter or demountable rims, sold In
Detroit for $360. The new price for
the present Ford at Detroit, minus
starter and demountable rims, is given
as $298.
SALEM. Ore., Oct. ZZ-flth the ob
ject of bringing about needed railroad
development in Central Oregon, the
public service commission today for
warded 'to the interstate commerce
commission copies of its complaint
against the Central Paific company.
Southern Pacific company, Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company, Oregon Short Line, Oregon
Trunk and Deschutes Railroad com
pany. ' The complaint demands the con
struction of railroads from Crane to
Odell, Crane to Bums. Bend to Odell,
Oakridge to Odell, Kirk to Odell and
from Lakeview north to connect with
the CraneOdell branch. The com
plaint is one that was drawn up some
time ago by Commissioner H. S. Cor
ey and which has also been signed by
Commissioners McCoy and Kerrigan.
There is a provision of the inter
state commerce act whereby railroad
extensions may be ordered if the pro
per showing can be made by the peti
tioners of complainants.
Motion Is Allowed .
For Abatement in
Brumf ield's Case
Excursions over . the various parts
of Oregon, covering the mainfold re
sources of the state, will be provided
for tourists and visitors to the 1927
exposition fit the voters pas favorable
on the constitutional amendment at
the election November 7, the manag
ing committee of the fair assures.
A special excursion bureau is one
of the exposition features already
worked out and visitors will be taken
in groups to view particular industries
in which they are interested. Eastern
business men who are interested in
lumbering, stock raising, grain, salmon
fishing, fruit growing, dairying and
the many other resources will be tak
en to the centers about the -state
where they may see first hand actual
conditions.
If the tax measure allowing Port
land to raise $3,000,000 by taxation
passes at the election an internation
al advertising campaign embracing
all he state industries and scenic won
ders will be inaugurated.
A fund for this purpose is now be
ing arranged. The campaign will be
comprehensive and will embrace every
possible field of advertising whereby
the state can be heralded to the world.
Without Wisdom
nr HE DEMOCRATIC form of government is the
A best which generations have been able to devise.
Kings and empires have fallen because the administra
tive voice was not that of the people. Yet with the
centuries which form the background for the present
system, popular government is not yet perfect. The
reason, theoretical though it may be, is that the judg
ment of the majority is not always based upon sound
premises. This is because each individual can form his
opinion only in the light of what he knows and under
stands regarding the issue at hand.
It is incumbent upon the electorate to determine, in
so far as circumstances permit, the exact color of any
situation upon which their ballots are to be cast. Ob
viously, this is often difficult, but when the machinery
. for. such investigation is at hand, only censure can ac
crue from failure to put it to use.
This is the indictment which must be passed against
the Live Wires for their action yesterday on the recall.
Three weeks ago a resolution calling for an unbiased in
vestigation was tabled indefinitely on the ground that
they did not wish to "meddle with politics". But yester
day, with no additional facts officially before them, a
resolution was passed condemning the recall and favor
ing the retention of the judge.
The recall issue itself is beside the point in this
instance. Whether or not the Wires wish to take a hand
in a vital political question, is up to them to decide. But
their action,' either pro or coru should be based upon
facts which have been determined. This applies to
every other such situation as well as the recall. Any or
. ganization which refuses to take the trouble to inves
tigate should not attempt at a later time to endorse or
reject. Hasty decisions upqn cryptic issues are a merr
ace to good government, because the judgment upon
which those decisions are based can, at best, be only im
mature. .
The individual cannot for himself well determine
the facts under consideration. It is for this reason that
clubs, and groups' are formed. To make use of their
power of endorsement after denying the exercise of
their province to collect information, is a mimicry of
good government.
If the Live Wires or any other organization, expect
to have their opinions respected, they cannot continue
in the course set yesterday. The stumbling block in tha
way of human government, popular as well as mon
archial, is "words without wisdom."
ONE MAY D!E AS RESULT iSCHOOL DISTRICT SELLS
OF COLLEGIATE' BRAWL BONO ISSUE OF $50,000
Students Of Two California
Universities Fight; Score
Hurt; Police Quell Riot.
Interest Payment is Reduced
By Change; Board is Now
Placed Upon Cash Basis.
F
CLOSED TO REFUGEES
SALEM, Ore.. Oct. 24 The last
faint echo of the Brumfield case was
heard here today when the supreme
court allowed a motion for abatement
of proceedings as a result of the sui
cide of the late Roseburg dentist in
his penitentiary cell. The decree
handed down today covers adjustment
of costs in the lower court in favor
of the state. This sum, it is under
stood, must be recovered from his
estate and cannot be taken from his
insurance money.
Mrs. E. M. Scouton
Is Named Head Of
Local W. C. T. U.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 19. The
Bulgarian frontier was closed today
to prevent panic-stricken homes of
Greek, Christian refugees from swarm
ing into that country from Thrace.
Nearly half a million Greek and Ar
menian refugees have taken refuge in
Macedonia. . All are without food,
clothing, shelter or funds. They are
dependent upon the bounty of the
Greek government and outside char
ity. A quarter of-a million refugees are
still to be deported from Eastern
Thrace. They are being rounded up
and "headed" by Greek cavalry. The
scenes remind one of a cattle round
up in Texas or some other American
Western state.
The roads have been turned into
quagmires by the rain which has been
falling continuously for three days
and three nights The mud is be-
ng churned into swamps by the thous-
At the meeting of the W. C. T. TT-,
held on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. E. M. , andg of feet plodding over IL
rscouton was eieciea presia;ni w
the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Mrs. A. B. Rintoul. Mrs. Rin
toul was recently elected to the office.
Mrs. Scouton is an active member of
the organization, and has taken much
interest in the rest room established
by the organization.
A minister made rather . a long call
upon a lady acquaintance. Her lit
tle daughter, who was present, grew
weary of his conversation, and whis
pered in an audible key:
"Didn't he bring his 'Amen' with
him, Mamma?"
LOS ANGELES, CaU Oct. 20.
More than a score of Los An
geles college students were injured.
one possibly fatally, as the result of j
burns from "gasoline bombs" - and
from blows on their heads and
bodies, here early this morning in a
riot following a "pajamerino" party
on the campus of the southern
branch University of California.
According to students of the south
ern branch, they had gathered for the
"pajamerino" party, whereupon more
than 500 students of a rival univer
sity arrived in automobiles and attack
ed with "gasoline bombs," rags and
bottles filled or saturated with gaso
line, and attempted to set -fire to a
wood pile that had been gathered for
the party.
A fight followed. Clubs, fists, bricks,
torches and other weapons handy
were brought into play, it was re
ported; In the pitched battle hundreds
of the students were said to have
been bunched in struggling piles.
A riot call brought policemen from
all stations and more than ' 200 of
ficers gathered before the fracas could
be quelled.
Succeeding in their endeavor, the
attacking forces set fire to the wood
pile. The glow caused a fire alarm
to be sent in and the fire department
was sent to the scene. Several of the
students lay unconscious on the cam
pus when the police ambulances ar-!
rived.
It was reported that one who was
taken to the Golden State hospital,
and whose name could not Te learn
ed, was dying from a broken neck.
Roger Vergas, brought to the receiv
ing hospital, was taken home in an
ambulance suffering from possible in
ternal injuries that physicians regard
ed as grave.
According to students who were
created at the receiving hospital by
Dr. Wallace Dodge, the southern
branch students were gathering for
a football celebration prior to the
game with Occidental college Satur
day, but the southern branch students
said they "were sure" the attacking
forces were not Occidental students.
, At a premium of $129.12 Oregon
City school district, number 62, yes
terday sold to R. C. Moores of Port
land $50,000 in serial bonds. The funds
accruing from the sale of these bonds
will be used to take up the amount of
notes now outstanding. ' The notes
bear 6 per cent interest and the bonds
4 1-4. Throughthetran8fer tha dis
trlct will save 3-4 of one per cent upon
the interest, or $375 annually.
The amount received from the bonds
together with the last half of the taxes
payable this year and the apportion
ment to be made from county and
state school funds on the second Mon
day in November will place the school
district on a cash basis for the first
time in several years..
GUARANTEE' IS ASKED
UPON SOUTH END ROAD
Consideration of New Plan Of
Highway Routing W'
agreement ot f , ,
oCV
Whether Kortate hi:
commission .-oer changi
routing of?o Pacific Hi;
through Oregu City from the project
ed Railroad avenue and Seventh street
line to the Main street and Fifth street
line, is dependant upon the guarantee
given by Oregon City for the ultimate
improvement of Railroad avenue if
the request for the charge is granted
Secretary Tells Status.
Information to this effect has been
forwarded to Oregon City by Roy A.
Klein, secretary of the commission.
A deadlock in the highway negotia
tions here followed the establishment
by the commission of the . Railroad
avenue routing. Oregon City asked
that this action be reconsidered as
there were no funds available for the
Railroad avenue improvement and
the Fifth street route could be handled
at a fraction of the Railroad avenue,
cost. Oregon city being" over 2,000
population has to finance highway:
improvements within its corporate lim
its. -
Change . Is Asked.
. The proposition was made to the
commission that Fifth street be desig
nated as a temporary route and that
the city, when the money became
available would improve the Railroad
avenue routing.
The commission indicates that this
will be considered if the city will give
a satisfactory guarantee that the Rail
road avenue improvement will be car
ried to completion within a reasonable
time. No final action has been taken
by the commission in this regard,
pending the decision by the city as
to what they will do in the matter
Tacit Agreement Seen.
As the highway negotiations stand
unless some move is made to use the
bluff route, the highway will be rout
ed out Main street and up the basin
to Canemah. As the matter has been
presented to the commission, tnere
is a tacit agreement between the fac
tions advocating the two ways of
reaching the bluff route, that the im
provement of Fifth street as a tem
porary route is to he approved con
tingent upon the opening of Railroad
avenue at a later date. It Is also agreed
generally, the commission has been
informed, that the ultimate improve
ment of Railroad avenue, as an issue
independent of the highway routing
is desired.
LIVE WIRES GIVE
C0NFIDOICEV0TE
TO COUNTY JUDGE
Move To Recall H. EL Cross
Condemned ; Charges Said
Insufficient To Warrant
Such Action; Vote is Split.
BUSINESSMEN DECRY
ATTACK ON OFFICIAL
Petition Is In Circulation
On Main Street; Aiding of
Road Program ' Is Talked.
BACK TO STATE COURTS
VERY CONSIDERATE
At a railway station a nice old
lady left the train and got into
cab. The cabman said, "Gimme your
hag, lady, ril put it on the top o' the
cab." - .
"No, indeed!" answered the dear
old lady, "that poor horse has enough
to puU. I'll hold it on my lap.
PORTLAND, Oct. 23 Federal Judge
R. S. Bean this morning ruled that the
telephone company suit "had no place
in the federal court and sent it back
to the state circuit court for trial.
In his opinion Judge Bean held that
the federal court, has no jurisdiction
to either modify or vacate the rates
established by the public service com
mission of Oregon, unless the consti
tutional rights of the telephone com
pany were endangered. No evidence
to substantiate such a condition was
introduced during the trial, he said.
The fact that the public service
commission intended to allow the suit
brought against it by Robert G. Dun
can, John F. Risley and Dora B.
Shreve, to go by default, did not grant
to the telephone company the right to
become defendant to the action and
fight the case for the commission, the
court said.
Judge Bean held the commission to
be as capable as being a party to an
action as any individual " or corpora
tion, and said the commission had a
right to default. If it so chose, with
out interference from the telephone
company, provided none of the consti
tutional rights of the company were
endangered through the default.
The judge found that the only ques
tion involved in the suit was that of
the establishment of telephone rates.
He said the telephone company did
not claim any constitutional rights had
been impaired.
DEAD MAN FOUND TO BE
ESCAPE FROM SALEM
SALEM. Oct. 19. The body of a
man found Sunday, October 1, several
miles north of Aurora in a clump of
bushes about 30 feet oft the Butteville
roat, was yesterday identified by Dr.
John C. Evans, assistant superinten
dent of the State Hospital by means
of clothing and the teeth as Milton E.
Hearn, 65, who was committed to the
hospital from this county June 25 of
this year and took French leave on
July 9. Coroner Rigdon who investi
gated the case stated that the body
had been there about three months
which further strengthened the belief
that the identification is correct.
The clothing worn by the man was
the same as is issued to the inmates
of the hospital. The most positive
proof was that the teeth corresponded
with the record made by the hospital
dentist.
Hearn was committed to the hospi
tal from Lane county, October 15, 1920,
and being released as cured on Octob
er 17, 1921.
Disposition of the bedy which has
been held at Aurora since it was
found, is being withheld pending word
from the man's guardian, Mrs. E. Han
nigan. of Eugene.
At tne time that the body was found,
Oregon City, authorities believed that
the man's name was L. Smitn, an agea
woodcutter and laborer who had dis
appeared a few months before from
that district.
MAN FREED ON FEDERAL
ORDERS IS REARRESTED
PROVINCE, R. I., Oct. 19 Charged
with the murder of Major Alexander
P. Cronkhite at Camp Lewis Wash, in
October, 1918. Roland R. Pothier, of
this city, was arrested today by Unit
ad States Marshall William R. Rodman
as a result of a secret indictment re
cently returned by the federal grand
jury in Tacoma, Wash.
The arrest marked the reopening
of the famous case featured by Poth
ier's admission on his first arrest,
over a year ago, that he had killed
Cronkhite and the subsequent arrest
of Captain Robert Rosenbluth. of New)
York, charged" with complicity in the
killing.
The cases of the government against
both men were later dropped on or
ders from Attorney General Daugher
ty, who had Investigated the evidenco
against them and pronounced it not
to"B& of a character to warrant prosecution.
Condemning the recall movement
directed against County Judge Harvey
E. Cross, the Live Wires of the Com
mercial club at their Tuesday lunch
eon passed a resolution, branding as
"insufficient to warrant" the move
ment, the charges which have been
made against the judge.
The resolution was presented by
Linn Jones and L. A. Adams, who read
to the Wires a petition being circu
lated over Main street. Objection to
the passage of the resolution was rais
ed by Ralph Shephard and H. E. Hoss
on the ground that three weeks ago
the Wires had turned down a resolu
tion which proposed the appointment .
of a committee to investigate the
charges. The disapproval of the recall
of the county judge, however, was ex
pressed by a heavy majority at the
session.
The petition attacking the recall, it
is understood, is being sponsored by
friends of the judge who point out
that the recall at this time would
hinder the road improvement program
which has been placed in motion after
considerable controversy covering the
past two years.
Start Support Small
It is expected that the signatures to
the document will be madt public tht
end of the present week. Little sup
port to the recall movement is being
f ouria along the street, sponsors of the,
petition declare. The petition, in full
follows:
"We, the undersigned, businessmen,
voters and taxpayers of Oregon City
and vicinity, being greatly interested
in the welfare of Clackamas cpunty.
have read the charges submitted by
those sponsoring the recall of Harvey
E. Cross as county judge.
"We feel that the recall of a public
official is a serious matter; that it
should be invoked only in cases of ex
treme inefficiency or malfeasance;
that the accusations directed- against
Judge Cross are not sufficient to jus
tify a recall and such action would
be disastrous to the present road pro
gram and detrimental to the best in
terests of the county.
"We have confidence in the admiu
istration of Judge Cross."
Frank Tibbetts Speaks
Frank B. Tibbetts, manager of the
better business bureau of the Port
land Ad Club addressed the meeting,
telling of the work, being done by the
Portland bureau and offering the co
operation of the organization with
Oregon City Commercial club. He
traced briefly the history of the move
ment to purify advertising and mer
chandizing and lauded the results -gained
nationally by this movement. .
Daniel E. Bowman, of the Moyer
Clothing Company in Portland, point
ed to the recent campaign against tH9
Haynes Suit Clubs, as an indication!
of what cooperative efforts could do
to eliminate objectionable business
schemes. The cooperative plan, he
said, should sponsor all forms of le
gitimate and fair cJB petition and re
sult in the building of better business
and higher commercial standards.
EMPLOYMENT IS ASKED
FOR EX-SERVICE MEN
Asking that aid be given in the plac
ing o ex-service men who have com
pleted government vocational courses,
the U. S. Veterans Bureau, through
their Portland office has asked the
local Commercial club to investigate
the employment field here.
In the vicinity of Oregon City, the
bureau states there are a large num
ber of veterans who desire employ-.
ment. Among them are auto mechan
ics, finishers, auto electricians, fire
men, interpreters, clerks, accountants.
telegraphers, window trimmers, showj
card writers and photographers. Any
one desiring men to fill positions in
cluded in the list can get in touch with
the applicants through the local Com
mercial club.
Local Couple Get
Marriage License
A marriage license was granted Fri
day to Elvador Wanker. 22, Oregon.
City Route .5, and GertrudS Kennedy,
18, Jennings Lodge.