THK BIAVIRTON TIMU PRICELESS family photographs, letters and keepsakes are not the least valuable of the family belong ings and once destroyed by fire, flood or thieves never can be replaced. Besides protecting your papers and other valuables from fire and thieves, our Safe Deposit Boxes provide abso lute privacy, because they are fitted with Yale Locks. These Locks have a double mechanism that requires the use of two different keys. You have one key and we hold the other. Both must be used at the same time. BMKsJBEAYtRTON Christmas Post We have just received a complete line of the latest in Post Cards at the Beaverton Bakery, and can please you with these inexpensive yet greatly appreciated tokens. W. L EVANS, Beaverton, Oregon. Line of Christmas Goods Now In wmmmmmoomr Beaverton Livery Stables Auto Livery and Truck Service Where New Rigs, Good Teams, Perfect Harness and Careful Drivers are combined tomake satisfactory service. Courteous Treatment our motto. Harness for sale. Horses fed by the day, week or month. Plumbing and Heating Work that phases and we furnish estimates cheerfully. Wheth er it Be complete heating, ventilating and plumbing instal lation for a modern building or merely a pipe that is clogged, the service we render will please you while our moderate charges leave the smile that won't come off. Superior Service is Our Motto. BEAVERTON PLUMBING CO. Elmer Stipe, Tire Troubles Easily Solved If you hurry to the nearest telephone and call us up, your tire troubles will vanish like mist before the sun. We are specialists in. prompt anil courteous service. The Stipe Garage, Beaverton Monthly AUCTION Sales j in Beaverton. J Every farm and home and store has many used arti- cles of value which neighbors would buy if they but knew where to find them. On the last Saturday of ' each month an auction sale in Beaverton will bring buyer and seller together. Watch for date and list of articles of first sale next week. Full particulars in the next issue of this paper. Harry Collins, aS Beaverton, Or. GERMANS PLAN DRIVE WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Dec. 12. Long lines of transports Utterly swarming; with Ger man reinforcements were seen behind German lines on the northern British flank of the Cambria section today. "-" Great flocks of German planes en- oeavorea unsuccessfully to pre . rent British Aviators from search ing out just such Information. Early this morning: the Germans developed a very heavy gunfire on the British northern flank. Their concen tration of air forces was the greatest Beavertonuregon,,' Cards Manager. the Germans have vet disclosed. British aviators reported seeing great lines of motor lorries bringing up fresh German troops. U. 8. ADVANCES MONEY. WASHINGTON, Deo. 12. Two mil lion dollars will be advanced by the war and navy deDartmenta tn the Bethlehem Steel comDanr on muni. tions contracts because of the com pany's difficulties in obtaining funds from private sources to axoedit liveries. BEAMOil BBS Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Peck spent Sun day with the family of R. L. Tucker. John Trachsel from Cedar Mllla passed through town Monday with a load of ehoioe timothy hay for Bylvau. J. T. Melloy, of Sorrento, was trans acting business In Beaverton Monday. Stroud and Tucker report considera ble activity In their rental department this week, having leased a number of houses and farms. Last Monday H. L. Flints, of Scholls, came to town with a bjga ton ' ta and took away as big a load of mill feed. Beaverton Is being recognised as a good place to sell or buy. We are Informed the rock road south of town is now completed to Boyd's corner. This Is a long felt want and will be greatly appreciated by those coming In from that direction. M. Walton, superintendent of streets, patched up the plank road running north from the old mill, and It Is now In fairly good shape. It la the hope of the "city dadB" to get this Important Btretch o froad rocked next summer. G. W. Tefft has been confined to his bed for several days, but we are glad to announce at this writing he la re ported to be on the road to recovery. The Red CrosB ladieB have had such big crowds and so much interest shown in their work that they have been compelled to borrow chairs, tables, etc. They secured the loan of a counter with many convenient draw ers from 0. E. Hedge, wmcn neipa them out greatly. This Is a good work In which every patriot can boost. No danger of any one doing more than his share. M. Welter, street superintendent, has completed the Job of removing fences, and sidewalks on the north side of Hamilton street. All property owners along this street cheerfully gave consent to thus widening out this street prepatory to the highway which is to go over this street. Condemnation proceedings are now in process to condemn right of way through Muesslg and Vogl tract, and it won't be long till there will be an established road to Hlllsboro all the way paralleling and adjoining tne b. P. R. R. H. G. Vincent, A. Rossi and Geo. Hughson has been selected as viewers to assess damages in the Muesslg and Vogl "tracts, and they are to meet for that purpose at 10 a. m. on Monday, December 24, 1917. Otto Hrickson la around this week aolicitina- subscriptions to clear right- of-way for highway to HtllBboro, and we understand he Is having fine suc cess. Other members of this commit tee are working along other parts of tne road. Miss Nellie Tefft, who had been at Hood River for some time has returned home on account of the illness of her father. Mr. Bchoenbachler of Hazel Dale, district was in town buying lumber the first of the week for further Improve ment. At the last meeting o fthe city coun cil a levy of ten mills was made to de-. fray the expenses of maintaining ugnis and other Incidental expenses In the town government. Ere long the town will be decorated with a "lot" of disc railroad crossing signs. The last legislature having oassed a law that such a sign must be placed 300 feet from each crossing. Judge Reasoner is making the pur chase for the town along with others for county and we thus hope to get them at a minimum price. Regular meeting of BChool board was held In high school building Fri day evening. All members present but Mr. Hacken. No business trans acted except payment of teachers and janitor for third months work, and the usual miscellaneous bills. Mrs. H. S. Lane and Miss Christina Linebarger, of La Grande, two of Miss Zola Hedge's chums and co-work ers at Hot Lake, Oregon, stopped over Saturday night with Zola on their way to South Bend. Mr. 0. R. Hill of the Stipe garage, has Jessed the M. N. Lewis place in Sorrento and will move there as soon as the painter and workmen have fin ished repairing the house. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Colby, of East Beaverton, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stroud Sunday. Mr. Colby says that he feels mighty good over the decision of the highway commis sion, In establishing the Bertha Beav erton route for the new highway, and thinks that such decision Is one of Justice to the greatest number of peo ple affected. Mrs. Colby left for Cali fornia Thursday, on the B. S. Beaver for a visit with her parents. There are a great many farmers J bringing in cull potatoes to the starch I factory this week. Manager Griffith I Bays they have something over 1501 tons on hand now. Mrs. J. E. Berst was a pleasant call er at The Times office this week and cheered us on our way by saying that she appreciated having The Times each week. She subscribed for the paper and thus showed that her ap preciation was real. Thank you MraJ Berst. It is really gratifying to see the In terest taken in The Times by our sub scribers as was shown by the large number of callers inquiring as to why they had not received their copy last week. This was an unavoidable delay which we will do our best to keep from occurring again. STARCH FACTORY DELAYED. J . F.Griffith, manager of the Starch company says that the company is be ing delayed with their building opera tions considerably, owing to their in ability to get building material, but that they expect to get everything In Bhape to begin the manufacture of starch, shortly after the first of Janu ary. ' He says that he is meeting with great encouragement among the farm ers in getting contracts for growing potatoes signed up. At the present rate of co-operation It will only be a short time until the company has all the acreage signed up that they start ed out to get, and the opportunity for growers to become Interested in this splendid Industry will be closed. flnEDATlEUSfOT BAN ANTONIO, Tex,, Dec. 11 Thir teen of the negroes of the 24th In fantry, United States army, found guilty of complicity In the riot and mutiny of Houston on August 13, were hanged on the military reserva tion at Fort Sam Houston at 7:17 o'clock this morning. Announcement of the carrying out of the sentence was made at headquarters of the southern department at 9 a. m. The men who paid the penalty of death were: Sergeant William C. Nesbltt. Corporal Larnon J. Brown. Corporal James Whetley. Corporal Jesse Moore. Corporal Charles W. Baltimore. Private William Brackenridge. Private Thomas 0. Hawkins. Private Carlos Bnodgrass. Private Ira B. Davis. Private James Dlvlna. Private Frank Johnson. Private RIsley W. Young. Private Pat MacWhorter. Only army officers and Sheriff John Tobln, of Bexar county, were present when the sentence waB car ried out by soldiers from the post. No newspaper men or civilian spec tators were allowed, the time and place of execution having been kept a secret. "Good-bye, boys of Company C, were the last words uttered by the condemned men as the trapB were sprung and they dropped to, their death on the scaffold which had been erected last night. Men of Company C, 19th Infantry, have been guarding the negro prison ers since they were brought to San Antonio to stand trial before a court- martial for complicity In the riot at Houston on August 23 last. The execution took place In an arroyo about two miles east of Camp Travis on a great scaffold which had been erected during the night by en gineers from the post A column consisting of approxi mately 126 cavalrymen and '100 Infan try soldiers assembled at the cavalry guardhouse where the negroes were confined, at 6 : 30 a. m. today. Trucks were provided to convey the prisoners to the scene of the execution. Colonel Millard F. Walts, post com mander, was In command of the col umn and led the way to the scaffold. The column arrived at the scaffold at 6:20 a. m. A flood light had been arranged to give light for those In charge of the actual work of prepar ing the nooses and adjusting them to the necks of the condemned men. The cavalry and infantry guard assembled in hollow square formation around the scaffold and the prisoners were given the order to march upon the death traps. ,- Without a tremor they stepped out with soldierly tread and singing a hymn they walked to their places. Prayers were said by a negro minis ter and by two army chaplains. GE1RAL STRIKE OF SEATTLE PROSPECT1 LONDON, Dec. 10. The counter re volt in Southeastern Russia, under the leadership of Generals Kaledines, Dittoff and Kornitoff, apparently is aimed at seizing the authority in that region and in cutting off food supplies from Siberia, according to the proc lamation of the Bolshevlkl govern ment. General Kalendine's forces are menacing Ekaterinoalav, Kharkvo and Moscow. In the province of Oren burg, the Bolshevik! have been over thrown by Genera! Dutoff. DRY LAW UPHELD. WASHINGTON, Dec. lO.-Idaho decrees upholding the validity of the state prohibition law and declaring it a reasonable exercise of the state po lice powers, were today sustained by the supreme court. CHRI iST Ml IS r n n1 GOUGHLIN & CLAUDE BREARDEN'S GENTS 85 CENTS LADIES FREE S;A T U R DA Y fid cress l.s FL;:s raiLO FQEFFC.U The National Drive lor Red Cross members which is to be made a Christ mas event this year beglnB on the nth of this month. In this drive Clacka mas county Is made a separate and distinct unit and O. D. Eby, an attor ney of Oregon City, has been appoint ed campaign manager for tne county. Letters are being sent to each school district in the county appointing cap tains for the district as a unit, and a meeting has been called at the Com mercial club on Saturday, December 16 at 11 a. m at which all the district captains and all other persons who can possibly do so are urgently asked to attend. At this meeting the plan of this cam paign will be fully explained and lit erature given to the captains and they will be asked to Immediately there after organise their respective dis tricts for the purpose of securing mem-, bers. The plan Is for Clackamas county ho enlist 12,000 mon and women for the membership of the Red Cross for 1918, the membership fee Is $1 and each person becoming a member will be entitled to a certificate of member eUp In the organization. All over Clackamas county the peo ple are organizing In their local com munities and are earnestly employed in the Red Cross work and it is believ ed that they will respond instantly to this membership request. The expense to each Individual Is small but taken as a whole It will raise a large sum of money. Clackamas county has responded nobly In the past to every request made on the part of the government In the sup port of our nation in the contest against autocracy and for the freedom of the world, and the management of this campaign is looking forward to a spontaneous response to the request of the Red Cross organisation that the coming Christmas shall be one of self sacrifice of our people to the great Red Cross work. The great effort will be for $1.00 memberships but In addition to this the following memberships are provid ed for any who may wish them: Subscribing or magasine member ships 2.00 ; contributing member. 15.00: sustaining member, $10.00. ai. annual payments; life member, one payment, $50.00, and patron member, one payment $100.00. All member ships over the $1.00 Include also a subscription to the Red Cross mag- sine by which It Is hoped to coordinate all Red Cross activities. MNICMffill IS Sl BY Bit BERLIN, via London, Dec. 10. Signing of an armistice, affecting the lines between the mouth of the Dnies ter and the Danube, was announced in today's official statement. The section named constitutes the Russian southeastern front and af fects the line from around iLemberg down through Roumanta. Stockholm, Dec. 10. Germany has signified her willingness to enter In to peace with Russia on the basis of no Indemnities. This principle, the paper said Is favorable to both coun tries. It is reported from Petrograd that the Bolshevlkl government would ls Bue formal proclamation Thursday re pudiating Russia's loans. Free entry for goods for 15 years Is reported one of the German demands of Russia. . Haparanda, Dec. 10 The Bolshevlkl are ready to agree to a coalition gov ernment, acording to the word brought from Petrograd by courier today. Returns from the Russia-wide elec tion showed the Trotsky-Lenine gov ernment that they had been over whelmingly rejected by the Russian people at large. The majorities in Petrograd and other large cities were completely re versed in the rural communities. Faced with this knowledge, the Bolshevlkl, It waB learned, had agreed rp to be given at u '-I MjAL beaverton sbyt The Universal Car f It is most important when your Ford car requires me chanical attention that you place it in charge of the authorized Ford dealer, because than you are sure of having repairs and replacements made with genuine Ford-made materials by men who know all about Ford cars. So bring your Ford to us where satisfaction is guaranteed. Prompt, efficient service at all times and Ford cars if you wish to buy. On account of car short age place your order early to insure spring delivery. Runabout $345; Touring Car $360; One-ton Truck Chassis $600 all f. o. b. Detroit. Otto Ericksoh Beaverton to submit to the authority of a can tral committee of workmen and sol diers and peasants, combined With representatives of other Russian politi cal parties and trades. The new So viet committee was said to have ap proved a constitution and evolved a new ministry. One of the main points In the new constitution, it was de clared, was a strict regulation that all people's commissaries, appointed by the Maximalists, should subordinate themselves to the representatives of the war offices and that all measures and acts must be approved by repres entatives of the central committee. COLD IN KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 12. Car lisle, Ky., is the coldest spot in the state today, reporting a temperature of 30 degrees below zero. George town reports 26 below and Bfaysvllle 20. This is the coldest weather ever, known In the state, .. PERSHING NEEDS AIRPLANES. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. "Send all the airplanes possible and as quickly bb possible," is the message from Gen eral Pershing to the American people, brought here by Augustus T. Post. GENERAL STRIKE CALLED ST. PAUL. Dec. 11. All union men in St. Paul and Minneapolis will be called on to quit work at 10 a. m. Thursday in sympathy with the dis satisfied street 'car employes. , . Earl Paddock, formerly an Oregon City high school lad, and now a mem ber of the United States navy, was aboard an American warship In foreign waters that sunk a German submarine and fired upon a second under-sea craft forcing it to dive and disappear. This news Is contained In a letter received from the young man by local rela tives following his return to a United States port. The young man enlisted in the navy in April. Plymouth, England, ' where Pad dock's crew enjoyed a 16-hour shore leave while on the cruise, was an in teresting place, according to the let ter. During the 16 hours there, the Oregon City boy and his friends went WOODWARD UNION ORCHESff ' v and Hillsboro inland to Davenport and saw all the sights their time would permit In the English restaurants, Paddook writes, the tars were permitted to or der only tour ounces of food, and were not allowed to use sugar for any thing. Upon bis return to a home port, the young man visited at Camp Mills, Long Island, where he was mat by several former schoolmates who , are members of the old Third Oregon. in fMIS Plffllilf PARIS, Dec. 12. Louis Loustalot, member of the French chamber from Landes, who, with Joseph Caillaux, the former premier. Is the subject of requests for authorisation of proceed ings, it is understood is charged with having relations with the enemy, M. Caillaux is accused under the penal code condemning to death anyooe con spiring or having dealings with for eign powers or their agents, 'engag ing them to commit hostilities or to make war against France, or. conspir ing with enemies to weaken the fidel ity of officers, soldiers and sailors. It correspondence with the enemy has not the above crimes for Its ob ject, but results In supplying the en emy with information injurious to France's military and political situa tion, the law says that those holding such correspondence shall be pun-, lahed with Imprisonment. Crimes against the allies of France are liable to the same penalties aa those against France. morse hall mm