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BOON rinrw ENTEMSEfl Tha InUrprlM I thr only Clckm Count Nwpapr that print all of th nw of thl growing County. your uDtenp" .ool' go' A.or" -. OREGON CITY, OREGON, Fit I DAY, DKCEMDEU 8, 1911. FORTY FIFTH YKAR-No. 4 ESTABLISHED 1M OK GUILT ADMITTED BY M'NAMARAS BROTHERS CONFESS CHARGES OF BLOWING UP BUILD INGS IN LOS ANGELES. LIVES ARE SAVED BY STATEMENTS MeMnlgl, Who Rovolod Plot, Ex pcted To Ecp With Light Sontonc Or Go Fro. U)tf ANOKIJCH, ('!.. Due 1 Jkiiic II. McNamura pleadod guilty to murder III Ilia tlrwl degree In Judgo I lord Hi court today. Ill brother, John J. McNumura, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Hlructuarl Iron Wtrkers, entered a plea of guilty to dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron Work In I Aiigol'. C'lirlHtinu day, 1910. James II McNumara' confession clear up al'Holut ly the tragedy of t ho explosion and fire which, at 1:07 o'clock on tint morning of October 1. 1910, wrecked the plant of th U Angi lt Time at First and Broadway and caused thn dnath of twenty-one Ihtsoiik. Fr nineteen of these doatn the MiNiiiniirtt broihtira were Indict tid. and J. 11. McNamara wa on trial aptfclflVally for thu murder of Charles J. Haggerty, a inuchlnlHl, whoso body wa found nearer than that of any other to the apot whero the dynamite wan supposed to have been plurod. Iloth tni'ii'a sentence were act for iH-comher E, when It U expected that District Attorney John U Frederick will BHk for life Imprisonment for Juuie II. McNamara, the confessed murderei, and probably fourteen year for IiIh brother. The men' live ar t-onnldorod laved. , Tonight a the two brother aut together In (li county Jail, refusing to e any one or make any tate ment, an Interest aecuiid only to tho occurrence Itaelf huiiK about tho que t Ion with reference to Jame II. Why did he cotifos?" To thl oppoiliiK counsel gave the aame anwer. "Ho confessed because he wa guilty, and that all there I to It." declared l)ltrlct Attorney Frederick. "Me was counsulled to confess be-' cause ttint wa tho bout thing ho could do, In the opinion of couiiHel," an Id Attorney Clarence 8. Harrow, chief of counsel. "1 will any now that there wa no other reason or motive In It. I've studied thl case for month. It presented a atone wall." Harrow atiitement waa mncie al ter looking squarely In the face of charge that the recent arrest of Hurt II. Franklin, an investigator, employ ed by the dofoiiso, and two other with him,' might have precipitated a situation untenable auve by confes sion of the prisoner. Ortlo li. McMnnlgal, the confessed dynamiter, whose admissions are said to Jmve been a big factor In tho Mc Namuras pleading guilty, will go vir tually free. If the plan of the state In hi behalf do not go wrong. After court hud adjourned thl af ternoon, Malcolm McLaren, tho Burns detective who has been a dully visi tor to McManlgnl's cell lnce the dyna miter was brought here lust spring, and has alway spoken In a friendly way of the prisoner, came upon Dis trict Attorney Fredericks In tho pros ecutor's office. There' JuhI one thing I want to ask of you," said Mcljireti to Fred ericks, "and that Is that you do all you can for McMnnlgal." Fredericks held up his right hand as he answered: 'I promise you I'll do all In my power for him. Ilo may have to take a light sentence, but I'll do tho best I can." ' M'NAMARAS WILL TELL PROBERS ALL CONSPIRATORS WHO ADMIT DY NAMITING, TO BE SENT ENCED TODAY. CONFESSION IS NOT MADE PUBLIC Government Expect To Obtain Evi dence Pointing To Gigantic Plot Accused Going Be fore Grand Jury. IJOS ANGELES, Doc. 4. James n. and John J. McNamara will appear before the Federal grand Jury here tomorrow morning to tell their stor ies. They wJJl go before that body Immediately after sentence by Judge Wolter Hordwell. This declar ation was made here late tonight on unimpeachable authority. The announcement afforded an ex planation of the meager confession written late today by James n. Mc Namnn In the Jail corridor, In the prefix e of his attorney, those of th state nnd his brother, John J. Mc Naniarn, In which "Jim" explained how he blew up the Los Angeles Times October 1. 1910, causing a loss of twenty-one lives. District Attorney Fredericks admit ted tonight that In addition to the written confession, both brothers "had furnished Information of signal (Continued' on page 4) JOHN D. QUITS AS HEAD OF OIL TRUST NEW YORK, Dec. f John D. Ilockefuller rescued today a direc tor and president of the Standard Oil Company of Now Jersey, John I). Archbold wa elected to succeed Mr. Rockefeller. A majority of the officer and di rector who for your have been as soclnted with Rockefeller In the Hiaudard Oil Company of New Jer sey also handed In their resignation. These Included: William Rockefeller, a vice presi dent and director: C. M. Pratt, a vice-president: William 0. Rockefell er, a assistant treasurer; II. C. Fol ger, Jr., a second assistant treasurer, and Director II. M. Flagler, T. J. Drake and K T liadford. An-hhold, tho new president, also resigned as vice-president. The board of director I Increased from four to nine members. CONGRESSMAN CALLED AGENT OF TRUSTS BITTERLY AT TACKS ACCUSERS. IMPEACHMENT OF NEW YORKER ASKED Opening of Congret Marked by Dra matic Appal For Square Deal Many Rally To Littleton' Aid. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. An lnvo- ligation of tho operation of the so- called AntlTrust U-ague wa de manded by Republican Leader Mann In the House at the opening session of the sixty-second Congrcs today, after a- remarkable speech by Repre entatlvo Martin W. Littleton, of Now York, who charged Henry 8. .Martin, secretary of the league, with attempt ing to defame him. It was tho climax of dispute be tween Mr. IJttleton . and Chairman Stanley, of the Steel Corporation In vestigating committee. - Round after round of appluuse punc tuated Mr. Littleton's defense of his Integrity and Democrats and Repub licans assured him of their confi dence. Meantime, Mr. Martin had handed to Speaker Clark a petition, asking that Mr. IJttleton be Impeached on the ground that he had "co-operated and ronsplred with heads of then trusts," to prevent a continuance of the Stool Inquiry. This memorial, however, wa not presented to the public. Mr. IJttleton assailed Martin and others as In conspiracy to use the Steel Investigating committee to de press tho value of stock In Wall street. . BLOW AIMED AT RUSSIA. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. Abrogation of tho treaty of friendly relations be tween the United tSates and Russia made In 1832. was urged In speeches delivered by a dozen men of National prominence and In resolutions adopt ed at a largo mass meeting held In Carnegie Hall tonight. The meeting was under the auspices of tho National Citizens' Committee which plan a series of similar demon strations throughout the country In the next month In protest against dis crimination by Russia In her refusal to honor the passports of Jewish-American citizens. BUILDING COLLAPSES; 3 DEAD. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. C (Special). Three persons are known to bo dead and a score Injured six seriously as tho result of tho collapse of a now throe-story concrete building erected by the I'rest-o-IJte Company here to day. Ten others sVl! remain unac counted for. The known dead are: Fred Ashcr, Henry Unmet, and M. Itiidley. There were forty-two persons work ing In the building at tho time It enved In upon them nnd over half of them were burled beneath the moun tain of brick, mortar and wood. BANK SUES ON NOTE. The Dank of Sellwood Monday filed suit against George L- Curry, Mary E. Curry and the American Adjustment Company for $3,500 alleged to bo due on a promissory note executed No vember 29, 1909. HYDE FIGHTS TO RULE OUT FORMER STORV KANSAS CITY, Doc. 4. A rreclal point In the state's case against Dr. U. Clark Hyde, on trial for the alleg ed murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope whether tho physician's testi mony In the former hearing may be Introduced as evidence In this trial probably will be decided .by Judge f I'orterfield tomorrow. -j An attempt was made by the state today to get before the Jury testimony . Intended to contradict' a statement ' made by Dr. Hyde in the previous ' bearlng. Announcement was also made by Assistant Prosecutor Jost that the accused physician' entire testimony would be read to the Jury. LITTLETON MAKE MPASSIONED PLEA SOCIALISTS LOSE IN LOS ANGELES HARRIMAN BEATEN BY ALEXAN DER BY ABOUT TWO-AND-ONE-HALF-TO-ONE. mnamara:case thought factor Womn Crcwd Voting Plac And Cast Ballot Against Man Who Won Easily In ' Primary. LOH ANGELES, Dec 6 Alexander carried Harrlman precinct 1,537 to 192. Estimates of '.he vote give Al exander 1 oo.noo, Hurrlinun 40,000. In 110 precinct complete Alexander' net gain over tho primary vote wa 25,910 I0.7a more than Hurrlinan'. Socialism grappled In a final strug gle with Its foe under the "Good Government" banner at the ballot box '.oday and wa beaten. Tho red emblem, which waved vic toriously over Job Harrlman, the So cialist candidate, In the municipal primary a .little more than a month ago, went down with blin under an avalanche of vote cast for Mayor George Alexander. The only question remaining a few hours after the poll had closed was as to the size of the luajorlty. Prohibition, the other big Issue In the campaign, received scant " atten tion from the vote counters tonight and tho fate of '.tie drastic dry ordin ance remains uncertain, though the probability I that It baa been de feated. Ninety precinct complete on prohi bition give 1.450 for, 3,721 against. Forced to yield firs', place In the nominating ballot, October 31, wnen the vote cast totaled 46,000, Mayor Alexander polled today apparently two and one half" to one majority In a vote which partial reTurn from 293 precinct out of 317 Indicated would total 140,880. When Harrlman gained a plurality of 3.000 over the Mayor In the Octo ber primary, the registration wa ap proximately 76,000. Today 187,000 persons, Including 85,000 women, were entitled to vote. Ninety per cent of the registration on the West Side, where the vote was light In the primary, was voted today, while on the Ea Side, Harrlman' conceded s'ronghold, the balloting was light In comparison. The wo men of the West Side outvoted the1 men. The reverse wa the case seeming' ly In the precinct where Harrlman would be stronger In the primary. Rut the balance of power, which the women were" credited with having prior 'o the astonishing finale of the McNamara case last Friday, did not figure In the result. "Persons who would not Wote for Alexander simply stayed away from the polls," Chairman S- C. Graham, of the Good Government organization, declared tonight In predicting a ma jority of nt least 30,000 for Alexander, SOCIALIST DEFEAT IS MOST LOS ANGELES, Doc. 6 Complete returns from 315 out of 317 precincts In yesterday's municipal election give Georgo Alexander, Incumbent, candi date for the Good Government league for Mayor, 83.97S, and Job Harrlman, Socialist, 52,293. The two missing precincts are in tho suburb of Wilmington. They had a registration of a little over 1,500 and are expected to run about even between Alexander nnd Harrlman. Tho entire Good Government ticket waa. elected. No Socialist candidate for any office came within 65,000 votes of winning. NEW YORK. Dec. 1. "I ara as tounded! I am astounded! My cred ulity has been Imposed upon. It Is a licit out of a clear sky." The exclamations were those of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, when ndvlsed tonight of the pleas of guilty In the McNamara casea. TO BE BIG AID TO COUNTY The Enterprise is working for a big ger and better Oregon City and a posi tion among other Oregon counties which by virtue of her undeveloped wealth, she deserves. Will you assist In telling the world of the opportuni- ties of the county? Don't be psive. The Enterprise wants the non-resident to know what the county has and in the Progress Euiilon will tell the whole story. It' a big undertaking, but Oregon City and Clackama coun- ty deserve the expenditure of the time and money. Let us all pull to gcthiB and help old Clackamas county! mm. club to GIVE ENTERTAINMENT The Commercial Club will give a big entertainment next Friday a week when the special rates of 10 for resi dent member and $5 for nonresident member will be discontinued. Every merchant, but one or two, who were not already member of the club, have taken advantage of the reduced rates, with the result that the club Is now one of the strongest commercial or ganizations In tho stale. Congress man Hawley,. who was a guest of the club recently, declared that It wa the llvest business organization that he had visited during his trip through his district. The road supervisors, w ho were guest of the club Wednes day, were enthusiastic In their praise of It work. The club headquarters have been remodeled, and everything ha been done for the convenience and entertainment cf the members. ROAD MOVEMENT GETS BIG IMPETUS SUPERVISORS AND OTHERS DIS CUSS MEANS OF IMPROVING THOROUGHFARES. COURT SUCGESTS EIGHT MILL TAX Majcrity Favor Building Main High way First and Lateral Gradu allyLuncheon Given Visitor. A big Imetu8 was given the move ment to Impove the roads of Clacka mas county at a mass-meeting of road supervisors, public-spirited citizens and members of the County Court To the Commercial Club assembly room Wednesday. It was the unanimous opinion that the roads be improved, but there was a difference of opinion as to how the work should be done. Many of the speakers thought the main roads should be Improved first, the work starting at re market cen ter In order to the greatest benefit to tho greatest number as Boon as possible. The supervisors adopted a resolu tion providing that they meet once a year with the County Court and oth er Interested In highway work to exchange views and have a better un derstanding as to what should be done. County Judge Beatle, who pre sided, speaking for the County Court, said that a meeting would be called early next spring after the elec tion of new supervisors. He also an nounced that an eight mill levy would be made, half of w hich would be used for road purposes and the other hr.ll for bntldlng bridges nnd llqu'datlng the road debt Judg Beatle Preside. The meeting of the supervisors was called to order at 10 o'clock In the County Court room by Judge Beatle, William Mattoon and N. Blair mem bers of the County ourt. Judge Beatle explnlned that the general road fund had been overtaxed by repeated de mands from various districts and that the court had necessarily decided up on a plan of retrenchment. It was suggested that the various districts levy special taxes for use In the dis tricts taxed. After a general discus sion the members of the court and the supervisors, fifty of the fifty-five In the county being present, adjourned to the Commercial assembly room where luncheon was served by 'the club J. E. Hedges, president of the club, was toastmaster, and addresses were made by Gilbert L. Hedges, T. J. Gary and H. J. McGugln. Mr. Gary said that he had learned that many person who objected to special taxes. owned little If any real property, and thought It would be a good plan to examine the assessment rolls to see what sums they would have to pay. Mr. Gary said the objectors could be confronted with the figures, and the Joke, at least, would be on them. Mark New Road Era. Mr Hedges deelfed that the meet ing of the supervisors marked an era In the history of ihe building of roads j in the county. He declared that the Interchange of Ideas would result In a better understanding anu give road building an unprecedented Impetus. An effort should be made to have the levies as near the same figure each year as possible," said Mr. Mc- Gupln. "It Is discouraging to have a small assessment one year and a large one the next." H. E. Cross, Mavor-elect of Glad stone, the first sneaker after the luncheon, declared tlint a roadmaster should be appointed to have general supervision over the work on all the roads in the county. He said the of ficial should have a thorough knowl edge of the latest and best methods of building thoroughfares. "More than J2.000.000 has, been spent on the roads In this coonty In the last eighteen years." said the speaker, "and we have only 200 miles of good roads. If we had that money now with the knowledge of road build ing we have gained good thorough fares could be built In almost every part of the county. I think the main road should be built first, and the other as the money Is raised." Dlmlck Praise Plan. Grant B. Dimick nrged that the su pervisors be chosen regardless of popularity and politics, and tnat the best men should be appointed. He de-i clared that thl had not always been done, and. a a fesult, a great deal of!tll (Continued on page 4) OREGON CITY FINE 1 COMMISSION MAN TAKES ISSUE WITH STATEMENT OF MAYOR ELECT. DIMICK URGES DOCK FOR STORAGE Main Trunk of Live Wire Suggest Plan For Having Portland Buyer Com Here , To Trade. 'There ha not been a load of bay, straw, oat nor a load of anything else brought Into Oregon City during the last year by a farmer that he has not been able to sell," declared A. L. Beatle, of the Oregon Commission Company, at the weekly luncheon of the Live Wire Tuesday. Dr. Beatle wa somewhat "riled" when Mayor-elect Dlmlck urged the construction of a free public dock with storage room so that' farmer might store their produce In such quantities that Portland buyer would be Induced to come to Oregon City and set a price on It. While Dr. Bea tle favors the building of a public dock, he 1 qulcjf to resent a state ment reflecting on the buyer of Ore gon City. His assertion passed un challenged. One Mayor and two Mayors-elect graced the Live Wire luncheon with their presence Tuesday, Mayor Gary, of Willamette; Mayor-elect Cross, of Gladstone, and Mayor-elect Dlmlck, of Oregon City. They occupied seats of honor and brief speeches were made by Mr. (Jay and Mr Cross, the latter calling the attention of the Live Wires to the need of a fruit canning establishment at Oregon City. He said a cannery was In operation here In 1891 and the demand for la bor was so great that It had to be Imported from Portland, but tha I. Lang, who owned the concern, be came "peeved" over the failure of ome of the people of this city to pay their stock subscriptions and he dis mantled the cannery and removed the machinery away. M. J. Lazelle. secretary oC the promotion department of the Com mercial Club, was named a commit tee to promote the establishment of a cannery here, and he called the at tention of the Live Wire to the con dition of the cannery at Canby, where the establishment Is not In operation and where vain efforts have' been made to secure people to operate the plant, though he had not ascertained the reason. Postmaster Randall read letters from members of the Oregon congres sional delegation and was directed to prepare Information relative to the need of a Federal building at Oregon City requested by Senator Bourne, who wrote a long epistle to the post master, including his belief that the Senate committee on public buildings would have to te shown. The menu for Tuesday was: Roast Young Calf Dressing Corn Got Stewed Salad You Shrimp Dill Pickles Staff of Life Butter Apple Pie Mince Pie Cheese ' Coffee MT. PLEASANT CLUB T( The Mount Pleasant Civic Improve menr Club met at the Mount Pleasant srhoolhouse Tuesday evening. Among the questions discussed were the roads in the vicinity of Mount Pleas ant, and It was decided to have the Oregon City-Mount Pleasant sidewalk repaired. The residents of , Mount Pleasant built this walk about a year ago at an expense of more than $300. A neat sum was turned over to the treasurer by Mrsj Edward McLaln, who had charge of the entertainment given nt the schoolhouse Friday eve nine, she being tho chairman of the entertainment committee. A bur- lesque on "Mrs. Jolly's Wax Works" was given. Mrs. T. G. Clark was ap pointed chairman of the commlt'ee for the nurtair.ment to be given at the schoolhouse in December. Resolutions relating to the late Dr. W. E. Carll were adopted. Dr. Carll was an honorary member of the Mount Pleasant Civic Improvement Club, and had often addressed the club. He always praised the good work of the club, and assisted in the Improvement of the roads and side walks in Mount Pleasant. $17,965 TO BE SPENT Tne County Court has awarded the Coast Pridire Company a contract for bridges over Eagle, Pudding River, Sunnyside Gulch, near Arnetf and Clear Creek at or near Banfleld, Veazie Switch, Aurora and Clacka mas. The work is to cost $17,965 and all materials for the bridgcs must be onithe ground by May 1. The con tract i in line with the policy of court t0 tuiId,a manT permanent onages as possioie. B AT SPECIAL ROAD TAX It wa the unanimous sentiment of those present that a special tax be levied for the Improvement of 'he roads at a mass-meeting of citizen held at Gladstone Wednesday evening under the auspice of the East Side Capital Highway Association. John F. Klrtchem, president of the associa tion, presided and addresses were made by H- B. Cros, Mayor-elect of Gladstone; Grant B. Dlmlck, Mayor elect of Oregon City and Gordon E. Hayes. It was declared that the Pa cific Highway should pas through Gladstone, although there was no ob jection to the contemplated bridge over the Clackamas River near It mouth. Several of those present said if the highway passed through Glad stone other bridge would be built over the Clackama. B. i ELECTED MAYOR FORMER EXECUTIVE CARRIES EVERY WARD, HAVING MAJORITY OF 112. WILLIAM ANDRESEN MAKES COOD RACE John F. Albright, William Beard And Fred J. Tooze Elected To Council Plan To Police Hill Section Wins. Grant B. Dlmlck, for four years Mayor of Oregon City and lour year Judge of Clackamas county, wa ou Monday elected Mayor of Oregon City by a comfortable majority over Wil liam Andresen. Dimick carried all three wards, nosing out in Ward No. 3 y twelve vote. The former Mayor obtained a majority In the three wards of the city of 112 votes. John F. Albright was elected to the council from the First Ward, receiv lng 13G vote to 78 for M. D. Phillip. In the Third Ward William Beard was elected councilman over E. P. Elliott Beard vote was 86 Und El liott's 29. The proposal to place a night police man in the hill section of the city carried by a tremendous majority, the vote being as follows: WTard 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Yes 149 201 85 No 54 80 28 Majorities . 95 121 57 F. J. Tooze was chosen councilman in the Second Ward without opposi tion, his vote being 247 out of 320 votes cast. M. D. Latourette had no opposition for City Treasurer, and obtained 573, his vote being as fol lows: First Ward, 195; Second Ward, 278; Third Ward. 100. There were 660 votes cast for May or, which Is considered a fair vote. when it is remembered that the cam paign was an unusually quiet one- The vote for Mayor was: Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Dimick 126 195 65 Andresen 96 125 53 Dlmlck's majority ... 30 70 12 Mr. Andresen, when seen last night, after the result was known, said he had no comment to make, other than to thank his friends for their work and support In his behalf. Judge Dimick gave out the follow ing statement last night: "I hav been infromed that I have been elected Mayor of the city by 112 majority and I am proud of the fact that my friends have confidence in my Integrity. I desire to state that I have made no campaign either for the nomination or election, nor have I asked a legal voter In Oregon City to support me; nor have I made a promise to appoint any man to of fice, or even Intimated that I was favorable to any person for any posi tion. After January 1, with the co operation of the council we will give Oregon City, a good straight business administration for the ensu ing year. I appreciate the manly cam paign put up by Mr. Andresen and consider him one of our best citi zens." BUILDING FINE SCHOOL. A fine modern school house is be ing built at Welches. It will cost $1,000, and H. W. Lang Is the con tractor. The light enters from the left and the rear. There will be two outside doors, front and rear, and a good supply of hyloplate blackboards. Miss Bessie Lewis, of Gladstone, is the teacher. MT. PLEASANT SCHOOL Ward B. Law ton, clerk of the Mount Pleapant school district, has com pleted taking the district census which shows a gain of sixty. There were ninety-six children last year and this year there are 13G. The direc tors ami many of the residents of j Mount Pleasant found that it wag nec essary to build an additional room, and from all indications thn school house will have to enlarged again. There are many newcomers at Mount Pleasant, and the member of the Mount Pleasant Civic Improvement Club deserve credit for the growth of the town. They have built sidewalks and have made other improvements that will be lasting. RANT U REN A SAYS SINGLE TAX GAINS MI8S0URI CERTAIN TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEM, DECLARES OREGON LEADER. m CANADA IS TAKING ACTIVE PART Ohio Constitutional Convention Ha Big Majority Favorabl To Initiative And Ref erendum. "The single tax entlment Is grow ing In all part of this country and Canada," declared W. 8. U'Ren, who returned Wednesday -from a trip East. Mr. U'Ren, after attending a big meeting of single taxer In Chi cago went to CInclnnatf and then to St. Loui where he was the guest of leader In the fight for the adoption of the land tax. "The conference In Chicago wa well attended, and all those present were enthusiastic,'' continued Mr. U'Ren. "Mr. Fels wa in attendance, and took part In the proceedings. The,, report from Missouri wa especially gratifying. There seem to be no doubt that the plan to exempt all per sonalty from taxation will carry at the election next November In that state. Most of the states were represented at the conference and there also wa a large delegation from Canada." Mr. U'Ren aaid that the delegate were pleased with the report he made of condition In Oregon. He declared that they were especially delighted with his announcement that the In dications were for a victory In Clack amas county. "The single tax advocate go furth er In thl state than they do in Miss ouri," said Mr. U'Ren. "We were de lighted with the report from Wash ington state that the single tax senti ment is gaining ground there daily. The success of he new scheme of tax ation In Vancouver, British Columbia, will force Seattle to adopt the single tax. Other cities in Washington also will adopt it. The report from Cali fornia and other states were favora ble." Mr. U'Ren spent two days In Cin cinnati with Daniel Kiefer and Her bert Biglow, leader in the move ment to have the Initiative and refer endum incorporated in the constitu tion of Ohio. He said that ninety of the 119 member of the constitutional convention favor the Incorporation of these measures In the revised consti tution. Mr. U'Ren was the guest In SL Louis of Dr. W. P. Hall and D. L. Mosler, leaders In the fight for the t single tax in Missouri. T TO HAVE $34.54, HAVE VOU? WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (Special.) The per capita circulation of money in the United States Is 334 54, accord ing to a statement Issued by the Treasury Department. Besides their calculation on the census of 1910, they estimate that there were 9.4.679,000 souls in the United States on Decem ber 1. The last census showed that the population April 15, 1910, was 91, 972,266. . The total amount of money In circu lation December 1 was $3,270,582,753; the assets" of theT. United State Gov ernment were $345,943,923. This makes the total stock of money In this country $3,616,526,676. JOHN WELSH, HURT BY MACHINE. CARES FOR WIFE AND LITTLE CHILD. ASSIST IN NURSING Mother -Stricken, After Moving To County, Father Goe To Port land on Errand And Is Run Down. One of the most . pitiful cases of suffering and want In the history of Clackamas county was reported to the Oregon City police Wednesday. His wife critically 111 and their two month's old babe needing constant at tention, John Welsh, a wood cutter, suffering severely from Injuries re ceived in an automobile accident In Portland a week ago, is doing his ut most to care for his little family. Their home is at Crescent Ridge, Just beyond the Jones' Mill district The family moved to thl section about two weeks ago, and Immediate ly afterward Mrs. Welsh wa strick en. Mr. Welsh obtained work, but was called to Portland one day and while crossing a street waa struck by an automobile. His left leg was ser iously Injured, and for two days he was compelled to keep to bl bed. Neighbors heard of the predicament of the family and have furnlshi.d pro vision and aided In caring for Mr. Welsh and her baby. Mr. Welsh I a young man, and will be able to earn good wages a soon a he recover from hi Injury. AUTO HERO FOR FAMILY S SAKE