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"OREQOM CITY ENTEIRP1R SE The rtrn i im nly ClMtn County hMM' print HI ( th near of thl V rlf County. T Weekly f fttarprte it mf tno prlt. Cemaer 4 H wltn MMri and tn wk Stub. OHICOOX CITY, OHKOGN, Kill DAY, JANUARY 7, J 9 Hi. IITAILIIHIO 1M FlFTIITM YIAR-N. 1 IEAD8UH5 UP YEAR'S WORK AS THE CORONER ILIVIN DEATHS REPORTED ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO LIQUOR, HI SAYS. WHISKEY INDIRECTLY CAUSE Of ACT IN OTHER Of THE l CASES Nine Person Committed Suicide Dur ing Vr Juet Cloeed In Clock mi County and IP Mil Death By Accident. Illy Coroner W. K. Ili iupntced ) hi ulniilttlng atatlatlia of (ha trng die In iitir oii umniy during ihr I .( nr. I do iml eipect Iheiu to be of wore limn casual intercut lu others. Iml I ran iirc you "' ' 'be m i Ilea itlie.id II. a.l. It Ullptcaaallt i-v.-ti fur IIik i iiruii'-r. Hn-ne that tr imt rv( iiinmi nili J ui a priwrlptlon for pio lining " (nl hIuiiiImt. NaturaV Iv there are very many unpleasant features an. I nunc pleasant In perform Hik tin- diitle ( till off I P. An lllunlmttw of ItilK. In 10 I" slancca I wa tllK'l lo notify the rntully of their da. ; a difficult tlilliK fur any nr lo tin. rwlully o when iik-iI', a all nf t !: rao ru. Our of these case was a pionrous uililillt aged contractor found deed on a lonely mail, death being dur lo bihip cy. Tho otlirr. a young man of I, .bath due l u .l.till K'ny allot wound Partnt Cenlor Cofonir, In thl l-Uter Instance I wit ! surod aercvely by Ilia futhor of the ! for liavum notim-d the family In the mother' prisoner. In mm case a mother stood on Hit' river liank ami watched It it only ami. a young man of 11, drown, iiuahl to render dim any asxliiiuncr. This moth er fint hormore. wulihod men troll the llv.r fur Ave roi scoutlvi' ilaya licfore l hi' body of lnr Ixiy was foiiiul. In two !. of aiilrliln otm liy (tynninltP iap. tin- otlinr ly 'iot nun iry iliri of f 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 ami tln nlla of tin' rmiui wi'io llti-titlly rovenil with Mooil iin a romilt of I In' opHmloii. AiinlhiT IiihIuiii'k aii thai of a fiitln-r. lm nut of morliM rurlimlly. rti nt Into a Iim uI iinilorlukltiK purlnr to look at a I" "ly Hint i luxl fouml tin' nlKlit iH'foro Iml hnit not IiIimiIIIU'iI amt ri'ioKnlxi'il It ax tlmt of III Ron who hail lift I ho hotnn only the IiIkIiI IiP fotiv Two rani'ii I foiiiul i'ri hllilri'n Hint hnil In i'ii luirni'il to iliiilli, tuith ilni to the rnri'li'HNtii'iia of uilil'la nnil i'iituri'Hoinni'Ha of ilillilrrn. 11 Death, Due to Liquor. Sumo of I lie rimra of uiTiili'tilal ili'iilli In mliillN rinilil hnvo lni'li pr vi'iiti'il hy ordinary Hafrty llrHt iri'i'ini IUiiih. In homo of tho i-imoa of hiiUIiIo wo wi ro uliHoliitoly nnahlii to iIIhoovit any motive whatvvor for tho artn. In i-'ovi'ii dim's ilonlh wiih (llrootly ut trllmiahlo lo lliiuir: In nnoihor whin koy wiih nil Inillioct factor, im ml mi loiny hIiowoiI the nhilomimil iirKium iIIhoiihoiI an a romilt of oxoohhIvo drink UiK. Tho majorlly of Hhmo nn;o8 woro I'oiiiinon driiiikH; ono wan a man Hklllod In tho ('omit ruction doimrtrnt'iit of ! Kroat railroad iiiriiiirulluii, and nlil'n Intoxlcntod IiIh clothiiiK tunl ho i oiiio Hiituratod with iilcoluil anil rmiKht nn llro whllo UkIiMiik a dKiir otto nnil ho liurnod to doittli iilnno by llio road Hlilo. Anolhor Iniitiiiico wiih Hint of a driiukon clllznn. whllo walk Iiik iiIoiir n railroad truck nnd hearing tho warnliiK hIiiiuiIh kIvi-ii of tho up lironchliiK train In his drunken do llrlum motioned for tlio fiinluoor to roiuo on, Ilo did. Whlikey-lnmnlty Evil Combination. ,In four of tho camm of Hiilcldo whla koy and liiHaulty wore coinblned us facto In .oronlliiK niclnncliolui. In ofrorlnx tlila artlclo I hnvu hIiii ply ondoiivnrnd to proHont. a few of tho rni'U as Riithorod hy oliaorvutlon an oi liortiinlty offered, on tills pIiiiho or hu man woaltnoHH, and liavlim ror oIivUhih roiiHona mado no iiorHonal rororoncos. Tho roforonccH wcro clioaon at random n h I'liiHt rntl vo or tho nuiny of like na ture that are olmnrvod hy tho coronor. HlatlHtlca are ulwaya dry, tlioMo arc HiuoHomo. You may dotdKiuito them r.a grlr.jily but thry are nil reality. 41 Coroner Call! In Year. Thoro wcro during tho year 41 calls for the coronor of Cluckuniaa county. Thore woro nine cbhob of sulcldo, di vided oh follows: Carbollo acid, 1; haiiKlnir, 2;- solMnfllctod gunHhot wounds, 3; drownliiR, 1; dynamite, 2. Accidental deaths numbered 17, as follows: Struck by railroad or eloc trie train, 4; drowning, 4; gunshot wounds, 3; dynamite, 1; accidental full, 1; burned to death, 3; child poi son, 1. Thoro was one murder during the year. Elderly people found dead by natural causes wore 8, and people found dead of various ago, all tmtural rausR, 6. WYANDOTTE PULLET AMBITIOUS. An egg, 6Vi Inches In circumference the smaller way and 8 the other, has l.een brought to the county seat by (Jus (lottberg, a Colton farmer The egg was laid by a white Wyandotte pullet and Is one of the largest of all the big ogga brought to Oregon City by Clack amas county farmers for many months. IF .YOU WANT A JOB, SEE COUNTY CLERK i Til rrdhlolnll Of I l,i linn priilml, III )rin City la rauallig Count ' Cl"rk llarr liiKtuii troiill, for It la bcr duty lu x'l t i Irrk and jinUra of i-lw Hon board. Th Bow dlvUlon la ao liiuih illffirint from tlm old that ahr rannot ii llm ri:llrtlim biMika In n'oitlna Hin iiaini'a. Tbor art II prit'ltiita under the new dlvUlon of (Im i lly. ( Irrk Harrington ha Ln working on Hi" mill' r In lior aparo limn for avr rral daya, and aa a laat ri-aort b" anki'd thai all hu dmlra la be plai id on rliii,n boarda iiiiiiiiiiinleale with her. In thla way, aba Im'IIiivpr, I found Ilia aolutlon of tier Iroulilo. Th tilhiT divUlons of tlm lounl) batv tauMMl her little trouble, aa tlio rhungi-a wer tint ao many aa In the county aval. WEST 11 TO VOTE ON MERGER A SECOND . TIME; FLAW (S FOUND VOTI EARLY IN DECEMBER NOT VALID DATE OF SECOND ELECTION NEXT MONTH. llm mine of two i-rrora, one In cuIIIhk Hie rloiilon and the other III ailtertl- Ing the n-milta, the mergor vote In Went l.lnn la not valid and llm town in the wet bank or the river will bo l.irnil lo pue upon the aunetatlan of Wllliiini'lto a aecoiul time, probali'y aliout the inldille of Kebruury. The fla In the proceedings wen" dlm overed Tuemluy. The city charter provldea that the notice of election hall be sinned by the recorder, while 4 recently enacted statu law muki-a It neiesiiary for the council lo sign the notice. Hcconler U U rorler, uctlug under the charter, sinned the notice, unaware of the slate law in the mat tor. The other error la In advertising the reioill of the election. T!io result ol the vote should have been both pole Untie, I and posted, but It waa oti'y pimt- rd. Willamette voted for the merger Mundiiy iiIkIiI by a lurgo majority and the -voter of West l.lnn early In De cember approved the consolidation. MONDAY IS BUSY DAY IN JUSTICE COURT TWO ARE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY; TWO ENTER PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY. Monday was a busy day for John N H levers. As recorder of HlailHloiie, lie tried W. I.. Motilll on a cbiirge of drunkeness and as JiihHcc be bound over Martin Smith, charged with assault, and Kd wiird Kundig, charged with threaten ing to commit a felony, and received pleas of not guilty from Carl l Nel son and Karl King, charged with as sault on joe Stirfiier. Smith took part in a light ut Cuttrcll ChrlKtmus day, und bis hearing was postponed until the extent of tho In juries of the man be Is alleged to have assaulted was learned. Ilo wub tin utile to raise $rIIO ball and Is now' In tho county Jull. Kundig was released under J 100 ball. He appeared by bis attorney, Chris Schuebel. (leorgo Ilrown nnd Alox Dontblt, charged with violating the Cllll act, which prohibits liet fishing above the suspension bridge, will bo tried before JiiHtlce Slevers today. Tho Gill bill was passed by the 1915 legislature, nnd this case Is the first brought under tho act. Tho trial was postponed several times on account of tho Illness of llooigo (', llrownoll, attorney for the defendants, and District Attorney (111 hort I,. Hedges. CIVIC CLUB REVIEWS WORKS OF LAST VEAR . A report of the year's work was read ut iv mooting of the Mt. Pleasant Civic Improvement club Tuesday evening In the club rooms. This was the first mooting of 1910 and was well attended. Tho report reud Bhowed that the work accomplished last year exceeded nny of the previous eight years. The club Is ono of tho oldest In the state and la now beginning Us 10th year or work.. One of the largest mem berships Is recorded and, only for the fact there Is no postofrice at Mt. Pleas ant, this club could affiliate with the slate organization. The piano has been paid for and a side-walk has been built to meet the ono recently laid by Oregon City with the exception of a crosswalk, which will be put In soon. At Tuesday' meeting plan were made for a social afternoon, the date of which has not been et.' OF U. S. CITIZENS LOST MISSIONARY ADDED TO THOSE LOST; LORD MONTAOU SAYS THERE WERE "SEVERAL" VESSEL SINKS RAPIDLY AFTER SHE WAS HIT, SAKS SURVIVOR On Painger Landtd at Malta Sayt All Officer Perished and That -American Consul la Known to Have Drowned. LONDON, Jan. 6. A fifth boat from the steamer Persia hai arrived at Mal ta, according to dispatch from that place to tha Dally Mall, received through It Milan correspondent The survivor believed that a sixth boat succeeded In getting away. I.OMMIN, Jan. 5 The alutvment that there were aeveral Americana on hoard the steamablp Persia la credited i tu laird Montagu today by the Even ing News, laird MontuKU is one of the II survivors from the Persia who were luinlcd at Malta. The American embassy also received , toduy a n-port tbut Ilev. Homer It. Hul JIkIhiiv, an Adventlnt missionary coir, the l ulled States, was among llit'V-' j w bo perished w hen the vessel wci.t 'down. This makes three American-! 'known lu have been on board. The jolliers weru Consul McNcely, who was ' lost, and ('buries Crunt, of Koston, who I was saved. I Ilev. Mr. Halisbiiry's bouio was at Ta kuina Park, Washington, D. C. Ho ! hoarded the steumshlp Persia at Mar- selllca. going to Join bis w ife, who Is i a missionary in India. The Peninsular i Oriental Steamship company con ; firms the report tbut Ilev. Mr,. Salle I bury embnrked on tho vessel ut Mar 1 selllea. j The arount of Lord Montagu wus j ctuhled lo the Ihilly New from Malta j as follows: i "Oe.r ship wub struck ft'ithout any iwurnlng at uliout 1:10 p. tu. nnd sank j lu a few minutes. All our passenger ! were enjoying tiffin when u big cx j plonloti occurred on our port side, iihrenst of the forward engine room. I "Houts were lowered rapidly and the passengers rushed to get lifeboats, 1 hut three bouts were smashed while they were being lowered. Many per sons were thrown into the sea. "The Persia, then keeled over to much to the port sido thnt it was Im posstb'e to stand. She then turned over nnd sunk, stern first, many severe explosions taking place when the wa ter reached the fires. " wus swept off the deck and suck ed down. When I camo to the surface I found myself surrounded by human beings buttling for life. "Wo suy three hoats, bottom up wards, nnd each struggled to got hold or any wreckage floating about. "After wo had been In the water sev eral hours, many having died In the meantime, wo were finally rescued af ter great difficulty by tho Alrred Holt liner Nlngschow und proceeded to Mal ta soon after daylight. "There woro several American on hoard, nice fellows they seemed. "I am extremely lucky to have been saved. Our chances or being picked up on a dark night from a piece of wreckage appeared extremely doubtful There appears to have been little pan lo and tho I.ascnrs acted well." ANOTHER SUIT FILED AGAINST JESSE HAZELL WALTER GRUEL HOLDS $3000 MORTGAGE ON PROPERTY OF ORCHARDS COMPANY. Jesse Maxell, who faces a charge of using the mulls to defraud und who bus filed n petition for bankruptcy in the federal court, and llio Northwest cm association now In the bands of a receiver, which was headed by Maxell, were made defendants In the circuit court Wednesday in a suit to foreclose, on a mortgage on the Hedland prop erty filed by Wulter Gruel nnd l.ewlB O. Gruel. Several who now have suits ponding against the association or Hitzeil are also named us defendants and the complete list follows: Jesse Hu'.ei;, Mrs. Kdlth Mazell, the Nortnvest?rn association, Joseph Gysler, E. C. lott ourette", H. U Hutohlns, George S. Smith, Carl A. Olscn, P. Ilrown, D, C. Latourctte, the First National flank of Oregon City. Ilcrtha H. Smith. Mux Giutsch, U. K. Andrews, Stefanno .Man nos und Charles llohno. Holme, who '( named as a defend ant, took his own life lust week alter sinking nil his money in the associa tion. The plalntirr hold a note for $?100, signed Murch 29. 1911, which expired In 1914. Only 1748 has been paid on the note, leaving $2976.85 outstanding In ;irincil and Interest. A. M. Orav ford, -ex-attorney general, Is attorney for the plaintiffs. NUMBER ONPERSIAGROWS IJOHH F. ALBRIGHT iS MM II OREGON CITY COUNCILMAN EN TERS RACE FOR NOMINATION AT REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. John V. All.rlKlil. tr Hid laat four Keara a meuiU-r or tlm Oregon City council, Halurday aiiiKiuiicrd hie ran- dldaey for tha itrpulillcan nomination for sheriff. He run at the Iti-pulillian primaries two year ago but wa de feated by Wllllanr J. Wllsm. Mr. Albright plans to conduct an ac tive campaign lor the office. At pres ent he Is chairman of Hie health and police committee ot the Oregon City council. Sheriff Wilson, who wl'l run for re election, will probably he Mr. Al bright's only opponent for the Republi can nomination, for no other names have been mentioned at possible Re publican candidate. Kx Sheriff E. T. Mans and Henry Kohler, of Oswego, who was defeated at the fall electlo by Sheriff Wilson, will probab'y seek the IH-moerutlc nomination, although no unnoi'tue nienl bus heen made. IS THE FEDERAL COURT JUDGE WOLVERTON REFUSES TO GRANT INJUNCTION AGAINST DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. PORTLAND. Ore., Juu. 3. Judge Wolverton in fedi ra! court this morn ing sustained the Oregon Sunday clos ing law as in aeord with both federal and state constitutions. His ruling came with a denial of the application of the Uriiswiok-Bulke-Collendar com pany foe an Injunction against District Attorney Kvuus and other Oregon dis trict attorneys to prevent them from enforcing the law. "That the law is sometimes called a Sunday law." says Judge Wolverton,' 'docs not alter the question, and tho interpretation must be had by a con sideration of tiio act Itself." This wus 111 reference to tho contention that the law Is in contravention'of re ligious liberty. "Nor does the fact that the law has been little enforced require its null! fleution now," pay the decision. Points of tho decision are thnt tho luw does not violate the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution, or the twentieth, amendment to the state constitution. INVESTIGATING DEATH OF COW. A line cow belonging to J. Meilike, of Elwood, died suddenly last week nnd an analysis or the stomach showed tho presence or a quantity ot pickled cucumbers. Inasmuch as the animal bud not been out of the family pasture, where no suh food could be obtained, Mr. Meilike is naturally carrying on an Investigation and has Bent samples of the pickled cucumbers to the proper state authorities tor analysis. K foul play is found In this case, Mr. Mellike Is going to ferret out the cul prit, If It costs the price of a herd of cows. Estocuda Progress. COAST IS VINDICATED. PORTLAND, Ore., Jm. 3. Coach DieU and his Washington State eleven more than vindicated the class of west ern football Saturday at Pasadena, when It defeated the fast Drown elev en, 14 to 0. A comparison of these scores Bhows that Washington state, playing on a gridiron as foreign to it as It was to Ilrown, and on a muddy field, made a better score than any of the big eastern teams which won from the Drown eleven. WIFE CHARGED WITH DESERTION E. W. Mathls charges desertion against Elizabeth Mathls In a divorce comDlalnt filed In the circuit court Thursday. Tbey were married In Atchi son, Kan., in Fehmary, 1909. I r -. , i ''X- I': :!" J. John F. Albright j PUN ANNOUNCED FOR NEW H AWLEY DIRECTORS AUTHORIZE EXPENDI TURE OF THREE-QUARTERS OF MILLION DOLLARS. WORK OH EIG ADDITION TO LOCAL PLANT WILL BEGIN W STORT TIME Paper Company Will Buy AM Ground Between Main and Southern Pa cific Track and a Far North Fourth Street The Haw ley Pulp Paper toiupany w ill spend three quarter of a million dollars In Oregon City tbl year, ac cording to a definite announcement made Wednesday night by W. P. Haw ley, president and general manager of the company, following meeting of the director of tho company In Port land that afternoon. All of the plana for the enormoua extension of the mill recommended by Mr. Ilawley were a pioved by the director. Options tiid have been secured on property within the last CO daya will be taken up without delay, and some of the sleel for the new structure that Is to be erected wa ordered by wire from the east Wednesday. Mr. Iluwley said that there had been a heavy advance in the price of steel, but tbut his concern had been protect ed. The optiona obtained by the paper company include the aite of the pump ing" and filter plants of the city water commission, the city reserving it wa ter right and the paper company agreeing not to disturb the pumps. The water commission w ill remove the filter to a Bite near the present reser voir, or will construct a new reservoir with the funds derived from the sale of Its Main street property. The pur chase price I $20,000. Other property secured by the Haw ley Interest will give the company Muln street frontage to Fourth street, with the exception or a small tract on the corner of Main and Fourth." The company ha ohtuined the lund on which stand the Woodbine hotel, the Cliff House, and the Clurk property In cluding the old Armory site, and ne gotiations are pending for the trans for of the site ot the Cataract Hose company fire house, on the basis ot a trade of another site for the fire sta tion, Mr. Hawiey agreeing to move the building nnd renovate It. When this deal is closed the paper company w ill own ull or the property on the east sine or Main street as fur north aa the north line of the Armory site, with the exception of the freight station of the Portlund Railway, Light Power conr puny. In the rear of which a right of way has been Becured. On the West side of Muln street Mr. Hawiey has obtained the Oregon City luundry site nd the Churmun property Just north of Third street. Ho expects to move his office building to this site. The Hawiey Pulp & Paper company will Btart construction immediately on a reinforced concrete mill building north of tho present sulphite mill, ex tending along Main street a distance of 3S6 fwt to Third, and running east on Third street 90 feet to the South ern Pacific tracks. The pulp mill will be enlarged to provide raw product for the new paper mill. The Improvement will mean thut 200 more men will be added to Oregon City's payroll as soon as the new struc ture Is completed and the machinery installed. SUED BY TEACHER JAMES WEST ALLEGES $810 DUE HIM AS RESULT OF CAN CELLED CONTRACT. Jumes) West, an Instructor, filed a suit for $810, salury alleged to be due us result ot a cancelled contract Fri day against the Oregon City school district. J. E. Hedges, George A. Harding, Oscar D. Eby, Harold A. Rands and J. O. Staats, the directors, are named as defendants. May 1, 1915, West applied for re e'ectlon and later his contract was signed by the school board to teach through the year at $90 a month. May 24 he was notified that he had not qual ified and the board cancelled his con tract. Members of the board contend that West lacked the proper certificates and that be was given a contract with the understanding that he would se cure certificates. If West had taught, member of the board say, the local high school could not have met the requirements of a standard school as defined' by the state department of public Instruction. PORTLANDERS GETS LICENSE. Howard R. Fevert, of the Sargent hotel, Portland, and Mis Maxlne Strong Friday secured marriage li cense from County Clerk Harrington. PAPER MILL HERE CLACKAMAS COWS ARE SENT TO CORVALLIS Clackamas county dalrriiirn, Bimii l-r of tha flat kaina County Co Teatlng a Utlon. are taking a k-n lulereat la farun-re' wwk at lb Ore gon AkMi ulture college and a large number of roe from the loral aaaorla Hon bar hern arnt to Cortallla. ItrprMxotativa cow have b-a ant from Hi following herds: A. L and J. Hughes, of Itnl'aad: V. II. Hrnlth, of Krillsnd: Campl-ell Forsoerg. of lsawr Ctwk; Cbarlra II. lilder, of Central point; it. Tbl-n-u A Bona, ut Concord; It. II. 8e ly. of Wllaoovlll. and lry Krb, of Hubbard. Krnrat Werner, of .SWdy, baa Bent lbre pun hred Holali-ln rowa wbl'h bold rec orda of bet worn 1 and 24 pounds but ter fat production In aevrn daya. N. U Jamison, official teiter of the BaMxiatloD, wa In Oregon City Satur day on bla way from Hubbard to () wcgo. IBITII Til E RECORDER 8IEVERS GIVES AU RORA MAN FREEDOM, THEN DONATES SO CENTS. The city of Gladstone. waa Incorpo rated In 1910. For five year, during a time when the stale vm wet. there were no irrot for drunkenes and a total of only three arreeta of any na ture. Saturday waa the first day the town spent under statewide prohibition and Saturday aaw the first arrest on a charge of drunkenes. W. U McGHI, of Aurora, pent New Year' eve In Portland and started borne Saturday morning on (be Portland Railway, Llht & Power company. Intending to transfer here to the Southern Pacific. At Gladstone he waa thrown off the car and Deputy Sheriff Victor Gault arrested him. He wu taken before City Recorder John N. Slever. of Cladstone. Monday morning. McGlll pleaded he was not a drinking man and went to Portland to visit relative. Friday night, be said, he culled on several friend in their rooms and be awoke in the Clack ainas county Jail the next afternoon. Recorder Slever believed tho man's story and instead of fining bim, gave him 50 cents, as during McGlll visit with his friends he lost all of his money. ' PETITIONS AGAINST Ell PAPERS FOR INITIATIVE MEAS URES BEING CRCULATED IN PORTLAND. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 4. Petitions for an initiative measure to go on the ballot at the November general elec tion, repealing and abolishing the Sun day closing law, have been circulating in Portland for three or four weeks. The Initiators of the measure are Dan Kellaher, Ren A. Bellamy, S: S. Rich, C. E. Munro and Io R. Merrick, members ot the recently organized In dependent Retailers association of Portland, which was formed about two months ago. The proposed measure provides: "1 That section 2125 of title 19 or Lord's Oregon laws (as compiled and anno tated by William Paine Lord), be and the same Is hereby repealed and abol ished. "2 That all acts or parts of acts In conflict with this act are hereby abro gated, repealed and abolished insofar as they conflict herewith. "This act Is in all respects self-executing and immediately operative." The Initiators say they have ob tained many signatures, and will soon send petitions to all counties in the state. RURAL CREDIT BILL IS BEFORE WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. The admin istration rural credits "bill was Intro duced In the bouse today. It will be Introduced in the senate tomorrow. Government control of the system would be In a federal farm loan board of five appointed by the president for 10 years each. Loans would be made to farmer by 12 or more federal land banks, each operating In a separate district with capital of not less than $500,000, which would be taken by the government If not privately subscribed. TWO LICENSES ISSUED. Myrtle Bearinger and Lynn B. Goell hur, 629 Montgomery street, Portland, and Eda Kessler and Harry Peters, of Oswego, secured a marriage license here Wednesday, ElKEItf TAKES OWN LIFE; BODY ROD GUN USIO IN ATTACK ON MRS. MYERS IS TURNED ON SELF BV ASSAILANT. SCIRE CF SUICIDE HTIHL1 OSt BED fffl Of COUNIT USE Man, Realiilng That Escape Wa Im pooelble, Fire Shot Thrvogh Tm ' pie. Probably Some Tlm Friday Afternoon. The body of K. II. Kemp, the maa ho attacked and arrluualy Injured Mr. Mabel Mjera. of (irrthain. waa fouml near Htanley elation at 3:2 o'clock Friday afternoon. II bad fired hu( through bla temple. Kemp took hi own life eotnetliiio Friday afternoon for aeveral had ttl,M.I iimhI Ilia Mn.il tl .1 . v mfimln one man going piuil It a late aa noon ot tbut day. The body wa taken In Portland late Friday afternooa. The Mine gun which Ken.p I be lieved to have uaed lo hi attack on Mr. Myer. a !2-allbre revolver, waa need In taking hi own life. Kemp killed blmaclf within about 100 feet of the Clackamas Multnomah county line. The iot I neur Stanley station on the J-Utacala linn of the Portland Railway, IJght A Power com pany. He selected a place on an old logging road where hi body could be easily found. Sheriff Wilson and Coroner llemp tead went to the scene of Kemp' filicide.' leaving Oregon City a few minute after new of tha finding ot the body reached Oregon City. Official of both counties believe that Kemp took his own life after be ing convinced that he could not escape the effort being mado to catch bim. They are convinced that ha pent all 'the time after hi assault on Mr. My ! er tn the woods near the spot where he ended hi life , "Dear Mother I am going to the I world beyond," reud Kemp' letter lo Mr. Hannah Kemp, sent throiiKh the mail and dated S p. in., December 29. It continued: "You did lot for me. I will meet you In heaven, Paul and you. I wl'l die by my own hand. I will not go to prison tor life.) I will die In the 'open, where my ghost will run free. My last words to you. Good bye. I am going. 1 die so quick, I know noth ing. My love to Paul and yon. God forgive me for my sins. 1 will m?ct Puul and you in heuven, anu Mrs. My ers." The confession, found on Kemp, ad dressed to "Portland People," follow: Here Is my story. True ts .y laiit words. They won't get me alive. My revolver is cocked and full ot bullets for my own brain. 1 spoke to Mrs. My ers and 1 would not hurt her If she did whut I told her. She Buid no, so five minutes after 1 pulled by gun on her 1 aimed ut her right edge of her breust. She yelled and would not do as I wished. 1 shot her 100 feet north of my house at Gresbum. I offered for a ruse to put bouio boards for her to cross a creek. I then pulled out my pistol and told her to come to my house and obey. I would not hurt her II she did whut I told her to do. I never hud a ham mer In my hands once. It was the gun. I would not hit her with the pis tol. I would tie a rag gently over her mouth, but I did not. I will die for that girl by my own band. I put her head In the water for threw times (two or three minutes each time). I then curried her to the house where I tried to help he.-. I came in to Portlund fast, and sent tho special letter to the sheriff so that they could help her. I put my loaded pistol in her hand and told her to kill me. I had remorse ror my act God rorgive me. BAYOCEAN COMPANY IS SUED. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. Stilt t foreclose a $200,000 mortgage on tlw Bayocean Park beach resort property wus Instituted this morning by W. C. Bristol, attorney for Mrs. Frp.nces L. Potter. The mortgage was au the un sold property, but tho Bitlt includes some of the lots that have been sold on contract. The defendants include the Potter Chapln Realty company, original pro moters of Bayocean; the T. B. Potter Realty company, successor thereto, and some ot the property owners or contract holders. SUE TO CANCEL PATENTS. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. Asserting that the patents to 43 timber claims In Baker county were secured Irregu larly, the government this morning be gan suit In federal court for the cancel lation of the patents and for damages for timber cut from the land. The suit Is againBt the Oregon Lum ber company, which is represented by Wallace McCamant, Zera Snow and Wirt Minor of Portland, and J L. Rand ot Baker. Roseturg Vith new machinery Douglas county flour mill starts Febru ary 1.