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Orfo Mtitorlctl HuoUtfl ' . ... ! . e f-H -i 11-111) i t- -m n t t i OREGON V : J) j) j) Ss. R : & i'Hin $-H- tHM 4' Tin Enterprise It the only Clackamas County Newspaper Hint print! i your subscription ex- plred? Look at the label. ill of tin news of this f should not mis any .growing County, our news numbers. H M H H P !--- 't-H-S-H-J- - OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1008. ESTABLISHED 1866. UTY ENTE FORTY SECOND YEAR-NO. B2. AFFIDAVIT IS SENSATIONAL CRAVE CHARGES MADE AOAINSt" MRS. EFFIE B. RODINSON, OF FIRLANO STATION. SHE SEEKS NOTORIETY Portland Attorney Says Case Is Due to Scramble For Gold Found on Dody of Man Near Oswego. Probably tin' most aciiHiilliuiul uml stin t ling Mil, Unit ever tlli'il In tint pro bate court of ( Mac K it inn n Ciiiinly hits been presented liy Frank (', Hesse, uii uiiiiniiy uf I'm iliiinl, uml it member of the II nil a if Hunim & llerUoK, Ill which rhai Ki'H urn untile f lint bring liitn iiii ii lull Ihti liU'iillly nf tln luuii, wIiiimc Imily Him (iiuilil ill HprliiK I'Timk schotilhoimc, in ur Onm-go mi tfcpii in lii'i' I.I liml. I I' ll..' twin a i lli nl, II. Til lllll ill II. lilt I'V llllllli'. Willi CnllfoHfOH tu tli belief taut tln il.ii'l mini was IiIh blether, lull t It ii m fur ho Iiiih brought (in iinl no - iili iii i' to prove thin supposition, linn plume r llm i' ii ii' Hint makes II uiiiimiiiIIv Interesting In Him fuel Hint 111" 'I' nil iiiiiii hint $'n.O 111 K" 11 III liln icii'l h. Coroner HnlniHIl ti nik charge nf tin' remains uml turtle. I hut tin' money tu tin- Measurer f ( lui kit in ii n County. In lens tliiin a Ink Itrii'l' lllll HIllUlilWIl IIIIIII W.I Inn In). Mm. Kill" It. UuliliiBiiiL nt Flrluiul Kliitlmi, Miiltiiiiiiuili County, u ii it t . tl nml ilriiiiuiili'il Hint tlin 10 iiiuIiim liii I'lliuiiii'il. Till" wns do:io nml she declared tlmt the body was Hint nf her father. F. A. W ll I liiunt. who liml come friini Texarknun, Tex. Iitnt Hummer, to ni'ii Iiit, nml thai lm Insisted uihiii being out l Hh I'otitl' try. where n rinilit live tlin 1 1 1 h.t lovml, nu tlii'y mint) to OrfKmt i'lly toegthcr on Aiixuni 7. nml n't'T iiuvliiK dinner at ilin llrnnswu-k rt'ittaiujiii, alio told Mm k'hhI by mill Williamson doused Hit' suspension bridge and Ninrti'il out on a prospecting ton. . Hlx mucks lutcr his body was ton ml In the brush near Onwego. Thuro wore uo luilleatloiia of vloltnicu. It being villein that heart falluro liml been the cause of death. Mrs. Koblnatiu learned of the dlacovury of tilt) body (hrough l ho newspaper, Hho posl lively lilciitllled Hie articles Hint werd found In Mm clothing, and her picture was found In Hie dead man's waicn. Mrs, ItuhluHoti ,ihcn applied for let ters of administration, which word grunted, mid mi sooner was this tl.in.' than Attorney llenae filed a contest, nml a hearing hits been ordered for Jauiinry in, In order tbut tho contest mil tuny have an opportunity to pro cure additional evidence In support of his claims. The ultliliivlt of Hesse contains no less than 20 exhibits, being letters (hut lie bus wrltltin In mi effort to le( light nlilue on the real fuels of the cime. bus conversed with Mrs. I,illl. who lives next door to Mrs. Itolihimni, mul this luly, .who bus been on rather Intimate teiuis with Mrs. ItnliliiHon, believes Hull tlin falll- er slory Is a myth. Mesne ulso miw II. 12. Potter, who resides not fur from .Mrs. Holilnsuu's home, uml ''ut ter luiiKhed ulxmt the matter, report liiK Hint ('buries HIilKWiiy, who used to live next door to Hit) adiiiliilstrntrlx, hud made the stiitement l lint her clulm wiih nothliiK but mi attempt to K''t hold of the niiiney; that shu Is woman who likes to be mixed up In nf fulls of gcnci'iil notoriety; tliut Hume time In the summer sbo cluluied that some unknown party hud stolen sever ul luillilred dollnrs from her residence, Htul Hint olio mornliiK evetythltiK wus bttniKlit buck uml v-iiH liiiumil to tho buck door. In bis effort to secure testimony to discredit Mrs. Robinson, Hchso' en Kiiited u private iletectlvu, who wunt to the house of Mrs. Koblnson, with tho pretension of buying her Iioiihu. He told her tbut ho used to live In Wisconsin, whereiiiHiu Mrs. Holilnson, or either of her two hulf-Hlsters, lundo tlin stiitement thill they uhciI to llvo In Appleton, WlHcoiisIn, wbero their futlier wus a director in ft bunk In 18!i:i, uml whore he lost $1(1,000 wbero bn bud It on deposit. She ill mo told him Hint they bud formerly lived In Veroiiuu. una NuIUhvIIIo. Wis., wbero she knew Fred Jtecles, ll wrestler. Ilossu lost no tlmo In writing to lleeles, sIkuIuk tllu nume of J Murphy to tho lutter, which has been iiumiswerud. llesnu ulso wrote to tbu chief of pollco at Tiixiirkiiiiu. but bus received no answer, and ho penned u letter to tho chief at Appleton, Wis., and obtained tbu following reply: Appleton, Wis., Oct. 7th, 11108. Itesso & Beckett, Portland, Oregon. Qentleinun: Yours of the 2d regarding one P. A. Wllllumnon ul bund. Ui'K leavu to In form you that I am unublo to II nil any one who has ever lived here by tbut nunio. I have, made every, possible Inquiry and consulted all the city di rectories from 1800 to the present tl nid. I also flud that no such man was ever Interested In any of Uio bunks and that there liaa not been a bunk failure la thin' town since 1800 and that was a state bank and paid 80c on settlement. . . . , , . . ' Yours truly, ,i , ' E. W. HAKFEU. . ,, Chief of rolloo. , Appleton, Wis. You certainly must bava tho wrong location. , ., . . i ;,: " V 111 ' y '-.M n.,, r , " GLADSTONE AMBITIOUS RESIDENTS OF CROWINO 8UBURB VERY ANXIOUS TO INCORPORATE. FRANK NEWTON, who la spending the holiday vacation In Oregon City, has the only hardware business In Lincoln County, His home and, store are In Toledo. Ilnintiiiii never lived here, have lis ceriuliKit Ilia! Mrs. Kulilnsuli liml mi uncle who lived III Hie town of Wimli Iiiiiii, with whom she lived a putt of Hie llni",' Ills name Is ('buries 1-mv-rey, punti'llU'e address, tirmitiiii. Wis, It. It No 1; Hils Is nhoiit 15 miles frmii Nelllnvllle, east. I never benrd Hint she went by the inline of WllllliniHiiii, us she wus know ii here before mid uficr her mar riitK"', us "Crny June." I knew her liiisl'iiml ntni all of his family. 1 nn- li rsliiuil tlmt the ItnbliiMius are ntiw llvlliK lit l.ents, nboiit three miles (nun Portland. I buve been told Hint itt (he llni" she wiih here her futlier lived at Vlrixpin, Wis. If you etui reach the Iowreys you will be nlile to K"l Informal Ion you desire. pour days after writing this letter Hie mnrnliiil of .Nellsvllle sent (ho fol lowing iiiIhhIvii to I'ortliiild: Since writing some days uko 1 have learned inure about the Williamson Holilnson fiiiully which in ay be of service to you. At the tlmo of tho birth of Mrs, P. mc Koblnson her moth er bad one Jesse Wllllnms arrested on Hie chnrge of being the father of (Continued on pnge f ) HOLD MEETING MONDAY Propose to Provide Thriving Com munity With Lights, Water Supply and Sewer System. 'V ' BY OR BUY? WHICH7 1 ': - : Mr. Morclinut, do you want to make or lose money this ',' winter? Thero la n good reason for any "winter dullness" In any store (his season, No store ever suffered from ' biiHlnesH dullness that was not ' Iriiceublo either to acclilents or ki ' letting up of the store's selling 1 "push." i i You yourself have the power to decldo whether your stoio & shall Ini; behind or go ahead. g If you don't get out hard after trade, people will go by your $ store; If you get after their trade, people will buy at your store. Hy or buy? Which? Tim nnswer Is your answer -to the question, will you sdver- tlHf? ! 'v - 4 - - i-fy B. DAVID CAME TO OREGON CITY AFTER CIVIL WAR ACQUIRED WEALTH HERE. VERDICT ONLY $4.60 8MALL AMOUNT RECOVERED 8UIT AGAINST WILLIAM WEISMANDCL. IN The Jury In the suit of Bturgls Cms. against William Welsmandel Monday afternoon brought In a verdict of f f CO for the plaintiff, after being out about one hour. The rase was on trial all day In the County Court before Judge Ulnilrk and a Jury composed of Wll. Hit itt Myers. U'vl Htehnmn, J. K. Jack, Muck Howell, A. J. Knightly and Walter Hombnek. Sturgls llros. ton- trnoteil lo remove all the merchant- able timber from Welsmnndel's place, and they tmik timber to the value of $104 fid, furnishing Welsmandel lum ber valued nt $?(. Sturgls Hum. sued for the difference. Kxpert testimony was produced to prove that all of the merchantable limber bad not been removed, one cruiser testifying that there wus still 3:18.000 feet of stand ing timber, while another held there was not more thun 15,000 feet. Hid, C. Ilrownell appeared as attorney for Welsmnndel ami W. H. U'lteu ap peared for Sturgls llros. Following along the beaten truck i tiiude by ninny small towns In Cluck-1 . ... r iiinns County, tlm people of (lludstium, I rAniii PIllNFrP IlF A ll a growing suburb Just north of Ore- I a-l-illlllJ I IVlll LU UUrlU gun City, lire piepuilng to Incorpor-1 me, and held u meeting in (his city ln;it .Moil. lay night Hint was iiltemled by 2(1 of the leading men of (Hud stlne Mutters liieldeiit to Incorpora tion were Informally hciihhciI, uml a iiiiihs meeting lit (he (illlilKtolie people will be held in-xi .Monday night In (he bUHi-incut of the ('lirl.niiin Church, tthcll (he whnlo ironiHltloll will bo gone over In detail. Charles T. Toozo and W. F. Belmoley have (alien tho Initiative mul thi-ro seems (o bo no orgiitilzcd opposition. , The purpose of the promised movir ment In upparenlly (o obdiln lights snd water and sewer systems for (ho lomiiiiinlly which bus developed won derfiilly during the lant two years, and the population has practically doubled during that time. The pro moters contend that tho expense of conducting a municipal government, with the right kind of a charter, would be smiill. STOCK SELLS FOR RAILWAY f. m. 8wift holds meeting8 this week at molalla and ma:ksburg. MUCH INTEREST SHOWN Portland Promoter 8ayf He Has Am ple Financial Backing, But Wants $100,000 Subscribed By Local People. Meetings have been heir this week at Maclisbiirg and Molalla by F. M. Swlf,t, of Portland, who Is promot- to advance the necessary capita) (o construct a railway from eojnij point -ii-ar Oregon City to Scott's Mills, iiiHsIng through Mcaver Creek, Mil lino, Liberal, Molalla and ' Ma-fuum, The company will be known, ss the "lackamas Southern Railway, and. Is incorporated for $1,000,000, divided. In to 10,000 shares at $100 cafib. Own rs of property along the proposed route will be asked to subscribe for stock to the amount of $100,000, and i liberal response Is meeting Mr. Swift's appeal lo the residents of ','lackarnas County, who for many years have desired a railway system through an exceedingly rfch territory. Five thousand dollars was subscribed at the Macksbtirg meeting Monday, and the Molalla meeting was held Tuesday afternoon, and considerable nthtislasm was manifested. The at tendance was good and about $10,000 vlll be subscribed an a result. Ma terial and labor Is accepted In pay ment of stock, as well as money. Attorney O. D. F.by, of thlB city, at-en'li-d the Molalla meeting and a-nong the prominent residents pres ent were J. R. Cole, George Adams. O'lver Kobblns, H. A. Taylor, T. S.' Stlpp, Silas Wright and P. L Schmael. The proposed road, which will be "SISTERS" GET MONEY OAK GROVE WOMEN SOLICITING WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH. HAVE NO PERMISSION Rev. A. Hillebrand Warns Public That Church Repudiates Connection With Fiep.esentativei of v Institution. NO QUORUM IS PRESENT. Annual Meeting of Insurance Grang ers Postponed Until January 18. The annual district meeting of tho Oregon, Wushlnglon and Idaho divi sion of the life Insurance Company of the Patrons of Husbandry, was held In the courthouse In this city last Sat urday afternoon. About 45 members of the Grange were present, and as 05 members are necessary to constitute a quorum, the meeting waa adjourned until January 18, at 1:30 o'clock V. M. tiuorgo Lazella wa chairman of the meeting, and R. 8. Coe, of Cauby, was secretary. The 'committee on credentials was C. C, norland, of Os wego; John Hurgoyno, of New Era, and Mrs. Thomas L. Turner, of Tua lutln. The meeting was held for the purpose of electing Tne director i succeed Charles E. Spence, of Carua. The fuciiral of the late J. 11. David was held Sunday afternoon In the Masonic Temple under the auspices of Multnomah Lod;;e ,o. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which deceased was an honored member. Krnest P. Rands, worshipful mas(er, conducted tho ceremonies. The Inter ment wus In tho Masonic plat at Mountain View cemetery, and tho pall hearers were George A. Harding, William Heard, Francis Shannon, Henry Mlley, Harold A. Rands and Livy Stlpp. Deaiitiful flowers cov ered the liler. Mr. David died In Portland last Thursday. He bad made his home In the metropolis, where he bad ex pensive business Interests, for many ! years, and his family lived on his large farm near Nowberg. He was well known In thli city, especially to the early settlers. Mr. David was a veteran of the (Civil War, serving four years in the United States army. During the waa he was confined for a time In the famous prison at Ander sonvllle. At the close of the strife he came West, locating; In Oregon City, and In company with the late David P. Thompson, he took several Important aurveylng contracts for the I'nlon Pacific. He waa married In 1870 to a daughter' vf the late Dr. Baffnrans, -who suiMve's him, akmg with five grown children, two sons and three daughters: Roy, Melville, Hallle, Mabel and lone. MT. David was a wealthy man and was half owner In the Commercial block on Main and Fifth streets. Five Days For Breaking Windows.. 600 VOLTS AND LIVES TERRIFIC ELECTRIC CURRENT PASSES THROUGH BODY OF WALTER D. 8MITH. Hesse wrote to the .chief of police at Vlroquu, wis., and was advised that Williamson loft there about JO years ago and baa npt been heard from hy the authorities since, How ever, the city marshal' or 'Neillsvllle, Wis., sent , the following, Interesting letter to Hesse & Decked:, wt' In reply i ito, :youre of 'November' i I will say that L believe Mr, T. A. Wll- v ,:.n;iri', Walter D. Smith, a lineman for the Pacific States Telephone company, hud a narrow escape from being elec trocuted Tuesday morning at tho west ern approach of (he suspension bridge. Smith climbed a polo on tho west side of the brldgn to make some re pairs on the telephone Hue and In climbing cum i in contact with what appeared to he a piece of dend cable wire, wound around tho mile. Tho cable was In contact with the electric light wire, currying about 000 volts, which passed through his body. Ills left baud was badly burned and also his face. In climbing tho polo he had fasten ed himself to It with his safety belt, and on lolling go from (ho wire, fell to the top guard rail of (ho bridge. Had It not been for the safety belt ho would Iibvo been precipitated to the ground 100 feet below. Ho will recover. Otto Font, charged with breaking wlndow-sMii a Catholic InsiKuHon at Oswego, was sentenced to serve five days In the county Jail by Justice of the Peace Kelso of Milwaukee. Fout entered a plea of guilty. Emma Hanson, of West Oregon City. Emma Hanson, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Han son, of West Oregon City, died Thurs day morning at the family home of pneumonia fever. The funeral took place Sunday atfernoon and the In terment was In Mountain View cemetery. - , i v..v REV. A. HILLEBRAND, WHO DECLARES THAT SISTERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION TO SOLICIT FUNDS. Ing an electric railway system Into the interior of Clackamas County. While Swift does not plan to finance the project himself, he is in touch with men who are ready and willing about 30 miles in length, will pass through a region that is practically undeveloped. Swift has filed on wa ter in the Molalla River, where con siderable power is stored. OUR COLLEGE BOYS AND GIRLS ARE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. HOLIDAY FOR 36 HOURS. Employes of Paper Mill Get Money For Christmas Shopping. Tho Willamette Pulp & Paper Mill Company announced that all of Its em ployes would bo paid Monday after noon, December 21, Instead of tho 23d of tho month as usual, nnd tho bank was open Monday night so that the checks could be enshed. ' This was done In order that the moil might be given' an opportunity to get their Christmas shopping done. The mills of tho company will be shut down .for 30 hour, from 6 P. M.i ThlirBday 'to 7 A. M. (Saturday,' of this' week.;, J , I" , Akar Gives Ball for Appearance. - ii i i . Ben Aker was Saturday held to ap pear to ithe Circuit Court. Hla ball whs flxod at $2500 and the required sureties jwero forthcoming; and Akor was ..released. He waived examina tion , before Justice of the Peace Sum sou. , Alter was arrested on a statu tory chargo, and was taken Into 'cus tody, at Coqullle City by Constable, F. A',.Ml)eaj "';." V5l, i Complaint has been made by the authorities of tho Catholic Church that so-called Catholic sisters, calling themselres Benedictine sisters al Cen ter Station, are soliciting without be ing properly authorized by Archbishop Christie of this diocese, under whose spiritual authority they are supposed to be. These "sisters" are not mem bent of the lienedlctine .order, as is generally supposed, a.t the real Bene dictine sisters are teachers, with headquarters at Mount Angel. Rev. A. Hillebrand, pastor of St. John's Church of this city, made the follow ing statement: . "Sisters who Bolicit funds for any purpose are always expected to have the written and signed permission of the Archbishop of the diocese and also the parish priest In the place where they are soliciting. This Is done as a protection, so that the public may not be deceived. I have nothing to say about their institution at Center Siatlou, but would like to warn the professional and business men and public generally that these women, who are not sisters of the Catholic Church, are begging and do not have the sanction of the church. "Bills Incurred by these people in the name of the Benedictine sisters, many of which, have been addressed to the( Benedictine sisters ot Oregon City, 'who are teachers of the Mc Loughlin Institute, will not be hon ored or paid by the Benedictine sis ters of this city, or of Portland, M 11 waukle Street or ot Mount Angel, which is the mother house of the real Benedictine sisters. "As a rule the Benedictine sisters of Oregon do not go out begging as -they are not sisters of charity, but are sisters of a teaching community. People .approached. . by sisters ot any community should always - ask: for their credentials without hesitation.' The women who. In the garb of Catholic sisters, have been collecting money in Portland and Oregon City, are said to be connected with an in stitution for the cure of consumptives at Center Station. Father McDevitt, of the Arch bishop's residence, when communi cated with at Portland, said: "The head of this institution was once connected' with the Benedictine order at Elizabeth, N. J., but left with out the consent of her superior, and Is acting without the authority ot the church.' CELEBRATES 94TH BIRTHDAY. Mrs. Susan Porter Crossed Plains Oregon in 1850. to Mrs. Susan Porter,, mother of Mrs. W. H. Hi Samson, celebrated her 94th birthday Tuesday. Grandma Porter was born in Washington coun ty. Kentucky, and came to Oregon by ox team, arriving in this city In 1S50. Her husband. Arthur Turner, with whom she left her old home for Ore gon, died on the Journey, at Green River, Wyoming. Reaching this city, the young widow remained a few months, and then went to Marion county, where she was mar ried to Stephen Porter, in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Porter remained In Marion county until the death of the former. in 1900, at Mount Angel, after which Mrs. Porter came to this city, where she has resided since. Five children were born to her: Mrs Mary Miller, deceased, of Wedder bum: and Mmes. Luclnda Hailds, Woodbury, Wash.; Louisa Armstrong, Macksburg; J. E. Palmer, Mount Angel; J. E. Samson cf this city. COLLEGIAN MAGAZINE. Mrs. Raney Harvlie, of Canby. Mrs. Raney Harvlie died last Tues day night at the home of her son-in-law, A. Boe, at Canby, after a brief illness. She came to Canby four months ago from Tacoma, where she had relatives. The funeral was held at Canby Friday. Mrs. Harvlie was a woman of advanced years. College Studenta Are Home. ; -The following students have re turned from the Unrversity of Oregon to. Spend their holidays In this city: Miss Nieta Harding, Miss ' Georgia Cross, Earl Latourette, George Sullf van, Lloyd Harding, Charles Slevers, Charles Robison, Raymond Caufield, Lee J. Caufield. Miss Angle Williams, who is an in structor in the University of Oregon, arrived in Oregon City Saturday ; af ternoon, and will spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. J. R. Williams. Miss Enlalie Schuebel, a student ot the Albany College, has returned to ' ' Oregon City to spend her two weeks' vacation with her parents, ' Mr. and Mrs. .CI Schuebel. ; ,' Case of Malignant Diphtheria. The 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs: C. F. Tauscher, of New Era, died Friday at the family home of diphthe ria.' The case was a particularly ma- -llgnant one. The child had been at-' tending School, but was taken out as soon as she became ill, but the case had proceeded five days before the ' parents determined the fatal nature ot -the disease. The funeral took place Saturday at New Era, Tauacher is foreman of the sawmill and furniture factory Of. .the JJoernbecker Manufac turing Company. ,.