COT Y ENTERPRIS AV Haa v . n ax- P1' ac ,na labal. - Nv .,ot mlee any . v ,iewa number. Th Enterprise It tht t only Clackamas County Newspaper that print t all of tha new of this (jrowlng County, a to It now. OKEGON FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 13. DICK-UIN DEBATE DEFERRED single taxer suggests that THEY MEET SATURDAY NIGHT MAYOR WANTS TO SEE TAX ROLL Fight Being Mada Without Money, Ha 8aye, Again! Fait Fund Of $25,000 Or 130,000 Til" ir()MIMC( debate IjCtWCOII V, S. I 'Urn and (iriint II. Dlinlrk In Ore gon Oily on "Slnglo Tax" In In obey Hiii' Mr. lI'Hi'ii wrote Mayor Dim Irk Friday that ho had rented Hliivc Iv'h Opera IIiiiihii fur a di'liitl ii next Hiilunliiy night. The Mayor replied Unit ln would ho In Mount Angel that vn I iiK- II" alHo took exception to part" ol the letter. Tin' i orreHpondtilioe follows: "Dear .Mr. plmlrk: "Voiirii of tli n rot h hint, at hand In reply to my tlilnl liivllalloii nml gives inn in mil Joy, I have rented Hhlve. Iv h lull for H'Uiiriliiy iilKht. March .'Hull, unit Mlutll lie glad to iin'it yon. If 'In- printing of tlm tux roll m not romplcto I will have tli ii orlKlinil books lit tin' Hall nml In tlin mean time you an roiiHiilt them at your pleasure In my office. I woiiM no tnoio llilnk of being personal In Hticli n debate than you would. I never at tack a liinn'M private character In a political illiriiNHloil, Hlnrerelv yours, "W. S. iniKN." "Dear Sir: "Your Jettor of Mnrrh '.'2nd. Htat 1 tiat that you hit il rriitrd Khlvely's Hall lor the evening of Mnrrh UtHtl, duly received, nml as I will bo In Mt. Angel on Hint tlato I will imt bo abti' to inn I you. In liny event I will have Koim-tliliiK to Hiiy when till meeting will lie In-Ill. and a far as nm run corned It wilt not lui hi'ld until nfter your irotiilHid (nx lint I puhllNhi'd and circulated. You ntutcil at Ileav or Creek at our former meeting that i you expended the Fern Fund on tho hIiikIi' lax mciiHiirc laat year, und that you would npend twenty-five; or thirty thoiiHund dollar of tho FcIh Fund thin year If nercusary. I wunt that tax roll puhllnhi'd an you nsroed It would bo. ho (hero will bo no HllKhUof hniid iicrformanceB In thin debate. 'Wo ore makliiK our flxht on Kin Klo tax on principal without money, and If wo uro compelled to flKtit twon-ty-ftvo oi thirty tlmuHaiid dollnrn of tho FcU Fund, wo havp n JiihI rlKlit to auk for tho printed evidence or tax roll that wait promlHed. Your orlifl mil roll would bo very little uso. tin Ioiib we coulil tako It and maUo tie Hired roiiipnrlKoiiH with tho prcaent roll. "The hint paragraph "iir letter to mo of this (Into In wholly unrnllcd for. but iih It h In keeping with your mcthodx, I pardon you. "Your. "G. II. Dimlck." Sameon Sella Batketa .liihtlce of the Peace Simmon nuc tloni'd baiketg for tho MackHliurK hiiHcliall team Saturday tilKht. the anion totnlliiK $7S.f.0. The hiKhcBt price paid for a aiiwlo basket wa i.-i.r.O. After the auction dancliiK was Indiikcd In. Oxlosby ilros. band furn IhIiI;ik Hie iiiiihIc, F MILE3 C. MOORE, OF WALLA WALLA, TO FINANCE BIG ENTERPRISE LINE TO PARALLEL MOLALLA RIVER M. J. Lee Is Granted Permiasion To Crosa County Thoroughfare Provided Grade la Not Changed County .Indue Iteatle today will pre pare a franchise for a railroad to be built between (Vihy nnd Molalla. M. .1. I.co, of Cnnby, made apiiKciHljn for a fviirichlsu miO a ricbt to iriiss the cou'ity roaiU ii. tht last niect IriB of tho C'omily C"urt which was pUHBed i;po:l f'1'oriuil. MlliM C M'Kire, the miiltl-inlllionnlre, of Walla Walla, Wa.i'i., mid formerly povi-rnar of Wii-'i' n fi.ift. ; n nlcrht -ii proml:';-1 l lllianri; the i The road will be twelve miles In le.iKth. Mr. lye pays It will be built tlila Ktiiitnior. The firt application was for a rlnht to cross the Btroets In 'olalln, which wnB refused by tht court on le Krou'id that the authorit-ies of Hie town had jurisdiction. It M the Intention for the rood to inn along the Moialla river. The promoter promiso to make the (trades conform to those of the county roads, and to keep Ihn road In Rood repair be tween the tracks and thirty feet on each side. The franchise also wl!l provide that a plank crossing twenty-four feet wide be laid. Mr. le says that work will he started at once on the road ,and It will bo pushed to completion. The principle revenue U expected to be derived from hauling timber from the Molalla district to Canby where It will be taken to the markets over the Southern Pacific tracks. RANCHISE GIVEN OR CANBY ROAD MAIN STREET SITE BRINGS $35,000 J.AGGAR BUYS STRATTON PROP. ERTY ON SEVENTH 8TREIT CORNER BIG HOTEL MAY BE BUILT SOON Lota Bought About Thirty Year Ago For $800 Purchaser Racantly Depmited Check For $t 15,000 Two loin, 99 ,y 105 foot on Mnlll ntr'nt, wlilcli about thirty yearn nuo BoliI for $0110 were boiiKht Friday by Frank .liiKKar for $35,000. The pro- crty la at the nortlieiiMt corner of Hov i'ii III and Main streets, which I oun of i ho niimt desirable locution In tint city. Whllii Mr. JiiKKar baa not mudo a definite derision, a to hi plan. It In believed that ho will erect a hoti'l on tlm site. The, piirchiiMcr recently rrcaled a stir when ho deported u rheck for $lir..(io In the Hank of Oregon City. Till In th largest check that IntH ever been deK)Hltod lii a local bank, and .Mr. jMio'.iir In regarded an the ('roes- iih of CliicknimiH County. The mon ey whh derived from tho Hale of a lot at Washington Street and 'Mt I'ark, Portland, which belonged to the lieu- JhiiiIii anil IjiiiI Jnggar estates. That ot hoM for $23O.0no, having been mm; lit by them during Cleveland ad- uilnlMt ration for $:in,nno, Tho re- iiiarknblii eiilianceinent In value of tho rortland property Ih not any great- r, In proportion to tho Hi.e of tho Itli'H. than that of the lot which Mr. JiiKKiir purchased Friday. The property here, whlrh wan Bold y Mrs. Helen Stratton and four heir, wan held for many year by tho luto M. A .Stratton, who wan chief clerk n the OreKon City Woolen Mills. Part f the property originally owned by Mr. Stratton waa mild twenty-live year uko to tlio city lor a mio ror tho lty hall. J. V. Colo occuple the comer hulldliiK a naloon, und tho other bulldliiKH are occupied aa a re tatiriuit, llsh market, meut market and pool and billiard hall. Tho candidates for tho Itepubllcnn nomination for Iilslrlct Attorney K. II. Toukub and A. W. Norblnd. called upon their constituents In Oregon City Friday, Mr. ToiiKue, tho Incum bent, lives In lllllsboro, and Mr. Nor blnd Is city attorney of Astoria. It whs n coincidence that both of them ranio to OrcKtiu City tho name day, for neither knew tho other would be hero. Mr. Tongue left eurly In the atternoon, but Mr. Norlilad establish ed lie,idiiiarters at a hotel and de cided to remain until tonight In ord er to become ac(iiallited with the wary voters. Mr. Tongue, It Is Bald, thlnlis ho will win the nomination easily, nml Mr. Norblnd declared that ho would bo the party's nomi nee. Gilbert U. Hodges, candidate for tho democratic nomination for tho office, who served as district at torney by appointment two yearn, also wa a busy man Friday, and thinks ho will bo the choice of the people. Tho candidates did not meet. VOTERS URGED TO CRITICISMS TO BE ASKED OF PUBLIC BEFORE MEASURES ARE PUT TO VOTE. OBJECTIONS MAY CUT DOWN COST Sentiment of State Desired by Men Behind Move for Better High ways Papers to Assist. lttfore attempting to Initiate the lx bills adopied by Governor West's special good roads committee the nieUHiiro will be put before tho voters in full and the men fostering them will await criticisms and suggestions before proceeding further. This action was decided on Thurs day at a luncheon of the men behind tho good roads meeting at the Com mercial Club In Portland, following the suggestion of Edgar B. Piper, president of the Commercial Club, who proposed that the unofficial com mittee thoroughly feel out the senti ment regarding the hills before going to the expense of getting the 10.0UU signatures to each bill. The six measures will be published. In this manner It Is expected that the voters will study them carefully, and If any organized or widespread objec tion I raised to any feature of the several bills, effort will be made to eliminate the objectionable part or rectify it so they will atand a better chance of being passed. The bills that will be submitted to the voters at the Novemlier election are the work of the State Grange, the state-wide committee, and Governor West's special committee The latter body combined the best features of the respective bills drafted by the other two committees. RIVAL CANDIDATES IN TOWN SAME DAY STUDY ROAD BILLS OREGON CITY, PLAN TO DIVIDE SEVERAL CITIZENS THINK PAR TITION WOULD RE8ULT IN LOWER TAXES SQUARE DEAL, THEY SAY, IS DENIED Eataifada Would Become Rival Of Or. agon City Aa County 8-t Mayor Heada Move ment Several residents of Kstacadu and that neighborhood are delrous of having Clackumas County divided In to two parts and organizing a new county with ICstacada as the county iieut. At a mass meeting Friday night representatives were present from Garfield Hprlngwater and liar ton. Hove ml speakers crltlzod the condition of affairs In Clackamas coun ty, and look exception to tho taxes. It was declared that eastern Clacka mas county was left entirely out of tho reckoning when It cumo to ex pending county money upon roads and bridges. Mayor Heed, of Kstaciida, reported from tho committee upon tho size of tho lie A' county that It was proposed to run tho line north and south, be ginning a milo eaiit of Boring and run ning In a virtually straight lino td the southern boundry of the county. Ho sad that the area contained 5,000 people, property which was assessed at $5.u0,0U0 and that It at the pre cut did not receive one hundreth of the county revenues when it was by right entitled to at least one-third If not i.enrly a half. J. E. Gibson, of Ilorlng, and If. S. Barclay, of ICtacada, spoke at soma length upon tho proposition. It wa-i the iiiiiulmoiis sentiment to go ahead with tho plan of the 'campaign and upon motion of Mayor Heed It w-as decided to send a committee to tho Uiean, Sprlngwiiter, Currlnsvlllo, Gar fii'ld, Viola and other nearby town to make speeches and outline the ob Jects of organizing a new county. KoproBontatlves of the Portland Hallway, Light & Power Company were present at the meeting. In the persons of W. T. Jluchanan, public Itv agent: J. K. Werloln and K. M. Townsend. Mr. Huchanan said that the company did not take a position In tho matter, thut It could not mor ally and would not. Ho asserted that It was a matter purely for tho citi zens to decide and It wus a local is sue In which the company could not consistently tako part. TO BE DISCUSSED ESTACADA AND OREGON CITY COMMERCIAL CLUBS TO CONFER MEETING IS CALLED FOR TUESDAY Proposition To Cut County In Two l Strenuously Opposed Tax Distribution Main Issue At the request of the Estacada Com mercial Club a conference between a delegation of forty members of that organization nnd tho Oregon City Commercial Club will be held l.i this city next Tuesday evening regarding the proposed division of Clackamas Count. The Oregon City Club op poses the division and Its members believo they will be oblo to prove to tho visitors that It would be detrimen tal to the Interest of the county. The plan Is to make Estarada the county seat of the new county. It Is contended by the Estacada people that that section of the county h is been discriminated against In the pro rating of the tax money for road and other purposes. Thi is Btreaumisy denied by tho county offi cials, who say that in many Instance that district has received more money than the taxes on property there amounted to. The following letter has been re ceived by M. I). Katourette, Secretary of the Oregon City Commercial Club from R. M. Standish, Secretary of the Estacada Commercial Club: "The writer ha been requested by tho above organization to write to you with a view of obtaining an audje.ice for our Club with your Oregon City Commercial Club. A delegation from th!s club wish to meet your club in open meeting with a view to the dls cusslo.i of the "county division" which is being agitated here. We would greatly apprecate an early date about the first of next week. If convenient to you. On receipt of advices from you. wa will arrange for a special car and about forty of us will make the trip. "Hoping to have the pleasure to bear from you soon and trusting that our future relation may be cor dial. I am. Etc." CARUS BEATS HIGHLAND The Cams baseball team played the Highland team at Highland Sunday afternoon, the score being 4 to 12 In favor of Cams. Cams has a good team, and defeated a pick-up team of I Oregon City at Cams Sunday of last i week. The Highland boys will play I the Cams team again soon. 0 Dl D COUNTY DIVISION OltEQON, FIJI DAY, MARCH 29, 1912. CONTEST TEACHES LIFE'S BIC LESSON CANDIDATES ARE LEARNING OLD STORY OF HOW TO WIN 8UCCE8S DILIGENT EFFORT IS MAIN FACTOR "Opportunity Knockt Wanit At Ev ery Man's Dure And The Other Damee Kape Knockin' All The Time- p STANDING OF CANDIDATES 4 Huby McCord 61.400 Joseph Shcahan 40,200 v Kent Wilson 28,000 t if John Hrown 13,000 v Charles Beatle 6,800 John Weber C.800 ' John Iluk'Blon 6,000 & Mable Marsh 1.200 4 McColly Dalo 1,000 Edna Hutchinson 1.000 lloyce Urown 1,000 4 Harnett Howard 1,000 Dell is Armstrong 1,000 Mable Chase 1,000 p Ethel Kief 1,000 Harry Miller 1,000 .Fred Metzner 1,000 Frank Bruce 1,000 v Leo Shaver 1,000 8 Mable Marb 1.200 'v A. G. Klndler 1.400 'i- Ambition is everything In this world. Without It, no one succeeds From tur Infancy we are taught to be ambltiouB for our wis parents realize after their struggles in the world that ambition is a valuable asset The contestants in the race for the Enterprise automobile show laudable ambition In their desire to win an automobile or the cash value which It represents. Tbcy are a plucky set of young people who show that they are made of the right stuff Dy enter Ing the race ana staying wun n a they are, It Is a hard race for them because each Is pitted against others of ster ling worth and character. But while each Is settled down for a good long hard run, they show snap and spirit as Is manifest at the close of each special contest and when the 2,000 votes are given to the contestant who deposit) the greatest number of votes 6n that particular day The fifteen day contests are at tracting a good deal of well deserved I'tttntion. These- contests are of practical value to the winners for the $15 merchandise coupons, which are the prizes, are redeemable la Oregon City's best stores. They are good for anything from a collar button to a suit of clothes or, in the case of the ladies, a hair pin to an ermine cloak. The ambitious young people wno are fighting for first place in this contest are learning one of the most lessons of their life. It is the old, old fact that comes home to all of us at times. It is that any thing worth while In this life, can on Iv be ours after a struggle. Some times the struggle is with ourselves Instead of others, but that does not mnk. it anv easier for us. Somebody has said, "He who would master oth- ers, musi nrsi masier bl-u. .. . , i Another Idea that Is protiamy com Ing to onch of the contestants, is the fact that In the race, they must some times oppose their friends. That Is true In tho economic struggle for existence that each of u Is lorcea to enter unless perhaps we are one of the favored few who happen to be .. i i . . . - - living on an "uiieaineu incn-iiit-ui.. Aiilu.inrli we mav he pitted against friend In the contest It should not af fect that friendship so long as all i above board and on the square. Pet ty suite and Jealousies should not be allowed to rise. The are merely the outcroppigs of a small and warp- soul. He a good sport Play the game square. If you win, smue. u vou lo.e. congratulute tne winner and mean it w hen you do it. This excellent opportunity that is offered by tho Enterprise for some body to own a fine fore-door, five pas senger Ford touring car Is being tak en advantage of by only a few. Not many seem to realize that it Is the chance of a life time. According to Mr. Dooley, "Opportunity knocks wanst nt every man's dure; the oth er ould dames kape knockin' all the time.." How many times have we all wished for an automobile? Stop wish ing enter the contest and get one. Sheahan by an early start nnd hard work, held first place In this race for a long time but waa finally nosed out by Miss McCord. This tydung lady has shown from the first, a deter mination to win the car but If she does, she will have to keep up her hard work for Sheahan Is doing his best to win back the coveted place at the head of the list. John Brown had thing going his way for third place until that memorable Saturday when Kent Wilson bumped Into the game with 20,000 votes. Wilson Is now after the leaders, and is known to be a young man of determination so thy will have to set a good pace to stay ahead of him. TUFTS TURNS OVER TO STATE $52,375.50 County Treasurer Tufts Monday sent to ihe state treasurer $52,375.75. half of the money due from Clicka mas couuty for 1911. The balance will be te.it In Novemeber. Mr Tutu was the first county treasurer to pay last yeir, but be wa several day Liter thij year, and It is p;o!able one or two other counties got ahead of Clackamas. Mr. Tufts also has paid $1,228, tiie county's pro rata o' the normal school fund. H did not h&vj to pay but half of It this spring, but had the money, and decided to pay all of ii. DEMOCRATS 'DOLLAR DINNER' 0. D. EBY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE TO 8UCCEED BEATIE CLARK AND WILSON DISCUSSED Party Will Put Full Ticket In Field For Representative Hard Work la Urged The Democratic County Central Committee, at a meeting Saturday afternoon In Willamette Hall decided to put a full ticket In the field for rep resentatives In this county. It wag announced that P. S. Noyer, of Molal la, had announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for one of the three place to be filled. After tn address by James T. Barbee, man ager In Oregon for Champ Clark, In which he urged the nomination of the Mlssourian for President, one or two of the committeemen made speeches for Woodrow Wilson. It was howev er, agreed that either Wilson or Clark would make a strong candidate and that either should Twelve the support of the party In this county. Dr. A. L. Beatle, having resigned as chairman of the committee, H. G, Starkweather and O. D. Eby were named for the office, Mr. Starkweath er withdrawing In favor of Mr. Eby, who accepted until after the primar ies when officers will be elected to serve two years. Upon motion of J. E. Jack It was decided to hold the biennial banquet before the primary and Mr. Jack was appointed chair man of a committee to make arrange ments. The banquet will be held In this city April 13. Governor West and the Democratic candidate for I'nited States Senator will be invited to respond to toasts. It will be "A dollar a plate" banquet. The meeting was called to order by G. F. Johnson, secretary, and Mr. Starkweather w-as elected temporary chairman. County Judge Beatie urg ed the Democratic candidates to can vass the county. He said that by hard work they could win, notwith standing the ., overwhelming Republi can majority. Other who spoke were Frederick Curry, J. E. Hedges, Gil bert L. Hedges, candidate for the Democratic nomination for District Attorney; W. B. Stafford and W. W. Jesse. Seventeen members of the Committee were present. TAFT WINS EASY VICTORY IN N. Y. PRESIDENT HAS S3 AND MAY GET MORE OF THE 90 DELEGATES CONFUSION IN UP STATE PRIMARY Ballots For Democrats Delivered Many Places By Mistake And There Is Big Mix Up NEW YORK March 26 Victory for organization delegates to the Re publican National convention who were opposed in 17 Congressional dis tricts of New York state at todays primaries by candidates named by Roosevelt supporters, was claimed an hour after the polls had closed to night by state and county chairman. In the primary elections In this city most of the contests were made chaotic by one of the worst ballot mixups known for many years, and returns from the election were delay ed considerably. There were many mix-ups in the state also. William Barnes, Jr., chairman of the Republican state committee, said at 10 o'clock that the opposition "by the highest possible estimate" would not win more than seven out of the 90 sea's In the National convention to which New York State is entitled. No statement on the result had been issued from the Roosevelt head quarters two hours after the polls had closed. County chairman KJoenig claimed victory in hi district by a vote of 9S0 to 70, and declared that the returns from 10 per cent of the election dis tricts irdicated a ratio of voting of about i to 1 against the oppositoa. He clamed the election of organi zation delegates in every district. The primaries opened at 3 p. m. amidst great confusion owing to the delay In delivering ballots In many voting districts. In one case on the West Side, the police officially reported that the bal- ots designed for use at 18 polling places did not arrive untl about 6 p. m. and la the three hours' wait gome early comers left the polls. The polls closed at 9 p. m. There was further embarrassment because the green ballots for the Democratic primaries were deliverd to many places nstead of the Republcan pink ones. It was well into tne evening before the mix-ups were straightened out. Brown Sues On Note George Brown filed suit Saturday ngainst E. H. Burghardt and C. A. Burghardt for $500 said to be due on promisor? note Issued March 13, 1910. INVESTS $45,000 IN CLACKAMA SR.R. STEPHEN CARVER, BUILDER OF SEVERAL LINES, TAKES BIG BLOCK OF 8TOCK ROAD TO BE COMPLETED BY FALL Enough Money Aasured To Build And Equip Railroad To Temporary Terminus In Mo lalla The officers of the Clackamas Southern Railroad said Monday that the lino would be completed and In operation to Molalla by next fall. They announced that Stephen Carv er, one of the best known railroad builders In Oregon had agreed to sub scribe for $45000 stock proveded a sim ilar amount of stock Is sold by May 1. The directors say this will be an easy matter, for more than $75000 stock was sold last year, when the outlook for the enterprise was not nearly so good as It is now. Mr. Carver has made a study of the road and its prospects, and says be would not think of investing a dollar in it, much less $45,000, If he did not know that it would be one of the best paying railroad properties in the northwest. He Is confident the road will pay large dividends from the start and will buy stock not as a specula tion, but as an InvesmenL More than $150,000 of the stock already has been sold and there is $25,000 of this money in the treasury ready for use. Thla money, that subscribed by Mr. Car ver, and the other $45,000 which will be raised wil build the road to Mo lalla, ?nd provide pa:t of the rolling stock. Mr. Carver built the Corval lis & Alsae line, which is thirty-one miles long and the Vale & Ontario line. The officers of the company have 'decided not to Issue any of the bonds until the line Is completed to Molalla. They say that inasmuch as this can he done u-ith stock subscrutiuns there Is no use of Incurring afl ide&QdDes. The distance from here to MolamTtejJ nineteen miles, and It I the intention. to esrtend the line to Silverton. Work all along the line will be started in a few days, and there will be no halt until trains are running from this city through the rich Molalla valley to the temporary terminus. The of ficers have been promised business enough hauling timber to keep the road n operation to Its fullest capac ity for twenty years. CLUB HEARS BOTH SIDES OF SINGLE TAX F. J. Meindl. a prominent lawyer of Portland, spoke on single tax, giving the arguments of both sides, at a meeting of the Twilight Comunity Club held in Twilight Hall Saturday night. The attendance was large, and the keenest interest was mani fested in the address. M. J. Lazelle, formerly official test er fo the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, lectured on, " The scales and the Test," and explained some of the merits of the dairy industry in com parison to other industries on the farm. He is an advocate of specializ ation and answered questions pertain ing to the dairy business. COLORADO NAMES TAFT DELEGATION COMPROMISE SUGGESTED FOR MINORITY REPRESENTATION IS REJECTED 8 VOTES ADDED TO PRESIDENT'S LIST Roosevelt Men Overwhelmingly Beat en Cheer Vociferously At Men tion of Colonel's Name COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., March 27. The state Republican convention here today selected eight delegates-at-large to the Chicago National con vention, instructed for President Taft, adopted resolutions indorsing the Taft administration and chose United States Senator Guggenheim as National committeeman from Colo rado. The Taft Instructions and indorse ment were adopted by a viva voce vote and Senator Guggenheim was chosen National committeeman over Phillip B. Stewart, of Colorado Springs, by a vote of 657 to 241. Never after the first test vote this mornin,? on temporary chairman, when Thomas H. Devine, of Pueblo, the Taft candidate was elected over Ben Griffith, the Roosevelt candidate by a vote of 65C to 242 was there a doubt as to the adoption of the pro gram agreed upon by the Taft lead ers early today after an all-night con ference. Although the Taft forces controlled by almost 3 to 1 vote, there wa no disposition to employ "steam roller" tactics at the opening session, and the Roosevelt minority contented It self with a vociferous cheering for its candidate. Its request for represent ation on the resolutions committee being granted, the minority supported the majority plan of organization. ESTABLISHED 18f E BY JURY MILLIONAIRE CHICAGO PACKERS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MAIN TAINING TRU8T DEFENDANTS SHAKE LAWYERS HANDS Nineteen Houra' Deliberation Enda In Freeing Men Charged With Having Increased Coat Of Living CHICAGO, March 26. "Not Guil ty" wa the verdict which the Jury returned today In the trial of the 10 Chicago packers accused by the Gov ernment of violation of the criminal section of the Sherman anti trust act. The verdict was returned before United States District Judge Carpen ter after the jury had deliberated more than 19 hours. All the defendants were la court when the verdict of the Jury was read. There was no excitement, al though each defendant smiled and some shook bands with their attorn eys. The courtroom was crowded and a hurried exit of many from the room when the verdict was read was checked by the Judge. The verdict came as a suprlse to many who had been watching the case and feared that the 19-hour wait meant a long battle In the Jury room. The trial of the ten Chicago pack ers on charges of conspiracy in main taining a combination in restraint of trade violation of the criminal pro vision of the Sherman anti-trust law which began December 6, Is the clos ing chapter of a long legal battle waged by the Government against the big packers. The heads of the packing compan ies in the proceedings were named as Individual defendants. A verdict of guilt under the law would have meant a fine of $5000 each or imprisonment for one year, or both penalties. The ten defendants were: J. Ogdon Armour, president; Arthur Meeker, director and general manager, and Thomas J. Connors, director and gen eral superintendent of Armour & Company. Louis F Swift, president; Edward F. Swift, vice-president; Charles H. Swift, airector, and Francis A. Fow ler, manager beef department, Swift & Company. Edward Morris, president, and Lou Is H. Heyman, manager beef depart ment, Morris & Company. Edward Tilden, president National Packing Company. The Government contended: That prior to 1912 prices were fixed shipment regulated and territory di vided by the old beef pool, which met every Tusday aftrnoon. That after the old beef pool dis solved In 1902 the packers had held secret meetings at each others homes. That the National Packing Comp any, since its organization in 1903, has been used as the "clearing house" for the alleged combination. That the packers adopted a test cost and margin system, which waa used in the purchase of cattle and the sale of fresh meat. That the allowances made tor by products in figuring the test cost were inadequate, and the "cost" used by the packers was flctitious and higher than actual cost. T RAIDER FOUND EXHAUSTED IN RAMSHACKLE HOUSE BY POSSE PRISONER SAYS HE IS INNOCENT Search For Other Raiders Of Virginia Court la Being Pushed By Author ities HILLS VI LLE, Va., March 22. Sld na Edwards, a tall nigged mountain-' eer of 22, sat calmly in the darkness of the little brick Jail here tonight, the first catch of the posses hat have been scouring the mountains for those of the Allan gang who escaped after the courthouse assassination of March 14, when a Judge, prosecutor, sheriff and two bystanders were kill ed and two others seriously wound ed. Young Edward, emaciated and worn from a week's wandering, to night protests his innocence and the hunter, spurred on by a day's suc cess, are up In the Blue Ridge, hunt ing his brother, Wesley Edwards, his uncle. Sidna Allen, and hi cousins, Claude and Frlel Allen. Detectives Legrand Felta and W. W. Ph?jt. heading a posse, came up on Edwards at four o'clock this morn ing, asleep In an empty hut. near bis home. He was unarmed and made no resistance. Jack Allen, his uncle, one of the Aliens, who was not at the court house on the day of the tragedy. Join ed hi nephew on the way to and galloped along with the party. They cantered In and paused while moving picture men clicked off a few bund red feet of film. Detectives carry ing rifles followed closely. BEEF BARONS AR CLEARED MEMBER OF ALLEN BAND IS CAP URED