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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922.
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 3.
ESTABLISHED 1866
BOND RECALL IS
RESUMED THRU
POMONA
Attempt to Repudiate Part
of $1,700,000 Issue to be
Resumed; Petitions Will be
Put In Circulation Again.
REFERENDUM ASKS
FURTHER ACTION
Move to Reduce Taxation Is
Lauded; Columbia County
Protest Is Endorsed Here.
Indications that the movement to
recall the $1,700,000 road bond issue
of Clackamas county, would be drop
ped have not proven to reflect the
sentiment of the Pomona grange, by
whom the recall was started. At a
meeting of the Pomona at Molalla, it
voted to proceed with the circul
ation of the petitions to place the re
call on the ballot.
The matter was submitted to the
subordinate granges throughout the
county, and nearly an even number
favored and disapproved of the recall.
The individual vote however of 125 to
92 for the recall, has prompted the
central organization to continue the
movement.
LEGAL QUESTION LOOMS
The plan to recall the unspent por
tion of the bond issue met with con
siderable opposition over the county,
but in order to determine accurately
the grange sentiment, the county Po
mona submitted it to the individual
chapters in the form of a referendum.
Officials of the grange stated that
they would not be prone to continue
the agitation for a recall unless the
sentiment over the county among the
farmers was particularly strong. The
action of the Pomona grange however
has again started the wheels in mo
tion. A legal question as to the validity
of the recall, if passed by the people,
is yet to be thrashed out. There is a
contention that the recall would not
be legal because some of the bond
have already been sold. It is said
that the courts would not allow the
repudiation of the remainder of the
issue. No ruling on this question has
yet been received, and no authorized
legal opinions have been secured.
RESOLUTION APPROVED
At the meeting a resolution passed
by the Columbia county grange and
censuring the state tax commission
for the lowering of taxes on railroad
property on the basis of net earnings
while land taxes of farmers are con
tinually raised though his net income
is cut down woefully, was endorsed.
Another resolution was passed urg
ing the world powers together with
the United States, to put a stop to the
massacre of the Armenians; and still
another resolution was passed favor
ing an increased,, graduate dincome
tax on large estates. To elect presi
dents of the United States by direct
vote, was still another desire express
ed in resolution.
HOPE OF APPREHENSION
OF KILLER EXPRESSED
Hope that the murderer of his son
will be found and brought to justice.
is expressed in a letter from Gran
ville Davis, of Indianapolis, Indiana,
father of E. E. Davis, who was killed
on his homestead at Molalla November
.18 or 19.
Writing to the Enterprise, Mr- Davis
says in part:
"The Elks lodge here and the Amer
ican Legion, after being solicited by
those organizations of Helena, offi
ciated at the funeral -services, the le
gion furnishing a firing squad from
Fort Benjamin Harrison, which led
the procession to Everetts and our
little home town of North Salem;
where he was buried with full military
honors and amidst many floral tri
butes from his many friends who loved
him for his manly virtues and his re
markable achievements. He was also
honored by the attendance of his
college president, Dr. Mcintosh, and
who is still president of Wabash col
lege, located at Crawfordsville, Ind.
We feel that all due effort is being
made to trace down my noble boy's
assassin by the sheriff and other au
thorities, the American Legion, the
lodges of Elks, and the people in gen
eral. "My age and infirmities make it
seem impractical to attempt to reach
the scene of his murder."
Director Case Will
Go to Supreme Court
The case of Samuel Director, ol
Wilsonville, who w&s recently found
guilty of arson, has been appealed to
the supreme court. Director, upon
an indictment September 30, 1921,
was charged with burning his own
store. A month later he was found
guilty after a trial in the circuit court.
GRANGE
WILLAMETTE CLUB TO
PROMOTE NEW STORES
West Side to have Own Shops
During Time that Oregon
City Traffic Is Stopped.
WILLAMETTE, Ore., Jan. 17.
Charles A. Ridder was elected presi
dent of the Willamette Booster club
at its organization meeting last night.
J. L. Gary is vice president and J. W.
Thornberry, secretary-treasurer.
The club plans to establish a busi
ness community on the west side of
the river, to serve the territory now
cut off from Oregon City by the clos
ing of the suspension bridge while
a new span is being erected.
It seeks stores of all kinds, includ
ing a drug store, grocery and meat
market, getieral merchandise store,
hardware store, barber shop and so
forth. Inducements will be extended
to merchants to open up permanent
establishments.
Appeal will be made to the stat9
chamber of commerce, it is said, to
notify Oregon business men that Wil
lamette is on the map and seeking
business houses.
Willamette, West Linn and Bolton
people, will, it declared, patronize
establishments onened on the west
side of the river; and it is expected
that trade which formerly went to
Oregon City will henceforth remain
in the home markets.
Direct connection with Oregon City
will be suspended for something over
a year. In which time it is believed
home industry wil lbecome well es
tablished Milwaukie Mayor
Recall Advocated
MlLWAUKIE, Jan. 17. (Special)
An attempt to recall Mayor J. M. Sny
der, was started here today.
Petitions for the recall are being
circulated by Charles Mullen, chief of
the fire department, and a number of
other citizens.
Dismanagement of municipal and
private affairs is charged. It is al
leged that funds from the Milwaukie
fights have not found their way Into
the city treasury, and while actua'
rraft i3 not charged, it is maintained
that the boxing commission's business
has been "shamefully handled."
The building in which the mayor's
bakery shop is located also figures in
the contest. Some time ago the struc
ture was sold to the city to pay im
provement costs, and the mayor has
since been collecting rents from the
tennants. It is mairtained that these
should go to the city, and that the
mayor should also pay rent for the
use of the building.
' The proceedings broke out here
suddenly today, when headed by the
fire chief, a number of proponents of
the recall started with the petitions.
G. C- Pelton, former mayor is men
tioned as the candidate to succeed
Snyder, and although he has stated
that he doe8 not care for the position,
has consented -to accept it in order to
help straighten matters out.
Mayor Snyder stated last night that
he would ''fight the recall to a finish."
He denied emphatically the charges,
"amounting to inefficiency" placed
against him.
CONDITION OF NEAR EAST
TOLD BY RELIEF WORKER
The accomplishments of the Near
East relief, and the tremendous hu-
manatarian task which has been un
dertaken by this organization, was re
lated Tuesday at the weekly luncheon
of the Live Wires of the Commercial
Club by J. J. Handsaker,- Oregon
chairman of the Near East Relief
commission. Mr. Handsaker -was ac
companied here by David E. Norcross,
who has been assisting him in his lec
tures over the state.
Mr. Handsaker dwelt especially up
on the work of saving the children of
the near eastern countries from star
vation. "The country," he said, "has
been ravaged for six years by the war
between the Turks and the Greeks
and it has been the noncombatants
who have suffered. Villages are burn
ed, populations massacred, and the
homeless children remain, and must
in some way be taken care of."
He told of the plight of Tiflis, in
the Caucasus, as typical of the depths
to which the entire country has fall
en, where purchase of food, clothing,
or ordinary necessities, has, for six
years been impossible, leaving the
people worse than destitute.
The need for further funds was
impressed, and the Wires adopted
resolutions urging -the people and the
government to give their support. A
committee composed of F. J. Tooze,
O. D. Eby and L. Adams was appoint
ed to draw up a memorial to the gov
ernment, asking the Oregon repre
sentatives to use their influence to
have the .Near East problem brought
before the present international con
ferences, in an effort to bring about
the termination of the war which
threatens that part of the world with
practical destruction.
Aged only ten, Rose Reeve, of Lon
don, Ontario, has passed examinations j
qualifying her to enter the University.
FIRE SURVEY OF
CITY SHOWS NEED
OF IMPROVEMENT
Gain Made During Past Two
Years Praised In Report
To State Marshal After
Thorough I n v e stigation.
CONDEMNATION LAW
ENACTMENT IS URGED
Hazzards Found Fewer Than
In 1920; Electric Wiring Is
Being Installed Better.
While Oregon City is declared in a
report cf the fire marshal's depart
ment, following a recent survey, to
have made great improvements in fire
prevention and elimination of hazards
since 1920, a number of recommenda
tions for further safety are made. The
survey was made by Horace Sykes,
George W. Stokes and Jamea S. Glea
son. Recommendations made in their
report to A. C. Barber, head of the
department, which was filed Monday
are:
Purchase of light hose and chemi
cal combination car to be used as a
tender to the pumper, to carry addi
tional hose and to answer alarms to
small fires where the larger equip
ment is not needed.
NEW NOZZLES, SAID NEED
Installation of one circulating noz
zle, one cellar pipe, one set of 2-
inch reserve connections, one door
opener, one tin roof cutter, one de
luge set, one adjustable nozzle, one
life gun and line and one oxygen hel
met. That connection be made between
the main leading to the West Linn
reservoir, and the Oregon City water
system.
Enactment of a condemnation ordi
nance. The report says that on the east
side of Main street in the rear of bus
iness buildings are several old wood
en structures which are sufficiently
deteriorated to be a menace and
should be removed.
CITY HALL SUGGESTED
Recommendation is made that the
city speed up the location of the most
satisfactory site and construction of
the new city hall, as it is held the
fire department should be in perma
nent quarters.
Recommendation is made also for
additional fire alarm boxes, especially
in the district of public schools and
hospitals. The extension of the alarm
system, it is said, should keep pace
with the growth of the city. ,
Housekeeping conditions were
found better, basements and back
yards more free from rubbish and In
flammable material and there is less
dangerous gasoline storage. Much
improvement also was found in elec
tric wiring. Ordinances are being
enforced, the report says, and the
buildin and electrical inspectors
were found to be doing good work.
Chief William Priebe is to start
this week upon., a second inspection
of all buildings in Oregon City which
were looked over by the state men,
to see whether or not the occupants
have made the required changes. A
report is to be made to the state up
on this work, and a strict record is
to be kept.
SPENCE DELEGATE TO
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
, -WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Addition
al delegates named by Secretary Wal
lace for the agricultural conference
include: Q. E. Spence, Oregon City,
Ore., master State Grange; Fred
Bixby, Long Beach, Cal., prominent
cattle man ; James T. Jardine, Corval
lis. Ore., director experiment station;
E. E. Gaville, Spokane, Wash., editor
Washington Farmer.
ELVVELL APPEAL SET BY
STATE SUPREME COURT
SALEM, Jan. 16. (Special) The
case of C. A- Elwell, former postmas
ter of Jenning's Lodge, convicted of
arson, will be heard on appeal here
February 2. The date for the argu
ment has been set by Arthur Benson,
clerij of the supreme court.
Elwell was convicted in the Clack
amas county courts m connection
with the burning of the Jenning's
Lodge postoffice in December of
1920. He was sentenced by Judge
Wolverton to serve two years in the
penitentiary, but the case was appeal
ed.
Elwell was also connected with an
alleged shortage of $2260 in the funds
at the Jenning's Lodge postofifce.
POOL HALLS MAY
NOT BE MADE TO
CLOSE ON SUNDAY
Pool halls in Oregon City will not
be forced to close Sundays, if the new
ordinance, passed at its first reading
in the council Friday night, is finally
adopted. V
A new law to regulate pool halls
was presented, and all of the council
men objected to the clause requiring
the Sunday closing. The new ordi
nance will also prohibit the mainten
ance of lunch counters in the pool
halls, will make minors found in the
pool halls liable to prosecution as
well .as the proprietors and will make
it a misdemeanor for a proprietor o
allow anyone in the pool hall who Is
Intoxicated.
LUNCH COUNTERS BANNED
A number of pool hall men were
present, but presented no objections
to the ordinance. The council was
practically unanimous upon its favor
ing of the elimination of the lunch
counters, and equally as opposed to
the closing of the pool halls on Sun
day.
Under the new ordinance, it would
be possible for the council to revoke
the licenses of any pool hall, either
with or without giving cause. A li
cense could be returned only through
the passage of a resolution. This
clause is patterned after the provision
In Portland. '
The question of Sunday closing was
attacked by Councilman Wm. Krasslg.
He said that he believed that the
working men should be allowed some
where to go on Sundays. This view
wag seconded" by Councilman Fred
Metzner. He characterized the forc
ing of a closing law as an injustice to
the workmen as well as the proprie
tors. Councilman I. C- Bridges pointed
out that a - closing ordinance here
would only force men to go to Port
land to play pool.
GO DOWN THE LINE"
Councilman F. H. Cross stated that
if the city were to attempt to close
the pool halls, they should close the
movies and soft drink houses also.
"It is no worse to play pool on Sun
day than go to a movie," he said, "but
don't do it unless you go down the
line.
J. E. Jack pointed out the necessity
for further regulation, and said that
while he was hardly willing to force
them to close Sunday he maintained
that they were in need of more
stringent supervision. Thi8 sentiment
was echoed by R. Petzold and Ed. Van
Auken. VanAuken stated that he
hated to see the pool halls run on
Sunday but could not see anything
else to do under the present condi
tions, and that he was willing to give
way to the majority sentiment in the
council.
Mayor Shannon recently issued an
executive order closing the pool halls
on Sunday which still stands, pending
the adoption, of the new ordinance.
While the majority of the council did
not favor the blue law as a perma
nent measure, the mayor was com
mended for this action as necessary
for the time at which it was done.
LAD, 18, KILLED
BY FRAGMENT OF
BLASTED STUMP
Wiliam Lloyd Bergstrom, IS, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Bergstrom, was in
stantly killed last Saturday at 12
o'clock, while assisting Charles Hohn
berg, a neighbor, in blasting 6 turn pa
on the Bergstrom place at Outlook,
about five miles from Oregon City. A
large root struck Bergstrom over the
right ear, causing a fractured skull.
During the blasting Hohnberg saw
the flying root, and called to Berg
strom to run for his life, but the lat
ter turned and looked towards the
flying root and shortly after was
struck. Hohnberg was also struck and
knocked down, the root striking him
in the back.
Willian Bergstrom is survived by
his parents and three brothers, all of
Outlook. The mother is prostrated
over the death of her son.
The young man was born in Michi
gan, and came to Clackamas county
with his parents thirteen years ago,
where he haa since resided.
LOCAL BOY WINS PLACE
Lloyd Nickerson, formerly of Glad
stone, and an ex-Oregon City high
school student, has been awarded a
place on the Marine Corps band,
stationed at Mare Island, Calif. He
is an accomplished musician, and was
added to the band soon after his ar-
rivel at Mare Island. Prospects are
bright of having a permanent billet.
Nickerson arrived at Mare Island a
few days ago from Spokane, Wash.
A number of months ago Nickerson
appeared on the Orpheum circuit in
a musical act and made a decided hit.
Conrad Vierhus, also a former Ore
gon City young man, wno attended
and graduated from the Oregon City
high school, and schoolmate of Nick
erson, is also stationed at Mare Is
land. He is with the sergent-major's
ofifce.
PRESIDENT RESIGNS
MANILA, P. I.. Jan. 12. President
Quezon of the Philippine senate re
signed hs office last night. Ill health
was given as the reason.
BRIDGE HERE WILL
CLOSE MONDAY TO
VEHICLURAFFIC
Only. Pedestrian Travel Is to
Be Uninterrupted During
Period of Construction of
New Willamette River Span
LIGHT STRUCTURE
TO BE OPENED SOON
Pacific Highway to be Routed
Over East Side Roads Thru
To South of Oregon City.
The definite date for the closing of
the Willamette river bridge here to
all vehicle traffic has been set as
midnight Sunday, January 22. After i
that time no wheel travel of any kind
will be able to crosa the river here.
until the new span between this city
and West Linn, is completed.
Provisions are to be made to care
for foot traffic. The remi-ining cables
for the temporary bridge at 5th street
arrived Tuesday, and it is expected
that the structure will be completed
ny me ,in oi mis monm. in tne
meau nixie, me oiu span, wmq, is w
be replaced by a concrete arch, will
be kept open to pedestrians.
Under the contract, A. Guthrie and
company are to have the new span
completed by the end of the present
year, but delays in material have set
back the work, and it is probable that
it will require the first month in
1923 before it is completed.
During the intervening year, all
traffic to Oregon City will have to
come from Portland over either the
82nd street or river route. Travel to
West Linn, Willamette, Bolton, and
all of the towns on the west side of,
the river will come over the Pacific
highway. The temporary Pacific
Highway route, however, will be from
Portland, over the east side, through
Oregon City on south.
T
FOR ELECTION CLERKS
Applications for appointments as
clerks and judges of elections in Ore
gon City, are being received by Coun
ty clerk Fred Miller. Under the 1921
law. the number needed is practically
doubled, and there are positions va
cant for nearly 100.
The new law provides for two
boards, a day board and a counting
board. This is in place of the' one
hoard. formerlv annointpd which
took charge of issuing ballots during
the day and counting during the eve
ring. Under the new system, ballot
ing and counting go on practically
simultaneously, giving election results
much quicker.
There are 11 precincts in Oregon
City, each of which will require two
boards, of five persons, which wil
require 110 in all. Each board has
two judges and three clerks, and the
only requirements made are that they
must be qualified voters and that no
more than three on any one board
may be of the same political affilia
tion. The election is May 19.
The appointments as an election
clerk or judge, according to Mr. Mil-
ler, are good for two years. The po-
sitions carry paid service.
E TAX EXPERT IS
SENT TO OREGON CITY
To aid local business men unravel
the mysteries of the income tax, J.
J. Collins, of the department of in
ternal revenue, has been detailed to
Oregon City for a four day period,
March 6 to 10, according to the an
nouncement of Collector of Internal
Revenue Clyde Huntley.
Income tax returns, Mr. Huntley
points out, are due March 15, and
heavy penalties attach to those who
fail to file on time.
Mr. Collins is to be stationed at the
court house. Any special inrormduuu
upon the tax, can be secured through
the Portland office, Mr. tiunuey
POISON VICTIM LOWER
PARIS. Jan. 16. Mrs. Audrey
Creiehton Ryan, who charges that her
husband, Thomas S. Ryan, of Musko-
eree, Okla., compelled her to swallow
three bichloride of . mercury tablets,
was growing weaker' in the American
hospital at Neuilly today. The at-
tending physician Dr. Gose, said she 1
might not live until tomorrow. Al-
though the heart and brain were
mal, the doctor said that the kidneys
had been eaten almost away by the
poison.
Ryan has been detained by authori
ties pending the outcome of his wife's
fate.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FACING SHORTAGE IN
FINANCES FOR 1922
INTERPRETATION OF NEW BUDGET LAW MAY
FORCE READJUSTMENT OF APPORTIONMENT
OF FUNDS FOR COMING YEAR; OFFICERS NOT IN
ACCORD OVER TAX LEVY AS NOW OUTLINED.
Clackamas county will be f SO, 000
short next year if the assessment is
based upon the budget which was of
ficially approved by the county tO o,t .equired for the coming
Saturday and filed in the otitu VaVV ni3 will give the schools of
nlaKlr nun Tn a ranorln ah
Otsvc
visions of the new budget laVae
school fund and the gener county
fund will face large deficits at the end
of 1922, unless provision is made
throu"gn retrenchment in other depart
ments. The budget as prepared by the court
and V Dy the taxpayers' meet-
amounts to be raised to meet con
templated expenditures of funds in the
treasurer's hands December 1, 1921.
In doing this, the county court follow
ed the exact letter of the new budget
law, and refuses to make any change,
change.
FALLACY IS SHOWN
The assessor and the treasurer point
out that the balances on hand were
to meet expenses already contracted.
Under the present system, the taxes
are not collected until April, and funds
on hand must be used to carry the
nv- -, ihat Hm TTn,w
the 1922 budget, these would be used
to meet new exDenses. This not onlv
cuts out the fund which must be
used to pay warrants, in many cases
at present outstanding, but reduces
the amount which will be raised in
taxes this year.
This leaves the county in a peculiar
position financially. In - the general
fund December 1, 1921, there was a
$49,000 balance. This was deducted
from the proposed expenditures in
this fund to get the amount which
must he raised by taxation. But the
treasurer points out that the general
fund expenses are about f 12,000
monthly. Thus by April 1, when the
taxes start coming in, this will be
depleted. The levy of $170,000 for
the general fund, under the proposed
budget, will give the county money
only sufficient to carry it until De
cember 1, 1922. The extra amount
over the average expenses will be
taken up by special appropriations to
be included in this fund. Under this
condition, there will be no money In
the treasury to carry the county from
December to April of next year.
SCHOOL FUND HIT
The school fund faces a similar
condition. December 1 there was a
$31,000 balance. But this was to off-
DANCE HALLS MAY FACE
STRICTER REGULATIONS
Oak Grove Beach Application;
Precipitates Hot Argument; j
Decision Under Advisement
The coming year, according to indi
cations in the county court, may see a
change in the issuing of licenses for
dance halls in Clackamas county. Con- J
siderable discussion arose Friday over
the petition of the management of
Oak Grove Beach for a license for the
dance hall there for 1922.
Charges of improper conditions
were made by Judge H. E. Cross and
a number wno appeared oefore tne
court and the judge has stated that he
is opposed to the issuing of a county
license. But Commissioners Harris
and Proctor do not entirely hold this
view. They are inclined to the oeiier
tSiat if the dance license is denied
Oak Grove it should be denied all
other dance halls which come under
Lie county's supervision.
The commissioners say that they
racognize the complaints from many
people that conditions are bad, but
they say that these things are not due
oirectly to tie dance halls, nor will
the banning of the dance halls im
prove them. The matter however has
been taken under advisement, and it
is probable that it will not be acted
on for several days. A number of
other applications are pending.
The sheriff's office and the county
matron both protested against the
issuance of a license to the Oak Grove
pavillion.
The agitation may result in more
stricter regulations of dance halls by
th cot as both the judge and corn-
fool that- bvptt effort
snoujd be ma(ie to curb any liquor
violations which may be made in
these places.
RAIL PARLEY STARTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Resump
tion of direct negotiations between
rail executives and the big four broth-
erhood loomed today as a nation-wide
peace move in the tangled affairs of
railroad labor.
1 ne movement, awaiting merely for-
nor-jmal approval by railroad heads and
executive committees of the brother-
hoods, was intended as a means cf
averting a general rail strike this
spring. It came as the result of
'peace conferences" staged here by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
set indebted- s already contracted.
It was subtracted from the
STV. . the school superin-
OvLts county no way to meet their obli
gations already contracted for the
present year to April 1.
The budget as made out takes in the
entire six pe cent increase allowed
by law, but many new projects were
instituted, such as the Willamette
river bridge, extra road work, etc. A
fund of $40,000 to retire warrants out
standing was also included. These ex
tra things would have been provided
for through the six per cent increase
plus the balances on hand which were
handled as If no obligations were out
standing against them.
There is some legal question in
volved which has not been completely
settled. As far aa the school fund is
concerned, Superintendent Brenton
Vedder maintains that it is obligatory
for the court, under the school law, to
levy a tax equivalent to $10 per capita
on the school census, for common
school purposes. The budget, as out
lined, would reduce this to a little less
than $9.
OPINIONS DIFFER
Assessor W. B. Cook claims that the
law's intention was to provide for the
deduction of balances which were
clear of obligation, but judge H. E.
Cross Interprets the law in its strict
est sense.
According to Miss Alberta Dunn,
county treasurer, some of the balances
deducted from next year's levy have
already been . greatly depleted, and
there is a heavy warrant indebtedness
outstanding against the majority of
the remainder.
The court is determined to hold to
the law, and what will be done to
meet the deficiency is not decided.
Under the. six per cent limitation, the .
seuerai couuij uajt mis year is set at
a maximum, and it appears that any
changes will have to come through a
readjustment, which would involve
probably the use of the $40,000 fund
to reduce indebtedness, for other pur
poses, and the reduction of the road
fund expenditures. If nothing la
done, the treasurer will be forced to
endorse warrants "not paid for want
of funds" which will increase the in
terest which the county is paying, al
ready amounting to approximately a
total of $60 a day.
WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO
DROWN IN WILLAMETTE
Mrs. E. Pitts Tries to Commit
Suicide; Story of Love That
Was Not Returned, Is Told.
Because her divorced husband would
not take her back, and with her mind
perhaps a trifle befogged by brood-
ing during the past few days, Mrs. E.
Pitts, former wife of Thomas E. Pitts
attempted to commit suicide at 10:20
o'clock Friday night by jumping into
the Willamette river.
She was rescued before she had
endangered her life, and will survive.
The woman walked down to the
light dock at the foot of 7th street.
As she passed Wm. Streibig, who was
coming out of the Elks Club on Water
street, she touched him lightly on
the shoulder. "Don't tell anyone
where I am going," she murmured in
a sort of a daze. Streibig, slightly
suspicious, watched her as she headed
for the river. He called Chief May
and Patrolman Hemmingway, and
they reached her just after she had
jumped in. Some logs and brush' pre
vented her from sinking immediately,
and she was taken into a house on
Water street.
To Airs. M. E. Church, county ma
tron, she told her disconnected story.
Pitts was her second husband. For a
year and a half they had lived to
gether. Finally, they disagreed, and
were divorced. But she loved him,
and she had pleaded with him to take
her back. But he wouldn't and there
was another woman and she wanted
to die.
The husband's story, simply told,
was a different one, the story of dis
agreement and divorce. To the offi
cers who called him, he said his form
er wife was probably suffering from
some mental trouble. There was no
"other woman," but he could not live
with his former wife, he told Mrs.
Church.
The woman was taken to the home
of her married daughter in Canemah.
The daughter is the child of her first
husband,, who is dead. Pitts is an em
ployee of the Crown-Willamette.
AMNITY GRANTED
LONDON, Jan. 12. King George
has granted general amnesty "in re
spect to political offenses committed
in Ireland prior to the operation of
the truce last July." It was announced
today. The release of prisoners will
begin at once. .