COTY
KPKDS
FIF-TY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 37.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
OREGON
NT
NEWSGHOOLVEAR
SEES LARGE GAIN
IN IMPROVEMENTS
Additional Buildings Being
Erected to Meet Demands
For Better Facilities In
Small Districts of County.
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JOIN KRAUS IN ACTION
$100,000 IS SPENT UPON
CONSTRUCTION WORK
Dedication Services Held In
New Auditorium at Bolton;
Concord Planning Services.
Due to the anticipated increase in
enrollment at the Eastham building,
new boundary lines have been estab
lished for students attending the
Mount Pleasant school, according to
R. W. Kirk, city superintendent.
All children living south of the
Hemes road and. west of the Roman
place will be asked to enroll at the
Mount Pleasant schoil this year in
stead of at the Eastham. The East-
ham building was crowded to capacity
last year, and with the new houses
built in the Eastham and Mount
Pleasant districts a decided increase
is expected in the enrollment at both
buildings.
Another room has been added to the
Mount Pleasant building which will
provide four rooms Tor this year.
Three "teachers, in addition to Mrs.
I Eva Scott, principal of the school,
have been engaged.
Oregon City schools are scheduled!
- to open on the 18th of the month.
Building Is Dedicated.
The completion of the first unit of
an improvement program under de
velopment among the schools of Clack
amas county, which will aggregate
$100,00 or more, was celebrated Satur
day night in the dedication of the
new Bolton school building.
. The new structure, embracing a
modern four room building, with a)
full basement, auditorium, play
rooms, offices, etc., has just been)
completed at a cost of $28,000. Axu
elaborate program was held in the
auditorium, Judge G-. B. Dimick,
Brenton Vedder, county school sup
erintendent, and J. L. Gary, principal
of the West Linn High school being
the speakers of the evening.
The new building embraces an old
three room structure which had been
used in the Bolton district for a num
ber of years.
New School to Open.
The dedication of the newly improv
ed school building at Concord is sched
uled for the evening of September 18.
The structure has been renovated
and two new rooms added making a
four room school. The improvement
will cost more than $14,000. Harvey
G. Starkweather nd Superintendent
Vedder are to be the speakers at the
dedication.
Sandy Ridge is completing a ne-rt
one room school to replace a former
building of the same character. The
improvement is to cost $3,000.
A similar improvement is being
made in the Pete's Mountain district
at a cost of $2,000.
The Fern wood district is erecting
a second one room school to accomo
date a new portion of the district.
This, equipped with a playshed, will
cost $5,000. 1
Suit Against Board in Newly
Created School District
Gets . Additional Support.
Improvements Made.
The Kruse school is remodeling
their one room building at a cost of
$700. The new $26,000 Sandy Union
High" school is well under way and
expected to be ready for occupancy by
November 1. The structure will cost
$30,000 when completely equipped.
Several thousand dollars, the exact
amount being impossible to ascer
tain, is being spent over the county
by the different districts in - minor
repairs, improvements and renova
tions, according to Superintendent
Vedder. "The schools this year are
making wonderful progress in the
improvement of sanitary conditions,"
the superintendent said. "The. gen
eral condition over the country is
better than ever before and-our gen
ral appeal for the improvement of
-conditions has met with the most
gratifying response."
The action which was recently
brought by the District Attorney upon
the relation of J. H; Kraus, against
the board of directors of the newly
created Union high school district No.
1, to test the validity of the recent
election creating the district, and
electing the board, assumed a more
serious aspect Thursday. A motion
was made by 24 taxpayers and resi
dents of school districts number 38
and 91, and an order was issued . by
Judge J. U. Campbell, permitting them
to intervene as co-relators in the suit.
The twenty-four residents ' who have
become co-relators in this case are:'
A.' L. Weaver, J. J. Kramer, Earl Hil
ton, Ed Hilton, J. J. Harshberger, Jake
Warner, S. J. Kaufman, Emos Yoder,
D. Kaufman, J. M. Cully, O. R. Harta-
ler, Bert Bahl,.Andy Bockman, C. P.
Shrock and S. D. Yoder, of district
number 91; and D. W..Hepler. J. K.
Gribble, George Rueck, John Kepper,
Ray Fish, Wade Gribble, Ensley Grib
ble, John Jesse, and Avon Jesse, of
school district number 38.
An answer to the original complaint
was also filed Thursday by the de
fendants in the case, in which they
hold that in district number 38,, the
aistrict m wnicn tne legainy oi me i
GRANGEDEGLARED
NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR FRAUD IN BILL
C. E. Spence, Master of State
Organization Tells Court
Income Tax Measure Was
Sponsored In Good Faith.
CIRCULATORS HELD
"BUNCH OF t CROOKS"
POTATO GROWERS PLAN
COUN7YORGANIZAT10N
Advancement of Industry Is
Object; Farm Bureau Will
Be Sponsor For Movement.
Forged Signatures Found On
Petitions; Witnesses Say
That They Dfid Not Sign.
PORTLAND, Sept. 11. C. E.
Spence, of Oregon City, state grange
master, disclaimed all responsibility
for the gross frauds perpetrated by
circulators of the graduated income
tax petitions in Multnomah ounty, fol
lowing testimony of a score of wit
nesses in the circuit court yesterday
to the forgery of their signatures.
'c'Icm inclined to believe these cir
culators are a bunch of crooks," de
clared Mr. Spence in . statement to
Circuit Judge Bingham, made in open
election is disputed, the election was . court. "If they are not, the witnesses
held within the required ten days aft- j I have heard today are the biggest)
er the posting of the notices of elec- liars I ever saw, which I refuse to be-
tion, admitting however, that in order lieve.
to bring the election within the requir
ed ten days the election was postpon
ed from August 21 to 26.
The original complaint was made
by District Attorney Stipp, upon the
relation of J. H. Kraus, in which It
was charged that the election was la
validated by the failure of the school
board in district number 38 to post
the notice of election at the proper1
time, and by the postponement of the
election. The complaint asks that the
defendants, the board of directors of
the new union high school district,
show by what authority of law they
have acted in becoming the board of
directors, and In hiring a principal and
"threatening" to hire teachers for the
new school. A Judgement is asked to
prevent the board from accepting
their offices and to require them to re
frain from further activities in con
nection with the new school district.
Walter L. Tooze
Talks At Dinner
To Republicans
New Basis For Rail
Strike Settlement
Being Considered
CHICAGO. ILL... Sept. 12. A basis
for settlement of the strike of rail
way shopment wa;s considered today
by the general policy committee of
the shop crafts. B, M. Jewell, head
of the railway employes' department
of the American Federation of Labor,
innfvnnppH at fhA conclusion of the
morning session.
Jewell's brief statement was . the
first public acknowledgement that a
strike settlement basis had been pre
sented to the policy committee, not
withstanding many rumors and re
pors concerning settlement plans. He
gave no indication what the plan em
braced. There were indications, un
ion officials said, that an agreement
probably would be reached late today.
More attention to politics was the
topic of the talks given Thursday eve
ning at the Republican banquet held
at the Paramount restaurant, at which
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee,
and C. E. Ingles, secretary, were the
principal speakers.
Tooze, in a forceful talk decried the
division of. the country into so many
classes and factions. "As there can
be only two real sides to any issue,"
he said, "it appears we can have only
two real political parties. We should
have two strong political parties, both-
strong and virulent, one a check
against the other."-
The last twenty years, according to
Tooze, has seen a substitution of in
dividualism for a political partisanship
in this country, and the nation and the
state faces a crisis in its history if we
continue to divide into so many class
es and factions.
The direct primary was criticized by
the various speakers at the meeting.
and the purely representative form of
government upheld. "The more I see
of the primary, the initiative and ref
erendum and the recall," said the state
chairman, "the more respect I have
for our forefathers, who strove for &
purely representative form of govern
ment." The Committee Secretary, C. E. In
gles, complimented Clackamas county,
stating that it was one of the few
counties in the state that was so com
pletely organized as to have a commit
teeman in every precinct.
Ingles criticized the theories ad--vanced
advocating the abolition of po
litical parties. He also urged all Re
publicans to remain with their party.
"The idea of staying with the party
after nominations has been made the
crux of the whole situation in this
state,' he said,, "and it is. the moral
duty of every member of the party to
vote for principles in this state or na
tion as against voting for individuals.
"We have got to look beyond the elec
tion of a governor in this state," he
continued, "we must look out for the
2500 positions to which the governor
of the state makes appointments."
Grant B. Dimick also talked, stating
his position with regard to the direct
primary and the old convention sys
tem, claiming that his observations of
the former forced him to favor the
convention system.
Following the meeting the county
committeemen met with the state
chairman and secretary and outlined
the work to be done in the county.
The visit to Clackamas county by
Chairman Tooze nears the completion
of a state wide tour for the purpose of
rallying the party to greater efforts at
the fall election. Every county seat
in the state will have been visited and
Would Clear Grange
"What I wish to make clear to the
court, however, is that the state
grange had no part in these dishon
esties. "These circulators were recommend
ed to me by people of Portland who
told me that they had handled' such
work before and let me say right
here that I don't believe they confined
their crooked methods to the income
tax bill. Their nistructions from us
were very specific. I told them that we
wanted only the names of legal voters
and that truthful statements concern
ing the nature of the bill only should
be made.
Many Frgeries Disclosed.
Wholesale forgeries were disclosed
when Attorney McCamant took a new
tack yesterday. Hithertco, attention
has been focused: solely on the names
which had been rejected by the
county clerk but were certified to by
notaries. Yesterday approximately 30
names were picked at random from
the petitions containing the certifica
tion of the county clerk that the
names therecon were registered vot
ers. Called as witnesses, none of these
'persons recognized their signatures on,
the petition and all branded them as
forgeries. This confirmed the suspic
ion that some of the paid circulators
had obtained a list of names of vot
ers and had written them in on the
petitions without consulting them as
to their wishes.
A meeting of the potato growers of
the county was held at the Commer
cial Club rooms Friday. September
8th, with O. R. Daugherty, president
of the Clackamas County Farm Bur
eau, presiding. The meeting was call
ed by the Potato Committee of the
county Farm Bureau to consider plans
of organization for the advancement of
the potato industry in the county.
There was some discussion as to
the possibility of organizing a market
ing association, a study of which has
NEW COMMITTEE
NAMED TO ACT ON
SOUTH END ROAD
Live Wires at First1 Meeting
of Season Start Work on
Project from New Angle;
Routing to be Question.
COMPANY BRINGS SUIT
FOR RENT COLLECTION
$24,347.80 Amount AllegV 1
CK
rfS TO RON
YT X. "
due from Present Occupant
of Leased Summer Resort.
REORGANIZATION OF
FORUM STILL PENDING
Suit was brought Saturday in the
circuit court by the Wilhoit Springs
Mineral Water Company, inc., against
F. W, McLaren, for $24,347.80, with in
terest at six per cent from January 1,
1921. This amount is claimed by the
corporation to be the balance due
them for rentals for certain tracts at
Wilhoit Springs under a lease dating
rrom 10J, and to run for ten years.
According to the terms of th lease
as stated In the complaint, rentals for
been made by the potato committee, Merger With Commercial Club the tract were to be on a sliding scale,
consisting of D. O. Day, H. J. Koch,
and C. B. Spragne. After a thorough
consideration of the present condition
of the potato market, .' it was agreed
that further investigatln be made and
the mater held in abeyance until such
time as conditions are more satisfac
tory for organizing sach an associa
tion. '
The matter of potato improvement
through seed selection and standardi
zation of varieties, as well as the im
provement of the grade ' and pack of
the marketable potatoes, was thor
oughly discussed and much interest
was shown in that aspect of the potato
industry. - ; .
In view of the situation as discuss
ed, those present at the meeting unan
imously voted to form the Clackamas
County Potato Growers Association,
this association to be a definite body
to promote the interests of the potato
growing business and put it on a more
satisfactory basis.
A committee was appointed by Mr.
Daugherty, consisting of P. A. Weber,
H. J. Koch, W. A. Holt, N. Paulson
and D. O. Day to proceed with organ
ization plans and map out a program
of work for the coming months. This
association will cooperate closely with
the Clackamas County Farm Bureau
and will continue the work that has
been started by the Farm. Bureau, the
Farm Bureau to act as sponsor for tne
new organization.
An agreement was signed whereby j
those' present signified their willing
ness to support a permanet potato
growers association for the improve
ment of the industry in the .county and
to become me hers of the Clackamas
County Potato Growers Association,
subject to further organization plans.
Those signing the agreement were P.
A. Weber, Union Hall; Herman J.
Koch, Redlands; H. W. Kanne, Happy
Valley: C. B. Perkins, Damascus; V.
E. Dart, Molalla; D. O. Day, Rose
mont; E. N. Barrett, Logan; Carl 3.
Hanson. Deep Creek; N. Licht, Happy
Valley; Ed Ott, Sunnyside; N. Paul
son, Damascus; Geo. H. Brown, New
Era; W. H. Zivney, Hazelia.
To be Considered During
Session , on Next Tuesday.
The release of the old committee on
the South End Road, which had com
pleted its work of aiding in the
launching of the bluff route for the
South End Road and the appointment j
Degmnmg at $o00 the first year,, to
54100, the tenth year. The total
amount of the lease value is $$35,599
72, of which the Wilhoit Spring Miner
al Water Company claims $24,347.80 ia
still due.
In connection with the Wilhoit
Springs entanglement, a judgment was
issued Saturday by Judge J. U. Camp
bell against the . Wilhoit Mineral
Spring, Inc., another corporation, to
of a new body to aid in straightening Ca33iua M. Case, who sued the com
out the tangle of the routing of the1
highway hrough the city, marked the
opening fall sess'on of the Live Wires
of the Commercial club
The release of the old committee,
headed by O. D. Eby, was made on a
motion by L. A. Henderson. Eby had.
pany for labor and material furnished
An attachment of the hotel fixtures,
including the dining rpom fixtures,
was given in the judgment to secured
The tract at the springs was origin
ally leased to McLaren by the Wilhoit
previously asked to have the commit- Mineral Springs Water Company, Inc.
for a period of years. Recently Mc
Laren sublet to Wilhoit Mineral
Springs, Inc., There has been som
disagreement between McLaren ana
the company to which he subleased,
the company wanting to get McLaren
off the place, and McLaren wanting to
eject the company and break the
terms of the agreement.
Charge of Crime
In Iowa Dropped
FAILURE TO GIVE RIGHT
OF WAY CAUSES CRASH
Failure of Ole Olsen, of Portland, to
give the right of way at the intersec
tion of Seventh and Main streets caus
ed a collision Saturday afternoon in
which his machine and that of Mrs. H.
F. Patchen, of Seattle, suffered bent
axles and smashed fenders.
Mrs. Patchen was going north on
Main as Olsen was attempting to turn
around and had reached the center of
the street, when the accident occur
red. The Olsen machine had an axis
slightly bent and one fender damaged
while the machine of Mrs. Patchen
had a fender crushed and an axle was
sprung until the car could not be
turned.
At first Olsen denied he was m the
wrong but several witnesses were rea
ly to testify in hehalf of Mrs. Patch
en, at which Olsen admitted he was td
blame and offered to pay all damages.
The Patchen car was towed to a
garage .while the Olsen car was able
to travel on its own power to a repair
shop.
10
tee discharged and at the meeting yes-
terday, outlines the work that had1
been done. x
The new committee which will con
sider the routing factor which is one
of the blocks to the completion of the
road, is composed of Hall Hoss, L. A.
Morris and Chris Schuebel. They
were appointed by Main Trunk Price.
Th nueAtinn of rftnrpanT7.at.Jnn of
the Live Wires under the Commercial jUjUlSteen Freed"
handled by the regular club commit
tees and the club officers presiding;
over the weekly luncheons which
would, be In the nature of a member's
forum, was held over until the next
meet'nsr If cause of lack of time for
a full discussion. A decision is ex
pected to be reached next Tuesday.
Arthur C. Spenser, chief attorney of
the Union Pacific spoke upon the un
merger order of the supreme court
; which is now pending between his
j company and the Southern Pacific
j over the purchase of the Central Pac-
ific lines. He advanced the arguments
' of his company for a, jointly used and
operated line In California and Ore
gon by two companies working upon a
competitive basis.
Ben C. Dey, attorney for the South
ern Pacific is to speak at next Tues
day's seas'on. Elbert Charman is to
be in charge of the programs, having
been appointed program committee by
Main Trunk Price.
GRAND JURY TRUE BILLS HAMMOND MILL BURNS:
LOSS OVER $1,000,000
Seven Of Reports Are Secret;
H. J. Detloff, Gus Lesh
Lawrence Draper Named.
US ATTORNEY GENERAL
CITED BY CONGRESSMAN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 Impeach
ment of Attorney General Daugherty
was attempted in the house today by
Representative Keller, Minnesota, in
dependent Republican, who, rising to
a question of the highest privilege,
declared, "I impeach Harry H. Daugh
erty." There was so much confusion
that the rest of his opening sentence
was not heard, and he was forced to
stop on a point of order that there was
no quorum.
Keller's demand for impeachment of
Attorney General Daugherty was for
"high crimes and misdemeaners." He
sought Immediate action on a resolu
tion for an investigation. By an
overwhelming vote the house, how
ever, referred the question to the ju-
meetings held by the chairman at the j diciary committee, thus, in the opin-
end of his tour. . ion of leaders disposing of It finally.
After being in session for more than
a week, the circuit court grand jury,
nearing the end of their work, yester
day returned indictments against 10
men,, placing in the hands of the dis
trict attorney, seven secret indict
ments and publishing three
The men against whom the indict
ments were recorded are Lawrence
Draper, Gus Lesh and H. J. Detloff.
Draper is indicted on two counts,
larceny in a dwelling belonging to W.
A. Long, July 22, and a similar crime
in the residence of T. C. Miller on.
August 5.
Lesh was indicted on a single count
of the assualt of Mrs. C. L. Smith on
the day of May 31.
Detloff was indicted on two counts,
driving a machine while not in a con
dition to operate same, and for the as
sult and battery of Mrs. A. E. Brysonj
of Portland. Both crimes are charged,
to have committed near Molalla July
4- (
A detailed report from the grand,
jury, concerning a number of county
matters is expected in a few days.
DEATH PENALTY IS PAID
BY SLAYER OF SWEENEY
SALEM, Sept. 8. George Howard,
youth of 25, doomed to die early today,
slept like a child in his narrow cell at
the state penitentiary last night.
Two hours before the execution h
calmly ate his breakfast of ham and
eggs and coffee.
At 8:30 o'clock, coolly, almost cheer
fully, but without bravado, Howard
walked unassisted up the thirteen
steps to the death trap.
At 8:31 an unseen hand pressed the
trigger and Howard's body swung be
neath the gibbet. Ten minutes and 17
seconds later Dr. W. Carlton Smith,
ASTORIA. Ore., Sept. 12. The
great Hammond mill, one of the larg
est manufacturing plants in the world,
was destroyed by flames tnat started
from an overheated journal in the
maiin edger of the mill at 5 o'clock
last evening. The loss is estimated
at $1,000,000, 75 per cent of which is
said to be covered by insurance.
The flames spread with great ra
pidity." The fire hose and sprinkling
system of-, the plant were helpless.
Astoria's fire department was unable
to cope with the seething area of
flame which was spreading toward the
main S., P. & S. trestle and the com
pany wharf, with millions of feet of
lumber, on the north, and the Ham
mond offices, hotel, bunkhouses and
millworkers' dwellings to the south
For three hours it seemed that the
railroad line would be cut and the
eastern end of the city, built by and
about the mill, would be consumed.
Then dynamite was used to tear up
the millyard decking and the streams
of water fought back the raging in
ferno beneath.
Six hundred men were employed at
the mill, whose payroll was over $75
000 monthly. The mill was cutting
425,000 feet of lumber daily. In addi
tion to the mill and equipment, 10,-
000,000 feet of lumber was burned.
Thieves See Movie;
Hearts Soften and
Liquor is Returned
NYACK, N. T., Sep 8. Ltst month
Morris Kohn, who has an estate at
Nafluet here, had his cellar raided by
burglars and about all his liquor re
moved. Now he is going around with a daz
ed look on his face because sometinta
between midnight and daybreak
Thursday morning they returned and
left stacked on his big porch practi
cally all of the wet goods they had
taken in Ausrust.
prison physician, and Dr. Earl Smith, ' Attached to one package was a
coroner of Multnomah county, pro- note which said the gang had exper
nounced him dead, and Howard had ienced a change of heart after seeing
met his punishment for the killing of I a man in a movie nearly die of thirst
Lreorge ssweeney or vale, in jviameur land decided that to rob a man's cel-
romTnitroil l
county. - The crime was
September 14, 1920
lar was something no
burglar would do.
self-respecting
Fred Hansteen, held here -on the
suspicion that he was Russell Dov,
wanted in connection with the Louis
Palm house robbery in Fairfield, Iowa,
is not, according to Sheriff Walter
Harris and County Attorney R. H.
Munroe of Fairfield. Iowa, the man
connected with the crime. Following
a habeas corpus hearing before Judge
J. TX. Campbell here Monday, Hans
teen was released and a peculiar story
of mistaken idenity was revealed.
Hansteen was arrested near Bull
Run, September 2, by Sheriff Wilson
at the request of the Iowa authorities,
for whom he was held on charges o
robbery in Fairfield July 1921.
Father Aids Arrest.
At the hearing Monday it develop
ed that the information upon which)
the arrest was made was received by
the Iowa authorities from the father
of Dov's' pal. This man, Ira Vernon,
employed in the Woodcock ranch in
Washington, wrote to his father that
Dov had assured the name of Pete J
Wells, The father, then living In Dei-1
vers, Wyoming, notified the officers,
who searched for the pair. Wells, or)
Dov, eluded them, and in the mean
time, according to the stories told in
court, Hansteen became employed on
the ranch ia Dov's place.
Because of similarity in physical
description. Hansteen was mistaken
for Dov and followed, later arrested.
According to the plea made for his
release by Gilbert Hedges, his at
torney, Hansteen had no knowledge
of the affair. A. Speiffscaert,
Dreshem fanner, told the court that
he had employed Hansteen July 18
and' that the man had worked for him
for 18 days, proving an alibi covering
the date when the crime was com
mitted.
Parents Are Known
The officers from Iowa know Dov's
parents, and recognized J. Hansteen,
3046 14th Av. North, of Seattle, the
fa" er of Hansteen, as' not the man
whom they knew. They refused tq
connect Hansteen with the affair, and
he was released by the sheriff.
The issuing of the state warrant
for the extridition of Hansteen was
withheld by Governor Olcott pending
the absolute identification of the man
at the hearing before Judge Campbell
here.
Search ia still under way for Dov,
who is wanted for a crime that has
greatly excited the citizens of Fair
field. Mrs. O. A. Pace, of Oregon
City, who recently returned from a
trip to Iowa, was in Fairfield at the
time of the murder attempt and rob
bery of the Palm household and has
related some of the incidents of the
case to the Morning Enterprise.
Man Was Assailed
Palm, a farmer, near Fairfield, was
attacked near his farm in the night
of July 21, and beaten by his assail
ants, who left him for dead. Thhe
robbers then entered the Palm home,
and beat his mother, a woman of
abut ninety years old, and his wife.
Both his wife and mother had ribs
broken in the attack. The assailants1
are said to have then chloroformed!
both women ,and searched the house
for money. They ripped up the bed
ticks and pillows In their search. Palm'
regained consciousness shortly after
the .attack, according to Mrs. Pace,
and went to his brother's home. Two ;
men thought to have been involved
in the attempted murder and robbery i
Mrs. Pace said.
ON Rf CALLTICKET
Molalla Man Decides Not To
Make. Race, in .Projected
Action. Brought .Against
County Judge H. E. Cross.
MEETING TO PICK
CANDIDATE LOOMS
Split over Selection of 15
Possible Aspirants Talked;
Speedy Action Expected.
Charles Holman, named by the com
mittee sponsoring the recall of Judge
Harvey E. Cross. a3 a. possible opposi
tion candidate in the action whiVh
they expect to bring, Tuesdav state
definitely that he will no consider
ma King the race.
Holman intimated tha,t his action
was , influenced to some degree bv
the action taken by the committee last
week in the selection of 15 men from
whom a possible candidate would be
chosen. Although Holman's name was
included in the list which was made
out, the possibility of divided support
within the organization which is
sponsoring the recall became an ele
ment ajid is understood to have in- -fluenced
the decision.
Holan himself, however, has pre-
f erred to ay little concerning- the
reasons for his declining to run
against county Judgft Cross on a re
call ticket It is known however, that
the action of the committee is naming
the 15 possible candidates for the re
call ' platform "was -taken before the
period had elapsed for the final ans-
wer from Holman. Holman had beerii .
asked to run and a meeting was held
during the Intervening time at which
the candidate list- was compiled. -
Rumors of a meeting to be Jield to- J.
day were current on the street yester
day. H. F. Gibson, of Barton, secre
tary of the recall committee, stated
that he had no knowledge of any such
plans for a meeting but that he had1
not been fully advised of the status
of the affair during the past two days.
It is understood however, that the
committee will meet in the immediate '
future to make the definite decision
as to the ma(a. who will be placed ijf
the field in opposition to Cross.
Petition Said to
Bear Signature
Without Consent
An extraordinary and peculiar de
velopment in regard to the proposed
recall of the city hall bonds was
brought to light Thursday morning
when Councilman F. H. Cross denied
that he had signed the petition asking
for the recall of the hond issue, as was
reported in the Morning Enterprise
story covering the Wednesday evening
council- meeting.
In the report, it was stated that Mr.
Cross was one of the signers. of the
petition which had been filed asking '
that the bond measure be referred to
the voters at the November election,,
and he was quoted as saying that if
the council would purchase the Cau
field property on upper Seventh street
the circulators of the petitions would
withdraw them, and there yuld be
no more strife over the subject.
Verification of the signature of P.
H. Cross was made at the office of
the city recorder, where the petitions
are filed and Recorder Kelly identified
thesignature as apparently that of
the councilman.
When questionen further in regard
to his denial of the name on the recall
petition, Cross emphatically stated:
"I absolutely did not sign the peti
tion. It must have been something
else they presented with my signature,
as I did not see the petitions before
they were filed. I would not have got
ten up in the council meeting and
made a jackass of myself by moving
to purchase the Caufield property if
I had been one of the" recall petition
ers. If my name is wrong, there may
be many others whose signatures are
not right."
The recall petition very plainly car
ries the name of F. H. Cross, resi
dence 311-18th Street, where Council
man Cross acknowledges he lives. Un
der the circumstances it is to be ex
pected that a careful . scrutiny of the
petitions will be made by opponents of
the recall measure, and a thorough
airing of the methods employed in se
curing names given.
War With Allies
And Turkey Now
Is Held Imminent
LONDON, Sept. 12. Wa(r between
Turkey and the allies, with Constan
tinople as the prize, threatened today.
Naby Bey, Turkish delegate in
Paris, issued a statement announcing
that Turkey would demand return of
Constantinople.
Allied high commissioners notified
Mustapha Kemal that invasion of the
Constantinople neutral zone would not '