c FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 48. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1922. ESTABLISHED 1866 ROAD TAXES ARE APPROVED THRU Nl mm MARGIN No Landslide This Year Is Now Predicted for Special Imposts; $100,00 May Be Raised Thruout Districts GENERAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM IS SAFE Sufficient Funds Are Voted To Provide for Major Projects ; Reports Slow, There will be no landslide in Clack amas county this year for special road taxes, the first reports from the different districts on the meetings held last Saturday indicate, but In all probability sufficient extra imposts will he levied so that there will be no material setback to the general road improvement program. Reports from seventeen districts in the county were made to Clerk Fred A. Miller, Monday. More than 50 of the 66 districts in the county consid ered the matter of special taxes. On ly three of the seventeen districts refused to vote a tax, but in many of the cases the levy passed by a ma jority of only one or two votes and after a stormy session. District 16, including Oak Grove and Jennings Lodge will ask the state highway commission to make a state highway of the river road from Port land to Oregon City. It is contended that the road is at present carrying the heaviest traffic in the state and that comparatively little of it origin ates in the district which is heavily burdened in order to keep up the pavement. The districts which have reported on the action taken at the road meet ings are: - 1. Oregon City. 2 mills. 8. Canby 10 mills. 15. Mountain Road. 5 mills 15. Oajc Grove. 10 mills. 20. Damascus. 10 mills. 21. Union. 6 mills. 30. Ragle Creek. 5 mills 31. Logan. 10 mills. 33. Parkplace. 10 mills. 34. Beaver Creek. 10 mills. 38. Sunnyside. 5 mills. 45. Carus. 10. mills. ' 48. North of Monitor, no tax. 50. Yoder. 8 mills. ' 61. Twilight, no tax. 65. Monitor.. 5 mills. LARGE INCREASE SHOWN IN SGHOOLATTENDANCE Gain In Population Is Cause Of Bigger Enrollment, Is Theory Of Superintendent. The registration ot students in Clackamas county already this year exceeds that total number registered at the end of the past school year, ac cording the figures in the office r county Schools Superintendent Brent on Vedder. The registration, accord ing to the reports for this month," is 8588 as against 8468 for last year. The registration, the superintend ent explains, always shows a material increase by the last of the school per iod, indicating that there will be a mateual gain over the already heavy figure. Boys in school at present number 4455 and girls 4133, being in approx imately the same proportion as the end of the past year. The reason for the increase, the superintendent says, is that the popu lation of the county is gaining. In one or two districts there ' has been a slight drop in the registration but in the majority of cases it has enlarged materially. Last year at this time there were 319 teachers employed in the county while today there are 332. Judging from the school census fig ures, the superintendent declares, the population in the county at present is more than 40,000. The census last year showed 12,678 students of school age and a material Increase this year is looked for. Statisticians compute that the actual population is 3.1 times the school census indicating that last year the number of inhabitants in the coun ty were 39,302 as against 37,698 shown by the census taken by the govern ment in 1920. NEW BRIDGE IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON PODDING RIVER Plan For Financing Of Span Considered by County and State Highway Commission At Portland Conference TRAFFIC OFFICER HURT IN AUTOSMASHUP DIES Earl W. Perkins Injuries Prove Fatal; Accident Is To Be Probed By State. LIMIT WEIGHT OF TRUCKS REDUCED BY COUNTY COURT DIVISION OF PAYMENT ' FOR 3 YEARS, PLAN Structure on Pacific Highway Is to Cost $78,000: Two Districts To Bear Expense. INCREASE OFWAi ASKED BY RAIL CLERKS 271,000 Employes Hold That Present Scale Is Not Big Enough for Decent Living. 84 Are Dead And Scores Injured By Mine Blast BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 23. Eighty-four lives were lost and sixty persons were injured as a result of an explosion yesterday in Dolomite No 3 coal mine of the Woodward Iron comp any, according to a statement issued at noon today by Frank H. Crockard, president of the company. Of the in jured thirty-five were removed to their homes and twenty-five were in hos pitals. Work of identification had not been completed, but it was believed there were thirty-eight white dead and twen ty white injured. Stories of heroism, common in coal mine disasters, began to trickle out this morning as begrimed rescuers came to the surface after long hours of work in the mine. One- rescuer told of an unidentified mine foreman who assembled about him thirty workers soon after the blast took place and ordered all to re main with him and work on fixing up brattices with stones and cavas to shut off the dreaded after damp gas that he felt sure was to follow the explosion. According to the . rescue workers one miner objected to remaining with ' the rest of the men, and began to fight his way outward. The rest stay ed behind and completed the brattice of stones and canvas. When the fans were 'starter and the air cleared suf ficiently to make it safe to tear down the-temporary wall "and the foreman led his men out, the body of the man who refused to stick was found only a few feet away from the temporary brattices, a victim of tbe gas. Tales of single miners who hurriedly built walls across niches and hollows in the workings, stopping the cinks with parts of their own clothing, thus saving their lives from" the gases, were numerous as rescue squads reached the surface. Many of the more seriously injured may succumb, it was said at the hos pital in Bessemer, where they were taken after they were rescued. CHICAGO. Nov. 23: Rail clerks freight handlers and station employes 271,000 in number today applied for an increase in wages. , Application for the wage increase was made before the Uunited States railway labor board this morning by E. H. Fitzerald, president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steam ship clerks, freight handlers, express and station employes. "It is becoming continually more dif ficult for the railway employes toj maintain what has been recognized as a comfortable standard of living," Mr. Fitzgerald declared. The present average monthly wages of clerical and station forces are $85. 80, as against $109.02 under the labor board decision of 1920, according to Fitzgerald. "Despite claims of paid propagand ists, railroads are now in excellent fi nancial condition," Fitzgerald declar ed. "The net income of the railways of the country was $103,000,000 great er in the nine months ending October 1, 1922, than in the corresponding per iod of 1921. "This increase represents an in crease of 30 per cent after all taxes .and operating expenses are paid." Fitzgerald presented data tending prove railroad traffic at present is heavier than at any previous time ex cept. 1920. Rebuilding of "the Pudding River bridge, on the Pacific Highway at the junction of the Clackamas and Mar ion county line about 13 miles south of Oregon City, is to be considered by the two counties and the state during 1923. At a session of the local coun ty court, the burget committee and members of the state highway commis sion Friday, tentative plans for the fi nancing of the improvement were made. It is planned to replace the present wooden structure -by a concrete span, the cost is estimated at $78,000. It is up to the counties to bear the ex pense. The improvement ana tne amout is to be equally divided between them. The Clackamas county court, however, has stated tbat the payment of $39,000 is impossible in any one year in view of the heavy expenses which are already facing the road fund. An agreement has been suggest ed, according to commissioner W. A. Proctor, whereby the payment from this county will be divided into three annual . installments and the bridge constructed under funds advanced by the state. The total cost is to be paid by the counties with the excep tion of th expense of desiging and superintending the erection which is handled by the state. ' . KU KLUX KLAN RAPPED BY OREGON GOVERNOR SALEM, Ore., Nov. 24. "The time has come for true Americanism to as sert itself in a nationwide battle aga nst this political iniquity," says Governor Olcott, regarding the Ku Klux Klan in a letter to the New York Tribune. Governor Olcott refers to the Klan as a "monster of invisible government," and declares it mus be curbed 'or it will lead us into pitfalls and possible ruin." The governor's letter is in reply to an inquiry from the. Tribune about the situation 'in Oregon, and whether the Oregon executive will respond to the appeal of Governor Parker of Louisianna for the co-operation of all governors in suppressing the Klan. SALEM, Nov. 27. (Special) Earl Perkins, traffic officer, who was in jured several days ago "In an accident at Pudding River bridge, . died at the Willamette sanitarium here at 2 o' clock today. Perkins legs were broken when he .was run over by a truck of the Wil lamette Transfer company. The de tails of the accident are not clear and the entire affair is under investigation of .the state traffic department. Perkins was recently transferred to Clackamas and Marion - county from the Roseburg territory. He resided at Oak Grove andwas married. Maximum Road Load Cut To Basis of 400 Pounds; Old Restrictions Are To Govern Pacific Highway. LAW SAID DISREGARDED MAN IS ARRESTED BY JUDGELP. WOOD! El FWING FIGHT Suit for Writ of Review 1 f DA All MFFFIMP Against Justice of l "VfiU I1LLIIHU Urder Issued by o?6n. T Local Red Men To Collect Funds For Qiristmas Cheer Plans for the Redmen's first an nual charity ball are unler way with a strong committee headed iy Roy Mullen handling details. The affair will be held at the evening of Decemb er 13th, and the proceeds will be used to help the lodge play Santa Claus to the needy folks, of the community. Besides dancing, there will be a var iety of articles on sale in booths, and it is contemplated to make the event a Dig one. Tne officers or the "local Redmen lodge have asked that any persons having Information of needly people report to some member of the lodge, or to the, office of the Morn ing Enterprise. : At the dedicatory ceremony of the new Red Men's hall at Ninth and Hawthorne Avenue Sunday, Wacheno Tribe No. 13, of this city, was repre sented by about 25 members. Among those attending were Charles W. Kel ly, great Bachem of the order; W. L. Little, past great sachem; Roy Mullan, sachem, of the-"local - organization; Randall 0'Neillr"t sachem; George Chambers, past sachem ; Harry Wil- iamson, past sachem; Christ Hart man, keeper of wampum; I. R. Nobel, collector of wampum; Milton Noble, chief or records. The principal address was made by Mayor Baker, of Portland, with Charles W. Kelly, great sachem, of this city, presiding over' the impres sive ceremony. There were about 500 members of the order attending from various parts of the state. Among the other lodges represented were Weatinka, of Medford, Kumtux, of Vancouver, Wash.; Concomly, of Astoria: There were three lodges of Portland repre sented. These were Willamette, No. 6 owning the building; Minehaha No. 2, Oneonta No 4. These three lodges are to hold- their meetings at the new hall. 12 MILES AN HOUR IS NEW SPEED RULE Alleging that 3. r. Woodle, justice of the peace of District 14 refused to consider the answer filed in the case brought against him by Wm. J. Mor rison, and issued an alleged defualt order and subsequent judgment, P. E. Linn of Estacada has filed suit in the circuit court asking a writ of review of the justice court proceedings. Linn alleges that as the result of the judgment, through garnishment, $207.- 65 waa taken from his APrnnnta a tha Provision I To Be In Force ! Estacada State Bank and the Oregon wj r 117 m. xL : Growers Cooperative association. Mor Here Uuimg Wet Months; rison orginally sued Linn for payment Rerwnl In Ann'l I Plannwl alleged to be due on account for labor. Kepeai in April is lanneo. A d iRsmfi(i k t,, s-m ton to Woodle, requiring that the com plete transcript of the case be filed. Suit for $227.10 alleged due for ma terial furnished, was brought by the Short Adjustment company against G. IG. Green at. eux. . , Divorce suits: Annie vs J. R. Carr. Probate: Estate of Charley Daugh- erty, letters of administration to Fred D. Daugherty. Marriage licenses: Walter L. Brown, 40, and Addie M. Crow,. 36, both Ore gon City Route 6; Joseph Reznicsek, 26, and Gladys Neeley, 28, both Ore gon City. FIRST MEN PAPERS REQUESTED BY 5 ALIENS Rev. Edger Heads Investigation of -Community Chest To check the destruction of the high ways of the county through the haul ing of heavy loads, the county court yesterday issued an order making a drastic reduction in the tonnage which the trucks are allowed to transport. Under the new ruling only 400 pounds per tire inch will be allowed to all trucks. This is a reduction, frim tha siding scale of 500 per tire inch for tires totaling under 30 inches and 600 for trucks with tires over 30. The new rule applies to all roads in the county with the exception of the Pacific highway where the old rul ing stands. An order was also issued cutting down the speed of trucks of all types to 12 miles an hour It is understood that this order is to prevail only dur ing the wet months and is to be res cinded in April. The new regulation apples to both full and empty trucks Indications of the seriousness of the traffic condition was intimated in teh justice court when Judge, E. J. Noble rescinded the license of Louis Hartke for 30 days, following his arrest on charges of speed ing with a truck Hartke was ar rested by state officer Hamker in Oregon City for speeding while pass ing a car. He was fined $10 and costs in addition to suspension of the li cense wheh wil prevent him from fol lowing his trade as a chauffeur for the next 30 days: , A. Rail, Ex-Supervisor to Face Assault Charges as Result of Altercations At Road Meeting At Monitor PAUL SNYDER MAY BE SERIOUSLY INURED Case Put Up to Grand Jury; Others May Be Involved; District Attorney Seen. CRACKSMEN tOOT BANK: THREE BADLY WOUNDED Entire Town of Gallatin, Mo., Defied by Bandits; Mayor Is Wounded in Gunf ight Tiger of France Is Pleased By Wrath Over His Speeches NEUTRAL LAND TO FACE NEW TURK TERRITORY Milwaukie Couple Gets License To Wed A marriage license was granted "T-nday to Wm.. Oetken, 29 and El len M.. Wbrthington, 25, both of Mil waukie. i LAUSANNE, Nov. 24. Eastern Thrace, the slice of European terri tory that the Turks obtain as a result of their, military victory over the Greeks, will be bounded by a demili terized zone in which the Turks may not maintain troops, nor establish forts, it " was decided today by the Near East peace conference subcom mittee handling military affairs. The aspect of the Lausanne confer ence has changed abruptly. It was thought that France and Great Britain, in full accord, could offer Italy advant ages, such as spheres of influence in Asia Minor and continued posses sion of the conference deliberation, dictate terms and dispose of the other powers by the classic means of sub commissions. But the unexpected has happened. Two powerful outsiders, the United States and Russia, are present. When the United States and Russia were invited the European powers with general interests were not in ac cord and harmony seemed hopeless of attainment. The presence of two ut siders is embarrassing because both have paralled and unconflicting inter ests and have orders to protect them. Rev. H. G. Edger pastor of the local Presbyterian church, was named Sat urday by Ralph Shepherd, new Main Trunk of the Live Wires of the local Commercial club as chairman of the community chest committee. At the last meeting of the Wires, investiga- Since the books of Clackamas coun- tion of feasibility of holding a com munity chest drive in Oregon City, was voted. Rev. Edger under the ap pointment is to name his own assist ants and the first report of the com mittee will be made to the organiza tion at its luncheon next Tuesday. ty were reopened following the elec tion period, fine aliens have filed dec larations of intention to become citi zens. They are: Frank Hein, Aurora, native of Germany; Andrew Hein, Canby native of Germany, John V. Backman, Colton, native of Sweden; Alfred Thefam, Canby, native of France and Blassius Britchge, Oregon City, native of Switzerland. The boxing game is going big In New England under the control of boxing commissions. Hollingsworth Is Assigned To TF. S. Ship Algonquin George Hollingsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Hollingsworth, of Glad stone, has taken a position as a radio operator on the United State govern ment cutter, "Algonquin. "The young man left Tuesday to take up his duties with the government, and his hed quarters will be Astoria. Soon after his arrival at that city the boat was ordered 600 miles, at sea. Hollingsworth will sail on the cut ter to Alaska in the spring. There are three operators on the boat, and the local operator has filled the position of one who recently resigned after a year's service. Hollingsworth operated a radio sta tion in Gladstone for several years while taking a special course in the study at Portland. American Legion To Elect December 4 At the meeting of the Willamette Falls Post, American Legion, officers were nominated. They are command er, Dr. ID. E. Hardenbrook, Dr. W. E. Hemstead and Roy Mullan; vice-commander, William R. Logus; adjutant, Julins Spagle; chaplain, Samuel McDonald. NEW YORK, Nov. 25 Georges Clemenceau left New York today for Boston, intensely tickled by the wrath his Tuesday's speech has stirred up in the senate. "The Tiger" hastily scan ned the newspapers in Grand Central terminal while being hustled aboard hig car. The angry retort of Senator Borah particularly pleased him. "I like that," said the former French premier. "That . arouses discussion. That will make people think. I like a discussion. That is a democratic quality I learned years ago." The Frenchman indicated that he might have something more to sa7 concerning the League of Nations and America's attitude toward Europe in speeches in Boston and Chicago. Also he defended the league, saying it was no menace and contending that Amer ica's isolation will hurt the league and the peace of the world. Clemenceau lay in bed until 7:45 a. m. and arrived at the terminal just in time for his train, departing at 8:33 a. m. A crowd of persons who kenw of his departure was on hand to bid him fare-, well. There was much hadshaking. The former premier autographed a protograph of himself for Frederick Coudert and Miss Anne Morgan. He was brought to the station by Colons, E. M. House. " As the "Tiger" vanished in the car vestibule, the crowd cheered. Paul Snyder of Monitor is injured and Lv A. Rail, former road superior is under arrest as the result of an al tercation Saturday following a road meeting at Monitor. Rail was 'placed under arrest upon a complaint filed by J. W. Exou, chairman of the meeting. He waived a prelim inary hearing before Judge E. J. Noble and was bound over to await the ac tion of the circuit court grand jury. Snyder was struck by Rail knock ed down and kicked, according to the charge in the complaint. The jnan's condition may prove serious because he has been suffering from heart trouble for some time. Rail according to Exon, was " dis satisfied with the election of the chairman of "the session called v vote upon the question of a special tax. An open breach during theses sion was prevented, but Rail attempt ed to invalidate the election by chal lenging, among other, the vote of Mrs. Snyder. A recount was called but only added weight to Exon's bal lot. Following the election when Snyder GALLATIN,' Mo., Nov. 23 Three and his wife left the school house, men are seriously wounded, the First Rail, the complaint . avers, attacked National bank here is wrecked, tele-1 Snyder and beat him. The man was phone and telegraph wires are all cut! taken to bis home and is under the and $4000 is missing from 'the bank care of a physician. safe here as the result of activities ! Tne attack upon Snyder started a early this morning of six desperate ! general scuffle in the school yard in bank roDDers. ; wnjCh m0re than half a dozen took The bandits were discovered at work ( part. Facts concerning the affray are by John Chamberlin, two on marchal, in the hands of the district attorney at 4 o'clock, while robbing the safe, and whether or not action will be Binding him, the bandits set off two ! determined by the grand jury, it is powerful explosions of nitro-glycen ' understood. ine, wrecking the bank. j a five mill tax was voted by the The force of the explosion hurled j meeting to be used for preparing the chairs in all directions, wrecked parti- ( base ef proposed bond roads in that tions and blew up windows, tearing1 district and for repair of present the heavy safe apart as if it were rights of way. pasteboard. I Chamberlin meatime, working loose i.nv!;rd0--th!iTiernan Divorce second time, he fell with his head and j neck torn by buckshot from a shot-1 gun in the hands of one of the robbers. He is in a serious condition, but is not believed fatally wounded. j Attracted' by the explosion, towns- folk came running from all directions, j Mayor Joseph Tait, who- arrived first j Decree Vacated In Indiana Court SOUTH BEND, Ind. Nov. 25 Judge Montgomery late this afternoon va- J-T' J" 7"eyvC Thursday to John P. Tiernan, ex- professor at the University of Notre Dame, from his wife Mrs. August Tier- slugs-fired by five of the bandits who had s'urrounded the demolished bank building seeking the $30,000 kept in the bank. Glassy Cutworm Is Injured Grain Crops Throughout County IN PHONE RATE HALTED PORTLAND Nov. 25. The emere- The election of the officers will take . ency reduction in telephone rates, re cently ordered iby the public service commission, will not go into effect. A temporary injunction, allowed this morning by three federal judges sitting en banc, will prevent it. The injunction holds up the reduc tion until the contention that the ac- tion of the public service commission place at a meeting in Willamete hall Monday evening, December 4. $500 Allowed For Rest Room In Citv . An all-star soccer team win be formed to represent the United States in the next Olympic games. John R. Braden 2.02, a harness star, has earned 400 per cent on an investment of $4,000. A fund of $500 is included in the municipal budget for a rest room. Due to a typographical error in yesterday morning's edition of The Enterprise the allowance for this purpose read $5500. There was one "5" too many. This coming year the W. C. T. Ul will be forced to vacate their present restroom on Seventh street as the building has been condemned. The budget committee declared for the es tablishment of another rest room, and it is expected that the $500 fund will be used to aid the W. T. C. U. in se curing a new location. No provision, other than that the fund must be used for rest room purposes, is made in the budget and the matter placed at the discretion of the council. is unconstitutional is settled. Since the cut was ordered as a short time measure to relieve conditions un ti the commission had completed a re hearing and set a new scedule, and the progress of case through the su preme" court usually takes several years, it was considered certain that the injunction definitely killed the commission's order. The reduction would have gone in to effect next month had it not beeu for the action brough by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company against the commission which result ed in the Injunction ." All ,Vnt 1 A OTVAW j ai a well 'LUAL tuua uao ffaj uu want it to. A farmer in the Sunnyside commun ity recently reported to County Agent W. A. Holt something was destroying his fall wheat. An investigation was made and with the assistance of the entomology department' of the Oregon Agricultural College it was found that the damage is being done by the "glassy cutworm." This worm cutsoff the young plant a short dist ance below the surface of the ground, causing the earth to be entirely bare of grain, in places may hundred square feet having been destroyed. J. W. Rockwood of the U. S. Ento mological Station at Forest Grove has made an examination of the effected field "and has identified the worm as one which works only on plants simil ar to wheat and oats. The best con trol is effected by crop rotation which includes some . crop such as clover, on which the worm will not live. This field has been" in grain for six years at least. According' to RocK wood it is very unusual for this worm to be so destructive at this season, as it usually is active in the spring months. The county agent has ar- nan. He set December 11 as the date for the rehearing of the case, and de clared he would go to the bottom of" the case and probe all possibilities of criminal collusion in the previous hehearing following the" marriage to day of Professor Tiernon and Mrs. Blanche Brummer of Hansell, la. ' CHICAGO, Nov. 25. Professor John P. Tiernan was married at Crown Point, Ind., today to a mysterious "Blanche," reputed to be a wealthy widow from Iowa. The woman gave her name, as Blanche 1. Brimmer of Hansell, Iowa, and her age as 24. Professor Tiernan was one of the "angles" in the famous South Bend paternity case involving the father ship of "Baby Billy." As the news of the marriage came to South Bend, the home of the Tier nans, Mrs. Tiernan, who was divorced from her husband two days ago, made the statement that she and the former Notre Dame professor had lived to gether as husband and wife until last Monday 'night. . When the divorce was granted Tier nan last Thursday he testified that he and Mrs. Tiernan had been separat ed since October 2. Mrs.- Tiernan declared she was go ing to have the' marriage annulled on the grounds of perjury. . . The marriage at Crown Point took place in the office of Justice of the Peace Howard Kemp. The ceremony ranged with the bureau of entomology j was brief. The couple then caught a to keep this case under observation ; bus for Hammond. and to carry on some control tests during the coming months. The worm varies in color from a clear white to brownish and may be a quarter inch to an inch in length. It was believed that Professor. Tier nan and his wife were bound for Chi cago, but, according to a note which Tiernan 'had pinned on a lamp shade in the home in South Bend, was go- Other cases of this kind should be re- ing back there today. ported to the county agent at Oregon i When she learned of her husband's City. new marriage, Mrs. Tiernan flew into " a rage. The national convention of the "I'll till that man yet," sne cried. Farm Labor Union of America,, which i "If he com.es back here and tries-to meets at Fort Worth in December, get my children away from me be will take up for consideration plans for establishing a system of cold storage plants for farm products and i cotton gins throughout the South. won't get them. I won't give them up. They are mine. "And rm going to have him charged with bigamy."