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' .,v. ' B,eO'SyO;OlO'Oey0SSOa)O'0O Swkeeriatlene for the Morning v IMtrfrtM will be rooelved far only a limited tlmo at special rate. Send In your entar today and gat benefit af low prtoa. MOMNG ENTERPRISE WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I56G The y mly in lajajaj Qv hmn P9tHam4 anal Sstsasaj t3ftr ' lata In every aa etleo CMaja mas County, wttJt aopejMsM of ao.000. Ara yaw an advertiser i ); VOL. No. 12. OREGON CITY, OUEOON, HATURDAY, JULY 15, 1911. Per Week, 10 Cevt3 EX-WIFE SCORED CRIMES LHD BY MILLIONAIRE FOR WAR ATTITUDE BY FINGER FRAUD IS BIAM ON VICKERSHAM . CAUGHT I. " ' ' GLADSTONE SORRY mm . . HOUSE COMMITTEE TO PROSE STARTLING CHAROE Of ALAS KAN OKLCQATK. EVIDENCE OF STEAL SUPPRESSED Attorney General Atlagad to Hava Aldad MenWho Robbed Govern-; anent of Contract Per Coal Land. WASHINGTON. July 14. Aftar an- cret consideration of charges made by Delegate Wlckeraham, of Alaaka, that Attornew-Oeneral Wlckerahaiu delib erately permitted tha statute of limi tations to run against agents of tba Alaska avdlrate who defrauded tha government, through perjury, to tha eitent of r0,00, tha IIuum commit tee on Judiciary haa determined to re INirt favorably a resolution of Inquiry offered by Delegate Wlckeraham. Tba resolution would call upon tha Attorney-General to furnish tha House lib all documents, afflilavlta and tes timony In bla poBaesalon relating to an affidavit submitted to him mora than a year ago and a worn to by 11. J. Ikuiglna, ez auditor of tha Alaaka syndicate. Committee la Startled. Delegate Wlckeraham at art led the committee when, In'vkecutlve aeaaion, he produced a copy or to affidavit re latlng to an alleged criminal act, coin mlttad by Captain 1). II. Jarvla, of tba Alaakan syndicate, and formerly prom inent In the Government revenue cot ter service, who committed suicide In Heal tie on June J. the day following the Introduction of the Wlckaraham resolution calling for production of tba paiera In the case, and by John II. Mullock, of tha John J. Heanon Coat Company, of Nome. Through connivance of these man. It ill charged, the Government waa de frauded on coal contracts, and evl dnce to that effect waa permitted to remain unacted upon by the Attorney General' office for more than a year until the statute of llinltatlone expired last May. Copies of Letter Shown. Delegate Wlckeraham furnished the committee with photographic coplea of a letter from the attorney for the Alaska syndicate to D. II. Jarvla. ad mitting tha expenditure of money to control Government witnesses In the llaaey murder trial In IMS. wherein an agent of the Alaaka ayndlcata waa accused of murdering laborers em ployed b yrival Interests' during the ployed by rival Interests during the A photograph of an expenae account for $1,133.40 of M. M. Morrlaey, em ployed by tha syndicate. It Is asserted, to entertain Government witnesses and jurymen In that connection, also was submitted to the committee. This evidence, Delegate Wlckeraham de clared, la In tha possession of the Attorney-General FISHER JURY DOESN'T AGREE. Prosecutor Hsa Not Decldad Whether . to Try Case Again. Trie jury In the rase of tha state against Guatav Fisher, , of Fisher's Mill, who waa charged with falling to erect a ladder aa ordered by the flstt warden, waa finable' to reach an wgreement and was discharged Fri day morning by Justice of the Peace Ssmson. Llvy Stlpp, who prosecuted Klsher, said Friday night that no de cision had been reached aa to whether tha rase would be tried again. Attor ney 8tory represented Fisher. APPLE CROP LITTLE ABOVE HALF SBSSasssasass . R. A. McCully, of Hood Rlvar, Calls at Commercial Club. R. A. McCully, an extensive apple grower of Hood River, called upon Secretary Lezelle of tba Commercial Club. Mr. McCully aaya the apple crop will eb about CO per cent of tha normal yield In the Hood River dis trict thla year. .Mr. McCully and Mr. Lazelle were classmatea at Oregon Agricultural College. WfW AN PA II DO AH ii vim vfi iiniuivni' DIRECTORS HOLO MEETINGS TO DAY AT MOLALLA AND MULINO. The directors report that the work on. the Clackamas 'Southern Railway line Is progressngf very rapidly and they are recevlng more stock sub scriptions each week than tha total amount of the expenae for that work amountg to. There gre 22 taama engaged on the work, bealdea a large number of sin gle hands, known aa pick and shovel men. and In order to work to the beat advantage, tha company recently or dered In extra number of wheel-scraper. As the work progresses, tba stock of the company becomes mora valua ble, and that alone la encouraging to those who had purchased stock before the work started. There will be a large meeting held st Molalla this afternoon, and the board of directors la anxloua to meet aa many of tha farmers In that section of the country as can possibly spare the time from their work at the meet Ing. There will be a meeting at Mu lino thla evening, and the directors will carefully Inspect the grading work that haa heen carried on at that end of the line during the last two weeks. MRS. MINNIE TAYLOR PIOHT8 HERE FOR MAINTENANCE OP 12.500 MONTHLY. HUSBAND HAD MARRIAGE ANNULLED Defendant Discovered Famous Red Top Mine st Ooldfleld and Sold ' Out For 12,500,000 Wife Oot Large Sum. Wearing a lace dreaa, for which she Is said to have paid f 1.200, Mrs. Minnie Tsylor, sat Frtdsy throughout the argument before Circuit Judge ICakln, In the county court room, of the motion made by her attorneya to have the annulment of ber marriage obtalued here by ber husband, Charles Davenport Taylor, the $2,500,000 Gold- field miner, aet aatde. Mra. Taylor-seemed deeply Interested - In tha proceedings and frequently con ferred with her attorneys, Flegel A Reynolds, regsraing details of the suit. Gnora-e V.. Itrownell. who a noes mil for Mr. Taylor, declared that tbe mar riage waa tha result of misrepresen tation and fraud. Mr. Itrownell spoke for more than two hours and criticized Mrs. Tsylor severely. Mine Makes Him Millionaire. Mr, Taylor, a man of detlny. be fore tbe discovery of the Goldfleld mines, had little money. lie bad apeot much of bis life In Alaaka and Labrador, and went for years without seeing a white person. He was the dlacoverer of tha famous Red Top mine at Goldfleld. and sold bla Inter- eat for $2.&00.0oo. He appeared In court rYlday with bis attorney. Mrs. Taylor, she declsres, did not learn that her husband bad obtained an an nulment of their marriage here on the ground of fraud last September until after she had sued her husband at 8anta Ana, fal.. for $2.Km a month maintenance. She received the newa of the annulment when a petition was filed at Hanta Ana. asking that-the maintenance anlt be transferred from the Superior Court to the United States District Court In ls Angeles. Attorneys called attention to the fact that the defandant lived outside the state and the case wss removed to the Federal Court. Taylor British Subject. Mr. Taylor. In his petition, alleged that he waa an alien, a subject of the King of England and a resident of lirltlah Columbia. The petition waa aworn to by blm In San Franclaco on March 10. It waa In the petition of T. Ruaael Joy, who had been sued by Mrs. Tsylor for the annulment of deeds flven him by Mr. Taylor tp 125,000 worth of Santa Ana property that Mra. Taylor declarea she learned her husband had obtained the annulment. Mrs. Taylor alleged that the deeds were given, to defeat any movement of hers for compelling her millionaire husband to eupport her Joy'a affidavit stated that Mra. Tay lor a marriage was annuled before she brougnt suit, and ahe could not, aa a wife tie up Joy'a property In a main tenance suit sgalnst Tsylor. no mat ter how the deed was made from Tay lor to Joy. Mra. Tsylor ssks that the annulment be aet aside and the case be re-opened on the ground that she was not served with summon sea at the time of the filing of the suit. It Is said that there was no personal ser vice and ahe did not see the sum monses published In the newspapers. Sasks Big Monthly Maintenance. Her object In asking for the abroga tion of the annulment la to enable her to again file suit for maintenance of $2,500 monthly. It Is alleged that MY. Taylor spent almost half a mlllon dollars pn his wife, one of his gifts being a mansion. Judge Eakln, who lives In Astoria, and came here especially to hear the Tsylor case, reserved decision. Mr. Tsylor la said to have met the woman who became his wife shortly after the sale of his mine. Her mai den name was Minnie Terwllllger and she had been living In flan Francisco. Soon after the marriage Taylor and bla wife dlaagreed. and she alleged that while on a trip to Europe he de serted hnr, leaving her with but 40 cents, She declared upon filing the suit for maintenance at Santa Ana that she had not seen him since. The meeting In the courtroom was the first between the couple since they parted. mothkoTboyhero is critically iii A. Morrison and son, Kenneth, of Elyvllle, were called to Portland on Friday afternoon by the aerloua Ill ness of Mrs. Morrison, who waa re cently taken to the hospital' In Port Innd for treatment. Mrs. Morrison's recovery Is doubtful. Little Kenneth Morrison Is the brave boy who tried to save tha life of his chum, Ralph Iturd, who waa drowned In the Willamette on Wednesday. Kenneth was drsgged to the bottom three times by the drowning boy and did not give up until he waa thoroughly exhausted. WEATHER IINUIUA 1 lUnlO). "9 Oregon City Fair and cooler, northwesterly winds. Oregon Fslr, cooler Interior t west portion and continued warm east portion; northwesterly wlnda. 'a? i . rrrr-rr: OREGON CHY MAY LOSE BOULEVARD WEST SIDE ROUTE CONSIDERED FOR PROPOSED CAPI- - TAL HIGHWAY. . dimick mLsis.msizAio Hubbard, Aurora, Canby. Barlow and New Era Uroed to Make ight For - Thoroughfare. Although Grsnt B. Dtmlck, a mem ber of the commission, la making a strong fight In the Interest of Oregon City and Clackamas county, there Is dsnger that the 8tate Highway Cora mission will decide against the pro posed Capital Highway between Port land and Salem passing through this city. Judge Dlmlrk, who met with the other commissioners In Portland the first part of the week, said Friday that there was a disposition to adopt the proposed West Side route. This mesne that the highway would be ten milea west of this city, and would cross tbe river near New berg. The residents of that section have made a strong fight for tbe road and have offered financial assistance. Cltlxena Should Organlie. Judge Dlmlck aald that the only re course of the residents of this city, Hubbard, Aurora, Canby, Barlow and New Era would be to organise and make a determined fight for tha high way. 'Substantial subscriptions to be uaed toward building- the road on the East Side mignt cause the commission to change Its plans. f Two routes through Oregon City have been proposed. One la through Main Btreet to the 8outh End Road and the other Is along Seventh at reel and out the Fifth atreet road. It la urged that both be Included In, the boulevard. It Is the .Intention of the' commis sion to mske the boulevard the best road In the atate. Governor West has promised the uae of 150 convicts to work on the thoroughfare. Residents Urged to 8ubscrlba. The commission proposes to raise the funds from the counties traversed and private subscription. The resi dents of the counties also will be asked to aiibscrlbe, and others, It' Is thought, will contribute toward the enterprise. The sentiment of Portland citizens Is strongly in favor of the Portland Salera road and promises ofasslstsnce hava been received 'from various sources.- Portland has promised to give material aid o the project, pro vided the cltlxena of Clackamaa and Marlon counties do thotr share by contributing funds and labor. KNIGHTS AND LADIES TO MEET. Arrangements Will be Made For Re caption of Officers. The Knlghta and Ladles of Security will meet next Monday night at Wood men Hall to make arrangements for the reception of National President Klrkpatrlck and National. Secretary Abrams, who are expected here about September 15. All members are urged to attend. ,.' DEGREE TEAM COMES MONDAY. Varge Claaa to be Initiated and Ladles Will Drill.- The Modern Brotherhood will en tertain at Willamette Hall next Mon day night the degree team from Port land. The ladlea of the degree team will give -a fancy drill and a large claaa will be Inltated. All members are urged to be present MISS ANNIE S. PECK. Mountain Climber Who Is Seek ing Hiehaat Peak In the Andes. Photo by American kTtmm Association . M. A , IS DEAD OREGON CITY DEGREE OF HONOR WILL ATTEND FUNERAL AT OSWEGO. Mra. Martha A. Bullock, one of the prominent Oregon pioneers, died at the family home at Oswego on Thurs day, after an Illness of several months. Mrs. Bullock wa born on December 28, 1845, and lived for many years at Oswego. . Mrs. Bullock's husband A. H. Bul lock, died at Oswego about two months, ago. She Is survived by the following children: Edward Bullock, of Salem; John Bullock, Salem; George Mullock, of Oswego; Mrs.' Harry Baxter, of Camas, Wash.; Mrs. Edward Camp bell, of Portland; Mlaa Blanche Bul lock, of 0ego. The deceased was a member of the f Degree of Honor of thla city, and the members of the organisation will go to Oswego thla afternoon to at tend the funeral aervlces, which will be held at the church at 1:30. The In terment wlll.be In Oswego. FISH COMMISSION , TO INSPECT LADDER The State Fish and Game Commis sion, composed of C. K. Cranston, chstrman; Qeorge H. Kelly, C. F. Stone, M. J. Kinney. J. F. Hughes, Wll Ham L. Flnley, State Osme Warden; R. E. Clanton. Master Fish Warden, and J. N. Wiener, State Superinten dent Of Hatcheries will visit the falls of the Willamette to Inspect the flah ladder there. The ladder has never been satisfactory snd It Is said thst few flah have over been known to ascend It. The ladder wss built by the state. It Is contended that there should be two ladders, one for each channel. Tha, ladders being on the property of the Portland Railway, IJght A Power Company, It Is argued, that the com pa it y should be compelled to replace the old one with two new onea. 1 ! 1 :,ai:. T '.u i CONTEST STRIKES INTEREST GROWS RAPIDLY IN EXCITING RACE FOR VAL- UABLE PRIZES. ' ' MANY KEW MAKES BEHi KCE1YED Receipt Books May Be Obtained i Office of Enterprise After Enter ing of Candidates Start Work at Once. Never In the history of Clackamaa county haa anything struck the popu lar chord of the public more so than the prize voting contest launched last Tuesday by. The Enterprise. Already a number of asplranta have been nom inated, and are laying- plans to finish with first honors when the prizes are being awarded, and judging from the telephone casla and communications received at this office there will be a large number enred In the race when the list of names are announced next Tuesdsy, July 18. Have you sent in your name or the name of the young lady a ho you would assist win one of the valuable prizes? If not don't delay; do It at once and and start the race, with the other can didates already entered. Almost every town In the county will be represent ed, and it la up to the readers of The Enterprise and frlenda of the prospec tive candidates to aee that the name of a representative from your district Is In the first publication of names. By doing so yon not only favor some one who Is deserving of winning a val uable prize, but btbe direct means of letting the entire county know that the people "do things" In the com munity your' favorite candidate repre sents. - Start Work at Once. After you have entered the name of a candidate obtain receipt books, (Continued on page 3.) CHUMS BEAR RIVER VICTIM TO GRAVE IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR LITTLE RALPH BURD. The funeral services over the body of little Ralph Burd, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mra. William Burd, who waa drowsed In the Willamette River on Wednesday morning, were held Friday afternoon from the Moun tain View church, the Rev. J. R. Landaborough, pastor of tbe Precby terian church, officiating. The ser vices, were very impressive and were attended by many frienda and ac quaintances of the lad and of the be reavel family. Four playmates Otto Allison, Atvln ' Brandt. Marshall Jack son and Awaldt 'Snelder, were the pallbearers. The choir waa In charge of Ralph'a Sunday school teacher, Mrs. S. Glllett. and Miss Ineta Dixon pre sided at the organ. The, choir, which waa composed of Mrs. S. Glllett, Alta Clark, Laura Brandt, Leon a Torrence, Helen Baker, Adallne Currlnfl rend ered "Jesus Lover of My Soul," and "Rock of Ages," at the church, and at the cemetery "Nearer, My God, to Thee." The floral oferings were nu merous and beautiful, among them be ing one from the Mountain Vley Sun day school, which waa a floral pillow, and a wreath from the 8unday school clnsa and teacher, . POPULAR CHORD DR. AKED DECLARES GREAT STATESMAN REPENTED FOR FAVORING CONFEDERACY. NATURE MUCH LIKE THAT OF LUN BwaaasHwaBMe Dl I worth Darbies and Price Bros. Are Tied In Exciting Baseball 8eries Hudeon Catenae Mara thon Leader. CHAL'TACQUA GROUNDS, GLAD STONE PARK. Or, July 14.(Spec- lal). That Gladstone repented and suffered tbe severest angulah for years for hie favorable attitude toward the South during the Civil War, waa the declaration made by Dr. Charles F. Aked, formerly In charge of one of the largest cburcbe In Liverpool, In hia address on "Gladstone, His Legacy to the EngllBh People- at the Will amette Valley Chautauqua today. The speaker said that the great statesman thoroughly realized his mistake and that thla waa one of the signs of his greatness. "In the portrait gmlleriesi of t2as world you will not find a greater con trast between great men than that between Gladstone and Lincoln," aaid Dr. Aked. The one essentially refined and the other essentially roagU. The one born In squalid povery, the other the .natural born heir of the world's culture, associated from youth with tbe world'a greatest leaders and with tbe path to greatnesa smoothed. Contract la 8hown. "The Intellect of the one simple. direct, abounding In quips, cranks and homely anecdote, the other with In tellect molded upon the classics. The face of one. more marked, bears all tba signs of mortal Buffering to cover tears and rough clothing, to cover a saddened aplrtt. Thq. other walk with a conqueror's atep. Both are one In devotion, patriotism and love of human liberty. "Lincoln . always loved liberty. Gladstone waa born to a belief that liberty would be a bad thing for the world and later acquired different Ideals through travel and hard knocks. "The wonderful thing Is that our human nature found Itself capable of responding to the appeal of Gladstone and Lincoln." Dr. Aked gave a ahort history of Gladstone s life, detailing bis political achievements, relating touching and humorous anecdotes and quoting lib erally from Gladstone's diary. Ha showed Gladstone to have been wonderfully religious man. Started Arbitration Move. In speaking of Gladstone's attitude in the Alabama Claim cases Dr. Aked id: He prevented a long and bloody war between the two leading branches of the English-speaking racea. This waa the first move toward the permanent arbitration treaty now under considera tion. His goodnesa and greatness of heart belonged not only to his own people, but to the whole world. Salis bury, his most capable opponent, call ed Gladstone. 'The great Christian.' "Gladstone st 12 waa the handsom est boy that ever entered Eaton. He studied for the ministry, but chose a political career that he might do the most good possible. That be did not approve of war la evident from his statement, 'The law of love Is not confined to the British Islands, but It covers the whole world and all peo ples.' Dr. Aked cloned with the following quotation from Gladstone's diary: The great end of my life must be to make the love of God the habit of my aoul." Derbies Tie Price Bros. By defeating the Prloe Bros, the. Dllworth Derbies today tied the (Continued on page two.) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOOO 1-4 Acre Tract All in crop, close to school and Electric car line, 4 blocks from store. We will sell this at your own terms. If you want a home come and see us. W. F. SCHOOLEY & CO. 612 Maid St Oregon City. a - " o Moeoaooaeoeoaoooaoooaooaoaoaoaoooaooaoa FRESH FISH FOR SALE Next Door to Wells Faro Express Office S. MacDonald At Richardt Old Market SECTION HAND HELD AT TACOWA j IN HILL CASE, BLOODSTAINS ON BED GOT 0Ef Sheriff Mass May Go To Rainier T See If Ha Can Fasten Killing of Hill Family on Man Under Arrest. Swan Peterson, a Beet Ion hand. arrested Friday night at Meeker Junc tion aa a auapect In the killing of Archie Coble and hia wife in Ralnlee Wash., wfio were slain with an ax In.J the same manner as tha HIM family t their home near Ardenwald Station. C;:v Sheriff Mas aald late last nioht tnt ha expected to be palled to Ralnlfr J9U: connection with the case. Pstaraasa f waa taken to Tacoma.. Footprints f,f the slayer are Identical, the width a",' hia hand aa shown In bloodstains) is) , the same and both crimes ware asMnv, mittad with striking similarity. Dr. George A. Cathey, of PortiaosV- V who has been working on tbe Coble -tragedy, says that the motive for Us '. crime waa tbe aame aa In tbe HRt case. Peterson had worked a day J and a half on tbe Ranler sectloa of i$ the Northern Pacific, disappearing; Li just after the commission of the crlnse. He did not draw bis wagea. Bloodstains Found. Dr. Cathey examined the room ln which Peterson slept st the WaddeO, , . Hotel In Rainier. The bedclothln waa blood stained. . A man resembling Peterson arrived - at tbe McKenzle farm, ten milea from $ Ranler, the day after the crime. Elo first act was to get water to wash his) H, clothes. He aald he had com froas romana. na went 10 won at use McKenzle place and waa still at wort '; when a neighbor who had talked wtl'-; him sent word to Sheriff Gaston, ahor i Iff of Thurston county. He waa toM ? by the sheriff to. keep the man nnder ' surveillance until he could be arrest- " ad. It is considered more and mora ' probable at Rainier that theHill an4 J Coble murders were committed by tho aame man. Finger Prints the Same. Soon after tbe Hill murder. Dr. Cathey and his brother removed tfco window sills and door casings from the scene of the quadruple crtmo aad from them obtained blood Imprints try the application of a liquid which haa the peculiar virtue of bringing oot a blnlsh-green tint wherever a blood stain haa been loft. On the sills and casings were found several Imprints of the murderer's hand. These are aald to be Identical with the band Imprints aald to have been left by Peterson in several places) about tbe hotel at Rainier where bo roomed. The murderer at both places walked tiptoed and In the Coble case a patch on the aole of one shoe la ahown. PRISONER IS WITNESS. L. F.' Short Taken to Portland to Testi fy Against Friend. L. F. Short, the Canby telegraph op erator who waa arrested some time ago by Detective Riley and placed in the county Jail here, on a charge of stealing clothing, etc., from freight con signed to Canby merchants, waa taken to Portland Friday morning bjr Sheriff Mass. where he will be used as a witness against a man named Moaier, charged with sending obscene matter through the mails. Short will be re- : turned to the county jail to await the next session of the grand Jury. He . and Mosler are friends. 00000 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! ! o o O o 3 1 r V?, '-fS' 3 4' . iar