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VOL. Ill No. 20.
T OF
PRESIDENT TODAY
UNCLE OF ENGLAND'S KING WILL
DRINK TEA WITH
TAFT.
"FIRST LADV'TO SERVE REFRESHMENT
White House Reception To Dis
tinguished Visitor To Be Simple
Function "Call" Will
Be Returned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Arrange
ments for the reception tomorrow of
the Duke of Connaught were complet
ed by the White House and the State
Department tonight.
The uncle of one king and brother
of another will be received as simply
as is consistent with etiquette.
As the Duchess and the Princess
Patricia will not visit Washington,
the Duke will go through the program
arranged for his reception unsupport
ed, except for the British ambassador,
James Bryffe, the staff of the British
embassy and his personal aide. Col
onel Lowther. .
Altogether his stay m the capital
will be brief, and during most of his
six or seven hours in Washington he
will be on home territory, within the
acre or two covered by ' the British
embassy
According to the announcement giv
en out at the White House, the Duke
will arrive in Washington at 4:20 to
morrow afternoon. Major A. W.
Butt3, personal aide to President Taft,
will meet him at the Union Station,
and with the British ambassador and
the embassy staff, will form his es
cort to the embassy.
At 5 o'clock the Duke is expected
to reach the White House. He will be
whirled away from the embassy in a
White House motor.
The Duke will be received by Presi
dent Taft in much the same way as
new ambassadors are received. As he
enters the Executive mansion he will
be met by the military and naval aides
of the President and escorted to the
green room and then taken to the
blue room, with the British ambassa
dor and Chandler Hale, Third Assis
tant Secretary of State.
He will be presented formally to
President Taft by the British ambas
sador. After the Duke is introduced
hi3 staff will be presented. After this
Mrs. Taft will serve tea.
AT TRIAL OF WILDE
PORTLAND, Jan. 24. Introduction
of testimony in the Wilde trial before
Judge Kavanaugh had not progressed
thirty minutes today before it de
veloped that the record book in which
. were kept the minutes of the meet
ings of the board of directors of the
Oregon Trust & Savings Bank had
disappeared simultaneously with the
suspension of that institution, August
20, 1907. By means of this recording
book the defense had expected to of
fer documentary proof that purchase
by the bank of $500,000 of telephone
bonds from Wilde, out of which the
embezzlement charge against Wilde
grew, was regularly considered and
approved by the directorate of the
bank.
Another surprise was furnished
when two drafts of the by-laws of the
Oregon Savings Bank, each purport
ing to be the only and briginal draft
of that document, were offered in evi
dence. The prosecution had called
Li. O. Ralston, ex-president of the
Oregon Savings Bank, which subse
quently became the Oregon Trust &
Savings Bank, who testified that the
only draft of the by-laws of that bank
was prepared by the law firm of Long
& Sweek.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 24. Governor
Dix refused to interfere in the case
of Albert W. Wolters, slayer of Ruth
Wheeler, the girl whom he lured to
his rooms in New York City on the
pretense of employment as a steno
grapher. Wolter will be electrocuted
in ting sing prison Monday morning.
DUKE
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January Edison Records
are ready for yoti to hear
Come in and hear these new selections. Whether you have
an Edison machine or not; whether you want to buy or not.
We are always glad to play them for you. We have every one
of them and a complete stock of the older numbers. If you do
not receive a list of the new records each month let us know
and we will mail you one. Ask to hear these numbers played.
899 Waiting Down By the Mississippi Shore Duet
911 Kathleen Mauvoreen (Instrumental) t... Trio
912 Killarney, My Home O'er the Sea Song
913 I Love To Tell-The Story (Sacred Selection.) . ' : .
Burmeister & Andresen
OREGON CITY JEWELERS :, : Suspension Bridge Comer
nou
MOTHER FEARS SON
HAS BEEN DROWNED
W. J. Wilson, coroner of Clacka
mas county, is in receipt of a letter
from Mrs. George Careen ter. nf Sil
ver City, Iowa, inquiring for her son,
John A. Carpenter, whom she has not
heard from for the past three months.
She is much concerned over his negli
gence in not writing. The letters ad-
aressea to mm from his mother and
other relatives at Iowa are returned
to the writers unopened.
Mrs. Carpenter states that the last
time her son wrote to her he was
in Oregon City and he said he in
tended going boat riding, and she
fears he has been drowned. Anyone
knowing the whereabouts of the
young man would favor his mother
by writing to her. Mrs. Carpenter
gives her address as Silver City,
Iowa, box 147, or address W. J. Wil
son, Oregon City, who will communi
cate with Mrs. Carpenter.
CIVIL WAR
TO
ADDRESS BOYS
The Knights of King Arthur, a lo
cal organization of boys, will give an
entertainment at the First Presbyter
ian church tomorrow evening. The
feature of the program will be a lec
ture by Colonel J. S. Hamilton; a
veteran of the Civil War. He will de
liver his famous lecture entitled,
"Three Years in the Saddle." Colonel
Hamilton was a scout in the Union
army, and being a good talker, will
portray his own thrilling experiences
in a most realistic manner. Other
numbers on the program will be: Se
lection, "Cold Winter," Boys' Glee
Club, of Oregon City High School;
reading, Mrs. Lee Bequeath; vocal
solo, Miss Maud Moore; Vocal solo,
Miss Mary Confer; violin solo, Har
less Ely.
Pearl Found In Oyster.
Mrs. M. K. Hunter, of this city,
while preparing oysters for dinner a
few nights ago, found a pearl. It is
unusually large,
urn q
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED IS 66
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY- 25, 1912.
A CASE OF EGGS.
JAMES F. CALLBREATH, JR.
Denver Man Who Is Secretary
of American Mining Congress.
SOCIETY MAY ERECT
F
The drinking fountain at the corner
of Seventh and Main streets, will be
remodeled so as to conform to the
Oregon state law in having the sani
tary drinking cups attached. Hereto
fore it was necessary for the public
to use the tin cup, and it was decided
to have the sanitary cups. The foun
tain was erected by the Clackamas
County Humane Society August 22,
19Q2. It was recently reported that
the fountain had been removed per
manently, but this report was errone
ous There is reported that the Clack
amas County Humane Society will
erect another fountain in the city,
the location of which has not yet been
ueuiuea upon
THIEF ENTERS HOUSE
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Warner on Eighth and Madi
son streets, was robbed Sunday af
ternoon. ' Mr. Warner was at the
Willamette Pulp & Paper Company's
plant on the West Side. Mrs. War
ner, in company with Mrs. Robert
Goodfellow, left the Warner home
about 1 o'clock, and not returning un
til about 4:3') were surprised to find
that the house had been entered by
means of the woodlift. The burglars
entered the basement by the side
door, and climbing up the woodlift
entered the kitchen. A pair of pearl
opera glasses, a fountain pen ,an East
man camera, reading glasses, two
books of postage stamps, 100 pennies
and $5 in silver were taken. The
camera and the fountain pen were
the property of Charles Warner, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Warner, who died
four years ago, The articles stolen
were carried away in a paper belong
ing to the Warner family.
It is probable that the robber saw
the family leave, and entered shortly
after. The thief left the house
through the dining room door opening
onto the rear porch.
IF
WAS REAL PERSON
Mrs. EVa Dye receives many cur
curious and inquiring letters. The
following received Tuesday is a
sample:
I have been reading your intensely
interesting book, "McLoughlin and
Old .Oregon. Will you excuse the
liberty taken by a stranger of thank
ing you for the facinating story, and
also asking you if Dr. McLoughlin
was an actual person, or was a wond
erful creation of your own to repre
sent a type of the Hudson Bay factor.
I ask not from idle curiosity, but I
am studying the Western part of our
country for the benefit of a club to
which I belong and do not remember
to have come across his name before.
I fear this very question shows great
ignorance of my subject. Asking you
again to excuse this liberty I have
taken, I am
Very sincerely yours,
LUCY BELL.
CALLED SWINDLER
Edgar N. Ayres, son of M. O
Ayres, a wealthy banker of Dakota
City, Neb., waa arrested Wednesday by
Chief of Police Shaw on a charge of
obtaining money under false pre
tences. Ayres is accused of having
cashed several worthless checks in
Stevenson, Wash. Sheriff Knox, of
Stevensn, wired Sheriff Mass that
Ayres was thought to be in this city,
Sheriff Knox will arrive here today
to take the prisoner to Stevenson.
Ayres showed the chief a letter
from his father in which money had
been enclosed. The elder Ayres wrote
that he was going to Florida for the
benefit of his health and is probably
there now. At the request of the pris
oner, Chief Shaw telegraphed to the
cashier of the bank at Dakota City
giving the information that Ayres
was under arrest. He says that his
father will help him to get out of the
trouble. - The prisoner is accused of
having cashed three checks made out
to himself. He is said to have had
no money in the hank. ...
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REGISTRATION IS
URGED BY BOURNE
SENATOR SUGGESTS THAT GOOD
GOVERNMENT RALLIES BE
HELD IN SCHOOLS.
OREGON SYSTEM HAS COME TO STAY
Meetings, Says Statesman, Will Aid
In Obtaining Early Registra
tion Superintendents'
To Help.
Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., has
addressed the. following letter to
County Clerk Mulvey and the other
county clerks in the state:
It is now conceded even by the bit
terest enemies of popular government
that the Oregon system has come to
stay. Heretofore the friends of popu
lar government have been compelled
to devote their energies to defnding
that system against the attacks of its
enemies and have had little oppor
tunity to devote attention to the task
of improving the system or perfect
ing its operation. Now that the op
position has been overcome, I am
writing to ask your opinion of a plan
which I believe will make the system
work, more satisfactorily.
A3 you know, our statutes require
that the Secretary, of State shall mail
to every registered voter, certain
pamphlets giving information regard
ing candidates and measures "to be
voted upon by the people, pistribu
tion of these pamphlets and their
careful reading by the people, is a
very important feature of the system,
and, therefore, early registration of
voters is desirable.
I suggest that the county officers
and especially county clerks and
school superintendents, arrange with
citizens of all parties in rural com
munities to hold good government
rallies in school houses, at which
meetings a notary public or justice
of the peace can be present to fill
out registration blanks for voters and
send the same to the county clerk.
At such meetings measures proposed
for adoption by the people could be
discussed. - Quite likely good feeling
would be promoted by not discuss
ing candidates on such occasions, but
leaving the discussion entirely to
measures. In my opinion, the initia
tive and referendum is of great value
as an educational agency since it en
courages voters to study and discuss
public questions.
These good government rallies at
country school houses would not only
be a benefit socially, but secure early
registration and be a benefit educa
tionally. They would tend to make
the operation of our popular govern
ment laws more satisfactory and thus
further refute the assertion made in
the East by the enemies of the Ore
gon system, that our laws are im
practicable.
I am also writing the County Super
intendent because he has general su
pervision of the use of our school
houses. I wish you would talk with
him and if you approve of the plan,
take such steps as you deem best to
start the movement in your county.
I believe this will help to secure early
and complete registration in rural
communities, and facilitate your own
work.
EVANGELIST EVANS
9
Nine adults came forward Wednes
day night, at the First Baptist church
at the call of Evangelist Evans, and
espoused Jesus Christ as their per
sonal Saviour. Mr. Evans addressed
a large gathering in the afternoon and
will continue the meetings this week
and over Sunday.
Among other things he said that
the' great need of the church is some
power to lead men to do what they
are already convinced is right. - Mr.
Evans took for his text the story of
the rich young ruler who came to
Jesus inquiring what he should do
to inherit eternal life.
"This young man came to Jesus
and came running," said the evange
list. ''That is more than some are do
ing. Man "does not naturally come to
Jesus. Every desire which any man
may have to find a higher- life is
created by the Holy Spirit of God.
This young man was drawn thither to
Jesus by the power of the Holy
Spirit. i
"Enthusiasm is half the battle in
spiritual conquest. He came kneel
ing. He got out of the rut. Some
people live in a rut and because a
thing is ancient think it divine. A
rut is nothing but a grave with both
ends knocked out. Spiritual action
and effort bring spiritual blessing and
salvation. You begin to act as though
you were a Christian and you will
soon become one.
''The young man went away and
refused to become a Christian be
cause his heart was set on riches.
He went back to his money. Rocke
feller says his greatest pleasure is
in playing a game of golf.'' I would
rather be a gospel minister and know
that my work is resulting in good to
the souls of men than he the richest
man on earth."
MILLARD. GILLETT PROMOTED.
Millard Gillett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Gillett, of his city, who left Ore
gon City in October to become a
United. States sailor, has been pro
moted, and is now in the hospital
corps on the TJ. S. S. St. Louis and
will now be at Mare Island. Mr. Gil
lett has been since October at the
Presidio. He is much Interested in
his work. Before going to California
Mr. Gillett was a mailcarrier in Port
land. , " ..
.
WIFE IS FLIRT,"
SAYS MAN SUING
ROY A. WIGHTMAN DECLARES
SPOUSE FREQUENTS DANCE
HALLS.
MARTHA E. MAY IS GIVEN DIVORCE
Margaret J. Raymond Granted Decree
" From Msfn Who After Ten
Years Separation Sent .
For Her.
Alleging that she has a penchant
for flirting, Roy A.' Wightman Wed
nesday filed suit for divorce against
Theresa M. Wightman. They were
married in March, 1908, at Madison
Falls, Wis. The plaintiff alleges that
his wife "frequently visited theaters
and other places of amusement, and
when remonstrated with, would in
form plaintiff that she liked to flirt
and enjoyed flirting better than any
thing else."- He asserts that his wife
frequented dances With other men,
and September 14, 1911, left him.
" Margaret J. Raymond was granted
a divorce Thursday by Judge Camp
bell from Henry Raymond. They were
married in Durham, Ont., November
19, 1878. and plaintiff alleges that May
5, 1896, the defendant abandoned her
and went to Alaska. She avers that
he sent, for her in "July, 1910 but af
ter she had been with him four days
he left her. They have several grown
children.
Martha E. May was granted a di
vorce Wednesday by Judge Campbell
from Henry W. May. The plaintiff
was awarded the custody of their
child, Thomas.
F.. C. Perry, through Attorneys
Brownell and Stone filed suit for a
divorce from Maud Perry. They were
married August 18, 1909. The plain
tiff alleges that he was deserted by
his wife in November,. 1910.
TO
DREDGE WILLAMETTE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (Special.
Some of the projects for wnich ap
propriations are asked at this session
of Congress are:
Improvement of Willamette River
between Portland, Oregon City and
Harrisburg by dredging a six-foot low
water channel 150 to 200 feet wide be
low and 100 feet wide above the head
of Clackamas Rapids; the removal of
Copley's Rock, and the improvement
of the river to Harrisburg to a low
water -depth of 3 1-2 feet $40,000,
with $2,500 for annual maintenance.
It is estimated that with a six-foot
depth at low water, the amount of
freight that could be carried annually
between Portland and Oregon City
in the paper industry alone, would be
as follows: Logs, 66,000,000 feet, or
1980 tons, at $300, $594,000; paper,
60,000 tons, at $60, $3,600,000; surplus,
11,000 tons, at $14, $155,000; oil, 55,
300 tons, at $3,165,000; general sup
plies, $100 tons, at $100, $310,000.
Improvement of Tillamook bar and
bay, $207,000, with an additional sum
of $407,000 to be raised by the Port
of Tillamook, the Port of Bay City
and the Port of Bayocean. Improve
ment and maintenance of Siuslaw
River, $5,000. Improvement and main
tenance of Coos River, $3,000. Im
provement and maintenance of Clat
skanie ' River, $1,000. Maintenance
Coos Bay, $10,000.
Patronise our aavertisers.
SHAW HAS CITIZENS
CLEAN BACK YARDS
Chief of Police Shaw, who is co
operating with the health committee
of the City Council, Tuesday notified
residents of Railroad street, living
between Fourth and Fifth streets,
that they must clean their yards. He
also notified residents of the same
street, living between Seventh and
Eighth streets, to clean their yards,
the chief said Wednesday that all resi
dents would be notified to put their
premises In a sanitary condition.
L. E. Kitsen, until two weeks ago
connected with the Home Telephone
Company in this city, was seriously
injured in Vancouver Wednesday. Mr.
Kitsen before leaving here accepted
a position with the Northwestern
Long Distance Telephone Company.
While working on a pole thirty feet
high on the Vancouver bridge, the
young mail fell. He was hurried to
the Vancouver hospital, and, accord
ing to latest reports, he sustained ser
ious injuries, but will recover. Al
though Mr. Kitsen only lived in this
city about a year he made many
friends, and the information that he
had been injured caused much re
gret.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. A stiff
breeze today kept on the ground all
except the more experienced aviators
participating in the meet here. The
amateurs had been warned not to fly,
but Farnum T. Fish, the seventeen-year-old
Los Angeles aviator, made
several flights.
duDsciibe for th DtJlr IBnterprtao
The only daiiy newspaper be-
$ tween Portland and Salem; circu- $
les in every section of Clacka
3 mas County, with a population of
$ 30,000. Are you an advertiser? J
3 ?? S $ k 4 S
Pee Week, 10 Cents
WILLAMETTE TO
HAVE ELECTION
CITIZENS TO VOTE MONDAY ON
PLAN TO INCORPORATE
CITY.
SUPREME COURT MAY BE INVOKED
Lawyer Declares That Incorporation
Of All Cities in State In
Past Three Years
Is Void. '
A legai figiit started several weeks
ago to prevent the incorporation of
Willamette as a city may result ir. a
decision that the incorporation of all
cities in Oregon since 1908 is void.
Grant B. Dimick, who represents
James Downey, the plaintiff in the
suit to prevent the incorporation of
Willamette, declared Wednesday that
there were no legal means for the in
corporation of cities.
"The amendment to the constitu
tion three years ago," said Judge Dim
ick, "took from the Legislature the
power of providing for incorporating
cities. The Legislature has not pass
ed any law since then making the
constitutional provision operative, and
it is admitted that it is not self-executing.
The act of 1895 ha3 been
applied by cities incorporating, but
that law is unconstitutional because
it delegates to the courts legisla
tive authority. The courts throughout
the United States have decided that
laws delegating to courts legislative
authority are void."
The county court, however, has
called an election for next Monday
for the residents of Willamette to
vote upon' the proposition of incor
porating. A suit probably will be
filed, and the Supreme Court event
ually will be called upon to make a
decision. About twenty-five cities
have been incorporated in Oregon
since the amendment to the consti
tution. Willamette was incorporated
as a city three years ago, but the
county court did not canvass the votes,
as provided by law, and it has been
decided that the Incorporation wa3
void. The city brought suit against
Downey, who owns rights of way for
water pipes on the streets, to condemn
his rights, and he retaliated by de
claring that the city had not been
properly incorporated.
T. J. Gary, former mayor of Willa
mette, is a candidate for the office,
and the following are candidates for
the city council: G. L. Smdow, H.
T . Shipley, William Criteser, John
Ream, Sr., Frank Oliver and B. A.
Duncan. J. C. Edwards -is a candi
date for marshall; A. Bremer for city
treasurer, and H. Liesman for re
corder. T
FOR ELKS' BUILDING
The Oregon City Lodge of Elks has
engaged H. E. McClain, a Portland
architect, to draw the plans for the
Elks' home on Water street, near
Sixth. Mr. McClain drew the plans
for the Elks lodges at Eugene and
The Dalles. Several other architects
submitted plans but those of Mr. Mc
Clain were considered the best. The
local . lodge will erect one of the
handsomest homes in the state. Sev
eral thousand dollars have been rais
ed, and there is no question about
all the money necessary being forth
coming. TODAY
Bill's Flute
(A Cowboy Story)
The Plumber -
(Comedy) -
A Noble Enemy
(Drama)
A Day with a Cir
cus (Novelty)
The Sick Man from
the East
Davis and Hibbs
New Selections today on the
banjos.- .
THE
4 Reels of Pictures changed
daily.
GRAND