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EOT S WEATHER INDICATIONS. fjegon City Wednesday, rain; westerly winds. S 3 Oregon Wednesday, fair east, $ 8 increasing cloudness. The only daily newspaper be- 4 $ tween Portland and Salem; circu- $ $ les in every section of Clacka- mas County, with a population of $ 30,000. Are you an advertiser? WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I 366 VOL. Ill No. 25. OREGON CTTT, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1912. Pek Week, 10 Cents PROGRESSIVES ARE WARNED BY TAFT PRESIDENT TELLS THEM THAT THEY MUST CEASE THEIR DENUNCIATION. REPUBLICAN PARTY SURE TO WIN Alarming Reports Regarding Health of Executive Discredited Declares Facts Are Demanded. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 30. Review ing the achievements of his Adminis tration before the Columbus Glee Club here tonight, President Taft drew the line sharply between the old-line Republicans and the "progressives" of his party, and said that the time was at hand when the "denunciation by the "progressives" must cease and when the Nation will demand facts." He said he had not the slightest doubt that the Republican party would carry the November elections. The President's second day in Ohio developed less speechmaking and more politics than did his sixteen hour stop in Cleveland. Many Re publicans who did not journey to Northern Ohio to welcome him drop ped in today to have a word or two and to add something to tbe Presi dent's growing, information about the political condition here. The President spoke today at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on "Peace" and dedicated the new fed eral building with a speech against the judicial recall. As the guest of the Columbus Glee Club, he repeated tonight portions of his speech . last night to the Tippecancoe Club of Cleveland. He spent the night in Co lumbus and will end his trip tomor row at Akron. Shortly after his arrival he held a reception in a hotel and, according to estimates by members of his party, more than 3,000 persons marched by and shook his hand. His receptions at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon and tonight's banquet were friendly in the extreme. The alarming reports as to . his physical condition that went out of Cleveland last night were discredited today by the President and Dr. Thomas L. Rhoades, the Army physi cian who is accompanying him. Dr. Rhoades said that the President was recovering from a bronchial attack that could be expected to run its course without serious consequence in several days. The President was accompanied from Cleveland by Committeeman Vorys, of Ohio, but Mr. Vorya said no political talk took place en route. MRS. HENDRY ENTERTAINS NEEDLEWORK SOCIETY. Mrs. H. E. Hendry entertained the S. N. C. Club, (a sewing- society) at her home on Tenth and Washington streets, Monday evening. After two hours of needlework the hostess serv ed a luncheon. The next meeting will be held Monday evening, February 12, at the home of Misses Edna and Clara Caufield. Present at the meet ing at the home of Mrs. Hendry were Miss Helen Daulton, Miss Bess Daul ton, Miss Edna Caufield, Mi3S Clara Caufield, Mrs. C. H. Meissner, Mrs. M. D. Latourette. A Red Cross Martyr OR On the Firing A very impressive and touching great battle scenes. THIS PICTURE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AT THE GRAND SEVERAL DAYS. IT WILL BE SHOWN TODAY ALONG WITH THREE OTHER REELS OF PICTURES. GET IN LINE AND MARCH TO THE THEATRE. IT IS GOOD EXERCISE FOR YOU. For Columbia River Smelt Come to MACDONALD'S MARKET (Next Wells Fargo Express Office) We have large quantities arriving "aily. . .. Special low price for Smelt In box lots delivered to any part of town. Out of town orders will receive our careful attention. Ship ments made day orders are received. Fish of All Kinds SAW TO FREE SELF Evan B. Camp, seventeen years of age, who was arrested Tuesday after noon by Chief of Police Show, is one of the strangest men ever locked up in the city jail. Shaw found a fine steel saw in the man's shoe, and when Camp was asked what he intended do ing with the saw he replied: "Why, I expected to be arrested, nnd had the saw to use in getting out of jail." The prisoner also had a rifle, but refused to say why he carried it. He said he lived at 121. East Fourteenth street Portland. Several persons in the lower end of the city noticed Camp acting strangely and finally the chief was called. When Shaw arrived the man had. departed. The chief, however, found Camp . a short time after at the Southern Pacific station and took him to jail. DANCE IS BIG SUCCESS. The dancing party given at the Armory Saturday night was attended by seventy persons who enjoyed the excellent music furnished by Farm er's orchestra. This wa3 the first of a series of dances to be given at that place since the building has been ren ovated, and reminded those attending of former years when many enjoyable dances were given. Lines of Tripoli war story, Full of action and THE ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION. FEVER IMMUNITY IS OPEN TO ALE HAWLEY INVITES CITIZENS TO TRY VACCINATION AGAINST TYPHOID. MIL WORKERS BEING MUTED President Taft Describes How Serum r Has Virtually Eradicated Disease From Army. Convinced that vaccination against typhoid fever is a preventative W, P. Hawley, president of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company, who is having the employes of the company innoculat ed with the serum, has issued an in vitation to all residents of the city to be vaccinated. Those taking advant age of the generous offer will be ex pected to pay for the serum, but Mr. Hawley will provide the services of the physician. While a thorough in vestigation has revealed that there are few cases of typhoid in the city in fact fewer cases than usual in the winter there is every reason to be lieve that the generous offer of Mr. Hawley will be taken advantage of by a large number of citizens. Dr. M. C. Strickland, who is inno culating the workers is progressing rapidly with the work, and will soon give several of the employes a second treatment. There is little pain con nected with the vaccination, and,, un-4 like that for the prevention of small pox there are no after-effects. Regarding the efficacy of the ty phoid vaccinations President Taft, in speaking of mobilization of troops on the Texas border, in an address before the Medical Club of Philadelphia, said: "The percentage of typhoid cases in the Spanish-American war was so high that it is hard to believe of 120,000 men, there were 20,000 cases, with a case mortality of 7 per cent. Of the volunteer regiments mobilized during the Spanish-American war 90 per cent became infected with typhoid fever within eight weeks from the date of mobilization. With the modern health regulations and by the use of vaccination against ty phoid, not one case of typhoid fever appeared in the entire force in Texas, except that of one teamster who was not vaccinated. It is hard to credit the accuracy of such a record, but, as I have it definitely from the war of fice, I can assert it as one more in stance of the marvelous efficacy of recent medical discoveries and prac tice." PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF OREGON CITY The Society will meet as usual in the Congregational church tonight, but the re hearsal will not commence before 8:15. .' The Orchestra will not meet " with the society as announced last week, owing to the Will- . amette Dancing Club engage ment Instead it will be pres- ent next week. . The rehearsal will close promptly at 9:30 to enable ? members of the society who - so desire to attend the dance. There will be no Orchestra practice on Friday night, ow ing to Mr. Johnston's engage- ment at the' poultry show. " ' the Band will meet at the . Masonic Temple at 7:30 on Friday evening, preparatory to the Street Concert at 8:15. HAROLD A.- SWAFFORD, Secretary. E "Scare a man into being religious and his religion will evaporate when the fright is gone,' said Rev. J. Bruce Evans at the Baptist church Tuesday night. Mr. Evans spoke on "Personal Judgment," basing his remarks on Paul's statement, "Every man shall give an account of himself to God." Mr. Evans said God's judgment will be just and final. His appeal was a recital of the career of Mr. Trotter, the rescue mission worker. The purpose of the story was to show that no matter how low a man can go in sin, Jesus Christ is able to save him. The pastor baptized several persons and will administer the ordinance to night. Mr. Evans will preach his final sermon of the campaign tonight and leaves for Pendleton . Thursday morning where he will conduct a similar series of services in the First Baptist church of that city. SEARCH FOR BODY OF BOY CONTINUES Search was continued Tuesday without success for the body of Paul Piatt, the six-year-old son of O. F. Piatt who fell from the board walk between this city and Portland. It Is now believed that the body is lodg ed in driftwood piled near the Haw ley Pulp & Paper Company plant. Mrs. Piatt received a night message the day before her son was drowned from her husband, who was in Provi dence, R. I., asking how the children were and closing with "Be sure to take good care of Paul." The mother always watched the boy carefully, and he had been away from hef half a minute when he fell ' into the river. Mr. Piatt will arrive here tomorrow. WIFE HAS AFFINITY, HUSBAND ALLEGES Fred P. Vogel filed suit Tuesday for divorce against .Edith L. Vogel. They were married in Baker City June 26, 1905.. The plaintiff alleges that his wife has an affinity and no longer cares for him. . L. E. Gaston, of Portland, filed suit against Carrie May . Gaston asking that their marriage be declar ed void on the ground that the defen dant had a husband William Lake when the ceremony was performed. He also alleges that since he and the defendant were married in 1910 she has been married to a man named Nixon, and is living in . Vancouver, Wash. ' WOMAN, BOYS ROB OF HENS, FREES THEM The plea of Mrs. H. Payne, owner of the chickens, caused Judge Beatie, Tuesday, to dismiss - the . charge against Floyd Boyer and Bert Hart man, both sixteen years of age, who were accused of stealing nine hense. The boys returned the chickens to Mrs. Paynewho lives in Kansas City, and said they were sorry -that they took them. Mrs". Payne told the judge that she did not think the boy3 knew what they were doing and urged him to give them another chance. Judge Beatie lectured the youthful prison ers, and told them if they ever got into trouble again, they would have to suffer the consequences.' The chickens were taken to the- store of H.' W. SWebig, who notified Chief Shaw. Shaw took the boys to the jevenile court. . " " "- CITY IS FREE OF TYPHOID GERMS PROBE OF LIVE WIRES SETS AT REST REPORTS OF EPIDEMIC. DR. WHITE MAKES INVESTIGATION Postmaster Randall Reports That There ; Is Little Hope For Federal Building Ap propriation Npw. There is no longer any fear that there will be a typhoid fever epidemic in Oregon City. . A thorough investi gation by a committee of the Live Wires-of which F. J. Tooze is chair man, has revealed that there are only six or seven cases in the city, and every precaution is being taken to prevent a spread of the diseases. In fact it is all but certain that the vic tims contracted the disease outside of the city. Mr. Tooze reported that Dr. Calvin S. White, president of the State Board of Health, was in the city Monday and conferred with Dr. J. W. Norris, city health officer. Ac companied by Dr. Norris, Dr. White visited the patients, and it was found that none of them was in a serious condition. Dr. White will make a re port of conditions here in a few days. Mr. Tooze said that samples from the intake and other sections had heen sumbitted to chemists in Port land for analysis, and that the city I would continue the investigation. He said that only " three school children had "the disease. Dr. White made an examination of a sample of the water sent him sometime ago by Dr. Norris and found no typhoid germs. Chief of Police Shaw, working in connection with the health and police committee of the City Council, has ordered a thorough cleaning of "the city. Railroad street was cleaned last week and other sections will be given attention this week. The Live Wires decided to hold one evening session monthly hereafter. This means there will-be only three luncheons monthly. The organization has matters before it which cannot be given proper consideration during the luncheon hour and these subjects will be taken up at the evening ses sions. Dinner will be served at 6 o'clock at the evening sessions and after that business will be consid ered. " T. P. Randall, postmaster, reported that blue prints of the interior and exterior of the postoffice had .been sent to the representatives in Con gress- and the United tSates Senate from this State, and all the necessary data, showing the inadequacy of the-j present building and the need of a Federal building. He said, however, that he had read interviews in the papers from Senators Bourne and Chamberlain in which they said" they saw no chance of Oregon City being allowed an appropriation for a Fed eral building at the present session, of Congress. The committee appointed to investi gate the advisability of establishing a cannery in this city reported progress. It was advised, however, that a thorough investigation ' be made, as canneries in Canby and other places in the State had not been successful, party owing to lack of proper man agement O.. D. Eby, chairman of the Promo tion department of the Commercial Club which has charge of the poultry show to be given in this city, said that it would be one of the most suc cessful exhibitions ever given in the State. He reported that more than 400 chickens had been entered, be sides turkeys, cats, geese, dogs. etc. ' . L- g Noted Author Lectures Here Saturday Night liililii HAROLD MORTON KRAMER. Harold Morton Kramer, the noted lecturer and novelist, will lecture Sat urday night, under the auspices of the lyceum bureau, at Woodman hall. Mr. Kramer has an original way of expressing things, and he possesses a magnetic personality. His lectures are literary treats. A philosopher of life, both his lectures and his books are alive with that broad Christianity and warm sympathy that are more and more becoming the most potent forces in leading a thinking people into a better era than the world has ever before known. . He is not an. ex periment. He has given battle and wears the victor's wreaths. In neither lecture nor book does he advocate a theory to which he has - not given practical test. As a lecturer he has appeared upon Lyceum and Chautau qua courses with some of this, coun try's ablest and best known orators and never has failed to share honors with them. X A CAN IAH WANTS T LEAGUE ' ORGANIZED TO FIGHT FOR BETTER STREETCAR SERVICE. MAYOR DIMICK PROMISES TO AID Committee To Confer With Oregon City Commercial Club To Be Named at Next .".Meeting. Virtually all of Canemah attended a meeting Tuesday night in 'Stokes' Hall to make an appeal to the Port land Railway, Light & Power Com pany to raise its tracks at the south ern limits of the city, in order to se cure continuous streetcar service. Committees were appointed and pre liminary plans were made for obtain the desired relief. Mayor Dimick, of Oregon City, said that he would do all he could to have the company raise its tracks. He thought there would be little diffi culty Jn obtaining the improvement. It was pointed out that during high water the residents of Canemah who have business in this city have to climb over the Southern Pacific tracks to escape the flood that inundates the tracks of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and that the streetcars are stopped. It was sug gested by several of the speakers that Oregon City would be able to com pel the company to raise its tracks when it asks for a new freight fran chise next fall. S. L. Stevens presided over the meeting, and besides Mayor Dimick, Henry Jones, Charles C. Spencer, R. C. Ganong, W. A. Hedges and Thomas Lindsay spoke. After the speeches an organization to be known as The Canemah Progressive League was formed and the following officers were elected: S. L. Stevens, presi dent; Mary Ellen Long, vice-president; Berl. Long, secretary, and W. B. Stokes, treasurer. The league will meet the second and -fourth Mondays in each month. The following com mittee to draft by-laws was appoint ed: R. C. Ganong, chairman; W. A. Hedges and Charles Spence. A committee to confer with the Oregon City Commercial Club regard ing the petition to the railroad to raise the track3, will be appointed at the next meeting. PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TO GIVE BIG DANCE. The Invitation Dance to be given by R. V. D. Johnston and the Phil harmonic Orchestra on Valentines Day, February 14, gives every indica tion of being one long to be remem bered. Committees are being formed to look after various details, as cos tumes, favors, dances, decorations and refreshments. There will be a dance orchestra of thirty instrumentalists . The dance will be held in Busch's Hall, and the tickets $1 each. Each ticket admits bearer and one lady. . Two Couples Get Licenses. v Marion T. Cross and Ralph E. John son, and Anna Wilcoxen and Henry Gill have been granted licenses to marry. Read te 'frning 1Enterprt FOR SALE Grocery Store and Pool Room, with Pool Tables. 415 Main St., Oregon City Electee RACKS RAISED BIG SPECIAL Today and "The Mystery Direct from Heilig Theatre where the admission was 25 cents. Our prices are 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. ; : "The Mystery of the Maine" shows the sectts revealed by the gigantic engineering feat of the United States Government in rais ing the Maine in Havana Harbor and uncovering the terrible wreck caused by the explosion .which sank the warship and started a war. Pictures of historic figures In the war are shown. In addition to this Great Picture we will have 2000 feet of film changed daily. BANKRUPT, KILLS SELF F. W. KEFERSTE1N, WHO LOST HALF MILLION IN GER MANY, SUICIDE. FORTUNE LOST IN PAPER MILLS Son Awakens To Find Father Beside Him Gasping For Breath Worked For Abstract Company. Mr. Keferstein died at 3:15 o'clock this morning. Despondent over his failure in busi ness, which caused him the. loss of his fortune of half a million dollars, Fre.erich William Keferstein, an en-. ploye of the Oregon City Abstract Company, early today shot himself in -the temple in a furnished room at 312 ; Railroad avenue. Drs. H. S. and Guy Mount, the attending physicians, say the man's condition is critical, and that he probably will die. Mr. Kefer stein's son, Otto Edwin, was sleeping beside his father when the shot was fired, but did not hear the report. He was awakened sometime later by the gasping of his parent, and lighting a lamp found the wound in his right temple. The young man immediately called Mrs. Clara Fiedler, his aunt, who ha3 -a room adjoining that of himself and father, and then hastened to the Elec tric Hotel in search of a physician. J. J .Tobin, proprietor of the hotel, called Policeman Frost, and the phy sicians were summoned. When Police man Frost and the Drs. Mount arriv ed, Mr. Keferstein was in an uncon scious condition. The physicians, af ter making an examination, said the man's condition was critical,- and it would be unwise to probe for the bul let until he recovered from the shock.' Later it was thought that he was dy ing, but he rallied, and it was thought at one time that he tried to speak. Mr. Keferstein owned for many years three paper factories in Eims leen, Germany, but last March failed in business and decided to come to this country in the hope of recoup ing his fortune. He was accompanied by his son, and Mrs. Fiedler, a half sister of the papermaker's wife, who had acted as his housekeeper, Mr. Keferstein and his wife having been estranged. They lived in New York for several months and from there went to Chicago where Mr. Keferstein obtained employment. They went from there to Spokane, and then to Portland where the former paper man ufacturer worked for an abstract company. He obtained a , position with the Oregon Abstract Company la3t Saturday, and went to work for that company Tuesday morning. Young Keferstein said that his fa ther had . brooded over the loss of his fortune for months, but that he had never made any threats of taking his life. In fact the young man and his aunt did not know until after the shooting that Mr. Keferstein had a pistol. It is believed that he obtained the weapon after coming to this city. According to the son his father be came greatly depressed after arrif - ' ing in this country and finding that it would not only be impossible for him to make another fortune, but that it would be by the hardest work that he could make a living. He fre quently spoke of having been de frauded by friends, and declared that he had placed too much confidence in them. In the financial wreck, accord ing to the boy, was J90.000 which had been left him by an aunt. He said his father had used the money in the hope of preventing the impending dis aster. Mr. Keferstein came of a family that had long been engaged in the (Continued on page 2.) Theatre Tomorrow of the Maine"