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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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Theatre
Tomorrow
of the Maine"