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VOL. Ill No. 33.
OREGON- CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1912.
Peb Week, 10 Cents
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OR
EGON CITY TO
2 POLICE CHIEFS TODAV
Burns Becomes Shaw's
Rival As Chief Today
CHARLES E. BURNS.
ALDERMAN TO SPEAK
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Alderman will deliver an
address at the High School at 11
o'clock this morning. While the ad
dress is primarily for the benefit of
the pupils, Superintendent of City
Schools Tooze invites the general
public to attend. The lecture is
the second of a series arranged by
Superintendent Tooze. Mayor Dimick
will be the speaker next week, and
.others who have promised to deliver
addresses are O. D. Eby, Governor
West and J. E. Hedges.
Four sacKs of De
merit's Bros. Best
(Purchased of F. T. t Barlow
the grocer.)
4 Separate prizes 1 sack for
each lucky number.
to be given away
F
fee
odayl
1 SACK AT 1 O'CLOCK P. M.
3 SACKS AT 8:15 O'CLOCK
Every 10c ticket purchased
between 12 and 1 o'clock p. m.
entitles holder to a chance in
the afternoon.
Every 10c ticket purchased be
tween 7 and 8:15 o'clock p. m.
entitles holder to a chance in
the evening. .
.Holder of tickets must be. pre
sent at the drawing.
THE
WILL GIVE PRIZES EVERY
FRIDAY.
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E. L. SHAW.
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BY MAYOR
SHAW WILL CONTINUE HIS DUTIES
ALBRIGHT SAYS POLICEMAN
COOKE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN
CHARGE OF MEN SLEEP
ING DURING WORK
ING HOURS.
Although the city council, by vote
of eight to one, has refused to con
firm his appointment, Charles E.
Burns today will start to work as
chief of police, under Mayor Dimick's
instructions. E. L. Shaw, whom the
council insists upon retaining also
will be on duty, and, consequently
the city will have two chiefs, or one
chief and one alleged chief. It is
thought the courts eventually will be
called upon to decide who is the
rightful occupant of the office. May
or Dimick gave out the following
statement Thursday night:
"That whereas the charter of Ore
gon City provides that the Mayor
has the power and it Is bis duty to
organize, govern and conduct the po
lice force within the limits of said
city, and whereas the city is without
a chief of police, and the Mayor is
responsible for all unlawful conduct
in said city, and to that end it is nec
essary to have a chief of police who
will follow the instructions of the
Mayor and see that every ordinance
is strictly enforced, therefore the un
dersigned hereby appoints Charles E.
Burns as chef of police until the next
regular meeting- of the city council."
Mr. Burns has provided himself
with a" badge, Chief of Police Shaw
having refused to turn over his badge
at the time of his dismissal by the
Mayor. Shaw ha3 the backing of the
council, and despite the Mayor's re
fusal to sign his salary warrants his
friends say be will have no trouble
getting his money. The council, on
the other hand, will decline to ap
prove the warrants issued in the fa
vor of Burns.
Although both are fighting for the
place of chief, Shaw and Burns are
friends personally, and there is no
likelihood of a conflict between them.
It is predicted that each will attend
to the duties of chief according to
h's own ideas. Just what would be
the result in case of an arrest by
Burns is hard to say, Shaw having
the keys to the jail. ,
Despite the charges that they take
turns about going home and sleep
ing when they should be on duty
made at the council mteting Wednes-.
day night, Night Policemen Green
and Frost were on duty Thursday.
Mayor Dimick said that he had made
a futile attempt to find out the names
of the men who made the investiga
tion." Green and Frost deny emphati
cally that they have not worked
faithfully, and declare the charges
were made by enemies of themselves
and the Mayor for the purpose of in
juring the latter.
The councilmen who are opposing
the Mayor say they want "Shaw or a
better man." It is conceded that
Shaw has made an excellent officer.
Although the councilmen who made
the charges that policemen were
shirking at the meeting Wednesday
night used the words "the night po
licemen," Councilmen Albright and
Tooze, who declared they were certain
the charges were true, said Thursday
that Policeman Cooke was not in
cluded. They declared the men they
had reference to when they said "the
night -policemen" were taking turns
about going home and sleeping when
they should be at work were Police
men Green and Frost. Councilman
Albright said he was ready to tell the
Mayor who made the investigation,
to give all tht iacts and the dates of
the alleged derelictions, when the
proper hearing was asked.
CITIZENS ASK THAT
CEMETERY BE PLATTED
The cemetery committee of the
City Council and Mayor Dimick will
meet with a committee of citizens in
a few days regarding the platting of
the addition to Mountain Vitw Ceme
tery. A committee of citizens, head
ed by E. G. Caufield, urged the coun
cil at the meeting Wednesday night
to provide a plan whereby the entire
tract could be platted at once. The
other members of the committee were
John Cooke, William Andresen and
J. E. Jack. Attention was called to
the fact that the platting , of certain
sections at a time was not advisable.
SUNDAY SCHOOL EXPERT
TO LECTURE THIS EVENING.
Rev.- J. D. Springston, of Portland,
a Sunday school expert lecturer, will
address the people of Oregon City to
night at the First Baptist church on
"Trained Teachers for Sunday
Schools." All persons interested In
the promotion of Bible schools, are
invited to attend.
Patronize our advertisers.
ARE
UNITED STATES READY TO MAKE
PUBLIC GRAVITY OF
SITUATION.
MADfRO READY TO ASK ASSISTANCE
More Than 6,000 American Troops
In Texas Are To Cross
Border When Order -Is
G'ven.
WASHINGTON, Feb.' 8. -Preparation
to warn Americans to leave Mex
ico, in the belief that their live3 are
endangered there, is being made to
day by the state department. This
announcement, coming from a high
official, is a public admission by the
American government of the gravity
of the Mexican situation.
Diplomats here today believe that
the announcement means that President-Madero
is to ask the assistance
of the United States in restoring or
der in the republic by intervention,
and that President Taft will comply
with the request. This is believed to
be the underlying cause of the warn
ing as it was pointed out that if the
United States does attempt interven
tion no opportunity to destroy Am
erican lives or property would be ov
erlooked by the rebel forces.
There are today -6,000 American
troops stationed in Texas ready to
cross the border the moment the or
der is given. In addition, 34,000 men,
practically the entire mobile army of
the United States, have been ordered
to prepare to leave for the border on
an instant's notice. Advices received
by th State and War Departments
from military posts throughout the
country say that the troops are in
readiness.
The gunboat Wheeling, according to
a dispatch received here today has
arrived in New Orleans, "for the
Mardi Gras celebration."
LIKE TURKEY EGG
A curio just placed in the R. Schoen.
born's confectionery store window on
Seventh street is attracting much at
tention. It is a granite rock, repre
senting a turkey egg and measures
four inches in length and seven
inches in circumference. Those who
are familiar with curios of this kind
are puzzled as to how it was made
so perfectly It was found by Mrs.
Herman Fisher, of Logan, at a place
where there are no other rocks, The
curio is valued highly by the owner.
TEAM IS ORGANIZED
The High School track team was
organized . Thursday with Edward
Busch, manager and Joseph Sheahan,
captain. There are already, thirteen
members of the team with a probab
ility that more will join. Mr. Shea
han, who was captain last year, says
the new material is equally as good
a3 the old, and predicts even better
success. The team has invitations to
compete with the Columbia Univers
ity team early in April and later on
with the teams of the University of
Oregon, the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, and Stanford University. It Is
erpected that the business men of the
city will make donations to the ex
pense fund of the team. Oregon City
High last year made an enviable repu
tation in competition with teams of
some of the biggest colleges on the
-Coast.
AMERICANS
LEAVING
MEXICO
NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD?
Popular Official Is
Out For Re-Election
W. H. MATTOON.
W. H. Mattoon Thursday announc
ed his candidacy for re-election as a
member of the county court. So far
he is the only candidate for the Re
publican nomination at the primary
to be held in April. Mr. Mattoon s
term does not expire until next Jan
uary. He has been a conscientious
and efficient official and his friends
say he will be re-elected, and that the
chances are he will have no opposi
tion. "Uncle Billy," as he is familiar
ly known, lives in Estacada, but is
well known throughout the county.
He ha3 served four years as a mem
ber of the court.
ROOSEVELT TO WORK
WITH PROGRESSIVES
NEW 'YORK, Feb. 8 Theodore
Roosevelt through Alexander Moore,
publisher of the Pittsburg Leader,
announecd today that he will take an
active part in the coming presiden
tial campaign, in the following mes
sage sent to the progressives of the
country:
"I don't believe my bitterest enemy
will say that I ever was a deserter.
You can say to the progressives that
I will not desert the cause, and that
they will find me fighting side by
side with them in the finish."
E
WAV TO NEW VORK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Charles
W. Morse, the New York banker, who
was pardoned by President Taft after
serv'ng two years of a fifteen year
sentence for wrecking the Trust Com
pany of America, passed through
Washington today en route to New
York. Mrs. Morse refused to allow
the reporters to interview her hus
band. Morse, apparently, is a much im
proved man. As the train entered
Washington the former banker was
fully dressed, seated at a window. Dr.
Fowler, however, says that ' Morse's
improvement is only temporary and
that his death 13 only a matter of
time. The sudden announcement of
pardon, says Dr. Fowler, caused swift
improvement. K '.
Morse will remain in New York a
week and will then sail for Bad Nau
helm, where he hopes to be perman
ently benefited by the baths.
4 COUPLES GET LICENSES.
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following, Thursday:
Josephine Neygren and Henry O.'
Meyer; Mabel Martin and Roy Thom
as; Ethel Edwards and John Frank
lin Makespease, and Helen Eversole
and Frank Van Hoomissen.
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MINERS
ENTOMBED
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BREAD, HAM AND BACON ARE
BLOWN TO THEM BY
AIR PUMP.
CAPTIVES HAVE TELEPHONE SERVICE
Men, Confident They Would Be Res
cued, Says They Were Not
Alarmed While' In '
Deep Prison.
AMADOR CITY, Cal., Feb. 8 The
sixty-two miners who were entombed
in the Bunker Hill mine were rescued
today. The men were taken out
through the main shaft, all alive and
well. Not a single man was hurt or
even hungry. .
There were emotional scenes as
begrimed miners, who had been heldl
prisoners for nearly twenty-four hours
were brought to the top of the shaft
in an improvised skip. As they step
ped from the mouth of the mine wives
and mothers clasped them and cried
for joy.
The miners, most of them Austrians
and Italians, took the situation coolly.
Assured that relief was near, they
said they slept ,well on the 200-foot
level last night They were not even
worried.
The telephone lines were not sev
ered and the men were told how the
rescue work was progressing.
This morning loaves of bread and
ham and bacon were thrown into the
large 16-inch blower used for pump
ing air into the mine. The air cur
rent was so strong that it caught up
the loaves like mere straws and
whisked them . to the miners, whose
appetites had begun to grow keen.
The mouth of the shaft is in bad
condition, but Superintendent Hos
kins announced repairs would be
started at once, and that the mine
will resume . operations within ten
days.
The Bunker Hill cave-in occurred
shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. A skip loaded with rock
was being hoisted to the top of the
mine. On top -of the load rode Shift
Boss Hoskins. He stepped from the
cage when the collar of the shaft was
reached and the skip started on up
to the dumping place.
When near the top of the gallows
frame, the cable parted and the skip,
heavily loaded with rock shot down
the incl'ne track and jumped from the
regular course. The skip struck the
edge of the collar of the shaft, smash
ing timbers and causing the collar to
collapse. The debris filled up the
shaft to a depth of from 40 to 60 feet,
shutting off the escape of the men in
the mine.
In a few minutes the wildest ex
citement prevailed and soon hundreds
of people, including the wives and
families of the entombed workmen,
had collected near the mouth of the
shaft.
Sheriff J. S. Davis was present
and quickly stretched a rope around
the shaft so that those engaged in
rescue work might not be hindered.
It is still probable tha some men
have been killed at the bottom of the
shaft by falling debris.
WIFE, SUING, ALLEGES
HUSBAND CHOKED HER.
Alleging cruelty Lena Rua filed suit
Thursday for divorce, against Charles
Rua. They were married October 6,
1910, in Vancouver, Wash. The plain
tiff charges that her husband struck
and choked her November 3; 1911.
She asks that her maiden name, Lena
Martinez, be restored.
X. L. CLUB TO MEET.
The X. L. Club, of Gladstone, will
meet at the school house at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. A prominent Port
land woman will lecture, after which
refreshments will be served.
HOURS
SAVED
ION'S ADVICE
OUICKLYREJECTED
PROGRESSIVES IN OHIO WIN
POINT iN FIGHT FOR
REFERENDUM.
GOVERNOR SAYS THERE IS NO HURRY
Constitutional Convention Committee
Will Report Favorably On
' ' - v Plan For Equal
Suffrage.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 8. after
hearing an address at noon today by
Governor Harmon-, in which he took
strong ground against incorporating
a clause providing for a state-wide
initiative and referendum in the new
constitution, supporters of the pro
posed initiative and referendum plan
won a decisive victory in the consti
tutional convention a few hours later.
The Governor in his address said
the idea of direct legislation still was
in an experimental stage and that
Ohio would do well to wait until it
had had a thorough trial in other
states.
He defined his own position on the
subject as being the attitude of "the
man from Missouri."
The- declaration of the Governor
came in the nature of a sensation to
the supporters of the initiative and
referendum among delegates in the
convention, coming as it did at a
time -when that body was about to
take up for consideration a resolution
which had been introduced by Dele
gates Halfhill, of Allen county.
The Halfhill resolution, backed by
opponents of the initiative and refer
endum, proposed to censure President
Bigelow for having secured pledges
from many members to abide by cau
cus action on that subject. The res
olution declared that the action of the
president of the convention in secur
ing pledges for caucus support of the
initiative and referendum was unfair.
Following the address of Governor
Harmon' and at the close of an acri
monious debate the convention late
today tabled the resolution, the vote
standing CO to 45.
That a clause providing for equal
suffrage would be reported favorably
by the committee on woman's suf
frage of the convention, was conceded
tonight, after a hearing at which lead
ing advocates of suffrage for women
had made addresses. -
Chairman Kilpatrick said that 18 of
the 21 members of the committee fav
ored the franchise for women.
RUEF GOES HOME!
TO SEE AGED MOTHER
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. Con
vict Abraham Ruef "came back from
Europe"' today to his aged mother.
In view of general' public condem
nation of his order forbidding Ruef
the privilege of visiting his aged par
ents, Judge Lawlor relented this
morning and issued' an order enabling
Sheriff Eggers to convey Ruel to the
Pierce street home, where the mother,
bed-ridden, has waited his "return
from Europe" for these .eleven
months. She does not know the truth.
To herT her "boy," as she has always
called him, was traveling, recuperat
ing from ' his long siege during his
trlal3. Eighty-three years old, sne has
lain on her bed of pain awaiting his
return. It came this afternoon.
Shortly before 2 o'clock Ruef, his
eyes moist after his first embrace
with hi3 sister on the steps of their
home, passed on through the familiar
doorway, up the carpeted stairs, to
enter his mother's room.
He went in alone. None of the fam
ily, not even hisaged father, or his
sister, or his niece, went with him.
What passed between Abraham Ruef
and' his aged mother is theirs alone
to know.
OREGOH CITY RIVER
LINE INCORPORATES
SALEM, Or., Feb. 8. The Willa
mette Navigation Company of Port
land filed articles of incorporation
with the Secretary of State today to
operate steamboats on the Willamette
and Columbia rivers and the Pacific
Ocean. The incorporators are B. T.
McBain, R. A. Leiter and Frank T.
Griffith. The capital stock is placed
at $25,000.
The new company has - purchased
the steamer Ruth from the O.-W. R.
& N. Company and will use it in the
transportation of freight from the pa
per mills at Oregon City. Later, if
conditions warrant, another steamer
will be placed on the run.
TO
RAISE CANEMAH TRACK
F. C. Burk, chairman of the street
committee of the City. Council, an
nounced Thursday that - Vice-President
Fuller, of the O. W. P., had
promised that the tracks of the
streetcar line between this city and
Canemah would be raised to prevent
an interruption of service during high
water. After the citizens of Cane
mah asked the Oregon City Council
to use its influence in . having the
tracks raised Mr. Burk called upon
Mr. Fuller, and was told that the com
pany had arranged to appropriate
$19,000 for making the improvement.
Mr. Burk said it would be at least a
month before the work was started.
HAR
HILL CRIME PROBE
WILL START TODAY
GRAND JURY TO HEAR CHARGES
MADE AGAINST NATHAN
B. HARVEY.
HIS LAWYER HAS NO FEAR OF RESULT
Rich Nurseryman at Preliminary
Hearing Before Justice
of Peace Samson
Dismissed.
The grand jury today will hear evi
dence in the case of Nathan B. Har
vey, the wealthy Milwaukie nursery
man, relating to the slaying of the
Hill family at Ardenwald Station.
Subpoenas were served Thursday by
Sheriff Mass and Deputy Sheriff
Miles, and all the witnesses who testi
fied at the preliminary hearing before
Justice of the Peace Samson, and
others are expected to be present.
Mr. Harvey was exonerated in the
Justice of the Peace's court, and his
attorney, George C. Brownell, has no
fear that the grand jury will return
an indictment. Mr. Brownell is con
vinced that his client knows abso
lutely nothing of the crime, which
shocked the entire state. -
Sheriff Mass says more evidence
will be submitted to the grand jury
than was given at the preliminary
hearing. He says he did not intro
duce all his witnesses at the hearing
because he did not think it would be
pecessary in order to have the pris
oner bound over to the grand jury.
Evidence was introduced at the
preliminary hearing tending to show
that Mr. Harvey before he had been
accused of the crime contracted with
a law firm in Portland to defend him
in case of his arrest, agreeing to give
the lawyers $20,000. The defendant
admitted that he made an agreement
with the lawyers, but said he did so
while frightened by reports that "the
woods were full of detectives and
deputy sheriffs" who were seeking
him. -
Several days before Harvey's ar
rest T. F- Cowing, Jr., a brother of
Mrs. Hill, one of the slayer's victims,
called at the Harvey nursery. Cow
ing asked Harvey to go to the Hill
home with him and show him how the
bodies lay. , This Harvey refused to
do, and Cowing produced a pistol, and
fired two shots at the floor he said.
Harvey thinks Cowing tried to shoot
him.- . ...
COURT DECLARES
WILLAMETTE CITY
Willamette is again a city. The
county court has -canvassed the votes
cast at the recent election and issued
a certificate that the proposition to
incorporate carried by a vote of
thirty-seven to thirty-five. T. J.
Gary was declared Mayor. Mr. Gary
was the Mayor under the old incor
poration which was declared void,
because there was no record that the
county court had canvassed the vote
cast in 1908 declaring the place a
city. - - . --,...: , -
CHIEF SHAW MAKES
REPORT TO COUNCIL
Chief of Police Shaw's report,
which was submitted to the city can
cil Wednesday night, shows that 377
tramps were arrested in January; 12
city cises were prosecuted and $55 in
fines was received by the city treas
urer. Two men who were ill were
cared for by the city and Health Of
ficer Norris attended two others who
were ill. Five prisoners were held
over to the grand jury in Justice of
the Peace Samson s court The chief
arrested one man on a charge of
stealing tools and a fugutive from
Washington on a charge of obtaining
money through false pretenses.
HOWELL FUNERAL
LARGELY ATTENDED
Many friends and acquaintances of
the late Josiah Howell, who died at
the family home at Canemah of heart
failure Monday afternoon attended the
funeral services, which were held
from the-1. O. O. F. hall Thursday
afternoon. The services were con
ducted by I. O. O. F- No. 1, which
the deceased was a charter member.
The remains were taken to the hall
at 10 o'clock and many friends view
ed the remains during the day pre
ceding the services The casket was
banked with floral offerings and the
platform, where rested the remains
was a bower of flowers, which was an
evidence of the high esteem Mr. How
ell was held by his associates and ac
quaintances. . Many of the old soldier
were in attendance, and the pallbear-
. rA 4-1ty,a Manila r9 tVlA H -
ceased. They were Captain J. T. Ap
prson, George R. A. Miller, A. F.
Stokes, David McArthur, R. G. Por
ter and David Caufield. Among the
beautiful floral offerings were those
from the Order of Elks, I. O. O. F, and
Vrf I ITT 1 II O I 1 UVUVV A ,.uai.u v-ua
The interment was in the Vance
lot," Mrs. Howell's parents, at Moun
tain View cemetery, and the impres
sive burial service of the I. O. O. F.
was used.
4utcrlbe for the Dun Bntenrta