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OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cent
T. R. SAYS HFLL
DO OWN TALKING
TANGLED.
HARVEY NOT TO
BE JURY WITN
IS SOON TO START
AND PEACE OFFICER
PflOKN
MCd
ENT
BIG CONTEST RUSH
SHAW NOW JAILER
ESS
COLONEL DECLARES CONGRESS
MAN M'KINLEY IS NOT
HIS MOUTHPIECE.
8 GOVERNORS FOR EX-PRESIDENT
D. C. Collier, After Conference With
Roosevelt, Starts For Cali
fornia to Work
For Him.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. "Please say
for me that Congressman McKinley
is not my official mouthpiece. I am
capable of doing my own talking."
This was the only reply forthcom
ing from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
today to a statement issued by Con
gressman McKinley of Illinois to the
effect that Colonel Roosevelt was con
centrating the strength of the progres
sives and that this branch of the
Republican party would line up solidly
in support of President Taft when the
proper time arrived.
Public acknowledgement of the re
ceipt of a letter from Chicago by eight
governors of Western states in which
he was urged to announce his candi
dacy for the Republican presidential
nomination was made this afternoon
by Colonel Roosevelt He said:
"I am giving the letter careful con
sideration and shall reply to it within
a short time i-robably inside a week.
Until that time I can say nothing on
the subject."
The letter, it is reported, was de
livered personally to Colonel Roose
velt by former United States District
Attorney Edwin Sims, chairman of the
Roosevelt national committee.
Colonel D. C. Collier, president of
the San Diego Panama Exposition
Company, who has been in Washing-
ton conferring with President Taft,
was in New York today, where he
held a conference with Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt. Emerging from Roose
vent's oifice in The Outlook, Colonel
.Collier said:
"I am going to California and will
take oft my coat and hustle for dele
gates pledged to Roosevelt."
Asked if the colonel would accept
the nomination for president. Collier
replied:
"I am speaking for myself, not for
Colonel Roosevelt, but I am convinced
that he will be nominated and that he
will accept. I told him that the coun
try is no longer divided into parties,
but into two classes neurotics and
reactionaries. I also told him that he
was the only Republican able to defeat
Woodrow Wilson, if Wilson is nomi
nated. "I have been through thirty-six
states recently and I told Roosevelt
-that the sentiment of the people not
the party bosses is overwhelmingly
for Wilson. I told him that Wilson,
Clark, Folk or Underwood could de
feat President Taft and that the only
Democrat Taft would have a chance
to beat would be Harmon."
UVE WIRES DISCUSS
F. J. Tooze and O. D. Eby, at the
luncheon of the Live Wires Tuesday,
favored converting the lot adjoining
the high school into a playground and
park. They opposed however, the
plan to make it a baseball and foot
ball field and to build a swimming
tank on the lot. They made a plea
for the trees and said swings and
other devices could be arranged for
the children to use in play. Final
discussion of the question was con
tinued until the next meeting of the
Live Wires which will be held next
Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock.
The committee appointed to investi
gate the question of having a public
dock reported in favor of having one,
and a motion was carried providing
that B. T. McBain, main trunk, ap
point a committee to make definite
arrangements for the dock.
The City Council of Gladstone, at a
meeting Tuesday night, declared the
office of City Treasurer vacant, be
cause J. C. Paddock, who was elect
ed, did not qualify in the time pres
cribed by law. J. K. Pardee, former
treasurer, insists that he is still the
rightful occupant of the office. The
council appointed Paddock to serve
-until the next election. Merlin Bell
was named Chief of Police and Ed
ward Harrington Superintendent of
Streets. The committee on water
made a favorable report. It is thought
work will be started soon on the
-plant. A resolution providing for a
aewer on Portland avenue was adopt
ed. It also was urged that Dartmouth
and Hereford streets be improved.
Hotel Arrivals.
The following are registered at the
Electric Hotel: Charles Shaeuke,
Sandy; B. Schonberg, Dodge; A. J.
Stewart, Aberdeen, Wash.; H. Kirby
son, L. H. Axtell, Corvallis; Henry
"Emmer, C. Saxton, Portland; J. L.
Mumpower; H. W. Rose, Eugene;
W. F. Hartwell, Portland; John Bar
tenstein, A. Zenger, G. Lawson, Oakland.
THE DEMAND FOR NOMINATION
BLANKS IN PAPER IS
UNPRECEDENTED.
SCORES EAGER TO ENTER GREAT RACE
Handsome Ford Touring Car Finest
Prize Ever Offered In Friendly
Contest in Clacka
mas County.
Just five more days and the Grand
Automobile Contest of the Weekly and
Daily Enterprise will start with a big
rush. There was a big demand for
yesterday's paper for. in that issue
was printed for the first time the nom
ination blanks which all those who
are going to enter the race are now
sending in to the Contest Managers
so they can make a good start next
Monday morning. These nomination
blank3 will only appear in five more
issues of the paper and after the con
test is started the only way one can
enter the race is to send in a sub
scription which will be counted as a
nomination.
One thousand free votes will be
given to every one who is nominated
as a candidate in the Grand Automo
bile Contest in the next five days and
is ready to start to work at the first
tap of the bell next Monday morning.
To obtain these free votes it is neces
sary that your nomination is sent in
or handed to the Contest Managers
before next Monday. In next Sunday's
-paper will be printed for the first
time the names of those who have
been nominated up to that day, and
after the contest starts the only way
to enter the race is to first send in a
subscription which will be counted as
a nomination. But the only way to
get the one thousand free votes is to
be sure that jour name is sent in on
a regular nomination blank. These
blanks will be printed in every issue
o! the Enterprise up to and including
r.ext Sunday's paper. So it is to thf;
best interest to all who are going to
enter the b'g race to be sure that
their nominstion blank is sent in at
once. And I'on't forget that your
name must be in before the contest
starts or jou will not receive that
bonus of one thousand votes. One
thousand more votes might win the
contest in the final count and no one
can afford to miss the chance to get
these votes free.
This grand contest is certainly at
tracting the people. All day long
yesterday men women, boys and girls,
came to the Enterprise office to see
the Contest Manager in regard to their
entering the race. Everyone will be
welcome to enter and there is sure to
be a big list to start off next Mon
day. After the contest is started the
standing of the different contestants
wi" Vf pa'i'Jched from day tlnj .
This is done in the best interest f ill
so they can compare their strength
with tho ctiiers in the race. No votos
ca.-it will l:c held back in ordor to
favor any particular contestant, imt
every vote will be printed in the daily
standing of the contestants.
As announced the grand prize in
lontest is a new Ford Automobile,
fully equipped in every particular, the
value of which is $785. This is the
most valuable prize ever given by any
paper in this county, and is in full
accord with the policy of the Enter
prise, that the best is none too good.
The car is now on exhibition at the
Elliott Garage and is being daily ad
mired by crowds of people who go not
merely to see the Ford, but who go
away with the determination that on
the first of June the car will be theirs.
This is possible as this machine will
be given away absolutely free by the
Enterprise to the person who gets the
greatest number of votes between
next Monday and that time.
For every subscription that is taken
for the Weekly or Daily Enterprise a
certain number of votes will be given.
Of course the longer the subscription
the more votes will be given. Thus
a subscription for a year will be worth
far more votes than a subscription for
three or iix months. As the only way
to get votes is by sending in subscrip
tions it stands to reason that the one
who gets the most subscriptions in
the few weeks of the contest will get
the automobile. Anyone who enters
the contest can go where ever he
wishes to get subscribers. There are
no districts to which you will be con
fined. The whole of Clackamas coun
ty is your territory and the ones that
get out first will have the best chance
to get the easiest subscriptions. Those
Hying in the country will have the
right to come to regon City to work
the same as those who live here are
sure to go out in the country to earn
votes. It will be a battle royal. Wo
men against the men the girls against
tie boys or the boys against the men
and the girls against the women and
each contestant for himself or herself.
There will be married men in the race
fts well as married women. It will
be a contest in which boys go to
school will compete against girls who
have been graduated! But, however
keen the race, it will be attended with
the spirit of good-natured rivalry
which-will not cause any one to have
hard feelings, regardless of who wins
the prize.
We cannot too strongly emphasize
the Importance of immediately send
ing in your nomination blank, not only
to get that extra thousand votes, but
to be ready to get in and' dig at the
very start. Send in that blank today,
and as soon as you see your name in
the list of those who have been nom
inated come in to get detailed Inform
ation as to the best way to get the
biggest results. Watch the paper from
day to day to find out more details
that wtfl interest and assist you. We
will publish again soon the schedule
showing how many votes you will get
for taking subscriptions the location
of the ballot boxes, etc.
This contest is your golden chance.
Underwood. Wilson,
PROGRESSIVE SUPPER
TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT
A novel entertainment is to be given
this evening at the Presbyterian
church by the Christian Endeavor So
ciety. The latter part of the evening
is to be devoted to an excellent liter
ary and musical program, the numbers
of which are as follows: Vocal solo,
Miss Hlen Ely; instrumental solo,
Carol Ely; instrumental duet, Misses
Lorena and Florence Andrews; instru
mental solo, Florence Andrews; vocal
duet, Mrs. E. H. Cooper and Mrs. W.
C. Green; reading, Miss Frances Kent,
of Woodburn.
A progressive supper has been plan
ned, which will be served from 6:30
o'clock until 8. There will be four
divisions, the tables to be presided
over by the young women of the
church. The white" table, from which
will be served rolls, potato salad, cab
bage salad, will be presided over by
Misses Helen Ely, Roberta Schuebel;
brown table, brown bread, Boston
baked beans, cold roast beef and cof
fee, to be presided over by Miss Ger
trude Hamilton and Miss Ruth Bright
bill; red table, red cabbage pickles;
pickled beets and jellies, Misses
Gladys Byrom and Etta Long; pink
table, pink cakes and pink jello, to be
presided over by Marvel Ely and Vir
ginia Shaw.
Those partaking of supper will be
given tiw privilege of remaining af
each table for about five :iinuios, and
as the bell is rung by Glyde Sfhuebel,
guests are supposed to move along to
the next table.
Miss Mable Tooze is chairman of the
refreshment committee, and also of
the decorating committee. She will
be assisted by Glyde and Roberta
Schuebe!, Clyde Green, Ray Morris,
Gladys Byron and Etta Long. Mrs.
W. C. Green has charge of the re
freshments and will be assisted by
Misses Gladys Byrom and Etta Long.
The proceeds of the entertainment
will go toward the building fund , of
the Presbyterian church.
IS
CIVEN BG SURPRISE
Theodore Osmund was surprised at
his home, Twelfth and Center streets,
Monday evening when some of his
friends called to remind him that they
wished to have a "good time" and
wanted him to "show them," which
he certainly . did, proving a most de
lightful host The evening was de
voted to cards, and refreshments were
served. The party remained at Os
mund home until a late hour.
Those in attendance were Clyde
Gibson Huntley, Livy Stipp, Roy Oz
anum Young, Harry Edward Draper,
Dr. Hugh Stephen Mount, Eber Arno
Chapman, Roswell Lafayette Holman,
Thomas Phocion Randall, Charles
Thadeus Parker, Dr. Clyde Sylvester
Mount and Teddy Osmund.
BAPTIST CLUB TO HAVE
VALENTINE SOCIAL TONIGHT.
The Social Club of the Baptist
church will have a leap year valentine
social at the Baptist church this eve
ning, and a most enjoyable time Is
anticipated by those who attend. Mrs.
Arthur Rugg is chairman of the pro
gram committee, and Miss Lilian
Traxel is chairman of the refreshment
committee.
Harmon and Clark in chorus: "It's on
THEQPHILE DELCASSE.
Who Is Minister of Marine
In the New French Cabinet.
AT LAND HEARING
County Clerk Mulvey finished tak
ing testimony Tuesday for the land
office in the cases of the United
States against August and Bernard
Schoenberg, who have claims in sec
tion 34, township 4 south range 5 east.
It is contended by the government
that the men did not liv.e on the land
a sufficient length of "time and that
they viclated other sections of the
homestead law. Gilbert L. Hedges, at
torney for the defendants, assert that
the law was observed by the clai
mants. DERM CLUB TO
HAVE PARTY TONIGHT
The valentine party to be given by
the Derthick Club at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Loder this evening,
promises to be a most enjoyable af
fair. An excellent musical program
will be rendered during the evening,
special musicians from Portland hav
ing meen engaged. The program will
commence at 8 o'clock. The Loder
home is to be beautifully decorated
for the occasion, and a most enjoya
ble time is anticipated by the mem
bers, their husbands and the young
ladies who have the privilege of in
viting their young men friends.
The hostesses of the evening will
be Mrs. John W. Loder, Mrs. C. O.
Williams, Mrs. C. G. Miller, Mrs.
Leon DesLarzes and Mrs. L. Adams.
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HULVEY PRESIDES
Today!
SEE FATTY BUNNY
He will hold you in spasms of mirth,
and big fat laughs.
"BOBBIES"
Seattle's popular baritone. will sing'
illustrated songs today and tomorrow.
THE GRAND
my line. I tell you!'
ATTENDANCE AT BALL
TO
Indications are that the attendance
at the Philharmonic dance tonight
will exceed that of any dance ever
held in Oregon City- Requests for
bids are coming in from all sides.
Victor Gault who is handling the busi
ness end for Director Johnston re
ports persons coming from the Ore
gon Agriculture College at Corvallis;
some from Salem, and others from
Aurora and vicinity.
Arrangements are being made for
a late car back to Portland to accom
modate the people coming from there.
Band and orchestra have ' been thor
oughly rehearsed in the music and
from the first note of the grand march,
to the last note of the final dance
there will be dancing music long to
be remembered.
A ladies maid will be in attendance
in the ladies' dressing rooms, and
nothing will be left undone that will
add to the comfort and convenience
of the women folk. Special checking
facilities are to be provided for the
men. The members of the orchestra
wish it to be distinctly understood
that they are not to blame for the
omission of names from the list.
SHERIFF AND DEPUTY
HUNT WILLIAM LILLIE.
Sheriff Mass and Deputy Sheriff
Miles went to the ranch of William
Lillie on the Clackamas in a futile
search for the man Tuesday night.
They were told taat Lillie had gone
to Coos Bay. His formtr wife got
out a com plaintr alleging that he was
insane sometime ago. Mr. Miles went
after Lillie at that time but the ranch
er disappeared in the woods.
MENRY O'M ALLEY CUTS
FOOT WHILE CUTTING WOOD.
Henry O'Malley, superintendent of
fish hatcheries, was seriously injured
at his home Saturday while cutting
wood. He struck his right foot with
the ax. It required several stitches
to close the wound and it will be sev
eral days before he will be able to
use his. foot.
JULIUS BERANDT DIES
AT HOME NEAR CANBY.
Julius Berandt, one of the well
known residents of Clackamas county
who lived near Canby, died at his
home Tuesday of last week, and the
interment was in the Zion cemetery
at Canby Friday morning at 10 o'clock,
the services being conducted at the
family residence. They were in charge
of Rev. Essig. Many friends of the
deceased attended the funeral. Mr.
Berandt was about 59 years of age
and is survived by his wife and the
following children: Mrs. Augusta
Davis of Salem; Mrs. Tilla Smith, of
Shepherd's Springs, Wash.; Mrs. Ber
tha Bowers, Herman Berandt, Miss
Martha Berandt, Otto Berandt, of Cal
ifornia; Miss Lizzie Berandt. Mrs.
C. W. Friendrichs, of this c'-ty, is a
sister-in-law of the deceased..
Card of Thanks.
We desire to thank the friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted us
during tht sickness and death of our
husband and father; and also for the
beautiful floral pieces.
' MRS. J. HOWELL
AND FAMILY.
CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO CIRCUM
VENT MAYOR IN WAR
OVER POLICE CHIEF.
FIGHT IS EXCITING AND FRUITLESS
Green And Frost Want Charges In
Writing And Councilmen, Deny
ing Request, Charge
Trickery.
SHAW MADE PEACE OFFICER. S
S
The City Council Tuesday night
adopted the following resolution: $
Whereas, The Mayor has failed $
and refused, since January 1st, $
1912, to organize the police force
of the city, and
Whereas, The peace and good
order, and adequate protection of $
life and property within the city 3
demands that such department 3
shall have some authoritive and $
efficient head. Therefore, be it $
Resolved, That E. L. Shaw be J
and he is hereby authorized to $
act as Peace Officer within the 3
city and keeper of the city jail $
until the further order of the $
council with salary of one hun
dred dollars per month from Jan- 3
uary 1st 1912. $
o $ ? e ses s
There was some more supererogat
ing of conversation, invective and or
atory at the meeting of the City Coun
cil Tuesday night.
Epitomized the results of the meet
ing were as follows:
Gordon E. Hayes representing Night
Policemen Green and Frost .who are
accused of being "derelict in the per
formance of their duty this is a con
tradiction in itself, however, for a
man cannot 'be derelict If he performs
his duty demanded with much elo
quence that the charges be reduced
to writing, and to this Mayor Dimick
agreed in toto to the letter, exactly,
precisely, etc.
Councilmen Albright and Tooze and
their attorney J. E. Hedges, refused
positively to make the charges in
writing, and Mr. Tooze accused the
Mayor and Judge Hayes of ulterior
motives in demanding, to wit, that his
honor after learning the specific
charges, the dates and hours when the
policemen, like "the toil worn cotter
frae his labor goes" to snooze would
say, "Why, gentlemen of the City
Council of Oregon City, I beg your
humble pardons, but; believe me, (and
it is safe to say Messrs Tooze and Al
bright would not do any such thing),
I told those faithful guardians of the
lives and property of our citizens to
go home on those same dates and
hours."
Mayor Dimick called the council to
order at 8:02 o'clock. Many of
the citizens of the ancient muni
cipality by the beautiful and pictur
esque Willamette Falls were present,
and it is believed all the taxpayers
noted that their servants, to wit again,
the councilmen, save and except,
Councilman Hall, were in their ac
customed seats. The Mayor, with
knife in hand, which he uses as a
gavel, rapped for order. For an in
finitesimal part of a second not a
sound was heard, not a funeral note,
but both were waiting in the wings,
so to speak.. Mayor Dimick explained
that the meeting had been called to
settle a mooted question. Judge
Hayes looked daggers at his honor
and friend and it is supposed the
judge suspected that the Mayor was
poaching upon his preserves in using
that venerable word "mooted." Albeit
Mr. Hedges, who represented Council
man Albright, and said he did not ex
pect a fee for so doing, for which he
was excoriated by Judge Hayes for
unprofessional conduct, made the fol
lowing statement:'
"Mr. Mayor: . '
"On the night of February 7, at a
meeting of the Council, reference was
made by two of the Council to cer
tain members of the police force of
thi3 city. On February 8, in the Morn
ing Enterprise, there was published
the following:
'"We demand that the Mayor make
a full investigation of the charges
made against us by Councilman Al
bright and force him to tell where he
got his information,' said Policemen
Green and Frost who called at the
office of the Morning Enterprise after
the council meeting. 'It is due the
taxpayers who pay our salaries to
know whether we are doing our duty.
If these charges can be substantiated
we will hand in our stars and quit
like men. We have put in as high as
seventeen hours a day during the past
week and no fault was found with our
work. We collected $85 in fines for
the city during the past four days. The
charges are groundless and were made
to injure us.'
"Therefore each of these council
men received a communication notify
ing him of a council meeting in words
as follows, to wit:
" 'You are hereby notified that there
will be a meeting of the City Coun
cil of Oregon City this afternoon at 1
o'clock, in the Council Chamber.
" 'The purposes of this meeting are:
For the investigation of certain
charges against the night police.
" 'By order of G. B. DIMICK ,
" 'Mayor.
"'Attest; L. STIPP, Recorder.'
' ''Therefore, and on the afternoon of
January 10 we were present, expect
ing you to make the investigation
which you had determined to make.
This investigation was not one which
we instituted and was one which you
instituted for the purposes, as you
stated in your call, for the investiga
tion of certain charges -against the
night police. The demand had been
NURSERYMAN WILLING TO TES
TIFY IN HILL MURDER
PROBE.
BROWNELL ADVISES AGAINST IT
Effort Is Made To Show That Mil
waukie Man Met. Mrs.
Hill on Several
Occasions.
Nathan B. Harvey, the Milwaukie
nurseryman, who wa3 exonerated at
the preliminary hearing of any con
nection with the Hill tragedy at Ard
enwald Station, was in this city Tues
day afternoon, and said he was per
fectly -Billing to testify at the investi
gation which is being made by the
Clackamas county grand jury. Mr.
Harvey however, will not testify at
the inquisition for his attorney,
George C . Brownell, has advised
against it. Mr. Brownell said:
"Mr. Harvey called at my office
and said he was willing to go before
the grand jury and testify, but I ad
vised him not to do so for the reason
that my experience has been that a
grand jury is not a'proper place even
for an innocent man."
Mrs. Theresa Clifford, of Sellwood,
was questioned by the grand jury
Tuesday.
Arm....- . j
an effort to show Harvey swore falstly
when he said he met Mrs. Ruth Cow-ing-Hill
only once, and that they con
versed only about her possible pur
chase of a cow, when Mrs. Sadie
White, an intimate acquaintance of
the murdered woman, went on the
stand. She is one of the corps of
witnesses by means of whom the state
hopes to prove that Harvey and Mrs.
Hill met and conversed probably a
dozen times. In her statements to
the grand jury it is presumed Mrs.
White told of visiting the Harvey
nursery with Mrs. Hill. She probably
testified that Mrs. Hill interviewed
Harvey with reference to the purchase
of fruit trees.
Raymond Clifford, the young son of
the widow Clifford, who is to deny
he slept with Harvey on the night of
the quadruple murder has not yet
been called before the grand jury.
Other witnesses were women neigh
bors of Harvey. They were used in
an effort to establish his alleged at
titude toward women.
There has never been a murder
case in Clackamas county where so
many witnesses were called to testl-.
fy before the grand jury. No less
than fifty persons have been summon
ed to appear ,and the district attor
ney's office does not wish to hasten
the examinations fearing that points
of valuable aid to the State may slip
by. District Attorney Tongue has been
provided with ropious notes by the
sheriff's office and he is able thereby
to fire direct questions at the wit
nesses, without beating about the
bush in an attempt to ascertain just
what the witnesses know about the
Hill nase.
Detective Mitchell is hert and is ex
pected to corroborate the story that
Harvey .offered Attorneys Abel and
Bowerman at their office in Portland
$20,000 to defend him in case he was
arrested..
Hammond Announces
For Justice Of Peace
I fi. V
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WILLIAM HAMMOND.
William Hammond a well know at
torney of this city, yesterday an
nounced his intention of becoming a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for Justice of the Peace for the
district embracing Oregon City and
surrounding precincts. Mr. Hammond
will unquestionably poll a large vote
and stands an excellent chance of ob
taining the nomination and election.
He is secretary of the Republican
County Central Committee, and after
the campaign two years ago he en
joyed the unusual privilege of return
ing to the candidates who subscribed
to the campaign fund one-fifth of the
amount they had paid. This is a rec
ord that probably was never equaled
in this or any other county. Mr. Ham
mond is the head of Willamette Falls
worker in the upbuilding of .
ganization. Two years agoi
candidate for the same off
now seeks, but the entrar
man into the race deit
pect for securing the
Miss Ana Marie ,
morning for a tw-f
her father at Re
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