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WE C K L Y ENTE RPR I S E EST A B LI S H E D 1566
yOL. Ill No. 76.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1912.
Pee Week, 10 Cents
FIT p
MADFRO
n
IS HEARING END
REPORT THAT MEXICAN GOVERN
MENT IS TOTTERING IS CON- .
FIRMED
JAGGAR AND U'REf J
DEBATE TONIGHT
WALTER M. PIERCE, CANDIDATE
FOR UNITED STATES SEN
ATE TO HOLD MEETING
AMERICAN CITIZENS TO BE ARMED I DEMOCRATS TO GIVE HIM BIG OVATION
United States Authorities Ship Rifles
And Revolvers To Them For
Self Protec
tion
WASHINGTON, March 29. Com
munications received here today from
Mexico ' City confirm the rumors cur
rent for several days that the regime
of President Francisco I. Madero is
tottering. It is declared that the re
volution is already sure of triumph in
the near future, including the taking
of Mexico City.
The rebels have already issued- a
proclamation that Madero will be
shot if captured, and it is reported
that he is preparing to flee from his
stricken country. Should the presi
dent leave the capital with his troops,
carnage, rapine and plunder ia which
the foreign residents will sustain
heavy property losses and possibly
lives, are expected to follow.
The state department announced of
ficially today that 1000 rifles and. sup
ply revolvers, and a quantity of am
muntion was shipped yesterday
aboard a ward liner going from New
York to Vera Cruz. The munitions
are consigned to the United States
Ambassador Henry L. Wilson at Mex
ico City. Wilson plans to distribute
the arms and ammunition among the
Americans in the Mexican capital so
that they may properly defend them-
It is reported that action is taken
as a result of dispatches of the most
important natuTe which have been
received from ambassador Wilson.
Anti-foreign sentiment is growing
to dangerously aggressive portions in
the Mexican Capital, and violence is
being prevented there only by the
government troops. If these soldiers
leave with President Madero, anarchy
is certain to follow. "
Although a presidential order has
been issued forbidding the shipmont
of arms from the United States into
any American country involved in civ
il turmoil, President Taft has issued
a special dispensation in this case, to
make the shipment legal and meet
the gravity of the situation. -
Reports to the state department
state that the advance of the rebel,
General Orozco to Torreoi has been
checked by the federals, who have
burned a number of bridges in his
line of march.
Single Tax Forensic Contest To Be
Held At Shively's Opera House
Starting At 8
O'clock
The oratorical throttle will be
thrown wide open in Oregon City to
aight. Two political meetings are to
be. held "one for the benefit of the
single taxers and anti-single taxers
and the other for the benefit of the
Democratic "leanings." W. S. U'Ren
at Shively's Opera House will try to
prove that single tax is the pancea
of all ills and Frank Jaggar will en
deavor to show that if adopted it
woul be almost as detrimental to the
country's interests as wars and pest
ilences. The debate will begin
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TO BE HELD APRIL 13
The committee appointed to ar
range for the big Democratic ban
quet, consisting of J E. Jack, C. W.
Evaas, Charles Kelly, Dr. A. L. Beat
ie and O. D. Eby, have completed ar
rangements. The banquet wll start at
7:30 o'clock on the evning of April
13 at Wobdmen Hall, and the plates
will be $1 each. All Democrats are
invited to attend. There will be a
large delegation from Portland in at
tendance. Gilbert L. Hedges will be
the toastmaster and the recption com
mitte is composed of R. B. Beatie, E.
T. Mass, J. J. Cooke, V. R. Hyde,
George A Harding, David Caufield,
and all precinct committeemen. The
other committees are as follows:
Invitation O. D. Eby, J. E. Hed
ge;. G. F. Jfinsoa.
Music Committee A. L Beatie, H.
E. Draper, M. D. Latourette.
All ihe candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator and Governor West have bee
invited to attend and make address
es.
Walter M. Pierce, Candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the"
United States Senate, who speaks
here tonight.
promptly at 8 o'clock, and it is ex
pected the opera house will be crowd
ed. Walter M. Pierce of Hot Lake,
candidate for the Democratic nomina
tion for United States Senator, will
speak at Willamette Hall this even
ing. Mr. Pierce is making an active
and aggressive campaign for votes,
and his friends declare he will wia
the nomination.
He has just comuleted a speaking
tour of Eastern Oregon. ' His meet
ings, have been well attended, and
being an Eastern Oregon-man himself
and long coneected with the business
affairs of the "Inland Empire," he has
reason to believe that he will receive
a highly complimentary vote there.
While his address will pertain largely
to political issues it will contain mat
ters of general interest as well.
Mr. Pierce has been largely con
nected with business affairs in Ore
gon for the past thirty years. He is
well known in business and farming
circles. He is at present the presi
dent and manager of., the Hot Lake
Sanatorium. He - invited the citizens Of
Oregon City to come and hear him.
His address will undoubtedly inter
est as he is a forceful and pleasant
speake". He has the- reputation of
saying exactly what he means, and
those who hear his address will have
no difficulty in determining exactly
where he stands. .?
Couple Gets License
A marraige license was issued Fri
day to Georgie M, Stevens and Fred
W. Brown. '
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8 room plastered house in fine shape, cemented up' in fine style,
good well all cemented, woodshed, all fenced, only two blocks
from car line in Gladstone. .
Price $1900-4450 Cash, Balance
$10.00 per month at six per cent, will trade my equity of $450
for good acreage, lots or team of horses.
SEE ELLIOTT & SON
- 7th and Main Street, Oregon City
EASTER Li LIE
Plants 75 cents each
Calla Lilies Cut Blooms $2 per doz.
Carnations 3 doz for $1
VVILKINSOM & HlJtiHES
Phone Main 3041 -
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DO WOMEN UNpESTAND POLITICS? v
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FtC f IF HENRY I ooS H
YOUNG MATRON
DIES
SUDDENLY
MRS JAMES SHA-NNON IS VIC
TIM OF ATTACK. OF HEART
FAILURE
4 LITRE CHILDREN SURVIVE HER
Funeral To Be Held At Presbyterian
Church Tomorrow Afternoon
Lodges To Conduct Ser
vices At Grave
Mrs. Martha Shannon, wife of
James Shannon, a well known resl
det of Oregon, City, engineer of the
Hawley Pulp & . Paper Company, died
at her home Friday morning at 4
o'clock of heart failure. Mrs. Shan
non had been ill only a short time,
and her death was a great shock to.
her friends and family.
Mrs. Shannon's maiden .name was
Miss . Martha Marlin, and she was a
daughter of J. M. and Mary Marlin,
who are living in Grass Valley. She
was born at Pendleton, February 21,
1884, and when about thirteen years
of age moved witn her parents to
Clackamas county where she has since
resided. On November 3, 1901, she
married James Shannon, of Beaver
Creek, son of Mr .and Mrs. John
Shannon, well known residents ' of
this city, but formerly of Beaver
Creek. Mrs. Shannon with her hus
band and children moved to this city
from Beaver Creek about four years
ago. She was a prominent member
of ttie Presbyterian church, member
of the Women of Woodcraft and Will
amette Rebekah lodges. She had
made many friends in this city dur
ing her residence here. -
Mrs. Shannon is survived by her
husband, four little children, Jesse
J., ten years of age; Mary M. and
Francis IX seven years of age; Irene
four years of age and four - sisters,
Mrs. Rella Olds, of Grass Valley;
Mrs. Hester Howard, of WTiite Sal
mon, Wash.; Miss Alice Marlin, Miss
Melva Marlin, of 'Grass Valley;' four
brothers, Ashley Marlin, Almon Mar
lin, Clifford "Marlia and Walter Marlin
of Grass Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hiles, of Grass Valley grandparents
of Mrs. Shannon, also survive.
The funeral services will be held
MERCHA
N
OISE BOND
IS AWARDED TODAY
COUPON WILL BE WORTH $15 IN
ONE OF OREGON CITY'S
BIG STORES
2,000 VOTES ARE TO BE GIVEN AWAY
Recent Rains Have Put Roads In Fine
Condition And Motoring Is Most
l .. Popular Pastime Of
All Now
STANDING OF CANDIDATES
Ruby McCord . ; 51.400
Joseph Sheahan 46,200
Kent Wilson . : . .28,600
John Brown '. . 15,000
Charles Beatie .. 77 ..... , 6,800
John Weber . , . 6,800
John Haleston 6,000
Mable Marsh 1,200
McColly Dale . . . 1,000
Edna Hutchinson 1,000
Royce Brown 1,000
Barnett Howard 1,000
Delias Armstrong 1,000
Mable Chase 1,000
Ethel Rief 1,000
Harry Miller a. . . 1,000
Fred Metzner . ,. 1,000
Frank Bruce' 1,000
Leo Shaver 1,600
Mable Marsh 1,200
A. G. Kindler -2,200
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LIFE IN DANGER
WIFE AND FRIEND
STRANGELY
GONE
MYSTERY IN DISAPPEARANCE OF
MRS. PETER KURNICK AND
- ANDREW JUVAN
MOTHER LEAVES CHILDREN TO SUFFER
Neighbors Suggest Elopement, But
Couple Did Not Leave Togeth
er Husband Is Notified
HUSBAND'S CHARG
E
PORTLAND RESTAURANT MAN
SAYS WIFE THREATENED
TO "FIX HIM"
WAITRESS ABUSED, HE ALLEGES
Judge Campbell Annuls Marriage Of
Frank A. Wise And Vera May
Clemens 7 Decrees
Asked
Declaring that his wife has fre
quently intimated that he might be
slain, Louis Olcott, owner of a rest
aurant at 63 Sixth street, North
Portland, Friday filed suit for divorce
against Effie E. Olcott The plaintiff
accuses - his wife of associating with
other men, aad says 'that she on
several occasions threatened to drive
him from home. He avers that she
Mystery surrounds the sim;t!tan
eous disappearance of Mrs. Peter Kur
nick ,of Greenpoiat, and Andrew Ju
van, a millworker who had been seen
much of late in her company. The
woman left behind three little child
ren, the youngest of whom is onl
seven weeks old, and came near dy
ing of cold Friday night, after its
mother's departure. Mrs. Kurnick's
husband is in Seattle, where he went
two weeks ago and obtained employ
ment intending to 4ind for his fato
ily in a few days. Neighbors fear
Mrs. Kurnick, who is a comely young
woman, and Juvan have eloped, The
man. is said to have a wife and chil
dren in Germany. .
Two millworkers who board at the
Kurnick home, upon returning from
their work early Friday evening, call
ed for Mrs. Kurnick but got no re
sponse. Later in the night they
heard the baby crying, and in the
morning, not seeing Mrs. Kurnick in
the kitchen knocked on the door of
the room. They heard the cries of
the baby, but o one came to the door.
Finally they opened It, and saw the
three children cuddled up In bed,
but their mother was missing. "
There was no fire in the room; and
all of the children were suffering
from the cold. It was with a great
effort that Alvina, the eldest, who is
four years of age, when questioned
said: "Mamma has gone away."
Neighbors were called in and aft
er the children were given attention
the room was searched. Several let
ters from Mr. Kurnick were found.
In one of them he wrote that he had
obtained employment, and would send
for his family in a few days. The
letters were affectionate, tid the
father asked about the children in all
of them, and said ' that his heavt
would break if he did not see them
soon-.
A letter . from the mother to her
,uildrea wa3 found upom a bureau.
It, was as follows:
"My darlings: I must go away,
"Mamma."
Little Alvina said that her
mother had thrown a bundle of cloth
ing out of the window efly the
night before and after kissing her
and the other children good bye said
she was going away.
" 'Mamma won' t you take me
along?' I asked,""feaid the little girl,
"but she said, 'no, I can't take you
now, but I will come back for you
sometime.' Then mamma put us to
bed, and left.1" . .
The children were cared for Fri
day an last night by Mrs. Frank
Savage, mother of Mr. Kurnick. - The
husband has been notified of his
wife's strange disappearance, and is
expected to start for Oregon City
today.
Littlle is known of Juvan. He had
not been in Oregon City long accord
ing to neighbors when he met Mrs.
Kurnick. ' Mr. and Mrs. Savage were
living with the Kurnick's at that time
but they left soon after, and It is
said their reason for doiiy so 'was he
cause they tired of the attentions be
stowed upon Mrs. Kurnick by the
millworker. ' Kurnick's address is 146
Main Street, Seattle.
(Continued on page 3.)
The Enterprise automobile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley. ,
AUTO HELD
UP; 1 DEAD
TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF PARTY
ARE WOUNDED, ONE DANG-
. EROUSLY
LONE HIGHWAYMAN FIRES 4 TIMES
Young Men On Way From Oregon
City To Portland Surprised By
Robber Posses Search
For Him
A highwayman armed with a shot
gun after vainly trying to halt tin
automobile party en route from Ore
gon City ' to Portland Friday night,
fired four shot3, fatally wounding
one and probably two men. George
Hastings, a student of the Univer
sity of Oregon Medical College, died
soon after being taken to Portland. .
His head was almost severed from his
body, D. M. Stewart, brother of the
owner of the car is in a serious condi
tion, and but little hope is held out
for hi3 recovery. Irvin Lupton, also
a student of the University of Oregon
Medical Department was shot in the
right arm. Two other members of
the party escaped injury.
Sheriff Mass was notified of the
shooting soon after it happened and
with Deputy Sheriff Miles and Dr.
W. S. Eddy hastened in an automo
bile to the scene where they were
joined by Sheriff Stevens and a posse
from Multnomah County. The sur
rounding country was scoured for the
desperado, but at 4 o'clock this morn
ing he had not been captured. Sev
tral Oregon City residents who went
to the aid of the stricken men, think
that the highwayman was insane.
The party had spent the afternoon
and early part of the evening in Ore
gon -City and were going at a fast
rate of speed when the machine
reached Elkrock Hill on the White
House road. The ascent had . just
been . started when the driver saw
what 'he thought was a woman in the
road.
He soon saw however, that the fig
ure was that of a man who carried
a gun. When the machine reached
the highwayman he stepped to the
said of the road and said:
"Halt, or I will shoot;"
Stewart put on full speed, and as
the machine passed the' man he lev
eled his igun aind fired. The first
shot struck Hastings in the head and
he fell limp on the floor of the auto
mobile. Almost instantly another
shot was fired and Stewart cried out
that he had been wounded. The high
wayman, who evidently had a pump
gun, fired -twice more In rapid suc
cession, the last shot puncturing the
rear tire of the machine. The high
wayman then picked up the cart
ridges which had been thrown from
the gun and disappeared in the shrub
bery at the side of the raod.
The automobile was brought to a
standstill, aad it was realized that
Hastings and Donald M. Stewart
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SNAP
1 acres in Gladstone, Oregon,
fronts on Clackamas river, clear. Deep
rich soil. Good fishing at the door.
Price 1,000. Terms. Cyrus Powell,
Oregon City, Oregon. Stephens Build
ing, room 10. "
Today is another big day in the
contest for the Enterprise automo-.
bile. Somebody will win a $15 mer-r
chandise coupon, which will be worth
its face value in one of Oregon City's
big stores and 2.000 votes will be giv
en away free. The Merchandise Cou
pon goes to the winner of the Spec
ial Fifteen Day Contest that is, the
person, who has deposited the great
est number of votes during the pro
ceeding fourteen days and including
today. The 2,000 free votes are to
be given to the person who deposits
the greatest number of votes today.
The prizes are worth fighting for,
so, without a doubt, there will be
some excitement going on around the
office during the late afternoon. Ev
ery candidate realizes the value of
the coupon and free votes, so each
intends to annex them but the lucky
person cannot be picked in advance
because of the reticence of the can
didates. It is hearder to get infor
mation from one of them than it
would be to get blood from the pro
verbial turnup.
A paraphrase of the old adage of
Benjamin Franklin may be aptly ap
plied to this contest. He said, "Doest
thou value life? Then do not squan
der time, for .that is the stuff life is
made of." We say, "Do you want to
win the contest? Then lose no chance
to get votes, for they are what count."
Many: who are approached" for sub
scriptions will, of course, refuse. This
should not dishearten the candidates
for there are always plenty of others
to go after. When the contest is
closed, there will be many people la
Clackamas County who have not been
asked to subscribe. ' Another thing
JO IN T D ISC U S S I O N
W; S. U'Ren and Hon. frank Jaggar
Will Discuss the proposed bill to exempt from taxes all per
sonal property and improvements on land, commonly called the
linsle Tax Bill
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C f Questions from the
Everybody Invited 5 i Kv audiencc arc invil.
ed and will be an
ADMISSION FREE swercd
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HON. FRANK JAGGAR
At Shiveley's Hall Sat. Evening, Mar. 30 at 8 o'clock
Mr. Jaggar will set forth the reasons why he believes the bill
should not be adopted. Mr. U'Ren will speak for the bill.
(Continued on page 3.)