MORNING ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912.
CONGRESS Will
IE
RO
DISASTER
SURVIVORS OF WRECK TO BE
ASKED TO TESTIFY BEFORE
COMMITTEE
STRINGENT LAWS ARE EXPECTED
White Star Line Must Explain Why
Sufficient Number Of Boats '
Were Not Pro-
vided
WASHINGTON, April 17. The Sen
ate resolution introduced today, call
ing for a comprehensive investigation
ot the Titanic disaster, was ordered
favorably reported by the Senate com
mittee on commerce and. imediately
brought up in the Senate. The resolu
tion was adopted without discussion.
Survivors of the Titanic will be sum-
moned to Washington to tell commit
tees of Congress the facts concerning
the inability of the steamship officials
to save the lives of all the passengers
on the liner.
Representative Alexander, of Mis
souri, chairman of the House commit
tee on merchant marine and fisheries
announced today an investigation in
which the passegers will give chief
testimony.
A resolution will be offered in the
Senate, probably today, that the Com
merce Court or a submarine make a
thorough investigation of the' Titanic
tragedy and empower the committee
to summon witnesses and take any
necessary steps.
As a compliment to the Congres
sional investigation, the scope of whicti
has not been fully determined, Sec
retary Nagel, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, wil take up
with President Taft the entire sub
ject of safeguarding ocean travel by
more stringent American shipping
regulations.
The disaster has aroused Congress,
President Taft and the Cabinet to the
urgent need for Immediate measures
of safety for oceanic travel. It is be
lieved that laws will be prepared at
once in Congress, based on the advice
of officials of the Department of Com
merce and Labor and American ship
ping experts which will insure safety of
passengers an crew in cases like the
present, where ample time existed for
their removal In lifeboats.
The Congressional investigations an
nounced by Chairman Alexander and
Nelson, of the House and Senate Com
mittees, probably willresult In the sum
moning also of the officials of theJ
White Star line to tell wnat precau
tions for - safety are taken on the
White Star liners.
"There could be not greater motive
for stringent legislation than the fate
of the host of passengers whom the
lifeboats of the Titanic could not car
ry to safety," said Representative Al-.
exander. "There could be no more
pungent illustration of the necessity
for this legislation than to be found i
in the stories survivors will be able to
. tell Congress of the scenes enacted
on the wreck in the three hours that
passed between the collision with the
iceberg and the plunge of the hulk
to the be torn."
No accurate information is obtain
able by, Government authorities at
Washington as to the capacity of the
life-saving appartus on the Titanic or
the number of lifeboats provided. Sev
eral attempts were made today to se
cure the exact facts as to the vessel.
Government officials charged with
the enforcement of the shipping laws
and regulations were engrossed today
with the subject of safety ad protec
tion for traas-Atlanic travel. It is ex
pected that immediate reforms will be
demanded officially by the Government
and will be enforced through new laws
requiring all vessels entering Ameri
can ports to carry sufficient emerg
ency appartus to remove all passeng
ers and crew in time of emergency.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY E. B. TONGU E
The grand jury which Investigated
the Hill murder case have filed a re
port showing why no action was tak
en in that case. The report reads:
We have indicted in all cases where,
in our estimation, the evidence intro
duced before us was such as in our
judgment would, if unexplained and
uncontradicted, warrant a conviction
by the trial jury... That we have left
no person unindictej where in our
judgment we would have been war
ranted in returning an indictment.
Our conclusions and actions havein all
instances been governed entirely by
the evidence introduced before us."
This shows why no arrests were
made in this case. The grand jury
have themselves spoken and gone on
record, telling you the exact reason.
They further say in their report:
"On account of the many, various
and conflicting reports in the news
papers concerning the investigation of
the murder of the Hill family, we take
this opportunity to commend district
attorney Tongue and Deputy Stipp,
i their honest, carefu.l cautious and
unbiased method pursued in conduct
ing a thorough investigation of the
testimony of all witnesses, not only
in the Hill case but in all other mat
ters coming before us during our de
liberative session."
This report now on record, filed in
the county clerk's office signed by ev
ery member of the grand jury includ
ing 3 Democrats, the only people who
know what the evidence was.
Should be and is a complete ans
wer to all the campaign falsehoods cir
culated against me in this matter The
grand jury by their action saved you
perhaps $10,000. Do you condemn or
approve of this? v
Who should know me better than
Judge J. U. Campbell and Judge J. A.
Eakin our circuit Judges. READ what
they say in the official pamphlet about
my work, do not be mislead by cam
paign lies.
Out of 700 circuit and supreme court
cases only 18 have been lost. The
county has not paid out a single dol
lar for legal assistance. Thousands of
dollars have been saved by the man
ner in " which criminal- business has
been handled. The county has not
lost a single dollar by wrong legal
advice.
That is our record. If you approve
it vote to continue it.
I dislike to say anything about my
opponent's record but since he ac
cused me of unfairness in last week's
Courier, I feel compelled to answer
it or people might say I admitted it
by being silent, so invoke this state
ment: -
He has not won a criminal case in
the circuit court during the two and
one-half . years residence in Oregon.
He has not won a criminal case in jus
tice court without the help of Mr.
Fulton, and then only one. On March
24, 1912 a ease was tried at Astoria
when the city sued the A. & C. R. R.
C, the city paid Mr. Futlon $600 to
try this case. Every case that HAS
BEEN TRIED BY HIM, the records
show he has been assisted in every
case by from one to four lawyers.
I do not care when the matters arose
I am speaking of. the cases TRIED
BY HIM.
(Paid Advertisment)
The Luck of a Gort.
A man once ow:;tcl n (!:: r.n-' re
sourceful Roat of which he ; vr:v
proud. Ono day this gont lor 'r::.tc
With his miistcr by swiillowimt ;i re 1
flannel shirt whirh'wns t lie property of
his owner. Angered beyond ivnson.
the man k'd iii? goaf t the railroad
track iind. rj iiii the animal to the r:.
left him to what lie believed was cer
tain death. The sioat was opposed to
capital punishment and made violent
efforts to release himself from bis
bonds. In ;his he was unsuccessful, i
but in straining himself he produced a
violent fit of couRing. and he coughed
up the shirt 'and' Sailed the train.
New York World
An Open Letter
Bacona, Ore., March 27, 1912.
Mr. A. W. Norblad
Dear Sir:
. I have received your letter, and I
have read it through very carefully. I
think I understand you. .
You say " you are a Swede, born in
Sweden, and that you know that I
am a Swede, and that being the case
you can talk very freely to me about
you campaign against Mr. E. B.
Tongue."
Now, Mr. Norblad, your foot slipped,
I am not a Swede but a Dane by birth
and an American citizen by adoption.
All voters are either American born or
American adoption. I am not against
Mr. Tongue; I am doing everything I
can for him. When you write to a
Norwegian do you tell him you were
born in Norway? And when you write
to the Finnish people do ybu tell them
that you are a Finn born in Finland?
And does you hechman, Mr. Mortimer
tell the Germans that you were born
in Germany, etc., with all other Amer
icans by -adoption.
I think these people are too smart
to let you pull the wool over their eyes
by any such cheap, small foolish meth
ods. You seem to think that they are
bughouse, but you are very badly mis-
Coming! Coming!
Cooper Bros.
taken.
You say " that you tried 1400 cases
in the Police Court last year." I do
not think you did, and I believe you
know it. That would be about four
cases a- day, and it generally takes at
least a day to try a case. Everyone
knows how things are run in apolice
court. I will bet your have not act
tually tried ten cases out of the bunch
Perhaps the police have arrested that
many vags and drunken men who have
been fined by the police judge, but you
know you did not try them. You can
not deceive the people like that. You
seem to think we are all fools but you,
but you will wake up the day after
election. .
The English won't vote for you be
cause you are an Englishman, born fn
England; or because you are a Swede
born in Sweden; nor because you are
a German, born in Germany; nor be
cause you are a Dane, born in Den
mark, elc. They will not vote for you
unless you can show them that you
are a better man for the place than j
Mr. Tongue is, and you can't do that, j
I do not like you political methods j
They look like you are trying to put j
one over on the people. Your politi
cal ways are very much out of date,
and very crude.
Why are all the lawyers of your home
helping Mr. Tongue? That don't look
good to me. They ought to know who
is -the best man.
You say in you letter that your are
the attorney for Astoria, for Seaside,
for Warrenton, for the Port of Astoria.
Don't you think that is about enough
small offices for one man who has
only been in the state about three
years. Yours truly,
C. C. NELSON,
Bacona, Ore.
Great
Wad West Show
Grandest and Most Spectacular Arenic Performance Which
Stands Without a Peer, Will appear in
, Oregon City, Oregon
Wednesday, Apr. 24
Wonderful Troups of Star Artists in Dare-Devil, Death Defy
ing Feats of Horsemanship, Rope Throwing, Sharpshoot
; ing, Cowboys, Outlaw Horses, Wild Steers, in
Realisticand Sensational Scenes, Depicting Ear
ly Life on the Western Frontier.
TWO BIG. PERFORMANCES, AFTERNOON AND EVENING"
COWBOY BAND STREET PARADE.
High Class and Moral in Every Respect,
TEACHERS TO HAVE
A meeting of the County teachers
to be presided oyer by County School
Superintendent T. J. Gary will be
held Saturday at Canby. An excellent
program has been arranged, and a hot
dinner will . be served at noon. The
parents of the children are invited to
attend. The following will be the pro
gram :
10 o'clock What principles should
be observe In the promotion of pupils?
Should the question of adopting the
High School Fund be placed on the bal
lot for the next election?
The necessity of making annual re
ports. Eighth grade examinations.
11 o'clock "Patriotism," Mrs. Eva
Holsman.
1:30 o'clock, "A Teachers Under
standing of Human Nature!" G. A.
Warner.
2:10 o'clock "Ethics," F. J.' Tooze.
"Juvenile Fairs" General Discussion.-
. The Canby school will furnish a pro
gram of exercises. .
Watch the automobile contest
TEMPLE BATTED OUT
OF BOX; SCORE 8 TO 5
PORTLAND, April 17, (Special.)
Temple was knocked out of the box to
day' in the fifth inning, Koestner re
placing him. The game stood 3 to 1
in favor of Portand when the visit
ors went to the bat In the fifth. The
story of the catastrophe follows:
Baker flied to Chadbourne; Mclvor
safe at second on Templets wild throw
to first; Mohler singled, sending Mc
Ivor to third; Raftery singled scoring
Mclvor; Hartely safe on Bancroft's er
ror; Jackson singled, scoring Mohler
and Raftery; Koestner replaces Temp
le; McArdle safe -on Rodgers' error,
Hartley scoring; Corhan safe on field
er's choice and McArdle out, Koestner
to McDowell to Howley; Schmidt doub
led, scoring Jackson and Corhan ; Bak
er flied to Chadbourne. Six runs.
Portland made one In the eighth
and one in the ninth. The score was
8 to 5.
The results Wednesday follow:
At Portland San Francisco 8, Port
land 5.
At Los Angeles Sacramento 3,Ver
non 4.
At San Francisco Oakland 4, Los
Angeles 0.
National League
New York 4, Boston 1.
All other National, and American
League games postponed because of
rain.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
W. L. Pet,
Oakland ...13 1 .928
Vernon... 9 3 .750
Los Angeles . 5 7 .417
San Francisco 5 8 .380
Sacramento 4 8 .333
Portland ... , 2 11 .154
.SthesllSfl OldaRtafl r:
EBY LAUDS CITY IN
HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH
O. D. Eby, school director in an ad?
dress delivered at the high school
Wednesday, urged the pupils to aid
in keeping the parks clean and In
otherwise beautifying them. He sug
gested that the members of the senior
class plant a treet on each class day.
Mr. Eby's subject was "Civic Improve
ment," and he declared that Oergon
City was the finest city in the world.
He said If he lived somewhere else
and knew of the advantages offered
by Oregon City he would move here
at once. The speaker called atten
tion to the improvement that were
planned for the city. Including the ele
vator at the bluff, the Carnegie Li
brary, the Federal Building, etc., and
declared that Oregon City had before
it an era of splendid promise.
SURPRISE NEAR
li) AUTO CONTEST
(Continued from page 1.)
The Enterprise has learned that he
works far into the night, and has add
ed to his list of votes when others
were asleep. When asked if he work
ed at night, the young man in ques
tion refused to make a positive state
ment. He, "however, said:
"I am doing my utmost. I expect
to win, and the reason I expect to win
is that I am overlooking no opportuni
ties.. I am working hard now, but
when I get that automobile, I will
have fun day and night if I want to.
It is hard sledding now, but It will
not be so long. I don't think I have
any more ability than some of the
other candidates, and if I win, which
I hope to, it will be because I have
worked harder than, the others."
There was a tone' of sincerety in
the speaker1 s voice and the contest
manager confidently believes that he
wil be in the lead or near the lead when
the race ends. . He will certainly land
second prize. But while it Is certian
he is making a Herculean effort to
win, other candidates are working
as hard or even harder, and the con
test promises to be the most exciting
ever conducted in the state.
Candidates, of - course, have given
the contest a great deal of study and
have mapped out plans of procedure
but the contest manager would sug
gest that they not hold, back all their
ballots. The old adage, "nothing suc
ceeds like success," s so palpably true
that many ' of the candidates could
strengthen their positions by polling
some of their votes. It Is human na
ture to try to be on the side of the
winner, and a great many persons
will throw their votes to the candidate
who is leading in the contest as shown
by the votes polled.
BY INTERFERENCE
BOSON.- AdHI 17. At. Kahlo TslanH
communication with the Carpathia is
greatly hampered by the maze of
Wlrplpsa flaehaa o . v. l
" Liiti L nc LfClllg Belli
out by the fleet of steamships dotting
iue ocean, an seeking news of the
Titanic disaster.
Apparentlv not until tha na
gets out of range of these ships will
anything filter through.
uperators at the more impotant
wireless stations in nnoianH
especially in Boston, are complaining
uueriy or intenerence by amateurs
For the last 48 hours the amateurs
have kept up a constant succession
ot sparks and they succeeded in pre
venting the Charlestown Navy Yard
station from obtaining even a scrap
of the much desired information from
the ships near the Titanic.
A list recently compiled enumerates
more than 300 amateur operators with
in 20 miles of the Boston State House
who have announced their code sig
nals. -
It is said that an association is be
ing perfected whereby messages will
be taken for transmission between
towns and cities in Eastern Massa
chusetts by these amateurs.
The operators of the larger machines
declare that this practically puts them
out of business at times when their
work is most needed. ,
Various radiograms received here
today showed that several vessels are
within wireless range, either directly
or by one relay, with the Carpathia.
The outward-bound Boston steam
ship Franconio was in communication
with the Carpathia at 9 a. m.
The scout cruiser Chester said she
expected to sight the Carpathia at
noon.
The scout cruiser Salem announced
Ehe would stop off Nantucket Light
ship during the forenoon and relay
messages from the Chester to shore
stations.
L
IS URGED FOR SANDY
An effort Is being made to establish
a union high school at Sandy, combin
ing school districts number 39, 42, 45,
46, 52, 66 and 83 for high school pur
poses only. Petitions are being circu
lated in all the districts and so far
as is known at the present time are
meeting with little or no opposition.
The comunities comprising these
school districts are Sandy, Firwood,
Cherry ville, Dover, Sandy Ridge, Kel
so, Bull Run, and Marmot; the assess
ed valuation of the property of the pro
posed union high school district for
1911 was $773,524.80. School District
No. 46 in which is located the thriv
ing city of Sandy has a four room
schoolhouse only two of which are in
use at the present time, this school
building is centrally located and with
the rapid improvement of roads is
easily reached from all of the outlying
districts. .
Four of the districts above mention
ed are teaching the ninth grade and
have only one teacher, which works a
great hard ship on the teacher as well
as the pupils as it is impossible for a-J
teacher to justice to a graded school
where nine grades are taught. With a
high school within reach there will be
no necessity of a ninth grade in the
VOTE FOR
J. A. L1ZBERG
INDFPENDENT CANDIDATE
FOR RECORDER OF CON- -
VEYANCES
' Write the name of
J. A. LIZBERG
on the ballot with the
X before the name.
I know how the Re
corder's work should be
done and I will be in the
oif ice in business hours
and treat all with consid
eration and respect.
Very truly yours,
J. A. Lizberg
(Paid Adv.)' . ;
ASK FOR THE HEP TRADING STAMPS
The Adams Clothing Store
Is the men's' suit and furnishing depart
ment of Oregon City's Big Department
Store. It is perhaps the largest and most
complete men's outfitting store in Clack
amas county.
Our demonstration sale of men's suits this
week at special price$ I 2.90 is a boon
to buyers of men's medium priced suits.
Men's High
Grade, All
Wool Stilts
The
Hart
Schaffner
&
Marx
Demonstration price on
of New Spring Suits
now
$22.50
Scuaffiier
Copyright Hn
& Man
Prepare for BOOSTER DAY and
buy your suit now at Demonstration prices
$1190 and $22.50
Oregon City's Big Department Store
district schools and we may look for
a new activity in all of the schools
as the pupils will have a goal to work
up to, statistics show that there are
four who finish a grammar school
course where a high school is in
reach to one where there in no high
school. ' .
There are at the present time nine
girls and boys living in the proposed
union high school district who are
attending high school at different
places, it is perfectly safe to say that
the money spent by the parents of
these children in sending them away
to high school would easily maintain
a high school at Sandy with the addi
tional priceless advantage of having
the boys and girls at home and also
placing a high school education with
in reach of a great many who hereto
fore have never had any hope of
getting it.
By taking advantage of the union
high school law it is possible and con
venient to have a high school edu
cation within reach of every home
in the rural districts with a very small
additional outlay in taxes and the tax
payer gets a chance to see and receive
direct benefit for his money. We are
being taxed for many state institu
tions from which we receive little If
any direct benefit let us add another
mill or so to maintain a high school
in our midst and enjoy direct benefit
and feel that we are getting something
for our money. -
NOT EXPENSIVE
Treatment at Hot Laket including medical attention, board and
baths, costs no more than you would pay to live at any first class ho
tel. Rooms can be had from 75 cents to J2.50 per day. Meats in the
cafeteria are served from 20 cents up and in the grill at the usual
grill price. Baths range from 50 cents to $1.00.
We Do Cute Rheumatism
Hot Lake Mineral Baths
and mud given under scien
tific direction have cured
thousands. Write for illus
trated booklet descriptive ef
Hot Lake Sanatorium and
the methods employed. Hot
Lake Sanatorium is acces
sible as It is located direct
ly on the main line of the
O.-W. R. & N. railway, and
special excursion rates are
to be had at all times. Ask
agents.
HOT LAKE SANATORIUM
HOT LAKE, OREGON.
WALTER M. PIERCE. Pres.-Mgr.
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The World Is Full Kd
and acci.
the think
ing man with responsibilities should be prepared
for them by laying aside funds for an emergency
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The. Bank of Oregon City
The 01fest Bank In The County.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
' of OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITAL, 960r00.OO.
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