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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1566
VOL. Ill No. 95.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1912.
Pes Week, 10 Cento
THIS IS BANNER
WEEK OF CONTEST
L TO VOTE
TEE OTTLBIF
AS TITANIC SINKS
COUNTY EASILY
ON DOCKAND LIFT
ORDINANCE FOR IMPROVEMENTS
WILL BE PRESENTED AT
NEXT MEETING
PERPETRATED BY WALT 7AcDOUGALL
THE CAREER OF A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER .
SHIP FAILS TO ANSWER SIGNALS
AND CONTINUES ON ITS
COURSE
RECORD WILL BE MADE IN RACE
FOR BIG TOURING
CAR
WALTER M. PIERCE RUNS SEC
OND TO HARRY LANE IN
. CLACKAMAS
STEAMER
IN SIGHT
WILSON
CARRIES
COICI
f BO NT You") T
CALLS PROBABLY NOT OBSERVED
Wireless Message From Managing
Director Asking That Vessel
Be Held For Him Read
At Probe
WASHINGTON, April 22. With
succor only five miles away the Ti
tanic slid into its watery grave, car
rying with jt more than 1600 of its
passengers and crew, while an un
indentfied steamer that might have
seaved all failed or refused to see
frantic signals of those on board.
This tragic feature of the disaster
was brought out today before the Sen
ate invesigating committee, when J.
Boxhall fourth officer of the Titanic,
told of his unsuccessful attempts to
attract the stranger's attention.
This vessel, according to Boxhall,
could not have been more than, five
miles away and was steaming toward
the Titanic. So close was it that
from the bridge Boxhall plainly saw
its masthead lights and side lights.
Both with rockets and with the Morse
electric signal did the young offiicer
hail the stranger. Captain Smith and
several others in the vicinity of the
bridge said at the time their belief
was that the vessel had seen them
and was signalling in reply.
Boxhall failed to see the replies,
however, and in any case the steamer
kept on its course obliquely past the
Titanic without extending aid.
This and the assertion by P. A. S.
Franklin, vice-president of the White
Star Line, that there was not enough
lifeboats aboard the Titanic to care
for the ship's company at one time,
were features of the hearing.
The official was questioned through
out the morning session, on the mes
sages exchanged between the Car
pathia and himself, after the ship
had started for New York with the Ti
tanic's survivors was J. Bruce Ismay,
managing director of the line.
Among the wireless telegrams read
into the record was one from Mr.
Ismay, urging that the steamship Ced
ric be held until the Carpathia ar
rived with its sorry burden. He said
he believed it most desirable that the
survivors of the Titanic's crew be
rushed out of the country as quickly
as possible. He also, the message
said, would sail on the Cedric, and
asked that clothing be ready at the
pier for him when the Carpathia dock
ed. The Senate committee's subpena
blocked the plan.
WRECK STORIES ADMITTED
Misleading Stories Given Of Disaster
To Prevent Alarm
WASHINGTON.April 22 Vice-president
P. A. S. Franklin, of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine Company,
told the Senate investigating com
mittee now he had asked to have earl
ier reports of the Titanic disaster
held up to avoid unnecessary alarm.
He denied any knowledge of the
message addressed to Representa
tive Hughes, of West Virginia, about
the ship being towed to Halifax, and
gave other details. Senator William
Alden Smith, of Michigan presided.
After denying that officials of the
White Star line had any knowledge
of a misleading telegram to Hughes,
its was acknowledged by Franklin
that he had issued reassuring state
ments when he had no facts on which
to base them.
The witness read from a great sheaf
of wirless telegrams received Mon
day morning. None of them contain
ed any information of value, but it
was on this data that the line issued
its statements in an effort, said
Franklm, to reassure inquirers.
Later, when the news came, he
sent immediately for the reporters
and proceeded to begin reading to
them the long Marconigram from the
Carpathia giving the grewsome news
in considerable detail.
"I began to read: "Titanic went
down this morning at 2:20,' and then
1 looked up," said Frankiln. "There
wasn't a reporter in the room. They
were all racing for the telephone to
get the news out to the world."
Bit by bit Franklin contributed to
the light the Senate is seeking to
throw on the catastrophe that sank
the Titanic, sent almost 1600 persons
to their death, and plunged the world'
into mourning.
The inquiry christened the luxur
ious caucus-room of the Senate room,
regarded as perhaps the handsomest
executive hearing room in the world.
In its center sat the subcommittee,
and, jammed about the long table
which the committee occupied, were
witnesses and spectators.
Among them were Senators and
Representatives and their wives, Bar
. on Von Hengel-Muller, the Austrian
Ambassador, and other representa
tives of diplomatic and official cir
cles, and many women, mostly drawn
from the National gathering of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. DONALD WINS
Donald beat Newberg 5 to 6. The
line up- follows: Newberg: Groth p.;
Parish, c; Slater lb.; Shaw, 2b.;
E. Sidell, 3b.; Abernathy, ss.; B. Si
dell, r. f.; Venable 1. f.; Rarmine, c.
f. Donald: Smith, p.; Fellows, c;
S. Mercer, lb.; L. Mercer, 2b.; J.
Woods, 3b.; Rittenhouse, ss.; F. De-
Sart, r. f.; H. Schultz, 1. f.; M. Rice,
c. f.
The pitcher for Donald struck out
13 and the pitcher for Newberg
. struck out 10.
How strong are jou going in the
support of your candidate in the En
terprise automobile contest?
BIG THINGS EXPECTED OF BROWN
Miss McCord And Sheahan Also Will
Do Their Best To Win
Auto Interest Is
Intense
S STANDING OF CANDIDATES S
J Ruby McCord 119,200
Joseph Sheahan 47,200 S
S Kent Wilson . . 28,600
John Brown ..15,000 $
$ John Weber '6,800 S
S John Haleston 6,000 &
S A. G. Kindler 7,200 $
$3S3$S$.SS8.SSJ.Sj5
That more votes will be cast in the
big automobile contest this week than
any week heretofore is a foregone
conclusion. The weather is conduct
ive to bard work and the candidates
have reached the point where they
are determined to win. Several of
them have informed the contest man
ager that they expect this to be their
banner week, and they began early
Monday morning seeking votes as
they never had before. They said
they intended raking the county with
a fine tooth comb if necessary, and
thov would have blocks of ballots to
show for their hard work when the
week was over.
The manager expects one man es
llv in Hn erreat. work this week.
That man is Brown. He has all
nlnni? been confident. He has de
clared fiom the start that he would
win. How many votes he has in
reserve he alone knows. But one
thing is certain he is going to be
a contender from now on. Brown is
an experienced man. He has made
his way for years as an insurance
solicitor, and that work, of all work,
qualifies a man for the battle of life.
There is noquestion about his suc
cuess if he buckles down to hard
work, and makes a determined fight.
Sheahan has about finished hisath
athletic work, and is ready to buckle
down to vote getting. He has con
fidence, ability and friends and if
ho nnnlips himself there is no con
testant who cam accomplish more
than he. So fast does joe move ne
is almost ubiquitous, and it is a safe
-nrnp-pr that, he can see more persons
in a given time than other two per-
Miss McCord, who has a good lead,
of course, does not intend to quit,
and her success is expected to give
her an incentive to work harder than
ever before. Like Brown and Shea
han she declares she will win, ana
so far as the contest manager knows
she is working harder tnan any oi
the other contestants.
FIFTEEN KILLED BY
T
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 22. A
ssed over Adamsville,
Hinckney City, Jugtown, Brookside
and several mining towns toaay.
Incomplete returns say Vi to xo
npranns were killed and several were
hurt. Twenty houses were destroyed
at Brookside.
Mrs navid .Tav. who with several
friends was returning from Kanka
kee, 111., Sunday night to her home
eight miles away, was killed Dy tne
tornado, and others of the party were
seriosulv iniured. They had taken
refuge in a deserted house.
The wind tore oft the root ana
threw rlnwn some, of the walls. Mrs.
Jay was Instantly killed by a heavy
timber.
A tornado Sunday afternoon de
stroyed a house and six barns at Pi
ner r.it.v. Til . and annroachine Chat-
tsworth struck the cemetery, wreck
ing many monuments.
Trolley lines through the storm
swept district suffered heavy damage
osl. account of the destruction of the
poles. "
The loss of life in the towns which
are in communication with the out
side world, follows:
Bush, 111., 18 dead, 40 injured.
Willisville, 111., 5 dead, 40 injured.
Campus, 111., 3 dead, 6 injured.
Morocco, 111., 9 dead, 12 injured.
Officials of the Illinois Central rail
way today made unsuccessful efforts
to confirm the reported loss of life
and property damage caused by Sun
dal's windstorms in Kankakee and
Livingston counties. Telegraph and
telephone wires between practically
every point touched by the storm and
Chicago are reported down and com
munication cut off.
Illinois Central Railroad officials re
ported that so far as they have been
able to ascertain none of the comp
any's property has been damaged, and
there has been no delay to traffic.
COURT ASKED TO FREE
LIQUOR DEALERS
Judge Campbell Monday took und
er advisement a motion to dismiss
the indictment against Yanke & Me
ister, of Estacada, for selling liquor.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs declared
that the local option law in Estacada
was inopperative because the elec
tion had not ben ordered by the coun
ty court. It was announced that the
election had been ordered but no re
cord of it could be found.
HE BEGAN LIFE AS A POOR
COUNTRY BOY.
HE DRIVES A HACK AND REACf
NICK CAKTE.K.
J ILL&ET THE COURT
TUCJVEUSA -
PAXVOBISCUMOU
1 A Vox POPUt-l. j
, OPENS A LAW OFFICE IN
THE G-ITCHASTUFF BUILDING-.
MRS. PIERCE 1$ DEAD
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Mrs. Nancy E. Pierce died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. F.
Johnson on Seventh Street, Monday
morning at 1:25 o'clock after an ill
ness of one week of pneumonia. The
remains were taken Monday after
noon to Clackamas, where they were
interred in the family lot in the
Clackamas cemetery. Services were
conducted at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson at 4 o'clock, Rev. C.
W. Robinson, rector of St. Paul's
Episcopal church, officiating. The
pallbearers were O. Johnson, T. My
ers, L. Marrs, E. Johnson.
Mrs. Pierce was born' in Page
County, Iowa, January 8, 1845, and
was 67 years of age. She was mar
ried to H. J. Pierce at Peoria, Kan.,
July 3, 1864, and to them were born
nine children, five of whom survive,
and are Mrs. E. i. Hughes, of Cham-
poeg, Oregon; Mrs. Maria F .John
son, of Oregon City; J. C. Pierce, of
Parklace, Oregon; Mrs. M. E. Jen
nings, of Gresham; L. D. Pierce, of
128 Stark Street, Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Hughes were
with their mother when she died.
Mrs. Pierce came to Oregon in 1882
and settled in Linn county with her
family. Two years after their ar
rival in Oregon Mr. Pierce died, and
since that time Mrs. Pierce has lived
in this city with her daughter, Mrs.
A. F. Johnson, and with her other
daughter, Mrs. E. J. Hughes. Be
sides being survived by her five chil
dren, she also leaves seven grand
children, Mary Ellen Straight, of
Parkplace; Albert Hines, Herbert
Armstrong, Rudolph Armstrong, of
Champoeg; Lura Armstrong, of Port
land; Louis Biggs, son of Mrs. A. F.
Johnson, who is attending Medical
College in New York City; Mrs. Edna
Maida, of Portland; two great grand
children, Murrieca Straight, of Park
place. Mrs. Pierce's only sister, Mrs.
H. S. Tice, of Canby, is 97 years of
age, and is one of the well known
Oregon pioneers.
MAN FLEES ASYLUM
SALEM, Or., April 22.-rA posse of
15 asylum attendants is scouring the
vicinity of Salem tonight, searching
for four dangerous insane men, who
with the aid of a fifth who already
has been recaptured, overpowered an
attendant at the institution, took his
keys and made their escape.
The break occurred shortly before
8 o'clock in ward 31, which is con
sidered a semi-dangerous ward. This
was the regular night for showing
moving pictures at. the institution,
and all of the men are allowed to at
tend if they desire but these five ex
pressed a preference to remain in
the ward.
They were left alone with Attend
ant Bayleys. Shortly after the ward
was cleared the men attracted the
attention of Bayleys to something
supposedly occurring in a linen clos
et When Bayleys entered the clos
et he was pounced upun and over
powered. The men are August Douglass,
Frank Tompkins, committed from
Clackamas County, W. H. Jones and
Frank Allen.
TUCJVEUSA - r" I vMMtcjftja T 7 ;5gSf AN ABSOLUTELY I
I PAXmHlSCUMO t THAT CAME. J (rSS l
HE GOT HIS START SELLING
ALLEGED FRESH EGOS.
MR BECOMES A WAITER
IN A LOBSTER PALACE .
HE CE s'S A RETAINER FROM
THE P CKLED TRIPE TRUST.
COPYRIGHT HARRIS ANO EWING. WASH
Representative Arsene J. Pujo, of
Louisana, Chairman of the House
Committee on Banking and ' Cur
rency. MOLALLA BALL TEAM
The Maccabees
Portland defeated
Sunay by a' score
baseball team of
the Molalla team
of 4 to 3. Not a
score was made until the eighth in
ning when both pitchers weakened.
The Portland players and their friends
went to Molalla in a big automobile
truck. The batteries were, Molalla,
Hart and Haines; Maccabees, Hyron
imus and Bennett. The game was one
of the best ever played in Clackamas
County.
BOY PROVES HE IS
OF
Judge Beatie, in the juvenile court,
Monday dismissed the charge against
John Rankin, twelve years of age, of
Gladstone, t stealing copper wire
from the tracks of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company. The
bay had a small section of wire in
his possession, but said that he had
found it. There was no evidence
that he had twisted the wire from the
track. The boy has borne a good
reputation, and his explanation of
how he obtained the section of wire
was unquestionably true.
ATTENTION B. P. O. ELKS
Members of Oregon City Lodge No.
1189, B. P. O. Elks are requested to
meet at the Lodge Rooms on Wednes
day, April 24, at 1 o'clock sharp for
the purpose of attending the funeral
of our late Brother Oben Tonkin at
St. Paul's Episcopal church.
HENRY O'M ALLEY, Exalted Ruler.
BIDS WANTED
Bids will be received until noon,
April 30, fof the construction and
completion of a two story eight-room
frame dwelling for D. M. Shanks of
Oregon City, Oregon at the office of
White Bros., architects, No. 408 Jef
ferson street, Oregon City, Oregon.
I I J ' t ur
Ur BfCAMC A.
PLUMBER'S ASSISTANT
,1 .1 .,
HE TAKES A POSITION AS CLERK
IN A SEASHORE HOTEL
NOW HE'S CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE SUPREME. COURT.
J. OBEN TONKIN DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
J. Oben Tonkin, son of Mr .and
Mrs. Oben Tonkin, of the West Side,
died suddenly at his home on the
West Side Sunday morning at 9:30
o'clock. The funeral services will be
conducted at the St. Paul's Episcopal
church Wednesday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock, and the interment will be
in the Mountain View cemetery, the
1 1. O. O. F. having charge of the bur
ial service at the grave. - .
Mr. Tonkin was well known is this
city, and his death was a surprise
to his friends. He was employed in
the office of the Willamette Pulp &
Paper Company, and was taken ill
Wednesday afternoon. His condition
was not considered serious, until Sun
day morning.
He was married June 11, 1911, to
Miss Augusta Shrader, of this city,
who with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oben Tonkin, and one sister, Miss
Nellie Tonkin, of the West Side, sur
vives. k
Mr. Tonkin was born in Australia,
and traveled in England with his
parents before coming to Oregon City
about fifteen years ago.
! F., Elk3, Eagles, and Woodmen of the
TIT 1J tin -nrn a Sn A rtf Vk Wll
known vocalists of th'is city, and par
ticipated in many entertainments and
concerts given in Oregon City. He
was a member of the choir of the
Methodist church.
FINDS MOTHER DEAD
Mrs. Mary. E. Farnsworth, who
lived on Madison Street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, was found
dead Sunday evening by her son, E.
E. Farnsworth, upon his return from
work. Mrs. Farnsworth was enjoy
ing better health than usual when
her nnn left, for his work in the
morning. She was found on the kitch
! en floor near the door. For sever
al years Mrs. Farnsworth had been
a victim of heart troume. tTora an
indications her death occurred about
9:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Farnsworth was born August
24, 1847, at Newark, Vermont, and
for some time lived at Vermillion,
South Dakota. From that state she
came to Oregon with her son, E. E.
Farnsworth, and settled In Oregon
City in 1907. She is survived by one
son, E. E. Farnsworth, of Oreogn City
and three nieces, one of whom re
sides in Westbrook, Vt., one in Hard
wig, VL, and another at Lowell, Mass.,
and a nephew, Warren Farnsworth.
of Philadelphia. Her brother, Dem
ming Fairbanks, recently died at
Philadelphia, Pa. v . ,.
The funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the
Methodist church, Rev. T. B. Ford,
pastor, officiating. The interment will
be in the Mountain View cemetery.
NOTICE I. O. O. F.
There will be a special meeting
held in the hall tonight at 7: 30 o'clock
to make arrangements for the funer
al of our beloved brother, O. Tonk
ins. All brothers are requested to
be present. '
W. C. CRAWFORD, N. G.
L. H. FEASTER, Sec.
SHERIFF MASS GETS 697 YOTES
Canvassing Board Is Expected To
Finish Count Today Fig
ures In Sunday's Enter
prise Correct
The official count of the votes cast
in the primary is progressing slow
ly. County Clerk Mulvey announced
Monday that it probably would be
finished today. Deputy Assessor G.
F. Johnson and Justices of the Peace
E. L. Davidson and F. H. Dungan,
who are making the count, announced
the following results Monday:
Candidates for the Democratic
nomination for President Clark, 292;
Harmon 25 ; Wilson 421.
Candidates for Democratic elect
ors Hugh McLain, 121; W. M. Peter
son, 81; J. M. Wall, 112; D. H. Wat
son, 252; F. G. Whitten, 79.
For United States Senator O. P.
Coshow, 91; Harry Lane, 491; Walt
er M. Pierce, 156.
For Secretary of State John B,
Ryan, 508.
For District Attorney Gilbert L.
Hedges, 607.
. For Representative P. S. Noyer,
569.
For County Commissioner George
M. Hively, 599.
Sheriff E. T. Mass, 697.
County Assessor J. E. Jack, 640,
For delegates to the National Dem
ocratic convention for the nomina
tion of President and vice-president
A. S. Bennett 122; Thomas C. Burke
17; Bartlett Cole 30; Leon R. Ed
mundson 9; James E. Godfrey 32;
John D. Goss 8; F. V. Holman 62;
Mark Holmes 17; Stephen Jewell 6;
A. A. Kadderly 26; W. R. King 89;
J. W. Maloney 7; V. P. Moses 5; F.
H. Reynolds 2! Daniel W. Sheahan
13; C. W. Sherman, 6; J. H. Steven
son 38; Alex Sweet 34; Ludwig Wil
helm 33; Herman Wise 93.
The ballots in the Republican con
tests will be canvassed today. There
will be no changes from the figures
given in the Sunday issue of the
Morning Enterprise.
BOURNE PROMISES
TO SUPPORT SELLING
Frank Jaggar, who was in Portland
Monday saw a telegram from Senator
Bourne to Selling conrgatulating him
upon receiving the nomination for
United States Senator. Senator
Bourne to Selling congratulating him
tions but promised Mr. Selling to sup
port him in the race. Mr. Jaggar
said that Mr. Selling was gratfied ov
er the promise of support from his
late opponent.
RAILWAY STRIKE IS
HALTED BY GOVERNMENT
NEW YORK, April 22. The tender
of the "friendly offices" of representa
tives of the Federal Government call
ed a temporary halt tonight of a
strike of railroad engineers in the
territory east of Chicago and north
of the Potomac river, in which it is
estimated 52 per cent of the railroad
traffic of the entire country is hand
led. The mediation of Feeral offiicals
came immediately after the refusal
of managers of 50 railroads to con
cede the engineers' demands for an
18 per cent increase in wage, when
Chief S. Stone, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Enigneers, had an
nounced that in view of this refusal
a strike of engineers would go into
effect within 36 hours.
. The Enterprise automobile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley.
The Last Rites of the Main
Will Be Shown Again Today
Second in importance to the
great picture of the "Cruise of
the Atlantic Fleet Around the
World"
Let the children see it They
will read of it in history later.
Yotsr Last Chance Today
Three New Pictures
the mmm
PLAYGROUND SITE IS INCLUDED
Proposition To Chaneg Grade" Of
Fourth Street As Reported By
Engineer Is
Adopted
At a meeting of the city council
Monday evening it was decided that
an ordinace providing for an elec
tion to vote upon a proposition to pro
vide an elevator at the bluff, a pub
lic dock and a public, playground
should be introduced at the next meet
ing. The ordinance will provide an
appropriation of 18,000. It is plan
ned to have these questions voted up
on at the election called for passing
upon the charter as amended by the
charter commission, which will be
held July 8. It was announced that
the proposed playground was also in
tenetT for a fair groun, and a place
for holding the usual outoor enter
tainments of a city.
B. T. McBain, President of the Com
mercial Club, and Councilman Tooze
explained the plans that had been
adopted. It also was decided to
change the ordinance providing for
a site for the Carnegie Library in
Seventh Street Park so as to place
the building in the center of the park
instead of twenty feet from Seventh
Street. The ordinance was given its
first reading.
Councilman Hall requested the
placing of a drinking fountain at
Mountain View, for the benefit of
persons visiting the cemetery. The
suggestion will be acted upon at the
next meeting.
A committee consisting of Charles
C. Spencer, S. Stevens and William
Hedges, of Canemah, reported the re
sult of the conference regarding the
raising of the Canemah walk. Mayor
Dimick and Recorder Stipp will meet
with the committee tomorrow after
noon to formulate a plan to force the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company to complete the work the
coming summer.
It was decided that the grade rec
ommended by the engineer on Fourth
Street be changed. It will be lowered
one foot at High Street, and changed
in front of the property of O. D.
Eby between Madison and , Monroe
Streets.
Messrs. White, Randall, and Bittner
were appointed a committee to ap
praise the property on Fourteenth
Street, residents having objected to
assessments for street improvement,
A motion instructing the engineer to
provide plans and specifications for
the improvement of John Qunicy Ad
ams Street from Eighth to Fourteen
th Streets was passed.
The recorder was instructed to
have three lights the locations for
which had been agreed upon by the
street committee installed as soon as
possible.
A resolution introduced by Coun
cilman Tooze, inviting the state Sun
day School association to hold its
convention in Oregon City was adopt
ed. J. R. HANNY TO BUILD
E
J. .R. Hanny has purchased a lot
from D. James on Twelfth street be
tween Washington and John Adams,
and will erect a handsome bungalow.
The contract has awarded to Bagby
& Flagler. These men have commen
ced excavating for the basement,
to have a cement floor, and will
have stationery wash trays The re
sidence will have seven rooms, a re
ception hall, living room, dining room,
bedroom, bath, Dutch kitchen, pant
ry on the first floor, while on the sec
ond floor there will be three sleep
ing apartments, each to have large
clothes closets. The work will be
pushed rapidly along, and will be
completed in about two months.