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OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1912.
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MESSAGE SENT FROM SAN DIEGO
Destroyers Are Operating Under Ord
ers Of Commander-in-Chief
Of Flotilla At San
Francisco
WASHINGTON, April 29. the tor
pedoboat destroyers Preble and Per
ry, which slipped out of San Diego,
Cal., harbor last night, are under
orders to intercept the gunboat York
town by wireless and tell her not to
stop at any Mexican port for coal.
In view of conditions prevailing in
Mexico, it is deemed inadvisable to
have an American gunboat drop in at
any of the coasal cities.
Both the War and Naval Depart
ments today denied that the Army
transport Buford, now en route to the
west coast of Mexico to pick up Amer
ican refugees, was to be convoyed by
the Perry and Preble.
The two destroyers were not under
orders from Washington when they
left San Diego, but are operating und
er direction of the Commander-in-Chief
of the torpedoboat flotilla, with
headquarters at San Francisco, and
as far as is known are en route to
Mexico.
The Buofrd will stop at San Diego
at 3 P. M. Tuesday to take on board
Claude E. Guyant, deputy Consul-General
at Mexico City, who has been des
patched to Los Mochis to establish
a consular agency there.
He will disembark at Tolobampo
and proceed overland to Los Mochis.
If no Americans remain at this place,
he will go with the Buford to the
other Coast ports.
U. 8. SUES TO
HARVESTER TRUST
WASHINGTON, April 29. The de
partment of justice announced today
that a suit to dissolve the Interna
tional Harvester company would be
filed tomorrow in the United States
court at St. Paul, Minn.
President Taft, and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, it is stated, decided
at a conference held here yesterday
to file the action against the "har
vester trust."
The first government investigation
of the harvester combination took
place in 1907, while Theodore Roose
velt was president. The evidence
was worked up by W. B. Townsend,
special government prosecutor, who
is well known in Oregon for cases he
has handled there. It was by Presi
dent Roosevelt's order, it has been
declared, that the prosecution of the
harvestor trust was not carried on
at that time.
The harvester trust was the result
of action of the McCormick harvest
er company about 1902 in combining
with largest manufacturers of farm
machinery in the country. Relentless
competition with firms not taken in
to the combine drove most of them
from the field.
The combine would not handle its
goods through dealers, but establish
ed agencies in the principul cities.
These agents were compeled to main
tain a certain fixed price.
This is the first time the case will
have come into the courts.
TITANIC WRECK IS
ESCAPED BY BACON
NEW YORK, April 29. The Shat
tering of diplomatic psecdent saved
Robert Bacon, retiring American am
bassador, to France, his wife, and
daughter, from sailing on the Titanic
and perhaps saved their lives. Par
malee Herrick, son of the new am
bassador, Myron. T. Herrick, of Ohio,
was responsible for the changing of
plans. Kacon had booked his pas
sage for himself, wife and -daughter
on the Titanic and had actually sent
part of their baggage aboard. Par
malee Herrick and wife visited the
embassy and agreed to dine with the
Bacons on the eve of their depart
ure. T wish I could greet my friend Her
rick before I go," said Bacon. "Fath
er wishes the same," said Parmalee
HerricK. "Why not stay and see
him?"
"It would take too much tronuble
unless" your father is coming here
direct," said Bacon. "You know this
house now belongs- to him."
'Cth, bother trouble,' said the young
er Herrick. "Father is good natured,
and if that is all the excuse you have,
dad will never pardon you for leav
ing." "But precedent necessitates my va
cating before the arrival of my suc
cessor," insisted Bacon, "and in dip
lomacy precedent Is all powerful."
"But father would say 'darn pre
cedent in this instance,' said Parma
lee. Bacon finally agreed to smash the
precedent As a result he cancelled
bis booking on the Titanic, had his
"baggage removed, remained to ex
change greetings with Ambassador
Herrick and is now enroute to Amer
ica on the new French liner LaFrance
Watch the automobile contest.
SECOND PRIZE ATTRACTS ENTRANTS
Intelligent Effort Will Bring To Con.
testant Greatest Premium Ever
Offered In Clackamas
County ,
8 $ S
STANDING OF CANDIDATES S
$ Ruby McCord 119,200 ?
Joseph Sheahan 47,200 $
Kent Wilson 32,600 $
S John Brown 15,000 S
S John Weber 6,800 $
S John Haleston 6,000 &
$ A. G. Kindler 7,200 $
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The big automobile contest is near
ing a close. Any one of the candi
dates can win by working. The fact
that Miss McCord is way ahead in
the standing as published, does not
mean that she is the only one in the
race. Others may be holding back
hundreds of ballots and she may have
polled all she has. The contest man
ager will not attempt to give any ad
vice today. He has given much ad
vice, some of which has been heeded
and much, of which has not. Howev
er, that is up to the contestants and
there will be no hard feelings no mat
ter what happens. Nevetheless the
manager would like to impress upon
the candidates one thing, and that is,
the automobile will go to the one who
works the hardest and the second
prize $100 in gold will go to the
second hardest worker. You may not
think so now but you will when the
final count is made. Work as hard as
you can, as intelligently as you can,
and you will be the victor in the
greatest contest that has ever been
conducted in Clackamas county.
RIGHT TO REGULATE
CAR FARE ABROGATED
PORTLAND, April 29. After a bat
tle of many months' duration the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Co. today gained a decided advantage
over the city, when the street commit
tee of the city council, by a vote of
5 to 2 adopted an amendment to
the company's proposed blanket
street car franchise eliminating a
clause whereby the council had re
served the express right to regulate
fares over 19 miles of traction lines.
The action of the committee . was a
great surprise, as a previous attempt
to strike out the fare regulation
clause last Thursday afternoon result
ed in a tie vote.
The committee at that time stood
evenly divided on the question, Coun
cilmen Burgard, Baker and Dunning
being in favor of the amendment to
strike out and Councilmen Mongs,
Joy and Schmeer being oposed to it.
Councilman James A. Maguire, the
seventh member of the committee,
was absent at Thursday's session. He
was counted upon, however, to cast
his ballot in favor of the council's re
serving the specific authority to regu
late fares.
S. P.-.BUYS WELSH
ELECTRIC LINES
PORTLAND, April 29. It is report
ed on what appears good authority
that the Southern Pacific has bought
the A. Welch electric lines in the Will
amette valley, including the Salem
street car system of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company, on
which Mr. Welch secured an option
last week and which transfer it is
understool will be closed tomorrow.
Mr. Welch whose offices in this city
are in the Yeon building, owns street
car systems in Albany, Eugene and
Salem, the latter to be merged with
that for which he is now negotiating
with the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company. He has secured a
francrise for a system at Corvallis
and is in that city today seeking some
amendments giving rights to build on
additional streets to those originally
asked tor.
Mr. Welch also owns and operates
an interurban electric line between
Eugene and Sprinfield, which line it
is intended to etxend to Corvallis at
once. It is reported that steel and
cross 'ties have bden ordered and
that actual consruction will begin in
Corvallis in a few days.
It is pointed out that the advant
age to the Southern Pacific in owning
the Welch properties will be found
in connecting up with the main sys
tem that is now to be edectrified,
thus giving the company a number of
valuable feeders at the one stroke.
It is impossible today to secure
verficalion of General Superintend
ent D. W. Campbell of the Southern
Pacific company, but Mr. Campbell
has announced several times recent
ly that the Southern Pacific is plan
ning a very complete electric railway
system in the entire Willamette val
ley. Mr. Welch's operations in the Will
amette valley are under the name of
the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Rail
way company, and in many instances
it has been evident that he has work
ed in very close harmony with the
Southern Pacific. -
K. O. T. M. To Meet
The K. T. M. will hold a special
meeting this evening. Candidates
will be initiated and there will be
team work.
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ROBERTS ACCUSED FRIENDS HONOR
OF STEALING GUN r GUSTAV SCHNOERR
PORTLAND, April 29. The burg- i
lary of Frank Bishop's hardware store
at Goble, Or., December 27, is now
laid to Jack Roberts, who is held in
Portland for the shooting of Donald
Stewart and George Hasting on the
unite House road. Bishop came to
Portland Saturday and identified the
Winchester pump gun, revolver, shot
un Delt, hunting knife, razor and
match lox found on Roberts when ar
rested by Sheriff Stevens and his dep
uties. Bishop gave the number and
descriptions of the articles which
were taken from his store on the aft
ernoon of the burglary. Stolen from
the store on that night were 10 ra
zors, one half dozen jack knives of
"Zenith" make, one 30-30 Savage re
volover, one rim fire 44 Winchester
gun, two compasses, one search light
and an alarm clock.
LA FOLLETTE HAS BIG
LOS ANGELES CROWD
LOS ANGELES, April 29 With
Governor Johnson here to speak for
Colonel Roosevelt at a mass meeting
tonight. Senator La Follette to ap
pear in and around Los Angeles four
times in the interest of his own can
didacy, and Walter Houser, La Fol
lette's campaign manager, dividing
overflow interest with Medill McCor
mick of Chicago. Los Angeles today
is the capital of political activities
on the coast.
La Follette retuned early today
from oan Diego, where he spent Sun
day in rest. He was scheduled to
address the Women's City club at
noon and to speak at Ocean Park,
Santa Monica and Venice this even
ing, leaving for San Francisco early
tomorrow. Governor Johnson will
speak tomorrow night at San Diego,
Wednesday at San Bernardino, Thurs
day at Santa Ana, Friday at Pasadena
and Saturday night at Long Beach
AVIATOR FALLS 7001
FEET; THOUGHT DYING
PARIS, April 29. Falling 700 feet
through the air while flying at the
rate of 100 miles an hour, today, Ju
les Vedrines, France's foremost avi
ator lies at death's door with a com
pound fracture of the skull. Physi
cians say he has but slight chance of
recovery.
Vedrines was endeavoring to cre
ate a new record for a flight from
Douai to Madrid.
While racing through the air his
aeroplane suddenly collapsed, hurl
ing him to the ground. He struck
in front of the Epinay railway sta
tion, from whence he was hurried to
the Aeri-Boisere hospital. Here it
was found that he had sustained a
compound fracture of the skull, at
its base and top, besides internal In
juries. -
Six surgeons operated upon the in
jured man, and announced that the
patient had rallied slightly and had
some chance to live.
1
Rear Admiral Cameron McR. Win
slow, Commanding the Second Div
ision cf the Atlantic Fleet.
GARY DECIDES IN
FAVOR OF TEACHER
County School Superintendent Gary
Monday decided that the directors of
the Viola School on the evidence sub
mitted were not justified in dismis
sing the teacher, Thomas B. Lovelace.
State Superintendent Alderman prob
ably will be asked to rule on the case.
Lovelace sometime ago was attacked
by F. B. Cockerline, one of the di
rectors, and severely "beaten. The
teacher had complained against the
janitor, the father of Mr. Cockerline.
Mr. Lovelace will demand his salary
for the full time, and if it is refused
by the board of directors he will ap
peal to the circuit court.
ND BOUGHT
ONE DRESS, SAYS WIFE
Alleging that her husband bought
her only one dress in four years Mary
Von Glan Monday filed suit for a di
vorce from William C. Von Glan. The
plaintiff alleges that her husband has
an overbearing and domineering spir
it. She further charges that when
her niece was ill and she started to
take flowers to her her husband curs
ed her. She says her husband left
her March 1, 1912 and went to Alas
ka. She asks that her maiden name,
Mary L. Fine be restored. Alice Tuf
ord sued L. N. Tufford for a divorce.
They were married November . 30,
1889 in Mason City, Neb. Cruelty is
alleged.
Card of Thanks
I wish to thank the friends and
relatives who were so kind during the
illness and death of my mother, the
late Mis. Nancy Pierce, and also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
MRS. M. F. JOHNSON.
- The time to read tte Moral ng En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before.
One of the boldest "hold ups" ever
attempted, at Willamette Falls was
perpetrated at the home of Gus
Schnoerr Saturday night when Mr.
Schnoerr heard the crowd on the
porch he made for a weapon to de
fend his home against the intruders
On being assured by his good wife
there was no danger he came out
with both hands up in the air, "My!
My! My! if I had just known you
fellows were coming," Mr. Schnoerr
would not rest until he had grasped
the hand of every man, bidding all
welcome to his home. After greet
ings were exchanged the Patterson
brothers rendered a lively selecetion.
Following this James H. Carey made
some very touching remarks, portray
ing the clean, decent and manly
fight that Mr. Schnoerr had made to
gain the nomination of Representa
tive of the county, and that all should
pledge to send him to the legislative
hall. Mr. Carey to the amazement
of everyone, launched in fine Germ
an. Mr. Schnoerr said: "If I go to Sa
lem be not afraid of Gus; If I go to
the sacred House of Representatives
I will say what I want to say, say
what I mean and mean what I say.
Now ray friends I give you all a
hearty welcome once more and hope
you will have a jolly evening togeth
er." Mr. Sinnott made a very eloquent
address which in part follows:
"Hon. Gustave Schnoerr, this coter
ie of friends in whose behalf I have
the honor to address you, have called
upon you this evening to greet you
and to hail you as one of our stand
ard bearers in the coming campaign.
We have come to congratulate you
on your, nomination from the hands
of the people, for their representa
tive in the next session of our State
legislature, and we can also congrat
ulate ourselves on the prospect of
being so ably represented in our leg
islative halls.. With you, as one of
our standard bearers, we are march
ing to a glorious victory, and we
know it beforehand, to be a sure
thing, that in the halls of our legis
lature we will have in you, Mr.
Schnoerr, an able, fearless and elo
quent advocate of the rights of the
masses of the people and that at all
time, in all cases, under all circum
stances and on a.11 occasions and con
ditions, your clarion voice will re
sound in our legislative hall, and your
vote wttl be cast in the interest of our
great state of Oregon in general and
our great historic county of Clack
amas in paricular."
HARDIN, SENTENCED,
IS GIVEN PAROLE
Thomas Hardin, who stabbed Fred
Hoffman in a saloon on Main street
labor day, was given an Indeterminate
sentence in Judge Campbell's Court
from six month to ten years in the
penitentiary. Judge Compbell parol
ed the prisoner. He must report to
the sheriff once each month. Hardin
after being indicted left the city, and
was captured in Chehalis, Wash.
Sheriff Mass brought hinr-back to this
city. He has heretofore borne a
good reputation. ; "
PRESIDENT WILL NOT USE
STRENUOUS WORD IN CON
NECTION WITH COLONEL
ROOSEVELT IS HOTLY ASSAILED
"Condemn Me By Other Witnesses,"
Declares Taft In Referring
To Former Chief Execu
tive Of Country
BOSTON, April 29. President Taft
ended tn Boston tonight a 12 hours'
campaign through Eastern Massachu
setts. From the time he began his speech
making at Attleboro with a talk on
the tariff until he made his last ad
dress at Melrose and asked for "a
square deal," the President spurred
his husky voice into strenuous ac
tion. Mr. Taft's last long address was at
Lowell to an audience that packed
the opera .house. So eager was the
crowd to gain admittance that several
members of the President's party
could not get in until long after he
had started to speak.
When he talked about the bosses
and the Roosevelt charges, someone
in the gallery shouted:
!'He's a- liar."
"No, that is not in my vocabulary,
said the President. Later he was re
ferring to the Lorimer case and evi
dently the same man repeated his cry
after a mention of Colonel Roosevelt's
name.
"He'3 a liar,' he shouted.
"My experience on the bench has
taught me the value of words," said
Mr. Taft. "One of the most unsafe
things to do is to go further than to
show the facts. I appreciate the sup
port of my distinguished and enthu
siastic friend, but I must decine to
adopt his vocabulary."
After declaring that he was sorry it
was necessary for him to mingle in
a policical struggle, he suggested an
amendment of the Constitution so
that a President should serve six or
seven years and be eligible for re
election. "I think that would prevent this,"
he said.
"No man has the right to mirepre
sent another to get himself into office
no matter how humble that man is,"
the President shouted at one point
in his Lowel address.
- "Condemn me if you will," he said
in conclusion, "but pardon me by oth
er witness than Theodore Roosevelt.
"I was a man of straw; but I have
been a man of stray long enough;
every man who has blood in his body
and who has been misrepresented as
I have been is forced to fight. I ap
peal to my friends in Massachusetts,
who think I think believe in a square
deal.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES
TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
An entertainment to be given at
the Woodmen Hall by the Knights
and Ladies of Security will have the
following program, which will be fol
lowed by dancing, the music to be
furnished by Oscar Woodfin: Piano
duet, Oscar Woodfin and Miss Myrtle
Holmes; solo, Miss Helen Ely; read
ing, Miss Hazel Wyman; piano solo,
Carol Ely; solo, R. V. D. Johnston;
Half-Way Quartet, Charles Beatie,
Byron Moore, Elden Alldredge and
John Dambach; solo, Frank Alldredge
The time to read the Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before.
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At Prices Within the Reach of All
High grade, 8-day, black enamel and rosewood
clocks, gilt and bronze trimmings, cathedral gong,
hour and half-hour strikes, $5.00 to $25.00
Highly polished 8-day oak shelf clocks; strike
hocr and half hettr, with or without alarms $3.50
to $4.50
Office and school clocks, with or ' without
strike $4.50 to $25.00
BIG BEN alarm clocks, guaranteed to wake
you up. $2.50
Other alarm clocks $ 1 .00, $ 1 .25 and $ 1 .75
See Out Window Display
BURHEISTER & ANDRESEN
Oregon City Jewelers Suspension Bridge Cor.
APRIL GRAND JURY TO ACT TODAY
Attorney For Defendants Says Clients
Will Win Test Case
Law Is
Quoted
Declaring that they fished with nets
for salmon in violation of the ruling
of the Fish and Game Commission
in order to test the order, John F.
Albright and Nick Story, said Mon
day they were confident they would
be acquitted. They were arrested
Saturday night by Deputy Fish Ward
ens A. S. Noonan and R. Sandstrom,
while fishing below the suspension
bridge. Their tackle, boats and fish
were not confiscated.
"We consulted one of the best law
yers in the county before we decided
to violate the order," said Mr.
A'l b r i g h t. - "The Grand Jury will
probably indict us tomorrow and we
shall plead not guilty. The trial
will be the test of the order. We
contend that we had as much right
to use nets as other fishermen had
to use lines. The law provides for
a closed river to all kinds of fishing
from March 15 to April 15. but the
board arbitrarily closed the river to
net fishing from March 1 to May" 1,
but held that fishing with lines would
be legal during that time. We con
tend, first, that the board had no
right to make the order and that we
did not violate the law for we were
arrested April 27 when the law spe
cifically says that the river shall be
open after April 15.
"The salmon industry means at
least $100,000 to Oregon City and
Clackamas County annually, and it
is our intention to see if the board
can make orders despite the reading
of the statute. Thousands of dollars
worth of fish have been caught since
the order became effective with hook
and line. Most of these fish were
sold to dealers, and the fishing being
upon a commercial basis, there is no
reason why nets cannot be used, es
pecially when the law is so plain
upon the subject."
J. E. Hedges, who represents Al
bright and Story, said his clients de
sired to test the law, and he was con
fident they woud win. He said the
law was plain and it had not been
violated. The following is the section
upon which the fishermen hope to
escape:
"The board of Fish Commissioners
is authorized by this act to propa
gate the stock in the various water
and streams of this state with sal
mon, sturgeon, trout or other food
fishes not inimical to or destructive
of salmon, and for the purpose of
protecting the same, they are hereby
authorized to close any stream oi
any designated portion thereof in
this state frequented by salmon or
any stream which they have stocked
and prevent any person taking or
fishing for or catching any salmon
or food fishes therein. Should the
Board of Fish Commissioners desire
to close any stream or designated por
tion thereof frequented by salmon or
any stream or any designated portion
thereof which they have stocked with
good fish, they shall cause notice
thereof to be filed in the office of the
county clerk in each county in which
such stream or designated portion
thereof lies, and shall publich such
notice in some public newspaper pub
lished at the county seat in such coun-
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