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VOL. Ill No. 102.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1912.
Peb Wkex, 10 Cents
TAFT HAS SLIGHT
LEAD IN BAY STATE
OF
FIST BOAT FOR
RIVER IS ORDERED
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BROUGHT TO PORT
COSTS HEAVILY
; PERPETRATED 8Y WALT AVDOUGALL v
THE WOLF AT THE DDOft.
PRESIDENT'S PLURALITY OVER
COLONEL IS 141 IN 550
PRECINCTS
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306 OF TITANIC'S DEAD PICKED
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OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY TO ADD NEW
STEAMER TO FLEET
POLITICIANS ARE BLAMED FOR
COMPANY NOT LOCATING
MACHINE HERE
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CLARK IS CHOICE OF DEMOCRATS;
Roosevelt's Delegates-At-Large Are
" Leading Taft Carries Boston
And Eleventh
District
BOSTON, April 30. Returns from
Presidential primaries held today
throughout the state were so incbm-
ntofa o T- miAtr4- iUi SA. I
u..umB mat u was impos -
muie to say wnetner president Taft or.
Colonel Roosevelt had captured the '
majority of the 36 deletes from i
. . . . T I
maa.,uuBeilB Lu. me national con-:
vention. The President led in the
late returns.
Returns in 550 out of 1080 election
precincts give:
Republican preferences La Pollette
766, Roosevelt 29,894, Taft 30,035. !
Delegates-at-large Baxter (heading ; oeaa. fane reacned ner dock in the
Roosevelt group) 30,834, Crane (head-, navy-yard shortly after 9:30 o'clock,
ing Taft group) 26,349. George G. Widener's body, although
Democratic preference Clark 19,-' previously reported as recovered, was
706, Wilson 8597. Delegates-at-large not among those on the ship, anr her
Loughlin (pledged to Foss) 18,438, commander explained that a body, at
Williams (for primary preference) first thought to have been that of
6426. i Widener, was buried as that of his
A majority of the Congressional dis-! valet,
tricts reported that meager reports at ! All told 306 dead were found and
midnight appeared to favor Roosevelt. 116 again were consigned to the sea.
Complete returns from the city of; Not one name of a prominent per
Boston give: I son missing was added to the list of
Republican preference La Follette recovered dead by the Mackay-Ben-249,
Roosevelt 10,651, Taft 11,282. i nett's arrival. Sailors worked four
Delegates-at-large Baxter, heading hours unloading her, and the dead
Roosevelt group, 10,913; Crane, head- were taken toan improvised morgue
ing Taft group, 10,078. i in a curling rink, where relatives will
Democratic preference Clark, 14,- have an opportunity to claim them.
300; Wilson, 1879. j Relics of the great Titanic dotted
Delegates-at-large Coughlin pled- the sea over an area of 3"0 miles
ged to Foss, 13,389; Williams, for pri- i square, Captain Larnder said. Doors
mary preference, 4020. windows and chairs by the score were
The Republican vote in Boston and , found floating, but to none of them
in many other sections of the state were bodies lashed. In several in
was heavy, but the Democratic voters stances there were groups of floating
as a whole, did not manifest great bodies numbering 50 or more, but
interest in the primaries. j none was lashed to another. Colon-
The Eleventh Congressional District ; el Astor was found standing almost
delegates elected to the Republican erect in his lifebelt.
National Convention are: Grafton C. j Small boats were lowered by the
Cushing and W. Prentiss Parker, both Mackay-Bennett whenever a group of
pledged to Taft. bodies were sighted and into these
the dead were piled three or four at
F
FOR MAIMING HORSE
i three occasions services were held.
"We buried so many at sea," said
One of the worst cases of cruelty Captain Larnder, "simply because we
to animals that has been brought be- could not accommodate them',
fore the Clackamas County Humane j "We had limited embalming sup
Society was a few days ago, when plies and it was absolutely necessary
neighbors of Carl Mohaupt, who lives to consign many to the deep." -near
Redland, reported that Mohaupt ; As soon as the ship was sighted
had beaten his horse several hours down the harbor the canvas curtains
with a pitchfork and club because it shielding the coffins and emblamers'
would not mind him, finally breaking tents on the pier were lowered and
its back The -man, was given a '' 20 sailors from the Canadiain cruiser
hearing in Justice of the Peace Sam- j Niobe, in the yard for repairs, lined
son's court Tuesday. The jury com-: up as a guard. A patrol boat was
posed of F. C. Burke, Nicholas Story, i stationed in front of the pier to pre
J. K. Morris, J. L. Swaft'ord, James vent any craft docking nearby.
O'Bonnell and A. J. Hobble, all of ; A woman was the first mourner to
the men are well known, finding the 1 arrive at the pier. She was Miss
defendant guilty. Mohaupt was fined ' Biza Lurette, a maid for Mrs. William
$35. One of the witnesses, Mrs. R. Augustus Spencer, of New York. Mr.
Kerr, of Redland, testified against the : and Mrs. Spencer were passengers on
prisoner. j the Titanic. Mr. Spencer went down,
Numerous complaints have been but Mrs. Spencer was saved. The
made to the Humane Society in re-1 maid hopes to find her late employ
gard to boys in the city, especially in ' er's body, although it had not been re
the vicinity of Fourth and Adams j ported among those on the Mackay
street, killing birds with beanshooters j Bennett.
and airguns. Pet cats and dogs also J. A. Kenyon, of Southington, Conn,
have been crippled. j arrived shortly afterword, hoping to
An effort will be made by the Hu- identify the body of his brother, F.
mane Society to have the fountain R. Ken on, of Pittsburg,
installed immediately at the corner
of Seventh and Main streets. It has
been undergoing repairs in having
the sanitary drinking sups installed,
and it was missed by many of the vis
itors to this city Saturday, Booster
Day, when thousands of people were
in this city, and many visited the cor
ner expecting to obtain a drink. It
was. the Clackamas County Humane
Society that was instrumental in es
tablishing the drinking fountain for
the people and animals at that place.
The Humane Society will meet in
the parlors of the Oregon City bank
next week. The Society is anxious to
have its membership increased, the
dues being only fifty cents a year.
During the past year this society has
done a great deal of good, and as
soon as any report is brought to the
attention of the members, the matter
is at once looked after.
Store Is Renovated
The E. B. Anderson confectionery
parlors on Main street, between Sixth
and Seventh have been renovated
The proprietor Saturday installed
Mission hardwood tables and chairs,
and linoleum. 'The rear partition has
been set back allowing more room
for chairs, and tables. The woodwork
has been repainted, and the walls
tinted in a beautiful shade of pale
blue.
The time to read the Morning En
terprise is at the breakfast table or
a little before.
I have 6J acres of fine garden land
in high state of cultivation. Fine lo
cation. Fronts on Macadam road.
Fine bearing orchard. Good 8 , room
house, barn and out buildings. Good
well. Will sell for $4,000. $2,000
cash, balance 7 years at 6 per cent.
This place is one mile from Oregon
City Courthouse, 20 miles from Port
land, one-half mile from Oregon City
car line. Can't beat this place in
Clackamas County. Call or address
Cyrus Powell, Oregon City, Oregon,
Stephens Building, Room 10.
116 CORPSES ARE BURIED AT SEA
Woman Is First Mourner To Arrive
At Pier Body Of John
Jacob Astor Re
covered HALIFAX, N. S., April 30. One
hundred and ninety bodies, among
them those of Colonel John Jacob
; Astor and Isidor Straus, were brought
to Halifax today on the cable ship
Mackay-Bennett, which had , been
8earchlllg .,an area of more than 30
square miles near where the great
Wnite Star liner Titanic sank after
' striking an iceberg.
While the city's church bells tolled
and British flags fluttered at half
j mast, the Mackay-Bennett steamed
slowly into Halifax Harbor this morn-
lnS at 8:40, Atlantic time, bearing the
a time. Hauled on boardd the cable
I ship, each was numbered with a large
j canvas tag, and the valuables and
i papers were placed in a canvas sack
! oimilorlv Tiiimhtfrtfw1
Canon Kohind, of All Saints Cathe-
' dral here, conducted the services in
connection with the burial at sea. On
TP.
T. P. Randall won the. first prize,
an $8.50 billiard cue, in the big Com
mercial Club billiard tournament,
which tame to a close Tuesday even
ing.' H. A. Montgomery won the sec
ond prize, a $6.50 billiard cue and Dr.
G. L .Jenkins, third prize, a club mem
bership. Randall defeated Pete Long
Tuesday evening, 50 to 43 in an even
game. Randall, playing E. P. Carter
50 to 34, won 50 to 7.; Dr. Jenkins,
playing Montgomery 100 to 75 lost
75 to &3; Montgomery playing Rand
all 50 to 40 lost 37 to 40 and Dr.
Jenkins playing E. P. Carter 50 to
25 won, 50 to 22.
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The membership of the Oregon City
library has grown rapidly since it was
decide'! to take in' the outlying dist
ricts. . This action was taken Decemb
er 1, when the membership had reach
ed 212, while now it is 424. There
were 733 visitors Booster Day. The
largest number of visitors to the read
ing room any previous time was 182.
Miss Stinebaugh, librarian, has had
a great deal of experience. There is
no cost attached to becoming a mem
ber. Couple Gets License
A license to marry was issued Tues
day to Rhoe M. Mislop and Orin E.
Syron.
How strong are you going in the
support of your candidate in the En-
terprise automobile content!
CANDIDATES HOLD
VOTES IN RESERVE
ONE CONTESTANT REPORTED TO
BE HOLDING BACK 100,000
BALLOTS
SAYS HE IS SURE OF WINNING $100
Miss McCord Seems To Be Only One
Willing To Show Anything
Like- Full
Strength
STANDING OF CANDIDATES $
S Ruby McCord 119,200 S
Joseph Sheahan 47,200 $
S Kent Wilson : 32,600 S
John Brown 15,000
John- Weber 6,800 S
John Haleston 6,000 &
A. G. Kindler 7,200 $
The contest manager was informed
Tuesday that one of the candidates
in the race for the big Ford automo
bile, who had not before been consid
ered a factor in the race, had at least
100,000 votes in reserve, and would
cast the most of them this week and
next. He is working like a .Trojan, j
according to the manager's informant j Friday night to confer with delega
and fully expects to win the automo- j tiona from Oregon City, Canemah,
, ., 1T . . . . Gladstone and Jennings Lodge rela-
bile. He says he is confident he will j tlve t0 tne proposed reductions in
win the second prize, in case he j passenger rates that are being urged
should lose the first. ' by committees from Oregon City and
Other candidates are known to have j
blocks of votes in reserve, and it
sAPma n ho ho nriw ii' w Mi.'o
McCord to hold back as many as pos-'
sible. That more votes will be polled
in this dontest than any ever given
in Clackamas County is a foregone
conclusion. The automobile .is the
most valuable prize ever offered, and
even if the winner does not desire to
keep it he could easily dispose of it
for $750. That the candidates will
work hard from now on, and the race
will become as exciting as the prizes
are valuable is the belief of the con
test "manager. He knows from past
experience in conducting contests
that the ones that win are the hardest
workers.
OF KELSO, IS DEAD
Bert Jonsrud, one of the best known
constables in Oregon, died' Apri 22 at
his home in Kelso. His father, F. J.
Jonsrud, has been justice of the peace
in the district for several terms, the
son serving as constable under him.
Mr. Jonsrud was born in Freeborn
county, Minn., April 4, 1871 and came
with his parents to Oregon in 1877,
settling in Clackamas County the fol
lowing year. He and Miss Annie Bell
were married in 1909. 'His widow,
father, mother, his sister, Gertrude
Andrews and brothers, Gilbert, John
an(i Robert survive him. All of them
jve ia Kelso,
is " sr" i
1
Judge Albert B. Anderson,. Federal
Judge who "presided over the dy
namiting investigation case at Ind
ianapolis. RAILWAY MEN TO HEAR
RATE COMPLAINTS
General Manager F. W. Hild, Gen
eral Attorney Franklin T. Griflin, Gen-
eral Superintendent C. J. Franklin and
poiil fflpYiVT p
Co., will come to Oregon City next
surrounding towns.
I The conference will be held at the
instance ofthe company officials and
wiU be attended by large delegations
?rom the places interested, and prev-
ious to the meeting the railway men
will be entertained at dinner by mem
bers of the committees.
At the Commercial Club Tuesday
night representatives of the four
towns that have" united to secure a
readjustment of the passenger rates
discussed the changes desired, and
these will be presented in form next
Friday night It is the desire of the
joint committee to solve the passeng
er rate problem, if possible, without
the necessity of an appeal to the
State Railroad Commission and the
Courts.
ALBRIGHT AND STORY
FIGHT INDICTMENT
Judge Campbell Tuesday took und
er advisement a demurrer to an id
nictment against John F. Albright and
Nick Story, charging , them with net
fishing out of season. J. E. Hedges,
representing the defendants, declar
ed that the Fish and Game Commis
sion had no right to make an order
closing the river to net fishing from
March 1 to May 1," when the law
provides for a closed river from
March 15 to April 15. If the demurrer
to the indictment Is sustained the
charge against the defendants will be
dismissed. Assistant District Attorn
ey Stipp is prosecuting the case.
LIVE WIRES WILL
HELP RAILROAD
COMMITTEE TO ASSIST IN OB
TAINING FUND EQUAL TO
CARVER SUBSCRIPTION
WAREHOUSE PROPOSITION DISCUSSED
Nine Architects Submit Plans For Li
brary Selection To" Be Made
By Secretary of Mr.
Carnegie
The Live Wires Tuesday decided to
give assistance in raising $45,000 for
the Clackamas Southern Railroad to
meet the offer of Stephen Carver.
Grant B. Dimick, chairman of the com
mittee on the Clackamas Southern,
was' authorized to appoint a sub-committee
to - aid in the work. Judge
Dimick said if $35,000 could be raised
he would guarantee a subscription of
at least $10,000.
-Mr. Carver, after making an exami
nation of the property several weeks
ago, said he would subscribe for $45,
000 stock if a similar amount of stock
was sold by May 3. As a result of
the offer ?everal other subscriptions
have been made, and it is believed
that the necessary money will be
raised. The officers of the railroad
say that the $90,000 subscription with
what money is in the treasury will
build the road to Molalla.
Frank Busch, chairman of the com
mittee to investigate the proposition
of establishing warehouses, reported
progress. The president and secre
tary of the Commercial Club were
authorized to caHupon the city coun
cil and learn if it would be willing
to grant a franchise on Sixteenth
street -to the Southern Pacific Rail
road and the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company provided they
would agree to acquire property and
build warehouses. Judge Stipp said
that representatives of the railroad
would confer with the council this
evening regarding the establishing
yards here.
President McBain of the Commer
cial Club reported that ' Mrs. S. A.
Chase was willing to give the neces
sary property on the bluff for an ele
vator in exchange for a portion of
High street that is not used. He re
ported that nine architects had tend
ered plans for the Carnegie Library,
and that the. -committee woud select
two of them Thursday to forward to
Mr. Bertram, Andrew Carnegie's sec
retary. The one selected by Mr. Bert
ram will be approved by the commit
tee. SCHOOLEY LOSES SUIT
AGAINST RAILROAD
The damage suit of W. F. Schooley,
the realestate broker, against the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company was decided in favor of the
defendant Mr. Schooley was injured
when a street car collided with his
automobile several months ago. The
defendant was represented by J. E.
Hedges.
The Enterprise automobile contest
Is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley.
COST OF CRAFT WILL BE $30.000
Vessel To Have Length Of 150 Feet,
, Thirty Feet Beam And Will
Have 300 Ton
Capacity
With a clause inserted in the con
tract that she must be completed on
or before August 15, a sternwheel pas
senger and freight steamer will be
built by Joseph Supple for the Ore
gon City Transportation Company at
an approximate cost of $30,000. The
Work is to be started immediately.
The new steamer, which will be
christened the Graemona, will be 150
feet .long, 30 feet beam and 4 feet 9
inches deep. By long odds she will
be the largest and speediest steamer
ever placed in regular service be
tween Portland and points on the up
per Willamette River. She will have
an excursion license for carrying
about 400 passengers. Her freight
capacity will be from 200 to 300 tons.
Despite her size it is declared that
the steamer will draw no more than
18 inches of water when she is launch
ed. During the latter part of the Sum
mer she will ply between Portland
and Salem and way landings. In
September, or following the low-water
season, she will run through to
uorvallis, the head . of navigation.
When she has been completed the
owners will have three steamers Tun
ing put of Portland to points on the
upper Willamette River. The other
two are the Pomona and Oregona, but
the Graemona will be the flagship of
the fleet.
Supple's shipyards will be operated
to capacity during the next few
months. In addtion to building the
river steamer an ocean carrier is be
ing turned out at the same plant. This
is the Minnie E. Kelton, which is be
ing converted from a barge Into a
steam schooner. Every effort is be
ing made to have her ready to go in
commission by the middle of July.
She will carry lumber to San Fran
cisco - and return with general car
goes. The steamer belongs to the E.
J. Dodge Lumber Company.
TO
OPEN AT NOON TODAY
The salmon season opens along the
Columbia and Willamette rivers to
day. While many fisherman are said
to havo expressed the opinion that
there would be heavy operations last
night, it is not believed that the law
was violated.
While packers have set no price
for raw fish this season and would
like to continue last year's values at
6c for small salmon and 7ic for big
fish, the figures named by the Fish
ermen's union, 6ic for cannery fish
and 7ic for the storage stock, are
likely to be in effect.
On the opening day of the season it
is expected that there will be con
siderable operations in shad canning.
For these packers plan to pay 2c a
pound the entire season. The canned
product will likely open at 90c to
95c per dozen, probably the latter
figure.- The call for supplies is a sur
prise to packers.
MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING
HORSE IS PAROLED
Alex Nemitt, indicted for stealing
a horse from Fred Henrici, pleaded
guilty Tuesday, was sentenced by
Judge Campbell to from one to ten
years in the penitentiary and parol
ed. The horse was stolen from Mr.
Henrici's place at Maple Lane.-
Orchestra Concert
Tonight 8:15, Congregational Church
Soloists
Mrs. Nieta Barlow Lawrence
Contralto
Fraulein Dammasch
Dramatic Soprano
Carl Herliger
Baritone
Assisted in part-singing by 30 voices
from the philharmonic society.
Otzgon City Band 30 Pieces, Phil
harmonic. Orchestra, Pipe Organ
ission
! WASHINGTON TO GET BIG PLANT
Live Wires Think City Has Suffered
j Severely As Result Of Aglta-
I tion Against Paper
Mills
Sensational statements were made
Tuesday at the weekly luncheon of
the Live Wires of the Oregon City
Commercial Club to the effect that the
agitation of two' years ago and this
year on the part of office seekers in
favor of an 8-hour day in the paper
I mills has lost to Oregon City five new
paper machines, resulting in a con
sequent loss of close to one-half mil
lion dollars in the annual pay roll.
The matter came up on a report
iroiu uie qumnuuees tnat was recent
ly appointed to confer with the offi
cials of the Crown-Columbia Paper
Company with the object of securing
the locating in this city of that cor
porations new 184 inch paper ma
chine, the largest in the world. A. J.
Lewthwaite, resident manager of the
company at Portland, told the Live
A. Huntley, " chairman of the Live
' Wire committee, that he had recom
mended the machine be placed at
Oregon City as the pulp for the com
pany is made here and the location of
the machine in this place would ob
viate necessity of transporting thous
ands of tons of pulp to Camas, Wash.,
where the Crown-Columbia Paper Co.
has another mill. Mr. Lewthwaite
said, however, that the directors of
his company were uneasy because of
the perpetual agitation on the part
of some of the Oregon City politicians
for an 8-hour law in the mills and for
that reason they had concluded to '
install the new machine at Camas,
there being no politcal agitation in
Washington for an 8-hour law. It was
stated by Mr. Lewthwaite that the
construction of the mill to house the
tew machine would involve an ex
penditure of about $100,000 and the
machine would mean an addition to
Oregon City's pay roll of from $5,000
to $6,000 per month.
In presenting his report the chair
man made plain that the same situa
tion confronts the other paper com
panies here, and that development
was practically brought to a stand
still because of the agitation.
Ex-State Senator Hedges declared
emphatically that the agitation was
all buncombe and made solely for the
purpose of getting votes and was not
in the interest of the laboring men.
It was stated that the two new ma
chines that were recently installed at
Powell River, B. C, by the same In
terests that control the Willamette
Pulp & Paper Co. would have been lo
cated in Oregon City had it not been
for the unrest, and that two new ma-
V. 1 1 1 1 J V. .1 tl ' I'll buw ' J .
to Powell River would also have been
located here.
T..W. Sullivan said at the meeting
that 'the paper companies in Oregon
object to an 8-hour law for the single
reason that by its operation tney
would be placed in disadvantageous
competition with mills in Washing
ton and other Pacific Coast states
where two shifts .are maintained, as
in Oregon at the present time. It is
also contended that a majority of the
men themselves, who are . familiar
with conditions in Eastern . mills
where 8-hour shift prevails are entire
ly satisfied with the present system",
as their wages are materially in creas
ed by a bonus system that is in ef
fect in the various departments of
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