THE WEATHER. $ Oregon City Rain; Southwest- $ S erly winds. Oregon Showers; Southwest- 3 'erly winds. $ Pi The only dally newspaper b- twMn Portland and Salem; ercu- les in every section ci Clacka- mas County, with population of 30,000. Are you an advertiser? WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I 366 VOL. Ill No. 103. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912. Pn Wei, 10 Gesw COLONEL DECL FIGHT EOR SALMON DEAD LINE LOST ILEd 11 BAY STATE VOTES SAFETY SWITCHES v PERPETRATED BY WALT AcDOUGALL v THE CULTURE CLUB - HUMPHRYS GUILTY OF KILLING WOMAN COUNCIL TO ORDER I MT MEETS THIS WEEK v I MRS. GRIFFITH SLAIN BY BROTH ERS, IS VERDICT OF BENTON COUNTY JURY SENTENCE IS TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY PRESIDENT GETS TWENTY-SIX DELEGATES AND ROOSEVELT GETS TEN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR SHUTTING OFF ELECTRIC CURRENT INTRODUCED 10:30 ADJOURNMENT AGREED UPON C. F. ELY, INDICTED FOR VIOLAT ING BOARD'S ORDER, GOES FREE Panel Cut Four Hours Considering Case Defendants Hear Verdict Without Changing Expression CORVALLIS, Or., May 1. That George and Charles Humphrys are guilty pt murder in the first degree as the result of killing Mrs. Eliza Griffith almost a year ago was the ver dict of the jury rendered at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon. Judge Hamilton then dismissed the jury and announced that he would impose sentence at 10 o'clock next Friday morning. The case went to the jury shortly after 12 o'clock noon. The jurymen then went to lunch and, it was nearly 2 o'clock when they began their de liberations. The Humphrys case is Benton coun ty's third trial for murder committed within the present limits of the coun ty. The first was in 1860, resulting in the hanging of Philip George for the killing of John Clarke. The sec ond was 1884, when Asa Burbankwas charged with the murder of T. J. Den nis in Alsea Valey. Burbank was acquitted and is Ifving in Polk coun ty. The murder of Mrs. Eliza Griffith at her farm home near Philomath June -2, 1911, aroused widespread indig nant interest. Mrs. Grjfith was living alone, as her children were grown, the daughters married and living in Portland George, the son, being nec essarily away most of the time at his work. On the day of the murder Mrs. Grif fith had completed the sale of her homestead farm, receiving $1000 cash, which she deposited, less the commis sion, in the Philomath bank, taking a mortgage on the place for $2500, the remainder of the purchase price. She had arranged to leave for Portland in a few days to make her home with one of her daughters. That she had consummated the sale was generally known among her neighbors, as was her habit of keeping money in the house. BIG SHAKEUP HITS STATE PENITENTIARY SALEM, Or:, May 1. The biggest shakeup in the history of the Oregon Penitentiary in the middle of the term of an administration at least, occur red Tuesday when Governor West practically deposed Superintendent James, doing away with that office; deposed Parole Officer Bauer; reached the conclusion to dispense with the services of - the matron at the peni tentiary; did away with the services of the supervising engineer; descharg ed brickyard employes who were re ceiving in the aggregate $75 a month as well as cutting two chaplains off. Although the move was made yest erday, it was done quietly a,nd not until today did the news of the Gov ernor's drastic action leak out. The entire move, states Governor West, was made in the interest of economy. BEST BUTTER DROPS TO 60 CENTS A ROLL The slump in the butter market is being felt in Oregon City. Rolls of the best butter sold Wednesday for 55 and 60 cents each, .which several weeks ago brought 85 cents. Cream ery butter, however, is cheaper in Portland, the price of prints there Wednesday being 241 cents a pound. Some attempts have been made by manipulators to stop the decline but the makers assert that with an in creasing supply and with the butter not yet in fit condition for storage, stock must be shaded "in order to clean up promptly. An effort was made by some per sons to howl that certain butter mak ers had sold short to Puget Sound and that in order to make any money on the transactions, the price of the Oregon product must be lowered. This is denied emphatically by those charged with the selling. One asserts that he has not sold a single pound ahead of manufacture, although charg ed with disposing of two carloads in this manner. The situation is rather mixed and much uncertainty prevailed in the trade in Portland. Some of the val ley creameries tried to maintain the former price, but this failed. The de cline, however, is a surprise to the trade generally, as stocks have been cleaning up well at the previous drop. I have 6 acres of fine garden land in high stale 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. f EX-PRESIDENT WILL NOT FIGHT Speaker Clark Indorsed For Chief Ex ecutive By Massachusetts Democrats Wilson Bad ly Beaten ssssseessssss.s3 OYSTER BAY, May-1. Roose velt's statement regarding the Massachusetts delegates at large says in part: "It would seem unlikely that a majority of the voters who voted for delegates pledged to me should simultaneously express a preference to Taft, but, appar ently that is what happened. Such being the case, I hereby an nounce that I shall expect the delegates at large to disregard their pledge to support men and to support Taft. If any hesitates I shall immediately write him. with all .the emphasis and in sistence possible tbv take the ac tion indicated. "In this fight I am standing for certain great principles which I regard as vital to the present and future welfare of the nation, and my success is valuable only as an incident to securing these prin ciples." $j$$$-$$-$$S BOSTON, May 1. President " Taft gets 20 Massachusetts delegates to the Republican national convention in Chicago and former President Roose velt 10. This was the net result to day of the fiercest political battle ev- D1 QCIOTI TT1 MOW PlTlp-lnTlH wh PT1 fnitl- plete returns from all but three small towns in the state were taDuiatea. On the figures themselves Taft and Roosevelt split even. Each had 18 delegates. Roosevelt got 10 straight out delegates and his list or delegates at large, eight in all, defeated those Dledeed for Taft. This lett tne count even, each having 18. This afternoon, however, Roosevelt issued a statement that as President Taft had won in the Presidential pre ference primary, he (Roosevelt) would not insist that the eight delegates at laree cast their votes for him in the Chicago convention. Whether or not the delegates at large will tall in witn the suggestion that they shall support Taft is as yet uncertain. Following are the figures tor tne al most complete returns from the state as a whole on the preferential presi dential xntf' Taft 87,117 Roosevelt ; 83,114 T.a FnllpttA 2.063 Clark 33,491 Wilson 14,470 The results in the city of Boston alone were: Taft U.281 Roosevelt iu,t3 La Follette 249 Clark 14,300 Wilson 5,789 This afternoon Uenerai unampun, hoad of the Taft forces in this state, announced that the Taft delegates-at- large would demand seats at unicago despite' the fact that they had been defeated by supporters of Colonel Roosevelt. He contends that the Taft delegates-at-large really received a majority in the preferential primary. As the returns come in Clark's plu rality over Woodrow Wilson continues to grow. ft in helieved that the defeat of Sen ator Murray Crane at the primaries as delegate-at-large tor Tan means ma retirement from political life. The Roosevelt supporters still claim victory. They now lay claim to one delegate in the eighth district. If this is true, the Colonel will have 19 dele gates and President Taft 17. In case the delegates-at-large vote for Roose velt. l count, in the eighth dis trict gives the second Taft delegate in that district plurality oi vmy luieo votes over the Roosevelt delegate. The Roosevelt supporters are circulating petitions demanding a recount of the votes. If they carry their point the figures would stand Roosevelt 20, Taft 16 so far as official returns go. The same districts that gave Taft a comfortable plurality gave the Roosevelt del.feates-at-large, headed by Baxter, 82,687, and the Taft delegates-at-large, headed by Senator Mur ray Crane, 74,835. Regarding the contesting of the Roosevelt delegates-at-large, General Champlin said this afternoon: "From President Taft's victory in the primaries, I am satisfied that ev ery fair minded man believes that Massachusetts wants him to be nomi nated. We lost the delegates-at-large ttirnnoh a Mnnder in making uiamij tiiivt," w. . up the ballots. .The fact that Frank Siberlich s name, wno ran as au in dependent delegate, was placed at the top of the original list of Taft dele gates, confused hundreds of voters, who marked -Siberlich's name and then marked the other eight names. This throws out those ballots, except as to the preferential vote. We ex pect to carry the fight to the conven tion floor." MRS. JOHANNA COREY IS GRANTED DECREE Judg-3 Campbell Wednesday granted ed a divorce to Johanna Corey from George W. Corey, restoring the plaint iff's maiden name, Johanna O'Conner. Thev were married in ureenvme, Mich.. May 24, 13UI. rueiij charged. The plaintiff lives in fon- land. Charlotte m. vvuuuwa. granted a decree from Charles K. Woodward, and awarded the custody of their daughter. - . ' nnlla rantest rne ismerpi ouv. Is the most popular thing ever pulled off in the Willamette Valley. MISS M COkD S r?rsss POPULAR YOUNG LEAD INCREASED ; f 1 WOMAN IS BRIDE OTHER CANDIDATES, HOWEVER, ARE EXPECTED TO SPRING . BIG SURPRISE RESULTS TO DATE SATISFACTORY Campaign From Now. On Will Be Pro lific Of Vote-Getting Candidates Adopt Dif ferent Plans . STANDING OF CANDIDATES S $ Ruby McCord i29.2nn ss S Joseph Sheahan 47,200 Kent Wilson 32.600 John Brown 15,000 S John Weber k.roo s S John Haleston 6,000 & 3 A. G. Kindler 7,200 Miss Ruby McCord, leader in the big automobile contest, cast 10.000 votes Wednesday, which brings her total up to 129,200. She probably has more Votes in reserve, but if the con test , manager were going to hazard a guess it would be that several of the other candidates have many more than she. In fact it seems to be Miss McCord'S Dlan of camnaiEm tn hnlrl back few ballots, while it Is believed others are keeping in reserve blocks of them. However, that is their affair Ann if they are working hard and meeting with success the contest manager has no fault to find with them. What he desires above all things is that the contest prove as successful as the in trinsic value of the prizes offered de serves.. The results to date are more than satisfactory, and the indications are the last weeks of the contest, which naturally will be the most pro lific of votes, will establish a record that will not be equaled in Clackamas County tor years. STATE TO PAY CANAL MONEY IN FEW DAYS ' SALEM, Or., May 1. State Treas urer Kay reports today that the state has on hand $1,600,000, with not a dollar of outstanding bonds or interest-bearing indebtedness. However, $200,000 will be soon paid over-to the government to apply on the purchase of the Oregon City locks. That is the only bill" outstanding aside from the ordinary fixed expenditures. The greater portion of this sum is deposited in 56 banks of the state, drawing 2 per cent interest, which produces an Income sufficient to pay all the cost attached to the state treas-' urer's office. The amount of cash on hand is con siderably increased over ordinary con ditions by $500000 raised, as provid ed by law, for University of Oregon appropriations, which are being held up by referendum proceedings. - COPVRIOHT HARRIS EWINO WASH. John W. Garrett, New United States Ministerto Argentina, S. A. OF FLOOD TO BE AIDED WASHINGTON, May 1. Food and shelter . for 160,000 people probably will have to be provided by the War Department for another month as a result of the renewed" flood of the Mississippi River. . The destitute are being turned over rapidly to local committees, but re ports from the army engineers, in dicate that the daily average to be served with "plantation rations,' by the Commissary Department contin ues to be about 160,000 and the cost is $10,000 a day. Secretary Stimson estimates that additional appropriations of $500,000 for the Commissary Department and $150,000 for the Quartermaster's De partment will be required to cover relief work expenses. To date, the quartermasters have spent $277,179 for forage, tents and boats, while the Commissaries have spent $236,000. Nearly $700,000 more for the relief of Mississippi River flood sufferers was voted by the House committee on appropriations today. For Quarter masters' supplies, such as tents, etc., the committee provided $277,179. The commissary department, sup plying the destitute with food, will re ceive $420,000. SURVEYS FOR ROADS ORDERED BY COURT The County Court Wednesday ord- I ered surveys made for the H. H. j Mattoon Road near Viola and the Carl A. v orsoerg ruau, near uawaacus. ive ports on the work on several roads were made. E. E. Cox, road super visor of the Barton district, announ ced that the road between Charles Bartomy's place and the Eagle Creek road, which is a mile and a half long had been opened. The road will be completed the latter part of next week. The Sandy Ridge Road has been improved with rock and gravel. MRS. ANNA T. MARSHALL AND EDWARD O MAYOR ARE MARRIED HISS HELEN SMITH BRIDESMAID Couple Will Live In Portland, Where Bridegroom Is Engaged In Business Dr. Ford ' Officiates A beautiful wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mre. Peter H. Smith in Canemah Wednesday even ing at 8 o'clock, when Mrs. Anna T. Marshall, sister of Mrs. Smith, be- f-came the wife of Mr. Edward O. Ma yor, of Portland, the ceremony being performed by Rev. T. B. Ford. As Mrs. George C. Robinson, of Jennings Lodge, rendered "Lohengrin's1 Wed dings March," the bridal party came down the stairway and into the par lors. The best man, Mr. Louis Smith nephew of the bride, and the brides maid, Miss Cora Coler, of Portland, first entered the parlors, and were fol lowed by the maid of honor, Miss Hel en Smith, niece of the bride, and the bride and bridegroom. Taking their places beneath a floral archway Rev. Ford performed the ceremony, after which a wedding supper was served. The bride wore a beautiful and be coming gown of white net over white satin, with pearl necklace and pearls in her coffure, and she carried a shower bouquet of Bride's roses and white sweet peas. The maid of honor, Miss Helen Smith, wore a very pretty . gown of pale blue chiffon over pale blue silk and carried white, carnations x the bridesmaid, Miss Cora Coler also wore a pretty gown of the pink chif fon and carried pink carnations. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was prettily decorate with palms, cut flowers and potted plants. The re ception hall was in dogwood blos soms; the parlor, where the ceremony was performed, was in purple and white lilacs and palms; the archway leading from the parlor to the dining room was formed of lavender and white lilacs. : The dining room was in pink carnations and asparagus ferns. Only the relatives and inti mate friends of the bride and bride groom were present at the marriage. Many handsome gifts were presented Mr. and Mrs. Mayor, which included cutglass, silver and' linen. Mr. and Mrs. Mayor left on the 10 o'clock car for Portland, where Mr. Mayor has a beautiful bungalow. The bride, although she has lived in Oregon City only one year, has won many friends by her sweet dis position. She has been in the em ploy of the L. Adams store, where she was one of the most popular employes Mrs. Mayor came to this city from Pomeroy, Wash., and is the youngest sister of Mrs. Peter H. Smith, of Canemah. The bridgeroom is a well known and prominent businesss man of Portland, where he has resided for the past ten years. He formerly resided in Colo rado, where he was also in business before taking up his residence in Portland. Committee On Health And Police, ' Demurrer To Indictment Against Al Which Has Done Fine Work, bright And Story Overruled Submits Report Street Grade Fixed An ordinance providing emergency switches on Btreet cars was given its first reading at the meeting of the city council Wednesday evening. The ob ject is to minimize accidents on the trolley line. The council by a unan imous vote decided to adjourn at 10:30 o'clock hereafter. Sessions have con tinued until midnight The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock, the following members being present: Tooze, Roake, Holman, Pope, Eurk, and Beard, Hall Meyer and Albright being absent It was decided to adjourn the meet ings at 10:30 hereafter. . Special meet ings will be held to attend to import ant matters than cannot be given attention at the regular meetings. John Vegalius represented by At torney. C. Schuebel, protested against the grade that was established in front of his property on the corner of oFutrh and John Adams streets. Mr. Vegalius objected to the fifteen inch fill that was made and after much discussion, on the motion of! councilman Tooze, it was decided to reduce the cut to half of what it now is. The reports of the Finance Com mittee and of the City Recorder were read and approved. The City Engi neer's estimate on the proposed sew er and culvert on Fourteenth street was referred to the Engineer and Street Committee and will be acted upon by them. An appropriation of $75 to Meade Post Grand Army of the Republic, was made to help meet the expenses of the post incurred by it Decoration Day and $4000 of oustanding bonds on Eleventh street were ord ered redeemed. An ordinance relating to emergency switches on the electric railroad was read for the first time. This ordi nance provides that cut out switches shall be placed at suitable intervals along the trolley line so that in case of an accident or if a wire should fall, the, current could be stopped by means of a switch, thus lessening the danger. The monthly report of E. L. Shaw as chief of police, shows that in Ap ril 85 hoboes were kept over night; number of arrests, 9 ; number of cases prosecuted, 9; number of meals used by inmates of the jail, seventeen at twenty cents each, $3.40; collected as fines, $62.50. The report of the Committee on Health and Police was read. This committee has done much for the bet terment of the unsanitary conditions in the city. Several alleys have been cleaned and cesspools ordered drain ed and many of the unsightly build ings along Railroad Avenue have been torn down. Owners of the feed barn between Eleventh and Twelfth streets were I ordered to make conditions in their stables more sanitary. The commit tee reported that "Cleanup Day," Ap ril 20, was generally observed by the residents of the city. FISHERMEN MAKE $140 4 Auk Smith and "Blondie" Truscott made the fishing record Wednesday night These men caught one ton of salmon from 7:30 o'clock to midnight. Other fishermen did almost as well, but all admitted that Smith and Trus cott made the record. The fish caught by them will sell for about $140, yielding each $70 for four hours and a half work. 3 Couples Get Licenses Licenses to marry were issued Wed nesday to Anna T. Marshall and Ed ward O. Mayor; Grace L. Wilson and G. W. Wolette and Ophelia May Ro backer and Clinton E. Black. The Morning Enterprise is the best breakfast food you can have. fcv,!' ' v.. . ::. Tonight at TONS OF FISH CAUGHT FIRST DAY Trial Set For Friday Several tons of fish were caught Wednesday after 12 o'clock when the open season for net fishing for salmon began. While some of the fishermen were not as successful as in former years they say the prospect is good. Charles F. Ely was arrested short ly after noon on a charge of fishing below the dead line established by the Fish and Game Commission on a line between the O.-W. R. & N. Company's dock and a concrete pier on the oth er side of the river. Ely was indict ed, and a demurrer filed to the in dictment by his attorney J. E. Hedges was overruled. The case was then tried before Judge Campbell, who dis missed the indictment on the ground that the order of the commission was not specific in describing the dead line. Mr. Hedges contended that there Is no such place as the O.-W. R. & N. Company's dock. The result of the decision will be that net fisherman will be allowed to fish several feet further up the river than was intend ed by the commission unless a new order is issued. The demurrer to the indictment against J. F. Albright and Nick Story, accused of fishing with nets during the closed season, was overruled and the case will be tried Friday. Scores of fishermen were busy all last night and there will be more at work today. CLINTON BLACK WED Miss Ophelia May Robacker and Mr. Clinton Black were married Wednes day evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roback er, of Mount Pleasant, Dr. T. B. Ford officiating. The wedding was a quiet one, only the relatives and immediate friends of the bride and bridegroom being present Mr. Black is an em ploye of the Willamette Pulp & Pa per Company. The couple will live in Twilight. Although Mrs. Black has lived in Mount Pleasant only a year she has made a host of friends and is one of the most popular young women of that place. YOUNG ASTOR NEAR COLLAPSE AT BIER HALIFAX, N. S., May 1. Amid scenes of sorrow following upon tlje arrival of the coffin ship Mackay-Ben-nett with the bodies of victims of the Titanic disaster, a number of special cars left here tonight with corpses which are being shipped to various destinations iu charge of relatives and friends. All the identified dead will be ready for shipment tomorrow. The Mackay-Bennet recovered 306 bodies, of which 116 were buried at sea. Fifty-seven of those identified were brought to Halifax. Fifteen wo men's bodies were recovered, of which eight were identified. Eleven bodies of women, including four identified were buried at sea. A pathetic scene was enacted when George Newel, an undertaker brought from Yarmouth, who was busily en gaged in embalming bodies, suddenly cried out and collapsed. He had come unexpectedly upon the body of . his uncle, A. L .Newell, who had sail ed on the Titanic. The body of Colonel- John Jacob Astor was placed in a private car. Vincent Astor, his 20-year-old son, sat weeping all night ' beside the casket Young Astor is on the verge of collapse. The body of Isidor Straus was plac ed in an express car with those of sev- . en otheib. No trace was found of the body of Mrs. Straus. IS if 1; : .ri -'.VV. ' the Electric