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VOL. Ill No. 119
PASTOR IS KILLED
RICHESON GOES TO ELECTRIC
CHAIR SMILING AND ASK
ING FORGIVENESS
DOOMED MAN RETAINS COMPOSURE
Recites Prayer As He Sits Down And
Closes Eyes Confessed Slay
er Of Sweetheart Regrets
Crime
BOSTON, May 21 Clarence V. T.
Richeson was electrocuted at 12:17
this morning.
The former Baptist clergyman, con
fessed poisoner of Avis Linnell, of
Hyannis, his one-time sweetheart was
outwardly calm when he entered the
death chamber and he retained his
composure while the straps and elec
trodes were being adjusted as he sat
in the electric chair.
Richeson walked to the electric
chair erect, eyes straight ahead.
Seated in the chair, he was asked
questions by the Rev. Herbert S.
Johnson, his spiritual adviser.
In his answer he said:
'God will take care of my soul and
1 pray for all. I forgive everybody."
The last of the questions was:
"Are you willing to die for Jesus'
sake?"
The reply in an even, well modulat
ed tone was simply, "I am willing to
die." ,
When the officials and witnesses ot
the execution entered the death cham
ber after walking through the prison
yard in a peltering rain, they heard
the strans of a song. It was Riche
son and his spiritual advisers, Mr.
Johnson and Chaplain Stebbins. Dis
tinctly audible as they closed were
the words:
For I know what'er befall me, Jesus
doeth all things well.1'
Richeson, smiling, left his cell at
12:08 A. M. Before starting on the
death march he shook hands with
William A. Morse, his counsel, who at
the last moment had been admitted
as awitness of the execution, and
with the two chaplains, Rev. M. J.
Murphy, the Catholic priest, also be
ing present.
Then he said:
"I'm ready," and walked on.
The party then entered the chamb
er. Richeson, accompanied by the
clergymen, followed soon after, the
unfrocked minister appearing as calm
as either of his companions.
SALEM, Or., May 20. Governor
West celebrated his thirty-ninth
birthday today by announcing a plan
to overhaul all county offices in the
way of salaries and expenditures, and
work out a method for equalizing
them. He said:
"Under present conditions somte
counties- are paying certain officers
big salaries, with not much to do,
while in other counties where the
work is heavier, the same officers may
be getting small salaries. There is
no system, taking the state as a whole
I think there ought to be, and that
taxpayers ought to know just what
their official family is costing them,
so I have requested the state tax com
mission to prepare me a statement of
all the county offices in each county,
with the salaries of the officers, their
deputies and the sums paid for extra
help."
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CAMBRIDGE, O., May 20. Colonel
JRosevelt served notice today that he
would resist any compromise at the
Republican National convention.
"There can be no compromise," he
.said here. "Some of our opponents
;are saying that neither Mr. Taft nor"
I should be nominated. I'll name the
compromise candidate. He will be
me."
President Taft, on the last day of
his campaign tour of Ohio, develoned
new lines of criticism of Colonel
Roosevelt. In a speech at Hamilton,
O., he made a hot answer to Colonel
Roosevelt's charge that he had abol
ished many important "commissions,"
appointed in the last administration,
with the counter-charge that these
commissions frequently had been un
lawfully appointed. Mr. Taft added to
his statement of last night and again
declared that Roosevelt evidently
thought he was the Republican party.
It was a speech that handled the
former President without gloves, and
the crowd broke in several times with
cheers and applause.
SOCIALISTS NOMINATE FOR
ALL COUNTY OFFICES
In addition to the names published
in Sunday morning's Enterprise the
Clackamas County Socialists at their
convention Saturday nominated the
following:
County Assessor Claud Howard.
Superintendent of County Schools
Robert Ginther.
Surveyor S. H. Perkins.
the Enterprise automobile contest
is the most popular thins ever pulled
off in the Willamette "Valley.
FOR SLAYING GIRL
MORNING
BROWN MAY WIN
BIG TOURING CAR
INSURANCE MAN SAYS SIGNIFI
, CANTLY, "I'M NOT IN RACE
FOR FUN OF IT."
ESTACADA MAN TO BE CONTENDER
Contest Manager Advises Other To
Exert Themselves If They
Do Not Want To Lose
Big Prize
$S33$&sJS$S$
STANDING OF CANDIDATES 8
Ruby McCord 191,200 8
Joseph Sheahan 47,200 S
Kent Wilson 33,600
John Brown 15,000 S
John Weber 6,800 S
John Haleston 6,000 &
A. G. Kindler 7,200 3
Although not one of the leaders in
the standing as published in this col
umn, John Brown, of Estacada, came
to town Monday, wearing the "smile
that won't come off." He sauntered
into the office of the Morning and
Weekly Enterprise wearing that, same
smile, and while he would not reveal
his plan of campaign, he looked like
a winner.
"No, I cannot tell what I am doing,"
said Mr. Brown. "But of course you
know I did not enter the Enterprise
contest altogether for the fun of the
thing. The fact that I am still in
the race is of course indicative of
something." "
Mr. Brown would not say anything
more, but the Contest Manager, who
must necessarily be somtewhat of a
logician, has figured it out in his own
mind that Mr. Brown is confident of
winning that $785 Ford touring car.
And his plan of reasoning is simple.
Here is a man, clearly outdistanced on
paper, calm, serene and confident,
working just as hard as he knows
how, and not telling a soul what he
is doing. There is but one explana
tion Mr. Brown, the insurance man
oh, how wise are these insurance- men
has something in reserve. He must
have thousands of votes, else he would
not be as confident as he is. Tou may
count on it, Mr. Brown thinks he has
enough votes, or will obtain enough
with those he already has to win that
big touring car. A man accustomed to
soliciting "insurance" must necessar
ily be a factor in any race. WATCH
OUT FOR MR, BROWN. And there
are sevenal others in the race who
have not made a record in the number
of votes polled who are just as WISE
as Mr. Brown. WATCH OUT FOR
THEM as well as Mr. Brown.
COMMITTEES FOR CHURCH
BAZAAR ARE APPOINTED
The committee of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Presbyterian church,
which has charge of the bazaar to be
Eiven at the church parlors Wednes
day evening is as follows: Refresh
ments, Mrs. W. J. Wilson, Mrs. E. L.
Shaw, Mrs. George Howell; Sale of
Fancy Articles and Aprons Mrs. L.
A. Pace, Mrs. George Ely. Mrs. G. J.
; Howell, Mrs. J. W. Jones and Mrs.
I George Eberley.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED IS 6 6
OREGON CITY,
PERPETRATED BY WALT AVcDOUGALL
i h 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r
ROOT SUGGESTED FOR
CHICAGO, May 20. Colonel Harry
S. New, chairman of the sub-committee
on arrangements for the Republican
Nationl convention said he was too
busy with other things today to con
sider the selection of a temporary
chairman for the National gathering.
The committee members have left
the selection of their chairman. Poli
ticians continued to assert that the of
fice had been offered to United States
Senator Root and that the announce
ment was waiting the result of the
Ohion primaries, which are scheduled
for tomorrow.
The apportionment of tickets to the
convention is proving a difficult task
for New and Secretary William Hay
word. The present schedule of divis
ion of the 11,172 seats in the Coliseum
is:
Delegates, 1078; extra seats for each
delegate, 1078; alternates, 1078; news
paper men, 500; Chicago committee,
2000; total, 5734; remaining for visit
ors, 5438.
FIVE DROWN AS AUTO
CHICAGO, May 20. Five persons
three men and. two women, were
drowned early today when the
automobile in which they were riding
plunged into the Calumet River at
the Ninety-second street bridge. On
ly one of the bodies was recovered,
that of one of the women, who jump
ed into the river as the embankment
was reached, according to a watch
man. The automobile was going about 30
miles an hour, and turned completely
over as it went into the river. The
bridge had been swung to allow a boat
to pass.
Eaxmination of the car definitely
established that it was owned by Mrs.
C. F. Spalding, 1300 Astor street It
was driven by John Buchanan, a chauf
feur, temporarily employed by Mrs.
Spalding who took the car without
permission and invited two girls and
two boy friends to ride with him.
The license tag was first-said to be
"5-Illinois," and to have been issued
to O. W. Cannon, 504 Vermillion
street, Danville, 111. Cannon, it was
learned, is a nephew of former Speak
er Joseph Cannon. Cannon and his
wife left Danville in their motor car
for Chicago last Saturday, but other
members of the family-at Danville
said they had returned there this
morning. Relatives said Cannon was
there today and left home to make
some business calls. They added ef
forts to find him would be made im
mediately. REV. STEVENS TO LECTURE
ON VISIT TO LONDON
The Rev. F. L. Stevens, recently
from New Zealand, will deliver an ad
dress at the Gladstone Christian
Church Thursday evening on "A Thir
ty Days' Visit To London." The oro
ceeds of the lecture will be used in
nainting the church. Rev. Stevens
has been filling the pulpit of the
church for some time.
ENT
OREGON, TUESDAY,
MARCH
COMPROMISE OF GOVERNOR
WEST ON HIGHWAYS RE
PORTED UNFAVORABLY
SELLING AND, LANE ARE SPEAKERS
Equal Suffrage Indorsed And Consol
idation Of University And Ag
ricultural College Is
Opposed
The State Grange at the Roseburg
meeting refused to adopt the com
promise on the two antagonistic roag
measures submitted by Governor
West. The grange decided to contin
ue the canvass for names to the in
initiative petition. Support from sev
eral unexpected sources is promised.
Judge Colvig, of Jackson County,
chairman of a committee appointed by
the Medford Commercial Club to draft
a new road-bonding act, indorse the
grange bill and recommend its adop
tion. After a comparison of the two
bills he unhesitatingly voiced his op
position " to the so-called "harmony"
bill prepared by Governor West's com
mittee. A resolution pledging the grange
for equal suffrage was adopt
ed without a dissenting voice Ben
' Selling addressed the grange, favor
i ing the measure.
A proposal to consolidate the State
University and State Agricultural Col
lege was reported adversely upon by
a. committe appointed at the last ses
sion of the grange. This committee,
in a lengthy report covering statistic
al researches for a year, made the
following recommendations:
"First That the two schools be re
tained as separate and AlaH 'it insti
tutions. : : f
"Second That the work oi each be
defined definitely by the enactment of
an initiative raw, giving the work of
the pure sciences, liberal arts and the
schools of law and medicine to the
university and the work of applied
science in their relation to the indus
tries to the agricultural college; or
definitely defining the distinctive work
of each so as to leave no further op
portunity for conflict or duplication."
"Third Thay they be taken entire
ly out of politics In the matter of ap
propriations by placing them upon a
fractional millage basis as the regular
means of their support.
"Fourth We recommend that the
state grange indorse the investigating
committee recently appointed by Gov
ernor West and further recommend
that its powers be enlarged sufficient
ly to enable it to carry out the recom
mendations herein contained."
The equal suffrage indorsement was
in the following manner:
"Whereas, the social relations of
the family and state have from the
beginning of the history of the human
race shown man and woman, though
of different spheres of activity and
frequently of different viewpoints, to
be essentially necessary in the social
(Continued on page 2.)
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GRANGE SPURNS
ROAD AGREEMENT
KPKDS
MAY 21, 1912.
SWIMMING POOL
PETITION WITH 200 SIGNATURES
WILL BE PRESENTED TO LIVE
'WIRES TODAY
LIVES OF BOYS TO BE SAFEGUARDED
Plan Is To Sink Platform With Bar
riers Same As One In Port
land Lad Drowned
Last Year
The Live Wires at their weekly
luncheon today will consider a prop
osition to provide a public swimming
pool. There is an insistent demand
for a place where the young folk may
bath and swim without being in dan
ger and the public-spirited residents
of the city are in favor of the munici
pality establishing one. . It has been
pointed out that the boys will go
swimming in the river anyway, and it
is incumbent upon the city to safe
guard them by providing a pool. One
boy was drowned here last year.
A petition asking that a bathing
place be provided already has been
signed by about 200 taxpayers. It
will be presented to the Live Wires at
the meeting today. It also is planned
to obtain more signatures. Commit
tees representing the Live Wires, Wo
man's Club and the Congregational
Brotherhod considered the advisabil
ity of providing a swimming pool sev
eral weeks ago, but nothing definite
was decided upon. It was the original
intention for the committees to urge
the council to provide the pool along
with the playground. However, a pe
tition for a playground was present
ed to the council, and that proposition
has been incorporated into an ordi
nance which provides for a bond issue
not only for a public playground, but
for a public dock and an elevator at
the bluff. "
It is planned to provide a swimming
pool in the river on the West Side
similar to the one at Portland. It
would consist of a large platform with
barriers on each side which would be
extended into the river. There would
be various depths for the benefit of
those who desire to wade as well as
for expert swimmers.
MRS. DOUTHIT DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Mrs. John Douthit died late last
night at the Oregon City Hospital. She
had been ill only a few days. Mrs.
Douthit before her marriage was Miss
Dora Surfus. She was about thirty
years of age.
OREGON CITY HIGH
IT
The Oregon City High School base
ball team has been declared the winner
of the pennant in the High school
baseball league conducted under the
auspices of the Clackamas School
League, the Canby team having with
drawn its protest concerning the Mo-lalla-Canby
games April 6.
The following teams competed for
the pennant: Molalla, Canby, Milwauk
ie, Parkplace, Oregon City. The final
game for the grammar school pennant
will prabably be played next Saturday
betwen Molalla and the Barclay gram
mar schools.
PRESIDENT CALLS
COLONEL "BOLTER"
DAYTON, O., May 20. President
Taft's seven days of speechmaking
througout Ohio came to an end here
tonight with a final plea to Republi
cans to give him their support at to
morrow's primaries and to defeat Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt whom Mr.
Taft dubbed "the bolter."
In nearly every one of a dozen
speeches Mf. Taft appealed for Repub
licans to consider and keep in mind
Mr. Roosevelt's Cleveland speech,
where, the President said, he prophe
sied a bolt
He continued to predict the wreck
of the party if Mr. Roosevelt does
not change his attitude and is not as
sured of the nomination by the Re
publican National convention. He ask
Republicans to remember how long
that party had existed, what it always
had stood for, and to decide for them
selves whether they wished to see it
disrupted to "gratify the ambition of
one man."
2 Couples Get Licenses
Marriages licenses were issued Mon
day to Grace Paddack and Alexander
P. DeFord and Florence Miller and
Tolbert T. Johnson.
CANATHOME
With one of our Home or Factory
Canners. Can Fruit, Vegetables,
Meats, Fish or Fowl, in glass or tin.
Cook pork and beans. Steam pud
dings. Capacity np to - $10,000 cans
daily.- Price $15.00 to $200.00. Com
plete instructions and "Secrets of
the Canning Business' tell the whole
story. A splendid business to en
gage in. Get particulars Thos J.
Ross 276 4th St, Portland, Oregon.
CITIZENS DEMAND
Ha
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COPYRIGHT HARRIS ANO CWING. WASH
Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio,
Presidential Candidate.
BIDS FOR $50,000
The Board of Water Commissioners,
consisting of C. H. Caufield, president,
J. E. Hedges, secretajry and James
Roake, Monday afternoon opened bids
for $50,000 water bonds for the retir
ing of the larger part of the warrants
incident to the improvement of the
pumping plant The warrants draw 6
per cent interest whereas the bonds
will draw only 5 per cent. Seven bids
were received, all of them being above
par. Among the bidders were firms in
New York, Chicago, California, Wash
ington and Oregon. An award will be
made this afternoon.
G. A. R. HEN TO BE
GUESTS AT BIG PICNIC
The pupils of Parkplace school and
others schools north of the Clackamas
River will have a basket picnic at
Gladstone Park tomorrow. The
Girls' Oak Grove Band will render
music, and several prominent speak
ers from Portland and Oregon City
will be in attendance. The G. A. R.
j Drum Corps will give several selec-
UUilB. iub prugraiii win ue giveii un
der the auspices of Meade Post Grand
Army of the Republic. The public is
invited to attend the picnic and all w0
desire may bring luncheon. The X.
L. Club of Gladstone, will serve coffee
and lunch. "
EIGHTH GRADE PUPILS
DO WHL AT QUIZ
County Schools Superintendent
Gary announced Monday that 139 of
the 352 pupils who tried the eighth
grade examinations passed. Sixry sev
en failed outright; sixty-nine failed in
one subject and seventy-seven failed
in two subjects. Those failing in one
or two subelcts will be given the privi
lege of trying another examination in
these subjects in June. Mr. Gary an
nounced that the questions were a
fair .test of the work that had been
given during' the year, and he is grat
ified to know that the per centage of
failures is smaller than last year.
ESTATE OF TIMBER
The estate of Herbert M. Carpenter
who owned valuable timber lands, was
admitted to probate by County Judge
Beatie Monday. Isaac E. Staples was
appointed administrator. Flegel &
Reynolds were the attorneys. The es
tate is valued at $20,000.
Ida E. Judd was named administrat
trix in the estate of E. E. Judd, which
was admitted to probate yesterday.
The estate is valued at $6,065.
YOUNGER SET GUESTS
OF HISS HARDING
Miss Evelyn Harding entertained
the members of the Younger Set an3
a few friends at her home Friday ev
ening at Five Hundred, the prize be
ing wou by Miss Mary Roos. Delic
ious refreshments were served by the
hostess, who was assisted by her sis
ter, Miss Nieta Harding. The decor
ations of the Harding home were ar
tistic, Scotch broom being used in pro
fusion. Indian baskets were filled
with them.
Present were Miss Bess Warner,
Miss Erna Petzold, Miss Florence
Grace, Miss Madge Brightbill, Miss
Marion Money, Miss Anne Tolpolar,
Miss Louise Walker, Miss Mary Roose
Miss Margaret Brown, Miss Irene
Hanny, Miss Stella Cross, Miss Alice
Goettling, Miss Satie Sullivan, Miss
Thena Draper, Miss Edith Alldredge,
Miss Alice Moore. -
Fishermen Have Good Luck
Charles Ely and Alex Douthit, fish
ermen, are having good luck. They
caught more than 1400 pounds of sal
mon Sunday evening. The fish, were
sent to pillar" Rock, Wash. The larg
est salmon Mr. Ely has caught with
hookand line weighed 56 pounds. .. j
$ The only dally newspaper be
$ tween Portland and Salem; clr-
$ culates in every section of Clack
$ amas County, with a population S
8 of 30,000. Are you an advertiser? S
Pk Wex, 10 Cbjtts
CLUB ORGANIZED
DR. MOUNT PRESIDENT, RISLEY
VICE-PRESIDENT AND PARK
ER SECRETARY
CHARTER MEMBERSHIP TWENTY-TWO
Objects Of Organization To Promote
Motoring And To Safeguard
Persons Driving
Horses
The Clackamas County Automobile
Club was organized Monday evening
with a charter membership of twenty
two, as follows:
M. D. Latourette, A. B. Buckles, W.
A. Huntley, Arden Hickman, R. C.
Parker, J. W. Thomas, Hugh Mount,
H. S. Moody, B. T. McBain, E. J. Daul
ton, C. G. Miller, C. W.'Risley, M. E.
Park, Wm. Sheahan, Joe Sheahan, H.
G. Starkweather, W. J. Wilson, John
Risley, Guy Mount, E. Noef, Geo. Sulli
van and Chris Schuebel.
The objects of the club are the pro
motion and maintenance of a social
and protective organization of all per
sons owning and interested in motor
vehicles: to promote the investigation
in the developments of motor car
riages; To co-operate with others in
securing legistlation, rules and regu
lations governing the use of automo
biles; To teach by precept and exam
ple care and consideration both for
the pedestrian and users of other ve
hicles on the public highway; to as
sist in securing the punishment of
those who from reckless or careless
driving violate the laws and ordinan
ces governing the use of motor ve
hicles; To arrange club runs and
m.eets and to promote and encourage
the construction and maintenance of
good roads.
The club unanimously voted to take
part in the Rose Parade June 8, in
Oregon City.
It was unanimously voted to hold a
banquet June 5 at la cost of $1 a
plate.
The charter was left open until aft
er the evening of June 5, and a prize
of $2.50 worth of auto supplies was of
fered by Park and Huntley Garage
for the largest number of new mem
bers obtained by one member.
The following officers were elec
ted: President Dr. Hugh Mount
Vice-President C. W. Risley,
' Secretary R. C. Parker. ", -
Treasurer m. d. Latourette.
Dlrectors-Wm. Sheahan, E. J. Daul
ton. J. W. Thomas, H.S. Moody, B.
T. McBain.
Committees were appointed to se
cure emblems and to draft rules and
reeulations.
Much interest was disDlayed in the
organization and it is expected that
within two weeks the membership
will reach fifty. He dues are $4.66
a year, payable in advance with no
initiation fee. All are eligible.
F. B. PRATT MAKES
$20,000 BOND DEAL
Morris Bros., of Portland, Monday,
purchased the $20,000 bond issue of
School District No. 86, which is locat
ed in Canby. The negotiations were
conducted through F. B. Pratt, of this
city. The bonds pay five and one-half
per cent annual interest and the com
petition was keen. The successful
firm paid $217.50 premium. Several
eastern firms, including one in Cleve
land, O., made bids for the bonds. It
is the intention of the school district
to begin the erection of a fine school
house at once.
DR. FORD PLEADS
FOR SIMPLE FAITH
Dr. T. B. Ford, pastor of the Metho
dist Church, interested a large audi
ence Sunday evening with an address
on "Impressions of the addresses de
livered in" the Open Forum Pulpit."
Many of the prominent men in the
city had spoken in the Open Forum of
the church, and while Dr. Ford did
not attempt to answer the arguments
of any of them, he took advantage of
the occasion to express his thanks.
Judge Campbell, who made one of the
most able addresses of the series, pre
sided, and several others who spoke
were present. Dr. Ford spoke with
great frankness and reiterated his
former statement that he believed
in "A Modern church for modern men,
in a system of faith so simple that a
child may understand, and so
free from dogma that men of mod
ern minds can accept it." Dr. Ford
plans to start another series of Op
en Forum addresses in the near fu
ture. WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE,
ALLEGING CRUEL TREATMENT
Florence Stevens Monday filed suit
for divorce against Orville A. Stev
ens, alleging cruelty. They werS mar
ried in Oregon City, September 23,
1909. The plaintiff asks the custody
of their children, Morieta and Lucy
A. and says she is willing for the de
fendant to have the custody of Har
riet M. and Marion H. She asks $12
a month alimony during the pendency
of the suit , """ '
BY AUTOMOBILISTS