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VOL. Ill No. 139
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1912
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Mckinley says roosevelt men
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PROCESSION MORE THAN SIX
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BY THRONGS
GOVERNOR PLANS DRASTIC AC- C. L. STARR, OF STATE COMMIS-
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TALK OF COLONEL BOLTING GROWS
Leaders Anxious For Compromise
Candidate To Cement Differ
ences Between Two Fac
tions In Party
CHICAGO, June 12. Differences
between Taft and Roosevelt leaders
borne on a tide of, charges of bribery,
theft and other accusations, threaten
ed tonight to precipitate decisive de
velopments before the opening of the
Republican National convention next
Tuesday.
Charges of corruption were made in
a statement to the press given out to
night by Director McKinley, of the
Taft bureau, which accusesRoosevelt
managers of an effort to capture the
convention by force
Two sensational possiblities were
discussed in conference rooms, hotel
corridors and party headquarters. The
first was a bolt by Roosevelt forces
and the organization of a "progres
sive" party if Taft is nominated. The
bolt talk was ever present during the
day and once in a meeting of Roose
velt leaders rose to a point where Wil
liam Flinn ,of Pittsburg, who was pre
siding, refused to let it go further.
The second was a compromise can
didate. A number leaders declared
that now it was beyond question to
expect the Taft or Roosevelt people
to abide by the nomination of the oth
er candidate.
The situation was crystalized to a
great degree by the action of the Na
tional committee in the contest hear
ings, particularly the California case.
The Roosevelt men insisted they could
expect nothing for their candidate at
the hands ot the ruling Taft majority
in the committee and condemned with
increasing bitterness the work of that
body.
Whether Colonel Roosevelt would
come to Chicago and what effect his
coming would have upon the situation
came up at almost eyery turn, of-the
endless discussions and arguments
, Nearly all agreed that the arrival of
' Colonel Roosevelt would bring the sit
uation to a climax, but the final out
come of such an event was disputed.
PRESIDENT ASKED TO
AID VOLCANO VICTIMS
CORDOVA, Alaska, June 12. It is
thought that nearly 200 persons are
homeless in the volcanic district.
At a mass meeting held here this
morning a request was received and
acted upon from Seward to Join in a
petition to President Taft for funds
for the sufferers. Food, blankets and
other supplies will be rushed to the
district as fast as possible
The mass meeting decided to cable
Mabel Boardman of the Red Cross so
ciety to cooperate with the President.
Captain Perry of the revenue cutter
Manning has placed every boat under
martial law and is doing everything
possible to render assistance.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 12. Cables
received here indicate that Kodiakon
Kodiak island has suffered severely
by the eruption of Mount atmai,
while Uyak has apparently escaped
serious damage. However, prepara
tions are being made for sending sup
plies to the stricken district although
it will be necessary to wait for the
government to supply funds.
C. H. Buschmann, general manager
Northwestern Fisheries company cab
led from Seward stating:
"Little damage has been done at
Uyak and operations continuing as
usual.'
This is reassuring as until this mes
sage came it was not known how Uyak
had fared. The Northwestern company
operates a large cannery at Uyak and
Buschmann was there when the erup
tion occurred. He returned to Sew
ard. The agent of the Alaska Coast
company at Valdez cabled headquart
ers here:
"Send steamship Admiral Sampson
to Kodiak, as supplies will be required
Send her also to Uyak, although that
port has been little affected. Seldo
via. Port Graham and all other ports
on our route are all right vrtth excep
tion of slight fall of ashes. The gov
ernment will require tug Printer and
barge St James for an indefinite per
iod." SHUBEL TEAM WINS
2 GAMES IN ONE DAY
The Shubel baseball team,--' which
has not lost a game this year, won
two games Sunday. The team defeat
ed Union Hall Sunday morning 14 to
2. Roy Baker and John Evans com
posed the Shubel battery. Shubel de
feated Clarkes in the afternoon 18 to
4. Gtovge 'Staben pitched for Shubel
and John Evans caught Larkins and
Dolbow pitched for Clarkes and Haag
caught
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
; MEET THIS AFTERNOON
An important meeting of the Wo
man's Club will be held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon in the parlors of the
Commercial Or Ara. David Caufield
President, urges all members to be
present While no program has been
arranged the meeting will be one of
the most interesting held this spring.
If you saw It in the Enterprise it's
so.
ELECTRICAL PAGEANT POSTPONED
Stirring Music Rendered As Decorat
ed Cars Pass Floral Caravan
Is Most Attractive Ever
Given
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Rose Festival Program Today s
' $
10 A. M. Rose City banfs 8
parading business centers of S
the city.
, 10 A. M. Special day for Is-
dies at the Rose Show, Arm- 3
ory. S
1:30 to 5 P. M. Public re- $
' ception aboard Cruiser Mary-
land. S
2 P. M. Brilliant decorated s
horse and vehicle parade com- 3
peting for prizes. In counter- 3
marching before review stand 4
prize contenders and specta- - $
tors will engage in a "Battle of $
Roses." Line of parade: -Six- $
teenth and Morrison, Morrison S
to Twelfth, Twelfth to Taylor, $
Taylor to Eleventh, Eleventh to 3
Morrison, Morrison to Fifth,
Fifth to Oak, Oak to Sixth to $
Alder, Alder , to Seventh, Sev- 3
enth to Pine! Pine to Fourth, $
Fourth to Main, Main to Sev-
enth, Seventh to Salmon, Sal- $
mon to Fifth, Fifth to Taylor, S
Taylor to Seventh, Seventh to 3
Yamhill, Yamhill to Fifth, 8
Fifth to Morrison, Morrison to
Sixteenth and disband.
8:30 P. M. Grand, glittering $
dazling and spectacular parade
of illuminated barges, motor- $
boats and other craft on the 3
Willamette. S
PORTLAND, June 12. Because of
the rain the electrical parade was
postponed again tonight The parade
will be held Friday and Saturday
nights if there is no rain. The Rose
Festival committee decided not to
hold it tomorrow night, because it
would interfere with the river pageant.
A rose decked processional of "lav
ishly decorated automobiles in a pa
rade longer than its line of march is,
with its bewildering, sinuous beauty,
evoking deafening applause from 200,
000 witnesses of it this afternoon.
More than six miles long, more than
2000 people participating, more than
500 cars, more roses than could be
counted, are phrases to describe the
magnitude of the greatest floral auto
parade ever given anywhere.
That Portland has more automobiles
considering population, than any other
American city, was easy to believe
after seeing the vivid pageantry of
this afternoon.
At Thirteenth and Burnside streets
the automobiles in all their glowing
magnificence of decoration began con
gregating even before noon.
By 1 o'clock the streets reading to
the point of formation were congest
ed. Only thfe careful planning perfect
ed weeks ago by Oliver K. Jeffery,
chairman of the parade committee,
made it possible for one panting ma
chine after another to bear its burden
of beauty into the line of march and
through the great crowds the great
est ever assembled in the Rose City.
The music of the five bands inter
spersed with the floats is of the mili
tant, thrilling nature calculated to har
monize curiously with the crashing
volume of cheers from the bystand
ers. The cheering, in fact, became a
prominent- feature of the parade. It'
was a murmur of approval at the be
ginning of the parade. It increased
in volume as the streets farther down
town were reached. It burst forth in
a great crescendo from the review
stands of Eleventh and Morrison
streets.
First in line were a platoon of po
lice carried in eight apropriately de
corated cars. The mayor and high of
ficials of the state and city followed.
The car next in line and occupied by
W. J. Clemens, president of the Auto
Club, was one of the most beautiful in
the entire parade.
A long line of electric pleasure ve
hicles, vivid with blossoms and flags,
musical with the joy of those who
rode in them, was followed by the
brightly adorned runabouts and road
sters each carrying two persons. ,:
in the touring car division entries
that attracted especial attention be
cause of their signal attractiveness
and originality we the cars belong
ing to Oliver K. Jeff ery,-parade chair
man; Henry Ladd Corbett, the Colum
bia Trust company and ,the Great
Northern railway.
JACK lfWIS,MT,
IS COMING HOME
Jack Lewis, the Oregon City light
weight, who defeated several clever
pugilists in San Francisco and Oak
land recently has written to the Morn
ing Enterprise that he will be home
the latter part of the week. His let
ter follows:
"I will be home in a couple of days.
I just started to train for my fight
with Jack Redmond at Los Angeles
June 28, and I cracked my right el
bow. 1 hurt it once before that way.
So" I will stay home until after the
Fourth of July, when I shall return to
San Francisco and start fighting
again. I have had" eight fights since
I came to San Francisco, and won all
of them."
Photo oy American Press Association.
WILLIAM BARNES. JR.
OREGON CITY ROCK
BEST FOR STREETS
That there is excellent rock in Ore
gon City with which to build Macad
am streets was the announcement
made Wednesday by Professor Parks,
head of the Department of Mining of
the Oregon Agricultural college. Pro
fessor Parks sometime ago made a
chemical analysis of samples of rock
taken from quarries in this city and
environs, and Wednesday made an ex
amination of the rock in the quarries
He said that the stone in the quarries
in the city was far superior to that
in quarries outside of the city, and
that it should be used in building
streets and making repairs.. Professor
Parks made the examination upon the
invitation of Councilman Tooze a
member of the committee on streets.
HUSBAND ALLEGES
WIFE STRUCK Hi
Alleging that , his wife frequently
struck him and finally deserted him
Carden Smith, a well-to-do farmer.
through Attorneys Brownell & Stone,
Wednesday filed suit for divorce
against Cora E. Smith. They were
married in Michigan October 1, 1882,
and have four children. The plaintiff
says that, from January 1, 1887 until
June 1912 the defendant abused him,
and used such bad language that their
neighbors refused to : visit them. Be
alleges that on one occasion she
threatened to "make it hot for him."
The plaintiff avers that when defend
ant left him she sold a cow to obtain
money and he has not heard from her
since. She was accompanied by their
youngest child.
Martha White asks a divorce from
Clayton A. White alleging cruelty.
The were married August 19, 1908.
She says her husband several times
ordered her from home and April 10,
1912 offered her $50 for her interest
in the furniture and told her to go to
work. The plaintiff asks that her
maiden name, Martha Ponting, be re-
siorea.
AGRICULTURAL YEAR BOOK
TO BE SENT TO FARMERS
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington has issued its 1911 Agri
cultural Year Book, a bound volume
of several hundred pages containing
much interesting and instructive in
formation regarding agriculture, hort
iculture, stock raising, etc. Each Sena
tor and Representative has copies of
this Year Book for distribution and
any farmer can obtain a copy by send
ing his name to one of the members
of the Oregon delegation
WILL THE KEY FIT?
Oregon City Is
Given Just Praise
(Morning Oregonian)
Oregon City, not to be outdone
as indeed it should not be by
Portland, on a scale commen
surate with size had a rose
show, a baby exhibition, an aut
omobile parade and a children's
pageant Saturday, in which
the historic city fairly outdid
itself in its grand display of
roses, of babies, of automobiles
and of children. In each of these
specialties the city shone with
beauty and swelled with par
donable pride; for were not
the roses home grown and the
children, too, for that matter?
.The storied county of Clack
amas "Thlackamas," as some
Indian antiquarian has it
was invited to come in and
show the world' thereabouts
that race suicide was a fig
ment . of disordered imagina
tion, at least as far as that
broad and opulent county is
concerned.
Proud as we are of Portland
as the metropolis of Oregon,
we are not less, proud of Ore
gon City. For was that not
the one spot in Oregon that
held place in the dreams of
our adventurous progenitors,
the sturdy pioneers of a past
generation? Was this not the
seat of government of Oregon
in the early days of its occu
pancy by Americans? Was this
not the seat of the 'first manu
facturing plant on the north
Pacific coast? And long prior to
that, did not the riotous falls
of "beautiful Willamette" at
that "point give promise of
whirring spindles and mighty
mills? And when the light of
electricity, chained and distrib
uted throughout a wondering
land, first became a possibili
ty, was it not there harness-,
ed and sent out upon its er
rand? And were not the first
steamboats to ply the waters
of the state built there? And
was not the first newspaper
in the state published there?
And did not some of the stur
diest pioneers of Oregon live
and work and die- there? Was
not Oregon City for many years
the mecca of plainffworn empire-builders,
the long-sought
goal of weary travelers, the
grateful halting place of weary
caravans? And having, with
Portland and other cities and
sections of Oregon, awakened
from the torpor of long isola
tion, is not the storied city at
the falls alive to the possibil
ities of growth and beauty
and prosperity on every hand?
Let the echoes of its latest
festival bout answer. And as
we, in the exuberance of the
spirit of high carnival, call out
in lusty tones "Good for Ore
gon City!" the voices of the
rocks on either side take up
the cry and "good, good for
Oregon City, Oregon City,"
comes back to us in reassuring
echoes, making us glad that its
people have got in their work
at home this early in this fes
tal "week and are coming down
en masse to help swell Port
land's gala throng.
. JAMES BURROWS
DIES IN SELLWOOD
Mrs. James Burrows, formerly of
this city but recently of Sellwood died
at the Sellwood Hospital Wednesday
morning, -after an illnes of several
months The funeral services will be
conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the family residence at Sellwood.
The interment will be in the Sellwood
cemetery.
Mrs. Burrows is survived by a fam
ily, who live in Sellwood. Many friends
of the deceased will go from this city
to attend the funeral.
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Photo by American Press Association.
SENATOR JOSEPH M. DIXON.
STREET TO BE
AT
The street committe of the city
council Wednesday authorized Street
Superintendent Babcock to have all
holes in Main street filled and to not
ify the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company to make certain re
pairs to the street between and at the
outside edges of the car tracks. Aut
omobilists and persons using other ve
hicles have complained that bricks in
many places have become loose and
are. protruding above the surface of
the street. Street Superintendent Bab
cock also was authorized to have the
walks repaired on Center street
2 Couples Get Licenses
Licenses to marry were issued Wed
nesday to Bronie Jenkovsko and An
drov Siniavsky and Hazel L Barto and
William S. McCrow.
If it happened it is in the Enter
prise. , ,
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TODAY
Sam Lillian
B&ItojBi swucS TlVtfk veils
THE COMEDY COUPLE
Australian Vaudeville Entertainers
Of Europe, American and African Fame
In a Screaming Sketch Entitled
II ii
Introducing good singing, funny dialogue and pretty
Colonial dresses s
THE G E AND
N. B. -If you haven't seen Dalton and Travelle yoo
are certainly missing a .treat. They are a riot.
Positively the best vaudeville act ever seen in this
City. San Francisco Press.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TODAY
Controversy Over Cruiser Boston
Cause. Of Trouble Agree
ment Provides For Re
turning Of Ship
SALEM, Or., June 12. Governor
West will issue orders tomorrow; or
Friday disbanding the Oregon Naval
Militia according to information which
leaked out here today. The executive
would make no definite statement as
to what his plans are in this regard,
but it is certain that the move will
be taken before the end of the week.
Disbanding of the Militia probably
will mean that automatically under
the terms of agreement with the Gov
ernment the cruiser Boston will be
returned to the Government Navy
yard at Bremerton. The agreement
between the state and Government, it
is understood, contemplates the boat
will immediately be returned in event
the Militia disbands.
Tomorrow a conference will be held
between Governor West and Adjutant
General Finzer relative to the matter,
and it is more than probable that fol
lowing the conference, which will be
held at the executive offices here.
Governor West will arrange for the
issuance of the orders and the pres
ent Oregon Naval Militia will be done
away with.
The incident yesterday when Geo.
S. Shepherd, claiming his right as
Captain under the court decision, at
tempted to take charge of the cruiser
Boston against the wishes of Com
mander Simpson, is the actuating
cause of the Governor's decision to
take speedy action inthe matter.
MRS. A. H. HARVEY
TiwiiinuT ninn nnn
imuwii ilud nuu
The Twilight Community Club met
at Twilight hall Saturday evening at
8 o'clock, when the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. A. H.
Harvey; vice-president, C. M. Dodds;
secretary, M. J .Lazelle; treasurer,
Miss Lizzie McDonald; sergeant-at-arms,
L, A. Bullard.
It was decided to hold the next
meeting of the club the second Sat
urday in October and to invite th
friends of the club to the next meet
ing. The president appointed the fol
lowing to arrange for the program:
Z. M. Lazelle and B. L. Harvey.
SENATE DETERMINED
TO OUST GEN. WOOD
WASHINGTON, June 12. The Sen
ate, by a vote of 29 to 28, refused to
day to reconsider its adoption of the
conference report -on the Army -appropriation
bill, carrying amendments
which would legislate Major-General
Leonard Wood out of his office as
chief of staff of the Army.
WILLAMETTE SUNDAY SCHOOL
TO HAVE BASKET SOCIAL
The Union Sunday School of Wil
lamette will give a basket social at
the church next Tuesday evening.
The proceeds will be used to pay the
insurance on the church building. Ev
eryone invited to attend and have a
real good time for a good purpose.
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COUNTY ASSESSOR HAS PETITIONS
Is Measures Provide For Taxing Of In
comes, Exemption Of House
hold Furniture And Mort
gage Notes
C. L. Starr, secretary of the State
Tax Commission, is in Oregon City
' obtaining signatures to petitions for
"Rational Tax Reform." The propos
ed measures were prepared by a com
mittee appointed at the last session
of the Legislature, and the State Tax
Commission, composed of Governor
West,.Secretary of State Olcott, State
Treasurer Kay, J. B. Easton and
Charles V. Galloway. Mr. Starr has
obtained 200 names, and' must obtain
400 more in this county this week.
: Petitions have been left with County
Assessor Jack, and all voters who
. have not signed are urged to do so.
j The measures proposed are:
i A constitutional amendment auth
; orizing the taxation of incomes.
; A law to exempt from taxation
household furniture, wearing apparel
1 and similer non-productive personal-,ty.-
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A law to exempt mortgage notes and
! other credits from taxation, thereby
abolishing double taxation of the
' same property value,
j A revision of the inheritance tax
j law, following the model law recom-
mended by the National Tax Associ
: ation. The proposed law would in-
crease the State revenue from indi
j rect sources.
I Directions to signers and Circulat
ors of petitions: '
Every petitioner must sign his own
name. No person is allowed to sign
another person's name under any cir
cumstances. Every signer must give
his residence and poatofflce address.
Names of signers on each sheet are
to be plainly written by the circulator
n affidavit on back thereof. Each af-
davit must be sworn to by the per-
on who circulated the petition.
Each of the four petitions herein
ihould be signed by each petitioner.
and each petition is to be verified in
the same manner by affidavit of the
circulator.
SHIP FINE BERRIES
E. P. Dedman, one of the prominent
strawberry growers of Clackamas
County, whose home is at Clackamas,
was in this city on business Wednes
day. Mr. Dedman with several of the
other well known growers of Clacka
mas shipped a carload of strawberries
to the Pacific Fruit & Produce Com
pany of Portland Tuesday. This was
the secand carload of berries shipped
from Clackamas. There were 700
crates in the carload shipped Tues
day. -The strawberry season is at its
height in Clackamas. The Portland
markets are being supplied daily with
fresh berries from Clackamas, and the
highest market price is being paid for
them.
LOGAN TO REPAIR CHURCH
The residents of Logan under the
direction of Rev. E. A. Smith will
have a working bee next Wednesday
the proceeds to be used in moving and
remodeling the church. Logan is one
of the finest communities in the coun
ty and the people are thrifty. The
building will be repaired and put on
a new foundation.