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VOL. Ill No. 160
OEEGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1912.
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HILLES REFUSES
TO BE CHAIRMAN
PARKPLACE BOY
ISN'T IT AWFUL TO BE THE FAT HUSBAND OF A LOVER OF RARE ANTIQUES!
SCHUEBEL LIBEL
SUIT IS HARD HIT
LOSES AT POLLS
RE ED
CHARTER
STRANGELY GONE
PRESIDENT AND SUB-COMMITTEE
CONFER WITHOUT REACH
ING DECISION
MANY ARE CONSIDERED FOR PLACE
Harry M. Daugherty, Whom Taft Is
Said To Favor, In Washing
ton Meeting Is
Amicable
WASHINGTON, July 8. For four
hours today President Taft, his secre
tary, Charles D. Hilles and a subcom
mittee discussed without result the
question of that body's chairmanship.
At 5:30 o'clock tonight they ad
journed until tomorrow morning.
More than a dozen names were con
sidered. The meeting was entirely
amicable. No feeling developed
against any particular candidate. Mr.
Hilles told the committeemen that
under no circumstances would he take
the position, but that he would work
with all his ability for the President's
re-election.
Predictions were made tonight that
the chairmanship might not be set
tled for several days. President Taft
was said to be in a receptive mood
and entirely willing to take any man
who met with the approval of the sub
committee. The President was host tonight to
members of the sub-committee and
many leading Republicans of the coun
try at an outdoor reception.
Harry M. Daugherty ,of Ohio, whom
the President is said to favor for the
place very strongly, arrived this morn
ing. So did Arthur Vorys and Al
Morrel, both also of Ohio. Frank L.
Smith ,of Springfield, 111., Dan Camp
bell, postmaster of Chicago ,and John
Wesley Hill of New York, were among
the other arrivals. It was said Rep
resentative William B. McKinley, who
conducted the President's pre-conven-tion
campaign as director of the Na
tional Taft bureau, would take thej
National chairmanship if Mr. Taft and I
the committee desired.
L
SUIT IS DISMISSED
The injunction suit of Carl B. Han
son against the Board of Directors of
the Milwaukie school was dismissed
by Circuit Judge Campbell Monday.
Hanson was granted a temporary or
der several weeks ago restraining the
directors from purchasing a certain
piece of ground upon which to erect
a school house. They also were re
strained from selling $20,000 bonds
with which ' to purchase a site and
erect a building. Subsequently, how
ever, the voters at a meeting decided
upon a site, which ends the litigation.
Brownell &, Stone represented the
plaintiff.
CANBY MAN SAYS
Alleging that his property has been
greatly damaged by the cutting of a
street through it the defendant Mon
day in the suit of the city of Canby
against Wallace R. Telford filed an ap
peal to the circuit court. Mr. Telford
through his attorneys, Cross & Ham
mond, alleges that an acre he owns in
Canby has been cut in two by C. and
Fanton streets, which are 80 feet
wide ,and that the city council has
allowed him only $40 damages. He
avers that he has been damaged in a
much larger sum. He says that on
one side of the street his land is on
ly 30 feet wide and on another side
only. 50 feet wide.
2 DECREES GRANTED
Judge Campbell has granted decrees
of divorce in the suits of Anna Bart
on against Raymond W. Barton and
E. F. Widup against Helen Widup.
Senor Don Frederico A. Pezet, New
Minister From Peru to the United
States.
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MOTHER THINKS, LAD KIDNAP
PED BY WOMAN REPRESENT
ING FATHER
SHERIFF ASKED TO MAKE SEARCH
Howard Ormiston Son of Mrs. R. E.
Fields, Urged By Stranger
To Show Way To
Estacada
Believing that her fifteen-year old
son, Howard Ormiston, has been kid
napped by a woman representingrthe
lad's father, Mrs. R. E. Fields, of
Parkplace Monday asked Sheriff Mass
to make a search for the boy. Mrs.
Fields, who was divorced from Elmer
Ormiston about two years ago, told
the sheriff that her son last Friday
afternoon left his home in a wagon
with a strange woman ostensibly for
Estacada. The mother declared the
boy had met the woman in Oregon
City, and she asked him to go with
her to the city in the Eastern part of
the county, adding she did not know
the way. She promised to pay him
liberally. They drove to the boy's
home, and he obtained the consent of
his mother to make the trip promising
to return the following day. Nothing
has been seen of him since by anyone
in Parkplace or this city, and the
mother thinks the woman was employ
ed the father to abduct the boy.
T. B. Long, Mrs. Fields' father and
John Long, her grandfather, who are
aiding in the search, also are of the
opinion that the boy has been kidnapped.-
They were here all the after
noon conferring with the sheriff.
"Howard is a bright boy, and lam
certain he has been kidnapped," de
clared John Fields. "He feaid he
would return Saturday, and I know
would have done so, had he been at
liberty. I think the woman was sent
here by the father to lure the boy
from his mother. The woman said
her name was Bishop."
Mrs. Fields is prostrated over the
loss of her child. The boy has blue
eyes, brown hair and weighs about
115 pounds. Mrs. Fields thinks the
woman who lured him away was
about twenty-one years of age. She
drove two horses. Sheriff Mass wired
the Marshall of Estacada regarding
the mysterious disappearance of the
lad and a search for him is being
made there.
BODY HIED
AS I. P.
The body of the man found in the
river Friday at South Bend, Wash.,
has been positively identified as that
of L. P. Williams, who disappeard
from his home on Division street
about two weeks ago. Prosecuting
Attorney Wright of South Bend, who
wired Chief of Police Shaw of the
finding of the body Saturday, Monday
called upon James Myers, of Portland
a brother-in-law of Williams and gave
a description of the man found In the
river. It was identical with that of
the missing man, the clothing, teeth,
shoes, etc., corresponding exactly.
The body has ben buried but Mr. My
ers will go to South Bend today and
have it brought to this city.
The day following his mysterious
disappearance Mr. Williams wrote to
his wife informing her if she would
look in a certain drawer she would
find a letter explaining his action.
The letter was found and in. it Mr.
Williams said he intended killing him
self. He had been ill for several
months. Mr. Williams conducted a
dairy in this city. He formerly was
a railroad engineer.
BONDS ARE SOLD
Since the contract was let for the
clearing, grading and bridges of the
route of the Clackamas Southern Rail
way the company has sold more stock
than ever before in the same length
of time. -
More than $30,000 stock was sold in
the last four, days and other investors
are about to close a deal for $20,000
stock. '
"Every thing is moving along far
better than the board of directors had
expected taking into consideration the
activities of the Southern Pacific,"
said secretary Dimick. . "The people
of Clackamas County are not easily
frightened especially when they are
engaged in a work that means so
much to them."
HARRIET L. BALL'S
WILL IS PROBATED
The will of Harriet L. Ball was ad
mitted to probate by County Judge
Beatie Monday The estate is valued
at $2,650 George H. Blackburn was
named executor.
$30,000
RIGGER'S BROTHER
PLANS IRISH FLAG
DESIGN OF ORDRIGH PATRIOT
MAY BE ACCEPTED BY
COUNTRY
EMBLEM CHANGED MANY TIMES
Home Rule Thought Near And Erin
Offers Prize For Best De
sign For National
Colors
As the passage of the Irish Home
Rule bill in the near future is an as
sured fact the matter of a national
flag is becoming an earnest discus
sion throughout the Emerald Isle.
The present accepted Irish flag, .the
golden harp on a green ground, never
was the national banner.
A prize has been offered for the best
design for a new national Irish flag,
and Hon. Francis Joseph Bigger of
Ordrigh, County Autrim, has submit
ted a design that covers most of the
ground required. The flag is square,
with the old Goelic harp upon a shield
on a rich dark green ground.
Mr. Bigger, the designer of the pro
posed Irish flag, is a brother of Henry
J. Bigger, a well known and highly re
spected resident of this city, and an
ardent Irish patriot.
Before the advent of Christianity,
and its adoption by the Irish nation,
the national emblem, probably under
Druidic influence was a brazen ser-1
pent entwined around a spear, with
an oak tree towering above, all on a
red ground. The kingdom of Ireland
had been divided, Ulster, Munster,
Connaught, Meath and Leinster, each
ruled by a king, and all five kingdoms
united under an arch-king.
The flag of Ulster, was a red hand
on a white ground, the crest of the
O'Neill's and all clans that spring
from that family. That of Munster,
three golden crowns upon a blue
ground, the crest of the O'Briens and
their clans. The flag of Connaught
was a tri-color of green, white and
orange, in three broad perpendicular
stripes, the colors of the O'Connors
and their branches. The flag of
Meath was a "Cross of St, Patrick"
and a king's crown on a silver ground
and that of Leinster, the golden harp
on a green ground, the present em
blem used as the Irish flag.
The national ensign, which floated
over palaces, towers and castles, in
Tara, the capital of Ireland, and the
seat of the arch-king "was a golden
sunburst on a deep blue field.
The 'Irish Revolutionary Brother
hood," the military rank of the "Unit
ed Irishmen" who attempted to estab
lish an Irish Republic in 1798, and lat
er in 1848, adopted the tri-color of
three horizontal bands of green, white
and orange and this was later adopt
ed by the Fenian Brotherhood.
FIGHTING BEES, SHE
IS HURT IN FALL
Mrs. Pearl Kalmbach, of Parkplace,
sustained a serious injury Friday aft
ernoon, while picking cherries from a
high step ladder, she came in con
tact with a yellow jacket's nest, and
in trying to escape from the bees the
ladder capzised with her. She sustain
ed a painful fracture of the right el
bow besides many bruises on the body
Mrs. Kalmbach was also stung by the
bees. It will be some time before
she will have the use of her arm.
VISITING ELKS
ARE SHOWN CITY
LOCAL LODGE AND COMMERCIAL
CLUB KEEP OPEN
HOUSE
BADGES ARE READY FOR WOMEN
Delegations From Medford, Klamath
Falls And Los Angeles Are
Given Fine Re
' ception
A large crowd of Elks and their
families attending the convention in
Portland are expected to visit this
city today and every day this week ex
cepting Thursday when the big parade
will be held.. There were not as many
visitors Monday as had been expected
but those who came were shown a
good time. A committee consisting of
E. E. Brodie, chairman; William Shea
han, O. D. Eby, E. J. Daulton, M. D.
Latourette,. W. A. Huntley, W. H.
Bair and R. C. Parker, showed the vis
itors about the city and county in aut
omobiles. They also were entertain
ed at the Elks Home and the Commer
cial Club, where open house will be
kept all week.
More buildings were decorated Mon
day and the city has assumed a gala
appearance. All the stores, mills,
public offices, etc., will close Thurs
day in order to give the employes an
opportunity to see the parade. B. T.
McBain is chairman of the committee
which will entertain the visitors today
O. D. Eby is chairman of the commit
tee named for Wednesday. E. J. No
ble Friday and Theodore Osmund Sat
urday. " The Oregon City lodge has provided
360 ribbon badges to be worn by the
mothers, wivers, daughters and sis
ters of members' of the lodge in con
nection with the official woman's
badges. The badges may be obtained
by persons entitled to them upon ap
plication to Esteemed Loyal Knight F.
W. Humphrys.
. The hospitable hands of the mem
bers of Oregon City Lodge No. 1189,
Benevolent and Protective Order or
Elks were oustretched Sunday to the
delegations of the Medford and
Klamath Falls lodges, who arrived
here at noon on a special train to the
number of 160,20 from Klamath Falls
and 140 from Medford. The train
was scheduled to go through to Port
land, but Dr. A. L. Beatie, chairman
of the entertainment and reception
committee for visiting Elks, was tak
ing no chances on the delegations
evading the local herd and he, with a
host of other Elks and their wives
and daughters, were on hand at the
Southern Pacific depot to meet the
train and the conductor of the train
was promptly hancuffed and the train
held here 30 minutes.
The excursionists were escorted to
the basement of the Elks new home
on Water street where a buffett lunch
eon was served, consisting of sand
wiches, coffee, Elks milk and other
edibles. The Kazoo glee club of the
Medford Lodge sang a number of en
tertaining selections, giving local hits
on Oregon City and the visitors gave
three cheers from the steps of the
Elks Home for Oregon City and the
local Elks responded in kind when the
visitors departed
Exalted Ruler Reames of Medford
Lodge and Exalted Ruler Savage of
Klamath Falls Lodge, as well as the
other visitors, were delighted with
their reception at Oregon City.
Badges were exchanged and the
Southern Oregon delegations left for
Portland in high glee at their unex
pected reception from the members of
No. 1189
If it happened it Is In the Enterprise..
BIG CHAUTAUQUA
WILL OPEN TODAY
PROGRAM EXCELLENT, WEATH
ER IDEAL AND GREAT CROWD
IS ASSURED
COLONEL DYE TO WELCOME PATRONS
Professor Chapman's Orchestra To
Be Feature Of Meeting First
Baseball Game This
.-Afternoon
With ideal weather conditions pre
vailing, and with a larger crowd of
Chautauqua lovers on the grounds
for the opening assembly than at any
time in past years, the nineteenth ses
sion of the Willamette Valley Chau
tauqua opens most auspiciously this
morning. At 10 a. m. the gates swing
open and President of the association
Mr- C. H. Dye, will extend the wel
come to the patrons, on behalf of the
chautauqua directors. Never before
has the outlook been so encouraging
to the management. Grounds are in
perfect condition, cool, clear weather
is the prediction for the day, and the
two hundred tents which comprise
the Chautauqua White City and which
seemed to spring up from the ground,
like mushrooms in the night are
sheltering more than five hundred
campers who will live in the park dur
ing the present session.
Byron's famous company of dusky
Troubadours are on the grounds ready
for the formal opening of the program
this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. The
troupe has made a great record dur
ing the- present season and was wise
ly selected by the directors for the
opening concert. There are eight
dusky musicians in' the troupe of vocalists-
and instrumentalists and their
concert is a high class attraction.
They will give a second concert at 8
p. m. During the day the chautauqua
summer school will be organized, as
well as the Forum, and schedules for
all the morning classes and registra
tion will occur at eleven o'clock this
morning from the main platform, fol
lowing President Dye's address. Do
mestic science, a feature of the 1912
assembly is under the capable leader
ship of Mrs. Miller of the Portland Y.
W. C. A., a commodious building has
been erected during the past week for
the exclusive use of those interested
in the cooking department.
Professor F. T. Chapman's Chautau
qua Orchestra is a feature of the 1912
session. Besides his orchestral tal
ent Professor Chapman has arranged
for the appearance of a number of
well known Portland soloists. For to
day, Miss Leah Slusser has been chos
en as soloist for ProfessorChapman's
programs which are given daily at
1:30 and 7:15, preceding the two main
chautauqua features on the platform
each day. Other soloists to be heard
with the orchestra are: Perry Barton
Arant, pianist, Miss Blanche Harbison
soprano, Mrs. Pauline Miller Chap
man, mezzo-soprano, Charles Duncan
McNeill .tenor, Miss Goldie Peterson,
Miss Murial Williams, Edward Living
ston, cornet and orchestra, - Mr. Aue,
'cellist, Edson Dwlnel Clapp, Violin
ist, John Claire Montieth Baritone,
Mr. Francis Walker, Bariton, and
many others of favorable repute.
The summer school is larger than
ever before. Professor A. M. Grilley
of Portland Y. M. C. A. has charge of
the physical culture classes; Miss A.
M. Thompson of Portland, will con
duct the music and assist Professor
Chapman in the chautauqua chorus;
Shakespeare classes will convene dal
ly under the able leadership of Profes
sor Lee Emerson Bassett of Stanford
University; v Art Depannent, Miss AI-
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COURT SUSTAINS DEMURRER IN
ACTION AGAINST MORNING
ENTERPRISE
PLAINTIFF HAS RIGHT TO AMEND
Attorneys Brownell And. Hedges DIs
sect Complaint And Make
Plain Its Weak
nesses The complaint of hris Schuebel
was knocked clear out of court Mon
day upon a demurrer, in his suit for
$10,000 damages against the Oregon
City Enterprise based upon the pub
lication of an advertisement published
in the Morning Enterprise over the
signature of Gustav Schnoerr, who is
one of the Republican nominees for
Representative, and at the time of the
publication was a rival candidate with
Schuebel for a place on the Legisla
tive ticket at the primary nominating
election.
Attorneys George C. Brownell and
J. E. Hedges appeared for the Enter
prise and made a complete and com
prehensive argument in support of
their demurrer, which was promptly
sustained by Circuit Judge Campbell.
Schuebel was represented in Court
by C. D. Latourette.
The attorneys for the defense de
clare that the action of the court is
a great victory for the Morning Enter
prise and that the case is more than
half won. Judge Campbell held that
the complaint -" was not sufficiently
specific. The advertisement the pub
lication of which Schuebel is suing
the paper for $10,000 damages, was
in part as follows:
"A man must be judged by his own
words and deeds, not by the words of
his enemies or false friends. For
weeks Chris Schuebel has been at
tacking me most shamefully. Some
person or persons must be supplying
him with large sums of money and
his vocation surely "does not keep him
very, busy since he finds so much time
to roam over'the whole county telling
others how very, very good he, him
sely, is and how despicable his op
ponents are. This I could not do. I
have neither time nor money, nor
"brass" enough to slander and attack
those who have always been friendly
and kind to me. Neither can I und
erstand how a person can afford to
spend hundreds of dollars for the
small recompensation he can honestly
get if elected to the legislature. Mr.
Schuebel tries to make his audiences
believe that the .'interests' or certain
parties have 'bought' men. Be not de
ceived! Not I, but he has been bought
if signs fail not, and because he is
used to being bought and being sold,
as everybody knows, he made an ef
fort to buy me in my own house. This
happened March 31, 1912."
GAMBLING IN PLACE
The Morning Enterprise is in re
ceipt of the following letter from A.
J. Knightly:
There appeared in your paper in the
issue of July 7th, an article entitled,
"Detective Pribes Crime in City" in
which it is said among other things
"there is a little poker game played
over the saloon on Fourth and Main
streets but it is seldom operated only
on Saturday nights and then it is im
possible for a stranger to get in, this
place can be cinched by raiding the
rooms.'" This article is signed by the
"International Detective Agency." I
am the proprietor of a saloon and
rooming house at Fourth and Main
streets and have steady roomers who
occupy the place continuously and
who know that the statement above
referred to is false and defamatory. I
run a respectable house and permit
no gambling about my premises of
any kind or nature, and there are no
games played or gambling done either
in my saloon nor in my rooming house
I conduct a clean, respectable place
and comply with the law, and under
no circumstances will I permit any
gambling about my saloon or rooming
house.
I am unable to understand why
any respectable "Detective Agency"
should falsely attack me by charging
me with the commission of a crime,
when in truth and in fact I am op
posed to gambling and conduct my
place of business in an orderly and
lawful manner. '
CAREY JOHNSON FUNERAL
TO BE HELD TODAY
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late Carey Johnson,
who died in Portland Friday evening,
will be conducted from the White
Temple, Portland, this afternoon at
2 o'clock. Rev. S. P. Davis, of this
city, who is an old friends of the fam
ily will preside at the Bervide.
Boost -your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home. . . -
BUSINESS FORM OF GOVERN
- MENT BEATEN BY 343
' TO 65
ELEVATOR AND DOCK IN WRECK
Ordinance To Provide Modern Fire
- Alarm System Is Approved,
249 To
155
The voters of Oregon City Monday
decisively defeated the propositions to
revise the city charter so as to pro
vide a business form of government,'
the issuance of bonds for building a
public dock, an elevator at the bluff
and the establishment of playgrounds.
The proposition to provide a modern
fire alarm system was carried by a
substantial majority. The votes by
wards was as follows:-
Charter revision First Ward for 27,
against 94; second ward, for 30,
against 160; third ward, for, 8, against
89.
Bond issue for building elevator, es
tablishing playground and public
dock First ward, for 63, against 58;
second ward, for 82, against 105; third'
word, for 30, against 66.
Fire Alarm System First ward, for
81, against 40; second ward, for 123,
against 66! third ward, for 45, against
49.
The total vote follows: .
Charter Revision For, 65, against
343; Bond issue for elevator, etc.
for 175, against 229; Fire Alarm Sys
tem for 249, against 155.
The vote was little more than half
that usually cast, and there was even
less interest in the election than the
vote indicates. Many persons had not
made up their minds how they would
cast their ballots on certain questions
upon enterting the polls. The great
est objection to the revision of the.
charter was the provision for a busi
ness manager for the city. Many per
sons thought the jproposed charter
gave the proposed manager too much
authority. There also was objection
to the selection of the mayor by the
councilmen from one of their number
instead of election by the people.
It is believed that the proposition
for an elevator at the bluff and pos
sibly that for a public dock would
have been carried had they not been
joined with that providing for a pub
lic playground. Many persons who
favored an elevator did not favor a
public dock and many who favored
both of these were opposed to the city
providing a playground. Then again
the proposition for a playground was
misunderstood by at least one-third of
the voters. They thought it contem
plated simply the purchase of a lot by
the city where the children might play
The object however, was- to provide a
lot for a swimming pool and bathing
facilities for children and adults, a
baseball field and for other games,
such as tennis, football ,etc.
The revised charter which was lost
was prepared by a commission named
during the last administration, and
consisted of George A. Harding, F. J.
Tooze, Chris Schuebel, R. L. Holman,
H. E. Stevens, William Andresen and
Livy Stipp.
It reduced the number of council
men from nine to five, one to be elect
ed from each ward and two from the
city at large. Aside from selecting
the mayor from one of its number the
council was to appoint a chief of po
lice, the chief to name the other mem
bers of the force subject to the ap
proval of the council. Members of
the commission said Monday night
that although the first skirmish had
been lost the fight for a business or
mmmiacilnn nrv nP ... l v
aoiy would be continued.
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Special Bill Today at the
ELECTRIC
Oh! See Beautiful Marion Leon
ard in the
Diamond Patch
NOTICE
A photo of Miss Leonard will
be given away. FREE to every
lady patron tomorrow while
they last ALSO.
wDotty's New
Doll
Bring the children to see this,
the youngest child in motion
, pictures. .
The Reward of Valor
A fine western picture wiJ
complete today's bill.
Remember we change pictures
EVERY day.