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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912
VOL. Ill No. 168
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HAVE YOU EVER MET ONE OF THOSE STATISTICIANS?
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MEN HIGHERUP ARE
WORK ON LIBRARY
MURDER SUSPECTS
WITH WAR RECITAL
IMPORTANT ARRESTS SOON TO
BE MADE IN BIG NEW YORK
TRAGEDY
POLICE FIND MAN WHO HIRED CAR
District Attorney Whitman Declares
Trail Leads Where He Thought
It Would Mayor Aids
In Investigation
NEW YORK, July 18. "The trail
leads where I thought it did,' re
marked District Attorney Whitman
late today. v
This was just after he had heard
the statement of "Jack" Rose, the
friend of Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker and the man who hired the
gray automobile in which the slayers
of Herman Rosenthal, th gambler,
drove to the crqwded corner where
they shot him early Tuesday morning.
Little by little the tangled skein of
motives and personalities behind the.
murder is being unravelled and to
night it seems probable that other im
portant arrests will follow speedily.
Ros's surrender and confession that
he hired the "murder car" although
declaring he was not in it, were the
big events today," but other develop
ments were not lacking.
Mayor Gaynor took a personal hand
in the investigation. He sent for Lieu
tenant Becker, against whom were
lodged Rosenthal's first charges that
the police force was both protecting
and bleeding gamblers. The Mayor,
Police Commissioner Waldo and three
other policemen were closeted for two
hours.
No statement of what was said
came out, but the Mayor later took oc
casion to give out a letter he sent yes
terday to the commissioner express
ing surprise that Becker should sit
down to dinner with "a man of Rosen
thal's character. "That he did seems
to be admitted' the mayor commented.
Disrict Attorney Whitman had his
say in a letter sent to Comissioner
Waldo today, relating to the commis:
sioner's request for an immediate and
complete investigation of allegations
of partnership between policemen and
gamblers.
"When you asked this before" wrote
Mr. Whitman, "Herman Rosenthal,
who had made the charge, was alive. 1
had proceeded so far that he was to
appear before the grand jury and give
details and names of other gamblers to
substantiate his charge. On the night
preceding the day fixed, he was as
sassinated evidently by men who fear
ed his testimony, or their agents, on
the principle that dead men tell no
tales."
It was reported about police head
quarters this afternoon that the ar
rest of a leading police official soon
would take place in connection with
the murder of Rosenthal.
Hundreds of the gambling fraternity
attended the funeral of Rosenthal to
day. Aaron J. Levy, counsel for Louis
Libby and William Shapiro, who are
under arrest and are the alleged own
ers or the "murder car," gave out a
statement regarding Shapiro's conduct
at the time of the murder. Shapiro
has admitted, according to the police,
that he was the driver of the car.
"Shapiro," said Levy, "told me that
after the shooting he was working
witlj his motor and pretended it would
not start. One of the party said :
'Don't stal that engine. You had bet
ter get get it started and Te quick
about it.'
"Shapiro still hesitated and one of
tne party said: 'Go on, you fool; get
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ON THE CACTUS TRAIL
(Essanay)
FOR THE HONOR of THE NAME
(Pathe)
INTO THE JUNGLE
(Kalem)
THE RUBES EASTER AT AT
LANTIC CITY
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Confer and Long Will Do SOME
Singing.
CORRECTED PLANS MAILED BY
McBAIN TO CARNEGIE'S
SECRETARY
FEW MINOR CHANGES ARE MADE
Building Which Will Cost $12,500
Will Be Erected In Center Of
Seventh Street
Park
That work will be started on the
Carnegie Library by the first of Aug
ust is confidently believed by B. T.
McBain, who as a committee of one
has corresponded with the ironmaster
m regard to supplying the money.
The plans and specifications prepared
by E. E. McClaren, the Portland arch
itect .which were sent to Mr. Bert
ram, Mr. Carnegie's secretary, were
returned several days ago with a few
minor changes. Mr. McClaren has
made the changes, and Mr. McBain
Thursday forwarded the corrected
plans to Mr. Franks, Financial Secre
tary of Mr. Carnegie, who will pass
upon them in the absence of Mr. Bert
ram, who is' the guest of the ironmast
er at his home in Scotland.
Mr. McBain said ThursTTay night
that he expected the plans to be re
turned at once and the contract for
the work would be let as soon as pos
sible. The library, which will be lo
cated in the center of the Seventh
Street Park, will cost $12,500 which
has -been donated by Mr. Carnegie.
"The building will be completed as
soon as possible," said Mr. . McBain,
"and Oregon City will have one of
the nicest libraries for a city of its
size in the world. The suggestions
made by Mr. Bertram were good ones,
and we are delighted to make the
changes."
MAY ENTER
RACE FOR SENATE
It is said Senator Jonathan Bourne
has completed plans to enter the field
this Fall as an independent candidate
for re-election. An announcement is
expected before the end of the week.
Thomas McCusker who has been as
sociated with Senator Bouren in his
political activity, for several years,
said that while he had heard nothing
definite he would not be surprised to
see Mr. Bourne make an announce
ment at any time, inasmuch as he has
had the advisability of such a move
under consideration for some time
"I have urged Mr. Bourne to get
out as a candidate against Ben Selling
on the Republican ticket, Dr. Harry
Lane on the Democratic ticket and
Fred W. Mulkey on the third-party
ticket. My ideas have been" carried
by others, including many who voted
against Mr. Bourne at the primary
election.
"It is my opoinion that Mr. Bourne
could be elected. I base it not only
on my personal contact with public
opinions but from the expressions
which I have heard. Many persons
have come to me and said they had
voted against Mr. Bourne at the pri
mary election, but would support him
at the general election if he' were to
come out.
" I believe he would be iijstified in
appearing in the field as an independ
ent, because of the fact that - it has
been practically admitted that the cor
rupt practices act was violated by the
candidate who defeated him. I Delieve
that the people of Orego"n realize that,
one of the progressive !av t of the
state has been violated and will be
lieve that the only way to vindicate
such an act is by the re-election of
Bourne.
"I believe also that the entrance of
Mr. Mulkey as the candidate on the
third-party ticket will help Mr.
Bourne and make better his chanees
for re-election. I deem it necessary
to retain Mr. Bourne in his present
position because of his interst in the
parcels post act and his place on the
several important committees."
ON MAIN STREET
A horse belonging to Frank Walsh,
who has a lumber yard on Molalla
Avenue ran away on Main steet
Thursday. The animal ran down the
street and near the courthouse the
wagon collided with two others. The
rear wheels of the three ve"hicles were
torn off. None of thehorses was injured
The horse belonging to Mr. Walsh
caught one of its front feet in the
wheels of one of the wagons, and it
was sometime before it could be re
moved. - . "
SUPERINTENDENT TOOZE
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
F. J. TdTjze, Superintendent of the
Oregon City Schools, will deliver'an
address . tonight at an educational
meeting at Pleasant Home. Mr. Tooze
will speak on "Modern Factors in Ed
ucation." ....... '
Estate Filed For Probate
The estate of John Cottee, valued at
$1,600 has been filed for probate. Eliza
Dickinson has been named executrix.
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the. FOOD CONTENT Or
, HE. HAS FAT ENOUGH IN HIM TO
MAKE SIXTY CA.NDLES, AND
THRE.E CAKES OF SoAPI
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THERE'S ENOUGH HYDROGEN
TO PILL FIVE TOY BALLOONS
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REPORT OF RAILROAD
BEING SUED NOT TRUE
Grant B. Dimick, secretary of the
Clackamas Southern . Railroad, em
phatically denied a report Thursday
that the railroad had been sued by a
contractor for $35,000. The absurdity
of he report is apparent when it is
considered that only about $4,000 of
work has been done by a contractor,
the remainder of the work having
been done under the supervision of
the officers. Judge Dimick is of the
opinion that the report was circulat
ed by enemies of the company, who
are working in the interests of anoth
er line. The company has paid cash
for the grading and other work, and
the officers declare has no indebted
ness. ESTACADA FRUIT
ESTACADA, Or., July 18. At a
meeting of the new board of directors
the incorporation and organization of
the Estacada Fruit Growers' Associa
tion was perfected Tuesday evening at
the home of Jerome M. Shultz, of Gar
field. The association elected the fol
lowing officers: A. O. Whitcomb, pres
ident; A. W. Botkin first vice-president;
Thomas Yocum second vice
president; R. M. Standish secretary;
Jerome M. Schultz .treasurer.
The association is formed along the
same line as the Hood River Associa
tion. The directors appointed a com
mittee to arrange for the purchase of
a site for a packing and storage plant
in Estacada, on the new switch now
being installed by the Portland Rail
way, Light and Power Company.
COUNTY GETS RARE
BARGAIN IN WOOD
County Judge Beatie , Thursday
awarded the contract for supplying
sixty cords of wood for the courthouse
to W. S. Jubb, of Lawton Heights. The
wood is to be the best second growth
and the price will be $2.98 a cord.
There were nine bids, the lowest be
ing accepted. The -bids were examin
ed at a recent meeting of the court
and the other members .Thursday not
ified Judge Beatie that they favored
giving Mr. Jubb the contract. Judge
Beatie said the contract would he
signed Monday.. The court is being
congratulated on the bargain it ob-.
tained.
WPODSAW ABLAZE AT
TENTH AND MAIN
The wood saw of Chris Bluhm
caught fire at Tenth and Main streets
Thursday morning and the fire de
partment was called to extinguish the
blaze. The fire was caused by a de
fect in the gasoline engine.
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English Court of Inquiry on the Ti
tanic Disaster.
FINAL TRIBUTE IS
PAID ARTHUR DEUTE
The funeral of Arthur Deute, for
many years superintendent of the
Oregon Ciiy Woolen Mills, was held
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Rev. T. F.
Bowen, of Sellwood and Rev. C. W.
Robinson, rector of St. Paul's officiat
ing. The edifice was crowded with
friends of Mr. Deute. The interment
was in Mountain View cemetery. Mr.
Deute died at St. Vincent's Hospital
in Portland after an illness of several
weeks. He is survived by his widow
and two daughters. The. floral offer
ings were beautiful and profuse. The
Oregon City Woolen Mills were closed
Thursday' in respect to the memory
of Mr. Deute.
BASEBALL TO FINANCE
ESTACADA CAMPAIGN
ESTACADA, Or., July 17.-Partly foT
the campaign fund for Cascade Coun
ty, a division project on which the
voters are to pass at the coming elec
tion, business men of Estacada have
organized two ball teams, the Faty
and the Leans who are to ,lay Satur
day. Included in the lineup are some
prominent citizens. The fat conting
ent includes Mayor Reed, Banker, Jel
lison, A. E. Sparks, - William Under
wood, William Jayne, T. F. Murry, C.
W. Wisneh, R. P. Parker and G. Sut
terfield. Among the leans are L. E.
Belfils, Wafren Barr, Justice Bates,
John Tracey, J. R. McCurdy, A. G. Am
es , L. S. LaHatt, R. M.v Standish, John
Osborne and A. R. Hawkins.
Couple Gets License
A license to marry was issued
Thursday to Laverna Parks and Peder
Petterson and Ella Hederman and Al
bert Ridderbusch." ' "
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gasolene ?
HONEY FOR PUBLICITY
WORK TO BE ASKED
The Publicity Committee of the
Commercial Club will today make its
final canvass for subscriptions to con
duct the publicity work for the year.
The committee has obtained sub
scriptions aggregating a sum of $250
a month for one year but at least $50
more a month is desired. This will
be the largest sum the department has
had at its ditposal since the first
year when $4,000 was subscribed. The
department has done a fine work in
exploiting the resources of the city
and county and the merchants aid
others are expected to respond liber
ally. HORSE, FRIGHTENED,
TAKES FATAL DIVE
A horse belonging to W. C. Buckner
S of Mount Pleasant, was killed Wednes-
' day afternoon near Canemah, the. an
imal becoming frightened at a train
and falling over a steep embankment,
. Mr. Buckner valued his horse at $250,
j The animal was with another horse
i hitched to a wagon that was being us
ed for hauling dirt on the roadway,
and breaking loose from the other
horse made the plunge to its death.
COMPANY L GOES
TO CAMP TOMORROW
Company L, Third Infantry, will
leave Oregon City Saturday morning
at 10:30 o'clock by special train for
Montesano, Wash., where ten days
will be spent in camp. There will be
about fifty men take the trip. The
officers are Lowell Blanchard, captain
W. R. Logus, first Lieutenant; Perry
Barnes, second lieutenant; Buglers,
Carl Waling and O. R. Terrill.
OAK GROVE IMPERILED
BY FIRE IN STORE
A destructive fire which originated
from an unknown cause, for a time
threatened the entire village of Oak
Grove Station Thursday morning. The
grocery and feed store of H. E. Wern
er, in which the fire started, and the
two frame buildings it occupied, were
completely destroyed. The stock in
voiced $4200, and the buildings were
valued at about $3000. They were
owned by Paul Wessinger.
The oil house was only 10 feet from
the blazing buildings, and citizens, af-
er mucn difficulty, succeeded in get
ting a 100-gallon tank of gasoline out
and .rolled it to a safe place. The
trouble crew of the electric line had
to be called out to sate the high-power
wires of the company, which run
along the street next to the burned
stores.
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OLD SOLDIERS HEAR FRED EMER
SON BROOKS GIVE "PICKETT'S
CHARGE"
JOHN MITCHELL VISITS CHAUTAUQUA
Rev. Father J. M. Cleary Delivers
Masterly Address on "American '
Citizenship" Clackamas
Given Game
When Fred Emerson Brooks recit
ed his iamous "Pickett's .Charge at
Gettysburg" Thursday afternoon in
the Chautauqua auditorium, the pat
riotism of 200 gray-haired veterans
and 2000 others was. intensely stirred
It was patriotic day at Chautauqua and
the Civil war heroes, many of whom
had faced Pickett at the historic bat -
tleground, occupied the first four rows
of the large auditorium. Mr. Brooks'
'Pickett's Charge" came as the cli
max to a patriotic afternoon with the
California poet- lecturer, and immed
iately after stepping down from the
platform, he was besieged by dozens
of the old soldiers who extended their
trembling hands, and eagerly related
to the speaker of the afternoon, their
own part during the famous charge.
Mr. Brooks gave his farewell recital,
having made his first appearance at
the Chautauqua Tuesday afternoon.
He is a genius, his entertainment con
sisting of a masterly reading of origi
nal poems interspersed with clever
bits of humor and philosophy.
At 11 a. m. the old soldiers headed
by John Kelly one of the few drum
mer boys surviving in this vicinity,
marched into the grounds in a body
and filed into the auditorium to hear
D. E. H. Todd .vice-president of Wil
lamette University who addressed a
morning audience of about 1000 per
sons. His talk on "The Patriotic
Citizen" was appropriate for the day
and was the drawing card for a re
union of many students and alumni
from his University who enjoyed a
good old fashioned "get-together" pic
nic following Dr. Todd's address. His
talk was an analysis of the patriotic
spirit in this country and was well re
ceived. A feature of the morning
hour was the excellent reading of plat
form Manager Jones, "Why I wear
this Badge."
Again in the evening the spirit of
patriotism teemed. Of unusual inter
est was the talk of Rev. Father J. M.
Cleary, a Catholic Priest of Minneap
olis who has opened the eyes of Prot
estants and Catholics alike in his
broad labors for his fellowmen. His
masterly address was on "American
Citizenship," and the faithful old sol
diers were again in the front ranks of
the big auditorium audience. Rev.
Cleary is a man of broad scholarship,
large ability wide sympathies and ear
nest convictions and the general ver
dict was that his talk was one of the
treats of the present session.
The official program might well have
read "automobile day' for yesterday,
for never before in the history of old
Gladstone Park, have so many autos
been in the park. They came from
Portland and Oregon City by the
scores and kept up a continual proces
sion in and out of the" auto road lead
ing into the grounds. Most of the
antoists brought their lunch baskets
and the evening "feed" in the ma
chines was one of the picturesque
touches of the day.
John Mitchell .vice-president of the
American Federation of Labor, called
at the park Thursday afternoon, mak
ing, final arrangements with the man1
agement for his appearance Saturday
afternoon when a large delegation of
Portland Labor men will run a special
excursion to Gladstone Park to hear
America's foremost labor leader. Mr.
Mitchell is making a great success of
Chautauqua work and though engross
ed in a network of other affairs of na
tional importance, finds a cheery word
and a wholesome smile for everybody
Until a few years ago John Mitchell
was a simple coal miner, but his earn
est labors for the cause of the labor
ing man, coupled with a wonderfully
dynamic personality, a sympathetic
understanding of the labor problems
in America, and unequalled ability for
his chosen work, soon lifted him to
the front rank of America's labor lead
ers. C. O. Young, general organizer
of the American Federation of Labor
in Oregon, will introduce Mr. Mitchell
Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Spurgeon, the English minister,
whose work has been one, of the as
sembly's features is the speaker for
this afternoon. The well-known Brit
isher will give his famous lecture "Ad
vice to Married People and Those
About to be Married." From the Eng
lish standpoint, Dr. Epurgeon's views
have proven most interesting to the
chautauqua patrons and today's talk,
which is humorous in its nature, will
probably be heard by 3000 or 4000 per
sons, as the jolly English doctor has
made hundreds of friends during his
visit to the chautauqua. Professor Lee
Emerson Bassett will give his reading
of Shakespear's "Hamlet" for the eve
ning entertainment, the Stanford pro
fessor impersonating all the charact
ers of the famous masterpiece. This
will be the climax of the 'Shakespeare
Year' which many Portland Club wo
men on the grounds have seen fit to
call the present session of the chau
tauqua. The program for Friday fol
lows: 8:00 Chautauqua Summer school.
11:00 Chautauqua Forum. S. Piatt
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PLAN OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO
CROSS AT NEW ERA TO
BE COMBATTED
MEETING IS CALLED FOR TUESDAY
Hill Engineers Survey Roate For Ore
gon Electric Near River
Final Report Is Not
Made
A meeting of the. Commercial Club .
to protest agtnst the progbsed plan
of the ; .. Southern Pacific - to
change its route so as take Oregon
City from thenain line has been
called by President McBain for next
Tuesday evening. It is probable that
a committee will be namedto confer
with the railroad officials in an effort
to induce them to reconsider the mat
ter. The business mien of the city.
believe that the changing of the route
of the through trains to the west side
would be a severe blow to the city and
the Commercial Club will do every
thing in its power to prevent iC" The
company plans segregating the electric
lines'and steam lines. A Bridge will
he constructed at New Era and rcv
cording to present plans trains north
bound will cross over it from the
East Side to the West side, and then
recross the river over the Oswego cut
off bridge, entering Portland as now
from the east side over the steel
bridge.
. A rumor that the government has
not decided definitely to build the
west side locks became of trouble re
garding a title also will be considered
by the club. This is a matter of vit
al importance and all members are
urged to be present. , The locks will
involve an expenditure of $750,000 and
it is desired that the work be started
as soon as possible.
" Hill engineers are busily engaged
in running lines for the new route of
the Oregon Electric north of Oregon
City for the purpose of cutting ofT
about 2i miles on the main line and
eliminating a heavy adverse grade.
The surveyors are getting their work
rounded into shape so they will be
able to make an early final report up
on which President Young may de
termine whether the proposed change
is practicable from the standpoint of
economy and operation.
As projected, the new route will
cling closely to the meander line of
the Willamette River, and will ob
viate the strenuous pull over the "hag
back" south of Portland. The new line
will leave -the present main line at a
point near the end of the Macadam
road, and will run southward to a
point near Tualatin, where it will re
join the present main line.
Serious engineering difficulties, ow
ing to the natural formation of the
country through which the. line passes
have been encountered, and the pro
posed cut-off will be an expensive one
which only a heavy increase in busi
ness would justify. The compensat
ing features, however, are increased
speed for the through passenger ser
vice, a more direct route, and a much
easier grade for handling freight and
express business.
With a water grade and a redaction
of two and one-half miles the Oregon
Electric will be able to cut its run
ning time down fully half an hour,
which will be a big factor in view of
the wonderful development which the
Oregon Electric territory is passing
through. The company officials hold
that with business increasing at its
present rate it is only a matter of
time before such an improvement will
become absolutely indispensable. That
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No prizes will be given
away this Friday.