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VOL. Ill No. 179
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1912
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ENTFB
SE
OPENING OF CANAL
MAY BE DELAYED
PRESIDENT TAFT SAYS ATTI
TUDE OF CONGRESS IS NOT
ENCOURAGING
ENGINEERS CAN FINISH WORK SOON
Question Of Tolls Is Causing Much
Trouble And It Is Feared
Will Not Be Settled In
Time For Opening
WASHINGTON, July 31. Unless
Congress at this session provides for
the operation of the Panama Canal,
President Taft and Secretary Stimson
believe it will be virtually impossible
for the Army engineers to keep their
promise to open the big ditch to the
ships of the world next year.
According to information brought to
the White House today, the prospect
of action at this session is growing
dimmer.
Mr. Stimson was understood to be-1
lieve there is llttie contention over the
proposed administration and opera
tion of the canal, but the questions of
tolls and of railroad-owned steam
ships have stirred up controversy in
both Houses and today neither the
President nor his Secretary of War 't
was hopeful of settling it.
The Panama bill was put aside
again in the Senate today after Sen
ator Brandegee, who is guiding it, said
that adjournment probably would be
hastened if it were considered in the
Senate while the Postoffice bill was
in conference, but the only ray of com
fort that frittered through to the
White House was the news that Rep
resentative Adamason, of Georgia,
chairman of the House committee on
interstate commerce, was considering
the introduction of a joint resolution
providing for the machinery of -administration
and operation of the ca
nal. Mr. Adamson was understood to
be ready to bring in such a resolution
whenever it becomes apparent there
is no chance for a compromise.
President Taft was much concern
ed today over the prospect of a de
lay in the opening of the canal.
In many speeches he has predicted
that the Atlantic and the Pacific
would be joined at Panama in 1913,
and at one time the President believ
ed he would be able to steam through
the canal on the old battleship Ore
gon, when the formal opening was
celebrated, during his present term in
the White House.
When he broke ground at San Fran
cisco last October for the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, he practically prom
ised the people of the coast to have
the canal ready next year; spoke of
the Oregon as the ship that should
first cleave its waters and made it
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ufec Lilt; LIiJ uegau.
So far the President has
refused
to write a special message to Con
gress on the subject of the canal.
It was said tonight , however,
might send in a special message.
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REBEL MEXICAN LEADER
SPURNS U. S. GOVERNMENT
JTJAREZ, Mex., July 31. General
Pascual Orozco. comanrler-in-chiof nT
the Mexican rebels, late today coolly j
declared that he did not recognize the
United States Government. He made
the remark to Thomas Edwards, Am
erican Consul here, who called a the
rebel leader's quarters to deliver a
message from Secretary of State
Knox.
The message from Washington con
cerned the treatment of the American
settlers in Northern Mexico by the
rebels, growing out of the disarming
of the Mormon colonists last week.
General Orozco told General Ed
wards that he did not regard the Am
erican as a representative of the Unit
ed States, which Government, Orozco
said, he did not recognize. However,
he was glad to see Mr. Edwards, he
said, and to receive him as an Amer
ican citizen. Orozco accepted the
message from the American Consul
without further comment. Edwards
then left the room.
3 KILLED IN WRECK
PUEBLO, Colo., July 31. The death
list in the wreck of the Chicago-bound
Rock Island train here last night was
increased to three today, when in
vestigation was made by the wreck
ing crews.
the bodies have not been recovered
from the Fountain River.
James Duncan, the colored porter,
reported as among the dead,, was res
cued this morning after being pinned
in one of the cars for about 10 hours,
when he managed to crawl to the top
of it.
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COLUMBUS MEMORIAL. This mon ument recently unveiled, is on the Pla
za, directly In front of the main e ntrance of Union Station, Washing
ton... It is of pure white marble, and cost $70,000.
TRAPPED
ON SPAN
HE FALLSTO DEATH
CHINAMAN CLINGS DESPERATE
LY TO TIE AS TRAIN PASSES
OVER HIM
FRIENDS WITNESS FATAL PLUNGE
Hop Yard Worker Had Been Warned
By Brakeman Of Danger
Skull Crushed And
Leg Broken
Joe Gee, a Chinaman, was instant
ly killed in a fall from a trestle, which
is the aproach to the bridge that
crosses the Clackamas River, near
Wilson ville, Tuesday night. The man
had walked several hundred feet on
the trestle when he wasstartled by a
train approaching from the rear. He
did not have time to cross to the oth
er side of the river and he could not
go back. Several men beneath real
ized the Celestial's predicament. Sud-
denly Gee lowered himself at the end
of. a tie clinging to the timber des
perately. The train rattled over him
and about half of it had passed when
he released his hold and fell sixty-five
feet, his head striking a timber during
the descent. His skull was crushed,
and his left leg was broken. Death
was instantaneous.
Gee was employed at the hop yard
of A. C. Muecke, and Oh Kee, superin
tendent of the yard, was one of the
witnesses of the fatal plunge. A
freight train passed just before Ge
started to cross the trestle and a brake
man warned him that there was an
other train close behind. The China
man, however, paid no attention to
the warning. It is said that he had
been drinking. He evidently was un
familiar with the trestle for it is said
he could have saved himself by climb
ing to supporting timbers. Coroner
Wilson viewed the body Wednesday
night and had it brought to this city.
Gee ha3 wealthy relatives in Portland
who will come for the body today. The
man was sixty-five years of age and
had been in this country man years.
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WHEN TOSSED IN CREEK
SATSKILL, N. Y., July 31. That
I Miss Dorcas J. Snodgrass, the Mount
Vernon nurse, whose body was found
in Catskill creek, after she had been
mysteriously missing for several days
may have been the victim of foul
play, was indicated here today in a
report returned by Dr. Rooney of Al-
j bany, who made a post mortem exam-
ination.
Although Dr. Rooney admits that
1 death was due to drowning, he main
! tains that the shallowness of the wa-
ter in which the body was found
proves that Miss Snodgrass was un
conscious and inert when placed in
the creek.
i District Attorney Wilbur ordered a
i thorough investigation of the case to-
day and startlin5 developments are
expected. The body was sent to Mount
Vernon today for burial.
Miss Snodgrass disappeared from
her home on the day she was to leave
for Oakland, Cal., where her brother-in-law
is superintendent of construc
tion of a trolley line.
INDIAN ATHLETE
PRAISED BY TAFT
WASHINGTON, July 31. Warm
praise of James Thorpe, the Carlisle
Indian who rolled up more individual
points than any other athlete at the
Stockholm Olympiad, is expressed by
President Taft in a letter to Thorpe.
The letter, made public today, says:
"I have much pleasure in congratulat
ing you on account of your note
worthy victory at the Olympic games
in Stockholm. Your performance was
one of which you may well be proud.
"You have set a high standard of
physical development which is only
attained by right living and right
thinking, and your victory will serve
as an incentive to .all to improve
those fine qaulities which characterize
the best type" of American citizen.
"It is my earnest wish that the fu
ture will bring you success in your
chosen field of endeavor."
I y PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUGALLv
THE SHELL WAS FIFTY YEARS OLD BUT PERFfCTCyOOOLTi
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ALL RI&HT, J 1 1L SOON SEE HE GUESSES ITS
Cyrus Powell, the feal estate deaf
er, who engaged in an altercation with
S. Stewart, also in the real estate
business, on Main street near Sixth
Tuesday, is suffering from a bruised
and sprained leg. Mr. Powell said
Wednesday that the attack was un
provoked, and he would see the case
to a finish.
"He first poked me In the ribs," said i
Mr. Powell, "and then pushed me into
the street. My leg was injured when
I fell. 1 didn't mind his striking me
on the nose, but he pushed me when
I least expected it.'
Stewart was out of the city Wednes
day, and Recorder Stip postponed the
hearing until 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Warrants for disturbing the peace
were served on both men.
WEST AUTHORIZES
TRIAL OF GUARDSMEN
PORTLAND, July 23, (Special.)
Adjutant General W. E. Finzer, of
the Oregon National Guard today re-.-eivp(?.
the authorization of the gover
nor for holding a courtmartial to try
Major R O. Scott, Captains. H. E. Wil
liams and Walter L. To j and L'e u
icnai.t R:chard Deich and H C. Bruai-L:-iiu!:
Eiid statel il.nt (?e v ill app'at
l ho o:Ti rs of th court as soon 'is
the charges are formally placed in his
hands.
The courtmartial will include not
less than five officers. Under the a
tides of war, the court must be named
within 30 days after the offense charg
ed, and the trial must be within a
'reasonable time," wiich is usually
fixed at 30 days aft?r the chargesare
formally made.
O 'filers of the Oregon national
guarl are now preparing the charges,
which tiobably.will be signed by Col-c:ii-1
Poorman. Nj court, of inquiry
will be convened, Geieial Finzer ex
p.'.i'i 'si that this is not necessary in
a i'asf- where the incident is so open
and testimony so abumiaitl as in the
present case.
."Never before has such an incident
as this taken place among Oregon
troops," said General Finzer. "It is
much more serious than the officers
may have supposed. It tends to bring
discredit upon the Oregon military or
ganization, and calls for immediate
attention. The articles! of war were
not framed for fun.
"As soon as the officers "engaged in
preparing the charges submit them to
me the courtmartial will be appointed,
and it will probably sit in about 10
days. There were many witnesses to
the conduct of the officers accused,
and there will be no necessity for
calling General Maus. The language
addressed to him, alleged to be in
sulting and subversive of discipline,
was heard by many."
A representative of General Maus
has reported to General Finzer the
conduct of the five officers. With this
statement the direct connection of
General Maus with the affair is said
to be closed. He will take no part
in the prosecution of the charges.
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COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EWINO. WASH
Representative J. Hampton Moore, of
Pennsylvania. Foremost advocate
of the inland waterway projects
which the Government is consider
ing. ESTATE OF WOMAN VICTIM
OF TRAIN GETS $500
" County Judge Beatie Wednesday ap
pointed Harry F. Gordon administrat
or of the estate of Mrs- W. J. Gordoa
who was killed by a train near ner
home in Canby several months ago.
The Southern Pacific Railway Comp
any allowed the estate $500.
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The Publicity Committee of thte
Commercial Club of Oregon City is
continuing its good work. While the
protest against County Division has
been regularly filed, the committee of
business men is not resting on its
oars, by any means. The plan now
is to raise a fund of at least $5,000
for this purpose alone and from the
work already done, there seems no
doubt that this amount will be obtain
ed. The committee insists the coun
ty is in no position for division; that
there is only enough income for one
management; that the officials are
capable men and that the majority of
the residents of the country are
against the plan. The committee ar
gues that more political jobs are not
needed, and with the Publicity Com
mittee at the head of the fight to
gether with funds with which to
fight the voters of the state will be
fully informed of the situation. Only
a misunderstanding on the part of the
voters at large, it is declared, can de
feat the anti-division movement and
it is not the intent of the committee
in charge that such shall be the case.
WIFE, SUINC, SAYS
HUSBAND STRUCK HER
Rose MajewBki, of Portland, Wed
nesday filed suit for a divorce against
Martin Majewski, chaiging cruel
treatment. The plaintiff alleges that
her husband struck her July 18, 1912.
She says she had to work two years
in order to earn her own living. They
were married in Vancouver, Wash.,
November 2, 1905.
Alleging that her husband deserted
her August 9, 1910, Auda Stone filed
suit for divorce against Kelse Stone.
They were married in Portland May
17, 1908.
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A tragedy occurred a few days ago
in the yard of John Lewthwaite, sup
erintendent of the Willamette Pulp
& Paper Company. A squirrel ate a
youn robin. The squirrel's life had
been saved seevral times by the family
of Mr. Lewthwaite from the cat "Pet
er," and had been give the name of
"Theodosius," having become a pet of
the household. A few days ago sev
eral robins were hatched in a
nest a few feet from the veranda, and
careful watch had been taken that
the cat should not molest the young
birds. To the horror of one of the
young women "Theodosius" Monday
afternoon climbed the tree seized one
of the robins and disappeared. The
young woman gave chase, but her ef
forts were in vain for the bird and
squirrel did not appear again. "Theo
dosius" will be given a cool . recep
tion when he appears again.
CROSSING BEING
WIDENED BY 1 1
SOUTHERN PACIFIC KEEPS PROM-
-XISE TO REMOVE DANGER
NEAR GLADSTONE
CHIEF ENGINEER INSPECTED PLACE
Improvement Result Of Efforts Of
Clackamas County Automobile
Club And County
Court
The work of filling and widening
the County road at the dangerous rail
road crossing between Oregon City
and Gladstone was commenced Wed
nesday by the Southern Pacific work
trains being on the site with many
cars of gravel. It is the company's
intenetion to make the road twenty
five feet wider at this point, recogniz
ing that through its error when the
track was elevated many serious ac
cidents have occurred and that it is
not now too late to make amends.
Chief Engineer Blood visited, the site
three weeks ago with County Judge
Beatie, M. D. Latourette, Charles
Risley, and other members of the
Clackamas County Automobile Club,
and a representative of this paper,
promising at that 'time to commence
the work at the earliest possible date.
With this dangerous crosing elimi
nated, those using the County roads
between the points mentioned can feel
more secure from accident. At the
same time,' further improvement
should be made in the nature of cross
ing signs and automatic bells notify
ing travelers of approaching trains.
The railway company expects to
complete the work in a few days. The
crossing was the most dangerous in
Clackamas county.
GOV. WILSON DENIES
NEW YORK CLUB STORY
- SEA GIRT, N. J., July 31. -Governor
Woodrow Wilson, Democratic pres
dential nominee, today ridiculed re
ports that he had applied for mem
bership in the Manhattan club of New
York city, and withdrew his name
when he learned that friend of James
Smith Jr. planned to blacklist his ap
plication. Wilson denied that he had
applied for membership.
Smith and Wilson are bitter politi
cal enemies, Smith never having for
given Wilson for his efforts in behalf
of Senator Martine when Smith was a
candidate for the senatorial nomina
tion. Smith attributed his defeat to
Wilson's activities.
It is reported here today that Gov
ernor Wilson favors two vice" chair
man of the national Democratic com
mittee, and that William McAdoo of
New York and Senator Gore of Ok
lahoma would be named. All arrange
ments were completed today for the
ceremonies to be conducted when
Governor Wilson is officially notified
of his nomination by the Democratic
convention.
'UNCLE JOE" MAY ATTEND
CEREMONY WITHOUT COAT
WASHINGTON, July 31 "Uncle
Joe" Cannon, wearing a thin pongee
silk suit and a gray hat, hurried out
of the White House executive offices
today after a few minutes conversa
tion with Assistant Secretary Forsfer.
"I just came to find out if I had to
wear my Prince Albert at the notifica
tion ceremonies tomorrow," said the
former speaker.
"They told me it would be entirely
informal; that I could come in my
shirtsleeves if I wanted to."
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Oregon City
5:
GARY TO CANVASS
HIGH SCHOOL VOTE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT ASK
ED FOR AN OPINION IN
RECENT ELECTION
CONTROVERSY NOT NEAR SETTLEMENT
Residents Who Advocated Establish
ment Of School Favor Prop
osition To Call Another
Election
The controversy regarding the es
tablishment of a high school in Glad
stone has been appealed to County
School Superintendent Gary, who will
canvass the vote of the recent election
and probably render a decision Sat
urday. The board of directors has
decided that the vote was against the
city having a high school or furnish
ing high school instruction to its pu
pils elsewhere. Heretofore the city
has provided transportation and paid
tuition for high school pupils in Ore
gon City.
Voters who favored establishing a
high school in Gladstone, say in case
the final decision is against the prop
asition, they will immediately ask for
another election. They feel confi-
desire a high school in the city, and
in substantiation of their contention
point to a vote of 46 to 40 at the re
cent election favoring the proposition.
This vote, however, was not consider
ed valid' by the directors, because the
first proposition, which provided for
the furnishing of four years' high
school instruction, either in Gladstone
or Oregon City was defeated. It is
contended that the second proposition
although carried, was contingent up
on the first which was defeated. The
residents favoring a high school say
they misunderstood the ballot, and at
least 20 did not vote on the first ques
tion. In case the final decision is against
the establishment of a high school and
an election is not called to vote di
rectly upon that question again, an
election may be held to determine
whether a tax shall be levied to pro
vide for high school instruction in
Oregon City.
Another election to vote on the
same proposition may be held if one
third of the voters petition for it, or
if the school directors think the sent
iment of the voters is for an election.
TO HONOR MEMORY
OE CAREY JOHNSON
Services in honor of the memory of
the late Carey Johnson, who died in
Portland, will be held at the Baptist
church in this city Thursday evening.
Mr. Johnson practiced law in Oregon
City many years and was a member
of the church fifty-eight years. Ad
dresses will be made by Rev. S. P.
Davis, who was pastor of the church
for several years while Mr. Johnson
was a member, and H. E. Cross and
D. C. I,atourette, lawyers who were
closely associated with Mr. Johnson.
The services will be held in connec
tion with the usual prayer-meeting
services.
CHESTER ELLIOTT SELLS
AUTO ESTABLISHMENT
Chester Elliott has sold his automo
bile establishment to Henry Hughes
of eBaver Creek, and a Portland man.
The place will be operated as usual.
Mr. E'liott. will continue his residence
in this city.
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