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S$3vSS3S3SS3$$$S S THE WEATHER. Q $ Oregon City Fair; northwest- $ S erly winds. S $ Oregon Generally fair today; S S northwesterly winds. S &SS$S3SS8S$4 VOL. Ill No. 180 BURNING SHIP IS SAVED BY CREW DECKS DRENCHED WITH OIL, WOODEN VESSEL SOON EN VELOPED IN FLAMES GIRLS ARE RESCUED BY STEWARD Crew, After Battle Of More Than Two Hours With Fire, Wins Two Men Are Ser iously Injured EUREKA, Cal., Aug. 1. Aflame from her bed plates to her cabins, dripping with oil, and severed from the world by the failure of her wire less, the North Pacific Steamship Com pany's vessel F. A. Kilburn was sav ed from destruction last night by the heroic efforts of her crew. Two girls narrowly escaped suffo cation. An oiler fell and sustained a broken leg. The chief engineer, E. G. Clough, and Sidney Ashton, the stew ard, who rescued the two girls, fell heavily on the oil-drenched decks, and were badly bruised. The fire, which was .discovered in the engine room ot the steamer at 11 o'clock last night, while 25 miles south of Point Arena, burned fiercely for two hours. The vessel arrived here at 1 o'clock this afternoon six hours late, with holes chopped through the floors of the staterooms along the port side and Several rooms on the upper deck gutted. Dr. G. L. Hogan, of Los Angeles, dis covered the flames shooting up the engine-room shaft clear to the top deck. Captain McLellan was notified and an alarm sounded. Several S. O. S. calls were sent out by Operator J. F. Murray, but before they were ans wered his wireless room caught fire and the instruments failed. For more than two hours six streams of water were played into the engine-room and down the shaft. To add to the confusion, oil was pumped from the ranks to prevent an explo sion,, through nozzles, on the upper deck, drenching many as they escap ed from their staterooms. The flames raced up the engine-room ventilating shaft to the state rooms on the upper deck, as through a chimney. Stifling, greasy, black smoke filled the corridors. To add to the confusion, the oil tanks were emp tied as best they could be, and, as the frightened passengers scurried out of their staterooms, they were drenched with streams of distillate. The ship was rolling heavily, and the drenched decks, swimming in oil, were like greased slides. Sailors and passengers floundered about in the; darkness and smoke, slipping and fall ing at every lift and dip. To get water into the engine-room holes were chopped through the port statel-oom walls and, after two hours of hard work, the crew won the up per hand. Early this morning the fire was out. The F. A. Kilburn is a wooden ship She was burned to the water lines about two years ago while lying at the Oakland wharf. BRYCE REPORT DENIED LONDON, Aug. 1 While it is prac tically certain that the British Prime Minister will not visit Canda, Winston Spencer Churchill. First Lord of the Admiralty, according to the Daily, Telegraph, is considering an invitation and is likely to go to Canada in the Autumn. The Telegraph denies the report that James Bryce, British Ambassador to the United States, will not reutrn to Washington. If it happened it is In the Enter prise. Vaudeville at The SEE THE Romig Twins those dainty little singers and dancers The picture program is also exceptionally good. , NO. 1. ON THE BRINK OF THE CHASM A peach of an Indian picture. Pathe Western NO. 2. SAVED BY TELEPHONE (Kalem Drama) NO. 3. HIS MASTERPIECE or THE TRAGEDY OF OLD AGE (Selig) NO. 4. PA TRUBELL'S TROUBLES (Essanay Comedy) OR Q Li TAFT, NOTIFIED, SCORES COLONEL PRESIDENT MAKES BIG POINT OF ROOSEVELT SEEKING THIRD TERM ROOT LABELS NOMINATION 0, K. Party Is Lauded By Nominee, And Sen ator Declares That Convention Was Strictly On "The Square" WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. In a brief and clear-cut speech by Senator Elihu Root of New York, President Taf t was formally notified today that he had re ceived the Republican nomination for the presidency at the recent national convention in Chicago. Today's ceremony was held in the east room of the White House. Presi dent Taft originally intended to speak from, the south portico of the White House, but changed the plan on ac count of the possibility of inclement weather. The notification committee was com posed of one representative for each state. At 11 o'clock the party marsh ed from the executive offices to the ball room, where they were met by President and Mrs. Taft. Charles Taft,' the president's son, was the on ly other member of the family pres ent. Just before the ceremonies be gan, President Taft and Senator Root were photographed together. More than 1000 guests were'-group-ed informally about the east room. Following the ceremony a reception and buffet luncheon was held. Root laid particular stress on the claim that Taft's title to the nomina tion was as "clear and unimpeachable as the title of any candidate of any party since political conventions be gan." Referring to the Roosevelt bolt, Root said: "For the second time in the history of the Republican party, part ot the delegates refused to be bound by the action of the convention. The reason assigned for this course of dissatisfac tion with the decisiion of certain con tests in making up the temporary roll of the convention. Those contests were decided by that tribunal upon which the law that hf3 governed the Republican party for more than 40 years, imposed the duty of deciding such contests. "So long as those decisions were made honestly and in good faith, all persons are bound to accept them as conclusive in making up a temporary roll of the convention. Neither in the facts nor in the arguments produced before the national committee, the committee on credentials, the conven tion itself, nor otherwise does there appear just ground for impeaching the honesty and good faith of the com mittee's decision., "You believe in a rule of .law rather than a rule of men, and realize that the only safety of nations and indi viduals is to establish and abide by declared principles. . You are in sym pathy with the great practical rules for the right conduct of the Amer ican people, set up for guidance and self restraint in constitutional limita tions. You knew that to sweep away these wise rules of self restraint, would not' he progress but decadence. President Taft's speech of accept ance was in part as follows: I accept the nomination you tender with profound gratitude to the Repub lican party which has thus honored me twice. I accept it as approval of what I have done under its njandate and as an expression of confidenco that in a second administration I will serve the public well. "The issue presented at the conven tion over which your chairman presid ed with such a just ajid even hand, made a crisis in the life of the party. A faction sought to force the party to violate a valuable and time-honored national tradition by entrusting the power of the presidency for more than two terms to one man, a man whose recently avowed political views would have committed the party to radical proposals involving . dangerous changes in the present constitutional form of government and our independ ent judiciary. This occasion is ap propriate for an expression of pro found gratitude at the victory for right won in Chicago. By that vic tory the party was saved for further usefulness. 1 "It has been the party through which essentially all progress and de velopment in our country's history in the last fifty years has been finally ef fected. The party has. been alive to modern changes in the duty of a gov ernment toward the people. Time was when the least government was thought the best, and that policy which left all to the individual unmo lested and unaided by government was deemed the wisest. Now the duty of the government by positive ,Iaw to further equality of opportunity in re spect of the weaker classes in their dealings with the stronger, and more powerful is clearly recognized. "It has been suggested that undei the constitution such tendecy to so called paternalism is impossible. Nothing is further from the fact. The power of the federal government to tax and expend for the general wll fare has long been exercised and the admiration felt for the constitution, is increased when we perceive how readily that instrument lends itself to wider government functions in prro- gmotion of the comfort of the people." mm WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED IS66 OREGON" CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1912 v PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUGALL -V IT COSTS JUST SIX DOLLARS TO WASH YS; 'sn .i?JJ )&- h I , Grv CV r.,( CONTRACT FOR PAVING AD IS LEI The City Council of Milwaukie has let the contract for paving the Foster road to the Rockelite Contracting Company of Portland, for $17,138. The improvement consists of macadamiz ing the street Main to the Oatfield road, a distance of three-quarters oi a mile, with a strip sixteen feet wide in the center of Rockelite hard-surface constructing concrete gutters and curb and concrete sidewalks on both sides of the street. The water company has been authorized to lay a four-inch water main on the street while the improvement is being made. The Fos ter road is one of the most import ant and heaviest traveled roads leading out of Milwaukie to the southeast, muddy in Winter and dusty in Sum mer. At the meeting of the Council in August proceedings will be started for improving Front street with macadam and hard-surface crushed rock to be used on fills and hard-surface on solid portions through Milwaukie. It will be improved seventy feet wide. PORTLAND TEACHER BUILDS HOMES HERE Miss Daisy Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Larsen, of this city, wJao is a teacher in the Portland pub lic schools, recently purchased half a block near the Oregon City high school and is having a handsome resi dence erected. The house is modern throughout, and is to be beautiful by having an attractive veranda fronting it overlooking Eleventh street. The house commands one of the finest views in the city, the lights of Port land being plainly visible while the view for miles is beautiful. Miss Lar sen is contemplating building other houses. The contract for the build ing was awarded to- Mr. Cox, of this city. CAREY JOHNSON'S MEMORY HONORED Services in honor of the memory of the late Carey Johnson were held Thursday night at the First Baptist Church, the pastor, Rev. Milliken, pre siding. A resolution expressing the grief of the congregation over the loss of Mr. Johnson, formerly a member of the church, was adopted. Rev. S. P. Davis, formerly pastor of the church, told of the work of Mr. John son, and addresses were made by Hon. Harvey E. Cross, Deacon Wilkinson, of the Congregational Church, and D. C. Latourette. Mr. Johnson was a member of the church fifty-eigth years The services were held in connectidn with the usual prayer meeting servic es. There was a large attendance. ENTE 4 . T . if ' J&T H v COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EW1NG WASH Senator Elihu Root, of New York, who notified President Taft of his Nomination. CANBY MASONS TO HAVE $12,500 HOME The Canby Masonic Lodge has ar ranged to erect a two story building at a cost of $12,500. Work on the structure will be started at once. The building will be erected on the site of the branch store of Huntley Bros. Company. The lodge has authorized a bond issue of $12,500 to pay for the home." It is planned to use the upper floor as a lodge room and to rent the lower floor for business purposes . NEBRASKA?! LIS LAND HERE BEST Edward Bain, of Omaha, Neb., after spending two days in the vicinity of Oregon City has about decided to lo cate here. Mr. Bain, several months ago, decided that he would move to the Pacific Coast, and after a trip extending from Omaha to Minneap olis and south to the Gulf of Mexico and through California and the Wil lamette Valley, informed. one of the local real estate men, that during his entire journey he had found no farm land that appealed to him such as that at Maple Lane, Mount Pleasant and Twilight. He visited Hood River be fore coming here. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN ASKED BY FATHER William Lillie Thursday filed a pe tition in the county court asking the custody of his children, Hazel Lillie, fifteen years of age, and Donald Lillie ten years of age. They are now in the custody of Cornelia Lillia, who plaintiff alleges, is not a fit person to have them. Arthur A. Schneider pe titioned the-court to have Iner Ellif son, a minor, given a hearing on a charge of being incorrigible. if 4 "8 HP A U.S.5ENAT0R ! I WONDER -A WHAT I I WHITEWASH fj I would cost" ? EHOLD THE L1LL1ES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. The advertising manager of the Morning Enterprise would like to re late a little story, and while it is a little story, it has a big answer. It tells in concrete form just what ad vertising does. Two or three days ago an article was published in this paper regarding a water spaniel being in the pound. It was explained that E. L. Shaw would give the dog to any one who applied for it and paid tne pound costs and license fee. Mr. Shaw informs the Morning Enterprise that at least thirty persons made ap plication for the spaniel, but inas much as Sheriff Mass was the first to apply, he obtained the dog. That lit tle article was not a paid advertise ment. It was a news story. No one can deny that the results were most gratifying. It would be folly to say that, much thought was given to the composition of the story because it was written just before press time, and yet it brought results. Ask Shaw, if you do not believe this story. Sell your furniture, stoves, dresses, haber dashery, suits, etc., the same way. You can do it. LIVERY STABLE AND GARAGE ARE SOLD Henry Hughes, who has been a resi dent of Clackamas County since 1876 and who for many years lived at Beav er Creek, and afterward engaged in the general merchandise business, has purchased the automobile establish ment of Chester Elliott in the Armory building, and also the livery stable of J. F. Hodge, at Sixth and Water streets, known as the Red Front Batn. Twelve horses and vehicles were pur chased by Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hughes will be associated in business with his brother-in-law, A. C. Hughes, of Portland, who has had several years' experience in the automobile business. It is, the intention of these men to retain the workmen who have been employed by Mr. Elliott. Mr. HugTies will be general manager of both ga rage and stable, fie is living on Elev enth and Jefferson streets in this city having purchased the house and land adjoining that of James Roake. Mr. Hughes also has property interests at Beaver Creek. WILLAMETTE SCHOOL TO BEDEDICATED The school building at Willamette will be dedicated in a few days. The size of the building has been doubled it now having eight rooms. Only six of the rooms will be used this year, hut it is possible that all will be with in a year or two. One of the rooms has been equipped with manuel train ing appliances.. Miss Mabel Larson has been engaged as an additional teacher. An elaborate dedicatory program has been arranged, and the principal speaker will be Superintend ent of County Schools" Gary. TERMINAL RATES EXPECTED 800 RECENT DECISIONS IN CALI FORNIA GIVE ENCOURAGE MENT TO LOCAL MEN ASSOCIATION TO MAKE FIGHT: Interstate Commerce Commission Will Be Appealed To If Pro- -moters Think It Necessary The interestate commerce commis sion has recently decided favorable up on the case of Santa Rosa Traffic As sociation against the Southern Pacific Railway Company granting terminal rates to Santa Rosa, Cal., located in-1 I land forty-eight miles north of Sail; Francisco, reached by all railways, or boat, the commission having ordered j that the Southern Pacific Company for I a period of two years after August 1 15,1912, or as long as terminal rates I are extended to San Jose, Santa Clara ! and Marysvflle, Cal., to abstain from ! charging any greater rates for the j transportation of west-bound trans continental freight' to Santa Rosa than they charge for the transportation of west-bound transcontinental freight to San Jose, Santa Clara and Marysville. This is another decision strength ening Oregon City's contention that she is being discriminated against. Many cities in like and worse geo graphical positions have terminal rates to the loss not alone of the mer chants of our city but to their cus tomers at or in the vicinity of Oregon City. , The Oregon City Terminal Rate As sociation has been promised terminal rates for Oregon City. One of the officers of the associationin a conver sation with a Morning Enterprise re porter stated steps were soon to be taken to put the matter fairly before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Oregon City is in a class so much beter than cities which have lately been granted terminal rates that there should be no doubt of the result of the association's efforts. FINAL TRIBUTE PAID IS TODAY The funeral of the late Mrs. C. W. Evans will be held at the Cremator ium, Sellwood, this afternoon at 2 : 30 o'clock. A special car will leave Ore- j gon City at 1:35 o'clock to take the relatives and friends, who wish to at tend. The remains will be at the East Side Undertaking Parlors, East Sixth and Alder streets until taken to the crematorium. The services will be conducted by the Oregon City Eastern Star Lodge, and Rev. C. W. Robinson, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church will of ficiate. Mrs. Evans was a member of St. Paul's guild. C'-f II "AVE you got that tired listless feeling want to groan day, "Oh, What's the use?" Perhaps you are querulous and bad tempered without knowing the cause nerves on the jump and no relief in sight? YOU NEED A TONIC Your system needs bracing up. Put an end to the condition at once or a serious illness may follow. Rexall Americanitis is nature's own remedy for your illness. It imparts, when taken according to directions, a clear feeling of perfect health of ca pacity to take care of yourself and fight the battle of life with the best. It creates a new appetite and gives your daily life what it should have mental and bodily strength. , ' Get a bottle today, price 75c and $1.50. Your money back if it doesn't do you good. .. HUNTLEY BROS. CO. The Rexall Store ?S$SS$3ssSSSS, 8 The only daily newspaper be- S tween Portland and Salem; cir i culates in every section of Clack- amas County, with a population & $ of 30,000. Are you an advertiser? 5$$$ijS$$tjjj Pee "Week, 10 Cents HARDSURFACE BIDS OPENED BY COUNCIL COMMITTEE NAMED TO PASS UP ON PROPOSALS FOR MAIN STREET WORK PAPER COMPANY PLANS LAYING SPUR Bids For Concrete Walls To Keep Earth From Falling Will Be Asked Park Work Satisfactory The city council, at a meeting Thursday evening, opened bids for the hardsurfacing of Main street from Moss to the Abernethy bridge. The bids were referred to a committee which will report at a meeting this evening or tomorrow. The commit tee consists of the street committee, finance committee and city engineer. After a discussion of the improve ment of Seventh street it was decided to refer the matter to City Attorney Story to determine whether the city should pay a part of the cost. It is planned to improve the street either with macadam or hardsurface. Mr. Story was urged to make his report as soon as possible so the council could act upon it without delay. A petition of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company for a spur on Foutrh street from the tracks of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and to erect a- platform on Fourth street was referred to a committee. Tooze said that he favored improvement of all kinds, but insisted that a time lim it should be made upon the franchise. He said he had no doubt that the pro posed improvement would be of bene fit to the city, but insisted that the in terests of the city should be safeguard ed. The petition was referred to a committee composed of Horton, Tooze and Pope. August 16 was set as the date for the final acceptance of Washington street. A resolution providing for the establishment of a grade on Thir teenth street was adopted. The re port of City Engineer Montgomery on -turning water from Molalla avenue to Seventh street into the Taylor street sewer, was approved. Upon motion of Tooze the city re corder was instructed to advertise for bids for concrete walls along city property where it is necessary to erect walls to keep earth and rocks from falling on the sidewalks. A motion also was made that rock and earth be removed from the sidewalks. A member of the street committee announced af ter K the meeting that Twelfth Street Park will be in fine condition in a few weeks. The park is being filled with earth from John Quincy Adams street, which is being improved. 4 Couples Get Licenses Licenses to marry were issued Thursday to Julia Frank and Albert White, of Portland; Rose Morgan and Thomas H. Willett; Ingo M. Stewart and J. P. Mann and Ulah Cantrell and Burnett L. Lunt. Justice of the Peace Samson officiated at the wed dings of Julia Frank and Albert White and Rose Morgan and Thomas H. Wil lett. every minute of the