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VOL. IV No. 40
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1912
Per Week, 10 Cents
WEEKLY
CANAL BILL UP TO
TAFT TO APPROVE
MEASURE, AS AGREED UPON BY
CONFEREES, IS PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY
TRUST RAILROADS ARE EXCLUDED
President In Doubt As To Whether He
Will Approve Measure Free
Tolls Embarrass
Him
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. The Pan
ama Canal bill, as agreed upon by
conferees of the Senate and House,
was passed by the House again to
night by a viva voce vote. As passed,
the bill, which provides for the Gov
ernment administration of the canal,
contains provisions for the passage of
American coastwise vessels through
the canal free of tolls and the admit
tance of shipbuilding materials to the
Canal one free of duty.
The bill already has passed the Sen
ate, and it now goes to the President
for his signature.
A special rule prohibiting points of
order against the measure prevented I
Representatives Moore, and Olmsted,
of Pennsylvania, Republicans, from re
newing their attack on the provision j
for the free admission of ship mate-!
rials. As a result, there was little op-,
position. ' I
Mr. Moore was taken severely to !
task by Representative Alexander, (
chairman of the merchant marine com-
mittee, for his allegations that the j
free admission clause would injure i
American shipyards and work a hard-
ship on American labor.
Mr. Alexander held that with free i
material shipping would be greatly
benefitted and that such a provision ;
would in no sense affect the labor sit- i
uation in American yards. He defend- j
ed the admission of foreign-built ships !
Jo American registry on the ground I
that American shipyards were not j
building vessels for the foreign trade, j
The exclusion of railroad or trust
owned ships from using the canal, in
the opinion of Representative Sims, of
Tennessee, -Democrat, was worth all 1
the labor and time taken to mold the !
bill. He felt, he said, that a long step
forward had been taken in the solu-
tion of the trust problem. j
The President has not decided
whether he will approve the Panama
Canal bill as agreed to by the Senate
and House conferees. The President
told friends today that the free tolls
provision of the bill might prove ser
ious embarrassment to the United
States and that he was not sure he
could sign the bill in that shape.
Mr. Taft favors an amendment
which in effect would, permit other na
tions to test the free tolls provision
by suits in United States Courts. He
was told by Senator Simmons today
that it probably was too late to at
tach such an amendment to the bill.
The House rules committee made a
special rule today which prohibits
the raising of any point of order
against the measure. The bill wiU be
considered and probably passed by
the House before adjournment today.
This drastic action was taken because
of the opposition of last night, when
Representatives Olmstead and Moore
of Pennsylvania contended that the
conferees had gone beyond their jur
isdiction in accepting several Senate
amendments.
NEW RECORD MADE .
BY PITCHER JAMES
Fourteen straight victories is the
mark held by Pitcher Bill James, of
Seattle, a record seldom established
in organized baseball, and which
breaks all Northwestern league rec
ords. James has yet to have a defeat
charged against him. Thursday he
twirled 11 fast innings against the
Vancouver champions, allowing but
four hits and one run, and striking
' out 12 men. Wally batted for him in
the 11th, to break the 1-1 tie and
Schneider took James place. Schnei
der allowed one in two innings and
the game went to Vancouver when
Shortstop Raymond made two errors.
James started his winning streak
June 30, when he took a doubleheader
from Portland.
The Pure Food Kitchenette
What
They are being demonstrated in Rooms No. 1 and 2, Beaver.
Building. Step in and learn how you can put one in your home,
without cost to you. Thereare just a few being distributed In
Clackamas County, as an advertisement Better get one now.
Come in and See It Any Way
EDWIN MORRISON Mgr.
DARROW IS FREED
ON FIRST BALLOT
GREAT LABOR LAWYER IS GIVEN
OVATION WHEN. VERDICT
IS ANNOUNCED
JURY IS OUT ONLY 35 MINUTES
Two Members Of Panel Embrace De
fendant And All Others Rush
To Him To Shake
His Hand
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 17.
Clarence S. Darrow, the noted Chi
cago lawyer, was found not guilty to
day of the charge of bribing a juror
in the McNamara case. The jury
was out just thirty-five minutes.
Three ballots were taken by the
jury and each juror voted not guilty.
Although warned against any dem
onstration by the bailiffs, there was. a
spontaneous outburst of applause
when Foreman M. R. Williams, in re
sponse to the court's query, stated
that the jury had found a verdict of
not guiltyy There was a rush to the
side of the defendant, which was stop
ped by the bailiffs, but it was renew
ed a few moments later, after Judge
Hutton thanked -and discharged the
jury.
Then ensued a rmarkable scene.
Darrow approached the jurors still in
the box to thank them, and two of
them, Jurors Golding and Dunbar,
threw their arms about him and pat
ted his back. Other jurors reached
forward and clasped hands with the
attorney.
The scene gradually resolved itself
into a reception for Darrow and the
jurors, friends of the erstwhile de
fendant, crowded up to congratulate
him and shake hands with the jurors
while the flashlights of newspaper
photographers boomed from every
angle of the courtroom.
The case ofj Darrow, the Chicago
lawyer, charged with jury bribery in
the McNamara trial, went to the jury
at 9:20 o'clock this morning after in
structions by Judge George H. Hutton
the reading of which required just an
hour.
The instructions were regarded as
very favorable to the defendant. One
of the first instructions disposed of
the charge of bribing George N. Lock
wood, a juror, the court holding that
there was no evidence to justify a ver
dict of guilty on that count. The jury
was warned against uncorroborated
testimony of accomplices, and that of
witnesses testifying under a. promise
of immunity.
The court also instructed that the
defendant was not on trial for any
of the several crimes charged against
him except that directly contained in
the indictment. Evidence of other
alleged crimes could only be consider
ed if the jury believed that such
crimes formed a part of a general
plan or system.
Darrow was placed in the custody
Clarence Darrow, Great Labor Law
yer, who is Freed of Charge of Cor
rupting Jury.
of his chief counsel. Attorney Earl
Rogers, upon the submission of the
case to the jury. Most of the crowd
which filled the courtroom remained,
the prevailing sentiment being that
there would be an early verdict.
The penalty for the crime charged
(Continued on page 3)
Is It? -
CONGRESSIONAL-' I feffSP
Dr. Don Salvador Cast ri Ho, Jr., Min
ister from Nicaragua to the United
States.
TRAMP DOG, FINDS
HOME, BRINGS "PALL"
A few weeks ago a black and white
dog, resembling a Shepherd, appear
ed at the home ot an Oregon City
resident, and has become a pet of the
fami'.y. So satisfied was the animal
with its new home that a few morn
ings, ago it appeared with another
dog. The family, although attached
to' the tramp dog is not desirous of
having its "pall." The latest arrival
is a fine dog and would be valuable
on a farm. Anyone wishing to give
the dog a home they may address "X"
care Enterprise and obtain particulars
It is thought the dog was formerly
owned by a farmer. -
WILD HORSE KICKS
UP TREASURE TROVE
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Aug. 17. A
horse kicked a remarkable treasure
trove into view on John McEwen's
farm, on the Canadian side of -the St.
Lawrence River, last night. Six pieces
of silver flew from the horse's hoof
when the animal was being driven
across a field. , The driver jumped in
to the horse's tracks and .digging
with his hands, turned up 148 coins;
three Spanish pieces, one British, one
5-franc piece and 143 United States
half dollars.
By English law treasure trove goes
to the crown, so the coins have been
turned over to the police. They date
from 1805 to 1828, and were found
buried in straight rows, standing on
edge, only three inches under ground.
Workmen who built the Rideau canal
were paid in American silver, it being
part of the-indemnity paid by the
United States to Great Britain. This
money was sent to the canal district
in kegs, some, of which was stolen and
never recovered. -
I is believed the money- found
some of that lost 80 years ago.
is
SENTENCED TO DIE,
HE WANTSTO BE SHOT
RENO, Nev., Aug. 17. Granted a
stay of execution by the supreme
court, Andriji Mirkovich, sentenced to
death for the murder of a countryman
is today the problem of the Nevada
authorities who are endeavoring to
get him to change his selection of 'the
mode of execution from shooting to
hanging.
When given the choice as to how he
should die, according to the lawa of
Nevada, Mirkovich decided on the bul
let but no guards could be obtained
to carry out the execution. 1 -
"AND I'M PAYING FOR IT!"
Fill TRIBUTE PAID
MRS. W. I ELLIS
The funeral of Mrs. Ella Elgin Ellis,
wife of W. R. Ellis, who died Friday
morning, was conducted at the Con
gregational church Saturday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. George Nel
son Edwards, pastor, officiating. The
church was crowded, with, friends of
Mrs. Ellis and the family, and the flor
al offerings were beautiful and in pro
fusion. The pallbearers were James
Wi'kinson, C. H. Dye, H. J. Bigger, W.
R. Reddick, Mr. Sheppard and G. W.
H. Miller.
The remains of Mrs. Ellis will be
taken to Salem today and a brief ser
vice will be held at the cemetery be
fore the interment. Mrs. Ellis' par
ents live in Salem.
3,000 KILLED, 6,000
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 17. An
appalling story of suffering and dam
age caused by the recent earthquake
in the region about thexSea of Mar
mora was told by the members of the
expedition dispatched on August 14 td
lj.he stricken district on
! United States gunboat
board the
Scorpion,
i guardship at Constantinople which
returned here today.
' The number of killed in the var
ious towns and villages is placed at
3000 and injured 6000. It was found
ImDossible to approach several vil
lages on account of the odors arising
from the bodies buried in the ruins.
Other villages were simply heaps of
charred debris.
Earthquakes continue almost daily
at many places-along the coast. Six
shocks were felt yesterday and many
damaged houses collapsed.
In several villages visited by the
expedition some of the houses which
apparently were undamaged 'were
found to -consist, of empty shells ,the
whole of the interior having collapsed
At Myriophite the appearance of the
town was deceptive because a number
of the houses standing on the seafront
surrounded by gardens, were intact,
but immediately in the rear scarcely
a stick or stone was left upright.
Numerous fissures were observed in
the ground but none of great size, al
though the villagers reported that a
cleft nearly 200 feet deep had open-"
ed in, a hillside eight miles inland.
The people throughout the district
appeared stunned by the catastrophe
and made no attempt to help them
selves, sitting and brooding over their
misfortunes and awaiting the arrival
of relief.
The Red Cross Society and the
Greek philanthropic societies are do
ing good work in the district.
SCORED BY JURY
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17. Specta
cular raids on haunts of vice by the
police are severly criticised by the
August grand jury in its final present
ment here. -
The jury found that "this policy of
suppression has been a failure, while
it depreciates the value of" property in"
the district and is destructive to bus
iness. Hence there can be but one
construction placed on. this primitive
method for the eradication of the so
cial evil and is a valuable adjunct to
the secret system exisiting between
the- underworld and the police estab
lishment, whereby the owner is, com
pelled to yield the latter its tribute
for protection and thus forming a
partnership between the two."
2 Couples Get Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued Sat
urday to Lydia Buol and William G.
H. Krueger and Florence Pierce and
William Sohn. . . . .t
QUAKE
COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EWtNG. WASH-
Orion M. Barber, Associate Judge
United States Court of Customs Ap
peals. '
OLDJMLIlHOMEf
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
..The home of A. Middlestedt, on Jef
ferson street, between Eleventh and
Twelfth,' was almost destroyed by fire
Saturday morning about .8 ' o'clock.
The cause of the fire waft' a defective
flue, and before the arriVat of the fire
department the ttouse,' was almost a
complete wreck. The first department
did fine work. THere . was nothing
saved in the way of clothing or furn-
hiture. -Mr. Middlestedt has been ill
for some time, and the loss is keenly
felt by him and his family.
The home destroyed by fire was one
of the oldest in Oregon City. It was
formerly d owned and occupied by
Judge Randall, father of Postmaster
Randall, and once was considered one
of the best homes in-Oregon City.
COUPLE MARRIED AT
BAPTIST PARSONAGE
The Rev. W. T. Milliken officiated at
the mariage Saturday afternoon of
William Sohn, of Wasco County, and
Miss Florence .Pierce of Oregon City.
The ceremony was solemnized at the
Baptist parsonage.
Today
Fagg & Dixon
Black Face Commedians at
The Grand
AMATEUR NIGHT
MONDAY NIGHT
You know the penalty if
you don't come, early on
these big bargain nights
STAND.
UNSIGHTLY POLES
WILL BE REMOVED
PROPERTY OWNERS OF GLAD
STONE MAKE COMPLAINT TO
CITY COUNCIL'
ORDINANCE GIVEN FIRST READING
Residents Of City Are Pleased With
New Water Works System
Another Chief To Be
Named
The city council of Gladstone con
sidered an ordinance, Friday evening,
which will go into effect soon regard
ing -poles of telegraph and telephone
companies. At the present there are
three sets of-poles along Arlington
street, which give the street the ap
pearance of a hopyard, and it is the
intention of the city council to have
several of the poles removed. Many
of the property owners have complain
ed of too many poles in front of their
property.
There is little doubt but that the
city council and the Portland, Rail
way, Light & Power Company will
comef to an understanding within a
few weeks in regard to a franchise.
The railway company has agreed to
give the city fifteen lamps free of
charge, and will also extend its lines
to residences as; far as 150 without
extra charge, this to be attended to
os soon as application for lights is
made. The city council insists that
poles must be 4 Ofeet in height, and
that lights be installed 60 days after
application; poles to be painted every
two years.
E. D. Olds was, awarded the contract
for the improvement of Railroad ave
nue, this being near the Cross resi
dence. The street will be graded,
graveled and a new sidewalk con
structed. Mr. Olds also was awarded
the contract to construct the sewer
in iDstrict . .o. 1, this being the first
sewer to be built a Gladsone.
Frank Hammferley, who is to re
move from Gladstone, sent in his re
signation as councilman, and F. E.
Burdon, was elected to fill the vacan
cy. " " - -3
' It is probable that a new chief-of-police
will be appointed as the pres
ent one, Merton Bell, refuses to act
as poundmaster. For the present C.
Howell, of Gladstone will act as
poundmaster.
The water system, which was re
cently installed through the efforts of
the city council, has been approved.
The residents, of Gla'dstone are well
satisfied over the water works.
IS STAR FISHERMAN
Marshall Ryan, the twelve-year-old
son of Judge and Mrs, Thomas F. Ry
an, formerly of Oregon City, but now
of Salem, is one of the champion
young fishermen at Newport this season."--
Marshall is a favorite of those
taking advantage of the excursions on
the Ollie S., a boat used at Newport
this season for deep sea fishing. The
youngster so far has never become
seasick, being much more fortunate
than many older persona making the
trip. He has assisted the company in
securing many passengers. He is a
jolly good natured boy and makes fun
for all on the boat. The lad caught
a fish weighing thirty-four pounds a
few days ago while the Ollie S was
making her afternoon trip. The fish
was a White Cod.
DREDGE BOAT TO BE
E
The dredge boat U. S. Mathelma,
Captain Newton Graham, moored at
Oregon City Sunday, en route to Port
land. The boat, which has been a
great aid in" freeing the river of ob
structions, will be remodeled and made
a snag boat. The work will be com
pleted this summer andi before fall
the boat will start work above the
Falls of the Willamette removing
snags.
EIS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 President
Taft's first official act today was to
sign the $160,000,000 pension appro
priation bill.
The Pension Office was immediate
ly notified and telegraph orders were
sent to the IS outlying agencies to
start payment at once T of the money
so long held up by the delay in Con
gress. Each pensioner in the United
States will be paid by Tuesday at the
latest.
' J. N. Sievers Opens Office
J. N. Sieves who for the past year
has been connected, with the law of
fice of J. E. Hedges, has opened an of
fice in the Weinhard Bbuilding .in
rooms 1 and 2. Mr. Sievers is well
known) in Oregon City and at Glad
stone. He began the study of law in
the law department of the University
of Oregon several years ago. . He has
many .friends In this city. Mr. Siev
ers is the Recorder of Gladstone. :
$160,000,000 PENSION
HIGH SCHOOL FUND
LAW IS APPROVED
CITIZENS, INTERESTED IN EDU
CATION, URGE ITS PASSAGE
AT NEXT ELECTION
CAMPAIGN FOR MEASURE PLANNED
Defeat Two Years Ago Ascribed To
Misunderstanding Many Thought
It Provided County High
Schools
About twenty representative citi
zens of all sections of Clackamas
County, ata meeting in the county
court room Saturday afternoon, went
on record as favofing the adopting of
the high school fund law. The meet
ing, which was. presided over by
County School Superintendent Gary, -
V9Q hnrmftninno tTirnnirlitiit nn .
' " ....... -v, IU1UU6UUUI, auu It
was the consensus of opiion that the
law passed by the legislature four
years ago should be approved by the
voters of' this county. The law, if put
into practice, will mean a high school
education for virtually every boy and
girl in Clackamas County. Under its
provisions they will not have to leave
home to obtain a high school educa
tion. The law provides that any district
that can maintain a high school may
draw from the county high school
fund $40 for each student up to twen
ty and for the next twenty $30 each.
All over that the charge will not be
more than $12.50.
Representatives of Estacada, Canby
Molalla, Macksburg, Milwaukie, Glad
stone, Tarkplace, Willamette and oth
er sections attended the meeting. Mr.
Gary announced that the question
would be submitted to the voters at .
the next election and said he was con
fident it would bepassed if thorough
ly understood. It was defeated two
years f.go by a narrow margin, the
superintendent explaining, that many
voters thought the law provided for
county high schools. Among those fa
voring the proposition, who made
speeches, were Robert Ginther, can
didate of the Socialist Party for Coun
ty School Superintendent; Superin
tendent of the Oregon City Schools
Tooze; A. M. Vineyard, of Canby; W.
W. Everhart, of Molalla; Charles X.
Kracksberger ,of Macksburg; Captain
j. rj. Appersuu, oi r-ampiace; a. sr.
Carter, of Gladstone, Robert Goetz, of
Milwaukie and H. M. James, of Esta
cada. Plans for an educational campaign
were outlined, and it was decided that
meetings should be held in every dis-,
trict in the county in the interest of
the high schools. Circular letters
will be given the pupils to give to
their parents. The high school law,
which was passed four years ago by
the legislature, must be approved by
the voters of the various counties be
fore it can become effective. Among
the counties that have approved the
law, and find it a distinct advantage,
are Lane, Linn, Poik, Marion, Yam
hill, Jackson and Umatilla. That it
will be approved by. the voters of
Clackamas County at the coming elec
tion is generally believed. t
REV. EDWARDS WILL
HOLD UNION SERVICES
Union services will be conducted in
the Seventh Street Park this evening
by the Rev. George Nelson Edwards.
The Rev. W. T. Milliken was to have
had charge of the services but ar
ranged to speak next Sunday. Music
will be rendered by a male quartet.
Mr. Edwards is a profound theolgian
and that the attendance will be large
is assured. The attendance at the
union services, thus far this year have
been larger than ever before.
Brownie Cameras .
Work Like Kodaks
And made by the East
man Kodak factory.
They are so simple that child
ren can take as good pictures
as grown ups.
BROWNIE CAMERAS $1 TO $10
POCKET KODAKS $6 TO $65
. We take pleasure in teach
ing beginners and assisting
all amateurs.
Developing and printing
done daily.
Huntley Bros. Co.
The Rexall Stores
Oregon City, Canby, Hubbard