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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1912)
Ml ORNJNy ENT S.SSSsS$S$SSS The only daily newspaper be- S tween Portland and Salem; clr- culates In every section of Clack- S S amas County, with a population $ of 30,000. Are you an advertiser? SSSSSSS$SS.$$j$ THE WEATHER. 3 Oregon City Probably fair; $ G westerly winds. Oegon Probably fair .today; $ westerly winds. WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED I 566 VOL. IV No. 46 OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1912 Per Week, 10 Cents L BILL IS CON BY HAS ANYBODY SEEN THE BATH TOWEL? HORNS LOCKED BY SIGNED BY TAFT CHAMP CLARK PLANS CANA GRESS PRAISED COLONEL CURTAILS SPEAKING BULL MOOSE MEN Y CONGRESS ASKED TO EXPLAIN THAT TREATY IS NOT VIOLATED PRESIDENT TELLS OF NEUTRALITY Canal, Being Constructed By United States, This Country Has Right To Favor Amer ican Ships WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Presi den Taft signed the Panama Canal bill at 7:10 o'clock tonight. Follow ing this he sent to Congress a mem orandum suggesting the advisability of the passage of a resolution which would declare that this measure was not considered by this Government a violation of the treaty provisions re garding the canal. In discussing the British protest against the exemption of American shipping from the payment of tolls for the use of the canal, Mr. Taft says the irresistible conclusion to be drawn from it is that "although the United States owns, controls and has paid for the canal, it is restricted by trea ty from aiding its own commerce in the way that all the other nations of the world may freely do." "In view of the fact," Mr. Taft con tinues, "that the Panama Canal is be ing constructed by the United States wholly at its own cost, upon terri tory ceded to it by the Republic of Panama for that purpose, and that unless it has restricted itself, the United States enjoys absolute rights of ownership and control, including the right to allow its own commerce the use of the canal upon such terms as it sees fit, the sole question is: Has the United States (by the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty) depriv ed itself of the exercise of the right to pass its own commerce free or to re mit tolls collected for the use of the canal? The President points out that the rules specified in the articles of the treaty, which is made the basis for the British protest, were adopted by the . United States as .the basis of neutra lization of the canal and for no other purpose. The article, he further says, "Is a declartion of policy by the United States that the canal shall be neutral; that the attitude of this Gevern ment towards the) commerce of the world is that all nations will be treated alike and no discrimination made by the United States against any one of them observing the rules adopted by the United States. In oth er words, it was a conditional favored-nation treatment, the measure of which, in the absence of express stip ulation to that effect, is not what the country gives to its own nationals, but the treatment it extends to other nations. "Thus it is seen that the rules are but the basis of neutralization intend ed to effect the neutrality which the United Sates was willing should be the character of the canal and not intended to limit or hamper the Unit ed States in the exercise of its sov ereign power to deal with its own commerce, using its own canal in whatsoever manner it saw fit." ATHLETES ACCLAIMED IN NEW YORK CITV NEW YORK, Aug. 24 Acclaimed by hundreds of thousands of cheering fellow countrymen, America's victor ious Olympic athletes paraded through the streets of New York today. James Thorpe, the great Carlisle Indian who won the all-round athletic champion ship at Stockholm, headed thet proces sion. The weather was perfect and great enthusiasm marked the progress of the parade from start to finish. Eight thousand school children marched be hind the automobiles containing the victorious athletes. Delegations from every athletic organization in the city also were in line. The celebration of the return of the representatives of the United States at the Olympic games was concluded tonight with a banquet. IS SERIOUSLY ILL NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Confined to his bed here with intestinal poison ing, Chairman William F. McCombs, of the Democratic national committee, it is feared today, probably will not be able to resume active management of Governor Woodrow Wilson's cam paign for the presidency. McCombs' physicians here today admitted they considered his condition serious and predicted that he would not be able to return to his desk for a month, if then. The loss to Governor Wilson of Mc Combs' services comes as a hard blow to the Democratic nominee. Wilson is coming to New York Monday, when it is believed he will arrange to have Vice-Chairman McAdoo appointed chairman to succeed McCombs. Although his physicians have work ed heroically McCombs condition shows no improvement and if he re covers they probably will refuse to al low him to participate in the coming campaign. A small classified ad will rent that vacant room. SPEAKER OF HOUSE SAYS PARTY WILL CERTAINLY WIN IN NOVEMBER REPUBLICANS ARE GIVEN CREDIT Democrats He Says, Will Elect Next President And Have Big Ma jority In Lower House And Senate WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Speaker Champ Clark today, delivering the val edictory of the Democratic House of the Sixty-second Congress, asserted that historians would declare with ab solute truth that the House Democrats of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses "did great things," and "have made a sweeping Democratic victory approximately certain ,a vict ory that will give us the House, the Senate and the Presidency." The Speaker, in a tribute to lead ers of both parties, declared that no majority was never more successfully led than by Representative Under wood nor any minority ever led more ably than by Representative Mann. "I have not," he said, "always agreed with brother Mann God for bid but he lives up fully to his name, He is in very truth a man." Speaker Clark said that for yars the Democrats have been sneered at "as a party of negation, green hands in formulating and conducting pub lic business, ridiculed as a mob, a rab ble, , without coherence or discipline, as militia fighting regulars, and even the exact date on which we would dis solve into warring factions and go to pieces was set down in type." "But," he added, "the Democrats have fought and won like veterans and constitute as thoroughly discip lined a force as ever appeared in the House or any other parliamentary body since parliamentary bodies were instituted among men; mustered full strength on every important proposi tion and passed two great tariff bills over the) President's veto, the first instance of the kind in the history of the Republic." They had "fought a good fight and kept the faith," he said. The Speaker expressed thanks and the gratitude of the country to "the brave, wise and patriotic Republicans who co-operated with us in passing good bills." "The secret of our marvelous suc cess," he said, "is simple unity of thought, purpose and action, frequent counsel together, a spirit of mutual conciliation and strict adherence to principle." "We have won many victories," he said, "but what is better, we have formed the habit of victory.' "What the Democratic House ac complished, so far as it could, for the amelioration of conditions," said he, thwarted as it has been by a Repub lican President ,is only an earnest of what we will do when we come into full possession of the three branches of government. President Taft vetoed most of our bills of a remedial char acter, a prerogative unwisely exercis ed. He made his record; we made ours. "On these records we appeal to the country, with absolute confidence that when the polls close in November we will have elected a Democratic House and Senate, Governor Woodrow Wil son to the Presidency and Governor Marshall to the Vice-Presidency consummations devoutly to be wish ed, which we believe and hope will prove of inestimable and enduring benefit to the entire American people of whatever persuasion religion or po litical." GIRL MYSTERIOUSLY NEW YORK, Aug. 24. District At torney Chas; S. Whitman was busy to day investigating the death of Miss Julia Curran in a down town hotel. The police after having suppressed the news for 16 hours, and allowing the girl's male companion time to es cape, reported that- Miss Curran died from natural causes. Dr. Otto Schul tze, physician to Coroner Peinberg, declared today that the young woman was murdered. Both Dr. Schultze and District At torney Whitman charge that the po lice falsified reports of the case, "either to allow the murderer to es cape or to protect the hotel." The bo dy bore finger marks on the throat and was covered with bruises and abrasions. The body was found two days ago, but no report was turned in for 16 hours. Whitman has also asked May or Gaynor to investigate the case. Miss Curran had been employed abroad as governess in an aristocrat ic family. She spoke five languages. Investigation today showed that she landed in the United States'. July 7 and became a salaried companion of Mrs. James D. Smith. Miss Curran started last week with the Smiths on an automobile trip to Canada.. . It is not known why or when she left Mrs. Smith's employ. - - MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF EDWARD YODER The funeral of Edward Yoder, son of Mr. and Mrs. M." Yoder, was held from the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Many friends of the young man and family attended. The floral tributes were beautiful. The interment was in the Mountain View cmetery. " Charles H. Graves, United States Minister to Sweden. , CALLED FLIRT, JAILED BY FROST Policeman Frost Saturday night ar rested William Hendricks on a charge of being a suspicious person. The policeman says the roan tried to flirt with girls in a bakery on Main street. The girls called the policeman and he instructed them to go to their home cn the hill. Frost trailed behind and when he became convinced that the man was following the girls arrested him at the Seventh Street Park. Hen dricks, the policeman says, admitted following the girls, but pleaded in ex tenuation that he had been drinking. TELEGRAPH OPERATOR E David W. Barton, a prominent farm er of Beaver Creek, was adjudged to be of unsound mind in the county court Saturday morning and was tak en to the asylum at Salem. Barton has been violent for several days. He was formerly a telegraph operator, and declares that "enemies" are pur suing him. He says he is opposed to all religious teaching. Barton has a wife and three children. He was horn in Sherwood, Mich., forty-one years ago. His parents are living: MEXICAN REBEL HEAD T JAUREZ, Mexico, Aug. 24. Some where south of Juarez Pascual Orozco with 600 followers is said to be hem med in by Federals and his Chance for escape is reported as problematic al. Upon his success or failure in evading capture or death at the hands of the Federal troops is declared to hinge the success or failure of organ ized revolution in Northern Mexico. The purpose of Orozco, if he can escape the trap set for him, is to join the main rebel forces already moving toward the west coast, with -the ob ject of securing control of a seaport through which ammunition may be imported and the revolution contin ued. All but a few of Orozco's troops have been moved successfully into So nora. Orozco, in leaving Juarez, mis calculated his time and his progress was met with many difficutlies . Anticipating his arrival - on the coast, Orzco had ordered ammunition shipped to some west coast point, it is believed. Officials here infer that the order issued yesterday from Washington for the United States gun boat Vicksburg to proceed from San Diego, Cal., to Guaymas Is in a great measure to prevent "ammunition run ning" there. " If you sa w it in the Enterprise it's OREGON CITY HAN HAS WIRELESS PHONE Charles Stuart Coleman, who re cently opened a repair shop on Sev enth and John Quincy Adams street, has installed a wireless station so that he can hold communications with the various high power stations near this city. Mr. Coleman .Saturday, said he be lieved he would be able to produce a long distance wireless telephone. "I got my first insight into the mysteries of electricity at Detroit, Mich.," said Mr. Coleman. "There I had a friend, who was an operator of a wireless "telegraph station on the Detroit river. It was my duty to at tend to the gasoline engine hat furn ished the electric current to operate the wireless instrumnts. In that way I learned the principles of wireless telegraphy and elecricity "The sending range of my outfit is thirty miles, and the receiving range is 1200 miles. My pole for my ariel wires is 85 feet high. The wireless machine will be placed into operation within a few days." Mr. Coleman came to Oregon. City from'Detroit, about two years ago, and he is anxious to hear from any wire less station in Oregon City or near this city. IS The Clackamas Southern Railway will reap a rich harvest by hauling white granite from Mulino to Port land. The quarry is located on the old Crcnk place, one mile northwest of Mulino, and is owned by Burnett Brothers, of Eagle Creek. An expert from Portland has pronounced this granite first class. There is also a seam of slate showing. If there is a large body of this, as is thought by several persons it will be used for roofs. MAN SHOOTS FLIRT FOUND WITH WIFE VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 24 Louis Felice, aged 26, an Italian, probably will dig, and Charles A. Spalding, an American is held by the police as a result oi a murderous attack in Beac on Hitl Park last night. Spalding a recent arrival from Se attle, returned home last evening to find his wife had gone out for a walk with Felice, who was lodging at the same house. He seized a revolver and followed the couple, and, with out warning, opened fire . His wife fled and escaped uninjur cJ, art two out of four shots took ef fect, one of them penetrating Felice's abdomen, inflicting probably fatal n juiiea MILLIKEN TO CONDUCT Rev. W. T. Milliken, pastor of the Baptist Church, will conduct the un ion services in the Seventh Street Park) this evening. Mr. Milliken is an eloquent and forceful speaker and a large attendance is expected. The union services this year have been more popular than ever before, and it is with regret that they are drawing near a close. Among the local min isters who have spoken are Dr. T. B. Ford and RerV. George Nelson Ed wards. Two Couples Get Licenses Licenses to marry were issued Sat urday to Ethel G. Johnson and Robert W. Jamieson and Henrietta Wiklund and Philip Hult. QUARRY COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EWiNG. WASd, Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Chief of ordnance, United States Army. E FROM SHOW GIRL Alleging that his wife, who is an actress, is insanely jealous of him; and will not allow him to speak to other women, George W. Lowe filed suit for a divorce from Louise Lowe, They were married in Sacramento, Cal., March 8, 1905, and plaintiff al leges his wife deserted him to enter upon a stage career April 20, 1912. He avers that thei defendant was cruel to him while they lived togeth er. - Florence Claire filed suit for a di vorce against Patrick Claire. They were married in Syracuse, N. Y. No vember 29, 1910. The plaintiff avers that her husband deserted her Jan uary 5, 1911. GIRLS' MUSICAL CLUB HAS FINE MEETING The girls' musical club met at the home of Stella Leighton Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was pleas antly spent with selections on the pi ano by the members, and refresh ments were served. Those present were, Florence Fromong, Edith Rog ers, Nellie Capen, Beatrice Oliver, Anna Isnogle, Dora Waldron, Agnes Pollock, Elsie Snidow, Stella Leigh ton, and Sadie Young, of Oregon City. CONGRESSMAN'S LIFE SOUGHT, IS REPORT WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. An alleg ed scheme to kill Representative Benjamin Johnson, of Kentucky, chairman of the House committee on the District of Columbia, so as " to head off certain proposed legislation has been disclosed to Johnson, and a sworn statement has put the Ken tucky man and his friends on guard. "I know all about it," said Johnson today, "but I'd rather not say what interests are "back of the plot" The affidavit of a Washington man, detailing a conversation he heard on a streetcar in which one of those talk ing said he had been following John son three nights to kill him, is locked up today in the office of Speaker Clark. . . "The story is true," said Johnson. "Who are the parties?" he was ask ed. "I don't care to say." "What do you propose to do?" "Nothing, unless there is an at tempt to execute the threat. I have all the the facts but I don't want to go into details." Mr. Johnson has been aggressive In his advocacy of legislation affect ing the District of Columbia. He is said to have incurred the enmity of many people who interpret his views as hostile to the interests of the city. EX-PRESIDENT GOES TO PICNIC AND WON'T DISCUSS PEN ROSE SPEECH ARCHBOLD STORY IS REPUDIATED T. R. Says Boldly That Standard Oil President Does Not Tell Truth Tour Starts Wednesday OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 24. Col onel Theodore Roosevelt, the progres sive nominee for president, laid aside his political duties today, forgot all about his controversy with Senator Bois Penrose of Pennsylvania re garding campaign contributions in the iy04 election and spent the day pic nicking with Mrs. Roosevelt and Ar chie and Kermit, his sons. Roosevelt flatly refused to give an inkling of the testimony he would eive in me i'enrose-Standard Oil scandal if called bofore the senate campaign contributions mmmittoo He said .however, that he might give out anoiner statement. The former president plans to leave next Wednesday on a three day's speaking tour of Vermont. "I am not going to make an extend ed stumping tour of the country. At my conference Monday with Mr. Mc Adoo we simply will decide upon what amount of speaking I shall do and the places I shall visit. There will be a few speeches in New Jersey. It is the general judgment that this is the most effective wav to campaign." Last night Colonel Roosevelt mado a lengthy statement in which he branded as false the accusations of John D. Archbold and Senator Pen rose. The statement is sharp and de cisive. Roosevelt emphasizes the fact that Cornelius N. Bliss, charged with him, in the campaign contribution mix-up, has been dead some time and a denial on his part is impossible. "But I do not for one moment be lieve that Mr. Archbold's testimony is truthful," said Colonel oRosevelt. "He apparently possesses such a mor al standard that he does not under stand the infamous accusation he is making against Mr. Bliss. But dur ing the seven years that elapsed be fore Mr. Bliss' death after Mr. Arch bold claims he made the contribution in question, Mr. Archbold never brought up any statement of this kind. This is a wicked assault on a dead man whose high standing and probity were such that no human be ing who was himself! honest would ever impute evil motives to him. "For example, Mr. Archbold states that he and the late H .H. Rogers vis ited me at the White House and that I then remarked to them that there had been some criticism about cam paign contributions. This is a false hood. Neither on that occasion nor on any other occasion was one word said either by me to Mr. Archbold to me about campaign contributions. "Inasmuch as Mr. Archbold does not tell the truth in his interview with me. I have no doubt that he does not tell the truth about the man who is dead and whom living he never dared to accuse as now accuses him. "Mr. Penrose and Mr. Archbold should be both examined upon this transaction and see if there can be any possible way in which they can explain it or in which Mr. Penrose justifies himself. - The transaction it self and the whole alliance between Mr. Penrose and Mr. Archbold and Mr. Penrose's action in connection therewith are a startling example of the workings of that invisible empire to whose reign we intend to put an end." THE G Commencing Today Hellstrom & Myhrc Sweedish American Character Singers and Dancers European Novelty Only act of its kind in vaudeville Amateti? Night MONDAY NIGHT T H CRUEL STEAM ROLLER METHODS IS CHARGE HURLED BY F. J. TOOZE 0. W. EASTHAH DEFENDS HIMSELF New Party In Clackamas County In Pretty Pickle Preacher In vites Members To Be come Prohibitionists The Bull Moose party of Clackamas County held an informal session in Willamette Hall Saturday evening.lt was to have been a formal one, but, unfortunately, formalities were dis pensed with. It was a fight just like the chief bull moose would grit his teeth over when describing and then exclaim "Delight-ed." Two factions of the party it takes two to make a fight locked horns at the foregather ing of the great herd. And as they say in Rivington street, New York, Manhattan, "Believe Muh, they fit some." According to the Bull Moose "dope" the Morning Enterprise calls it "dope" for obvious reasons Max Tel ford, head and front of the offending, if you happen to be a Republican or Democrat, and having been the only delegate from Clackamas County to the State Progressive convention" held in Portland, conceived the idea of organizing Clftckamas County. Be it remembered, too, that Mr. Telford was; an alternate to the progressive convention in Chicago. There is no question as to his having . been the pioneer Bull Moose leader in Clacka mas County the same as the Wright Brothers were the pioneers in aerial navigation with heavier than air ma--chines. George F. Rogers, National Com mitteeman of the1. Progressive party in Oregon, was in' Oregon City Satur day afternoon, and friends of Mr. Tel ford say that Mr. Rodgers favored Mr. Telford being named County Cen tral Committeeman. Mr. Rogers had to return to Salem, and after that came the fight. I .E. Bridges was elected chairman of the temporary or ganization .receiving; two votes. The others present did not vote. W. M. Stone was elected secretary f the same majority. While the temporary organization was still in effect O. W. Eastham was named county commit teeman. This important office Is sometimes filled at political conven tions after the permanent organiza tion is made. By a vote of one it was decided to call the organization, "The Clackamas County Progressive League." F .J. Tooze, who is one of the most eloquent and forceful speakers in Clackamas County, championed the cause of Mr. Telford. Mr. Tooze con tended that Mr. Telford had been un fairly treated. He also said, in no un certain ' way, that it was his opinion the steam roller tactics alleged against Mr. Taft's lieutenants at Chi cag were being used by the Eastham men. Calmly, but smarting under the charge, Mr. Eastham denied the charge. He said that a new party had to not only have an inception, but a plain, blunt start.- The only way he knew to start one was to begin. Mr Rodgers, . the National Committee man, Mr. Eastham said, had written letters to various persons in Oregon City, telling them to get busy with the organization of the party in the county. He surely could not be blam ed for doing what he was urged to do. However, Mr. Tooze insisted that the tactics were non-Rooseveltian and demonstrated ft the satisfaction of many persons in the audience that Mr. Tellord had not been given a "square deal." Dr. T. B. Ford, pastor of the Metho- (Continued on page 2) RAND AT E GRAND