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VOL IV. No. 82.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1912.
Per "Week, 10 Cents
PLEADS GUILTY TO
SINGLE TAX FOE
PLEA FOR SUFFRAGE' IN WORLD SERIES
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PERPETRATED BY WALT MFDOUGALLv
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EVLRTM1NC IS YESTERDAY OR TOMORROW!
THE WEATHER " S
Oregon City Tuesday fair, eas
terly winds. -
Oregon Tuesday fair with ris
ing temperature. Easterly winds.
BROWNELL MAKES
RED SOX FAVORED
DYNAMITE CHARG
CONVINCES SCORES
LAWYER'S ADDRESS AT METHO-
DIST CHURCH; CONVINCING J
AND ELOQUENT
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LARGE AUDITORIUM IS THRONGED
Speaker Asserts that Best Way to Hotel Lobbies Thronged With Nota
Improve Morals of Country is bles From All Parts of Coun-
to Let Women ' try Fair Weather Is
Vote i v Forecast
Declaring that equal suffrage is nc-
essary to give women an equalchane6
in the battle of life, and that it would
be adopted by every state in the Un-
ion eventually, George C. Brown-
elj made an eloquent and forceful
address in the Open Forum of the
Methodist church Sunday night. "Ev
ery seat in the edifice was occupied,
and there was no question that the
audience was in sympathy with the
arguments presented. Mr. Brown
ell's subject was "Should Women
Participate in Politics?"
Mr. Brownell declared that the
chuch, standing for the betterment
of society was the best place to dis
cuss equal suffrage for its adoption
would mean the betterment of socie-
the white slave dealer, and men who
engaged in other lines of vice were
allowed to vote there certainly should
be no reason why the women who
would help put down vice if they had
the opportunity should ootl be enfran-
chised.
"Men who are battling to destroy by their doubie responsibility. The
the social fabric are voting," said the working woman carries a double
speaker, " and yet the. women have burden, that of the home, and that
no means of putting down this traf- cf the factory or wherever she may
fic. The right of suffrage to women be employed. These new duties can
would check the growth of gambling not be -delegated to the men but must
and the saloons. It has in states be shared with them or the wage
where it has been adopted checked earning women and the " future
the white slave traffic and raised the homes of the nation will suffer,
age of consent. It seems strange "There are 145,000 children
that there is an organization for the working in cigar and cigarette fact
purpose of capturing girls against ories and cotton mills in the United
their will and imprisoning them, but States. This, of itself, has been per
tnere is a remedy. If women could mitted by the carelessness of the men
be given the power the direct inter- voters, and is one of the strongest
reasons why women should have the
right to vote. They always take a
higher moral view of politics than
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George C. Brownell, who made con-
vincinq and eloquent argument for
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portant factor for morality and bet
" ter government. It is a conceded
st they would take would right fact that the greatest intellects of
this wrong which the men with their the human race, have, from the be
votes have failed to do." ginning of civilation to the present
Mr. Brownell scouted the idea time acknowledged that naturally
that the women would not apperciate wmen are intellectually the equal
the responsibility of the ballot, tmen andu morally their superiors,
and said they would take even great- They have been depnved of the bal
er interest in voting and vote more lot ,throuSh prejudice, bias and the
intelligently than the men. He drew working of small m.nds that have
v,v,M n.VfurP nf W men rnmP
here from other countries because of
n Koffor Annirti mitiT on1 o frffr TrT
ernment, but said opportunity would
be greater and the country would be
freer if the women were placed on
an equality politically with the men.
The greatest benefit arising from reckoned with at the polls. The
equal suffrage would be to the work- vote w;u be her protection against
ing girls,"" continued the speaker. the industrial wrongs, her protection
They; would have something to say against the constant tendency to re
then regarding their employment, juce her wages, because of helpless
hours of work and renumeration and ness whoever believes in the Dec
best of all the conditions under laration of Independence must be-
which thousands ot tnem exist would i;eve ;n the right of women to vote,
be "improved. Women, it has been As an instance of what women can
demonstrated, vote more independ- j0 whcn enfranchised in Massachu
ently than men, and the result of settes for more than ,fty-five years
equal suffrage would be the election a fight was carried on to make moth
of a better quality of officials. Vot- ers equai w;th fathers as guardians
ing gives dignity to citizenship, and 0f their children. Thewomen of Col
the women exercise the best qualty ora passed that bill in less than
of dignity. fifty-five days."
"In Germany are 9,000,000 The speaker declared that in Col
women making their own way in fac- orado the child labor laws and other
tories, stores, -fields, etc. Should they laws for the protection of children
not have a voice in making the laws are much better enforced and in a
and in electing the officials? In much more advanced state than in
this country there are 8,000,000 any other state, because the women
girls and women wage-earners, have the power to punish those who
These facts must suggest to any disregard the laws,
thoughtful person that women have ' "Women will obtain the ballot in
come into a new time and have to this state," continued the speaker,
deal with a new condition, and that "because they should have it. There
these conditions demand a new view is no use to try to defeat this mbve-
BETTING 10 EO 8 ON BOSTON
EVE OF GREAT BASEBALL
SRUGGLE
THOUSANDS WAIT AT POLO GROUNDS
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. This ev-
;n;ng the day before the opening of
tne world's champion baseball series,
found thousands of men and boys at
tne p0l0 grounds
At the sale of seats today only one
ticket will be sold to a person. This
is an eleventh-hour ruling, designed
to defeat speculators.
Betting odds remain at approxi
mately the same as three weeks ago,
with the American League club's
supporters willing to give odds to 10
to' 8. The weather bureau hopes to
provide "errorless" weather for the
opening game. Its official forecast
for Tutsday is "fair and cooler, mod
erate, variable winds." It could bef
several degrees colder, however, wit''
.u s'501 . e Same- 0 ay was
clear and crisp with promise
oi
moderately warm afternoon.
In the hotel lobbies here are gath
ered hundreds of men notable in the
baseball world.
men.
"As Lincoln gave the negroes the
right to vote in order that they
might protect themselves, women
should be given the same right for
the same reason. It is incomprehen
sible that women working in factor
ies where machinery is dangerous
for lack of safeguards should not
have a voice in passing laws that
would result in obtaining the safe
guards. In many of the eastern cit
ies the populations are so great that
many of the children are kept out of
schools. Schools are not built fast
enough to provide for all. With the
women voting the schools would be
provided.
"In Colorado there is not a child
but what has a seat in school and
is guarded by law compelling its par
ents to allow it to go to school. Equal
suffrage in Colorado, Wyoming, Ida-
hn and Wahinirtnn has nrndured
, B , , ,
better nominees and has been an tm-
always ucbperateiy opposcu iu any m-
vance of womanhood.
"I am in favor of equal
suffrage
s - ' um. juu .
bread w,nmnf Portlon f the female
ex Wlth the hlht as a boon she will
be a power that must be respected
and like her brother she must be
? J I BE-UT PflWE (bllWlii) )THfltf CIGARS ARE
"-I WEEKOTTO.' ON SATURDAY ONLY. FIVE CENTS ONLY!
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ment, for there has never been a time
when truth will not win. A woman
was killed a few days ago in one of
our large cities b an elevator. Don't
you think that woman's mother
should have a right to say through
her ballot that only capable and care
ful men shall be employed to operate
elevators. The men have not done
it. The women if they had the pow
er would. I
"Many men oppose enfranchising
women because they declare women ;
are not practical, hut this is a mere !
subterfuge. I never saw a business :
woman but she was shrewder than j
men. With intellects the equal . of j
men, and morality far superior, why j
should not women make the best vot-1
ers.
Machinery has usurped the1
functions of the home and the wom
en have to go out to work. The j
clothing made years ago by the wife j
and mother is made in the mills now. j
The bread is bought from the baker, j
And then the high price of living
has driven many women to work.
See what the meat and other trusts ;
are doing. The daughters and sons '
as soon as they are able must go to
work now to help support the fam
ily." i
Mr. Brownell read a letter from
President Lincoln to a mother who
had lost five boys in-the Civil War,
and asked if that woman should not
have had a right to vote. The men,
who had killed her sons wewe voters
before and after the war and yet she
the mother of five brave soldiers was
deprived of the right. He read ex
tracts from letters by Andrew Jack
son and Chief Justice Chase in which
the enfranchisement of women was
predicted and advocated. j
"We men have made a failure of ;
civil " government," declared Mr. '
Brownell, and we have got a long
way to go before we become civiliz
ed. Think of Morgan and Perkins
testifying as to hundreds of thous
ands of dollars being given by them
to elect a man to office, and the wom
en having no say in depriving the
men from buying and owning
governments. It needs a stick of dy
namite under two-thirds of the men
to get them started in the right di
rection, but it must be conceded that
if for no other reason women ought
to be given the ballot because of the
moral force they would lend the gov-'
ernment. ".
The speaker was "applauded
through his address and at its conclu
sion Dr. Ford, pastor of the church
asked the men who favored equal
suffrage to stand. Almost all did.
Dr. Ford complimented Mr. Brown
ell and declared he was confident the
address had converted many persons
in the audience.
Boost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
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Mrs. John Kraxberger, one of the
well known residents of Clackamas
County, whose home was at Marks
burg, died at the family home Octo
ber 5, and the interment was in the
Zion cemetery at Canby Saturday.
Funeral at the hose was . conducted
at 12 o'clock, after which the re
mains were taken to the German
Lutheran church at Macksburg,
where many friends of the deceased
had gathered. The services were
conducted by Rev. Dr. Morenz
Oeser, of Marksburg.
Mrs. Kraxburger was bornj Jan
uary 7, 1840, near Vienna, Austria,
and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Mathew Hamader, her maiden name
being Raso Hamader. She was mar
ried near Vienna to John Kraxberger
in 1861. They located in Portland
in 1892, and in the spring of the
next year moved to Macksburg
where Mr. Kraxberger purchased a
farm. .
Mrs. Kraxberger was the mother
of eighteen children, nine of whom
died in infancy. Those living are
Mrs. Rosa Kummer, Franz Krax
berger, of Macksburg, and Rev. W.
berger, of Marksburg, and Rev. W.
R. Kraxberger, pastor of the Ger
man Lutheran church, of Oregon
City. Mrs Kraxberger is survived
by hen husband and about forty
grandchildren.
CANBY MAY HAVE VOTE
ON LOCAL OPTION
A petition that local option be vot
ed' at the coming election in Canby
has been filed with County Clerk
Mulvey. It has about fifty signatures
Canby is now "dry" but it is under
stood that) men formerly interested
in the liquor business there have tak
en the lead in urging that the ques
tion be voted upon again. The peti
tion was filed by Frank Astman.
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SENT TO OFFICERS
County Clerk Mulvey Monday
mailed notices of election to the
clerks and judges throughout the
county. The noticesKwhich are pub
lished on linen, contains the names
of all offices to be filled at the Nov
ember election, the polls to be open
from 8 o'clock in the morninguntil
7 o'clock in the evening. Two no
tices must be posted in conspicuous
places in each precinct.
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STIES STEAMBOAT
Charles Spanigal, employed on the
Steamer Ruth, had a narrow escape
from being killed Saturday when a
large rock hurled by a blast where
excavating is being done for a mill
wall on' the West side, crashed
through the roof of the craft. The
stone, which was thrown 800 feet
fell on the engine room floor where
Spanigal was at work and did
not miss him three feet. It lodged
in the floor and is being kept by the
crew as a souvenir.
SUES FOR $25,000
John Bertschinger, who lost his
left leg as the result of being injured
by a stump-puller Monday filed suit
for $2j,000 against Edgar Horple,
who owns a farm near Currinsville.
The plaintiff alleges that he was
driving a team February 24, 1912,
which was attached to a stump-pul-lerler
when a double-tree broke and
he was struck by the "sweep." His
leg was so badly crushed that ampu
tation was necessary and he says he
was otherwise injured.
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WILSONVILLE RALLY
George C. Brownell was the prin
ciple speaker at the meeting conduct
ed by the Republican nominees for
county offices at Wilsonville Mon
day evening. Mr. Brownell did not
criticise the Democratic incumbents,
but said Republicans usually gave
more efficient service than Demo
crats. Those who spoke were E. C.
Hackett, candidate for sheriff ; Gus
tav Schnoerr, and Chris Schuebel,
candidates for representative" in the
legislature; J. F. Nelson, candidate
for assessor and E. P. Dedman, can
didate for recorder. The attendance
was large.
COLONEL MILLER TO BE
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Equal Suffrage sympathizers will
be glad to learn that the speaker for
Fridey evening at Shiveley's Thea
ter will be Colonel Robert Miller,
of Portland. All who have heard
Colonel Miller speak know -,what a
treat awaits them.
DEFENSE GIVEN SEVERE SET
BACK IN TRIAL OF IRONWORKERS
EDWARD CLARK GIVES UP FIGHT
Accused Man Charged with Being at
Head of Several Dynamiting
Crimes in Cleve
land INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 7. Ed
ward Clark, of Cincinnati, pleaded
guilty today to the government's
charges in the dynamite conspiracy.
As soon as court opened District
Attorney Charles W .Miller addres
sed Federal Judge A. B. Anderson:
"If it .pleases the court, the defend
ant, Clark, of Cincinnati, wishes to
plead guilty."
"Do you plead guilty?" asked
Judge Anderson.
"I plead guilty, said Clark.
The prisoner was separated from
the other forty-five defendants and
taken to jail to await the imposing of
his sentence. Clark pleaded guilty
to all the charges five counts of
conspiracy near Cleveland, and fifty
counts of being a principal to the
actual illegal interstate shipment of
dynamite and nitro-glycerine.
Clark was business agent and pres
ident of Local Union 44 of the In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers fron January
1908, to July 1911.
BROTHERHOODS TO
HAVE ONION BANQUET
Members of the church brother
hoods of the city at a meeting .in the
Commercial Club Monday evening
decided to have a union banquet at
the Baptist church on the evening of
October 25. Han. H. E. Cross will
be toastmaster, and Dr. Sheldon, the
famous author, will be the guest of
honor and principle speaker. F. J.
Tooze and Rev. G. N. Edwards
were appointed a committee to form
ulate a plan for having union meet
ings of the brotherhoods.
Joe Denuff
Will give exhibition
of his strength at the
Grand Theatre
Today and Tomorrow
Pictures same yesterday
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CHARLES H. SHIELDS ANSWERS
ALL QUESTIONS CONVINCINGLY
STRONG ARGUMENT MADE BY HIM
Meeting Exciting Throughout an"
Propaganda of Fels and U'Ren
Is Given Hard '
. Blow
Although heckled and interrupted
repeatedly by Single Taxers, Charles
H. Shields, secretary of the Oregon
Equal Taxation League, and who is
given much of the credit for the vot
ers of Washington having defeated
single tax, in an address at Willam
ette Hall Monday night made a fine
impression. He addressed an audi
ence of, between 200 and 300, and
it is safe to say that when he had fin
ished not more than eight or ten per
sons still adhered to the Henry
George and Joseph Fels theory.
Mr. Shields answered all the ques
tions asked him in a straightforward
and convincing manner. He was
never at a loss, although it was evi
dent that at least three of the men
who quizzed him had gone to the
hall for the purpose and had select
ed questions they believed would be
most puzzling.
In reply to a puestion why he had
not invited Mr. U'Ren to divide the
time with, Mr. Shields said that he
had paid for the hall, arranged for
the meeting, and that Mr. U'Ren,
being a resident of this city, had am
ple opportunity to address the voters
of this city.
"I am not trying to evade Mr.
U'Ren," declared the speaker, "and
after the appointments I have made
have been kept I shall be delighted
to meet him anywhere he desires and
as often as he wishes on the platform
and I shall give him all he is looking
for too."
Mr. Shields scored a telling point
and was applauded afterward for
more than a minute when he explain
ed the so-called "Single. Tax" of
British Columbia. This was in an
swer to a question if single tax had
been a success there, why should it
not be a success in Oregon.
The reason is," shouted the speak
er, "that there is no single tax in
British Columbia."
Mr. Shields then read the tax laws
of British Columbia, which include
personal property tax, poll tax, tax .
on canneries, and taxes on various
other kinds of property. The only
property exempted there is buildings.
S. McDonald, and C. S. Noble
asked most of the questions, and re
vealed their unfairness several times
by, refusing to accept the answers
of the speaker which were to the
point and were convincing. They
were urged by others in the audience
repeatedly t6 keep their seats, but
Mr. Shields insisted that they con
tinue, declaring he was eager to an
swer all questions.
Mr. Shields' denunciations of sin- '
gle tax was neither vicious nor ill
timed. It was logical. -He proved
his statements invariably.
As an introduction he . explained
why it was that he was acting as sec
retary of the Oregon Equal Taxa
tion League, under whose auspices
his speech here was given. Secretary
Shields said that he was vice presi
dent of the Spokane Grain Com
pany, of Seattle and that when the
single tax agitation came up in that
city he decided to work against it,
feeling from ten years' study of the
subject that it was vicious.
"And no one can say," said Mr.
Shields, "that I was consulting my
own personal interests. The smgle
tax measure offered in Seattle would
have resulted in my concern saving
$2,000 a year in taxes. Instead of
paying that sum we would pay noth
ing." Mr. Shields added that out of his
own pocket he raised $3,000 as a
preliminary in the Seattle fight.
SCHOOL VOUCHERS
ARE SENT TO CLERKS
County School Superintendent
Gary Monday apportioned the school
fund for the first half of the year and
will send the vouchers to the clerks
of the various districts today. The
pro rata of the state tax is six cents
less for each pupil than it was last
year the amount for .each pupil this
year being $1.86. The county fund,
however, is larger making a larger
total. The law provides that the ap
portionment of the first half shall be
made the first Monday iri October
and the last one in April.