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MOMN THE WEATHER -S Oregon City Occasional rain; south to west winds. $ S Oregon Occasional rain; souths Sto west winds, dimishingat coast. 4 Q 4 $ , The only daily newspaper be- tween Portland and Salem; cir- culates in every section of Clack- & amaa County, with a population of 30,000. Are you an advertiser? WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED IS66 VOL. IV No. li5. OREGON. CITY, OREGON, THUESD AY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912. Per Week, 10 Cents HUGE WAVE HITS STEAMER BEAVER PRESIDENT FIXES CANAL RATES COMPANIONS IN "MISERY. SUFFRAGETTES TO CONDUCT ELECTION POSTOFFICE READY FOR PARCEL POST WAITER ASLEEP IN BERTH IS THROWN ON FLOOR BY SHOCK EMPTY STATEROOMS ARE SMASHED! Accident at EarJs Climax to Fierce "Gale on Trip North From San Francisco Beaver's Second Accident ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 13. (Special.) As a climax of a trip northward along the Oregon coast in one of the : worst blows of the season, the Beav er, flagship of th San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company's fleet, was overtaken as she was crossing into the river this afternoon, by a huge comber which crushed in the walls of her house and a half dozen staterooms aft, and sweeping forward with irresistible force, cleaned up the decks to the stem. Only one person was injured. A waiter, asleep below, was thrown by the shock, when the comber struck, from his bunk and dashed to the floor with such force that his scalp was split ouen and he sustained a number of bruises. Passengers were frightened by the impact of the wall of water as it came aboard and by the crashing of the house walls as they went down, but the staterooms which were demolish ed were luckily not occupied. The Beaver had arrived off the heads at 6 o'clock this morning after traversing a mountanous sea in a fierce blow throughout the night. The gale was subsiding, but the sea was still runnig so high thaUCaptain Mas on did not attempt to take the steam er in. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the tide being at flood, and the seas somewhat less rough, the Beaver started in. As she was crossing a shoal the great comber came up aft and broke over her stern with a roar that sounded to some inexperienced passengers as though the vessel were being torn in pieces. After smashing the house and state room walls by its first impact the comber did no further damage except to flood a number of other rooms, among them the wireless operator's quarters, which he had just vacated. After a brief stop here the Beaver proceeded up the river for Portland j late this afternoon. Captain Mason j telegraphed the news of his rough j experience on the bar, and the Beaver will be met at Portland in the morn ing by Captain Crowe, Lloyd's survey or, who will survey the damage done by the comber. , This is the second time this season that the Beaver has been struck by a comber while on the bar. On the pre vious occasion she sustained damage similar to that of today, although not so extensive. While the' series of gales that have been blowing along the coast since October 18? has subsided the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River is still extremely rough and the only vessel to cross out today was the steamer Breakwater. The Rose City, also of the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company's fleet, is wait ing here for subsidance of the waters so she can leave for California ports. Other vessels coastbound are the American-Hawaiian steamer Lyra, steamers Coaster, F. H. Leggett, Cam ino, Iaqua, tanker Asuncion, British steamship Mancunia and British bark Oweenee. ' Tf ATT A K WITH the Dutch Collars which are so much, in vogue this year no woman's outfit is complete without several pieces of neck adornment. An ticipating the popu larity of this style in advance, we bought heavily in beautiful Lavalliers which make an ordinanry neck look beautiful and a pretty one even more so. This is one of the handsomest pieces of jewelry ever worn and we have set a price that will leave us without one In stock. BURMEISTER Oregon City Jewelers PROTEST OF BRITISH IGNORED; TOLLS FOR FOREIGN SHIPS $1.20. INCREASED TONNAGE IS EXPECTED Secretary of War Ordered to Prepare Rules for Measurment of Vessels to Assist in Carrying Out Edict WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Presi dent Taft tonight issued a proclama tion fixing the rates that " foreign shipping shall pay for passage through the Panama Canal. The proclamation made under authority of the canal bill passed by Congress in August, establishes a merchant vessel rate of $1.20 per net ton in actual carrying capacity, witn a reduction of 40 per cent ship in ballast. . The provisions of the proclamation are as follows: "1. On merchant vessels carrying passengers or a cargo $1.20 per net vessel ton each 100 cubic feet of actual carrying capacity. "2. On vessels in' ballast without passengers or cargo, 40 per cent less than the rate of tolls for vessels wUh passengers or cargo. "3. Upon naval vessels other than transports, colliers, hospital ships and supply ships, 50 per cent per dis placement ton. "4! Upon Army and Navy trans ports, colliers, hospital ships and sup ply ships $1.20 per net ton, the vessels to be measured by the same rules as are employed in demanding . the net tonnage of merchant vessels. "The Secretary of WTar will prepare and prescibe such rules for the meas urment of vessels, and such regula tions as may be necessary and proper to carry this proclamation into full force and effect.'' American coastwise shipping was exempted from all toll payment by Congress. It was to this provision of the act that Great Britain protest ed but no reference to the protest was made m the President's procla mation. BIG DOUBLE SHOW AT THE Electric Tonight ,Not only six big amateur acts but some of Portland's profes sional performers will appear in song and monologue. BABY LAVERNE BROOKS and MASTER CORLIN PETERS in catchy songs. The EALY CHILD ORCHESTRA (Miss Hilda Myers in Recita tion) (ARCH LONG in new Songs) VIOLIN SOLO, Home Talent, and many others. Four big Reels of Pictures featuring KING BAGGART IN THE MIL LIONAIRE COP Don't miss this entertain ment, the Best ever in City for 5 and 10c. & ANDRESEN . Suspension Bridge Corner i ! mi . i i i t i K JlTttEY'RE V ' e INITIATIVE FREIGHT RATE BILL DISCUSSED Traffic officials and attorneys of the Hill and Harriman lines held a con ference Wednesday in Portland to dis cuss the so-called Medford freight rate initiative bill passed at the gen eral election, which prescribes rates on certain classes of goods in less than car load lots. Nobody seems to understand just what this bill will do if enforced, though railroad men agree in declar ing that one sure result will be in a raising in freight rates generally throughout the state, except in the particular classes of goods named in the bill. This they say must be done by the railroads in self-preservation, owing to what they point out as the ruinously low rates on these classes of goods that the bill would put into effect. Portland shippers, especially, they say, would be injured. The Portland Chamber of Commerce may be brought into the fight against, the measure os this account. The measure is declared by attor neys to be so vague in its wording that any one of three constructions can he placed on certain' portions of it. Whether the railroads will try to enjoin the state officials from 'enforc ing the new law has not yet been de cided, and a definite course of action is not likely to be settled for several days. This, however, will probably be the course taken. No joint action is at present con templated by the railroads. If an in junction is asked, each railroad would bring suit separately to enjoin . the railroad commission, the attorney general and probably the sheriffs and district attorneys of the counties through which the road passes from enforcing the law. As an instance of the injustice the bill would work, railroad men point out that it would force the O. W. R. & N. to carry all classes of goods be tween Portland and The Dalles for less than the present water y rate. This would not only be ruinous to the railroad, but would force the Open River Transportation Company out of business, because it could not compete with such a. rate. From Portland to Albany, it is fur ther pointed out, the railroad would haye to carry the goods named for less than the actual cost of transpor tation. The result, railroad men say, would have to be higher rates on oth er commodities. HONE RULE IS ARGUED LONDON, Nov. 13 Speaker Low ther of the House of Commons, today ruled Premier Asquith's motion for a reconsideration of the home rule vote of Monday out of order. He declares, however, that it is without precedent in British Parliamentary history. Premier Asquith said a reconsidera tion of Monday's vote was necessary or it would be impossible to continue the home rule bill. Andrew Bonar-Law replied. He quoted Asquith's bitter denunciation of Balfour for refusing to resign fol lowing an adverse vote against the conservative administration several years ago. He concluded: "The only honorable course for the present Liberal Cabinet is to resign or dissolve, Parliament and force an election. In view, of the Bolkan crisis I am willing to delay pressing such a policy temporarily." 3 Couples Get Licenses. Licenses to marry were issued Wednesday to Garnett Peebles and Herbert. Krager, Martha Oliver and E. Dallas and Stella Bernice Fenney and August Herman Eliason. If you saw it in the Enterprise it's m mm UF 1.1. J Pi " Jt tA X a IS WRECKED; EIGHTEEN DEAD INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 13. Eighteen lives were forfeited at Irvington, a suburb of Indianapolis, early today, by the carelessness of a brakeman of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad in neglecting to close a switch after a freight train had back ed onto a siding in compliance with orders to meet a passenger train. A few minutes later the Cincinnati-Indianapolis passenger train, heavily loaded, crashed into the freight, in stantly killing fourteen passengers and injuring four others so badly that they died later in a "hospital here. The dead: Albert Allen and Mrs. Allen, of Los Angeles; Christian Chen ey and Mrs. Cheney and Cheney's brother, all of Jackson, Ky. ; Charles and Chester Cheney, children of Christian Cheney; Christopher Im holt; Joseph Palmer; Conductor Ir vin Wigins; Fireman Fred Hutchin son; Brakeman Bert White; Benja min Boyle; two unidentified men. More than twenty other passengers were injured, and the death list may be increased. Most of the victims were riding in the smoking car and were en route from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. The freight train was standing on an open switch when the crash occur red. An exploding gas tank fired the wreckage, but the flames were soon extinguished by a bucket brigade. Conductor Williams was crushed to death as he stood in the aisle of the day coach collecting tickets. His body was found in an upright position jammed between two seats, his glas ses still oh his nose. The freight train had orders to liieet the passenger at Irvington. It backed into the siding, but the brake man neglected to close the switch. MRS. DYE DECLINES TO OFFER FOR MAYOR Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, who has been urged to enter as a candidate for mayor of Oregon City, announced Wednesday that she had 'declined to do so. In response to the requests of many of her friends to announce her candidacy she made , the following statement: "I believe there is a great future for women in civic life, but for my own individual part, I prefer to stay at home and write books and vote for somebody else." HUSBAND SUING, SAYS WIFE NEGLtCTFUL R. Hayes filed suit Wednesday for a divorce against Emma Hayes. They were married in Portland July 20, 1901, and have two children. The plaintiff alleges that defendant has been cruel and had shown neglect, which commenced seven years ago. The plaintiff further alleges that the defendant is addicted to the use of drugs. Circuit Judge Campbell granted the following divorces Wednesday: Mae belle M. Robertson against H. C. Rob ertson. The plaintiff was allowed $450 alimony. J. H. Berry against Greta E. Berry. PHEASANT HUNTER FINED. " James Mahlum, who was accused by D. C. Wilson, Deputy Game Ward en, of killing a China pheasant Wed nesday at Canby, pleaded guilty and was fined $25 by Justice of ths Peacff W. W. H. Samson. DRUNKEN MEN ARRESTED. John Smith and John Reynolds were arrested Tuesday evening by J"ight Of ficer Green. Both are charged with be ing under the influence of liquor. m VI K ,j J S&iSW VIS ROSEBiG MAYOR IS ORDERED TO RESIGN SALEM, Or., Nov. 13. Governor West today issued an ultimatum to Mayor Micelli, of Roseburg. Micelli must re sign and make way for someone who will enforce the liquor laws, or the governor will see that the suits to put the Roseburg Brewery & Ice Company, of which Mayor Micelli is one of the leading stockholders, out of business are vigorously prosecut ed. "Unless Mr(yor Micelli resigns I have instructed District Attorney Brown to bring an injunction suit against the Roseburg Brewery & Ice Company and also proceed to revoke the company's charter," declared the governor today. "If Mayor Micelli gets out of office and lets" someone who will enforce the laws, there may not be need to prosecute these civil suits." For some time District Attorney Brown has had the officials of the brewery company in court on a charge of violating the local option law. The brewery was supposed to be manu- j lacturmg noming dui near-Deer, Dut the charge was made that real beer was being manufactured and sold there. The jury which tried the case first hung six to six. Then in the election the brewery people made a vigorous fight against the reelection of District Attorney Brown, who made a campaign isue out of his determin ation to fight the brewery to a finish. After Brown's reelection five direct ors of the brewery company went in to the court and pleaded guilty to vio lating the local option law and paid fines aggregating over $2000. "As the mayor is a leading stock holder of this company he should now get out of office1'', said the gov ernor, "and if he doesn't be will have to tike the consequences. The con fession of guilt of the directors will be good material for having the com pany's license revoked." . W. R. LOGUS L Mrs. William R. Logus entertained the Wednesday Bridge Club at her home Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent in playing bridge and five hundred. Miss Marjor ie Caufield and Mrs. J. R. Humphreys won the prizes. A dainty lunch was served by Mrs. Logus. Those who were present were Misses Holmes, Nellie Caufield, Marjorie Caufield, and Mesdames Charman, Chapman, Tobin, Rands, Humphreys, Mulvey, Mount, Morris, Hendly, O'Malley, Pickens, Porter, Price, Meissner, Clark, Law rence and Logus. ENTERTAIN REBECCAS The unmarried members of Willam ette Rebecca Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F. entertained the married members Tuesday evening. A musical and lit erary program was splendidly render ed, after -which dainty refreshments were served. The married members entertained the unmarried members recently. There was a large attend ance. SUE FOR $740.20. L. C. and Fred Himler Wednesday, through Attorney H. E. Cross, filed suit for $740.20 against S. P. Chris tensen. - They allege that they enter ed into a contract with the defendant April 27, 1912, to float railway ties down the Clackamas River from J. B. Cummins' sawmill to Parkplace. It is charged that the defendant ship ped fifty five cars of rails after they had reached Parkplace for which he was to pay $1613.48, but that only part of the money had been paid. GLADSTONE COUNCIL APPOINTS WOMEN OFFICERS AT i POLLS j 'WE'LL SHOW THEM," DECLARES ONE Mrs. Burke and Mrs. McGetchie, Mem- jAII Packages Must Bear Return Ad bers of Board, Will Be Chap- dress of Sender or They Will erones of Unmarried Ones Five ardent suffragettes, all well known Gladstone women, were Tues day evening appointed judges and clerks of the municipal election to be held in that progressive little city the first Monday in December, and will be given an opportunity to prove them selves capable of assuming the pe culiar responsibilities that attend "Votes for Wbmen." Those selected 1 by the city council for the momentous task are the Misses Pearl and Iva M. Harrington, Miss Ada Hulburt, Mrs. Tom A. Burke and Mrs. R. M. Mc Getchie. Four of the appointees have valiently accepted the appointments without protest. The fifth will de cide soon, and if she accepts, the des tinies of three councilmen and the city recorder will be placed entirely in the hands of the fair ones. "We'll show them," said Miss Harrington. "I think the council did it to be cute. But we will show them we can handle an election just as well as the men." .Miss Harrington knows whereof she speaks, for she has been deputy county clerk for two years, and un derstands election procedure thor oughly. Mrs. Burke and Mrs. McGetchie, the only married members of the new ly appointed board, will in addition to their present duties, assume the role of chaparones for the day, and have hinted that all forms of election etiquette will be '.rigidly enforced even more so than at the election a week ago last Tuesday at Gladstone when a Bull Mooser and a . Socialist tried to vote the same ballot at the same time. "None of that under our regime", declare the appointees. COUNCIL TO DISCUSS !T FRANCHISE The freight franchise of the Port-1 land . Railway, Light & Power uom- j pany will be discussed at a meeting ' of the City Council this evening. A committee has been working on the proposed franchise for some time, and will be ready to make a report. A meeting of the council to which the people .will be invited to make sug gestions will be held soon. A majority of taxpayers are said to oppose grant ing a franchise for more than five years. The reducing of telephone' rates also will be discussed this evening. A conference between representatives of the telephone companies and the committee was held Tuesday. The representatives of the telephone com panies placed their data before the committee and the committee will make a report tonight. EIGHT DEMOCRATS A $2400 annual plum in the shape of the Oregon City postmastership is a prize, local Democrats are not over looking. While T. P. Randall, who has made an excellent official, has two and one-half years to serve, at least eight stalwart Democrats have their eyes on the place and have so an nounced. While George A. . Harding was the first to announce that he would actually be an applicant for the position the others were close on his trail. An Enterprise man took a census of the applicants and prospec tive applicants Wednesday with the following results: George A. Hard ing, W. C. Green, E. T. Mass, J. J. Cooke, G. F. Johnson, James P. Lov ett, T. J. Myers and C. W; Kelly. ALASKA NEWSPAPER Joseph J. Green, who is connected with the Dawson Daily News, visited Coroner William J. Wilson Wednes day. Mr. Green has been connected with the Dawson News for nine ye'ars and has been in Alaska for 16 years. This is his first trip out of Alaska for five years, he having made a trip to Portland in 1907. Before connecting himself with the Dawson News, Mr. Green had been connected with sev eral mining enterprises in Juneau. He will make his residence in Portland for the winter. CANBY BANK STATE RESERVE Superintendent of State Banks, Mr. Wright, has appointed the Canby Bank & Trust Company of Canby, a reserve bank for all state banks. The Canby bank is the only bank between Portland and Salem so designated. The bank carries a large reserve and it is probable that it was due to this fact that they were appointed a re serve bank. RANDALL WARNS PATRONS NOT TO USE ORDINARY STAMPS ON MAIL - PARCELS MAILABLE AT THE OFFICES Not Be Accepted by .'Postmaster Posjtmaster Randall announced Wed nesday that he ha,d made arrange ments for the starting of the parcel post service in this city and county January 1. He said that there were many things in relation to the ser vice which the public must thorough ly understand in order to prevent friction and delay at the start. .Mr. Randall has received instructions from headquarters that distinctive parcel post stamps must be, used on all fourth class matter (parcel post) and that matter bearing ordinary itamps-.wiil be "held for postage." "Parcels will be mailable oniy at postoffices ", said Mr. Randall, "branch postoffices, lettered and local stations and such numbered stations as may be designated by the postmaster. All parcels musnjear the return address of the sender, and if they do not they will not be accepted for mailing." Mr. Randall thinks there, will be a large parcel post business in this county, and he expects the assistance of the public, in that the rules shall be strictly adherred to at the begin ning. The new service will cause much more work at the office and eventually it is probable thai; more persons will be employed. ELK HEADS INVITED TO BIG DEDICATION Plans are being formulated for the dedication of the Elk's home to be held next Wednesday. The program has not been completed but a partial pro gram shows a busy day for the mem bers of Elkdom and their wives. Grand officers from all parts of the state will be in attendance, as well as hun dreds of Elks from nearby cities who will journey to Oregon City to see , the new home dedicated. The laying of the corner stone will take place at 2 o'clock. The hpme will be thrown open to the general public in the afternoon while other functions of the day are for members of the order and their families. Dinner will be served at the armory commencing at five in the afternoon and continuing until midnight. The committee is planning on a spread The grand ball will be given in Busch's Hall in the evening. Fox's orchestra of ten pieces will furnish the music for the dancers. CONTINUE JOURNEY Harry L. Young, who is commercial manager in Oregon City for the Port land Railway, Light & Power Com pany, and C. H. Moore, District Sup erintendent for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, met with an accident "while enroute for Portland in an automobile. The accident oc curred near Oswego at 7:30 Wednes day evening. The front left tire blew up, nothing being left but shreds of rubber. Not having an extra tire with them, and having an appointment at Portland at eight o'clock, they con tinued their journey on a steel rim. Arriving at the outskirts of the city they telephoned for a machine to con vey them to their' destination, leav ing their car at a machine shop. The car. was not damaged, though the rim was battered up badly. Mr. Moore who was driving, put on the emergen cy brake when the accident happen cy brake when the accident occurr suddenly, threw Mr. Young into the road, though he was not injured se verely. I CLACKAMAS TO HAVE E. P. Carter and H. E. Niles, repre senting the Publicity Department of the Commercial Club, have planned a fine exhibit for the Portland Land Show which will start Monday. Mr. Carter said Wednesday that the exhi bit would be one of the finest ever collected in Clackamas County and it is probable that it will win one of the rizes. Selections were made in pre paring the display from the Clacka mas County exhibit which won sec ond prize at the state fain at Salem. O. E. Freytag, secretary of the Pub licity Deportment, is in Minneauolis, in charge of the Oregon exhibit at the land show there. Two Couples Married. The following couples were married in the Justice of the Peace's office Wednesday: E. Dallas of Portland and Miss Martha Oliver and Herbert Kruger and Miss Garnet Peebler, of Portland. Justice of the Peace W. W. H. Samson officiated.