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VOL. IV No. 120.
E TO DIE
JURY IN CASE RETURN VERDICT
AFTER 20 MINUTES DELIB-
E RATION
COUNSEL FOR MEN, SAYS WILL APPEAL
Justice Goffs Charge to the Jury
Occupies Three Hours Calls At
tention to Strong and Weak
Points in Testimony
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. "Gyp the
Blood," "Lefty Louie," "Dago Frank"
and "Whitey Lewis" killed Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, at the insti
gation o Charles Becker, and, like
him, must pay the penalty of death in
the electric chair.
The jury which has been hearing
the evidence against the four gun
men so decided today when it return
ed a verdict against them of murder
in the first degree after but 20 min
utes of deliberation-.
The gunmen heard the verdict with
out show of emotion. They stood at
the bar, looking straight ahead as the
foreman of the jury rose to make
known the results of the deliberations
and they continued to stare stolidly
in front of the bar until the formali
ties of the proceedings were conclud
ed. Former Magistrate Charles Wahle,
counsel for the gunmen, announced
that he would appeal from the verdict
and, as in the case of Becker, months
may elapse before their ultimate fate
is determined.
When the prisoners were remanded
to their cells in the Tombs, they turn
ed and filed out of the courtroom with
as firm a step as when they first en
tered. "Whitey" Lewis he who was
the most dramatic of the four when
he testified on the witness stand
alone walked with head bowed.
As they entered the door leading
pver the "Bridge' of Sighs," "Gyp"
said something to "Lefty" in a sullen
undertone which none could hear.
Outside "Lefty's" doll-faced wife
wept on the shoulder of her husband's
father who vainly tried to comfort
her. "Gyp's" wife, known as "liyp's
Lillian," received the news in th house
of detention. The two other gunmen
are unmarried.
The final day of the trial opened
with Justice Goff s charge to the jury,
which occupied three hours. The
charges emphasized many points in
the testimony of the gunmen which
the prosecution in its summing up had
declared were discrepencies, fatal to
the credibility of their stories.
"If the defendants' contention were
tme that Rose and his companions,
Webber, Vallon and Schepps, shot
Rosenthal would he have invited them
around the Metropole Hotel, to the
scene of the shooting?" Judge Goff
asked the jury.
J.E.
COLLEGE CLASS RECORD
J. E. Hedges has received a copy
of the Vecennial Record of Yale Class
of '91, of which he is a member. The
members of the class meet every four
years in a reunion. The last reunion
was held in New Haven in June 1911,
the data for this Record being gath
ered at that time. It contains pictures
of the members of the class who -attended
the reunion and also the class
as it appeared in its freshman year.
The history of all members after 1906
4s published in the Record, as well as
pictures of all the deceased members
of the class. The next reunion is to
be held in June, 1915.
WOMAN 15 CALLED -BIGAMIST
IN SUIT
Alleging that- the defendant was the
wife of-another man when he was sup
posed to have made her his bride.
Charles H. Whitney, through Attor
neys Dimick & Dimick, Tuesday filed
a complaint asking that the alleged
marriage cantract between him and
Czedra C. Whitney, the defendant, be
declared null. The plaintiff alleges
that at the time of his and the de
dendant's alleged marriage she was
the wife of William Martin. He de
clares that he is positive that neither
had obtained a divorce.
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GUNMEN IN BECKER
CAS
BETTER BRIDGE
LIGHTS ASKED
DR. PICKENS TELLS LIVE WIRES
THAT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR
LAMPS
F1NGERLINGS TO ARRIVE SATURDAY
Council Thanked for Insisting that
P. R., L. & P. Co. Provide
Freight House and
Yard
As a result of a discussion at a
luncheon of the Live Wires Tuesday
it is probable that better lights will
be provided for the suspension bridge.
Dr. L. L. Pickens announced that the
service was not satisfactory, declar
ing that there were only four lamps
on the span. T. W. Sullivan said he
would see the offcials of the. Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company
and ask that more lights be installed.
Upon motion of Frank Busch a vote
of thanks was extended the city coun
cil for insisting that the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company be
compelled to provide a freight yard
and freight warehouse in the city. It
is believed that the new freight fran
chise of the company will contain
this provision, the council sitting as
a committee of the whole having ap
proved the proposition. Mr. Busch
was the first to advocate a freight
yard being provided by the company.
His suggestion was made a luncheon
of the Live Wires more than a year
ago.
M. D. -Latourette reported that he
had received a telegram giving the
information that about 100,000 black
spotted Yellowstone Park trout finger
lings would be sent here Saturday for
liberation in the streams of Clacka
mas County. The fish commission.
composed of H. E. Draper, Gilbert L.
Hedges, H. L. Holman and Mr. Lat
ourette, was instructed to take care
of the fingerlings. Tha fingerlings will
be shipped from the hatchery at Bose
man, Mont.
F. J. Tooze and Livy Stipp gave in
formation regarding street inprove
ments. They said that while there
was considerable improvement being
done, and that the cost was large, it
was approved by the citizens.. Mr.
Tooze said that the work would be'for
future generations as well as the pres
ent one. He declared that the in
sistance of property owners on other
streets that the thoroughfares be im
proved proved that the work that was
being done was not opposed. The
speaker said petitions had been re
ceived for the improvement of Fourth,
High, part of Jefferson, Water, Eigh
teenth and John Quincy Adams
Streets.
A proposed amendment to be voted
upon at the coming election was dis
cussed. The amendment provides for
refunding bonds and the retiring of
outstanding warrants with bonds. The
warrants draw six per cent interest,
and as the bonds would'only draw five
per cent a large saving wauld be
made.
Mr. Tooze reported that E. C. Hack
ett had experted the books of the city
and that they could be seen and ex
amined by property owners by apply
ing at the city recorder's office.
Mr. Stipp announced that he was
preparing for publication a statement
regarding the city's finances.
TO VOTE AT
COMING CITY ELECTION
The women of this city will have
their first 'opportunity to vote at the
city election to be held December 2,
Many of them, especially members of
the Woman's Club, have made a study
of voting, having carefully examined
the ballots used at the last election.
J. E. Hedges, who explained the in
tricies of voting to the club at a re
cent meeting, said Tuesday that he
was confident the members of the club
understood the marking of the ballots
just as well as the men, and where to
mark probably much better than the
men. That two thirds of the women
residents will vote is assured.
MAKES REDUCTIONS
The County Board of Equalization,
composed of County Judge Beatie
Countiy Assessor Jack and County
Clerk Mulvey, have made the follow
ing changes in assessments:
B. Sullivan, assessment of $1000
money, notes and accounts reduced
to $100.
Frank B. Riley, land in section 1,
township 2, south range, 3 each, ass
! essment reduced from $1400 to $1000,
Mary M. and T. L. Charman assess-
tnents on improvements lot 2, block
j 3, Oregon City, reduced from $13,000
! to $11,000.
Elizabeth Ganong assessments on
j nontillable land in Hedges Donation
i Land Claim reduced from $700 to
j $500.
MISS ALEHTEA OGLESBY
GIVEN SURPRISE PARTY
j Miss Alethea Oglesby was surprised
! Saturday evening by a number of her
friends, the occasion being her six
teenth birthday. The party was chap
eroned by Mrs. W. T. Milliken, and
vocal and instrumental selections
were an aid to a very enjoyable ev
ening. Refreshments .were served by
the hostess, who was the recipient of
many beautiful gifts.
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OREGON CITY,
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MAKE REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL OPEN AT
10 O'CLOCK A. M. SATUR
DAY NEW BOOKS WILL BE BOUGHT SOON
Officers Who Served in Past Year
Reelected for Ensuing Year Mrs.
Bertha Adams Is Chosen as
Assistant Librarian
At the annual meeting of the Ore
gon City Library Association held in
the Commercial Club parlors on Tues
day evening, it was decided that the
library be opened on Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, instead of 2 o'clock
as at present. The annual report of
the secretary was read, and the new
librarian, Miss F. S. Holmes, also
made a report for the time which she
has held that position. New books
are to be bought in the near future
and more magazines will be installed
in the library. The new building was
the topic of general intertst, and it
was decided to have a supervisor ov
ersee the work of the contractors, as
the building is in course of construc
tion. The work on the building has
been entirely satisfactory to the board
but the members felt that they should
safeguard themselves from any error
in the construction of the building. All
the officers who served during the past
year, with the exception of one, were
reelected. The officers for the ensu
ing year. are as follows: J. E. Hedges,
president; E. G. Caufield, vice presi
dent; Mary B. U'Ren, secretary; The
Bank of Oregon City, Treasurer; exe
cutive committee Miss Myrtle Bu
chanan, Mrs. E. P. Carter, B. T. Mc
Bain, Charles Caufield, E. K. Stanton,
A. J. Lewthwaite, J. W. Loder, W. S.
U'Ren. Mr. U'Ren was elected to fill
the vacancy caused by Mr. John Ad
ams, who moved from the city. Mrs.
Bertha Adams was elected as assist
ant librarian. The annual report of
the Association is as follows:
The securing of $12,500 from the
Carnegie Library Fund for the erec
tion of a building in Oregon City is
the most important thing accomplish
ed in the year just closed. For this
accomplishment, Oregon Gity is deep
ly indebted to Mr. B. T. McBain. Mr,
McBain spent much time and labor,
not only an securing the building fund
and submitting plans to the Library
Board and Mr. Carnegie's secretary,
but in securing a suitable site upon
which to erect the building.
Another step in advance was taken
in putting a trained librarian . in
charge of the library. Miss Holmes'
training and experience fit her to do
such excellent work that our library
may for efficiency be among the best,
even though our funds do pot permit
us to spend a large amount for new
books. A small library well adminis
tered may do much more in an edu
cational way than many hundreds of
volumes poorly administered.
The number of assocoation members
has decreased slightly in the past
year, some of our former contributors
feeling that they could no longer pay
$12 a year as dues, though they are
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NEXT WEEK HOLIDAY
The school children of Clackamas
County, as a result of a combination
of circumstances, will have a holiday
all of next week. The ' Teacher's In
stitute will be in session in this city
three days, and as all the teachers
of the county must attend, or pay a
fine, there naturally would be no
Thanksgiving, a national holiday, and
the school authorities have decided
it would not be advantageous to have
school Friday.
Class to Give Social. )
The Intermediate class at the Bap
tist Church will give a Hard Time so
cial Friday evening in The parlors of
the church. No admission will be
charged, and the public is invited.
ENGINEERING FORCE REDUCED
At a meeting of the street commit
tee Tuesday morning the number of
assistants in the engineering depart
ment was reduced from four to two.
This action. was taken upon the basis
of reduction of expenses as there is
not now, while little improvement is
going on need of a larger force.
4 Couples Get Licenses.
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following couples Tuesday: Mag
gie McCullough and William Hamil
ton, of Portland; Anna M. Fisher arid
G. H. Kribs; Minnie Yeoman and
Charles Fromong, of Willamette; Car
rie M. Fredolph and Marion L. Reed;
Azille M. Haley and George C .Mitts.
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LIS H E D 1566
NOVEMBER 20, 19i2.
STIPP EXPLAINS
MALARKEY BILL
PUBLIC UTILITIES RATES RAISED
SINCE JANUARY 1 MUST BE
LOWERED
COMMISSION TO ACT AFTERWARD
Companies that Attempt to Increase
Rates Subject to Prosecution,
. Says Law
yer OREGON CITY, Nov. 19. (Editor
Morning Enterprise) Of late there
has been considerable discussion
about the effect of the Malarky Pub
lic Service Act as adopted by the peo
ple of the recent election concerning
existing charges for service of pub
lic utilities. Recently the City Coun
cil had under discussion a proposition
to regulate the telephone rates in
Oregon City. This was discontinued,
as I understand it, because the Mal
arkey Bill already regulated those
rates.
Section 25 of that bill contains the
following:
"Rate Schedules to be Filed; Max
imum Charges Every public utility
shall file with the Commission within
a time fixed by the Commission,
schedules which shall be open to pub
lic inspection, showing all rates, tolls
and charges which it has established
and which are in force at the time
for any service performed by it with
in the state, or for any service in con
, nection therewith or performed by any
' public utility controlled or operated
by it. The rates, tolls and charges
shown on such schedules shall not ex
ceed the rates, tolls and charges in
force January 1, 1911."
In Section 31 it provides that the
rates, tolls and charges named there
i in (meaning in the published sched
ule) shall be lowful rates, tolls and
charges until the same are changed
' as provided by this act. Section 31
also provided that it shall be unlawful
; for any public utility to charge, de
mand or collect any greater or less
rate than that specified.
Section 29 provides that no changes
shall be made after the 'publication
of this schedule except on ten days'
notice of the Commission, but the
Commission may allow a reduction
within less time than the ten days.
There are other provisions in the act
which provide that no rates may be
raised without the consent of the Com
mission and that the Commission may
; order a hearing before allowing the
rates to be raised.
Section 77 provides that the rates
of January 1, 1911, shall govern- as a
maximum except as in this act provid
ed, and unless the Commission shall
otherwise order, and that no advance
over the rates of January 1, 1911, shall
be allowed until application shall be
made to the Commission.
There is in the act no where any
exception which would allow a com
pany now to charge more than the
rates charged January 1, 1911, which
rates are to be -published and after
publication no rates can be charged
for the same or like service greater
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CHURCHES URGED j
TO WORKTOGETHERi
"WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT BY
UNITED ACTION," SAYS DR.
FORD
HEDGES FAVORS WIDER PATRIOTISM
J
Rev. Edwards, Adams, Roaks and !
Noble Other Speakers at Con
gregational Brotherhood
Dinner
Brotherhood and united action for
the betterment o fmankind were the
doctrines enunciated by all the speak
ers at the banquet of the Congrega
tional Church - Brotherhood at the
Congregational Church Tuesday even
ing. T. D. Neiland, of Portland, who
was to have been the principal speak
er, was unable to attend, but his ab
sence, while regretted, in no way mar
red the pleasure of the dinner and the
entertainment that followed.
T. J. Gary, president; evidently
knew of what he was speaking when
he declared in his introduction that
what seemed misfortunes oftentimes
proved to be blessings, for local or
atorical talent held the floor as for
ensically, felicitiously and eloquently
as any of the Portland Demostheneses
or CIceros. The dinner, prepared and
served by the members of the Ladies
Aid Society of the church, was sump
tous and delicious as they always are.
Rev. George Nelson Edwards, pas
tor of the Congregational Church,
whom Mr. Gary designated as the
"Brotherhood Barometer", was the
first speaker. He said he hoped he was
not mercurial as the description given
might imply, and in a few seconds
proved that he was just the contrary.
He also proved that he was historical,
and, while he did not hark back to
the Cambrian and Paleozoic divisions,
he gave excellent information regard
ing recent events, interspacing his
remarks with dry humor. Incidental
ly, he said that the recent election
turned out as everyone expected. He
said that if Taft or Roosevelt had
been elected it would have been the
same thing. He mentioned that Bry
an in 1908, though defeated, received
200,000 more votes than Wilson in
1912 though elected by an overwhelm
ing plurality. Massachusetts, Oregon,
Iowa and probably other states had
gone Democratic for the first time in
their histories. Mr. Edwards was op
timistic. He thought, the country was
prosperous and would continue so. In
his opinion Mr. Wilson would make a
fine president. He said no man had
ever been elected chief executive who
was so cordially appreciated by the
people. The Turkish war was describ
ed, the speaker declaring that the
Turk was on the verge of being driv
en out of Europe.
"And Oregon City has awakened
from its slumber", concluded the
speaker."We have three candidates
for governor, leaving Mr. Jones a clear
field for the mayoralty."
Dr. T. B. Ford, pastor of the Meth
odist Church, not having been assign
ed a subject, had a hard time keeping
away from politics, as he himself, ad
mitted. In fact he didn't exactly keep
away from it. He declared that it
seemed at first Clackamas County
would be lacking in candidates for
governor, and he had thought serious
ly of offering himself. However, the
matter had been remedied. "I will
admit, however," continued the speak
er, "that I never knew a man to start
running for office two years before
the election that he did not get to
running with such acceleration that
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TODAY
THE
Jean
WI L
GRAND
SINGING
Bro.Bill the Town Belongs to You
Fine Picture Program Consists of
The Chief s Blanket
Biograph (Indian Drama)
Uncle Mun and The Minister
Edison (Fine Comedy) ,
His Country Before AH ;
Pathe (Drama)
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CITY MECCA OF
ANTLERS TODAY
CEREMONIES BEGIN WITH LAY
ING OF CORNERSTONE IN
AFTERNOON
'DEDICATION SERVICES AT NIGHT
Grand Ball to be Given In Busch's
Hall in Eevening Luncheon
Afternoon and
Night
This will be the biggest day in the
history of Oregon City Lodge No. 1189,
Benovelolent and Protective Order or
Elks. The exercises will, start at 2
o'clock in the afternoon with the lay
ing of the cornertsone of the new
building on Water Street by the Grand
Lodge officers. Immediately after the
ceremony the handsome new club
rooms will be thrown open to the
public, and it is expected it will be
crowded until 5 o'clock. Following are
the members of the reception commit
tee: Mr. and . Mrs. Henry O'Malley,
T. P. Randall, J. F. Risley, Theodore'
Osmund, Fred W. Humphrys, E: J.
Noble, William R. . Logus, Harry
S. Moody, E. J. Daulton, E. T.
Fields, J. J. Tobin, M. P. Chapman,
M. D. Latourette, E.' S. Follansbee, E.
A Chapman, R. D. Wilson, J. P. Lov
ett, B. T. McBain, William Sheahan
and J. E. Hedges.
Both at the laying of the corner
stone and the dedication services in
the lodge room at 8 o'clock in the ev
ening large crowds from Portland
i and other cities will be in attendance.
The program at th dedication ser
vice will be as follows:
Assembly Overture "Bohemian Girl",
Bay ley's Orchestra.
Selection Aaron H. Curier.
Selection "America", Entire Audi-
iece Led by Quartette.
Ritualistic Ceremony By Grand
Lodge Officers.
Opening Ode
Great Ruler of the Universe,
All seeing and benign,
Look down upon and bless our work,
And be all the glory thine;
And let this be our Sign, O Elks!
And let this be our Sign;
The Golden Rule our motto true,
As in the days of "Auld Lang Syne."
Selection Bayley's Orchestra.
Selection "Old Mill Wjteel," Oregon
Male Quartet i'n.
Address by Exalted Rulerx Henry
O'Malley.
Selection "A Gypsy Maiden I", Miss
Kathleen Harrison. - '
Address by Past Exalted Ruler No.
142, K. K. Kubli.
Selection Oregon Male Quartet.
Address Gilbert L. Hedges. -Selection
Aaron H. Curler. .
Selection "Star . Spangled Banner,"
Entire Audience led by Quartet.
Closing Ode
We've finished our labor, the part
ing has come,
And each of our brothers now goes
to his home;
And our voices blending, we will
now depart,
In perfect love, giving each note
from the heart. -Each
duty accomplished, each broth
er content,
Oh, thus may we ever bur friendship
cement;
May Charity, Justice and Brotherly
Love
At last lead us all to that Grand
Lodge above.
The dedication ball will be given -at
Busch's Hall in the evening and at
11 o'clock dancing will stop and John
C. McCue will give an address on
"Our Absent Brothers".
(Continued oa page 3)
Peggy
THEATRE
ONS