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VOL. IV No. 127.
OREGON OITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
ALBERT T.PATRICK
RAILWAY OBJECTS
PEACEFUL OCCUPATIONS.
TEACHERS ADVISE
'FRIENDS WILL AID,'
IS PARDONED TO COUNCIL CHARGE
FEWER
MRS. NEWTON
MI 0 UN
ENTEKPK
HOLIDAYS SAYS
SERVING -LIFE SENTENCE FOR
MURDER OF MILLIONAIRE
IN NEW YORK
'AIR OF MYSTERY IN CASESAYS BIX F. T. GRIFFITH CALLS IT EXCESSIVE
FRANCHISE TO PROVIDE FOR 31-2
PER CENT PAYMENT ON
GROSS EARNINGS
Governor of New York After Consid
ering Case for Year, Is Convinced
That Defendant Is Entitled to
Have Full iPardon
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 27. Albert
T. Patrick, who is serving a life sen
tence in Sing Sing prison for the mur
der of William Marsh, anaged mil
lionaire, in New York City on Sep
tember 23, 1900, was pardoned to
night by Governor Dix.
Patrick, who was saved from the
electric chair by the late Governor
Higgins, in December, 1906, has made
a remarkable fight for freedom. A
lawyer by profession, he protested
when -Governor Higgins commuted
the death sentence to life imprison
ment, declaring the Governor had no
legal right to cancel the original sen
tence and impose a punishment of
life imprisonment. .
Governor Dix announced that he
had pardoned Patrick, just as he was
about to leave the capitol for the ex
ecu tve mansion.
"There has always been an air of
mystery in this important case," he
said. "Quoting from the opinion of
the Court of Appeale: "The atmos
phere that surrounded the defendant
showed that a fair and impartial trial
was scarcely possiDle."
"I trust that Mr. Patrick Will devote
his energies to a complete vindication
of his declared innocence.
"Durfhg the past year I have given
much consideration to this case and
am convinced that the defendant is
entitled to have a full pai"3on."
Governor Dix said Superintendent
of Prisons Scott and a score of prom
inent persons appealed to him in Pat
rick's behalf. The pardon was mail
' ed tonight to Warden Kennedy , of
Sing Sing, and Patrick may be releas
ed tomorrow upon its receipt.
Lawyer Gives Notice That Portland
Railway, Light & Power Com- "'
pany May not Accept
-Plan
The members of the Sola Circle,
No. 167, are requested to meet at the
W. O. W. Hall at 10:30 today to at
tend the funeral of Neighbor Rachel
E. Scripure.
By order of Guardian Neighbor Mrs.
C. Barber.
The Portland Railway, Light &
Power' Company must pay to Oregon
City 3 1-2 per cent of its' gross earn
ings on freight business if the freight
franchise which the city council has
prepared is accepted. At a meeting
of the council Wednesday evening,
after some discussion as to whether
the company pay a flat rate or pay
on percentage basis, the council vot
ed without a dissenting vote to re
quire the railway company to pay on
percentage.
In the absence of Mayor DimlcXS
President of the Council, F. J. Meyer,
presided. Councilmen Horton, Al
bright, Pope, Beard, Roake and Tooze
were present.
The franchise as prepared was sat
isfactory to Franklin T. Griffith, gen
eral counsel of the railway company,
except the clause which provided for
the payment of 3 1-2 per cent of the
railway company's gross earnings.
This, Mr. Griffith held, was unreason
able, and it was a higher rate, than
was charged any " public utility cor
poration in the state. He urged that
the rate be lowered. Councilmen
Tooze and Beard took the stand that
the rate was fair to. the company and
to the city.
C. D. Latourette suggested to the
council that a flat rate be made. He
contended that in the past it had been
difficult to collect from the company
where the rate was placed on the
gross earnings of the company. Mr.
Latourette said that it would be more
satisfactory to all if the payment was
a flat rate, payable each quarter.
Councilmen Beard suggested that a
flat rate of $1000 a year be made, pay
able $250 quarterly.
A motion was made by Mr. Tooze
that a flat rate of $1000 a year be
made and that the company pay $250
each quarter. The motion was oppos
ed by Councilman Horton, who held
that it was unfair to the railway com
pany as well as to the city. He said
that the city was entitled to the ben
efits of any increase of business. The
company on the other hand, would not
be safeguarded should its business
decrease.
' E. Caufield said that he thought
it v .is to the interests of Oregon City
than a percentage basis be fixed. He
was asked what percentage he
chought fair, but declined to state,
saying that was for the council to de
cide. (Continued on page 3)
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This is the first time an Edison Record
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Genuine
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For that Thanksgiving Dinner
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Jones Drug Store
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES ON
VARIOUS ANNIVERSARIES URG
7 ED AT INSTITUTE
WOMAN CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
WILL NOT MAKE ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN
TEXT BOOK REFORM IS ALSO ASKED
Resolution Providing for Increase of
Salary of County Superintendent
Is Unanimously Adopt
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SCHOOL LEVY FOR
GLADSTONE 7 MILLS
The taxpayers of Gladstone Wed
nesday evening voted for levying a
school tax of seven mills for the com
ing year, which is an increase of four
mills over the levy of last year. It
was decided that larger grounds should
be provided for the school, to be used
for playgrounds, industrial arts, man
ual training and study in agriculture.
Two rooms in the building will be
fitted for assembly purposes, which
is largely the cause of the increase in
the levy. The vote was unanimous.
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NO PAPER TOMORROW. $
S This being Thanksgiving Day3
! $ there will be no issue of the Morn-
$ ing Enterprise tomorrow, the man- Q
3agement believeing'that the em-
ployes should have an opportun-$
$ity to enjoy the National holiday.
$A paper will be issued Saturday S
$ morning as usual. ,
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The marriage of Charles V. Barry
and Miss Nora T. Toban of, this city,
will take place this morning at 10:30
o'clock at the St. John's Catholic
Church. The ceremony will be per
formed by Rev. A. Rildebrand at his
residence.
WEDNESDAY BRIDGE CLUB MEET
.The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge
Club met at the home of Mrs. E. A.
Chapman Wednesday afternoon Those
present were: Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. J.
R. Humphreys, Mrs. M. Latourette,
Mrs. L. L. Pickens, Nieta Barlow Law
rence, Mrs. William Logus, Mrs. A.
L. Beatie, Mrs. J. J. Tobin, Mrs. Wil
liam Mulvey, Mrg. Hugh Hendry, Mrs.
Warner, Miss Holmes, Mrs. Hugh
Mount, Mrs. Lena Charman, Mrs. C.
D. Latourette, Mrs. E. M. Rands, Mrs.
Henry O'Malley, Miss Nellie Caufield,
and Mrs.- E. A: Chapman.
Mrs. J. R. Humphreys and Mrs. M.
Latourette won the prizes.
The deep interest which the teach
: ers had in the Clackamas County In
I stltute continued to the last hour
j Wednesday. More than 200 teachers
! have been enrolled and numerous vis
i iters took advantage of the lectures.
! The lecturers on Wednesday were
Arthur H. Chambrlain, editor of the
j Sierra Educational News, San Fran
; cisco; Alabama Brenton, instructor
: in art at the Oregon Normal School;
j Mamie Fulkerson of Salem, specialist
j in Primary and Intermediate Peda
i gogy; and E. F. Carleton, Salem, Dep
j uty State Superintendent. Mr. Cham
; berlain, Miss Brenton and Mr. Carle
; ton made addresses before the assem-
I bly of teachers as well as in certain
i departments, while Mrs. Fulkerson
' instructed the Division of Intermed
t iate Teachers. Miss Brenton won the
: friendship of the Clackamas County
.teachers by her charmlng personality
and skillful art work. Many teachers
took careful notes upon her addresses
I and will reproduce her work in some
measure in their own schools. Mrs.
Fulkerson's lectures were highly prac
tical, drawn from wide and successful
experience. Mr. Carleton has spent
about fourteen years in the office of
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
The supreme court has overuled a tion and is intimately familiar with
20-YEAR SENTENCE
PETITIONS HAVE ffTT SHMllS
Suggestion that She Enter Race Made .
at First as a Joke Jones' Friends
Confident He Will be Sue-cessful
The filing by Mrs. Kate L. Newton
Wednesday of her petitions as a candi
date lor mayor closed the entries for
the city election December 2. Mrs.
Newton, who declares she will not
make an active canvass, but will rely
upon her friends to make the race
for her, was trimming shrubbery in
her yard on John Quincy Adams
Street when she was asked about her
plans.
"Yes, my friends got me into it,"
she said, "and they will have to do
the work of getting me elected. When
it was first suggested that I make
the race for mayor it was done more
in a joke, I think, than anything else,
but finally my friends became earnest
about the matter and I yielded to their
importunities."
(Continued oa page 3)
motion for a new trial in the case of
William Hardin, a well known rancher
found guilty of intimacy' with his
stepdaughter. The defendant, who is
better known as "Cougar Bill' was re
leased on a bond of $10,000 when his
bond was filed by his attorneys. His
bondsmen are expeced to surrender
him to Sheriff Mass today. He was
sentenced to serve twenty years in
the penitentiary. .
Vaudeville
Commences Today at
Tile ' Gz-ara
The Pictures on the program are
exceptional, and will be entertain
ing to the most skeptical.
The Striped Bathing Suit
Mrs. Lirripers Lodgers
Founded on Charles Dickens story of the same name
The Outlaw's Sacrifice
all the details of the Oregon school
system. He lectured upon "The
Teaching of Geography", and made
numerous informal talks which were
highly appreciated.
A number of committee meetings
were held during the day, among the
important ones being that upon res
olutions and on High School classics
Mr. Carleton presided at the meeting
of the department of High School
classics, and Brenton ' Vedder was
. chairman of the committee on resolu-
The members of the Eastern Star j tions
are urgently requested to meet at the f City Superintendent Tooze called an
Odd Fellows Hall at 10 A. M.today, to ' adjourned meeting of the Clackamas
attend the funeral of Rachel E. Scrip- j School Men's Club. This club is a
j new organization with important edu-ture-
' j cational matters to deal with. The
By order of the Noble Grand. j Club was tendered a banquet last Fri-
" ' i day night by the classs in domestic
1 T' science of the Oregon City High
School, directed by their teacher,
Miss Lulu Porter. The club will meet
at intervals of six weeks in the dif
ferent towns of the county. Principal
A. A. Baldwin of Macksburg is secre
tary and most of the men teachers of
the county are members.
Margaret Craig Curran spoke at the
Institute a number of "times. She has
nad several years' experience as coun
ty superintendent in Washington state
und is now Deputy State Superinten
dent. She will soon come to Clacka
mas County as a rural school school
supervisor to succeed Miss Hewitt of
the First District. Miss Hewitt is
planning to return to her home in
Michigan after the holidays.. A vote
of the teachers was taken upon the
measure of rural supervision. This
vote shows that three-fourths of the
Oh! LOOK!
s.oo
be given away at the
Electric Theatre
Tonight at 8:30
.
This is in addition to our
regular
Amateurs Night
A jolly program
Four reels of pictures, as
follows: -
Featuring two-reel drama
Caprices of Fortune
A Wrestern feature of the Land
of Death. -The
GOOD SNUFF COMEDY
Don't Miss It.
'Continued oa page 3)
SPECIAL
THANKSGIVING
PROGRAM
AT THE STAR
Vaudeville
The Rose City Trio
Three of the ablest entertain
- ers on the Pacific coast.
PICTURES :
The Uprising
A Western picture chock full
of' excitement.
Removing Sunken Vessels
An educational fiim.
His Wife's Bonnet
A comedy that is a scream
The new scientific and vigorous bowling game, that is tak
ing like wildfire Wherever introduced. Requires all the skill of
ten-pins, with more moderate muscular exertion.
FREE'-. Ledies Day
Next Friday afternon will be FREE TO LADIES. No gen
tleman admitted unless accompanied by a lady.
Box Boll
is ver ypopular with the ladies iu other cities.' We want the
ladies of Oregon City to try it. .
BOX BALL ALLIES
7TH. STREET
You Can Afford
An Edison Now
For we have reduced the
price of Edison Wax Rec
ords as follows:
50c Amberol Records
play 4 minutes 31c
35c Standard Records
play 2 minutes 21c
We sell Edison phonographs
for $ 1 2 up and on easy terms
An Edison would make A
Merry Christmas in a home
Huntley Bros. Co.
Edison Distributors
Oregon City
Thanksgiving Dance, Thursday, Nov. 28
GOOD MUSIC GOOD TIME
Given by
Jack Frost and Henry Edwards
. - Don't miss this
ADMISSION $1.00
LADIES FREE
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Will Be Closed All Day Today
Thanksgiving Day
BANNON & CO.
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