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WEEKLY ,NTiERPRlSE ESTABLISHED I 5 6 1:
VOL. IV No. 137.
OHEGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912.
Per Week, 10 Cents
ENTD
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STRIKERS SLAY 2
IN FIERCE FIGHT
WORK STARTS ON
SPECIAL EDITION
12 ARE WOUNDED, 5 SERIOUSLY, I MORNING ENTERPRISE TO ISSUE
IN BATTLE NEAR HACK- j ANNIVERSARY NUMBER IN j
ENSACK, N. Y. JANUARY I
DETECTIVES VICTIMS OF FUSILLADE LAST YEAR'S RfCORD TO BE ECLIPSED '
Erie Railroad Superintendent Asks w. H. Dixon, Who Had Charge of:
Governor to Call Out Militia
After He Flees Stone '
Shower
Previous Progress Edition, Is En
gaged to Prepare Fortnccm
ing One ,
HACKENSACK, N. J., Dec. 11.
Several hundred striking employes of
the New York, Susquehanna & West
ern Railroad amoushed under the pal
isade overlooking the Hudson River,
opened fire on a boat load of strike
breakers landing at coal docks in
Edgewatpr today. In a pitcned battle
which followed, two railroad detec
tives were killed and twelve men
wounded. i
A telegram requesting that the mil
itia be called to quell the disorder
was sent to the acting Governor of
New Jersey, by General Superintend
ent Stone, of the Erie Railroad. Mr.
Stone escaped a storm of bullets fired
by strikers as ne was seeking shelter
in a building.
The men killed were:
Andrew J. Graw, 28, of Binghamp
ton, N. Y., captain of detectives.
- Clarence Mallery, 45, one of Grow's
men.
The wounded included:
John D. Ryerson, of Jersey City,
lieutenant of detectives; William
King, William A. Woods, Frank A.
Brown and William Hicks.
POSTOFFICt SITE IS
URGED BY COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. The sub
committee on public buildings met to
day and heard Representative Haw
ley's appeal for new buildings and
sites at Oregon City and Roseburg.
He said $100,000 in each case would
be about right. The committee did
net seem to feel impressed with the
needs of Roseburg, but intimated that
it was likely to recommend $15,000 to
buy a site at Oregon City. It may
possibly allow something also for a
building. Lafferty asked that the
$5000 agreed upan last summer for a
building site at St. Johns be confirm
ed. The committee said it would be.
BLACKSMITH SENTENCED TO
ONE YEAR FOR NON SUPPORT
Frank McCafferty, charged with
non support, has been sentenced to
serve one year in jail by County
Judge Beatie. The man is a blacksmith.
Active work has begun on the com
pilation of the Progress and Anniver
sary number of the Morning Enter
prise and the big magazine will be
in the hands of the readers about the
middle of January, as usual. Although
the Enterprise has made a practice
of issuing an annual special number
for several years past the paper ex
pects its forthcoming annual to
eclipse all former efforts.
To those who will stop and consid
er the class and character of our 68
page Progress Edition issued in Jan
uary 1912, this statement will have a
definite meaning it means that to
improve upon that issue the paper
will have to do some very "classy,'
work indeed. From every standpoint
the 1912 annual was the best that has
ever been issued by this paper, and
without deviating from the facts in
the slightest degree it may also be
said that nothing more complete and
attractive has been published by any
daily in the state.
The Enterprise was the recipient of
hundreds of expressions of commen
dation regarding the last annual is
sue, not only from local residents,
but from the metropolitan press of
the state and many others who know
and appreciate a worthy sample of
the prfnters' art when they see it.
Many thousands of copies of that is
sue were mailed to points outside the
state and that it did much good in
exploiting the resources and opportun
ities of Clackamas County goes with
out saying. '
As was the previous nitmber our
forthcoming annual will be printed
in magazine form on fine book paper
and well illustrated throughout. In
stead of an embossed cover a hand
some two or three color cover design
'ill be used and there will be numer
ous other improvements. '
Oregon City and all Clackamas
County have made substantial progress
in the twelve months now drawing to
a close and every feature of that pro
gress will be fittingly portrayed in
this number, together with a compre
hensive resume of general conditions
past and present in all the import
ant industries centering in this coun
ty. '
Tne Enterprise proposes to do all
in its power to give those who partic
ipate in this special number, and by
their cooperation and patronage make
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TEE MPILIS'iF
v PERPETRATED BY WALT McDOUfrALL v
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO BOOST HIGHWAY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS ADOPTS
RESOLUTION PLEDGING SUP
PORT OF MEMBERS
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE AID
DERTHICK CLUB TO MEET
AT HOKI OF MRS. CAUFIELD
The Derthick Club will meet Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles
Caufield, who will be assisted by Mrs.
Eber A. Chapman. Violin numbers
will be rendered by Gustav Flechtner,
accompanied by Miss Louise Huntley.
Arrangements will be discussed for
the Derthick Clvjb party New Year's
evening. The business session will
commence at 2:15 o'clock.
A small classiried aa will rnt tna?
vacant room.
I BOY SCOUTS TO GIVE
PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT
The Boy Scouts' play, "Pyramus
and Thishe," to be given Friday ev
ening in Shiveley's Theater, promises
to be well attended. The boys are
making every effort to have an enter
tainment that will please. Music will
be furnished by the High School Or
chestra, assisted by Verne' Roaka,
Gustav Flechtner will play special
numbers on the violin, accompanied
by Miss Louise Huntley. The girls
of the Beta Club will sell home made
candy between the acts. Tickets may
be obtained from the Scouts or at
William Gardner's Jewelry store and
at the Hub Grocery Store.
PLUMBING NEEDS
STRICT ATTENTION
j SEWER GAS NO DOUBT IS RE
j SPONSIBLE FOR MUCH ILL
NESS IN CITY
Clb Entitled to Forty-five Votes on
Important Questions to Come
Before Highway Commission
The entire membership of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club, comprising
225 of the business and professional
men of the community, will become
identified witn the Pacific Highway
Association, through a resolution
adopted by the board of Governors
Wednesday night.
The Pacific Highway traverses
Clackamas County north and south,
coming up the west side of the Wil
lamette to Oregon City, crossing the
suspension bridge and running on
the east side, of the Marion County
line.
While this is the first official rec
ognition by any commercial organiza
tion in the Willamette Valley of the
Pacific Highway, it is believed it will
be followed by similar action on the
part of Commercial Clubs of Salem,
Eugene, Albany, Roseburg, Grants
Fass and other Western Oregon towns.
Frank Branch Riley, vice president
of the Pacific Highway in Oregon, at
tended the meeting.
Sentiment is especially strong here
for a fine highway through the state,
and the action taken by the Board of
Governors of the Commercial Club
was in response to a resolution of
recommendation adopted some weeks
ago by the Live Wires, an inner circle
of the club. The action of the club
will give the organization 45 votes on
any important question that may be
considered by the Pacific Highway Association.
LILLIE, WITH GUN,
MAKES ESCAPE
CONSTABLE FLEES FROM HOUSE
WHEN FUGITIVE THREATENS .
TO SHOOT HIM
FATHER TAKES GIRL FROM MOTHER
Sheriff and Posse Search All Night
for Man Accused of Criminal
v Intimacy With Daugh
HOLMAN ASKED TO FIND
HUSBAND FOR WIDOW
LAW IS NOT ENFORCEDIS REPORT
Twelfth Street Sewer Which Empties
Into Drain at John Quincy Adams
and Washington Streets Is
' Criticised
From Our Magnificent Stock:
HAT shall I give? That's the question that has been bothering you more or less for the past
few. weeks. To give a satisfactory answer to that question we have spent months in selecting
the finest stock of Holiday goods we have ever had -the good fortune to own. From every cor
ner of the earth have been gathered articles of beauty and utility to grace our store to supply
your needs. Here you will surely find something to suit your fancy. Perhaps it will be a gem, or
a piece of silverware, or cut glass or a watch.
The only way the best way to settle this perplexing Christmas gift problem is to visit our
store and look over the beautiful array of presents. Goods to suit all prices to suit all. That;s
the keynote of the season here. Call in soon before all the choice gifts are gone.
The typhoid fever epidemic through-
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Here's A
Few Suggestions
FOR WOMEN
Watches
Diamonds
Rings
Loekets
Brooches
Bar Pins
IjSl Vallieres
Cuff Buttons
Silver Mesh Bags
Handy Pins
Toilet Sets
Watches
Set Rings
Signet Rings j
Stick Pins
Cuff Buttons
Waterman Fountain Pens
Jewelry 'Cases
Coral, Pearl and Gold Beads
Desk Sets
Earings
Bracelets
Thimbles
Watch Fobs
Watch Pins
Agate Pins
Waterman Fountain Pens
Kodaks
Card Cases
Vanity Boxes . "
Opera Glasses
Sterling Silver Picture Frames
Umbrellas
Clocks '
Cut Glass
Sterling, 1847 Rogers Bros, and
Communis Silver
Haviland and Hand Painted China
Libby and Star Cut Glass
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FOR MEN
.Watch Charms
Watcu Chains
. Agate Pins
jOdge Emblems
Tie Clasps
Silver and Ebony Hair Brushes
Kodaks
Match Safes
Umbrellas
Cloth Brushes
Military Brushes
Pocket Knives
Smoking Sets
Shaving Sets
Tobacco Jars
Edison Phonographs
Victor Talking Machines.
Gillette, Durham Duplex, Autostrop, Ever Ready and Gem, Jr. Safety Razors.
STORE OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS
URMEISTER & ANDRESEN
OREGON CITY JEWELERS
Suspension Bridge Corner
Oregon City, Oregon
I out the city continues to be the prin
I cipal tb,)ic of conversation wherever
j men congregate and universal avoi'l
i ance of 'he water leu drinking purpo3-
es in iti4 unboiled -itace, n rigidly liv
! ed up to. 1
I Bu,t not everybedy is willing to put
the blame on the water. Soie there
! are who deny that there 'is any more
1 typhoid here than is natural in this
location, and at this time of year,
and who insist that Oregon City will
compare favorably in the matter of
tvDhoid statistics with any city on
1 the coast. Others maintain that doc
tors are diagnosing entirely different
ailments as typhoid, while one rabid
anti-vaccinationist declares it is all
'A bluff on the part of the doctors to
get in their innoculation racket."
Certain it is that in several cases
of so-called typhoid, it would be com
paratively easy to locate sewer gas
as a more plausible cause than the
city Water supply.
The scare will have not been in
vain, if it results in putting right a
number of things which report now
claims to be true regarding the san
itary conditions that obtain.
One prominent business man offer
ed to stake his entire business as
well as his reputation on the state
ment that while the water perhaps
was not all it might be, yet the real
cause was to be found elsewhere. He
'asserts that many of the property own
ers on the hill disregard the law, and
have not connected up their property
with, the sewers; and no one gets af
ter them. In other instances, the
owners have tried to do it themselves
with dire results. As examples he
quotes one house where the owner
put in a bath tub, without . trapping
the waste pipe, with the inevitable re
sult that sewer gas from the main
fills the house. In another house,
the toilet is similarly connected. With
out a vent pipe the toilet will syphon
itself, and remain dry, leaving a clear
air space between the tnain sewer and
the fixture.
Another man points out that the
Twelfth Street sewer runs into the
drain near the corner of John Quincy
Adams and Washington Streets,
emptying from . there Into a lit
tle feeder of the Abernethy. He
avers that the resulting condition
are scandalous, and constitute a more
real menace to the Barclay school
than all the microbes that ever Jour
neyed through a water pipe.
From present Indications It seems
probable that an ordinance will soon
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. R. L. Holman has received a letter
from a widow in Newark, N J., ask
ing him to find her a husband. While
Mr. Holman, himself, is a widower
and regarded as a desirable "catch ',
he declares he is not ready for matri
mony. However, he believes his fair
correspondent is a fine woman and
thinks the letter, which follows,
should be given the widest publicity:
' I understand you publish a matri
monial paper. If so would you please
pirblish the enclosed ad. If not put
me in communication with some mid
dle aged gentleman, nice, good look
ing and refined. I prefer a business
man, one that has a good home and
means. One that would like to share
his home with another.
"Am a widow of three years, have
dark hair, brown eyes, fair, weigh
138 pounds, height five feet three
inches, age 38 years. Have a dispo
sition that craves a peaceable and
happy life, kind and devoted charact
er. Love nature and music. Relig
iously inclined, excellent cook, neat
and clean housekeeper. I love home
and have always longed for a good
happy home that I may appreciate it
for its happiness and unity. Do not
o cut with the men; do not see any
that I care to go with among my
rentlemen acquintances.
"Pardon me if I am putting you to
extra trouble, 'buf. if this is success
ful you will not lose in the end.
Mable Davis, 62, Columbia Street,
Newark, N. J."
Mr. Holman, while not conducting
a matrimonial paper, declares that he
will do all in his power to find the
widow a good husband.
William Lillie, charged with crim
inal intimacy with his daughter, with
a shotgun Wdnesday held his wife,
George Brown, constable, and others
at bay and kidnapped the girl. Sher
iff Mass and a posse are searching
for the man and his daughter. Lillie
has been sought by the authorities
for more than a week and was thought
to be in hiding at Bellingham, Wash.
Constable Brown, Mrs. Lillie, and her
daughter went to the Lillie home near
Parkplace Wednesday afternoon to
get clothing. The houe was locked
and they were forced to break down
a door. The constable climbed a lad
der to the attic where the clothing
was kept and was' surprised when he
lound a shotgun pointed at his head.
The man behind the ' gun was Lillie,
and he informed Brown that he would
be killed if he did not retreat. Brown
jumped from the attic and with Mrs.
Lillie escaped to the yard. Lillie
caught the girl, and with his gun
pointed at the constable and his wife
escaped with his daughter into the
woods.
Constable Brown notified the Sher
iff's office and Deputy Sheriff Staats
and other deputies went to the house
in an automobile. Sheriff Mass, who
was out of the city upon business,
was notified and he and Deputy Sher
iff Miles joined in the search for the
man. It was learned that Lillie and
the girl crossed Baker's Bridge and
were headed in the direction Of Lo
gan. Sheriff Mass was informed by per
sons who saw the fleeing man and
girl that the girl was in the lead, and
that Lillie had his shotgun which is
a new one on his shoulder. A bundle
was tied to it. The sheriff and his
deputies worked all night in. an effort
to capture the man, and it is believed
he will be caught today.
Lillie formerly was in business in
this city.
RANCHER JAILED
Sheriff Mass arrested George Tay
lor Wednesday afternoon at Canby.
Taylor is charged with a statutory
crime, his fourteen year old adopted
daughter, Retha Taylor, being the
girl in the case. Taylor is a married
man, about fifty years of age, and
lives on a farm near Canby. The com
plaint was made by neighbors.
Sheriff Mass, accompanied by Dep
uty Sheriff Miles, Wednesday went to
the farm of Taylor and arrested him,
bringing him to Oregon City. The
girl has been placed in the custody of
County Matron Parker.
Roost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
he in every Home.
AND TWO ARE ASKED
Circuit Judge Eakin has granted a
decree or divorce to Irva Lee from
Henry A. Lee, desertion having been
alleged. Clara D. Bixby seeks a de
cree from Frank Bixby. They
were married May 29, 1911. The
plaintiff asks that her maiden
name, Clara D. Bromly, be re
stored. She alleges that she has
been compelled to support herself.
Frederick Bombard has filed suit for
a decree from Catherine Bombard,
alleging desertion. They were married
in Jamesville, Wis., December 19,
1881. .
1AL CLUB
ROOMS DECORATED
George W. McCarver, steward of
the Commercial Club and W. E. My-1
ers have decorated the club rooms
for the Christmas holidays. The deco
rations are elaborate and artistic and
the club members are congratulating
the ' steward on his fine work. The
evergreens psed in decorating were
obtained near Oregon City by Messrs.
McCarver and Myers and are the fin
est ever obtained for decorating the
club rooms. The clutb, as a result of
a suggestion of the steward, also had
hew lights placed over the billiard
and pool tables, which are appreciated
by the members. The lighting system
is the same as that used in. all the
large Portland clubs.
At THE GRAND
Commencing today
The
McGlin's
Man and woman, Nevelty Equilibrists.
PICTURE PROGRAM
Affair at Raynor's
Being the fourth story of "What
Happened to Mary" produced
in collaboration with "The Lad
ies World."
i
Getting Atmosphere
Faithful Unto Death