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VOL. IV No. 138.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1912.
Per Week, 10 (Sents
FOUR TO DIE ON
SCAFFOLD TODAY
GOVERNOR SAYS EXECUTIONS
WILL PUT END TO CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT
MAN WITH KNIFE
MENACES
WOMAN
DEPUTY SHERIFFS SEARCH FOR
LUNATIC WHO THREATENS
MRS. LANG
WOMEN PLEAD WITH HIM IN VAIN "I LL MURDER YOU'SAYS STRANGER
John W. Taylor Saved From Death
by Executive Roberts Cool, De
clares He Is Ready for
End
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"I Am Not Your Friend or Enemy,"
Maniac Declares as He Draws
Weapon Woman 'Phones
Daughter
SALEM, Or., Dec. 12. "I intend to
do tomorrow what I believe will
bring about the abolition of capital
punishment most speedily. If those
men do not go to the gallows tomor
row capital punishment will not be
abolished in this state during (tar
lives."
With this declaration today Govern
or West dashed the hopes of a dele
gation of 50, from Portland, mostly
women, who had come to make a plea,
for the lives of four condemned men
u-hn am tn ha hnrnrpH tnmnrrnw Thp
Governor told the petitioners that he
had commuted the sentence of John
W. Taylor, sentenced to be execute!
for the murder of A. H. Perry, in
Harney County.
Before the meeting was over there
were scenes of hysteria among some
of the women. With tears streaming
down her face, and her arms out
stretched, Frances C. R. Grothjean,
'an artist of Portland, recently from
Germany, ran across the room to the
Governor, fell on her knees before
him and prayed with emotion to spare
the lives of the condemned men.
Tears sprang into the eyes of the
women and many of them sobbed aud
ibly as tBis dramatic scene was be
ing enacted. The Governor attempt
ed to sootne her as best he could,
virile ether women mingled their
pleas with hers.
Apparently, from wha the execu
tive said today, there seems to be lit
tle hope for the men, other than Tay
lor, who are awaiting the hangman's
noose tomorrow..
That H. E. (Jack) Roberts, senten
ced from Miiltnomah County to be
executed tomorrow with three other
condemned men, proba'bly will go to
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Grill pens
A Grill has been opened in Klem
sen's Ear on Main Street.
For the future, patrons will be en
abled to get all kinds of hot and cold
lunches.
J. Elliott will have full charge.
"I am not a friend or an enemy of
yours, but I will murder you before
the end of the year with this knife,"
was tne statement made by an un
identified man to Mrs. Henry Lang,
when she -answered a knock on the
door Wednesday morning, at her
home at Evergreen Station.
Mrs. Lang and her daughter, Mrs.
R. Kelly, made a complaint to
Deputy District Attorney Stipp Thurs
day afternoon. Mrs. Lang said that
she iirat saw the man last Saturday
evening, when returning to her home
from her daughter's house. She was
walking through a stretch of woods,
she said, when suddenly he confront
ed her. She passed him and hurried
to her home. She said she saw him
again in the early part of the week.
Her husband, who is employed in
Portland, left his home and boarded
a car shortly after 7 o'clock Wednes
day morning. Mrs. Lang said that
she locked the door, and at about 8
o'clock she heard a rap. She opened
the door and . the man she had seen
several times before, asked her if it
was ner husband who had boarded
the car, a short time before.
She answered in the affirmative,
and the man then told her that he
was not friend or enemy, but would
murder Jter before the end ol the year.
He then drew a large knife, when
Mrs. Lang closed the door. She says
that the man stood on the steps of
the house for a few minutes and she
went upstairs.
Naturally a nervous woman, Mrs.
Lang stayed in her home the entire
day, and got word to her daughter
late in the afternoon and related the
incident. . Several women in the vi
cinity have recalled seeing the man.
It is thought that he is demented.
Deputy Sheriff Miles and Constable
George Brown looked for the man late
Thursday afternoon, but could find no
trace of him. The authorities are
keeping a close watch for him. .
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Spiritualist to Speak.
Mrs. M. . E. Congdon . will conduct
spiritualist services the first and third
Sundays of each month at 3 P. M. The
services will be held at Knapp's Hall.
Holiday Sale
Slightly Used
Talking Machines
Every one "of these Phonographs is in perfect condi
tion and is fully guaranteed. Some have been used for
demonstration' purposes only some are only shopworn
Come early to secure your choice of these wonder
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Any of the above outfits will be sold on easy week
ly or monthly payments.
Huntley Brothers Co.
The Rexall Store Phonograph Headquarters
Miss Laura Conyers Myers, well
known in this city, where she lived
. several years and Clifford Bradley
i Smith, editor of the Court Journal, in
Kansas City, Mo., were married in Kan
i sas City, December 5. The ceremony
j was salemnized at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernesf Ellsworth Smith. The
! bride is a daughter of, George Conyers
I Myers who lived at. Klataame many
years. Following is an account of
j the "wedding which was published in
the Kansas City Journal:
I "At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Er
I nest Ellsworth Smith, the marriage
of their sister, Laura Conyers Myers
,and Mr. Clifford Bradley Smith took
i place yesterday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. George T. Taujbman perform
William T. Haines, new Governor of ed th ceremony. Throughout the en
Maine, succeeding Mark R. Plaisted, tlre ho'ds Oregon holly was draped
over the doorways and windows and
! ( ' '. J lormed a path of green on either side
2, Wives Get Decrees. oi the stairway through which the
Circuit Jidge Campbell Thursday uridal party descended. The marriage
granted a decree of divorce to Ger-: took place before an altar of palms
! tha Horst against Jacob Hcjrst, the and terns on whicn were vases ol
! plaintiff's maiden name, , Gertha ; wnite chrysanthemums and candles in
White, being restored.. Rosella Jef- ..ai-uearau candclaora. A small railing
fries was granted a decree, from Zeno I luixmeii witn tne Oregon holly was
Jeffries. , f : aim.ea at each end wim one largt
i fUiii. BtiSiiets or pink jxiuarney roses
eie on tne yeuesials in tne hall ana
I
It you saw it in the Enterprise it'c
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BOIL WATER, SAYS
HEALTH
OFFICER
DR. NORRIS AVERS SPREAD OF
DISEASE IS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE
70 CASES OF TYPHOID FEVER IN CITY
Wife of Health Officer Tells Woman's
Club Reservoir Is Compaa
i tively Clean Tank
Emptied
Dr. J. W. Norris, city health officer,
Thursday declared that the number
oi typhoid fever cases was being aug
mented daily by at least one, and
there are probably more than seventy
cases of the disease in the city. Dr.
Norris said that many of the residents
have not heeded the warning to boil
all water used for drinking else the
spreading of the disease would have
been checked several days ago.
"It is imperative that water used
for drinking should be boiled," said
Dr. Norris, ' "if the residents of the
city wish , to safeguard themselves
against the possibility of contracting
the disease. The water should be
boiled .until the health office notifies
the residents of the city to the con
trary." Mrs. J. W. Norris, at a meeting of
the Woman s Club Thursday after
noon said she was present when the
reservoir was drained and that there
was le3s.tiian a tubfull of mud and
other foreign substances. She report
ed that she thought the reservoir was
unusually clean. She announced that
Superintendent Howell had asked her
to invite a committee representing
the Woman's Club to be present at
the cleaning of the filters.
Superintendent Howell is cleaning
and sterilizing the filters and mains
as rapidly as possible.
LILUE AND GIRL
ARE IN CUSTODY
FATHER COMPELS DAUGHTER TO
WALK 35 MILES AFTER ELUD
ING CONSTABLE
BOY SCOUTS TO GIVE
PLAYLET THIS EVENING
A dress rehearsal was held Thurs
day evening by the Boy Scouts of
the Congregational Church, who will
present a playlet at Shiveley's Opera
House this evening. The play will
start at 8:15 o'clock. The Oregon
City High School orchestra will fur
nish the music. Mr. Flechtner will
fender a selection on the violin. The
boys in the, play, there being no girls
taking partx have been preparing for
the entertainment for some weeks,
and it is' .expected.. they will give a
successful plAy.
A small classified a will rni that
vacant room. '
SHERIFF MASS GOES AFTER PRISONER.
Young Woman Betrays Parent Who
Absents Self Wjtom Restaurant
Girl in Matron's Custody
WASHOUGAL, Wash., Dec. 12.
(Special). William Lillie, wanted by
the Clackamas County authorities for
kidnapping his daughter Hazel, was
arrested here this morning. The girl
had 'furnished local authorities with
information leading to h'is capture.
The father and daughter arrived at
Washougal about 9:30 A. M., presum
ably fijpm Portland. They went to a
local restaurant for breakfast. The
father left the dining room for a few
minutes. The girl, then alone at the
table, summoned the proprietress,
Mrs. J. W. Montgomery, telling her
how her father had forced her at the
point of a gun to accompany him In
his flight from Oregon City Wednes
day. This information was given to
City Marshall Olson, who hurried to
the restaurant and placed Lillie un
der arrest. The father was taken to
jail handcuffed. . He refused to make
any statement.
The girl is in the keeping of Mrs.
Montgomery temporarily. She pre
sented a pitiful sight, the strain and
nervou,s excitement plainly showing.
She related that her father had made
her walk with him for 35 miles. This
long tramp was taken, the girl ex
plained, because her father feared
that if he should board an electric
car or train officers would catch .him.
She said her father had threatened to
kidnap her before, and that she fear
ed he might harm her unless she
obeyed. ,
Lillie is accused of being criminally
intimate with his daughter. Sheriff
Mass went to Washougal Thursday
night and will return with the pris
oner today. Lillie telephoned Deputy
Sheriff Staats that he was willing to
return to Oregon City without requi
sition, papers -being issued. He had
when arrested, the ' shotgun with
which he held Constable Brown and
his former wife at bay, a large rifle
and a 38-calibre pistol. Lillie inform
ed the constable who arrested him
that he and the girl had walked from
Parkplace to Washougal, which is a
distance of thirty five miles.
Constable Brown, Mrs. Lillie and
the girl went to the Lillie house to
obtain clothing. They did not know
Lillie was at home, it having been
reported that he had fled to Belling
ham, Wash., after a warrant had been
issued for his arrest. . As the con
stable climbed into the attic where
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Mrs. J. D. Whitmore, who was Dir.eci
or Woman's Bureau, Western Sec
tion, Taft Campaign.
HAWLEY APPEALS FOE
SUPPORT
NOTICE!
The Singer Sewing Machine
Co. have opened an office in the
store with the Portland Raiway,
Light & Power Co.' on Main St.
They will have on display all
models of their machines, all
old accounts will be payable to
Mr. S. A. Board, the local Mgr.
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Store I
e uimng room table 'neld a tall Das-
t.fct ot begonias and maiden ierns.
u.iss ii,dna t orsythe sang "Tne Birtn
uity aong" by Cowan, and " 1 tiring
iViy Jttosts.' oy Carse, beiore tne ser-
j ne and the "Bararolle" from "Tales
i of Hoffman" during the marriage.
me bi ide and groom entered togetnei-
preceded by the small ring bearer,
; Cora Louise Tebbetts, who carried
tue ring in a large chrysanthemum and
the ribbon bearers. Master Gilbert i
Conyers Myers and Lula Conkey. The
bride was gowned in cream white
crepe de chine, with short draped
train. Point lace draperies fell over
each shoulder and wefe caught at the
waist with . pearl ornaments. The,
bride " carried a white prayer book
with streamers of white ribbons and
lillies-of-valley. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
gave a reception after the wedding
at which Mr. and Mrs. Peyton C.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Campbell
and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert E. Smith re
ceived. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for the
south and will be at home after the
first of the year in Kansas City."
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epartnient
Headquarters for
AY
STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Urging
prompt action in . the "matter of fur
nisning necessary data in support of
the proposed six-foot channel in the
Willamette from Oregon City to Eu
gene, Congressman Hawley has ad
dressed an appeal to the Commercial
Clubs of 10 cities and towns along
the river. The action was taken to
day after the receipt of advice from
Mclndoe to the effect that similar re
quests sent out in September by him
brought but one reply.
"If people along the route desire
the proposed $2,000,000 improvement
undertaken, they must evidence great
er interest and manifest desire to as
sist in a practical way before the Gov
ernment can be expected to be im
pressed with its necessity," said Con
gressman Hawley.
He does not expect to get anything
in the pending appropriation, but
prompt ifection is necessary to insure
the project's being taken up by next
Congress.
HM CROWD SEES
FIERCE FIST FIGHT
Joseph Risha'rdson and James Ris
er, Jr., were arrested Thursday night
by Policeman Green for fighting. The
men were engaged in a fisticuff in
front of a theater. The patrons of
the show house were excited by the
fight and but for the prompt arrival
of tne polWmai, the belligerants
might have been severely dealt with
by several men who had attended the
play. Policeman Green said that
Richardson struck Kiser first, the lat
ter retaliating with several severe
blows on his adversary. Kiser was
released on bail. The men will be
given a hearing at 3 "o'clock this afternoon.
CHIEF OF POLICE SUIT
TO BE HEARD TODAY
Circuit Judge Eakin will today hear
argument in the suit of Grant B.
Dimick, mayor, against E. L. Shaw.
Shaw is called upon to prove that he
is chief of police of Oregon City. The
hearing is scheduled to begin at 10
oclock. The defendant will be rep
resented by J. E. Hedges and C. D.
Latourette and the plaintiff by B. N.
Hicks. The complaint recites that
Shaw is not the chief of police, inas
much, as he was dismissed by the
mayor and another man appointed.
It is understood that .Mayor Dimick,
whose term of office expires January
1, wishes to have it legally establish
ed, that the mayor has absolute con
trol over the police. He declined to
appoint Shaw chief, appointing Char
les E. Burns. ' The council refused to
confirm the appointment of Burns, de
claring that it favored Shaw. .. .
To the Stockholders Of The Clacka-
t
mas Southern Railway Company
The annual stockholders meeting
of the Clackamas Southern Railway
Company will be held in the office
of the secretary, Room 1 7, Beaver
Building, Oregon City, Oregon on
Saturday, December 1 4th, at one
o'clock p. m.. The business to be
transacted at this meeting is very
important and every stockholder is
earnestly requested to be present.
'You are personally . requested to
be at this meeting,
0. D. EBY, Vice-President
G. B. DIMICK, Secretary
Holly Wreaths Holly Wreaths
MISTLETOE
and an assortment of extra choice Pot Plants for Christmas
WILKINSON & BAXTER ?
FLORISTS
Next door to Star Theatre Phone Main 271
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