THE WEATHER S
Oregon City Fair today. Con-S
Minued cold. Easterly winds.
$ Oregon Fair today. Continued J
Scold. Easterly winds. 3
Washington Fair today. Gon
tinued cOldi . Easterly winds.
S Idaho-Fair. Continued cold. $
$ S S 3 3' $ $ 4 4 V.3
VOL. V. No. 32.
HOME RULE BILL
LOSES IN HOUSE
MEASURE DEFEATED BY VOTEOF
32 TO 25 IN BITTER
FIGHT
SCHUEBEL SCORES LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Debate Is Heard by Large Lobby and
Ministers are Present Bill Prob
ably will go to People at
Election
SALEM, Or., Feb. ' 7. (Special.)
Notwithstanding the fact that tha
Senate had sanctioned the submission
to the people in 1914 of the so-called
home rule amendment, the House
this afternoon, by a vote of 32 to 25,
refused to submit the amendment
and it will not, therefore, go to the
people through the medium of the
Legislature. It is estimated here tnat
it will, however, be voted on by means
of the initiative.
A large lobby was present when
the debate, which lasted from 2 to
3:30, was in progress, among them a
committee from the Portland General
Ministerial Association Dr. J. W.
McDougall, superintendent of Port
land district of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, and Rev. Frank D. Finley
pastor of the First United Presbyter
ian Church of Portland.
The vote was an out-and-out one,
only two members being absent by
permission of the House, these being
Campbell and Lofgren. Hill of Polk
County was the lone member who got
out into the corridor and did not
vote.
Eaton changed his vote in order
to move a reconsideration later.
Ayes Abbott, Anderson of Wasco,
Applegren, Barton, Carkin, Carpen
ter, Chapman, Eaton, Forbes, Doer
Strom, Hagood, Handley, . Heltzel,
Hinkle, Latourette, Meek, Mitchell,
Murname, Nichols, Nolta, Olson,
Pierce, Potter, Reames, Schnoerr,
Smith, Spencer, Stanfleld, Stranahan,
Upton, Westerlund, Speaker McAr
. thur.
Noes Anderson of Clatsop, Belland,
Blanchard, Bonebrake, Brunk, Childs,
Homan, Howard, Hughes, Hurd, John
son, Laughlin, Lawrence, Lewelling,
Mann, Massey, McDonald, Parsons,
Porter, Schuebel, Thomas, Weeks.
Absent (excused on account-of ill
ness) Campbell, Lofgren; (not ex
cused) Hill.
nionn nf Multnomah, sneaking for
the committee, said the reason the
fnmmittee recommended indefinite
ent was that the members
had "been bothered to death by both
sides of this neveR-ending question"
onrt dirt not think they should be
troubled with it again.
Schuebel of Clackamas said it was
simply a question as to whether the
people of the state shall say whether
the liquor business shall continue in
Oregon. He said that great deception
was used by the home rule people in
the campaign of 1910, but he said he
did not care to make a prohibition
speech. He said that the saloons
harbor nearly all the criminals, and
cited a backwoods town, where there
are five saloons, and told of several
young men there who killed a young
man and were sent to the peniten
tiary. He asked, "Who should say
whether the saloons shall run there
the 150 inhabitants or the people
at large?"
Schuebel charged the liquor inter
ests' with being the most ' notorious
violators of the law in this state, and
declared they are sending liquor all
the time "where they have no busi
ness to.'' He said the home rule
people used deception and fraud in
getting their bill passed. He asserted
that now, though 90 per cent of the
people of the state should want to
stop the sale of liquor, it is possible
. for 10 per cent of the crooks and
liquor element to prevail. .
AT THE GRAND
IN PATHE'S WEEKLY
. TODAY
NEW YORK, N. Y. .
The striking garment workers' parade, 36,000 strong, is
a model; of ordliness. After the parade they attend a
meeting in Union Square. -
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The entire Fourth Regiment of Cavalry, the Twentyfifth
Regiment of Infantry .three companies of Coast Artillery
and 550 Marines em bark on the transports Sheridan and
Logan for Honolulu.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Mrs. Joan M. Cuneo, the well-known woman automobilist,
drives Disbrow's 300 horse-power auto "Jay Eye See" at
ninety-one miles an hour. ' .
WASHINGTON, D. C
Captain Amundsen, the: Arctic explorer, visits Washington
to receive a medal from the Geographical Society. - -
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ...........
The society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has
adopted a new method of Capturing stray dogs and goats, .
. which they consider more humane than the old-fashioned
wire loop. -.
COLUMBUS, OHIO. .
Governor Cox is inaugurated with the usual ceremonies.
VAN WERT, OHIO.
A Fort Wayne and Western passenger train collides . with
a freight at a crossing here. The train crew are injured
and a property loss of $50,000.00 is sustained.
NEW YORK, N. Y. ,
Don Ceasar Luis de Montavalban is walking around the
world, haying starte d with a two-cent piece. He Is not
. allowed to bffg, but must earn his living as he goes. Up
to the present he has walked 70,000 miles.
ALKALI IKE OF JAYVILLE
(Western Comedy.) . .... .
TWILIGHT OF HER LIFE
(Drama.)
"What Happened To Mary"
Will be shown here Feb. 13th. :
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ROCKEFELLER, fl
MILLIONAIRE VICTIM OF THROAT
SPASMS AT MONEY TRUST -INVESTIGATION
WITNESS HAS DANGEROUS COUGH
Secret Examination Is -Waived and
Magnate Urges Correspondents
to Accompany Him on
Yacht
JEKYL ISLAND, Feb. 7. Symtoms
of throat spasms 12 minutes after the
examination had started this after
noon abruptly ended the questioning
of William Rockefeller, Standard Oil
magnate, by Chairman Pujo of the
House Money Investigating commit
tee, and by the committee's attorney,
Samuel Untermyer ' of Ndw York.
Rockefeller, apparently, was suddenly
stricken speechless, and Attorney Un
termyer refused to continue question
ing the witness.
Later Chairman Pujo admitted re
ports of Rockefeller's condition had
not been exaggerated.
"Rockefeller's condition," said Pu
jo, "is simply pitiable. Not only did
he shake like a leaf all over his body,
but after the first question he .began
to cough convulsively, evidently lab
oring under great excitement and to
all appearances was on the verge of
a collapse." '
Dr. Chappelle brought the examina
tion to a halt. He was the first to
note syptoms of the coming spasm.
"Stop this thing at once," he shout
ed. "This is extremely dangerous to
my patient. He may die right here."
Meanwhile the magnate, with eyes
closed and chin buried on his chest,
shook from head to foot. He became
deathly pale, his voice died to noth
ing and he seemed to be strangling.
"Rockefeller," Pujo continued, "had
to speak slowly and in a whisper. He
spoke into the ear of a stenographer,
who repeated his answers to us. Ev
en this was accomplished with the
greatest difficulty, the millionaire
shaking all the while.
"Such a thing as an examination
would have been impossible. As soon
as Dr.. Chappelle intervened and re
quested the hearing stopped. Attorney
Untermyer and I felt it would be both
dangerous and inhuman to proceed.
Therefore I ordered the examination
suspended."
Rockefeller personally waived a se
cret examination and ordered the ad
mission of all reporters to the hear
ing. He placed at the disposal of the
newspaper men his private yacht and
invited 'iem to accompany Chairman
Pujo to Jekyl Island. Rockefeller
said he wanted the reporters shown
every courtesy. Whether Represen
tative Pujo will permit the newspa
per waiters to attend the hearing has
not been decided.
Rockefeller appeared in excellent
spirits today, enjoying a brisk walk
before breakfast. After Dr. Chappelle
had sprayed his throat the million
aire remained in his apartments,
awaiting the arrival of Pujo. .
LAND SUIT IS SETTLED
WITHOUT GOING TO TRIAL
The suit of W. M. Kerns against
Rosa Mulvany involving a strip of
land between property owned by both
of them near Meadowbrook was set
tled out of court Friday. The defen.
dant was given the strip of land in
dispute and the plaintiff was given
a road. The plaintiff was represented
by Brownell & Stone and the defen
dant by J. E. Hedges.
Boost your city by boosting your
daily paper. The Enterprise should
be in every home.
STAND
COLLAPSES
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1&66.
COPYRIGHT HARRIS AND EWING WASH
Jonah K. Kalanianaole, delegate from
Hawaii to the United States House
of Representatives.
ENGINEER TO MAKE
fl
The council committee named to
engage an engineer to make an inves
tigation of the water in this city, at
a meeting Friday afternoon decided
to engage an engineer at once. Coun
cilmen Tooze and Metzner and Mayor
Jones and Health Officer Norris at
tended the meeting. It was announ
ced that negotiations had been started
with several prominent engineers
and that one would be employed prob
ably today. The council has appro
priated $500 for the work, but it is
not pobable that this amount of mon
ey will be expended in the investiga
tion. EIGHTY KILLED IN
ADR1AN0PLE EIGHT
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 7
Eighty persons were killed, some of
them non-combatants, in Friday's
bombardment of Adrianople, accord
ing to wireless reports received here
from Shukri Pasha, the Turkish com
mandant in the beleaguered city. The
famous Selim mosque was badly shat-tered-and
61 houses destroyed by the
fire of the Bulgar and Serb cannon.
After a meeting of the committee of
natnonal defense, it was stated that
the Shiek Ui-Islam had proclaimed a
holy war throughout the Moslem
world. If this is true, it will aid the
Turks in the Balkan struggle and will
make every Mohammedan a possible
soldier in the struggle.
The terrific fighting between Tur
kish and Balkan troops on Galliopoli
Peninsula, which has been in progress
for two days, was resumed at daylight
today. The Bulgarians are holding
the villages already captured, but the
Turks are making a desperate stand
ot the town of Galliopoli, in defense
of the Dardanelles.
Reports that the Turks lost several
thousand men in yesterday's battle
were semi-officially confirmed here
today. . -
TAX BILL
GOES TO ITS DEATH
(Salem Statesman.)
Ten for and eighteen against tells
the story of the untimely end of tha
Dimick bill allowing Oregon City to
tax the plant of the Portland Railway.
I Light & Power Company. , The stif-
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1913.
THROWING ANOTHER FIT.
fest debate of the day was over this
bill yesterday afternoon with Joaeph
taking the role- of chief opponent of
the measure.
In the midst of defeat Dimick serv
ed notice on the power company that
he would continue the fight until the
company was compelled to make some
return to Oregon City for the water
power he alleges was stolen.
"I want to serve notice on the Port
land Railway, . Light & Power Com
pany lobby right; here that sooner or
later they will have to account to the
people of Oregon. City for this gigan
tic steal," he shouted, turing to the
lobby af .the SejktfeLwhejre' a. nutate;
of railroad representatives were stand
ing. "In 1867 this company robbed us
of our water rights and they are here
today to perpetuate the robbery. They
will do just what the law makes them
do and nothing more. All I ask, gen
tlemen, all the people of Oregon City
ask, is that you give us an enabling
act and we will do the rest."
Senator Thompson attacked the bill
with vitriolic words, maintaining that
to pass it would be to hark back to
the days of the Revolution. Tho hill,
he said, was an outrage and was a
travesty on progress. To allow any
city to annex territory without grant
ing the people of the territory to be
annexed the right to vote on the mat
ter, ha argued, was at once unjust
and unconstitutional. Thompson uot
ed decisions of the Supreme Court
bearing out his statements.
If this bill became a law it would
place the people of the territory
which is proposed to' be annexed in
the same position this country was in
in 1776. It would be taxation without
representation."
Piece I'v piece, section by section,
Joseph tore the bill apart, analyzing
every portion and holding the meas
ure up to ridicule that became so
prolonged that it- descended from
comedy into utter foolishness. Char
acterizing the island in the posses
sion of the power company as "Eel
Island" because, he said, nothing but
eels could live on it, the Senator from
Multnomah caused gales of laughter
to sweej over the chamber. Not a
sentence in the bill escaped his eagle
eye. and each wa3 made to appiu.i in
a more ridiculous light than t")e pre
ceding one.
"It is impossible for me to be ser
ious when I read t'i;s bill," he said.
"I didn t think it vas so utterly ab
surd until I read it through," he con
tinued, waving his arms in the air.
"Why the land annexed must be wortii
$3,000 an acre or it cannot be annex
ed and at any event not more than
200 acres can be taken in at one time
by the city. I can't conceive of any
thing more ridiculoas."
Then he went on in a more serious
strain, declaring the bill to be un
American and declaring tha: the
source of revenue of almost every in
habitant of Oregon City depended up
on the power company that Dimick
was trying to drive out of business.
The sawmills established on the riv
er in the early days failed and -now
that a company- has come along and
built up the place they want to repay
it by imposing taxes that will make
it unable to continue, he claimed. .
When the matter arrived at the)
voting stage a call of the Hous? was
demanded by the author, who wished
.to see just where ovjry Senator stood
on the bill. It was found that Sena
tor Miller was nowhere to be found
and the vote was postponed till 4:45
while the sergeant-at-arms went down
town in search of the solon. At the
stipulated time the Senator had not
been discovered and the vote waa
taken without him. . .
- Many state house habitues believe
that the killing of the measure in the
upper house simply forestalled one
of the bitterest fights the lower house
has ever seen providing the bill had
appeared there for further consider
ation. Certain it" is that the railway
people were bending their every ; ef
fort to have the bill stepped on.
It you saw it In the Enterprise it'a
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. COPYRIGHT HARRIt AND EWING. WASH.
Ramon Valdez, new Minister from
Panama to the United States.
SAY CHRISTIAN STOLE
INGERSOLL WATCH
Edward Thurman, arrested Thurs
day by Policeman Griffith, pleaded
guilty to a charge of petty larceny
in Recorder Stinp's Court. He was
sentenced to serve 15 days in jail.
The prisoner was accused of steal
ing a watch from the pocket of a
man with whom he had been drink
ing. The watch cost $1. Thurman
said he took it jokingly. He also
averred that he was a Christian and
the watch was an Ingersoll. Vincent
Rohellec, arrested by Policeman Grif
fith on a charge of disorderly conduct,
was fined $10 and given a sentence
of 25 days in jail.
HURT
GETS $3,750 VERDICT
' Emma J. Palmateer . was Friday
awarded a verdict against the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany of $3, 750 in Circuit Judge Camp
bell's Court. The jury was out seven
hours and the verdict is thought to
have been a compromise one. The
plaintiff, while, riding on one of the
defendant s cars between Mill River
and Estacada, June 21, 1912, was per
manently injured it was charged in
the complaint. The car struck a cow
and was brought to a sudden stop
throwing the plaintiff against a seat.
Brownell & Stone, attorneys for the
plaintiff, alleged negligence upon the
part of the agents of the company.
The plaintiff sued for $5,000. Mrs.
Palmateer's spine was injured and
she testified at the trial that physic
cians had informed her she could nev
er recover.
PREACHER TO GIVE
; STEREOPTICAN VIEWS
Rev G. N. Edwards - has obtained
from the office of the American Board
in San Francisco, a choice set of 75
stereoptican .slides and will give an
illustrated lecture tomorrow evening
on the work of the board in European
Turkey. The pictures cover many of
the scenes of the Balkan War and in
clude scenes in Bulgaria, Albania and
Macedonia. There are views present
ing the picturesque home life -of the
Balkan people, their schools, churches
soldiers, priests, brigands, and mer
chants, showing grand costumes and
striking uniforms, also bits of the wild
mountain scenery and views of Sal
onica, Monastir and Kortcha. "The
subject of the address is "A New
View of the Near East." It will be
given as a part of the evening ser
vice at 7:30 at the Congregational
Church.
. If It nappeaed It la In tne Enterprise.
GLADSTONE FIGHTS4yALEQUITS;N0BLE
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HOME
CORPORATION IS -FAVORED
BY COMMERCIAL
-CLUB
SEVERS . IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
Pacific Concern Must Agree to Fran
chise Offered by " City
Bridge Across River
Asked
The Gladstone Commercial Club
has declared a boycott, against the
Pacific Telephone & Telephone Com-,
pany. Announcement was made at a
meeting Thursday night that unles3
the company, accepted the franchise
offered by the city the members
would, remove all telephone connec
tions of the company and urge all
residents of Gladstone to do likewise.
The Home Telephone Company was
commended for its action in accept
ing the franchise. A license of 50
cents a year is charged for each tele
phone under the franchises. The
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company also objects to the franchise
offered it. It objects to the provis
ion for the installation of lights 60
days from the time of application.
It was decided to have the annual
picnic ol Gladstone citizens at Glad
stone Park July 4. The club decid
ed to indorse the action of the coun
cil regarding all franchises. It also
was urged that the county court be
petitioned to build a steel bridge as
near the present bridge of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany as possible. It was declared
that the approaches to that bridge
could be used and a big saving would
be made.
The following officers were elect
ed: President, John N. Sievers; Vice
President, Thomas N. Burns; Secre
tary, Hugh Hall; Treasurer, Thomas
Gault and Sergeant at Arms, Henry
Strebig. .
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IMPORTANT BILLS
BEFORE LEGISLATURE
House bill No.' 410, by Representa
tive Gill of Clackamas. Ten per cent
of the legal voters of two or more
districts may petition the county
court to call an election in December
upon the levying of a special tax for
the improvement of roads stated in
the petition. If the majority of the
registered voters favor the tax it shall
be declared to have been levied. The
hill also provides for the management
and control of the improvement.
House Bill No. 404, by Representa
tive Latourette of Multnomah. Each
principal of teacher in charge of a
school tuilding where 50 or more pu
pils attend, shall see that there is at
least one fire drill a month. All the
pupils shall be Instructed in the
danger of fire at least thirty minutes
a month. The State Superintendent
of Public Instruction shall prepare a
book dwelling on the subject which
the state shall publish and issue to
the teachers who shall read it once
a week. A fine is provided.-
2 Divorces Granted.
Circuit Judge Campbell Friday
granted decrees of divorce in the fol
lowing cases: Helen Leora York
against Albert H. York and W. W.
Martin against Flo Martin.
YOUR ENTIRE LINGERIE OUTFIT
MAY BE CHOSEN FROM
Puritan Undermuslins
TI TE have Puritan garments for
children and misses from 16
to 18 years as well as for women.
It is a beautiful line. Daintiest of
laces and embroideries combine
with pure, white, durable fabrics.
There is a Puritan label on
every garment. - : . -
Prices are no higher than you
usually pay for undermuslins. -
Bannon and
Masonic Temple Building
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The Enterprise has a few of its
Progress and Anniversary book-
$ lets on hand, copies of which may
i be obtained by applying at this
office. The edition contains 64
pages and is -one of -the- best ad-
3 vertisements of the city and
8 county ever issued. Send one East.
Per Week, 10 Cents
IS NEW ENGINEER
APPOINTEE ADMITS CONTENTION
HE WAS NOT RESIDENT
- OF CITY
CROSS MAKES DENIAL OF CHARGE
Live Wire Head Insists that He has
Done all Possible in Protect
ing Property on Mon- '
roe Street
At a meeting of the city y council
Friday evening the resignation of G.
C. Yale as city engineer was received
and accepted. Mr. Yale said that his
resignation was due to the fact that
active steps had been taken to 're
move him from office because he was
not a resident of the city one year
previous to his appointment as city
engineer. The city charter specifical
ly states that a person shall not be
eligible to serve for that office unless
he has lived in the city at least one
year. The mayor appointed Major C.
S. Noble to the position and the coun
cil confirmed the appointment. Coun
cilmen Holman and Metzner did not
vote.
H. E. Cross, main trunk of the Live
Wires, made an extended reply to the
accusations that have been, made
against the condition of his property
on Monroe Street during the past few
weeks. He stated that he believed
the council had not treated him fairly,
and said that he was not notified as
to the condition of a barn until the
matter had been taken up in a "grand
stand" way by members of the coun
cil and maintained that he had a
ways shown his good faith with the
city and was willing to do the right
thing with the council at all times.
He asked why he should be the vic
tim of such an attack when there
were other persons who had been
more guilty that he. To prove this
statement he made several references
to other lots and persons. He stated
that the property was injuring but
few persons and that according to the
statement of contractors it would be
impossible for him to repair his wall
during the winter weather. In re-
cu iu ue iu a very uau cuuuiuon lie
again asked why he should be singled
out when there were 12Q other cases
in the city that were in as bad con
dition as was his. He said that as
soon as he was notified, the sanitary
condition of-the barn was improved.
Councilmen Albright, Horton and
Tooze answered Mr. Cross and de
fended the action taken by the coun
cil. Mr. Tooze stated that Monroe
Street beyond Twelfth Street was us
ed by more than thirty persons in
stead of three families as stated by
Mr. Cross. He said that Mr. Cross'
had not been singled out for an at
tack by the council. Earth from Mr.
Cross' property . has caved into the
street.
A motion was made that the city
notify the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company that many of the arc
lights were unsatisfactory. The re
quest for a skating rink at Fourteenth
and Washington Streets was referred
to a committee. Bids for a concrete
fire house near thebell tower were
received and referred to the commit
tee on fire and water with power to
act. The two received were E. D.Olds,
$248.96 and that from H. O, McKin
ley, $151.00. The committee on fire
and water was authorized to draw
up plans and to ask for bids on a steel
ladder for the bell tower and to re
port to the council at the next meet
ing. J. W. Moffatt told of the work
of the Oregon Engineering & Con
struction Company is doing on the
Main Street wall.
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