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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
70L. V. No. 40.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913.
Per Week, 10 Cents
TUFT ASKS STATUS
OF MEXICO WAR
PRESIDENT URGED TO TELL
CONGRESS ALL HE KNOWS
OF SITUATION
VEILED THREAT IN ULTIMATUM
Madero Given to Understand That He
Must Obtain Order in Repub
lic; Fighting in Capi
tal Renewed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Directing
the President to transmit to Congress
all the information in his possession
regarding the Mexican situation,
"Which is not campareatible with the
public interests," a resolution design
ed to inform Congress fully regarding
the Mexican crisis, was introduced by
Senator Ashurst of Arizona and Con
gressman Ayers of New York.
An ultimatum carrying a veiled
threat is the construction placed up
on President Taft's answer to the
appeal of President Mfadero of Mex
ico that the United States may main
tain its policy of "hands off" with re
gard to the southern republic. The
last sentence practically commands
Madero immediately to ameliorate
conditions in the Mexican capital and
the fact that the note contains no
promise not to send troops across
the border is regarded here as high
ly significant.
"In view of the special friendship
and relations between the two coun
tries," the note said, "I cannot too
strongly impress upon your excellen
cy the vital importance of early es
tablishment of real peace and order,
a condition which this government
so long has hoped to see, because
American citizens and property must
be protected and respected.
"In reciprocating the anxiety shown
by Your Excellency, I feel it my duty
to add sincerely and without reserve
that the events of the past two years,
culminating in: the present most dan
gerous situation, has created in this
country extreme pessimism and the
conviction that the present para
mount duty is to secure prompt and
immediate relief from the situation.
"Your 'Excellency is somewhat mis:
informed as to the policy of the Unit
ed States toward Mexico, which has
been uniform for two years and as
to naval movements and other meas
ures thus far taken, which are meas
ures of natural precaution."
UD
E TRIES TO
AVERT R. R. STRIKE
MEMBER OF UNITED STATES
COMMERCE COURT IS IN
CONFERENCE
WALK-OUT MAY BE IN 4ft. HOI
Firemen Insist That They Will Ar
bitrate Demands for Higher
Pay Only Under Erd
man Act
"OH. EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST. AND NEVER SHALL THE TWAIN MEET!?
PROFESSOR COLEMAN TO
SPEAK AT BANQUET
Professor Coleman, of Reed Insti
tute, will be the speaker at the Con
gregational Rrotherhood bam:iet to
night. Music will be furnished by
Professor Flechtner's orchestra. Pro
fesor Coleman has a reputation as a
public speaker and many persons are
glad of this opportunity to hear him.
If you saw it in the fcJnverprise it's
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Judge Mar
tin A. Knapp, of the United States
Commerce Court, arrived in New-
York from Washington this morning
for a final conference with officers
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen in the hope
of averting a strike against 54 Eas
tern railroads.
"If no means of arbitration is then
agreed upon, it was expected the
strike would be called, effective with
in 48 hours.
The firemen still insist today that
they would arbitrate their demands
for higher pay and better working
conditions only under the Erdman
act, with three arbitrators, as pro
vided by federal statute.
Judge Knapp said he would work
all day trying to bring both -sides to
gether and would not abandon the
situation vfhtil every means had been
exhausted. For the firemen, Presi
dent Carter explained that in the
event no settlement w reached the
strike, if ordered, would not be effec
tive until all the district leaders of
the union now gathered here had re
turned to their respective posts and
reported to him by telegraph. Even
then no firemen would leave their
cabs until locomotives had been tak
en to terminal points. He added that
in the event the engineers would pos
itively not go out in sympathy, but
would adhere to itheir agreement
with the railroads. This holds until
Jun$ 1; 1913.
There are 18 states" in the zone of
the threatened strike. The mileage
of the railroads involved is practical
ly 50,000 miles. The firemen, nearly
all of whom claim to -be members of
the brotherhood whose vote has
brought on the crisis, number 35,000.
It is declared that practically every
man firing a locomotive in the Eas
tern territory would obey a strike or
der. The vote of the firemen on the
strike question was recorded as 32,1
178 in favor of a strike to 1,198
against it.
A statement issued by the railroad
managers says that the railroads in
volved serve over 50,000.000 persons,
or more than half of the population
of the United States. These railroads
employ, all told, approximately 80,
000 men and women, a large number
of whom would be in a state of in
forced idleness in the event of the
firemen's strike actually causing
trains to stop running. It is estimat
ed that 1.000,000 persons commute
daily between the suburban cities
and towns in New York, and these
would be probably the first to feel
the effests of the strike.
If it Happened it Is In tne Enterprise.
Star Theatre Star Theatre
2 Acts of Vaudeville
tom Kerr'"
Strolling Musician
MARK
COBDEN
Scotch Comedian
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Absolutely First Run
"WORLD'S GREAT EVENTS''
A HAZARD FOR A HEART
Gaumont
WHILE Mrs. McFADDEN LOOKED OUT
Thanhauser
LOS ANGELES, THE BEAUTIFUL
Thanhauser
AND TONIGHT
10 More Steins Given Away
5 DRAWINGS AFTER EACH SHOW
The Star Is Absolutely FIREPROOF
This Is A Fine Program
5&10C star Theatre 5&i9c
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IN CHINA WOMEN ARE DISCARDING TROUSERS AND WEARING SKIRTS, WHILE IN AMERICA-
.into.
YOUR BANKS ONLY PAY YOU 4 PER CENT INTER
EST. IF YOU WILL COME OUT TO MOLALLA WE CAN
SHOW YOU. TO YOUR SATISFACTION WHERE YOU CAN
MIAKE 25 TO 50 PER CENT ON YOUR INVESTMENT IN
LESS THAN A YEAR. WE ARE EXCLUSIVE AGENTS
FOR GREGORY ADD., RAYLER ADD. AND HARLESS ADD.
W. A. Beck & Co.
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A. B: Garreison, President cf the
Railway Conductors Association,
recently narsied by President Taft
as one of.tho representatives of
labor on the newly organized In
dustrial Commission, which is to
investigate the working conditions
of the country. The Commission
was created" by act of Congress to
attempt to make more amicable
the 'nations between capital and
labor.
MOTHER e
M BE
r ASSESSO
AD AT 76
Mrs. Mary Lane Jack, mother of
J. E. Jack, assessor of Clackamas
County, died Sunday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Susan
Hook, of Mount Angel. Mrs. Jack
had been in declining health for sev
eral years. The funeral will he held
at the Miller Cemetery today, the
Rev. Mr. Spencer, of Silverton, con
ducting the services. Airs. Jack came
across the plains "from . St. Joseph,
Mo., when she was sixteen years of
age, with her brothers and the wag
ons being heavily loaded she . was
forced to walk most of the way to
Oregon. She was horn January 15,
1837, and when 1G years of age her
mother died. Her father died when
she was an infant. Soon after her
mother's death she and her two
brothers, started across the plains for
Oregon. They were frequently at
tacked by marauding hands of In
lians and several Indian chiefs offer
ed large sums of money for her.
They were attacked by Indians on
several occasions, but managed to
put the redskins to fight. After six
months of travel, they landed in
Oregon and lied with an uncle on
the Robert Miller donation land claim
near what is now Marquam in this
county, until her marraige to William
Allen Jack, about 18 months after
her arrival in Oregon. Mrs. Jack's
maiden name was Mary Jane Weddle,
her parents having been prominent
residents of St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. and
Mrs. Jack settled on the Jeremiah
Jack donation land claim on Butler
Creek, this county, where she lived
until her husband's death 18 years
ago. Since then Mrs. Jack lived in
Oregon City, Molalla and Mount An
gel, with sons and daughters. All of
her children, who are as follows, sur
vive her: Mrs. Susan Hook, Mtaunt
Angel; Barton Jack, Marquam; Wil
liam Jack, Silverton; J. E. Jack, Mrs.
netta Albright and Allen T. Jack,
Oregon City. . Mrs. Jack was a devout
christian almost all her life and at
the time of her death was a member
of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Oregon City. . , .. - '
LEGISLATURE AIDS
BIG UNIVERSITIES
$728,000 is Appropriated by
THE HOUSE FOR TWO
" COLLEGES
SCKUEBEL TRIES TO CUT SUMMER BILL
Dimick's Eight-Hour Bill Reported,
by Committee and, Despite
Fight, Is Postponed
SALEM, Feb. 17. (Special.) Ap
propriations aggregating $728,000 for
the- two big state universities were
passed in the House today, with a
few members opposing each one. The
test of the appropriations came on
Schuebel's attempt to cut from $30,- j
000 to $20,000 the bill providing for i
summer school and extension work
"at the University of Oregon. This
tailed and the" recommendations of
t!;e Ways and Means Committee went
through without, a hitch on all the
rest. The bill providing for a uni
form system of public accounting
was passed by a bare majority, after
the duties of providing this system
had been transferred from the should
ers of the Secretary of State to the
Tax Commission.
Schuebel also opposed this. The
House adopted a resolution submit
ting to the people a constitutional
amendment to have county officers
terms lengthened to four years. A
clause prohibiting an - official from
serving more than eight out of twelve
con.ecutive years ; was stricken out
before the resolution was adopted.
It is predicted by those in a posi
tion to know that the session will
hold over an extra week. The reso
lution for a lengthened session will
undoubtedly be adopted by the House
by a good majority, but the Senate is
doubtful.
Although the Senate by resolution
today confirmed its previous declar
ation that it would accept no more
House bills, this is not taken serious
ly by most of the representatives.
It is also said that one reason for
the Legislators holding over an ex
tra week is to take care of any ve
toes the Governor might have to sub
mit. An underground current of ill
feeling exists in the House against
"Steam Roller" methods, and it is
not considered unlikely that an "out
break" will occur within a few days.
Charges of the "Organization" mem
bers having some of their own bills
reported out of the committees first
have already been made on the floor
of the House. An attempt to break
the back bone of the "Organization"
will probably be made ,on a resolu
tion submitted Saturday by Eaton of
Eugene. This resolution, intended to
facilitate handling appropriation hills,
was sidetracked in the committee
and considerable feeling has been
manifested by this method.
Senator Dimick's eight-hour T bill
came out of the Industries Commit
tee today with three reports, and was
indefinitely postponed. Although some
fight was made on this bill, it was
generally recognized that since the
passage of the ten-hour bill it would
substitute itself for the eight-hour
bill.
Day, ; Kiddle and Wood, with the
majority report, recommended that
the bill do not pass; Smith wanted to
amend it and allow double time for
overtime, and Dimick recommended
that the bill pass as it stood. Exact
ly the same lineup as on the ten-hour
bill. The bill was postponed 'by a
large majority. The hardest fight of
the day in the Senate occurred on the
three reports of the three members
of the special committee to investi
gate the Oregon. Naval Militia. Sen
ator Dimick, in accprdance with his
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USE TALKING
STINGER & STINGER
WILL GET YOU
In their best act
AT
TODAY
THE GRAND
James O'Connell, Vice-president of
the American Federation of Labor.
He is one of the three labor mem
bers on the new Industrial Commission.
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Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory. Oregon City
Woolen Mills.
The Kurse At Mulberry Bend
Rose, the young nurse , Alice Joyce
Lilly, her cousin- Leslie Scose
Dr. Paul Leslie Tom Moore
Pietro, a peddler James E. Ross
Angeline, his wife . ., ; Hazel Mason
Medalina, the grandmother Mrs. La Varnie
THE TENDERHEARTED BOY
His Heart Runs Away with his Head -v
(A Biograph Drama.)
THE ELUSIVE KISS
(Fine Comedy.)
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FIRST SHiPiMENT OF
SPRING COATS
Arrived this morning
"Palmer Garments"
The kind that please
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Department Store
Oregon City's Busy Store
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