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MORNING ENTERPRISE TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913
TONGUE OfERDID
- ROLE, SAYS JURY
ST. PAUL'S PARISH
RE-ELECTS VESTRY
LIVESTOCK TRAM
SOMEWHAT BETTER
a terrible
suspense;
. By EDWARD L. BISSELL
While jurors who have heard a
murder trial are not supposed to talk
afterwards aboutwhat occurred in
the jury room, or what led them to
render their verdict, members of the
jury that freed Glenn Gault last week
have intimated to a number of their
friends that they thought the 'prose
cution rather overplayed its hand,
and so weakened its case.
According to statements they have
made, the majority of them were not
at all impressed by the testimony of
C. E. Leitzel, who was called by the
prosecution, and discounted his testi
mony almost entirely. Some of the
jurors also expressed the opinion
that tha prosecuting attorney went
too far in his denunciation of the de
fendant and the witnesses for the de
fense, and thus weakened the im
pression of his side of the argument.
The verdict, however, they all de
clare was returned strictly on the
evidence laid before them; and they
merely comment on the other fatures
as an indication of. how the trial
strucK them.
A story current that an attempt
had been made at bribing one of the
jurors to hold out against a verdict
for the defense could not be verified
after the trial, though effort was
made to run it down, so that the per
son accused might be examined. If
any suggestion of bribery was made,
it is believed it was more in the line
of an ill-advised joke on the part of
some person who had been indulging
too strongly in liquor.
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GOOD AND VARIED
Thursday night's smoker of the
Oregon City Athletic club promises to
be one of the classiest events pulled
off in the Armory since the formation
of the club. There will be five box
ing matches and two wrestling bouts,
and good cards have been formed for
all. Manager Jack Lewis will referee
all the events, and it is expected that
there will be plenty of excitement for
the fans.
The main boxing event will be be-1
tween Ad. Lewis and Pete Rotter,
who will try to go for six rounds. Rot
ter has been doing some hard train
ing for the past several weeks, and
expects to enter the ring in the best
of shape. The other boxers on the
card are Charles Betzel versus Jack
Beattie, Mat Roose versus Dick Rot
ter and Young.: Montgomery versus
Kid Spagle. The first match will be
put on at 8 45 p. m.
"Auk" Smith and Dan Cavill will
be the headliners in the wrestling
bouts. Smith is a local favorite who
has done some classy work, and who
made a good showing in an exhibi
tion bout with Peter Buzoukus. He
will go against Cavill, of Eugene, and
a . bunch of fans from Cavill's town
are coming on to see what they boy
can do. There will also be a go be
tween Al Hoffman and Vick Myers.
PLAY IS PLANNED
BY
The senior class of the Oregon City
high school at a meeting held Mon
day afternoon, selected the "Mer
chant of Venice Up-to-Date" as the
show it will present at commence
ment. This play was selected after some
little discussion because it seemed to
be the best adapted to the needs of
the high school students. The gen
eral scene of Shakespeare's famous
play is adheared to in most parts,
with the exception that the actors
are made modern, instead of being
Venitians. Bassonio, is made real
istic by being a football hero and the
main plot of the story hangs on a
lock of hair and a football game.
Portia is a fair co-ed and- Antonio is
another football hero.
The cast of the play has not been
selected. Mrs. H. B. Cartlidge will
coach the cast.'
At the same meeting . Miss Hazel
Kerr was chosen valedictorian at the
graduation exercises and Miss Car
men Schmidley was selected as the
salutetoorian.
HOOD RIVER FINDS
" FLAWS IN RECALL
Following publication in Sunday's
Enterprise of tlhe opinion that the
present recall amendment to the
constitution may be inefficient be
cause no enabling act has been pass
ed to make its provisions mandatory,
attorneys interested in the locally
threatened effort to recall two county
officers are looking up the progress
of a case brought upon the same
points in regard to a recall election
at Hood River.
The Hood River case is still before
the court.s and embraces one of the
points brought to light locally that
of the percentage of signatures that
may be required upon a petition. The
Hood River suit, however, does not
concern itself with the lack of pro
vision for paying the expenses of
such an election, and should the
.abortive effort at recall in this coun
ty eventually become sufficiently far
advanced to make further testing of
the law necessary, the point will prob
ably be taken up here. As the law
stands interpreted at present, there
Is no provision for paying the fo.OOO
which such an election would cost
here.
TOM KAY SLEUTHS
Tom Kay, erstwhile Portland de
tective, but now a special investiga
tor for Governor Oswald . West, was
in the city Monday, seeking a war
rant for two country saloonmea,
whom he says kept their place open
all day Sunday. Mr. Kay, who now
gives himself the dignified name of
Thomas, instead of the more familiar
"Tom" of earlier days, obtained the
warrants from Justice Siever, ami de
parted to serve them.
Boost roar Wty by boosting yomr
daily paper.
At a pleasant and very successful
meeting of the St. Paul's Episcopal
church Monday evening, the entire
vestry of the church, which has
served for the past year, was re
elected. The meeting being' the reg
ular annual parish meting, a large
number , were present. A report con
cerning the finances of the church
showed them to be' in better condi
tion than they ever have been before.
During the past year $1,350 was paid
off upon the indebtedness. There is
now no debt on the church, save a
few outstandings notes.
During the past year the west
foundations for the new church were
completed paid for. This is consid
ered a remarkable fact, when it is
considered that the west wall was
more difficult to build than will be
the other three walls. It was most
earnestly hoped by all of the parish
oners present that the new church
may be completed during the next
year.
The vestry is compossed of John
R. Humphreys, E. A. Chapman, Carl
Joehnke, C. W. Evans, Dr. L. A.
Morris, T. P. Randall and P. T. Bar
low. The vestry will hold a meeting
Friday evening at which they will
elect their officers for the ensuing
year. At Monday night's meeting
Carl Joehnke was chosen as superin
tendent of the Sunday school.
RURAL CARRIER WANTED
An examination under civil service
rules will be held June 14 at Oregon
City to provide a list of eligibles for
rural delivery carrier on one of the
local routes. The salary to be paid
will be between ?600 and $1,100 per
annum. Any citizen of the United
States between the ages of 18 and 55
may take the examination, and the
maximum age will be waived in the
cases of persons honorably dis
charged from the army or navy. All
applicants must live in the county.
LIVE WIRES TO MEET
The Live Wires of the Commercial
club are to meet Tuesday for the
regular weekly luncheon. Several
matters pertaining to improvement
work in the city will be discussed,
and in all probability plans will be
completed for co-operation of the
women of the city in sanitary and
market insepction.
IS
FOR TWO BROTHERS
L. F. Templeton went fishing Mon
day at Oregon City and paid fifty
dollars for the privilege. Nor did he
catch any fish. His brother, R. E.
Templeton, also went fishing with
him, caught one salmon, was fined
fifty dollars, but didn't have to pay
it. The chief reSson of this is that
R. E., the brother, when arraigned be
fore Justice Sievers, pleaded that he
had only been rowing the boat in
which L. F. was fishing, and that he
was in no ways to blame for a sal
mon getting upon a line trailing from
the craft.
The two Templetons came to grief
because they were fishing beyond
the "dead line" on the river, and
within 260 feet of a fish ladder. It is
a state offense to angle within 200
feet of the pathway followed by the
fish over obstructions in a river, and
inadvertently the Templetons, who
are from Portland and who have
never before visited this locali.y,
broke the law. The fifty dollar fine
is the minimum that can be assessed.
When arrested and taken before Jus
tice Sievers, L. F. Templeton pleaded
guilty, while the brother told the gen
tle story about "just rowing the
boat."
COLLEGIANS TEST
RAILROAD STEEL
The experimental engineering la
boratories of the Oregon Agricultural
college, in charge of Prof. S. H. Graf,
have just received a number of
samples of steel rails from the Cor
vallis and Eastern railway for test
ing. It is expected that the tests will
show the probable cause of the num
erous failures which have occurred re
cently after over 30 years of apparent
soundness.
The rails were all imported from
steel mills in England or from the
Krup Works in Germany, and were
sent as ballast in ships calling at
coast ports for cargoes of wheat.
In this connection it is of interest
to note that the road from Corvallis
to Yaquina Bay has been investigated
recently by'the state railway commis
sion and orders have been issued for
rebuilding with heavier rails.
MANY SEE SELVES
IN "MOVIES" FILM
A number of Oregon City people
saw themselves catching salmon Mon
day night, when they went to the
Grand theatre, where moving pic
tures of the falls and river, taken a
week ago Sunday, were on display.
The pictures were exceptionally
clear, and gave a beautiful view of
the falls, and of the swirling cur
rents in the river.
In addition to this the fleets of
small fishing boats were shown, with
many local sportsmen, and still oth
ers from Portland, angling for the
fish that made the Willamette fam
ous. Views were caught of some
royal battles with the big fish, and
yet another riew showed "the biggest
fish that got away." The film was
well received, and the house was
packed all avening by Oregon City
folk who wanted to see "movies" of
a scene they knew so well.
Among the Oregon City people who
are easily to be recognized in the
film are C. G. Huntley, T. P. Randall,
Theodore Osmund, Dr. Ice and sev
eral others. The films will be shown
again at Tuesday performances at
the theatre.
Receipts for the week have been:
Cattle 1130, calves 184, hogs 2570,
sheep 3612, horses 3.
Good trade in steers. Several loads
selling at $8.20 with bulk from $7.75
to $8.00. Heavy beeves, scarce with
quality good and better outlook.
Hogs took tin upward . turn the
early part of the week and price went
back up to the nine dollar mark. Cool
er weather smaller receipts and de
pleted packing house " pork products
the cause of .the reaction.
Better tone to sheep house trade, a
few more -receipts, a bunch of fancy
ewes were largely bought up $6.25
"off the cars" lambs $7.25 and $7.00
"off cars." Demand for mutton ex
ceeding supply.
SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS
W. L. Cooper, a Portland attorney,
alleging that he had purchased vari
ous claims for material furnished the
contractors who built the new Oregon
City high school, appeared before
Judge Aiken, in circuit court Monday
with a suit to recover the amount of
his claims from school district No. 62.
O. D. Eby appeared for the school
district, and obtained an order of
non-suit from the court, principally
upon the grounds that Cooper had
failed to prove that he had demanded
or, or had demanded the contract
or's bond. His case also failed to
show that the claims he alleges he
had purchased were for goods sold
the contractors and used in the school
construction. Most of the claims
were for small amounts, but the ag
gregate was considerable.
0T00LE IN EEST OF TRIM.
Pittsburgh Twirler Working Minus
Two Handicaps.
Living down a $22,500 reputation
and building up one as a bail player,
wblcb bis friends and admirers declare
he will be able to do. is the aim of
Marty O'Toole. benedict and spitball
ist No person is more sincere in a de
sire to produce than Martin J., and his
work this spring indicates that be will
round into shape and be a big help to
the club in Its buttle for honors.
The heaver is minus two handicaps
which he had to contend with last
spring. He Is not brought face to
face every day with the fact that the
Pittsburgh club paid a record breaking
price for his release, nor is be bothered
with the soreness In his arm which
caused him so much trouble last spring.
After the big price paid for the
brick top he was hippodromed over
the American circuit for further or
ders, and the Pittsburgh club had al
most to steal him before it could
lnd him tn Pittsburgh, even after
paying the price. He was worked In
every city, the sale price proving a
big drawing card, and the St Paul
team took down a handsome revenue
as a result.
But while the club was raking In the
shekels it was doing the pitcher an
Injury which he Is just recovering
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Photo by American Press Association.
MARTY O'TOOLE, PITTSBURGH'S $22,500
TWIRI,KU.
from The severe strain which was
placed upon him told, and his arm
went lame. He was practically useless
to Pittsburgh in the fall of 1911. and
when he joined the team last spring
he was In the same condition. Sweat
'ing and careful massaging failed to
bring the arm around. "and he went
into the fray under a big handicap
However, even with this drawback he
pitched good ball at times, and many
of the defeats charged to him were of
the closest character. He was stacked
up against the greatest pitchers In the
league, but never complained.
This year Marty Ifi without any sore
ness in his pitching wing. In fact, he
says he feels better than for several
seasons
Touched.
"He certainly touched me with his
story of hard luck." "For bow much?"
Baltimore American.
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How persons whose daily work car
ries with it the safety of the lives of
other persons ever became accustomed
to it I don't know. I have been one
of them, and I couldn't do it, though I
confess I bad an experience that took
away all my confidence. Those I re
fer to are engineers' pilots and the
like. I was a druggist. I was obliged
to put1 up prescriptions all day and of
ten at night Most of them were harm
less, but in some were ingredients cal
culated if given in large enough doses
to kill. We had a system about the
poisons, but I defy any system ever
invented to work every time. Sooner
or later something will go wrong
with it
I was putting up a poison one day
for vermin killing purposes. I had an
engagement to meet my wife at a rail
way station at a certain hour to go to
the country with our little boy, who
was ill and who we feared was slowly
dying.' It is such situations as this
that will break through systems and
cause accidents. I had just so many
minutes to reach my train and put up
two prescriptions, the one a poison,
the other harmless. My mind was pre
occupied. If I should not reach the
station in time my wife with our sick
child would be in great distress. I
was thinking of her while -I was doing
my work and delivering the packages
to the two different persons, who were
waiting for them.. This done, 1 seized
my bat and ran for the station.
I barely reached it in time, and, hav
ing put my family aboard the train,
sat down beside them, mopped my
brow and my mind settled back to
what I had been doing before I left
the store. A horrible suspicion came
to me. I doubted if I had not given
the poison to the wrong person. An
other suspicion followed on the heels
of the first. Bad I not neglected to
paste the label marked "Poison" on
the bottle?
My first impulse was to jump off the
train, though it was moving at a rate
of fifty miles an hour. This, of course,
I controlled. I must remain for no
one knew bow long In suspense. I
had intended to stay a week with my
vife in the country before leaving her
there, but I now resolved to return
the next day. If the blow was to fall
upon me I preferred thatf it should
fall white I was at my post than
when away. Besides. I hoped that
work would help to relieve me of the
burden on my mind.
Not being willing to give my wife an
additional trouble, I refrained from
confiding to her my horrible suspicion,
but 1 told her that we were so busy at
the store that I would be obliged to
go back the next day. This in itself
was a bitter disappointment to her.
and when the time came for my de
parture my boy was so ill that I lost
much of my worry on account of my
suspected blunder in my worry about
him.
Several days passed, and I heard
nothing indicating that any one had
taken poison, though I studied the
newspapers regularly, seeking for
what I feared to find. Then it occur
red to me that the poison might have
been taken, but the one who had swal-.
lowed it saved. The blunder might
have been reported at the store; but
owing to my distressing situation,
they might for a time withhold the
facts.
A week passed. My boy was much
better, and I returned to the city. On
the way while scouring a newspaper
as usual my eye fell on a beading,
"Fatal Mistake of a Druggist" I
could read no more. I covered my
eyes with my bands and groaned.
Thrice I tried to muster up courage to
read my fate, but was unable to do so
and at the end of my journey left the
newspaper in the train. Time enough
to know all that had happened when
I go to the store.
When I went to the store there was
qo evidence of anything having hap
pened. . 1 didn't dare ask about the
case of poisoning I had seen in the
newspaper, for the druggist might not
have been located, and there was no
use in giving myself away. But I
worried all the same.
The two customers to whom I had
given the medicine were an old man
and a young woman. The poison was
intended for the man. the ordinary
dose for the young woman. I believed
I had given her the poison. Her fea
tures were firmly fixed on my mind,
though I had never seen her before,
she being not a regular but a casual
customer. I did not suppose that she
was getting the medicine for herself,
for she was the picture of health.
One morning I beard the store door
close, and. looking up, there was this
woman coming straight for me. My
imagination pictured her. with an ac
cusation of murder In her eye. My
heart stopped beating. I stood waiting
for the blow to fall. She stood before
me on the other side of the counter.
With an effort I controlled myself,
though I am sure I was deadly pale. .
"Did you sell me some medicine
about two weeks ago?"
"Poison?" I gasped.
"Poison! No. medicine! I want yon
to give me some more of it the same
kind I can't recall Its name."
Oh. the happiness of that moment!
The same afternoon 1 went to the
country, and my little boy, quite re
stored, came running to meet me. Then
I told my wife what a foolish worry
1 had been through.
Actor Legislators,
Australia holds the record in the
matter of actor legislators as In many
other things. For years there sat si
multaneously in the Melbourne parlia
ment "Mr. Morton King, an eminent
tragedian and Mr. George Coppin, a
no less distinguished comedian, the
"Australian Toole," as he was called.
With himself tn the title role, Mr. King
organized a performance of "Hamlet,"
in which every male character was
enacted by an M. P. It netted 1,000 for
the Melbourne hospital. London Mail.
A Pleasure That Grow.
He Do you like my mustache? '
She Yes. It's a pleasure that grows
on one. Smart Set
If Moyer's $15 Suits Were
Made Merely to Sell
there would not be so many men eager to buy them.
Moyer's success in producing fine suits at $15 is. because
of the fact that they are made to wear-the selling of
them follow naturally.
The first jmestion asked when a fabric is examined is
this: "Will it give the service required of the cloths that
go into Moyer $15 suits?" Nothing but the best is ac
cepted nothing but all-wool fabrics thoroughly tested.
Moyer $15 suits stand without an
equal at the price-easily the peer
of those sold by ordinary stores
at $20.00 and $25.00.
When You See It In Our Ad, It's So
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First and Yamhill
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Beaver Building, Main Street
GRANGE HEARS ALDERMAN
L. R. Alderman, state school super
intendent, addressed the Garfield
Grange at Estacada, last Saturday on
education topics.r His chief subject
was co-operation betweee the home
and the school. His address was well
received.
Garfield Grange appointed W. R.
Reld, Edward Shearer and W. H.
Holder a committee to Investigate
business co-operation.
MOYER
Third and
Second
The Superiority of ElectricToast
to the charred, or brittle, or soggy kind made in the
tedious old-fashioned way, is relatively the same as the
superiority of grilled steak to fried steak.
For one-tenth of a cent a slice the General
Electric Radiant Toaster makes Perfect Toast faster
than you can cat it. It is Perfect Toast because the
radiant heat forces the necessary chemical change
in the bread. This insures delicious golden Toast that
fairly melts in your mouth. '
You can operate the General Electric Radiant Toaster on the
finest damask table doth. Its neat porcelain base and cheerfui
glowing coils add grace and charm to any table.
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This little toaster is on display at our store jn the Bea
ver Building on Main Street.
SALOON MAN IN TROUBLE
Two actions have been brought by
the Mt. Hood Brewing company
against George Odell, who operates
a saloon near Sandy. One in an at
tachment to recover bills due-, and
the other is a replevin for the stock
in the place.
Rev. W. B. Hinson, pastor of the
White Temple, of Portland, ' will
preach at the First Baptist church
here Tuesday night, and again on
Oak
and Morrison
Thursday night. Special services
are being held at the local church all
this week, and many outside preach
ers will give addresses.
Alison Rugg, the eight-months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rugg,
who died at her parents' home, 7th
and Monroe streets, Saturday, was
buried Sunday in Mountain View '
cemetery. The little child had been
sick one day before its dea.h with
whooping cough. . .