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VOL. V. No. 108.
QKEGON CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913
Per Week, Ten Cents.
RICE IS GUILTY
JURY'S VERDICT
AGREEMENT IN ASSAULT CASE
NOT REACHED UNTIL NEAR
x TWO IN MORNING
SENTENCE TQ EE PRONOUNCED TODAY
Joe Hedges, Oregon City Youth En
tangled in Midnight Row on ,
Street, Cleared of Blame
by Long Trial -
Just before two o'clock Saturday
morning the jury which heard the as
sault case of Joe Hedges against
Stanley Rice, of Portland, returned a
verdict of guilty. Justice Sievers
gave the case to the jurors in the
evening, after extended argument
had occupied the whole day.
The prisoner will be sentenced
Saturday morning.
The case of Joseph Hedges versus
G. Stanley Rice consumed nearly the
entire day Friday in Justice of the
Peace Seiver's court. Rice, who lives
on east Eleventh street, Portland,
and who is the vice-president of the
Barthold-Eard company, 209 Stark
street, is accused of assault and bat
tery upon the person of Joe Redges,
19-year-old son of J. E. Hedges, a
prominent Oregon City attorney. .
On the night of April 26, Rice, in
company with Jesse W. Piatt, con
tracting agent for the Erie Railroad
in Portland, came to Oregon City
with two women in Rice's automo
bile. They arrived about midnight
and partook of refreshments at the
Falls. The party left about 1:00 p.
m. and as they were crossing the
sidewalk to board their machine the
trouble occured.
According to Hedges, a dispute
arose while he and a group of boys
were in the Falls as to the make of
the car. They went outside and
Eva Bowers, one of the women of the
party, told them the machine was a
' "Simplex."
Hedges says she also tossed a beer
bottle out of the machine to aim, and
he placed it back in the car. By .his
time, he says, Piatt had come out of
the Falls, and the Bowers woman
told him the bottle had hit her foot.
Hedges says that Piatt told him that
he had better look out or somebody
-would "get their can knocked -off."
At this moment Rice came out atfd
heard Piatt's remark. He asked who
said it, and somebody pointed to
young Hedges. Rice made a pass at
him and knocked him down, hitting
him twice. The boy was knocked un
concious. Rice and his party then
drove about Oregon City for a short
time and later Rice was placed under
arrest and J10 bail by the policfe for
disorderly conduct. He was ordered
to appear the following Monday, but
forfeited his bail 'instead.
Among the other witnesses examin
ed by the prosecution were Joe Shea
han, Allie Levitt and Chris Michels.
All declared that Rice was nder the
influence of liquor, and Sheahan and
Levitt stated that Piatt had told
them Rice had been drinking since
7:00 o'clock that evening.
The Bowers woman, appearing for
the defense, stated that when the
party left Portland Rice was not in
an intoxicated condition. She said
that Hedges, Sheahan, Levitt and sev
eral of the other of the boys who
were standing about the machine
were "fresh," and that she told Piatt
so. Piatt and Rice both appeared
upon the stand, and their testimony
was virtually the same as that of the
Bowers woman. She stated that she
had lived in Portland only a month
or so. but had known Stanley Rice
both in San Francisco and Seattle.
The attorneys for the defense were
Plowden Stott, of Portland, and How
ard Brownell, of Oregon City. Those
for the prosecution were J. E. Hedges
the father of Joe Hedges, and Livy
Stipp, deputy district attorney.
Mr. Stipp opened the addresses to
the jury after the evidence had all
been taken, and stated the case was
clearly one of assault and battery.
He stated that the only reason that
Rice would have had for hitting
Hedges was if Hedges had been
threatening.
Howard Brownell, appearing for
the defense, stated that he consider
ed young Rice acted correctly in de
fending womanhood, adding that he
considered him a high type of young
manhood. He said that Rice "was
one of the best types of American
hood, that it had been his honor to
def end during his twelve years ex
perience in law." He believed Rice
should receive a medal for his ac
tions, instead of being punished.
Plowden Stott, also for the defense,
made a brief defense and stated he
believed Rice was completely vindi
cated and acted only as a man
should act when womanhood was in
sulted. J. E. Hedges said that he believed
his son was entirely in the right, and
"had not insulted womanhood in the
least. He took occasion to grill Rice
for his conducting and participating
: in a "joy ride." He deplored the fact
that he should have taken Miss Bow
ers upon the trip, and expressed great
sympathy for the young woman.
Mr. .Hedges took occasion to add
that it was such men as Rice, and
such joy rides, that were ruining so
, many innocent young women. He
said that automobiles were a great
curse in this respect.
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OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
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WELL CONTRACT
LET BY COUNCIL
SPECIAL COMMITTEE AWARDS
TEST WORK TO PORTLAND
DRILLING COMPANY
SPEED TO BE CHIEF REQUIREMENT
Boring Will Be Kept up Night and
Day at Site Held Upon Option
- Until Good Flow of Wa
ter is Secured
The council committee on pure wa
ter met Friday evening in the. coun
cil chamber, and the contract to
drill a test well upon property which
the city has jiecured on option in
South Oregon City, was awarded to
the Portland Drilling company; G. E.
Scott, manager. Representatives of
several companies were present, and
bids were received from a number
more. The entire committee, which
is composed of Councilmen Tooze,
chairman; Horton and Metzner, were
present and also consulting engineer
Robert Dieck, City Engineer C. S.
Noble, City Attorney William Stone,
fti J. Lee, representing Peter Horn
ing, of Canby, G. E. Scott, of the
Portland Drilling company and Mr.
Painter, of Jenning s Lodge.
The committee in discussing the
matter considered the materials
which would likely be met with dur
ing the course of the work, the cost
of the work, the materials to be fur
nished, and other general facts The
specifications and bids were gone in
to carefully by the engineers and
members of the committee, and the
legal part was carefully looked after
by the tity attorney.
After a very careful examination
of the bids, it was decided to award
the contract to the Portland Drilling
company. Mr. Scott will deposit a
certified check as a guarantee that
he will begin work not later than
the 15th of the present months. He
states that he will use all possible
speed in completing the work, . and
will operate two shifts, working day
and night, until the well has reached
the required depth. A contract will
be entered into with the Portland
Drilling company Saturday.
In drawing up the contract, Mr.
Tooze urged that all possible precau
tion be taken to safeguard the inter
ests of the city.
It is the genera! concensus of
opinion, and the belief of Robert
Dieck, engineer, that good pure wa
ter will be struck at a depth of ap
proximately 250 feet below the sur
face of the ground. In awarding the
contract, no specific depth was men
tioned at which the work should stop,
but it will continue until such a time
as water will be found, if within a
reasonable distance.
After the water has been struck at
the South Oregon City wells, the peo
ple of this city will have a chance
to decide whether they wish to use
the water from South Oregon City or
the water from Canby, which a com
pany, which M. J. Lee represents,
proposes to furnish.
P, E. & E. ROUTE EASY
The Portland, Eugent & Eastern
railway has completed work and laid
ties on its line to Molalla as far as
the Molalla river, which is about four
miles from Canby. The line over
which this portion is built, is of easy
construction, and involves none of
the difficult engineering which the
Clackamas Southern railroad has en
countered the first few miles out of
Oregon City. From Canby, the Port
land, Eugene & Eastern has practi
cally level ground to run over for
the first few miles; while the Clack
amas Southern "has had some difficult
work out of Oregon City for two or
three miles.
LONDON. Militant suffragists Fri
day set fire to and destroyed a costly
mansion near Harrow. The police
are still active in combatting the
women ia-the metropolitan centers.
A GREAT GAME UNLESS YOU'RE "IT."
HELPS UNIVERSITY
An indication of the revolution of
sentiment manifest in Oregon against
any proposal looking to keeping the ;
two institutions of higher education
embroiled in partisan politics is
seen in the following letter, written
by Cyrus H. Walker, chaplain of the
Oregon state Grange, who was form
erly one of the most uncompromising
opponents of an increase in appro
priations. Mr. Walker writas to
President Campbell of the University
of Oregon; "under date of Albany,
Oregon, as follows: '
You can quote me as being opposed
to a referendum against any Univer
sity of Oregon appropriations. "
. "I was conscientious in the part I
took in the referendum of 1908, cov
ering the $125,000 increase annual
maintenance fund, not that I opposed
the university but because many of
us thought the Oregon legislature
was getting too reckless and extrava
gant in making appropriations and
by 'log-rolling methods.
"With a millage basis to work up
on (as I hope will be endorsed by the
people) there should be no more
charges of 'graft.'
."I am inclined towards putting the
U. of O.. and O. A. C. under one board
of regents, but not to consolidate at
Corvallis. With "an electric line
from the above city to Eugene it
would be better for the state of Ore
gon to Pay the fare of students be
tween the two cities than to abandon
the U. of O.'s magnificent structures
at Eugene; that is if duplication of
studies is 'cut out' between the two.
"Albany and Eugene have shaken
hands over the separating chasm;
and, linked together now and to he
still more linked by bands of steel
over which will fly at a tremendous
pace swiftly moving cars sped by the
forces of nature, there should be no
envious rivalry, but forever may
there be peace and good will.
"I have shown my good will by
sending my only daughter, Vernal
Walker, to the Eugene high school
this school year (11th grade)."
MANY BIG SALMON
BALK AT LADDERS
Not to be guided by the state's ef
forts in their behalf, salmon are run
ning largely into the Clackamas river.
While many of the big fish go up to
the falls and take a look around, the
"fish ladder" there does not seem to
appeal to the great majority of the
finny sovereigns, and they flip their
tails disdainfully and turn back to
the Clackamas, there to dodge ang
lers, chase trout and devour fries
while on the way to spawning
grounds. Of course there are jnany
of the royal fish that travel over the
ladder into the upper Willamette, but
this number is said to be consider
ably less than the thousands that
formerly made their way over the
falls. .
Many of the big fish, whose liking
for the fish ladder does not seem to
be pronounced, have tried to find oth
er routes over the cataract, and may
be seen daily leaping into the cpray
and dashing water, only to fall back
into the main channel after a mom
entary, tail-flapping flight through
the air. Efforts of such fish are spec
tacular, and add "much to the falls
at this time' as a. scenic attraction.
Many people have gathered on van
tage points near the falls to watch
the fish, and from beyond the 200
foot dead line anglers watch the big
ones with ; envy.
Advertisements in The Enterprise
brings results.
SteiningerY Auto Stage
TO MOLALLA AND RETURN
Leaves corner of 7th and Main
St. Oregon City, every day, ex-
cept Sunday at 4jyLjiisaiSi"et
tickets at Elliott's office, down
stairs. . . "
county display
plans undi r way
GRANT B. DIMICK ELECTED PRES
IDENT OF FAIR BOARD AT
MEETING FRIDAY
THREE EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD
Clackamas Resources to be Seen at
Canby, Salem and at Big Land
Show in Portland Late in
Present Year
At a meeting of the Clackamas
County Fair board held Friday after
noon, Judge Grant B. Dimick was
elected president for the ensuing
term, and matters pertaining to the
big annual display were taken, under
consideration. Owing to the lateness
of the hour at which the meeting was
called, much of the detail work was
left untouched, and will be taken up
at a later date.
There is a state appropriation of
$1,708.40 for the Clackamas county
fair, and aside from this various con
tributions are usually volunteered in
the line of prizes and awards. Wheth
er or not an effort will be made to
obtain a larger working fund this
year or not is still a matter of doubt,
owing to the fact that demands are
going to be made upon the county
count for funds to finance county ex
hibits at the state fair at Salem and
at the Portland land show.
It is hoped that the commissioners
will provide a sufficient amount so
that the county an "be well represent
ed at these two state-wide exhibits.
While- the county fair is already pro
vided for, ft is also hoped that some
further support can be obtained for
it, as. well, so that exhibits "can be
put in better shape than usual, and
some inovations instituted. All these
matters will be taken up by the fair
board at later meetings.
In connection with the matter of
fair exhibits, O. E. Freytag, manager
of the publicity department of the
Commercial club, is seeking between
$500 a.nd $600 so that the displays of
fruit 'and produce now in the hands
of his department can be renewed.
These exhibits are a part of the coun
ty's show each year, and during the
balance of the time when the fair is
not being held, serve as examples of
the resources of the county. They
have proved of valuable aid in ad
vancing the county's claims for set
tlers, and are thought to be well
worth the cost of preparation and
upkeep. Much of the fruit, vege
tables and other products' thus pre
served are taken from the prize-winning
displays at the county fair.
Mr. Freytag received a letter Fri
day from Frank Meredith, secretary
of the state fair board, in which the
hope was expressed that Clackamas
county would make a good exhibit at
the big display at the capital. Mr.
Meredith was one of the visitors to
the city during the Booster Days, and
at that time was much surprised at
the showing made by farmery, and
ranchers of the vicinity, ahd urged
all of them to enter similar displays
at the county and state fairs. '
Clackamas county people have
learned the value of advertising the
resources of the section at all pos
sible places and times, and it is be
lieved .that as a result there will be
no trouble in regard to the county
fair or state displays. Neighboring
counties, however, have not in the
past been as keen in this line of en
deavor, and because of this it is ex
pected that Clackamas county this
year will stand forth with greater
prominence than ever when her re
sources are placed on view.
PLATS ARE FILED
Plats have been filed with the
county recorder dedicating Metzler &
Hart's addition to Molalla, the town
site of Opportunity, Britton's Subvdi
vision nd Willamette Falls Acreage
All the plats are large tracts that
have been divided for residence prop
erty. .
NET IS RAPIDLY BEING DRAWN CLOSER
ABOUT J. C. LAFRANCE BY K1AT0RS
Sheriff E. T. Mass and Coroner Wil
son, who have been quietly working
on the Clackamas county end of the
LaFrance insurance swindle, late Fri- j
day afternoon came into possession j
of information that may lead to new
and somewhat startling developments
in the case. Other business duties
kept them from following the new j
line of inquiry Friday evening, but
by Saturday night they may have evi
dence that will (throw considerable
light upon the clouded portions of the
mystery.
Neither of the Clockamas county
officials place much credence in La
France's statement that he was as
sisted in obtaining the body he used
in the insurance swindle by medical
students, or that he obtained the
body at the medical school of the 1
state university. The reticence of !
IaFrance to tell where he obtained J
the body, in fact, leads them to be- j
lieve that some crime was committed '
in procuring the corpse, but they do
not believe that this crime was mur
der. They hope by their investiga
tions to perhaps clear the present
confusion over this feature. i
Both Mr. Mass and Mr. Wilson '
were surprised at the completeness
of the story The Enterprise publish
ed in regard to the case Friday morn
ing. 1
"The main facts surely tallied ex-;
actly with what the sheriff and I
learned from Portland officials !
though some of the minor details
were not as we heard them," said :
Coroner Wilson. j
"The story was just as District At- j
torey Evans told us," said Sheriff ;
Mass, and "indicated the extent that !
the state has made progress in clear
ing up the natter. I do not know :
where The Enterprise got its facts, j
but it surely- got them correct." . j
As both officials had been pledged ,
to secrecy by the Portland author- :
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ities working on the case, they were
much surprised to see the articles on
the matter appearing in The Enter
prise and the Oregonian. That the
stories were obtained independently
shows that the matter is being thor
oughly investigated and probed by
several different interests.
Persistent inquiry in the case, and
constant questioning of LaFrance and
his wife, is enabling the authorities
to weave a closer net about the pris
oner each hour, and it is believed
that by the early part of next week
the state will have in its hands all
the evidence necessary to convict La
France of the several crimes "he must
have committed in connection with
the swindle, as well as the swindle
itself. .
PROBE COMMITTEE MEETS
The joint committees of the Live
Wires and the gentlemen appointed
at a previous mass meeting, will meet
in W. O. W. hall at ten Saturday
morning to -present a report upon
complaints submitted in regard to
county court affairs.
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WITH MEXICANS
WASHINGTON, May 9. A condi
tion of affairs has .developed in
Mexico as a result of the revolt
against the government of President
Huerta, which is causing the Wilson
administration deep concern.
General Carranza, leader of the so
called Constitutional party, has open
ly declared that upon his capture of
Mexico City he will hang the follow
ing Mexican officials: General Hu
erta, president of the republic; Gen
eral Felix Diaz, nephew of the former
dictator, Porflrio Diaz; General Blan
quet, who aided in the downfall of
Mladero; General Mondragon, one of
Huerat's lieutenants; General Garcia
Granados, who was minister of the
interior for "a short time under
Huerta; General Rodolfo Reyes, a
Huerta supporter; Francisco de la
Barra, minister for foreign affairs un
der Huerta.
WASHINGTON, D. C Japan's
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