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THE WEATHER $ OREGON CITY Fair Wednes day. Northerly winds. Oregon and Washington Fair4 Wednesday. Northwesterly winds.S Idaho Showers Wednesday i & , EDWARD A. BEALS, 5 District Forecaster? S CLACKAMAS COUNTY FAIR - ' & CAN BY, OR. ? SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27. '. . - ' WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866 VOL. V No. 117. OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1913 Per Week, Ten Cents MPS HARD HIT IN HOT DEBATE AUDIENCE THAT HEARS CONGRE GATIONAL BROTHERHOOD TALK UNCONVINCED ArnEnAIIVt BUIIi WINS AND LUdtdlliABtAS CUH Mil IS Stilmtu Popular Sentiment Against Land Owning by Orientals Pronounc- . ed Interesting Program is Given "Big brother night'' was observed by the Mten's Brotherhood of the Con gregational church Tuesday evening, and a large audience listened to a spirited debate upon the question: "Resolved, that aliens ineligible to citizenship should be permitted to hold agricultural land in Oregon." In the course of the debate some lively oratory was heard, and at the close thera was a curious tangle of de: cisions, though the sentiment of the , meeting was not for a moment in doubt. Messrs. Dye, Carter and the Rev. George Nelson Edwards defended the affirmative side of the argument, while the negative was handled by Gilbert Hedges, C. S. Noble, city en gineer, and Max' Telford. Mr. .Tel ford took the place on the platform left open by the non-apperance of O. E. Freytag, who went to Molalla with the Commercial club boosters. At the close of the debate a popular vote was taken upon the merits of the question, and was two to one in favor of the negative. The judges, Henry French, Kenneth Latourette and J. W. Gray, however, ruled strict ly upon the merits of the debate, and awarded a unanimous deceision to the affirmative. Following this a vote of sentiment on the matte.r was demanded,' and judges and members of the audience alike were almost unanimously in favor or tne negative side ot tne question, and I so put the Brotherhood on racord as being opposed to the holding of agri cultural lands by aliens ineligigle to citizenship. While efforts were mads in the debate to confine the dis cussion solely to "aliens ineligible to citizenship," the thoughts of all, and the words of many, dealt mainly with the Japanese; and in the. open dis cussion of the matter that followed, and which was shared by nearly ev eryone present, the Japanese were practically the sola topic. Feeling against the holding of agricultural land by the "yankees of the East'' was strongly manifest throughout the evening. At the close of the general discus sion Kenneth Latourette, who has . spent many years in the Orient, gave an interesting informal talk upon the habits, customs and ways of thought (Continued on page 4) B1THIAHS CLASS IS Misses Kathleen and Evadns Har rison, of Monroe street, were hos tesses for tha regular monthly meet ing of the Bethiah class of tha Meth odise Episcopal church Monday even ing. The home was prettily decorat ed for the occasion with cut flowers, Scotch bloom, canterbury balls and ferns. The earlier part of the evening was given over entirely to a business session, after which formal matter3 ware forgotten, and the time passed with games, music, and social chat. Refreshments were ser.vsd by the hostesses at the close of the meeting. Tiiosa present were . the Misses Nettie Kruse, Geneva Young, Grace Cox, Wilma Myers,. Ruth Shaw, Aah Hulburt, Mabel Myers. Annad Myers, Nellie Swafford, Daisy Mollert, Alice Gaiioy, Anna White, Sadye Ford, Ivy Ford, lilyrtle Cross, Maude Booker, Of Walla Walla, Mabel Morse, Mina McDonald, Grace Austin, Annie Lunt, Lilly Miller, Pauline Hiclrs and Mes : dames Melva Bolle and Emma Johns ton. ' The next meeting will be at the ' home of Miss Adah Hulbert. i Wanted! Girls and Women To operate sewing machines In garment factory. OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL Lot Bargain Worth $800, wtll take $700 for quick sale. Located on Mddison street;, street all im proved. $275 cash; balance $10 per month. E. P. ELLIOTT & SON Andresen Building, Oregon City Oregon .. Postal Telegraph & Cable Company Moved to Masonic Building Commercial Club Entrance. Phone Pa cific Main 269, Home A 132. DIRECT WIRE TO SEATTLE, WASH, SAN FRANCISCO, CAl, CHICAGO, ILL, AND NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK AINSBERRY f REE FOR TIME BEING HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY AIDS PAROLE BREAKER TO RETURN TO WORK New Developments in Oswego Riot Case Are as. Surprising as Those of Day of Prelim inary Hearing , The Home Telephone company has decided to bet $1,000 on the honesty and integrity of J. C. Ainsberry, ar rested Monday at Oswego for assault ing Fred Ream with a 3 dangerous weapon in the course of a strike riot, and Tuesday afternoon they reclepos ited in jusrice court'the $1,000 bail which Ainsberry refused to accept Monday, and a few hours later obtain ed an order for his release on habeas corpift proceedings. This latter step was necessary be cause the California authorities, through Warden Hoyle, of San Quen tin prison, had wired local officers to hold Ainsberry as a parole breaker. Sheriff E. T. Mass, in whose custody the prisoner was, refused to release him, even after the $1,000 hail' had been deposited in cash, without a court order: and so the habeas corpus proceedings were started. - Attorney J. E. Hedges asked the or der, and pleaded the prisoner's case before Judge Beatie. In his argument Mr. Hedges set forth that Ainsberry had been in San Quehtin prison un der the name of Bert Lawson, that whil a prisoner he had learned the electrical trade, and had been paroled. Refusal on his part to "take out a card" in the electrical workers' union. Mr. Hedges said, had brought the ill will of the union upon him, and they hounded him so in California that he finally left the state 30 days before his parole expired. This made him a fugitive under the law, it was admit ted. Since leaving California Ains berry, it was shown, had done his best to live an upright life, and had finally settled in Lents, where he had bought a little home, and was working at his trade in ordar to complete pay ment for it. In .the trouble at Oswego It was sajd that Ainsberry had not taken the initiative, and had notused his re volver until a peavie had been driven through a wagon box in which he was taking shelter. It was brought - to the court's attenton that in the past Oregon governors had been slow to grant inquisition papers to California officers for prisoners who had merely broken their parole, unless the case had aggravated features. With the Home Telephone company depositing $1,000 cash bail to cover the man's apperance in justice court in the mat ter of the riot, Attorney Hedges ask ed that the California request ba de nied, and that the prisoner be dis charged. Deputy District Attorney Livy Stipp appeared for the state to combat the request for the habeas corpus order, but aside from entering a formal ob jection to its granting made no argu ment. Affer orief consideration. Judge Beatie ordered 'the prisoner's dismissal, and that ha be turned over to the custody of his bondsmen. Af ter thanking the judge and court of ficials, Ainsberry walked out of the court room a free man, and returned to his home in Lents. Ainsberry, according to the pres ent status of his case, is held merely as a defendant in the case of the shooting of Fred Ream. There is $1,000 in cash deposited to assure his appearance next Tuesday for trial on this charge. Portland physi cians who are attending Ream say that he is recovering rapidly from his wound, and that his hurts are but superficial. As long as Ainsberry remains in Clackamas county, tne chances are that he will not be re arrested as a purole breaker from San Quentin, that matter having been temporarily closed by Tuesday's court actpn. If California officers come lere to arrest him on this charge, they will have to secure ex tradition pap'ers, . and it is not be lieved that these will be granted. TO "ANNEX MILLS TO WILLAMETTE Citizens of Willamette met in mass meeting Monday night to consider the extension of the corporate limits of their community so as to include all of the mill property now lying within the Willamette school district. The step was taken in conjunction with the campaign of other west side communities for incorporation into a separate city, and was designed pri marily to protect the interests' of Willamette from encroachment by the proposed uniting of other towns. The meeting was practically unan imously in favor of taking the step, and proceedings to make the change will be put under way. About two-fifths of fhe mill prop erty, roughtly speaking, will ba in volved in the extension of the" limits. As in the case of the proposed incor poration of other west side commun ities, the mills will not combat the plan, but will acquiesce in whatever plans the citizens decde upon; pre- fering to be included in a west side I city to being made a part of Oregon i City proper. For FAST SERVICE Type of the Japanese Communities - Seeks to Eliminate by Anti-Alien fkx..1& KAkA - A m ':-::-. Af.v-1 .. : Kcitjiuis Hie Lulitormaiis do not like Hie Japanese ri v not so hard to hud if the -investigator i willing to adopt the Californians' viewpoint. Here is shown a street scene in one of the poorer Japanese quarters of San Fran cisco. The elimination of such communities as well as those in the country i3one of the things the California legisla-. ture had in mind in drafting its drastic anti-a!ien laud bills. Those favoring the enactment and enforcement of the anfi-nHMi laws admitted that the particular objects of their dislike were the Japanese. The people of California say the orer class of Japanese, hartiij; ohtained a foothold in any community, drive all other people out gradually by their ways of living and cheaper coini'iition . OREGON CITY BOOSTERS WELCOME MOLALLA CLUB TO FELLOWSHIP Have You Something to Sell to the Public? - If so, do you, tell the public about it' If you do how do you do it? And wliaU sort of reputation is back of the merchandise you are offering? The answers t these ques tions may spell success or fail ure to many a merchant. From an intimate association with a wide circle of concerns, merchandising all the necessar ies of life, we venture to say: "The quickest and surest way to reach the public is through the columns of a dependable daily newspaper like THE EN-' TERPRISE one nat- has a high standing in the commun ity it serves, and has the confi dence of it's readers. "The most dependable arti cles sold today are those to which the manufacturer is not afraid to attach his label that is 'to say, his reputation. "Retail merchants are now joining hands with the manu facturer, and the public is thus doubly guaranteed against in feriority. "The combination of manufac turer and retailer plus good, clean newspaper advertising means success to them both with the maximum of satisfac tion to the. .purchaser."- AT CITY SCHOOLS Members of Meade Post, G. A. R. and the Women's Relief Corps visit ed the Eastham and tftjunt Pleasant schools Tuesday, the former , in the morning and the latter in the after noon. About 15 members of the post aud eight of the corps went out in the morning, while in the afternoon there were but a dozen all told. At the Eastham school the children greeted the veterans and the ladies of the Relief Corps with a wall ar ranged program and with patriotic airs. Following this the members of the visiting party made snort ad dresses, telling entertainingly of in cidents of the days of 1861-65, and bringing home to the children tne real meaning of the struggle for the preservation of the union. At Mount Pleasant there was no program on the part of the school children, but the anecdotes and addresses of the visitors were listened to with the closest of attention. A feature of both meetings" was the playing of martial music by the post fife and drum corps, and ex amples of drum signals and calls by Comrade Grant. ., This last feature proved most entertaining to the youngsters and was heartily ap plauded. , Calorina's Independence Day CHARLOTTE, N. C, May 20. The customary holiday was observed throughout North Carolina today in celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg declara tion of independence a document said to nave Deen promulgated here on May 20, 1775, nealy a year in advance of the declaration made by the repre- ' sentatives of the thirteen colonies at Philadelphia. s. ? ift'S ...... Over fifty members of the Oragon City Commercial club and tneir friends journeyed to Molalla Tuesday j evening to pay a neighborly call up-; on the members of the newly organ-! ized Molalla, Commercial club, and to j felicitate the youngest - organization ; of the valley upon their community! and its resources and development. ' The trip was made by automobiles, ! and as the roads had dried pretty well after the recent rains, the ma-1 chines experienced but little difficulty ! in negotiating the distance in goocki time. i At M'olalla the Oregon City con-; tingent was met by a large party of citizens, who extended a hearty and . noisy welcome to the visitors. They J were answered with cheers and the tooting and honking, of automobile horns, and thus escorted the party reached Tobin's hall, where the rep resentatives of the two clubs met and interchanged felicitations and good cheer. With J. H. Vernon, president of the Molalla Commercial club presiding, the Drosrram was then mit under way. IfProminent Oregon City folk were ex tended the courtesy of seats upon the platform. Mr. Vernon welcomed the visit'ors'with a few well-chosen words, and said several very nice things about the friendliness of the county- seat, and expressed a wish for even better relations in the future. President B, T. McBain, chief of the Oregon City Commercial club, thanked the hosts of the evening for their warm reception, and then spoke about the possibilities of co-operation between the two organizations for the betterment of county . condtions and the greater development of both communities. He was followed by Livy Stipp, main trunk of the Live Wires, who urged all citizens of Mo lalla to join the Commercial club, pointing out the advantages so to be gained, and the benefits that would accrue from publicity. He also touched lightly upon the social side of Commercial club activity. Judge Beatie spoke- on the . topic nearest to the hearts of all, the need of the county for better roads. After telling of the efforts of the county to do what it could under present cir cumstances, he asserted that it would take a tax upon 70 per cent of the assessed valuation to provide suffi cient funds to place all county roads in first class shape. As a better ment of present methods he advocat ed the establishment of road districts similar to school districts, thus mak ing road expenses a local problem, in which each community could deter mine its own tax and spend its own money. Judge Grant B. Dimick enlived his remarks with some of his inimitable anecdotes, urged unty of action in de velopment matters, told of the diffi culties of railroad building, and made an earnest plea for the purchase and use of Oregon-made products. The judge then got switched to his fa vorite topic of livestock, and pleaded for the bettering of animals in the county. O. E. Freytag, publicity man ager of the Oregon City Commercial club, urged the people of Molalla to devote energy to making their town look attractive, so that visitors would be favorably impressed by first sight. Among others who spoke were S. M. Ramsby, M. J. Lazelle, A. A. Price, M. B. Latourette, G. J Taylor and John W. Loder. Members of the Oregon City Com mercial club wno made the Molalla trip were: Dr.- L. A. Mlirris, M. D. Latourette, N. C. Hendricks, A. A. Price, W. A. Huntley, E. R. Brown, William Sheahan, F. A. Olmstsad, L. S. Burdon, G. F. Johnson, B. J. Staats, G. B. Dimick, C. A. Herman, Dr. George Hoeye, H. Burdon, Harold Swafford, Dr. A. Im Beatie. Theodore Osmund, E. E. Brodie, J. E. Jack, W. I L. Mulvey, C. W. Evans, R. B. Beatia, ' J. W. Loder, H. B. Cartlidge. E. I. California Legislation. vV.i a ' -1 '- 4 ?C 'f- lis .s. p.:.."- ,N .j " J"4.',"W1'1-.. Pope, H. L. Young, Jesse Hazell, Dr. J. A. van Brakle, R. L. Shepherd, I George Hankins, T. B. Fairclough, B. ' T. McBain. E. Kenneth Stanton? Don ' M J!:lr:an, Vance Edwards, Jo'Jn B. Fairclough, C. A. Elliott, M. A. Elliott. : J. Manning, M. J. Lazelle. Dr: L. G. ! Ice, E. L. Johnson, M. J. Cockrell, Dr. ! L. L. Pickens, T. P. Randall, E. P. Elliott, O. E. Freytag, William Ham niand, R. B. Cox, Geo. V. Ely, i.. H. Kirchem, Ralph M-fller, Ed Roberts and A. C. Warner. ;- . MEETING OF SOUTH V DAKOTA MERCHANTS RED FIELD, S. D., May 20 With a large and representative attendance, the South Dakota Retail' Merchants pnd Hardware Dealers' association began its sixteenth annual conven tion here today. Costs, credits, in surance, freight rates and other sub jects of common interest are to be discussed during the three days' ses- mi - f . f kind. You may as well start right with one of these fine new greys, some beau tiful mixtures, both plain and fancy at $20.00 Adams Department Oregon City's Busy Store TWO LETTERS The Enterprise presents the following letters to its readers without comment: Oregon City, May 19. Editor, The Enterprise: In a recent issue of The Enterprise I read the following a part of an editorial: - - - The other day in conversation with" H. L. Hull, commander of Meade Post, G. A. R. a conversation in which Sheriff E. T. Mass also took a part this same Brown expressed his real opinions of the agitation so carefully fostered against Judge Beatie and the county commissioners: "I wish I hadn t gone into the blame thing," said Brown. "But now that I am in it, I suppose I've got to stick." Replying to this, would state that I personally went to Commander H. L. Hull, and he 'denied ever having made the statement to your paper, and anyone who cares to further investigate may ask Sheriff Mass. Regarding the matter of the road fund held up, if you will read the sommittee's report to the mass meeting you will note it states 'that we found Mr. Lazelle's complaint true "insofar as the mnoey is concerned." To definitely determine whether or not the money was held up because the majority of tha taxpayers wanted it held up would have necessitated can vassing every voter in the district. M. J. BROWN, Oregon, City, Ore., May 20, 1913, Editor, The Enterprise: In reply to your question as to whether or not I ever denied to one M. J Brown the substance of a conversation I had with him, and which was published in your paper, I wish to formally state herein that I never denied said conversation to Mr. Brown, nor did I deny to him that I had repeated the conversation referred to is oneefimocOo.Nfr ?-..THTHT repeated the conversation before a representative of your paper. - The conversation referred to is one in which Brown expressed regret at having entered the factional fight against the county court, and which was the subject of editorial comment in your paper. I have- not danied this matter to Brown, nor have I told him I would deny it if asked about it. Respectfully yours, II. I. HULL. UPTON TO RAC E CUP NEW YORK, Mfcty 20. Once more America will defend the America's cup. The classic yachting race was assured for September, 1914, when the New York Yacht club today sent by cable an acceptance of Sir Thomas Liptonls challenge. The race will be sailed under the present rules of the New York Tacht club as to measurements, time allow ance and racing conditions.-' Sir Thomas lost no timg after the receipt of the acceptance in laying plans for building the finest challen ger he has ever sent across the At lantic. Another Alleged Trust on Trial Buffalo, N. Y., May 20. The gov ernment's case against the alleged coaster brake trust, in which viola tions of the Sherman act are charged, was called for trial today in the fed eral court of this city. Six corpora tions and eighteen individuals are in cluded among the defendants. AGAl FOR YOU are on the track of good clothes and good clothes economy the minute you start for this store. You'll see here the kind of young clothes you want. Hart Schaffner & Marx know how to make your Ask for Red Premium Trading PORTLAND STILL AT IT At Los Angeles Portland 4, Venice 3. At San Francisco Oakland 3, Los Angeles 1. At Sacramento San Francisco 2,' Sacramento 1. Standings. Los Angeles .609 Oakland 543 San Francisco 490 , Venice .478 Portland 452 Sacarmento 415 m . BOYS WANTED Apply to Oregon City Woolen Mills mens Stamps Store