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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. V. No. 125.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1913
Pee Week, 'Ten Cents-
RIOT TRIALS YIELD ODD MIME
OF TANGLED TESTIMONY, STRANGE
SHIFTS OF LAWYERS AND CLIENTS
MISS OSWALD SURPRISED-
The Honors of the Day Belong to None
Except the Gallant Boys of Sixty-one.
Wanted!
Girls and Women
To operate sewing machines
in garment factory.
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL
A sufprise party was given in hon
or of Miss Pansy Oswald, at Fern
Ridge, Wednesday evening. About
twenty-five of . the younger set of
Gladstone were present. Games were
played and refreshments served later
in the evening. A solo was rendered
by Lyle Gault, and was greatly en
joyed and he yas encored a number
of times. Miss Oswald was a delight
ful hostess.
Before a room packed with specta
tors, three cases, all growing more or
less out of the rioting at Oswego on
May 19, were tried Thursday by Jus
tice Sievers, sitting in the circuit
court room, and as a result ten of
the rioter? were bound over to the
grand jury, J. C. Ainsberry, accused
of assault with a dangerous weapon,
waived examination and was bound
over, a bench warrant was issued for
"Blackie" lies, who jumped bail and
failed to appear, and George Miayer,
accused of cutting wires of the Home
Telephone company, was dismissed
for "lack of sufficent evidence to war
rant his being held for the grand
jury." In the course of the three
trials two ex-convicts appeared as de
fendants and as witnesses, defendant
strikers to the charge of rioting were
called , upon for "expert testimony,"
considerable insight was given as to
methods of union labor to "persuade"
non-union men to quit their jobs, and
attorneys for the defense in one case
became attorneys for the prosecution
in another.
Incident also to the trial, J. C.
Ainsberry enjoyed about five mfnutes
freedom, following his release
through habeas corpus proceedings in
Portland, and before his re-arrest up
on a warrant issued in Wyoming
charging him with burglary and pen-tentiary-breaking.
During this five
minutes Ainsberry stood upon the
steps of the courthouse, talking with
his wife's sister, but a moment later
he was returned for the third time to
a cell in the Clackamas county jail.
Since May 19 Ainsberry has been in
jail four times; three times here and
once in Portland, has been released
twice on bail and twice on habeas
corpus proceedings; and now is in
jail "on one charge without bail, and
is "released" on $1,009 bail on an
other charge.
Many Lawyers Appear.
The case of the rioters was called
first. Messrs. Pike Davis, and F. X.
Ledoux, of Portland, and Senator W.
A. Dimick, of Oregon City, appeared
as counsel in their behau. Livy Stipp,
deputy district attorney, appeared
for the state, and was assisted by J.
E. Hedges and counsel for the Home
Telephone company. Upon the open
ing of the case it was discovered that
of the 12 original defendants all were
present hut Fred Ream, who is in a
Portland hospital suffering from a re
volver wound, and "Blackie" lies, a
striker, who failed to materialize.
Justice Sievers forfeited his bail, $300
and issued a bench warrant for his
arrest. Attorney Pike Davis gave the
court a cheque for the forfeited bail,
and then the trial opened. '
Evidence was introduced to show
that the ten defendants . had gone
from Portland to Oswego on the day
of the riot, had approached non-union
men in the employ of the Home Tele
phone company, that in the argument
that followed one non-union man had
been kicked in the jaw "and that a
general fight had followed. In this
fight "Red ' McCann, a 200-pound em
ployee of the Home Telephone com
pany, hurled a hand-axe at the strik
ers, and J. C. Ainsberry shot Ream
in the groin. The strikers, on the
other hand, had hurled peavies,
stones and tamping bars at the non
union men, and at the office of the
Home Telephone company.
Same Story Told.
Evidence for the defense was startl
'ingly similar. Witness after witness
the defendants themselves testifi
ed that they had heard at union head
quarters that there were some "rats"
working at Oswego, and that twelve
of them had volunteered to journey
oui there and try to induce the non
union men to leave their work. The
party had taken a train from the" Jef-
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the Pacific Highway, good side
walks right to the land. Why
pay rent on a house and lot
when you can buy a o-acre tract
for $1,350 where you can raise
all of your living. $130 down
and $10 a month.
E. P. ELLIOTT & SON
ferson street depot, and at the sta
tion had been joined by "Blackie"
lies, the missing defendant. All
agreed that "Blackie" was drunk,
and that they had protested at his go
infl with, them, but "Blackie" went.
Arriving at Oswego the defendants
walked up the street to where the
non-union men were working, and
talked with the Home Telephone com
pany employees. Each witness, it
seemed, had failed to note the start
of the trouble, which they said was
"a skirmish somewhere." . Following
that, however almost to a man noted
that "Red ' McCann had backed away
from them as they "just walked to
wards him," and hurled his hand-axe
At the same time "somebody" fired a
shot, and "somebody" dropped, said
the defendants. Lated they discover
ed that "the gun man" was Ainsberry,
and saw that he had shot Ream. They
noted that Ainsberry then Ieadped
into a wagon and drove rapidly away.
Some of the witnesses further admit
ted that somebody identification
was never positive had thrown a
peavie at Ainsberry.
"Blackie" is Blamed
On cross examination it was the
unanimous opinion of the defendants
that "Blackie'' lies had thrown the
peavie, and that lies had probablv
started the "skirmish" because he
was drunk. All but one of the ten
defendants said he had seen lies
come out of a saloon near the Jeffer
son street depot before the party
started. None of the ten had seen
any other violence, save that of Mc
Cann and Ainsberry, they said.
Justice Sievers, in reviewing the
case, said it was plainly evident that
there had been a riot, and that the
ten defendants had gone to Oswego
to persuade the men employed there
to leave their positions, and bound
the whole ten over to the grand jury
in $1,600 bail for the crew, with the
stipulation that $400 be deducted
from the amount . for each man who
might fail to appear. At the sugges
tion of Mr. Davis it was left optional
that a bend of $2,000, with the same
stipulation, be given.
Ainsberry Waives Trial
The case of J. C. Ainsberry was
next called. Messrs.. Davis, Ledoux
and Dimmick thereupon switched
from defense to prosecution, and be
came interested with Deputy District
Attorney Stipp," while the Home Tele
phone attorneys and Mr. Hedges took
up the defense. Ainsberry waived
examination, and was held for the
grand jury in $1,900 bail. This
brought forth bitter protest from
Messrs. Davis a9d Dimick, who pro
tested that Ainsberry was an ex-convict,
having served time in California,
where he broke his parole, and in
Wyoming, where he escaped. Reply
ing, attorneys for the defense remark
ed that the prosecution had nothing
on them, as "your aide, informer and
witness, George Mayer, is also an ex
convict, a fellow prisoner, in fact,
with Ainsberry at San Quentin." Jus
tice Sievers stilled the personalities,
and called the case against Mayer.
Mayer was accused of having cut
Home Telephone company wires in
the Postal Telegraph office in Oregon
City a day or so after the rioting at
Oswego. Mayer got into the lime
light in the rioting case by informing
Sheriff E. T. Mass that Ainsberry
was a parole breaker from the Cali
fornia penitentiary. The local oper
ator for the Postal people was the
chief witness against him, and testi
fied that Mayer had entered his of
fice, cut the telephone wires with
plyers, while a friend of his asked
the operator not to say anything
about it as "it's a scab phone, any
way.' Mayer Admits Record
Put on the stand in his own de
fense Mayer denied the charge. On
cross examination he admitted that
he had served two years out of a
three and a half year sentence in San
Quentin of "issuing a bank cheque
with intent to defraud." This was in
1910. He also admitted that he had
i served time in Chicago for a. similar
! offense, doing nine months in 1904 or
i 1905, he could not remember which.
Miyer said that he was a member of
the International Brotherhood- of
Electrical Workers, and that until re
cently ho had been in the employ of
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company.
The cut wire was introduced as evi
dence, and strikers in the riot case
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CHORUS GIRLS
CONTEST
Chcy march the boys of Si'ty-one wftb banners proudly flying.
But not of strife the whistling fife Is singing as they tramp
Co where their gallant comrades of another day are lying,
Serene In deep and dreamless sleep In Glory's peaceful camp.
Cbey halt the boys of Slyty-one the ranks are quichly broken.'
Che thin array soon melts away: the stirring march Is done
Hnd then their children's children come, each offering a token .
Co om who gave bis youth to save the flag In Sljty-one.
were called as "experts" to convince
the court that the wire had not-been
cut by plyers, but had been hacked
apart with a knife or saw. Three de
fendants in the rioting case so testi
fied. After hearing the evidence Justice
Sievers dismissed the case, declaring
that there was not sufficient evidence
to warrant holding the defendant for
the grand jury.
To Appeal to West
At the ciose of the three trials, at
torneys for the Home Telephone com
pany said they would appeal to Gov
ernor West not to grant the extradi
tion of Ainsberry to Wyoming, as
they believed he had reformed. The
Home Telephone company has twice
gone his bail to the extent of $1,000
on the assault charge.
After Ainsberry was locked up by
Sheriff Mass upon receipt of a tele
gram from Rawlings that officers
were on the way to talie him back to
Wyoming, Warden Hoyle, of San
Quentin wired the sheriff not to let
the prisoner go, as California had a
previous claim on him and wanted
him for breaking his parole. Ains
berry himself admits that he has al
so served time in Nevada.
I
IT'S TIME RIGHT NOW TO BE CHOOSING
THAT WEDDING
GIFT or
GRADUATION
PRESENT!
Graduation Gifts:
Wedding Gifts:
Within the next few weeks one of your friends will be married or
will graduate. The logical gift for either occasion is jewelry a well
selected gem or jewel that, in five Years from now, will still bring
thoughts of regard and friendship for the giver. v
The problem of jewelry buying is very simple in this pity. It is an
easy matter to step into our store any day. When you get here, we,
will show you so many beautiful and appropriate articles at such a
wide range of prices that it will to no trouble at all to make a selec
tion. You will never put off your gift buying again.
One of the most appreciated gifts in A WATCH. We Carry an Im
mense stock of all the leading maL'.es of Watches, namely, Waltham,
Elgin, Howard, Hamilton, and South Beni fitted in gold, gold filled,
silver and nickel cases. All Fully Guaranteed by US.
Below we list a few suitable gifts for Weddings and Graduations:
Watches, Rings, Chains, Lockets, Bracelets, Brooches, Pendants,
Stickpins, Cuff Buttons, Tie Clasps, Silver Mssh Bags, Waterman
Fountain Pens, Brownie Cameras, Etc.
Sterling Silver, Community and 1847 Rogers Bros. Silver Plated
Tea Spoons, Knives and Forks, Travs, Cake Baskets, Berry Spoons,
Napkin Rings, Cream Ladles, etc Libbey Cut Glass, Sugar and Cream
ers, Nappies, Water Sets, Berry Bowls, etc. Haviland and Hand
Painted China Plates, Salad Bowls, Salts and Peppers, Chocolate Sets,
Etc. -
BURMEISTER & ANDRESEN
WAR
OREGON CITY JEWELERS
SUSPENSION BRIDGE CORNER
WE ENGRAVE ARTICLES WE SELL FREE OF CHARGE
HEROES OF
TO BE HONORED
Observation of Memorial Day will
be general throughout Oregon City.
All places of business will be closed,
and no county or municipal activity
will be carried on. Special services
will be held in some of the churches,
and the Methodist church, of which
the Rev. T. B. Ford is pastor, will
be open all. day for those who wish to
rest or hofil devotions within.
Meade Post, G. A. R., and the Wom
en's Relief Corps, will be in charge
of the special observation of the day,
and J. Mallett will be marshal of
ceremonies. At 9:45 a. m. members
of the Post and Relief Corps will as
semble on Main street, and will be
oined by the Sons of Veterans. Es
corted by the drum corps, and by
Company G, of the National Guard,
the column will proceed to the sus
pension bridge, where flowers will be
scattered upon the Willamette in
honor of those who died in the naval
battles of the Civil War.
At the close of this ceremony the
column will proceed to Shively's hall,
where exercises will be held. The
program will be:
Music. . .Oregon Veteran Drum Corps
Prayer Rev. J. R. Landsborough
Star Spangled Banner
Mirs. Imogen Harding-Brodie
Introduction by . . .
Commander H. L. Hull
Mayor Linn E. Jones
President of Day
! Solo 'JTenting Tonight"
Mrs. Nellie Cooper
Address H. E. Cross
Quartette .Alldredge Brothers
Taps, sung by
Mrs. Imogen Harding Brodie
The column will then reform, and
will move to Mountain View Cemet
ery, where the graves of departed
comardes will be decorated, and rit
ualistic services held. The program
will be as follows:'
Dirge Drum Corps
Address ; Commander
Prayer . . : Chaplain
Crowning Monument
Officer of the Day
Response "Our Unknown Dead"..
.' Hon. W. A. Dimick
Lincoln'3 Address at Gettysburg...
:. Ted Miller
Ceremonies of Meade Relief Corps
No. 18 '.
Roll of Honor Adjutant
Taps, with bugle Ed McFarland
Benediction. Rev. T. B. Ford
Decoration of Comrades' Graves...
By Comrades
MISS PARKER IS HOSTESS
The Bachelor Girls club met Wed
nesday night at the home of Mlyrtle
Parker and 500 was played during
the evening. The parlor was decorat
ed with Scotch bloom. Among those
present were: Miss Neita Harding,
Mrs. Keneth Stanton, Mrs. Maud Gal
logy, Miss Ethel Graves, of Portland,
Miss Dolly Pratt, Miss Helen Ji:
Daulton, Miss Hester Dannaman, Miss
Elain, Miss Wyanne Hanny, Mss
Hazel Walker, Miss Zeta Goldsmith,
and Miss Myrtle Parker.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses have been issled
by County Clerk Mulvey to Aina
Margreta Larson and Carl Johnson,
of Gladstone; and to Nora Cuep and
Lawrence Bohan, of Portland.
Added Attractions
A Vaudeville Show in Itself
in connection with the regular
performance
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IN TWO REELS
The Most Complete historical feature ever produced
- A revelation in photographic and dramatic portrayal
A STORY OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR
ABSENT-MINDED MR. BOOB
Mr. and Mrs. Boob are discovered
breakfasting in their country place.
He is as small and insignificant as
she is buxom and important. He is
consuming the contents of the "Pup
Edition," and taking a bite of solid
food. The whistle of the train re
minds him and he jumps into - his
overcoat, but neglects to pot on his
hat. Ha is followed by the fleet an J
faithful maid of all-works, who jams
the head-piece on him just as he
climbs in the train. He has forgot
ten his commuter ticket 83 he pays
cash, and then he l;eeps trumping his
partner's ace in a friendly game. His
wife is invited to the city and have
their child photographed. . It requires
a photographer and a- corps of assist
ants to scare the baby into an atti
tude of restful content for a picture.
Mr. Boob arrives an hour before his
train is made up, so he buries himself
in his newspaper. His wife comes
in with the infant, but he is too much
engrossed to see her. At that mom
ent a pickpocket relieves her of her
chatelaine. She grabs the man, can
not hold him. She rushes to her hub
by and throwing the baby in his lap,
starts hot foot after the thief. The
big policeman outside, has nabbed
fie
will open Early
bday
and have a
Continuous Show
him, but insists she must go with
them and lodge complaint. Mr. Boob
suddenly burdened with a baby does
not recognize it as his own, and trots
off to the station-house where ne
Jeaves the waif. In the Interim his
wife goes home and is surprised to
find' he has not reported. He comes
on a late train, babbling of his experi
ence. His wife tells him it was his
own baby and consternation 'issues.
They spend a restless night locating
the dar'.ing.
'THE STRONGER SEX"
Women exercise a strong influence
over men, either for good or bad. In
most instances, men are the weaker
sex, but in this case a young man re
sists the charm of a designing wom
an and proves himself the stronger.
His uncle, an elderly gentleman, is
marri d to a young woman and she
tries to fascinate his nephew. When
she fails, the tells her husband that
the young man insulted her. When
confronted by both men, she confess
es her duplicity and finds herself ig
nored and despised. The strong
point brought before-us will be evi
dent to all who see the picture.
SOME CHICKEN
An educational, showing the output
of an incubator.