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CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FAfR
CAN BY, OR.
SEPT. 24, 25, 26, 27.
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THE WEATHER . S
3 OREGON CITY Fair and warm- $
3er; northerly winds.
Oregon and Washington Fair, S
warmer except near coast; norths
to west winds. . S
4 Idaho Fair and warmer.
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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 32.
OREGON CITY, OKEGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913.
Per "Week, Ten Cents.
MAY PROBE VOTE
AT WILLAMETTE
TYPHOID LAID
TO WELL WATER
MILLS
Million Dollars Damage In National Capital
When Fierce Storm Swept Through Washington.
VIOLATE LAWS?
WOOLEN
$50,000 ASKED
Of HOME PHONE
ODDITIES OF ANNEXATION ELEC
TION DECLARED TO
MERIT INQUIRY
CITIZENS TO TALK PLANS OVER
Interest of Outsiders in Ballotting
Said to Have Been Too Weird
to be Aimless Fraud
is Hinted
The annexation election held at Wil
lamette Wednesday, by which for the
second time the plans of the river
city to enlarge its territory were de
feated, may possibly become ths sub
ject for a rigid examination by such
officials as are empowered with the
duty of seeing that the corrupt prac
tices act is not violated, or of punish
ing violations thereof. Wednesday
evening, following the announcement
of the vote, and the way in which it
was cast, there was , strong feeling
in Willamette that both fraud .and
intimidation had entered into the elec
tion, and there were many citizens
who believed that an investigation
ought to be held. Later on other
ed to do nothing hastily, but quietly
to investigate matters, and then, at
a later date, determine what, if any
thing, should be done.
The second annexation election at
Willamette was held following the
failure of the first one by three votes.
Wilamette was desirous of adding to
her territory to protect her school
district from ths proposed city of
West Linn, adojining it, which will
vote upon incorporation August 14.
In order to counteract the three votes
that defeated the first election, the
territory to be annexed was enlarged
to include certain land occupied by
oeople who desired to have their hold
ings a part of the municipality of Wil
lamette. Some time before the election on
Wednesday many things happened.
Letters were circulated, urgiug voters
not to declare for annexation, and
holding out for their inspection rather
vague announcements that West Linn
was going to be a model town, with
low taxation, improved streets, city
lights and other things. Also, in the
preliminary period, there moved -into
the territory effected by the election
three families, who put up tents, es
tablished legal residence, and gave no
ti" that they would vote when the
polls were opened. It was known that
the members of these families were
opposed to the annexation scnemes.
Upon the day of the election, mem
bers of the crew of the river steamers
"Lang" and "Ruth" went to the polls
and cast their ballots. Charles Bak
er, one of these, was challenged, and
af .er voting, sat down in front of the
polling place and challenged every
vo',er that appeared up to noontime.
Owing to local conditions of employ
ment, it is said that every voter who
was challenged, knowing that his bal
lot would be marked, quite naturally,
"voted right" as he believed his em
ployers would desire. It is reported,
in fact, that rumors were circulated
that any man who did not vote against
annexation would lose his position in
the mills, none of which are situated
in Willamette, and some of which
would have been included in. the an
nexation had the vote gone ths other
way.
When the ballots were coimled, it
was found that annexation had lost
by six votes. Citizens of Willamette
claim that with so many "outsiders"
voting, the fact that six votes swung
the result shows conclusively that
foreign influences were at work.
Keep Cool!
A nice shady place, where
you can get tie cool breezes
from the river. lice cream and
all kinds of sofe drinks.
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridge
WARNING ISSUED TO CITIZENS
BY OFFICIALS WHO ARE
INVESTIGATING CASES
FILTERED SUPPLY DECLARED-PURE
History of All But Two of Present
Sufferers Shows Infectian Prob
ably Obtained From Some
. Outside Sources
WARNING!
Citizens of Oregon City are most
strongly urged not to drink, or use
for domestic purposes, and water
drawn from wells within the city
limits unless it has been THOR-
OUGHLY BOILED. This warning
is issued because of indications
that several cases of typhoid f ev-
er now extant in the city can be
traced directly to the use of well
water. NO WELL WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS IS FREE OP POS-
SIBILITY OP CONTAMINATION.
J. W. NORRIS,
City Health Officer.
L. E. JONES,
Mayor.
Eight definite cases of typhoid fever
have been reported to City Health Of
ficer Norris this week, and five cases
that are suspected to be typhoid are
under observation. Of the eight
known cases, six of the patients are
known to have been drinking within
the past three weeks other water than
that provided by the city filtration
plant, and the remaining two are both
small boys, who while they say they
have had nothing but city water are
hard to trace accurately.
Seven of the patients have been us
ing in more- or less large quantities
mil!'' from a dairy that is now under
rigid inspection by the city health of
ficer. Two of the sufferers live at a
house where nothing except boiled
city water has been served for the
past several month.
In view of these facts, and in view
of the further fact that the last an
alysis of city water, obtained from the
state university bacteriological labor
atory at Eugene Thursday afternoon,
shows the presence of no typhoid
germs at all, and of only a minimum
amount of other organisms, it is not
believed that the present cases are
from city water.
Two of the sufferers are known to
have drunk water from a well that
has long been contaminatted, and as
it is not believed that there is aay
well in the city which is safe to use
for drinking purposes, the city health
officer and the mayor have issued a
warning to citizens not to use well
water for drinking or domestic pur
poses unless it has been boiled.
A close watch is being kept upon
the city water, and daily analysis of
it will be made. Samples of drinking
water have been taken from the taps
in the houses where the typhoid suf
ferers live, and so far no typhoid
germs have been discovered in the
supply there. Every effort is being
made to run down the source of in
fection, and until this is done the
authorities feel that it would be advis
able for people to shun all local well
water. None of the present cases of
typhoid Is severe.
TEXAS FLAG MAKER
WILL BE HONORED
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 7. Gavels
made from the trunk of the tree under
which the Texas constitution was
framed were offered for sale by Gov
ernor Colquitt today. The proceeds
from the sale of these gavels is to
go to the und for the erection of a
monument to the girl who made the
first Texas flag.
The constitution of the state was
drafted under a live oak tree at Bra
zoria. - During a recent storm the
tree was blown down and it was saved
only in part from relic hunters. This
gave the idea of having the trunk
made into gavels and other mem
entos. ' Mliss Joanna Troutman's grave
is to be surmounted by a splendid
shaft as a fitting memorial to the girl
who made the first Lone Star flag.
Miss Troutman's remains recently
were removed from an unmarked
grave in Georgia and reinterred in
the cemetery in this city.
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The GRAND Theatre will put a machine in
the ENTERPRISE office on the night of the
Election. The returns will be flashed on a
large screen on the STEVENS BUILDING
Watch for the Returns!
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Photos by American Pess Aaeuciation. .
These pictures tell the story of the recent storm which did $1,000,000 damage In Washington. The nntloniil cap
ital narrowly escaped being devastated by the young cyclone. Roofs were torn off government buildings, beautiful
trees in front of the White House and In the public parks were uprooted, and an office building collapsed and bsv
eral persons were killed. One of these pictures shows how the trees were blown down In the White House grounds.
The other shows how a tree was split by the lightning In Lofayette square. All over the city such damage as this
was done The Hag pole on top of the White- House was torn down by the ferocity of the sixty-sis mile gala The
summer thunder. liL'litnfirj itnd wind storm Is one of the banes of the hot season in most parts of the country.
SUNDAY BEER KEG
BRINGS $50 FINE
Chris HartEi?n, agent for the Wein-
nara rrev ing company here, was SALEM, Or., Aug. 7. A man, a
Thursdav foi-r.1 puiitv of se'iing beer ! woman and her baby are dead to
on Sunday, pr-C was fined J5o follow-1 night as the result of a mysterious
ing trial' in ic Sievers' coiir'. His j Japanese outbreak. The throats of
attorney. G'lfert E. Hedges, has given the victims are cut from ear to ear.
no' ice of arp ! Policemen and detectives who have
Hartman's case is the outgrowth of
the "pinch" made by Tom Kay, spe
cial deputy acting under . Governor
West, who gathered in an automobile
party while Vie governor was "stop
ping the circus" In .his city last Sun
day. '
Kay discovered sonne of Hartman's
beer being transferred to an automo
bile, and Deputy District AUorney
Stipp argued at the trial that tn de-
uveiy un ouu'jay ui a. ,,eS oi ueer
dered on Saturday was a violation of ;
the Sunday provision of the liquor j
laws, as the de'.ivery completed the!
transaction of the sale.
The kog of beer in question was !
held in a cold storago plant for de-
livery. The colrl storage plant I
handles most of the brewing com-
Danv's beer here until it is sent to the !
several local saloons. The propriet
ors of the storage plant were joined
in the action, but pleaded gui'ty and
escaped with a suspended fine.
VENICE WINS, 1 TO 0.
Venice 1, Portland 0.
San Francisco 3, Sacramento 2.
Oakland 9, Los Angeles 7.
Retards
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THREE MURDERED
IN SALEM SLUMS
! hoon wnrL-in & nn tho riTn Krnrp it
was reorted, at 8 o'clock," at midnight
said they had no solution.
The dead are:
Tami Koda, wife of the owner of a
noodle restaurant on Ferry street;
Mrs. Koda's baby; Koyo Kawowa,
cook at the Elite restaurant.
Y. Koda, husband of the dead wom
an, is under arrest, but is. not charged
with any crime. He denies sirenu-
' ously that he knows aything about the
or-!,rinU nmu. ,h inH.too ,a ho
complete alibi.
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Gen- Clayton 80 Years Old
'
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7. Gen.
Powell Clayton, former ambassador to
Mexico and for nearly half a century
a prominent figure in American pol-
itics, celebrated his eightieth birthday
anniversary today.
Coast League Standings
Portland 552
Los Angeles 512
Sacramento 500
Venice ". .484
Oakland '. 484
San Francisco 472
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BULL MOOSERS FEW
Among the voters wh9 registered
this past month for the recal'. election
thai is to be held Augu3.'. 16 there
weie more prohibitionists than so
cialises, and there were more social
ists than "bull mooscrs." Though
the progressive party mads a fairly
strong showing at the general election
in 1912, most of its members seem to
have seen the folly of ;heir ways for
bdt 88 registered as progressives.
The registration for the recall elec
tion totalled 4,491. TUis taken to
gether wi.h the voters who were reg
istered for the November 1912 elec
tion, and who therefor did not have
to register again, brings the total reg
istration hp to about 80 per cent of
the votig strength of t;ie county, and
shows a hearty interest in the coming
bfllottinr. Many of the 4,491 who
registered were women, who are get
ting their first chance at the ballot in
a general political tost in this county.
The relative strength of the sev
eral parties is shown by the fol'ow
ing figures of the number registering
and "giving their preferences: Re
publican, 2,712; democratic, 1,153;
prohibitionist, 175; independent, 158;
socialist, 157; progressive, 88; refus
ed to name party, 48.
Want Something?
Was there ever a time when
you didn't?
When you drew your first
breath in this "vale of tears" you
wanted food and attention. You
advertised the fact by crying and
got what you wanted.
This is a mutual sort of world.
Mother answered your cries. Your
baby advertisement got you the
attention you wanted and mother
was repaid a hundred fold by your
love and health.
Merchants and business .men
who are advertising in to-day's
ENTERPRISE want something.
They want your patronage.
' Their advertising is no good un
less it serves you. If it doss,
both- benefit.
Today's ENTERPRISE contains
many interesting announcements.
They are varied in character. All
of them will not appeal to every
reader but each of them will be
important reading to some one.
You may find the very message
'intended for you in the first ad
vertisement you read!
Flynn to Meet "Gunboat"
NEW YORK, Aug. 7. Whether
"Gunboat" SmitSi Is the fighter that
he has been cracked up to be by his
followers on the western coast will
probably be determined here tomor
row night, when the Californian will
be tried out by that best known of all
trial horses, Jim Flynn,, the Pueblo
fireman. ,
FIRE CHIEF LONG FINDS EXITS
LOCKED WITH ALL EM
PLOYEES INSIDE
HYDRANTS RUSTY: E CAPES BLOCKED
City Council and State Factory In
spectors to be Asked to Take
-Action to Better Condi
tions at ' Plant '
Declaring that conditions in the
Oregon City Woolen mills were such
as to be perilous to the women and
girls employed therein, Fire Chief M.
H. Long made a sudden descent upon
the plant Thursday afternoon, forced
the management to unlock fire-escape
doors and to clean out blockades near
the exits, and after attempting to test
the firs hydrants in the structures,
left saying that he wou'd report con
ditions to the state factory inspection
bureau, and to the fire committee of
the city council, and return at a later
date to insist that certain changes be
made in equipment and provision of
safety appliances. -
Ths authority of Chief Long to in
spect the premises was at first dis
puted by men in charge of the mill
buildings, but thsy finally permitted
him to make his way through the
several parts of the main structure,
where at the looms were scores of
women and girls. Going directly to
the carding -poom, the chief found that
the doors opened inward, and that in
case of fire or panic the rush through
them would probably block all escape.
He left orders for the doors to. be
changed. Making his way then to the
fire-tower in which the single fire
escape on the east side of the long
row of buildings is located, the chief
found the doors chained and locked.
He ordered them opened at once. His
authority to have the doors opened
was disputed, and it was only after a
long discussion that the chief's re
quest was granted.
The doors leading to the fire es
capes are double-leaf, and are locked,
and then chained in the center. The
chains are padlocked.
"It took four men to find this key to
unlock those doors," said tn3 cuief,
in talking about the matter after
wards.. "Suppose there had been a
fire in the building, how many of the
girls do you suppose would have es
caped alive? Why, they couldn't
even have jumped from the windows,
for many of these openings are cov
ered with a heavy iron screening."
On a aether f'oor t::e chief found
bales of wool piled up before the fire
escape doors, and had to argue to get
these moved away. In fact so little
disposed did the bosses at the mills
seem to obey his orders that he deter
mined to take the matter up witii the
state and city auhorities.
"They wanted to know what right
I had to test the hydrants in the
building, too," said the chief. "I told
them I'd show them what right I had.
But when I went to turn some of the
valves I found them so rusted that
they couldn't be moved even with a
crowbar. . There is hose on each hy
drant, but whether it is rotten or not
I do not know. I am going back thers
with members of the fire committee of
the council, and with the chief of po
lice, and am going to test these hy
drants, -even if I. have to break them
off. The women and girls there are
in a fire-trap, and they haven't a
chancs aB things are now.
(Continued on Page 3.)
RURAL MAIL MEN
PLAN STATE MEET
President, Rural Letter Carriers' Asso.
Rural letter carriers from through
out the state will meet here in annual
convention August 31, and September
1, and it is expected that there will
be a large gathering of delegates on
hand to attend the exercises, which
will be held at Gladstone park, and
in the parlors of the Oregon City Com
mercial club. ' A program of excep
tional attractiveness has besn plan
ned, Including many . entertainment
features and sight-seeing trips.
Merchants and business men of the
city will do their part in making
things attractive for the visitors and
in extending a welcome to the guests.
On one of the days it is expected that
there will be a large attendance of
Portland carriers, and the post office
band will also be on hand to provide
nyisic.
The sessions will be presided over
by J. H. Maxwell, of Eugene, president
of the association; who will be assist
ed by W. H. Boyd, secretary of the
Rural Carriers' association. '
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J. H. MAXWELL
FRED REAM FILES SUIT FOR DAM
AGES AGAINST LOCAL TELE
PHONE CORPORATION
EX-CONVICT SAID TO BE AGENT
Violence of J. C. Ainsberry at Oswego "
Riot May Cost EmploYing
Company Heavy Sum if
Case is Won
Fred C. Ream, of Willamette, who
was shot and crippled for life by J. C.
Ainsberry, ex-convict and parole
breaker employed by the Home Tele
phone company at Oswego, on May 19
last in the course of a riot .at Oswe
go, has filed suit for $5j),000 damages
against the Home Telephone company.
This action has a numbsr of remark
able aspects, and will undoubtedly at
tract coast-wide attention in legal
circles. Papers in the suit have been
filed in the circuit court by Ream's at
torneys, I. N. Smith, Brown ell &
Stone, and Howard M. Brownelt.
The complaint alleges in substance
that Fred C. Ream is a young man of.
the age of 26 years, and had an ex
pectancy of 42 years, and an earning
capacity of the reasonable worth and
sum of $4.50 per day, and was by oc
cupation and electrical lineman, or
foreman.
That on or about the 19th day of
Mjay, 1913, there was a strike in pro
gress among the employees . of the
said Home Telephone & Telegraph
company, and that' plaintiff was at
that time a picket for the strikers.
That the defendant corporation em
ployed what are known as - strike
breakers, among whom was one J. C.
Ainsberry, who was then an escaped
convict and parole breaker from the
state penitentiaries of Wyoming and
California, where he had been confin
ed for a felony.
That the defendant corporation em
p'oyed the said J. C. Ainsberry and
other desperate characters whose
names are unknown to the plaintiff,
as its strike breakers, and as such
authorized the said J. C. Ainsberry
and other strike breakers to carry
guns and rifles, loaded with leaden
bullets or powder and balls, and auth
orized the said J. C. Ainsberry and
his asociates to shoot pickets or strik
ers, and to inflict upon pickets or
strikers great bodily harm and dan
gerous wounds. ;
That on the 19th day of May the
plaintiff was upon the public road,
and traveling along said road were
numerous and various servants and
strike breakers of the defendant eoiv
poration, among whom was the said
J. C. Ainsberry, who acting in further
ance of the business of th9 said de
fendant corporation, wrongfully, un
lawfully and feloniously and with pre
meditaed malice shot the plaintiff
with a "38-special" and did then and
there inflict upon this plaintiff a dan
gerous and serious wound, about the
left groin, in such a way and manner
that the femoral artery of plaintiff's
left leg was severed, from which he
was confined in St. Vincent's hospital
at Portland, Oregon, for over two
months.
That the injury to plaintiffs left
femoral artery is such that it will
never again have its former or custo
mary strength, and that it will be a
permanently dangerous condition,
from which plaintiff is suffering what
is called an aneurism of the femoral
artery. This wound is of a permanent
and progressiva nature and is of such
character that the said femoral artery
is liable to rupture, strain and break
at any time, and that the said wound :
in its present condition constitutes
and is a meance and danger to the life
and well being of the plaintiff." .
That by reason of this injury, plain
tiff asks damages in the sum of 50,
000.00. BOYS SCALE PEAK
OF OLD ML HOOD
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cross, of Glad- -stone,
accompanied by 10 boys, all
members of Mr. Cross' Sunday school
class, who have been camping at Mt.
Hood for the last 10 days, returned to
this city Thursday. The entire party
went to ths summit of the mountain
Monday. The guide in charge said
that this was the youngest and largest
party that had climbed the mountain
for some time.
Three camps were used - by the
boys, one at Salmon river, one at Toll
Gate and the last at Government
Camp. The boys walked one half the
distance and rode the rest of the way
in Mr. Cross' automobile. Last Mon
day when the summit was reached,
the boys left the snow line at 4.20 in
the morning and arrived at the sum
mit at 2:00 in the afternoon. After
viewing the surrounding country for
many miles, the party left at 3:15 and
slid down ths mountain, arriving at
camp at about 6:30. The boys had an
enjoyable time and. were sorry that
they could not stay longer. Those
who made the trip wsre: Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Cross, Frank Milliken, Wal
ter White, Clarence Stedman, Chester
and Frank Gillette, Conrad and Lewis
Vierhus, Albert Buckles and Leonard
and Kenneth Thompson.
Welfare Work is Topic
SILVER BAY, N. Y. Aug. 7. A not
able conference on "welfare work"
was begun here today under the aus
pices of the industral and religious
leadership - departments of the Y, M.
C. A. The International Workers of
the World, the Rights of Property, So
cialism, and the Protection of Work
ers are among the subjects scheduled
for discussion by Secretary of Labor
Wilson.- Seth Low of New York and
other men of national prominence.