THE WEATHER OREGON CITY Unsettled and S threatening weather; westerly S 8 winds. . $ 8 Oregon Unsettled and threaten- 8 J ening weather, with thunder $ $ showers and cooler east portion; S westerly winds. G $ CLACKAMAS COUNTY FAIR CAN BY, OR. 8EPT. 24, 25, 26, 27. WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866 VOL. VI. No. 35. OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913. Per Week, Ten Cents. HALF A BLOCK IS FIRE-SWEPT OFFICIALS MEET FOES AT MULINO IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO? GETS DIVORCE; GREEN ACREITES FACE HARD WAR at pur BALKS EARLY MORNING BLAZE RUINS $10,000 WORTH OF DOWN TOWN PROPERTY MANY FOLK HAVE NARROW ESCAPES City Health Officer's Horse Burned to Death Flaming Embers Carried Across River by Draught From Flames Fire early Monday morning destroy ed all but two of the buildings on the west side of the block bounded by Main, Fourth and Fifth streets and Railroad avenue. The entire half block is owned by James ML Tracy, of Gladstone, and was only partially cov ered by insurance. The loss is be tween $8,000 and $10,000. Fire broke out at 3:15 o'oclock in Kruger's restaurant. The place is kept open until about midnight, and a fire was left burning in the kitchen range. It is supposed that the door to the range was either lsft open or became unfastened and that the fire escaped from the range, communicat ing to the wood work in the kitchen. J. J. Tobin, proprietor of the Electric hotel, was the first to give the alarm, and a general alarm was at once turn ed in. The fire department quickly responded and soon had eight lines of hose on the blaze, but the buildings were all wooden and in an incredibly brief time the whole Main street side of the half block was a roaring fur nace. Fortunately there was no wind and the firemen kept the flames from spreading to adjacent property. Wil liam H. Howell, superintendent of the city water works, was early on the job and maintained a heavy pressure of water during the fire, which at times threatened the Charman property to the west and the Hawley mills. The firemen bravely bore the fierce heat and entered the stable of V. J. Wil son, occupying the southwest corner of the block, and cut the halters of the horses. Only one horse was burned. The lives of lodgers in several of the buildings were in danger, but no lives were lost. On man had to be carried from the burning building. The building occupied by J. Woodward as a cigar store was burned, and" no in surance was carried on the stock. The building formerly occupied by the Log Cabin saloon and a dwelling east of Kruger's restaurant were vacant and were burned to the ground, the entire west half of the block, with the, exception of two dwellings' on the southeast corner being razed. The fire department had the blaze (Continued on Page 3.) S 0 Eg H Kf S ! STAR THEATRE Season of High Class Stock MR. RICHARD DARLING And the Popular Colonial In only the BEST of Plays Special Scenery Good Specialties Between Acts Moving Pictures OPENING PLAY The Celebrated Success "The Man of Mystery" A 4-Act Comedy-Drama Popular Prices - 15 and 25 cents GRAND OPENING COUNTY COURT LEADERS GET BEST OF DEBATE AT WELL ATTENDED GATHERING SCHEUBEL TARGET OF SPEAKERS Judge Beatie Keeps Audience in Good Humor and Persuades Precinct Leader to Make Many Admissions "Recallsrs" and those at whom the recall is levelled met at Mulino Mon day evening, when County Judge R. B. Beatie, County Commissioner Nick Blair and others addressed the voters of that precinct upon the charges pre ferred against the officials of the county. About a hundred were pres ent, about half af the audience being women. C. T. Howard, chariman of the meet ing, opened the program by calling the attention of those present to the fact that the forthcoming recall election was no ordinary affair, where candi dates ran against each' other for of fice, and where the loser would take his medicine in good part. It was in stead, he said, the effort on the part of a few to ruin the reputation of men whose integrity in office bad nev er before been questioned, and he ad vised all present to think long and carefully before voting. Judge Beatie waa the first speaker of the evening, and after reviewing his official acts, turned his batteries upon Robert Schuebel, who was among those present. The judge ac cused Schubel of wrtiing the list of committeemen named by Anderson, the recall candidate. Schuebel said he didn't wrtis it, but admitted that he copied it, and this brought down the house. The judge then took up the matter of bridge contracts, which it has been alleged were improperly let, and remarked that every time bids had been sought Ed Olds, the leader in the recall movement had been the highest bidder. The audi ence seemed to be with the country court, and greeted many of the thrusts the speaker made at the recallers with bursts of applause and laughter. Scheu be!, later in trying to justify his re port upon the charges against the court, said he got his information about many of the points from Judge Beatie himself, and from County Clerk Mulvey, and endeavored to explain how it was that he had erred in de tails. Commissioner Blair went into the matterof tbe county cruise of timber, bringing out of the saving it would bring the county through an increase in assessed valuations; and then he, (Continued on page 3) No Waits QUARANTINE RULES BROKEN; MAN HELD City Health Off. .1 Norris ordered the arrest of Tony Rinkes Monday morning for breaking Quarantine rules and had the offender locked in the city jail for further orders. A case of scarletina was -discovered in the Rinkes home Saturday morning, and after investigating it Dr. Norris placed the house under quarantine, and tacked up two notices. In spite of these Rinkes came home from work Saturday night at six o'clock, entered his house, packed up a bundle of clothes, and departed for lodgings elsewhere. Dr. Norris and the police sought eagerly for him all day Sunday, but could not locate him until Monday morning, when h9 was ordered arres The action i3 tal'' i so as to dis courage the breaking- of quarantine rules a practice that has become al together too common to. suit the health officials in recent epidenmics. No further typhoid cases have been reported. Gen. Bixby Retires WASHINGTON, D C. Aug 11. At his own request. Brig. Gen. Wi'liam H. Bixby, chi?f of engineers of the United States Army, re ired from that office tcday in favor of Col. William T. Rosstll, the senior colonel of the engineer cores. In the ordinary course Gen. Bixby would not have been retire! for are until December, two months af'or the date uon which Col. Rossell reaches the age of statu tory,, retirement. In retiring volunfar ily at the present time Gen. Bixby en ables his brother officer to receive the promotion to the highest office in the engineer corps before his transfer to the retired list. SURVIVORS OF The sad fate of Captain Scott of the people of all nations and will and feltjunbounded admiration for as death was creeping over him in seae: "Had lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood enduranc which would have stirred the hearts of all Englishmen. These rough no tale." A fitting tribute was paid to Cap tain Scott and his survivors wlien all fated Scott South Pole Expedition we re invited by King George to Bucking nearly a whole afternoon conversing with the crew and displaying great in the party were retold. - This picture shows the crew leaving Buckingham Palace. , . The Manufacturer Who Helps You - Mutual is the interest of the re-" tailer and manufacturer. The both live through service te better the service the more tey prosper. .. Services consists not only.in hav ing what ths people want, but in letting them know you have it. Consumers are newspaper read ers. Every reader of today's EN TERPRISE is a possible custom er. Tl-ey may want the very thing yen have but. if they don't know you have it the want is unsatis fied. The short cut from .'he factory to consumer is through consistent, Jpfintte newspaper advertising in which t'a name of a reputable manufacturer and a reputable re tailer is linked. Such a advertis ing reaches the people at once. It reaches them at the psycho lpical moment when tby want the goods. It sl's t'if goods, profiting man ufacturer, retailer and consumer. Mrch'nts nd manufacturers in terestel in local advertising for nationally distributed articles are invited to write to the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, World Building, New York. AUTO TRIP ENJOYED A party of fifteen traveled by auto to Bolton Sunday from Portland, and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Christensen. They enjoyed a picnic at Magone's park in the afternoon; Among those in the party were Mtrs. Christense, sons Carl, wife and baby and August; as well as the Brooker family. SCOTT ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Tue Scott Expedition to the South live as long as history. We all sympathi tn e loyality of his companions to whom his tent, where his frozen body was fo . ILE8 STILL SAFE News ha? been received from Sheriff E. T. Mas3, who weut to Dallas, Tex., with extradition papers for "BJackie" lies, ai'eged ring-leader of the strik ers in the Oswego, riots, that final hearing in the lies habeas corpus case has been postponed until Saturday, August 16. lies is wanted here as a fugitive from justice, having jumped iis bail after being arrested as one of tnose conotrnid in the rioting, in which Fred Ream, of Willamette, was shot and crippled by J. C. Ainsberry, an ex-convict employed by the Home Telephone company as a strike-breaker. . . Deputy Sheriff Ed. Reckner, who went East with Sheriff Mass, will not wait until the end of the hearing, but started back for Oregon City Monday evening. The sheriff, in private wires says that it is ever'.asangly hot in Texas, that the thermometer is daily threat ening to blow the mercury out through the top of .'he column, and that he is mad clean through because he. cannot get back in time to vote at the recall election. OK LA HO MANS LOOK WEST TO OREGON FOR COMFORT An Oklahoman who doesn't - like weather that sends th3 mercury up to the 112-degree sign, has written Sec retary Freytag, of the Commercial j club a letter which reads in part, as ioiiows: . "Weather very Uot and dry. Regis ters 100 to 112 every day. Corn and hay burned up, fair cron of wheat in this part of the state. We are selling and trading out to make our home in Oregon soon." RECEIVED BY KING Pole is still fresh in the memory of ized with him and his countrymen uis last message was devoted when und, he scrawled this thrilling mes- e and courage of my companions tes on our dead bodies must tell the of the surviving members of the ill ham Palace, where - the King spent terest whe some of the experiences of BLIND BEGGAR, WELL TO DO, OB JECTS TO TERMS USED BY HELPMATE TESTIMONY HEARD BY REFEREE Woman Who Took $30 and Then Ad vised Husband to Keep Out of Seattle, is Now Rid of Family Woes Married January 27, of this year, Edward Joseph Emery Thompson found wedded bliss not 11 that it was supposed to be, and aftc having his wife refer to him nn inrM 1 a damn little pup," concluded that he wamea no more or such hov.e life, with the result that on August i about seven months after his wedduig, he obtained a decree of divnmo Judge J. U. Campbell. Thompson is a. D.ina man, ana is well knowi on Portland streets as a mendicant, where he is ofen seen nln guitar and appealing to the sym- paims oi passers-Dy. it is said that he owns a number of houses, and has investments as well that bring him in a tidy sum. He applied for divorce through the office of Brownell & Stone,' Oregon City attorneys, and being of a some- wnai sarin King disposition, sought to have his case heard by referee, so as to get no undue publicity. Judge Camp bell appointed C. C. Runyon to hear testimony in the pleadings, and upon bis findings awarded the divorce. Thompson testified that he was mar ried in San Francisco, and that four days after his wedding his troubles commenced. From February 1 to May 3. ha told the referee his wife be haved towards him in a cruel and in human manner, exhibiting ill temper and constantly finding fault with him, making light of his blindness, and ne gelecting and refusing to walk with him or to assist him, making it impos sible for him to get about and tran sact such little business as his owner ship of houses and his investments re Quired him to do. On April 19 she ap plied the term mentioned about to him, and soon after that left him and went to Everett, Washington. From Everett he received a letter from her, addressed to him at his res idence, 1581 East Glisan street in which she acknowledged receipt of $30 that he had sent her, and added that she did not want him to ever write to her again. She said she didn't want to hear any more from him, did not want to live with him, and urged -him not to come to Seattle or Everett af ter her, as "it was ho place for a blind man." Thompson figured that was about all a blind man ought to stand, and so asked for his freedom.. The case was uncontested, and the decree is not in terlocutory. M1LWAUKIE MEET DATE IS CHANGED Members of the county court will address voters at Mjilwaukie upon the recall charges Friday evening of this week, instead of Thursday, as former ly announced. It was found impossi ble to obtain the hall Thursday even ing, others having the refusal of it for that date. County Judge R. B. Beatie and County Commissioner N. Blair, against whom the recall is aimed, will be the chief speakers. Whil tne county court members are at Milwaukie Friday evening, Ed. Olds, leader of the recall movement, and the Rev. Dr. Spiess, of Clackamas, will attempt to hold a 'street meeting at Seventh and Main streets, in Ore gon City. Olds asked for the permit, and was told that as Oregon City had invited I. W. W. orators to speak here, there would probably "be no objection to a recall meeting. It was said at re call headquarters that if the weather was inclement Friday, an effort might be made to hold the meeting in some hall. ENGRAVERS MERRY AT Members of the Photo Engravers union of Portland held a picnic at Ca nemah Park Sunday. A special train of five cars were chartered and crowd ed to its capacity. After arriving at the park an American flag was raised by Miss Neola Otto, of Portland, a daughter of W. F. Otto. The address of welcome was given by Louis F. Otto, after which Commis soiner W. H. Daly made some interest ing remarks, followed by a short talk by W. H. Chatten. The day was spent in different outdoor games, races were run and a wrestling mach held between Carl Freelinger and Leonard T-asley, which was won by the former. Dancing following the races, after which an auction sale was held. At a late hour the party returned home after an enjoyable day. OREGONIANS GET PRIZE Wrtiing from Kirksvil'e, - Mo., Dr. VanBrakle writes that the national gathering of osteopaths is most suc cessful, and that the Oregon delegation- won second prize for the most unique display in the annual parade. Dr. VanBrakle went to the convention as a delegate from this state. Montana Labor Federation ROUNDUP, Mont.. Aug. 11. With delegates present from all ths labor organizations of the state, the annual convention of the Wlontana Federation of labor was opened here today. 'FREE THOUGHT" COLONY IS IN DANGER OF NEW KIND OF ORIENTAL ONRUSH "PAGAN TEMPLE" PLAN PROPOSED Founder of Liberal Sect is III in Sani tarium and. Has no Knowledge of Peril Hanging Over Grove ELIOT, Me., Aug. 11. This was the day of the annual meeting and elec tion of trustees of Green Acre Fellow ship, the big colony here on the banks of the Pistaqua, known throughout a large part of the world as one of the most uniue religious organizations and exponents of "free thought:" The re sult of the election is awaited with feverish interest by the colonists and others interested in the movement, among whom are many well known persons of Boston and New York.- The election follows a spirited cam paign between two rival factions. Arrayed on one side are the followers of the Oriental prophet, Abdul-Baha-Abbas, who are known as Bahaists. In opposition are the original Green Acreites who became pilgrims to this now famous ground to give expression to their ideals of universal brother hood and free religious thought in its broadest aspect. The Bahaists want a "Pagan Tem ple" erected as their shrine. They jiave selected for the site of this edi fice a beautiful pine grove where the Green Acreites for years have held their outdoor meetings. Ever since the visit of Abdul-Baha-Abbas last year, the Bahaists have been proselyting among the. pilgrims of Green Acre. They have built up a rival organization which is now strong enough, they believe, to consummate their plans for control. They want the temple erected in time for the next visit of the great prophet Abdul Baha. The funds for the temple are available through a legacy of $12,000 left to the Green Acreites by Mrs. Helen Cole, of New York, and to be devoted to the upbuilding of -the col ony. Its terms are broad enough to . be applied by the trustees for the pur pose of the erection of the temple. It is planned by the Bahaists to place busts of Mahomet, Confucius', . Zoro aster, Budda, Christ, Comte and others about its interior. Statements of these great teachers are. to be incrib ed on the walls of the auditorium. In the meantime the aged founder of Green Acre, Miss Sarah J. Farmer, is unappraised of the facts of the in ternal struggle among the colonists. She is a patient in a sanitarium at Portsmouth, while her affairs are be ing conducted by two guardians. Her intimate friends declare she would be greatly opposed to the Bahaists' activ ities. The same persons express the belief that the Bahaists are taking ad vantage of Miss Farmer's illness to promote their campaign and acquire the trusteeship of Green Acre. Green Acre has aften been criticised by the orthodox denominations for its toleration and the liberal views held and expressed within its precincts. It has been the Mecca of tens of thous ands who have come here to enjoy the wide range of thought expressed at its open shrine in the famous pine grove. And in spite of the attacks of its critics the colony has grown and pros pered. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 11. The re port of the Frawley legis'ative com mittee, charging Governor Sulzed with having diverted campaign contribu tions to his own private use, was adopted by the legislature early to night and a resolution to impesch him for "wilful and corrupt conduct in of fice and for high crimes and misde meanors" was offered in the assembly by Majority Leader Levy. NEW PETITION OUT A petition is being circulated throughout the city, asking members of the city council not to purchase the Jones rock-crusher. Those who are handling the document are not appear ing with any great openess, but are seeking out property owners at odd intervals in the evening. A further report on the proposed purchase of the rock-crusher will be made Wednes day morning, when the city council meets in special session. STRONG BOY Wanted to work in stock BANNON & CO. Keep Cool! A nice shady place, where you can gst the 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 - SULZER FACING IMPEACHMENT r