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WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. VI. No. 48.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1913.
Per Week, Ten Cents.
OF DYNAM
DES; THRE
ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
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SCALDING WATER jPOIJTlCAL BEE 1$
BURHSEHPLOVE BUSYONWESTSIDE
FOOT SLIPS AS HE OPENS HEAD
OF BOILER IN PAPER MILL
FEET DRENCHED
FALLS IN PATH OF Sp JET
Shoes Fill With Boiling Water Before
He Escapes From Line of Out
let Flesh Badly Burned .
Not Dangerous
Harry Woodward, brother of Night
Officer George Woodward, was scald
ed by escaping steam and hot water
from the boilers of the Crown-Columbia
Paper mills Tuesday while he was
cleaning the machinery.
Woodward had begun the work of
cleaning the boiler and had opened
the head. Just as he was stepping
back to allow the hot water and escap
ing steam to pass out, his foot slipped
and he fell right in the path of the
scalding water. Both fest were badly
burned by the on-rush of the steam
and water, and he suffered injuries
that will probably keep him from
work for two weeks.
Regains Balance
As he regained his balance a few
seconds later, the water rose only
high enough to drench his shoes and
to burn his feet. He was unable to
walk home and will probably not be
hack at work in the mills for at least
two weeks, according to the physi
cians. Mr. Woodward lives at Fourth and
Center streets and has a wife and one
child. He is 26 years of age and has
been an employe of the mills for eight
years.
Sunday night, the other brother of
Night Officer Woodward, Bradly, was
heldup and robbed on his way home
about midnight ' just as he reached the
first landing on the Fourth street
steps. The robber got about f 3 in
money and left a valuable watch.
NEWSBOflsllRST
VICTIM OF TYPHOID
Victor Justin, a 12-year-old newsboy,
died Tuesday afternoon as the first
victim of the typhoid epidemic that
has spread over the city. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Justin, of Ore
gon City, Eleventh and Center streets.
The boy has been ill for a number
of weeks. He leaves,, besides his fath
er and mother, three sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. Agnes Josnston, Port
land; Misses Roe and Minnie Justin,
Joe and Cyril Justin, of this city.
The funeral services will be held at
the Catholic church, the hour not yet
having been fixed.
SCHOOL SUPERVISOR
RESIGNS HER JOB
Mrs. Margaret Craig Currin, super
' visor of the schools in district No. 1.
including Oregon City, has resigned
because she did not believe that she
could do the work for the salary when
she had received numerous attractive
offers elsewhere.
In her letter to Superintendent Gary,
she says that she liked the work in
the district and that she would have
liked to remain but that she had a bat
ter position offered to her in Portland,
which she has decided to accept. Just
how the vacancy will be filled has not
yet been determined.
BELIEVE PRISONER
WANTED AT SALEM
Sneriir Kscn, oi raariou raumj ia m
Oreeon City working on the theory
thai Virgil Perrine is not only a rob-
her of the State Bank of MiiwauKie,
but that he is a burglar wanted in Sa
lem for breaking into a store tnere
and stealing a pistol.
The sheriff also believes that Per
rine slipped saws and files into the
Marion county jail in the effort to get
some friends out of tne prison ani
that, ha had taken a part in the at
tempted jail break. The officer thinks
that the description of the missing gun
tallica with the weapon taken from
Pfrrin when he was captured, al
though the man claims that he found
the gun under a trestle.
For the past 24 hours, the officer has
been nxaking an effort to get a con-
iession irom me pnsuuci, uui. ;
not successful. Perrine steadfastly de
nied that he had ever had anything
to do with the Marion county troubles
and claimed that fce knew nothing of
them.
BEAVERS WIN
At Portland Portland 4, Sacra
mento 3 (11 innings).
At Venice Oakland 1, Venice 0.
At San Francisco Los Angeles 5,
fu Francisc.o ii- -
-oast Laue Standings
Portland .560
Sacramento -. 511 '
Venice .497
Los Angeles .493
Oakland V 472
San Francisco '.. .472
MANY CANDIDATES ARE SUG
GESTED FOR NEW OFFICERS
' MEETING TONIGHT
CHARTER IS READY FOR ADOPTION
Laws Are in Hands of Attorneys for
Advice Friends Name Resi
dents for Places in City
Family
On the west bank of the Willamette,
the political bee is buzzing close to
the ear of many of the business and
professional men who are being sug
guested by their friends for the mem
bership in the first municipal family
cf West Linn.
Already the charter for the new city
has been framed and has been turned
over to the attorneys for correction
and advice. The residents of the
new town will vote on the charter as
soon as they may under the state laws.
,,. n. Meeting Tonight
In the meantime, everything is pre
paring for the mass meeting Wednes
day night at Willamette hall in Oregon
Gfty.! At that time, the nominees for
officers for the new city will be
named. Many of the most prominent
residents of the. west bank who will
be included in the corporation limits
are being suggested for the various
city offices, though no definite pro
gram has been outlined or any ticket
placed in the field.
For mayor, John Lewthwaite has
been suggested by many friends while
others have been named for the var
ious offices at the disposal of the peo
ple of the community. Some of the
men have been named for two or more
places because of their prominence
and it will be left largely to them to
decide which of the positions they
would rather have, if they will accept
any of them. The offices of city mar
shal and of city ottorney have not been
filled by suggestion as yet. The new
marshal will have an unusually large
field to cover, from the present town
of Bolton to Willamette on the west
side.
Possible Candidates
The following names have been men
tioned for the offices that will be at
the disposal of the people when the
new charter is adopted: Mayor, John
Lewthwaite; recorder, J. Nicholls, S.
B. Shadle, L. L. Porter; treasurer,
Mike Clancy, N. Nichel3; city council
men ward No. 1, Kennedy McLarty.
N. Michels, and Mr. Shepherd; -ward
No. 2, Ira Lytsel, Mr. Shields; ward
No. 3, Mike Clancy, P. J. Winkle, G.
S. Freeman; ward No. 4, S. B. Shadle,
Captain R .J. Young, Charles Moe
hnke; ctiy councilman-at-large, Dr. L.
L. Pickens, J. Lewthwaite, Jr., J. W.
Moffatt, Professor Anderson, and J.
Chambers.
None of these men who have been
named have given any intimation that
they would accept the offices if they
were tendered to them, but their
friends inside of the new town limits
have suggested their names in the last
few days as possible candidates for
the offices that will be open when the
town incorporates and the charter is
adopted.
WOMAN HURT
Mlrs. H. S. Wilson, of Gladstone, slip
ped from the steps of an interurban
car at Oregon City Saturday afternoon
and sustained a fracture of her ankle.
Dr. Mount set the injured limb.
TO TALK AT MEETING
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug.
2C. The sixth annual conference of
governors assembled here today to en
ter upon a five days' discussion of pub
lic problems of common interest and
importance to the entire country. The
conference is entirely non-partisan in
character. The governors come from
all sections of the country and repre
sent all shades of political belief.
Governor McGovern, of Wisconsin,
Governor O'Neal of Alabama and Gov
ernor Ammons of Colorado, constitute !
the executive committee of the coi
ference. OWiers who are expected to
take a prominent part in the present
session are, Governors Cary, of Wyom
ing; Baldwin, of Connecticut; Dunne,
of Illinois; Hanna, of North Dakota;
Hodges, vo Kansas; . Lister, of Wash
ington; Clarke, of Iowa; Haines, of
Idaho; Major, of Mfssouri, and West,
of Oregon.
Origin in 1908
The conference had its origin in
1P08, when President Roosevelt called
the governors together at Washing
ton to discuss steps for the conserva
tion of the natural resources of the
country. At this initial meeting it
was decided to make the conference
a permanent body and to hold annual
sessions with the object of exchanging
views on subjects of general import
ance, promoting greater uniformity in
state legislation, and attaining greater
efficiency in the state administration.
Since the meeting in Washington
in 1908 the conference has held ses
sions in Frankfort, Ky., Trenton, N. J.,
and Richmond, Va. The attendance
has increased at each yearly session
and at the same time the influence of
the conference has broadened.. As a
safeguard to states' rights the influ
ence and- importance of the confer
ence can hardly be over-estimated.
Protests States' Rights
In the same way, the conference has
a tendency to curb any infringement
on these rights by the federal govern
ment by bringing about the enactment
of legislation in the various states that
Labor Day Movies as Repeated on a New Reel
Before Thousands In Every Big City of the Nation.
Photographs by American Press Association.
All over the land today Labor is spelled with a capital L. This is Labor's day. .Scenes such as are depicted here
are being repeated, perhaps with greater numbers and niore impressiveness. Each advancing year sees the gradual
evolution in Labor day parades. Not many years ago they were simply small processions of men in their ordinary
clothes carrying a few banners. Today the big parades are organized in a semimilitary manner, the unions are rep
sented by uniformed members and the floats are elaborate. Most of the 2.000.000 members of the unions affiliated
with the National Federation of Labor today march proudly and firmly for principle and justice. '
otherwise might receive the attention
of congress. Heretofore it has seemed
easier to amend the constitution and
clothe congress with certain neces
sary power than to secure uniform
legislation in the states. But the gov
ernors' conference, it is believed, will
ultimately be able to bring about uni
form legislation on marriage and di
vorce, child labor, rates of interest,
and numerous other social problems
of pressing importance, thus lessen
ing the tendency to expand the Fed
eral authority.
No fixed programme has been pre-J
MAN OF
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This photograph shows Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American Charge d'Affa irs at Mexico City, his wife and little
boy. Just now Charge O'Shaughness y is the man upon whom rests the responsibility of bringing about a peace
ful state of affairs in Mexico along secret plans mapped out by the State De partment at Washington,
x It was reported recently Lhat the Mexican government had given Charge- O'Shaughnessy his passport and
told him to leave Mexico, but this wa s denied from all quarters. O'Shaughnessy, as can be seen by the follow
ing cablegram, is sti'l unmolested and doing in Mexico:
"The correspondents have cabled that the Mexican government has stated that its, note to Lind demands
that the United States recognize the Huerta government before 12 o'clock midnight today or a statement prac
tically to that effect. - . .
"I brought the matter to the urgent attention of the minister of foreign affairs at 10 p. m. He immediate
ly saw the president and the minister of Gobernacion, Senor Urrutia, who is supposed to have given out the
statement and he authorized ma to deny this statement to my government as having no foundation in fact."
pared for the present conference. Sev
eral papers and addresses will be pre
sented, but for the most part the gov
ernors will devote the time to an in
formal discussion of each subject as
it is introduced. These subjects will
relate largely to the administrative
side of state business, such for in
stance as "The Growth of Administra
tive Commission," "A State Depart
ment of Efficiency and Economy," and
"The Cause and Remedy for Popular
District of Legislatures."
A subject that has already received
considerable attention from the con
THE HOUR IN iMEXIQ.O O'SHAUG H
(Coyright by International News Serv
ference and which is scheduled to be
taken up for further consideration at
the present session is the establish
men.' of rural credit banl-s, land mort
gage societies and co-operative buying
and selling associations to meet the
needs of the agricultural fo'k of the
United States. , By special invitation
Senator Fletcher of Florida, will de
liver an address before the governors,
giving a preliminary report of the re
sults of the investigations into Euro
pean farm methods by the American
commission which recently toured Europe.
NESSY.
ice).
FOUR TONS OF ROCK PILE
UPON THE VICTIMS OF
PREMATURE BLAST
Twenty-five sticks of dynamite,
tamped by a heavy crow-bar after they
were supposed to have fired, exploded
blew three men high into the air, in
jured them, and possibly crushed one
of them fatally here Tuesday.
With an arm and a leg broken, his
head badly crushed, and internal in
juries the extent of which cannot be
definitely told as yet, W. C. Rainey
was carried to the Oregon City hos
pital after the explosion and lay there
Tuesday night in a critical condition.
Though the doctors believe that he
will recover, his injuries are internal
and serious, and, but for the fact that
he rested quietly through the night,
the chances for his . recovery are
slight.
Move Big Rock
When the men at work on the rock
crusher at First and Center streets
picked him up, they had to move a
rock that had an estimated weight of
four tons. Part of that gigantic bould
er was resting on the body of the un
conscious victim before he was found.
It had broken his bones and crushed
his skull. The force of the explosion
had blown him a distance of probably
15 feet and piled the vast amount of
rock on top of him.
When the other men at the plant of
the rock-crusher had picked him up,
he ,was unconscious and remained in
that condtion for several hours. He
was taken to the hospital where Dr.
Hugh Mount set the broken bones and
gave him proper medical attention.
Rainey is' about 48 years of age and
has a wife arid several children.
Other Men Hurt
Harry Cowden, 23 years of age, and
Matt Poliner, 3o years were blown by
the force of the same explosion for a
distance of 30 feet and dumped into a
pile of rock and dirt that had been
raised by the firing of the giant
sticks. The dirt was blown by the
force of the blast into the flesh and
the men were badly burned about the
arms, face and neck, although their
other injuries were slight.
The men had been at work on the
rock-crusher through the day and had
NEW COP GETS FIRST
SPEEDER IN CITY
Mort Parks, a driver for the Pacific
Garage, has been arrested by the po
lice deartment of the city on a speed
ing charge. The man claimed that he
was testing a car and believed that he
had a right to speed a little over the
Omit when he had just installed a new
engine in the machine.
Tuesday, however, he entered a plea
of guilty in the municipal court but
the sentence was not pronounced. The
case will come up during the court's
session Wednesday morning. -
RELEASED, HE GIVES
COPS HARD CHASE
Clifford Anderson came back. Af
ter he had been released from the
city prison Tuesday morning on his
promise to leave town and never re
turn, he revisited Oregon City twice
before he was captured. Up the street
he ran Tuesday afternoon with the po
lice hot on his heels until they finally
caught him on the Seventh street
steps, surounded and escorted him
back to the city jail.
At the meeting of the city council
Wednesday morning, Chief Ed Shaw
will ask for instructions as to his dis:
posal of the prisoner. Anderson was
given 50 days for insulting a girl in
the city and was turned loose on his
promise to leave town. His tobacco
has been taken from him and he may
be placed on bread and water for a
few days to determine whether or not
he would be willing to leave the city
and stay away.
The action of the police chief toward
the prisoner will be determined at the
council meeting Wednesday morning.
EDISON TO CLICK
OLD INSTRUMENT
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 26. Mem
bers of the Old-Time Telegraphers'
association and United States Military
Telegraph Corps began a three-day
reunion in Detroit today. Members of
the two organizations from several
hundred cities throughout the country
are in attendance.
The concluding sessions of the 're
union are to be held Thursday at Mt.
Clemens. It is expected that Thomas
A. Edison, the famous .inventor and
one of the charter members of the
Old-Time Telegraphers, will be pres
ent. It was in the railway depot at
Mt. Clemens that Mr. Edison began
his career as a telegrapher, and it is
planned to have him send a message
t'o President Wilson from the same in
strument that he used years ago when
he was learning the business.
County Clerk Mulvey has issued , a
marriage license to Ernestine Marie
Philippin of Canby-, and Henry Edwar?
Abel, of San Diego, Cal.
set the 25 dynamite sticks for an ex
plosion about 4 o'clock Tuesday af
ternoon. For some reason, the blast did not
fire. The men believed that they
would have to reset the charge and
fire it again in order to blow out the
side of the hill where the work was
being done. They picked up their
heavy crow bars and began the work
of tamping around the sticks and set
ting for the second charge.
"We have struck something soft,"
said one of the workers as his bar
settled into the dynamite charge.
Rock Fragments Fly
No sooner were the words out of his
mouth, than the blast, with a roar
that could be heard all over the city
and that shook the windows of the
houses close to the crusher, fired and
the men were blown through the air
and landed on piles of rock and debris
scattered over the place.
Fragments of broken rock, giant
boulders that weighed several hundred
pounds, and tons of dirt were blown
into the air at the time and a gigan
tic crevasse torn in the ground where
the work was in progress. What' the
fuse had failed to do, the stroke of ,
the heavy crowbar as it hit the
charge of dynamite in the hole had ac
complished. Though all three of the men were
badly injured, the condition of two. of
them was not such that had to be tak
en to their homes in an ambulance. Af
ter Dr. Guy Mount had dressed their
wounds and had them comfortably
wrapped in dandages, they made their
way home with the assistance of a
few friends, but were able to walk the"
entire distance themselves.
Because the charge had not explod
ed when the men thought that it
should have done so, they began pre
paring to reload the hole with another
blast. This is given as the cause for
the accident. The minute that - the
heavy crow-bars struck the-dynamite,
it fired and the men were blown
across the place, the rocks loosened,
and thd clouds of dirt raised.
FRIGHTENED TEAM
Frightened, a team belonging to the
Pioneer Transfer company driven by .
Guy Redaway got out from control ani
dashed across the suspension bridge
at Seventh street, struck an auto
and tore off one of the wheels, Tues
day afternoon. t
The lights on the auto were also
damaged and the mud guards were
bent. The car was driven by George
Mays. The team also struck a buggy
that was standing on the street and
over-turned it before the horses could
be brought under control again. No
one was hurt.
Annual Brotherhood Conference
MARLBOROUGH ON THE HUD
SON, N. Y. Aug. 26. The eighteenth
annual conference of the Brotherhood
of the Kingdom opened here today
and will continue until Friday. The
conference is made up of representa
tives of numerous religious and social
bodies and its purpose is to discuss
subjects of present-day interest. World
peace, socialism, the rural church,
neighborhood movements, and the
modern conception of religious educa
tion are among the subjects to be con
sidered at the present meeting.
E
DROP FROM SIGHT
Whether somebody has stolen a
horse and buggy or has simply been
delayed in returning to the city is a
question that the disappearance of an .
outfit has raised in the minds of the
owners of the Elk Horn livery barn.
Monday afternoon an unknown man
secured a horse and buggy from the
barn and declared that he would re
turn by 4 o'clock. Nothing has been
heard from either since that time. The
horse was brown with white spots
and weighed about 950 pounds, while
the buggy was black. The police and
deputies all over the county and
through parts of Marion and Multno
mah counties have been placed on the
look-out for the missing horse ani
buggy.
Enterprise advertising pays.
Keep Cool!
A nice shady place, where
you can get the cool kreeses
from the river. Ice cream and
all kinds of soft drinks.
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridge