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TJTE MORNING OKEGONTAX. TTTURSDAT- OCTOBER 29, 1914. D EX-EMPLOYE KILLS WAN AND RUNS Peter Clark Slays Henry P. Williams at Lockhart Over $1.50 Claim. ESCAPE MADE IN HILLS At M Signs DMT1II Deputy 'Sheriff Jackson ia Pursuit of Gunman in Burnt River Coun try Four Shots Follow Order to Shut Down Plant. BAKER. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) Henry P. Williams, a prosperous young lumberman and millowner of Lockhart, 12 miles south of Baker, was shot and instantly killed at a:30 o'clock this mornins by Peter Clark, a former em ploye of the Williams mill., The assassion, who shot without warning, now is fleeing through the hills to the southeast toward the Burnt River country and Deputy Sheriff Ed Jackson, of Baker County, is alone on thft trail after him. TVio .ima woa.thA rpRult of Mr. Wil liams' refusal to pay Clark si.SO wmcn nrk id Williams owed him. Two ripvn nzc, Clark presented his demand but Williams declared that belts worth $70 had been stolen either by Clark or Clark's uncle, and he refused to pay the nephew's claim. Clark tnen de parted and came to Baker, but left this morning in the Sumpter "Valley train, alighting at Thompson's siding, 12 miles from Baker. Pour Shots Are Fired. Clark then walked back into the tim ber a mile to the mill, entered and or dered the engineer to shut off the en gine. The engineer obeyed and then Williams appeared, asking who had or dered the shutdown. "I did," was Clark's reply, and with out another word he fired four times at Williams. Two of the bullets took ef fect, one in the neck, piercing the spinal column and causing instant death, and the other in the shoulder. TVia aAvpml mill mnloves rushed at Clark, but he waived his smoking re volver and forced the men back. - One, however, rushed at him with a cant hook, but Clark did not shoot. He eluded his pursuer and went over the hills. Trouble Bre-nrs Five Months. Mr. Williams came to Baker five months ago from Oklahoma and bought the mill from B. F. Dlckerson two months ago. He was 35 years old and unmarried. The trouble with Clark dates back to a time soon after Wil liams' arrival. Then Clark's uncle, who. just before Williams had bought the mill amA t n iIaVd, Hrw mnnf v T mill the Shockley Lumber Company to pay the men and. it is alleged, instead of paying the men left the country. At the same time the big drive belt in the mill disappeared. Mr. Dickerson went with Williams to the mill to put him in charge, but he found the elder Clark's wife still there and she told him that her nephew. Peter Clark, would run the mill. Mr. Dickerson vetoed this plan ' and put Williams in charge, taking over the mill on account of moneys owed by the elder Clark. Williams dis charged Peter Clark soon after . and Clark did not appear until two days ago, when he demanded the 91.50. Use (McuraSoap snampoos And light touches of Cuticura Ointment. They remove dan druff, allay irritation and pro mote permanent hair health. Samples Free by Mail Cuticura Soap .nd ointment sold tnrousnout the world. LiMnu nmpw cb wwwu um, wu book. Address "Oitlciirm." Pent. 8F. Bowon. didates appearing before the audience to urge their own election was again conspicuously appreciated by an at tentive crowd, when airs, uarrie x.. Sherwood, Republican nominee for Re corder, and Miss Alice L. Adams, nom inee for Treasurer, addressed the Amity citizens. In all nine local candidates spoke. It is apparent the Republican ticket will receive a large plurality In that section of the county. BAKER HELD DOUBTFUL VOTERS APPARENTLY EVENLY DI VIDED OX PROHIBITION. RECALL PETITION IS FILED Permission of Open Gambling- and Employment of Detective Anger. LEWISTON. Idaho, Oct. 28. (Spe cial.) A recall petition containing 100 names was filed Monday with City Clerk Leland by J. P. Hays against Councilmen Wlsner and Thompson. The charter of the city of Lewlston provides that a recall election shall be ordered when petitions have been filed containing the names of regis ' tered voters to the number of 25 per cent of the vote cast at the election of the officers in question. A J100 guarantee accompanied the petition and, according to law, the City Clerk is given 10 days to check the petition to ascertain If it contains the re quired number of names of legal regis tered voters. Employment of a detective and open gambling are charged. Women's CI aba Further Movement for Study of Various Issues TJnder Initiative and Referendum. BAKER, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.) The prohibition question is exciting more interest and causing more discussion among the voters of Baker County than any campaign which is being waged by candidates for the various offices. Adherents of both sides are claiming the county by big majorities but appar ently disinterested persons are putting the county in the doubtful class and are predicting that the issue will not go one way or the other by more than 100 votes. Until a week ago the advocates of prohibition apparently had done the most campaigning in the county but there has been a sudden llth-hour rush of the anti-prohibition forces with all sorts of campaign material and that they have regained some ground is certain. There is little discussion of the other measures to be voted on at the com ing election .save of the eight-hour measure, the proposed $1500 exemption tax bill and the so-called sur tax ques tion and in almost every instance these measures have been decried as vicious. Various women's clubs have taken up the study -of the various measures to be voted on and neignDornooa meet ings are now being held in many of the homes in various parts of the city, These meetings, which are held under the auspices of the various women's clubs, are purely academic and all dis cussion of candidates and of subjects other than those to be voted under the initiative and referendum are taboo. STEEL SPAN IN PLAGE OREGON CITY SEES ELEVATOR NEAR COMPLETION. GAS FRANCHISE IN DOUBT Question of Water Supply for Its Clackamas Company Threatens to I Power Still Remains L'p to Omit Milwaukie From Circuit. MILWAUKIE, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.) An adjourned meeting of the Mil waukie Council will be held Friday night to consider the new franchise submitted by the Clackamas Gas Com pany, a branch of the Portland Gas & Coke Company. The new franchise is for 50 years, and the rate is J1.25 for each 1000 cubic feet. The company has completed its pipe line from Portland to Milwaukie, and on the south side of Milwaukie to Ore gon City. Unless the company gets a franchise through Milwaukie, it will build a pipe line along the west side of the Willamette. BAKER SALOONMEN GROAN Sunday and Two Election Days Mean Prolonged Drought in City. BAKER, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.) Baker saloonmen are complaining be cause they will be forced to close their doors for three days in succession, condition which Is probably unique in the history of any non-prohibition part of the state. The dates for closing are November 1, 2 and 3. The reason Is that November 1 is Sunday, November 2 is the date for the city election and November 3 is the date for the state general elections. Members of Council. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 28. (Spe cial.) The 60-foot span was swung from the top of the beventh-street bluff across the Southern Pacific tracks today and Joined up with the big municipal elevator tower, which has been awaiting the coming or the bridere for several months. The long expected operation was quite the event of the day in the mill town and hundreds watched the work. As the big steel frame was swung into place local people got tneir nrs idea of the appearance or tne com pleted structure. The ' remainder of the steel work will be stretched across the gap tomorrow and the sides, floor and finishing touches will be added at once. It Is thought the elevato practically will be completed by the end of the ween. Litigation with Mrs. Chase, the ad joining owner, over the landing place for the elevator has been pending ior several months and was settled only recently. The next problem to arise will be that of the water supply for the hydraulic hoist. A deadlock ex ists between the city Water Commis sion and the Council, the former re fusing to allow city water to be used for power purposes. The settlement of this question probably will mean another delay. LAW MAY MOVE. HOBOS AMITY REPUBLICANS RALLY Roseburg Ordinance May Make Be- . 1 T - . T.-lns OffAnCO a . tiuiuu nun- it uiucu v.tiuuiua Speak to Large Crowds. M'MINNVILLE. Or, Oct. 28. (Spe cial.) An enthusiastic Republican rally was held at Amity last night. when v. T. v Inton, a prominent ttc Minnvllle lawyer and Republican nom inee for fetate Senator, addressed large audience, fittingly indorsing Rob ert A. Booth for United States Senator and Dr. Wlthycombe for Governor, as serting that it practically is admitted that Dr. Wlthycombe win be elected. "I want to do all In my power to stop the onslaught maoe at each ses sion of the Legislature upon the peo ple s money," said Mr. Vinton. "We are trying to follow the lead of greater states like New York. The people can not stand it and it Is high time we call a half The unique feature of women can- ROSEBURG. Or., Oct. 28. (Spe cial.) As a result of the recent in vasion of hundreds of hobos, the city Council yesterday considered the adoDtion of an ordinance making it unlawful for an individual or corpora tion to remove vagrants from trains within the city limits, where it was the intention that they remain. A fine of from 35 to $25 can be imposed for each offense. The ordinance Is the result of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's recent action in unloading several hun dred transients here a few days ago, and refusing to allow them to get out of town on their trains. Wife of Koseburff Man Fears Life. ROSEBURG. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) -Accused of threatening to kill his The D. N. Pallay Co. was one of Portland's highest' class and most exclusive men's stores. The failure of this concern was a shock to the people of Portland but the end was inevitable. Sold, by U S. 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A day or two later, she says he wrote her a letter In which he said she "might as well dig her grave." BONDS TO BE ACCEPTED Council to Take County Bridge Issue as Security for Deposits. That the bonds to be issued by Mult nomah County for the construction of Oregon's part of the proposed Inter state bridge may have a wider market. J. N. Teal, one of the committee in charge of the bonds, requested the City Council yesterday to pass an ordinance accepting the bridge bonds at par security for municipal deposits in banks. Under the city ordinances bonds of the city, the Port of Portland, and the school district are accepted at par as security. All other bonds are accepted on the basis of 75 per cent. The City Council instructed City At torney LaRoche to prepare an ordi nance, which probably will be tip for consideration at the regular meeting tomorrow. American rood. ar. found extensively In tropical Africa, even three hundred mile from the coast. 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