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TIIE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1909 WOMAN SAYS SHE ; MARRIED T Allegations Which Would Make Embezzler a Bigamist Also Being Investigated. NO PROOF IS YET FOUND Woman Gives Circumstantial Ac count of Alleged Wedding, and Washington Authorities Are " Jinking Investigation. OLYMPIA. Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Charts which lay Ort Hamilton open to suspicion Of bigamy are being investl pated by offliciais here. Thus far noth ing has been found to substantiate them, and only the accusation Is tangible. This accusation .is made by a woman known variously as Norah Hamilton and Nellie Allen. Just after the expose' of Hamil ton's misconduct as Adjutant-General, she was located in Oregon and for a time was mistaken for Hazel Moore. Calling herself Norah Hamilton, she came to Olympia about two years ago and registered at a local hotel as Mrs. Ortis Hamilton. Friends of the lira. Hamilton accepted Tier as the wife of the Adjutant-General; then Hamilton's real wife, who is now at Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, appealed to the police and Norah was forced to leave town. ' Investigation of Hamilton's personal check books showed that he had been sending money to two women, "pre sumably this one and Hazel Moore. Recently letters have been received at - the Executive offices here asking Infor mation as to when the Hamilton trial would begin. These letters came from Denver and were signed "May Allen," whose address was given as "general . delivery." The Spokane police report that Norah Hamilton" is known there and that she gave the name May Allen once when ar rested there. Detective MacDonald, bf Spokane, says Norah declared to him she was the wife of Hamilton and claimed to have been married to hira at Seattle in 1903 by Kather McGrath, a Catholic priest. . C Investigation of the King County records shows that an Edward L. Perry and May Nellie Allen were married by "Father McGrath August 6, 1&03, at 710 : Terrace street, Seattle, the witnesses to the ceremony being M. J. Coffy and 'Kate Keid. Father McGrath Is now said, to be a resident of Tacoma. The Supreme Court today set aside the habeas corpi-s writ granted on behalf of Ortis Hamilton, which fixed a hearing . December 3. before the local Superior Court, but in Its order Chief Justice Jiudkin gave attorneys for Hamilton per mission to present a new application for habeas corpus to the entire bench of the Supreme Court tomorrow morning, and this will be done. Saturday's order of the Supreme Court . granting the writ was considered highly Kitiefactory by the defense and today's proceedings find the prosecution jubilant. The original writ was granted by Chief Justice Rudkin in chambers on an ex parte applicaaion of Hamilton's attorneys. . This morning Assistant Attorney-General Maglll matie application to Judge Rudkin to set aside the order and later in the dav the justice heard arguments by at torneys for both tides, after which he dissolved his writ without prejudice. Hamilton's trial is set for hearing to morrow in the Superior Court, in view of which attorneys for the state believe the Supreme Court tomorrow will deny habeas corpus and assert they believe the state will be able to go ahead with the criminal trial. . But. if release is denied., by the Su preme Court tomorrow, it is known that attorneys for Hamilton will at once take a. writ of error to the United States Court and seek to delay the jury trial the ssveral years necessary in an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Hamilton In the Superior Court today pleaded not guilty to informations charg ing him with forgery and with obtaining money under false pretenses. WIFE'S HEART HOG FOOD Mrs. Keef Makes Startling Accusa tions Against Husband.- . ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.) That her husband told her she and her whole family ought to have their hearts cut out and carried to the hogs is the allegation of Stella M. Keef In a com plain! for -divorce filed apainpt Michael Keef today. Keef is alleged to have remarked that it would pay him to sacrifice his life to kill the whole out fit, meaning his wife and her father and brothers, even if he had to die with the noose around his neck for so doing. Mrs. Keef also asserts that her hus band told her she ou::t to have her eyes dug out and that he actually threatened to kill her on different oc casions. She alleges that on November 13 her husband told her lie would throw kerosene over her and set her afire. Mr. and Mrs. Keef separated Novem ber 13 and she says she fled to escape being killed. On the following day she procured Keef's arrest on a charge of assault and battery. He was found guilty in i a local Justice Court and fined 120. Mrs. Keef asks for J500 for expenses of the suit. $30 per month for main tenance during the pendency of the suit and $2j'i0 permanent alimony. LINN ' FRUITGROWER DIES Solon Z. Taylor, 'Well-Known Horti culturist, Succumbs to Injuries. . HALSET. Or.. Nov. 22 (Special.) Solon. Z. Taylor, a resident of Linn County for 40 years and one of the best known fruitgrowers of this part of the state, died at his home here yesterday and was buried today. Mr. Taylor's death was due to a runa way accident a month ago, in which he was badly injured. He was a native- of Tennessee. tS yeans old, and is survived by his wid-ow and two sons. Dr. Frank Taylor, of Portland, and, Otis Taylor, of Halsey. 0. A. C. LOSES STATE COIN Crawford Holds $15,000 Fund Can not Be Used for Test Station. rendered an opinion to the effect that the T a ,!,., ,!(,,-; r-nlleee cannot law- I th anDrODriation of J15.000 made by the last Legislature for the establishment of an J'" Agricultural experiment station, for the payment of salaries of professors in the main Agricultural College at Corvallis. . . -- ' . J In a 1 t T . T- The opinion is cohini . - HroaaeH In K. fci. W HbOU, """..J of tdiiim urornVrn lis , ill i nuiiu ini ii r ii i r 1 1 in 1 1 linill IIIIL.UI1L.U aressea to -c- . the Board of Regents 'of the Agricul tural College, ana grew out m fusal ef Auditing Clerk Corry, of the Secretary of State's office, to audit cer tain claims made against the experi ment station fund. In his opinion the Attorney-General says: - . A It is evident that tne iegisaaiui id It IS 1 1 ' 11 1 1 " " "e-- . i . .h. .a a nr.ronrin.tiOn for ttlO not iiiieuu. L . fi . experiment stations should be applied to the payment of salaries of tlje professors and instructors of the Agricultural Col lege for the time devoted by them to the work of such stations, but they, being paid an annual salary from the appro priation for the Agricultural College, could devote a pari or ineir nine various experiment stations without In- .nit Mwot for their trav eling and other Incidental expenses." WINANBLOGKS- DITCH FILES OX WATER FOR POWER PLANT AT HOOD RIVER. Irrigation Company Has Conflict, and State Engineer Is Asked . . . ' to Straighten Tangle. f- . t i r rir- vnv 22. (SDecial.) V... - Whether several thousand acres of lana in the Hood River Valley snail ne irn gated or not depends on the agreement .i .ti through State Engineer Lewis, makes 'with W. R. Winans, who proposes to build a oen eiremt unh and to obtain power from Jlood River. The 'Hood River irrigation district has a-segregation of about 6000 acres and has already expended $100,000 for a canal from Dead Point Creek, a trib utary of Hood River. This project lias not "been entirely successful, owing to Insufficiency of water, and the corpora tion proposes to issue J40.000 in bonds and extend its canal to Green Point ClOnkthe bench lands of the west side of Hood River Valley are several thou sand acres which can be placed under irrigation by construction of a high line ditch. Two thousand acres are in cluded in the irrigation district project now under way. . Managers of the Hood River irrigation district filed an appli cation for the water prior to the appli cation of Winans, who wants to har ness the river for power' purposes, but this does not go far toward straight ening out the matter, since there is some question as to the legality of the procedure under which the ditch com pany's filing was made. The 2000-acre project, owned by the Dee Irrigation & Power Company, filed Its application subsequent to ' that of Winans. Under the new law. If the ap plication of Winans to use the water for power is granted, the grantee may exclude the irrigation promoters frbm using any of the waters of the stream above him. The State Engineer does not wish to cripple Irrigation in the Hood River Valley, neither does he wish to deny Mr. Winans the right to use the power, which the law gives him authority to do, because there Js a demand for the railroad in the territory it would serve. The matter probably will be settled by the granting-of Winans' application with certain restrictions as. to the amount of water that may be diverted by the irrigation projects on the main river and its branches, such as Dead Point and Green Point Creeks. BANDON GETS A NEW BANK Two Saving Institutions Now for Live Oregon Town. BANDON, ' Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) Work on the new concrete building which is being put up by tle Bank of Bandon is progressing rapidly. The building is to be modern in every . particular. -For the present it will be two stories high, the first floor to be used exclusively as a banking bouse and the Second floor will be used as office rooms. Bandon is to have another bank in the near future, known as the First National Bank. It will be capitalized for $23,000 and all of the stock has already been subscribed. A number of the promi nent business, men of Bandon are stock EXPLOSION WRECKS HOME North Yakima Man Throws Kerosene on Fire in Stove. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Wilfred Blair is in the hospi tal, suffering with severe burns and his house .is in ashes as the result of an explosion this morning when he threw kerosene on glowing coals in the stove to 6tart a quick fire. Mrs. Blair saved herself and baby by climbing out of a rear window. The bouse and contents were totally destroyed and $200. In cash burned. Astoria Marine Notes. ASTORIA, Or-, Nov. 22. (Special.) The schooner F. S. Loop arrived Sunday from San Francisco and after taking on a partial cargo of lumber at the mill of the Astoria Box Company, went up the river to finish. The French ship Andre Theodore, with a cargo of coal from Newcastle.'N. S. W., arrived last evening. She will discharge 1000 tons of coal here for S. Elmore & Company before proceeding up the river to finish and load grain for Europe. The steamer Johan Poulsen cleared 'at the Custom-house Sunday for San Fran cisco with a cargo of 350.000 feet of lum ber loaded at Portland. 300,000 feet loaded at Prescott and 600,000 feet loaded at Rainier. ' The steamer Majestic cleaned for San Pedro with a cargo of 900.000 feet ot lumber loaded at St. Helens. N A wireless from the steamer Kansas City this afternoon says that off the mouth of the Columbia the sea-was very rough. The message intimated the steamer would come inside as soon as possible, although probably not before morning. She also inquired if any of the lightships on the Coast had gone adrift but did not suggest why this was asked. There, is nothing known locally of any lightship having gone adrift. Portland Man Cnder Arrest. OREGON CITT, Or.. Nov. 22. Spe cial.) A. Krescot. of Portland, was . to day arrested by Officer Miles, and brought to this city. Krescot was arrested on the charge of fishing In the Clackamas River, having in his possession other fish than trout. He waived examination and entered a plea of "not guilty." Workman Dies of Injuries., VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) Mariana MagnanI, aged 40 years, died at St. Joseph's Hospital from the effects of an injury received in the quarries of the Columbia Contract Com r,nnv at Fishers. A large rock rolled g.TEjf Or Nov 22 (Special) At- on him and crushed -him, breaking his torney-Generar Crawford' this afternoor-Jjlght leg and tearing lose several ribs. ENGINEER KILLED Rogers Dies in Agony After Sending Messages to His Wife and Mother. TRACKWALKER TO BLAME Leaves Post Just Before Freight on O. R. & X.. Reaches Soft Track and Fails to Give Warn ing of Danger. Wrecking of the Portland - Chicago fast freight. No. 55, on the. O. R. & N.. which was due to arrive in Portland at S o'clock yesterday morning, resulted from a landslide near Bonneville, when Thomas F. Rogers, the engineer, was killed, and J. A. Nesbitt. fireman, and W. T. Furlong, brakeman, were slight ly injured. A board of Inquiry placed the blame on a trackwalker, who left his post of duty at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, some time before the train arrived, thus failing to flag the train and give in formation regarding the dangerous condition of the road resulting from the heavy rains. " Wrecking trains were sent from The Dalles and from Portland, and the track was replaced and cleared in time to allow the eastbound trains to pass last night about 8 o'clock. The soft ground gave completely away and, although the speed of the train had been somewhat slackened, it was going so rapidly that nine cars piled upon the overturned engine. - Rogers Dies In Agony. Rogers stayed at "his post and met a horrible death, living: for one hour and 40 minutes after his face was scalded by the escaping steam. He was pinned under the overturned locomo tive and a number of trainmen and others from the neighborhood stood helplessly by and watched him die in agony, without any means of reaching him. Although his back and lege were broken and? his face scalded, Rogers was able to talk before dying, and his last words were a message to his wife and mother. He wanted the men who stood near him to tell those two that he was spiritually prepared for the death that was near him, and he sent his love to both. The death of Rogers, .coming as it did three months after his promotion to the position of engineer, -was looked upon by his associates as being unusually pa thetic. He was a young man of only about 30 years and had worked his way to promotion through several years of patient toil. "Four years ago he Was mar ried, and his death yesterday not only made' his wife a widow, but also made orphans of two littl boys, who waited in vain yesterday for the homecoming of their father. Parents Gone in Search of Health. Rogers' mother and father, are both invalids, and in search of better health they left last Wednesday night for Los Angeles. Telegrams were sent yesterday to San Francisco and Los Angeles to notify them of the sudden death of their son, and the police of both cities were asked to aid In locating them. The body of the dead engineer was brought to Portland lato yesterday af ternoon and was taken possession of by the Coroner, whf 'will hold an inquest to determine on whose shoulders the blame of the accident should be placed. Tracks Again Cleared.. Until late last night but few details of the accident could be obtained, owing to the storm having" broken the wires. When it seemed that the track would not be opened for traffic, it was planned to send the eastbound trains by way of the North Bank road, but just before this plan was ready to materialize it was learned that the track was cleared and the trains were dispatched, although a little behind their regular schedules, on the O. R. & N. track. W"hat will be done with the track walker, blamed for the accident, is not known. His name was not given out last night. It is understood that the track in the vicinity of the accident is to be strength ened and carefully watched in tie mean time. The place has been the scene of a number of accidents in the past, owing to the character of the ground. ' Behind freight train No. 55. which was wrecked, were four passenger trains from he East the Fast Mail, No. 11. the Oregon and Washington Limited, the Oregon Express and the Soo-Spokane. All of these trains were due to arrive in Portland within three hours after the wrecked freight train and were held there to await repair of the track. MINISTER KILLED IN MILL Missouri Man, Seeking Health, Finds Death. . VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) Struck in the pit or the stomach by a piece of edging thrown back by the edger, which machine he was running at the time, John E. Laugh, aged 26 years, was fatally Injured while working in the Ryan & Allen sawmill at Helsson, on' the Tacolt branch of the Northern Pacific. The injures man was brought to this city, where he died this morning at the home of his aunt, Mrs. N. E. Allen. Mr. Laugh was a young Methodist Episcopal minister, of Purdy, Mo. He recently came West for his health and was working in the sawmill, roughing It, with a view to regaining, his health. He is survived by. one sister and three brothers, besides his parent, who live in Purdy, Mo. The body will be sent to Purdy, Mo., tomorrow. Bicycle Path to Be Built. " VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) For the purpose of building a bicycle path from the car barns of the ancouver Traction Company, to Minne haha, the Minnehaha Bicycle, Path Club has been formed. The proposed path will be six feet wide and sanded, and will run alongside the county road. The eommissioners have agreed to fur nish lumber with which to build bridges and trestles. The total cost will be $300 and the members of the club are circulating a subscription list. Idaho Vanderbilt Dies of .Fever. WEISER. Idaho; Nov. 22. (Special.) 1111am Vanderbilt, a prominent farmer residing east of town, died early yes terday' morning after a short illness from typhoid fever. The body was sent today to Kilbourn City, Wis., in charge of his brother Andrew. Deceased was 67 years of age. and a Mason. His widow, who is seriously ill from typhoid, and two children survive hlm. Wi Thanksgiving: Pictures Vals. to $ 5, Three Days 98c Our Multiplex Display Fixture OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING PICTURE SALE, in which we offer 237 pictures genuine etchings, facsimiles and photo graphs, all suitably framed in gold, dark woods and antique mold ings; just the on'e here to fill that vacant space on your walls, or .to send as a Christmas gift to some deserving inena; regular val ues to $5 each; on sale until Wednesday at 9 P. 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CANADIAN MONEY TAKEN AT FACE VALUE T GLAVIS NOT GALLED Rumored He May Be Dropped From Cunningham Case. LANGILLE IS ON STAND Forest Service Man Testifies of Im provements Made on Cunningnani Claims for Prospecting, Not Development. SEATTLE.' "Wash., Nov. 22. L. R. Glavis, the deposed Chief of th Field Division of thje General ' Land Office at Seattle, -was not called as a witness to day, by the Government in 'the inquiry Into the validity of the filings on the Cunningham group of claims in the Ka talla coal fields of Alaska, and there ap pears to be inclination to let him. out of the case. , J. M. Sheridan, attorney for the Gov ernment, said the Government did not find it necessary to call Mr. Glavis as a witness at this time, although he may bo called later. William Ai Langille, of the . Forestry Servicfe. was called to the stand this af ternoon to testify concerning the im provements made in Cunningham claims. Mr. Langille made an examination of the properties at the Instance of Mr. Glavis. He testified te conditions similar to those told of by Andrew- L. Kenn.edyi the min ing engineer put on the stand by the Government. Both men testified the im provements made were for" prospecting purposes rather than for development work. During cross-examination today Mr. Kennedy insisted that the testimony he had given was front information got at first hand and not through hearsay. The defense maintained that owinj; to the roufihnese of the Katalla country; and the climatic conditions prevailing at the time of the year Mr. Kennedy was sent to Alaska to make the investigation, it wAuId bo almost. Impossible tor hira to make a thorough examination of the properties. AGE TO DETERMINE COURT No Charge Yet Filed Against Boy Who Stabs C6usin. ALBANY. Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) No charge has been filed yet against Mer- rltt Jennings, the . Lebanon boy who stubbed his cousin, Winrield Huddleson, in Lebanon early yesterday morning. If it develops that the boy is only 16 years old. as he and his brother assert, his case will be disposed of in Juvenile Court, tf the parents of the wounded boy are able to make good their claim that ho is IS. a state charge, will probably be riled. Jennings remains in the Linn County Jail and officers will not make any charge until they have established his exact age to their satisfaction. Huddleson, who re ceived a bad gash across his right arm. Is sUll 1n St. Mary's Hospital, but is doing well. "VVid Jennings, who was with his brother and cousin when the stabbing affray oc curred, came to Albany today. He admits he was too intoxicated at the time- to remember anything about it. Yester day forenoon when the Lebanon officers learned that Merritt Jennings had given himself up at the County Jail in this city, they released Wld Jennings. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Cham berlain's CouKh Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. ' A -fit hanksgivinglce Cream 1 Rich, delicious, pure, should form the piece de resistance of your dinner. Oil Thursday, November 25, we will fur nish you, in brick form: Chestnut Parfait, with cranberry sherbet center, as handsome as it is luscious; $1.0tt Ice Cream for 75 . MarshmaUow Brick, with pineapple ice center; co1 ing, refreshing and dainty; 75c cream for. .bO? Order Promptly , Orders for City Delivery should be In by 8 A- M. or 1 P. M. Wagom start at ! A 9 A. M. and 2 P. M. Orders mav be left at the Cream Store, 388 Washington Street. Fhonra A BOOt. Private Bxtbansre 40. These Prices Maintain Sunday, November 28 ' a. i