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TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1910. 12 LLEGED HEIR TO MILLIONS LOCATED Resident of Ireland Springs Surprise in Albina Land Contest. DEED MAY TURN TABLES Two Ennlsklllen, Families Involved In Fight for 160 Acres, Part of Original Donation Land Claim Proof Awaited. Title to Albina. property lying between Union avenue, the Willamette River, and Morris and Ivy streets, containing 160 acres, and worth more than 11,000,000, has again been called in question by the fil ing with County Clerk Fields of a deed to the entire tract on which stand the residences of many property-owners who considered their title good. This deed is signed by Arthur Chapman, of Enniskillen, Ireland, end conveys the tract to Julius Proebrtel. Chapman as serts he is the son of Jane Chapman, who irarried Wendle Proebstel years ago, and as his wife she took up with him 320 acres of Albina land as a donation land claim. A number of years ago it was thought that the rightful heirs to this property had been found, but Julius rroebstel, who has been in Ireland look ing up records, and his attorney, G. Evert Baker, declare that they are prepared to prove Arthur Chapman to Je the right ful heir to the land. If this be true the deed of every property-owner now hav ing a residence, upon thia tract of land is worthless. People Feared to Buy Here. e For a long time the sale of this prop erty was slow, as people feared a flaw In the title after the state's unsuccessful effort to escheat it. But the Title Guar antee & Trust Company began guaran teeing the title and after that the sale was more rapid. Under the statute the north half of the donation land claim' would go to Mrs. Proebstel's heirs when she died. But Wendle Proebstel and Jane Proebstel had no children, although it Is now as serted that Jane Proebstel had a son by a former marriage in Ireland before she came to America. Arthur Chapman claims to be this son. After the death of Jane Proebstel Wendle Proebstel mar ried again, and upon his death his sec ond wife, Elizabeth Proebstel, laid claim to all his property. But a Mr. Saxer, who acted as administrator for her, In formed her that she could not lay claim to the north half of the donation land claim, as in the absence of heirs that would escheat to the state. Soon after ward the state brought suit to escheat the property. A little later Benton Klllin. who was acting as attorney for the administrator, received a letter from Mrs. D. Sawtelle, of Michigan, telling him that Jane Proeb stel was from Ireland. An advertisement .wjs accordingly Inserted in one of the Ireland newspapers, and soon afterward a. Thomas Chapman, .of Enniskillen, write to Attorney Killen and Informed him that his sister, Jane, went to Amer ica, that he was a full brother and that Mrs. D. Sawtelle and Mery Height were daughters of one of Jane Chapman Proeb sters sisters. Attorney Klllin then made affidavit that he had discovered heirs to the Jane Proebstel property and the Btate's suit was dropped. He then se cured a power of attorney signed by the heirs and proceeded with the sale of the property. Proebstels' Attorney Talk. In discussing the matter yesterday. Attorney Baker, representing the Proebstels. said: "Several years afterward, along .in the '90s, a friend of John Proebstel bought a piece of property in this tract, and showed the abstract to John Proeb 6tcl, father of Julius Proebstel. He declared that Jane Proebstel had no relative named Thomas Chapman nor Archibald "Woods one of the relatives named by Thomas. 'She had no relatives of the names Igiven, he said, but had a sister by the name of Mary or Marie Chapman, and a brother named Ralph. He had' de cided to make a trip to Ireland to look into -the matter, when he paid a visit to his son and suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he died. "Julius Proebstel then went to Ireland and discovered two Chapman families, both living in Innlskillen, and almost across the street from each other. Both families boasted of a Jane Chapman. In both cases Jane had left and come to America. """Investigation brought out the fact that in the Thomas Chapman family, Jane Chapman could read and write, and that she was a dressmaker. It was also discovered that she left Ire land in 1854. This is all set forth in depositions which Julius Proebstel has In his possession. The fact is also set out in depositions that Jane Chap man Proebstel, who took up the Port land property, had been on the dona tion land claim for two years' at the time the Jane Chapman of the Thomas Chapman family left Ireland. It is also proved by depositon that Jane Chap man Proebstel could neither read nor write, and that she left Ireland some time in 1837. Proebstel Off to Ireland Again. "When this had been established, Jul ius Proebstel thought be had sufficient proof, so he returned. But he had not secured proof that Arthur Chapman was related to Jane Proebstel, so he made a second trip Ireland and has found two persons, 80 years old, who have known Arthur Chapman ever since he was born, knew when Jane Chapman, his mother, came to Amer ica, and knew that it is' the same Jane Chapman who married Wendle Proeb stel. At the time she was married in Portland she was 34 or 35 years old. "ArthuT ' Proebstel recognized his mother's picture the minute he saw it. and burst into tears, saying they had known that his mother left for Amer ica, but they had never known where to find her." WHITE WINGS SOON TO FLY Brigade of Ten to Keep City's Streets Free From Debris. tvrtla rtrf win noon have a full-fledged ...1.4 A-vi'ln tb hHiraHA" CO m nnUPil ff ten men. who will work in the congested dis tricts Keeping me HirteLs irtse ui ueuns. ml .111 t. 1,Vialrt II n i fAPTTl o Dtl WhitA helmets, and will operate all day. Seven will be placed on the West Side and three on the East Side, according to the present plans' of Superintendent Donald son, who is woraing on me. sudjcci iq pet action In the near future. . ir,t:itiUi nt TXiitnlHsrm has other plans for cleaning the city streets this year. He intends to have apparatus built for attaching to fire-plugs' in various places throughout the hard-surface dis- trlcts. sf that he can flush streets that are on steep grades and upon which the power-brooms or flushir.gr machines can not be operated. The city win this year oil 400 miles of macadam and (Travel streets, and it is the opinion of Superintendent Donaldson that this work should commence about the middle of April. The administration is going to put forth great efforts this season to put the thoroughfares in flrst ctass condition. KEYNOTE SOUNDS TONIGHT Lajmen's Missionary Convention Be gins With Big Convention. With 1000 enthusiastic Portlanders at the banquet board tonight the keynote of the Laymen's Missionary Movement, which meets here three days this week, will be sounded by William H. Lewis, of Seattle. Wash., who will speak on "The National Missionary Campaign." E. B. Sturges. of Seranton. Pa., will tell "How a Business Man Became Inter ested in Missions," and J. Campbell White, of New Tork, one of the most prominent pulpit orators of the country, will make the principal address of this, the opening evening. He will speak on "America's World-Responsibility." Mr. White, who arrived in the city last evening, is enthusiastic over the prospects of the missionary work in Portland. He Is general secretary and one of the found ers of the laymen's movement. He said: "We have had great success with our meetings in the South, and can see noth- RESIDENT OF IRELAND WHO LAY'S CLAIM TO 160 ACRES OF LAND IN ALBINA, AND MAN SUPPORTING HIS CLAIM. Arthur Chapman, of Ireland. Ing but even greater success here. Our fields are ready for harvest, and we have found the harvesters are not few, -but many. ' The only people who doubt the divin ity of Christ are those who are passing their time discussing it. instead of put ting it in practice in their lives today. Will America undertake her full snare in the task of world-evangelization? The problem of the churches at this time is the successful distribution of the seed corn of the Kingdom of God. There are about 600,000,000 persons in the non-Christian world, dependent on the churches of America. To reach 600.000,000 would require a total of only 24.000 missionaries, which is one missionary to every 25,000 persons. Twenty-four thousand missionaries from North America would be less than one out of 800 of our Protestant church mem bers." QUAKE BEGAN ROMANCE Miss Iilla C. Jeffers Weds John C. Powers at Catholic Cathedral. Culminating a romance begun in San Francisco's earthquake days Miss Lilla O. Jeffers, of Portland,, and John Powers, of Spokane, were married at the Catholic' Cathedral yesterday. Both . of the young people were resi dents of San Francisco when the city was destroyed. Miss Jeffers being en gaged as a courier to carry aiim.u.-iitstf from the authorities and relief head quarters to various portions of the city. She was working with Major Tilden when a shot fired by error killed that officer as he was naing in . mobile. . While engaged in that work Miss Jer fers became acquainted with the young man now her husband. Miss Jeffers is a daughter of a pioneer San Tancisco family. vi.- pnwer is an attorney and was a resident of California for many years, occupying a prominent place in the po litical and social world. He located in Spokane recently and has come to Port land to accept a position with the Roman Catholic Life Insurance Company. He will have charge of the Oregon terri tory and will reside here. For five years Mr. Powers was connaentiai sec retary to - the Governor of caliiomia, and chairman of the committee which had in charge the codification or tne laws of that state. a ft ay thn wAddlner ceremony supper was served at the Oregon hotel for Mr. and Mrs. Powers, Mrs. I C. Jeffers, of San Francisco, mother of the bride, Mrs. Kate Finnen, or san rxancisco, Philip Harding, of Spokane, the best man. EDWARD SHRIVER ACCUSED Man Suspected of Horse Stealing Is Landed in Jail. Edward Shriver was arrested yester day afternoon by Constable Lou Wag ner and Deputy Gardner on a charge of horse-stealing. Shriver's partner in the alleged crime, a man named j-iooa. eluded the officers and is still at large. The complaint was made ty w. v. Paddock, who reported that he sus pected the two men of stealing his horses, and when Wagner and Gardner arrested Shriver at Thirty-fourth and Surman streets one horse was found in his possession. He said he had caught the horses running loose in the streets and that he had given one of the ani mals to Hood, his partner. In'the building in which Shriver was captured was also found a plow, which had been stolen. When taken to the Constable's office Shriver threatened to start a fight with the officers, but his ardor in this regard soon cooled. Not being able to furnish bail, he was sent to jail to await the action of the grand jury, which meets the latter part of this week. Saved a Soldier's Life. Facing death from shot and shell in the Civil War was more agreeable to J. A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex., than facing it from what doctors said was consump tion. "I contracted a stuooorn cold," he writes, "that developed a cough, that stuck to me in spite of all remedies for years. My weight ran down to 130 pounds. Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery, which completely cured ine. I now weigh 178 pounds." For Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Asthma, Hem orrhage, Hoarseness, Croup. Whooping Cough and lung trouble, its supreme. 60c $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaran teed by all druggist ROILED BY REMARK OF OLSON St. Johns Riot Cases May Be Taken Up Directly by Grand Jury. STEICHEN PROVES ALIBI Work of Interpreter Does Xot Satis fy Consul Laidlaw Secures Serv ices of Lawyers and Federal Secret Service Men. Because Justice Olson, of the Justice Court. yesterday afternoon expressed what was construed as animosity against the Hindus,' it is probable that no more Julius C. Proebstel. preliminary hearings' of the cases against the alleged rioters will be. heard before him. Justice Olson said, during the hearing of R. E. Steichen, who proved an alibi and was discharged, that if the wife and children of Manager Ayer. of the St. Johns Lumber Company. were forced to mingle daily with the Hindus, the lumberman who Is assisting the prosecution would soon change his opin ion regarding them. This statement was resented by the Hindus and Immediately after the hear ing of Steichen they gathered in the hallway outside the courtroom and de cided to protest against the cases" being heard before Justice Olson. Deputy District Attorney Garland, who is con ducting the prosecution, se.id that for this reason all of the 'cases' would prob ably be held over to await investigation by the grand jury'- The inquisitorial body for the April term will be sworn on Friday and they will. In all probability, then commence action with regard to the St. Johns race riot. Grand Jury Expected to Act. Justice Olson has recommended that the grand Jury handle the case right along, and suggested that a special body be called to look into the matter. Dis trict Attorney Cameron decided not to do this. There is hardly any doubt now, how ever, that the rest of the cases' will be taken in hand by the April grand jury. M. Unger, son of a confectionery pro prietor at St. Johns, who was arrested a few days ago, charged with being im plicated in the riot and was released on $2000 bail, waived his preliminary exami nation In the Justice Court yesterday and was bound over to the grand jury. He put up mail in the sum of $2000 and was not held in custody. R. E. Steichen proved an absolute alibi to the court, yesterday, showing by means of numerous witneses that he was working in the mill on the night the riot took place. The foreman of the planing mill In which Steichen is employed tes tified that the defendant went to work at 6 P. M. and did not leave the mill un til after midnight. Corroborative evi dence was produced to support this state ment. On the other hand, one Hindu positively identified Steichen as the one who had beaten him during the melee. The Hindu's identitlcation was not given much credence however, in the face of the other testimony. Indeed, Justice Ol son afterward said that he had no doubt that the Hindu told a bare-faced lie. Interpreter's Work Displeases. Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed with the work of John Kim. the Hindu who has been interpreting for the court. He has been accused of not only misinterpreting, but also of suggest ing to the Hindu witneses what to tes tify. A new feature of the case developed yesterday when It was learned that the British government, through Consul Lalcuaw, bad secured the services of At torneys Seabrook, Dan Malarkey and Plowden Stott to assist in the prosecu tion of the cases. Several Secret Service men of the United States are now at work in St. Johns in the matter and more arests are expected soon. WEMME TIRES OF BIPLANE Wealthy Stockman of New Mexico Desires to Purchase Machine. Not desiring to make practical use of hie airship as a means of communication between his place of residence and vari ous business houses, E. Henry Wemme is entertaining a prqposition to sell the Curtiss biplane to 1 Jack Guy Stark, a wealthy young man from Silver City, N. M. Mr. Stark arrived in the city yester day and went to the Nortoniajn company with R. A. Blakly, his aviator. The party immediately approached the Portland pio neer of air travel with an offer to ac quire the machine. The offer had not been accepted up to a late hour last night, but Mr. Wemme announced that a sale was probable. Mr. Stark is reported to be one of the wealthy young miners of the state where sagebrush and cactus so strongly inter fere with automobile -speeders that an anti-speed law is unnecessary. Should he be successful in securing the first airship ever owned in the Northwest he will ship it to his home and make use of the vehicle for pleasure. Members of the Stark party last night pointed out many advantages for airship travel possessed by the state of New Mexico which Oregon is without. In New Mexico the aviator is not apt to drown should his ship suddenly dip to the earthy HINDUS while sand is much more comfortable a place to land than he tree tops or black soil of the Beaver state. Mr. Wemme is holding the price of the machine at $5000. He has accom plished his desire to own the first heav-ier-than-air machine in Oregon, as he did the first automobile, and is now ready to dispense with it. New Bills Open at the Vaudeville Houses Orpheum. CS VERY one who saw the new bill L at the Orpheum yesterday said to his neighbor, "Best show I've seen here for a long time." If no neighbor was handily apparent, he said it to some one else, both nodding smiling appro val over an unusually excellent en tertainment. If there were no other act than Cressy and Dayne on the programme the show would be enough run for any man's money, but add Nellie Nich ols and five other good acts, and the success is proportionate. It's quite a ways down in the programme that Cressy and Dayne come on, but the interim is filled'in delightfully. These two vaudeville stars have established a reputation for original and artistic characterization second to none in their field, and belong rightfully in a class by themselves. Their appearance is invariably the signal for an ovation. As is generally known, Mr. Cressy is the dean Of vaudeville playwrights. In this instance this gifted twain are presenting his latest and most preten tious playlet, "The Wyoming Whoop." Of course, the "Whoop" is a newspa per, and Cressy is- its editor. Grizzled and bewhiskered and unkempt, he philosophizes in his mean little office, and every line is funnier than the one that preceded it. The audience doesn't smile or beam gently at Cressy's witticisms; it pounds its knees indi vidually and collectively and chortles. Also guffaws In spots. Miss Dayne In the guise of Genevieve Montmorency of the Elite Repertoire Company en tour, comes into the office to insert an ad vertisement. Cressy's sketches cannot be described in cold printer's ink, be cause no press can tell of their human interest Kouchcs, of their gentle sar casm, of their intensely genuine charm. And what pen can tell of Cressy's methods? He has to be seen; not read about. Following this act in close second for applause Is Nellie Nichols, a vi vacious and talented maiden, on whom the good fairies who attend to the gift-giving department most generous ly bestowed good looks, personal charm and versatility. She has a splendid singing voice and is a songstress 'com edienne of the best type. She is most generous in her offerings, giving a se ries of imitations that are better than the originals. Wonder of wonders she doesn't include Eva Tanguay or Georgie Cohan in her list. Al White's "Dancing Bugs" are dandy fine "dancers, whose steps ' are both lively and new. The costuming of their act Is particularly grateful to the eye, the two little robin-legged maidens be ing garbed in- golden yellow, and the two tall gents in modish tan suits that produce an attractive color combi nation. The quartet is seemingly in defatigable and must have danced sev eral miles yesterday. "The Picquays." Maurice and Ethel, are unique and excellent entertainers. Their. act Is a novelty of acrobatic fea tures, and the ease and grace evi denced by both participants is remark able. Maurice's piece de resistance is a buck and wing dance on his hands. The Lavine-Cimaron trio presents a variety of entertainment and comedy in a travesty on physical culture called "Imagination," which includes some contortion feat and marathon dancing by May LaVlne, some more than ex cellent comedy by Oliver LaVlne. who comedies as a "cullud" gentleman and a vcVy indifferent and jelly-like sup port by a meek-voiced and mild-mannered person named Cimaron. Fred Wilson pleases in an act en titled "The Student." in which he sings college songs, gives college yells, and wears college clothes. Gordon Eldrid and company give a semi-horseplay act called "Won by a Leg," which isn't what one would infer from the title. On the contrary, it is quite mild, almost gentle in character, and the same adjectives apply nicely to the folkl concerned in inflicting it on the audi - ece. Grand. 1 NOBODY who has Kept in toucn wnn local vaudeville recently will be other wise than enthusiastic over the splendid dancing act of the Alexandroft troupe, which by all rights deserves first consid eration among the turns which the Grand has. to offer this week. It is something of an experience to see the native dances of the European Orient so well done. There are nine Russians all told in the cast, and their striking costumes and human top dancing appeal with more than usual force. Helen Carmen, a comedienne and singer, followed closely in approval as a favorite with yesterday's audience. She sings her songs and tells her stories in an inimitable fashion. Carmen is dis tinctly worth while. Foster and Foster, in their musical oddity, "The Volunteer Pianist," are strongly in favor with the audience. TJiey have a few ideas of their own which they introduce in an original manner and which illuminate their efforts most satisfactorily. A superior acrobatic act is offered by the Lavelles, a quartet which does some remarkable tumlbling and tossing' stunts. Helm and Couzens, a team of comedians, have a skit which gives them an oppor tunity to sing and display English hu mor. The CarWon sisters, in childish r 'The Spur of dire necessity doth breed a habit of inventiveness" Hence, Postum and Grape-Nuts One a drink the other a food both can be used at the same meal to build up fagged brains and wearied stomachs. "There's a Reason" POSTUM CEREAL POSTUM. Ltd., Battle Creek, Mtch. J PIANO BARGAINS Of course you have some ideal of a piano in view. If vou are not quite ready to pav the price of your ideal, then get the next best thing in our Exchange De partment. Later, when you are ready for a glorious Chickering or Kimball or Weber or genu ine Pianola Piano or any of our other high-grade makes, it can be traded in. No reason for going with out ANY piano in the mean time. Scores of fine uprights and grrands at prices that amaze even the experts. A small down payment gives immediate possession. Balance monthly. 353 Washington St. costumes, sing and dance their way into the favor of the audience in double quick time. AIRSHIP TRY-OUT IS TODAY Portland Product May Sail Near Twelve-Mile House. An aeroplane, fashioned after the Cur tiss biplane, constructed here, will be given a try-out near the Twelve-Mile House on the Base Line road tomorrow. The machine Is the product of H. W, Manning, an electrical apparatus and contracting merchant at 43 Third street. With his son. Jack Manning, wno lor merly was manager of the Portland Tax icab Company.- Mr. Manning built every thing about the machine, excepting the engine. A trv-out would have been made soon er had it not been for a fault found in the motor. It is claimed for the machine that it will start off the ground without ninnlnff anv considerable distance, as Is done with other Curtiss models. 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