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tttk mokxing oregoxian. Thursday, mat so, 1912. PATRONS OF BOISE SMART SET JAILED MRS. MELLON LOSES PITTSBURG BAXKER AKI BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH WIFE, FIGURED IN SENSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT JUST WON BY HUSBAND. atisfactioii It a Great Thing We Are All After It Some Get ' It, Some do Not Her Is Proof That the Users of the Mitchell-LeaderWater System Get What They Pay for SATISFACTION Idaho Society Shocked by Ames-Wilson Bigamy Case in London, England. Master Will Recommend That Decree and Children Be . Granted to Husband. , Ik- - : HARD DIVORCE FIGHT (: i 1, DIVORCE IS HELD ILLEGAL' firttUI. Coarl Hold Prominent Mn and Uoiiiii Perjured la Obtain ing Derrre Coupk Now Srrr Inc Six Month la PrliKn. Idaho, liy :. Pplil Thm 4 ram tic endm In th Am'-Wll-on btcarrr ran at London. Knyland. f bla month, nrwi of rhth rmrhd Ho ymmtTMy, bat rtrltMl thm BolM rltrorc rolny. tnr Mn Ama or Xorthtak-Wilaon. I well known hr In thm colony, harlnx ben one of Ita leading mmbem two ymmrm iro. whlla Phe waa sojourn. nc In thin city with lluco Lawrenro A me, the mas ho later married. Both wera welcomed Into the moat xclu,v. aocUl circles. On their return to Knvland they wero arrated for biaramy, their ld.-tho dl- vorra. which wa wuro wntle tner were In bolse. waa held fraudulent, and ther ar aerTlnr a alx-monlha' aen- tenre in Jail. Bo I ' II-orre colony la loath to belter that r-opl so promtnrntlr connected In Fnarland can bo cullty of hi cam jr. or that the divorce that Amea ecard waa obtained through per )urt(t tfMtmnnjr. Krery member of tho colony admtta that of the many cele brated divorce caaea that have com m before the Idaho court a. that of th Amri'WIIion .1 the moat In (creating-. Boi h of Prwealnenee. Mr. and Mrs. Amea are fromlnent In Knrland- They are member a of the "orler of the Golden Key and the "Sir Galahad Hoclety. named after the KMichta of Kin Arthur. Mr. Amea Is the brother of Major Amea. the tallest officer In the Brtttah army, who led the Diamond Jubilee? nroceaidon. and 1 omea from an old Bedfordshire family. Me la a B. A. of Oxford, was private secretary to fir Julian Pauncefote. BrttUb Ambaasador to the I'M ted States In and afterwards was provin cial aecretary to the jcrand council of t frlmroae leacne. Me la alao an author. He has pub Hahed aereral book a. Including. "The Book of the Golden Key." -The Poal tion of Woman and the Problem of Sea."' "The Tr:ta:edy of a Pedlarree. and t he "Decoy Duck." Mr. A mes Is 4 yrars old, and waa convicted because m previous wife. Mr. Kate Amea. was llvlns; when no marrel Mr, v naon. Mrs. Amea. or Northejik-Wilson. Is an authoreaa. lecturer and plarwrlarht. the la the eldeet daughter of the late Col onel later. and waa married In Itndon In 17 to t'harles Northeak Wtlaon. who is still alive. the was previously married to Arthur Monte naro. whom ahe divorced. She la 4 years of axe and a grandmother. Idaho arer Cilvew vYelewaae. Whether or not Mrs. Northeak-Wilson and Mr. Ames left Kn gland about two year ao toa;ether Is not known, bat memHera of the divorce colony here believe that they did. At any rate, they traveled evtenalvely over the east ern part of thla ccuntry and by easy tes made thlr way to Idaho and to Hot. At that time Idaho was cele brated and tnreatened to arain more fame than Rno for the certainty, ac rurawy and speed with which Its dl vorre court worked. But six months rriJrnce was required In the state. j The rJnsrllah couple took up their rei.)n In Bolae. stopplna ft rat at the tTai)tol Motel. Iater ther removed to a private dwelllner. No attesipt was male to coer up ttielr Identity. Mrs. Wilson s;ave a aeries of lectures, was re--!ved with open arms by the wo men t cluba and they lived quietly In the divorce colony here while the ap plication of Mr. Wlleon for a divorre from Ma former wife was taking Its regular courae In he courts. It waa finally secured and the couple left for l 'a It fornta. w here they remained some months. Itlaaaay la lied. The alleged bigamous marrtac took place In London on June 3. 111. and both Mr and Mrs. Amea were described In the marriage certificate as previous ly married on June It, at Oakland. a:. Thev had ben married In the estate of California after Mr. Amea se cured hi lUaho divorce decree. They then returned to Knaland. where they went Ihroush the marriage ceremony a second time on Jnno ST. fall. The latter anarrlaa: Is ! J aa tbe big amous one bv the Knsllsh authorltlea 1 - ' V.ji -A'! 1 . 4 BRITISH OFFICER NAMED $4 A WEEK FAILING. GIRLS TRY SUICIDE Lifelong Companions, Facing Starvation in Strange City, ' Leap Into Ocean. . . LIFE-SAVER REVIVES ONE One Srcurr Work Jot aa Tair Are at Point or IfewixTation, but Waco Is Not Knoufcli to Support Ilolli. t, : g-.g.-kt-.u Aa4rw M. Mrlloa mm Mrs. 9Cra .McMnllra Melloa. HAVANA EXPECTS NEWS frr and th. .fr.nxtri of popular up port. IU prtx-d with the utmost en ttmt to comrlT with Ita national and International oMIsatlona to rfltora or dr. Th. InactlrltT of the national foixa la doo to ard.r. Imau.d hy the com -manlrr-lncMf. General Monteae;udo, tat a reneral forward movement waa not to be undertaken until Ms arrival wtta relnforrementa. la view of this the troops, as far a rould be spared, have been divided Into small detach, ments and sent out to guard the plan tatlons and railroads. Federal Ceweewl te Re lam. Brlsa.i!er-Oenerel Medlars. It la re ported, resents these orders, declaring that he had trade all dispositions to rtrri out an attack upon '. Inaur feats whea he was commanded to halt and await the comlna of additional troops. It Is further said that Gen eral Mediata Intends to resiarn and will request an Injulry by a military court. y The arrival or General Monteacado at Kanttaco tonight on the cruiser Cuba, with his p-eneral staff and reln forrementa to the number of . may. however, chance the aspect of affairs. Ceneral Monieaa-udo probably will reach tho front tomorrow mornlar. whea ho Intends to bestn actlvo opera-ttons- SAX TRANTISCO. May !. Ttllle Colrien and Kstherlne Anderwon. Fln- nh girl, who epoke no Kngllh. leaped from a cliff Into the sea I -re tolsy, be- causa they de-ixilred of llvlns- on 14 a week. Tillle was drowned. Katherlna was saved and told the story at a ha pltal. where she waa revived. Henry Lundblad. a patrolman of the llfesavlna crew near Golden Uate Park. saw the while-robed forms of two wom en, held in each others' arms. In the 'water at tha foot of the cliff. A re ceding breaker carted them out and the llfrsaver leaped Into the sea. Ost of t.tMe Revives. It required a half-hours- battle with the rising- waves to hrllis- the bodies ashore. Tillle was dead. When Kath erlna regained consciousness, she told her story Hirno-h an Interpreter. Tha two atria, who had been II fe lon c companions, came to America , from Finland four months alto. Tbey camo to Kan Francisco two months aico from Minneapolis. Their funds wero soon exhausted, but when they had reached the point of deeperatlon two weeks ao. Katherlna secured work In a bakery at a waae of -14 a week. The Iris occupied a room In a cheap loda-Ins-nouse and much of the time they were huna-ry. l. Left at Kaw of Week. When we settled op for the week last Saturday nicht." said tha Ctrl, "we had nothing left. I did not have to work Sunday, so we decided to end the etruffe-le and planned to do ed Mon day, but could not brine ourselves to do IL Last nlsrht we put on our white dreeees and went to the beach. "AVe took off our shoes and stock ings and let down our hair and then we embraced and leaped Into the sea." declared he would contest the proceed ing's. He characterised the action aa persecution and an attempt to Inflict double punishment. GIRL TELLS ON PASTOR MOSCXnV MINISTER HELD FOR TItlAL OX SERIOIS CHARGE. RUEFMAYBE DISBARRED DELAYED PROCEEDINGS BEGIN IN jrt PREME COVRT. HoM-harre ex-Ma;or Arretted. KOSFBl'BC. Or . May :. I Special) It. V. Hoover. ex-Mayor of Rose bur, aad one of the prominent phy lctmne of Southern Oresron. waa today arrested on a rharae of selllnc dried i Jode-ment wss Bled, and then withdrew Attorney for Convicted Boea Cries rmecntlon and Will Contest "Double ranUhment." IAS FRANCISCO. May !. Proceed Inrs are now pendlna; In tbe Supreme Court for the disbarment of Abraham P.uef. convicted 8an Francisco political boss, now serving a sentence of 14 years In Ban Quentln Prison for bri bery. This fart was disclosed hero today by tbe ststem-nt of Chief Pep-, utr County Clerk Iavls that he had (lied a transcript of Judgment and a certificate of conviction in the Ruef ease, about 10 dsys so. this action having- been taken at the tnstlaatlon of the Bar Association aa a preliminary to Ruefs dlsaarmenc who. although a felon, still Is an attorney of record. The movement to djsbsr the convict ed boas waa becun by the Bar Asso ciation of fan Francisco March I. That steps were not taken earlier la ascribed la part to confusion arising: from the fact that Ruef pleaded srullty. after which a transcript of venison contrary to the asms laws. The charge was preferred against I'r. Hoover by Mary O Conner, a waitress at the Koeeburg Hotel. Ir. H.oer de nies tha: be was a party to the tran sact ton charged In the complaint and eas be Is tho victim of attempted blackmail. The rase probably will bo talked f-r trial tomorrow. the plea, finally losing by a decision of the Supreme Court. V hen It was dis covered that this clrcumstsnce woukl make necessary the nllng of another transcript, the Bar Assoclstloa meet ing was railed and the chairman In structed to appoint a committee to be-g-'.n the proeeedlnga. Bert Echlesslncer, attorney for Ruef. Dauzlilrr of Sunday School Superin tendent Says She Was KUscd and Embraced. MOSCOW. Idnho. May ti. (Special.) Rev. David M. Hand, pastor of tha Baptist Church, wss bound over to the District Court at his hearing today on a charge of having wronged the 17-year-old daughter of O. A. Benedict, superintendent of the Baptist Sunday sehool. Ills bond, which waa placed at ISOOO. was furnished by U H. Collins, a deacon of the Baptist Church: Dean J. O. Kl.lrl-lge. of the I'nlverslty of Idaho, and Mrs. Hand, wife of the accused minister. The proceedings at the hearing were brief. The only witness was Hasel Benedict, the alleged victim of tha minister. The defense wslved Its right to offer any evidence. Justice Cum mlngs then announced that he would hold Mr. Hand to appear for trial. In her testimony tbe girl stated that Hand first began bis special at tention to her In January, "when ha embraced and kissed mo In tha vesti bule of the cJiurch on the date of tha annual rollcall meeting of tha church members." In the presence of the father and mother and while the former sat weep ing In the crowded courtroom hla daughter related the alleged, events of her relations with the minister. FORMER BAILIFF JAILED Garbed In Overalls and Jumper, Wealthy Man Fined Heavily. ROSEBCRO. Or.. May IS. (Special-) Garbed In a suit of overalls and Jumper. Robert Conner, former bailiff of the Circuit Court here and one of Roseburg's most wealthy residents, to day begun serving sentence of 3D days In jail for violating the local option laws. Conner was arrested yesterday and upon appearing In court today en tered a plea of gull;)'. After recalling the fact that Conner was onca a bailiff of the court and that ho had twice been arrested for bootlegging. Judge Hamil ton sentenced the prisoner to psy a tine of " and serve 30 days In Jail. Bert lgham. arreeted on two charges of gambling, waa sentenced to pay a fine of i00. Walter Davis admitted burglarising the Smith ftamess shop, at Myrtlo Creek, and waa sentenced to a term of one year in the penitentiary. Vancouver to Welcome New Area. VANCOUVER. Wash, May I. (Spe cial.) A carload of machinery and aup pllea for lighting the city by the new system of arcs arrived today, con signed to the Portland Railway. Light aV Power Company. Thla company se cured a contract to do hair of the light ing and the Washington-Oregon ' Cor poration, which sells gas. the other half. It Is rumored that the Portland company Is to build a sub-station In I Vancouver and equip It with the latest j machinery and a steam plant, to be used la case of emergency. I Every Point Contested by Beautiful Daughter of Brewer, Vpon Whom Society of "Smoky City". Soon Palled. PITTSBURG. May J. (Special.) Triumphant after a bitter flght In the divorce court. Andrew W. Mellon. Pittsburg banker and one of tha Tlch eat men In America, will win the cue tody of hla children, over which the contest has waged. Their mother will receive an Income of 130,000 a year, but it la aald that the husband and father cares little for the money fea ture of the settlement. The children are Allan, 10 yeara old, and Paul . Mrs. Mellon la 21 yeara younger than her husband. John P. Hunter, appointed maater to take testimony In the case, has filed his opinion and a copy of the testi mony. He recommends that a divorce be granted Mr. Mellon on the ground of desertion. It was when Mr. Mellon amended his bill and sought divorce on the desertion charge that Mra. Mel lon HrrMed not to keen up her fight in the courta. George M. Xewmcycr. who was appointed commissioner to go abroad and take further testimony, had been told to postpone his . trip Indefinitely. ' Witnesses Frees Ireland Called. Within the last week five men. all from Ireland, have berri In Pittsburg giving testimony. In the case. One Is said to be the proprietor of a famed Irish hostelry. Those, witnesses were brought Into rittsburg and taken away so quietly that nothing wu known of their visit here until they bad returned to New York, Mr. and Mra. Mellon separated In the Autumn of 1909. It was reported that Mrs. Mellon was weary of "smoky Pittsburg." Mrs. Mellon. It was said, longed to he buck in her rleasant English home. When they separated this husband al- i lowed her the annual income on 1350.- i ooo. Poon after their separation Mr. Mel- ! Ion sued for absolute divorce. He named n co-res oondent Alfred George , Curphcy. a young officer In the Brltis army and a member of a wealthy and highly esteemed English family. Mr. Mellon charged that his wife had for gotten her marriage vows while on board the steamship Kalserln Augusta i Victoria in January. 1903. He maae other accusations as to April of the same year In Paris, London. New York and Pittsburg. Wife Makes Determined - Klght. Mra. Mellon denied these charges and demanded a trial by Jury, blie con tested every phase of the case, fighting bitterly first to prevent the appoint ment of a master to hear the case. The action of Mellon' attorneys to have the caso advanced on the list for an early trial and the appointment of a master to go to England and France to take testimony were bitterly con tested In court by Mrs. Mellon. Young Curphey came to this country last Hummer, aa he said, "to demand an apology from Mellon." Curphey and hla friend. Dr. Thomaa W. "Kerk- brlde, of the English army, who came to teatify for Mra. Mellon, were taken In custody at the Ritx-Carlton, charged with obstructing Justice. In Pitts burg Curphey had been summoned to appear before Mellon"s lawyers to give testimony. The affair was arranged. Mora than a year ago the question of the possession of the children was taken In the Orphans' Court and af- i ter the hearing Frauleln Bertha Meyer I was appointed guardian of the chll- , dren and the parents were permitted to visit them during' alternate weeka. An appeal to the Superior Court taken by Mra. Mellon from the decision waa abandoned and was not argued at the recent sitting of that court. i Mrs. Melloa Fasaoaa Beaaty. Mrs. Mellon waa Nora Mary McMul len. daughter of a famoua brewer. When they were married, 13 years ago, she was esteemed one of the most j beautiful women In Great Britain. It was said she had refused offers of mar- J rlage from half a dosen peers. They ' were married at the county aeat of the ; Mc.VIullcn family. In Herfordahlre, Eng land; he was then it years old and his wife only 20. Andrew W. McMnllen In president of Pennsylvania's greatest financial Insti tution, the Melton National Bank, here. His wealth la estimated conservatively at I3S.000.000. He has long been an associate of Henry C. Frlck and has had a leading part In all the atupen dous achemes of tha Smoky City's coal, coke and steel operations. Mrs. Mel Ion's Introduction Into Pittsburg so ciety waa an important event. Her youth and beauty and the Mellon mil lions gave her a commanding position Instantly. Sha was popular, but It la known now that ahe soon tired of tha ateel center and of the set in which her busband moved. tr CRIME FOLLOWS QUARREL Cabinetmaker, at Out WTIth Wife, Slashes Children and Kills Self. SAN FRANCISCO. May 2 Josepli Scbmltz, a cabinetmaker, slashed "his two Infant children and bis 7-year-old stepdaughter with a razor here early today" and then committed suicide by cutting bla throat. The children will live. Schmlts waa found at dawn with a gaa tub In hla mouth by his wife. with whom he had been quarreling. W. B. Reynolds Would Not Take $1000 for His System Bank President Indorses Leader Tank I A. L Ledbury Is Pleased With His Plant I Jno. T. Moe Says System Gives Excellent Satisfaction Vancouver Man 0. K.s the Mitchell-Leader CLACKAMAS, OR. CLACKAMAS, OR. ' Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co- Portland. Or. . Gentlemen : I am pleased with my water system that you installed. I think more of it every day, an,d w0"ld not take $1000 for it if I were obliged to do with out it. Very respectfully yours, W. B. REYNOLDS. GRESHAM, OR. . FIRST STATE BAKK, Gresham, Or. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland, Or. Gentlemen : We wish to say that the Leader Tank which you installed for us a few months ago is giving perfect satisfaction. We had you install this tank after we ha,d tried for six months to use a tank of another make without success. The Lead er Tank has the appearance of a well-built tank. Yours truly, A. MEYERS, Pres. CLEONE, Or, May 21, 1912. Mitchell, Lewis & Starer Co. . : ' Gentlemen: I have had the Leader Water System through a Summer and Win ter, and am very much pleased with it. Would not be without it for anything. There is no drying or freezing up with this system. When you wish a force of water you can have it with the Mitchell Leader System. I live out adjoining Park Rose, ten minutes' walk from the end of the carline. You are welcome to come out and take some pictures of my place, and if the pictures prove good I will buy theni of you. Yours truly, A. E. LEDBURY. PORTLAND, OR. .. ' PORTLAND, Route 1. Mitchell, Lewis 4 Staver Co., Portland, Or. Gentlemen: I purchased from you last Spring a Mitchell Leader .Water Sj-stem, and wish to state that it has given excellent satisfaction. " Can recommend it very . . . T ATT FM "a T " T-' mgmy. xours very inuy, wxx L. , Vancouver, wash. VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH THE SYSTEM VANCOUVER, Wash., May 16, 1912. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland, Or. Gentlemen: I am very well pleased with my water system. Could not get along without it. Have water in the bam, woodshed, garden and in the house. The engine works very nicely. I have no pictures of my house, but will send them if I get them soon. I have also received the last pipe you sent. It was in good condition. Yours very truly, J. E. 0 'FLAHERTY, Route 6. Mitchell. Lewis & Staver Co., Portland, Or. - Gentlemen: Yours of the 29th received and contents noted. In regards to the Mitchell-Leader Water System, will say that it is fully up to our expectations, and will recommend it to all persons who are wanting a system of that kind. They will make no mistake in haying one installed, for they furnish a good water supply, and then there is no trouble about having plenty of water in a dry season like the one just passed. Hoping this will be satisfactory, I am, Yours respectfully, , J. L. KRUSE. RIDGEFIELD, WASH. - RIDGEFIELD, Wash., May 16, 1913. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. Dear Sirs : The Leader Water System you installed for me is entirely satisfactory in every way. It is convenient and is an economical system, which should be in every home. Yours very respectfully, H. J. POTTER. BORING, OR. ' BORING, Or., May 17, 1912. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland, Or. Gentlemen: Perhaps you can use a letter from me in regard to your Mitchell Leader Water System. I feel that I ran write very approvingly of your outfit My barn is 100 feet from the house, the bathroom is on the second floor, tank in the basement; well is about 26 feet deep, in which I have a Myers ratchet pump. 1 can put plenty of water to these places with no less labor than a good many pumps do or dinary pumping. I can recommend this nir-pressure water system to- anyone. It is advisable to install an engine where a large quantity of water is needed. Hoping this proves a welcome line, I am, respectfully, ,' 'r GEO. H. BICKFORD. COVELL STATION. : GIVING ENTIRE SATISFACTION ' . COVELL STATION, Oct. 7, 1910. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland, Or. Gentlemen: The Mitchell-Leader Water System installed by your firm a short time ago is giving me entire satisfaction, and I shall be pleased to recommend its use when ever opportunity may arise. Yours very' truly, A. BARNES, - Box 173, Route 1, Milwaukie, Or. LAKEWOOD STATION . MILWAUKIE, Or., May 14, 1912. , Mitchell, Lewis k Staver Co., Portland, Or. Gentlemen : I am more than pleased with the Leader System you installed for me. We have cool drinking water at all times, and are able to enjoy the conveniences of the bath, washroom and other sanitary water-fixtures, ine system needs no atten tion, other than an occasional oiling, and automatically keeps a good pressure at all times, at little cost. Yours very truly, W. H. EDWARDS. 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