Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 28, 1908, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextrilH 3I0KMXO OliEGOXIAX, MONDAY, DECE3IBEU 28, I90S. LSTEINHEItTO forth In the Yellowstone Park, which lies 75 miles southeast of Virginia City. AUTO SHOOTS No damage has resulted other than con siderable plaster having been thrown down. RE 1 LIKE MM ;v v.'.V"""-''.; j mm -mi m MAIN PRISON COMET 41 i Prospect of Other Arrests Re vives Interest in Paris Murder Case. NEW EVIDENCE IS FOUND A ecu - d Woman Attempts Suicide After Making Kevelatlons to Paris Journalists, Accord ing to Report. PARIS, Dec. 27. (Special.) More ar rests are impending in the Stelnhell case, according to reports current here. Talk of the prospective liberation of Madame Stelnhell has ceased, and it is now ex pected that Alexandre Wolff and Mariette j Wolff will soon be incarcerated. The investigation has brought out the fact that on the night when Mm. Stelnhell made, her sensational revela tlons to the journalists in regard to Alexandre Wolff rhe attempted to com mlt suicide, and that Mariette Wolff tried to kill herself the same evening. After the journalists had left Mine, Stelnhell had a long conversation with Mariette. She sobbed and cried: "Mariette, I cannot bear this sus pense. Bring me some strychnine. I wish to kill myself." Mariette later took her up a revolver. which tier cousin. Mm. Chabrler. took awav from her. Later Mme. Chabrler found the cook trying to asphyxiate herself in the kitchen. Mariette W.olff. when confronted with Mme. Chabrler. admitted that her mis tress had tried to commit suicide, but tlenled making an attempt herself, letter, when Mme. Stelnhell was con fronted with Mariette Wolff, she ad mitted that anything Mariette said was sure to be true. The reconstitution of the crime will probably be one of the events of next week, which may throw more light on the investigation. Hypnotism, which has been talked of for some time as method of making Mme. Stelnhell di vulge the truth, is also being consid ered. There Is a precedent for this In former cases in France. In one of these rases Dr. Llegeois. professor In the medical school at Nancy, which is rival of the Salpetriere in Paris, as sisted. It was the dream of this man's life to solve crimes by means of hypno tism. Remy Couillard was re-examined this week, being asked if the cords which bound Mme. Stelnhell were very tight. He answered: 'Those that I untied, no. She was bound with cords wrapped around only once, and her feet were scarcely tied together at all. The knots around her wrists were more complicated." "And the cord around her neck?' "It was so loose." replied Couillard "that I did not think to take it off. M. Lecoq took It off later." Couillard also described a scene whic h occurred the next morning, when Mme. Stelnhell pretended to be too weak to move. Soon after the doctor left her. In a condition where she ap parently was unable to lift a finger, the telephone bell rang, and she sprang out of bed and ran to answer It. Couillard also affirmed that Mme. Stelnhell had ordered him to take the dog away on the day of the crime. A theater in the district near Mont Parnasse has a play prepared, which it will put on as soon as some of the de tails of the case are settled. The drama is called "IA ff aire Stelnhell." The prologue presents the death of Presl dent Felix Faure. The first act occurs at the villa in the Impasse Ronsln dur ing a reception. The next act is con cerned with the tragic night of the murders. The scenes which follow concern themselves with the mysterious pearl. Journalists, policemen and til St. Lazare Prison, and the drama ends fittingly with the apotheosis and mar rlage of Mme. Steinheil. CHRISTMAS DINNR FATAL Rodney L. West Taken Sick After Eating and Dies Next Day. A victim of hia Christmas dinner. Rodney L. West, an employe of the Yale laundry, died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at his home, 1S5 East Fourteenth street, fnm ptomaine poisoning. West and his wife had invited another married couple to dine with them Christmas day. They dined at 6:30 o'clock in the evening and West was immediately taken ill. Neither his wife or either of their guests seemed to suffer from the meal and just what portion of the food contained the poison germs is unknown. During the early part of Christmas night West's illness was not serious, but after his guests had gone, he was seized with terrible pains and Dr. J. A. Pettlt, of East Thirty-fourth and Belmont streets, was summoned to attend him. West's condition continued to become more critical until 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when his face suddenly turned black and he died. An investigation is being instituted to trace the source of the poison. The decedent was a veteran of the Spanish American War. and served as a Corporal in Company B of the Seventy first New York Volunteers. He had lived In Portland for the past three years and Turns Three Somersaults and Lands a Blazing Wreck on Racecourse. CHAUFFEUR IS UNINJURED Speotaoulnr Accident atLos Angeles Contest Slakes Exhibition Meet One of Most Exciting In His tory of Daredevil Driving. IJOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 27. One of the most spectacular accidents ever oc curring In an American automobile race J PROMINENT FIGURES IN GREAT PARIS MURDER MYSTERY K - I S s t " 3 r .,,,.. , - :, j if ,-.;Tt-v - . v 4 l. ' : :-' '' I - s i X. ' - ;ji V Si, . if , h Ji-I ! i" t ' - 1 . i x I j V 5 " v r tf , ,M f i 3 ! t t y 1 x - V j 4 M MB. STEI.VHEIL A D HER DAtGHTDIt MARTHA. came here from New York City. Two years ago he married Miss Irene Harvey, native of Portland, whose brother. Louis Harvey, Is In the office of the Pull man Car Company In this city. They have no children. He also has a brother in this city, W. N. West, of 157 Arcadia street. A number of relatives live in the East and arrangements are being made to end the body back to New York City for burial. NORTH END HOUSE RAIDED STORM'S DAMAGE $20,000 Wind and Waves Play Havoc Belli ngham Waterfront. BELLING HAM. Wash.. Dec. 27. (Spe cial.) A fierce westerly gale, which has swept over this section for the past two days, ha strewn the shore of Bellingham Bay with wreckage, and it Is estimated that the damage to mill property and shipping from the heavy seas will total S20.000. Thousands of feet of logs were lost when a dozen big booms broke loose and were scattered by the waves. The fishing schooner Bessie was sunk, sev eral smaller craft washed ashore and 15000 damage caused when the ship Jupiter snapped her cables and ran amuck among other vessels. All the mills have been closed down today because of the high water, and several blocks of waterfront streets and two trestles have disappeared in the waves. MORSE'S SON KILLS MAN Member of Taft's Class at Yale in Trouble in Mexico. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Dec. 27. In re- Meyer Kutner's Place Entered by Police and Two Girls Found. For the first time since Mayor Lane's moral crusade swept over the North End and wiped it out of official exist ence, a den of vice was officially dis covered Saturday night and raided by the police. The resort was found in the house conducted by Meyer Kulner, one of the oldest and most widely known of the North End divekeepers, at the corner of Fourth and Flanders streets. The raid was made by Detectives An nudson and Johnson, and, besides Kut ner, who was found in the- saloon on the ground floor, Viola Smith, 23 years old, and Ida Goldstein. 26 years old, were arrested and taken to the City Jail. A number of other women are be lieved to have been in the building at the time, and escaped the olice by leaving by another entrance. Kutner is 65 years old and has kept similar re sorts for a great many years in this city. He provided bail for himself and the two women. Kutner Inst night after his arrest boasted that, he would make revela tions during the next few days which would astonish the police. According to Kutner there are 15 or more dis orderly houses now operating In the North End, despite the efforts of the police. happened at Ascot Park yesterday, whon the fiont tire on the White racer "Whistling Hilly" broke on & curve while Gus Seyfrie.l, of San Francisco, was driving at more than a mile a minute, the car turning three complete somersaults In the air, a blazing ball of flame, and land ing a broken wreck in the center of the track where it was practically consumed. The occupant was thrown out with ter rific force, but sustained only minor cuts and bruise. The accident occurred on the first curve, just after Seyfrled had crossed the line in an effort to lower the mile record for the track of 53 2-5 seconds, established a few minutes before by G. H. Hughes in a Christie. Tile principal racing feature of the day was the winning of tne 2o-mlle event be tween a Stearns, Marmion and Mitchell. C. Soules driving a Stearns, lowering the wcrld's record for stock cars in the fast time of 25 minutes 36 3-5 seconds. standardlng start. Another event was the defeat of Hughes in a Christie machine made by Barney Oldiield. driving "Big Ben," in the semi final sweepstakes of five miles. The time was 4:54 4-5. Seyfried was to have made this a three-cornered contest by the White, but the accident prevented the contest. The White won the tlve-mllo event for cars costing $3000 or Marmion car finishing second Pope-Hartford third. Oldtield drove an exhibition 56 2-5 secorTds. For this annual house-cleaning event we have singled out many thousands of dollars' worth of desirable merchandise from various sections of this store and marked it without thought of actual value or original cost. Values that regular sales do not duplicate. Good, clean merchandise from our regular high-class stocks. The goods offered include Small Lots, Broken Lines, Overstocks r -- - and Discontinued Numbers, but are all seasonable and now in general demand. . That is the reason for this big sale event. Prices Have Been Cut V3 to V2 Some Even More If 0 ' HaF TfP o RICH MAN IS THAiViP Heir to $500,000 Sentenced to Workhouse. SERVED IN ARMY AND NAVY Voung Baltimore Society Man De- scrt9 and Mingles With I,os An geles Toughs Will Get For tune Soon After Release. LOS AXGEL.ES, Dec. 27. Heir to half million dollars and entitled to a posi tion in Baltimore society, William Jef ferson Powell has been sentenced to serve ISO days in the workhouee In this city on a vafrrancy charge. He says he will come into possession of his fortune at the age of 25 years, three months after he Is released from the workhouse. He ran away from his guardian in 1S03 and enlisted In the 18th Battery, Field Artillery, and was stationed at Jolo, Philippine Islands. Later he was sent to Vancouver Barracks, "Washing ton. When he finally secured his dis charge from the Army, Powell imme diately enlisted In the Navy. He was ssigned to the United States steamer Philadelphia and was stationed at Bremerton Navy-yard. " His love for a girl In San Diego caus ing him to desert and go there, he was arrested and sentenced to pay a fine of $100. He paid the money and came to Los Angeles. Here he took up with a bod element and was arrested several times on suspicion. He was finally tried on a vagrancy charge and sentenced to serve ISO days in tne workhouse. "I am going to come out of this place new man. he said tonight. Conner. Dr. G. B. Bruere. M. Davis. B. C. Dey, W. L. Brew.ter, R. L. Donald, R. H. Ellis. E. J. Falling. Well. Gilbert, A. A. Hampton, H. H. Herdman, H. W. Hog-ue, C. S. Holbrook, H. C. Huntington. 8. G. Jewett, J. t E. Kin. R. W. Kelly, C. H. Labbe. R. W. Mersereau, R. J. Marsh, H. M. Montgomery. C. G. Murphy, R. W. Mon tague, D. Nelson, J. C Macllnnls, R. J. O'Nell. A. J. McComb. H. G. Piatt, R. T. Piatt. F. A Rasoh. H. L. Powers. F. B. Riley. M. W. Smith. H. C. Smith. A. W. Smith, W. F. G. Thacher, O. C. Spencer. A. B. Slauson. M. D. Spencer. O. B. Wright. F. W. Watson, C. Wernicke. C. R. Frailer. M. V. Fisk, L. R. Allen, A. W. Bane. W. S. Dole, R. Dunlway, T. A. Garron, F. B. Eaton. J. Burkhardt, J. A. Keating, G. Rae. G. Stubblef ries, H. M. Tomllnson, H. A. Rands, W. S. Turner, L. H. Brlggs. Max Wood. M. B. Moore. P. McD. Fuller. Walter S. Asher, J. A. Hill, R. B. Sinnott, A. L. Gile, C. S. Holiel. PASTOR GETS YEGG In Empty Church Minister Overpowers Burglar. Parrot and Cat Electrocuted. New York World. Francis Loehr until recently was the proud owner of a big green parrot that used to sit in the window of the ground floor apartment and make comments upon the passing world. When the cool weather came Mr. Loehr decided to give the parrot a run about the room. Ac cordingly Polly was allowed out of her cage In the front room and allowed to stretch her wings. Hanging from an electrolier was a green-covered wire that feeds a table droplight. The parrot got hold of this and picked off the winding. In a sec ond it was all over with Polly, who lay lifeless on the table, her beak clutching the exposed wire. A pet cat thought. evidently, that a meal of parrot would be good, and sunk her teeth in the bird's leg. That's how Mr. Loehr found them both dead. MAN PLEADS FOR LIBERTY A SEW DEPARTURE. The cost of interments has been greatly reduced by the Holman Under taking Company, Heretofore it has been the custom of funeral directors to make charges for all incidentals connected with a funeral. The Edward Holman Under taking Company, the leading funeral uirectors of Portland, have departed from that custom. When casket is fur nished by us we make no extra charge's for embalming, hearse to cemetery, outside box or any services that may be required of us. except clothing. cemetery and carriages, thus effecting it savinc- of S25 to i V on each funeral. THB EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAK ING CO.. 220 Third St.. cor. Salmon. Even Offers His Captor Fifty Cents for Freedom, but .Divine Hangs On and Turns Marauder Over to Police. SAN KRAXCISO, Dee. 27. -Rev. C. N. Lathrop, rector of the Church of the Advent, after a desperate struggle to night, captured Albert J. White in the act of ransacking the church. Mr. Lathrop went to the church this evening at S o'clock, as is his custom on Saturdays, and, upon turning on tlio lights, discovered a side window broken. Rushing around to the rear door, he found White. A ptrugRle ensued. In which the minister proved victor, and he took his prisoner across the street to a store, where the police were noti fied. White pleaded with the minister to be released and promised never to try burglary again, but his pleadings had no effect. Finally, as a last resort, he tried to bribe his captor with SO cents with which to pay for the broken window. When searched at the police station a Jimmy and other burglar tools were found. The Church of the Advent was entered I by burglars' once before, about ten dnvs ago, when several articles were takeu. BOYS HONOR MURDERER Bengal Youths Sing Praises of Bru tal Thug. CALCUTTA. Dec. 27 (Special) Khu dlram Bose, who murdered two English women at Muzafferpore, still commands enormous Influence among the Benga'l youth. During a recont festival a re markable proceeding was witnessed in Beldon street, when a number of boys were seen singing and marching, carry ing Khudiram's portrait covered with garlands and flags. Booklets containing his portrait and a stirring song were distributed. The song translated runs thusly : The fearless martyr went to work Without a trace uf tlread. With the burden of Ills duly Resting on his head. In the name of Mother dear. He plunged In horrid strife. And hailed with a hero's grace The sentence on his lite! Then the world shuddered at A sacrifice so meet. And red. red tiloomed the lotuses At the Mother's feat! Our l-nr-I-limit Iluttle Line. Springlield (Mass.) Republican. An illustration of how far "our far flung battle line" is being extended and strengthened is furnished by the announcement that formal approval has been give n by the Navy Department for the building of the largest drydock in the world. This dock. 1100 feet long and 11(1 feet wide, will he located at IVarl Harbor, Hawaii, where the great naval base for the ships of our Pacific fleet is to be constructetl and fortified. Its reported dimensions will make tills dock lar je enough to accommodate two of the biggest battleships of the North Dakota class at the same time, or threo of the older battleships, or nearly a whole fleet of smaller vessels. Webfoot Oil Blacking keeps rest arj. Makes shoes last. All dealers. lees, and the the mile in ATTEMPT TO KIOMP FAILS XIXA PAYNE, ACTRESS, ESCAPES ADMIliEK S CLUTCHES. sponse to urgent appeals by wire from STEAMER STRIKES WHARF New Tork. Theodore V. Johnston will leave this city tomorrow . morning for Trinidad. Lower California, to render aid to William G. Morse, who is under arrest there, the charge, it is believed, being that he killed a Mexican. William G. Morse, who is a son of Professor 9. FT B. Morse, of telegraphy fame, and who was a member of Presi dent-elect Taft s class at Tale, went to the Campbell ranch near Trinidad soma time ago for the benefit of his health. Little is known of the trouble that re sulted In his arrest, but his friends in New York are very anxious for some one to go to Trinidad In his behalf, and Mr. Johnston, who Is himself a New Yorker, has consented to go. Roanoke Collides With Klevenhusen Cold Storage Plant. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 27. (Special.) About 11 o'clock last night, as the steamer Roanoke, which was en route down the river, was approaching Altoona. her steering gear became disabled and before the headway could be checked, the vessel collided with the Klevenhusen cold storage plant. A portion of the wharf and the front of the warehouse were carried away. The vessel was not Injured and the damage to tiie cold stor age plant amounts to about 95000. NEW GEYSER MAY RESULT STAGE MARRIAGE BARRED Earth on Borders of Yellowstone Park Still Trembling. VIRGINIA CITY, Mont., Dec. 27. (Special.) Thirty earthquakes have been felt in this section since last Sunday af ternoon, the last tremor being recorded at 4:10 yesterday morning. The ground has trembled very perceptibly, with the arthwave apparently" coming from the aouth. which has lent color to the theory that a big-new geyser is about to burst Tom Longboat Must Go to Church With Bride. TORONTO. Ont., Dec. 27.-The mar riage of Tom Longboat, the long-dist ance runner to Miss Marlacle. a Mo hawk maiden, will not occur on the stage at Massey Hall as had been planned. The bishop of the Anglican Church refused to sanction the appearance of a minister of the denomination In an affair of the kind. The wedding will be solemnized in the church on Wednesday. Portland Man Accused of Trying to Chloroform Girl as She Is Leaving Theater. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 27. (Spe cial.) Made desperate by mad infatuation for Nina Payne, a beautiful vaudeville actress, a wealthy young French resident of Portland, whose name neither the actress nor the police will divulge, last night attempted to chloroform and kid nap the girl, as she was leaving tho theater. The abduction was evidently carefully plannea out, as the man had rig waiting for him, within a few yards ot where he seized the girl. Miss Payne's struggles and cries for help attracted the attention of Police Detective Tom Nugent, and as he ran up the French man dropped the girl. Miss Payne recognized he- assailant. In spite of the darkness, and though she would not give his name to any but the police, she states that he is a man who has followed her to Bellingham from Portland, where he saw her on the stage, and fell passionate ly in love with her. In that city, she says, he showered her with attentions, forced gifts upon her, and proposed marriage to her. When she came to Bellingham, her ad mirer followed, but disappeared on Wed nesday. She relaxed the precautions ahe had exercised up to this time, and the at tempt to kidnap her was the result. The whole matter was kept a secret at the time of its occurrence, and a desperate effcrt was made to ktep It out of print today. HERO MEDAL FOR FREETH DASHED THRICE INTO AXGRY SEA TO SAVE LIVES. Los Angeles Council Will Ask Gov ernment to Reward Ksecuer of Japanese Fishermen. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27.-The Council of this city was asked today to introduce the resolution of the Ocean Park Board of Trustees asking the Na tlonal Government to provide a medal for George Freeth of the United States Life Saving Corps at Venice. The resolution recites that December 16 George Freeth and the life-saving crew at Venice saved the lives of 11 Japanese fishermen at imminent risk to themselves Freeth was the conspicuous hero of the occasion. A heavy storm was blowing off the Venice breakwater and the Japanese sought shelter behind it. They were in three boats and were unable to manage them. Three times Freeth jumped into the angry sea and carried lifelines to the boats. The third time he jumped into one of the boats and safely steered it to shelter. By his action the U lives were saved. The resolution declares he did this without thought or hope of reward, acting only as his duty prompted him. BANQUET GIVEN SCHURMAN Cornell Head Feasted at University Club by Collegians. President Jacob Gould Schurman. of Cornell University, was the guest of honor Saturday at a banquet given in his honor by the University Club and Port land members of the Cornell alumni. ine occasion Drougnt together over 150 college men and they thoroughly enjoyed the scholarly address deliv ered by President Schurman. and also the speeches of President J. R. Wilson. or the Portland Academy and C. E. S. Wood. The banquet was a characteristic college gathering, and during the even ing the song that has thrilled Cornell students during the days of the "grind" was sung again last night. The guests of honor and those who attended the banquet follow: J. U. Schurman, J. B. Wilson, William n. Wheelwiicht. W. M. l,add. C. K. S. Wood. J. W. Anderson, J. D. Carson. D. P. Cam eron, A. W. Chance, E. 1. Connell, H. F. NO PAIN! NO GAS! We keep in our employ only dentists of practical experience, who have spent years of study in preparing themselves in all branches of dentistry. When people visit Portland from out of town they must take advantage of the opportunity and have their dental work attended to. The Union Dentists have a full corps of old, time-tried crown and bridge workers and painless extractors. And don't forget our pros thetic dentist in making up your mind where to go. Full Set of Teeth KM Written Guarantee on All Work for TEN YEARS TEETH WITHOUT PLATES Have your teeth out in the morning and go home with new ones the same day. If jrou wear a plate, perfect fit is necessar' for appearance, comfort and the proper mastication of food. Unless your plate is properly made, swollen gums and kindred troubles will be jour lot. "We pay particular attention to this branch of the profession, and our work cannot be improved upon. UNION PAINL 221V2 MORRISON STREET, CORNER FIRST STREET. LADY ATTENDANTS. PAINLESS EXTRACTION . . . 50 22-KAR AT CROWNS ...,$5.0O BRIDGE WORK $5.00 OUR BEST PLAIN PLATE.. . .$8.00 ALL-LINED PLATE 15.00 NERVOUS PEOPLE And those afflicted with heart weakness can now have their teeth extracted, filled and bridge work applied without the least pain or danger. ESS DENTISTS