THE MOBXING OREGOS1AN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1909.
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There are going to be a great many homes like the one above at
Westmoreland within a few months; is yours going to be one of them?
Westmoreland offers home building attractions and advantages which
have until the present been foreign to Portland people.
Westmoreland embodies the greatest home movement in Portland
today because:
It's nearer the city than any other first-class addition.
It is a proposition that appeals to the great middle class.
If there were any other addition to which it could be compared West
moreland would be found to be much lower in price. ' Has the best and
most frequent car service in the city. Heated cars in Winter think of
that ! Beautiful scenery on the ride to Westmoreland. Unsurpassed view
of the mountains.
Westmoreland has arc lights; it doesn't have to depend on the moon.
Ten-foot parking throughout the tract. Graded streets. Cement
curbs and sidewalks.
The whole tract to be planted to shade trees.
Perfect drainage, there being a gentle slope down toward a beautiful
little lake and creek.
Those getting in now can deduct 10 per cent from the regular price of
any lot, but not after a week or so. Terms 10 per cent down, 2 per cent
per month.
It's easy to buy a lot in Westmoreland, and it's easy to put up a home.
Ask our building department about it.
Take the Sellwood car to Bybee street there's no walking simply
get off the car, cross to the opposite curb and you're there.
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showing the character of the homes Westmoreland will boast of. The
other looking from above Crystal Springs Lake out across the Willamette
and taking in Council Crest, Portland Heights, South Portland, The Oaks,
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PLESS MYSTERY
Body Found at Pendleton Is
Thought to Be That of
Bellingham Man.
ROMANCE JARRED KAISER
Missing Bellingham Resident Was
Forced to Flee From Fatherland
Because of Scandal Connected
With Wife of Army Officer.
PENDLETON. Or.. June 29. (Spe
cial.) Two newspaper clippings, one
telling of the mysterious disappear
ance of Curt Plena, of Bellingham.
Wash., and one of the finding of the
body of a tall man with skull crushed
floating In the Columbia River oppo
site this city, nearly a month ago. may
lead to a clew which ,will result In
solving both mysteries. The descrip
tions of the two men tally to such a
remarkable extent that local officers
are Inclined to believe the victim of
the mysterious murder was none other
than the president of the Pless Grain
Hay Company, of Bellingham. who
dropped from sight a few days before
his young wire gave Dirtn to a oaDy
girl in the last part of January.
The striking resemblance In the de
scriptions of the men in the two cases
was first noticed by Mrs. Anna w lxon
of Sherlock. Wash., who immediately
forwarded the two clippings to Chief
of Police Gurdane of this city.
Pless is described as a man six feet.
six inches in height with a physique
!n proportion. A hurried measurement
of the dead man found jammed Into the
box showed six feet five Inches. Pless
is also described as a man of striking
appearance, and while decomposition
had set in, the features of the myster
ious man in the box were those of a
man of commanding appearance. His
heavy brown mustache. Just tinged
with gray, was well kept and that of
a man careful in appearance. His hands
also showed that in life the man had
not been acustomed to use them In
labor.
Coroner Folsom. of Umatilla County,
is quoted as saying that the body found
in the box had undoubtedly been dead
three or four months. Coroner Folsom
says that if Pless wore a brown mus
tache tinged with gray, the body of the
man found in the river here was un
doubtedly that of Pless.
Forced to Leave Germany.
Though Pless disappeared in the lat
ter part of January, after leaving for
Wenatchee. Wash., on a brief business
trip, the body of the man floating In
tiie Columbia early in June might eas
ily have been his. It is well-known
that a body can remain in cold running
water for months -and still not ba badly
decomposed. Especially could this be
true If the body were tightly nailed
in a box as was this one, for there
would be no opportunity for It to be
battered or torn to pieces.
It will be remembered that since the
mysterious disappearance of Pless it
has been brought to light that his name
was formerly Curt Von Pless, and that
he had been compelled to make a hur
ried exit from his native land of Ger
many several years ago as a result of
a scanaai which is said to have shaken
the German court. The theorv has.
therefore, been advanced that perhaps
members of that Justly famous secret
police which guards the German Kaiser
at Berlin, might be able to throw some
light on the subject of the mysterious
disappearance.
The first , theory advanced for his
disappearance was that of financial
troubles, since the failure of the Pless
Hay & Grain Company, of which he
was president, followed fast on the
heels of his departure. A further In
vestigation, however, showed that
something else was responsible for his
disappearance. Many of his creditors
have announced that they would gladly
have given him all the time he needed
to straighten out ' his business affairs.
Dnel Was Never Fought.
According to the story of the re
ported scandal which lead to Pless
leaving Germany, Pless was at the
head of a commissary department of a
division of the German army when he
became Involved in a scandal with the
young and beautiful wife of one of the
highest officers in the army, stationed
at the Kaiser's court. Whether or not
there was basis for the officer's action
probably never will be known, but he
challenged Pless to a duel. Pless ac
cepted the challenge. Details were ar
ranged and the men were to meet with
swords early one morning on the out
skirts of Berlin.
Friends of the officer, however, who
had "been pleading and arguing with
him not to disgrace himself by duelling
with a civilian, finally decided to lay
the story before the Emperor. Accord
ing to this report, these men were of
that clique which later gained unen
viable notoriety in the German news
papers as "Knights of the Round Ta
ble," who at that time possessed great
Influence with the Emperor. The In
famous condition of affairs then exist
ing at the court had not yet been ex
posed and these men, it is said, dreaded
that the officer's duel -with Pless might
bring about revelations that would in
volve the entire court in scandal.
Kaiser Wilhelm flew into a tre
mendous rage when he learned of the
circumstances, and ordered the army
officer to forego the duel on penalty of
disgrace. Cherishing the bitterness of
gall in his heart, the army man was
compelled to obey, but an attempt was
made to mollify him by -getting Pless
out of the country. No one ever has
discovered, and only the secret police
know, what representations were made
to Pless.
Wife's Ijife Also a Romance.
At that time Pless was about to te
married to the woman who now awaits
his return in Bellingham. She was a
young and Ignorant girl and is said to
have known nothing of the secret. The
marriage was carried out and the
couple departed at ' once on ' what the
bride supposed was to be a honeymoon
tour or America. It proved a Journey
that had no end until the couple
reached Western America.
Roman tlo and mysterious also are the
stories told of Mrs. Pless' early life.
Her first recollection, it is said, is of
finding herself in a convent, provided
from some undlvulged source with all
the funds that could possibly be spent
upon her education. She was taken
to the various capitals of Europe for
the finishing touches of culture and
was given a knowledge of European
languages that is truly remarkable and
this knowledge is now standing her In
good stead. Without warning, the lib
eral allowance ceased when she gained
her majority, and to this day, intimate
friends assert, she has no clew of the
source of the money. But she became
engaged to Pless in a peculairly ro
mantic manner and they were married
after a courtship of a few days, neither
knowing of the other's history.
After taking up their residence in
Bellingham they did not discuss their
rast life in" the Fatherland with even
their most intimate friends and it is
doubtful if the details of the past life
of either was known to the other. Mrs.
Pless is reported to have said, since
her husband's disappearance, that she
always feared something misrht hsnnon
to him. "because he always carried a
loaaea gun.
TRY HERMANN SOON
Case In Court This Year if at
All, Heney Says.
work as president of the Development
Congress will end with the convention
at Coos Bay in August, and even then
he declares he will not become a can
didate. -
DAMAGE SUIT REOPENED
evening. Interesting programmes are
being arranged for the services.
EXPECTS TO BE, ELECTED
Will Be Candidate on Independent
Ticket for Prosecuting Attorney.
Insists Members ' Calhoun
Jnry Were Bribed.
ROSERTJRG, Or., June 29. Special.)
"Binger Hermann will be tried during the
present year, if at all," said Francis J.
Heney here tonight. "I received a letter
from the United States Attorney-General
about two months ago, asking me to take
up the remainder of the Oregon land
fraud cases as soon as possible," Heney
continued. "Owing to business matters, I
have not been able to answer the letter."
Asked whether his election as District
Attorney at San Francisco would delay
the Hermann trial, Heney declared that
It would not, inasmuch as he would not
take the office until next year.
When shown a dispatch from San Fran
cisco to the effect that the Supreme Court
had handed down a decision upholdtng
those sections of the primary law pro
viding that no candidate can accept two
nominations and that a candidate must
have registered two years in succession In
the nominating party to be qualified,
Heney smiled and said:
"I will make the run on an independent
ticket, and you may rest assured that I
will win by a vote of two to one."
Commenting on the Calhoun trial, Heney
?uiii n.cu. x ne trial wmch has just
closed at San Francisco shows conclusive
ly that conditions were against the prose
cution. I have nothing to say as to how
the second trial of Calhoun wll terminate,
especially when the defense has plenty of
money in easy reach of the jurors. I am
convinced that certain Jurors were bribed
in the Calhoun trial, but of course I am
unable to furnish proof to substantiate
my assertion."
Mrs. Henev arr1vH hora o
by railroad from Grants Pass, having
ouuuucu mo auio at mat place. She
was entertained during the afternoon at
the home nf T T? SK.pt.n i j .
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im .first .National Bank. Mr. Heney
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guard, arrived this evening, intending to
resume the Innmov n,w.-i
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eany nour tomorrow morning.
j-ne memoers of the party are enjoying
excellent health and expect to remain in
ma flonn aDout two weeks.
UNDERWOOD GETS FACTORY
Dement Bros., of Walla Walla, Will
Establish Flouring Mil.
UNDERWOOD. Wash., June 29.
(Special.) Dement Bros., who formerly
operated a flouring mill at Walla Walla,
have obtained possession from R. D.
Cameron of 10 acres fronting on the
White Salmon River, three miles from
its mouth. They plan to erect an 80
foot dam at this point and from the
power developed there to operate a
200-barrel mill at Underwood. Dement
Bros.' water rights at Walla Walla have
been bought by the city as an increased
water supply.
Roseburg Secures Street-Lights.
ROSE BURG, Or., June 29. (Special.)
The City Council has adopted the decorative-post
street lighting system. The
posts will be purchased by the citizens,
while the cost of the current will be de
frayed bthe city.
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Supreme Court Orders New Trial in
Russell Case.
SALEM, Or.. June 29. (SneciaL)
The Supreme Court, In a long opinion
by Justice McBride, today ordered re
versed and remanded the case of J. A.
Russell vs. the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company. The case is an
action for damages for the death of
plaintiff's son, who was killed by one
of defendant's trains, and was tried at
the Pendleton term on appeal from
Union County, Hon. T. H. Crawford,
Judge. The Supreme Court finds there
were errors in the trial court suffi
cient to warrant a new trial, which is
ordered. In the first trial plaintiff was
given a verdict for $7fi00.
The case of the German Savings &
Loan Society, respondent, vs. George
w. Gordon, appellant, is affirmed, in
an opinion written by Chief Justice
Moore. The case came up on appeal
from Multnomah County, where it was
tried by Judge Gantenbein.
The Appellate Court, in an opinion
by Justice King, denies a motion for
rehearing in the qase of Annie C.
Hough et al., plaintiffs and respondents,
vs. S. A. D. Puter et al., defendants
and appellants, and George Durand et
aL, defendants and respondents.
Liquor-Seller FInea 9400.
ASTORIA, Or., June 29. (Special.)
An tone Kuljis, of Clifton, pleaded
guilty in the Circuit Court last night
to six indictments charging him with
selling liquor without a license. He
was fined $400 and costs on one indict
ment and Judgment on the other five
was suspended.
Native Son Passes.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 29. (Special.)
William S. Johns is dead at his home in
Green Point, aged 44 years. He was born
at Dilley, Washington County, Or., and is
survived by a widow and two children
George and Elmore, aged 15 and 13 years,
respectively. Death was due to tubercu
losis. Mr. Johns leaves five brothers and
three sisters H. O. Johns, of Portland;
Charles H., Philip S., Jeans S. and
Thomas T. Johns, and Mrs. Albro Burk,
of Kalama, Wash.; Mrs. Otto Wiepricht,
of Seaside, Or., and Mrs. Fred Seder
Strom, of Cook, Wash.
Northwest People In East.
NEW YORK, June 29. (Special.)
Visitors from the Northwest registered
at leading hotels today are:
From Spokane L. Church, at the
Hoffman.
From Seattle J. A. Baillargeon, at
the Wellington: W. E. Fry, at the Marlborough.
Hofer Not a Candidate.
PENDLETON. Or., June 29. (Spe
cial.) While passing through Pendle
ton last evening on his way to Burns
to attend the Development Congress
Colonel E. Hofer, of Salem, gave out
an interview in which he denies that
he is a candidate for Governor. His
Special Services on Sunday.
GLADSTONE, Or., June 29. (Spe
cial.) Rev. Mr. Mulkey and wife are
in attendance this week at the Chris
tian Convention and Campmeeting at
Turner. On Sunday, July 5, being the
anniversary of the organization of the
Gladstone Christian Church, special
services will be held both morning and
Right From
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or served with, fresh or
stewed fruit
Post
Toasties
are delicious.
'The Taste Lingers."
Put Lumber in River, Is Charge.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 29. (Spe
cial.) Norman R. Lang, resident di
rector of the Willamette Pulp & Paper
Company, was arrested here today by
Constable Miles. The company is
charged with dumping lumber waste in
the waters of the Willamette River.
The complaint was made by Water Bail
iffs George Rail and F. J. Birch. The
case has been set for trial on July 6
in Justice of the Peace Samson's Court.
KELSAY'S CLAIM REFUSED
rf
Vigorous
Old Age
Roseburg City Council Repudiates
Engineer's Bill for Salary.
ROSEBUR, Or., June 29. (Special.)
At a special meeting of the City Council
iiDi cvcuiub me- contract oetween r ranK
v. ivenay, 01 ronianq, Koseourg's pav
ing engineer, and the city was severed.
Kelsay's alleged balance of $161.21 was re
jected. The contract for the Deer Creek bridge,
to cost approximately $3000, was awarded
to the Perham Bridge Company, of
Marsh field. Work will be commenced at
once.
Hermann Wanted for Mayor.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jure 29. (Special.)
Friends of Binger Hermann are exerting
their efforts in the hope of inducing him
to accept the nomination for Mayor on
the Republican ticket this Fall. Mr. Her
mann, Is at present non-committal on
the subject.
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our piano exchange and bargain room still con
tains some splendid bargains in used upright and
grand pianos, but all must be cleared out by this eve
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yes, even as low as $84-about half actual value
grands at tremendous reductions, although in splen
did condition, some used pianolas, too, at surpris
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