THE MORXIXG OREG OXI AN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. lOtO.
HEIRESS ELOPER
GROWS riERVQUS
Girl Anxiously Awaits the Ar
j rival of Philadelphia
i . Policemen.
GOES TO CHICAGO THEATER
ulhori!lo Allow Maid to Have Hit
Way She Talks of "Father"
! Cohen. Whom She Kxoncrales
i
I'rom AIT nhinie.
' CHICAGO, ' Jan. Vl Roberta de
Jan on, the yoiin Philadelphia heiress
who w;is arrested litre Monday with
KreO-.-ri.-k t'olnn, tin; hotel waiter,
with wlmn, shu elopi-d JV'cmbtT 211,
became nerVons tonight after spend
ing 24 hours in a police station.
: The p-v), who related to the police
a reniaikahh- story of her attachment
for the Phihulrlphla waiter as an
adopted fat her. prow weary of watch -i
n t or- tho arrival of detect ives f rom
Philadelphia who are tc
her aranIfat ho.r's homo
take her to
from which
alio fled in disguise. -
Information reached the .authorities
that tlie Philadelphia authorities
probably would not arrive In time to
return with the n-irl and her elope
ment partner on a nlfjht train for the
Kust. and as Miss de Janon is merely
beiuK held and no charge is made
against her she was permitted to at
tend a theater -In company with de-
tecHvVs. j
Later idie was returned to the sta- j
tion to await the arrival o the of
ficers. Cidii'ii remained in a cell at the
Chit-it wo-A venue Station.
"Mr. Cohen, is in the viht." -she said
when fold that Cohn would be.jrose
cut.'d in Philadelphia. "It wa i who
persuaded him to h-ave Plii ladefphia ;
it was he who refused: it was he who
asked me. day after day, to return to
my ki'u nd father, and it was lie who
cared for me. If they start court ac
lion against Kretl, I wi.ll certainly po
ti liis defence. He has done nothing
Miss le Janon.. questioned by the po
ll re, sa id her eh ief desire was to elim
inate future trouble and return to her
fiiandlalher. She related the story of
her travels to Inspector "Wheeler, but
told Utile, she had not said to the po
lice last nikh'- Site reiterated that her
relations with Cohen had never been
any, except those between father and
daughter.
"I will promise never to have any
thing more to do with Mr. Cohen,' said
Miss Le Janon. - "I will try to give him
some money' if my grandparents will
allow it. Mr. Cohen told me he had
given his wife $200 before we started
on our trip. I .would like to. see his
family well provided for.
"I'll he glad when the detectives
come to take me back home.- I'll be
glad to see my father and grandfather,"
the girl cunt inued. "and I will ba -willing
to go to school."
Cohen talked freely- In -lite cell and told,
about hts relations with Miss.de Janon.
'l am just a waiter, but I feel that T
am as good as the De Janon girl, even If
she ip an heiress," satd Cohcm "I did not
inlluence her to leave Philadelphia. She
may ho young, but she lias ths- sencie and
understanding of a woman of 25.
"Miss de Janon is IT years old and I
am 42, and everyone will blame me be
cause of the d ! ffe rence in our a ges. I
raise my right hand and fwear that the
girl actually induced me to accompany
Her. She threatened to kill herself tin
lfs I went 'with her. All I ever had was
Platonic friendship and a fat herly fer-i-ihg
for her. There v. us no love between
us not real love. "We understood each
Other."
Among r he correspondence of Ro
berta de Janon and Cohen, found in
the elopers rooms, was the following,
written on the face of an envelope, no
date:
"To My Sweetheart Papa, From His
Sweetheart Daughter : li wish I could
have a Hi tie talk with ou tonight, as
1 nm feeling terribly s-ad, but guess we
will have to wait until tomorrow.
"If it is a niec? day and papa is not
ready to lake tootsie down town about
1 o'clock 1 will try to come down, but if
T hnd that's impossible, don't get angry.
iood nti; lit, dear."
This letter was evidently a reply to one
;n which the waiter threatened suicide:
"J think it is awfully unkind of you
to sav Kueh unkind things about killing
yourself. I think Ism unhappy enough
now without you trying to make rhe
more w, for you know, dear, 1 love n;y
sweetheart papa, ami would like always
to have you rear me, if it were only
' popsrble.
"t3oud-bye until tomorrow morning,
when I will expect a nice fatherly kiss
irom you.
M iss De Janon received the following
lelesrram imm her father tonight:
'Over loved to know my daughter is com
; ing hack to me. All Is forgiven. Wire
1 time and road you are coming on, so I
can meet you at some .point between Chi
t :mo arid Philadelphia. Answer prepaid
"FKUIUNAND UK JANON."'
GRANRl'ATHER l-'ORGIVES G1RI
.I-'lopor Wins Guardian hut Cohen
Will rr Prosecuted.
I'll 1LADELPH I A. Jan. 12. Opposing
, views as to which fs t lie guilty party in
' the. elopement of Koberta do- Janon and
', Krederiek Cohvn are held by the girl's
grandfather. Robert Ruirk. the million
aire seed man, and Mrs. Cohen, the wife
who was deserted when the couple fled
I'rmn thin city on December Ll. Mr. Buist
declare his granddaughter did not real
ize what she wn doing and was the vie
lim of an adventurer.
LVtectives aro now on their way to
Chicago to return the girl to her grand-
father and to bring Cohen here to face
t-harge of abduction. Mrs. Cohen says sht
ill stick to her husband. fcue says she
has no sympathy for the girl who, ehe
assorts; w a nted an escapade a nd chose
her husband to accomptish it.
"lie was a loving and faithful husband
until he became a victim of that foolish
girl." siiid the wife today. i am going
to ttick with Id in through his trouble?.
he re f ud to nay w lie the;- she would
m oceed with her $;VMH suit against Bui
and Miss de Janon, for alienation of her
husbard's affection.
liuist has fully forgiven the girl but he
has not permitted this to soften his feel
ir.g-? toward Cohen. He is bent on having
the man prosecuted but in this lie may not
he able to succeed. It is believed here
that the irl will plead to have Cohen go
unpunished.
UNITARIANS HOLD MEETING
1 "otly-Fourth Annual iailierini;
I imlf C )iur li iu ;oocl Condition.
Tho 4 4 1 1 1 Hnnual meeting of the
First Unitarian Cliurch, at Seventh
and Yamhill street, was held Tuesday
night. A banquet, at which about 200
members ' were seated, was griven at 6
o'c-Ioak and the business meeting, with
election of officers for the year, was
held .later.
At the business meeting, W. P. Olds
presided in the absence of the mod
erator, William F. Woodward. Finan
cial reports from the various societies
of the church were given as follows:
Women's Alliance, Miss Kate Kennell;
Sunday school, Miss Kate Jones; Young
People's Fraternity, Frank Kennell:
Christian Union, J. L. Barnard; Post
otTiMW Mission, Miss Ethel L. Gray. The
reports were encouraging as to at
tendance and general outlook for the
future, while the finances were reported
in good condition.
The officers elected were two trus
tees and a secretary. James D. Hart
and Mrs. 1 Hoffman succeeded them
selves as secretary and treasurer re
spectively.. F M. IJaehel ler was , elected
to succeed Mrs. "U W. Sitton as secre
tary. TJie nominating committee con
sisted of Captain A. " Pease, Mrs. K. S.
(ireenleaf and R. B. Lamson..
The pastor. W G- Eliot, Jr., in his
annual address commented on the
rapid growth of the church and spoke
of the present needs, urging closer
consideration by the members of the
various phases of church work. He
urged the members particularly to en
deavor to attend the Sunday evening
services more faithfully.
Dr. T. Tj. Eliot, pastor emeritus, in
the closing talk of the evening dwelt
on the general prosperity of the church
and of the city at large.
TIE HULL, BLIGHTS TOT
MARRIAGE TERMED ILLEGAL,
CHILD ILLEGITIMATE.
Mrs. Ruben IMerce, Sorry for Sake
of Two-Year-Old Sou Supreme
Court May Reverse.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 1& (Special.) !
Mrs. Ruben Pierce, whose marriage
to .Ruben Pierce, a saloonkeeper, was ,
declared il legal and invalid by Judge
A. W. Frater in the Superior Court
yesterda y, says the law has r laced a
blight on her -year-old son, as under
the court's ruling the child becomes an
il legit 1 mate offspring. The Pierces
have lived together more than two
years. They were married within tho
tux months which the laws of Wash
ington require shall elapse before d i-
vorced people - may again enter wed
lock. The marriage of the Pierces
took place in .Victoria, B. C, and was
contracted under the legal laws of
British Columbia.
'I was married "when I was IT years
old in Spokane," said Mrs. Pierce.
My husband was not capable of sup
porting me and I lived with him but
few months. It was several yeapr
before I procured my divorce, on ac
count of the case being adjourned. Not
having, money- enough I did not pro
cure it until February of 1907. Then
had lived in Seattle for several
months and was working. I had known
Mr. Pierce several months at the time
procured my divorce, and on the
evening of t hat day he was at my
rooms in the Radium Hotel with a few
other friends. He had often talked of
nuirriage to me before, and that even
ing he said before all the others, Now
we can be married, since you are di
vorced.' 'I taid that I would have to wait six
montns according to the state law. He
told me at that time that we could go
to some other state or. to Canada and
get married and it would be legal."
"I think that the case is without a
parallel,' said Attorney E. L. Sanders,
who appeared for Mrs. Pierce. "The
law which determines- the validity of
marriage, states that the domicile of
the contracting parties must be outside
of the Ftate. Jt doesn't make any dif
ference whether she stayed in Victoria
five daiys or six months. She Intended
that as her domicile when she left
here and gave, up her home in Seattle.
I feel sure .that the decision of the
Superior Court will be reversed by the
Supreme - ourt.
ROW STIRS UP ST. JOHN
CUy Attorney Collier Charged With
Xegleoting Ills Duty.
A heated discussion took place Tuesday
night at a -meeting of the St. John
City Council, when Chief of Police Bre-
ileson contended that the City'Attor
ney. H. E. Collier, is not attending
properly to his official duties.
The discussion arose over the charge
that prisoners are obliged to remain
In the St. John City Jail a long time
for a hearing, while the City Attorney
is attending to his private duties.
Councilman Johnson asserted that the
private Interests of the City Attorney
should come before the interests of the
city, while the Chief of Police con
tended that the attorney should live
up to the provisions of the charter,
which says that the attorneys should
give his entire time to the duties of
the city. The Chief said also that the
St. John attorney receives $900 a year.
which is considerable more than is
received by attorneys of other towns of
the same size.
It was finally agreed that the mat
ter should, he left in the hands of the
Chief of Police, Citj- Attorney and
J udge A. M. Epson.
IRVINGT0N CLUB FORMS
Reorganization of: Body perfected at
First Annual Meeting.
Reorganization of ' the Irvinerton
Club, initiated in November by adopt
ing articles of incorporation, was per
fected Tuesday night at the tirst annual
meeting of the stockholders. Reports
of the retiring officers and trustees
were read, showing the new organiza
tion is flourishing.
The following directors were elected
for one, two and three years: W. F.
"Woodward. Walter M. Cook, S. F. Owen,
L. M. Star. F. E. Harrigan. Walter
C.oss. R. W. Wilbur, F. S. Fields and
H. M. Haller. The directors will meet
soon to elect officers and adopt plans fr
the enlargement of the present quarters,
to improve the lawn tennis courts and to
develop the playground at the north end
of the block. The property comprises
about 18 lots and is probably worth about
$50,000.
SISTER CONTESTS WILL
Charge Made That Woman Unduly
Influenced Rieh Ironmaster.
ST. LOT7TS. Jan. 12. The charge that
the late Louis Kwald. millionaire iron
master, made his will under the influence
of Kilen J. Golden, who induced him to
leave the bulk of his fortune to her chil
dren, is made in a suit filed yesterday
by Mrs. Rosa Damon, sister of Bwald,
who was qut off with $13,000. Kwald left
$2,134,000 cash.
Mrs. Damon asks that her broth
er's will, which was probated both
in St. Louis and Louisville, Ky., be
set asuie and that the instruments by
which he adopted Mrs. Golden's children
be declared invalid. Kwald was a St
Louisan, but died, in Louisville.
DAY PARTLY FAILS
Sent to Philadelphia for Two, ;
He Gets Only One. 1
MINNIE KESTEN ESCAPES
Arrested Willi Samuel Levine for
Portland Police. Requisition Pa
pers Are Xot Mentioned by
fc Sleuths, bays Magistrate.
PHILADELPHIA. - Jan. 1. Special.)
Although requisition papers sent by
the Governor of Oregon had been
signed by Governor Stuart and sent to
this city. Minnie Kesten, who with
Samuel Levine was arrested here in
compliance with a request from the
police o Portland, Or., was discharged
in the Central ?o' ice Court this af t er
noon. Magistrate Scott , who d is
;harg"ed the woman, said he did so
without knowing of the requisition
papers sent for her.
Both prisoners were arrested Decem
ber 29 as the result of a telegram from
the police of Portland saying that
Levine had left there for this city with
a woman and was suspected of having
perpetrated a burglary before going.
When the prisoners were arrested,
they had in their possession about
$2700 in cash and about ?luu0 worth of
jewelry.
Detectives of Portland were present
today when the prisoners were ar
raigned and testified with the local de
tectives who made the arrests. ' Magis
trate Seott said none of the detectives
mentioned anything about he requisi
tion papers having been 'sent to this
city for the woman, as well as vfor
Levine, and consequently he let the
woman go.
Levine was placed in charge of the
Portland detectives, who will take him
back to Oregon. Before the woman
was' discharged, $lf00 which she had.
when arrested, was returned to her by
the detectives, In accordance with an
order from tho court.
Detective Day, who left for Phila
delphia t wo weeks ago to bring back
Sam ue Levine and Minn ie ives ten,
charged here with a $1200 burglary,
telegraphed to Chief Cox last night
that he had failed to secure the woman,
but" was leaving- with; the man.
Levine and the Kesten woman are
cha rged with robbi n g the apartments
of M. Himmelfarh. 680 y2 First street,
on the afternoon of November 24. Over
$1200 worth of jewelry was taken,
w ii ich incl tided several hei r looms. The
t tief t was discovered next day, and
meanwhile Levine and the woman had
disappeared. Chief Cox telegraphed to
Eastern cities a description of the pair,
and they were arrested in Philadelphia.
In the jewelry found in their pos
session were some pieces that are said
to correspond in description to those
taken from tJie Himmelfarb apartment.
Requisition papers were forwarded, and
Detectives Day, and Hyde were sent to
get the pair.
WILLAMETTE "IT GROWS
SIX
MORE TRUSTEES TO
...ADDED TO BOAII1).
BE
I nst ilu tion at Salem Put on J'oot
ini? Which Gives It Greater
' Standing- Meeting Held.
With the decision Tuesday by the
board of trustees that the by-laws of
Willamette University at Salem be so
amended that the board's power may
add six trustees more to Its number,
the institution is enabled to call in
the advice and aid in government of
distinguished educationalists. Under the
new regulation the board may appoint
up to six members that it may deem
desirable.
The by-laws were amended at the
semi-annual meeting, held at Taylor
street Methodist Church yesterday. The
meeting was followed by a well-attend
ed banquet at night in the church
auditorium, complimentary to Dr. and
Mrs. II. D. Rim ball and A. K- Eaton.
M rs. Kimball founded the school of
theology at Willamette. Dr. Kimball
has given his services gratis as presi
dent of the school and Dr. Eaton built
and partially furnished Eaton Hall at
lllamette.
Dr. Fletcher Roman, president of
Willamette University, presided at the
banquet and closed the proceedings
with a plea for an endowment fund of
large proportions for the .university,
emphasizing the particular need of the
West for religitus colleges or colleges
that make religious teaching a part
of their curriculum.
Mrs. Kimball said she had great faith,
in the school of theology and in WrillT
amette. She felt the college would be
a potent force in the building up of
the Northwest.
Dr. Richmond Kelly, cm rfehalf of the
Methodist Laymen's Association of the
Oregon conference, presented Dr. Kim
ball with a check for $100 for current
expenses of the school. R. Lee Paget
later presented a check for $500 to Dr.
Roman for current expenses of Wil
lamette University.
Dr. Brougher spoke on the value of
religious institutions In college work
and Dr. Homan, in an eloquent appeal,
closed the list of speakers.
At the se mi -annual meeting of the trus
tees of the university held in the morning
at the Taylor-Street Church, Dr. Fletcher
Homan. president, reported there had
been an increase in the student body - of
25 per cenfr'hile the freshman class had
doubled. There were a number of im
provements being made in P-aton Hall,
partly out of funds supplied for-the pur
pose by Mr. Eaton.
A campaign for an increased endow
ment fund was to be inaugurated and Dr.
Homan strongly recommended . that a
financial agent be secured. He further
recommended that the endowment fund
be invested in income-bearing property in
Portland, so that, while producing an' in
come, the endowment would increase in
value. This recommendation was re
ferred to a special committee which will
report later.
CREDITORS FIND NO ASSETS
Property Transferred After Partners
Sell Is Charge.
Alleging that all the assets of the
incorporation of- the "Model Bakery"
had been transferred after the part
nership was dissolved, Henry W. Mc
Gaughey - yesterday, petitioned : the
United States. Court to be declared a
bankrupt.
The petitioner alleges that be con
ducted a bakery concern at 229 North
Twenty-third street in Portland and
that he recently transferred the busi
ness to his partner, C. A- Lenhart. Aft
erward Lenhart is charged with hav
ing placed the business in the hands
of R. L. Sabin as trustee, and the
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statement Is made thai there are no
assets of the "Model" let for the bene
fit of creditors.
The liabilities of the concern are
placed at $3244. The personal assets of
.McGau h e y - are ti xe-d at $300, all of
which he offers In settlement.
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pa rties were one a Methodist and the
other a Baptist and both Chinese, sev
eral hundred persons of both races
packed Taylor-street Methodist Church
last " nigrht to witness the marriage of
Eunice Chak to Herbert Low.
It took tfcree clerpymen to "perform
the ceremony. Lr. J. Whitcomb Brough
er, Rev. W. B- Hollinshead, Methodist,
and Chang Sinp Kai, Chinese and a,
Methodist, strove together to make the
tie Indissoluble
Miss Chak was radiant, as she pro
ceeded alonR the aisle, looking- up to
how, who seemed to tower above her.
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bouquet over the audience there was a
murmur of applause.
The bride spoke her lines clearly and
evidently knew both the Chinese and
3ingiish. ceremonies by heart.
After the ceremony, a. crowd packed
the apartments at 24 7 xz Stark street",
where a reception was held. Then Miss
Chak was presented formally as Mrs.
Herbert Low, Baptist-Methodist-Chinese
bride.
Labor Trust Given lilanie.
yPRlNOFlKLD, Mass., Jan. 12. Large
responsibility for the higher cost of
living was laid upon the "labor trust"
Fuget Sound Points
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and
Vancouver Special 10:00 A.M.
Fast train to Tacoma and Seattle and
British Coliunbia points.
Night Express 12:15 A. M.
To Tacoma and Seattle. Standard and
tourist sleeping cars, placed ready for
occupancy at 9:00 P. M.
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last night by John Kirby, Jr., president
of the National Manufacturers' As&o
ication. "The primary cause of constant! y
advancing prices of commodities of all
kinds lies at the door of the labor
trust," a cardinal principle of which-ia
to raise wages and restrict produc
tion, neither of which can fail to dimin
ish the purchasing power of the dollar.
When working together tiiey doubly
depreciate its value."
Several new Roman Catholic fi'S will h.
erect fd in the Philippine Islands as soon,
as their respective boundaries can be de
lined. ,
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