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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1911)
3 E OF FAITH TWO SIGN PAPER SEATTLE WOMAN WHO SUES ESTATE OF ST. PAUL MAN WHOSE COMMON-LAW WIFE SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN. DENIED BY LODGE JL if3rchandise of AVeril Only.. Senator's Son Says He Didn't Join Church to Win Pretty Nurse. New York Teachers, Dreading Formal Ceremony, Invoke Neglected Law. THE SrORXIXG OREG OXIAX. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. , CHANG AND ARE WEDDED ROMANCE IS INTERESTING Pair First Met In Sick Room, With Man as Patient and Miss Mary Catherine Connolly Cheerful Attendant. as BOSTOX, Sept. 13. (Special.) Fol lowing the marriage of John Ellerton Lodge, son of Senator Lodge, and Miss Mary Catherine Connolly, a beautiful Carney Hospital nurse an alliance that gave Back Bay society quite a shock comes a denial from friends of the bridegroom that he had forsaken the religion of his forefathers for the Catholic Church, the faith of the bride, Denial was made emphatic by Rep resentative Gardner, who was one of the little group of friends and relatives of the air at the ceremony, performed at the rectory of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross by Rev. Father Flnnegan. However, it la believed that in the face of the opposition of the Catholic Church to marriage between members and those who are outside the fold, young Mr. Lodge agreed that all chil dren resulting from the union would be reared in the Catholic Church. , Bridegroom Haa Job. When the happy couple return from their honeymoon, which took them to New York, they will make their home in Boston. The bridegroom has ob tained a position in the Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. and Mrs. John Ellerton Lodge's Is a romance of the sick room. It had Its inception last December, when young Mr. Lodge was stricken serious ly ill and was removed from his home in Beacon street to the private hospi tal of Dr. William Sturglss Blgelow. A nurse was needed and Dr. Blgelow summoned Miss Connolly, who enjoyed a fine reputation among the physicians and surgeons of Back Bay. She was not only considered very competent, but by her very good looks and charm ing ways she seemed to Instill hope and cheerfulness In her patients. Lodge Not Slow. Toung Mr. Lodge waa not slow to ap preciate the charm and ministrations of Miss Connolly. During the long month from the middle of December until the. middle of January she was almost his companion, and & warm friendship ripened Into love. When Mr. Lodge recovered and waa dismissed from the hospital, he continued to see Miss Connolly. He called upon her frequently. It waa rumored that they were to be married. Everyone conoerned In the affair. Including Senator Lodge, denied thA rnmnr Hut tinw futfl thnu. .nUT. were waa shown when vounor MV I Iodge procured a license to wed the pretty nurse. It Is said that Miss Connolly jilted a prominent business man of South Bos ton. whom she had known a long time, to Decome airs. Lodge. :: ' -i Vjsn . T :: - . : :: i x v 'V ?4' ."7. ' : ? , ""4 " ; tis w f ;: ! . :: i -4 ' r- s t s : " X" -ttj ! KATHKHIXE DALTOST. . ....... 4 JUDGES TAKEN UNAWARES WOMAN MAY LOSE Chance af Seattle Stenog rapher to Get Rich Slight. COMMON LAW WIFE PUZZLE Katharine Dalton, Who Has Entered Claim for $500,000 Estate of Late St. Paul Lumberman, Fails to Make Out Case. PIONEER'S DEATH SUDDEN S. M. Douglas, Kinsman of "Little Giant,' Drops Dead at Eugene. EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 13. (Special.) Samuel M. Douglas, a Coast pioneer and one or tne most prominent agrl rulturista of the upper Willamette Val ley, dropped dead this afternoon at the Lane County fair grounds. He had aeen apparently In excellent health, md at the time of his death was In specting one of his horses which was entered In the fair races. Apoplexy was the cause of death. Mr. Douglas came of a distinguished family. His father was a cousin of Stephen A. Douglas, the "Little Giant. and his mother, Lucinda Hanks, was a :ousln of ancy Hanks, Abraham Lin :oln's stepmother. He waa born In Henry County, Iowa, and came with his parents to California when he was 10 t ears old. He came to Lane County In 1887. and haa lived here since. Mr. Douglas was one of the largest land owners in tne county, and was very widely Known. He was SS years old. Besides his widow ha leaves an only daughter, Badle. RAMONA'S mCHES HEAVY Total of $180,000 in Gold Bullion Went Down AVith Ship Foundered. SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. IS. When the steamship Ramona foundered and sank off Spanish Island, Alaska, last Sunday night, she carried down wlta her $180,000 of gold bullion from the Treadwell mine, consigned to San Francisco. The ship lies In water that Is usually smooth and It Is thought Ihe treasure will be recovered easily. Captain E. C. Genereaux, represent Ing the San Francisco Board of Under writers, sailed for Alaska today to make a survey of tne wreck with a view to salvage . of cargo or possibly raising the vessel. At Wrangell a tug will be chartered to assist In the oper at Ions. The Northwestern, with the passengers and crew of the Ramona, Is due in Seattle tomorrow afternoon. CANDIDATE IS FOR RECALL Would-Be Arizona Senator Wants Judiciary Provision Reinstated. TUCSON, Arlx., Sept. 13. Eugene S. Ives, of Tucson, . made formal an nouncement today of his candidacy tor United States Senator on the Demo cratic ticket. He declared himself for re-inserting the judiciary recall provision in the constitution of Arizona after the ter ritory becomes a state. Iduho Gets Xew Postal Banks. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 13. Ten new postal sav ings banks will be opened in Idaho at third-class postofflces on October 13. Offices selected are Kellogg. Burke. Mountain Home. Harrison. Montpelier, Mullan. Shoshone, Rexburg, Spirit Lake nd Halley. Captain Babeock Ordered Xorth. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Sept. 13. Captain Campbell E. Babeock. Quartermaster. Is ordered from San Francisco to Seattle, where be will act as Assistant Quartermaster. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 13. (Spec ial.) Katherlne Dalton. the ' Seattle stenographer, who has entered a claim for the $500,000 estate of James Kas aon, a St. Paul lumberman, who died without a will, on the ground that she Is his common-law widow, will never receive a dollar of the estate. If the convictions of Rufus C. Jefferson, who was the dead lumberman's partner for 28 years, are based on facts. Jeffer son was In attendance at Miss Dalton's hearing by the administrators to whom he had sent her after she had told her story to him. He said she failed absolutely to make out a case. Miss Dalton In St. Paul proved as great a puzzle as she was for a few days to newspaper men here. She slipped In -and out of St. Paul quietly and succeeded in escaping all news paper men, as also did her two com panions. Stella M. Blethen and Nor wood M. Brockett, secretary and at torney for the Seattle-Tacoma Power Company, who appeared as Miss Dal ton's Seattle counsel. A fey days ago denials of Miss Dal ton that she had entered a claim against the estate, that she ever had known a James. Kasson and that she was in any way connected with it. were received In St. Paul and a new turn of mystery was given to the pro ceedings. The Identity of the claimant as the Alaska building stenographer here was generally known to thoBe Interested in St. Paul and attorneys on both sides and all witnesses con nected with the litigation began In vestigating and doing all they could to clear up the tangle. Jefferson evidently had been the first man in St. Paul sought by Miss Dalton after her arrival there from Seattle, August 6. The next day she called upon 'him in his office. "She asked to see Mr. Kasson's will," said Jefferson. "I told her she could not. She got a bit sputtery and want ed to know why she could not. I said. because there Isn't any.' She then be gan to unbosom herself to me and said enough to let me understand at what she was driving. I Immediately ad journed the meeting and told her to return at 2 oclocK in the afternoon. when I would have the special admin istrators present. In the afternoon. In my presence, aha told her story to the administrators, and, to my notion, failed absolutely to make out a case. "Another woman had come with Miss Dalton to St. Paul. I met her In the St. Paul Hotel a few days later. She asked me when we men were going to get together on the proposition. I told her there was nothing to be done. Later Miss Dalton camo to my office again and I guess I told her some things pretty plainly." ' Three general administrators were appointed August 28 and they now are at work on the estate, the exact value of which Is unknown. They expect to be able to complete their report to the court before next February. Stella M. Blethen, who accompanied Miss Dalton to St. Paul, is living in Seattle at the Lincoln Hotel. Miss Blethen denies flatly - any knowledge of the case. movement contemplates a monopoly of the lumber output of the territory rep resented In the merger. The agree ment was drafted by W. H. Abel, of this city, and has been approved by s. H. Piles, ex-United States Senator from Washington, and James B. Howe, of Seattle, who, with Mr. Abel, are repre sentlng Mr. Pierce as legal counsel. It has also been approved by 'prominent lawyers of New York City and within a few days will be submitted to United States Attorney-General Wlckersham for opinion as to whether Its provisions in any way Infringe on the Sherman antl-truBt law. It is contended by the men who drafted the document that none of its terms conflicts with the provisions of the Federal anti-trust statute. By the conditions of the consoll datlon contract, the sawmill owners signing It agree to dispose of their properties to the company being pro moted by Mr. Pierce at a valuation to be fixed by a committee of five mem bers, selected from the Important lum ber manufacturing districts in the two states. Provision Is made for the Is suance of common and preferred stock as well as bonds which will be accepted by the., mlllmen In payment for their properties. It is estimated that the total output of the tidewater mills of the two states is Z.4O0. 000,000 feet annually. Sixty five per cent of that cut will amount to 1.560,000,000 feet, which will repre sent tne amount of manufactured lum ber that will be controlled by the big company. Mr. Pierce left last night for San .Francisco to present his merger plan to a number of men in that city who are interested in Columbia River saw mills. He was accompanied by his Portland lawyer, Mr. Abel, A. L. Paine and R. F. Lytle. large lumber manu facturers of Hoquiam, Wash., who are taking an active Interest In promoting Lilt, consolidation. LIGHTING STUCK FLOATS OCOS' MUNICIPAL SXSTEM TO B2 TOWED AW AT. Stranded Liner Fitted Vp by South American Town as Electric Plant Soon to Be Salved. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept 13. (Spe cial.) Gloom Is hovering over the thriving little city of Ocos. on the coast of Guatemala. So runs the storv told by the officers of the Kosmos liner berate, which reached here this morn ing from the West Coast. The townspeople fear that their fig urative gloom will soon become literal, for a grasping German corporation Is planning to waltz away with the city electrtct light plant. No other Central American city of Ocos' size can boast of such an institution. Now comes the Kosmos Steamship Company, which declares Its Intention of putting the city light, plant afloat, attaching a cablo to it, and towing it off to Hamburg. Ocos had no city light plant until several years ago, when the Kosmos liner Sesostris, en route from Hamburg to Seattle, ran aground near the town. Although she was virtually undamaged, the vessel was as Immovable as Gibral tar Her machinery was unhurt and some brilliant Ocosan conceived the Idea of making the dynamos of the Sesostris operate a city lighting sys tem. A German engineer has figured out a plan by which the Sesostris can be floated. Mass meetings have been called, pro test after protest has been filed, but all without avail. The owners will sell, but all Ocos would not be ac cepted as security for a. bond issue nec essary for such a purpose. $200,000,000 PACT" MADE (Continued Fro-n First Pae. lowing a private dinner at the Portland Commercial Club, when Mr. Pierce pre. sented to the lumber manufacturers the details of the scheme for consolidation. With the exception of Inman-Poulsen Company, every sawmill concern of any Importance operating in this territory, was represented at the meeting Tues day night. Before tne conference finally adjourned, mlllmen representing over 50 per cent of the lumber output on the Columbia River signed the Merger contract. This Is the fact, although It was formally announced following the conference that none of the mlll men had signed the agreement. It is emphatically denied by Mr. Pierce and those who have joined In the proposed consolidation that the How to Beautify - -Plainest Complexions Milady's Journal. "The growing popularity of face lo tions Is In keeping with our natural progress," says a well-known beauty writer, "and before long they will have supplanted powders and cosmet ics. "A very fine lotion can be prepared at little cost by dissolving a small original package of mayatone in eight ounces of witch-hazel. This,' applied to the skin daily, frees It of pimples, blackheads or other blemishes, and will give to the 'muddy' or lifeless complexion a rich embellishment and natural health-tint Impossible with powder or rouge.- "This mayatone lotion Is greaseless and prevents the growth of hairs? Many women use it to prevent tan and it Is employed to protect the skin from harsh winds and changing weaiher." Adv. Iiawyer Required to Draw Vp Agree ment and Convince Officials That New Way I Legal In Empire State. NEW TORK, Sept. IS. (Special.) It remained for two school teachers, a man and a woman, both ardent advo cates of woman suffrage, to Instruct the County Clerk's staff and four New York City Court Justices in the law that permits a couple to become hus band and wife merely by signing a declaration of intention so to do. The law, however, has been on the statutes ever lnce the domestic relations act of 1908 was passed. The couple are Donald Charles Mac Lean and Frieda Helen Keller Mac Lean. Young MacLean is the son of Professor MacLean. a member of the faculty1 of Minnesota State University, and himself Instructor in mathematics In Pratt Institute. His bride has been a teacher in one of the New York City schools. Both Dread Wedding: Bella. MacLean and Miss Keller became ac quainted through mutual interest in educational work and found a common sympathy for the .cause of the suf fragettes. When It came to the point where Miss Keller consented to become Mrs. MacLean It was agreed -.that the wedding should be celebrated without a long engagement. "I dread having people stare at me, and don't want to be on exhibition while I get marriad," Miss Keller in formed MacLean. "So do I," he agreed. "Maybe there's a way to get around that part of a wedding. Ill find out" MacLean consulted a friend who Is a lawyer. Accompanied by him July 14 last. MacLean and Miss Keller went before the City Clerk and obtained a marriage license. They were joined at the City Court by the bridegroom's brother and a girl friend of the bride. The lawyerdrew up a contract of mar riage that stated briefly the Intention of .MacLean and Mies Keller to become man and wife. MacLean's brother and Miss Close signed the contract as wit nesses. Judares Unaware of Law. The lawyer next prepared an ac knowledgment, to be signed by a City Court Justice, declaring that the con tracting parties appeared before him and declared their willingness to exe cute the civil contract of marriage. "They went to four Judges before they found one who had heard of the law or believed In the legality of the procedure." Mrs. Keller, mother of the bride, explained last night. "Why, even at the County Clerk's office they did not know the law. Then they sent out and bought a new record book and my daughter's marriage was the first to be recorded In It. "Just think, they had no religious Eye Exhaustion To have your eyes restored from a weak and impoverished condition of eye strain to per fect and preserved eyesight, must be experienced to be be lieved. But the methods employed in. doing this must be perfect-in . every detail, and in. the hands of an experienced expert. My 20 years' experience enables me to fit your eyes with those glasses that will give them nat ural strength and comfort. My charges are moderate. THOMPSON EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Second Floor Corhettv Building, Fifth and Morrison. ceremony. . They had no ceremony at all no wedding." Mrs. Keller con tlnued In the tone of one who did not appear certain whether to approve disapprove. "Just a couple of papers signed." City Court Justice Lynch signed th acknowledgment that is affixed to the brief marriage contract. ACID THROWERS HIT MARK Stranger' Is Burned by Chemical Poured Out of Window. Acid supposed to have been thrown In anger by women in room 326. Med leal building, at men on the construe tlon work near the building, fell upon Fred Mozer, a stranger In the city, last night and seriously burned his face. Moser's eyes were threatened by th chemical but are -not believed to hav been permanently lnjurd. D1ta TJ Men to Elect Officers. The Delta Upsilon college fraternity men. now residing in Portland, will dine at the University Club on Satur day at noon, at which time the annual election of officers will be held and other business considered. Indians to Aid Lane County Fair. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) Parades and pony races by the Warm Springs Indians will be one of the spe cial attractions of the Lane County fair this year. Secretary Cal Young having Just signed up the agreements Lively Trading This Week -IN- Sherman play & Co. Piano Exchange Department Thrifty piano buyers who wish to secure a good used piano in preference to a cheap new one had best call at once. The very piano you want may be gone tomorrow. The following is a partial list on sale today they axe guaranteed to be as repre - sented. You may buy any one, use it a year or two, then trade back at the full price to Sherman, Clay & Co. (the one-price store) toward a new Steinway, A- B. Chase, Kurtzmann, Estey, Ludwig, Packard, Conover or any of the well-known standard pianos or player pianos in our warerooms. One full-size Mozart upright piano, mahogany finish $129 One upright Singer piano, largest size, latest style ma hogany case, ivory keys.!..' 163 One upright Kimball make piano, large size, oak case, nearly new .'.$198 One upright "Wellington piano, Colonial style, parlor size mahogany case, splendid tone and action .$210 One upright Kimball piano, most expensive exhibition model, fine mahogany case, looks like new $215 One upright Chickering & Sons' piano, rosewood case, made by the original Chickering Company $190 One upright Fischer piano, rosewood, thoroughly over- . hauled $200 One upright Sterling piano, figured mahogany case $288 One upright Gabler piano, style F, walnut case, strictly up to date $285 One upright Ludwig piano, style F, walnut case, strictly up to date .$285. One upright Everett piano, style 3, looks new, late model, taken in exchange on a Steinway grand $390 One Steck parlor grand piano, rosewood case, splendid condition, fine for studio or schoolroom $318 One 'Carola player piano, latest style, mahogany case, looks new $600 CONVENIENT TEEMS IF DESIRED Sherman Jnay& Co. Sixth and Morrison, Portland, Or. Pacific Coast distributers of STEINWAY and other Fine Pianos Hoods The Hat of the Hour Jfor JHts&eS anb Momen Having foreseen the positive vogue of thesei hats months ago, 'we anticipated our wants, with the result that ours is the only store in Portland at which you can find plain and ftuo tone hoods bright finished felt hoods velour hoods in plain and two-tone and white beaver hoods. Prices $1.95 to $6.50 New Hoods Exhibited Today for the First Time with the chiefs. The chief event will be the three-mile relay race, In which eight riders and 48 pontes will take part. A mile dash and a half-mile squaw race also have been arranged. On the last day of the fair the entirs tribe will parade down Willamette street, headed by the band. The In dians are now picking hops at th Spavpy yards north of Eugene. Cuba's Crop Disaster And What It Means To Cigar Smokers There's going to be a scarcity of good cigars and very shortly. You are going to be hunting for a smoke such as only choice Havana Tobacco can give. Anticipate this difficulty t Try a Van Dyck 'Quality " cigar today. It's the one good cigar which will remain the same for seasons to come. VAN DYCK " Quality " Cigars You see, we provided against the Cuban crop disaster. Our experts got the first pick of the finest crops that survived the choicest Havana tobacco that the Island produces. Today this tobacco together with a vast store of the choicest product of seasons past is mellowing under the roofs of our Cuban warehouses. And each month will see hundreds of bales being shipped to our factory in Tampa. 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