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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1914)
FORMER PORTLAND PROMOTER AND WOMAN ACCUSED BY HIS GIRLS! DRAW MOIST 7 WIFE CLOTH THROUGH HAIR THE HOME OF TIP-TOP BREAD AS IT WILL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED TO FOLLOW DEGREE ALIENATION SUIT Lafayette M. Pence, Former Resident of Portland, Di vorced by Wife. i LILLIAN M. DUKE IS NAMED Mis. Pence Will Ask $150,000 From Woman Whom Slie Charges "With. Having Had "aeries ot Honey- moons" With Her Husband.' Tv"EV YORK, April 14. (Special.) lira. Katherine Soper Pence hps been Kranted an interlocutory decree of di vorce by Judge Scudder from Lafayette I. Pence, former Representative from Colorado and former resident of Port land. Sirs. Pence will bring suit for ?150, 000 against Lillian N. Duke, divorced "wife of the tobacco king-, charging alienation of Pence's affections, as soon as her decree is made final. In obtaining her interlocutory decree, Mrs. Pence alleged that her husband and Mrs. Duke led an existence which she described as "a series of honey moons" ever since the Fall of 1911, when Pence opened a law office in Washington and Mrs. Duke became his first client. It was not Mrs. buke's first promi nence as a figure In divorce court. Wil liam E. McCredy, a Harlem coffee broker, procured a divorce from her in 1893. James B. Duke, head of the to bacco trust, likewise severed matri monial connection ' with her In 1906, after living, with her less than a year. It is said that he gave her $500,000 when they separated. Four days after Pence met Mrs. Duke, Mrs. Pence alleged, he left his wife, and ever since that time, she said, he and Mrs. Duke have been together in Washington, New . York and various southern resorts. Mrs. Pence charged that the "series of honeymoons" was conducted at her expense. She says that Pence tried to persuade her to get a divorce in 1911, and brought a witness to New York from Colorado for the purpose, but that she was suspicious of Pence's law yers and refused. She says that Pence at that time offered to give her $12,000 cash and $3000 a year if she would get the divorce. Mrs. Pence was Katherine Soper. of Georgetown, Ky., one of the two beau tiful daughters of Colonel Robert Soper, from whom she inherited a for tune. She married Pence when he was a member of the Colorado Legislature in 1888. Later he became District At torney of Denver, and was elected to Congress as a Populist. Pence is sec retary of the National League of Demo cratic Clubs. PORTLAND CAREER SHORT Crash Comes in 190 7 With Bank I-'ailurc, Creditor for $400,000. Lafeyette M. Pence came to Portland from Colorado, and in 1906; with the organization of the Pence Company, began a career ot corporation promo tion which ended November 2, 1907, with the failure of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, whlci was financing his deals. At the time of the failure of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company the Pence Company owed it approximately 1400,000. The Pence Company proposed to use the waters of Balch Creek to sluice down the side hills south and west of Guild Lake. The hillsides were to be terraced and sold as residence sites. The gulches and low land below were to be filled and sold as terminal prop erty. The Pence plans have been fol lowed to a great extent by Lewis' & Wiley. The Colonial Investment Company was organized by Pence to handle the hillside residence property. Trouble with Arthur W. Jenks, who was In terested in the company, resulted in the ground passing to the control of Jenks. Pence organized the Portland De velopment Company. Part of its hold ings was a portion of the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds. The Administra tion Building was purchased by Pence and was moved across the street from the Fair grounds and used by him as an office building. Trouble in this company resulted in a foreclosure of its properties by John S. McMillan, the control passing to him. . Shortly after the failure of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. Pence went East MRS. DUKE ASSERTS IJOTOCEXCE Order Obtained From Justice to Stay Action of Mrs. Pence. NEW YORK, April 15. (Special.) Mrs. Lillian N. Duke, divorced wife of James B. Duke, of the American To bacco Company, declares she did not know until she read the newspapers April 9 that she had been mentioned in the divorce suit of Mrs. Katherine S. Fence against ex-Congressman Pence, of Colorado, at a hearing of which, in the Supremo Court in Brooklyn on the preceding day Justice Scudder decided to grant an interlocutory decree. To defend herself against what she calls "an outrageous accusation." Mrs. Duke, through her attorneys, obtained Irom Justice Scudder today an order to show cause why all the proceedings at the hearing tomorrow should not be set aside and why Mrs. Duke should not be allowed to defend her action. The question will be argued today. In the application she says she is in formed that Mrs. Pence's complaint in the divorce suit does not mention her name. She asserts the charge against her is absolutely false and untrue." Mr Duke says she intends "to take all necessary steps not only to vindi cate me of this cruel and vicious charge, but also to bring to justice -all who have been concerned in the per jured testimony." , PENDLETON PLUM SOUGHT Resignation of Postmaster Gives Im ' petus to Quest for Place. PENDLETON, Or.. April 15. (Spe cial.) J. T. Brown, who has been post master in Pendleton for eight years, has officially tendered his resignation to the Postoffice Department and the lively contest which has been carried on for several months on the quiet is now being waged in the open. T. J. Tweedy, Max Hopper and Lester Cronin are the only ones whose names have been announced as avowed can didates, but it Is reported that other local Democrats have their bats in the ring and that many hundreds of letters have been written to Washington on the subject. It' - A I J "r: w WHITNEY IS FINED Clubman Pleads Guilty to Charge Of "White Slavery." $2500 PENALTY IMPOSED Federal Judge Says Trifling Assess ment Would Be Xo Punishment to Man of Means Defense Avoids Annoying Trial. SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. A fine of J2500 -was imposed today on J. Park er Whitney, scion of a prominent fam ily, clubman and reputed to be a' mil lionaire, who pleaded guilty to viola tion of the Mann white slave act on a charge recently brought' against him by Genevieve Hannan. Whitney, with his attorneys, went to the United States District Court, prepared to pay the fine. His plea of guilty came as a surprise, as previous ly he pleaded not guilty. "Dlsaa-reeable" Trial Avoided. - "I have decided to- change my plea to guilty in order to avoid the disagree able, features of a long trial," said Whitney, outside " the- courtroom. "Of course, I looked for acquittal' eventu ally,, but it -would be only after a great deal of trouble and detail. - I have been rated as a .millionaire. , This, however, is hot theHruth." " I- ' In imposing the fine Judge Dooling said: "The defendant being a man of some property, I gather'that a trifling fine would not .be any penalty at all and I am disposed to think and I have a fairly sensible view of the situation that if the defendant is going to be punished by fine it will be one to make an impression on him. Knnfie of Penalty Wide. "There is a wide range of penalty and imprisonment up to five years. Of course, in enacting that law Congress must have understood that some would be punished by fine, some by imprison ment and some by both under the statute. - "The defendant would rather pay a fine than go to jail and I will make it a fine that will be a fine." The Hannan .woman, said to be in the East, declared she was lured from New York for a tour of the country under promise of marriage.' FARES ARE READJUSTED SEW TARIFFS INDICATE MATERIAL . ' REDUCTIONS. Snort Baal Charges Lessened by Re quirement No Fare May Exceed - 7 Sam of Local Rates. f WASHINGTON, April 15. Readjust ment of passenger rates 'on. all Inter state railroads in the United States In conformity with the long and short haul provision of the law, under orders of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, will become effective on May 1, it was announced tonight. The new tariffs filed by the roads with the Com mission indicate a material reduction In fares, particularly from important terminals and rate-basing points to in termediate points. It is estimated by officials of the Commission, after an analysis of the tariffs, that 95 per -cent of the changes In fares will be reductions and 5 per cent increases. Such advances as are made are between terminals or basing points, and in such Instances the in creases are made only when the traffic to intermediate points is so great as to affect seriously the revenues of the roads. To what extent compliance with the orders may affect the revenues of the roads, the Commission has no means of determining accurately, becauso that will depend largely on the volume of traffic, which is a variable quantity. While some rates on long hauls will be increased, the fares on the shorter hauls to intermediate points will be re duced materially in a great majority of instances. It is provided that no inter state fares may exceed the sum of the local rates, and in the making- up of interstate fares the rates nxed by au thorities of states must be observed. "GET TOGETHER" IS CALLED South Bend Republicans "Will At tempt to Mollify "Bull Moosers." SOUTH BEND, Wash, April 15. (Special.) W. P. Cressy, of South Bend, former county central committeeman, and W. W. Hays, of Raymond, have called a meeting of . the Republicans of this county for a "get-together" meeting, to be held at the Commercial Club Thursday, May 7. The purpose is to unite the party and prepare for the approaching Fall cam paign. D. J. Olds, chairman of the county a n - , 1 , 1 Photo by Bain News Service. Mrs. James B. Duke and I, a re Pence. central committee, has also issued a call for a meeting of all precinct com mitteemen of the county for the same evening. Last year a number of the precinct committeemen deserted the party and joined the "Bull vMoose" crowd. STRAUS FAVORS REPEAL EX-SECRETARY SAYS T. R. WOULD ARBITRATE ISSUE. Refusal to Accept Views Declared to Be Sacrificing; Self-Respert for Mess of Pottage. WASHINGTON,' April 151 Oscar ' S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor in the" Roosevelt Cabinet, advo vated repealing the tolls exemption clause of the Panama Canal act today before the Senate canals committee. Then the committee, which has insti tuted hearings on the Administration repeal bill , to continue until April 24, adjourned for the day because there were no other witnesses to be heard. Mr. Straus asserted the exemption clause should be repealed regardless of the attitude of Great Britain and added there should be no quibbling over the construction of the treaty.- "Are we now to cast aside all our high purposes for a paltry sum of, at mos't, two million annually which in the last analysis will be largely taken from our people and given to a monop olistic shipping trust." he asked. "Are we to sacrifice our self-respect and the opinion of mankind for this miserable mess of pottage?" Mr. Straus said ex-President Roose velt believed the exemption of coast wise shipping did not violate the Hay Pauncefote . treaty, but thought the question should be submitted to arbi tration. Supporters of ihe President In the PAUL C. MURPHY Vice-President and Sales Agent for Try This! Hair Gets Thick, Glossy, Wavy and Beauti ful at Once. Immediate? Yes! Certain? that's the joy of it. 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Frank Wells, aged 19, convicted with Delco, must die. The cases were presented together, it being represented that the extreme penalty should not be inflicted because of the youth of the prisoners. District Attorney Shelby, of Fayette, entered a protest. Betting forth that the men were guilty of shooting down a man who interfered to prevent a highway robbery.- Counsel for Delco asserted that he lld not do the shoot ing. Wells Is to be hanged Thursday. TAX1:DRIVER ENDS LIFE Poliey for $1000 In Favor of Mother - ' Left on Dresser. WALLA WALtlA. Wash., April 15. (Special.) Going to call Frank R. Sims to answer a telephone call from his mother, Frank Brottaerton found Sims dead In bed this morning, A cup with a few drops of carbolic acid in it told the story. On the dresser was Mr. Sims insur ance policy for 1000 made in favor of his mother. Sims was a taxi driver. . quitting his position because he could not get a larger car. RACE AGAINST TIME WON North Bend-Bandon Run Made in Three Hours Five Minutes. NORTH BEND, "or.. April 15. (Spe cial.) In a race against time. Edgar Simpson drove an automobile from here to -Bandon. a distance of 80 J '-. ... (Hcr-JoMrelhvrst is Im Homes Im ? John Bull may dictate to our Government how to run its Canal, but lie can't stop us from building you a beautiful little home in LAUREL.HURST, the finest and most highly developed residence park in the city, on the very easiest of terms. 270 Stark Street. Main 1503, A 1515. s 77ie Addition A copy of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty can be had at the Laurel hurst Company's office. Architect's drawing of the Log Cabin Baking Company's plant as it will look when the new buildings now under construction, and the proposed remodeling of the present structure are finished. A Progressive Institution Built Upon Quality and Service OUR sales have more than doubled in the last two years. 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