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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914. 7 HERALD PUBLISHER MARRIES BARONESS James Gordon Bennett, Con sidered Immune to Matri mony, Succumbs at 73. BRIDE RICH IN OWN RIGHT Bridegroom, In Preparation for Wedding, Is Baptized In Episco pal Church Ambassador Herrick Attends Ceremony. PARIS. Sept. 10. (Special.) James Gorden Bennett, owner of the New York Herald and the Paris edition of the same paper, long considered im mune to matrimony, succumbed today at the age of 73 years. His bride is Baroness George de Reuter, many years his Junior. They were married in the city hall of the sixth arrondissement, the French law requiring a civil marriage. Later they were married again at the American Protestant Episcopal Church, Rev. Samuel N. Watson, the pastor, of ficiating. Marriage Is Bridegroom's First. This is the first marriage of Mr. Ben nett, contrary to more or less persistent rumors which have always been found groundless. His bride was formerly Miss Maud Potter, daughter of John Potter, of Philadelphia. She has been a widow since 1909, her husband, a brother of Baron Herbert de Reuter, managing director of Reuters Tele gram Company, of London, having died November 22 of that year. The baroness inherited a considerable fortune from her husband's estate and has always enioved a big Income from her father She has been a prominent figure in Continental society for years. Bennett's Fame Intensive. Mr. Bennett is widely known on the Continent chiefly In France. He has been in active control, chiefly by cable, of the New York Herald since the death of his father in 1872. He has re sided in Paris most of his life and is an enthusiastic yachtsman. Perhaps his greatest single achievement in the newspaper line was the sending, at nis own expense, of Henry M. Stanley to Africa to find Livingstone in 1874. Tn preparation for the wedding to day, Mr. Bennett was yesterday bap tized in the Episcopal faith by Dr. Wat son, long his intimate friend. At the ceremony today he was accompanied by Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, Duke de Camastra, Dr. Albert Robert and Viscount Breteuil. The latter is the husband of Mrs. ATthur Padelford, for merly Miss Edythe Grant, of New York. held in Baker County was held at Half way, in Pine Valley, today at a largely attended and notable gathering of pioneers, many of whom came to Baker County in the early 60's, when the lure of gold caused cities of from 5000 to 10,000 to spring up in a day and to wither almost as quickly. The invocation at the beginning of the programme was pronounced by Rev. J. C. Bennett. The speech of wel come by J. W. Gray, president of the Halfway Pioneer Association, was a warm-hearted effort in which all were made to feel at home. Dunham Wright, of Medical Springs, made the speech of the day. His address was filled with reminiscences, pathos and wit. Mr. Wright was followed by Judge Carter, of Baker County Court; W. W. Lloyd, W. E. Meacham and others. The Half way band furnished fine music. Tonight t OREGOX MISSIONARY DIES IN t HOLLAND. COPPERFIELD MAN FREED Not True Bill Returned Against Ed ward Fisher in Shooting Fray. BAKER. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) Edward Fisher, of Copperfield, who for the last few months has been awaiting hearing by the grand jury on a charge of shooting H. H. Stewart, the Mayor of Copperfield. whom Governor West deposed, was freed by the grand Jury, which, in its report made public today, returned a not true bill in Fisher's case. Mr. Fisher, the evidence stated, left Copperfield on the day of the shooting. Ex-Mayor Stewart was shot from am bush with a high-power 22-caliber rifle. Evidence showed that Mr. Fisher carried such a rifle in the wilds over the Wallowa trail, although Sheriff Rand testified that he denied having taken a gun when he was arrested. There was also evidence that he re garded Stewart as an enemy. Mr. Fisher did not appear as a witness, save to deny all knowledge of the shooting and for lack of definite evidence was freed. Stewart has virtually recovered from the wound. The bullet passed through the body, tearing a big hole in the kidneys. For two weeks it was thought he had no chance to recover. ESCAPE PREVENTS PAROLE Convict Flees as Papery for Release Are Prepared. SALEM. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) Freedom proved so alluring to Mike Burke today that he could not wait for his parole, but fled from a convict road gang with which he was working near Jefferson, and when he is appre hended he will have the remainder of his prison sentence to serve. Burke was serving from one to seven years for larceny committed in Uma tilla County. Two years ago he ob tained parole, but violated, and 16 months ago was returned to the peni tentiary. As his conduct had been good, the parole board had again rec ommended his parole, and Warden Lawson was just getting ready to exe cute the papers when he received a message that he had escaped from the gang. CLUBS PROMISE SUPPORT Co-operatioti With Visiting Xurses Planned by Five. Representatives from the Portland Ad Club, the Commercial Club, the Progressive Business Men's Club and the Realty Board promised hearty co operation with the Visiting Nurses' Association yesterday, at meeting with the directorate of the association. Representatives from the Nurses As sociation will speak at the luncheons of several of the clubs next week. H. V. Metzger. one of the Ad Club delegation, pledged ten $3 member ships for the Portland Gun Club, of which he Is the president. The Trans portation Club and the Ad Club are expected to take out $25 memberships. ARMY CONVICTION STANDS President Confirms Finding Against ex-Captain Griffiths. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. Presi dent Wilson tcday confirmed the find ings of a general court-martial held last June at the Presidio here which sentenced Joseph H. Griffiths, ex-Captain in the United States Army, to dis honorable discharge from the service and three years' imprisonment in the United States Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. Griffiths was found guilty of em bezzling $8000 in Government funds while stationed at Seattle BAKER PIONEERS GATHER Speeches and Dance Features of Celebration by Old Settlers. BAKER. Or.. Sept. 10. fSpecial. The firsi Pioneer day celebration ever i Rev. Father LouIm Verhaag. Father Louis Verhaag. an Ore gon pioneer and missionary, died at Vernay, Holland, Septem ber 3, according to a report re ceived in Portland thrs week. Father Verhaag was one of the early missionaries of Oregon. At one time he was pastor of St. Francis Church, in Portland. Later he had a parish in Baker. It is said that he was the first priest to celebrate mass at Ver bort. Or. For a while he was connected with the Catholic Sen tinel. "Father ' Verhaag's best years were given to Oregon," said Father J. H. Black yesterday. "As a man he stood among the peers of intelligence; as a citi zen his life was given for a better Oregon; as a priest he was true to his God. In this city his works live after him. He was among the active builders of St. Francis Church. His name. In keeping with his sturdy race, will have a place in Oregon his tory." Solemn high mass will be cele brated at 9 o'clock tlfis morning In St. Francis Church for the re pose of his soul. the great pioneer dance with old-time fiddlers completed the pleasant occasion. M'DERMOTT IS BEATEN ILLINOIS MEMBER WHO RESIG.VEO WILL STAY OUT. Representative Sabath Renominated by Democrats by Narrow Margin. Cannon's Selection Stands. CHICAGO, Sept 10. Ex-Representa tive McDermott, who resigned from the House of Representatives after a com mittee which, investigating lobbying had returned a report unfavorable to him, was defeated in the Fourth Dis trict for the Democratic nomination in yesterday's primary. McDermott, who pleaded his case with the voters, ran third. Representative Sabath won the Demo cratic nomination in the Fifth District by a narrow margin. Representative ilcAndrews, in the Sixth District, and Representative Buchanan, in the Sev enth District, were re-nominated by the Democrats by a large plurality. Revised returns from yesterday's primary election in Illinois today con firmed last night's reports of the most Important nominations Roger C. Sul livan, Democrat, and Lawrence Y. Sher man, Republican, for the United Slates Senate, and Joseph G. Cannon, Repub lican, ex-Speaker of the National House of Representatives, for Cungress in the Danville district. Work's Nomination Conceded. DENVER. Sept. 10. Isaac N. Stevens conceded today the nomination of Hu bert Work as Republican candidate for the United States Senate in Tuesday's state-wide primary. George A. Carl son was in the lead for the Republican nomination for Governor, but Samuel D. Nicholson refused to admit defeat Several contests for state offices prob ably will not be determined until the official canvass of the vote. Senator Brandagee Keiiontinated. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Sept 10. Judge Marcus H. Holcomb, of South ington, was nominated for Governor at the Republican State Convention here todav. United States Senator Bran- degee was renominated unanimously. BOY, 14, DROWNS IN RIVER Chester Rnshmore Ijosing Life Hid ing on Billows of Steamer. Chester Rushmore, 14. son of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Rushmore, 675 Flanders street, was drowned in the Willamette River near Ross Island yesterday when he swam out to ride the billows from a passing steamboat A companion ran to Windemuth baths and summoned the harbor police. After an hour's work City Grappler Brady recovered the body and it was taken to Dunning & McEntee s under taking establishment There were no marks of identification on the clothes, and it was not until nearly 9 o'clock that the parents identified their son. More Space Offered Postorfiee. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 10. Dr. C. A. Smith and James Cole, who own the property oc cupied by the Station E Portland Post- office, have telegraphed the Postoffice Department offering to give the Gov ernment 3000 feet of additional floor space at their contract price, without any increase in the terms of the lease. This offer evidently was made to quiet the protest over the award of the con tract to them. Portland Woman Safe. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington Sept 10. Senator Cliamberlain today was advised that Mrs. Linda Frank of Portland, is saie in cerim. The advices indicate that she will re main tnere for the present WILSON HEEDS PLEA President Calls Attitude of Railroads Reasonable. AGITATION IS DEPLORED Call at White House Believed Pre liminary to Request for Higher Rates Economies to Be In stituted In East. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. President Wilson responded today to the request of several railroad executives who asked him to call to the attention of the country the imperative need that railway credits be sustained and that the roads be helped wherever feasible by Government agencies or by private co-operative effort. The President outlined his views for the country in a letter to Frank Trum bull, chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio board, who acted as spokesman for the railroad presidents who saw Mr. Wilson Wednesday. Discussing his action with callers today, the President said he was great ly impressed with the reasonable atti tude of the railroad men. He added they had not displayed any feeling of a questionable kind nor criticised the Interstate Commerce Commission. Conference Is Welcomed. Although he does not believe he should advise other Governmental agencies which have to do with the railroads as to their action, the Presi dent declared he would be glad to con fer with anyone who wanted to see him. , Various reports have said the call oi! the railroad men on the President was preliminary to a request for an increase in freight rates. Western roads already are preparing such in ........... fr DnhmicdiTi to the Inter state Commerce Commission. Under the law the Eastern roads may not appis within the next two years for in creases on rates recently adjudicated by the Commission. Eastern lines, how ever, are preparing to effect the econ omies the Commission suggested by making charges for free services to large shippers and increasing their passenger fares. President Wilson's letter to Mr. Trumbull reflected his confidence in the integrity and soundness of the American railroads and his views that they should not be the subject of agi tation. Common Interest In Manifest. President Wilsons letter to Mr. Trumbull follows: "Since you read it to me yesterday. I have read again the statement you made on behalf of the committee of railroad presidents whom I had the pleasure of meeting and conferring with at my office. It is a lucid state ment of plain truths. "You asked me to call the attention of the country to the imperative need that railway credits be sustained and the railroads helped in every possible way, whether by private co-operative effort or by the action, wherever feasi ble, of Governmental agencies; and I am glad to do so, because I think the need very real. "I cannot say that I entertain any deep anxiety about the matter, except, of course, the general anxiety caused by the unprecedented situation of the money markets of the world; because the interest of the producer, the ship per, the merchant, the investor, the financier and the whole public in the proper maintenance and complete effi ciency of the railways is too manifest. They are indispensable to our whole economic life, and railway securities are at the very heart of most invest ments, large and small, public and pri vate, by individuals and institutions. Earnest Co-Operatlon Predicted. "I am confident that there will be active and earnest co-operation in this matter, perhaps the one common in terest of our whole industrial life. Un doubtedly men. both in and out of of ficial position, will appreciate what is Involved and lend their aid heartily wherever it is possible for them to lend it. "But the emergency is in fact ex traordinary, and where there is man ifest common interest we ought, all of us. to speak out in its behalf, and 1 am glad to join you in calling atten tion to it. This is a time for all to stand together in united effort to com mrv Interest and serve and sustain it in every legitimate way. "The laws mus spean piainiy aim effectively against whatever is wrong or against the public interest and these laws must be observed; for the rest, and within the sphere of legitimate en terprise, we must all stand as one to see justice done and all fair assistance rendered and rendered ungrudgingly." OFFICIALS 0PEN DEPOT Portland Railroaders to Go to Spo kane Celebration Soon. Officials of the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany and of the Milwaukee Railroad are preparing to go to Spokane in great numbers next week to attend the cele bration incident to the opening of the new passenger station and terminals in that city. Among the prominent representatives of the O.-W. R. & N. Company will be B. L. Winchell, of Chicago, traffic di rector of the Union Pacific system, who already is in the Northwest. J. D. Far rell, president of the O.-W. R. '& N. Company: J. P. O'Brien, vice-president and general manager, and other local officials will leave Portland late next Monday evening, arriving in Spokane early the following morning. H. B. Earling, of Seattle, vice-president of the Milwaukee system, will be the principal representative of that line in attendance. Other Milwaukee officials at Portland. Seattle and Spo kane will join the party there. However, the central figure at the celebration next week will be Robert E. Strahorn, president of the Portland, i.-. ...... FasfArn nnrt fnrmerlv of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, who conceived the Spokane terminal project ana who included it as a part of his "North .aiirnaii dAvinnnipnt Mr. Stra horn will be one of the principal speak ers at the meetings atienuius m uucu- ing restivities. winVidll whrmA hpnflnuarters are in Chicago, now is making a tour of the O.-W. c & la. main ana oranco lines in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. V. w. itoDinson, assistani . f . . ,r ,ha 1 1 V I' Jir ...it... uiaitofti't i . ... Company, and William McMurray, gen eral passenger agent, accompany him. Ellensuurg Pioneer Passes. ELLENSBURG. Wash.. Sept 10. (Special.) Mrs. John Englehorn, age 71. pioneer, died today after a brief illness at the home of her daughter. Mrs. C. F. Ortman. Besides her hus- hand she is survived by two daughters. Mrs. John F. Weston and Mrs. C. F. Ortman. and son, Fred Englehorn. Mrs. Englehorn was born in Germany and came to this country when a young woman, locating at Lansing, la., and later coming to Ellensburg, where she made her home with her daughter. Hart Schaffner & Marx Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx Special models to fit men of stout or slender figure YOU know that such figures require special designing and special fabrics and pat terns. A stout man ought not to wear clothes designed for a tall, slender man; a man of 50 needs different models from a man of 20 and different patterns. In these clothes, all such things have heen earefully studied; the result is, we can not only fit your body correctly, but we can put on you the clothes that will fit your taste and station, just the kind of clothes you ought to wear. You'll find special values here in suits at $25 and upward. We have these goods as low as $18 and $20. All the Aeiv Things in Furnishings Are Aoiv I Manhattan Shirts, Stetson Hals, Etc. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Shop for Northwest Corner Quality and Service Third and Morrison DEATH REVEALS WEDDING CAPTAI.V C E. SLAUGHTER, KILLED, HAD MARRIED SECRETLY. Master of Tug; Echo Is Victim of Fatal Accident While Helping; Crew. Widow Former Nurse. Captain Carl E. Slaughter, of the gasoline tug Echo, was killed at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning at Albina dock, when a short piling being hoisted from the water slipped through the Captain Carl E. Slaughter, of Tug Echo, Killed at Albina Dock Yesterday. chain and struck him on the head. He fell into the water, and though alive when reaching the surface about two minutes later, he died soon after. For ten years Captain Slaughter had been in the employ of the Shaver Transportation Company. Captain J. W. Shaver, head of the corporation, said last night it was his willingness to assist at all times tfiat placed him in danger yesterday, as his work to ward lifting the piling was voluntary, that the crew of the steamer Sarah Dixon could leave without delay with a piledriver for Hayden's Island. When injured recently Captain Slaughter was sent to St. Vincents Hospital where he fell in love with his nurse. Miss Gladys Cohen, and they were married secretly, Mrs. Slaughter going to her home at Heppner to remain-until they were prepared to make the announcement in a short time. It was not known until after the accident that they were married. The harbor patrol launch conveyed the body to the Stark-street munic ipal boatlandlng. and it was taken in charge by the Coroner, who will con duct an inquest today. Captain Slaugh ter leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Slaughter: Mrs. Ida Annesley and Miss Lela Slaughter, sisters, and a younger brother, Kenneth Slaughter. FISH VIOLATOR ARRESTED Matt Ide, of Skamokawa, Caught With 670 Pounds of Salmon. ASTOKIA, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) . . . t,lnn- ,ha river last niht ill wiiue jairuijjuo " - - - . . the vicinity of the Fort Columbia dock Deputv Fish waruens naLnuuu a Larson arrested Matt Ide, of Skamo kawa. on a charge of violating the closed season law. The latter's boat and net as well as nf Trail fhinook salmon OIV ruuuua . , were seized by the officers. The fish had been caugnt in a single unu num Point Ellis down. This is the second time that Ide has been arrested during I.he past few ..inl,inr t Vl A rlf)S e1 . ears iui - , which he is reDorted to have assisted in passing as a member of the Washington x-egisiaiure. SEATTLE TO BUY OLD ROAD Renton Railway to Cost $1,6 0 0,000 With Transfer October 1 . SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 10. The City Council in committee of the whole to day agreed with the receivers of the Seattle, Renton & Southern Railroad to buy the road for .1,600,000. the transfer to be made October L The line will be made part of the municipal system already In operation. The Seattle, Renton & Southern Railroad is 12 miles long and extends from the business center of Seattle, to the coal mining ana manufacturing town of Renton, 12 miles. Purchase of the Renton line would permit the city to connect the northern and south ern divisions of its municipal system, which do not now reach the business district The Renton line has been in litigation for many years. A court decision last month affirmed the valid ity of its franchise, which the city officials had questioned. LAW OF MOSES DISCUSSED "What Was Nailed to Cross?" Topic at Tent Tabernacle. "What Was Nailed to the Cross?" was the topic of a sermon delivered at the tent tabernacle last night by Mil ton H. St. John, evangelist. Mr. St. John undertook to prove that the cere monial law prescribing the typical services in the Jewish sanctuary, or the law of Moses, was nailed to the cross when Christ was crucified. "There is a great contrast between this ceremonial law and the law pre scribed bv the ten commandments," said Mr. St. John. "The ceremonial law was spoken by God indirectly to the people through Moses. The moral law was spoken directly to Israel under the most impressive circumstances." FERRY'S DENIAL EXPLAINED Goble Boat Inadequate for St. Johns Business, Says Mayor. ST. JOHNS. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) Mayor Vincent explained to the Council at the meeting Tuesday night that the reason the use of St. Johns ferry at Vancouver this week was de nied was because the ferry at Ooble was inadequate for the St. Johns busi ness. Rev. W. I. Ingalls. of the Methodist Church, asked that the Council pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of fruit boxes and baskets with false bottoms. 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