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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1914)
3 J. & SEED. 63. TAKES HIS THIRD BRIDE, 19 POFTJLAB PORTLAND BEAUTY, 19, WHO BECOMES BRIDE OF J. S. SEED, 63, PROMINENT CAPITALIST AND PRESI DENT OP BUILDERS' EXCHANGE. MILLIONAIRE FACES Great Christmas Doll Sale Today OF SLAVERY Prominent Portland Clubman and Contractor Comes Near Eloping. Los Angeles Girl Accuses Colo nel Charles Alexander, of Providence. MOTHER-IN-LAW NIPS PLAN SOCIAL GATHERING ECHOES THE MORNING OREGOMAX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1914. CHARGE Pretty Marine Meiner, Married Two 1'ears Ago to Dr. Sargentlsch, Sow at War Front, Tries -Second Matrimonial Venture. Pretty Marine Meiner. 19 years old, Oaug-hter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Meiner, 430 East Forty-ninth street North. It-hose marriage to Dr. Splro Sargen tlsch, of Portland, two and a half years ago, and a subsequent, divorce two months later, created" a social stir. Thursday night gave her many friends another startling surprise when she became the bride of J. S. Seed, 63 years old, one of the foremost building con tractors and capitalists of Portland. The marriage at the home of her mother really nipped in the bud an elopement planned by the couple, which would have culminated in a marriage at the home of the bride's uncle, Eswade Hampton, on Puget Sound. The bride's mother overheard, pros pective arrangements over the tele phone, and gave the parental blessing and benediction prior to the Portland ceremony, which was arranged by Mrs. Meiner when she learned her daughter had selected her choice from three suitors who had been persistent. Wedding; Trip North Taken. Rev. W. V. Youngson officiated at the borne wedding, wbich was witnessed by members of the immediate family only. Soon after the ceremony the bridal couple left for Seattle on the midnight train They will go to Van couver, B. C, and return for a brief visit to Portland prior to starting to Jsew York by way of San Francisco on an extended wedding trip. Later they will return' to Portland and will make their home at 718 Multnomah street, the attractive Irvlngton domicile of Mr. Heed. The wedding Thursday night, which was kept a secret from all but a few of the couple's closest personal friends and one of Mr. Seed's business asso ciates, marked an epoch In a romance which has been watched with keen In terest in Irvington circles. The bridegroom, popularly known as "Jack" Seed, who has been identified with some of the largest building con struction in Portland and other North west cities, is a prominent clubman, and has been active In public affairs, especially In Rose Festival arrange ments. He has been acquainted with bis young bride since she was 9 years old, and frequently drove her to school In his automobile when she was at tending Washington High School, and later when she was finishing at St. Helen's Hall, where she was Instantly popular. Only recently, however, did the affection mature, and Mr. Seed, who appears much younger than he Is, en tered the race for Miss Meiner's hand In competition with two other w11. known young Portland business men. Eldest Is Chosen One. Miss Meiner chose the eldest suitor, and last week telephoned to her aunt, Mrs. Hampton, in Seattle, that she was coming to visit, and let her, alone, in on the secret that Mr. Seed would fol low and that they planned a complete surprise on their Portland friends by being married. Her aunt had hardly finished gasping at the startling news when Mrs. Meiner, the bride's mother, entered the room Just in time to hear her daughter whisper over long dis tance of the prospective plans. The elopement, as a result, eventually Was called off, and the Portland wed cling arranged, when Miss Meiner firmly announced she would wed Mr. Seed. The bride first made . her bow to society at the Multnomah Hotel less than three years ago, where her family was making their home at the time. At her debut she met Dr. Sargentisch. a former subject of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, and at one time an attache of the Montenegrin court- First Marriage Unhappy. The marriage was not a happy one, and a divorce was obtained by mutual consent within two months. Dr. Sar gentlsch left for the Austrian front when the war broke out, and entered the service as a military surgeon. Mr. Seed is president of the Build ers' Exchange. The wedding is his third matrimonial venture. He la the father of John G. Seed, an artist on a Portland afternoon newspaper. At the Union Depot Thursday night, when the bridal couple entered the drawing-room car they found several of their friends had preceded them and had fittingly decorated the coach. Mother of Bride Surprised. Mrs. Meiner, mother of the young bride, yesterday said she learned of the affection that existed between Mr. Bced and her daughter only recently. At the same time she said she did not suppose It would culminate in the wedding, but when she learned of the plans for an elopement, gave the par ental benediction, and the wedding was a happily appointed event, yet simple In detail. Mr. Seed attempted to conceal the wedding from bis business associates, end Thursday afternoon dropped into his office, closed down his desk and announced: "T will be back Monday." These words gave his friends suspi cions, and the decorated drawing-room car Thursday night resulted. ROAD PLEA GOES UNHEARD County Commissioners Think Gresh nm Should Make Own Repairs. Although City Attorney M. C. King, of Ures ham. appeared before the County Commissioners yesterday and urged that the county repair the Powell Valley road within the tiresham limits where the thoroughfare had been washed badly by a recent storm, members of the Board were obdurate and said it was a matter that the City of Gresham should handle. City Attorney King insisted the I'oweil alley road is a county thor oughfare, and as such should be mended by the county. In opposition to this view the established policy in such cases was stated to be that roads within city limits were in direct charge of the municipalities. VILLAGES IN RUINS Women, Children and Old Men Helpless in Desolation. TRADE IS AT STANDSTILL Austrian General Killed. AMSTERDAM. Holland, via London, Dec 4. The Telegraaf says that Gen eral von Stutterbein, commander of an Austrian cavalry brigade, has been killed on an Eastern battlefield. Italy Seizes Portuguese Destroyer. BERLIN, Dec 4 (by wireless). The Italian government has seized a Por tuguese torpedo-boat destroyer built at Genoa. Fields Are Dotted With Deep Holes Made by Bursting Shells, and All About Are Unmarked Graves . of Soldier Dead. VITRY-LE-FRANCOIS. Nov. 10. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Black ruins which have Just ceased smouldering, houses whose in teriors have been demolished by burst ing shells, leaving only the skeletons of their structures standing, others with sides blown out, still others where only a chimney-stack remains erect, are coming sights In this portion of the track of the armies fighting a short distance to the north. Amid the desolation, in half sheltered shacks, sit women and children and old men, uttering scarcely a word ex cept about their husbands and fathers and sons away with the army, and from whom news is rare, if It comes at all. Lack of laborers makes it almost impossible for the villagers to start any repairs. Trade is at a standstill and the common articles of domestic necessity are difficult to obtain owing to the dislocation of transport. Villages Have Disappeared. Only a mile or two from Vltry the villages of Erlgnicourt and Courde mange have virtually disappeared, ex cept for disorderly heaps of bricks, tiles and stones which a few weeks ago were houses. The fighting around here was some of the most terrible of the war in its intensity. The fields are dotted with deep holes made by burst ing German and French shells, while all about are small mounds showing the burial places of German and French soldiers Interred where they fell. Even In the drainage ditches along the roads many graves were hastily made, and small crosses formed of two broken branches of trees placed over them, without name or number to indicate the occupants. The church of Courdemange, with the exception of one house which did not appear to have been hit, seemed to have suffered less than the other struc tures of the village. This was pos sibly owing to Its strong walls, which are five feet In thickness. Streets Strewn With Corpses. The battle in Courdemange lasted nearly three days before the Germans hurriedly, departed through Vitry-le-Francois. In the streets of the village the ground was thickly covered with corpses which were later Interred by the Inhabitants. Further away from Vitry is Normee. near Fere Champenoise. Normee, be fore the War, possessed about 100 houses. Now there are but 60, the rest having been blown to pieces or burned. The village passed from hand to hand several times during the German re treat to the Aisne. It is placed In a capital position for defense from any side, and the opposing forces fought desperately for its possession. In its single street 310 German bodies were picked up on one day, as well as about 100 French dead. Everywhere near was the scene of furious combats and graves strew all the fields, while the excellently constructed and sheltered trenches on all sides remain as they were during the battle, with pieces of exploded shells and accoutrements spread about- ENGINEMEN WANT PROFIT (Continued From First Page.) railroads were not likely to allow such a claim, even if made. Telegrams were sent out last night and today gheean recited that the claim was allowed and paid for. "Well," Stone said, "If you want to go Into that sort of exception, I will guarantee to introduce ten claims which were not paid for every one which you can show was paid." Carter's profit-sharing declaration came outkwhen Sheean sought to show that Bremen and engineers transferred without change in pay from coal-burn Ing locomotives to electric motors or oil-burning engines would have much less work to do, and yet claimed the right not only to the same wages as are paid on the coal-burners, but to wage increases because the men claim the right to share in the increased pro ductive efficiency of the roads, no mat ter how brought about even by the boring of tunnels, the reduction of grades, the straightening of curves or changes In motive power. Share of I rod activity Demanded. In his reply in which he enunciated the profit-sharing theory. Carter re- lerred to the testimony of B. A. Worth ington, a member of the Eastern man agers' sub-committee, in the arbitration of the Eastern railroad wage problems. i do not believe we can keep awav from the theory that the engineer Is entitled to his share of the increased productivity of his labor," Worthlngton was quoted as saying. "I think he Is entitled to his full share myself." Sheean pointed out that Worthlngton used the language "increased produc tivity of his labor," and said nothing about increased productivity brought aDout oy tne investment of railroad money in straightening curves and re ducing grades. Worthlngton was also quoted as fa voring the weight on drivers formula as providing a basis for the compensa tion ot englneraen. , The hearing will be resumed next Monday. At present the arbitrators do not intend to hold Saturday sessions. a Doint raised yesterday was cleared ud. It concerned the fact that tvn engines which had run 1000 feet out of tne switcn yaras unaer instructions to see If they could help in the matter oi a derailment, returned promptly with the Information that they could not but nevertheless put In claims for a full day's pay, this run, under present conditions, constituting a day's work, HIta unv nthr run vhnn r-nmnlB'.l Stone intimated yesterday th&t tie, GIRL THEFT CASE ENDS DETECTIVE AND OTHERS RELEASED FROM KIDNAPING CHARGE. Rnby Simpson, One of Sisters Involved, Married to B. L Nosier, Hearing at Marshileld Learns. MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Declaring there was not suffi cient evidence to hold W. J. Mitchell, detective; B. L. Nosier, Joseph Coach and John Herron to the grand Jury on charges of kidnaping Lolita Simpson. A. E. Shuster, Justice of the Peace of North Bend, discharged the four men tonight, after the testimony of th Simpson girls and their father, M. A. simpson, was heard. A new phase was Injected into the case yesterday, when B. L. Nosier and Miss Ruby Simpson were married at Coquille. The hearing was attended ty a large number of friends of all the persons concerned In the case. Miss Lolita Simpson gave evidence that she had made affidavits at Coquille concerning f 'I' 1' .- ...!..-,. 1 n TJ ' . ney. Mrs. Nosier, formerly Miss Ruby Simpson, on being questioned regard ing the affidavits and her testimony at Banaon, relative to the report tha Joseph Coach had given her liquor, said she had given false testimony before the Justice of the Peace at Bandon. On being required to make a further state ment, Mrs. Nosier said she had been threatened by Treadgold and . he had told her what testimony to give. In releasing the four men from cus tody Justice Shuster said the case prob ably would be carried to the Circuit Court this term in December, but so far as the kidnaping was concerned the evi dence was not sufficient to hold any. of the accused. Austria Confiscates Oil. VENICE, via London, Dec 4. The Austrian government has confiscated the entire output of oil In Austria- Hungary. Refiners have been forbid' den to supply oil to the trade. The stocks In the hands of dealers will be exhausted within 10 days, it is said. Hanley Files Expense Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec 4. William Han ley. Progressive candidate for the United States Senate, filed his final campaign expense account today, showing contri butions of 910.716 and expenditures -of $10,326, mainly in advertising Oregon in weekly newspapers. Promise to Obtain Divorce and Marry Her, Is Accusation of Miss Jessie Cope Extortion Alle gation Is Investigated. CHICAGO. Dec 4. Colonel Charles Alexander, a Providence. R. I., million aire, indicted here cnarged with viola' tlon of the Mann act, has been arrested In Providence, according to an an nouncement here by Charles F. Clyne District Attorney. He is charged with transporting Miss Jessie Cope, of Los Angeles, from Los Angeles to Chicago. Miss Cope is under. the surveillance of Federal officers In Chicago and it is reported the grand jury will consider charges of extortion said to have been made against her. Colonel Alexander is a member of the firm of Alexander Bros., at Providence, a director of the Canadian Steel Com pany and a man of prominence and family, according to a statement Issued by District Attorney Clyne. Girl Says Promise Was Made. "Colonel Alexander met Miss Jessie E. Cope at -a social gathering in Los Angeles two years ago," the statement said. "He explained after their first meeting that he was a man of family and would procure a divorce and marry her. Then he proceeded to mako vio lent love to Miss Cope. The evidence of ths girl shows she relied on his promise to marry her. At his suggestion Miss Cope met him In Chicago on February 13. 1913. They occupied connecting rooms at a down town hotel. Later they went to New Orleans and from tbcre to California. "During the time they were traveling together Colonel Alexander gave her many costly presents and much money. . Rhymed Invitation Sent. "The Colonel built for her a bunga low at Taunton. Mass.. in the Berkshire Hills. On New Year's day, 1913. Colonel Alexander sent her the follow ing greeting: In warmth and cheer, and firelight glow. Come sit with me in my bungalow, A welcome waits you all, my friends. And while the blaztnK fireplace sends Its sparks to 1oln the stars on hlsh. We'll feast and sinK and Jollify, And drive away all cares and ills At my bungalow in Berkshire Hills. Another poem which Colonel Alex ander wrote to Miss Cope he called The Modern Alexander." It follows: Alexander of the olden days Was said to sadlv weep. Because there were no other worlds To conauer and to keep. . But in these later, better days Of trusts and politics. Another Alexander came Who knew the modern tricks. "In a letter of December .13. 1912. Colonel Alexander referred to Miss Cope as his 'great big girl of the Gold en West.'" COTTON TIDE LOOMING TREMENDOUS DEMAND EXISTS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA, American Officials Prepare Plana to Broaden War Risk Bill t Cover Whole Situation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 Cotton ship ments from America to Germany and Austria are expected by State and Com merce Department officials to total 75,000 to 150,000 bales a month, as soon as the marine insurance rates thereon can be adjusted more satisfactorily to the shippers. In this connection the committee ap pointed by the Secretaries of State, Treasury and Commerce to conoider the foreign cotton market situation today Issued the following statement: "It Is evident from the replies from the consular circular that there is a tremendous demand for cotton in Ger many and Austria and the prices are high, ranging from 14 to 18 cents a pound. The principal difficulty at present seems to be the high rate of marine Insurance. Otherwise, the movement of cotton from the United States to Europe would be facilitated." Efforts are to be made as soon as Congress meets to amend and broaden the war risk bllL The purpose Is to provide Government insurance on ship ments to the belligerent countries, even when these shipments Include articles such as cotton. The State and Commerce departments jointly have been working out the plans for shipping cotton to Germany and Austria. Some of it is going to the port of Bremen: other cargoes go to Rotterdam, Genoa or other neutral ports and thence Into Germany and Austria. The ships will come back bearing potash, dyestuffs and other chemicals needed here, which Germany will allow to be exported to this coun try only in American bottoms. Abyssinia Refuses to Help. BERLIN, Dec. 4. Roma reports Abyssinia has declined the Anglo- French demand to send troops to fight the Turks in Egypt- HOW RESIHOL CUBED ITCHING SKIN TORMENT Baltimore, Md., May 23, 1914: "My limbs from knee to ankle were com pletely covered with eczema for a year. It commenced with several small water pimples, which burst when I scratched them, until they developed Into sores, and oozed a yellowish fluid. I hated to go in company, it itched and burned so badly. I had no rest at night. I tried a good many remedies for eczema, both liquid and salve, but they did me no good, only made tne sain more rough and scaly. I learned of Reslnol Oint ment and Resinol Soap and tried them. and was relieved of the severe Itching and burning AT OSUK, and after a month's steady use was completely cuied." " (Signed) T. S. Lewis. 1821 summit t- Reslnol Soap and Resinol Ointment are sold by all druggists. Doctors have prescribed Resinol lor nearly 20 years. Ar. The Largest and Most Complete Presentation of Dolls Ever Offered in a Pre-Holiday Sale At Prices That Represent Real Economies These specials are but a few of the many dozens and dozens of dolls now to be found in the Doll Shop all kinds and shapes of dolls dressed and undressed grown-up and wee, wee baby dolls, in every expression imaginable. There are Kestner character baby dolls with real skin wigs, $1J25 to $25.00; dolls with "flirty eyes" that turn from side to side, $2.50 to $4.50; Stockinet dolls, which are absolutely unbreakable, painted in life like tints, $1.50 to $9.75; celluloid baby dolls with character legs, arms and face, 10c to $2J0; Aurora kid dolls, imported, with real hair and lashes, $3.95 to $13.50; exquisitely dressed dolls, in a large variety of styles and sizes. $1.25 to $12.00. Dogs, Cats and Teddy Bears, are here in grand array, in every size, with wonderful big eyes that turn, priced from 50c to $3.50. A whole big wardrobe, full of the latest fashions for dolls, of every kind, just like the styles grown-ups wear. For baby dolls, grown-up dolls, girl and boy dolls knitted suits, caps, bonnets, stockings, ha!f sox. shoes, pacifiers, nursing bottles, parasols, toilet articles, corsets, kid gloves, fur sets and beautiful dresses and hats in sizes and styles to fit every doll to delight the heart of their little mothers. New Dressed Kewpies, in the cutest little suits there is the kewpie gardener, the policeman, the kewpie cook. Uncle Sam, a bonny Scotchman, and many other characters, in bisque or celluloid. Priced 50c to $15. .50 full jointed dolls, 12 inches long, bisque head, character face, naturally curly hair, real eye lashes. Special 89c $2.50 full jointed dolls, 22 inches long, the famous "Pansy" and "My Dearie" dolls, with char acter bisque head, natural curly hair, movable eyes. Special $1.49 35c unbreakable dolls, 1 1 inches long, cloth bodies, celluloid heads, diessed with gingham dress and bonnet. Special 25c 75c character dolls, dressed in gingham dresses, with bonnet, shoes and stockings. Bobbed hair. Special 48c $1.75 Floradora kid dolls, 18 inches long, cork stuffed, bisque head, natural curly hair, real lashes. Special 98c $1.25 dressed dolls, 11 inches long, full jointed, movable eyes,- dressed in character styles. Also many character dolls in differ ent sizes. Special 75c 75c dressed character ba by dolls, chubby bodies, side eyes, character faces, short, curly hair. Special 50c $2.00 Kestner Crown dolls, full jointed, bisque head, real eye lashes and eyebrows, natural curly hair, character face. Special $1.39 50c jointed dolls, ball socket joints, curly hair, movable eyes, 1 I inches long. Special 39c Seeoaa Fleor $25 Suits for Small Women and Misses Fourth Floor Suit Section HALF PRICE uits that are distinctive, being suitable for small-size women and misses. In all sizes. Affording an opportunity of rare occurrence to procure the season's choicest models at exactly half their regular selling prices. uits of cheviot, velvet, serge, pebble cheviot, small and medium size checks. In many novel and especially youthful styles. Suits that represent the best in tailoring, materials and finishing all the jackets being lined with a fine quality Peau de Cygne. Suit for $7.50 $1 7.50 Suits $8.75 $20 Suits at $10.00 Suits at $12.50 $30 Suits at $15.00 $35 Suits at $1 7.50 Fourth Floer cJerclmrviie Merit OnfeT When Parents Fully Realize the Real Facts of What We Haoz to Say About Our Boys' Clothing . and the Accessories Thereto in Our Boys' Store, a Single Day Will Carry Of f All These Special Offerings Our Boys' Suits Have All Been Divided in Three Lots Representing some of the finest suits we have ever of' fered under price. And such garments would make the most practical and acceptable Christmas Gifts you could give your sons. Norfolk Suits Selling to $8.50 Sack Suits Selling to $16.50 Special. Norfolk Suits Selling to $11.50 Special Selling to $13.50 Special $4.95 $7.95 $8.95 These suits are of English mixtures, homespuns, fancy weaves, diagonals and checks. Representing "The Best Only" in boys" cloth ing. Made to fit right, look right, and give the best service. Linings of serge and mohair. Pants full lined with taped seams in knicker bocker style. In browns, grays, blues, tans, Oxford, black and white. Sizes 6 to 1 8 years. Boys' Dress Accessories for Xmas Gifts Boys' Hats, special 50c, 98c and $1.48 Boys' Raincoats, special $3.00, $3.50 to $5.00 Boys' Pajamas, special 98c Boys' Suspenders at, pair 25c and 50c Boys' Overcoats, special. $4.95 to $15.00 Boys' Corduroy Pants, special 69c Boys' 50c, $1.00 and $1.75 Caps 35c, 55c and 98c Boys' Attractive Ties for 25c and 50c Boys' Tie and Handkerchief Sets, special 59c Boys' Sweaters, special 79c, $1.48 to $2.95 Boys' $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Shirts, special. .$1, $1J25 Fourth floor Volunteers to help in the work of the American Red Cros Beginning Monday, the Daugh ters of the American Revolution will have materials for the making of garments for the soldiers and sufferers in the war-stricken coun tries of Europe. Volunteers who will give their time for sewing should apply to the following women Monday morning at 10 o'clock: Mrs. Beaumont, Mrs. J. F. Betchelder, Mrs. Gannett, Mrs. Stanley, who will be in charge of the work on that day. FIFTH FLOOR Fairy Tales For the Children Delightfully Told By Miss Hunter every Saturday from 3 until 5 o'clock in the Doll Sec tion. Second Floor Holiday Bazaar Second Floor GIFTS at Very Moderate Prices Selected from the different sections throughout the store. Especially arranged and designed for the patronage of economical and discrim inating holiday shoppers. T