TIIE MORNING OltEGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1922
SOCIETY IS SHOCKED
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Divorce Action of Mrs. Peix
otto Stirs Tacoma.
ELOPEMENT IS RECALLED
17 -Year-Old Daughter ot Promi
nent Couple Weds Wealthy Scion,
32, Against Parents' Wishes.
TACOMA, "Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe
cttO.) Falling like a bomb In Camp
Lewis and Tacoma society today came
word of the divorce action filed at
Reno, Nev., by Helen M. (Kelly)
I'aiu-cUo for divorce from Captain
Eustace M. Peixotto of the 47th in
fantry and baring; a sensational mari
tal affair extending: from an elope
ment of the couple m August, 1518,
to their separation last July. The
plaintiff, who left Camp Lewis some
time ago to establish residence in the
famous divorce colony at Reno, was
the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott Kelly of Tacoma at the
time of her marriage to the then
Lientenant 'Peixotto, scion of a
wealthy San Francisco family and at
the time attached to headquarters of
the 166th depot brigade. At the time
of the elopement Captain Peixotto
was 32 years old. Mr. Kelly was for
merly general manager of the Perkins
Press, a league of Washington state
newspapers.
In the complaint Mrs. Peixotto al
leges cruel and inhuman treatment.
She declares that in January, 1921,
after a dance at Camp Lewis, Captain
Peixotto, in an outburst of jealous
anger, "struck her, twisted her arms
and crushed her wrists with such
force that the bones grated," the wife
alleges.
Custody of Child Sought.
Mrs. Pexiotto does not ask for ali
mony, but is making a contest for
the custody of their 2-year-old son,
James Madurb Peixotto, born in Cali
fornia while Captain Peixotto was
stationed at a specialists' school of
the army as an instructor. A bitter
contest over the possession of the
child is expected.
The elopement of the young society
girl, just out of Annie Wright semi
nary, with the brisk little officer ot
the depot brigade headquarters was a
sensational development of the-' war
time summer of 1918. It was under
stood at the time that Mrs. Kelly ob
jected strenuously to the proposed
marriage and persuaded her daughter
to go with her to meet the lieutenant
and tell him that the intended union
must be abandoned. While they were
en route downtown to a rendezvous
with Peixotto the officer exeouted a
flank movement, scouted around to
the Kelly apartment, snatched up his
fiancee s suitcase and returned down
town to a rendezvous with the girl
alone. She had left her mother on
the pretext that she would herself
tell the lieutenant the marriage could
not be performed on account of pa
rental objections, it is said.
Mother Pursues In Taxi.
Peixotto and Miss Kelly then eloped
with a brother officer and his wife in
a touring: car, rattling away toward
Olympia, with Mrs. Kelly, warned too
late, in full pursuit in a taxicab. The
marriage performed, the elopers were
eventually forgiven by the bride's
parents.
Peixotto was considered an excep
tionally effiolent officer and won pro
motions that brought him the bars of
a captain. After the armistice he was
sent to a. California post to be in
structor 4n a SDecial school, and while
j there, the son, James Maduro, was
bom to them. Given a commission
in the permanent establishment, Cap
tain Peixotto was reassigned to Camp
Lewis, returning in December, 1920.
He was widely known among ex-Oregon
officers stationed at Camp Lewis
and California military posts.
Then suddenly last summer Mrs.
Peixotto took her son and left camp;
It was later learned she had gone to
Reno to establish residence. Having
completed the six months' residence
required by the Nevada law, Mrs.
Peixotto has just filed her divorce
complaint.
Age Difference Causes Trouble.
Within a month after the elopement,
the wife alleges, the captain exhibited
a disposition of extreme jealousy and
almost daily until they separated he
is alleged to have falsely accused her
of unfaithful conduct. He frequently
demanded a detailed account of her
actions when not in his immediate
company, she alleges, and when she
gave such an accounting he accused
her of telling what was not the truth
and made "base insinuations," the
complaint charges.
The complaint' indicates that the
difference in their ages had much to
do with their domestic difficulties. On
several occasions, it is alleged, the
captain attacked her with physical
force, during ourbursts provoked bj
jealousy.
Estrangement Causes Stir.
Captain Peixotto found fault with
his wife's dress and with her culinary
efforts, it is alleged. He told her,
she says, that she "looked like a
slob," and when she changed her
frock to please him because he had
criticised he is quoted as having said;
"What affinity are you expecting
now?"
The defendant nagged his wife con
stantly about the food, the wife de
clares. When she went out he ac
cused her of neglecting her household
duties and when she remained at
home he urged her to "go out and be
sociable," according to the divorce
papers.
The estrangement of the couple has
caused considerable stir, it is said, in
army society as a result of the prom
inence of both and their activity iu
Bocial affairs. ,
GROWERS MAY RESUME
Reorganization of Association to Be
Considered by Committee.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) The advisability of reorganiz
ing the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit
Growers' association is to be inves
tigated by a special committee of five
members to be appointed by President
W. H. Paulhamus. This committee
will report at an adjourned meeting
of the association to be called within
four weeks by President Paulhamus.
Decision to oonduct such an inves
tigation was made with the passage
of a motion by E. R. Thomas of Sum
ner at the 22d annual meeting of the
association, held in Puyallup.
Mr. Paulhamus predicted a pros
perous year for the growers. In
view of conditions he said he would
consider serving as head of the asso
ciation another year if the members
desired. The growers expressed their
approval by raising their hand3 and
cheering.
Snow Deep In Roads.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) County Agent Fowler, who has
just returned from a trip on business
in connection with the better sires
campaign in eastern Lewis county, re
ports that the roads between Randle
and Glenoma are rutted through a
heavy fall of snow that will not go
off for some time to come.
HANDLING
ESTATE IS CHARGED
Removal of Widow as Execu
trix Is Asked.
BANK SUPERVISORS SUE
Misrepresentation to Avoid Pay
ment of Scandinavian-American
Institution Alleged.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle,
Wash., Feb. 24. John P. Duke, state
supervisor of banking, has filed a pe
tition in the superior court to have
the widow, Nellie B. Sander, removed
as executrix on the ground that she
is an unfit and improper person to
act
Fraud in the handling of the es
tate o the late Fred E. Sander, pi
oneer resident of Seattle, and builder
of the city's first line of cable street
railway, is charged.
The state supervisor's petition al
leges that the Sander estate had been
estimated at a value of only $100,000
in order to avoid payment of $149,000,
said to have been due to the defunct
Scandinavian-American bank of this
city; that before his death Sander
conveyed his property without con
sideration to other, persons "for the
sole purpose of cheating and defraud
ing the petitioner and that said exec
utrix is a party to said fraudulent
scheme." It is charged also that her
appointment was a fraud to conceal
the true condition of the estate.
Sander died here April 10, 1921, sur.
vived by his widow, one son, Harry
K. Sander, and one daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sander Lilly. At the time
of his death Sander, according to the
record, held 110 shares in the Scandinavian-American
bank. The bank
failed and was taken over by the su
pervisor, June 20, 1921. Eight days
later the supervisor levied 100 percent
on the par value of the stock. The
petition recipes that this has not be.en
made by the Sander estate. In ad
dition, when the bank failed there was
owing it from Sander $5800, also $30,
000 from ' the Seattle Engineering
school, $13,000 from the Seattle Land
& Improvement company and $100,000
from Fred E. Sander, incorporated, for
all of which the supervisor holds the
estate to be liable. In .behalf of Mrs:
Sander a general demurrer has been
filed. '
DISABLED MEN TO GET CARE
Los Angeles Home Will Be Opened
to Northwest Veterans.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
Wash., Feb. 24. The national home
for disabled war veterans at Los An
geles will be opened to disabled vet
erans of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho who are unable to connect their
present illnesses or injuries with their
period of actual service. This was an
nounced today by L. C. Jesseph,
northwest district manager of ; the
United States veterans' bureau, fol
lowing receipt of a letter from George
W. Wood, president of the board of
managers of the national home, i
"We want to take care especially
I of those unfortunate soldiers . who
cannot trace their disabilities directly
to war service, but who are in dire
need," writes Mr. Wood.
Within two or three days the dis
trict office of the veterans' bureau
will have admission forms to be used
by applicants to the national home,
said Mr. Jesseph. These will be dis
tributed throughout the northwest to
the Red Cross and veterans' organiza
tions as well as officials of the vet
erans' bureau, who will assist dis
abled veterans ineligible to govern
ment compensation in taking the
proper steps for entrance into the
national home.
WOMAN ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Selling of Stock in Mythical Hog
Ranch Charged. ,
PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle,
Wash., Feb. 24. Arrest of Mrs. Doll
Calloway, wife of C. W. Calloway,
president of the C. & H. Hog Growers
syndicate, on an indictment charging
ber with misuse of the mails to sell
Investors worthless stock in a more
or less mythical hog ranch near Yaki
ma, was announced this morning by
John S. Swenson, c'ty postofflce in
spector, who returned from Sacra
mento, CaL Calloway was arrested
last Saturday at Sacramento on a sim
ilar charge, alleged to have obtained
$55,000 from investors in Seattle and
other Washington towns.
Mrs. Calloway's arrest was made In
Sacramento following the inspector's
arrival there last Tuesday. Calloway's
bail was fixed at $5000 and Mrs. Callo
way was allowed to go on her per-
sonal recognizance. Both are sched
uled to appear in Spokane for trial in
the United States court.
Road Right of Way Asked.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle.
Wash., Feb. 24. The secretary of
war is urged. In a resolution by
the board of trustees of the Seattle
chamber of commerce, to approve
Pacific county's application for a
right of way for a county high
way through the Fort Columbia
United States military reservation
The proposed highway would run
from McGowan, on the Washington
side of the Columbia river, to Holman,
on the Pacific ocean, and open up
north beach, with 27 miles of un
broken beach. Motorists, if the high
way is built, will be able to ferry
across from Astoria to McGowan.
Rldgefield Legion Names Delegates
RIDGEFIELD, Wash.,' Feb. 24.
(Special.) The Well3 Armstrong post.
No. 44, American Legion of Ridge
field, will be represented at the state
conference of commanders and ad
jutants of American Legion posts to
be held Saturday, March 4, at Seattle,
by George R. . Thomas, commander,
and Edward L. Sachtler, adjutant of
the local post. Commanders and ad
jutants from ever post in the state
are expected to attend the meeting.
Read the grocery and market ads
on pages 12 and 13. Adv.
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WINTER GRIP FELT AGAIN
THERMOMETER DOWN TO 16
DEGREES AT PENDLETON.
Lower Columbia River District
Feels Cold Biting East W ind
Extremely Disagreeable.
PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 24: (Spe
cial.) Pendleton is again In the grip
of winter, with four Inches of snow
and the temperature as low as 16 de
grees. With the barometer indicating
clear weather, everyone is preparing
for another cold) snap. It has been
only four days since the streams were
all flooded by the spring1 run-off, and
now all streams are running low and
nearly frozen.
ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.)
The lower Columbia river district is
again being treated to a touch of real
winter, and' this morning the mercury
dropped to about 26 degrees above
zero, one of the coldest mornings of
the year. A biting east wind makes
the temperature extremely disagree
able. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. -24.
(Special.) The east wind) has almost
paralyzed business here and has sent
many persons to bed with bad colds
and some mild' cases of influenza. The
temperature was 22 above this morn
ing. Little business is being done
and many of the stores had the ap
pearance of lonesomeness. Tomorrow
will be the third day for the wind,
after which it is expected winter will
break and spring will actually come.
The wind swept down the Columbia
beach on Hayden Island, filling the
street cars and automobiles passing
with sand. The flying sand was so
bad at times that the motormen could
scarcely see ten feet ahead.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.)
Winter has again struck Eugene and
the upper valley. Following a cold
snap, during which the mercury
reached 26 degrees, a snow storm be
gan early tonight and the ground is
white once more. Sleet, rain and
snow fell at intervals during the day.
ABERDEEN MILL PENDS
Fulfillment of Conditions by City
Council Is Decisive Factor.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) The old Michigan mill site in
South Aberdeen has been tentatively
selected as the site on which the pro
posed pulp mill will be erected, pro
vided arrangements desired by the
promoters for a water supply are
granted by the city council. Henning
Helin, consulting engineer for the
British Columbia interests, declared
that a supply of about 3,000,000 gal
lons a day would be needed. The
Charley Creek system, owned by the
city and abandoned as a source of
supply some years ago, would be
ample for a winter supply, but a
gaurantee of city water for the sum
mer months would be necessary. This
would call for another pipeline under
the Chehalis river and a considerably
larger main extension on the south
side to the old mill site.
A committee ' including the mayor
and members of the finance commit
tee of the council and the city attor
ney will consider means of meeting
the conditions desired.
ABERDEEN RESERVOIR UP
City Council Votes to Purchase
61.7 Acres as Site.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe.
cial.) The city council last night,
following an executive session at
which the Helin pulp mill proposal
was received and discussed, voted
unanimously to purchase 61.7 acres
of land adjoining the present city
water reservoir site for future water
storage purposes.
City Attorney Cross was instructed
to prepare a resolution for hard-surfacing
about 25 blocks of streets in
the central residence section. A peti
tion for the restoration of jitney serv
ice on Heron street was received and
referred. Protests were made by Fair
view residents against the condition
of streets in that section.
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Blue Danube Waltz . . Strauss
A Modern Medley
Mellow Southern Moon. . .
CecZ Teague
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