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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 5, 1919.
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COURT MUST DECIDE
WHICH 01 IS WIFE
.Two Claim Pensions as Wid
i ow of Dead Canadian.
WOMAN HERE REMARRIES
-tirorro Case Brings Vp Tangle in
Identities Descriptions of
Z Husband Varjv
Ts Sergeant Robert J. 'White of
Portland, who ai killed In action
- irirh the Canadians at Weincourt
'.. Belgium, in August, 1918. married to
two women, one in this city and the
other in Victoria. B. C? Or. is the
T effort of Mrs. Gertrude Ijihey of
Portland to secure annulment of her
marriage to J. K. lahey, on the
" frround that she was the wife of
White when wedded to Lahey. only
- an attempt to establish a claim to a
pension from the Canadian govern
ment? This la the real issue in the mar-
- riage annulment suit of Mrs. Iahey
- which was taken under advisement
by Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday
and in which a decision will be
"handed down early this week.
And if the latter explanation should
prove true, who was the Kobert J.
White Mrs. Ijihey married In Seattle?
And was he the Robert J. White who
- was victim of an explosion In a muni
tlon factory in New York early in
- 1918.
; Despite positive evidence' produced
by Mrs. Alice White of Victoria, both
- ad to her marriage to White and his
"subsequent movements, and the re-
- fual of Mrs. Mary Kutzschan. mother
of White, to recognize as her son pic
. lures presented by Mrs. Lahey, the
Portland woman offers startling ctr
cumstantial evidence to support her
claim of marriage to White in Seattle
"two months prior to the wedding of
-Airs. Alice White.
Mrs. Laker Draws Praaloa.
Mrs. Lahey drew several hundred
dollars from the Canadian govern-
- merit as pension before Mrs. White
." of Victoria established her claim. Mrs.
" White received the notification of her
- husband's death from the Canadian
-war department and many of his ef
; fecta and caused the notice of hi:
-death to be published in Portland
newspapers. It was through these ad
vertisements. inserted in The Oregon.
ion and Journal September 4. 191S
J that Mrs. Lahey first learned of the
-death of the man she claims as hus-
. band.
Mrs. Lahey's story was that she had
' married Lahey after noticing the
."death of one Robert J. White in a
munition factory explosion in New
York in 1918. after she had been
"months without word from her hus-
band. She made no effort to verify
'- the death by writing to the munition
plant, but told her mother she "Just
- knew it was Bob." and six months
Z- later married Lahey.
Subsequently learning of the death
. of Sergeant White through a notice
'"Inserted in the Portland papers by
Mrs. White for the purpose of lnform-
Ing Portland friends of her husband
l of his honorable end. Mrs. Lahey de-
elded she had been too hasty. Divorce
proceedings which had already been
started against Lahey on grounds of
" cruelty were withdrawn, and new
-proceedings began for annulment of
-'. the marriage, in the meanwhile p
" plication was made to the pension
bureau in Canada by Mrs. Lahey. who
I submitted purported photographs of
White and her marriage certificate to
t' support her claim.
Jadae te Deride Proof.
The question to be decided by Judge
- Morrow is the sufficiency of her
proof. Mrs. Lahey brought the an
nulment suit in the local courts and
received a default decree several
months ago. On representations of
the Canadian government, the case
was reopened, an answer filed and
Deputy District Attorneys Hammers
ly and Graham protected the Interests
of the state.
Lahey was the third husband of
.Mrs. Lahey. Her maiden name was
Gertrude Hnwett- She married a
man named "Magson" and later was
divorced.
On April S. IMC. she took out a li
cense in Seattle to marry one Kobert
J. White. The certificate was pro
duced In court. She had known him
since childhood in Portland, she testi
fied. He had been a plumber and in
the practice of his trade had lost a
finger from one hand, she did not
know which, she said. Testimony of
White's mother, his Canadian wife,
and the evidence of enlistment papers
show that he had lost two fingers
from his right hand.
Mrs. Lahey said that White came
to Portland for her, and took her to
Seattle, where they were married.
After a brief honeymoon, lasting
about a week, she returned to Port-
PRINCIPALS IN DUAL IDENTITY MYSTERY WHICH IS PUZZLING LOCAL COURT.
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Left Robert J. White. Ceater M
Orrf rwde Lahey, former wife of Rob
ert J. White. Right Aaother view
f Robert J. W bite. Below Ser
geaat Robert J. White of the Cana
diaa arsayv formerly of Portlaad.
The photographs to the right and
left of the woman are of the same
man. It the picture below Is of the
same person, as the woman claims, she
ill receive a pension from the Cana-
ian government: the heart of a worn
n in Canada will be broken; a war
ero will have been proved a polyg-
mlst. and a strange matrimonial tan
le will be only partially solved.
land to pack her things while he went
back to work for the explosives com
pany. Eefore she could join him. she
received a letter, she asserted, from
her husband, telling her that he was
going to ban .Francisco. He did not
touch at Portland on his way, but
wrote her from the Bay city, she tes
tified. He sent her some money from
San Francisco and said he was going
to accept a position with the Dupont
Powder company in New York slate.
she declared.
This was the last she ever beard
from her husband, she said. She
wrote him at James island and the
letter was returned, indorsed "Try
San Francisco." Mrs. Lahey declared.
Of all the letters she said she re
ceived from White, Mrs. Lahey was
unable to produce one.
"I burnt them all as soon as I had
answered them." she testified. She
offered one postal card in evidence,
which she claimed White had sent her
from James island in an envolope.
Karly in 1918 Mrs. Lahey, then
White, saw a .notice in The Oregonian
of an explosion in a New York pow
der works, and among the dead was
isted "Robert J. White." Against the
advice of her mother, Mrs. Mattie
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AmTr fir " - 1 1 a i 1 1 m ttrnfri'rt Mm 11
tentlon to the death in action ot
Robert John White, formerly of Port
land. In the belief that her hus
band was not killed in the powdet
works. Mrs. Lahey corresponded with
the Canadian pension department
sending pictures of White. Her right
as a widow was recognized by the
Canadian authorities and she was sent
JL'OO as first payment on her pension
and S42.50 a month until the claim
Howett. and without any inquiry, shelo; jirS- white of Victoria was filed.
decided her husband was dead, and
six months later married J. L". Lahey.
That was June 5, 1918.
On September 4. 1918, appeared the
article In Portland papers inserted by
Mrs. White of Victoria, calling st-
Clalm Is Recognised.
The claim of th,e Canadian woman
was recognized immediately by the
war department of thai government,
which had sent her the first notice
of her husband's death and all his
belongings. When she made her ap
plication to the pension bureau, her
right was upheld and payment of
Mrs. Lahey was stopped until the
matter could be cleared up.
Mrs. White said that she met White
for the first time while working in
a store in Victoria. He was employed
at James Inland just prior to his mar
riage to her. June 9. 1916, was a
plumber by trade and had lost two
fingers of his right hand. She met
him in October, 1915. she said. At
no time between the time they met
and their marriage did more than
one week elapse without her seeing
him. she declared.
The same day White married he en
listed in the Canadian forces, went
to the mobilization camp in Calgary
and left there for overseas December
4. 1916. His wife had numerous let
ters from him and records of the Ca
nadian government carried out her
her story in its entirety.
Mrs. Mary Kutzschan, mother of
White, or Woicka, identified pictures
produced of the man in Canadian uni
form as her son. "She was very posi
tive. She was quite as positive that
the pictures produced by Mrs. Lahey
were not of her son.
Mrs. Lahey testified that she had
visited a woman White spoke of as his
mother in San Francisco, but had
never seen Mrs.' Kutzschan. She was
certain the man in Canadian uniform
was the man she had married, she
eaid.
The contention of Mrs. Lahey is that
her husband fell In love with another
woman, married her and enlisted in
the Canadian army after taking steps
to deceive his real wife.
Lewis Agent to See Dairy Show.
CHEHALIS, Wash,, Oct. 4. (Spe
cial.) A. B. Nystrom, Lewis county
agent, left today for a trip of a month.
during which he will visit the Nation
al dairy show in Chicago. On his
return he will visit his parents in
Kansas.
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ROOSEVELT MEMORY
AH in Readiness for Campaign
October 20-27.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN NAMED
Every Citizen of State Asked to
Contribute to Fund and flelp
Perpetuate Leader's Ideals.
County chairmen for the Koosevelt
memorial campaign were announced
yesterday by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe,
state chairman. Judge Jacob Kanzler
will direct the campaign in Multno
mah county.
'with the co-operation of county
and local committees in all parts of
Oregon." said Dr. Coe, "the Roosevelt
Memorial association is ready for its
campaign during the week of October
20-27 to honor the memory of Theo
dore Roosevelt. The people of Oregon
are requested throughout that week
to contribute to the memorial fund.
"The Roosevelt Memorial associa
tion believes that Americans desire
two forms of memorials for their dead
leader. The first of these is one that
shall be immediate and that shall en
able all Americans to subscribe to and
uphold the staunch Americanism of
Theodore Roosevelt. The concrete ex
pressidn of this sentiment will be in
a series of meetings held in every
city and town of Oregon, as well as
throughout the United States, on
Roosevelt's birthday, October 27.
All Classes Represented.
"County and local committees of
representative citizens of all parties
and classes are arranging for these
meetings. Speakers at these meetings
will voice the patriotic principles of
Theodore Roosevelt and will ask their
audiences to take part in the move
ment to perpetuate his ideals.
"In addition to these memorial
-meetings, which will be a tribute to
the genius and patriotic service of
Theodore Roosevelt, there will be per
manent memorials to convey to pres
ent and future generations the char
acter and principles of Theodore
Roosevelt. It is for the establishment
of these that the people of the United
States will be asked during the week
of October 20-27 to make free-will
contributions to the memorial fund.
"Every person who gives to this
fund during that week will become a
permanent member of the Roosevelt
Memorial association. In behalf of
this association I. call upon the people
of Oregon to join in this membership'
movement. It would be contrary to
the American principles upon which
the Roosevelt Memorial association is
founded to fix any amount requisite
for membership. Any contribution,
large or small, will entitle the person
to membership."
Connty Chairmen Kamed.
The county chairmen and the county
which they will represent are as follows:
Baker, John L. Rand; Benton. C. E
Ingalls; Clackamas. M. D. Lntourette
Clatsop, John H. Smith; Columbia, S. C.
Morton; Coos, Louis J. Simpson; Crook,
Jay Upton; Deschutes,' H. J. Overturf;
Douglas. B. i.. Eddy; Gilliam, J. w. Don
nelly; Grant. Henry L. Kuhl; Harney. J.
W. Biggs; Hood River, Ernest C. Smith;
Jackson, Robert W. Kuhl; Jefferson, Vine
W. Pearce: Josephine, Thomas M. Stott
Klamath. C. W. Kberleln: Lake, L.. r
Conn; Lane, Mrs. W. W. Calkins: Lincoln
Lester Martin; Linn, Percy R. Kelly; Mal
heur, George E. Aiken; Marion. W. Carl
ton Smith; Morrow, r. J. AlcMenamin;
Multnomah, Jacob Kanzler: Tillamook.
George P. Winslow; Umatilla, Roy W.
Ritner; Union. Bruce Dennis: Wallowa,
Daniel Boyd; Wasco, R. R. Butler: Wash
ington. Thomas H. Tongue, Wheeler. W.
G. Trill and' Yamhill. Walter L. Tooze Jr.
LEGION TS I S. AID
JIOVEMEXT BEGCX TO GET
3IOXEV FOB STUDENTS.
Merchants Boycott Paper.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 4. (Spe
cial.) A resolution not to advertise
in the Seattle Union Record 'was
adopted yesterday at a meeting held
by 25. of the city's leading business
men. It is said the action of the mer
chants is the result of unfavorable
publicity recently directed at the city
through the columns of the Record.
Ashland Post Indorses Federal
Legislation Modeled After Ore
gon Act Granting $2 5 Month.
ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 4. (Special.)
Ashland post. No. 14, of the American
legion has started a movement to ob
tain federal aid for ex-service men
who wish to attend higher institu
tions of learning along the same lines
as the state aid, which has proved
so successful in inducing Oregon's re
turned soldiers and sailors to enter
colleges of the state.
The Ashland post has taken up the
matter with state headquarters and
hopes to get the indorsement of every
post in Oregon and sen the Oregon
delegates to the national convention
of the American legion at Minneapo
lis instructed to introduce a resolu
tion before that convention urging
congress to pass an act modeled
along the lines of the Oregon act to
grant financial aid for educational
purposes.
In Oregon the state furnishes
finances to the ex-service man at
tending a state institution of learn
ing in an amount not to exceed $25
a month. Nearly 1200 men have al
ready taken advantage of the art,
and its success is indicated by the
fact that, every higher institution of
learning in the state is crowded to
capacity, according to the statistics
compiled by the Ashland post. More
tha ntwice as many Ashland boys are
entering colleges this year than have
ever before gone from the city for
that purpose.
open November S, to the needs of the
returned soldier, Dean F. G. Miller of
the university forestry school said
today.
"This five months' course Is de
signed to meet the needs of forest
rangers and guards who wish to in
crease their efficiency," he declared;
"but we also Intend to bend every ef
fort to make the course attractive to
the returned soldier who finds himself
interested in the ranger's out-of-door
life. The demand for trained men tu
forestry always exceeds the supply
and at this time opportunities for
advancement are unusually good."
AUTO EXCHANGE PLANNED
Centralia Dealers Propose Joint
Store and 'amc TruMocs.
CKNTRALIA, Wash.. Oct. 4. (Spe
cial.) At a m.'eting held last iiisht
I nthe local chamber of commerce by
auto and accessory dealers of l.ewi.H
county, 12 trustees were nominated
to represent the county In the Aulu
mobile Club of Western Washington.
isix of the nominees will be elertoil
by vote of the members of the club
living in this county. The men nomi
nated were: (ieorge u Imams, M. '
Hancock, L. K. Titus and K. H. Johns
ton. Centralia: A. C St. John, W. 1'.
West, Otto Albers, I. Kvarno ami
P. Hurley, Chchalls: (ieorge Met 'or.
mick, McCormick; W. A. Carlisle, On-
alaska, and Hugh K. Rran, Toledo.
Plans wero discussed for t lie estab
lishment of a used car cxi-hangc.
which all of the dealers would hold
stock.
FORESTS CALL SOLDIERS
University Adapts Courses to Xecds
of cx-Servieo Men.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. Moscow.
Oct. 4. (Special.) Special efforts
will be made to adapt the University
of Idaho ranger course, which will
Mosicr Will Exhibit Fruit.
THE DAU..lvS. Or., Oct. 4. (Spe
cial.) Mosier officially Itas promised
to place an attractive exhibit at. the
Wasco county fair this year. At least
200 boxes of fancy fruit will bo dis
played. A Mosier day will be set aside
on which date residents of the Mosier
district will come em masse to The.
Dalles. Special features are promised.
Blackberry Output 80 Tons.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Oct. 4
(Special.) Eighty tens of blackber
ries were put up by the O'ottago Grovn
cannery this season. Last year the
amount of theso berries put up was
60 tons.
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