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VOL. IV. NO. It0.
illftllCliESffltl
Fight for Pric of Rudolph Jaiisetfs
S Life Results in Charges of a Very V
v
. " . Serious
"7 and: Attorneys wmrlJekcd:toi;icU-on
u . awntr Judge I R. wbtr win
prob charge of Irregularity In th pro-
- bating of th will of Rudolph Jum,
who waa killed February f . If SI." In a
streetcar accident at M on ta villa. Tb
charcea ara contained. In arldenoa Uiat
- has been laid befora the county court bjr
Frank BchlereL oouneel for the aetata.
It la understood also that Judge "Web
' , ater will shake up thoroughly the de
tail of the probata business as it. naa
' been conducted lately and learn to what
- extent. If any, there have been Improper
- acta. - ,- . '
Jhe sped fie charcaa that have caused
the county Judae to Institute the lnres-tla-atlon
lnTolvo R. O. Scott, admlnla-
- trator of the J an sen earate, IC H. Rid
dell, Bootr lawyer., and Jay Upton,
bailiff of the county court, private sec
retary "of Judaa Webster and, brother-
, In-law of Sootc "" -- .
Richard W. Ruffln already has be
' . tinder fire, and was -to hare been ar
. rested today at Lone Beach, Washlng-
- ton, but hs.catna this morulas; to Port-'-
land and want at one, to Judge "Web
ster's office to demand an- Immediate
hearln. Judge Webstor refused It. but
atated that ba would listen o all pre
sentations 'In the case In open - court
, tomorrow afternoon at I o'clock, .
Wehste WU InTeatloW ;. '
KJudge"TVbster waa asked regarding
, the atatua of ttoa case and replied: . t.
i ,. 1 shall take UP the chargea at one
'.,and prebt tt ' " " """ " f een.
not y any thing at this 'time. JProbablf
the) heartng ,omorrow wUl develop' the
. facta." ,. " . v
'i -'. . Jay tTpton wa out of town, but Is ex.
. pected back tomorrow. Mr. Rlddell dls
" ! claimed any Irregularity in his coaneo
y tto wlJA'Jeetate.
thinTt -wrong and am not responsible In
y lor It. - i want nurnu to conn
back -and shall see that If possible he
refund the money that was paid on the
u young man's account." c - -
Mr. Bchlegal gave a complete state
i'i ment of th case, which be aald la sub.
. stantl&lly th evidence that waa laid ba
' - for th oourt. i.
- "Rudolph anam." aald Mr. Bchlegel.
; wa kUled In a atraetcar accident-,' at
MonUvlllai Tebruary , 106. The nly
.heir at law for such an Intestate' de
-cedent was the father, who In this case
; gavs power of attorney to hi son, Hef-"
' -man, who lived in Tomahawk. Wlacon-
ln. ' - . . -v" '.-"( -
- rTh next morning after th death of
. 'Tansen, R. 1 Q. Bcott, brother-in-law ' of
E TO ra
f notJEii
Band of Seventy-Five Operating
on New York's East ,SWo ,
' : Ci toJDoramit Bigamy,
MARRIED YOUNQ GIRLS .'
JTO SECURE FORTUNES
Morg " Than a -.Thousand
Women
Wedded and Deserted After Their
Saying Have .Been Secured
Worked Through Agencies.
(Jeoraal peetal Swrlce.--- .
- New York, Jkug. 1 1. Investigation of
Dr. George A. WlUschoff, alleged blgs
" mist, has revealed the fact that there 1
an ora-anlseoVfchnd on th east aide, num.
ORG IB
7- baring ft members, who during the- met
' 10 year have married more than l.ooo
T; young women for their savings, dseert--
ing them within a few day or weeks,
' according to the length of time It took
to. cajole them ont cf their money.
' -' Th head of this oombln la known
,itrry Kaufman, who when arrested; and
arraigned In the Essex Market court two
year ago,, was confronted by tt women
- who claimed him their husband. - Ur.
Willschoff, who, matrimonial exploit
' war, uncovered through th efforts of
Mis Dora Dorf. whom he married under
, the nam of Weston, Joined th organlia-
tlon six year ago, and Immediately be
: earn on of It lead re.- - It waa found.
through on or hi earlier wlvea, Mr.
Bophl Toucar, that Willschoff had mar
' ried more than' SO young women, whose
. name ar known, and la th husband of
, more than 100 girl In addition,, whom
h married In other eitla. ? '
This organised gang, which wa n
" Kg4 In marrying east aid young
women for their money, bad beadquer
; tera, and , maintained . an - association
s. firmly boand together. They operated
through th medium : of .matrimonial
genole who were hand in glove wt.a
th membere, fend who hunted up young'
, women eligible, presenting them to th
, .n harpies who sought their savings. .,
m
.Nature. - r
J JTpton, wag appointed administrator
and gave SiOO bond. ..The. property Of
the MUM was designated as 140 In
money, f 10 worth of . clothing and
claim against th railway company.
&Mg to Janaen. ' ;:'
Tebruary Ttwo lettersiwer written
on stationery or . tn county court - on
th office typewriter by Upton, signed
by R. O. Boott and H. H. Rlddell, to
th brother In the east, saying that per
haps other lawyer would writ for th
case and that it would be useless "for
Jansnn to pay .any heed to1 them, as
Boott bad been appointed and knew all
about th deceased man and hi affair,
whereas a Jvldeno already, adduced
shows they dl not even know his true
nam, but later war compelled to cor
rect the nam on th ' record of th
oourt by filing an affidavit Changing
th ; nam from - 'Johnson' to . 'Jansen,'
and beaidea ar known to have inquired
about the deceased man' affair , in a
manner to prove that Mhey were utterly
ignorantr or blm.--,J-.-k.'. . -
tuary telegram was f sent
to the brother .wyer Judge Webster
aam4ntrnotinghra to address all let
ters to H. H. Rlddell ln relation to th
case. Judge Webster did not know any
thing about th telegram having been
enU - .. ..- . - 0. .
,ln March. Boott filed an affidavit say
ing that there was a claim of th estate
again? in consonaatea Railway cosv
nany fAr the death of Jensen and thaj
there" was no' money with which to be
gin ult; th affidavit atated that Boott
knew an attorney, H. H. Rlddell by name,
who would take the oase to collect from
th company for SO .per cent of th
amount realised., . . .,. . .... . ,
IKonay Zft by hM'lk-
thcompnyJrty dollar waa-bn
hand belonging to this deceased, yet th
affidavit cf Bcott stated that there waa
no suit money. Only SU.4S would have
been needed to file the paper and: try
th caa. rr. !- r
"Then R. W. Ruffln cornea Into th
cas. - Herman Johnson arrived from
th east and John Erickson, an employe
Cf Ruffln, tells" Herman, that he can col
lect 11,000 from th eomnany. v Herman
1 Ignorant of th customs of this coun
try and cannot, resd English. ,t - .,..-
-Kurnn told Herman he would hav
Bcott, and Rlddell removed aa admini
tratof and attorney, and on th strength
of promise that h would hav a friend
of Merman named aa dmlniitr.rnr in.
dueed th friend to pay S40 toward th
expense of conducting th proceedings.
Ruffln Induced Herman Johnson to sign
certain paper which he said were neo
easary under ths law. . :. Thew turned
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(ConUnued On fag Two.)
Edw84olmes(LjrPismimd1PrQnT the Depsrtmer otAriailtufe
PORTLAND,'. OREGON. - MOIJDAY EVENING, AUGUST
IViLL uOT BUVFAGtULATdOi" ijRS.TAQSiTiT
KIM ft HOOD - OtlSO
Witt'eJ ,Say Russia Rejects
- Japan's. ; Efforts, tayc.et In-'(
t demnity ty Some Mor
Euphonious Name. J
KOMURA WAITS FOR .
; ; ORDERS FR0MT0KI0
Conference of Envoys Set for Today
Put Off Until ,Tomorrovy Effort
to Get Around ReimbunemcnV At-tributed-
16 Roosevelt, 'Comes to
Nothjng-!Necotiations Halted, v d.
1
(Jenaal Special Servlee.- '
1 Portsmouth, ' Aug. it Envoy 'Witt
this morning, when asked about th re
port sent ' out to the effect : that th
president had ben authorised by Japan
to waive all quoft(on of indemnity and
offer to sell Sqfettnilo, th redemption,
price to be flxecU by a mixed commis
sion composed of - representatives -of
neutral -European powers, aald:. v.
"That is merely an Incorrect version
of what I' explained -a few days ago.
It la an attempt of Japan to get Indem
nity - under another . nam. Russia re
jected it.' '"v--.:':-4 :r ,vti
-. After a oonferenoe lasting nearly an
hour between Envoy Takahlra $aiid
WUta, laat night at 10 o'clock MLvnta
announced that today session- JaL'th
pea4f i oonferenoe would ba postponed
beoaus no new Instruction had been
received from Tokio and meeting .will
be. held Tuesday Instead of today.
Minister Takahlm expreased himself
as follow: i.,.'-.-,
"Inasmuch as this conference la ini
tiated by th friendly efflo of President
Rooeevelt w felt that w afaould be
cautious . about terminating lta labor.
W do not regard th situation-. hop.
less, but almost hopeless.
It 1 vtdnt that th real erlsla in
th negotiation I at band, and that un
less concession ar mtiA' y 'tv ' T-
kin T- Hf Patershurg tndsr th rnnliir
will com very suddenly. If Japan has
nothing1 t offer-tomorrow "the confer
ence wUl pass into-- history. - Witt. 1
powerless to do- anything .without im
perial consent, and Xomura occupies
the aame position with his government.
ussln j-emsjraUl
SF lndemnltv ar nlmhnrHmnL or the
aot of th war. though, consenting to
cede half of Sakhalin and pay th cost
. .
of Russian prisoners. . The same reply
ha been given to tle president by th
caar through Ambassador Meyer, -r rr-;
: TO BOYCOTT DOUMA.
earal JUilway Btrlk and STew xer-
rorlst eglm .otd4 Vpoa.
i-'r . (Josrnal Special Service ) . .
; Pari." Aug. r II. Plan of boycott
against trf caar constitution and or
ganlaation of the douma on it present
lines hav been perfected, according to
trustworthy Information from Ba Pe
tersburg. Th organisation of a general
railway atrik In Russia 1 assured, th
report declares. Th commencement of
th atrik will depend on th outoom
of th peace negotiation at Portsmouth.
A new terrorist, regime has been decided
on by th revolutionary party, which
only await th end of peace parleying.
ent otAcrlcnhora for, Cmplkity. In tha' Cotton Ik Portrait
?$a Him John HydeUefbfth Bureau of Sutiatics'of That Department.' ; " ".J "'
"riculture,,and Nex
Professor M, W. Lyon,, His Wife
''and a Guide Knocked Sense-
v. less by Many Successive
; ; : Bojts of Lightning :
HELPLESS ON PEAK IN ,
-FURIOUS SNOW STORM
A-
Guide, Revived by Chi ResusciUtes
Professor and ; Carries Wife- Till
f- Rescuers - Meet Them Lyon ; , Is
With Smithsonian Institution Mrsl
Lyon Still Unconscious. ;.v-r' y.
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:-,-. :;f.:-f ;; -.f 1 1. , s ': . ,,.
(Special DUpatch te The Joenul) ;
Cloud' Cap Inn. Aug. . While x-
amlning th records of the Masamas at
the summit of Mount Hood yeateraay,
Professor and Mra "M." WT Lyon of
Washington, District of Columbia, and
Quid Mark Wei rant were , . struck . by
lightning and all three were prostrated.
Mra. Lyon la still in a seajl-coneclous
and dased condition. .". " r -
Mr. Lyon, 1 a professor In th his
tory department of th Smithsonian In
stitution and wa desirous of viewing
th record of th Masamas, which ar
kept tail metal, box at th top of th
mountain, .- WhlT th guide waa open
ing the box a "glare blinded th party
and a terrific thunderclap followed. All
were knocked down-by th shock. The
guide attempted to ris and waa again
knocked to th ground by a second Jxlt
of lightning.-uS i .' , I . - i, -'-;'
A heavy snowstorm ' was ' sweeping
lover the summit at-th time and th
cnui reviyea piuaa weigani wno, aitar
working -over Professor Lyon for some
time, revived blm. . , t , ' -"
' Together they tried to resuscitate
Mrs. Lyon, but war unsucoassful and
the guide atarted down the mountain
path to Cloud cap inn. carrying tn -un
conscious woman. The strain wai"too
much for him after . traveling avral
thonsanfl feetandat lastjhe wsajnnly
.able 10 OXM nTMWiiU. thrCU,,tll0
now,
Meanwhile th management of th Inn
bad become alarmed at th continued
absence of th parties and had sent out
a" rescuing party.' .'. ' .'
All three were brought her and given
I reu" thatWelgant ha completely
. H kMfd.
covered, the profeaaor is 'slowly emerg-
lng Irom Ith tate of , coma the shock
throw him Into and big. wife will finally
recover, though ah la still but partly
-conscious, i . ,; j -; - .-.
Short story series
FOR JOURNAL READERS
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t j.: .
Th Journal. -with It eus-
W tomary . alertneaa when good -
4 things for Its readers ar to be 4.
- had, has secured a serles ot-lh
beet modern short stories to be
. be published weekly la th only
.. color' . msgssln supplement
. published In Portland on Sunday.
The first of these, -A Deal on
Change." by Robert Barr, will b
. printed net . Sunday.,. ,
foir
TWELVE .PAGES.
Fair. Defendant In Divorce Scan
dai. Tells The i History '. of
"Her. Life and Lpv'e In
' 'Court Today
FIRST TASTED LIQUOR
AT HEPj. HUSBAND'S HOME
Young Army Couple Loved Society
and Lots of Company and Went
Whereyef They - Wera Invited
; Wife Paid Most of the Expense of
, Entertainmentr"" - V y.-'-
' ' t-,i ''(Jearaat Special Sarvlc.) ; ' 1
Wooster. Aug. It. Mra Taggart en
tered court , thl morning prepared-, to
take th stand.- Whll walUng th at
torneys of the opponent engaged In a
controversy. .. Werts and Bmyser called
each other liars. - The court threatened
to punish each for "contempt and order"
wa- restored, u. ; '"i.. . c. ..- -...i.
Taggart - waa ' recalled ' to the- stand
and denied that he adt on the sofa In a
compromising position with another officer-
wife. He aald that he had never
quarreled with the officer In question. .
Mra Taggart ' than ' took th ' stand.
Sh said:- ' - -
"t arn SS years old. " I was born And
raised In Chicago, aa ths adopted daugh
ter of Mrs. Culver. Mr. Culver was a
totsJUcabstainr-rl-wa--brought-p-ln
that way.- I mat and loved Major Tag.
gart when h waa stationed at Fort
Bherjdan. I am aur b loved m---.-.
.'.'I was ill after marriage, but soon
joined-my husband at Plattsburg bar
racks, where mother furnished a bouae.
I drank bear at Plattsburg. Th major
had It In hi house. I waa happy there.
W moved to Fort Thomas, where I met
Captain Ryther whan h was an enlisted
man. 7 He and a friend, an officer' son.
war permitted to call In civilian
clothes. , After h waa commissioned be
baasea m fHend of my husband.
. "The eeyeae)- aa t lssg ssinpsiiieti.
Our horn wa a gathering place for th
young people. W went everywhere
thae. w were invited. I paid much of
the Expense myself. . Tha wa never a
subject of conversation between us.' The
rfr..,r. .....rm.- piate glass ironis in stores
make him advance;
Mra. Taggart aald whan sh joined
her husband In. th Phlllpplneaafter a
long separation, she found . him a
changed man. Sh believed, that th
hardship of tropical campaigns had In
jured hi mind. Sh said that be wa so
jealou that he magnified the most In
nocent happening Into terrible offenses.
Witness said that ah treated "Billy"
Taggart aa sh would any brother or
Istsr of her husband. - Sh : accused
the Orrvlll gossips -of poisoning th
captain's l mind with false suspicions.
ENGINEER KILLED IN .
WRECK ON PANHANDLE
- 1 1 - ;-.-,.-.-
" Jeorsal Special Servk. I - " '
Logans port. IndU Aug. 28. Th . Pan
handle excursion train from. Cincinnati
was derailed early this morning. Fire
man Walter Bverman of Cincinnati was
killed. Engineer Patrlek Qrady is prob
ably fatally hurt. Five wer slightly
injured. .
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PRICE TWO
' - . .. .-!'-, -' - -.
Country From Pendleton to Spokane Sul
fers from Worst Sand end Wind
Storm in History of District (
j--.,;
S vastionp Buildings Blown Doyn Trees UK j
'M: tjookdEtmi and Grain Damaged -
. ,(SpaeUI Mapateh Is Tk JeernaLy
Pendleton. Or-. Aug. 18. The entire
inland empire was visited by th worst
wind , and .dust storm experienced in
many' year yesterday afternoon and
evening. From Pendleton to Spokane
th. air-waa filled with fin dust blown
by wind that attained the velocity or
a. hurricane. Th country was anroua-
ed in darknesa Th storm raged for
more .than an hour leaving a trail of
devastation.' " Even--fnth-bt dust-
protected store dust a quarter of an
Inch thick settled on the merchandise.
The air waa close' and stifling. . .
In th cltie much damage waa don.
Plat glass window were smashed, awn
ings torn down, algna ripped from build
ings. ; billboards ' demolished and tele
phone and telegraph wires torn down In
all directions. - Trains were - stalled
waitings for ordersthat could, not be
given,, .V t". . . .2 " "J-
Th storm cam from th south and
first reported at Pendleton ar 4
o'clock. It traveled north rapidly.
reaching Spokan at T o'clock. Great
damage I reported in th wheat fields,
stack of wheat being scattered by th
wind and uncut grain shattered by the
force of th storm, fruit and shade
, mrmrm ttlnwn rinwn. f rillt shaken
from trees, and trSb damage, to farmer
will reach nt the thousands.
About 4 o'clock th storm struck Pen
dleton and. for several minute the city
wag f 0 total, darknesa, 4 th son bevng
com nletely obscured" by" stifling- CliAids
6f Oust. " -
As light was gradually restored, the
wind Increased In .velocity and sign,
awnings ' and itree wer- torn - down.
Window wer broken and a general
scene of havoc waa prevalent Several
wer shattered. . .
Report from Milton state that when
the storm struck that point it war trav
eling with frightful velocity and that
many fruit trees were uprooted - and
those left standing wer stripped of
their fruit. - Orchard ar wrecked and
th ground literally covered with ap
ple. .Some standing wheat In th track
of th "stOfm was demolished and th
loss. .created by. th atorm I., felt
throughout th county.
WALL OF BLACKNESS.
L
Train Trembl When CoatpaoS Kass of
. Sand, Dtrt and Debris Jftrike It.
--r-.iapet IHanaleS t Ts Jaereal,!
--eppner Junction. Aug. ,.28. The
torm hit th westbound O. R. N
passenger train near Coyote at S o'clock
last right. Bo terrific was the' gsle of
and that It wasr'lmpossibl to distin
guish passengers In the coach who aat
10 feet apart. People on the train saw
th storm coming, up th Columbia
of James 7;;: T
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CENTS. .,71. .TV
rlvar.and became mnch frightened b.
cause It bore .th appearance f an
approaching tornado. For f lv mile th
storm was seen coming, a perpendicular
wall : of ; blackness, sweeping . up th
river. . . .- . . .. . - '
In appearance the storm was no wider
than the width of th Columbia. 80
eompact wa th mass of sand.; dirt and
debrla that It bore a solid appearance
until It actually struck th windows' of
in train.- Ample time ng(jeen given
for th train crW to close all the win
dows, Inner well aa outer. Desplt
this precaution, the dust filled th
coachea and waa gov stifling as to b
aimoat unbearable. -Prom Pendleton to
that point there had been oeroely a
breath of air and th rid had been th
freest, from dust of any made-this sea
son over that portion of the Iin; 7V
Wlthin five minute th Clothing "of
th paaaenger had been covered wltft a
iayer-of sand a quarter of an Inch deep. ...
Telegraph poles, fence and rock be
came loat to view In an' Instatttt Th '
train shook and quivered and threatened
to leave th rail. People suggested
that the. ..conductor stop the train, but
thla was scarcely necessary, because th '
engineer waa forced to creep along at a :
anallpace. . ,
To makethe distance of eight mile
bet ween. Goyote and Cast Rock It re- '
quired ttyree quarter of nil liuur. 1 Frew . -Castle
Rock the storm had largely spent
Its fury and by th lime Heppner June- '
itna.wss reached, -whlh ie 1 -mile
sat
gain discernible.
Precautionary measure war taken
by the railroad company by sending out
section men at all curve where thai!
MndUJw-rrfttnar-badly'"I"At . these
curve th train crept at soeil-ilk pace.
These precaution wer eontlnued far
a Grant, which I nearly stKmlle west
of Coyot. In thl entire district sand
fences wer blown . down f and many
place completely covered. - v .
Local passenger on th train bouml
for Heppner. Arlington and other town,
pronounced the storm th worst that
has awept th Columbia In over S0
year. . ,
BUILDINGS OVERTURNED
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Blown Sown, ttrain bad rraift
Saaiaged at Walla Walla.
; ' ISpaelal Mapetrs to The JaaraaLt
'Walla Walla. Wash., Aug. ft. Fruit
threshed from .trees, standing . grain
(Continued on Pag Two.)
Accused Statistician of th C
" partment ; of t Agrieutturf ,;
- Surrenders Himself
TEN THOUSAND DOLL.r.3 .'. ,
IS-SIZEOF H cc.:d
TV
Charged With Conipiracy in Connec-
tion With the Prematura JEbUca-..
h' tdon of Cotton Reports Which Were
Sold to Speculators.
(Jearaal Ssetial SerrUe.l.
'Washington. Aur, 18. Edwin SV
Holmes. Jr., former sssorlat " i4H
tlcian of th department of agrleultur,
surrendered to th United State mar
shal thl morning In response to. an in
dictment charging consplrari-lh "con
nection 'with th premator publication
of government crop report '
v Holmes ws indicted with Frederick.
A, Peckham -and Moeee Has of New
York. Th two latter had already been
arrested. District Attorney ' Beech
went befor Justlr Sufford Satur r
and Holmes' bond wss ftsed st ll.
It wa expected that Holme would ap
pear In am-wer to th Indictment t
day. but he failed now up until t
morning.,
HNmea' attorney In. .WWngJon
W?J5. Ieater. Both man arrived In (
ca Saturday'and the defense of Hoi
wa prepared soon after their arrlv.
A statement given eut states e
Itly tht the eotton reports w
pared by -four persona one of
waa the secretary ef agrleultur. "
xm la taken bF" ' r
r th leak in the report oou! 1 .
oncurred without m" "-''
oynlaant uf tlie fct hl-n
Mr. Iester eri'l-'-!'" 1
Hoi mts gave er '
It is P"W saM tn
re ssked to 1
l.o'Tie snd " '
b Jhre of I
HOLLIES ARRESTED
AT WOII1GTI&
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