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VOL. V. NO. 162.
VC7
Believed to Have
sand ; Dollars to
W'-Nadine Nichols,
EMPLOY OF GAS
vorcee, and to Spend ! in Riotous
i Living. Thefts Extend Over Two Years
- A" fool there wag mad ha mad tola
'-'-;- PTr '' ; " .
- (Even aa roa and 1) ." V .'.?
. To t rag .and a bowe-and a hank 'of
' . , hair. '.;'' '
".(We -called her' the woman who did'
-. not cere),", . . .
. But .'the fool ha called her, hla lady
i fair uj.....v. . -, r.
Evu aa ou and tt).: v-'.v V. '
fled Klplint lived la Portland and
, wrltun tha- ilnea within the put year
he -would hare deeorlbed tha mad adore,
'tlon ycung: Bernard O.-Velguth. a clerk
"a In the office f the Portland Qaa com
,tineiiiii eae led - apprezlmately
llS.OOt to lavtuh upon Mra. Nadlna
NIcholN. a San.francieoo divorcee, who
4 tor the -peet ytter has been living at 104
Park atreet. thla cltr. i
toy for the beautiful' woman 5 who
lured him to ,hla deetruction. haa x
. leted' alnca the youth first 'met the
alren nome It montha ago. It waa then. It
- la aald, that .heavy neeulatlona began
-a mere temporary loan from the com
", paer'e fund at first but a gigantic
theft. In .which there waa no hope of re-
deniptljn after hehed bome wholly
ermieahed by tha wllea and beauty' of
the goddeaa whom he worshiped. ,
; . ' AMt4 fo Xla Ortma. ' . '
' Pelguth was arreated taat - night by
- Detective Maher of the district attor
; neya office, and confined in the city
1 JalL There ha apent the night, not In re
morse for a wrong for which ha might
not atone by a lifetime of toll, but In re
grets and bitter disappointment at being
, aeparated from the womano - Hla bonds
were-fixed last-nigh t-t ,- bu4e
Democrats vPolI Heaviest, Vote7in"Histo
Republicans Carry State But With Much I
Reduced PluralityLittlefiefdV Loss . ;
' Congressman Littleileld.
(Josreal Spedtl Serrlce.l
' Portland. Me., Sept. 11. Complete re
turns from yesterdaya .flection show
that Cobb, Republican, carried the state
by 1,000 plurality. Llttlefleld'e vats
was 17.111. McGtlllcuddy's 14.1S7. Llt
tlefleld'a plurality is 1.114.
Tha legislature Is Republican,, lusur
lag the reelection of Senator Fry. Re
publicans claim SO representatives in
the legislature out of 111. They claim
14 out of II senators. '
. .. . ' ' :..
(Mil
Stolen Fifteen Thou
-Lavish Upon ; Mrs.
San.' Francisco Di
day 'war -Increased to 1 twice that
amount. In default of that sunt he Is
still confined. i ,, : ' ?
Velgnth It tl rears or age;' and re
ceived a salary of IS par month for hla
services with' the 'gas company. It Is
eervicea with tha gaa company. It Is i
tlmated that for almost two years he haa
spent about 11.100 per month. He lived
with hla widowed Mother, a brother
and Bister, at 414 Bast Fifteenth atreet
He maintained elegant apartmenta at
104 Park atreet, where Mra Nichols re
sided . with ' a woman relative.' Tha
apartmenta -were, furnished with aa ex.
travaaanoe that waa almoat oriental
In laxurlouaneaa. To aoulp thevvlaea
he ordered wine by the ease and only
the most expensive brands were ac
cepted. Fancy drinks and .other aceea
aorlea to a 'life of ' wild extravagance
were kept, at tha apartmenta. In asun
ant profusion. .. ..;:..-. ,
v : ya Plamoada and Chawma. . ,
.Three waeka ago Velgnth purchased
a large diamond ring for tha woman he
toveOi I trees. 1 7 . - He also- purchased
tor her the most costly gowns and
lingerie of the moat expensive and dell
cats makes. Fifteen dollars per rar
ment he paid -for many of tha articles
of her wearing apparel. Other presents
of almost equal value have been show
ered upon her by the Infatuated young
man wfth. .a generous profusion that
rlvaleThe munificence of an eastern
potentate.. . , ;
Two weeke aga they went-to Seaside.
ha on hla vacation from tha cares and
worries of business, she accompanying
him aa a companion and solace for his
tContlnned on- Page Fourteen.) '
Offlclala at the headquartera of tha
Federation of tatbor regard Lattlefleld'a
narrow escape aa a victory, and are pre
paring to redouble their efforta to defeat
other candidates on their liet. - ' - .
Tha Democratic, rote-'for governor la
the largest east by that, party alnca
ISSO.f Two years ago Governor Cobb
had a plurality of it.OOOi four- years
ago ' the Republican candidate for gov
ernor had 17,000. Doing back to 1890,
tha year of the big Democrat! tidal
wave tha Republican plurality waa
11,000. . ."V .
Tha Republicans explain yesterday's
slump by .polnUng toT the disaffection
due to the Bturgla liquor law. and de
claring that many Republicans desire'
the resubmission of the liquor question,
to which the Democratic candidate waa
committed:, but this doea not explain
tha big Democratic gains In all four
ooogresslonal districts.
Congressman . Llttlefleld ' waa ' hotly
fought by Samuel Oompesa, president of
the American Federation of' Labor, but
thla antagonism did not extend to the
other three districts. . Secretary Taft,
Speaker . Joe Cannon, ' Senator Brve
rldge, Senator-Lodge and other Repub
licans of national repute, went to Llt
tlefleld's aid. - Tha Democrats relied on
home talent and Oompera. . The result
waa that Llttlefield'a plurality of 1,411
Is out to about 1, too. In tha other dis
tricts the Democrats got no help even
from Oompera, yet they cut the plu
rality of Allen In the First district
from 4,0 to 1,400; the plurality of
Burleigh in the Third from ,00 to
1,600, and that of Powers In tha Fourth
from MOO to 4.000.
There are to clttea In the state, and of
these the Republicans carried only foar,
East port, Gardiner, Calais and Hallo
well. But for the country vote Gov
ernor Cobb and Llttlefleld would aurely
have been defeated, and both Burleigh
and Allen , would probably have fallen
by the wayside. .The Democrats gained
sbeuf 40 members of tha legislature,
but that body remains Republican by
ty against a majority of 111 two. years
ago.
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PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, ' SEPTEMBER 11, 1008 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Mmtv: Nadine Nichols..
HER LOVE REVMRDED-BY DESERTIOH
Mrs. . Georgina fA. Clark Mourn
V Accused of J Flight With
Woman.
Heart sore ard broken In spirit over
the alleged perfidy of her husband,
whom aha claims" haa wantonly de
serted, her and hla, offspring to bask la
the smiles of a younger .and prettier
woman, Mra. Georglna M. Clark, wife of
Rdmur.d William Clark, ; a well-known
decorator, seeks to bury her grief in -the
drudgery , of . the . kitchen at .the Park
hotel.; . - , ,.
rathethv Indeed, la , the-atory of thla
pale-faced Utile- woman, '.who after 12
years of marital infelicity, now finds
her cup of sorrow filled Jto the brim
by the conduct of her alleged recreant
spouse; From the day that they plight
ed their troth at the altar of the little
ohurch in Alberta Calgary, according
to the pitiable tale of tbe deserted wife,
her huxband purchased neither hat nor
gown for her aa a reward for tha yeara
cf love and devotion aha showered upon
him,' !'"" - '" - ' v" ' " '
A designing woman, a man's weak
ness, an .estate In chancery and a de
serted family are tha salient features In
a case that promises sensational devel
opment. On Friday, August 11, with
out a word of explanation other than
the brutal declaration that he waa going
to leave with another woman and marry
7:
t Alleged Cruelty - of Husband
: Younger "ahT Prettier ":'."Sl: -T.
her aa soon aa ha obtained a divorce,
tha faithless husband left for a differ
ent clime. . ''. . ,. '',
' '"' .fceavaa fo Part Taknowm. "." '
' Clark la aald to have aold the furnlt
ture of his modest home In Mont art 11a,
and taking his 1 -year-oil boy. Basil, left
for pa ta . unknown. The .; distracted
wife, apprised by her: oldest son that
Ma father wa' going to Cottage Grove,
appealed In vain to the police to pre
vent hla departure, but 'the authoritlea
for aoma reason failed to heed her re
quest . '
Aa the daya rolledTnr aha found that
with her meagre earnings she would be
unablo to support her children, and the
two boys, Edmund, aged 10 years, and
Cyril, a yeara of age, were placed In
oharge of the Boys' and. Girls' Aid so
ciety, i ( Her , 1-year-old daughter, - Ks
prancev waa committed to the care of
a home on Corbett atreet, J .
. kra. Clark Telia Story. -
When seen at tha Park hotel on Oil
san street this morning she related the
alleged circumstances leading up to de
sertion. This' la her pathetic story:
"Yes, It la true that my. husband ran
(Continued on Page Two.)
. IS SCARCE, BE VETOED I
Roid Has Fewer Loco
motives and Cars Per
FMileTTIian AnfOther
iPacificCoastLine:
Comparative h Statistics - Reveal
Poor Showing of Union Pacific
and R. A N. In This Regard
' rSanta Fe Has Best Equip
ment of All Unas.
Tn tha list of transcontinental rail
roads tha Southern Pacific and Union
Paclfio aystems are evenly matched aa
tha Doorest eauloned llnea - In the lot.
The Oregon Railroad Navigation com
pany llnea constitute much tha poorest
equipped subdivision of tha Union Pa
clfio system. Tha Northern Paclfio and
Great Northern systems are but little
better. The Atchison, Topeka Santa
Fe la tha best equipped of all railroad
llnea crossing the western continent
Here la a comparative table or equip
ment of a few railroad llnea picked at
random to Illustrate equipment and
transportation conditions In . various
parte of tha country, and Including all
of the transcontinental lines that touch
Paclfio tidewater: ..
' Cars Miles
" ' . . ' . j per pet
:;'.",. .317, ' ameer, mite. : fcoe.
nI auteia evatM....... t.m 4.4 , SS
O. B. M. ............... 1.144 IB .0T
abort Line l M 4.0 O.M
UulM fasifle. ............. MM - S
- 9.0
Northern raeme e.ouo s.s
'.-aa
4
4-
f
I 4
t
4.1
14
Great Morthers. ...... S,M S.4
soathers fcin s.(i . 4
Btmm re ., . ,.
Bt. beels e 8. W. tunatoi .
no 14
Soetnweet syetssi (Peoasyl.
vaais Unes) 1.5BS 11. T
Hortbireat eyetesi (Pesasrl-
reals lines) l.tTt Ml
IfuhTllle. O. Bt. L...... l.Jli 44'
Norfolk S Westera 1,S4 14 S
lioslle A Ohio 2 11.
M, St. r. A S. ate. M...... 1,788 14.1
St. mil a eaa minej
Kock Uland mjafm), ; t '- .,,-
rsnnlng through Arkanue,
Indian Tarrltury, ajorUwra
Tans sad tha pooreat part
at tbe seatliiraat. 4,700 4. f.l
so qnlpaaaat of O. B. a) .
It wUl be noted that of all tha rail
roads named, representing every section
of the country where tonnage la fairly
representative or the varied industries,
the O. R. at N. Co.'s llnea In Oregon.
eastern Washington and Idaho have the
least equipment and motive power In
comparison to mileage, and stand at ths
bottom In tha scale of service rendered.
The Southern Paclfio occupies the place
next to the bottom. The Union Pacific
system as a whole crowds tha Southern
Paclfio for second place from the bot
tom. Then 'cornea tha Short Line, with
Ha 4.0S cars ta tha mile, and juat above
It struggles the Union Paclfio main
stem, with tta I cars to the mile.
The Great Northern beats the Union
Paclfio by a nose with 1.4 cars to ths
mile, , while . tha . Northern Paclfio Jug
gles Ita s.s cars to the mile and trlee
to make them look like Is. " .
At the top of trsnscontlnental lines
stands the Santa Fe, with less mileage
but double the equipment of tbe Union
paclfio. ayatem. and nearly four times
as much equipment to the mile aa the
O. R. eV N. llnea. .
' Shippers Have tTrlevaaee.
' Grievances of shippers, growing out
of car shortages, lack of motive power.
and poor transportation service gener
ally, in the atate of Oregon, have been
repeatedly aired within the laat . year.
The Journal haa been open to expression
of all legitimate 'complaints of this
class. It remains to give the faots re
garding real causes of these troubles.
The Atchison, Topeka ft Santa Fa rail
way, a reasonably well-equipped trans
continental line, may' be used to illus
trate tha point ' under discussion that
at inedequaay of equipment of railroad
llnea terminating at Portland. The San
ta Fe operates 1,041 miles of railroad,
using 1.461 locomotives, or 1.4 miles, to
each locomotive. The O. R. A N. Co.,
with 1.144 miles of road, traversing a
territory many timea more productive
than tha average Santa Fe division, haa
115 locomotives, or 1.07 miles to sach
locomotive. Numerically, tha Santa Fa
Is nearly three times aa well off In
locomotives as Is tha O, It 4k N, Co.
-u Aa to Freight Oars.
In the matter of freight cars, the
Santa Fa has In service 41,587. freight
and miscellaneous cars, or 1.1 cars to
the mile. The Ot R. N. haa 1.5 cara
to tha mile. 'The Southern pacific com
pany, with 5.171 miles of - railroad In
operation haa 1,144. locomotives, or 5.1
miles to each locomotive, and 10,511
freight and miscellaneous cara, or 4.4
cara to tha mile. The Shasta route, and
weatern Oregon, being furthest removed
from the seat oP-ttouthern Paclfio of
ficial Influenoe, gets the worst of It In
distribution of even- thli , Inadequate
equipment Aa a result lumber mills
and other industries In western Oregon
are continually - held up for lack of
transportation facilities and are obliged
ta shut down partially or wholly. Many
small mills on the Southern Paclfio
lines in Oregon -continually face ruin for
lack of cars in which to ship their out
put, and are afraid to attempt a fight
for what they need because they might
(.Continued ' page Six.)
PRICE "AfvVO
Mayor Lane Intimates
Thatv He Will Not
Approve of Harrimah
7Franchise Ordinance
Tells Delegation' of ' Prooertv
Owners That They. May Desirs
FranchiseT Now, but Would Be
Displeased Long Before Life of
Grant Comes to End. -
That Mayor Lane Intends to veto th'e
O. R. A N. franchise on . East Third
-street was apparent from his remarks
made thla morning to property owners
who called to urge- him to sign the
ordinance giving the Harrlman ayatem
exclusive rights upon this thoroughfare
for the next 15 yeara 1
"It would benefit you now, but ten
yeara later you would regret if erled
tha mayor after a number of the In
terested property . owners had had their
say. . -., . .,,
"Look at Eaat First street where thla
same company under different owner
ship has had . a franchise for over 10
yeara Tou can't take a wagon over
It - Tou can't take even a wheelbarrow
over it except at the expense ot the
whoelborsaw.--- It would be the Sams on
Sast Third street" : ,
It la the exoluaive use and possession
of any. street In the city by any one
railway system that the mayor objects
to mo atrenuouaiy:
It aeema possible, however, that rep
resentatives of the Harrlman lines, hav
ing aeen bow . the mayor feela on the
question and realising tha difficulty of
getting the council to pasa the ordi
nance over the mayor's veto, will make
provisions by which tha common user
clause may be inserted in the ordinance
and a large part of the objections to
tbe franchise dona; away with.
.. Win Xaterrlew Kay or. r
CO. Sutherland of the law depart
ment of the Harrlman' ayatem will have
a private interview with tha mayor to
day, at least ha ao told the eaat alders
(Continued on Page Two,)
DICK COiilROLS
All Signs Point to the
Dick -Machine in .OhiofightT-Burton
i-Admits He HaslNotlVotes Enough s
. 0raal' Special gmlee.t
i Dayton. Ohio., Sept. 11. All signs to
day at the Republican atate convention
point to a victory of tha machine forces.
led by Senatora Foraker and Dick. The
reform forces, under tha lead of Con
gressman Burton, claim that tha maaa
of voters is with them, but is about
ready -to admit that the reformers lack
a majority of delegate
.The reform forces favor indorsing
Secretary Taft for president in ltOS and
censuring Foraker and Dick for .their
attitude on tbe railroad rata bill. :
The convention -wilt-be-a -two1 daya
affair. Tha initial session will be held
late thla afternoon, . after the . dis
trict meetlnga for the selection of vice-
presidents and members of committees
have been held. Tha opening session
win he limited to hearing the keynote
speech ot former Governor Herrlck, who
la temporary chairman. .
The convention will name -eanaiaatea
for minor atata offices, from secretary
of atate down. - No governor la chosen
this year. The most of - the present
state officers are candidates for reelec
tion, leaving but two places on f the
ticket for which there are contests
secretary of state and atata dairy and
food commissioner. Carml A. Thomp
son of Ironton. speaker ot the general
assembly, and State Senator B. F. Wirt
of Toungstown appear, to be In tha lead
for nomination for secretary of atate, .
The importance of the railway rate
legislation, the position - of President
Roosevelt on that matter, the action of
Senator Foraker In opposing the meas
ure, with hla voice and vote, give In
terest to tha resolution. How to In
dorse one senator-and not condemn the
other; how to Indorse the president with
sufficient deflnitenesa and not condemn
Senator Foraker, and how to suit the
admirers of the president and those who
differ with hla policy!, offer a Srylla
and Chary bdls proposition to the plat
form builders the like of which has not
been handed to them recently in Ohio.
But the party leaders hsve recently
been working Industriously In the In
terest of hsrmony, and the probabilities
are that the problem will he enlved tn a
manner that will . he satisfactory to
nearly every One. If Senators Koraker
and Dick ever serloualy r'nnd to pre
vent the convention li .-.a lnJoramf
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CENTS.
SIA.,, liVa,
II! ST. LOUIS
Crowds of Missoiirians
Turn - Out ltd Greet
Bryan Who; Spends
Day: Visiting in City
"''. V.
Enthusiastically Received at tha
. Merchants Exchange Speaks
on National Issues Tonight
Governor Folk Too III to Be
PresentSnubs Harry Hawes
Ooorssl Special Serrlee.) :
' SCLouis, Mo.,' Sept 11. A large anna
ber of Missouri Democrata turned out
today to greet William J. Bryan on- hla
mlttee met the Nebraskan at the Union
station and escflrted. him to the Hotel
Jefferson.
Senator Stone headed the reception
committee, but Governor Folk was not
present, hla physlclana having advised
him that he was unable to make tha
Journey. Bryan snubbed Harry Hawea,
the former- Democratic leader. Bryan
aald that he waa sorry that tha gover
nor waa not there. -', When "asked about
tha local fight he said that be never
discussed party friction.
Shortly before noon: Mr. Bryan wag
escorted to the Merchants Exchange,
where be -was enthunhratrcally received.
Luncheon' was taken at the Jefferson
tn company with a party of prominent
St Louis Democrats, Mayor Wells pre
siding. The afternoon was divided be
tween a visit to the Jefferson club snd
an automobile rids about the city. Tbe
committee. In charge of arrangements
the mess meeting at- the Coliseum to
night, when Mr. Bryan la to apeak tn
behalf of the Democratic state ticket
and incidentally touch upon the national
Issues of two years hence. National
Committeeman William A. Rothweli la
to preside at tha Coliseum meeting.
- At the hotel reception several women
were present. Congressman Van Diver
waa tha only Folk man aeen during tha
day. , .
' New Tork. Sept. 11. Max . Thmaeq
Continued on Page Two.
Victory ot the Foraker-
1
Senator Foraker.
President Roosevelt they long aH
abandoned the Idea. The way the pi
dent's followers took up the '
battle, led In the flaht bv the li. i
llcan oongreaslonel candidates tbrou,
out the state, left no room for i
that they will InMnt that fie it-
be approved la t lain Un'wm
the liooeevelt silmlntatrnf Ion
celve sincere snd ent fuj ! '
ment Is a foregone ew.
H'nstnr Dick Is a pan i .
tlon, and no one kiw
platform will on(t i :
senator.
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