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.',) ,1. x. THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL- PORTLAND. SUNDAY - MORNING. FEBRUARY - 23.; 1008. PURCELL REAL NIFTY IN ANCHORING SOFT HEARTS Three Women Claim Former Portland Man as Husband ';' One Files Divorce, Another Files Threats and ; Third Files Retreat Into Obscurity. - Frank J. rurcell. bou vlvant anJ " Clubman of Seattle, formerly of Port . land, Chicago, Boston and other cltlca, Tho la Bald to clierlali the ambition to . become the vault and safe king of America, has left a trail of broken ,. feminine hearts wherever he has lived, .'. according to the stories that are being laid alnce his reported marriage to the . Widow of former State Senator Va,n der ' nter of Washington and the bringing Of a ult for divorce by a woman he marrlea in Bwston In 1J6 under the iimi nf l'ieree J. Mum According to a bumiKsa assocluto of TWpbII in nils clll. iurcoll was In 1'ori- lnd Friday evening, leaving Seattle tuat nignt Puiueil told tms lrleiio. mat ke wouul C from Beanie to bpukune and be back In Porllanu next week The .- auory of hla alleged bigamy waa not mentioned bv i'uicell, hie 111 end aaya, ; mm tier dlacusHeU busiaeaa matters '" mly, and Purueil did not manifest any '''worry aa to the reports Utal art being displayed In big head lines In the uews ' Papers from Seattla to Boston Nor did ." 2 say anything to indicate that ha Is trying to dodge the process servers of ' Seattle, who have been looking for him for several days to serve the divorce ' twpera on him Marriage jf o. 1 ut Other. ' ' That Purcell will have much explain. Ing to do la becoming mora evident each day. If It be true, as now seems cer tain, that ha married the wealthy widow of Senator Van der Vanter on January . 1, aa ahown by the Clatsop county recurds at Astoria, It appears that for almost a year he had three wives, and lie still itas a surplus. , February 8, this year, he secured the annulment of bis marriage to Mary ' Uarry. whom ha had matte his bride in ' County Tlpperary. Ireland, In 1895. He' ' waa wed under the name of Patrick K Purcell, and thla Is also the name that ' was given to the marriage license clerk la Clatsop county last month. After wedding the Irish belle, Pur . cell came to Boston, and later In the same year, according to the woman who la now suing for divorce, ho married her under the name of Pierce J. Moss, fthe says the Irish wife came to Boston and accused Moss, as he was known there, of bigamy. In the end, says the 'Seattle wife, Purcell persuaded the . Irish wife to return to her home In Denver and the case was dropped for lack of a prosecuting witness. ' Purcell's dash and business ability, combined with his ready Irish wit and Ms qualities aa a "good fellow." mads Mm a favorite with life associates in Portland. It la said that through these fliialHies he persuaded some of his friends to Invest heavily In some of his enterprises as "partners." but that these NICOITS OFFER It routs so little to command thor oughly first class tailored garments aa we now sell them that no gentleman need fall Into the error of wearing poor ly designed or 111 fitting garments on account of the price. - Every Suit order Includes an extra pair of Trousers without extra cost. Soil and ExlraTrooscrs$25to$45 'LIST TOU TOBOBTI A Full Hlue or Waclc Cheviot or Worsted Suit with extra Trousers of same or striped material TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS Mnma nn handsome effects In the Hew Spring- fabrics go on first showing today for those who ooatemplaU a trio south. er aDOUl one year nero ne aim um e, a e. . a. went to Seattle, that city having Vf"i V aW been his headquarters. Meantime (?V 1 A frXaVU eVl s become president of the Purcel OjttVljfti rorananv. lias enunceJ In several 2 INtWlvW V . f , i .. - 108 3d St., Bel. Wash. and. Slark seems he was sometimes known In Bos ton, came to Portland In 1904. lie waa a salesman for the Portland Safe corn cany and grew prosperous while here. Mrs. Purcell, the one who is now suing tor divorce, lived with him for a time at the Colonial, but they became es- Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases, tranged in some degree and during the 1 jHrm-nts to order In a day If required. latter part of hla stuy here Purcel! waa full dress and Tuxedo Suits a specialty. at the iiotel f'orllana. After about one year hero he and his wife since he ha Safe comna i . .-.. .iuni. nil ntwt tirnsnnrltv. Karlv thla year ranie the report rfflt I he had been seen touring California with a woman who answered the description nf Mm Vn le Vanter. The Seattle wife remained at home. Inquiry showed that Mrs. Van de Vanter was r.ot at home, and then came the news that Patrick V. Purcell and Mrs. Martha Van de Vanter were married In Astoria on January 7. Double Xdfe Pins One. There are said to be many who wlH testify to the double life led for so many years by Purcell and even now there is a woman swearing that she will have revenge upon him if there is truth In the rumor that ht has wedded Mrs. Van de Vanter. If thla marriage can be proved, and the story of the women be true. Purcell Is under the shadow of Indictment for bigamy and may have to face the consequences of the life he has led since he sailed from Ireland to make his fortune in America. In relating the story or the last it ears, Mrs. Purcell. at various times, roke down. and. trembling with agita tion, said that she Is afraid that Pur cell will do her some Injury for having at last made public the story of the wrong he had done her. She denies that she has any Intent of Injuring Mrs. Van de Vanter in making public the al- of Purcell a many entan- NICK PATS I PAPA 1. R. IIJMCK (Continued from Page One.) I partnerships nave invariably resulted In heavy losses to the partners, though not to Purcell. Flnkertons Take a look. It la known that the Plnkertons of - Seattle have been called on to look up lila business standing, and. the reports - received are said to show a number of questionable deals in Chicago and other eastern cities, though whether Purcell has ever made himself liable to criminal firosecutlon is not known. That he waa threatened with prosecution In Chicago and in aome manner settled or compro mised the matter is known, this being n case in which a man claimed that "Purcell had Induced him to 'drop1' $1,200 Where Purcell Could pick It up. 1 Purcell. or Moss, or Morse, as It lesred h storv of Purcell s many elements with women and says that she only desires to save Mrs. Van de Vanter from the sorrow that is bound to come to her If she has been married to Pur cell. Ho Place tike Many Homes. Reports of entanglements with women In other cities are now being heard. While living in Denver, it Is said, Pur cell had two places he called home, aad the same reports come from Chicago and Seattle. It la asserted that while living with Mrs. Mary Doherty Moss, whom he married In Boston, at the Hotel Lincoln In Seattle he maintained another establishment in a hotel owned by the late Senator Van de Vanter. "Pierce J. Motis" had a skyrocket rise in' the safe business New England. He jumped from a $4 per week man to the management of a large business, and he Impressed the New Engenders as a sort of Napoleon In his line. He suddenly ducked out of Boston, and no one could learn where he had gone. He suddenly turned up In Chicago. After business difficulties there he came to the waiting west to continue his spectacular career. Purcell appears to have dodged some shine for those upon the most glorious or nis nn irienas wnen ne was in me years or the greatest repumic mat H6 riArlarAri that the nrAiiirient'fl action merely disclosed to the angry eyes of ! the American people that some great , corporations which existed by their suf- ferance and supposedly for their benefit ' were being managed upon a system of i brigandage which made Jesse James and Kube Burrows look like pikers, lie declared that the mallgners were still at work; that their attacks were "re-1 tardlng a return of confidence; that they were recruited from the ranks of stricken men whose methods cannot stand the glare of light. "I challenge .anyone.' he exclaimed "to point out in any speech that the president has ever made, in any mes sage that he has ever sent to congress, a single word or a single sentence which can be by any possibility con strued as an attack upon any Individual, however wealthy, or any corporation, however great, provided only that the wealth was acquired honestly, and that the corporation was managed decently. "The storm haa passed; the clouds are clearing, and tne sun win soon it cuv rnaay. ne whs aue nere inurs- ever shone upon. day, and some of those who were anx- i The orator said that while he was lous to see him on l.uslness matters did for Tart, rw realized that Cannon was noi even-learn mat ne wan in town our Ing the week. But he held a long con ference with Harrv Katon, a local sa loon man. with whom he is in partner ship In Spokane, Eaton having supplied tne money and Pureuil the experience. Mr. Enton says they talked over the disposition of their business affairs, but there Is no difficulty between them. EHIHS ELECT OFFICERS y CL T. Hurd President Five Portlanders Chosen The ' Founder Is Honored. (Sptdal Dispatch to The Journal.) Eugene. Or.. Feb. 22. The State Chris tian Endeavor convention elected of fi- ter this afternoon as follows: C. T, Kurd. Corvallls, president; D. A. Thompson, Portland, first vice presi dent; Bev. Viola Charlson, Portland, secretary; Miss Margaret Lowells, Cor vallls. assistant secretary; Frank A. Tripp. Eugene, treasurer. -? Superintendents were elected as fol lows: Junior and intermediate. Miss Luella Knapp, Portland; devotional, Bev. A. A. Winter, Portland; mission ary and literary, Misa T. C. Oault, Ore gon Ulty; temperance ana gooa niera- ture, Rev. C. A. Shaffer, Portland; prtss, W. A. Dill, Eugene. Among tne resolutions is ine ronow- lnc: , '"Whereas, Our beloved founder and fellow worker, the father of the Chris t lan Endeavor society. Dr. Francis K ' Clark, haa by a letter to our president expressed so neartuy his congratuia tions and good wishes W the Endeavor- an of the state, and has held out before i US a Vision or me opportunities ana pos .' siblllties which lie before us; therefore " be It "Resolved. That as a representative body of Oregon Endeavorers, we employ ' means to show our appreciation of his never railing interest in tne progress and welfare of the work In this state; " that we hereby hope God in his prov . tdehce may see fit to bless our leader with a ears ana pleasant journey - through the lands beyond the sea to which he will soon sail; that he may use him there as a mighty power in . giving new life and Inspiration to the great work to which his life has been ; Look fo Your And call on ui at we have all the necessary appliances for fit s ting of the eyes, and a complete shop where all complicated work . la done;. ' V Try ut when others fail. ; J.b;buback PROFESSIONAL OPTICIAN ' .173 FOURTH ST. . JvY. M. C.1A. Bid. t' devoted, and that he may be permitted again to return to his home, and for many years to continue." Saturday's Sessions. Today's sessions of the state T. P. 8. C. E. convention were full of interest. of "full presidential stature," TEXAS KEPUBLICANS FIGHT FOIt SEATS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (United PrM Let ed Wire.) Port Worth, Tex., Feb. 22 Texas Re publicans will Bend two sets of dele- rations to the national convention In Chicago because of a spilt In the party over Taft and the convention will have MdtheTtteS which legates are entitled lA.S01!1 The' antladmlnlstratlon . faction met yesterday afternoon and evening. Feat urea of the day were addresses by Pres- here today and named the time and place for a convention. The other fac Went P. L. Campbell of the tlnlvers fv Vace J" ' 4T." i""', . "fi , ..7.1 andbry8on E" s.dnTf T' o To.d VsTp.r mWtfnT and ana try O. E. Baker, president of the f w, rtiirat. An emissary i Inn nn "t.i il.lnro' Trl ' ... - " . Portland union, on "Builders' Trnion Rev. J. R. Knodell also spoke, his sub ject being "In the Shadow of the Bot tle." . The group conferences this afternoon were the following subiects: Junior and Intermediate, led by Misg Luella Knapp of Portland: missionary and lit erature, led by Miss Bessie Luckey of Portland; general society problems, led by Rev. f). A. Thompson. This afternoon the reports of officers and reports of committees were rend, and at 3 o'clock the annual election of officers was held. At thl evening's service the adrlreas was delivered bv Dr. C. A. Mock nrom- ident of Dallas college, on "Christian Endeavor and Character." The sessions will continue tomorrow closing tomorrow night. HILL LINES SELECT (Continued from Page One.) or, a cloak room, a general toilet room. three card rooms and a buffet. The culinary department of the new Commercial club quarters Is probably he most modern possessed by any club n the country. It occupies the eighth , flnnr Th lrlt-nhon fa H 1 rant I V uniinrtha refrigerating plant on the ninth floor. It will be equipped with sanitary cases connected by cold air pipes from the refrigerating rooms. 1 ne kitchen equipment will be the jest that money can command. On his floor and facing Fifth street Is the mmense dining room. 40x100. with a seating capacity for 400 to 600 guests. Equipment Complete. The room la without a column, thn beamed ceiling being trussed to make ne room a perfect banqueting hall, 'he sides of this room to the east and outh are practically all glass, thero elng a continuous row of windows reaching from the floor to the ceiling. The walls ari naneled. The wnnrtwort of the buildine throjehout Is slash. grained Douglas fir. Complete exchanges for both h Home Telephone comDanv and th Pa cific States Telephone rnmnnnv ar. being installed. There Is a private te'e- pnone oooin on every rioor. The Commercial club alone will use 43 instruments of each company, be sides the Jack stations In the main din ing room. The telephone servlca win be convenient for everyone In any part of the club. A telephone call for guest In the dining room will be an swered dv a waiter, who win hHn h v , n . k o phone to the particular labia at which MmTh. miH "Ha hann with V,a , .,.. I. A,JI , - ftunv i diicu biju cunneci inn in strument for him. should he not desire to leave the table. On the main dlnlnr rnnm rr.nr nv. also private dining rooms and a ladles' dining room, a telephone booth and a toilet. is at Washington conferring with the president. The Republicans are split over the distribution of federal patronage. Presi dent Roosevelt. Taft and Lyon were de nounced In resolutions passed by the meeting today. TEDDY AND TAFT ARE FORGOTTEN BY PARTY COMMITTEE IN TEXAS (t'nited Prei Lcawd Wire.) Fort Worth. Tex.. Feb. 22. The state executive committee of the "reorgan ized" Republican party In Texas, after a series of fervid resolutions, today indorsed the attitude of Senator For aker and lauded highly Knox, Fair banks, La Follette and Cannon. Not a word was said about William H. Taft or Theodore Roosevelt. State Chair man Lvon and his faction of the party were denounced and a resolution was pusseil that the state convention of the reorganized party in May sena un Instructed delegates to the national con vention at Chicago. Spring' SMiis Gtom 75 I Si j ' ymm, mm, Hundreds of spring's 'swcllest suits arrived yes terday. They are just out of their boxes to make a feast of style beauty in which women revel. Opening Offer 1915 Rare Beauty, Rare Values Right at the opening 6f the season. They are chiefly Prince Chaps in two and three-button cut aways, and the popular Butterfly in all the latest shades. VALUES to $30, SPECIAL $19. CHARGE ACCOUNTS OPENED WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. Yr 141 Sixth, Cor. Alder, Opp. Oregonian. New Store. Little Prices GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS IS TAFT'S SUBJECT (Uulted Pre Leased Wire.) Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22. Before sev eral hundred members of the Elllcott ;lub, who crowded the main banquet hall on tho top floor of the Elllcott square tonigl t, becretary of War W. H. Taft deliveied nn address on "Wash ington and His Farewell Address." Prior to the banquet a reception last ing half nn hour was held. After reviewing General Washing ton's military genius, high courage and patience through deep adversity, Taft said it was ,1i1h ability to manage men and get the most out or tnetn that en abled him Hurlng his two terms as pres ident to steer the new government be tween dangerous shoals which threat ened the destruction of the Infant re--public. "On this, Washington's one hundred and seventy-sixth birthday, it may not be Inappropriate to take up the advice which he gave us In his farewell ad dress, and consider how his precepts as it U today north of that line? "Agln. Washington pointed out the necessity for maintaining the separa tion of the branches of the federal gov ernment into which the constitution di vided it and warned the country against the danger of the usurpation of the powers of one branch by another. From time to time In political discussions, we have had much usurpation; but. under the steadying hand of John Marshall, his associates and his successors, the righteousness of the tribunal In assum ing this power is now admitted, and the function which the supreme court and- the federal Judiciary perform in maintaining and lnforcinir the const! rational limitations on the actions of the legislature and the executive, is now held up by students of political science and governments as certainly the most novel and as probably the most valu able change effected by our federal con- .tlfnttnn ' OKLAIIOMANS BACK BRYAN'S CANDIDACY FOR TEDDY'S SEAT NINE MEN RESCUED FROM DEATH AT SEA (United Prei Leased Wire.) New Tork, Feb. 22. Nine happy men who were facing death at sea for sev eral days upon a sinking vessel, who thfi- an.'?',ned a11 hPe ot ever seeing tha "i1 agaln' rU8hed tii nKpJank of the Cunard liner Cam Panla on her arrival here today. elht L eI5 Captain Lavey and his rBmrih ii American schooner -J. ?Tw,.nd. bound from New Orlnnn. to PhiiiJu.Tihi. u,,u.,,n in ew Orleans whin 'th! thfc rhlcn- lost at sea wnen the British uteamahir, m ,1" . ! if B1UUOUFI the.pr."." 'J? and rescued I back upn i Douno. Were fairs., tn .the first liner A he said. "He began with an exhortation to the people to preserve the union, lie then took up the ques- tlon of parties and deplored the rancor of party spirit, which he recognized as tne possible cause or ine rupture oi mo government and the destruction of the republic. He deprecated the formation of national parties. His foresight in respect to these two matters was vindi cated by the history of the republic during the next 70 years. - r "We have followed the advice of Washington In respect to the mainte nance of the unity of the government and the preservation .of the union of the states as a nation. "Washington deprecated in thetrong est a sectional party, and It Is true that one of the great parties finds much of Us strength today in the south, while the other Is almost wholly without cer tain Influence there. "This condition Is due,' not to present living issues, but to the ghosts of the past, and to the fear of a recurrence of condition.", that are utterly impossible. "May we not. In the next decade, therefore, look to a change in this re spect, so that the two great . parties hall be - nearly equally distributed through all the states of the union and the - peaceful 'political battleground be spread south of Mason 'and Dixon" line (United Prew Leased Wire.) Muskogee, Okla.. Feb. 22. The Demo cratic state convention held here today was a Bryan meeting altogether, and in addition to electing 10 delegates from the five congressional districts, all pledged and instructed to vote for the nomination of the Nebraskan for president. strong resolutions were adopted commending him for the fight he is making for the people. Eight delegates-at-large, each of whom will be entitled to one-half a vote, were named. They were Instructed for Bryan. DEMOCRATS WANT TO SEE BRYAN AT HEAD OF NATIONAL TICKET (United Press Leased Wire.) New Haven, Conn., Feb. 22. Ar rangements have been made for the meeting of the New England Demo cratlo Progressive league at Boston Saturday, February 29. The vice-presi dent and members of the executive com mlttee of the six New England states will meet at the Qulncy house. A proposition will be made to change the name to "Bryan Democratic league of New England," and measures will be taken to Insure the election of. delegates to the convention who favor the nomi nation of Bryan. A banquet will be given at 1 p. m., ' , k. ' 1 s Keeping Open House. Everybody Is welcome when we feel good; and we feel that way only when our digestive organs are working prop erly. Dr. Kinga New Life Pills regu late the action of stomach, liver and bowels so perfectly one can't help feed ing good wnen ne uses inese pins, zsc at Skidmore Drug Co.'s drug store. at which Senator Gore of Oklahoma, Congressman Ollle James of Kentucky and others will speak on the situation and the outlook in the future. . E. J. Sullivan. Democratio candidate for mayor of Bangor, will speak for Maine and George Fred Williams will respond for Massachusetts. The preliminary campaign looking to iiio cicL-nun ui ueiegnies, instructed for Bryan as the presidential candidate for the Democratic party, will take formal shape In New England, and measures taken to have delegates representing the majority of the voters of th rkm cratlc party. Alexander Troup of New wm presiue ai ine banquet. BRYAN READY FOR JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTHERN STATES (United Press Leased Wire.) Lincoln. Feb. 22. William Jennlng Bryan will seek recreation at Falrvlew during the first two weeks of March. He will return to Lincoln Monday, ad dress the Nebraska Press association Wednesday, then he will leave for Ten nessee and Mississippi. He will return early in March and will remain on his farm until March 18. PENNSYLVANIA 0TES WILL GO FOR KNOX IF HE LEADS BILL TAFT (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 22. Representative Foeht, In the seventeeth congressional district, declared today that while Pennsylvania would stand by Knox, "while he has a chance to win," Its secona cnoice was William H. Taft The Taft press bureau here is send i i lon,nl a statement that organ inuui in iiiiuubou to iiugnes be tn( ized cause he vetoed He "full crew bill.' GOVERNOR HUGHES HAS STRENUOUS DAY WITH PIG PACKERS (United Press Leased Wlrs.i Chicasro. Feb. 22. nnvarnn. rv.n !.. Evans Hughes of New York was guest .V ""'S"' ai ine vv&snington'a birthday banoust nf tha TTnin r.,, . ...Uoi vl ,,,, hi ler-ainner speecn was In praise of Chicago and in a light vein ui rriuery at tne other guests. He did not take un nnv nf tho nr.tr.. wi. address of this morning at the Audito rium. In which he took Issue with the .i-ii. policies on several points. TAFT CONFIDENT OF WINNING NOMINATION AT PARTY ASSEMBLY . JTtearst Nws by Longest Leased tthv.t Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 23. At the gen eral headquarters of the Taft canvas a" ORIVATUS ET BU1NITAS QTJ4 j r m . SPRING STYLES Correct Hats in Shapes and Shades That Appeal Partic ularly to Young Men. SOLE AOENT ROBINSON &CO. 289 MEN'S FURNISHERS & 291 WASHINGTON STREXT 3R COAL COAL Creek None Better to Be Had at Any Price furnace $ 7.00 Per Ton nodir? Special Price to Suburban Districts F. B. JONES & CO. East 7 181 EAST WATER ST. B-1771 statement was Issued today in which It Is claimed that out of 78 delegates chosen to date 48 are instructed for William HL Taft for president. 84 of these beinr outside of Ohio, . It is also claimed that Secretary Taft has been Indorsed as the Republican presidential candidate In 14 states, two territories and one colonial possession, with a total of 284 votes In the next Republican con vention. , , , -r v . ' I
