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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-
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PAPA 1. R.
IIJMCK
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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.
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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"
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Shades That Appeal Partic
ularly to Young Men.
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None Better to Be Had at Any Price
furnace $ 7.00 Per Ton nodir?
Special Price to Suburban Districts
F. B. JONES & CO.
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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
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