The Oregon daily journal., May 10, 1908, Page 14, Image 14

THE - OREGON f SUNDAY jbURNAU PORTL AND, r SUNDAY "MORNING ' MAY 10, 1803.
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burial grounds to M positively identt-
- ( Baakar Talla Story.
Frank J. PUnur. -ashler f tls First
NntiSnU fcamt .in La
deposition thin mommy. K SV?
ral pages of larg Pap ;1 ''P??.
writtKi and contain sow. f'5"
Tiificanca which Mr. Wtnor Uid not n:n
tion In his interview.
ii HV. that Mrs. Ounness and An
d "w Hi-Ilaliln mida their Jr-l U at
the bank on January . nnd thai t Mrs.
. Ounness was anxious to liave thi drsrt
cYshed immediately. Sha P'lnt?at
ahc needed 1.5o0 at onja to tomr letc a
"il esUuS Seal. ottxoJniorM
ttas draft II uie oasnirr wyiua
,. the money then.
... ..i . -... ihi xn.-uiiclon. "that
it would take fire or fix iy
word rrora ADeroeen. ana """ "rr
h.v. m wait. After a litt! mere argu-
- ment on the nariif Mr. U'Wines. they
went out toetlur. ; v
"She was with Hlljla btn he
came back for the money .ranuary 11
remarked to Mm list dW-iwt Jf
to be in U(!t hurry am he was on the
occasion of his last visit, nnd thon. cur
rency beins; -err .me I
that be take the in.vtey In Hie form of
cssMe certificate. Hcigaitinjas
willing, savin ibat lie .ill not need it
all at that time, but Mrs. un i
elated upon cash.
"I explained to lir that a "bier's
certificate would auswwr the pur
pose as currency in any rsal .-staM deal
, aha might Jiave, ind that it would be ao
cepted by any fcmnk in own.
''No.' ahe said, fl want cash.'
"80 the money waa paid over to He.
- galeln and il.ey went away. 1. never
Saw him after that When they came
- in on January i and I remarked about
the delay, HelRalein eald he had, been
111, and Mrs. Gunness said she bad
. Mm ,t. C
-When I first hard of Aisle H4lBlein
I wrote to Mrs. ounnesa turning mr m
call at the bank, whl;h tjie did. - She
told me that Helgalein Ita-i left the farm
two days after their last visit to the
bank and had gone to Michigan City
wUa the Intention of taking a boat tnere
, for Chicago. . r . .
"Started for Wopway."
i think,' she went on, h Is on his
way to Norway: He told in he had not
been there for many yeara and was
. homesick to see the old country.'
Kxpert opinion with .regard to the
Identity3 of the headless body in the
mnrvu labeled "Bella Gunness" is con
flicting. , Dr. H. H. Long,, one of the
: four physicians who performed an au
topsy on the charred corpse for Coroner-Mack
believes the murderess has
fled, leaving another body behind to
bear the weight of her crime and sup
ports his contention by analysis of the
headless corpse.- " -
Dr. J. H. William Myer, another of
the physicians on the .coroner's board,
took the opposite view. Me also backs
up his statement by tha dimensions of
- tne -corpse. -
The other two doctors. Dr. F. T. Wll
co k and Dr. J. L. Gray, although ad
mltting that they have oplniona as to
the Identity of the body, declined to
say what these opinions are in advance
of the official report,
irii-. Ottsss Yfsjry Widely,
The guesses vary widely. ( Little
progress was made today with the dig-a-ina-.
DeDutr Sheriff Hutson. crowllna
' about the ruins of the house .In . the
cellar this afternoon, picked up a Colts
revolver. It contained Ave shells, three
of which had bees; discharged. The
sheriff thinks It peculiar if the three
cartridges" were exploded Dy tne neat
of the fire the other two remained ln-
tact. f- .
iiherllf Smutser today received a let-
' ter from the president of the Lutheran
roller at Ferrus Falls. Minnesota.
stating . that Jennie' Olson had never
been a pupil . there and that he had
never heard of Jennie or Mra. Gunness.
Jennie's married sister aaya that when
the Gunness woman was making prepa
rations to put her adopted daughter in
the garden burying ground she ordered
her to write a letter to her church rela
tives, stating that , she was going to
Fergus Falls. 's
! Another letter has been received from
TU N. Nellls, a former detective at West
Monterey, Pennsylvania, stating that
Wakefield Berry of that town la miss
ing and believed to be among Mrs.
Gunness victims. He states that a
woman answering the description of
the JLa forte murderess called upon
Berry two years ago.. She remained for
a aay ana erry. went away witn her.
lie has never been heard- from .since.
- E. J. Tiefland. il2l0 'Washington ave
nue -south.. Minneapolis,: Minnesota, Is
the latest person to be traced to the lair
of the insatiable blood glutton. Mrs.
Gunness.
From the story told Sheriff Smutter
by Detective William 3. Burns of Min
neapolis, there seems to be- little or no
doubt that his body Is among the
corpses In the wagon shed at the Gun
ness farm, although the -horrible ex
hibit In the impromptu morgue Is so
mixed up and unrecognisable it is hard
ly likely that any further identification
caa be made of the bodlea.
Helfaleia on Trail.
- Helgaleln made the following state
tnent tonight:
"i snau nave my nrotner, Maivor, now
at Hallingdal, Norway, gee the police of
that country to search for Mrs. 'Gun
ness. -1 shall also notify the police of
American cities. My duty to my poor
brother is to see both Lamphere and
Mrs. Gunness .hanged. I won't be sat
isfied until that Is done. I own 1,300
acres of land, stork, houses and prop
erty, vaiueu ai aau.uuu. Andrew left
wtu f Instructed -Chief of - Polio
Cochrane- not , to assist the Bherlff. :
Doctors among the partisans ef the
anti-Smith faction gave out additional
statement to snow, mv uuuj iwuim
the. ruins was not that of the Gunness
woman. - o'-' v - ' - -
TKa mmAift nMrtlaana rtt ttmith 1MS1IS
counter iiattmenta to prove uim 11
WAV. -
A largo crowd visited the Gunness
MURDEEESS MAY BE
HIDING SOMEWHERE
NEAB PIIILADELPHLV.
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(Brarit New by Lcmrett leased Wirt.)
Chicago, May t. The latest and moat
authentic clew In the police' hunt for
Mrs. Belle Gunness, 'the woman: ac
cused of the revolting murders revealed
at Ia Porte Indiana, is that she left
Chicago on a rennsyivama rawroaa ini'u
Thursday nignt ana aiigntop. at, i-uu
1 his "Hd" reached Assistant Chief of
police scnuettier jate mis , ariernoon
and he declared mat it was , tne nioai
valuable clue the local police had as
yet received. He announced that ; he
would wire the Philadelphia police at
once and that no looked lor resuns
from the quest that would ensue in the
Quaker city, it was a letter irom a
man In Atlantic CltV tha.t BUBDlied , thlS
Dromising clue. The writer told' of
having seen on the Pennsylvania flyer
a - woman who "acted queerly." 8ho
was dlse-ulsed he thought and she
seemed decidedly auspicious of jfvery
body. watching all the passengers but
peaking to none, ner turuvu
and general resemblance to the alleged
murderess attracted the attention of
the Informant. . .
What gives me faith In the clue
Is the fact . that the description given
by the writer," said Schuettler. "tallies
perfectly - with that of Mrs. Gunness,
even to the gold in her front teeth. I
have ssked The Philadelphia police to
make thorough search for this woman.
GREENING RELATES
STORY OF WOMAN'S
MISSING "COUSINS"
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Oklahoma City. Okla.. May . Grlev
Inr because he could not hear from bis
sweetheart, Jennie Olsen, , the adopted
daughter of Mra. Belle Gunness, In
whose murder-grave near La Porte, In
diana, the girl's body was found, Emll
Greening, 0 years old. a carpen(er,
wanted as a witness in the Gunness
murder probe, was round nere) tomgat.
He worked on the Gunness farm last
summer. -
Denying that he Wis more man. a
friend of the Olsen girl. Greening be
lieves that she was forced to leave
him against her will, and that Mrs,
Gunness burned the letters that he
wrote -to Jennie. He does not realise
that she Is dead. , M, M
. "Jennie and I were Just good friends,
said Greening tonight 'When Mrs.
Gunness decided to send her away to
California wita a professor who waa
reported to have come after her, Jennie
declared she would never go. Mrs. Gun
ness finally said she would leave the
whole matter to the professor when he
came, and the night she disappeared I
heard -Jennie crying until long after
midnight. - In the morning I did not see
Jennie, and her mother told me she Had
been- awake all night, and that she was
still asleep and did not want to be dis
turbed. I drove the .smaller children to
school, and when I returped I was told
that .Jeanle was packing her trunk, and
that she was so cut up about leaving
that she did not want to see a soul. J
never saw her again.
Wrote to OUL
"Mrs. Gunness asked me to writs to
the girl and try to console her. I
wrote to her and gave the two letters
to Mra Gunness. I never received an
answer and finally I got so tired work
ing around the place without seeing
Jennie that I left.
"On the day after Jennie had disap
peared Mrs. Gunness was busy and for
got to call us from the field until after
a 1 clock. Mra - Gunness received men
visitors All the time. A different man
carae every few ..weeks and always
stayed at the house. She introduced
them as her cousins and they came
rrom Kansas, the uakotas, Wisconsin,
and many from Chicago, several were
never seen to leave the place. Most
that came brought their trunks .with
them,' but they rarely took the . trunks
away.- .
."'These fellows almost' always had
plenty of money. Mrs. Gunness kept
company with them all the time, driv
ing about eight hours a day and spend
ing the rest of the time with them in
the parlor." .
r nfteen Consist.
Greening said 15 "cousins" came to
the house while he was there. "I re
member perfectly a man named Moo.
about Christmas, 11)06," he said, "who
suddanly disappeared. Mra Gunness
sent me to Michigan City three times to
get a horse Mr. Moo was to aenri hr T
saw Moo's trunk in the house, Tiowever.J
on July U. I07. when I left there.
mere were-1 a otner men s trunks, filled
wnn ciuines ana etiects.
Mrs. Gunness fenced off. vht la nn
known as the 'burylngrground.' It
Hioaea jiae. a preiry garden in spots.
She flew into a rage when any of us
went near it, looked at it, or made any
remarks whatever about it"
PITTSBURG MAN IS
SUPPOSED TO HAVE
BEtfN ONE VICTDI
JEcSf
The City Charter Must Be
Changed Before Referen
: dum Can Be Invoked Upon
Measures Passed by City
Council. . -
Under the decision of Presiding
Judge Gantenbein in the circuit; court
yesterday, it will be impossible to
have & referendum vote on any meas
ure passed by the city council until
the city charter is amended to pro
vide the method. The decision wai
rendered In sustaining the demurrer
of City Attorney Kavanaugh to the
complaint of 7 George Long, who
brought suit to restrain the city from
collecting a vehicle tax under the or
dinance passed February 24, until a
referendum vote could be taken, a
referendum petition signed by ovtfr
,000 voters having been filed
March 24.
Long's attorneys made this a test
case, claiming that an act of the leg
lslature In 1907 amended the city char
ter through power conferred by the
constitutional amendment adopted m
June, 4 190, -reserving to the people or
the munlcipalitlea of . the state the
power of Initiative and , referendum.
Judge Gantenbein pointed out that to
sustain this provision would Invalidate
the ordinances of Portland and of avery
city In the state Blnce June, 1906.
Virtually nullifies Charters.
r I i.rrnnahl to SUDDOse." said
the court, "that the people intended by
this amendment to virtually nullify the
most Important provisions of tne char
r. nf nil the municipalities In the
state, or by this amendment to prevent
tnene municipalities irura iwiiuums
their municinal business according to
established forms and orovlslons. It Is
more reasonable to suppose that It was
the Intent of the rramera to exiena 10
the legal voters by the other amend
ment the power to amend their charters
nrt Mvim th same to meet their local
condltlons'whenever in their judgment
they should so elect. 11 an cnariers
were amended or repealed by tne single
force of this amendment, the most im
portant municipal business In the city
of Portland could not be transacted
until the entire charter was revised and
amended and this, of course, would
take a considerable length of time."
Judge Gantenbein proceeded to say
that the people.have the power to amend
the charter at any time, and therefore
may provide the way for referendum
voting without bringin chaos into their
affairs. . M
Long's attorney will anpeal from
Judge Gantenbein' decision to the su-preme-lcourt
Cltv Attorney Kavanaugh
expressed satisfaction with the outcome,
saying that his office is not unfriendly
to the referendum, but he was con
vinced that it could not be Invoked In
the case of the vehicle tax ordinance.
The only way to reach It now Is through
the ordinary channels of repeal, either
by action of the city council or by an
Initiative petition.
LOGGER CRUSHED -AT
CASTLEROCK
Castlerock, Wash., May . Rudolph
Greenwald, an employe at the Collins A
Bverlv logging camp here, was caught
today between two logs on a roll way. I
His, chest was badly crushed and 'his
internal injuries are very severe. e
was brought to town Immediately by
George Huntington and attended ,by Dr.
T. C. Campbell He was taken to St.
Vincent's hospital, Portland, by the first
train.- There Is little hope ef his recovery.
Plttsburr. Pa. Mit vi.h,,.
friends of Gustave Thuns, of Washing
ton. Pennsylvania, believe he Is proba
bly amone the victim nt Mra n.iu
Gunness. the La Porte, Indiana, arch-
iuuivcicsi, xna lnenua oeneve ne fell
a victim to the matrimonial rlvertl.
ments and nald for hi fniiv .1,1, hi.
- y . ,1 1 (.
Paul Schlmmack. a friend of Thuns
and a prominent business man. Is here
tonight to Institute a search for him.
He declares Thuns last summer was In
communication with a woman in La
Porte, who conducted a matrimonial be
reau. Despite protests of friends,
Thuns started for. the Tnrlin . tnwn
rty, valued at SS0.000. Andrew left ahnut a voor a. -.t, i u"
F -of land after pocket and has not been heard from
the woman robbed and murdered him. I
win spend every cent or noth fortunes. 1
if if is necessary, to punish the mur
derers. don't like the way the bodies were
treated. It was , Inhuman. They were
thrown out upon the ground and left to
rot. - They were then left In a barn,
where rats might eat them."
Before his departure Helgaleln was
allowed to talk with Lamphere In the
Jail. He spoke kindlv to the supposed
murderer of his brother, and won the
latter s respect by saying: .
"Now, if you are innocent. Lamphere,
I would not harm you. You ought to
tell us all you can to help us prove vou
Innocent. Of course. If you are guilty
you won't talk. Now, tell us all you
know." , ,-. , -
Lamphere declined to talk.
: Coronet Changes Kecords.
Coroner Mack tonight changed his rec
ords, which showed that "Mrs. Belle
9un?M.naner thre children" had
died In the Are which destroyed their
hom Tne records now read: "An un
known woman and the three Gunneu
children' perished . In the flreT ThS
coroner is convinced that Mra Gunneis
is alive and at large. . , "
Iamphere, tonight continued to rV
like a maniac in Ms celL He Is In
tate of hysteria. Before the hysterical
1!t seised htm today he told Attorn?
Vorden. his counsel, that therV wis I
room on ths second, floor of the Gun
, rs nome. which was always locked
Mra Gunness never permitted any on
Vut, herself to enter it, he said. He bl
llcves It was the death chamber.
No more bodies were unenvarwt t.j
Flinff gmurser believes no more will
1e discovered. The sheriff Is devotlnc
.lils energy to the hunt for Mra. Gun
ness, which has bow extended overthe
; -r-t- ToUUcm Interfere. Z 'J:": -Factional
politic Is Interfering Jwlth
tie Investigation or the Gunness mur
flrrs. I Status attnrnev Smith , charges
i Hut Silver Jar.iow, who Is the partner
cf-Ajimiiey vsorden, Lamphere's tew-
since.
TOUR
ENDED AT ECHO
Echo, Or., May Governor Cham
berlain completed his tour of Umatilla
county tonight, in an address, at Echo
delivered before scores of, residents
from the Irrigated districts In this sec
tion. His remarks were greeted, with
hearty enthusiasm, as they have been
In every section of eastern Oregon tra
versed. .. .
In addition to his statement Regard
ing the national policies which ho advo
cates,' Governor Chamberlain laid par
ticular stress . on the need of greater
and immediate expenditures In this sec
tion by the reclamation service to bring
under cultivation the thousand -of fer
tile acrea at present lying In an unpro-
" lu to. n urgea a rigid, ad
herence to Statement No. 1 and the principles-
It Involves and the safeguard
against bribery and corruption of , the
iiui wmcn 1 inrows aoout the
peopla His words were frequently lost
hi the applause which met his rigorous
declaration - of the - Dolinloa .hZ i.
vancing. At Pendleton --.this afternoon
the governor spoke to an audience which
vi"r nouse. At the con
clusion of hla addresa he was driven In
" w xno. 1 ne entire -town
turned out to greet him and a proces
sion, headed by the local band, escorted
rnIb'.,vfrt,ori. w,n Jve'-hr)'-toinor-S1"
Heppner. where he
win spcafc Monday evening! j
GROVER CLEVELAND
RAPIDLY IMPROViyG
(United Press Leated Wire.)
Lakewood. N. J.. May 9. That former
President Grover Cleveland Is improv
ing and that his condition today Is more
encouraging than It has been for the
last' few days, is the gist of a state
ment Issued -by Mrs. Cleveland from the
botH at Lakewood.
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town. "-If there is anything nevr in
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notice at a saving to you. . - -
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If You Are a ThinCiing lagi of Woman n
If You Are Interested in your Own Welfare and
the Welfare of Portland
tWi
Appeal to Yom
Shares at 50c in the Coal Creek Coal and Jining Co.
This company owns a crial minefthat is located 12 miles west from Kelso, Washington, and about four
miles from the Columbia river. The company has 2700 acres of leased land upon which coal is proven under
the greater part. The vein upon which they are now working1 averages 6 feet in thickness. Using this as a basis
it is easy to compute that the company has in the neighborhood of 15,000,000 tons of coal in sight. ..This does
not take into consideration the veins of coal that wUl be encountered at a greater depth. The property has -an
incline shaft 650 feet deep, from the bottom of which entries are run 250 feet in each direction. The mine
is equipped with a first-class hoisting works, tipple, washer, mine cars, railroad cars, boarding-houses, com
missary and homes for the married men working at' the mine.
Bunkers are erected on a slough running into the Columbia, which carries 15 feet of water and allows scows
of any size to be hauled in and loaded at present. These bunkers are .reached over the logging road of the
Inman-Poulsen company. Part of. the improvements contemplated include a new road, and new bunkers
on the banks of the Columbia. ' '
WATER POWER.
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Perhaps the most valuable asset of the company is its available waterpower. Coal creek, which runs
through the property is a stream big enough to develop at least 1,000 horsepower, sufficient to run and light
the mine and all the buildings by electricity and then have all the power necessary-to run the railroad from the
mine to deep water, where the bunkers will be located.
As the property stands today it shows an investment of $50,000, practically all of which has been fur---,
nished by the officers of the company. The present shaft and equipment is not capable of producing coal
ciiuugu lu iiiccl uic uoiicuiu -&v ii uds uccii ucuucu uy uic wmpajiy o open anouier snail ana equip uie mine
with electric power, -thus reducing the cost of production to a minimum. These improvements will cost
about $35,000 and will take. until the first of January, 1909, to complete. When they are done the mine will
be able to produce and market 150 tons of coal per day and as cheaply as any mine in the U. S. No power
compares with waterpower as to cheapness. The mine earned 12 per cent on its investment this last year,
which was its first . year as a shipper, and about as tough a year for fuel dealers as one could imagme. ' Being
on deep water the market of the whole coast is open to us, and the cheapest transportation in the world, and
rio Hill or Harriman to dictate to us, as to rates or when we can get cars to haul it. Can you imagine a better
combination than we have? Waterpower to run the mine, the best coal on the coast, the broad Columbia for our
highway, the cheapest transportation in the world.
The Coal Creek boal & Mining company is organized under the laws of Oregon, with a capital of 500,000
shares, of the par value of $1.00 and forever non-assessable: To raise this $35,000 that we need to make the
improvements we are going to sell 70,000 shares of stock at 50 cents per share 25 per cent down and 15 per
cent a month until paid prjwe will allow a discount of 5 per cent when shares are paid for in cash.
The mine earned 12 per cent last year and should do better this year, and with the opening of our No. 2
shaft should earn nearer 25 per cent. Captain Jones needs no introduction. He has been for the last 50 years
one of. Portland's leading business men. He and his son and Mr. Rose have done mote than their share in de
veloping the property and now that they need a little assistance it should come in an unstinted stream. As an
investment, shares in this company will compare favor ibly with any gilt-edged security on the market. We
believe that people of means looking for investment cannot afford, to overlook this opportunity. Mr. Rose, who
is the mine manager, is a man bf 40 years' practical experience in coal mining, and it was due to his knowledge
of the business that the property has been brought up to its present high state of efficiency. Stock in this
corporation should appeal to thinking people. It is not a prospect in faraway Alaska, but a fully equipped and
producing coal mine, sixty miles from Portland, on deep water. Over 2,000 tons of its product was marketed
here in Portland among 400 families this last winter.
Boost, Don't Knock
Knockers never, built up an in-;
faht industry or helped make a
town prosperous. Dealers who
are loaded up with high-priced-coal
will shake their heads and
tell you, as one of them did in his
advertisement, that we are' "un
scrupulous," because we sell good
coal for $6.00 per ton, delivered
in your home. Consult Dunn or
Bradstreet, or any bank or news
paper, or business man in town
and see what they tell you about
Captain Jones and his son. Other
dealers tell you these things for
a selfish purpose. r
Stock is
V;
50 Cents
Per Share
"and can be had by paying 25 per ,
cent down and 15 per cent per
month until paid for. A cash dis-
count of 5 per cent will be allowed
on cash purchases of 100 shares
or over. , ' . V
Clean Washed
Luiiip Coal
As good as you ever used, will
be delivered at your home free if
you are within a reasonable dis
tance, at the following prices': .
One Ton full 2000Jhs: - - $6.00
Half Ton full 1000 lbs. $3.00
Quarter.Ton full 500 lbs. $ 1.75
One sack full 100. lbs. - $, .50
Special prices to dealers and
large consumers.
Coal Creel
Main Office with ; r "
F. B.! J ONES & CO.
. 181 EAST WATER STREET
ano IvtiiEin
g- to.
or ,
Pacific East 7. - Home B-1771.
, BRANCH OFFICE'"
; Room 31 Alallory Building
n 268 STARK STREET .
-:. . Telephone Main 8397' " T
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