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VOL. VII. NO. 142.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1808. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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LOUISE POWELL SAID
TO HAVE BROKEN WORD
Alleged Marriage Certificate Which Wo
man Holds Said to Have Been Forged
by Her When Question Was Raised
by Relatives Denied by Her Attorney
HOLLAND DETERMINED TO MAKE
CASTRO APOLOGIZE TO EUROPE
Twenty-five thousand dollars was the
sum paid by T. M. Stevens, exporter and
head of the Rice MILUng company, to
Louisa Powell on promise made by the
latter that she, In order to clear her
self and permit Stevens to marry his
present wife without developing a
scandal, would secure a divorce a di
vorce from a marriage ceremony which
was never performed. The money In
the form of cash, negotiable paper and
a mortgage on ihe Williamson home
was taken, hut the. promise broken.
This Is tlio assertion .made by Mr.i.
Lillian Mu'iL Stevens. She declared
this morning emphatically that the
whole proceeding in which her husband
lias become involved Is a venomous
blackmailing effort The marriage cer
tificate which Louise Powell's attorney
li ihls she asserts, was filled out by
Louise Powell herself in the latter's
efforts to convince her relatives that
she v.-as really the wife of .T. M.
Stevens.
The marriage certificate was dated at
Victoria. H C. and a fictitious name in
,serre, as the Justice of the peRoe who
performed the ceremony, althouph Can
adian laws do not utcognlre, any aulhor
ltv lesser than thnfsof magistrate In tbo
tying of nuptial knots.
Threats Wers Mads.
Mrs. Lillian Monk Stevens assorts
that before and tlnco publicity broko
over the affair, both she and her hus
band were threatened with unenviable
notoriety unless steps were taken to
naclfv the opposing parties to their
marriage. It is her declaration that
the threats -were made In an effort to
effect another compromise, hush up the
matter and secure another large sum of
money from her husband
The marrlngo certificate which Louise
Powell's attorney holds, and which It
1,. 11, .l..ta rllT.cror.lOuf.a faf Uie I.H.IS.
drawing to a climax in the circuit court,
was a measure forced upon Louise
Powell, states Mrs. Stevens, by a ques
tion raised bv her relatives whether
she Indeed was the lawful wife at 'Stev
ens. """""' '
A blank certificate was secured. Mrs.
Stevens says In examination of the mys
terious document which none in Fort
laud has seen aside from Loulso Pow
ell h attorney and the woman herself,
and pen and Ink Boon completed the fic
titious paper. This, Mrs. Stevens as
serts, was exhibited to the skeptically
minded relatives of lamlsa Powell In
corroboration of her statement that she
had been married In Canada to Stev
ens. 1
Merely "Blood Mousy."
"It was blood money, pure and sim
ple." declared Airs. Stevens this morn
ing, "which Lou-tse Powell extracted
"She had threatened him repeatedly
and finally ho told her that h was
about to be married. IIo told her many
times before our marriage that the best
thing and the only tluntr nhu could do
to clear herself was to go away and se
cure a divorce. That would simplify
matters and place her at tho point of
the social scale, where she wished to
stand.
"After repeated conversations on the
subject the woman finally agreed to do
this, provided there was the money
forthcoming to provide for her wants.
Mr. Stevens put the woman on her
honor to do as she promised, paid her
the 425,000, and well, you see now well
she kept her promise.
"But that is not all. For years Mr.
Stevens has rendered financial aid to
various , members of tho family who are
now endeavoirng to ruin his reputation.
It was only a few years ago that he
started one of the members of tho fam
ily In busttu-ss on the oast (.Me. Now,
after bleeding him for $2.",000, comes
this blackmailing attempt to reach Into
his pockets for more.
"1 myself wishud my husband to
withhold the case rather than risk the
threats made him by members of thy
famUv referred to. but It has reached
the icirts nnd the trial wlTl disclose
Ko Animosity.
Mrs. Stevens declared that she feels
not tho slightest animosity toward
Louise Powell notwithstanding; the fact
(Continued on Page Two )
ONE HUNDRED LIVES
LOST IN COLLIERY
(Unlhjd Prru L"l TYlre.
Wigan, Lancashire, England,
Aug. 19. After 20 burned and
charred bodies had been dragged
by the rescuers from the shaft of
the Maypole colliery, and when
not less than CO remained, the
flames swept up through the
only passageway and drove the
workers back.
Between. 80 and 100 men are
known to have perished as the
result of an explosion which
shattered the mine last night and
.... , l'ii i i
was toiloweu lmmeuiareiy uy inc
fire, which brought death quickly
to manv who survived, the shock.
All night, long the rescuers struggled
and worked to gain an entrance to the
tomb where their comrades were Im
prisoned For hours it was hoped that
many could na brought out alive, but
after the opening was made, the full
horror of the catastrophe was realized.
The only hope of the rescuers was to
carry to the wretched crowd of women
and children the burned bodies of their
fathers nnd husbands that they might
be given decent burial.
Wl.en tho flames swept up today and
forced the men to flee for thcirf- own
lives and give up the rescue work,
they turned their attention to finding
some way of fighting the fire. The
most heroic measures were taken.
This afternoon a party of seVen stur
dy miners volunteered to reenter the
mine, believing they could cut off the
fire or confine It to certain sections of
tho works by throwing up walls.
1 nev nan nanny disappeared when a
second party was disnutehed to observe
their progress and nld them if possihl
The second party had not gone far whe
'hey realized that the first seven men
had been overcome by the gases. Thev
made a desperate dash and by hard
work succeeded In reaching all of the
first party.
OTerconie at Entrance.
Tho men were dragged oat unconsci
ous and nearly dead. One member of
the second party was overcome near
the entrance and Is at' the point of
death. The seven members of the first
party are nil in critical condition, and
It is feared most of them will die
Another pariv succeeded In getting
half way down the shaft and there
found that the roof had caved In, block
ing the entrance to the chambers where
tho men are entombed. It will reoutrt
devs to remove t !i wreckage and the
victims will be dead of starvation and
had air. If tl.ev already have not s'lc
cumbed. The mine Is filled with roxl
ous gases r.ow, which. It Is l lle -d.
will make entrance ImposNlblo long
aner tii rites turn out.
This cltv has a population of 90.000
and Is maintained mainly by tho collie
ries and foundries
-aaaaaaeSaMeB'"aaaaw - rfs1311?1
III l Vr vk Vm -V
la Afp,is 7'Ay-rWJ ,M
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1 Vt,4w If iU- s: t ' I
llfyt I ' itf'rri Ml
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11 ;t ji'i,-l-tv , " l?tr:i w-.-a . .41
ADVANCE IS
SHOWN II
SCHOOLS
Bifiiniul Import of Suporin
teiKU'iit of Tiihlic Instruc
tion of Oregon Is Given
Out Teaclicrs Knjoy 31a
teri.il Salary Increase.
School Officers LYport the
Compfflsory Education
Law Tassed by the Last
Lefrislature a Success
3Iore High Schools Shown.
in
PEIIIIOI IS
REJECTED
in
3Ivor Lane Declares
3Iessage to Council
moral of Objectionable
Resorts in Xorth End
AVouId Start Graft.
School PTOgrei.
Knrollment, 1907-R. . 160,043
Krrollir.ent, 19u5-8.. 160,4ii5
Increase 3,578
.'MTaf.o dally at-
tendTtice, 1607-8... 94,133
Average daily at-
tendance, 1 905-G... 75.4S9
Inerca.s? 1S.S14
tax layers,
$3,011,944.04
taxpayers,
2,371,750.04
690,193. IS
fity Has Xo Ground Upon
.Which to Recognize Vio
lation of Law Change
Would Make Conditions
Worse. He Declares.
President Castro of Venezuela, nhose ront iininry toward Mdl;;m li,t; led that nation to a naval demon
stration against the South American republic. IIo is siiuv.n on llio top at (lie left. On the rltfht is n pic
ture of Wilhclniina, queen of the Xethcrlnnds, lio is detixmined t have it out with Venezuela. At the
bottom is shown the port and harhor of Willenstad, In the and of Curacao and the Dutch cruiser fiel
derlond, at anchor.
10 HEART
OF OREGOi
Bill BLOCKADE
DICTATOR'S PORT
Washlaglnn. Ant. '.. lnformn-
tion has boon received a
department tliat H.iianJ
preparations to ihrist; -
(i'i;u t n .
ZIEGEWEID IS ill Mil
Locomotive Engineer Who Lost Big- Check and Disap
peared Is Having a Good Time With His Wife
at the Springs Resort.
That Hill Will Open Rich
Treasure House East of biocka.nnc i
Cascade Is Belief of Vovt-p
land Financiers Oregon onnany are nPnr-
J milK tile KeV. pending punMiir-:,. t
i on the dictator of v,
j Impression he:- rha'
knonj that he !s l:i tl
must face si rio'is u-:
will weaken and make
,. )..
i: i-
I
'lie ttaio
a made
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An 1 !
! !:i th- j
-Cicici ,
MEYERS GETS
HIS BRIDE
I
Salem Merchant Charged by
His Sons With Insanity
Married at Courthouse
This .Morning While De
tectives Are Thrown Off
Declaring the city's recognition of
the north end district would he unlaw
ful and would result In opening up a
sour- of jrraft for a job lot of un
scrupulous and dishonest persons. May
or Lane this morning filed his report
on th petition of J. M. Toomey and
other north end business men. asking
for tho removal of the district to on
other part of the cltv with Cltv Audi
tor J.iarbur, and It will come up before
the council at i;;; next meeting.
Mayor Kane's r-ommunlcatlon Is onf
of the strongest he has ever written
to tho council, and Is comprehensive In
Its scope and treatment of the subject.
He declares that with the present small
police force that It would lie lmpossibl
to keep In check tho operations of this
class of people If the city attempted
to stamp out the evil. Furthermore,
Mayor lane declares that such an at
tempt would do no mora than to scat
ter the and force it in'o hidinsr Tn
all parts of tho city, which would make
It impossible for the present police
force to keep track of It. Ills commun
ication to tile council follows:
Questions Bight to 2x1st.
"There has been referred to me bv
your honorable body a petition signed
by some 40 persons who are enpraged In
business In that district asklnp for the
remov al of a I! bawdv houses from th
location in which they are now situated.
.A mnnr .other things the petitioners stato
that they 'do not aim at th abolition
of the "social evil." hut desire that a
location for Its habitat be designated
which will be mors remote from tho
business center.' In respect to this re
eiuest I would respectfullv state that
If the social evil has a rleht to a place
In which to exist It has as much rtsrht
to such existence' in one business dis
trict as in another, and if It Is to bf "
located' anywhere It bad much better
be 'located' In a business than In a
resilience district.
"It must be understood, however, and
Is conceded that the petitioners ar
o,iilte within their rights when they ask
for or demand the removal of sucil
j houses from anv place where they hap-
! pen to be located, 1m t 1t Is quite another
i matter when they reuuest that such- ,
! plares he settled upon the - people of
(Scrct.il lJlpQtcu tu The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Aug. 19. As shown by
tho biennial report given out today
by tho f uperiDtemlent of public Instruc
tion, 107,493 school children were edu
eated in Oregon during the school year
of i:ol7-i:0S at a total expenditure of
J 3. fa; I .'.i!'4.04. The entire enrollment as
shown hv the sehool census was 160,
04". The avcrape dalle attendance was
Sl.s:::. The number of children in tlv
plate of school air" nor attending!
si.ioui wns or wmen arc
bows and 12.';ei; are'fiirls.
the school var of J90:,-190S the
eoritllinr.i. v.;s '".O.tfh;; average d;Ul
atfndani-e 7,4-ir; eost to taxpayers
f 1.S . 1 . , ..'I. SO In tie- school year of
)M"-1S99. th- school census showed
1S'..:-S elilidicn of the school ae, ,e
Iwecii four and ''a e.irs; number en
roll,, j In schools o . r? t, -1 ; average attend-anei-
i',l.":u, cost 'o taxpayers $I.'..T,9.
11'.".. is The nv.'ra ' number of school
lavs !n :S9a was 111, In 19u6 12.",. nnl
in 19 as KT
Teachers' Balarlei.
The n verajre monthly salarv of mil
teachers la the state was l ; for
female tochers. J .". 1 1 . 1 1 In 1 9 Art the
average for n:a'e teaiTlcrs was J 't 0. u ;
for female..! 4 4 9.'.. In 1S99. tlie n. era
montl.lv s.-tlurv for males was
for l 'tnaies $11 si. ,-t iir- -'nt the: some other localttv.
nvrage monthlv salarv for male teach-! "The cltv cannot designate or consent
ers I", one-mom buddings of tlie conn- j to the designation of a defined district
(Continued on Page Two.)
(Continued on Page Two.)
OREGON PASTOR IS
MURDERED AT HIS
HOME IN AUSTRAL A
W. I 7.i"gweld. the locomotive en
gineer ho with his wife was thought
to hsvs been lost or killed or some
thing, because nothing had ben heard
ef him recently but little thing like a
ihrt fnr f A Tt.S htch was ricked un
has been located Wtth Mr. Zlegeweld ! i" "'"P I mn
re la .pending hi" vacation quietly at j 'f
n-iis.,. c.... in. r,i.ni h. . w-.- I ana ne KDew
anxious aboot him. but Mr. Ziegeweld
aa unenct'tis rt all the eieltement
that an being rau4 simply because
te rildn t be lor-ated.
2leene1 left Portland June 21. He
finnerlv 11 red la Hod street. Mm
IevlM, 1! Omver street. -Portland,
knowa Mr. ard Ur Ztearwe14 wall and
ht beaH from them resnlerlv alnea
they rrtTe1 at the srrlnss soma tltne
a a. Mr. ZJrld a health has not
been of the best of late and on thin ac
count he decided upon tha extended va-
canon witn ms oride or about a yea-
That Jm.- J Tllil Is the controlling
splr4 behind ti e cri-gon Trunk railway,
which Ls to penetrate central eaetern
Oregon bv way of the Desrhutei val
ley. Is the firm conviction of a number
of Portland's leadlrg bankers and cap
italists. Ore of tV" most prominent
tnTi In the comm--r 'al life of the city,
who Is at the ho-ad of one of the largest
exporting eoprern on the cast, and
mho has neti eloselv connected wl'h the
Hill Ihterests olnc. tlrit system Just
invaded Tortland Territory. commentd
on th jtit'iption t-d-iv as follows
"Ttrr ts ro .loubt In nv mind that
th (irgon TrurK. lsehuten lley
rallmed n e rn i, .-', 1 lv the Hill eve-
jtem. and will l "r," an 'Tgon fedr
1 of the north bsnk i!"" I be known'
I for nirti" ttm tt.at yJtr Ittll wp er1
(!p.-ll
Ksta.-i la.
s Ins' b--'
' i s t n 1 1 a , 1
ar.d.l K-"! '
T.'-..la f
,iH t.-i T:-, JenniaH
, 19. 'The news
; "1 from Melbourne,
hi 1 ' it h of the Rev
1. who was shot op. the
heme bv a man natnei
c. n '-''-.-p. wtio ls believed to
p; -1 hp 1 i" r.urse a bitter hat-
.;; n'o tea. h religion. The
i.. 1 a house next to his
1
le
I(u!..g completely out n ittcT, private
''cties pmi'lui p. hv' the sor.Vs of 1
le
WILEY FOR PORE
FOOD FOREVER
Meje:s I ) wat'h him. the wealthv
I Saie-Ti rt. n-hant whom 1,1a sons Lave ' 'T')l
J so-;cl t to ha e declared lnsa:;e. was h'n
j mirr'-.l r ' ; ?o .' lo k this mernlii t-'-'
j t Xe-alde I "1 Kefe The erm-iny 1,..
I was p-rform- -1 by riri'.t Judge Mor-lr
r-w In
Mr. Roblnsnnj; was a brother b Rev.
Albert Roblnsi f. I'resbyterlan minister
at Hillsbero, Or. Five years ago he left
Australia and came in Oregon, and for
teveral months resided with his brother
at Hiilsboro. Duiing this time he be- .
'ami a member of the Tualatin Plains, ,
Presbyterian church end reaolved to en
ter the minlstrv. He neveral times
fill'-d appointments for 1 Is brother.
In 19e4 he returned to Australia with
his wife. A' the tlm of h! death h
was pastor of the church at JbilAckWHKl.
a town near Melbourne.
When tiio mur 1e-er i arrsfeT htif .
house was searched. It RI found ta -
stant death His wlf 1 be a reguler arsenal. Thre rifles, two
onlv In t!m to h"nr loaV.1 rnlvt and a la rgfe quantity of '
nnme. no never re- ! ammupltion tr found.
'"r 'nner. while Mr. Roh-
'K on t hev--f.rahda read-assassl-i
fired the fetal
!- - 1 through his heart.
est
IIo
r n . r
c . - -1 c -1 s ne s
11 : rcr h-,d threatened and
optin-u5!! (il'ke to many peo
was r-i-TPienlv feared.
The funeri of the murdreJ peator
took pl,i. -. th quiet little town ft
nia -kwoo : The church was crowded
with monr- --"-s
S e li.,
rmm . "rutnn ne -.leg-wells wenttouv rnr,. d-rlne invedirg
,k.T .. J . .1 ' esteem Oregon rr-'rn ar, I h.llrr.
rh'k He wrote to the offtclM of tbe'.h.t a,. 1 lor, h. n..
Merchants National bank In Portland I Tmni. . th. r r. nI -. I Harv-v
ayment on t h tsrr Mr
c man who doeen t worrv
the har.kera foiiH lnok
after his money to th ht of their
ability. And tber did. And so be went
orr into ins wilds, rorgot about losing
a mere l!p rf paper wurth H 7 ft and
bern having a good t:m generally
Than Mr. Kiejewetd a frlen-l recame
wort l-d a rvi there waa fnu-h to do. A ni
now Mr. Xiereweld grid hta wife have
ben located ff smoog t be trees bt4
Mils whera all mankind roea t i-et
he Mttle ircMenta of life that iro to
(Trfted Pr-a wt-.
vTashlnrtor. A.g 1 I -n
for the war a: d .! 1 ft 1,,t. 1
down try arms ;r"l -lr-j f
Herrlman"! j plte and pfrn.a" ' ,
wae the apnou-orp t ' '
cake existence ao trcsbleaooia.
Hill Ir 11 Ttta-,!.- ;ti. that is eur
tr enaue for a c!t- t'on of tb eatrn
Oregon ffigt traffe THe enormotip
creage of aril land n to b brought
undT Irrigation ea'tern Oregon and
Washington. r 1 tt-e rcuttng ini-ri
In the volume, of fr'lght to b handled
In that dlnftet 1 rT'S'n to tlnpila) rrfrm M w:;; frapklr
artlrlfv In ratified butldlrg throughout 1 were in the wrng He
the lnlard err.plre I tepeata that' hae tua fur
It wiil re rei-a:'d that l'i? t'ee acknowledge the trnth ai
rears ago Je rr- j mn In p riarvd
sn rna4e the flret p'lhjie a laoun re
tort ay In t- ttr.i'i ,
bla pre.trae,l at---fo"'d
cop f rir' Ir. tl
Ir V!ey. mho la
food cnmmllon. r:
now arrayed aga'ra
recognlxe the worth
h I"
1 p
of
' ' -et.a
11 W!r7 I
nb'ri at TT-. oourtho'i j
i a ro'.niii fM: t.an j ijotPi. where they
, jpMt. Myrs to b
t.y ?"'T-,si. rh.ir fath.r ha. j-pT fn
, - dnpi'f 1 y t ri; rr, phoj. The nMf-ct
f XJ ! n a n 1 y rini'ialnt t pr-
tr rrnriac. anil h M b n
; ij ivr-, t'.it r- ft r J.-Hj-l p-nt-'
r"1'"' ' ff.iir until b fter th. h'n-n-
r'j-O'f ; r. iarir.ic is rivrn on
' ! kri' - !p:i' ? p v tlr i t -i p rper T !
:-? ii.nt :-fr irur T'
'-pr'.rK : f' Fr.'lsy h for J iiie
WP-r 1 fT rrlv nr pt
j on th pr'-- line a n1 nith- rrrrir
t oi t,p rtrin- Ir.vi" to ' marriA
I r 'Hfp t v th f f'd' t5 hrH-
PLUME STOLEN AT
SWELL BALL FOUND
IN GUESTS HOSE
; iadv
tCcnilnvenl oa Pag Two.)
(T-Pita rrr LeaeeJ Wire i When Mrs Bate announced St tH
Sin Krancisco. An- IS. Nearly lo felopabl iffieera' 1U Hat Bight al
f San Prancleco high so- , . . a rnnnttiM r.t Kee
lev set underwent tb Indisrnlfy ft he- aa app1nt-t to aearrl ih w.o. n
,t of-.tng sarcr.e.i at a military tall at . ,
, , , . . . . r.o The men a.!o w ere tf k et. va
i' Islind, when Mrs. Mabel Bate ' .. 1,1,11 u, ...
-'.. th.y 1 Take Brrnkfaat T-cgatter. anr.o-jicej that abe had heea robbed of reached. refuaej te f-f '
1v 'n- I 4j!arlv tV-s rr.or-ilo Mom a- n n ';rl'h plume rained at t T. rnTrmlitM tt aearca Irr 1 -
f7tl ta j fr"4f-te-l ift t)-e hot, un-Vve5 ; atrry w-a told In the po!t"e rnurt tojar wa tak'n to -- --.
tl 414 I 0 fer ! . h c . hra. L f m ,..,.S, r TK.i t.n t C of UiM t U J - twim. - , . - .1mm im A t He t e 1 ' 1 I
neaiera or tv'tit'i, , l:t iira-'?v thtr moveoien'a ha--ii. 7 eot v-to-irth street, charged wlh I m -er stk". V h" '-
mniakaea wtenafsct.irera of Iout1ria j It g hen marked cut hv IwpvtT Phe, . j petty larc-er.y. w a called. It In cU'm-4 Irfi at jw-l- hi t -
aia tn. w noleea. Uqaor i'eaiera as- f - I that the t litre was found la JIi ' --e'.t 'f i- "
f tc1si!orj
tContirued a Pats Ta)
rrireja. rto-.JiiPS-