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v .::. -I.-';.- -:.' ' 1 -;-v..-iv-r; - . , - , .: ; ' , . .;:.,;v : :.v:-. , m THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20. , 1908. . OLD BAPT1S URDU IS BUM :,. - ,-- V v-:,i 'y . . ".-,', i-'V' .' VA i Relatives and Counsel Silent, but Deduction -Is - That State Is Using Her Tactically Unwritten , Law ,1s Barred by Judge Servants Tales of f Claudia. - - v Immariuel V Congregation House' of Worship . .South -Portland Virtua - ly Destroyed by Mames Loss Over $1500. v lighting stubbornly against 4 roaring flaines, while the water from the nozzles of the hose froze almost as It fell., the lire laddies last night made .an effort, ..only partially' successful, to save from uetiirueiion oy lire Immanuel Baptis church, at the southeast corner of Sea- ond and Meade streets. And while the iruggis against tn.nre was going on . the anxious members of the church, and congregation who lived In the vicinity J lathered about the scene in disconso ate groups and watched the havoc wrought upon the place where for many years they had gone to' worship. The loss is over $4500. but the building was well Insured. . .reparations for a Sunday "school Christmas celebration were probably re sponsible for the Are, indirectly, but there will be no Santa Claus In the Im manual Baptist church this year, for wnen nnauy trie flames were extin guished, little remained but a burned a Diacsenea sneil. " .. Vt Jhis Is hot wiough to dlseourai the . faithful members of the- churc While the blaze was still flickering In m irepis ina smoKe was suu pounn from the roof. W. fi 'TTnln: rhilrman n the board of trustees of. the church, was gathering about him In the loe-glased street t ne boys of jhls Sunday school . Class and flRlrlnor thm in nmA in hla house tomorrow at tlie regular hour for ouuuay scnooi. rlans f Sunday SJohooL Six or eight of them had collected about him, having-been drawn to the scene ot tne nre by the nolae and glare. "Sure, we'll come.1' thev reaDonriad en thusiastically. Later the trustees held a meeting ard made arrangements to have church services and Sunday school Sunday at Jones' ball. Front and Oibbs The Are annarentlv started from tha furnace or from a defective flue leading jruia 11. it. was nrst seen oy a uttis boy. liwlght Lyons, .of 673 Fourth street, wno witti ins brother Carl t, ran to give the alarm. When they, first saw it the flames were shooting up from the xurnaoe room in tne Daca or tne- church, and quickly reached the roof,., along iDDer The which they ran until the whole. up part of the buildina- was in flames. 1 lire was rather spectacular for a while and brought out a crowd of several hun- area persons. An alarm turned In from box tl brought out engines 4 and S, hone and chemical 2 and Battalion Chief Mo DowelL Later somebody turned In an- oiner ajarm rrom box 76, bringing out engine, trucx and nose 1 and Battalion Chief Young, though the second alarm was entirely unnecessary., ss the first company was, able, to eope. with tb blase. ; .... ,-. ' . .. .,. The extent of tb damage Is estimated at irom. i4tuu to i6uoo, .wun ssooo In surance. ' - .- ' ' - Janitor was Absent. -""A fire had been built in the furnace aoout nair an nour previous to the time ins oiaie was iiscoverea. in preparation for tha practicing by the children of some cnnsimas songs. : J no janitor, however, E. S. Gunn, had gone home and mere was nooooy in tne cnurcn, The pastor la Rev, A. B. Mlnaker, of 1098 First street, Immanuel Baptist rnurcn wan erectea bdoui zu years ago, and was practically rebuilt about eight years' aso. Many of the members, who naa worsnippea tners ror more than a decade hurried to the scene when they learned t.at the church -was n - fire. oui were unuui, to uo snytmng to as slst the firemen. 'It was nearly an hour after the alarm was given, before the fire, was out. It clinging obstinately -to tne steepie long arter tne water had ex tinguished tt elsewhere.- - Upon hearing of the destruction of the Immanuel Baptist church building, Pr. Brougher, pastor of the White Temple, st once extended - to tha pastor and members of the Immanuel church a cor dial Invitation to worship at the Whlto Temple today.. The Immanuel church was originally- a branch of . the First church, and naturally the First church Is greatly interested In its welfare. Thanks Tirst Church. - Dr. Minaker. the pastor W f he Im manuel church, expressed his apprecia tion to -Dr. Brougher for the Invita tion, which he said would be thankfully accepted. First church people express great sympathy for , the calamity that has- come upon the Immanuel church, and probably - will take action to give them practical belp in the erection of a new building. A meetlne- of the trustees of the Im manuel church will be held . Monday, at which plans for the future will be made,- Although it is. thought that the church building is too much damaged to make it worth while to make exten sive repairs, it is believed that tempo rary repairs can be made which will enable the use of the building until a flew home for the congregation can - be i erected. ' .-. i-.- ..,..,.-,.- fTTnllf fMaa 1mJt Wlra Boston, Dec, 19. Mrs. Claudia Llbby Halns bag vanished. .. Where she has gone and why she has gone are known only to a rew personal irienaa, ana tney won't tell. . - . While announcing her intention not to attend the trial of her husband or that of his brother, she -has declared fre quently that It she were summoned to New York by District Attorney Uarrln she would respond at once, - The single deduction as to her strange absence from Boston in that she has been called to New York, if not to take the witness stand against T. Jenkins Halns, at least to give the benefit of a conference with the prosecution. When Mrs. Halns left her parents' home she carried a suit case. She was accompanied by a strange man. When Mrs. Llbby. Mrs. Halns' mother, was atiked if her dauehter was at home she replied with . -evident- reluctance that Mrs. Halns wa ""out." She later, how ever, admitted'that Mrs. Halns had left Wlnthrop. - - -. "Has she gone to New Yorkf , ' 'I do not know." - V "Where has she gone?" : "I do not know." 'This same ignorance was displayed by Fred L, Norton, Mrs. Halns' legal adviser, in Boston. Following.. sut cession of "J do not know," Norton ad mitted that Mrs. Halns waa not in the city, and he did not know when she would return. - , "Why has she gone away V Norton was asked. '- - '" :--'"' :.'-. ' ' . I know." he declared, "out am not t liberty, to tell." tt. -, . -ig iu in connwuuii ui. w going on In New TorkT" - , Mrs. Halns is my. client, and I am not at liberty to discuss her move roents." . , - WHAT THE W03IEN SERVANTS SAY OF CLAUDIA AND ANNIS ? By James French Dorrance. . vw Vnrit. Tc H. Attorneys who have charge o the defense of Thornton Halns. after, a conference at the Long Island-city prison today announced that they would call, among, the first wit nKe . fnr the defense, two servants who had been ; employed In the home of Captain Peter C. Halns. at Fort Hamilton while he was in tne i-miip pines. s r , The nnrvanta are Minnie . Rhonei Who was with the. captain s family for five years ana who is now in ine empioy , pi Mrs. Peter C. Halns sr tne generat e wife, and Mrs.. Emma Leaveil, wno lives at Bayridge. . Both Mr. Mclntyre and - Joseph A. Rhav of the defendant's attorney cores, admitted that it would be difficult to make this testimony comnetent. nut they expressed confidence that they had found a way. - ' The affidavit " f urn shed - the defense by Emma Leavell cannot be printed In run. it reads in part as xoiiows; "I first became employed , oy Mrs. Halns on December 24, 1907, and went to work oiu Tuesday, I saw Mr. Annis for the first time on Saturday at Fort Hamilton. - Mrs. subs' Airinity. "When h arrived Mrs. Halns turned to me and said; 'Emma. this Is my affinity.' "He patted me on the back and kissed Mrs. Halns and went Into the room with his arm around her. There was another girl, a nurse, and she and I talked about Mrs. Halns'. affinity.' I, said. 'I, see Mrs. Halns has an affinity,' and she said. 'Yououeht to be here sometimes: the way she carries on le something dreadful.' I said, 'Why, Mrs.- Halns on t id out In Dubllo with him 7 and she said. 'Worse than that: when, he comes here they act Just like he was me captain.- , . "some aays arter i wont to live mere round wnat waa toid me Dy tne nurse was true. Upon different occasions dur ing that . time. Annis - frequented -the house and hugged and kissed Mrs: Halns. . A short time after that Mrs. Halns went to Boston, she said,' to spend little time with her mother, upon her return she would go out and .stay two or three nights in New York, V r tjaxrlsd Her ea XI Back. Mrs. Halns' cousin. Mrs. Shaw, came from Boston and at that time Mr. Annis would bring a mend wun mm, ne would leave his friend with Mrs. Shaw In the parlor and ha and Mrs... Halns would go into the other room. I remember one occasion, in going downstairs, Mr. Annis carried Mrs. Halns on his bacx. A short time after Mrs. Shaw came from Boston, Mrs. Halns told me that she was going to the mountains for a rest ana one nignt aoout April 10 Mr. Annis came and three of them went away together. Tney were gone for seven days. ' - . - The statement of Mrs. Rhone roes into detail - regarding Mrs. Claudia Halns' behavior with Annis and reads in part; -- - . - - b4 a Bauneaaaa Jtraxmy. , "Claudia went uo town about a week or so after I left town; She told Emma she had baldheaded affinity and loved him. Emma said: 'You think more of mm than the captain?' she said: Why. don't know. - She had been aolnar-un town several davs and Annis came down on a Saturday and stayed late. until S o clock in the mornlnr. H was ry himself. I did not see anything at strut. She kept coins- ut town, and - ha wouia teiennone . ror ner to - come un wio iuncn, aoout, iwice m weetc. tie telephoned for her to go to the theatre and horse races. She used to Tern Alt In hi. ButAmnhMA mnA .r lata i remember he came down with friend and stayed, all nigbt. vl'tnad coffee for them about '2 a. m. - Once went to the pantry door. Annis and Mrs. Halns were alone and he was bending over and kept klnsins; her. . H would kiss her and -walk around ths room and kiss her aj?alr He kept that up nu ine time j .was loaKing. ' "She always called Anila "papa, When she went to Boston she told me Mr. A. went to Boston with, her and not to tell. When she left she said to me. have dlsxcaced myself and my children. I had a gnod husband and I disgraced him and IMiave Aiothins; to live for. But it was my own fault;' ' She said to her own mother, .'I would like to get noia or wily: ne owes me some money and I would like to get It.'" Eugene N. L. Young. Thornton's third attorney, arranged today for Major John Halns, .U. B. A., the captain's brother, to test the automatic revolver of the type .with which Annis was shot. The defense hopes to Drove that the eight shots which the gun carried could be fired in. less than that many seconds. , The Bayslde Yacht club members who nave testmea ror .tne prosecution have varied widely between the first . and last shots. . Bets are already .being laid that there wili be a dlurrMmmt Ti, yuiaio in in jury, ratner man toe evt dence. - . . . . All hope of finishing the trial before iiriBimB nas oeen- aoanooned, . other wise mere would . nave Been court on rnuuy nigm ana a lull session - todays f.. I. u ." " an aujournment-until Monday morning. .. M MARKET. Dfl WM CORtfER ' Following negotiations extending" over a period of two months, a 15 year ground lease was secured yesterday af ternoon on the quarter block at the iiunneMi corner oi first and Washing ton streets, known as the Kamm corner, by a syndicate of eastern capitalists, who will immediate! hes-ln the n-Mnn of a brick and concrete building cover- enures-iuv xeec ' square. The height of the proposed structure has not been definitely Auciaoa imn. :i.i , , , . . ' - " , " WUfc ' aepena to some extent upon the de mand for space, as the lessees have Kiupie capital to ouiid such a structure m wm meet me requirements of pros pective tenants. The Broadacre Farm Products com pany, a recently - organised enterprise with strong backing, has secured a .a7 un me enure grouna noor, which Is to be made one of tha rinaat mimi. - " - w 1UU11U markets ror the sale of neriahahl TS. yl tne Mifwissippi river. Both the First and Wasrhngton street fronts of the around flora- solid plate glass and-the targe 100 foot square space is to be divided Into 30 market stalls, where practically every edible of a perishable nature will found for sale. , . . A local architect ham hun sloned to prepare plans for the proposed building, and It is announced that ac tual work of construction will be under way -within 60 days. - The negotiaUpns for the lease of the " SZL? .w?rr" .nauf le Will ILf ,wAo, uiuuuui.c xnompsan. ftimnw mum Washington, Dec. 19. Word was re ceived here tonight that Joseph Pulitzer proprietor of the New York World reached Hamnton rnudm thi. on his private yacht Liberty, en route for . w.vuiupuMit-a oy several mem bers Of the ataff nt hi. ,i derstood that Mr. Pulitzer WnH. Yn tie Sthmus: ,lpywtfat,0,n of affairs 5 ACR1FICE SAIL This store intends and always will be in the fighting. 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