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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20. , 1908. .
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Relatives and Counsel Silent, but Deduction -Is - That
State Is Using Her Tactically Unwritten , Law ,1s
Barred by Judge Servants Tales of f Claudia.
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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. ..
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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
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' 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.
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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
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tie Sthmus: ,lpywtfat,0,n of affairs
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