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lilfs THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAC PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14. 1909. WIFE 1 OFF-STAGE SCANDAL Margaret Illington Suddenly Appears in San Francisco and Becomes Charge of One Edward Bowes, Broker. (HMIKt Km by LotiftMt lsed Wire.) flan Francisco, Feb. 13. Margaret IllliiKton. the actress, known off the stags as the wife of Daniel Frohman. New York's foremost theatrical man ager, ts to start divorce proceedings against her husband. She has corn" to this city for that purpose. AcconJiziR i mmni tth 1m trt wed RdWarQ .1. .' Bowes, the well known clubman and real estate operator of this city. This rumor does not meet denlul from the lips of Mr. Bowes, who while admitting the contempiatea aivorce acuon ui i ' IlllnEton, refuses to say one way or l he other whether Ms marriwre to the actress will follow the Issuance of her divorce proceedings. Does to 8iii tori am. i Miss Illingtori is at resent In a local sanitarium suffering- from a nervous breakdown. She has been here for more than a week. Her presence has been kept a profound secret. Not even her ' most Intimate friends know of her sr- rival hers. Rumors of the domestlo "In felicities of Daniel Frobman and his actress wife have been rlf for some time, These rumors In the past have met with denial, both from Miss D lut ing and her husband. Gossip crystallised Into a statement of fact tonight when Edward J, Bowes confirmed the whis perings by telling of the contemplated leiral proceedings to be taken by Miss ' Iilinsrlon. " "" ' "7 During th a recent rlsat of the-actress to this City Mr. Bowes was fre uetlv In her company, both while she was a jruest at the St. Franctsotfl and when she was at the Frultvale home Of John H. Spring, the banker. - Repeated rumors of an estrangement between Daniel Frohman and Miss Ill ington, rumors that connected the name : of the well known real estate operator , . lik Al a M ttm. eaiMSfl ailAH Mr. Bowes last night to issue a st-tement yet secured 'a divorce." of all the facts In the case. When seen by a Hearst News representative at the Hotel Normandy, he said Will Ask Dlvoroe. 'Tt Is true that Miss Illington Is In this city at present and that she In tends to secure a divorce jrom air. Daniel Frohman. - Just when this pro ceeding will be Instituted I am not In a position to say. I can, however, say the the divorce complaint will not be filed In New vork. "I want IVto be understood that there are to be no criminations or recrlmlna tions In the proceedings; not the least hint of scandal can' attach to the affair In anv wav. There is a perfect under standing between Miss Illington and her husband and when tne divorce complaint in filed there will be no food, for the ff-nnflfnfl. "Miss Illington is a woman of Ideals entirelv different from those of- her husband. She is fond of a home and domestic life. Mr. Frohman is a man of affairs whose time in occupied In his theatrical ventures. The couple have found out that they are unsulted to each other, and a separation has been decided upon. Mrs. Frohman la taking the step that any good woman has the right to take. She has quit the stags forever, her career is no longer before the footlights." Modest Mr. Bows. "Is it your intention to marry Miss Illlnerton when ner aivorce nas Been se cured?" was a question asked of Mr. Bowes. . "I canot say what the future may brine." was his reply. "It Is rather a delicate question for me to answer. I have known Mtss Illington for some time, and we are friends. To say that I am engaged to her would be ridiculous and highly improper, as she has not SALOONKEEPER USES REVOLVER AS A CLUB M. C. Turner, proprietor of a saloon at 315 Second street, was arrested late last night on a charge of assault with 'a deadly weapon. He Is accused of ' having struck J. N. Dusenbury In the " 'face with a revolver during a fres fight. The row occurred In the Turner saloon j and grew out of a dispute over a bar 'hill between Turner who was drunk at IJthe time, and Jack Patterson. Patterson. R. B. Martell. S. S. Martell, 'Charles Hall and Dusenbury were ar rested as witnesses. Although all ad mitted having taken part In the fight, they asserted that they did so only for '.. the purpose of getting the gun away: ; from Turner, and were later released on .their promise to appear againBt Turner. XITCAS AND BARNES - LEAVE FOR SALT LAKE President W. H. Lucas of ttas North-1 western league and John 8. Barnes, nwntr cf the Boise franchise, will at tend the meeting of the parties inter ster In the proposed Intermountaln league to be held In Salt Lake this week, being already on their way to ! ,XJtnh. : . I The new league will be composed of Boise, Pocatelio, Butte, Helena, Salt Luke and Ogden, provided the plans of President Lucas goes through. It will e of class C standing if such a clas sification can be secured. ' . Outlet to Straits. Seattle. Wash, Feb. 13. From state ments made by subcontractors on the Grays Harbor extension of the Oregon V Washington railroad. It Is apparent -that the award of the tl.000,000 con tract by the Harrlman system is but "the first step in an extensive plan of 'railroad construction from Grays Har . hor north to an outlet on the Stralta of Fuoa, involving the expenditure of tip- .ward of tB. 000. 000, and penetrating a splendid body of standing timber. j Australians Win From All-Stars. : " San Francisco, Feb. i3. The Aus tralian rugbv football team defeated the All-Star California aggregation this af ternoon, 17 to 0. The Australians were ' far superior to the Californians, who lacked the necessary teamwork to score on the Invaders. GORKY ARRESTED; NO ONE KNOWS WHT (United Presi Leased Wire.) St. Petersburg, Feb. IS. It Is not known yet on what charge the police have Issued a warrant for the arrest of Maxim Gorky, the famous Russian nov elist. The general belief ts that he Is wanted for political offenses. Gorky has been out of Russia more than three rears. He was exiled to Riga In 1905 for revolutionary activity, later permit ted to go to the Crimea on account of his health, and for some time has been living la Italy. Ha had just about dropped out of mind when the publlo was surprised today by the Issuance of a warrant for his arrest. SKT RUSH BILLS THROUGH Only, Five Days of Session Remain and Desks Piled High .With Business- Many Good Measures Like ly to Fail. BRANCH P0ST0FFICE IN FRISCOJ5URNS San Francisco, Feb. 1S.-A fire which originated In the Mission branch postoffice on Valencia street early to day caused a loss of about 150.000 to the building In which the postoffice Is located and adjoining stores. A number of people living In the Mission apart ments nav-wly escaped with their lives when th flames reached that structure. In rescuing the Inmates several firemen were slightly Injured. "Four Ps" Incorporate. (SpecUl Dlntstcb to Tt Journal.) Salem, Or., Feb. lSy -The Krebs hop ranch of 171 acres, hear Brooks, this county, is to be converted Into a chicken and pigeon ranch. Articles of Incorpo ration, under the name of the Pacific roultry & Pigeon plant, to be known as the "Four Ps," were filed with the county clerk and secretary of stale to day. The capital stock Is 15000 and Conrad Krfbs Is president of the com pany; E. K. Brown of the Eugene Poultry farm of Eugene Is general man ager,, and W. J. Reynolds Is secretary-treasurer. Coos Bar Channel. Washington, Feb. 13. Senator Bourne received notice todav that Chairman Burton Intends Including an Item for Coos Bay In the emergency rivers and harbors bill. This will permit the utili zation for dredfftng Inside the channel of 118.000 of the appropriation made for general improvements. Forty new laws are on the books 'and the legislature la on the home stretch. Five days are yet remaining, in which the legislature can work and draw pay for doing so and both house have their aeska jammed and crammed with busi ness winch must be hastily considered and railroaded through to passage, or dumped Into th wast basket. In the senate there are now 66, house bills awaiting action while the house has naraiy cegun to get down to the bot tom of Its own pile -of bills. In the house are 63 senate bills ready for dis cussion, while the ' committees are loaded down with senate measures that have Just come In foe the consideration or uie lower branch. Tomorrow no house bill can go to the senate for consideration and no sen ate bill can croon the hall to the house except by unanimous oonsent. This in Itself is sure to kill off many measures which, had they been acted upon earlier in the session, would have stood srood chances of enactment. Pew Laws of Interest. Ud to the present time the legislature has enacted few laws of interest to the whole state. The Bean bill providing for the Incorporation of ports is now filed with the secretary of state. The emergency tax law Is already In effect. The Jaeger bill providing for a circuit uage in Multnomah county, and the iart bill providing; for two new su preme court Justices are also In effect. The Nottingham bill providing that voters may register when away from the state If in the secretary's office. That about ends the list of Important bills that have become laws. During the coming week the legisla ture will spend its most Important mo ments on the consideration of appropri ation bills. Thin will be the big occu pation for the closing days of tne ses sion. The normal school Question will be the headliner of the appropriation list The house has made provision for three schools and the senate Is whetting up Its ax for these bills. It is probable that the result will either be a recom mendation for one school or else a lump sum will be recommended by the sen ate for the state board of normal school regents to ose as it sees fit, either for one, two or three schools. Senate Will TTse Ax. Aside from these bills comes In the appropriations for the state Institutions, the colleges, the general appropriation bill, the deficiency bill, the Celilo ap propriation of 75,000, the Crater lake road bill with $100,000, th scalp boun ty bill with $40,000 and a number of other smaller grants. Although the senate committee on ways and means joined in the reoommendation of these various appropriations, it Is safe to say that the senate will make a big effort to pare the amount down. In the house during the week also will come up the Johnson road bill, the fisheries bill reported by the Joint com mittees from the Washington and Ore gon legislatures, the Miller conservation of resources commission bill, the irri gation code as amended in the senate, and the game code, all important meas ures. In the senate the state printer's flat salary bill will be considered, and prob ably killed. The fire marshal bill, the Bean tax commission bill, and the pilot age bill are among those measures which are of Importance now on the desk ready for consideration. ITseds Steady Grinding. It will take steady grinding night and day on the part of both houses to get from under the 'avalanche of busi ness waiting to he disposed of during the last week. Night sessions will be the order of the week and It is hoped by this means to force through all of the Important measures. The house has limited Its debate to five minutes for each member, and the members have reached that stage of vocal exhaustion from nearly 40 days of incessant talk ing when they are ready to allow their measures to go to a final vote without prolonged debate. Committee recommendations count more than oratory in these last days and bills will be passed for the rest of : MEXICAN MINISTER U - 1 - ' 1 i if--,' i i :h u ; ."v A I j' ,-,', i Senor F. De La Birra, Mexican minister to Belgium, who visited this country on a vacation. LEf JAKES REPLY TO 1 "Lavender Lady" Wore Dresses Too Loud to Suit Junior Beer King: x and Her Religion Also Both ered Him Some. MOST COSMOPOLITAN AGGREGATION IN THE WORLD ft "2gjr - Mt' 1 -SHUT rton Ecuador Oaboard at pp ffi . r-pg&lq GOT 0N.AT )llp? .rut MY POKS llagRSEiUEfi FROM 3 r&kAB0XD fMC,CK iHLP0?J 5-3W AUU AR"ND the time about as fast as the reading clerk and call the roll. It is the same old thing that has marked the fag end of every previous session when the big money bills and the other measures of large moment nave been held back for committee tinkering and for big stick purposes only to come out and be rushed through the two houses under the whip. May Adjourn rnaay. An effort will be made to adlourn on Friday night, but even If It is possible to clear away the desks bv that time the two houses will be compelled to re main in session officially In order that the enrolling committees may transcribe the bills as .passed and send them in for the signatures of the speaker and presi dent It will be near to Saturday night therefore before the twenty-fifth bien nial session will be declared at an end. FAREWELL DINNER JS GtVEN J. G. M'NAB Nearly a score of the leading spirits of "Railroad Row" were hosts at a com plimentary dinner- given J. GU-McNab of the Canadian Pacific at the Commer cial club last evening, the affair being a farewell to Mr. McNab who goes to Vancouver, B. C. to become traveling freight .agent for the C. P., R. British coiumma lines. ... A. G. Richardson of the Canadian Pai cine acted as toastmaster and ad dresses were made by, John M. Scott, assistant general passenger agent of the xxitrriman lines; m. j. Kocne, K. JU Car die. George Toone, J. H. O'Neill, James Casey. George L. Morrison, Mr. McNab and others. All of the toasts refleed the spirit of goodfellowshlp and friend liness that prevails among Portland railroad men and many good wishes for Mr. McNab's future were expressed Those present at the dinner were: J. G. McNab, E. L. Cardie, John M. 8cott, George L. Morrison. F. R. Johnson. B. H. Trumbull, M. J. Roche, J. H. O'Neill. wugh O'Neill. K. W. Agrell, F. Puts, james uasey, ueorge Toone, Greenough, A. G. Richardson, Williams. Frank Clark ASKS FOR PARDON OF COLE YOUNGER (United Press Leaned Wlr.) Minneapolis, Feb. 13. Absolute par don for Cole Younger, one of the fa mous Missouri bandits, is requested in a letter to Governor Johnson from James A. Reed, former mayor of Kan sas City, Mo. He says Younger Is now promoting a suburban railroad scheme and is handicapped by the fact that his Minnesota parole, granted several years ago, carried conditions. Reed recites that the bank robbery, at Northfield, Minn., for which crime two of the Younger boys were sent to the peni tentiary, grew out of conditions created by the civil war. He says Younger has been a good citlsen and claims he has observed the conditions of his pardon. ..Th? Younger boys were formerly iden tified with Jesse and Frank James. Cole lounger and his brother Jim, now dead, were released from the state peniten tiary on parole In 1901, but the parole forced them to live in Minnesota. After Jim committed suicide the state board of pardons allowed Cole to go on condition that he never engage In any public performance to exploit his past misdeeds. Though he is held to have broken that promise, the pardon Is not revoked and there is no way Min nesota can force him to return. LINTOLTmIZED AT SALE3I BANQUET (.Special DlinNtca to The Journal.) Salem, Or. Feb. IS At the Young Men s Republican club Lincoln banquet at the Armory last evening. Colonel Mercer of Kugene, a personal friend of I resident Lincoln, and who served sev eral years in the secret servVce of the government under his administration, tX a, byautful eulf . He was followed by Commj-n-at D W Mathews of the G. A. R. ; superintendent f'i.M- P?-Wer5 of t,le balem public schools. Chief Justice F. A. Moore of the supreme court. Judge Georse H Burnett of the circuit court for thhfd"; thl VaJ?d ?P'a,n 1'anlfl Webster of the lcn:al post of the O. A. R tine of thfl most Interesting addresses W,a.,UleUvred by President J. W. Kew of V.ie Jr,eKn Agricultural college who ?hd,ile2 Un.c'n n being the father of Uneitcddta,es! M & EUGENE ROBBERS ARE CAUGHT AT STAB BUCK , Kug'enT' broke nto Savage & Lawrence mJH,c e $40 worth of musical Instruments, In chiding guitars. violins, mandolins talking machines and cornets were captured at Starbuck, Wash., today Of ficers in KuRcnc located the tn!n alunder in the express office at Port and several days asro. It was then shipped to Spokane and the express agent there received a message to ship it to Starbuck. Of ficers from Spokane went there, waited till the goods were called for snrt nlaoed tbe men - under arrest Thv gave their names as Joseph. Brown and J !. u. iawrence. An oncer started from Eugene tonight for. OlyiriDla to secure requisition oapers end will then I proceed to.Starbi: after the prisoners. J . . 111,1 11 11 i ' - ' ' A British BhlpbtnUMng firm is making a specialty of light draught vessels, with a bow rudder, to make them more ensflv steered when going; astern , in rhallow water. t .- ' . " . tDultad rress Leased Wire. I fit. T.nn1a. Ffth. 13 Three aneclflo charges against his wife and a general denial of the statement she had made In her testimony was the burden of the evidence of William J. Lemp Jr.. mil lionaire brewer, in the suit .against him for divorce brought by his wife, "To Lavender Lady." Wore Ziond Dresses. ; " . That Mra Lemo affected loud dresses such as would attract attention in public; that she had a violent tem per during the last year that . they lived together; that she was a poor housekeeper, were the troubles stated in court. During the rest of the time he was on the stand he was ousy lm- Seaching the testimony of his wife. Ie said that be had never beaten his wife, never looked through her corres pondence, never pointed a revolver at ner.- never snoka desDarlnclv of her re ligion nor of his wife's teaching of his son Jhat there was a God, never cursed her and never locked her out of the house. . The ante nuptial contracts were signed by Lemp, one was signed at the house of the archbishop, one at his own home. He denied that he never intended to abide by the agreements, of the first, the second, he declared, was la his opin ion, the legal one. never Entertained. He never entertained women in his home when his wife was away, he said, except on two occasions when relatives had been Invited. There were never any great parties where great quanti ties of liquor were consumed. The quar rel with his wife during which -she tes tified he had knocked her down, he said, was caused when she spoke des parlngly of his relatives. He said that he did not strike her then. He drew his revolver only once, he declared, and that was when a negro, butler named Davidson had been disrespectful to his wife and he rebuked the man. Donaldson, he said, backed toward a table In the kitchen on which was a long butcher knife. Two women testified for Lemn. Mol. lie Edward of New York, said that she had known Lemp for 17 years. She said she had not seen him in the re sorts he formerly kept in St. Louis or known of his being there since his mar riage. "You. knew Lemp very well, di youT" she was asked. She nodded assent. . ' LLOYD 0SB0URNE RESISTS ALIMONY (Hearst News by Longest Leased Win.) San Francisco, Feb. IS. In filing aa answer to his wife's divorce -complaint this morning, Lloyd Oabourne, who col laborated with Robert Louis Stevenson, his stepfather, claims to have received no income whatever In the past year from his literary efforts and says his wife, Katherlne Osbourne, has - suf ficient ability to earn 1150 a month. Mrs. Osbourne asked in her- divorce complaint for S300 a month and the custody of the children. In view of his lean pickings rrom literary work, os bourne says Mrs. Osbourne can more readily make her own living than he, and furthermore states that the few rooms which she has rented in her home bring in an Income of 1200 a month. The two children he wants, and says he and his mother, Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, stand ready to educate them. He is willing to let Mrs. Osbourne have the youngast son, but asks the court to awardJUm the ether. Snow Falls in Umatilla. (Speelal Ptapatrh to The JoornaL Pendleton, Or., Feb. 1J. Snow which has been falling here for over 86 hours is gradually melting and is doing much good to growing wheat Farmers are glad to see the- end In February, for the reason that rainless weather In February and- March is generally fol lowed by a Wet April and May. then a comparatively dry June. A prominent farmer states that he fears consider able wheat has been killed on his ranch on the reservation as a result of re cent severe windstorms. Allowed Women In Saloon. Nick Matosln, a saloonkeeper at 65 North First street, was arrested last evening on a warrant charging him with violating the ordinance prohibiting sa loon men allowing women to remain in their establishments. - As two women had- been in his place he faces two sep arate charges. ASK EXTENII; TO ST. HELENS People of the Lower River Towns Vant the United. Railways to Build. Can "the United Railways' officials be induced to extend their road down the Columbia river as far as St. Helens, is the question being anxiously askod by the residents of the lower rtyer towns. In the belief that it can be done, pro vided the right-of way is donated. In terested persona ore circulating peti tions among the property holders from Portland to St. Helens asking that the rieht nf wav he iriven to the company. and it ls said that their efforts are meeting with, practically no opposition from the property owners When asked about the extension proj ect last night, A. Wittenberg, a direc tor of -the united Railways, said: t "Some three months ago, a committee representing' the people of St. Helens and other towns along -ue Columbia river, called - at tne fortiahd ornce or the company and urged the officials to take up the proposition of extending our line- along the river to St Helens. We declined to consider the project at that time for the reason that a program of road building had been mapped out that would require at least two . years to complete and the policy of the company is opposed . to considering projective and extensions that will mean too far a . took into the future. "Members of the committee then -an nounced that the right of way would be secured In the name of the United Rail ways company upon : the presumption that In a year or two the directors of the company might see their way clear to build the extension. "I can state positively that the United Railways company 'has not authorized the buying or otherwise se curing of any right of way for a pro jected extension of its lines, but what the company may . do in two or three years from now in ; the way of road, building, I am not prepared say." V PERSONALS Walter C. Smith, who resldesyu th Hotel ' Portland, returned yesterday from a flying trip to Chins. He . was absent 'only 10 weeks and spent only a few hours In any of the ports visited. The trip was taken to gain' the bene ficial results of an ocean voyage and Mr. Smith returns in much better health. , Miss Gertrude Ash of Spokane, Wash., Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. T. Trager, 147 North Twenty-thjrd street The national conservation commission fs considering the possibilities of saw dust and other waste- lumber products. in view of the increasing scarcity of timber. . Chicago Clottiiing Co. Showing of New Spring Sits' In All the Latest Shades AT- Matchless Bargains at This Price No Better Value Obtained Elsewhere at $15.00. OUR LINE AT A The sort of clothes you pay elsewhere $20.00. In every sense of the word, we claim THE CHI CAGO gives its patrons more in return for the price asked than' any other' clothing store in Portland. Chicago Clothing Co. SOL GARDE, Proprietor 69-71 THIRD ST., BET OAK AND PIKE Adjoining U. S. National Bank 'lll.il. XIM ' " """"''PL ' ft'"'! iihim" 1 " '"'"'" " i l l I I This solid oak 6-foot Extension Table, has 45-indh round top; t fine, first-class ' eastern-made table that sold regularly .at $16.50, close out price , ,v... .......... f 10.OO . Everything in Our Store Is Being Sold at Less Than Cost We are going out of business in a few days and are sacri ficing our entire stock. Here is an opportunity for yon to, buy ; furniture at less than dealers can buy it for. Why not take advantage of it? At least investigate. Our store is still full of rare bargains.. If you buy your furniture elsewhere while we are still in business you are simply throwing our. money away. By all means come and .get our prices before you buy elsewhere. Independent Furniture Co. .. . - , , 1 .104-106 FIRST STREET - . GREEN, FRONT BUILDINO, BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND 'STAKE STREETS