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nil"" 1 r jili i ." 1 -' i 6 4 - i A J I 5 ( : c I' r i , i.r L ' f-J . ' -r- r 1. t 7 c r The Weather Rain tonUht; Fit day probably-showers; south wind.! VOL. IX. NO. 70. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1910. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. 1 H . .1 1 "" -1 n I ii ! i : -1 3 'IN S W I V ITOOU AFTER N EGLECTI ilG (Employers Had No Faith in the Young Man Had Trouble at Spokane and Came Near Ecing "Arrested. 'SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH WOMAN Sister Works in Seattle and His ' Wife Has Returned to Pa rents In East. , - (Special DUpattn to Tfi Jonnul.i Spokane, Wash., May 26 Erlo B. Erlcson, believed to be the same man who Is. suspected by the police of Portland t6 know something of the mysterious disappearance of ; Mrs. Hanija , Smith, was well known In Spokane. " Those with whom he did business and by whom he was em ployed gave him a bad reputation. Failure to provide for' his family or sick mother to meet obligations, and treachery to his employers, are cited by those who know him bet. lie la alleged to have (narrowlyes caped arrest when a sum of money he collected for his employers was found missing. . - Erlcson jwns employed, by a local "hdrtakinir firm , in 1,908. While with them h oftan neglected hi work nd (Continued on Pa: Eig-hteen.) ' HEIRESS WIS OiJLY FOR LOVE 'Mathiide Townsend Refuses a Duke Costing $250,000 a Year; Veds, American. . (United Pnw Uird Wlt. ' - Washlnrton. May, . 16. Mathilda Towneend, th helret who refud to wd Duo D'Alba when Bh learned that her mother had offered the nobleman a marriage settlement of $260,000 annu ally If he would wedthe girl, waa mar .rled here at noon today to Peter Ooelet ; Gerry; at tho Townsend home. Presi dent Tart, Vice President Sherman and i members of the president' cabinet were among the guests. Miss Catherine Kleins, whose re ported engagement to ' the Duke I D'AbruzzI at one time caused c6mment j in two continents, was maid of honor. ' Robert Livingston' was beat man. . The Rev. Holland Cotton fimith, rec tor of Bt John's Episcopal church, of , flclated. ' , '. v- The match was a result oi love at " flrrt sight Gerry, the son of Elbrldge T. Gerry . of New York, met Miss Town send at a White House" ball last July. ' The girl's mother had her heart set en an alliance with the nobleman but the young couple are said to have con fronted her with the statement that If i she wouldi withdraw her objections they , j would be married quietly at home, but . that if she opposed the match they f-" would marry immediately.: "' ' ; Among the- '. pre'sents made to the bride was a diamond corsage presented , by the father-in-law. - mm Ime co SUPPOSEDLY DEFUilCT, RISES GRAVE ' The Sellwood Townslte company lives. Long supposed dead, the Plttock cor poration has turned over in its grave, revived by, the sight of money,' and row demands $20,000 from the Portland , Gas & Coke Co, before it Will allow the illuminating concernto pipe gas to. Sellwood. .' -' - When, after a fight of three years, Sellwood people thought they were to get gas, operations have been stopped on the eve of the accomplishment of their' efforts, by a corporation whtch v er-oa tUau g lit-had--4tir goclfMd .up Us earthly affairs and faded into a niemory of the past. Sellwood, as . a business proposition. Isn't a. good investment from the view point of the pss conipjin y, for the. rea son thai it is Nepnratp'1 fr'ini ths city fcy an unirodiictlve tevritory. It was ro EIS01I OECUilES JOTMffiflE HSillCASE Meanwhile Detectives Work on Clue That His Wagon Seen in Vicinity of Cemetery, Al. though No .Funeral Heldv MRS. SMITH'S LAST VISIT TO ER1CS0N MAY 8 Police of Firm Belief That He Could Throw More Light on Strange Case. Detectives Search for Wagtm. ' Detectives Sloan and Endlcott are today giving their time to the mysterious visit of one of Eric-" 1 son's w.agons made Into the coun- try the early part of last week. Hansen, the caretaker, of Green-, 4 wood cemetery, and partner of ErHcson, told the detectives Tues 4 ? day that he saw one of Erlcson's wagons coming in from the coun- - try. . He did not know what mission It had been on, and.ef- forts of the detectives to find out anything, along this line from Erlcson were without result - The letters sent by Erlcson to IOB Anrreles are to be returned to Chief of Police Cox. ' E. E. EricBonJ the Alder street under taker, became suddenly silent today as (Continued on Page Eighteen.) Organized Labor Leader Has Announced His Candidacy Against Fleischner. William Daly, president of the Ore gon State Federation of Labor, this morning announced himself ; as aji as pirant for election to the school board to succeed I. N. Fleischner, Whose term expires. June 20, ' It is understood Mr. Fleischner will, be a candidate for re election; v v Mr. Daly says ha will make a vigor ous campaign. "In view of the flnaing of the April grand Jury," said Mr. Daly, "which in vestigated; the present school board, found irregularities and recommended that the present ,mmbers should re sign, a committee of union men 1n tervlewed.me and asked me to run for the office., t consented." i - Mr. Daly is a member of the Typo graphical union, and is employed by the Portland Linotype company. He is serving his second term as presi dent of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, and is vice-president and com mitteeman of the Central Labor Coun cil of Portland., ! For the school board election, June 20, the polls will be open" from 2 o'clock until o'clock In the afternoon. One polling booth will be provided for each ward. Voters wlH. not be required to vote In the ward In which they live. Secretary Thomas, of .the school board, is preparing a list of the polling places, which will be announced June 8. WITH DEiflDS a long time before the " corporation would listen to .the people's : pleas. When finally it did, apd agreed to lay mains to Sellwood at a c"ost of about $50,000, Sellwood . was Jubilant. , , Then the gas cempany ordered the pipe and made all arrangements' to begin work. Now-comes the resurrection of the Sellwood Townslte company. It Is a corporation which was formed in I8S6, or about that time, and which bought up tho townslte of Sellwood, platted it and put it on the market. H. i.. PHtcli4-amed-aBttsprtsltTont '"and F. Oerdin, , secretary. And further, i; seems wherf it transferred Its hold ings to a sales company, it reserved alj frani'luse rights. ! ' . ; No on Kems to have' heard of Ihp Kfilwonil TownSitx company, for a dp- DALY VOULD SERVE OH SCHOOL BOARD m tContlnued oa l'uge.Two.), LEIIBRH MAKES full mm- Oil ERBI CASE Hearse Salesman, After Flat v Denjals, Tells Story of Fake Telegram Handled as Per sonal Favor to Ericsonr. THOUGHT IT WAS JOKE, - AND ERICS0N WAS FOOL Strange and Incoherent Letters Written,by Ericson Gave No Clue to Mystery (Special Pldtntrti to The Joorntl) , Los Angeles, Cat, May 26. After strenuous and . persistent denial of all sent by htm, in connection with the mys terious disappearance of Mrs. Hanna Smith of Portland, F. W. Lehbrlck ad mitted last night that he was the indi vidual who acted in this city for Eric E. Erlcson , the Portland , undertaker, whose connection with the case is re ceiving the attention of the police of the two cities. ' Lehbrlck is a traveling representative of the United States Carriage company of Columbus, Ohio, which makes a spe cialty of the manufacture of hearses. He arrived in Los Angeles, he says, on May 20, coming here from Fresno. He is registered ; at the Hollenbeck, under the date of May 20, and Is still a guest fhere. ,- . - - Bays jp'ollse AlvUed Denial. Asked why. he had denied all knowl edge of the case the night before, Leh brlck said 4 "I had been' rltrected to do so by the police. ' Detec' Hawley requested me to say nothing ..Co you fellows (meaning newspaper reporters). I knew, however, that it would all come out and there is no use in Heaping still any longer." Lehbrlck received a letter front Erlc son as late as yesterday, advising him to recall the telegram that he had sent on May 21. After thinking the matter over Lehbrlck gave this letter to Detec tive Hawley.--. . -'.v-.'U '. l-.- Explains Connection With Case. In the course of an extended discus sion of the case, Lehbrlck explained his connection with it as follows: "I have been visiting Portland 1 on business," selling hearses, for the , last two or three years, an I met Erlcson there, just as I met Finley and four or five -others In that time. I always called on him, just as I called on the other men In the same business. How ever, I never sold Ericson a . bill of goods, but 1 have stored hearses with him. I have. ne stored with him now. "I received a letter from him here, and in. it was enclosed the outline of a telegram, which he asked me to have (Continued on Page Fifteen.) ,..., ...i i T in i ' m -..I. TO ARMS! TO ' ' ... ...... ... ... yv- n VANDVOUA . . , : NPS -" ! W THE WILL OF V Jr..YT i THE people - '-:yi&tJ - mm M 'Mf , fz TvWL- -WWP SI1IHE SOUL BY CARELESSiiESS; 2f,iE!IDR0ffi!E0 French Boat Pluviose in Colli sion With Packet Ville de , Calais During Maneuvers in . English Channel. COMMANDER TO BLAME FOR TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Tries to Take Pluviose Under Bow of the Packet and Mis judges the Depth. (United Press tcaied Wlre. Calais, May 26. The commander of the French submarine Pluviose, ,two of ficers and 24 -men, were lost when the submarine was sunk by the- packet Ville de Calais just outside the bay today. The recklessness of the commander of the submarine in attempting a pass under the packet was the cause of the accident The commander miscalculated the depth to which he would have, to-go to get by the packet, and the collision followed. ;.(;': ;. '..;- The captalmiof the Ville de Calais did not know the Pluviose was near until his vessel struck the submarine. The Ville de' Calais "put back to this port badly damaged. The captain left a number of small boats to pick up imy possible bu vlvors. , - , Takes Domicile With Friends at Carson, Accompanied by . Child and Mother. Carson, Nev., May 26. Mrs. Gunjtro Aokl. formerly Gladys pmery, daugher of Archdeacon Emery of San Fraji clsco, Is here today with, her hlld and her mother, Mrs. Emery, to establish residence prior to obtaining a divorce, Mrs. Aoki gained notoriety by . her marriage to G-unjlro Aoki,' a Japanese servant of the Emery , household, at Corte Madera, CaL The marriage took place at Seattle. A child was born to lias couple in that city. - Mrs. Aoki Is staying with members of the Episcopal cnurcn here. --'. , ,-- ; , v.,... ARMS! WHURnOOl WHURROOl Oregon's Paul Reyero, HARRIMAN-RUMSEY WEDDING I it ! ' i - -' i t J in" Miss Iary Hnrriman, daughter of the late E. H. Harriman, the rail road magnate, whose wedding to Charles Cary ItumRey, the' young, sculp tor, took place. todny '. ' , PATTEfl SAYS HE 'rei 1 Chicago, May 26. That James A. Pat ten, the wheat king, will retire from business permanently! July 1, was the authoritative announcement made today to the United Press. V The fact that Patten's previous an nouncements of proposed retirement have been followed by coups in the mar ket is caunlng his opponents to wonder what hew grain option he is planning to corner. . . "1, ., Patten said he intended to rest dur ing , the summer and to go to Europe next fall.1 He admitted that he might trade a bit. "just for-amusement," after dis continuing active operations. He announced that a new million dol lar corporation to be known as Bart lett, Frazler & Co. would succeed to the tftisiness of Bartlett, Patten & Co. WILL SOON RETIRE mi iiinrnninin IlibLll rlbl 101 IS REPORT (United Prww Laaied TVlri.V -. Washington, May 26.' -Official "Wash ington .is excited in consequence of a report that, tho family. of Secretary Bal- llnger Is preparing to - leave .Washing ton, that the Ballinger household' goods are packed and crated and that the prep arations foreshadow vthe resignation of Ballinger -from the cabinet. ; Rumors that the secretary will slide out gracefully, following the. submlsslo of the congressional Investigating .com mittee's report to congress, in which he will probably be exonerated by a major ity vote on party lines, have been cur rent here lor many days. . PEACEMAKER MAULED; SUES N. P. FOR $10,000 (nnitcd Pntt Teased Wir. Walla Walla, Wash., May 26. A Suit for $ 0, 000 damages against the North ern Pacific railway and Conductor Ed ward Hoover Is on file in the superior court, brought by -James Cummins of Prescott, who played tho role of peace maker, with the usual result. Cummins was traveling with an Intoxicated com panion. " The- conductor attempted to put the drunken man off and Cummins attempted to settle the question peace ably.' Later he went to a hospital and now sues for damages to his face and head." , HERE IS A CITY THAT DOES THINGS ITSELF Los Angeles, May 26. The Los An geles city council late yesterday : voted $850,000 from the city's sinking fund to continue construction work' on the municipal i aqueduct - This action was made necessary by the failure of local financial Interests to take over the bonds that have been voted. .. ; ORDER FDR 40 Willamette valley lumber manufac turers received good news this morn ing when an; order for 40,000.000 feet df fir arrived from the American Car I A Foundry company at St. Louis, Mo. This is said to be the largest single order for lumber ever placed here. The 'figure at which the order was landed is withheld, and Is difficult to estimate., as - the order . calls for clear, I iil' .nmmnt ""' About 10 milfs,- including most of the large plants In this city, will .share .in the. big slice of business.-. orn of. the large mills up in the WMlnmette'val ley are also interested. Division of tho liuwinesK. whs made bei on.ie the ord.-r must he fillod within the next fvivi or eight months, anti.. this would hiv, to DF FIR LUMBER IS HEGE1VED RT OREGOI! HIDFIIllllEliS boon uttiicuit lor n t'tHti, t tv DEPOSED ALASKA! OFFICIALS ALLEGE "GUEGEIKEi" Charges of John B. Boyce and D. A. Sutherland Will Prob ably Result in Investigation by U. S. Senate. CLAIM ALLEGED BAD MAN PROTECTED WITH MONEY Political , and Civic Corruption in Alaska Charged by For mer Officials. (United Prrs ,LmsM Wlre.t Washington, May 26.-AllegAttons"of ' political and civic corruption, including Charges that the Guggenheim syndicate caused the removal of Federal District Attorney '" John B. ; Boyce and United States Marshal D. A. Sutherland ef Alaska,' having resulted In the demand that the "Hd be lifted" from the secret Investigation being carried on by a sub- (Cohtlnued on Pasre Two. TRUE LOVE i JtTC; Bride of, Charles CRumsey, Artist and Capitalist, of But-" , fa!o Quiet Wedding at the Harriman Country Estate. ' New York!.' Mav 26. St. John's Epis copal church at Arden was the scene of a no.table though quiet wedding ynlay. when Miss Mary Harriman, oldt-st of the children of the late E. H. Harriman. the millionaire-railroad magnate, became t!vi bride of Charles Cary Rumsey, son of Laurence D. Rumsey of Buffalo. Only the relatives and Intimate friends of the two families were in attendance. The Rev, Dr. J. H. McGutnncPS, rector of St. John's, performtd the ceremony, which was followed by a wedding break fast at Arden House; the Harriman country seat. Miss Carol Harriman-waa her sister's Only attendant. Mr. Rum sey had his brother, Lawrence I). Rum sey, as his best man. j Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey will spend most of the summer nt. Anlen, whilo Mrs. Harriman and herdaughter, Miss Carol Harriman, and her sons will go to the far West and the Hawaiian Islands. It Is a True love Match. Today's wedding is the culmination of a pretty little romance The couple first met four years ago at some races at the Meadow Brook club. Later Mr. Rumsey, who is a xcutptor, undertook some work at Mr. Harrlman's new hou1 at Arden. He was up there a good doal. and so got' on Intimate terms with- th family.; -' The bride is the oldest living child of Mr. Harriman. : She .made, her dohnt about six years ago. "There are two oth er daughters, Cornelia, tne wife' of Rob ert ' Livingston . Gurry, and Carol, wlio made her debut last year. Miss Mary Harriman was her father's confidant.' in many of his business affahs. anil was . : , (Continued on Page Two.) all running pretty closs to r.'M'-i filling orders from regular curi'T The material will entur into the structlon of boxcars for tii lfm-i system, and as it . re'tuin-s of lumber for a ca.r. the i'),noo.nivt will mean an increase of at b i'it ! boxcars to the liatiitnaii this year. - This Is the thlr.l tlum hicmt:r frj h i: 'i -i i ttl-it f'jK materinl for ll-e IL.iit u-s th"y I, S"'1 fit t; 1 . i-tri- ,f r " I t . in former y ,flt l"!t'f .1- '. apKf'-CS'e t ot ii -r hi- t i '!!, t'l-: 1 1 ! ,00010 Fffi