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Newspaper Page Textu. H ' ... 1 ' THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13. 1911. us GETSTHREATENING LETTERS BY SCORE Miss Madeline Force Receives Many Anonymous Commu nications -Concerning Her Approaching Marriage. (By the International New fWrUe.) Newport, R. I., Aug. 1J. Having run the gauntlet of criticism from bishops and ministers all over America on her approaching marriage wltl Colonel John Jacob Astor, Miss Madeline Talmage Force, the beautiful debutante, la now facing a new peril. Many threatening letters, most all of them written by young women, were received by her to day. v The precise nature of the threats la closely guarded by Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Force, parents of Mr, Astor's fiancee, who assert that they do not regard them seriously. Miss Force and Mr. Astor were the central figures today at the Newport dog show. Indeed, with the exception of the exhibitors, nobody paid any at tention to the dogs. "There'a Astor and his bride-elect!" creamed one stout woman who saw them for the first time. Miss Force was bo startled that she turned her right ankle in turning to get j away. Can Eighteen Year Old Bride-to-Be of-Col J. J. Astor Wield Social Sceptre ? ii""' """ '" ' "tr!v' t ... - jr ...,v . ' I C. 'iil.M RECTOR THREATENS BISHOP SMITH WITH ACTION FOR SLANDER Philadelphia Am a- 1 Tk. o. IhaT he contemplated a slander suit I against Bishop Mackey H. Smith, be cause nf tha aland hia ' against him for his biting sermons on tho Astor-Forc wedding, was made to- I nlRht by Rev. Dr. Georc-e Chalmers t MIbs Madeline Talroage Force New York Society Pon ders Hard Over Per plexing Problem (B th International Newa Sere. New York. Aug. 12. A mere girl of 18 years Is soon to become the mistress of all the palatial homes and the mil lions of John Jacob Astor. She is Miss Madeline Talmage Force, who is to be come the bride of Mr. Astor In th rail. Friends of Miss Force are wonder- Richmond. He declared also he would I lng now Bhe wUI acquit herself as the seek satisfaction through church au- ! nll"tre'"' t the big Astor mansion In thorlties for letters from the bishop, in ! plrth avenue. the great Astor estate which he nays his acts were referred i at Rninbeck, N. Y., and of the palatial to as "babyish." and he himself com- A8tor hom at Bar Harbor, Me. oared with a "nauirhtv hov who m.k. ai 8n "O'" her place as the faces, not daring to do more. Dr. Richmond bitterly attacked the biKhop as a member of the smart set and intimate of the idle rich, who luxuriates in a large Income, maintains palatial renidences and Is or has been pronouncedly fond of the material pleasures of life. i:. No mln perform the ceremony, ac- Newport. R. I., Aug istcr in Newport will Astor-Force marriage cording to Rev. William Safford Jones, seek astisfaction through chruch au retary of the ministers' union. "The first objection Is because Colo nel Astor was divorced on statutory grounds, and It is common gossip his private life Is open to serious criti cism," said Dr. Jones. "I see nothing for him to do but to go to a Justice. Such a union would have standing in law, but not in the church." CHILDREN ATTACK SIMPSON'S WILL ac knowledged social leader of lew York?" J they ask. "Is she old enough and tact ; ful enough to receive and hold the hom age of New York society folk?"' i MJss Force was known as a bright pu ! pll at Miss Spence's schood, which she left only a short time ago, but the fact i remains that she Is only 18 years old. And after Bhe has wedded Mr. Astor, she I will have to be a mother to his son, Vin I cent, 19 years old a year older than she and to Muriel Astor, 10 years of age.- Before ahe met Mr. Astor a year ago, Miss Force n er made any pretension of belonging to the "400." Now she finds herself confronted with the probability of becoming the leader of that set. Since the one and only "Mrs. Astor" who was Mrs. William Astor held sway over the social destinies of Fifth avenue folk, there has been a sort of unwritten law that an Astor must be the leader of the "400," or the '600" call it what you will. After the death of Mrs. William Astor, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, formerly Ava Willing, of Philadelphia, was crflwned as the social leader here. Rut she could not get along with her husband. Hhe sued htm for divorce, anu It was granted. Meantime she had gone over tp Knglantl to live. Her departure left the OO" without a J leader. Who was there to take her I place? No one. It Is true that at the i opera some ambitious grande dames FstatA nf ftfin l I lft tn' tried to seize the sceptre left idle by the One Son, Which Rouses Brother and Sisters. passing of Mrs. Ava Astor, but they had a dismal time of It. Although they U-ied to be social queens, no one notloed them, so they might Just as well have gone I far up Into the gallery and tried to rule ! as down In the "diamond horseshoe." Mrs. William Astor Was Leader. 1 In the olden nays trie grip or Mrs. William Astor was so strong that by a 1 nod of her head she could give any woman or man the entree to the "400." Mrs. Ava Astor had the same power to a certain extent. But she never pos sessed the ability to rule socially that Mrs. William Astor did. This, according to certain social gos sips, leads to the following question: "Can Miss Force, as Mrs. Astor No. 2, wield the seoptre of social leadership In New York with tact and power enough possession 01 me leadership?' There will be much for her to do. As a. bchoolgirl she hnd a certain number of hours a day to devote to her studies; Hlllsbnro. Or., Aug. 12. Brother and sisters, arrayed apains brothr in a legal battle for tne property of a dead fattier Is the first ease of any mo-' ment to he heard by Oregon's ex-game warden, R. O. Btcvensoti, now county juilge of Washington county. Two duys have ben occupied in the hearing of j the petition to set aside the will of j John H. Simpson, a pioneer who died May 20. 1010, leaving an eatata valued! ut J26.0(p0, and tho case may not bo .r: a"er'to Ktam undisputed limning .to. e ,.L f rtv II m tlHJ testing heirs, gave tha estate to the widow during her life. After her death it was to pass to Franklin H. Simpson, a son. Th petition alleged lncaanpe tency of the elder Simpson because of advanced age to make a proper will and also undue Influence. The ' con stants are Hettie A. Johnson. Kmma J. Bowlby, John M. Simpson, Jr., and l!V'KBiu A. Purvis, all living In Wash ington county except the latter, who lives in California. Whatever the de cision of the probate court, tha case will undoubtedly be appealed. Anotner case in which a family dif ference over property Interests figures Is that of John Kennington against hla son, Albert Kennington, which is being heard In the circuit court. The father seeks to oust his aon from hla place near Tualatin, and as preliminaries there have been arrests of the aon on a charge of assault on the father and of the father on a charge of assaulting .his son's wife. The son in defending the present suit claims a contract by which he removed from Indiana two years ago to Oregon, the alleged agree ment being that ln-exciiange for caring for his father the property would be given him. t t , p Bfy'c v 4 l? JJa"l,",'k, 3 Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, divorced wife of Colonel John Jacob Astor. as a debu,an' 'n! had to keep Jnte hours at parties. Rut In this simple lifu of" a maiden lust entering a certain sorlnl circle Bhe found many diversions. Thee were entertaining young men, girls of her own age, who giggled and ate bonbons and never thought a thing of the world's rare. On tho day of her marriage the future Mrs. John Jacob Aator will find a differ ent kind of life entirely. If wedding bells send out joyful peuls for her, they will also toll a full share of cares, wo; y and work. First of all, the new Mrs. Astor will have to see" that the numerous homes of her husband and herself aro kept In first class order. Mr. Astor, himself is a sort of "crank" on systematising thirds. Ills one" great hobby la "a place for everything and everything In its place." DR. IS SUSPECTED OF FORGERY OF ARY A Danger Eliminated. One danger from the moving -picture machine Is eliminated by a Frenchman's Invention of an electric light, 1n which the current is switched on and off so rapidly that it Is not detected by the eye, but resting the film and lens from overheating. American Type CopJed. A Russian locomotive works has closely copied the American "Prairie" type in building five high speed en gines for use on the line from St. Petersburg to the Austrian frontier. HE ( EUREKA Jl Bom Treatment ty the , . patient Herself. . Invaluable to Ladles, It Cleanse .Instantly rvery woman la -interested and ahould know about the wonder- ' fnl qnau, tlea of The Hew . Vaginal wng-e. v Call ex aend stamp for particulars 1 TffX JBOTU6XA COHCrAJnr ' 1 Kady Attendant ' " 418-416 Selling Building, Portland, Or. v v Pacltlo X-hone Marshall 3139. (Publisher1 PreM Leeead W1m.) Seattle, Aug, l.--That forgery ia one of the elements of the case being pre pared against Dr. Linda Burfleld Ilaz eard. faatlng; apecliUist. awaiting trial on a charge of murder In the first de gree, in starving to" death Miss Claire Williamson, a wealthy and educated English spinster, becajqe known thla afternoon. Expertg-ln penmanship have been celled in to examine a diary kept by Miss' Williamson. Intermingled among the notations of household recipes are accounts of her treatment by the woman starvation practitioner. From day to day these entries ran untfT Claire Williamson, who died May 19 at Dr. Haseard'e Institute at Starvation Heights, serosa the bey from Seattle, became too weak to write. Day by day the characters grew more tremulous and the thoughts more disconnected. In the back of the book, isolated from the entries of the date ar- which it pur ports to have been written late tn April, in a penciled page, entitled "My Wish es," which tells of the love and tender ness of Dr. Hansard, and saye that Dr. Hazxard is to have various valuables formerly belonging to Miss Williamson. It tails of tha cabin' at Starvation -Heights, to be called Claire cabin, to be used for religious purposes and to be endowed with an .annuity of 16 pounds in accordance with a purported codicil to Claire's will. It expresses a desire that Dr. Haziard's sister and one of tha nurses shall have certain jewelry. - Margaret Conway, a nurse In the WIJ. Ilamson family for many years, found the diary. She declares" the writing; a foYgery. Dr. Haasard, 'who is charged by Dor othea Williamson, sister of tha dead girl, with starving her sister to get her fortune, will be tried in November. - " New Form of Irrigation Pump. ; , (Rpectil to Tn lournnl.V . : " Boise, Idaho, Aug. 12. L. A. Larson has invented a new form of irrigation pump which is on exhibition here. t It is said to deliver water at a height of 80 feet;at very low cost of operation, MILES' LETTER ASKS HOW DO YOU LIKE TAFT? Thiltd Pre Lrtvd Wlr. Chicago, Aug. 12. In a late edition this evening the Chicago Daily News, Victor Lawson's newspaper, publishes a "confidential" letter which it declares Charles D. Hllles, secretary to Presi dent Taft, Is spreading broadcast, ask ing what is the popular sentiment as to the Taft administration. The letter, the News declares, is sent out on White House stationery to every leadln factor tn Republican politics. In part the "confidential" letter reads: . "Dear Sir I shall be very glad to have you write me your estimate of the work of the present administration and to have you give me a frank statement as to the sentiments of the people in general and Republicans in particular, with respect to the course of the presi dent. Such a' letter would be treated as confidential, unless you were willing that It should later bo utilized by some reputable newspaper engaged in endeav oring to sense the situation." SALEM HOP MARKET STRONG AT 35 CENTS (Sjwctui to The Journil.) Salem. Or., Aug. 12. James R. Lynn, a hop. dealer who returned to night from Crook county; reported the sale of 12,001) pounds at 36 ocnts, made today. J. Haaris made three purchases totaling 85,000 pounds at 15 oenta. Mr. Lynn said there had been rumors of opttons at Id eents. The market is strong at 35 cents. IT. Men to Go to Punch IkmL (Special to The Journal Hood River, Or.. Aug. 12. Tha Davil'S Punch Bowl, located nine miles up the Hood river, will be the scene .of the University club picnlo on Sunday, Aug ust 20. The local university club has a membership of 150. -A phenomenal masterpiece offered for ale, rare antique, equal cannot b pro cured In Europe or America at any price; genuine colored steel engrav ing, done In 1808. D-S2T, Journal. Colonel John Jacob ABtor. POSTAL PLUM 11 KN DOWN f EI Squire Farrar Still on Job Salem Just as He Has - Been for 15 Months. at (Salem Bureau of Tbe Journal.) . Balem, Or., Aug. 12. Renewed inter est In the unusual spectacle of one of the fattest postal plums In the state hanging unmolested on the tree for over 15 months after its "shake-down" was due has been aroused In Salem by the return from Washington. P. C.. of a prominent business man, who while at the national capltol attempted to find out why the overdue aoppolntment of the Salem postmaster had not been made. Salem has the only first class post office in the state tfutside of Portland and when Squire Farrar's term of of fice expired in April. 1910, several as piring candidates fell into line. Among them were Hal D. Tatton, John Bow land. F. B. Southwick and Squire Far rar, himself. it is generally understood that the Job is at the disposal of Congressman Hawley. 8uppense reigned until aftor election. When the appointment failed to be announced the candidates grew more resigned and the public lost In terest. Friends of the candidates, how ever, are not napping. OREGON IS POOR REFUGE FOR 0. WITTY, SPENDER (Special to Tbt Journal.) Colfax, Wash , Aug. 12. One year in the Monroe reformatory was tho sen tence given Otto Witty, who was brought from Salem, Or., today by Dep uty Sheriff Cole. Witty pleaded guilty to having sold four horses and harness belonging to Will Sellers of Diamond. Witty was using the horses in harvest and sold them and the harness for $150, UHlng the money to attend the Seattle A.-Y.-P. fair, dodged the officers for two years, Sheriff (irter having made several trips after liim. REPRESENTATIVES M BE AT FAULT Major Kutz Failed to Get the Proper Support on Open ing of River, Alleged. Had Mayor Charles Kuts, the United States engineer officer in charge of the district comprising the stretch of the Columbia river from the mouth of the Snake river to Wenatchee had the proper support of the representatives in congress wrose districts are vitally interested In the opening of that part of the river, he never would have reported adversely to the project, according to the belief of Captain W. S. Buchanop, superintendent of tha Open River Trans portation company, and the man accred ited with the Idea of an open river from the Canadian boundary to the sea. . "I am satisfied that If the engineer In. charge of that district had received as much encouragement from the dif ferent representatives from that sec tion as he did from the Open River Transportation company he never would have made a hostile report to the war department on the proposed Improve ments as far as Wenatchee." said Cap tain lJuclianan to The Journul yester day. Captain Buchanan said that it Is nec essary and along the line of an open river project to have the Columbia opened to Wenatchee and for that rea son (here has been a great real of agita tion on the other side of the boundary line for such a project and that he be lieved the Canadian government fully concurred In the project to open the Columbia river to the International boundary line. "I can't see how anyone can consis tently oppose the project of making an open river as far as Wenatcliee," said the captain, "and as a matter of fact we have been called on by various In terests up tlicrf to deliver shipments to Wenatchee and intermediate points, as the low water rates have been realized by Ihem I" bo tint cheupest ineana handling their freight. "We have also been asked to bring points but, of course, can not do so be cause of our inability to navigate the river above Prleat Raptda. Immense crops of grain are raised in that sec tion and water transportation would be highly acceptable to the farmers and shippers. "In order to enable' loats to reach Wenatchee It would only be necessary to improve Priest Rapids, which would not be nearly as heavy as some of the work now being douo by the govern ment above Celllo. It will be a lock and canal project with not one third as much money required to do the work as that for the cascades project. "I would like to see congres start the project that is of interest to per sons In such a varied number of walks by an appropriation of enough money for surveys and estimates on the pro ject of opening the Columbia, especially from Wenatchee down. I believe that the Canadian government intends, If it has not already completed It, to sur vey its end of the Columbia to the boundary line. "Now It behooves the people of this section to appeal to their repreienta tlves in congress. Senators Chamber lain and Hourne, and Representatives Hawley and Lafferty, to do their best to further the project." Captain Buchanan said that the mer chants at this end of the line, not to mention the people of the upper Co lumbia, would be benefited by the open ing of the river above Priest Rapids more than by anything that has been done heretofore. SO IViUCH PER TAIL KINK KANSAS S (Untttd Press Letsrd Wlr.t Topeka. Kus., Aug. 12. The Kansas Agricultural college has sent here for a carioaa or long-iaueo. lean, lanay hogs. Kat porkers are barred. The en tire worth of the hogs depends upon the length of the tall of eau) pig. The college uses th blood of dis eased hogs to secure nntl-chlora ser um. The blood is drawn from the hog's tall. When the end of the caudal ap pendage has given up the serum, it. Is bandagd up and the hog Is permitted to manufacture more serum, whereupon the tail Is cut again. When the tall Is gone, the hog's usefulness Is gone, so he is killed and his blood injected into another long tailed porker. A hog with three kinks In his tail Is worth J0; one with two kinks Is worth 15. A pig that would be worth J100 for breeding purposes would be no good for the col lege, because the tall might be short. Crushed Beneath Motor Truck. (United Prewi Leaed Wlr-.t Pasadena, Cel., Aug. 12. Fred Poh- nert, 50, was run over ana almost in stantly killed by a big automobile truck here today. He was riding a bicycle and turned directly In front of the au tomobile truck, which crusned his chest. ELK MOUTHS WATER FOR BIG CLAMBAKE V" Go by Hundreds to Astoria, Ahead of Time: "Tonauin" is Diown up. (gpeeinl to The Journal.) Astoria, Or., Aug. 11. Members of tha local lodge of Elks are entertaining hundreds of visiting- brethren today as a prelude to the ivonster clam baka to be tendered them on Clatsop beaoh to morro.w. Old aoo.tialntanoes were re newed nnd cards were exchanged prior to the pdrade and afterward today, and tiiniRht the visitors are witnessing 'The Tonquin" blown to atoms by Seattle made fireworks. INirtland lodge tent down a big dele gation on the Monarch and the through beach trains were loaded. The Saturday spicliil 3. p. tc. S. had 994 passengers aliOnrrl for Astoria tonight, and most of them were Elks and their wives. The plans of the chowder party call for the Elks' special trains to leave here about midnight for Clatsop beach. There is to be a ball game in the morn ing, the, big chowder party at 1 o'clock, sports in the afternoon and a beach bonfire at night. The return is sched uled for about midnight next nigbt, and by then It is expected that 1500 gal lons of chowder will, have been disposed of. Included among the star features Is a monster water wagon, borrowed from Astoria's street cleaning department. It is empty, without a hose to refill it and crowded with Elks,, who are rid ing upon it. This ouYfng is the big feature of the centennial pageant to morrow and thousands who are not Elks will join the merry party on the beach. There elso will be numerous recruits, drawn from among the regular beach colonies. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS FLOURISH IN 4 CITIES !Br the International Np SrTlce.) Washington, Aug. 12. The total pos tal savings banks deposits at Chicago, Boston, St. Louis and New York for the first five days operation beginning Au gust 1, was 1109,824, distributed as fol lows: New York $26,664. St. Louis $1J,597, Boston J14.774. Chicago 156,109. At New York during five days 713 accounts were opened. The gyroscope has been applied to the picture camera tripod to steady It while photographs are being taken and thereby produce clearer films. Stem Brothers Announce that their Fall and Winter Catalogue 191119 12 of Wearing Apparel for Women, Misses, Children, Men and Boys; Dry Goods and Upholstery Will Be Issued September 1st, and Mailed Upon Application West 23d and 22d Streets, New York SOLE AGENTS FOR OREGON FOR BERKEY ft GAY. America's Most Famous Furniture Makers. The FOR 0. D. BAKER & CO., Finest Springs and .Mattresses in the World. FOR W. K. COWAN & CO., Fine Reproductions and Art Pieces in Mahogany. ai if ki i I Diming Room Furniture Are you interested in Dining-Room Furniture? In furni ture a little better made, more distinctive, more beautiful than you ordinarily see in the stores? We have that kind of Dining-Room Furniture, In fact, we carry a stock of it that is not equaled in the Northwest. Our medium-priced furniture is simple, free from cheap carving, graceful and correct, and there is a lot of it to choose from. In fine furniture we have ready for delivery more than 25 suites costing from $500 to $25oo. Four of these handsome suites a Chinese Chippendale re production, a Sheraton inlaid set and two fine Colonial pat terns are in our windows this week. Other period styles in stock include the Flemish Renaissance, Jacobean Queen Anne, Adam and Sheraton, as well as the modern Craftsman and Flanders. The whole stock is an exposition of period furniture as well as of the art of furniture-making. It is well worth seeing, .and we urge you to see it, whether you come as a buyer pr merely an admirer of beautiful furniture. 5 th and Stark J. Go Mack Co, 5th and Stark 1 1 'fay ! '.'V ''!'-'.;