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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, . TUESDAY EVENING, JULY. 21. 1914,
INNES' VIFE DECLARES
SHE KNEW LITTLE OF
HIM BEFORE WEDDING
WOMEN WHO DISAPPEARED FROM ATLANTA, G A
Husband Always, Spoke Very
Highly of Mrs. Clarice
0 Irines, His Former Spouse.
MRS. DENNIS SENT COIN
Atlanta Xssltjr Kan SMUr Thsy Saw
X.ttrs Trom Zawrr B(W01ar
riaaaclal Affair.
. Mr. Ida M. Inn. wif of Victor E.
I nn ex, a local attorney, whose nam
U closely interwoven with the Inez
nllcable disappearance of two wealthy
Atlanta young women, Mrs.' Eloise
lnnls and her sister, Beatrice Nelms,
today told The Journal that' aha knew
little of her husband's history prior to
their marriage at Salt "Lake City In
September of 1910. - .
Mra. Innes freely admitted, however,
that he had toeen married to miss na
rtrs Sickles In New York In October of
ltOI, and left her the .following year.
She also haa knowledge of h la boy
James, now 10 years of ago, who she
aye has been raised by Innen mother.
a Mra. Haddock, of New York city, who
la said to he wealthy.
This, la the child which Mrs. Clariro
Innea Is said to have found at Breaks
abeen, N. Y., yesterday, accordlnir to
. telegraphic dispatches received here.
Mra; ClarleeVJnnea Is the woman from
whom Innea secured a divorce at
Carson City. Nev., In 1910, a short time
prior to lils marriage to hi present
wife.
Wife Identifies Picture.
"Clarice Sickles la the only woman
he ever mentioned to me," said Mrs.
Innea today at her Wetdler street home
s she settled herself among boxes
and barrels and furniture all packed
for removal and . shipment. "He al
ways spoke highly of her.
"1 know nothing .of a Mrs. Caroline
Green Innes, who the papers say was
hla common taw wife. Neither doI
know anything; about Ills over having
been sent to the Tombs In-New York
en a bigamy charge In 1904 which the
papers declare .coat Mrs. Clarice Innes
over a thousand dollars to get him out
of." ,
Shown a photographic copy of a
warrant for Innea' arrest for abandon
merit and non-support of Mrs. Clarice
Innes, Issued In New York July 9,
1908, and a picture of Innes, hla son
James and Mrs. Clarice Sickles innet,
Mrs. Innes sold nothing, but carefully
noted down the date. Innes, despatches
slate, la still wanted on the charge.
She readily Identified the picture at
tached aa that 'of her husband, but.
declared she had absolute confidence
in him, end even If he had been 'n
trouble during hla earlier years, that
" aha stood ready to forgive him r.ow.
"He's been too good to mo, and too
thoughtful for me to believe what is
aid about him, until I have the most
positive proef," she said."
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planned her disappearance. "When she
left ehe carried about $8000. It Is said,
and prior to her departure informed
Harllng that she planned to so tc
India, -i ' '- '
Batr Gets Olrla SesexipUons. .
Other testimony Indicates that In
nes had talked and . written her con
cerning occultism, and when she came
back, from Carson was "simply crazy
over Hindu ' mysticism,' according to
a. member' of her" family.
Today Captain Baty receivea in.a Qllr.rQrvlft PrtI,r Hn n ad n
description regarding the missing sis- uuicmic uuun yjmiuu K
i ters, :from . the Atlanta pouce: -
Mrs. Elolse Dennis weims: -Age
years, 5 feet, 4 Inches tall, weight 110
pounds. ' Brunette, large brown eyes.
Miss Beatrice Neims: Age id yea,
5 feet, 6 inches tall, weight 120 to 125
pounds. Wears eyeglasses, blonde, has
blue eyes; has dark scar on on index
finger caused by a knife tut when she
was- e child,5 h is large build, or
rather has large frame for her height.
Thesa women left Atlanta. Ua. J una
10, 1914,v together traveling west and
they had considerable sums or money
$1600, or izooo. Had jxew xqtk ex
change cashed in New Orleans, La.
package shipped to them June lo, by
Southern Pacific express No, 16,599,
marked Margaret Nelms. San Antonio,
Texas.
ACT TO PREVENT USE
OF 'COOPERATIVE' IS
INVALID, SAYS COURT
holds Decision of Circuit
Court.of Clatsop County.
L0RNTSEN WAS PLAINTIFF
lease of the airl who was returned last
Friday to the institution from" which
she escaped July 4. She was married
July 18 to Henry Warner.
A spirited fl-ht was made against
her release by the members of the ad
visory board, consisting of women.
They insisted that It would establish
a bad precedent, and would hurt discip
line in the school. ; ' .
The board of control, took the view
that the state is not anxious to hold
Its wards if it can find a good way to
avoid It It was convinced that young
Warner la not a bad sort and will rive
his wife a good home: that bis father
stands well in the community In -which
he resides, and that the girl will stand
better chance of being reformed if
paroled ' now than she would if held
for three years mora in, the industrial
school aa desired by the advisory
board. -
Warner Is 21 years old and his tnae
State legislature Cannot Impair or
' Destroy Tested Corporate
Sights.
Is 18. They had been engaged, they
say, for six months when they paid a
visit to Salem last fall, and the girl
was detained by the police.
Irvingtoii Park Club
To Hold Mock. Trial
S. r. O'VeUl Zs Accused Cf Saatenlnf
Zee C ram Cluo to Give Canoe on
Evening of July 85.
The Irvington Park club will held a.
mock trial on Ausust 1 in its grove
at Eaat Thirtieth and Holmao streets
of E. K. O'Neill, a member, on a charge
of "snatching" ice cream left over from
the club's Fourth Of July celebration.
At the meeting1 Friday night, O'Neill
was permitted to join Charles Heft
and Mrs. F. Fltsgerald in a trio on the
piano, clarionet and violin. Lou Heft,
contributed a solo. Mrs. B. Bush gave
a reading and the club orchestra pro
vided music for the informal danee
which followed. - -
The club will give a dance at its w
pavilion in the trove on the evening;
of July 26.
Sentenced and Paroled. v
This morning District Judge Jones
took up the case against James Con
vey,' -16 years old. on complaint of
J. D. Plager. charging the boy with
larceny, and sentenced him to a year
on .the roekplle. paroling him to hla
father pending good behavior.
Plager charged Convey with stealing
pipes, cigarette caeca and randy from
his store on Kaat Morrlxon street.
Convey has been held in jail for some
time.
Journal Want Ads bYlng results.
i John M. Scott
C tt - i i imv- oy any urm, association or
Sprams His Ankle to.-iaa.-??.
Mrs. Elola Nelms Dennis, the mother
of the boy shovtn in the illustration
with her, left home in June. She got
a divorce In Nevada, Socn afterward
the sister. Miss Beatrice Nelms, u
bright girl of 25, who had established
a good real estate business in At
lanta, left home.
Iater a letter purporting to have
been, written bv Mrs. Dennis to Imr
mother in Atlanta, saying fshe liul
killed Beatrice and was looking for
her brother to kill him, too where
upon she would commit suicide, wa3
received.
(Salem Bureau ef The Journal.
Salem,' Or., July 21. The supreme
court today upheld the decision of the
circuit court of Clatsop county In d-1
daring- unconstitutional the so-called
act to protect cooperative associations
by preventing the use of the "coopera
tive' by any firm, association or cori
cor-
trade
mark or designation, passed bv the
John M. Scott, a-eneral cassenirer legislature or The decision is
agent of the Southern Pacific company, I made in the case of 11. M. Lorntaaa
has a sprained ankle. The plebeian ca- tainsc me union insnermen's Cooper-
boose of a freight train in southern 1 anve racking company, the plaintiff
; Oregon . proved his undoing. I contending that the company was not
Mr. Scott had uone to Grants Pass aoing a cooperative business.
after seeing the Oregon druggists safe- in the opinion, written by Justice
ly on their way to Newport, and was j nurntt, it is pointed oue that while
returning Saturday, ridiner toward Med- i the legislature can amend and repeal
ford in the way car. The train stopped 1 laws relating to the formation of cor-
with the caboose some distance from I po rations, it cannot impair or destroy
the station. He started to walk to ves tea corporate rights. Continuing.
the depot along the narrow path. The 1 ne says: The act does not. as its
path auddenly dropped down along a I title professes, protect cooperative as-
dltch, and Mr. Scott undertook to step I soelations, because the defendant's
down into it. when a pebble rolled name in no way affects the property
under his foot and he felL It was cf such associations, or their autonomy
some minutes before he recovered eon-1 or business. The act in effect destroys
sclousness, and then he dragged him-1 the plaintiffs name, in which it has
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self to the station., where the agent
called a doctor.
BARBER GETS FINE OF $10
Daniel Held man, a barber, failed? to
convince a jury in District Judge Bell's
court yesterday that the law compeii
ine barbers to post certificates or re
newal cards in their shops is uncon
stitutional and he was convicted of
a species of property, ostensibly for
the benefit of other artificial persons.
"The defendant has upward of
1260,000 Invested in its business and
had built up an annual business of
$750,000, and the word 'cooperative' is
ox great value to it.
The act is denounced as "an un
reasonable exercise of the law making
function, besides being as to this de
fendant an avowed effort to take from
it a valuable part of its assets for the
money he received from Mrs. Dennis
was fees, for securing her a divorce at
Carson in 1912. and for the repayment
of loans. This Is what he has told his
wife, also.
But according to statements made by
L. P, Weathers of the Weathers Realty
company at Atlanta, Mrs. Dennis had
told him that Innes had bought for
her a tract of land in Montana for
112,000, and about a year ago showed
him a number of letters from Innes
in this connection. She also told him
that she Intended to take her young
son, and live on the tract until Innes
could secure a . divorce and then she
would marry Innes and all three would
go to India.
Atlanta dispatches in this connection
quote .Weathers as follows; "Regard-
Mrs. Warner Leaves
Industrial School
failing to observe the statute. Judge! btnent or other private associations,'
Bell fined him $10. but may. raise the
fine to $20 should Heldman carry out
his announcement of an appeal, as no
appeal can be taken from a fine less
than $20. Heldman acted as his own
attorney.
EXTRA APPROACH URGED ow who b. i, wa.
rled Parole to the Tathes of Hsr
In a letter to the county commls- """"i ora jrougn sciesse.
sioners uus morning, u. m. pepper Salem, Or., July 21. Mrs. Henry
Buggesiea ma io jii iera ih.i Dnage warner. rorroeriy (jatnenne norsav
one su.iu bub was guiug oui 10 ace mm commission ouiia an exira approacn to was released today irora the state In
lng the Montana - land purchase, she
told me that Innes had paid $6000 of
her money on the purchase price. In
November she showed me a letter from
Innes in which he said he had to have
$400 quick, to pay on the purchase con
tract and she urged me to' hurry some
sales.'
"I have known the family for years
and have conducted business deals for
both sisters. Beatrice talked to me of
this man Innes. She said she was
tired of seeing him get Elolae's money.
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Full
tags
value
froi
for coupons and
Liggett & Myers
tobacco and Cigarettes,
stock of premiums.
delay make choice
presents same day.
welcome to ladies.
Big
Save
and get
Special
Sig. Sichel
Co.
92 THIRD STREET
PORTLAND, OREGON
some time in June and make him show
good faith or she would know the rea
son why."
This statement taken , in connection
with another by a real estate man
named Harllng who converter her Qor-
the interstate bridge from Vancouver
avenue if George M. Hyland and other
boosters for that vicinity furnish the
county with a free right of way. The
letter was filed for future considera
tion by the bridge commission.
dustrial school for girls, being paroled
to John Warner,' father of her hus
band, of Amity, by the state hoard of
control. The father, mother and sister
of Henry Warner came here from Am
ity to plead with the board for the re-
Innes at Hood River.
Asked concerning his present where
abouts, Mrs. Innes stated that he was
either at or near Hood River. In ex
planatlon of his absence from the city
she volunteered the information that
the family Is considering removing to
some town near Portland that may
prove more beneficial to her health,
She has been a semi-invalid for some
time and for this reason came to Port
land from Reno in 1911. and made Port
land her home. Innes. however, con.
tlnued his position as assistant United
States attorney at Carson, a position
he resigned only recently and after a
few weeks here, Mrs. Innes returned
jto Reno.. They made semi-annual trips
to Portland each of short duration.
Concerning his business affairs she
said she knew very little. In this con
nection she admitted they had a com
mon banking account and that he had
helped her make Investments of her
own money, which had been bequeathed
her by her second husband, Harbough,
on his death and by the will of her
mother.
Met Innes in Philippines.
According to her story she first mt
him in the Philippines when she was
n route from Japan, where an unce.
a tea merchant, resides. He was then
practicing law. This was In 1908. In
l0t he returned to the United States
and at Carson, Nev., secured a dl
vorce from Mrs. Clarice Sickles in
1910 and soon afterward they .were
married at Salt Lake. Two children
twins, now $ years old, have been
" born of the union.
&he was unable to shed any light on
the alleged relations of Innes with
Mrs. Klolse Nelms Dennis and her hus
band. In fact, she said she did not
know Mrs. Dennis and did not know
she existed until the newspapers
printed the assertion of Mrs. Nelms
the mother, declaring that Innes could I
clear up the entire mystery concern
ing the disappearance of the two sis-1
ters In the middle of June after Eloiso '
had secured thousands of dollars by
sacrificing valuable property she
owned.
Innesses Were in South,
"Isn't there some other way of ex
plaining the continued absence of the
girls than to point accusingly at my
husband all the time?" she asked.'
'Why can't there be : another man in '
the case? It la true that we were in I
Atlanta, but Mr.. Innes was with me'
virtually all the time. I was sick, am
hardly, recovered now, and ha watched
over me and cared for me all the time.
"The papers say the girls went to
Texas shortly after we did. And there
'Mr. Innes was with me all the time.
We did not go to Sah Francisco. On
July S we were at the Capitol bete
at Sacramento. and I remember that
. we wrote letters, but he was hardly
out of my sight for an hour." I
. July 3 was the postmarked date on
the famous "death note" which Mrs.
. Nelms received from San Francisco,
'which was signed by Elolse.
. - The note, typewritten, said that she
had done away with Beatrice in New
- Orleans and Intended to commit sui
cide just as soon she killed her
brother. Marshall Nelms, then residing
there, but who Is now at Atlanta direct,
lng the search for the girls.
TamUy Believes Beatrioe Slain.
t Since then the bayous of .th Mis
'. slsslppi river near New Orleans have
been dragged in an effort to. find the
' . body and the family generally believes
that Beatrice has been slain. Other
: wise she would communicate, they as
, sert. because she was a level-headed,
successful business woman and had
, long been attempting to prevent her
later from giving' her money into
Innes keeping, according to testimony
f several Atlanta business men who
had the confidence of the sisters.-
In fact, 'money" plays an Important
part In every event connected with
their disappearance and Innes name
, is usually connected with it, . Accord
ing to a recent statement the only
Show Cases, Tables, Fixtures of All Kinds For Sale at Bargain Prices Going Out of
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This fact precipitates the Greatest Bargain Sale of Women's Hats ever held in Portland. Every
Summer Hat in the store must be sold in the next ten days. The store is going out of business
and the entire stock must go. You can well afford to have one or two new hats to fill out the
season. See our big window display. Sale starts at 9 A. M. tomorrow. BE ON HAND!
Any Summer Rimmed Hat For $1.98
9
300 Hats to, choose from, including trimmed Pan-
amas, Hemps, Lace Hats, Milan Hemp, Ribbon, etc.,
with trimmings of wings, breasts, ostrich, ribbons.
No matter what the hat or the trimmings, nothing
excluded. Just come in and take your pick.
$10.00 Hats
8.00 Hats
5.00 Hats
$ 3.00 Hats
All (d&n
Go
At
$1 Wash Goods at 29c Yd,
The best bargains of the year. Seour Fifth Street windows. In the lot are Crepes,
Ratines, Voiles, Linens, Silk and Cotton Bra.
cadesseasonable dress and waisting materials.
Values up to $1.00 a yard; because we are going
out of business marked down now to only, yard
f
Genuine Formosa Panaroas $1.25
Untrimmed Genuine Formosa Panamas -All sizes
and 10 different shapes to choose from full bleach
ed and closely woven, in this great.
Closing Out Sale, priced at ...
$1.25
Children's Hats All at 25c
Any Child's Hat in the store goes in this Clean
upincluding pretty White Milan Shapes, hats
trimmed in ribbons, and flowers priced .
for this final Closing Out Sale at. . . . . . .
25c
69 c
Untrimmed
Hemp Shapes
Choice of all untrimmed Hemp
shapes and Milan shapes in the en-
tire stock, white, black natural and
colors for this : great Clos
ing Out Sale at; , :
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39c
2QO Shapes
Go at Each
A splendid lot of , up-to-date Hat
Shapes included in this lot 4
FLOWERS-- of many kinds, In an
immense assortment, go" in . ' 1 C
this Closing Out Sale at. v3C
OatrichFlumes
Large and Smali'g
The greatest offering of the season
All Ostrich Plumes, Paradise,
llltC
Wings and Novelty Trim
mings, in this sale at......
All Wash Hats, to Close Out, 39c
$101
Women's Suits
Values to $50
This week marks the final close-out
of every woman's Suit in the store
and in the lot offered at $10.85 are
many wonderful bargains. Suits of
serge, eponge, moire, etc, elegantly
made and finished
values to $50.00, go
7, $10.85
J
Women's Suits
$6.98
Values to $20
The Suits at this price are mostly
small sizes, but splendidly tailored
and desirable styles and colorings.
Regular values up to $20 the. Suit.
Take advantage of this .final dose-
out sale this week and .
buy these suits at o rl 1 ;
$6.98
Womens$3.00
Pumps Go
moo
200 pairs of Women's Tan
and Black Pumps and Ox
fords, good atyles and
good, durable qualities;
values to $3.00
I i-s "' mm. i
a pair priced
$1.00
Misses'White
Mar Janes
$1.39
All Misses' White Canvas
"Mary Janes," very pop
ular Summer Shoes, now
included in this closing-
out sale at the
low price, pr.
$1.39
Women,s$8.50
Oxfords At
$1.49
Women's Pumps and Ox
fords in tans and velvets,
new and stylish lasts, all
sizes, now, being closed
out at the ex
ceptional price
$1.49
Laces and Dress
Trimmings Now at
All Fancy Braids, Frogs, Loops I and
Trimmings; all Laces Edges; ' In
sertions, Bands and. Allovers in hun
dreds ; of ; patterns
and good quality, at
V3Price
98c
Middy Blouses
and Waists at
A limited number of White Middy
Blouses of galatea or Indianhead
muslin, nicely made-, with blue or
red-trimmed collars, extraor
dinary values; also waists at
98c
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