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THE BEND BULLETIN.
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VOL. V
BKND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1907.
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CAUGHTINLAWTOILS
Mrs. F.C. Rowlee Arrested
on Serious Charge.
TRAIWCKEI) IN IMMORALITY
AIIckciI that Stic I'laccd Francl Cllrl In
Homo of Shame Claims Another
Woman' Dnlio n tier Own.
Two or three weeks ogo news
itcniK npcarf(l In the Portland pa
pers fitnthiK tlmt Alice Francis,
formerly of Iknd, hail lcen taken
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from n disorderly house by officers
of the Juvenile Court nnd woman
proprietor nrrcKtcd for keeping a
girl not of ngc in Mich a resort.
Shortly r.fler these items appeared,
Sheriff Elkins came to Ilcml and
quietly arrested M.rs, F. C. Rowlee
for complicity in this unsavory
ufair. The" Francis girl had nctcd
as nurse girl for several months at
the Rowlee home and Mrs. Rowlee
was arretted on the charge of hav
ing placed her in tile disorderly
house in Portland. The arrest was
kept very quiet although several
knew of it in Iknd.
Rowlee at once left (or Portland
stating that hLs wjfc was innocent
nnd that he could easily patch up
the affair, but later Mrs. Rowlee
was obliged also to go to Portland.
While there awaiting trial another
"breezy" story has blown up in
which one, Mrs. Tomliu, clajms to
be the mother of the pretty little
boy whom Mrs. Rowlee has had in
Iknd and whom she has claimed as
her own for the past two years. It
is a spicy story of a "lxrrowcd"
child, .scheming women, and a plan
to .secure Rowlee's property by hav
ing it deeded to a supposed. to be
sou. l lie telegram tells the story
as follows:
If the allegations made by Mrs
Sarah Tomliu, who planned to take
forcible imsm'ssiou of her 3-year-old
boy at the Oregon Hotel, are borne
out by developments, Mrs. Norma
Kowlec "borrowed" the child two
years aeo with the intention of de
ceiving her husband, !. C. Uowlte,
into the belief that the little fellow
was their own offspring.
Iter intention 111 thus deceiving
Kowlec, as alleged, was to cause
htm to deed his property to the
boy, the woman expecting to profit
materially from the shrewd trick in
tlu years to come, 'as well as to re
ceive more liberal financial treat
ment directly from the man who be
lieved himself the father -of the
child. Aftcrwnrd she wanted to
adopt the boy to legalize the turn
ing over of property interests, and
meeting with a .stubborn refusal
from his mother, according to Mrs.
Totut la's account of the Interesting
affair, refused to yield possession of
him, with the result the real moth
er plotted to take him away from
his custodians by force.
Is under Indictment.
Not the least sensational feature
of the affair, as now develops, is the
fact that Airs. Kowlec is under in
dictment on the charge of placing
Alice Francis, a ward of the Juven
ile Court, in the disorderly North
End house conducted by Dorothy
Darlington. The information charg
ing her with this offense was filed
by District Attorney John Manning
in the circuit court, August 8, and
it is alleged the crime was commit
ted last April 19. The woman is nt
liberty on a bond of jfaoo.
The arrest of Mrs, Rowlee on a
warrant issued from the circuit court
was made by the sheriff of Crook
county. Up to date the authorities
for various reasons linve endeavored
with entire success to keep the pub
lic from knowingNof Mrs. .Rowlee's
arrest Dorothy Darlington pleaded
guilty yesterday before Juvenile
Court Judge Frazer to contributing
to the delinquency of Alice Francis
and Essie Watkins, wife of John
Conrad, proprietor of the Pullman
saloon, who conducts another dis
orderly North Iviitl establishment,
is to be tried oil the same charge at
the September term of court. Mrs,
Rowlee was arraigned in the Juv
enile Court last evening (last week
Friday) and entered a plea of not
guilty, her hearing being set for
Monday.
To add to the complications of
the .sensational affair, which rami
fies in every direction, it is alleged
by Mr. Rowlee that the Francis
girl, who acted ns nurse for the
Tomliu baby for eight months, has
been trying to blackmail him, as
serting not only that Mrs. Rowlee
is her mother, but that she herself
is the mother of William Dudley
Tomlin, as Mrs. Tomlin declares,
or of Carlton Rowlee, as Rowlee
and his wife assert.
Mr. Rowlee in the most positive
language avers he is the father ol
Carlton Rowlee, or William Dudley
Tomlin. lie says he can prove
this fact beyond a doubt. Mrs
Tomlin says she ha3 the most direct
proof tint such is not the case. In
the presence of Rowlee and another
person last night she emphatically
rebuked Mrs. Rowlee for making
such a claim, and it is said the
woman remained quiet and made
no response. Everything tends to
indicate that family skeletons galore
will be dragged forth from their
closets and rattled in the limelipht
of publicity when the affair reaches
the courts.
has become public," said Mrs. Tom
lin. "I do not desire any notoriety,
neither do I waut to be placed in
the light of attempting to kidnap
my own baby. If my plan to take
him hud ended all right it could
not have been called kidnaping. I
went to the Oregon hotel last night
and had a long talk with Mr. and
Mrs. Rowlee.
'When my baby was tram, in
April, 1005, Mrs Rowlee came
down from Iknd, Qr., nnd told me
that if I would let her take him she
would not only give him n good
home but would secure for him all
of Mr. Rowlee's property. She
told me he was an Kuglishman, a
man of peculiar temperament, and
would leave all his property to
the child. I had to work for a liv
ing nnd let her take him, believing
this would be the best for the boy.
It was in June, when lip was
about six weeks old, that she took
him away.
Property Deeded Over.
"Since then I have been informed
by Mrs. Rowlee her husband has
deeded all his proKrty to the boy,
wliicli lie will get a part ut 21 years
of age, if Mr. Rowlee Is yet livinir
and the remainder at Mr. Rowle.'
death. If Mr. Rowlee died, I xia
uerstauu tue ooy is to get every
thing.
"Mrs. Rowlee came down here
to be arraigned before the Juvenile
Court on the charge of placing
Alice Francis in a house of bad
repute. While here she has en
deavored to get me to relinquish
all claim to my son, so that she
and Mr. Rowlee may adopt him.
She believes this would legalize the
transfer of property td the child.
When I refused she said they
would keep him anyhow, and then
I grew angry and, well, you know
the rest."
It is denied by Mr. Rowlee that
his wife is responsible for the plac
ing of Alice Francis in Dorothy
Darlington's house,
"Carlton Rowlee is my own
boy," said Mr. Rowlee, "and I
know what I am talking about.
Of Mrs. Tomlin, however, I have
nothing ill to say, Alice Francis
nursed my boy for eight months,
from August, 1906, to April, 1907
She now claims that Mrs. Rowlee
is her mother and that she herself
is the mother of my boy. These
things can all be shown to be false.
I have not the slightest fear of the
outcome.
More Interesting Facts.
Monday's Telegram discloses
more of this affair oud says that
Judge Frazer of the Juvenile Court
mid Deputy District Attorney Gal
loway, atter investigating matters,
(.Continued 011 page 4,)
HARRIJI1AN IN BEND
Railroad Magnate Visits
This Section.
TO INSPECT ROUTE OF C. & E.
Will Travel via Slaters over Proposed
Intension of Above Koad llarly
Comtructlon fixpected.
K. II. Ilurriman, the great rail
road magnate, is expected to arrive
in Iknd this afternoon or evening,
accompanied by his two young sons
and a party of fricnd3 who have
been spending the past two weeks
wun mm ai nis nunung loogc on
Pelican Hay, on Upper Klamath
lake. They arc making a hurried
run through Central Oregon, osten
sibly for the purpose of jwrmitting
Mr, Harriman to inspect a small
part of this great Inland Empire
that has been so vociferously and so
justly clamoring for railroad trans
portation for the last few years; and
as circumstances have developed
during the week, also to allow ,Mr.
Harriman to view out the proposed
extension of the CorvalhV& East
ern, an extension that now appears
to be all the more certain in view of
Harriman's visit to these parts. It
is hoped that Mr. Ham'man will
spend at least a day in Bend, look
ing over the local field.
From Bend Mr. Harriman and
his party will proceed through Sis
ters as far us they can go with their
automobiles, probably to Cash
Creek. From there thev will tak
saddle horses and, accompanied l
a pack train, will travel over tLt
old survey of the Corvallis & East
ern to the present end of the line
They will then return,, possibly to
Bend, and proceed throueh Red
mond nnd Madras m Shaniko, from
where Mr. Harriman will leave for
the East. This itinerary will take
Mr. Harriman through a portion of
the timber belt, through part of the
irrigated section and through the
great wheat fields, nrqund Madras,
and he should easily see where
much traffic for n future railroad
could be sccurtd, making that rail
road profitable from the beginning.
Last Tuesday three automobiles
passed through Bend from Portland
on their way to meet Mr. Harriman
at Fort Klamath. With the auto
mobiles were J. P. O'Brien, presi
dent of the Corvallis & Eaiteru and
general manager of the O. R. & N.,
11 ml F. S. Stanley, general manager
of the Deschutes Irrigation & Pow
er Company. These gentlemen
were making a trip post haste to
Fort Klamath and were not letting
the grass grow under the wheels of
their automobiles. The Bulletin
get tue statement from one who
was in Portland at the time Mr.
O'Drieu left there and who was
running should reach Bend this
afternoon or evening.
Those acquainted with the
hurried nature of the start from
Portland have been asking the rea
son for it. To them there seems to
be one plausible if not certain
cause, for it. The day Mr. O'Brien
left Portland news had Just reached
there that crews were being trans
ferred from the North Bank onto
the Oregon Trunk Line construc
tion work. That naturally looked
as though Hill was going to take c
hand in building into Central Ore
got', which would j;ivc Mr. O'Brien
.sufficient cause to conclude that it,
was time something was done to
protect liia chiefs interests in this
section." That's one reason given,
by some interested watchers, for
this hurried trip, enabling Mr.
O'Brien to confer with his chief.
While here Mr. O'Brien talked
very encourogingly regarding an
extension of the C. 8c E. While
be would make no positive state
ments, yet he left the impression
that the extension would positively
be made and that work would be
gin in a short time. ' He said it
was 70 miles to where they were
now operating the C. & E., and
that they could extend that line to
Bend in three months if it came to
a show down.
GRADING ON DESCHUTES
Are Transferrins Crews and Macttln
cry from North Bank Road, 0
the Orecon Trunk Line.
acquainted with the facts in the
case, that Mr. O'Brien suddenly
decided or received orders (which
ever was the case) one evening after
dark, to meet Mr. Harriman in the
Klamath country and bring htm
through Central Oregou. Things
moved rapidly thereafter for a few
hours. The three automobiles were
engaged and hurriedly run onto
cars without giving their drivers
time to make necessary repairs and
replace old patched up tires with
new ones. A special train was made
up, and Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Stan
ley left Portland at 1 1 o'clock p.
in. arriving at Shaniko at 5 o'clock
the next moruiug. From there
they immediately started on an
overland run to Fort Klamath,
passing through Bend Tuesday and
stopping here for a few hours. Pick
ing Up Harriman and his party, the
return was begun. A visit was
made to Odell lake, after which the
party proceeded to Odell, where
last nlRht was speut. They ex
pected to leave there at 9 o'clock
this moruiug, and if they have fair
Construction crews arc now at
work near the mouth of Deschutes
river grading on the Oregon Trunk
Line, the line building up that
river into Central Oregon and to
Bend. About 100 men and 50
teams are employed. Crews which
have finished work on the North
Bauk road are being transferred to
the Trunk Line work as rapidly as
they can be obtained.
This news was brought to Bend
by Q. M. Cornett who passed
through town the first of the week.
Mr. Cornett had recently returned
from a trip to outside places and
while away met W. F. Nelson,
president of the road, who gave
Mr. Cornett the above information.
Mr. Nelson said: "We are not say
ing much about it nud arc working
along very quietly but in about 60
days we will be literally tearing;
out the side of this Deschutes river
canyon by our grading. We nrc
transferring men nnd machinery
from the North Bank as rapidly as
they finish there and can be
secured for this work, and in n
short time will have crews scattered
all alonj; the river."
Which lends strength to the oft
repeated statement that Hill will
have a hand in building the Ore
gon Trunk Line. Of course it may
be a fact that the Oregon Trunk is
entirely independent of Hill and
that this line is only taking advan
tage of so mauy men being relieved
from work on the North Bank, and
is transferring them to its own line.
But the public will continue to be
lieve when it sees North Bank
crews working on the Oregon
Trunk that Hill either owns the
latter road or is working hand in
glove with it. Such a state of affairs
would tend to explain Harriman's
.hurry to build iuto Central Oregon,
And the Corvallis & Eastern is the
only line by which Harriman can
beat Hill iuto this section, should
Hill decide to push the construc
tion of the Oregon Trunk Line.
School Will Begin on Sept. 9.
The Bend school board announces
that school will not begin until the
second week of September, on Moil
day, the 9th.
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