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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1910)
THE MORNING OREGOXlAX, TUESDAY, APRIL. 1, liMO. r f w n . i Si S70DD TAKEN FBOMl ! LOGAL BANK VAULT Clerk of German-American Is Buncoed When "Client" ; Loses Key. MYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE Alleged "Game" or "Swindle" Xot Keported to Police, but Bankers' Detectives Arc on Trail of the Individual Who Got Coin. A sMm asgrejratlne; "iO0O is mysteriously missing from a safety deposit vault In the German-American Bank at 315 Wash ington street. Detectives of the American Bankers' Association are now on the trail of an Individual Ttho gained accese to the strong box in an unusual manner one day Vast reek, and deftly annexed the money. The funds were placed in the secretive plsos several -weeks ago by K. B. Sea broolt and Flowden Stott, local attorneys for a client under an assumed name. It vu the intention of the depositors to allow the money to remain intact in the vault pending tha .outcome of a certain litigation which, involved the attorney's client. Bank Of rtcials ' Not Talkative, Officials .of the banking; Institution were reluctant last night, m admitting; any of the facta in connection with the reported theft.' They' did. however, ad mit that the money was missing; and was taken under ' such' circum stances as to r4uira the services of detsotlves In ferreting: out the identity of the party accountable ' for its dis appearance. From . dlvera Bonrces it was hinted that the bank and the de positors of tha . money . wra victimized by a olever swindler and that the theft of the contents of tha safety deposit box was well planned and deftly exe cuted. Just when and how the theft was per petrated the officials of tha bank re fused to say. They aver that the knotty problem will be solved and the perpe trator will be apprehended in a day or so. From the assertions of. several of tha officers of the bank it was apparent that they are much chagrined with the manner in which tbey .were, duped. It was plainly evident that they feel that the "trick" was well hatched by one or mors parties. From what is believed to have been an authoritative source it was learned that the theft was - enacted during- the rush of business lh. the .bank .one. afternoon a lew days ago. liuse Said to Be Employed. The perpetrator is said to have entered the institution and upon the pretense of being; the client of Attorneys Sea brook and Stott. and whose money was de posited in (he vault, secured' an audience with the clerk in charge of -the vaults. In order to gain access to the strong box, he pleaded absent-mindedness and leaving; his keys behind. It is said he suggested that the clerk open the box. Imbued with the utmost confidence In the identity of the' man the attendant is said to have acquiesced and' opened the safety-box. In a cool and deliberate man ner the man is alleged to have extracted the money. A few moments later re departed with the funds securely tucked away in his pockets. Theft Discovered1 Day Later. According to the rumor that is making the rounds in the local financial circles, the theft was not discovered until late the following day. The local representa tives of the Amrelcan Bankers' Associa tion were notified and detectives were placed on the scent of the suave-appearing individual who visited the vaults. A strenuous effort is being made on the part of the bank officials and the protective association to suppress all the , Incidents in connection with the steal, u No report of the matter was made to the local authorities. ' . , The American Bankers' Association detectives are at work on the case," said one of the attaches of the German-. "American- Bank last night. "The whole matter will be threshed out this coming week. While I am in no position to give rf- out any of the facts. I will venture to ay that there will be some astounding developments made within the next 4S hours." The German-American Bank is a mem ber of tile American Bankers' Associa--. tlon, and is protected from losses through iuch nefarious channels. DECISIONS -ARE EXPECTED 'important Ciwes Direct Attention to J Supreme Court, WASHINGTON". April 11. The possi bility that a decision will be announced today in the- Standard Oil dissolution suit, the Tobacco Trust case or In the corpor ation tax case, directs particular s.t- lentton now to the Supreme Court of the I nited States. Among- these will be the cartes Involv ing the Kentucky tax on double stamped nplrHs, the Missouri law prohibiting for eign corporations from removing suits from State to Federal courts, and the Wisconsin Jury Commissioners law- Other Interesting cases that may come before the court involve the decree of the Supreme Court of Tennessee ousting the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky from doing an Interstate business in Tennessee and the "Jim Crow" car decree aa raised In the Chiles case. 3000 ENJOY BOOSTER DAY I. Clackamas County Responds Enthu " plastically to Invitation. llREGOV CITT. Or.. Anrll 11. Sne- J clal.) Booster Day In Oregon City was a puccess after all. The weather man 1 vai kind and SfOO people came In from every part of Clackamas County to see the parade of blooded horses; the balloon ascension arw psrsohula Juiup, tha slide for life, high diving and countless other: attractions yesterday. The following prizes for the horse show were awarded this- morning: - Percheron stallion Sam Miller first. T. 1 Turner wcond. Belgian stallion Fred Marshall first. Can by Horse Co.. Mcond. Coafn stanion ueorge wpeirht nrwt: Mo- lalla German Horse Co.. second. standard bred George Speight first, George Bigham second. Thoroughbred Fashion Stahles, first. Draft tea m J ohn J linker flrst. H. Hen- rid. second. All-around farm team John Bennett first. Al Cooke second. Driving team Andrew Kocher first. Charles R. Xoblitt second. Single driving horse Andrew Kocher first, Elkhorn Stable second. Saddle horse Fashion stables first. G. Griteser second. The judges for the horse show were James Tracy. A "VV. Cooke and Dr. Thomas. Following outdoor attractions, exercises took place in the courthouse, where T. P. Randall, president of the Commercial Club, delivered an' address of welcome, and Tom Richardson, manager of the Portland Commercial Club, talked on "How Best to Boost." He was followed by R. S. Coe, vice-president of the Canby Commercial " Club, who dleeussed briefly the needs of Clackames County. An ad dress by Charles E. Sawyer, secretary of the publicity department of the Oregon, City Commercial Club, concluded the afternoon programme. Last night at the courthouse there was a get together meeting. RAILROAD BILL LEADS COXSIDEKATIOX XOW PRIVI LEGED IX' BOTH HOUSES. Other Administration Bills WIH De fer Adjournment of Congress at Least Until June 5. WASHING-TON, April 11. Everything in Congress is subordinated now to the consideration of the Administration railroad bill, which has advanced to a privileged status In both houses. After the railroad bill is passed by both branches, and firoes to conference. where probably there will be several weeks hard work to reconcile the ideas Of the' Senate - and of the House, the other Taft policies will have- considera tion. Statehood, injunction bills, postal savings t and conservation legislation all will ' require time for. .their dfspo sltion. If Congress concludes its la- bors by June 25, therefore; no- one will complain, notwithstanding the anxiety of members to get home-to- look after their Fall campaigns. Senator Lodge is expected 'to' call up tha report of the Republican members on the "cost of living investigation" committee for an appropriation of J65, 000. to extend its work. The rivers and harbors bill will be reported to the Senate Monday. It will be called up in the course of the week. but Western members will demand that it go over until some agreement is reached on the measure authorizing the issue of 130,000,000 in certificates of in debtedness, to complete reclamation projects already begun. This bill has passert me (senate and Is being held in the House. A LOWER KIND OF LIVING Best Way to Defeat Present System of High Prices. (Delineator.) There is very little improvement in sight toward lowering the high prices. When Eastern farms were cultivated at a profit, prices of agricultural commod ities were much higher (allowances be ing made for the then purchasing power of a dollar) than now. And prices will have to go considerably higher than now before those farms can again be profitably cultivated. It would appear that in the mean time the people will be obliged to ad just themselves to the changed condi tions. This will probably involve a lowering of the standard of living, the increase of the rural as compared with the urban population, the development of Kastern agricultural lands and of local markets everywhere throughout the country, and the abandonment of our present expensive system of dis tribution. It will inevitably be accompanied by considerable distress, particularly in the cities. The Buffering due to this process of adjustment may undoubt edly be somewhat alleviated by ener getic action on the part of the Govern ment with reference to the violation or. laws prohibiting monopoly and re straint of trade, and by the removal at once of all duties on food products. But. until the adjustment has been made, prices will probably continue to increase, and, after it has been made, will remain higher than they used to be. For it Is hardly conceivable tflat agricultural commodities can perma nently be sold at the prices to which the present generation has been accus tomed unless some almost revolution ary changes in agricultural methods are made. DOG, TOO, OCCUPIES CELL Master Charged With Being Drunk, but Canine Is Steadfast. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 11. (Spe cial.) Paul Smith and his faithful dog were arrested last night by Officer Gasoway for drunkenness that Is, Smith was drunk and his dog would not leave him. so both were locked up In a cell together and occupied the same bunk. When the cell door is opened by the police to give Smith his meals, the dog Is found guarding nis master. WASHOUGAL VOTES BONDS Births of Twins Show Growing Xeed for Sew School. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 11. (Spe cial.) The school district at Washou gal yesterday voted to bond the district for $15,000 to build a new schoolhouse.' The vote stood 140 for and 19 against. This is the district In which 18 pairs of twins were born in the past few months, and the school population is in creasing rapidly. The present school house is inadequate. MOUNTAIN LION IS TAMED Girl Makes Pet of Cub Captured In Amboy Woods. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 11. (Spe cial.) Miss Alice McCutcheon several weeks ago captured a small mountain lion in the woods near Amboy, 2$ miles from Vancouver. The young lion seems to be tame now and is a pet. It Is being cared for by Miss Mc Cutcheon and is growing rapidly. To Avoid Serious Results. Delineator. After eating a hearty evening meal Edith, aged 2i years, was taken from the table to be washed. "You can wash me and rock me,' she said, "but don't bend .me.' PULLMAN BERTH BATE TO COAST COT Commission Orders Reduction on "Uppers" From Chi cago to Pacific. CASE. MAKES PRECEDENT Hate to Seattle From St. Paul Is Down Relief for . Portland Will Follow Application, ' Is Inference Drawn. WASHINGTON, .April 11 The Inter state Commerce Commission, in a de cision, holds it to be "unjust and un reasonable" for the Pullman Company to charge equally for upper and lower berths. Differential charges are ordered in several instances and Pullman rates from Chicago to the Pacific Coast are ordered reduced. While this ruling of the Commission orders reductions in rates which were specifically and formally complained of, it Is recognized as the opening wedge for -a readjustment ' of sleeping-car rates wherever they exceed the aver age that the Commission has found to be reasonable in these instances. The Pullman Company, it is said, will carry the decision to the courts. Coast Rate Reduced. The Commission ruled- that the pres ent Pullman rate of $12 from St. Paul to the Pacific Coast was too high and ordered It reduced to $10. The present rate of $12 for an up per berth was ordered reduced to IS. 50. A short night's journey, the Com mission holds, should not carry a rate of more than $1.50 for a lower berth and $1.10 for an upper.. The rate of $2 which the company has maintained from St. Paul to Fargo, N. D-, 242 miles. Is ordered reduced accordingly. The present upper berth rate of $1.50 is reduced to $1.10 between St. Paul and Superior, Wis. The upper berth rate between St. Paul and Grand Forks Is reduced from $2 to $1.50. The pre vailing rates are approved for lower berths. The report, written by Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, is brief and does not disclose the exhaustive examina tion that was made of the Pullman Company's affairs, but the record re vealed annual dividends amounting nearly to $60,000,000 from 1899 to 1908. Inclusive. The investigation showed that the amount carried In surplus annually did not fall far short of the annual divi dends of 8 per cent: that in 1898 a cash dividend of $7,200,000 was paid out of accumulated surplus; in 1899 a spe cial stock dividend of 50 per . cent, amounting to $18,000,000, was declared; and in 1907 another of 36 . per cent, amounting to $26,015,256, was divided. During 11 years $51,000,000 in special cash and stock dividends were paid in addition to the annual ones. In 1898 the stock of the company was increased from $36,000,000 to $100, 000,000, of which $20,000,000 is account ed for by the acquisition of the Wag ner Palace Car Company. The rest of the increase of $44,000,000 represents capitalization of surplus. The record shows that no additional capital was put in. Precedent Is Made. Reductions are ordered only in cases where complaints have been filed. However, the precedent that is es-tab- ished will be followed wherever com plaint is made unless the courts should overrule the decision of the commis sion. The commission lays down the prin ciple that the charge for upper berths should be not more than 75 per cent of such charge for lowers, and if this differential is approved by the courts, In the event of the Pullman Company taking an appeal, a reduction will be made wherever complaint is filed. Members of the commission do not know that the Pullman Company and Great Northern intend appealing to the courts, but if they do the cases de cided today will form the basis of the appeal and the precedent therein estab lished will, be followed in the future. In the event of Portland and other Western cities entering a complaint again-st excessive charge for Pullman accommodations, , it is presumed the commission will afford those cities the same relief that is granted to Seattle and cities of the Middle West. ' SAN DIEGO FEELS QUAKE Temblor of Earth Conies in Two Periods Building's Rock. SAN DIEGO. Cal., April 11. At 11:57 P. M. a slight earthquake was felt here. The shock was of about ten seconds' duration. The temblor came in two periods, the second being the heaviest and follow ing quickly on the first. While build ings TOcked, no damage was done. The second shock was accompanied by i peculiar atmospheric disturbance re sembling the rising of a sudden wind squall. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., April 11. Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt here at 11:57, one following the other very closely. No damage was done. Her Superiority in Feet. Delineator. Jennie and Viola, both 5 years of age, had been mentioning their numerous pos sessions and mildly boasting about them. "I've got the most clothes," said little Jennie. "Yes, but I've got the most dolls," replied Viola. "Well. I've got more brothers than you." answered Jen nie. Viola seemed done up for a minute, but for a minute only. Then she came out with, "Well. I've got the biggest feet." in a proud tone that appeared to settle the matter. And It did. so fa as Jennie was concerned, for she replied sadly. "Yes. I guess you have," and nothing would console her. Know ledger Like Sunlight. Delineator. When "Josh Billings" said. "It's bette not to know so many things than to know so many things that ain't so," he crystallized one of the greatest truth of all philosophy. I wish that he could be called back to squeeze Into another sharp-pointed little bur for the memory the fact that it is less important to know things than to know how to learn things. Knowledge ought not to be thought as building a prison about the mind, but as tearing down old jails and letting the sunlight Into dark places. Wisdom is not walls but wings. You'll be distinguished for your well dressed appearance in any company you are seen in, if we put the clothes on you We have the styles here that you want; they're such clothes as you don't find any where else in this town. They're made exclusively for us by HART SCHAFFNER & MARX And that's all the argument you ought to need. These are about the only clothes that you can depend on to be strictly all wool New fabrics, Models and Patterns in Spring Overcoats and Suits, $20 to $40 Hart Schaffner TONG FEUD BREAKS Member of Four Brothers' So ciety Kills Hip Sings. '0LICE SPREAD DRAGNET Two Men Enter Store of Wealthy Merchant, One Hands Him Xote and Begins Shooting One ol Assailants Is Recognized. PHILADELPHIA, April 11. Two Chi nese were murdered late tonight and a third was fatally wounded in the Chi nese quarter. Both of the dead Chinese were members of the Hip Bing Tong. One of the dead is Chu None, aged 62, a storekeeper. The other has not been identified. The man fatally injured is G. Jong Sing. The story of the murder of Chu Nong was told by his son. Together with Jong Sing, young Chu was in his father'. store tonight when two Chinese entered. One was recognised as a resident of Chinatown, but the other visitor, Chu says, came from New York. Both, Chu said, are members of the Four Brothers Society. When the Chinese entered the store, the New Yorker passed a note to Chu Nong, then drew a revolver and began shooting. The first shot killed. The murderer then turned the weapon upon Jong Sing, shooting him in the stomach. Sing staggered into the street and fell to the pavement, where he was found by the police. ' Young Chu dashed from the store and hurried to the police station, a short dis tance from the scene of the murder, and reported the shooting. About the same hour that cnu .Nong was murdered, a second Chinese was killed on the third floor of a building that formerly was the headquarters of the HiD Sing Tong. No one seems to have seen tnis mur der. A shot was heard and when the occupants of the floor below reached the third floor, the Chinaman was lying in a pool of blood. There was no weapon in the room. As soon as the shooting became known, the police officials roped off Race street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, and started in to round up all suspicious characters not known In tne locality. Forty-two were caught in - the dragnet, but it is not yet known whether the murderer of Chu Nong is among the number. Jong Sing was shot in the stomach and physicians say he cannot recover. Chinatown was completely surround ed by policemen last night, and. If the criminals have not already got beyond the police lines, they stand little chance of escaping. TWO RILLED IX SEW YORK Trouble Between On Leongs and Four Brothers Breaks Out. NEW YORK. April 11. Chinatown" had two murders today, another at tempt that miscarried through faulty shooting:, and one abortive holdup. Chung Fook was shot while stand ing on a street corner and died before he could be carried to a hospital. Ng Moon, a laundryman, was found shot dead in a ttore In Doyers' street. Nobody has been arrested in this case. Cho Moy Ten, a wealthy and benev olent merchant, who was formerly Chi nese agrent In New Tork for the North ern Pacific Railway, was shot three times in both thighs by an assailant, who escaped. He will recover. No arrests have been made in the case. Since Bow Kim. a Chinese girl, was murdered last Fall In her room by as sassins who never have been discov ered, although arrests were made and a trial held, there has been a slum bering tong war between the On Le ong tong and the Four Brothers' So ciety. The outbreak, long expected, came today. Chung Fook was a mem-1 ber of the On Leong tong. Cho Moy Ten U a member of the Saml & Marx Trousers $5 to $10 osenbla Cor. Third and Morrison Sts. Four Brothers' Society, but has many friends in the On Leong- tong. CONGO REFORM APPROVED Payment of Taxes by Labor lMscon tlnnccl by Xew King, BRUSSELS, April 11. King Albert has approve! the plans of the Ministry of the Colonies for reforms in the BeW grian Congo, and they will become ef fective July 1, when a large area will be opened to free commerce. The re forms include a, reduction in the taxes which will be collected in money- and not pa'id in labor; the substitution of native for white officials; the restric tion of obligatory labor on the part of adults to the works dedicated to the improvement of their condition and the suppression of polygamy. A Bargain in Sisters. Delineator. After being taken in to F-ee hie new baby sister, Henry, aged 4 years, was very noncommittal. A little later his mother e?nt for him and said. "Henry, what do you think of our new baby?" 'Why. mother, he replied very serious ly, "she's all brown and wrinkled. I ll bet you got stuck with an did one.' According to Helen. Delineator. 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