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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1910)
TIIE 3IORXING OREGOXIAX. 'TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1910. TRAIN ROBBERS STILL AT LAR&E TAFTAIDSVIGTIM-;-OFSON'SRCC'IDENT arrested as a result of a fight on a car. - With the 6 o'ciock rush to work to morrow morning, more trouble is looked for. General Manager Bean states that he proposes to keep at it trying to collect those extra nickels, and the commuters say they will pursue their present tactics all Summer if necessary. It Is likely the company, will try to I WIFE OF VICE-PRESIDENT SHERMAN, STRICKEN, RUSHED . t BY SPECIAL TRAIN TO BALTIMORE HOSPITAL t COAST SPECIALS i somehow appeal to the Federal courts today. (. if o ft Utah Posses Unable to Locate Desperadoes Who Get About $1000. HORSE AIDS TRIO'S ESCAPE With Daring Equal to Any Robbery Ever Pnlled Off by' Jesse James Crowd in Early Days, Is Har riman I,ine Incident. CX3DEN. June 27. The three desperadoes who held up and robbed the Oregon Short Line passenger train within the city limits of Ogden this morning are still at large, with posses headed by the Sheriffs of three counties and the detectives of the Harrlman lines following what is be lieved to be their trail. All the information that the officers possess at present Is that the robbers are headed toward Nevada along the line of the Southern Pacific, west of Ogden. All roads, trails and the railroad tracks are guarded by members of the posses. Railroad telegraphers at the stations along the lines of the Southern Pacific and the Oregon Short Line Railroads have been instructed to keep a close watch for the robbers and advise division officials at thia colnt if they are seen. Express Company Loses $500. The officials of the American Expresa Company announced today that the rob bers secured less than $300. The express officials are of the opinion that the rob bers had intended to hold up the first section, which carried . many valuable packages. The robbers drove to the 6cene of the hoM-up in a rubber-tired vehicle with which they made their escape to the west. A farmer in a field near Slaterville, 15 miles west of Ogden, saw the three men driving furiously toward the cutoff of the Southern Pacific Company across Great Salt Lake at 4 o'clock this morn ing. The officers are following this clew at present. The hold-up men stopped the train by the use of railroad torpedoes on the track. Head. Brakeman Struck on Head. When the engineer brought the train to a stop the head brakeman went forward to ascertain the cause of the delay, and was struck over the head with a revolver by one of the robbers. He was then taken at ! the point of a gun to the express car and compelled to call to the messen ger to open the door. As soon as the door was opened one of the robbers crawled in and commanded the mes senger to open the safe. After rifling the safe the robbers turned their at tention to the coaches. As they start ed for the coaches. Rear Brakeman N. B. Franklin was met as he was on his way forward. The holdup men command ed him to halt, but he continued, and two shots were fired at him. With daring equal, to any robbery ever pulled off by the famous Jesse James gang, the train robbers went through each coach with a delibera tion and calmness that showed they were not novices at the game. Brakeman's Ruse Works. After one of the men had struck Brakeman Franklin to the ground, he rolled into a ditch, where he feigned unconsciousness. After seeing that he was not watched, he jumped up and ran three blocks to the home of Dep uty Sheriff John Hutchens, whom he aroused and informed of the robbery. The deputy hurried to the scene, ar riving there Just as the train was pulling out for the north. . Conductor H. L. ; Williams was one of the first to leave the train. He was covered by one of the robbers and or dered back into the coach. While one of the desperadoes stood guard over Engineer. Kirkwood, the others went through the coaches, rousing the Das sengers from their slumbers and re lieving them of their- valuables. The day coach, sleeper and two chair cars were entered by the robbers with drawn revolvers, and each passenger was oraerea to Hand over his valu aDies. cine woman, Mrs. J: H. Ball, was relieved of a pair of diamond ear rings, which were ruthlessly torn irom ner ears Dy the robbers. Although there were nearly 100 pas sengers on tne train, every one of whom lost something, the conductor estimated tne total losses at less than Train Released at 2 A. M. At 2 A. M. the robbers released the train which proceeded on Its way. A special train, carrying a posse in charge of Jos- epn jones, cnier or the Short Line deter. tive force, reached the scene of the rob bery early this morning and the officer. have been in the field all forenoon round ing up suspicious characters. In his report of the hold-up. Conductor H. A. Williams said that the three rnh. hers wore masks. Two of them weiehed about 160 pounds each and the third one was heavier. They woxe black slouch hats with greasy bands. TWO KILLED IN RACE RIOT Farmer's Death Starts Trouble and Negro Dies by Bullet. ' JACKSOX, Miss., June 27. Meager details have been received here today or a race riot near riarrisvllle. Simp son County, on Sunday. Several hun dred white men are now searching for fugitive negroes. One white man, Lu ther Buckley, and a negro have been killed. The trouble started when two ne groes quarreled with a white farmer and left him lying unconscious from blow on the head. A posse started in pursuit of the colored men. Shortly after dark yesterday, wnile one rf the searching parties was riding along- the public road, fire was opened by the fu gitives, and Buckley, a young farmer, was snot aeaa irom nis norse. The posse gave immediate pursuit and a negro named Jones was captured and snot to aeatn. (rand Jury Empaneled. ALBANY, Or., June 37. (Special.) Judge George H. Burnett convened the June term of State Circuit Court for Linn County in this city this morning. A grand jury, which will investigate an unusually large amount of criminal busi ness, was empaneled this afternoon and at once began its labors. The grand jury Is composed as follows: P. M. Scroggin, of Lebanon, foreman: George Coshow. of Brownsville: Will Grimes, of Harrisburg: S. D. Pickens, of Foster; J. D. Isom, of Albany: C. M. Herrlngton, of Sodaville. and J. M. Sehlagel, of Price. Beer. SI doss, ciuarts. delivered to vour borne. Spring Vaiiey Wine Co. 1 i : , -4 i f - l . , , . - 4 . , l "'5. 5 T i I " f I , - i n f . ' ... , - , ; " i :h- :: : , i 4 - " , $- . ?iU 4 I " ; . 1 . - v ' . -' 1 ".. - l MRS. JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHKKMAN. BALTIMORE, Md. June 27. (Special.) Mrs. James Schoolcraft Sherman, wife of Vice-President Sherman, la in the Johna Hopkins 'Hospital, this city, seriously 111. , She has been In the institution since last Friday, but the cause of her illness is not definitely known. She Is under the care of Dr. William S." Thayer, who said he - will diagnose her cue tomorrow morning. Vice-President Sherman arrived In Baltimore immediately after the adjournment of Con-' Kress Saturday night and kept a ceaseless vigil at the bedside of his wife all Saturday night, when, she had' a relapse, and all day Sunday. Mrs. Sherman was brought to this city on a, special train Friday and hur ried to the hospital in & closed, automobile, which was In waiting at the Union station. Every effort was made to keep the matter from the public. FATE IS IM DOUBT State Department Is Silent About Porter Charlton. PRISONER NEAR COLLAPSE Wife-Murderer Declared by Alienist to Be Demented Italian Govern ment Making Efforts to Secure young Man's Extradition.' NEW YORK, June 27. Although word comes from Rome that the Ital ian government has decided to ask for the extradition of Porter Charlton, the young wife murderer, the" Hudson County (N. J.) authorities who are de taining him as a fugitive have re ceived no advice from the State De partment concerning the steps the Government will take. Charlton's arraignment has been set for tomorrow, but it is understood to night his lawyer will ask for an ad journment. This probably will be granted. Meanwhile, the State Depart ment probably " will make known its desires and, unless . insanity proceed ings interfere, Charlton will be turned over to the Federal authorities if they decide to grant extradition. The. young prisoner is still in a highly nervous state, verging on men tal and physical collapse. He eats lit tle, and alternately paces the floor of his cell or attempts to read. The young prisoner's breakdown of yesterday was followed by a night of sleeplessness with frequent spells when the youth seemed to lose control of himself and to break into sobs and moans.- His condition . today was considered worse than last night when Warden Sullivan sent a hurry call for physi cians. Already Charlton has been examined by the group of alienists engaged by his father. Judge Paul Charlton, to de termine his mental state, and Dr. W. J. Arlitz, who saw the prisoner when he was in his state of collapse, de clared himself confirmed in the opin ion he had expressed previously that Charlton was suffering from a form of dementia. DESPERADO FOUND DYING Georgian, Who Killed Three and Wounded Three, Taken Alive. ATLANTA. Ga.. June 27. W. H. Eost wick, the desperado, who killed three men and wounded three at his home near Occllla yesterday, was found dying in his barricaded home at 4 o'clock this morning when the Fitzgerald Company of the National Guard rushed and cap tured the house. He expired within an hour. - The five children who were in the house with him were rescued un injured. It Is supposed a bullet fired during the fight with posses last night struck him. Sheriff J. P. Mclnnis died today about the same time as Bostwick. The militia company on arrival today promptly rushed to the house which had been the scene of a fierce fire of bul lets all night. For fear of hurting the children, the soldiers did not fire but assembled on all four sides of the house. 200 yards away and at the command "forward." moved upon the place at double-quick time. The first ones kicked in the door and with drawn revolvers entered. Bostwick was found on the flood un conscious. The children, terrified, huddled near. The father had kept them on the. floor all night and thus they had escaped the bullets. . : Young Roosevelt Takes Cottage. SA.viA BAKHAKA. Cal., -June Zi. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his bride have arrived here and taken a cottage at Montecito, where they will spend their honeymon. "We will sta.y here a month," said young Roosevelt. "Then I will set tle down to work. I am due in San Francisco on August 6 to begin my com mercial duties. Until that time Mrs. Roosevelt and I will devote ourselves to the quiet enjoyment of our holiday." WILEY'S POWER CUT DOWN Food Kxpert Must Xow Confine Worl to Laboratory. WASHINGTON. June 27. Dr. Harvey A.Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chem istry, Department of Agriculture, is de prived ,of part of the power he has been exercising by a clause in the ' agricul tural appropriation bill.' which says that "hereafter the legal work of the Depart ment of Agriculture shall be performed under the supervision " and direction of the solicitor." This means that Dr. Wiley, who. here tofore has issued citations for hearings whenever examination? made in his bu reau seemed to justify him in demanding of the manufacturer an explanation of any article of food or drug product which It was thought did not come up to the standard of purity demanded by the food end drug act, must confine, his work practically to his laboratory. His other powers wlll .be transferred to the solici tor of the department. Cricket Club Will Entertain. The Portland Cricket Club will give a dinner and smoker at the clubhouse Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. After the spread a few songs and dances will be given by members and friends. G. Shipley, vice-cantain of the club, has charge of the affair and will be assisted by a special committee. All members of the cricket and football clubs, and their friends are invited to attend. Tickets at 60 cents each can be ob tained from members of the club or at the clubhouse Wednesday evening. Those attending should take the Montavilla car and get off at East Sixty-seventh street. Ohio Demands Oregon Cherries. EUGENE, Or.. June 27. (Special.) The Royal Anne cherry season is in full swing here. For the past week small shipments, of this fruit ' have been forwarded, and today a full car is being loaded. Two carloads will fol low Monday, and more as fast as cars are furnished. The crop this year is large and the quality unexcelled. Having Arranged With Factories Whom We Represent We Will Accept Ell Piano Manufacturers' Cheeks Coupons and Credit Certificates, no Matter by . . Whom Issued, From $1.00 to $131.00 Accepted at Full Face Value . - At Regular Prices on Any New Piano in Stock Graves Music Go. Ill Fourth Street One Price to All We Never Raise President Asks That Best Sur geon in Boston Attend Man Hit by Auto. PERSONAL MESSAGE SENT Nation's Executive Greatly Als tressed When He Hears That I Cohort, Driving Motor Car, Knocks Down Laborer. WASHINGTON, June ' 27. President Taft was greatly distressed when he lamed of his son's unfortunate automo bile accident at Beverly, Mare., today. While motoring In the Taft car, the President's son, Robert, who was at the wheel, ran down a laborer, seriously in juring him. - The President Immediately sent a tele gram to hla son. the text of which was private, but which is said to have con tained instructions to do everything pos sible for the injured man. The following message was sent to an old college friend of the President: "Samuel Carr. Boston, Mass. By an un fortunate . automobile accident at Beverly, my son Robert struck a street laborer, fracturing his skull. He Is at Beverly hospital. Will you not call up by tele phone, the best surgeon In Boston and have him visit the hospital at once and tender services to the resident physician and do all he can for the injured man? "W. H. TAFT." The President then sent a personal tele gram to the injured man expressing his profound regret over the accident and conveying to the victim his earnest hope of a speedy recovery. This telegram was not made public. YOUNG TAFT'S ATJTO HITS 3IAX Surgeons Kear Victim of Accident Has Fractured Skull. BEVERLY, Mass., June 27. One of President Taft's automobiles', driven by his son. Robert A. Taft, ran over and seri ously Injured an Italian street laborer to day. At the hospital it was said there were Indications that the workman's skull was fractured. Robert Taft, with two college friends Lendel King, of Minneapolis, and George Harrison, of Washington, started out from the Summer White House this morning for a spin along the Massachu setts North Shore. Robert, who has been driving the car about the city consider ably since Us arrival last week, was at the steering wheel. At Prides Crossing, about two miles from home, the streets were being oiled. The automobile was slowed down. The horn sounded, and most of the men stepped aside. One of them, however, was not quick enough, and the machine struck him, tossing him into the gutter. He was unconscious when picked up by Robert Taft and his friends. The men said that his name was Michael Phlsth- wolls. .. A physician was summoned, and the in jured man sent to the hospital, while the President's son and his friends fol lowed after. The hospital surgeons said the skull appeared to be fractured and that the man was In a serious condition. All those who saw the affair said it was purely an accident, that the automo bile was going slowly, and that the man stepped directly in front of it. . MOLTEN IRON KILLS TRIO Score of Other Workmen Injured In Big Steel Plant. CHICAGO, June 27. Three men were probably fatally burned and a score of others painfully injured as a re sult of being splashed with molten metal pouring from a blast furnace of the Gary, Ind., works of the Illinois Steel Company last night.' The prop erty loss is estimated at $10,000. The injured were taken to the com pany's private hospital. The furnace had Just been opened and the string of ladles was ready to receive the hot metal when the tram way gave way, and there was no way to plug the furnace or take care of the hot pig Iron. It soon spread over an area of about 250 square yards, and a big section of the south end of the building was destroyed. FARE WARFARE RESUMED (Continued From First Page.) tell had an altercation with another cit izen, whose name Is not known. Wil bur A. Legette, when ordered to pay or get off, put the conductor oft the car and was not molested after.the con ductor got back on after a two-block run. H. A. Upton, a Fernhllllte, and A. H. Gunslus, a conductor, were both "The Twins" at Lyric Theater HE TWINS," ' another musical melange -of the Edward Arm strong Musical Comedy Company, which commenced a week's run at the Lyric Theater yesterday afternoon, Is quite as laughable if not as exciting as prev ious pieces produced by that company. Just as many laughs may be gotten out of it as any other of the musical come dies presented at the little playhouse on the corner of Seventh and Alder streets. As usual it is one of those "gather- around-closely-f rlends" pieces. " with the chorus featuring. And such a bunch of girls It is! Indeed, aside from the two comedians, and the lead--ing lady and soubrette. they are tho whole show with emphasis on the show. Jack Hardman, . and he looks the part, is in love with pretty Laura Munyon. daughter of Dr. Munyon, a famed surgeon. In an advertisement the doctor offers 110.000 and his daughter's hand in marriage to any one who will bring to him a wonder ful freak of nature that he may oper ate on It and thus add to his fame. Fearing that someone may respond to this appeal Hardman rigs up an Irish section hand and a Hebrew peddler as the Siamese twins. He soils them to the doctor for J10.000 and elopes with Laura. Ever) lUng goes well through out for all of t the principals save Dr. Munyon and the Siamese twins, the Irishman and the Hebrew. The "twins" are real funmakers, but the role of Dr. Munyon, as essayed by a person whose name is not printed on the official programme is below even the standard of a cross-roads minstrel. Miss Ethel Davis, leading lady of the company, who Is possessed of a rather pretty figure and a breezy manner, makes a great hit singing "Whoop La," which Is equalled if not exceeded by Miss Clara Howard, singing "Bamboo Land." One of the hits of the performance is a part song, part dialogue number presented by Ben T. Dillon, the Irish comedian and Miss Cassell, a recent ad dition to the company, .entitled "Up per Ten and Lower Five." In It there Is protrayed in a striking manner the situation in life with reference to those who take it easy and those who must take living as a problem. PASTOR DONS SHIRTWAIST Billings Preacher Advises Men in Congregation to Do Likewise. BILLINGS," Mont., June 27. (Special.) Something of an nnovation in the way of dress in Billings churches came yes terday when Rev. Mr. McCulloch, of the First Presbyterian Church, appeared In the pulpit without his customary Prince Albert and wearing a shirtwaist. Rev. Mr. McCulloch declared that some inducement should be made to get people to attend religious services, which should at least be as attractive as the baseball diamond. - From this" time on during warm weather male members of the congregation are Invited to attend wearing shirtwaists. Two Are Drowned. CHICAGO, June 27. Within sight of a score of men and women, Antonio Vijl, 20 years old. and his cousin, George Vijl, 26 years old, were drowned in the Grand Calumet River at Gary, Ind., yesterday. George Vijl was swimming and was seized with cramps. His cousin plunged Into the water to save him. He attempted to drag him to the shore, but the drown ing man grabbed him about the throat and the two sank. Athena Real Estate Lively. ATHENA, Or., June 27. (Special.) Two big real estate deals have been made here this week. J. A. Kirk, who owned 160 acres of land known as the Marsh Place, has sold It to Hugh Mclntyre for J16.000. In the other deal Marvell Watts et al. sold the Page and Bergevin places to Mrs. Susan F. Adams, of Walla Walla, for $25,000. Mrs. Adams bought this farm for her youngest son, Walter Adams, who will operate it. White Salmon Votes New School. WHITE SALMON, Wash., June 27. (Special.) With but one dissenting vote. White Salmon voted bonds for the erec tion of a high school building to cost, when completed, $16,000. Plans are drawn for a two-story brick with basement, in which will be the gymnasium, girls' and boys' lunch rooms and lavatories. The building will be under way by Septem ber 1. No Ship Subsidy Lobby Found. WASHINGTON, June 27 The House ship subsidy . lobby Investigation practically was closed today. The committee will meet in New York City in November to examine Representatives and others, and will report to Congress next Winter. The committee already has concluded that the charges that a lobby was main tained in Washington have not been sustained. 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