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A SALEM. OREGON, JtONDAV, MARCH 27, 1911, NO. 73. BARBARA DUIAN MURDER SUSPECT AE1 EST SHERIFF ARRESTED GEORGE BROWN SOSPECTED OF DESCRIPTION FITS HIM III EVERY DETAIL AND HIS STORIES ARE CONFLICTING Sheriff Minto and Deputy Esch When He First Arrived, and Weld Strong Chain of Circum stantial Evidence About Him Minto Recalls a Barber's Statement About a Scar on Supposed Murderer's Face, and Finds It on Brown's A Fine Piece of Work by Local Officers. Suspecting that a man giving his name as George Brown was the man wanted by the authorities of Port land for outraging and murdering flve-year-old Barbara Holzman In a lodging house in that city on March 14, Sheriff Harry P. Minto and Dep uty Sheriff Esch yesterday after noon placed him under arrest with the result that this afternoon Detec tive Joe Day, of Portland, after an investigation of the case announced that he tallied exactly with the de scription of the fiend who took the life of the Holzman girt, also that his stories were conflicting, and left with Mm this afternoon Ur Portland, vhere he will be taken before Mrs. Nelson proprietress of the rooming house, for identification. Hnil Him Under Surveillance. Sheriff Minto and Deputy Sheriff Esch have had the man under sur veillance for some time. The first time they saw him was on March 15, and because he resembled so much the description sent out of the mur derer of the Holzman girl, they paid particular attention to him. They followed him from place to place and learned that he was a hard drinking united press leased wim.J New York, March .27. Louis and James Duveen, millionaire members 01 the art Importing firm of Duveen Brothers, were arraigned here today More 0. S. Judge Martin, pleaded fi'ty to having undervalued Ira Ported goods and were fined $15,000 ach. Both the Duveens, when privately ttamined before the United States strict attorney, agreed to pay the government U 200,000 if the authori ty agreed to restore the seized art goods. Outside the sugar case, this Is the biggest amount ever recovered k customs .case. Bark From Antarctic fu J1"1 PRESS LEASED WHUD-l t-hrlst Chuch, N. S., March 27. The steamer Terra Nova, which car ded Captain Scotfs British Antartlc Sedition to the point whence the uth pole dash began, returned here "way. The Terra Nova's cantaln re. Wed that he left "ne shape and that all were confident f Planting the Union Jack on the uth pole. Fmi4 Brad By Ills Safe. V. Jr,?'TI,D I.EARF1) WIRE l iorK, March 27. Bealde the own door of his safe, which had been "Bei of $1,000 in cash, Julius De rovsky was fouud with B buet ,n body today. Debrovsky was a L ate banker and steamer agent " uiea before an ambulance ar- "vea. The police found a revolver the room, one chamber of which PEED TO RETURN A 1144 been discharged, PORTLAND WIDER Shadow Him Since March 15 man. About the saloons they had an opportunity to study his demeanor but he seemed easy and collected, and gave no signs of being worried or troubled. He finally landed employ ment on a farm belonging to Eugene Eckerlen and the officers kept their eyes on him while they gathered more data concerning the case. Yes terday afternoon they decided that they were warranted in arresting him, and did so. Story Conflicting. After advising him as to the cause of his arrest they began questioning him, and found he told a conflicting story. He told them he had been working at Greenburg, near Portland, for a Mrs. E. M. Plauner, but that he had quit on March 9, and gone to Portland. There he said he had stayed at the Salem Lodging house until March 13, and on the forenoon of that day he came to Salem and after staying here for a few days, went to work on the Eckerlen farm. So far the story ran smoothly and nice, but it was when they com menced questioning him about the crimes the murder of the girl that the conflict came. He said he remem bered the murder .and when asked If he remembered the description of the man, he replied .In the affirmative and gave it to them exactly as given In the papers. He was asked where he read about the murder first, and re plied that it was while staying with Mrs. Flauner, and also said that he had discussed the case with her. The officials explained to him that he had told them that he had left her on March 9, and that the murder was committed on March 14, and asked him to explain away the contradic tion, but this he was unable to do. Gave Saloon Somber. In Investigating the case the offi cers learned that he had given the number of the saloon located Just below the lodging house where the girl was killed to P. C. Bugher, pro prietor of the Annex Saloon, of this city. Bugher, it seems, was anxious to secure a saloon in Portland and Brown told him that a saloon at 107 Russell street in that city was for sale. That is the number of the sa loon located Just below the lodging house where the little Holzman girl met her death at the hands of an In human fiend. When questioned by the officers in regard to this, he posi tively denied giving the number to the saloon man; though the latter shows a memorandum In his books of the address as given by Brown arid that marks another conflict in the story he tells. There are also many other conflicts but these two are those which the officers regard as the most material. fan 't Pass It Tn. "We cannot pass this up," said De tective Joe Day this afternoon after he had interviewed the prisoner and found that to him he had told the same conflicting story as to the sheriff and his deputy. "It is the only case we have run across yet," he continued, "where It looked as though we might have the man wanted for the murder of the Holzman girl. He answers the de scription of the man wanted exactly; answers it in the stoop of the should ers, the height, the age, the face, the color of the hair, even down to the sprinkling of gray hairs in with the 4 Itesult of Sweat Shop System. Washington, March 27. That sweatshop conditions are responsible for the New York 4 holocaust was the statement here today of Vice-President O'Connell, of the American Federation of Labor. Conditions such aa prevailed in the Triangle factory," he said, Hr do not exist In a single union shop In the country. Organized labor would not tolerate such sweatshpp condltWs. congested quarters are not permitted In union shops, aind adequate fire- escapes are complusory. I think the blame for the disaster Is equally divided between the employers of the dead girls and the city authorities." sandy ones In the mustache. He has a hat that answers to the description given of that of the murderer and the gray overcoat also fits it. "As to his guilt, I have nothing to say. If a man can call the turn he Is called smart, but if he falls, he Is called a sucker, and I am going to remain the sucker, but in view of the man answering the description of the murderer and In view of his conflict ing stories and he has lied to me 15 times this morning we cannot afford to pass him up and I am taking him down with me this afternoon for Identification." Also Has Sour Over Eye. Shortly after the murder of the girl,' a barber in Portland shaved a man who answered the description sent out of the murderer, and he said he had a scar over the left eye. While this was given publicity at the time not much attention was paid to (Continued on page 8.) o WOREilSK ; ONITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. I, Los Angeles, Cal., March . 27. I Wearing a mask, which gave her the appearance of a bandit, Miss Ltlltan Paxton, 27, charged with having forged a deed to a valuable piece of property on Twelfth street,, appeared in Justice Suminerfteld's court today. It la alleged that she attempted to borrow $10,000 on the property from the Germah-Amerloam bank of this city. Preliminary hearing of , the case' was set for April 1. ., Cnrncgle Gave $5,000. New York March 27. Andrew Car negie ' this afternoon contributed $5,000 to the relief fund for the desti tute relatives of the victims of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory fire. Killed By Train. Oakland, Calif., March 27. Struck by the San Jose local as he was walk ing along the First street trestle this morning, Edward Houston, a team ster, was Instantly killed and his body hurled into the bay. Houston came here from Coalinga. o Will Hold Election in Mexico. Galveston, Tex., March 27. Dr. H. J. Kellner, of Kansas City, who! arrived here today from Mexico, de clares that a general election will be held there in about 30 days under the -supervision and protection of Amerl'an troops. He says there will be at least five candidates for the presidency, Including Jose Ives Llm- antour, minister of foreign affairs in the new Dla cabinet. LILLIAN If COURT Wrestle for Championship. Chicago, March 2 7. Frank Gotch wired today his accept- ance of the $20,000 purse of- fered him by the Empire Athlet ic club for a match with George Hackenschmldt on Labor day for the world's heavyweight wrest ling championship.) Jack Curley, manager of the Russian, has posted $1000 to go as part of a $5000 bet. Gotch is guaranteed $20,000 out of the purse. What Hack Is to re ceive la not stated, but the match is considered certain. A BLOODY TOtlGUED PATRIOT Alfonso Madero, the Mexican Opera Bouffe Generalissimo, Who Wears a Half Bushel of Ornaments, Talks Loudly. DIAZ AND CORRAL MUST GO Like the Late Artemus Ward, Would Sacrifice All His Friends and Kola tives, Not Excepting Even His Own MSothetMn-Law, on the Altar of Freedom Tells What He Will Do If Americans Set Their Feet on Sacred Soil of Mexico. UNITED PEEBS LEA BED WIP.I. ' El Paso, Tex., March 27. The rep resentatives of the insurgent Mexi cans here and the federals in Juarez are talking peace today. The junta here predicts that within the present week Minister LImantour, for Diaz, will meet, either here or in Juarez, with Francisco Madero, when the lat ter will formally present his demands on the granting of which will depend his cessation of further hostilities. That a complete change in Mexico, anticipating less, will be demanded by the Madero's was declared today by Alfonso Madero. "Peace is impossible," he said, "un- ;til Diaz and Corral go. It is untrue that the Insurgents have agreed to lay down tbelr arms pending a set tlement the settlement niist be made first "If 'America Intervenes in Mexico, it will mean a most bloody war. The Insurgents would immediately cease opposing the federals and would join with the Diaz faction In fighting the Americans. We will oppose even moral Intervention, and will fight to the death against armed interfer ence." Alfonso Madero said that LImantour had remained in Washington until he (Alfonso) had communicated with Francisco Madero in the field and ob tained a promise that Llmantour's passage through the Insurrecto terri tory would be safeguarded. He said that the rebels might easily have captured LImantour had they desired to do so. FOUR CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH III MISSOURI ttJICITED PRESS LEASED WIHE.1 Springfield, Mo., March 27. Dr. E. D. Morris and four children were burned to death todey In a fire which destroyed their home near Aurora. Dr. Morris rescued his wife and one child but perished when he re turned to the bulldlpg for the others. The children's ages ranged from one to 11 years. 143 CHARRED DEW YORK'S r Government by Epistle. New York, March 27. Al- though he declined to make a statement, it ia believed today that Mayor G-aynor is prepar. ing to answer Magistrate Cor- rigan's charge that the "town is more open than under former Police Chief Devery. Corrtgan declared that gam- bling houses, Infamous resorts and graft are rampant and profitable as ever; that strong- arm men operate unchecked, and that the serious crimes go unpunished. "We have had 15 months of government by epistle," said Corrlgan, "and this Is the re- suit." The mayor's reply was tht he would make his reply In his "own way and at his own time." AM OLD WAY TO GET OUT OF SEATTLE UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. . Seattle, Wash., March 27. Three men, two white and one Chinese, killed themselves today. J. M. S. Lane, a real estate dealer, shot himself; Wah Sing, a Chinese, hanged himself with a towel 1n his laundry, and George Van, and Assyr ian fruit dealer of Ballard, shot him self. Wah Sing's suicide is the first sui cide of a Chinaman in the history of Seattle. ' o They Have Grown Since. CHITED PRESS LEASED WIHE. Washington, March 27. The United States census bureau today Issued the following results: Klamath Falls, Oregon, 2,758; Lew lston, Montana, 2,992. o CARLSON Ll'SK HARDWARE COM , TAJIK'S WAREHOUSE IN fiEABT OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT, IS DESTROYED. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. . Boise, Ida., March 27. Beyond the control of the fire department, the Carlson Lusk Hardware company's warehouse In the heart of the busi ness district, burned this afternoon, and at 2 o'clock it was feared that the entire wholesale district would go. A high wind is blowing and the entire fire department is on the scene attempting to quell the blaze. The loss of the warehous Is esti mated at $130,000. It is covered only by small Insurance. She Thinks Banks Safe ns Old Shoes. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.l Centralla, Wash., March. 27. A shipment of a half-burned mass of greenbacks and half-melted coin to thei mint today signalized the conver sion of Mrs. L. A. Leads to the Idea that bnnks are fairly safe places to keep savings after ail. Believing that such Institutions were designed as a snare for the wealth of the thrifty, she previously deposited her mone?- in an old bIiop In the hurry of spring holism clean Ing her daughter unknowingly fused the shoe with some rubblh and burned It. The bills contained In It sre fairly distinguishable, end it If believed can be redeemed. Mrs. Leads has depos'ted her re maining savings in a local bank. BOISE HAS A $130,000 FIRE TODAY AND ANGLED BODIES TERRIBLE OBJECT LESSON : ONE GREAT PROCESSION WILL FOLLOW THE DEAD TO ; THE CEMETERY TOMORROW Line of Mourners Seeking Admission to the Morgue Extends Six Blocks All But 39 Have Been Identified, Mostly by Trinkets Found on Their Bodies Five of the 14 in the Hospitals Will Die Firemen Who Examined Ruins Say It Was Miraculous That Any Escaped Alive Sweat Shop Conditions Are Blamed. UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. New York, March 27. One hundred and forty-three blackened and man gled bodies, of which all but 39 have been identified, with 14 In hospitals, of whom five will die, was the final death toll this afternoon of the vic tims of the Triangle Waist com pany's fire in the Asch building. Four-fifths of the dead were girls. With every newspaper In the city raising funds to ald-the destitute fam ilies of the tollers who perished in the Are trap; with District Attorney Whitman seeking to convict those re sponsible for the horror, and Fire Marshall Beers holding a strict ex amination Into the1 cause of the disas ter, union labor U planning to make of the holocaust . an object lesson which will prevent such sacrifice of life in the future. It has been ar ranged that the funerals of the vic tims, or most of them, will be held tomorrow In one great procession which will drive home to New York ers the need of adequate protection for its tollers. Veteran firemen today after a sur vey of the burned building, declared it was miraculous that any one es caped alive. - At noon today the line of those seeking admittance to the temporary morgues where the dead He, extend ed for six blocks. Only half a dozen of the weeping women, who com posed the greater part of the crowd, were allowed In the building at one time. District Attorney Whitman said this afternoon that State Superintendent of Labor Williams was actually re sponsible for the condition of the 44 STYL TYLE is the easiest thing in the world to recog nize and the hardest to de fine. CVER mind definitions. But if you're looking for real style in clothes, let us show you our new Bishop's Ready Tailored Suits $10.00 to $35.00 SALEM Woolen Mill Store t 4 f4-44-f-f4 building. Williams' department, he said, was required to ' pronounce buildings safe. On February 4 last Williams' deputy endorsed the Asch building, in spite of narrow stairways and inward swing doors. Whitman demanded a copy of this report He conferred with Judge O Sullivan of the court of general .tesslom and will Instruct the grand jury to con tinue in session until an investigation has been completed. Fire Marshal Beers this afternoon summed up the results of the whole investigation into the Are so far. He Is satisfied that the Ore started under a cutting table. "At 4:40 o'clock in the afternoon either a match or at cigarette stump startedi the blaze,' he said. ' "Super intendent Samuel Bernstein and oth ers at once grabbed the hose and buckets and started to fight the; flames. Simultaneously Edward Brown and other maxihlnlsta tried to get the girls in line to march them to the elevators aind stairways. The poor things did not know what was meant, as the most of them did not understand English. "Terrible confusion resulted, and a perfect babel of tongues swelled higher and higher as the flames spread. The girls were seated at the sewing machines so closely that their backs touched. Stools, which, had there been .fire drill, would have) been pushed under the machines, blocked their way to safety, and the first fleeing victims, stumbling over the stools, were thrown into a strug gling, screaming mass and remained (Continued on Page t.) Kir3chl)aimn3oJvei "4-4-4"t4