TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1909. - '
E POLTEBU'S
MURDERER
FOUND
Mexican, Aged 60, Confesses
Slaying 9-Year-0!d
Girl.
IN JAIL AT. RIVERSIDE
Sheriff Hammll Ipaves Ivos Ang-eles
lor Prisoner, Jose Martinez.
Piece of Dress Worn Around
Neck Seems Irrational.
L03 ANGELES. Cal.. Juno 3.-r-Sheriff
Hammll and a deputy left this city In an
.automobile tonight for Riverside, -where
the authorities are holding a Mexican who
has confessed that he is the murderer
of Annie Poltera. 9 years old. The sirl
was murdered at the entrance to Griffith
Park, at the north limits of this city,
three weeks afro, and for whose murder
the Sheriff, officers and many citizens
have been searching since the finding of
the body on May 9.
ARRESTED FOR AX ASSAULT
He Tells of Discarding Bloody Shirt
Near Scene of Crime.
RIVERSIDE. Cal.. June 3. Jose Mar
tinez, about 60 years of age. a Mexican,
has been arrested here for an attempted
assault upon a woman at her home. He
answers In many respects the description
of the Mexican suspected of the murder
of Annie Poltera at Ixis Angeles, and told
the Sheriff that he committed the crime.
He tells of having thrown away a bloody
shirt found by Lob Angeles officers near
the scene of the murder, and around his
neck was found a strip of cloth, evidently
torn from a dress. The man talks in an
irrational way regarding his movements,
and a physician has been called to exam
ine him. He Is more than 6 feet tall and
or powerful hutld.
BUDDHISTS SLICE MAN UP
Horrible Crime by Hindu Devotees
In Nevada Desert.
ttt!.-u. Nev., June S. A murder nalrt
to have been committeed bv Asiatic re
ligious fanatics at the construction camp
oi v ens erotnera & Brown, on the West
ern Pacific in which a score of BuddlRt
devotees took one of their number to the
desert, sliced his body and then burned
the remains was reported here tonight.
SNOWS FILL BIG. RIVERS
(Continued From First Page.)
19-foot stage in the Willamette at Port
land Sunday noon, and possibly a 20
foot stage by Monday. A rise of two feet
at Lewiston, on the Snake River, and the
same at vv enatchee, on the Upper Colum
bla yesterday, will bring the "Willamette
up rapidly between now and Monday
morning. "What the rise will be after that
time Is only a matter of conjecture. All
depends on weather conditions and what
they, will be the weather man refuses to
tell. ...
"If I had property at stake which would
be endangered by a stage of 23 feet. I
would .take, precautionary measures and
get It out of the way." said Mr. Beals
yesterday. 'While I -cannot- state what
will be the stage of the Willamette after
Monday. I think it will continue to rise
for several days after that time."
Ash-street dock is under water at pres
ent and Alaska dock will be under by
noon today. An additional two feet will
place the lower Alnsworth out of business
nd a IB-foot stage will submerge Couch
street. At the latter dock there is no
Upper deck and the business of the
teamer Alliance- will be transferred to
the Columbia Is'o. 1.
of 1894. The Commercial Trust nm -
pany's bridge at Lewiston is liable to go.
The Snake River is 17 feet above low
water, and one foot below- the highest
record. Reversal hnna a.. v.
are flooded. At Kamiah one stone pier
for the new steel bridge has been washed
away.
At Freer a tIra nt onntTi,.. Vnt
block the railroad. There. Is little hope
hat the Wnte.r Will 0f Antam n 1
days, as there is much snow in the
mountains and the warm weather is
memng it rapidly.
Rafts Break Loose on Cowlitz
KELSO. "Wash.. June a. raneMni i
Two rafts of fir logs which were held
at the boom of the Ostrander Railway
& Timber Company, at Ostrander, above
here, awaiting a scaler from Portland,
broke their moorings this morning and
were carried down to the big boom at
the mouth of the Cowlitz. The mftn
held together until they struck the
pier of the bridge at Kelso, where they
broke up, compelling two raftsmen,
who were on the rafts, to come ashore
an a launch.
RAGE ACROSS SEA
Big Stealers Side by Side
Cross'g Pacrttc.
JAPAN HAS AERIAL NAVY
Floods Block C. P. R. Line.
FERNIB, B. C, June 3. Owine to re
cent heavy rains and warm weather the
Elk River, which runs through Crows
Nest Valley, is in flood and train service
in that section Is demoralized. The flood
last night burst the boom of the Elk
River Lumber Company and many work
men are now engaged strengthening the
DanKs or tne stream. The westbound
passenger train of the Canadian Pacific's
hoo-bpokane service was held at Pernie
Vessels. Bring News of Remarkable
Progress In Lines of Defense.
Volcano Eruption Is
..Foretold.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 2. Beating
the steamer Minnesota In a race across
.the Pacific with silk and tea being hur
ried to the eastern market, the steam
er Monteagle arrived today with 87
nnlnnn 111 (nf a.m. lata " .J I. I
i steerage passengers and 2946 tons of
cargo including 648 bales of silk. There
was less than was expected, owing
to, the difference of the shippers, who
were waiting until an arrangement had
BRITISH COLrMBIA SUFFERS
Kootenay Tableland Snow Swells
Streams to Flood Proportions.
VASOOrVER, B. C. June 3. Heavy
raln, followed by warm weather, have
caused all the rivers and streams in the
Kootenay tableland of British Columbia
to rise In flood, and. according to advices
received from Interior points today, the
waters are still rising. Along the line of
the Canadian Taciflc Railway between
Nelson and Slocan City there have been a
number of washouts, with the result that
rail communication Is Interrupted.
Tassengers aro being handled by boats
between Nelson and Roseberry, but
freight traffic is at a standstill.
The Columbia River is reported to be
rising more rapidly than any of the other
streams In the Interior.
The Fraser River is reported to be
steadily rising, but it is stated that it
has not as yet shown any indication of
breaking its normal freshet bounds. Five
miles out of Nelson the water overflowed
and washed out 2H feet of Canadian Pa
cific trai-k and 200 feet of Great North
ern track, cutting off communication by
train with Spokane, except via Marcus
and Ropsland. It will be several days be
fore the service is resumed.
The highest washout is at Patrick's dam
on the i?locan River. Here the water
overflowed the dam and. breaking it,
carried away 400 feet of Canadian Pacific
track in two places. This cuts off direct
communication with Slocan.
The water is still rising rapidly and all
previous records are likely to be broken.
At "West Fernie. in the Crows Nest Pass,
serious damage has been done. Many peo
ple have been foroed to floe from their
houses. Several cabins are submerged,
and the Elk River Lumber Company's
office is surrounded by water. Consider
able loss has been caused by the logs
being carried away.
COLUMBIA tP FOl'R INCHES
Big River Gaining. Steadily at Van
couver and Goes Over 15 Feet.
VANCOUVER, "Wash., June 3. (Spe
cialsThe Columbia River has risen
eht Inches in the last 24 hours and four
Inches in the last 12 hours. It is now
15 feet 2 inches above low water. . At
this point the river is two and one-fourth
miles wide. The highest point reached
by the river last year was 20 feet and 2
inches above low water.
SNAKE FLOOD IS NEAR RECORD
River Within Foot of Highest Mark
and Bridges Threatened.
SPOKANE. June S. A special to the
Chronicle from Lewiston. Idaho, says the
Clearwater River is a raging torrent and
la rapidly reaching th high, water stage
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yesterday on account of damage done to
a bridge across the river at Elko. At
Coal Creek the bank overflowed and sev
eral email buildings were carried away.
Damage to the coal company's property
was also threatened.
been rapidly melting the Enow in the
mountains and hills at the headwaters
of the river. The snow is deeper than
at any time since the Spring of 1S91 and
it is going off with a rush.
BEATRICE THAW MARRIES
WEDDING TO MARCHESE THEO
DOLI OBSERVED AT ROME.
Bride Is Daughter of Blair Thaw,
Half-Brother to Harry Thaw,
Who Slew Stanford White.
ROMH, June 3. Miss , Beatrice Thaw
was married to Marchese Draucesco
Theodoli today. Blair Thaw, half-brother
to Harry K. Thaw, is the bride's father.
He is a former resident of New York, but
has been in Rome for three years past,
accompanied by his family.
Miss Thaw met the Marchese Theodoli
here at a party. The courtship began at
once and an engagement soon followed.
The civil marriage took place in London
last April. Today's was the religious
ceremony.
GOVERNOR CALLS S0L0NS
Hay's Proclamation for Special Ses
sion Given Out at Seattle.
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SEATTLE, June 3. Governor M. E.
Hay this afternoon gave out the follow
ing proclamation calling a special ses
sion of the State Legislature to convene
at Olympia June 23:
"A proclamation by the -Governor to
the members of the Legislature of the
State of Washington:
"I'nder the authority delegated by the
constitution of the state. I. M. E. Hay,
Governor of the State of Washington,
hereby direct that the members of the
Legislature do convene in extraordinary
session at the Capitol on Wednesday.
June 23, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M.
"The object of calling the Legislature
In special session is for the purpose of
receiving and acting upon the report of
your investigating committee, appointed
at your last session, and for the transac
tion of such other business as may be
deemed for the public welfare.
"Given under my hand this Sd day of
June, 1909.
(Signed) "M. E. HAT."
The proclamation has 'been sent to
Olympia for the signature of Secretary of
State I. N. Howell.
HUNTERS GO TO KIJABI
Roosevelt's Train Almost Runs Down
Hyena on Track.
ESCARPMENT, British Bast Africa,
June 3. The special train with the Roose
velt party arrived here this morning. Mr.
Roosevelt and Major Mearns rode on the
cowcatcher from Kikukiyu to this point,
a distance of 20 miles.
On the waj a hyena which got on the
rails was almost run down.
Reaches American Mission.
KJJABE, British Africa, June S- The
Roosevelt special arrived at this station
at 5 o'clock this evening. The American
missionaries were at the station when the
train pulled in. , The members of the
party will visit the, miss-ion tomorrow..
The expedition probably will not start' for
the Sotik district until Saturday.
Yellowstone Park Opens.
LIVINGSTON. Mont.. June 3. Yellow
stone National Park was thrown open to
visitors today for the season of 1909; and
the train service over the park branch.
ras jjlaced In effect.
been reached regarding the United
States tariff. The Monteagle and Min
nesota left Yokohama together.
That secret trials of airships and
aeroplanes invented by Japanese ex
perts held in northern Japan have been
successfully demonstrating that guns
and heavy loads can be carried, was the
story brought by the Monteagle. It is
stated that a number of experts have
been engaged for some time past in
perfecting an airship invented by
Yamada Isaburo, whose airship was
successful during the Russo-Japanese
war, and it is stated that the new fly
ing machine invented by Mr. Isaburo
is capable of transporting a heavy load
and mounting guns of moderate calibre
and also can be stored readily.'
Another invention perfected at the
trials held before the army experts Is
an airship destroyer fitted with shells
which explode automatically on con
tact with another airship, being practi
cally a counterpart of the marine tor
pedo destroyer applied to aerial navi
gation. Both Inventions have been se
cured by the military authorities.
Because Dr. Jarger, an American
scientist, found what he considered
signs Indicating of an early eruption
of Taruncyasan, a volcano of Hok
kaido, in northern Japan, the police
ordered an exodus from the villages
near the volcano. Arrivals by the Mont
eagle tell the tale of the alarm, the
flight and the return when after the
appointed date, the volcano failed to
erupt. A few days later the eruption
took place and the inhabitants fled
again, none having been injured.
Hill Liner Breaks Shaft.
' SEATTLE. June 3. Owing to the
breaking of her tailshaft about 500
miles oft Port Townsend. the big .ship
Minnesota of the Hill lines, bound for
Seattle from the Orient with a large
party of tourists and many important
persons from the Far East, including
Governor-General and Mrs. Smith, of
the Philippine Islands, will not arrive
in port until tomorrow. This informa
tion was received by wireless . this
morning. All were well on board.
TIMBER FIRES RAGiNG
WESTERX CANADA IX GRIP OF
100-MILE BLAZE.
Feared Many Lives Lost Hundreds
Fight Flames Plant and
Bridge Destroyed.
WINNIPEG. Man.. June S. Timber
fires were reported tonjght from several
parts of Western Canada. Along the
Prince Albert branch of the Canadian
Northern Railway in the Saskatchewan
River districts the fire extends 100 miles
and it is feared many lives have been
lost.
Ruby Lake Lumber Company's plant
has been destroyed. A four-span bridge
was destroyed east of Firewood. Saskat
chewan. Forest fires prevail in the Gun
flint section of the Duluth extension, a
railway running out of Port Arthur to
ward Duluth. Bridges are burned out and
hundreds of men fought the flames to
night to prevent them from reaching the
settlements.
AUTO USED TO SAVE LIFE
Millhand Rushed to Hoqniam After
Losing Hand on Saw.
HOQTjIAM. Wash., June 3. Special.)
Weak from loss of blood, N. Goff was
hurried from Mocllps to Hoquiam today
in an automobile which luckily happened
to be at the former place. Goff suffered
the loss of his left hand just below the
wrist by coming in contact with a shingle
eaw in the Moclips mill. He is 24 years
of age and single.
New York Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young-,
of San Francisco, and their daughter,
Florence, riding In a taxlcab Thunday wena
run into by another automobile. -The chauf
feur was thrown out and the X Yountf
vartr waa severely aboclMd.
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CHAPMAN IS SURPRISED
FORMER TELIiEFt OF LEWISTON
BANK ISStTES STATEMENT.
Says He Was in No Way Connected
With Kobnett Shortage and
l Knew Nothing of It.
LEWISTON. Idaho, June 3. J. E.
Chapman, former teller of the Lewiston
National Bank, who was attached to
the bank during the period of the alleged
theft of $137,000 from the institution, ar
rived here from a two weeks' trip to
the Coast today. A telegram had been
sent to him by his father as soon as
the statement of the bank defalcation
was made, and he started hero immed
itely. On his arrival here he authorized
this statement:
"In connection with the statement
made in the Tribune of June 2 by F.
W. Kettenbach, president of the Lewis
ton National Bank, Mr. Chapman stated
that the first intimation he had of Mr.
Robnett's defalcation was about two
months ago. when a general checking up
of the books was made by Mr. Smith,
the cashier, and Mr. Hyke. -
"At that time it appeared that there
was a shortasre of some $100,000. Mr.
Kobneft's attention was called to the
matter and he so explained it that it was
thought the actual shortage was between
$100 and $200. This shortage was sub
sequently apparently reduced to $20. The
fact of the actual defalcation cama with
as much surprise to Mr. Chapman as to
everyone else connected with the bank.
The individual deposit ledger which was
manipulated by Robnett in carrying out
his scheme was kept by him solely, Mr.
Chapman having nothing to do there
with." Relative to the statement in Mr. Ket
tenbach's interview that Robnett as
bookkeeper checked the teller and Chap
man as teller checked the bookkeeper,
Mr. Chapman states that no such & sys
tem was in vogue in the bank, and that
he had no check whatsoever on the book
keeper's records.
Relative to the statement that the
routine course of the bank's mail was
through his (Chapman) hands. Mr. Chap
man states that owing to a press of other
duties he has had nothing to do with the
handling of the general mall for some
months, and that during the time he
did care for the mail no checks of a
suspicious character ' connected with
Robnett or any of his business ventures
were presented at the bank.
Mr. Chapman states further that Rob
nett frequently when apparently in need
of money drew drafts on the Spokane
Orchards Company and upon Spokane
banks, which drafts were uniformly
honored. -Mr.
Chapman baa secured tha services
of Attorney Charles McDonald pending
any developments in the case.
United States Attorney Lingenfelter.
who has been ordered here from Boise
by the Attorney-General to investigate
the case, will arrive in Lewiston tomor
row morning. He will immediately take
up the investigation of the evidence with
Bank Examiner Gatch, when. If the
showing is as represented, warrants will
be issued for the arrest of Messrs. Chap
man and Robnett.
Robnett is expected to reach here to
morrow or Saturday from the East.
WOODMEN TO HONOR DEAD
Will TJnveil Handsome Memorial In
Vancouver Next Sunday.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 3. (Spe
cial.) The Woodmen of the World of this
city will, on Sunday next, unveil iwo
monuments at the city cemetery which
have been erected in memory of the mem
bers of the camp who have died during
the past year. The ritualistic exercises
connected with the unveiling will take
place in the afternoon, the Woodmen de
gree team being in full dress, and music
being furnished by the city band and a.
male quartet. Sunday morning the graves,
of all Woodmen will be decorated witlfc
flowers.
The following officers of the local camp
have been elected for the ensuing six
months: Consul commander. Jerry Rior-'
dan; advisor lieutenant, George B. Simp-'
son; escort, B. Soden; watchman, A. T:j
Leeds; sentinel. R. S. Paynter. The
banker and clerk are hold-over officers,
they being Jacob Westhoff and J. H.
Sugir. respectively. ' - i
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