0- rORTLAXD. OREGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL 11 U l) l
PEACE MOVEMENT
Mexican Chamber Asks
About Negotiations.
INTERVENTION MUCH FEARED
Mexicans Believe It Has Be
come Imminent.
SECRET METHODS TO END
Oprn Negotiation Mum Official
Recognition or Revolt Paring
of Pepotle Cane Surprise
at Mexican Capital.
MEXICO CITT. April It. At the re
quest of the Chamber of Deputies. Min
ister of Foreln Affairs Pa la Barrawltl
make to that body tomorrow a full
report regarding tho negotiation for
pear and tho relations of Mexico with
tho foiled States.
H was announced Ujt night that tho
Minister proposed to render a report
to the Senate on tho subject of tho con
trovert between the two countries as
tho result of tho revolution, but when
the Chamber convened at 4 o'clock this
afternoon it became evident that many
of Its members wero not at all satis,
fed with this arrangement Tbey de
manded all Information available.
American Intervention Feared.
There Is no doubt that now the Mexi
cans believe American Intervention Is
Imminent and a larae part of them. Ig
norant of Just what Is be In done, con
sider It Inevitable.
In a letter to the ITesldente Ke-elec-tlonlst
Clubs, the organisation formed
for the support of General Diss during
the last political campaign. Rosendo
llneda. the leader of the group. Issues
a warning; based on the possibility of
t'ntted States Intervention.
-- Mr. Pineda recently returned fron
JCew Tork. As he was there when the
permanent committee of Congress
adopted the famous measure for the
suspension of guarantees, he took no
part In that move, although president
of the committee.
Negotiations Forced Into Open.
So far the negotiations for peace
have been carried out largely by
agents unofficially representing the
government, but It Is no secret that the
Minister of Foreign Affairs la the man
who has been most Instrumental In
their direction.
In asking for the reports the Cham
ber of Deputies Is bringing Into the
open not only the question of the rela
tions with the United States, fast be
coming a bugaboo, but the negotiations
for peace. The reports will be made In
open session and all Mexico is to know
Just what is being done to end the war.
Ilecognltlon of Rebel Follows.
A still deeper significance Is that by
their act the deputies have practically
placed their country In a position
where it can deal frankly and openly
with the rebels, something which up to
this time has been Impossible for the
unofficial agents to do.
It Is not at all Improbable that, after
having heard the ministers' reports, the
deputies may take an active part In the
settlement of the revolution by assist
ing In the negotiations for peace. Of
ficially the Chamber has not been
asked to assist. Indeed, officially. It
has known nothing of negotiations for
peace and could not. Inasmuch as the
government has not recognised the ex-
DRIVEN INTO OPEN
Klstence of a revolutionary army or aul-
- .tlf- If In lr..llrr
with Its emissaries.
Change of Spirit Evident.
The action of the Chamber of Depu
ties was taken In executive session
which lasted two hours. X number of
speeches were made, but when the rote
was taken It was evident bnt a small
part of the body was In favor of etiun
tinning methods that have prevailed for
so many years. The vote stood 117 for
the measure and S3 against It.
Immediately after the closing of the
session a committee called upon Minis
ter De La Barra at the foreign ofTlce
and Informed him of the action taken.
Instead of being annoyed by the action
of the deputies, as doubtless would
have been many a member of the Presi
dent's family under the old system, the
Minister expressed himself as well
pleased.
IKSA.E t.OING TO MADERO
domri Aks Instructions About
Terms of Armistice.
WASHINGTON. April 1. Consider
able progress was made today In the
negotiations for an armistice between
the Mexican government and the revo
lutionists. Dr. Vasques Gomes, head of the con
fidential agency of the revolutionists
here, received wprd that his message,
setting forth the armistice proposition
and requesting definite Instructions for
arranging the truce, was on Its way to
General Francisco L Madero, Jr.. who
Is encamped several miles south of
Y Juares. Mexico. Dr. Gomes also was In
formed that his first message of last
week, sent by way of Chihuahua City
(Concluded ea fag ,
JAPS INFURIATED
BY CHINESE LOAN
FOREIUX )ICTDLIXO IX MAX
CIimiA IS ANTICIPATED.
Superior Rights of Russia and Japan
Ignored Partition of China
Suspected Motive.
FEKIN. April 19. (Special.) Discov
ery that some portion of the revenues
of Manchurian provinces has been al
lotted as part of the security for the
four-power loan of JJO.OOO.OOO to China
has aroused deep resentment In Japan.
Toklo dispatches state that the semi
official press teems with bitter criti
cisms, characterising the loan as an
unfriendly act like the Knox proposal,
since the powers holding this security
have an opportunity to Interfere In va
rious questions which may arise here
after. China Is severely censored for hy
pothecating these revenuea. disregard
ing Japan's and Russia's contentions
that they have superior rights In Man
churia. Throughout China the opinion pre
vails that Japan Is preparing some
roup designed to prevent China. If pos
sible, from Investing the proceeds of
the loan In Manchurian development.
Japan's subsidised press In China Is en
deavoring to Inflame Chinese people by
asserting that the four-power loan is
purely political and Inspired by a de
termination to bring about a partition
of China.
TAFT MAY NOT COME WEST
Ex-Serreiarr ItalUngcr Says Ho Has
Inside Information.
SEATTLE. Wash, April 19. (Spe
cial.) President W. II. Taft will not
come to the Pacific Coast this year,
nor Is he likely to be a Western visitor
In 1J12. according to Richard A. Bal
llnger. ex-Secretary of the Interior,
who returned yesterday from a vaca
tion tour through the San Juan
Islands. He said that Information he
received from the President before be
left Washington and since his arrival
In Seattle Indicates that Mr. Taft will
not leave the Atlantic Coast this year.
Ilalllnger was urged by a committee
representing Oregon Interest to Invite
the President to visit Crater Lake on a
Western tour this year. Knowing the
President's Inclination to remain In the
East, he forwarded the Invitation with
out attempting to Influence the Itiner
ary of Mr. Taft. If he should alter his
decision and come West. Ralllnger will
take up that question when the time
arrives.
Coincident with the return of Bal
llnger Is the announcement that Bruce
C. Short. Assistant Corporation Coun
sel, will be associated with the ex-Secretary
In the practice of law.
EX-WARDEN WHITNEY ILL
Former Idaho Official Recuperat
ing at Long Beach.
L03 ANOELES. April IS. (Special.)
II L Whitney, who was warden of the
Idaho State Prison at Boise for four
and one-half years, and who resigned
two years ago because of a physical
breakdown, arrived at Long Beach and
fa recuperating at the tent city. Whit
ney's health was shattered by the
nervous strain under which he lived
while Harry Orchard as held a prisoner
In the Idaho prison pending his triul
for the murder of Governor Stuenenberg.
Kx-Warden Whitney declares that his
house was guarded day and night for
months, an attempt on hfa life being
feared, and that on one occasion, when
Orchard wanted to consult a Boise at
torney. Mrs. Whitney took him with
her In a, closed carriage on a shopping
tour which terminated at the lawyer's
office. Whitney and Orchard would both
have been killed. Whitney believes, had
they appeared on the street.
COUGAR LURE PATENTED
Aged Mountain Recluse Says He Hag
Flrst-ClatiS Rougta-on-Fcllne.
CENTRAL! A. Wash, April 1. (Spe
cial.) Herman Uerlach. an aged re
cluse In the mountains near Centralis,
has Just applied for a patent for a
plan by which he claims coyotes and
cougara can be lured Into community
gatherings where they may be cap
tured with ease for the sale of their
pelts and county bounty-money after
becoming stupefied with a drug applied
to raw meat.
Just how the aged man manages It Is
not revealed, but It Is known that he
met with considerable success In cap
turing the beasts before he was strick
en with rheumatism. Old trappers say
the Idea Is not new, but nobody has
thought It worth while to protect the
plan by patent rights before. .
EARTH SWALLOWS CATTLE
Queer Gaps In Nevada Ranges Canse
Losses to Ranchers.
GOLD FIELD, Nev. April 19. (Spe
cial.) Through the opening of wide
gaps In the ground In the eastern part
of White Pine County, cattlemen report
losses that are gaining serious pro
portions. In Jake's Valley Captain
Morgan has already loet 41 head.
The gaps in the range vary from
eight to to feet In width, and
there Is no explanation of the phenom
enon, except the fact that the country
is of volcanic formation.
Stockowners have appealed to the
Government for permits to fence In the
dangerous district, but as the ground
Is not in the forest reserves, nothing
caa be done to protect the stockman.
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SOCIALISTS GIVE
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MayoraltyNojTiineeHas
Chance of Election.
STATION LIKE BERKELEY'S
Only Present City Executive
Opposes Booth on Ballot.
JACKSON IS ELIMINATED
Many of Ills Supporters Will Not
Vote for Mott Socialists Xot
Only Get One of Nominations
for Mayor, but lnd Others.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. (Special.)
Mayor Frank K. Mott and Thomas
Booth. Roclallst. wore nominated for
Mayor of Oakland In the prlmaty muni
cipal election yesterday. Mott's plurnJty
over Booth Is J005. while Booth led Dr.
T. F. Jackson by 442.
The Socialist not only nominated
Booth for Mayor, but succeeded In plac
ing their candidate for Auditor, for one
of the Commlsslonershlps and every one
of their six candidates for school direc
tors. The names of Mott and Booth will go
on the ballot at the election on May
as the only candidates for Mayor, as pro
vided in the new city charter in accord
ance with the law recently passed by
the State legislature.
Socialist Are Hopeful.
Among the 497 who voted for Jackson
are a large proportion who, the Social
ists say. will not get behind Mott or take
the regular Republican programme un
der 'any circumstances, and today the
Socialists are looking forward to a
strenuous campaign before the May elec
tion. Mott Is the nonpartisan candidate of
the large business Interests of Oakland,
while Jackson represented a disaffected
element In the Republican party. It Is
difficult to find an out-and-out Demo
crat In Oakland.
Strength Is Surprising.
The feature of the election which has
surprised all politicians Is the great
strength which tho Socialist candidate
developed. If the Jackson adherents get
behind the Socalist candidate, then
Booth may be elected Mayor In Oakland
In much the same manner as a Socialist
was elected Mayor recently In the col
lege town of Berkeley.
Berkeley Is now governed by J. Stltt
Wilson, who was elected recently when
a large number of voters refused to take
the programme from the Republican ma
chine and voted the Socialist ticket rath
er than cause the re-election of Mayor
Hodghead. who represented the business
Interests of the community.
Oakland Socialists declare with en
thusiasm that the complexion of the
local political situation Is such as to
give their candidates and cause a bet
ter opportunity than that which lifted
Wilson Into the Mayor's chair In the
university town.
OAKLAND SURPKIS
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INDEX TO TODAFS NEWS
The Weather.
YEPTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 5S
desree.; minimum, 40 degrees.-
TODAY'S Fair - and warmer; northerly
wind..
Mexico.
Mexlron Chamber "demand, information
a bo us peace negotiation.. Page 1.
Rebels summon Juarez to- surrender- and
prepare to attack. Page 2.
Foreign.
Portugal to proclaim separation - of church
and state. Page 3.
New trial may be ordered tor Camorrl.t on
grounds that Informer was accomplice
In murder. Page 3.
Japs furious with -China for making four
power loan. Page 1.
National.
V.ys and means committee quotes Taft
In support of free-list bill. Tuge 5.
Car.non bitterly denounces newspaper in
fluences in free print paper fight, rage 5.
rolltirs.
Secretary MacVeaih makes speech to South
Carolina bankers, urging South to divide
politically. Page U.
Domestic.
Mrs. Henry freed, attorney end companion
given Jail sentences, in kidnaping ca.e.
Page 3.
Splendid cathedral of St. John, the Divine.
con.ecr.ted In New York Page 3.
Socialists laud nominee for Mayor of Oak
land and he has good chance of elec
tion. Page 1.
Hot election In Zlon City leads to charges
of hallot-.teallng and fighting at polls.
Page
Bomb wrecks Chlcaro building; three
thought to have perished. Psge 4.
James Ppcver to succeed Paul Worburg In
directorate of Missouri Pacific Page 5.
Meeting of two men beside father's body
reveals fact he had two families. Pa je 4.
Northwest.
BoUe banker accused of abstracting large
sum from funds surprised when caie Is
dropped. Page 1.
Barchrr and pretty widow married in sad
dle at Fort Klamath. Pag-i 1.
Dl.trlct Attorney Brown t Kosebarg tells
life story of ex-Secretary of Stale Ben.
son. Page 6.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Dnlzell, prominent Spo
ilt. ns couple, asphyxiated by gas. Page 7.
Mayor-Elect Seymour take, office In Ta
coma at noon today. Page 6.
Woodburn's "club" president declared guilty
of violating liquor law. Page 6.
Etata Treasurer submits quarterly report to
Governor. Page 10.
Wheeler County as "good as best." says Ad
dison Bennett. Psge 7.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League re.ults: l.o. Angeles
T. Portland 4: Vernor 7. Oakland 0; San
Francisco 9. Sacramento 0 Page 8.
Northwestern League result.: Spokane 2.
Portland 1: Tacoma 8. Victoria 1; Van
couver S, Seattle 1. Page 8.
DeMar wins marathon at Boston, breaking
Longboat's record. I'age 8. ,
Commercial and Marine.
Bulk of California hops taken for shipment
to Europe. Page 21.
Small change in Chicago wheat prices. Psge
21.
Portland leads country In grain exports for
nine months of the year to end of June
30. Pass 20.
Port land and Ytrtnlty.
Ambiguous charter provision causes suit to
prohibit paving of street. Poge 14.
North Bank reduces daylight running time
to Spokane. Page 12.
Important appointments depend on election
or Mayor. Pag. 9.
Oregon Electric to extend branch line to
McMlnnvllle In 1U12. Page 12.
Commercial Club may hold Oregon land
show la Portland. Page 15.
New bridge will change routing of East Side
. ears, yr. Jos.elyn testifies. Page 14.
District Attorney, discussing recall, says
police should keep town clean. Page 13.
Washington street Jeweler held up in store.
Page 1.
Esst Side Business Men's Club to consider
freight depot que.tlon tonight. Page 11.
Judge Wolverton will decide Southern Pa-
ciflo land grant case Monday. Page 0
Councilman Ellis rolterstes charges of bri
bery against Seneca Fouta. Page 0.
Official of John Deere Plow Company de
nies merger is trust. Cage 20.
PARIS WORLDS THIRD CITY
Population Last Month 2,846,986,
Increase of I24,2o5 In 5 Years.
PARIS, April 19. Paris retains Its po
sition as the third largest city in the
world, the census taken last month
showing a population of 2,S46,9SS, an In
crease of 124,255 over the figures of 1906.
'HI! BE CAREFUL THERE!'
IS
SUDDENLY FREED
Prosecution of Ketten
bach Dropped.
DEFENSE TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Judge Rash's Decision Basis
for Dismissal of Case.
3 INDICTMENTS PENDING
Judge Rules That Federal Prose
cutors Could Xot Introduce Evt- .
denre More Than Three
Years Old at Most.
BOISE. Idaho, Aprl 19.-(Speclal.) The
Federal Court hero today was given a
sensation when the trial of Frank W.
Kettenbach, ex-president of tha Lewis
ton National Bank, charged with assist
ing Ws bookkeeper, Clarence W. Rob
nett. In abstracting $137,000 of that In
stitution's funds, suddenly was termi
nated through the motion of the Govern
ment dismissing the case. This move
took tho defense completely by surprise
and was unexpected In Federal circles.
The Government based Its dismissal on
tho order of Presiding Judge Carl Rash,
of tho Montana district, refusing to per
mit the prosecution to go back of the
date of tho indictments further than
three years, because of the statute of
limitations. The prosecutors declared It
prevented them from Introducing corrob
orative evidence or to show the origin
of the alleged scheme or the part of
Kettenbach and Robnett to systemati
cally abstract funds.
Government Xot Through.
Although the defense declares that the
action of tho Government Is complete
exoneration of Kettenbach, tho Govern
ment attorney announced that he will
still have to st&nd trial on three other
Indictments still pending and which have
been postponed until June.
Bank Accountant H. S. House was the
last witness placed on the stand before
the dismissal this morning, and testi
fied to seeing In the possession of Ket
tenbach a draft for $5000 which had been
raised from $5, and that when ho next
saw the draft It bore erasures and evi
dence of an attempt to change the fig
ures. While under cross-examination he
cited six drafts that had been raised
and produced two of them.
Although the Government still had
Bert Chapman, the teller of the bank,
also under Indictment, and Mr. Picker
ing, a bookkeeper, to place on the stand
to corroborate the testimony of Robnett,
the case was suddenly closed when House
was excused.
Fo'wing a short conference Fletcher
Dobyu1. associate prosecutor, said:
' "Inasmuch as the Government Tiad ro
lled upon corroborating evidence on mat
ters that occurred prior to the time that
your honor has ruled that we cannot in
troduce evidence, the Government wishes
(Concluded on Page 2.)
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BANKER
RANCHER MARRIES
WIDOW IN SADDLE
BRIDE-TO-BE AID 3 FTTTCRE
HUSBAND IX ROUNDUP.
Klamath Wedding Follows Romance
With All Trimmings of Real
Western Xovel.
FORT KLAMAH, Or.. April 19. (Spe
cial.) Married on the main street of
this town while astride of their saddle
horses was the unique way In which
Joseph Hesslg and Mrs. Fannie V.
Marsh, a pretty widow, began life to
gether. Mr. Hesslg Is president of the
Klamath Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany, which owns a number of rural
lines In Siskiyou County, California, and
Klamath County, Oregon. He also owns
cattle In Siskiyou County and a market
at Siskiyou. 70 miles from here.
Last week he came from his home
town to this valley, where he formerly
lived, and purchased a large number of
beef cattle. He was met here by his
bride-to-be, and together they went out
and rounded up the stock.
Mr. Hesslg had secured a marriage
license in Klamath Falls and early Sun
day morning he and Mrs. Marsh drove
the cattle from the feeding grounds
Into the city. Rushing them into a
corral, they rode to the store of John
H. Hesslg, brother of the husband-to-be,
and asked him to telephone for Justice
C. C. Jackson, who soon answered the
call. "While the two sat on their horses
In the street he pronounced the words
which made Mrs. Marsh the wife of Mr.
Hesslg.
They then drove the cattle out to
the road and started off with them to
their home at Klamath Hot Springs.
CATFISH' SEINING BARRED
Washington Official Decides This
Species of Game Variety.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 19. (Spe
cial.) That catfish are a species of
game fish and cannot be legally seined
Is the substance of a letter from
Olympia to Elmer Barbeau, Deputy
State Game Warden of Vancouver.
Warden Barbeau has Issued notice that
seining for catfish and croples in the
sloughs In this country must cease and
no licenses for such fishing will be is
sued. It has been customary for fish
ermen to catch catfish and sell them
in Portland and other cities, but It was
not thought that they would be re
garded as game fish.
Ryan & Allen, sawmill men, have
promised to put in a new fish way in
their dam so that the fish can go up
the stream.
LAZY MAN ON CHAIN GANG
Frank Young Finally Sentenced to
Support His Children.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 19. Two
years of hard work on the county chain
gang, during which time Sacramento is
to pay $1.50 daily wages for the sup
port of his three children in an orphans
home, was the punishment meted out
today to Frank Young.
Young is the first in the state to be
punished under the "lazy husband" law
which was passed by the last Legislature.
The punishment of Young by the
court came only after all hope of forc
ing him to support his children in the
Sacramento Orphanage was exhausted.
He was taken in charge by the Juvenile
Court in December two years ago and
has refused to live up to the provisions
of his parole.
ICE CREAMMEN INDICTED
Government Says Product Is "Full
of Filthy Animal Substance."
CHICAGO, April 19 Three Chicago ice
cream companies were Indicted by the
United States grand jury today, charged
with shipping impure cream. Those in-
dieted wero the Thompson-Reid Ice ;
Cream Company, McBrlde Bros. & :
Knobbe, Ross A. Woodhull and Addle
E. Woodhull, of the Woodhull Ice Cream
Company.
The Indictments charge that samples
taken from shipments by tho Indicted
companies were "full of filthy animal
substance" and "unfit for human con
sumption." The Government chemist reported 500,
000,000 bacteria to approximately one
eighth of a cubic inch of the cream.
7-STORY DR0PN0T FATAL
After Accident Workman Says "Gee,
but That Was Lucky Fall."
TACOMA, April 19. Lief Knutson fell
seven stories to the concrete basement
of the new Tacoma building. In course
of construction by the Commercial Club
and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company,
today. Ho was near the material elevator
shaft with a wheelbarrow when he lost
his balance and fell down the shaft. At
the first floor he crashed through some
one-inch boards to the concrete base
ment. Workmen rushed to his assist
ance, but he rolled over, got up and
emiled as he remarked: "Gee, that was
a lucky fall." Knutson fa 25 years of
age.
CONSTITUTION OUT OF DATE
Berger Proposes Congress Call Con
vention to Revise It.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Representa
tive Berger, Socialist, wants Congress
to have power to call a Constitutional
convention. Today he introduced a reso
lution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution granting that authority and
characterised the Constitution as "anti- ,
quated and obsolete., J
JEWELED ROBBED
WPHOUR
Holdup Men Work as
Women Look in.
CHOICE OF DIAMONDS TAKEN
Proprietor Compelled to Pre
sent Tray of Watches.
TALL MAN HAS REVOLVER
Piace Is Across Washington Streel
From Scene of Daring Robbery
of Iiast February Yield to
Thieves Is $1800.
R. A. Cowie, one of the proprietors
of the Crown Jewelry Company, at 327
Washington street, between Sixth and
Seventh, was held up with a revolver
at 8:15 last night by a tall man, while
a short man picked $1800 worth of
diamonds from the front row in the
show window. Then the man with
the revolver commanded the short man
to go to the safe, while he compelled
Cowle to present him with a tray of
16 gold watches. The amount of
money taken from the safe was only
$13, the day's receipts being in a show
case. The total of the robbery amount
ed to about $1800.
Two women were looking in at tha
window at the time of the robbery, but
they apparently did not know what
was going Tn inside, as they gave no
alarm and showed no indication of
knowing the store was being robbed.
They watched one of the highwaymen'
select a dozen diamonds out of the
first row. of the display. Cowie said
he saw them looking in the window,
but the man with the revolver pre
vented him from making a sign that
would Indicate the jewelry store was
being held up. Washington street waa
crowded at the time.
All Done In Minute.
The robbery was accomplished In
about a minute. As the highwaymen
left the store the tall man with the re
volver cautioned Cowie not to go out
of the store and alarm the pedestrians,
on penalty of death. Cowle took the
robber at his word and did not leave
until the two had passed out of tha
door and turned west on Washington
street. He then ran out, told several
men standing near the store of what
happened and telephoned police head
quarters. Cowie was reading a newspaper al
the rear of the counter, near the safe,
when the robbers entered. As he
stood behind the counter the tall man
pulled the lapel of his coat outward,
so that passersby could not see the re
volver he leveled at Cowie, as he com
manded him to throw up his hands.
Cowie started to obey by thrusting his
hands skyward, but the highwayman
said:
"Not so high. Put your hands on
your coat."
Cowie did so, assuming a position as
if he were talking to a customer. In
the meantime the short man, who had
remained close to the door, stepped be
hind the counter and reached into the
window, taking his choice of the dia
monds on display in the front row,
Including one ring worth 1650.
Cowie said the little man either became
nervous over the deed or feared the
two women looking in at the window
would give the alarm, and the tall man
with the revolver, who was cool all the
time, said $p him:
"Go to the safe."
The short man immediately obeyed.
Cowie told the man with the revolver
that the money was in the safe. While
the short man was rifling the safe the
tall man commanded Cowle to lift a
tray of his most valuable watches from
the showcase and set It out on the coun
ter. While pretending to obey, Cowie
handed over a tray of his cheaper
watches. Still holding Cowle under cover
of the revolver, the highwayman poc
keted the 16 watches. By that time the
short man had gone through the safe,
and the' two deliberately left the place,
as if finishing shopping.
Detectives Begin Search.
Patrolman Klingel, from headquar
ters, and Detectives Craddock, Mallett.
Hell'yer and Maloney immediately re
sponded to the call of Cowie for as-
sistance, and, with a description of tha
robbers the detectives began combing
the city for them.
This is the second holdup reported
in the down-town district within a
week. A few minutes before 9 o'clock
Monday night, a highwayman held up
and robbed the United Cigar Stores'
branch at Fourth and Stark streets,
and secured $100 in cash.
It is a coincidence that this robbery
occurred almost directly across the
street from the scene of the daylight
jewelry robbery the middle of last
February. In the latter robbery, tha
Diamond Palace, also between Sixth
and Seventh streets, but on the south
side of Washington, was held up by
two men who entered It about noon.
Between $7000 and $8000 worth ot
jewelry was taken from the Diamond
Palace. The robbers, Herbert Dupliesse
and William Johnson, were later ar
rested and convicted. Dupliesse was
sentenced to 15 years In the Peniten
tiary and Johnson to 14 years. Near
ly all of the Jewelry was recovered.
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