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6 SLAYER IS ANGERED BY IDENTIFICATION Many at Centralia Recognize Bank Chief's Murderer as Aberdeen Millwright. WATCH CLEW EXPLAINED After Taking to (gambling Criminal Tendencies Crowd Man to Cell, Sar Friend F'uneraJ of President Bar Held. li.VTRALlA. Waeh.. Jan. I. (Spe cial.) The bandit who abet and killed Lawrence Bar. prealdent of the Farm era' and Merchant' Bank, In Central! Saturday night, wu today poalUvely Identified as Adelbert B- Clarke, a mill wright, who waa employed at the East ern mil! In this city until December ?:. The criminal came to Centralia from Aberdeen on November 1. Iden tification was made by J. A. Walsh, a dispatcher for the O.-W. K. A N. In this r:ty; 11. E- Whittlesey, a brakeman for the Northern Pacific, and Frank Adams, a rlerk at Ilandals' Hotel, whers Clarke llred during; his stay here. Whittlesey recoenlxed a picture of the bandit published in a dally paper. It was at first thought that the three men might be mistaken, but since their Identification this morning many oth ers who knew Clarke in Centralia have visited t'ie County Jail and recognized him. I'mI Arssalalsseni Maar. Clarke was a pool expert and had be come acquainted with many men In Centralia throufh Tlsltlns; local pool rooms, and it Is considered Strang that he was not recognized before. In view of the many persons who have interviewed hiai at tlie Jail. Clarke was awakened from his sleep and confronted by Adams. Whittlesey and Walsh In his cell. Ho. raised him self on one arm. uttered an oath and covered his face with the covers of his tut. Clarke was ll seen at Handle's Hotel at noon on the day of th- trag edy, but his absence was not consid ered strange, as It was presumed that he had cone to South Bend to accept a position which had been offered him there. Search of bis room this morn Ins; by the local police unearthed a S44 pay check. Issued by the Eastern mil?, and a letter addressed to his tther. W. A. Clarke. In Aberdeen, .v. bfer Uvea la Aeerdeeaw Acquaintances of Clarke said today that for the past twovweeks he had brooded and appeared to be In trouble, and It Is believed that the man. spurred by accounts of previous successful hold-ups, was influenced Into attempt In c robbery here. Mr. William C. Llndsell. sister of "7axke. lives In Aberdeen, and Clarke hlmnelf Is well known In that city. W. A. Clarke, father of the mur derer, also la a millwright, and. assisted by Ms son. recently built two mills on Grays Harbor. The father la at present In British Columbia, and Is not wealthy, as has been Intimated on several occasions by his son. His brother Is employed at the Chehalls River Lumber A Shingle Company's mill. J'ist west of Centralia. and a let ter was received by the murderer this morning from V. E. Clarke, another brother, at Mark ham. Wash. The fam l.y moved to Washington from Michi gan several years ago. Clarke's mother Is livlns; In the East. Other C bargee Fall. The books of the Eastern mill show that Clarke waa not off a day In De cember, and he consequently cannot be connected with two hold-ups In Van couver and one In Everett early last month, as be Intimated to Paul P. Rob inson, detective, yesterday. Ernest Rlblett. a young man livlns- a few miles east of Centralia. whose name was engraved on the watch car ried by the bandit, was found at Ko plan today, where he is employed as engineer. He said that ha sold the timepiece to a man In Centralia a month ago. It waa at first thought that the murderer was either Rlblett himself or that Rlb lett was an accomplice In the attempted robbery, but his statement this morn ing proves the suspicions to be un grounded. Clarke formerly had a good reputa tion in Aberdeen, but he began gam bling and rapidly went Into evil ways. Ills friends In Centralia say that he was a poker fiend and that all his spare time was spent at a card table. Fewer! mt Bar Pathetle. The funeral of Lawrence Bar. presi dent of the bank, was held this after noon. The funeral Itself was private, but the cemeterv was filled with the friends of the murdered man and those who were drawn to the scene through curiosity. Kev. W. If. Thompson. Mayor-elect of the city, officiated at the services, and the scene was an impressive one. as the body of one of Centralta's best knova ctuzena waa lowered to the grave. All the banka of the city sus pended business during the services. IRWIN VANCOUVER MAYOR New Officials Sworn In. Appoint ments Are Made. VANCOrVER. Waslu Jan. X. (Spe clL The new officials of this city were sworn In at a meeting of the Council and Mayor tonight. Mayor C. p. Irwin (Republican) succeeds John P. Klggtns. Mr. Ktcglns was absent from the city. Kew Councilman elected to take of -ftea were E. H. Wright. Roy Wilkin son and F. R. Whelsn, Oeorge B. Sto ner waa re-elected. The holdover Councilman are W. O. Wetgle. J. J. Winters and William Tenney. Mayor Irwin announce.! the follow ing appointments: R. C. Sugg. Ctty At torney: Charles Hassom. City Clerk: James C. Oeoghegsn. City Treasurer. John Se.-rt.t was resppointed Chief of folic and Harry Burge. Jack H. rmitri. Wynn Gaaoway. Jesse Troeh and L. K. McCurdy were' named as policemen. C. K. McCall was named Klre Chief. F. M. Kettenrlng. City Engineer, and Kred Van Atta. Street Commissioner. ' j. w. tfhaw waa appointed Police Judge. JACKSON OPINION AWAITED Hood River Plans Good Roail Mote? After Drclelon. j After Deck HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. I (Special.) Ae soon aa the courts decide upon the legality of the Jackson County bond Issue for good roads, which undoubted ly will be aettled soon, the voters of this county will have submitted to them a large issue of bonds for the building and Improvements of good roads. The citizens are unanimously In favor of the bonding system and it is thought that bonds probably will be carried for at least ll.00O.S00. County Judge Culbertson Is desirous of including In the Issue a sum for the purpose of constructing a public dock on the Columbia. ""I'pon the early completion of the Panama Canal." said Judge Culbertson, "and the opening for navigation of the t'pper Columbia, the greatly increased snipping on the rivers Incident thereto doubtless will make it one of the busi est highways of traffic In the North west, and I believe that we can read ily foresee from this result a reduction of long-distance transportation rates to less than one-half the present rates and the consequent carrying of three fourths of our fruit products by water crafts. Then looking forward to such time, should we not provide ourselves with suitable river facilities for the promotion of this shipping? They will be easier obtained now by bonding along with our roads than any other way. The cost of a suitable dork probably would vary from 110.000 to IJS.ono, governed by the location and storage facilities provided in connection.'" PHONE ERROR IS FATAL wno' RMi.no vd is askf.d to FLAG TKAIN. Snitch Engine Meets Incoming Train Head-on, While Another -Track It Cleared. SALT LAKE CITT. Jan. 2. A mistake In calling a telephone number cost two men their lives, according to officials of the Denver A Rio Grande Railroad who investigated the collision between a switch engine and a south-bound freight train In the local yards last night. In which Fireman Gibson and Switchman Conley were killed. K. C. McLees. dispatcher of the Den ver ec Rto Grande, received a message over the telephone last night, saying that a north-bound engine was off the track In the yards and asking that an other engine be sent to help clear the track. The dispatcher ordered the switch engine on which Gibson and Conley were working to the north yard, after warning his Informant to see that the Incoming trains were flagged. The switch engine met an Incoming freight head on. It was discovered today that an Ore gon S mrt Line engine was derailed In the yards st the time of the wreck and whoever telephoned for another engine thought he was calling the Ore gon Short Line dispatchers office. Trains were flagged on the Short Line tracks but not on the Rio Grande. It has not been learned who sent the tele phone message. SCIO OFFICIALS CHANGE New Mayor and Council Take Places and Appointments Made. SCIO. Or, Jan. J. (Special) The new mayor and council elected last month took office yesterday. Under the new charter the city marshal Is appointed instead of being elected, as formerly. The present marshal. Newt Weddl e. waa appointed to succeed him self, and Dr. A. G. Prill was re-appointed health officer. The report of J. F. Wesely, the retiring treasurer, shows the city finances to be in good condition, and that the municipal water and light plant is producing a net profit of about 1400 a year, be sides furnishing the city with water and lights, to the value of 11000 to 11200 annually. It la probable that part of the net earnings from the plant will be turned into a sinking fund to provide ror fu ture equipment. The chairman of the light and water committee recommend ed that the rates for light and water to all persons Uvlng outside the cor porate limits be made double the rates charged Inside the city limits Mayor Cain appointed tbe various committees at the meeting yesterday. The new councllmen are: J. A. BU yeu. chairman; F. Jones. E. Fhelton. J. Kakacka, 8. Phillipl and O. H. McDonald. SOCIALISM'S NEED SHOWN Cottage Grove Pastor Declare God, Is Osential. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, Jan. 2. (Special.) "Every Socialist should be . ... . v. 1 1 . t d;wt .nil veev an DUCUivni . ii . in v. obedient child of God should be a So cialist. Sall Kev. nooeri ouu.niie Sundae Tits-hit In his address on 'So cialism, rius He completed the subject ot nis lecture Dy maaius n "Socialism, rlua God." "Socialism cannot succeed without the co-operation of God; the golden age of man for which Socialism strives can never be. and w!U never be until the platform Is constructed In con formity with the word of God." Such was the statement of the speaker, and he illustrated the point by reciting human interest events of his own life, giving cases which Socialism cannot solve, but which must be solved be fore Socialism can give to the world that perfect condition for which It strives. PAWNED GUN DEALS DEATH Destitute Man Picks Vp Revolver In Shop. Fit" Cartridges, Kills Srlf. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 2. (Special.) William Erhardt. aged II. walked Into a pawn shop today, asked to look at a revolver and was shown a JJ-callber gun by J. A. Ross, the clerk. Erhardt ake4 for and obtained some cartridges. FWote Ross knew what was happen ing. Erhardt loaded the revolver and shot himself In the temple, dying In stantly. In his clothes waa found a bottle of carbolic acid and a note saying that his wife lived at 14.14 Union street, San Francisco, and requesting she be noti fied to send for his body and that It be cremated. .He also left this note for his w fe: "Forgive me. Tlllle. for what I have done. Mv life Is missed without you and the little one. Never tell the little one what his father did. so be good. Bve-bye. wrLL." Erhardt was penniless. Chehalls ex-Judge Dies. CHEHALJS. Wash, Jan. S. (Specials Moves V. Toder died Sunday night at the Western Washington Hospital for the Insane at Stellacoom. after being confined there two weeks. Judge Todsr was a prominent member of the Lewis County bar 15 years ago. and had made his home In Chehalls and the county for 2i years. He was 75 vears old. Two daughters survive him. The funeral waa held here. Coal If up. Eofsen Fuel Co. 15. HUSKY GETS DECREE OF DIVORCE Suit Charging Parents With! Alienating Husband's Love Dismissed by Court. SEATTLE CASE ALSO FALLS Cruelty Is .Grounds on Whlcli Sep aration From Scion of Prominent Portland Family Is Allowed at Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Cleta Pearl Alisky, sister of Mrs. Mabelle Gllman torey. w. granted a divorce today by Judge Campbell from Charles W. Alisky, son of C. A. Alisky, a wealthy retired Portland confectioner. The decree was granted on a charge of crueltv. Judge Campbell also dis missed, with prejudice, the $150,000 damage suit, charging alienation of her husband's affections, against AHs ky's parents, the plaintiff to pay the costs. The decrees followed an agree ment reached by the parties to the suits through their attorneys. An alienation suit filed against Alisky's parents by Mrs. Alisky In Seattle also has been dismissed. The amount of alimony Mrs. Alisky is to receive wss not divulged, but the lawyers Intimated that It would be suf ficient for her to live on comfortably. alia Filed SlBaoItaaeously. 1 Suits for divorce were filed here the same day by Alisky and his wife. He charged her with unfaithfulness, and she accused him of cruelty and other grave offenses. The troubles of the Alisky family be came public in San Francisco August 1. when Mrs. Alisky gave out an in terview In which she announced her intention of filing suit for divorce and also suing her husband's parents for 1160.000 on the ground that they alien ated his affections. She said they had sought to separate herself and her husband by threats ot disinheritance and other means. She, said that she and her husband had at one t'.me entered Into an agreement by whic'i she was to obtain, a divorce, and he was to gtva her J10.0U0 and remarry her after his father had "set him up In business." j llnaband'a Parents Accused. Mrs. Alisky asked 15000 suit money and S50.000 permanent alimony. She alleged that her husband's parents en tertained a questionable woman in Sacramento In January. 1908, well knowing her character and relations with Alisky. Tbe couple separated in April. 1911, and Mrs. Alisky alleged that durt g that month her husband deceitfully In duced her to have an attorney prepare papers for divorce, and when she found he "was putting up a Job on her" she refused to sanction tbe filing of the complaint. She charged that her hus band obtained disreputable persons to manufacture false testimony against her, and In the "Poodle Dog," a San Francisco cafe, her husband conspired with Paul Dunphy. a Dr. Parker and a Mrs. Schmidt, otherwise known as Theo Willis, to obtain evidence against her. Alisky accused his wife of cruelty and alleged that she had wandered all over California with other men. The Aliskya were married October 14, 1907. In San Diego, CaL, when she was 20 years of age and her husband nearly 40. INTERFERENCE IS CURBED Supreme Court Rules on Case From Coos Connty 'District. SALEM. Or, Jan. I. (Special.) That the action of the S.ate of Oregon upon the relation of T. R. Sheridan and others against C J. Mills and others, appealed from Coos County, should have been brought by t-ie prosecuting at torney Instead of the Attorney-General is the substance of an opinion handed down In the Supreme Court to day by Justice Burnett. It was charged that the defendants unlawfully In truded Into the office of of a director of the Coos Bay. Rosebu'g A Eastern Railroad Navigation Company. Tue demurrer, to the effect that the action should have been brought by the prosecuting attorney, waa sustained n the lower court. Other opinions today wore: Dalford and Margaret Hawkins vs. John Dos and others, appealed froml.ane County, Lawrence T. Harris Judge; affirmed in an opinion by Juetlce Mcbnde. Thl la a suit to compel def.ndante to specifically perform the coiivevance of real property. Pete Hageatrom and others vs. J. w. Sweeney and others, appealed from Multno mah County. C. C Gamenbeln Judge; modi fied In an opinion by Chief Jotlc Eakln. This Is an action to reoover compensation fur work done. Sun Dial Kaach va. May Land Company, appealed from Multnomah County, Earl C Rronaugh Judge; a.'flrmed In an opinion by Justice Bean. This Is sn action upon a contract. Orchard Land Acreage 10,334. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Jan. . (Special.) 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