THIS MOIlMNCi OKEGOXIAX. MONDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1 umiim urnnninrn UU b toot btn FRAUD j CONFESSES Supposed Robbery of Express Car Only Ruse to Cover Theft of $20,000. BROTHER IS IMPLICATED Vndcr Operation of "Third Degree," 2-Year-Old- Employe Tells How lie Wounded Himself to Sim ulate Murderous Attack. BAKERSFIELT). Cal.. Dec. 15. Mar Yin W. Hamby. the 23-year-old express mensenBer, whose ear on the Sunset Western train of the Santa Fe Rail road was robbed of S20.145 In gold near here last week, broke down today and confessed he had robbed the safe with the aid of his 16-year-old brother, Mel ln. The money, which had been hidden by the boys In a brickyard at Kern Junction, was recovered, with the ex ception of J300, which was found In Melvin's room. Both brothers are in JaiL After having made his confession, Hamby led officers to the place where the money had been buried and where the brother was taken into custody. The robbery was committed laBt Mon day night. Imjury Successfully Simulated. After tellinff a story of an attack by two robbers who had laid him un conscious with a blow on liie head, the young messenger was takoa to a hos pital in Taft, where he shflmmed in jury so successfully that noi until yes terday was he seriously suspected. Then he was brought back her and today was subjected to a "third dgrse" tor five hours by railroad and express de tectives. Finally, breaking down, Himby threw his hands over his head and, weeping, sobbed out: "Ob, I did it myself." Then he told where the money was buried, how he had conceived the plan of the robbery and how he had carried It out. Younger Boy l ain Orders. In his confession Marvin shouldered the entire responsibility for the theft, declaring that, although Melvin had taken the bags of gold when he had thrown them from the train and buried them, the younger lad did everything under instructions. "I knew that my car was to carry a heavy shipment of gold to the First National Bank of Taft about the 10t: of the month," said Hamby, "so I posted Melvin at Kern Junction with Instruc tions to have a lantern and shovel. As we passed Kern Junction, three miles from Bakersfield, I heaved off the bags of gold. "Then I bumped my head against a trunk to make persons believe I had been hit there by a bandit, and just before the train pulled into Taft I bound myself hand and foot and rooted my head under a pile of mail sacks. I was lying jlke that when railroadmen and a Constable In Taft came Into my car. Moaey to Have Lata Burled. "When they questioned me I told them two bandits had entered the car just after we had passed Maricopa, and that after striking me on the head and knocking me out they had rifled the express safe, taking all of the 120.000 consigned to the First National Bank In Taft." The two agreed that they would let the money lie burled until excitement abated and the manhunt, which was Immediately Instituted by county, city and railroad authorities, had been given up. , Hamby had been an express messen ger on the Sunset Western run for nearly a year. EXPLOSION SPREADS FEAR Woman Who Hears Safecrackers Too Scared to Report. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) Cracksmen last night blew open the large safe at the Idaho Wood Com pany's yard in Pittsburg street, de molishing the entire interior of the of fice building, breaking out all of the jvindow lights In the structure, hurtling the safe against the wall and the outer steel door against the wall on the other side of the building. The combination had sot been turned and the safe door was unlocked at the time of the ex plosion. The yeggmen secured nothing- of value from the strong box, the robbers fleeing In fright because of the noise of the explosion which was heard sev eral blocks. Nitroglycerine was used but the Inner door remained on Its hinges after the explosion. The safe contained valuable papers. Mrs. F. R. Kelly, who lives about a block from the wood company's office, said: "I heard the noise of the explosion about 9 o'clock, but was too frightened to report the matter." BOYS KILL LARGE CRANE Lads Thinks Bird Is Stork, and Won der Where Is Baby. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) A long-legged crane, two boys and a dog were the principals in a tragedy today. In Oregon Slough on Hayden Island. In which the storkllke bird lost Its life. The boys.- with their .22 caliber rifle and stiepherd dog. were hunting on the island and came upon' the crane ftandtng on one leg. and probably asleep. Crawling close, one boy fired snd wounded the big crane. The dog followed the crane, which could not fly. hut tried to get to deeper water. anJ sm-ceedod in seizing the bird's leg. Soon the boys overtook the two floun dering creatures, and. wrapping a handkerchief around the crane's bill, pti ked him up bodily and carried him home. "Look, mamma, we've got a stork," the boys shouted, as they arrived at home, "but he didn't have a baby when we got him." REGIMENTS TO BE SHIFTED Fourteenth Kxpccted to Replace Xe gro Troops in Northwest. OREUONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 15. Though not definitely determined. It Is probable that the Fourteenth Infantry, now stationed at Fort Harrison and Fort Missoula. Mont., and Fort Lincoln. N. D.. will replace the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Law ton and Fort Wright when the colored regiment goes to Hawaii In January. If this move Is made. It Is probable no troops will replace the Fourteenth Infantry at the posts named, as all are tinted for abandonment DAUGHTER OF LATE RAILROAD MAGNATE, WHOSE EN GAGEMENT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. , - v . - .... i -V . t m . ' - - - x A f r' . v - W i ' f:t:;,,: . ii : I ::i:-ssi,i-sift teizmMms?-1 i ' ' ' 1 i FS338s MISS HELEV MISS GOULD 10 WED Bridegroom-to-Be Is Finley J. Shepard, of St. Louis. GOULD FAMILY PLEASED Friendship Begins in Jane, 1011, on Tour of Inspection of Railroad ' Y. M. CrA's. Fiance Once With Northern Pacific. Continued From First Pane.) and upwards of a million dollars. Sev eral railroad Y. M. C. A. buildings. others for naval men and several for the Young Women's Christian Associa tion have been erected In various cities through her generosity. Benefactions Take Unique Forma. Unique forms of her charity has been receptions she has given to waifs and self-supporting women at her estate near Tarrytown, N. Y., which includes a great playground especially fitted up for these parties. She has never been attracted by society. Only last July Miss Gould figured In a controversy with Rev. Elmer F. Huff ner, of Grand Junction, Colo., when he dealt severely with "bachelor maids' in a sermon, declaring spinsters should be isolated. Miss Gould was quoted as replying that he eld a great injustice to the bachelor maids, particularly to those who were devoting themselves to Ideals for the advancement of civilisation. As to her own case, she said: -"If I had found a suitable helpmate, I might have spent my money in a different way and a way which might not have done as much good as It has. Since the death of her parents. Miss Gould has been the Intimate friend of Mrs. Russell Sage, who has been one of her advisers in business and philan thropy. OFFERS OF MARRIAGE MANY Friends Taken by Surprise at Result of Western Trip. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. (Special.) wealthy In her own right. Miss Gould probably has received more proposals of marriage than any other woman in the world from suitors who offered crowns and suitors who had none. She has evaded so persistently and so de cidedly that none of her friends sus pected that when she went West on a tour of inspection of the railroad Young Men's Christian Associations, a philanthropy chiefly her own. she was starting on a trip that eventually would lead her to the altar. Miss Gould, with many officials of the Gould roads and their wives left St. Louis last year for a tour of the association branches. Among the party was Mr. Shepard. During the trip Mr. Shepard and Miss Gould were in each other's company much of the time and he seemed to take a keen interest in the project which Miss Gould was furthering.-When the trip - ended the attachment had srrown to the stronger sentiment, and after Miss Gould's return to New York constant communications and visits re suited in the betrothal announcement todar. Mr. Shepard Is a native of Connecti cut. He entered the railroad service in 1SS9 in the general offices of the Northern Pacific at St. Paul. After he had advanced to the position or as sistant general manager of that road he left in 1901 to go to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe at Chicago. The following year he was advanced to gen eral superintendent In charge of the Coast lines of the Santa Fe with head quarters at Los Angeles, where he re mained three years, leaving to engage In private business with railroad con nections. He went to the operating department of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain In June, 1911. When Mr. Bush, presi dent of the system, was chosen also to head the Denver & Rio Grande In Jan uary of this year Mr. Shepard was se lected as his assistant on the latter road. Recently ha was appointed as sistant to Mr. Bush on the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain Road. He is well informed lu musical mat MILLER GOULD, ters and has a natural fondness for books. He is an athlete and has been a good football player, a baseball pitcher, a good oar and a 100-yard sprinter.' Ho Is a good golfer and plays a strong game of tennis. There are few names of American women of the day more widely known here and abroad than that of Miss Gould. Her gif3 to educational, re ligious and civic institutions have placed her among the great phllanthro Dhlsts of the present time. Miss Gould is one of the six children of the late Jay Gould, who left an estate of more than $60,000,000 to be divided among them. Jav Gould died in December, 1892. Under his will George J. Gould received $5,000,000. The remainder of the great estate, after a few bequests to relatives had been paid, was divided equally among the six children, each receiving abou(. $10,000,000. Miss Gould was born in June, 1868. She was introduced to society at a larsro reception given by her mother in December, 1891. but since then has rarely taken part in the entertainment of the fashionable world. Miss Gould's best-known gifts have been $100,000 to Vassar College, an equal sum to the United States Gov ernment at the opening of the war with Spain; $38,000 to the University of the City of New York; $100,000 to es tablish the Hall of Fame at the uni versity; $50,000 to endow the Navy branch of the Y. M. C. A. In Sands street, Brooklyn; $30,000 to Improved the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. at Old Point Comfort; $10,000 to the Y. M. C. A. at Richmond, Va.; the site for the National Y. M. C. A. building in this city and $10,000, to the "White Plague" fund in the recent ' extension of the fight against tuberculosis. FRIENDSHIP I MONTHS OLD Couple Meet on Tour of Inspection of Railroad Y. M. G. A's. ST. LOUIS, Dec. - 16. Finley J. Shepard met Miss Gould soon after he entered the operating department of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain lines in June, 1911. He accompanied Miss Gould and her party last March over the Denver & Rio Grande when she made a tour of Inspection of the railroad's Y. M. C. "A. buildings. A close friendship sprang up from that trip. Mr. Shepard is 45 years old and the son of a Connecticut minister who died recently. He has been In railroad work since 1889. Before entering the serv ice of the Gould lines he was with the Northern Pacific and the Santa Fe. When R. F. Bush, president of the Mis souri 1 aclflc-lron Mountain lines, was chosen president of the Denver & Rio Grande In January. 1912, Mr. Shepard was selected.. as his' assistant and recently his appointment as assistant to President Bush on the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain with jurisdiction over all departments was announced. Since coming to St. Louis 18 months ago Mr. Shepard has been active so cially and is known as a lover of books, a musician of critical taste, and an all-round athlete. GEORGE WALLACE FOUND SUF FERING FROM WOUNDS. Injured' Person Says That lie Was Lured Onto Federal Reserva tion and Attacked. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) George Wallace, aged 38, mar ried, was found in the garrison this morning, in a. weakened condition from wounds Inflicted on his body. He was taken to the post hospital for treat ment. Wallace has been arrested -several times for beating his wife. The last occasion was on December 1. He was released December 2, In the morning. Wallace had been working at the North Bank roundhouse, but yesterday his connection was severed. He was seen on the street, under the influence of liquor, about 10:30 o'clock last night. According to Wallace, he was in duced by two soldiers to go to the res ervation last night, and when h ob jected to their treatment of him they pulled out a knife end slashed him and left him lying on the ground. Suffering from cold and loss of blood, Wallace was in a very weakened condi tion this morning when found. There Is no evidence that it was sol diers who mutilated Wallace. Colonel Young Is Investigating. . ( AEfiOK DRIVEN TO SEA, BUT SAVED Attaining Altitude of 8000 Fee in Gale, Two Men and Boy Descend Into Ocean. BOATS RACE TO RESCUE Racin? Sloop and Motor-Boat ATe Promptly on Spot One Man Is Unconscious, Other Swims With Young- Companion. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. Two men and a boy who were in the basket of a captive balloon that was parted from Its cable in Venice, a seashore resort, by a 30-mlle gale, were rescued today four miles at sea. One of the men, Sidney Neal Hamp ton, the balloon's pilot, 'was uncon scious when his body was disentangled from the mass of cordage enwrapping the big gasbag. John Waggoner, the other man, was picked up as he was battling with the heavy seas for the life of the lad, Charles Jordan, aged 9 years. The boy was uninjured. The rescue was effected within ten minutes after the balloon struck the water. Captain George Chllda, of the motor vessel Music, dragged Hampton aboard, while the crew of the racing sloop Mischief picked up Waggoner and the boy Jordan from the water some distance from where the sana weighted balloon had sunk. Wind Blowing Dansjerona Gale. The gasbag, with its vents pulled wide open, was fast being deflated and threatening momentarily to envelop the two men and the boy and press them beneath the surface when the Mu sic and the Mischief sped alongside. . Although the wind was blowing at a dangerous velocity all day, Hampton took Waggoner and young Jordan m the balloon basket for an ascension, An Instant after the cable had heon paid out to its full length the steel rope parted under the strain and the balloon shot upward. in a lew mo menu it had attained an altitude of several thousand feet, and. watched by hundreds of spectators, already under a strain by the seemingly hopeless quest for Kearny, It disappeared through a bank of clouds. Telephone calls wefe sent -to Ban Pedro and taie wireless stations flashed warnings to Catallna Island. nnali Race to Rescue. tr- A.-oInn M.a r.nr rt fn til 1 f T1JI isiana, moiorooats DreasLca mo l-1.lra ,m Kv th, nnrtheRftt cn 1 P. At the same time the Music, accompanied bounded out from behind the San Pedro By that time the balloon, which was niatHia from pnfnf Ftrm. nftrf attaineu an estimated altitude or kuuu reel, oee lng that the gale was driving the bal ton pulled his gas vents open and the bisr Dear-snapea Dag oeiao aroppma rapidly. &1 i in 1 1 v.-1-" - , ' - i - hi. ..aaottf t. , 1- Q 1 r 1 1 1 n 11 1 t i"l RAO ATI ti he . i n i"h Hit-. rr , n a miiip nunnpn and the Mischief, which heeled far over under its press of canvas, racea nrsi 10 the rescue. Sinn Savea Boy. tvi, lmiinnn hnket struck the water n-4,H a .n aai n Ti H a mOUt 1TT1 III P.Q lrl Lei V w,nt nnH,r Ham ntnn and WatTBTOner. the latter with the Jordan boy in his arms, were up above it, however, cling ing to the web of ropes spread over the balloon. th a rAnrMiinc hnats were beside them .Imna 4natonlv fl n it HmiltOn. 1 1 H I'O Tl - sclous and almost drowned, was taken out of the cordage ana arawn aoosra the Music. The crew of the Mischief n u'avtrnniir KwlmminiF a few feet away with the Jordan boy, and saved them both. All three were taken to a hospital to spend tne nignt. BUNCO COTTAGE RAIDED Wire-Tapping Apparatus Has Inno cent Housing in oronado. civ nipm Pal.. Dec. 15. Detec- tniin- awnnnAH rfnwn unon an ln- 11 . 1-1, 111 j -.' - 1 . ti ir s,4-,a o-A in 11 Y-riT! n fl O iiui ;iii.-ii'i.i i-i.i ii-n ' -ii -. and in it found the most elaborate bunco outfit ever oiscoverea in mis vicinity. There was a complete set of V - irl.tannnT OiliinrAlUH. lndudine dummy telephones, telegraph instru- . i .11.- I V- 1- lri..'n mentS, . Wail Ueil HA iu i.- n hi n i. v. i .- boards. There was also a grip full of bogus money. The raid followed a complaint made by Ernest SchleDei. a recent arrival from Montreal, who said he had been 1 - a l n n nf T r; ft in mnnAV anH n rheck for 11000 playing imaginary races with the aid of a wire supposed to nave Deen tapped. ' A .-..., 4-ltA i ii in a n f Dnnrlnlnh juau fa - ' ii rn n.w . was arrested on a charge of having been concerned In the swindle. HOME'S MANAGER RESIGNS Official at Sawtelle Says He Intend ed to Quit, Anyhow. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 15. Colonel T. Cochrane - trovernor of the Soldiers' Home In Sawtelle, has forwarded his resignation to the board of managers of the National Soldiers' Home. Cochrane's management of the home was the subject of a recent Senatorial investigation. He said today he had Intended resigning before the investi gation because of ill health, but be cause of the action .of the Inquiry he postponed his resignation until the completion of the investigation. CHEESE SCORING IS HIGH Competition Keen for Prizes Offered at Tillamook. TILLAMOOK. Or., Dec. 15. (Special.) There was a large attendance at the The Meier &' Frank Store Will NOT Be Open Tonight. Tillamook Commercial Club Thursday of cheesemakers and dairymen to wit ness the cheese-scoring contest ar ranged by the Tillamook County Creamery Association. Ten prizes were offered. All the large co-operative cheese companies participated and sent a display of Tillamook's famous cheese from their factories, which was placed on exhibition in the clubroom with the cheese that was entered for the contest. President Shrode. of the Commerclar" Club, welcomed the dairymen and oth ers, and some of the best talent of the city, including Mrs. F. W. Christensen, Mrs. D A. Mackenzie, Mrs. L. L. Ba ker ana James Hiner, entertained the visitors while the cheese was being scored, which was no easy task, as most of It had been made under the general supervision of F. W. Christensen. who is employed as inspector and grader of the cheese. Deputy Dairy and Food Commis sioner E. T. Judd made an address. The arrangements were in the hands of Carl Haberlach, K W. Christensen and George Williams. The scorers were C. Christensen, O. Friedll, of Portland, and E. T. Judd. The ten highest scores were as follows, all of whom were awarded prizes: Three Rivers Cream ery. John Pennock maker, 96.S6; Clover Leaf Creamery, Harry Thomas maker, 94.06: Long Prairie Creamery. H. M. Bebersteln maker. . 83.08: Falrview Dairy Association. Adrian Tinner mak er, 93.50; South Prairie Creamery, Al bert Schlappl maker. 93.45: Tillamook Creamery, Andrew Christensen, 93.33; Mohler Creamery, Hugh Barber maker, 93.25; East Beaver chese factory, T. W. Hlnes, maker, 93.25; Pleasant Valley Cheese Company, N. N. Kerby maker. 92.41; Maple Leaf Creamery, Guy Ford maker, 91.41. OUTLAW SOON TRAILED COLOItUJO HIGHWAYMAN MAY BE ESCAPED MURDERER. Vigilance of Train Crew Responsible for Capture of Robber Who Shot One or Victims. ; LEADVILLE, Colo., Dec. 13. The lone robber who held up the station agent and three other men at Pando, 20 miles west of Leadvllle, last night and murdered one of his victims, Wil liam Maxfleld, Is suspected of being Frank L Smith, a murderer who es caped last week from the Brighton JaiL In an hour and 20 minutes after the holdup and murder the desperado had been captured by members of a bridge crew, and now Is in jail at Redcllff. He gives his name as Burns. Robert Miller and Herman Hermes were waiting for westbound passen ger No. 5 when the bandit, wearing a black handkerchief tied over the lower part of his face, entered. He covered the two men and Kinney with his re volver and fired one shot at the ceil ing to extinguish the light and another shot inside the room where Kinney was working. This shot just grazed the agent. While the robber was thus engaged. Maxfield, an employe at the Ice pond, entering the building, was ordered to line up with the others. Securing Kinney's watch and $1.60 In cash the robber lined up the four men and ordered them to march ahead of him down the track. He allowed Kinney to return, however, as a train was ap proaching. Maxfield did not move fast enough, and being slightly deaf, failed to hear the command of the noiaup man to "hurry." The robber then struck him over the head with the butt of his weapon and fired one shot into his breast as the man fell. The others were released after pro ceeding a short distance and the rob ber disappeared. In the meantime Kinney had given the alarm and a gang of bridgemen heavily armed, boarded an eastbound freight train, suspecting that tne aes perado was hidden in one of the cars. When the ireignt stoppea m Ten nessee Fa.ss tne train was Bearciiou and the man found in the Ice bunker of a refrigerator car. He was taKen to Pando and identified as the robber. In the Jail, after giving his name as 'Burns." the man refused to answer questions. Moving of Liberty Bell Opposed. wiOUTV'f!TnV rA' IS TTflar that nJiaiHiiviiv-i, . - the Liberty Bell, if permitted to go to Han rrancisco ior inv rmiama-r -"- fhe& la Only Oi That If 0rw Omld to Onm Omr- anrays remember the full ume Xiook fa this signature on every bat 5a Much of the rheumatic Hi 1 pain tnat comes in aamp, changing weather is the work of uric acid crystals. 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