THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, I'OR' 1 AN D, FEBltUAKir 0, 1908.
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SUSPECT BAYS OF
BRUTAL NIMH
JCoon, replacing one of the resigning
trustees,- H. Id:. Cake and W. C. Noon,
Jr. She will act with W. J. Armstrong,
but the third trustee is yet to be se
lected. The attorneys in the case have
been unable to decide as to the tnird
trustee and Circuit Judge O'Day sug
gested yesterday Uiat -lie might take
the appointment info his own hands
unless the matter were expedited. The
judge suggested several names for the
appointment. A week ago Judge O'Lmy
returned a decision affirming the right
of JIrs: Noon to a half interest in the
Noon Bag Company and directing the
.appointment of two trustees to fill ex
isting vacancies.
iCOIRT FIXES DR. EISEX $500
LOSES A BIG ROLL
ADVANCED
TAILORING
Waitsburg "Booster" Victim
of Clever Pickpocket.
WE always krjep ahead of
the procession suffi
ciently t;o cause our
work to show a h individual
ity which discerning men tell
us Is refreshingly; original.
Still busy dres ?ing hundreds
of shrewd and economical buy
ers who are taking advantage
of our offer to include un extra
lnir of. troimers, for the pricu
of suit alone. !
Authorities Work on Theory
That Youths Now in Jail"
Killed August Schaffer.
ROBBED IN- LOCAL CAFE
POL
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CONFESS TWO ROBBERIES
JJut Hayward, West and liaukc
strenuously Pony Shooting tlie
Karm laborer In Hold-up
a Week Ago.
Murder in the first degree is the crime
for which three Portland young men may
have to answer. Highway robbery is- al
ready proved against them and now the
county authorities are weaving a web of
clrumptances that point to the trio as the
coldblooded murderers of August Schaf
fer, who was a laborer on the Iadd farm
near Hillsdale.
Dell Hayward, Merl West and Earl
Hanke are the three young men. All have
pood homes and respectable parents here.
They are not hoodlums or roughs, but
young men of more than ordinary intel
lect and education. They set about rob
bery as much for adventure as with any
idea of gain. For more than a week they
kept the city and county authorities in a
turmoil with a series of hold-ups of the
boldest and most unprofessional charac
ter. At least two of their victims, show
ing an unwillingness to part with money,
were allowed to keep what they had.
Last Saturday night Schaffer was killed
in resisting thugs, and on Monday night
a postoffice' in the county was' robbed.
Sheriff Stevens and Deputy Sheriff
Bulger took up the case at this
time and devoted their entire attention
to lo(tking for the thuga. The officers
were soon on the trail of the three youths
in question, and arrested them at their
homes. West tried to draw, a gun, but
.Sheriff Stevens got the drop on him and
he weakened.
Since the arrest of the trio the officers
have been spending several hours a day
with the captives, questioning them about
their movements of late. Confessions of
two hold-ups were secured from them on
Friday.
Confess in 'Svtcutlw."
Late yesterday afternoon, following a
prolonged cross-examination, the three
confessed to being the perpetrators of
the hold-ups that caused so much trouble
ten days ago. They denied, however,
having killed Schaffer. but since that
killing was in their zone of operations
and the description of the murderers an
swers that of Hnywarfl and West. Sheriff
Stevens and Deputy Bulger think they
have the right men.
Schaffer was killed while trying to
overpower one of two men who had held
him up, together with three other em
ployes of the Ladd farm. The four farm
hands were on their way to the city when
the two men stopped them. One held a
gun on the party while the other searched
the. victims.
Schnffer was the last man in line, and
as the thug started searching him he
pounced noon the fellow. Being the
stronger, Schaffer was winning the strug
gle when the other robber stepped
around from behind and shot him in the
Hide, inflicting a wound from which he
died the next day. Schaffer's companions
made no attempt to assist him, although
they might easily have caught the other
thug.
.Minute descriptions of the. murderers
were secured by Sheriff Stevens, together
with details ns to the manner in which
they went alout their worji. The de
scriptions were found to tally exactly
with that of Hayward and West. Hay-
ward is thought to be the one who fought
witlf Schaffer, and West is accused of
having done the killing.
Forced to Do Murder?
At the County Jail the trio does not
like to discuss the murder. They declare
it was not their work. They did several-hold-up
Jobs, but .point to the fact that
tiny lift two obstreperous victim? un
harmed when they might easily have
killed them. However, this proves noth
ing In their favor, since Schaffer pounced
on one of his assailants and: It was a
question of killing him or (jetting caught.
The crimes to which the three confess
are; Robhrry of an old man on the Ma
cadam road: hold-up of Seven Corners
saloon ; robbery and hold-up at Hillsdale
postolnVe: attempted hold-up of F. A.
Howd and three unknown men in a farm
wMgon on the Macadam road.
The pluck displayed by Howd surprised
the trio, .according to statements made
by them yesterday. They stopped him on
the Mncadam road and demanded that
he hold up his hand?. He refused to do
so and one of them threatened to kill.
They say Howd told them to go ahead
and shoot and then coolly walked away.
They were too much surprised to do any
thing, they said.
Three men in a wagon also refused to
be robbed. The wagon was coming in
from Hillsdale when the three youths say
they Htepped out and demanded a halt.
The driver merely whipped up the horses
and some one shouted "Ah, go to hell."
Again they did not shoot.
The task of getting a murder confes
sion out of them will be renewed today.
(Oven if this confession is not secured it Is
ttiteved sufficient evidence can be got to
gilher to hold Hayward and West.
West's revolver is of .58 caliber, the same
as that of the gun used In killing Sehaf
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TEMPTATION WAS TOO STKOXG
.".:-.. I J.' .rune- Explains Why She
lJ.ui.N-d Alaska Miner.
; r J. J ." nv.Uier of four young
, .iif'i, !i ion., fine the theft of $430
):.., IRVisoa. early last Fall,
n. .. .-!! i"ft the money in her keep
. .: ' - h-r see i- vent she should de
i i.-t v o--ir from her husband
,.t.,i ).'.) i,rl i. to ... Alaska. The woman
ni---.-i.i,-ie'l .--.! Circuit Judge Cle
ot'i'. ..'.-'- larceny from the
twrson. She at once pleaded guilty and
s.ild she wished to explain. She said she
met Davison on the street. They had
supper and several drinks together, and
then Davison began urging her to go
north with him. offering her everything
he had if she would go. She placed his
Jewelry and money in her purse and Da
vison left with her his valuables. She
did not really intend to commit theft,
she said. She admitted having left the
city with the valuables.
Judge Cleland took the matter of'sen
tenee under advisement. Mrs. .Tones
came to Portland only a short time be
fore her arrest. She deserted her hus-
band in British Columbia, being unable
to live with him. She brought her four
children here,, and they are now being
cared for by the authorities.
Widow to Be a Trustee.
Mrs. Emily J. Noon is to be ap
pointed one of the three trustees of the
t'Elato of her deceased husband, W. C.
ilPaitiior
in X-Kadltim Institute
Strenuously Denies His Guilt.
Dr. William Eisen, Danish Vice-Con
sul and part-owner of the notorious
X-Radium Institute, was fined $500 by
j circuit Judge O'Day yesterday after
n oon for having contributed to the de
li; iquency of a minor. Specifically,
sen was convicted of having per
for tned a criminal operation on Jennie
Sig. ers, 1" years old.
Ei een made a stir in court by aris
ing i tod declaring he was innocent and
that . District Attorney Manning had
given the guilty man immunity. He
referre Dr. Heymajis, his erstwhile
associate, as the man who really per
formed the operation.
Eisen was convicted several days
ago of th e crime charged against him.
He movec for a new trial, the motion
was overr uled. and he was ordered to
appear yes- lerday for sentence.
"Have yo i anything to say?" the
Court asked, v
"Yes. I ai XI innocent of the charge,"
he said. "1 lie guilty man is being
given protect! on b,y the District Attor
ney." Judge O'Day v then fined Eisen $500.
Thirty days ws allowed Di which to
appeal. Eisen o'jd not say whether or
not he had deci'ded to take the case
to the Supreme Curt. He was allowed
his liberty on bai 1-
DIRECTS WAR ON SALOONS
Rev. .T. R. Knodell', Xi;v Superin
tendent Anti-Sato. 9nr League.
Rev. J. R. Knodell, reccoitly appointed
superintendent of the Oi lcgon Anti-Saloon
League, was born i t. Nova Scotia
and came to the United States in 1872.
He removed to San Ber Teardino, Cali
fornia, in 1893, where he txecame pastor
of the Congregational Ch urch. He also
served for a time as past. r of the Con-
Rev. J. It. Knodell.
. Inlendeat Oregon
l.euguc.
civ Supc T
Anl - Snlo. n
gregational Church of Santa Croz. For
the past nine years he has held the of
fice of assistant superintendent of the
California Antt-Saloon League, having
charge of the work in Northern" and
Central California, with headquarters
at Oakland.
Mr. Knodell assumed charge of the
Anti-Saloon League in this state on
January 1 and is at present organizing
the counties of the state in preparation
for an anti-saloon campaign. Mr.
Knodell is said to possess superior in
tellectual gifts and an exceedingly
strong personality. He will occupy the
pulpit In Taylor-street Methodist
Church this morning, speaking on the
subject, "Foreglcams of the Coming
Day.".
THINKS IT POLITICAL TRICK
Ous C. Moser Believes Enemy Is
Trying to Hurt His Reputation.
Gus C Moser, who is a candidate for
the Republican nomination for District
Attorney, is much wrought up over what
he regards the scheme of a political en
emy to injure his reputation. He has
been informed that some person has been
calling, up women whom he has never
mot and in his name seeking an appoint
ment. He made the following- statement
last night:
Some unscrupulous scoundrel has recently
been telephoning to ladies in my name, pre
tending to want to make an appointment for
a meeting. He calls up some :Jady whom I
have never met or heard of, and. telling her
that he is Gus C. Moser, the attorney, says
he has seen her and would like ,to meet her.
This Is, no doubt, done by some political
enemy to injure my reputation. If he had
not in at least one Instance teleyxapned to a
lady whom I had never even semi, but who
lived at the home of a good friend of mine,
who. promptly informed me, 1 might never
have heard of the dastardly scheme. I warn
the offender that I shall vigorously prosecute
him If I learn his identity, and in the mean
time ' will much appreciate the kindness if
any one to whom he telephones in my name
will immediately advise me.
FAVORS THE PARCELS POST
J. 1). Chit wood Urges Grange to
Work for Reform.
"The farmers of this country want the
parcels post," declared J. D. Chit-wood in
an address yesterday afternoon before
Lents Grange. Mr. Chatwood said that
more than 20 years ago he had brought
the question before the State Grange, with
the result that it had ln?en favored ever
since by resolution and otherwise. Mr.
Chltwood said that the story circulated
that the farmers were not asking for the
parcels post, and did not- want It. was
made out of whole cloth.- He declared
that the demand came from the farmers
and that the farmers do wnant it.
Discussing the subject . further- Mr.
Chitwood said that the op-ppsition so far
had been able to prevent tiie passage of
a parcels post bill, although. the National
Grange bad sought to get such a bill
through Congress. He contended that the
Grangers should continue to educate the
people on tne advantages of the ss-stem
and It would come in time.
The other speakers .were Professor A.
F. Hers-hner. who compared Roosevelt to
Lincoln and 'Washington: Mrs. Toban,
who sioly; on the life -of Washing-tun, and
Miss Kockwell, whp told anecdotes of
Lincoln. - - .
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AV. B. Shaffer, of the Inland Empire
Excursion Party, Robbed of Wal
, let Containing Between $500
and $60 0 Last Night.
As a ri;sult of a neat piece of thievery,
which tjie victim suspects, but is not
positive, was done in a down town cafe
last nigiht following the - Inland Empire
banquet, the wire between Portland and
Waitsburg, Wash., sang . a merry - lay
somethii tg after the fashion of that popu
lar old liitty, "1 Find the Western Union
a Conve nience."-.
Follow ing the banquet, with its sub
sequent flights of oratory, w. B. Shaffer,
presldec.t of the Waitsburg Development
League,, in company with a number of
fellow .lunketers from the land of golden
grain, .repaired to the grillroom of his
hotel flir a s,ocial glass. There was a
dense :rowd in the cafe. During his
short stay there, Mr. Shaffer suddenly
missed his wallet, in which was snugly
tucked away checks, drafts and gold to
the amount of between $500 and $j00.
He imparted the news of the dis
agreeable discovery to his friends and
the Southern Pacific officials in charge
of the excursion. He riiade no com
plaint to the hotel management, nor
to the house detective, who plays a
stellar .role on occasions when such
Jarge crowds of tourists as the Inland
.Empire excursionists are guests of the
hotel.
Particular precautions were taken
by the house management to guard
against such depredations as the one
I -of which the "Waitsburg "booster" was
a victim, yet he felt sure the robbery
was committed there. The occasion
was ideal for a "grab" of this sort, for
the reason that there were millionaires
galore in the party of visitors, and all
of them, of course, - were provided
against financial embarrassment dur
j!ng the Jong and costly trip ahead of
them. Thousands upon thousands of
d'ollars in actual cash were hidden
a -ay in purse and wallet and some
cl.?ver pickpocket, sizing up the situ
ation, had iria.de tbe most of it. .
The matter w.-js laid before the rail
road company's ; special sleuths, who
wiir, work with the local police in an
effort to recover the money and bag
the "dip." '
Shaffer's loss Willi not interfere with
his pJeasure trip with his family, and
he was only nut to the inconvenience
of paying telegraph tolls to have addi
tional money sent him by wire. A con
siderable part of the lucre taken was
not negotiable, and the trick was so
cleverly done that Shaffer's suspicions
were at no time aroused.
DEMOCRATS I-JLAN A RALLY
AVill Open Cain-paign on Night of
Washington's Birthday.'
The Democrats of, Multnomah County
will this year celebrate Washington
bipthday by opening' their campaign on
the night of that ditte with a jjatriotie
gathering at which Several well-known
Democratic speakers will be beard. It
Is es pected that candidates for the vari
ous offices to be filled will be put for
ward at that time. 'John A. Jeffery. S.
C. Armitage and. Alex. Sweek are being
spoken of for Pre-sidential electors.
Several names are also being men
tioned for delegates 1 to the National
Convention. Among JSiem are those of
Governor Chamberlai p, D. M. Watson,
R. D. Inman, George 0 Hutchin, E. S.'
J. McAllister, James .Glcason, N. A.
Peery and Oglesby Ycving.
Other possible can pidates are. for
County Treasurer. Dan .MeAJIen; County
School .Superintendent. I H. W. Bchnke;
County Assessor. J. W. TV.p-j-uson ; Sher
iff. Tom Word; District v Attorney, John
Manning; County Clerk. "W. AV. Mcin
tosh; County Surveyor,. John A. Mc
Quinn. ,
Among those nientii med for State
Senators Jre G. W. All n, C. M. Buck
onmeyer. At. J. Malley, H. . "Wagenon,
John Montag, S.-C. Holcomb. l'-or Rep
resentatives, Dr. J. P. kray. nlos D.
N-jer. John B. Ryan. S. : P, Oshurn, G.
Y. Harry, Henry M. Ksti'.rly, Kfli. Ca
lm 0m, John Van Zante, J. W Grussl,
W.' 11. AjJdis, A. Wr. Cau thorn. Fred C.
Whltten.
WOULD TRY TRUST HERE
Government Will Push ' Prosecution
of Coast Furniture Combine.
Tracy C. Becker, special assistant to
the Aitorne'y-General, will ' leave 'this
week ftr Los Angele?, where he will ap
pear in behalf of the Government in an
extradition proceeding against the Pacific
Coast Furniture & Lumber Company in
an effort to 'bring the corportition into the
Federal Court here for trial. In the
argument Mr. JBecker will boy assisted by
BIG DISCOUNTS
ON UMBRELLAS
Our entire stock is now included
in a Clearance Sale, during: which we
offer the following special discounts:
All Colored Umbrellas at 25
Per Cent Discosmt
All Black Umbrellas From $7
Up, 20 Per Cent Discount
All Other Umlrelks at 10
Per Cent Discount
This is an unusual opportunity to
secure high-class goods at low prices.
Do not neglect it. Get your Summer
umbrella now. Our colored stock is
complete and vou can save 25 cents
on every dollar. We have black um
brellas from 75c up. Twenty years
In Portland. Repairing and recover
ing. Fine work at popular prices.
MEREDITH'S
TWO STOKES.
312 Washington St., near 6th. and
293 Morrison St., near jth.
SUIT AND
EXTRA TROUSERS
$25 TO $50
EARLY ARRIVALS IX SPRING
SI ITIXiS . INCILEtED IN SALE
Satisfaction (tuaranteed in all caften.
OarmentB to order in a day if required.
Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits a specialty.
WILLIAM JERREMS' SONS.
108 THIRD STREET
WE DON'T CLAIM
To carry all of the highest jrade
Pianos and Phonographs in the
market, but ,
We Do Garry The
PLAYER. PIANO
The best and only player Piano"
that plays 88 notes, or the entire
keyboard.
Hovenden-SouiePiancCo
372-374 Morrison, corner West
Park. Both phones.
Oscar Lawler, United States District
torney for California. The case will be
argued a week from tomorrow. ,
Mr. Becker is also in receipt of tele
graphic information that all of the pa
pers In the Oregon & California land
grant case have been expressed to him
from Washington, together with instruc
tions as to the Investigations he will be
expected to make. It was for the pur
pose of assuming charge of this impor
tant litigation that Mr. Becker was as
signed to this state. Assistant United
States Attorney Townsend spent several
weeks in Portland recently collecting in
formation on which tbe Government ex
pects to institute suit against the railroad
company to compel it to dispose of these
lands in accordance with the terms of the
grant by which the corporation acquired
the land from the Government originally.
It Is the data gathered by Mr. Townsend
Your
Grocer Sells
Our
Bolter at
85c tlie
Two-Pound
Square
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By W. C. BOTH
ChiciJO
and instructions from the United States
Attorney-General that have been for
warded to Mr. Becker from "Washington.
Until these documents have arrived and
Mr. Becker can examine them, he cannot
indicate how soon the proposed suit will
be filed by the Government against the
railroad corporation. ,
Filing Slowly" at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. S. (Special.)
Ml
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Tomorrow; we will increase
the supply to meet the de
mand for DAMASCUS
CREAMERY BUTTER at all reliable grocers, WEST
IDF arirl FAST ?inF A few locations on the East Side
oiLfc ana ziuil. whjf,h W(J 1iave horf,toforo bPnn 00m.
polled to leave alone, will also have regular distribution every week
from now on. Our call for first-class fresh cream has at last, been
answered by responsible cream s nippers enough to enable us to put
another wagon on permanently, and this vehicle will be- exclusively devoted to the West
Side trade, where discriminating purchasers have so patiently waited for this momentous
occasion. We will call on all West Side grocers as promptly as possible in order that you
may be able to get our; nutter at all reliable grocery stores. If for any reason your grocer
cannot supply you promptly, telephone us and -we will see that he gets DAMASt'i'S I'RKAM
EHY Bl'lTKH, or that a responsible grocer will temporarily supply you.
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CURRINSVILLE.OREixC S)
X. - VTr X FARMERS 23
Will buy a splendid good
Overcoat
or Raincoat
At our store
any more this
There is no
YES we have excellent Suits
for men at the same price
and plenty of them in
all our stores.
But five petitions of aspirants for nom
inations at the coming primary elec
tion have been filed in the County
Clerk's office. All arc by Republicans
and are as follows: For Constable in
Astoria precinct, John Sayer and Ed
ward Kdling; for Sheriff, M. R. Pom
eroy; for County Clerk, J. C. Clinton;
for Coroner, J. A. Gilbaugh. The reg
istration up to this time is much larger
than on the corresponding date of two
years ago and fully 90 per cent of tbe
voters are registering as Republicans.
Are iftiSe? X.
S- V S y - . hi i "WMBT -i H
- .c nz "trot tre S'JtCW tnofe
FARMERS
Don't pay
time of year-
need.
Tliird and Oat
First and YamFiill
Pardon Is Hcfused.
OL.YMP1A, Wash., Feb. 8. (Spccinl.)
Governor 'Mead -has refused to grant the
parole recommended' by the Prison Board
for J. E. Brown, sentenced in November,
1S04, from Whitman County, to a term of
live years, on the charge of attempt to
murder. Brown assaulted and shot T. J.
Turnbow, a prominent resident of Gar
field, in the Summer of 1903. Turnbow
lived for over a year, though a helpless
paralytic.
We
Guarantee .
the Purity
and Quality
of Damascus
Creamery
Butter
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