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Newspaper Page Text2 THE SUNDAY OR EGOXIAX. PORTLAND, MARCH 15, 1908. ANGER OF JUDGE l Dunne, Denounces" Ruef's Champions Among Rabbis and Higher Courts.' '. ANXIOUS TO SENTENCE HIM Grants Arrest of Juilffincnt on Point of Kaylng Fateful Words Says Kulibli Told Wilful False ThhhIs In . ' Affidavits. . SAN KRANeiStX March 14.-Jude linnes Indignation at the attemptb to prove that he hud promised Abe-Ruef im munity from . punishment and at . the higher courts for saving Schmit. and In cidentally Ruef. from the penitentiary, got the better of hu Judicial dignity today. He denounced us false the affidavits of Rabbis N-ieto .and Kaplan, and was on the point of sentencing Ruef on one of the indictment to wiieh the bous'had pleaded guilty when Ruef's attorney interposed a motion to arrest judgment. Then, he launched out in denunciation of the Court of Appeals and abruptly adjourned court, refusinK to rule on a motion to re duce Ruef's ball and thus foiling an at Umpt to secure that worthy'e release from Jail. Heney Move for Sentence. Assistant DiRtrlct Attorney Francis J. Meney had ask d for a week's time to see If pood Indictments could be carved out K the extortion indictments declared by 1 he Appellate Court, In the case of ex fcluyor fichmitz. who was convicted on the jtaunt- chargu, to be fatally defective, which election was unanimously sustained by tiie 'Supreme Court. Judge . Dunne,. howevr, dismissed four of the five In dictments, at tlie game time directing the-J-lHtrit Attorney to resubmit the fact 9 to another grand jijry. Whep Indictment 30. to which Ruef had pleaded suilty, came up. Prank J. Murphy, Rfjsoclate counsel for Ruef, asked that the Sffendant be allowed to withdraw his ph-a. bavins: filed a lengthy affidavit sev eral day ago as a foundation for this motion. - Mr. Heney opposed the withdrawal of the pica, argued that the facts In the In dictment had only been "defectively slated," and trint the defendant by plead ing guilty had waived all rights and was not entitled to be dineharK'd because of the decision of the Supreme Court. "He now stands before this court for sentence," said the Assistant District At torney, "and the recommendation of the District Attorney, tn view of the evidence In the Schmitx case. Is that the defend ant be given the full term of punishment provided by law for such cases." Judgo Denounce Rabbis. - Mr. Murphy then began to summarize the grounds upon which the motion was made. When -be reached thtft.part of Ruef's affidavit where he said that Dr. Jacob Nteu and ; Dr.. Bernard " Kaplan,, two prominent Jewish rabbis, had statx to the defendant that Judge Dunne had promised to" permit Uuf to withdraw his plea if lie pleaded guilty as" desired by the prosecution. Judge Dunne Interposed with: "Stop, Mr,, Murphy. I want to. stop you right there, to say that any person making any such statements as that is telling a wilful, villous falsehood and a deliberate untruth, made for no other purpose than to interfere with the admin istration of justice and to assist the greatest criminal that has ever appeared before the bar of this cpurt to escape his just deserts. . . "1 want to say that. If 1 had the power, would order this whole matter submit ted to the grand Jury, to the end that In dictments might be returned, but that power does not lie with the cpurt, but with the District Attorney. . "Let me tell you again, all persons, no matter how high their station or how re spectable their calling, should be brought to the bar of Justice and the higher their station and the more respectable their calling, the more reprehensible their con duct and the more certain and severe should be their punishment. "The motion Is denied. Abraham Ruef, stand up. Ruef Trembles on Verfce. The color fled from Ruef's face. For perhaps half a minute he did not move fronu hi chair. Then slowly he arose, and, pale and agitated, he stood by the side of his counsel, expecting1 that the next few words from Judge Dunne would be his sentence, and only re course to habeas corpus would save htm from being taken to the peniten tiary. Mr. Murphy was utterly taken bat k by the sudden turn of affairs. Judge Dunne slowly recited the his tory of the vase and the defendant's pica of guilty. When the Court said, Abraham Ruef. do you know of any legal grounds why sentence should not be passed upon you?" Mr. Murphy has tily interposed a motion to arrest judgment,, while Ruef sank back into his chair. Mr. H uoy then said: When Court. Reverse Themselves. Thf oniy chanc ih people have to have Mr. Ru pimiihs3 tmrjer thl p!a 19 for his b.mor t aentenc Mm. The defendant has trw right of appeal. The people have never had any opportunity t argue ihta cte before the buprcmw Court. akd for a hearing in the Srhmiu ease, bui .we were refused. It may b that the Suprfm Court of this state may Jtvoover that H raff committed error. It- would Hot be the iVt that' that It 1 acknowledged rommlttlng error, nor wouM it be the fir? time the same sort of thin happened tn ther states. 1 recall that in ijisuoun. when the t-ollvieai b-,v Sutler.. w convicted and Ms ease reached the Suprem Court of Missouri, it rverad tn such a way that he went free. I recall aisu that within three months the vtiine trouble agvtn came before the court, with fon.e intgntricant perscnage having bees vonvit tid. and the court very promptly re ered Uself and held th other way. It la barlT pottb!e that a change of .heart or. a char.s of understanding or a change of soma kind might occur here. Shot at Appellate Court. "Vf." interjected the Court, "that might happen with some other defend ant, but not the one now before the BREAKS IS Court." Continuing. Judge Dunne said: Tl)e" defendant would be sent to Fo'som frr the maximum term permitted by av If the Fuprero Court had aot coin to his relief on Monday Hut at this tUn I sea no alterna tive than to grant the motion. I want tr ny here. both a a cltlten and as a Judicial official, that In my orlnton It la a matter much 19 be ref-retted th; rne Appellate Court did not reach a conclusion, equally ope to them, which would bring aa Hiuoh comfort and encouragement to the forces of good aa the conclusion which they did rtova w4ii bring to tha force? of evil throught'Ut the state. ; Keeps Ruef In Jail. . . Mr. Murphy then brought up the matter 'of the double indictment, ene aeries of which he wanted dismissed, reducinjf- Kuef'g bail by feaJX Jud-: i Dunne picked up his papers and lfft the- bench, saying: . - "That's a matter between you and the District Attorney," while Mr. Mur phy kept shouting: 1 "I want to make a motion. T want "to make a -mutton." until the Judge-disappeared in .hhi chambers.-. Ruef cannot take any. further action in the matter of the dismissal of thf second set of indictments and furnish bail on the others until Monday morning. BVRXS FILES LONG AFFIDAVIT Scores Rabbis and Act-uses Defense of Deliberate Falsehood. SAX FRANCISCO. March .'l4.-W.U-lam J. Bums, special agent for the prosecution, gave out tonight the text of his affidavit to be filed before Judge Lawlor in the Superior Court on Mon day next. The affidavit is the most voiumino.us that has been filed -Vet, with the exception of that 4of Special Prosecutor Heney, and cover ' 180 typewritten pages. Mr. Burns brings out no- new devel opments in 'hi affidavit and goes over much" o the ground gone over by Mr. Heney. and others of the prosecution. He scores .Rabbis ' .Kaplan -and Nieto and " points to alleged falsehoods in the affidavits filed by the xleferhse, es pecially those hlea1 by Abraham Ruef. The greater part of the paper is taken up with a detailed account of the work of the .special detective during the early days of the graft investigation. L NEVER DO IT CALIFORNIA BOY HAS ENOUGH ' OF ATTEMPTED SOCIDE. Tries to Kill Himself With Revolver Because Youthful Object of His "Affections Is ChillJ PETALL'MA, Cal.. March H. (Spe cial.) Because 16-year-oIJ Ann';Hen richsn refxMed to be his sweetheart any more, Lee Rbbertaon. a (red 18, at tempted sulfide here this afternoon by shooting himself In the side with a revolver. Inflicting a wound from which the physician attending him be lieve he will recover. The deed -was done, within slsht of the spot where only a few minutes before the lad had, bid the yirT a dramatic g-oodby after her refusal any" longer to consider hjm In the light of a suitor. ' The parting, which was soon fol lowed by "an attempt at a tragedy, took place -on the steps of the girl's home in Pont' street. For 8' long time the two stood there, the boy pleading for her favor, which she steadily refused. They had been school friends and. while' the friendship had .ripened to love on his part, shfc preferred that they should continue to be merely chums. At last he put the matter to a final test, plead ing with her to be his sweetheart. Steadily she refused. Then saying goodby, he -crossed the street,, while she went Into the house. He stood on the steps of the Washing ton school, pressed the muzzle 'of a re volver to his side and pulled the trig ger. V ' Toung Robertson says he will never aguin attempt to take hla Hfe, PAY MULAI HAFID TO" QUIT Jitimoreif JIo Will Receive Money for " Indefinite IMIgrlmuge. - MADRID, March 14. Official contirma tlon has been received here from Morocco of the report that Mulai Hafid, the In surgent Sultan, has submitted peace pro- posuls to Abd-el-Azfa. the Sultan of Record, it U rumored that an arrange ment may be made by which Mulai Hafid and ,his lieutenants will be furnished money for an indefinite pilgrimage to Mecca: in. other words, that they will be paid to leave the country. MULAI HAFID SVKS FOR PEACE Freiieli , Commander Telegraphs Troubles Are Xenrlng End. PARIS. March 14. The government at last believes that there is a good, prospect of a definite settlement of the trouble lnlMoroceo. This will be based upon the submission and elimination of Mulai Hand, the insurgent Sultan. While ne gotiations with Mulat Hafid. have not yet actually begun, General d' A made, the French commander in Morocco, tele graphs that supplications for peace have been received from Hand and his leaders. The General reports also that French troops are camped outside the gates of Settat and that the pacification of the en tire Chaoula region is proceeding rapidly. CROWN PRINCESS ADORED Roumanians Love Her Simple AVays and Her Kindness. BUCHAREST. ' Roumania. .. March 7. Crown Princesa Marie is regarded by the Roumanians, and proba.bly with justice, as the most beautiful Princess In Europe. She and her distinguished relative. Car men 8ylva. the Queen, are adored be cause of their simple, human ways and their whole-hearted sympathy with the poor and needy. ' She speaks the melodious Roumanian language without a trace of foreign ac rent. And -with the idiomatic accuracy of a born Roumanian. As she was, riding tn the public park the other day with her two little daughters they met two Wallacldan peasant chil dren selling basket work and rough brooms. The cavalcade was stopped and the - chlldven questioned. The Princeaa asked where they lived and found that their home was only a short distance from the city. She rod out there tlie next day with" her chlldrefc. carrying food and clothes. -v. There were happy times for the Wal-lat-hlans. and their happiness was in creased when the Princess "'commanded' them to go to the palace, where ahe gave them the task of instructing her chil dren twice a week in basket-making. RIDERS BURN THREE BARNS la.-ked Men to Number of 30 Raid Kentucky Farms. . VERaAiLLES. Ky.. March 14. Three barns in-.iyoodford County and one' Just across the line In -Scott County were burned early today by a party of masked men. The men were on horseback and in buKgies, the party numbering not more than 60. Hoppe Takes Two 'Games. COLUMBUS. O.. March ltWacob Schaefer was defeated by Willie Hopp in two games of 14.3 balk line billards played here this afternoon and tonight. Seventeen innings were required for Hoppe to make his 400 points in the after noon game while - Schaefer was making 345. Elglit innings rav Hoppe his 4t0 points In the ventng game while Schaefer was making 339. EIGHT DEAD GAS EXPLOSION Disastrous' Wreck of - Five Story Building in Business Part of NYtchez, Miss. CRASHES INTO TENEMENT Rear Wall, Torn Away by Force of Concussion, Crushes In Structure Adjoining -j--lty v-Hsms Been -i Placed Cnder Martial JLaw. NATCHEZ. Miss., March 14. Eight persons dead, another is badly'- injured and property valued at many thousands of dollars is a .mass of wreckage' to night as the result of an explosion of gas late today In. the basement of the five-story building occupied by the Natchez Drug Company, and located at the- corner of Main and North ; Urflori streetsnear the business' section of the city.. The dead: CLEVE LAUBAT, aged 25 years, sin- 8le-.' ' . . JIBS. KETTERINGHAM. - ' MISS LEOLEA BOOTH. ' i XJZZIE WORTHY. i CARRIE MURRAY. ' INEZ NETTERV1LL.E. . j ADA WHITE. EL.IAS HOCHKISS, a carpenter, who ran. from the building and fell, break ing his neck. ; ' , Injured: ' John Karkeck, both legs broken; not expected -to live. J -The explosion tore away the rear wall of -the building, which, in falling, crushed in an adjoining tenement building. - immediately following the explosion the wreckage caught fire. A stiff Mind which was blowing carried huge sparks to the. -north and west, setting fire to 18 residences, seven of which were destroyed. K All business- has been suspended and the-elty has ben placed under martial law'ttiUi local companies of militia on duty. - ' . Tomorrow the work of recovering the bodies of the victims, buried under great piles of brick and iron debris will begin. Owing to the Intense heat thl3 is iniposible tonight. :. - ONE DEAD IX ST. L.OU1S FIRE r ' ' Vnion Station Threatened With De struction Through Gas Explosion. ST. LOUIS. March 14. St. Louis Union station, one of the finest in the world, was threatened with destruc tion tonight by a Are resulting from an explosion of a gas tank under a passenger-tar, and only quick work by firemen saved the great train-shed. As- it was. eight passenger coaches we,re ruined and a section of the shed was destroyed. The total damage is estimated at from 150.000 to 375.000. Trains were preparing for departure cjV several of the station's 27 tracks When the wooden colling of the train shed caught fire and scores of passen gers, many of them women, became panic-stricken and leaped from the cars. As they ran from the blazing arch behind, they found the gates lead ing to the Midway closed. A squad of policerpen- held the frightened passen gers back while a train caller stand fng near the burning cars with a meg aphone assured them that there, was no danger: Assistant Fire Chief Thomas W. Rucker was dangerously hurt and his driver, Harry Docrr. was killed as the result of a collision tonight between Rurker's buggy and a streetcar while making , run to the Ore. POLICEMEN AS ROBBERS Take Men Off Streetcar and Empty Their Pockets. NEW ORLEANS. March : 14. Following the complaint of two laborers that they had been taken off a streetcar at the muzzle of a pistol, conducted to a nearby building and there robbed, a squad of po lice today went to the building and were surprised to find two of their brother officers in the place. One of the officers. Supernumerary Pa trolman Warren E. Bofill, was Identified as the man who ordered the citizens off the oar. after he had shown them his police badge. - The other officer. Patrol man Arthur . Connellc, was declared to be the man who had sat at an Impro vised desk and answered questions when Bofill- addressed him as sergeant. Bofill was locked up on several charges. Con nella was suspended. - . - l ECHO OF THE TODD CASE Ingenious Infernal Machine Uncov ered in Logging Camp. HOQUIAM. Wash.. March .14. (Special.) An ingenious Infernal machine was found today In Ly tie's logging camp, where it had been loft by Ralph Steel, the man who murdered Frank Todd in tills city some months ago and- who af terward hanged himself In the County Jail. The machine is cleverly constructed and was capable of blowing the entire camp to splinters. A bottle of acid at tached to an-: axle In a box was to be slowly tilted by the works of a common alarm clock, which was geared to the axle, until the contents - should run through a tin trough into a cup contain ing the detonating fluid which should ex plode the dynamite. Why it was unused will never be known. CROCKER OPERATED UPON Subjects Himself to Knife to Gain Relief From Ailment. . NEW TORK. Marcl 14. For the re lief of an ailment from which he suf fered for more than a year, George Crocker, one of the heirs to the $30, 000.000 Crocker estate in San Fran cisco, underwent an operation today in his home in this city. The nature of the operation the attending physicians declined to state. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Admiral Theodore F. Kane. NEW TORK. March 14. Rear-Admiral Theodora F. Kane, retired.- died here to day, aged & During the Civil War be I was active in naval service on the Baln . bridge, the Savannah and the Neptune. Veteran of the Alabama. ATCHISON. Kas.. March 14. Fred erick W. Foster, machinist and gunner on the Confederate cruiser Alabama during the Civil War. and one of the 40,men who escaped when that vessel was sunk by the United States cruiser Kearsarge. died 'here today. Foster kept his connection with the Ala bama's career a ser-ret until less than a year ago. as he feared that he might have to give evidence before a board of arbitration. He was an apprentice In the English navy years ago. Edward L. Day, Quaker Oats King. LOS ANGELES, March 14. Edward L. Day, the millionaire head of the Quaker Oats Manufacturing Company, of Cleve land, Ohio, died at 3 o'clock this after noon at the Good Samaritan Hospital in this city. Death was due to uraemio poi soning. Mr. Day. with his wife, had been for sometime a guest at the Hotel Pepper. He was .73 years of age. - Ex-Mayor Sawyer, of - Pittsburg. - LOS ANGELES. Cal., March 14. Benalr C. Sawyer. Mayor of Pittsburg tn the early '60s, and for 40 years a prom inent resident of Colorado and Califor nia, died here yesterday. v-. HE CANNOT SERVE BOTH DEVLIN" XOT TO CONDUCT HAR KIMAX REBATE CASES. Tries to Serve Both Government and Railroad, but Is Prime Favorite With the Southern Pacific. SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. (Spe cial. )-InfiuIries fn regrard to the delay in instituting prosecutions against the Southern Pacific for rebating have elicited the explanation from Wash ington that United Statf-8 Attorney Robert T. Devlin is to be displaced for these cases by a special ' agent of the Attorney-General. The disqualification of Mr. Devlin is based on his affilfations, legal and po litical, with the Harrirnan company. Mr. Devlin acted as attorney .for the Southern Pacific in Sacramento before his appointment to his present posi tion. It was thought that with his appointment he had relinquished the railroad business, but a recent case re vealed the peculiar arrangement by which Mr. Devlin continued to act as attorney for the railroad while inves tigating its wrongful acts. The at tention of the administration at Wash ington was called to this state of af fairs, and then it was that a delay in .the arrangements for the local prose cutions was ordered. Mr. Devlin professes to see nothing awry in his double service, to the South ern Pacific on the one hand and the Gov ernment on the other. Mr. Devlin's po litical connections with the Southern Pa cific are so close that it has been current gossip that the machine was grooming him for the United States Senatorship. At Mr. Devlin's offices today it was stated that the rebating as disclosed by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane was purely a state affair. On ' the contrary, Mr. Lane held that the violations were interstate. . Local influences -have, been .used t'. Mr. Devlin displaced in all -nmsoc against the railroad. 3 $5,000,000 FINE STAND Venezuela Superidr Court Confirms Judgment Agra in Company. CARACAS, Venezuela,' March 12, via "Willemstad, Curacao. March 14. The Superior Court today handed down a ver dict confirming the judgment of the lower court, which condemned the New York & Bermudez Asphalt Company to pay a fine of J5.000.000 to the Venezuelan government for having extended assistance to the revolution which was directed against President Castro. This sum ts the esti mated cost of putting down the revolu tion. Tfce company will appeal to the Court of Cassation. . The controversy between the asphalt company and the Venezuelan government has been long and bitter and was in a critical state at the time that Herbert W. Bowen was American Minister at Cara cas. On this occasion the State Depart ment sent what was practically an ulti matum to Venezuela in regard to the matter. The charge that the company aided. the revolution with funds has been substantiated, officials of the company having testified to the truth of this state ment in New York In 1905. MAKES PLEA FOR TRAIL Ezra Sleeker Speaks Before Automo bile Men' In St. Ixtuis. ST. IXUIS, Mo.. March 14. (Special.) Ezra Meeker last night addressed the St. Louis Automobile Manufacturers' & Dealers' Associatloii" at the Washington Hotel on "The Oregon Trail and Na tional Highways." Mr. Meeker said the famous trail which practically started from St. Louis should be perpetuated by a great National high way upon which automobile tourists could spend their vacations instead of going abroad. He urged the association to da all in its power to secure the passage of the appropriation bill now before Con gress to build monuments along the trail. Mr. Meeker said President Roosevelt ha3 told him the Federal" Government shoulS build such a highway. The Auto mobile Association will probably act on Mr. Meeker's suggestion at its ' banquet, which Is now being arranged for next month. PISTOL DUEL IS FATAL i Two Men Shoot Each Other In Room for Unknown Reason. BUTTE. Mont.. March 14. A special to the Miner from Sheridan, Wyo.. says: Mystery surrounds the death of W. S. Buncker and Herman Hanken. who ar rived here from Iowa last night and reg istered at the Pepper Hotel, bought, a drink and shortly afterwards retired to their room. Both were well dressed and announced that they had come out to work at the McShane tie camp. Guests of the hotel heard some loud talk, followed by a num ber of shots in quick succession. Buncker was found lying dead across the foot of the bed. a 32-caliber revolver in his hand and a bullet hole through his head. Han ken was lying on the floor, dead, from a bullet through the head, and holding a .38-callber revolver in his hand. But one empty shell remained In each revolver. I ' Rnhber Shoe Factories Close. WOONSOCKET, R. L, March 14. The Alice rubber-shoe mill and the Millville rubber-boot mill of the United States Hubber Company, closed today for an In definite period. About 0300 employes are affected ' J. " T THE BILL Burton's Reasons for Oppos ing Fowler Measure. MAKES RADICAL CHANGE Says Guaranty of Deposits Would Encourage Reckless Banking and Speculation and, Depositor Would Lose at the Finish. 'WASHINGTON, March 14. Representa tive Burton, of Ohio, today submitted to the House his minority report as a mem ber of the baft king and currency com mittee, dissenting from the majority re port, which recommended the passage of the Fowler currency bill. Mr. Burton's ' report concerns itself wholly with the Fowler bill and his reasons for opposing it, and makes no reference to either the Aldrlch bill or .the Williams bill, the latter, measure having been recommended by the Democratic members In a minority report. In his repdrt Mr. Burton says that he does, not regard the passage of the Fowler bill as either practicable or desirable at this time. He adds: Good Points of Bill. This bill raakee elaborate provisions for the changed conditions which would ejist by reason of the adoption of Its provisions. It has many features which will roeftt with very general commendation and .no doubt. If legislation should be framed for the crea tion of a banking system, many of . them would be adopted. It contemplates the issue of bank notes against assets in accordance with the demands of business, thereby giving elasticity to the currency and adjusting its volume to the requirement of trade. It may toe conceded that this is the most correct principle for the issuance of currency. After citing further provisions of the bill and admitting the soundness of their theory, Mr. Burton says: Revolution in Currency. At the same time the meajmre Is most revo lutionary In it character. The changes con templated are quite as radical as have ever been attempted in any advanced country, save undr the stress of highly exceptional cir cumstances, euch as are exacted by war or a change in the form of government. For more than 40 years there has been a cur rency which, however unsatisfactory it may be In Important particuiitre, has possessed the quality of undoubted security. The poo pie will not readily consent to so marked a departure as would be involved in the sub stitution of a guaranty . fund which hi ex pected to ecure not only a probable $1,000. OCO.0O0 of toank notes, but 113.000.000,000 or deposits. ' Danger of Giving Guaranty. While the voluntary agreement of banks for the ' guaranty of common deposits Is worthy of universal approval, a compulsory guaranty fas dangerous and unprecedented. Such a provision places upon the same level the banker of prudence and honesty and the one who Is careless and ready to resort to questionable methods. If there Is any line of business in which car and conservatism it If ban k trig. Th is proposed $ Uie very qualities at a 4Des- a -premium to those oi recKiess ana aisnonest Under a guaranty of deposits of depositors would Inevitably to banks or financial institutions in center, because higher rates of culd be obtained, though the re sult uVtiM be that capital would be invented In a manner which .would be sure to lead to speculation and to unsuccessful undertakings. In the long run the public , as In the cawe of all oppreMive or unnatural. legislation, would be- compelled to bear the Iop, either ! the form of higher rates ot interest or of a Tower return upon deposits. . BROADEN SCHOOLS' SCOPE Mothers Congress Advocates Using Buildings to Extend Influence. WASHINGTON, March 14. At a meet ing of the advisory council and officers of the National Congress of Mothers -held at the White House today, at which Pres ident Roosevelt presided, a letter was read from Commissioner of Education Brown, indorsing the movement for which the congress has -alood from the begin ning, looking to the use of public school buildings for meeting purposes to accom plish an extension of the Influence of the schools In the community and at the same time to bring about a more fruitful participation of the parents in the social life of their children. The Commissioner said : "This seems to me one of the ways in which the sehoolhouses can be made a more valuable asset for the community." The suggestion received the hearty ap proval of the President and council. ROBBERS ARE HELD AT BAY Completely, Surrounded by Posse . With Much Ammunition. WANS. Okla., March 14. Completely surrounded by determined posses, the robbers who successfully held up the Bank of Tyro, at Tyro. Kan., yesterday, are tonight seven miles south of here holding their pursuers at bay. A large number of men armed with long-range rifles and a big supply of cartridges left here tonight for the hiding place of the desperadoes, and it is be lieved that the robbers will try to break through the line of sentinels tonight and a battle is expected. . State Gets Many Bids. OLYMPIA. Wash., March 14. (Special.) The Board of Control started the open ing of bids for the next six months' sup plies at the various state institutions to day. More bids were received than ever before. ore Is certain if you take Hood's tKi M gri to spe y.e Thia great medicine cures those eruptions, pimples and boils that appear at all seasons; cures scrofula sores, salt rheum or eczema; adapts itself equally well to, and also cures, dys pepsia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu matism and catarrh; cures nervous troubles, debility and that tired feeling. Sarsatabs For those who prefer medicine in tab- .iT;,. !'?rT?" now put up in cooco- M c K Tyler. Burlmeton. Vt., luted tablets culled fcarsatAbs. as well as in toe usual nyt . " Th. cares of a large farm, so liquid form. S&rsatabs have identically the same moth to do and so little health to do it curative properties as the liquid form, besides accu- with, eansed almost a complete hrealc CT.of dose, convenience, economy.-, loss bv evap- tS'tT oration, breakage, or leakage. Drureists or promptly appetite, natural ieep. perfect health, by mail. C I. Hood Co-, Lowell, Maes. strength to do all my work." 'Tis Spring! I Need a New Suit I demand the best for the price Ergo ! Me, . to the Columbia Tailors My every wish is satisfied there. I may choose from hundreds of ' patterns, weaves, a variety of new colorings and any style I want, ' at any price I care to pay. I get the proper fit the skill of the artist tailor the courtesy and attention that tickles a man's van ity. In short, if I paid twice as much to any other tailor, I . could get no better selection, no lower price, no more expert work. which way -shall I take? THE READY-MADE ROUTE THE TAILOR-MADE ROUTE . Where experienced salesmanship teases me to take that in which there is the greatest profit to the merchant, regardless of what I hoped to be able to buy. Where fit counts for less and profit for all. FOR ME WOULD LIE TO mil US EX" ROPE THINKS UNITED STATES TOO BVMPTIOVS. Jealous of Japan's Success, Says Hepburn, Britain Alone AVould Not Rejoice in Our Defeat. NEW TORK, March 14. Ex-Controller of the Currency A. B. "Hepburn, now president of the Chase National Bank, after a two month's sojourn tn Europe gave out the following interview today : The one thing- that most atronely im presses itself upon the mind of a care ful observer in Europe at the present time Is the fact that the Continent of Europe does not like the United States. They re gard us as a bumptious people that ought to be spanked into some sort of decorum, and they would welcome and rejoice in an International complication not involving themselves that would brlns us into diffi culties. We are their commercial and finan cial rivals They think- or affect to. that their present- financial and commercial diffi culties are chargeable to us. It Is our (rowing importance as a naval and military power that most disturbs them. It disturbs- the international balance of power as it heretofore existed and upon which their diplomacy has heretofore been based. Neither does the Continent of Europe like Japan, and for similar reasons. Her re cently achieved naval and military prestlpre and her English alliance have brought Japan into the front in the family of nations, and as a force that must be reckoned with in world politics. Commerce is rufferlng a serious check and is bound in future. In view Tof the wonderful commercial adapta bility1 and activity of the Japanese, to en counter a competition heretofore unknown. England is the only European power that would not ' welcome a condition of affairs that might bring to us disaster or defeat. Sewer Trench Caves In. CENTRALIA, Wash.. March 14. Spe-' clal.) Messrs. Mills and Davis, who have the contract of installing the lateral sewer system in this city, have a large crew of men at work. Four carloads of sewer pipe have been received, and this isbe Ing laid as fast as it arrives. 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