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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1904)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1904. THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, ORKC.ON. IS Characteristic of the Crookedness of San Francisco. UTILE GIRLS ARE ARRESTED A School Orgnid Wher Girl Are Taught tho Art of Stealing Good From tho Variou ' Store in By City. !.. ... ihrvwiM of Plltsbur;' millionaires, on from whom no human being could heeUle money, ami If any of Mrs. ChaJwkk tatement l cred ible It wa hu turn that h ex tracts from this trim business man. who, possibly, was not alone on hi Id of the transaction, although It hit not been made public, nor even I It suspected, who w associated with him. Mr. Chadwlck confess that sh owe Mr. FrWnd $500,000. Judging from lmlUr transaction of her It I not Impossible that she gave him note for $00.000. DESCENDANT OF DARWIN. San Frnnclsco, Pec. 21. The police have found, rlpht In the heart of San Francisco, what th.?y declare Is a school of shoplifting. In that school women, it Is said, have been taught with painstaking care to go Into the big stores and steal clothes and gar mentssteal them with such skill that a watchman's eye would not b able to detect them In the act. And this is no story of Fagin and his school for pickpockets no tale from the brain of novelist but a hard " fact In the Christian city of San Francisco and In the unimaginative year of 1904. 1 This school, where, the police allege, crime was taught by criminals, was In flat D at MS Larklrt street, between Turk and Eddy streets. That is no noisome den up a reeking alley. It Is a metWrn flat, on a modern street, with ca.t)le, cars, continually clanging by. It Is not far from the great city hall, where the solemn judges sit dispensing varigated justice. But when the po ' lice pounced upon the place they ar rested six persons there three men and three women the Instructors and the pupils. ' 1 The wont.n were Uie Pierce, Maria Wagstaff and Bertha Allen. The men were S. H. Hock. J. WagstafT and L. C. Robertson the last named said to hold a position as janitor In the city halt The six are how on the detenue book. while the police are lMn tanher Into their methods. Already goods worth 11500 have been recovered good that the pupils of that school of crime had lifted, tne de tective say. from the counter of Weiiwtock. Lubin & Co, Pragers. the Emporium and R. D. Davis A Co.. of this city, and the Eastern Outfitting Company of Oakland. The search goes on for more. When Liatle Pierce was arrested she sparkled with diamonds worth at least $1000. She said they had been given to her by a former husband. The police are of opinion that she "lifted" them a she lifted valuable articles of wearing apparel. The loot of the gang was secured Inside of two weeks, so some idea may be had of the Industry of the pupils of that strange school. Two weeks ago the flat was rented. It was at once fitted up with dummy counters and shelves. On these were placed dry goods and garments. The men gave the women lessons in how to take the goods and garments from the shelve and counters. While the men stood off like watchmen in a store, the women walked up and down, taking the things and secreting them under their garments. If tbey bungled bo the men could detect them In the act, they were forced to try again and again, just as students are made to go over and over some task on which they have stumbled. When the women acted with superior skill, making it Impossible to detect them at their work, they were encouraged and ap plauded. The women became so expert that they could swret under their clothing heavy blankets and give no token to a watching pye that anything was amiss. The blankets were the ulti mate test. When they could be se cured the pupil was ready for gradu ation Into the practice of crime. The woman who could grab a blanket with three men on watch without being caught in the act was turned out as a skilled shoplifter. And so the school of shoplifting was conducted right In the center of the city, on the street with the cable cars, and not far from the great city hall where the judges sit. But the trained eyes of Detectives Hyan and Wolters had found that there was more than the usual shoplifting In the crowded stores. They soon were on a trail. On Wednesday night they arrested Lizzie Pierce In all her glitter of diamonds, and S. H. Ho k. Then they slowly un ravelled the threads of the strange story of the school of shop-lifting. The Mining Link Discovered in Van eeuver Island. Vancouver, fl. C, IVc. 21. Vgue rumors, always discredited heretofore. that Vancouver island I the home of a Mowgll. the facts of whose life rival Kipling's Helton, have been apparently fully confirmed by four reliable ' men from Qualicum. While out hunting re cently near Home lake they saw a man. evidently young, with long, mat ted hair and beard and covered with hair all over his body. The man ran away with the swift ness of a deer when they approached. Several times during the past few years reports have come from the Home lake district that such a crea ture had been seen. Four men, whose names are Kincald, Ross, Hutchtns and Crump, now confirm this story and the recollection of people in the district goes back twelve, years ago when a boy wandered off into the bush from un outlying settlement and was never seen again. It is surmised, that this little boy grew up. but how he fared unless cared for by wild animals, Mowgll fashion. It is difficult to understand. A party will go out to search for this wild snan and capture " possible. RATE WAR OVER. ANOTHER SUCKER. Pittsburgh Banker Has His Very Easily Pulled. Pittsburg, Dec. 21. James W. Friend, worth $7,000,000, vice president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, senior member of Friend, Hoffstal & Co., Iron manufacturers, vice president ' of the Allegheny German National bank, of which his partner, Frank N. Hoffstal, Is president, reluctantly ad mitted today that he lias had financial , dealings with Mrs. Chadwlck. That he has again proves this re markable woman's powers of persua sion, for Mr. Friend Is regarded as one LAND FRAUD CASES Senator Mitchell and Representa tive Herman Arrive. ' CASES WILL BE INVESTIGATED No Much Credene Placed In Newspa per Rumor of the Confection of Peuter and Mr. Watton, Im plicating CUiien of Stat. those already convicted, ami that all such Jalk ha no foundation In fact. Omits, us a rule, are not Inclined to be lenient with people who have been convicted by a Jury In the perpetra tion of frauds against the government. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Steamer Lines Have Buried the Big Hatchet, Portland. Dec. 21. Every vestige of the rate war which has been on for month between the Harriman steam ers of the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company and the Russell & Rogers line, E. J. Dodge & Co., and the steam schooner Redondo, operated by Taylor. Toung A Co., as agents here, has been wiped out, and In the future frelghf will be carried by the smaller craft on the same tariff basis as has been maintained by the pioneer company. Thi was agreed to at a recent meet ing of the Interested ones, and later a session will be held which will have for its object the amicable adjustment of the question of passenger rates. It Is hoped to also induce the steam schoon er operators to place In effect a stand ard for transporting human freight that will accord with the charges of the San Francisco & Portland. Though the California & Oregon Coast Steam ship Company has been on a friendly basis with the Harriman Interests In the past. It has also been brought Into the fold with reference to the new agreement, and will respect the wish of the combination. The utmost- secrecy has been kept relative to the settlement of the diffi culties of the lines. Agents were In formed charges would be Increased to a level of the established rates, but no explanation was made as to the reason. The principal companies concerned are Russell & Roger and the San Fran cisco & Portland, as they are the only ones running steamers between here and San Francisco on a permanent schedule, and the other craft carry back lumber and grain, with the excep tion of the C. & O. Co. vessels; but at the same time all general cargo, both ways, Is accepted under the agreemnt. The passenger rates have not been dis turbed as yet because since the settle ment of the freight question no op portunity has been offered the owners to gather, but this will be attended to shortly. A gentleman who returned from Portland last evening, states that con siderable excitement Is manifest In Portland over the outcome of the tim ber fraud cases. A number of men who are alleged to be Implicated are awaiting anxiously the coming of Sen ator Mitchell and Congressman Her mann today. It Is claimed that 8. A Puter and Mr. W'aston have confessed to their complicity In the land frauds, and Implicated u number of promi nent men. The confession, It Is also claimed, was extorted upon the promise of executive clemency, It is not gen erally thought that Senator Mitchell I In any way Implicated, but hi evi dence as to who he received the letter from requesting him to expedite cer. tain timber filings is conslJered mat terial. It Is claimed that Hon. F. P. Mays is the attorney referred to and that he was it party to the frauds. It Is possible that he may have acted as attorney for Puter and Mrs. Watson In preparing paper, but aside from this, he had no part In the attempt to de fraud the government. While nothlns has '.faked out from the grand Jury room, except In the lir-Rglnulive minds of newspuper re porter who are unxlous to work up a story to fill space. No report has been made and none will be made until after Senator Mitchell and Congress man Harmann are given a hearing;. U is also Intimated that Secretary Hitch' cock, who ha a strong prejudice against Hermann, Is using his office to Indict Hermann, and If he cannot In dict him, to create an Impression that he is In some way connected ith the frauds. It Is also stated that Fred erick A. Krlbs, u local timber locater ind C. A. Smith, a wealthy timber man of Minneapolis, are Implicated, as well a a number of other prominent citizen. Conservative men of Portland are of the opinion that the alleged charges against Mitchell. Hermann and others, cannot be sustained by the evidence. and but little confidence Is placed In the alleged confessions o Puter or Mrs. Watson. If the efforts of the gov ernment are to besmirch the character of prominent men. and allow those who are guilty of the land frauds to, escape, or receive only a minimum punishment placed upon confessed criminals, It will be condemned by all honest men. as an effort to Implicate persons only remotely connected with the affair and allowed the guilty ones to escape. In dictment of this nature returned ure certain to result in an acquittal, and will result In the dismissal of Secretary Hitchcock, something that Is devouted ly desired by every one In the United States who regard him as nn un scrupulous politician, only Interested In disgracing those who have no con nection with the cases, but against whom he bears a personal anlnumity. It Is also believed that Judge Bel linger will not be a party to any scheme looking for a light sentence on Th Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad' New Through Service, Effective November 37th. 1(04, and thereafter, a new dally train will be Inaugurated, leaving Grand Central passenger station, Chicago, at 10:30 p. m.. fof Akron, Cleveland. Young town. . Pittsburg and Intermediate points, connecting at Pittsburg with "Duquesn Limited" for Philadelphia and New York, and with train No, 10 for Vahlngtoif, D. C. and Baltimore, This train will be equipped with first-class day coaches. Pullman sleep er and dining car ervlce. On all through ticket top-over will be allowed at Washington. Baltimore and rhlla'delphla, not to exceed 10 day at each place, For further particular address. Peter Harvey, General Agent, Room 1, Hobart Bldg., San Francisco. D. B. Martin, Manager Paswnger Traffic Baltimore, Md. B. N. Austin, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. 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The locality is known as "Swede Hill," und when the squatters erected their buildings there and made It their home, the Morris law had not been passed In fact, that measure had not at that time been drafted, and the resi dents, like those squatting on section 16 (the Lydi'k ullotment) did so with the hope of eventually being allowed to file on the land as homesteads or for townslte purposes. Last fall the boundaries of the land required for the 10 sections was sur veyed, and the survey showed that sev eral buildings on "Swede Hill" were within the limits of the land wanted The department was notified, but no real definite action was taken in the matter at that time. However, on Oc tober 4, this year, an order was Issued by the general land department at Washington, forwaVded to C. C. Woln custodian of the 10 sections, and by him served on the trespassers. ASTORIA, OREGON BLANK BOOK MAKERS LITHOGRAPHERS PRINTERS LINOTYPERS Most Complete Printing Plao t in Oregon No Contract to Large. 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