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VOLUME LXI NO. 251
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER it 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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VAN
GETS AWAY
Rainier Cashier Eludes
Officers, Escapes.
HE GOES TO PORTLAND
Boards Train at Rainier Leaps
From Cars Before Depot
is Reached.
MAKES ESCAPE VERY NEATLY
Cashier Return From Portland to Rai
nler In Company of Detective Hart
man Looks Worried Fails to
RalM Money.
1TRTI.AKI), Sept. 20. A special to
the Oregonlan from Rainier state that
C. S. Van Auker, cashier of the Rainier
State bank, which wot looted Sept. I,
tonight ma'lo hi escape from Sheriff
White. Shortly before lha Portland
train left, Van Aukar left the sheriff
for a moment on tha pretense of paying
bill. 1I concealed himaelf until the
train waa leaving, when hs boarded It
A telegraphlo warrant waa aent to Port
land to apprehend Van Auker when the
train arrived there.
Jumpi From Train. ,
PORTLAND, Sept. 20.-Ry Jumping
fro mthe train shortly before it reached
the Union depot in thla city, It la al
leged, C. S. Van Auker tonight eluded
the deputy sheriff who waa on hand
to arrest him. Peraona acquainted with
the man and those who were on the
train state that Van Auker boarded the
train after the Rnmlor officer had
searched It.
RAINIER. Sept. 20.-C. S. Van Au
ker Is packing up his belonging and
preparing to leafe this city. He ha
Wen unable to raise any of the mUsing
cash which he declared that he would
pay back to tha bank by tonight.
Van Auker ha not been arrested nor
I their a warrant out for his arrest.
Detective Hartman is In close touch
with the cashier. The detective declares
that Van Auker will not leave the city
alone,
This afternoon Van Auker ehows signs
of breakinir down. He Is very pale and
for the first time since the reported
robbery, Is nervous. It is the opinion
of the bank officials and Hartman that
Van Auker will make a confession of
some ort this afternoon. If not, he may
be arretted tonight or tomorrow morn
Ing. Constantly shadowed, day and night
hia every movement watched as though
a price were on his head, Cashier C.
S. Van Auker Is on the rack. Detec
tive L. ' 0. Hartman, of Portland,
known as one of the best detectives In
the Northwest, Is shadowing Van Auker.
Declaring that he was bound and
robbed by two masked men on Labor
day, when, he said that more than $2,000
in gold was taken from the bank safe,
Van Auker waa flatly accused by Inves
tigators of having taken this money
and using it In gambling. Inflexible as
steel, the cashier maintains his Inno
cence. He returned to this town from
Fortland in oompany with Hartman.
The cashier greeted his friends as
pleasantly as though just returning from
a picnic Van Auker, It is said, has de
clared that he will return to the bank
the sum that he reports was taken from
him by robbers. Ha made this offer,
he said, in order to hush the affair, be
ing willing to lose such a sura rather
than have any more trouble over it. He
is now looking for the money with
lids
money so far Is not forthcoming.
It Is said that JCJhls cash Is
not
returned to th I
rest may follow,
oflkwre are "
nlr man who I
t
J Van Anker's ar
he meantime, tha
0 'for another Rol
! aid has soma vat
uable Informant
t tha District At
torney want.
Inquiries herf W 1 to establish the
fart that fhi Auker was In As
torla about twf O ks previous to the
alleged robtiery w.he Rainier bank
and that while here ha played faro-bank,
plunging heavily. On this, his last trip
to Astoria, he stayed but one night,
but In that time was reported to have
cleaned up anywhere from $1,000 to $1,
600. At one gambling house he la al
leged to have won $100, His remarkable
winnings on this evening attracted con
siderable attention among the sport
Ing fraternity, but not many knew who
he was or where he hailed from.
Several times during the past Sum
mcr, it la atated, Van Auker baa been
seen In Astoria, and always frequent
ing gambling houses,
TERRIBLE WORE OF STORM5.
nONO KONG, Sept. 20.-Practlcall all
the Baluchistan troops and 300 of the
West Kent regiment are co operating
today In clearing the wreckage of the
recent typhoon. Prodlgioua efforts are
being made for tha recovery of the
bodies, which are being carried away
in cartloads. Many scavengers were
overcome by tba terrible atencb, and
Admiral Mundy, who is superintending
the work collapsed, and was removed to
the hospital.
UN ARE INSANE
Insanity Commission Declares
Holy Rollers Unbalanced.
STATE MAY FIGHT VERDICT
Prosecuting Attorney Declare Assassins
of George Creffield Are Not Insane
and Will Oppose Any Committ
ment to Asylum.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20,-The Creffield
Mitchell Insanity commission today re
ported to Judge Frater in the Superior
court, that the women are insane, suf
fering from a nervous disease called
paranoia. The commission declares that
because of this disease they are un
able to distinguish between right and
wrong, and therefore are irresponsible
criminally. Further, these Individuals
belong to a class of lunatics dangerous
to the community, who persistently fol
low their morbid Inclinations, regard
lcs sof law or ethics, and should be
placed under restraint. After the re
port had been made, the Prosecuting
Attorney stated that he was not sat
isfied with it, and in the name of tha
state would oppose it. Judge Frater
stated that In his opinion the only way
this could be done would be for the
state to secure a restraining order from
the Supreme court, preventing him
sending the women back to Oregon un
til the matter can be decided. Pend
ing taking the matter up, the judge
said he would tomorrow commit the
women to the state Insane asylum.
A. P. ELECTS OFFICERS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. At the an
nual meeting of the members of the
Associated Press today, the retiring
members, with the exception of A. P.
Langtry of the Springfield Union, were
all re-elected. The vacancy was filled
by the election of General Charles H.
Taylor of the Boston Globe.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
At Portland Fresno, 5; Portland, 1.
At Seattle Seattle, 2; San Francisco
At Oakland Los Angeles, 8 Oakland,
1.
which to make good his offer.
CONFERENCE
CONTINUES
Taft, Bacon, and Cubans
are Still Arguing.
CUBANS MUST BEHAVE
Secretaries Intimate U. S. May
Take Charge if Fighting
is Not Stopped.
TRADE INTERESTS SUFFERING
f
Commercial Interests Throughout Cuba
Have Suffered During Brief Conflict
More Than in Ten Years'
War.
HAVANA, Sept. 20. The second day
of the conference with the leadera of
the factiona in the Cuban conflict bas
not enabled Secretaries Toft and Ba
con to announce any plan for compro
mislng the difficulty. So strenuoua are
the appeals of both the liberal and mod
erate party leaders that the situation
becomes increasingly complicated aa the
negotiations proceed. However, Secre
tary Taft said tonight that he believed
when they were brought face to face
with the danger of losing their inde
pendence forever, all patriotic Cubans
will be willing to make concessions.
Taft bas made it clear that the Unit
ed States is not seeking to exercise con
trol over the island or any of its af
fairs, but he quoted President Rooe
velt's letter to Mr. Quesada to the ef
feet that the United States has a duty
which it cannot shirk. To those whom
he met in conference, Taft has said
now is the time to decide whether they
will let Cuba live as a nation. He
weighed every word carefully and neith
er upheld nor criticised the principles of
either faction, Mayor Cardenas and a
number of the principal officers of Ha
vana paid a long visit to the secre
taries today and argued that it was
the duty of the United States to sup
port and recognize the government. The
mayor undertook to assist Taft to get
in touch with the commercial interests
and under Taft's instructions will di
reot the business guilds to send a del
egate to talk with the mediators con
fidentially, The commercial Interests of
Cuba have suffered during the brief
conflict more severely than during the
ten years war. Cuban, Spanish-Amer
lean and other business men are talking
of uniting In a petition to the secre
taries urging a radical form of inter'
vention or annexation. No reports of
the disturbances anywhere on the isl
and have been received today. Cienftie
gos is suffering from a water famine,
on account of the destruction of the
waterworks at Jicotea by the insurgent
commander.
START BIG SUIT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. The Ex
aminer says today that the Sharron,
Parrott estate, and California Wine As
sociation have decided to combine in a
$500,000 suit against the British insur
ance companies, which by reason of an
earthquake clause in their policies are
refusing to settle their San Francisco
losses in full. .
The companies referred to include the
Commercial Union, Alliance, Palatine
and Norwich Union. Added to these
are the Indemnity and Williamsburg
City of this country, whose policies con
tain the same provision purporting to
exempt them from liability for loss
caused by earthquake.
MURDERER ARRESTED.
Wife Murderer Wanted In Los Angeles
Found in Washington, D. C.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20.-Telegra-phie
word wa received at the sheriff's
office from the Washington, D. C po
lice today, of the arrest of Anton Be
sold, indicted by the grand jury of Loa
Angeles for the murder of his wife,
Claudia Besold, the finding of whose
body In Temescal Canyon several week
ago formed a sensational mystery. Be
sold was a butcher at Santa Monica be
fore his disappearance early this sum
mer. The body of Mr. Besold was
found In the canyon by "Posty" Horton,
of Calabasas. It was not known until
today lhat the police were on the
track of Besold or that the body found
in the canyon bad been Identified as Mra
Besold. BISHOP H0ARE DROWNED. .
LONDON, Sept. 20. Sir Matthew Na
than, governor of Hong Kong, sends a
cablegram to the Colonial office, saying
that there is strong evidence that Bish
op Hoare was drowned in the typhoon
and the loss of life among the Chinese
will probably amount to several thou
sand. WILL LEAVE SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-General
Funston who arrived here today, will
not leave here until Saturday for Ha
vana, as he has found be cannot leave
Tampa until Sunday. The general knows
nothing of the duty fpr which he is
destined.
Famine Spectre Rises Ominously
in Russia.
CROPS ARE DISAPPOINTMENT
Volga Region, Most Fertile in Russia,
Fails to .Yield Usual Harvest
Peasantry Will Be Sure to
Suffer.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 19.-The
official report just Issued gives but lit
tle ground for expectation that the
famine, which has already a grip on
many provinces in Russia, will be less
this Winter. Although the Winter
wheat harvest was above the average,
Spring wheat proved a disappointment,
The rye and oat crops also were un
satisfactory, especially the latter. The
Volga region, the moat fertile in RuS'
sia, wag below the average in both bar
vests. The Polish province and the
Baltics, made the best showing, the
harvest being an overage. The Winter
wheat harvest was generally above the
average and only poor in the Volga re
gion and less than average in the east
ern portion of the central agricultural
district.
Rye was only above the average in
Poland and the six southeastern pro
vinces. Spring wheat was below the
average throughout Russia, j la the
Volga region the harvest was bad and
in Ufo, Tamboff and Ryazan, among
the largest provinces of the empire, un
satisfactory. Oat also made o bad
showing and only in nine of the ten
Polish provinces came up to the ov
erage. Barley was somewhat better
being good in all the Polish provinces
and fairly good in the Baltics, the
southwestern) provinces, a portion of
Lithuania and in Vitebsk and Tver.
The Zemstvo coffers are empty
through the failure of the peasants to
pay taxes and all the work of relieving
the famine falls on the central gov
ernment. ,
BUCHTEL I SNOMINATED.
DENVER, Sept. 20. The Republicans
tonight nominated Henry A. Buchtel,
the chancellor of Denver University, to
succeed Philip B. Stewart as the Ke
publican nominee for governor of Colorado.
DARKEST
PROSPECT
HOLOCAUST
IN TACOMA
Fierce Conflagration Con
sumes 182 Horses.
ONE WOMAN PERISHES
Flames Consume TwoLarge Livery
Barnes, Restaurant and
the Depot.
SHRIEKS OF HORSES AWFUL
Efforts of the Firemen to Save Impris
oned Animal Prove Fruitless Ta
Coma Eastern Passenger Depot
la Destroyed.
TACOMA, Sept. 20. (Special.) Fire
on Puyallup avenue and 24th street late
tonight destroyed two livery stables, 182
horses, o restaurant, the Tacom Eastern
passenger depot, and t long viaduct. It
is reported that an unknown woman in
the restaurant was burned to death, but
at this hour it cannot be confirmed. The
scenes at the conflagration were awful,
the terrible shrieks of the imprisoned
and terrified horses being past words
to describe. Efforts to release the am
mals proved fruitless because of their
unmanageable condition. It is impos
sible to give details as yet.
ARMY IS PREPARED.
WASHINGTON, Sept 20. Prepara
tion is the watchword of the army re
garding Cuba. Not only have complete
plans been prepared, but every depart
ment has made arrangements to meet
the emergency of intervention, if it
should occur. General Crosier, chief of
the Bureau of Ordnance, ia now at the
Rock Island arsenal ond a few days
ago visited the Frankfort arsenal at
Philadelphia. As a result, considerable
activity is displayed in getting ammu
nition for small arms and light field
guns ready, in case orders for action
are issued.
FATAL RECORD.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. A special co
ble dispatch to the Times states that
a statistical paper on India just issued
shows there were flilled in that country
by snakes and wild beasts 24,034 per
sons 21,880 by snake bites, 780 by ti
gers, 399 by leopards, and the rest by
other animals. The number of cattle
killed was 98,582. The other side of
the account shows that 65,146 snakes
and 16,121 wild animals were killed.
INSTALL ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. The
Southern Pacific today will begin the
work of installing an electric system on
its lines over the Sierra Nevado Mourn
tains for the purpose of helping the
heavy freight trains up the steep moun
tain grades by means of electric mo
tors. This undertaking, hag been contem
plated for many years, and President
Harriman recently determined to in
gtal land put it into operation. A
corps of engineers have arrived at True-
kee and will supervise the work, under
the directions of the General Electric
oompany who will build the plant nec
essary to operate the system.
Definite information has not yet been
given out, but it is understood it will
be o third rail system.
The installation nf this system is o
radical change In railroad operation In
the West. Powerful electno motors will
take the places of the engines under the
eletrio system.
WANTS DAMAGES.
Referee Siler Files Suit for 1 50,000
Against Nelson and Nolan.
" CHICAGO, Sept. 20. George Siler,
who refereed the Gans-Nelsoa fight, to
day filed auit against Nelson and his
manager, Nolan, for $50,000 damages.
Since the fight the defendants have
repeatedly charged that Siler accepted
money for his decision In favor of the
negro, and that he did not see the foul
blow on which he gave the decision to
Gan. Siler declares these statements
are untrue and therefore claims dam
ages. , .
TERRORISM IN REVENGE.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20. In re
venge for the execution of Zenadie Ko
noplianikovo, the assassin of General
Min, the social democrats are sending
forth 0 violent manifesto, directed
against Emperor Nicholas and vowing
the removal of another of the "prop
of a. cowardly. and murderous autocra
cy." The manifesto urges merciless an
nihilation of the enemies of the people,
0 life for 0 life, and o death for O
death.
MAY SAVE SEATTLE.
VICTORIA, Sept. 20. The steamer
Salvor ond the tugs Pioneer ond Pilot
tonight pulled ot the stranded steamer
City of Seattle, which is ashoTe at
Trial Island, but failed to budge her.
The passengers, 39 in number, were
brought ashore and are at the local ho
tels. More cargo is being lightered and
o further attempt to float to starboard.
A STRAIGHT TICKET
"Allied" Democratic Leagues Op
pose Independence League.
SULZER GETS ENDORSEMENT
Address Calls for Straight Democratic
Ticket and Platform in Opposition .
to Independence League Five
Leagues Sign.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. An address
signed by the "allied" Democratic or
ganizations of New York to the Demo
cratic delegates and voters of New York
state, calling for o straight Democratia
ticket and platform, in opposition to
the Independence League and endorsing
Congressman Sulzer for the nomination
was issued to the newspapers today.
The address bears the signatures of the
following organizations t National Dem
ocratic club of New York City, the
Jefferson League, American Anti-Trust
League, Bryan Democratic League ond
the Federation of Working Men of the
State of New York,
HOLD EXERCISES.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Yesterday
was the 25th anniversary of the death
of President Garfield at Elberon, N. J.,
and memorial exercises were held in the
Elberon Casino, where adjoins the cot
tage where he died. The speakers
were the Rev. Dr. C. J. Young, of Mew
York, who visited him before he died,
ond Dr. Henry Root, U. S. A., one of
his classmates. The Garfield Monu
ment Association has been formed to
erect a memorial to the late President
at Elberon.
HENEY IS SELECTED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. The
United Railroads has selected Francis
J. Heney, the noted prosecutor of the
Oregon land fraud operators, for 0 mem
ber of the board of arbitration, with
the Rev. Peter O. Yorke, chosen by
the unions. Father Yorke and Mr. He
ney will select o third member of the
board which will settle the question
of hours and wages submitted by the
union men. . ,