WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1107..,
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
HAVE NEW THEORY
Officers Believe Sub Treasury
Robbed to Aid Bank.
WAS INTENDED FOR LOAN
Fadtral Detectives Working on The
; ry That Monty Wm Taken From
Treasury By Employ and Loaned
To Private Bank.
CHICAGO. March It A new field
la the Investigation of the sub-treasury
robbery la being explored by the
federal authorities. It traa auggeateJ
that some banking institution of Chi
cago needed a large sum to tide over
temporary difficulties and is responsi
ble for the disappearance of the SITS.
000. The secret service operatives, it be
came known yesterday are working on
the theory that the money that dis
appeared from the cage of Assorting
Teller George W. FitxgeralJ. on Feb
ruary 20, was borrowed for a day or
two at the Instance of a tottering in
stitution by some employe who now
fears to restore it
Chief Wllkle and Captain Porter
would not be surprised, it Is asserted
on the highest authority, if the mis
sing money were to be restored at
any day.
For the last week the secret service
bureau has been directing nearly all
of its energy In the direction of fixing
the lndentlty of some Chicago bank or
trust company that was in an un
sound financial condition and to pre
serve its commercial life and save its
officers from cells approached some
employe of the sub-treasury and made
this proposition: "We need $17J,000
Mr a day or two to tide us over a visit
by the- bank examiner. Tou are in a
position to loan us this money with
out its being missed. Let us have the
money and we will pay you a bonus of
110.000 or so. Tou take no risk. We
arc responsible' people. It Is easy
money."
The money was taken from the
cage the federal authorities believe
under some such arrangement. Then,
before It could bo restored, It was dis
covered that there was a shortage.
The men who took it In the hue and
cry that followed, when every employe
was watched closely, was In no post
tion to return it. lie fear to do so
now. Other secret service men, how
ever, confidently believe that the
money will bo found hidden away In
some place In the sub-treasury.
in pursuance of this theory, the fi
nancial status of more than one bank
ing institution in Chicago has been
quietly Investigated.
SELL BRONZE FOR JUNK.
Young Thieves Steal Tablet From Slo
cum Monument.
NEW YORK, March 13. Albert
Bohman, 19 years old -was convicted
yesterday in Queen's County Court of
stealln gthe bronxe tablet from the
monument to the Slocum monument
In the Lutheran cemetary in Novem
ber 9, 1906. Three other youths are
under arrest for complicity in the rob
bery. The testimony brought out yes
terday was that the thieves stripped
the tablet from the monument, with a
pick, burned it for the night and the
next morning broke it Into small bits
ahd disfigured It further with Are.
They sold the fragment to a junk man
for $14.30.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
Columbus and Cleveland Men Indicted
By Grand Jury.
COLUMBUS. March 12. Fred X
Immel, president of the Columbus
Board of Service, Nelson Cannon, for
merly local superintendent of the
Trinidad Paving Co., of Cleveland, and
Arthur Beck, former assistant City
Engineer of Columbus have been ar
rested on Indictments returned by the
Grand Jury and charged! with at
tempted bribery in connection with a
paving contract on east Broad St Im-
' mel gave bond. Beck and Cannon have
been taken to the county Jail.
WATER FRONT ITEMS.
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The steamer Oklnhanm arrived down
yesterday morning and fastened on
to the fine hulk of tho new and unfini
shed steamer, the J. Mnrhoffer, leav
ing up for the metropolis about 13
o'clock. Captain A. Nygren, formerly
the well known master of the schooner
Andy Mahoney, In In command of the
MarhofYcr and will stay with her un
til her boilers and engines ate all set
upj which will be, he expects, la about
slty Jays. When completed the stea
mer will represent practically $95,000,
and will one of the hest of her class
of vesaola on the coast 'on the coast
an da fit mate for tho rest of the Ol-sen-Nygren
fleet, the Thomas L. Wand
and the Jim Butler. She la a product
of the Llndstrum Ship Yards, at Ab
erdeen; and Is 180 feet long: 38 feet
beam, and IS feet draft: and will car
ry from 800,000 to 1.000.000 feet of
lumber. She is superbly put togeth
er, and none but the best of timber
was allowed to enter her make-up, and
Australian iron-wood cuts no small
figure at all points where It Is most
needed. George Nelson .of this city,
Is one of her owners.
he steamer Alliance Is due down from
Portland thU evening and wilt dock
at the Callender. She has been re
painted, and generally overhauled, on
and off the dry-dock, and Is In prime
fix for her new run between this port
and Coos Bay. First Mate B. W. Ol
sen has resigned his position on the
Alliance and will take command of a
new Ktcam schooner now building on
Gray's Harbor J. W. Rand will suc
ceed him on the bows, Captain Kcl
ley remains on the bridge and Pur
ser Short la still In the ship's office.
The schoner Alice McDonald, with
over 600,000 feet of lumber on board
came down the river yesterday morn
ing on the hawsers of the Oklahama
and later left out for San Francisco.
The sea tug Geo. R. Vosburg came
In from Coqullle river late on Mon
day night and Is still In these waters.
The French bark Turgot went out
over the bar yesterday on her way to
the Antipodes, where she goes for or
ders, In ballast. Tho other French-
! man, the Mnrechnl V Vllllers will leave
I out today or tomorrow, If she gets
i down from Portland.
j Captain Murchlson. of the American
I ahlp John Currier, left up for Port
land yesterday morning to make ar
rangements for taking his ship there
and dry-dwklng her, for the purposi
of cleaning hero hull of barnacles.
The steamer Roanoke is due at the
Callender pier this morning early and
will' leave out on the morning flood
for Eureka, San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
The Japanese steamship Manshu
Maiu Is due down from Portland to
day, with grain, lumber and flour, a
plenty, for Kobl and Yokahamn.
he steamer F. A. Kllburn will bo
down from Portland tomorrow morn
ing at an early hour, bound for Eu
reka and San Francisco.
Tho dandy little Columbine was the
first thing to cros out over the Col
umbla bar yesterday morning.
Rheumatlo Pains Removed.
B. F. Crocker, Esq., now 14 yeara of
age, and for twenty years Justice of
the Peace at Martlnsburg, Iowa, says:
"I am terribly afflicted with sciatic
rheumatism In my left arm and right
hip. X have used three bottles of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it did
me lota of good." For sale by Frank
Hart and leading druggists.
PANAMA DISTURBANCE.
PANAMA, March 12. Steamhove
men employed on the canal have de
manded Increased pay and a withdraw
al of the rules regarding the accumu
lation of vacation time. The Chief en.
glneer refused the demand and - a
consequence a committee of th men
has been named to go to Washington
to bring the questions at Issue before
President Roosevelt
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cosmetics. It does the business. 35
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Morning Astorlan. 60 cents a month,
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UNCOMMON CLOTHES.
GOOD THINGS
TO EAT
All Vegetables and Hot House Produc
tions in Season.
EGGS TO BURN
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ROBBER CAPTURED.
WICHITA, March 12. One of tho
Hunnewell, Kansas, bank rubbers was
captured late tonight lying In a straw
stuck near Caldwell, Kansas. He gave
tho name of Charles Arthur, claiming
St. Louis as his residence. Ills face
wim badly mutilated, one eya was hang
Ing out of Its socket and c-no hand
was partially blown off. His Injuries
were received In tho premature ex
plosion at the bank. Ho denies com
plicity In tho robbery claiming that he
received the Injuries In falling from a
train. J 'oases and bloodhounds are
scouring the country for tho other six
members of the gang.
KENTUCKY 8TYLE.
JACKSON, Ky March U. Citizens
of this feud-rldden city were startled
out of their sleep lnnt night by half
an hour of shooting. The shots were
were fired Into the. home of Judge
James Hargls .accused of complicity
In connection with the assassination
of , James B. Marcum, Others were
fired Into the tore of Hargla Bro
thers, In which June Jett, brother of
Curtis Jett, was sleeping, but he was
unharmed. The home of Deputy
Town Marshal Smith also was hit.
Efforts of the police were In vain
until today, when they placed Curtis
Smith in Jail charged with being con
cerned In the shooting".
Notice To Fishermen.
This Is to Inform you that during
tho period beginning Friday (noon)
March 15th, 1907, and ending April
15th 1907, at 12 o'clock, noon, It Is un
lawful to take or fish for SALMON
FISH or STURGEON In any manner
whatover In the Columbia River or
nn yof Its tributaries; or to have In
possession any Salmon Fish or Stur
geon so taken. II. O. VAN DUSEN
Master Fish Warden.
Mnmina Aittnriin. 00 cent or montlu
delivered by carrier.
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