The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, April 18, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text33rd YEAR. NO. 94 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS LOCKED IN THE VAULT Cashier and Customer are Forced Into Vault SECURED ALL CURRENCY The Robbery Was One of the Most Daring Ever Executed In These Parts. ESCAPED TO OSAGE HILLS After They Had Scraped up All the Monty in Sight They Walked Out In the Front Entrance and up the Main Street COFFEY VI LLLE, Kan., April 17. Two men entered the Citizen State Dank at Chautauqua, 25 mild west of Coffeyviilc, at 9:30 this morning, and after forcing Cashier C. C. Walter house and Delegate Easley, a busi ness man, to enter the vault, locked them in, secured all the currency in sight, amounting to about $3000, and escaped into the Osage Hills, across the line, in Oklahoma. Four posses are in pursuit, and as the roads are muddy it is believed the robbers will he captured. The robbers secured about half an hour's start. The robbery, was one of the'mont daring ever executed in this part of Kansas, the scene of many holdups on the part of the Dalton, Starr and other gangs of outlaws, who from time td time have made their ren dezvous in the mountainous country of nearby Oklahoma. Cashier Wal tcrhouse had scarcely opened the bank at Chautauqua this morning and plac ed his currency on the country, ready for the day's business, when the two robbers, both of them well dressed, made their way leisurely to the cashier's window. One of them was a man well known about town, and he commanded Wal tcrhouse and Easley to throw up their hands. The latter two took the mat ter in the light of a joke. The serious intention of the robbers was realized a moment later, however, when they both drew revolvers and, pointing them at their victims, ordered them to get into the vault. Without further ado Walterhouse and Easley both complied, The robbers quickly slam med the door shut and then leisurely went about their business of looting the bank. First they drew down the window .'.h'tidcs, then locked the doors to pre sent interference. After they had .crlped up all the money in sight they .valled out in the front entrance and mp tjhe main street. One of the men .carried a gunnysack. Several persons whej knew the man, whom Walter house and Easley say is a well-known Chautauqua character, spoke to him in a friendly manner. Nothing in the jiplarance of the robbers betrayed the jpart they had just played. A block awy they mounted horses that tiiey ha tied 'to the curb and rode off. Alter going a few blocks from the center of .the town they directed their . - VAHn .tifd lirtA n n urtilnnfift not discovered until half an hour later, when J. H. Edwards, president of the bank, entered his office. After releasing Walterhouse ; and Easterly 'President Edwards gave the alarm locally and to surrounding, townst Within another ,30 minutes posses had been made up in this city and at El gin and Sedan, Kan., and Pawhuska, Okla., all contiguous to the scene of the robbery, and from thrce sides the armed men began a hot chase after the bandits. 1 A dispatch from Chautauqua says that C. C. Walterhouse, cashier of the robbed bank, states positively that one of the robbers was William Ten ant, aged 23 ycars,.formcrIy'of Chau tauqua, and who recently escaped from jail at Nowata, Okla., where he was being held on a charge of horse stealing. Tenant some time ago bor roed a small sum of money from the bank, and Mr. Walterhouse said that when Tenant cnterd1 the bank this morning he supposed he had come to renew the note or take it up. COCOA1NE FIENDS. Chinaman Heavily Fined for Traffic ( Inginlt CHICAGO, AprTl 17.-A baby'f Idcket, given by Its mother in pay ment for cocoaine to which she is a slave, was one of the exhibits in the Desplaines Street court yesterday. Among other articles shown' in court that had been paid to the crim inals for cocoaine were 20 wedding rinds given over by women. Jim Hing styled "King of the West Side cocaine traffickers" who for the last year has been operating a cocaine "dispensary" as a laundry was fined $550 by Judge Wells as a result of the trial. Sam Kee, his partner, was fined $50 for keeping an opium resort INJUNCTION LAW The Provisions Were Explained , by Senator Overman. BURKETT,S BILL IS REFUSED The Bill Was Opposed by Heyburn That the Great Distance Between the Federal Courts in West Would Delay Granting of an Injunction. WASHINGTON, April 17.-The injunction against the enforcement of the state laws can only be issued by a! majority of three federal judges wh' are to pass upon them if the bill passed in he Senate today becomes a law. The bill was drafted in the ju diciary committee from a number of measures under consideration. It wa reported by Overman and the pro visions were explained by him. A substitute bill by Burkett was dis agreed to. The Overman bill was op posed by Heyburn on the ground that the great distances between the fed eral courts in the west would delay the granting of the necessary injunc tion. Knox favored the bill and op posed Heyburn. The Senate discuss cd at length the bill to appropriate the proceeds from the sale of certain pub lie lands to the reclamation of the swamp lands but little progress was made towards passing. ASTORIA'S MIES Rain Dampens Ardor of Voting Public T WO-TIIIRI) VOTE POLLED McCue and Welch Lead on Leg islative Show Down-County Vote Yet to Come SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE VOTES Legislative Groupe Shows Narrowest Margin of Any on Ticker Senator Fulton Takes Almost Solid Vote Totals Are All Interesting. , Sandwiched in between two days of storm, and bearing the aftermath of one and the preliminaries ot tne other, yesterday, primary election day at Astoria," was muggy, misty and morbid enough to disturb the cheer iest pre-primary assurance nourished by the most sanguine candidate in the field. , . ' .. Despite the rain and gloom of the day, high noon found the electoral groups at the seven polls of the city, ready for business, and judges and clerks and candidates were kept busy for the seven hours that fol lowed. At No. 1, down in L'niontown. Karl Knobloch, Charles Wilson and Leandcr Lebeck handled the judicial cikJ of the ballot-receiving staff, while Frank Norbcrg, Charles Wirkkala and Nils Lahti, served the people as clerks "of election; and there was; plenty of interest manifest in the Dooulace that dwells in that big pre cinct. Eerything, went off without j 289.) The polls at No. 2, at the brick en gine house, corner of Fourth and As tor streets, were in the capable hands of Election Judges I. Bergman, F. J. Carney, A. A. Brindare; and". Clerks C. C. Utzinger, C E. Younce and Ed. Llewellyn; all of whom were kept reasonably busy attending to the peo ple of that neighborhood. No word nor sign nor act noted there during the seven hours of the duty lent even a hint of anything undue or a bit extra ordinary. (Registration, 208.) At the A O. ,U. W. hall, on Ninth street, 'the following named gentlemen held down the weighty responsibili ties of the day and did it well and ex pertly, Messrs, W. N. Smith, B. F. Allen and Garry B. Blessing, judges; and Pat. Shea, R. N. Carnahan and William Olsetl, clerks. The election work did not cause any cases of ex haustion or undue excitement in that neighborhood but it was fair and steady all the afternoon, and resulted in pretty good showing as against the recorded registration of 214. Ferguson & Houston's big office and shop in the Rcid block, on Duane street, was ciuite the swellest thing in j precinct quarters, yesterday, being (Continued on page 4) ASTORIA'S VOTE BY PRECINCTS DIPLOMATIC BILL. WAMiiNuruw, Apnr l. tne attitude of Emperor William and the Berlin court toward David J.' Hill, named by the President, as ambassa dor at that cnpitol was the subject of comment in the House today during the consideration of the diplomatic consular bill.! Both Perkins and Sladen expressed the opinion that the objection to Hill was' due to no other cause than that Hill was financially unable to maintain certain standards of the social representation Each condemned the practice , which they said had grown up selecting ntcrl of great wealth to be the nation's repre sentatives abroad and urged as means of counter acting the effects of such policy, the housing of our diplomats in buildings owned by the govern ment and allow salaries sufficient to enable them to maintain the dignity of their office. The diplomatic bill was under consideration when the House took a recess until tomorrow. U. S. Senate.' II. M. CAKE C. W. FULTON Rep. in Congress. VV. R. ELLIS....... T. T. GEER....... G. S. SHEPHERD Supreme Court. R. S. BEAN... Dairy Com. J. W. BAILEY ALEX REID R. R. Com. C. B. AITCHISON JOS. GASTON A. N. HAMILTON W. H. HURLBURT....... C. C. LOUCKS HOWARD WHITING ... District Attorney. E. B. TONGUE.. Representative. . W. E. BURKE. C. A. LEINENWEBER... JOHN C. McCUE. ,-. J. J. ROBINSON......... J. W. WELCH.... County Commissioners. JOHN FRYE HOWELL LEWIS Co. Com., Short Term. F. H. MOORE., '. County Clerk. J. C. CLINTON (.... - Sheriff. M. R. PQMEROY Assessor. 1 . ' TV'S. CORNELIUS Treasurer. W. A. SHERMAN.. Surveyor. R. C. F, ASTBURY G. F. PARKER Coroner. ' J. A. GILBAUGH W. C. A. POHL School Supt. J, W. BRANDSTRATOR. . Justice:' P. J. GOODMAN N. P. SORENSON.: EDWARD EDLlNG JOHN SAYPvE 16 100 49 78 9! 71 35 31 13 14 6 21 19 7 78 19 29 54 38 41 81 20 83 103 94 90 90 15 82 65 43 70 78 33 33 66 3 15 120 41 61 32 113 68 42 27 22 5 103 167 29 15 14 21 46 10' 107 28 S1 63 36 56 84 50 106 136 122 135 125" 55 80' 103 77 30 11 13 23 28 16 100 21 43 64 25 52 V 87 26 91 114 109 104 102; 57 57 53 66 40 129 96! 35 33 17 16 32 36 17 134 19 57 110 35 82 " ! 119 45 128 161 151 158! 146 76 85 : l 1381 33 50 ! 128139 I 1181 136 15 180 7o' 71 34 138 100 41 35 18 20 39 45 8 149 20 63 107 41 100 123 56 152 184 165, 168 165 80 97 139 19 143 43 45 38 97 50 37 21 22 15 12 31 105 91 381 32 I ' 1041 87 ! ' 107 80 33 m 38) 46 . i i :i I 431, 32 45! 431 89 81 108 140) 75 96 19 112 57 31 56' 110 25 104 123 103 120 ! 102 30 $1 08' 5"! 81 791 55 55 16 104 , i 44 32 27 80 ! 53 27 28 12 5 12 31 5 86 17 61 58 19 51 75 29 85 98 ! 78 102 PRIMES I STATE Statement Number One Poll Strong Vote 30 108 917 337 412 198 731 479 240 189 109 89 160 236 67. 750 143 426 513 225 438 679 251 759 919 i CAKE HAS A GOOD LEAD Reports are Slow Owing to Com plicated and Manifold Items . on Each Ballot FULTON PROBABLY BEATEN Telegrams From Time to Time Tell Story as it Was Received in This Office "During the Evening and Early Morning. 822 877 818 343 PORTLAND, April 18-Reports from all over the state indicate that H. M. Cake will be the nominee of the Republican Senator. Hawley and Ellis are also winners. Justice of the Supreme Court Rob- ert S. Bean. Dairy and Food Commissioner J. W. Bailey, . . Railroad Commissioner First - Dis trict Clyde B. Aitchison. Railroad Commissioner Second District Thos. K. Campbell. Returns from the primaries all over the state indicate that Cake has se cured the nomination by a' majority of over 3000 votes. Representative El lis made great gains in all parts of the state. Shepherd carried , Multnomah but did not fare so well in other coun ties. Statement No. 1 polled a very strong vote, but there is no certainty that the next legislature will be com posed off Statement No. lvmembers. 9:20 Rain practicaly all over the state; Multnomah county about 75 per cent registration voted; no news from interior; too early to forecast. 11:24 It is believed Cake will carry Marion county also statement No. 1; Cake in lead in Multnomah; state ment No. 1 running Strong. 11:25 Benton complete except Alsea; Fulton, 278; Cake, 248. 11:43 Meagre returns indicate de feat of Ellis and Fulton; statement No. 1 looms up strong. 12:37 At midnight the returns coming from the country indicate that Cake is in the lead with State ment No. 1 running strong. Ellis seems defeated with Shepherd and Geer running close together. In Multnomah country Cake apparently has a good lead with Statement No. 1 winning out in this county; Shepherd is slightly in the lead in Multnomah county, but it is a close fight, v 12:40 Cake probably carries Clack amus, Marion, " Baker, Josephine, and Washington. Apparently simi lar conditions elsehere; indications in the state at large are strong for Statement No. 1. 74576 837W 371294 7217m -I-491647 691312 :;vn.- 451296 571616 . PORTLAND, April 18.-Only meagre returns have been received on yesterday's primary elections outside of Multnomah county. In this county jHenry M. Cake has been victorious over United States Senator ' Charles W. Fulton in the race for the nomina tion of a candidate for United States Senator. Cake's estimated plurality in Multnomah county is about 2000. ' j Ifi the state at large Cake and Ful foti seem to be running neck and neck. The returns from the congres sional race are coming in more slowly than in the race for the Senatorship. In the second district congressman W. R. Ellis appears to be running be hind George S. Shepherd and T. T. Geer the former governor. The race is exceedingly close, apparently be tween Shepherd and Geer. Congressman W. C Hawley was nominated for congress in the First District without contest. At this hour the indications are that in most counties which have been heard from the "White people's fhoice," otherwise known as Statement No, 1 candidates for the Legislature, have been gener ally nominated. ' In Multnomah this is an assured fact. Democrats throughout the state took but little interest in the primary, and a heavy rain in most sections of the state served further to reduce the activity of the oters. Governor Geo. E. Chamberlain has been chosen Dem ocratic candidate for the Senatorial nomination, without contest, I At 1 o'clock this morning, tele phonic messages were -received from Portland, conveying the news of a strong adverse vote to United State Senator Charles W. Fulton, and indi cating that Multnomah had refused to support him by 'a reactionary vote of from 2500 to 3000; that Marion, Clack amas, Baker and Washington counties had practically gone against him, with Morrow standing steadily with him. And the same sources of authority an nounced that the congressional con test was close, as between Geer and Shepherd, with the latter carrying Multnomah; and that Statement No. 1 has swept the Oregon field, including Multnomah. This is the grist of the important and dependent hews from abroad in the State as we go to press; and final ities, as to the Clatsop county, beyond this city, and the Stite at large, will be presented to the readers of the Asf toria in tomorrow's issue. LILLEY STEADFAST Reiterates Charges of Excessive Prices for Submarines RIGID CROSS-EXAMINATION He Resolutely Refused to Father the Charge That the ex-Secretaries of Navy Were Guilty of Gross Negli gence, Inefficiency, Incompetency. WASHINGTON, April -Representative Lilley was before the House committee investigating the Electric Boat Company and reiterated his charges that the company made an excessive profit on government con tracts. A rigid cross examination hv the members of the committee assist ed by an attorney of the Electric Boat Company failed to make Lilley retract. Stevens devoted considerable of his time in an effort to have Lilley charge the Secretary of the Navy and his predeces'sor and the naval officers generally with "Gross ignorance, in efficiency and incompetency," in let ting warship contracts. Lilley stead fastly refused to father such charge. He maintained that these men were highly competent so far as their in formation carried them but ; insisted that they are not good business men and that the poor bargains they made proved the truth of his assertion. CONNORS IN ROCHESTER. Calls on Bryan Just to Pay His Re spectsNo Political Significance. ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 17. "I am just here to pay my respects to the colonel that's all," said Chairman W. J. Connors of the Democratic state committee at Bryan's reception this afternoon. "There is no political significance in the meeting," Bryan had said the moment before to the reporters. National Committeeman Mack and Bryan had a conference in the morn ing but' so far as known no political significance can be attached to any of the meetings held here by Bryan.