33rd 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
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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.:
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PRIMES
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Statement Number One
Poll Strong Vote
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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.
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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.
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. 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.