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Newspaper Page Textr - - , j GOOD EVEIIIIIG THE YVEATHEIi. ' . , Cooler this afternoon; fair tonight and Friday; northerly wind. ).vi Journal Circulation 1 UK sv?-' C AAA -vN Yesterday ' Was VOL. V. , NO. 170 ; PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMfiER. 20. 1908. SIXTEEN PAGES..' PRICE TWO ; CENTS. 9; ;u,u , . ' flMMMMMBMWWMiaMHMMWMMIM . . . ' - sfsessmssBwassl MW SVSSBSSmsssamWSBmsBWSWSWSIsa MM SSSSSSSSPa SSPMass-SMSSajISSi B awBaBBBamBBnBSaaasBnWsl QUEER TALE IS TOLD BY : V Allege Clever Scheme DevisedWherebyCoin Previously Taken Is -Accounted for . ' '-T Van Auker , Denies ' Tales Told About Hinr, but Admits Gam " bling Propensities Given Third Degree but Does Not Confess. ....-v: v. Accr4inf t tn tecUre who hava lavaatlcatad th robbarr o( tha. SUta bank of Rainier. C S. Vaa Aakar. tha . eaahlar arho told a tnrUUnf atory f blp held np and tied by two bandit Waa pimsair tha culprit, xnay ara con 'inced that ba:prparad tha ropa that 'bound bla handa and faat, and that tha Ingenuity ef crafty mind anablad btm to find tneane of tlhtmln tha bonda. "They daclara that no monay waa taken " on tha day f tha allrcd robbery; that tha atolea fund, obtained through fatal fylna- aocouata. hud bean gambled away, ' and that Van Auker. auddenl beoomtntT ' deaperate. resorted to the old-acharoa by which thieving- bank caehlera aometlmaa - aeek 'to cover up ahortagaa. Further than ' thla they aay Van Aoker had laid plana -for tha theft of . $1,008 more, but for ) some unknown -raaaon became alarmed and worked the robbery, game before taking thia money. alaa AH' AoaaaaUoaa ' '". Van Aakar denies all tha aecuaatlona, but h agreed to make good the $l,t - for which hla eponaora. tha National Surety company' of- New .York., standi liable. Ha spent moat of 'yesterday apr ' pesllig to frlenda in this city and -to '. local banka, but failed to ralae tha necea .. aary money.- Aa far aa known na got .no , encouragement ' whatever. Thia i morning, accontpsnled by a private da . tectlve, he left for Rainier on tha same errand. ' Before going to. the ' train: he aent telegrams to . eastern friends e "t" (Continued on Page Twa REFUSES TO PAY TUXES Oil HOME i Hetty - Green Announces That a J She Will Sell' Her :Summw ' Residence . Rather Than Pay Assessment Placed lpon It by Bellows Falls Authorities. , - tfea-aal Bellows rails. Vt. Sept. Because 'tha Bellows Falls board of listers raised her assessment from, 10,00 to 1100,. ' 000 Mrs. Hetty Oreen, tha richest worn I an In tha world, is going ta ahut up bar ' summer. residence bare, aell it-to tha "first buyer, even If aha loses money on tha sale, and quit tha town for good. All of Bellows Falle it sorry 'that tha board haa "raised" alraOraan, for her 'presence In thia'towa proved to be a ' good advertisement ' 'r " ''" " " ," 1 ( - - Tha people of tha town war ao favor- ably Impressed with her' that hitherto aha hattlad bar own way about tha assessment and tha board-accepted bar own figure of 110,000 aa tha valu of - her villa. - ' w "' -T ' Mra. Oraen said yesterday, when aha : found out it would cost bar 11,000 la tatea to hold her summer borne: . .. . . "Tha Art department wants my barn. A man with five children want a to rant ' tha place, and they aay they eould us my house for a library. Well. Ill aell. but they'll never collect $J,000 tn tax whll my mind holdd out Whin J fiaht," nh enld. "there . ia ' usually ' a r-n-oml. hut I will be out of Bollowg !,.. wlieu tii-n cL'iule ar held.'. DFIEC RICHEST WOHAfi a 4 e a V That C. 8. Van Aukar. tha ( cashier , of the SUta bank of. ' Rainier, who claimed to ' have 'been held up and robbed by ban- w ,.: dlta on Labor day; waa himself tha calprlt, and bound.' tied and gagged himself to carry out an ingenious scheme to oevar hla awn peculations, la tha theory of the detectivea angaged on .tha. case. They alao declare that no money-waa taken on tha day of . the Alleged robbery, but that tha ooliw had been obtained by the -cashier and. gambled away pro- . riously. Tan Auksr refuses to confeaa tha robbery, but la very anxloaa-to raise tha ll.llt ha. alleges waa' taken from htm. . . , , Many Friends Visited, but Van Auker Has Not Succeeded i in 5'; '.-r . ..." rtf: -I "-.' 1 While Protesting Innocence. Says V; He Wants to " Pay Back the Bank j-t Admits ; Gambling , Losses Declares He Will Kill Editor KempJ 4 s: ' . . N " 11 1 ' By 8. B..Bea& B a Staff turn 11 11 11 1 1 Rainier., Or Kept. S.-Thoagh otlll stoutly maintaining Ala innocence of aompliclty In tha aonaatlonai holdup of tna Btata Dana 01 Rainier on Labor day. Cashier C 8. Van Ankar, under surveil lance of , Detective Lou - Hart man. . la vainly endeavoring 10 . raise . f unda . to make good tha shortage that resulted from tha robbery. . .. - .-. They , arrived from , Portland', thia morning and Van Auker visited many Of hla old friends, but up. to a lata hour had been, unsuccessful la raising, money. (Continued on Page Two.)' ' TO BEBESTHAN i i - ''1,' I II l .-', Clark Discovers He" Has a Niece - and Decides to ' Attend Wed ding' , Whlchj;; IsJ.; Postponed jTvvlce for Him, but He Is' De tained by Wreck. ' "iJ-Kf. V . kmuI liwt.1 ta Moines, U,. Sept I. Senator William A. Clark did not know that ha had a niece living until he got an invi tation to the wadding of Miaa Oraoa Baker and F. A.-Nichols, and he then decided to kttend and be the beat man, no matter how .Important hla buelness engagements elsewhere might be. - But Senator Clark found himself 100 mile away when hla pretty nleoe became a wife.-- ' A railroad wrack In Kansas :' oauaed a tlaap of the millionaire's plana,' but he sent. hla regrata and congratulations and accompanied them with a IIO.OOO ehecki- - . ;. . ; ... -j Miss Baker, la a daughter of Mra. I. K. Baker, a alster-ot. the Montana, min ing man, who haa long alnoa bean dead. Tha Montana, sua waa not aware that be had auch close relatives living until a few weeka ago. Ua telegraphed tha girl en, receipt of tha Invitation to da lay the wedding until he eould be pres ent Bhe aoeeded to hla request. Again Senator Clark aakad a postpone ment because of important engagements and than tonight ' waa aeiected aa tha wedding data. The senator started In plenty of time, but the wreck inter fered and ha waa forced .to . wire his regrets. He 1 expected tomorrow, but tha bride would not risk a third post ponement of tha ceremonr -FOR Bs "U '" - . ' ' ' ' : ' ; '' '.''; f- SENATOR UNABLE SEflDSB 10 CHECK IlnniiiiFis Banker Admits Having 4 Been Central: Figure in at Least Five 0th- serHoiauDS Detectives Think They Have Un : covered Strange ; Career ; Criminology Cashier ' He : Thirty Different Positions in Past Twenty Years. v ' . . . . ... .. .. . , i- v., (By .8. B. Best,' Staff Correspondent) Rainier. Or Sept 10. ttectivea working e the. Van Anker oae freely aaaert that their effort 4a solving the myatery will reveal one of thantrang ast and most peculiar, aaraera Jn th hie- (Continued on Paga Two.) FIVE THOUSAND LIVES LOST IHiHOKG ST0RL1 Terrific Lms of Life Caused by L Typhoon Another Storm - - f .''; ;; Raged Last Night. :V4 fl ,- ...j ' i i ' . :- ' Cloeraai Bpeelal gervire.) - ir. Washington.. Sept. .10. Consul-Oen- eral Wilder at Hongkong cables: "Five thousand Uvea were loot and tt.000.000 damage to property-' was dona by tha recent typhoon. - Thirty ateamara were' wrecked and twenty others damaged. Tha .American gunboat Callao escaped Injury, -and la - assisting in, tha relief work. - The consulate la Intact" The lateat estimate of the typhoon toss at five thousand Uvea la not con fined to Hongkong harbor, aa tha storm devastated much -of tha oaat.-. , Tha passenger steamer which' started for Canton with hundreds .of paaaangera aboard, before tha storm ' haa not bee reported.-. :- ! v . ' ' OOvernor- Sir-Mathaw Matham haa ca bled'- tha British government that ha thinka that only six Europeans ara deaA A- second storm, doing little damage blew . last night - Over 1.000 aampana and Junks ara mlastng from Hongkong alone. Wharves Were awept away and houses collapsed. .Tha i m Hilary bar racks ara in ruln.-- . . - Hongkonr. ' SepC . Last- nlghfa storm visited .fresh, calamity upon the community. It la Impossible to give tha number. of killed, but it la known that many lost their Uvea and untold damage waa caused toV property. - Tha extent of Tuesday's storm la still unknown. Conssrvatlve eatlmatea plaoa the losa at $ JO. 000,000.- The at earner Al batross with 1(0 paaaangera foundered near Futsumen. pass. -only, six escaping. Tna hundred and thirty passengers and ten of tha crew ef tha ateamer. Ting Foo ara missing. The wife of sBlahop Hoar haa returned with a party from an un successful search for her missing hus- BANK CASHIER NOW UNDER C S. Van Auker and : .Mrt.EwmA.'Watscno -on Het .WT. " Jail, 'aAcomped by DepatywUnitcd-Sute ManMl Keiric t . - " f in ; i i. ; ,? v ' ii-sjin- ' if w ' ' ' 1 iifn v i - m - -i sw Engineer Rap, Says Contractors Did , Not Pave WMsil Street From 'iS'SbelriAcco'rt Remarkable chargaa j, regarding i tha meiJipasrused by contractors In Improv ing streets were made before . Judge Praser, la tha circuit- court thia morning by Oaorge Baa, a civil, engineer, in tes tifying, in. the (suit of Julius Kraemer . and - othora . against i tha , city j of ; Port ,and. . , ..f ., . , . , I- Tha. Improvement . of. Russell . street from .Williams . avenue ., to Oantanbeln avenue, waa in question. Engineer. Baa testified that his tests of tha ooncrata naed for tha foundation of the pavement showed that sit., waa composed of one part- oemenfotx of sand and, twelve of atone, while tha contract speclned that tha proportiona abould be one,, three and aix. ,tkr . , -;V-'- ' : ' - Tba cruahlng strength-of aamplaa, of tha . concrete taken from - the - part ef the. street. Improved waa v only, ST pounds, accordlnr to Mr. iRae, while tha crushing strength of good concrete, of the-; composition., specified .by- tha con tract should b -1,000 pounda .Bven ooncrata s in tha proportion of one, six and - twelve,' made - with good cement, abould have- nad a-crushing, strength of .1.000-pounds, said the -witness.') ? "The concrete was-so soft that I had difficulty- tn getting a plaoa that would hold together, that waa large enough to make a-teat with, and I eeouxad my sam ples six, weeka : after tha concrete' waa laid." said Rae.- "I eould take tha peb bles oat of thai concrete' with my fin gers. I ;'.'' 'M.-.-;-' .. :'--.'-' ' -Thi contract apeelflea alao that vlt rlfled brick should be used. . About II par cant of the brick used waa vttrlfled; the remainder waa- Just common brick. Tha- common brick absorbs much mois ture and driaa alowly, while good vitri ill ' In ! ; II 1 a Photogrvpha Sbowirg Interior and Exterior of Rainier Bank. : : ' . . r thav odoral- Coutt From. th: County fied' brick absorbs lltU moisture and dries', -very .Quickly.. , Much of tha brick used 'In; the-paving of Williams avrnus waa ao. soft .that lt could be whittled with4 fknlf a. - , ' -. "The mortar between tba brlcka was not vof the oomposltloB '- apeclfled. It should have' bean composed of ' equal parta of oament andTaand; a teat ahowed there waa one part of cement to five of sand. " Tha ' Jolnta between tha brick werer only, about "ona third -full of mor tar. The rest waa filled with etreet dirt J ' ,'- "Over ' I per cent .of the brick in the pavement -were' loose when. I examined them, about-five weeka after they were laid. :They should all have been firm. -. Tba ault waa brought by Julius Krae mer, Nicholas E. Merges, K. Hill, Elta Hill 'Schnauffer. .Mary , DuebeJ. tha Baker-Boyer- National bankof Walla Walla,' Washington.. Union Trust' In vestment company, Odd Fellow' Hall association of Albina, Hiram C Pattea, Christina K. Blrrell and William Druck, all owners ""of property - adjoining - the Improvement They ask that tha city be restrained from issuing warrants for payment for tha Improvement and from enforcing the -collection-of the assess ment from the properfy-ownera. J M. Long appeara aa attorney for the eon testing property-owners. .-'-.';. V The city, ' tha mayor, ' auditor,' tras-" urer, and EH wood Wiles, tha contractor who did tha' work, are' defendants, and ara represented by: Deputy City Attor ney J. P. Kavanaugh and R. R. Olltner. Theyk allege that the property-owner ara trying to get tha improvement with out having to pay for It '.' -. . . - SUSPICION apply 1TE10R Railroads Announce Intention to Effect . Cheaper. Local Freight Tariffs to Comply With Order of Washington Railway Commission-New Rate in Operation Inside of WeeR After confereaoea between tha traffic departmenta of the railroad companies. It haa been decided to put in a distance tariff to apply en all -tines tn Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Tha freight rates will be made to conform with the distance tariff promulgated ty tha Washington railway commission. Tha ratlroaeT companion will . offer no further opposition to tha announced pro gram of the commission. . , - It la expected that the sew tariff will be put Into affect within a, few day a It will be made affective as soon aa tha commission's order issues, and this, it la said, will be dona thia week or next. Through the action of tha Washington commission, tha same result will accrue alike to the other at tea of . tha Paclf la northwest, by voluntary action of tha railroad com panlea. ' It' Is said they have become convinced Jha It la time .to accept con ditions that have been brought about by growth of tha ' population and de velopment of tha transportation busi ness,, and. that tha beat policy la ona of secure scones In tha demands of the commiaalon. . , . Beerntta of STaw Tactff. ' s The first direct result of the new distaaoa tariff will be to give- lower rat between Interior town, for ex change of commodities, and tha encour agement of. bualnesa - between the smaller communities. Tha tariff will be aa follows, according to classifica tion of tonnage. - First class Five mOas or under, 10 cents per 100 pounds; each five milea thereafter, np to 20 milea. 4 cents addi tional; each five milea thereafter np to M miles, cents additional; each five milea' thereafter rap to . 100 milea, 1 centa additional; for each five milea thereafter up to 400 milea; 1 cent addi tional; distances above 400 milea,.,! centa additional for each tea milea. Second class ti per cent of the first class rater third class. 70 per cant of first class rate; fourth class, o per cent of first class rati fifth-class, AO per cent of first ylaaa rte. '' ' - Class A. merchandise, (9 per cent of first class rata; class B, 4t par east of CITY OF SEATTLE GOES Ofi ROCKS Pacific Coast Steamer Strikes ; Banks in Dense Fog Tugs - Sent to Assistance -Pas'sen- No v Danger .Vessel Was En Route to Skagway. " ' (SpecUl Ditpawh ts.Tse Sesraal.) . Victoria. B. Bept. SO. Tha Paclfio Coast 1 Steamship oompanya ' ateamer City of Seattle, bound from Seattle for Skagway, Alaska, want ashore on Trial Island at 4 o'clock thla morning. A dense fog waj hanging over tha sea and tha man at the helm lost hla bearing, ,' Tugs tare been sent to the aasistanc of tba steamer ' which gradually- went broadside on tha shore, and tha passen gers will likely be landed without much difficulty. - Tha weather la calm andtio great fear la entertained for tha vessel, although rough weather would quickly tear her to pieces.. .;, ., ..- ' .A new lighthouse with fog-horn equip ments waa located on the island by .the Dominion government a few weeka ago. Tba Inland Is, a bout ten milea from thla plaoa.' S ' " Tha City of Seattle la ona of the best steamer on - tha Puget Sound-Alaska run. She la of the following dlmen tlrms: length, S44 feet; beam, 40 feet; depth of hold, IS. feet. 'TENT LURCHES ' l :":ov;rj prelates AT TRIAL ISLAND '"':,; h V.1' " . ' RATES Tfp i first class rata; elaaa C, 19 par cent off first class rate; clans D. 15 per cent of flrat claaa rata; claaa E. SO per oont of flrat claaa rate. ' v. - s : Whata Maw ma tea AjvpUea. On tha flrat four classes the rate applied to leaa than carload, lota, aack on- tha remaining classes it appllea to ' car Iota. Western classification rules apply to tha tariff schedule. ' "The result will be that the new dls-. tanoe tariff will effect a reduction oC present freight . charges at all point where there la not already a lower rata. Ia many - Instances the existing com modity rates or special rates will ba lower than the maximum under tha new distance tariff. - At auch points tha tariff will have no effect.'" aaid General Freight Agent R. B. Miller of tha Har liman lines. "The cut amounts to about 10 per oent ' reduction of tha ' present rates.' ' Wblls it will not apply In that degree to existing rates out of Portland, thsre will be some changes of the present special and commodity rates, though none materially affecting tha Jobbing trade at thla point There will be aomo kinks to take out . and soma modifications to render the rales uniform." v -MrMlUer took exception to recently; published statements regarding exces sive freight ratca. on tha O. R. A N. lines - and aald tha comparisons mada were . the worst that could have beam picked out.f tHe aaid: . gay Batsa Are. tow. . " "By the nature of tha bualnesa In Oregon and In Iowa. Missouri and Kan- sas the rates should bo and ara dif ferently adjusted. The O. R.- N. com- pany reeeivea but a small . proportion of - Us ; revenues from marchaadlsa freighta - Roughly speaking, the .ton nage of this road la 10 per cent mer chandise. SO per oent grain. SO per cent lumber and SO per cent free. It will be ' sedn -that ths out-haul.' or tha 10 per cent merchandise, on" which our ratca ar comparatively high, la tha smallest -part of our buatneaa. while for the other " 90 per cent grain, area and lumbar, the .Continued on Page Three.) END OF HISTORIC SAILING SHIP IS FINALLY AT HAND Last of Deep Water Vessels Be ing ; Converted Into Coa! Barges Have Been Used in Lumber Trade Around Horn but Earthquake Stopped Uss Woersal BpsrisI Ssrvhe-i ' New Tork. Sept. 20 At last tha end of the American deep-water sailing ship la at band, for three of tha last remain ing Cape Horoera that ar lying now i South . Brooklyn are about to be con verted Into coal bnrges. They are tha Occidental. M. P. Grace and John A. Brlgee. and they all ball from San Francisco, aa their register had been changed from thia port aomo time ago. Since then these three old-tlmere have been engaged on the Psciflo coast carry-, ing lumber between Puget sound and fian Francisco, but recently they all ar rived at New Tork for the laat tiros, under sail, for when these fine old wlnd Jammera, , that have burked many winter southwestern storms between Cape flora and stouth- Hlahlends, iiin feel the lift of the aea it will be at the and of a taw line. . s Two more of their comr! ara ''i headed for Nw York . to suffer similar degradation. They are (lis C F. lr. aent snd tha IHrrr Morse, and, like the other three, they hnve In l ri carried lumber es-siw l'" sound snd fan lr" obltterntlon of t thr will v ' loft to ke.-y. III. I 1