The Oregon daily journal., September 21, 1906, Image 1

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;. Portland.1; qrecon'. friiay; evening,1 September' fej. : i9oe eighteen pages.1 '
VOL. V.
TWO CENTS ow t-ms awn wrr-
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riiRiTinr :s ; FypiAinrn tot, !
The Charge Is Larceny
r From Stat a Bank of
Rainier Svorn to
Special Agent Allen.
Refusal of Bank President 'to
; Sign Complaint Gave , Cashier
' Opportunity vto j GeC; Away
Whlc He Availed Himself Of
. How Escape Was Made. "
At IS aUnute to t o'clock this aft.
O, B.,Ya-Ak, lata wtlir of
th BabUwr Iteto btO, nU4 tat th
! of th Sherlock baJJdiag. Sh,
Iff Watt of ColwaW. nu(jTWirUf
mmn ei vansaenaaa enny tu e
atlv Z a'Xartmaa wer in m
elevate ; ul .. Immediately . yl ,hlm
.(By 8.. B, Bst, ' Staff. Correapondent.)
. Rainier, Or., Sept. tt.- Char1n laiv
pnjr from th Stat bank of Ralnlor In
lb iuri or Ul4t. (,vmnt w ta-
auad hr- this morning for th arrest
T - I m ' Van ' lllkw 'ihlr nt tKa
aank that-waa aatd.'to haTa-koen held
. up, an- robbea m - broad -aajrurbti On
A Labor lyj Ooorje- W. Allen, apeolal
t afent ot the National Surety company
j of New York, in whioa the ez-caabler
waa bonded, attned the complJnt.
. Bherlff White . and DetecUve Lou
.tHartmaa left immediately for Portland
to aerre im warrant, n ia Known tnat
Tan Anker ia in that elty, whither he
ft fled mat nifbt after cierariy eludlnf the
vigilance of deteotlTea in Portland, who
were Instructed by wire to arrest him
Yv. . Jv. Why' PlanaHlaoatiled. r '-
' Plana of -the - offloera to arreat "Van
Anker .here laat merit miscarried as a
result of the refusal of President Lewis
t of the State bank of Batnler to sign the
eomplalnt .and the subsequent light of
; the cashier, who quickly learned of the
, plans that had been laid lor,' his appro-
i Lata yesterday avenlnf Sheriff White
and Deputy District Attorney . W. A.
? Powell arrived here with a warrant
ready tor signing, v By teiepnone eariy
4- in me aer invy nm vwa uiiurmia vj
Special Agent' Allen, who waa, in A)
tarla. that Preaidant Lewla of the bank
: (Continued on Page Two.)
LEAVE EMPLOY.1
0FTHE0.17.P.
General Manager of Company's
Unet to Retire' After .Thirty
Six Year Spent In Active Rail
road Work and Take Vacation
Trip ln"Eastrr :7.
WlUlam H. i fturlburt, general ' man.
) ager or tne Oregon water r-ower Rau
way linea since that company's incep-
f hub, una prvBiaviii u. in vumpvny upil!
in receni moirocioa wnn me Tri
land Oen,sral Eleotrlo and Portland Rail
way oompaniea,' ha reatgned Trom the
, aerrlce. He will retire October 1 to
take the flrst vacation he has had In a
" notable railway career oorering a period
Of tt years. No appointment of a auc-
i cevieor win o maae ror tne present..
'J " Mininmint of the O. W. P. Iln.a lil
i go on under direction of the vtce-preel.
cent and general manager, of the eon-
solldated oompaniea, Franala I. JTQUer,
I1URLCUR
l w,ip .inn in. cnini, 01 control naa
r had general auperrlalon of all railway
.lines In the Clark-Hollgman syndlcata
r ""I Have not aooepted any other posl
' tlon and am not open to consider any.
: X bellero I am entitled to a vacation,
4 and am going to take one." Mr. Hurlburt
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C S. I Van
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Ghieri;tldesfdffi
fbr His'Arrestin Theif' Hands.: Are;Ndw3
counng;iiortianci:iorne suspect.
C-8. Van Auker, accused of robbing
the State back of Rainier, Is walking
the streets M PortUnd. . On his trail
are the sheriff of Columbia, county and
private . detective- with- a; warrant
charging- larceny, but' at. last, accounts
the officers ot the law had noa-caught up
wltk IK. mi . u I, i . 4l . -,
Van Auker slipped hla guaftlana laai
evening In Rainier, whither .he 'bad gone
in an effort to ratae I1,17, tne amount
atolen from - the bank. Getting away
fronr Sheriff MarHn White of Columbia
coofitr and L. Hartmaa -of - the- Hart
man detective agency , on the plea that
he wanted - to pay a small bill, van
Auker. mingled with a little, crowd of
Rainier residents that stood on the bill
above the Rainier railway station. The
train for Portland was preparing to pull
out As It got under way Van Auker
ran ahead a abort-distance, alid- down
the hill and climbed -on: the "platform, of
the baggage enr . On ; the train were
H. O. Kemp, editor of. the Rainier Reg-
1 later, whom - Van Auker had. .threatened
to kill; William Powell, deputy die
trict attorney of Columbia county;' Mrs.
Van Auker, wife of the fugitive, and her
father. Rev. .C. H. CaMpbelU of Sell-
wood. - s ... ' j, I
. Ooea Zate Satokiag Oar.
When the train was ' well -out j- tit
Rainier, Van Auker sauntered Into t the
smoker. Ha saw Kemp, but evidently
his delre for vengeance' had died put,
for he greeted the editor, pleasantly and
requested him not to talk to htm until
Powell, who was bound.. zort Holton, had
left the train. Aa soon as Holton waa
passed Van Auker sat down with Kemp
and engaged him in a general conversa
tion, only occasionally refervingto.the
trouble with the bank. Once ' while
briefly discussing this subject he aald:.
- "I'm going ' to- polio headquarters In
the morning and ask if, I ant wanted,":.'1
Aa ' the , train ' nearefe ' Portland Van
Auker . excused, hlrosfflf. saying he
wanted to talk with -hla wife. She was
In "the third car. tod he started In that
direction. When the rain reached Port
land he waa not among the passengers
who alighted at Union station. , It la
supposed that he dropped off somewhere
In. the suburbs. ...; - ' I; '
- See . at TaHar TlataaX -
Van1 Auker did not keep hla -promise
to visit police headquarters this morn
ing. Inquiry at the home of his father-In-law
brought only a -resentful declar
ation ' that . he waa ' not there; It. was
thought that he had fled the city,' but
early In' the day Chief of Police Qrlti
macher was informed by telephone that
Van Auker had been seen-on the street
No-word arf.Uhe issuance- of- a warrant
had been received at this i time, and
nothing was done ' Captain' of Detec
tives Bruin said that. If, he met Van
Auker he would have no right to arreat
him without authority. Other "reports
of Van Auker's wanderlnga followed the
first. It seemed that Van' Auker was
taking a constitution! and enjoying fhe
pleasant weather. He had practically
been in .custody for three days, and
wag enjoying hla freedom. -,
At ttootf Sheriff White and Detective
Hartman reached here with, a complaint
issued by George W. Allen, .Washington
state manager for the National Surety
company, the Institution that bad gone
on Van Auker a bond and waa liable for
or 1
Auker.
search Judge Cameron was found and aJ
warrant - secured. The twe officers
started on a. search, for the fugitive.
Ten minutes ' later W Cooper Morris,
cashier of the Oregon Savings bank, re
ported that he had aeen Van Auker paas
the i corner 4of" Sixth and Washington
streets, bound eastward. He waa In no
hurry, and there 'were' no pursuers in
sight' This information was conveyed
to White, and Hartman, and they are
confident of an early capture. - . t
- mesiras xis Tosltloa.' '"
" Van;Aukf went through the' for
mality . of resigning his position as
Cashier of the Rainier bank yesterday,
and that institution today notified its
correspondents . not to' honor his signa
ture, f. -:..' -,-. ".. JiV
Officials of the Rainier bank are now
thoaoughly eonvlnoed that- Van - Auker
la . guilty. - This change of mind was
due in a' great measure lo Detective
Hartman's -demonstration that It -was
possible, for 'the s aspect b have bound
himself hand and ootkafore giving' out
tne roDoery -alarm. - Tbeaer ornoiais also
believe that Van Auker did that job
alone. They point out- that If he bad
made some crook his 'accomplice all of
the money in the bank would have been
taken. Instead of less than half, There
waa 14,000 In gold and bills In the safe.
besides a . sack .containing 1680 - which
had been deposited by- the postmaster of
Rainier , i for-' safe-keeping. -- Of this
amount only 1,JT was stolen. . . '
. BrUsaoe 'Agatast SClaa. ,
The Cact that the-poatmaater'a ssck
of money -was - left- untouched 'is con
sidered a strong-circumstance against
Van Auker.. Beside1 . this sack '' on the
day of -the-alleged -robbery stood an
other sack containing $110.- The smaller
amount belonged to an official of the
bankwThe larger amount belonged . to
the ' federals-government The former
was taken and the latter was left un
touched. No one i connected with' the
bank would have known 'what ' money
belonged "to the i government and what
did -: not.' Prom this the conclusion' is
drawn 'that Van Auker figured that-If
if came to tke worst he might make
good the bank a money and escape prose
cution, but .there would be no chance
of squaring himself with the govern
ment This theory, which account for
: ,x (Continued on Pag Two.) .
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Z t Of the. whole" world:, Polities' in feuropeT by J. prytiij health and
X '. beauty hint, by Mro.-Symes; 'travel, in the Holy Land, by J. B: Hor
ner; stories of adventure, by talented writers; wreck" of t duchess
through gambling in Great Britain;
tragedy in-' Turkey; social art and music notes of Portland; and all !
the news of the day, from everywhere in , Y ' , . ' . ...''',-',
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Detectives Locate Men
; Whom Van Auker, De
clares' Held Him Up
Mil Rainier State Bank
Both Are Loggers and Were In
Bank on Labor Day to Cash
' Check but No Evidence Con
nects Them With Hold-Up
Knot of lope Being Preserved.
(By 8. B. Beatu Staff Correspondent)
Rainier, Or., Sept II. Sine the mys
terious robbery of the State bank ot
Rainier on. Labor .day. in which, Cashier
Van Auker claimed to. have been bodnd
aad robbed- of 11,600,-. detectives . and
others- have tried unceasingly, to, run
down the two men who were said to
have oommltted - the ' crime. - - Without
doubt two men entered the bank at the
hour stated b the cashier, and there- Is
no doubt but that they were seen by
various persons both before and after
the crime. '. ;. - -" '' v. i .f
However, -two - tmea answering'1 their
deecrtptions have at laat been located,
and, so fsr as the offloers have been
able to ' ascertain, they had no part
whatever in tha aensatlonal holdup. The
men who have been located are loggers,
and are at present said to be employed
at a camp near De -Gray's landing, a
short distance west of Kaiama, six miles
east of this place. . !c .-;,..;- '--v.-
. Aaswer the Seeorlptiiaaa. .
' Th men, according to those who are
Inveetlgatlng th case, cam to Rainier
on Labor day for the purpose of collect
ing money due .them, t They answer in
almost ' every V detail ' the description
given by Cashier Van 'Auker f the two
men whor he -claims, held-hint-up at the
point ef a revolver, bound him, robbed
th bank and escaped after leaving him
bound hand and, foot ia th directors'
room in tne rear or in pans.' xney
answer the description given by van
Auker with th exception of only, a few
deta.Ua. Neither of the two loggers has
a sear on hi lace, . while one ef tne
alleged robber, according to the 'cashier,
had a prominent sear on his right cheek
Th man visited several place in Rai
nier on that day, passing several times
along the street on. which the bank is
oca ted. Let In th afternoon, about 4
o oiocjc. i tne , tune wnen uie , casmer
claims to have been held up, they state
that . they ' went- Into the ,, bank
and - presented a - check for pay
ment Th check' waa paid, they say,
and th men departed. -. They followed
the. railroad . tracks . In an easterly dl
reetloit from this place to. a point a
short distance west of Qoble., '
. JToaraeyed to Thai Somas. '
- Thar they crossed th Columbia river
to De Gray's landing and proceeded to
their homes. - While walking along tha
railroad tracka they are paM to have
been, seen by a number of persona her,
among whom wa w C . Le,. proprietor
of a hotel. Thoae who aaw . them de
clare that they . tallied , almost exactly
with the. cashier's description of the
highwaymen who held him up. "
Detectives who first went to work on
the caae accepted thla clue as th most
plausible one tor r the aolutlon of ' th
mystery- Aided by the-- description
given by Cashier 'Van' Auker and those
given by others who had aeen the two
strangers, the detectives had tlttl dif
ficulty In following th route' they pur
sued slong the railroad track's? The of
ficers followed them as far a the point
near Ooble, where they." took a boat
across the river.- 'Later they . found
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iORSESBURIIEDI
. IH TACOMA ;FIRE
Most Disastrous Conflagration in
Years Visits City of Destiny-
Railroad Depot, Bridge arid
Many ? Buildings Destroyed--
Loss Hundred Sixty, Thousand.
, (Special Dispatch te Tae.Joaraal.) . .
' Taooma, Sept. - 11. Th most disas
trous - fir 'that - Tacoma- ha seen1 in
many yeara took place laat night Two
people,M4t horses and property valued
at 1110,000 burned. Mre. J. C . Peter
eon, wife of the proprietor of the Wins
low restaurant-was ons of the victims,
and a stableman employed at Ruaaell's
barn the other, ' , - -
Fire broke out In tha barn, and of ISO
horses only eight were gotten out. . In
cluded in the number burned were five
blooded stallions, one of which, a French
coach stallion, .was valued at. S2S.000.
Strenuous efforts were- made ' to aav
thes horsea, but after they were cut
looa and driven out of the stalls they
rsn back.. .. ,.- . ( - ,.-,,
Th fir burned 'the Tacoma Eastern
railroad depot and offices, freight ware
house, five boxcars and. a large amount
ot trackage.- It also burned- Ruaaell's
livery barn, th Wlnslow restaurant
building, Jensen's saloon,.' the Puyauup
avenue bridge, and three frame dwell
ings. - The burning of the bridge ties up
a vast amount ot street-railway .trafflo
and alao cuts ofr tba Beattla-Tacoraa in
terurbaa railroad trains from entering
the city.- ' - . .....-
The fir caught . In .the bay A of 'the
barn and spread with wonderful -rapid
ity. A dosen teamsters were asleep In
th barn, but all these escaped with the
exception of on who went by the name
of "Big Henry." tn trying to sav his
team be waa overcome. and burned.
Th Tacoma Eastern depot and office
building aeros Puyallup avenue caught
fire, th rumes spreading to the freight
sheds, boxcars and railroad, yards. The
Wlnslow restaurant and Jensen's saloon
and the dwelling bouses caught at the
same time, nd the entire neighborhood
wss on roaring conflagration. Th fire
department concentrated all the fire-
fighting apparatus In the-city . at the
Spot, butfthe beat waa Ho intense that
it made W impreaalon on th flemesw?
Strenuous efforts were made to aav
Mn. PiMnon'i life, but without avatt
She and her husband and Mlsa Olga Pe
terson escaped from th burning build
ing in their nlghtclothee.- She ran Into
the building to get' something, but. al
most Immediately began ahrkiklng tor
help. The heat of tlte fire- was- so la-
tense that) It- we eulolde to g to her
assistance. . . ,., ,' .
The Tacoma Eaatern la badly crippled,
as . Its . headquarter building - wa de
stroyed., , ... . .
i Appoiaed Sfavy fcaberer.
Waahlngton. rt. 41. Olaf .Mlkhel-
aon of Orl-rit and H. N. Oreen of Port
land. Orsgon,' have been apiolntd ape-
rial lshnrem at th Mare Island navy-
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Mr.,. and . Mrs., A. ' Hart . McKee.
E SOUGHT
illli
FROfil HUSBAND
4
Most Beautiful x'1- Woman J Ever
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Born in Tennessee Seeks. Sep-
f aratiort From Millionaire After
; Year and Half of Wedded Bliss
Was Formerly Mrs. Tevis.
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t - . IJeeraal (peelal Servke.) :
NaahvUle. - Tenrw Sept' II-News
comes from Paris that "the most beau
tiful woman 'ever born in Tennessee'
will seek a divorce from her millionaire
husband.: A Hart McKee, who. wedded
ner a year ana a nair ago. at wai
tlm.sh waa courted by men Of na
tional prominence. . MoKee won, how
ever, and eoclety throughout th coun
try believed the union was a happy one.
iTh beautiful young woman broke an
engagement with th Earl of Rosalyn to
wed McKee. ' He had just been divorced,
and It wa thought he would marry Mrs.
Lawrence C Phlppa of Pittsburg. , who
haa also-been through the divorce mill.
Mrs...-McKee, who -la of th famous
and rich Baxter . family, waa flrst en
raged , whan - IS: years old,' to Gerald
Hughes, a young lawyer.- During this
engagement, at a house, party, at' her
home In th Colorado mountalna. ahe
met Hugh Tevis, the richest young man
in California, and he won her affections
trom , Hughes. Tevla and Mlas ' Baxter
were married a few days after the other
nuptial were to have been celebrated.
Tevis died In, Japan, while on hi honey
moon., .... .-. l - . .. . .
Ooavloted of Peoaage, ; r t
: (Jsoraal Spedat Swrlre.) ' V
Cape- Girardeau, Mix., ,Srnt. 11.
Charles M. Hmlth, Charlee M. 8mlth Jr.,
and, five tenant were found guilty to
day of peonage. Their; aentenc was
deferred. . A : '
Klamath Tea Asseeanteat,.' -
(Seeclirl Ptsrstrb Ths
Rslem, Sept. tl. The summary of th
assessment roll of Klamath county wa
reoelved yesterday at the secretary of
state'a office. The gross sln f th
nr ine
value
aqua l-
property is t.0l,0M. and thi
nf the tnhl rrnj.-rty a finally q
Two Cars Loaded With;
rfiynairiite Expjode oh!
Tracks at: Jellico
Fire Follows
Oil 'Taiiks; Blaze : Up .wd Ali
Warehouses Along : Road Are
Destroyed At , Least Fifteen1
. Are .Dead ; and Fifty ! Injured
Though List' May Co Higher
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Jellico, Tann., Sept 11. (Bulletin.)-
It I expected that th Hat of Injured
will reach ISO. - Some who were near!
th scene at th tim declare that th'.
explosion waa caused by Walter Reyn
old, agent, of the brewery of Cincinnati,
who waa shooting sparrows with ; a
small rifle and sent a bullet In the ear.
Reynolds body - was ' torn to pieces.
Other declare that tha switching ear
waa allowed , . to bump . another ear.
Portions- of human bodies are being
picked up vry few minute.- Th rall
r4 agent says that tha aarploaloa waa
caused by on f three men shooting at
a target sailed en th cr, . , .
. ' 1 . Woaraal gpeeUl servlea.) J, .' ' ,
Jetllco. Tenn- Sent S1.ta
of dynamlt standing on a track near the
depot of the Louisville a Nashville rail
road exploded thl morning carrying
death and destruction. The number of
dead and InlnrArf im nnUn. .., w
- 1 IUUU LI
quite a number of bodies hav already
owrmn rvcorerea, out many are supposed!
to be in tha flra whiK i
after the nnlnalnn k..,..k. '
Standard Oil company,. close by, caught
fire There are ranim that Km!
7 aad 100 rjaraona v.r. km.
Jured. It Is known that at least It are
dead and over SO Injured.'
one boar arter the explosion fly un
identified IwwIlM Kt Kam -
and th following known- ' dead ware
alao removed; 'i '
John Gordon. L ' ' - '
Walter. Rodger. -- v.'"'. .'. ' :-
John Cook. -.-"';';' ' " 'x;. , . ..
George Atklna.;- w r, ,' -s. .
Th train or which tk. mh. i... .
- - uHinii
car were a part had stopped on a siding
near uie passenger . staUon to - b!
switched on a siding. A number of
Dersona wars, aLt'th t.i(nn
- , u
arrival of a passenger train and it waa
among thl crowd that th xploatony
found most of it victims. .
, Near to where the cars loaded with'
dynamite stopped were the big oil tank
of th. Standard Oil -Mmpaay. They
caught fire immediately after tha ax-'i
plosion, their sides being ripped open
by- the force of the shook. A number i
of buildings also elos by were wrecked. -The
fire spread and wee soon raglnar
flroly. 1 - , .
Immediately after th explosion "'J,
rush waa made to th railroad tracka
by nearly th entire population of tha'
town. Bodies that had been mangle
(Continued on Pag Two
CITY OWNERSHIP ,
IS
VICE-PRESIDEOT
Fairbanks Grills All Forms of
Government , Ownership - at
: ComerstoneLaylng of Cook
County HouseSays It Would
, Be Step Towards Destruction.
fJea-aal ftsaetl gervWe.t
Chicago. Sent tl. Tha Mrnwitniu m
the S6.0U0.0O COurthnusa ' riwib Anna.
ty waa laid this sfternoon. Vloe-Pil-
oent ralrbanka; governor Mnnn, Merer
uunne, elty and county official wsre
th principal participants. A military
parade preceded the ceremony.
Vice-President Fairbanks stink In the
afternoon and felicitated th rounir
upon It prosperity and greatness sn I
then with Mayor Dunne, tiie epti i f
municipal ownership, on the platform
the vlce-nreaident launrhed Intf a i
nunclatlon of government or '( .-t-
rahlp of railroads or any oir r
utility, the admlni-tretion or ii. ..
declared, properlr blimd to tin t
pi In their individual nr .
caper try. II '-aald soverf-j ( -
ship snull r a st : 1 i
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