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VERSES for READERS of THE SUNDAY JOURNAL 600D EVENING THE WKATHER. Pair and wanner tonight; Saturday probably ahowcra, cooltr; northwest to southwest winds. VOLV. no. in. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28. 1906. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ggR T NAN AUKER GAMBLERS TO FORGET HIM 'ORTLA REQUESTED NOOSE ABOUT MY NECK" SAID BANK CASHIER 10 FRIEND iensational Evidence Banker in Preliminary Hearing Today Wrote Note to.Milwaukie Club Asking Grat ton to Tell Habitues to Forget That They Had Ever Seen Him There. (By 8 B. Best. Staff CorrsenjnndenM ) Rainier. Or., Sept. 18. AtVthe pre liminary hearing of Banker C. 8. Van luker, cused of embezzling funds sm the State bank of Rainier on La- day, this morning Leo Bisfelder testined to Having carried a note from fan Auker to Isaac a rut ton of the tllwaukle Country club, near Portland. Elsfelder Is an implore of the A. & C. 1 11 road la giving him the note Van Auker lid to Bisfelder. stated, the latter: "They have the noose almost .about my eck, but there were two men in town that day - " The conversation was Interrupted by the approach of others, said Elsfelder. he letter was addressed to Qratton and It was admitted by Van Anker In oourt having been written by btaself. The letter fallows: "Of course yon have heard of the bank robbery at this place and you win re- r me as toe., cannier., xouuknaw that I played some heavy games at your place, and I waat you and the rest of the boys to forget that I was ever there If called upon to Identify me or any picture." (Signed) C S. Van Auker Defendant Unmoved. Before Justice of the Peaoe William lymons at this plsce there begun this norning one of the strangest criminal es ever tried In Oregon, when C. 8. fan Auker, sx-caahter of the State bank at Rainier was given a preliminary hear ing on a charge of larceny la connection rlth the mysterious robbery of the nk on Labor day. CABMAN FORGETS AODRESS;WEDDING DELAYED AN HOUR ICuests Waiting at Church Have Visions of Bride Deserted at the Artar by Villainous Bride groom, but Fears Are Finally Dispelled. The wedding of Miss Grace Simpson land Frederick N. Rathbone waa set for 18:80 Wednesday evening at 8t. David's IRplsoopal church on the esst side. The guests began to file in before 8 o'clock land beforo the appointed timo the mull- It orium was filled wtth people wblaper llngly admiring the beautiful decorations Lof fern. Oregon grape and pink roses. The crucial, moment approached and I nothing happened. People began to I draw out their watches to see what lime it waa The hands pointed to 8:48. That waa rather a Ions wait. But still they waited. Soon the organist, a friend of the groom, appeared and took hisplaoe uncnatly. The company sighed a algh of relief. "Nine o'clock; but they will surely come now for the organist Is playing." All turned expectantly to the door hut I only an occasional white, worried fsce could be sen hurrying by the restless- llsw swinging door. It appeared that I Oft griom had Ignomtnlously deserted the bride at the very altar and she waa I prostrate with grief and aurrounded tv anxious mentis wno reared ror her recovery. The watch said, t:lB. Surely there could be no mistake; he had failed in annom- Nlne-twentv. 8:28: :20: B:ss. and rhe door slowly opened to ad mit the bride herself, smiling and radi ant. A sigh of relief all over the goom sounded like a breath of the south wind. i The cabman had been told to call for Miss May Kelly at her address on Flanders street With the superior knowledge of cabmen that aaat side brides cannot have friends on the waat aide, he called at Bast Flanders. When She bridesmaid failed to appear after a I Fsasiiiislili wait he Inquired and found ha had the wrong addreas. He tried the next number, and the next and the next, then started across the street. n he moved up me street a nioca. jrt tiae men na rnasen toe n um oar I hundred. No use." Then he reversed It. and juggled the figures. All to' no pur Doe. Finally be drove to the church and met the frightened bridal party, nut Mlw Klly In th t-mirriad to me wwei si add ot AFTER ROBBERY Against Accused Rainier Listening to the testimony that Is apparently Incriminating, though purely circumstantial. Van Auker sat beside bis counsel and smiled. He Is the same affable, unmoved Van Auker who could bet 1500 on the flip of a card In a faro game with the same unconcern with which he might buy a postage stamp. At a lata hour this afternoon testi mony Is still being heard, so it has not been determined whether He will be held to the district court for trial. However, It Is generally believed that ha will be forced to trial on the charge. The prosecution Is being conducted by Harri son Allen, district attorney, while Van Auker la represented by H. If. Cake of Portland. Allen a lan m. Among the witnesses who testined against the banker this nornlng waa George W Allen, Recifle coast manager for the National Surety company. In wlilu!tttiv exmshtr was huiidett in tin sum of $10,000. Mr. Alien told graph Ically of the holdup as outlined by Van Auker to hlro, and told of the many alleged dlscrspanalcc and Irregularities SB oonuecuon wun me oanaers ac counts of the alleged holdup. He also told of the confession of the banker to having been 12,800 loser at gambling when the alleged holdup of the bank took plane and of the bankers proposal to make good the bank's losses) If Immunity from prosecution of the case or publicity were guaranteed. (Continued on Page Thirteen.) PROMISED HIM DEAD BODY FOR XMASPRESENT Charles B. Andrews Alleges in Complaint That Wife Threat ened to Kil Herself and Send Him Her Corpse as Holiday Memento. A threat to commit suicide and send her deed bodv to him na a Chrlatmaa present Is said by Charles B. Andrew to have head the climax of a long period of humiliating treatment Ella O. An drew subjected him to, and to get away from her he filed a suit for divorce in the circuit court yesterday afternoon. Andrew states In his complaint that he has property worth 118,000 add that his wife said to him that If he would turn all his property over to her aba would quit annoying him, but unleaa he did she would continue to follow and harass him as long as he lived Mrs. Andrew Is untruthful, alleges Andrew. In La Porte. Indiana, where they lived, says Andrew, he was a suc cessful and respected lawyer. They went to Denver, Colorado, In October, I8. and were married. . At La Porte, Andrew saya, his wife entered into dif ferent buainess schemes against his will and always got Into trouble with the persons with whom she dealt. Her grandfather died at La Porte at the age of 80 years, leaving an aetata of prop erty valued at 818.00, It IS alleged. He left a will, but made no provision for Mr. Andrew and she Immediately made a claim against the estate for 810.000 under ctrcutnstsnces that were question able. Andrew does not detail the ques tionable circumstances In bis complaint His wife's actions In Indiana having wrecked his health, he moved to Port land In 1800, on advice of hla phyalctan. A year later, Andrew avers, his wife followed him here and renewed bar ef forts to humiliate him. He says aha at tempted to get Into hla office over the transom, thst she tried to Intercept his mall, threatened to pat his eyes out. be haved With Impropriety with other men. made Improper demands on him regard ing her relations with other men, nnd finally threatened to commit suicide and send htm her dead body as a Christmas P reseat. Andrew states that his wife has prop erty In Indiana and Nebraska worth 110.000. He asks that he be given a d- of divorce and that Mrs. Andrew over nothing front bint by the decree, udge That a 0Dejr appears as at m.y for Andrew II. Coon red, the Dght - Year in Mrs. Russell Sage Granting a Willed to Thdffl DrTeVrate? , . . .. Take Place of, Striking Grainhandlers, But Are Not Molested by Members of Union Exporters Holding a Conferenee. Nonunion grain handlers are being put to work on the docks as quickly as men appearing likely to be able te perioral ine worx apply ror positions. Half a dosen hands were employed on Montgomery dock this morning and they were still juggling with the grain bags late this afternoon. They were new men, but the dock foremen reported to his firm that they, were doing all rlghl The exporters express themselves con fident of securing enough men to han dle all the wheat that will be brought here without the assistance of the old employes, and arrangements are being made to have the sailors of Incoming vessels stow the grain an It pours down the chute from the docks into the hold The exporters will hold another con ference this afternoon between them selves. So far, they have not replied to the letter sent them yesterday by Business Agent . Oscar Melby of the grainhandlers' union, and 'they say they do not know whether It will be- replied to or not, since the union has not fig ured with them since the expiration of last year's contract. In an -Interview this morning W. J. Burns of Balfour, Guthrie A CO. stated that he would not say that the exporters sre willing at this Ume to sign the agreement proposed to the union a week ago today. This contract nailed for the former rate of 38 cents an hour and time and a half over 10 hours work. wo TroasBO Anticipated. "We will have no trouble to handle the cargoes on vessels becausse the sailors will be perfectly willing to do It," said Mr. Burns. "The sailors handle car- MARRIAGE OFFER TO CLERKS COSTS MARTIN $5,050 Thirty-Two Couples Take Ad vantage of Offer and Many Visits of Stork Follow. (Journal Special Sen lee.) New Tork, Sept. 18. Jean Baptlsfe Martin, proprietor of the Cafe Marti o. made an offer little over a- year ago of 8100 to any of hla employes who would marry, and fSo for each of the first children horn. A marriage epi demic ensued. Altogether 82 couples took advantage of their employer's of fer, thus receiving from him 88,260. Reports of visits of the stork have been coming in during the last three months. Generally only one youngster came to brighten a home, but four tlmea there were twins and In eaeh case of twlna $100 waa given to the parents. Altogether, sine., the Cupid campaign waa Inaugurated, 87 $80 hills have been given out by Martin, making the expense ha has incurred reach the grand total of 18,080 - Old Boy, Whoae Litigation Resulted Brneficaries Double the Amount goes In many ports throughout the world and there is no trouble about It either. It looks now as If plenty of men may be had to take the wheat from the oars, so that, taken all la all, I think we will be able to get" along all right." Business Agent Melby gave out the following Interview this morning sftsr the officers of the union had been In executive session: "There Is nothing new in the-situa tion excepting that a few nonunion men have gone to work On the Montgomery dock, which Is operated by Kerr, Clif ford A Co. We will In no way molest the man who are taking, the places; we do not propose to set ungentlemanly In thla- matter, but of course It Is to our Interest to see that men' do not go to wora ror less than they 'are worth. do not believe the exporters will have many, applications for joba because men able to do thlB work are all employed at bettor wagea than they can get on me grain nocks. We have heard noth lng from the exporters In response to our test communication. This, however, makes no difference since we have de cided to. stand for the 40-cent rate, no matter what happens. We certainly win not return to work for loaa" (Continued on Page Three.) PO YOU THINK That prlii- ft htlng la hrntaP Lots of S pevpie ao. mr qneanon waa sated Patur Cardiff, wbn fought a draw wtth the great-SslHves, woo beet th champion of KOflaad, and who, as p. g. Cardiff, la a respMttd rltia.n of Portland, and he an awera It for reader, of THB SUNDAY JOUK NAI DEMOCRACY SPREADING So ar. W. 1. Bryan, who ass written an Intereatlng atory nf the growth of th people', rale, with MS III II lefweuya to Norway, for THE gtTVDAT JOURNAL, htr. Bryan aaw rhe corneal ion of Haakon, the people', rbolcr ear kjsg. and ml tap of It entertainingly. A BORN FORCER That what a rich doctor of Dearer 7t of hlmeelf; he can't help It and In milling to go to prlaon te Me If lack ef temptation will net roan It la a enre. He telle lilt story to - readers of the SUNDAY JOURNAL AMERICAN MONEY Made la Plttaburg. too, la aapperttag an other peerage and perparnaUag the tHlea of Ureat Britain. A staff correaaoweaat Telia I pretty .tore t the reader, ef TBS SUNDAY JOURNAL of how title waa won by a stees ef Uncle Sara A BABY'S ESCAPE A wonderfnl ai anything that rear h.p- Ran? teiner new a caun the Ran Pnraelsea aarthswik. a si near thevteatases that nrnke tea ken of TH SUNDAY JOURNAL the Mat Interesting paper In the .aorthwaet. THE FUNNIES Telling of the laughable adtenterss ef the frVtide of Ike. reader f TUB SUN DAY JOURNAL, are seer esjersMo tkas ever, as will gt ulisis km reeeg aaBfl aaat. . ' ' TREMENDOUS DAMAGE BY Property Loss in Gulf States Will Total Over Thirteen Millions Cotton Crop Injured. Many Cities Along Shore Flooded but Loss of Life Small Rail road Traffic Paralyzed Ships Blown Out to Sea Not Heard Of Small Vessels Wrecked. (Journal Special garvles.) Atlanta, Oa., Sept. 28. The loss by the storm In the Gulf states, according to reports received today. Will total 818,000,000. The greatest damage wag done to the cotton crop. A million dol lars damage was done to the railroad property. Jackson, . Mississippi, reports that 800,000 bales of cotton ware destroyed with a loss of $12,000,080. Belated trains from devastated districts say that crops throughout Mississippi suf fered greatly. Vessels were warned of the storm and remained In port, so It la believed that shipping losses are not great. The weather bureau warned the Gulf of the approaching storm two days ahead of Its arrival and probably pre vented great loaa of life and property. The steamer Funston was going to Cuba and was held until the storm passed Tampa. At Pensacola, Florida, many sections of the city were overflowed for several blocks. A number of fishing schooners at the height of the storm were aeon to part their oablea and scud away, ap parently doomed to destruction. Their fata Is not yet reported. All wires are down. New Orleans Is still cut off from the Oulf on points east. For 38 hours no news has been received from towns over 25 miles away. Lake Pontchartraln la calm thla morning and the level la nearer normal. Dispatches from Monttcello. Missis sippi, report that the pine forests are sreatly damaged and shipping at Vlcks burg has suffered. Reports of the loss of life confirm only one death. The report that a hotel at Macon collapsed. killing several, is not confirmed. The tug Clark arrived from the lower river this morning and reports sighting the wrecks of. three luggers, whose occu pants were not seen. The banks were strewn with household goods of fisher men, who escaped to high ground. While many cities are oat off from telegraphic communication, reports In dicate that scarcely a city along the ooast haa escaped damage. The loaa of life la not believed to have been heavy. The. reports from New Orleans yesterday appear to have been some what exaggerated as to the situation there, but the loss Wilt reach a vast total. The storm broke on Pensacola with all Ha fury and whan the wires went down connecting It with the outside world the loss to property had reached approximately 88.000,008. The storm raged all of yesterday through the gulf states, gradually mak ing Its way In a northeasterly direc tion through Alabama and tho Caro lines. Ita speed was 48 to 80 miles an hour. Nearly every oHy on tho coast la cut off from communication (Continued on Page Three) TWELVE-YEAR-OLD YOUTH IS PRODIGY OF LEARNING Boy Enters College and His Ac complishments the Marvel of Professors. (Journal Special Settle. Medford. Mass., Sept. 18. Norbert Wiener appears entitled to be called a prodigy of learning. Born In Columbia. MO., November 88, 1884. not yet It years of age, hla accomplishments In 'he way of scholarly attainments have been a marvel to professors of Missouri state university, of Harvard and of Tufts, in which last named college he la now enrolled as a freshman. It la believed that without doubt Norbert Wiener la the youngest enrolled college student In the United States. If not In the world. He la the eon of Professor Leo Wien er, now sn Instructor of Slavonic Ban guagee In Harvard college His manner of speech la one of his most striking characteristics. Rapidly the words pour ut In short terse sentences and with a directness thst shows an nttsr sheence of childish hesitancy or precocious prattle. 616 STORM SISTER-IN-LAW OF COOLIE m mt ' ' Taaeft .HQsHk mJw bbbbbbbbbbbbB -B " 'JM m Mrs. Howard Gould, Whose Sister Has Wadded a Chinee. ELLA CLEMENS IDS CHINAMAN IN RUINED CITY Sister of Mrs. Howard Gould, Wife of the Multi-Millionaire. Married by Oriental Ceremony to Coolie Laborer Among the Ruins of San Francisco. (Jeerasl Special Service.) San Francisco, Sept. 28. Miss Ella Clemens, a iglster of Mrs. Howard Oould. has taken unto herself by Chinese ceremonial a Chlneae husband. Mrs. Oould was Katharine Clemmons. Thst two sisters never spelled their family name the same and the actress. bow the wife of the multi-millionaire, who has a private yacht at her com mand whenever she wearies of her 84.000.000 palace on Long island. Is the elder sister of KUa, who Is a refugee In a tent among ths San Francisco ruins the oriental ruins where the Chinese quarter was..:' Close to the shriveled heart of that famous, fascinating, unsavory, spec tacularly barbaric section, now merely a memory, Ella Clemens three months ago resumed her missionary labors. Here, a block between Powell and Stock ton streets, near Clay, was the historic old house thst for years she had called home "The House of Gold" she termed It, and dated therefrom all her corre spondence. Here pattered the sandaled feet of little Chlneae children through a doorway that never was closed, and when the flames had left the city In ashes and turned her home Into a pile of bricks, she chose to return here and pass her honeymoon with a man of alien race. Oriental Ceremony. BUI a Clemens msrrled according to the law of the land years ago and waa given local freedom later by Judge Mel vln and permission to resume her maiden name. She has Ignored the exacting rules of Caucasian making in selecting a second mate. She acknowl edges Sun Tue as her husband and has taken hla name. She wears a heavy Jade band which he placed upon the third finger of her left hand. She saya: 'It la my wedding ring." Around her wrist Is a thick bracelet of the same precious greenlsh-hued stone. "My wed ding bracelet," she explains. "I am happy, very happy," she said. Har blue syea did not belie her words. They sparkled.. A flush mounted to her cheek and brow. - "Tour husband, where Is her'- "Cleaning bricks." was the reply. She lifted her head proudly. There waa a hint of defiance In tffe pone. aTusnead Kind to ster. "In tho rulua yonder?" "Tea. He earn. 83 a day. He work hard and uncomplainingly. Ha Is good and kind, but all Chlneae era good and kind to their wives, for that matter. Do I love htm? I think so. We were mar ried after the laws of the country. Do not ask me when, how or where. I shall not tell you. But you have my permission, since you have heard the truth, to publish -the fact For years aha had lived, an tho edge of Chinatown doing mtaslonary work among the Chlneae. She says she haa not absmlohed her - religion, bat says that her marriage will give her a better hold oa the Chinese. UmvimbI SpseUi Barries.) 184V8Ttoasd Hat doors tod. BssHsl CUBANS MAY AWAKE AS Taft to Probably Land Troops Tonight. Lib erals Striving to Get Quorum in Congress Palma Opposes Withdrawing Be cause Craft in Government Finances Will Be Shown Up Liberals Will Attend and Agree to Election of Neutral Man. (Hearst News Barries.) Havana. Sept. 28. Liberals who are seeking peace, announced that It waa impossible to secure a quorum In con gress by 1:30 o'clock and Taft gave them until 4:80 o'clock. It appears certain that there Will be a quorum. All efforts of America era directed toward getting President Palma to withdraw. General Punaton la aboard the Louisiana in conference with naval omceas and signal corps men and Is ready to send an order to land tho lighting men Alt hands are fully equipped and ready to go ashore. Senator Do I a this afternoon said: "We will probably retire tonlsrht Cubans and awaKe Americana." The opinion la working that the gov ernment Is opposed to peace because tho tranaferrlng of government prop erty wtk reveal endlesa speculation with government funds. Everything depends upon congress this evening, liberals to Attend. Dola says that the liberals will at tend and agree the election of a neutral man If Palma resigns. Threats of the moderates to start a revolution of their own If the Americana inter vene are regarded lightly. Rural guard offloers in general favor Ameri cans. Discontent could not take many followers from their ranks. Insurgent leaders In the field have expressed a willingness to cooperate with Taft It the troops are landed. Moderates are in an ugly mood tea day and threaten resistance to Taft'a program. One general declares that ho will dls fighting tho Americans, but will never surrender. General Be tan court, commanding 2,000 government troops In Matanxaa, is opposed to th Yankees and It la reported that his entire command will follow him. Threaten Bo aaroM. General Rabl, a veteran of '88. who resides at Matansas. a graduate of tho French military school and a famous strategist, could muster 4,004 troops. Moderates claim that he will be with them In any action. The public mind la greatly Inflamed, but a general revolt la highly Improb able, aa the platn people are Indifferent. America's strongest opponents think that the sweetest revenge will be to embroil European powers by forays of small bands upon tho property of European citizens. EARTH IS MADE LIKE A BIG EGG SAYS GEOLOGIST Study of Earthquakes Furnishes Proof of New Theory Three Different Homogeneous Sub stances, a Crust, Gelatinous Substance and Central Yolk. (Jonraal Special Bwite.) San Francisco, Sept- 28. "It Is m firm belief that the earth in nsiiinaad In the manner of an sgg, with three different "homogeneous suhstanoa The outer, or crust of the earth, corre- ponds to the shell of the egg, then there is a softer, perhaps a gelatinous substance which corre.ixmda to the white of an egg. and In the center of ttjo earth Is still another which Is like tho yolk of an egg." These are the words of w slty. AMERICANS Pl'trflMOf " A ..st rails, one of th werul a gre. hotel. Prist as scr David i. turned ftoaa attending tats national oa
