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Newspaper Page TextV '. To Get Best Results JOURNAL CIRCULATION YFSTKICOAV WAS 29,750 Put your Help Wanted, Real Es tate, Business Chance Ads in The Journal The weather Occasional rain to night and Friday; southerly winds VOL. VI. NO. 223. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1907. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS on tsaiks wd kw l iyyw V.E.IX13. STANDS. NC CENTS young poolroom victims turn bur ASCI II 1 United States Officials Ob tain Story of Youths Ar rested for jobbery of Branch PostoiHcc Plot Laid in Gambling Hall. Big Fund Still Bemains in School A ppropriation Balance Needed for lie inaining .Months of Year Can Be Borrowed Easily. "WOOD TRUST IS TO BUST" SA YS HE WHO CUTS PRICES Developments in Case Tend Cash for Two Months, Then to Show That no Police Watch Has Been Kept on Pitfalls Bun Altogether Too Openly. Attributing their downfall to the Warrants Good as Clear ing House Certificates May Have to Be Issued, Although Not Probable. ror'laml Krl.no! teachers need not pool room craze with which they had I '""' ah"ut ulnK l,Hlr "n'sry for , . , , . ., .ii ' the next two months nt least and then become fascinated after their ar- , .... . , , , I It Is expected thi' school board will rival in Kortiana only several weens ago, Fred Johnson and John Simp eon, two youthful highwaymen ar rested by the local police, were he fore Assistant United States bis trict Attorney James Colo this morn ing and with the utmost coolness related the details of the robbery of the branch postofflce in Byertey's drug atore at Tenth and Jefferson streets on the evening of November 13. The young men confessed yes terday to the police as was told In The Jourual. " Two others are Implicated In tho rob bery, according tn the confessions of the boys. One of these. George Wilson, who Is known among his confederates a "Big Bllm," Is also under arrest for the name offering. He will be taken before the assistant district attorney this afternoon .to tell his side of the story. Vllson is only a few years older than Cither of tho other members of the Quartet. The other member of the gang, Krank McPherson. Is known as "Floss, " and as yet ho has not been located by the police. Fool Games Enticed Them. From the confessions of Simpson and Johnson there was no leader of ttie (rang and the robbery of branch post office No. ', at which time V. Kyerley, proprietor of the drug store, was held lip and his Jewelry taken, was arranged utter the four met In this city nnd began playing tho pay pool games. Johnson Is but 17 years old. Origi nally lio is from Iowa. Ho came to I'ortland from San Francisco. liofore then bo was in Illinois where lie worked as a coal miner. He bad trouble with his father, ho says, and on this account decided to make his own way In the World. Simpson Is about tho same ago as Johnson. Ho is from Colorado where his parents and a sister and brother reside. Both young men say that since their arrival hero they have worked at odd Jobs about towii and along the waterfront. A poolroom In Second street operated by a Japanese was tho soeno of the origin of the plot to rob tho United Htates postofflce. Here the men met. They played pool and gambled. After ward, naturally, they became fundloss. The desire to speculate even on a small lacnln as In nroviilmt in Kntttn of Mm r toolrooms was upon them, and almost efore they realized what they were doing they had concocted tho scheme to Hold up and ron v . l-tyerley a drug store. First Offense. Both Johnsons and Simpson claim mat mis whs mo nrst onense or a criminal nature in which thev have ever been Implicated. The other mem ber of tho gang, McPherson, kept the money and watch taken from Bycrlev's pockets on the night of the robbery, lie also got tho stamps taken from the government office, according to the con fesslons made this morning. With the signed confessions of Fred Johnson and John Simpson in posses sion of tho authorities and. the positive Identification of those two youths and George Wilson as three of the quartet who robbed him In his drug store, the evidence ugalnst the youthful despera does is sufficiently conclusive to make it impossible for them to escape lengthy terms In the penitentiary. Byerley called at police headquarters late yesterday afternoon and unhesitat ingly picked out the three young men as his assailants. The druggist subse quently went before Deputy District At torney Haney and swore to an informa tion charging the trio and Frank Mc Pherson with robbery. Mnrphy Commended. Patrolman J. J. Murphy, who made possible tho capture of three of tho bandits by arresting Johnson at Fifth and Jefferson streets Monday night, al though the thug and his companion, Wilson, were both heavllv armed, is be ing warmly commended for his bravery by the rank and file of the department, although the detectives with undis guised Jealousy are inclined to belittle the Importance of the catch. It Is un derstood that Murphy, who was for merly a councilman from the fourth ward and Is one of the veteran members of the police department. Is either to be assigned to tne bureau or crinunal in vestigation or will be made a patrol sergeant as the result of his npprehen lon of Johnson, . . The number of youths taken Into cus tody recently for highway -jobbery Is re markable. To gambling la attributed their downfall. - It was only a few days Ago that Fred Cobb and Jack King were have raised sufficient money to carry the pny roll until the new appropria tion comes in next year. Humors to the effect that tho school appropriation for the present year had been expended were emphatically denied yesterday by H. S. Alien, clerk of the school board,' who stated that 8603 still remains from which the salaries cun be pild for the next two months. The monthly sttlary list amounts to about $46.0(i0 and although there will be a deficit of about $6,000 for the second month, there will be no fjltri eulty In borrowing thnt sum from the banks to carry over until' the following pay day. Borrow From Banks. The third pay day will be the last of the term and the school board ex pects by the time it comes around the financial stringency will have cleared sufficiently to make money easy tse cure. Portland bankers have always been anxious to aid tho school board in raising Jthe money to carry the teachcis over without issuing bonds and last year the board borrowed $90,000 for this purpose on Bhort time loans at ti per cent interest. One year the amount necessary to carry the payroll was something more than $200,000 and this sum was bor rowed from the banks. The board mem bers still have remembrance of a bond Issue of $100,000 extending over 10 years with interest at 6 per cent. The Interest alone amounted to $60. 000 and the oxelianges on New York brought the total amount the board was compelled to pay for tho use of $100,000 to something In the neighbor hood of $62,000. No Trouble About Xoans. All of this money was shipped out of Portland to New York. Bhort time loans made on Portland banks keep the money in circulation In the Rose Cltv and really work as a benefit for the city. Even ir too board was without runds to pav tho school teachers at the pres ent time it Is considered probable with the recent Influx of gold Into the city that loans could be negotiated to carry tho payrolls. A scheme contemplated by the hoard should the school authorities be unable to borrow the money would be to issuo warrants in various sums, ranging from a few dollars to the teachors' full sal aries. In the hard times of 1S98 the war rants were made for as low as $2.50 but it is not considered probable that such small sums will bo needed in tho present times. Warrants Negotiable. If warrants nre tssiK-d th" teachers need not fear they would work a hard ship for the merchants would willingly accept them in payment as readily as the clearing bouse certitiontes are taken now because tho board's starrvp of valid ity would be on indorsement of their value which would be recognized at once by both merchants nnd banks. The board's estimate for tho present year was $42.r,000. which was allowed. Of this amount $.1,18. 107 has already been expended leaving a balance of $Sti.803. The 'reason for the shortage Is due to the enormous growth of the cltv and the pressing need for new school buildings Cross-Kxaiuination of Mrs. Bradley Coiic1ikIp1 and Alienists Will He failed to (;ie Opinions of Wom an's Sail it v. EFFORT 10 SAVE FIDS Depositors' Association . of Oregon Savings Jtonk. Will Begin Personal Can vass of Lean hacks to Pre-, vent Losses to Every One Judge Powers Asks If the Defendant Could Tell Bight From Wrong and Can Bo Held Responsible for Brown .Murder. " Money to Burn" But Not for Long BOUGHT OYSTERS BUT ifJEM Restaurant Keeper Takes Gem From Man Who Found It in His Plate. PRICES 1 T (Vriited Pre Iyasfd Wire.) Pan Bernardino, Cal., Nov. HI. George Skinner and Chris Ilartman, the latter proprietor of a restaurant, are involved In a wrangle that many develop a civil suit for the possession of a pearl. Yesterday Skinner ordered oysters and found a large pearl among tliem. lie held It aloft in excitement. Ilart man was attracted, and asked to see the gem. Ho kept It, claiming owner ship. Later the matter was referred to the district attorney, who gives it as his opinion, off hand, that Skinner merely bought the oysters, and not any pearls they might have contained. Skinner is not satisfied and has con suited attorneys with a view to a civil suit for recovery of the rem. T mi Householders Expect Belief From Independents Who Will Force the Issue. EVEBETT FUGITIVE CAUGHT AT FRISCO The total deficit for fhe year will be only about $'1.137, whirh the school au thorities expect to have little diffi culty in borrowlnj. NO NEW CARDINAL FOB UNITED STATES (United Preaa Leased Wire.) Home. Nov. 21. The pope has defi nitely declared today that he would not appoint a "tiew American cardinal. (United fresa Leaaed Wire.) San Francisco. Nov. 21. --Detectives P. J. Ha I ley and Ji. Murphy early this morning arrested Abraham J. Colin at th homo of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jen nle Price, 1405 Steiner stiect, upon tele graphic advices from the sheriff of Kv erett. Washington. Conn Is wanted in the northern city on a felony charge. When the officers appeared at the house this morning Colin himself an swered the door but when questioned stated that Cohn bad already gone to work. Tho officers, however, wort not to be nonplussed and entered the house and placed Cohn under arrest. A dep uty sheriff will bo sent here from Washington to take the prisoner back. GENERAL STEWART DIES IN ILLINOIS (United Press leaned Wire.) Salem, 111., Nov. 21.---General James Stewart, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and a former congressman and banker, prominent Republican politi cian is dead at the ilge of K2. Tie de feated Judge Silas Bryan, Wllliai J. Bryan's father, for congress at one time. 1 mm mm. Japan enters Beauty Lontest l Cord wood Is beginning to he hauled into the city from the outside, while at the same time more men are going out dally into the woods to cut the fuel for the Portland market. All Indications and the testimony of the dealers them selves lead therefore to the belief, now practically a certainty, that fuel will bo cheaper In Portland before the coming of spring than It has been for some time past. , No advertisement of this fact came from the (balers, however, and It was not until The Journal investigated the condition of things that the public was shown the very uncertain base upon which the ruol barons were standing. Ho self evident Is the fact that the long hoarded and closely controlled supply of wood Is about to get beyond the grasp or the dealers that even they are now comp lied lo admit that "the large sup- plv in siyht will perhaps lower the price before spring. MOB MTEITC to surrnia Russians Attack Abattoir but Are Quelled by Ar rival of Troops. PRESIDENT DEPOSITS SALARY IN THE BANK (tiiitrd Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Nov. pi. Theodore Roosevelt is doing his part as a private citizen to maintain the banks on a ample foundation. Ho gives an ex ample on the first of every month of the foolishness of hoarding money by depositing in one of the leading na tional hanks of Washington the full amount of his monthly salary as pres ident of the mtted States. The presi dent gets his salary In the shape -f treasury warrants on the first of each month which is drawn to his order for $4.1fdi.6fi. The president Indorses on the back, and It Is sent to the bank where he keeps his deposit. WINNIPEG WAREHOUSES DESTROYED BY FIRE (United Presi Leased Wire.) Vladivostok, Nov. 21. Several were killed and scores Injured In a desperate fight between the troops and a band of drunken rioters who attempted to mas sacre men and women employed by the municipal abatt ir. Three hundred rioters were headed by a man dressed as an army officer. When they attacked the abattoir, the leader ordered all of the employes hanged but before the first execution could be carried out t lie Improvised gilihett collapsed nnd the execution de cree was abandoned. The leader began cutting down the employes with a cleaver, others followed his example, and men and women, hor ribly cut and hair dead, were righting for their lives rived. when the soldier! ar- 4 Tba Hypothetical Question. 4 Judge Powers hypothetical s question Is. "First Mrs. lt-ndlev had two 4 aunts Insane wt'h homicidal at- tacks, ami that lier fattier is in 4 a sanitarium paralysed. "Second A Idow on the head Willi a hoe when the defendant was S years old. injured her mentally. "Third That women with ma- 4 ternal Instincts as strong as the defendants frequently have de- 4 lusions that they are being per- 4 seeutej under certain physical 4 conditions. 4 "Fourth Fits of depression or 4 elation resulting from P.rown's j quarrels and reconciliations un- 4 balanced hi r mind. "Fifth The revelation of 4 Hrown's treachery through the Adams letter dehtroned her rea- 4 4 son." 4 4 These will be followed by the 4 s following questions: s 4 "First Assuming that these 4 s) facts are true, could the defend- 4 4)- ant distinguish right from s 4 wrong? "Second Was she mentally s s responsible, and s "Third Was she insane?"' 4 Nearly 000, Representing eS2.Vi.000, Have Refused Chance to Get Back Dollar for Dollar All Will Suf fer by Their Refusal. V With the Invincible determination that nearly always succeeds SOOrfer CT later, the Depositors' association Of th Oregon Trust A- Savings bank . has started a canvass of about 550 name of city people who have not yet Joined lii the movement to recover dollar for , dollar of the depositors' money that i was lost through the bank's susperi ' Hlon a. 2, Fpwards SF i (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Nov. 21. Ms. Bradley resumed the stand under cross-examination at 10 o'clock this morning. At the conclusion of the examination alienists will give their views on the defendant's sanity. Iu this stage will appear Judge Powers' hypothetical ques tion which is said to be longer than the one In the Thaw case. Mrs. Bradley was nervous, but her voice was firm and even. Attorney Haker led the witn ess back to the farm, where. In 1302 she had met Max Brown, who objected to her presence After a few questions on this, Attorney Haker asked her: "How many times were you arrested?'" (Continued or. Faga Two.) FILES TWO DIVORCE SUITS Mrs. Mary Yost of Helena, Montana, Employs Two At torneys and Each Present Complaints -She Wanted to Be Sure. (I'nltcil Tress Leased Wire.) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 21. Fire In the warehouses of tho Hal Portage Sash and Poor factory, Kansay company and Merriek-Andersfin company, caused a loss or" JJOO.OOO last night. m I (Continued on FaM Two.) 1 Japanese editors are enterprising. The newspapers of Japan are adopting American methods and the latest, that the Japaneso press has attempted Is a beauty contest. An editor of .the Tea Isle has sent word to the Chicago Tribune, which managed the recent contest In which The Journal took an active part, that he desires to pick a Japanese beauty to match the charms of Miss Margarita Frey of Denver who won the -American first prize. This Japanese editor sets forth his Ideas on beauty contests and they are exceedingly interesting. Read about them la next Sunday's Journal. , KEY EX MKX KILLED BY GREAT EXPLOSION (United Tre.i Leased Wire.) Winnipeg. Manitoba, Nov. 21. A ter rific explosion today on the construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific rajhoad near Konora, killed seven men and Injured four. COUNT PUECKLER IS CONFIXED IX ASYLUM (Special Dlanatrh to Tbt InornaL) Helena, Mont., Nov. 21. A remarkable incident has come to light In Great Falls, where Mary Yost, In order to ac complish her ends, filed two suits for a divorce against her husband, Frank Yost. One of them has been dismissed. M seems that several weeks ago Mrs. YoSt consulted one attorney on the mat ter, and arranged with him to file a suit. The next diy she visited another also, and had him proceed in a similar manner. Both suits were filed and the nltco-itioroj iii ea.ii were quite similar. Yeslerdav II iTi'-cis in the office of the clerk of Hie court found there were two suits tiied with the same title, but different aflouiovs. Mrs. Yost was called upon for an explanation, and remarked, "lt'i all right. 1 only wanted to be n re Mrs Yot alleces that she. has been married or.lv live months, and that liv ing with her husband was impossible, i, i,iUI of extreme cruelty. She al. locos that he is worth several thousand dollars and seeks a division of the property. JAPANESE INVITE AMERICAN TO VISIT MIKADO (Cnlted Preaa Leaned Wtr. Berlin, Nov. 21. Count Pueokler, leader of the anti-Semitic movement, has been taken to the Dalldorf Insane asylum. dangcrou lunatio. . (United Iress Leased -Wire.) Washington, Nov. 21. Prominent naval officers who will command In the Pacific cruise are responsible for the statement that Ambassador Aokt of Japan, at a dinner given In honor of Rear Admiral Evans last Saturday night, extended an Informal Invitation to the American fleet to visit Japan dur 1ns Its rula4to tho Pacific, and In formed Admiral ; Evans that a formal Invitation would be presented to the president through. Secretary Root to a few days. These officers also assert that the prtf luem ana secretary Kool have de cided to accept the Invitation, and will seise the opportunity to Join with Japan In a demonstration of International courtesies, on a msfmlftcent scale, for the purpose of convincing the people of the two -tuitions that war is out of the Question. 1; ..,...- ..--... 1 of 600 of the depositors having more than 100 in tho suspended . bank have thus far resisted all ef j forts of the workers to induce them I to sign for Home Telephone bonds, th ! best securities in the bank. J Bonds Hast Be Taken. I 1'ntil these bonds are signed for, and the tiank's liabilities correspondingly de creased, the proposal to reorganize with Increased capital stock and reopen .the) bank for business Is an Idle dream." So long as a considerable number of the depositors remain outside and wait to start another run on the bank to recover their deposits in cash at par, there will be no attempt made to re open the institution, as the men who put new capital into It would only lose their ' money through a second failure of the bank. The depositors who have not yet signed bond applications are being of fered their choice of Home Telephone bonds or long time certificates of de posit. The bonds draw 5 per cent In terest, and the deposit certificates would draw 4 per cent. ' The only other point of difference, and one which may or may not be an important consideration, Is that .. the subscriber for telephone bonds re ceives a solid mortgage security In an ' estaldshied business, while the sub- scriber for long time certificates takes ,g the chance of leaving his deposit in the bank whether It wins or loses In ' the second trial. ' i Best Security Obtainable. If the bank should by any chance fail a second time Hie holder of Ion time certificates would be confronted a second time with the probable loss of ; his deposit, while the man who had taken telephone bonds would have -A ';-: , secure investment drawing him 6 per c.-ii! annual interest, payable aemi-aa-, nuallv. The 1 lepositors' association asks all -in tei e.st.'.l depositors In the various war. is to .search the lists for friends and exert their Influence to assist 111 - " the association's work. 1 The list of about tiiii) names given b low represents deposits In the neighbor- i ,.i,i of j2..e.t.i. it win do necessary v I lor these people to subscribe a ISrgS ' proportion oi meir noiuings lor. Jtiome) -Telephone bonds or accept time certifl- . cates of deposit, in no other way-can - the bank be safeguarded from ' a run 1 should it succeed In reopening. , No man who has money to invest in ' hank stock Is going to put his money ' into suspended bank to reorganise it ' while a crowd of depositors wait out-" side the door to come In and immediate ly appropriate the increment. Nearly $50,000 Is represented In single coterie of Alaskan miners who placed their fortunes in the bank some time before It suspended. John Iljana, s7 Everett street,; had $15,000; Sum Sampson, of Mason and Vancouver ave nues, $17,000; A. h. Orson, the third miner, had $16,000. . They aro said to have placed their, claims In the hands of C. J. Bchnabel, a local attorney. When solicited t come into the Depositors' association they replied that they are acting under : the advice of their attorney. This Is emphatically denied, however, by Mr. Schnabel, who says he has given them r no' advice on the subject. It is believed they will yet sea the matter in .trie same light it Is viewed br the Depositors association, and will apply for Home Telephone bonds 1r some portion of their claims, and accept time certificates of deposit jfer rw.o . matnder, Frank F.e-Knight,"' of Forest Grove, with $4,025. is another large de positor unsigned by the oHtlon . workers. W. H. Welch, with $5,00. In missing fron the same roll. lis is . known to be In southern Oregon, but hts address has been unobtainable. J. H. Robertson. SOS Columbia street, has claim of $7,000 for a lost deposit, and - haa not yet signed to boeome bond holder nor accepted deposit certificates. The remainder of the Ut is fol lows, the address being, Portland In sit , cases where not ? otherwise Indicated : Tirst ward. -Perkelar, Herman, 41 J N. llth. . 110ft-)" Boylart. L. 2 N. Mh., 21.74 Brobnober, Morris, 353 N. 11th,. ; I'.l t, Carlton, Julia, TS .York....,, ,.,, Chapman. Ch.; 7 I Hoov-lt, I -,,,., Clarke, 0en I, 613 T)lW'Kloiie. 1 1 ht Cravan. Anna, 8s N. ??nd i;i Flcipoff, Kostarln 2t7 V. U. 4c' Grne-nlund, Rev. W-A.4i: SM V.) 1.) Cont!nu1 $ r .