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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:
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