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FUNIS EVIDENCE SEARCHED FOR HOLD UPS
. KILLED HI RVrfllESION COIf I FIT WEME BOY
An n
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George Hill Drops to Death
From Fifth Story of Davis-
Smith Building at Tacoraa
Disastrous Blaze This
Morning.
Conflagration, Started by
Electric Feed Wires, Gains
Great Headway Before De
partment Is Summoned to
Fight the Flames.
I Tacoma, Wash.. Feb. 24. Reeling
backward to the edge of the roof Just
as he wa crawling from the high lad
'dr, George Hill, a fireman, fell from
tthe fifth story of the Davis-Smith
building at Nineteentn ana i-acmc
avenue at 8:30 this morning and Ma
k life daabed out upon the pavement
WnlCn A1B . bliuuk wivu ici i
force.-
j Flra started in the building, occu
pied by Davis-Smith Furniture com
pany early -and had made much head-
i discovered. The flames originated from
i the electric feed wires in the rear of
ithe top floor and Ignited the furniture,
j carpets and other Inflammable stork
inearby. Smoke and fire wre pouring
from the windows of the upper floor
(when the fireman reached the scene
and ladders were raised and firemen
XAo-.n fhuir work
Several firemen had ascended tho
ladder and had reached the roof be
fore Hill started up. Owing to the
dense smoke and fog Hill could scarce
ly be seen as he neared the top, but
hundreds saw the body as it was dashed
headlong to the sidewalk. He was
Dtcked up ana mougni io uo
but life was extinct before he could
be carried across the street.
At 9 o'clock the top floor had been
almost gutted of its contents and the
nf .Kvi in. Husre streams of water
were being poured on the flames much
to the damage or gooas oeww.
HIH, the dead fireman, was the son
of Truant Officer Hill. He was a
single man.
TAX ORDINANCE
John Crunican, Farmer Boy, Picked Up
Rusty Steel and Took It to His Home.
Exact Cause of Forest Grove Wreck
May Now Be Ascertained.
Forest Grove, Or., Feb. 24. Confirmation of the charge that the re
cent Southern Pacific wreck at Forest Grove was caused by the old and
broken rails used by the West Side branch was made today by the dis
covery of the broken end of the rail which has been missing since the
night of the wreck.
John Crunican, a farmer's boy living seven miles southwest of this
city, has the broken end of the rail in his possession ana claims to nave
picked it up on the night of the wreck.
This seven-inch piece of steel which
is undoubtedly the key to the secret of
the wreck la badly rusted and haa every
appearance of having been cracked
across the top for some tlnie prior to
the accident of two weeks ago.
The portion of the rail Is rusty and
the thin body of the piece uniting the
base to the top Is badly corroded. At
the top, where the break begins, the
rail shows that It was cracked for some
time, the difference between the old
portion of the break and the new being
easily distinguishable.
Xept la Zonae.
Tii. hrnken nl6e has , been In the
Cruuloan house since the night of the
accident tl haa not rusted or been sub;
Jected to the atmosphere since 'then;
As nearly aa can be determined by an
examination of the piece It la believed
that the saiall end or tne ran was
broken down the old crack by the pass
ing of the locomotive. Engineer Zlm-
mtirmu h&vlnsr testified in the hearing
before the railroad commission, that he
heard a clicking as though a piece of
steel were breaking when he passed over
1110 ipui. Alio Heavier uukciic. iua
have struck the adiolnlnar rail a blow on
the end, the seven-Inch break affording
leverage enough to displace It and
dltrh lh traJri
The broken piece was located Satur
day afternoon by a Journal correspond
ent who visited the Crunlcal houae.
John Crunlcal. a 20-vear-old boy. lgno
rant of the Importance of the piece of
steel, nai picxea it up on tne nigm oi
the wreck as a souvenir. He had not
heard of the search to locate the miss
ing piece but had spoken to some friends
and told them he had a memento of the
accident.
Was Busty AU Time.
Crunlcal say that the appearance of
the rail has not changed at all since he
nicked it ud. It was rusty at tne time.
he claims, and In the same condition
than that it la now.
Those who saw the longer portion of
the rail on the night or the accident sa
that It. too. was rusty, and the ol
crack, corresponding to the one In the
newly located section, had apparently
existed for some time.
VETOED BY MAYOR
STANDARD MUST PAY FI
IT. S. Supreme Court Bules That Elkins Law Was Not
Repealed by Hepburn Act Ko Way for Trust
to Escape a Heavy Penalty.
(United Pr J-eil Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 24. The conten
tion of the Standard Oil company as
to why it should not pay the 29.240,000
nn" Imposed on It by Judge K. M.
ilandis wa dealt a death blow today
T the United States "uprerne court
wW that tribunal decided that he
fifchief Objection Is That the
Farmers Selling Produce
May Be Barred.
Mayor Harry Lane has vetoed the
vehicle tax ordinance and a merry rignt
L.- h. innkpil for at Wednesday's meet-
!lni of the city council when an effort
Will De muue iu pu
tha veto. When the ordinance waa
passed about 10 days ago there were
Inlne members for U and six against It
iTo Dass it over the veto will require
10 votes ana kk
nay tney ouwui kj
Mayor Jjune m wa ." . ........
Lives several reasons for doing ao, chief
Smong which Is one to the effect that
r. ,7,m nnt h clear If the ordinance
li law whether farmers coming
tin from the country would not be sub
jected to taxaiiuii. """i."1 ""j"-"
li"iS h h mavor Is that the meas-
lura taxes all vehicles save those for
Pleasure only. This he Deiieves to De
unlust to persons using vehicles aa a
means to a livelihood. His message
t 'To the Honorable City Council, Qen
herewith return ordinance
hsin 17.414 not approved. This is an
U.hiii on titled an ordinance to 11
cense vehicles, and repealing ordinance
No 13,188, an ordinance to license' ve
hicles. AU. ,M T
In rrspect to una uiuiuduuB j.
a mmv that many oujocuom imvo uccu
Kirged against it by different persons.
'It IS not Cietti 11 ifc UOV.OHJO "
.i.'.. it aiiM not onerate to fix a tax
kiDon the wagons of all farmers coming
lntO tnlS City 1" -oe icu
fcandition of affairs which would work
la great narqHnip io muni uuu w
.t.mnia in 'sneolfio terms all ve-
ki.. .loo.l fnr nleasure only' upon the
lone hand, wnne upon iw um bhu h
Itfixea a direct tax upon every person
V"rho uses a vehicle or any sort as a
inieans to gam a uveunwu ir iimi"
and family, wnicn in nsoii ui
to condemn It. For these and other
reasons which are obvious I return the
ordinance not approved. Respectfully,
Wh.thor nmincllman Menefee who In
troduced the ordinance, will be success'
tful In securing the additional vote to
ipasa the measure over tne veto seem,
in rumcllinan Kellahet who
a leading the fight- against tha ordin
anc aava that all who voted against
fit In the first place will not change
their opinion when the matter cornea up
hVednesday. Counqllwran Kellaher v has
said that If the ordinance becomes a
Daw ha will use tha .referendum against
at. ,., r
Elkl
ns law was not repealed by
.m sit
"fh. cm. in which this important
decision waa handed down waa . tha . of
.l XTAtharn ra I rfiftH. WnlCn W HS
"centlv found"Tuilty and fined under 1
the Elkins law for granting rebates to
the W P. Devereaux company of Min
neapolis. The learned attorneys, who
have been grasping at everv technicali
ty to save the oil trust from paying
the big fine, pinned, their hope to their
contention that the Elkins law was re
pealed by the Hepburn act. It was
under the provisions of the former law
that the trust waa fined.
Now that the highest court In the
land has decided against them, the
Standard OH attorneys have been left
high and dry with their beat contention
gone.
Remarkable Confession of
nazel Potter of Tacoma
Who Aided Her Sweet
heart to Terrorize the
Town.
Dressed in Men's Clothes, the
Girl Accompanies Harold
True on Night Expedi
tions in Search of Victims.
PORTLANDWOMAN
Under
ARREST
Mrs. Charles Holmes Is De
tained on Suspicion of Hav
ing Stolen Alaska Gems.
(United Preu Le.sed Wire.)
stti Feb. 24. Following the disap
pearance of a tray of valuable diamonds
and rubies from a jewelry store in Ju
naeu. Alaska, several weeks ago, Mrs.
Charles Holmes, wife of a Portland com
mercial traveler. Is being aetamea ai
Wranrel. Alaska, by Deputy United
States Marshal Shoup. Her effects were
searched, but the property was not
found. Deputy Marshal Shoup came on
to Seattle yesterday and will investigate
the woman's statements at Portland, he
having left for that city last night.
It is claimed that Mrs. Holmes wan In
the Jewelry store a few hours before the
ship sailed. When Inviting the officers
to make tne most rigid investigation,
she said her husband, a traveling sales
man, had gone into the interior of
Alaska on business.
POSTMASTER GREEN
MAY BE REIMBURSED
Whlngton Bureau of The Joorntl.)
Washington, Feb. 24. A senate com
mittee today returned a favorable re
port on the bill to reimburse R. Oreen.
postmaster at Oregon City, for the loss
by burglary of $206, December 17, 1896.
OREGON MEN GUESTS -AT
WASHINGTON, I). C.
(Special bbpatrh to Th. Journal)
Washington, Feb. 24. J. H. Acker
man, state superintendent of schools of
Oregon,- and Dr. W. J. Kerr, president
of the Corvallis Agricultural college,
who are attending the Educational as
sociation, were guests at an elaborate
tuncneon at the Cosmos club today.
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VwMuJiirtiihiXi iiininn Tnnin jf 5 ' C I
(Special Dl'piteh to The Jnumjl.)
Tacoma, Feb. 24. Attired In
boy's clothes and carrying a l"'ge
caliber revolver, pretty, 17-year-old
Hazel Potter, daughter of a well
known Tacoma lumberman, living at
4811 South Taklma avenue, haa ac
companied Harold True, her 17-year-old
sweetheart and aldad in
some of the most! daring hold-ups
ever perpetrated In the northwest.
With the capture of the girl, True
and Fred Irons, a 19-year-old youth
who formed the third member of the
gang, Detectives Smith Led yard and
Brown have cleared up all matters
connected with the series of daring
hold-ups which for four weeks made
Tacomans afraid to go unarmed at
night In the downtown residence dis
trict
True confesses to a score of attempt
ed hold-ups, nine of which he admits
were successful. His sweetheart was a
witness to most of these and admits
that she actually participated In some
of them. Nine men, who, during the
past four weeks reported to the po-
Ice that tney had been held up ana
robbed, delivered their money and Jew
elry with trembling hands to these
fearless Juvenile robbers. True, while
alone, says he held up three men on
First avenue in Seattle three weeks ago
and compelled each to give him what
money he had.
Worked in Beattle.
While the plain clothes men of the
Tacoma police worked ceaselessly night
and day, following every clue which
mlKht lead to the capture of the ban
dits whose operations marked a car-
ival or crime seldom experienced in
this city. True, his sweetheart, and
young Irons operated coolly and with
out fear. It waa by the merest chance
that a detective overheard a conversa
tion between the girl and the boy at a
local cafe which furnished a hint and
resulted in the Important arrests
"Queen of the Bandits," as the local
police have nicknamed her. Hazel Por
ter Is regarded as the most unique fem
inine cnaracter wno Has ever come un
det the observation o the Tacoma po
lice. Hazel la a pretty blonde with a
winning personality. As a student In lo
cal public schools, where she and young
True were companions, she made a rec
ord for scholarship, and she has mani
fested notable histrionic talent during
the several times she has appeared in
minor parts in local theatres.
Seated on the porch of her home yes
terday afternoon, her curly hair rippled
by the wind, her eyes sparkline with
mischief and excitement. Hazel formed
a pretty picture as she narrated the
story of her aperations as a bandit. Said
the girl:
JHarold told me, about six weeks am.
that he had been out the night before
and stuck-up a man. I lauahed at htm
and thought ha was Joking, but when
he told me all about the details and
then showed me a column story about
the affair In a newspaper, I saw he was
serious. He told me how scared the
men held up were, how they either
nearly dropped dead with fear and
handed him everything they had or
broke and ran like a streak, so that
he could never catch them. He told me
he would not shoot a man for fl. 000
Enjoyed the Sport,
BOY WHO BID FOR CITY
BONDS A BORN FINANCIER
Saw
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"It was excltina- and lntnrAntlmr
aaked him to let me go with him. ' He
wa aimm ai ursc, out wnen I insisted
he let me wear a suit of his clothes
and we went to North J street. Harold
let several men pass before he found
one whom he thought was the one he
wanted. .We stepped in the shade of
a irt-f silo wnen tne rellow got about
10 feet away Harold Jumped out and
yelled awfully loud, 'Hands up!" You
should have seen that fellow. He was
too scared to talk. He threw a bi-
uuuu.o iic t.iuru i rmroia ana turned
and ran away as fast as his legs could
carry him.
"We went home empty handed that
uiKiii. ui on umer nignts we had bet
ter success. It would take only a few
minutes to turn, a trick and then we
would go to .he theatre or skating rink
and have a Jolly good time before I
hart to catch the last car home.
"I did not always dress no in bova'
clothes. It gave Harold a better chance
to work if he walked along with me un
til he sited up his man,' and then he
would leave me and go to it. Onlv one.
was I frightened, and that waa one night
wnen i sat in wrignt n ana waited
for Harold and Fred Irons to do a lob
trxtrmthmr T wnrt .HrAiH on4 nm t t V. an
land long gloves. - While I sat on a
J3Qme of the old financiers of Wall street are surprised at Ou stave
A. Klopstock, who only 15 years of age who put In a bid for $1,000
of the new Issue of city bonds, carefully complying with the legal requi
sites. Klopstock Is ambitious. He says: "A real big financier Is about
as good a thing to be as there is, and that's my ambition. I think Mor
gan is about the best of the lot, but I am not going to copy him.
Every man should be his own kind of man, I think."
110 COLLIERS TO
SUPPLYJLEETS
Gallinger Declares Ship Sub
sidy Defeat Puts Nation in
Weakened Condition.
BOKOERAO
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(United Preti Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 24. "If we are to
war now instead of seeking peaae, our
lack of colliers manned under our flag
might fatally delay or absolutely pre
vent the transfer of ono battleship from
'the Atlantic ocean to moet the enemy
sweeping down on the Philippines. Ha
waii, Puget sound or ain Francisco,"
said Senator Qalllnger of New Hamp
shire in the senate today in advocating
an American merchant marine, uainn
ger painted a picture or grave possibii
ltles In advocacy of the bill Krantini
second class mail ships the same sub
sidy that is paid first class vessels In
the tranportatlon of mails. He de
clared that there has been a falling off
In American shipping Interests, explain
ing that last March 16 American ships
were plying tne facmc, and that now
there are only eight. He pointed out
that since the shipping bill was defeat
ed In the last congress almost half of
the Pacific naval reserve has disap
peared. "But that Is not the worst - result."
Senator Galllnger continued. "The most
startling humiliating episode of the
year la the revelation-which Rear Ad
miral Evans'" fleet la making. The mer
chant marina does not contain enough
ocean going colliers to provide fuel for
ship sailing between American porta.
Need we wonder that in spite of the
Monroe doctrine we are belnsr shoul
dered out of South America and other
govtrnmrair .. .. i
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AS HELLO" GIRL
"Miss Helen lies" Proves to
Be Mischievous Young
Fellow.
(United Preu Leased Wire.)
St. t,ouls. Mo., Feb. 24. There are
many surprised "hello" glrla in the
main telephone exchange of this city
because "Miss Helen Iles.'Vis a boy and
not a girl.
Several weeks ago a young person ap
pearing; to be a graceful girl applied for
a position as operator and was accepted.
She gave the name of Miss Helen lies.
Her mannerism made her a favorite
with the other girls and some of them
confided to "her" their most Intimate
secrets. A few days ago, while sitting
in the rest room. Miss Ilea tried to
make love to a dashing brunette, who
Immediately informed her superior.
Then "Helen" revealed her Identity and
was discnargea.
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
GETS CONTINUANCE
(United Press Leased Wire!) -New
York, Feb. 24. Raymond Hitch
cock, tho comedian who la accused of
mistreating young girla, was granted
another continuance thla morning. Hit
attorneys produced affidavits showing
that they could not get in touch- with
their witnesses for at leant a vuk mA
Justice Dowllng allowed tr$Ttat nivli
.una. nireiivwui was prS.ll W Court
during the arguments , ;
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BILLED W
PLAYMATE
Hector Brault Shot by Lloyd
Hohman, His Friend and
Boon Companion, on the
Grounds Surrounding MtV
Angel College.
Ten-Year-Old Boy Victim ot
Gun Supposed to Be Un
loaded Older Boy, Fraii
tic With Grief, Kept Un
der Guard.
Forgetting that the rifle he carried.
waa loaded. Hector Brault, a 10-year-old
pupil in Mount Angel college, was ac
cidentally shot and almost Instantly
killed Saturday afternoon by Lloyd
Hohman, a schoolmate and bosom com..
panlon, with whom he had played tru
ant from school and gone Into the
woods for an afternoon'a hunt.
Th tragedy occurred near the ;ol
legs grounds, while tha two playmates
were returning to their study. Young
Brault died soon after being carried
into the college building and Hohman.
frantic with grief, was locked In a room
with an attendant during the balance
of the afternoon and tne following
night to prevent him from doing him- -self
bodily harm. -
Saturday afternoon the two hoys,
who were close friends and companions,
slipped away from school unobserved.
Hector sought permission to go hunt
ing after the noon hour, but waa re
fused. The older boy, knowing permis
sion would not be given, went without
asking It.
Hector carried the rifle which he bad
received aa a Christmas present, and
which has since been his chief delight.
The two went into the woods a abort
distance from tha college and hunted,
for several hours, then realising that
they must return by t.SO o'clock, whloh
la the study hour when every student .
In the college must Be present, or bt
punished for an Infraction of tha rules,
tney nastenea to return in um.
As Lloyd tells the story of th events
preceding th tragedy, he was carrying
the gun ahd unloaded it to remov all
danger. He took out th slngl shell
soon after they turned homeward. h
says, but believes he- Inadvertently re
placed it In th breech while thinking
of something else. Anyway, h assarts
both went the rest of the way to th
college grounds under the impression
tne rule was unloaded.
As they neared the college buildings
Lloyd thoughtlessly raised the ( aun.--
polnted It at Hector and pulled th trig
ger. Young Brault dropped to th -ground
fatally wounded, and Lloyd ran
screaming for help to th college. Th '
wounded boy was carried to his room '
and died a short time afterward. - An In
queat waa held this morning.
Hector was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Brault of 2S1 Chapman - street. -
Mr. Brault is a prominent merchant '
tailor here. ' The parents went at one
to Mount Angel and brought the body
back this afternoon for burial. Th re- '
mains will be burled beside those of th
boy's sister in St. Mary's cemetery. H
had been at Mount Angel about a year,
and prior to that had attended th pub-,
lie schools here. Lloyd's parents, for
merly of Portland, are now living la '
A. 1 & s k n
President Frowin Kpper. of th colleffV
was much upset by the accident. "It
was, of course, an accident," ha said."
"and a very sad one. The boys war on .
most friendly terms, and Lloyd has been ;
all broken up about it ever sine. I -emphasize
the accidental element be
cause reports founded on mere rumor
so aften give th wrong Impression.
That such, .a aad occurrence may do '
harm te an Institution is evident, but -
the autnoriuea are unaoie to prevent
violation of rules altogether n any
school.'
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SANTA FE BOOKS
Raymond Benjamin Has a
Hard Time Finding Evi-.
dence of Rebating.
(United Press teased Wire.) '
Los "Angeles, Feb. Js.Books of th
Santa. Fe company, which are being ex
amined hy Raymond Benjamin,, assist
ant attorney general ere so complicated
that It will probably take th San Fran
cisco attorney a week or more to com
plete his investigations into tba allege!
rebate, cases - charged Io Hm Southnru
Pacific, th Santa. Fe and th Salt Lake
roads, - . j - .
It Is said that Benjamin has m'1
discoveries in the Santa Fe books tnat
bear out the charges of 'rebating,
- Th Salt Lake road will coin In fnr
an Investigation after the jmmimat in
Of th Sants F books is eomyin l.
Benjamin refuse to -wake a - '"
tnent bearing on his investor1
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