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WO SAFES ROBBED BYMPERTS L
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W. H. Markell & Co. and Aultman - &
::. ' Taylor Lose Coin and .Valuables San
! ; Francisco Police Think' Robbers Are
. ' , of the . Same. Gan'g..That ;Stole: Entire
i' "Stbck;bf dry'meJ:k- '
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San- Francisco. April JO Police
i herd think that ih men who cracked
. the safea of two Portland torea laat
' ntjht or early thla mornlng"are the
V tame yeggrmen who broke into the
. Jewelry atore or - tv iunar in,
city lew aayaago. ana ewurca
"150.000 worth . of. dlamonda 'and
"other valuables. . Th work f the
Portland cracksmen Is identlcal .with
' that done here," greaumably by'pro-
,i Tesalonaia. umy eipfni caa;"
safes In the' method described.'
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. About $460 In coin and currency," t00
worth of ostrich plume, an mrld ring
'valued at $150 and a brooch mannfao
: tured Irora a old nuggt. . -worth p-
proximately t50..waa the haul ytg-gnjen
' made on the eaat aide late Sunday night
or aarly thla mornlnr,
With the exception of the plume the
m. i.W from aafee In the office
' of W, H. ilarhell 4 l'.o.. Bat Morrtaon
t and union avenue, and the Aultman ft,
enue and Belmont jeet, tha strong
boxes having been broken open with the
aM oi arllia. a jmictJid a uleflire ham-
wei tnera oeuigs n ium w
t ..min.tlnrt' of the . Aultmn Taylor
aefe ahowa that th yearmen made four
it tempi
rlclnttj
attempt a drilUng. ail In tb Jmrnedmte
Uy or tna comoination. in inn
first three instances the rui -evidently
had Just been started, but finally a hole
half an Inch in -diameter eras bored
throoa-h to the tumDiers. inen a, puncn
lniutrted and .-wnn' ine aia 01
sledge hammer, taken from the shop, the
lock was wrecked and the rear vt tha
safe dooa torn open. After gaining en
trance to the safe the burglars aroashed
the cash box and carried It to an Inner
office,-where the contents were dumped
upon the floor. There waa approxi
mately $60 in currency and coin In the
drawer and this the robbers took, leav-j
In untouched about IS worth of postage
stamps and a check for- $11.1.
i-ln the drawer, also, were several ra
nera. lnrludlna an Inmirance policy be
longing to tha bookkeeper of the. firm.
W. B. Bailey. In the envelope eneioslna
tiie doIIcv there waa a 120 cold piece and
this the thieves overlooked. t;. . .-.
' -. : , 1 sore One Kola. - -
At the Msrkell A Co, store the yegg
men did not have as .much difficulty
with the safe, boring only the ona hole,
and the strong box was not as badly
damaced'as In the other case. ' The loot
obtained,, however, was much , greater,
hm hl,va ..lllnr about 1400 lir aold.
the emerald ring and the brooch.'- The
same tactics were used, a puncn ana
sledge hammer, being utilised after the
hole had been drilled through tbe door.
A money drawer near the aafe, which
did not happen to contain any coin, waa
not toucbed ana II waa noi neceaeaxy 10
force the cash register, as It Is emptied
each night at cloning time and left open.
When the thieves bad finished with
the safe they went to the millinery -de-
artment and proceeded to appropriate
h n.trtoh nlumea. -Only tha moat valu
able ones were taken, some even being
torn from hat. Air. Markell eatlmatea
that the loss of. tha feathers alone is
Tha Markell store ' wss entered on
tTnlon avenue, through small ventHat
Ina window in the- baaement. thla .wln
dow belna- fluah with toe aldewaU. The
catch, waa 'forced and -the thieves
squeezed through, descending to the baae
ment fKor .ny siepwimr aown aom
shelving. One stepped on a basket and
crushed tt, and. the . Imprint-of a large,
muddy shoe apoears on the third shelf.
The .lower shelves are. lined with diahea,
but -so careful were tha-thieves that
none of these was broken.
. Vnter Tnxonglt BaeentsnC
ktttr aalnln entranoa ' to the ba
ment the rest waa easy. The thieves
Imply had to walk up the, stairway and
enter tha office, which It enclosed so
that they could work without danger of
being seen from. tne. street. ,
How entrance -was. gained to tna auu-
man & Taylor place is a mystery yei
to ba solved, but It is thought the men
came In through a. window from the
Supreme Court
; ;;;Strikes at State
e , Washington. ! April ao.The ,
e"fopremef court ' took . another
e slap at .the- theory- of state regu- 4
e Jatlon.of .'the railroad, today e
. when It refused to require the
federal court , of ' Nebraska to
; send back to the Nebraska stats '
4 . court a suit,' instituted by .the . e)
e ' state to enforce Us own inter-'-
e state regulations. ' The' road had '
4 promptly taken an appeal from
, the suit In the' state court to fhe
V federal courts,, alleging lack of
, Jurisdiction. and ' this -opinion
' was . upheld by - the " supreme
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. - ., maim in I in . 11 ... . ..
iilltlll IGHI
court. V '
e
Crowd That Has Terrorized
..Fittsburg for Some Time
v Turns Out to Be Composed
f of Jlerc Beardless Youths,
'Not Out of Teens.
SELECT
IIIKH
Folico! Arrest Several Kirijor-
r leaders ;Who Have on-
lessed arid Reveal ; Secrets
of a Bad Gang of Youthful
'Thugs." 1:ur .. I
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Large Array of Legal Talent j
V at Salem to Frosecute t
- Title-Banker. ';
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(iDeeis! Dlaoatch ' ta The Joaratl.)
PltUburg, April - 20. With . the
arrest of. five younc thugs and mem
bers of a gang calling Itself TTbe
Gamblers of the West," thepolice
believe they have broken np one of I
(Continued on Page Three.)
Another Statement No. 1 Candidate Is Added to the
List of Representatives by Latest Corf ected
Returns of 3Iultnomah.
a few dava.
Kor the defense th case is being di
rected by wauac Mccamant of Mult-
Lnomah county, Harrison Allen of Clack
amas couniy ano wiinam M. juiiaer or
naiem. it is not expected that the
case will drag through more than six
days. Judge Burnett has a record for
austerity and it is thouaht he will com
pel tne attorneys to confine themselves
strictly to material evidence In their
cross-examination and argument.
LIEUTENANT COVERT
' SECOND ACID VICTDil
Latest and complete returns on the
' legislative fight In Multnomah county
shut Joseph W. Jvrtdg out of the
list of 12 representatives, giving w. j
rumMni, Rtatmnt No. 1 candidate.
tha nomination by lit ' votes. This
rhrnin avF th enmoutatlon Of eat-
nrday night makes still more sweeping
the victory for Statement No. 1 in tnia
county, as It allows but three pominaos
out of 18 who are not pledged to State
ment No. 1. Thes three are John B.
Coffee, who waa nominated on the
senatorial ticket, C. N. McArthur, who
received the nomination lor loinc rep
resentative, and Robert 8. Farrell. who
made one or tne iiat or, representative
nominees.-"'!. v :,: .i-v-v;.!';,'' ...
The latest returns from the count:
complete and corrected, make the nom
nees for the house of representatives to
be J. V. Abbott, B. C Aitman, rrea J.
Brady. J. C. Bryant, W. J. Clemmens,
K. C Couch, L. M. Psvls, Robert 8. Far
rell, L. D. Mahone, Charles J. McDonald.
A. w. Orton and E. J. Jaeger. Farrell
Is tha only man not Dledred to State
ment No. 1. - There waa no change Irr
the senatorial ticKet.. Tne Multnoman
"delegation will therefore be composed of
r 18 new members, 15 of V, whom are
pledged to Statement No. 1 and tnree to
ill Kepuoiican cnoice. i nai ib jiroviuea
' no Independent candidate Is placed In
' -the field against wC. N. McArthur for
Joint representative, in which case there
- Is strong probability that another State
ment t0. memoer win oe aaaea to tne
list v :
I'M corrected vote on the representa-
"CHEAF CHARLEY'' GETS
MOTHER CONTRACT
rRmdal rjlunatch to Tb Journal.)
Berlin, April 20. The -North German
Lloyd Steamship company, has com-
nleted an arrannrement with the com pet
Jns; Japanese company by"1 which th
German company Is conceded the Indo
china trade. While th conditions have
not yet been published. It is known that
they are satisfactory to both companies.
The competition had lasted 18 months,
to th great loss of both companies.
sfaijTfaces A : e
TERRIBLE CRISIS
, .: ' (tTnlted Pm tr4 Wlraf '. )
Palme, Spain, April 20. It Is not to
be denied that there is a terrible crisis
' In th political condition of Spain. It
. has extended to bualness affairs as well
ss politica Her the crisis has Involved
hundreds of families 1 In misery, as the
. factories of footwear, the Industry of
- th region, have all closed down, throw
. Ing several thousand, men,, women, and
youths ot a workv .
tives gives the 12 successful candidates,
logetner witn tneir vote, as iouows;
Abbott, 7.228; Aitman, 6.892; Bradv,
,S25; Bryant, 8,618; Clemens, 8,768;
Couch, 6,696: Davis, 6.627; Farrell, 6,
610; Mahone, 8,812; McDonald, 6.578;
Orton, 6,366) Jaeger, 7,472.
E.-JrJeger leads the Hat with 7,
472 votes, having taken the lead away
from J. J5. Abbott who was In the lead
Saturday night, and who under the cor
rected count now has a total of 7,228
votes. ,
Th Tot of th X.osrs.
The vote on the other candidates who
failed of nomination Is as follow:
Allen. 4.126; Anderson, 3,885; Beutgen,
5,145: Beverldge. 6,644; Bollam, 6,335;
Brown. 8,990: Campbell, 4.693; Cansidy,
4.912; Chapin, 4.550; Crouch, 4,829;
Hardman, 3,375; Harlow. 4,198; Hick
man, 3.108; Hicks. 2.869; Holcomb,
4.639;' Hunter, 8,013: Kubtl, 3,738; Kuehn,
8,019; Mackle, 4,607: McMillan, fi.395;
Northun. 2,940; Richardaon, 4,285; Wll
klns, 4.616.
- (Oslted fPM taaasd Wlra.1
; Salem, Or. April. JO.Counsel In Uh I the worst and .bUliest organisations
oas against j.,Thorburn Ross. psi-l 0f youthful crlmlnals ever known." i
ie":.OItn - TltJ ?'rate! . The gang Jiumbers , mdre than ; 3
..m . ..... v ... lrstd in tha next few. days on in
ectipg Jurors l shortly . after loMookJ fonnatfoav glTm by r laglaader aowM
wilfp' '."isTrnooin ,SS la JalI.Thtf brain, and chief of th- V
in attorneys can begin- taking ,v. rgn.Z is Mike ROSS, 1 years Old. lili
morning" ""I chief, assistant And leader in aererai
The state-Is .represented by - an . lm- safrackln expeditions is John
ffWIailner aptaw 'a nAiins.l a. nIvt . i I
b illet Attorney Mannlna- mnd linuii Platek; 16 Id.'
Diatrlct Attorney . Bert Haney, Juds - - Jhlg crowd ha been; making the
McNirv of im nrnrXrJ??nfh- southwest section of the cits' unsafe handsome andf childless committed sui
third Judicial district, and Deputy Dis-j 0 pedestrians ' after dark. Hun-Jolda, or has h simply dropped out':of
trict Aitorney votaries u. MCJNary, aisii , :
of Salem are aotearin for th. atata. dreds of crimes are attributed to
Each was present this afternoon except them ' and detectives have" been on
?.hn I-..McNa ry. who is engaged h " .. , M.
luiamooa county, out win oe nere in iur uui
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iV v Av vf,t.,'.rrN''lA
rF t; , , . tax . v . jar.- 1
CAfJDIDATES
Independents in Favor of
Statement No. . 1 .--Will Bo
Fut Forward for the Leg
islature in Several Coun
tics of the State. - V' f
Prospects That Supporters
ot Principle Will Be in the
Majority at the Next As
sembly at Salem- Good
Show for Democrats. . :
Oregon's . next . leglslatur. whan It
oonvenes at Salem In January, will b i
pledged to Statement No. X by a safe
majority. ' Should all th Republican
I nominees succeaaful; Id tb primaries
Of Friday last b elected, the opposi
tion to Statement .No. 1 would have 48
vote In tbe Joint assembly -to . 44
pledged - to ' th principle. . This, how
ever, IS not at all likely, for It is prac
tically' conceded, that Independent or
Democratic candidate, pledged to a fo
ment No. lr wilt defeat . nominees op
posed to Statmcntj; jn several coun
ties of th state, thus giving the prln-
clola th majority when Ui votes ar
counted In June. .
Friends of Statement no. I bad be-
Has Mrs. Floreno , .Covey-young,
gun to plan to bring out strong candi
dates pledged to th principle to make
Independent races for election long be-
QUICKLY
TURKEY
YIELDS TO ITALY
the circle ot her friends ' and acquaint
ances for "the purpose . of. escaping a
continuance of her domestic difficulties?
The police have been asked- to solve tb
problem. ' "' - ,.. ,';
Mrs. Covey Is the wife of Japies H.
Covey, steward at the Nortonla hotel.
She has been aeDS rated from her hus
band for some days and has been-living J
with her mother. M e. h. Bennett, at
the latter'a home, 361 Marguerite ave
nue. Yesterday mornlnr sne was miss-
lns from the house and on the bureau
In her bedroom waa found th following
letter:
Xttr for Xotaar.
Aorll 18. 1908. Dear Mother: Don't
grieve for me when I am gone, as I am
for tha primaries were held. In differ
ent counties where th old machln
leaders had dictated the candidates for
legislative office the Statement No. , 1
force decided that It would b Just aa
well to wait until after the primaries
when th Issue . would be clean cut tor
(Cnlted Press Leased Wlr.)
Tacoma. Wash.. April 20. Lieutenant
John Covert, th second victim of the
nltrio acid fumes lp th Crown drug
store fire. Bled at 4:20 thla mornlnc
at St. Joseph's hospital. Ha was in
the thick of the fumes at the fire
and was taken 111 . the same evening.
The aold penetrated 'his lungs. - Ha was
a member of the local camp of th
Spanish war veterans and served in the
Philippines. He will be burled by the
firemen and veterans with military hon
ors. Lieutenant uovert was unmarriod
and so far as known has no relatives.
Chief McAlevy. Assistant Chief Lind
say, Horn, Harbin and the other fire
men affected were all showing improve
ment this morning and the doctors have
hopes that they may recover.
New Theatre- in Cream City.
(United Pms Ltaatd Wire.)
Milwaukee. Wis., April 20 With the
opening or the Majestic theatre tonight
Milwaukee will be In possession of one
of the f ineat and most completely
equipped play houses In - th Unite.!
States. The new theatre Is absolutely
fireproof and handsomely furnished and
decorated. It Is to be a part of the
Keith-Proctor-Orpheum circuit and will
be devoted to high class vaudeville, i
tJ
Fighting Ships Make Sultan KS? WwShSV'Sr
. , -ar- I sometime meet in r you ther. I will not
iniiiK oenousiy ui jiuui-
bert's Demands.
(United Press teased Wire.)
Rome, April 20. Turkey has yielded
In every Instance to , th demands of
Italy. Th "Sick Man of Europe"
trimmed with Humbert until h saw
the prows . of Italy's w fighting ships
pointed towards th Port And then cap
itulated. An Italian postofflee system will be
opened In Turkey. Italy will be re
ceived at the Port will all th priv
ileges that are accorded to every other
first-class power. No 'discrimination
will be permitted against any Italian
residents of Turkey or in Turkish pos
sessions. On the strength of Abdul Ham Id's
unqualified back down th Italian fleet
111 not sail for Turkish waters. ' The
orders have been countermanded and
the fleet, with the .destroyers, will re-
msn here. The formal order which
would have sent 11 battleships snd eight
destroyers steaming towards the sul
tan's dominions was being transcribed
for delivery when th. sultan's message
came announcing th capitulation. ' i
write to Fannie, as it would upset her
school, but l will let you Dreax it to
her any way you think best. Tell her
the things are not as much as I would
like to have left, but It Is all I had.
Tell Henry to try and not' let this mat
ter Interfere with his chance In the fu
ture. There ar plenty more bettr.r than
I who would Suit him better. Hu will
aoon forget me. No one knows 'what I
have borne In ther last few year, but I
hope that has ended now. With love,
I am your
"DAUGHTER FLORENCE."
"P, ' B.v-I Intended mailing thla when
t did Henry's, but knew you would get
It If I left tt here." .
Though Covey Is her second husband,
Mrs. Covey Is but Is years old and is
accounted .a handsome woman. She
married COvey in Seattle about a year
ago.
In reporting his wife's disappearance
to the police Covey said he feared his
wife had taken her own life, as she had
but a small amount of money, and had
It been her Intention to hide herself
from her relatives and friends she
would be without means to support her
aelf or to reach anv point further than
a few miles from Portland. Ha said she
had on several occasions expressed a
determination to end her troubles by
self-destruction - unless things changed
for the better.
Cove'v attribute th trouble between
himself and hi young wife to what h
term th unwarranted Interference - of
his, .motber-ln-luw in, his domestic af
fair. Ha nilmlta. however, that he and
MraCovey have recently had serious I and against th principle. With th
auarreis and that several days sko hlslousstlon nut before the voters in this
wife left htm - and went to Uv at th I manner there Is no doubt of the out-,
horn of her mother.'; ' - I com in different sections of th state.
In dlacussln the possibility that Mrs. I - In Yamhill county, where two noml-
Covey may have left home with the in- j nees for tb house or representatives ar
tent Ion. of leading, her friends to think I opposed to Statement No. 1. ther is a
ana is ano ana urus ensuie ner to mom strong movement on root zor an inae
effeotually conceal; her Identity sndlnandant ticket to bring out two strong,
whereabouts. Covey confessed that there clean men on a Statement No. 1 plat-
were., circumstance that gave color to enP Th in a a. whoU la atrona-
siicn i a conclusion. e aiu n naa re- for Statement No. J and ther la no'
cenuy Dougm izo wcrtn or new ciotnes douDt , tnat th two independent candl
for his wife and he seemed to think. thl d t ,u el!Cted ln Jun.
ract 'sufficient to -warrant a suspicion I , . ,, J
thit aha would nnt cnnlamnlatn self. I aCOVmnt tt WUattlfHB,
destruction until sha had worn them fori In Washington County much th
awhila. He alao nolnted out that the I asm condition Dre vails. Her th mass ,
letter to Mrs. Bennett Is Indefinite, ln of th voters are back of tha principle j
that there Is no positive statement that I of direct election or .united states sen
the writer Intended to take her own life, ators by tha people. In that county ona
Although there is a' reference in the I candidate lor senator and tore ror th
communication left for Mrs. Rennntt tn I hnnu hAv hMn nomlnaled. all of them '
a letter mailed to "Henry " the name I pledged to Republican choice. . In this j
by which Mrs. Covey usually addressed county there is also a well defined
her husband. Covey makes no mention movement already on foot to -nut inde- i
of havlna received such a missive. Heirunrlan nomlnnna in onnoaitinn tn
says his wife was married to ner nrstlthos who have been successful in th
husband wnen sne was out ib years i primaries, and tha reports coming from i
old and that
her matrimonial venture
S
wna not a hanov one.
Mrs. covey is is years oia, o xeet
Inches hiirh. blue eves, dark blond hair,
She was dressed in a black and white
nla d suit, tan shoes, gray gloves and
black and white "Merry Widow" hat
irlmmM with rosea.
Mr. Bennett admitted this afternoon
that her daughter was not married to
Covey. She says the wedding ceremony
was to nave Deen uenormea oaiuruay
night, covey snowed Mrs. eenneit s
miirrlflire certificate nrooerly filled In
but the mother says that th daughter
acknowledged to her that the certificate
was not a true one and that they had
not been married.
Opera House for Elgin.
of Athena is arranging to put up an
opera house at Elgin. His plan is to
put up a on story building ' either
40x100 feet or 60x100 feet, either brick
or frame, preferably brick. There will
be a large staget and modern interior.
JBSSBBSSssSaSsanssjSssSJaSsaSan '
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I'houtgraph. of .the
Battleship Fleet Approaching Harbor in Line Formation. The-Pic tor Was Takei Prom the Deck of the Snoply Stesmcr cVlgon, the ' Boats of -Which Ar '
' ' - -'Sfeowa'swtagi-'Frora the' DarltttC -', k 1 '' ' . :" - - 4" ' ' vvf
that county lead to the belief that th
independent .movement, will b succesi-
iui. ,
In Wasco county ther was a land
slid for Statement No. 1 on th ena
torial ticket, but owing to the combl-;
nation of candidates for reprsentatlv :
two Republican choice candidate war -nominated.
Her again It la expected,
that there will be an Independent ticket
for representatives put forward, and th
indications ar that it will be able to '
win. -
there Is strong Indication also that
ther will be more Democratic mem
bers ln the next legislature than In'
the last where Herman Rothchild "of ,
Union county was th sola representa
tive of the Democracy In th hous. .In
the seventeenth senatorial district of
Crook, Klamath and Lake counties "U.
H. Merryman has been nominated ;oit
the Republican ticket, whll Dr. Oeorg '
Springer has been given th Democratla
nomination. Merryman is pledged to
Republican choice whll Springer '-is '
pledged to Statement No. 1.- Both are
popular and well known men and th
fight between them will be a close,
hard one, with a - good chance of Dr.
Springer's : Statement No. 1 : platform
to float him through. . . . :
Demoorat rrom XJna. .
In the Second i legislatlv district
composed of Linn county, I. A. Mun
kers has been; given the Democraiin
nomination for representative. He win
be opposed to F. H. Porter and E. K.
Upmeyer, -who : ar - unpledged. Linn
county already has a Democratic aemi
tor, M. A. Miller, and It is very prob
able that Munkers will b able to lan i
ln June.--- ' t-'V
r In th seventh representative dlstrlrt
JJosenhine county) H. L. DeArmon-1
has been given the Democratic nomina
tion. He will be opposed by J. C. Built. .
the Republican nominee, .who Is un
pledged. In Harney and Malheur counties, f.'i
twentv-seventh representatlv tllatrh-t.
William Morfltt has been given th-
Democratic nomination, II will on-"
W. H. Brooke. .
In Gilliam, snerman and wni.w
counties, the twenty-eighth represnnrn
llvt district. W. T. Jackaon hi I,- i
given the Democratic nomination, i
will be opposed by B. P. 1'lke and n. . .
Donnelly.. 1toth of whom are tmi-i
Because of th close - factlonul f t
between the Bowrman and antl-Hov -i--man
forces It Is probable tlmt Ju . -mar
be eletted. In this dUtrU-t l
In the senate and house, th-r I. a
er flrht bein waged as-xiiifit (- !'
Jav" Howwrman and his uiiir-, li t
apparently won out by a small m -'.
In the primaries, the letulrs n . ! i
him believe that they h s
beat him in Juni by an n-J-......
ticket pledged to Statement No. 1.
: TndspenSents la t:. T'.-c:.
In line with tha atate-wf u
and against tli trim I 9 i i
(Continue! on