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,' v " . ' ' - , ' I ;-.';..-. . " . .' ' ' " . . .'?,:.......-:.;.,.?...,....'';, :,'.''' ; ' 2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. SUNDAY MORNINO, JULY! 12, 1008. ' '..;, -V ; . j SMA PROIHISEO THAT PURSE rM A'fm Il ! IN WOLFF MUM CASE IH SHADOW fgLtt 1 fPM JM Sought for Two Months, Martin's Father Has Never Been Heard From Where abouts of Sister-in-Law, Important Wit ness, Unknown to Police and Family t ' V.' VJ, - A III . 8 j-:4;; 'lA I .-Wit: : Decision Is to Keep the Cash Contributions to Taft Fund as Dark as a Close Mouthed Pouch Permits. . Is Edward nugh Martin. West Point graduate and ex-convlct, member or a good family and drug fiend, hero to whom was awarded two medals by con - gress and sUspected murderer, Insane, to only pretending when, with a smile cn'hls pallid face, he says: , "Why, they have no case on me and 1 will be acquitted of killing Wolff on the first ballot." Is Chief of Police - Charles Grltz macher simply "bluffing"' when he says: ' -"Martin's case is cinched. ' We have V foore evidence than the public or the Newspapers know about" , Indicted for one of the most brutal murders ever committed in the annals , laughs away any Insinuation that he (night have committed the murder of Nathan Wolff In the Tatter's store at G5 First street. May 1. Martin's Story- Martin says he has a story that wll knock the evidence of the poll to the winds and acquit him on the first bal- lot when the Jury retires 10 consider : HIS rale. let jviarun s piea win in an tirobabil tv be Insanity. now, men, sk the speculative ones, will the Jury- consider th storv of a man who at tempts to establish an alibi and prove j his innocence and at the same time plead that he was Insane, t the time lh murdor was committed" Such a condition win likely confront ' the Jury, however, for at this time it looks as if the main line of defense When Martin stands in court on Octo- . tier 7 will be that the prisoner was in sane when the murder was committed. '"- What Is Martin' etofy w-hlch. ii is claimed, will be far different from the cne h told to District Attorney Man tling when the latter sat as a grand Jury and indicted the young man? What Is Thief of Police Gritzmacher's new evidence, which he and his sleuths - have been withholding and guarding ' rom the probing and curious public? Whole City Watch Case. Never wns there a case over which men speculated with more eagerness i than the murder of Nathan Wolff, and the possibility that one or tfie moit brilliant men ever graduated from the academy that turned out such stul warts as Grant, Lee. Sherman and others who served self end country in cores of ways, lends Interest. Wolff was literally harked to pieces In his tore on the nipht of May 1 when just bout to close his store and return to Edward H. Martin, the Murder Suspect. ery of the body. It was considered at the time as one of the most remarkable stories ever recounted of the finding of a murdered body. Dramatic at times, the general tenor of the story consisted mainly in straight narrative? which in its simplicity impressed the jury. Scan Boblnaon's Story. Yet it Is said that the police are searching for flaws In Itoblnson's story, rerhaps this Is part of the new evi dence which Chief Gritzmacher claims to possess. Whether this Is true or not the head of the police department Is believed to have had Robinson's story carefully Investigated and every step of the deputy sheriff's movements on the night of the murder traced. But the speculation over Martin's new story is greater than that over the evi- i (United Press Lstsed Wlrs.) Hot Springs. V-, July 11 No friendly purs which heeds the gentle touch of National Republican Treasurer Sheldon la to 'be pointed out in the highways and ,ly-ways that It may be potted and pursued bx every other po litical dough-bag guardian. The glad tidings was given out today by Treas urer Sheldon himself. Any kind-hearted Individual or cor poration sufficiently Interested in see ing William Howard Taft the next pres ident of the United States, inAy con tribute of the "stuff" that will make he Republican mar go without the east fear of having the generosity made public until after election. "I don't know what the Intentions of the camtialun manairer are,." said Mr. Sheldon upon leaving for New York tonight "Neither do I care. We have made up our minds on our own course of action and that Is sufficient. The New Tork law merely requires the pub lication of contributions ufter election. We will live up to the law and obey it in word arid spirit, but We don't pro pose knowingly and willingly to play nto tne hands or trie enemy. Sheldon left here tonight after a strenuous day of conference and plan ning with Judge Taft and Secretary Elmer Dover. Indiana V Battle around. The upshot of the conference this af ternoon, was the decision to make the first determined attack of the campaign on Indiana. It Is believed that tffday ndtana presents the most difficult reposition confronting the Republican managers. The concensus of oolnlon imoni bla- political chiefs who have conferred with Mr. Taft during the past week is that New York Is safe for the ReDUblicans. on the strength of the provisions of the Democratic platform, which are not ex pected to prove popular in the empire state, and upon the strength which Sherman, the G. O. P. vlce-presldentlal candidate, will bring to the ticket. Ohio Is believed to be safe by reason of Taft'a personal popularity, but In diana is a different proposition. The Republican causo Is believed to have Buffered by Governor Hanly's ten years in office. The labor vote in the Hoosier state appears pleased with the Democratic platform. In addition to this, John Wi Kern is counted on to pull many votes into the Bryan band wagon. Thttfie facts, coupled with prettT well- grounded rumors of dissatisfaction and disorganization within the ranks of tho Kepubllcan machine In Indiana, resulted In the determination of the Taft man agers to begin their f.lght for the Hoosier state's electoral votes without delay. Hemnwy to Xilna rEm Trp. It was in the air tonight that fifter a few days spent with Chairman Hltch- cock and Treasurer Sheldon In New York. Secretary Elmer Dover wilt ea direct to Chicago and open the west ern headquarters, from which he will w J personally direct the Indiana fight un--1 til such time as the manager to hold This Week Only! 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. At our. store during the week commencing July 13, Mrs. I. J. Rogers, one of America's best lecturers on cul inary subjects, win give daily demonstrations showing how to cook with gas to the best advantage. Each day's program will be interesting and instructive. Mrs. Rogers tells you how, shows you how, in her o,wn Inimitable and convincing manner, and then invite you to sample the superb cooking that is a result of her methods. P Tj ... w Gas Range This Illustration shows one of our most popular styles. It has & high combination oven and broiler, also an 18-Inch low oven. High broiler oven Is 18x20x12 tnohes, low ovetr . Is 18x18x12. It has three regular burners, l giant burner, and 1 sim mer Durner. Range body Ja panned to prevent ruL .rrice,.. connected The Best Is-the Cheapest! FIRST We can prove to your satisfaction that we can reduce your gas bill 25 per cent. SECOND We absolutely guarantee Direct Ac tion ranges to bake evenly top and bottom. THIRD They last longer because they have no oven bottom to burn out, and no flue walls to generate moisture and rust out. FOURTH They are economical, because you do not heat your oven when you, broil or toast you do not heat the broiler when you bake or roast. Prices $24 to $54 Easy Payments We have gas stoves as low as $11.00. All Di rect Action ranges connected to stub free. Old ranges taken m exchange. This pattarn haa 18-inoh direct ac tion oven with broiler separate and price, connected to Csfl tUD PSV Notice thla tyla has broiler abort the oven. Tha ovon flr and broil.r nra epart and In plain sight, Prloa, Including con nection, to your stub dence of the police. The versatility of forth In Chicago Is selected. It Is bo- thA anttHA man h,aa tM him am tllteved here that this honor Will full til tentlve object In the public's mind ever "Senator Memenway, ana that to him since his arrest. The manner in which will be given the tai his prettv borne to spend the remainder of the evening with his wife and little children. When the news of tne murdor was spread about the r-xt day, Portland cltlsens wer horrified. At first they were stunned and later fear overcame them. Thev wondered what monster In human form could be In the Rose City and had stalked Into the etore In the early fvenlng s:i 1 fo inhumanly murdered a peace-loving ritlz'-n. Crowds Thronged JaJL Intenee Interest followed tho .! r;-- rnenTa of tr rtnd wher of th1 arrest Mr,-Tln was s: the ritv it o i "f ::. 're thn sons v-athe: . -i ,.;.: The . it our to see w :..u t,. man. lice picked o..t as tne 1 1 . look like. Refore MTrti". s rr'-s - ury had be-n h-M a:,d .if, Yiobti.son. who n.-rven m r. , 'man In the dlt-ict .n wL; tore wap iora;. t- ij of f I. . - i ho sparred with District Attorney John Manning; the ease with whichrfie threw off even the most skillful examiners, stamped the indicted man as one of the shrewdest, brainiest men who was ever confined In a Portland prison. JXo Word From Father. There, Is much of the romantic about Martin's case. Despite the fact that his father is a wealthy man and has nlways heretofore been an indulgent father, the prisoner as yet has received no word from his slra which would In dicate that the elder Martin knew of his son's plight. Cablegram after ca blegram has been sent to the father. who Is traveling with his lovlne wife about" Europe, but all eventually re turned to New York, marked "Cannot be located." Last week a nontcard was received from the elder Martin from Belfast, Ire land, and fresh steps were taken to no tify him of his son's condition. in tne eider Martin's silence the perulatori find other sources for their morbid speculation. "Does the father know of the son's plight and refuse to iu mm. or is tin sua lpnorant that his ffsDrinK Is cast In lull with charee a terribly brutal murder hanging over him'1 thev ask. hot nnlv the echo of their uttered words comes Daca in answer to their query. Why Dos Hot rather SpaakT J nat Martin, who is well known In .New torn and to scores of New York crs too nave undoubtedly met with Martin while traveling over Europe, rould escape thus far from knowing of his son's fate seems improbable. For more man two months voung Martin has been In Jail and yet his father does not know of the fact With the almost perfect police systems In vogue In European cities It is considered hlhlv Improbable that Martin does not know f his sons arreat. "Then," ask the H -culators. "whv doesn't he come to his son's asslstarce?" N hero is Martin's sister-ln-ls w who with Martin's wife was In "the little . ottaite in Sell wood when Martin re tornd home at mldnjKht on the nlsrht f th murder with his face scratched. : ' :s a shirt and wearing a new suit ' ciothes" Shortly after Martin's ar--t. th- slstcr-ln-law left Portland. It . si!'! that she left word that she j.J he back in Portland when the trlnl ts called and would testify In N.artin behalf Where la Eiter-tn-lwT T?ils Information comes as surprising i n reire-.:ng news,, ror her abi sk of lining un his own state. Secretary Taft Is getting anxious to turn the entire management of his af fairs over to his political engineers. He believes they are betten fitted to handle It than he Is, and also desires to be free to devote his time to the issues of the campaign. He has made the most of his victory, and. thanks to his close application to his work on the diamond and golf links, has succeeded In losing nine pounds and has worked down to 290. Private telegrams from Republican lieutenants over the country assure Mr. Taft that there Is much dissatis faction with the Democratic platform among certain members of that party ana tne usual crop or nreiong .Demo crats"' are writing In that they have taken new vows and will be lined up with the Republicans in the coming campaign. To date Mr. Taft has positively re fused to discuss or comment on either the report of the Denver convention or j the platform adopted. i 50 1 r - - v- I A GOOD' PLAGE TO TTRaiDlE) iran LADIES' IS TAILOR Charged With Non-Support. (Snlem Bnrean of The Journal.) Salem, Or., July 11. W. M. Stanton, who was before Judge Busliey today, is the first person to be charged with non-support In Marion counjUf. The charge was lodged against Stitan by his wife. Stanton Is appearing as his own attorney. caused the speculators to believe that she had gone away because of being afraid that her testimony would only serve to convict Martin. Her return, therefore. Is awaited with greater Inter est than was displayed when she t-o suddenly disappeared. To cap the cli max in regard to the sister-in-law. It has been positively stated In all sin cerity by those who are close in touch with the case that no one in Portland. not even Mrs. Martin, knows where the sister-in-law is at the present time or has known where he has been at any time since she left Portland. In the meantime, while the specula tors are going over the details of the case In all its . morbidness, Martin lan rulshes in the county Jail. He still ha the same pallid expression of the dope fiend, but contends that he has not taken morphine since his Incarceration In the county Jail. He claims to be tak ing a cure for the dreadful habit which has already cost him so much, and which may yet be the cause of his swinging on the gallows in the state nee penitentiary at Salem. Vandal of Tan Ness Avenue Makes Business in a Dull Season. San weeks (Hnlted Pres. Led WIrn.l Francisco, July 11. For some a vandal with a mania for darn- aging handsome dresses haa been throw ing ink on the costumes of ladles promenading Van Ness avenue and other fashionable street. A dozen gowna have been ruined. The pplice today arrested Joseph Jarre, a lames' tailor and a follower of Emma Gold man, but released him for lack of evidence. Confident they had the right man, an army of detectives now keep him under close watch. Officers say the man ehose this method to improve business In dull times. Chler or .police aiggy said every gown ruined so far had been tailor-made, and that in almost every Instance theJnk was thrown on Van Ness avenua and between Paclflo and Geary street. ; POOR GIRL ROBBED OF VACATION COIN Have your .Diamond Remounted Modernly PMlOS MKtttsst fir. AM0ND FACT: We will sell you a diamond just as it is, for we know what it is and what it sells for. " No misrepresentation of facts or figures. Honest diamond dealing our policy, so that one sale recommends another. Inspect our Diamond Jewelry tVt wort wfella, far thar la inch originality. r t Corner Third arid Washington Streets t . t ufscturirjjjcwcjera' ' : ' ' Opticians:. -sV Diamond lit. porters-''. Incident of Reign of Juve nile Thuggery at San Francisco. PAHD0H DELAYED EIEHIELH YEARS Reaches Ohio Penitentiary 17 Years After the Con vict's Time Is Up. (United Press La1 Wire.) coiumbua, Ohio, July 11. Officials of the penitentiary here started an in vestigation today to learn why a par don signed by President Benjamin Har rison and mailed from Washington 18 years ago did not arrive, until yester day. George B wans ton. the man pardoned, completed his one-year term for viola tion of the pension laws In 1890 and departed from the prison without dis covering that the stain had been offi cially removed from his name several months before. The envelope containing the pardon was dated at Washington, September 3, 1890, 8 p. in. It arrived here from St. Louis. WIFE OF WOUNDED MAN IN SWEATB0X E WOES FOR CZAR NICHOLAS Finns Will Trouble Dim to Dissolve Parliament, If He Please. (t'Bltfd Press Leased fTlrs.) Ban Francisco. July 11. Detective today are seeking om clue to the Identity of the members of a band of youthful thug and pickpockets whose bold operation In the past week are unparalleled In' local polic history. Holdups, picked pockets and burglaries ar n ported tai)y. but tha very daring of th thieves ha apparently mad them Immune from arrest. Restaurateurs wer the choice a prey last night- James KUla, who con ducts place on Halght strt, had his pocket picked of MOO while riding on a treetcar. and Mabel Tipton Wa H 1 l un hv mn untnAlifl vnuth tnil rohhed of ilH The latter holdup wrrta th young woman' vacation. She I an employ of a itaurant. aad with grt diffi culty saved up 1125 to defray th ex pensea of a summer trip. When h was held up, she be red th robbr to Jt her keep her money, hot h gruffly told hr to keep quiet or h would bUw her brain out- 1 - Banff llof Springs. Th Can414 P-lfk will ! yt ticket to feaaff Hot springs aod re turn for IJ5. suiutM In th very heart of thje -Roe- mountains It I i MeaJ pot fr summer' outing. Eaeltett hotet icrw modatton. L.'nprralllwl enlB atturtion. Arply t Idr-al of. 141 Ihir trt, ir tail pwtl-' fist (United Press Ltased W1r.) San Francisco, July 11. An attempt is being made by the polio to wring a confession from Mrs. J. D. Kendall that she purposely wounded her husband with a revolver shot Thursday night. Both Kendall and his wife slit-ear that tho shooting was accidental, but the co lic refus to believ tho story and the woman l rorcea to remain in a cell In the city prison. (United Presi Leaied Wtr.) Helslngfors, Finland, July 11. Anoth er clash between the czar and tho par liament will follow th seating of tho representatives whose election ha 1ut been announced, It Is feared. The czar Ordered th national ynAw dissolved last March Iwrsma th clallsts elected Sfl deoutlea and vir tually tied the hands of the govern ment. Tho result this year place the " a uu more unravorable posi tion. The sterlallstB elected 84 memhor he huonettarians (old Finns! 64. h constitutionalists 60 districts, the agra- iiaun iu unu mo nrisuans two. The overwhelming nnrtihrii of h ultra-revolutionary serlallsts Wiakea tho entire parliament a hostile body and its uissoiuuon is rogaraed as Inevitable. M0RJI0N LEADERS IN A DIG TIMBER DEAL BROTHER HIS. on lupus Taft Presents His Views of Both Platforms in His Newspaper. Discovery of a bullet-hole through tho or leading from the Kendall's kitchen to their bedroom strengthens the belief of tho omcers that the shot wa not fired accidentally. Mr Kendall says her husband laid hi gun on th dress ing tab and that It wa discharged whll h wa removing It to another plac. CHARGE IS ARSON TO HIDE THEFT (Unite Pr Uiaed Wlr Los Angelea, CaX, Jtfly 11. Dlls Hopkins, wanted at Stockton on an ar on charge, arrested ln thla ctt at his room on South J"lowr tret. Hopkins I accused of being several thousand dollar short fa his account and it 1 allered h wa Implicated In th burning of aa entire block at Idl last Tear, destroying tb book that would havo shown hi shorts. Hop kin cam her about thr month a rr from Mexico City and ha been work ing aa a linotyp operator. Bm FrancUcaJva Visit Klafnafh. (tpwUl DHwatrk to Th vaal. Klamath Fail, Or., July 1 1. A lanr party of Can . Y nei o basin tne rrtvd In thl ettr Tboroday evening. Among th party Wer u. X. Wodilnc. prldnt f tb California Tin Koa company; C A. Cros of th Cro t,om br fwipwr; W. PL Palmer, ef th Hmtil S.rtTig wink: O. E Pltt'n r, -f IH rtrnt Ns'lol hsnk f L A , 1 fL t. U-vt,- .; eraag grower of Kir!, Cmi. 'United Pre Leurd Wire.) Santa Cru, Cal., July 11. Joseph Smith, head of th Mormon church, is her on a mysterious mission connected with his extensive lumber Interest In this vicinity. Smith la accompanied by a party or notable members of his church. lndudlriK C. W. Vlbler. presid ing bishop, Georg Stoddard of Baker City, head of the church in Orea-on. Consulteir Ir-hn R. Winder and Chief Patriarch Jfen Smith. All the men ben of the party own timber lands on the Pacific coast, the Mormon holdings In Oregon near Hood River, Baker City and La Grande being enormous. , Kibiey is president and Stoddard rioo presldent of the San Vlncento Lumbar oompany of this city. fTTnlted Prsas Leased WlrJ Cincinnati, July 11. Char Is p. Taft. brother of tho Republican presidential candidate, presents a his loading edi torial In his newspaper this afternoon a longartll under tho caption, 'That Injunction Plank," In which ha aays: 'Wo hope that verv American. nrt particularly every American who works for wages, will make careful atudy of the injunction plank In the two big imuurmi mis year. xno Kepubllcan plank Is brief, but every word means something; the Democratic plank js worded ambiguously, one part of It Is laughably hypocritical, while another, (hldden away in a significant plac at the end of a paragraph, carries more dynamite than, In our opinion, Interests of America care for. "We believe that what the American worklngman wants In this Injunction matter la th correction of abtisoa which have grown up, not the crippling of the, courts and the Immedlnte taking away from Judges of their power to maintain the dignity of the law." GOLD WATCH FOUND IN PA II, OF LARD Hamilton, Wash., Julv 10. A five- pound pall Of lard vlelded a treasure In the shape of a gold watch to Mr. W, M. Atterburr of this nlace The time piece has evidently had hard usage, the esse being dented In several places hut the movement I fairly good. The'larJ la th product of a local dealer. , flOO rtart To bto Business. Read Newman's advertisement Pg Pay $292 Now, or on ILasy Payracnts:::s5 Saves $133 ;;55 to2 "-sss 4 The time to join U now before the yt Club l filled; cell t the ctore or write -for our new Cab Booklet "6." LILLRS PIANO HOUSZ,, 3i3 Wishiniton Street
