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YOUNG CROOK
1LS OF-
CUE
Gus Johnson Makes Sworn
Statement to Detectives
How Nyssa Store Was
Robbed Officers .Believe
Experts Are in Custody.
In the capture of Charles Johns, W.
H. Lloyd, alia Jimmy Lloyd, and Qua
Johnson, a boy, the police believe they
have broken up one of the most danger
ous and expert gangs of safe crackers
that has operated In Oregon In many
years. The conviction of the two ap
pears to be virtually a certainty, for the
boy has signed a sworn confession. In
which he tells how the two men, with
him to act as lookout, robbed a store
nt Nyssa and escaped with a lot" of
Jewelry and some money.
Gus Johnson waa sweated by the de
tectlves yesterday, chiefly Detective
Tom Coleman, who worked up the case.
and finally broke down and told all he
knew. Koth the boy and Johns are de
generates of the. most revolting type
Johns Is a hard looking customer, and
the boy. young as lie is.1 looks eaually
tough. Both Johns and Lloyd are re
garded an dangerous crooks. The gang
will be taken to eastern Oregon tod to-
stand trial for the Nyssa lob. John
Logan and A. Walter Wolfe have been
engaged to defend thera.. .
Ous Johnson's confession, with some
necessary expurgations. Is as. follows:
Tounr Touch's Confession.
"My name , is Gus Johnson. ' I am 17
yeart old, I was bow In Sweden, and
left that country about two years ago.
wajjo, haassV a- ship or a short time
and put In my time since then between
the east and here, bu have only been
In Portland between two ' and - three
weeks. -About 10 . days -of- two- weeks
ago, i cannot say exactly, I met a man
by the name cf Charlie John at the
Rhefppfals hotel; I went over to Van
couver a couple of times and then Johns
and a man by the name of -Lloyd and
then Johns paid my way and he and
Lloyd and myself went to Roosevelt,
and then I think we went across the
river, and then I think we went on. to
Nyssa. . V '
'Ve were there- either one or two
days. I don't know which, and then one
night while we were there Johns took
tin to a general merchandise store. I
think it waa, and he pried open 4he
store and he and Lloyd went Inside, and
then Lloyd came out and Lloyd and I
watched on the outside while he waa
Inside, and while he was In there I
heard a little muffled sound and then he
came out and said, 'Come on,' and about
a couple of hours afterward I saw him
have some watches and chains and some
goiu rings, and then he showed us some
mbney and said, 'Here is what J got,'
and then he split It and gave me about
S8 or $10 for my share and he gave
Lloyd some money, too. He gave me a
gold watch and he gave Lloyd one. too.
That was the same watch the detective
go oft me.
Betnra to Portland. I
"The robbery was committed about I
o'clock In the mornlrjg. I think, and
then we left there about four or five
hours 'afterwards, and bought tickets
to Baker, I think the place was, where
we stayed a day, and then we came
back. I thinjr. It was to Vancouver, and
then came on to. Portland, but I don't'
know where we stopped when we got
back. He only, gave me one watch out
of the bunch, and I don't know what
he and Lloyd did with the others. I
think he sold about 16 or 16 watches,
and he gave me some money, 1 think It
was about $50.
"When I met this man I was broke
and didn't hate any shoes on my feet,
and was hungry and didn't have any
place to sleep, and I asked him for
money and he said: 'Are you broke?"
I said 'yes.' and then he gave me four
bits and told me of a good place to eat
and told me I could sleep with him. I
applied to the Seaman's Institute and
(Continued on Page Four.)
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SCOTT'S
1 From Collier's eekly.
' How far will politicians go in the face not only of explicit in-
J struction from the public, but in the face also of their pledged word? J
Under the direct primary .lav jn Oregon, a Republican legislature .
was elected last summer, and instructed to elect to the United States
i senate the present governor, who is.a Democrat. So many members , J
of the legislature gave explicit prpmises to, obey the popular vote
itot li-ftnn nf Clnvmrnnr PKamherlain i ascureit iin1cs he Ifii :
X kept out or omce oy tne most snameiessaisnonesty. tjregon is now . .
full ofVrumors that the Republican legislature intend to defeat'
Chamberlain. ' The idea is that the pledged members will not vote i
5fcopenIy against him, but that enough 6f them will manage to be-
lf sick, or to be called out of the state on business, or to find them- .
: v treason will scarcely be ventured upon by , politicians in a state
which is so alive andso self-governed as the state of Oregon.
XNevertlil the situation must be watched. Fulton is the main
t conspiratpr. Harvey W. Scott, the owner and editor-in-chief of the
Portland Oregonian, has had the senatorial bee for as -long as any-
" body can remembar, and Fulton and the others work him by making .
him believe he has a chance, and in that way they get Scott to
throw the influence of his paper with them and against Statement - J
No. U VTtile the circulation of the paper has-not been decreased,
its influence, politically, considering its, former prestige, is now prac-'.
tically nothing. There will, undoubtedly, be a serious situation in
Oregon if the legislature actually does reject Chamberlain, and if '
themembcrs of the legislature who were ejected in June, pledged to J
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statement No. l; shamelessly repudiate their pledges.- ' -
MRS: CHARLES
GRIP OF A
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Helre. is. a remarkable snapshot
as she was leaving tJie courtroom in New York during the recent trial
of her husband, . the indicted ice. king. '
TAFT'S PLURALITYSIH DREGOH
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Returns From Curry County Complete -Vote of State,
Republicans Won by 24,482; Majority 14,072 J..D2 ;
Lee Receives; the Highest tote for Elector.
(Sped! Dispatch to The Joorntl.)
Salem. Or!. Nov. -tl. The receipt of
returns from Curry county this morn
ing, after a delay of almost a month,
shows that the Republican plurality In
Orearon at the recent presidential elec
tlon was 24.482. The total vote for ihe
Republican elector receiving: the largest
vote was 62.831; the Democratic, elector
i cKi rKtw
SENATORIAL BEE
W. MORSE IN
NEW YORK GALE
of Mrs. Charles-; V. Morse, taken
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receiving the largest vote received 38
049. The 'largest -vote polled by the So
cialists was 7,439; . tbe largest vote
polled by the Prohibitionists was 2,82
and by the Independents 289. President
elect Taft's maiorttv was 14.072. -
J. V. Lee of Multnomah received the
largest vote of the Republican electors.
August Huckenstein of Marlon received
the largest vote or the Uemocratlc 'elec
tors, both beating their nearest competitor-by
from SO to 90 votes. W. T.
Grlder of "' Union received the largest
Socialist vote. W. P. - Elmore of Linn
the' .largest Prohibitionist vote and
John W. Bennett of Clackamas the larg
est Independent vote.
There was not a vote cast In Curry
csunty for the Prohibitionist electors.
No vote was cast in Sherman for the
Independents. In Wheeler. Linn, Gil
liam, Crook and Benton not more thnn
two-votes were cast in each county for
Independent electors.
HEW BUB
Plans have heen drawn and arrange
ments completed for the' erection of a
modern two story brick business build
ing on the quarter block, at the south
west corner of Thirteenth and -Wash-
ungion re-is. i ne property Deiongs
fro Martin Winch, a well known capital.
1st. Architect W. L. Mftrgan prepared
the plans and specifications and will
superintend the erection, of the build
ing. ' ' '
The Washington street front .will
have six large store rooms, one store
will front Thirteenth street and he
entire - upper floor " will - be- arranged
for a. large rooming houhs, Plate
glass 'will be used almost entirely; In
both street fronts of the ground floor
and the frdhts of the uprer etory will
be'. f InJshod In pressed brick.. -
-As koui as the two fram buildings
now o-upyxfng the site can be removed,
excavating Ifor , the. new building will
be commenced. v
POLICY OUGHT
TO BE WIDE
OPEN
Mayor ' Lane Would Have
$1,000,000 for Pleasure
Grounds Expended in
Manner That Would Let
Public Know All.
"Let onr policy be wide open. We
want . competition and bidding for
the city's favor when it comes to
buying parks, i We'll find out, too,
how much public spirit there is in
Portland."
With these words Mayor Lane this
morning decided the perk board on Its
plan for the momentous expenditure of
$1,000,000 from the park fund. Secre
tary Wlegand was directed to obtain a
list of all the desirable park sites In the
city, following the Olmslead plan,1
on both sides of Ihe rJver,.from M.
Johns' boundary lines to Bell wood and
to find out the owners of these tractS
Mayor Lane will then Issue an Invita
tion to every one to appear before the
park, board and name his price.
, If the property owners do not re
spond to the invitation then the mayor
will subpoena them. The board will
accept such sites as are offered at what
seems a fair . and reasonable figure
Should the city find that It must choose
any particular loot t km and the owner's
price is exorbitant then condemnation
proceed lngH will be ' Instituted -by the
city. - i ,
gall, m- tils . tjtitu us taM as liio cfin anci
rpirt to the pa rk. hoard iwliidh- will
then. hold a tneetlng and tak stops t.i
bring1 property owners before It. Dr.
WlllFon and, Mr. Lewis were appointed
a committee to draw up a circular let
ter to be sent to the owners as soon as
their names have been tabulated by the
secretary. , -t'" .
Authority for this procedure on the
part of thw- park board was granted
by an - ordinance passed at the last
council meeting. This measure gives the
board free rein as to the method of se
curing options on park property, and
provides $1000 as a fund for thej. pay
ment of Incidental expenses. At first
there was considerable talk of the city's
employing a secret agent to procure op
tions before the city makes Its choice
of Bites public- '
Sot Ctood Plan. ' '
"I do not think such a plan is a good
one, declared the mayor," I have per
sonally known of transactions by such
agents where the state was robbed and
rlundered, in one instance alone of
20,000.- And the men who betrayed
ths confidence given them were men In
whose honesty I firmly believed.
fit we adopt- this' open policy I think
It will prove better than the secret
method after all. I doubt If anv aa-ent
could successfully approach owners of
choice park tracts without making their
purpose known. Them when we make
known the city's choice to any one man
we place th city at hts mercy. If he
knowa what property we want he can
it he la not. honest make money - for
himself by 'letting the owner In- on the
knowledge. He is placed In position
of temptation and has a chance to make
all kinds of 'deals.' "
Drs. Willswn and Raffety and Mr,
Lewis were all three of the opinion held
(Continued on Page. Four.)
SHOW YOUR CARD
TO POLIMI 01
CARNEGIE -AND HIS FAMILY
AS THE CAMERA FOUND THEM
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GIRL ONGE LIVED
PIS CITY
Ruby Braten Employed as
Stenographer in Port
" land and Salem.
(Special Wspstcb t Ttie J.mrosl.l
Mashfleld, Or . Nov. ST. Th- bay is
being dragged in n effort to recover
the body of Rnliv Hratt-n, 'ho was
drowned Wednesday night. The girl's
father, whose name is IL-lmken, who
lives atWoodburn, Or . arrived here to
day. ,It is said that the girl was well edu
cated and had worked as a stenonrapher
at both Salem and Portland, and had
also been a telephone girl. There ap
pears to be little doubt nut that she
fell overboard under an attack of heart
trouble, and did not commit suicide.
The father is almost prostrated. This
morning when he received a miwtaken
report' that the body had been found,
he broke down and cried. He has em
ployed extra men to help diK the bay.
He says he will stay until the body is
found and will take the remains home
for burial.
LAMPHERE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF ARSON
. (Cnlted Prwn La-1 Wire. I
Laporte, Ind.. Nov, 11. Ray I.ajn
phere, the hired man employed by Mrs.
Bella Gunness. convictfilof firing the
Qunness homestead, Ur the ruins of
which several bodies were found, was
taken today to Michigan City to 1'egin
his sentence. The punisr-ment Imposed
by the court .was an indeterminate sen
tence of from two to twenty-one years
and a fine of faOOO.
The? verdiot" was a compromise. All
but- two of the jury, it is said, voted
for " a - manslaughter verdict.' Tjimw
phere's crime was finally adjudged by
the Jurors to he arson.
The; verdict was greeted with ridicule.
'The, defense- has apparently decided
not to make a motion fora-new trial.
When - the minimum of . the lndeter'
minate sentence has been served the
f rlsoner may ask for parole. It is be- I
leved th-defense has decided ta tl-i
low. ! seRtenoe to stsnu, iioping i
free Lamrhere at the end ofitwo years; I
Andrew, I'arnefd', Hi Wife and His
' ' ' Daughter.
"f I'ifthurg, J."ovk2iAndraw Carne
ime acknowlt'dges' thin- hlsr fortnne was
greatly aurnontodv hyja protective tar
iff: KnormOiiB" prof Us ' were mpde when
the'lndustry' waa, proiectea, and It is
sb trtV thar . before, the ,tarjff went Into
effect the; profits were as great' as any
honest, Institution fought ' to -expect.
LAW AGAINST
II
Innian-Poulsen Concern Is
Likely, to Lose in Suit to
Enjoin the; City.;
I'nless the ' Inmaii-Poulsen Cumber
company's attorney' Is able to make an
unexpected showing In the circuit court,
It will not succeed In securing an In
junction to prevent City Attorney Kav
anaugh from prosecuting the firm under
the six criminal -complaints filed against
It In the municipal court charging It
with obstructing city streets.
This was made apparent In an argu
ment beforu Judge Gantenbetn this
morning, whenr-a hearing was given- on
the application, of the-cornpsnv for a
restraining order on the complaint filed
by Attorney George S. Shepherd against
the city last Wednesday. , Deputy City
.tin;, ny itimiin.ion contended tn;i an
injunction cannot Issue In a criminal
proceeding unless tbe llleaalltv nt th
city's action Is pleaded,- and Shepherd's
complaint does not allege that the city
ordinance Is Illegal.
Judge Gantenbein Intimated that the
position of the city attorney is well
taken, unless Shepherd Is able to pro
du f some unexpected law to the con
trary. The matter waa continued to
givr nini an oppormmty to do so,
no saia ne nad other
present.
authorities
CONDEMNATION SUITS
FOR WAIKIKI GROUND
(I'Tilted Prees L1 Wlre.l
Washington, Nov. 27. The federal
court in Hawaii will soon begin condem
nation suits for possession of land for
a new military post at Waiklkl. The
post wtlU be made the- headquarters of
the coast artillery branch of 'the army.
Prices for the property have been agreed
upon and no trouble is expected. It is
believed the government will place
dredges on the submerged lands and use
the material taken from the bay for
road building. 1
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WATCH OREGON GROW
"Let the purchaser call for Oregon-made goods and-'Watch 0"e
grn grow,'" said S. E. Wrenn, president of Multnomah; Trunk and
Bag company.- '"This home-made product; campaign one that
should be given serious consideration by every mender of this com
munity, for largely upon this one question lies the future progress,
of our state.- We must have-more factories and in order to do o
we must create a local market for our-Taw products; so it't up to
one and all to demand Oregon-made goods and see that your dealer
has thetn always in stock. The consurrurriis helping himself a well
as the manufacturer,-by shoM'ing a preference for local made good'
besides the enormous , amount . of money which is spent through
.eastern channels, jwill tern a in among the people of the: state. Don't
lie down and say, it's no use to agitate tiie matter';1 don't excuse
yourself by" saying. Ve have tried for yearso gctthe people to hvy
home-made goods.' Be brave sawd persevere. Public sentiment m
favor of any idea is created little by little.. N Te&rmcr voulJ trr
have been successful if he had relaxed hi. effort."
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COLLAPSE OF
KAISER DUE
Physicians Order Rest and;
Trip to Corfu Will Go
After Holidays Long Ig
norant of People's Wrath
Knowledge Caused Eury
(United I'rfM Leased WlM.t
, Berlin, Nov. 27. JSmperor "Wllhelm
Is 111 and the report In court circles 18
that his physical breakdown Is due to
his worrying over the recent polltlcU
atiaira that have upset the empire. Al
though his recent cold Is cured, he suf
fers from obstinate insomnia and is
bothered with his old trouble In his
defective ear. The doctors have ordered
complete rest and it has been planned -
iu eenu me Kaiser to v. oriu, me vrreea.
Island In the Ionian sea, directly after :;
the. Christmas festivities of the court. '
To go away earlier, it la feared, would
have a. bad effect politically.
The kaiser, It Is generally realized, la
rapidly approaching a tremendous claslt
with his people. Not much doubt
felt that the country Is rips for a: re
vnlt ' against autocracy or tiiat the first
exhibition of the imperial delermltia
t lan 'to defy the people will precipitate
the crisis;
The diplomatic theory Is that the
transition will not be sn difficult a.i
It lookst Inasmuch as Wllhelm's power,
on paper. ,t not so very much greater
than King' .Edward's. As a matter of
fact, aided by precedent and- through
personal- forc of character, ha has been,
so far a foreign .policies at, least are.
Concerned, practically abeohjte. If tho
country , Insists that -hn confine himself
strictly w ttn i n . constitutional jimi'a
tlona It Is figured that he will be robbe,!
of practically all his authority without
the necessity for a now law or even an
observable political -upheaval.
" .. Xautsr Kept ia Ignorance.
.' It has Just been learned that the em-
Jerfir was kept for a long time in Ig
norance or me real violence oi - )ti&
storm which was raised over his recent
Anglo-C?erman Interview In the London
Telegraph. The kaiser really had only
the faintest Idea of the extent of th
popular dissatisfaction with htm. His
household took pains to keep all but the
mildest news comment on his Interview
from reaching him. None of the re--marks
made either by his own people or
by those abroad was repeated to him. .
Even the relchstag debate was submit
ted to him only in an abridged and
mortified form. , -
Finally a hint either Intentionally or
accidentally, was given him by the
crown prince and his suspicion wan
Instantly aroused. He promptly de
manded voluminous reports of th relch
stag debates and called for whole reams
of newspaper files and other comment.
These quickly put him in possession of
all the facts.
Not much Is known concerning the
things he raid, but his anger Is re--ported
to have been terrific, and he was
enraged at not onlv his critics but also
those who had concealed the true sit
uation from him.
CAPTAIN HELSOH
TO QUIT THE SEA
Long Noted as Master of His
Calling. and Popular
as Well.
(Special Dinpatcb to The Journal!
Marshfield. Or., Nov. 27. It Is an
nounced that Captain H. C. Nelson, mas
ter of the steam schooner Nann Smith,
will retire from sea life and that B. TV.
Olson, now captain of the steamer Alllr
ance, which runs between Coos Bay and
Portland, has been engaged to succeed
him on the Nann Smith. It is not known
who will take Captain Oleon's place.
Captain Nelson is one of the best ma- ,
rlners on the coa.t, and has always. been
regarded a si one of the safest sea cap
tains. When the M. F. Plant was
brought from the east h brought her
around the Horn and remained master
of that boat until last year, when he
was engaged by the Smith Lumber com- ,
pany to bring the Nann Smith arount:
the Horn and tke charge of her on
the run out of Coos Bay. ' 1 .
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WORRY