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Dt-trifr;Aftnrnev Cameron todaV took Oscar Johnson and Harry
Benson; who are said to have been identified as the O. R. & N. train
rnhher. hefnre thn crand iurv forindictment. Bons; the third man,
has not been positively identified. This will put the grand jury in the
position of being forced to decide whether it is the police department,
whose suspects have1 been identified, or the sheriff's office, one oi .
whnur men is alleeed to have confessed, which has the guilty mau
;in charge. , , " -1 ,
POLICE SURE EH6IHEIR IfJ
ROBBERS BURKS
All w . That Crew of Train
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clare Burks' Story Full
i of InaccuraciesCameron
Aids Department.
Sergeant Keller and Klenlln have
not chanced their belief that th threa
aaloon robbers arrested Saturday morn
Ing are the men' Who held up the O. R.
Sk N. train'' Thursday evening:, despite
' the confession said: to have been made
by William Burks.. In the custody' of
the sheriff.
' The police based their belief upon the
Identification of the two men by Engin
eer Georce Donlon and Fireman Bon.
of the train In question, as made yes
terday afternoon. Johnson. Benson and
the third m A, Bona, who has not been
positively ldentlffed by any of the train
men," were not arrested on suspicion of
being the train robbers, nut instead were
taken in on account of three saloon rob
beries and goods obtained In their. last
hold up found In their possession. -'
Ho Asked to Identify, i w
At noon today neither Bon nor Donlon
had been asked to identify the men in
county Jail. One of these men, Burks",
wss In the Jail when Bon' and Donlon,
accompanied by Sergeant Keller-, and
Detective Tlchenor went to the county
Jail that the trainmen might speak to
Vanderhoof, the young foreigner who
was "beating his way'? on the train held
1 up at Clarnle. Nothing was said to
them about the presence' of a suspect
In ttia lull.
The officer were told by the taller ;
that vanaernooi nan onn mrnea loose,
but on the plea that the - trainmen
wished to look through the Jail the par
ty was sllowed to enter. In the first
cell reached there1' was' VancTerhoof.
In -conversation with Engineer Don
lon he declared that Johnson was the
man. who rode with him from Hood
River to the scene of the hold up.
Donlon and Bon went over the ' al
leged confession of the young man who
calls himself William, Burks this morn-
"' confession Ipoestft Confess. .;
"He says a number of things here
which are all wrong," said they after
wards. "Nearly all this has been printed-before
in one form or another as
coming from us, but there are a number
rays
dust'
of Inaccuracies. For instance, this man
'No. I covered. ms race wltn coal
Our engine is an oil burner and
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DIEHl CAUGHT
It! THE SOUTH
V- II' HISS ISS llfl v r" - jr.
Portland Check-Artist Ar
rested in Los Angeles for , !
Robbingi Employers. '
year passed a forged Western Union
telegram on the firm of Downlng-Hop-
kins company of tills city and wcureil
; tholr check tcr $1800, wlas arr-std to
day In Los Angeles on , tjie charge of
embexalement rrom na ivm Dy wnicn
-iie was employed In the southern city.
He was pop
pmbexalement from na
Ping unde the alias of Georce
-Lorwnx white when arrested. .
Dlehl did not easii the Downlng-Hop-klns
iiompany check, as their board mark
er fortunately discovered the telegram
to be a forgery, but through a mlaun
dcrstanding at the bank Oi-Al win. not
arrested whe. he aUempted to si-cure
payment. He then dinappeared, taking
the $1800 rheek- with him. 1 It la not
known at present whether he .will be
brought back to I'ortland t! answer
the. charge of forgry or whether the
local authorises will waive their claim
in favor , of os Angclea.. u -
Cannot . , Identify Sheriff's
i -Prisoner asTrain Kobber
. Yef Is Forced to 'Believe
That Suspect Is Man Who
Held Him Up. ..
Engineer Donlon, of the .O. , R.. N.
train that was held up last Thursday
night, and William ' Burks, one of two
train robber suspects under arrest; in'
the county jail, faced' each other before
the grand Jury at the courthouse "this
afternoon and were aaked to Identify
one another by the foreman of the grand
Jury. , - . .
Burks, who made a confession last
night. In which he admitted having tak
en part In the robbery of the train and
implicated two others, one of whom is
In the county Jell, pointed out . Donlon
as tne engineer -whom he had guarded
while his pala blew open the express
car.
v Donlon, after looking over Burka
carefully, failed utterly to identify him
as one of the robbers.
: '.'He.is a little too large,' said Donlon.-
"He la not dressed in the same
way. I am not sure aoout his voice.
and his nose Is not anywhere near the
sise- snd shape of the nose of- the roan
Who staved with me in the locomotive
cab. .
rnasled Over Clothes.
"I asked Burks If he wore the as mo
clothea the night "of the holdun that he
was wearing now. He said that he did.
On the nlrht-of the holdup, twwever.
the man who was with me wore cordu
roy trousers and patent learner ahoea.
epiltvacross the toe. This man Bilrka
Wore heavy ahoes of an entirely differ
ent description, his rest seemed larger
man tnoae or the robber also.
"One thing that , I had . noticed nar.
ttcularly about the man who rode with
me was that he had trouble with his
mask. It kent ellDolnc down 'over hia
nose from his forehead. I asked Burks
about his mask and whether he had had
any trouble- with It. He said he had
not.
"This man told the Story of thn hnM.
tip In a general way, but It sounded to
me more as if he had gathered it from
newspaper accounts .
"One thing I cannot understand Is
how he Would remember about my ask
ing him for a Christmas rmeminc.
however. I did tell him if he made a
good haul he had better send me a
cigar for Christmas.. He spoks about
that ana I don't Know now. he oouid
M) SIGNS OF STRUGGLE
.'SHOWmUF
Murderer, of Harry Kenny
Hears. His Doom Pro-
" nounced Without Slight
est Show of Emotion
Still Denies His fluilt.
. Standing before the bar. erect and'
defiant, conscious of ths fact that he(
had been convicted of murder In ; the
first degree, and yet without the slight
est outward ' sign of emotion, Harry
Daly, Who shot and killed Harry Kenny
oi the night of November 11, was sen
tenced by Judge GanteHbein In the cir
cuit court this morning to hens by the i
neck until he is dead. - j : ,
The courtroom was ; crowded with
spectators at an- early , hovir. When
Judge Gantenbeln commanded .the pris
oner to ,rle, . he ' did so- quickly, ; facing
tne court ana loosing " squareiy in
the eye. ;; '.'..;.':':' i
' "Have you anything to saf rwhy sen
tence ; should: not be -pronounced upon
you?": gsked the court' n't; .'v r
-Tes.sir,JreTUed'The prisoner.
have been convicted of a crime of which
1 know nothing about.. -1 may have had
a fair trial, but I remember nothing of
shooting tne man' whom I have Been
convicted of murdering. But I would
rather die with a clear conscience. as.I
will, than to spend the reat of ray life in
the insane asylum.' ' ...
'Attorney Stevenson spoke a very few
words in behalf of his client, realising
that there was - but tine penalty to be
inflicted. ,
"You have had a fair trial," began
Judge Gantenbeln, "and have 'been .con
victed of murder in the first degree. It
la the duty of this court st this time,
and a painful one. to impose sentence
upon you. ' It is therefore the' sentence
of this court that you be remanded to
the custody of the sheriff and taken by
him, within 20 daya, to the warden of
the atate penitentiary at Salem, and
there, on. Friday, the 29th of January,
you te nangea y tne neca until you
are dead; and may the Father ; of us
all' In his infinite goodness have mercy
on your soui.
Attorney Stevenson - then aaked ' the
court .for the usual length of time In
which to rile a motion for
and five days were granted.
new trfal
The mo-
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tlon will probably be filed tomorrow.
While the sentence was being im
posed. Daly stood perfectly still, watch
ing the court and not turning a hair,
and after the sentence had been pro
nounced he walked steadily out, of the
courtroom with the sheriff.
Daly was convicted of killing his
former employer on November IS, -after
Kenny had refused him the position as
bsrtender In Kenny's saloon which Daly
nan iormeriy neia. ii waa nam Dy tne
defense that the prisoner was subject
to intermittent fits of Insanity In which
he never knew what he was doing and
that ne would wander aimlessly around
for four or five hours at a time. It
as alleged that -Daly waa suffering
from one of these spells at the time
of the murder. The murdered man waa
well known throughout the city, hay
ing been a resident of the city fof over
SO years during which - time he wss
prominent In business and more or less
to. In politics.
COTTON STEAMER .
; SINKS; SEVEN LOST
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Cyjchaven, Germany, Dec. 22. A Brit
ish cotton steamer bound for Liverpool
from Galveston, Texas, was wrecked to
day on -Point Missenhead. The captain
and "six members of the crew were
drowned. . ' -.
Sixty-five members of the crew were
rescued after hours of exposure From
them it was learned that the vessel's
name was "Trada." The cargo of 21,
000 bales of cotton was lost.
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Brokaw Family, Desperately
' Hungry, Ate Unfit Food
Brokaw Wedded to His
Fad and Boasts 3ran Who
Exposed Destitution.
James A. Finch, on 'trial for murdering Lawyer Fisher, posed for The Journal staff photographer this
, . . V- morning, . He seemd to enjoy the opportunity to get a good, likeness of himself in print. :
CHRISTMAS QFTS
. FORCE MAIL CLERKS
; TO RIDE THE TRUCKS
Tour your, If you are lucky Christ.
mas presents from the east and south
and elsewhere in general are-beginning
to . arrive. Mall carriers starting out
from the postofflce this morning resem
oiea masHPB oi animaiea pacKsges anaexpianation is easy fortlandera almply
naa plenty or coin - st : tneir aisposal.
bundles with a man simply hanging on
And the express, companies well,
they're doing their share of business, to
bo sure. . , , - . .
Until Sunday the rush-of mall from
the outside had not been noticed. Every
thing ws going out and nothing comtng
In. But now tlie Portlanders are hav
ing their inning. : And fronr -the indica
tions ao far, according to the mail men,
the Portland people are going to get
theira.' this year.sood and nlentv. By
"theirs" the postal men-mean presents
faJtore. - . - , .
tnri8tms last year, vou repouect
very -plilnly. followed closely the cur
rency famine that had the bankers and
its others screJ lust about half to
death. But Portland, you will remem
ber with pleasure, wasn't-affected by
the threatened l ard times to any grout
extent.. We had as much money ss
usual. But In the east it was different
even the millionaires were peor.
So last year Portland sent out about
as many presents by mall and express
ss she would under ordinary circum
stances. More in proportion went out.
It seems, than came in. In other words,
there were many'dJaappolntments among
me expectant . unnsimas givers. Tne
where other persons sbout the country
were shy the usual holiday funds.- No
one kicked, although ajw might have
thought a few things,' and everything
went along Just lovely. Portland people
had had the pleasure of giving and
that's more than half the fun. they say.
Again this year Portland has done her
duty. The receipts for stamps alone at
the - Portland postofflce yesterday
amounted - to more than 13900. . Five
Stamp windows, with a man behind, were
olng business all day long.
Every train is loaded to the roofs Of
the msll cars with letters, snd packagea
and things..-. The cars have been so
crowded in some' cases that the mail
clerks have had to ride on the outside
In many instances hanging onto the
trucks, or -the rods f underneath. But
somehow, the ma!! clerks and the mail
carriers are doing their. duty, and you
will get yours yt. Oet yours, that is,
if you're lucky. r 1 t
110 VETO FOB
SALARY RAISE
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Roosevelt Says a President
Can Just About Live
on Present $50,000.
. t ; 5 By John E. Lathrop. .
Washington. Dec. 22. Senator Bourne
will have assurance from the White
House that no veto will be Interposed It
bis bill becomes a law to increase the
salary of the president, to $100,000 ' a
year and. of the vice president to $15,
000. ' The Increased salary will apply to
Roosevelt's successor only. In conversa
tion with an acquaintance the president
discussed ths - matter of White House
expenses and when asked the question,
"can a president live on the present
salary." be . said. "Tea, he can, just
about."-- ,'' - - '
He went on td say that J50.000 per
mitted the president only-to come out
even-on expenses with no margin, on
which to save.
, Enforced entertainment Is the- chief
charge . against the president's ex
chequer.' - . -- '
At.oVio of tha IVIilte Ttnnu In Mm.
cussing the matter cited the visit of
Prince Henry of Germany to this coun
try and the cost of that single Item to
the president, who entertained him at
the White House snd had to do so.
Bourne has been getting busy pushing
the bill and It Is understood he has al
ready secured considerable . support.
Many Democrats -will vote for It, not
withstsnding Bryan declared this morn
ing that . he .was opposed to the meas
ure.. . . ' .. -.. . , . .. ..
Senator and Mrs Bourne Will" spend
Christmas at Providence, R. I.. a t the
home of Bourne's sister. .
JAPANESE DIET .
V ;-'IS IN SESSION
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'Tokla, Dec. 32. The twenty-fifth ses
sion of the Imperial diet. was convoked
today. 8. Haseba. a member of -parliament
and leader of. the telyuKal, or
constitutional party, was elected presi
dent 'of the body. Koisuka. of the pro
gressives, was chosen vice president of
the house of commons. ,
WITNESS WAS
SCENE
Slowly building, from the foundations
the 'structure of ' testimony on ' which
the state's attorney will ask the Jury
for a verdict, that will send James A.
Finch to the gallows, the first page of
the damaging evidence came this morn
ing in the testimony of M. O. Wilkins,
who told of the mate story shown In
Ralph B. Fisher's office a few moments
before "the smoke of the assassin's gun
had cleared.
Thla , waa damaging to the defense
because It showed that there were no
evidences of a struggle In Fisher's of
fice, and the witness saw nothing with
which the defendant might have been
assaulted, as claimed by the -defense.
The position of Fisher's body, as testi
fied to by this witness, indicated that
he had been shot while sitting In his
chair.- Neither, the 'state nor the de
fense asked a question of this witness
regarding the notarial seal upon which
the defense is building its hopes.'
-, -Three witnesses were on the stand
tftis mornlng.f Charlea S-. Fisher,' a
brother of Ralph B. Fisher, Identified a
portrait' of his brother and testified as
to his agerweigfrtand' profession.- Dr.
8. M. Oellert, the autopsy physician,
described the wounds, and ' Wilkins,
whose examination was finished at the
noon hour, narrated in detail the story
of Whst he saw in Fisher's office just
after the shooting.'. , ,
. ' ' . Only livlnr 'Witness." .-"v-
To this testimony- of " Wilkins, 1 the
state will add that of Dr. W. A. Rob
erta, who entered snd saw the ,snme
things just after-the shooting, and then
the direct story of t-MIss . Verna Burk-
hart, the stenographer-in Fisher's of
fice, the only living eye witness to
TAKE WHIPPING
OR BE HANGED
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kin Trial, Chose Lash,
and Got It.
(United ptms Xaastd' Win.)
Union City, Tenn., Dee. . 22 Jolin
Shaw, an inhabitant of the Reel Foot
lake region, today declares that night
riders gave him his. choice of hanging
yi .niuuinr ana i nar tie onose
leaser evil. Si
and 'that he ohosa the
haw was placed on the
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
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"Pasadena, CaL. De?. 22. Frozen toma
toes eaten by the family of Edward
Warren Brokaw, ths single taxer, are
believed to nave caused im piomiran
poisoning which. proved filar to little
half-starved Ieonard Brokaw and has
rendered his two. sisters,- Ines ' ami
Vaughn, , seriously 111. . Dr. Ellaa Beaclj.
who' is in attendance on the children,
said today that - Ines would recover
quickly and that ahe had bona of saving
the life of Vaughn.
The doctor learned today that the
Broks'wrv In the desperation of hunger,
"ate tomatoes that ""didn't taste Just
right," few days before the children
were taken 111. Investigation proved
that these tomatoes, had been v frozen
and. the doctor believes they were the
cause of 'the poisoning. - . , --With
no word of. fellglon, the funeral
of Leonard -was held at 11. o'clock this
morning on the front porch of tne Bro
kaw ' home. "', Prof eisor Vail; a close .
friend of . the Brokaws, delivered a brief
funeral oration. The body; was then
cremated.:' - ?--..'"".
i, ' v Brokaw Stakes Statement.
.Brokaw haa given out - a statement
In which he say 3. he believed his chil
dren's Illness was-csused.by some for
eign matter In a jar in -which fruit
bad been kept. He denies that the chil
dren have .been neglected, but admits
they, had not eaten for several days be
fore they were taken 111. .'He says they
had fasted for two days snd when food
wss provided for them they were to .
weak to eat. . "' v 1 ' s. .
' Brokaw severely arraigns Professor
Frederick Holdon. who disclosed tne
pitiful Plight t the Brokaw family. He ;
says Professor Holden' has lost tw.
children by death ana it is umtair tor
him to blame Brokaw because tl.elr
Ideas of -the, care of the body differ. .
. Signs of Brokaw Weakening.
- Two nurses are attending the surviv
ing children.' Miss Breckenrldge, a dea
coness of the First Methodist church, at
tends the v girls In the day time,-and is -
reilOVeU vy a JM vir.iniunai nil, " iivm
the Emergency League headquarters st
night Under this skilled care the chil
dren are being -fed .properly, and- are
gaining strength. '
- Although food has jeen sent to the
Brokaw home, the Mingle taxer andi his.
wife refuse to change their diet, gpurn. ,
ing meat. egga. milk -and various kinds
of food which come under their ban. the
couple, helf stsrved but loyal to their
tenets, ate a breakfast today consisting
of crackers, peanut butter V and gruel
made of flour.' - : ' .
Despite the fact that the elder Ero- -.
kaws refuse to take certain kinds of
food. Dr. Besch said todav that she be-,
lieved Edwin Warren - Brokaw. the
fotHe hnai awakened ta the realization.
that - he -srtould not carry . his experi
ments In food to-the extent of applying
them to his children. 1 She said she felt
certain that hereafter -the Brokaw-girls
would be given the nourishment neces
sary, to keep them la good health.
-' Minneapolis.. Minn.. Dec. 22. Isaac Tj.
Brokaw,' a typesetter of this city, sent
15 as a Christmas' gift to Kdward Bro
kaw of Pasadena, but It did not arrive
In time to save the life of little Leonard
Brokaw, who died of ptomaine poisoning.,
and starvation.-according to' a telegrsm
received of., he boy's-deaths the Illness
of the two little "girl and the family's
terrible plight, ISase wired $10 more 1
Pssadera. This wss all he couhl poss'- ,
bly spare1 by stinting his. Clyistmas
pleasures . ' ? -r -;. .
VOICE OF THE PRESS TREACHERY x
(Continued 6a Psars Four.)
i-. Fforrt'the Eureka' (Cal.) 'Journal.-.' r-
The next session of the Oregon .legislature will elect a. United
States senator to succeed Senator; Fulton. By a; ante-election
pledge", a majority of the Republican legislators are committed to
vote for the man who received the endorsement of the people in
the recent primary election. That man happened to be a Democrat,"
-'-Governor George E Chamberlain. Now come the; "machine" Re
, publican press, headed bv the Oretfonian. askiflir the legislators so
pledged to ignore their promise and betray the people by refusing to
. vote for a Pcmocrat, 1 The "plea is that the state is Republican over-
wheliningly, and should be represented in the senate by a Repub-
lican. The moral point involved is .overlooked. , 4 ; ; '
.' The people of the United States, wilf watch with, interest the ot-
come of the matter. It will be interesting to note the reception c
, corded by his constituents upon his return from Sa'tm of the tnan
; -who betrays the trust reposed in him. But it will be more interesting
to see if Oregon has produced a senatorial aspirant who won!-
, accept the office at the hands of a traitorous ring of partiaiw,
Should Governor Chamberlain be defeated by the treachery of h?r
legislators, Oregon will lose her standing among the sutrs ? f.nt t
, the most progressive, in matters politcal in the tthion,
! - , . We sj nipathize with the Republican. of Oregon who fann..f-' -
to see uheir state represented at Washington by a Drr,v r.-. !
; we think they will agree with tit that the party cannot atn rl ; ,
', a senator at the cost of its self-respect.
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