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PAGE TWO WIFE'S MURDER IN FAKE HOLD UP I San Francisco, Cal., July 15. Henry Wllkens was arrested yes terday charged with the murder of his wife, Anna Wllkens, as the result of a statement alleged to have been made by Arthur Cantor to District Attorney Brady and Police Woman Kate O'Connor, it was announced by I. M. Golden chief deputy district attorney, here after Wllkens had been lodged in Jail. Mrs. Wllkens was shot and killed the night of May 30. supposedly by one of three ulghwjjmen In an attempted holdup. Arthur Castor, held in jail here on charges of passing worthless checks, Is said to be one of the highwaymen. According to Castor's purported statement, ha and his brother, Walter, had arranged with Wil uens to stage a fake holdup of the Wilkens automobile. The Castors, it is claimed by the police, were to have robbed Wllkens of what mon ey he had and also were to rob Mrs. Wtlkeng of her jewelry. The holdup, Arthur Castor is said to hare declared, was staged as planned, with Walter Castor wielding the revolver. Ia the holdup, according to the repnteu confession, a shot was tired, but Arthur Castor Is said to havee nled that he knew who fired It, his brother, Walter, or Wllkens. In the robbery, Arthur Is re ported to have said It Is claimed, Walter Castor took a wallet from Wllkens. After the holdup, con tlnued the statement, the pair Where Were Phillips and Mrs. Meadows On Night Before Murder? THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. J SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY, JULY 15, Los Angeles, Cal., July 13. Where was Mrs. Albert Meadowb on the night before she was the victim of what has become known locally as the "stoi.e age murder because it was accomplished with a hammer and a rock? And where the same night was A. h. Phillips, husband of the woman accused o. the crime? . These were subjects of inquiry today, according to an nouucement by deputy sheriffb working on the case. Mrs. Peggy Caffee, upon whose testimony the Los Angeles county grand jury yesterday returned an indictment charging murder against Mrs. Clara Phillips, now held at Tucson, Ariz., declared that the night before she accom panied Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Meadows on a ride in Mrs. Mea dows' automobile to the lonely spot where the young widow's oody was found Wednesday even ing, she and Mrs. Phillips made a secret visit to Mrs. Meadows apartment and that Mrs. Meadowb was not at home. Say Jealousy Unwarranted. Mrs. Phillips Is said by her hus band to have told him before her hurried departure on the trip to ifil Paso, Texas, that ended in her being ' taken from the train at rucson, that she killed Mrs. Mea dows because of Jealomsy, which, he asserted, was unwarranted. And according to the story ot Mrs. Cafee who was present dur ing the?alleged slaying, Mrs. Phil lips accused Mrs. Meadows ot hav ing been Intimate with her hus band and of having accepted pres ents from the oil promoter. Phillips has declined to answei DETERMINED TO drove back Into the city and the next morning Walker complained tha ,nt bUnk questlon ot news mm w linens uhu uuuijiu ciueseu him that the wallet was empty and that Mrs. Wllkeus had worn no jewelry. Then Arthur Castor Is said to have explained, he and his bro ther went to the Wllkens home, where Wllkens gave them three $100 bills. Two $100 bills were found on dowg? mu Lusioin wuen iney wero ar- rested the day following the shoot lng of Mrs. WllkenB. The bro l.hnrs lat.nr warn tiimnri lmiHn h. cause ot Insufficient evidence P0"1 wlfe,B l)resence' as Mra r-ioimorf Meauows tamer, reu rremaine, Chicago) July 15 Virtually aban doning hope of an early settlement of the railroad strike, following the f:iilura nf last niWifa conferences. ... . , .'Ker, head of the Dallas Machine & railroad executives today prepared.6 ' ... . ... r n..imtivii UnrU waivhH minor to make a determined effort to re- nio pcucDimD ill UHo uciiLnHiun in m - DALLAS SHOP BURNS Dallas, Or., July 15 The-f&e gireu blowing at about 2:39 o' clock Friday afternoon drew rtapy Dallas people to the plant o(, the Dallas Machine & Loconfotl-ve Works, where the explosion of a gas generator had done a email amount of damago to the interior of the frame shed In which it was housed. Fortunately no one was injured by the explosion as the room happened to be vacant at the time. 'Part of tho city fire de partment and tho departments main tained at the Southern Pacific shops, the machine shops and the mill of the . Willamette Valley Lumber company, all responded at the alarm, but their eerv.ices were not called upon to any extent. Carl Gerlin FATi HER R00 TO PUBLISH BOOK ON open shops with non union employes according to a high official of the United States labor board. This official who .declined to be quoted directly, said peace moves would be suspended for the present as the earners and strikers were unable to find any common ground for starting negotiations when Chairman Ben Hooper sought to get them together yesterday. The stumbling 'block in the path of settlement, it is said at the rail road board was the union's demand for restoration of seniority end other privileges to the strikers. The roads indicated to Chairman Hooper that the men who have stuck by their employers and the new .employes enlisted will be pro tected an the seniority they have thereby attained. paper men: "Wliere were you las Tuesday night? "1 cannot answer importan questions ot that nature," he said "Would you say you were with someone, then?' they persisted. I can't tell where I was," n auswered. "Where did you meet Mrs. Mea Declines to Answer. "Is It true you had met hoi only three times and then only in against them. Wllkens that he had been robbed ot three $100 bills In the holdup In which his wife was slain. DALLAS SCHOO L TEACHERS HIRED says? That Is an important ques tlon," he answered with a smile. Relatives and trlends ot tht dead woman, who was only 2(j years old and had been a widow only a few mouths, rallied to hei defense and asserted that any as perslons on her character and rep utation has basis only In "idle gossip." The coroner announced the In quest over Mrs. Meadows' body would be held Monday. Phillips has been detained as material witness and will be held as such, according to the sheriff's office, at least until bis- wife 1b brought back to California. W. I. Traeger, sheriff, is in Tuc Dallas, Or., July 13 A meeting of the Dallas school board was held In the office of Dr. A. B. Star buck Friday evening at wheih the following members were in attend ance: Dr. A. B. Btarbuck, chair man: Tracer titaats. clurk: Mrs. lira C'osuer. W. L. Sochron and Jon oPe'ti"K to bring Mrs. Phil Mrs. Kmma firaven anil U T. Tnr- "P back with him. Phillips U nor, city superintendent of schools. llot under arrest, but deput Several matters of inmnrtnucr. sheriffs have been detailed to re were broucht before the hoard and "mln wttn hlm constantly Biven consideration. Chief anions Mra- Caffee was permitted to those were tho election of two ,.. SO after she had testified before teachers for tha hiih lahoul. These tne Brand Jury were Miss Huth Jelinek. of Crete. Mrs- Phillips, who Is 23 years Nebraska, who will be the head of M- 18 BBld to nav ha brief ex tho commercial detriment.. mnl Perlenc with a comedy motion Miss Ksther Full, of Eusene. who Plcture company as a "bathing will teach soma of the coimuarcisl branches and first year la high school English. The matter of selecting a princi . pal for the high school, yice C. O. Everett resigned, and a manual training teacher to take the place of J. A. Griffin, recently killed In an automobile wreck, was deferred for future action at the request of tlis superintendent. The 10,000 bond of Tracey tltaaU as clerk was approved by the Members of the board. Tho clerk was given authority to hire a con tractor to make the contemplated changes in the assembly room at the high school aud the superinten dent was Instructed to purchase new desks for use in the srhool. The matter of tho building of , a new gymnssium for the high school ereaiod considerable discussion and it was decided br vote of the me bers that tho erect iou of the liuild- iug be deferred uutil the early spring ot next year. Klrl." She also has been employed us a chorus girl CAPITAL JUNK Company Is in the market for All kind of Junk We pay market price. Quick service. 215 Center St. Phone 398 ntmutmmittnttntmatwmitB ' mi RUMORS OF SALE OF PORTLAND CLUB RIFE San Francisco, Cal., July 15. Rumors continue to fly In San Francisco about a proposed sale of the Portland club ot the Pacific Coast baseball league. The latest report Is that Ovle Overall and Frank Chunce, former pitcher and manager, respectively of the Chi ;ago Cubs, -are dickering for the northern franchise. Williata M. Klepper, Portland president, is in California and the three may get together. Friesea Granted Divorce. Dallas, Or., July 15. At a ses sion ot the circuit court held Fri day afternoon, Judge H. H. Belt granted a decree of divorce to rienry Friosen of Dallas. The cus tody of two minor children was allowed the wife,' although Mr. Friesen agreed to pay a stipu lated sum monthly .toward their support. received minor injuries from a tall sustained by slipping on the siuewalk, but these injuries were not of a serious nature. POLK INSTITUTE DATES otl t-uti nuvuvititri 1-2-3 Dallas, Or., July 15. An nouncement from the office of Jouiah Wills, county superintend ent of schols, states that the Polk county teachers' institute will be held in Dallas on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 1, 2 aud 3, in the high school building. ' One of the principal features of the three days session will be the presence of J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruc tion, who will deliver an address to the teachers and explain the workings of the new course of study in the'grade schools, which will be revised at that time. The program of the sessions is now in the making and will be announced as soon as it is completed. During the coming school term there will be 152 teachers em ployed in this county. According to the laws ot the state It is' com pulsory that all grade and high school teachers attend the insti tute, which will have both morn ing and afternoon sessions. " AUTO TOPS Grunert 256 State St. T TEN DAY SALE! 40 DISCOUNT FIRSTS STANDARD GUARANTY CORDS 11.50 17.25 23.50 19.50 19.75 19.95 26.50 27.00 27.50 29.50 32.50 58.00 SIZE 28x3 30x3 30x3 y. 32x312 31x4 32x4 33x4 34x4 32x412 33x4 34x4 1 35x412 36x4 io 35x5 36x6 FABRICS $ 8.25 6.90 7.95 . 10.50 12.55 13.75 14.25 14.95 20.00 21.75 20.75 21.50 Dallas Store Sold. Dallas, Or., July 15. H. K Leonard, who with a number ot bis business associates from Port land, recently took over the larger part of the holding of C. L. Crl der, merchant ot Dallas, has dis posed of the property to F. H. Blake, a retired merchant ot Fort land. 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He stated to The Capital Journal cor respondent that the learned peo ple of the world In accepting his tories would not take the history in beautiful English as they once did, but must have facts, and for this reason in his history, "Amer ica Before Columbus," he has doc uments in fourteen separate lan guages to prove his English text, and in the book which he is now preparing documents In seven languages. Fathe ue Hoo Is, nim jelf, a learned man speaking with versatile ease eight languages and with a reading and understanding of fifteen. For all of the mater ial he has accumulated he has traveled extensively for It most in Europe, visiting the archives In Rome, where he secured much valuable data. He Is a member of the Archeological Club of the Land Van Waes and of the United States Historical society and also an honorary member of the Amer ican Catholic Historical society or Philadelphia. 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