SENATOR KNOX AS HEAD O F
P R E S I D E N T T A F T 'S C A B IN ET .
C O N T U S IO N AT M i l IS CA l'S ED
BV PIQUE— TWO O F GANG
NOW IN J A IL .
Philadelphia,
Dec. 21.— Indica­
tions point to a scramble among R e ­
publicans to succeed United States
Senator Philander C. Knox, who has
accepted the offer of President-elect
T aft to become Secretary of State.
Following a custom in Pennsylvania
which gives both east and west rep-
T h e H o u se T h a t is S a tis fie d O n ly W h e n Y o u A r e
Portland Youth Confesses to Crime
and Implicates ex-Convict
»
M. PETERSON &
of Folsom.
Portland, Or., Dec. 2 2 — In the
presence of the sheriff, deputies, rep- I
resentatives of the O. R. & N. Com­
pany and newspaper men last night, ,
W'i'Uam Burke, a young man of this
city and 21 years old confessed that
he had taken part in the holdup of
the Portland-Chlcago special No. 1,
of the O. R. N., eight miles east of
Portland last week. His confession
Implicates J a c k Hayes, alias J a c k
W alton , alias “ Slim.” an ex-convict
from Folsom prison, who was a r ­
rested Sunday, and another local
youth, who has not as yet been ap­
prehended.
The young man made the confes­
sion, he said, because he was sorry
for the part he had taken, and also
because he had been given only $1.25
as his portion of the booty secured
by the robbers.
Hayes, the leader,
according to the confession, took
possession of all the valuables se­
cured, telling the others he had
found nothing in the express safe.
The robbers' entrance to express
car was obtained by nitro-glycerln,
and the express messenger, O. H.
Huff, was compelled to open the way
safe, which was looted. T h e passen­
gers were not molested and the deg-
peradoes made good their escape a f ­
ter uncoupling the engine and forc­
ing the engineer to carry them down
the track a mile or more. T hat the
robbers got but little for their trou­
ble was due to the quick action of
Messenger Huff.
Warned by shots
and the uncoupling of the two ex­
press cars, mail c ar and engine from
the rest of the train. Huff quickly
unlocked the safe and taking out
packages containing from $ 2 0 0 0 to
$4 000 threw them into an obscure
corner.
These he replaced with
packages that had lltle value
It
was these packages the robbers got
a fte r blowing the car open with dy­
namite.
DISHONEST EMPLOYES
Our Friends and Patrons:
J^ JA Y this be the Happiest Christmas you
have ever experienced, and May the com­
y/
S EN A T O R KNOX.
resentation in the Senate, Mr. Knox's
successor will come from the west­
ern part of the state.
Mr. Knox was appointed Senator
in 1904 by Governor Pennvpacker to
fill the unexpired term of Senator
Quay. Mr. Knox was then Attorney-
General of the United States. He was
elected for the full term of six years
in 1905.
CUR NATIONAL CAPITAL
Interesting Events o f the W eek in
Washington, l>. C.
Washington, D. C.— During the
examination of Southern lumber
manufacturers before the ways and
means committee, Chairman Payne
made It very apparent that he is
strongly In favor of admitting for­
eign lumber to American markets
free of duty. Mr. Payne has given
Intimations to this effect heretofore,
but never so pointedly as Saturday,
when he undertook to lecture a
Southern lumberman for asking for
protection on his product, when his
state persist In voting the Demo­
cratic ticket.
ing year hold for you all an Abundance of
Prosperity.
As For Us
W e appreciate very much the business you
have given us the past year. Our business is
growing; our stock is growing; and the com­
ing year we are going to have anything you
can ask for in the HARDW ARE, IMPLE­
MENT AND BUILDING MATERIAL LINE.
Yours very truly,
Western Union Telegraph Company
The testimony of E. D. Metcalf, of
Robbed by Telegraphers.
Auburn, N. Y., representing the In ­
Portland, Or., Dec. 21.?—Secret ternational Harvester Company, said
service men in the employ of the his company is so well entrenched In
Western Union Telegraph Company the agricultural implement business
have unearthed an alleged conspir­ that it does not need the tariff, and
acy among operators of railroad of­ that It Is immaterial to it how the
fices In the Northwest and Cali­ tariff is changed.
He did not deny
fornia, whereby they declare steal­ that the International Harvester
ings have been made within the past Company manufactures over 50 per
18 months amounting to many thou­ cent of the agricultural machinery in
sands of dollars.
the United Slates.
Regular Western Union operators
are not involved In the conspiracy.
The President returned to the sen­
The stealing is charged by the de­
ate without his signature the resolu­
tectives entirely against operators in
tion fixing the boundary line between
Isolated railroad offices where there
Colorado and New Mexico with a
was no check upon their work.
message giving as his reason a re­
T h e mode of operation of the a l­ port of (he Attorney-General to the
leged conspirators was simple.
An effect thu' tlie bill made material
operator at a small s'a tlo n where changes in the line, shifting five
t h e re was no chocking system would
posto.dces from one Jurisdiction to
receiv e a message for another simi­
another.
lar point, take payment for the com­
pany, transmit the message and
Representative Mondell, of Wyom­
pocket the money, which was sub­
sequently divided with the operator ing, speaking In the Interest of the • Interesting Items Gathered
•
a t the receiving point.
Some time coal mining interests of Wyoming, •
F r o m All Parts of the S tate.
Ï
asked
that
the
duty
on
cost
be
kept
b efo re the development of the tele­
where
it
Is,
saying
that
the
Rocky
graphers' s trik e a year ago last sum­
m er a sim ilar graft wax unearthed Mountain miners could not compete
Base Derision on T a f t 's Views.
by the company, but with Its discov­ with lie Canadian ccal prod'.: rs
Salem — Citing one of Judge W. H.
ery and the summary discharge of without reducing wages if the tariff T a f t ’s labor decisions as authority,
th e operators Involved It came to an Is reduced.
the supreme court held that if the
end.
owner of dangerous machinery neg­
Shortly after the holidays the Sen­ lects to cover it he cannot escape re­
ate probably will decide where It sponsibility to an Injured employe on
C A S T R O 'S D IC T A TO R SH IP |\
V E N E Z U E L A AT AN END will place marble busts of two of the ground that the employe as umed
Its vice pre- ¡dents, Roosevelt and the risk. So far as Oregon is con­
Fairbanks.
Mr. Roosevelt’s career cerned this is the establishment of a
Caracas, Dec. 23.— T h e end of tlie
in the Senate was extremely brief, new rule of employer's liability,
ru le In Venesuel of Clpriano Castro
and although it ended about seven though It Is no more t h i n a Judl lai
has come. T h e dictator who has gov­
years ago, up to this time no bust recognition of the factory in sp 'c .io n
erned the Republic with a rod of Iron
of him has been made.
art of 19u7. T his decision will un­
ever sin ce he took forc ible posses­
doubtedly cause proprlet irs of fac­
sion of tbo Yellow House in Caracas
Senators l.odge, Knox and Bacon tories to protect their machinery in
In 1899 Is now openly charg ed with
have been named by the senate to every possible way, for the supreme
conspltacy to encompass the assassi­
retire out that body on the Joint con- court declares this to be their duty,
nation of the man who he left at the
gr* * onal Committee on the Inaugur­ whether ordered to do so by the
bead of the Republic when he sailed al ceremonies.
Labor Commissioner or not.
sw ay on November 23 from l a Uuyra
nomin ally to secure skilled medical
PORT!.AND M A RK ET S.
t\ S. Machinery Loaned to Lane.
s ld in Berlin for a malady of long
Eugene— I. B. Cushman, of Acme,
Wh at Track prices: Club, 90c;
standing, and is today discredited.
The B an k of Venexuela has cabled red Russian, 88c; biucstem, 9 6 c ; has received a letter from Congress­
man W. C. Hawley, in forming him
its corresp ondents s t Berlin and Valley. 92c.
■larley Feed,
$ 2 6 .5 0 ;
rolled, that the Chief of Engineers of the
P aris cancellin g the unlimited letter
2 9
United States army has secured from
o f credit given to Senor Castro when $2S
Oats— No. 1 white, $ 3 1 ; gray, the Secretary of W a r the loan of the
b e left Venexuela for E u ro p e and no
government machinery now a t the
one in Caracas believes he will ever $30.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, mouth of the Coquille river for the
dare return to the capital. T h e Cas­
tro cabin et has been forced to resign fancy, $ 1 5 ; do. ordinary. $ 12; E ast­ building of a Jetty at the mouth of
and a new and progressive ministry ern Oregon, mixed, $16; do. fancy, the Siuslaw river, In Lane county.
.H a ifa , $ 1 J ; clover. $12.
Efforts are now being made to se­
. h a s been appointed by G om el, the $17
1
er Ex ra, 3 6 i . i 37 c ; fancy, cure an appropriation from congress
Acting President.
« c ; choice. 3i)c; store, 18c.
to equal the sum which is expected
T h e attem pt to assassinate Gomel 3°
I g;
E xtra, 40 5i 43c.
to be raised by the bonding act. The
and several of the ministers was de­
Hop*
19 s .
choice,
6@, 7 4 c :
county will probably be bonded for
cided upon Friday night, December
medium, 4 0 5c;
$ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 If a Sill looking to that end
18. Seno r G om el heard of the plot prime, S ' o a ' j c ;
Is put through the next state legisla­
• ml took the personal stand that 1 9 0 7 . 2 (i 4c.
a'ley.
llflllH c ;
lb.; ture.
nipped it In the bud.
E:
rn
r g>n.
S o 16c, as to
xhrir'-age.
Hope to Overthrow Prohibition.
W ars hip Maim- Sails fo r South.
Mohair— Choice, 19 0 19c.
La Grande— Prohibit!, n In Union
Norfolk. Va., Dec. I I . — A special
county is in dire danger. When the
from F o r tr e ss Monroe. Va., says:
order first became effective It was at­
S E A T T L E M ARKETS.
The
United
S tates
battleship
tacked by a local brewer. J . Roesch.
W
V'St
Rlnestem
.
$1.01.
Maine, flagship of the third squad­
who asked for an injunction on the
O
s
t
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t
■
34.
ron of the new Atlantic fleet, sailed
ground that Sheriff Chll srs had not
I
7
*1.
today under sealed ord ers for the
r
'. ashlngtnn timo­ properly posted ;he notices of elec­
south. S he is presumably bound for
tion.
The circuit court denied the
thy. *1 6 p« r .o n ; Puget Bound hay,
Yeneauela.
request for Injunction.
$
1
0
.
1
I
t
per
ton;
wheat
hay.
$
1
]
The arm ored cruiser oNrth Caro­
T h e case rested there, but since
per ton; alfalfa. $9 5 0 0 10 per ton.
lina sails today for Charleston Bay.
the supreme court has rendered Its
B u tte r — Washington crenmery,
T h e cruiser Montana la expected to
sweeping decision in the Grant coun­
1 7 c per Ih: ranch. 31c per ib
r»<l Wednesday to Join the North ,
ty c u e , which, is similar in Almost
E u * — Selected local, 43 0 43c.
Carolina.
M. Peterson & Son
DOINGS IN OREGON
INorth
Main
every respect to this one, Roesch
gave notice of appeal to the supreme
court.
When the decision Is forth­
coming It is believed t h a t the local
option law will be Invalidated, as the
Union county instance is regarded to
faulty posting of notices is similar
to that in Grant county.
Street
osts of this city wilT ask the repeal
by the legislature this winter of the
law requiring foreign Insurance com­
panies to deposit $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 in bonds
with the secretary of state before
being permitted to do business in
this state. Another bill will be pre­
sented creatin g the office of State
Insurance Commissioner and propos­
ing a strict regulation of the life, fire
and accident insurance business of
the state.
• Identity of Body Questioned.
Oregon City One of the most sen­
sational affidavits has Just been pre­
sented bv F r a n k Hesse, an attorney
of Portland, in which cha-ges are
Boys Shoot Each Other.
made that bring Into question the
R o s e b n r g —T hre e boys with air-
Identity of the man whose body was
found at Springbrook schoolhouse, guns amused themselves Sunday by
near Oswego, on September 13, last. shooting at each other. Each scored
Hesse has a client, B ern h ard t Haist a hit. Two of the boys have holes
by name, who avers that the dead in their legs where bullets passed
man was his brother, but thus far through and the third has a hole in
has brought forward to evidence to his back where a bullet entered, but
prove this supposition.
has not yet been found.
All will
In less than a week arter the un­ recover.
known man was burled, Mrs Effle
Roberts Not to Resign.
B. Robinson, of Firland Station,
Multnomah county, appeared and de­
L a Grande— A. A. Roberts, re­
manded that the rem ains be ex­ reiver of the local land office, whose
humed. T his was done and she de­ nccounts are in a muddled condi­
clared that the body was that of her tion, stoutly denies he has resigned.
father, F. A. Williamson, from Tex­ He is, however, out of office on a
arkana, Texas, who was visiting her. two-weeks’ furlough on account of
Illness.
Business Men to Act With IVIcgntion
Pendleton— A legislative com mit­
tee of 15 members from the county
has been appointed by the Commer­
cial Association to work in harmony
with the Umatilla county delegation
Albany College
closed
Friday
In an effort to secure from the legis­ evening lor the Christmas vacation
lature measures which are particu­ and will resum e work Ja n u a r y 4.
larly desired.
Chief among these
Miss E m m a Goldman, high priest­
are the experiment farm for the ess of anarchism, lectured in P ort­
Umatilla project, an Increased ap­ land Sunday and Monday.
propriation for the Weston Normal,
Spark s from an O. R. & N. engine
a branch asylum and an amendment Monday night set fire to a freight
to the good roads law.
house at Corbett, resultin g in $3000
damages.
Daley Will Re Executed -tilunary 2 0 .
The Astoria board of school di­
P ortland— Harry Daley, convicted rectors have closed the schools un­
of the murder of Harry Kenny, was til J an u ary 4. This action was taken
Tuesday sentenced to be hanged on on account of a few new cases of
Friday. Ja n u a ry 29, at the S tate scarlet fever.
Penitentiary at Salem. The crime of
All the Roseburg soft-drink estab­
which Daley was convicted was the lishments
were
raided
Saturday
murder of Harry Kenny, a saloon­ night by the sheriff and his deputies
keeper, November 16. The trouble in a seerch for evld-'nc of any vi
arose over Kenny's refusal to rA- latlon of the local option law
No
cmploy Daley as bartender or to ad ­ arrests have yet been made.
vance a certain sum of money which
Alexander Dalrymple, convicted of
Daley claimed was due him.
manslaughter a t the November term
o f court, and whose case was ap­
Want Insurance l a w Repealed.
pealed. has been liberated from the
P o rtlan d — Leading business Inter- county Jail at The Dalles, await.ng
OREGON BRIEFLETS
ths action.)! Uig supreme court.
Five years In the penitentiary and
a fine of $100 was the sentence im­
posed on Dr. G. B. Whitney, of For­
est Grove, who was convicted of
manslaughter for causing the death
of his fiancee, Mabel Wirt».
T h e body on an unknown man was
found hanging in an abandoned hop-
house near Aurora Monday. Appar­
ently the man com mitted suicide last
August. T he re was nothing by which
he could be identified.
A verdict of murder in the first
degree was rendered by the Jury in
the case of H arry Daley charged
with the murd er H. Kenny, a Port­
land saloonkeeper. This is the first
verdict of murder in the first degree
In Multnomah county for several
years.
Joseph Loretx, a Lane county
farm er, com m itted suiaide some time
between T hursday and Saturday, by
«hooting him self In the head. Lor-
etz was the man who tried to hang
himself near Ju n c t i o n City recently
and was cut down by the gang oi
telephone lin em en who saw tne man
in time to save him from strangling
to death.
Representative Hawley has secured
the passage thro u gh the House of a
bill paying to the heirs of Thomas
(5. Miller, of B ig gs, Or., not to ex­
ceed $ 5 0 0 on a cco un t of the destruc­
tion of a fe rry b o at which Miller was
operating ac ro ss the Columbia river
near the m ou th of the Deschutes.
T h e boat was destroyed in the Ban­
nock Indian war.
Officers have yet secured no cle*
to the identity of the men who burg-
larixed the s to r e of J . G. Berry. **
Peoria, last week. It Is now believed
that three men were In the Job. Mr.
Berry has figured that his loss
reach over $ 1 0 0 0 .
The robbers se­
cured almofct $ 3 0 0 in coin and
merchandise) taken Is valued at mors
than $ 7 5 0 .
jM
A young man named Nelson
Mrs. Zeiglter are under arrest *
Goble In con nectio n with the mures«
of R o b e rt Livingstone, the sect»
foreman, tw o weeks ago
Mrs.
ler is s h o o t 60 years old and V 1»”
is 18. TJ$« finding of a bloody
In Nelson's room, together with -
eral a r t i c l e s supposed to belong
Liv ingstone. Including a pipe. *•
llshes thje evidence upon which
.
a ccu satio n is baaed.
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