EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Cess Important but Not Lean
eating Happening* from Poi
Outside the State.
One thousand farmers hold c4
tion in Walla Walla.
Ranker Walsh is preparing to
prison and serve his time.
A Boise Chinaman was nearly
by agents of some powerful tong.
Taft and Pinchot addressed th
tional Civic federatio from the
platform.
Dismasted and helpless the shi]
liam H. Smith waB tuowed into 1
on Puget Bound.
The Russian government will n
eept Knox's scheme for neutra
Manchurian railways.
forest service bureau hat
•i sale of 14,000.000 fe|
’ ---« h a # * .-■'
FIND HUGE GRAFTS
V EN TURA ’S CREW SAVED.
Steamer Fairhaven Rescues All on Board
in Nick of Time.
San Francisco, Ja n . 18.—Captain Paulj
Rappemundt, his w ife and 3 months-
old child, his 16-year-old son, Pauli
Rappemundt, Jr., and the entire rew
of seven of the wrecked schooner San
Buena V entura, have been saved from
the sea. They arrived in San Francisco
harbor tonight on the steamer la ir-
haven. anil the first. news of them re-
shore
k iver Bank Officers Caught Along With
flags
Men Whom They Bribed to
,
the
Deposit Public Money.
C O U N T E R FE IT E R S’ M IN T
FOUND.
Secret Service Officials C apture Three
M en and Outfit.
30 LOST IN HUE
San Francisco, Ja n . 17. — The most
complete coin counterfeiting outfit th a t
has ever fallen into the hands of the
federal authorities was captured here
by secret service men this afternoon,
and w ith it three men were arrested.
The secret service men adm it*the seiz
ure and arrests are of g re a t im portance
and the result of concerted effort in
follow ing trails leading in m any direc
tions.
One By One Men Fall From Icy
The plant was located in a lonely
ging and Meet Death in the
shack on the rocky summit of B ernal
Angry Waters.
heights, the highest hill in the city,
and was captured a .L r a spectacular
assault. Secret Service
O peratives
Marshfield, Or., Jan. 13.— (3 A.
P ittsb u rg , Ja n . 15.—P resid en t E. H. H arry Moffit and J . M. Nye were on
—C.
J. Mills has just returned fr
Jen n in g s and V ice-President F . A. the case, and a fte r definitely locating
Griffin of the Columbia N ational b ank; their quarry, they called C ity D etec-, the jetty with the news that second
Max G. Leslie, county delinquent tax tives Reagan and O ’Connell to th eir sistant Engineer J. Robinson drif
ashore at an early hour this mornii
collector and ex-Republican city chair aid.
m an; C harles S tew art, ex-councilman,
Robinson reports that the capta
L ast night the detectives on w atch
f the
and F. F. Nicola, a cap italist and real in the shrub-soverod rocks saw four first officer and Harold Mills are s
. e state operator were arrested today on of the men they had m arked enter the
•*3an j w arran ts issued by D istrict A ttorney shack, but the atta c k was deferred in in the rigging alive.
A light was flashed by the men
»red B lakely, charging them w ith conspir- the hope th a t other m em bers of the
Ith e ja c y to cause the selection o f the Co- gang might come to cover.
the rigging early this morning.
t h is , lum bia N ational bank as a city de-
They were disappointed in this, and
Ftble pository,
Marshfield, Or., Jan. 13.— (2 A.
late this afternoon Chief O perative
In addition, Leslie is charged w ith Moffit docided to act. Creeping on
— Assistant Engineer Harry Kent
p erju ry and another councilman alleges
hands and knees the fo u r officers ap
th a t fo r two years he made a business proached the shack, and on signal just able to ta'k and weak with del
of soliciting the aid of councilmen fo r made a rush, but the house was well ium, declares Captain Dugna and
the influence of legislation. All gave
barricaded, and they w ere compelled to old Mills were lashed to the last
bail.
b a tte r an entrance w ith an ax. W hile maining mast on the Czarina, and
The charges are the result of the they were breaking in the doors, one
The
g ra ft scandals of 1908, when it was member of th e .g a n g escaped, m aking still cn board the vessel.
brought out th at councilmen hau been his way down a cliff on the brin k of tain was bound much against his wi!
A furious gale is raging, and
paid money to vote for six depositories. which the cabin stands.
fires have been kindled onj the ,bi
Officers o f other banks who wrere found
The three men arrested gave th eir to protect the watchers from the bid
g u ilty had taken an appeal to the su-
^¿ate perior court and the present cases had names as M ichael Angelo, Sam uel Di cold. Only one dead body has coi
* 1 0 0 ] been halted pending a decision on the Cola and Samuel A rm an. These are ashore so far.
j«rTy; other case». As u a decision seemed probably assumed names, and there is
a t likely un til March, when the sta tu te reason to believe th a t a t least two of
M arshfield, Ore., J;in. 13.— Plying I
¡»ft; ¡o f lim itation would have exempted the prisoners axe im portant captures.
to , those arrested today, the d istrict a t A fter securing th eir prisoners, the o f tween Coos Bay and San FranciJ
ficers exam ined the p lan t, which filled w ith coal and oil, the C zarina, than
torney took summary action.
|jjyet,; I t is charged in the w rits th a t in the little hut, and were astounded at a fte r leaving Marshfield yesterday
to 'M a y , 1908, Stew art, as a councilman, its completeness and the m echanical ex ernoon, w ent ashore on the north .
in solicited from Griflin $17,000 for his cellence of the m achinery. I t was a of Coos Bay bar, about a mile nortl)
the je tty .
Ipe- vote and influence in favor of the or- m iniature m int. They found almost
The steam er started to sea shol
|se a dinance th a t authorized the Columbia perfect dies for every coin from 10
N ational bank as a depository. I t is cents to $10, and lathes, saws, stam ps a fte r noon, ju s t as the tide b eg an l,
also charged th at Nicola instigated this and other accessories of the finest w ork ebb. The sea was rough outside, bu
the bar was apparently smooth, th
move on the part of Stew art. Griflin manship.
The stam ps are said to be of almost lum ber steam er Redondo having jus
is charged with conspiracy to defraud
the city by corrupting members of the the same p a tte rn as those used in the crossed out ahead of the Czarina.
M idway out a trem endous sea strucl
city council and it is fu rth e r charged U nited S tates mints. The larg est stamp
of th a t he promised certain members was so massive it could not be carried the Czarina, and, according to eye wit
$25,000 for their votes and influence in into the Federal building. I t is too nesses, swept aw ay the bridge." Cap
pow erful fo r hand operation, and prob tain Dugan is thought to have been
favor of the ordinance.
T*ed
Leslie is charged w ith receiving ably fearin g the noise of a m otor or carried overboard w ith the bridge ami
m- $22,500 to influence councilmanic votes. other power engine, the gang had de possibly others. A pparently the soi|
le> It is also charged th a t before the grand vised and installed a complicated and west storm th a t had been approacu
.„ ¡'ju ry investigated this charge Leslie ingenious system of lever and grad the coast had ju s t struck her andT
uated weights, applied by a long steel t zarina shipped 20 or 30 heavy seal)
I perjured himself in denying th a t he beam. No coins or metal w ere iounrl, rapid succession, but kept ahead. 1
Ju s t as she passed beyond th e e ll
a n !had received any paym ents for any for the raid was timed ju s t before the
be purpose w hatever from any of the men plant was to have been placed in oper N orth je tty , she appeared to s to p /
ation.
was swung around tow ard the J
an named.
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I t is understood the clew followed spit and seon was in the breakers!/
by the secret service operatives began crew made a valiant struggle, and!
DIVER BEATS D EV ILFISH .
with the purchase of the big stamp, and ceeded in w orking out to th e last]
‘
Deep-Sea A rtist W ins D esperate Fight
has been followed fo r months. They of breakers, where they eith er 1
on Ocean Bottom.
refuse, however, to say w here the stamp anchor or she struck and w ent agroi
Long Beach, Cal., Jan . 15.—Cnt off was bought.
™ ^ien darkness came, only a par
from assistance from above, A. D.
“ Coins from dies identical with those one mast appeared standing, and
_ to | Christy, a professional deep-sea diver, wo have h ere,” said one s f the officers, a dozen men d in in g to it, appeare
fi-[ spent the worst 15 minutes of his life “ are now in circulation in the east, and be all left aboard.
¡a, I today in a desperate battle on the sea may have been made w ith this machine,
The C zarin a’s lifeboats w ere sw.
li; bottom w ith a large devilfish,
th is gang is probably p a n of a coun aw ay by the first seas th a t stru ck ]
try-wide organization.”
id
C hristy had gone down to inspect
f nd the men aboard had no mean!
try in g for the shore except to sJ
______ « - l*1® ca*ssons and piers of the outer
rs. Among these towns arq Hun CliuM w harf for the city. In w andering
and the sea around the vessel waj
COOK D ESERTED AGAIN.
and Lungchin-sun.
1 around lie tangled his lifeline up so
rough for even th e most d arin g to I
Various dissensions in carrying out | $ hat when he fe lt the octopus seize his E xplorer Gives New Address, but Ig . . 'c al.‘ th a t can he g ath ered , th e i
the terms of the agreem ent have a rise n ,'le g he was unable to give the signal
a t the life-saving station th in k the 1
nores All Telegrams Sent Him.
such as the immigration of Coreans into for ascending.
seas th a t struck the vessel shifted L
Chientao. By the term s of the agree-1 Perceiving th a t the line was fast he
Copenhagen, Jan . 17.—W alter L ons cargo and probably dam aged the sM
ment, China was to have suzerainty turned to the octopus, which by that dale, Dr. Cook’s secretary, and the last ln^ . £oar> el*ln in atin g all chance« I
over the Coreans there, of whom there time had four tentacles wrapped around
g e ttin g to sea a fte r she was sm
are about 70,000. Jap an felt her con-j his le ft leg. F ive tim es he slashed of the explorers’ friends, has now lost around by the w aves an d wa
trol of Corea was in a measure th re a t-¡a t the m onster w ith his big scraping confidence in the doctor. Lonsdale says ashore.
ened bv this. A nother hitch was caused knife and each tim e severed a tentacle, the last le tte r from Cook was dated in
O ut of reach of the life-saving c
by the question of tariffs. So the open-| A t last, the octopus moved aw ay and a city in southern Spain, December 24. and clinging desperately to the
ing of th e designated towns, prom ised. C hristy hastened to straighten out the
co \ercd and scant rigging of the na
by Ja n u a ry 1, was delayed. Both na- lifeline and gave the signal to be It gave another address to which Lons <"g hull of the steam er L a r i n ? {B
tions recognize, however, th a t sooner hauled up. He has been in a state dale could telegraph, and promised a men were visible w ith the aid
or later in the course of progress these bordering on nervous collapse ever
J ? t t e - 0f ‘b a i l e d inform ation. glasses as darkness settled to n ig h t 1
towns must be opened, and C h in a’s since, but his condition is not serious, T°nng.
Lonsdale since has telegraphed several the scene of th e wreck.
present dt'claration is not thought to
portend any serious clash with Japan.
In all, 31 lives are believed to n
n n " ? \° the addres8 8iven- but received
The importance of the opening of
0 reply, nor the promised letter.
The been taken as toll by th e tu rb u len t
W alsh Signs A greement.
Hun Chun to foreign commerce is ap-
Chicago,
Ja n his
. 15.—John
W alsh
to- solitary notebook sent the commission « brch raged off Coos B ay la te this
.. . - .
. . . . .
1 day
attached
signature R.
to the
agree-
ernoon and tonight.
parent wben ,t is understood th a t he ment of settIcm enT of his financial 21 fiom «7
m M" ’ Cook December
r , n J „ n r n" r hMS of
troubles and sen t it to the F irst Trust “, V r° m the ,same c*ty in Spain. Lons- « „ X rr .a 1 h° Ur or more as
he
«eas broke over the vessel men »
L T .t ,
T ■
above the anil Savings ,iank to be hel(, u n ti, thfi dale has no idea where Cook is now.
Lonsdale was private secretary to InM
n nth of the Tumen river, and less than guarantors of the note sign th eir part
d r° P exhau*ted from the rigj
100 miles from Vladivostok.
_»___ J-
„ l n.ted States M inister Egan up to the into the angry w ater.
of the agreem ent. .rK„
The signature
gives
to the Associated Banks of Chicago, time of the arrival here of Dr. Cook n ! l h° rt! f a f tf / 9 o ’clock one r
STOVAINE BRINGS DEATH.
which backed th e adjustm ent of with whom he then associated him self n e e r" X c«nfj e ’ 8eeond assista n t e
a sim ilar confidential capacity. He neer, d rifted near enough in the
W alsh's financial affairs a fte r his
Doctor Says New A nesthetic K ills Chi- banks were suspended in 1905, the accompanied the explorer to the U nited to be picked up by the life-saving 1
$14,039,000 in securities he put up to of the' n !,|<le thC t .v pew r‘t t ®a duplicate H e w as unconscious when found,
cago P atien t.
cover a note for $7,121,887 in return
, *h? P V re<,° ri,s. and brought the too weak to speak.
Chicago. Jan. 18. — Stovaine, ac for the canceled note. In addition, the g data
here for exam ination by the uni-
*ue anxious th ro n g w
cording to a coroner’s physjcian, Dr. banks will get $600,000 from the guar
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™ »»ine!l M m u hV h° re Dear the j e‘ty >" <
W arren M. H unter, caused the death of antors signing the note, who are then loyal to his employer until now. when M ilks, whose son. H arold, was an
John Rohrtv at the county hospital last to be given the $949,000 in securities Lonsda’le ^ «* be* lnnInK f0 doubt him! r t ? I . £ b0a! d.Vth ® 111 f a ‘ed steam e
he left out the harbor th is afterc
they put up as surety.
Thursday.
*8
clear<,‘1
exPl°*t*tioB of his th! r l WaS the pIiKht of ‘ he fatho
R ohrty was operated on for a frac
Arctic reputation.
P ort A rth u r to Be Open.
in e t‘ e,KaV er9 . tim e a n d » g ™
tured knee cap. and died an hour a fte r
Insane A fter Trip to N orth.
t
th|.e *ln k ,n K vessel only to 1
he was taken off the operating table.
W ashington. Ja n . 15.—Notice to the
th
»f
short. L a te to n ig h t all 1
Dr. H unter has made a post-mortem intention of th e Jap anese governm ent A r l w n d ,. j 8 n ’ ,7 — D r’ D e r i c k
bVe0U" B MilIi.s and t"aptain Di
exam ination of the body, and an in to open Fort A rth u r to world wide com the earth * ",0r-V ° f the ‘^ o v e r y of
sjv ,*een aga in w as abandoned.
quest probably will be held tomorro
merce is indicated in Tokio dispatches inxin?»vh S aP7 - Wa* thP re8ult of polar
n?,X ’ iaCv°ru ,ng ,0 ReV' B E - R"we, n e a ? th ! y . h f t e r . d ark a man dri
“ D eath was caused by stovaine and to the Japanese Em bassy about two F
Episcopal bishop of A laska. Bishop S S s h lS V 1' ; ? ’ bDt bofore he coul'
®xi.?rnal violence,” said Dr. H unter, months ago, b u t it was said the issuing
ssuing
s
C
v
‘i “ * lH),\ r ° " k ’» rem arkable W D ea^d * h? 7 Up his arm s and
“ The fractu red knee cap forms all the of the order would be
ithheld until
e in ared-j ^ lie Pre *erver, which
external violence m arks th at the body the governm ent was able to fix the of m in) 1 Commander P e a ry ’s fram e h been
used by „ „ e 0f th e vie
showed, and th a t in itself would not exact date for th e opening. The pur of mind upon hearing th a t story, read- floated on to th e sand.
il>
can
be
a
ttrib
u
ted
to
the
loieliness,
cause death, of course.”
pose is not to make P o rt A rthur a free
Scores ° f people are w ading int<
Dr. H u n ter referred to the new an port in the sense o f H am burg, where n o r t h Dnf n 8 " d *h ' 8 i , ®n ®® o { t h *
,n.
hope th a t survivors ma^
north.
All
men
come
from
th
e
polar
aesthetic recently dem onstrated in Chi goods may e n te r free of duty and be
witk D>eir nerves sh a tte re d .” w m ! lo^hore. C aptain Boyce, of
cago by Dr. Thomas Jonncsco, as “ a placed in bond, but simply to put it on
-saving
crew,
has not abandone
»aid the bishop, “ and in A laska we
medical gold b ric k .”
the footing of New York or any other send home 50 men annually a fte r the fo rts to reach the w reck, and the
commercial city.
ug A storia is m aking an effort to 1
Cable Breaks; No News.
wreck d '” " ’ th e ‘r m ind* 'co m p letely ne scene, but a g ain st the heavy b:
ers is helpless.
North Sydney, N. S., Jan. 18.— As
Switchmen War Still On.
a result 0 / the breaking o f the cable
W ashington, Ja n . 15.—An agreem ent
Gallagher Seen In Rome."'3 5 '
th a t connects »he Magdalen islands between th e railroads operating out of
1*0 Crews Near Strike.
with the m ainland at Rav 9t. Lawrence, Chicago and th eir switchmen is not yet . „ Sa" ^ " V * 00’ -t »d- 17— According ,.**• Malo, France. Jan. 13.—
the islands are completely cut off from in sight. Conferences betw een the par- ex S„rI ' Tat* tol,tw r *"®iv®d ¡n ¡Mi eity, thousand members of the crews of
all communication, either b e cable or j tiee involved and the m ediators under ex Supervisor Jam es L. G allagher, the schooner* which fish annually on
« » r witness in the Calhoun ease. f or
Pittsburg Bankers and Politicans
Deeply Involved.
Coal Steam er Goes Down In
at Coos Bay.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ’ BOUGHT UP
TWO SURVIVORS REACH SH
i
is first white man to succeaa.uliy
and kill a bongo deer.
A German "prince who has car«
watched proceedings at Aviation
says dirigibles aro the only practical
air craft yet invented.
E. H. Wemme, a Portland capital
ist, who owned the first automobile in
the northwest, has purchased a Curtiss
areoplane and will have it on exhibi
tion in Portland Jan. 25 to 29.
Truce arranged between Republican
regulars and insurgents in house.
The British house of lords is engaged
in a vote which means life or death.
A gigantic graft plot involving mil
lions has been uncovered in Pittsburg.
The political situation in Spain
threatens the downfall of the present
cabinet.
A diver at Long Beach, Cal., won a
»’asperate battle with a devilfish on the
sea bottom.
Mississippi ice gorges have filled the
levees high with wreckage, and the
river is rising.
President declines to permit Repre
sentative Mondell tu introduce land
bills tagged “ by request.”
C. K. Hamilton, an American avia
tor, failed in an attempt to beat Paul-
han's altitude record of 4,165 feet.
Paulhan made a successful flight
across the country at Los Angeles, but
failed to beat Curtiss’ speed record.
Both East and West are suffering
from heavy snow and floods. Trains
are snowbound throughout the Missis
sippi states.
President’s message urges reform
of land laws, conservation of timber,
preservation of forests and improve
ment of waterways.
A Utah mail carrier was frosen to
death sitting on his horse.
The National Livestock association
has endorsed Pinchot's policies.
A Nicaraguan rebel army confronts
the government forces and a battle is
near.
Japanese Ambassador declares his
government will stand by America's
policy.
Taft is reported to be trying to re
store harmony by making peace with otherwise, until the opening of naviga-lthe Erdman act have been in progr
hhe insurgents.
tion in the spring.
Jfor three dnys.
$5X100 V
“I
,hnt Cook
. wfoundland hunks are at loggerh
whom a w arrant has been issued was
with the masters and today we *
recently eeen in Rome.
’
paring to strike.
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