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. _________________ 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 !,|" < 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. \