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(The DaibrMa 1 I lawmai VOL. XIX DAILY CAPITAL rot ItXAI.. .LRM, OREGON, TlIUnSDAY, MAY 20, iDOD. N.o ion. NINE-YEAR OLD GIRL ASSAULTED AND THEN BRUTALLY MURDERED BODY OF LITTLE ANNA POLTERA WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE MONDAY FOUND TODAY, BODY ALMOST NUDE AND THROAT CUT Los AngolOB, Cal.. May 20. Lying in a clump of bushes, with her faco concealed and a gash In her throat, tho body of Anna Poltora, a 9-ycar-old school girl, was found this morn ing In Q rl filth Park. Tho little- ono's body was nearly donuded of clothing and thoro was ovory indication that tho child 'had fallen a victim to a fiend. Tho llttlo ono was found at tho rear of a small brick houso in tho wildest region of tho park. Tho earth and undergrowth woro tram pled and torn, giving Indication that 'tho ohild had struggled with hor as sailant. Tho body was brulsod and tho gash In tho throat had sovorcd tho jugular vein. Tho child lmd bcon missing slnco hiBt Monday. Sho lived with hor father, Joseph Poltora, her niothor, Mario, and a stopbrothor, Edward, 03 tho county road, near tho north ontranco to tho park, about three miles from tho Loo Foil school. The last seen of tho lltlo girl alive was in Grimn Park at 3 o'clock Mon day aftornoon, on her way homo from school. This morning Jasper Shaffer, n piiaiiiif i iiaiamiiiiimiiiiiittmiiiiiiii Before You Do Your Buying X Go to tho othor stores and got their prices, thon como to tho CHICAGO STORE and seo tho money wo can save you. It Is tho high-class quality of our goods and tho low prices thnt wo nsk thnt makoR tho I CHICAGO STORE grow faster than nny othor storo on tho Pacific Coast, Boforo moving Into our now X utoro wo will glvo you prices on nil articles that will surprlso you. THOUSANDS OF YARDS OF I j Fine Silk and . . Now on display nt prices that will before you caw beat them. Wo Wonderful Bargains In Ladies' Suits Wo aro now showing a grand assortment latest styles In ladles' Wool Silk, Linen and Duck Suits. AH colors; 1909 newest modols. '"bis a tho place for ' ,TIns. $18 Woot Suits now only $ 0.00 $25 Wool Suits now only ,..$12.80 Princess Silk Suits... 9 9.50 Duck Suits if 3.00 m Ladies' 5c Hdkfs, i now only o -U Cl flll ! tfl8fi$tBtiC- vJHli$ll$liiaa4 park ompldyo, found tho mutilated body of tho curly-hcadod child. Bhaf for notified Albert Johnson, of tho park police Coronor Hartwoll and Shorlff Hammcll woro summoned and Btartod for tho scono of tho tragedy In nn automobile Thoro was a deop cut in hor throat severing tho Jugular vein. Joseph A. Dyson, a park omployo, told tho shoritf that yesterday ho mot Poltora, tho fathor of tho dead girl, on tho road closo to whoro the body was found, and asked him what ho was doing there. Tho old man told him ho had bcon to tho Los Follz school, looking for his llttlo girl, who was lost. Whllo tho officers wcro examining tho dend body Poltora and his son, Edwnrd, wandorod up. Whon ques tioned ho Bald: "I am still looking for my llttlo girl." Whon ho was shown tho body tho old man broko down, o Kormlt Hoosovolt has bcon glvon n nnmo of his own by tho junglo na tives: it is Dwannn Mtoto, which translated into Chinook Would prob ably road "tonas cultus." IOOO LATKSi.' STYLES . MILLINERY Now soiling nt about half what you huvo to pay ulsowhero. Wo can afford to soil Hats, Flowers, Feath ers, ota. at small profits because wo do tho volumo of business. No long prices horp. Quick sales and small profits Is our motto. Como horo and got your money's worth. Trimmed Hats Now selling for $1.50, $1.95, $2.50 and up ' THE LATEST STYLES IN Dress Goods kcrp you traveling for n long tlmo will move tills department soon Wo are offering tho great est values In Salem In fluo high and low of tho SHOES $3.00 and $2.75 loW-cut shoes la all tho latest styles, patent, vlci, tan. wlno, gun metal, etc., now only $1.93 pair. $2.50 "high shoes $l.jO and up. tZJ giiVJSfl Is AVtZuNIWVSG TL. ....... -r. .-.. f w amvcm, yjTvxvn i ne i ? i at saves ymt Ateney BERKELEY STUDENTS ARRIVE Tim Ornirnn'nn vnatordav sava: "Reglstorcd at tho Hotul Armlnlus Inst night wore sovcral Borkolo'y stu- donts, who nro" on their way to tholr 1 homes and othor points, where thoy , ... . ' exncci to spend tue summer, abouki"'" .. v......l.,.iM.ni.,l, umuu tho number Is William Donald, tho varsity Jiurdlor at Derkoloy, and a mombor of tho Scattlo Athlotto club. Ho Is now on his way to Scattlo to trnfci for tho athlotlo mcot at ho Alaska-Yfukon-Paclflo exposition tils , summer. Another mombor or tno, party. I. O Mnrtln, who belongs to tho Dcrkolcy gleo club and tho band, has Just composed a song entmou "Juno Tlmo In Old Oregon." which will be dedicated to tho roso festival Tho following Borkoloy students woro registered at tho Hotol Armln lus: W. J. Dnldwln, of Eureka: L. II. Whltomnn, of Derkoloy; I. G. Mnr tin, of Salem; WMllam Van Dyko, El Paso, Texas; J. Altman, of Palo Alto; WlU'am Donald, of Taroma; Ralph Matthews, of Snlom; W. Allen, of Billings Mont. Tho following Derk oloy co-eds arrived in Portland on tho -amo beat: Maud Cleveland, ' Darnthr Monro. M1H t?ln nnd Mlw 1 l 111 I'UIUUIIU Wll Konyon. , , . --W -, , PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY OPENS AT DENVER. COLO. tt'nllnl l'iT l.rnrt Wlrcl Donvor, Colo., May 20. Tho Pres byterian gonornl assembly oponcd hero today with an address by tho modorator, Dr. Baxter II. Fullorton, of St. Loafs. Mora than 2000 dele gates heard tho address. Modorator for tho ensuing year will bo olected this aftornoon, I . Bargain Prices on Shirt Waists 1000 Ladles' Shirt Waists now'on sale; all handsomo ly tr.mmod and tailor made. Wo are giving- tho values. 96c Waists now 49c $1.60 Waists now .98c $1,150 Tnllor-mada Waists now 98c $5.00 Not We lata now $2.90 And so along the line. j ( ( , . ; ; . . 1 1 1 , , f ; ; o 45c Russian' Net Veiling r niow only " yard. 25a .. L j JOHNSON STOCK IS DOWN Philadelphia. May 20. Jack John- on's stock oxporloncod a big drop in this city as tho result of his battlo with Jack O'Brlon last night. Today tho fight fans smilo wearily whon flirt ltlrv l1flM;'n MtinMllllnHnlilli nlnlmn aro montlonod, and predict a quick curtain whon Joffrlos ontors tho ring with tho protondor. Throughout tho six roundB-of lust night's fight, Johnson failed to ox lblt u bit of spood, and at no tlmo --" "" '.' uuub hind thorn to put O'Brien down for tno count. Johnson's showing was a distinct disappointment to ring 'w ,?, L..riLc.,J!?I:0A.,L n.! championship battlo between him and Joffrlcs, and many a man who sat at tho rlngsldo lust night vonturcd tho opinion that tho Philadolphlan had tho hotter of tho mix, and had n decision been given would hnvo won on points. O'Brien today declared thnt ho had llttlo difficulty in covering hlm solf from Johnson's attack, and though his countenance was on tho ,.., - . . . ,n , ?.. ... L1 ?,V V,"1'0 m J", , " . "OllttlOB tho hitting ability of tho bluck champion. Had tho flcht bean to. a finish O'Brlon is coufidont ho would hnvo boon roturnod wlnnor. Johnson has llttlo to Bay about tho fight, boyond tho fnct that ho had tho best of tho argument, "Yes, my showing wns a disap pointment to many," ho snld today, "but O'Brlon had to hang on at all limes to snvo nlmseir." I Stanley Kotchol was an Interested . rlngsldo spectator. Kotchol wns dls gustod with Johnson's work, and de 'clarod that O'Brlon had nt least an ovon oronk. Ho 1b cortnin of his nullity to tako Johnson'a mensuro. Among those who bollovo tho dusky flghtor woutd bo nn easy morsol for Jorrrics to digest Is William A. Brady. "Jonnson is overrated," said Brady today. "Ho would bo vory easy for jcirrios, and if tho two mcot John sou won't hnvo a ghoBt ofn chnuco to win." SHIP BEEF CATTLE - ! TO THE NORTHWEST San Francisco. May 20.8hortngo of boof In tho Pacific northwest has resulted In largo shipments of. drcssod beef and livestock from California to points In Oregon nnd Washington ;;,wuuin tno past 14 dnys. Montana , , nnd Wyoming hnvo been unnblo to i moot tho domnnds of tho coast states, !! which havo been compollod to call ( i upon dealers horo for tho shipments ; i usually sont to Chicago. ! ! All parts of tho stato have been i drawn upon by tho northern buyers. ; Whllo tho Inrgor portion of tho beof ; ; hna-gono out of tho San Joaquin vnl (1,10)', San Luis Obispo has also been ; ; making somo good shipments. Tho ; , Nowhulls' Gundulupo ranch In San LuIb Obispo has sont 78 cars of llvo ;; stock to Orogon and Washington . . points slnco last Snturday. i l Tho Chicago market will feel tho J J offocts of tho hoavy northorn demand. . . Among tho shippers who havo do i flcctod their product to tho north Is ; ; , Isaac Bird of tho Bald Eaglo rnhcho nonr Athlono, who usually ships from three to fivo train's of livestock to Chicago. Thoro Is also a much heav ier movemont from Arizona to Kan sas poIntH this yoar than over bofore. TELEGRAPH MEN GET. DESERVED PROMOTION San Francisco. Mav 20 iinrrv t Jeffs was promotod today from tho umi,u u4 tHioi vpurqiur oi mo Wel drn Union Telegraph Company at 8an Francisco, to tho position of assist- ftnt district superintendent with hood quarters at Seattle Jeffs gained high commendation following tho earthnuako nnd flrn nt 1905, when he had charge of til tho company's wires hero. Ho met the emergency with ability and Judg- mom, and it was under his dlrec ; ; tfon that communication over West 1 1 era Union wires was opened, John A, Lowry Is promoted from . . night chief to tho position vacated it by Jeffs, and Charles E. Donnelly, ; ; for 15 years repeater manager at . . Ashland, Ortf., and recently night i traffic chlof hero, succeeds 'Lowry. ;;. Lowry has beon In the Western . . Uplon service tor 30 years. Ho be 1 1 gan bis career as a messenger boy, , and gained his present high position j j. through capability and application. ! COUNT LEO TOLSTOI !!,; HAS RHEUMATISM !!". Moscow, May 20. Reports from i 't -Yosneys today state that Count Leo J : Tolstoi Ib confined to his room suf . . for'ag intensely from rheumatism. )' This Is the count's second Illness ; ;, within a few months Less than a year aeo it was believed that tan was J dying from rheumatism and attend 6HHlfr4HH ,nK complications. CALHOUN TRIAL IS GETTING IN THE REAL WARM CLASS JOHN HELMS EMPLOYED AS A DETECTIVE BY BOTH SIDES TELLS HIS STORY COUNSEL CLASH AND EVEN THE JUDGE GETS ANGRY tUnltau 1'rcu l.tiscd Wirt. San FrnnclBCO, May 20. John Helms, formor dutoctivu of tho United llnllroads, whoso introduction Into tho Calhoun caso yosterday aftornoon wns llko n obmbsholl droppod Into n pruyor mooting, wns placed on tho stnnd again this morning nt tho open ing of the trlnl and told a story of tho conspiracies, brlborles, plotting nnd countor-plottlng in which ho said ha wns engaged nt tho direction of Calhoun nnd his subordinates and later for tho prosecution. All oi Holms' testimony wns glvon over tho gonornl objection volcod by tho dofonso yesterday afternoon whon his nppenrance on tho stand totally disorganized tho forces of Calhoun's counsol. Holms resumed his Htory of tho Innor workings of tho United llnll roads uutcctlvo bureau under ques tioning by Francis J. Honey. Ho told how, nftor ho had left tho employ of tho United llnllroads, thnt ho was engagod by William J. Burns nnd sunt back again to tho United Rnllronds to work for them under tho instruc tions of tho prosecution's chlof de tective His story of how Hums turned tho tnblos on tho Unltod llnllroads and first got hie Information iih to who hud stolen documents from his of flco and whoro thoy had been taken, wnB hoard with oagor Intercut by a crowded courtroom. A largo detail of police oi fleers In plain clothes nnd dotectlvcs wns scat tered through the courtroom and surrounded the prosecutors nnd tholr wltncssos. An oqually largo numbor of hired gunrds surrounded Calhoun's tnblo. Calhoun lopked serious this morn ing ,uh did every man of hla counsel oxcopt ICnrl Ilogors, who showed amusoment nt tho proceedings. Ru dolph Spreckols wns In court and told tho United Press that ho had nil of his accounts of moneys paid in support of tho graft prosecution from Its Incoptlon to tho present day with him and would, when plcod upon tho witness stand, gtvo them to tho Jury. Holms, whon ho came Into tho court wbb closoly guarded by Detect ive Charles dough, at whoso homo ho has boon staying slnco ho was won over uy tho prosocutlon and camo back to this city from Trinity county to testify against Culhoun. Ills story In part, as told today, follews: united Railroad officials nnd I rarely used tho nnmo of Plntt, who sold us Burns' papers, but referred to mm us No. 22. in nil my roporta nbout Piatt's operations mado to Wil liam M Abbott, chlof attorney of tho Unltod Rauroads, I tiBcd this numer ical designation "I wns paid $10 a day nnd all ex penses during tho tlmo I was In tho employ of tho United Railroads, . "Acting on Calhoun's persoual In structions, I hired a big automobile and a roluy of mon, Calhoun In structed mo to havo William J. Burns 'covored' dny and night nnd report everything that ho did. "I subsequently bought a machlno myself nnd rentod It to tho United Railroads at $1000 u month, which sum was paid to mo by William M. Abbott I submitted nil expenses In voucher form to Abbott. 'line urst four mon I hired to trail Burns woro Honry Nelson, John R, iiuycs, Cliff Middleman nnd a man named Zoblor. Those men were hired shortly after I had abolished tho motor cycle squad, consisting of Olllo Hooper and Ed Kearns, The four men In the automobile worked In two shifts until thoy woro ar rested for following Burns. Then I secured a numbor of othor men, tho names of all of whom I k not re member Thero woro in tho crowd John Murphy, nn ex-priroflghtor, a man named Stewart and a man- named Bell. Bell was formorly In the employ of Burns, "These mon In tho automobile mado dally reports to mo, which I turned over to Abbott. I left the city September 1. 1908, and returned November 10 of tho samo year. From tho tlmo of my employment by tho United Railroads beginning May 3. 1907, and ondlng August 31, 1008, I did not meet Burns or any of the mombers of tho counsol for tho pros ecution to talk with them. On No vember 11, tho day aftor I returned to the city, I met Detective Burns and District AtOrney Langdon at tho lattor's residence Aftor a brief con versation with thorn I entered tho em ploy of Burns'." At this stngo, of Holms' story At torney Rogers IntorpoBod tho first objection of tho morning. Honey asked Holms what conversation ho had with Burns and Langdon. This wns objectod to by Rogers and Honey wtthdrow tho question. Continuing undor Honoy'o ques tioning, Holme said: I worked for Burns then until Fobrunry 14, 1909. Aftor I hnd bcon employed by BurnB I hnd n convorsa- tlon with wiulnm M. Abbott. It wns on Novombor 17, 1008, in tiro Onk and Brodorlck street carbarn. Acting on Instructions from BurnB I ro-ontorod tho omploy of Abbott Abbott engaged mo nt $200 a month nnd nil oxponsos. Ho told mo thnt tho prosecution wiis trying to got Plntt boforo tho grand jury nnd tho United Railroads wanted Piatt to mako nn affidavit that ho had loft Its omploy. I told him I would boo Piatt." Honuy thon snld: "Whoro did you soo Piatt?" Attornoy Stanley Mooro nnd At torney King for Cnlhouil Intorposod violent objections. Attornoy Bylngton for Cnlhoun do clnrod: "Your honor, this Is throwing lwt to tho wind," Bylngton hnd fallod to rlso whon ho spoko nnd Judgo Lnwlor thun dered: "You nro throwing tho ethics of this court to tho winds nnd I wnift to warn you not to address tho court again liusuch a tnnnnor." Attornoy Ilogors declared thnt' Do tootlvo Burns needed watching. Honey roplied: "You nro talking no much about conspiracies, why don't you produce) tho luttors from Superintendent Leach of tho mint to Burns und from Burns to Iench, which wero stolon, from hla offlco? Do you Intend to rhnrgo that Lunch uoeded watching, thnt ho was nilxod in a consplrnoyT" Aftor this passage of words, tho court overruled nil of tho objections of tho dofonso nnd Holms contlnuod with his story. Ho said: "I met . .utt by nrrangoment nt tho Mint Monte hotol, nnd told him what Auuott wanted. Plntt said: 'Woll, whon you loft horo I wont Into tho omploy of Abbott and ho twice paid mo monoy In tho Flood building. Onco ho gavo mo $100 nnd nnothor tlmo $12o, but If Abbott wnnts this affidavit I will inako it.' "I 'then went baok to Abbott and ho described tho form of affidavit ho wnntod Plntt to mako, Abbott denied tnut ho hnd mado any pay ments to Piatt nnd thon Insortod in tho affidavit which Piatt was to sign thut ho Piatt) nevor received a cunt of money from tho Unltod Railroads slnco the boglnnlng of tho graft prosocutlon. "I too PJutt and tho affidavit bo foro a notary public and Piatt signed and aworo to tho nffldnvit and a du- plicate. Ho gavo thorn to mo and I took thorn to Abbott." Holms thon told how Abbott had glvon him $500 with which to got Piatt out of town. Ho said ho took Piatt and his wlfo to Uklah and started tho mtor Trinity county, but that Piatt came back to San Fran cisco almost Immediately. Helms wont to hla homo In Trinity county In August of lasUyoar nnd remained there until last April, when ho re turned hero and mot' Burns, Attornoy Earl Rogers, for Cal houn, thon began tho cross examina tion of tho witness, Ho spent much of s tlmo In casting slurs upon Burns. Rogers brought up the con gressional dlsputo ovor tho secret service but Holms refused to testify regarding the government secret sor vlco, to whjqh bo formorly belonged. Tho cross examination brought out llttlo and did not havo much effect up to tho morning recess. Rogers asked tho witness- "Isn't it a fact that Burns right now uus mora men in tho employ of the United Railroads, who uro ro porun gto him?" "Yes, you bet ho has.", said Helms, "and tho Unltod Railroads has men on Burns' staff reporting all ho does." ' Woll. it avents to be caso of dog oat 4oe, said Rogers.' That's lust what It Is." a creed the detective Stealing bedclothes off a sleeping boy U about tho limit In the larcemv line.