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SALEM, OREGOX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1811.
NO. 221.
A
ROBBERS LOOT WESTMINSTER
GETAWAY WITH $315,000
AND liltE
LEFT 350,000 ON THE FLOOR
BUT FORGOT TO LEAVE CLUE
WORK VERY EXPERTLY DONE
The Janitor, It Seems, Was Absent, and the Safe Crackers
Used His Bedding to Stuff the Hole in the Vault That Con
tained the Safe, and So Deaden the Sound Left Their
Tools, Which Were Well Selected for the Work, and They
Also Left a Big Sum of Money Presumably Because They
Had All They Could Carry.
New Westminster, B. C, Sept. 15. hand crowbar, a piece of gas pipe,
Robbers last night blew the safe several bits and drills and two hand
la the branch bank of Montreal. In- bars for digging out the brick. They
dlcatlons are that entrance was made had chosen their tools In every way
by a key to the front door. Then It suitable for the task, and had care
was easy, as they worked from the fully estimated all the conditions,
rear of the vault, where the bricks Entry had doubtless been made by a
were not cemented ,and drilled the key through the front door, then
big safe, without interference. disturbing no lights In ,the front of-
Manager Brymner, of the looted flee of the bank, they had worked
Bank of Montreal branch, stated that from the rear of the brick vault, the
the total amount In the vault robbed walls of which had lent themselves
was $315,000, some of which, prob- to easy operations, as the bricks were
ably $50 000, was left scattered
about. The staff of the bank wa9
busy this forenoon at work In ascer
taining the exact amount of the loss,
and Manager Brymner will Issue a
positive statement as soon as their
work is completed.
The bank robbers were expert safe
wreckers, stated Chief of Police
Bradshaw, as he laid out before him
the tools which he had gathered In
the vault. "They must have fired
the charge of dynamite by a battery,
the tools comprise a brace and bit, a
Situation Is Grave.
London. Sept. 15. Following
the receipt of advices from Am-
bassador Jordan, at Peking,
the foreign office here today
Issued a statement that a food
famine In Cheng Tu, China,
threatened to start a revolution
among the troops, who, loyal to
now, have been fighting daily
battles against the besieging
rebels.
Jordan' says the situation at
Cheng Tu is critical and that
the city is surrounded by thou-
sands of rebels. He lells of
bloody fighting just outside the
walls of Cneng Tu, in which,
despite heavy losses, the reb-
els more than held their own.
The British consul at Cheng
Tu has ordered all missionaries
In the adjacent territory to
come into the city.
The foreign office also has
reports that fighting is In pro-
gress at Chiating.
To Skin the Sailors.
San Francisco. Sept. 15.
That old-time melody of the
water front, "Strike up the
Band; Here Comes a Sailor," re
sounds here today, and 'Sng
Harbor'' plungers are rehears
ing their wiles In anticipation
of the return of the salmon fish-
ers of the Alaskan seas.
The advance guard of the
salmon squadron, manned by
men who have earned hun
dreds of dollars during the sea
son, has arrived. The "George
Curtis, with 32,000 cases of
salmon aboard; the "Expan
sion," the "B. P. Cheney" and
the "Star of Lapland" are un
loading their cargoes today, and
the annual jubilation along the
water front Is well begun.
HE WOOLD
not cemmented, but united with
mortar. :
Once Into the vault, their work j
was easy. The cash safe therein, In
which the money they had rightly es-'
timated rested, could be drilled with !
out fear of disturbance, and the !
charge of dynamite shot off without '
noise. The bedding of the absent
janitor was taken to plug up the ,
opening they had made In the wall ;
of the safe, thiis there was little pos- I
slbllity of the soundo f the explosion
passing out to the street.
ATLMES
FIFTH DAY
OF OIG FAIR
A SOCGESS
it i1kixj (j e km ax day, the
"fa 'nik hi. am)" was well
Rei'uksi:med big delega
thins coming fkom port-
LAM).
The fifth day of the state fair is a
brilliant success when It is consid
ered that Jupiter Pluvlus has done
t;s durndest to knock out the whole
Position. The crowds keep up
wonderfully and evening concerts
are thronged with delighted listeners-
Thursday saw a packed grand
s'and with 2,000 people standing on
'be ground in front of the great am
Pniteat'r. The race program was
pter than ever. This afternoon the
wrman Hay special race will be
filed off if the track can. be got
sa'Ooth f-nuugh Co drive over.
German People Arrive.
T1e trains brought delegations
irom Poitlnd and as far south as Eu
Sene, bin showers prevented the
wniing of a parade and open air
Program as had been planned at the
, te hou.-e grounds. Governor West
ag aus. nt. State Superintendent
-rman was invited to deliver the
"dress of welcome at the Bligh
Bt 1 'clock this afternoon
' did so in a manner very accept
ZL' ,h- vlsitors. Mayor Lach
M also addressed the assembled
drm !'ns and gave tnem tne ree"
of our wide streets and beautiful
President Schnoerr, of the
fBflk , ,and of German Societies,
lL Jn c,(Tman and his address,
bany, Independence, McMlnnville,
and Newberg.
The concert and fireworks In the
evening draws immense crowds to
the pavilion and both entertainments
and the afternoon sky program at the
race tracks are worth five times the
admission price. The evening atten
dance is Increasing and the fair
promises to be a great financial suc
cess in spite of the weather.
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Xo Time to Mourn.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIBI.
Vallejo, Cal., Sept. 15. Mrs. Mary
Rosa Mourn milked n dairy herd in
the miming, broke fractious colts
during the day, cooked meals and did
her housework at night. She had
nothing to do until the next day, she
said, so, for oc ion. she secured
a divorce from B. H. Mcjurn.
C. M. SAIN WOULD UKE TO HAVE
LAKES AXD PAY BIG BEVEXUE
TO THE STATE SUPPLY ESTI
MATED AT FIFTY MILLION
TOXS.
Earthquake in Chile.
UNITED I'RrSS LEASED Willi.)
Inuique. Chile, .Sept. 15 Several
persons were injured here today
when an earthquake cracked the
walls of many buildings.
EXPLANATION
IS THAT SHE
IS A WOMAN
" Inner man from their
cured for the occasion.
Declaring that there are at least
forty million tons of salt in Summer,
Albert and Alkali lakes, In Lake
county, and asserting that he Is con
vinced that a salt works can be in
stalled at the lakes and be operated
with profit to both himself and the
state of Oregon, C. M. Sain, of Boise,
Idaho, has written Attorney-General
Crawford asking h'm to present to
the state land board the proposition
of securing a 40-year lease on the
lakes.
Attorney-General Crawford has for
some time been confident that salt
works could be operated at the lakes
with profit, and has insisted that the
board apply to the federal govern
ment for the salt beds surrounding
them, but so far the board has taken
no action. The enabling act of the
state gave It the right to select six
salt beds, but the state never availed
Itself of the provision, but let It lapse
by limitation. Recently the attorney
general has been urging the board to
take action, and secure a grant from
congress, and he will again urge the
matter when he presents the Sain
letter, asking for the lease of the
lakes.
An Immense Itoyalty.
Sain says that there are at least
forty million tons of salt In the lakes
In question, and estimates that the
supply will last for 4 0 years after
the completion of the Panama canal.
According to the terms of the
royalty which he proposes to pay
the state there would go Into the
irreducible school fund during tbat
timp thirty million dollars.
UNITED I'BESS LEASED WIHE.1 jjg sayg tnat ne g willing tO pay
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 15. ' a royalty of 50 cents a ton on
Madame .Marie Mouren, a pretty '. sodium chloride, common table salt;
French woman, known during the1 one dollar a ton on other salts, and
Mexican rebellion as the "queen of i a royalty of 10 per cent on the net
the Insurrectos," today Is lined up I proceeds from the sale of the salts,
with the prosecution in its efforts to He states he will put up works of
extradite General Cap Rhys Pryce on a capacity of 1000 tons a day. and
charges of murder, arson and rob-jaerees to have 100.000 tons ready
bery. Nothing in all the strange j for the market on October .10, 1913.
tricks which fate has played them i o
since they went Into the Mexican war
has hurt General Pryce or Captain
Mosby and their boys as much as
this.
When Pryce's case is called today 1
before United States Commissioner I
Van Dyke, Madame Manren. a Tia i
Juana restaurant keeper, whose in
terest in the revolutionists led her
The l warmly appiauaea.
wnt, ""nciy aaministerea 10 ine
ot th
"ails s..
"'e tirni..-,,,, ... lt , . : . ! leresi n
1 ovin ,Z " . . . Bn as a to work many a day in making cart
fair. "uu lnen a" went 10 lne ridge belts for the soldier boys.
probably will be tne nrst witness 10
' testify against the former rebel lead-
HOOD RIVER
PEACHES WEIGH
OVER A POUND
( t'NITED I'EESS LEASED WIRE.
Hood River, Or., Sept. lo. Four
KU.erta peaches picked from the or
chard of B. E. Heifer, in the Belmont
district, and each of thein weighing
a pound, hold the record
The A p'r,n nt Exhibit.
com,Ltha3- K. Spaulding :
Syrian city nas Prectei a ' When price and his band captured
Pwndei exlliblt the state fair Tia Juana May 9, Madame Mourene
fn.i. !,0la rest pavilion. It Is made man In the citv to dress the wounds core tliim
hiCh ,h- 1 building material of injured Insurrectos. Mosby spared for the Hood River Valley. One-of
"Wr in T. firm handles especially her property from the spoils of war, the larse w.;ll-colord specimens of
Ore nnished lumber effects anl absolute protection was given to fruit tippea me scaie.i m is miners.
"Mldine 8 very artistic Madame Mouren and her husband.
Utt ft,'"1 a fireplace made of the Pryce, when told today that the
iricv rV 8 in ornamental tiles and "queen of the insurrectos" was here
'id ihoh ured at k08 Angeles to testify against him, was speech
HtM ,ln the southern California less. Pryce cannot understand the
The o, "jnKalowg now so 'popular- French woman's sudden change of
Hi ,Uga,din8 company has yards feeling. Madame Mouren will make
PP'y warehouses at Salem, Al- no explanation.
Mr. Heifer states that the tres on
which the fruit was irrown is seven
years old. He has averaged a net re
turn of $7 SO from his trees this
year.
Eugene has
Councilman S.
started the recall
P. Ness.
on
VALLEY OF
YANG TSE
A DIG LAKE
Steamers Run Over Fields Far
From the River, and Still the
Great Flood Shows No Sign
of Abating.
THOUSANDS ARE STARVING
Fumiiie (iiips the Land nml Condi
turns Are Steadily Growing Worse
Much VnreHt Is Noted in Other
Provinces, ami It Looks Like a
General Uprising Would Take
Place Soon Populace Sore lit
Foreigners,
fDNITED TRESS LEASED WII1E.1
Victoria, B. C, Sept. 15. A great
famine, probably one of the worst In
China's history, will follow the big
flood of the Yangstee river, In China,
according to Sah Little, British Con
sulate at Ichang, who just arrived
here for the scene of the uplrs
Iig in Szechuen province.
"On my way to Hanchow," said
Little, "the steamer passed over
places that once had been fields far
from the river. The whole country
has been turned Into an imense lake.
Thousands have been drowned and
famine Is already gripping the sur
vivors, and conditions are steadily
growing worse."
Mail advices from Shanghai say
much unrest is observed in Kansu
province, where dodgers are In circu
lation which tell the People to rise
and slay foreigners, "because the
European nations are planning to di
vide China, and only America op
poses the scheme."
ENGLAND
IS READY FOR
EMERGENCIES
UNITED FRESH LEASED WIRE.
London, Sept. l.'i. Startling mili
tary and naval activity, evidently in
connection with the Franco-German
war scare, developed today in all
Hritish navy yards and arsenals. The
most comprehensive preparations for
emergencies are progressing and,
while the authorities at Downing
street, the war oflice and the adnilr
ality are djnr.b. it is believed that a
crisis in the Moroccan dispute has
arrived. .
The coTHiiander of the home fleet
was ordered to kepp the vessels un
der steam constantly and district
army commanders were instructed to
prepprc store find ammunition in
readiness for instant mobilization.
o
Story a Kuke.
UNITED J'BKHS LKAHEU WIRE
Medford, Or., Sept. 45. Miss
Frances Ashe, who was said to have
been shot by a burglar yesterday af
ternoon, is rapidly recovering today,
following the removal of the bullet
from her forehead.
The authorities Hay the burglary
story is a fake and think It was an
attempt at suicide.
William R, Walknr, a pioneer resi
dent of Lane county, died very sud
denly in a hop yard near Springfield,
Thursday.
C. E. Keller, of Dlllard, was at
tacked and knocked down by a deer,
while walking through his pasture
this week.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BARRICADES
SHOPS Al HIRES STRIKE BREAKERS
Rack to Nature.
Chicago, Sept. 15.-Residents
of Zion City are up in arms to-
day over the appearance of a
new cult, "the lovers of hearts,"
which is rapidly gaining ground
In the city. In three days its
membership has grown from
14 to 46.
"The Lovtrs of Hearts" bo-
lleve.
That marriage ties have no
place in the life of the human
race.
That the race Is growing too
rapidly, hence children are ui-
necessary, besides being an
added burden.
That the lives of the follow-
ers of the cult should be lived
s close to nature as possible.
That clothes are an incum-
berance, and should be discard-
ed.
That shoes are an instrument
of torture.
That hats are something that
never should be worn.
KOZER IS
WED F
OR
THE PLACE
APPOINTED CHIEF CLERK TO
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS
WORKED FOR STATE 13 YEARS
DEMOCRATIC "WARHORSE"
NAMED IV HIS PLACE BY WEST
' Aj..
A HIGH BOARD FENCE BUILT
AROUND LOS ANGELES SHOPS
COMPANY TO FORCE STRIKE
Big Gang of Carpenters Work All Night to Build Eight-Foot
Fence Around Shops of Salt Lake Branch, and Today the
Same Gang is Fencing S. P. Shops This Morning Gang
Was Installing Cots and Bedding Inside the Shops It Is
Reported the S. P. Will Force Men's Hand, and Compel a
Walkout Before Monday.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 15.
Woring under emergency orders and
in 12-hour shifts, a'force of 600 car
penters at 10 o'clock this morning
completed a stocKade eight feet high
around the shops of the Salt Lake
railroad, a Southern Pacific, subsi
diary. Their work done, thlB force
hurried to the Southern Pacific ahops
here and joine dseveral hundred oth
er men thore engaged in similar
work.
Assistant General Manager Ran
dolph, of the Salt Lake road, was ret
icent concerning this unusual activity.
"I have nothing to say about the
matter," wag his only comment.
Local officials of the Southern Pa
cific were equally reticent.
At 10:30 a force of men was busi
ly engaged in carrying cou and bed
ding into the stockade.
Local labor officials are "up in the
air" over the sudden activities of the
railroads. The stockade around the
Salt Lake shops was built over night.
That around the Southern Pacific
will be completed before night.
Leaders of the various unions gath,
ered hurriedly at the Labor Temple
shortly before noon, and are dis
cussing the situation behind closed
doors.
It Is predicted that the Harriman
linos Intend to force a walkout before
Monday.
. "I have positive Information,"
said one labor official, "that the
Southern Pacific officials have or
dered all foreign cars rushtd back
to their home roads. Freight Is be
ing dumped on the ground at both
1. ",.1. T 1. n n .1 C . . 1 41
stations In haste to send the foreign
cars back.
I "Scores ot strike-breakers already
have been engaged, and are ready to
take) the places of the union men on
a moment's notice. I feel positive
. that all the union men in the employ
of the Salt Lake and Southern PaolOo
will be discharged Saturday night
"A stockade similar to the one be
Ing constructed around the Southern
Paelflo shops here is being built
around the Salt Lake shops at Las
Vegas, New Mexico."
Giving as his reason the fact that
tho demand made upon his time by
the various boards of which he is a
member is so great that he can no
longer act In the dual capacity of
secretary of state and chief clerk
and discharge all of the duties effi
ciently, Secretary of State Olcott bo
day announced that he had appointed
State Insurance Commissioner Kozor
to the position ot chief clerk.
Following upon the heels of his
appointmont, Governor West an
nounced that he had appointed O. W.
Ferguson, secretary of the Demo
cratic state central comittee, and an
expert accountant, of Portland, as a
successor to Mr. Kozer In the insur
ance department. Mr. Kozer took
the oath as chief clerk this monring,
and will enter actively upon his du
ties Monday. Mr. Ferguson will then
assume charge, of the state Insurance
department.
(Continued on page four.)
YESTERDAY'S
RACES WERE
FIRST CLASS
Interest in the 2:12 trot, with a
purse of $r,000, brought out the big
gest crowd of the week to witness
yesterday's races at the fnir grounds
track. The track was in fairly good
condition during the enrly part of the
program but late In t'e afternoon a
drizzling rain caused the ground to
become sticky and resulted In a tri
fle slower time than might have been
made on a perfect track. Yesterday's
results are as follows:
Oregon Futurity, Two-yeiir-old Pace;
Purse MM.
Won by Arolltta (Duncan); Dr.
McLaughlin (Rutherford) second;
Hal Edo (Sawyer) third; time 2:219
and 2:23'A.
2:12 Trot, Lewi and Clark Pnrset
$5000.
Won by Berniee R. (Spencer;
Klngbrook (Illgglns) second; Dan
McKinney (McGuIre) third; time,
2:1114; 2:11 and 2:21.
2:29 race) Purse $800.
Won by Hal Mercury (Reeder);
Leola (Frazer) second; King Senl
(Sebnstlne) third; time, 2:14; 2:14
and 2:17.
Running race, Breeders' Btake,
Hniiiiiiiur Itnre, Ilreedcrs' Stake, Two
year-iililsj Purse $2.50,
Distance, B V4 furlongs.
Tampa (Tedwell) won; Ella Hart
(Copuland) second; time, 1:05.
Five Fiirlongsi Purne $100.
llozzlnla (Powell) won; The
Mighty (Unknown) second; Hecktor
(Copelund) third; time 1:01.
StecplechiiNO "Statesman'' Handicap;
Purse $2.'ll.
Won by Tony Faust (L. Gal
breath) Miss Condon (Lewis) sec
ond; Ilnrker scratched.
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We are now ready to show you the new colors
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Prices $10.00 to $35.00
A beautiful line of Raincoats in tan,grey mixtures
and blacks. Don't fail to see the different models.
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Salem Woolen Mill Store!
PRESSING AND REPAIRING DONE