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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24

said Martin, "and we do not propose
to let bats frighten us. Detective Wren
gave me to understand when he re-
turned from San Rafael this afternoon
that Hooper was lying, and 1 refer you
to him. One thing ] do know, and
that is that Carson could not have been
there. He was not released from San
Quentin until February Is. and the
date Of the Colonial Club robbery was
subsequent to that"
Detective Ed Wren discussed the
matter Of his visit to San Rafael. The
sleuth says he went there for the pur-
pose of interviewing both of the men
arrested for the Marin County rObber-
les. Wren is emphatic in his asser-
tion that Hooper had nothing to do
with the Colonial Club hold-up, but he
admits that the man behind the bars
intimated that he knew all about it..
Wren says that after a severe cross
examination he called Hooper's atten-
tion 20 many discrepancies in what he
offered as a statement.
In the first place" says Wren,
Hooper declared that he was the GUS
todian of the diamonds stolen from the
clubrooms. 1 asked him if he had been
engaged in the actual theft, and he
replied that he had not. After a few
moments conversation the prisoner
mentioned San Jose Blackie, English
Dick and Fahey. Referring to him
self as a principal in the crime, when
he was a little off his guard 1 asked
him who the fifth man was, and he
answered that it might have been him
self. When / asked him TO explain his
many contradictory assertions he re-
fused to do so, and from that time
branded him as a fabricator."
Wren further declares that the men
accredited with the club hold-up might
have been with Hooper in his series
of other crimes, but their Whereabouts
is very uncertain at the present time
and if the statement of Captain of
Detective Martin be true there will be
little effort made to take them into
custody.
Martin is of the opinion that the CO.
lonial Club was entered and robbed by
men that were closer connected with
it than, the ex-convicts whose names
come from Marin County. Though no
arrests have been made nor clews Sc
cured. the idea of a confession On the
part of a daring criminal seems to be
sccffed at, and, as Wren puts it, un-
less Martin so orders him he will not
try to catch the three other men.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
babe" Curtin Again
Gets Into Hands
of Police.

fed toward the front of the house Nc
MahOn pointed the gun at Lang, who
threw up his hands and hOwled. For
Gods sake, don't shoot: I'm only
kid" He also turned and followed
Wallace.
Meantime Policemen NJ J. Cullinan.
F. C. Nobmann and George Small had
heard the police whistle and had Joined
Wilson. AS Wallace and Lang sprang
out Of the front window the police
men grabbed hold OF them Wallace
showed the muzzle of his revolver into
Cullinan's mouth, but before he could
pull the trigger he was dubbed and
overpowered. Lang fought like a wild
beast and had to be dubbed into sub
mission.
Both Wallace and Lang were taken
to the Central Emergency Hospital and
after their wounds had been dressed
they were booked at the City Prison
on a charge of burglary. Wallace is
being detained at the hospital. as his
arm may have to be amputated-
While Mcmahon was hunting for car
tridges for the shotgun the burglars
entered the room Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright and stole a lady's gold watch
and SS in coin. The watch was found
on the street, where il had been thrown
by either Wallace or Lang.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
HOOPER ROBBED HIS MOTHER.

PETALUMA, Feb. 23.-Austin Hoop
er came here soon after his release
from San Quentin on January Is and
remained at his mothers home until a
week ago yesterday, when he started
for San Francisco. After his departure
from the residence, his mother discov
cred that he had taken her watch and
a diamond ring belonging to his sister
The police were notified and they
caught the young desperate at the
railroad station awaiting the south
bound train. They found the watch
on his person. but the ring was art
fully concealed in the handle of re-
yolver which he carried in his valise
and he got away with it. His rela-
tives were too pleased to get him out
of town to insist on his arrest.
A brother of Hooper visited San
Francisco a few days later and met
Austin, who told him that while jour
neying to that city he had fallen in
with several ex-convicts from San
Quentin, with whom he finished the
trip and had "a high old time" He
bought lots of drinks for them, he said,
and treated them to dinner. He boast
ed to his brother that he had held up
a woman in San Francisco and got
quite a nice booty. The brother was
sufficiently interested in the story to
investigate it further, and found that
on the date mentioned a woman had
been waylaid and robbed, just as Aus
tin had stated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24

here; and the others said: What is the
matter with you? You want some money.
said 1 didn't want any money; l was tired
and disgusted / wanted to go home and be
decent; and Blackie said, No, l will be
- if you go home 1 started to run from
them, jumped over the fence. commenced to
run up and climb the hill could hear them
following. 1 fell Blaclie and Dick were
close behind Shorty shouting Cut it
out. Don't hurt the kid. Let him go.
AS l went to get up. l think it was DICK
got hold OF my hand as / lay on the ground
and Blackie then threw his arm around my
then one of the others shot The bullet struck TUCK
me in the leg. here, tshowing place., then DICK DICK
peared Shorty stayed there and helped me
bind up the wound. The rest you know
English Dick is one of the hardest crooks
In the United States. He is an expert pistol
shot and carries these German automatic re-
volvers He knows the efficiency OF every po-
lice officer and Sheriff in the country; knows
showing us as much as $500. He is an expert
prizefghter and is muscular. believe ne
and some others are implicated in the Turk
street robbery.
At a late hour last night Hooper
made the following additional state
ment to a representative of The Call:
Now let me tell you-dont be steered off by
any So called confession l made to having oeen
in the Colonial Club hold-up. might have
there in time but 1t just happened that was
not there and can prove an alibi 1t don
make any difference to me one way or the
other what you say My called confession
is all right except the Colonial Club trick
Carson. of course. could not have been there,
as he only got out OF prison last week. An
other thing you will notice. never signSd
that confession l don't mind telling even~
of the past week. | am up against it, any
way, and will probably do life, but don't ever
think l will plead guilty. l will give them
run for their money Further, in regard to
the Colonial Club know about IL and don't
mind saying that Blackie and English Dick
were there. Fahey in it, too. but
neither the kid (Carson) nor I was there
at all.
Detective Wren was here to-day and tried to
impicate me in the Colonial. OF course ne
did not tell me his correct name. said he was
Mr.. Brown n member of the club. That was
all right. When thinks he is wise,
don't disturb his thoughts. L recognized him
just as he came in the cell.
That is part of this business, never to forget
faces and be acquainted with all of the Off
GERS / knew Sheriff Taylor we'll l used to
attend Mount Tamalpais Military Academy
drove by Shorty and me. He was in a buggy
and had shotgun. could lave picked him
then dead easy but murder is not in me-, al
though L take no chances A fellow in this
business has to be prepared TO do anything,
and kill If necessary. l knew Taylor was
after and would kill us, but / let him pass.
/ have good parents and have tried many
times to be decent, but l guess it's the eX-
citement that kept me in the business. There
was good money in it. too.
Carson substantiated Hooper's> YER
sion of the gangs operations. He
stated that when Hughes called to him
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24

Sunday night he thought he was after
them, and took no chances. He said
he shot to kill, and thought he got his
man, as he saw him fall against the
fence He then ran. Carson left San
Quentin on February 10, after doing
time for assault with deadly weapon
He is an old pal of English Dick, and
came west with him. Carson and Dick
made several hold-ups in Denver, Salt
Lake and Seattle. He met Hooper in
San Quentin and there their friendship
originated. Carson told Hooper of the
gang, he says, and when the kid" left
prison in January he Immediately
joined them in Los Angeles. This con-
flicts with Hooper's narrative.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
Detectives Find Discrepancies in His Story
and Are Inclined to Doubt
Some of 1t.

Wren, who assumed charge of the mat
ter early in the day. Martin at first
persisted that Hooper's statement was
false. He said that Wren, upon his re-
turn from San Rafael, had told him
that Sheriff Taylor's prisoner was at
tempting to gain notoriety and that
while he believed him responsible for
the other crimes he admitted having
committed, it was hardly possible that
he had any connection with the club
robbery in San Francisco.
When Martin was asked if he would
make any effort to apprehend any of
the men Hooper implicated, he replied
that he would not
This fellow is only trying to get
little more criminal fame for himself"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
AUSTIN HOOPER MAKES CONFESSION IN WHICH HE AYERS
KNOWS CONCERNING RECENT ROBBERY COLONIAL CLUE

arrested A~0 Ia"
forh Of nF
drf from the dfeds OF Sa" francisco
that the Colonial Chb cry 0H s
d0ehe9
TTeSHah1e
kand oDrTS
that his nGt0e of accusation"
arrested
of the P0Near clubhouse
The residing
at the home O his mother u
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
HOW THIEVES WORKED.
Hooper Tells of Incidents Relating to
His Last Crime

HIS last CFInle.
This is verbatim copy of the con-
fession made by Austin Hooper yes
terday to the Marin County authorities
concerning his participation in the
crime for which he was arrested:
Ny name is Austin Hooper and I reside in
Petaluma. There four of US engaged in
this robbery-English Dick from Seattle; a
man named Blackie Shorty and myself Last
Friday I met English Dick in the Everything
for Penny Place on Market street. He told
me he knew a place in Sausaito where there
was a game running and that we could get
think $4,000 or $4,000. 1 agreed to meet
him at the ferry and take the 1920 boat. I
met him there with Shorty and Blackie At
Sausalito Dick told Shorty and me to ride as
far as san Anselmo and walk back to Sau-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
WARMERS REMEDIES.
WEAK KIDNEYS
CAUSE MORE SUFFERING AND
DEATHS THAN ALL OTHER
DISEASES COMBINED.

II the kidneys are out Of order the
whole system is bound to suffer Head
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FwellinEs, torpid liver, constipation, in
digestiOn. nervousness. droWsiness
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SON. with convulsiOns and death. will
rf1re1v follow
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
BoARDER SHOOTS BURGLAR.

Two burglars who broke into the
residence of Mrs. Lola Joakin, 341 Jessie
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24
DIsCREDrT THE CONFESSION
Police of This City DisbeIieve Som
OF HOOper's Assertions.

OF HOOper's Assertions.
Thus far the police Of this city have
given small heed TO the San Rafael
matter. During the afternoon Captain
Of Detectives Martin ridiculed the idea
II any confession Hooper might have
made in connection with the Colonial
Club hold-up. but during the evening
became more reticent and referred all
Questioners 70 Sergeant Detective Ed
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HASTE DELAYS SHIPS.
Russians Find That Many Boilers WIN
Have to Be Taken Out.

Moscow, May 21.--After an exhaust
i've inquiry the correspondent of the
London Times finds that there is no
need to take seriously the Russian
threats to dispatch to the Far East
next July reinforcements Of war yes-
sells. The optimistic reports regarding
the rapid progress of the warships of
the Baltic feet which have been
printed in European capitals have been
given out here by officials and have
been telegraphed abroad without
change. They are absolutely untrue.
because there are no means at hand for
the correspondents to verify the re-
ports, and they have no means of in
specting the shipyards where the YES
sells are being prepared for service.
While it is fact that unprecedented
haste is being made in getting warships
ready for service, there is a limit TO
efficient speed in ship construction.
and this has been exceeded with the
result that many of the boilers which
have been installed in the new war
ships will have to be taken out and re-
placed. This has created q sensation
at the navy department, and it is now
certain that the Baltic feet will not
start for the Far East for many months
TO come.
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MUST HOLD PORT ARTHUR.
Russia WIN Mobilize An Forces Possible
There for Its Defense.

Russia WIN Mobilize Al Forces Possible
There for Its Defense.
st. Petersburg, May l9.-Advices res
ceived by the general staff show that
the japanese are practically masters Of
all the southern end Of the Lao Tung
peninsula, save Port Arthur and the
territory commanded by guns. This
result, so promptly brought about, is
due TO the failure OF the Russians to
make. opposition Of any consequence
to the Japanese advance.
A member Of the general staff said
to the Associated Press that the re-
moval of the guns from the fortifica-
tions erected at Kinchau, and the des-
truction Of Port Dalny, were primarily
for the purpose OF concentrating the
entire Russian force at Port Arthur.
II the men and guns were scattered,
the effect would have been to distrib-
ute the means OF defense OF the fort
ress over number Of points strate-
gically weak. To defend the whole of
the southern end Of the Lao Tung PEN
insula it would have been necessary
to have an army equal to that which
the Japanese could have landed.
The weakness Of the Manchurian
army, said this officer, left only one
course to pursue, namely, that OF mo-
bilixing sufficient troops at Port Arthur
to hold it until relief came.
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SURE SUBMARINES WERE USED.



Russians Have New Aavices on the Loss
Of the PetropsvIovsk.
st. Petersburg, May 2O.-The ad-
miralty is now convinced by mail re-
ports received from Port Arthur that
Vice Admiral Togo used submarine
boats in his operations. A. letter from
Lieutenant General Stoessel says he
was standing on Golden Hill when the
Russian battleship Petropavlovsk went
down and he saw q submarine boat
torpedo the battleship. Lieutenant
Schreiber claims he distinctly saw the
periscope of a submarine boat and
could trace the course of the vessel.
Officers of the Russian battleship Pobi-
eda testified that submarine boat dis
charged torpedo against their ship
and they fred at the submarine boat,
hoping to sink it, but failed.
1t is officially denied that Viceroy
Alexeiff has gone to Lao Yang to as.
sumo command of 10000 troops there,
and that General Kuropatkin has left
Lao Yang for Harbin. It is said that
Kuropatkin is either at LiaoSYang OF
in its vicinity.
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Washington, May 1S.--In an opinion
today BY Chief Justice Fuller. the
United States supreme court sustained
the action Of the immigration authori-
ties 1t the port OF New York ii order.
Ing the deportation Of Che Enqlishman.
Turner, alleged 10 be an anarchist.
The chief Justice said in his opinion
that Turner himself did not deny that
ne Is an anarchist. The opinion up-
held the law for the exclusion Of an
archists, and affirmed the decision a.
the circuit court for the southern dis.
trict of New York, which refused writ
OF babeas corpus for Turner. I.
Chief Justice Fuller, in his opinion.
first reviewed the facts in the case. m.
cluding the claim Of Turner that he a
a lecturer on sociological questions.
also that his counsel contended that he
was an anarchist in theory merely.
he then referred to the fact that Turn
eF's counsel attacked the Immigration
law as unconstitutional on the ground
that 1t is in contravention of the first,
fifth and sixth amendments and also
section one OF the constitution, because
mo power is delegated by the constitu-
tion to the general government over
alien foreigners with reference TO their
admission to the United States or other
wise, or over the beliefs of citizens.
denizens, sojourners or aliens or over
the freedom OF speech Of the press
All Of these contentious were mega
tived by the decision Of the chief inst
Ice, who said, among other things:
Whether rested on the accented
principle of international law that
every sovereign nation has the power
as inherent in sovereignty and essential
TO sell preservation, to forbid the en-
trance OF foreigners within it's dominion
or to admit them only in such cases
and ON such conditions as il may see fit
to prescribe, or on the power to regulate
commerce with foreign nations, which
includes the entrance of ships, the i'm
pOrtation of goods, and the bringing Of
nersons into the ports of the United
States, the act before us is not open to
constitutional objection. Nor Is the
manner in which congress has exercised
the right, although wher such 4 case
arises, the objection may be taken.
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PORTLAND MARKETS.

wheat-walla walla, 72C; blue
stem, soc; Valley, SOC. e&s@s
Barley-Feed, $2S per ton; rolled,
24.50@26. FR d
Flour-Valley, $S.9O@4.O5 per bar.
rel; hard wheat straights, $4@4.25,
clears, $S.s5@4.lO; hard wheat pat.
ents, $4.40@4.7O; graham, $3.50a4
whole wheat, $4@4.25; rye -four, $3.50
Oats-No. ] white, tl.20@l. .22k
gray, $1.15@1.17K per Genital.
Millstuffs-Bran, $4,000 per ton
middlings, $25.5Oa27; shorts, 5000
81; chop, SIS; linseed, dairy food, $19
Hay-Timothy, $15@16 per ton
clover, $lO@1l; grain, $ll@l2; cheat
s11@12.
Hops-.lgOs crop, 2s@25xc pei
pound. \.
WoOl-valley, 1907; Eastern Ore
gon, 1l@l4c; mohair, SOc per pounc
for choice. go
Beef-Dressed, 5@sc per pound.
Mutton-Dressed, 6@711 &c per pound
Veal-Dressed, 6@7c per pound.
Pork-Dressed, 7@71Sc per pound.
Vegetables-Turnips soc per sack
/, carrots, SOC; beets, 81; parsnips, 81
cabbage, 2@2hc; red cabbage, 2he
lettuce, head. 25@40c per doz; no
house, &l.75 per box; parsley per doc
25c; eucumbers, $l.75; asparagus
$1.25; peas, 5@6c per pound; rhubarh
Sc; beans, green, 15c; wax, 15c.
Honey-$S@S.50 per case.
Potatoes-Fancy, $1.20@1.S5 pc,
GENITAL; common, $1@l.20; new pota
toes, Sh@4c per pound; sweets, 5,
per pound.
Fruits-Strawberries, 81 .5O@1 rs pc
crate; cherries. $l.50@1.75 per box
apples, fancy Baldwins and Spitzen
bergs, $1.50@2.50 per box; choice
I, SOL. so; cooking, 75c@$l.
Eggs-0regon ranch, 1Sc per dozen.
Butter - Fancy creamery, INC
store, 12@1Sc.
Butter Fat-Sweet cream, 1870
sour cream, 17c.
Foultry-Chickens, mixed, 1870
lSc per pound; springs, small, 10000
hens, 1S@14c; turkeys, live, 16@17c
dressed, 1S@2Oc; ducks, $7@S pc
dozen; geese, live, 1850 per pound.
Cheese-Full cream, twins, ney
stock, 12k@1Sc; old stock, 1Oc; Youn,
America, 14c.
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FIRST CLIPS SOLD.
Securing MHI as The DaIlss Working
Night and Day.

WIGHT ana Day'
The Dalles--The securing mill in
this city is now running double crew
Of sorters daily, and the mill night and
day, turning 0=.. 5000 pounds Of
secured product every "a hours. The
wool purchases made thus far have
been from stations along the line Of the
Northern Pacific in Yakima county,
and at Columbia river points. such as
The Dalles, Arlington and Echo, where
the sealed bid plan that was inaugural.
ed in the state three years ago does not
obtain. The fret clips shorn are near
ly all from the warm Columbia river
ranges, which wools are more or less
earthly and are sought only by dealers
in the secured product.
There seems to be no disposition on
the part Of the growers TO hold this
class Of wool, and buyers are apparent
ly glad to take them, as they are being
absorbed by the dealers as fast as they
are offered.
The choice Eastern Oregon woods
sought for shipping in the grease,
which are grown back in the interior,
are now being sown. This class that in
former years was marketed at The
Dalles, and gave this city the distinc-
tion OF receiving and shipping more
wool direct from the grower than any
other place in the United States, has,
eince the completion Of the Columbia
Southern railway been transferred TO
Shaniko. There the wools are all
offered under the sealed bid system.
The first sale there is set for June 2,
the second for June ID, and the third
and last for July /.
Pendleton leads off with the first
sealed bid sale Of the season on the Esd
instant, and Heppner follows on the,
26th with its first sale. The other two
points in the state where wools will be
offered upon sealed bids are Baker City
ON June IL, and Elgin on June 2S.
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AMERICAN AvHRTs CLASH.
Military Observer Prevents Russl.ns
From Firing on Own lien.


Mukden, May 1s.-Lieutenant Col
onel Schuyler, U. S. A., military OBJ
server with the Russian army. arrived
here today and after an interview with
Viceroy Alexieff, left for Lao Yang ~
the afternoon.
1t appears that William B. Judson.
OF the United States engineer corps
who is an observer with the Russian
army, helped to avert clash between
parties Of Russians during the Russian
reoccupation Of the railroad after the
Japanese had cut it at Poliade. when
the japanese had temporarily retired
from the railroad, train with two
companies of sappers was sent south
from Lao Yang. Captain Judson was
aboard. When the train reached a
break In the line body of troops were
seen and they were supposed to be Jap-
anese. Sharpshooters were thrown out.
and preparations were made to swoop
down on the enemy. Captain Judson
through his glasses recognized the Rus.
sian uniforms and the troops proved to
be party sent up the line from the
south.
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indiana work with Japanese.

La Grande-Nearly 100 Japanese are
in La Grande fIom Portland and points
in Washington to work in the Grand
Ronde sugar beet fields this summer,
and more are expected to arrive little
later on. The work will be 10 keep the
beets thinned out and free from weeds.
F. s. Bramwell, field superintendent Of
the sugar factory, stated that the sugar
company alone has just completed seed
ing 2 800 acres of good land to beets,
while many of the farmers have put in
large amounts, the acreage being far
ahead Of last year.
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IrrIgatIon Il cOlor.do.

Washington, May 1S.-The census
bureau in report on irrigation in Col
orado says: Notwithstanding the fa-
vorable conditions, the construction Of
irrigation works in 1902 progressed
rapidly, and the year shows consider
able increase in the irrigated area. It
ls probable, however, that many hun.
dreds OF acres reported as irrigated did
not receive sufficient water to produce
full crops. Colorado still holds first
place among the arid states in the ex-
tent OF its irrigated acreage and in the
length OF its. canals and bitches.