The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 10, 1908, Page 1

Oe Farr as a miion | HE VOL, 10. NO, 40. ny es Intercept the suspects and question clon Armed Posses Led by Fifteen Deputies Are Scouring 1. ‘io s\walority of cuss thene men were men were proved to be unemployed had shot White River Valley for the Fugitives--Bloodhounds hates “whe. cally Guumenemaaed mit fugitives have man- veloped Uniens aged to thetr way into the he an examination “!most certain. If the men are of In a pitehed | demperate highway ie girs of Kent, short @etock last night, Marshal Ha ing 10 hope of him surviv. | Woods, it is betieved that th soon be located and suffe capture Piller, of the suburvan (own, was Town is Aroused, fr Geath. ‘The officers and mem ee Tin theta ab ta bers of the posses rexard the men og Marshal Charles Gue ma ae oe - aie noon as dexperadoes of the worst type, °884* y the sound of the . BO0n neont tation making the | PY the so and at the first signs of resistance eho was & me | fear _the details of the desper- | wilt shoot to kill at m the | At e, aod the news of the! ‘The country in Which the high. | ‘Ai! Atal shooting of the marshal | waymen are believed to now be jo. UOrthera where the | Stoned them to # frenzy. The fire cated covers part ef the territory ** ingen ell was rang. and at the danger | jp ed in the chase @ter the des the suce, it suanal practically every able bodied perate outlaw, Harty Traey t or thin aft.) =! and boy in the town gathered “ some was stated at & a ie ott at city ball Following Suspects. where ermcon that a < sol eam Doc” Merrifield threw open the) Thre All of ihe bighwa t doors of his hardware store and! making their wa Dot it ts believed thar at sire to jot in the hamt with all| wards, of Renton, « of them wes bong ves. the guns and ammunition they de jcitizens from that town j oie act the sired Posses, heavily armed, riediy dispatched in an effort to the woods again, ; jekly formed and left tn different | head off these men. weatern opinion tbat men com e3 of © pg Slavonian tions, b se radoes Warnings Sent Out. ing to overtake the The suspects were ontountered on * morning about 9 o'clock jSwan lake, One man had his face tied up in a handkerchief, He Held Up Farmer ‘ he evening | TRC telephone offices were Abel 9 o'clock in ie Tarmer opened and telephone messages|semed lo have been recently — sent to every town and hamlet “OUNded. All were hard looking i Pot, characters, and ave ce of having been which could be reached, _ Loe byt ON a ficers were aroused tn these towns. and with others quickly ranged at the point of guns and of 16 cents in oh ¥ i i | ® pocket + sgt y he theMiselves at pointe of vantage Gave Suspicious Anewe 4 The holdup was accom |S/0ne alt roads and avenues by! The party who encountered these | Judge 60 the main street of WECR the fugitives could hope 10) men had been warned from Kent Oirlen bad been in town | (har jeer cerape, | i to be on the lookout, and he start ly UY led to question the strangers. In back through | repty one of them announced that the vailey and make thelr wWaylthey had recently into Seattle, where thetr capture! iit id be doubly diffiewit, Marshal ine Northern PF Johnston and his deputies at and we men approached the street, shov face and com up his hands at the = sma bOOtY | Georgetown were warned to be on : Bid obtained, the rob | in,” joohout, and afterwards |", "aOR? Bad taken tne dime tim | watched the roads and railroad to work their w i starting home wo bg 855 tre in question, the rer ee the Orillia ottivers of the | shal at that point kept a close and they immediately tel wateh on the roads leading through | § Marshal Miller, at Kent, the the highwaymen were making ger (rains ge ing south were search-| Nothin’ dot the devperadoen, and had sat seversi buvdred | Guppeesd to Be Hobess. viet William SU A short time after the battle two liquor at Madison park pavili funds from the stock |Moboes came into Kent from the sdinuut a Hleenss er noticed the men Borth and explained that they bed) prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh entertained the party of five dew jig a Star reporter this morning came to «| Pallrued tracks shortly before the therefore didn't know anything broken | £80 eneountered the officers. The about William Steffen and his beer Orit ‘on the railroad tracks and) pyerybody reads The Star right,” replied | \cnsaped at the fire to warm them sayor Miller couldn't be found o¢ consider your-| Selves before continuing thelr Walk.| put he didn't send around for the They appeared to ‘be Hallans OF! eer of the witnesses jeareeinns Acting Chief of Police Ward was | It was about 30 minutes after the the only ditictal who showed any In se nm no sooner fit-| strangers had departed that the tWo toreat in the matter one of the ‘ ‘ ; this sentesee than one jhoboes heard the sound @f the “ang he suggested that The Star & jump down the shooting and, as none other® bad gwear out a warrant for the arrest % As he passed along the rallroad tracks in Of stetten his = '® the meantime, it was the opinion! 4, the meantime, so far as of the officers that they were the officiais know, Mr. Steffen } robber turned | ones who had engaged in the battle violating the law with Miller and Guerber. The two fire, 294 heboes were lodged in jail mec om cee searehed the country for several around the town, and suc towards the | ceeded in rousing a number of sus picious loafers and hoboes, who gave satisfactory explanations of their movements aad were allowed to | Mt ach other. anda continue their journey, with apectfic the right should paralyz injunctions to get out of the coun PGs entire arm. iin revotver|try quick } M trem bie hand lore he| The members of the Kent council | in f He | held a special nm started er en who remained ft at the same mom Geerber and hi B Guerber. ar ing the situation, announced that Ohe of the would offer a reward of $300 * mar an the| for one or all of the desperadoen Forenoon---Sailors | row h i in the! dead or alive. Sheriff Smith stated fully the w th Target count re id endéavor to have th authorities add $500 to th Happy. It H Sheriff Takes Charge. ft As soon as Sheriff Smith reached (By United Press.) = ! Kent this morning personally ” t took charge of the man hunt, Dep-| MAGDALENA BAY, April 10 uty Sheriff Bob Hodge of Black Dia. (By Wireless.)—The men of the mond brow: his two bloodhounds | atlantic ot are the busiest set : sek |to the seene in # buggy, and Deputy | oy , flores in the world toda Al the Sheriff Hil also took two blood A a sider hounds from the ity, Hodge's though Skies ee dues Watiiae, hounds took the scent from a hat Trojans during of SE st al which one of the robbers drog they have been here ey are m-| bat « lowing a aig-xa throwing renewed energy into thelr Ing Ont below th. for some Gistanée through work, for tomorrow they sail for Presidio » Thin was tt ch |lots and along the railroad tracks mpoventt rt Pill cause Miller's ete: |seomed to love the trail men are determined that seco trated the Intestine Posses of armed men continued, eveTy Ship. in the fleet will be at | admi i ' $ ts best when the dre parade Surgeor ‘ Bandits Escane | the heme from the i in where ab se the coast begin, and the we examination # Miller fell io th | Seareh had reached last night, and | OP ee ioe ahip and “primping up" | Sunda @ Moan of pain, | A Ssistance, thelr avua 4 rifles 198 and running away + 4 he which arkness in different - ‘TW of the men appe off in an easterly dis f mer a Ags ywed the rt d to voted and would ¢ sdid place for conceaiment ‘eel fugit! in case they have taken to the woods. fence surrour Farmers All Notified. ball park, and the WAS seen man} Nearly all of the farmers in the face Jn slong the|country are connected with the | (By United Pre: tm whith | rural telephone serv: > PEW, disappearing b cio to the|the night to ke ress saloon, hundred feels distant, fell heiplens we the floor, at he had bees and} making their way along the roads | president ahd Be hye With the pee Baste and the heare@ officers were tmme-|and stated that the people of | itin warned, with Samroatiogs to| Washingt@m were greatly disap back one day. ber and others he was carried ” . = a. ey ae oe. = anil ities SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH., IN FIGHT WITH FIVE DESPERADOES NTIRE TOWN JOINS IN A MAN HUNT IN WooDS FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1908. ® gang whieh! dd nothing | off up a eee re dexeription pital of Dr. | City, thelr capture ts regarded as be nt employer at work for yg (duickly developed the fect that | Working their way through the enguged s € . y will time Bloodhounds en Trail From thie point the trail led for through the t fugitives had suspects are known to be from concealment towards ie the supplied those who expressed a de Valley, and Deputy She routherly inte Auburn and making thelr this time on ports the hounds werg still hot on the AWARDED DAMAGES. who brought eult. for damana! BANKER ARRESTED way, and eo far i we 4 ngaged in| akainat Seattle Typogr aphiedl teins 4 stiff scramble across the country. Ubion beeause he had been expelled j sameemmineans tan caf SEATTLE GIRL ‘MEETS damages TO INSPECT INCINERATOR quit work in «| sioner Counciiman Mop f by and were looking for phy and other city officials wilt vine cific trecks. As it the muntetpal the mill mentioned was located on | next week a ings er pete Wan eecaped directly after be ree we Slee & tracks converging at that potnt Brite beck in the road. | topging all suspicious looking per p Rurriediy ran east OF | sone and making them give the interurban ace of themselves i Sheriff Smith, whe lives at the Marshal burn, was notified shortly after ee quickly as possible O'lirien shooting and with the local mar ®. All freight and passen-| _— Rat of course Steffen worked | for Mr Way oath along the railroad ed and a number of hobves put The Star still bas one bott through a rigid examination before peer —- and the 9 Miller and Gourder sorted out they were allowed to proceed And two witnesses tween the rae = os All the evidence necessary to con administration would fen of selling it any thing happened to NY the telltale bot be kept under lock | And all the w IDS ile of beer neue Miller to | Pera@loes at their camp slong the ina: nd didn't read The Star and and key beer to know what it] |five men were walking south from ut of course that tant #0 @e i therwase. te mateein i » such an there #f@ skipper becaw Madison park around after Mackintosh THE CRUISE | TOMORROW } d ring q } a ting at the city “ ° is being push o with the «ho was | halt this morning and, after discuss | Sails for San Diego in the \iivcia | coal marning will tar for Saw | Dt departure hak | the miral Thomas between 10 a . Evans With Admirai PASO ROBLES, IS EXTENDED ONE DAY the ships would longer than outlined | pointed because . and by this| WASHINGTON, April 10.—Sec-| stay no ng they were all warned during | retary of the Navy Metcalf has de- Seoretary thelr © ypen | cided to nd the visit of the At) Ww eadny. for auspicious characters. Many re- lantic fleet at Beattie. Representa-| Metcalf announc ports reached the sheriff during the |tives Humphrey, Cushman and|would not leave Seattle until May day of men who had been seen Jones of Washington visited the! FG After the conference that the fleet! Vienna bar and lodging instead of May 26, and that Pavish's first papers vold, and hé|chase. The e remainder of the Puget sound) exefore be set | | ry would th BATURDAY LOOK OUT! HERE COMES CABINET THE LAZY BUG | Threats Have Been Made Against Their Lives. ~D. (By United Press.) | “And the Lary Bug Will Get You If You Don't Wateh Out.” é ’ re Nee At one gle Are you acquainted with this gen- | yourself and eve “dy around y : eoult. of Pra iden’ tleman of leisure? Isn't he Laz his is the critier that is re ort message to con Legnder, thoagh? Must be worth a sible when you fall back on t miftion, at least, to to! ound this low when the alarm ¢ k ring asking for the jway, like father, the workless, the morr ear off an { strict measures king hit pipe of The a ard of # spread of anarchy tist has caught hits in one of bie give e men are today close mest languid moods and pores, and | spring fever and makes you want to 7 bers of the cab bere presents him for the delecta- | knock ur early eve t ticularly Postmaster tion of the public . e This, gentle rea in the Lacy dinke down orde hog Doesnt x as though he Panaw way, dont - . bite, does he Might bite We owe h rabbit.” you say. ¥ Lary Bug to Dr. Ch Wardell! lmmediate ae oon wores than that. He Stiles of the United States public the ana a tion, was insyed bites into the human form divine. health and marine hospital service had when o on are thoroughly He let ou he weret of the bug's sting by bim you become so no ¢ the live account that you are a burden to ¢ threats had been 5 Istence in an address be matologi«ts of the world these threats re he x ed the White House ONE CENT WEATHER—FAIR TONIGHT, LIGHT FRO FAIR, LIGHT WEST WINDee MEMBERS GUARDED FROM ANARCHISTS Whether or not ft believed t President Roosevelt's life te sidered in dange or whether he thinks so, is not disclosed, but it is taken for granted that if the cabinet members are guarded the same measure of protection will naturally be taken in his case Inasmuch as the president wrote the message that has aroused the ire of the anarchists, it is sald that his advisers are tc vrging him to be careful concerning his more ments in and out of the White Hopse and to be ever watchful. The greatest fea entertained in the case of Postmaster Gene! Meyer, whose duty it would be prohibit the use-of mails for the advocacy of murder, arson and treason,” as the president express ed himself in bis message. A watch has been placed on the Meyer residence 1 other seeret service men ar yustanly keeping him within sig It has net beep observed that the homes of ether cabinet members are being arded. The postmaster general today de clined to discuss the matier In any way ither would any of the ae advisers of the president ex- ss themselves By United Pr SPOKAN} Ay (By United Press) Ca NORFOLK, Va, April 10—Leo bank, which went into the hands Thorman was hanged here this rning for the murder of Walter Dolsen, in a boarding honse in “8° {Sortotk. on February with receiving dey new the bank was Insolvent. Rail of a receiver about three months (By United Press.) hax been arrested, charged LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 10+ after he Dawn McPherson, the beautiful 19 Silited IAB wieréer tt. was eapens fixed at $2,600, but the pris Yearold Seattle girl, who for the fed in Vancouver, B.C. He entered P68 hax failed to get bondsmen past nine months hax been suffer Insanity After he hi ae 1 ne of the bank's ing from a broken neck, is dead heen convicted and sentenced to be Principal depositors, says that the 4) ine county hoxpital Ranged, the wup © court postpon- | Tabilitte $24,000 and that the Tt é i ied the hawsing to allow Thurman “sets Are abe $6,000. he girl's tn was due to the Fitesn ta talenduce tectiniont® chow The » es that the closing of a folding ved in 000 and that which she and her mother siept Mrs. McPherson was thrown to t floor, but the daughter's neck was He taitea Habtlith not of this, | [he aanets will reach alm | toe that he was lt @ive convinding py the banging was allowed to od Thormee God Dolees Were Uellied @e eee ee eee eee eee Bes marines * * * BANK CLEARINGS. * i duties the br rag * wi * Seattie * : SGHPTAIN LOSES s::< sss? TO PLAGE 1 be ® Ha 194,499.12 @ * * HIS LIGENSE 3 com ced # Cleariogs toda $1,088,761.00 : (By United Press.) le * NEW YORK Apr 10.— Billy \* Portland. # Neal, manager of Tommy Burns, (By United Press.) |® Clearings t $1,084,880 ® (he heavyweight champion of the SAN FRANCISCO, April 10-—For | # Balances $4,801 &| word, arrived trom six months Captain Charles Swan | # abr pment that be. erithawe -@: Heese — SPREE EEE EEE EES howill de * a bet that eae and Jack Johnson, the colored heavy amer Pomona. was te } | welght, can't’ stop Burns in 20] 1 egress Board ge “unin HENEY WILL | rounds. Neal said he heard John man oes teaeioe ih con tied on had posted $2,500 that he could whip Barns, so he wanted to go States local board of steamboat tn one better by betting $5,000 chat he dnt. He says he. will not! NEW LINE gation and after Captain Swanson frankly admitted that he alone responsible for the shipwreck, All| the other officers of the steamer were exone Frisco Prosecutor En Route to Portland to Prove Charges. (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, April. 10 Plans for a new trans-Pacifie steam (By United Pre: | hip line to ect Japan with SAN FRANCISCO, April 10.—On | (By United Press. the extension Chicago, Mil the grounds of cruelty and an add MEDFORD, Ore., April 10.—De- Waukee & St road, which is tional complaint that the tastes of | claring (hat P jent Roosevelt | bullding to Seattle rough Mon Ther husband widely different | has not tied his hands in any way tana, Idaho and Washington, have from hers that they cannot live hap | and. t he is @ free lance gnd | been completed in the Flowery pily toxether, Mrs. Glasingame has|can act as he pleases, and that he | Kingdom by Vice President Hiland Tbeen granted a divorce from Lee A.| will act most aggressively, Francis and General Agent Hiazingame, millionaire and known | J. Hene $ speeding northward to Miller, of that deal was all along the coast as the owner of | Portland to publicly reply to oe horses and t finest stock the accusation of Se or Chas ‘vanch in the west, located near|W. Fultor Tomorrow night in Seer ery —" Oey WE rebel We | @ ATLANTICLPLERT WILL # PRR ee mainet Ore-i* NOT VISIT ENGLAND. * sas = *. * \* , | # LIABILITY BILL GOES TO al prosecu-(*% , (By United Press.) bed | * THE PRESIDENT Medford thia * ° WASHINGTON, April 10.— #| * Portland, .® After due consideration, Pres- * * (By United Press.) epresenta. | id Roosevelt and other * T# WASHINGTON, April 10. he said; ® ministration officials have . # bility bill, which passed the ®) have r © Oregon to place * fleet on a visit to England * © Douse © senate ® | before he proof of wir rs at other na * ® yoate morning ® | cha of co jon; and as to *! u [ * * sent to the White Mouse for | denunciation made oma ® th nvitations were ignored. * * the president iguature *® | Fulton in r t speeches: * * * & will ne tline y rey or eee ee ee ee ed FEES RSENS EEO ‘ lely no truth in| CATHOLIC SOCIETIES MEET. re <3 ‘ Senator F c He ha LAF ETTE In April 10. 1 T ‘ i n ofa Na nal 1 ve will e the ened. today geanlt of a co , Austrian, for citizenship pagers | of the country from the Atlantic to was dewied yesterday by the su-| AND LESCHI PARKS the Pacific, including Harvard and perior court on motion of A. J.| other big universities, aré attending Balliet, Assistant United State | the fons district attorney | Madrona and Leschl parks, two | ‘Phe court's Jupon the shéwis fsion was madelof the most sightly pleces of prop that Pavish is|erty bordering on Lake Washing (By United Press.) hot of per moral cRaracter.|ton, will be purchased by the city |} in} Pavieh was recently arrested in al if satisfactory arrangements can) WASHINGTON, April 10.—Repre raid on the roadhouses of George-| be effected with the Seattle Elec-|sentative Mann of Iilinots, who, own. He Is proprietor of — the| tric company, the owner more than any one, is in the confi house, { At @ meeting held yesterday the |}dence of the speake The decision of the court renders | park board constdered the pur-| that he expects ¢ utsition of the prop: |journ about May ideal @ rule robably will be tvedted as anjerty will be made a special order is brought in te expedite the dis ien by the immigration authori- | of butiness at @ meeting to be eld | position ef bility which Bave Deen to uext Monday, com fee emma gress ad * cite, si s jmined to have his we t ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. | . chown oor ot = TRAGIC DEATH [caught between the head post and the springs. The unfortunate young womay |was taken to the hospital, where an operation was performed and for a time it was thought she might recover, but several weeks ago she sunk into a stupor and com plete paralysis set fn, finally re sulting in ber death Mrs. MePherson and daughter left Seattle about two * ago. They were both wel) known here. TOMMY BURNS’ MANAGER A BIG BET {match Burns with the negre fighter, unless he is guaranteed $30,000 as his purse, win or lose, or unless his man, being champion, is allowed to dictate the terms. The proposition of James Cof- froth of San Francisco to offer a $256,000 purse for the fight was re jected as being too small. Neal will visit Barns’ home in Ontarie, calling on the champton's wife, and then will go to Denver and@ Oakland, kt is probable that if a fight ts agreed upon tt will be facile ses: off in Nevada. SS ee : TO ORIENT FROM SEATTLE Jelosed with the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha company Hiland are now ¢ to America from This will make the third Japan- ese steamship company plying be- tween Japan and American ports, Agents of the South Manchurian railroad, 1t is said, are trying to iuduce ‘the oad officials to make Dalny the Oriental terminus of the line. AGREES TO A DIVORCE and Miller and 1 their way back (By United Press.) NEW YORK, April 10.—Alfred G. Vanderbilt hw el to the granting of a dive his wife, id the only importast questions hat remain unsettled Involve thetr Hild, the ame f money Mrs, Va will deurind from her position of the Vanderbiit home and furnishings According to t by a man wh € derbilt’s intere but he will objections to any mpt to being educated is said th Vande r more than tn any othe Mrs, Vanderbilt has rejected a proposition that she be given $1,500,000, based upon the valve of stocks at market value .two years ago. Her attorneys figure that if this settlement were at. cepted she woulg, have about $800. 000 in stocks and bonds at today’s quotations. One report is that she Will ultimately receive from: her husband an amount somewhere between $1,000,000 and $10,000,000,