The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1908, Page 1

NO, 149, VOL. 10 TRA? SEATTLE, WASH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908, MASKED MEN TRY mum vemwnen CIEE VOLLEY INTO O HOLD UP fold Attempt at Robbery Frustrated by Motorman Who Refuses to Halt at Command. | : Pour masked men mado 6 Sat eb 11:88 last nigh! (o hold uy tenet eat on the F “ and ot Ge Windows was broken Al there were A mumber of tm the car, ne one was fhe attempt wae made near the wegth end of the high trestie, south « Johnson's attention attracted to the robbers observed that they were flag him. On nearing saw that they wore masks. the gravity of the sit Poca Por Take Car by ‘or Wild Night automobile, owned by Maxey company of 1207 BY., Was stolen at 1 o'clock “morning by three young B. Who aysaulted the chauffew . — . pulled him from his the machine and took ride down Jackson st. @ toward South Seattie. was found at 5 ing at the corner Landers at, x had refused to ar had been aban badly beaten by the tased their fists wi effect that their victim to his home, 215 - sted from severe By pin, | Meh a “spall Overlook Richest - Plunder-—-Many Thefts A. Haight, who resides at the jer hotel, was held up ‘febbed at 2 o'clock this morn three men at the corner of av. and Mace st Of the robbers levelled a gun head while the others ran: Ms pockets 4 W secured $6 4 MMA, and overlooked $25 which .” pein Was carrying. a is and sneak thieves freely in Seattle yes Sd & number of other rob Were reported to the police DP. ee of Logan, lowa, | IMBERMEN WIN FIGHT OR & N. to Continue Old Rate Until Court’s Decision. (By United Prove ) PORTLAND, Ore. A I am and a ao ree mand \ hington have fon eir fight w € OR BM Br the continuance « Oo WRUe of taritts on bimt ta, the east, at ir States #upreme € ' Wiles the question by ite fftision He” the sult now penal = “aly Coman, assistant genera . freigh Agent of the Ha an nes eet the northwest :, day issued a } i garement relative to the rates un Mtention, in wh he F pny demands of Oregon Washington Lumbern Anne out ” ail eal the the starting | badly damaged BERS HOLD UP | BELA Tae CINE Rancher’s Daughter Is Stolen tuation In an tnetant, he sent the car shooting by them at a rapid rate. Aw it sped the robbers open ed fire with volvers, and one of the re win we was brok The men stood beside the track in pairs sald the « orman a two tried to get on the front ¢ while the other two attempted be d the rear platform. One of them did succeed In gain ing a foothold on the front plat form, but when he saw that his partners had b teft behind, he} got ‘cold feet’ and jumped off | The car was in charge of Con ductor HM. M. Carver, who carried the afternoon's receipts, amounting to about $10. The po department was noti fied as soon as possible, and Patrol men Peterson and MeClurg were sent to the scene of the attempted robbery. When they arrived holdups had disappeared and trace of them could be secured no MTACK CHAUFFEUR AND STEAL AUTOMOBILE ‘bruises and cuts about the head The assault occurred at the cor her of Jackson st. and i6th av Spratiin says that the machine was standing sill, and that the three men approached and asked him to take them home. He refused, and they then made the attack Before he realized what had bap- pened he was sprawling on the ground and his car was fast yan ishing from sight. He tmmediatety Teported the matter to the pol giving a description of the thieves. The auto was found by Officer Ducett while returning home on the old Renton car line. It was brought | back to the establishment of the/ Craden- Maxey company. It is not The car is used by this firm for delivery purposes and it has a tour ing car attachment. This was ad justed early last evening by Sprat lin, whe took @ party of three | friends out for a ride He had! taken bis friends home just bemee} the assault occurred. lwas the victim of a pickpocket on | & street car on the Madison park line yesterday. He lost « pocket-| book containing $70 in currency W. H. Hooper, who resides at 1015 Fourth av., reports that some r one entered bis house while he was in the bathroom and stole $66. qi room of P. C. Keenan in the Globe block was entered by rob b who secured a sult of clothes and a planometer by breaking into @ tronk | Hurglars last night entered an apartment in the Terrace house, at 408 Yesler way, occupied by Robert McRae and Dan McPherson, making away with $144 In cash belonging to McRae and $7 of MePherson’s money | Miss Blanche Blanstron, of 2016 Third av taining $40 and passenger on the ferry yesterday West Seattle |ciations and the ruling of the Ore |gon state ratiway commission until the time the supreme court gives its final decision in the case. The announcement made by Mr Coman ts of great tr lumbermen of the now puts ther ter the eastern field on the same basin holding before the O. R. & N. raised the lumber rates mportance north west an it in & position to en APPOINTED RECEIVER Ralph ©. Gill was today appointed receiver for the British Yukon Cop per and Silver Mining Co. by Judge Arthur E. Griffith on the petition of Jobn A, Oliver. The bond was fixed at $500. DISMISSES RECEIVERSHIP. dismissed Blue the The sup has the rece Book eme cou ership of the i granted holding for the by that the appointment of which court, was not one a receiver PASTOR 18 RETAINED The fourth quarterly conference of the Madison M. &. chureh was held last Thursday evening and Hev. Grant Stewart was re ted to serve as pastor during the ew suing year “| CAR Colorado Aground Hard and Fast Near Victoria. (By United Press.) VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 15.—A message | picked up by the local te wireless station today says the United States) cruiser Colorado is aground at Double Rock, Dungeness Point, near Victoria. She went aground at 9:30 and) _.|is hard and fast, but is making no water. According to a wire- | less caught at the Uni- versity of Washington, | the Colorado was) floated safely at 2:10) this afternoon. KIDNAP GIRL and Posse Goes in Hot Pursuit. (By United Press.) BILLINGS, Mont, Ang. 15.—A posse was organized here today and departed on the trail of two va queros who last night rode up to the ranch house of Conrad Baner 12 miles from here. aod carried) away his 16-year-old daughter Freda The men, heavily armed and} | masked with black handkerchiefs, visited Bauer's house at midnight They awakened the family them come outside the house and demanded the ranchers money When told by Bauer that he had no money about the ph the kid jnapers demanded whiskey lost a brown purse con | & watch, while | | | Mre away house the Bauer succeeded in slipping and ran to a neighboring to spread an alarm. When highwaymen discovered this they 4 Bauer's daughter, and throwing her over the saddle of one of their horses, galloped away No trace of the kidnapers or the girl bas n found FIND WEST SEATTLE | |Grand Aerie Business Comes made | ETHEL JACKSON, Ay 3 Ethel Jackson, New York's “Mery Widow make belleve widow, but a real widow! ing. In fact, she is two widows! merry” widow! That is, figuratively speak She star, is no longer a is « grass widow and a Ethel has just secured a diverge from her busband, J. Fred Zimmerman, the theatrical manager rated for some time. Mise Jackson ts one of the cogntry’s most popular actresses now Hefore becoming the mtet-ti bof merry widow, she toured the country as prima doves in “The, Blve Moon ae a The couple have been sepa oe = —aiemnee “RAT”? IN HAIR Mins Carrie Hayes, one of the telaphone girls who was strack and seriously bruised in ap aateme@bile accident on lant Thurs day, while viewing the big Bagles’ parade, ix probably alive today because of the fect that she wae wearing o large “rat” In her hair when she wae run down, Thie ts the statement of the doctors who have been attend ing the girl and who made an examination of her {injuries immedi ately after she was taken to herjiome, at 615 Jefferson et. And the strangest thing of all ts that, pot only the “rat” which the young lady wore so providentisily, but her hat, also, was torn from her head, and they have not been heard of since by their former owner On the day of the accident Miss Hayes wore a Merry Widow It was necessary to tnsert s large “rat” to give a proper poise to the hat. The crashing blew from the automobile landed squarely on the bat and “rat,” and, while the girl's skull was se verely bruleed, the doctors say it would have probably been frac tured but for the extra ped of hal EAGLES CLOSE hat THEIR SESSION the Visiting de! agreed that Seatue ent¢rtainment a neal to End and Convention tes unanimously in the way of looking after their welfare and convenience, Adjourns. have met in the past Bell Speaks to Labor After five days of active work,| | ‘Tonight Past Grand Worthy Pre: the grand serie of the Fraternal! | Order of Ragles this afternoon tm | geat Bell and other notables of t WATER IS IMPURE, At the meeting of the counet! on Monday night Counctiman Wardall will introduce a resolution calling upon the elty engineer to prepare plans and specifications covering a water and sewer system for Went Seattle A sample of water recently taken from the supply furnished the rest dents in the suburb was found com taminated. This water comes from a spring and, while a subsequent test failed to show any marked tm purities, the health department does ot feel that the suppl * Kood as it might be It iw the intention to have both water and sewer pipes in position by the time the new Cedar ri pipe line is completed The Senator will sail Monda Nome and St. Michael, and the Humboldt will sail Monday for and adoption of the judiciary com-| wa /RELEASEDBECAUSE Tonight's Program, | Tonight there will be a dance} given at Kagles’ hall in honor of WIFE is DYING the grand aerle, and this afternoon} a large party of Eagles, with their Sitesrinanecany wive: and friends, went on an ex | cursion to the Bremerton navy yard.| Because his wife is dying in Van They we ntertained while there} conver, Thomas H. Wells, the sales by the Bremerton saerte man and collector of the Swarts Yesterday the Eagles took pow |eliiid &@ Sulzberger Co, who was session of Madison park and| arrested on a charge of embezzie through the day @ large barbecue| ment, was today reieased from the Jand clam bake was held There | county fall w various field sports and prizes ft Is understood that he will make were awarded in each event At| good the $4 which he Is ald night & beautiful display of fire-| have collected but failed to turn tn works closed the entertainment and| He was arrested August 11 w officers which we and then ad- stalled the n elected yesterday visiting Eagles meetiag of the Central Labor cov journed to meet again in 1909 tn |eihat the Labor temple at Sixth and | Omaba University, Monday Mr. Beli will The ceremony at the installatio® address a democratic meeting at of officers was impressive and Rverett, and Tuesday he expects to the ceremonies closed Bernard J. \jeave for California with Monoghan stepp into the ‘and and party worthy president's chalr, whilé| An excursion to the Pacific ocean Theodore A. Bell stepped down, to/on the steamship Iroquois will take| be, until the next election, ex-officio | plade tomorrow and about 1,000 of} chairman of the board of grand fe visitors will take the trip. The trustees Inoquols will steam through the The unofficial election results a®/|utraite and will give the excursion given Im last night's Star proved ab- | ists a close view of the beautiful solutely correct when the offitial| Sam Juan islands, as well as Vic count was taken this morning \toria and Vancouver The ship Aside from the foregoing work, leaves Pier 2 at 8 a. m., retur the only business transacted at telat 10 p.m. The fare will be day's session was the final reading) far surpassed the efforts of any | the other cities In which the Eagles | P!e, but don’ al bh il address a mass his wife | homes THE SEATTLE STAR PRICE ONE CENT ( SPRINGFIELD, Ii), Aug 15.—A volley from the guns of soldiers | mowing down five members of the | mob, most of whom will die, and | slightly wounding many others, put an end to the riots here at 4 o'clock | this morning, after two persons had |been killed by bullets and one jmegro lynched, in addition to the | destruction of 35 business places gory by negroes. W. H. Bowe, a young clerk in the | office of the county treasurer, was set upon by @ gang of learly thie morning and le @ St. John's hospital. tacked by the negroes he was [making his way home. They fired | upon him and fied, but they pur. | sued, shooting they ran, He fell, The negroes then searched his pockets, taking a diamond ring from his finger, a diamond shirt stud and all his money and val uables, Bowe was found lying where he was shot and hurried to the hospital. The city is quiet today, after a night of horrers, and soldiers are rolling the streets to prevent any new outbreak. All saloons are closed and the authorities are using every precaution to prevent troub! NEGRO SECTION WRECKED. ‘The section of the city occupied by negroes looks as if it had been ewept by @ cyclone or wrecked by explosions. The restaurant of Har ry T. Leper, whe loaned the sheriff his automobile to epirit eway George Richardson, a negre, whom the mob wanted for an attack upon Mra. Eari Hallam, ie a complete wreek, and the twisted frame of hie motor car lies in the street in the ashes of the restaurant fixtures and furniture. The militia from Peoria, Pek! and Decatur arrived here at 2: o'clock In # epecial train. The riots were then at their height, following the shooting of James Hayes, white, rand quickly overpow ered him. He wae dragged from a where he tried to hide and, hoots ond yells of the hie neck and he oa dragged to a nearby tree and there hanged, sev ral shote being fired into hie sus | pended body. SOLDIERS CHARGE. The soldiers, with bayonets fixed, charged through the main streets from the railroad station and suc ceeded in routing the crowds in the business section. | In the meantime work of destruc thon was going on in the negro quar- where houses were being burn. ed and the biacks being put to flight. The firemen who had been summoned found themaeives help: Save the houses of white peo- put » drop of water on a nigger’s house, or we will cut |the hose!” yelled the mob. The firemen at first thought this was an idie threat, but, after one line of hose had been severed, they it wae useless to oppose the de mande of the crowd The poorer part of the negro sec tion had been practically wiped out when the soldiers arrived, and the crowds then were moving on the of the more respectable | blacks. TERRIBLE SIGHT. “Run every nigger out of town yelled the furious mob, many mem bers of which carried torches. It was a terrible sight, in the red light of the fires, to see half insane men rushing wildly on their rampage of destruction. The troops drew up in front of the mob and ordered a halt. At firet the rioters paid no attention, and continued to advance, not be lieving the “tin soldiers, they |called the militia, would shoot | Then came a sterner command from the militia, Still the mob advanced FIRST VOLLEY FIRED | Suddenly there was a crash of muskets and flash of fire. The shots went high in the air, the mob saw that no effort was made to hit anyone and In their frenzy hoot ed at the soldiers, Then came a second volley, also fired in the air The mob advanced once more. “Disperse, you will be shot down the from the militiamen, tinct again or came order was greeted with ¥ United Prees.) | negroes) THE FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY; WESTERLY WEATHER LIGHT BREEZES. OLDIERS SHOOT DOWN RIOTERS IN STREETS OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS | MOB BENT ON | MUIRDER Enraged Whites Destroy Homes of Colored Citizens and Maim and Kill Occupants—State Militia Ends Disturbance by Sending Hail of Lead Into Wild Crowd of Rioters. (By United Press.) SPRINGFIELD, t1i rioting are as follows: Scott Burton, negro hote! porter, aged bystander, shot in back; T. J. Scott, Louis Johnson, 17, found dead, the attack on Loper’s restaurant. John Caldwell, Foley, 40 y , Aug. 15.—The known casualties of last night's hanged to a tree by the mob, dying. shet through the abdomen, after shot through stomach, died in hospital today. 8 old, shot through the abdomen, condition Unknown man shot above heart, dying in hospital. James Hayes, bystander, shot by Hunter, seriously injured. W. H. Bowe, a young clerk, dying from being shot down by ne groes, who then robbed him rioting. st five fatally wounded by the volley fi No less than 50 injured, more or le a inte the meb by seriously, during the heots and a moment later there was athird flash of fire, stretching across the street, accompanied by ih of the muskets. When cleared away the ricts were at an end. Five persons had fallen, and it ie believed most of them will die, It is not known how many members of the mob re ceived bullets in their arms or sus tained slight flesh wounds. Some probably were seriously hurt, but were able to reach their homes. MOB BROUGHT TO SENSES. The voliey of bullets sufficed to bring the mob to its senses and it marked the beginning of the res toration of order. The soldiers then surrounded the burning sec- tions, and, under their protection, | the firemen went rapidly to work and soon had the flames under con- trol. Harry T. Loper, proprietor of the restaurant, the destruction of which tarted the depredations, today said “1 went through one riot in Cincin nati in 1883, the greatest {mn the his tory of the country, when 100 people were killed, and | know what it means ‘It was to avoid the lose of life that I loaned my automobile to take | those men out of town. I did not want to show any favor to the ne-| gro. 1 am not interested tn this negro and I would go as far as any man in seeing him punished, but after going through the Cincinnati riot, and knowing thie sheriff as [| do, I know that he would be killed before he would permit any jail-| breaking. ‘I thought I would save his life ty removing the negro. 1 did not try to shoot a single man to protect my place. ‘I only shot into the crowd as long as I was in personal danger myself and to protect my-| self It was learned today that the owners of several fast automobiles were asked yesterday to aid in get ting the negro out of town, but re fused. More Troops Ordered Out. Governor Deneen today ordered | the entire First regiment, which is composed of Chicago companies, | and the Fourth regiment, which is composed of southern Illinois com panies, to report here today, The remaining companies of the Fifth regiment, which were ordered to be held in readiness yesterday, are en route here now. This means that three full regiments will be on the seene tonight. The orders were ts sued before the governor realized | the full effect of the arrival of the troops early this morning and It is thought the additional troops are not needed Sheriff Werner, however, feared another outbreak today or Sunday and wanted to be prepared, and not to risk the possibility of not having sufficient military protection to keep the peace, The general im pression hore is that there will be no further t ible Negroes Given Shelter. By order of Governor Deneen, the negroes whose homes were destroy ed last night be given shelter at the arsenal and tents will be provided for them as temporary places of abode The troops will be quartered at Camp Lincoln, The streets will be patrolled and the city kept practh cally under martial law until all danger of further outbreaks has passed A man who was present last night at the attack on I restaurant said that Loper t the rear of the pl smoking a cigar and hold ing a rifle a his knee He did not hoot ntil the more ver turesome mem be of the mob starter ente The crowd called Loper a “nigger lover” and this ory | track The restaurant was one of the best in the city and was handsomely fitted. How Trouble Started. The trouble was started by an as- sault upon Mrs. Earl Hallam, wife of @ street car man, by a negro ioureday night When George Richardson was arrested, a mob im- mediately began talking of lynching. The burst of fary followed the knowledge last night that the negro had been taken out of town in Lo per's automobile. Most of the in- jured and the kilied were struek by bullets fired during the rioting and it is difficult to place responsibility upon Individuals. Negroes Closely Guarded. BLOOMINGTON, Ti, Ang. 15.— George Richardson and Joe James, from Springfield last night, are be- ing closely guarded here, and the utmost secrecy is maintained re- garding their presence. The sher- if evidently fears that a mob will come here from Springfield, if it is known that Richardson is con- fined here. He gave out a state- ment, saying Richardson had been taken to Peorla, but it is known that he ) Ae bare. N. P. TRAIN HELD UP Registered Mail Stolen Includ- ing Sack Tagged Seattle-- Posses on Hunt. (By United Press.) SPOKANE, Aug. 15.—While the postal authorities are today trying to learn the value of the registered mall stolen last night by the hold- up men who uncoupled an engine and mail car from a Northern Pa- cific passenger train nine miles from Spokane and ran down the the city and county officers are searching the lodging house® here and armed posses are on the march in every direction. A man giving the name of John Snyder has been arrested as a sue pect. He was found on top of a coach stealing a ride. There is no evidence against him Holding revolvers to the heads of the engineer and fireman, the ban dite made them leave the engine and stand off to one side. In the meantime the mail car was un- coupled from the coaches a pulled some distance away where ack f registered mall were rifled, including sacks und for Seattle The sack bound for Spokane was saved by Clerk Raymond, who, when he realized that a robbery was bout to be committed, threw the registered mall into a pile of pack ages, where it was not noticed. It is thought that the amount of money ken was small, A Northern automobile, owned b: W. B&. MeKer at 10 o'clock last night ided treet car on the Capitol Hill lne, at the corner of 18th av. and John st. No one w ured ta was torn fr the front end of the street In the automobile there were four people | | | ae