The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 31, 1908, Page 1

B? HODGE wGy eens eee FOR SHERIFF asst. | © THE SEATTLE STAR | [tre weatner | VOL, 10. NO, 162 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1908. PRBCE ONE CENT EASTERLY BREEZES. ' GAL VOTERS GRAF TER CHEADLE yome MINER ARRESTED INTO CAST eo ihh HOLDS JOB IN SEATTLE IS CHARGED ‘Despite Absolute Evidence of His Guilt,|s************** WITH ATROCIOUS CRIME “BOB” HODGE—THE MAN | Admits Burning the OF THE HOUR the Kling, Says Wife Committed Suicide and That He Tried to Hide Her Crime. | RALLY UNDER HODGE BAN NER “Vote for Bob Hodge, the Man of Action,” is the inscrip tion in large black and red let ters which has been stretched across the principal street of Kent by leading citizens of that town. Mayor Miller Fails to Dis- | BAI OTS charge Inspector. Tt has now been six da a eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee ic charges that Market Inspector Che « grafting on the The banner le Kent's contri . at the public market, Bach da nee The #8 has published ad bution to the Hodge campaign, “Sl a illed ' EK. ut dito awitn atutun tis ‘ aye 1 and is the result of a vis! reds of “‘Sleepers’’ Being Drille tional aeidavita, aiving the ‘ime, the amounts, the conditions J] Sitgy*yunye set to Kent iat and the names ther yp je who had pelled to submit by County Ring in Art of tthe foepector eating tet “Crooked” Voting. db hikes te Mayor Miller was told tw “ personal friends that So taken with Hodge were the voters of Kent that they had the banner pre pared and hung at their own tire town of Kent is rallying under the Hodge ban. ner id a prominent busi unless he dismissed Cheadle, the latte d cause a sor The details of one of the most has come to the}and estimates made of the legitt atrocious crimes in the history of ministration scandal those who opposing Mate vote In each preeinet. With eadie was one of Mille politic ‘ . " in of Kent in telling of criminality in the far north were Hing that from 1,200 to |thete eatimates as a guide the or Cheadle was one of Miller's polition! Heutenants in the Sev the raising of the banner brought to light in thie city teday sod ganization expects to readily detect || Ward during the last campaign, He was apy 4 at the request urday afternoon, “We tik through the arrest of Lee H. John- are being held tm any thegal voting in any precinet of Councilman Thomas P. Revelle. to vote As often as nece®/in the county, and any Ulegal vot The charge Hho primary election Sep. ers caught will be prosecuted ot North Bend Will Wateh the Lake. p the vicinity that 500 labor.|...Th@ country precincts on Lake Tp eonstruction work | V&#hington will be closely watched on * ‘iba. y sees nad are being OM election day. In former elections y Game ‘Mayor Miller remain silen . it ts charged that boatioads of re iby sitlaearies of the county | ators have been taken around the how M4 ey per ge lake, repeating their votes in each} Angelo Pavone, an Italian produce | though they pegardless of election Precinct. as no registration is re | peddier, who @ tock grown on tWO camps, « ded by M Ito, | quired outside the incorporated who favors Cheadle for business . towns e reasons, although he ts paytug graft | charged sone ee boggy tben According to information received | *pector Cheadle $2 4 money ¥ week, and the gther | gel aan es the “sleepers” are to be voted for| turn for this Pavone Ix we ander derattp of U. Yont| riney Are now located, /Beckingtam, Rutherford, Agnew | given stall No. 10, a choice loca- mura, who siqned a graft affidavit and Brier, the four candidates Cheadle ston, a miner, who is accused of having murdered his wife and buried her body near his cabin in Nome, Alaska, after having cut it to pieces and burned as much of it possible. Johnston was run to earth by Joseph Warren, special agent of the department of justice for the sec- ond district of Alaska, George B. Grigsby, district attorney at Nome, and Detectives Kennedy and Barbee of the Seattle police department, after a chase extending over a pe riod of several months. Hodge because he has shown that he will do things, and we will do our part to make him sheriff of King county.” Pee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee. is made that Mayc r not fire Cheadle Market Inapector Cheadle t der r he on grafting. The only excuse Cheadie’s friends have made | see ia & good fellow TOP eee eee ee ee) B. Picard’s farm, pays Market In ek. In re | Arrested This Morning. 1 the Japanese boys He was arrested at 7 o'clock this wg the present week. these thon whom the ring must nominate tn 5 that he would arres mand send morning as he was emerging from pe pati tn order to maintain its hold on the) Last week Pavone aave Cheadle |them to the penitentiary for paying! Japanese Exposition Will Not tip tocktonca, at then Peaeeh are county machinery To effect that 85. on the understanding that he him graft money, also that he we end sample ballots, printed at the! was to be given stall No and taken to the police station. There he was closeted with the of \4| Be Held Until 1917--- Chea- | not allow them to go on the market ives Employed. expense of the county, are being 41. failed to come through, and “8y more | Official Announcement. (Photo by James & Bushnell.) ficers for more than an hour, and tion has been formed properly marked and distributed | By virtue of this sort of tactics | | the net of justice has now been so pee. Men have been ap-| among the sleepers so that they will | Pavone had to take a stall Terther Creadic secured the simnaturen of ROBERT T. HODGE, closely woven about him that the assigned to every pre- be properly coached in advance down the line about ten Js oe, among whom | (By United Press.) Candidate for the Republican Nomination for Sheriff. authorities believe that ft will be county to see that no fl-| tt is charged that the ring has Says All Pay. are K. Ito, Yorhida, Nobsyama,) TOKIO, Aug. 31.—The Tokio ex impossible for him to escape the takes place Sept. §. Pri-| planned to use these votes in any! Kuso, Sumiyoukt, 8 Youimura, gesitien hae been postponed until | People of Seattle who have not met “Bob” Modge, candidate hangman's fives have been employed number required to overcome the Everyo pays Cheadle said Hortwochi, Nakamura 1917, ding to the official stat and the movements of | majority against them in the city. Pavone on Saturday, with a sweep Of thie Met three cannot read or + Beco e ore. Johnston will be for the republican nomination for sheriff, will have the oppor taken to Nome a@ soon as requisi- tunity to meet him and hear bim speak at Egan's hall, Arcade | Som papers are approved by Gov. Will be closely watehed | As accurate a canvass as it is pos of his hand, Indicating the whole write the English language, aud did | Mt leeved today by the minister | Mead Prevent any wholesale voting |sible t© make in advance t* being line of producers and peddiers um not know what they were signing, | of agriculture and commerce. The} balldl next Wednesday night Johnston admits that he made an Voters, or repeating of made by the ring workers and the der the stretch of market sheds two of them pay regular graft @90D | getion ig taken over the protests of | Admirers of Hodge have arranged o masse meeting for that attempt to dispose of his wife's & the poll lists of the last gen-|sleepers will be used on the basis, “Some pay him $1, some $2 week, on a week, and the other 1 which several well known men have volunteered to |) body, but declares that she took her en ae boing are being gone over tor this count of probable votes some m¢ more than that, and the others sign- | Sl 88 chambers of commerce, and |] siabt, at which ee aia te and odhed time bn tee a stall. Th ed the paper because they were |M Wdleative of the determination || speak in Hodge's interest her crime. I do not know how much, of course, threatened with the vengeance of ef the new capinet te carry out ite) Hodge has developed into a forceful speaker since the opening . Sought Wife's Money. am Ne coher tapannenne | petioy Cod nucleon nal of the campaign. Mis speeches are well worth listening to for Sten alienate tia ie ‘ “i they are eptirely different from the usual campaign speech by lave evidence (0 them all Japanese Meet. 4 BARASSES LEVY Otien Cheadie comes up and] .,, , 2epenee Mest, | . ; show, however, that following the hestens tele eudaare ied tere ° ‘ WILL TIE UP county candidates. Hodge ix straightforward, honest and mag woman's death Johnston forged her silliness } Poe s prising the leading Japanese mer . : rn sl pee 5 lethene welliun ‘te.ter ~| ing. You slip the money into bie chants of this city, held & webe netic in his peal to his hearers for their votes, His speech in pame to letters « her eis hand when you shake hands. Ovi , ‘ rallgere any oe uocesstul officer | t¢r. Mrs. M. L. Hedge of Port Blake- ie Confounds ‘Benjamin Cc. PERN EEE eee EEE ory sip It into his pocket ing yesterday and discussed the 6¢ | Cqeten De CemGep Wale Seve sande Rew: a ons ee ley, and others, and that he attempt- - "" tlons of Market Inepector Cheadle and are now making him a successful campaigner. od b - But do the Nh » pay his ' ed by fraudulent means to secure With Former Candi- (2 was. incersour To | this graft money?” Pavone wan (8 grafting from the Japanese farm- | Listening to “Bob” Hodge speak, one can readily realize why | possession of more than $4,000 * TALK WITH DEPARTED. # asked bs oat See ane to sabenty it is that when Hodge takes the trafi of @ criminal, he is almost |} which was owing to his wife for * Svinte Yes,” was the repiy, “they alt"? eee “ : ith bi nd, likewise, though be has |} Property In Butte, Mont Ppidentity i» causing cov-|* (By United Pres.) ii tone ‘The associatian took no action of certain to come back with his man, and, likewise, thoug' Se ee ficially on the matter, but after rer, the meeting it was announced that been a deputy sheriff for over five years, with abundant opportun 1905, to Belle Gilchrist, of Butte, ity to graft, be is still & poor man. whom he met in Seattle, and who ® NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The Threatens ® widow of the late Colonel Rob frrasement to Ben [Lavy candidate for the|% ort G Ingersoll today admitted potiores,® farmer who lives near the _Zeanacee victioe ot casediora) Cinidiia on the Railway Issue} Rigid honesty, strength of purpose, determination to succeed J/ was at that time the owner of con- > one m7 Dl Dm o iY bi eal t ie couple | emination for wesc that she hopes to hear from #| sine inet signed the affidavits hand to give their testimony when-| Final Ultimatum to and intelligence all ring im the words “Bob” Hodge utters from ee ya tose Sa tive, ian ok ) we charging Cheadle with grafting ever needed. Company Offici the platform, and that is why he is given an enthusiastic recep: [her $1 of the same year. Mra. tion and unanimous promises of support wherever he goes Johnston disappeared Explained Her Absence. 2 | When friends inquired as to ber ‘ |@ ing efforte to communicate Slavs ies man of modesty |) vith the departed agnostic practices, was approached by Chea Bees content in the past! through spiritualistic me the public as chief depaty |» diums ’ dle on Saturday and told that if he | did not sign a retraction he would (By United Press.) | treasurer's office without |» not be allowed tw draw for the | MONTREAL. Au 31, — The | eemacme I Monday market ee has been thrown down In| whereabouts he informed them that bagged the Geattlc patie | R*RRRRARA RAHA Heyen refused to retract, and in (By United Press.) fe mechanics’ strike on the ©. P. R.| she had gone to California to visit a the f stead told Cheadle he was proud N11 t 1 - 1 he committee in seasion here rep! with friends. He continued to live E laws Levy. spectacular THREATEN LYNCHING 2% .d*sive siswed ie arndavie: atso SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Aug. 31! resenting all orders and unions of jim his cabin during the winter, and « hundred acres of valuabl for mayor last spring, to! that he had no desire to assist in| ‘er %, hundred scree = has served notice on | | his explanation was given credence. * * * * * * ® his spirit and that she is mak. @ * * * * * * redwood timber land has been burn: | of all other Levys. | whitewashing the inspector ed over today by & forest fire that |th@ officials of the company that, | | It was not until last May that ‘See that Mr. Benjamin C (By United Press.) Because of having signed affida- jis raging in Blackburn gulch, four | UMee® the strike ie settied thie there was a suspicion of crime. Been forced into publicity | ree vite on Friday charging Cheadle | nijies from town. week, the system will be tied up. | | Then it learned through the ifilends, it ix only to fina| SHAWN Okla, Aug. 31—/ with grafting. the Japanese were - |dead woman's sister and friends in Folers in Seattle think | Seventy-five negroes are under ar-| run off the market on Saturday by! visi cal. Aug. Bt—-Fires| Import Americans. | ea alt whi lthis state that Mre, Johnston had WINNIP: Lewis Levy is running for | rest here, and a lynching is threat-| Cheadle, and only half a dozen Man, Aug. 31 never left Nome. An investigation Bomination for coun-|ened as the result of a brutal as fU8d locations near the Pike st — pgs geste yh pa Trains are ¢ ed throughout the Watchman’s Approach Gives nie mae meloehiie when found by was started, and officers were de- 4 ‘ vm “" zi = entrance. The others congregate a - a "west on the Canadian Pacific lines the po an e sald that the tailed on the case. Mr. Levy, candidate for coun niaht as ” ot “The on ore north of the market and had a con-| FT as the result of the strike of the Warning and Thieves robbers, not satisfied with his| In his confession this morning sultation with C. T. Takahashi ot | Machiniets, and the general demand | Leave in a Hurry. money, had stripped him of most |the accused man, in explaining his is hot Mr. Lewis Levy, | crossing a dark stre« when th CHICO, Cal, Aug it the Ankeny lineup in| negro leaped upon her and struck | President of the Oriental Trading | ne. raging north ona action looking toward a settle | jot his clothes. “Late credence is| wife's death, said that he left the He, but enjamin C-/heron the head three thmes with «| ipany. and the president of the) rosay burned up « acren| mest 19, increasing cafe and a store-|” Whitney 19 now | RORY Naor me ghee gt a Seteran of the civil war and revolver, inflicting serious wounds, | C*! Japanese association of timber and grazing land, and in| The railway commission wili| The Anheuser cafe ant bitney ie now boning the bars/cooking breakinat, and that when pees sreesur rs service The «irl was unconscto when It was decided to await develop | continuing without abs + A} meet here on September 10 and it| room of the Swift pharmacy, In the of the city jail wearing a pair of he returned a few minutes later SO aul. deeuk tee: kemeh meen ho. pees ante wit abatement. A lis aaid that the union will bring be-| basement of the Eltel building, cor-| trousers a street car man gave him|she was dying from the effects of cond av. and Pike ét., were |and a coat which he secured at the | poison Over 200 farm. |U0n# showing @ violation of the| broken into last night by burglars, hall of the Sailors’ union he said that she was discour- the fame j alien labor law by the general im-| who, in their haste to get away Fred Harlman, a laborer was aged and had committed suicide, portation of American railway men. |jeft a varied assortment of tools placed under arrest on Weller st. | said Johnston ‘She left a note of | ying near the scene of operations, early yesterday by Patrolman Carr|explanation in which she told me : The thieves were evidently seare h & charge of robbery. It is al- how to dispose of her property.” mp FALL COURT TERM ott by Dick Horton, of the Ban- leged that he stole several dollars} From memory, Johnston dictated | eroft patrol system, who walked from R. M. Martin, a stranger in jth ote to the officers as follows about 10 o'elgek and discovered that positively identified by the victim) «parting Lee: | realize that | am the outside lock on the door lead. |of the robbery no companion for you and can never The fall term of the superior/ing to the Anheuser kitchen had) 8. A. Gray who arrived in the/ be, Nothing but death will relieve nurt starta tomorrow, and for sey-| been broken off. The amount of city from Portia Saturday nlght, my suffering. | want you to have a) weeks every court will be very |atolen goods has not been deter-| Was robbed of $155 after he had| ai! my real and personal property, criminal docket {s fall, | mined been in town a couple of hours, and no one else. The power of at- onatn to Mr. Lewts|raided the negro quarters and ar Japanese Are Divided. fore that body strong representa. | ner of bet Re also wants the votes |rested 75 blacks. Feeling against) The Japanese have all been pay-| it is ve fo bimseit colored men runs bigh. ing graft money to Cheadie, al- ers are One of most important cases The patrolman tried the door, but and he accuses his chum torney will be all you need. in that Nick Pettrich, char it would not open, He then went | Hatton, of the theft ‘ray was “Dispose of my remains secretly }with murder in the first de to the telephone to notify the pro-|drinking, and gave Hatton the| and let no one know that | have committed at Auburn prietors, and when he returned the | money to keep for him. Hatton dis-| sought self destruction a Numerous robbery and azle-|door was standing ajar, He en. appeared “Forgive me and God will bless oh ie ment cases are also on the criminal | listed the services of other officers you enches, bolts and files | ; “ | hebenge v3 Uo uaat teeta ali | Johnston dug a hole under the ARRESTED BANKER IS ster: ight be patroiman| ADMITS GUILT | noor. where he placed the corn | t Syty hy ecg a jand there it remained all winte + | returned to find that the door lead | A bist | —_———- while he continued to live in the a | RTLAND ing to the storeroom of the Swift Begregening he i ag | esti hment had been opened, but| George H. Kiersted, a cler BOUOR, - gasp > ae 1 Brg . t - the irglars, who heard hi Ap- | disappeared May aft ee . : wg § “p ap James Block, the wealthy t proaching, had egeaped worked for six month the t nearthed t in Jand real estate broker of Pi Thief Takes Jewelry office of the Northern Lif th "i and t AW n Jand San Fran P. Woods, who lives at Rialto} ance compar as the t " her e; ty) ing his wife jee department this morn peeing a Ae Cone On| a ene were } fon " i the charg f ne $2 rom ttute — ebrer that his apartments had been | ji, former omplove . ta wned. The chs i back te . d that a diamon¢ . dodo hems then covere 1 SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPH AT CLOSE RANGE IN FRANCE, SHOWING THE WRIGHT MA ioe so Foctians into as i that a dlamor ] held in Portikha, wabardae ond " 1 CHINE AN INSTANT BEFORE STARTING FLIGHT ON ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL TESTS M 1. Wel Y Were mlnaie net eb ryena = Ande 4 sores ha ven WILBUR WRIGHT 1S SEEN SEATED IN THE CENTER OF THE MACHINE | whose r t h Pe Rhee fa adi enyytg ar aad sue he " with b bs ation, on La nior “ - ~_ i} fc (By United Press.) Seen Mikehe tenho er was turned : sea LEMANS, France, Aug. 31.—~After a wonderful flight lasting 56 minutes, over the military course | ney marde i ssi, Bisath hide: asonien. oe at Avours, today, Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, was forced to bring his aeroplane to the ground NINETY DAYS FOR THEFT 7 H ro 1 the colle to th b Forges Wife's Signature on account of a slight accident ; 1 ® Fc . it |e } om he , The flight was the longest ever attempted in France and was one of the most remark ab ° ever P Gus Gunderac who W ested | ihe 1 + had Ghee tabee Out of if Sin aeons Geel ve ed made e gr pird-li machine dipped and glided ¢ efully through the air, under perfec on ‘ov burale 0 ealing a | be - . 7 t afte W ohr t ; f is a. va : “The. canal roan bras ed to tees attained perfection, the flight was so easy and longing to a from & ater lor Robbed of Clothes. LONDON, Aug. 81.—The - 7 6 0 ee : y 2 t ror va thi ert Whitne allor ho | R lied here yeste a whict as under such perfect contro! of the aeronaut front . ' : r Wright de sudden turns and changed his altitude from time to time, swerving and shifting his VY ing to plead gui to ql that h nd been bbed of He } ac 1 re t oie ; wife ourse with ease and grace. The flight w ) the greatest ever seen in this country, and the enthus | c« n the superior court and was | $70, was found in a strange predica-| tive peer for Ire nd} re vn and the ¢ sem over the American is greater thar before. The accident was of little consequence and ertenced to 90 di n the coun ment Saturday night e Was wa hanc « t € of Bidg- mage weak Wright announced that he will resume his flights this evening. 1 ide t on the € nt in! Dut nee ! < age 6.) ——