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H SHOVVS DISPOSITiDi 3 BANK ROBBERift liiivMEN who ask -votes for women- lYOOHG GAYNOR'S 800,000 ACRESOF
tfji!i;MOtt VIFEALREADYHAD
r 01) FORM liYOB A1IAREW0UHDED . 1 j HUSBAND LIVING
4 t : . . i 11 f .,.,-" : vi . , irr. i s i
C: REV0LT0MUNER;
I LmiUIMU lLI UULUI
Offers 'Excuse "for Not Obeying Officers Seek 2 Alleged Part
Will 'of: Voters- by .Saying nersrof Suspects Who Are
$500,000 Bonds Voted Un
der Lane's Administration.!
Thought to, Have Money
Jaken From Coal City Bank,
"SIMON'S PREDECESSOR
; WAS HANDICAPPED
" Caltd Pnm LhM Wb.)
Jollet, IU., April . With fhr at
the .alleged Coal; City - bank robber
wounded and under arrest here, a posse
rtoaay oegan . aearcning tne ' country in
Declares He Always Favored j for two men who. n u chare.
, ,. wiui-wn im w iito woo raiaea me
UOnSirUCllOn OI MUniCI- t Coal City and emped with
lifll - WhflnftS- I ,Th three wounded men were Identl.
. ' -. I find aa fraauentr of th . wat M
In Chicago. . The police say their names
"I have not been active In disposing j are Toung, Pool and Hall. When ar
resiea, mey gave xneir names as Kawer
TenaseewBhl, . Joe Crowllclc and John
Hoyt
xne oatiK roooera enterea town on a
freight train. ' They began operations
by capturing; the night watchman.
Barney Ghetto, and Washington Fry,
an- electrical engineer, whom they bound
t t Kit tne municipal dock bonds," said May-.
t or Simon this mornlngr, "because
3 i c "First I have not had time.
Hi
i i -
fV J m in
? i. not in
i
If
Scond-i$500,000 is not ,riougn to
build the docks.
' lj Third -I am opposed .to the Issuance
...of bonds, , i '
t . "VniirthT hivn not. sufficient!? ?on
t1i-. th niiMtlnn tn know whether T land tagged.
am in favor of municipal docks or fiot." . lotw men nurriea to tne ban.
mayor Bimon aaaea: -n -
The bond issue of isoo.ooo was voted " l wMaw a
my administration, but In Myor " . i'L'. - ' t, v
stich activity to sell the bonds during held Wm. telejkjioned to the night watcb-
ilayor Lane's administration. , .It has m?' M.tn; f ? ml ?"J."iUtlL, vT
seemed to me that if th matter waa of iWhen the freight pulled in, JJigbt
..Ah iMrtii.Mif: Mavof rn. I watchman Miller . and ; Dr. Watts, a
i,.W.k;.:M.i1kHmV1..;.. physlolan.. wero waiting- for the rob-
, ........ , r.-v-i? ? ber-.
?fr"''" . . J Watts carried a shotgun and Miller
'. . ine Hie m . ine , ouu.uuv uiunu.ivi revolver.
, ; aoeK Donas was peia up aurmg my a- j -while the trainmen switched some
U ministration oecause; or - litigation con- ears three men who are now under
, . testing the emlidtty'f bajlty'bradalat; tw0 .ethers Jumped.-tronx-.tiM
.$1 . Ai mat time mera.wra .qmiw0 and hid near the timoK.-:.- x:'-
S.f to the legality of bridge, park and water watts and Miller opened fire which
-ff bonds. Part Of them were tied up on WM returned. . The battle 'continued
'? 4 account of a mistake-made by the ud- unUI the train' started and the alleged
.' Itor. The council never autnorisea xne i bandits climbed - aboard.
1 sale of the water front bonds,; by an or-1 sheriff Morria was then notified.; Ac
dlnanoe. ' (.' I com van led by several deputies- In au
; .-v "All these delays made It impossible! tomobllea, the pursuit began. The m-
during my administration , to Ret around chines were run along the j!gbt--of-way
li to the-muntoipat:aocK-eonasrf -inert to Verona, where the train stopped,
-4 hever wa any question as to the will There Ve c&rs were searched and Hall,
of the people, nor as to my duty to sell p00i mnj Young were captured. Each
,i tha bonds whenever the council author, was bleeding fom wounds received In
M lsed their sale lay tan romance. as the f Ight at Mason.
- learn now, the litigation has been dia-l.. No booty was-found, on them. It la
.5 t posed of; the bonaa are eonsioerea believed the two men supposed to be
, gal and may be sold at once. I their companions eluded the officers
Always Jravored Docks. . , ; , ., by leaving the train on .the side op-
--. I Xet me define empnaticauy my poei-ipoBite tne posse.
t ' tlon as to municipal docks in tnis way
' "I consider and have declared, both pub
i, i Holy and" personally, that the matter of
: the city's controlling its water iront is
' the most vital Issue before us at this
? or any other time. I have always been
4 In favo of. municipal docks; always
The prisoners
statement.
refuse to make any
(ConUnued . on Page Two.) v j "
AUDACIOUS ROBBER
LEAVES GERMANY
Kaiser Laughs at His Boldness
and He Is Freed Now '.
; Hiding in New York. . ;
New Srorlc April S. It was learned
today that Frederick wnhelm Volght,
the "Cobbler of Kopenich," Is hiding in
New York city. , arrived here recent
ly and under the guise of an Immigrant
succeeded in evading tna. immigration
authorities.
Volght. who has spent more than SO
f which Is Investigating the weighing oflwnen he held up a captain of the Oer-
imporxegi ;iubw wt-jvv5 i i man jnrantry, tooa nis cioinea eronnea
i by officials at the, federal building that I head of a squad of soldiers ana robbed
i ? the report will be such as to warrant a I the officials of villages tn the vicinity
,k full Investigation by Special Assistant I of Kopenich. .X: '
i Attorney. .General Winifred -Dcnnlson, l v Later he was arrested and 'thrown
I jwho arrived here -today , from Washing-1 Into prison. ' Him- audacity, however,
f torn Dennlson ' omr to, New Orleans I won the kaiser, who laughed ' heartily
f. '- tot the express Durpose of Investlgatlns I and treated the matter, as a Joke.
.the sugar trust -' ( Naturally the;court sided with the
.- . in, mvc.ug.uuji now 411 progrwi ro- r aaiser, ana ti reauiv v"v (whuiw w
1 Faulted from the refusal of the surer! sent flowers by fashionable women and
J I company to produce its books for exam-j a German princess attempted to secure
j iination oy reaerai omciaia. ro actuaj 1 nim a pension. - ,'..-
I rhirnw . hivt Imm' md inlsit Iht nvlnr tA . the - interest! takes In Mm.
i K-avrnmnt became " suSDiclous owinr I naarad . and was not .-heard of aa-ala
to the. persistency of rumors in oonnec-1 until it was learned that be had ar-
f tnn wlth'aurar weie-hlnr. ,,i a- i I rlvtut In New York.
i . t . , ' y '
i
Annulment of Marriage Re
; ported Favorably by Referee
, and He May Soon Be Free-
Son of New .York's Mayor.
,IIInltd Ptm Uased wlra.1 "
New, York, . April 8. Referee , John
M. i Ward today reported In favor of
the annulment of the t. marriage - of
Rufua William Gaynor, eldest son of
Mayor Gaynor of New York, and Miss
May Queen, with whom young Gaynor
eloped to San Francisco In 'December
of 1908.
At the time of his elopement Gaynor
was a student at Amherst college and
sue a student at the Boston Conserva
tory of Muslo. , '
All that is needed to annul the mar
riage now Is the approval of the Justice
of tho supreme court of New York. ;
In his report Referee Ward 'states
that he finds Miss Queen had a hus
band living at the time she was mar
ried to Gaynor. According to his find
ings the husband's name is Salvatore
Gulf f I, to whom she was married at
Bomervtlle, Mass., June 1. 1903. i
Guiffl secured a divorce from- her in
Texas on the grounds of desertion. He
was granted the decree In -June, 1909
- Miss Queen left the Gaynor home
several months ago and since then-the
couple have been living apart. It Is
reported : that she departed when she
was accused of having another hus
band.
1 1 Rumors in Connection With
1 1 iWeinhinai atXNew Orleans
K$ i Start Government Wheels.
" , fPafted Pren Leaa4 Wire.) '
i j imported ; sugar here, u
? make Its reDort Anrll 19.
LeadinfC figures in the Xadonal Americam' Woman's, Suffrage association'
which will hold1 its annual convention in Washington April 14 to 19: .
1-Mrst Carrie Chapman Gatt, president bf the International Wo
man, Suffrage association, and recognized as the ' greatest : political
genius in the ranks of the Suffragettes lii America, 2- Alice Paul,
the Camden, N. J girl, who was confined In an English prison for
her militant 'met hods in the cause of woman suffrage in that coun
try." 8 Julia Stuart Points, the Barnard college girl, who Vepre
sents the College Equal Suffrage league. Miss .Points has been
warded the. scholarship in an f English university hy the T General.
Federated duhs of this country 4-Irs. Raymond Robbins of Chl
1 cago, noted settlement worker, , who ' will be - one ' of the' principal
speakers on Industrial day." 6 -Rev. Anna Howard . Shaw, presl
dent of the National American Woman Suffrage association. :
mi iTi n nnmni rn .
: liiiLiiAiii rnibuutii .
: - ATTEMPTS ESCAPE AND IS
SHOT DEAD . BY -BOARDS
" rrMM Preas LMtwd WHvl
. Baa Fremclseo. April l.3. Fi Col
lins, a military prisoner, was shot and
instantly, killed by guards while at
tempting as escape at the army trans
port docks at the - foot f Folsom
street here today. - ,-
Collins was hit by i bulleu from
the rifles of the grfards. There were
'19 other prisoners under guard but
none attempted to escape while Collins
was making his sensational break for
freedom.
The sou ad of prisoners bad been siit
orer from Alcatras Ialand prison. In the
harbor, to werk on the transport docka
.Ten of the rang were loading cement
on a veeeliUe the other 10, et whlek
Collins was one. were on the pier car
ry tr tee touient to the gangwey.
Shortly' after IS o clock a cry of
-halt" rang out. Other rusrda. futn
Bond by the calt sarroonded ' the
prisoners to prevent a general break.
Collins, however, continued his flight
Three times be was ordered to bait
by different guards, but the fleeing
man continued to ran. not heeding the
cane, -
He was within a few feet of the
exit of the wharf when It bullets
sped after him. He fell across the
threshold sad was dead whea the guards
reached him. ,
Collins was wlOi ' prisoners vbder
Bergeant Doyle of the fourth company
of prison guards. Doyle ordered the
remaining' 19 prisoners Into custody.
The body of Colllne was seat te tbe
morgue and an offirial tnveet'ratioa
was ordered later , by Colepei Turner,
commandant at the prison. .
Collins was it yers fid. ' Hi vii
et Ins- two Tears' for deeertlon and
Md yet to eerre a gTrr porttow tt
the time. iUa prlton number was (19.
ISiii
Census . Returns Expected to
y Show Prodigious Steal ?
in : Arizona. '
(raited Prrea UinI Wire.)- -,
Globe, Aria.. April, (.Predictions. are
being made that the government oensus
of the Indians In this territory will show
that approximately 14.000 names on the
government rolls are those of "good Inr
dians" who ' have gone to the happy
bunting grounds. ' '. ' - -
,. The sovernment Is paying for .the
support of S 0,000 domesticated - abor
igines, while It la said here that the oen
sus will - aho-it only- 10,000 Indiana.
These are mostly Navejoa..
OFflCIALSDEOT
MILL REIN
UMVS
Knox and MacVeagh Say They
Will Remain in Cabinet, De
spite Rumors to Contrary. ,
(Tatted trm
Washington. April. - .Secretary of
Btate'Knox and' Secretary of the Treas
ury lfacVeagh today issued specific de
nials of the rrportex that they Intended
te resign from President Taft'a cabinet
within a abort time.
The denials followed persistent rn-
mors that a cabinet saakevp' was Im
pending. - It was whispered 4a political
circles here that . former President
Rooee-nttt bad Intimated through for
mer Secretary Leeb that the Taft ed-
mlnl.tratloK oould not eipert Rooee-
elt s lndfnfmet snlees rertala cabr
set" efflctals wer stiUy d'!EliMi
Tbe romom continoed urttl Inev
calli forth the efTlrlal denla'a, ,
i l' YlQ
New York's; Mayor Would Not
Exempt Charitable Institu
, v, , tions From Taxation.
'' rOaltod Pieas Leased Wlra.1
New .York Apr! 1.8. Being . satisfied
that. much, property la New York City
is undervalued. Mayor Gaynor today be
gan to' "wake up" the tax' board, " For
some Urns' the mayor has been busying
himself, by-looking Into the 'city's. tax
and assessment department. - -As a re
sult he suggested i that , churches and
other religious, Institutions should . be
compelled to pay their share of taxes
for local Improvementa. .... .
I don't see why there should, bo any
discrimination In favor : of ehurchea.'
said the mayor. - fl know it Is tba pol
icy of tho state to free religious institu
tions -front general taxation, but I think
they should be made to pay local Im
provement assessments.
Therefore, I. shall refuse to approve
the frequent applications which corns to
us to exempt churches and religious or
charitable Institutions . front these ss-
eesBsenta. ,
ASTRONOMERS-MADE-
ACCURATE GUESS
: , ; OFT COMETS COMING
(raited Pre Leased W1r.
" tick Oboervatory, Mosat Ham'
11 ton. CaL. April . s. r HaUey-s
comet was Viewed shortly before
. sunrise today by Professor R. O.
Aitkea at the observatory, and
its movement reported by Direc
tor W. W. Campbell. -
The rentet was visible for only
a few tnlnutea. and at that time
. the tall was not so owing to
'the brightness of the twilight
"background. The . eomet ap- '
pe.re4 tn the position predicted
by astronomers. ' : "
" Aetronemers la ordinary places
of crrretlon cannot eapeet to.
"bebold 'th comet-- for seterai
' daya. ... , - . '. .
500' Destitute- Foreigners on
Ship and Dover, Eng., Au
thorities Do Not Want Them
Meeting; Ship Signalled.
(United .Pres) teased Wire.)
Dover, England, April 8. Five hun
dred. Immigrants, taken yesterday from
the burning ! liner" Cairhrona, mutinied
today aboard the v steamship Kanawha
when;' refused' permission to 'return to
land. Marines , and ' salldrs .' from a
nearby, warship i were sent ; aboard the
Kanawha to suppress the revolt ,
The rioters, aboard the Kanawha are
Russians; ' Montenegrins and . Swedes.
They V were refused "permission ' to go
ashore after the Dover authorities bad
protested against the landing of 400
destitute' Immigrants., from the steamer
Utifandwblch aided in rescuing the
Cairnrona's paasengers.
The Upland's -refugees had been per
mitted . to land : but when the Kanawha
started to land her S00 Immigrants the
Dover authorities -made strong protests.
After a - conference; between the- city
officials and officers - of the Kanawha.
It - waa decided that the Immigrants
should .stay aboard. ,'
- When the paasengers learned of the
decision 'they attacked the Kanawha's
officers and crew and 'attempted to gain
control of the small boats and go ashore.
- A fierce encounter followed and the
Kanawha was compelled to signal the
warship for assistance. -
SENATE REPORTS
- FAVORABLY RIVERS
- AND HARBORS BILL
, (United Preas Leased Wira.) .
, - Washington, April - S The 1 senate
committee on commerce today decided
to report favorably the rivers and har
bors appropriation bill, carrying gsa..
S6a,418. The bill as 41 passed the house
carried appropriations of 943,888,176.
The appropriations tnoluded the fol
lowing amounts! ' - v
California 81,644,800.
Oregon 82,391,900. !
Wasblngton 83,846,100. ' ; "
Montana 86000.
Alaska 8143,600.
. Hawaii. $500,000.
WRATTERSON
LAUDS ROOSEVaT
Says Colonel Is Second Napo
leon and Best Man for
President in 1912.
men OB ego;! L;'
sqiD for big su:
Deal Includes 12 Mile Strip C
, tween Albany and Ontcri : ;
; Has 4,000,000,900 Feet c f
Best Timber; Agriculture!.
ST. PAUL CAPITALISTS
,. .PURCHASERS OF TRACT
Six Towns Surrounded by
Property; Purchase Price
. More Than $4,000,000.
, .
: Sight hundred thousand acres of lan !.
stretching : in a 12-mlle strip betwi"'ii
Albany on the west and Ontario on tht
east, containing 4.000,000,000 feet of
pine and fir timber;-8000,000 acres of
agricultural and - grazing land and sur
rounding six : whole towns, was en! 1
yesterday. , ;c ;.'
The land is that embraced in the Wil
lamette valley and ' Cascade . mountain
wagon road land grant and ; was pur
chased by W.. P. - Davidson.' John K.
Burchard, O. . A. Robertson and Jnsppli
Wood, a company of at. Paul capitalists.
The- price contracted to be paid is not
announced, but It Is safe to estimate
that It is not less than 84,000,000, an!
may be. several million more.
Handle- Big1 Seals.
The- new-buyers are well known In
dividual land operators who have han
dled land on a large scale In the past.
This Is the first time, however, that
they have been associated In a .deal.
They completed their end of the hegotia-.
tions yesterday afternoon, so far, as -,w
In their power by accepting the condi
tions imposed by the present owners of.
the grant lands. The negotiations wera
carried on by Colonel C, E. g. - Woo.i,
who has been the attorney for the own
ers ajid the4ppataent for th4 lanrla fur
mnhy years,., , ' -
rne land grant was made by th
government . in 1885 )to ' the ' original
grantees. - At -that time the grant com
prised 863,000 acres of land. The grant
was made unconditionally by the gov
ernment so that the' grantees - had the
full-legal . right to transfer their hold
ings In every-way.': : v-s .;,.-
. AltscauX Owner.
'The present "owner of the - land Is
Charles Altschul, who. Is the American
representative " of - Laiard ; Freres. of
Paris and London. He, representing the
foreign owners, bas held the land In
tact, as far as possible, so that the grant
is not now much different than it wa
when made to the original grantees by
the government in 1865.
The grant was selected from the odd
numbered sections within a 12-mlle ra-
Contlnued on Patre Two.)
DD AUr PflMni IPTflD
uiiMVLuunuuuiun nnrnnu
rnii o o DAMniTP UiiCuUls
rUjL0DHIlUII0
(United Pntea Laaatd VTlr.V
.Loulsyille, - Ky., April 8. "The time
has come for the people of the United
States to consider Theodore RooseVelt
as they never considered him before.
says Henry Watterson today in an edi
torial headed "Whither?
, "To take him more seriously than
they have ever i taken him; to realise
that bo Is altogether the most startling
nguro wno nas appeared in' the world
since - Napoleon Bonaparte, a ' circum
stance not without significance and por
tent . - -
"The candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt
for president in 1813 may be regarded
from this time onward t as so probable
that tho people should begin seriously to
consider It ... ? - -
"If there be needed for an executive
bead a strong man having courage to
take all the bulls of corruption by the
horns and., regardless of obsolete re
straints, to shake the life out of them.'
then. Indeed, Theodore Rooeevelt would
seem the one fitted. by temperament ed
ucation and training for the work." 1
PRIZEFIGHTS
School Boys Box With Serious
Results Sunday School .
Secretary Arrested. - "
(United -Preae LnerS wlre.t
Passaic. N. J.. April. 8. Gilbert Tre
hour, 17 years of age, lies near death
today in the general hospital, suffering
from Injuries he received In. a box Ins-
match. Henry Knackstead. secretary of
the Sunday school of the First Presby
terian church of Garfield. N. J., and 22
spectators, are under arrest charged
with violating tho antl-prlie-flrht law.
Knackstead refereed the fight
Trehour's opponent was Frank Kaiser.
also 17 years of - age. The beys were
students 1 at the Garfield hirh school.
Trehour fell unconscious in the seven
teenth round -of the fight and waa re
moved to the hospital, where it was
stated - his -chances to recover were
small, i The police are oearchlnr for
Kaiser. -.- . , -. ,
They Attempt to Rob Passea-
- gers in Sleeper Chased -Off
-the Train.
4
; ' - fretted Press L.d Wtrl
L Crosse, "S'la-. April I The, brav
ery of Conductor T. it. Chum way early
today prevented .two masked bandits
from robbing passengers on the Pioneer
Limited 'of the Chicago, Milwaukee art
St. Paul road between Tom ah and Oak
dale, '
: A report was cirri Hated that the rob-;
bars bad stolen 81 8.009 worth of lew.
elry from passengers , In the, sleeper
coaches, but this was denied by the
trainmen. - - '
The baadils boarded 'the train near
Oakdale. - They, were abont .- to enter
one of the aleepers and csft$e tapoa Coa
dactor Shutnway In .the - vesUbole
8him.iT waa seized by the Intruders,
but finally fought eleer ef them, opened
thd trip dtov over the steps ana cut
th. air boo. -..-.,-
The oolee of tho escaping1 sir sum
noned aid asd -bth voMrs Jumped
from the trsLi. Tbey eluded pursuit .
POS 10
III
1
fSneetal TMssatek te TW I n.tt.
Washington. April - 8. Practically
every new Item la the rivers and har
bors bill this v-aar affectinr OrMM baa
been written Into tho byi at the sen
ate end of the capltoL Tho Interstate
commerce committee, of which Beorne
is a member, has Increased the house's
S41.9es.eeo total by lll.oee.eea.
Oregon Items In the' bouse bl!l
amounted to .8Z.8T4.800. nearly orery
item being for projects which went into
the bill automatically on account of pre
viously adopted policies. ..
Increae affecting Oregon areeant
to ISU.iea. Including the following
items: To purchase the Oreceo City
locks. "HOO.OftO. toe state ef Orrn to
pay an -qua1 sum; to imriwi the 81ua-i
law rtrer. $:1S.09. of hlch tit 1
to be cash, the balance unl.r coniinulrg
contract, the citlfria thVi to a.lat H
defraying the liffDM; lnrea.irg ti.e
appropriation to improve the Co .' :
river from IJT.iOs to llt.feeo; inr--Ing
the' approrUtt-m to irnr-rvv. j--ClaUkanle
tlrr Trm I3&0 to : .
Other iitiff-iim. t. fo ! f r -vers
-of the Cirttmia r.i-,'., t
Oregon City, te give an r.t i .
nei. of Or n aiourli N
coover, and Tiilam.w k 1
The b'il 1 a'- b n e . '-.
committee bjr trwrt re a '.
the Portland fy ... ; t i- . .
to cl(ee the , t " v
lamette fiver ! in r - i
within the ruh fc-j-. t' - -.' t
lie.
Tb Hrrm ?.. .
and h"j t- (--..-
eon why ary ef ! - - , -
A I). r II l !
a . 1 n t r. . j - i
D.'Ijr te a'- -