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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
SALEU OREGON, SATUKDAY, FERTJARY 21, 1914.
DDICF Tlim mimi ON TRAINS AND NHWII
l t j VCM 1 o. STANDS. FIVE CK.Vtft.
BANDITS Hi
IT! T5
Offer of Reward of $30,000 for Apprehension of Men Who
Killed Three Passengers and Robbed Others on Great
Northern Train Spurs on Pursuers Dogs Take Trail and
Capture Before Night Possible Woman on Train Tells of
Horrible Tragedy Robber Frees Hand and Shoots Three
Grappling With Him Blood of One Victim Spurts on Wo
manLouis W. Hill Acts Promptly in Offering Big Reward.
IT
E PREDICTED AT
MEETING OF COURT
Commissioner Beckwith Says
It Will Be Snowed Under
by County Voters.
CANNOT SUIT THEM ALL
Sections of County Will Be Dissatis
fied. No Matter What Boute Is
Selected, He Tells Delegation. '
Rumors of More Deaths Are
Received, But None of Re
v ports Is Verified.
MANY HOMES WRECKED
Hundreds of People Flee for Lives,
and, Except . for Wireless, Los
Angeles Is Out Off.
UNITED I'ltESS LEASED W1K1.
Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 21. Four
suspects were arrested late today in
connection with the killing of three
passengers in the holdup last night of
Great .Western train No. 358 near
Samish, 15 miles south of this city.
Two of the suspects were taken into
custody at Algers and two at Sedro
Woolloy. Officers in charge of the
posses, which comprise half a hundred
men, say that other arrests are ex
pected before this evening.
Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 21. All pos
slide moans of cscao of the two baa
iits who lust night held up the Great
Northern passenger tmiu at Snmish sta
tion, south of this city, aro boing guard
ed by a dozen or more posses of armed
men today and it is the hope of the of
ficers that the desperadoes will be
caught before night. Tho reward of
4..J.U0U a piece tor tho bandits, offered
Jy the railroad, is influencing many
men to join in tho man hunt.
Karly this morning Dave and Moses
Henry, veteran hunters of Skagit coun
ty, took their hounds to tho placo where
the bandits left the truin. Tho dog?
took a trail at once, trailing up over
the hillside with tho strong limed hunt
ers behind, Another posse is scouring
the mountainside from Blanchnrd and
still another posso left tho city and is
searching tho woods in tho vicinity of
Alger.
(Sheriff Thomas of Whatcom county
and Deputy Sheriff Stevenson of Ska
git county are both out with the posses,
.1. J. Davis of Seattle and K. J. Keih
of Everett, detectives for tho Great
Northern, arrived this morning with a
number of men and are also searching
for the bandits. Tho combined forces
make a formidable array.
Tho railroad tracks for five miles
about tho scene of the holdup Are
guarded with men armed with rifles.
Every bridge and cross road and rail
road station for miles about aro closely
guarded. It was expected that the
Idood hounds from Mouroe would bo
on the scene this morning but tho men
in charge failed to connect with the
train.
The bodies of li. L. Lee, Bremerton
and Thomas F, Wadsforth ami II. R.
Adkison of Vancouver, H. C, are held
victims. It happened bo suddenly that
I was paralyzed. My little girl, Bcatcd
beside mo, never uttered a word. Tho
blood from the wound in the face of
tho first man shot spurting across tho
buck of the scat and struck me in the
faco.
Other Man Fires Shots.
"While tho murderer was doing his
deadly work, his partner, standing at
the opposite end of the coach, continued
to fire his pistol over the heads of the
terrified passengers, and, in order to
avoid the danger to himself of any shot
fired from the smoker, stepped in from
tho aisle alongside of a woman who
occupied a seat in that portion of the
coach,
Tho threo murdered men dropped
in the rear end of tho coach, and the
robber, the objects if his terrible visi
tat ion still in his mind, ordered us in
thnt portion of tho coach to hand over
our valuables, I hud just dropped my
bug upon the floor and tad placed my
feet upon it. As the robber stepped
over the prostrato form of one of his
victims, I handed him my purse with
four dollars in silver in it.
Women Offer Jewels.
"Occupants of the scats ahead of
me, seven or eight of them, I should
judge, hauded over their purses. In
tho center of the car several women,
hysterical, were proffering their purses
and jewels, calling shrilly to the ban
dit to como and take their valuables.
"After tho bnudit entered tho car
and when in tho middle of the coach
his nerves suddenly deserted him and
with a shout to his companion who was
ahead of him, ho dashed madly for tho
door and sprang off the train.
Train Stops Suddenly.
"When tho bandit entered the car
tho train was traveling at a fair rato
of spocd, but within an instant after
tho futal shooting, some one gave a
signal and tho train came to such a
sudden stop that my little girl and my
self wero almost jolted from our seats."
"If I was ai betting man, and had
money to bet, I would gamble that the
proposed plan to bond the county for
$830,000 will be snowed under four feet
deep, if it ever comes to a vote. 1 '
This was the statement made' this
morning by County Commissioner Beck
with in the presence of several Stay-
ton and West Stayton delegates who
appeared before the county court for
the purpose of asking that the Pacific
highway be constructed through Tur
ner and Mariou, instead of upon the
west side of the county through Kose
dalo and Jefferson.
County Commissioner Beckwith
further stated that the boud issuo
would not meet with favor for the rea
son that if the residents of the west
side of the county got it to run their
way, the east sido would vote against
tho proposition, and that if the cast
side got the route, tho west side would
buck.
Thinks It Nuisance.
"If tho Pacific highway would be
routed in a territory several miles from
my frm at Jefofrson, I would be wil
ling -to encourage its construction,"
said the commissioner from the south
end of tho county. "In my opinion
such a road is a confounded nuisance.
If such a highway is built through the
county it will not help the farmer any.
What good is a through road when the
farmer can find no way to got to it but
through mud six feet deep)
"Automobile owners will take sole
possession of this Pacific highway, in
the event it is built, and, unless the
farmer who has a place two or three
miles to one side can build bis own
feeder, ho can simply stand by and
watch the autos pass."
Turner and Marion Want It.
According to tho delegation which
appeared before tho county court to
day, tho bond issuo will bo a dead let
ter unless tho Pacific highway rout.j is
through Turner and Marion, the lender
of the delegation saying that unless
Stayton and West Stayton arc given
some consideration in the matter, the
proposed bonding plan will go dowu to
defeat insofar as the east side taxpay
ers aro concerned.
Monroe Disaster May Result
in Stricter Rules for Ships
OMTltD FKESS LEASED WISH.)
Los Angeles, C'al., Feb. 21. Four
persons were known to have met death
today in the storm which has been
raging in Southern California for the
past 43 hours. The dead:
R. W, Hamlin, drowned at Saaita
Barbara.
J. C. Rockwell, drowned at Carpen
taria. Mis3 Grace Sprague, drowned at Vic-torville.
Gonzales, Mexican drowned at
Los Angeles.
Other reports of fatalities were re-
ceived here, but up to 11 o'clock had
not been verified.
At least 50 homes aloug the Arroyo
Seco, botween here and Pasadena, were
washed away by the flood. Hundreds
of persons were forced to leave their
homes. All the bridges over tho stream
except two have been washed out.
Except for the wireless, Los Ange
les was cut off from all outside com
munication, both by rail and wire.
Hundreds of homes have been aban
doned within tho city.
Business at Standstill.
Business in Los Antfcies"' throughout
the day was at a standstill. Main
street, Spring street and Broadway, the
three principal business streets of tho
city, wero inundutcd and impassable.
Scores of basements were flooded and
the loss from this source alone will run
into thousands.
Telegraph servico and railroad traf
fic wero complotoly paralyzed as the
result of tho throo days of unprecedent
ed rainfall. The only menus of com- j
muuicatiou was b'y tho Federal Wire
less company, and the reports of the fa
talities and heavy property loss were
flashed to tho outside worjd by its in
struments. '
Street car servico was at a stand
still. Tho storm wrought havoc in sis:
Southern California counties. A ter
rific storm also prevailed at sea.
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BENTON'S
DEATH HAS
NO EFFECT
Smashed Bow of Nantucket, at Top, a nd Lost Monroe, at Bottom.
Norfolk,' Va., IVb. 21. Itevlsion' bf
the rules of sea navigation is expected
to follow the Monroe disaster. It is
believed that the United States will
seek to chango the international code
so that in dense fog ships will be com
pelled to use greater caution against
collision.- The Monroe of the Old Do
minion line, plying botween Now York
city and Norfolk, Va., was rammed in
a fog off the Virginia coast by the
Nantucket. She sank within ten min
utes, enrrvlug dowu about fifty souls.
Eighty were rescued by the Nantucket.
Hill Offers $30,000 Beward.
8eat4lo, Wash., Feb, 21. L. W. Hill,
president of the Great Northern rail
way, is in Seattle today, and his first
official art hero was to announce a re
ward of ,M,000 for the apprehension
dead or allvo, of the bandits who killed
in a local morgue, awaiting word from tlu(,e Iiawicngcr8 nenr IMIinghnni Inst
BEATEN BY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
f UNITED rilKRS I.KARKU Wins.
Portland, Or., Feb. 21. When II. S.
Wainwright, a tailor, charged with
striking his wife, was arraigned in
municipal court he declared his mother-in-law
hail whipped him thirty times
in threo months. He promised to move
from his mother-in-law's home and was
released.
MARIE LLOYD GETS HER
Stomach is Found
to be Lined With
Lot of Hardware
FOURTEEN LIFE-SAVERS
lelativcs.
Woman Tells of Holdup.
Mrs. Herbert Vundcrworkcr and her
six year old daughter of Everett, wore
on the train, Bitting in tho noarest seat
where tho throo passengers battled with
one of tho bandits and were shot to
death. Mrs, Vanderworker says a small
man, dressed in a brown suit, his face
covered with a handkerchief, stepped
into tho front of tho day coach, fired
a pistol and called in a loud voico for
cverv 0110 to put up their lmnds
"Instantly ho ran tho length of the
car my sent was next to the lust on
tho right lisnd side of tho car," ho
viid. "Waving his pistol, ho sprang to
the deor of the coach and turned the
Ley. At this juncture a man sentei
In the rear seat on tho opposite sido of
the aisle from me, leaped to his feet,
struck at tho bandit and attempted to
imprison his arms. Two men seated Im
mediately behind mo aroso to the as
sistance of tho passenger. The throe
grappled with the robber, who, when
bent partly over the seat upon which
I was sitting, twisted loose his right
arm and with fusillade of shots from
an automatic pistol struck down Mig jUBa Ulands.
uight on tho Seattlo-Vancouver train
Fifteen thousand dollars of the
amouut will be paid for the arrest and
conviction of tho first bandit captured.
Tho remainder of tho reward is subject
to conditions lu a circular issued by
Hill announcing tho reward.
Think Both Aro Murderers.
Alger, Wnsli,, Feb. 21. Oroat North
ern dotectives aro directing the man
hunt here. They have checked the
number of passengers (nd tickets and
announce thnt only two bandits took
part In tho robber'. Their Investiga
tion has led them to the belief thnt
both men took part in the killing ot
tho three passengers.
Posses from all parts of the north
west are scouring the woods In the
vicinity of Alger. A pack of blood
hounds was sent from the state reform
atory at noon to take up the search.
Shortly before noon it was reported
that a motor boat entered Chtiekanut
yesterday and that It. disappeared dur
ing the night. The authorities are
following" up this clew In the belief
that the outlaws escad to one of the
U-si-rr.n muss leaned wiiik.1
Queenstown, Ireland, Feb. 21.
Fourteen tifo savers perished in the
surf today whllo attempting to rescue
the crew of the Nnrweigiau schooner
Mexico, ashoro off tho const of Wex
ford. The crew of the schooner was
saved, but tho vessel is rapidly brenk
Ing up in a heavy gnle.
The Weather
The Dickey Bird
says: Oregon, rain
tonight and Sun
day; high south
erly winds inter
ior, southerly gale
, along the coast.
UNITED l'SESS MUSED WI1H.
Portland, Or., Feb. 21. Legal obstac
les to tho entry into the United States
of Bernard Dillon, manager fjr Marie
Lloyd, the Knglish comedienne having
been swept aside, the former jockec
wn expected to reach this city at
4:110 o'clock this afternoon, where nil
is in readiness for his mniringe to the
nrtress.
The wedding license was secured by
Miss Llovd. Tho actress gave her oge
as :!2. 'Dillon's ago is represented us
2D.
Iti'itish Consul Douglas Kiskine of
Portland accompanied Miss Lloyd to
the county clerk's office and vouched
for the parties to tho marriage con
tract. The marriage will be solcntnicd in
I a Catholic church in this city probablv
fuiidny, although the time will not be
definitely decided upon until the ar
rival of Dillon,
" F.verytliing Is nil arranged and bar
ing the Intervention of Providence, the
incident will have soon been ended,"
aid Miss Lloyd today. "I hope now
that all this fuss is over thnt everybody
is happy. I know I am.
"rommisisoiier General of Immigra
tion Csuiiiietti of Washington has or
dered this hasty marriage. I was ro
luctautly forced into the newpaer
talk at this time simply for the sake
of conventionality, Hut Mr, Camin
etti said It was marriage or deporta
tion for Mr. Dillon. Of course I could 'nt
stand to sen my manager hustled off
to his native heath, branded as an un
desirable by the otficials, so 1 gave
mv ronsei.t. "
IISITKO l'lll.SS LEAKED Willi.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Tho somer
saulting of a pencil during tho night
in bis stomach caused tho death at the
city and county liospitul here early to
day of Jiunes Clark, a one-legged pen
cil peddler. An autopsy performed
shortly beforo noon by Dr. C. R. Mont
gomery showed that Clark's insides
I wcfrs lined with all kinds of hardwnre.
1 Heto are a few things found in Clark's
stomach:
I One metal handled knife with a large
blado opened. Tho blade was 4 3-4
Inches long.
I A piece of metal three-quarters of an
inch long with a sharp point at eu'h
end.
- A pioco of wood wrapped with raw
hide, apparently a revolver clcanor.
Aa unsharponod lead pencil, eight
inches long, with tho rubber and motnl
parts intact.
A piece of whipstock seven inches
long.
Just before his death Clark told the
hospital attendants that " a double
headed elephant bug was doing all
sorts of peculiar tricks In his stoin
ach." Ho also declared that the
English army was persecuting him, and
objected when an English uurso was
assigned to his care.
When (lark was first brought to the
hospital he complained of pains In his
legs, but said nothing about his stom
ach.
President Will Not Change HU
Mexican Policy Because
of Execution.
BRITISH PRESS IS
, GETTING IMPATIENT
Reported Concerted Action Is
to Be Taken Soon by Eu
ropean Powers.
UNITED PKGS3 LEASED WIRE.
Washington, Feb. 21. It was stated
on official authority in Washington
today that even tho death of William
H. Bonton, English, at the rebels, bands
in Juarez, will not change President
Wilson's policy of non-intervention in
Mexico.
The hope still lingered in Washing
ton that General Villa might aave re
ported Boutou's death falsely to keep
other foreigners away.
It was thought likely Lawrence, Cur
tis and Bauch reported missing, had
been transferred from Juarez to Chi
huahua City.
United States Consul Edwards at
Juarez, reported that he had investi
gated Benton's death fully and found
h was legally triod by a court, martial
he believed Villa was justified in con
vening, and sentenced to death on con
viction of conspiring for Villa's death.
Will Ignore Telegrams.
The El Paso mooting and telegrams,
of protest, it wns suid, th administra
tion would ignore.
Secretary of State Bryan aud Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Cecil Arthur
Spring-Bice remained on cordial terms,
and Sir Cecil said he was doing noth
ing pending the arrival of fuller infor
mation from Juarez.
Tho British press, howovor, showed
signs of insisting that the United
States act in Mexico or allow others
to act.
Kills Emissaries.
It was reported today that Villa had
sent emissaries to General Velaso,
commanding Torreon's federal garri
son, offering him $2,000,000 to evacu
ate the town, anil that elasco had ex
ecuted both.
Felix Diaz arrivod today in New
York from Cuba, but would not tell
why he came or whither he was going.
ORIENTAL OUNMEN "STRIKE.'
Icmitcs vnr.su leased wiiik.1
llirmingluim, Ala., Feb. 21, Local no
ce, deputy sheriffs and federal ffi
als were searching Birmingham today
for the gang which held up the Queuu
1- Crescent's New York-New Orleans
limited Thursday niulit and rubbed the
mail car of registered packages which
it was psuelically admitted represented
a value of about $luii,00u.
After thoroughly beating the coun
try ubout the sieuo of the holdup, the
searchers wero convinced thnt tlie out
alws inn do direct for Birmingham and
were hiding here. Even if tho officers
failed to find them, It was hoped the
rewards of 1,000 olfered for each of
the men would lead to their rapture.
Thnt they would find some of their
nluiider hard to dispose of without
detection was also predicted.
united IMICSS LEASED WlllS l
San Francisco, Feb, 21. The very
latest think iu strikes is 011 hero to
duy. Keciiiitly Yim Tong, a Suey Hing
Tung gunman, was "fired" from the
organization. Nineteen other oxpcit
trigger pullers immediately handed ill
their resignations. "Yim back," they
insisted, "and reiintnto him or you
have 110 gunmen." Yim was not ro
instated mid the gunmen struck.
JOYRIDER SENTENCED.
(UNITED I'HKHN I.IIAKKI) WIIIE.)
Han Francisco, Feb. 21. lloger Wil
son engaged Jumes i'ognu's uutoinobil
ntiil rodo about town for seven hours
The bill was $21. "Collect it from
mother, down in Santa Ana. Shu
rich," snid Wilson. Ninety days,
RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN.
ll'NITEl) HKKSS LEASED Willi.)
fit Louis, Feb. 21. With a religion
awakening as a goal, 230 protestunt
churches will tomorrow morning begl
a six weeks' campaglu consisting of
l-ersonul service ami evangelism In
the various churches. The scoie of
the campaign is the largest e?er at
'.empted here.
Murdered Like a Dog.
Washington, Feb. 21. " William 1L
Benton was murdered like a dog by
flenornl Villa," read Senator Fall, of
New Mexico, in the upper house heie
today from a telegrnin ho had received
from Chairman It. M. Dudley of the
111 Paso mass meeting held last night
us n sequel to Benton's death iu Juarez.
"It Is almost certain that Villa did
It personally," the, telegram continued.
"There Is no evidence that Benton wna
the aggressor. Every thing indicates
it was a cold blooded murder.
Crime Unpunished.
'Castillo is tho guest of our gov
ernment, in safety and without pun
ishment, Villa Is boasting of his crime.
"Is thero no protection anywhere!
"El Paso Is full of rebel officers.
The business affairs of the army are
openly dono here.
" Your thousands of friends here want
to henr your voico in the senate iu be
half of tho sentiment thnt 'watchful
waiting' is a failure."
Fall also rend resolutions to the same
effect adopted by the mass meeting,
together with a number of oth?r tele
grams he had received criticising th
"watchful waiting" policy.
Throo Others Missing.
El I'aso, Tex., Feb. 21. With two
more Englishmen and an American miss
ing today In Juarez, inU'rest centered
here toduy ill the ffite of tho trio of
probably living men, rather than in
thnt of William II. Benton, who wat
generally, though nut quite giveu up for
lost.
The Britons were John Lnwrence and
a friend of the name of Curtis, who
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