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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
ALLEGED THIEF FINALLY
OVERHAULED BY OFFICERS
AND BROUGHT BACK FROM
SEATTLE TO TACOMA.

Believing that they had the
right to seize leased property upon
which payments were delinquent
and that 1t was the simplest way
out of their difficulty, j. w. Gill
more, an automobile mechanic en-
p1oyed at Seattle garage, and a
fellow mechanic last evening took
. $4,000 Winton touring car from
the Acme garage, 1916 Tacoma
avenue, and sped away to Seattle.
Two automobile loads of officers
pursued the car. armed with John
Doe" warrants for the arrest of its
occupants, but it was not until
they had reached Seattle that they
overlook the first machine. Gil
more was arresed, although his
companion managed to slip away
In the darkness.
The two men entered the Acme
Garage about 1880 last evening
pushed the car to the door, ant
started the engine. The nigh,
watchman heard them depart and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
PAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY
CITY PAYROLL
GOING SKYWARD

A lot OF comment has been
caused in the city hall by the &C
ton of the council in turning
down the requests of the con-
troller and treasurer for better
pay and more men and then in
creating new jobs or in raising the
pay for their own relatives.
The new payroll of the MIS-
qually power plant engineer shows
the name of Councilman Lynn's
brother down as Coffee man" at
800 a month, In addition to a
stenographer. Councilman Turn
bull has a son in the power sta
ton.
Councilman Wilkson has an I'M
Gle in the statistical department
and his salary was recently raised.
Councilman Hawley has a boy in
the light department.
Such councilmen as have no
boys, brothers or uncles have per-
sonal friends who are we'll taken
care of, 1t Is declared, and it is
limited about the city hall that 1t
takes a pull to get the plums
at the hands of the salons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
.|NSUlTEO COP:
IS ARRESTED

This cop is no good. He is a
slob, end does not know his BUSH
ness"
The above legend, accompanied
with other phrases of most ,le-
generate nature, appeared on a
fence on South Twelfth street the
other day. This cop referred
to Officer Ewing, who patrols the
Twelfth street beat, and as soon
as he saw the disreputable sign,
the matter was reported to his
superior officer, Captain A. s.
Read.
Ewing found who had written
the notice, with the result that
Ernest Jones, II years old, was
arrested last night by him, on a
warrant charging him with de-
facing the fence. Young Jones
is being tried in police court to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
CITY IS READY IN
POWER PLANT
CASE

The case of the city for the con-
domination of the land and water
rights for the building of the Mis-
qually power plant will come up
for hearing in superior court May
%. On that day all the defend
ants who have or claim to have
some rights in the property, will
be called upon to appear in court.
A hearing will then probably be
set for determining the matter of
public use. If this is decided in
favor of the city the next step will
then be to assess the amount the
city will have to pay and the city
will then pay the money and take
the property.
Engineer Kelsey says he hopes
In six months to have the plans
about ready to begin to look for
contractors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
HOT CHASE AFTER
RUNAWAY AUTO

lsped after them, in time to see
them dSop down the Eleventh
street hill.
G. s. Barstow. manager of the
garage, Immediately swore out
warrants, and left for Seattle with
Officers Wiley and Geary. An
other car, with county officers in
it, left soon afterwards. When the
first car overlook the flying Win
ton, the officers ordered Gilmore
to turn about. He started back
towards Tacoma, but the machine
broke down, and the car was left
on the road.
Gilmore says that he was Or
dered to take the car by his en-
ployer in Seattle. The machine
was leased to Barstow, he says,
but the payments had not been
made. He has secured an attor-
ney, and will fight the case, which
comes before Judge Arntson this
afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
BENbOW MAY
SUE ACCUSERS

The books have peen thorough
ly overhauled and the experts
have found nothing to indicate
anything wrong with the admins
tration of l.. l.. Benbow, former
county superintendent of schools.
President Benbow feels much
lncensed at the efforts of his en-
emies to cast aspersions on his
character by insinuating that
something was wrong in his ac-
counts and he has placed the mat
ter in the hands of Judge FIRE.
mont Campbell and he may sue
for damages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

HAMILTON
ARRESTED
Continued From Page One.)

many young men, she became an
inmate of the Morton club, a no.
torious resort. In 1907 she came
to Seattle and became an inmate
of Rae McRoberts' King street re-
sort.
She had been there but a
short time when Adjutant
General Hamilton appeared at
the place In company with
party of friends who were on
a Summing expedition. The
woman from Los Angeles is
said to have fairly hypnotized
the militia man. She there
after became his companion
at the race track and in trips
to the country.
+ After taking a voyage to the
Orient, the funds for which were
supplied, she said, by "a friend"
presumably Hamilton, Hazel
Moore made trip to Oakland, San
Francisco and Portland, where she
had a meteoric career.
Gave Big Dance.
Mrs. Moore returned to Seattle
and became guest of the Wash
ington hotel. Later she moved to
the Hotel. Butler Annex and little
was heard of her until in March
last she announced her intention
to give an elaborate dance and
banquet.
The affair was held at the But
Ter Annex the night of March IT..
Mrs. Moore led the grand march,
her arm resting upon that of Ad-
jutant General Hamilton.
Arts Hamilton is the son of w.
]. Hamilton, native of William
cite valley, Oregon, who moved to
Whitman county in 1871. Ortis
was sent to the Bishop Scott acad-
envy In Portland where he had his
first military training. In 1897
Hamilton married Miss Mary Saw
age, daughter of a wealthy Palouse
farmer. Mrs. Hamilton re-
turned to her fathers home last
fall, due, according to her friends,
to her husbands infatuation for
the Moore woman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
THE TACOMA TINES
Many NotaBles Heard
in Big Peace Meeting

|souri, presided this afternoon
when Secretary Ballinger, Count
Won Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, Senior De La Barro, the
Mexican ambassador; WI Ting
Fang, the Chinese minister, and
others, spoke. Ballinger closed
the session with a message from
President Taft.
A banquet will be rendered the
delegates tonight.
The report of the resolutions
committee was offered today. The
report rejects recognition of the So
cialist movement, declares war is
out of date and a relic of barbar-
ism, and urges arbitration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
DEMANDS ON TREASURY IN
CREASING WHILE RELA-
TTVES OF COUNCILMEN
HOLD FAT JOBS.

City employees walked of with
&57, 206.10 today. the amount OF
the April payroll. The payroll IL
climbing right along and promises
to be so per cent more than year
ago before this year passes.
There is not just the highest
degree of satisfaction in the city
hall in all the offices over the
way things are going.
City Controller Meads asked
several months ago for an in
crease in the pay of his men but
they were turned down by the
council. City Treasurer Freeland
viii have letter to the council
tonight asking that his men gel
more money. He has an array
of figures to show that Seattle
Spokane and even the local bank
ers pay much greater salaries to
men handling their money than
the city pays its treasury clerks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, May 8. - Justice
Joseph B. Moore Of the supreme
court of Michigan, presided over
the early sessions of the National
Peace conference today. The morn
ing session was devoted to brief
addresses by the delegates. The
principal speech was made by Rev.
j. l.. Tyron of Boston, whose sub
ject was 1.-THE London Peace Con-
gress in 1905"
The address of Henry G. Niles
of York, Pa, relating to state
peace congresses, was read by A.
B. Farquar.
Congressman Bartholdt of Mis-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
MASS MEET|NGON
REVISION OF
CHARTER

The executive committee OF the
City club will take lunch at the
Commercial club today, and at that
time a mass meeting will be called
for next week at which candidates
for the Is freeholders to be chosen
to revise the city charter, and in
stitute the commission plan of
government, will be named.
The special committee has Sc
lected a tentative list of 80 men
and they are being interviewed as
to their willingness to serve. The
list will be presented to the mass
meeting as sort of guide.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
NEW RAILWAY IN
MONTANA AND
IDAHO

BUTTE, Mont, May 5.-Con-
struction of a railroad from Butte
to Lapwai Junction, Idaho, will be
started Immediately, according to
an announcement made here to-
day when articles of incorpora-
ton Of the Montana, Idaho & Pa
cific were placed on file.
The new road, which will be
$50 miles long, is backed by the
Hartman interests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
RAILWAYS TO BE
CALLED on The
CARPET

The Jim Hill railways, the
Northern Pacific and Great North
ern, are to be on the carpet in
federal court tomorrow at 10
o'clock when George N. Brown,
special examiner for the inter-
state commerce commission, will
hear complaints against the rail-
ways.
Several shippers, 1t is under
stood, have grievances against the
companies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
GIVES $1,000 FOR
STATE AID ROAD
COMMERCIAL CLUB TAKES
ACTION TO BOOST PROJECT
IN PUYALLUP VALLEY.

The Tacoma Commercial club
last night agreed to appropriate
900 to finish paying for the
rigt of way needed for the build
ing of the state aid road up the
IPuyallup valley.
The club also discussed the
matter of Fairgrounds and listen
ed to addresses by w. w. Sey-
mour and Nelson Bennett in favor
of Fairgrounds in the city for the
children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
MANY after
SINClAIR'S
PLACE

The Chamber of Commerce evil
IDENTIFY will not find it difficult to
get a new secretary to take the
place of Percy Sinclair who re-
Gently resigned. Nine applications
have already been filed. Three of
them are from citizens of Tacoma.
The trustees will decide the
matter probably by the end of the
week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

and other railroads companies
against Seebert ions, former As
sistant Attorney General Lake,
former Assistant Attorney General
Kennish and others. This Is an
action by Judge Phillips in the
federal court restraining Seebert
ions, circuit attorney of st. Louis,
and others, from prosecuting a
suit in the circuit court of the city
of st. Louis.
"By reason of that suit having
been instituted, the federal court
has seen fit to issue a restraining
order prohibiting me from prose-
cutting that suit, course I never
even contemplated; nevertheless.
4 am put to the trouble of appear
ing.
about the only effect the st.
Louis suit has had has been to
hamper and interfere with the bus
|iness of the attorney generals de-
[partment."
4 The railroads cited in the pro-
are:
Missouri Pacific, st. Louis, Iron
Mountain G. Southern, Cotton
BELT, st. Louis & San Francisco,
Kansas City Southern, Kansas
City, Clinton g. Springfield, Quin-
Icy, Omaha & Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas & Texas, st. Louis, Kansas
City G. Colorado, Burlington, Chi
|cago & Alton, Chicago Great West
FERN, st. Joseph & Grand Island,
Wabash, and the Atchison, Topeka
G. Santa Fe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
U. S SHIPS ARE
ORDERED To
MERSINA

BY United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, May 5.-Or-
1ers were issued today for the
American cruisers North Carolina
and Montana, now at Gibraltar, to
proceed to Mersina. The cruisers
Will depart for Asia Minor as soon
as they finish coaling.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
STEAMSHIP co, 3
BURY RATCHET

The Canadian Pacific and Inter
national Steamship companies
have buried the Ratchet and sud
denly raised their rates again for
boat travel from Seattle to Van
couver and Victoria. Instead OF
making the trip for % cents,
the traveller will have to pay "
one way on the Canadian steam
ers and SLIPS on the Interna-
tional. l}a-i
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

Royal Dairy ice cream. The
best the town has ever seen. Main
95 and A 2195; 912 A st. 49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
PRINCESS GETS DIVORCE.

PARIS, May 5.-Princess Rob-
ert De Broglio, formerly Estelle
Dolores Alexander Of San Fran
cisco, Cal, was granted a divorce
today on the grounds Of deaertion
and non-support. She was given
the custody of their only child but
must pay the prince $50 monthly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

Highest prices paid for second
hand furniture, NJ. 47s9, ASH. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

Highest prices paid for second
hand furniture. n. 1883. ASH. :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

Highest prices paid for second
hand furniture. M. 4789, ASH. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05

Highest prices paid for second
hand furniture, M. 4789, A4811.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-05
BRING ACTION
AGAINST II
ROADS

Continued From Page One.)
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-08
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
OF THE MERCHANTS BANK
OF BAY ST. LOUIS,
MISSISSIPPI,

Be it remembered that at a special
meeting of the stock holders of the
Merchants Bank held at its banking
building, in the city of Bay st. Louis,
at s p. M, on the third day of March
1909, for the purpose of considering
a proposition for amending the char
ter of said Bank; due notice of time,
place and object of said meeting hav-
ing been given to each stock holder,
as required by the charter and by
laws of said Bank, when and where
was present and participating more
than 2-3 of the stock of said Bank,
when and where the following resolu-
ton was introduced and unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the charter of the
Merchants Bank be amended as fol-
lows: That Article of said charter
be amended so as to read as follows;
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this Bank IS
hereby fixed at ThirtyThousand Dol
lars $3.50, 100000 divided into SIX
hundred (60e) shares of Fifty Dollars
(s50.e0) each, fully paid up and non
assessable. CHAS L. HOPhlNS,
GEO r REA Chairman.
Secretary.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-08
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY
MAKE TOLL BRIDGES.

ceclsion has just been rendered
by the attorney general for the bene-
tit Of the Board of Supervisors of
Harrison county, the effect of which
is to give the Board the authority
20 fix toll rates on the county
bridges. This means that the board
of supervisors can, if it desires,
charge toll on the new Tchoutica-
bouffa bridge. A dispatch from Jack
son says:
Attorney General Stirling has
been requested to give an opinion to
the Board of Supervisors of Harrison
county as to the authority of that
Board to fix tolls on bridge to be
constructed out of public funds The
attorney general has replied in the
affirmative, saying that this author
ity is given under Sections 4453 and
4454 Of the code"
The Biloxi Herald says that ''the
Board was in doubt as to whether it
could charge toll or not and up to
the present the Tchouticabouffa river
bridge has been a free bridge.
w. Elmer of the Board stated
today that the Board adjourned yes
terday before receiving notice of
the attorney generals decision in the
matter and hence no action was
taken with regard to toll on this
bridge, and will not be until the
next meetin. He said that the board
might not charge any toll on the
bridge at all, that he was in hopes
to keep it a free bridge. The cost
of a bridge keeper at the bridge is
only S25 per month and it was his
opinion that it would be better to
pay this and keep the bridge free"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-08
METHoDIsTs IN SESSION.
Seashore District Conference Holding
Busy Meeting at Moss Point-Site
Will be Selected for Building Home
For the Presiding Eider-Sunday
Schools and Missions.

Special to the Biloxi Herald:
Seashore District Conference, Moss
Point, Miss, May 4.-The Seashore
District Conference of the Methodist
Church convened at this place at
O'Clock this afternoon, Rev. w. B.
Jones, Presiding Elder, in the chair.
Quite number of ministers and lay
men were present at the opening ses-
sion. Rev. e w. Lipscomb, of BIZ
loxi, and Rev. E. G. Nfohler, Jr., of
Gulfport, were elected secretaries.
Most of the first sessions of the con-
ference was devoted to a discussion
oilthe work of the Sunday School
throughout the district, looking to
Improvement in plans and methods
along these lines. AT Sp. ~ a SER
mon was delivered by Rev. w. J.
Ferguson of Brooklyn, Miss, after
which Rev. W. NJ. Williams, manager
of the Orphans Home at Jackson,
presented the interests of that most
worthy and growing institution.
Moss Point, May 5.-The second
day of the Seashore District Confer
ence now in session here was marked
by yet larger interest and attend
ance. Consideration of the interests
Of the Sunday Schools, begun yester-
day afternoon, was resumed this
morning, papers and addresses being
delivered on the subject by Rev. E.
G. Mohler of Gulfport; Rev. B. F.
Lewis, Of Columbia, and Rev. ]. NJ.
Morse, of Gulfport An interesting
report from the secretary of the
showing the progress and improve
ments of the past year. A matter
of unusual Importance was the ap-
pointment of the building committee
to erect a district parsonage. This
committee was empowered to select
any site on the Coast between BIZ
loxi and Bay ST. Louis and to take
all needful steps to erect a suitable
building for the use of the presiding
elder of the district This committee
consists of two ministers, three lay
men and two women as follows: Rev.
M. l.. Burton, of Purvis; Rev. ]. M.
Morse, of Gulfport, J. W. Griffin, of
Moss Point, j. S. Otis, of Logtown,
p. H. M. Tippin, of Gulfport, Mrs.
w. A. White, of Biloxi, Mrs w. T.
Griffin. AS trustees of this district
parsonage were appointed: J. L.
Dantzler, A. S. Weston, j. W. Grif-
fin, w. K. M. Dukate, S. A. Tomlin-
son, DR.. H. c. Hopper, w. Ramsay,
J. w. Reed, T. NJ. Evans.
The greater part of the day was
given to the discussion of missions,
number of interesting papers and ad-
dresses being presented
Rev P H HoWSa of Carrere
preached at II a. m. At night there
was preaching by Rev. E. w. Lips
comb, of Biloxi, followed by the cele-
bration of the sacrament of theLord's
Supper.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-08
REFUSED TO PAY EXPENSES,
Sheriff Clarke of Adams County Gets
Stung for $625.4O.

AT a meeting of the Board of SUI
pervisors of Adams County Tuesday
the claim of Sheriff E. M Clarke,
for S625.40 on account of the recapt
ure of George Breland, the self
confessed river and railroad thief,
who sawed his way out of Jail and
escaped to Portland, Ore, where he
was recaptured, and again escaped
at Pueblo, Colo, was rejected. Sher-
if Clarke put in a charge of travel
ing 1887 miles at twenty cents per
mile. The item was included in a
certified copy of an order Of the cir
cult court. The Board had the ad-
vice of County Attorney Ernest b.
Brown, and the report of supreme
court decision declaring that sher-
iff cannot demand expenses for the
capture of prisoner who escaped
from his custody. 1t is held that
the sheriff is responsible for the ap-
pearance in court,of prisoner placed
in his hands.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-08
NUMBERING A TOWN.

The Jackson News asks:
Are you one of the fellows engaged
IN conspiracy to murder the COM
munity in which you live?
Stop for a moment and let's see
how you stand on this subject.
The man who opposes public i'm
prOvements can be likened unto the
sexton at the cemetery who digs the
grave.
The chronic pessimist who is con-
tinually growing, who gives the
town knock when he ought to hand
it boost, is the undertaken
The business man who persistently
refuses to advertise, and declines to
contribute to any public movement,
and even refuses to sign a member
ship in the Board of Trade, is the
driver of the hearse.
The man who howls about hard
times and dull business, who thinks
everybody Is criminal save him
self, and cannot speak a kind word
for any individual or any cause, is
delivering the funeral oration
Are you engaged in any of these
unlovely occupations? If SO, quit it,
and quit it quick
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-08
THE BATTLEsHIP MISSISSIPPI,

Thursday the new battleship Mis-
sfSSippi entered the great river
whose name she bears, although the
ship was actually named after the
State of Mississippi and not after
the river. The passage of the bat
tleship through the jetties of South
Pass into the main river was, as had
been expected, accomplished without
/ difficulty of any sort, thus setting
at rest the claims so frequently made
at Washington that it was not safe
for heavy battleships to enter the
river.
Although the errand of the battle
snip in these watefS is to receip,
! the elaborate silver service that the
State of Mississippi has donated,
says the New Orleans -Picayune, New
Orleans has considerable interest
| IN her presence in the river owing
TO the damage that the reports to
the effect that big warships could
not safely enter the river has done
the reputation of this port Over
| and above that consideration. the
people of this city always like to
have war vessels visit here, particu-
larly the newest and latest ships.
as great interest is taken by every
body in naval matters.
The Picayune continues: While the
Mississippi is by no means the larg-
est battleship that has visited New
Orleans, as she is 5000 tons smaller
than the Louisiana, which was here
to receive a silver service several
years ago, she is one of the newest
in
fine and up-to-date vessel, even
though she does not belong to the
Dfeadnought type. Every prepara-
uons has been made to give the
ship, her officers and crew a suit
able welcome.
After leaving New Orleans the
Mississippi will proceed up the river
las htsh as Natchez, stopping for
brief periods at all the leading points
including, of course, Donaldsonville.
Plaquemine and Baton Rouge. and
probably some other places within
the State of Louisiana. After the
visit to Natchez the battleship will
return down the river and proceed
to Horn Island, where the presenta-
ton of the silver service is to take
place June l.
The silver service to be presented
to the battleship Mississippi will con-
sist of sixty-three pieces, and will
weigh, approximately, more than
2400 ounces. The service will cost
$1,000. Although there have been
some costlier services preseB ed to
warships by their name States, it is
reported that that for the Mississippi
is to be uncommonly handsome and
highly artistic