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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
BASE BALL IN COURT
Aberdeen Base Ball Club Files Com
plant in Court AGAINST the
Northwestern League.

Aberdeen is no gutter, as the
Northwestern base ball magnateS
discovered Friday when Bridges &
Bruener filed complaint in the su-
perior court at Seattle, and secured
an alternative writ of mandate re-
quiring the members of the North
western League to reinstate Aberdeen
or show cause for refusal at hear
ing set for next Friday morning.
The complaint filed states that
Aberdeen stands to lose $4,000 if
the club is not reinstated. 1t sets
forth that the league held a special
session in Seattle, on January 10, for
the express purpose of selecting a
city to occupy the place in the league
made vacant by the withdrawal of
Portland, and for no other purpose.
At this session the cities of Belling-
ham and SnOhOmish We're candidates
for POrtland's place and instead of
filing the vacancy, the applications
of both cities were rejected. 1t is
charged that, proceeding without any
show of authority. the members of
the league, including R. P. Brown,
of Vancouver, B. c., who held the
proxy vote of the Spokane baseball
club, then expelled the Aberdeen club
from membership in the league. 1t
is set forth that this action was TAX
en- through a conspiracy, and in def
ance of the fact that Aberdeen pos
sesses a five-year franchise as men,
ber of the league; that it has COM
piled with every law, and has con-
stantly had it's forfeit of 81, 900 post
ed, as required.
Though President w. H. Lucas
has been repeatedly urged to call a
meeting and reinstate Aberdeen, he
has steadily refused to do so. accord
ing to the complaint. Under the cir
cumstances, 1t is said, Aberdeen has
exhausted every resource possible
within the league, and appeals to
the court only to protect itself in
it's legal rights.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07

The arrest of William Gohl, agent
of the Sailors Union, last Thursday
morning for the murder of Chas.
Hedberg, has proved the greatest
criminal sensation in the history of
Grays Harbor, and the atmosphere
IS filled with rumOrs of so many
crimes attributed to Gohl-rang-
ing from murder to petit larceny
that wonder is expressed that the
man should have been permitted to
70 on in his career for over six
years without being overhauled by
the authorities, especially as he had
the habit of Dragging about his
crimes to his companions when in his
cups.
1t is now known that he has for
several years owned and maintained
shacks in the woods on the shores
of Grays Harbor at Indian Creek,
Chenois Creek. Grass Creek and on
South Bay. Those shacks were kept,
says the man who told where the
body of Hedberg would be found,
for the purpose of inveigling sailors
and loggers who had money, and
who We're murdered and robbed in
those lonely localities. GOhl, it is
said, as union agent would have the
money of sailors in his official safe,
and was in the habit of sending them
down the harbor on some preteXt
where his killers would make away
with them. Many of the large num-
Der of "foaters" that were being
found in the waters of Grays Har-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07

ing of the application of the Grays
Harbor Interurban Co. for fran
chise over all the roads in the coun-
ty, which was adopted unanimous
ly. Following is the resolutions:
Whereas an application has been
made to the Board of County Com
missioners, by the Grays Harbor In
terurban Co., for franchise to
build railways, erect telegraph and
lay water mains in, over and across
the county roads of Chehalis county,
public hearing on which applica-
tion has been set by the county COM
missioners on Monday, February 21,
now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Aber-
deem Chamber of Commerce that this
chamber enters it's emphatic protest
against the granting of said appli-
cation, and that it goes on record
as opposed to the use of public roads
for railway purposes, except in cases
of extreme emergency, and where
it is plain that no other route is
feasible, and then only when the in
terests of the public are thoroughly
safeguarded by provisions clearly
stated in the franchise. requiring
the operating concern to assume all
liability for damages that may be in
Cured through the operation of the
line; to put the road, for two feet
one each side of the rails in as good
repair as. the wagon road and keep
it so as not to interfere with wagon
crossings at any points desired; reg
ulating the speed at all crossings,
and fixing the maximum rates of fare
and freight that may be charged.
BE 1T RESOLVED, further, that
we are opposed to the granting of
any such franchise over, along or
across any county road whatsoever
unless the grantee deposit cash with
the county in sum not less than $5,-
900, which sum is to be forfeited to
the county in the event the grantee
fails to begin the construction Of
such road within one year from the
date Of granting such franchise, and
have the same in operation in three
years.
RESOLVED, that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to each of the
board of county commissioners, and
to each commercial organization in
Chehalis county, with a request that
similar action be taken by them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
PROTEST ROAD GRAB
ABERDEEN CHAMBER OF Com.
MERGE MAKES PROTEST.
An Interesting Meeting of the Cham
Der Is Held Friday Night. Steps
Taken to Incorporate the Organi-
ZatiOn. Several New Industries
Coming.

The meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce was fairly we'll attended
Friday night, although the Elks ball
and the show at the Grand prevented
quite a number who usually attend
from being present.
After reading the minutes and
other routine business. the new con-
stitution and bylaws and articles of
incorporation were read and adopted,
and the trustees directed to file the
articles of incorporation.
F.. G. Jones directed attention to
the necessity Of securing funds for
the maintenance of the chamber, and
announced that his banks would
contribute $120 year. The secre-
tary was instructed to solicit funds,
and collect dues, calling upon the
trustees for such assistance as he
may need.
The attempt of Hoquiam to kid
nap the Aberdeen custom house was
discussed and w. b. Mack, A. Rup-
ert and J. w. Clark were appointed
committee to wire the state dele
cation in congress to have the mat
ter of change postponed until Abb
cluccn Cdu Uo ucdIu lIOIH.
F. G. Jones announced that he was
in correspondence with a party in
Pennsylvania, who would be here in
three weeks. to establish a manu-
featuring plant that would utilize
the slab wood now being burned at
the saw mills. Secretary Powell re-
ported that the cement sewer pipe
works was practically assured for
Aberdeen, and that he was in con-
nection with a party who had $685.
900 to invest in tannery, who was
favorably impressed with the advan-
tages offered for his enterprise in
Aberdeen.
A. V. Higly and Jos. Olson, of
Quiniault, were present to ask the
assistance of the chamber in secur-
ing a road to their settlement, and
We're pleased to find their wishes
anticipated in the memorial adopted
at the banquet last Tuesday night.
]. ]. Carney introduced a resolu-
tion protesting against the grant
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07

DOR few years ago are now laid at
the door of William Gohl, and the
police authorities are positive that
some of them represented his crimes.
1t was known at the time that the
number was entirely too great to be
accounted for by accidental drown
ing, but the police seemed unable to
fasten the guilt upon anyone.
Gohl was taken to the county Jail
Friday afternoon, not as stated in
some papers, because the police were
afraid of lynching, but for the very
simple reason that it was the proper
place for him. 1t is state case,
filed in the superior court, and the
county Jail is the legal place for his
custody. Since the finding of the
body of Charles Hedberg, the waters
in the vicinity of the mouth of In
dian Creek have been dredged, in
search of the body of John Hoffman,
who is believed to have been murder
ed by Gohl along with Hedberg, but
so far without success. Hoffman,
who had formerly conducted cigar
stand on Heron street, was at In
dian Creek engaged in catching drift
logs from the recent freshets, and
is believed to have carried several
hundred dollars on his person. Fail
ure to find the body of Hoffman will
afford the Gohl defense an oppOrtun-
ity to contend that Hoffman killed
Hedberg and left the country. To
avoid this contention, the authori
ties will spare no efforts to find that
body, and search is also being made
in the vicinity of the other shacks
for additional victims.
The rumors Of his crimes all ap-
pear to have originated with Gohl
himself, who appeared to have a per-
feet mania for telling of his deeds
as we'll as for murder, iand if a
tithe of them he proved true he will
come near breaking the worlds rec
ord for villiany. He told a business
man of Aberdeen of taking four nom
union sailors down the bay and fore
ing them, at the point of a pistol,
to get off the boat on spit that was
bare only at low water, and left them
there to drown with the incoming
tide He is said to have told Sig.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
OREGON SENATOR
Chamberlain Thinks President Should
Have Gone After Conservatives
with "Big Stick"

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. A.
Speaking at the annual banquet of
the board of trade tonight on inland
waterways. United States Senator
Chamberlain Of Oregon said:
ut is true that our distinguished
President seems to have modified
his views somewhat to suit those
of some of our ultra-conservative
friends in congress. 1t seems to me
that, if he had gone out with a
scalping knife or big stick to COM
pei those conservatives, or might
say, those opponents of progress, to
his way Of thinking, it would have
been better for him and for the
country"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
BIG INITIATION TONIGHT

A class Of thirty-five Will be mi
tiated tonight into the rank of page
at the meeting of Wishkah Lodge
No. A. knights of Pythias. The
meeting will conclude with a lunch
con, and all visiting members in the
city are cordially invited to be pres
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
DROWNED AT RAYMOND

RAYMOND, Feb. 5.-(Special) ,
Nels Oberg, a S'wede, aged As, fell
into the river at Owens Camp and
was drowned yesterday. The body
was found two hours later. Oberg
was unmarried.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
SOLVENT ESTATES ESCAPE FEE

OLYMPIA, Feb. 5.-The attorney
general rules that when an estate
is solvent and is so reported to the
court and needs no further inter-
vention from the court. the county
clerk is not authorized to collect the
So demanded when an executor
makes his final report.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07

II our work pleases you tell others.
II not tell us. Herald Printery.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-07
SUSPECTED OF MANY CRIMES
William GohI, Sailors Union Agent Suspected
of a Number of Murders.

Maintained Shacks in Lonely Places on Grays
Harbor, Where Victims We're Inveig1ed.
He Had Threatened Lives of Many
Prominent Citizens, and Ter
rorized the Water Front.
Is Taken to the
County Jail.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
BELIEVES EMBEZZLER HAS
100000 HIDDEN AWAY
Erwin J. Wider, Who Stole over Hai'
Million From Bank, Is Questioned 800
Closely In Court.

NEW YORK, Lee. 2S.-Erwin j.
Wider, who has confessed that he
stole $780, 900 while acting as cashier
OF the New York branch of the Russo
Chinese bank, was yesterday afternoon
rigidly cross.examined by attorneys
representing big brokerage firm
with whom Wider has had dealings.
Wider has pleaded guilty and Is beg.
ging to be sentenced, the sooner to be
free. Believing, however, that Wider
has 100000 Planted" Judge O'Sul-
livan has delayed sentence until every
cent OF his defalcation is accounted
for. Wider has positively accounted
for all but this 100000.
Wider charges that he lost this
5000, 900 on the stock market, through
big brokerage firm, and alleges that
this firm, to protect Itself, has falsi-
fed it's books TO keep from showing
how large were its dealings with the
cashier
The charge was so serious that
Judge O'Sullivan had Wider brought
TO his chambers yesterday afternoon
Representatives of the firm, with their
counsel, were there. For hours Wider
went over the firms books, trying TO
point out the alleged falsifications.
The result OF the conference will not
be disclosed until Wider is arraigned
for sentence
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
LOIE FULLER PLAYS THE
ECCENTRIC IN LONDON
Breakfasts 'on Salad and Holds Re.
ceptions In Hall Bedroom While
Wrapped In Blanket.

LONDON, Dec. 2s.-Like Sarah
Bernhardt, the American dancer Loie
Fuller, is enjoying a second youth.
She made rather an unexpected sue
cess on her temperance in London,
and now intends TO rent the little
theater from the proprietor, Gertrude
Kingston. and give a very elaborate
dancing show early next month The
music is to be entirely Mozart There
are TO be gorgeous lighting effects.
and many small children will take
part.
Meanwhile, La Loie gives eccentric
little receptions in u hall bedroom of
the Hotel Cecil, and never rises un-
I'll late in the afternoon, when she
takes strange meal OF poached eggs.
salad and tea. During the day she
recllnes wrapped in a blanket, with
her head covered with chiffon. The
men and women she knows drop in
for chat and smoke One meets
all sorts OF celebrities there from
Marie COrelli to wigmaker Willie
ClaTkson.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
t RAFF|C IN VOTES
RAMPANT FOR THE
PAST 50 YEARS
Hundreds In Ohio Rural District
Have Sold Their Ballots for
More Than Quarter of
Century.
People In All Walks of Life Are In
volved In Shameful Deals
In Public Affairs.
BY HARRY G. FARMER.

Ri CINCINNATI, o., Jan. ES.-l nave
Must been down to Adams county, first
[dn the roll call of Ohio counties. to
Bee how Tammany hall has been out
frammanyed-just to take look az
kthe people who Guido in cheap vote
kbartering corruption the denizens of
Ethe Chicago levee. ! found a condl'
ktion which may be duplicated in many
|states-maybe in your own county
N Here's Adams county-mOst rural
|pf all rural counties, with quiet, good
Booking homes: quite, pretty hamletS;
tbnly one telegraph station in the
whole county and no white ways at
'pll-just the last place in all the coun.
Dry where you will expect the worst
Blind of political corruption, practiced
Openly and flagrantly for 30 years
Exposures now being made indicate
hat perhaps a third of the county's
G.e00 voters sold their votes In the
last election
To date about 500 met have been
Indicted. and OF these more than two
hundred quickly pleaded guilty and
took their punishment in disfranchise-
ment, plus fines and work house sen
Fences In most cases the workhouse
sentences are RENTED. during good
behavior, and the fines made merely
nominal
Half Voters Involved.
This is only the beginning II seems
pertain that the number Of indict
ments will reach 800. 1t may go
10 1000
Il would say" said Judge A. Il
Blair, that about one-half of the vot-
ers OF Adams county either bought or
sold votes"
The judge who exposed this corrup-
ion added that men were sold in lots
by contractors. township bipartisan
politicians. who would hire the voters
openly. and then just as openly OFFER
hem to the party that bid the most
like buying and selling cattle.
What are you going To do when
pew owners were engaged in the traf-
Dfc. when some OF our churchgoers
bought and some sold? Corruption
has festered in everything. Mer-
ttants would trust for their goods
before election knowing that a flood
bf coin was coming, and ! know OF
merchant who ran for Office several
Years ago paid for votes in merchan-
|iise"
The Judge would not trust a regu-
larly drawn grand jury, but called in
the prosecutor and sheriff. and asked
hem to select 10 OF the most honest
men in the county. It's absolutely
on-partisan--seven Republicans. sew.
En Democrats. and one Prohibitionist.
Judge Blair has received several
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
F. v. CARR DROPS
DEAD IN HIS HOME
Mt. Pleasant Man Was To Have
Played Detroiter for Checker
Championship of State.

Mt. PLEASANT, Mich, Dec. rs
f. w. Carr. of the firm OF Carr IL
Granger, and known in the state as
an expert checker player, dropped
dead in his home last night from heart
disease. He had been in ill.health for
some time, but was able TO be at his
store yesterday.
Mr.. Carr was to have played DR.. w.
B. Banks. OF Detroit, on New Years
day for the checker championship OF
Michigan.
He was born in Barry county w
years ago, and had been in business
since 1871.
He is survived by Mrs. Carr and
one daughter, the wife OF DR.. ID. j.
Burch, of this city.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
BENNY GOvARE BAILED OUT.
r. T. Moran and w. G. Moore Fur
njsh Bonds For Sheriff's SLAYER


nish Bonds For Sheriff's Slayer.
Fred T. Moran and William G.
Moore. each of whom signed bond
for 100000, were accepted as bonds
men for Benny Govare, the 14-year-
old boy charged with murder In con
nection with the death of Sheriff
Matthews. OF Mt. Clemens, and the
boy was admitted to bail. The bail
was fixed at $4,000, Tuesday after
noon.
Benny was then taken in charge by
J.. Il. Hacherelle. chancellor OF the
Belgian consulate in Detroit, who Will
take the boy into his home and care
for him as long as he is permitted
10 do So The granting OF bail was
strongly opposed by Prosecuting At
torney Stone, of Macomb county, who
claimed that the boy knew what he
was doing when he shot through the
door and killed the sheriff, even IL
he did act on command OF his mother
Former Judge Spier. for the de-
Tense, claimed that the sheriff
brought about his own death by 60
ing to the Govare home at night and
demanding entrance throug han un-
used door that was nailed up, and
theh starting 10 batter the dior down
when IT was not opened for him. At
torney Spier claimed the sheriff had
no business there as he had no war
rant No effort wa smade to have
the mother admitted to bail as her
trial starts next Tuesday
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN By
WILLIAM G. FREEMAN.
No GIL

No. GIT.
I called on a business man the
other day and he handed me a
card that he and other members
of his family had received in
the mail that morning. 1t read
as follows:
"We invite your inspection of a dis
play of presents of varied and UNI
usual character. suitable for holiday
and wedding gifts.
Then followed the signature
F of the firm and its address.
The card was nicely engraved
and was enclosed in an envelope
bearing a two-cent stamp.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO
INDICATE THE CHARACTER
OF THE BUSINESS in which
the firm was engaged.
The man who handed me the
card said he didn't know whether
the firm sold horses or wagons
or automobiles or jewelry or
what not. He remarked upon it
as an example Of wasted adver-
Using.
WAS IT NOT WASTED?
How many people engaged in
business fool away their money
in this useless kind Of alleged adj
vertising?
The engraved cards in ques-
ton must have cost at least
three cents each. If five thou
sand of them were sent out, and
this number is not improbable,
the cost for the cards alone was
continued ON page 49,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
BODY STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Police Without Clue IN Highland
Park Murder Case.

Deputy Sheriffs Cischke and Grace
made an investigation OF the mans
clothing, found near the clump OF
bushes in Highland Park, where the
dismembered body or an unknown
man was discovered. last Sunday ar
ternoon. and learned that the cloth
ing had been thrown away by some
people living In the vicinity II was
thought AT first that the clothes might
be those worn by the murdered man.
as the corpse was nude when found.
The theory that the murdered man
was Walter or Champ Buckmaster. OF
Akron, o. has been abandoned by the
police In addition to the dispatch
from the authorities OF Akron to the
effect that the Buckmaster brothers
are alive Frank Fifer. chauffeur. liv.
ing at No. ll5 First-st. who formerly
lived in Akron and knew the Buck
masters we'll viewed the remains in
the county morgue, Tuesday night,
and was positive that they were not
those of either Walter or Champ
Buckmaster. Earlier in the day
Mrs Minnie Sherwood, No. 57S
Michigan-ave who used to live IN
Akron. was sure the body was that
OF Walter Buckmaster. while Frank
Strenick. living at the McGregor mis-
sion and former resident OF Akron,
identified the corpse as that OF
Champ Buckmaster.
Sheriff CASTOR thinks IL rather
strange that Walter Buckmasters
first wife and mother, who are said
TO be living in Detroit. have not CALI
ed az the morgue TO see the remains.
Two men who saw the body. late
Tuesday night. said IL resembled ".
J shelton, Who came here few
months ago to finance a patent wag-
ON. and who afterward disappeared.
they said He had Offices In the Ma
jestic building
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
WOULD DROP GAME WARDEN.

LANSING, Micn, Dec 2S.-The leg.
islatiye committee OF the Michigan
Association for the Protection and
Propagation OF Fish aud Game was
in session here yesterday TO organize
and prepare 10 present TO the legisla.
ture bills which will radically revise
the game and Ash laws of the state.
Chief among the proposed changes is
that of placing these matters under
control OF a non-political. non-sal.
aired board. rather than a state game
warden. The members OF the com.
mittec present yesterday were: w
Il. Mershon, Saginaw; George Pardee
Owosso, Thornton Dixon. Monroe: Al
bert Stickley, Grand Rapids; James
swan, Detroit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
INDIAN OFFICIAL DEAD.
Green McCurtIn Figured In Inquiry
Into Charges Of Bribery.

McALESTER, Okla, Dec. 2S.-
Green McCurtin, governor OF the Choc-
taw Indian nation and prominent
witness in the Gore-McMurray alleged
bribery investigation, died yesterday
at Kinta, Okla, according TO tele-
gram received here.
In the recent congressional investi-
CATION into charges by United States
Senator Gore. or Oklahoma, that poll
ticians attempted 10 bride him to APP
prove the sale of Indian lands, Nc.
Curtin testified that he had received
large amounts of money for inducing
tribesmen TO sell their lands to the
MCMurraY syndicate
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
p,inters Indorse Powers.

Union printers OF Cadillac, Mich"
heartily indorse the prospective ap-
nointment Of Perry Powers, puoilsh-
er of the Cadillac News and Express
IA state labor commissioner. l.. /.
Weitz. who is employed on that pa
per and who formerly was secretary
of the Traverse City Typographical
union. has written the Detroit Fed
Grafton OF Labor that he has found
MIR Powers 10 be fair-minded IN
every respect.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
Ex.coNoREssMAN is Ill.

COLDWATER, Mich, Dec. 2s.-Ex-
Congressman Alfred Mines sustained
a slight stroke of paralysis. He is in
serious condition and will be taken
today to the Battle Greek sanitariun.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-28
NEW CONGREGATIONS.

LANSING. Mich, Dec. 2S-The fol.
lowing companies have filed articles
of Incorporation with the secretary OF
state. Boucher a Moore Auto Co Cold.
water 81 600. Sieber Oil Co, -
Joseph. s.. 900 c. X. Wilson Body Co.
Detroit. increase from s25000o 10
$3.50. 900. principal stockholders, G. K.
Wilson, y. ID. Dwight. Detroit. Rose
Stafford Advertising Co. Detroit so,
600, principal Stockholders. Max }.
Rosenberg. Edward c. stafford. Harry
Lowe; Cadillac Electric Manufactur-
ing Co. Cadillac. 100000. White a
stark Co, Constantine 10000.