The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 6, 1919, Page 1

in Seattl Tides TUPSDAY mere tat Law ‘Pile Sitam €oft Ist High Tide eta Ary: A Lew Tide opr tt e An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The Seattle Star fice at Seattle, Waeh, ander tne Act of Co! Rotered an ecpnd Clase M ir May 3, 1 at the Po Per Year, by Mail, March §, 1979, LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE i VOLUME 22. NO, 64, td SEATTLE, WASH,, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1919. Weather Fore night and Wednesda ri egentic westerly wim * * * * ** # HUN BLUFF AKE up, Seattle! You've Doasted of your $25,000 000 «weekly payroll; of your $160,000,000 bank de posits: of your $350,000. "000 foreign imports; of your $250 600,000 foreign exports: of your $4,006,000 = customs tections; of | Your $1,900,000 postoffice receipts Of your $6,000,000 building permits, | even in wartime; of your $1,500,000 bank clearings—it's time to cash in NOW. It’s time to quit thinking fn $50 bonds and detonate lke a real Victory Liberty Loan. Remember our boys over there CAN'T WALK Back. PLAY RALL'" - —— Buyabond —— ND get this: It only takes a Measty $21 apiece for every man, woman and child in this fair village to shoo, that $19,000,000 qhota full of holes.” Ergo, why pike? ‘The boys and girls who sell bond "took a spurt Monday and talked Mttle into unbuckling to the t a of $2,500,000. Poor Excuse No. Steenth came to light Monday—"Let the Danks take the loan; they have the Money.” In the immortal wordy of Pat Mahoney, the demon chauffeur that chatter is descriptive of the man who invented near-berr—he's a poor judge of distance. Nix, popula to bag the ALE, we must cease et the banks do it” chat ter, The banks have your money, and your neigh- your all couldn't float the joan with thetr money, And C. A. Martin, he perennial perfecto and indus- | secretary of EXcUS ‘Liberty loans are below par: I can't afford to buy notes on a down mar- ket.” : —— Buyabond — VERY time Martin hears « slacker like that, he comes back thusly: “What do you care what the bond market is, if Uncle Sam promises to pay you par at matur | ity? Did the Yanks fail to fight be estimation of the Hun? Not on your Uthograph! They proved themselves | abeve par when everything went | egninst them.” Incidental: fs a high-geared pedestrian, carries -fine work @rive. N. Webster was inspired by Martin's presence when he built the word LU Pi —— Buyabond — BIQUITOUS. that, and here's passing out credit while the pass ing is good. Martin also calls attention to the im mates of the reformatory at Mon Toe. Last Sunday afternoon the boys pledged their joint account of $500 to buy a Victory Loan bond gore at our government, digging down in their jeans to the extent of $500! There are a lot of tough guys in the 290, but they are not quitters. Argonne forest — THEY MADE GOOD! What about you? —— Buyabond — RESTON, one of the bus tling hamlets that deco- rate the topography of our fair state, ig not a bit dilatory in this Victory Loan business. Handed a quota of $5,000, Mrs. E. Edwin, chairman of the women's committee in Preston, Stepped right out last Friday, and in h) @ few hours snared $5,000, and then F some—$1,500 more than the $5,000. from mill workers, The moral be. fot a | tle be? Italian Leaders Are on Way to France n lag, ' Up ‘d, why should Seat. nd at ‘em, mates! ROMY, May 6.—Premier Orlando And Foreign Minister Sonnino left for Paris on a « nl train at 10 Oelock tonight. Dispatches received from Sebanico today said that all #0 Cieties, in 4 masa meeting at which Mayor Lom 4, passed fesolutions declaring city nexed to Italy the an Hungary-Austria VIENNA, May 5 {United Press.)—The Hungarian (Delayed,)— Austrian delegates will leave for week, it was learned today, The party will consist of 10 dele- gates and assistants, 20 secretaries this » Martin | & sunny heart behind a camouflage | smile, and has accomplished a lot of | restrictions on Germany will be fur in every Liberty loan | | Bhe took her subscriptions entirely | Envoys to Leave) FAIL ‘Allies Ready to Clamp Down Economic Blockade if Teutons Haggle PLANS ARE NOW DRAW PARIS, May 6.—-The Germans must sign the peace treaty or face economic isolation. This was made plain todyy when the blockade section of th supreme economic council ‘w instructed to draw up plans for | against Germany. trially and politically, | mal. | many for some time Sudden re-establishment ous even than durthg the | minsion, it ts believed cation, however, ther relaxed. Italy In Again economic isolation of Germany — to be put into effect if the en- emy attempts to carry out its threat to refuse the peace terms. United Press dispatches |from Ferlin have indicated the conf dence of the Germanein their ability to evade the terma of ‘the treaty permit further military auction Today's ments showed the allies will not de | pend on the direct action of arma, }but the indirect action of an tron. bound blockade to enforce the treaty Force Submission Information from various German | sources Indicates the country ix in a serious condition financially, Allied com: | mercial and financial aid is needed to) restore industrial conditions to nor. | | The allies have been sending large quantities of food into Ger-/ indus of the eco. nomic blockade possibly more rigor. war would Cause they were helew par in the |force the Germans into quick sub As an tndt that the blockade will be renewed only as a last resort it was simultaneously announced to. day that pending acceptance or re. fusal of the treaty certain financial | The final step toward full restora | ton of Italy's rights in the peace fs |conference was taken thix morning He's all Of | when the eredentialn of her delegntes were submitted to the Germans The other allied representatives |had exchanged credentials with the | Germans last week in Versailles at 3 o'clock route to Paris. The allies will | thus present a united front when the{ | treaty is submitted to the Germans | tomorrow Think of it, you nickel-nursers—290 | afternoon, as Premier Orlando and | boys, who have every right to feel|Forelgn Minister Sonnino were en | ‘The Austrian and Hungarian peace | delegates j next week are expected here early They will be quartered They did what the Sst did in the |%t St. Germain, near Versailles. TRAINMEN TALK | OF CAR STRIKE Altho members of Street Rail way Employes Local 587 were in session Tuesday morning to dis | cuss the question of @ strike to tie up Seattle traction lines, no | allot had been taken up to noon. At that time officials of the union today toward ing, of course, that, since Preston Is | said that no vote would be taken calling a walkout to | force the city to pay timeand-a-halt | for all work over eight hours. They refused to say whether or not they would again appeal to the city coun cll for extra pay for extra work | “No information will be given out until both sessions are over,” one officer of of this meeting the union declared. The members of the union are meeting in two sessions Tuesday * £* * 8 & FORT FLAGLER? nec therefore prints his le ings. countries, except possibly Germany. enlisted men allowed,” but don't be signs were there long before there for a long time to come following: “Memorandum No. 65. the Waiting Room of the dock. there. Here is another instance. fl ficer directs so. in the same carriage. there, imperialistic authority. seas, or in the home stations. good American citizens, notice. * be nubjected to possible court-martial without publishing his name. Fort Flagler, Washington, May 1, 1919. Editor The Star: Knowing your paper to be one that stands for everything that is right and, just, I request you to publish the following facts for the in- formation and edification of all (and there are mil- lions in this country) who share my opinions and feel- I am aware of all the consequences that may follow, for I am under the military authorities, but I am willing to sacrifice myself for a principle dear to an overwhelming majority in this and all other the steamer lands at the dock at Fort Flagler, don't, for God’s and autocracy’s sake, enter the of the wharf, for there is posted on the wall the “Fort Flagler, Washington. May 1, 1919. “1. No Enlisted Men or Children will be allowed in KILLED IN GERMANY, BUT NOT AT Editor's Note—While the writer of the following letter signed his name. luring himself “will to sacrifice himself for the sake of the principle involved, we feel that be ought not The The citizens of the United States may think that we waged war against militarism’ and won, but we didn’t; and if anybody is in doubt, I invive any en- listed man, any of those who underwent the hardships of the trenches and the hell of the Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel or the Argonne battles to take a ridé on the government harbor boats, Pier 11-B, come to Fort Flagler to be convinced. On-your way up you will read signs on the door of the “2, The Wharfinger will see that this order is com- plied with and report of any infractions thereof. “By order of LIEUT..COLONEL WILSON “James R. Buchanan, “Ist Lieutenant, C. A., Adjutant.” It makes no difference what your position was in civilian life; it makes no difference what ‘you have done for your country; it makes no difference how many times you have been wounded or gassed, if you are only an “enlisted man” you are not allowed in Whether the wind blows 60 miles an hour, or the sun is scorching; whether it rains, snows or freezes, you are to wait outdoors—you and the little children—while in the waiting room second lieuten- ants and colonels, who in many a case have held nothing but swivel chair jobs during the war, are sitting around with their wives, relatives, servants, dogs and cats, enjoying the luxuries of a warm room, kept corhfortable by the labor of an enlisted man. It has been the custom at this post to send a*carriage every evening to meet the harbor boat that brings the school children from Port Townsend. Another carriage, known as the pas- senger wagon, for the exclusive use of the officers and their families, meets the boats whenever an of- A few days ago an officer ordered that passenger wagon for his return from Port Townsend, on the same boat that brought the school children. overseer, of transportation, owing to the shortage of drivers, despatched the passenger wagon only, and directed the driver to take the children and the officer The boat lands and the children rush into the pas- senger wagon as usual when only one carriage was available, but the autocratic officer could not allow the little ones to ride with his majesty. ” he said, “and walk,” and the officer rode on, very much satisfied no doubt of having exercised his And now I ask the public to give their opinion. make a special invitation to all enlisted men, whether in the army or recently discharged, who have served during the war, to state whether that is the ideal and principle they have served for in the trenches, on the And I ask every fair- minded citizen who reads this paper to state what should be done to this kaiserlike officer, who, by his acts and words, is kindling the fire of discontent and real downright Bolshevism in the hearts of scores of Perhaps somebody will take Star Seattle, and “No vie iting room The “Get out of examination, each witness for H state Was ‘permitted to step 1 } logan, * & |}COUNCILMAN COTTERILL IS Autocracy Defense Says Man Suggested Murder when he, “Douglas * Storrs was responsible for the murder of his wife, Grace Storr: suggested the crime to Ruth Garrison after he had gotten her into such a weakened con-} WOULD FORCE GERMANS TO SIGN TR * & * © *® * dition that she was mentally irresponsible.” With startling effect and revealing for the first time its line of defense, Thomas H. n, placed responsibility for the crime on the shoulders of the former deputy sheriff in his opening statement to the jury shortly before noon Tues-| Askren, counsel for Ruth Garri day. from a clear sky. Realizing that #he actually wa» fighting for her |ife—for Mberty in sweeter than life—Ruth Garrison bowed her head and she with sobs with the callling of the first witness for the state—County Cor oner © Co Piffin In Gilde uccens 15 witnesses examined by Deputy Prose- Attorney John D. Carmody ach tone a link in the chain of teatimony. Without a word of ) and. with startling sudden- the #tate, rested at M15 ck. Ih on’ and three-quarters « married roan and thé Violent th of that man's wife was ‘told. _ After pes Bate on of tears, Ruth straightened in chair and sat as ‘rigid ae a statue ae witness after} Witnens told his or her story with: out an effort of counsel for the de- fense to throw further light on the cane No sooner had John Carmody nounced, “The state reste’ than ‘Thornas H. Avkren, counsel for Miss Garrison, who stands accused of deliberately plac ing strychnine in a fruit cock tail eaten by Mrs, Grace Storrs, wife of her lover, in the tea room of the Rion Marche, on the afternoon of March 18, from which Mrs. Storrs died within a few minutes, stood be- fore the jury and said, in his open ing statement “Sad an is the story of this crime unfolded by the state, Ruth's story is xadder. ‘This young girl was born under an unlucky star. The last of 11 children, born when her father was 51 and her mother 45, Ruth Gar. rison was the offspring of a father and mother in the grip of dinease. Shows Effeets “She was, and ts, the child who shows the effects of disease, and we shall prove to you, gentlemen of the jury, Just how mentally irreeponsi Ruth was on the afternoon of 18. he way Ruth gave up her job shows mental irresponsibility She simply closed up her desk and left, without notifying her em- an he decided to go to Alaska, but influence of Storrs was too She felt she must see and she went to Okan- intending to remain but two the atrong him again, days. Went Back Again meantime, Storrs ¢ report. that Ruth was the the “In culated his wife “At first Storrs and the girl oc cupied separate rooms, Then, after a week, Ruth returned to Seattle but was unable to remain, and went baek to Storrs. “On March 10 Storrs began to| worry, He put Ruth on the train| for Wenatehée and told her to get a job there “Arrived in fainted in the hotel and took th next train back to Okanogan. She fainted again in the hotel at Okan- the Wenatchee, Ruth ogan and was unconscious in lobby until she was found and carried to her rooms, “It was then that she was told her strange illness meant that she was to become a mother. Storrs tock her to see a doctor, and after 1 stormy session, sent her back to Heattle Was ‘Irresponsible’ to discuss the overtime pay ques tion, and a strike threat has been “In this weakened — condition, hurled at the e¢ity council, The} worrying and) mentally — irrespon- first meeting convened at 10 o'clock | sible, having eaten scarcely © any- \Tuenday morning. The second t#|\action, and thelr demand was ac-|were heard by the council, but the|thing, the girl came to her sis- scheduled for 7:30 o'clock Tuesday| companied by @ request from Trac: |street car workers were aroused by |ter’s home. She spent the night evening. |tion Chief Thomas I. Murphine forthe fact that the council, after hear-|talking to her sister about going | ‘This action on the part of the|authority from the city council to}ing Stevenson and before he had re-|to Alaska, and arose early the next eet © ilo appare and |atreet carmen follows the apparent lrefusal of the council Monday after: the peace conference the end of thig|noon to consider the petition of the lunion men for consideration of the overtime question and their contin: vance in the stand that the matter The carmen demanded and four newspaper correspondents, |should be laid over until time for M. Dartlein will head the delega-|making up the new budget immediate pay the time-anda-half for all over-|gained his seat, passed a motion to|morning and walked downtown time, if other city departments are/adjourn and took following this course, Other city departments have testified that they have been doing so while having no power under existing city laws, Car Men Aroused Roth Murphine and J, A, Steven-|railways to son, business agent of the unign,/extra work, Supt. the council. no action ever on their demands Murphine'’s request pay extra wages what was re | for Storrs ferred to the utilities committee of | after time Stevenson, in his talk, |waid that it ie customary for street | cide and declared he was sorry he for | had then that the thought by Storrs came to her, had suggested it Storrs had repeatedly wife attempted sui- “it was suggested told her his prevented her, He told her he wished his wife was out of the time | It has been known that the defense would plead temporary insanity in behalf of | : : the defendant, but the accusation directed against Storrs came like a bolt of lightning ONCE CAR MOTOR Jury in Poison-Murder Trial W. M. Tomlinson, proprietor Royal Printing & Stamp company, Th keray place. —Roy F, Chambers, delivery man. Woodland ave, 3—K. E. Browning, street car conductor, 3115 4—Peter J. Winn, retired, 2517 10th ave. W 5—George W. Wilder, building contractor, 318 33rd ave. 6—R. J. Logan, broker, 1909 Fourth ave. } 7—Mrs. Edna C. Baumgartner, housewife; husband, order clerk; 306 bind st . 8—John Parrish, machinist, 4412 Woodlawn ave 9—J, H, Young, miner, 1935 Highth ave. W. 10ers, Helle C. Gosnell, housewife; husband, practicing physician; 1191 Howell st 1. Bart De Lance, railway mall clerk, Auburn. 12—T. J. Head, fuel dealer, Seahurst park. Ernst Hardware company, W. Jefferson st. } } } } [vray and this was on the girl's par overbeard Mrs. Glatz remark to i We did not object to a singte| Ruth, ‘Doug was ! straight until) | |Maternent by the prosecution. We) YOU came.” wanted this jury to have all the Mrs. Glatz’ remarks did. not |inets, for when it knows all, there|*eem to affect Miss Garrison at Will be no doubt of the outcome.’ | #l,"" Miss» McCormick said. Mrs, Pearl Brown, a waitress Father of Victim Attends Seated in the first row of spec- tators’ seats were E. B. Glatz, father of Mrs. Grace Storrs, the woman the state alleges was mur- dered by Ruth Garrison; Mrs, Storrs’ sister, Alice Glatz, and the dead woman's mother, Mra. E: B. Glatz y At Ruth's side sat her mother Further away were Porter Garri- son, a brother of the young de- fendant, and a married sister, who served the fruit cocktails, told of Ruth's calmness while ordering jana then Deputy Prosecuting At- |torney Carmody called Alice Glatz, sister of the dead woman, to the | stand. “I Can't Help It” “I wis close enough to hear Ruth Storrs, ‘I love him.’ | ter replied, and then she fainted. I 5 ran to her and told her she must not Mrs. Jot Neithe: > Of reiutives save a glance at "the 8et that way, Jerking and twisting, other. | and the last words she uttered were, T can't help it; I can’t help it,” Miss | Garrison tried to walk out of the tea | Denied Murder The first witness, Dr. Tiffin, told| room, but my mother stopped her. of his trip to the home of James! Then I walked up to her and told D ary, uncle of Ruth Garri-|her she Was nothing but a fallen son, to interview the defendant; woman, Ali she did was to sneer after the crime |and say, ‘I thank you.” “Ruth denied to us—Deputy| During Miss Glatz’s testimony, Coroner T. Frank Koepfli and my-| Ruth Garrison sat as tho carved in self—that she had purchased poi-|stone, and never once took her eyes son on the day of the crime,” | from the witness. Dr. Tiffin testified. “I asked her) “I accused her of killing my sis why she had arranged a luncheon | ter.” Miss Glatz told the jury. “I |date with Mrs. Storrs and she|*ald, ‘You have killed my sister, and told me that she told Mrs, Storrs| You will pay, and pay high.’ All that she, Ruth, was going to| Miss Garrison replied was, “My God, Alaska for six months. If the/Sitl, why do you say that?” Storrs were happy when she came} Mother on Stand back, she would have nothing fur-| sire Glatz, mother of Grace ther to do with Storrs.’* Y Storrs, followed her daughter on the |" Tt Was When De. TICHA tirdt took | Croce folldwest hes Ganahed. on th | witness stand and was questioned the stand that Ruth bowed her) oniy a few minutes, Mrs. Glatz told |head and wept. The girl's mother t threw an arm around Ruth and | |she parted with her daughter at Sec- | whispered words of comfort. j jond ave. and Pine st., just before ist Testifies | Grace Storrs proceeded to the Bon Chief Deputy Coroner Koepfii| Marche tea room to keep her ap- told substantially the same story | Pointment with the defendant. “When I saw my girl lying there as Dr,. Tiffin and Deputy Coroner | |L. D, Tiffin related how she took |0" the floor of the tea room and Mrs. Storrs’ stomach to Profesgor|4ying, I turned to Miss Garrison "You'll All she did was to sneer pay the penalty William Dane, chemistry expert at}8nd_ eried, at the University of aWshizetan, | for this! : “1 found stryehnme in fatal!@nd laugh at me,” Mrs, Glatz told doses,”’ testified Professor Dane. the jury Witnesses who were present in| Saw Poison Stirred the Bon M he tea room on the . «. P. Me ‘ 03 Bas |fatal afternoon of March 18 were| Mire P. H. McHugh, of 3003 E lnext. called. Miss Alva Wilson, {Cherry st, quietly told the jury of |nawistant manager ef the tea room, |bserving Ruth stir something Into testified that she saw Ruth enter | (ne ron tty yer which ‘caused |the room and after the collapse | : % id date parte lof “Mra, Storrs noted ‘the extreme iy, Wee, Semneent: Ser Seaee surface of one of two Gediteal "at Mrs. McHugh testi that Ttutn fied. “I was seated only a few denunoia. | feet away. I was still seated when the Mrs. Storrs collapsed. There was nothing unusual about Miss Garri json's demeanor either before or jafter Grace Storrs collapsed.” She Was ped” Miss Sue Hanger, medical |director at the Bon Marche clinic jtold of a conversation between Alic {Glatz and Ruth in her private of: fice after Grace Storrs died. “Miss Glatz exclaimed to me, | {thing into the © we of the defendant.”’ almness of the defendan eae dnomeiine: is Millicent Smith, tea room, testified up well under a by Miss Alice, Glatz after of Mrs, Storrs e didn't seem to atz,’’ Miss Smith told the jury Miss Mildred Jackson, captain the tea room, told of the collapss of Mrs, Storrs after partaking of the fatal fruit cocktail I rushed over to Mrs. Storrs as she collapsed Miss Jackson told the jury. ‘Tt asked Miss Gar- rison what was the matter with|‘Here is the woman who killed my Mrs, Storrs, She replied quite} Sister! Miss Garrison looked at calmly, ‘f guess she's sick.’ 1| Miss Glatz without a tremor and ex: noticed that Miss Garrison claimed, ‘My God, can mere talk quite nervous before Mrs, Storrs|kill a woman!’ Miss Garrison was arrived but after her collapse, Miss|¥ery unconcerned, it appeared to Garrison was quite calm, I might/me,” concluded Miss Hanger, say sho was even blase, Capt. of Detectives Charles Ten- Miss Erma McCormick, manager| nant was the next witness, He told the | stood | tion death hear Miss was} D of the tea room, testified that she Garrison tell my sister, Mrs. Grace | “Ti never give him up,’ my sis: | of the afternoon of March 18, when | LINGERING LL HEALTH |Attended Council Meeti April 28; Granted Leave of Absence ge Roland |W. M1, serving his first term as Seat- tle city councilnan, died at his home, 45th ave. S. Way West Seattle, at 7:30 : Tuesday morning. His followed an iliness of than a year, and came . result of a cold which Miler developed into tuberculosis, Practically all the b oi | his family, his brothers and Gay, afid’ “seemed change for the worse came early bour Tuesday. His and mother were notified, Councilman Cotterill, while p to the Skagit river to gate the proposed site for a | nicipal hydro-electric power contracted a severe cold after his election to the in the spring of 1918. |month later, . physicians |that he had developed tub jand advised a’ change of | Cotterill refused and stuck to 1 |work as a member of the jon until early summer, was prevatled upon to go to | Riverton sanitarium for u Granted Leave In November, he returned to lattle, seemed greatly improved again took his seat in the cou sessions, He was unable, to do much else and was not other ways active in city aff He attended his last ui the council just a week" ago day, when, upon regular n ja resolution was adopted jhim a 60-day leave of absence |make a trip to the South for |heaith. He intended leaving: jelty as soon as he became sti |cnough to travel. | Once a Motorman Roland W. Cotterill was bern Montclair, N. J., Feb, 5, 1878. ~ | 1888 he came to Seattle and was ucated in the public schools here til he reached the age of 18, when became a motorman for the Seatt | Electric company. This was his” \first job, and within a little more — than a year he became a dispatcher, ~ | In 1899 he passed the civil service |examinations and was appointed @ deputy. comptroller under Will H, | Perry, then comptroller, which post | (CONT'D ON PAGE SIXTEEN) i of Ruth's alleged confession in his 7 office, at which Deputy Prosecuting Attorney was present, “Wanted Storrs” | “We got nowhere with Miss Garrk |son until Mrs, McHugh's hui brought word that his wife had seen the defendant mix something inte Grace Storrs’ cocktail,” Capt. ‘Ten: nant told the fury. “Carmody final: ly got Miss Garrison to admit that she had placed strychinne in Mra. Storrs’ fruit cocktail, After the first ; Part of the confession, she told us jall about how she had purchased the | strychnine at a drug store on Union st.. between Third and Fourth aves, The three of us went to: the Cut Rate drug store, at 308 Union st, and found that Ruth had purchased 35 cents’ worth of strychnine from Andrew Bloomer, She said she told | Bloomer she wanted the pofson to | ‘kil cats with, “L asked her she killed Mrs, ‘I wanted why | Storrs, and she replied, Douglas § rs.” No other reason?’ I asked her, nd she replied, ‘No, Andrew Bloomer, drug clerk, whe - sold the poison to Ruth, was the ~ last witness called by the state, “She came in and said she wanted some stuff to kill cats with,” Bloom er told the jury, “I gave her some strychnine, arid told her to six it with meat, She gave us the name — of Ruth Green wher? she bought the strychnine,” The selection of jurors occupied (CONT'D ON PAGE SIXTEBND