The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 7, 1919, Page 4

TER FIGHT IN STORRS TRIAL Girl Smiles Faintly at De- fendant as She Passes Continued From Page One} Bmilth, Storrs’ counse!, and the prow “Seutor, during which plain talk was Uned. > | After excusing the fury Judge | Tohn S$. Jurey invited the attor to fight it out, and they ac his invitation “These letters, written by Storrs “Be bin wife, and from her to Storrs, oa introduced here for the sole pur Bese of inflaming the minds of this ‘against the defendant,” shouted attorney, “Council for the - State seeks to ram these letters into _ the case for the sole purpose of con a this defendant, regardless of |) the fact whether he be guilty or not Builty. The presence of this wit BE. B. Glats, ts the most strik Proof he is here for the purpose ) ef enlisting the sympathy of the for the state as against this de T appeal to the court to wee Storrs is given a fair deal—he entitled to fair play.” Mays Defense or Gresham was quickly when Attorney Smith f ned, the defense should be is criticism of the Witness is here because the person who can BS Better identification, lies in ““ put in Special Prosecut R. Hilen, who defended Ruth when placed on trial for Storrs. which were written by his wife in Seattle while fm Okanogan, ttving with as man and wife, re- In the light of a decety- to Prosecutor Gresham. Storrs was living here in with Ruth Garrison in of the law of God and h he was writing lying letters poisoned. reply to direct question from Ruth frankly avowed her love Storrs. _ “I do love him now,” she replied § Bmith’s question, and her eyes with a light that was not ef ‘when Speciai Prosecutor Hilen her to tell of her ruin at Storrs’ bands earlier in the day them the story of blasted virgin- at the hands of the man whom says holds her heart. As Ruth passed from the court r Storrs gave her a broad smile. returned it with a ghost of a and passed on to her ceil in county jail. Gresham and Smith indulged in ene of the ‘the prosecutor ead wife. " "object most | this statement by counsel,"’ Smith Beclared with heat. ‘The prosecu- a letters in 3 mentioned me Storrs’ “tor is trying to inflame the minds STOLEN BOOZE (CAPTAIN CALLED wordy tilt when, discussing evidence strenuously to 1S DISCOVERED Find Cache of Liquor in the Court House | | ——-——__.________u Continued From Page One | —-—-—- ————" Joan tnvestigate calmly. ‘There is too | much excitement and turmoil now. If it is shown that it is necessary, a ber Prosecutor Brown showed chagrin at the refusal of the judges to call a | grand jury | “Iam simply up a stump now,” he I pointed out the way to get the information by a grand jury session. I have not ome suspect yet | 1 am doing all I can under the cir cumstances, and I rely on the city detectives to find considerable evi dence.” It was pointed out that altho there | Is no state law granting the superior judges a two-month vacation each year, the judges have agreed to close court for July and August, and have j been following that custom for a | number of years, His Nose Knows It was announced the refusal of | asserted | the court records unless requested | by the prosecuting attorney The discovery of the stolen boom caches in the city hall came when | Special Investigator Gorden traced down the aroma of alcohol, It led to the fifth floor, and to the door numbered “S28," which opens on a Might shaft extending thru all the floors. girder near the door, This was iden: | tified as one of the cases which eral authorities, and which was re moved from his chambers Thursday night. Prosecutor Brown announced Sat- urday morning the men who took | the whisky were trying to throw sus picion on the deputy prosecutors by planting whisky in their desks, Two | bottles, found by Deputy Patterson and Deputy Frater in their desks, | had been opened, They were hidden under a pile of papers, Both men turned the booze over to Brown, and it is locked im hie vault, with the case recovered by Special Investi- gator Gordon. into the dienppearance of 864 quarts of contraband Uquor, alleged to have been taken from the county: |Dullding Wednesday night, and to Investigate the theft of 72 quarts held for the federal authorities from LEAVE RUSSIA juards and N. A. Men Are All Out of France The companies whieh left Arch- angel June 3, for Brest, he said, were companies BE, G, I and M, and the machine gun company of the 239th infantry, comprising offi- ers and 1,609 men. Two officers and 323 men of unspecified units sailed for England. The only American troops to be left of the Archangel forces, March added, will be the railroad engineers sent there this spring for special railroad work. March was unable to say definitely when these would be withdrawn. Homeward movement of National Guard and national army combat units from France is complete, Chief of Staff March also announced today, all units having embarked for this country The movement of regulara has be | of these jurors and sway them tol gun, he stated. The sixth division BS, 1 Violate their oaths os jurors. warn this jury that the prosecutor began its sailing this week March's statement on the National @hinks they are weak-minded and/ Guard and national army bear on I appeal to them to beware of what| tne units recognized as such—men "counsel for the state is trying to| forming the combat units. || hand them.” Thow sands of national army and National “I might sy the same of the| Guard men are still in France as cut in Gresham. “Not us,’ reported Smith. to you plenty ‘And Judge Jurey poured oll on troubled legal waters by cutting the jurors to disregard the verbal melee to which they had just listened with ‘off the debate and warning every evidence of pleasure. Mayor Hanson to Talk to Ad Men Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson left Gaturday afternoon for Portland, where he will speak Sunday befor | the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's in annual convention. will be in his office Mon == “We ‘will hand you the truth, and hand when the time replacements in regular army di- visions, or who went overseas with, or to replace quartermaster, medical, service and other units in the A. E. F. services of supply. Most of these men, March has pre viously stated, will be out during June and July. Austrians to Try Counter Proposals ZURICH, June 7.—4(United Press) —The Austrian reply to the peace treaty will take the form of counter proposals, @ dispatch from Inns. bruck reported today. The main points are ready as the dispatch said, but the full text of the reply will not be handed to the allies be | fore June 15 or 16. |erand jury can convene in Septem: | Gordon opened the door and | found the big steel! case perched on a | Judge Allen ordered held for the fed | Motion for a grand fury to inquire | IN MURDER CASE |Master of Schooner is Wit- | ness for Defense Contending that Chartes Han | nem, second mate of the schooner | Kdward Kt. West, came to bis death by accident on the morning of May 31, 1918, Just as the vew wel was rounding Cape Horn, Winter S. Martin, attorney for Frederick Hansen, accused of the murder, called b first witness, Capt, CW. Bresting of the schooner, to the stand at 340 o'clock Friday afternoon Capt. Bresting him ping man, with bis head bronzed contact with the tropical sun, testified in a deep bass vot that he knew nothing of Han fens connection with the alleged murder until three weeks after the Vessel had docked at Durban, South Africa. If a big, wtrap face and bald Paid Hansen “At that time,” he said, “Karl and Edward Aho and Thorwald Ost, who had deserted when my vemwel reached Durban, were arrested and brought back to me, They refused to make the return voyage unless Hansen, | dor, was discharged. So I paid him | off and we sailed on the next day,” | Capt. Bresting identified the schooner’s log book and said that every tnember of the crew signed the statement concerning the second| mate's death willingly and without Jany visible fear of the burly first mate, The statement sald Hannen died accidentally. ‘The government rested ite case at of Karl and Edward Aho and Thor. wald Ont, seamen on the veanel testi tying for the prosecution, Karl Aho was the only witness: to | testify that he actually saw Hansen strike the blow which, it i» alleged, went the second mate to his watery | grave. In his opening statement, counsel for the defense admitted that Han- sen was rough at times with a weak and incompetent crew, which, he | charged, falled to discharge its du- |Ues property, For that reason, he | said, Hansen had won the undying jenmity of Thorwald Ont Claim Harmen Slipped “We will attempt to prove.” Mar. tin told the jury, “that if a man of Hansen's physique had struck Han nen in the back of the head, causing | him to strike the deck face forward, he would hay> been unconscious when he landed in the sea.” “Instead, the defense witnesses have testified that Hannen called [claim that Hannen stubbed his toe | and slipped, as the deck was slippery jand the boat was listing from side to aide, and fell into the water.” To substantiate his theory, Martin called Maj. Robert P. Smith, payeht- atriat at Camp Lewis, to the witness stand. In answer to Martin hypo thetical question, Maj Smith stated “THIS COUNTRY BEST IN WORLD” State Labor President Ad- dresses Grangers PORT ANGELES, June 6.—De- claring In favor of the existing or- der and appealing to the workers to rouse themeeives from their po- Utical lethargy, William I. Short, president of the state federation of labor, was the princtpal speaker at the concluding seaston of the state grange Friday. “This is the beet country tn the world,’ Short declared, “ and peo- ple can have what they want if they will but organtze and function Properly. The workers must take interest in political affatrs. Our government is designed to care for the interests of all, not the few. Farmers and workers need greater representation and must recognize thelr duties as political umits.’* R. B. Coglan, county agent leader for state college, J. N. Price, agent of the Yakima county hay growers, and Mra. R. A. Small, school superintendent of Snohomish county, also delivered Friday. The fenture of the convention just closed wan the absolute har mony evidenced. : Officers elected were: William Bouck, Sedro-Woolley, master; Fred Nelson, Seattle, over seer; I. I. Todd, Benton county, lecturer; M. C. Hazen, Snohomish, steward; Bert Curry, Meyers Falls, aesistant Steward; Mra. Laura Bouck, Sedro-Woolley, chaplain; Frank Field, Snohomish, treasurer; ¥. W. Lewis, Tumwater, secretary; C. R. Cottrell, Ceres, gate keeper. MAYOR OPPOSES ALL TAG SALES Says Council Should First Legalize Them No more permits for any kind of tag sale will issued by Mayor Hanson until the city counct! passes an ordinance making them legal, the mayor declared Saturday. A tag sale was in progress Satur. day, under auspices of the American Women's hospitals movement, to help provide medical care to combat typhus in Serbia and the near Bast, The permit was issued by Acting Mayor Lane during Hanson's ab rence. “{ did not revoke tho permit be cause it was issued by Lane,” Han son said Friday. “In the future, however, if tag days are wanted, the | council can pass an ordinance mak ing them le be Only fools answer questions before they are asked, |320 p.m. Friday after examination | the Aho brothers and) | for help after striking the water, We! addreases | ° THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, JUNE 7, ! ‘OPERATORS OF WIRES BALKING Konenkamp Threatens Na- | tion-Wide Telegraph Strike WASHINGTON ne (Unit od Preas.)—Threatening a nation. wide strike of Western Union tel legraphers, 8. J. Konenkamp, preal- dent of the Commercial Telegraph. ere’ Union of America, started for Chicago early today for a confer- ence with officials of the organiza- tion, Following thin ba |maid, he would ise letrike, An order for Postal Tele- graph company operators to leave their keys, he said, would probably come later The date of the strike had not | been determined by Konenkamp be- fore he left for Chicago, but he said “it will be before June 16," which was the date set for the nm |tlon-wide walkout of electric | workers | The strike situation tn the Bouth- eastern states was confused today by many officials in inferences, he N for the the South declared the Western Union is accepting bust V only subject to delay, and |Konenkamp declared the Might in the grand jury would not be put into | whom they accused of Hannen’s mur-|(te South “already t# won.” SAN FRANCISCO, Jime 7.—Ac- cording to @ telegram made public here today by Patrick C. O'Connor, president of Local 17, Telegraphers Union of Amertea, jJune 11 has been set as the date |for the nation-wide telegraphers’ strike, The measage came from First Vice President L. 1. Marshall at Los Angeles, The strike will embrace Western Union, Postal and Federal Tele- graph companies, the telegram said, CARLTON WANTS MEN TO STRIKE NEW YORK, June 1-—Preaffent Newcomb Carlton, of the Western Union Telegraph company, declared today he hoped the teiegraphers* union would call a strike on all Western Union Unes, ae threatened. “I hope Konenkamp does call a | strike,” Cariton maid. “Pha¢ will give | Us a chance to rid the service of un- | desirable employes. It will eliminate for all time those whe do not have the Interests of the company at heart, and seek service.” Carlton added that the Southeast [erm strike aituation remained un- changed, and that all offices were operating wuninterruptedly in the strike district. The service was “up to the minute,” he stated. 2,500 W. U. MEN SAID TO BE OUT Jane Union “We the strike,” cared. Claima that every city, town and village in the Bouth- east was cut off fram Western made by union leadera Telephone workers at Cofumbéa and other South Carolina points will not «trike today. Orders cancelling the srheduled walkout of these work orn were insued today. Strike leaders amerted that at many places Western Union officials had placed representatives to ac- capt business and to divert ft to leng ‘The Western Union stated “bust- fess was moving an usual.” PORTLAND KEY MEN TO STOP PORTLAND, Ore., June 1.—Local officials of the Commercial Telegra- phers union state that 95 per cent of the commercial keymen in Port: land will strike June 11 Union leaders were advised last night by & meamge from L. 1 rehall at Los Angeles, that June 11 had been set as the date for the strike on the Pacific coast. Marshall is a vice president of the Commer. cial Telegraphers’ Union of America. The walkout order applies to all union keymen of the Western Union, Postal and Federal companies C. H. Preston, of Portland, dep. uty international president, said to day all labor organizations had prom- lised to support the telegraphers in | the proposed strike, and that railroad legraphers will refuse to handle commercial business. Won't Be Started SPRINGFIE June 7—<(By United F tric: i ers’ strike set for June 6 in Secretary Charles P. Ford of the International Brotherhood of cal workers made the announ today. Return of wire companies to the control of company officials made the strike unnecessary, Ford said The workers can now reach satis |factory agreements with the com- | pany 1: Bolsheviki Battle on Petrograd Line HELSINGFORS, June 6.-—(De layed.)}—The Bolsheviki unexpectedly opened fire on a front before Petro. grad last night and the battle soon | spread to the whole front, according |to an official report by the Finnish | war office today. Finnish batteries in retattation shelled Kronstadt (20 miles west of | Petrograd) sonsina tp eer | When you think of advertising, think of Tho Star. nflicting reports Union| Commercial | A BILLY PARSONS COMEDY ThA THE STRAND WEERLY Here Comes a Big Comedy Week |\Wallace Reid There's the young fellow, cleverly played by Wally Reid There’s the pretty girl, charmingly played by Wanda Hawley There's the irascible father, superbly played by Theodore Roberts The old man tells Wally he'll have to hold a job down for one month before he can fave the girl, One of Wally’s jobs is to pose at the head of the stairs in a suit of ancient armor. Another job is in an orchestra. Watch how Wally wins! OLD SETTLERS TELL OF FIRE Days of "89 Lived Over Again at Banquet Six hundred survivors of the great Seattle fire of 1889 celebrated Friday night at an anniversary banquet in the Masonic clubrooma and spent the evening recounting the thrilling sto ries of the conflagration and the “hard scrabble” days that followed it. The “Associates of ‘89 was for mally launched. With Josiah Collins presiding, the veterans of the “big blaze” told how the fire, at first a trifling thing, spread thru the old frame building and, fanned by the wind, leaped streets and laid in ashes the begin ning of Seattle, The panic, the bring ing of volunt other cities, the mad scramble to get valuables to places of safety, were lived all over again, Judge J. T. Ronald, Col. Watson T. Squire, for- mer territorial governor of Washing. jton; George F. Cotterill and Walter J. Thompson of Tacoma described ex periences during the fire, The “As fociates of '89” then sang “The Old Settler and Vivian M. Carkeek showed stereopticon views of the con. flagration. “Old-Timer” Orchestra Music was furnished by an orches- tra of ‘89ers, including Sol Asher, L. N. Curtis and Sam R. Price. The following were elected mem: ibers of the executive committee of |the “Associates of '89" for the year 1919-1920: Robert Moran, Judge C. H. Hanford, Prot, Kamund 8. Meany ‘Josiah Collins, William M, Cathoun, George F, Meacham, Laurence 8 Booth, Henry A. Schroeder, C. Conove Dante W Th A jHolmes, H. K, Stephenson, iF. Cotterill, John Schram, R Thompson, C. S. Gleason, James r fire fighters from | NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 7 the mountain town of Pall Mall Tenn., heretofore hardly known, Sergeant Alvin C. York, proclaim- ed as the @ st hero of the war, today ta’ as a bride Miss Grace Williams, 17, sweetheart of his child hood days. Governor Roberts the marriage ceremony. will perform He arrived “Greatest Hero of War” Takes Tennessee Girl, 17, as Bride at Pall Mall this morning accom- panied by his entire staff. | York and his bride-to-be have |been flooded with handsome pres- ents. Miss Williams’ wedding ring | Was presented by the suffragists of | the state. A present from the Ro }tarfans is the offer of a honey- |moon trip for [Sait Lake City ‘TWO HELD FOR ANARCHY TRIAL: cuting Attorney Walker C. Smith of the Equity Printing company and J. J. Ex tell, charged with criminal an- archy, will be brought to trial soon, Prosecuting Attorney Fred C. Brown announced. Fri- day attempts are being made to strengthen the evidence against these men, while several other radical leaders may be released. Criminal anarchy charges against} 15 1, W. W. and radicals were dropped Friday afternoon, at the re quest of Prosecuting Attorney Brown, who stated that he had no more evidence against the men than he had against James Bruce, recent ly acquitted, ‘The men released are H. J. Mara, William Baker, Roy Dennis, Ira Anderson, Joe Weight, Fred Anderson, Joo ‘Thomas, Martin Berg, Albert Bailey, J. A. Kelly, Wil liam Moran, Fred Koffre, W. B. Reit: man, 5, Betty and Ro! mmon, vis, Thomas Nunan, Herber A. Scho enfeld, H. W. Bringhurst, T. Hl, Wag: ner, Frank Cotterill, 'T, H. Dempsey, Hon. J. T. Ronald, J. M. Quilter, |serve not less MUMFORD GETS 9-YEAR TERM 15 |. W. W. Freed by Prose- | Judge Smith Sentences False Check Writer Oliver Roland Mumford, alias Orin Robert Madison, found guilty of grand larceny in superior court, was sentenced, Saturday morning, to than five and not more than ten years in the state pen- itentiary at Walla Walla. ntence was pronounced by Judge Everett Smith. Mumford, found guilty of defraud. ing Barto & Co. by the issuance of a spurious check for $3,451, said he in- tended to make good his representa- tions if afforded the opportunity, He is in the county jail, NEW YORK, June 7—The British cargo steamer Beech Leaf, badly damaged by fire, is being towed into New York by the American trans- port Westhaven, according to wire leas advices received by naval au thorities here today. A message from the Westhaven said the engines and steam steer. ing gear of the Beech Leaf are out of commission and that she is steer ‘ing badly by hand. One fireman Frank A, Pontius, Dr, J, B, Bagleson, 49) Bothwell, Vivian Carkeek, Clark Da- Byron Phelps was killed and the third engineer seriously burned, newlyweds to/ TREATY ‘LEAK? UP TO WILSON Polk Wires Senate Demand for Peace Document WASHINGTON, June 7.—Act ing Secretary of State Polk to day cabled President Wilson the senate resolution, calling on the state department for delivery of the peace treaty. Officials believed here President | Wilson cannot release the treaty without the consent of the French and British leaders. Both the French chamber of deputies and the British house of commons, it {s stated, are as anxious to get the treaty as the American senate ig, That Lioyd George or Clemenceau will consent to publication of the | treaty is doubted. | Difficulty in getting witnesses | interfere with the “treaty leak” ine | vestigation ordered by the senate, Unless Senators Borah and Lodge, upon whose statements the inquiry is based, will tell the investigating com- mittee the names of New York men who can substantiate their charges, the probers will have to turn to the American peace delegation in Paris for a clue, it was hinted today, Lodge already has announced he will not tell who showed him copies of the treaty text in New York. Bo. rah has not toki what financial in- terests he meant when he said he had been informed over the long dis- tance telephone that certain New York interests had the treaty and had considered {t at a directors’ meeting, Indiscreet charity is better than chronic penuriousn: D “THE DAY oF paree4 ——$