The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 11, 1919, Page 1

S. SLEUTH SLAIN HERE An American Paper That Fights for Americanism Tides i in Seattle SATURDAY JOLY 2 First High Tide 3:42 a om, 101 te First Low Tide | Li tt | Second High Tide O47 pom, 114 tt fo4 am, First Law Tide Second Low Tide 11:21 p.m, TA ft e Seattle Star “wentered as Second Clans Matter May 4, 1490, at the Postotfice at Seattle, Wash under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879 TWO CE SEAT Por Year, by Mall, LATE EDITION NTS IN TLE $6.00 to $9.00 VOLUME 22. NO. 117. wat Kings Fight for Mother Ryther Kids at A SEATTLE, WASH, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919, Tonight and Frid i gentle westerly i * * * + * rena Tonight | PEPPERY. PERFORMERS ALL TUNED F OR GONG AT STAR SMOK ; to thi oe i di . of. the. United Seen ar so t in an intelligent snag 8 Eon 4 reduces the war peri } ‘fhe was given Japan, but he talks of “disinterested was e ) : He talks of a world settlement Svlry notion, is prepared: to increese the ‘gtie ‘its army and navy. He speaks of throwing safe- ' guards around the rights of “radical, religious and poggeeers minorities,” but he, is pathetically remiss, i ting out what these safeguards are. He speaks 2 r’s m in the peace treaty—and Burle- son is on h to mock his very words. He declares the treaty would be a scrap of paper without the league—and separate alliance is formed tween Great France and the United States. eng the people of the United States are for the ledges at it is the kind of league Wilson says it is. But mere assertion does not prove the case. If the Droplet is. to get genuine popular approval, he must B@.more specific. SEEK TWO WOMEN IN MURDER CASE not to make the trip. Ryan was suspicious, of the man, and after the man hired. the car, made the statement that he would not allow him to sit in the rear seat. Ryan and the alleged murderer rove ind are believed to haye picked up tho women. The man Seen to hire the car that evening ‘was a small man, and would have | had a difficult time overcoming Ryan, and even hauling his body to the place he did, after Ryan had been killed, according to the sheriff's theory. After the women Were in the auto | and the drive had sfarted, Ryan is Believed to have been thrown off his | guard by the presence of the women | and to have permitted the man to get in the back seat. It would have | been an easy matter for the man, | aided by the women, to have over-/ come Ryan and killed him. Women Seen The car was taken to near Mc Cleary and burned, The man board. ed an auto bus an went to Olympia, | The folloying morning, two, wom | (Continued on Page 24) der, June 29. It is known that a dark-complex- joned man arranged to hire Ryan’s car; that the stranger entered the car and drove away, after directing Ryan and saying that he intended to pick up two women passengers. Prelim- inary negotiations took place in front the fruit stand of Dominick Scoz lava, 209% Yesler way. Scozzafava watched the proceed- . carefully. He knew Ryan, and © feared that the dark complexioned man might be plotting robbery. The fruit stand man even advised Ryan KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES— That Sett HISTO MS GINIS D 1TELL You TH MONS HERE METER 1S ALL To READ TH! MRONG! I'm BEN’ meTER! STUCK EVERY i WANT To SEE THAT OUR GAS BIL ALE ENORMOUS! SRO By Dirigible IsNearing : | HomePort | radio naval station herd showed the airship more than 1,000 miles out from her starting point, . Mineola, L. L, (7 p. m. New York time). Her post- tion at that hour was given as 42.! north latitude and 62.40 west longi- tude. “Speeding at 60 knots for blighty.” she wirelessed. “All's well.” Just before leaving Roosevelt field at midnight Wednesday, Major Scott. commander, expressed confidence that the R-34 would make the 3,200 miles in 70 hours. If her present speed is maintained, she will ac complish the trip in nearer 60. She is taking the “southern route,” with the prevailing winds directly at her bac! Bight members of the crew, left behind at Roosevelt field to make room for 450 gallons of additional fuel, will return to Scotland by steamer with the detachment which | assisted American officers and men | in preparing for the R34's landing here. Denver Car Strike Nearing End Today| ‘ ER, Col, July 11 Resump- tion of street car service here by to- night, after nearly four days’ tie-up. appears probable The striking mo- tormen, conductors and linemen were to ‘decide in mass meeting here today whether to accept an agree ment reached between the city ad ministration and the tramway com | pany. It sometimes happens that when a | Man takes @ rest he takes something “that he isn't justly entitled to, led the Matter. at 11 p. m. Greenwich time } | | \) HT } ‘ e’s Smoker Program 8 p..m.—Mother Ryther, with her flock of kiddies, escorted by Chief of Police Warren, honor guard of officers, and Policemen's Band, parade H on Second Ave. from the Public Safety building to the Arena. 8:30 p. m.—Gong sounds for first bout. Here's a list of the bouts: Lloyd Madden vs. Billy Wright; Travie Davis vs. Jimmy Storey; (| } Young Hector vs. Harry Williams; Frank Pantley vs. Frankie Murphy; Joe (| { Harrahan vs. The Portland Kid; Ernie Dalley vs. Battling Purdy; Matty Hf ) Matthews vs. Nick Sugar; Ely Caston vs, Stanley Fitzgerald; Eddie { } JSacksém vs. Irving Gleason; Barney Lustig vs. Eddie Murray. Retween bouts the famous Chin Chin clown jazz band, with Lou Gould, will perform.. Other specialty acts will include: Boxing bout be- tween Dot Clifford and Babe Harris, for chorus girl title; Chin Chin } chorus speciality and Ames quartet. ) The big final event will be the award of automobiles, by Chief War- ) ren and Mother Ryther, to boosters for the home fund. { * * * * * *% % * % It’s gonna be one gle-i-o-rious fete of swat, symphony and syncopation at The Star's smoker tonight in the |Arena to raise the cash to furnish the new Mother Ryther |home for kiddies, Boxers will slam each other around the squared circle, dancers will tip their tootsies across the canvas ring cov- ering, singers will carol lustily whilst one clown jazz band and one squad of fearless musical. policemen blare |forth sweet melody. | Fresh from gay old Broadway, the |Murphy, will be unable to box as| in Chin” chorus girls will har-|he left for Idaho Thursday, accord-| monize, the famous clown band, un-|!D& to a telegram received here this der Lou Gould's direction, will pour|Morning. Frank Pantley, former S forth saxaphone jazz; the Ames|A. C. boxer, will take Ridley’s place | | quartet, from Levy's Orpheum, will |on the bill tonight | A tes Os vill | , | warble, and. Police dette, ORE wilh] Prize Bouts Ready E | Madden | wield the baton for the The show starts when the police! Lloyd |band, with Mother Ryther and her |¥#rds, will tackle kiddies, in automobiles, parades up | the premier Second ave, to University st. and|¢vening, and | thence to the scene of the big affair, | Bremerton, is | the Arena. Harry Williams Then, at 8:30 o'clock sharp, Dan|bout Jimmy Storey Salt will enter the ring and start | Davis, of Bverett the fletie mixes There's a big section of fine From then on, fast, furious bat-|set aside for the and tles will be 1 up with music, | card they, aan‘t afford: to miss |dancing and feature stunts sand-| program is n but pepful. | wiched in between Tickets a ng fast, according | The Arena was donated by the Met- | to ticket sales head ropolitan Building Co Pasteboards sale Bud Ridley, Bremerton clock at Brown | weight, scheduled to meet (Continued on P: pride | Billy of the ship. Wright in} bout of the| Young Hector, of set to mix it with In the other big will box Travie seats it ‘The | ladies serv € tre & reports n quarters huntil 6 on Hulen’s, are bantam: « Frankie (Vie WONT Boss' Au METER MEAS AMOUNT OF HAVE TO Pay For ARGUE [ KNOW SURE Gas” DO YMEAN 10 SAY THAT METER MEASURES “THE EXACT AMOUNT \ OF GAS WE ABOUT iT (3 TH THE EXACT YOu Vit Fleet May ComeHere on Sept.17 Fourteen dreadnaughts and isers, comprising the Pacific t, are expected to arrive in Seat- tle under command of Admiral Hugh Rodman, September 17, according to a wire received by the Chamber of Commerce from its Washington rep- resentative, Harry J. Brown, Friday morning. ‘The fleet's itinerary has not been | completed, but the date September | 17 has been tentatively set as the {| day on which the ships will steam | jaya into Elliott bay. The length of stay of the fleet will be determined later, probably by Admiral Rodman after he arrives here. The navy department is now [Working out details and expects to have complete information within a week Mourns Death of. First-Born Son LOS ANC S$, July 1.— While thousands laughed at Charlie Chaplin's antics on the movie screen today, the king of mirth was bitterly mourning the { death of his first born son—the { babe born to Chaplin and his { wife, Mildred Harris Chaplin. Death came to the child 72 hours after birth, Chaplin had been told by phy- sicians the child could not live, | and for the last 48 hours of the babe’s life the famous comedian never left the nurse TO OPEN TRADE WITH GERMANY «: WASHIN 11.—(U Press.) relations with many resumed at once ing of State nounced today, Formal ment will be made to the world within 48 hours, Polk said. German merchant will then be free to enter ports of the world. ( { } ) ) \ ) ) ) ' ) ) ) ) \ ‘ { nited Ger. Act Polk an. announce will be Secretary vessels LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED NEW YORK, July 11.—Liberty quotations today 8, $99.94 $94.18; second 4's, $93.96 $95.10; second 41's, $94.19 $95.04; fourth 414°s, $94.16 $100.04; Victory 4%", $99.96 bond first 4's, third 44's, Victory 34's, First picture of the sign- ing of the peace treaty was brought to the United States by the R- the first dirigible to cross the Atlantic. .A Star cor- respondent put this news- paper “scoop” over. See it on page 23, six) | Charlie Chaplin ! { HI \ Watson's parlors fet gs, | fundamental SHIP BOARD PROBER dered and did not die from has reached Seattle | Dowsey was found dead in the y of the Securities building 3. H. Douglas, disbursing clerk the disbursing office of - the Emergency Fleet corporation. Dow- sey had left John ¥. Richardson, | traveling auditor for the Emergency | | Fleet, 20 minutes before. Dowsey | was at work checking-up figures of | the shipping board on one of the | most important investigations of the | government into war activities, The body of the secret service man | was, found with the head projecting frorh under one of the doors of the lavatory. As Douglas entered, two men who were in the place left hurriedly. As the opening of the spring door hid {| the body from view, Douglas was, |unaware of its presence until he | started to leave the room. The cor- oner was immediately notified and performed an autopsy, and a verdict. at the special request of government officials in Seattle, of apoplexy, was | returned Declare It Murder The body was taken to Bonney- at Broadway and ‘PACKERS PLAN TRUST, CHARGE WASHINGTON, July 11—(Unit Press,)-—The “big five” meat) SS olers will soon exercise a power-| ful domination over the nation’s {food supply and international cone \trol of meat products unless con- gress takes immediate steps to fore- stall these aims, the federal trade commission today reported to Pres-| ident Wilson “An approaching packer |tion of all important foods in this| country and international con-| domina an | Broadway, | plexy, trol of m products with foreign companies, seems a certainty unless| action is taken to pre-| vent says,the report, which i part of the commission’s in vestigation of the meat industry | “A fair consideration of the course | the five packers—Armour, Morris, Swift, Wilson and Cudahy—have fol. lowed, and the position they have | alr reached, must lead to the conclusion that they threaten the | freedom of the market of the coun-| try’s food industries and of the by product industries linked — there with.” ‘The commission claims the pack: | fast obtaining their dom-| n by manufacturing or dealing | in 775 commodities, largely products, one ady and by gaining control of 762 other | 4; companies, many of which are pub- lic utility corporations. | “The ‘big five,’ jointly or separate ly, wield a controlling interest in| 574 companies, a minority interest in | |95 others, and an unde | terest in 93,” the report said, | “Phe history of the packers’ |growth is interwoven with illegal |combinations, rebates and with un |disclosed control of corporations. | The commission urges full publicity | |of corporate ownership of all indus: | | tries. “Ag to devices for secret control, | there does not exist adequate law. [in its absence, unfair competition (CONT'D ON PAGE THIRTEEN) DIES MYSTERIOUS! Information that F. A. Dowsey, special age lof the U. S. Government who was found dead in. Securities Building at.11:40.a. m.,. May 2, Wi apoplexy as: Dowsey was.a 8] the government on a secret mission that invo liberty, it is alleged, of a number of prominent. |on the Pacific Coast who had denies with the U. | Emer, ‘gency Fleet Corporation. Olive, and from there New York. Dr. Dowsey, a prominen' cian of Greatneck, L, 1, the dead government operative, gether with James Dowsey, of tt new firm of Dowsey & Parsons, | New York, and two | er reputable physicians, the county coroner of New Yor! K te perform a post mortem ¢ tion, It was there found that sey had been murdered by a ful bibw. on the, head. An of wound, about four inches from { nN oe | Tight eye, inflicted before déath, said to have been the cause of Arrests Expected Soon The wheels of justice were mediately put into motion three government secret service dispatched to Seattle to investigi It is believed that the men” committed the crime will be aie arrest;with 48 hours. The fact that Dowsey was. on a mission 4@¢. the utmost impo to the ‘government, and one that,” it is saidg would have sent of the most. penitentiary, ernment of vestigations. Skull Not Broken \ The . blow. that is. said to have | caused “Dowsxey’s death was dealt by a poWerfylhand and penetrated to the ‘skull but-made no fracture, according to the report. The front part of the head was puffed by blood from a ruptured artery. ‘The coroner's co-operation with govern — ment officials in keeping the affair silent by issuing: a verdict of apo Was “in the interests of jus- the result’ of his in- tice, Dowsey said to have been in the government service for 22 years, It is believed that he is manager of the New York bureau of the secret service. He was one of the most important secret service men in .the government service. Life Was Threatened That he had no personal enemies in Seattle with the exception of those he made while in the performance of his duty is youched for by govern. ment men. He was a stranger in Se. attle, but at the time of his death had been here for several months. According to James Dowsey, the lawyer brother of the murdered man, threats had been miide against Dow. ey's life, either in New York or in ittle.. At any rate Dowsey feared that he might be murdered at any by agents of the men aguinst | whom he was fighting. Search for Slayers When the news of Dowsey’s |murder reached Washington, D, Gy ret_ service men in Seattle were jimmediately placed on the scent jand search begun for the two mam seen in the lavatory by Douglas. NEW ‘YORK, July 11—M than 100 government ships tied up in New York harbor day, when union firemen, tenders and oilers went on strike, it was stated by officers of the United States shipping board,