The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1919, Page 1

Tides in Seattle Entered as Second Ct BOOZE JURORS REPORT TODAY LATE EDITION tar TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE An American Paper That Fights for Americanism SATURDAY | SUNDAY 4 JULY 12 | JULY 13 First High Tide | | Fiewt Low Tide, 3:42 a om, 10.1 ft | 1202 am. Ta tt First Low Tide | gorse Wish Tide, ad 11:18 am. —12 ft.| Second Low Tide Second High Tide | 1062 am. 1.2 tt SAT. my 4 | Secomd High, Tide lass Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 187 Per Year, by Rall, $5.00 to $9.00 VOLUME 22. NO. 118. ae SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1919. IN PROBE OF * + * |S. Agent Told Theft of Millions 4 “That Fred A. Dowsey, government secret service operative, who federal agents say was murdered in the washroom son the fourth floor of the Securities building on the morning of May 2, was investigating alleged graft connected with Wiwartime shipbuilding activities, and that completion of his investigation threatened to bring about the ruin of wealthy Mmen involved, was the statement made Saturday morning by P. H. Gnagey, auditor of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. “The government was investigating and checking the reports of the war work in the shipyards,” declared Gnagey Saturday morning. “It was believed by the government that there was an immense amount of grafting done in the construction of ships during the war. There were many opportunities to do this because of the hugeness of the work. j The investigation was being conducted by Dow- | sey, acting for the government, and was confined only --to shipbuilders, said Gnagey. The shipbuilders in- ‘ are alleged to have swindled the government of millions of dollars, according to secret service men ow in Seattle on the case. ‘ wenty minutes before his body was found, Dow- ; a soe Sie was in conf - with pear een yen ie fe ot ng auditor of the emergency fleet corporation, a i. E G nagey, in the latter’s office. | Arrow Points To Douglas, disbursing clerk in the disbursing| | Susrecrs wee Pee 8 GN z Roe ee offices of the corporation, replied to questioners Sat- | urday morning that he had been instructed to talk to No one about the death of Dowsey. He refused to " divulge the names of the men who gave him his orders _ to be silent. : Secret service men believe that Dowsey was murdered he reached the climax of his investigations and was on} he eve of making his final coup in turning in the last) s. It is believed that these papers were taken from body in the washroom and that they contained the es of the men who ure said to be implicated in defraud- the government. Dowsey, it was declared by government agents here ‘Saturday, was murdered to prevent him from sending his reports to secret service headquarters in Washington, D. C., | and to enable the suspected men to gain possession of the) aac least 10 secret service men are now in Seattle at ‘work on the case. te ho ee eben. Prosorrstnive One was a slight jagged cut, about | Te ee wack in the canticr But the weend tat fel ee et ee rareea uy the | ceabet Dewevre ‘death, maye® scv-|’ gums MARKS. ROUTE TAKEN BY DOWSEY. secret service men here Saturday. | ernment operatives, was a wound in co mM <S ROUTE TAKEN OY. LAS From the description of the scene | flicted with a blunt instrument in given by G. H. Douglas, clerk in the|the hands of a powerful man that | SWowsS WHERE eal MARKS ROUTE TAKEN BY THE are “office of the emergency | Struck him just at the base of cod | DOwseys: Booy Two, UNIDENTIFIED MEN, fleet corporation, who found Dow-| hairline, the most vulnerable spot | : : sags ‘, (AS Fe Oo. é eey’s body, the two strange men | on the head. Ww OON could not have failed to see the mur- The latter wound was triangular foom. The secret service operatives | Silver dollar. The skull was not frac- beneath the wound were broken. | | clew to the murderers or persons they were acting ror. One thing is certain, brothernin-law of James Dowsey, | that Dowsey did not die of apoplexy, yer brother of the dead man. a ‘ : pot hod ad light on the latter's Tiffin, at the special request of se- jn the disbursing office of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, who followed the course of the open dotted line. 7 cret service men in Seattle at that 4 y death. He received a telegram from time, who were of the belief that | At the point indicated by the arrow, two strange men were standing when Douglas entered, he says. They hastily his sister in New York, wife 0 . of apoplexy was returned by Cor. May 3, notifying him of Dowsey’s| |.’ ritfin in the interests of the | lieved to know how Dowsey met his death, and are suspected of striking the death blow and then removing in- vi th and asking him to take charge | ia ihe boty ans. ane it Bast. | case. | criminating reports from his pockets, Took Body East Sent in Reports , In company with John Hill, a Altho Dowsey was at the climax of wecret service operative, Temple | his investigations and about to file | - 8 |Will Explain Why r ME packed Dowsey’s effects and, while his final report on the day he was| S l D ] f | lapan Gets Lan 1 Going so, found a card of introduc-| found dead, government agents say ti 1 | Pp s iBch to himectt, made out by his ais-| he sent daily reports to herwdadnnd ensationa eta sO ter. He believes, however, that|in Washington, and it is believed ecard. He had never seen Dowsey.| proceed with the investigati burglar from another r . Temple is a certified public account: | (CONT'D ON PAGE | man's, prope rey. ant, and has resided in Seattle for | - ——- | ats) a : : 8 Is to be the administration's hwy; . . | MARCH 23—F. A. Dowsey, age 44, secret government agent, ar (at Bie Baal i an 33 y. : Shantung set Pree tint phe bats, ot Dew. | Wilson Signs Wire rives in Seattle from New York to conduct probe of alleged gigantic | tiement, Senator Swaneen Creginrn “ ete. | *" swindles in connection with the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and aid today following a talk with on rea ong lag Raggio | Systems Hand. Back said to involve millions of dollars and prominent men. Travels in- | President Wilson Believe Papers Stolen From Slain | ¥="*s. ered man as they hurriedly left the |! Shape, and about the size of a} The above chart shows the sceno of the alleged murder of Fred A. Dowsey, government Shipping Board se-| IN L A | moderate. jen Se bi Rove: Figo leavis “I believe it i ly tt ft} oday, because it was also refused to say if they have any | tured by the blow, but the tissues |cret investigator, who was found dead in a wash room on the fourth floor of the Securities Building, adjoining | wal) time, unless the present tendencies |ing 80 cases of munitions destin declare the |the Emergency Fleet Corporation offices. Dowsey left the office of P. H. Gnagey (extreme right) at 11:20 a, m.| aati ‘George W. ‘Temple, of Seattle, | Secret service operatives, and that is | on Friday, May 2. Following the route of the dotted black line, he entered the wash room (extreme left). Deposition From Sen. New James Dowsey, on the morning of | DOWSey was murdered. The verdict | departed, evidently taking the course indicated by the arrows, to a stairway leading to the elevator. ‘They are be-|one from United Sta HARGES VAST FRAU MURDER “Boy Murderers” | SPOKANE, July 12.—Police and | sheriff's deputies were thrown in ) to wild excitement today, when it was reported three boys, who had escaped from the juvenile de- tention home here early today, had beaten a man to death with a hammer at Colbert, 20 miles from here. A sheriff's squad, rushing to } the scene, found that two farm- } ers had been quarreling, and } that one of them, M. T. Larson, { had sustained two broken ribs when George Sponcler is alleged ; to have beaten him with a ham- } } mer. { f DISABLED, R-34 "NEARING SAFETY [Speed Is Reduced When | One Engine Is Disabled LONDON, July 12. — United] | Press)—The British dirigible R34 Was 850 miles west of London at 11 la. m, Greenwich time (7 a. m. New |} York time), the air ministry an | nounced today. Her position at that} hour was 52.55 north latitude and | 19.30 west longitude | Flying at constantly. lessening |speed, the dirigible was less than |1,000 miles directly west of London jat 6:30 a. m. Greenwich time (2:30 a. m, New York time). At that hour | the airship wirelessed her position as 52.15 north latitude and 23.00 west |longitude. Her course was north 74 |east 2, and she was making 35 knots + Tonight and Sunday, probabl Weather Forecast: Tin'{hiderate southwesterty Ae | | EXPECT FIRST INDICTMENTS _ AT TWO PN | The grand jury, which convened June 16 for the \express purpose of delving into the mystery of the di \appearance of 864 quarts of whisky from the county jcity building on the night of June 4, was scheduled toy file its first report with Presiding Judge Boyd J. Tall man at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Indications are that a sheaf of in- dictments will be returned by the/ ey a jury in addition to the seri 8 of the report. It is expected that the report will be voluminous and | Will touch on every angle of alleged ' misconduct relative to the booze Kae theft which precipitated the calling | | j of the grand jury, Clerks on Duty {Vetoes Measure Ki In anticipation of expected indict: for Extra Sun: | mente, Percy Thomas, county clerk, > ; 4nd his chief deputy, George Grant,| 4 | remained in their office after the ia Pree ee usual Saturday closing hours. The |Vetoeg the agricultural bill sheriff's office also failed to close at | of the clause providing for tl |peal of the daylight saving. | the noon hour. It was reported that the grand| ‘rhe president also returned! | the house without his signature th Jury would be ready to file its re- port Saturday morning, but several | sundry civil appropriation bill! cause, he said, it contained Sten last minute changes were ordered by | | the jury, and the hour was changed | ° to 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Judge | Orersucnogess ot ne most “I realize, of course, the #1 Tallman consented to receive the grand jury, at that hour, convenience which may arise the postponement of this legi at this time,” the president an hour. | } * Owing. to. storma over coos SENATE PLANS |"ihut feet obliged to withond the air ministry wirélessed the R-34, shortly before noon, to land at Pul ham, Norfolk (about 100 miles north ing to jexpected to reach Pulham about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, London summer time (4 a, m. New York } time), | The reduced speed of the R-34 re- it Fortune, The craft was |Sulted from a disabled engine. She} | BY RAYMOND CLAPPER act referred to would be of | ted this in the following mes-| (United Press Staff Correspondent) | “The R-34, at 8:10 Greenwich time| The federal trade commission's (4:10 New York time), is 4,000 feet above the clouds and going strong,| five” packers are seeking a com- despit just abi a disabled engine. We are! it to descend to look at the | 26, 1919, next, the act entitled “A Act to Save Daylight and to P for the be, and the same is | nature because of the clause whi | p A K R | provides that ‘on and after 2 |east of London), instead of proceed: | |ante meridian, on Sunday, Octok Strict Government License Is Kenyon Bill Aim | believe that the repeal of great inconvenience to the cowl and I think that I am justifi saying that it would constitute “ | thing more than an incon! Teor ec tereing that the “bis | tt would involve a serious. 46M | loss.” WASHINGTON, duly plete monopoly of the nation's food, brought into the fore sea, All well | ground today the senate bils | Prevent Steamer as was reported by Coroner ©, c.| Twenty minutes later his dead body was found at the spot indicated by the Maltese cross, by G. H. Douglas, clerk | May Figure in Case LOS AN (United Pi Cal, July 12 ‘wo depositions— *s Senator Harry S, New, of Indiana, and the |other from an unnamed admirer of | Frieda Lesser, in Birmingham, Ala.| pusiness last year twice that of the —may figure in the defense of Harry Yew, who claims Senator New is his father, the defense at- torneys admitted today. v4 Senator New’s deposition would| agriculture committee appear to be WASHINGTON, July 12.—Japan| ‘al with the parentage of the ac-| divided. Capper, in his interview |Sets Shantung on the same princi- |CUsed man, it was understood. The| warned that packers are preparing | depos! . rare ee ae ae, URE the. peeoermens wil be able to Dowsey Murder Mystery }.5.7° yeti. erven fe: reation om eminem oul whether New had affections of Miss Lesser | Investigation of the reported ap- pearance of New at a dance at Camp Topango, near the scene of | the murder, was being carried out| New Arctic Hotel, and begins work. | “Jap lad wie. ip. | today. Matee anus te te ine cemek cae. | ac ON, July 12—Presl- | cognito, registers at the Ny) pan ousted the German burg- taf. | Dee Tae aca de the od | ian eee eny sleet | MAY 2—Dowsey excuses himself from conference with John Y. | |lar from China,” said Swanson,|. This phase of the case is being operations in connection with the|turn of telephone and. telesra h|] Richardson, traveling auditor of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, }/“As a reward Japan is entitled to|Faced to establish | whether New case lines to Grivats companies at the ee) in the office of Fleet Auditor P. H. Gnagey, in the Securities collect at least as much as it spent Pag inane rangi i rel and Edward Blaney, expert criminolo-| of the month. Building. pi Seine: bo. _ Tile: Tapes’ oat. do Helen ey en ehe* weary Crowes at gist, and one of the three experts at} He also signed the army and dis- MAY 2—At 11:0 a. m, Dowsey is found dead in the Securities thru temporary possession of Shan~| AANed Nun one mirth crowes At work on the unraveling of the mys-|trict appropriation bills and the Building washroom by G. H. Douglas, clerk in the disbursing office sierra ni ig eats ed that he did, the fact will be tery, left Seattle Saturday morning | urgent deficiency measure. of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Two unknown men hurriedly : . > urged as part of the proof that he rig) ee secret, but} He has not signed the sundry civil |] leave washroom as Douglas enters, Haig Thinks We ll was insane, attorneys said. it is ev at he is on a mis-| appropriation bill nor the agricul MAY 3—At r t, © C. C. Tiff : “ | M! Be! equest of the government, Coroner C. C. in | sion of extreme importance to the/| tural bill, which carries with it re-/] withholds public announcement of the theory that Dow Have Another W QP! Los ANGELES, Cal, July 12.— | Li ABERD) Scotland, July es . | Peal of daylight saving murdered, of © murderous blow on the head had ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 11—| possipiity that Harry S. New, held| j how Dowsey Slain | - been establ . Assigns cause of death to apoplexy, |) Field Marshal Haig, urging the | tor the murder of Miss Frieda| Statements by Dr. A. M. MacWhin- | Three Warships Go pending arrival of special detail of secret service men. a of a universal military | Lesser a week ago last night, may | nie, specialist, 202 Securities build- ° ¢ | Government detectives learn that important documents, said corps, declared here today: / he brought before a lunacy board yg ing, the first physician to reach to City of Fiume!] to make up the final report in the sensational exposure, are missing. rose People are wrong who think | before he faces the court, was one | oe Bagdad death, and by Cor-| paris, July 12.—(United Press,)- MAY, 4—Body of Dowsey sent to Long Island, New York, where We Tuk De poapened ight again. lo¢ the complicating developments q oner & 2 ery Saturday, substantl- | Three warships, one French, one Bri another/autopsy convinces the government of murder theory. Ten x ws): in New's case today, ; en Oe tat Dose. Secret #er- | tish and one American, have been or-|| special investigators and federal criminologists hurried to Seattle to LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED It wae demrerelly: understood an | dered. tt Dowsey was mur-| dered to Fiume, it developed today in|} Work on case. NEW YORK, July. 12 gffort to have Im examined for bis fi 3 donate: f the a quotations today: 344 sanity will be the first step of the . & There were two wounds on Dow- ee cat vintosinn witch wit toyoate JULY oe Seattle Star oaks Dep) announcement of gov- 1) $54° wocona 4 x s deteneh, 4h Ganlaean tere. Bat | sey’s head when he was found lying| gate the recent disorders between the || ment conclusion that Dowsey was loved. could not be tried for murder, ead on the floor of the washroom.! French and Italians at Fiume. lawyers say. jthe business district to the Arena rival in the | - now pending to curb them. + These measures are the Kenyon Leaving H act, which seeks to put the packers PLES, July 12—United A MORE EVIDENCE | under strict government license, and | —The Seamen's federation pret thi Kendrick bill, which is more|the steamer Cablens, bound are stopped, when the ‘big five’ pack- | for allied contingents who are Jers, or, perhaps one or two of them, | ing the Bolshevik forces, | will absolutely dictate to the people | jof the country what they shal! eat}Show Vast Increase and what they shall pay for it,” de. 5 ra | clared Senator Capper, Kansas, after | in Cost of Living reading the commission's rt. | r July 12—Since 1896, Capper is a member of the senate | have risen 215 per eels jagriculture committee, which is| public utility research officers pes) | handling the packer legislation, ported today, In the same peril Capper said the “big five” did a| they said, clothing has advanced 280 per cent, coal 85 per cent and taxes 100 per cent. E. W. Dooley, 29, mechanic, are ~ rested here July 8, was taken back to Portland Friday by Police Chief W. F. Johnson, of Portland. He ig charged with stealing an auto bee Kenyon bill, hoping to! longing to H. A. Gallon, in Portland, ” defeat it by “amending it to death.” on June 27. United States Steel corporation. Senator Kenyon, Iowa, said hear. ing on his bill probably would begin within a few weeks. Members of the Big Star Smoker Nets $2,641.50 for New Ryther Home Furniture To buy furniture for the new|and helped bring in the crowd that Mother Ryther child home, $2,641.50 | nearly pepe Be hall. at dome mia ing was was raised at The Star's big smoker |p.) "Sutt who put the anole oth: in the Arena Friday night. in regulation style, and the crowd Ten fast boxing bouts comprised | took to the special features with a the athletic card. In the main event, | yell. Lioyd Madden lost to Billy Wright} ‘The program was clean and ex- by a close decision. citing. A large num women Dot Clifford and Babe Harris, box: | attended. me: i ing beauties from Levy's Orpheum, | Before the last boxing event, one | stepped two fast rounds to a draw. | of the Chin Chin chorus girls aware | Dan Salt, Lonnie Austin and Clay | ed the four automobiles to Mothe Hite had charge of the boxing pro-| Ryther home boosters. Details gram. |be furnished at the Ryther The Ames quartet, the Chin Chin | headquarters. vw clown band, and the Seattle Police| ‘The Arena was donated for # band provided music, while the girls} evening, and not only the of the Chin Chin chorus sold] but all who took part, gave “bricks” for the Mother Ryther | services free of charge. Ss home in the crowd. Before the The acounts are being audited by — smoker the police band paraded thru|G. E. Morford for the Ryther came paign. 3