The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 14, 1919, Page 1

. D Tides in MONDAY | High Tide | M119 ft . TRIAL Seattle TUESDAY 13 JULY First 1 Moa Nigh Tide m,, 12.1 ft Pt Meee Pee oe ae Fiat 3 EGIN IN NOVEMBER An American Paper That Fights for Americanism Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash., VOLUME 22. NO. 119. ae oe SEATTLE, WASH., MON DAY, JULY 14, 1919. under the Act of Congress March 3, The Seattle Sta 1879 LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE by Mall, Per Year, $5.00 to $9.09 ‘onight entle and Tuesday, fair; northwesterly winds. st: Weather Fore GRAND JURY | MDICTS 22 LOCAL MEN Prominent Seattle Citizens, Including Judge, To Face Trial Next Fall | STRINGER IS CRITICIZED | — | : om An even dozen of widely known residents of Seattle, in- dicted Saturday by the grand jury called June 16 to delve into the mystery of the disap- pearance of 864 quarts of whisky from the county-city | tuilding on the night of June 4, .will face trials late in November, it was announced by Deputy “Prosecuting Attorney T. H. Pat- terson Monday . Owing to the congested court calendars the accusations against those in- dicted cannot be reached before that time. Those against whom true bills ‘were returned by the grand jury in- elude a superior court judge, a former speaker of the state house of Fepresentatives, two physicians, a} former democratic state chairman }, and of the Wilson campaign Superior Court Judge Clay Allen, two counts. ‘W. W. Conner, former speaker of the state house of representatives, _ two counts. _ Chas, G, Heifner, former chairman of the state democratic central com- mittee, two counts. Dr. J. H. Lyons, physician and surgeon, two count: Dr. Frederick G. Nichols, propri- -etor of a hospital at Riverton. Samuel A. Martin, realty operator, | two counts. Chiet Clerk of the Superior Court Oscar Springer, four counts. Court Bailiff George Gau, two counts. Deputy Sheriff Stewart Campbell, __ two counts. Deputy Sheriff Roy. Murdock, two counts. Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich, one count. Deputy Sheriff Fred A. Brown, one count. | Bail Set at $500 | At the request of Deputy Prose- cuting Attorney T. H. Patterson, Pre- siding Judge Boyd J. Tallman fixed bail at $500 for each person accused. Patterson, it was announced by | Prosecuting Attorney Fred C. Brown, will represent the state when the ac used in the various indictments are | brought to trial | ‘,Under the law the offense named in each indict: demeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprison- ment in the county jail of not more than 90 days. Two Indictments Accusations of “unlawful posses- sion of intoxicating liquor” and “possession of intoxicating liquor | with intent unlawfully to dispose} of the same” are charged in two} indictments against Judge Allen; fn two against Chief Court Clerk Bpringer; in two against Bailiff Gau and in two against Charles Heifner. The same allegations are made in two indictments against Pr. Nichols and Springer, jointly; in two indictments charging Dr.| Lyons, Connor and Martin, jointly, dnd in two accusing Deputy Sher-| iffs Campbell and Murdock jointly. | ™) Deputy Sheriffs Starwich and Brown each drew a single indict- ment alleging unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. | Stringer Censured | With the return of the indict-| ments the grand jury filed a “par- tial report” in which Sheriff John} Stringer is criticized sharply for al- | Jeged carelessness in the handling of the whisky which precipitated the calling of the grand jury. “1d rather be indicted a dozen times over than have such a re- port made on me personall Sheriff Stringer commented practically accuses me of stealing a lot of whisky. The report doesn’t even ask me what became of the Hensgen whisky, but leaves the mystery high and dry.” Starwich Is Angry | Of the deputy sheriffs accused by | the grand jury, all of them with| the exception of Matt Starwich, one] of the most spectacular peace offi-| cers’ in King county, were inlined’ (CONT'D ON PA SIXTE. ) m Troops Patri armed farmers, Bill Hart Joins Star Staff; Will Write for Boys Bill Hart has joined the Star staff to write for boys. His first story for the Seattle boys of all ages will appear in the Star tomorrow. Watch for it. Bill Hart is just a grown-up boy. He still hikes out to the old back lot when his day's work before the camera js finished and gets into the kids’ ball game. His stories for boys are just the kind the boys expect from a man like Bill. Don't miss them, boys, in Tues- da Star. RACE RIOTS ON ~ INTEXAS TOWN Shooting of Negro ‘LONGVIEW, Texas, July 14.— The town of Longview w: under martial law today, fol- lowing the shooting of another negro by whites yesterday, and 250 Texas national guardsmen, with a company of state rangers were collecting all s in the county. cluding flintlocks, air rifles “muzale loaders. Governor Hobby’s declaration of martial law came at noon yesterday, had been dozen sur- rounding towns. All persons except military and rangers were kept off the streets last night. Shooting of Marion Bush, aged ne- | gro, occurred in the country early | Sunday. Bush's body, surrounded by was found near a schoolhouse, riddled with bullets. The whites say they shot in self-defense, when Bush opened fire on them with a rifle. WILSON PLANS WESTERN TRIP Expected to Start His Tour About July 23 WASHIN' According to present about July 23. The party probably will not visit York or New England. probably will be the first stop. It 1s practically assured, it was learned, that speeches will be made at Indianapolis, Cleveland, Chicage, ment constitutes a mis-| Kansas City, Wichita, St. Paul, Den- | and at several cities on the Pa-| Invitations have been re ver cific coast, ceived from a large number of citie: | but none has been definitely accepted. of the fronted him upon; his return from Paris, the president the addresses he Having disposed of much business which shortly will draft will make on his trip. Aged Man Shoots Wife and Himself) July 14.—After) shot and killed PORTLAND, Ore., Al Harris, 6 had his young wife today in the pres: Jence of their three children, he forced the children to leave the room and then shot and fatally) wounded himself Harris killed his wife Myrtle, aged) He fired two shots, both of which took weapon 35 years, with a 26-calibre rifle. effect. He used the same on himself and died soon after. Mrs. a strikebreaker company. The at St. Johny. for the Harris family The ave that she would consider it unlucky to on decline a proposal of marriage Friday a I lost my little puppy dog, I'll neither weep nor wail, Star want ads will find that hound o mine They never, never fail This rhyme won a prize in last week’s want ad rhyme contest. Suppose you try. See particulars on Classified Page. ol Streets After ‘ON, July 14,—An- jnouncement of President Wilson's |itinerary in his tour of the states In behalf of the league of nations prob- jably will be made early this week. tentative | plans, it is learned the tour will start presidential New Cincinnati Harris had been working as telephone lived ge girl is so superstitious | council simply advises, and its ad- | i} Slayer New and His , ee i ! i superior Administration Stand on World League Is Outlined WASHINGTON, July 14.— (United Press.}—The keynote of the administration's defense of the league of nations, sound- ed today in the senate in a speech by Senator Swanson, Vir- ginia, is: “The requirement for concur- rence of the United States in ev- ery decision of the league coun- | ei il amp! tees this nati taint surrendering its sever, |French General to eignty | Hit Hungary Reds. | Swanson answered in detail every | ed, “so far as we are concerned, the covenant is annulled and the Monroe doctrine survives for us as a living foreign policy, We accept the cove- |given new force and dignity. We ob- tain a world’s recognition of our | right to insist upon it.” JONDON, J J Pa objection to the wague covenant. In Bes a hed el pe prea - oar pach case he pointed to the provision | icin dat tty he" aa} Stein that each decision of the council | °O™ “ ne’ HORE Ssts head the allied police operations must be by unanimous vote, includ. | 4 ing that of the United States, After |2ainst Bela Kun, Hungarian soviet the council has acted, congress still | eader, according to an Exchange Tel has power to refuse’ American ac-|@staph dispatch from Paris, ‘The al lceptance of the council's advice, | Hed attack was expected to begin te | Swanson declared ipa He first answereg the objection to| article 8, on disarhhament. “The interest of the United States Husband and Wife ply safeguarded under this ar Both Drop Dead said Swanson, “No general] A post mortem examination will plan of disarmament can be present-|be held Monday on the body of F. ed without our consent; no obliga-|N. Harter, 65, who dropped dead tions imposed on us without the ap-|Saturday afternoon in a butcher proval of congress, which is intrust-|shop at 27th 8. and Jackson ed with raising armies and navies. |st. Such a plan will give us greater se-| Harter's wife died on June 26 curity than any policy of nationali-|under similar circumstances. The zation surrounded by nations jealous |two deaths coming so close to- gether and under such similar con- ditions decided the coroner |duct the examination Uxtry! Woodrow May Be President of School Board SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July 14.—-Woodrow Wilson's 1920 cam- paign has been launched Understanding that the. presi- dent, if he does not in run for the presidency, will make his home at Montecita, residents of that exclusive town have decided to make him head of the school board. ‘The president himself, has not yet been advised of the honors, but the opinion is unanimous that election will be thrust upon him. It is considered a fact here that the property William G, MeAdoo purchased last fall at Montecita is to be the site of two new homes —one for Woodrow Wilson and the other for McAdoo. and apprehensive of our power and liable at any moment to combine for our overthrow.” Article 10, the storm center of the covenant, is absolutely necessary to world peace, Swanson declared, be- |cause it is a solemn pledge by all league members to abstain from wars of conquest, It imposes upon the United States no obligation which this government is unwilling | |to accept, he declared, because the | vice may be rejected by congress. Important Guarantee “When, under this article, we guar |antee the territorial integrity of oth Jer nations, we receive from them a jlike guarantee for ourselves,” said | Swanson, This, he declared, is im-| | portant, in view of our possession of | the Philippines and the Panama} canal, far from our shores and hard | |to defend | ‘The Monroe doctrine, Swanson as-| serted, is as expressly recognized | land reserved in the covenant as it possibly could be, } “If any contest should arise be-| tween the provisions of the covenant | land the Monroe doctrine,” he assert: Jail together in a long, tender New's voice shook with suppressed sobs. brought the body of Frieda Lesser to the lise Lesser’s mother, Mrs. Alice Lesser. ment charging first degree murder. nant with this clear reservation. ‘The | | doctrine is not only protected, but is | to con- Mother here when Mrs. Lilly Burger, mother embrace. court tomorrow morning, when New became better. Her friends sald today they believed she would be able to appear in court. R-34 18 SAFE ON HOME SOIL Completes Return Flight in 74 Hours, 56 Minutes LONDON, July 14,—(United Press., —The British dirigible R-34 was safe- ly housed in her hangar at Pulham | today, having completed her round | trip trans-Atlantic voyage early yes terday, | The airship left Mineola, | land, at 3:56 a, m, Thursd ch time (11:56 p, m, Wednesday, ‘w York time), and landed at Pul ham at 7:02 a. m, Sund reenwich time (3:02 a, m. New York time)—a | flight of 74 hours, 56 minutes. Her | flying time from East Fortune, Scot- land, to Mineola, was 108 hours, 10 minutes, a total of 183 hours, 6 min- utes, for the round trip. The west- ward journey was approximately 3,200 miles and the eastward, 3,000 miles, The R-34 experienced trouble with one of her engines when half way across on the return voyage, cutting down her speed somewhat. She bare- ly escaped a nasty squall as she land- jed at Pulham, The storm which | had caused the air ministry to switch | her landing place from East Fortune to Pulham, moved southward and burst over the field in an hour and a half after the craft was hauled down and lodged in her hangar. The R-34 crossed the Irish coast Long Is | time, De Valera Coming CHICAGO, July 14, Press,)—Thirty-one minutes of sus~ jtained cheering greeted Kamonn De | Valera, “president of the Irish re- | public,” when he arose to address a |throng of 000 persons in the Cubs’ |baseball park, here, yesterday. His jaddress and those of the other speak- jers were punctuated with jeers and hisses at the mention of Lloyd George and England. Hisses greeted President Wilson's name when Mayor . William Hale ‘Thompson, Chicago, asked “How was it that President Wilson's beautiful language that engaged us in the w was not meant to apply to Ireland De Valera will leave for the Pacific coust tonight ata near Clifden at 9:10 p, m. Greenwich | | to Pacific Coast| ~ (United | UNGALOW MAY GIVI LUE INDOWSEY CAS WOMAN IS NOW SOUGHT - BY SECRET SERVICE Secret meetings at early morning hours behind locked doo and drawn blinds—meetings in which contraband liquor pla: t role—said to have been held in an office not ¢ a prominen suspicion aroused by being probed by fed guilt for the murder’o was killed on May 2 i the inner workings of Secret service agents are! constantly on guard at a mys- \terious bungalow in Olympia and a thoro search of the premises for hidden docu | ments is being made. The} documents have an important bearing on the government’s case. Some of them are said to be cleverly concealed in secret closets operated with hidden springs An. investi- gation of the bungalow was , but-agents who declared that . the ea had been unproduc- ve, Search for Woman These records may be the means of securing new witnesses in the| government's case and undoubtedly will shed some light on the identity of the men in the shipbuilders’ ring. Search for “the woman in the case” is also in progress. This wo: man, the government agents be: lieve, was employed to set a trap for Dowsey and in that way ob- tain information that would be of value to her employers. This is believed to have failed, but in the opinion of government agents, Dow- sey craftily turned the tables on the woman and secured information of value to himself. The gang, en- raged at the failure of their femi-| nine weapon, instigated the murder of Dowsey. | The men who are suspected of |being implicated in the gigantic] shipbuilding swindle are under con- |stant surveillance by expert “sha-| dow men” in the service of the gov-| ernment. Steal Millions? As it is common gossip in ship building circles that the huge steal | runs into millions of dollars, it is also known that certain officials of the emergency fleet corporation con | nived with certain shipbuilders of Se- attle and vicinity to pass on and ac cept ships of the poorest quality and | | sea-worthiness. By means of cer- | tain inspections construction on cer- |tain ships was held back while on |the ships of the favored few of the jinner circle the work was rushed | thru. | Speaking of two of the ships built | by a certain corporation with a plant near Seattle, a well-known shipbuild- er, and one of the most prominent |men in financial circles in Seattle, |declared that he inspected the ships | while they were in dry dock in Brem: erton, and said “they would not even keep the bilge water in, much less |keep the ocean out.” The American bureau of shipping, with Capt. Bion B, Whitney at the| head, refused to allow its surveyors | inside the yards of the Grays Har bor Motorship corporation, at Aber deen, of which Al Schubach was pres: | |ident, because the officials of the company refused to conform their (CONT'D ON PAGE SIX N) |Dowsey’s Brothers Coming to Seattle NEW YORK, July 14—Dr. G. H. | Dowsey and James Dowsey, brothers of Fred A, Dowsey, government \eret service man, who was murdered | in Seattle on May 2, have left New York and are believed to be on their | |way to Seattle, to co-operate with | federal officials there in solving the | mystery of their brother's death, | In an interview given the day be- fore he left the city, James Dowsey, lof the law firm of Dowsey & Parson, 66 Broadway, declared that he be- lieves his brother to have been mur- dered. Private investigations | |financed by the brothers has led to murder as the theory. The manner of Dowsey's death has | been kept secret from his wife, at! Manhagsett, L, I. ‘nected with the shipping board in the Securities building, to have guarded their movements in reaching the office, be secured by the government which may lead to the expe ‘France Goes Wild During ‘ | line Major Generals Lassiter, Hersey, | | sixth, Brigadier Generals Booth, D: |ker and McIntyre; seventh, Colonel) | nied by a group of color be: the stealth with which certain men are eral agents in an effort to establish f Fred A. Dowsey, secret service agent, n the building washroom. A witness a certain shipbuilders’ clique. Great Parade for Victe PARIS, July 14.—(By United | Preceding Marshals Foch and Press.)—France swept aside the | fre were a band of girls from A accumulation of half a century’s | Lorraine, strewing flowers bitterness and woe today with | from all parts of the b» The marchers came salute when they Cenotaph—a Pp; WANT NATION WIDE STR Local Phone Union Ask for Help A request to international that a nationwide phone called unless the local si mands are granted speedily appointment of R. W. Fuller, Tete march thru the heart of the city. It was the day France had awaited since her crushing defeat by the Prussians in 1870, and she made the most of it. The city was a riot of color when the 25,000 allied veterans began their march. Flags were flown from every building and each street apparently tried to outdo the other in gala at- tire. Foch Leads Parade It was, just 9 o'clock when Mar- shal Foch and Marshal Joffre, with their staffs, rode past the Arch of Triumph. As the parade proceeded the cheers and shouts increased in volume until they became deafening. Behind the famous French com- manders were a battalion of Dough- boys and a contingent of American | "0" ¥ oe bang Prapiegies” sailors, At their head rode General | Oct int keenones io Delbeain Pershing and Gen. Harboard. They | were followed by Colonels Marshall, |Tequest marked the beginning Quackemeyer and Major Hughes,| third week of the Seattle te Pegg rd tieup Monday. ¥ In the next line were Major Gen- Fuller left for San Francisco | erals Hines and Allen; in the fourth;Urday night when a telegram Jack Quinn, stating that unexp efhergencies were appearing and that another local representat was needed, arrived at the strike headquarters. Quinn did not state what the expected developments were, but cal leaders were of the opinion @ nh "ae Howse, LeJeune, MacLachlin, Lang: fitt and Brewster; fifth line, Briga- dier Generals Sladen, Rice, Marshall, Harts, Bethel,. Rossel and Poole; vis, Craig, Connor, Cruikshank, Wal. | Collins and Colonel Knight and Bri-|the wage conference would reop dier Generals Craig, McCoy, Park-| Monday and another local delegs Bamford, ville“and Mosely. | was desired. jf Fifteen hundred Americans were in We know we'll win,” declared line. Pershing was mounted on a|Miss May Duffy, business agent of French chestnut thorobred, accompa-|the union, “and we're prepared tO — rers, | stay out until the company gives in,” Behind the Americans came the|Our finances are in good condition, — other allied troops, the larger nations | We have received donations amount represented by a regiment and the ing to $10,000 in the first three weeks smaller ones by a color guard. | of the strike.” Haig Heads British The Washington State Federation — jof Labor Saturday indorsed the local ~ >) Field Marshal Haig and General| Robertson rode at the head of the|#trike and promised its support Sasi British contingent jorganizing operators in small towns = The French section, by far the larg | f the state. | comprised repre-| est in the parade, re sentatives of every military district sn are mae eet THEE HURT IN branch of the army, 1 Petain Generals Mangin, Humbert, Lyautey Gouraud and other famous, French | ine. ILLINOIS RIOT | Strikers and Guards Clash in New Argo Outbreak military leaders were in I BASTILE DAY IS OBSERVED HERE ARGO, IL, July 14.—(United Press.)——-One person was reported fatally hurt and two others were | shot and seriously wounded here to- French Independence Cele-| aay, as a resuit of a new outbreak | between strikers and armed guards” |at the plant of the Corn Products Re- | fining Co. brated With Dance, Picnic French Independence day, corre-| The trouble today started when spofiding to the American Fourth | 600 strikers clashed with loyal work: 79 of July, is being celebrated in Se-|¢S and guards, Dozens of shots ttle. Monday. |were fired. Strikers were said A dance will be held Monday|t® have attempted to rush the em night in the new Masonic temple, | trance to the plant, which has been ~ The proceeds from this dance, to Deinadiace: with barbed wire, gether with those obtained Sunday = “8 from the picnic in Wildwood park, will be devoted to the children of France. ‘Phe dance will be informal. May- i thing 4% or Hanson will make a brief ad- | {3h 0" yoy ig” LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED NEW YORK, Jul 14. fatherless | quotations today: 38, 8 necond 4m. dress, while representatives of the reRARe Leb: HARES French government will reply to| Some men imagine they are the — the mayor, Patriotic music will be| whole orchestra becatise they bave played, drums in their ears.