The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 15, 1919, Page 1

3 i a gs as Tides in Seattle TUESDAY JULY First Low Tide m., 60 ft 6:05 a om, 9.9 ft. Second Low Tide 2:08 Pom, —O.8 te Second High Tide 5:08 pm, VOLUME 22. NO. 120. tel 12. tt. | WEDNESDAY JULY 16 First Low Tide 2:06 a. I a An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879 bod FURY DEBATES DOWSEY DEAT PROVES CONFLICTING With a grist of conflicting testimony, the coroner’s jury hold- an inquest on the death of Fred A. Dowsey, special secret in- ence agent for the United States shipping board, who died y 2 in the washroom of the Securities building, retired to the room at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. A verdict of whether Dowsey was murdered or died of natural causes is expected goon. i Before the jury retired a telegram to Major M. H. Game, chief of the government mts investigating the alleged murder, was read, stating that affidavits from physi- who performed an autopsy in New York city on Dowsey’s body are on their way a Asked whether the two men who he attempted to identify Monday " could have passed Dowsey'’s body without having seen it, Douglas said Neither of the men were talking when they left the washroom, according to Douglas. John PD. Carmody, deputy prose- cuting attorney, cross-examined each witness. K..L, Wade, disbursing officer, was next called, and told practically the same story that Douglas related. P. H. Gnagey, auditor of the fleet corporetion, who also was called to the scéne, substantiated the testi- mony of the two previous witnesses. Dowsey Followed? wThat private detectives had been following Dowsey for some time or to his death was inferred when ‘E. S. Mason, local manager of a na- tional detective agency was called to the stand. Mason declared that his office had not known of Dowsey, and had never been ordered by his na- tional office. He further stated that he never had had dealings with the emergency fleet corporation. A. F. Woolley, formerly district plant engineer of the fleet corpora- tion, was the fifth witness called. He described the condition of Dow- sey's body, as he saw it on the morning of May 2. ‘The sixth witness called was John Y. Richardson, assistant chief audi- tor of the fleet corporation, former- ly traveling auditor. He was con- ferring with Dowsey shortly before the latter was found dead, Rich- ardson stated that on the morning of May 2 he and Dowsey had break fasted together. On the way to breakfast, declared Richardyon, Dow- sey made mention of a slight sore ness in his throat, and said: “I've probably been smoking too much.” Had Light Breakfast Dowsey partook of a light break- fast of French doughnyts, sliced peaches and coffee, and immediately ed to the office of the district comp- troller of the fleet corporation. An important point In Richardson's tes- timony was that at approximately 10:30 a. m. Dowsey got up a left the office without a word of explana. tion, leaving his hat on the table. ‘When called to the washroom fol- lowing tho discovery of Dowsey's body, Richardson stated on the stand, he removed a wallet from Dowsey’s pocket, This wa Rich: ardson said, he gaye to “some men.” John Hill, special agent for the department of investigation for the shipping board, the next witness called, recalled the fact that he found Dowsey'’s hat, which was a derby hat, in the aisle on the floor of the washroom. Hill mated he recovered Dowsey’s watch and sil- ver money from his pockets, handed them, with the exception of the wal Jet, to Deputy Coroner Frank Koep- fil, He interrogated Douglas, the clerk who found the body, and the latter told him at the time that there had been no one in the lava- tory beside himsett. Complained of Pains Hill mentioned that Dowsey had been with him all the preceding afternoon and had complained of pains in his neck or throat. Asked if Dowsey had telephoned that night he stated that he did not believe so. “We were having a game of cards and I can say that the game was net interrupted during the even- ing.” According to Hill, Dowsey was a heavy smoker. Dr. A. Me MacWhinnie, with of- fices on the second floor of the Securities building, the first, phy- sician to see Dowsey after death, was next called. He stated that Charles Clise, son of the owner of the build. | ing, J, W. Clise, had informed him of | the finding of Dowsey's body. Taking his emergency kit, Dr. MacWhinnie took the elevator to the fourth floor. | The doctor found, by applying the teats, that Dowsey was dead. Cigar May Be Factor The cigar, which Dowsey had been | smoking, and which federal agents hold an important factor in the case, | according to Dr. MacWhinnie, was | clenched in a death grip between the first and second fingers of Dowsey's | right hand. “That was one of the first things I noticed,” said the doctor. “It is one mark of sudden death.” | Asked by Carmody for an opinion ag to the probable cause of Dowsey’s | death, Dr. MacWhinnie declared that | he could not give an expert opinion | without going thru the entire) matter. He said, however, that in his opinion Dowsey did not die from natural causes. He described the welt or contusion on Dowsey’s head minutely, declaring that there was @ line, as if from a cut, about three | inches in length running thru the welt. He made only a casual in- spection of the body, he said, “IL would say, however,” said the doctor, “that in my opinion Dow- sey did not die from natural causes. His wrist and temple arteries, when I examined them, were plia- ble, which, had ft been apoplexy, would have been the reverse. It has been noted that a man could be hit on the frontal eminence with | @ potato and death might result, | without a fracture of the skull.” | “I asked how the man came to be in the aisle and some one said: ‘Why, I opened the door and he fell out.’” Douglas was called upon to rise from | his seat in the rear, but could not be | identified by the doctor as the man who had said this W. BR. Morton Testifies W. R. Morton, another special gov: | \@nment Pent, called to the stand, | said that his regular work wag with | the immigration service, but that he had been working with the shipping} board during a year's leave. | | His testimony seemed to have after breakfast the two men proceed-much weight with the jurors, as he was outspoken and clear in his state- ments. That Dr. Tiffin had told him in the presence of J. F. Richardson, another government operative, that in his opinion the wound on Dowsey’s head was caused by a powerful blow and not by a fall was the first bombshell thrown by Morton. He stated that the coroner had told the same thing. to Harry A. Perch, another opera tive, In continuing with his investi- gations to discover the manner of Dowsey's death, Morton said that he had interviewed H. E. Osborne, an emtalmer employed by the Bonney-Watson Co., where Dow- sey’s bedy was taken. Osborne stated that, while taking stitches in Dowsey's head,» he discovered that the tissues beneath were broken and ragged. “Tiffin's written statements are quite somed ifferent,” said Morton. “I also discovered a circle of blood spots on the wall where Downey's body was found,” con- tinued Morton. Suspicion Aroused J. F. Richardson, ‘special agent, the next witness, declared that the wound in Dowsey'’s head, accord- ing to a statement made by Coro- ner Tiffin to him, aroused his suspicions and that the infusion of blood in the wound was un- usual in that the hemorrhage in apoplexy would be in the posterior section of the skull. Richardson then asked Tiffin if the wound could have been pro- duced by a fall. Tiffin replied, according to Richardson, that he did not think it possible, but that “anything ‘is possible when a man is dying; that it was possible but not probable.’ “If the man had been found outside the confines of four walls,” Dr. Tiffin is alleged to have told Richardson, ‘‘I would unhesitating- ly say that he had been slugged."’ Richardson then declared that with Dr. Tiffin he had visited the lavatory in the Securities building, had simulated Dowsey's supposed fall and found that it was impossible for Dowsey to suf- fer such a wound by a mere fall, Dowsey’s private stenographer, who has been closely guarded by secret service men since his death, was present at the inquest this morning. She was not called upon to testify. H. E. Frick. district manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, Issued a staternent Monday afternoon stating that no irregularities in the corporation records could be found. Frick has been district manager of the corporation for the Northwest for the past two months, coming here from Hog Island, Philadelphia He stated that he had never worked with his present colleagues at m@mny time prior to his coming to Seattl His statement, issued Monday, fol- lows: “With reference to recent state- ments made by the press of Seattle, relative to investigations of alleged graft in connection with the ship- building program in the Pactfic Northwest, I feel that it is only fair to the men who have been connected with the shipbuilding program in this district, where the records made of ship production were unequalled by any other section of the country, to make the following statement: “The fleet corporation has a corps of investigators, whose duty it is to follow any clue which would indicate | irregularities, or that fraud had been perpetrated, and reports of these in- vestigations are submitted to the plant protection section, of which Maj, H. 8. Game is at present the head in this district. “The organization, under the dis- trict. manager, works in close co- operation with Maj. Game, and he Is afforded access to alt records in this office. Up to the present time, how- ever, notkimg in these records has SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1919. For the First Time in My Young Career I Have Encountered a Film Star who Pur- sues the Noiseless Tenor of Her Way. YEA, A MODEST, DIFFIDENT, TIMOROUS, BASHFUL, SHY, HUMBLE HAM OF THE CELLU. Low: It Sounds Utterly Un- reasonable, I Know, but it Remains a Fact that Beatriz Michelena Isn’t a Bit Strong for Pitiless Publicity. I had Been led. to Believe by Vic Gauntlett, the Fear-) less Press. Agent, that when Beatriz arrived in Seattle to Attend the Screen Ball along with Wally Reid, the he- vamp, and others, there would bea lot of Triumphal Arches, Bonfires, Salutes, Flourish of Trumpets, Fan- fare, Illuminations, Flying Colors as well as Feu De Joie, to quote from the Vivid Vocabulary of Sadie, the | that Beatriz, Gazing upon the Hoi Pollei, which is Greek for Selling Platers, would be Prouder than Rustling in Un- paid-for Silk, as B. Shakes- peare Chirped when the Classy Blond handed him a Back- handed Veto. I HAD BEEN LED TO BE- LIEVE ALL THIS or BEATRIZ BECAUSE I BENT A TRUSTING EAR TO vic’s +e tus goed I’m Here to State that Instead of Arriv- ing in Seattle and De- tonating with a Loud, Sustained Report, Beatriz and her Per- fect Profile Sli into One Midst. ‘es terday with a Silence More Musical Than Song. et And THAT, gentle reader, is Refreshing and Pleasur- able to the Extension of the Limit in These Piping Times of Blatant Drivel Insofar as These Film Folk are Con- champion inspector of Film| cerned. Row. I had Been Led to Believe that Beatriz would Be Met at the Depot by a Flotilla of Film Folk who would Her the Keys to the City with a Lot of Flash, Flame, Flaunt and Glitter. I bad Been Led to Believe that After on the Berg, Beate resid face en the eras necireeeglt eu Second Avonee ‘mid the Pinadite of Ad- Thowsands. mirieg, I had Been Led to Believe that Not for All of Rockefeller’s Would Beatriz Pass up a Chance to Skid into the Spotlight. I had Been Led to Believe And When I see Beatrix at This Stuff, I hope She Will Understand that ' was Shamefully Misled by the Fear- less Press Agent, than whom there is no More Striking Ex- ponent of the Highly Conversational Cra- vat South of the Pole |which Got Doc Cook ‘in Datch. GIRL RETURNS TO HER HOME Disappears Monday; Comes Back Late Today Elizabeth Pratt, 13-year-old daughter of F. Pratt, contractor, 2511 56th ave. S. W., who disap- peared from her home Monday with $250 in Liberty Bonds and other valuables, returned of her own free will late Tuesday. She brought the bonds back, but de- clored she did not take 50,000 shares of mining stock, missing from the house. According to the report made to the police by the parents of the girl, she left a note in which she announced herself dissatisfied at home, The first report made at headquarters Monday night made no mention of the missing stock in the Amalgamated Gold company, or the Liberty bonds taken by the young wanderer on her disappearance. been discovered on which to base an accusation of fraud agninst anyone connected with the shipbuilding in- terests In this district, The district manager represents the vice presi- | dent of the Emergency Fleet Corpor- \ation, and has jurisdiction over all | phaves of ship production, and his recordd of all matters pertaining to | wood and steel ship construction are complete, and are at all times acces- sible to any properly accredited per- “The death of Mr. Dowsey, wh was an accredited representative of the plant protection section of this (CONT'D ON PAGE TEN) TRADE STARTS WITH GERMANY | State Department Issues Li- cense to Exporters WASHINGTON, July 15.—Prac- tically unrestricted trade with Ger- many was begun today by American exporters, for the first time in two years, In an order effective today, the war trade section of the state de- partment issued a blanket license permitting communication and trade |with Germany under the trading- with-the-enemy act in all lines but dyestuffs, chemicals and potash. Exporters have been waiting months for the lifting of the ban on trade with Germany. Under the jorder they do not need individual licenses, but may export under the same conditions as they did before the war-—by filing declarations with the customs collector at the port of exit from the United States. AMERICAN LEAGUE Score: R. H. EB Boston .... 1 6 0 At Chicago 3.8 1 Batteries: . chang; Ch cotte and Schalk. Score: Washington 7 At Cleveland 8 Johnson and Picinich; Bagby an' O'Neill | Score R. «3 H. E. 0 4 a R. H. EB 6 13 414 voy; Philadelphia At St. Louis ... Perry and Pe: venport and Seve Da The dead ewere: Commander Frank R. King, Brem- erton, Wash. Engineman Floyd Roann, Ind. John Vincent Mellon, seaman, sec- ond class, Brooklyn, N. Y. Antimo Perfido, cook, Brooklyn, Homer Purdue, seaman, second class, Washington Court House, O. KE. Harmen, Weather Forecast: FINAL EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE r Year, by Mail, $6.00 to $9.00 Tonight and Wednesdi fair; gentle westerly win George KE. Pau! Rezab, fireman, Waterman, Minn. George Mallie, Knoblich, Ky, Lieut. Fred G. Keyes, executive officer, and Lieut. Walter 1, Sharon were slightly injured, The trawler Was sweeping up its mine net when a mine was discoy- ered entangled in it. The crew start- ed to let out the net again, but the mine exploded a few feet clear of the stern. The trawler sank seven =nin- utes later. © Commander King and the six men who died with him are believed to have bene carried down with the ship. One body, that of Perfido, the cook, has been recovered and is being taken ashore. It will be sent later to the United States. King, the report stated, remained on the bridge to see that all the crew were saved and went down with his ship. His home address is 488 Bur- well ave., Bremerton, Wash. Send This to Pres. Wilson Behind the telephone difficulties now experi- enced on the Coast looms Czar Burleson, postmaster a His intolerable attitude in labor affairs has ept the country in hot water both during and after the war. Burleson has convinced everybody that he is im- possible. settle the phone strike. Wilson. There is no use expecting that he would t] But there is one man who} can bring Burleson to time—and that is President The president should hear from every interested citizen. He should get first hand information about the way Seattle feels in the telephone case. For that purpose, sign your name and address to the following petition and send it to President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. President Woodrow Wilson: Realizing the justice of the demands made by the employes of the Pacific Telephone & Tel- egraph Company, I, as a loyal. American citizen, attach my signature hereto as a protest against the autocratic attitude presented by said company in fail- ing to adjust differences with its employes, and urge you to take some steps which would relieve the situ- ation as soon as possible, Name.... City. Crowd of Germans Threaten Yankees BERLIN, July 13.—(Delayed)—A small crowd of Germans gathered be fore the Y. M. C. A, here today, threatening Americans who were at- tending an entertainment. No trou- ble occurred. LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED NEW YORK, quotations today: 394; 80 $93.48; first 41's, $95.02 third 44's, $95: fourth 44's, $94.02; tory 3%'s, $100; Victory 4%'s, 908.98, July 19.—Liberty bond 3% # $99.86; flest 49, | President Calls Cabinet Meeting WASHINGTON, July 15.—(United Press.) — President Wilson today called a meeting of his cabinet for this afternoon, Attorney General Palmer was to see the president in advance of the general meeting of the cabinet. He was expected to discuss the appoint- ment of federal judges in St. Louis, Atlanta and Cincinnati, Palmer may also talk. to the pres!- dent about prohibition, since the president is guided by Palmer's in terpretation of the law. AMERICAN OIL TANKER WRECKED BY EXPLOSI CARDIFF, Wales, July 15.—It is reported here today tl explosion occurred aboard the American oil tanker Roselea! that 36 persons were killed. No details have been received there is no confirmation of the number of dead. LONDON, July 15.—The British airship H. S-11 is believed have been destroyed in a storm off Norfolk today. It is feared’ members of the crew perished. BREMERTON OFFICER MARINE STRIKE: D SIX MEN KILLED. $70Ps suit 400 Vessels Are Tied Uf N. Y. Harbor BOSTON, Mass, daly wi bs | ij companies whic! alkout affected practically all, wi shipping in this port. ¥ GALVESTON, Texas, July 1 —Shipping at Texas Gulf virtually was at a si i exempt from the strike o NEW YORK, July 15.—Po of an embargo on railway from interior points because of situation created by the n strike was foreseen in ship jcireles here today. Spread of the strike to the Gi Lakes, a well as along the A\ coast, was also considered p because of the refusal of the U States shipping board and steamship owners to grant the mands of the firemen, water tel | and oilers. A joint meeting of the Aj Steamship association, members | the shipping board, the .m mates and pilots’ union and Marine Benefit association was to held today in an attempt to some agreement. Unless a settlement is reached at this meeting it is believed a gene. strike may be called increasing the number of ships now tied up by the strike of the marine firemen, water tenders and oilers’ union. Following the refusal of the ship: | ping board to grant in full the de mands of the strikers, a number of | vessels operated by the United States | shipping board were tied up. ‘ | Officials of the Seamen's union re | tused to estimate the number of men out, but Oscar Carlson, secretary of |the Firemen’s union, said more than | 15,000 were on strike and more were | quitting as ships arrived. Pickets were patrolling the water- front and a number of coastwise vessels, scheduled to sail Saturday and yesterday, were still at their docks, It was said by union ofs ficials that more than 400 vessels are now held in port. Woman Dies After Fall Down Elevator Nellie Lilly, employe of a , who fell 30 feet down the service elevator shaft Tuesday morning, died at the © recover consciousness. The elevator is not used for passenger service, POETS There is a fine show coming to the Clemmer Theatre next week. Aref} you going? Of course, vyou are! Write a four-line rhyme. Take this for the} first line: |, : al “T have a lot of ig to sell.” Read about it on the Classified page.