The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1919, Page 1

\ TESTIFIES EX-GOPS DOLE ‘Gudis: tng Soutahe An American Paper That Fights for Americanism WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY Serr. SmErT. % First High Tide plied 6 ag 5:40 em, 104 fe Fira Wisi "rae. First Low Tide | * nae ee Second High Tide 1 bat pm. 1 r ‘ CENTS Late Edition Per Year, by Mail $5.00 to $9.00 Entered as Becond Clase Matter May 2, 1899, at the Postoffics at Beattie, Waah., under th creme March 3 W ASH., W VOLUME 22. NO. 179. = Well, Mebbe We'll Get Gas and Phone Service Improved--Mebbe Not Will the state public service commission get down to brass tacks with the gas and telephone companies and “treat 'em rough” if necessary to get the service? Business men and, housewives interviewed by The Star hopes so, but many said they had little faith in the commission. The Star reporter picked those inter- viewed indiscriminately in all parts of town. Some suggested the naming of civic committees to put the matter of restoring service squarely up to the com- mission when that body opens its hearings here next month. All -but one were indignant over the apparently careless attitude of both companies. The one ex- ception was a Capitol Hill woman, who said she had no complaint to make against the service of either SATTLE oR 24, 1919. thar -F "orecast: night and Thursday, fair; t femtlos we Ttheasterly winds orcas JITNEUR TURNS SKULL IS Patton, Fred Smart and Dick Russell—ai Meets Death on ReturnFrom by three accomplices, robbed the Uni Call Early Today States customs warehouse of 1,717 quarts Wie skull couakea and porn |2OOZE On the nights of March 29 and 30. arms fractured. badly, Motor. | _ This was the testimony of John W.1 defendants now on trial, were in. rete. Oftoce IAA Wlega, 2t, ied: | etei iti the core fioeas thett=] Sat tone cues tee oe at the Providence hosp! at | dic he seven “booze the: a 4:15 a. m. Wednesday from in. | defendants, when the trial was re- Ceet. aight. They were aie ho Juries suffered when he skidded | sumed in federal court Wednesday | on Western ave. by W. ¥. ti headlong into a telephone pole | morning. the policeman whose “beat” was at 13th ind Madison “st, | He turned state's evidence, after | include the government while returning to police head. |DPleading gutlty yesterday, and bared house, and Ed Hagen. They quarters after responding to an |his story on the witness stand today | worked, according to the E scratched apen and a fortune started on its way. Ascoop shovel worth $50,000 and a’slice and a half of ham. iA EALTH these modern days is a strange thing Chidiren and Bolshe viki imagine wealth as 7 something in heaps A millionaire is a man who sits onyfop of a lot of gold, and shuffies yerlbw bank notes for his diver sion. Wealth and !ts symbol, money, its counters, its paltry little white chips. are, to the lightwitted, syn onymous, Yesterday-we" had a chance to see a lot of Wealth. ‘We were standing at the ex- change counter of a Third ave. company. | bank when a bure-headed, stout . emergency. call, —implicating each of the seven men in woman came up and shoved a bit The interviews follow: eee ne van orie of the vet. Now facing trial. Besides the” ex-|bOOmet-the-0ate cmv of paper at the clerk. D. B. LASHLEY, grocer, 612 MISS STACY SNOW, 941 25th eran motorcycle officers of the force, | Policemen, Jim Morrison, waiter, Ed Used Three Cars | Carey, jitney driver, and Tom Rus- t - 1 | with Officers HK. 1. Moulton and F,|Sell. bg AE cto are Getendant;|20. Lochnane alleged that IR. Gindwin when the accident oc ne carernaient are Smart and Ed Carey were in # curred. ty that “lifted” the remainder h fi Wyikidihe’ Sebichine. otek: xeuk | ktoateet ae ee the 1 botties, There were three: called by the government In the between 12th and 13th aves. The ma jcars employed in the second tripe he said, chine skidded along the gutter for este Sor ore for the government, about 25 feet, the officers say Tom Russell was implicated jhe described the breaking into t we ribed the breaking into the|y ochnane’s testimony, when he when Wilron was hurled head first customs wareho t Weste |into the telephone pole set Leneca, the transportation of| that One bateh of the stolen iquse: He was rushed to the Providence | i, . was transported from Joe he booze to automobiles, and the| Tie (Ae ne city, to hospital, but lved lees than an | jj¢ ea tia “ : anes |hiding of the liquor afterwards. oe ans aaa The call: which Wiison and his| * Met by Copper John F. Dore opened the brother officers had investigated,| Lochnane averted that Dick Rus-/ examination for the defense Wi t Into police headquarters |sell and Jim Morrison, two of the 'day afternoon. Broadway—' ‘Every time the pub ave—"It will be very nice of the lic service commission gets commission if they do some mixed up with the gas company, thing the gas company gets handed ee something. I have hope, but not MRS. W. A. ROSS, 1510 FE. much faith that the commis: Mercer st.—"I have no interest sion’s hearing will result in any in the commission's bearing be g00d to the pub cause I have no complaint to see make MRS. HARRY DUTCHIE, 2660 ae 38th ave. S. W—"I'm glad> to MRS, OPAL NUTTER, 1812 hear the public service commis Laurelshade ave—"What the sion is going to do something.” telephone and gas companies ee need is a good shaking up, but I A. T. MAPSON, the Tyre Shop, haven't any faith in the public 607 E. Pike st.—"I don't kfliow service commission. They need | much about the commission, but «a good jolting, too I expect “eager ei r I certainly hope something will ‘their investigation to turn out pestiigped by H. N, Bell, driver of na | be done. It won't do any harm about as the booze case did down ity ambulance ! Inspect Pavement tell was gol , en he pe pak ear ae slope | wax proceeding down Madison st On the trip on the night of Back, and he opened his little stub book of draft blanks and began to write. And, slowly and carefully, he wrote 100,000 (one hundred thou gand) dollurs; the ciphers that meant a king's ransom poured off his pen until we counted back ice to see if he were keeping track all right. ‘Then he opened his draft ledger and again wrote 190,000. A hurried word or two, a scratching of a pen on a form and $100,000 was on its way from here to yonder. In the old days, a caravdl would examination conducted by for them to have a look into at the city hall. You've got to have loaded up with several tons conditions. live next door to some public of. Bell was bole to. work w of spices, and silks, and rugs, and + a5 ficial to get anything these Jsaw two men quarreling at 2ist ave 3 wines, and the cedar of Lebanon, G. E, STANLEY, sewing ma days.” cok: Maabicn OE One ae TAs seias ae and the unguents of Arabia, and 90 | chine dealer, 1100 Pike st—Our A AEB | drew a gun and fired at the other i assorted species of germs would public service commission is en RENCE A. SEARS, teach The motorcycle officers hurried te P have trekked for six months and tirely too lax. They should have er of piano, Liberty building — the scene but could find no trace . fought robbers league on league to done something long ago. I “Don't know whether I have any at istkie ok duo: caae . , 3 shift this balance of credit. haven't much faith in them be faith in the c mission or not heed 4 Saas akieckecks Strike —— meeting hog at Buffalo. Rioting also continued ~ an of ray. th handed They ought 0 e dc Coles Chen Fees aOwiy Oy Pittsburg today, were to take in Farrell, Pa., last night, one mam” 7 3 wh cause of the way they handed Th aught be 3 to do ¢ Sila’ Canela : nes Pitt ie! ’ Today a -blase clerk scrawis fhe ges compesy permiesion to something.” Ludendorff in June, 1918, sertously debated whether he tation. Officers say Wilson! getion seeking removal of state | being killed and six wounded, something on a printed form, an a of the best riders on the ’ astute young lady stops powdering raise rates a short time ago. vec PP not give up his drives agamst the allies. ‘aoe cud gawer toek teckiems |. ee the steel cen. | This brought the total casi . her nose long enough to slip !t in That should never have been A. J. STRATTON, cigars, 920 The rush of the American legions in the spring and early ct a. They reported consiSerabie| rns rua wane the seitene Ces 1h et ee ee and Snes hy done. The comminsion should First ave. something é an epaabste 4 y , . the troopers have exceeded their scores injured. Eight men were an envelope, and Uncle Sam car. . summer had more than overcome the advantage in man- Sve! on the st at 13th av hori y fe Lieb inligs Tor 2 conte have stood pat on the provisions should b Whether the n : : : s authority, beaten by strike sympathizers in Ite eel. . saan of the company’s franchise with p Tomminion ia the | power with which he had begun his campaign. “America| Dre * Rew bullding is Bele con.) Shortly before this meeting began, | d arbor, Ind., last night. Now you see what sat se the city. I think a committee one to do it is hard to may. Up thus became the decisive factor in the war,” he says. ane seine pals M, a - ‘Wileoa’a nd state constabulary A state constabi , when we _ modern wealth was should be appointed to meet the public service com But he could not trust his army on the defensiv He had him to pee « ntrol of the mat pve yelipcbiets roe sea epiedehy ied 2 oie ea: : q a strange thing. commission at the Chamber of mission has been a joke to go on attack the hove that the ¥cad , % App perp disorder reported today. During the|en route to theBuffalo-Lackawanna 2, eee Coliiantes haat month, end put pepe g cking in the hope at the road to-peace would) Motor Officer C. E. Rix, ac: night one man was killed and sev-| district today, following an appeal ESTERDAY was our the matter squarely up to them CHESTER FE. ROBERTS, be thus opened, So he planned the two great blows. companied by Capt. Hans Damm, | eral Injured in strike disturbances | from the mayor of Lackawanna, wealthy day. I'd like to be a member of that perial Candy Fes 308 Weber The first was for the capture of Rheims and the opening Sst be © Caz eh ert ide Ps ——~ | The strike situation in the allims— / We walked up from committee.” ppaad maga Bib cep snaps up of the dangerous pocket. The other was a return to his « Pai ce es Ar i ba the portant Pittabung district apparently” os the bank a few hundred $10.8 pe 4 : ‘ eons ‘ hal es i scene of the acoide was unchanged teday,. while both <a feet and stopped, along MRS. OLE ROAL, 2856 Ww. S00 [ele 1 ae ce onstant hope—an advance in Flanders, They accompanied the injured of sides claimed gains in the Gary and with a crowd, before a jeweler's 6th st—‘The pub service oe \aeeh ; any “ ” ficer to the hospital, Capt. Damm | | Ohio areas. 1 oS Sth st—"The Dubie he but, the public service commission MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS remained with Wilson until Wilson | John Fitzpatrick, strikers’ repre ‘Shere wase: Qamond dieplay I think, not as good as it might : Mt, By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff Med at 4:15 a, m, It was found) sentative, will be the firat withame Be there; clever brooches, and bars be.” CHARLES A. REYNOLDS, pasowcegl ‘ at the hospital that Wilson's left | jat the opening of the senate labor and pendants, and platinum, and roped lawyer, former chairman of the ar getete! crransomens the McClure Newspaper! arm was broken below: the elbow, | erie |committee’s strike investigation im hue white stones, with values on MRS. J. D. McKAY, 2411 E. public service commission—"1 Hutchinson & oa thst *4./the right arm broken above the Wholesale Food Men Called Washington tomorrow. Judge EB, Hy teies ranging from $1,200. uy arion st.—"I hope the commis. am not personally acquainted in A, * wrist. There was a deep gash over | | Gary, head of the United States Steel a 2 means bu with the new nbers land, Rus and the|b ght « ici le r re But inthe center of the window manne oe pvc Reig Pecan 2 yp Dp: intr gage Sipe Before Inquisitors corperasion, ‘bb wes So was a tiny sliver scoop, pouring J. A. SUNDWALI portunity for the comm ne entire fighting forces which, ‘That was more than I had thought | ¢,.¥ arn was pecently discharged — mittee he could not come to Weil - d ? a p miminst + rited States had eent over to ‘ | tro he rere he served with ., come ’ out a load of « ister Co., 919 Second ave—"It is show hand. It would the United States had sent t April, |Ponalble. ‘The superiority which we | th intelligence department in That the federal grand jury, ington for a week. & square of biue velv Tish time the eamextasion ana geod Sten, 1€ weema to. nie France during the months of April. | still possessed in March in the num-| i°rance and Italy. He was unmar.| Tew im perenne leate ere — iegend reet, “Blue 2 mad Ula Ghataher oF Coe May and June, 1918, were reckoned, | hey vad . wy “ le We ation of living costs, was indi- eas And the legend read. “Blu in fut Tthink a city, the Chamber of Commerce, Ro. |/MAY,aine ty ngarmation recelved, a her of divisions was thereby wiped] ried and lived with his parents, Mr. ered Watusndan ter tha dinpee A EUEFALO, N.Y. Sept. thm ones, wo 0,000 x corm would be tary club, 0: undred Per Cen wie ‘a tone thei and Mrs, M. 3 Vilson, at 3 35th Jnited Press.) const Fifty thousand dollars in dia more effective, if such a thing club, and kindred o 5 divisions, At the time ther Wherever until now we had fought! ave. S. | ance in the corridors, outside the ae , emia ‘tabu. ‘ a te t might have been, taken all in all,| with divisions that h grand jury room, of prominent ary and striking steel workers pe, © pe prenaanecn: ee the be Fi eaten: SERb Tig blog ay biel og gl Bon about 20 American divisions in| franc ns that had long been in| Members of the police department| Wholesale food dealers. clashed here today when the lat entire assortment with one No. 1 miasidn hasn't been very effec: the hearings to present the case || ®P°U ‘ ; Franeé, we had, even in numerical] say the father desires the funeral o : ter ignored endl or ir ‘ om France t The following men, ready to be| eM a command to dix tint ti Conditions are in awful from their points of view. There ity, remained masters of the|to be under the direction of the! oaneq bef cha taaulelt perse. 0 in the lav Hes a i ieee ee I on, watt S\called before the inquisitors, ap: fag eee ee ae , and I thi he best Is nothing in the law, I believe, |) ton. “It was not to be supposed | police department and that th . = vil ~ oil | The strikers began congregating ’ diamond« lL be # n § pipe hr peas re obs: bed ona : pon he pogo " (CONT'D ¢ PAGH ELEVEN) | officer be buried in his uniform E. S. Gill, secretary of the Seattle |” Street corners in large numbers, within twelve-month, doubt aA Cimnteatclaliinib to nas casi wauld’be namentet vidi } Produce Dealers’ aswoclation; Paul J.| Th troop commander ordered them less, and several other little scoop m3 aittel 7 k é ‘ - ae 1 | Jensen, secretary of the Seattle |t® Move on. The strikers Puls besides committee to take some dec ; * . ‘ : “c,| With a volley of stones. The - actio a i ’ 8’ association; Mr. Wallace, here are_many other stones Oe ants I Pe geen ‘ ‘| Roses Are Red, SoWhy Doesn’t | ::":,0@ve'Sie'iarsmen's or. cee wine Much more beautiful; an opal has MISS MARGUERITE POPP, vice commission has bean slow | axsoclation; J, W., Godwin, president |Ub*. | Many of the strikers sought . more life, fire, romance, independ 14Bf dauide o6r"X fon't tae | ih Adal” beens | ayor itz r of J. W. Godwin Fruit company,| (CONTINU . ence of spirit and infinity of per whether the commission whew Hksty tint thal do a3 % , ly it and prominent on Western ave. sonality in a minute than a dia committee to tak H atv net now." ere Kis PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 24.—Fred ow om ers Charles Hebberd, former state!” ca — to Seat Riend has in a thousand years, but ? é és J\t. Boalt, editor of the Portland h J d S ? food administrator, News, who wa riously injured in e ug an pan u of District Attorney R, C. Saunders. lelight in diamonds ' hile doing a gymnastic stunt 10} | oe little $50,000 shovels while doing a gymnastic stunt Mon He brings with him a’mass of data| fi lie: toad nae ‘day afternoon ‘ reported to be If you happen to eee Mayor C. der England's instruction to get on the food situation in the state) After all that we o felt ad holding his own” by his doctors to. B. Fitzgerald today and he is the country divided, and then nd. ty expected So. be Sr, Meee ; i |witness before the grand jury W ve mdst opulent enou y Seattle gas meters are clicking — mie ‘ ¢ wh worrying at his hangnail, there's &*t Japan to jump the country , are clic nission, copies o} nich were re & at his hangnail, there's n n f of ham and four p r with England. England is bent ||?" day. Is Your Agent Making His Best Effort to Sell Your Property he physicians, who announced eggs to take home, but, ha merrily and registering big bills | ceived here Wednesday, charge the paterday had no chance for re ar anon. on the destruction of the United Additional witnesses in touch with | " ready this week acquired t for hot air that is charged to | company with serving an insufficient | covery, entertain some hope Here's the reason States. Lal caret gueadty rue ovageyeg Ayath on { ga entjre pound of bacon | consumers as heaton quantity of inferior was. Meters, it|that he will get well | It's a letter from John Daly, — “Now, to prove this; Arrest || Northwest are expected to be coted!| Real estate delears who } lieving that the cost of t | gas. is alleged, are registering impure - who signs himaélf, “Your Loyal Gompers and put him on his are ae ere ne ae} di ; must be checked by the patriot | If the gas flan itters at th ie it au r tt A of tt A aba oath ay a brother, and he'tt make ||" in |] 32, nok: Ue. Ste ae atriotic, he gas flame sputte ut the| gam as if it were pure, and the con-| covering e period oO e@ gas The letter ost fearsome. f y Pt « vestiga A . (cSt Alga ag eyeotatlil MB thee, err a; Agaeeaie iy aes] bagdbadnidhe Dulabihendere yn abeail be ih nihil gg |] ithe eter ie mont fearsome, 4’ confession at ihe whole plot. || ja1'w te garmvanuted ate raent oon || Of The Star are not alive ine; wwe decieted k 2 sumer is being charged at the same € end I wish you would show th I ere for nc 2 ; the price, we desisted mixed with the way SHepaipin grep | In order to insure reimbursement mel dais abasic iad tllad hilar ck! thee atenh aA se Pex bev 3 ference between District Attorne: to your best interests, For, while they won't give you | of determining, according to experts Corporation Counsel Meter said Wed ay : aye x pe he Sound 1\ saunders and the district attorney List y . 4 liver for the asking any more than |in the city utilities department May Ask Refund hesday the ‘consumer: ahpuld ,write h eby we na you this letter as *. ane ae f- the naked of fontaan ina Ported. aa el ist your property with ¥ they will bones for the pup, still, | whether your gas is of inferior qual:| It {9 not unlikely that the public| acronm the face of bis bill or across || (WANE 10,08 ul sill Meats teeeig, VOR Mie Hrevent a mecat {time of the conference, Saunders de-|| the dealers who use The 4 liver and flank continue to supply | ity nervice commission at its hearing|the face of his check, if the Bill is|} @n “he y . ay el spa clared that all cases of proft : Tey |]. guard. Gompers is working un- deal of trouble | profiteering | 1 Star Classified columns, a lot of nourishment for the Complaints filed against the gas|here next month will order the gas| paid by check, these words: . 5 ie , ; in contravention of federal statutes BeOS . COM ah. money. company by the pubiic service com-| company to make a refund on bits | “Paid under protest,” | would be prosecuted. eS,