The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 10, 1919, Page 1

et me. DIES OF POISON ong Writer Gagged; Was It Suicide or Murder? Optao penaee ae PPAR RR AR ARRAS Tides in Seattle ve Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise | SATURDAY VOLUME 22. NO. Botered as Gecond Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattle, Wash., und: SEATTLE, WASH, HAT is more dense than the official mind? Noth- ing, my. son, nothing. Being about Leonard _and the lowly cop. HE offic) mind is a Sreat thing. One of these single track minds that wears iteelf into @ groove and about its own dignity, therenfter goes chasing itself & PUP pursuing its evasive tail ores tere _ Afte# a man has been an officer for a certain time, he loses con- srt he sloughs off new ideas, he a& self-satisfied mental hide, upen layer, entil no dart of eommon sense, nor javelin of fact, can penetrate nor disturb his Phino-like complacency. These thoughts impinging upon ‘Us like shot on a tin roof when We contemplate Gen. Wood, who yesterday took over the constitu- tion, free speech, the free press @nd the rest of our liberties, au- thorities and national customs. The gineral is going to keep ev. @rybody in profound ignorance of What happens in the steel strike and anybody who publisher any thing except the weather fovecasts fs not only going to be hanged; the paper in which this tratiorous ef- fusion appears is going to be sus pended, and its publishers elther Dolled in oli or else compelled to bust rocks for nine years and sixty days. In short, the general, dealing with a few score rou ck striik ers, is going to extremes and lengths and excesses thgt no na- tion thought possible during the world war. We wish Leonard well; he'll re. quire quite a bit of such helpful thoughts and prayers in the next few days. UT, as we started ¢ say, the offi time ge blood quits its liver get and its spleen and ¢ enlarged that even ar tion would not save nor restore him to the bosom of his erstwhile good sense We saw an officer on the public market beat yesterday who proves this, just as Leonard proved it "This officer had » grouch; he had had it for at least 20 years. His mouth drew down in a snarl, his little, pinched-up eyes gloomed his somewhat peaked and nose quivered in 4 staiked, he slouched, his feet bu and the buniona on his soul radiated grief thru his wh cor porality And yet he didn't have much to kick about. He had a nice, easy heat; all he had to do was to mosey about for a few hours, eat a hot peanut here and a hot dog there life was dl about him, There w human interest and picturesq stir in every corner of the market , but not for him. He going to be @ darn mean nd that somebody was going start something, and he just wanted somebody just to try to get say, you bet He'd show ‘em ‘That officer had an acute case of the official mind; he was the standing answer to the eternal question, “Why dors nobody love knew a cop? Police judges get the same wa #0 do sherifts bailitfs; usually, the more insignificant the official, the more jealous of his dignity and the less buman he acts, Take the court officer in the po- Hee court in any city in the coun- LABOR MEN ‘ADOPTANTI- JAP PLANS California Federation of ta bor Protests “Peaceful Penetration” BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct, 19.— The Japanese question war reached today by the State Federation of | Labor. | ‘The resolution indorsing the pro- | gram of the California Anti Japanese ‘anseciation was unanimously passed Tt demands cancellation of La sing-Ishii agreement, denial of cit nenship to children of Japanese ; jents and many other drastic provi sions The “one big union” {dea was in jected into the session when « reso lution originating with the Gaklar | boilermakers’ delegation brought tn to the convention by speciai consent, 8 reported out by the resolutions | committee with a recommendation | against adoption. | Many supporters were in the con |vention, and a spirited debate fol | lowed. ‘20,000 HUNS {United Press.) | BATTLE LETTS. LONDON, Oct. 10, A force of 2 ked the Letts on a 10-mile fron 1,000 Germar sat ,coording to @ dispatch to the Chronicle from its corr: ug Letts and were round under strong correspondent says the battle while stationed six from a. It wa German Lettish tehes from apied two villages miles, respective PLANT BLOWS UP | TACOMA, Oct. 10. 7 the | plant of the Tacoma G jcompany, w hich supplies Oly mpia and Tacoma, was wre ked early today by an ex- jplosion of unknown origin. | Virgil Stearns, engineer, was |badly burned and removed to a hospital. High pressure service was cut off for sev eral hours. The building wa f frame construction, mak jing the loss only nominal, | Manager D. J. Young said, aya he's a grouch | court bailiff is always more | touchy, less kind, mere up- stage, than the judge The ¢ k in often snippy; the lbons seldom is Being a grouch merely proves | the you are a weak fish, flopping in a mud-hole of discon t, when |really there wouldn't any mud- | hole there at 1 if you would only | quit sloshing about and allow the sediment to settle, and the clean, pure waters of life to pour in. IS DEAD IN AIR FLIGHT Fatalities Are Growing in| American Transconti- nental Derby RAWLINS, Wyo. Oct. 10.— Lieut, EB. V. Wales, pilot of plane No. 63 in the transcontinental | air race, was dead today at the Paulson ranch, the fourth fatality in the great acrial derby. Word feached here ‘that Wales jied from his injuries and the cold %& few hours after hig plane crashed into Elk mountain yesterday after noon during the fierce blizzard. Lieut Goldadorough, his passenger, walked several hours in search of aid.| Goldxborough finally stumbled into the Paulson ranch and a rescuing party was sent out. The party found a dead. CHEY: Wyo., Oct. 10— (United Press)—Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, the “flying parson, lost his lead in the transconti nental air race here today when seriovs motor trouble developed in bis D, HL4 plane. Intending to start this morning for San Franciseo, Maynard discovered the difficulty when he tried to warm up the motor. A part of the engine was brought to a downtown garage for repairs. Ideutenant H. H. Queens, in a D. that was listed as “missing arrived in Cheye toda and left for the inst He lost his way en route from Rawlins ‘ent orda de sundown and resumed flight today on rece tions from ranchers. iving dire ROCK ISLANI t. 10 m San 1 for the lead at ho were here at that ain Lowell H. Smith ant B. f No Spatz, N ahe iis two ad weather. Kile and Bpatz 10 later, They have traveled e z and Kiel, whe ing toge exchange Smith, who wa PAGE TWO) SEND WARNING The ¢ committee of the | Master reociation notified Fr ) ecretary of the | But . ee. G council Jafternoon that Friday | nleas st are ordered hack before 10 o'clock Mon lay morning, all negotiations with the council will he broken off. The execut committee met Friday |noon and passed resolutions to that | effect | Independent building “mpc ‘8 not associated with the Master Dullders’ association went into conference with |r ‘esentatives of striking building tradesmen Friday in an effort to |work out a settlement plan, ‘The| | Miater Builders’ association was not | represented gotiations between | this organization the strikers are | |deadiocked, following refusal of the | workers to return to their jobs pend: | ling arbitration negotiations. The | Building Trades’ council meets Fri |day night. Frank W. Cotterill, C. W. Doyle and J. A, Roberts reprosented| the strikers at Friday's conference. reviled them, elements They did not ach” Land. THER Othe ~ ure meek and lowly. Carpenter's Son. Twenty years ago we laughed at persecuted them. stoned them and broke up their meeting e other way. smiled. of the “fakers” and Y AND BY we were pleased to see some good in them. r, superior Vv * * © agencies We of the “bet- gospel “Do you remember orthodox. We called “charlatans. seem to mind. y that they wantons, drunkards and thieves who would not care to come to pectable churches. them. But their ministra- tions were not needed by Then came the war and the sons of were drawn into the mael- strom of war. If they could not “reach” they could and did in the trenches. They car as they Therefore we “our kind. marched into No They went unarmed and were at brave men carried food and to the soldiers at the front. But braver, none more efficient, than the lads and la Laugh if you will at their red vests! at their queer poke bonnets! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919, the Act of Congress March 3, 1579 ese Boy, By Their Deeds They're Known their drums and Laugh at booming borines! than you are women! So was the streets . The police e+ 8 denounced what they They were They them thought of war. ” And when the test marched as Christian men of peac these We admitted pidity of man h *_ * « mone: and persecuted them “better elements” A sons have been us in peace “reach” us ed no lethal work. oe. ® and women healing and scription blank. yet given to the don’t delay any longer. blaring Christians , and better men and They are better NWARD, Christian §S O marching as to war!” used to sing in the piping days of peace when there was no soldiers , timid rmed with doughnuts and hot coffee right up to the gates of a hell on earth which was as near an approach to the real thing as the cussedness and stu- s been able to devise. OME of them came back. asking now not so as for recognition from us who once laughed at them, reviled them from us of the whose dear, protected “reached” last—from us who were wont to thank God that we were not as other men. Since our sons came home and told us what those lads and lassies did for them in France, ten million American mothers have breathed the prayer: “God bless the Salvation Army!” find. a sub- If you have not vation Army, The money to be raised—$250,000 in all—will two institutions in Seattle, needy girls and a workingman’s hotel. Page 17 you will a hotel for POLICE PUZZLED BY STRANGE CA + aaa Elfas H. Purcen was bound fn a chair, @ towel tied about his face, Nicotine poisoning had killéd hirn. Hourehoid goods had been wrapped up in sheets, as though to steal them. A face. peered from the window of the Mat and a sound of break- ing glass and groans were heard. Purcell was reputed to be worth $50,000, but only $56 in bank deposits can be found, and no cash in the flat. Purcell ‘wrote to his wife that he was in fear of violence A table had been overturned in the kitchen, suggesting a strug- rie. No container for the poison was found. Pureell's family insists that he was cheerful and optimistic. The rope which bound the dead man was only a yard in length; the knots were loosely tied, per- CHICAGO, Oct. 10—Death from nicotine poisoning, A camouflaged . breakfast, never intended to be eaten, These and other fantastic de tails ke the fate of Elias H. Purcell, song writer and bust ness man, read as though they had been invented by a writer of fiction. And it would seem to be Tit- erally a fact that a writer—who had published short stories—de- vised the whole mystery which Coroner Hoffman declares to be the “most. baffling th puzzle in t histery of Chicago.” The story opens with the discovery made by the janitor of Purce!!’s apartment house early in the omrn ing of September 2 A man past 60 sat bound in a ir with rope, a towel gag tied about his mouth. His dead eyes retained a stare of horror; his features were set in an expression of unspeakable fear, The furnishings of the flat. were tossed about; bundles of rugs, china and other articles had been made up. One of the dead man’s pockets had been turned inside out, but his watch was found in a roll of rugs. There a skeleton key in the back door, In the Kitchen, where the body sat, I want to buy a little home Here in Seattle—I'm from Nome IN pay the money—got the dust In Star Want Ads I’ trust put my L. M, Teidy, Auburn, Wash,, is the author of the above rhyme and it is one of the many sub- mitted in the Want Ad Rhyme contest. Watch for ‘ new contest an- nouncement Saturday. mitting the use of the the towel was not drawn the mouth. The ostensible loot was not oo pecially valuable, and it Was wrapped carefully in sheets and pinned, as though by a meth — odical old man, with plenty of time. The milkman who saw the face at the window cannot swear _ that it was not Purcell Purcell was given to specula- tion and evidently lost his small fortune. The letters to Mrs. Purcell bs might easily be part of Purcell's ~ Jaborate plot to camouflage self destruction. There were no signs in the flat — of such a struggle as would have _ been necessary to force poison: down a man’s throat. i Purcell was an invalid. His tne surance policies might be affect ed if it were proved that he himself. & table was spread for three, were remnants of coffee, eggs toast. Another table hatl been pe as though in a struggle. The only marks on the body vere : |faint abrasions on the scalp. Purcell was reputed to be worth: jabout $50,000, and it was known — | that he had recently cashed @ BUM 54 |property of cago when Pui ber of Libetty Bonds. SON-IN-LAW’S COAT FOUND IN HOUSE In the flat was a coat and an army officer's cap identified as the — John Sheehey,. of Hibe bing, Minn., Purcell’s son-indaw, A milkman said that early Sunday |morning he had seen the face of @ jyoung man wearing an officer's peering from the window of Pure home. ‘ This milkman said that @ mij or two later he heard groans and ve |sound of breaking glass, Work on the puzzle proce along three lines. Detectives t the movement of every member the Purcell household, ineli Leeta Corder, the divorced Tom Purcell, the dead song son. Mis Corder, an actress, with “The Passing Show," jfinished its run in Chicago on Sat jurday night. Finger-print experts took every. print that could be found in the Pur ~ ‘ell apartment. Finger-prints were taken of every one of Pur latives, together with thos b is Corde: At the same time, chemists were testing e contents of Pu stamach fe poison, Members of the family all proved that they were many miles from Chis 1 died. WEALTH L« IN STOCK GAMBLING Nothing could be learned as to what had become of Putcell's wealthy intl it was found that he had bee come impoverished thfough stock gamblin ily one fingerprint was found source of which was not easily explainable, That was on a mirror and might have been made months ago. The case Was a “mytsery,” oa (CONTINUED ON PAGR TWO)