The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 13, 1919, Page 1

DARAARA san ~~ { Tides in Seattle SATURDAY 18 VOLUME 22. NO. SUNDAY Dre, 4 Viest Low Tide Secon First High Tide a PR A An On the Issue of ARR RRR ARR RRS RRR RARRRARR APSA LALPRPS Matter May a, 1999, a8 the Postoftice WASH., SATURDAY, DECEMBE Heattie, Wash. u 18, Americanism There Can Be No Compromise TheSeattleStar 2 1919. | “THE GRATEFUL UMPIRE”---READ IT IN THE STAR MONDAY---IT’S BY CHARLES DRYDEN Pen nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne AAA AAA RRA A AA Pate tte PRPS PAR ARR RRR wn ADAP DR ADL PPP EDD DAD PPP PPP PPP PP PPP PP PPP PPP LPP CENTS Late Edition Mail 9.00 Per Year. b $6.00 to und Sunday bly sndw; ae Weather Forecast: 1"/#) anterly v INE SHIPS CAUGHT IN STORM DECLARES % { \ f . | December ) cdate of her first marriage HE ENDED OWN LIFE Officers Find Blood Stai Hold Mrs. Siverly in Jail Pending !nvestigation SAYS SHE LOVED HIM! when questioned by Chief Deputy Coroner Willis H. Corson. Twice mar- ried, once divorced, and preparing for another divorce, she told Corson that nh waa the man she loved and | she would have made him her ‘third husband had he lived. | Despite her protestations of love for the dead man, she admitted that Sghe had been “keeping company” with vane angry when he discovered it. She Lived Alone Mrs. Silverly lived alone in “house. She met Chapman when he hs “was employed on her present hus- band ‘s farm at Wenatchee, and says her husband agreed to get a divorce. ‘She left him, came to Enumclaw and has been living there since No- “vember 11, 1918, except when she vis - fted’ Chapman at his home in Hood River, Ore. for a week last New fear’s. Chapman has been working for the i" Town Mill company in Tacoma, 1 times she visited him, sh®) says. On two previous occasions he had visited at her home. Unexpectedly he arrived Thursday morning, she said. Telling her first that he was going back home Thurs- ‘@ay night, he suddenly changed his attitude. Mrs. Siverly says, “produced gun,” and demanded that she come ‘and live with him. Thursday night came, and he made move to go home, and said he bwas sick, and refused to eat, Mrs. PBiverly declared. “He was also angry with me be- use I réfused to go with him,” she ‘told the officers. Says He Made Threat “Vm going to kill you and tin Pmynelf,” she says he threatened. {About 9:20 o'clock Friday morning they were in the kitchen when the dog began barking. “See who it is,” she says he told her. She looked out the window, and then stepped outside. Her brother, Charles Christiansen, of Granite Falls, was coming up the road, Heard Shot in House “As I ran to greet him, I heard a shot in the house,” she told officers. Her brother verifies this version. 4 had done,” she told Dr. Corson. “I Wran to Charley and told him. He) hed in the house. The downstairs | 4 deserted. He went upstairs and “found Chapman lying dead on the “floor. 1 did not go up.” “He was still gasping.” gen said. Blood on Shoes John Swain. a farmer of Enum-} | claw, and that Chapman was jealous the} “Instinctively I knew what Walt! | j | | The awkward position of the death | body rifle puzzled Corson. The “propped against a bed and The gun stood, muzzle down, a another bed, two feet away. The brother and sister say they touched “nothing in the room. The gun could not have fallen in that position, says Corson Corson says he found blood stains on the soles of Chapman's shoes. Discover Letter by Mrs. found It was Chapman at the time. A letter written to apman was Chapman's effects 21, 1918 od River, Ore among dated was it Dear Walt; Just a line to let you know I think of you often. 1 will try and leave here the ¢ after Christmas to visit you all rig Mrs. Siverly n in Germa and came to thi« country wh young. She does not remember Uy Siverly her second husband, she says. divorce plan was for her to UED G8 PAGE FOUK) | | feet. Mrs. Hallie Mae Siverly, whose lover, Walter Chapman gunshot wounds. She declares he threatened to kill her and then turn the gun on himself, she went out to greet her approaching brother she heard the report of a gun shot. Mrs. Siverly is held at the county jail pending investigation of the case, H house and found Chapman dying. (insert) died In her home at Enumclaw Friday from | and that when | t brother entered the Takes Hot Iron to Bed PART OF CITY Frozen water pipes and cold weath-| his water er proved to be the original reasons | for considerable activity during the} last 24 hours by the city fire depart ment. J. Hurley, 1623 Terry ave., got cold Not that Hurley lacked cour. but that his feet unto two pieces of ice him to take an electric iron to bed The resulting flames did $500 dam- ntents of his bedroom age, age to the « ds J. J Shes, 5046 42na ave. 8, found became like This moved FITZGERALD TO Mayor C. hia declaration of candidacy ceed himself as next Fr close iday political B. Fitzgerald wi of accord! mayor morning, friends of hief executive. Decem which municipal candidates may file The ary 17 their declarations day mo ving date Mayor from the Fit nat rning 18 is the of candidac: for filing is Jan ald is due to return| mal capitol next Tues oer FILE FOR MAYOR im fi to sue- tt ing the city's first day on} y Has Gun and Mask Harry ran fo! aturds and 5 T bur Jackson objected med and ran the mi reported negro. but Lacks Nerve, ave., early Jac of me 1 Madison holdup gun but n tH the 1818 holdup & goth man kson, on while a black and talked just ked initiative to being voice was that Denny Jackso w m mask lke Whe w of to his \Diasange by Fire Is $500 pipes frozen. Shea ob tained a blow torch and began play ing the flame up and down the pipes. | The experiment cost him $1,500 when the fire department finished its day's work. An overheated cook stove at 115 EF. Gist st. set fire to the flooring The flames were extinguished before any material damage was done Children belonging to H. C. Maxwell, 2207 Sixth ave, playing with| caused $25 damages to the| residence | matches, Maxwell ‘THROWS COINS. AWAY IN SNOW - | | Jeas Lamont, 20, 514 Prospect a 1° and Richard Anderson, 708 12th! jail, trol le le are being held in the city I while walking his ave., Saturday B ran across guard in front of a 11th early Anderson was inside, on open charges man P. Knapp, | cuble beat, Lamont standing Jap grocery at ave this morning. while the pa 7.| trolman dec Anderson being found, in his threw a handful of sil About $10 was excitement, upon ver into the snow. recovered by Officer as evi dence | VICTIM OF GAS ON ROAD TO RECOVERY | by and al & Knapp ¥ mingled gas Swift G Overcome cohol fumes in the y, | garage, 1632 Weller n|perd, 40, p | recoverir He was found | n | lying on the age floor Friday by a| Byron Terwiliger, another mechan | Both live at 2916 B. Republican st, 4 mechanic, was reported | turday | turned | for the WITHOUT GAS | Valve Freezes, Company | “Rations” Fuel Supply Continuous gas supply for Weert Seattle, Rainier Valley and Ren- ton was confined to lunch and din- ner hours Saturday, following acct- dental freezing of a valve which ontrola the flow of gas from the generating plant to Georgetown stord holders.” “Th districts were gas between 11 a. m. and 1 p.m.” explained Superintendent 8, R Hutchinson. “The gas was then off until 5 p m. and will until rpm. This conse am was necessary to insu) gas supper hour, These dis getting gas left in the the id of the day supplied flow 7 tion tricts tanks day.” Repairs are being rushed, and the company expects to have the nor= supply aval Sunday, frozen valve resulted in curtailment of 15 per cent of distribution, and caused to patrons of 1,000,000 are at 4 a the average shortage feet There is slight danger of a shortage in Ballard, Fremont and University | districts pis enccacsomm aarti ren Man Can’t Recall Presents After Woman Gets Them Gifts given by n to his flancee may not jected by him when he decides he doesn't care to marry the girl, is in effect the decision of Superior Judge Royd J. Tallman H. M. Star was suing Mrs A, Boone, a widow, for $812.9 She admitted she owed him $1 but testified the balance given her in the form of presents after thelr betrothal, The judge Friday ruled that Mrs, Boone need pay but the $162.60, Fri- | al TENANTS. Increase Inspection Force to) Check Up On Cold Apart- ments in Seattle |LANDLORDS ARRESTED | who refuse to furnish sufficient heat. | “Complaints continue to pour into my office every hour,” declared C. It | Frasch, chief health and department “and I am having evéry complaint investigated. why the landlords al- | lowed buildings to be cold, Franch explained they were consery ing fuel | Some Sted ™ | have inventignted,” continued Frasch-¥ & “T find a small blaze about the nize of a bushel basket instead of a bed of coals covering the entire furnace as it should be.” Many landlords, it in said, who have learned of the anti-cold drive, have begun to steam up. Health officials declare that N | Thornqulst, proprietor of the Metro politan apts, Sixth ave and Seneca |at., where George Heaton, a laborer, was found half dead from gs fumes last Thursday, is one of the most Magrant violators. Heston, whose life was saved by the prompt work of city phyricians had lighted a gas plate, It is said, to keep warm. He went to sleep and the poor gas pressure caused the flame to become extinguished Heston was discovered noar death May Change Ordinance Thornquist, at that time, had his case pending in police court. He |had been arrested Deceryber 3 on charge of furnishing ‘insufficient |heat. He appeared in court on De ember 4 and | until December ‘Thornquist’s arrest followed an in spection by city health department deputies. An effort will be made to have |the ordinance, which sets the hours for the maintainance of heat be | tween 9 a. m. and 10 p.m., changed | 80 that the heat will Be turned on art in the mornings. ‘The total number of date include Mrs. RB. arrests to Jones, Columbia apart menta, Columbia = st gE James, Douglas apartments, 114 24th ave,; A. Stubbs, Winfield apartments, 3903 Eighth ave. §.; 8. Swan England hotel, First Main #t.; Ft, Nyers, 414 Yale ave. N Mrs, Edith L. Taylor, 1102 publican st.; M, Thornquist, 3 politan apartments, Sixth a Seneca st.; C. B. Bilis, 2716 F and J. Bushman, Bucking! apartments, 1220 Boylston ave jhave been released on bail or their personal recognizance pending trials in the police court and on am All on |Moonshiners in | Kent Get Sugar Despite Famine After stealing his delivery auto, thieves Friday night loaded it with | 10 eacks of sugar from the general merchandise store of A, M. Berlin, at Kent, and drove off. Moonshiners are suspected. the sugar shortage, it is makers of moonshine liquor have been unable to keep their ‘stills’ op: erating, sugar being a necessary in gredient in the manufacture of their product, Deputy Sheriffs Julius Von Gerst ‘and Earl Ramage are investigating the robbery. The delivery car had Berlin's name on it tn large letters. | CHOP SUEY MERCHANT WILL FACE U.S. JURY Charged with violation of the Har- rison antinareotic act, Ah Suey, 615 Weller st. & chop suey merchant ‘was arraigned before U, 8. Commis- sioner KR. W. MeClelland Saturday morning, He the action of $1,000 baile . Since the grand jury on I mont cer.) Intend to arrest every violator | “In the majority of the pide s| heating apparatus 4 his case postponed R.} said, | ke was bound over for | Dee kages. He Lost the Watch, But Established the Case, However A clover way to detect a thief in the din covery of Nick Zanidis, ama teur crimino! gist and ree tauranter, of the Boston cafe, 1110 Third ave. One should place one’s watch on one’s counter and await resulta. Mr. Zanidis proved the efficiency of this meth of Friday noon hour He placed his watch on the counter, He had not long to wait. “Two men grabbed for it at the same time,” reports the success tul experimenter, “and went oat arguing over which one should STREET CARS | SHY ON HEAT | Supt. Murphine’s 's Desk Piled High With Complaints Ot the 500 street cars compris- Ing the rolling stock of Seattle's municipal street car system, only 133 coaches are equipped with heating apparatus, Thomas F. Murphine, superintendent of public utilities, said Saturday. Not all of the 123 are supplied with heat, ax the equipment needs over hauling, Murphine said Only « portion of the cars on the i Sowth Park, Alki, Rastlake, Patunt leroy, Queen Anne bill and Capitol hill lines are capable of being #up-| | plied with heat | Twenty-seven shops Satyrday | the of carn for were in installation “We can't heat évery for "Wel. good reasons,” raid. “TA the firat place, have heaters M& you want heat. In the second pl you must have | money if you waflt,to buy heaters In the third place, [6G gnust have & capital fund if you want Ww, spend money. In the fourth place. thtre street Murphine you must is no capital fund to epend because the city council has not voted a ital fund. It will take at least equip every street car wi apparatus, Even if we star away, it would be next every car was equipped ers.” In the meantime, Murphine's de: pal is piled high with shivering patrons lines. Especially have been file ki and Bas! $50,000 to nh heating ed right before heat- year with omplaints from of the ionghast strenuous scetee by patrons of the ave. INLAND EMPIRE ake lines. Fuel Low; Temperatures 18 to 31 Below Zero POKANE, Wash, Dec, 13— | ing # fuel famine, the Inland | Empire is shivering in the grip of temperatures ranging from 18 1 below zero, Fuel is being rationed small quantities in pract every Inland Empire town There will be no 1920 peach crop At all, according to Yakima patches today With 16 below lar point for peach tr th temperature Went down to 22 below and is expected to drop. Hundreds of schools tion are closed Telephone and telegraph wires are down in many places, isolating towns. Temperatures Pullman, 26; 1 20; Potlatch, Yakima, | all below LABOR’S MEET | IN PROGRESS ut in ly in this see last night ranged neaburg, 31 Palouse, Walla Walla Moscow, 10; Odessa, 0. ®. 24, WASHINGTON, Dee. Press,)—Reorganization cles of organized labor |taken at a series of conferences t kinning here today under the direo | | tion of President Sampel Gompers of | | the American Federation of Labor, — | | Farmers and leaders from all big | | unions and the four railroad brother: | hoods were on hand, | DIDN'T PUT WEIGHT ON HIS CANDY BOXES c. Karman, Seattle candy manufacturer, was fined $20 in pe court Friday for not. including weight on his Christmas candy 3.-(United of the poll. was under IS SUFFERING the | Ne [strike 8 jing figures. FOUR STEAMERS WRECKED; FIVE Se Se Gh ga ek ae em Steamers in Grip of Gale. S.S. West Loftus springs leak. 1.8.8. Davidson County helpless off Halifax. S.S. E. D. Kingsley ashore near Halifax. . Sheba calls for aid 330 miles from Halifax, . Pro-Patria asks for aid. S. Lake Elmsdale is beached at Blue Cape. . Lake Dalewood is beached at Port Wood Island. S.S. Grange Park ashore off Ambrose Light, N. Y. , rg Messina signals distress off coast of Ne’ and. HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 18.—Reports of several in distress continued to be received here, from gales” |have been sweeping the Nova Scotia coast. 2 The marine and fisheries department has been no that the steamer West Loftus, which had the United shipping board steamer Davidson County in tow, has a leak and is racing for the nearest port, presumably ] j pie bi Modi Conny is again helpless, t tates coast guard steamer Apache | assistance, ee The steamer’ E. D. Kingsley, Montreal to Halifax last, is ashore at Whitehead and the steamer Sheba is” ing for assistance from a point 330 miles east of Ha NEW YORK. Dec. 13—Calls aid from. two vessels were | here today. The British steamer, Grange was ashore in a “perilous © seven miles off Ambrose light. Signals from the British Messing, announced that vessel distress 430 miles off the Newfoundland, bound for The steamer Maple Leaf wag to her reseue, The Messina left St. John, N. 2 December 5. She is 4,271 tons, IK was last over! | Sydney reports baying received momma from the steamer Pro Patria, which maintains a service be tween St. Pierre, Miquelon and Hall fax, asking for assistance The Lake Elmsdale is resting on a gravel beach at Blue Cape and the Lake Dalewood is on a sandy beach at Port Wood island. Wrecking tugs havesleft to aid them MONTREAL, The Lake\ Dalewood i the Elmsdale, Peported aground Strait of Carta may soon without any seriots damage ates Shipping boat _QWTAls he annou a te y. “ EXPECT SNOW HERE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY Seattle will be in the path of « snowsiorm Saturday night and Portland Shivers in Coldest Wave Sunday, with a marked rise in Since Jan., PORTLAND, Dec. 13.—The of- ficial government — th here registered 3 above at o'clock this morning, Only once in its history has Portland experienced a colder day. That was January 15, 1888, when the mercury dropped two points below zero. The coldest places in Northwest yesterday were in Union county, Oregon, y, Grant county, gon. Roth experienced 40 b weather, according to which were received from remote sections last night, Dec, 13 Lake in the get off Quebec Gra Barr She is N. Sailsbury. When the weather observer took his official readings of barometer thermometer and wind gauge Satur day morning, he found that the mer cury had risen from 12.2 degrees Fri. day morning, at 8 o'clock, to 18 de lgrees at the same hour Saturday morning At ne jeter registered 2 Expects a Storm xpect a snowstorm, southeasterly winds, | to Saturday night and to |continue during Sunday,” Weather | Observer Salisbury said today, “Un |tess there is a marked shift in the | |wind, T believe the temperature will |continue to rise? Tt would seem that | ows Id snap Seattle has had since | aj Wednesday is about leged failure to maintain break.” | mum tem) | A shift In the wind Frida night | Sentae auate cans ehipaoes ae jfrom the north to the southeast | Lake Friday night and prc jbrought an overcast sky, indicative | and small lake in and near of snow, and a’ temperature nearly 6|was black with sk degrees warmer than was en night, ater at Friday morning. All around Seattle record “2 BANDITS cold weather was reported to the) weather observer. For the first time; One Englishman by Villa Released since 1888 the Cowlitz river is freez-| EAGLE PASS, T Texas, Dee. 13 )—Two m Saturday, the thermom grees above zero, "wey moders driven by bee ing over. The temperature at Kelso | Rov ‘nited Press.) is hovering around the zero mark. | At Ellensburg the mercury dropped Mexicans were. temperature recorded unprecedented December weather, uaniepras kp 7 brought in its train unusual events, | “Spemand ot $5,000 te each | The cold snap has been directly | the Mexicans and $10,000 each Warmer in Alaska Comparison of Alaska and Seattle re-| : sponsible for kitchen stove explo:| for the Americans has been made,” S it was said. temperatures revealed some interest: At Dutch Harbor the! weather was 20 degrees warmer than| © in Seattle, At Juneau, Nome and} ns, resulting in severe injury to! half a score of persons; unusually Included among the Americans: heavy thefts of wearing apparel, es-|- B. Ransom, representing _ pecially overcoats; fires involving | Eagle Pass Lonmin oe raed ‘It wasn't for short weight,” he insisted Saturday . below zero and in Spokane and other cities of Eastern Washington the A “ Sitka the mercury was about the, > Villistas tn their £ eame as in this city, | —hadoe ‘The men a8 ‘The cold spell in) Seattle has} heavy losses, delayed train service | Fred G. bie igh and the arrest of a score of hotel | M. Dob and apartment house proprietors