The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 5, 1920, Page 1

bx § {iil VOLU Me Tonight Max NO. $18 : BY CLEM J. RANDAU GRAYS HARBOR COURT HOUSE, Montesano, March 5.— 4 Revelations of the inner work ings of the defense in the Cen- tralia murder case were made on P. the witnéss stand today by Rev. : T. T. Kdmonds, Presbyterian . i minister of Seattle, and defense 3 investigator. 7 ||as iv seems TO ME DANA SLEETH EVERAL honest ladies have written me, saying they had forgiven me my tomcat outburst be cause of my later re Marks about vain women and the Wearing of the hides of slaughtered . two or three ladies ex Bibited an unusual broad minded Beas, and wrote that they had be. fore condemned me by letter, but My @ woman might admit to herself that she had beem mistaken, that he never would admit it to the Evidently I have not been giving Woman credit for her logic, her broad minded- her willingness to admit mistakes. Equal suffrage to mean actual equality lity of responsibility. opportunity, which be welcemed by all and thoughtful men. eee AY, Mr. Editor, why do voters of Precinct 114 have to elect their candidates in a Japa nese grocery store writes a perturbed subscriber. I sure I don't know, but this I realize: Uniess this Coast Wakes up and does some real Amer dean protective work, this Coast Will not only be doing its voting ‘fe Japanese stores a generation Rence—it will be voting for Japa Rete candidates—provided there is such a thing as a vote. see i reryt Fpdiad ak f NOTHER “constant read er” says he has fished and hunted and loafed in the country about Index for years, and he never Bw one of those “clean pine for ests,” and he wants to know where they are. It was a dod-gasted slip, brother, and I knew better. I meant cedar, that's what I meant—red cedar miles of it I, after years of serious study have reached the point where I can distinguish betw r, a cedar, 4 @ pine. a larch, a spruce, a white ; alder, a dogwood, a vine maple, or 7 & Mountain jaure!, but. by Jingo, this sawedoff, pocket edition of a typewriter of mine often 4 Mixed up in its terminology and slips one over on me Mighty ligie pine along the coast—everybody knows that oe 6G EAR EDITOR: On be fb) half ot thousands sq who, like myself, are MEE] striving to forget the cup that cheers,’ I want to register a protest at the species of refined torture to which We are subjected at the movies “There are societies for the pre vention of cruelty to animals Why not an organization to pro tect us thirsty souls, who are en voring by buttermilk, cider rape juice, chewing gum and can ly to deaden the pangs? "At ally whow I practic ra have been to in Seattle during the Past month there has been shown something to tantalize the palate Of the person who used to take a drink, The pictured re nia tions of bubbling wine and frothy beers are most aggravating, in View of the prevailing aridity. One may try to persuade oneself actors only making that the are, at it is’not the real quaffing—but the tion persists, just the seriously contemplating jon of a league to take thig matter up, so that the censor will be to delete any thing from the pictures calculated 10 arouse th wistful longings Which now must be stifled V. BRY DRY.” 1 that Mary and Doug, and Charles and William, and the Fest of the gods of our film Olym: instructed trust sebtthiee pus, hearken to this plea. Of ree, these drinking scenes are ot real, even for the poor supe, ind cold tea is the most deadly po- Mon werved, but it looks bad, uw Weather and probably rains; southwesterly winds, Temperature in 1 Today noon—16, Saturday, gentle Last Hours Minimum— “MINISTER” HELPS MASSACRE DEFENSE : Appearance on Stand Is Cause of Levity—Case May End Next Week A Vetter written on January 4, | by the clerical investi Defense Attorney Vanderveer, in | | whieh a line of eee ne en Grimm waa et | Who are active in boosting his candidacy. Borah supporters are active. |acntiy not iavaived inthis matter” | ‘That about covers the Western men who have been mentioned. | the letter read, | reaching for a think it that there was 4 | nati with Britt Smith defending his | ens nt fs ict an opy crggle 8 | this stage of the game, commands the great- Seattle Star nigant of any but defensive meas | eSt support from Rabe st voters. e * * keg ; Therefore we start today to print a ballot on Presidential imondas’ letter also suggested tn. a as a defense such as was Gren "war don ‘wnere “ganar || Vited to express their choice. Mark X opposite your cholce or prejudice had to be overcome Names of the prominent candidates all are write in name at mpace at bottom) The idea, the minister said, he got | included Z from reading Hill's “Decisive Legal| Theta VW : . | Battles af the Nytion.” Who's YOUR choice? HOOVER, Herbert The excited, | witness brought bursts of laughter from the specta | tors. “1 think It wa I should have been called into this Edmonds explained mitting that he had written the let matter,” ter, the witness j hurt anyone that SAYS HE HASN }IN The investigator for the defense has been frequently mentioned dur. | but today was his | in Montesano, He | | was called to teutify, after a previous | Ing the procedure, | firwt appearance | witnems had denied ever having apok “the Right Rev. T. T. Ed monds,” sarcastically referred to by} en with the prosecutors. | The former preacher said he was &/ |momber of the and in good standing, tho he had not | | Dad a church since 1916, I went into the case in the inter- Jest of truth and justice. ly refterated. paid $200 month? lege friend of Atte formerly asm Wh not considered a either side, the v sion from the de the murder trial parent | | Vanderveer interrupted after one of | Edmonds’ interminable answers Paschich was shot thru the #209 $a § Daily Drunks in Buch better than you 0," retort near at 2 a. m., after he had Wejcom Lovi A Y ’ |e@ Special Prostoutor Abel elcome, Loving AMS Frisco on Decrease JUDGE TO TAKE DAY |hastily dressed and armed Reach Out for Them : FOR HIS INSTRUCTIONS himself to investigate the SAN F RANCISCO, March 6 - That the fate of the 10 defend breaking of a window of his oh : : ie teentay Pgores “Barr ants will be in the hands of the store, above his living apart- elcome, loving arma reached out ig grec ama patos ge jury by the end of next week was . " from dosens of Seattle homes Friday | today by Captain vse oe | Will Permit Him to Live in ments. He fired five shots,|* : gies: can Matheson to prohibit oar Ne ee despite his fatal wound. Two) ‘er the three little motheriess Beck: | patiy “drunk” arrests in San Fran rh babies co now a e five o | The prosecution will take or] His New Home men were seen to flee from |" . ” lcuian\ aa tie Fate = vey Bove i pM pad fe days at most for its rebuttal - the building. Deputies work-| “* drewned to. The Star bg scat after which the instructions of the LONDON, March 6—The Dutch | ed on the theory that -aschich brought many offers to bring up and a 7 Ba le SENG bh ements ’ shelter these kidhiel Whine eth Matheson called attention expecial court and the ¢ ae ate | xovernment hax decided to allow the| interrupted an attempt to rob *helter these iddien whose mother|,.s° she marked leexening of domes cise neereee: Sees former kaiser to live in his new home| the postoffice safe. died of influenza, Tho father had tic troubles brought to the attention siven to the jury . “ i Tol written The Star saying that he had |of the police Under the Washington statufes,|%t Doern, but will exact a new and he pontal robe at Tolt wae ~ been lott, with « fumity oe maven auth | Tietess at doweuppect ceeal wie the court's instructions are deliv-{stronger personal pledge from him professional” job Ml aren and thet he had decided it peseiPedei te Re ered before the arguments. Judge|that he will not © without the eecaped in an automoblie| Wouta be bent to. part with the three | mune are becoming rare he said. Wilkon will undoubtedly dismiss government's consent and will not 2 begs kn s 50 in money | vcungent if the fight kind of homes} j ; cat tr a tay Gectha § participate in political affairs, an Am.| Orders and $200 in cash. | |) cauid be found for them |Cardinal Gibbons Says tions of the inetructh sterdam dispatch said today er iy percent ‘ Friday morning he called up The! Strong testimony in The tch, which quoted “au.|thelr names ax James Young, Frank | gear and said that the children were | Dry Law Menaces U. S. the alibi claimed by Eugene. Bar-|thoritative information,” declared a|J. O'Connor, Harry D. Brown and ready places tn pond hor iy ep ote a aie nett, alleged slayer of Warren|heavy gard will be maintained) B. Reynolds n8 of people, arter re: : aise ‘ bared A atest aes Sheriff Stringer, accompanied by | Ty" ea Seay’ wo al Gibbons urged a liberal in. Grimm, was the result of @ « we i Dm at Sheriff Lovell and t 8 ches ay, ‘went lo the OAR terpretation of the question of what chance, according to the story re The government said it was not y = . a yome with offers to adopt the constitutes an intoxicating beverage Pe adit cee re! ven considering the allied sugges. | Postal inspectors, hurried to Spok Sabian itutes an intoxicating 2 ated by Atteragy Vanteewee to pho eae I the former kalwer be ban. to investigate the. men held th "i sailed ‘The Star ang |*P4 steps to legalize the sale of beer pe : ehiee-datan Soata eek ‘They carried warrants charging|..j;0 AP Called Phe Star and lang light wines,.in the first public i ied hws sb 8 them with the Tolt obbery |e Down where I work five or aix|*t#tement he has made since his ar farmer bey, who tentith vey ff the mer ‘ding to |rival here to visit his brother, ‘The yesterday that the man he had seen . Three of oh men, according of us are willing to give part of| ai 1 deck ed the dry law car. 4 ; ‘ Allies Send New word from Spokane, have been den: | our ch month to help Keep |CMnvinal declared the dry law a in the window of the Avalos: he tified ax having prison records, and| ihe tamily together.” |ried @ menace of unrest to the coun. was not Barnett, was about to be Note to Holland | ur tavine teen men ut Toit the day | ily tox |try excused from appearing on the wit-| 1. SUE 5 before the postoffice robbery, ° peas stand on his plea of duties at] THE HAGUE, March $A new : Women in Black hor when Arrowsmith acciden pose isan ne, Bites On . ’ | Wy dropped the remark that he was|0f the former kaiser has been de-| Premiers Modify Snatch Purses? | y ivered to the Dutch governmen nh the endant, the de vl | Two women dressed in black, aig A arpa Hy fendan ne maintains practically the same stand | Economic Policy’! whom she believed at the time jostled | Ce anorrmat part of the Aefense| that the allies outlined In thelr pre-) pARIs; March 6.—The French for. her suspictously, are thought to en of the parade agreed from . Jeconomic decisions of the council of ing $82 from Mra. J. 8. Nye, 390} . ten soldiers had started for| RIVERSIDE—Ideut. R. F premiers with regard to Russia and|W. Lander st. while she was shop-| Pichicrsg: « oh a W. W. hall before there was|*0M killed in airplane fall at many had been modified to meet ping Thursday afternoon in a down.| | WASHINGTO! ae ombmphed . field French viewpoint town department store dent Wilson may warn the allies tha sand llocspirasia it will be necessary to withdraw the | vi treaty of Versailles from the senate | American Steamer ae! ° 99 y = qi if the Turks are allowed to remain | 66 lin Constantinople, it was learned to "Reaches Halifax|“Quijamania’ Grips California T own|®: | NEW YORK, March 5—The Amer i The peeieaes a junderstopa to a i St aul, howe leakin fo ave such @ ste under adv lt My por Hoy A be St hae @ atandon * pe, Ane Su Ose It was pointed out on high author. bony > Hout t ‘ H i i . | ity that should the United States join her trip to Southampton, has arrived || Going to Examine Nearly Everybody in Town to Test Sanity |) 't¥ ‘st should the United state join | accor \Sen. H. Johnson in Train Wreck | SIOUX FALLS, 8. Senator Hiram J enger on @ | whic h iNded 9 wi | day. He was no’ Farmers Oppose CHICAGO, Ma liean Farm Bures on record today Bolsheviem and hours. ohnson was a pase! MARTINEZ, Cal, March 5. | pernicious Miss Adeline Bottini, pretty high| Shall be nllowed to Ray In on t Northern train| " has frighten | These developments followed the! school girl, chief medium for the iaathationatim yiirtabes ee hacate th another here to the town of El Cerrito to th jarrest of seven persons and the | oulja boa talked in nolemn tones | disputes, according to developments t injured. point where the finger of sus- | finding of a sanitary inquest that |of the “ t mystery” that would | today. eee | picion is being pointed at every | four of them were insane. It was|be solved Sunday when a hole in| nae | one of the 1,200 inhabitants, pasta 1 that the ouija board) the garden of their home would be Red Pri Jes! sof eming ® meeting in the the minds of| filled and three evil spirits arven | President 8 Note rinci! 128 | town hall last night, plans were | four men were re-)away thru the agency of the ouija | ~ reh- 6." sig laid for alienists to omnis all’ |ieased, The women were commit be ard, She said she had been in| Received in London | su association was| but @ very few town jted to insane asylums. ce, and admitted seantes of | LONDO! March 5.-—~ President as oppowing strikes,| to determine whether ija- At the meeting the mere ideation 196 hours over the board and the | Wilson's second Adriatic note was as been followed, w “the might be f CHURCH SINCE 1916 ated with the defense. monda’ How do you like that?” Attorney On the Rotered as Second Clase Mattor May 3, wn March 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. = 8 Whom Does the Northwest Want for President? LET’S FIND OUT! Who is the favored presidential candidate in the Northwest? For whom would Seattle and Washingtgn voters prefer to cast their bal- lots in November? Adherents of this candidate .and that candidate make many claims. dexter will get the delegates of this state. publican voters of Washington? under the Act of Cone SATTLE, WASH., RIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920. | tor to Poin- Is he the real choice of the re- Johnson has admirers. Hoover has friends defense was sug: Western law of apply. I mitted Many names of eastern and midwestern candidates have been brought forth. The Seattle Star proposes to find out WHO, un might ng outside the he Ballot which friends of the various candidates are in- ager replies of the forth frequent out Don’t wait. is going. Express YOUR opinion now—and bring or mail the ballot to POLITICAL EDITOR THE SEATTLE STAR Don’t delay to see how the vote McADOO, Wm. G. PALMER, A. Mitchell. s Providential that aa WOOD, Leonard POINDEXTER, Miles F said, “It wouldn't ones z 1307 SEVENTH AVE. OS JOHNSON, Hiram. . HUGHES, Chas. E.... LOWDEN, Frank 0... WALSH, Frank P. IRVAN, Wm. J.... Seattle presbytery | FOUR SUSPECTS HERE Held in Connection With Murder at Cumberland and Tolt Robbery Federal and county investigators are in Spokane today, WILSON, Woodrow » he frequent: | TAFT, Wm. H admitted being and being « col mney Ralph Pierce, He BAKER, Newton D appearance was « very essential to' investigating the actions of four men under arrest on the ro ls ee “, theory that they know who cracked the postoffice safe at THREE BABIES - Tolt, escaping with $800 February 12, and who murdered | procedure was ap- Postmaster James T. 26. | _Paschich | was shot thru ) heart at 2 a. m., Paschich at Cumberland, February after he had GIVEN HOMES ling to wireless re Modern Witchcraft Worrying Citizens D., Mareh 5 mania” has affected their minds, The oulja board will be barred as oulja board #et the women) jof the i (spirits, shorter working | talking wildly, ' rented we of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise. The Seattle Star Per Your, by Mall, ito (THE vicrm | THE VICTIM_| Body Is Disc Walter A. Bagnall, Jr. Booze ooze ‘Cost James Just $75 to FOUND SHOT THRU HEAD, AND ROBBED OF MONEY veyors in Kent Early Today With a bullet hole thru iru the | into the woods, of Walter] leading from the automobile head, the body | Arthur Bagnall, 20, 7519 Wil- son ave., who has been mis jing from his home since last) 7 found, evident Monday, w: murdered, two and one-half miles we: of morning. Bagnall’s body timber Ww. M. a line thru owned by Y. Jeffrey, engineer. ing FE. building, also in the party. The body was threerighths of mile off the main roadway Prohibition Makes No Try to Bring in Booze|Change in Chicago Crime negro porter, James Young, 65, wan fined by B. Gordon Thursday to amuggle a bottle of kf acrons the Wednes f line. station, Police Prohibition Bankrupts Kansas County Prison adian whir Young was ar-| police, at the King st| CHICAGO, March 5.—Chicago ha Judge John | had @* many murders and as much attempting | crime under prohibition as in former John J. Garrity, chief declared today years, Prohibition has hardly | to make @ real comparison possib! | but crime in Chicago in | years,” Garrity said. “We've had | murders and other crimes many | formerly. ‘The professional crimin: INDEPENDENCE, Kan. March 5.) however, usually .is not a drinki The county jail here has gone|™man, anyway,” bankrupt because of prebibition.| bie Judge Latshaw ordered the Jail| Serious Offenses in closed. Employes were discharged.| eee be permitted to remain in Canstan: | in | tinople this country | poxed. The issue this afternoon, would be the position of being obliged to pro- tect a settlement to which it is op- of whether the sultan burning of $700 to keep off evil) delivered to the council of premiers New York Increasing NEW YORK, March 5 Attorney Swann. day, declared that altho prohibitic has been in force only drunkenness and disorderliness ha decreased, while t fenses seem to be on the increase, . Distri One Woman, Three Men |Held as Booze Runners Held at Bellingham as whisky ru’ hers, one woman and three men, |! giving their home’address as Seattle, i uring that time, He was chet wire face court charges. They were ar perator on the lows Gis DITION in a dense wood| | to Dr. Tiffin, that the body had Kent at 9 a. m. Friday was found, by a surveying’ crew running property White. White was in the party aid-| Burke Thomas Bulhane, a Kent resident, was Automo: | bile tracks were discovered running had time there has been just as much | previous 4 short time, | ve more serious of. Eq ut 8 IN| SEATTLE TWO C overed by Su Woods Near — Footprints of @ the spot where the youth's | as found and back again were covered by Dr. C. C, Tittin, murdered man's pockets wrong side out. The crossed, indicating, sec turne were ly st | carried to the lonely spot after J dropped there, The body was identified by & Another envelope with the 315 Malden st. scribbled — k is found. “It i the belief of the coroner young Bagnall, who it was by his mother had $70 when he home, was lured to the lonely on the pretext of being shown land for sale, and murdered and bed. The $70 was missing, “FOR SALE” ADS FOUND IN POCKET | A number of real estate ads found in Bagnall's pockets. ‘These ads included the fol ‘Forty acres or more close to |tle. Suitable for hog ranch, | | Lumber Exchange bidg. M. 171 | Another ad was a blind one the key numbers "8-25-71" and ing Wenatchee frait land for sale, | third ad was of the Yakima Ii ment Co. 522 Seaboard bidg. another bore the name “S Leary bidg.” A fifth ad name of “W. F, Robinsoa | ‘Third ave.” Mrs, ,Ragnafl apepared ” morgue’ last Monday, and |look at the bodies, She told attendents that her son wag. am service man. FOOTPRINTS ARE FOUND AT SPOT Bagnall left his desk at the Alarm company for a few Monday morning to go to the Bank of Seattle. He left @ written letter in his typewriter in office in the Boston block, and left his overcoat. No word had been heard trom t since he cashed a check at the until his body was found Friday. The bullet which killed entered the ‘head just behind the i ear and passed thru the head, ¢ out on the right side. He was but once, The footprints of the man, evidently carried Bagnall to lonely spot, measured 11 showing that he was an large man, Bagnall served two years eight months in the navy, being the Vicksburg, Nantahala and Town ve of as as 1 jot in a statement to on | ve n. Elmer J. Noble post, American Le | rested in autos carryittg 30 cases of | ‘i Canadian whisky, Names: Andrew | F'0D of which the murdered Johnson, Ralph Pluver, L. K. Tuck. |¥®S @ Member, used every e son and M to locate Bagnall when it bee if known that he was mysteriously ‘ . missing from the city. Arrests in St. Louis — : i Have Been Decreased |Senators Prevent ST. LOUIS, Mo, M h 5.—Pro- hibition has reduced arrests in St Action for Colby Louis about 20 per cent, Chief of WASHINGTON, March Police William O’Brien declared t “was in its infanc Give it a little time and it w O'Brien sai that as a stim | dine dawn major cases,” He discredited report are turning to “dope” lant. More Crime Reported as Effect in St. Paul ST. PAUL, Minn., March think there is more hibition became effective,” Rowan, police department, said t day, “Of course there are not | many drunks. We have more thie ery and holdups. and gambling in ‘p us busy.” . Minneapolis Reports Wickedness Decrease MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March "The records show a marked a crease in crime,” said Chief | Police Walker today. former saloor ke totaled only 128. In February lai year there were 570 cases, laneous crimes for February th year numbered 91 and for the sam period last year 140. ee Violence in Cleveland ils Cut by Dry Measure | CLEVELAND, ©., ut | hibition | day. closed saloon and enforcement \prohibition,” Smith said, ay. Petty offenses have fallen o the most, he asserted, but declared | that prohibition’s effect on crime | “topers’ u rime since pro- Captain | so The slot machines of | the roof of the building thru @ Vem ~ “Municipal |tilator shaft. jcourts cases for February this year Miscel- March 5,—Pro- | rime in half in Clev land, Chief of Police Smith said to- “I attribute the 50 per cent de. | crease in orimes of violence to the 10- | ft | day again*delayed action on the nom ination of Bainbridge Colby as seo. — retary of state. ’ The committee will consider Co case early next week, |Maj. Smith Flight _ Again Pos ache March 5. continued unfavorable weather tions Major A. D. Smith today postponed his Coast record o1 flight from Camp Lewis to Fes exo. Mm i. |““Handcuff King” LOS ANGELES, March 5.—Roy Dickerson, alias George Lynch, form jer vaudeville “handcuff king,” jed with robbing the Phoenix-Gi |bank, of Phoenix, Ariz. escaped fi |the city jail here during the 5, after picking the “burglar p je. [lock on his cell door and climbing to — Vv ns st is ne © of