The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 11, 1920, Page 1

a 4, dill VOLUME 22. | acca AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH Today NO. ERE is a letter about a man who is doing best he ean “There is a man with his family living on a houseboat south of the Spokane st bridge, who, altho handicapped by the loss of one arm, manages to Saw, split and rack up stove wood Any one who could patronize him would be doing a good deed. “I do not know his name, nor have I ever spoken to him, but it is a treat to watch him work Uncer such circumstances, many would give up, and lots of us who jhave two arms are frequently found with one of them propped under our chin, wondering why ‘the world doesn’t treat us better. * | So, I say, give this man, who is doing his best, a chance “JOE DAVIS.” the HE spirit that never says die; that spirit of a Mil- ton that creates an epic, tho blindness has en. a guifed him; the spirit that puts cripples on the job, in Stead of on the street with a hand- ‘Organ; the spirit that enables wid- Ws to work 16 hours a day to keep the family: together, rather than give their children to a “home”—this spirit is more wor thy supreme praise than ail the heroism of military leaders since the world began. ee SUBSCRIBER who not ed my remarks about the cost of canned peas writes in to state that he pays 40 cents for half a pound of coffee, 13 cents for half a pint of cream, and makes a big cup of coffee for 2 cents, He wants to know why restaurants find it necessary to charge a dime a cup for coffee. I buy better coffee than nine- tenths of the 10-cent cafes do, and I pay only 55 cents a pound for it, and, as I loot the cream from the top of the baby’s milk bottle—that is, I do when I get up early enough — my coffee probably doesn't cost more than a cent and a half a And it is better coffee than 10-cent coffee I have tasted. Indeed, I know of several cafes where good coffee is still a nickel, ‘and I know of several other cafes where extremely chickorish coffee is a dime. And nowhere do I find a cup of tea that is fit to drink, except at home. Coffee making is @ rare art; {ea manufacture is a lost one. cee OWEVER, the catering business is not all prof. iteering. It happens that the only place in Se attle where the common that's most of us—can en Joy the best in art and good mu- sic, freely, comfortably, without @ season ticket or a social intro duction, is a restaurant. ' Seattle, with its art society, and {ts symphony orchestra, and its unusually high grade movie or ehestras, is equipped as but few American cities are to give some thing of the best in life to the pub- Hic, but still we are pitifully pover ty stricken, This city is big enough to sup- port a municipal opera company in @ municipal auditorium, It is big enough and rich enough to support a permanent art muse- um, with art and craft classes open to everybody, It is big enough and rich enough to have orchestral music the year around. If we spent one-tenth the time and one-twentieth the money on the beautiful things that we do on the ugly; if we spent as much on beauty as we do on jails; as much ‘on music as we do on partisan pol- ities; as much on art as we do on unsuccessfully prosecuting sus- pected murderers, to enhance an official reputation, we would have @ great, beautiful, happy city. And most of the money we do spend for parks and monuments, for schools, and churches, and business blocks, is utterly wasted, so far as any aesthetic value is concerned. It costs no more to build beauti- ful buildings, but we have formed the habit of ugliness, and regard hitectural slovenliness as pre- ned. Caldwell Takes 8 Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald, confined to his home with influenza for the past week, is expected to be at his of. fice Saturday to tidy up his desk for the advent of Mayor-elect Hugh M. Caldwell on Monday. Archie Has Lost Authority Medal Archie Fullerton, 6518 Woodlawn ave., is fuming Thursday. He lost his special police badge and fears he may lose an opportunity to make an arrest. Asks $15,000 fo: Husband’s Death Suit for $15,000 damages was start ed in superior court ‘Thursday against J. D. Lawson, his wife and his daugh- ter, Marie Guthrie, by Amy ‘Stokes. Stokes alleges that an auto, ven by the daughter, struck and fatally injured her husband, William Stokes, 54, at 2ist ave. N. and E. Mercer st. December 24, 1919. Mrs. Stokes lives at 609 27tb ave. N, - Office Monday) rly winds. M4 «Hours noon—16. ccd "DEFENSE "WITNESS "ACCUSED | Charges to Be Filed Against | John Huber for Remarks on the Stand BY CLEM J, RANDAU GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, Montesano, March 11.—Perjury charges will be filed against John Huber, Cen- | tralia fireman, who testified for the defense wiitn the taking of evidence was resumed for a short | time today, prosecutors said, when Huber left the stand. Huber swore he had seen F. B, Hubbard, uncle of Dale Hub- bard, one of the soldiers slain on Armistice day, in Centralia, on | November 11, The elder Hub- bard was in Portland on that day, several witnesses have said. | | The final evidence was taken at | 11:20 today, when Judge Wilson an- nounced that “the evidence on both sides is now closed, gentlemen.” The court's instructions to the jury may be read late this afternoon, | Judge Wilson said. This will depend jon the length of time consumed in argument in chambers over the in structions to be given, he said. The lengthy and highly involved charge which Judge Wilson must give the jury has required days of preparation. Attorneys for both sides submitted their requested instruc tions to the court late yesterday, and |from this the final draft will be pre: | | pared today. That the case will be in the hands of the jury by tomorrow night, was the opinion expressed by attorneys to- day, Less than a day will be required for the closing arguments. 264 WITNESSES CALLED IN TRIAL Special Prosecutor C. D. Cunning, ham will open the argument for the state, He will be followed, in all probability, by Defendant Elmer Smith, who is expected to enter a brief plea in his own behalf, De fense Counsel George F. Vanderveer will sum the case for the defense, jafter which Special Prosecutor W H. Abel will conclude for the state. Altho attorneys yesterday discussed limiting arguments to three hours for each side, no agreement was reached, but all indications point to a conclusion of the arguments late Friday Finai testimony for the state | terday was given by Mrs. Warren O. Grimm, widow of the former soldier | with whose murder the accused men are charged, Eugene Barnett, alleged |slayer of Grimm, was the final de- fense witness. In all, 264 witnesses were placed on the stand in the four and a half weeks of testimony. The state called 147, while 117 for the defense. “MYSTERY MAN” NOT CALLED TO STAND Ray Becker, so-called “mystery man” of the trial, was the only one of the defendants who failed to oc cupy the witnesse stand during the trial. Loren Roberts, alleged. by the de fense to be insane, altho not called to testify, crossed the courtroom to the stand during a lull in the pro cedure yesterday. He was told by Judge Wilson to resume his seat, and at once returned to hix place on the bench occupied by the defendants Along with Roberts, whose plea of insanity distinguishes his case from the other accused I. W. cases of Eugene Barnett and Elmer Smith, Centralia attorney, alleged ac complice before the fact Barnett, the defense claims, took innocent spectator in the lobby of the Roderick hotel. Smith is charged with having advised the other defend ants to use guns in defending their hall from an expected raid and with having told them they were warrant ed in stationing men outside the hall. [May Have to Wear Shark Skin Shoes Skins of the Alaskan shark, Beluga whale, sea lion, hair se: | walrus and reindeer are to be mad |into leather to relieve the shortage. This became known Thursday fol |lowing the organization of the Uni versal By-Products company ized at $5,000,000. J. F. Lea president. |Mebbe Cider Isn’t | Willing to Work Seattle isn’t drinking as much cider as coffee—quite. The weekly report of the port of e is Seattle shows 471.79 tons of coffee on hand as against only 305.31 tong of cider. Shipyard to Get War Decoration decorated recently, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise. Rich Man F lees Angry PERJURY 522° She Wields a Whip testified | W., are the! no part in the shooting, but was an| ert B. I No.°2. No. 1, Leon Certificate of merit for services|] gamucis, acted as counsel for performed during the war will be|| Mrs, Rich. Mrs. Rich says she’ presented George W. Albin, acting || gave the money to No. 2 during for the Ames Shipbuilding & ied their married life, butt he has Dock company, at Portland Monday. || refused to return it since they Other Seattle shipbuilders were|} have chosen separate ways. |F. Kruse in her divorce actio Fleeing before the alleged wrath of his estranged wife, Carl F. Kruse, pro |prietor of the Pure Food Shop, 1511 | Pike place, sought refuge Thursday |in the superior court, where he ap pealed for an injunction restraining | her from entering his place of busi ness, declaring she was after him |with a loaded bhorsewhip. | Mrs. Kruse, on Monday, began suit for divorce. She asked $1,000 monthly alimony and named Irene |Crane, a 19-year-old confectionery clerk, as co-respondent young woman was said to be living at the en apartm: 1214 Bighth but could not be found at that its, ay | address, | The young woman clerk at the Van Siclen said there was no Miss Crane or Mrs. Kruse living in the house Mail that had cogne addreased to Miss Crane, the young woman said, had been returned to the mail man. According to Kruse's cross-complaint in which he, too, petitions for « which he emerged somewhat worsted |and “cruelly scratched “She informed my creditors,” said Kruse, “that my business was not flourishing, and hired a physician to |show I was pf unsound mind in an Enters Rac SYRACUSE, N, Y., March 11.—To keep the k biting, grasping, | thieving, degenerate bunch of dirty | politicians, who trying to double cross the 18th amendment, from the | presidential chair,” Billy Sunday told |the United Press today, he will run on a dry platform with William +|Jennings Bryan, !t!! Moreover, here is his cabinet, hand picked and ready for the approval of | the public | Secretary of state, Henry Cabot |Lodge or Ma Sunday ("I don’t know which; both of ‘em are fine in any Job.) | Secretary of war, Leonard Wood EX-HUSBAND NO. 1 HELPS EX-WIFE SUE EX-HUSBAND NO. 2 LOS ANGELES, March 11 Former husband No. 1 acted as at- |] torney while former husband No. 2 played the role of defendant a suit brought here by M Rich to recover $65,000 from Rob vorce, the difficulties in *his house: hold date back some months | | He learned, he says, that Mrs Kruse was toting a horsewhip, after @ personal encounter with her, from Last Call! Billy Sunday SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920. n. ende lum if it cost $10,000." AYS § 1,250 13 ast month Fratik George, his fa in-law, Kruse says, the same time vor to railroad me to the asy. ther About aware that stool pige he bec ns and detec tives were shadowing him every where about the city, whe left his shop or p! of abode. Kruse charges that his wife went to the Food Shop on February 28 and again on March 1 and 6. cleaned out the cash drawer, He sh than $10,000 | bonds worth $31, jcommunity property, she unlawfully’ retains. in cash and Liberty he Concerning his wife's petition for alimony, Kruse says he is worth but $100,000, and considers $100 a month a just and reasonable amount for Mrs. Kruse's upkeep and incidental expenses, Pigin Whistle,” but re sign week ago, it is said. Kruse said he did fot care to discuss his jacquajntance, with the girl Mrs. ‘Krusé ‘has taken ment at The Castle, and has employed Albert as counsel | Kruse has placed his case in the Huntoon. ed at the an apart 01 Yesler way, D, Martin Ihands of Attorney R. W e for President {Ho had a raw deal and he's a grea | soldier.) 5 Attorney general, Judge K. M Landis, (‘He'd smash the daylights out of the robbers.") y of the interior, Governor I (‘He's another good one, believe me.") | Postmaster general, Herbert Hoo- (Oh, boy, there’s a man for 1") Secretary of agriculture, Professor |Charles Curtis. “("I used to go to |echool to him when he was dean of y the agricultural college at Ames.") Secretary of labor, Police Commis: | slone Curtis, of Boston. One of | the ablest men in the country.") “1 don't know about anybody else, lexcept that Pershing will be chief of | staff,” n Can’t Get Name Off Ballot LANSING, Mich, March 11,—W. J. Bryan today made a vain attempt to have his name taken from the presidential primary ballot in Michi- gan. He wired the secretary of state that he “is not a candidate,” The secretary informed Bryan, a8 |he previously had told W. G. Me: Adoo, there is no machinery for | removing names for which petitions are filed. Brya She told me she would ruin me struck him. ever he and has obtained possession of more 0, which, tho it is contends Miss Crane formerly was employ- under the Act of Congress March 1 VESSEL IS IND MEXICO Steamer Esperanza Strikes Reef; Tugs Sent Out to | Aid Passengers | NEW YORK |4700-ton steamer | Ward line, believed to carry about |100 passengers, is ashore on Mada | kascar f, off Progreso, Mexico, ac cording to an undated radio picked up at Tampa, Fla, and forwarded here today The message was signed by Capt J. R. Curtis, and said the Esperanza’s Jengine room was flooded and that |she was in danger, her engines be- ling disabled | | Tugs from Progreso have gone to her aid, according to a later wire lesa mesmag: | | March 11 Esperanza, of the The The Seattle Star Entered as Second Clans Matter May 3, 1899, at the Pontoffice at Seattle, Wash. 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mall, $5 to 99 Would You Marry a Man You Had Never Seen? This is the problem which confronts the young girl heroine of SOMETHING DOING By Varick Vanardy This popular author's startling new detective story which reveals New York's To be printed in Tw amazing secrets of Underworld elve Installments in THE STAR. BEGINNING MONDAY HOPE FOR VOTE DEATH WARRANT (GO TO CANADA Democrats Make Overtures | to Republicans | | WASHINGTON, March 11.—Un lens republican senators spurn over |tures being made to them by demo | |erats, the senate will be given a} Spokane to Give Benefit Ball to Help Isom White SPOKANE, March 11.—A bene. fit ball to raise money with which to carry up an appeal in the case of Isom White, con- chance to vote on the Watson-Sim a mons compromise reservation to|| demned at Everett to hang, is |) | Article X, it was announced today.|| being planned here by: Arthur || | ne || Prague. | Simmons stated positively that he Ha” 36 3 | | the compromise and can get more. If | | 80 democrats vote for it, 34 repub-| ican votes would be required. The| | total strength of Lodge's forces is | |35 and some of his followers have | democratic votes plédiged to Miss Irene Crane, pretty Seattle clerk, named by Mrs. Carl) toid him they would not support the | Watson-Simmons plan or any modifi- cation of the Lodge reservation. The Watson-Simmons reserva provides that the United States |sumes no obligation to employ its | military or naval forces, its re- sources or any form of economic ion “ase pressure” Ja preserving from exter. | nal aggression the territory or inde pendence of any other country Violets Laid | on Coffin of from entry in the records of the |county clerk ‘ 9| Senator Joseph Smith, the Jad's ther Woman aticves” saa’ toaay ne wistea the | | cmricadés Ses |supreme court to clear up iwo » March 11.—An expeM-| points of law. sive casket, decorated with one tiny)” mye first is whether White had a jbunch of violets, was’ the resting! rair trial after three men were per- place today of Mrs, Ruth Randall. |r lt enter the room where the a hig ae sane said an [Jury was confined during a recess |would say. The violets were laid up-| ai lon the coéfin by:a.whltehaired wo| 0, tie court: ‘The then passed (on man, one of the curious hundreds | who called to look upon the restless woman of many loves who killed her last lover and then herself “I think Ruth Randall has found in death what her soul sought in vain in li the white-haired woman said, as shd Jeft’ the violets. Nearby lay the sealed coffin of Clifford Bleyer, the family man Mra, Randall had lured from his home. None was permitted to view his last Give Entertainment The Czecho-Slovak (Bohemian) | Gymnastic Society Sokol, of Seattle will entértain American friends and Americans of Slavic origin, Sunda | Mareh 14, fm Christensen hall, Har- vard ave, and Broadway, with a|the U. 8. commissioner at Aberdeen, physical culture and musical pro-| Wednesday afternoon gram. The entertainment will con- - ae tinue from 3 p, m, to 10 p. m. Ti Spring! Even Chickens Know It Ab! the first yelp of spring. Harry Wade, 907 B, 62d st., com- | plained to the police Thursday that chickens belonging to his neighbors | were running amuck and doing con |siderable damage to his embyro | garden She Hasn’t Got a Ring to Wear! | The cold air was felt keenly on | Queen Anne hill Thursday morning by Miss Thelma Miller, 411 W. Lee pretties, a purse and two rings, one of them set with two diamonds. | Army “Frozen Beef” Is Sold to Markets Army “frozen beef” is being ship- ped into Seattle by Uncle Sam, who has sold 15 car loads in the North: |st., who reported the theft of all her & summer clothing, comprised of four|Tonight, he says, we'll have some bathing suits. The thief also took clouds several pairs of shoes, some silk} And now and then a shower! Prague for several weeks has been circulating petitions, calling on Governor Hart to commute White's sentence. White was found guilty of murdering Lee Linton at Everett. Prague said his petitions will be forwarded to the governor in a day or two. { [Attorney for Youth Wants} Appeal Decision | ‘EVERETT, March 11.—Until the) | supreme court passes on the appeal of Isom White, 1%yearold siayeg) | | condemned to the gallows for the Seattle Sleuths Seek Car in)! Murder Case Seattle police made continued ef- motor car, believed to have been owned by the man who was last seen vith Arthur Bagnell, the 20-year-old Aero Alarm company clerk, whose body was found Friday in a wood near Kent. One detective was dis patched to Canada. Absolute secrecy is being main- tained by detectives working on the case. Detective headquarters insist- ed they are as mystified as ever over & possibie solution of the murder mystery. James P. Taylor, 24, and G. H. McKay, 30, a mechanic, are held on open charges for investigation, de- tectives declare, of automobile thefts. Robert Hodge, attorney for the pair, Captain of Detectives Charles Tennant and Lieut..John Wickman deny they are held in any other con- nection. | murder of Lee Linton, a taxi driver, jthe death warrant will be held up linto the bedrooms without speaking! and got a rug. Senator Smith holds to the view that opportunity was |given to tamper with the jurors. The second point to be presented lis how far insanity experts may go] in testifying against a defendant whom they examined after he had/ jbeen arrested for a crime. A fav orable decision by the higher court |means a new trial for White. [He'll Face Federal | Jurors in Tacoma Herbert A. Benjamin, arrested at | Carlisle, Wash., on complaint that he |forged his brother's endorsement on $60 ‘bonus check, was released on | $1,000 bail and instructed to appear | before the federal grand jury at Ta coma for trial, at a hearing before! Womens’ Pajamas Are Out of Date CHICAGO, March 11.—Silk “un- dies," now the rage in this country slated for the scrap heap. In |their place will come assortments of |linen-made varieties, trimmed with |fine hand-made lace, according to |Madame Valentine Frere, Brussels modiste, here today. Madame Frere predicted the doom of pajamas for women and the re- turn to the old-fashioned nighties. A Bi Ragged, Eh? Verse and Weather How doth the busy little weatherman Predict each shining hour? Irish Loan Goes . Over in Frisco SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.—-Cal- ifornia has gone over the top in the Irish republic loan campaign. It was announced here that the state al- ready has exceeded its quota of $1,- west at 20 per cent under Chicago beef quotations, “Choice meat, too," way army quartermaster officers, 500,000 by about $200,000 in the sale of Irish bond certificates, The drive ter chance than boys of obtaining foster parents, is to end March 17 | they cashed checks for Brouse, which of the members held since the war, Over 65 members attended the din- as fast as they can be compiled, but | information gathered by the United will never catch up with the popula- tion, country showed a general increase in births during the first two months of this year, compared with the cor- responding period of last year. This increase was practically un!) in all sections, Milwaukee ana 4attle were the only places to report a de- crease, available, generally showed even a greater cities reported a commensurate de- crease in the number of babies aban- doned by their parents, support their bables to assure a good home for them rather than trust to the comparative uncertainty of an several instances of babies being before birth, want them extremely young. Said He Was Hero; “Friends” Angry He said he was an ex-captain of arines, wounded and decorated at Chateau Thierry and now a repre- sentative of Kuhn-Loeb, New York bankers, Brouse. seeking him with a warrant. Seat- tle and Tacoma business men, who! liked his “faultless manners,” say have returned, marked “Insufficient funds.” Company “L” Vets Plan Organization | Plans for the organization of a club of members of Company L, 161st infantry, formerly the Second Washington, were inaugurated Wed- nesday evening at the first reunion ner held at the Masonic club, AMERICA SHOWS BIRTH INCREASE Seattle and Milwaukee Re- port Slight Decrease The census bureau in Washington is publishing vital statistics for 1920 Press today indicted the enumerators Reports from cities thruout the Adoptions, wherever figures were ratio than births. Many The desire of mothers who cannot institution, has been evinced thru “auctioned off,” in some cases even His name he gave as W.| Today Seattle police are} Y MASSACRE CASE WILL SOON BE IN HANDS OF JUR EW Weather Tonight and Friday, prob- ably rain; moderate southe Temperature in Last Maxtmum—t8, Minimum—39. TH LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SE. SHIP ASHORE! 100 IN PER ON ARTICLE X' IS NOTENTERED) ON CRIME CLUE jforts Thursday to trace the blue /ski could arouse the authorities, | st. with whom Boff had been living, income tax of one San Franciscan amounts to $1,000,000, was included in 90,000 filed here to today. for filing returns, Mrs. Emma Winifree, of Portland, is in the Clackamas county jail here, charged with stealing $6,500 in curs rency from the Aurora state bank, who caused her arrest, say Mra, © Winifree has confessed, ; Senate for Probe ATTLE IL; ee SEE CKSMEN 'Postoffice Robbers Believ | by Sheriff to Make Head- - | quarters Here That a gang of expert posto fice safe cracksmen are operat ing in rural towns near Seattle, with headquarters here, was the belief expressed by Sheriff John Stringer Thursday, after being notified that the postoffice safe at Rainier had been blown and $250 stolen during the night, Within the last month, postoffice ~ |safes at Silvana, Tolt and Rainier have been blown. An attempt to blow the safe at Cumberland |ruary 26, officers believe, resulted | the murder of Joseph T. Paschich. An ex-convict, living on a , jisland near Seattle, is believed to. the manufacturer of the losives used by the gang, Stringer say Similarity of the robbery at |nier to the other recent robberies | Stringer to despatch Deputy N. I oveall to investigate. At Rainier, C. E. Wileowski, lives near the postoffice, was Jed by the safe crackers Jon the safe. They blew the |rifled it and escaped before afi wots i Rainier is in Thurston count Old, Stolen Hi An exacting thief took a everything he could find We night in John Bvugek’s silver |When the home of the latter, at 66 | E. 42nd st., was robbed. Along 2 |the knives, forks and spoons, the |thief took $100 in currency and |pair of 100-vear-old earrings. It Wasa Machine, Not Machine Gun! Shots, fired with the rapidity of Machine guns, drew a mot patrolman to the district at the fale of Spring st. early Thursday morm ing. The officer, upon arriving @t the scene of the shooting, discovered @ disgruntled motorist having trou ble with a back-firing motor. MOTHER OF EMILY CALLS RECEPTION IN U. S. “SCANDALOUS” ASHTON, Eng. March 11,— The mother of Miss Emily Knowles, now Mrs. Guy Spiker, is far from being reconciled by the outcome of her daughter's’ Knowles war romance. Mrs. says she believed her daughter to be legally married to Perley | Spiker, and declares that the re ception accorded the young. mother and her baby in America’ was “scandalous,” “I would spend my last cent to see the man punished as he | deserves,” said Mrs, Knowles, — Draws His Check Then Disappears After drawing his pay check from the Youngstown Steel Works, Wil- liam Kerry, 32, an engineer, is miss- ing. His wife, 3815 37th st. S. W., told the police her husband is a tall man, about six feet, and wore a gray sult, Worker Is Missing, Roommate Reports Joe Boff, 38, employed until March 4 at the Lake Union steam plant, was reported missing to the Thursday by V. Didblsio, 1633 King — $1, 00,000 Income Tax Filed in S, F, 4 SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.—The: His return March 15 is the last Woman Is Charged With $6,500 Theft OREGON CITY, Ore., March 11.— Burns detective agency operatives, of Grain Officia! Persons adopting babies generally Girls appear to have a slightly bet- senate WASHINGTON, March 11. today ordered an in tion of the poration on the made by a federal grand kane, Wash