The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1920, Page 1

BEAT WOODS FOR BOY BURGLA sh EM Weather Tonight and Saturday rain, moderate southwester- ly winds Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 56. Today noon, 56, “the Playlet 1920, by o,, Page Cogs Co.; published by special ar- Fangement with the Whecier Syn- @ieate, Inc, Usually it is @ cold day In July ‘when you can stroll up Broadway In that month and get a story out of the drama. I found one a few Breathless, parbolling days ago, and Mt seems to decide a serious question | in art. There was not a soul left in the city except Mollis and I—and two or three million sun-worshippers who remained at desks and counters. The elect had fled to seashore, lake and Mountain, and had diready begun to @raw for additional funds. Every Minimum, 48 On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Second Clams Matter May 2, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wast. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879, H., FRIDAY TTLE, WAS SEPTEMBER 2 The Seattle Star Per Year, by Mall, $6 to 09 TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE HUNT THREE WOMEN IN DEATH MYSTERY PROBE BE CWE IN CRIME CASE geles Broker Is Found in Basement of Home ake LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. - + Polson and not efternal violence, police today heneved, caused the death of Jacob Charles Denton, wealthy Los Angeles broker, discovery. of whose body yesterday apparentiy revealed a baffling mur der myste An examidation of the body, they said, failed to reveal either a gun shot wound or evidence of other violence. While admitting they were with-| out definite leads on which to work, evening Hollis and 1 prowled about/ 1. police were enlisting the ald of authorities In other cities in their | the deserted town searching for cool- fess in empty cafes, dining rooms, | efforts to determine what and roof gariiens.” We knew to the} Denton’s death tenth part of 2 revotiition the speed to (of every electric fan in Gotham, and "Hanes Mi as Bye 4 in the ee at Lene Saranac Lake, f In another week he would {Join ber party there. In the mean- time, he cursed the city cheerfully “and optimistically, and sought my led to In Denver, Mrs. R. Peete was be_ interviewed ee > there, local police sald According to T. T. Miller, who oc- cupied Denton’s houne, in the base hidden, Mrs. Peete had control ot) renting the house and was under. stood to have had business “mes | with Denton. _feciety because I suffered him to) PRETTY SPANISH GIRL “show me her photograph during the| TO BE QUESTIONED Black coffee every time we dined to- gether. My revenge was to read to him my one-act play. It was one insufferable evening ‘when the overplus of the city's heat ‘Wag being hurled quiveringly back to by every surcharged stone and inch of iron in the panting town. But with the cun- ‘ning of the tw found oasié where the hoofs of Apolio’s steed had not been allowed to strike. Our seats were on an ocean of cool, polished oak; the white | ‘Hinen of 50 deserted tables flapped Uke seagulls in the artificial breeze; mile away a walter lingered for a ~heliographic signal—we might have foared songs there or fought a duel “without molestation. Qut came Miss Loris’s photo with the cofice, and I once more praised Ahe elegant poise of the neck, the ex zener low-cailed mass of heavy nd the eyes that followed one, ike those in an oll painting. “She's tha greatest ever.” said Hollis, with enthusiasm. jood as Great Northern Preferred, and a dis Position built like @ watch. One week 4 ‘More and I'll be happy Johnny-on- ‘the-spot. Old Tom Tolliver, my best | {gollege chum, went up there two “weeks ago. He writes me that Loris doesn’t talk about anything but me. Oh, I guess Rip Van Winkle didn’t have all the good luck!” "Yes, yes,” said I, hurriedly, pull- s out my typewritten play. “she's fo doubt a charming girl. Now, "here's that little curtain-raiser you + Promised to listen to.” . “Ever been tried on the stage?” _ ‘asked Hollis. “Not exactly,” I answered. “I d half of it the other day to a feliow whose brother knows Robert ) Bdeson; but he had to catch a train before I finished.” “Go on," said Hollis, sliding back Jn his chair like a good fellow. “I'm ho stage carpenter, but I'll tell you what I think of it from a first-row y standpoint. Imes a theatr during the season, and 1 can size Sup a fake play almost as quick as| writer ahead as I'll be the the gallery can. F fonce more, and then go hard | ag you like with it, I read my little play lovingly, and, fear, ‘not without some elocution There was one scene in it that I be: lieved ‘in greatly. ‘The comedy swiftly rises into thrilling and unex pectedly developed dram Marchmont suddenly becomes cox Rizant that his wife is an unscrupul, us adventuress, who from the day of their firet meet . ‘The rapid and mortal duel be: een them from that, moment—she h her magnificent lies and siren xm, winding about him like rpent, trying to recover her ground; he with his m seorm and lost faith, her from his heart.. That always thought was 4 ei fen Capt. Marchmont r duplicity by reading on a blotter trying seene cher jack in a mirror the impression of 4 note] that stuff with an easy that phe hax written to the count, he! man said huskily to Carmody Capt. | legged beasts we had | has deceived | lost} n's agony 004 | Garmod: to teart |man's desk Friday, A pretty Spanish girl, whom the police said they believed they would locate today, was to be ques tioned with regard to Denton's movements and friendships, dttec tives said. She, according to the police, was seen in Denton's com pany shertly before his disappear ance. Two other women will be ques tioned, if located, it was stated. Evidence that Denton had a pre monition of impending trouble lice thought, was given by. the dis closure that he had made a will two weeks prior to June 2 wh; ac cording to some reports, the last day he was seen. Police ‘also are investigating a statement brought to them that Denton was here on August 19. Denton was to have left this ‘city on June 2 for a trip East. He had made business engagements to be ip Phoenix, Ariz, June 3, and Kansas City June 5. Apparently he never left here, since bis suitcase, ‘already packed, was found in his home. Examination today of the “tomb in which Denton's body showed it was a crude affair built of rough boards in a dark corner of the basement. The body about three tons of loowe dirt | Mra. J. C. Denton, divorced wife fof the dead man, and Frances Den |torf, their 15-year-old daughter, will reach here tonight to claim the body and take charge of Denton’'s affairs. | SAID TO HAVE Ly |MYSTERIOUS 1 Another report being investigated was that a Hollywood woman is now driving an automobile belonging to Denton. Judge R. M. Avery torney, inetituted a search missing man some time torneys for his daughter inquiries. regarding his w Denton had lived a mysterious life, according to Judge Avery. He had dropped out of sight for months at time during previous periods, |which lent plausibility to the theory | he had nm merely gone into se clusion when reported missing in June Denton’s second wife died bh March. Joel BR. Denton, lives in Lawton, Mo Police said today they ered Denton's bank watches and some in the possession of a (Turn to Page 9, Ca po | Denton’s at for the after at had made eabouts last a brother had discov book perso: two papers Angeles nn 2) SULLIVAN John D. BY LE Deputy Prosecutor eagerly seized a leather whisky flask from Lieut. J. ¢. Wick Wickman nearly As |fell over his desk in arresting Car discovets | mody's hand. John, hand,” Vor Gawd's sake, handle Wick raises his hand to heaven and ex | wiped bulbs of sweat from: his fore who created woman , and gave her to im for » companion. jake bi Turn to Pace &, Column 2) head Carmody looked at the lieutenant k, thy | with. a. quiznical smile “1 know it’s precious,’ Body’ of Wealthy Los An-| the | was found | was under | Carmody | | | | } | | | | | a ment of which the body was found | Saved! |WHAT'S i le appears in The Star. BOOTLEGGING: JOINT RAIDED A.squad of deputy sheriffs swoop. | ed down on & pool room at Cumber land, Wash. late Friday night and surprised gambling and bootleg ging establishment in full operation a Ceorge Mandr and Mike Bogdon, | homes proprictors, were arrested and re }leased on $1,300 cash bail |Charges of maintaining a gambling game and having toxieating liquor in their fF lodges against the me each eseaaion | wore 5 Packages of Joy Dope—He’s Jugged| Five packages of morphine what police hold against “Arthur | Miller Friday. He was arrested at Third ave. end Union st. by Lieut. | V. Hasselblag and Patrolman P. EB. Knapp. NAME'S BOOZER; HE HAD HOOCH i: Roy Boozer, of Tott, paid a $200/ fine in federal court’ Friday for pow session of a quart of “hooch,” Wakes Up to Find | Self Forger (Maybe) | Detectives: roused Maurice O'Keefe | from his slumbers in his shack at} Mndoline early Friday brought him to jail to tage for charges. McAteer Shipbuilding was his 4 vietim also escaped the county [several weeks ago, Detective Herbert says all R. R.} ssured Wickman I'm going to kidnap it.” | Jawn, do nearly made | Wickman voles ja moved the ly froth Cafmody's r Ithere bottle doesn't cont xo dynamic whisky. ngfrogiyecerine, Stl, it ful.” We got tt cought this morning man continued. “He mite caps, four fuses, a but ne u know that you 1g out of All of us? was a little ier whisky} flask gin. h. “That} n anything | It'x only} to be rr t stuffy on Li A ut ome we Wick: | loaded re 4 | at Our mad-riding horseman has lassoed| the gluttonous goat and rescued the in pardoned within a few years, the suitcase. in the grip, and WHY did he ride so madly, madly ?| ot its parents. That's what everybody: wants to know, and what quite a inumber have guessed since Mrs. | down with the first correct answer and copped the $10 prize. Every day a little more of the mysterious horseman's head Watch —and wait! | But WHO is he, and Aitkin sent her husband 'Tis worth i: KNOXVILLE ARMS TO KILL SLAYER KNOXVILLE, Kno: arma Tenn., Kept. 24.- xville citizens were buying fire today to guard their homes against the midnight marauder who Aswa a ye came Wednesday, Burr ult# and shoots women in their ‘The sixth death in less than ar ander similar elreumstances when Mins Alice nett, 30, was killed. Attorney a quantity of in-| Genefal Mynatt hae advised citizens to arm themselves and shoot to kill. Hi! Shi Rut fous IM ott! ER GRAPO WAS “VIGOROUS” © was only a Japanese Woman. her grapo was fine and vigor: | say dry squaders, She is Mra. itaul, of 668 Dearborn st. Two les is the evidence Toted Loaded “Gat”; Good Morning,Judge Loaded revolver was the evidence ds er | Uniand lin th Wes: Ki at, t the who He bis not | volver auto, ou “M asked youn, tone, mody fi had four dyna { Mask. in, against Frank Christoph, 20, arrested by Sergeant H. L. at Third and Battery early morning. -PAINL LESS. EXTRACTION ima, of 613% Jackson » Friday he didn't feel gentle touch of the pickpocket tgok $95 from his pocket on a ay nya O old poll |street car. \LICE SEEK HIS “ERIE} pry Lewis, colored, was $25 richer before bed with a “friend t./ Police week the he sha Thursday “friend.” and this bottle of nitro in his He'y been a dangerous man nd here, this winter.” re you sure it's nitro,” Carmody} Jawn, we're only Wickman said in shaky handed the flask to Car- with eottony touch, mody ' easily Unserewed the He sniffed of the liould with rf ag he yet BABY GIRL'S DAD TO DIE UNKNOWING Faces Electric Chair Ignor- ant of Daughter’s Birth and Wife’s Condition AUBURN, N. ¥., Sept. 24.—An un. dersized, white-faced boy, in a death cell at Sing Sing, repeats one ques- tion to the keepers Who watch him: pw in my wife?” No one will answer him. In the city hospital here Pearl Bryant O'Dell les with a tiny girl in the hollow of her arm, and from the smile she wears and the tone} of her voles, no one would suspect that she is serving a 20-year sen- tenes for murder. James O'Dell probably will go to the electric chair not knowing that he ts leaving behind a child whose | heritage of ghastly memory state of- ficiais hope to bury. James O'Dell bist January helped bis wife kill Rdward Knetpp, former lover ef the girt te hademartied: O'Dell represented himself ax ari of. ficer, and took Koeirip iy, spat in the country pede pochonoe where he handcuffed him to a tree and told Mre O'Dell to “do What she wanted to him.” Mrs. O'Dell beat Kneipp to death with a heavy fie: | The O'Dells had been married lenw |than a month. It was arranged by | prison authorities that Mra. O'Dell's | child should not be born within the prison walle and, unless Mra. O'Dell baby will be brought up in ignorance } SHAME ON SEATTLE IF THIS SOLDIER CAN’T FIND WORK Faitor The Star: Is it possible that there i# not a firm or individ ual in Seattle that can use an ex perienced driver-mechanie, one able to drive and keep in repair any make of truck or car? I Wave served three and a half year overseas ag @ lieutenant in the alr service, and cannot find work of any kind to support my self and family, altho I have tramped the streets for two weeks looking for a job. If any Star reader could help, will he phone East 21977 > ails riuris LEAGUE PARK, Sept. 24.—sUnite | Sox and the Cleveland CLEVELAND, Press.) Indians to }the tense fight the American longue pennant Mails, a southpaw, was picked to hurl for the Indians, with Red Faber for EHAD TOO — MUCH H. M. B. Eight bottles of HMB (home-made brew) resulted in John Stokes, of | 4 John st. being in the city jail Friday. Dry squad officers snared | him, H's $95 GOES VIA FIRE ESCAPE Thieves, who window on the fire escape ppadokis’ shop at 1517 Pike Too Much Morphine; He’s in Hospital OveFdose of morphine was the son. why Walter McNamara, of N. 0th st., was in eity hospital. Pri day, physiciang said | “Hem. stuff, eh?» Car. mody sald. Carmody Funny reached = with steady | hand and laid the flask on Wick- man's desk, Every eye in the office | waa watching that flask, | “Careful, Jawn,” Wickman echoed | cara | “We were lucky Wickman explained. “His name is Geopge McHugh. Perhaps ygu've | heard of him. Dangerous yeas. He Jeft his auto in a Westlake garage last. night, “Detective to get him,” Joe Smits prowling for Cleveland | The White | lday entered on the second stage of | of the mound for the Chicago team. ntered thru an un | from the cash registet of | JAPAN, U.S. STAND PAT IN DISPUTE Nipponese Demand Ameri- “can Government Stop California Vote BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, D. ©., Sept. 24.—| Neither the United States nor Japan fm willing to give way in the fight of the mikado's government to pro- vent further discrimination against | Japanese by California, develop- ments-today showed. The complicated situation, rapidly | | becoming the most serious problem | tactng this government, today was| as follow The United States government will maintain its ponition for exclu- |ston of Japanese immigrants, but! | will make a supreme effort to avoid | conflict with Japan over further dis- lngisiation in California, Japan con the right of the United States to her immigrants, a to Mate department of- | flelale, but insists that her subjects Jtegady, tor th for thin, Th nde’ must not further Vanna janes or tales new ? California anu- Japanese tand law. | NEW YORK, Sept. 24.— Babe Ruth hit his second home run of the day in the first inning of the second game against Washington here today, raising his rec- ord to 51 for the season. Ruth chose a shoulder- high ball served by Shaw for his second homer. He sent it into the right-field bleachers. No one was on base. The home-run_king’s 50th homer came in- the first inping -2f nim the first game with Acosta pitching: Handcuffed Fugitive Eludes Hound LATE EDITION oe Must Swim River to But His Hands Are Shackled! BY RALPH BENJAMIN YELM, Sept. 24.—Albert Hall, burglar, who escaped from D Sheriff Brown at Chehalis late |nesday evening by leaping from | window of a swiftly moving train & |mile from here, was still at | late this morning. Drenched to the skin from |downpour of rain that nas | the woods in this district for thet week, hatless, shivering x jcold and still * 4 thought to be without food unieas | |has taken to eating the roots | plants and the few remaining ries. Be, ons, ad eaeny n-aet 3 posses also beat the woods ‘ahd hunt ‘The state department maid it was Robber Crosses Line and|hunarea ravines and unable to prevent the proposed lai |for absolute probiibtion of all land holding by Japanese from being voted on by the people of California in the November election. DEMAND CALIFORNIA MEASURE BE STOPPED Ambassador Shidehara will de |mand as a basis for his negotiations | with Secretary Colby that the fed jeral government somehow stop the |California measure from being car- jried into effect, according to au- | thoritative statements. | Shidehara has warned Colby a wave of anthAmerican sentiment will sweep over Japan if California pasnen the law. | An important development today in the situation was an official state: ment that the state department had not yet decided whether to act before the vote on the California measure or wait to see if the vote in Callfornia would open up a way for meeting | Tokyo's protest | It was indicated at the state de |partment that a plan already has been ‘tentatively formulated for so lution of the California problem, but officials will not diseuss this beyond saying they are hopeful of a settle ment An attempt by Japan to precip! tate a revision of existing relations| between the two countries so that| the racial equality of Japanese be recognized, is regarded as likely. . . | Japan May Sue inst Exclusion TOKYO, Sept. 24.—Reports Were \ciroulated today that the cabinet i} has decided.that in the event ‘alifornia anti-Japanese program uased Japan will sue in the) peter an courts to break the Call-| fornia law on the grounds that the law is in contraverftion of the | America an constitution and of the “most Tavored nation" clause of the | | American-Jo apanese treaty. The constitutionality of the prés- ent so-called Califoypia’ antialien | land law, amendments to which will be voted on in California in Novem ber, never has been. paksed upon by either state or federal courts. EAD DIDN’T FITS HATS! ause he wore a 64 hat and| many 74 hats, John Pa- cano, 2 mechanic, was in city jail Friday, Detectives M. M. Freeman Bec carried | new and Scott McGraw’ say Pacano stole the larger hats, last night, notived | this car minus one light. He started | , to examine it In the tonneau he) | found exe supplies. We had officers waitipg there all night tor| the return of the owner of the car, | “He came at 7:30 o’clogk this morn- ing, was arrested and brought up| here, Says he had three pais, but won't fell who they are, He admits! lhe was going wo ‘putt a few petes.’" i stolen cars the Carmody reac! wea a the flask to xamine it more, Hix hand! ae: Loots Victim’s Store SAN DINGO, Cal, Sept. 24.—A Mexican bandit or bandits early to- day cronsed the border line at Tacate, east of Tijuana, robbed the Tecata store and shot the proprietor, Pres- ton Cort. Cort was wounded in the leg and will live. Only one man en- tered the store. He took what loot he could lay his hands on and fied. Deputy sheriffs are searchii the hills samy, for the robber or ‘s ANNA M. SAWYE ASKS NEW TRIAL Arguments for a new trial were heard Friday by Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman of the case of Anna” Madge Sawyer, found guilty by a jury in superior court last term of killing her husband’ én a houseboat on Lake Union., E. C. Hyde, Mrs. Sawyer'’s at- torney, based \his arguments for a trial on the grounds of court effor and the fact that"he) had un- covered several new witnesses to the tragedy. Deputy Prosecutors T. H Patterson and John Frater, opposed | the motion. BOY IS BADLY HURT IN FICHT Tackled by @ larger boy, Charles Gulbrandson, 14-year-old schgolboy, 4009 Phinney ave., was thrown to the ground and received a fractured col- lar-bone and dislocated shoulder. He is in Seattle General hdspital. Police | report said Clarles wag playing foot: ball, but His mother denied this, WRANGEL TAKES: 10,000 RUSS LONRON, Sept, 24—A commu nique from Gen. Wrangel's forces in the Crimean region today claimed | }10,000 prisoners has been taken in six days of offensive fighting. The 23rd “seviet division rendered, the statement said. A Moscow wireless admitted Wrangel had + occupied . Alexund: rovak. sur. Hairs on End; or, the Dropping of the Yeggman’s Nitro caught on it without having a firm grasp in séme m&unker unknown. The flask toppled and fell to the floor, ° Several minutes later Carmody and Wickman opened their eyes and saw they were still on earth.” ‘The still lay on the oor. Carmody picked it up and poured @ little out into a handy glass, He sniffed Mt. He tasted tt: “1 thonght it was water,” he sata, | scar the small forest that the was seen to enter Wednesday Sheriff John Gifford. of O Chief of Police Hughes of Cet two Yelm officers:and three of Chehalis spent all day ‘s over the roagh oo ‘h of the boy. They he had entered the wo covered an old abandoned shack far back in the trees, buat a sign of the boy. Guards were tioned on the bridge over the quajly andefarmers were warned miles around. But Albert Hall & still a fugitive today. SMALL WOODS BOY'S ONLY REFUGE The arm of land that searched by the posse and’ copsists of about 300 acres of ‘ooded country. The at the flood bounds the three sides, the Ketler Logging Lumber works are located near edge of the clear side, Open dotted with farms and with 2 any covering, graduates from patch of woods on all sides. Sheriff Gifford declared it sible forthe boy to escape. \ “The boy would be taking a chance to swith the river at its ent height, without’ his shackled, and IT am certain he not get away into the prairie. will be captured somewhere in woods., If he were not & boy he would have given up 16s before now, for he must be sufi ing for food and shelter,” Gifford said. He doubted if the a could pick up the trail or cy. tye because’of the pee ees Albert Hall was first arrested Tacoma by Detectives Lonan* | Miller on word from Chehalis he was wanted on a burg! Tat, Onalaska. ‘The ‘Tacoma’ teow took the boy off the train here. J was carrying a suitcase with cheap jewelry, watches other trinkets, which he claimed won on punch boards. He also ried a,loaded pistol on his ‘hip, claimed to be 15 years old. * Deputy Sheriff Coyns of came to Tacoma after Hall and took him to Chehalis, where was confined in the women's He sawed a hoie in the floor of the ward and escaped. } Vhen in Tacoma he declared he would never be taken Back’ to halis and just before he made last break for literty he told guard, “I'll get away again, cah't keep me.” He bad been cuffed because “of his threats escape. , Sheriff Gifford, checking up. | boy's record, found that his home, Jim Spokane and that he is actually 21 years old. Abandon Me on SA} rpg Cal. "Home Whoever abandoned a pie eyed baby girl’ on the dodrstep George. Duffy, the village bl: smith, either was & stranger here oF the possessor of & queer sense of he mor. The Quftys are fand of bablea, they have their-hamds full nom, ing for seven of their own, alt 10 years of age. They ‘ates surrendered the deserted a thorities,