The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1920, Page 9

i’ HAY ARREST BiG LEAGUE GAMBLERS ponvi Evidence Crookedness Exists, Says _ Grand Jury Foreman CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—Canvincing \ ce that crookedness exists in baseball has been obtained By the Cook county criminal grand pu ter cing he declared, to a few ‘And is caused by “an unseru- @ang of professional gam “ im declared that if the evt-) ‘Warranted, indictments will be all for crooked ban players and it of federal laws against aries A. Comiskey, owner of the Box, in an interview here to REPORT TIONAL Johnson, president. of the league, caused a sensation N circles here today with fon that be had “heard its that the White Sox would win the 1920 pennant be. the managers.of a gambling alleged to have certain il Es tf i iit i i i 1 iH S 3 i i IDE _HERE’S MORE ABOUT L.A. MYSTERY HERE’S MORE ABOUT woman. This woman, police sald, told them that a diamond ring which detectives believed had been Den- ton's had been pawned for $200, ER WOMAN IS QUESTIONED ABOUT DENTON DENVER, Sept. 24.—Dectaring that she knew nothing of the eircum stances surrounding the mysterious | death of J, C. Denton, Los Angeles capitalist, whose body waa found in the Basement of hia home there, Mra. RC. Peete, attractive young woman, today said she was willing to |e to Los Angeles to help clear up the mystery, tf possible, Denton, it i# alleged, disappeared August 19, and authorities believe he yas murdered and buried in his own basement Mra. Peet rented Denton’s house when she went to Los Angeles three months ago. She tid newspaper men that Denton was friendly with her and let her have the use of bis car, but that there was on baseball were urged by | nothing wrong about their relations. LOADS OF DIRT IN BASEMENT Denton, she asserted, had affairs with several women, Before she gave up the house last month to return to Denver she had Hangs Up New Rifle Record ordinary U. 8. army rifle, Sergt. Mor- ris Fisher of the United States ma rines, won the world championship title as marksman. It was the first time this event has ever won with @ standard military riffle of any country, Fisher scored 996 out of a possible 1,080 on @ 300aneter range, winning over Larsen of Sweden, his nearest rival, by 7 points, BRUTAL SLAYER DIES BY ROPE SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY, Cal, Sept. 24--Mose Gibson, negro. murderer of Roy Trapp, of Fuller ton, Cal, paid for bis crime with his Ife today. He was hanged at the state pris on here shortly after 10:20 a m. Gibson was pronounced dead 12 minutes after the trap was sprung. Gibson had spent @ quiet night In the death cell and when the hour ., |for his execution came he had noth- BE aH He i He EERE age gE F332 EH] Denton, of Phoenix, Aria “I have bousht my ticket for Les Angeles and am going there . | Citizens of Orange county. ing to say. Arrangements for the hanging were delayed «lightly, the hour for his death having been set originally for 10 a m Gibson was led from the death chamber to the gallows between the guards, He walked steadily and silently. As the cap was adjusted he made no struggle and remained silent, making no at ment About 40 persons witnessed the execution, this being a far larger number than usually attends Ailtho it was the murder of Trapp and a brutal asmult on Trapp'’s wife for which Gibson was bung, his long criminal record, to which he had confessed, attracted the widest attention. He told officers that he had committed a total of seven ‘murders, in almost as many west ern and meuthern states, and he counted his robberies by the dozens. Trapp wes murdered while he slept, at his ranch home near Ful- lerton, about three months ago. Gideon entered the house, beat Trapp to death, and attacked Mra. Trapp, with the result that she be came unconscious. He was omp- tured after @ flight and was epir. ited to Los Angeles to mve him from the threatened vengeance of He was taken to Santa Ana a few days later, plead guilty and was immedi ately sentenced to hang. »| Saturday,” Mra Peete concluded. Mrs. Prete went voluntarily to police headquarters here today when she heard that her name was men- tioned tn connection with the mys». tery and told ber story to the po- lice, THE SEATTLE STAR U. S. Marine |ABOUT TO ROB MOVIE; CAUGHT Rouses Cops’ Suspicions; Admits Hold-up Plans Aman paced up and down tn front of a motion picture house at 25th and Jackson at. at 9 o'clock last night. He kept furtive eyes on the box office, His coat was buttoned tightly to his chin, In the shadows lurked two police officers in a prowler car, They were suspicious of the man’s ac tions, For 10 minutes they watched him, then they got out of their car and started toward him. When he saw them coming the man stepped off to the parking strip and was seen to throw away @ revolver, Then he started to run. But the police—Sergt, W. F. Don. Jan and Patrolman J. R. McCarthy— overhauled him. At police headquarters he admitted to Capt. B. L. Hedges that ho had intended robbing the theatre, “I could find no wor! bad to do tt or starve.’ “Where do you liver” “I have no home.” He said he came tnto town yee terday on a freight train from Mon- tana and that he had never been ar- rested before, Calmly he admitted that the rob bery was premeditated and that he had made elaborate plans, Me had on two suits of clothes, a brown suit underneath and a nary pea jacket and sailor's trousers on the outside, He «aid he had served in the navy two years. He wore a brown cap and a “switch cap,” one to be worn before the robbery and the other after. He was booked as W. W. Wilson, @ laborer. CONSOLIDATION UP. NEXT WEEK ‘That the tentative draft of the new consolidation bill calling for the merger of county and city govern menta, will be completed early next week, Was announted Friday by Cor poration Counsel Walter F. Meler. The bill will be submitted to the state logislature at its next session. British Miners Delay National Coal Strike Sept. their nation-wide strike, scheduled for Monday, for one week. During the week miners’ leaders will éonfer with colliery owners re garding the output of the mines. The proposition of increasing out put provided wages went up was one OF the sticking points im the negotia- tions, Ws The postponement was agreed to by leaders of the miners after long conferences with executives of the “triple alliance”—transport and rail- ‘way workers and miners. China Breaks With Bolsheviki Legation PEKING, Sept. 24.—Official re lations with the Russian legation are terminated by a mandate imwued by the imperial government yesterday. ‘The mandate assures Russian ne onals that they will receive the best treatment under the laws of China, and emphasizes the clause in- structing the foreign office to pro tect Ruswian interests and property. COAST PRICES MAY GO DOWN Merchants Are | Expecting a Reduction SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24-—It may be a matter of woeka before the price reductions on cotton goods! announced in the East reach the Pa- cific coast, dealers believed today. They pointed out, however, that women's dresses, men’s clothing, shoes and similar articles of apparel have dropped an average of from 15 to 20 per cent either on the whole sale or retail prices in the West since last May. Some foodstuffs also have been declining slightly. Meats now are selling on the const at the same price asked in October, 1918. Olin and fats have dropped 15 per cent in the last five months, Flour, sugar and coffee have gone down slightly Retailers today admitted they were “playing close to the board” in thelr purchases, and were not buy- ing more than necessary because they looked for radical turns in the market, One concern which handles large quantities of pop@ar brands of cigarets, has been out of one of the heaviest selling varieties for two weeks and refuses to buy more on account of an expected @rop in prices, NO SUDDEN PRICE DROP EXPECTED HERE Seattle merchants, both wholesale and retail, foresee no sudden drop in prices because of the announced re- ductions by the Ford and the Frank lin Auto companiea Generally speaking, they claim there has been & gradual reduction since spring in the price of textiles and dry goods. “Ford ts following the general re- duction in prices which began tn the eald one department store “and he is leading the reduc Uon in the auto business, but not in other nes,” eee SPENDING ORGY OVER THE U. S. NOT ENDED YET BY RALPH F. COUCH WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—The na tional orgy of spending that swept over the United States following the armintice still is pouring money into the pockets of pufveyors of amuse- ment at the rate of approximately $400,000,000 @ month, according to an estimate today made on war tax re- colpts of the treasury department. Altho expenditures were curtailed for autos, diamonds, imported cos- Metica and the like, the public has increased ite purchases of candy, soft drinks and other nonalcoholic beverages, tobacco and theatre and movie ticketa, Seekers of recreation still are tn- duiging in these things at the rate of nearty $5,000,000,000 a year, or enough w pay all expenses of the government for 12 months, ‘Taxes received by the government during May on the sale of candy, tobacco, soft drinks and admissions totaled $36,618,000. Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff seem to be the favorite tndul- gence of the American people, ac cording to the tax returns Theatre admissions brought in the next big gest tremendous tncome to the gov- ernment, total collections being $6,- 623,189. At this rate the annual ex- penditure for theatre seats would be approximately $794,772,000. DEPUTY SHERIFF FRAN FRANK BREWER 1s suffering a triple fracture of a finger on his right band. He caught i& in his desk while telephoning. TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR ATTORNEY mare SKELETON OF WOMAN FOUND Believed to Be That of Girl From Seattle Clues tndicating that the skeleton of a woman found between Mukilteo and Martha lake Thursday was that of Bertha Wille, 42, former Seattle | urant employe, were being traced down Friday by local and Snohomish county officials. The skeleton was found near the Admiralty logging camp, Miss Wille disappeared from the camp in Oc tober, 1917, A decayed skirt, belt and gold-filled bracelet, found near | the skeleton, furnish the principal) means of identification, STARTS FOR SEATTLE; NEVER SEEN AGAIN After drawing her paycheck, Milas Wille started for Seattle to get some clothing one morning, three years ago, She eaid she would return in the evening. That was the last heard of her at the camp. While cruising timber Thursday, | jim J. O. Punchard, of the logging corm pany, found tho skeleton. Coroner Challacombe, of Snohomish county, removed the bones to Everett. A check in Miss Wille’s favor ts at the local office of the company in the Walker building. It has never been called for. SEATTLE GIRL UNABLE TO IDENTIFS HER Snohomish county officials had thought they might have determined whether or not the skeleton was that of Miss Wille by @ Miss Myrtle Davis, who was employed at the camp when Miss Wille disappeared. Miss Davis is mow employed in the Alaskan restaurant, Fourth ave and Pike st. She said Friday she could not identify the skeleton, as her acquaintance with Misa Wille ‘was only casual, FINAL BUDGET - SESSION IS ON Final consideration of the 1921 Dudget estimates was to begin a fpectal session of the city council Friday afternoon. At the meet: estimates may be cut, but may not be increased. The budget will be for- mally adopted at the council] meeting on October 4 7 ° Say Fish Shipment P Spoiled;Ask Damage National Independent Fisheries Co. filed suit in superior court Fri- day to recover $3,400.60 damages from John Barton Payne, represent Ing the federal railway administra- tion for damage to a consignment of frozen fish gent East on October 11, 1918, on the Northern Pacific rail- road. bss ment consisted of 35,336 pounds of fish and that because of Improper | handling en royte nearly half of the fish had spoiled before arrival of the consignment at Boston. Payne was the man to whom all such suits against the administration were di- rected, Chasing Frog Cause of Boy’s Death LONDON, Eng. Sept. 24—While trying to recapture a frog with which he had been playing, John Arthur Liddle, 6 years old, had his hand badly hurt by an iron grating. Ho df€4 later of tetanus. 15-, 25- and 40- watt, at .....40¢ 60-watt at ...45¢ 100-watt at ...85¢ Also carried in half-trosted type. clear and half frost- ed. All-white Tipless, 50-watt Blue Nitro, 15-, 100-, 150-, 200+ watt. Round-ball type Mazdas—15-, 25-, 40-watt. Clear or half frosted. Carbon Lamps—white and red— 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 candle power. * Coleman Quick-lite 300 candle-power, with several types of shades; hang from ceiling or set on table. Dietz Hot Blast—Cold Blast— Vest pock- @ type Tub- ular, 2- and 3- cell. Searchlight type. Auto Head- All sizes candlepow- ers and voltages. 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Boys’ Sweaters, $8.50 [SHOES 20% Reduction Complete life of all the school All Men’s and Boys’ Shoes in colors, stock, including the famous Ironclad Stockings at.......60¢ American Boy Shoes. SHAFER BROS. Seattle’s Largest Second and University | Whole Block Clothiers First and University Long SESE SSO S20000000E02020 “CREDIT GLADLY” our best to win. 1 of reports that my players ‘were involved in s gambling plot ) to throw away any world’s series.” players refused to discuss the matter. Speaker, manager of the ns, maid he did not take any in the stories that the White would not dare beat out his team for the pennant, eee VERNON CHIEF FILES ANSWER TO LIBEL SUIT LOB ANGELES, Sept. 24.—wi- It is your duty to make your will, and this without delay. It is your attorney’s business to draw up your will, embodying in legal fornr yopr' wishes, It is the mission of our leaflet, “The First Step in Making Your Will,” to enable you to express your wishes clearly, definitely and accurately and to convenience your attorney in writ- ing your wishes into your will. Send for this leaflet. Then talk it over with your attorney without de- lay. BANK OF CALIFORNIA,N.A. A National Bank Member Federal Reserve System.« Second at Columbia SEATTLE WASHINGTON *“‘“GOOD BUSINESS”’ It surely is good business to choose your Fall Suit or Overcoat from our display of Bradburys. For many years we have more than satisfied hundreds of Seattle Business Men with the style and wearing filam Essick, manager of the Vernon qualities of Coast, league baseball team, today filed ‘an anever to tne 310,000 ube! BRADBURY SUITS and baseman of the big yi team. he suit, growing out of charges of * gambling “on Coast league and they have found it good business, too, to take advantage of our easy payment terms, Dependable clothing, moderate prices, easy terms—surely a = followed Borton’s uncon- business-like combination, release. Easick’s agower, today reiterated that Borton’s charges involving members of the Vernon | |. fm an alltged “slush funda” .o the pennant last year are ue.” He stated, however, that there was no malice in his state ments, and that they were made for the purpose of protecting himvelf ,and the local team from “malicious, ‘vicious and inexcusable” attacks made by Horton. . at tte Many 0 man has drowned his self- pespect in whisky. lofeyofoyofeyofoeyolefoloepojeyofoyofopofojojo ofofofoyo) [oO] old