The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 18, 1921, Page 1

GIRLS HELD IN HOTEL ROBBERY Tr EM LATE 7 {ill Tonight, ra Weather rain or snow; fresh southeasterly winds Forecast in; Saturday, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Yea The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 18 by Mall, $5 to $9 VOLUME 23 Meier’s Reply. Legality of Bonds. That's the Point. No “Deadbeat” Affair. | “6 the contract and bonds consti: tute valid and binding obliga ) ons, common honesty and the in egrity of the city's credit require Phat they be honored according to their terms: if they are illegal and Void they should in no event be ob- eerved. ‘Thus declares Corporation Counsel ‘Walter Meier, replying to the suit of 24 taxpayers (and only 14) who are a@aking for a court d jon te compel P) the city to default payment bf int @et on bonds. To be more exact, $8 not even the suit of 14 taxpayer It’s Wilmon Tucker's suit, and W Mon Tucker is Mayor Caidw it “ fT] ber. Meier puts the whole street car in a nutshell Stripped of all the camouflage, the @ituation is simply this: If the con tract is illegal, if it was obtained by fraud, then naturally the whole ; ition fails. But there has been * mothing thus far to prove that the / @ntract ix egal. Even Mayor Cald- well doesn't stake his professional tation In a direct statement of 4 “that fact. Wilmon Tuvker, his prob- | er, gets around it by saying that if | there wasn’t actual, there was con ‘ gtructive fraud. The grand jury re- ed exactly what Deputy Prose. ) @utor Patterson asked them to report J=nothing more, nothing less. The grand jury members had less to do “With writing the grand jury report “than Mayor Caldwell had with pur ing the street car system. If there was fraud, the contract is iMegal. If the contract is illegal, the " eity can get equitable relief instanter. | Has there been any suit filed to @stablich fraud? No. Why not? Search Witmon Tucker Prosecutor Patterson and Mayor iN. There they are—three good and true, and unable or un- to bring the sort of court ac- that would go straight to the the establishing of fraud, if was any. instead of that suit, the 14 tax. are brought (o the front. And ask that the city become a eat"; that it default; that it it iteelf; that it refuse to pay interest, its debt. nly the corporation counsel ts If the contract and bohds are there must be no default in nent of interest. That would be, alone dishonorable, but a ruinous for the city. If, on the other the contract and bonds are {l- they should not be observed in event, not alone In interest pay- but in every other respect. efore, Meier seeks to have & Webster made a party to the that the contract and bonds a #0 5 be reviewed by the court—#o the whole deal might be re-| (Viewed. That's fair and square. Tucker have had the company in the to begin with. It's the legality of the purchase fontract that the city is interested in, ind not in any scheme to get out of al obligations. 4 ° ! Jap Murderer is Defended in Diet TOKYO, Feb. 16.—(Delayed.)—A aim that the Japanese sentry who shot and killed Lieut. Langdon. U. & N. at Viadivostok acted in self defense was set up in an interpella tion in the diet today. It was charged that punishment of the sentry would be a travesty on : Towing Waterlogged Schooner Into Port SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 18—-The Power schooner Mae Hyman, which wa d and was aban crew off Stewart's ago, was picked up @arly today by the steamer South Coast and is being towed into port here. Dead Man in Trunk | BANGOR, Me., Feb. 18—That he had kilied Alfred Corson, 65, and had Bidden the body in a trunk at the Bouse of his mother-in-law, was con femed today by Nelson E. Knights, @f Dexter. Authorit found Cor fon's body in the pli indicated. | Portland Boiler Plant Hit by $100,000 Fire PORTLAND, Feb. 18. mages amounting to at least $100,000, was e@nsed by fire which virtually de- stroyed the boiler plant of the Willa Mette Iron and Steel company’s Plant here today. The building was said to be the largest boiler plant under one roof in the United States. Jury Disagrees in Grand Larceny Case After deliberating on the case since 340 p. m. Thursd and king 15 ballots, a jury in Judge ia W. Brinker's court reported at 930 a. mn. Saturday that ft could not Sgree-on the guilt of Robert Britton charged with grand larceny. Brit ton is alleged to have stolen house hold articles from a home in which had been allowed to live by Mra M. J, Fonn, the owne The jury Was Dacbarxed. ae POLICEMEN "INVOLVED, "1S CHARGE |Sheriff’s Net Closing on Al- leged Principals in Giant | Syndicate | More arrests within lin connection with the * |pus" which caused the |North Side State bank here three weeks ago, were predicted shortly before noon Friday by Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas and Sheriff Matt | Starwich, | Prosecutor and sheriff have joined forces in a sweeping investigation of matters exposed by Paul Schac er, convicted teller, who ded guilty yesterday of embezzling $10, 000 and was sentenced to serve five to 15 years in the penitentiary. SAYS BOOZE RING REACHES INTO POLICE DEPARTMENT Starwich said be expected this af ternoon to close in on a whisky ring. said to have been dealing with Schaefer before the bank closed | This ring, he declared, has tentacles |reaching into the police department ‘The prosecutor would not disclore the evidence his office i# furnishing lthe whegiff, but imtimated “a now angle” was being uncovered Thomas P. Revella, Schaefer's law yer, was first to make it known that the prisoner had made a clean breast of his affairs to Dougias. Revelle told Judge King Dykeman, when Schaefer was sentenced, that his client had made a detailed statement to the prosecutor, implicating a | number of persona in a big whisky | ring. | Dougtas admitted the truth of | Revelle’s aseertion and added that Schaefer's statement had already re [suited In a number of arrests and | would likely be the cause of several }more. Further than that, Douglas |said, he could not comment on the loriaoner's confession without danger of hindering the apprehension of cer- tain other persons. | SOUGHT TO GAIN ENIENCY FOR CLIENT Revelie's purpose in telling the court of Schaefer's admixs‘ons was to gain leniency for his client, who, he said, was “not the real guilty party,” but a “poor fool,” who had | Deen used as a tool by persons, some lof them highly respected citizens, who had borrowed money for lilegal enterprises. “Personally,” sald Re¥ele, ad dressing the court, “I do not be- | leve in penitentiaries, I have had the handling of seven or eight crim- {inal cases during my practice as a lawyer. Four of these defendants | Bave been given suspended sen- tences-and turned over to moe—they have all made good. If this boy were given a suspended sentence, }1 think I ¢an promise the court {all the money lost by the bank | could be recovered and restored to its lawful owners, “He has done what he could to He ot a few hours atleg octo crash of the | right the wrong he hax done. |has helped me recover much the money, but as yet knéws how much waa stolen. Even he does not know. When the bank examiner gets the accounts |atraightened out and the amount of the shortage is determined, 1 believe, with this young man to help us, we can get back every cent “He has made a long statement to the prosecuting attorney, dis closing the names of the real guilty parties. Some have already been arrested and I understand others are likely to be, some of our best citizens among them.” TEARS ROLL, DOW SCHAEFER’S CHEEKS | Schaefer stood bent over the riff. ing before the judge's bench with tears rolling down his cheeks. “We send men to the peniten tiary who steal because they are hungry,” said Prosecutor Douglas. man had @ good home, a position in @ bank. He wasn't hungry | “$e not only stole the trust funds | of depositors in his bank, but loaned | the money to lawbreakers to finance | illegal transactions, | “It is true he has made a statement \to me that ‘has led to the arrest of several persons. We hope to appre hend several others. gut we have delayed sentence to permit him and \his attorney time to recover the bank's money. If his assistance is | needed further in this regard, he can \be brought back from the peniten tiary at |TO MINIMUS | Judge Dykernan asked what the }minimum sentence was for grand lar | “The year nor ‘not leam t than 15,'" law says more an one replied Douglas | “It is the sentence that he be confin at Walla W of the court not leas than five nor moi than 15 years the | judge. « Schaefer turned away “it jhe in needed here to help in the re (Turn to Page 18, Column 6) ar * said nobody | 1 in the penitentt- | COUNTERFEITER {CLUBMAN HELD {PEAR EDITOR TRIAL IS BEGUN] AS MURDERER} ~ IS DROWNED Two Face U. S. Charge of Making “Queer” Currency Trial of Paul Egmont and Henry Nelson, alleged counterfeiters, was begun Friday before Federal Judge EB. B. Cushman. Robert E. Capers, | annuitant United States district attor | ney, represents the government. Tom | Page is counsel for the defendants. | Egmont and Nelson were arrested | by secret service men under Capt Thomas fi. Foster, December 13, 1920, They had been trated for sev- eral weeks, it is said. A number of copper plates for reproducing $10 | federal reserve notes and a complete | counterfeiting outfit were seized at the time ofthe arrest, According to Capt. Foster, Egmont is one of the cleverest counterfeiters | he has seen. \Insane Man’s Suit Now in U. S. Court Suit for $5,000 damages, entered in superior court against the North Pa leific Sea Products Co, by Harry Cobb, guardian of Louls Cobb, in sane, was transferred Friday to fed- eral court. Cobb, says the complaint, became insane by reason of il) treatment and alleged persecution while. employed }at the defendant's whaling station at | Akutan, Alaska, Among other things, the complainant alloges he was hit on the head with a @lece of | whale biubber and was chased by | native with a pitchfork ‘Soviet Troops Rushed Into the Caucasus | HELSINGFORS, Feb. 18,—Soviet troops are being rushed into the Cau |casus, according to Moscow reports ltoday, Dispatches said serious insur. | rections had broken out in Kouban, |New Fielder for Seattle Coasters “Rube” Oldring, veteran American league outfielder, will cavort in the ttle outfield this season. Pres dent Klepper, of the Seattle Const league, announced his purchase from Philadelphia a today iF ‘orged Indorsement |to Pay Check, Charge Alfred LaRock, accused of forging an indorsement to the pay check of John Johnson for $190.45 Christmas day, is on trial in Judge Otis W brinker’s court. Johnson worked for the Cherry Valley Logging Co. |It’s “Moving Day” for \U niversity Columns | It was “moving day” for Univer- of Washington's historic ¢ jumns Friday They were bein, a len fro mtheir place in the road be tween Denny hall and the Ubrary to | their new home in the proposed sy! | van theatre SEATTLE men of the CAMP, No. 69, Wood World, will dance Tues j day night, under the auspices of ite drill team, at W. O. W. hall, Fourth ave. and Marion #t, There will be no admission charge, With Detective NEW YORK, Feb, —Charive T. Davis, Wealthy Brooklyn manufac turer and clubman, was to be ar raigned in police court today on a charge of killing Detective Sergeant Joseph Bridgetts and wounding De tective Edward; J. MeGione and George W. Horan, insurance ad juater. | ‘The shooting occurred late yester- | day in Davis’ office in his Brooklyn factory, under strange circumstances, when officers went to question him about his automobile theft. | Davis is president of Davis & Geck, | surgical instrument manufacturers, | Charged Killing | King County Asked | OLYMPIA, Feb. 18.—Two addi tlorial judges will be granted to King county If the legislature passes a bill introduced in the house today by the King county ation, Covgrees is memorialized In a sen- ate resolution to invite foreign n@& tions to send representatives to the tenth annual convention of the American Association of Port Au thoritie to be held in Seattle next October. | Telegraph Operator Reported Missing FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 13-- | Fears were expressed today for the |fate of Scott Nichols, chief operator for the Western Union here, who hos |been missing since he cashed a che {for $150 and left the office at noon on February 7. A nation earch has been instituted for N: ols. Impersonates Another Girl to Win Hubby DENVER, Colo., 18.—A strange twist of the “eternal tri- angle” was revealed here today, when the 16-year-old bride of Lawrence Kelley, alleged forger, who is held in jail at Boulder, Colo., told officials she was not the girl whom Kelley thought he was marrying. She married Kelley three days ngo under the name of “Mildred Gardner.” Later she said her name was Dolly Green, a former New York chorus girl ‘The real Mildred Gardner, ae cording to the girl, i# in San Francisco, working for a maga- zine. She calls herself Dolly Green, Mrs. Kelley said. We traded lives, sweethearts and identity,” the ehfld bride told police, “I loye Lawrence, The real Mildred: Gardner does not We look so much alike that I vis ited Mildred’s parents, posing a» their daughter.” Mra. Kelley said her home was in Akron, Ohio, and that she met Kelley in Dallas, Texas. WASH., FRIDAY, ARGUMENT DRAGS ON CAR SUIT Attempt to Have Receiver Appointed Is Thrown Out. | With litte prospect of progress in the suit of 14 taxpayers to force the city to default on its interest pay ment to Stone & Webster March 1, attorneys on both sides consumed Friday morning in Judge J. T. Ron-| ald’s court, arguing Corporation Counsel Walter I". Meier's motion to required the plaintiffs to number and sthte separately their several alleged | causes of action. Argument, which began at 19a. m.,/ was still being presented at noon, when the court adjourned until the afternoon seasion, at 1 o'clock. THROW OUT SUIT FOR RECEIVER During the morning the sult! brought by Henry Clay Agnew, attor- | ney, in behalf of BE. BE. Rhodes, tax-/ payer, fo compel the appointment of | a receiver for the city’s street rail-| wayn, wag dismissed in Judge Austin | % Griffiths’ court, at Agnew re- quent. Agnew stated later that he took this action at the request of the| plaintiffs in the action which was at) the time being heard In Judge Ron- ald’s court. He paid he had been asked to act AA associate counse] in the latter ac- with the 14 taxpayers, In ancending the bench to hear the case Judge Ronald remarked “Vi hear you an long as I can| keep awa Corporation Counsel Meler imme- Henry Ford diately presented bis ‘motion on the ground that the plaintiffs should be required to make an orderly in DETROIT, Feb. 18—M. Henry| stead of a jumbled statement of Potter. editor of tho little magazine tne case, He maid the plaintiffs “Facts,” published in Philadelphia, | couid not ask for a mandatory in- jmay have teen drowned in River! junction to force repayment of Rouge while attempting to see) funds already paid out of the -fen- | Henry Ford for an interview, accord: | era) fund for the railways and a ing to the belief of deputy sheriffs! Sronibitory injunction to prevent investigating the editor's disappear: | continuing the practice in the same ance. Potter disappeared from his | sction, a oon” RONALD CALLS FOR H. A. Hammill, one of Henry “TIME OUT” TO “DIGEST” IT Ford's private chauffeurs, told police | Fo! ¢ Supreme Court Justice] today that Potter was on the Ford) estate at Dearborn Sunday attempt-| Stephen J. Chadwick arose to gn-/ ing to see the motor king. Being Ser stating both kinds of relief told by Hammill that he had no| *ere Properly asked for together chance of seeing Ford, Potter aaid, | because the ultimate result intended | According to the chauffeur, “I'm go.|t®_ be obtained was the same. ing to see Henry Ford if I have to|, Judge Ronald then asked for swim actoas the River Rougue to| "time out” so that he could retire} do it. |to his chambers and “digest” the rh 5 | bill of complaint. Peg ig i -yphend poe Daher 15) ""an his return within half an Potter came to Detroit a week ago | hour, Judge Chadwick quoted nu-} to protest aguinst the action of city |™mereus authorilies to prove that} officials in suppressing the nale of |#*¥eral forms of relief could be his magazine. ¢ The last iasue on sale | ®#Ked for in the same action. here was devoted entirely to attack-| 0. B. Thorgrimson, associated ing Ford's anti-Semitic campaign. _| With Judge Chadwick, explained the At Ford's request the river was to|PUrpose of the suit as an action be dragwed today. lto “protect the city’s general fund.” Thomas J. L. Kennedy, assisting Says Hatfield Told Corporation Counsel Meier, declared | of Killing Three Men | the attorneys for the plaintiffs had/ | misunderstood the defendant's mo- tion. He said th dare WILLIAMSON, W, Va., Feb. 1¢—| 00". ,,He said they had argued on ie | Sid Hatfield admitted 18 minutes a-| question of 4 ee ee eal tor. the Badtle af Makew ve ; ta tion, when the motion before the vi Se a MSY | ooart wi erely to force the plain: | that he killed three of the Raldwin-| tere te number und state separately Felts detectives, Harry Staten testi- fled in the Matewan killing trial to Had Tried to Interview tiffs to number and state separately the forms of relief they hope to ob-| day | tain Kennedy said the real point at is | Staten, a former Matewan Justice | sue was the validity of the city’s util of the peace, said Hatfield came up| ity pond issue to guarantee payment and shook hands with him near|on the purchase price of the rail- where three victims lay in the | ways. | street. rng | To this statement O. B. Thorgrim- I killed three of those men—Al-| son took exception, declaring the suit bert Felts, Lee Felte and Cunning: | raived no question whatever concern | ham,” Staten quoted the young po-| ing the validity of the bon | ice chief as saying. | Hatfield and 18 others are on trial for the murder of Albert Felts and six other detectives in the fatal fight in which 10 men were killed last May. | TRYING TO DELAY SU Kennedy then quoted complaint to the effect | plainants allege that it will be impos sible to pay off the bonds. | a a2 Judge Chadwick accused the cor $40,000 Opium Case | ppration counsei of injecting « tech- (hs | Charges Dismissed | | nichality into the proceedings and de- | laying the hearing on its merits, to} | Charges against Ed Larue, railroad | Which Kennedy replied that the ¢ | conductor, who was indicted by fed-| mand for an orderly statement of the | eral grand jury in connection with | Case Was justified in the interests of the discovery of $40,000 worth of | the court and all parties concerned. opium in the King st. station, have| When the disputed motion is dis- been dismissed for lack of sufficient | posed of another motion to compel evidence, Motion for dismissal was | the plaintiffs to join Stone & We | made by Robert C, Saunders, United | 8ter as defendants in the action will | States district attorney. be argued | - Meler also has filed a demurrer to |the complaint, stating it does not state suffelent facts to constitute a| cause of action, This, too, is pend ing. iT the bill of that com-) | ‘Dancer Is Awarded $15,000 in Damages} CLEVELAND, Feb. 18.—The en. | joyment to be derived from dancing ‘has a cash valuation of $96,000, a ‘jury decided here in the case of “Tango Johnson” against the Cleve land Railway Co, Johnson claimed the injury sustained in a car accidént | had incapacitated him for the rest of hig life, and his attorneys told the jury that no amount, no matter how large, could compensate hig client, The jury fixed damages at $15,000, Impersonation Case Lost Before Jury Charged with impersonating a fed eral officer, William Emeh, for-hire car driver, Was acquitted by a jury | in federal court Thursday. Emeh | was jointly charged with Dick Moor: | head, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced some timo ago, tion, ants” finkw ‘common caume | Ot | Hagen’ Teans Also Has an Ihinit tutu | cannot TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE — Harding Turns Down Wilson’s|| Luncheon Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Preat- dentelect Harding wants guests at the White House luncheon, im- WITHTWO ‘MEN THEY CONFESS s TO POLICE mec y following the inaugure tion ceremonies, limited to mem- bers of his family, and has no in- |) formed President Wilson, it was || announced today Following receipt of the in- formation, it was announced at the White House that neither the President nor Mrs. Wilson would attend the luncheon. Previously it had been understood they would be present. | President Wilson wrote to Hard- || ing an offer to prepare a lunch- || con at the White House on In- auguration day and asked what || arrangements he wanted made || and whom he wanted as guests. |/ ‘The reply to Wilson's letter was || received today. It was said the |) president-elect was gratified by |) Wilson's offer, but extended no in- vitation to the Wilsons to be |) guests. | $800 FINE FOR | FORMER OFFICER Ed Hagen Found Guilty by Jury on Booze Charges Fine of $800 was the penalty im posed upon Ed Hagen, former Seat tle policeman, when a jury in Fed eral Judge BE. E. Cushman's court found him guilty on booze charges, Friday. } | \ Tho against Hagen were based on the finding of 737 quarts bome-brewed beer at Hagen’y res- idence, 1352 Yakima ave., when fed eral officers raided the piace. mother-in-law assumed the blame at the time, and forfeited $100 ball in state court in connection with the case, Hagen claimed that he had ceased to reside at the address where the beer was found. Government wi esses, however, textified to Hagen’ presence there at all hours of the day and night Wilson Declares March 4 Holiday WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—In an executive order made public at the ‘war department today President Wil | son designated “inauguration day” on | March 4 as a legal holiday, All gov- ernment departments will close, High Cost of Eats Hits Prisons Now NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Owing to the high price of coal ‘and other necessities Sheriff David H. Knott has raised the price of food and| lodging in Ludlow street jail for fed- | eral prisoners to 90 cents per day. George Vanderveer Is Up for Assault George F. Vanderveer, counsel for the I, W. W., accused by W. F. Carrothers, 206 Occidental wve., of assauling him Thureday, was expect- A complain has been filed, charg: | ing Vanderveer with assault in the | third degree, Sounds Like Fiction But It All Happened It happened in police court. Hizzoner—Where are you from Prisoner—I'm from the country. Hizzoner—Cut out the frivolity. Where are you from? Prisoner (weakly}—Tacoma, Foreign Ma: Rates Given Steep Boost Postal rates on mail coming to the United States from ‘Denmark, Fin: | land, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and France has been practically doubled, while the weight limit has been | slightly increased, according to infor mation reaching the local postoffice Friday. centimes | (40 cents) for the first ounce and 25 centimes (5 cents) for each additional Thig means that double post for replies to the United ounce, must be inclosed mailed from » mit for parcel post packages between Norway and the United States hag been raised from 11 to 22) pounds, Anti-Jap Measure AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 18. A dras tie anti-alien land ownership bill was introduced in the house today by tive Laird. It would pro: | land ownership in Texas | by all aliens, unless they have taken out naturalization papers, The bill not only applies to Orientals who take out citizenship papers, but to all persons of foreign birth. Suspects Are Dragged From Beds in Another Hotel — at Four A. M. ; Dragged from their beds at 4 @ Friday by police, Rose McD 18, entertainer, and Marie Ha 21, waitress, are held, accused of ing in a robbery at 3 a. m. of O Lunn, clerk in the Congress H Fourth ave. and Marion st. Positively identified by Lunn the holdup man who robbed him the second time within a week Prk day morning, Ben Gershon, 21, clerity is also held on an open charge. La® Hartley, 21, operator, alleged to be” Gershon'’s partner and the P | member of the robbery gang, is the city jail. All four confessed to D Lieutenant W. B, Kent that planned the robbery. Gershon Hartley admitted that they the till, and aleo that they Lunn, February 12 ARRESTS MADE IN THE CHERRY HOTEL The arrests wore made by F. Carter and J. J, Crawford Patrolmen Robert Bridges and A. Ts Delaney in the Cherry Hotel, Columbia street. 6 Next room, 305. Lunn was nodding the hotel elevator thelr guns. Detectives found the room rented by the two girls empty. : Shortly after the robbery af cited young man, positively % fied as Gershon, hired @ taxi at Seo | ond ave, drove to Cherry 4 jumped out and ran into the ing without paying his fare. one used by the robbers, Lunn ONE OF THE ROBBERS WAS MASKED One of the robbers was when Lunn came out of the The other one was Gershon, he Police accuse Hartley of being the porn bandit, 13 : After arresting the two young men, | the officers went Into the next room and found in bed the two girls had registered at the Congreas. inveigied Lunn upstairs while the fice was being robbed. : They were noncommittal Hartley maintained his innocence, Lunn told police that Gershon is also one of the two robbers wi bound, slugged, gagged and att €d to dope him in a room in a hotel early in the morning of February 1%, Gershon's story is that he left the Cherry hotel room to get some food about 3 a.m. His search was frult- | ed Friday to give bail of $50 in Jus- | less, so he hired the taxi and rode to | tice of the ePace C. C. Dalton’s court. | the hotel, Hartley declares that was in the room at the time the 4 bery occurred. He verified Ger shon's story about the fruit. An attempt was made to Gershon and one of the girls as the two robbers who held up three in a gas station at Fourth ave, Lenora et. the night of February 7. In this robbery a bandit pushed @ gun thru a window and kept three men covered while a girl ran in the door and snatched a satchel contaim ing $100, T. H. Lacy, 202 23d ave. N. one of the victims, was unable to identify any of the four suspects of these robe beries, Mrs. Pearl Granger : ° Is Seeking Divorce LOS ANGELES, Feb. echo of the sensational charges Chicago ‘three years ago involving Mrs, Pearl Raines Granger and Pro- fessor William I. Thomas, sociologist of the University of Chicago, was heard here today when Mra Gran ger filed suit for divorce, ch Lieutenant Rufus M. Granger with desertion, Lieutenant Granger has never re turned to his wife since her affair in Chicago with “Daddy” Thomas, it was alleged. Granger, at the time, was in France, She and the profes: — sor were arrested in a Chicago hotel in April, 1918, Both protested it was merely a “platonic romance,” growing out of their mutual interest in social problems. ‘Thomas was dismissed from the uni- versity. The ineldent brought Thomas’ views on sex into prom. inence. The first woman’to fly trom to Morocco, a distance of 1,150 miles, made the flight ia twe days 18.—ARn 4 tat Professor —