The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 23, 1921, Page 1

| Give the sy to the city’s buying the Puget © $83,000 at Caldwell’s suggestion. f 5) 9 and legalizing pari-mutuel betting on | Sines were bought that suggested the | tem. He did that very plainly last | @ummer. Today he is singing another and insinuations, our course is plain. | Prosecution claims Patterson took * @harge for passport vise. Tonight an rain; colder erate southw ‘Temperature Maximum, 59. Challenge to Mayor. Meet It Squarely. ‘acts. Don’t Ruin City Credit. SWORN STATEMENTS, the _& Puget Sound Traction Ca alleges | the federal court that the muni- railway ts taking in enough Money to pay all expenses, including i d obligations! ~ Here, then, ts Mayor Caldwell's op Food on their assertion that | contract is “impossible.” It is a direct challenge to them. m ald meet it squarely. The 1 suit should, and could, estab once and for all whether the r has been grandstanding for tien! effect, or whether he really} Weather Today noon, 59, d= Thursday, tonight; mod- esterly winds, Last 4 Hours Minimum, 44 ATTACK BY FOURTEEN’ . IS SMASHED nity, and the opportunity of the } Mayor's prober, Wilmon Tucker, to Attempt to Make City De- fault on Interest Payment ls Knocked Out Jodge J. T. Ronald Wednesday NOW WE CAN GET THE FACTS | ‘The issue is very plainty presented. | y We can get the facta, not mere tions, not meré charges, not! a we insinuations, not mere in WBuendo, and not merely polyical bun- | be. Tt is Caldwell’s opportunity to ¢ good in that respect on all the ik he has indulged in for more than year. In other respecta,,such as insinuations of crookedness and ption, he has already failed. mn his own detectives and the d jury report punctured that Tt is too bad that it was left for Puget Sound Traction Co. to nt the real issues in the car troversy. It would have been h more square had the mayor or “14 taxpayers” presente® that instead of mertty plunging city in a suit that would only dle things up more. _ If the city ts making good on the ¥; if it is on the road to @ cash it should not be interfered with mere technicalities. FUND NOT USED CAME temembered fo one any inroad into mpneral d until Mayor Caldwell began run- things. When the car system bought It was agreed that the taxes of the city were not be used. And they were not until I took charge. ‘The facts are that the general of the city (tax funds) were not d, except for lonses sustained Division A and Lake Burien lines system, and then in 1920, for It should be remembered that Cald | Well was the first mayor since the fazation method to pay for the sy ‘tune. He has been om every side of the @ar controversy. And now Caldwell has every oppor- ity in the world to make good his that, if the contract is im- ible of performance, the city can Pelieved from its obligations. EK MUST GET eTTER MANAGEMENT If he can’t make good on that, as De has failed on his other charges . We must get better management. ‘We must get somebody who wants Yo make the traction system a suc We are not going to give the lines Back to Stone- Webster for a song. Weare not going to repudiate any contracts and ruin the city’s credit Merely for a political whim of Mayor Caldwell's. Took Cleaner to Pay Board Bill? H. A. Patterson, employe of the eity lighting department, is an- Swering a charge of grand larceny fm Judge A. W. Frater’s court. The two vacuum cleaners belonging to the city and pawned one and gave the other to his landlady to pay board bill. fe egon Race Track Bill Is Knocked Out} SALEM, Ore, Feb, 23.—"Playing | ponies” won't be allowed in this | late, for the senate of the Oregon | fislature killed the bill, which had | previously passed by the house | €reating a state racing commission races. Oregon Women May Serve on Juries SALEM, Ore, Feb. 23.-—A_ bill| Which permits women of Oregon to) serve on juries is before Governor | Olcott today, the senate of the state legislature having passed the meas- | ure, 24 to 10. The house had pre- Viously given its approval. Tijuana Race Track Closed by Clubmen SAN DIEGO, Cal. Feb. 23.—The| en of the Tijuana race track were | cloned today, 800 horses stood idle in | Parts of the country were wondering “what next?” The Lower California Jockey club Cloned the track and announced that ft will remain cloned until the Mex! ean officials discontinue making $10 quashed the sult of 14 “taxpayers” to compel the city to default on its interest payment to Stone & Webster on the purchase price of the street railways, March 1. He sustained a demurrer to the complaint, filed by Corporation Counsel Walter F, Meier, deciaring, in effect, that the plaintiffs had not made out a ease in their bill of complaint. The court states his conclusions as follows: “Lam unable to cencinde other wise than that the plaintiffs com plaint fails to state facta entitling them to the reflef prayed for, and the demurrer must be sustained on that ground.” SUPREME COURT RULING CLEAR “I think there is no question but that the law requires the cost of op- eration and maintenance to be paid out of the grom carnings of the sys tem; but the supreme court has held clearly that a pledge of a fixed amount ig within the power of the council, and the same will be upheld, even tho not enough be left to pay coxts of operation and maintenance. “I quote from the language of the supreme court in vs, Che- halis, 84 Wash. 687: ‘In the event that the rates established are not sufficient to maintain the plant and Pay the interest on principal on the bonds as the same mature, the city ty bound to raise the rates until the revenues will be sufficient to main tain the system and also take care of the maturing principal and inter est on the bonds. “We will not presume that the city will not perform this duty by fixing such rates as will enable it to maintain the plant from the revenues of the system itself and also pay the principal and interest of the bonds as provided by the ordinance.’ “The plaintiffs’ complaint shows that the city has twice raised the rates since it got pounéssion.* SUSTAIN CORPORATION COUNSEL'S MOTION The court also sustained the mo- tion of the corporation counsel to compel the plaintiffs to bring in the Puget Sound Light & Power Co, as| parties defendant to the action. On this subject the court says: “The final relief asked in that all the provisions of the ordinance, or this contract be declared untra vires, illegal and void, and hence I think for this reason the traction company ig @ necessary party.” Corporation Counsel Meier’s mo tion that the plaintiffs be required to number and state separately their several alleged causes of action was denied on the ground that the com: plaint constitutes but one cause of action. FACK INJUNCTION IN U, 8. COURT By an order issued by Federal Judges EF. %. Cushman and Jeremiah Neterer Monday, the plaintiffs in the superior court action will be required to show cause next Monday why they should not be enjoined from further prosecuting their action. ‘The order was issued on complaint | of the Puget Sound Light and Power company, which claimed that its in- terests are being endangered, A preliminary restraining order was put into effect at once, and ft will either be dimolved or made per- manent at the hearing Monday. O. B. Thorgrimson, associate coun sel for the 14 taxpayers, stated Wed- nesday: “| never knew before that a fed- eral court could enjoin an action in the superior court, but we'll find out all about it Monday.” BY E..P, CHALCRAFT EORGE WASHINGTON’S birth day (122 years after his death) being a holiday, there were three avenues of occupation open to John Hillyers. But it was too late to spade the little garden plot that precariously tilted ite biased countenance on the slope at the rear of the Hillyer’s home at Alki, so that left but two possible thorofares of activity for the day. John pondered them both. To spend @ quiet day of rest at home, } their stalix, and horsemen from all|or go out and “celebrate,”—-which? However, the burden of decision was not left with him. Mrs. Hillyers was re from rr ent in the matter of conveying to her spouse the idea that «he, for one, was overcome with no great desire to linger within sight and smell of the kitchen range on 4 On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise No More Delay! Alien Land Bill Should Be have d bills land by a foie invasion. Passed at Once! HE TEXAS SENATE and the Nebraska house rohibiting the ownership of ineligible to citizenship. stance these bills are aimed specifi In each in- ly at Japanese Shall the state of Washington, with this menace already upon her, be more backward in such legisla- jinfluences are at work to they are of the honest opin tirely a matter of opinion. discriminate against the aliens alike. natory a; Texas bil | Thirty lem, * ashington was tion the ion hold lands in this state. | have. flagrant! by various po fuges, the Jones-Beeler bill is now brought before lawmake: la right to evade a distinct } law. ought not permit ANY laughing stock WRONG CHINESE PLEADS GUILTY Most Chinese look alike to a white man, and occasionally, it seems, they get mixed up them | setven, On February 7 the case of Chang Tong, charged with opium smug gling, was called in federal court ‘The defendant appeared, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to serve 90 days in the county jail and to pay a fine of $120. Wednesday morning the case of Pong Wo came up for disposal. The defendant did not appear. Invest! gation disclosed that he was in the county jail under sentence of 90 days and $120 fine. The real Chong Tong was located and the, affair was straightened out Wednesday noon. U. S. Grand Jury to Convene on March 8 Federal grand jury will convene March 8, it was announced Wednes- jday by District, Attorney Saunders. |Approximately 20 cases are to come before the jury. finally being after- holiday, and especially (ince that was the one immediately concerned), jon Washington's birthday. | There was left but one thing to do. eee John last clean collar took the from his bureau drawer, inserted a |tle of patriotic buttoned \the snowy circle around his neck “Remind me in the morning, Aza hu , and ests of the state may suffer. of the state constitution. tien than these eastern states? The anti-alien land bill is before the legislature. It should have been voted upon before this. Powerful | kill the measure. It is no secret that influential members of the Chamber of Commerce, learned ministers, and othe: citizens have sought to pigeonhole the bill. r prominent € No doubt ion that the business inter- The bill before the Washington legislature does not Japanese, but affects all In that respect it is not as discrimi- inst Orientals as are the ebraska and All that is,sought in the Jones-Beeler bill is to en- force a provision already in our state constitution. Why should there be so much opposition to that? ago, when there was no Japanese progressive enough to see rob Be own interests clearly by inserting in its constitu- |peee that no aliens shall be allowed’ to: Since that time, the Japanese have come here and the rs. To oppose the bill is to say that the Japanese have provision in our state con- stitution. To kill this measure is to say that the Japanese should be permitted to acquire property by artifice from which they are barred by our present The legislature, for its own self-respect, should bring the Jones-Beeler bill to a vote immediately. It alien element to make a ‘$1,000,000 WET PROFIT CHARGED CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—Federal au thorities today were to quiz four men arrested on a charge of operating a boos conspiracy in tucky and New York. The “ring” is alleged to have net- ted the men $1,000,000. One thousand forged permits, be office of Prohibition Director O'Con- nor, in New York were neized, |Champ Clark Is the house, is it here with a compli cation of a #evere cold, grip, stomach Police Take Three Bill Angel, Larmarous were arrested in gambling raid by Patrolmen M. J. Maher, C. C. Delp and Ed Peter son, at 210 First ave. 8, Tuesday night | lia." hy | while doing Swedish exercises with the four-in-hand, “that [ must call at | the laundry and get my clean collars | before I go to the office.” That, however, is en-| Illinois, Ken-| | Heved to have been taken from the | Ill in Washington WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Champ | Clark, Missouri, democratic leader of | trouble and poor circulation of the in Gambling Raid A. Gabriel and Angel al FEBRUARY 23, 1921 JAP BAN IS DEBATED IN Up for Final Considera- tion at Olympia OLYMPIA, Feb, 21-—The Beeler- Jones antialien land bili came be fore the houne at 11:20 today for final consideration, it im believed. If it in to be further delayed, it will be done Jonly with the approval of a majority of the house Representative Allen of King moved that the house “tonsider the measure In committer of the whole. Prior to the conmderation of the measure the house pages distributed | pro-Japaness propaganda, consisting f a reprint from an Oregon news | paper ghowing the Oregon senate ip aevaae n to such legislation, Jap Who Killed U. S. Man Given 30 Days SHANGHAI, Feb. 23.-The Japa nese mevtry at Viadivostok, who shot and killed Lieutenant Langton, U. & N, a month ago, has been sen tenced to 30 days at hard labor for perjury, according to dispatcher reaching here. The court martial, according to official announcement, cleared him of more serious charges, The perjury wan alleged to have committed at his preliminary « Tn line with the announcement of the Tokyo government that General Nishihara, commanding at Viadi- vortok, had been suspended as a re violated the spirit of this provision | mutt of nis taiture to have the sentry terfuges. To prevent these subter- properly instructed, and that other officers would be disctplined, several of Nishihara’s subordinates, includ: ing a regimental commander, have been ordered confined to quarters i: wis Sir Gilbert Parker Is Ill in Los Angeles SANTA ROSA, Cal, Feb. 22. Sir Guibert Parker, writer, who came here with a motion picture company in connection with work on filming one of his stories, is confined to his room at a hotel today by illness. It was said his condition was not serious. Atlantic States Hit by New Blizzard NEW YORK, Feb, 2%.-The At lantic seaboard today was digging out from under the heaviest snow- fan of the winter. Sunday's bliz- zard was topped off with more snow yesterday and rain flurries and | lowering skies prevailed today. The | Long Island and New England | beach resorts were deserted. Perform Operation on John Burroughs PASADENA, Cal, Feb. 2%.—John Burroughs, aged naturalist and phil owopher, is recovering today from a slight operation performed at a hos- pital here early in the week for an external abscess on his chest When Burroughs waa stricken about a week ago it was feared the infection might be internal and there would be danger of aneurism. An X-ray showed the trouble to be en tirely exterrial and the operation was performed with satisfactory results, Burroughs will be 84 April 3, Seven Japs Thot All Cops Dancing Seven Japs thought all coppers were at the ball Tuesday night. Pa- trolmen N. P. Anderson and R. F. |Baerman corrected their delusion and seized a deck of cards and $11.55. | | us program, Down in the south end of towh | | said thru clenched teeth, | show was to conclude the day's stren-| late after the show, | VICTIMS 3 ROBBE LEGISLATURE HAND CUFFED Anti-Alien Measure Brought|Thieves Pose as Officers Take $195; Leave Shackled to Bed Three bootleggers, two claiming to be polloemen, of them In pomension of a deputy | mherift's star, handcuffed C. ley, auto salesman, and Ernest Pol- aon, engineer, to a bed in room 401 Kerma hotel Tuesday night after one of them had lured the two men there on promise to produce a drink, and robbed them of $198 at the point of|poit which was being moved by # & rusty blue gun and disappeared, after one of them maid: ONE OF MOST DARING “KNOCK-OVERS” “Let's go down and ring for the wagon, boys Branded as one of the most daring “knockovers” that hag been reported to police, the robbery was vestigated by Chief W. H. detectives, Matt Starwich deputies, Wednesgay. For titree hours Conley nen, AK STOPS DOPE RING PROBE! The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, r Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 OF RS | | | | Pair of them and one} D. Con | TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE SAYS HUSBAND BIT DAUGHTER; NOW WIFE ASKS FOR DIVORCE Claiming her,»husband bit her daughter on the shoulder blade, Mrs, Berbadine Gabriel sued for divorce Wednesday from Joseph Gabriel. The daughter is Mra. Gabriel's by a former marriage. Mrs. Gabriel added that her hus. band’s temper is such that he once seized a cross-cut saw and broke it into bits. LONGSHOREMAN KILLED ON BOAT Crushed in Hold of Ship at Smith Cove Antone Olsen, about 40 years old, longshoreman, was instantly killed in the hold of the steamship Taku- shimi Maru, at the Great Northern docks Wednesday. He was crushed between a #tanchion and a shingle Work of Months Brought End. by Talkative More than two months ago — a committee of public spirited — citizens, over conditions, met in a down office building here and cided to launch, if p sweeping investigation alleged corruption on Fare of police and other y ic officials. ficient to convince the comi ssib Evidence then at hand was | winch. Olsen was married, and lived at 3825 11th ave. N. E. He was employed by the Griffith & Sprague Stevedoring Co. The body was taken to the county morgue | being in Searing. and his and Pol handeuffed to the heavy bed, eo struggled for freedom. They could ‘await the not extricate themselves, and finally, by sheer strength, pulled actors the room to the telephone and “ called the hotel office for heip. It was several hours later before the handcuffs were cut from Con- ley’s wrist. They are old-fashioned,| CLEVELAND, Feb. 23.—George and no key at police pation would | Tae" open them, MET ROBBER IN CIGAR STORE CARD ROOM Conley and Polsen made the quaintance of one of the robber-boot the bed Europe Is ‘Awaiting U. S. Inauguration LONDON, Feb. 23,--Negotiations between the allies for settlement of German reparations and other important international questions « virtual halt today to inauguration ef President elect Harding. Dode” Paskert Saves Lives of 3 Children Paskert, big league baseball Diayer, dist himsecif here to- leggers in a Spring cigar store card- room Tuesday afternoon, during @ game of rummy. About § p. m., Peterson, the name given by the card-playing robber, | Propowed to the two men that if they jeame to his room, he would furnish | them with a bottle of whisky. They eagerly accepted the invitation. entered Fourth When Kerma they hotel, No sooner had he done room 401, ave. | Spring st. Peterson shut the door. and so, than 4 man stepped thru a door leading into the next room of the “Throw them away up.” suite, he or- dered, training a rusty blue gun on the trio, three elevated their hands. The robber then turned non “Here, you, search these men and | put the stuff on the bed,” he or. dered, with a menacing wave of the pistol. Peterson obeyed. He was unmasked All to Peter He care fully plumbed each pocket of Polsen and Conley and piled their money on the” bed. “IM A COPPER,” HE SAYS; SHOWS STAR During the search, Conley mid to the robber “Who are yout™ ‘The robber lowered his gun slight- ly and flashed a star, on which was plainly written, “ “I'm a copper,” he mid. Jeputy Sheriff.” Peterson winked at Conley and de clared “Must be a dry squad man or a deputy, looking for booze. lay easy.” The robber counted Better the money piled on the bed, amounting to $195. From the next room came a stern voice, which said: “Send that short fellow (Peterson) in here. “Just a minute, you,” the the room sald to Peterson I'll take care of him.” robber in ‘The rob- ber drew a pair of old-fashioned handcuffs from his belt and handed them to Peterson. “Fix these fellows to the bed and do a good job," he Peterson obeyed. were each made fast by on (Turn to Last Page, € working on a holiday “I'll dream about it, | there is a laundry whose employes | sa i¢ | Hillyers won hie bout with the tie| celebrated the holiday by’ working. | | and slipped into hig Sunday clothes with such speed that he was ready to go before his wife had been wait ing more than 16 minutes, eee George Washington was a great man, and his birthday was a great “Well, I call that a shame,” John} eat," said his wife, to his wife as they the work shop. He paused, but quickly stepped on when a draft of steamy, smelly, heated air rushed out upon him “If 1 had my way those poor girls Hillyers said passed by I day-—-for the Hillyers. | would have two days off a week From the memorial exercises at|and all holidays besides.” the University they jitneyed back to| He pulled at his collar is if it town, lunched in style at a Chinese | choked him noodle house, and then #tood in line| “I haven't, tho," he reflected, haif an hour to get into a movie ut I can help in a small way After the picture show they in-|> again will I complain if 1 dulged in a short strolt and win-| lose a shirt or two. Poor: girls, dow-shopping tour that ended down | its no wonde I guess they don't in the Little Orient, in the vicinity | last long at that kind of work.” of the King st. station, A vaudevill | commanded Conley and Polsen wrist to mn 3) The Incident of the Alki Collar; or, Why Is a Holiday? Hillyers was | reminded by his wife, stopped at the stil talking about the tragedy of! jaundry office to get a clean collar I know,” he “What you need is something to | “You always | ed with the eighth letter of the alpha did act Tuesday night as they got home| Wednesday morning Hillyers, duly Nght headed on an stomach.” empty é Gay ty cartring “three children’ to }4cker is pend tee eet nae safety from burning apartment | about for the assistance of perset building. Pasker was on a street car| public office who might’ be when he saw smoke pouring the building. With several other men, he ran up , to an upper floor, where he found Hin et seveuilaaltee i three children and carried them down | number of such public officers & flamelapped stairway. Paskert’s| selected and confided in. ie hands were ecorched, ‘The committee found that ft poe be impossible, even then, to Woman Celebrates —_[ without « tuna of working 107th Bi hday While the investigation proces a small scale, the committee “fe DWIGHT, IIL, Feb. 23.—Mrs. Mary }out” a number of wealthy men Ann Potter of Dwight, reputed to be f known high morality. the oldest woman in central Lilinois,| Asa first step in the investigat! celebrated ber 107th birthday anni-| permission was obtained from versary today. federal government to tap the Mrs. Potter was born in Essex| phone wire Jeading into Black Gat county, New York, in 1814 ein tavern, a roadhouse on the road near Lake Forest park. A shack was rented a mile from the roadhouse, and the installed. Operatives, on duty and night, took a record of conversation over the Black Cat This record furnished the o tee with sufficient evidence to rant the laying of plans for p a federal charge of con against numerous criminals, officials and others. It was aj however, that a considerable secret operatives would be to obtain the further evidence n sary before the case could be p before the federal grand jury. WEALTHY BUSINESS MEN BACK INVESTIGATION The committee, several weeks laid their plans in confidence three of Seattle's wealthiest most respected business men, went into the proposed program af the evidence already gathered at some length and who declared they: were deeply interested. The advisability of employing @ private detective agency was COR sidered, but the idea was immediately set aside, the committee being In- formed that no agency which takes: this class of cases could be relied upon to deal squarely. The following day, however, the local chief of a private detective agency called on one of the three in- terested business man, told him the names of those present at the meet- ing the day beforé, advised him that the agency could “get the dope” for a stipulated sum of money, and de- parted, : It was obvious that one of the trusted officials who had been invit» ed to the committee meeting had “leaked.” This led to the ouster of two federal agents from the commit- tee. It is considered probable that the whole affair of the Black Cat Investi- gation and “leak” will be laid before the federal grand jury, which has been called for March 8, : The three business men, realizing that the detective agency had been apprised of the scheme of investign- tion, withdrew their support, and-the committee was left powerless for lack: of funds to go ahead. INFORMATION GETS TO SUSPECTS THEMSELVES Thru secret channels, “inside infor mation” regarding the investigation eventually got into the hands of sus | pects themselves, as was feared it j would after the “leak” was discov: ered ‘The “tapped wire report” was then turned over by the committee to Sheriff Matt Starwich, who was alk ready investigating the Black Cat Column 2 Starts $70,000 Suit Against Motor Co. Suit for $70,000 alleged damages | has been filed in federal court against | the International Motor Co. of New | York by Thomas G. Young, Seattle automobile man. Breach of contract whereby Young took over the agency for Mack trucks is alleged. U. S. Tries Jap for Operating a Still ‘The case of Shimbei Takeuchi, Jap- anese, chahyed with operating @ still, was being argued before a federal jury Wednesday afternoon. Two of Takeuchi’s codefendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced in connec- tion with the same case previously. Meaning, Probably, That Alex Was “Lit” For being swacked to the gills Saturday night, Alex Dixon was rated as an “ex” in ‘the police de partment Wednesday. n Who Posed as Man Dies LEBANON, Ore, Feb, 23.—Miss “May Leonard, who for many years posed as a man, plying the trade of shoemaker, until sickness revealed her sex, is dead here. Woma: | before appearing in sight of the boss. He had overslept, and there was not a minute to lose, The girl looked thru the pile label- nd shook her head. “I'm sorry,” she said. “but your laundry hasn't come back yet.” “What? shouted Hillyers. |back yet? Why, it alway back on Wednesday morning.” He fingered his soiled collar de spairingly. “If this is the kind of service give I shall find another place said testily The girl he “Not comes you * he ned to explain, “Yesterday,” she said, “was Wash | ington’s birthday, and we don’t work our employes on holidays.”” Rut Hillyers was gone, and did not hear, (Turn to Last Page,