The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 10, 1921, Page 1

casional VOLUME 23 D ; p 5 ition. Nourishment. in Weight. Questions Answered. BY MRS MAX WEST ou grit ¢ but it may thome and at school. g i i} 3B5? I i Le ‘8 a EE i | Robert Billy's Voice was silent in jail 3918 24th ave. &. He future. | Pleasant Hour Inn _ Mt the Pleasant Hour Inn, | Men's deputies Vebruary 5, were be The defendants, all are; Mack C. Harris, - BM Lucas, Hd Turner, Harvey Por ne Randolph. Thief Prowls Below Miss Elsie Bailey was up at 514 University thief | Male a white wai ti 5 © sapphire ring from a Mowe fairs in her hore Wednesday afternoon, lire room, | Now on Way to Governor OLYMPIA, March 10,—Home %, attenSHUN! Here is the ps booze bil It shall be unlawful for any o in or police officer to en ‘cy search uny private dwell. house or pia of residence rity a se WARENt, twsied upon a com SS by law provided. ‘Those jolat ‘hip law whall be guilty of a Misdemeanor.” Ftoand has received the O. K. Mietagt Poses and in on its way #overnor for approval, Weather Tonight and Friday, oc- rain; gusty, easterly wind, Temperwure Last 24 Hears Maximam, 47. ‘Teday noon, 46, Rave been asked to define mal This is a word used to those children who are for ason or other under-nour Tk may be dub to actual lack gf tood ag is the case with many ds of children in Europe to also be found in who do not lack for food. fs often due to fast eating, badly | diet, the use of tea and cof and t unfavorable condiuons including lack of sleep, lack air, out-door exercises, poor Ut} habits, or to over-work, both suffering from mainutri- ‘are often thin, and the first test condition js to weigh and BER z i 285 i ghitty i Not Working Now machine, | **oond-degree murder, ‘as a still, was not function. | Ptared for a time. peeders Its man.|#he had. gone at once after the trial s Sloe sesso Reg gh | to the home of her attorney, Kd C. until may resume his former residence some time in the Proprietors Tried : tors and alleged proprietors near Av Dur, raided by Sheriff Matt Star- tried Thursday in Judge Mitchell court on a charge of being John Mr, Cora Hill, George M. Jones and strong, Minimum, 46, —_> i iE } fr Lt TING HUSBAND | “But T have two chfidren,’ she an / Resides, I | think he’ll stop it, after while.’ “That's what I thought—that he | would stop it, after while,” I remind- “But, I tell you, they dont the beatings become more brutaj and more frequent.’ she knew her husband, 1 had said I knew mine. She 0 to see Prosecutor Patterson and tell him about her tes. . 1 don't know how it will come out; we won't know until she gets on the witness stand again. “1 LOVED HIM; 1 AM “I loved Harry Sawyer. I am not & murderess.. I killed him, but didn’t | mean to. It was @ mistake; the bul- | let didn't go where I thought it | would.” | After Mrs. Sawyer’s conviction of she disap She said today i Hyde. She remained with, the Hydes | for several weeks, then went on a camping trip to Wilderness iake. Her mind, still dazed, began to clarify in the mountain air. She came baek to the city, certain for the first she said, | her mind. Returning to Seattle, she lived for a time in the home of some | people on Capito! Hill. She div | missed her attorney. | “He set to work immediately,” |she said, “to tie up my husband's estate. 1 didn't have much money lleft, just $2, when he garnisheed | the estate so I cotldn’t get a dollar. 1 had to leave the place on Capitol Hill and find cpaper quarters.” LIVES IN BOAT ON LAKE UNION Mrs. Sawyer arranged that she | might live in @ 30-foot boat moored lat the north end of Lake Union. | With her remaining $2 she bought |roceries. She became a beach comber, gathering her own fire | wood, cutting and splitting it her | She put up some shelves time since the shooting, that she wag not losing | self. lin the boat, and set a small stove in the end opposite her bunk “To do my cooking, she aaid, “I had to crawl over the engine, the place .was #0 small. 1 lived there all the rest of the summer and during the rough weather last fall and this winter until three weeks ago. Many times the water was so rough it washed overboard. The floor was always wet. ‘The boat leaked a little.” ‘Three weeks afo Mrs. Sawyer moved to the Holland hotel, across the street from the county-city be held next week. Her new law yer, George Rummens, arranged |for her board and room | 4 NQUERS FEAR OF INSAN stronger now,” she said. (Turn to Last Page, Column 2) It becomes @ habit. And) | butiding, where her new trial will) On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Ratered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Segttle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1 SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1921. . Per Year, by Mall, $6 to $9 |AS AMBASSADOR He’s Boosted for Brazil _ Envoy WASHINGTON, March 10—~ Recomi tion of former Senator | Samuel Ft, Piles, of Seattle. for the next ambassador to Brasti wan de- cided on ‘today by the Washington delegation in congress. The deiegation also decided to | recommend to President Harding the appointment of Thomas Sammons, at present in the consular service, as minister to China. Sammons for several years served at various points in the Far East Edwin V. Morgan, present minister to Brazil, in not a political appointee, and has been in the service for a long time. It was believed he might be | retained. Harvey Is Named Envoy to London WASHINGTON, March 10.—Col. George Harvey has been named am- bassador to London. President Hard- ing offered Harvey the post and Harvey accepted, altho official an nouncement of the appointment will not be made until other diplomatic posts are filled. “Legs ° Prohibition Chief * May Issue Warning WASHINGTON, March 10.--Pro |hibition Commissioner Kramer to- |day was considering issuance of a warning that the manufacture or sale of beer containing more than one-half per cent of alcohol for bev- erage purposes will bring prosecu- tion This warning, if issued, will be to counteract an impression that recent rulings by tormer Attorney General Palmer would allow the manufac ture and sale of beer despite the pro- ruling covered only beer for nop beverage or mediginal use, Kramer pointed out. . St. Pat’s Day Is Orphans’ Tag Day St. Patrick's Day wil! for the Briscoe Orphan Boys’ Home, conducted at Orillia by the Chrin \tian Brothers of Ireland. Sham rocks will be sold on. the streets. F; alse Prosecution Charged by Widow Charging malicious prosecution, Anna J. McNealy, a widow, is suing Peter R, Johnston, Emma J. John xton, Lée Johnston and Elva P. John ston for a total of $10,366.25, In Judge | Boyd J. Tallman’s court, She alleges she sold the neairn hotel fo the | two former, 4 nd they subsequently against her, alleging falsely that she removed $1,500 worth of fixtur She aluo says they caused her home, her daughter's home, a friend's home “Living outdoors did me good. My| and her son's place of employment to be searched without causa, | visions of the Volstéead act. Palmer's | tag-day | Baby: 1 LOVED HIM,’ SAYS MADGE SAWYER ‘TM NOT A MURDERESS’ FACES HER CFACES_NEW MURDER TRIAL ) TAX AMNAB | Seattle“‘Man Threatens Start Referendum “damnable” as the which’ requires voters to show ‘poll tax receipts before registering to vote, Joseph Manning, a Seattle un- dertaker, said today that ne waa will ing to start a referendum againag the | measure. | “New England has had this sort of thing on its statute books for generations,” he maid, “but any of: [ficial who ever tried to enforce it lot his head. It was brought over from gland and in a dend letter. jever happened to the republican party in this state.” . Congress Will Meet | Again on April 4 | WASHINGTON, March 10.—The special seaeion of congress will meet | April 4th, Chairman Fordney of thg houst ways and means committee an- |nounced today, following a confer. ence with President Harding. Fordney said it was still pndecided whether tariff or revenue would be taken up first. Postpone Colombia A . Treaty Discussion “WASHINGTON, Mareh 10—The | senate today postponed consideration of the Colombian treaty until the spe- | clal session of congress, in April. Brigadier General | WASHINGTON, March 10.—The | senate today confirmed the nomina- tion of Charlies Sawyer, of Marion, ©., President [Harding's physician, to be @ brigadier general. \Cri singer Is Named U. S. Comptroller WASHINGTON, March 10.—Preat- dent Harding today sent to the sen ate the nomination of D, R. Criss | Inger, formerly of Marion,'O. to be comptroller of the currency. Panean Chinas to Costa Rica Award WASHINGTON, March 10.--Pare ama has informed the United States it will not recognize the award of the Coto territory to Costa Rica, |made by Chief Justice White of the supreme court This was Panama's anewer to the American note of warning that hos- brought a charge of grand larceny |the White award. must be lived up | o'clock ‘AnaMan answer was made | stopped but a moment to exchange fo. The public at the state department today. The Papaman note also vasion of Pi nama, hes “It in one of the worst things that | the right of Panama to claim an in-jand had gone on his way, demnity from Costa Rica fer the in- ed in poor health, according to Tyler, | used. 7 aia Seattleite Dis- |. appears; Brain Slips t Cog, Wife Fears Seated at his dewk in his realty and | inewrance offices in the American | Bank buikting, at lige Tuteday merning, Kaiph ©. MocAllaater, Prominent churchman, broker and past state grand master of Masonry. ‘was chatting pleasantly with his business asnociate, George W. Mc- Cauley, and making entries | Diack, eloth.bound book. ‘There was nothing in McAllaster’® | the Washington Congregational $. H. PILES BRANDS POLL | See was treasurer of the conference, took it for granted the black book the treasurer's ‘record. few minutes later McCauley put on his coat and hat and left the of | fice had to be om the job. At 1140 o'clock, McAllaster phoned his wife and toki her he wan roing to the conference. He reminded her to tion of the new state poll tax law,} ote, His volo and manner of speech were perfectly normal, Presumably, he left the office im Mediately after hanging up the trans Mitter, with the book under his arm. But he did not appear at the confer ence, WIFE BECOMES ALARMED OVER HIS ABSENCE Mrs, McAllaster became worried | when her husband did not return | home for dinner. Seven years before, she recalled, he had suffered a stroke of arnnesia, or sudden loax of memory, and had been missing for 24 hours, On this occasion he was walking down Marion st., after addressing @ Meeting. He was suddenly seized, he mid. afterward, with a desire to go away somewhere and go to sleep) He came to himself the next day in the | woods back of Port Angeles and re 'turned home, His mind, for | 24 hours, had been a blank, so far as ihis past was concerned. Reoalling this incident, Mra. McAl laster phoned the church and learned that her husband had not been there, Bhe next called William J. Steinert, attorney, and close personal friend of MoAllaster, and asked his advice. ‘They decided to wait 24 hours in the hope that the missing man would “come to” and return. When he did not, and no trace of him could be found, Steinert gave the alarm Wednesday evening. Friends, relatives, lodge brethren, Police and detectives began a wide spread search. DEFINED AS SORT OF DOUBLE IDENTITY According to Dr. A. P. Calhoun, an authority on nerve and brain dis orders, amnesiy is a sort of double identity, . A person stricken with amnesia, he suid, forgets where he is, who he is and what he is about, and becomes, so to speak, another person, Usually he is overcome with & desire to go away to new surround; ings in search of some employment. While searchers were investigat- ing to learn whether McAllaster had, as before, gone absentmindedly to Port Angeles, a woman phoned to Steinert. She was Mrs, Jennie Hasbrouck, 3116 33nd ave. 8., who gave the first elae to the missing man at 11 o'clock this morning. She told Steinert that McAllaster’ had visited her home about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, at the time the conference was in prog- ress at Plymouth chureh, and had talked with her about listing her property for sale. He seemed per- fectly normal, she said A few minutes later a long dis- tance call from Tacoma yesterday morning. the time of day with Horace W. reserves | Tyler, secretary of the grand lodge, He seem. but was otherwise himself, A BLANK? He was an election official and | informed | thee of the F |tilities with Costa Rica over the dis-| Steinert that McAllaster had visited | Thursday. puted territory must cease and that|the Tacoma Masonic temple at 9/ He had jagency to protect against his send: Editors Note.—“1 have always, wanted be & newnpaper reporter. Therefore I Philovophy of the ungodly. ‘Those who take the cue of, “eat, drink and be merry, for. tomorrow you may die.” for their part in life, think they are happy. But it is only temporary blins. ¥ IT IS TOO LATE | WHEN CRASH COMES tragic crash comes, late. ‘This in the lesson I want the refif. ers to draw from the strane case of Clara Smith—a clerk in a country store 10 years ago and now a fervent wish that she was still back in hum- ble Lawton. Back in the days of my early youth @ man came into my life—tut I'll skip over the story—the world knows it only too well. It is enough: fer you to know that I am today chatged | with murder; that I am fighting hard |for freedom. Why? Becanse I-was then it is too et. Clara Smith Hamon ‘ unable to overcome a man's indomit. the deepest of sorrow in the guise of | ‘This ts usually realized when the/ able. will; “To take what fate or the gods imay give; | “To | - “Speed love's ebb as you greet its flow; ° “To haye—to hold, and, in time— let got I would that the false prophets | could be driven from the temple of fe to save the girls’ who are now at the cross roads choosing their ‘90 ASSASSIN SUSPECTS HELD Reign of Terror. Is Gripping Spain MADRID, Maren . 1f.—Foreign Minister Marquis Lema” has — been marked for death by the syndicalist assassins who killed Premier Dato. His name, coupled with .the an nouncement that he would be slain next, was found today chalked op the walls of the Hippodrome. Fifty arrests have been made in the hunt for Dato'’s assatsins’ The aristocratic Neuvo club «has offered 150,000 pesotas for their: apprehen. | sion. | The activities of theysyndicalists struck terror into the homes of aris tocrats and government officials. to- day, The syndicalist organizations #0 Mysterious that its members are unknown even to each, other. Utmost precautions were taken: to- day to guard all prominent persons. The sittings of the senate and the | chamber were indefinitely adjourned. | Hundreds of persons were held up by | Police and forced to give accounts of themselves and their movements, All travelers were halted Unprecedented throngs n the streets for the funerals, sed in ‘Thieves Get Smokes in Raid on Merchant A box of cigars and $6 were’ con fiscated by members of a thieving squad who raided H. C, Nicholson's store, at 6209 California ave., Wednesday night. Vanderveer Cleared of Assault Charge George F, Vanderveer, I. W. W. at ¥. Carrothers tn Jus C. C. Dalton's equrt Vanderveer said he vis ited Carrothers at /his employment assault on FE. ing incidental expenses to consume en on jobs and allowing: the Ni of the man's pay. He claimed vile names were called and fists were Justice Walton held the al- sleged assault justifiable, torney, was acquitted of a charge of | TONG MURDER “WITNESS GONE Proprietor of Store Where Killing Occurred Flees Yee Sing, only eye witness to the tong Slaying of Choy Duck Bew at 519 Yesler way Wednesday after. noon, could not be located. by police | Thureday. Sing,-in whose shop the slaying occurred, had gone into hid- ing Thursday, and detectives who vis- ited his. shop, found ijt locked tight. The vanishing of Sing temporarily halted the investigation into the | shooting with two suspects in-.jail. ‘They are Ching Chong,'37, and Jim | Sing, 26. |: ‘The body of Choy Duck Bew was [in the morgue Thursday. He was | murdered by two young gunmen. |. A member of the Hip Sing tong, of which Bew..was a member; is al- leged to have received a message from an official of the Hop Sing tong Wednesday night. apologizing for the murder. It is: believed that the slayer thought Bew was a mem- ber of the Bing Kungs, with whom the Hop Sings are at war. From Hotel Larder Chile sauce, apple jelly and several other articles fell into the hands of thieves who entered the basement of |the st@wart hotel, First ave. and | Pike st., according to a report to po | lice Thursday He Used Corks for Patching Trousers Lieut. J. J, Haag of the dry squad Noticed that. B. Rosenthal, who, car- ried a grip, speeded up when he spied the lieutenant’ Wedpesday. So Haag followed him. to @ tailor shop. Before opening the grip, Rosen- thal explained that numerous corks jatrewn. about the floor wpre used in his business, such as for’patching holes in trousets, ete. The grip contained a gallon of grapo and a bottle of gin, TWO GREEN SILK SHIRTS and other clothing were stolen from Paul Campbell's room in the Burke hotel, Wednesday night, Press ZLARA HAMON FACING JURY! TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Writes for United GIRL IS WORRIED BY TRIAL Clara Says Howling Wind \s Bad Omen; She’s Glad Weather Is Bright : aoemagl BY CARL VICTOR LITTLE, COURTHOUSE, ARDMORE, Okia., March 1¢,—Speedy justice will be meted out to Clara Smith Hamoa, it was assured toaay when a) tenta- tive jury had been selected within Judging fr ing the tent. the speed in select. ive jury, poth the de- loyal to his family, would that in- fluence you in deciding the fate of the defendant?” no longer twitched nervously, and seemed to have regained her cour- age. Her main effort centered on keeping her mother buoyant. It took the state one hour and twenty minutes to select 12 tentative \jurors. The state 20 veniremen, The chosen 12 all said they were impartial, . Améng the tentative 12 were seven farmérs, two factory workers afd three business men. D. F. C. Laug- ridge, 73, and James Avery, 78, were the oldest men chosen, They could have been exempted from jury ser- vice because they were above 6@ years of age, but they did not ask it. SUDGE’S TWIN BROTHER * DEFENSE COUNSEL ¥ J. B. Champion, twin brother of the judge, who is a counsel for the defense, immediately started to -ex- amine the 12 tentative jurors ap- proved by the state. . Self<defense will be Clara's plea, it was made certain, when Attorney Champion, in his examination, asked each if he believed in the right of everyone to defend himself in case of an attack. CLARA BLUSHES AT LAWYER'S QUESTIONS Mrs, Jake L, Hamon, widow, who wants vengeance, was not in the court room. “Ropes” O'Brien said his client would not come until after the jury is chosen. Clara blushed and cast her eyes down as Freeling said to Venire man J. 8. B. Appollos: “Did you know either Jake Hamon or Clara Hamion by reputation?” “IT had heard talk about them,” he answered. Appolios was excused... He was the seventh juror examined. The first state, An array of expensive Idgal talent surrounded the pretty 27-year-old defendant. Walter Scott and “Billy” McLean, two members of the firm of McLean, Scott and McLean, of Fort Worth, Tex., ‘were there. One day Jake Hamon said to Clara, “If you ever need good lawyers, call on McLean, Scott and McLean.” She did. The defense also includes Charles A. Conkley and Jimmy Mathers, of Ardmore, and Joe B. Champion, twin brother of Judge Champion. White-haired Prince Freeling, at- torney genera! of Oklahoma, assisted by H. H. Brown, Ardmore, repre- sented the prosecution, Freeling (Turn te Page 7, Columa six were acceptable to the