The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 6, 1921, Page 19

FIRE PLOT CONFESSION WEIRD ONE Mrs. D. C. Corbin, Widow of Spokane Capitalist, Tells Strange Story SPOKANE, May 6.—A weird tale| of love, stock gambling, financial | ruin and the attempt to recoup her fortunes by agreeing to a plot to burn her mansion here, was made | public today by Mra. D. C, Corbin widow of the former railroad mag nate and capitalist. The Corbin residence, $42,000 damage amounting to $10,000. Yew ertay Mrs. Corbin made a volun tary confession, involving herself and her chauffeur, L. BE. Lilge, with whom she avers she ts in love Mrs. Corbin was Corbin's house insured for wife died Corbin, sent his house kéeper to Europe, educated her in the arts and, of her return, mar ried her. In his will he left her the bulk of the property, with the proviso that she loge it if she married again. Faced with an expense of $10,000 & year and an income of but $4,000, Mrs. Corbin listened to Lilge’s tales ‘of quick wealth in oil stocks, she pays. The plot to burn the home and collect the insurance was hatched. Liige was to get $1,000 if Mrs. Cor. Din got $20,000 insurance, and $2,000 if she collected $40,000, she said in her confession. Lilge maintains that the woman is “crazy” and not telling the truth. Both are held on first degree ar eon waren. CYCLONE HITS LOS ANGELES! LOS ANGELES, May 6.—Seven homes in the fashtionable Wilshire district of Los Angeles stood without foots today as the result of a visit for the first time in recent Los An- geles history of a small but typical Mid- Western “twister.” The little cyclone hit the district where live many of the elite of the ity and members of the motion pic ture colony late last night, foltowing a day of rain. Telephone and electric wires were put out of service. The roof of the home of F. A Becker was carried away while a merry party was in progress, rain was burned last Friday,/ William R. Stockbridge is! ZOUNDS! SUES WHEN SEVEN PRETTY DOGS || ARE INSULTED HERE Seven little dogs, primped for a dog show, never got their chance to be Wherefore the machinery of the superior court is ng called Upon to grind out justion in adju dicating the question ef the re turn of their $21 entrance foe The wounded feelings of the pets are being championed by Anna Ro Judd, their owner The Puget Sound Kennel club is acoused of having been discour teous enough to keep the dogs out of the Imetlight at its exhibi tion, which is being held this week BANKER DIES AT. DINNER PARTY Stricken Suddenly Arrangements were being Friday for the funeral of William | made | keeper for years, When his former}. Stockbridge, vice president of the Scandinavian-American bank of Se-| attle, who dropped dead In his home, | 338 30th ave, &, at 7 p.m. Thursday, | while reading @ letter to his family | and guess. The Stockbridges had just finished | dinner, \ He pushed back his chatr, asked\to be allowed to open some | mail, began reading a sentence of in terest to the others and expired be- tween the lines from heart failure Stockbridge was born in Illinois in 1858, He came to Puyallup in| 1887, raisxed hops, moved to Stan wood, engaged in the fruit and fish canning business, moved to Everett and organized the Bank of Com | merce, resigning as president to af-/ fillate with the Scandinavian-Amert can here. He is survived by Mra Mary A Stockbridge, his widow; Mra, O. R Alien, a sister, Lake Stevgns, Wash., and Frank Stockbridge, glopted son, at Havre, Mant ° John W. ee Drops Dead on Second Ave. John W. Gewan, employe of the Whiton Hardware Co. dropped dead | at Second ave. and Columbia st. Fri | day morning. | Coroner W. H. Corson wil conduct | & post mortem to determine the! canse of death. Patrolman C. & Hodge mw Cowan | stop as he was walking down the street, lean against a building and then stagger out to the middie of the sidewalk and fall. He was dead when Hodge reached bir, pouring into the dining room and @renching the guests, with heavy lomes to party gowns. A valuable Pekinese dog belonging to Mra. W. R. Woolwine was blown @way and has not been found No one was injured ser sousty. FIEND TRIES TO ROAST CHINESE A fiendish attempt to cremate Lew S. Wing, Chinaman, while he slept in his bed in the rear of his store at 1323 Third ave., was frustrated at § a. m. Friday. - Throwin A can of coal oll, with the lid off. in thru an open window above Wing's bed, the fiend dropped a light- ed mateh after the can. The clothes on Wing's bed were ignited. He eeca ped without serious injury. Wing caught sight of the high- binder and fired four shots at him. He then extinguished the flames on his bed with a bucket of water. Wing was unable to give Motor- cycle Policemen A. J. Hill and Fred Mills any reason for the attack. They searched the neighborhood without finding any suspicious char- ficers with a description. Rotarians to Help Orthopedic Hospital tj tralia and Chehalis Rotary clubs have voted to install two beds in the Children’s Orthopedic hospital here, They will be known as the Chehalis bed and the Centralia bed. It costs $250 yearly to maintain a bed for a erippled child. ‘U. Girl to Feed 15 Kiddies to Health Fifteen under-nourished kiddies will be fed twice # day this summer by Mise Martha Koehne, assistant professor of home economics at the University of Washington, who be Nieves that by the end of that time she can have every one of them back to normal weight, The children will be selected from families in the neighborhood, . a Attempt to Murder j Former Premier Nitti ELFI, Italy, May 6.—An attempt | to assassinate former Premier Nitti of Italy was made here late yester. day Three shots were fired at an auto- mobile in which he was supposed to be riding. Nitti, however, was in a second machine, His friends in the first car were injured. Sweethearts, 65, to Wed Saturday VANCOUVER, Wash, May 6— Rev. J. Ahdrew Stover, aged 65, will marry Mrs. Sarah G. Lo Master, 65, at Ridgefield, Wash., on Saturday. Rev. Stover came to Vancouver and secured his license today. The two were sweethearts years . Asa result of a youthful quar- rel they parted, each marrying. * Program for Carline Indicating an intention to prune 1921-1922 program for better iy ments and extensions of the munict- E pal railway, the council utilities com- ri mittee has postponed final action on the $1,330,000 appropriation asked| for the street car system, More tran $600,000 worth of new equipment would have to be bought to provide + & service on the proposed extensions. : : / acters. Wing was unable to aid the/ernor of Florida, has been indicted | Word reached here today that Cen-| natorial term expired Jan. 3 "Extension to Be Cut! We Are Radin L Look at Our Car Fares! How lucky we are Seattle street car fares’ are no higher than those of the large cities of the East However, they are slightly higher than the rates charged in the vari ous Pacific coast townn Statistics are by the statiation! sleuth of the muny railway depart. | ment. Release Nurse From Mistreatment Charge SYRACUSE, N.Y. May 6.—-After being detained 24 days pending an investigation by police here into what officials sald was “mistreat ment” of 6%yearold Mrs. Ruth Crawford, an invalid, Mrs. Alice T. Lattimer, a professional nurse, has! been released. Mr«. Crawford is a cousin of the nurse, Former Governor Under Indictment JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 6—) Rev, Sydney J. Catts, former gov by the Bradford county grand jury on bribery charges. He is accused | of “corruptly accepting money for | the casting of his vote for the grant-| ing of pardons while governor of the | state of Florida.” Rev, Watt's guber. | Sentence Prisoner | to Death; He’s a Dog! “That the prisoner suffer the pen afty of death,” is the verdict in the | case of William Clark's bulldog, 2500 12th ave. §. Neighbors complained that the bulldog was biting everyone who passed Clark's home. Prosecu: tor Malcolm Douglas had the owner | charged with allowing a vicious ani} mal to run at large, and the electric chair for canines at the dog pound will do the regt. Shots Are Fired at Shipping Officials SAVANNAH, Ga., May 6.—Sever al shots were fired at shipping board | officials here today as they were ar ranging to put strike breaking sea men aboard the steamship Paulsen No one was injured. Farmers Get After Foxes in England LONDON, May 6.--Owing to the} great havoc wrought by foxes in kill- | ing young lambs among the moun. tains, many keepers and farmers in the Barmouth district bunt and shot ele Noted Editor Dies in Albany, N. Y.| ALBANY, N. Y., May 6.—John A. Sliecer, 72, president of the Lealle- | | Judge Co,, and for a number of years | jeditorin-chief of Leslie's Weekly, | died at his home here today, follow ing an Hinews ofa year | organized a| foxes | TACOMA.—Dispute over a decision made several years ago by the land office in Seattle, which awarded cer. tain property, claimed by Mra, Mar garet M. Ross, to Mra. May Vander- | heard b District Judge Robert | # n. The a sequel to the | \tamous night rider trials in Pacific | | county several years ago. OLYMPIA—The Thurston-Mason County ar association charges M. | W. Logan, former prosecuting attor- | ney of Mason county, with unethical conduct. Starts move to disbar him, Scratch Feed, 10 Lbs. 25¢ 100 Ibe. for sta Cracked Com, 10 ibe ate 100 Iba for ste eds, Lawn Mowers, © and all Garden Tools at REDUCED PRICER MARKET HATCHERY Pike ¥ Market, 1 Opposite Sugar Stall, SATURDAY SPECIALS Oyster Shells, 10 Iba, 25¢ Chick Feed, 7 Ibs .25¢ Seratch Feed, 100 Ibs, delivered ....... $2.75 Baby Chick White Leghorns Tancred Strain; Trap-nested stock BACH ++, 20¢ 2 85.00 89.00 100 for . $16.00 We also have a nice batch of Thoroughbred Rhode Island Reds, Barred ka, Anconas and@ Black Minorcas at each....25¢ 89 Pike S¢. Pike Place Market —Main 652— Calif. Cling Large site No. in heavy 2% cans, APRICOTS in’ sugar ree cans, 3 for, Oe so oP INEAPPLE cans 106 OIL, gaiton cans fc Honolulu Lady Sliced PI APPLE, 2 cans for STALL 59 CORNER Public Market Wisconsin Brick CHEESE 23c Lb. MORRIS. WILLIAMS HH Pike Street—Corner Market Next to Three Girls’ Bakery Small Geraniums, for bedding, doz. .. Te GIANT PANSLES, ART FLORAL 0. Corner Market, South Entrance. GREEN’S Big Specials don 5 Tall Cans Milk . . .25¢ While They Last Pure Cane Sugar, 8 lbs. ...... 63c Full Cream Cheese ... ....-- .25¢ Best Fresh Butter, 33c; 2 Ibs. . .65c 2 Tall Cans Co-opera- tive Milk ....19¢ 2 Ibs. Flake White .28¢ Peanut Butter, Ib. . .10c t Fresh-Roasted Coffe .19¢ 3 Ibs, 35c jar Marmalade .. 2 big cans Apricots . Crescent Baking Powder, Ib. 35¢ Crescent Creatn Coffee, Ib, 45¢ Crescent “99” Coffes ....B0¢ GREEN’S Butter Store Corner Market G. F. HASTINGS PEACHES, 3.°= 55c | Maximum COFFE LEGION FRUIT STALL OWNED BY 100% PIKE PLACE MARKET LOWER FILOOK The Big Bargain Center of the Pike Place Market JOHN ROMAGOY, Prop. 1S A DISABLED SOLDIER of the World's War and a member of the American Legion YOUR PATRONAGE REQUESTED SUGAR as eae 8 ».. 63c Cane Sugar 1 large pkg. CITRUS ae 1501 Pike Pl. Mit. Swift's Premium ROTLED HAM, per Ib, a BBe Wrapped Se p Sandwiches STALL 65 Pike Place Market—Lower Floor Limit of 1 purchase of OT. cane customer. You Will Enjo STONG ATHENIAN a s ad Economy Market, Lower Floor—Stalls 37-38 UPREME BLEND . - 1517 PIKE PLACE MARKET COFFEE Bread like mother makes. | Get our Delicious Pastry Sis: Geli. Garton Ge Yowked BREAD, 2 large loaves..26¢ ! b0e DEVIL’S POOD..... 26¢ , * Pat Quart jar, Bie 3 ie Wifes, Minaetes |] S Lb. mn HONEY 85¢ For r'n. (4%. 39¢° tn EDDIE'S SOreaR STORE—S Economy Market, Lower Floor PMB able ais Bett |o Stall 40 Economy Market First Avenue Entrance * BUTTER “cn; PICNICS 1525 Pike ‘Place Mkt. CHEESE «~. $2.15 ||] LARD, Pure Iden West COFF! M. J. B. COFFE DANS MARKET—3? 35 Rogers’ Baking Powder for .....20¢ ‘ oil GRAPE tote the 55¢ Boyal Baking ON SARDINES 6 cane ihe EB ‘in tomato Powder for .....37¢ val tine 1Be 50c Gunpowder Tea 60¢ Gunpowder Tea for Ase 2 iis. for Se The Gunpowder Tea for AMERICAN 2 in. for $1.15 M. A. HANSEN Stal) 46—Economy—Lower FI. STALL 59 Boneless Brisket Steer CORNED BEEF 17 DRY SALT PORK......15¢ ACORN MARKET lower Floor Murray Grinds Sciesers and knives while you walt. All Kinds Safety Razor Blades uB —— of Stong 66 Cents a day or $20 « month for rent That is why we are the Lowsmt Priced COMMERCIAL CREAM, half pint ree fresh E i 51, Lower Floor, Keon PURITAN MARKET, 45 Free adjustments of afl kinds. SUSSMAN OPTICAL CO. OPTOMETHIST-OPTICIAN 5-6 PIKE PL tow 1 Very Best Fresh Ghurned PHILADELPHIA | putter, 33c Lb. FISH 2 Lbs, for 65¢ i: Full Cream Cheese, 25¢Lb. STALL 10 - Lower Floor —Saniiary Martet | Philadelphia Butter Store LESLIE’ Best Butter, Lb. 35c 3 Lbs. for $1.00 Hammond's Small Ivory Sugar Best Flour, 49- Soap 12 Ibs. for Ib. Sack $2.12 3 for 24c $1.00 Fancy Head Rice, 4 Ibs. for .24¢@ | Fancy Small White Beans, Fancy Large Italian Prunes, 5 Ibs. « -20¢ 9 MG... .ceserceeseee «++25¢@ | Campbell's Soups, can ......11¢ 21b, cans Snow Drift .. .36¢ | Ringo, package ..6¢ 4-Ib, cans Stew Drift . .71¢ | Carnation Milk, can .10¢ &1b. cans Snow Drift .....$1.89 | 1-1b. package Corn Starch ..10¢ ‘7-lb, boxes Macaroni or | Silver Shield Corn, 8 for ...50¢ Spaghett! ....0. seceeeees 75¢ | Tender, Sweet Corn, 3 for ..42¢ Clean-Pasy Soap, 4 bars for 24¢ Nippon Ryand Sliced PINEAPPLE, can.........000+++ seeessnes BBO GINGER SNAPS, Ib.......-20@ Bulk SODA CRACKERS, Ib., 16¢ PEACHES, Gal. cans.......75@ APRICOTS, Gal, cans.......76¢ WE DELIVER BUY IN QUANTITIES 6b. pail Lard..... ste | 10-T, pail Lard ... ++ 1,90 John C. Leslie Co. First Ave, Floor, Sanitary Mkt—Also Cor. First Ave. and University GREATEST SPECIALS °. One or More Super-Specials at Each Stall on the Lower Floor—Economy Market These Prices for Tomorrow Only 4 bars of IVORY SOAP for OLYMPIC PANCAKE FLOUR, pkg... .18¢ 25c pkg. DROMEDARY DATES.......15¢ 3-lb. can GHIRARDELLI’S CHOCOLATE DOP. iin concedes dabeouss 40c large can extra fancy PINEAPPLE -25c FAGNANTS BUTTER STORE—61 Economy Mkt, Lower Fi. LINCOLN MARKET—34.35 Economy—Lower Floor HAMILTON'S—39 Kconomy—Laower Floor VINCENT PORK STALI—59 Economy—Lawer Floor PORK ROASTS 20c Lb. MILK @ 8c © Quart Sugar Cured SANITARY PUBLIC ‘Tall Cans- for 39¢ Limit of 4 cans CARNATION, AT STONG’S PIKE BARGAIN GROCERY Lower Floor—Wike Place Market Honey Com baw Mukilteo, per ib od Mixed Cookies, tb STALL by ) rime Since Market, Pure Fresh Mite wart + Every jug bottle. 79 Pike Place Market, HOT DOUGHNUTS, 20c Doz. CUP CAKES, dozen, 20¢ | JELL ‘4 ROLL, each. .20¢ SPICE CAKES, doz. .15¢ | FRESH RHUBARB SPONGE CAKES, doz. 15¢ PIE, each ......+- COOKIES, Assorted, dozen, 15¢ HomeMade Bread baked fresh daily under the most sanftary conditions. CANDIES NOW SELLING BELOW COST WASHING POWDER PURE FOOD SHOP—1511 Pike Place Mut. |1D 286 STONG Undersells Them All OUR SPECIALS GOOD FOR A WEEK 49-lb. Sack Rainier Best Flour . ooo - $1.65 Nt Auto Club Coffee, 38c Ib.; 3 Ibs. ..... .$1. = Tie can Pure Italian OLIVE OIL ,W....-........— 3 large cans of TOMATOES 5lb. can M. B. COFFEE . 6 Ibs. Fancy Split PRUNES 1 pound BLUE RIBBON TEA . FLAKE WHITE, 2b. pall 25¢; 41b. pail ‘40¢: lb, pail 2 ibs, No, 1 WA UTS 10c tall can Del Monte ASP! RAG 1 pound Lipton’s TEA 2 Ibs, 3c Pure COCOA for $1.00 fine BROOMS for ... my 30CLb. {7c Lb. 23c Lb. 2 Lbs. 30c Keonomy—Lower Floor Extra!!! Tea Special INDIA BLEND— First pound One 20c bottle HAMILTON'S EXTRACT, = Ad with purchase of 407. bottle yan ak bottle Cider Vinegar . ean Karo Syrup .... 4 10c cans Vegetable Soup 4 tbs. fancy Head Rice . Rogers’ Peanut Butter, can. 2 The, new Seeded Raining , Four 10c rolls Toilet Paper .« 3 the. Choice Prunes ex. Jarge fancy Prunes! Dry Ammonia Powder Large pkg. Seeded Lit 3 the. fancy Head Rice . 0c can Instant Postum Lemon 3 Ihe. Tapioca or Sago STONG’S ECONOMY GROCERY “=== Mantes lower ae and STONG’S PIKE BARGAIN GROCERY Stall 62, Lower Fleer, Mike Place Market SHOE PRICES TUMBLE DOWN THEY COME—OUR NEW STOCK IS HERB These new Shoes cost us tess and WE WILL SELL TH FOR LESS. You KNOW our OLD prices. They were always the Now compare them with our NEW prices, which are 8 LOWER, and you will be positively convinced that— REGARDLESS OF ALL THE “CUT TE”\SALES IN OUR PRICES ARE BY FAR THE LOWEST. CHILDREN'S, BOYS’ AND | OUR LADIES’ STOCK—more GROWING GIRLS’ SHOES complete than eve: $ $2.00, $2.40, | $4.00, $4.40, $5. 82. $3.40, $3.80. 96.40. EXTRA SPECIAL ON MEN’S SHOES Pike Place Market Shoete Near Sugar Stall Where Rents andé Prices are Positively the Lowest ~ Mm ARKE tT————= ALLEN & BARROWS Successors to DOBBS’ GROCERY : Stall 45 ny amen iene? Stall 45 Telephone Main 3457 Hi Flight Flour ya 15 FLOUR IS GOING UP Campbell's PORK. AND BEANS, | atk cans Gold Bar ORANG! 2 cans he; MARMALADE, 12e; 2 Yor See | Silver Bar PINEAPPLE, No. 2 cans, 18e; 3 for...... 300 ip cane DEL Peovy trond OOM 206 Ib. Ghirardellf's Chocolate 3-Ib. can 85e Fo pmo DELICATESSEN 53 Kconomy—lower Floor Strictly Fresh. Halliat, Ib. $4 eS ECONOMY kis 9 Sacione” is Re-tired. Saws Filed Sc w. ECONOMY—LOWER FLOOR Grinding, Electric Ire Cane Sug ar 8 Lbs. 620 , B1¢ 97.55 ast 100 LB, SACK ROYAL WHITE SOAP, 6 BARS . WHIPPING CREAM . COMMERCIAL CREAM. FRESH MILK, QUART..... BORDEN’S MILK ......11%¢ Sanitary Market Sugar Stall 109 First Ave, Floor -25¢ Maximum COFF Olympic PANCAK B20 $1.50 5-Ib. tins DEL MONTE ary pack PRUNES -. he 30c cans imported |» krPPeERED HERR) ered By ree -) —800 lal AM THeo, PANCAK 8 FLOUR, packages 10. ....eeceesees STALL (02 | Meats — SPECIAL— Meats BARGAINS FOR EVERYBODY . doxen. | ‘This’ is an excellent quality mon. ‘ 3 | String BEANS, mg oR excellent grade, 2 cans..., i 8, Be each; per © pack~ Sanitary Market—Ist Ave, Floor . BEST \FRESH CHURNED LEAF LARD... coowesssss LBME SHOULDER STEAK......15¢ BUTTER 33c Lb. POT ROASTS | LEG LAMB | PORK ROASTS 10¢, 12%¢ 25¢ 22¢ g ums, rome “63c ure Lard, 2 Ls. 25¢, With a Purchase 88c es GOLDEN WEST Cor. FEB, 2441. cans. 2 Tall Co-Operative MILK .........seeeee HILLS’ Red Can Bulk COFFEE . 3 Ibs. for . CHEESE, Mild Full Cream, Ib. .. Lots of Specials at Green's NEW SPUDS 3 Lbs. 25c eng hl 3 Ibs. PRINCE, MEAT CO. STALL 38 Sanitary Markel, Lower Floor STALL 38 Next to Elevator Tilikum Market 121-128-125 Sanitary Market Firat Ave. Floor. QUALITY MEATS RIGHT PRICES COURTEOUS SERVICE -B5¢ NEW SPUDS ‘We are the manufacturers of DR. GREGORY'S HEALTH nee A real Health | frrona of delightful STALL 59 ‘All Fruita Cheap. HOP FRRWBHRG ox KAT? Ave. Market 1523% First Ave. Sanitary Market, Lower Floor tary Market. Opposite Clarke's Meat Mkt.