The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1921, Page 7

MONDAY, MAY. 16, isa. | SAYS SHE WILL SUE ra alleged Feminine Bluebeard Declares She Is Innocent of Killing Husbands HONOLULU, T, H., May 16.—Mrs Lydia Southard, held as an alleged feminine Bluebeard, with the murder of four husbands and a brotherinlaw, today’ held firmly to her claim that she was a natural typhoid carrier, and that her hus hands died of typhoid fever tracted from her. “After I am préven innocent I will Sue my accusers on the main land charged con, " for damages,” she declared, in an exclusive statement for the United , . Press. i DENIES GETTING SMF INSURANCE : a “I never had typhoid fever myself, but I am convinced that my hus Dands contracted it from me, )Beientists say I can be a carrier / without being affected. “As to my collecting insurance Policies when my husbands died, 1) ever collected any, altho I had a due me. “There was some talk after my I had an inquest held then.” Mrs. Southard asked Chief of De tectives McDuffie what kind of pol. son she was charged with using. “Why, I understand it was the kind they kill weeds with.” McDuffie answered. “They'll have to prove that,” Mra. Southard commented. services ir the jail yesterday “I don't care for that sort of thing.” Mrs. Southard told the jail matron. The matron is kept with her constantly. GIVEN FREEDOM OF THE JAIL Mrs. Southard now eats and asso- ciates with the other women prison- ers, and ts given the liberty of the jail. Yesterday she signed a statement formally waiving extradition. ee Third Husband Had Attack of Fever STOCKTON, Cal. May 16.--That Harlan C. Lewis, third husband of Mrs. Lydia Southard, now under ar Fest in Honolulu, was a possible ? typhoid victim, was indicated in a Statement today by Mrs. Henry "Shafer, of Stockton, at whose home Lewis lived for three years. At the time of his marriage, Lewis employed by the Holt Manufac company here as a traveling salesman, later going to Colorado as & representative of that concern. | Returning to Stockton in March, Agia. Lewis visited the Shafer home. Er] “T hardly knew him.” said Mrs. Shafer. “Before he was a fine, well built man, weighing at least 220 . When he came back he did weigh over 170. I said, “Why, Harlan, what has happened to you; you look so poorly? He said, ‘I've had typhoid fever.” Promising a surprise, Lewis re turned to the Shafer home next day With a woman whom be introduced | as his wife, and who, according to description, is believed to have been : Southard. According to her : , they were married in Los ‘The couple remained, in Stockton six weeks. Nothing further heard of them until the arrest Mrs. Southard. ORCES GUNMAN TO KILL SELF “}Jap Uses Tiu- lit Jitsu Methods on Thug After forcing a Japanese twogun man to shoot himself thru the heart by using juljiteu on him Sunday night, Kichitaro Tanaka surrendered to police. The body of the dead gun- man, K. Nakamura, is at the county morgue. Tanaka sald he was lying on a bed fn the room of a friend in the Alki hotel, 204% Fifth ave. S., When Nak amura opened the door. Nakamura had an automatic pistol in one hand and a revolver in the other. He start ed firing, according to Tanaka. Be- fore the third shot was fired, Tanaka had leaped to his feet and was grap pling with Nakamura By a jul-jitew hold, he forced Naka- mura to press the gun against his own breast and pull the trigger. The bullet fired from the gun held in Nakamura’s own hand pierced Nak- Qmura's heart. Tanaka told police that Nakamura _@as revengefyl towards him, blam- ins him for the loss of a job in a nnery at Blaine, Tanaka had been working on a Bellevue farm. He quit that job Saturday night after Naka mura had demanded $39 from him, it was to be reparation for _ saying the alleged wrong. Police may they have accepted Tan- aka's story Mrs. Carleton Loses Fight for Pension Mrs. Guy Carleton, widow of Po lice Sergeant Carleton, lost her fight in the state supreme court Saturday for a pension equal to half the for- mer pay of her dead husband, Seargeant Carleton was shot and killed by Patrolman C, E more than a year ago when he was riding with Roselius’ automobile wife. Prisoner Leaps Off Train and Escapes waping the custody of Deputy U. Jo trace of Aguerrle been found Monday. Jast husband died, and that was why/ Roselius| ACCUSED WIFE] ue Mrs. is in jail in Honolulu await- Lydia Southard, w ho} ing return to the United States to stand trial on a \charge of poisoning four hus- bands and a_ brother-in-law. |The photo was obtained from |the Portland Bertillon de- partment. ‘HOPE MINE WAR Situation Reported Quiet at Sunup WILLIAMSON, W. Va, May 16.— She refused to attend religious) Peace hopes in Mingo county's mine | May war were strengthened at sunup to. | |day when the snipers’ positions in the! West Virginia hills were quiet Authorities, however, feared new | attacks on the half dogen little mining towns in the Tug River valley might open at any time. The industrial war between strik ing coal miners and company em ployes was quieter yesterday than at any time since the desperate engage ment began last Thursday morning. The casualty list of six dead and an indefinite number w changed by early reports here Arrival in Pike county, Kentucky of two companies ‘of Kentucky guardsmen quieted the snipers. De tachments were sent to Alburn and MeCarr, where beavy fighting was in progress last week. Anether company was stationed near Merrtmac A truce in the alburn, Black berry City and McCarr sections has been arranged. Five snipers were trapped by Ken. tucky guardsmen today. They were implicated by an alleged confession of Richard Beverly, arrested when Pike county, Kentucky, sheriffs made & surprise rear attack on the hidden forces in the Kentucky hilla Authorities at Devon, east of here, reported the finding of an unidenti fied body there today. The sheriffs office here believed the man was wounded in the fighting and made his way to Devan before succumb ing. The body of another unidentified man was found at Chattaroy today The death had no connection with the guerilla fighting, however. HERE’S MORE ABOUT BONUS TIEUP STARTS ON PAGE ONE day got paid on greatly separated dates.” EVERYBODY'LL AGREE THAT “SOMETHING IS WRONG” Hervey Lindley, adjutant of Rainier-Nobie post, has this to say about the bonus: “Something is wrong. The bonuses are not being paid promptly. We have scores of complaints daily— complaints from vets who absolutely need the money, who put in their applications on the first day and have received nothing. “I could quote scores of cases sim ilar to that of Richard E. Dougherty who sent in his application two months ago. When he wrote to in quire about the delay, he was noti fied that it had not been received. “The slow payment of the bonus is partially responsible for the vets’ unemployment problem. Most of the indigent vets come here, and we know.” The Star discovered at Olympia that the work is slow, Here's what has to be done The bundles are opened by a receiving clerk. The application is briefed, entered in a numerical register, in an alphabetical in- dex, checked for residence and service, checked by welfare com- mission checkers, computed for length of service, rechecked and okehed for payment, sent to the auditor for warrant, be regis- tered, abstracted and mailed. Clausen and Tweedy were both asked by The Star: “Despite this detafl of work, couldn't it be handled quicker if more persons were put on the job?” They both replied “It Wouldn't do any good. The two ‘narrows’ are the signing of the warrants and the veterans’ commis sion check, It's no use to hurry up the rest of the business, when these two things cannot be.done faster.” Gideons to Furnish Volunteer Bibles Seattle Gideons celebrated nation. al Gideon Sunday with services in the auditorium of the Volunteers of | America building, Rasiroad ave, and Washington st, Gideons are Chris | tian traveling men, and one of their functions is placing Bibles in hotel rooms. Sunday they voted to pur- chase 100 Bibles to give to the Vol unteers of America for distribution in the rooms of the Volunteers’ hotel | 3 _N Y Laure Brom well, avitarix, 23, breaks world's rec lord for women with 199 loops in air fplane. CENTRALIA —Eighteen cows burned to death in fire that destroys dairy barn of Charley K. Kamoay, WILL BE ENDED; ENTENTE CRISIS GROWS SERIOUS Briand Peeved by Lloyd George’s Attitude BY WEBB MIL PARIS, May Pr will thr " | from the entente if withdrawal | ten at Britain per [sists in her “anti-Polish” attitude, it Was predicted in official circles today Briand refused to Premicr Lioyd ge until ne nas optained a vote of confidence from the chamber of deputies, permitting him to exert the utmost pressure © probably wat Bou meet Thurs: | 4 for “ differe Upper Stlest Briand and Licyd Ge will hold a private Interv }logne after t mber Jday, Lloyd ¢ ference to ® sountries in the © that the meet miest nature, aroused over | nt before the a statement made hb interests, edicted, will de | supported in| coal lands Briand being th a UNO | with Bria mand that France be her plan to keep the rich | Silesia away from the Germans He will go further, it was belieted and demand that France have the de termining voice in settling all nental matters involved in the Ver sailles treaty POLISH LEADER DEFIES TEUTONS: Says Anarchy Threatens Upper Silesia » D. GROAT BY ¢ SCHOPPINITZ, Upper Silesia, 16 ‘Anarchy will reign in Upper Silesia if Germany is per tted to send troops into the country,” Adalbert Korfanty, Pol ish leader, declared today in an linterview with the United Preas “The Germans will be slaughtered if they advance,” he declared. “A division of Upper Silesia, gtv | ing Poland jess than she claims, will result in anarchy.” SAYS DECISION MUST BE JUST | Korfanty said he planned to re-/ tire asx soon as the allies reach a decision reganting Upper Silesta “But if the decision is not just.” | he declared, “if it dors not give |} Poland the territory marked by the | Korfanty line, anarchy will follow.” | Korfanty’s trail ied the cor respondent a long chase thru the/ mountainous Silesian country. His! followers everywhere gave mislead ing directions, Some said be was at the front, actively commanding the Polish insurgents. Others maid he had gone to Paris to negotiate directly with the alties. He finally was located In this little city in his headquarters—« mere shack. Kortanty himself was far from being the corpulent, contented man who represented Poland prior to the plebiscite. He was nervous and thin, clearty worried by the attitude of Great Britain as made plain last by Premier Lioyd George. don't intend to fight the} he said. “We will demo bilize at Ples and Rybnik if they want us to COMPLAINS ALLIES | DIDN'T HELP HIM “But the Germans win be jslaughtered if they attempt to | counter attack on us.” | Korfanty complained that the allied troops had not aided him. | The Italian and British forees could clear the situation immediately if |they would side with the Poles, be| said. Korfanty's shabby aide de camp, Gen. Doliva, echoed his chiefs words: “We'll stand for nothing less than a just decision,” he sald. “We won't consider the award of this little southeastern section of Upper | Silesia as a just decision. If they try that His threat was not completed. . |British Press Is “ Supporting George BY ED L. KEEN ‘LONDON, May 14.—Premier Lioyd |George today drew almost unani- mous support for his attitude on Sil esta from the British press, Such divergent organs at the Dally Herald, radical labor paper, and the Northeliffe papers declared that Lioyd George waa right. The anti-Lioyd George papers tem- pered their approval with criticisms of the manner in which his was made to commons last The Times declared Lioyd ¢ statement that Poland's line in Up: per Silesia cannot be recognized un- doubtedly showed an anti-Poljsh bias. With the exception of the Post, which virulently attacked the pre | mier, the press was united In assert ing that “Poland must quit filbuster. ing.” LONDON HUNTS FIRE PLOTTERS; LONDON, May fay 16 —Ralding of | Sinn Fein meeting places continued here today ax a result of 11 attempts to fire buildings in London and sur | rounding towns yesterday | Suspected Sinn Feiners and docu ments were taken to police stations | for careful examination. The discov: | ery dresses of relatives of members of the royal Irish constabulary bore out | the first belief that the incendiarism | was meant as a reprisal for the con-/ stabulary’s Work in Ireland, today in the districts attacked by the incendiaries, who were prepared with petrol and other inflammable material No serious damage was done any of the buildings, but five persons were wounded as a result of surprise attacks by the police. WALLA WALLA.—David B. Fer rel, 50, rancher, found dead in bath. | room with gas turned on. TOULOUSE, France.—Twelve per sons killed 50 hurt when two pas songer trains leave tracks near here of penciled notes on the ad-|}} Extra police detalis were on watch |) et HE SEATILE SrA5. PAGE 7 “Success Is Sexless” She Banishes Stage Miss Catherine Curtis, movie prodycer NEW YORK, May 16.—You pro ably have felt that because you a & woman you are handicapped tn the business world and that you |must use different methods and have an entirely different code Perhaps you feel that sex counts one way or the other—elther for or |againat success Ranish the thought! Mise Catherine Curtis, Curtia should know for she is pres dent and executive manager of the! Catherine Curtis Corporation, one of the few woman-controlied moving picture companies in the game, sayn Sex does not countt “If there are any rules for suo "says Mise Curtis, “the same ones apply for women as for men | The eapentials of succems are the THUGS THREATEN TO SHOOT GIRL Suspect Her ‘of Telephoning | to Police ‘Two bandits held up the Warren Drug Co, 1127 Howell st., Sunday night. Mins Elizabeth Weed, 19, pharma | cist, waa telephoning when the rob bers entered. They did not see her at first, but turned their attention on F. B. Umbarger, clerk. When they did notice that Miss Weed was using the phone, they suspected she was giving an alarm and threatened to shoot. Miss Wged quickly hung up. The bandits sto™ about $100 trdfa two cash registers and a small safe | Talk Sliding Scal Scale for City Salaries Proposals that salary schedules of city employes be revised from time to time, conditions change, that sy ed employes be re t the civil service com: mission require city employ gage In no general strik considered by a Muni committee, which will at the weekly juncheon at Just 10 and Minx | [name tn every case—determination, | energy and an ideal higher than that of mere selfish desire for per sonal gain and glory.” Miss Curtis’ first contact with | pictures came when she was asked by Harold Bet) Wright y the part of Sammy Lane in the photo. play from his book, “The of the Hills.” In a#pite of the fact that whe ts | exceptionally fo04 looking and might have had a future on tho ntage Mise Curtis saw the pomsbilities of production, and with the experience from acting in just one picture she made plans for a company of her own, took the plans to some New York financiers, who saw their value, and ere long was putting out her first play-—The Sky) Pilot \trom Ralph Conno USES FILETO Man Found Dead in Hotel With Wound in Heart | Suicide was the theory adopted by Coroner W. H. Corson and detectives | Monday after an investigation into the death of J. Kelly, Kelly was found stabbed thru the heart with @ | plece of file in his room at 1755% | First ave. S, Saturday night Murder theories were advanced but | |bedy was found by M. Saiki, | prietor. 7 Speaking Parts in “Wayfarer” Unfilled | While Seattle men who will handle the title role of “The Wayfarer,” re- University of Washington stadium July 23 to 20, have been selected, there still remain seven speaking parts to be filled. These are in ad dition to the several thousand voices that are to compone the big chorus. Rehearsal and tryout, to which the lic is invited, will be he at the First M. E. church at Miss rman, Nellie and Guy ¢ construction engineer for Adams county, married. | of These Cabinet Refrigerators At This Price: Special $27.00 ‘EN homes will profit considerably in acquir- ing these efficient Refrigerators. They are in the style pictured, of hardwood in golden | oak finish, enamel-lined, with two tinned wire | shelves. Fifty-pound ice capacity. Outside di- mensions, 31x17x41 inches, Special $27.00. —THE. DOWNSTAIRS STORE FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVE AND PINE STREET Shepherd | STAB HIMSELF | dinwipated by later investigation. The | pro- | ligious pageant to be staged at the | | Another World 8 8 Auto Tires Are Fair for Portland! Stolen From Garage A world’s fair of immense magni ‘Theft of eight automobile trea om with having falsified | tude ix being planned by the Atlantic|..4 inner tubes from machines Si ils bonus claim, wea begun in Judge | and Pacific h a etrical | and Pacific Highways and Wlectrical| ee of Robert Hughes Ream Calvin 8. Call's court Monday morn EB xponition to be held in Portland In ing. ndmitted | | 965 |Lake Burine, Saturday night, wae 1925 to celebrate the reported to Sheriff Matt Starwich he applied for compensation for a year more of service than he per Monday morning by Hughes. Depte ties are investigating. Ex-Soidier Accused of Fake Bcnus Claim! Trial of Herbert W, Contes, former | soldier, char Coats in anid to have 100th anni versary of the founding of Vancou ver, Wash., which marked the begin ning of the Py Northwest | formed, but to have claimed he made | @ mistake. _ FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET DOWKSTAIRS STORE Tuesday’s Offerings In the Numbered Booths —some are odd lots greatly underpriced, others are new purchases marked at much lower prices than usual. Any one of these offerings is worth a special visit to the Down- stairs Store, Tuesday. BOOTH NO. 1 Wool Tie-on Sizes for women and misses in these Tie-back Sweaters ; : Ritiaced to / Sweaters; with long or short sleeves. Plain Brown, Navy, Peacock, Bisque and Turquoise, also strike $1.45 ing combination colorings. Sizes 38 to 42. & —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORB | BOOTH NO. 2 Remarkably attractive value in these Hats, which | are fashioned of rows and rows of ribbon and hemp jf braid, and faced with hemp straw; may be bent into any shape to suit the whim of the wearer, Plain white and combinations of white with orchid, Harding-blue, jade, navy and black. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORB Smart New | Sports Hats | $2.95 Ruffled Slip-over Aprons | Special | | | 85c | Cretonnes Reduced to | the Yard i | 25¢ Pottery | Flower Bowls) 95c _ WasteBaskets Special 20c 1,500 Yards of Percales Special, the Yard 17c BOOTH NO. 3 Narrow ruffles of plain pink or blue percale edge these Novelty Aprons, and they are also trimmed with rick-rack braid. Side-fastening style, in polka- dotted, figured and striped patterns on white grounds. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE BOOTH NO. 4 About 2,500 yards of Cretonne in this Tuesday | offering—especially timely in view of Spring deco- rating requirements. A wealth of tapestry, floral. and bird patterns to choose from—all on good qual- ity cloth. Reduced to 25¢ yard. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE | BOOTH NO. 5 An unusually low price for these American Pottery | Bowls—in the low, flat shape that permits such — graceful arrangements of flowers. In mat green finish, measuring 61 inches in diameter. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE BOOTH NO. 6 Woven Eastern Hardwood Splint Baskets in natu- ral color, with contrasting strips through center; desirable for home, apartment house and hotel use. Special 20¢. BOOTH NO. 7 In lengths from 10 to 20 yards (which will be cut © as desired), these excellent-quality Percales in light colorings, patterned with stripes, figures and dots. An exceptional opportunity to save on material for house dresses, aprons and children’s wear. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE. | | | | | | | | i]! —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE BOOTH NO. 9 Priced sharply below their regular value are these New Windsor Ties, in plain colorings—Black, Red, Green, Navy, Pink and Light-blue, also plaids and styles with scattered designs. More than 1,000 to sell at 10¢ each. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Windsor Ties| 10c ‘ BOOTH NO. 10 More than 600 garments in this clearing of broken lines — Women’s Vests, Union Suits and Corset Covers, also Children’s Vests and Pants and Boys’ Balbriggan Drawers. To sell Tuesday at a greatly reduced price—15¢ garment._rue pownstams sToRE Broken Lines of Knit Underwear 15c Men’s French-cuff Shirts Reduced to $1.85 Broken Lines of Women’s Low Shoes Reduced $2.45 | BOOTH NO. 12 About 300 Shirts figure in this disposal offering Shirts of plain and novelty weaves in madras patterned with pencil and broad stripes in delicate colorings. Sizes 14 to 17. Greatly underpriced at $1.85. Correspondingly attractive values in a clearance group at $1.35. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE BOOTH NO. 13 ie Principally Pumps in this clearance offering of € Low Shoes—in Patent Leather and Black Kid— broken size assortments, reduced to $2.45 pair. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE