The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 27, 1921, Page 1

Tonight and hea Forecast y frost in morning; warmer Saturday. Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 34 Saturday, fair; On the Issue of Americani: Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, ee On under the Act of Congrens March 3, 1879. n There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 SEATTLE, WASH., FR IDAY, MAY 27, 1921 — folks. Didja buy eee _ James A. McKeon, who fought J Sectors in the world war, got Cents for his first do , work in Months, the pol! educting | the rest of his pay. H iy probably thanking his stars at that. If he'd on @ $3 job, he'd owe the com | $2. ee We were going to my that the ‘way McKeon got treated by Governor ‘Hart's poll tux makes the state of Washington look like 20 cents that’s wrong. It’s only 20 cents. eee But ‘ ‘Tongs are quiet down in China| / town this week, while lives are be Ing saved for 3 cents a day. Tones ‘are inert, but tongues keep wagging / THE H.C, OF L. China it takes but three cents Lifesavers | Believed her husband. | an able engineer when she} him. He was. sce ‘ Clause in Governor's Not court holds that where @ state office is subject to legisla le changes, an emergency clause is Where ALL state offices are | as in the civil code, an) cy clause is perfectly lawful. | e right: quite right! If you steal ts, you're @ thief. If you steal you're 2 financier. ‘Chairman Lunan of the K. P. tax committee says the proposed tax cut is a joke. To para- Lina Cavalieri’s ex-husband, Tige to interrogate: Who's loon- now? patience spent, I loudly thun C ‘e me Main 600°" a Fae I must have blun dered her sweet voice said, “0600.” yO" what—O"why— ‘gosh—O"h——-O' well — siege ti I’m dead ve her way—and say, |, please, Main 0600.” cry OUR HALL OF FAME Sometimes the team. is sluggish times it's full of pepper; ‘But good or bad. we lay It to old Prexy Kiepper. 77 Metropolitan press agent says Al) Jolson’s “Sinbad” on his present tour. | looking over the sweeties com “ing with him, we'd hardly say Jot | pon’s in bad. Hardly. oe - Jolson used to play the 10-20-30 game here in Seattle not so many | ‘years ago. We don't mean craps ‘He did three a day then, or was it pix? At any rate, he didn’t eat three @ day. A In those days you could get “ham and” for a song. Jolson could sing } al right, but he didn’t like ham. Grac £ LA very thin maiden was Grace, he had no occasion to lace; ) She was built like a lath, And whep she took a bath She just went and | eonmied in a vase | A-young man applied for a position with the electric company recently. | The manager was asking him ques} ‘tions. He said Do you drink?” Whereupon the applicant for the job : “Thank you, sir, I'll have a small one.” i * THE HEAVY, HEAVY CLOUDS HUNG DARK Huntington (Pa.) Courier Our wife is in bed sick and J am yj } }got in touch with the a Pa Pah tn Pit st tte tate BY 10,000 PLURALITY THE STAR IS DAILY ELECTED SEATTLE’S FAVORITE. PAPER} ANOTHER WOMAN MISSING IN THE MAHONEY DISAPPEARANCE 12 LATE EDITION BERGDOLL PROPERTY IS SEIZED | Government Takes Holdings Under “Trading-With- Enemy” Act PHILADELPHIA, May —The entire property of Grover Cleveland | Bergdoll, ‘milifonaire draft dodger, Was seized by the United States gov- ernment here today. Colonel Thomas W. Miller, allen property custodian of the United States, arrived in Philadelphia and personally made the selture by direc: tion of President Harding and under authority of the “trading with-the. enemy” act. Colonel Miller arrived in Philadel. phia from Chicago and was met By Major Vincent A. Carroll, his per: sonal attorney, at North Philadel phia station, Miller and Carrol! then United States attorney and the United States | marshal, who had previously received instructions from the attorney gen- eral as to the contemplated action by the government. Mra. Emma C. Berg?oll, who re- cently testified before the house com. mittee investigating the escape of her son, and who testified that she held & power of attorney for him, was sent for by the United States marshal and was thefe examined by Colonel! Miller and Major Carroll as to her holdings Mrs. Bergdotl served with a formal make a detailed teport of holdings of Grover Cleveland Berg doll, and was notified that all of the estate of Grover in Philadelphia, | which included the “Bergdoll castle at 52nd and Wynnefield ave., would be taken over by the alien property custodjane and would be administered by that office Miller and Carroll then went to the several banks where Bergdoll’s funds are deposited and served similar de m of thone in rned at immediately demand to all of the was nds on the president stitutions, When it was the banks that funds beienging to Grover were deposited in the name of Emma C. Rergdoll. the presidents | of the Institutions were ted to sequester all depoxtta in erg | doll’s name until the interest of Gro- ver Bergdoll in the ascertained deposits can be The banks where the Bergdoll funds are deposited are the ple's Trust company, Northwes tional bank, Real Estate Trust company, and Drexel & Co An attachment on all of the slack- | er’s holdings inahe Bergdoll Brewing | company plant wag also made by Miller, All. mortgages to Grover Bergdoll and the tenants in his prop: | rties will be served likewise, Miller announced. The roperties will be taken r Carroll and ad ministered by him for the alien prop- | erty custodian, and any money will} be turned into the treasury of the} United States with other property of | lien enemies that was seized in the ly part of the war, Colonel Miller | 4. This hae been the first seizure since June, 1919 Charges Girl-Bride of 15 Is Bigamist | | pearly down; but if the paper is sorry Bi are used to it now. Not knowing | how to set when Mayon left for better job; but @ printer mi | F gan understand what a hard Be Sve had, yet many a many would] n | have quit. What surprived us mont wan, that when we denounced un | fawful acta of public of the men who were the best kickers and loud ba re were th first to re lune us any support, It reminds u of taking up for a wife (once) hen | her busxband was quirting her! and d | if w jiffy che wag helping him to lick me! | see | DANGER! | id [ fast | . Who telle the bride al) i Of bia past. y Cobleigh second husband leged today when the ¢ into juvenile Rerringer said be the when nd her fir hag sep snnulment YORK, May 27.—-Florence | only 15, 4 mist, her Otto r, ab taken | rein, rl wa. court of until recently hie girl bi I, Robert Brack ur did not know previous marriage found t husband he that ide rated without se The sick d for hear lehuret ing an blonde ind good looking EET-TOOTHED | THIEF AT WORK eot-toothed thief ed compan Pike early with ing on Sv Some the Kieth Candy t, by Friday $59. worth ente 80 window and e ndy. rem¢ mornin waned BOOTLEGGERS CAPTURED AFTER DEPUTY IS SHOT War ‘Vet Gets. “Paid in Full” MOTORCOP Twenty Cents for Day’s Work! NABS 2 IN Two Wine Downs, nic. THE First NATIONAL BANK OF SrATTLr. a wg cet Enlited, of Iedeaied. S¢ 88 MINT yet dhe “Wtet Sorting D3 ntajeion Pres sarviee® “UNAM Rt STE odd hes oll Mertemarehip, power quoltfcction or settng: Tota en lpatd ——_ HeSemanship: hele oh - E+ ES it Sk EAR Casa Seana <i A ty Mang 2 tf. Cras. Ciregte ©p 4, Quy 207s Rooter Sera ‘saan agasnaar € pinay 2 4 Nba ge hse pore asta Knmarledge of avy socetten > Wounds vecetied in sertion: NS ' ¥8 Typhoid grephglacis comeleted VEN be 19-7 Paretyphaid proptyasis completed IS 6.24 19.11. Married on single : Saapea le Above—The check ex-Soldier McKeon received for the first job he had held in many months. > , , ee Charles Cato, 8% Post st. was al Below-—McK eon's record of service in the world war. most killed becnuse: he refused’ a Inset—James A. McKeon. drink Thursday A dap swaggered James A, MeKebdn helped to make (s many, Dec, 1, 1918, to April 8 For three months this spring he]. to him at polyps ig: the world “safe for democracy ie [ hie bie, |anrened in vain for a job in Seat-| pe and offered him a. drink MeKetn did his “bit.” | wa te, om A. McKeon did his bit, | tle. lot Jamaic Ginger * rm ; At last, broke and despe When Cato refused, the bibulous His “bit consisted of staring un-| 7 i his neemasaae, © ; : ciate: And then he came hom found one, Lt was in the T xtranger drew a “razor and chased flinchingly into the of eee Docks. He was so enthusiastic over | him to Cedar st in the thick of the tremendous bat Millionaire Ends) his job—-so anxious to make good—|" sforal: Never refuse a drink! tles which turned tue Hun back to [he searcely paused for lunch Berlin Life With Shotgun | And then ut the end of the day | i\Budget S te I tor MeKeon was in the k of) INDIANAPOLIS, May Frank {they came to him and told him the judge ystem is those battle HH. Wheeler, 57, millionaire, blew eff) job was « 1, that the work for | Sent to Harding That he escaped unseathed was|the top of hie head with a shotgun }which he 1 been employed was | Mi hin good fortune, Yanks whostought|at his’ palatial Riverside home early. eampleted | WASHINGTON Ay tae beside him in the big engagements | toda The butler found the body Well,” thought McKeon, “I've; bill establishing a federal budge were killed in droves Jin a bath room, TH health caused | earn enough to keep me in eats, system was nt. ta th H service record reads thus him to take his own life for coup of days, anyway.” lte sign, by action of the house to- ttlew, engagements, skirmishes,| Wheeler was president of the| They handed him his check, And It approved the conference expeditions: Alsace sector, May 18. Wheeler-Sehebler Carburetor com-|McKeon rubbed his eyes and stared, | report on the measure. 018, to July 1918; Aisne-Marne | pany resident of the Langsen His $5 poll tax had been deducted. P. rs rf offensive, July 1918, to Auguet 7, kamp- Wheeler Brass company, and |The check was for cental | THE REV. J. D. 0, POWERS will | 1918; OlxeAlune offensive, August|he had other financial connections, | -¢ de Memorial day address be: | 26, 1918, (a eptember 6, 1918; Meuse-| He was one of the organizers of the Note Gov, Hart id that the poll, fore the King County Demoeratic | Argonne offensive, Sept. 26, 1918, to] Indianapolis motor speedway con x law to cath the;elub Saturday noon ut Mego cafe Nov, 11, 1918; army of cecupation in pany, flouting, shifters, itinerant clas 11 BOOZE C He Handcuffs Them and Drives to Town Within a short time after Deputy Sheriff R. E. Murphy had been shot in the leg while attempting Bothell highway, bringing a load of liquor from Canada, Motorcycle Patrolman A, J. Hill captured two suspects and an auto at the city limits Friday afternoon, The auto contained four cases o! whisky, two case of gin. DIDNT HAV DISPLAY HIS Hill attempted to stop the car as it approached the city limits. On hin command to halt, however, the car gathered speed. Hill pur sued it on his motoreyele, drew alongwide and, without displaying his gun, forced the two occupants to stop. He then handcuffed them, got into the car with them, and forced them to drive to a grocery store, where he telephoned for the patrol wagon At police station, where the pair To N of Martin P cngdahl, 38. erson, Neither gave the name 28, and John was armed. When believed to have been fleeing from a |heavily-armed sheriff's posse, which was patrolling the highway towards Bothell. DEPUTY SHERIFF | MURPHY SHOT Deputy Sheriff Murphy rushed jinto the sheriff's office late in the forenoon with blood streaming down his leg, from a bullet wound. With jin 10 minutes be was leading a posse of deputies of Ris assailants. who followed hi prepared to stage a battle bootleggers, in case they covered Murphy was not badly hurt, it was said, the bullet having merely grazed his leg. with the were dis Rickenbacker at Omaha on Flight OMAHA, Neb. May Eddie Rickenbacker, who was forced to abaridon hit one-stop transconti nental flight when his plane crashed enne last night arrived her passengér on a regular air mail at 11:50 a m, today. will leave on the air mail plane plane will be plane Rickenbacker reghiar east bound at 1:20 p.m. This piloted by Pilot stop ix Towa City, ORAL: NEVER Without Displaying Weapon, | wvelieved to bey | wacks of beer and a were booked on an open charge, they.| captured by Hill they are/ and policemen in search | Sheriff Starwigh and the deputies | The next) REFUSE DRINK! TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE | * Seneca st.? today Mrs. Kate M ex-convict, Mrs, Barnes, | Denverite, circumstances a few days before * aboney, mystery trunk. investigation NEW FORGERY IS HINTED; CAPTIVE LOSING NERVE First Mrs. Mahoney ppeared “Trip East,” Police Are Told; Prisoner Got Divorce LATEST IN MAHONEY MYSTERY: 1]—Mrs. J. J. Barnes, said to be fiancee of A. Morris, advertising man who gave informati on case to police, is mysteriously missing. 2—Enmil J. Brandt, notary in Lumber Exchan | building, quoted as saying that “Mrs. Mahone who gave power of attorney over her husband, is not the same woman he as Mrs. Mahoney. Brandt refuses to confirm ¢ deny alleged statement. to capture an automobile on the/3——St, Paul police report “Mahoney,” who there, was a man over 50, accompani young woman; man too old to be Mahoney. no trace at all ‘oftelderly bride. 4—Police learn that Mahoney’s first wife, mat eight years ago, disappeared ostensib! east and that Mahoney later obta’ charging desertion. Wife never showed up. |5—Mrs. Kate Stewart, Vancouver, B. C., niece Mrs. Mahoney, states she believes letter in wh pron ad woman proposed ‘to buy her share’ le properties was a forgery. \G6—Capt. Tennant asks city officials for money | buy new apparatus for dragging Lake Union f | 1 * What has become of Mrs. J. J. Barnes, who until last April 9 con- |ducted a smali lingerie shop at 915 ‘That became the leading question in’ the further into the mysterious disappearance of | year-old | wealthy bride of James FE, Mahoney, held by the police, a trained nurse, the divoreed wife of a formerly wealthy vanished under unusual Mrs. Mahoney dropped out of sight, TO ARRY MO! ged to marry jhe had Mrs. E. Mille the Seneca st. s over from Mrs. that Mrs. Saturday mornt to Vancouver, gram from | posed was Mr. ery ill, She leave on the | Mrs, Miller said ha {told me Mrs. lowing day, she ha day afternoen. imain in t |mat at the front FOUND THE K {1 house for dinner | that she hadn't 9 dinner and in the note |had come over ‘him, Tacoma for Var would be back 1 | utter, tomer of the she with/the old woman,” he city, REIS A.J r, hop, w Barnes, s ng. c Morris, said Saturday d Deen that 9, SAID SHE WAS ENGAGED Acquaintances of Mrs. Barnes said }today she had told them she was en Morris, an ad-| went fully armed, | vertising man, who was often seen at her shop and who two days ago went to Captain of Detectives Charles E. ‘Tennant with the information overheard a plot to do away Mrs. Mahoney present owner of h she took | id Friday Barnes had phoned her on April | was imperative for her to go at once B ; ‘She said she had received atele- her friend, who I sup was that he she wanted night boat,” “L came down to see her and we completed arrangements for my pur. e of the store. Then Mrs. Barnes invited by Lewis to Sunday dinner the fol- and if she de- would meet at the store about 3 o'clock Sun If she did not door. KY UNDER THE MAT Mrs ‘ked M from neouver, n about Boren a hen | found a note Mrs. 1 President | had left for me in the shop, that one of hi Ta [that she had lett for Ta that she would take the boat at > B. am days later Mrs, ave. informed me that she said she would |leave the key to the store under the “When I came to the store Sunday | to have told them that he knew it was about & o'clock. Mrs, Barnes | Mrs, Mahoney well was not here, but 1 found the key| Dispatches from St, Paul say the funder the mat. A little later Mrs, | police of that city are convinced Ma- Lewis phoned, and asked if Mrs.|/honey was never in St. Paul. He larnes had gét away all right, I{has told police here that he and his d 1 didn’t know, and asked Mrs. |Dride went there on their honeymoon wis if Mrs. Barnes had gone to her | snd »wis replied | hotel arnes: hadn't expected her, rhes | have « She said | tered brothers | Was a.much older man than the real and | Mahoney with |saw “Mrs. Mahoney,” it is said. Ma. mat ma C., nonth, RK. that @ cus |Woman, the dispatch said, who may Disa; on a tri a divoi * * 8 & a had been talking to Mrs. in the shop Saturday evening, Mr. Morris was here at the time, that he and Mrs, Barnes left the | place about 9 or 10 o'clock. a | GROCERIES ORDERED IN PECULIAR MANNER “The grocer on the corner | over to collect a bill that Mrs. B owed him, and when F told him gone and I didn’t know where, said she had been making pure |in a peculiar way for several days’ |fore she left. She would order coffee | and certain kinds of canned goods one day, and on the next duplicate” | the order, so that when she left she — | must have had quite a stock of cans ned stuff to take with Jer. : “This fact leags me to believe she — |was planning to start housek |right here in town or some place close by.” Mrs. Miller said she was quite sure Mrs, Barnes knew the Mahoneys, and }had an intimation, after learning: about the grocery purchases, that Mrs. Barnes might have gone to ‘live with, the elderly bride of the ex-convict. Since Morris gave his information — about the alleged plot to “get” Mra. Mahoney to Capt. Tennant, the ad+ vertising man has refused to talk. OTHER INFORMANTS REFUSE TO TALK So also has Emil J. Brandt, notary — in the Lumber Exchange building, in Whose office Mahoney is said to have jobtained alleged bogus papers con- veying to him power of attorney over |his wife's property, Brandt denied _ jthat he had made any statement to: the effect that the woman who ac companied Mahoney to his office when the papers were signed and | Witnessed was not Mrs. Mahoney, but | some other woman, The inference drawn by business acquaintances in .the butlding, whe talked to Brandt after the incident, was that it was some other woman who signed the papers. Brandt is it to a re: registered at the St. Francis The hotel staff, when shown a de f Mahoney, are said to ed that the man who regis. James FE. Mahoney and wife" to} |seription No © » about the hotel honey is 37. The man who signed nd/the register, it is said, was more |than. 50. This man was H seen with a young (Turn to Page 4, Column 32 |