The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 30, 1921, Page 1

Weather im * Tonight Ah Forecast Nice—And now you have read of jokes, what do you sa: Bpice—I think you have a re- memo: eee YES? sends this: Before the land Went prohibition, Baxter used to Walk Uke this, But he's in No such condition, And he always Walks tke this, eee broken knuckle put Jimmy | Out of the Indianapolis speed ‘the §9th lap. It happened to Steering knuckle of his auto, eee have fine points, says maturalist. So have prickly and Texas steers, eee ve him @ good roasting, tho! core ALIBI NOUVELLE wen't got a cent. ; ‘s why I'm broke. ee is the one who kept a measure in the pantry, so s! meals. upon occasionally, eo eee {S CONVERSATIONS ene: ‘Waiting for the elevator in pet Girl—Hullo, Elsie! 1 didn't you were working here. What- Oh, I gotta swell job lickin’ ye: \Front seat in West Queen car. ‘oman—I never yet saw a baby—did you? No? ¢ get about 3 yearg old, cute, all right, but when they be 12 1 could wring their fen't Clear just what's wrong ‘the hotel proposition, but a lot nevertheless refuse to be- v the Metropolitan company wld make a proposition that would ‘of advantage to the university as well ae to itself. ea, sir; sometimes it’s the hardest jing to make people believe facts as hotel proposition {s something the case of a well-known citizen who, in the halcyon days of old, Goors used to swing to and fro | certain establishments, got to the point where he wept on the shoul- fers of the white-vested cent who ai d ansorted beverages over the bar. Finally, on closing time, wk. citizen had to be kicked and he staggered along till he = home. ” He fell on the stone steps several before he got to the door, #trik- ing that bruised, his eye. next morning his fellow pas- on the Madison car asked how he got the black eye. “] was drunk last night,” he said, proceeded to describe what the facts. | “Aw, quit your kidding,” they eaid. How Dib you REALLY get it?” At the office it was the same way. : ‘one would believe him. So when met a few cronies at lunch, he ented a story about having run a lady with an umbrella, and RYBODY believed him, WATER SHUT-OFF NOTIC ‘Water will be shut off in the district between 16th ave. 8. W. and 20th ave, 8. W., from W. Holden st. to W. Trenton st. y, from & a. m. to & p.m. | | | | RING SPECTACLE Stalwart and Feeble Ameri- can Heroes Pay Homage to Fallen Comrades the strapping khaki: | clad boys who turned back the Ger man hordes in 1914, in the stirring parade that opened Seattle's Memo- rial day exercises Monday. Under a radiant blue sky and be tween lines of cheering crowds, the Grand Army men passed in review In honor of the soldier dead. SPEEBDWAY, After driving a preferred to ride in gaily decorated automobiies. More than 60 years ago they fought at Lookout Moun- tain, at Seven Pines and at Gettys- burg, but now they are content to watch their sons, veterans of the Spanish war, and their grandsons, who fought In the world war, take their places In the serried ranks. Among the units that participated were the National troops, mem- the reserve officers train ing corps of the university, Spanish War Veterans, exwervice men of the| oud have prevented.” The parade was really a pageant wars that the United States has engaged in for the past From the grizaled vet Guard, regular sturdy men who fought at Chateau Thierry and in the Argonne, every army and every campaign was represented. MANY EYES MISTY AS G. A. R. REMNANTS FILE BY Muffied drufhs paid the heroic dead. Miss Eugene Dennis the hostess had to call a halt to her performance. She told one woman that she want- ed to come to the party, but that her She told what cer. tain women thought about the dresses of other women present. Before the hostess stopped her she “You didn't want to give this You said so to your husband ‘Let's grin and it over with, ATCHISON, Kan, May 30.—Mlss Eugene Dennis, with letters from persons who want The pick of husband didn't. amazed Kansas and Missourt, The deluge of mail followed pub- lashed accounts of her mind-reading demonstrations. Many women who write want to| know where they can find their lost Many eyes were misty aa the scattered remnant of KR. men filed by. veteran of ‘61 drew cheers as he swung by in his ragged regimentals, the blue-peaked cap and the black coat of Antietam and Vicksburg. Another veteran stirred the hearts of the spectators with bugle calls and marches of civil mile dash for $100,000 in prizes here today, before a crowd estimated at the greatest ever paid to see a sporting event, the race being on with a burst of "peed and rush of racing motors. BURNING SUN SCORCHES TRACK The machines were paced once around the two and a half mile track of brick, red hot from the burning sun, by Harry Stutz and the veteran driver, Barney Oldfield. to cover as Girls want to know if their sweet hearts really love them. Men want to know how to succeed bear it and get ridiculous, entertaining a bunch of people when none of us care for each other, but it has to be done, I guess. She has been particularly success ful in helping to locate lost articles. tesides the deluge of letters, the| gion marched telephone tinkles at all hours of the/ day and evening with calls from Kan- sag and Miasouri cities. They ask thousands of other ques. days. Members of the American Le- in uniform A de Canadian — soldiers, veterans of Flanders, was cheered mightly as it swept by. March music was furnished by !the bands of various fraternal or. Eugene first came into prominence | when she was invited to entertain party guests with her mind reading. Sho Was so frank about things that Keep Fantla! NNUMBERED ROSES too, we bring To quiet places where they slecp; Upon this day each glorious spring This simple pledge with them we keep. In foreign fields where crosses bear No fragrant tribute for our sons, Our hearts instead of blooms are there Fgr them who answered to the guns. They have not died—they only sleep— But lest we desecrate their rest Troth with the living we must keep, Their comrades on the crimson quest. They must not know that if they came To live with us again that we So soon forget their soldier's name And sacrifice to hold us free. They must not know that those same streets ‘That flared with flags and thundered cheers As they passed by with measured beats Could ever echo lies and jeers. Keep faith! Fail not the living now, Lest we should stain each gleaming cross-— For if they learn of it somehow Each soldier's grave would be a loss! —LEO H, LASSEN ward at a terrific drivers were Uned across the track three abreast as they crossed the starting tape. De Palma led over the first lap at a speed of nearly 100 miles an hour. Sarles, in his Dusenberg, was right on the Italian's tail, and Joe Royer was a close third. Sarles went ahead of De Palma in the second lap by a pace. The 23 the 10th division band, the Moose the Salvation Army the American drum corps, Women’s auxiliaries, fraternal or ders and patriotic societies com- pleted the list of marchers, PARADE FOLLOWED BY MEMORIAL EXERCISES ‘The parade was followed by mem: orial services at the Metropolitan the auspices of the The average speed for the first lap of all cars was 89.43 miles an eneakts “Maded Miller Post, G. A. Memorial exercises were also held at Evergreen park, in charge of the women’s auxiliary of the American Palma shoved his Paflot out the third lap with three others right on his tail. De Palma took the first four of five laps with the $100 prize for win ning each lap. Sarles went into the lead for the second time on the sixth Sarles was the first of the five drivers Palma, and he is making the Italian keep up a car-wrecking pace to stay At 12:15 the Grand Army veterans were the guests of the Elks at a luncheon held at the Good Eats The annual ceremony of decor. ating the graves of civil war veter. ans was scheduled to be held at Lake View cemetery at 3 o'clock. |SERVICES AT BELL ST. TERMINAL AT 5 P. M. At 6 o'clock a series of services in memory of sailors and marines will begin at the Bell St. Terminal, in charge of women's auxiliaries of the Grand Army. will be held at Colman dock at 6 o'clock, when women auxiliaries of jthe United Spanish War Veterans Jand the American Legion will cast flowers upon the waters in honor of jthe navy dead, ‘There was a general suspension of business thruout {Many families followed the custom lthat has grown up of late years of visiting the graves of their dead, De Palma regained the first post- tion again in the seventh lap. was out in front by a few inches. ninth ‘laps by good margins and the speedy yellow car was drawing away Joe Boyer took hin place at the lend of the crowd, out Palma, while the field. from Similar services dropped back. De Palma was holding a good lead at the 10th lap, taking eight out of the first 10 laps. Fontaine took to the pits for the second time in hig seventh lap to change six spark plugs. chine caught fire in the pits, He was delayed five minutes while the fire {Turn to Page 7, Column @ TENNANT SAYS MAHONEY TO ACCUSED OF MURD On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 TTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MAY 380, 1921. BOYS OF ’61 AND ’17 IN MEMORIAL PARAD DE PALMAIS Girl Amazes Two States'STIR FORCED OUT Her Mind Reading Shocks | Daring Pilot Drives Great Race and Leads at End of 250 Miles BY J. L. O’SULLIVAN Indianapolis, May | 30.—Ralph De Palma’s jinx got him today again In speedway classic. magnificent race for 113 laps, the Italian driver was forced from the race with a broken con- necting rod. He led tn the race for 108 laps, winning $100 in prize who laughs at the moth-! money for each lap he won. dpke must have married 49 Arter De Palma left the race, unable to repair his broken connec oj ting rod, the othér Givers settled don’t know yet wheth-| down to a steadier pace. Tommy act is a burlesque OF | yiiton was leading at the 118th lap and Saries was second, two laps behind. As De Palma pushed his ‘ASSEE? car into the garage, he said: I hear your hur| “Boys, it couldn't be helped. 7 home stewed the other| am thru for this year.” He did. And didnt) WAKES FIRST HALE De Palma's yellow speedster made the first 250 miles without a stop. He was driving under Gimme a dime for eats,| handicap asx the other teams were constantly rushing him to make him drive his car to pieces. you are smoking | They also attempted to pocket him, of the race drivers kept urging his mount to an ever-inct mother of whom), steady but daring race. The time for the the race was the fastest ever seen children took @Y¥/on the Indianapolis track, despite the burning sun beating down on It was approaching an good deal Ifke @/ average of 94 miles an hour at the ‘He must allow himself to} 250th mile. Seven cars went out of the race during the first 250 miles, unable to stand up under the gruelling, pace. the world’s’ anto- drivers got away St.Mihiel and Wilderness in the Same Car In one automobile rode a gray haired veteran of the Battle of the Wilderness. Next to him, with his arm about his shoulder, mat a khaki-clad lad who fought at St. Mihiel. Veterans both, tho more than years, and 3,000 miles, separated the bloody battles that they won! And draped on the Stars and Stripes that floated at the front of the car was a tiny bit of black bunting, symbol of mourn- ing for the comrades of ‘61 and ‘98 and 1917 that died on the field of battle for their country. 7 ARE KILLED IN PLANE FALL 5 Army Officers and 2 Civil- ians Dead marched; the great majority of them) waswINGTON, May 89—Inves- tigation will show that the pilot of the CurtimEagie plane was looking for a landing place when the big airship crashed to the ground, kill- tng seven, according to the belief of Secretary of War Weeks. ‘Weeks, at the White House to day, said there would be a thoro investigation of the accident near Indian Head, Md, during the storm Saturday night. At the same time, he said it appeared to be “an act of God which no human agency A board of inquiry appointed by Maj. Scanion, commandant at Boll- ing field, today went to the scene of the accident and reported that there was no defect in the control of the plane. The control still | worked. Brigadier General Mitchell, as- sistant chief of the army alr ser- vice, also will appoint a board of inquiry. Reports had been circulated that |the machine, a Curtiss-Eagle ambu- |400-horsepower Liberty motor, was poorly balanced. The craft struck the ground in a nose dive from an unknown height during a terrific wind and electrical storm. The dead are: Lieutenant Colone} Archie Miller, Washington; congressional medal of honor man.» 4 A. C. Batchelder, Washington executive chairman of the American Automobile Association, Maurice Connolly, Dubuque, Iowa; former congressman and major. Lieutenant Staniey M. Ames, Washington; who piloted the ma- chine, Lieutenant Cleveland W. McDer- mott, Langley Field, Va. Lieutepant John M. Pennowell, Langley Field, Va. Sergeant Richard Bluemenkranzie, Washington. The airplane crashed while return- ing “from a trip to Langley field, ar Néwport News, to witness a re- view of the army aerial forces which are to participate in bombing tests off the Virginia capes next month, Captain De Lavergne, French air attache, and Congressman Walsh of Massachusetts, and Campbell of Kansas, who made the trip from Washington, failed to make the re- turn flight and came back to the capital by boat. Harding Reviews : Memorial Parade WASHINGTON, May 30.—-Tribute to all America's war dead will be paid by President Harding today at Arl- ington Memorial cemetery. There, facing thousands of veterans and survivors of dead heroes, the presi. dent was to speak the gratitude of the American people in his first Memorial day address since taking office. ‘This morning he stood with bared head in front of the White House while ranks of war veterans, from the bent, feeble survivors of the civil war to the sturdy A. E. F. heroes in khaki, marched by in their Memorial day parade, The column circled the White House and was then taken in automobiles to Arlington cemetery, across the Potomac from Washing: jten. ‘ / DETECTIVE SURE BODY IN TRUNK ~ TAKEN TO LAKE “We Owe It to Public to Bring Him t Found in Los Angeles Whether or not the body of Mrs. not be verified. Capt. Tennant Kate Mahoney 19 ever found, James|no such report had been made ex-convict bridegroom | him. . | of the missing wealthy, aged and ec- |centric woman, will be charged with |wig had been found by the diver “We owe ft to the public,” said | Capt. of Detectives Charles E. Ten- nant today, “to lay our case before! n2¢ @ jury if it can be done, sounds in the Mahoney aparts “If a jury hears our evidence, I|/on the night of April 16. have no doubt of the outcome. But; Their kitchen opens into @ whether the judge will allow us to|row alley back of the present our case unless we find the | apartments. Mrs. ho | body is another matter. kiteben was directly opposite, KNOW BODY WAS the second floor. PUT INTO TRUNK “We were home every night “That's why "we're ban for the | ing April,” Dr. Courtney said. y We know Mrs. Mahoney | keep dogs, and either I Y ‘was murdered. We know her body | wife stays with them at Si was put in the trunk we're hunting |Oné of us is always in the house for. We know the trunk was put in-| We sleep with the kitchen wind | to a rowboat by James E. Mahoney | open, and I know that if tl and rowed out into Lake Unian. had been any disturbance in “No; I'm not betting the trunk ts Mahoneys’ apartment on the ni in Lake Union. I'm betting it’s inj/of April 16 or any other “There are several bodies of water MRS. connecting with Lake Union. But if Lory 5 ca I'd been the fellow rowing that boat, |" “vy I wouldn't have gone far before I sow Mrs. Mahigay ou dropped the trunk overboard. That's | 16." Mrs. Courtney stated. “I bg ag dae rage Wa the Take bottom} to pay our rent. She told me at the point where we are going with “That diver will find that trunk |v. Mp feo) He's going to keep on working till he does find it, We've got to find|Tead or write, for Mahoney it, bal a able to show it was de-| made out the bills for rental stroyed, before we can be certain them that the evidence we've already meses eRe Be, gathered will get past the judge and g0 to the jury. : “That's the rule of ‘corpus delicti,’| “The last time I saw | produce the body or show proof that | “!d Dr. Courtney, “was the 8 it has been destroyed. Our theory| Morning before he was a is that it hag not been destroyed, | H#® Was cleaning his auto on bet ts th thet trank® ave., just in front of the® MRS. J. J. BARNES here. He told me he was LOS ANGELES The Star's Los Angeles bureau to- day located Mrs. J. J. Barnes, per- sonal friend of Frank Morris, in |lance plane, equipped with a single | Barnes was suid to have disappeared |%0R¢Y was always very proud the same day, or about the same day, | D¢? husband. “Naturally there jas Mrs. Mahoney. gossip about a young man n Interviewed at the home of rela-|/"& 40 old woman,” Mrs. Cou Mrs. Barnes declared |t? Want to offset this by sho she did not know Mrs, Mahoney, but | CVerybody how well they got jadmitted being a close friend of | together.” Beach, Cal, Poor business conditions in Seattle| VIOLENCE HEARD jand family connections in Los An-| That there were no sounds geles were the reasons for her leav-| violence and no screama from ing Seattle on February 28, Mrs, She claims Los An- geles is her home, and that she has been in or near that city ever since| Fourth ave, in the next house she left Seattle, “If she says she left Seattle Feb-| This also was the testimony ruary 28," Capt. Tennant comment-| Mrs. F. Mathews, who lives on ed, “she's telling an untruth.” same floor of the Sofia apartment to Mrs. Barnes’ ac-/as the Mahoneys did, and who was quaintances here, she did not leave | intimately acquainted with them Seattle until April 16, the night on! poth, which Mrs, Mahoney was last seen, “The last I saw of either of the NEVER SEEN AT Mahon was the ev HOTEL IN ST. "ed wing ot A dispatch from St. Paul to The] our rent, and later in the evening, Star today said Mrs. Mahoney was | about 7 o'clock, was in their apart never seen at the St. Francis hotel,| ment again. I talked with Mr, Mae that city, and that St. Paul police be-/ honey for a few minutes, and he lieve she was disposed of before Ma-| said, ‘Well, this is the last suppee honey came here, ‘The cash express orders drawn fn Mrs. Mahoney's name at the Nation- won al Exchange bank, in St, Paul, April pear tg ish pene! i 22, have been found by the St. Paul! srs. Mahoney called from the police, the dispatch said, nonce It was reported that the police | month: ‘ here have discovered that Mahoney,|" yrs Mathews sald the Mahoneys ~ Just before his wife's disappearance, | promised to bid them good-bye of had purchased six pounds of quick-| \onday, but did not show up. Ms substance which, mixed with 4 : will completely destroy a hu- Barnes said, man body in a short time, Mg ‘Tennant said today he knew noth-|Port made by Frank Morris that lei) ti t Tesch imac had overheard discussion of a plot ng Of any suc woovery. to do away with Mrs, Mahoney, but Asked if he had located the con- veyance in which the mystery trunk | cirefully checked. Who, besides Mas was hauled to the lake shore and the honey, was implicated in the “plot® expressman who handled it, he re- mabe fycdingy Wc ateaoe- plied that he had not intimated the > L trunk was handled by an express: Lneenaney # oe for a In regard to the conveyance, sing, he asked, “Do you mean are the po- lice holding that as evidence?” Then he shook his head, Reports published that a woman|her divorce here and says, if living across the alley from Mrs. Ma-| honey married again, ho is a honey's apartment, 409 Denny way,|@mist. She left him when, had heard groans and moans on Sat-| Says, she found out he Was smugs urday night, April 16, were investi-| Sling opium and he tried to “in gated by The Star today and could | her ; ) x ¢ TH fi Oe ill ee TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE ” He Says; Mrs. Barnes _—_ He Ikewise denied report that Mrs. Mahoney's Lake Union. “Anything he fi | he'll report to me,” said Tennant. Dr. W. 8. Courtney, dentist, 371 Fourth ave. and his wife, d there were no u ay we would have heard it.” Mahoney. I don't think she made out the one the month they were married, too, I East in time to see the Demp Carpentier fight in New York, that he was going to meet his * | there.” Mrs.|. Mrs. Courtney sald that Mrs. Mahoney. Ocean ave, Long|**4, “and Mrs. Mahoney NO SOUNDS OF Mahoney apartments at any during April was declared by John Kush, who lives at Dr. Courtney. AUL 16,” Mrs, Mathew said. “I paid eat here for a while,’ ‘I asked what he meant, and he you will, it will be ONB Tennant said he did not place @ great deal of confidence in the re every point in Morris’ story has been: has located in Chattanooga, Tenn., live ing with her father, a retired ness man, She never