The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 2, 1921, Page 1

10,000 Plurality The Star Is Daily By 70,0 FIGHTS MAHONEY PARDON On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise { eet q _ seem to be able to rev Eat limburger cheese. . We note that the Z pa without a happy ending. Diease?” Lesson 2 — Always Weather Tonight and Friday, fai moderate north east- erly winds, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 62. Minin Today noon, 6 {ill Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, to $9 The Seattle Star Wash,, under the Act of Congress March %, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 Elected Seattle's Favorite Paper VOLUME 23 | is Claire Dulac, the fearless young White Cross girl y work in Seattle has made dope ring leaders cringe. 4s a modest brown-eyed lass of 20, not the sort you'd pect was on a dangerous mission. The Star prints today first story of her adventures with the drug ring here. photo is by Price & Carter, Star staff photographers. MRS. NOTT GETS LIFE IN PRISON Assisted Paramour in Mur- der of Husband BRIDGEPORT, Conn, June 2.— remember | Mrs. Ethel Nott was sentenced to If you can't re-| life imprisonment today for assist say: “I don't) ing ilwood B, Wade, her paramour, i your name, | in the murder of her husband, ie $—Try to iaite’ tein ntence was pronounced after the (ous Wear prosperous - looking | Woman's counsel offered a plea of wigan Carry around large guilty to the charge of murder in Bilis. Refer frequently to the |the second degree. ti fo tnake o cond’ impree,| Wade was hanged in the state | : prison two weeks ago. Sentence of life imprisonment was pronounced | by Judge William M. Maltble over | the protest of State's Attorney Homer 8. Cummings, who was re- Inctant to accept the second degree HOW TO DEVELOP A PERSONALITY In Four Lessons Lesson 1—When you meet any! one seize hfs right hand in a firm, strong grasp, look straight in| his eyes and say, “What name, STRONG Bames and faces. Member the name, but your face is fami rolls Lesson 4—Your personality must Fadlate strength and Will Power. In gpite of everything being done to prevent it, people in Seattle seer to be having a good time every now and then, plea. One of her accomplices, John Ed-| eee ward. Johnston, also pleaded guilty a oF ansia . He TUT, TUT! | te a charge of manslaughter. Little drops of water, | was promptly sentenced to a year's | itis palsine, too— imprisonment, But Uncle Sam won't let us 2 you what the Packer Control Is Tell you what they'll do, Passed by House —U. C. T. News. WASHINGTOD June —The s y passed and sent to the) e the packer control bill. Regulation of the packing industry under the measure is placed in the department of agriculture, A similar bill failed in the last ses- You put ‘em in the coffee pot— By jings, we're not afraid— And then—sh-sh, some one’s comin’ Or we'd tell you how it’s made, sae ‘This would be a happy world if! ‘pecple would always wear the smiles | | spies’ |¢pium, a user of morphine fj SE ATTLE, WASH., THU RSDAY, Jt , 1921. Girl Dope Sleuth Tells Own Story of Seattle Fight She Describes Perils Faced in Battle Against Narcotic Drug Ring; Pitfalls for Young Exposed BY CLAIRE DULAC ES, I'M THE White Cross worker who dope ring” in Seattle lately. I’m what the White Cross, the police and government officials call an under-cover worker. My business is to know, but not be known. I work in the underworld and live in a fashionable uptown hotel, like a Dr, Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. I’m a secret agent, paid to get evidence strong enough to convict without my appearance in a courtroom. has been “smashing the So carefully must an under-cover worker guard her! identity that it is not an uncommon thing, after a case is| finished, to learn two or three of us have been working} for weeks side by side without either of us suspecting it. But now that my work in Seattle is ended, for a time at least, I can} come out from cover and disclose myself. There are certain facts I want the public to know. SHE'S BEEN IN SOME PRETTY TIGHT PLACES, BUT SHE HASN'T COMMITTED BLOODSHED Some pretty tight places I've been in since I came here from Pittsburg eight months ago. Some of them I've had to back out of with my fingers on the trigger of my trusty little gun, but I've never committed bloodshed. I've always got my man in the long rua without “shooting him up,” as you say here in the West, This smuggling and peddling dope ts a rotter’s game, No one but a rat will handle the stuff. But back of all these little rats who are selling ft In joints and on the street, yes, and in some of our fashionable places, too, 1s the big rat, the) king of the ring, the master mind. He's the fellow we like to trap—but ONCE YOU GET HIM HE NEVER GOES TO JAIL. Not !n the courts of the United States is there a record of a single dope king serving a day in prison! ‘Think of it! The man who furnishes the milli8ns of dollars necessary to carry on a traffic that is worse than murdering young boys and girls has never served a day! ‘The petty salesman on the street, with his half dozen “bindlee” to peddle, sometimes goes to jail for six to 18 months, but the king, the master-mind, never. It is the hope that some day we will get the king that keeps us under- cover workers carrying on. First, how it started. Drug addiction had become notorious {fn Seattle. People knew about it,| but turned their backs. It is a hideous thing, a thing we don't like to think about, It is only when.a drug addict “comes home to roost,” that we face the situation squarely. HOPHEAD IN CHURCH CHOIR BRINGS SITUATION HOME TO MINISTER Rev, W. H. Bliss, one of the most highaminded ministers In the clty, the pastor of one of our finest churches, was lukewarm on the narcotic ques tion—realized the enormity of the eituation, but hadn't taken an active part in the battle against drugs—until he discovered a hophead in his church choir. The choir singer, a fine young boy, had become a confirmed addict. Dr. Bliss awoke. Today he is making a wonderful fight against the drug evil. With The Star and Dr. E and @ few other influential folks pulling together, the White Cross was organized in the Metropolitan theatre here one da The spies of the drug ring attended the meeting. Some time after the notes and minutes of the meeting were found during a raid. They d recorded the name of each speaker and made notes on what he said, how enthusiastic he appeared to be, his general appearance, and whether | or not he could be expected to continue the fight or forget it. The White Cross looked so good to the United States government that two sp al agents were sent to Seattle, These two increased the force to six, and secretly the work began, which will not end until the master mind of Uncle Sam or the master mind of the dope ring wins. I came from Pittsburg. One of the two government agents knew me and arranged for > begin operations against the ring He gave me a “lin on a case, the case of Gladys Allen. Gladys, three years ago, was a high school girl. She schoolgirls, accompanied by as many of their boy friends, evening, went to Chinatown. It was an innocent prank EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN THAT y TODAY AN ADDICT Today every one of those boys and girls is a drug addict, a smoker of and cocaine nd worse, dys has disappeared, If we could f right mind, it was possible we might learn something of value to us, That night I buckled my revolver underneath my sweater and went down into Chinatown. In the role of an addict I met a Qhinaman, I bought a “bindle” of morphine from him. Thirty minutes later he was surprised when Policemen N. P. Anderson and R, F. Baerman arrested him and took and four other on a lark one they do when they have their photo- |sion.. Plans are to pass it thru the graphs taken, | senate promptly. ‘A WORD FROM Jo: Too many men “Rest in P before they're dead. ° One of, the Boston Red Sox has| aes 700 ayes Pol oe WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY x =e RICHARD FERRIER, after an absence the country say he played “in 700 | o¢ 12 years, returns to England from the straight games,” but the sport eds | backwoods of Canada, In Canada he had bee pit careful in their hand. | been the pal of “ . it ALPH HASTI close friend, Joe Jack#on and Eddie Cicotte con sting that Hastings extend his how. fessed. found eee AN ACCOMMODATING A CRIT For Sale—Horse, work any- where at a bargain. A. M, Jo. seph.—Advertisement in Hinton (W. Va.) News-Leader. . NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY (Continued Edtsand Yesterday) i ¥ v. Don't worry about dull times tn case the Stillman suit is dropped A smart commissionatre doing Jnothing with great importance stared curiously as Richard Ferrier SORT oF | {; : oie | him to jail. He had given me a clue to Gladys Allen, My work in Se had started. “MYSTERIOUS UNKNOWN,” the girl} I want to say a word about the White Cross society here, mea d her and could get her in her| | OUTWINDOW 2 Others Take Gas Route; Fourth Found Dead in Rooming House An epidemic of suicides kept police day, ‘The four dead are: W. W. Wilson, 50, of 622 Columbia st, dead by gas. James P. Carton, 56, of 6526 20th ave. N. W, who hanged himself, Peter N, Nelson, 60, of 3224 W. 624, st, by gas, J. L, Hughes, 65, found dead in bed dq family, who recently sold two farms near Yakima and bought prop | erty in Seattle, FOUND HANGING SECOND-STORY WINDOW About 3 a. m. Thursday his broth- er, T. Carton, was awakened by SB noise, Hearing nothing more, turned over and went to sleep. About |. m, the brother went to the wood shed for some kindling, Returning | to the house, he saw James Carton hanging from a second-story bed. room window, He had hanged him- self with a rope tied to the bedstead. | Apparently he had not been troubled anything recently, had been in pod health and the police are at a| lons to know what caused his sui cidal act. The body was taken to the Pheas- ant-Wiggen parlors, at Ballard. The body of Wilson was found at 6 a. m, in his room at the Columbia st. address by his landlady, Alice Mayer. despondent and-in ill health for some time, Wednesday he had gone to a clinic for treatment. | Mrs. Wilson found two gas jets Jopen in the room where Wilson's body lay. | Efforts were made to revive Peter |Nelson, the second gas vietim, but failed. He was pronounced dead by |Dr. W. T. Christensen of 2450 W 63rd #t., who had been summoned. | Nelson’s age and the fact that he jhad been unemployed for some time are given as possible reasons for his act. | AUTOPSY PLANNED |IN HUGHES DEATH | Coroner Willis H. Corson will hold fn autopsy to determine whether J. L. Hughes was a suicide or died nat- | urally Hughes was at the city hospital yednesday for a treatment for a He satd at the time ting a daughter to ar. e here Thursday on the steamer President. His body and that of Wilson are at the county morgue. Nelson's is at the Pheasant-Wiggen Co. W. King, , Kirkland, noble grand arch, Grand Grow United Ancient Order of I Washington hall, Wednesday D elected of uids, night. ByR (Copyri ing men-there was not enough room for his long legs between the rows of velvet seats—he fidgeted uncomfortably, An irascible old gen tleman in the next row turned round irritably, but when he saw the size of Fersier he turned back again without saying what he had intended to say. two empty seats next to Ferrier, and presently a man and |a girl were ushered into them. Fer- |rler was intent on the stage—he did |not look round until a fold of the girl's frock brushed his knee; then he turned his head. The lights were lowered in the theatre, but he could see that she She glanced over her shoulders toward Ferrier. He was at the box office now, his great shoulders block- ing up the window. She smiled a| little, nodding her head. ne Was a very attractive looking woman; she wore a blue frock be- |neath the silk wrap and a blue band in her hair, She was her face wa something young, and yet, when in pose, there was bout her that gave one the impression that life had gone hardly with her—a look of trouble or unrest in her expressive eyes. Ferrier had bought his ticket and passed on into the theatre. The man in the box office had Some other man or his wife will start something inside of two weeks Remember that New York is full of millionaires. trode across the vestibule to the box office; a couple of limp youths in evening dress and ope eyed him with as much |ment as if he had been an in full war paint; a man standing [beside a woman in a white silk| ‘wrap bent toward her and said something jn an undertone, oe Nazimova is preparing to produce @ play in which all the charact will be women. Hurt At last wore a silk wrap over a blue frock he could emell the scent of liltes at her breast; when she looked up at him he could see that her eyes were ag blue as the ribbon in her hair. After that, he looked at her many Umes. She did not seem very inter- hinted gently that in the stalls ening dress was the custom, but errier cared nothing for conven- alities—he threw down a sover Jeign and said he would ea stall. ‘The curtain was up when he | entered, squeezing his way past well-dressed women and bored-look- UBY M. AYRES ight by Hodder and Stoughton) ested in the play. ‘The man on the other side of her .whispe to her | ja great deal. Ferrier wondered in |what way they were related. He thought she was beautiful—he had seen no woman to compare with her for 12 years. He lost the thread of the play—he could stage, altho the chief actress was the rage of all London, Once his hand touched the soft silk of the girl's frock at his side. ness he blushed with sudden embar- rassment, It was toward the end of the sec- ond act that the man who sat on the other side of her leaned across and touched Ferrier on the arm. “My sister ig ill. If you would be so good as-to help me take her out.” Ferrier turned tmmediately. had half risen from his seat when, (Turn to Page » ONE HANGED BY A JUMP and the coroner’s office busy Thurs-| Mrs. | She said he had been | | Cecil should be hardly keep his eyes on the| In the dark- | TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE FOUR DIE IN SUICIDE EPIDEMIC ‘I Hope You Never Draw a Sword or Fire a Gun,”’ Says Harding to Naval Graduates 2 ANNAPOLIS, Md, June hope you will never be called on to draw a eword or fire a gun,” President Harding told the grad- uating class at the naval acad- emy today, “I promise you that while Tam President you'll never be called on to fire a gun except when you can do it with that Ameri ean conscience of which you can answer to God and our fellow men,” Harding said. The president spoke extem- poraneously, after he had pre sented diplomas to the 260 grad TOTS FEATURE MURDER TRIAL Burkett De Denies>Kilfi Bh an. Slavin Ind., June 2%—“The court room betel today presented a picture | that might have been taken from a/ fairy book. or @ children's playroom, | except for the tragic and deadly | serious demeanor of the main actors. Eleven-year-old Cecil Burkett, rest- jing on his mother’s lap, with his |head against ner comforting bosom, |was the center of this tragic chil-| dren's picture. He was on trial on| a charge of murdering arold Bennie Slavin. and sisters, all of tender years, were jcared for. by the Russian immigrant | mother as she sat in court. MOTHER CARES . FOR HER BOY The mother's chief attention was devoted to taking care of her 11-year. old, however. She stnoothed his hair, | brushed a spot of dust from his plain little suit and caressed him gently Other children were grouped around the court room. Many of them were witnesses, some for Cecil and others for the prosecution. Bennie's mother sits near prosecutor's table, aiding in presentation of the case child. She demands t of her boy be avenged. Cecil's father is a poor day laborer. Bennie was the son of a struggling | cross roads merchant, The entire section of the county ts divided on the question of whether punished. The state | | will not ask a heavy punishment in Jease of conviction, but will demand that the boy be confined in some home for child dren, the} the the killing Slavin, 6, was ruled from the witness stand yesterday. sie was to have been the star witness for the prosecution Court room fans believed the chanc of conviction was blasted with the |ruling of Judge Pentecdst Cecil then told his stor He produced a crumpled map he| had drawn with a stub pencil. The |map showed the results of much | | thumbing and lahofed effort. | id, pointing to his Schermann was up bird house. 3 laway. Benny was over he i | side of the house playing with a gun. ard a shot and saw Benny down the hill, That's all I urrying it | the Elsie was to have testified that | her brother told her that Cecil had | shot him. Cecil is a bright little youngster with big brown eyes and a poise one could expect from a person much | older, HEY’RE NOTHING IF NOT OBLIGING More than 50 per cent of the res- idents of 44th ave, 8. W. petitioned the city council a year ago for) water mains, are famished for water,” they declared in tragic tones, Thursday the council’ utilities | |committee considered, a _ petition from more than 50 per cent of the esidents of 44th ave. S, W.—the same 60 per cent. "We don't want mains,” they said “Oh, very well,” replied council utilides committee, any water} the His seven brothers |} uate midshipmen, before seve: thousand relatives and rely has given me not only ure, but inspiration, to come here today,” he said, “I am far more than glad to greet this ad- dition to the ranks of the Amer- ican navy “I know nothing nobler in this world than the defense of one’s country, That is an inherent thing planted in the human breast by God. There wouldn't be any civilization if men were not willing to give their all for its preservation.” LID CLAMPED ON KICK MEDICINES Four Favorite Drug Store Beverages Banned Hundreds of Seattle citizens were in mourning Thursday for four well- loved friends who passed into ob- livion with the toll of midnight Wed- nesday, The deceased are: Spirits of ether, or Hoffman's drops, U. 8. P. Elixir terpin hydrate, N. F. ‘Wine of pepsin, N. Wine of beef, N. F Scores of mourners deluged the of- fice of Prohibition Director Donald A. McDonald Thursday to inquire after the fate of the departed. t's sad but ¢rue,"” MeDonald said. n conformance with departmental orders the four parties of the first part are officially under ban today They may be neither sold, bought nor possessed without violation of | the national prohibition law. They're medicines no longer, but are classed as intoxicating beverages. “That means that in this state they are not to be obtained.” ELIEVES IN _ SAFETY FIRST Charles W. Chambers, bald-headed cashier for the muny railway, has had a wire cage con- structed for himself in the offices of the street car department, “It's to protect me from trate cus-| tomers," he declared Thursday, Prowler at Window Surprised by Girl Miss Marie Ellis, 1716 Boylston ave, surprised a prowler at her window at 8 a, m, Thursday, The man vanished as she entered the room. Miss Ellis reported to the police that nothing was taken as the man did not have time to gain an entrance to the house when sur- prised, 0, HUM! SPRING SURE HAS COME Annual spring housecleaning in the mayor's office, H. Alfred Owen, hizzoner’s secretary, refills the may- oralty ink pots. START NOW Read the ads in The Star carefully and thoroly every day. Not only does this mean substantial economies to you but you will also receive the latest information regarding fashions, styles, ete. Reading the ads is a mighty profitable habit. The best, offerings of Se- attle’s best stores ap- pear regularly in The Star. famous | GOVERNOR IS ASKED TO DELAY FOR TIME ‘Prosecutor Tells of Chas “of Gravest Character” Being Investigated Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas gan Thursday morning a fight to p ent the complete pardoning of Mahoney, now out on parole the state penitentiary, where he sentenced in 1918 from Spol county to serve five to eight years: for felonious assault, ‘ In a letter to Gov, Hart, Dougt calls attention to the present fi tigation concerning the my | disappearance of a Mrs. Kate honey, his wife, and refers to, possibility of an. accusation of der against the man in these wo | “One of the charges against which we are investigating is of ‘gravest character.” FINAL PARDON IS EXPECTED THIS MONTH? The letter follows: “One James E, Mahoney ts Jail here by virtue of a warrant sued by Justice C. C. Dalton, complaint filed by this office, ing him with forgery. We formed that the accused victed of robbery in the court for Spokane county and sentenced to serve a E state penitentiary of not leas th five nor more than eight years. ‘We understand that in D 1920, you granted Mahoney a tional pardon, His attorney, Mf. Johnston, has stated here in court that it is his expectation a final and complete pardon will | granted during the present month, | “In addition to the evidence which we rely to secure a com of Mahoney on the forgery already filed, we have in our considerable evidence tending |show the commision by Mahoney of a number of other felonies since was paroled by you, One of charges against him which we investigating is of the gravest acter, “We feel that a final pai should not be granted in this until these charges are disposed |and take the libery to request | the matter be postponed until have a detailed report of the of our investigation, which we send you as soon at the same is pleted, HABITUAL CRIMINAL LAW MAY BE INVOKED Speculation Thursday as to 4 action might be taken honey in case the murder ‘should be thwarted by the: f of investigators to find the | Mrs. Mahoney centered on the J sibility of bringing into use “habitual criminal” statutes of state, It was pointed out that if honey could be: convicted of other felony he could be sent: jthe penitentiary for not “less 10 years, the statute having p | vided this penalty after a secon conviction, Mahoney fs now being held’ on ag charge of forgery in the first de gree, which is a felony under the law. In addition sto this, it is unders | stood that the prosecuting ney’s office has evidence of bl against the man, which is also felony. It was at first thought that 1 statute which prescribes life prisonment after three convic lof felony might be invoked, but” perusal of the law showed that second offense must follow the fi conviction and the third o the second conviction. Gossip in the courthouse Thi y morning was to the effect thi Mahoney served on the Kin county fury about a year ago, Henry Sheahan, bailift in ment No. 1, said he knew her that timef and talked with her { quently. DE 5 MRS. MAHONEY PROPOSED TO HIM He dented vehemently the ru that Mrs. Mahoney had propo to him, saying: “You are a. single man and I'm a single woman. recommend that ,you get married, Sheahan said jhe merely met woman on the Street one afternoo jafter courthouse hours and she in+ quired pleasantly concerning health and his prosperity. While the police ate have sufficient evide: sce ence the body of Mra, that she was oitimoeta di : jJust as certain "Thursday that cher 4 had disproved three. points in attempted, alibi of Mahoney, Mahone} did not, ag. he claimeg, leave the elty with his wil on April 18 or on the two daye pxe (Turn to Page 7, Colas»