The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 9, 1921, Page 3

} The Playhouse of No Regrets TONIGHT—LAST TIMES WALLACE REID in “THE HELL DIGGERS” Saturday Brings— The Heart Throb of the Year It tells a bigger, more human heart story than “Humoresque,” just for the simple reason it is about your neigh- bors and you—your children, your homes, your schools, your churches— all put on the screen with a powerful simplicity and a sincerity that makes the humor and pathos doubly effect- ive! Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern and Marie Walcamp are in the cast. Comedy—Scenic—News GROUNDS MONDAY-TUESDAY, SEPT. AND REPUBLICAN Two Shows—2 P. M-8 P.M. D THE GREATEST PLEWN RIDER °N “POODLES x i IHANNEFORD oS WITH THE FAMOUS HANNEF ORD FAMILY Seat Sale at Ow! Drug Co., Ti 12-13 ‘CAN'T SAY DRY LAW EFFECTIVE THE SEATT HERE’S MORE ABOUT | | DURAND HERE’S MORE ABOUT Prohibition Official of Two) Years Doubtful FRANCISCO, Sept two years in rol at SAN After tead act viol nt As assistant United State rey general, Mra, Annette an Franciseo today ared to say whether prohit enforcement ia geod or bad, but with the subject Adams frankly un was deoas on “tam to say whether not prepa Volstead a bad thing,” + of the a good told the monwealth the mot thing or members j clut } “But e I do believe that if a man constitution of the United at © the 18th amend ment with the rest of it. Draw your own conclusions from what I told ypu.” Mrs. Adams declared that the pub Hic has refused to co-ope in pro. hibition enforcement. “It is the state of mind the nation t brok moral fibre of our people, clared, after describing the diff tles of prohibition enforcement “As a whole, the bench and bar fail to asnist in the prosecution of those men and women who openly violate the prohibition act “One federal judge told me that he was forced to mote out severe pun ishment to a man who had sto’ the private stock ‘For,’ he said, ‘unless I took that course none of your private stocks would be safe’? British Workers. Favor Disarming CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 9—Six million “English workers, thru their delegutes to the trades union con gress meeting here today, approved the Washingtdn disarmament con | ference. Labor representation at| the conference was urged by the delegates. Suspension of all armament now buliding in Great Britain until af ter the Washington conference was asked in a resolution. om the he must ta have all over the n | | Salesman Slain by Blows of Hatchet? CHICAGO, Sept. 9--The body of D. J. Daugherty, a salesman, wis found in the Chicago river today, his throat cut from ear to ear, ax tho it had been hacked with a hatchet. His hands were folded be | hind him and handcuffed. Police | were without a clue to the murder. ers. Severe Storm Rages Over Caribbean Sea’ WASHINGTON, Sept. %—A se vere tropical storm ts sweeping the! Caribbean sea, the weather bureau! reported today. A warning was is sued to all veenels tn and bound for | the eastern and central Caribbean | within the next 48 hours, Guess Kato to Head Japan’s Disarmers TOKYO, Sept. 9—The Japanese) | presse almost unanimously has ¢x pressed the belief that Viscount/ Kato, former navy minister, will be! chief of the Japancse delegation to the disarmament conference. Kato is classed as a reactionary. FINED ON LIQUOR CHARGE* KB. J. Howard, arrested Wednes |day night, pleaded guilty in fed eral court Friday to violation of the national prohibition act. Judge |Jeremiah Neterer imposed a fine of $300. would be well worth while for the sake of the savings we offer in de pendable Shoes for the whole family—but you don't have to climb. Good elevator service to third floor, Personal fitting by Mr. Morris and Mr. Davia them selves, and they sure do know thelr business, A big saving on every pair of Shoes at this unuenal Upstairs Store. Davis & Morris Shoe Co. Seaboard Bldg. 4th at Pike. Take elevator to 3rd floor. of another man, | clumped a toe-hold on’ the man so that he could do no harm now, altho he weighs 100 pounds more than I do, Iam willing to go to the mat with him," he said, and then added quickly, “if he leaves the blackjack outsid BeGGED WIFE NOT TO BRING CHARGES | Dr, Durand deseribed how he had ged his wife not to institute in charges against him, at it would ruin his busin their family lite hame upon their children The stated that he had Jnothing but charity in his heart towards his wife and those who had in jailing him. eral times during the trial he | quoted with artistic feeling long passages from the Bible and from Even telling on fostroy and bring witness: been Sev active sions suffered by Dr. Du- were the result of secret K, according to the testi mony yesterday afternoon of Dr. William D. Smith, a colleague of the accused man, With the expert testimony of Dr D. A. Nicholson, Seattle neurologtiat, the prosecution closed its cane yes terday, and the defense Immediately placed upon the stand witnesses to prove that Dr, Durand not mentally deranged DRINKING STEADILY | POR EIGHT YEAKS | “I believe that Dr. Durand ts normal,” Dr, Smith declared. “His delusions, if any, were caused by secret drinking. He has been drink: | |ing steady on the quiet, 1 believe, since his last trial on insanity |charges eight years ago.” Dr, Smith described one bout! where his colleague was noticeably affected from drinking “Payko,” @ patented tonic composed of sherry | and pepsin. i The witness asserted that the doctor was suffering from incom | patibility in bis family life afid that he had recently advised Mra. Durand to seotire a separation. “Marital incompatibility — rather than insanity—is my diagnosis,” he concluded. | Evidence that Dr. Durand was! thrown into a dark, noisome and| fithy cell was adduced by his at torney, Stanley Padden of Seattle. Both Dr. Smith and Jack Kofelt, a jail trusty, testified that Dr. Durand had been frightfutly beaten while in the black hole of the county | Jail. | Dr, Durand was later removed to [the necond floor of the county fail, | where a special guard was provided for him and where dozens of pa tients thronged daily for treatment. | | STATE'S WITNESS CONTRADICTS TESTIMONY | In direct contradiction to the tes} }mony of Dr. Smith was the diag-| hoais of Dr. Nicholson, who asserted | that Durand was suffering from chronic delusional insanity. The judgment was based. on a hypothet jcal question proggunded by the | state’ '# attorney. 1 | Dr. Nicholson, one of the foremout | | alienists on the Pacific coast, was an | expert witness at the last trial of De Durand, at which time he fe dared it would be dangerous to per-| mit him to be at large, Dr. Durand took over the crom- examination of the alienist, and the two experts engaged in rapid | fire exchange of technicalities. “One of the symptoms of para nola,” Dr. Nicholson anserted, “I that the patient may reason clearly, | | sometimes even brilliantly, buy that | he starts from a false premise.” j The man on trial for leaned across the table. “Then since you are test fying as to my condition with- out ever having examined me— a form of reasoning lacking any kind of premise, as it were— you, yourself, are suffering from chronic delusional insanity,” he flashed back. DURAND FIRES CONFUSING STRING OF QUESTIONS Dr. Durand asked permission of| the court to test the knowledge of the expert, and fired a string of questions at him, many of them re lating to obscure functional troubles known only to the student. “Who invented the term par nola?” “What is the germ theory of tn sanity?” | “Who on the “Whi | theory? | “Does | is the supreme authority ubject ?” was the Lombrosean insanity come from the cord as well as from | spinal the | brain?” | Jack Kofelt, jaf trusty, who was employed by the sheriff's office to act as guard for Dr. Durand, testl fied that his charge spent his days in playing chess, in reading Shakes | peare and in receiving visitors. Kofelt spent only one night tn the dark hole, where Dr. Durand | was at first incarcerated. | “It was terrible” he said, “the| jeell was filthy, the Moor covered with water and the room filled with jan almost unbearable stench.” 1 Attorney Padden charged that | Kofelt had been discharged as guard | when he refuted to testify as the | prosecuting attorney's office de-| | sired. Kofelt, according to his own |staterent, removed the ket in which Dr. Durand | been ted. Kofelt strait had that emphatically dented LE STAR Open an Account at Grote-Rankin’s THE GROTE RANKL A Limited Number of These BEDROOM SUITES As Illustrated, Are Available at These Suites have not a few, but many claims for distinction. 14 a Not only in effec- tiveness of their Old Ivory and French Gray finishes and harmonizing decorations, but in their fine construction and beautiful cane paneling—And the price is very close to half of their real value. Any one of the Suites can be purchased on small monthly payments, Out-of-town purchasers will have transportation charges prepaid to their near- est station anywhere in the state of Washington. DEDHAM, Mase, Sept. 9—Mrs. Elena Anna Wells and her attorney, Louis Altmeyer, were shot to death in a crowded street car here today. ‘The man who did the shooting said he was Charles A. Wells, the wom- an’s husband. Witnesses mid the man boarded the car quietly, shouldered into the crowd and then began shooting. Mra. Wells and Altmeyer were seated near the front of the car. Two bullets struck the woman. She died Just as she was carried into the how pital, One bullet entered Altmeyer’s head. He also died at the hoepit: ‘The assailant, revolver in a, jumped from the moving car and/ started to run. Five passengers pursued him and caught him before he had run 100) feet. He fought desperately, but was overpowered and taken to the police station. Mrs. Wells and her attorney were on their way to court in connection with proceedings to make Wells pay altmony Mrs. Welle secured a divorce last Februery and was awarded custody of three children. The shooting started the crowded car, Six shots were fired. They went wild, Mra. Wells was struck first. Then as her lawyer sprang from his seat, he fell with @ bullet in his head, a pantie tn he had ever observed any signs of insanity on the part of the patient While the defense was presenting its side of the case, Mrs. Durand sat | |is being directed from Moscow along | at the side of Prosecutor T. A | Stiger and gave him valuable aid in his cros#examination of the nesses, wit PHILADELPHIA, |, Sept 9.—While dining with friends, Mrs. James God dard startled them by announcin, “Something terrible has happened.” Fifteen minutes later she received a telgram saying hr son had been drowned ‘MURDERS 2 IN _|BANDITS CHASE CROWDED CAR) MAN AND WIFE | | possession of Furuseth showing that | Suddenly confronted by two ban- dits near their home Thursday night, Mr, and Mra, lL, Lester Lewis, 932 36th ave. escaped by running away. Lewis, who is a member of the} firm of Lewis-Bean Co, box manu- facturers, was returning home with his wife late at night. The two bandits sprang from a near-by bush and leveled revolvers | at them. Lewis refused to put up his hands when ordered and took to his heels, his wife following him. The bands pursued them tn a hot race lasting nearly a block, Lewis and his wife escaping to the home of a neighbor, where they phoned the police, Motorcycle Patrolmen A. J. Hague- wood and J. BE. Prince searched the neighborhood but failed to locate the bandits. PLOT TO MAKE SEAMEN “RED”? SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9—|/ Andrew Furuseth, internationally | known leader of the Seamen's union, will expose alleged efforts to “soviet ize” the American merchant marine, at a mass meeting of the Seamen's union here tonight, it was announced | today. , Letters were said to be in the an effort to organize on a soviet basis the crews of all American ships lines laid down by the Bhird Inter nationale. One letyer, and signed “George Gardy,” be general secretary of the I was quoted as saying: “With our agents aboard the ships of the American merchant marine, we can easily capture to the cause the workers’ from seamen to fire- written from Chicago said to y. Wo Fifty-five per cent of all automo Herbert Blanchard was Diles are registered in towns of 5,000 / Thursday night on a charge of or under. “MAMMA’S AFFAIR” YOUR AFFAIR —At the— WILKES MATINEE TOMORROW ing letters with morphine o under the postage stamps to ers at the county stockade. ard was previously held at the ade on a dope charge and his release Labor day. The eyes of your children, be strong in later years, must taken care of now. We make no charge for screws, adjust- examination, new springs ments. COL new or UMBIAN OPTICAL CO 515 FOURTH AVE Soars IN DENVER, | PORTLAND, OMANA CITY, DALLAS “* SALT LAKE from the operas fea- tured next week by Scotti Grand Opera Company can be se- cured at to be s “ MONTELIUS MUSIC HOUSE Third Avenue and University Street “SOMETHING ETERNAL IS HERE”---NEW YORK REVIEW It opens at the Strand Saturda “THE OLD NEST It ranks with “The Miracle Man” and “Humoresque” as a Big Picture Make Sure, Above All Else, of Seeing “The Old Nest” Tomorrow