The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 22, 1921, Page 1

Maximum, 63. VOLUME 23 Ramsay City estrtine Harry W. Carroll has a new machine, with which It Is Possible to sign five checks at the time, Married men are hoping new device. “Frenzied correspondent {n Lynden says Roy Gardner is scaring the chickens in that vicinity, He couldn't scare ‘em in Seattle. eee June brides are just beginning to learn how to dress chickens. So are Meir husbands. with Bian, 2 oman ith « preity eee In making home brew with friend Reighbor on a 50-50 basis, don't let him put you off with 2.75 per cent, ‘whistles in one of our secret agents. . k automobiles must s20p, We t agree. It is a dangerous 1 ‘—tany = man has been led into y | martimony that way. : cee ae, = sLLA'l Gee-Gee, th’ Prairie Vamp, sez z that women's ears are coming ’ ack, theyll bear a lot of things they : @in't suspect. | s ee 1 UFR ST want some powder.” 3 “Mennen's?” y |h = “No; vimmen's.” “Seented?” “No; 10 take ie mt me.” A TYPOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE The night was stark and dormy, thoared, The bind went wouling hy, On high she thea-gull soared. Amid she tormy thempest, A sain roaked wouple calked, Thy kidn’t dnow Twas raining, They rewed the yer 4 tand alked! A WAIL Life is losing all its charms, My sight 4s getting poor ; I cannot see as clear and sharp He even suggested being best Aa in the days of yore. man, which he was, and seemed Aad now that things are going up—|very happy during the whole cere-| Balloons, airplanes and skirts |mony. Later, after Margaret and| Wshard to sce the street car steps,| ver husband had left the house} And I'll tell the world it hurts. and Matthew had thrown rice all xs rem a over their limousine, he told the AINT IT—IT AIN'T! LETTER TO DRAMATIC CRITIC OF NEIGHBOR PAPER critic understands little English, we gre addressing him in French. Parley-voo whatchumaycallum hoosegow six sempers tyranis mul- tam in parvo de la cogniscente patois patootie? H. BREW. (Translation: Dear Sir—Since you mentioned in your oprey write. ip that Scotti used cogniscente we we been pestered to death with clients asking the recipe. Please furnish us with the same and) ovlige. Yours truly, H. Brew.) Most of our readers understand the formula all but how much yeast, ‘while others say that zr it Aascyirt eency te all. cy to clog up hat tod, Forecast Tonight and Friday, fair; moderate southwest- erly winds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Today noon, 58. | Old Home Folks; | Taxpayers Pay! that their wives do not hpar of the | The flightning lashed, the runder) News item: Search’ for Roy |#* married to a man as good as discontinued. Editor's note: Fearing that the| Nixon, 65, swam from Blackwell's Minimum, 49. Lntered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Segttie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 9, 18 IAHONEY 2222: On the Issue |. On the leone of Amercasam ThereCanBeNoComone °° + ——————ane Americanism There Can Be No Compromis The Seattle Star THE NEWSPAPER THAT GOES INTO 10,000 MORE HOMES EVERY WEEK DAY THAN ANY OTHER SEATTLE DAILY—THE STAR Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 FIDGETS AS PROSECUTOR OPENS CASE TH EW 2 iil Visits. ment for an aviation Tield. Previous to his leaving, the com- missioners had adopted a resolution authorizing him to make such a trip| at an expense not to exceed $500. / The total cost of the trip as ac |complished was $1,146.74, and Uncle} |Sam wouldn't take the aviation field) las @ gift. RUNS,UP AN IMPOSING |) BILL ran up a hotel bill of $644.74! | Now this bilhincludes a dinner at the New Willard, where the commis. | sioner was host to a party of poll ticlans, The dinner was, of course, | only a small portion of the bill, in- asmuch as the fish, vegetables and | other edibles for the spread were provided by Seattle merchants. ‘There is a little joker hidden among the receipts attached to the; jRameay expense account that will escape the casual observer. February Jand ticket, $17.04. The same stem | lappeared four days later, No mention ts made as to destina | circumstances told the story. Here they are: Seattle papers reported that Mr./ Ramsay visited his old home in Saliabury, N.C. There were no hotel from Washington to Salisbury is $17.04. Therefore, that Commissioner THEN S$ SUICIDE Jilted Suitor Wa Was Best Man ~at Wedding Here BY WANDA VON KETTLER Lang Lang, who would have been 34 years of age Thursday, was en- gaged to marry Miss Margaret Bar ton, 2512 18th ave. &., but released} |her from her promise after she | had fallen in love with Professor Floyd Smail, matics at the University of Wasb- ington. The wedding of Lang and Miss Barton was set for last Tuesday. The ring was in his pocket when he arrived from San Francisco a week ago. The invitations for = {| ceremony had been delivered the home. Then Lang learned that his sweetheart was in love with) another man. } “He was so unselfish about tt} all," said Mrs. G. F. Barton, Mar! garet's step-mother, Thursday morn- | ing. “He seemed so willing to give! her up to him, “It was he who suggested that the wedding of Margaret and Mr. Smail be held on the same night as that set for the original wedding. t| mother and father of Mr, Smail that he was glad that Margaret Floyd.” Two days after the wedding Lang (urn to Page 7, Column 4) XERCISE ALL HE GOT NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Stephen | lIsland to Manhattan. He couldn't climb the pier so he swam back again and told police they could stop dragging the river for his body. Daugherty Ends Reports on Debs WASHINGTON, Sept, 22.--Attor- ney General Daugherty announced to- day that he had practically com- | pleted his report and recommenda tions to the president in the Debs case. The nature of the recom- mendations will not be discolsed g|until they are reviewed and acted upon by the president, ‘ LATTLE, WASH., BRUTALITIES IN STATE PEN ARE EXPOS | Special Dispatch te The Star, WALLA WALLA, Sept. 22.—That three prisoners have state penitentiary here. While in Washington Mr. Ramsay | been shot and killed without justification by guards at the That three other prisoners hanged themselves rather than face punishment for taking part in a strike and riot! within the prison in 1918. That barbarous punishments are inflicted upon prisoners prison rule. That a cli guards, and (iy These are the at the state prison and also to probe the office of Prose- cuting Attorney Benson to learn why he has failed to | prosecute the “quick trigger” curred in September, 1918. A con- vict named “Tiger” Johnson. con- fined in “Siberia,” waa shot down by & guard. There wasn't any investi gation. The convict was dumped in- to a hole in the ground and that end- ed the affair. Then followed the strike and riot, said to have been caused by poor! | food and cruelty on the part of | guards. On June 23 John Van Dell, an in- sane man confined to “Siberia” was slain by George F. Thornton, guard, | who had been imported from the} Monroe reformatory only a few days before. There was no investigation of the Van Dell killing. FORCED TO STAND NINE AND A HALF HOURS On September 16, Guy Monroe, of King county, who was serving a |who complain of treatment or who break the slightest ie of guards under Captain Burke, chief otf} F. H. Vollendorf, state clerk at the prison, | are protected thru high political influence at Olympia and) 16th is the date of a receipt for berth are conducting a reign of terror at the penitentiary. charges made here by the Walla Walla} | Bulletin, the leading newspaper of this district. The Bul-| tion of the tickets, but a series of fietin is demanding a grand jury to investigate the killings COWEN JITNEY PLEA REJECTED Council Committee Refuses to Grant Permits BF s vote of three to two the coancil ulllities committee Thursday refused to permit jit- neys te run on the Cowen park line, The decision terminated a stormy meeting lasting two hours, during which residents of the district charged that the council! members were arbitrarily destroying land values in the important residential section and seriously hampering the growth of the city. Councilmen Erickson and Moore voted to grant the applications of more than twenty jitneys to operate lover the Cowen park road, while | Carroll, Tindall and Cohen voted to j#ustain the council ruling barring all Jitneys in competition with the mu- nicipal raitway system. DELEGATION JAMS COUNCIL ROOM Mothers with babes in their arms, THU RSDAY, SEPTE MBER 22, Instructor in mathe-/ term for robbery, was shot and killed | staid business men and small house- by Guy Thornton. The shooting was | holders jammed the council room to | Investigated at the demand of the! capacity and flowed over into the Walla Walla Bulletin. The testi: | hail mony showed that Monroe had been| M. J. Carrigan, former dounty com- punished for insubordination, The |mixsioner, declared that the fight for punishment consisted of forcing him\adequate transportation would be to stand in the corner of “Siberia,” | carried into the downtown district with his face to the wall, for nine/and the business interosts shown and a half hours, He was not per-ithat the ruling of the council was mitted to sit down or to lie down. He | checking the business life of the city. had to stand there, and ard! “We demand that the city either Thornton, from the top of the wall,|furnish us adequate street car ex: | kept Monroe there by promising him | tensions or else permit the operation }an ounce of lead. Finally Monroe asked for a drink! of water. One of the other guards entereg the inclosure known as | beria” and got Montoe some water in| ® pan, Monroe turned from the wall to get the water. shouted for Monroe to go back, but the convict took two more stepm to- ward the water, Thornton fired from the hip. The bullet severed the ar- tery in Monroe's ieft leg, and he bled to death. The bullet shot off a finger on each of the convict's hands, prov. ing, the coroner e#aid, that the con- vict had big hands at his sides when shot down. As a result of the vigorous de- mand for investigation, Prosecuting Attorney Benson filed a charge of} manslaughter against Guard Thorn- ton and then let him go on $1,000 bail. Clerk Vollendorf, of the prison, accompanied Thornton to the sheriff's office and helped him put up bond. Thornton declared he had to shoot Monroe to prevent him from esecap. ing. He said that the bars of Mon- roe’s cell had been sawed and that a heavy rope with a hook on the (Turn to Last Page, Column y ogy. | Guard Thornton | jot jitneys out to the Cowen Park | district,” he awerted. “And make no mistake,” he added hotly, “we want | real service, not a shuttle of a feeder system, or any other type of make- shift. E. W. Bundy declared that the Cowen park district has been built up on fitney service and that since the motor buses have been ruled off of the streets, property values have depreciated over a quarter of a million doars. Each point made by the indignant speakers elicited prolonged bursts of applause from the packed lobby. Councilman Carroll's suggestion for }of the Cowen park line to 45th st. |was dropped by its author after res- idents of the district indignantly de- clared that they would not be con- tent with such a makeshift. FEARS OTHER DISTRICTS WOULD WANT JITNEYS Councilman Cohen said that he would vote for a feeder system to supplement street car transportation but that the financial condition of the railway made it absolutely neces. (Turn tot Last Page, ( Cclame 8) a Atney feeder service from the end | “1921. Fatty Arbuckle Will Face Court in Murder Case ) oft This most recent photo of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle was taken in San Francisco after his arraignment on the murder charge brought against the movie comedian in connection ith the death of Virginia Rappe, motion picture actress. Arbuckle’s face is noticeably thinner and a_ worried, tight- lipped mask of tragedy has replaced his once grinning features. BY M. D. TRACY SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.—Bat tle lines were shhrply drawn today for the fight which will decide wheth- er Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle must go on trial with even his life in Jeopardy for the alleged murder of Virginia | Rappe, beautiful Los Angeles film of insufficient evidence. A court room crowded with wo men was to bear what promised to develop the most sensational testl mony heard in a San Francisco court for years. Judge Lazarus ruled that women ehould be first admitted and it was certain that actfess. | no men, outside the judge, jury. DEFENSE IS lawyers, court attendants and news- STILL SILENT paper men, would find places. Eighteen society women from the vigilance committee, which has of- {tered to aid District Attorney Brady, for Arbuckle a contention that Miss| Were to be in the front row. These Rappe’s death might have been caus-| *0clety women arrived in court ed by any one of several causes other | Carly ready to see to it that the | than an alleged attack by Arbuckle. | Charges against Arbuckle are pressed It was not expected, however, that|to the limit. Their seats were re the defense would offer any witnesses | Served for them. \ ‘The defense, stiN “reserving its right of silence,” was known to have prepared a case designed to set up at Arbuckle’s preliminary examina-| When Arbuckle enters the court ton today, contenting itself with|room he will have to face this bat- sharp cross-examination of state wit- | tery of 18 pairs of eyes. nesses. District Attorney Brady. The state had summoned seven major witnesses and perhaps a dozen of lews importance were said to be available. Dr. Arthur Beardsiee, one of Miss Rappe’s attending physicians before her death, remained an unknown quantity in the case today. He had not arrived up to an early bour this morning from his hunting camp in the Sierras, and™m detective was de- tailed to search for him. He had been expected here every day since Monday. Miss May Parsons, also wanted as a witness, was likewise missing. The “May Parsons” located in Fort Worth, Texas, proved to be the wrong placed strong hope in the new evidence of | Al Semnacher, manager of Virginia Rappe, the movie actress Arbuckle is accused of fatally injuring during a “wild party” at his hotel suite on Labor day. SEMNACHER TELLS STORY Semnacher is said to have made a statement to Los Angeles authori- tles yesterday, in which he admitted Arbuckle told him he might have been responsible for the injuries which resulted in Virginia Rappe's death. Semnacher eaid Lowell Sherman, a movie actor, Fred Fischbach and Arbuckle’s chauffeur all heard the | woman, District Attorney Brady an-! statement made. Brady said he nounced. would make all these men testify HEARING WILL against Arbuckle. Sherman is at BE LONG present in New York. Arbuckle’s preliminary hearing, opening this afternoon, was expected to last the remainder of the week. It can have any one of three outcomes: The court may require Arbuckle to stand trial for murder; it may reduce the charge to manslaughter, punisha- bie by ten years’ imprisonment, or it may release Arbuckle on the grounds Says Much Liquor in Fatty’s Home LOS ANGELES, Sept. quantities of liquor are stored in Ros- coe Arbuckle's home here, according to Catherine Fitzgerald, his th {Turn to Last Page, Column > PROBE OF ASYLUMS BOUND TO DO SOME GOOD Don’t, however, expect Hart’s committee to accomplish fundamental reforms (EDITORIAL) As far as The Star has been able to judge, Governor Hart has - selected a committee of high-class personnel to make an investigation of conditions at the Sedro Woolley for the insane. The Star calls upon all citizens and Ft. Steilacoom state hospitals who have facts relating to miscon- duct or inefficiency in the operation of these jristitutions to Iny them unreservedly before this commiiter, and urges the members of the committee to do their best to get to the bottom of the many charges which have been made against attendants and men in authority. It does not seem likely, however, that such » committce will be 4 able to get very far. With little or no funds at its disposal, with no authority to compel witnesses to testify, ‘with the superintendents thus notified in advance, so as to make sure that food and living conditions are first class on the occasion of the committee's inspec- tion; with the whole machinery of the state organization determined to bring about another whitewash—under these circumstances, not a great deal of fundamental, permanent improvement can be hoped for. However, the mere naming of such a committee calls renewed attention to the abuses, and probably its work will ult: in fright- ening the offendcns into temporary lmprevement, py That is | plans for a trip East to St. Paul and | |The ,other half of the house, 1417, TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE _ ACCUSED MAN NERVOUS AS TRIAL OPE By Hal Armstrong Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas pos told o= |James E. Mahoney, according to the state’ jmurdered his age wife, Mrs. Kate Mahoney, | |Mahoney bit his fingernails, in Judge J. T. Ron |court today. The case went to trial without a 18th juror. jJudge Ronald said it was impossible to obtain an jalternate juryman without summoning another ; |cial venire. This, he said, wéuld take several hours. and us prolong the case too long. oney’s little 12-year-old niece, Margaret Joh seated herself beside him when court opened and w! in his ear. Mahoney laughed. Outside the courtroom, half a minute earlier, the fendant had been sitting in the guard room cigaret. He was asked how he felt.this morning. floor vindictively for answer. *s _— GOES “INSANE” AGAIN IN HIS CELL, ero Pe Mahoney, according to deputy sheriffs, “went again Wednesday t, He is suid to have mate ' py Bg He ate a hearty breakfast. He appeared well and to es was again sane when court opened. edule Roald Cae oe These Wil 1 Try Mahoney tions for a change of venue. 1—R. H. Schultz, 2607 Mary et farmer read the information in which he charges Mahoney with the brutal murder of his wife. Mahoney licked his lips. TELLS WHAT STATE WILL PROVE Douglas said the state would prove as follows: That Mrs. Mahoney was a woman of considerable means who owned real estate and other valuable prop- erty in Seattle, including a sedan au- tomobile, an interest in apartment houses, a mortgage and diamonds. She was about 65 and Mahoney about 37 when they married. “Witnesses will show,” said Doug- las, “that about two months after | their marriage they were making) Douglas then arose and Ss. Ww. $—Mra. Adelaide Walker, 38th ave. S. W., housewife, 1438 W. 46th st., housewife, 6—Rudolph C. Crooks, Queen Anne ave., garage man former Colorado gold miner. 10—Miss Marian Westin, 3826 iE Densmore ave., bookeeeper. q 2. W. Garland, 318 315 N. 6th a st. insurance and estate | broker. on ] 12—J. N. McKale, 1714 E. Pros pect st, tires, other points. “On Friday, April 15, she visited | her safe deposit box, went to the Dexter-Horton bank and bought travelers’ checks for $460. “She told neighnors and acquaint. ances she was going to St. Paul. “The state will show on Saturday, April 16, she again went to her safe deposit box at William D. Perkins & | Co. and found the place closed. | “April 16 she went to the office of Dr. Wood in the Joshua Green | building about noon with the defend- ant “She was peen by several persons. | She had her diamonds on. She told the girl in the doctor's office she was going on her honeymoon. “The same day, about 5 or 6 o'clock, she and the'defendant were seen by neighbors in their apartment at 409 Denny way. “They were seen on the sidewalk in front by neighbors and she said they were making plans for their honeymoon EXPLAINS LOCATION OF HOUSEBOAT “Going back to Wednesday, April 18, I will explain that near the Unt versity bridge and the canal connect- ing Lake Union with Lake Washing- ton is a houseboat district. There is a double houseboat at 1415 and 1417 KE. Northlake ave. Mahoney was bitmg his nails. “At 1415," resumed the prosecutor, “there was a family named Renton. was vacant. “The defendant came and spoke to Mrs, Renton about renting the va- cant half of the house. “He asked where the deepest part of the lake was. “He said he expected to spend the summer there with a partner and do gome fishing. “About 150 yards away is Howard & Sons’ boat factory, “On Friday, April 15, the defend. ant came to the boat factory and rented from A. E. Howard a white skiff. He paid the rent for the boat for one week in advance and gave the “name of Glassford. “Oh Saturday, between 1 and 6| p. m. the Rentons and their niece, Miss Ramsay, returned to their house and found a card pinned to the (Tura to Last Page, Column 3) Prosecutor Douglas ts a man few hundred thousand words, couldn't do it and was eee R. H. Schultz, 69 years old. In the other end is Rudolph C, Crooks, 22. | Two of the women Breda gor Mra. The other two