The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 8, 1921, Page 14

$300,000 IS Tove munDERs BiG LOOT MAIL THEFT 26 Pouches Are Stolen by Secrets to Prosecutor One Chinese is iy ther is threate the system of ¢ Seattle as the ing a¢ Pirst ave, Friday afternoon. ng to expe Me Bandits From Canadian | yas navvea by "Mounted, Patrolman { Truck at Detroit Sane toltewia Lave ateded a8 |tompt to murder H¥rry Gong, TO BE EXPOSED Chinese Promises to Bare}: city jai and |} killings. in it of a shove and Cherry st. a mer THE SEATTLE STAR IREV, SPENCER IS | JAP P ONZI of all he Mr. N atel | thr i fish p why he, the president |pany, and actively engag management, should b DETROIT, Mich, Oct. §.—Several | chant tiliy wn . ’, which aro# between the World Suspects were held by police today : Two shtte wore fired at Gong ae Rice arose, Sewems e a oi » robbery here; "¢ fled into a cigar store a wt) Mall tne time cértain in ee ween te cee Jand Cherry Both bullets missed | stalments © payable to M of a Canadian government truck of |}; Hails company ntion Ghetr Mark lthe World Cable com 26 mall pouches. Gong now declares he will place! pany | nat e it Authorities today checked up on |before Pre Malcolm Douglas wr tere from th & the loot, which they believed would | information will enable the au-| \V. ge ea I total close to $200,000. Three of the | thorities to argest eve sunman con Bye! Pouches contained registered mali |nected with shooting® on this coast September Inataln matter, for several years past One of the stolen pouches is be-| Gong is a salmon broker with of Heved to have contained the day's | f in the Pioneer buiiding, and @ Feceipts of the Kenilworth race track | mr mber of the Suey Sing tong. Lee MM Windsor. Other pouches carried | is said to be a Hof Bing tongman. | accept and brought Waluadle securities consigned from Gong brands the Hop Sing tong piey n for te entire $275.6 Canadian banks to Detroit financial | 4s an outlaw society, with head | 18° uded the Mmatitutions. offices In San Francisco, where, he Authorities are convinced that the | says, death p are hatched. ‘ Bandits had information from some: I was warned a few days ago,” | p ’ One inside the mail service regard-| he said, “that Tom Leung, Kim) hex tf he eae ba tng the value of the mail sacks on | Sing and I were marked for kill-/¢ meg peates., yet mg the truck. |ing. I was on my guard.” | eniend wip S Mulh Be. aie, >> Wilttam R. Macauiey, driver of the| Gong says tho alleged outlaw | y tehalf of hie truck. had left the ferry only a few) tong is headed by gamblers, big oomay y to pay the Minutes before the robbery and was dealers in narcotics and slavers.| (ary, “Why he ) Bing ct toward the postoffice when| who buy and sell white girls, -futo drove up alongside of his ck and commanded him to turn yan alley. drove up the alley which had blocked, at the far end by an ‘The messenger wre taken from the ‘Wagon and stoo/ facing the wall with | two guns of a guard punching Dim) p. thor “MH the back, while the other three]: curiy Tobbers threw the mail pouches into ; Ne Ba 3 phapeantamaee FIRE PREVENTION DAY witli 3 Chinese Fall i in PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. outbreaks are Portland Tong War} &.—Three |Hop Sing tongmen have fallen be | fore the guns of assailants ina tong | war here and the score ts unsettled. | expected | to tender to Mr. Hath “The remaining two instalments | due gute tah in November and! * * There ix at least one thing which the World Cable Directory 4 ‘SER oe ae observed here Sunday, in accordance | SERVICES OF INSTALLATION | with the designation of Hart Co, has not misrepresented in Dr. A. Fryxell as rector of| Local firemen will parade thru the| selling Its stock. Swedish All Saints’ church, Loretta| downtown streets Monday. Seattle ht hi authority to do any. | pl. and Summit ave, were held Sat- last year. METROPOLITAN com, TOMORROW MATINEES WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY THE CHINO-AMERICAN ROMANTIC COMEDY Direct from a Run of ‘eee @ Two Solid Years at a, New York Four Months Chicago Two Months Boston ee COMPLETE BROADWAY CAST AND PRODUCTION PRICES: Evenings: $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 and 50c Wednesday (Pop) Matinee: $1.50, $1.00 and 50c Saturday Matinee: $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 and G0c Plus 10% war tax _ MONDAY, OCT. 17 KATHARINE RICE Presents AMERICA’S GREAT TENOR -IN-~ JOINT RECITAL WITH ENRIQUE ROS Russian Planist PRICES $2.20, $1.65, $1.10, 85 Tax included SEAT SALE THURSDAY WEEK COMMENCING COMIN SUNDAY EVENING Oct, 30th MATINEE WED) DAY AND SATURDAY ONLY! GREATEST SUCCESS AND MOST ARTISTIC TRIUMPH EVER KNOWN IN HISTORY OF THE MODERN STAGE F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest, Producers of “Chu Chin Chow,” Present the Sensation of Paris, New York, Boston and Chicago THE SENSATION OF PARIS AND NEW YORK “APHRODITE” (From the Theatre Renaissance, Parin) Direct from One Entire Season at the Century Theatre New York A Romance of Ancient Egypt in the Days When Civilization Was in Its Infancy; When Gods of Earth and Idols of Clay Ruled the Tempestuous Passions of Man —COMPANY OF 300— \G—Thin attraction ts the largest eve: bide mar") American Theatricals, | ‘Thentre. ant ‘deme: thentre. sands will be monea away, WATOH xt new lamnouncement of opening of mall order and public scat paper Sait tntor information next Sunday. lost $1,300,000 and 15 lives in fires | thing under the sun, as is proved by its articles of incorporation, on file in the county auditor's office, This doctment, by the way, is much | @ remarkable instrument that it) jseems strange that the articles were! lgranted without an investigation |by the secretary of state | It specifies 12 objects” for which | the corporation 1s formed — and |they’re so broad that they include just about everything In the world with possible exception of the ikitghen stove. | The objects are, in brief | 1, The printing of the “World | the Cable Directory.” 2. The printing of n “secret International cable code.” 3. The publication of “books, records, pamphlets, perlodicals, Itles or evidences of indebted. | Nees.” Employes of the World Cable Co. were duped into signing the contract in which they agree to commit hari-kart if they should tell any of the “secrets” of the Japanese Ponzi scheme. | The stenographer who Wrote the | contract admitted today that she had | had no idea what the word hart-kart meant when it was dictated to her. “I asked them what it meant,” she | sald, “and they told me it was sim- | ply that people who ‘talked’ would| ‘lose their rights and privileges’ in the company. The stenographer, having signed one of these contracts herself, ‘stands in mortal terror of Thomas | Y. Nabatame, Japanese president of the company, and begged that her name be kept out of the papers. “I'm willing to go into court, tho, if necessary,” she added, “and testify to all of this underath.” | ‘This woman, by the way, wan} lasked to resign several days ago, [because she akked too many embaf. | rassing questions, and she ts a jone of the few employes to get all their money back, | Interrogation of other employes ot Simultaneously with investigation the begin | into’ the jaftairs of the World Cable Direc. | | tory Co, by the prosecuting attor- |ney's office, suit wae filed Friday against the corporation by the B. | |W. Hall Co, to replevin six type-| writers on which the Japanese con lcern is alleged to have defaulted | Payment. } | It seemed rather tncongruous for | ja “fully paid-up $100,000 capital” jcompany—with “untold miliions be hind it"—to be sued for $275.61, but Col, J. M. Hawthorne, attorney for |the corporation, explained that it }was all because “Hall had been hot: | headed.” | MAN KILLED ning of an An unidentified Japanese was killed at 8:30 a, m. Saturday by a Northern Pacific train at Oril- | , near Auburn, | The Northern Pacific physi | clan at the station took charge of the body. | ABERDEEN, Wash— Co. Incorporated to | Dealin Everything, Thought Hari-Kari_ Something to Eat Begun for. Firm’s Typewriters’ | from motorists, The company promised to file a |ecounter bond, and still has pos session of the typewriters jelub at 3 NEAR AUBURN! | American lives |frame had been lightened in an ef. iday was|fort to increase her speed; De Hall y began a suit again I > NKS COMPANY MAS LAP HACKING t Informed that the company cked by & large amount of cap- Fam (also Informed that | reste in the Bast and mible, tion of this valuable one for acquittal. | ae bive: Sous nokee Mra. Spencer was drowned in Dun and Bradstreet’s to get Clear Lake, on which Lakeport 1s lo ports on the company, but as the| cated, while vacationing here with company Was not borrowing money. | her husband during the summer asking credit. it was | » take up the time of | y in making reporte t agencies or other unofficial | j BY a re Be riety | tence. He will ba sentenced Mon-| Co, has received thr day. The jury recommended life { impale te turinens oF, Aeattor |imprisonment ax the sentence Beattie at the present. time.| It was belleved Spencer would ap- ne the past aix weeks the World | peal the cane Directory Co. has employed an of about 40 people sician of Oklaho vieted of the murder of his wife, | mured the Rev GUILTY MURDER \Is Convicted for Drowning | His Wife LAKEPORT, Rev, John per Cal, Oct. #.—The formerly a ph today Maude Spencer. ‘The verdict was returned after the jury had been out #ix hour vote had at 1 11 for conviction a © Lord's will be done,” Spencer as he was od from the court room to a ceil, where he will await passing of sen- The verdict has paid an hverage on |surpriae to the community. week, making a week-| Rev, Spencer went to trial Mon- R about 91,900. day, He had been arrested in San | la sanve, Ay. lean a | Jone, Cal, two months ago ly in hard tim His arrest followed an autopsy on prevent # corpo Mra. Spencer's body, which caused Se eee ae authorities to believe whe had been employes were obtained from the | forcibly and not accidentally ¥. MC. A, and all of them, #0 far | drowned aa known to me, « Evidence at the trial developed the ployment heory that Rev, Spencer had taken pany and thr employ he br to Kratity some foolish curio te not indefensible, but ty his wife in a canoe to a lonely spot | jion the Inke, ried her body in the boat to a land. | drowned her, vot ony posl-| tng, where he came ashore, called tively crue | friends and tola them his wife had * * |falien overboard while he was mak “powers of at torney, sale, deeds of | trust and oth instrument 9. Dealing in and manufac. ture of “aeroplanes, airships, dirigibies and other vessels whieh can float or move in the alr.” 10, Dealing In and manofac ture of “submarines or other vessels which may move on or | under and partly on and partly | under” the water, | 11. To deal in raw and mane factured silk. 12. To leeate, buy, prospect or otherwise deal in land produc- ing “gas, oll, coal, tron, gold, sit ver, platinum or other metals or minerals.” 13. To “de and perform every thing Incidental, requisite and The articles show the tncorpora-| tors to be Thomas Y. Nabatame, | Walter H. Copper, James A. Frizzell, | Allan M. Peterson, James MoGrath, | and nm J. Gravalle, are ington and a majority of whom are, citizens of the United States.” The incorporators, with the ex ception of Frizzell, comprise the} board of trustecs, which ts to man- age the corporation until January 10, 1922, “all of whom | * | ing of the word hart-kart when they | signed thelr “secret contracts.” “I thought maybe it was some-| thing to eat,” one of the dupes ex-| Dlained ingenuously, nd 1 couldn't fee any sense to it—Dut I'm ye willing to eat.” Following is the text of the con tract “This is a secret agreement made between Thomas W. Nab. atamy of the first part and «se» Of the second part, The said parties hereby agree to the secret agreement for the publishing and copyright car- rying on of the business all over the civilized world, “The first party agrees to make profit which shdéll be divided equally with the party of the second part for the fu- ture. Therefore be it under. stood between the aforesaid parties that the utmost secrecy Dayton, O., | formation that led to his arrest. |the warrant in which they charged idents of the state of Wash- In ing fast the boat to the landing. Her body, half an hour later, was found flouting on the surface of the water, ‘The Spencers had been married tn {n 1907, Spencer, just before his arrest, was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Fulton, | Cal. BOY IS HELD AS GIRL’S SLAYER Lad of 14 Arrested for Maniacal Crime MADISON, N. J., Oct. * —Prank Kluzen, 14 years old, arrested for the maniacal murder of little Janet lawrence, 12, waa taken to the county jail in Morristown today for | safekeeping The boy dented he had stabbed the | | girl 26 times with a pocketknife and|Only our own dealers sell these hidden her outraged body behind po log In « clump of treea, known | Kluzen wood. Authorities 414 not reveal the In- In him with the murder there waa no statement of evidence that might | connect the boy with the crime. ‘The Kiuzens are one of the wealth- eat families in Middlesex county. ‘They live only a short distance from the scene of the murder. HERE’S MORE ABOUT ROBBERY STARTS ON PAGE ONE Fremont, shortly after midnight, Sat. urday. ‘The arrest was a deliberate trap set by the sheriff to capture two bandita who have been terrorizing that neighborhood. Kramer stopped his automobile on the highway and waa stuck up by two men posing as deputy sheriffs. $100 from him as hush money to avo! notoriety. They demanded Kramer gave them, he told the sheriff, a diamond ring and a gold watch and was allowed to leave for Beattie to get $100 for them. Instead of returning to the waiting alleged bandits. Kramer notified Deputy Sheriff Jack W. turned with him in the automobile, When the two men stepped from the bush, Dill shoved a gun in Knapp’s side and declared himself an officer. The other man fled Dill, who re- Saturday morning Knapp was grilled by Starwich and ia sald to have implcated Harris tn his alleged confeasion. according Harris was arrested and, to Starwich, also con = ey Soy anemia fenged, Starwich sald credit due for a, aer ai thet it shall the arrests belonged to Dill. Star. y be harakiri for/elther or both of them,” | Talk on Will Power lat Y. M. C. A. Sunday “Will Power in subject of an address by Dr pastor of the First M. B.| at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday | Co-operating. with | the Sunday club is the g@mnasium loaders’ confe Special music at the mass meeting will be a solo by R. H, Vivian Dirigible Wrecked Religion” is the J. Ralph Magee, church, p.m complaints have been \him for several months of the activ- way, | Southard, alleged “Bluebeardesn,”” | wich announced the two men would | |be charged with Monday. highway robbery recelved by |the company develope tent mt f Bigned-BY both parties here- The two men are said to have been his . . holding up young people on the | highway and extorting “blackmail e money.” Suit ls According to Starwich, scores of | ties of the two men on the high who posed as deputy sheriffs, n every instance extorting money Harris, who missioner, was to have been married Saturday ARSENIC FOUND IN IDAHO CASE}:: BY ROBERT A, DONALDSON TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 8 Enough arsenic to kill two men was found in the body of Edward F. Meyer, fourth husband of Mrs, Lyda ao cording to the testimony of Dr. E. F, Rodenbaugh, state chemist of Idaho, who today gnve the detalled result of his chemical examination by Bad I 2 of the vital organs of Meyer's ad Ins body. y - pection Rodenbaugh testified that an ab- HULL, Eng, Oct. 8.—Lack of| solute “lethal or killing dose” of proper inspection of the pre-construe- |tion plans of the ZR-2, which was a total wreck August 24, was blamed by the official court of Inquiry, in stituted by the ajd ministry, for the disaster which cost 44 British and ‘The court found that the airship's that the warmest day since temperature of 82 August, with | change had not been properly con- sidered arsenic consists of half a grain and that approximately a grain was found in Meyer's body. Dr, Herman Harms, state chemist of Utah, corroborated Rodenbaugh's testimony. Harms also took samples of Meyer's vital organs, as well as other parts of his body, and subject. ed them to chemical tests. Harms stated that arsenic was found in practically every part of Meyer's body, even his hair and un- der his finger nails was con: | It wae} | stated that until the final ballot the! mur- was something of a) and car-| until) says he is the step. | son of Jack Thatcher, state tax com ‘SEAT TLE Ice CREAM (na nounces: | ! | Something Different In Ice Cream For more than twenty years Seattle Cream of Quality Ice Cream |has meant to every Seattleite GOOD ICE CREAM. It has meant a dependable uniformity of high quality an® fine flavor. During this time many important developments have been made. But the !crowning achievement of all is this new and wholly different idea we now take pleasure in announcing. Seattle Private Brand Bricks A Series of Week-End Specialties These Private Brand Bricks are ideal for Sunday dessert, for week-end parties or for any occa- sion where a combination of wholesome food and delicious goodness is desired. 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Leigh Rabel, 1235 Me and railroad transportation will | &¥ was chosen president. gl be discussed at a regional meeting of Quarterback on the team. the American Short Line Railroad | Greig of Cashmere was cho association at the Seattle Chamber | of Commerce on Thursday, Plans vice president. Gretg ts capt the football team. Other officers for the gathering have just been re- ceived by E. C. Ward, president of John May, Jay Northrop, ’ Greeley and Lioyd Williams. the Pacific Coast Railroad. Among the subjects to be taken up “ «taken u>/ Woman Is Hurt in sepvettng gaye Bong gather Auto Hit by Tr. utary to Seattle; demands of labor;| x. Page and hit wife motor transportation; congressional poh: Guat Uk SOAG ae and state legislation, and require |") onan automobile in which ments of the <interstate commerce | were riding was struck by a | commission as affecting the issuance a ol of securities, stocks, bonds, ete Weng Se tatervection sf Hina at Railroad ave. 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Thirty-five more of the last special panel of 60 remain to be ¢ amined, with the defense clinging to the eight peremptory challenges left to them, and the prosecution | |ecarefully conserving its four ‘The slow processifn of jurors that has passed in review before Attor ney Rice for the defense, and Dis trict Attorney Neuner for the state, has been retarded more by the de-! fense’s careful questioning than by the state's efforts to dislodge pros pective talesmen inimical to its side lof the case Brumfieid’s eyeglasses were being tepaired yesterday and the absence lof this aid to vision worried him | perceptibly. 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