The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 29, 1921, Page 1

| Finst.im Seattle by 1,721 Copin a day ~ Bedblarv _— y x f WEATHER Hil} Tonight and Sunday, rain; fresh southerly winds, ay VOLUME 23 HART a Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 62. Sntered as Second Class Matter May 3, 181 HARD CRIMINALS “Grants Secret Pardons to Regular Offenders, While 3 George T. Stagg Is Held in Prison for Technical ' Kidnaping Crime By Hal Armstrong . f OVERNOR LOUIS F. HART, who shrank from the odium of | giving a pardon to George T. Stagg, newspaperman who had) nitted a eee be oe y Be s0 pwn turning out of prison men who are forgers, burglars, hi safe-crackers, murderers or habitual criminals. © Scores of convicts of the most firmed criminal have been released ly, on the governor’s te, from the state dnsad at Walla Walla, afar only a part of their sentences. | Police and sheriff's deputies admit the: surprised meas : lies OF Sa gibehdiic thay saoeh ceeded os te cree mon . tier when unemployment is so alent t inopportune, declare, for the wholesale releese of cane’ wk tke tempted, quickly again to crime. SLAYER KEEPS AT CRIME Valentine Reynolds was triea here in 1003 for killing W. Mc- Nally at Wellington with a Lyme) Walla to serve the remainder of his life sentence. . When, more recently, Deputy Sheriff William Sears went to the New Baker betel, a First sentenced to be hanged. 4 ave. lodging house here, to Sentence was commuted to serve subpoenas summoning life imprisonment? saving his witnesses to the trial of James " K. Mahoney, ex-convict wife Beck.’ He went.to Walla Walla murderer, Bears says he found to spend the reat of his days. Reynolds in the New Baker Some ome he was talking to Mahoney's sister, Paroied. He the con- Mrs, Dolores Johnson, who is a now herself in jail awaiting back prison recently trial for forgery and grand quietly paroled again. ae larceny. Nothing was known Reynolds is still at liberty. seen and recognised: on the ‘fore he killed his bride here he was arrested in the ‘Governor Hart from the «tate End. In company with a man prison, where he bad been named Van Horst he had. been sqrving a term for rubbery in caught selling bootleg beose and Bpokane. dope. Sos. a i His Spokane victim was given ‘Van Hotet’ had escaped from Knopkout drops and is sald ‘New Weatminster penitentiary, by detectives to have been left British Columbia, where he was by Mahoney for dead Ma serving a life term. He was honey is said to have been con- sent back, Reynolds pieaded siderably surprised when his guilty of selling dope and wax oe a ee, ee given a short term in the him on the street and county jail. caused his arrest and convic- He had again violated his ton. Parole, but on his release trom: Mahoney was a “two-time Oo ite scctas cea ae loser,” had been in the peni- the law says he should tentiary twice, before Governor bandita,” were arrested in Seat- tle. Evans was one of them. They had held up a party of motorists on Lake Washington boulevard, tearing the diamand earrings from one woman's earsi to the state 7 All three bandits, including By- Gov, Hart him, and six ana, were sent to the peniten- weeks later a trie of negroes, tary on October §, Evans to called by the police “the he serve 12 to 20 years, The. record of Irving,. more, : . shows he is 31. ts Nineteen hundred eighteen je was sent to tbe peniten found him back in Seattle, tiary in Huntsville, Texas, in 1906 where he committed a burglary, to serve two years for stealing was caught and returned to in San Antonio. In 1907 he was arrested in Mt Pleasant, Texas, and sent back to Huntsville for theft to serve one year. For another crime he was sentenced to Huntsville for a” prison for one to 15 years, Last March two negroes were arrested for forgery. One of them was Sam Penny and the other—Elmer Irving. When asked how he had got ‘out of prison, Irving revealed to four-year term. detectives that he had been In 1911, at Port Orchard. paroled by the governor. tonight in The Colyum @| Wash. he was sentenced to Penny was sent to Walla serve one to 15 yeara in the Monroe reformatory for grand larceny. » From there he was taken to Walla Walla for false imperson ation to serve one to 10 yeurs Walla for three to 15 years and Irving convinced the jury he was not guilty. He is now re- ported serving time in the Muit- nomah county stockade at Kelly Butte, near Portland, Ore. te from Mra, Anow, and as I read ars coumsed down my f of yesteryear. MET seem to slop over @ bit. It m Of @ lot to men the of m fi SAFE CRACKER LET OUT Jack King, first man sen tenced to life imprisonment un der the habitual criminal law in this state, sufe cracker and jew Togret | ‘nly let me know where the tn, fhe is happy. jen! her just ax 1 think iis of Ris kind awful pany with other ex-convicts, was picked up at Sixth ave. 8. and King st., and his parole revoked. He was carrying a concealed re- Good-bye, | can may no more. ® cen el thief, was sent to Walla volver. tions now before the culinary| in 1907 to remain there until he Doake, an exconvict, burglar Hons: Can Boldt's keep the doors| died. and safe-cracker and “four eae te Chataosy Writht? A year and @ half ago he was time” lower, who violated his ete peroled by the governor. parole at Bellingham, ix under- ‘A year ago he was arrested in stood to be out of prison again, | UNTIL SHE GROWS UP! | Mies Bridget Fiuzgerald, Smith } Bellingham with two other men Sternagle, safe-cracker and William Doake and Louis Ster “fourtermet,” broke jail in a © ee seed sa pegio, in an auto laden with Mphrata after being arrested for we burglars’ paraphernalia, black burglary last year. He had woke (Mass.) Transeript. * . dispatches report a blood fev@ution in Portugal. Little & bloodless revolution interest The foot- been paroled four times and is now wanted in four counties for burglary and safe-cracking powder and steel drills. ‘He was given.another chance, and two months ago, in com While George T. Stagg languished in prison for an offense construed by many able lawyers as merely contempt of court, but which had been in his particular case termed kid- naping, he saw a constant stream of confirmed criminals |leaving the penitentiary with the sanction of the governor. | In spite of his leniency toward criminals of this class, Gov. Hart refused to ope lon puss ie ig face of unanimous rec- .|ommendations by the pardon board. Mh the seagate Mg or i ime| Tt Hart hadn’t happened to be out of the state, and Marry. 4 Lieut. Gey. W. J. Coyle acting as governor this week, Stagg % Pe: " would st# be in Walla Walla working in the prison laundry Pe bee stores up enough honey! hile murderers, robbers, thieves and habitual criminals F ten.”-—Y. M. C. A. lecturer. "i f Eh aweet of him. enjoy life outside. y in thix country. HW ftason ix open. { ar) ‘ Foch, now in this country, Phe ix a teetotaler. Evidently ‘Marsha! has heard about the Mo of hootch that is handed out | countr “Satety first.” bs eee | amounted to $5,000,000, $1,500,000, as claimed by postal offi-| at the Postoffice at Keattie, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 187%. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to 8% SEATTLE, WASH,, SATUR Out of Auto ALBANY, Ore., Oct, 29.—Mr, and Mrs. J of ‘Tacoma, Wash., AL bany garage last night temporar lly bereft of their choicest posses: sion. Their 4-year-old son, sleeping In the rear of the car, they thought, was found to be missing, A frantic search had hardly started when a stranger hove in sight with the child in his arms. The youngster had beon thrown out when the car passed roughly over a low concrete traffic sema phore, two blocks from the gar age. He was uninjured. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER SLAIN Pretty Girl, 19, and Man; Found Dead in Cottage PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Oct. 29.-- Clandestine love affairs of a pretty 1%-yearold Sunday school teacher and church organist here, were the only clués authorities had to- day to a mysterious double mur der. Mise Louise Doyle, religious worker, and John W. Newman, 26- yearold father of three children, were found dead in an abandoned house near here after police hai rearched for them for a week. Three bullet wounds were found tn DAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921. | On the Issue of Antericanism There Can Be No Compromise =| The Seattle Star ~~ FWO CE PPP PPP LPP LLL LL PPA ADAP POP anianriee TS IN SEATTLE Fi THREE ; ' Close By ' Three men held up ten men in Newman’ body. Miny Doyle wie killed by a shot thru the heart. No weapons were found. | County authorities traced move ments of the few boy friends of the slain girl Mrs. Newman was calm today as whe recited her discovery of the first intimation of friendly relations between her husband and the girt. She denied, tho, that they had been intimate. She did not know how jong they had been friendly. “S found had = calied tadier tn Friday—~ him at the the day both disappeared,” sald. “Sohn was Working over time and left shortly after the con- versation. had said she ready in a few minutes.” Newman's auto was found the day after he and Mis. Doyle din. appeared. It had been abandoned on @ lonely country road. The automobile “was five milex from the deserted houne where the mur der mystery waa unearthed by two farm hands who had gone to clean up the premises. Police announced the sole theory today that a jealous rival had killed Newman and Miss Doyle while they were riding. carried their bodies to the cottage ahd drove the machine as far as the NEW YORK, Oct, i orders to use them were given postal employes here and in other large; cities today on receipt of an anony: mous warning that more holdups are A mysterious letter received by Postmaster Morgan warned that “the big four” would make ite next raid in Philadelphia. The letter aiso claimed that the loot in the New York robbery cla! Admiral Rescues ' .3 From SAN" PEDRO, Cal, Oct. 29.— Three persons narrowly escaped drowning In the outer harbor here today when a sutinarine chaser rammed a ferry boat plying “be- tween shore and the warships, The force of the collision turned the ferry completely over, hurting the occupants into the water. Admini BE. W. Eberle and sey- 1 members of his staff who vere passing in the admiral's barge, rescued the men in the water and landed them at the submarine base. A naval. tug immediately got @ line aboard the upturned ferry and towed her to safety, Monday ‘. Date of Brumfield Sentence ROSEBURG, Ore, Oct. 29-—Dr, Richard M. Brumfield will be sen- tenced Monday for the murder. of Dennis Russell, tt was learned here today. Brumfield is recovering nicely from the effects of his attempt to take hie own life by slashing veins in his neck, according to jail offt- cials. Real Beer Can Be Sold to Druggists WASHINGTON, Oct, 29.—The treasury department today held that brewers having accumulated stocks of real beer can dispose of it to drug: gista holding permits under the medicinal beer regulations, The treasury department holds that the brewers have the right to dispose of the large stock of real beer now on hand i yd. the girt! instend of | / | The several minutes after the robbery she! that one of the victims approached [Deputy Sheriffs Stewart jand George Bundy, lying in walt with. their t n |them of what bad: | returning home with (several handred dotlers. (been traveling in @ box | the train stopped at the ter tank the door of ‘opened and the ton occupants looked out into the muzzlies of three . z | Money, watches and razors quickly} | changed hands, By the time Campbell and Bundy arrived on the scene the three high- waymen hed decamped, their tracks. | ‘The two deputies themselves in Renton to reported intended activties | eae es Independents Farin Lead in Recall Election FARGO, Oct, 2%—(1 p. m)—The vote in Friday’s North Dakota re- ‘eall election, with 1,092 precincts tab- gave for governor: Nestos, independent, 84, Frasier, . 59,804, Uniess there was # much heavi vote than has so far been indi- cated, there are probably not more than 60,000 votes outstanding. Huge nonpartisan gains would necessary to overcome the lead. Returns from nonpartisan districts failed to show so far the percentage of guin which will be required for a Frazier victory. ‘ Four Are Executed for Mexican Plot MEXICALI, Lower California, Oct. 2--Four secret executions have taken place at the Mexicali garrison within the past 36 hours, according to well-wuthenticated ru- mors here today. ‘The men executed are said to have been soldiers found guilty un- der courts-martial of spreading Can- tt propaganda. Cantu was deposed a few months ago as governor of Lower Califot. nia. id Woman Burned in Fall on Stove TACOMA, Oct. 29-—Mre, Etta Hard, 73, was.in a hospital today in a critical condition, suffering from burns sustained last night at her home, after she had fallen on a hot electire range, over which she had been cooking. The woman was about the head and arms, as well ae on her bogy, when her clothing be- came ignited. A MATSON, 1826 was acrested Friday night dry squad, when Gver 400 of beer and were found in his home. Terry ave by the quarts badly burned 30 gallons of brew/ ‘ | pe | Balore. And here are the people |who are going to help make The | | } | | i FLOODS WRE 2 B. C. TOWNS! | New Shrine Race Entrant DP Pioneer Mason’s Daughter muster of St. John's lodge, N in Seattle, and state grand lorse Bill ber of votes. She is followed Thank You, Everybody, ry Seattle i just filled with good: | hearted people. Hardjy had The! Star reached the streets, carrying | the story asking for automobiles to | bring tie little orplan kiddies down. | town Monday afternoon to see the} Mary Pickford picture, “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” at the Coliseum, be-! Cg the’ telephone bells began ring: | la In Just about one hour we had cars| Star party a huge success: West Side Ford Agency, Mr. D. E, Nyberg, Pacific Repair Co. M. George, 62045 Fourth ave.; children are coming in from the ) |home and from Daddy . home, at Des Molnes. Seattle Housewives’ Light Costs Double \, Vancouver, Camas The Northwest Electric company of Portland, Ore., a private cor- poration organized for private gain, has asked the Washington state board of public works for permission to sell electricty to housewives int Vancouver, Wash., and Camas, Wash., at cheaper rates, ‘ . f The company hat been seling “Juice” at 5 cents a kilowatt hour; it wants to reduce the rate to 3 cents, Meanwhile, the city of Seattle, a public corporation orgunized for the benefit of its citizens, whose city council has rate-fixing powers, is charging housewives 6 cents # kilowatt hour for the same kind of electricity ‘The law allows the state board of public works to permit vate re ductions by private corporations if the proposed new rate is found to be a “reasonable rate.” If, therefore, thé board of public works finds 3 cents a reasonable rate to charge for electricity, the ‘housewives of Vancouver and Camas will get that rate, dnd will pay’ just half what the house wives of Seattle have to pay for thelr electric “juice.” The vity utilities committee: has reached a decision to report favor. ably to the council Monday a proposal to reduce electric rates charged for industrial current, that 4s, current used by industrial plants, factories. If the council passes favorablyson the proposal the industrial rate will be cut 30 per cent, If a Bimilar reduction was made to the housewife she would still be paying twice as much for: her kilowatt as the factory owner pays for hfs, for the reason that fucory rates are now half as much as housewife rates We Have Enough Autos It's going to be a great party. The ther’s home, Washington Children’s Draper's by who was | Billie, Loventhal and Billie Clark. Ry: | { ' \ VANCOUVER, B. C., Ott, 29.—A cloudburst has wiped out part of the mining town of Britannia, 18 miles ‘lfrom Vancouver. A number of peo- wrought when a terrific tropical hur- ricane swept the state last Tuesday and Wednesday. Reports trickling in indicated that the total loss would be a little more |than $4,000,000. The list of known dead Pauper Plea Filed by Mahoney Counsel James FE. Mahoney, convicted mur- lderer, was declared a pauper crimi- nal Saturday by his attorneys in a petition filed in superior court, ask- ing that newspaper clippings of ‘the murder trial be furnished the clerk of the supfeme court, to which an’ appeal has been made for new trial. jcutor Maleolm Douglas said the rec- ords would be furnished. A petition for extension of time from November 18 to January 10, in which to file statements, also was asked, the petition as “an excuse to delay ‘the appeal and gain Mahoney a few | days more of life.” | tenced to hang Januar jexecuted until | passes judgment, in February, on his | appeal. |Allies Threaten PARIS, Oct. ‘allied ambassadors today decided to j send a note to the little entente ) warning those nations to cease their warlike The ambassadors w had not yet decided what to do with ‘former Emperor Kerl and his wife, {second effort to regain the throne he has been beld prisoner and the 4 (Nutle entente nations have been de- that Hungary surrender manding him to them on threat of “War. PORT | stood at the original records und Prose- Douglas branded Mahoney, sen- 6, will not be supreme court the “Little Entente”’ 29.—The council of preparations against Hun: uneed they Since the collapse of Karl's