The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 2, 1921, Page 7

IBER 2, 1921 fHE SE ATTLE STAR MADALYNNE FINDS ‘REAL SELF’ IN JAIL BANDITS IN GUN FIGHT DOWNTOWN Auto Desperadoes Escape After Terrorizing the Business Section Police were searching the city Wednesday for two youth- ful automobile bandits who ter. rorixed the downtown district Tuesday night by engaging in a running pistol battle with | Motorcycle Patrolman A. J. nin had = staged three holdups in rapid succes- sion, ‘The chase came to an end when the fugitives ran their into a standing automobile at First ave. Pike st, and escaped afoot, in spite of tho fact that one was be lieved wounded. The youths uv believed to be the same ones who committed nine robberies Mon night in the Capitol Hill district The automobile whieh the ban its wrecked was a new machine delonging to T. J. Clark, 1305 & Madisen st., from whom it had been istolen early in the evening. Patrolman Hill recognized the ar, a description of which had been furnished him when the theft was reported, at Fifth ave. and} Denny way, and he started in pursuit. } The bandits were on the Wwokout, however, and speeded away. Hill took up the chase, bering away with bis revol- ver, and he saw the driver of thy fleeing cor crumple up ami | erop as if he had been shot, ‘Te bandits kept on, tho, wotil they came to First ave. and Pke # «There, after barely getting out | of the “wily of a street car, ther) auto crashed into a machine at the | curb, wrecking it. The passing} stteet car had delayed Hill, and by! the time he could reach ‘he wreck | the bandits hail fled. } The bandits’ victims were Mra. | D. Dew and RJ. Hamlin, 2135) Bisth ave. W., who lost $31; James) Coffee, nd Central Hotel, who) Jost $5, and Mrs. J. A. McDonald} and J. Brace, 1629 Third ave. W./ Who lost an overcoat, $3, a dia: | mond ring and a wate! AL ATTEMPT IRISH PEACE, Lloyd George to Resign it Effort Is Failure : BY ED L. KEEN LONDON, Nov. 22.—The Irish HERE’S MORE ABOUT LEGION STARTS ON PAGE ONE public school. Cancellation of teach ing certificates was recommended for disloyal teachers. An immigration resolution asked that Immigration be restricted and a careful mentality and blood test be given immigrants who do not take out naturalization papers within a specified time, Resolutions endorsing the idea of the WashMgton arms limitation con ference and another condemning Ambassador Harvey's London speech as “worthy only of a little mind,” and representing to the president that Harvey is unworthy of the post he holds, were introduced. A resolution strongly condemning the pardon for Eugene V, Debs, or jother so-called political prisoners, | was adopted, the chairman of the committees commenting that dared he could vote “no,” A resolution was passed demand ing that congress take immediate steps to regulate Hawatian popula tion so as to increase the American population and otherwise diversity population of the Islands for military, social and economic reasons, includ ing the safety of the United States. A program of industrial and social reform, further securing the freedom of the press and abolishing a tendency toward class consciousness in government was demanded in an anti-red resolution. Penalties for renting a building to radical organi zations were suggested The name of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was hissed by the Legion naires when a resolution was intro- duced demanding his property be confiseated by the allen property custodian and all legal means be used to have him brought tack for trial, A delegate amended the reso. if any lution to imply that force should bel used, If necessary, HERE’S MORE ABOUT COAL STRIKE STARTS ON PAGE ONE in retaii yards and because the pul- le utilities and the railroads are so well supplied.” PRODUCTION IS SPEEDED UP Coal production during the last few weeks has been speeded up cons ably, government figures show Th total production thus far this year, ' however, is still at a lower point than during any year since 1909, but gov~ ernment officials do not look on this with alatm, because of the business depression. pet 28,000 Stop Work in Indiana Mines} TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 2-— Twenty-eight thousand coal miners of District 11, U. M. W. A., are not working today, in protest against the injunction of Judge A. B. Ander: son. District officials expressed the be PRISONER'S THOUGHTS MIRRORED \Girl in Famous Case Cre- ates New Philosophy in Jail Cell BY LINTON WELLS (Special to The Star) LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2.—While Arthur ©. Burch, once her “platonic \eriend,” faces trial here for the mur. der of J. Belton Kennedy, insurance broker, Madalynne Obenchain, held as accomplice, finds her cell in the county jail an ideal site for the birth of a new life philosophy The “platonic friendship” on the part of Burch has turned to whis- pered protestations of love and mur. mured threats, she says, causing her to break with him. The philosophy, however, is the outgrowth of her personal tmpres: sions of the effect of her harrowing experiences upon her life and char acter, A woman %f unusual intel leetual qualities, Madalynne Oben chain has subjected herself to an un. usually interesting —_self-analysis which is here presented CAN TELL THOSE WHO CONDEMN HER “f think the thing that has im pressed me as much as anything else in my life here is the cheerfulness of those who are facing and are in fact in serious trouble, “The value of a laugh and a cheer, | tul Word is here fully realized for the first time—and one hears many of them in the women's wards “It in amusing, too, to be able to know just what others are thinking of you. “It seems to me that sense has become unusu acute since my life in here. For instance, I can tell exactly the presons who are my friends and those who are not. Sometimes they might just as well shout at me: ‘Madalynne Oben chain, I know you're guilty! Their thoughts are so loud, I ean hear them, regardless of the fact that they may be speaking sweet words of encouragement and covering their nner with @ veneer of polite an. ‘EFUSES TO STUDY IME PSYCHOLOGY A physician whom I know tells me what a wonderful opportunity 1 |have for studying eriminology—but | it doesn't interest me. Crime is very unpleasant to me. and the people I | know who are accused of committing crimes are not often very attractive, | altho some of them are—and with all [of them I sympathize deeply. “During my stay here I have | learned) how very fortunate I am— | fortunate in having those who love |me come to my aid, and fortunate that I do not have to walt on the whims of those who are merely paid | tO anmist me, “TL watched my sixth the others, waiting. Peace negotiations were resumed to- | » 930 Waiting. hoping, hoping, for the ar | ef that 30,000 men, employed by 230 final effort to avert a com: . Downing st. at noon. 1 Peace negotiations had reached! critical stage that both fac- A ecsogd their collapse. the conference be broken Ldoyd George would tender own and his cabinet’s resigna-; and go before the British in a general election on the tions Tien tare, _ Mlustration of the seriousness |ably be ordered for about November | the situation was seen in a semi. announcement that Lloyd George would not sail for the Wasn armament conference Satur. | day, as planned. | i ce . University Tries to Raise Jap Fish’ ‘The Japanese ayu, or native eweet fish; may be raised here if the plans Row under way in the college of fisheries at the university are suc Ceesful. A shipment of 12,000 eges arrived Saturday from Japan. DO YOU GO TO MOVIES? | HEN you've won- dered what is the real life of the men and women, the young men and the girls, who ‘ote like phantoms fore you! ‘The answer is given, with photographic pre- cision, in “Confessions \ revelation of ion which begins THE STAR | THURSDAY Don’t miss it mines, would be out in the district be tore Friday. ome Men in 16 States Expected to Quit INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 2.— Strike of bituminous cos! miners it was learned authoritatively,| tying up mines in 16 states today | hinged upon whether mine operators discontinue the checkoff system of collecting union dues, a» ordered by Federal Judge A. B. Anderson. if a strike materializes it will prob- 10, next pay day at the mines, When operators in Indiana an-| jnounced they would obey the An-)Able to build a pattern better fitted derson injunction, a walkout of the miners in the state resulted. About 28,000 of the 30,000 men employed in| the mines in the state had left their jobs today. High officials of the union declared they would resist the injunction with “every legal means” at their disposal. cee Another Coal Mine Drawn Into Strike CENTRALIA, II1., Nov. 2.—All the miners of the Marion County Coal company here refused to go to work today as a protest against the “check off” system injunction of Federal Judge A. B, Anderson. $20,500 FIRE INW. SEATTLE Water Supply Short Lacking adequate water supplies with which to fight flames that broke out tn a building belonging to J. ¥. Adams, 9215 45th ave, 8. W., | Tuesday night, firemen were unable to check the conflagration, which damaged stock and building to the extent of $20,500. A grocery store operated by Wat son & Hurley, a restaurant and bak- ery, a barber shop, a hardware store |and real evtate office were occupants |‘T, Dalton, Mrs. 8. J. of the building, and were all dam. aged. The fire's origin has not been determined the only water pipe which could be used to be a small private pipe, which was practically useless, and devoted thelr efforts to saving stock and surrounding dwellings. Case Is Remanded to Lower Tribunal A decision reached Tuesday by the state supreme court remanded to the Thurston county superior court an action brought by C, W. Gillespie, a member of the Seattle Automobile Insurance exchange. Gillespie had asked the court to prohibit the state department of public works from ac- epting insurance from the ex- hange, which was denied in the low- er court and appealed to the supreme court, Business Block Is Burned; When firemen arrived they found! rival of those whom they expect to [help them out of their difficulties. | FEELS SHE CAN BUILD BETTER SELF “As for myself, I have Mr, Oben lechain, who not only gives me his | time and talents, his devotion and | loyalty, but arranges that others in in whom he has confidence may the same. “It is only when 1 catch many of my present companions in trouble ‘that T realize my own good fortune, {and am thankful, “Somehow, out of all this expert jones, out of the varied shapes and figures, f feel sure that I shall be for a worthy use-—-and perhaps out of it I shall also learn to express myself with the written word, for | writing, too, must be evolved from the inner being, as well ax the out j wand cirourmstances, it seems to me.” (GHEST PROGRAM _ NEARLY READY General Executive Commit- tee to Direct Work ‘The campaign program of the Se- |attle Community Fund is nearing completion. campaign officials déclar. ed Wednesday A general campaign executive com. | mittee of prominent men and women |who have been active in civic and social work will assist in conducting the campaign from November 14 to | 19, W. L. Rhodes, general chairman, announced. Members | campaign committee to assist in rais ing the $744,810 are: Mayor Hugh |M. Caldwell, J. F. Dougias, Frank Waterhouse, Dr. Park Weed Willis, Coleman, Judge George | Donworth, Victor Elfendah!, David Whitcomb, Dr. Henry | Munday, C. D. Stimson, us, Nathan Eckstein, J. W. Spangler, | C.'S. Wills, Dr. M. A. Matthews, Dr. A. M. Bailey, Bishop O'Dea Koch, Mrs, H. Landes, Mrs. Geor, Lombard, Mrs. A. Dinkelsplel, Mrs, Ed Ames, Mrs. A. A. Hilton, Mrs. B. C. Beck frs. Thomas Dalton, Mrs. John trickson, Mrs. John Collins, William Pigott, Robert Oldham, Her | Schoenfeld, Dr. A. F. Christensen and Roy Kinnear. Arms Conference LIVERPOOL, Noy. 2.—Arthur Bal four, lord president of the council ‘and delegate to the Washington arms ‘conference, sailed from here today on the Empress of France. He was accompanied by several aides, | ALTHO WASHINGTON FLOW. | BRS rival all others, most of the prettiest ones are named after other states or countries, Nathan Eek- stein, financier, told members of the Seattle Advertising club, in session Tuesday at the Washington Annex. do} f the general executive | | LEGAL BELASCO | AIDS OBENCHAIN Husband of Accused Woman| Gets Valuable Assistant CHICAGO, Nov. 2A Belasco of | the court room; a lawyer who paya| just as much attention to his dra matic effects as he does to his Black: } stone—wuch is the personality of} Charles 1. Erbatein, who will assist | Ralph Obenchain in the defense of the latter's wife, Madelynne Oben chain, against (he charge of murder. ing J. Belton Kennedy Erbstein has long been recognined asx Chicago's most talented director of courtroom dramatics, and his entry in the case assures Los An-| geles of one of the most colorful | trials {t has ever witnessed, Because batein does not view a criminal trial as a mere process of law; for him, if the paraphrase may be pe ned, the court's a stage, and judge, jury, prisoner, lawyers and witnesses are players ff it And the Obenchain trial will pro vide him with just the of | “vehicle” that he likes for his talents, A womah in the prisoner's dock that, in his opinion, ts the finishing touch to any legal drama, and never does he exert himself so much as when his client is of the fair sex Erbstein would have a jury of | women to try his comely client With such a colorful setting for his stage, he would be prepared | for unfolding his play, with the deft employment of — human touches that has made him the favorite of Chicago court fans, There is, however, nothing of the elown about Erbstein. His theatricals are intended for noth ing but to win juries, and his emotional by-plays are for no other than to supple ment tl tactics that less keen lawyers would use bare. Where arguments less appeal ing than the sentimental and hu- morousx twists devised by Erb. stein might*have failed, he has obtained acquittal for 22 women accused of murder, In 17 years of practice he has appeared in 83 murder trials, HERE’S MORE ABOUT BURCH STARTS ON PAGE ONE — Woolwine, who will prosecute both defendants in the famous Kennedy murder case, said today he would ex ort every effort to block a switch in trials, WILL NOT TRY WOMAN FIRST “Burch must and will first.” he eaid with finality. The defense desires to try Mada- lynne first, because her chances with a jury are conceded to be beat. Roth the Burch and Obenchain de- fense camps believed that the ver- dict in the first trial will in effect sea! the fate of both defendants, The personal war between District Attorney Woolwine and Charles E.| Erbatein, brilliant Chicago criminal attorney secured by the Obenchain defense. axsumed a new aspect today, with Woolwine instead of Erbstein on the defensive. ‘The Low Angeles County Bar asso- }elation late yesterday turned in a sealed recommendation to Judge Sid | Rey Reeve, favoring Erbstein’s ad-| mission to practice in state courts, in | spite of charges filed against him by | Woolwine | Judge Reeve acted in accordance with the recommendation, Totlay the public offices committer of the county grand jury filed a com munication with President Frank James of the bar a tion, urging immediate steps to oust Woolwine from office, ® be tried PROBE CHARGES | Bureh from the gallows. | permitted to practice in this state, on | Lovely Woman John Sullivan, Seattle At- torney, in Burch Case, Writes for Star Readers Editor's Note—Interest in the dra matic murder trial of Arthur ©. Burch in Los Angeles increased here with the announcement that John J. Sullivan, Seattle attorney, had sud: denly been called to join the corps of defense lawyer fighting to save The Star immediately, arranged with Mr, Sul livan to explain his entrance into the dramatic situation and analyze the case for Seattle readers. His spe- clal dispatch follow By John J. Sullivan Seattle Attorney . LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2.—In re kponse to The Star's request asking me to analyze the Burch case and explain how I became associate counsel, T will state that two weeks ago I received a long-distance tele phone message from Paul Schenck famous criminal lawyer of Lox An geles, an old friend of mine, asking me if I would exsociate myself with him and Richard Kittrelle as defense counsel in the case of the state of California versus Arthur Burch, | which was set for trial on Novem: | ber 1 I knew nothing of the facts of the case other than reading short ar-| ticles appearing from time to time in Seattle papers, But having en-| joyed clove friendship with Paul Schenck and appreciating ax a com- pliment to that friendship his invita- | tion, and not practicing law for my | health alone, as I have a wife and) little daughter to support, I accepted | over the phone, subject to approval | by my partner, Adam Beeler. SEATTLE ATTORNEY VISITS MURDER SCENE | After consulting with Mr. Beeler, he generously telling me to accept, I confirmed my tentative acceptance by wire on the terms offered I arrived in Los Angeles Sunday, | and after visiting the scene of the murder with associate, I visited our client, Arthur Burch, at the county. jail, I had never met him before. By reason of observations and) statements made by Burch, I became satisfied that Burch was now insane | and not mentally capable of aiding and assisting myself and associate counsel in preparing a fair, just, ra- tional and legal defense, 1 so in. formed my associates, HELPS DECIDE COURSE OF DEFENSE TACTICS | { | After consulting Monday and late into the night with associate counsel and three eminent and learned alienists, we determined it our duty a8 counsel to suggest to the court that the defendant was now in-| sane, and should be tried on that is-/ sue before being compelled to answer | for the alleged crime of murder, as! charged in the grand jury indict-| ment. In pursuance of this I have just returned from court, where our mo- tion was presented, after I had been| motion of Paul Schenck, District At-| torney Woolwine offered no objec-| tion. He stated to me personally | foll Size Quantity... 3 Unusual value at $10.75. 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Attorney Tom Revelle vouched for [Loi A rushed te,the ald of hie ei father of Ar. thur, and a retired Methodist Epis has rallied to his iNiam Bureh lew:members of the bar tx an asset /COPal preacher, which money cannot purchase, yyy uaa The case, by MOST INTERESTING CASE IN DISTRICT On the district attorney's motion YANKS HANGED! Senator Watson Says He Is Getting Evidence ITON, Nov. 2.—Sen- ator Tom Watson, Georgia, de- clared today that he would “prove before the senate and the world” his sensational charges WASHI | that American soldiers were hanged without trial in France. Watson said that he would re serve the right “as a senator” to present proof of his charges against the military authorities In open senate and not before the special committee of five sen- ators appointed to investigate the accusations, “Already with the matter but 2 | hours old,” said Watson, "I have re ceived telegrams and letters from ex | service men all over the country vob junteering to aid me in proving my | case, | “I have written to the men in Georgia who originally gave me the evidence of the gallows upon which | |21 American soldiers were hanged. 1| can prove that charge by a score of witnesses," } Asked if he would refuse to ap. | Db 1, (Pear before the special committees of which Senator Brandegee, Connecti: | cut, is chairman, Watson replied that | he had expressed himself as willing | to “go before any impartial body of | senators.” ; ‘or Wadsworth made his charges in the open senate," de |clared Watson, “and I believe that the open senate is the place to reply to them. “I do not intend to have this case | bottled up and chloroformed in some |committee. I have seen’ too many |cases die an unnatural death as a re- sult of committee proceedure,” Senator Watson's charges of war Jexecutions brought a storm of de. jnials today from army officers, | Senator Brandegee, Connecticut, called a meeting of his special in. vestigating committee to arrange for the probe Into the charges. Col. Kreger, in charge of court: martial abroad, holds that the public has an exaggerated idea of what dis- ciplinary measures were taken abroad the court adjourned the case one week to definitely pass on the ques: tion of whether the defendant be tried for alleged present insanity or be compelied to now answer the charge of murder. According to sentiment expressed here, and local press comment, the case is the most interesting ever tried in this district, Press repre sentatives from all ever the country occupy reserved space in Judge Reeve's court room. The case is peculiar, It involves a quadrangle. 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