The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 1, 1922, Page 9

SDAY, MARCH 1, WHITE MEN JOIN LOCAL TONG WAR » Former Police “Captain Said ‘ to Be Head of Merce- nary “Army” Investigation by the police into the tong war way since the murder of 8. Y a Bow the coma night, has revealed armed white men are being hired as bedy guards for officials of tongs implicated, the Hip Sings, the Bing Kung» and the Bow Leongs. One of these men, a former pottce captain, who was recently discharged, is reported to have engaged several former service men as members of Dis staff to protect the headquarters of the Hip Sing tong. The Chinese are said to be paying from $4 to $10 a day for white protection. White gunmen are said to be on the way) from other cities here | Business in Chinatown was com. pletely tied up Wednesday as a re sult of the tong war. No members @ the tongs are allowed to leave their headquarters. Two members of the Bin ang tong who did so are mid to have been imprisoned for two @ays on bread and water by their companions A fitth raid on the hotel, 119 Occidental ave. Tuesday | Bight resulted in the seixure of a igh powered rifle loaded h soft. Rosed bullets Captain of Detectives Chartes Ten Mant grilled Goon Sing, the alleged | situation south of Yesler Lao, Ta Monday fact that Leong tongman, Interurban station the three . Interurban l 1922 —Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers bition voto and let the wet candidates To accommodate Seattle’s unemployed, members of the”: Conducting a constant propa BARBER WORKS FOR NOTHING } an slayer of Lee, Tuesday, but was un- Millionair ciub, 98 Main st., Glenn McLeod has established a abie to cet a statemen Goon Sing’s companion Lee, who was from him. Wiliams rested at the scene of the shooting, was identified Wet. Cost to the “Millionair” is the value of his time while being) ganiea RMeeday as Png Tooy, a chief high. Binder in Seattle for the Hip Sing tong. who is sald to have heen chareed with murder many times. ‘The Bow ‘Leong tong and the Bing Bung tong are allies against the Hip Sing tong, according to the police. ‘Tong warfare on the Pacific coast has been the result of a struggle In Butte, Mont. where the Hip Sing feng was highly organized and} seveht to prevent the Bing Kungs from ¢: Hip Sings have Month on every Chinaman in Butte, Teguidiess of what tone he to, as well as taking 15 per co a gambling profits and business Profits. ' To avolt this the Ring Kungs who were few fn number, organized @ elud and elected a president who was tamedixtely shot and Killed by! the F:p Sires. A second prenident | Was ale killed. Ten minutes after he had been murdered a wire was, flashed to Seattle and two Hip Sing | fongmen were shot in Seattle, } The Bow Leones siledywith the| Asperions cast upon the feu | ncrowe | *, Bing Kuvongs and one of their mem ‘ers, Lee, was killed nday night as he was returning Tuvoma, where he worked ina restaurant. | DEFUNCT BANK PAYS DIVIDEND Depositors of the defunct State Sank of Bixck Diamond, many of them striking miners sadly in need of money, were being paid today a 12 per cent dividend on their losses. The dividend, announesd by K. 1. Lapp, special deputy state hanking supervisor, ix the first sinee the in. stitution cinsed after the alleged de faleation In May, 1921, of its presi | dent, Thomas Fournier. ' Recent reports that Fournier had turned up in Canada and was © arrest proved groundieax, Three More Brokers Suspend Business NEW YORK, Mareh 1.—~ Three More brokers announced suspensions O business today, bringing to 28 the Bumber of brokerage houses to close Since February 1. Walter J. Schmidt & Co. announced “in order to conserve the interests of | all our customers and creditors dur- ing the period of uneasiness, we have Geemed it necessary to announce our | Suspension from business at this time.” ‘The other firms to close were Hall Co. and Howel! & Wates. 2 : l official ceremony,” as the slayer will |Chambers, secre Opera Building Sea iter Eas belbe ph to Hate, [Ree Cosnmmerctal at Pueblo Burns, PUEBLO, Colo., March 1-—Fire of tnknown origin, which, destroyed the Gran’ Opera House building, one of the largest business blocks in the city, wae brought under control earty today. The loxn wMl exceed $250,000, ft wag estimated. Firemen were handicapped by helow zero weather. 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We are coing after a pontoon bridge for Lake Washington, just = the samer” Thin was the zens’ pontor brid coma Wednesiay, fo’ g the action the county commissioners thie week in refusing (o assint in securing shipping beard hulls on which construct t bridge While details were not dtvulged, it was stated that the committee has under consideration several pew sible ways to nullify the setback recelved by the county commie sioners’ action, attitude of th owe | 6 to tity of x pontoon bridce fake Washington to Mercer Imiand ore chailenged by q@vocates of th: mMrvttur. Plans hat |been drawn, they point out, for a} with 40 shipping pontoon bridge board hulls across the Hudson from | ed, “that the Travelers’ Ald only took ™"ked and formed gicantie com Alpine landing to Yonkers, This Proposal was made as a solution of the heavy traffic acrom the Hud son, which practically isolates the Pallieades park from thousands of New York residents. Pontoon bridges have been in ex tensive use in Europe for a tong time, it is sald. Notable pontoos bridges are those acroas the Rhin at Cologne and Coblenz, where un usually heavy traffic has been sue | cessfully borne, Barges and small eraft could pass unter a bridge guch as that pro posed acroms the Hudson, while a central draw or lift would accem- modate larger vessels. TO CARRY BOY TO GALLOWS CHICAGO, March 1.—Harvey Church, bey slayer, “more dead than alive,” will go to his death at 4 p. m. Friday, ‘apped in an invalid «hair. Church, whom physicians say is a “mental suicide,” has cheat- ed the state from exacting a full death penalty for the brutal mur- ders of Cari Ausmus and Bernard 4. Daugherty, auto salesmen. ‘The hanging will merely be “an according to alienists. Decision to hang Church in the afternoon instead of as dawn break is a precedent. Change in time was made for the convenience of a jury of doctors and witnesses who, to law, Must witness the execution. Authorities maid they were empow ered to change the time because, since Church will not know he ix being hanged, the time will make no difference to him. Fear of the gallows and 41 days’ abstinence from tood have caused Church to sink into a coma which it has been impossible to awaken him, He was still being for- cibly fed today Praises Chamber’s Drive for Touri “The action of the Beattie Chamber of Commerce in spending funds te get touriate to come to this «tate in, in my opin of the n t con structive movements pose ." writes George W. Phillips, former president of the Spokane Chamber of Com- merce, to Frank Waterhouse, prest- dent of the local organization. Tt is my hop that Spokane will be able to join in such a cam- paign so we can reciprocate in do- ing our part to advertise our state.” one 2 Dead, 5 Stricken SAN FRANC March 1~A® from ; ts | | ST | CHEST PROBED Charges that Community Chest {funds were being used to cut down jexpenses of the Northern Pacific Tailroad are being investigated. Until that investigation tx complet ao formal nt will be made according to Frank Burleson, execu tive et ¢ the fund situation 1 The whole has been turned over for vestigation.” Burleson said Wednem day, “and no definite decision will be reached until after the committee meets on Friday.” committes appointed to look into the matter as the result of a statement made Tuesday by dosiah Collins, a member of the beard of directors of the Com munity Chest, that high-salaried ‘Travelers’ Aid employ | the Chest, are suppl | tims formerty employe | Northern Pacific railroad.at the King st. station. “I understand,” Burleson comment to & committee in this work over temporarily, the Northern Pacifie having asked that this be done after dismissing its ma- trons, | “The three paid workers for the | Travelers’ Aid with their many non paid assistants, visit all other eta tions and terminals beside the orthern Pacific. Dr. Park W. jthe fund, said Willie, prenident « Wednesday whole affair will be taken care o | Beyond that, Just at present, I have nothing to say regarding the matter. LAND SWINDLE TRIAL DRAGGING The Sparks Dye alleged land fraud {triaj continued in eral court f Wednesday, dragging in face of the efforts of Judge Jeremiah Neterer to n the trial, t B. Claire, Juneau, Alaska, that he declined to buy lands compeny after We had re- jeelved a letter on inquiry from the |Mt. Vernon Commercial club, warn jing him against the lands ag worth. jlew. oF. J. Lin Sheney, Wawsh., testified that be {fused to buy lands after some corre | spon with the firm. Others pl on the stand were Thomas K of the Mt Ver Mre. Anna Johnson, a woman investor, and Victor C. Kelley, a local agent {for the company, who made the first |payment on 16 All were wit esses for the government [Palestine Fund Men | to Be Entertained Pr. Nahum Sokolow, Prof. Ot Warturg and Col, John Henry Pat terson, representatives of the Pale: tine Foundation fund, will be enter tained at a reception in Acting M Robert B. Hesketh's office at 10 m. Friday, shortly after thelr ar rival in thi eral federal leity ana invited | from the ar ub acres a. efty inty officials have | Will Give Talk on German Folk Songs n Folk i | mubsec an address by Dr. Rudolph Cronau of New Wednenday t Turner | 1819 Eighth ave talk will be under the auspices of the Seattle Turn Verein lfor the benefit of the $3,000,000 | Quaker child feeding campaign $19,000 Payroll Is Taken by Robbers MILWAUKEE, March 1, — Five Ibandits in two automobiles, armed lwith eawedoff shotguns, held up | Chief Paymaster Fred Wallner of the Palmolive Soap company 1} to. day and escaped with $19,000. evening a result of inhaling fumes from cyan: | ide of potassium used in fumigating the ship, two members of the Aus tralian liner Tahadl's crew are dead while Chief Officer Donald McDonald Tokyo in Grip of Severe Blizzard but ‘ SEATTLE STAR [ CUTTING ANNIVERSARY CAKE THE SPRING DRIVE ON | FOR LIGHT WINE. 30 Organizations Pooll Forces for Effort BY FRANK GETTY NEW YORK, March 1.—Thirty anti-prohibition organizations have launched a com ned drive to restore ight wines and beer to America. This fact-—indicating the long-awalt ed spring offensive of the wets in getting under way—wan made pubile | statement to the United am H. Anderson, state of the Anti-saloon | } ay in Press by W superintend league More of these wet organizations are | being formed so rapidly it in difficult | to keep track of them, it was un officially stated at the office of the| league Wine and beer prominen to be the big issue in Amertoan polities in the congressional election thin fall Other indications that the offensive has been Inunched include: The American Federation of Labor issued a statement favoring modifi tion of the dry law. Certain advo- —Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers ates of the soldier bonus urged pay ing It with taxes to be raiwed on wale| Upon the completion Wednesday of the second year of its nt PAGE 9 Sentence Purdin ge to 6-Year Term} ,; PORTLAND, March 1--Charles Wesley Purdin was sentenced here | th He was charged with murdering his orced wife and her alieged lover, when he discovered home here, and today to six years tn the state pent de Purdin was convicted of} Purdin r A eulty, ter lant Baturday night in| Juriow at both trials were out over 4 trial for first degree mur-!49 hour Take Care of Your Cold Guard against Grippe, “Flu” and Pneumonia—Rub Musterole on Throat, Chest and Back Influenza and treacherous | over, rub on good old Musterole, take no |a hot bath, drink plenty of hot water guard aguinet these dangers before |and go to bed and eall your doctor. | your cold gets deeply seated. | Keep ¢ and warm «nd see that |there is plenty of fresh air in your room. 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It ampaien of light wine and beer l existence, the Dime & Dollar Savings & Loan association oer Ce a. baer serine celebrated with a birthday party. In the picture Miss June reat body of Intelligent Fhocend au C: Lotz is shown cutting the coke. In two years the bank's over the country who are avking for @ccounts have grown to nearly 2,000, and the savings to more some kind of modification of the Vol-| than $250,000, stead act.” — - — ———— — I am not advocating It; I merely ! " | ; JOHN LUTELY wos sentenced to state my observations,” he anid. ~ that the 30 organizations are working jhe pleaded guilty Tuesday before along the following lnes: | Superior Judge A. W. Frater to 1. Maving dry congremmen ap-| chargea of robbery nted to diplomatic and other post | ns és - eo that vacancies will be cre. dial ho | ated which may be filled by wets. | | 2. To run dummy dry candidates | Stage All Set for Dance in against genuine drys tn congression. | * PT | al electionn, so as to eplit the pront.| Smith Building | With the stage all set and an ‘elaborate program arranged, hun- dreds of Seattleites are preparing to pre P dae spend “Night on the Riviera” in oe the L Smith Bullding restaurant wing are among the or Wedn evening as guests of the campaigning for wine 40 and the fas making — fi beer, according to Anderson of the American Legion The Association Opposed to the) At y'p, m. the program will start « re gears vss the Li Music, entertainment dancing ; 7h ‘pe gag | will occupy the time until midnight . —_ aberty league, the zero hour, when the famous “ masked dancer” will reveal her iden. uty Ure of the restaurant has been donated by Mra. Chauncey Wright |Johnson, while the entire member whip of the Seattle Co-operative Stock company promises to be on hand two aeniat in merrimect. enn part in the ¢ gh ebaik: Alen Dinniad DOMINO CLUB | to Have Big Reunion | | Elaborate plana for a reunion and yumnt, March 26, are being made by A committees appointed for the pur. | NEW YORK, March 1.—Charles ‘The reunion will be held « H. Sabin, president of the Guaranty m.. ‘Trust Co., and W. A. Harriman, well Known financtr, were the only al. leged members of the “Domino club,” described by Alfred A, Lindsay, to appear at the dixtrict attorney's of. | fle today to confromt the broker ac- cused of swindling prominent women. Boye den of knowiqdwe.ef the club, whoa members Lintesy is auld to} IN SEA 'havé’ told his women victima, = | FR STEAMER binations to control Wall 8t j Other financkers named by Ling.|_ SAN MPRANCISCO, March 1B. J.| including Perey Rockefeller and | Thomas, of St, Helens, Ore, was be. | mas Lamont, were said to be out) Heved today to have committed sul-y lelde by leaping overboard from the in his statement to the}steamer Multnomah while en route tad he “didn'e|from the Columbia river to San/ Salis Franciaeo, i play dominoes, any-/" Thomas was missing when the |ateamer Yanded here late yesterday. | A note was found by a steward which |raid: “Do pleane forgive me and don't try to find relatives.” pone oa ' of Jamen chairman; Mildred ‘Tweed. Hiaine, Louise MacDonald, Hazel Waechter, Charles Anderson, {Mana Henrickson, Laurence Loer fand William Buethelmer. reeve, Loule Suits any The of town Harriman, district attorney know how to | LLieidiailen VALERAITES | LOSE INDAL DUBLIN, March 1.— Two impor-'smith, was held under $2,000 bail jtant motions were before the daillafter a temporary hearing before U jeireann when the Sinn Fein parlia-|s. Comminsioner R. W. McClelland ment resumed its session today. At) Wednesday. Daugherty war arrest the opening jon Eamon De Val-led Monday night by the police, who era and his followers lost by a sound | found 500 worth of dope hidden in} majority on of six divinions the floor of an alleged “den” at 1019 which they foreed from the floor Spr a ‘The De Valeraites began their ob-} struct taction with the opening rap of t gavel but in ach inst wer ated Today « motion to divide Irish land recently held by “the enemy” among landless Iriah and Ni births, death and r istered in Gaelic only, brovebt up by the Griffith and Collins, leaders of the pro-treaty fact med to have the situation well in hand, however, each ee et .irman's another to have arriages reg: were to be malcontenta TOMORROW Roast Pork, Spare Ribs Flames Threaten to Raze Hollywood HOLLYWOOD, Mareh 1, — Holly: wood, home of the movie industry, wan threatened by fire early today, The fi rted in a lumber yard at the edge of the “motion picture belt” and spread quickly to an ad joining factory, sweeping an AUTO KITCHEN, Vike and Hreadway ¥ FooD sHor 110 Pike St. ing extinguished. 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