The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 29, 1922, Page 1

mae aa7e Dll aad PP eTast ROB STAR OF $4400 CASH sire gy” > BP in hey l fay. o al erly winds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 51 Minimum, 40, Today noon, St a | fhe NS x b ae ated f »\ Se attle’s Favorite Newspaper per by 15,000 Pl 15,000 teehee A ae Sauna aaa a tee e Seattle Star as Second Clase Matter May 6, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattlen Wash. under the Act of Congress March 6, 1878, Por Tear, by Mall, $6 to 60 Entered _ VOLUME . NO. SE ATTL BE, Ww ASH. “ SATU RDAY, APRIL 29, 1922, eRe LNTA A “‘AMenace to Decenc ~ Seattle, wake up! The old fight so often won, so often renewed, is on again! And in danger! The vice syndicate has its plans skill- fully laid to “come back.” Dr. Brown for mayor is its scheme. Dr. Brown, stand up, and answer plainly: Were you not the paid lobbyist and advocate and co-worker of “Too Fat,” negro dive king? Did you not receive money from dozens of immoral women and their ten-times-worse male partners for lobbying in their interests at the city hall in 1918 and the state legislature in 1919? Is it not true that your court experience has been limited to the defense of many scores of these women and the men who lived off their earnings, to the occasional defense of an I. W. W., and to defending dentists practicing without licenses? Is it not true that your office, for a time after Hanson’s quarters of the dive interests which relied on you to get them favors at the city hall? Is it not a fact that you did all in your power to knock out, during those war days, the government pro- gram for protecting sailors and so ldiers against vice disease? Is it not a fact that your break with Ole Hanson was made over this traffic, and not, as you now claim, because of the street railway deal? election, was the stamping ground and head- Is it not true that the redlight women and their partners, and the gamblers, are today a unit in your sup- port? That they are frantically busy furthering your candidacy? These things, Dr. Brown, ARE TRUE. They are a matter of record, of fact. That is why the women of Seattle, the home-loving men of Seattle, see in your candidacy today a terrible menace. That is why they stand behind Dan Landon, honest, clean, intelligent, fearless Dan Landon | In a spirited meeting held at | noon Saturday in the Woodward theater, Dan Landon, nominee for mayor, outlined the construc tive policies he will pursue if he is elected and Dr. E. J. Brown defeated at the polis next Turs- day. Other speakers declared of the dentist-candidate, “His name is Brown, but he looks red!” and pointed out that Seattle should not attempt a dangerous experi. ment with a known radical and champion of the vice Interests when an honest man with a clean American record—Landon—is in Howdy, folks! tomorrow? So oi8j6 | ‘e Overcome by Potson Gar at sity.’ Headline. Come, now, » of the campaign orators Is $e IN THE DENTIST'S CHAIR: | When listening to Doe Brown, oratorical dentist, torturing an audience with a political speech, we always expect him to pause and say, “Spit now!” » see to it that the laws are strictly enforced, my he would do away with special detail That foree. | squads on i rol means tha! rooked policeman would have ve aut hie ¢ ow way on his beat, or to run a Monte Carlo of his own “[ would increase these spe cial details and eradicate every known evil, expecially blind pigs: including the Jap The reason Doc Brown's hearers suffer more is because he gives o ‘ern so m POLITICAL NOTE underworld coin is barking Doc; before. No wonder The Star roasts “We would have ° fare immediately, with thru and on, speedy auto bus transportation for Brown 19 going to appoint “Pain| outiying districts; complete without less” Auatin chief of police. Prison-| aeiay that part of the Skagit project era in the city jail are singing “The now under wa nd the remainder Yonks Are Coming.” “2° [Just as x We would n as possible then hav the st electricity A sign In a Los Angeles Gepart Tae ait dies Gee Turn to Page 5, Column 3) the various departments by cuttt out any and ail useless position with which hall is ho y 4 combed, and y atop the use at least a quarter of yearly in the pur ent alone by the graft and unfair bids f supplies, stance of those who unity I would more.” p ® man’s head what he’ inking John J. Su x 4 Amertcan on up to the voters to t history and deeds , Jidates for mayor and ch is best I would save Politics Does Make Strange Bed Fellows lent and o a million direct her wn's recordeshows that he times run for office on the al ticket with Hulet M with Sam on an convicted of tion ir and went to prison opponent mays | » S-cont street car) If this isn’t true, | ‘Landon Program _ Stirs Big Audience LANDONBARED Send Crew the learned Dr. Brown, as a lawyer, | knows that he h Iihel against The 8 & g0ud action for r “The leopard cannot change | his spots. Or. Hrown ts sot merely Dr, Brows. He is Dr, | dekyt and Mr. Hyde. A short time ago he was tearing down the foundations of the govern- ment. Today he is posing as « high-minded, high-principled gen tleman running for mayor. His name may be Brown, but he seems red, “For years The Star says he prac |ticed dentistry without a license in r disregard of the state laws t * made merely to pro }teet the people against shyster dent ints Hoe practiced on the anatomy of people until # nt sue m | (Turn to Last , Column 2 CAN'T PAY FOR feattle'’s general 1d tax cannot 4 fo das tor at ral ding to a sweeping Injune on issued in favor of the “14 tax and against the city of Seat the state supreme court Sat The decision reverses Judge J. T.} Re grants every taxpayers. ald in th court and superior point ral according to Judge Chadwick, aintiffe. Ste home Seattle have gained a sw tory,” Jud Chadwick said Satur day. Passage of the cent fare ordl na it was said, DOC BROWN GETS OUT FROM UNDER ON PAYROLL LOSS J. Brown nut to get some ad ¢ , d returned about ‘ oe rema commis Z r prett The Star neem CARS BY TAKES rd by the “14 leading attorney rt holds that the bonds ts-| would nullify this 'FALSEHOODS ON |Drive On to Short and Laube Swear to! Affidavits | Misrepresentation tn the may- oralty campaign headquarters of Dr. BE. 4. Brown was bared Satur. day thru affidavits made and sworn to by Wm. T. Laube, lead | Ing attorney and for years secre Big Gain Seen for City 1f Champion Oarsmen Are Financed A statewide campaign to raise $7,500 to send the Washington erew to the national intercolle- slate regatta in June was nehed Friday night by the heepsie crew fund commit tee of the University Alumni as tary of the state senate, and Wm. M. Short, constructive labor leader and president of the State Fede ration of Labor. affidavits point wut clearly the rickery and malicious falsehoods sociation. hat are being employed by Brown subscriptions were being and hin “undercurrent” worke nd all parts of the Jiscredit Dan Landon, rival candi committee, under date of Bruce N. Beck } Simultaneou it was learned Sat. | stroke of the Washington crew in lurday that supp re of Brown dur-| 1910, and the Associated Students of ng the past week have been wilfully | the university will lead in the drive misrepresenting the legialat cord, Many former Washington men fs r Landon have already responded to the first statement that Landon voted a call and a number of subscriptions full crew bill” of the railway | have been received at the committer nen in the 1915 session of the| headquarters, Former crew men in ‘ all parts of the state will be leaders ‘aise statements concerning | in the drive ‘s religion were traced A meeting of the Seattle Alumni jation has been Wednesd paign in th called for next noon to adva city . Th e the cam: meeting will these state mer had been mailed out of | be in charge of Beck and Darwin the office of Ed Tripple, 4151 Ar- | Meisnest, graduate manager. It will cade Iding. ‘Tripple, during | be held in the L. nith building prior campaigns, was so active as a false propaganda spreader that he was asked te move out | FOR A MONTH of his former offices in the | The Washington y will row at American Bank building. Poughkeepsie June 24, if the money Two men raid t rexponstble for | !# raised for the trip. Winconsin will the clroulation of damaging and un-|be met in a dual regatta on Lake truthful statements that ator; Mendota, June 14, on the way East Landon was intoxicated on the night crew will leave June 4, returning of the primary election were run to|0N@ month later earth | The Washington crew has One fa eld to be HL FL Monasen,| been declared the strongest row- of the MeKelve artments, Living| §™& machine ever produced on with a musiclan ned Capparo| the Const. Coach Ben Wallis, of Leone, who has tation of be-| the California crew, declared that n is n former | Washington should have every duiver, now. Opportunity to compete at Pough- in “investi. | Keepsie, as they appeared strong ny crew competing last erentaen, Washington won from California by 10 boat lengths in the regatta this detective em: campaign year, ( These two men, it ts sald, are|ton by five feet in th known to have made the statement | at Onkls nd later p that Senator Landon was “so drunk"|in the Poughkeepsie Crew on the night of the primaries “that |men who saw the winning Annapolis he was in a hilarious state and un-| crew in action last year have stated steady upon his legs.” that Washington appears stronger The affidavis of Short and Laube, | than the navy elght. both men of unquestioned integrity,| All the East has its eyes fixed on the statements of the two “de. | the Poughkeepsie regatta as the su tectives” and show conclusively the (Turn to Page 5, Column 3) sort of tactles ed by Brown statement that he took a drink of liquor or was intoxicated is and his pat Landon, Short IT was w aandon from | absolutely false.” it p.m went home | Laube’s affidavit reads about 1 was with Daniel Landon night, April 18, # ing all of the time he was my own knowledge any | (Turn to Last Page, Column 2) AIRPLANES ROUT | on Gunboat | SHANGHAT “April 29.— Bombing | planes defeated river gunboata in a} battle at Canton, cording to dis: | patches from that city received here today, Three planes of the Canton govern. |ment attacked nine warships in the Pearl river, when the crews were suspected of being sympathetic with | the Peking government, A direct hit was scored on the river cruiser Haicht, The bomb killed 20 xallora and wounded 80 and put the veanel out of action. The others surrendered Thin was the first battle In history between air and water flects, According to dispate nine war ships were lying in the river when agents of President Sun Yat Sen were sent to ask the commanders to ige neutrality during Sun Yat ‘s expedition against Peking. | ‘The fleet commanders refused to pledge neutrality and the Canton government thereupon demanded that the squadron be sur endered. ‘This was refused and the gunboats | cleared for action, evidentiy prepar- ing to bombard Canton. Suddenly three bombing planes loomed into view over the vessela and commenced dropping explosives. | All of the bombs landed in the river, jexcept the one which hit the Hatch. ‘This burst with a terrific explosion, the dispatches said, partiaily wreck ing the boat, dismounting its guns and strewing ita deck with dead and |maimed. Bits of debris showered over the other eight gunboats. | The war vessels were helpless | against the aircraft, their guns being useless for high angle fire Ese fleet pivoted and returred to the attack, surrender signals were hoist- ed by the whole fleet | These gunboats were the last of | the Peking government's navy, } eee | PEKING, April 29. Peking today heard the rumble of ! artillery as the armies of Chan Tso | Lin, the war lord of Manchuria, bat- | tled with the forces of Gen, Wu Pei Fu, viceroy of Honan, Legation guards are ready for action, The ri- val Chinese leaders are fighting for | control of the Peking government President Hsu Shih Chang is here too weak to; resist either of the armies which are |&t with a small garrison, hammering each other at the city gates, The victor in the battle now rag- CHINESE FLEET |=: as far as Union st., jhad disappeared around Ninth ave. /20 Killed, 30 Hurt by Bombs | for Title! As the! Foreigners in| "Two ‘CENTS IN SEATTLE _ ROBBERS ESCAPE IN FAST MACHINE WITH PAY MONEY Star Office Manager and Cashier Con- fronted by Armed Men as They Park Car on Seventh Ave. While half a dozen people looked on, thinking it all a joke, armed bandits held up |Frank Webster, office manager of The Star, !and Miss Wilma Mayer, cashier, in front of The Star office at 10:20 Saturday morning and robbed them of part of the weekly pay- roll amounting to approximately $4,400. A third bandit was waiting on the other side of the street in a high- powered automobile, with the engine running, and the trio escaped in the machine. It all happened so suddenly that people who were watch- ing did not realize what had happened until after it was all over and the desperadoes were out of sight. Webster had just driven Miss Mayer to the Seattle Na- tional bank to get the money with which to pay off em- ployes for the week. He was backing his auto-,% mobile into the curb when the robbers suddenly appeared,| one on each side of the car.) Each carried a heavy revolver, which they thrust into the faces of} the two Star employes. Not a word was cxchariged. One bandit seized the canvas sack in which the payroll momey was con-/ tained, and the other grabbed A ster’s persona! wallet. The next minute they had seaaal into their waiting car and were off. | Harry Bangert, edverusing so lettor, watched the affair from one; of the front windows of Phe Star, | and leaped out the window when he realized what was happening. | He and Webster pursued the! but they | by the time they reached che corner, City Detectives Frank TuCett, F.| W. Richardson, R. R. Herbert and G. L., Gordon started in pursuit within |five minutes after the roblery. i; | skV ERAL SEE HOLDUP ACTION The robbery wag witnessed by at) | least half a dozen persons in and in |front of The Star office, but it was so melodramatic that none of then |sensed the significance of the occur- rence until it was too late. | “I thought somebody was playing a Joke on ‘Web,’ Bangert explained, until T saw one of the men running Jott with the money bag. Then I realized it wasn't any joke and I Jumped out the window, but I was too late. By the time we reached the/ corner the car was out of sight.” | W. R. Brown, a painter living at} 425 28rd ave. S., was standing in | front of The Star office and saw the | note thing. “Il saw the man standing there at the curb with a revolver behind his back,” Brown said, “but I thought it was all Just a joke.” | He was able to furnish a good de- scription of the men to detectives, however. Mrs, George Erickson of the elrcu lation department of The Star, wit |nessed the robbery from one of the front windows. | ONE BANDIT FIRES SHOT | | “I saw the men just before the | Stee cae s |hold-up," she said, “but I never had} Miss Wilma Mayer, cashier [any idea of what was going to hap-| in ‘The Seattle Star office, and | pen. One was waiting opposite the} ? |northernmost door of the office, the | Fi rank W. Webster, office other about 20 feet up the street from | manager, who were held up bien. xe all happened eo quickly thet} and robbed in an aulomodile didn’t realize anything un’ saw jthem draw their guns and point them in front of The Star office Mr, Webster and Miss Mayer. | Saturday forenoon, ne of the men, —-Photos by Price &@ Carter shot into the ground as he Statf Photographers y 01 Miss Mayer.” Ter re Ha Bae lan ebrppesn sah 508 | Payroll was brought in, but nothing |Oregon st., was also watching while| happened as long as they were |the robbery was going on, and fur- | there. |nished descriptions of the robbers, | Almost the moment that vigilance The bandits’ auto was a six-cylin.|Telaxed, however, the bandits acted. Adee Liberty. Its number was taken | Within five minutes after the rob- down by witnesses, but police went | bery had been committed, city de- jon the assumption that it was a/|tectives were in The Star office and \atolen car, as that is the manner in| @ few minutes later every available |which daylight desperadoes usually | Policeman in town was on the’ trail. | operate. That the loot was not hundreds ‘That the robbery had been careful. | of dollars larger was due to the fact ly planned was evidenced by the ma-|that a number of Star employes are \chine-like smoothness with which it| Paid by check instead of with cash, went The wallet stolen from Webster The bandits were undoubtedly; Contained no currency but a num (familiar with the Saturday routine | er of personal pape The Star office, because they | | timed their arrival with that of the |pay automobile within two minutes | jor less | Probe of Naval ¢ Oil Leases to Be Made ling is expected to advance upon | Several months ago The Star re WASHINGTON, April 29.—The Peking bose dos information that a payroll! senate today wit n, Wu Pel Fu marched upon|robbery was being contemplat mously adopted t king with the Intent sident Heu Shih Chang on und that he was too free In hand- ing concessions to foreigners. | (Turn to Page 5, Column 6) n of ousting | and for weeks the ery precaution lution for a sweeping investigation 9 jtaken to guard against it. Special the leasing by the interior and na policemen were stationed in The! departments of naval oil reserves He} Star office and in front of it, keop-| California and Wyoming to priv: Jing careful watch at the time the! oi! interesty