The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 27, 1922, Page 4

"IN MONTH BY “TEXAS MBS Is Shot by Father of Girl; ‘Rangers Called for Protection ‘Texas, May 27.—The tot lynchings in Texas mounted when Jome Thomas, negro, ‘Shot to death and the body here. rangers, called to protect negro held in connection killing of J. Carroll Dolton asswult of Mrs. Maggie arrived a few hours too late Pht to prevent the action of ad Ln say that Sam Harris killed . "" was the comment of of the girl as he shot THE ‘to death outskte the door of] Ffere’s Natacha Rambova (Miss Winifred Hudnut) promising to love, honor and obey) of May in Texas, the crime alleged has uit or attempted assault woman. was captured and dragged she parlor of the Harris home night. es that the man, daughter? Sam asked. the man, papa.” was the drew an automatic pistol Rodolph Valentino at Mezicali, Mezico. HERE’S MORE ABOUT LEGATE STARTS ON PAGE ONE had been concealed im hi8\ tered by former Detective W. FE front, and opened fire. As the! fled from the room Harris Dallets after him. The dropped dead as he gained @ragged the boty Into the ‘The mod later seized it HERE’S MORE ABOUT SCHOOL ‘was assured of the board's co i in the “effort to lower F. Welburn, president of the Hardware Co. cited his experiences in reducing ox practical example to of bow business men went has decreased, he sald, expenditures per pupil the board that it must cut to its cloth . must expenses be cut to * declared Richard Mans- White, shaking an eloquent “at the directors, “but thru and into the mar 7 of others spoke In sim- ee ee ee Staude on rateteris for the period 1 to April 30. school cafeterias served 491,- @ meale at an average wale price ents each, making a profit ‘M3 of a cent. Grade schools ‘ 235.291 meals, taking in a Of $24,568.58. President Croson, who was tn City to deliver the commence @ddress, appointed the follow- ‘emmittees by letter, and the by resolution, approved. ' Findnce—E. Shorrock, chairman; © F-. Taylor and Dr. C. W. Sharples and Grounds—W. J. | Bantmyer, chairman; B. F. Taylor and Dr. C. W. Sharples. Dr. Sharples was elected a truster of the teachers’ retirement fund. the from nee HERE’S MORE ABOUT MILK STARTS ON PAGE ONE Hugo Keck. Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas was in Olympia Saturday, but before he left intimated that if he sacceeded in breaking up the milk ting “ome of the other combinations that are conspiring to keep up the high cost of living” would be tackled. C. R. Collard, secretary of the associ “ation, declared that it was organized afd was operating under the state co- | operative marketing act. HERE’S MORE ABOUT MURDER STARTS ON PAGE ONE are said to have taken from the garage and to driven off, The gatmge at tate that both men were the influence of liquor. company car that Al was driving was found, and in bad condition, 9, on Denny way, near st., Seattle. The gas tank was empty and the were torn loose. In the were Almour's gloves and order book. on is said to have been sep-| from bis who is Recs to be in Chicago. He ex- pected, according to his room mate, Wood, to marry Miss Vera L. O«- borne, of Boise, Idaho. Among Almour’s effects were let- ‘ters written to him by Mins On- in which sho pledged her and urged him to keep ine to leave liquor alone, Worsham. TESTIMONY DEPENDED ON HIS OWN CASE ‘He told me,” she sald, “that his testimony would largely depend on [how he was treated by the civil serv. jice commission and Chief of Police Searing on te narcotic charges | which resulted in his dismissal from the force.” Miss Forbus openly accused the police department of trying to hush up the case. “I have felt,” sne sakd, “that there is « police clique that has done its best to make out Legate a suicide, I presented all the evidence I had to Captain of De tectives Tennant, but he was lukewarm, and told me he had ‘everything.’ ” Chief Searing, she declared, was the leader of the movement to declare Legate a suicide. “I went before the police pension was there and he told me: ‘Legate ts) & clean case of suicide and it won't} take long to dispose of it.” Searing, who was called to the stand shortly after this, flatly con- tradicted Miss Forbus on this ques tion. Searing admitted that there | was no question about Piclow and) Legate having admitted women of bad character to work on their beat.” E. EB. Erickson, an embalmer at Butterworth's, testified that the position of the bullet wounds in) the body, Legate could not have ‘killed himself. Mrs. E. E. Erickson denied on the) stand that she had told Miss Agnes Hunt that Wiets had threatened to) get” the policeman on the beat if) he didn’t leave his wife alone. Later) both Mrs. Erickson Miss Hunt [were quizzed by the jury. ‘The last witness was Willlam Richardson, 314 12th ave. 8, who told of having seen Legate at 12:30 la. m., March 17, at 12th and Jackson. He denied conversations ascribed to at this meeting. After the testimony was all tn, Deputy Prosecutor Patterson inth mated that he would like to get Fuchardson and George Samac, own er of the Beacon hotel. before the grand jury with their testimony. That she was kept informed thru police channels of every move made at headquarters and that Sergt. Pielow and Patrolman Legate from time to time had tip- ped her off was the testimony of May Curtis, alleged proprietress of a disorderly house at 1227 Main st. The woman took the stand Fri- day afternoon and proved to be the sensation of the day, She told how the two officers from time to time had entered her honre to warn her that com- plaints were being made regu larly to high officials about the open manner in which her bush ness was carried on. The infer- ence to be drawn from her testi mony was that someone in high authority at police headquarters was keeping the officers informed of every move made by outsiders who wished to clean up the vice district. She denied that she had ever paid | protection money to any policeman. |She denied that Li 6 was collect. ing from her regularly. She denied that she had ever run a disorderly She admitted having been 4 and fined in police court on that charge last February, when Police Inspector Hans Damm testi. fied he had watched 82 men solicited | |at her place in three hours, | The inquest was expected to go to {the jury Saturday afternoon after }three days of the most sensational evidence of graft and corruption ever heard in Seattle, Seven witnesses remained cross-examination Saturday | Deputy Proweutor T. H jand Coroner W. H. Corson. Mrs. Legate, dered officer, will testify today. will tell bad conditions as told her by her husband. A, Weltz testified at he was warned that anything he might say could be He told of the frame-up against him by Patrotman ©. I Bryant and Legate, and how Bry ant had brutally beaten him at the time, He said he had been warned by George Samac, owner of the Bea con hotel, that something was Ii able to happen to him if he didn’t keep Plelow, Bryant and Legate out of his garage, which, Samac was being used as a boot by Patterson ne him by Wieta as to the circumstances | for | widow of the mur-| She| ‘MURPHY IS OUT 0N$75,000 BAIL They didn’t know Los Angeles authorities would ts the tenth lynching during! be after Rodolph for bigamy as soon as he came back. Valentino's divorce decree from Jean |\° In| Acker isn’t final. IMILLIONAIRE IS | FREED ON BAIL pase Union Heads Re-|Ward Is Released Pending leased From Jail CHICAGO, May 27.—“Tig Tim” Murphy and two other Chicago union heads held on murder charges jin connection with the gang terror. | lan were releamd on $75,000 bond each today. Judge Harry B. Miller set the | figure in habeas corpus proceedings, | | ‘The two involved’ with Murphy | were Fred Mader, building trades council, and “Con” Welts denied that he had seen Le gate talking to a man and woman In ja Stutz automobile in front of the | garage at 1.05 o'clock the morning of the shooting, He said the story had! | been told him by @ man named Rit | chey. Woelts said Bryant had a key for the garage in which Legate ystain, Another witness said Pielow *l hoard in April,” she said. “Searing | also had a key to the garage, Weitz admitted that he had threat- ened to beat up Bryant if he didn’t keep away from Mra Woilts after Firyant had on one eccasion put his arm around ber. He «aid all three lof the officers were warned. Minn Agnes Hunt, 1213 B. Ottve ‘et. who has two brothers in the po lice department, told on the witness | stand that Weitz had made the re; |mark to Adam Gorbalove, 1195 E. Jefferson at. that if the officer on | the beat didn't leave his wife alone! something would happen to him. Patterson admitted that Weitz had told him several things about condi. tlona on the beats. He denied that [he had ever said anything about of- | floers collecting money from women, which had been previously testified to by other witnesses. Linutenant of Detectives W. B. | Kent told the jury his theory that | Legate was a suicide, describing in | detail the entire scene about the gar in which the officer met his death, He failed to account for the third bullet thru the floor of identi cal make and caliber as those found in Legate’s head. Miss Willie Forbus, attorney for Legate, denounced from the stand the testimony of former Detective W. E. Worsham as be ing only « part of the truth, She sald that in the presence of two witnesses in her office Worsham had told her he knew from his own experience that the officers had been making collections from four women, May Curtis, Marie Townsend and two others, and that they paid as high as $15 a week each. She said Wor. sham had told her that Legate did only heavy work, and that he understood there had been a quarrel between Legate and Pie low over the division of the money. Train Men to Back Union Coal Miners HOUSTON, Tex. May miners on a nation-wide strike were preniies every possible aid, , financially and otherwis peumitian adopted by the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in convention here to. day “Their fight ts our fight,” resolution raid. \1 | | | | the || RAGS, THE DOG WITH || TAIL LIGHT, DOOMED TO DIE, NOW FAMOUS SACRAMENTO, May 27,—Rags, the dog with a tail light, who has been @ hero of Sacramento's “Daya of '49” revival, left for Hollywood in a Pullman car to day The dog was found condemned to death in the city pound. Some seized upon the idea that, fitted with @ tail light, he could become famous. His p d fine was paid and he has marched in every pa- rade in the “Days of "40" week With the week over, however, there was a question as to what would become of Rags, Where- upon the Hollywood Business Men's association wired that it do. sired to adopt him as the city's official dog. The offer was ac- cepted So Rags, who tn just plain dog except for the electric light on the tip of his tail and the storage battery concealed on his person, signaled good bye to Sacramento and left in juny for the land of movies, | | | SEAL SLT CELE ATRL ASS EO NI MIE Rt a ah bl icc president of the| | was Samac was put on the stand and/ after « vicious cross-examination by 4 Murder Trial NEWRW nan, N Y May 27.—Jus tloe Seeger today ordered release of Walter 8. Ward on $50,000 ball Ward app dail after Justice Young, in White Piainn, yesterday refused to release him on a writ of habeas corpus. The millionaire son of the “bread king” is expected to supply the bail (© within a few hours He ts charged with having killed Clarence rs, former nalior, whowe body was discovered in a lonely spot | near the Kensico reservoir, Ward admits killing Peters, but aye he did #0 in a gun fight with a blackmail gang, of which Peters was a member. LIFE-TERMER | Society Favorite Will Be Re- leased Sunday DENVER, May 27-—-Following a legal battle of seven years, Harold Henwood, Denver society favorite, Will be released from the state prison tomorrow, where he has been serving | 11 years for the murder of Syiventer (Tony) Von Phul and the accidental | killing of George E. Copeland, mining man of Cripple Creek. The shooting took place in the barroom of the Brown Palace hotel May 24 1911. Henwood's pardon the result of plea made by John W. Springer, wealthy banker, whose wife, the late Mrs. Isabel Patterson Springer, was the woman over whom the quarrel bewren Henwood and Von Phul arose. In his appeal to Governor Shoup, Springer declared he believed Henwood had.been punished enough. Henwood was sentenced to death, but this wns later commuted to life imprisonment. Von Publ wan a pioneer bafloonist of St. Louis, Mo. Mra Springer was formerly Miss Isabel Patterson, of St. Louls TREASON TRIAL NEARING JURY Mine War Case Expected to End Tonight BY PAUL R. MALLON CHARLESTOWN, W. Va, May 27.—Before nightfall the jury will be deliberating the fate of Bill Blizzard, mine leader charged with treason in connection with the march of armed miners upon Logan, county last year. The courthouse, where John Brown was convicted of treason and sent to the gallows just before the civil war, was thronged with eager) | | 2T7-—Coal| *pectatora of the closing scence IN| profiteers frighten me. Thou preparest the legal battle between coal capital and mine labor. The finishing touches were put on the cases of both prosecution and defense today by opposing attorneys closing their legal arguments. go J. M. Woods announced if @ verdict has not been reached by midnight, court cannot be called into session until Monday because of the state Sunday law. [HAGUE PARLEY IS NOT CERTAIN S$, May Fate of The} Hague conference hung in the balance today as the French govern- | ment debated whether to send repre- | sentatives, If France falls to attend, ft is be |leved here the conference probably | will not be held it government was undecided | whether to participate. The chamber of deputies and the | senate will be consulted and a de | cision announced after the debate on the French foreign policy has been | closed. as \CuresASTHMA and HAY FEVER t_nend « penny 08 and he will big bottle of hie prescription SEATTLE lied to Justice Seeger for | GETS PARDON, | was semiofficlally stated the| to STAR SATURDAY, MAY 27 GRAFT LAID T0 He’ s Builder for Children 31 ARE SLAIN HIGH OFFICIALS Sensational Exposures Due in Profiteering Probe YTON, May | WASHING 27.—"Benan | tonal res involving former | high nt offict will be |made soon in connection with alleged | |war frauds, according to word that | |was going the rounds in repubiican { |ranks in congress today | In both the senate and house cor. ridors the “tip” was pasned among that “politieal at General Daugh vred by dramatic action. As one house republican—a clore friend of Daugherty—put it, “the lid is about to be blown off this war Te Dedicate leraft thing and the meas that will . [be revealed to view will not make a | pleasant sight for some of thone who have been #0 viciously aseulling the | present administration.” | "The report that “disclosures” are lto be made apparently originated |from a source close to the depart. |ment of justices, | A direct charge that officials of |the last administration were guilty of practicing frauds on the ver. |ment under stress of war wee made |by Representative Reavis, Nebraska, republican, | Teeavis, who will resign soon to anuint In the promined prosecution of grafters, declared “no crook outside the government ever robbed the gov- ernment without the ald of some erook inaide.” Meanwhile Daugherty has an- nounced that the war frauds organ “lization of the department fx now vir tually complete and that it probably jwill be ready Monday to berin the work of presenting evidence to grand Juries. i It will follow the lines Inid down by the house committee of the lant congress, which investigated war de partment expenditures, the work be Ing divided according to clanses of contracts. “The work of the war contracts Alvision.” Daugherty said, “will nat urally fall under the headings of avi ation, camps and cantonmenta, for eign expenditures, quartermaster corps and ordnance. | “When the force which the attor- ney general ts organizing ts complet. ed, he will have under his direction | ‘one of the most notable Inw firms tefer created in the United States, [componed of the best legal talent ob- | tainable.” | Daugherty, In @ letter te Senator Watson, of Indiana, read to the sen- ate late yesterday, admitted that he was connected with the C. W. Morse pardon oun) and wtated he had re ceived aheut’$4.000 from T. B. Feld or, Atlanta’ attorney, for expenses in | the case, He stated that he had nev.) or told Watson he wag not involved| im the care, a the senator etated in the nenate a few weeks ago. Son of Phy cian Attempts Suicide TACOMA, May 27.-—-Carl Mattson, waid by authorities to be the eon of Dr. C. M. Matteen of Beattie, at- tempted suicide in a local restaw rant here last night by taking polson. Mattsen was etffl tn a eritien] con dition Saturday, but attending phy- riclans believed he had a chance for recovery. No reason can be found jas a motive fer the act, || #fome Brew Gtarts on Page 1) platform. Wonder if Dr. Grant ever heard Dan Landon make » po tical speech? eee We used to live a hand-tomouth existence—now that we make our| own, we live a cantomouth exist ence. | eee A ott I Khe to Rosy Tate ; Fhe always likes to Btay up late —H. FE. Q. Another man confesses killed William Deamond Taylor, movie director. Please pass the nuteracker, Hor. tense! ° A tin-horn sport te Theodore Wdgar Rice; He knows where to get it But never has the price cee The state dfmocrate—al four of them—indorsed the league of nations at their recent convention. They [must believe like Conan Doyle that you can bring back the dead. oe THE AUTHOR A DEMOCKA Harding te my shepherd; Tam in want, | He maketh me to lie dewn on benches; he leadeth me beside soup houses; he restoreth my the republican party, Yes, th |thra the valley of starvation, I evil; for thom art agninst me; and the! |= reduction of wages before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anotnt- ext my income with taxes; my expense runneth over my income, Surely pov- t shall follow me house forever, Amen.—W. eee Hlo—hum! Guess I'll go to the ball game. Seattle Man Heads State Osteopaths YAKIMA, May Dr. A. Cunningham, Seattle osteopath, “ail jelected president of the Washington | Osteopathic association yesterday at the association's annual convention | | | | ski be ne easily inj jured by treatment tesinol nol 1s what 3 nol smart Dg rst ops itc sft santly At all druggists RESINOL | } the Rev Se ae a Rev. “G ym-C hurch’ ‘ W. A. Wilson Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers ‘Three years ago he was a dig- nifled assistant pastor, Today he wears overalls, han dex the saw and flips the paint brush—but he's got a church of his own. Some people sald three years ago that the Key, W. A. Wilson would have no success in the erection of his church. Not be cause he wanted to assist in ham mering the nails himseli—but because he had a new idea. He didn't want “just a church.” He wanted a community building, | a place for community meetings and plays, @ place for a boys’ and girls’ gymnasium, and, incidentally, a place for church. * all right,” said the Rev. Wilson, “to send the youngsters to Sunday school on the seventh day, but what about the rest of the week? Let's build something for them—and keep them off the streets.” ow, some people eal that It could not be done—that churches were not intended for playhouses, Yet the peo- ple of Green Lake, to whose church Wilson had gone, wanted a/ hew church bullding. Some wanted al nent speake Highway, one mile to Cemetery. The erans of Foreign W: $45,000 structure—beautiful to look | upon “But.” the Rev. Mr, Wilson ob- do the good of | g, that might be used for community interest as} well ag Sunday service.” On February 15, 1921, the Rev. Wilson donned overalls and lifted the first shovelful of dirt from the Greentake Preshyterian church prop- enna boulevard and E mmunity residents, some ers of the church, some not, cooperated, They were going to have a new church—and a commu- nity ball. Subscriptions, covering all but $3,500 of the $14,000 cost, were raised. Labor and material were obtained at reduced rates. erty venna boulevard and E. 65th st. On the first floor is a combina tien meeting hall and church room. A stands at one end. At the other a door leads to a small kitchen, where food for community gatherings may be prepared. On the second floor is a gymna- IN IRISH FIGHT |Belfast Warfare Reaches Severe Climax PELPAST, May %1—with ot dead in m week's fighting In Belfast, the civil war between Sinn Feiners \and Protestants reached « fierce cli- ax during the night. Twenty fires made the sky a blood-red canopy, be neath which gunmen fought in the streets, Htumblings of flames, rattle of rifie fire and clanging of fire brigades made a grim symphony for the bloody tragedy. Frequent bomb ex- | plosions added to the terror of the night, ‘This morning the firemen were ex- | hausted, and it was doubtful whether they could continue their fight |against the arson squads, | The death list wae brought up to 131 by the killing of two persons by snipers early today, Many were wounded. ‘COLLINS WILL MAKE REPORT LONDON, May 27.—Michael Cob lins arrived here today to explain ‘to the British government his com pact with Eamonn De Valera for restoration of peace in Ireland. | Meanwhile dispatches from Dublin | reported continued attacks by arson ‘squads and fighting between Sinn | Feiners and Protestants | ‘The Irish delegates to the, Lon- }don conference include Arthur Grit- |fith, Kamon J. Duggan and George | Gavan Duffy, signatories of the | Rritish-Irieh peace treaty, Whoyd |George and other British signers jof the treaty represent the govern- ment. Lioyd George presides. { The first seasion of the confer- jence wus held yesterday but with |Collins, Duffy and Lioyd George absent. In a twohour conversation Griffith and Duggan explained the De Valera pact to Winston |Churchill, minister of colonies, | The pact being discussed is the one under which the Free State and republican factions agreed to conduct elections peaceably and jform a government in which both sides would be represented. The Britieh government wants to know whether this agreement will tend to nullify or conflict with the Britwsh-Irish peace treaty. | sium, with basketball. volleyball and jbaseball equipment, and a stage. | Here the children play after school | hours. This is the present Ravenna Boulevard Presbyterian church | of the Greenlake district—to be | dedicated Sunday, May 28. The building has been occupied, tho not entirely com since Christmas, but hag not been ded- jeated. The Rev. Wilson refused to have the ceremony performed until all debts were paid. They are now paid. And Sunday at 11 = m. the ceremony will be carried out before the many friends who have contributed to ward the erection of the commu- nity building. On the lawn of the new building is a tilted sign board reading, “Ra- venna Boulevard = Presbyterian Chureh.” On week days the young- sters use the board as a slide. “That's ali right,” says the Rev. Wilson, “we can always build a new sign, and climbing up and sliding down is good outdoor, heaithful ex- ercise for our young friends.” | i Memorial Day Services at Evergreen Memorial Park The Public of Seattle Is Invited to Join in a Beautiful Service to Be Held at Evergreen Memorial Park at 3:00 P. M. Decoration Day, May 30. Free « Auto Bus Service from Green Lake e Car Line. The services will consist of music and addresses by promi- s representing the G. A. R., American Legion, Vet- and the City of Seattle. A detachment from the 58th U. S. Infantry from Fort Law- ton will render tribute to our Soldier and Sailor dead, and Lieu- tenant David G. Logg of the Air Service, 0. R. C., will scatter flowers from his plane during the services. The Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts will take a prominent part in the exercises and children are especially invited to attend. Evergreen Memorial Park is located on the North Trunk ars north of the city limits. Four Ways to Reach Evergreen Memorial Park Ast —Drive north on Woodland Park Avenue and brick highway. 2nd—Take Green Lake Car to Kaufman Station—Free auto stage to Cemetery. 8rd—Take Everett Interurban from 6th and Olive to Cemetery. 4th—Take Edmonds Auto Stage from depot, 1918 3rd Avenue, Important Request Many strangers are buried in Evergreen Memorial Park. Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts will decorate the graves of those who have no friends here to pay this tribute. citizens of Seattle who can spare flowers, us and we will see that none of the “Strangers within our gates” are neglected on this Decoration Day. bri Ample space provided for parking cars within the grounds. Service tent of Seattle Chapte*Red Cross will be erected. Nurses in attendance all day. 2M We urge that ng or send them to HUAVOUUTUUUAUAEAUAUAEUEELGUAUAEOOEUUAECU EUCLA SLAUGHTER