The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 23, 1922, Page 7

2 GIRLS ARE TERRIFIED BY NEGRO THIEF Frighten Intruder by Screams, But} } nd Night of Sleeplessness After a night of terror from the Attempted attack of a burly negro, two pretty Seattle girls, Lillian and Irene Riley, 19 and 30, respectively, Were recovering from the shock of their experience Friday, while potice Were searching the city for the ‘Marauder. Awakened from sound sleep early Friday, her sixth sense told Lilian that a burglar was in her room. A ment later afdark form moved Q@eross the room and a ray of light! §linted on a revolver barrel, A hand touched Lilllan's foot. Lillian sat bolt upright and scream: @d as loudly as she could, The man, whom she saw to be a negro, leaped backward and fell to his hands and evidently expecting a bullet to A . follow the shriek. He scrambled Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson, behind Madly for the door and jumped past : t Tho condemned to hang July 28 for slayin SHE FACES GALLOWS | 9 her husband, the bars in Atlanta prison, is hopeful public sentiment may save her from the gallows. Mt to the stairway, | Trene rushed from her room and/ the two giris watched the burglar in @ mad dash for the cellar, where he @scaped. Their 12-year-old brother Fred was not awakened. The parents of the girls California. Police searched the dis- rict about the house, 1407 23rd ave. G., but failed to locate the burglar. 2 CONVICTED OF SLAYING LOGGER PORT ANGELES, June 23.—After @eliderating for seven hours, a Jury @arly today found C. H. Riley and Charlies Butt guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Ray Light in « hold up of the Discovery Logging Co.'s recreation hall March 25. The jury recommended Rife imprisanment for the men. According to the imony,, Light, Sensational Findings Are Believed Probable After a day of close grilling of many Witnesses, including several Se- attle policemen, the grand jury now investigating the death of Patrolman Charles O. Legate is understood to have definitely discarded the suicide theory, late Thursday evening. Due entirely to the sweeping tn- vestigation of Mayor E. J. Brown, it is thought, evidence has been laid before the grand jury that directly peints to two Seattle men as having immediate knowledge of the murder of Legate. Witnesses from the neigh: | berhoed in which Legate was shot to/ death, at 1242 Main st., Mareh 17, are known to have been called. On good authority ft ts said they test! fied they had seen two enter the garage with Legate a fow moments before the three shots were heard. Later they were seen to rush from the garage and flee down the street. Whether these two men have been Identified by the jury is not known, altho one is Believed to be a well known bootlegger. While he has not made a pubite statement, Brown ts believed to be Gssatistied with the feeble efforts of the police and detective department to probe the mystery of Legate's death, and the manner in which the coroner's inquest, two months de- layed, wus conducted. Bessed the hold up. One of the high Waymen was masked. FREE FARE FOR ~ SAILORS GIVEN ‘The thousands of visiting sailors from t proceed along his own lines, due to The bdluejackets will be given|in. apathy of the police. @ouvenir cards on board the ships. ‘These cards will serve as passes on the cars during “Fleet day,” July 3, when all Seattie will pay if respects to the great armada. The cards will then be used by the “gobs” to send home. In this way, the council feels, Seat- tle will adopt an excellent advertis- continue its probe fx not known, In view of the new and sensational evt- dence believed to have been uncov- ered. wh Ed Hagen, former policeman, was released from McNeil 4 penitentiary recently, was a witnes: | Thursday. Mrs, Legate, widow of the slain patrolman, Police Chief W. B. Sev- eryns and Fréd Niendorf were wit- nesses before the jury Friday morn |tng. / Many Seattle made the request to the council. Glen McLeod, chairman of the ors to the playhouses. Optimi ae Reis on Reclamation Optimistic reports on the Smith , | McNary bill's chances for early pas- | ‘Sage are being received by the Cham- ber of Commerce. Support of the bill, | ccording to the chamber, is by no Means confined to the 14 Western states primarily affected. The South- ern states are supporting the meas re because they have swamp land tobe reclaimed, and there Is a strong sentiment for the bill in the East on account of the generally beneficial effect it would have on the unem- r ' situation thfuout the country. HERE’S MORE ABOUT LIQUOR STARTS ON PAGE ONE down bar sales, “There's not much drinking aboard had a bar aboard the Pine Tree State T've seen only one passenger who had too much—and he wasn't stag- gering or anything; he was just feel ing pretty good.” Now, as to the bar itaelf. “Pete” = chief steward of the Pine | Tree State, has direct charge of it, and {s therefore able to give the most reliable evidence. “You bet we have a bar,” says “Pete,” “and a mighty good one. ‘That is, we have one west of Cape Flaitery. Once Inside the cape, the bar closes down tight, and it doesn't see air until after we've started back Even tor the Orient. Tea Experts |[\rorsun FOR SALE “What have we for sale? wry, everything. There isn’t a thing that é | wonder how A rcareie teas inlioen ever hed (iat we we can sell | can’t offer—except a license, and we such rare er need that. “Regular steamboat prices, too. Tea ‘Thirty cents for straight drinks or a i | bottle of beer, and 35 cents for mixed atest little drinks. rnin too, of course—even money— | the famous old vintages. “Where do I buy ‘em? Some tn Canada and some in the Orient. But 'T have to be mighty careful about what I get In the Far East. There's s0 much Japanese stuff, you know, | that I've got to watch my step. TREE his questioner’s inquiring look. ‘No, we haven't any aboard. The Wash ington state law doesn’t permit us to bring it into port. The federal law would allow us to put customs seals on the Mquor and keep it aboard | while we're here. “But the state law isn’t that easy. So we unload all our wet goods at Victoria as we come in, and leave It in charge of the Canadian customs people until we go out again, “Then the first morning out—that is, the day after we leave Seattle— the bar opens up and it's just like the good old days.” Even tho the American ships do the ship, anyway. As long a» we've | pnsinlnitrciinanopaiinsinsi HERE’S MORE ABOUT HINTS MURDER|) DOOM WOMAN | STARTS ON PAGE ONE The women have gotten off with light sentences, owing to the fact that a prison term for ‘life’ means) the convict ts eligible for parole after three years. The jurors felt it their duty to their sworn word and the state to bring in this dict.” PREMEDITATED, EVIDENCE SHOWS It was established that Mra. Vin- son killed her husband after pre Meditation. She had persuaded him to deed her his property. Not long ago he applied for divorce. ‘The doctor was 65, his wife 44. Both had previously been married when they went to the altar 20 years ago. For the last six years they lived a quarrelsome existence, cul- minating tn the divorte action brought by the doctor a few months ago. To block the divorce, the wife unsuccessfully tried to have herself adjudged insane. ‘ ‘Was tt his property or the man she wanted? I Just didn’t want some other woman to have him. I didn't mean to kill that falls to a mountain-born and ts “a ‘model prisoner.” “She ought to be set free,” says How much longer the fury will ner dt-year-old married daughter | Vice president | who comms to visit her every day and who, on the slender income of & part-time city fireman's wife, is ) 9 | caring for the two smaller children reelected secretary. |by the Vinson marriage. LAWYERS SAY THEY ARE PUZZLED “She ought to hang,” says her | stepson, who engaged counsel to help |the state sent Mrs. Vinson to the gallows. Criminal lawyers admit they are Puzzled by the action of theagury. Woman's status when tn the dock for murder, they say, may be chang- ing on account of woman suffrage jand woman's entrance into business jwith men. ‘ “The verdict tn the Vinson case 1s incomprehensibe to me and other lawyers,” stated Judge Newton A Morris of Marietta, Ga.. former cir. cult judge of the Blue Ridge circuit and ex-epeaker of the Georgia house lof representatives, He, with two jother expert criminal lawyers, John T. Dorsey and Sam, Hewlett, have undertaken the defenw despite the fact that the only fee tn sight was the proferred—and quickly declined ~-iiamond ring of the 11-year-old daughter. “In my long legal expertence,” continued Judge Morris, “I have never had a greater surprise than when the jury went beyond the ver. @ict asked and voted to hang Mrs. Vinson.” Gordon Jails Jap as Drunken Driver Convicted of driving while drunk, V. Tokahisht was sentenced Thurs day by Police Judge John B. Gordon {to serve 10 days tn jail and pay a fine of $100. Ten other drivers, con- victed of speeding, were fined and lost their white drivers’ licenses. operate bars, they don’t escape en tirely from the adverse effects of the Volstead act. “I've noticed,” anys Steward Cow- ley, “that globe-trotters have b steering clear of America ever since the dry law went into effect. Take a man who wants to go to England from Hongkong. The easiest and sels can't operate bars—well, it’s not hard to see the effects of prohibition, The Admiral line is taking boats off the Southeastern Alaska run today. But do you notice the Canadian lines T “The Japs have the labels and bot-| quickest route would be to Seattle, tles of all well-known brands, and it's | across the continent to New York impossible to tell the difference un-jand thence to Liverpool But do less you sample it, Even then, the|they fo that way now? Not by a rf synthetic whisk that they make/|jugfuli! They choose the leas pleaa- ts arare good Tea [ezacn like the vei stuff, and tasted | ant route by way of the Suez canal—~ and emelia like it—but, Lord, the wal. | #0 that the trip won't Interfere with lop! Four drinks'll set you on your | their drinking. lear. “And as for the American constal ) No,” he grinned maliciously at|trade-—in which shipping board ves { ‘ reducing +thelr schedules? J say you don't, “It's all perfectly simple, If the man who wants to come down to Se- attle from Juneau, we'll say, going to take a dry American boat-—when a Canadian liner with all the Hquor in the world on board will bring him down to Vancouver? Well, maybe jhe will—but if he will, why is our passenger business up there falling ott?" ‘GOMPERS AGAIN THE SEATTLE STA pone LEWIS BLAMES HERE’S MORE ABOUT “SPY AGENCY”) _ MINE RIOTS gered STARTS ON PAGE ONE Says United Miners Not to | Blame for Massacre |""“as tong a», s long they do not operate the mines, men will remain | CINCINNATI, 0, June 23.—"Th United Mine Workers are not to an: Peaceful,” Thaxton said. All mines were closed down tight degree responsible for the unfortu- nate occurrence at Herrin, It,” John today. About five had been operat ing in thie district. L. Lewis, president of the United! Even the legitimate strip mines, Mine Workers, declared today in a|Which are allowed to operate under formal statement issued here, “The organization hag never en- union regulations, were closed. | ‘The wounded were being cared tor fevraged ~ does not condone ang gh etoes eee as jenuness of any character. The off from po ey fh Rag Ff pg and greatly deplore this t <) . ‘They also Lewis, prociaimed “agents provo-|With clubs and revolvers. Deaths of catour” for the trouble, severa! were momentarily expected. “We are not unmindful of the| A total of 61 surrendered when the fnot, pe onus, “that sintster influ ee in akone ‘ala ton at a ences have for some time been at J inown, e work among our membershtp to: tn-|Jured and two known uninjured sur- clte and inflame the apirit of vio. | vivers, all but eight of those who ence, The ranks of the strikers are | *Urrendered are accounted for, Au canes with thousands of detective ee et than Rong om £ and secret service operatives, whose |thoro searc! eo rict surround. employment by coal companies de. jing the mine fatled to reveal any pends upon thelr ability to provoke additional bodies, a. ‘ee emg woh —_ eae per is vem arth that a - ¥. Woe have frequently called at-)drowned were proven tention to thia fact before Investigat- | «mall lake was dragged without re sited Sanpmarabig’ teecannes wheace| "Got; Sermuel 2 Banter, who te elt innumerable Instances where| Col. uel N. Hunter, who ts rep: porn ello murders have been yoweenry po my Ley ng pad be the committed by theee irresponsible and ground, said today as for as he know lawless agents of the con! operators, [no investigation into the killings was at is not true, ax alleged, that the under way and that no arrests had telegram addressed to State Senator been made. iiiam Snead had any reference or| Colonel Hunter pointed out that connection with t disturbance at the military authorities could do noth: Herrin. A reading of the telegram, |ing to punish those who are guilty which has already been promised, | unless the district was under martial will conclusively show that it merely |law. ‘The following telegram was to- referred to the trade union status of |day received by Sheriff Thaxton {the members of the Steam Shovel |from Governor Small at Waukegan: Men's union, who were working in the strip pit operations thruout the country, The activities of the mi bers of the Steam Shovel Men's j union had caused them to be defl- nitely placed in the category of | strikebreakers, and I so stated In my | telegram of the 19th instant, In reply j to an inquiry wired me by Senator inead.”* LEADS A, F. OF L \Coalition Fails to Defeat Veteran President KOI IC, ald be sent. BY LAWRENCE © MARTIN Unless local officials make an ap- OHIO NATIONAL GUARD AR-|pea; for assistance, troops cannot be MORY, Cincinnati, June 23.—-Samuel | sent into a rict district. A wire was Gompers wan today elected preaident/also received at the office of the of the American Federation of Labor | state's attorney from the governor. were not in the Williamson county mining istrict yesterday to prevent the rioting, because local authorities bad made no request that military without opposition. ‘The effort of « coalition of railroad workers, miners and others to force Gompers out collapsed and no other candidate for president was noml- nated. Gompers’ election waa the ¢ist ‘time he has been chosen to head the federation, he having held the office during the entire life of the federa- tion with the exception of one year. Jamen Duncan, head of the granite workers, was reelected first vice Ore., came from tehind to win handily the race for the next ‘Mayor Brown deserves the entire woman whose childhood was spenticonvention, which will be held there credit for unraveling the baffling ‘in the cotton mills, But she is im jin October, 1922. murder mystery, having as he 414, to | telligent, answers questions directly, Jacob Fischer of the barbers was reelected seventh vice president and Matthew Woll, engravers, etghth Daniel Tobin of the teamaters was re-elected treasurer of the federation. rank Morrison was unanimously SCHOOL BOARD IN CLOCK ROW A controversy over award of a contract for an electrical clock and signal system for Garfield high schoo! was expected to reach a climax at Friday's meeting of the school board, when the matter was to come up for final decision. Hi. C. Mitchell, sales agent for the International Time Recording com- pany of New York, alleges that cer jtain members of the schoo} board are jdiseriminating against him and threatens to Institute court action if he in not awarded the contract, Three firms are competing for the contragt—Joreph Ma: . of Se jattle, with a bid of ‘berg tompany of Chicago, with a bid of $6,273, and the International com- |pany, with two bids, one according to specification of $4,849, and an alter nate bid of $3,91 Mitchell says there ts a tendency lin the schoo! board to award the con- tract to Mayer, the highest bidder, on the ground that his ts a local concern. “This,” Mitchell sald Friday, “ie a fallacious argument. business in Seattle—fust But he buys his clocks In jus. as I do, #0, ag far as being a local concern goes, we are absolutely ‘on ® par.” [MOVE TO END COAL STRIKE INDIANAPOLIS, Jane 23.— Mine | tion toward ending the coal strike today. Bult for injunction to restrain of- |ficials and the 650,060 striking mem- |bers of the United Mine Workers of |America from interfering thru vio. Hence with operation of mines will be |filed im federal court here late today or tomorrow in behalf of the oper- \ators. “It's going to put an end to all |thia confllet,” an operator's attorney said, but he would not amplify his statement. Wallingford Will Wallingford community will hold {ts dancing and floral festival along the streets from Sunnyside ave, to Stone Way Friday night, This is the culmination of the second of three flower displays and festivals scheduled for this month, Thursday the North End show opened at 86th st. and Greenwood ave, It was to clore Friday night. June 28 and 29, under the auspices of the Seattle Rose show, one of the largest displays of flowers and roses will be held in the Forestry building, University of Washington campus, s prepared their first legal ac-| Tt read: “I have no reply to my tele gram of the 22d requesting infor mation from you,as to steps taken by you for the prosecution persons the mur- reply to this communication.” The cireult cour: is not in session at present and as far as could be learned no steps toward getting a grand jury have been taken. SHAKE OWNER CHICAGO, June 23.—"Don't ask me to talk about it; {t Is too terrible,” William J. Leeter, Cleveland, prest- dent of the Southern Tiltnals Coal |Co., which owns the mine near Her- rin, where strikebreakers were mur- dered by strike sympathizers, said to- day. Lester, returning to Chicago today from a visit at the scene of the riots, was met by his wife a» he entered the Great Northern hotel. Mrs. Laster collapsed at his feet. Pale and visibly shaken by the perience, Lenter did everything pos- sible to comfort his hysterical wife. Mra. Lester called for Mrs, Mo Dowell, widow of the slain mine su- - | perintendent, constantly. “All the friends I ever had are dead in the black horror,” Lester sald, “The ruin and the horror I saw are beyond words.” Mrs. Lester, unable to sleep tn her room during the night, epent the hours waiting for her husband by | pacing up and down the hotel lobby. “Oh, poor Mrs. McDowell!” she moaned, eee rm Riot Deaths Will Bankrupt County! SPRINGFIELD, UL, June 23.— Williamson county will be bankrupt for 60 years as a result of rioting near Herrin, legal authorities here da@leved today, The county Is Mable for damages and must pay not to exceed $5,000 | for each death, Tho total liabilities of the coun- ty will be approximately $500,000, of. fictals believed, . |Lack of F tins to Halt State Inquiry of funds will prevent any state ald in investigation 6f the “bloody” Wil- Hamson mine war massacre, Attor- jney General Edward J. Brundage |said today. “The attorney general's office ts the only one empowered to conduct an Investigation and prosecution if Jocal authorities are unable to do their duty,” the attorney general . ald. - Celebrate Tonight |” tne appropriation tor funds tot | such investigation work was vetoed by Governor Small and in case the Williamson officials need help I will be unable to send it. No other de- partment of the state government can participate in such work.” Thé attorney general is here fn connection with the prosecution of Gov. Len Small on charges of con- splracy to defraud the state. TACOMA,—Residence of Mrs, W. P. Reynolds on Spanaway lake bought by John Buffelen, president Jof Buffelen Lumber and Manuface turing company, for $13,000, WAUKEGAN, IIL, June 23.—Lack | | | | | FREDERICK & NELSON PAGE 7 FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET A Special Purchase of Women’s and Children’s Knit Bathing Suits — $1.95 and $2.95 200 Children’s Suits $1.95 —Wool- mixed weaves in styles for girls and boys, in black, red, gray and green, with con- trasting stripings, one as pictured—sizes 2 to <o 12 years. 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