The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 4, 1922, Page 7

JURY VERDICT. Douglas May Take Action Against Trio Accused in Findings Prosecuting Attorney Maleotm Douglas was considering, Friday, the possibility of taking action upon the verdict of a coroner's Jury, In whieh censure for the accidental poisoning of Rev. 8. ‘\ Cameron Morrison, rector of the 'Church of the Epiphany, Wed- night, wes laid upon Dr, © P Bryant, M. P. Mix, drug. Bit, and the state drug inspee- “After Douglas had been given the noe in the case, when the fury finished its deliberations, Thurs. evening, he sald: “Whether will be started In the @ase depends upon the claasificatoin of berium sulphide under the drug , and largely upon the result of further investization, “The law states that certain pol. eons must be labeled, and that all ‘other polsons fatal to life In doses of which lead to Rome are being trun died twin beds and boudoir screens for the Italian premier of the Ameri can bedroom farce, cetake for tarnag |_,Within @ few weeks the Eternal barium | city will see in an Italian transla- was to ee tion, “Nighty Night,” “Scrambled an Xray wives" and “The Teaser” — three the bath: | plays written. by two American wom-| jen. Adelaide Matthews and Martha | Stanley, who are bere supervising | the adaptations. ‘Dix, owner of the East Mercer told the jury that Rev. | managers who read the plays has lorrison asked for bartum sulphide. | caused considerable dismay to the to him and thought noth: | American authors. As American the- | HER PLAY THRILLS ROME Adelaide Matthews ROME, Aug. 4—Down the roads jatergoers will remember, these farces | were very innocent affairs, But— “I believe the Italian producers think that our comedies are a lot worse than they really are,” says Miss Matthews. “The Latin farce fomedy deman: & certain — how shall [ put it?—a risque element. “Of course, there is nothing broad or coarse in our plays. But the Ital fans, on reading them, srermed to find Finque ponsibilities in perfectly inno cent lines and situations.” Miss Matthews, who ts studying The gleeful delight of the Italian the drama of all European countries, | sociation accepted, it was announced, says that the best play she haa seen on her present trip ts the Passion Play at Oberammergau. testified that he had Her Heart BY M. D. TRACY SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.—Mre. Minnie Castor, littl, gray, her face lined with care, sat in a desolate home on Kansan at. today wondering | if life still heid for her another | tragedy. Her cup of grief, which started filing 11 years ago when her hus-| band, Charles Castor, member of the} police force, was killed by @ mur-| derer he was trying to arrest, had overflowed yesterday when she saw her oldest son, Walter, kill Detective | T. Batley, wound Detective Ernest | Gable, murder Anna Downs Castor, | the wife of her youngest son, and then kill himself. The thoughts of the thing she had! witnessed—ber own son killing of- ficers of the law even as her husband ‘The pirates, who according to/had been killed-—~was more than she) authorities, have been|could bear. At first she raved. But as Roy Hoendarwin and|today she stared blankly and said Lemensee, Germans, murdered | nothing. pilot and engineer of the Mugar-| Meantime, the law was working to | after hiring the launch. bind more closely around her sow One member of the crew escaped|dead son the net of circumstances nh by jumping overboard and|which pointed to hie possible gulit imming four miles to shore. of the charge of murdering Mra. ‘Tt was believed the launch was/Annie Wilkens in an alleged) 4 to engage tn rum-running. “framed” holdup on Memorial day. / x - Police declared they expected to- - field Kiddies day's mati to bring them a letter! : Stage Big Evening i alas, HAVANA, Cubs, Aug. 4—The American legation warned all Unit- States ports today of the opera- 7 ti of the launch Mugardos which J seized by two pirates after they Murdered the crew. Castor is said to have written just | before yesterday's tragedy outlining | community evening nes tat once a year! his supposed part in the killing of But Seattle youugsters who had a Mra. Wilkens. The story they expect to receive is time Thursday evening at the oln Park playfield are already @ parallel to the story of Car! Wan-| derer of Chicago, who was hanged ly looking forward to next '8 celebration. . for killing bis wife in a holdup) staged, allegedly at his instance, by ere were games, and a bonfire, songs and ice cream and cake ragged stranger. candy and everythin, Castor, police declare, was hired by Henry Wilkens to kill Mrs. Wilk. | ens and Wilkens himself fs now in jail charged with complicity in the| [hin mother’s home, where Crushed by Triple Tragedy She, officers said they learned, had Gowerted her husband in favor of Walter, When the murder was committed she te alleged to have let the story of Castors allced guilt fall into the hands of officers. But when Walter Castor returned to San Francisco two weeks ago and was playing hide and seck with police she aided him. Yet when police questioned her Yesterday morning she led them to he was the of. hiding, betraying him fleers And no sooner were the officers at the door of the Castor home than the betrayed them to Castor with « word of warning to him. For her apparent to ficklencas | Castor, In bis last few breaths, first cursed her and then killed her, HERE’S MORE ABOUT EGAN STARTS ON PAGE ONE higher education. Not by a long chuck. Recently a certain Seattle clubwoman who was intending to read an address on the “Ladies of Washington's Cabinet” requested he life of Mra. Kay. She almost stumped the Ifbrarians Then they thought of Mrs. John Jay “Oh, yen; it was Mrs. Jay. It's #0 close to K in the alphabet I couldn't help the error,” averred the clublady. This happens evrey day at the Seattle library. Every bright and shining hour, in fact. How the li ; hines are now in use which | murder. y atten . é cigarets at the rate of 0.000|. Molice also claimed they had the | brary Attendants stand it without Ei hour and pack them at the rate|statement of @ witness ciaiming| losing their minds I can't tell you «ped Walter Cantor told him Wilkens| Perhaps they get used to it. One an hour. agreed to pay $5,000, but he had re- cetved only $450 yet Tincovery of Cantor, after weeks of searching, police revealed today, was due to the fickleness of a woman | —the woman whom he killed Anna Downs Castor, wife of Rob- ert Cantor, had given the police their first intimations of who might have! kited Mra, Wilkens. Even Tea Experts wonder how we can sell such rare Tea can get used to anything, with the exception of stewed tripe and apart ment house phonographa. Perhaps, too, they get a kick out of it all now and then, As when in: cidents like the following occur: A small boy who ts a moth and butterfly enthusiast browsed around the technology department one aft ernoon and finally found a book whose title seemed attractive, He returned soon, looking disappointed Said the name of the book was all right, but he couldn't find anything in it about moths and butterflies ‘The volume was “Short Talks With Young Mothers.” However, I don't yearn to be a library attendant. Not by several ‘or so little money— EE ‘TEA isa rare good Tea When the Bank for Savings promises a definite rate of interest (the HIGHEST com- patible with the MAXIM of safety) the depositors know that {t is guaranteed by the $800,000 pital and Mability of the bank. That is, the rate paid does not fluctuate according to the Trusteen’ vote, as is the case in the other savings Iinetitutions. THE BANK | FOR SAVINGS Pine Street at Fourth Avenue j thousand y na, thank you! ‘Tindall Opens New Campaign Quarters | } | “Tindatt-for-Congres#” —headquar |ters were opened Thursday, at 320 | MeDonald bulldnig. | Philip Tindall, war veteran and councilman, declared that right row he fa facing a great rush of werk in connection with the municipal bud get estimates, Crude Oil Is Cut 20 Cents Barrel DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 4—Df. fective today, prices of Wyoming and | Montana crude oil are reduced 20 cents a barrel. The price reduction |follows a cut of 25 cents a barrel in mid-continent, petroleum officials announced. WASHINGTON Intoxicated jehickens lead federal prohibition of- | ficers to an Indianapolis home where | were found three stills and a quantity of moonshine making supplies, ac cording to reports received by Com- jMissioner Hayn les, A. 8 AWAIT ACTION BY PRESIDENT Rail Unions ‘Believe Harding Won’t Quit BY CHARLES R. LYNCH CHICAGO, Aug. 4--Rali unton chiefs here were confident today that the president will not abandon his efforts to settle the strike be cause of the refusal of the executives to accept his proposal Bort M. Jowell, president of th striking shopmen, and the executive committee waited for a reply to their monsage of acceptance sent Wednes day night The union chiefs indicated that if wan their firm pellef that President Harding would not have proposed the settlement unless he intended to exert every effort to see that both sides accepted It was also predicted at union | headquarters that the service unions will bring pressure to bear on Wash ington to prevent deteat of the shop crafts, It was even suggested that the “Big Four” may order a “self protection” strié as a last resort Leaders potnted out that defeat of the shop men would cause increased jemands from the railroads for wage reductions and changes in working| rules of other ratiroad unions. ‘The wages and working rul jtion of the train service unions are still to be settled Denpite clatma of the unions that the ratiroads are greatly exaggerat ing the efficiency of their shops, the Weatorn presidents’ committee tasued & statement declaring that 69,259 men were at work. This ts an in crease of more than 15,000 in eight days. “The strike Ie having no effect on the ability of the carriers to give ade. quate freight and passenger serv the report stated || HERE’S MORE ABOUT STRIKES STARTS ON PAGE ONE |} invitation to @ peace parley, This | was said at miners’ headquarters to be a conservative estimate, The Pittsburg Vein Operators’ as adding considerable to high hopes for! settlement. eee Extra Deputies for Des Moines WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—The ap-| pointment of sever additional | deputy marshals for the Des Motnes, | Iowa, district, was announced today by Attorney General Daugherty just before he went Into the cabinet ron jsion at the White House. These extra Aepution we: pointed, Daugherty wald, to take care of trouble which has arisen there, crowing out of al leged whippings of strikebreakers, cee Debate Peace in Street Car Tieup CHICAGO, Aug. 4—Peace parleys for settlement of Chicago's traction tieup, now in its fourth day were re sumed today. Union and company offictals| of the ¢ ‘eo surface lines, tho ap.| parently deadlocked, met in confer. | ence following a meeting of the board of control of the car company Hundreds of atrikebreakers mean while were reported ready to run the cars, awaiting orders of President Blair of the surface Iines. Mayor Thompson's plan for a fleet! of 3,000 fitney buses a before the city council The mayor ts asking 0,000 to finance his buses, eee Non-Union Workers Plan Organization PORTLAND, Aug. 4—Nonunion longuhoremen wil! organize tonight. They will form a union, but not of the brand of the old waterfront stock | nor carrying a charter, but neverthe- | leas they will organize. A call has| been sent out for a meeting tonight | of the nonunion men who have been working under the direction ‘of the employers’ union since the strike of April 23 ‘The intent ts to form an organiza tlon of the workers along shore who | are not connected with the old-time I. ly A., local No, 36.38. The result} will be two bands of unions working | out of a neutral hall and dominated by an employers’ unton | HERE’S MORE ABOUT HITS OFFICIALS STARTS ON PAGE ONE | | of republi jeaders at Chehalis.” Mayor Brown also alluded to the recent arrest of three federal officers with an automobile load of liquor. “Of course,” he sald, “we weren't able to make a case against them| and we were obliged to let them go and ‘call it a mistake, But he grinned—"it wasn't such an awfully bad mistake.” H. W. TREAT’S FUNERAL HELD Simple services marked the last | rites of Harry Whitney Treat, Seat. tle capitalist and sportsman, held} Thursday afternoon at the family! residence on Queen Anne hill | ‘The services were conducted by Rev. H. H, Gowen, pastor of Trinity Episcopal church | Treat was killed Sunday in an au tomobile accident in British Colum bia. ‘The honorary pallbearers were: Judge George Donworth, Hu. C. Henry, Trafford Huteson, D. %..Fred- | erick, Josiah Collins, Charles H. Bebb, J. D. Farrell, Col, C, B, Bleth en, C, D. Stimson, Dr. C. W. Sharp. Kerry and E. C, Moffatt. The active pallbearers were; James MacFarlane, Fred H. Baxter, Cc Eden, John Hull, W. M. Boleom, F. | T. Sylvester, C,'B. Fitzgerald and C. EB. Farnsworth. Cremation followed the services. Any member of the Danish parlia- ment Is entitled to free service at any Turkish bath establishment in the country. THE SEATTLE STAR ISAYS GERMANY STAGE DRIVER TO BE GRILLED Deputy Accuses Him of: Carelessness In Report Wh —_—— i Anthony I. Crane, Auburn bus |]) driver, was to be grilled Friday | by Prosecuting Attornty Mal. ([/ cola Dough d Sheriff Matt | Btarwich on the wreck of his | auto stage Thursday, when it |]) was struck by a Northern Pacific | train at Kent, resutling in the Injury of nine passengers, three of them dangere Quizzed by Deputy Sheriff George A. Bundy, Crane tw said to have ad mitted that he did not stop at the crossing as required by law, but de-| clared that he did not hear the auto: |}| matic bell at the crossing and that |f| he did not see the train until it was | } } “The track is not obscured In any way at this particular point,” Deputy Bundy reported to Sheriff Starwich, “and it looks | } less than 60 feet away. Ike carelessness on the part of the driver.” It was at first reported that M. A. Reed was tho driver of the stage, but this was due to an error in re ff) ports to Northern Pacific officials. Reed ts proportetor of the stage line The tnjured, most of whom were taken to the Taylor-Lacy hospital at Auburn, are as follows: } L. D. Hullum, 55, Auburn; sert | oun, Miyasaki, 22, Auburn; sert- ou FE. F. Tucker, Seattle; serious. || Dr. and Mrs. KE, K, Johnson, St. Paul. Mrs. Kd Glarde and Mrs, Nora Sandberg, sisters, Auburn. dobn Steele, Seattle, Emil Jennys, Seattle, 1S FACING CHAOS | Foreign Minister Pleads for |) Moratorium | BY CARL D. GROAT (Coprright, 1992. by the United Prees) BERLIN, Aug. 4.—-German Indus |]/ try and finance face complete chao, | ) Andres Hermes, foreign miniater, said | today in an exclusive Interview with | the United Press, | The eritiea! condition of the repub- | to tn due to the shattering of the | value of the mark, which declined suddenly with unparalieled force, | Hermes mnid. | | “No nation would or could continu: |]/ ously face such & lona of ecomonic |[) blood as Germany suffered in recent years, when every honest effort to) Pay debts merely became a never | ending labor thru the sudden dow bling and trebling of obligations as | & result of the collapse of the mark Hermes sald Ig the opinion of Hermes, if the | alllés would grant Germany a oan || and a moratorium for a time the nation would recover economically to the benefit of its creditors. | The minister described conditions brought about by the fall of the mark From day to day there are great tncreaxes tn the cost of food,” he said. “The element of the populs tion — Including foreigners — which fills our buxurious restaurants and cafen is too small to deceive or hide the critical situation of the great middie clase and masses. | “Our strength is nearing the end unless discerning partners help us,” || said Hermes. , Promised to Marry 33 Girls, Arrested | BERLIN, Germany, Aug. 4.—Don Juan ie left far behind by the ex ploite of @ young solicitor named Lehe, of Saxony, who has been ar rested on a charge of fraud. | The police, in their investigations, |f/ discovered that during the last 10) months Lehe had become engaged to no fewer than 33 young women. He is said to have kept up constant cor: | respondence with them all, and to/ have recetved extensive gifts of money, food and clothing. | This super-lover escaped from Jail | and {t was discovered that he had written previously to each of his 33 Indy loves that he would soon be with her again Youthful “Nobles” Held as Swindlers GENEVA, Aug. 4.—The Swiss po: Uce ha been notified of the arrest at Br ols of two youthful sewind lera who had long been sought They posed as Count de Balessa and Baron Zumbacher. Both the prison: ers are about 19 and thelr youth aided them in their swindling opera tion, no one susr ting the youths until they fled. They are said to jhave had many victims in Paris and Berlin also. } FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE Extra-size priced at $4.75. 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Home Brew | ; (Starts on Page 1) Woll, anyway, Mayor Brown hasn't | taken any vacation trips so far. see DERN THE COLOR LINE! Mayor Brown pleads for money for the starving Russians, He wants us to be white to the Reds, eee ‘Th’ kias of a pretty girl ts highly relished among th’ fellers, but, as a rule, after a man passes 60 he would rather have a chew uv Climax eee Jim Spangler of the Senttle Na. | tional bank is still looking for the| man who asked H. L. Merritt of the} Dexter Horton bank if Mr. Horton was building a garage next door, see TUR TUFF! Fiends in human form Stole our BVD When we were tuning In on KFC! ee A man tn Sacramento by the name of Garlick is running for coroner. He ought to go over strong, see Baseball has Judge Landis, the movies have Will Hays and the stage has Augustus Thomas. Is anybody to be appointed to keep the Seattle city council pure? 8. 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Axtell, candidate for Fleeing Boys Are Traffic was | Held After Chase stopped Thursday Tailored returned | Eastern markets. “Business conditions are showing a | steady heimer stiffen somewhat and the market was | } well filled with buyers from all parts of the country.” company, has just business trip to Ready the republican nomination for United from a | States senator, will address @ mass |meeting at the Wilkes theater at § Man.|P. m. Friday evening. This is the start of a speech-making tour which ‘over every portion of the state, improvement,” says 8 are showing a tendency to | Will o The invention of a typewriter for Imusic is reported from Prague, Cool Dinners for. Hot Days! Mrs. Housewife: Are you tired of thinking up things to cook for dinner days? Are you all in as a result of intimate association with cookstove and gas stove? Want some bully sug: gestions for easily prepared menus that are attractive and not too expensive for hot day dinners? 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They |Were chased for two blocks, after they had knocked down pedestrians, | They were captured, | Taylor is alleged to have tried to jeash @ stolen check at the store, Publishers Plan to Censor All Fiction NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—A campaign |to unsex literature was started here today when 20 of the nation's largest publishers were called upon to “blue pencil" modern fiction, The club of censors will be wielded on spicy stories that undermine the | morals of the generation if the plan of John S. Sumner, secretary of the New York Society for the Suppres sion of Vice, is adopted. According to Sumner, authors and publishers are considering the estab- lishment of & voluntary dictatorship of all literature, ¢ Piet