The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 6, 1922, Page 1

} Y _} INJUNCTION LAW ll Tonight and Thursday, erly wind: Maximum, 64, Today noon, 61, moderate southwest- fair; Temperature Last 34 Hours Minimum, 51. The &* Beoond Class Matter May 3, PPP LAA PARAL AARP PLP PPP PLP PAP On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise VOLUME 24. NO. 166. 1499, at the Postoffion at seattle Star ttle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879, Per Year, by Matl, $5 to | PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAVE ELECTED THE STAR THEIR FAVORITE SEATTLE NEWSPAPER — BY 15,000 PLURALITY RPP PAP PPA PPP PPR PA PPP PPD PPD HOM EDITION =x || LATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, § EPTEMBER 6, 1922. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE DO YOU KNOW DUMB BELL DUD? He Is an Oil Can and His Head Is Solid Ivory; Cash Prizes for | Three Best ) Meet Dumb-Dell Dud—tt you don't | already know him, some time. Once you meet him you| ‘an never forget him—because he's | go everlastingly dumb, In fact, he's so dumb Mt comes to ivory, bis dome makes a Dillard ball seem like a gob of soft taffy and an ekphant’s tusk like a tallow candle on a hot day. | ‘The Star will print some of Dumb. well, when | COUNTY HEADSTWIFE SLAYER TO FACE TRIAL NEARER DOOM ON THURSDAY! BY DECISION By E. P. Chalcraft Rel] Dud’s thoughts beginning to day. | Charged with grand larceny, Bet there's a Dum>-Bell tn your Involving the alle pres crowd. If there ts, send some of hie thoughts to The Dumb-Rell Edi. tor. For the three best submitted | this week, ‘The Star will pay a doltar each. You'd better get in the game. It's regular sport i Just look at these for a starter: oe. Dumb Bell is so dumb he thinks— | Salmon bay fs where the fish come | from; Sandy Hook ts a Scotehman;| Black Diamond is a crown jewel; day. Greek philosopher. and Pluto was a . and Thomas jeuting Attorney priation of $34,520.90 in public funda, King County's three com- missioners are scheduled to face ® jury in supertor court Thurs- Indictments, which contain the charges against Commissioners Claude C. Ramsay, Lou ©. Smith, Dobson, were re- turned by « special county grand Jury July Interposing no demurrers or other Tacoma, Wash., in a laundry adver: | legal hindrances, but thru their at- tisement; Newport News is a news| torney, Walter 8. Fulton, demanding paper; South Bend is an athletic ex. | & speedy trial, the commissioners en- ercise; Kentucky Derby fs a hat; a/ tered pleas of not guilty before Su cuspider if a Spanish bell fighter, | perior Judge King Dykeman Upen recommendation of Prose Malcolm Dougias, not all, He's so dumb | Superior Judge Calvin 8. Hall, then that be thinks Totem Pole square ts | Presiding judge, set the trial for the first week of the fall term of court ‘The first of the two indict. ments on which the commission. ers will be tried alleges that the defendants unlawfully appropri- Construc- Ia the lessee of the county ferry block. P RAILWAY PEACE | MOVE REPORTED jot $1 der Capt. tried. lewal weeks, by ceptable, a call would be issued for | let Similar charges, involving the eum 4 are J. iL. Judge Hall called the jury session after a conference With the! Scott declared that plans of the| other. superior court judges, conference had been kept secret. He | recommendation anid that if the leaders at Baltimore! Douglas, and was ordered to con-| believed the peace proposal was ac-| duct a thoro inquiry into a contract the commissioners which an immediate conference of the shop{ieased the county ferry system to indict. contained tn the | aecond indietment, in which H. FE. | Tomkins, formerty superintendent of transportation un- | Anderson, also ts| named. He, too, will be separately | honey, “whether or mot T hang, but assistant county tnto upon of Prosecutor crafts policy committee in Chicago. Bert M. Baltimore conference. eee of Raflway Executives, formal statement today denying re- been settled. He also denied that Were contemplated. shopmen, wag believed to be at the ports that the shopmen's strike had | ers | Capt. John L. Anderson for a period Jewell, president of the|of 10 years. ‘The original complaint wis made zens from Bellevue, situated across NEW YORK, Sept. 6—T. De Witt) Lake Washington from Seattle. Cuyler, chairman of the Association | inaued a | the Thomas Daugherty, chairman of committee, Is now leading a | movement to have the commission. recalled, Fiat denial of the charges against any mectings to discuss settlement | them have been made by the com- missioners. to Dougias by @ committee of citi-| Cuyler, however, does not speak for the group of executives headed by Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio rallway, and it is this group “The ferry lease,” Ramsay said, “is as honest and straight-forward » contract as any man ever devised, I have Chairman vm that is believed to be negotiating. LABOR FIGHTING i Expect to Quash or Force Modification BY JAMES T. KOLBERT WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.— Organized labor expects to quash or force modification of the Daugherty injunction. Legal experts of labor, prepar- ing to oppose Attorney General Daugherty’s request that the in- Junction be made permanent, be- lieve they have an excellent chance of having the permanent injunction refused, unless the government modifies it. Samuel Gompers also believes Tabor will succeed in beating the in- Junction. This belief is predicated In Part upon utterances from the White Houne and Daugherty. Within the past few hours both these sources have made it clear that the govern- Ment did not intend to apply all the Festrictive clauses of the injunction. John Dore Whistles to Dog, Breaks Leg Stepping outside his home Tues fay night to call bis dog, Attorney John H. Dore fell, breaking his ankle > in two places. HOME BREW Will not appear while Homer Brew is on his vacation the utmost confidence that it will be so shown when this mat- ter is brought into open court.” Deputy Prosecutors Bert C. Ross and John D. Carmody have been assigned to try the case for the state, Twenty-five witnesses who tent! {fied before the grand jury are listed as probable witnesses for the state, and four grand jurors, in cluding the foreman, L, G. Horr, Bernhard Swanson, Wm, J. Brown land Nellie W. Sargent, may be called. 'Exonerated After Slaying Striker SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6. H. B. Debolt was exonerated of the blame for the death of William Mero, lead- er of striking shopmen, by a major: ity verdict of the coroner's jury last night. Mero was killed by a bullet from Debolt’s gun. The defendant refused ‘to go on strike. The jury declared that Mero met his death from gun ishot wounds “inflicted by H. B. De- (bolt in self defense.” Debolt’s preliminary hearing will be held Friday. A huge demonstration was held Saturday by local labor in honor of itheir stain leader. | { |Starwich’s Flying Squadron in Field Twenty-five volunteer apenkers for |Sheriff Matt Starwich, candidate for lreelection, will take the field, |his headquarters announced, They jwill stress Starwich’s record for economy and efficiency, pointing out ithe thousands of dollars he claims to have saved, the money he has re turned from his budget estimate, and the fuct that his administration has been @ strictly business one, be-| ginning Wedpesday night, in a whirl: | wind close to the present campaign, ; bit undoubtedly you've number Stage All Set for/Convicted Man Is Airing of Grand| Calm When News! | Larceny Charges in Court 1 Is Given to Him LIBERAL FORCES BITTER! in County Jail Short’s Letter Favoring Lamping Is ' | Cause of Sharp Rebukes From OLYMPIT, Sept, 6—The su- Preme court of Washington to day denied the petition of James KE. Mahoney, convicted in Seattle of the murder of his aged wife, for rehearing. atep noarer his doom as be has ox | court pend on fi Appeal to that body will de ding some chance rights. will In the course lbrought shortly before Judge J. % court and sentenced to hang. Mahoney, declared, when told of the | decision, that “aa matters look at | Present, an appeal to the supreme | “Of courne, court's decision, but « further appeal looks very probable now.” ‘That is how James E. Maho | news calmly and after “It makes no difference,” enid Ma- you can easily see what they are do- | The date of the last alleged fl-| ing at Olympia, They took 18 days transaction ta May 4, while the first ts said to have oc-/ it, while the ordinary cases take two curred March 29, of the same year. The indictments charging grand) larceny were the outcome {grand jury investigation extending | jover period of more than eight ed States supreme court tf I am able. to consider my case, before denying months. “I will take my appeal to the Unit- |My lawyers will do the best they can.” ‘PEGGY WON'T WED CHARLIE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.—""Peo: [ple neem to marry me to everyone {they see Ine with was the comment |ship” with Charlie Chaptin “Me marry him? Well, I'm too | busy even to think of marriage, I've | first met in Paria. with him in Low Angeles and now jthey are ‘Koing get us married right away.” Peggy arrived here late yenterday ness matters. ARBUCKLE TO RETURN HOME | day, but has aby @ tour of the Orient and a round the-world trip. | Arbuckle arrived tn Tokyo today, land will remain in Japan until Sep- | tember 16, when he will leave on the return trip to his home in Los An goles. No specific reason for aban doning the tour was give \Father Is Slain; | Son Under Arrest KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 6.—G. W. Garvey, prominent lumberman, {was shot and killed in.a downtown office building here shortly before noon today. Roy, Garvey, 37, son of the victim, was arrested in connection with the pom Have You Read Today’s | Want Ad ? Columns | ‘The decision brings Mahoney one| to claim a breach of his constitutional Attorney Lee Johnston, counsel for }eourt of the United States will be “They dropped everything to settle | of a|mo Griffiths an d Mrs. Axtell BY ROBERT BASTIEN BERMANN / armed camps. |_ Fiery statements were issued by both Judge Austin E. If the appeal isnot taken, Mahoney | Griffiths and Mrs. Frances Axtell, of eventa be | William Short, president of the State Federation of Labor, With all hope of conciliation abandoned, the three pro- |hausted all possibility of appeal, ex gressive candidates for the senatorial nomination were ap- jeept to the United States supreme parently hopelessly estranged Wednesday and the anti- |Poindexter forces consequently were divided into three following the action of | Ronald in the King county supertor |in dispatching a letter to all labor organizations, intimating that Griffiths and Mrs, Axtell should withdraw and leave Mrs. Axtell asserted that conspiracy with Hearst” to “William Short is now re | | his second blunder is worst t! “Not long ago he was reported fer Mrs. Axtell. Col. George B. Lamping a clear field. “Short and Lamping are in a drive her out of the race. ported for Lamping,” he said. If true, han his first. Declares Voters Cannot be Herded |Like Sheep to Support Lamping ing’s campaign a shameful is a farce. ™ “I told Mr. Short and oth |He now admits that in the \of cattle, seeing the fight. I suppose “Meanwhile, both Mrs. A: jelect Poindexter. Axtell, altho “It has come to pass as I said it would. Short says Mrs. Axtell’s campaign is a ‘dismal failure.’ He will find Lamp- _ Griffiths charged that Lamping was deliberately working ” Johnston dectarea,|in Poindexter’s interest, in an effort to get the governor's | “we can decide on nothing untii we|chair two years hence in payment, hear officially of the state supreme | re. Lamping for senator ig sincere. ers at the start that no press. be branded by Short and herded to Lamping like a drove “Now, Lamping and Mrs. Axtell, like ‘the yellow dog and the calico cat,’ are ‘eating each other up.’ “Let the Ax-tell on the ‘gallant’ colonel. Poor Short is he enjoys it. Does he? xtell and Lamping have done |Charges That Lamping Was Real | “It can’t be done. The | * | will come to me. tumbling Block to Elimination Step liberal and progressive voters | “The propaganda of Lamping and Short that I blocked | falst. I have always sought as able as any committee to pose an informal ballot to begin with. at this last conference to be from Los Angeles to “attend to bus!-|he alone could get publicity thru a certain paper. wanted a dead open-and-shut lof Peggy Joyce today on her “friend-|the road to unification of forces against Poindexter is that end. I do now. The last lconference of Mrs. Axtell, Lamping and myself was utterly known Mr. Chaplin a long time. We blocked and ended by Lamping. He insisted on a compulsory Someone saw me committee elimination selection. Both of us said we were do it. It was no use to pro- Lamping appeared obsessed with the notion that He sort of committee (for Lamp- ing) to decide who should run. “T am still for conference, but not for compulsion. “Unlike Lamping, I have collar around my neck. ndoned his plans for) +yow what he said the last minute or what he w the next. around like a bull in a china shop, | because he wanta to run for govern | or two years from now. “For this mess of pottage he would, 1f he could, destroy all hope of the liberal people to defeat Sena tor Poindexter, “He masquerades as a republican He opposes, as does his Hearst keep- ler, the Washington treaties. These treaties are now the national policy | for at least ten years, They insure | us peace for that time-—and Jonger. “The greater future of this city and state i# on the Pactfic, That can lcome only by peace and security. “How can any republican, or any man or woman of sane mind or busl- ness instincts, vote for Col, Lamp- | img?" When read the reference to his last conference with Griffiths and Mrs. Axtell, Lamping refused to either confitm or deny the charge that he | had blocked efforta toward elimina. | | thon. | “1 am surprised,” was all he | would say. “My whole attitude | has been to be fair, open and | aboveboard?,” | SHORT'S Li |TO LABOR U? Short'’s letter, which brought on | the whole controversy, follows: | “Six days remain before the pri- | mary election. “Unfortunately, despite our best | efforts, the campaign to. secure the |republican nomination for United | States senator for Mra, Frances C. Axtell has proven a dismal failure. “We are now confronted with a critical situation, which tg not alto- “The truth Is that he ts charging not the curse of the Hearst TOKYO, Sept. 6.—Roscoo (Fatty) «1 eadership comes from confidence. The people can put Arbuckle has recovered from the in rn 4 fection in his hand which caused him|no confidence in a man like Lamping for the great office lto go to Yokohama hospital on ar-|/of senator in these critical times. [rival from the United States Satur! “Judged by his public utterances he shows he does not ill say gether hopeless for the forces which |are seeking the defeat of Miles Poin eee The elimination of two of the three progressive candidates for |the republican nomination would | have insured success next Tuesday. Despite my best efforts, and the best | efforts of the officiain of the State | Federation, this has not been accom- | plished. First, because Judge Austin B, Griffiths has consistently refused {to consider any conference which | might result in hig own elimination, and, secondly, because at the last mo: ment Mrs, Axtell and her immediate | following withdrew the ‘offer to sub. | mit themselves to any plan which | might bring about unity. | “Paced by this situation, conter. ences were called in Spokane, Seattle {and Tacoma, and Archie Johnston | came to Seattle as the representative | of the Spokane conference for pro | kressive political action, with author- ity to assist, if possible, in finding a plution to the problem. It was | Agreed everywhere that Mrs. Axtell should be withdrawn from the race. “At a conference last Sunday With George Matson and others of the campaign committee of Mrs, Axtell | the results of these meetings in the largest cities of the state were made | |known, Despite this overwhelming sentiment for the withdrawal of | Mrs. Axtell, the personal adherents lof her candidacy refused altogether to consider any proposal which might involve withdrawing her name. “Later In the evening a conference was held which included several vice- presidents of the federation and per- (Turn to Page 8, Column 3) {committee could deliver the women voters to any candidate. |the time for the execution of Eugene Nor can the workers | “eeck# dmwe near, Winfred E. Robb, | itheir best, the former laboring under an honest delusion} ‘and led by some foolish and slippery leaders, the other de-|former parishioners. |liberately, with malice aforethought, to cut my throat to} cr is my duty, | Preacher Says | He Intends to Hang Prisoner “Will Do My Duty,” Says Sheriff in Answer to Criticisms Winfred E. Robb DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. (—As ¢x-pastor, and sheriff of Polk county, jremains firm in his decision to fulfill his first role as hangman, Weeks was convicted of the mur jder of George A. Fosdick, Des Moines | grocer. |. Robb’s determination to carry out | |his grim duty has aroused debate |thruout the state, Many commend the expastor, many criticize bim. Among the Intter are many of his t nd I feel called pon to carry out that duty, which thé electors sent me to office,” he declared. The date of execution has been set for September &; the place, Fort Madison penitentiary, It was Robb who instituted a search for the condemned man and an accomplice which renulted |thelr capture after a long hunt thru many large cities of the country. for | in ‘Bandit lone in Bout With Veteran Pie PORTLAND, Sept. 6.—A bandit to- day, in attempting to hold up a down- town lunchroom, shot a ple three times without effect. When the bandit entered the place labout 5 a. m. the scrubwoman, em- ‘ployed in cleaning up, gave one loud jyell and fled. Her cry brought Harry Ablas, the night manager, from the kitchen. Whirling his gun around to cover Ablas the bandit issued the “stick ‘em up” order. Ahlas ducked behind the counter quickly enough to dodge three shots, which shattered a glass showcase, letruck the plecrust, glanced off and Jombedded themselves in the wall. Ahlas crawled to the kitchen and returned with a cook's arsenal of cleaver and butcher knives, but the bandit's failure to injure the ple had sapped his morale, and he was not there to face the kitchen infantry, fi a Former Solon Is Mississippi Lead JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 6.—Hubert D. Stephens, former congressman from the Second Mississippi district, was leading ex-Senator James K. | Vardaman by approximately 15,000 votes, according to unofficial re- turns in the runoff for the demo- cratic nomination for United States senator. These figures Include complete re- turns from 15 counties, partial re- turns from 47, with 20 as yet unre- ported, ni : th Ja wi ri th JUDGE GORDON HAS FISH STORY, BUT HE CAN’T TELL IT Gosh, It's tough to be a judge. John B, Gorden, who rules the fellow was that got away, But T gotta remember my position,” Bi |with the murder. |Los An Hawall, were landed here today by their yacht exploded. deathbed SKA THEORY DENIED Douglas Scouts Idea That Girl’s Sweet- heart Was Actual Slayer of Her Aged Benefactor BY SAM B. GROFF Clara Skarin, in jail in Oa’ of her aged benefactor, Ferdinand Hockbrunn, at 2520 ‘ave., Seattle, last winter, will face new and sensational evi- | dence when she returns to Seattle, accordin jing Attorney Malcolm Douglas. Douglas said Wednesday |in conjunction with the police, had unearthed much new evidence pointing to the theory that Clara Skarin killed |Hockbrunn with a motive of robbery. Douglas scouted the theory “The case will be harder than the Mahoney trial,” said Doug- las, “but we are not worrying. We'll be able to furnish a num- ber of surprises when the time comes,” 1. That Clara Skarin wil} be quickly brought to tria! was declared by Doug- las. Mahoney he said," was tried within 40 days after the murder charge was filed, and Clara Skarin will be given an equally speedy t: Mrs, Robert R. Herbert, wife of « Seattle police detective, left Seattle Wednesday for Olympia, whére extradition papers are waiting for Clara Skarin. Mrs. Herbert will arrive in Oakland Friday, and, with Kent, will bring the woman to Seattle el- ther Monday or Tuesday. Kent questioned Clara Skarin at jlength and found her to be immune She refused to | talk of the murder, he said; and exer- | |eised a sharp wit upon all who ap- | proached her. © his suggestions, She told him that she had not married Robert Winborn at Kal- amazoo, Mich., shortly before Winborn’s death of pneumonia, Winborn'’s wife shot and killed Mrs. Skarin, mother of Clara, and wounded the latter, after which she committed suicide, in #® jealous quarrel over Winborn, im 1918, Despite the fact that Clara Skarin (Turn to Page 9, Column 2) BURNS GIRL TO DEATHIN ROOM Fiendish Crime Confessed |°f °° seconds and one of 40 seconds, by Prisoner HALIFAX, N. &., Sept. 6.—Confes. |sion that he burned alive pretty 19- jyear-old Flora Gray, after she had|Dmself, was towed along behind @ easfully repulsed his advances in |SPeed her bedroom in the dead of night, | (sts after the power boat had at |was made today by Omar Roberts, |#ined @ speed of 20 miles an hour, 68, prominent guide and proprietor of a hunting lodge. Noberts was carried Into court, hia|#!* about five feet above the water, feet having been badly burned by the james which destroyed Miss Gray. Preliminary hearing of what is de. |*#fely each time. clared the most fiendish crime in Nova Scotia history was held behind! Would Bar Mexican locked doors because of the revolting etalls of the attack and murder, 2 ARE BURNED ABOARD YACHT SAN PEDRO, Cal., Sept. 6.—Their bodies burned almost beyond recog: ition and with only a slim fighting chance for recovery, Mr. and Mrs. ynden Bowery, wealthy residents of geles and owners of the yacht the William ho crulser Quest of Wrigley fleet from Avalon. Mr, and Mrs. Bowery were burned st night when a gas stove aboard Heroic rescue ork on the part of the father, who isked his life by rushing madly into he flames, is all that saved the life of a 14-month-old baby. Alleged Murderer to Be Taken East G. Delbert ‘Guyette, accused of murder, was due to leave his cell int the city jail Wednesday to return to Minweapolis to face trial, De- destinies of police court, returned * y ot from his vacation on the Dunge ||tectlve F. Ohman of that city will Tikes kbvar, “Weaneala’: take charge of Guyette, Mrs, Guy “Doggone,” sighed hizzoner, |/ette and her daughter will go with si vou how big that |'the party. Guyette was accused by 1 Senge Hi ‘ his own father, who confessed on his that hh reining, @ butch son slew John » in 1916, He believes the woman may have had |a sweetheart, but that she committed the actual murder ‘herself. It was upon this additional evidence that a charge of first degree murder was filed in Justice C. C. Dalton’s court |Tuesday, and a copy of the warrant telegraphed to Lieut. of Detectives W. B. Kent, who arrived in Oakland the same day to take charge of Miss Skarin. kland, charged with the g to Prosecut- that his investigators, acting that a man had any connection TO EXTRADITE —— ¥ OAKLAND, Sept. 6.—Papers for the extradition of Clara . pretty stenographer held charges of complicity in the murder of Ferdinand Hochbrunn in i bse November, were forwarded - cramento today by Lieut. ‘William Kent, of the Seattle polices, ny Kent arrived here late ; to return Miss Skarin to Seattle. lexpected that extradition soot completed in time to leave with his prisoner Friday. “Miss Skarin fs entirely a puzale to me,” Kent said, after talking with her, She refused to say anything with regard to the case and main- tained the same carefree, haughty |demeanor which has won for her the jSobriquet of “the woman of trom — nerve” in the Jail here, Kent revealed that the warrant charges Miss Skarin directly with the actual killing of Hochbrunn, claiming she shot bim with a re volver for the purpose of robbery. GLIDER TESTS ARE LIMITED PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y. Sept. 6.—Three kite-like flights, Awo at jwere made today by Glenn H. tiss in a motorless glider in he soared from the surface of Long Island sound, The inventor, who flew the glider boat. In three successive the motorless plane, designed like a flying boat, rose and followed in the Curtiss did not cut the glider loose from the speed boat and descended Workers From U. S. MEXICALLI, Lower California, Sept. 6.—Mexican authorities here to- day received a decree signed by |President Alvara Obregon, pi ‘that Mexican laborers cannot leave |this country for work in the United States unless employers sign a con+ tract to pay the Mexicans as much as other workers received and de. posit a sum sufficient to pay their fare back to Mexico, plus 50 per cent for sustenance. The decree, according to the au- thorities, is designed to stop immi- leration to the United States as [much as possible. United States |laws prevent immigration of contract | laborers. ELOPES WITH WIFE OF PASTOR, CHARGE AGAINST CHURCHMAN JACKSON, Mich. Sept. 6. —| Charged with abandoning his wite and two children, aged 10 and 12, and eloping with a minister's wife, Alph Nichols, superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist church here, today faces a desertion charge. Prosecuting Attorney Hatch said this morning a warrant for Nichols’ arrest had been issued, |