The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 5, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER night and Wednes continued cold fresh easterly wind. FORECAST v moe e to Bntered as Second Clase Matter May 9, 1599, at the Postoffice at Henttl ae. _ ea W ASH., VOLU ME 2. -_NO. SEATTL B, TU DAY, A Christmas Gift You Should Make (EDITORIAL) Star believes that the Community do the whole job up at once, SAVING perhaps HAMMER MURDERESS FLEES! AR APPRAISED SPRL PPPS PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPL LPP PLP PPP The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor he seattle Star under the Act « areas March 3, esis 181, Wer Your, by Mall, $5 to 99 “DECEMBER 6 , 1922, : TEM UERRRRRN UUUUUNUNUUUUNNNEUNNNNEMENUNUMUAUNEMURNNUUMMURURMURE | a would be he does not approve, Committees of Seattle men who them Phe id idea for financing the welfare ahd TIME AND EFFORT AND LOST MO supported anyhow, charitable organizations is the modern, TION FOR ALL CONCERNED. The money you give to the Chest ts Beives awe eubserined generously, are set rit progressive method. We have Only the narrow-minded citizen will op- necded—badly needed—to care for the fing forth today to finish filling the i, our midst these 50-odd institutions, pose the Community Chest on the ground — sick and the suffering, to help the poor, @| Community Chest for the coming year. They have been supported chow in the that he does not like the work some cfr needy and crippled « to make Seattle This is their second attempt. past and, in all Ukelihood, will be sup tain one of these 50 is doing, T loyal better elty in which children may live It goes without saying that they ought ported somehow in the future, Seattle citizen will look rather at the and flourish. to succeed—that they MUST succeed if The Community Chest idea is that in good work of all the other organizations When the Chest committee calls show Seattle is going to enjoy its Christmas stead of financing m by S0odd compet and support them, reasoning at the same that you are a Good Neighbor. Have ing and conflictin irives” that we shall time that the one which, organization ready a Rev. Chauncey J. Hawkins says) Vice conditions in Seattle are a dis) grace. Why, we thought prohibition | Stopped all that sort of thing! see Too many cooks spoil the broth and too many preachers spoil the . / Ministers ought to make gooa | cheer leaders. Every time they get into a pulpit they yell, “Raw, raw, Hy - “ These photos, the one at the left taken years ago, the other recently, show how little ef- | fect 18 months in jail had upon Madalynne Obenchain, whose charms once made her the | reigning belle of Northwestern university and who has been released after twice being tried | on a charge of connection with the murder of her sweetheart, J. Belton Kennedy, in Los Angeles. Arthur Burch, tried three times in the same case, was also freed. Dolly Johnson "y.'tstusor Must Go to Pen Murder Charge Dolly Johnson must go to prison.) bond from $5,000 to $10,000, also! BY LANSI ‘G WARREN The upreme court so decided|a@ bench warrant ordering her to) iit Doc Brown says the dance hall : ee cen live on $13 a week. not! It wouldn't pay their Sign in Pine st. window “Say it With Handkerchiefs.” ALCHOO! LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5. -- Madalynne Obenchain bs free to- ‘ , SUGGESTION ‘Tusoiay moeniag. een eputy sheriff went to Mrs.| day to resume her romantic ea Wierd sheen of forcing auto | Prosecuting Attorney = Maloom | yonnson's home but was told she| reer, or in her own words to “live mobile speeders to gaze upon the | Douglas was advised over the long) was too iil to aceompany him) down the things that have bap bodies of their victims might also [distance telephone of the court's | downtown. ‘The county jail physi: | pened.” be applied to bootleggers. action on the woman's appeal from/cian was at once dispatched to Tho peti: Winton, tae then One a jury verdict finding her guilty of/ascertain the exact condition of} saddened by long imprisonment, almost ran from jail to a waiting closed car outside when the case inst her and Arthur ©. Burch was dismissed yesterday by the court on motion of District Attor- |torgery in connection with the |James Mahoney murder case. | Douglas tmmediately went before) |the superior court here and ob- ltained an increase In the woman's! | the prisoner, Dolly Johnson was convicted by a jury in superior court of forging | the name of Mrs. Kate Mahoney. wife of James Mahoney, who was hanged Friday last for her murder. We'd like¥to see Houdini get out of a Greek cabinet safely. eee A guy I like is K. M. Snider. He sure dispenses cider. Testimony at the hearing was ad ; eer _0. RB. 0. duced to show that Mrs. Johnson| ¥ Thomas Lee Woolwine. > ees fori Mrs. Mahoney's name on| Woolwine told the court that in wi <r a power of attorney purporting to|ammuch as five juries had disagreed me yp “se f a E give James Mahoney right to han-| on whether the two were involved in fight super | dle " of proper fer an Illustration of what happens }dle and dispose of her property. | the midnight murder of John Belton when an trresistible force meets an| | Se Kennedy, prominent broker, sing his immovable body. Nothing happens. | an Over “Whom Council HARDING TALKS bungalow home, there wax no hope eee of a verdic rollo’ dis Def ie eee tin. Oe Marne Foe, Oot adcemay, Shhonth tree to some m bs now only $70,000 a i : " , gram | plaint charging Burch with insanity pleasis ye aye popes oe In the interests of “harmony and | T0 CLEMENCEAU Burch was removed from jail, ar armel i ce lt | Progress in the city government,” raigned, and placed in the psycho if | Col. George M. Rice handed his res- | pathic ward of the county hospital, “ee ignation from the streets and sewers superintendency to the city counell Tuesday morning | Rice stated that, while he believed | himself entitled to the office thru the council election, which recently | | named him streets and sewers head over the mayor's protest, he regard- pending his hearing Thursday “I be out of the bughouse in a couple of weeks,” said Burch A huge crowd was about the Jail to see Mrs, Obenchain leave. She| fied to the waiting car as tho she} feared danger. Her destination was | kept secret | Tiger Lays Cause of France Before President BY A. L. BRADFORD _ WASHE GTON, Dee. menceau today placed se of France directly be- Answer this one for us: “Who is the greater fool, Tiernan or Stillman?’ | cee Clemenceau may deny that he is 4 militarist. But he can’t deny that he is a fighter. “* | , ‘; . < _|ed W. D. Barkhuff, the mayor's lat- je Jeon Willard has boen offered $30 | oo Dr cninee, fully competent and sat resident Harding. In the | “I will not go Fast tmmediate Pikes wane C00. hoe Sh Wa cam made to all concerned, and he ute conference at the ly," she sald, “But one thin We'll offer Jess $50,000 if he can lace | Isfactory she dra le he nd tie his shoes without using a|Wished to withdraw and leave ti mo % *| field open to Barkhuff, It is expected that a majority of | certain, I will not remain here. I must go somewhere to think and plan my future, “{ will not go back to Ralp | White House, the Tiger sought to convince the executive that American should again wield her the counci] members will unhesitat-| mighty influence in Old World | Obenesala” MOTTO FOR THIS COLYUM | [ingly vote to confirm Barkhuff at} affairs, to save the continent | Saati tin: « Sovedel pumbeddl mene & and Weep. pie, Bat cponell. mevting. pen meen | 1 across the country soon after | aaah ae %| “Col, Rice has performed a valu Pleading for the United States tol Xiedaiynne was detained to nid her able service for the city In accepting | “come back" to Burope, the veteran |), ).cr fight for freedom Inasmuch as the ministers may|the office the council chose him to! statesman summed up for Harding |" ye jater withdrew actively, at soon succeed in closing the Seattle] fi}, and it ts only a sense of duty | the outstanding thoughts of the four least, from her defense. x dance halls, it seems advisable to| that has impelled him to relinquish it | main addresses which he has made “1 can't believe it,” were Do Your Christmas Hopping Barly. | now,” Councilman Philip Tindall, one| in carrying big cause direct to the| ygadalynne’s first words when “#8 | | of the five who yoted for Rice, said | American people she was informed that she is to Brown issues | When informed of the colonel’s deci-| Harding met the Tiger in the Oval | News item: Mayor go free, but she immedaitely his weekly statement that we will | sion jroom of the White House, which| started packing her belongings, have a 6-cent carfare within 60 days. “Rice only considered the office | serves as the executive's office. | refusing to comment further, one when approached by five councilmen,| After an exchange of friendly “I am too happy to talk,” Gotta quit now. (Turn to Page 9, Column 3) (Turn to Page 9, Column 3) said. DO The Star Makes Its FOURTH Annual Mrs. Obenchain and Burch Freed } generous subscription, TWO BANDITS SHOOT MAN! ear Victim Near Death; Is Third} inFive Days | The third man to be shot down by bandits In Seattle in the last five days. Arthur Defol, 2130 42nd ave. S. W., was in the city hospital Tuesday with a bullet thru his chest, hovering between life and death The bullet struck high and an X-ray examination may determine that it missed his lung, so Defot has as chance to recover, altho his condition Is grave. Defol was shot when he resinted two armed highwaymen who om dered him to “Stick ‘em up” at 42nd ave. and Admiral Way at about 10 o'clock Monday night. Instead of complying with their request, Defol struck one of the thugs in the face. The other bandit immediately fired | and Defot fell to the pavement. | The robbers went thru his pockets | ne he lay onthe ee ‘o currency, and then In the meantime, J,M. Boggs, 2348 42d ave. 8. W., had been attracted to the seene by the shooting and he car ried the wounded man to the Hia- watha garage, where he had been working, and summoned the polices. Defot, who is 29 years old, is a painter for the Metropolitan Build. ing Co. Shortly after the shooting the po- Mee picked up William F. Kelty, alias Jack Murray, at Sixth ave. and King st. on suspicion, They found In his possésion @ revolve: with two empty and three loaded abelis in ft, but he waa able to en- tablish an alibl, He ts still held for Investigation, however. The other two persona who have been wounded by thugs in the last | five days are beth recovering. They jare 8. B. Evans, 831 16th ave, who |! at St. Luke's hospital with a bul- let wound in his hip, inflicted lust | Friday, and Patrolman J. F. Stevens, |who was shot by auto bandits last | Thursday, and who t# at Providence | hospital. LETS, & W. CO. | WORRY ABOUT IT |Mayor Says Car Contract Showdown Coming | “If we cannot use tax money for the municipal railway and cannot reduce fare without put- ting the system ‘in the hole,’ then the Stone & Webster con- tract is an impossible one, and the sooner we bring this issue to a showdown the better for all concerned.” So declared Mayor _ Brown Tuesday, discussing the net re- sults of the decision of the court of appeals, which holds the line must pay its own way, The apparent determination of the city council! to put a reduced fare scale Into operation soon after the New Year, coupled with the stato |ment of the mayor Tuesday morn- ing, indicates a determination on the part of the city to throw the respon- sibility back upon the Stone & Web- ster interests, “All that Tam concerned with at the present time is fulfilling the promise I made to the people of obtaining a lower carfare, As to whether or not the people can or will vote to make up any deficit from the general fund, I cannot say. I will say this: Whether or not the railway must go behind, Seattle cifizens are going to have lower carfare if my influence can get it for them!” the mayor concluded, Consensus of opinion at the clty hall is that the Erickson five-cent car. fare ordinance has the inside tr |for passage. There has always exist ed a general belief that the city paid more for the municipal railway than it is worth, Offer to the Children of Washington. Tu to Page 14 and Read How to Get a Beautiful, Big Slot Doll | who handles all the money paid into | the local branch of the federal vet- POSSE HOUNDS | Champion Cash Collector War Vets Like Her "Smile ESCAPE FROM PRISON CELL Clara Phillips Is Breaking Jail in” Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal., Deo. 5. —Clara Phillips, convicted im the hammer murder case, is missing from the county Jail today. dailer Mark Bailey admitted that Mrs. Phillips could not found and that she had during the night. Sheriff Traeg in the escape, said there was indication of an elaborate break plot. in. Sas See r thru a which bars had 2 canoe ae alley side of the building. A der was against the building. — The sheriff said that the ¢ cape probably occurred after | 4 Traeger said that posses ing formed and that calls parts of Southern California being broadcasted from all off to aid in the pursuit. At the jail all was i confusion. Jatlers could not at credit the reported escape. It was said at first that Soe Ups might have escaped 4 st excitement of Madalynne O chain's departure from the jail ls night, but sheriff's officers ses “It's her winnin’ ways” that helps Miss Clara Shanks at- tain the success she has in collecting war risk insurance pay~ ments. The Seattle office leads the entire country in the amount of government insurance reinstated by former sol- diers, sailors and marines. —Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers bureau, {is responsible in a large measure for the record established by the Seattle office--but he insists on giving some of the credit to Miss Shanks. “Ive her winnin' ways,” he says. “She ‘smiles so prettily at them that it's a positive pleasure for the veter- ans to give her money.” Miss Shanks, who makes her home at the Wintonia hotel, has been with the Seattle office for just a year, hav- ing arrived here December 7, 1921, She is a native of Terre Haute, Ind., and has been with the insurance bu- Teau since May, 1918, shortly after its establishment. pany, and president of the Cl of Commerce, regained control Seattle Taxicab company thru a decision handed down perior Judge Everett Smith. Judge Smith held that the fer of $100,000 stock in the taxi @ pany to the International ing company and the Seattle @G Investment Co., to secure a k other Waterhouse interests was l¢ and Waterhouse thus is again in sesion of all the stock in the pany, which he lost when the house company went into the of a receiver. He controls Stevedoring company and the Investment company. William T. Laube, who has administering the affairs of Waterhouse company, coni stock transfer on the ground | the company was a at. time that it was made, in Ji 1921, but Judge Smith ruled him, BANK ROBB MUST SEE FP James Redmond and Lynch, head of a gang of bers who held up and ipaak messenger on July 14, 1921, will serve 10 years in Walla Walla prison result of the state supreme affirmation Monday of a jury dict returned following the t the two men in Judge Otis Brinker's court. Champion cashier of the entire war risk insurance bureau system—that’s the proud title of Mise Clara Shanks, se and erans’ bureau, at Fourth a’ Spring st. The Seattle office, which {se head- quarters of the 13th district of the veterans’ bureau, leads the entire country In the amount of govern ment Insurance reinstated by former soldiers, sailors and marines —and that naturally makes Miss Shanks the busiest cashier In the rystem. Bradley T. Fowlkes, in charge of the contact department at the local FUGITIVE KILLER Police of the entire Northwest With these implements he were searching Tuesday for sawed thru a three-quarter-inch Charles Butt, convicted murder- steel bar at two places, giving er, who sawed his way out of him a space seven inches wide the county jail at Port Angeles and 15 inches long thru which Monday morning. All telephone to crawl. Altho a large man, and telegraph wires were down Butt managed to do this by at the thme of Butt’s escape, so i eg he has had time to reach almost | freeing hinuelf with soap any part of the Northwest with- fis then b00ke 0 gadouk —t out fear of capture. second window and pried his ‘The outside world did not learn of] way out, Butt's escape until last night, when| ‘The snowstorm which was raging Willlam A. Nelson, sheriff of Clal-!at the time of the escape covered | lam county, arrived in Seattle to/ai footprints long before Butt's | spread the alarm, Nelson brought | absence was discovered, and so far | with him Thomas Riley, Butt’s pal,|no trace of him has been found. | who also i under sentence for the| Butt's collmate, Riley, was felgn- killing of Ray Light in a holdup atling sleep when the jailbreak was Discovery Bay Logging camp, March | goyered, evidently having preferred | 25. 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We wish with Butt, but who did not attempt | outside, | would look this thru and judj to join him when he escaped, was) An investigation showed that Butt/| for yourself, Gall us-and lodged In the King county jail for! nad been at work sawing away the || Tange to see this at ones safe-keeping, while Sheriff Nelson| para for we He kept the saw || s—c__m__—_—7 called on L. 8, May, president of the/ marks plugged with soap until|! urn to the ified ‘Want | Northwest Association of Sheriffs and Police, to ask for ald In the man hunt, Butt made his escape by means of two hacksaw blades, which were evi- dently smuggled thru the window to him. ready to make the break, Columns and see who is ing this modern little Every day many bargains pear and your wants can quickly fulfilled. EVERETT.—Bronze tablet “in| memory of James B, Bell, first ex. alted ruler of Everett lodge, No. 479, B. P. O. B., presented at memorial rvices held in Elks’ home Sunday.