The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 2

“GRAND JURY MAY PROBE BANK National AAPRAD DDD LADD DD ee Waterhouse & Co. Victory Is Likely to Result in Criminal Toni nd Cold ; mo. te Temperature Maximum, 33, Houay px f Ui! SRNR APRA RRR AR Darren WEATHER Saturday continued rate easterly ind Last M4 Hours Minimum, 25. neon, 33. The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor Botered as Second Clase Matter May #, 1 At the Postoffice at Beattie, W ash, un The Seattle Star the Act of Tengress March &, 18T9. Per Year, by Mall, $6 to 99 Charges Against Seattle VOLUME 24. NO. 2 Th bout en th program will be a four-round battle between Chaun- Ladecz an’ Gents! next cey Hawkins, th’ fightin’ shy pilot, and Laughing Gas Brown, th’ terror of Third Avenoo! *-* | When Doe gets thru telling the gtand jury how he cleaned up Seat- tle he might also inform them how he cut taxes $1,500,000, reduced car fare to a nickel and fired 675 politi cal incurabies. . oe At that, we could use a lot of/ Mayor Brown's hot air on his street | cars. eee THE ULTIMATE ZERO The man who wrote, “Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not as cold as man’s ingratitude,” never rode on a Seattle street ‘The street car men will hold their foxtrot, the West Seattle Blues. eee If the hall i# heated like the street body is sure to. feel at / : requests Hen- ot cars “Amundsen.” ir hi Mr I felt myself groiw faint; I breathed a lot of cheap perfume T tasted too much paint. cee Down in Olympia they’re now call- fag ‘em COUE-DUCKS. eee Coweduck: A species of clam that | when attacked or hurt says, “I am | gong. I am going?’ and goes: ee One of our secret agents reports | Uhat they have paroled the fellow | who first sprung the gag that Seat- e's streets are the longest in the/ World—extending from Main(e) to Virginia. GIMME A ROUBLE The ‘counterfeit $56 bills in circula thon. This ts another thing for a young fella to ry about. ‘ one More than one-half of the world’ Mipply of gold is now in this coun- fey, If you don’t believe it, watch Some of our leading pugilists when | they suiile. eee TOM Duff, we see hy the papers, | ie getting into an awful mess. We} Siways did suspect that bird. MOST of the symrathy of our} Women readers will go out to Helen If 4 woman is not the boss of her pwr, who is? PERSONALLY, at a time like this, | We'd rather be Doc. Brown than Tom | Durr. THERE 's coing to be dirty work St the cross road before Tom gets Out of this me Medico Spirited Away From Bride CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—~After being from his bride of @ les Pike, army heid “somewhere harged with bi Pike was taken into custody last | by three men who rushed him | Pom the lobby of his apartment to Waiting automobile and spirited the lodiaoa line, i | situation and his statement }o, K SEATTLE, WASH, FRIDAY, DE JEMBER 15, 1922. Pg TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE U. S. Intervention Now Imminent in Crisis; Harvey | Is Coming Home BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, Dee. 15. — American intervention in the European crists ts imminent, The United States shortly will take a major step of far-reaching importance tn the serious situ: ation abroad, the United Press was Informed in a highly aw tative quarter today. George Harvey, American ambas- sador to London, has been directly instructed by President Harding and Secretary Hughes to return to Wash. ington for consultation on the Euro- pean crisis, Another International conference in Washington, thie one designed to bring about relief from the desper. ate economic situation in France, is & probability, ‘Talk of a big loan to Germany by Private interests, Andrew Bonar Law's dark picture of the European that Great Britain cannot pay her debt to the United States unless she receives (Turn to Page 11, Column 5) COLLINS WILL RESIGN OFFICE “I have intended right along,” Col- line said, “to resign as soon as the administrations change, to give the new commissioners a chance to fill the office an they see best. If they later tendered me the office—on the same conditions under which I took it before: that I be given an abso lutely free rein, with no political manded prosecution for grand lar- ceny. They and attorneys for the bank filed briefs with Dougias. ‘The latter finally took the position that because no penalty for such an offense was provided under the law that it would be useless to prose- eute. The matter was then aubmitted to the attorney general's office for an opinion. He ruled that the bank could be punished, in case of convic- tion, under a saving clause of the law which leaves it to the discretion of the judge to fix a fine up to $5,000 where a specific penalty is not provided. However, no action along this line wan taken Stuswer as a witness denied promis. (Turn to Page 11, Column 2) ROOFER KILLED. IN PIER FALL While working on the roof of pler | 1, Thursday afternoon, John Washel, 25, roofer, slipped on the icy bonrds, and before the horror-filled eyes of | his companions, skidded to the edge, | hesitated for a moment | plunged over the eaves, dropping 60 and then feet Washel was immediately picked up and rushed to the city hospital, but effort to save his Ife fatle He died within a few minutes from a fractured skull. Washel lived at the hotel and had no relatives so far as the coroner's office can deter- mine. DOINGS OF THE HELEN. ARE YOU IN THERE AGAIN? ARENT YOU FEELING WELL? Se, OH VM ALLRIGHT- / Don’T LeT ME INTERFERE WITH ( YouR GOING OUT TRIES TO GET BACK Lafe Hamilton, Widely Known in Stormy Days of Yore, to Be Made Supervisor of Roads by New Man on County Board By Robert Bastien Bermann Lafe Hamilton, former chairman of the board of county commissioners and often referred to as “King county boss,” is going to try to “come back.” In spite of bitter protests from the men who fought him while he was in office 10 years ago, and who almost succeeded in having him recalled, Hamilton is virtually sure of being appointed road supervisor for the South district. This was admitted Friday by Frank H. Paul, county com- missioner-elect from the South district, who has this ap- pointment in his bestowal. He said that he was consider- ing another man—Robert Sparger, old-time contractor— for the position, but that he was inclined to doubt whether |Sparger had the necessary experience in road work. “Sure,” Paul coneeded, “I know! “Of course,” he edded, “Hamilton there’ be a lot of kicke-—tut I think | won't be commissioner, He won't de that Hamilton's the best man. And, |ckle where the worg ts to be done jas far as the charges of extrave- (and will have nothing fo do with the gance that have been made against|administration. He'll simply carry him, I don't think that anyors bao, bye my orders If he's appointed,” ‘accused him of being extravagent in| Paul complained bitterly over what roadwork. On the other hand, 1 | he declared to be the inadequate sum believe he did more read work for| whieh has been apportioned to hie the money than any other county | district for road work In the 1923 commissioner we've ever had. << pRRUGE 1972 -Little Brown & Company “WILD KINNEY.” daring crook, is caught In the act of robbing a Seattle bank ard fs rent to the state penitentiary at Walla Walla Sprigity, @ guard, believes that Kinney ts @ victim of amnesia—that he drifted into the criminal life because of his malady and that he suddenly recovered at the time of his capture. He ts unable to do anything, however, One day. whilé Kinney is at work with a gang of convicts of the road, an axed pedestrian accosts him as it BEN DARBY, and “Kinney” admits his identity, WOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ville had never seen before. And the finality of despair seemed to, settle over the droll features as he walked nearer and took Darby's hand. “Ben, Ben!” he sald, evidently struggling with deep emotion. “What are you doing here?” The younger man gave him his hand, but continued to stare at him jin growing bewilderment. “Five years —for burglary,” he answered simply. “Guilty, too—I don't know anything more, And 1 can't remember—who you are.” “You don't know me?” | Ben's own bewilderment seemed to | pass to him. “You know Ezra Mol- m For the moment that chance mect- ing thrilled all the spectators with the sense of monumental drama. The convicts stared; Howard, the second guard, forgot his vigilance and stared }with open mouth. arted ab- jsurdly, rather guiltily, m the old man whirled toward him. | “What are you doing with Ben | Darby in a convict gang?” the old wandered demanded. | “What am I doin'?’ Howard's as- tonishment gave way to righteous in- dignation. “I'm guardin’ convicts, that's what I'm He com- posed himself then and sbifted hia gun from his left to his right shoul- | ville — She fired four shots from her bus- der, “Ho's here in this gang becatise| Sprigley, whose beilefs in regard to| band’s revolver, a .38-caliber Colt. | he’s a convict. Ask my friend, here,! Bem had been strengthened by the | One of the shots struck her in the [if you want to know thedetalls. And/ tittle episode, stepped quickly to|leg, another pierced the wall, while} | who might you be?” Melville's side. ‘He's suffering loss | the third bullet penetrated a door. ‘There was no immediate answer to|of memory,” he explained swiftly.|The fourth shot struck her heart, that question, The old man had|"At least, he’s either lost his mem- | killing her almost instantly and set turned his eyes again to the tall,|ory or he's doing a powerful lot of | ting fire to her clothing. The shoot- |faking. This ts the first timo he ever recalled his own nane.” trembling figure of Ben, trying to find further proof of hin identity. To Kura Melville there could no longer| “I'm not faking,” Bon told them be any shadow of doubt as to the/| quietly. “1 honestly don't remember truth; even that he had found the| you I feel that I ought to, but I young man working in a gang cf con-|don't. I honestly didn’t remember yicts could not impugn the fact that/my name was Darby until a minute the dark-gray vivid eyes, net In the|ago—then just as soon as you spoke vivid face under dark, beetling brows, | it, I knew the truth, Nothing can were unquestionably those of the boy | surprise me, any more. he had seen grow to manhood's years, | you're kin of mine | Detectives who Investigated the Ben Darby Melvitle gazed at him tn incredulous | suicide declared that Mrs, Brew had | It wan true that he had changed, | Astonishment, then turned to Sprig-| been suffering from melancholia and ley. cane?” he asked quietly you, who can I talk to? (Tarn to Page 6, Column 3) d, his here the Mel- His face was more deeply Ii eyes more bright and nervo as along, dark scar just ort hair at his temple t DUFFS HELLO, IS MR DRAKE THERE ? HELLO CHARLEY, SAY. DID You GET THOSE FIGURES FOR ME ? ‘You DID, FINE - I'LL RUM OVER AND GET THEM - 1D LiKE 7 Look "EM OVER TONIGHT- ALLRIGHT GOODBYE / vavpy 1S GOING To ( PUT You To BED - HE WAS TO GO OUT ON ALITTLE ERRAND - 175 BEEN ALONG TIME } SINCE | TUCKED You IN * Ate Ss ? di 4 ~ Some of | OLD BOSS. _ LSESANDUST } | | 1 suppose | had killed herself, “May | talk to you about this | had been til with nervous trouble for “If not to| some time There are| dren. They came here from Spokane Tough on Danny TO BLOW BIG FIR STUBS! U. of W. Chemist) Perfects Powder That Will Save) Many Thousands A discovery that, ft ts estt- mated, will mean the saving of tens of thousands of dollars a year to the farmers of this region and will greatly speed up the clearing of loggedoff lands was announced at the University of Washington Thursday after hoon on the occasion of @ visit of a Chamber of Commerce com- mittee. Prof. Wm. M. Dehn of the chemistry department ts the originator of the new compound —a high explosive very cheap to manufacture and especially ef- fective for stump blasting. ‘The new powder ts made of am.) monium nitrate, @ low price chem: | feal, and SAWDUST. It can be) manufactured, university authorities | infornred The Star, for § to ¢ cents a pound, as compared with 15 cents for the present commercial dyna- people working with ft and ft can only be exploded by detonation Protessor Dehn obtained the “hunch” for his discoyery when do- tng’ War research in nigh explostves. He now has patents covering his pro- ‘This is expected to result ina great tmpetur to Jand clearing. Incidentally, in the mantfacture of the powder, a new sories of dyes, not heretofore known, will be by- jucts. prod ‘The Chamber of Commerce com- mittee was given @ demonstration of the explosive under a 13-foot-ciream- ference stamp. Twenty-five pounds of the powder tore the great fir roo out of the earth, huried its pa: high in the air and left a noman’s- land crater Instead. AGED WOMAN SHOOTS SELF Mra, Ethel Brew, 50, committed suicide in her room at the St. Regis apartments, 1417 13th ave, at noon Friday, by shooting herself thru the heart. ing was heard by Mrs. John L. Mat son, who roomed nearby. Mrs. Mat son called her husband and they ex- tinguished the fiames. Harry Brew, busband of the dead woman, was about to start on his run to Spokane as a railway mail clerk for the American Express Co., when he was notified that his wife The Brews had no chil two months ago. HE'S GONE out AGAIN! STRANGE CQNDUCT 4 |\ HERG LaTeLy' —ieTy = | 754 Stuart bullding, was summoned. and evidently was surprised, He said | America are not expected to result cey J. Hawkins, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, and Rev. I Chatterton, grand jury Thursday to tell of the| results of thelr investigations. | Hannum asserted, tion 1s in another direction. over, the grand jury may make rec-| ommendations. their jury, Mayor E. J. Brown was adding to the list of persons whom he wants subpoenaed in the vice probe. After hearing Thomas P. hevelle denounce the city | administration | that mor jalso declared he would subpoena all | members of The Star staff to explain Bright Remarks of Great Men George F. Russet HIS REMARK | Rev. W. G. Murphy Goes Before Grand Jury To reveal what he tearned of ‘When Murphy left the room, short- ly after 11 o'clock, R. T. Whiting, wf | the Park Auto Transportation C Whiting was catled from his office he knew nothing about vice condi- tions in Seattle. He added, however, that he might be able to furnish evi- dence about the operation of a slot machine in one cigar store. Recent pulpit charges that Seattle is the most “wide open” city in in grand jury indictments, This admission wa» made by Rev. Hannum, after he and Rev. Chaun- had gone before the “We don't look for indictm “The investiga- How, We hope tt will.” While the ministers were giving! testimony before the grand United States Attorney} before the Young] Men's Republican club, he declared} he would have Revelle sum: d before the grand Jury, and he (Tarn to y | AW cee! S ANY 3 * | with the same checks, demanded Ain’'T GOT NO DADDY OR 2 NO MUZZER OR NOTHIN’ S DECIS OF JUDGE DRASTIC! Officers “Reprehensible”; Suit cerns $18,500 Shi Was Wrongfully think is putting it mildly. “There is strong equity in case. in good conscience should the civil case which resulted favor. An $18,500 transaction in which the Seattle National has been found guilty in a civi will likely be submitted to the present investigation, Attorney Clarence L, Friday. What Judge Decided “I am well convinced that a fraud was perpetrated the officers of the bank quite glaringly. “To call it a reprehensible instance of high finance, It is an action brought to recover money party.”—-From opinion of Judge Hewen, who. § pping, Man Charge Taken *- * favor of the defendant in not be retained by in a decision in W: = | action of “trickery and eames told Th told The | The case already has been laid before noth the King com prosecutor and the attorney general of Washington. It concerns one of a series of controversies bet bank and Frank Waterhouse. In it, as also in the T Co. case, Waterhouse has cleared for the hearing of the Chamber of Commerce a talk with A. S. Stusser, ment of the bank. An agreement was reached fied in su; id off teral. This In accordince with this under. standing, it was testified, Rodolf re turned with a $10,000 check on the Bank of Cailfornia signed by the Waterhouse company and a blank check on the same bank signed by the Seattle Globe & Investment Co. Rodolf said he talked on that visit with Perry B. Truax, vice president of the Seattle National, ‘and arranged yith him that the collateral be re- turned, Truax, It was testified, told Stusser to make out the necessary papers. ‘The following day Rodolf returned Truax, he says, sent for the collateral and fig- ured the interest. Rodolph there- upon filled In the blank check for $8,500 plus the interest. Then, it was testified, Truax re- marked that, in view of the strained relations between the two concerns, he felt he should not go ahead with the transactions until he learned if “| the checks were good. A few minutes later Stusser ap- peared at the Bank of California and cash payment of the checks. Bank of California officers telephoned the Seattle National to ask If a cashier's check for the amount would not be acceptabje, but were told no, that cash was desired. Stusser was thereupon paid the 18,500 in currency. He then ad- vised Truax that the note de- partment had the money, In the meantime Truax and Rodolf, it was testified, had been sittine on opposite sides of a desk with the collateral be- tween them, and going over de- tails of the transaction, 1 Guess | More! between rior court here last e $18,500 note the bank would agreement was desired by the c cause of the fact it also owed a $100,000 note at t] bank, and under the terms of the notes all the co would be held until both were paid. Attorneys for Waterhouse once to Prosecutor Doug! oe Bank Officials Refuse Offictals of the Seattle bank declined Friday to statement on the jury investigation of the transaction between the bank Frank Waterhouse & Co. The & was found guilty in civil brought in superior court, grand jury probe was pro ‘4 Clarance L. Reames, attorney for Waterhouse interests. : “This matter was all in the prosecuting atorney's Further than that I care to | nothing,” said Robert Oldham, att ney for the Seattle National eee |Douglas Silent on — Grand Jury Pre Prosecuting Attorney Douglas Friday morning comment on the proposed probe of charges brought Seattle National bank by Cl Reames, attorney for Frank Wa house & Co, Tho bank was con of fraud in civil. court, and an I ion handed down by Superior Hewen called the actions of 4 bank officers “reprehens Douglas declined to state his office has looked into presented by Reames, A New One Bu for You Every day, thru STAR WAl ADS, you are able to find) Ne many things that one need In homes can find just you want, New, for rooms; just. f newly ds; livin and dining room in oon floors; Kitchen; — brea dy bedroom; it basement; arage; on ine,