The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 24, 1923, Page 1

~*~ Pie | REDMOND BANK LOOTED BY EGGS eens ie oe Temperature 1 Last T4 Hours Maximum, 52 Minimum, 39. Es Lk noon, 42, Batered os Becond Class Matter May #, L899, at the Postoffice at Seattie, Wash er the Act of Congress March %, 1819, Per Year, by Mail, $1.60 - The Seattle Star VOLUME 24. NO, 313. RN rrr nenrnrnrnntntntntal "SEATTLE, FEBRUARY 24, 1923. "WA ASH SATURDAY, ome RHA ARE | CAPTURED IN. FRENCH RAID Many Arrested at Bochum; Town | Officials Driven! -a| Into Streets | | v, Feb, 24.—Wholesale ar. | mans were made t {A lot of men who started out in life with a hoe are uing the job with is places ensified state of used to ap y for the home for] | when they propriate the feed Where will they go adjourn? We can’t u islature tutes. Per pat too m Most men we know » to hold their butter substitutes like @ gentleman. |French Maltreat American Woman | If the anti is going to dish-washers YE DIARY To the office carly, and at my stint | And most of the calls from irate persons had to £0 They threw off. my baggage and one bag broke open on the platform.” This is the description of her ex- i had readily abused me, | periences’ in the Ruhr given by anything liquer, | Mrs. Louise Getsnell, of Pittsburg. & ned hae She exhibited two holes in the back of her coat, made, she sald, by Bill Introduced in the legislature yee prohibits any county or city offical from employing a relative in “) office. If this bill becomes a law, a a “| relatives will have gO to oe h a diabolical teer, BILL IN SENATE a wedding ring as a) ig ae Cut Off; Big Fight} Looms bi House | “golden handcy If there isi tween marrie ing, why di A BROAD DISTINCTION An advertisement for the Sportsmen's Exhibit at the Crys- tal Pool says; “There will be music, of course—also camp songs by the University of Wash- ington Glee Club.” Rather hard on the collegians, wot? eee Many Seattle cops were off the beat last night. Yep, at the pe mien’s dance. . | A scoor! A scoor! Homer G. Brew, famous Egyptol- ogist, announces that he has discov- | co, ered the names of the six pallbearers | who carried King Tutankhamen to! his last resting place. They are: William Hickman Moore Carl Reiter Billy King L. 0. Schrader Ezra Meeker Bill Laube Hastings, | the port| nissions except that of Seattle. | en Mr. Osgood of the port of| coma said that he favored the bill in its present form,” Houser sald to | Senator Oman, who had been fighting the measure. Osgood, who was present in the gallery, informed Oman that such was not the case and Oman “called” Houser on the remark. “I said that I would be {n favor of Man held at Ellis Island speaks the bill and that the rest of the com-! no language that the immigration] mission would also be if tho right| interpreters can understand, It is|to lease the harbor areas was left an unknown tongue. entirely with the port commissions Why not hire him for a train an-/ anda minimum and maximum rental | nouncer? rate was fixed,” Osgood said. “Neither | of these things was put in the bill.” Osgood’s statement tallies exactly | with the quotation that was printed no Star on the day following the see It is undoubtedly the ambition of every big noise to be elected to the city council. | attempt will now be made to} | keep the bill from getting thru the| | house an port commissioners declare | can't come | [that the present law is better than) | down to work, he’s indisposed; | |the one which the senate passed Fri- | when a clerk can't come down, | day. he’s drunk. | Senators Davis, Hastings, Landon, | 4% | Karshner, Murphy, Oman and Ryan voted against the measure. ——_______x TH OFFICE Spring will be here in a few weeks | if the legislature doesn't pass a law against it. THE CALL OF THE ROAD Now that the weather is again {illed with sunshine, and spring la in the alr, everyone feels lke getting to the woods and going || on trips. A machine in just what you want, Here is a dandy, eee Sing a song of joy, A cellar full of rye: Four and twenty cases, But 60 per's too high. aoe If we've got to protect our Infant industries, why not help out the} safety pin man’ urers? ANCIENT HISTORY 1921 STUDEBAKER Scientists declare that King Tutankhamen was driven to his death by his wife's mother, We knew that mother-in-law gag would crop up soon, “BIG SIX” Like new; same @ factory would « Believe it or not, not a single one d the $1,000. depre cla- of the czar's generals arrived in| 00 sha. ie | n taken, ne oo: aie aaa purchaser geta the benefit of It, | Lots of girls intend to be June brides just as soon as they can} } urn to the Want Ad Columns make up their sweeties’ minds, NOW and see where you can see have this machine demonstrated, Koll ‘em, big boy; you're faded! TWO CENTS IN SIN SEATTLE Future Usefulness of Chamber Is at Stake (EDITORIAL) The present legislature, which has reached the loaded-dice-and-lead-pipe stage of its good-for-nothing career, has railroaded thru the senate the special interest port leasing bill. And now the cards are being stacked for consolidating the Port of Se- attle with the extravagantly-managed and politics-ridden county of King. The first mentioned measure would take from the port the right it now possesses to control Seattle harbor areas as old leases to private com- panies expire, and would vest this Seattle business in an Olympia bureau Also it would give present lease holders preferred rights to these highly valuable state lands. Thus emerges more clearly than ever the most important issue before Seattle citizens today. This issue is whether we are going to let a little group of selfish private interests destroy the Port of Seattle, which has done more than any other single force to build up this community as a great shipping center. Business men everywhere else in the whole maritime world understand and know what a powerful factor the Port of Seattle is, what untold value it has and can have in this port’s future. Only our own business men (some of them, anyhow), it weuld sees do not appreciate this fact. With these underground wore putts various sources being directed to- ward the destruction of the Port of Seattle, it becomes more vitally neces- sary than ever that the Chamber of Commerce, if it would retain the re- spect and confidence of this community, not permit itself longer to be made the tool for a similar assault. The trustees adopted a resolution placing the chamber on record as the chief obstructionist in the port’s program for development of the Skinner & Eddy site. The port needs the site for the construction of a U. S. immi- gration station and for industrial sites. These purposes are in harmony with the well-considered general plan for harbor development. The trustees of the chamber, in the interests of a private steamship con- cern, try to block this constructive enterprise. If their plan succeeds, i would take away from the port a large Oriental business the public ter- minals now enjoy and would place that business on private property at a point where the heavy transpacific business would cause serious conges- tion in the whole heart of Seattle’s transportation and industrial district. And, of course, the trustees’ plan would really RAISE instead of decrease taxes. Their one excuse for their action is a desire to reduce taxes. For these reasons The Star hopes the membership of the chamber will vote, in the delayed referendum which is soon to be taken, to overturn the action of the trustees. The issue, of course, will probably be settled finally, by the people at the polls. And The Star feels sure the people of King county will vote as they always have voted, stanchly in support of port development. The important element for the chamber membership to bear in mind to- day is the welfare of the chamber. If it declares itself, thru this referen- dum, as the ENEMY of the port, as the big obstacle to port progress, it will simply ruin its public usefulness for civic leadership. Ruin it, more- over, just at a moment when it had slowly regained it over a period of years. Frankly, The Star believes the very life of the Chamber of Com- merce may really be at stake. The chamber is engaged in many worthwhile activities. Its tourist cam- paign, its Pacific Northwest Products activities, its state development pro- gram, its efforts to bring all the communities of the state into harmony— these are too important to be imperiled lightly. It is a shame if, in the interests of some selfish individuals, the chamber permits itself to be used against the public welfare and thus forfeit the public confidence it needs to carry thru these constructive undertakings. For these reasons The Star urges most strongly that the chamber mem- bership vote fearlessly, independently FOR the public in this matter and in opposition to their own trustees. TORCH IS USED TO GET CASH ‘Robbers Blaze Way Into Redmond | Vault and Place Is Stripped of Valuables; Amount Unknown Deputy sheriffs at 1 o'clock believed they were hot on the trall of the five who looted the First National bank of Redmond early in morning. They discovered a mysterious automobile which had been wrecked on the highway several miles south of town and abandoned. The lic plates on the auto had been removed and other steps taken te terate its Identity. The deputies believe that this is the machine by the bank robbers and a heavily armed posse was attempting to follow the trail which led from the auto, BY BOB BERMANN Blazing their way into the vault of the First National bank of Redmond, five expert cracksmen stripped ne a of virtually all its valuables early Saturday. The } et been definitely determined as everything s it was found, pending the arrival of insure rs. It seems certain, however, that the oat th unas SHOOT ~~ BANK CASHIER ; | Robbers Flee ‘Posses After. Holdup Fails y| — ADENA, Ohio, Feb. 24.— Price, assistant cashier of the First National bank of Mount P was perhaps: fatally when four masked bandits to hold up the bank. E. B. Jones, cashier, wounded | of the bandits, but all four They failed to get any of the b funds. Mount Pleasant {s 10 miles south east of here. Auto posses are form: ing in all surrounding towns. Price, a bullet thru his abdomen,” will die, physicians believed. The: bandits fled when Jones nae ance i 4 . | pl The robbery consumed about four hours, the men working as escape at about 5 o'clock in the morning, They were seen as they hurried down the main street of the town by Mrs. Annie Evers, wife of the proprietor of the Grand Central hotel, across the street from the bank. Mrs. Evers, who was in the kitchen at the time, noticed the men as they hurried to their automobile, which was parked on the out- skirts of the town, but paid no particular attention to them. © rob WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The de feat of the ship subsidy bill at this nding arrival, he made no | 4a: to check up the missing} Senator Jones, of Washington, charge of the measure, made =, upon his arriy-/announcement to the senate, stating) 1 of the, bank's |he had gtven up the fight for vote to proceed again to) cas several |Sider the bill, Jones gave noties he, |would support a motion to lay vice owned by Cash. aside for consideration of other = and deposited in the | ness. tan by the cracksmen, | “T am ready to end this matte hey did not disturb the custom. |Tright now,” said Jones. “I know) ers’ safety deposit boxes, jwhen I am beaten and T recogn cksmen entered the bank|that the end has come." aking out a panel from a rear | “In addition to the tanks and | © awning which they stole, they Reber two ten-gallon milk hich they filled with water to cool the metal after eriff Matt Starwich sald that] are a gang of s, most of whom | TRAIN HITS FUNERAL CAR ts, and that they! YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb. 2408 King county two years!One person was reported killed |four hurt when Erie passenger rwich said the gang attempted | No, 624 crashed into the last car the Renton bank two days|a funeral procession at a crossing ago, but could not make an impres-| day, ‘The four injured were taken sion upon the steel vaults there. “I will get them,” Starwich sald. “It may take a little time, but I know th 4 will pick them up sooner fr later, “CHARGE EMBEZZLEMENT CHICAGO, Feb. 24—A warrant charging embezzlement of funds of & — Ask Consolidation national bank was issued today for in King County Row | abraham Goldman, father-intaw of OLYMPIA, Feb. 24.—Bitter feeling | Joseph M. Marcino, alleged wrecksiy between senators from Seattle and Neonat ban ae representatives of King county out- side Seattle city limits came to a bi tony wen senator Wray ot CIRCUS WAGON ON FIRE Seattle amended tho bill he intro. ated 1 Youngstown hospital. The car }badly wrecked. 5 duced carly in the session to tn-| persons were usly injured clude the port district in his pro-/eight received minor cuts and posed consolidation of ‘city and) bruises when a six-horse team, county governments. tached to a blazing circus wagon As a counter measure, Represen-|ran away and dashed thru a cro tatives McKinnon and Case of tho| of extras at the Goldwyn studio 40th district will urge today that] night during the burning of a their bill introduced some time ago, | tent in the filming of a play. asking that the district be annexed FIRE ROUTS TENANTS ‘ to Pierce county, be brought up for DALLAS, Texas, . 2 Wray's bill is up Sat. SRT persons were seriously bumed endl * 82 others were forced to flee into the: | No Confession From atreeta when & rooming. house Wille Suspect i in Spokane destroyed by fire bere last night, © SPOKANE, Feb, 24.—Clarence Wil. BOILER BURSTS, 3 DIE been connected ck upon the| BIRMINGHAM, Ala aw is tamity, oar Olympia, Wasl, | Chobe trainchen were 3 led day when a boiler of a ‘irioo, yee soveral months ago, has not con: fossed to such connection, it was]engine exploded near Glen stated at police headquarters here} Ala., 50 miles west of Birmingham, today, on the Frisco maln line,