The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 21, 1923, Page 4

PAGE 4 BANDITS DIE IN BAR HOLDUP Man Opens Fire on Robber Pair ITE CITY, VL, March bandits wore killed in to held up the W maloon here today Was slightly the two robbers in the growded | keeper grabbed fire, One bandit three bullet wounds Second other returned the Sightly wounding Nichols. the chamber of his own re empty, the salaon keeper grap With the robber, wrested the re from his grasp and fired. The dropped dead as he staggered door, Third member of the gang, who Outside in an automobile, es- 1 an at alter &. wo n ined up ew bar, the ad and Ss revolver fell % HERE'S MORE ABOUT AUTOS STARTS ON PAGE 1 © requests for Tsuji's Were wired tw the principal in Washingtan, Oregon and la Wednesday mo s, upon from Chief Seweryns. @river of the sieatt by = motorcytle two hours Tuesday afternoon they finally lost the trail in Maze of downtown traffic Japanese driver was also Bought by the traffic police is W. K. Tukey, 925 23rd ave. who, according to the records, is owner of automobile license No car was policemen Ar bearing this license number ck Thoms Riley, Spring hotel, )Third ave. and University eeday. Patrolman C. D. Thoring Who witnessed the accident, said the car was going at a high rate | nd that the horn was not Pounded. Thorington instruct # driver to take his victim to the F hospital and then report to the Mie division. The motorist com. Othe public safety building after "Riley there, and drove away Taking any report. her victims of the last few days’ ¢ accidents include: ae MCGEF, 2136 42d ave. s. W ‘Tuesiay on California ave. Admiral wey and Walker by Charles Howard, 4626 51st S. who reported that the gir! A OUt into the street in front of Piachine, Howard said that! he up and sounded his horn, but ited that the girl had been 150 Away when he first saw her. He a: “I have no operator's license, Thave not had time to get % Have. struck Tuesday at Third hand Pike st. by car driven by Lord. Newcastle. Lord, {t ts Paid no attention to the traf- signal. He had bad brakes Operator’s license. EDITH KOBLEX, 5349 Cres- struck Tuesday at Pine st. te place by a runaway truck aad Al Donnett, 16535 16th HILDRED DATTLES, 2555 fave. S. struck Tuesday at st. and Second ave. ty a car by Horace C. Brown, 1733 ave. Brown reported the Part. but he refilsed to go| SUES BABE RUTH | | Suit for $50,000 damages Dolores Dixon (above), 19-yea Babe Ruth, girl. The Yankee slugger says he never saw has been entered by Miss r-old New York girl, against the SCORES TAX __ FREE PLANTS | | |Reed Says Power Plants | Should Pay Share | Extension of the operations of | municipally-owned power planta out- side the corporate limits of the cities or towns owning such utilities with- jout paying taxes was scored by Mark Reed, speaker of the house during the last seasion, in an address before | the Municipal league of Seattle Tues- | | day noon at the Frye hotel, on the} grounds that it takes taxable prop- erty from the tax rolls and places the burden of state government on the smaller towns and communities. Reed defended house bill No. which allows the cities the righ sell power outside, but imposes a per cent gross earnings tax on such power sales. | “I have been trying to forget the }recent legislature, not remember tt,” | said Reed to his audience, which was composed to some extent of members of the house and senate at the last/ session. “The 18th session of the legislature ‘was much better than most of them, in spite of the fact that it has been the favorite pastime of many people and of the press to malign It,” said Reed. to “The last legislature was composed largely of inexperienced men, who made promises that they could never hope to fulfill. Many of the bills in-| troduced by the members were nuis- | ance bills and should never have) been presented,” continued Reed. | “No laws detrimental to labor or| business were passed and many that) were favorable to both were put| thru.” “The power of renewing harbor | | that Roscoe ts a pS HERE’S MORE ABOUT EVERETT STARTS ON PAGE 1 clares that it has been reported to him that the price of Seotch has actually gone down recently in Everett, He is not discour, aged by this, tho, because he re alizes that he hasn't had an op- portunity yet fo do much in this direction. Roscoe's efforts are attracting at-| tention thryout the county, and sen timent is about divided ax to what the outcome will be. Some are inclined to think that_he is attempting the impossible, Othtrs really enthumastic. And some are holding their counsel and waiting But all are agreed on one thing “go-gotter,” and it won't be his fault If Everett doesn’t become ’a morally spotless town. In ph al appearance gives little indication of his unique qualiti A grizzled Ittle man, un obtrusive to the point of shyness, he Joenn't look like the ordinary concep. ion of @ great reformer, but tn con versation there is @ gleam to his eyes that stamps him as @ crusader. Roscoe was admitted to the bar as a boy, but he has not practiced con- tinually, During hard times in the early West he abandoned his law books for the pick and shovel of a miner—and he ts particularly proud of the fact that he holds cards in three unions. are HERE’S MORE ABOU INDIANS STARTS-ON PAGE 1 Nebeker of Salt Lake rushed to the THE CHECK RECORD OF MAN HELD Suspect of Everett Crime Still in Jail EVERETT rests SEATT March Fresh ar were expected today in the Karas murder and arson myatery, which snuffed out four lives tire household—last Saturday The authorities make it clear that in George Dinas, held at the county jail on an open charge, they believe they have the ringleader of the “mur der syndicate," which they hold re |wponsible for the quadruple killing involved, and there may be several more arrests before the mystery is entirely cleared up, Prosecuting Attorney ©. T. Ror has sent a special investigator to Morton, the little town where Dinas lives, to Investigate the prise record, and also to forestall a posal alibi, Deapite the fact that Dinas has been positively identified as the man who was ir Mra, ¢ fow he h a violent altercation with day night Roncoo eopatra Karas Fr re before the kil that the p: will tempt to prove that he nh home town at the time of the mur ders. READY TO FILE MURDER CHARGE turely ne. learned inoner but he has announce is ready to file a first degre information a. h ainat Dinas > met out rpu Chakon brother tid the latter thru hab Ge Mrs. . K fter held, but ‘ety an for any other re The authorities are ¢ ne Saturday tm stilt ved to b in t as his owr n ed that |Chakoe known far more about the | murders than he wa to admit —but they con |vineed that it was fear of the mur |der syndicate and not any guilty knowledge that kept his mouth shut Now that he has fina ment involving Din are also ly made a state authort mminent if he | ties bellewe he wou be in peril of summary “remova were liberated. The responsible Greeks of the munity, how banded to authorities to up the murder syni an noon of the Chakos | ADMISSIONS ARE MADE BY DINAS So much Uehed by Dinas’ ndmiasions | 1, That Dinas knows dered Peter Karas, Mre. Karas’ hus band, found shot to death near the | Mukilteo road last July, and that the murderer or murderers received $1,000 for the crime. 2. That Dinas felt he had some sort of hold over Gust Karas, Peter’r brother, one of the four persons murdered Saturday, and that he had written him a threatening letter, 3. That Dinas wan indebted to Mrs, Karas in the sum of neveral hundred doliars and that he was hay- |ing difficulty tn raising the money That, however, is as far the authorities have been able to get After going so far, Dinas suddenly decided that he had talked enough and announced that he Answer no more questions until he had consulted an attorney. om er, have to ether nt the break cate and wang wil] probably as the alleged member nd be liberated are bet the bare has been Géfinitely estab own who mur would | | But they also believe that others are! i =” at first willing LE STAR Yep, Spring Has Arrived Sleepy Air and Burst- ing Buds Evidence 3 thing BY JACK HALL nt tang tn | Did you notice « pleas the oxone this morning? Neither 1 bia the bud leaves kht did you see burst Inte and blossoms this I didn’t either. bright No? Well Were you overcome with morning? svorous laziness that brought pro. digious yawns and heavy elgha from the region ‘of the diaphragm Yep, and now we both know that spring has come. It didn't take # calendar drawn up centuries ago—and which I think Is getting a little bit off every year—to tell me that today marked the official opening of spring—did it you? Ono of the first things I not coming downstairs mphor and syrup nas had carefully hid cine chest better so wan I, od on Way @ bottle of which er en in the medi th name Rounds much it? n the taste, doesn't I started off to work while the sun hooting shafts of light thru 1 Washir 1 and dashed back block and Lneok : judge. that the Joesn’t make them lar ian't it? quick shave, Time prove it. ok a bit fresher and the t didn't seem quite + mmediate on a bit ¢ edge—the keenest as om spring ts here, and I'm tired If Winter Comes in Springtime. B-r-r! 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Vargest Wall Paper Store in Northwest 1971 Second Ave. Hotel Washington is Across From Us yours, you people of Seattle. belong to Washington,” asserted the speaker. “Port property should be on a competitive basis and not in the hands of a commission,” was another lof Reed's statements | THREE TAKEN IN RUM RAIDS |Palatial Homes Invaded by| Federal Agents In a series of well-planned raids, | | staged by federal prohibition agents | Tuesday night, three men were ar-| rested and three of the best equipped | stills ever found here were confis | cated. | James Collins and Raphael DeOrin |were surprised at Kirkland late| | Tuesday afternoon when the agents | raided their place and found them| in the midst of a perfect distillery. “This is a palatial home and It was one of the finest equipped moon-! shine joints that I have ever seen,” said one agent. Two stills of 50-| Zallon capacity were taken, in nddl-| | tion to 20 gallons of liquor and 1,500 | | gallons of mash, According to the officers, the mash | | wan kept on the upper floor, the| main apparatus on the first floor and the finished product stored |in the basement. The gravity system | was used in manufacturing the| | liquor, according to the officers |W. A. Smith was arrested at 5602| | Woodlawn ave. shortly after 9 Tues-| day night. A perfect stil! was lo-| | cated in his place, in addition to 500 | gallons of mash and 10 gallons of | moonshine “This is another paldtint residence, perfectly equipped to turn out the hooch on a large scale," sald the officers, Information was to be filed direct in federal court Wednesday after- |noon, according to federal agents. | Collins and DeOrin will be required to furnish $1,000 each and Smith $750 to gain their relean “SURELY, | SPANKED HER! SHE NEEDED IT” AN MATEO, Cal., March 21 “I believe firmly in the old adage of ‘spare the rod and spoil the child," was the explanation today of Dr. BH. K. Sisson, dentist, arrested for spanking 17-year-old Anita Herrera, “Surely I spanked her,” he add- ed. “She needed it, So T turned her over my knee and applied my open hand with agility and force, where St would be the most ef fective,” Miss Horrera didn't appreciate the dentist's action and charged him with battery, | Salt Lake recently, sald They |some of the old Indian chiefs tn | the early wars, went to the scene The Indians remembered him and they also remembered that he al- ways kept his word tn the days when the West was young. Gen. Scott recalied to the Older Indians the peace pact which they had made with him many years ago, Then he asked for a mew understanding, jand the pipe of peace was brought | out. Tse Ne Gat was surrendered, convicted and served a term in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Later he died of tuberculosis. “Dutch's Boy” and “Bishop's Boy” were in trouble and were charged at that time with stealing cattle. They got out of the scrape pleading that they were minors Since that time clashes have been frequent between the Indians and the by | settlers, Residents of Blanding who came to today that the Piutes about the county have grown more restless every day. For- merly some of them made beadwork and sold it about the villages and at Monticello, but of late they have ceased to peddle their wares. ‘They have apparently retrograded in many ways and reverted to the old wild customs. The younger members of the tribe have caused most of the trouble GANNA GETS COLD POTATO CHICAGO, March 21.~American critics have given Ganna Walaka McCormick, Polish singer, the “cold | potato,” she admitted today, “I return to Paris," she said here in a brief interview. “There I am the star. 1 appear in opera and concert, They do not throw the ‘cold potato’ at me." After her expected triumph in | Paris, Ganna Walska will return to America in June and attempt an- other concert tour of leading Amert- can cities, "Caruso, Calve—they all the ‘cold potato’ when firat she said. “In America the erition, they don't know. They look for sensation. They aay I have no voice —no rangeo—that I am flat the whole evening. “T will show them next year," receive sing,” YEGG GANGMEN LOSE BATTLE LOS ANGELMS, March 21—A group of yegamen, helleved to be members of the gang that Tom Gar. wood, notorious safe cracker, killed recently at Santa Monica, was couch ink, was routed early te when its members attempted to blow the safe of a garage In Clearwater, south of Low Angeles, One of the bandits wax wounded in the gun fight that en wued, S. HARDING INDISPOSED VERO, Fla, March 21.—Complete | reat for Mra. Harding for the remain |der of the presidential party's vaca tion trip was ordered by her physi clan as the result of a slight Indispo- nition she suffered following unusual | activities at Miami. She will probably remain “aboard |the houseboat on which the party fs |traveling until {t arrives at St. Augus- | tine, probably Friday night. Word has gone out that politics | will |der of thé-trip, This ts the of Attorney General }announcement that Harding would | be the 1924 republican nominee, which has caused a division among the president's, advis Many of them believe it was premature The president able thought the subjects of mpeeches for hin Western trip. | Among other things, It tn said he will stress heavily the subject of law enforcement for rich and poor jalike, dwelling on the wet and dry issue to some extent Harding will probably play golf to day at Melbourne MR result Daugherty'n to REPORT FIGHT IN GRAVEYARD PONCA CITY, Okla., March 21 Officials today reiterated denials of persistent reports that two men had | fallen in a battle between armed mon guarding the United Brethren chureh | yard here and employes of an. oll company seeking to erect derricks fn | the cemetery where 250 pioneers are | buried. ‘ifteen churchmen, relatives of the | |dend, maintained thetr vigil at the {graveyard thruout the night to pre: vent a possible surprise maneuver by the oll interests pending final de. cixion in court here Monday of the rights of the dead. 7 WF hd Dr, Humphreys! “Seventy-seven” is for Grip, Coughs, Colds and Influenza To get the “Seventy seven" Sneeze or Shiver. If you wait till your bonen be. | gin to acho, if may take longer, A small yint of |fitw the veat pocket Medical Book, tells all, free. | We and $1.00 at Drug Stores, or| beat at results, the first take Chill, pleasant pellets, not be discussed for the remain. | is giving consider. | Ashes to ashes, And dust to dust. If the pas company don’t get ua, The sugar trust muat. see Clark Griffith, president of Washington ball team, is said to oe Jackson, superintendent of parks, fol-| after a franchise in the minors. All |lowing a meeting of the park board.| he needs is the franchise. He hus Work on a number of improve. | the team. ments will be started immediately | to get Seattle's syftem of parks and &———— erin Wali? i; EI boulevards in excellent condition for| | Li’L GEE GE TS) OFFICE the flock of summer tourists. VAMP, SEZ; | Crushed rock and other materiais| | About th ag otal errmgiae eae! | for repairing the boulevard system| M@ person can have is th’ gift of |around Lake Washington and in Mt.| | #4). Baker and Washington parks has | | been delixered. Actual work will start next Monday. Undoubtedly Nero's fi YOUNGSTOWN WORK was “Keep the Home STARTS THURSDAY ing: Layatories at Youngstown other places wil! be built concrete at Youngstown | Thureday | A beautiful new conservatory In Volunteer park, which will enable j visitors to see the flora and fauna Repairs, tmproverments and main-| tenance of Seattle parks during the coming year totaling $275,000 have been authorized by the board of park |comminsioners, according to an an nouncement Wednesday by Jense A | Repairs, Maintenance | =o | vorite song ires Burn- and Pouring of will start When some of these modern flap: pers dance it is hard to tell whether they are dancing or whetting their shoulder blades. Now is the time for all goud men | Krown by the park board will be com: | tg peat it for home. |pleted within three weeks, This| building will permit a full display of | shrubs and flowers, but will not in. | terfere with the growing of plants. | Workers have been engaged in| }moving the totem pole’ in Pioneer | square 20 feet south, according to the jnew plan for the beautification of | ave. The huge pole is being GOOD-NIGHT! oe Nations of World First | moved by means of. a trench, which | was dug to the new locatic It will be located In the center of the grassy plot in Pioneer square. New refreshment stands at Wood- land park will be erected at once, A concrete foundation has already been laid Seattle's commodious auto park Is being sown with grass seed and beau- | tiffed by the planting of shrubs and] flowers, An additional community] hat presented on behalf of the unit has been added to the United States reported American pro: north end of the grounds, [duction in February reached a rate All foremon of plhyfields will be| never surpassed, with the exception called nto, conference late Wednes:| of a aingle month in 1917. day to hear new plans for the im. | —————— a provement of tennis courts and ball diamonds. ‘These will be put in por fect condition at once, A large num. ber of decorative trees will be plant- ed on the University ball grounds, NAB 21 REBEL IN IRISH RAID DUBLIN, March 21 ‘Twenty-one Irish insurgents were arrested today, including ©. J. Lynoh, chef of the rebel publicity bureau, ROME, March 21—Economic n ditions in all countries of the world are approaching normaloy, it was demonstrated today, when, with Wil lis H, Booth, of the Guaranty ‘Trust Co., of NAW York, presiding, 32 states presented reports of their economic | corfdition to the finance group of the | International Chambers of Commerce congress, All the reports presented we tremely optimistic, ex: stove AT THE CORNISH Roy and Harvard % TAKE CAR F MORONI OLSEN 7 IRS “PASSERS-BY” Tickets: $1.10 and $1.50 ETE What's in the Air PROGRAM FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 KDZ1—10:40 to 11 a, my 9:90 to 4:30 p, m.; 8:00 to 10:00 p,m, Wednesday, Thursday, Priv mittance or ©, O. D. Parcel lumphreys’ Homeo, Medicine William wot, Now York, KIR—6:30 to 6:16 pom, Quiet _period—6:16 to §:00 p, m, day, Saturday Evenings Saturday Matineo the! < ~ Approach Normalcy sales year in the history of the city. | St, Paul merchants say 20 per cent | is a conservative estimate of their} Increase in Easter business over last | year. The South Is spending about | 20 per cent more, according to. re. porta from Atlanta department | stores. | SEATTLE SEEN | INFRONT RANK Seattle will be in the front rank Jin the retail business boom which |is sweeping the country, with the Eastern trade as an impetus, ac cording to Btatements made by of ficlals of leading retail concerns of the city Wednesday. Retail sales are on the general increase in the city and all of the) firms expect record sales for the: spring of 1923, “This will be the biggest year | in the history of our store,” said ©. C. Carpenter of MacDougall Southwick’s, “Business is very goo and {s stepping ahead of last year. Business conditions are very good at the Rhodes €0. according to statements madé by F, T. Barton, general mana ales are run ning much higher than last year and Easter wear/is selling very rap- idly," said Barton “Retail trhde has taken a forward str in spite of the fact that r r comes earlier this year and we will not be able to take ad-| vantage of so much good weath aid A. G, M, Fraser, of the F Paterson company. "Business gins to look like old times.’ The general average of increas of sales over the samé pertod last | year is 14 per cent, according to Harold Moore, secretary of the re- }tail) trade bureau. Los Angeles comes second on the,coast, with an average increase of 12 per according to Moore. “In spite of unfavorable weather conditions, sales are running better |than 16 per cent ahead of 192 |said R. 2. Bigelow of Cheasty’s, “Business conditions are very sat isfactory and we anticipate an ex cellent year,” | Frank © MeDermott, president of the Bon Marche, ‘as serted The Fahey-Brockman and quist-Lilly companies orable husiness they anticipate In 1928, Ship Machinery for Gorge Unit Project Ten carloads of machinery for the completion of the gorge unit of the Skagit power project have been| shipped by Bastern manufacturers | and are en route, according to Carl | Uhden, engineer in charge of con struction, Sale of the Skegit bonds permits the rapid ecnpletion of the entire gorge project, Uhglon said, Power will be delivered in Seattle by next December, unless there are un: forowoen dolava.: | aser be-} cent, Lund reported fay conditions and said @ successful year | from a horse while practicing cavalry maneuvers at Weedon Barracks. It was at first reported that the prince had suffered concussion of the brain. J Avoid that endless “chasing” up and down the basement stairs. 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