The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 12, 1923, Page 4

PAGE 4 ARMED BANDITS RIFLE REGISTER Hold Up Attendant of Oil i Station; Two Held | | # An armed bandit eld up and robbed water, tendant of fasoline station and Harrison tenia of the cash ait escaped. the y. 21 Friday night Morris J. By a Standard Oi Westlake taking ly ave st he con: ban, rob: Vernon after tb arrested iW. JR and King st, Both Men carried revolvers and knives Fand they had a pocketful of extra Toads for the guns, They wore held| Th the city jai! Saturday on open charges. © Climbing over a sleeping to & secondstory window, a thief @ntered the home of K. 8. De Vor, 4421 W. Rogo st, carly Satuntay, | i} tscaping with a revolver, a gold | ring, watch, and a valuable violin, | i porch | i } ‘The home of B. W. Cooper, §330 | Northrup place, was also robbed by| ® burglar, who used a passkey to ; the rear door, A valuable/ i Reming rifle, a wrist watch, a gold P pin and five gold nuggets were| Ff stolen. | Thieves made a daring attenipt to| Prob a hardware store at 1717 Yes-/ Ter way early Saturday morning| | by entering ths place thru a@ rear Window. When they tied to rob the cash register, however, a burgtar @larm started ringing, awakening the neighborhood and by tho time the police arrived, a few moments the intruders had fled. | later, CLUB MEETING ENDS TONIGHT NTA, Ga., May 12-—A 2 Federation of Woman's Clubs become a foun ition, with a $5,000,000 endowment find, was before the board of direc Hors in the tina) session of the mid-| : fat council being held here today. The directors will discuss the sug fiom and report to the biennial ro. in Les Angeles in 1924. | Following meetings of the board @irectors and state presidents to- | iy, the council will formally ad tonight with a meeting of the utive committee. The council "By unanimous vote last night, adopt ii & resolution calling for a boy it OM sugar until prices are fore @ reasonable level. The reso! Places the two million club me of the nation behind the it and will be a powerful, fac In lowering sugar prices, it was licted. : | | LIVE AFTER | 70-FOOT LEAP 1 D, Ore., May 12.—F. J, & patient at the Good Samari- hoepital here, is today suffering added disability of a fractured a was brought to the hos- from Rainier suffering from 0 and at ,times was do- Friday evening, while his ‘Was absent for a moment, Nas- arose from his bed and jumped | his fourth floor window. 70-foot leap landed him in the earth of a small garden bed, where attendants carried him to his room. is say the fractured gnd 4 severe shock are the Bly injuries resulting from Nassor's Jump. AMPS HAVE PARTY TODAY fis is the day on which The} Playfield marble champions, be ¢ d a ‘whom {is the city champion, entertained with « theater dinner part: } During the aft. théy are to be the guests of management at the mat- and later the guests of. Jin of the Boldt Restaurants Co., ‘a dinner, The players present ‘be Preston Eldred, city champ, will go to Atlantic City, N. J.,| June, to play in the national | nent; Arthur Adamson, Sher | in Mackert, Charles Sherman and | Loschbin. ys Attempt Made _ to Involve Client ANGELES, May 12.—Attor William Beirns, representing ine Obenchain, said today he believed “a plot is. under ty” to involve Madalynne in th mape of Clara Phillips from th ity jail the evening after Mada- "s release following dismissal of | J. Belton Kennedy murder case, hich she was a defendant. WATERHOUSE STARTS ON PAGE 1 to four and nine to three in of Waterhouse. Finally Jurors! Eldred C. Gott and Erick A. rom were won over, and the vote was ten to two for Water. TRIAL WILL REQUESTED will follow the ustomery pro. ire, ask for a new trial, and if {4s denied, appeal to the supreme “* Attorney Robert P, Oldham Taube announced after the cane, ldham said he will leave Sunday for 9 weeks’ vacation Ip California. Any further prosecution of this will be persecution of Mr. ouse,” Clarence 1. Reames, counsel for the defense, said, have beaten them four times in every case they have Ought. If further litigation 1s reed on us, it will be brought with ‘object of costing Frank Water. More money, not with any {dea btaining justice.’ of attorneys complimented jimox on what they termed “the t personal victory ever won by attorney before the Seattle bar,” was confined to his room , All day Friday, but was pres. when the verdict was read. her Laube nor Waterhauso was | to jtem in Tacoma, he said lie believed THE | { Principals in Waterhouse Trial Here are some of the principals in the Waterhouse trial, |for William T. Laube, is shot wn at the upper left. | ¥ John B. Hart, chic t counsel SEATTLE STAR WATERHOUSE IS HAPPY, HE SAYS Tells Newspaper Men He’s| Been Born Again | | | ae rer | | Frank Water? | completed ee | again 1h al will Seattle Char undert been successfully like I Water been relieved of a Jon which 1 me for months Waterhouse ts | Community Hotel corpor taking, am wel chamber had sald been born ouse Satu president an pre t terested in obtalnix be in the natu for {he latter organization, and hopes |to nee this project as well as the! hotel enterprise consummated before | he relinquishes his civic affairs Hundreds of letters of congratula. | tion have poured in upon the ship: ping man since the jury hearing the nuit for $188,000 brought by William 7. Laube, trustee in bankruptey | brought in a verdict in Waterhouse’s | HELL, PROFIT BY HIS MISTAKES “I expect to confine myself in the | | future the shipping and allied] businesses,” Waterhouse said Satur: | |day. “I expect to be just as active! jin the future as I have been past. I certainly will expect to it in the future by have made in the past to be of more us future to the commu n I have heretofor TS NEWSPAPER MEN AT PALATIAL HOME Waterhoune received |Newspaper men in hin $4 on Minor Baturday morning. | The house, the shipping man ex: | | plained, has been remodeled and en: | | larged humerous times d his residence here, necommod: his growing family to the | the mistakes I And 1 hop and value ity of group ¢ D00 home | ave and his ch Judge Calvin H. Hall, who presided | ing fortunes. during the tedious session, is at Mr. Hart’s left, and Clarence L. Reames, chief counsel) Ho was pleased with the we for Waterhouse, is next. Barton, Maude Schram, Erick H, Slocum. Bottom row—Eva ponvention of the federation to be| Were: Top row—Lorraine Eads, Harry M. Ingersol, W. A. Shinkle, 0. A. 5 A. Caristrom, Susie Sloane and Eldira C. Goff. \from left to right, shows John W. Burrows, clerk of the The middie picture shows the jurors who, reading left to right, Waite, Maude Monk, Edmund J. Northfield, Mae | totiure of hin compan Bottom row of pictures, | court, and Minnie F. Reavis and Joseph Monahan, bailiffs, who kept all-night vigil while the furore deliberated. —Photo by Price & Carter, Btar Staff Photographers Harvey Says He Is Not | the Fool He’s Painted Ambassador to the Charges Made NEW YORK, May 13.—George Harvey, embassador to the court of St. James, arrived yesterday from London, answered tho resolutions introduced in the New York and Massachusetts state assemblies de- manding his recall for pro-British tendencies With the rémark: “Tam an American, but not a damned fool,” Harvey ran the gauntlet of ship} news reporters with non-commital/ answers to the various rumors con: cerning his future. Asked about reports that President Harding might make him a cabinet member, he said: “Very interesting, if tru “I am not coming home to ré- tire he insisted. “I am merely home on leave. Harvey arrived on States liner jorge Washington with Ambassador A. B. Houghton, Berlin, and Cyrus BE, Woods, newly appointed diplomatic envoy to Japan. All three will go to Wash ington soon to confer with Pre dent Harding and Secretaty Hughes.| SAYS CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND BETTER Conditions in England are rapidly) improving, Harvey said. “Unemployment is decreasing at) the rate of about 20,000 a week, the nation's finances are in excellent} shape, credit has been re-established} the United jand national security has been in-/both photographed creased.” “Lioyd George may come in the autumn,” he added. over| “Lord| | Birkenhead, the former lord cham.|the ring to officiate beriain, probably will attend the in-| ternational political convention at| Williams colleg ‘Europe never was so friendly toward America as she is today.” Ambassador Houghton said there} was no animosity toward the Unit-| action in the Ruhr valley had culti-| vated a spirit of hatred for France. | ‘Germany {snot looking for outslde| usistance," he said. “She wishes settle her own internal diffi| culties and be left alone.” | HERE’S MORE ABOUT CARFARE STARTS ON PAGE 1 appear to be dubious of the success of the plan from a revenue stand. point on the strength of an un- favorable report from the superiny tendent of public utilities, “The plan can at leant be tried,’ said Erickson. “If an ordinance providing for the pass of an a@uxil- jary to the cash and token fare \s passed it can be repealed at any time it is found to be « Iiability. But it should be given a fair trial and might prove the solution to our streetcar problem.” Erickson was opposed to the plan here when first broached, but after studying the operation of the sys it could be made to pay. | The first wek the pass system was inaugurated in. Ticoma only 6,000 were sold, but the number has mounted steadily each week until the present sales aro about 12,500, according to reports from street rail. way officials of Tacoma, Minnewatha Club Holds Two Dances| The Minnewatha club will hold dances Saturday night at both| Christianson’s hall, Broadway and} Madison wt, and Lesch{ pavilion,| according to the committe in charge. Dancing will continue from 9 to 12 p.m Against Him There is a dire lack of food among the moderate classes ho said. eee Declare Harvey Is Not Going to Quit WASHINGTON, May .12.—George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain, will not resign, #0 far as President Harding knows, White House spokesman stated to- day. Harvey arrived in New York from London today, It was stated, so fur as the preal- dent and the state department knew, he came home on ‘personal busl- Hess, HERE’S MORE ABOUT FIGHTS STARTS ON PAGE 1 Ute, two seconds of the third round. McAULIFFE AND FIRPO TER RING Jack McAuliffe entered the ring At 4:32 for the first big bout of the afternoon with Luis Firpo, the South American champion. It was estimtaed there were 65, 000 in the stadium, Firpo entered the ring immediate. ly after McAuliffe, and they were There was still @ threat of rain in the sky and In the air. Refesee O'Sullivan remained The judges were changed for this bout. Patsy Haley and Charles Ma. thieson took the places of the other Judges. O'Sullivan brought the fighters to the center of the ring for final in. structions, while the crowd yelled jed States in Germany, tho French for speed. FRED FULTON LOSES ON FOUL Jack Renault, the Canadian, and Fred Fulton came into the ring at AB for a 10-round bout, the first of the star numbers, Fulton seemed timid and was on the defensive up to the fourth round, In this round he was jabbing with his left and going backward con: tinually. Fulton landed short right to the Jaw and Renault returned two rights to the neck. Fulton Moored Renault with an obviously low blow, The referee stopped the fight and carried Renault to his cor- ner, where the Canadian twisted over on his chair. No count was Judges waited on thé, referee, The commission's physician, Dr, Walter, examined Renault and the referes sald {t wag a foul. ‘The referee disqualified Fulton for foul- ing and declared Renault the win. ner after two minutes and 24 seo ond of the fourth round, LONG PROGRAM IS SCHEDU D The program and the whieh the bouts will st all go the limit, ts as follows: Joe McCann, New Jersey, va. Harry Drake, England, four rounds, 4p. m, (Eastern daylight time), » Al Reich, Now York, vs. Jim Her man, Omaha, six rounds, 3:20 p. m. Fred Fulton, Minnesota, vs, Jack Renault, Canada, 10 rounds, 3:60. Tails Firpo, Argentina, ve. Jack MacAullffe, Detroit, 15 rounds, 4:80 p. m, Jess Willard, Kansas, vs. Floyd Johnwon, New York, 16 rounds, 6:50 m, The unreserved sections at. the stadium were thrown open at 16 o'clock this morning while the prin- clpuls in thy bouts were being taken the and the decision of time at if they wolghed in at Madison Square Garlwhere ra! Several hundred fang were in|to fall, den, Court of St, James Denies|*.™ |ing funds to send the washington | co | in} ¢ STUDENTS TO STAGE PARADE Beattie Is to be a nolsy city for a few hours Saturday afternoon while long parade of University of Washington students, who are rails crew to Poughkeepsie, winds thru tho streets, With over 200 automo- biles and “the nolsiest bands and people in Seattle," the parade ts ex- pected to get resulta, Tho march is to start at 16th ave. N. E., and EB, 45th at. and then fol low Westlake ave. to Becond ave, then up Yesler way to Third ave. and back on Third ave. It ts to ttart at 1 o'clock, Jewish Church May Serve Grape Juice LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 12— Jowish rabbis have been requested to serve grape juice instead of wine for sacramental purpoges on m@ reso- Intion pansed today by the Angeles Kehilah, a leading Jewish religious organization. Jewish churches In the city are also asked by tho organization to withdraw thelr permits to well wine. Lecturer Scouts Egypt Curse Idea Egypt prolonged the life of Lord Carnarvon, noted British explorer, rather than shortened it, according to David Whitcomb, Friday, before the members’ council of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in the Ma. sonle club rooms. Whitcomb, who recently returned from Egypt, where ho entered King Tut's tomb, flouted the idea that the curse of Egypt was responsible for rnarvon's death, saying that he had been In poor health for yearn and that the nature of his work tn Egypt probably prolonged his life 16 year: ees Ine early, walting for the best $1 and $2 seats. “RABBIT BLOW" 18 OUTLAWED Tex Rickard, who 1s acting as dl- rector of the show, said that 70,000 tlckéts had been printed and that he expected at least 60,000 in the ata- dium, which would run the receipts up to about $450,000, Before the ticket windows were opened the ad: vance sale had amounted to $250,000. All the arrangements for the con- tents were approved at a meeting of the boxing commiasion and an im- portant ruling was made that may lave a marked effect on Jess Willard and Firpo, commission barred the “rabbit when it is delivered downward in a vertical position. ‘This means that when a boxer is falling head foremost the other boxer cannot fin. ish him with a blow on the back of the neck, as Dempsey did against Bill Brennan and as Firpo did against Brennan WILLARD AND FIRPO RULE FAVORITES Firpo has specialized in the “rah. bit punch” since he started in thin country, and Willard devoted much of Dig attention to its perfection during bls training for Johnson. Willard and Virpo have been made almost prohibitive favorites in the betting on the star bouts, Very little Johnson money was in sight, and MeAullffe had no sup.) port whatever, Officials in charge sald no deci sion about a postponement would be mado until just a few minutes be- fore the preliminary was to start, It was hoped that the weather might cloar after the showers. Tho weights announced were: Willard 248, Johnson 196, Firpo 212, McAuliffe 200, Renault 190%, Vulton 214, Reich 206%, Herman 218%, MeCann 202, Drake 186, * Mexico has certain localities in has never been, known Saturday, relieved and He talked at length about his trou | bies and the facts which led to the of the details of which have been brought | out diring his numerous trials “The verdict of that jury wiped out all bitterness that I ever |felt,” Waterhouse sald, ‘The #0 jer thie trouble is eettied, the sooner the thing ts forgotten, the better it wil tle and for everyone 8 the litigation ENGAGE IN SHIPPING BUSINESS That he will immodiatety p! into business again—the shipping | Dusiness—was definitely promised “I represent the Furness-Withy of London, one of the largest | shipping concerns fn the world,” he said, “We are runing cargo boate now, about one a month. The Do- minion Miller, a splendid boat, wil! arrive next week. “This fall the company will re model a number of its 11,000-ton steamers to carry fruit and perish: | ables, Refrigeration service will be} installed and we expect to operate refrigerator steamers about every six weeks.” FREE DEATH CAR DRIVER) Milton E. Pulver, 20-year-old auto- mobile salesman, was found not guilty of manalnughter by a jury in Judge W. O. Chapman's department jof superior court Friday. The case arted Friday morning and went to tho fury late in the afternoon. The fury was out only a few minutes Pulver was held responsible for the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dono. ghue, who died from injuries re ceived when Pulver’s automobile col lided with a truck driven by R. CG. | Pompella, at 11th ave. and B, Union | st, February 3. Attorney John I. Murphy defend. | ed Pulver. . ‘CHINESE GRADS TO COME HERE. Tho University of Washington ! [han been selected by Dr. William Liu, president of Willlams college, of Shanghal, as an outlet for the graduates of his colleg | Dr. Liu, after trips to universl: tles all over the United Statos, went | notice of his selection of the Wash | ington unlveraity to J. C. Herbs- man, secretary of the China club, of Seattle, | On his tour of the United States, | Dr. Liu also has been obtaining ma: | terlal for a book which will inter- pret the United States to China, The first graduates of his college, which js the largest native school in China, are expected to arrie here ia September, Wit Names Members of | Rail Labor Board| WASHINGTON, May 12.—Prosl.| dent Harding yesterday named R. M,| Barton a member of the public group ot the raflroad labor board, B. F.| Grable an a member of the labor | sroup and Howard Baker to the man agement group. Barton and Baker are prosent Members of the board and were re Appointed, Grable was formerly grand president of the Brotherhood | of Maintenance of Way lmployea| and Railway Shop Laborers, SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, May 1%—Miss Irene Llewellyn, aged 17, | was Kidnaped by two men hore last night, according to a report! made to tho sheriff's office, ‘The irl is a slater of Willlam Llewellyn, | ball player. Police in San Francisco were asked to cooperate in the seerch, which wag launched immediately. Officers of San Luls Obispo county were assigned to investigate tho case but admitted this morning they had been unable to unearth anything that would Indicate where the girl might have been taken or the clroumstances of the kids baping rf eee ence se e | Mountain penks 1,680 foot high | have beon discovered under the sea 100 miles off the California coast. Venice is built on 80 Islands has 400 bridges, we lof about Smith & Co. also indicted ATURDAY j lan dance Berlin, Paris and is planning a tour of the n JAP IS SUED FOR. $40,000 Japanese dairyman of e county after his Auburn achod year-old hign aed for $40,000 by the youth's father Frid damages * alleges that young i injuries, while be dragged a mile and one-half u Jap’a truk, that make him permanently ins The accident the Auburn of Ar occurred 6 Attorneys W F, Dore represe ther of the youth, Pierce Lonergan fs attorney for Iabash! Goes to Prison in $1,000,000 Fraud NEW YORK, May 12.-—Dr. Leon: ard K. Hirshberg wan sentenced yes- terlay to four years in Atlanta prison, following his conviction on a charge of using the mails to de- fraud, Dr. Hirshberg, who pleaded not guilty, was indicted in connection with alleged swindles whereby more than 3,000 investors were defrauded $1,000,000, He was con- nected with the firm of Winthrop being acclaimed a great other European cities, Nou United States. ‘MUST DESTROY | SUGAR CORNER k Kannatr, sec. Grocers’ ngth y to bring do’ ed F asso- y morning, following revious ni 14th Ave, |Improvement clut | By reducing its sugur purchases |50 per a the public can force |the speculators to release their hold jon the quantities they have corner Jed, he said, Prices of sugar Satur. day morning were quoted at $10.60 for cane 40 for beet, despite red jes of a ecugar to underse cents. nt at’ @ be repd be market Town of Sisters Destroyed by Fire BEND, Ore., May 12.—The little mountain town of Sisters near here, was swept by a fire which destroyed @ third of its buildings Friday eve- ning. Almost the entire male population was in Redmond attending the an? nual central Redmona track meet, when the fire was discovered. Women }and children hastily formed a bucket brigade and passed water trom the Squaw Creek irrigation ditch, hold- ing the fire in check until help could arrive from Bend and Red- mond. The fire, which started in a ga- rage, was caused by spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked rags | whe & | fortunes Northwest | ng 1922. MAY 12, SHE OBSERVES MOTHERS’ DAY Girl Given to Her Foster Parent is Happy May 12 ans more in t Beatrice t of Jul » combined. strange of the WAUKEGAN Day 1 Mothers’ n ' Ch wry Seats whore the em¢ 1 two judges sat 1: attempting to dec be give ah and blood me Morris, or rem of Mra. James from infancy, biggest recent James the ¢ , who reared her engaged tod are year-old girl was for n of the Nuttall making @ w frosting cake “To Mother,” written a In red sugar. She had induced Nuttall to the kitchen Mothers’ Day with scat she prepared the cret I'm going to make my sweet mother happier than she was before,” the girl confided, 8 referred to her foster mother, Nuttall, ax it was the girl's o remain in the only home r knew rather than cast her with Mrs. Morris “I'm going to bake her the cake she ever saw and I'll pick her a big bunch of pretty May flowers arly tomorrow before she is up.” When attempts were made to ask the mother the court had Beatrice interrupted Mrs. Nuttall wa» {her mother and that the judges made her most happy when they let her come back and continue to be Mrs. Nuttall’s little girl Mra, choice about ruled against with a plea that ‘DRAIN DITCH; RECOVER BODY ONTARIO, Ore. May 12—The | body of Bid infield, brother of United States Senator Robert N. | Stanfield, Mex in Ontario today, ¢ it was brought by Dr. R. O. coroner, who had drained the tion canal to re- rit | Stanfield, while | Oregon trail highway Friday night |from. Weiser, Idaho, to Ontario, | swerved to avoid’ another car on the | grade near the Snow-Moody pumping | plant. His car crashed into the cliff. | Turning back, he lost control of the car, which somersaulted down | the bank Into the canal, landing in ew the steering wheel d's body to the bot driving op the William Miller of Ontario, riding | with Stanfield, was thrown clear of the car and picked up unconscious and suffering severe cuts and bruises. ‘ Killed in, Plunge Off Tacoma Bridge TACOMA, May 12—Leaping from the railing of the lith st. bridge leading to the municipal dock, Vic tor E, Carison, 42, of Aberdeen, plunged 60 feet to the railroad tracks below and was Instantly killed Saturday morning. Matt K. Krullberg, friend, was walking 20 feet ahead and turned his head too late to see the death plunge. Krullberg declared Carlson was despondent over health and was on his way to Seattle for medl- cal treatment. 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