The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 14, 1923, Page 9

MONDAY, MAY 14, 1 RANCH KILLING MAN DROWNED THREE STRONG MAN CRAZED AS (= TO BE PROBED IN CAR PLUNGE BOXES ROBBED 6 ARE DROWNED Web of Law Violations Is Uncovered by Murder gation of a tar t e involving th * man, arson, and y « Nquor laws was ope . Prosecuting Attorney Douglas when he s the story A. D, told pol Boos, Mercer island ranche who admitted the shoot during Struggle Saturday, of C. J. Smith. Certain discrepancies in the story Boos relates of the struggle and fatal shooting with an automatic shotgun wilt also be probed by th prosecutor's office, In the mean time Boos is held at the county Jail where he is recovering from bruises on his head and shoulders, and body of Smith is at the county morgue, pending the calling of a| coroner's ing CAME AS SEQL TO LONG QUARRE The shooting came as a sequel t a long quarrel between the two which culminated in court action last week when Boos filed suit against Smith, asking for $365 In boanl, the title to an automobile and an in unction ordering th to keep away from the Boos home on Mercer island, The suit was May 8, but at a court hearing May 11 Ju Otis W. Brinker dissolved the straining order. Smith, in the meantime, had filed affidavits in the case in which he claimed ownership of the automobile; dented he owed Boos any board or laundry debts, and admitted that the license of the car was taken out in the name of Mrs. Boos because Smith was having trouble with his own| wife. BOOS TELLS STORY AFTER GIVING SELF Ur According to the story Boos told the police when he gave himself ste re Mercer island to live with Boos in| Woman Narrowly Escapes|Dynamite One, Crack One, in Rescue Attempt STANWOOD, May 14,.—Vernon robber DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 14.—| Rescue partios,haye been sent from Schw 34, a shingleweaver of an ye myn Three young men and three girls| be nd Loraine into the stricken Lyman, ne Sedro-Woolley, was aoe e cicend were | Were declared by. police today to, have|"¢% but these have not given a r th end were | | port to authorities liere drowned 15 a m. Monday and the western | drowned lant night when they leaped|" 41 ¢ lephone lines to homes {n that Miss Helen Ros of Birming tat by au-|{nto the Mississippl river from 8! district are down ham, and I of Lyman. ever ; to avold an onrushing street Many of the at farm homes in} narrowly escaped death in the r ten Mitchell county have been reduced (eaines. “ok. fen tal aronie fo: William Kepke, veteran motorman debris end 'th went load at Schwartz misjudged fue of the two witnesses of the death | run high," Cooper ald. ‘Thousands 1 drove his automobile at 20 miles |dits held up R. R 8. reported the tragedy to the px dollars’ damage was dono to an hour off the dock here. watchman at the Des Moines Auto |e and then became crazed rops."* ni . He maid he saw three girls and or After the car leaped on its nose | Co. on the Me ehwa atl) oy leap and thought there ¥ | ¥ and Uwu nere were two into the stream, Miss Ross and Staf 5 a. m, Monday, bound and gag: | 0) op? & amet 7. 2 ford swam around in the water for|Ked him and dynamited the mate.| Meine an notice telephoned the HERE'S MORE ABOUT several minutes, attempting to res: | They escaped with #700 in cash and] y4 "rung a et ee ene a i 1 ue wartz, but were unsuccessful, | $400 in Liberty bonds. standing on the front of th a OUT LAW 5 The drowned man was still sitting | VICTIM IS TIED paw three boys and three girts, blind. Ts > ON PAGE st the wheel of hts car when it was| HAND AND FOOT 1 ree boy and three pit eared STARTS ON PAGE 1 pulled back on the dogif, three-quar Driving a car stolen from R. A.| swept near them | ters of an hour later Everist, 15 Ward st, the two ban-| One y recovered*from the rac. |Mite men were subsequently re Tho accident came when the trio|dits drove up to the gurage and/ing current today was identified an| lets the total demanded has been were returning to Lyman from Ev-| drew revolvers, Peterson was com-| Ethel Ambers, 20, Moline shop girl, tduced to $8,000 for all prisoners erett, where they had taken a young: | Pelled to sit in a chair of the office,| by a friend. The tragedy occvrred| 72° diplomatic corps has nt an er sister of Misa Ross in the evening, | Where he was tied hand and foot.|on a bridge linking the lowa sho unced the amount of the progres to attend school, The night wax|One of the thugs insisted that/to Campbell's island. Toy Lund ® indemnity to be imposed upon and misty and Schwarta and | Peterson be left near t fo when | who was with the Ambers girl on a|China for ¢ iocre that elapees " 288 were sitting in the front |!t was dynamited, repeating that | ptenic to the inland yesterday, was re-| Peery releane of the prisoners, fol at dead men tell no tale ported by hig parents as minsing from |W expiration of the ulmatum The Pacific highway makes an ab-| The other man, who was larger, | hom: jot the ers Baturday night, It rupt turn to the right on Stanwood's | order Peterson's removal to the Elsie Dolzal, 7 ana|'s b ed the Washington govern main street and then goes due | outside of the garage, where ho was | Cha . k Island,|™ment t* fully informed on this orth. ad of turning Jui to a post, Tho eafe was then | wer f x from | Point right, artz turned to the le en, and after the yesgs had | bor Both | a on the J A Henly wi # released and sped his machine. ; It is about Peterson managed to fr ‘ from the brigands’ camp, but who 100 yards from the t to the dock |} and notified the police and was d divorcee, Her |"turned bearing messages and sup- which abuts the river unprotected. Matt Starwich, who d ea with her mother at|Plics, ts still held by the outlaws, 7 r 0 miles an hour| patched Deputies Sears and Hughe » Tt The priac are now plentifully when it re 1 the wharf and made | to watch the highway for the bandit | wupplied with food, clothing, clgar- the fatal plunge. SCHWARTZ SEEMED STUNNED BY FALL ford, who was aitting in the k seat, said that he was drows when the accident occurred. he car stood up on its nose in about six feet of water for a mo-| Steal Another laring who | re Mon by 4 until they had then peared, and discoverod ment and Stafford and Miss ‘Ross |t they had smashed his small up Saturday, Smith first came tojclambered out. The water did not |safe with an ax, necuring $1,000 in cover them at first. Schwartz/cash and overlooking $100 which seemed to have been stunned by |was in another compartment of the 1932, Some months later,/ July, while Boog and his wife were at-| the impact of the wheel on his chest, | safo, tending a motion picture theater in| Seattle the ranch house burned down and Boos collected $800 tnsur- | anca Smith urged him to buy an] automobile and this he did. Boos | says he gave Smith the money to] the car for him and that Smith | Schwartz, when finally Stafford sent | buy took title to it in his own name. Boos charges that Smith has been ting a still on Mercer island) in the lonely southeast section. I. W. W. papers and a strike call) found on his body, indicate his con-| nection with that organization, au-} thorities believe. , He was about 45/ years of age and ‘thas been separated | from his wife for some months. | DETAILS OF SHOOTING } ARE RELATED | Boos’ story of the shooting ts being probed by the investigators. | He claims that he went to his} cabin Saturday and found Smith inside with the gun in his hand. A quarrel followed. Smith struck at Boos with the butt of the shotgun. ‘They grappled and the gun was discharged, one charge of shot striking the casing of the door. ‘They staggered into the yard. The gun discharged again, the shot striking Smith fn the head. Deputy Sheriffs William Sears and F. D. Brewer, who Investigated the shooting, found a revolver with one empty shell lying in the yard of the home. Three empty shotgun shells were found. Boos accounted for only two of these. Deputy Prosecutor Ewing D. Cotvin has learned that the cabin has been an object of suspicion. A mys- terious third party frequently visited it. Colvin expected Monday to learn who this is. Custom Officials Search for Gems SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.—Gems from India and the Ortent, said to be worth perhaps a million dollars, were sought by customs inspectors, who today began searching all incoming trans-Pacifie liners. ‘The search was instigated by con- sular advices said to have come from Ceylon, to the effect that attempts were being made to smuggle sap- phires into this country. Home Brew (Starts on Page 1) wonderful rookies who were going to “burn up the league?” one SPRING NOTE ¥ Kegee, id muzz be douff da had a cod id your hed an nod be able to make beeble understab ya! eee How times change—a whole week and not a picture of either Chaplin or Pola Negri or the Prince of Wales falling off his horse! eee I never bet on fast horses, To win or for place or to show; But still if I bet I would rather Put money on fast ones than slow, see Jack McAuliffe was knocked out by Luis Firpo Saturday in New York. McAuliffe didn’t have a chance —James J. Corbett predicted he would win. -~ 0° Jess Willard won from Johnson when the referee stopped the fight. The slogan, “Youth will be served,” will now have to be changed to “Cheese will be served.” see It's too bad the referee stopped the fight. Jess might have dropped dead of old age at any moment. and did not make a move to got oht. Then the car turned over on his side, precipitating the three into the water, Miss Ross and Stafford swam around the machine for sev. eral minutes attempting to rescue the girl for help. He remained some minutes longer but, becoming chilled by the icy fluid, had to seek the shore, NTIRE TOWN IS CALLED OUT Tho fire alarm was sounded and soon the entire town was at the water's edge secking a rescue. The car, a big Studebaker six, was hoist ed to the shore at 4:05 a. m. and Schwartz was still at the wheel, Morton Tjerne, of Stanwood, ef- fected the recovery of the car, The two Ross girls had been vis- iting a sister at Lyman, altho their home {s at Birmingham, and the party was returning from the trip to Everett when the accident oo curred. Schwartz is survived by two sisters and a father, who ro- sides in Portland, HERE’S MORE ABOUT PASS PLAN STARTS ON PAGE 1 7 ig to mako the railways self-sistain. ing. “Then we can use the pass plan,” Cohen said. AWAIT DECISION OF UTILITIES DEPARTMENT Counciiman R. B. Hesketh and Councilwoman Bertha Landes both favor increased service to car riders, but are unwilling to vote. for the pass plan until the utilities depart ment favors such a recommenda- tion. Mayor Brown declared that a modified form of pass to eliminate use of the street cars by delivery agenci¢s should be adopted. Cecil B. Fitzgerald, president of the council, said he fears the pass will not provide sufficient revenuo to pay the obligations of the street railway system. “I believe we should follow the recommendation of the street railway department, and they oppose the plan,” Fitzgerald said. Mrs. Miracle sald that the city Must provide some means for relief from the high street car fare that becomes effective with the passage of the new ordinance, which is as- sured of enough votes to pass when it comes up Monday. She said: “It is intolerable, this higher car- fare, and we must give relief, The weekly pass will enable the patrons of the system to get service and !f we must charge a high fare at least we should give the best service pos- sible.” BLAINE CITES SYSTEM IN TACOMA Councilman E. L. Blaine sald that the pass at Tacoma reduced income 4 per cent and increased car miles 7 per cent. Blaine also favors fol- lowing the recommendations of the utilities department. Superintendent Henderson of the street railways said he did not be- lieve the dollar pass will pay for the gbligations of the street railway sya. tem. “When we are meeting our debts we must consider means of increasing service,” Henderson sald. Russell's views are sympathetic with those of Henderson, “The theory of operation of mu- nicipal utilities is: service,” Council- man Erickson said. “The weekly pass will greatly Increase service without cutting down the revenue. It is an obligation upon the council to give the car owners—the riders— the best service possible and still meet our obligations. The pass plan does this.” WATER SHUT OFF from 8 a. m, until*5 p, m. on Gra- spread between the sandwiches in your lunch boxwhen yougo ave.; on 22nd ave. 8, from Graham st. to Eddy at., on Eddy st. from Swift st. to 22nd ave, 8. on 2ist ave, S., south of Eddy st.; on Pros- pect st. from Second ave. N, to N., from Prospect st, to Ward st. WOLF PACK EATS TWENTY RIGA, May wolves, some numbering 50, vanging thruout the Simbiralk t of Southeastern Russia and have de- on a May day ramble for flowers. | | } | JURY TO PROBE Safe robbers chopped a hole thru | the floor to enter the clear stand of Joe Marcell, 408% Fifth ave. 8, | early Sunday morning, after which they rolled the steel strong box into the alleyway, At this potnt they apparently became frightened and fled. Marcell found the strong box lying in the alleyway Sunday. Thi thieves, however, stole an overcgnt and several packages of cigarets, ANOTHER DEATH Northwestern Auto Fatality | to Be Investigated CHICAGO, May 14.—~The grand jury probing the death of Leighton Mount will be also asked to inveati- | gato the death of Louls Aubere, killed In an auto accident, as the alleged sequel to a hazing episode, the state's attorney's office an- nounced today. The action will be In view of ob- taining manslaughter indictments | Against those students accused by Roscoe Conklin Fitch, at one time | Mount's room mat aigzagging autos which collided, | causing Aubere’s death, John Sbar- | baro, assistant state's attorney, sald. | tate attorney's office also d it had obtained contes. om students of Northwestern | and anonymous letters had been waged to “hush up” the Mount case and advance a theory of suicide on the campus. Assistants of State's Attorney Robert 8. Crowe, named James E, Patterson, star athicte, as one of the students who admitted attempt ing to spread a suicide theory Louls Henke, a fraternity leader, was declared by Crowe to have ad- mitted writing an anonymous letter to the state's attorney's office, con- taining “suicide propaganda.” Crowe, in asserting there Is “no power on earth strong enough to stop this investigation,” also an- nounced that he is trying to trace “campus gossip’ that state's offi. clals had been “fixed.” Arthur Persinger, a hazing victim, was quoted by state's attorneys as denying knowledge of an anony- mous letter written to Mra. J. 1. Mount, Leighton's mother, declaring found at the lake near the Mout home “shortly after Christmas.” The grand jury resumed its probe today. Authorities continued to question Fitch, a Ludington, Mich death, but was sworn to secrecy 39 KILLED IN AUTO CRASHES 162 Injured in Accidents Over Week-End (Copyright, 1923, by United Pros) Thirty-nine persons were killed and 162 injured in automobile accidents over the week-end in 32 cities, Five were killed in 8t. Louls and Chicago; four in Lincoln, Neb.; threo in Detroit; two in Pittsburg, Kansas City, Wooster, O., Perry, O., and San Francisco; one in Salem, Mass., Bos. ton, Wi ington, Berwick, Pa., Mil- Water will be shut off Tuesday] ington, Ky, waukee, Appleton, Wis., Steven: Point, Wis., Columbus, Toledo, Ches- ter, O., Cuyahoga Falls, O., and Cov- Fifty were injured in Milwaukee; ham st. from 21st ave, S. to Gould] 16 in Pittsburg and 16 in Detroit. Say Madalynne Had Clara’s Nightgown LOS ANGELES, May 14,.—How Fourth ave. N., and on Fourth ave.|Madalynne Obenchain ta alleged to have come into possession of a night gown and other garments belonging to Clara Phillips was to be explained 14,—Great packs of| today by her in a hearing scheduled are |Wwith Chiet Deputy District Attorney ‘egion | Asa Keyes, Harold L, Carlton, said to be a voured more than 20 human beings.|former friend of Mra, Obenchain's, Soviet authorities have sent machine-| who turned over the articles to the guns, mounted on sleds, them, to fight] authorities, will also be asked to give his Version of the story. of purposely | University, involving school officials, | that a campaign of campus gossip | Phyllis Trojan, a co-ed friend of | the body of Leirghton would ‘be| | THE SEATTLE AR in width. The Richa Three Boys and Three Girls | Leap From Train Bridge | ILLIONAIRE HAS MUCH BAGGAGE storm jets and drinks and belleved to be suffering. 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Price $1.10 yard. —DOWNSTAIRS STORE 36-inch Satin Messaline At $1.45 Yard Satin Messaline in high lus- tre, soft finish suitable for dresses, blouses, trimmings and linings.# In Ivory, Pink, Mais, Peach, Cell, Copen- hagen, Gray, Sand, Brown, Plum, Hello, Coral, Tangerino and Navy. Width 56 inches. Price $1.45 yard, —DOWNSTAIRS STORE 36-inch, Chiffon Taffeta At $1.45 Yard Attractive value in this soft finish Chiffon ‘Taffeta suitable for dresses, negligees and millt- ner Ivory, Coral, Pink, | Main, Nile, Cell, Orebid, 8 | ver and Beige; in 96-inch width, Price $1.46 yard, —DOWNSTAIRS STOR style and value. mulberry. $3.50. brim styles, Sizes 6 to 7 465¢ cach, ‘he has walked 210,000 miles Evidence the ASK NEW TRIAL IN LAUBE CASE Eight Allegations Are Set Forth by Attorneys “Hight allegations of error and misconduct are alleged in the motion for a new trial (Ued, by, attorneys for William T. Lau trustee in bank | ruptey for the defunct Frank Water house & Co., and aff ts support s them will be filed before May 31, charging that the iff Laube had | not received @ fair trial of his $188 | 000 sult for damages aguinst Yrank Haurtiag 0. A jury in superior court last Frt day brought in a verdict in favor of | Waterhouse, ending the sult which lanted five weeks | Laube's attorn in thelr new trial motion charge irregular court procedure; misconduct on the part Jof defendant; accident and surprise; Inewly discovered evidence; insufft clency of the eviden to require a verdict; a verdict contrar to and error in law at the trial w the plaintiff excepted to. |ENDOLYNE MAN HIT, ROBBED Attacked by 4 hes car Sunday was lugged and knocked senseless by the thug, who then proceeded to | rob him of $58 in cash Gilbert recovered his senses noon jafter and received medical tion. He received a gash in the head two inches long? e bandit was a tall man wearing gray clothing and a white handkerchief mask, Gilbert said. FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE Unusually Attractive in Style and Value New Hats at $9.95 Mode for Taffeta and Transparency attractive Hats of Real HE Downstairs Store is proud to offer such as these—attractive in Emphasis is given the pre- vailing mode of Taffeta, in a wide assortment of the smartest creations in navy blue, change- able and colors—as evidenced by the three mod- els at right of sketch. Each Model Distinguished by Some Bit Handwork Outstanding values at $9.95. —DOWNSTAIRS STORE Polly Anna Aprons 95c Polly Anna Aprons in check and plaid Amoskeag ginghams are made in slip-over style, trimmed with rick-rack braid and with sash of self material. Colors: red, blue, pink and lavender. Price 95¢. Slip-on Aprons, 50c Knitted Capes For Little Girls $3.50 Attractive Knitted Capes in bright- shades of tomatoe, Nile green, red and In fancy weave effects, with brushed-woo] collars in contrast- ing shades. Sizes 2 to 8 years. Price —DOWNSTAIRS STORE 400 Boys’ Broken line assortments of Boys’ Wash Hats in sailor, tam, turn-down and roth Colors: Green, Gray and Tan, tho lot; DOWNSTAIRS STORE in Slip-on Aprons of cretonne and percale in assort- ment of patternings, and unbleached muslin with edges trimmed in figured material. at 50¢. Good values, DOWNSTAIRS STORE Wash Hats 45c EACH low-priced, at PAGE 9 CHARGE WOMAN =z, POISONS THREE ex | Will Exhume Bodies of Huse band’s Parents Here and There | @ smashup, | overturned at Fourth ave, and unday afternoon, cee j The Women's King County Re-| publican club wag to celebrate ita) ARK, 14—Official, third birth fonday noon, with a| authority will be obtained today ty ieiaidade ad cafeteria. |exhume the bodies of Mr, and Mray . | John C. Creighton, in the investigae s that they were pole 1 t club | tion of charg 1 as opposed to|#oned by thelr daughter-in-law, Mrs wlan | John Creighton, Jr. 4 | | The latter 1s locked up in Banex | . ae |county Jail, formally charged in & Will Hold Hearing grand jury indie t with having? on Traffic Rules Improveme | murdered ber 18-year-old brothers: Charles Raymond Avery, by giving A public hearing will be held by| him arsen{c in small doses, the public wafety committee of the) gearch was on today for the elty council Wednesday at which/author of two anonymous letters! plans for drastic changes In the traf-| which were received by Prosecutor fic code will be @levuased. It {*/ Jonn C, Bigelow and which informedls recommended that all parking be| him that young Avery was dying abolished on First, Second Third and Jow polson and that his aymps Fourth aves. in the business district, | toms resembled those of the eden and on Pike, Pine and Westlake st#.| Creigntons, who died two and thresl to Bixth ave. Abolition of all for-| years ago respectively. * hire stands 1s also recommended. One ° alleged polsoner, an attraes hour parking will be permitted 0 |tiveiooking woman of 24, and herm several of the streets. husband, an office worker, were” jailed Saturday, a few hours after Los Angeles I. W. W., | they bad been indicted. Both der) |nied the charge. | Office Is Raided) Young avery ied at midnight | LOS ANGELES, May 14.—Shortly|April 20 from a supposed billows Pago ost Jefense head-|@ttack. Receipt of the ananymous . oe th W. W. organi-|letters caused an autopsy to be was raided by ordered and arsenic was found, gee cording to the medical examiner, ted half] = |Fire Sweeps Four Gig Harbor Blocks © * e TACOMA, May 14—The entire) Days in Utah City | town of Gig vartor, near hers, was May 14.—Presi-| threatened with destruction Sunday! spend two days in | morning by a fire of unknown origin) Lake City on his way to the| which swept away four business coast, he told | houses valued at $15,000. A buck jov, Mabe brigade was formed to the Harding exy front and saved the community. City June loss is partially covered by insuranc 10 arrested 25 a 4 confi nd supplies. the organt a ton of | Harding Plans Two t Harding 5 and Five Ways of Spending TUESDAY in the DOWNSTAIRS STORE C is surprising, the many ways one can add t ‘ the interest of a visit to the Downstairs Store. For instance, there is the —Demonstrations of the | famous_“SMOOTHTOP” —Housewares Section, with its “thousand-and- one” helpful suggestions sola ae for the housekeeper, information —Demonstrations of and tric Vacuum Cleaners, Washing Machines and other appliances. And, always, the attractive displays of mod- erately-priced merchandise of dependable The Downstairs Store Offers a Wide Choice of Flower Vases, Bowls and Jardinieres Attractively Low-priced The three styles sketched are from wide assort- ments of Vases, Bowls and Jardineres displayed in the Downstairs Store—at attractively-low prices. Brass - finished Tokinaba Vases, $1.00 Jardineres, $1.45 and $1.95, nai, Pottery dardineres, in as- Se eas ale ee sorted decorations, 75¢ and Cut Glass Fern Dishes, with 5c, metal inset, $2.00, —DOWNSTAIRS STORB “Ragged Edge” Writing Paper This attractive Writing Paper with the new “Ragged Edge" finish, in blue, ivory, lavender, pink and white. Box contains 24 sheets of paper and envel- opes. 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