The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 12, 1923, Page 9

PICK JURY IN Be Called Today BVERE Pherson as the tead ie f erson R Everett Wh the flames from Everett and confectionary re the state's next t the fire ¢ as McPh ste ef W. A Kara who dis arred body, will ay Coroner examined Karas* Taro, covered probably also expected to s will testity the jury Attorney owing statement before Roscoe this to prove | well Marathon Pageant Given MURDER TRIAL 5y Benefit Association First Witnesses for State to Arena Scene of Big Production Given by Con- vention Delegates BY WANDA VON KETTLER Delegutes to the Woman's Benefit On progressive convention, As in Seattle hostesses to the Seuttle public y afternoon when their hon” pageant, with a cast than 300 people, was to be ted in the Arena ageant, planned at t clation headquarters in Port E Mich, has been presented to date in two cities—Los An jland. Later in the week, when the jconventioners travel into Canada, it will be presented In Vancouver, BC. It an entertainment in which the 156 official delegates, as and guest representa tives, participate. “The Marathon" is said to picture the history and Progress of the association since its organization 30 years ago. representatives, olding sessio were who have assisted Seattle | the national officers in the prepara: | tion for the local presentation, Mrs. Emma B. Wilkinson, state su- |preme commander; Mrs. Jessie Pil cher, Mrs. Lillian Hudson, Mrs. Lois Kriete, Mrs. Anna Pilcher, Mrs. Bar Braun, Mra. Flora Schuitz, Hattie Shick Kariton. Krischano, Mra, Olive Mrs. Rose Reinsdorff, ALL-DAY MEETING |IS HELD ON MONDAY are bara Mrs. Hibbard and | Monday, following the early morn. |ing arrival of the delegates from Portland, an all-day business meet Mrs, Etta | Dr, Ella J. Fifield, supreme | medical examiner of the | Woman's Benefit association, used| {ng was held at the New Washing-| who is the one supreme of- Gust t ° t he has shown jealousy at his failure to win Mrs. Peter Karas, who was 4 at the same time as Gust and undoubtedly for the same reason; that he was disappoint ed in his love affair; that he is the same man th engaged Mra. Karas in a violent quarrel a few hours before the murders were committed. If the Dinag stands guilty must pay the penalt proves this, coused, and prosecution HERE’S MORE ABOUT WORM ARMY STARTS ON PAGE 1 pillars’ fuzz, thereby causing their death, aren't having much success with the pests in this from Corvallis. say worms which have crawled over the crest are dy- ing rapidly, but local observers are inclined to think their death is due either to the altitude or the exertion in hastening ahead, rathér than to any beneficent parasites. The caterpillars in this dis- trict so far,outaumber the files t the d@ath rate has been low. LAST CAPTIVES ARE RELEASED TSAOCHWANG, June 12.—After seing held captive In the mountains at Paotzuhu for over a month, eight men, the last of the foreigners kid- taped by the Chinese bandits in their Sensational raid on the Shanghal- Pekin express near Suchow on May 5, were given their freedom today. The men released are: Americans: Maj. Roland W. Pinger, U. 8. A. ordnance department, Manila; home, Berkeley, Cal. Leon Friedman, Bre- Yort hotel, Chicago, owner of China Motors corporation, Shanghai. John B. Powell, Hannibal, Mo., publisher of Weekly Review, Shanghai. Lee Solomon, San Francisco, Shanghal Agent of the Block company of San Francisco. British: Fred Elias, broker, Shang- hai; Reginald W. Rowilatt, Birming- ham, Eng, manager Reiss & Co., Tientsin. French: Emile Gensburger, brok- er, Shanghai. Italian: B. D. Musso, Shanghal, lawyer, capitalist, adviser to the Chi- Nese government. IN RUHR ZONE PARIS, June 12.—-Two Germans and a French soldier were killed in the Ruhr today, and another German died of wounds. Four explosions occurred on rail- Way lines and sabotage and unrest appeared to be growing. A French sentinel was shot and killed as he walked his post at Reck- linghausen. Later, jerman civil- fan is reported to have been slain by French troops at that city. Another was killed at Dortmund, where one died of wounds received when the French shot 35 persons who were out after curfew. 77 * ” Start “Gunning for Rum Runners SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—Pro- hibition agents started “gunnin, rum runners off the Golden Gate to- day. They mounted a four-inch cannon of modern design on the bow of the coast guard cutter Swift and assigned the boat to patrol duty inside the three-mile limit. HERE’S MORE ABOUT GOMPERS STARTS ON PAGE 1 beliefs,” Duncan said, “For in- stance, there ig the liquor question. Gompers is for light wines and beer, This council is strongly dry and fa- Yors rigid enforcement of prohtbl- tion laws, ‘I'hiy council would rath- ¢r be destroyed than recede from its stand on the Mquor question,” Should the local council's charter be revoked another council will be organized and, according to Duncan, if all the local affiliate who are Bow affiliat with; the present jton hotel. According to the vaca. jtion camp committee ¢ during the Western trip has been studying jcamp conditions along the joutdoor and health camper will be established in the near future in jthia state, It is planned that one jof these camps, established for the pleasure of association members, will be built near Seattle and that & second will be in the vicinity of Tacoma, Local members of the association entertained the visiting delegate Monday night with a banquet In the Masonic club rooms It was jhere that Dr, Ella J. Fifield of Tacoma, supreme medica! examiner and the only supreme officer of the organization whose home is in Washington, was presented with a sapphire necklace. by the delegates from Louisiana, Mississippi, Ari- jzona and Texas, in recognition of her services to the orgunization as 4 whole. Dr. Fifield, who for many years was Western examiner, was named to fill the suprenr office four years ago. coast, | No more business meetings will jbe held by the association in Seat |tle. Wednesday the delegates will shop and sightsee, Thursday morn. ing their special convention train will start North, HERE’S MORE ABOUT MILK _ STARTS ON PAGE 1 had his milk supply completely shut off and his bank account garnisheed, altho his credit had been unimpaired hitherto. Upon securing another supply of milk, effort was made to take that away from him,” Dr. Davidson added that he had much other data which he would lay before a Chamber of Commerce in- vestigating committee, Hoe said that a bacteriologist in the employ of one big pasteurizing dairy here had ad- mitted to him that thermometers had been tampered with to show jthat milk was being heated to 145 degrees as required, whereas in re- allty the temperature was but 130, The physician is carrying on his investigation on q nation-wide scale and has been in communication with Dr. Bolt of Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, and Dr. Clyde King, secretary to Gov. Pinchot of Penn- sylvania. Dr, King was chairman of the fact-finding commission rela- tive to the dairy industry during the war, and is regarded as the best-posted man in the country on the economic phases of the milk in- dustry, Dr. Davidson said. FULL INVESTIGATION 1S PROMISED After reviewing the local situa- tion Dr. Davidson asked tho follow- ing questions in his letter: “Is monopolistic control city’s milk supply desirable? “Specific experiences of having monopolistic control, “Thru what methods and organiza- tion was the control secured? “Did they have to use high- handed methods to maintain con- trol? “What has been the effect on the purity of the product? “What has been the effect on prices to the consumer?” Dr. Davidson said the nature of the investigation his committee is making will require several weeks for completion and that he opposes hasty action. “The matter has been referred to the King County Medical society and placed in my hands for in- vestigation,” he said. “I will see that a’ complete investigation made, I would not place myself in a position of furthering monopolistic control of Seattle's milk, nor would T allow the medical society to be placed in that position thru me,’ ‘The present milk ordinance re- quires either pasteurized milk or milk from tuberculin. tested herds. An effort has been made to amend the ordinance to require compulsory pasteurization, The Chamber of Commerce trus- tees were expected to take action on Dr. Davidson's letter at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. of a cities council, the new body will organize an exact duplicate of the present body. “All that President Gompers will have accomplished will be to change the paper on which the charter Is written,” Duncan sald, Duncan de- nounced the arbitrary rule of Gom- pers and said that making public ot hig letter to the local council was “pure propaganda.” Duncan denounced reports eireu lating im labor circles that grave charges may result if the local char- ter ‘s canceled, declaring such rumors are part of the propaganda against the Seattle Central Labor council which, he said, “have a sinister motive behind them, ficer of the organization who comes from this stat HERE’S MORE ABOUT LARSON STARTS ON PAGE 1 how her husband was going to pris on for a crime he had not commit t She reviewed the case in The office while teary filled her © told how her bh signed a stock transference, believ ing that his act would save the Scandinavian American bank of Se attle from failure; how tm |@lgned for the Tacoma bank, and jot for himself personally; and how the other parties to the same act jhad escaped punishment the | state courts: | MAILS PETITION | TO GOV. HART | Lawyers advised her to walt until |® modified petition had been handed down by the courts, but Mra, Lar |#on refused to wait and malied her jbetition so that the governor could have It Tuesday. “It would be nothing less than murder to send my husband to pris on at this time,” she sald. “His health Is broken and five years, or even less, behind tron bars would be too much for him to stand.” And the woman who once had every luxury that money could buy? who had servanta at her beck and call, automobiles to use, clenched a now calloused and work-worn hand and said that her husband's life reated in the hands of.the governor. SAYS HE DEAVORED TO SAVE SEATTLE BANK In the plea for clemency, Larson points out that especial stress was put upon the fact by the prosecutor of Pierce county that he was the reputed owner of 50 shares of the capital stock of the Scandinavian American bank of Seattle. In ex- plaining how he came to have the shares, Larson says in his petition: “J. E, Chilberg, then president of the Tacoma bank, and general man- agor and vice president of the Seattle institution, wanted to borrow $10,000 with which to pay off an old debt jthat the Seattle National bank had been carrying for him. “1 told Chilberg that if he would send over 50 shares of stock I would, borrow the money from the National bank of Tacoma, with the stock as security. This Chilberg did and that explains how I came in possession of the shares in my own name. Chil- berg told me that the Seattle National bank would loan him $85,000 with which to increase the capital stock of the Scandi- navian bank of Seattle if he would settle the $10,000 obliga- tion. “I knew that {f the Seattle bank Prospered the Tacoma institution would also and for that reason I assisted him In getting his $85,000. As a result of this help the Seattle bank became a member of the Fed- eral Reserve system in May, 1918, “Chilberg became president of both the Seattle and Tacoma banks in 1919 and on October 22 of that year the federal reserve board of Wash- ington, D, ©., filed notice on the officers of the Seattle bank to appear jat Washington and show cause why | they should not be required to sur- render all stock in the federal reserve bank at San Francisco and forfeit membership in the system for al- leged irregular acts. They were al- lowed the alternative of appearing in San Francisco before a federal re- serve agent. MONEY USED TO HELP SAVE BANK “A copy of this notice was filed with the Seattle Clearing House as- sociation. The meeting was held in San Francisco and Chilberg and J. F, Lane, cashier of both the Se- attle and Tacoma banks, attended. Derogatory rumors were being cir culated that the banks were In a difficult ‘position. “IT advised Chilberg to telegraph to W. G. McAdoo at Los Angeles and have him come up to settle the trouble. Instead, C. C, Collins, a prominent attorney and financler of St. Louis, was called out. “A series of meetings at which several of the most prominent fi- nancial men of the state were pres- ent, were held and it was finally arranged that $850,000 should be deposited with the federal reserve bank of San Francisco as an evi dence of good faith, A fund of $1,000,000 was to be raised and placed to the credit of the banks to Insure thelr stability, This proved satisfactory to the banking depart. ment and I, H, Moore, bink com: missioner, After all subscriptions had been placed on the list, there remained approximately $50,000 more to be ralaed, “I was called upon and explained usband had by had} ‘THIEF SEIZES _ WOMAN ASLEEP I Ss ERA She Screams and Saves a Diamond Ring Awakened by ng » burgiar who was attempt eal a diamond ring finger, Mra, A, Hollings Marco apartments, 1207 frightened the man with Puewda Hoe Mra. from he | head, n ng eam ea T time the p had escaped was sleeping ne and a saw a man benidng over | the outside window | hold of her w pull the ring fr sat up and screamed loudly and the burglar fell backward to the ground and escaped The attempted robbery o: | | «m, Half an thief + | Bi thug | head | window Hollings en she her from He had ng to Bhe when curred hour later home ¢ w pen bedroom ble to dé a neacked the C. Harris, 2660 12th ing entrance thru an window. Harris was wu termine the extent of his lows An hour home of T | Williams, Gilman 2 | raided similar | robbed of various article |The police believe that all |the crimes were committed same man SAYS WIFEIS ave in later the a8 ft was in a manner and three of by the {Trumps Up Murder Charge | so She Can Marry Another ye me This | BOZEMAN, “My wife getting tired and wants to get rid of me the method she has taken.” ‘This was the reply today of Seth Danner, former Mob 8. D, to his wife's charges that and Mrs. John Sprouse park, Mont, automo camp in 1920—a charge which Danner in the double charge of Mont., June is o 0 esident, he slew Mr jat a Central bile has placed lon a | “I know she is Inter other man, and that's her reason for wanting to have the penalty for a crime I }commit,"" he declared, Despite the charges against him, Danner appears little worrld, He eats heartily everything brought to him, talks readily on anything ex cept the murder, sings, laughs and plays his banjo by the hour RS that I was unable to st’ anything but that I would use the |atock I possessed in the name of |the bank to aasist In raising the money. The directors approved of my actions, The money was raised and the plan formulated with the federal reserve bank was put in the form of a contract. “Tho criminal prosecution t# based on the fact that my name instead of the name of the bank for which I was signing appeared upon this contract. I wanted to sign the tame of the bank hut was advised to sign my own.” W. FL Carter, prominent attor- ney of St, Louis, testified at the time of the trial that Larson signed presumably for the bank and not in his own name. “We had to have this money and {t was agreed that Mr. Larron should sign for the bank and at my suggestion he signed his name individually after explaining that he had no funds of his own,” Larson testified. A. G, Hansen of Enumclaw, who paid $100,000 into the Seattle bank for the purpose of saving its mem- bership in tho federal reserve sys. jtem, testified when asked by Lar |son’s attorney If Larson had slgned for the bank or for himself that "it was for the bank." Frank C. Drew, an attorney re- siding at San Francisco, the law partner of W. H. Metson, who was present at the time the contract was signed, testified “He (Larson) said he would sign it for the bank, that he could not sign it indi. vidually because he had obligated himself to the fullest extent of his credit."" “Afterwards,” Larson says in his plea, “I understood that the reason why I was not per- mitted to sign the name of the Seandinavian-American Bank of Tacoma was that in the short space of time we could not by any possible means get a reso- lution of the board of directors of the Tacoma bank and that the federal reserve bank, to whom the contract wag to be submitted, would very likely have refused to accept it with. out a resolution authorizing the subscription of $50,000, MOTIVE WAS TO ERT CRASH ‘Aa a result of this action I was tried and a verdict of guilty of grand larceny was returned against me. I maintain that the subscrip- tion I made was made with the In- tention of saving the Scandinavian. American bank of Seattle, which if it had failed would have ruined the Tacoma bank as well. Jafet Linde. berg, James R, Thompson, George Williamson, directors, and J. 2. Chil- berg, president of the ‘Tacoma bank, all agreed that my act in trans. ferring the stock was a piece of good \business and necessary to save the Institutions, “I refuse to believe that T am fo blame for the failure, even tho a good many people still have that idea, If the Seattle institution had not gotten into difficulties, I would have had an entirely different story to tell.” In concluding his says in part: “LT lost everything I had in the Scandinavian-American bank in Tacoma, I cannot see what good can come to the state of Washing. ton or to myself by having me con- fined in the state penitentiary for five years. T am sincereiy sorry for these failures and would like to be able to help those who were reduced to poverty in the catastrophe in Tacoma, Tam past 40 yeurs old and have a wife and six children to support. ¢ all these reasons 1 reapect- fully ask the governor of this state to grant me an immediite pardon |from the conviction in this case, and to cause the Judgment to be wiped from the record ” me pay didn't plea, Larson TIRED OF HIM county | hom: | FLOOD SWEEPS | TULSA STREETS Scores of Homes Are Cut Off by Rising Torrents TULSA, Okla, June 12,—Flood waters from the Arkansas river widespread damage thruout Kansas, swept thru here this afternoon, flooding homes along river t and lands he ttom) inundating | farm over a wide area ot swept with flood tor-| of Streets in the outlying sections the city were rents, and were! the nds ores homes rising waters. houses died by the ters and Jout off by Two h along the first on hundreds river were }rush of high of additional between und Sand Springs menaced ra approached the crest Arkansay river Inches an hour predicted it was fi ty along homes here aa the was rising if the} before enti three foot evening and rise comes red the the river commun would PPT KANSAS WATER IS RECEDING an fi ood a stern were rcuaite while citizens in the stricken sections set the task of re building thelr homes and caring for the nufterers Thourands of p the record hj urooned Kans... June day ns made home. ean by h waters were cured for by relief agencies and 6 part pun and Winfield, hard. | is, Were under mar rolled by members of the | Ameri ion and | wh ising the rescue and rehabilitation work in the devastated regions. | City t hit by the fle tial law, pat an I Property damage in Arkansas City was estimated today at approximate. | $3,000,000 and the loss at Winfield y $2,000,000, Five ves in the flood f work well organized with the ald of troops and busine men. The chamber of commerce was} | feeding a thousand people, it was said, and at least two thousand were | being sheltered in homes, thrown! wide open to care for thore made| ute by the floods ials of the chamber of com merce at Arkansas City appealed to! the outside for aid today in relief of od sufterers o- |Floods in Russia Take Many Lives} COPENHAGEN, June 12.—Many persons have been drowned in dis- astrous floods that inundated the province of Perm, in Russia, where the river Kama overflowed its banks, according to Moscow dis-| patches, Hundreds of miles of country has been inundated, and numerous buildings destroyed, FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE ST EET—SiXTH AVENUE Attuning the Home to Summer, with SUMMER FURNITURE REATING atmosphere a at restful home during the summer, with wicker wide comfortable reed on the and porch that overlooks the garden, painted furniture in greens and blues for bre. fast or candle-lit hour—even a new longue for or bedroom ant in the is as vacation coo! kc supper chaise the sun-porch import- pro- gram as the actual plans for summertime travel. Vacationing-at- home it might be called and this store takes just plays of Summer Furnitt lected for good lines and du: comfort, to tend that much-to-bedesired atmospher fulness to home surrou in Summertime, nes, “Summer Furniture Galleries” and Fiber Chair n Furniti: of Natural Reed Swings, Can and Wicker 1 Couch A GURNEY Top-Icing Refrigerator $32.00 has well-built oak finish, It is 29% inches high and is enamel inches wi The pride and ble construction, Rustic F Hemmock hardwood case in lined. s and 46% compart in Outdoor F its comp as well as for of rest during added hours of leisure, un ( ure ; ted niture and Fou rth Floor) Hartshorn rollers, special 75¢ each. 200 PLAIN ous sizes, Tbe each, ment has storage capacity of 76 pounds (commercial ment). at a moderate price: $32.00, Other Gurney Top-Icing Models at $16.85, $19.50 and $28.00. —pboWw measure- A dependable refrigerator ‘STAIRS STORE 100 HOLLAND SHADES, 750 Plain and Duplex Window Shades Special 75C Each DISPOSAL of odd Window Shades, plain and duplex styles, made up in our own workrooms from odd lengths of material, includes: 200 DUPLEX SHADES, green and ivory, mounted on measuring SHADES, in tan, gre: moun‘ed on rs, Rockers and Tables, Lawn 24 tmches by 6 feet, {vory or gréen, vari- Hartshorn rollers, special in white, green and ivory, measuring 36 inches by 6 feet, special Tic each. 250 SEMIOIL COLUMBIA SHADES, mounted on dent-proof nickel-end rollers, sizes 36 inches by 6 feet and 36 inches by 7 feet, in ecru and olivegreen —special 75c each. —Third Floor HERE’S MORE ABOUT BULGARS STARTS ON PAGE 1 garian monarch, who gave the new ministry his approval, is likely to lose his throne and possibly his head, if the peas- ants drive the revolutionaries out, For it is now understood he connived with the conspira- tors who overthrew Stambou- lisky, The former premier, who always dominated the young king, telling some he coull rule only so long as the peasants wished, learned of the impending revolution some time be- fore it broke, It became known to- day. Zankoff, who heads the revo- lutionary government, learnel his plans had been discovered and was forced to launch the coup d'etat prematurely. Forces loyal to the former peas- ant premier are reported to be en- gaging troops of the new govern- ment in armed conflict fn many places. They are heavily armed, casualties are indicated, in scattered dispatches, without any definite number killed and wounded being stated. The storm center of resistance is in the hills 50 or 60 miles north of the capital, whence the feared co- mitadji bands are sald to be ad- vancing on Sofia. Peasant bands are conducting guerilla warfare, cutting communt- gations by wire and rail and ren- dering Impossible massed movement by the 17,000 Zankoff troops that oppose them. Serbia, fearing the flames of counter revolution may spread, is spreading her border pa- trols as well garrisons across Pierot and Uskub. HERE’S MORE ABOUT STREET CARS STARTS ON PAGE 1 ed be subordinated as volunteers, to the rights of the contracting parties, “It seems to this association that the question is fairly before the council and ought now to be de termined; and that is whether the employes and material men or the bondholders will have preference of payment out of the revenues, We believe that the employes are en- titled to first payment because there would be no revenues unless the utility is operated.” BANKERS ASSERT LITIGATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED The bankers assert that litigation ought to be considered at this time, and point out that if they cash warrants now, these warrants will probably be subjected to test suits, In any event, the banks declare, the railway will be on a warrant basis for 18 months to two years and they decline to finance the street rail way during that period, since no settled policy is in force covering {ts operation, To finance the railway during the coming months would tn effect be fi guarantee by the banks of the sums that will soon be due the bondholders in interest’ and prin. cipal, which the bankers do not wish lo do, Jess Willard Hero of Oklahoma Flood PONCA CITY, Okla, June 12.— Jess Willard, former world’s heavy- weight boxing champion, was here to- day and the hero of the flood which threatened the lives of dozens of families when the Chickasha river went on a rampage, The big Kansas cowboy,marooned here by high waters, worked from dawn until dark rescuing women and children from thelr flood-swept homes, Children of employes of the 101- Ranch here were carried to safety on the broad back of the giant Kansan when the waters first became menac- ing. Then as the torrent came, the former champion waded waist-deep to save several women stranded in their homes. Willard stalked thru the rag- ATISFIED drivers make a difference in truck operating costs, too. It is no wonder they are better satisfied when they have Good- year Tires that give less trouble, cover more miles, cushion better, and have standard Goodyeai’ Service be- hind them. We sell the complet te line ¢ Gates SI ts The Commercial Tire Co. ‘Temporary Quarters 1 Matinees, 2:30 Nights, 7 and? Maud Di it Pren “YOUTH” Coming stars of the future. A cast of 10 inimitable kiddies featuring Mary Ca ie and Madine Hamilton O'Mears & Landis DOWNING & O'ROURKE Adonis & Co, LaFRANCE BROTHERS Pantagescope MILDRED ANDREE & GIRLS GENBRAL ADMISSION Matinees, 250 Nights, 400 Sugar Tumbles 20 Cents a Hundred SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—Re- fined cane sugar dropped 20 cents @ hundrea pounds yesterday, accord- fing to an announcement made by the California-Hawalian Refining Co. ‘The wholesale price is now $9.90 a hundred poun ing water where smaller men could not follow. When the last of the women and children had been rescued Jess com- mandeered a saddle horse and swam his mount across swollen streams time and again to bring out ma- rooned livestock. ‘m sleepy,” was Jess’ only com- ment when the day's work was ended. Will Give Lecture on King Tut’s Tomb The inside of the royal Egyptian — sepulcher in which the whole eivile- ized world has been intensely inter- ested will be the subject of the illus. 7 trated lecture Tuesday night at Ply- mouth Congregational church, by’ David Whitcomb, a member of the party that entered the tomb of King Tutankhamen. The lecture will be illustrated by 70 stereopticon views. Preceding the lecture Wallace Mac- Murray, the church organist, will give an organ recital of Egyptian music. All proceeds from the Je ture go to the new Congregational church to be built soon at Col Seattle. In this “What shall I eat” season, when _ but few things appeal to fretful, jaded appe- - tites, you'll find a tempting suggestion in Shredded Whole Wheat—topped with fruits or berries. It's just the light, crisp, crunchy wheat food your system is calling for — made doub- ly enticing toyour appetite when served with the delicious fresh fruits and berries now in season. ' Try this combination today. It’s a sute’ cute for the appetite blues.