The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 5, 1923, Page 6

é THE SEATTLE STAR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, Daily Doings of The Star’s Family of Famous Comic Folks '‘— ae ae E a T TEMPUS TODD uttuaenien EVERETT. TRUE BY CONDO 41 0 : = ——— o ‘ fynar Does Sve Do) THA'S THE WAY Witt Jus IUGHT I'D FIND YoU Down TH IT ALL?) | Dunno, I WIMMING THEY AINT Niven | [HERG THIS EVENING, GVERSTT, Tt WANT we, (weven Gues tr) SATISFIED. THE Less To TAUS OVER A LITTLE To ot \You Give THEM THe = Business WITH “ou WHILE You'Re == Just Like a Woman m iniinenpeaaiies or i! 7 > TT TS Twat Gai CeLesTial He Fer 1s. Tempus) How COME ) WHITE WHICH BLée ) WHAT THE MANTER = j (Wo =e (Ba Me ONCE + | ’ | You Looks SAD --—— iG " ~~ PRSTERIN' ME ALU THE Te : a Story by Octavus Roy Cohen SH@ WANTS THAT AN’ THEN LONE WANTS SOMETHIN’ BLS ——— : ascent wb De FUST SHE WANTS THIS AN’ THEW a ae ee thet Vafe7 Ve e’ Tail NTT I ~ sY STANLEY SC sa (No-NO >) =e BREE (How You Gon \ |PRIL ALMasT})! SAY I8ET (HO WASH! DE WAY | To SAVE IT TILL) {GOT IT in | {TH BASE BALL ) ig) SMO ARMS \S FLAPPIN’ ‘ 2 | \WAS A WRECK" : \ f 6 YOU GO TO (mi Neck? ] YO'D THINK YO WAS ) LAIR MOS OB DE — HOOTS TOWN . TIME! TO SEE ~rouR “ | \ s * mel GIRL. SUNDAY . { ‘ NIGHT 26 | | = ——_4\ \ IT BOY, AH KNOWS IT. } ) CAUSE. ISE UPIN DE / - WwW Seattle Police Probing poral Spanish Swindle Scheme Seek to Find Authors of “Bunko” Letters to_ American Victims BY LESTER M. HUNT beautiful senjorita is apparent- Determined to break the in ly thrown in for good measure ternational swindle ring which to attract some rejuvenated has been flooding the United business man whose — business States with correspondence for sense is dulled by the thoughts years, promising rich reward of honeyed moonlight evening» for aiding an imprisoned Span- at sea with the guitar of the Ish banker, the Seattle police seniorita tulling the wild waves, department is conducting an from thelr savagery. ‘ investigation which may event- | ‘phe correspondence im answer fo ually lead to the arrest Of ithe cable is voluminous, inclosing4 some of the principals or their | -tiegrams to be sent to Senor} confederates in this country. tublo, Norte 181, Carrasa, Spain, H. N, Potter, detective in charge) trom Paris and London. Rubio, it = of the bureau of missing Persons|x5ears, is. the brother-in-law of? > Wednesday outlined the steps the|the <atjier’ who befriends the ime, WASH FUNK NEVERTHAS BEEN 4 | department has taken in following | 5 p:.onea" be: . ABLE “TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ‘up one of the letters received here - THAT HARD ING MULE OF HIS. iL tele he TODAY SHOWING FOLKS THE BUMP HE GOT ON THE HEAD WHEN HE MERE Bier: — CTY BALL GAME and thru U. 8. consular officials : iM bs > in Barcetona, ts hopeful of bringing| CASH ON PERSON —<, sabe {the authors to justice. The correspondence vemphasizes | Many letters have been received| the necessity of bringing the $8,000 BY SWAN lim Seattle, purporting to come from| i cash and completing jall negotia- lan imprisoned Spanish banker who/tons the day the traveler arrives, | has secreted $360,000, and desires| Potter plans to trace the nich |the aid of the person to whom) conspirators thru the U. 8. postal? \the letter is addressed in recover-/ authorities and U. S. consular and jing this money, offering a third| diplomatic officers in Spain. jof it a# a reward, Confederates are believed to be | POTTER FINDS OUT operating in this country, furnish- | WHEN HE'LL ARRIVE ing Spanish headquarters of the The letters ask that before writ-|ring with the addresses and namss ing, the person recviving the letter, |of prospective victims. cable to an address given, Potter} The attention of the police de- cabled recently and in reply re-|partment was attracted thru one ceived detailed instructions for the|of the letters received here, which trip to Spain, which were worked| was turned over to Potter, out so thoroly as to bring the| The letter from the jailed banker, OH BON-EVER SINCE 1 WON THAT BIG RACE. WHEN | WAS FB JOCKEY TH GIRLS HAVE BEEN CRAZY GON TWO MORE SEATS - ® DOUBLE AINT GOT Ni CHANCE AT KID - NOTA C Bur '\. A STICK TO MILL | THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVER Suffer This on Your Soprano THEM DAYS 1S GONE FOREVER! LL SING THAT ONG — "A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO*- “WAY IS A SAILORS UNIFORM LUKE A MAN WHO'S LOST KIS SHOE 7° WAN THAV’S A VERY SIM ONE — * onto THEY GOTH traveler to a designated village at| Roberto de Silva, states that the $42 p.m |name of the person addressed was The traveler is directed to bring|obtained from an American pris- $3,000 in cash to turn over to aloner, well acquainted with the per- Jailer in the confidence of the pris-/son solicited. oner, when a portmanteur contain Similar letters have been cir- thg the secreted wealth, is handed| culated about. the country for |to tho traveler, years but ro estimate has been This accomplished, the traveler is; made of the number of yictins | to return to Chicago with the beau-| to fall for the optimistic re- | tiful daughter of the banker and|— ports. there cash tho bank drafts. It is believed that tho victims As a reward, the “sucker” fs to/ have been very few, because of |recelve one-third of the sum or/the fantastic nature of the enter $120,000. prise and the long trip frivolyed. BY AL POSEN The return trip with the |The letters are mimeographed, but | ~ the job is so well done as to de. TOKYO DEATHS |cetve the casual observer. The |handwriting appears to be that of xX one unfamiliar with English, The EXAGGERATED) sinrascstony ix good, the comeutnn NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—First indi.) Stited. cations as carried by the United} Detectives are combing the Span- Press Tuesday that the early esti.|!8h colony here for suspects, aud mates of the number of dead in|®Pe reported to have several sus- Tokyo were greatly exaggerated,| Pected members of the ring under were officially confirmed from both| SU" “illance. American and Japanese sources to- ae aah % day. R 1 While the world was staggered EPORT BANKS by reports of 350,000 dead, United Press dispatches on Tuesday! NOT DAMAGED brought the first word indicating that these estimates. would prove] The Yokohama Specie banking to be overdrawn: | houses, both in Yokohama’ and Early today the Osaka corre. » are safe, according to & spondent of the United Press re. ved Wednesday morning iterated yesterday's dispatch that eattle branch. Tho Yoko: the death list would be found to|h@ma building was reported de- be smaller than first reported and| Stroyed in earlier dispatehes. The stated that the deaths in Tokyo} cable received Wednesday ame were: now eatimated’ at 16,000; from the bank's Shanghai branch. Ambassador Wood, in a message] It follows: to the state department, places the} “According to correspondents of ZA , E Tokyo casualties at 10,000, The rai news agencies and a tele. = = = = = Japanese home office, a wireless to) Kraph news agency, the Yokohama 2 SS aL San Francisco reports, places the| Specia bank, both in Yokohama —— : a | number of dead in Toyko at 10,000,| and Toyko, are safe,” $ ‘ r prarhaehnn ia ia F ECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS An Important Engagement and the dead in Yokohama’ at { he, SAY! WHAT'S i TM MATTER oF WILLIE? HE WONT COME Boy, 12 Years Old, Held as Murderer WINNIPEG, Sept, 5.—Believed to | 110,000, |Oregon Archbishop Given Church Honor WE'RE GONNA WAVE A FURNACE NER IN “TH LOT AW C'MON GEE WHIZ, WE: Th WANE: CHOC'LATE CANE AN! OUT OF HIS YARD. AN-LE'S: GO BACK, T' HIS Hose AN TELL, HIMA C'MON WILLIE. You. T PROMISED HER. ROME, Sept. 5.—Archbishop Chris. tie, of Oregon, has been appointed bishop assistant to the throne, the vatican arinounced. Thomas K. Maher and Caesar Craselli, formerly of Cleveland, have been appointed commanders itn the order of St, Gregory the Great. Pony Express Due * ’ in Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 6 The modern pony express, well over half way along its route trom St, Joseph Mo. to San Francisco, is due to clatter thru the streets of Salt Lake this afternoon and, after taking on more mail for to Pacific coast, gallop away into the dosert country to tho westward be the youngest dofendant to ever face a murder charge in. Dominion courts, Peter Sawickt) 12, is now being held in the Dauphin court houso jail awaiting — proliminary trial, The boy is charged with shooting and killing = Mrs, Anna Kunka Saturday night, Sept. 1. His ° mother was severely injured in a fight which preceded the shooting. American Warships Taking in Relief OSAKA, Sept, 6—(1:80 p. m)== The first of the American Pacifie squadron which is rushing to Yokohama to take part in. roliet work had arrived at Kobo, United States destroyery touched at that pert today, Vy