The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1923, Page 1

MR. JUSTICE Discusses Candidates for City Council PAGE 4 WEATHER Probadly Maximum, 57, Today noon, 57, occasional night and Wednesday; fresh to strong southwesterly winds Temperature Last 4 Hours ie Laine Neveaacer 0 Newspaper With t the he Biggest Cire Cieuiviste Weakiicton in Washington rains to- Minimum, 44, Ratered as Becond Clase a 3, NO. At the Postottion at Beattie, Wash, SE ATTL E, WASH., ‘TUESDAY, DECE MBE R 18, 1928. MOKE THE GRAFT! Home Brew | | | | Howdy, folks! Have you been | indicted by the grand jury yet? | Noither have we—yet, | oe More than 104 men have been in- dicted for gambling, but this doesn't include those. who bought second. hand automobiles. see The grand jury !s now going to Probe moonshining, it Is rumored. Isn't this another case of locking the cellar door after the white mule has escaped? se. AN EXPERT Mayor Brown says that the ecard room Indictments are po litieal bunk. Weill, Doe ought to know political bunk when he sees it, eee ‘The Super-Power league met In Se- | attle yesterday. Of course, got super-power right here now, but who can harness a windmill to Doe Brown? we've Only 13 more foils, and Dr. George Marsi any more spouse than a s feathers, pe we Now that a police sergeant In New York has ruled that “Hamlet” 1s not | immoral, he might start on “Venus | and Adonis.” ( France has decorated thre clowns with the Legion of Honor. | Wonder if they were counctimen? 3 | | Los Angeles is passing a number | of blue laws, undoubtedly to keep Jackie Coogan out of mischief. eis | Only five more shopping days be-| fo and we haven't; boug Jes her bouquet of} poison Ivy ye } a | CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON | IVY CLUB | Gink who insists upon opening | his mouth to show you where the dentist filled the eavity. A new play haw York called “The Al ought to be a striking affair. Im has sued a per for libel. If he w ts paid in marks y the former | idea of a libel suit un. less ad atwut Mayor Frown's suit against Jimmy Kellogg for $10,000. kais Congress was deadlocked for nearly | 0 days, and for a time it looked as t not Be able tg pass any _ unfortunately somebod: y| An Oregon congressman has {ntro- won't get Europe WHAT T0 GIVE FOR CHRISTMAS Give the laundress a foot-warmer for her limousine. Her mind's as blank a he's dressing Wthe and dapper last year she was a lapper, upon the oeba’s dropped de YE DIARY After dinner to the Howse, for I do find that extravagn then I an free terms, Is OUT Police Chief Admits There Are“Black Sheep” on Force (FoR months it has been common talk about town, in circles ordinarily well informed, that there was graft in the police department. Stories have been circulated that: A sum aggregating $100,000 a month has been collected by policemen for 8 negpetscd law vio- lations. Poiicemen on some of the “lucrative beats” as- sessed the proprietors of bootleg joints and houses of ill repute large suns for “protection.” That complete lists of the names, addresses and amounts of assessments were kept by “col- lectors” to make periodical rounds of the beats, gathering up the money. That gambling houses set aside a “cut!” asa guarantee against interference by the policeman on the beat. That all sorts of places, doing business on the ragged edge of the law, were “shaken down” for large sums by various members of the police department in exchange for being allowed to op- erate. That even minor offenses, such as traffic vio- lations, were being squared with the law by “slipping the officer something,” and that many concerns whose business required that their trucks or wagons stand overlong in the streets could evade interference by “paying the cop.” The manager of one Seattle taxi comapny, at a recent meeting of autoists, made the open statement that when he started business he had been approached by a member of the police de- partment and told that “unless I come thru, I'll be run out of town.” Operators of taxis and for- hire cars, he said, who refuse to contribute to this police “grease pot” are marked for special attention by many traffic officers. “THE grand jury, following the 71 indictments returned as a result of its gambling invesiga- tion, is turning next to a probe of the police de- partment. Police Chief Severyns sa} cutor Douglas every aid in the department. Reports have it that several of those already indicted have asked for permisison to save their faces by telling what they know. For the chief, he says he welcomes such a probe as Douglas contemplates. He denies that there is truth in the taxi man’s charges, but sa) that he realizes there are “black sheep” in his department, and wants them cleaned out. In order to give the honest men on the forcé a clean bill of health, Severyns has promised the prosecutor every aid. Seems rather inconsistent, too, considering that Mayor Brown, for whom Severyns is right- hand man, pooh-poohs the grand jury investiga- tion, and calls it polities. * “THE persistence of the graft stories and the neat way in which the gossip, starting at widely divergent points, dovetails into the whole, lends credulity to them. ; Wher 2 there is so much smoke there is bound to be some fire. ‘ , The grand jury, which so far has confined its efforts to violations of the gambling laws, should begin immediately to rake over the coals in the police department and FIND THAT FIRE If IT EXISTS. : ‘Ta ; The public has heard so much of it in gossip, and for so long, that THE PUBLIC BELIEVES IT’S THERE. Chief Severyns indicates from his statement about “black sheep” that HE BELIEVES IT’S THERE. The Star wants to see every grafter behind penitentiary bars For it believes there is no crook so abhorrent as the officer of the law who in reality is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s up to you, Prosecutor Douglas, to S THEM OUT! he will give Prose- cleaning house” in landed MOKE HUGHES DENIES PARLEY PICKPOCKET GETS CASH | ioe James McCabe, has a few of listening to the testimony of witnes law violations. The camera the County-City building fe for a breath of fresh air. RUM SHIP LOST, minutes each day to "AGENTS. DECLARE Have Sunk With Cargo and | Crew of Two Men’ GENEROUS SANTA Some Mighty Fine Offers the Act of Congrese March 8 187, [ “BIG GUN” OF GRAND JURY 1 foreman of the King county grand jury, spend away from his work ses called to uncover snapped him Tuesday as he left — | who are The Seattle Star Por Year, by Mail, $3.00 * & ICHIEF AIDS PROBE! EDITION) Two CENTS IN SEATTLE. ADMITS ‘CROOKS EXIST Turns Over Special] | Investigator t 0) | Find ‘Black Sheep” of Flock Will Drive Blindfolded |Says Eyes Are Not Needed in Traffic By John W. Nelson | Graft in the Seattle police] department will be probed to} jthe bottom and those found lguilty will be discharged} from the force and prose- cuted under grand jury in-) dictments. | Terminating | gambling which gamblers prietor of finding | indictments against alleged and gambling house pro: the grand jury ‘Tuesday | was préparing to direct a senrcht leye into the alleged underwo jactivitles of the Seattle police de- rtment, Chief of Police W. B. Severyns called Prosecuting Attor- | ney Maldolm Douglas by telephone | offered to help. want Prosecutor Douglas help me ferret out th the ranks of told of will give anee_and di men %o ak Its Investigation led to th Chiet the ju activities him every possible 2 ail bing graft in his ¢ Prosecutor Douglas di when of the stand the F “It epted I am glad to istance of any peace officer Jared that while he be he me a on yns ded s the majorit police force doubtedly are r are ating with the un | world in and abetting} ls aft | There isn't force in the Seattle force kind doesn't ex “T have tried to m glad to help the condoning police world as | where graft chief t down, an gator, Bob e grand jury ¢ booking a he $3 on returned by is from e pplice the office wer ury room t 1 testimor grand jr t who also inter ar upon J places LARGE NUMBER SUMMONED (Tarn to Page 4, Column 4) 'day that I a|peep at the TAKE 2 Alla Axiom BY G, LUCILLE B 3 traffic prob! It on every hand suffer from it eve down town. 1 or 700 traffic Seattle's see it and seems, with some 600 accidents to our dis at if driv little more jertnes of these same laccadant minated. Well—there's one man right ‘hese in Seattle who believes tliat if aut elop could dr % would only ¢ nelr sixth bit the with their eyes shut far can, with bandag’ | ment: | “lm re wel time We drive SUSPENDS COP CHARGE AE WAS DRUNK ‘Bothered Woman; Hit Man and Beat Chinese, Chief Says Accused of having assault- ed two men and a woman near Fourth ave. S. and Main st. Monday night while under the influence of liquor, Detective Harry Weedin was suspended Tuesday by Chief of Police Severyns. « ef of Police W. B. Severyns ed the suspension order after he been told of the fracas. Weedin, |according to Severyns, arrested Wong Bong Chew, smashing him in the face with his fist, and then sent ©\him to Providence hospital, where he better than] remained ‘ j| Most of them do with them open!} He states with-all sincerity that He es Closed beneath sealed 1 solely by his al visiony actually drive an auto- Tuesday, suffering from severe injuries to the face and head. ; Weedin, ap ently; had no cause whatever for arresting the China- man, according to Severyns. An hour later Weedin was near the same street corner when he at- | tempted to speak to Mrs. B. L. Wik sham, of the Idaho hotel. She |fled. Weedin grabbed her by the + YOUl arm. jom, tery, who! ti, much Tues- pted to taka 2 mack stage.” Mr. Axiom, I queried, my «il conventior ‘ou do tt—ju power of breaking bounds, “how do wh t usual sensath s nothing mysterious about | (Turn to Page 4, Column 3) = GIRL, LAWYER DIE FROM GAS Week-End Party Has Tragic | Ending for Pair ) gas during an alleged booze party, the bodies of Eugene A, Childe, prominent attorney and former state and police judge, and , a divorcee in the city where they moved Monday afternoon r they were found in Childe's 9801 62nd ave and dar morg Pist., driver Smith bu afternoon, telling his ste that he would be in Port Orchard the week end, Monday n Child afternoon. court eth McRae urainst a charge of spc had the continued, out to find Childe went to the house which he had sold a (Turn to Page 4, Column 4) TACOMA os SAF ES TACOMA, Dec. 18.—Yergmen, been or n th ling, then s loose in played mysterious gentleman curt | ‘on of tWo| transferred to the and would return } Seattle mu-| and| « at 9801 y | Winans, of the Huston ho- tel, campaign manager for the Catho- parish fund, interfered and. at- jtempted to argue with Weedin. Winans said that Weedin launched |a sava ck on him, beating him with his fists, Winans’ ¢ were smashed, cutting his and several teeth were knocked Weedin arrested Winans and jhad him taken to jail, where he was hospital. r was ipterviewed by according to the chief, ad family trouble at ne and had gone downtown and | had taken a few drinks. He remem, red nothing of what had occurred, V as an automobile driver for YOUTH INJURED “IN -GRASH DIES 'Boy Driver of Car Is Turned Over to Coroner | Severyns ja that h from injuries received Jearly Sunday morning, when he was thrown headlong into a ditch when the automobile in which he was |riding was forced off the road on |the Des Moines highway, John Me- Farland, 21, of Kenwood place and | Green L way, died in the city hosr uesday morning, His skull jwas fr | Suffering | n, 1s, of 106 W. 5oth of the automobile, was |turned over to the coroner by the police for further investigation of the accident Tuesday. jolden reported that several people were in the ¢ar, in: ing Margaret Ostrom, 5129 Find- st.; Glen Dubois, 210 N, sith and Helen Carter, 4615 Olympus The auto was proceeding toward eattle, when another machine, in ssing it on forced it from the road. The car catapulted telephone and then ditch. McFare was thrown out and crushed under the auto. He was taken to the city hospital, where he died 48 hours later curve, into a pole over into a °| Prospective Jury, Men Against Death Inability to find twelve Jurors who ‘The entire panel was Monday and court ad: Tuesday when new ted Int until Klan Insurgents Start New Lodge EM, Ore, Dec, 18.—Insurgent of the K « Klan and 10 go yesterday Protestant