The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 8, 1924, Page 1

Generally cloudy tonight and Wednesday, Moderate winds, mostly southwesterly, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 47, Minimum, 40, Today noon, NO. 269. a A aE aN Entered as cond Class Matter May 2, 1599, SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1924, - Sor nectar ee entree emdnrieoet eelabetent pepe on-ehoepemm AYOR’S CHAUFFEUR FIRED! SEATTLE SPEEDER AT LAST IS The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington The SeattleStar at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 2, : egemen in Gun Battle ) { : | : | | | | Opera Co, produced “Carmen” | ; here last night. The first four | | . rows in the theater were reserved | Dror ea a EOE OEE TT oe — fer conductors and motormen, | FINE of $20 and a jail sentence of one day was handed | i Ae a a! to a confirmed speeder by Justice John B. Gordon,| 4 | A lot of local citizens were present | Tuesday. to hear Doe Brown sing. They had pa % opi és ‘ i 4, samé heard that the princ character in | Ee was the speede third time in court for the same Carmen” was a bul . offense. } | 1 if acticin ts Twice W arne d, The Star submits that a man who, twice warned, insists Chase Follows the . : ei ; S aeaabe he n : | CA. fs of I a nk on driving recklessly about the streets to the common} | iy m warrant & ihe d Gets O y danger, needs something stronger than a couple of love pats Blowing of Safe; manager of the company 2 - | lability. ts uniidals. - The saya | One Day and al from Justice Gordon. in Tacoma School! / that the bull in “C: A man who, continuously carrying a revolver, amused | 4 be forced to 3 eve | Fine of $20 himself at frequent intervals by firing volleys down Second | With $500 Loot a nee jave., is no more dangerous than a confirmed speed maniac. | ‘ ] One woman BY SAM GROFF |, Yet such a public nuisance as a wild gunman would be; Four heavity.armed gunmen, | fter the show foted for the third time of|/ocked up for five years—and his gun taken av from] safecract:ers by profession, were | 4 Meaney back shdisg <a ic) a £9) vs, oe him, being hunted in the brush near ; Horace L. Stratt , of | Him. 5 ath fdortens fern wae lan ave, was sent to jail for; The Star has said before, and reiterates it, that an auto- (cio Bile il aged perroatg 1 : veven days by Police Judge John B.| Mobile in the hands of a halfwit without regard for the] jae" eee a om Tuesday morning. Stratton |Safety of others is a “dangerous weapon. | Sheriffs’ posses from King and e i a . ; i ps z i ; rivers s drivel . o 6 00-0) , but we couldn't make out a werd | p ed guilty to driving 31 miles} It should be taken away from its driver and its she Beal Ce si he co-operat 4 they said. Try as we could, it /an hour on N. Mth st, Saturday, Should be put behind the bars, not only to punish him, but EoD edboris vatichiceh “elcty 7 sounded jus? like French to us. He was captured by Patrolman R. F.|to preserve the life and limb of his fellow citizens, for Taeshed Locakit’ a nillecsariiey Pes Baerman. whom he has no regard whateve : gun battle with the yeggs on Seattle is now in the throes of @) &: stton once before was convicted; The comfort of speeders and reckless drivers has noth-| the Tacoma highway | Mullding boom, and it ts only 4 Ques | of speeding past a school house and ing to do with the case. The safety of the general public) BIND JANTYOR, ROB tion kd “goood oe ‘etd bomen was also fined another time. Helis the paramount issue. OO: OF bgp : ‘ eres et wie ve a ting oi was unable to pay his fine of $20)"" ,, 2 5 Aetie tuesday tt was dis. ron it. | Monday and was committed to jal! Put ‘em in jail and take their cars away, y, Judge! covered the bandits a few ere lfor six days In addition to one day “— hours, before had ovecpowared John rn " sy st naa baires ive: olleque, r ne Lin: ‘THERE, LITTLE ALLEY the court had already given Pony Being CAT, a cted between Tr WOT CRY Hocking, of the Sunnyside DON’T YOU CRY; who last Saturday bie cked WHEN YOU DIE. ts and ee cane po . rellet Janitor ‘ar reg pped by Patrolmen Fred : iiseonuasike sea nonce L. Webb at Westlake Federal Prisoners Before the Says Charges of Vet Bu- heard the of the e rket, irginia st locking was : es. this bate A Bax ep hill two policemen and Grand Jury reau Conspiracy False Leer preslirv diag ument, speeded up his and had notified th to make | unning over Webb BY JACK NELSON Jan The speedy Marmon car in ¥ rhe wa: Weetiake: at 36 Ch rbes, former the bandits traveled has been re n for tw nutes. Webb commandecred a pass John F. O'Ryan. 1D 8 i Gottstein, Seattle ‘iattare m: “. auto and chased him for several a the senate veterans’ bu Py ve huge sledge WERE THE COPS vihuled bin ited : ka ' Eves - a i se ung people nd hocpes = cracking to. An old coat, which ore a was ne re ns that the pros 1s. |™MAY prove a clue, was abandoned r - 1. He was re had enlist the yeess e-Sihes Hie b ation | TACOMA TIP STARTS an state | WILD CHASE IN NIGHT { Gordon was informed Tues ye the stolen Of course the real ac hat Hocking would ask for a me of his Aster rate, were Din % ort ha tat with abel | ¢ nuance of the ca “There is ft. Whitney, a aby-Sthith, x th = ms “i before the «¢ tat her ch I can do but garnt th For statem oat Judge Gordon sald. “E n had made stato in prowler cars were sent . | o appears in court on such a loped that the co- hich were not | to watch the highway é led to one co: the two branche: 4 by ‘ord In the sen- | F. Bertrand and E. he has never bi uw enforcement was more close. quir to the junction of the irr no it he w lie Craft, a fed 4 extraordinary for the prose oad with the Tacoma county jail, a They placed a red lan ris 150 auto the jury to give evi eet and stopped all 5 t dock 6 car, run j A " ‘ arges r sentenced to serv hed over th t the O tik: to par the county Jail No 8 switched seman? s. Four speeders were was fined $200 car and followed. | say their t Six forfeited bal ce5 prob rocketing over the 078 ie % x # Di Joo Hill brought p with LI'L GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE || Gas Kills One, Shot |craft before the grand jury from ‘ y VAMP, SEZ: ne the jal ul ¢ t circle was The January white seles do not Ends Another’s Life |'"".*"" |... ee a bbe” chicaticadl ct t FREIGHT TRAIN BLOCKS q interest father nearly «0 much 94 fa. MTSE hig hone et — enate In IAD 1 \FE eRe Woe the anthracite black sales { at f "Eo rel 5 x * t O'Rya ‘ te t ed th er ee 5 I f a ns win 7 rec i f 1 rm: i Y bu q t je of @ pan. He had crawled to en't anything on me A reaped dort t ued id the door, seeking escape, bu as s ee Diente ‘ overcome. A partly empty bottle of and aa in dropped to the ground and fled in ¢ ae | rn found MeDonajd oe let the bru The officers came ¢ J =? P found its rear ¢ : s and doesn't. Formal Judgment Passed on| ties Tne yeres, in turn had r ; Ay are ‘ fired thru the rear curtain, tearing TODAY'S FABLE th 4 Slayer of Officer it almost to shred Once upon a time there was a pond waitress who didn’t fill glasses so in his moutt full of water that they would | ap alle His bod: | spill the moment they were lifted taken to the morgue isting eae Soares ees One of Today’s Offers rea Pete, a | ¥E DIARY Up, and pleased mightily with what her out to dinner, and so 5 full concrete basemer . which’ did cost ng, but the ey well ' Wotmnmae Pats Tens ¢ ct me the t a > 5 te Bay nd 1 y > OT: erent be 6 ot Sveciat otter! UP KOR PROBE joat it, Pardee,’ and I of his life n.| WASHINGTON, Jan. §—Influ ena come ur cived permisison to|@lection of Senator Earle B. Ma aia , us ot ut ep ae I 4 sie Ke Tex was Included among? 1} H. Bishe Th the name under | the ix count upon which his ex rt ‘ m gan investigation of hare: Sana Carleton, the dlaver'e | Mayfield's election wa “be she pines ta A te , M en ik oul & pene chairman of see aeinreicag 7 Rie SUT MMES ae i watrohi ‘ ttee, sald one of the f Ps ig. Aa i ~ acy in which the t All of the 1 4 ° Ku Klux Klan are ted 1 grand Two Balloonists atloned, both in. th tH _ Reported Missing peietiar che lor n, Jar Norman Peake ‘and c. c.| Bok Peace Plan Is ; sathine today ceerad gla in «sree | Given O. K. by China : tf , KIN an China prove Art ‘ “et j 5 wat Bente gf te ih ifs Bis Raitoria in The f me H ni dt th nd foreign press thru : |e will pr history-making event Nutt Miata Y My y phy y Liha TeAN Oa ach Mat Pate | residents JAILED! 1872. Ver Year, by Mall, $1.60 NEIGHBORS HONOR Sie, Monday night the faithful service of Mail Carrier Ralph W. Ives was rewarded by his neighbors in Madison park. They met in Community hall, and then little Carlene Gilles- pie presented him with two savings banks full of money. —Photo by Price & Carter Btar Staff Photographers Officer Is Accused of Taking Money and Liquor From Mrs. Russell Accused in a sworn statement of extorting “‘pratection"’ money and liquor from a woman, Pa- trolman Henry John Huhn, 2711 Yesler way, was officially dis- missed from the police depart- ment Tuesday by order of Police Chief W. B. Severyns. Huhn vigorously denies the charges. In a statement to Chief Severyns, he said that “there is nothing to them. Huhn, until a week ago, was driver of Mayor Brown's automobile. His dismissal follows the discharge of several other policemen who have lost their jobs since Chief Severyns [announced his campaign to rid the police department of its ‘‘black | sheep."” | Monday night Mrs. Adolph Russell, |4509 Phinney ave, came to Mead- | quarters and in a sworn statement declared that Huhn, with three other |men representing themselves as fed- eral prohibition agents, had extorted $20 from her, with the promise>to furnish them $19 a month and quan. | titles of Nquor, Huhn at the time, she said, made the grim remark, ‘You don't know me? You'll hear lots about me be- jfore this grand jury {s finished, I | work out of the mayor's office." Babes Weep as | €oetnaote Daddy | HAD MOONSHINE FOR PARTY, SHE SAYS Goes on Stand oi. 228 2.850 jmen came to her home. She was just leaving, carrying a paper sack. “What have you got there?” he Madison Parkites| Reward Faithful Mail Carrier Puesday Madison eee Sinclair Is! s he m nde asked. ct were, if {= * “Some moonshine. I'm going to | Witness Against |, ‘Some, moonmine, % i "You" Il have to come with ys to | Own Father — |. %ettue,to come with ys 9 2 |said to have replied. He took her BY FIELDING LI CHEHALIS, Jan. 8.— ‘There's dadd: trilled the childish in his car and drove downtown. At Westlake ave. and Roy st. he drove into a quiet street and she offered As makes t f th ee him pon- thidlkieig hig Sunday talk to| treble of one of his two small | him $20 for her release. manly OF tree daughters Tuesday, as, with the} “That's a small amount to give MAIL PATRONS REWARD prison pallor on his cheeks, Myron | the four of us," she said the police- man replied. She told him it was all she had, and that it belonged to clair took the witness stand here s the prosecution's star witness | FAITHFUL SERVICE Arak NVae tha danwaereh cates inst his+father. |the Russells’ store, and that she Madison Parkites, always with a| Sinclair's other small daughter | had two small eh idren to: suooaas cheerful word and ready smile. A|Tushed toward her father. His lips| “Take the moonshine and go to w days ago some of the residents|trembled and he reached out his|¥our party,” the woman was tobi. got to othe r and: de ided that his|>ands toward her. Then a deputy Then the officer changed his mind. faithfu) service should be recognized, | brusquel: ve He grabbed (Turn to Page 7, Column 4) They obtained two savings banks|the girl and pushed her back to her Se ae and, taki m around thi seat iy dimes and quart At the same children’s faces. They wept in their time all the contributors wrote their |standmother’s lap. “Why can't we| names in a smal memorandum book, | 60 and kiss dadd. they cried. Madison P mmunity | convicted banker, wept softly. She house. There wag hmaking | had been on the same stand a few — and then litt ar-old Carlene Gil- | minutes ne while her children Mayor Issues Appeal for ? daughter of C. B, Gillespie, |azed wonderingly at her. me ' pre Ives with the banks and|SON MUST TESTIFY Citizens’ Aid the randum book AGAINST FATHER = VETERAN CARRIER, HE Myron’s father, Percy L. Sinclair,] Mayor Brown appealed in behalf TALLIES HIS MILEAGE went on trial today charged with | of geattle's jobless Tuesday. He ng falsifying the reports of the now | asked citizens to provide them, ar defunct Southwest Washington | whenever possible, with temporary bank at Ilwaco. The son, accused | jops in a former case, was sent to|” the mayor suggested: Creation of a Walla penitentiary for @|short jobs, such as window clean md of we e | term of from four to 16 years ing, wood splitting and odd repairs; ha than 100,000| Since that time he had not, un-|atsorption by contractors of all miles, til court opened today, seen his | possible surplus labor “Some fol smi when | wife or babies. There was a touch- the shortage of work will last t see me along with my|ing scé}n as the young banker, |nut a few weeks,” the mayor said. I down must be read: | heavily guarded, entered the court-| phen logging camps and other im tal I'm not. I'm | room and was permitted, briefly, to | qustries will open up. These men over in m: 1 what | embr his young wife, loyal thru | yelp us build prosperity; now let us bout next Sunday.” the tragedy, and his children help then’. tide” over. the -siaain | ping away her tears, Mrs. Irma. | periog,”* T Fi H jSinclatr, almost the first’ prosecu- |" 4 call to ELiotd?0¢ or MAI wo Firemen.Hurt tion witness, testified that she knew | g999, Local 104, will bring a Jobless nothing of the bank's affairs. | ‘ ; in Tacoma Smashup PAITHIN HIS-SON ES to your home. TACOMA, Jan. 8.—Two city WILL BE DEFENSE men were suffering from injuries to-| A father's faith In his son's hon-| Faken by Chauffeur, lith st, and F : that Percy Sinclair, the father,| A charge of robbery was filed W How D, i St now the cc ition of the bank's| Tuesday a inst Jack L, Gordon, hospit bad finances when he certified a report | arrested by a taxicab driver Friday ¢ 1 1 he state bank examiner June 30,|night as he was attempting to rob to be taken today to d A. H. Reiter, a woodsman n ext h will seek to establish| Gordon and Reiter entered the JJ ngster lair ac 1 In good|cab on Fir ave near the Travei aft t 4 & nothing of the bank's | er hotel tly after B. M. for a bruised affairs, but trusting wholly to his|Schwartz, the driver, heard Rel a wrenched knee. son. say: ve me back my money It is the prosecution's attempt to} Then Gordon ordered the cab . ove to the contrary that has caus.|stopped, but Schwartz speeded up Warsaw Tribunal it to b the son from his cell| his machine and turned Gordon over in Bomb Attack against his own father, 'The|to Patrolman Robert Bridges, to establish that Percy! B= LONDON, Jar known per- | S06 " ; ya : y 1 tho military tk |Sielair aid have Knowledge of the| Wil] Investigate vinubeie’ beatepeed ¢ FRIENDS STOP | Chicago Grain Pit War t th HOTEL FIGHT | WASHINGTON, n. 8.—The sen- tral i enty’ telegraph Monday t a clash between | ate ay adopted without debate the aay Prosecutor John I. O'Phélan, of 1 resolution, directing tt ore. t © have arrest- | Pacific cou: who leads the prose-|t of te estigate ed ‘sover ns as a result of the | cut gainst the } and alleged manip as on the Chicago vutrage | (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) grain exche