The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 21, 1924, Page 1

a eattle ent in Shirtsleeves Today; It’s 20 Below at St. Paul | QUGLAS TO out | The Ne »wspaper With the Biggest Circulation i in Washington. ‘ocr The SeattleStar | Kotered as Second ¢ ass Matter 2, at (he Postoffice at Meattle, Wash, 1572, Per Year, under the Act of Congress March 4, by Mall, $3.50 SEATTLE, WASH., JANI Seven Die in Flames SIX ARE DEAD FLAMING OIL INCOLD WAVE DEATH TRAP Middle West and Firemen Fall Into South Also Hit Tank: Scores Are es by Bitter Blast | Hurtat Pittsburg The gags penn pee ] i graft, vice and lawlessness in Se- MONDAY, ARY 1924 * TRAFFIC SLIP UP TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. TN YET BEATEN, HE SAYS Promises He Will Carry On Work After Jury Has Ended Session SPURNS OVERCOAT HERE | YOU WON'T TEAR THI Forty degrees above zero Monday forenoon gave Seattle the Warmest temperature of any city in its latitude in the United States, according to figures on the extremo cold wave in the Middle West and East received here. And while Seattle citizens were going (o work without Paul to Buffalo were suffering frdin temperatures from 6 to 20 degrees below zero, Seattle was the favored spot in the Northern United States Monday. Huron, South Dakota, was suffering from 14 degrees “below” and » clear sky, and Buffalo, N.Y. was trying. to in a 48mile-anhour a the mercury 6 degrees be- low zero, California reported tempera tures from 10 to 2 degrees coker than Seattle at Fresno and Sacramento and Red Bluff (By United Press) Another intense cold wave to day swept the Middio West, East and South. Some points regis tered new low temperatures for the winter, Central Canada also’ reported intense cold, White River report ing 46 below zero, In Minnesota and Wisconsin the temperature ranged between 15 below and 30 below zero. Ohio reported 12 below zero, with three dead due to the cold. Ilinois and Indiana reported from 12 to 15 below zero. PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 21.— Seven firemen were killed fighting an olf fire at the plant of the Atlantic fining pany in Lawrenceville t Many suffered tense cold. Scores were reported injured. firemen killed fell into a tank of blazing rting in a 10 rrel threatened spread ¢ tanks. ne fire was extinguished at noon. je lons probably will exceed $100,-| 100, company’ officials said. ‘The At- antic. Refining company. issued a} statement saying tha seven dead fire- com lay the in others from of when fuel tank to} were | meon felt Into R SANK Of Wee COMP | position and were drowned. {low AN available firemen in the city | were called out | Company officials refused to al-| newspaper men near the scene | of the blaze, claiming there had/ been too much “publicity? In the million-dollar fire in the some plant | ® year ago, THROWN HEADLONG INTO DEATH CAULDRON | The dead are: Hoseman Patrick Abbott and Capt. Edward Jones, both | of No, 26 engine company; Fire Capt. | Rudolph Bliske and Hoseman John Markham Bob Smith, ter Buck company the boil! San Bolin, Captain Lowrie, eman of No. % was saved from ¢ w tank when pulled out by Fireman Jenkins. Lowrie ¥ badly burne’ and taken to a hos ath in * atthe: will not end with the ad- journment of the King county grand jury late this month. As pointed out by The Star Satur- day the jury is not likely to re- turn any indictments of import- ance due to its clash with Doug- las. Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas Monday directed attention to his recent letter announcing that his | program to fight graft and lawless- | ness cannot be completed by the jury, | | but will be ‘continued relentlessly after the jury has adjourned. “If I have enough money and men I will end open gambling and opea | law violations,” the letter stated. diag said Monday. “That is still my program,”” Doug- “It will be follow. hed.” | } tof the jurors now [investigations as early | } | | return [nesses by While -the jury continued to. call witnesses: Monday, the sole motive is to close their as possible, Many of the jurors have practically issued an ultimatum that they must to their homes and busi- February 1 and have set January 31 as the last period they can serve, Jt was considered likely that the {jury will adjourn before that date as the loose ends of investigations already now being wound up, While a number of jointist indict- ments will -be returned against booze: law violators on evidence given by the federal prohibition agents, it is considered unlikeiy that the jury will return any graft indictments whatever. No true bills the various: started are pital, where it was belleved he will ecover. Jease Mercer and Al Stewart, both (Turn to Page 7, Column 3) BULLETS HALT an cle. died from g taken to An infant, abandoned i | vated station if Chicago, exposure shortly after bel | a hospital One man was frozen to death In Milwaukee and another died from ex posure at Popular, Wis In Missour! bev thermometer reg istered 3 above zero, Nearzero tem- have been voted by the jusors on a number of gambling cases. Tho vote on these bills has been 10 10 6, it is said. Arguments were continuing be- Instead of traffic slips gummed to windshields, Seattle auto law violators soon will dis-| | cover summonses locked to the car. To release the lock they will have to report to the | police station. Here is the inventor, Patrolman R. W. Peay, 905 Spruce st., tagging Miss Marguerite Brennan, 1511 Stevens st., for parking ®vertime. The city has ordered 500 of jtore Judge J. T. Ronald Monday on | the new locks. |the demurrer against the 11 indict Hl ete a jments returned by the grand jury SPEEDING AUTO/TACOMA JEWEL Savage on Trial Today 2°: 2% Release Driver on Bail, Then STORE RAIDED for Sunday Night Danc j#0n have announced they wilt sub }poena the foreman and various Hold Him as Auto Thief | Ry pen Thieves Hurl Rock Thru | . |Hotel Butler Proprietor Arrested an |members of the grand jury, if neces- Halted by a half-aozen shots Window and Take Gems | danna-wrapped Charged with violation of the Sun- {tos dance there if they wish.” “Overcoat? Me? Never wear one. Positively no need for one in the Puget Sound country,” remarks David Whitcomb, new president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Monday Serarutke seats peak ag on morning, when asked to pose for The Star camera. One) of the south, with freezing weather thing he does wear—always—is a buttoniere of Puget) prevailing in other parts of the Sound violets.. Whitcomb was caught by the.cameraman as ke surveyed the site of the chamber’s new building at the southwest corner of Third and Columbia. —Photo by Price & Carter, HOME BREW Howdy, folks! Well, well,now | we can rest up for next Sund: | The Bast is experiencing its first | taste of real ¥ New York re-| ported 12 above zero | Warmer weather is on the way | | weather bureau stated. Texas, Kan-! | Oklahoma and other adjacent palate reported a lifting of the cold wave Star Staff PI rapher see Jan, 21 boulder Hurling a ban the went) Ehree Persons Die | in Cleveland Gale CLEVELAND, Obie, Jan Three are dead, traffic hampered ie American Magazine numerous accidents reported as a re. | telling ambitious young fellows | ' je which struck the city to get ahead. But this ts | eariy y and continued thruout | One drink of Seattle moon-| the morning. id you can get a hea The temperature reached seven be- | . a aoe pied low at an early hour, with the weather bureau predicting continued drops. put him in jail ivan posted ba Middle West Hit and went to get his auto, when De by Intense Cold tective soo smith rearrested him CHICAGO, Jan Intense cold Smith claimed the car bad been| Breaking weather, with a wind, stolen from A. Wood, 3307 Fifth ave, lately |brought suffering to Chicago today Sullivan was heid on an open (Turn to Page 4, Column 4) charge, could reach the scene the thieves had | — Sugiyama {s alieged to have forced | made their In thele hasty an auto driven by W. A. Duper, 1625/ fight, the burglars dropped a dia- | F. Madison st., to crash into another | mond ring on the sidewalk. This was h thra then the . mercery down.” 5 o'clock golf sion | Tom Binnie is the owner of ball whieh has been In the pos pt his family in Scotland for o 00 years. By gosh, it takes a Scotchman to | «: use a golf ball for 200 y The is contin: and} \to two persons. Sullivan was seen speeding along Eastlake. Patrolmen C. 0. Perry and G. Owen chased him for half a mite, | firing at his tires, ‘They finally over: hauled him on their motorcycles, and carst Tom says he would throw the ball} bracelet watches. Everything away, but there's a lot of good wear in it yet. and that could be reached by thrusting a Henry Ford’s company reports Ithat it built 2,090,957 cars in 1923 Most of them were out on the Bothell highway rnoon. |sary, in their efforts to prove that | Arthur Royse, who was present dur: jing the jury's deliberations, acted |solely as a court reporter in the jury room and not as a deputy fired by pursuing policemen early prosecutor, as th the state contends. Sunday morning, Jack Sullivan, 24, was jailed on a charge of driving while drunk, Sullivan was one of three drivers who were jailed Sunday. | plate glass show windows of Mabnke/ day dance ordinance, John Savage.) Savage's attack upon the Sunday The other two were J. A. Land: | company on Broadway, at ‘proprietor of the Butler hotel, was| closing ordinance was opencd in su-| *, 36, steeplejack, driving while |. 4.y morning. unidentified thieves |t0 appear before Judge John B. Gor- | perlor court last week, where Judge | E INSTALLED drunk, and H. Sugiyama, Ses aie aie tied at $2,000, don Monday afternoon at 1:30. | J. 'T. Ronald ruled that the city has} Kirkland rancher, reckless driv- | ss ye dd | Savage was arrested Sunday night|@ legal right to order dances closed | ing. | made good their escape. | | at the cafe of the hotel by Lieut. J. jon Sunday, Auto acelients resulted in injuries! Ineluded in the loot were a tray of | 17, Thomas and Sergt. P. F. Keefe,| The Butler cafe was the oniy | Elected Chamber Chief by gold watches, three diamond rings,|who had been detailed to see Luke} pisos to attempt Sunday night| a vaiuable ink bracelet and pocket! he did not defy the Sunday closing! dance, | Largest Vote ordinance which was recently upheld | PERE SAE | by the courts. oe sae a be installed president of the Seattle Chamber eokén’ window | yf oaet ee coumes Wary: dancing on | ICKSON 1 QUITS {of Commerce Tucsday afternoon, to a $100 bracelet | suceeed Frank Waterhouse, follow: man's arm thru the The golf ball 4s stuffed with feath- ors — a feature much appreciated ilesé Hehe. abe beaned| “Prince of Wales Slips Into Paris,” BY; SOURS pe «eee |says a news tch, “Most of ‘em \«lip after they get there, oe o- a the floor when the of en yest a en except for ing the largest vote over cast at and placed the proprietor under ar T a Chamber of Commerce election, rest. Sa’ accompanied the men | t ie st ion and posted $50 bail othe mhtion!and: posted’ $60: bal With him, beside 16 new trustees, will be installed Worral Wilson and been of the window immedi He then telephoned his attorney. George IF. Vandeveer, who advised | E. Rex Smith, vice presidents-el him to continue the dancing. Say | Thanks Members and Press| a Robert 8. Walker, treaaugle for Their Help aused a burglar alarm to, be! rp west but before police officers | Solin ound old golf ball is soun osity in Scotland. You ought to see i fome of the old balls they use for "| g practice. no curi-| e did this. ‘elect, who was victor over Caspar |W. Clarke in the only contested of- fice. When the ‘new board assemblef De. “It's a test case,” he sald. “T dt going to take it to the supreme court LI'L GEE oe TH’ OFFICE “ and establish my rights. The Butler SEZ: Expressing gratitude for the co- Many an ates eat can Took The American Museum of Natural | History Raw sold one of its 10,000,000-| | F-ck hese goat ind say, year-old dinosaur eggs, and we think fi % the restaurant which served us our | “ham and” thig morning must have} bought it. i | | | | o- TODAY'S DEFINITION A quart is two pints or $7- The man who named all the Pull- man cars has quit his job. He's now inventing new names for Mali JongE. Uttle Willic from his mirror licked the mercury all off, Thiniing in his would cough the funeral, Willie's amartly said to Mrs “Twas a chilly day for childish way it the Horace J. Waffle, who is so sensitive about weaving a Loupe that he sprinkles salt on it to make people think it is dandruff, (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) cure whooping mother At OFFER TODAY of the meny homes offered for sae Ad columts, Here is one that are being in The Star's Want $1.9) COMPLETELY bungatow: 2 Hving =F hURNIstED guod bed nm, dining kitehen; good range and Inoleum, carpets, ma- leather parlor wulte: in near Salmon Pay ash, balance lle ater hogan Want Ad selling this Turn to the who | bungalow ond | | |] furnishea |was Issued for bim. | struck Lewis O'Brien, car at 19th ave, and Jackson st.| picked up by the police, who Immedi- Duper captured Sugiyama and bad |ately notified the proprietors of the him arrested for reckless driving. | store. Landers was arrested in the mid-|~ die of December for driving white | —_——<— drank. He failed to appear in police 6Urt Saturday and a bench warrant He failed to} pont $200 bail and was held, Carl Swenson, 16, 803 32nd ave. at 27th ave ten was taken 2717 Spring and Luke's hospital. He ve no skull fracture, and EF. Union st. O'R to his home jater to the St was found to h but is in serious conditic Corkill was taken to the Generaf after his autgmobile was totally demolished when caught between two st cars in opposite directions at Third He has severe st., pert tle hospital ing contractor: average layman? going ave, and Marion st cuts and bruises, |Going to Build ‘|a Home This Spring? | RE you one of the hundreds of Seattle folks who are planning to put up your own house this spring? Are you awed at the prospect of plunging into the || maze of mystery that surrounds real estate dealers, build- painters and the like in the mind of the }! The Star is going to help you out! Watch for the Home Building feature. joperation given him by assoicates jand the press during his long service | as councilman, Oliver ‘f. Erickson | | formally presented his letter of resis- |nation Monday, Councilman Erick- json will devote his entire time to his jeandidacy for the mayoralty, His campaign headquarters have been | opened in rooms 311-312 Railway Ex- | change building. Mr, Erickson's letter to the coun- ell follows | To the Honorable City Council, \ Seattle, Wash ington. | Ladies anc Gentlemen In-a letter of December 28th 1} gave notice that my resignation | woull be at your service today. Pur- | |suant to that agreement, I hereby ltender my resignation to take effect 1 6 o'clock thig afternoon | cafe is a public dance room, not a danee hall, My patrons have a right | Coming son! (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) | will make his annual This action terminates 13 years odes Tuesday, it will be rendered a ti nancial statement of the year past, and retiring President Waterhouse report. In stallation of officers will follow, and President Whitcomb will give a tatement of policies for the com: ing year, after which he will ap j point the committee on committees j which will select standing commit tees for the year's work. The new governing board will be made up of 15 holdover members, 21 old members who were re-elected, and 16 new members. Frank Waters house will become trustee for @ three-year term, as past president, In_ addition to Waierho there will be four other ex-officio men: bers: R. 8. Boyns past presi: dent; Archie Taft as representative the Retail Trade bureau, and (Turn to Page 7, Cotumn