The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1924, Page 3

TURDAY, USED Ten, fifteen o} and miles is tell you that. take it from floor. Fast Pine at Summit How I Buil A Man of Moderate Went About It, as BY JACK HALL AVING determined to own our home tn Seattle and escape the discomforts—and per- fis—of apartment dwelling, wo decided to build rather than buy a house and had agreed upon a view lot in the south Madrona district, The salesman who sold us our lot had guaranteed title insurance In the sum of $1,000. “That's all right as far as the lot is concerned, but when wo build a house on it, and the title proves faulty, how are wo to be protected,” queried the wife, who has an intuitive senso of caution about such matters. “I'll get an abstract of title,” said I, and it cost us $20 at one of the abstract companies. Then I went to the county auditor's office and paid $2 for recording the purchase and we felt secure. The abstract gave the history of the lot from the time it was homesteaded down to our pur- chase, 50 we knew the title was clear. ‘We paid an architect $19 a room for sketches of a six-room house --then decided !t wasn't what we wanted at all. But the money was not all wasted, as it gave us Instruction in the mechanics of house plan- ning and, with a roll of drawing paper, a half-dozen sharp pencils and a well<defined plan in mind, I set out to draw pictures—or rather plans—of our new home. » Wireless Revives “Striking” Canary VANCOUVER, Wash. Jan. 26.— ‘Mrs, George La Londe’s 12-year-old canary, once a famous singer, went on @ musical strike several years ago, and never uttered a peep since —until last night. The La Londes bought a new ra- dio set and tuned in for a musical concert. The canary started singing with ail its might. Discuss Athletics in Public Schools Discussion of athletics in the pub- lic schools and the value of educa- tional tests were to occupy the at- tention of members of the King County Principals’ association at thelr monthly meeting at the coun- ty-clty building Saturday, “Round Table” Club to Be Formed Here Seattle Is soon to have a “Round Table” club, a business men's tunch- eon club of a type similar to the Rotary, Kiwanis, Gyro and other organizations, Robert D. Yan Tas sel, of San Francisco, {s now in Se. attle to arrange for the establish- ment of a chapter of the Loyal Knights of the Round Table Inter. national. Spokane Boy Sees Mother for First SPOKANE, Jan. 26.—Fifteen-year- old Howard Straub's lifelong ambl- tion—to see his mother’s face—has been realized, The boy, blind since an attack of infantile paralysis when only a few weeks old, was operated on. When bandages were removed from his eyes last night, he cried: “Oh, moth. er,” you're so pretty! Seattle Ice Cream Co. life of a Dodge Brothe Motor Car. Any owner will it still has a long and useful life ahead of it when you STORY NO. 3 ES:’=dT~Ss;~ OO TE A A Dooce BrRotTHers CARS r twenty thou- nothing in the Ss Meaning that our Used Car EA st-0313 t My Home Means Tells How He a Tip to Other Men It was midnight when I gazed | upon my handiwork with par donable pride. There was tho ground floor, with the living room and dining room oceupying two-thirds of the space. There was the side elevation and tho front = elevation and rough sketches of the basement and second story. Drawing plans for houses is great fun. So, armed with these, we went to interview a contractor, “Fine,” ho said. “Of course this stairway goes up a little too fast and you have not al: lowed for building ordinance provisions on thickness of con- crete, plumbing fixtures, double chimney flues, electrical safe guards and such matters, but we can take care of them. And for a large living room like that I would prefer a nine-foot ceil. ing.” “But what will It cost us, just a rough. estimater’” I faltered. The house was to be 40x30 feet, two stories, Colonial atyle. “A rough estimate is $7,200 for a full two-story house or $6 per square foot of floor space,” he replied. “For & story and a half tt would cost you $6,000, or $5 per square foot, and for one floor, $4 per square foot, or $4,800. That house is ample for a five- or even six-room one-story bunga low. The living room Is quite large, you see. I staggered out of the place for air. “Guess we'd better revise our plans a little, as that’s @ bit too high,” I said. Gathering up my plans and my wife, I walk- ed home to do it all over again. (Monday: What we finally de cided upon.) HERE’S MORE ABOUT DUBOSE STARTS ON PAGE 1 the Seattle boosters. Just before I left Tokyo, some of my Japanese friends asked me what dominant impression I would carry back with me to America, after a residence of two and a half years fn Japan, In Seattle today Americans have asked me the same question, ‘This is my answer: There will never be a war between Japan and the United States. Talk of war between these coun tries—- which talk Isn't heard in Japan any more from any even semi. responsible source—is all bosh. There are a number of reasons for this. One is enough to give. It !s that the Japanese people absolutely do not want such a war. There are several reasons why they don't want {t. One is enough to give. It is that they know they couldn't win it. But back of all that, there Is In Japan a widespread and sincere feel ing of friendliness for the United States. That is true, despite the unanimous regret and distaste Japan has at the United States supreme court decision in the anti-alien land law cases. The Japanese people as a whole were profoundly grateful for America’s generous earthquake re lief-— which was greater than any other country gave; greater, éven, than that Japan itself gave—and tho Japanese people will never forget that gratitude. PRESS AIDS JAPAN UNDERSTAND AMERICA ‘The United Press associations of America now carry a daily cabled report of American and world-wide news to something over 230 dally newspapers in Japan, including, with out exception, every big paper In the empire, The United Press report also goes to Korea, Manchuria, China and the Philippines and 1s In. creasing steadily over the entire Orient. ‘The influence of the press is be. coming a powerful factor im Japan. ‘The people are great newspaper readers. The Osaka Mainichi and |Tokys Nichi hi, sister sheets, have a combined circulation of about |1,750,000—which is surpassed by only a few papers in the world, Giving! |the people of Japan the straight news facts of America and the world, which the United Press is doing, has played no small part in the develop ment of Japan's understanding of America. |being brought up IN MINE HORROR Gas Explosion in Illinois Shaft Causes Deaths JOPENSTON CHTY, Ill, Jan. °6—"Phirty workers were known (ead today in “Isttle Egypt's” latest mine hos ‘or, Twentyelght Identified bod two unidenté fled, two missing and elght back ly ImJurea wero the toll of am explosion of ming gas yesterday Mftermoon In the east silo thine Of the Creerar Com company, Most of the d 3 were killed by suffocation as gas flooded tw: © thr emtrics of the workings, Their ® were found im contorted attt tudes, welth water soaked coats ab thelr faces, The tmjured were suffering from burns and gas. Two hundred and ninety of the 350 men im the mine when tho explosion ocourreet dashed to the main entry ind were lifted the 336 feet to the ERAN MINERS IN RESCUE SQUADS Quick word spread that 60 were itil missing. A hundred veteran miners volunteered te form rescue ‘quads to go after thelr comrades And summonses were dispatched to Herrin, Johnston City and Benton mine reseue teams. About dark 23 were brought to the surface, three of them injured. They had beer near the mamin entry Four Johnston City physictans with prtmotors accompanied the res. co sqtzmds on thelr mext trip, Thru the smoky, gasfilled Aart hows of the underground passages thy groped, Two hours later word Wis semt to tho surface that rome of tho missing were found—dend, HUNDIRIEDS KEEP VIGIL. EN NIGHT © maidnight defintte won! came © surface that the Injured were and the dead would follow later. Embalming supplies ind “mine morgues™ were brought from Marion and Berton in automo. biles early in the morning as the bodies were brought up, Hundreds of workers In this clustvely coal miming town of "ploody Williamson county” kept tho vigetl thru the might and morn- Ing ax they awaited word of thelr comrades trous mine accident since 1118, when tho Royalton mine claimed $0 in an explosion. Herbert McCullough, mine man: ager, amd Jesse Ford, “fico bows,” Were mimong the first bodies of the Mentified dead. . 250 Make Diceats From Mine Flames NEW GOSHEN, Ind, Jan. 26 Two hwmdred and fifty miners ow caped from a burning mine near hero yesterday without accent }to x Tho fire started from a short-cirewit 1 trolley wire, Within teas than an hour all the men hed been hotsted to the ur: fico amd two squads started to f% the flames, t HERE’S MORE ABOUT MRS. WEST STARTS ON PAGEL the artifictality an@ the constraint that immmmediately surrounded me when people discovered thta I was the wife of a minister.” Mra, Wrest exonerates her huband from amy blame in the events that Id up to the separation, she has returned here to her apartment, where, she says, she will take up her study of music ones more. “But I want to do moro than that ~—I wamt to get some kind of work that will give mo contact with real human Beings," she added. The reporter asked Mn, West whether she considered that the church Thad been keeping up with the changes in society toward modern- am, ‘Absotutely,” she replied promptly. “The church should mot let down tts ttandards. It has Gone remarkably well in Kkeping step with tho chang- Ing conditions of modern lif, The church is the rock upon which ctwilt mtion must bulld.”* Rev. West was formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of Tacorma and left this post there several years ago, going to San Francisco, He gained national prominence by preaching the funeral service of the Into Warren G. Harding at San Fran- clsco. Mra, “West arrived im Seattle Ert- day afternoon, Club Would Hear City Candidates Candidates for city offices were Invited, Saturday, to speak and take ina free dinner at tho Milllonair dub, at 7:30 p.m. Tho new head- qurters of tho club aro at 123 Main st. Identifies Car by Well-Known Rattle DOUGLASTON, N. Y., Jan, 26.— "You can toll ‘em by their rattle,” according; to Mrs, Willam Prey, who testified in court that an auto- moblle driven by three menwas her own, | Canucks Plan Party Tho Seattle Canadian club will tage a Valentine party at tho Fed- (rated clubhouse, Harvard = and Thomas, February 6. A membership |drive is tamder way, All former Cana dans are eligible. The club presi- dont is Dr. I. L, Nesll, 1615 sth ave. pe samme error SUSPENDERS NOW DECLARED TO BE OKEH BY FASHION EW YORK, Jan. %—The lowly gallus, lifted from ite humble stato when Rodolph Vat- éntino was discovered to bo hold- ing his pants up with pretty pink ones, has beer re-ostablish- «4 definitely in fashion's favor, According to Samuel Rogal of tho Merchant Tatlors’ associa- tion, the proper dress decree bearing on tho poimt is: “Buspenrers shall be worn im place of belts, except In sum- mer, when summer apparel does not Ineludo vests.” It was the most disas.| THE SEATT 30 MEN KILLED (GROWN PRINGE OF JAPAN WEDS | Great Public Outpouring as Ceremonies Start TOKYO, Jan, 26.—/This was the Wedding day of Princess Negako Kunl and Crown Prince Rogent Hiro- hito, future emperor of Japan. It was the looked forward to At one time by tho Japaness people As 8 Ume of celebration and fontivi tlos, but inaster had laid ite hand upon the nation and instead of pomp, ootentation and general galety, sim: pliclty and qpletude, not without great public outpouring, marked the ening honies Of the day At 9:10 princess, a. who ia to sit with him on Japan's throno, left their homes for tho Imperial palace, where the actual wedding ceremony was to take place | —witne, 4 only by a few persons; members of each family, and those qualified to go behind the great gates of the sacred homo of the emperors. [STREETS PACKED SOLID |WITH LOYAL THRONG t 8 En route to passed along nt palaoo they packed solid jwith Japanese of all clamses, Both tho prince and his bride are im mensely popular with the people, and, altho the prince regent had re- quested that his wedding be without display, the masses could not be re- strained from expressing thelr re- gard and their interest in a great publio outpouring, Never was a olty more carefully kuarded, however, Along the route the royal couple traversed a police: man or a soldier every 10 feet—all heavily Recent demonstrations {Imperial family, | was | armed. against Including the at- ck made upon Prince Hirohito |himself amd the recent bombing of the palace gates, gave rise to fears that todas mig’ ¢ picked by ter: jrorists for an even more serious joutbremte. But the presence of police and soldiery did not dim the brilliance of the scene. The blackened ruins of the Tokyo which was shaken and burned Imto debris last September and bunting which listened be- [neath a Drightshining sun, | CEREMONY BEHIND |GUARDED DOORS Absolute silence, instead of wild |checring am might tave been ex- |pected, was the tribute of tho peo- ple to thetr rulers. The actual wedding ceremony too placo behind the guarded doors of tho palace—thru which none but |those of royal blood may pass. Tho rites were those of the ah- |clent Shinto relixion and the cere: mony waa culminated when 9 princeas accepted from the hi of the prinee a cup of mncred rhe, wine or male. That act wns equiva |lent to the pronouncement, accord- jing to Ctbrintian rites, that [were man and wite. (MERICA GETS JNPAN PROTEST Charge Disorhnination in Bill Against Aliens BY A. L. BRADFORD | (United Press Saft Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan, 26.—Ja- pan has made another protest to the American government on dls- crimination against Japanese in the United States, it was learned here today. Ambassador Hanthara, Japanese envoy here, has presented to the stato department a communication making representations against the clause in the immigration bill intro- |duced in the houso by Represonta- tive Johnson, Washington, and in the senate by Senator Lodge, which would bar all Japanese from the United States. having held that Japanese could not be naturalized as American citizens, tho enactment Into law of the John- ton-Lodge bill would have the effect to the United States. The communication from Hant- hara is said to take vigorous excep- tlon to such a situation. Japan takes tho position in the note, it Is understood, that her coun- try should not be so discriminated against, making the whole problem one of disertminating or not discrimi- nating against a friendly coantry, Should this bill become a law it would stpercedo the gentlemen's agreement between the American and Japanese governments, which was negotiated years ago to restrict Japanese immigration. The Japanese note, it is undor- stood on srood authority, takes the position that tho passage! of the pending irnmigration bill would be a violation of tho spirit of the gentle- men's agreement, Ford Summoned on Muscle Shoals Bid WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The houso military affairs comralttes to- day asked Henry Ford td appear before {t Monday or Tuobday re- garding his offer for Muscl¢ Shoals. “To turn over Muscle Shoals to Hanry Ford would be to poll the nation's birthright for a mes of pot- tage," declared R. V. Taylor, mayor Jot Mobile, Ala., testifying before the house military affalrs committee to- day, Enbeyo Attorneys Pass State Tests State bar examinations) were paused at Olympla during the week by the following Universty of Washington graduates, accor(ing to announcement Saturday; Philp Ly- cotte, Stanley Seddon, Ernest] Camp- bell, John Post, Morris Bdlingor, William Daly, Harry Redpath) Davis Spaulding and Fred Merritt. Two Killed Wh Airplane Crashes BRUSSELS, Jan, fell in a swamp from an alti! cating the bedies of both of whom were instantly m, the prince and the | stationed | the | wero hung with crisp, radiant flags | they | Tho United States supreme court | of declaring Japanese inadmissible | LE ST AR HER S'S MORE ABOUT OLL PRO BI ARTS ON PAGE 1 Jeondition. Ho # /n consetant attend ance of @m nurs" Askod werhother Fall Weould appear | 4a schedsated oh Mondaye, ho mid | “I reattye couldn't ay «at this time "L will may thi, ho cemwrtalnly wilt if ho is at | HOUSE LANA | DENBY «Quis Kocretary of the Navy Denby | will bo smaticed by the Baouso naval affaira vemrnittes next lo ox plain his goart in makings or approv ing the maval ol] reserve lises ‘Tho commraitts will meet= Monday to plan pro@edur of an Smquiry into | tho navax phaso of thee matter, Denby, teutifylng before tho nen jate public lands comenaittes, said | tho leasens werd hindlect as depart ment rowstine, without speck! im— | vestigation by him {| Tho Meruso committews also wilt ask hima whither he — transorredt from Washington to <Bistant sta tions nawaal officer Wiao protested to him axed to Full epaBast makioe of tho Jesse Ropresesatative Garfott, Tennessee, democratic leader In thes house, an |nounced today ht woukel introduce ]a resolution for cancellation of the \7 ‘eapot Dome and California naval oll leases Those evelopments weere tn pros in advance oat meeting at 2 pect today committe MAY | CABI 1, Dikelewure by Arch®es Roonvelt and C. X>. Wablters, tormer om joyes Of larry sinclair, of the full story of the 411,000 canceled checks or the **mfx or tht e<wa" which | Wahlberse and Noowevelt had a com- | versation about before thaey both re- |atgned fren Sinclair's exmploy, 2. Ponmttete decison by tho senate committee to put one mrad possibly | two mematsers of the catsinet on the witness stand, p.m 3, Probetole examination of fen- ator Smoet, Utah, by tise commit tee on m mumber of pomxts, includ Ing his reason for orsposing the swearing of Fall when the latter testified RBxefore the commersittee, 4, Intizexmtion tht ff Full ever takes the stand agin hee will deny ho got thee $100,000. %. Doheny told the committe he Boaned Fall. 6, Warming by Senator Walnh, leader of the {nvestigaticnxs, that un- less Harry Stnclalt returzam yoluntar- fly from Europe to aremwer ques- tions, his nother will be put on the stand, ‘Kat probable questioning Jot Smoot, who Isa mermaber of the committee, and of the two cabinet officers—I>enby, weretary of the navy, and Daugherty, attorney gen- eral—excited more interest than any jimpendinar development, except the Jappearance: of fill himself, | FALL WAS NOT | UNDER @ATII Senator Wa wantes why Fall was not put when he testified tho fleet time, was ther that he sald exrnphatically |hhe never got a cent fresen Doheny, [Sinclair or anyon) commeected with either—teaetimony which has since | been comtrndictd by Toheny and |Zevely, Stmclair’s man. Had Fatt been under oath when kee mado his statement, the mitter would have been more seriou, As 2% ts he was | arterely “rxeistaken” Smoot, ‘wrho at tho times was chatr- man of the committees, mid he didn't thimic {t was meceaury to swear Fall. If Smoot Se calitd to the stand he will bo asBced to give the reasom hp requested Doheny to “see mae alone in my office after you've testified” Smoot pamed a note to that effet to Desheny when the lotter was before t®e commit- teo the other diy anc then ex- plained the wanted to mk Doheny about a ““wild cat" off tip Doheny j was looktzsay {nto, This explanations | does not asatisty Walsh COMMITTEE FLOODED | WITH MANY RUMORS: to know under oath It As the canal grow, the com- mittos ts being flooded with tips and rumors connecting this and that offictsy with the case, moit of them unsxapported by texmgible ovi- dence, ‘Tho Uratted Press leaerned that some merrabers of tho Ire-westigting: committee have ben z-elliably in- formed that Full, who ts now fll in Washington, “will never admit’ he took $100,000 from Dohersxy on a per~ sonal unsecured note, Some of tho Investigators ar de- termined to too the authorship of a mysterfous document purporting: to tell where Full got $100,000, This was handed to Senttor Walsh recent- ly by a clerk of tho comamnittes and all efforts to ascrtaln where It came from have proved univalzing, HIRAM JOHNSON TAKES A HAND Senator iiram Johnsors, President Coolldge’s rival for the — republican: presidentia? nomination, today de- }manded tieat the adminfsstration at once revolce tho naval oi2 leases, “There is only one thing that ought to be don” satet Johnson, “and It strould bo done weithout the slightest @elay, That te to cancel the lease. disquisitions. Tho circumstances: for a long recent dewelopments texaperatively demand that thos who — tgnorantly or wilfully, in good faith havo entered into or ag»proved or countenanced tainted corm tracts, dis- posing of the public domain, should instantly repudiate them. “This is the vory least the admin- istration sThould do, It srould have been done little ‘@®@use for what happened; there can Be no excuse fox failure to act immediately.” tee Daugherty Says He Understands JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 26— “President Coolldgo and [ Brave a dis- tinct understaniing about tho atti- tude of the department ef fustice,’* Attorney Genenl Daugherty, com- menting Ora thé senate In-westigation of Teapot Momo and other ofl loasos, declared here today, “The interests of the g-overnmont will be fulby protected,” Iaugherty added, “Tho political aspects of tho ofl lease Inquiry will not afferct tho de- partmont’s attitude inthe slightest." Daugherty, accompaniee’ by Mrs. Daugherty nd two nursemss, arrived tho senate | “This i 2x0 timo for tees nical logat | timo havo re-cguired and | or bad, | Tong go, There can be | SEEK SUPPORT | (F BONUS BILL | Nielson to Line Up King County Posts N. C. Neilson —Photo by Price & Carter, Btar staff Photographers Decision Or® programs to rouse su | port forthe "Watkins bonus bill, n pending in cexngrens, and to inaugu rite § campaign to materially {n crouse Membvership in the organize tion and qute-3cen the spirit of unity 4nd @* ermtion between tho vari-| J ous po, im the state, was reached fat thon ‘“mxanual conference of the | First ds.xct posts of the American | Legion st thes club rooms in the New Arctio hotel EB riday night. | Vis of m2 posts in the stato in Aicate almost unafimous approval of tht Watieins bil, which would provide cash <ompensation for all the | world war Weeterans not entitled to more tin $50 on length of service, | and aljusted compensation—such as land loans ox vocational training— for mtn whose bonuses would run in cio of $50, Payments would] bo bawd on $2 a day for home serv-| feo and $1.25 for foreign wervice, | N.C, Nielssen, King county com: | mander, will emake a tour of all posts in King coursty to excite interest in| the drive for new members and to| instill “pep or 1924 plans during Februry, he announced Satur “In 1923," Niélen said, “! t membrship soils showed gains ap-| proxiinating 20 per cont over 1922, and this year owe plan to sign enough new memberws to register @ 30 per} cent increase. Many men who be-| longel to thee organization immedi. | ately after thee war have lost interest | and dropped out, and others never have joined. | Dr. Hintors =D, Jonez, state com-| minder, reltesrated his former accu: | sation agatzast Secretary of the! Treasury Moelion Friday evening} when ho chexarged that the treasury watchlog hace misrepresented figures to discourage the bonus idea. “Mel. b lon tnnounced before President] Harding's Geeeth that a treasury defi. | | elt of $50,000,000 existed, in order # to convince tte public that a bonus} would ruin the notion financially, } After the boxaxus had been defeated | | he gave out information that the! | treasury had a surplus of $300,000, ‘Tho bonus weorald cost little in excess “DRY MAN CAN'T REMEMBER MEN Identity of ~ Four Remains Mystery of Trial NEW YORRK, Jan. 26.—With ty of formar mystery men who “4 prominent part in Will. i fam Anderson's mysterious $25,000'Yga* setHll undetermined, trial of tho Anti-SSmloon league superin- j tendent for third degree forgery Stands adjourmed untll Monday, “Mr, King, who gave the money, “Mr, Mann,"* who got {t eventually, ant "Mn Green,” and “Mr. John- son," who helped spend {t, remain enigms to Asssistant District Attor- ney Ferdinarael Pecora, the prose. cutor, Thruut a Bong day of strenuous crosumination, Anderson, bland, confident, oceasionally slightly sur- ly, stryo to recall something by which Pecorm could identify these mysterious stavangers and help An- lerson prove his story, of how the Teaguo cama to bwo him $24,700, } Dut In vain. — Anderson could not remember, Jeweler Asks $1,500 Sult for $2500 in insurance has Been started Hy 8, Wiesnir, Jeweler, of 120) First ave, Tho Fidelity & | Casually Co. of Now York is defond- | ant. It is alleged that a loss by rob- | Dery of more than $1,500 is unpaid by the omparxy. | MAY CANCEL OIL LEASES WASHINGIOON, Jan, 26.—R, L. Doheny, lessee of two naval oll ro- serve linds, offered today to causo cancelation of his contract leases at ny tino congeress may desire, Doheny testified on Thursday that The lonantd former Secretary of the Interor Fall, from whom he ob: taind tho leasse-ss, $100,000 on a per onal unsecured note, ‘Tho offer te cancel was made in = statement read to tho senate pub. Tic lanls commmnittes this afternoon By Doheny's counsel, Gavin McNab, of San Francisco, After MeNa% had presented Do- Theny’s offer, the noty which James E. Zovely said “yesterday he obtained from Fill in return for a $25,000 Toan wis subsxiitted to the commit: tee, Tho nolo wees offered by G. 7. Stanfori, counssel for Harry F, sin: elalr, who leassed Teapot Dome, Tt reat Moy 2%, 1929, Twelve months here carly today, on routes to Miami beach for @& vacatlon, 1 dito T peromine to pa “Zevdy the sum of $25,00 4 HERE’S MORE ABOUT || SKAGIT STARTS ON PAGE 1 Uhden demands that funds remain- | in the Skagit treasury for pure of wx substations and construction of the north end substation, the south end sub-station and the Spring wt. substation, nd tle line turned | over to the Gorge construc n fund. These total more than $1,000,000, it reported, City Engineer J. D, Blackwell has any moro money from the Skagit| bond fund for the distribution sys-| tem inside the city, but to turn this} money over to Uhden for completion of the Gorge. Both Uhden and attorneys for R.| C. Storie & Co, assure completion of the Gorge unit by May 1, and de lvery of power to the city. How- ever, unless additional funds are ob tained thru new bond issues, the dis- tribution system will not be ready to| receive the power, It 1s charged. | Interest charges, totaling ne $2,000,000 during the period of con struction, must be added to the total cost of the Skagit, which, added to Uhden's estimate of $12 100,000, brings the total cost t more than $14,000,000, ‘The original | cont estimate was $6,700,000. Grant | Smith & Co. bid $4,988,000 on the| work These interest charges on bonds now total almost $2,000 day. Tho plant, when completed, | will net the c!ty $2,000 a day, which makes {t cost $4,000 every day the Skagit a completion of the work is delayed, | The board of public works, En-| d Storrie & Co, Friday 1 to n which the contractors 1 push the work to comp! by May 1, and the city agreed to waive {ts penalty clause of $500 a day for failure to complete the work last September. JURORS TRY TO RUN DOWN FAKE Trace Dummy Subpoenaes; Chief Testifies After hearing a number of wit- nesses in an effort to trace the source of dummy subpoenaes, the King county grand jury adjourned at noon Saturday to resume its work Monday. The jury will wind up its work by the middle of next week and submit its report and |true bills to Judge erett EB, Smith. I d of adjourning the jurors Judge Smith will recess them in- Gefinitely, subject to recall should a demand arise. Chief of Police Willlam B. Severyns | we before the King county grand/ jury late Friday and was closeted) with the jurors for more than an hour, Chief Severyns’ visit to the jury !s attached with deep significance as he 8 the lirst high official under Mayor J. Brown's administration to be alled before the inquisitors. For many weeks there was a studied ef- fort to avold calling upon high police officials during the period that graft and corruption charges were freely made, The subpoenaing of Severyns Indl. cates the wideness of the rift that has appeared in the prosecutor's vice and graft cleanup) program, “Wo swapped information,” sald the chief, “And I learned a lot about my traffic flepartment. The jury gave me tips not available to me.” Severyns id that there are some “black sheep? in every police depart- ment the sizé of Seattle and he does hot think this city is an exception. tigation of the accident a Seattle-Kent-Auburn d into a fire hydrant inner & Eddy yards at Thursday, resulted Sat- je finding by the police , of-one woman who was the crash. t Toellner, of Duwam- 1 a dislocated jaw and labout the face and head, the investigators, who no report was made of and that the whole af- ushed up" by the stage in stage crash near the § 11:30 p. m. urday tn tl traffic squ: badly hurt 4 Mrs, Au h, sustali severe cuts according t assert that the acciden} fair was “! company. Patrolman G, C, Taylor, of the traffic investigation squad, sum- moned Carl] Asp, driver of the stage, to headquatters Saturday to explain why no report of the accident was made. Chafges may be filed against him, it wad declared. Man Injured When Hit| by Street Car Struck by] a southbound street car at Second | ave. and Stewart st, Saturday mprning, Ole A. Sivertson, 72, of 1828 J18th ave., was taken to ital, suffering from ser- the city hos fous injuriek. Tho aged [pedestrian was unaware of the strept car's approach until too late, anf! then became confused, witnesses sifid. He was carried a short distanfe on tho fender. Pacific\Cable Is_ Severled Once More SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26—The Pacific cable} of the Commercial Ca- ble Co, connecting San Francisco and Honolulyy was broken last night just north df ‘the Varralones, pre. sumably by pum runners, The cable frepair ship ts investl. gating tho bifeak, according to offi. cials of the company, WATHR SHUT-OFF Water will }be shut off on Mon. day from 8 aj m, to 5 p, m, on W. Kenyon st,, ffrom Sist ave. S. W. to 89th ay W.,-and on $24 and 34th aves, 8, JW., from W. Kenyon to W. Thistle Bt SOFT-DRIINKERS TO SAVE $11,000,000 BY REWPEAL OF TAX ASHINGTON, Jan, 26,—Soda pop and Jnear beer drinkers are to bo rolie\ved of paying $11,- 000,000 a ye@r In taxes. ‘The PAGE 3 OFFICER HERO WRECK VICTIM Patrolman Stevens Goes to Hospital Second Time Crashing into @ street car at 16th Fr night, was windshield and Ho at Patrolman J. by thrown heavily thru the of his automobile, and was taken to the Providence hospital, badly in jured. Ble ms reported the street car stopped suc 6 to avoid st 8 4 was the hero of tlonal shooting chasing two ba thru th lungs by one of He drove to the Providence at that time, where his wife is em- ployed aos a nurse, and for several weeks lay between life and death, Stevens’ injuries from the Friday night wreck « 1, altho his head and f dly cut by i George W. Jackson, 2307 Third ave. W., reported Friday night that while driving his car at 15th ave, , W. and W. 47th st. he struck @ man, knocking him down. Jackson declared that a street car stopped suddenly and a man got off, and that before he knew st he had hit him. ‘The man’s name was House, accord- ing to Jackson. Jackson took him home, but failed to remember his address, GHASTLY CRIME IS CONFESSED! Lincoln Buries Heads of Two Victims in Cement Block AURORA, IIL, Jan, 26—War- ren J. Lincoln, eccentrie attor- ney-gardener, who confessed murdering his wife and brother- inlaw, Byron Shoup, today led authorities to the city dump, where they discovered the heads of Lincoln’s victims imbedded in a concrete block, Lincoln, a distant kinsman of Abra- ham Lincoln, pointed out the spot where he buried the cement block. Workmen dug for three hours. The block was found and taken to the police station. It was broken open with pick axes. The heads, in a highly preserved state, were revealed. Before going to the dump Lincoli admitted he shot both his wife and Shoup. The motive for the ghastly crime, authorities sald, is clouded. Lincoln, authorities said, confessed he decapitated his victims, put thelr heads in a box and poured concrete over them. Police have not learned how he disposed of the bodies. The heads were identified without difficulty. Lincoln said he placed them there shortly after the double murder in January, 1923, Chief of Detectives Werz declared. Werz exacted the confession from Lincoln after hours of questioning. Lincoln was reluctant, Werz said, but finally admitted shooting his wife and Shoup, Lincoln then told how he de capitated the bodies and described the subsequent disposal of the heads, The double murder, Lincoln told Werz, occurred on the evening of January 10,1923, during a family argument. In previous confessions — Lincoln said his wife had first killed Shoup and that he killed his wife with a poker in self-defense. He ac cused his wife of infidelity and said she had several times attempted to poison him. ZERO BLASTS SWEEP EAST NEW YORK, Jan, 26.—A strong northwester, bringing out storm sig- nals from the Delaware breakwater cold weather, blizzards, some erty damage and at least one death over the Eastern seaboard today. Upstate New York drew drops in temperature, gales snow, ranging from six inches 1 Potsdam to 16 inches at Gouven: The weather bureau, in announce ing the storm warning, at 10 a. m, said the signals would be lowered at sunset, at which time high winds are expected to diminish, eee See Relief From Sub-Zero Weather CHICAGO, Jan. 26—The sub-zel cold that has gripped the Mid West for the past 24 hours will on this afternoon and give way milder weather, the weather bureau — stated today. In Chicago and vicinity the tem: perature ranged from six to 12 below _ zero. a eee Rains Answer to Prayers of State SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.—The drought which threatened to, California's 1924 crop prespects been broken by a steady raii : which started late yesterday thru: out northern‘ California and con- tinued today. : The weather bureau predicted tinued rain for the next 24 hours, It was the first rain of any im= portance to fall generally over nol ern California since last April. Last week churches thruout th state had offered prayers for rain. ve Ohio Gripped by Freezing Weathe COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. ey breath of another cold wave tled on Ohio today. <a Zero temperatures were recorded at dawn, : Tho federal weather bureau het predicted the mercury would tinue to fall during the day, ing five or six below zero by mid: night. At 9 a, m. the thermometer registered two below. eee Blizzards Sweep Michigan. Regio: DETROIT, Jan. 2, - Blizzards — sweeping Michigan as the meroury — house ways angi means committeo has agreed to Jrepeal the tax on soft drinks, deaths, besides tying up transporte: tion, Many towns are cut off communication and facilities,