The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 29, 1924, Page 1

nnn SEC. DENBY DEFIES SEN Maximum, 4, Today , 287. Howdy, folks! Now that the government is going to investi- gate the oil scandal, we wish tigate the recent increase in the price of gasoline, oan . Every time the gasoline magnates raise the price of gas one cent, half] the American people have to put The fitvver soon be here, touring se when the American ments to more commodious quarters in their sedans. iving qu. YE pany } January 2%) the estimate, and so te the office, laughing heartily. It fs sald that the navy dirigible| Shenandoah will add 1,000,000 mites} of new Arctic territory to the United | Btates. Good! This will give us «| Tew market for our hot-water bot-! test | erin 1 “Leningrad” has been suggested fs the new name of Petrograd. Why not change Seattle's name to “Eddie browngrad?” rae ie yas ‘This is the time of the year when @ landlord who keeps us in hot water | is worth having. | cee Boost, and the world boos! mock, and you're on the shelf; 1 For the world gets sick | | Of the one who kicks, And wishes he'd kick himself, eee The trouble with a lot of modern houses is that the shingles and clap- boards are sprayed on. | LI'L GEE E, TH' OFFICE | VAMP, SEZ \| Th’ only people who enjoy | hearin’ your troubles are law- | | yers. They get paid for it. ‘i . Don’t get mad at the telephone operator. Just remember that there a@re more wronk numbers than right | ones. If congress refuses to have any- thing to do with Eddie Bok's peace | plan, we suggest he have it produced | in the movies.—Jack Raper. eee Congress seems to be having a hard time to agree upon just how much we shall be skinned next year. cee The doctors haven't any hope For mountain hiker Alice Snide; She started up the Rainier slope With her conscience as a guide. eee Many a man looks talented because | he hasn't the cash to spend for haircut. a WEATHER Temperatures Last 34 Hours | they would go farther and inves- | their cars in storage for the winter. | . . m will | | People will move from thelr apart-| . ! Some of the new auto models have} <= ats that can be quickly converted | nto beds. T! would make perfect} y only had jan-| . and did drep down to the! jon to get my Mivver, whieh! and Wednesda: ly to southwester- ishing Wednesday, Minimum, 45, noon, 53, Batered as Becond Class Matter May 2, 1899, at the Postoftics at Beattie, “SEATTLE, WASIL, TL It Is Not as Bad as It Looks Miss Juanita Parker Says That Eskimo “Benda Masks” Are Easier to Wear Than to Look at Swe ISDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924. _ AE SSR SO ESTE Don’t Be V’T be misled about the § Persons responsible for the management of the huge undertaking and the apparent ruthless expendi- ture of light department funds will tell you The riticism is “water on the wheel ; that privately | Walsh, ere shin Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, gton 1879, Por Year, by Mall, The Seattle Star $3.60 ATE TO OUST HIM! The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in W: CLAIMS LEASES ~ PROPER Says He Plans to, Push Matter to Early Vote | BY LAWRENCE MARTIN | WASHINGTON, Jan, 29— Seeretary of the Navy Denby today dedied the senate and chal- Jenged it to take a record vole qn a resolution now pending, asking that ho resign, At the same time, a White House | spokesman | ministration | up tho oll lease ncandal having been | | decided on, President Coolidge wants | red By acl ale aan Long before the famous “Benda masks” appeared on the American stage, Alaskan Es- ki mos were carving grotesque false faces from native wood. This one, that pretty Miss Juanita Parker, Seattle girl, is thinking of trying on, may represent an Eskimo flapper . BE. Standléy of West Seattle. with you, registering disdain. Or then again, it may not. The specimen ts from the collection of —Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers Seattle and Tacoma WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 fairs committee. Tacoma. Shenandoah on the proposed tri j North Pole and around the world, Gregory said. Sites for Air Bases Establishment of two great air bases on the North Pacific coast was recommended to- day by Rear Admiral Gregory before the house naval af- Gregory urged a lighter-than-air base at Sand Point, Seattle, and a heavier-than-air base at Camp Lewis, A mooring mast will be erected at Camp Lewis for the of the dirigible to the ‘AUSTIN REWARD | Recovery of Girl Four men shared In tho $800 re- ward posted by Seattle school teachers’ organizations for the ro- covery of Miss Nellie Austin, Seat- tle teacher, who caused nation-wide Raasapetese November 25, 1923, in a |mysterious disappearance, according |to announcement Tuesday noon by IS GIVEN MEN Teachers Divide $500 for Thomas R. Cole, superintendent of schools of this city. ‘Tho representatives of the vartous teachers’ organizations, he expiain- ed, divided the $500 equally between Sergeant W. E. Care and Patrol- Husband Shoots Guest | of Wife in Restaurant Maj. Muirhead Wounded in Lung; “TT liectment . M. Ladd, 4615 | Let Public Judge,” He Says | Marine drive, Vancouver, B. C., on |whose porch she was found, and |R. F.. Barnett, 529 N. 80th st, ing mo to meet her and advise her|Who reported he gave her a rido part of the way toward Vancouver. | BY SAM GROFF eee Walking into the Palm cafe, 1626|what to do about the divorce, | birch bok CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON | Westlake ave, Monday evening.| “I met her at the Colman dock and}. Th® remaining Spots en eons 4 IVY CLUB | Harry Derby, 43, of Seahurst, entered jwe Grove to the cafe. Derby camo|'¥ ,th® teuchers for Information The gink who walks four | a box where his wife was sitting with leading to the arrest and convic blocks to use your telephone so that he can sa nickel. . . Crude oll production broke all re in. He drew a gun and fired. I got ition of the person or persons re. up and took the gun.away from him.| sponsible for her disappearance, has He wasn't man enough to come to|been “set aside” for the fr me in the first place and talk things|Cole added, since Miss Austin, up a | Maj. William J. A. Muirhead, super. intendent of the Colman dock, and fired pointblank four times at the latter. Ords in 1923. 80 did crude movie| with three bullets in his chest, | Over.” jto the time she left here for her production. Maj. Muirhead rose, staggered to Derby, on the other hand, told | former home in Hugo, Okla. con- eee where Derby stood with the reeking| Captain Haag that Muirhead had | sistently failed to remember events The University of Washington! pistol in his hand, and jerked the| been out with Mrs. Derby fre- |in connection with her flight how has a correspondence course for| mothers on how to handle babies. Lesson No. 1, no doubt, tells anx- fous mothers how to remove peas from baby’s nose. ~ A course in how to handle a baby ought to be very informative. Per- sonally, we never have had any success in handling a baby. An ac- cident always happens. Cw, Israel Zangwill says this country 1s only half-educated. He flatters us! One good thing about the radio is that even tie man in the humblest circumstances can become friendly with people in Schenectady and Kan- City and can even hiss their (; = hes if he feels so inclined. eee PROSPERITY NOTE We aw hardly wait untit the new community hotgl is com- pleted so that then we can wan- der up and down Peacock Alley, gently puffing a Henry George, after, having dined at Jones’ Cof- fee and Waffle House, quently, and declared, “I didn’t want to kill him. I wanted to teach him a d—— good lesson. One he wouldn't forget.” In the cafe he pulled tho trigger four times. The shots rang out with the staccato sequence of a trip-ham. mer. Diners dashed in pantie for doors and counters, while Derby stood laughing at the dumbfounded pair in the box. “You're a fine married woman, you are,” ho snapped at his wife, according to cafe waiters. “Why don’t you finish your geal?” he Jeered. After Muirisead had taken the gun and left, Derby waited in vain for a policeman. Then he walked out and down to the station. Major Muirhead, who also lives at clear. Seahurst, was a candidate for the “My wife, myself and our kiddies | port commission lag year. He served had been great friends with th |overseas and in the Spanish-Ameri: Derbys for years upon years. Derby. | can war. | altho out of work, was not forgotten | y, A. Willams, attorney for Derby, by me. I did all I could for him. | visited the Prisoner Tuesday morn - e, and|ing and afterward declared that eg fd, troubie wits BES. Te Destiy had told him Muirhead had | weapon from his hand. Meanwhile, | la score of guests and employes had | |taken refuge behind counters and walla. ‘The sensational shooting was the climax of an alleged “love triangle” |which admittedly has resulted In trouble in the two families, police say, Muirhead drove his car to po- lice headquarters after the shooting, and was taken to the city hospital. | Derby was jailed when ho surren- dered a few minutes later to Capt. J. | J. Hang. “Like Mabel Normand, 1 will Jet the public Judge,” said Maj. Muirhead, Tuesday. “Some will judge rightly, some wrongly. But 1 know in my own heart the truth. And my conscience is FARM RELIEF BILL OKEHED |Norbeck’s Measure Seeks Livestock Loans WASHINGTON, Jan. ¢ first of the farm relief measures was favorably reported to the senate to- day by the agriculture committee. A_ $75,000,000 government corpo tion would be set up to make small loans to farmers for purchase of of the measure, which was intro. duced by Senator Norbeck, South | Dakota, republican, The corporation would bo under |the secretary of agriculture. Of the total, $50,000,000 would be loaned farmers in the Northwest he prepared divorce tcc ag tig Mie them, Shel frequently staged clandestine meet-| wheat region and $26,000,000 in other Called tne on the phone Monday, ask- lings with Mra. Derby. sections, | cattle, poultry and hogs, under terms | indicated that the ad- Program for cleaning congress to ayold interfering with | his plans, which he feels are direct- ed to the accomplishment of impor tant objectives. | | Secretary Denby has no present | intention of resigning, and in his | rst interview declared that he was | 80 convinced that the ol] leaves une der fire in the senate are po. proper that he would sign them again to- | morrow. In response to Denby‘s defiance, Senator Waish declared: The statement of Secretary Den- by will make no change in my de- termination to obtain his removal trom office, “I havo mado arrangement that |as soon aa my resolution is disposed of, we will call up the Robinson res- olution calling for removal of Mr. Denby. 8 “We are determined to accommo. date Mr. Denby and give him a vote | Qs soon as possible, “The attitude of the president was made clear by a spokesman for Mr; | Coolidge, at the White House, who | © | also sald: “That the president regarded as most important the punishing of anyono criminally gullty in connec: tion with the oll leases,’ because ‘that touches the Integrity of the government.’ | “The recovery of the off, {f tt was! released by fraud, is the next consid eration, and to that all other ques. tions are subordinated.” ‘DENBY TO TELL OF OlL FUNDS New Sensation Promised in Naval Royalty Probe WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—A new sensation involving the navy department appeared this after- noon when Chairman Butler of the house naval affairs commit- tee summoned Secretary Denby and several nayal officers to ap- pear tomorrow for questioning | in connection with charges of il- legal expenditure of some $17,- | 000,000 dollars in oil royalties. Information reac Chairman | ing Butler is that the $17,000,000 collect- | auto driver who Monday night ent,|¢@ by the navy department on oil | down royalties was used directly in con- struction work for the navy, par- ticularly at Pearl Harbor, instead of being paid into tho treasury and |then appropriated for the depart. ment’s use. Jinquire ‘as to the report, In ad- dition to Denby, Rear Admiral J. L. Latimer, advocate general; Admiral |J. R. Robins, Admiral Robert Grit- fen and other officers having 4 |do with the royalties or Pear! Har: |bor construction |to appear. COOLIDGE PLANS TWO INQUIRIES ‘Wants to Know if Criminal | Law Has Been Violated | | WASHINGTOD fan. 29.—Presi- | Jdent Coolidge is determined upon jearrying out the investigations in| dealing with the oll lease cases, one |to establish whether there has been violation of the criminal laws and the second to determine whether (Turn to Page 4, Column 5) have been asked VICTIM Hit-and-Run Driver Ran Her daughter Now The 1? Star’s warnin. of the power tru enjoying immensely Th se it stood for; that any investigation now will mean further and more expensive delay heads ar an enterpr’ The facts a The power trust, if running true to form, would like nothing better than to see the city light depart- ment blunder along until it flounde: pense, mismanagement and utter failure. g and re: Misled! agit project. owned utility Star’s expose of a of ex- Its fond- || ina est hope is that The Star and other champions of public ownership can be kept quiet until such time as the Skagit builders, given all the rope in the world, find themselves so tangled that the power company, in the role of a life guard, can step in, straighten out the tangled m and take the plant off the city hands on some sort of a lease proposition, the city to absorb its losses in any way it might be able to. When a si neere new: paper has nursed along a project as The Star has the Skagit and other publicly- owned utility enterpri: ship fizzle. es, it is not going to stand by and see the whole idea defeated by what seems to be utter incompetence on the part of managing heads. It is not going to be turned aside by muddy water such as city hall politicians stir up in the vain hope of befogging our vision and relieving the pressure. If the Skagit project fails enemies of public owner- ship will point to it as one more glaring example of a public owner: Its wasted carcass will be hung in the trees for every trust buzzard in the country to peck at. This Skagit project is ours, Seattle; let’s take pos- session and find out now the why of all’the secrecy and mystery that surrounds it. finish it in a way that we can use it without bank- rupting the city. We started it; let's OLICE Tuesday determined effor' T-year-old of M. . ANA sped av y, girl, spectators The child was in t ‘Tessie Tache: Down 2 : were making a t to locate the Tacher, 129 19th aving the girl injured in the middle of the street. The car was speeding at an ¢ cessive rate of speed when it struck the | Tho house committee desires to/atter the accident the driver tore away at a much faster rate. declared, and he elty hospital Tuesday, suffering from a fractured | skull and serious body number of the car was not obtained. injuries, The ALKI HOME OFFER TODAY is the time to find your home, to enjoy a wonderful sum- mer. seashore, 20 Pionee BEAUTIFUL ALK r Square; 3 pave from boule: minutes yards; good car service; school, stores, view. We are ot 4-room bungale: for $3,000; monthly. “Alki. This is one of th are being offered night's Want Ads, marine and mountain a fine poms) . balance fferin he homes that for sale in to- PROBE SINKING ~ OF SOUND SHIP \Man Narrowly Escapes When | Norwood Dives Into Bay | | Officials of the Sound Transporta- tion company were Tuesday forenoon seeking an explanation of the mys- terious sinking of the Puget sound steamer Norwood at the city dock about 3:30 Tuesday morning. The ship 1s lying completely submerged in between 30 and 40 feet of water. Charles Mann, a deckhand, was jthe only man aboard and dived off jthe plunging steamer shortly before it sank from sight. He was awak- ened by the erash of shifting cargo | and was rescued by L. Elliott, watch- man at the city dock. Employes and officials of the com |pany refused to comment on the sinking of the Norwood. Waterfront |men, however, believe that the sea- cocks may have been opened, as was |feared in tho case of the listed |Emma Alexander at pier D, Monday |forenoon, or that her cargo shifted and allowed water to enter thru the portholes. | The Norwood was laden with about 25 tons of goods destined for points jon her run to Bremerton, Charleston and Port Orchard, scheduled for 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. JURY WILL END DUTY THURSDAY Report Session Will Be Brought to Close With 11 weeks of “vice anil graft” investigations behind them, members of the King county grand jury Tuesday were dragging thru the last few hours of their long vigil over public morals and looking | forward with pleasure to Thursday, |when, it is reported, their duties will end, A few witnesses were called be- fore the jury and questioned in a |desultory fashion by the jurors and jexcused. A long recess was taken in mid-morning and the jurors |stretched their legs up and down the corridors and gazed longingly at the sun-mottled sky Attorney James McCabe, jury foreman, his mind engaged on press. ing legal business t has piled up |during his long term of service, paced nervoysly up and down the {hallway, puffing a black briar pipe, @ constant companion | All ofsthe jurors |get back to the anxious to business or their homes. There is hsrdly a member that hasn't lost he in wages or earnings since drafted into the jury duty. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE, _ UHDEN BOOKS HIDDEN Chief Accountant | Refuses Access | to Public Rec- | ords in Office BY JOHN W. NELSON Records of expenditures of public funds in the construc- tion of the Gorge plant of the Skagit power project were withheld from The Star Tuesday by Scott N. Burton, chief accountant in Skagit \Engineer Carl F. Uhden’s of- ifice. | When asked for the records, |which are publle documents, Bure jton bluntly refused to let anyone seo them. Tho Star asked to seo figures which would show just how much jot the $11,009,000 in -the-Skagit fund has been spent for contract {work and how much on forces we count, or day labor work. The | force account work is all done under Uhden’s personal direction, with only a cursory supervision of total expenditures by the board of public works and the tity council audit: ing committee, UHDEN HAS RECORDS CLOSED PUBLIC 3 These records can only be obtained _ from Uhden's offico in the Alaska building, where a large force of clerks and assistants are maintained by the engineer and paid by the city, While a careful record of total expenditures and appropriations ia kept in the comptroller’s office, they are not classified to show how |rauch money has been spent by |Uhden personally and how much _ jfor contract work. Burton, the chief accountant and the man in charge of the records, refused to permit The Star to peruse these accounts, “Mr. Uhden is out of the city, will not be back for a few days jand I cannot let you see the rec: jords,” Burton sald when told just jwhat was wanted by The Star. “But these are public records, and the comptrollér’s office referred me to you, personally, for them,” Bur« ton was told. “You have no legal right to refuse the request.” “I do not care to discuss that with you,” said Mr. Burton, in a very haughty and superior manner: The reporter smiled, He had met the kind before, but he wanted to treat Mr. Burton fairly. “You don't want to be put in the position of refusing, a citizen and a ti the right to see public records, do you?” “I can't and won't let you see them until Mr, Uhden returns,” said Burton, IT’S THE SAME AIR OF MYSTERY Until such atime as Engineer. Uh- jden pleases to make these public reconis public, there is small chance of getting facts wanted. This same air of mystery and secrecy has met every individual, whether a city counciiman, investigating commit- teeman or just a common taxpayer, who hag tried to pry into the facts surrounding the Skagit project. Appropriating ordinances author. izing the expenditure of the money all are drawn on a simple form and do not detail whether the money appropriated is to be spent for con- tract or force account work, They are drawn under authority of the — original Skagit ordinance and mere. — ly say that the amount appropriated is to be spent for Skagit construc tion work. : Mr. Uhden, apparently, ts lord st | Preme, e 1 | See Page 6 for Dr. Jonez Story HE second of the series of stories by Dr. Hinton D, Jonez, stat2 commander of the American Legion, telling the reasons why the veterans are fighting for a bonus, is on the Editorial page today. This is one of a series of six stories that Dr, Jonez has writ ten and asked The Star to print. { | | |