The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 1, 1924, Page 7

fi 4 | x hs RECALL LAST FEBRUARY? We had a real snow storm then, and while the weather is now mild, you can never tell what we'll get in this month and next. So takgradvantage of our big sale of Winter Weight Overcoats 31/3% OFF and buy your coat now for the remainder of the season and for NEXT WINTER as well. It will pay you substantially, Latest styles, fine fabrics, splendid tailoring. Sale includes “FASHION PARK” and other 25% off SUITS haner & Wolff “In the Low-Rent District” 916 Second Avenue on a Special Group of Direct Primary Is__| Upheld by Beeler Asserting that the direct primary! law “has been a wholesome weapon in the hands of the people,” Attor-| ney Adam Beeler, representative | from King county, scored opponents} ¢ the law in a speech before the . Young Men's Republican club Thurs | HIRED GREGORY day. He said the voters never would} TO SEE WILSON tolerate an attempt to weaken the; “We hired Mr. Gregory to take up lew. is with President Wilson ce Ttain things “The principle of the law,” Beeler | COHNected with the Island Oil Co,” declared, “has become too solidly em-| Doheny told the committee today. bedded in the minds of the peopie| ever to be affected by the venomous | Money or made any loan to any oth Gierilty G0 iin enemies: jer person holding a public pasition | Lenroct asked Doheny. *"Not so far as I recall now," “Is there any doubt in | mina?” “I don't know.” “But you never made any Joan to other cabinet member Fall, either in or out of office?’ No, sir." Doheny sald Fall “rendered the greatest service when he was in charge of the special senate commit. tee investigating Mexico.” Full, an senator, was chairman of a Mexican HERE'S MORE ABOUT FALL STARTS ON PAGE 1 “He still represents us, Doheny said your It contains the investigating committee. of Doheny said he also belleved Sec- goodness of beef retary of War Garrison was at one Best soda fountains time employed by him. ad restaurants Then Walsh and Doheny argued Divide aia ties concerning the refusal of former Seat ta copvemont Secretary of the Navy Daniéls to size bottles from Mc. lease the naval reserves. Sree soe 1-124 ‘T think Daniels was trying to ~| protect other big ofl companies that | were taking off out of neighboring }lands,” Doheny shouted. | "What company was he trying to | protect “The Standard Ofl Co,” Committee members crons.quizzed Doheny mercilessly about the note, }and why he did not tell thom when he testified before, of the mutilation of the instrument. He finally flared | up and said: |} “It's no use of Four crons-ques- | tioning me to make me say I per Jured myself. I think I told ‘the | truth then, as I see it." William B. Hibbs, broker, sub- |poenaed by the senate cgmmitte | went to tho capitol today @ testify. The committees asked Hibbs to a pear and give information regarding stock transactions in Sirfelair ofl stock | Senator La Follette, it was learn. |ed today, requested the public lands committees to go into stock trans. aetions in Sinclair Consolidated La Follette says he has evidence tending to show that somebody | made large sums out of transactions in that stock in a few»months early in 1922 and that many of the orders came from Washington. ANOTHER PROMINENT NAME RUMORED Senator Reed's inquiry of Doheny may bring into the investigation the name of a well known politician. | Reeds wants to ask Dohony if he gave this man, who was a member jof the Wilson administration, any money, John Holland, private secretaPy to Secretary Walsh, took the stand to- day when the committee met and heave testimony concerning his ef- lforts td locate correspondence in the interior department files which lied Walsh to declare that he be- lieves the files had been tampered | with. LAL | Holland testified he had taken CA 1-4 eM MD from the files when the Investigu i tion began a letter which made ref HARDWARE) epeinemrmnan a y which, hi 0, = | Fall to Doheny which, he sald, he AUTO-SPOTS $1.88 eived, another ship- these ‘ular $4.00 we Atito Spot Lights | For Saturday and perhaps & fow days next week Ver... $1.88 _ ELECTRIC LIGHTS At New Reduced Prices The finest Ameri- fan NITROGC BRAND LAS ere ee 4 for. 51.00 5 in a box, atsizs 15 watt Nitrogen pure white lights: 44c “IAL, had been unable to Jocate un‘il re- cent ‘Th first letter, Hollan) said, lwas missing from the files when bei nt lhe first searched for it and, he EL fot-t922 lcould ascertain no reason in the | department for its disappearance, “Have you ever before given any | beside | jtown Thursday night THE SEAT" TL STAR i ad YOUNG WOMAN | HIT BY AUTO Motorist Arrested; Victim of Smash Near Death Struck by an auto at ith ave. And B. Madison st, Thursday night, Miss Bertha Bernstein, 26, of the Alta Vista apartments, was possibly | jfatally Injured, She was taken to St. Luke's hospital with a possible skull fracture, ‘The auto which struck her waa driven by James Giteen, of 6047 38th ave. g. w, who was arrested and released on | his personal recognizance, L. A. Ryan, 29, Bell apartments, was charged with reckless driving and held in the clty jail Friday morning, after hin automndile had collided with a machine driven by Walter Inch, 770 B, 40th st. Port land, Ore, Thursday night. ‘The ac- eldent occurred at First ave, and Madison st, No one was injured, altho both autos were damaged, DIE IN FLAMES /Eight Burn to Death Dwelling Fires in UNIONVILLE, Mich, Feb, 1—A family of four way wiped out today in a blaze which destroyed a farm | house near here Woodrow Wilson as he loo jo dead are ward Bowles, 3%, farmer; 34; a Gyearold son and a old daughter. The fire was caused by an explo. his wife, year jsion of a fivegalion can of kero- sene with which Bowles had L] tempted to start a fire In the kitch. | jen stove. see | fer for Muscle Shoals. AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 1.—A mother! ‘The Mackenzie bill, with the so jend three children were burned to| called Madden amendment, providing |death when flames enveloped a four-|for the replacement or resale value jFoom house in East Akron. of the Gorgas steam plant, was | The dead are: | agreed upon. Mra, John Smith. Jack Smith, 4; As reported, the Mackenzie bill tn- Eleanor Smith, 2; Anna May Smith, | CFPOrates all the easentinis of the |6 months. original Ford offer, Every attempt Albert Rains, a roomer, was se.|‘? amend it in any important details verely) burned. He is believed to| "8% defeated in the committes. Tho committee today reconsidered jand threw out the amendment adopt ed yesterday which would have put | Ford's use of Muscle Shoals power McADOO SAYS | STORY UNTRUE {have used off in an attempt to start \* fire In a coal cook stove. which would have made Ford person ally responsi! for full performance LOS AN ES, Feb, 1$-william ah avery re se of the i act, was |Gibbs McAdoo, aspirant for tho| \oreq down K democratic nomination for the prest-| ins vote of the committee was 14 dency, today struck back at “the| +, 5. 5 dragging of my name into the in } Vestigation of oll leases at Washing | ton. In a formal statement tanued at| his law offices here, McAdoo de |clared that counecting him with the |probe of the Edward L. Doheny haval reserve leases in California is| “wholly without justification of any | sort.” | “I have never at any time been| employed or consulted regarding arty | “s anywhere in the United| McAdoo said | Efforts will be made in the house |to #idetrack appropriation bills next week to have the Ford offer a ‘on at once, HERE’S MORE ABOUT GRAND JURY STARTS ON PAGE 1 next step in his campaign would be McAdoo admitted that his former] the vigorous prosecution of the men law firm in New York was retained | indicted. Cases will be seat at the jby Mr. Doheny year after I left | rate of two a day, beginning Febru- President Wilson's cabinet,” but this|ary 18 service was “entirely in connection | Gust Pappas and Donald Melton, |with the Mexican affairs of Mr. Do-|inditced for gambling, were released heny’s enterpri |from the county jail when their at “The members of my firm, Mc-|torney, George Olson, posted bail Adoo, Cotton & Franklin, after con-| Friday, x sideration of the matter, concluded| Charlle Loute, 677 King st., wealthy four gambling that the case was meritorious, Wo|Chinese merchant, accepted it, did all we properly could | counts, ball $10,000. ; : for our client over a period of about| Clyde Thompson, Archie Murray two years and the firm received a|®0d Bernard G. Ward, arrested at fee of $100,000 for the services.” | 606 Second ave., charged with being M¢Adoo is now acting as counsel | J for Doheny, he admitted, but de-| ‘clared that “my advice has been con- fined to the Mexican problems with which those companies are constant. |mon gambler. y faced. For the period I huve| David Peters and Anarew Cleland, acted as special counsel here I have | proprietors of a ‘card and pool room, received an annual retainer of $25,-|110% Second ave., charged with two 000." counts each for gambling. cee Donald Melton, 717% Third ave, , }eharged with being a common gam- WON’T EMPLOY »= GREGORY NOW) charged with belng Jointists, re- WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—Thomay| leased under $2,500 bonds each, V. Gregory will not be employed an| During a party at The Grove last ntiste. just Pappas, prop of the Liberty card room, First ave. and Pike st., charged with being a com- r Al Austin and J. C. Dean, pro- prictors of The Grove roadhouse, . C1 fall Winnifred Gibbons, age 19, special counsel to prosecute the| naval off leasing cases, an ofticial| shot and killed Harry Lacelle, jannouncement from the White| House said today after E. L. Do-| R (@) jheny told the senate committes we iJ URY EP’ RT had employed Gregory. An official statement, the White House, sald: “Mr. Gregory ts on his way here the invitation of the president for the purpose of conferring with fanned at) HELD FINAL Unless the members of the late King county grand Jury themselves at | request to be reconvened that a mi. nority report may be the president in regard to employ-| efforts will be made |ment in the oil lease cases, repre. exact expression of « |senting the government as previ-|oviaonce of ated vies | heard by the jurors from the minor {ty group, who protested tht major. ity report. | Judge Everett H. Smith, who re cessed the jury, after accepting its report, said that it is up to the prose. | cuting attorney's office or the jurors | tHemselves to initiate a move to re- convene, Prosecutor Douglas an- ously stated to the public. | “In view of the statements of Mr. Doheny that Gregory had been his attorney, that employment might |bo an embarrassment to Mr. Greg: jory, and, perhaps, otherwise would | |be improper.” Gregory, attorney general in the Wilson cabinet, was the democratic | |member of the “special counsel” | |welected by Mr. Coolidge. Silas H. Strawn, Chicago, is the republican, | {ts labors. | Mr, Coolidge probably will con-| Several of the Jurors are alleged sult democratic senators regarding |to have strongly opposed the report someone in Gregory's | submitted tothe court, which passed | over charges of police graft, vice and | lawlessness in Seattle. | | “If there is a minority of the Jur: |Passing of Lenin | ors who wish to makes report, the Results in Unrest Jentire Jury must be reassembled and go Into formal executive session,” HELLINGFORS, Feb. 1.—Con-| Judge Smith said. “This court will firmed dispatches from Mowcow atate| accept no informal report.” |that unrest in Russia has become in. —_—_— jtensified since the death of Nikolai| Lenin, and that several capitals re- | port clashes between civilians and the military, | appointing place. | the ‘United men six to in the Women! teachers States outnumber one WEATHER | Mayor Is Speaker | Mayor Brown and Mrs. Miracle,|]| Occasional light rains tonight and jeandidates for mayor, and Ben| Saturday; moderate south- | Shields, candidate for city council. | erly winds. man, | audience provement h addressed an’ enthusiastic | at the Youngstown Im-| club ms in Youngs. Temperatures Last 24 How Maximum, 57 Minimuni, 47. Today noon, 53. “HOUSE OKEHS — under the control of the federal water power act Another amendment offered today, | nounced that so far as he is con-| cerned this grand jury ts thru with |? ked while president of the United States and Woodrow Wil-| son a8 he appears today after his physical collapse and retirem HERE’S MORE ABOUT WILSON STARTS ON PAGE 1 he may linger until tomorrow McCormick, “but he ts so fll that death is inevitable. TRAFFIC BARRED FROM WILSON HOME ‘Traffic been barred from the block in which the Wilson house stands. When the news of Mr, Wilson's imminent death spread thru the city little knots and groups of people gathered near by. Endlessly, men nd wor went softly past the house, looking up-at the windows be hind which the last act of the trag edy Is belng enacted. Joxeph *. Tumutty, who was Mr. Wilson's secretary p in, on Tumulty'’s rud: 2 he came o ak. t and he could not Dr, Sterling Ruffin and Dr Fowler, tho two specialists ca by Grayson today, left house early this afternoon. Both said that there was no ap- | pre » change at that time fn Mr. | Wilson's condition. He wax then very | |weak, but his respiration was good. ood. Dr. Fowler sala tt had not been deemed necessary to tap the kidneys. | Ho sald Mr, Wilson had no fever. | Tho doctors said there probably | would be another consultation later (Sur tED STROKE IN FALL OF 1919 Jt will be recalled that a j treme fatigue, which brought on the | expresident’s stroke of paralysis in | the fall of 1919. Since that time Mr. | Wilson has suffered occasionally from similar symptoms, and they | have always caused greatest concern [to hid family and friends, News of Mr. Wilson's serious con. dition spread like wildfire thru the jeapltal, and created 4 profound stir. | Even before Dr, Grayson's wulletin revealed that the patient was worse, telegrams began to pour in from all over the country, Messenger boys with messages of sympathy and con- dolences began arriving at the 8 st house before § A. m. Dr. Grayson, his face anxious and haggard from loss of step, appeared for a moment at a window this morning. He notified Mrs. Gray- sop he would not be home for the present. Grayson's brief but apprehensive bulletin this morning was a shock to Mr. Wilson's clase friends here. Senator Glass and Senator Swan- son, of Virginia, frequent callers at the Wilson home, received the news seriously, for thelr close obser- | vation of Mr. Wilson ever since his liiness led them to fear that present trouble may gravely danger his life. en- | MRS, WILSON STAYS | ALL, NIGHT Mra. Wilson remained |tleally all thru the night. Presider.t and Mrs. Coolidge, learning of Mr. Wilson's condition, sent word to Mrs, Wilson expressing their sympathy and of. jfering any ald at their command. Mrs. Wilson, on advice of Dr. |Grayson, sent word to all members lof the Wilson family of the serious- |nens of the ex-president’s condition. Mrs. Sayre, one of Mr, Wilson's daughters, is in Sjam with her hus. pand, who is financial adviser to the president of Slam. Mrs. Willlam G. McAdoo, wife of |former Secretary of the Treasury | McAdoo, {s in California with her | husband. Margaret Wilson, the other | daughter, is also absent from Wash- |ington up prac- on serfous nN came out of the Wilson jhome this morning to talk briefly with newspapermen gathered there, He did not attempt to conceal his deep anxiety, | “We have got to be prepared for some gudden happening, in view of |the turn for the worse Mr. Wilson |took last night,” Grayson said. | Two nurses were called in by yson this morning, One ts a woman he other man. Miss Ruth Powderly, navy nurse, who attended Mr. Wilson before, jnnd who was with President Hard ing when he died, may be called In ayson indicated that Mr. Wil son's Hliness t# developing along the his other attack, [same lines a was al | “digestive upset,” coupled with ex-| the | Both senators will call today tc joffer Mrs, Wilson any assistance | |they can. ent from public affairs. : ee RANK BOYISH P DISRUPTS DIET yesterd, mpt to wreck a train earryin mbera of the diet Their prank led to riotous scenes, and finally to dissolution of the diet later In the day, | After dissolution of the diet investi- gators reported that instead of the attempted wreck being the work of | anti-government plotters, {t was the prank of two youngsters with over- inspired imaginations. But it was tooylate then to turn back—the diet had been dis- solved and all Japan had been thrown a furore. time The government of Premier Klyou- ra was attacked in the diq The in- cident of the train was laid at the door of antt-government elements }to be h blows were riot followed in sald to have been struck by men high in Japan's af- fairs, and finally the diet was dis. solved. ponsiBle; a SATIONAL ORISIS RESULT It was one of the most sensational crisis In recent Japanese history. | As a result, guards were placed | around government buildings thruout the night and public interest, border- jing on general excitement, ran high, Several of those who were held re- | sponsible for disturbances in the diet including two members of the house, were arrested. The press unanl- denounced the diet’s dissolu- on as contrary to constitutional provisions, Then, today, came the anti-climax the discovery that two children jwho knew not what politics might |be, had tried to play “movitig ple ture” and had, by their play, shaken 300 CLOSE ON | 300 CL GUN TERRORIST | Posse Nears Hiding Place of Murder Suspect | SPOKANE, Feb. 1—A posse of |#00 seeking Orin Hudson, supposed |slayer of three persons, was this morning trying to locate the fugitive | in the vicinity of Bluff Lake, where | ho was traced last night. | Bluff Lake is about 12 miles from |the Slaten ‘home, near Ephrata, | where Hudson was reported to have |shot Ira Slaten dead and wounded | “Forgetful Blues” “That Lullaby Strain” | Delightful Fox-Trots Played by the | Benson Orchestra of Chicago Victor Record No. 19235, 75 This week's newest records just received. Come in today and hear them. $ & Co, “Everything in Music” Third Avenue at Pine SEATTLE PAGE 7 Wiewt Avenue RED FRONT CLOTHING CO. “7',4:°% | PRICES SLASHED ON BALANCE OF SINGERMAN'S CLOTHING STOCK—WHAT’S LEFT NOW A with the entire Red Front | O'COATS 4.85 [iii itn| IBC Stock, It All Goes | ON SALE SATURDAY AT 9:00 A. M. ‘Men’s Suits| Young Men’s | Men's. 0'Goats | Over 200 in lot Heavy Flannel great cleanup Shirts will go Saturday at Saturday at at rock bottom prices along Heavy Virgin Wool Men's Suits; cut from | Sport Model Suits, eut | Black Bear, cut from $20 to from $25 to $30 to $9.85 |$11.85| $13.85 7 Oy Men's Pants $ap 45 | Boys’ Suits $4.85 Men's Dress Pants. L Boys’ 0 Long |A cleanup of 87 Wear Suits, A pair, Saturday at cleanup Sat- urday at PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS ZC Genuine 50c President ers Half Price MEN’S HATS * 45 MEN’S SUITS 2-PANTS SUITS A Wonderful Value—Formerly $25 to $35 at Suspend- Men's 0 Felt Hats go Saturday at * | Wie wih ene tauren —— |son and offered Mer any ald they) cs | , WOOL SOX UNDERWEAR |MEN’S SHOES trapped by the rapid spread of the| May Rush Thru Big Deal for asic death tn a snore|MOVie-Enthused Lads Wreck | 4 Cleanup of Heavy] sreavy Wool Mixed. A Mien on SA james. Mr Hlson’s death short : ; : : Bowles, his clothing in flames, Muscle Shoals time “is inevitable,” Vance McCor| Trains Jap Cabinet Out ‘ Cleanup at Shoes now rushed outdoors and rolled in the| = mick, former close associate of Mr.| aE Ra Cc snow in a@ frantio effort to save} WASHINGTON, Feb, 1. — The) Wilson, sald on leaving the Wils m} TOKYO, Feb, 1.—Two small boys, | Cc himself. He was fatally burned, dy: | hou: aval affairs committes today | home at 11 a. m, today. linspired by an Amicon de hh —_—_—_—_—_—_— i) ing a few hours later. | favorably reported Henry Ford's of:| «Mr, Wilson may die they had seen, were responsible for} MEN’S CAPS WORK SHIRTS Men Blue Work Skirts now on BOYS’ SHOES Boys’ Fine Peters Brand Shoes, go at regular $4 sale at s0c_ | $1.95 | 49c | Come to the Windup of This Great Singerman Clothing Sale —Prices Slashed and Entire Stock Thrown on Sale 1601-1GO3FIRST AVE.Sooe |__Red Front Clothing Co. in Charge Singerman’s Men's Caps,. Original prices $1.50 and $2.00, while he was 0 There were tears |the minktey—was elle. ont. | | chubby cheeks | Plain why such things were allowed Bishop Keator, Olympia | Diocese Chief, Is Dead Well-Known Prelate Succumbs in Hospital to Attack of Heart Disease | Heart disedse late Thursday night |Proved fatal to the Rt, Rev. Fred: jeriek William Keator, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Olympla. He died in a New Haven, | Conn., hospital at 9:15 p, m. Shortly after the funeral, which {is not yet arranged, a meeting of the diocese will be called to elect a new | bishop, {t was announced Friday in Tacoma by Dean Sidney T. James, of St. Luke's Pro-Cathedral. Bishop Keator had been head of the diocese here for 23 years. Chureh- men of many creeds today paid him vout Christian. it Born in Housedale, Pa. in 1855, Bishop Keator entered Yale in 1876 and graduated with honors. Taking _ the bar in 1882 and removed to Chie _ cago, where he practiced until 1899. Then he entered the Western Theo logical seminary, from which he graduated in 1891. ships in filinois and Towa. Bie In that year he was elected to the | post of bishop of the his wife early Thursday. The terrorist, believed to have gone suddenly insane, previously | killed Glen Hudson, his brother, who was found dead at the Hudson brothers’ ranch. Another rancher, Glen Pugh, died from bullet wounds inflicted by the madman. The posse found the end of Hud- |son's rifle barrel, where he had broken it off on a rock after it had become jammed with mud. He was jarmed with two rifles and a re- volver. he was a 33rd degree Mason and held many posts in connection with edue cational institutions, Bishop Keator ts sugvived by widow and one son, who Is an assist- neering at Yale. DAD'S WORN SHOES “When my wife starts to scold go for a walk!” 4 ‘Indeed! The shoemaker told you are one of his best customers! We Are Receiving Every Day Early Spring Shipments of Very Popular Styles finding ready favor Buy at the “Boston” with the Thrifty Chain-Store Values Unequaled The Leading Street Style— Creased Toe Oxfords in Brown Calf Black Calf $ 5.95 Patent Per Pair For Dressy Afternoon ; Wear unusual values in many This beautiful and distinc-| styles for Boys and Girls tive Black Suede Slipper—| at— $6.95 $2.95 P Per Pair er Pair (SIS SECOND AVE, high tributes as a broad-minded, de- ~ up a law course, he was admitted ta | He held rectors missionary jurisdiction of Olympia. At his death ant instructor In mechanical engk