The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 2, 1924, Page 1

al light rains; moderate 25. NO. 291. e “VOL. BEAUTY Seattle’s Photographers Loveliness With night and Sun colder W. winds. Minimum, iL. noon, 46, FLASHES Tell of City’s Pictures The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington Watered as Second Clai LL SCA Malter May 2 1899, at the Postoffioe at seattle, SEATTLE | Trembles as He R to Testify! efuses | Denies Senate Committee’s Power to Question Him and Admits He Is Afraid of What He Might Say BY PAUL R. MALLON | | | | » W. ASH. ‘i SATU RDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Wash. under the Act of Congress March J, 1879, Per Year, by Mall, $3.50 1924, The Seattle Star |. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. RE Grease Spots! Doheny’s testimony proves that the hand of | predatory big business reaches into the highest | councils of American government to buy the in- | fluence of this nation’s trusted leaders, regard- less of party. Doheny lists the ex-cabinet members he has employed—Lindley M. Garrison, ex-secretary of | war; Franklin K. Lane, deceased, ex-secretary of the interior; Thomas W. Gregory, ex-attorney general; William G. McAdoo, ex-secretary of the treasury. The millionaire oil man admits that he also bought the services of George Creel, head of J. J. Cottor, assistant to Secretary Lane. | THUGS ROB CIGAR MAN ON STREE Stop Pair in Auto on Their Way From Bank and) Take Money Driving an automobile, be- lieved to have been stolen, three Y MAKES = BRAVE FIGHT! Doctor Declares | He May Live | Thru the Day; Is | Prepared BY LAWRENCE MARTIN (United Press Staft Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.— Each passing hour today found Woodrow Wilson nearer the gates of death, but late this ~ afternoon he still clung to life © with remarkable tenacity, In the absence of an official bul letin the only news from the sick | President Wilson’s bureau of propaganda, and | | |room" since the official statement issued by the doctors at 11:30 was that Mr. Wilson continued to sink) but that there was no Indication of Jany immediate or sudden happen ing. (United Prose Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--Albert B. Fall, former secretary jof the interior, today declined to answer any questions put |to him by the senate public lands committee regarding the jnaval oil reserve scandal op Fall's borrowing. of money from | bandits at 10:30 a m, Satur- day, held up James Normile, of Collins & Normile, cigar and confectionery merchants, 1435 Broadway ave, and took from Were these men hired by Millionaire Doheny because they were good lawyers or because they had inside information and influence? Doheny says his company paid McAdoo $250,- Miss Gwendolyn McLeod, Washington, is crowned as one of the most beautiful girls) of the city today. The Star asked Seattle photographers to contribute photographs of one of their most beautiful sub-! Hartsook’s studio’ selected Miss: McLeod, sides at 5002 20th ave. N. E., while here attending school jects. from Boise, Ida. @{ HOME Howdy, folks! This is epee riotously celebrated is homes by wives. eee J. Dashleigh Fitzhugh called Gee Gee his “little cold cream” last night, because, he said, she was so nice to a chap. . The politicians say that the grand jury’s report has made Doc Brown stronger than ever. We don’t be- Neve it. We think it was Nuxated Iron. oe o- Dear Homer: Has J. ¥. C. Kel- logg a slang name in Seattle? Ans.—Yes, the “Jackie Coogan ct the Republican Central Committee.” . NO, BUT MRS. BREW WAS A HOOCH BEFORE SHE MARRIED Dear Homer: This is to inqure if Homer Hooch of Marion, Kan- sas, who is a member of con- gress, is a relative of yours?—A reader, . As the work of excavating King Tut’s tomb goes on, new discoveries | are made almost every day. We are anxiously waiting for the archaeologists to announce that Tut's teeth were filled by Doe Brown. . It took Senator Walsh to take a fall out of Fall and expose the sin in Sinclair, . Considering the Teapot Dome lease and the [lwaco bank failure, looks like a bad year for the Sin- clair family. see Mir EPITHETS You bum, You scofflaw. You derned oil magnate. see Late reports from Peru declare that Miles Poindexter has already in- vited Daugherty and Denby to join the G. O. P. Ambassador's club. TEx One reason why I don't like Iiv- ing in a houseboat is because they aiways have water in the basement. ~Kelley. 000 to entertain the democratic con- vention. At present quotations that’s bout 60,009 quarts and that's con- able entertainment. oe. ‘The parches! fan of yesterday is | the mah jongg addict of today. Rain spatters ‘patie the window, In the night! Tows of street-lamps shed a mellow, | Misty light! I att alone and think of you, Unfaithful fetal Come—to your promise once be true, Return—with my umbrellat it} student at the University of} who re- BREW | a | LI'L GEE GER, TH’ OFFICE | | | VAMP, SEZ | | A lot of employers object to their stenographers powdering thelr noses because their wives always spot it on their blue | | serge business sult. * . | A lot of people seem to be puzzled over what Engineer Ubden ts doing | jon the Skagit. Perhaps he is bor- | ing for oll. J. Ramsay Macdonald may be a |labor leader in England, but he| couldn’t even get into a union in} this country if he persisted in part-| ing his name in the middie. eee Imn't {t almost time for the various | candidates for city offices to prom Ise the voters an efficient and eco- | nomical administration? | oee | The way some flivvers bounce into the alr when they hit a bump, one| can easily see where they are equip- | |ped with balloon tires. eee | CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON Ivy UB Li The goof who ix continually | telling you what a swell little doll his sweetie is. oe. President of Princeton says that} |the strongest word in the English language is “loyalty.” A stronger | word, wo think, an.” | . . | Pride in the city of ono’s nativity | |{s not confined to Loz Onglaiz. H. |K. G. says he would rather be a hunk of mud in Mukilteo than the whole of Hollywood Boulevard. see For a long; long time, we thought the Bok peace plan was the fun-| niest document ever written. And then—and then!—we read the grand jury's report! o- YE DIARY (February After dinner to the it some joi (so to playing at Jackstraws with them, jand later did tell my wife that 1 was aid did say, jee words between wi) | Charges Boxer R: Ran Off With His Wife | KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 2 —Robert Allen, local prize fighter, |ran off with his wife after giving him la bottie of whisky, which, analyzed, was found to contain enough arsenic |to cause death, A. W. Stevens de jared in a complaint lodged with the district attorney here. | jafter jecommittes went Into executive ses- sion to decide what should be done. | |forth |for his course. jE, L. Doheny, Harry, Sinclair Bbrunken and nePvous “Fall en |tered the crowded committee cham- ber leaning heavily on a cane. He sat pawing with his hand at the arm of the witness chair and stared with deep-sunk eyes at his former senate colleagues. Fall was sworn. Senator Walsh asked him ff he wished to make any further state- ment. “T decline to answer any ques. tions,” Fall answered in a steady votee, Fall then challenged thd authority of the committes to quiz him. “I also decline to answer on the ground it may incriminate me,” Fall sald. Chairman Lanroot of the commit tee ordered tho chamber cleared Fall had concluded and the statement setting terma the reasons read legal Fall a In Im executive senston, the commit tee discussed holding Fall in con- tempt. The senate could try him on recommendation of the commit- tee in contempt proceedings and Fall would be sent to jail if found |mulity, and if ho still declined to lanswer. Fall appeared on the verge of jcollapse at first, but after reading his statement he walked firmly— without use of his cane—into an |ante-chamber to awalt action of the (Turn to eabalida ost 3, Column 1) JONES WANTS THORO PROBE Washington Senator Asserts He’s Not Balking Move United stat Jones Saturd Senator Wesley L y wired Tho Star that he backs a thoro investigation of the Teapot Dome oil affair, and branded as false all rumors that he was Attempting to sh{eld the admin. istration by blocking the probe, His wire stated: “The Teapot Dome probe should go the limit, and any report that I have been a tempting to sidetrack the investiga tion to shield the administration is wholly without foundation. “This administration does not need and does not seck any shields, and | in my judgment can be depended | |upon to do anything and everything to bring forth the guilt of anyone and punish to the fullest extent.” or others.» . ‘WADOO WANTS TO BE WITNESS |Would Reply to Statement That He Is Doheny Man Js Los ANGELES, Feb. —Betore leaving Los Angeles today on his jway to Washington, W. G. McAdoo |permitted to appear before the ecn- ate naval oll probe committee while in Washington and testify concern- ling his employment by B, L. Do- heny, lesneo of California reserves. Doheny, tn |terday ‘before the senate committee | investigating naval of] leasea, stated jthat McAdoo was retained by the | Doheny titrrests to handle Mexican business affairs, and that McAdoo Wag still representing the oll mag- nate’s firm. Doheny also declares that Thom- as W. Gregory, former attorney | |general, and Lindley M. Garrison, |formor secretary of war, had beon | jin his employ. | McAdoo is now retained at $50,- 000 a year, Doheny said, and has |teen paid in all about $260,000. | McAdoo declared yesterday that he {had never been consulted about oil lieases anywhere in the United! tates, but that his law firm had handled some Doheny business in Mexico. HE WILL GET HIS CHANC WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—Willlam |G. McAdoo will be invited to tell the senate I eivtes exactly what services ho ren !dered Doheny, California oll mag jnate, for which he paid him $260,000. He is understood to desire the op portunity to explain publicly that} his services to Doheny as’a lawyer | ad nothing to do with the naval fe. s which Doheny got Secretary of Interior hin appearance yes- serve oil | from former | Fall. When McAdoo tells his story he will be subjected to severe crons-ex- Jamination intended to disclose | whether he actually knew a of Doheny's dealings with Fall re: arding the naval leases. Star’s Scientists See Groundhog Flee Shadow Efforts to Prevent Animal From Observing Sun Fail at Woodland Park BY JIM MARSHALL Two highly-trained observers, who have been observing ground hoge «74 other things for ‘a eral years, were sent by The Star Saturday to Woodland park. One of them was to watch a groundhog; the other to spy upon the sun. Then the first, upon proper notification by the second, was to observe | whether tho sua made 0 shadow b the groundiog, and the 4 was to observe whether the groundhog observed the shadow. Ot cou ow , all this was rather complicated, but necessary, It was felt, in the interest of (Turn to Page 3, Column 3) expressed the hope that he will be} oil lease investigating com-| ything | 000 in fees. on Can McAdoo get into the White House with Doheny money in his pockets? The imputation of corruption smears the hides of leaders in both parties. Predatory big business is revealed in all its vi- cious greed, willing and ready to corrupt the | very fountain-heads of political integrity in the | United States of America. | | The oily trail of Doheny’s millions must be fol- | lowed to the end, so the American people may at least know whom to distrust in the high coun- | cils of the nation, and how in the future to pre- | 7 their votes from being nullified by Doheny’s ollars. ‘MAN FALLS IN. BAILEY CLAIMS | | | | \Victim Tells Police He Thinks | | Alleged Murderer Repeats | | He Was Pushed - Claims Against Witness Plunging 20 feet into the waters of | Puget sound from a pler at the Ham: | innocent.” |mond Flour Mills in West Seattle,| The old, old cry, heard thru the jearly. Saturday morning, Ben Terry, | dark. and musty prison corridors | 35, 6211 Carleton ave, narrowly | | down the ages, issued in feeble pro- escaped drowning and was only res | test from the Ips of A. M. Bailey | nued by the herote action of Frank |!n the county-city building corridors | Wright, attendant at a Standard Oj! | Saturday. station, who came to the rescue after; {t was during a recess of the | hearing the cries of the drowning | ‘rial of Batley for the alleged mur- aan |der of Joseph C, Smith on tho Mer. | erey admitted ‘at the city hhonpital | cer island farm of Adolph | Saturday morning that he had been May 12 last. |drinking. He remembered nothing of During the intermission Batley, | | having been near the mill, or how he|@ccompanied by a deputy sheriff, | Jeame to fall in, altho he expressed| Was taken from Judge J. T. Ron-/ his belief that someone had pushed | d's court room to the sheriff's } jhim overboard. ‘The police are in.| Office, where he was Interviewed. | vestigatinig this angle of th “I am innocent, God knows it," | | Wright heard ‘Terry's yells and,|he said over and over again. “Wait | running to tho end of the plier, jump.| until I tell my story of the affair | led in and managed to drag Terry|—then—then you will hear some out. The victim is an fronworker em-|thing. Then you will see that Boos | | ployed at a local foundry, is not the angel he pretends on ey | witness stand. That Bauiey’s defense will bo an | accusation against Adolph Boos, the | Flayed by Editor state's principal witness fh the case, | was indicated by a careful cross- | LONDON, Feb. 2—The Times, in}examination of Coroner W. H. Cor- | leadnig editorial today bitterly at r son by Attorneys Albert D, Ma tacked the government's grant of|and W. P. Totten Saturday |diplomatic recognition to Ru: tive/to the wounds found uf Recogntiion, altho accep murdered man. evitable since the labor “Tam innocent; God knows,I am | | | Boos, \Russ Recognition ‘|Protest Increases | in Teachers’ Wage | Protests against requests for in-| creasod pay by Seattle teachers | were voiced at Friday's meeting of | the school board by the Taxpayers’ | eague, the Tax Reduction council and! the Federated Improvement clubs, Se-} attle schools were asked to co | operate in a fight to preserve. the] name of Mount Rainier by the His- | | torical of Seattl Both | | matters taken under advise. | 1d,"amumed power, caused a consid impression when announced _|by the foreign offi DO YOU WANT This little Used Car that is being offered at a bargain today? LATE 1 ¥ ASS. Soctety e. Touring. This is a rare buy. It in seldom that a Star is offered on the used car m were | ment State Manager for Coolidge Is in City | Mark Reed, Shelton lumbern |who is managing the Coolidge paign in the state, registered at the |Gowman Saturday. J. P. Duke, state |bank examiner, is also at the Gow man, ng wheel, ete: te like now. We onable terms. ‘The Want Ads will tell you more about the bargain. one jon BAY; RESCUED HE'S INNOCENT © rush period of Friday, him $12,000 in cash, The three bandits had followed Normile from the Union National bank, where he obtained the money. vormile was in an automobile with ot his clerks, D. Melbourne, The bandits’ car passed them at Summit ave. and Seneca st. crowd- ing the payroll car into the curb, by turning sharply in front of it. Two men jumped out, holding large black pistols, and compelled Normile jand Melbourne to hold up their hands. One of the thugs took two money bags, which contained the currency, after which both men ran back to thelr car and sped away on Seneca st. where they turned and were seen going toward Pike st and the obtained, Normilo had a pistol in his rear Ucense number was not | Pocket, but the first act of the ban. dity was to search the two victims end take away the weapon. The bandits are believed to be the samo men who, two nights ago, held up . 8. Toby, cashier of the Rainier Valley State bank, taking $1,500 from him. The money taken from Normile | Was to have beyn used to cash pay- |rott checks. ONE DIES IN HEAVY BLAST KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 2.—One dead, 10 injured-and property dam- Age estimated at $200,000, was the toll of an explosion and fire in the building occupied by the Bailey-Rey- nolds Chandelier company here today. The fire, which burned furtously for several hours following the ex- ploston of escaping gas, was brought under control this afternoon, allow- Ing firemen to make a search of the ruins, No additional bodies were } found, altho three in the building at | the time of the blast were still unac- | counted for. ‘CAR SERVICE IS HELD UP Districts served by Meridian, Wal- lingford, Phinney and Green Lake street cars were without service for: approximately 30 minutes during the when a gen. in a Puget Sound Power & Substation burned out. Elec- a short-circuit caused Damage to the burned armature was estimated at $200, They were driving a Chevrolet | Dr. Grayson continued on watch and Mrs. ‘Wilson was in the Sidley room, ; Dr. Grayson said efforts te the patient comfortable? had suo ceeded, and he was “resting quis ly.” Grayson added that the ex-prese dent might live thrn the day. | “But that Is subject to sudden change,” he continued. Another consultation will be held tin will be issued. comfortable are to relieve him of — any pain and make death as easy — as possible,” he added sadly. Mr. Wilson “continues gradually. to lose ground,” Admiral Grayson said at $:45 a m. today in the first bulletin of the day on the former following bulletin: “Mr. Wilson had a fairly restful lose ground.” When he was asked how much live; Dr, Grayson replied: “Of course, we are hoping,” added that the end might come “at any time.” He dented that any oxygen was be- |ing used to keep Mr. Wilson alive He said a hypodermic Injection was” given last night to prevent restless~ ness. “Mr. Wilson realtzes his fight 1s over,” Grayson said. “He ts mi a game effort, however. It breaks one down. “Mr. Wilson is fully conscious, (Turn to Page 3, Column 4) * CHAPLAIN OF HOUSE OFFERS PRAYER FOR DYING EX-PRESIDENT chap- lain of the house of representa tives, in his prayer today opening || the session of that body, invoked Ulvine support for Woodrow Wil- son as he faces death. Rev, Montgomery said: “In this silence with subdued reath we pray for that most dis- tinguished one, as he lingers in the shadows of eternal morning. In that hushed chamber, give restful assurance to all sad and heavy hearts. Shelter and keep him unafraid In thy secret place and may the shadow of the most high bathe his brow, as he awaits the summons to enter his father’s house—in heaven forever more.” | As the Years Fly By HE last 10 years have devel: oped six personalities who haye left a lasting impression upon the pages of . history—the last 10 days have brought one of these before the judgment of his Maker, one to His threshold and a third to the pathway leading to His door, Nikolai Lenin is dead, suecumb- ing 10 days ago to a protracted iliness. Woodrow Wilson is dying, vic- tim of a similar stroke, Eleutherios Venizelos, former premier of Greece and a great liberal, whom many statesmen, including Wilson, designated as without a peer in the old world, is seriously stricken with heart trouble. The other three are enjoying varying degrees of good health. Lloyd George, still an outstand- ing figure in English political life, is in splendid physical condition, Former Premier Clemenceau, after successfully surviving a re cent automobile accident, is en- Joying his normal good health, ‘The former German kalser, er- roneously reported fll recently, is “in perfect health," according to the United Press correspondent at Docr; today, who cables that Wil. helm took his usual walk thru the village this morning, proving re- ports of his illness to be without foundation. ~ at 6 p. m, following which a bulle- | “Our efforts to keep Mr. Wilson <4 president's condition. He issued the night, but continues gradually to a longer he thought Mr. Wilson would but He fs very brave be “He is just slowly ebbing away. H@