The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 19, 1924, Page 1

Howdy, folks! look where Gosh all whil ikens, we are! TEW : phone Director February By Bell Mr. System has compi that will be of interest to all resi dents of Seattle, Many prominent persons are mentioned—and others not so prominent. .A valuable fea ture of the volume is that it contains the address and te! me number of practically every beotlegger in the city, These, however, are not listed alphabetically, an omission that detracts greatly from the merit of the work. see using the telephone.” into the ur understand, is ractice of some who tnsist on in alley rhis warning, we necessitated by the y heir lips out norar ng le t ay thru talking, say e the receiver When you a od-bye” and repla the hook. We'll say “Toosle-co, “or “Ding-dong, dear of Just as we please! “Consult the telephona direc- ory to obtain the number with h you desire to be connect- This Is very good advice. You will experience great difficulty in find: ing your number in the Police Ga zette. eee THIS BLOKE MAIR TONIC anston, Til. New: joel man's gh dex) Reward. It ts only a matter of a few weeks | when some physician will leap Into | fame by announcing a new disease | caused by the dial telephone. The woman who scolds her grand. | jaughter for smoking cigarets didn’t think it very maughty to take a pinch of snuff occasion: see Some barbers are very consclen- tigus. They'll get the whiskers off if it breaks the razor bandie. o eise LI'L GER GEE, TH’ OFFICE VAMP, SEZ: When my mother i in the parlor, we sit LIKE THis But after mother retires, wo always sit LIKETHNS And sometimes (don't be shocked) we sit | LAKE THES The Star yesterday printed a pic- ture of two giris in swimming at} Alki Point. No doubt they found the water warmer than their apart- ment. ose On the west end of the Spokane st. bridge the juxtaposition of two signs makes them read thus: “DANGER—WEST SEATTLE” eae Old Siias Grump, the sage of Pumpkin Hollow, says: “About th’ only time a pedestrian gets th’ right of way at an intersection js when he is ridin’ in his hearse.” see What's the difference? were a boy you used to carry hot water to thaw out the pump. Now you carry {t to thaw out the radi- ator. ae “ees! Ach aA Lea eo 3; TODAY'S FABLE | Once upon @ time there was a man who said he could run the house more economically than his wife—and proved it. i anne eyincatinansiaine fill see Pomerene will represent the demo- crats and Roberts will represent the republicans in the oil graft prosecu- tions. But who Will represent The United States government? owe There {9 so much talk about sex in the world these days that one would think there were a dozen— instead of only two of them. . cee Sunday School Teacher: “The Lerd meade the world in six days and on the seventh day he rested.” Little Homer: “I knew it—another Karly up in the morning to clean my | couch, which hath grown exceedingly dirty, and after washing do discover it is of @ red color, and not unpleasing to the eye. And lifting the hood did dis- cover that it bath four cylinders, which did surprise me greatly, for never wince 1 got It have 1 heard more than three. And 90 to work, 268 Pedestrians in California have formed a protective association. Un- doubtedly they will try to secure a _cloved season on pedestrians. © ey 6 When the modern girl gets thru dancing she goes home, puts some- thing on and goes to bed. eae If milk comes from contented) cows, moonshine must come from dis- contented mules. eee SECRETA DENBY has re- signed, BUT STILL we can’t say that “OIL'S QUIET along the Poto- mac.” Ad. 8 When you | | Have You Noticed How Women Flock Into Barber Shops? §S augherty Clings to | ee E ditorial Page | abinet by His Teeth! WEATHER Temperature Last M4 Hours Maximum, § Minimum, 38. Today noon, 46, rain late tonight esday; inordasing ly winds. on 25. NO. 308, ane VOL, — Messre. Brown, Erickson and Lundin: TAR is a little old-fashioned respect: to see a primary campaign in “it’s every man for himself and may the best man win So when you gentlemen announced your candidacy for the office of mayor, The Star simply introduced you to the public in a series of news stories, slapped you good-naturedly on the back and told you to go out to “do your darndest.” It has watched the campaign with In- terest, printing from time to time such news of the fight as seemed to really interest the voter. But The Star doesn't believe it has quite done its duty either by you or by its readers. It believes its readers are entitled to know your arguments and your opinions and it believes you should be given the « campaign sible audience in its issue is going to on this page tell whatever tell. which voters than the paralleled mayoralty car sition? MUDSL Did “Slick” Get Out of Town? Yes, Like the “Crack” Limited Witt You Leave lower iy TU me You voore? HAS BEEN DRINKING | BY 8. B. GROFF col. And Monday morning Mc IDDY McGUIRE, also known as/Guire bad a brilliant idea. He was “Slick” MeGuire im the par-jin the corridor when the “drunks” lance of the police, has @ record as| were being called out for trial in} a burglar. But “Slick” has a brain! police court. that was intended for better things. The jallor read off the names, If you don’t belleve it, Haten folks! | the ptisoners answering one at a Saturday night McGuire was|time. Half way thru the list, Mc- clear out, and don't Ipinched by Detective W. 8 Mc-|Guire yelled, “Here!” to tho name |Graw. McGuire had the ill fortune| of Andy Berquist. that had been pilfered from the M.| elevator, The real “Andy Berquist” Praeger Co. on Second ave. Me-| objected, but was pushed back Into Graw jailed McGuire on a grand) the cell by the jailor with the com- larceny charge. mand:. “Shut up! You dpn't know] ‘As the jail was crowded, McGuire; what your real namo is, ya poor Chuckling to himself, McGuire was taken to court. Judge John B. Gordon called his caso and “Slick” | stood up. “Your honor,” he said meekly, “I'll admit I was drunk, but | ‘AGAINST LUNDIN let me go. I've never been arrested | before.” See, = | “Will you leave town if T let you! inisters | off?" asked hizzonner. Brown Also Scores Mit “Judge, that's the one thing 1 Who Mix in Politics You'll never seo mo again, elther. that ministers of the| I've been in jail a week now, Ain't] ee | that enough?” lare wronging their congregations; “All right, lunder whose prestige they act, May ores back or E. J. Brown Tuesday renewed | i his charges of attempted bribery | 8° doubt. Four hours later, Detec lagainst candidate Alfred Lundin| tive McGraw went to the city jail to cate : get his prisoner. He found Berquist sourly sucking his thumb in the ublic debate. | sou Z [ seetowens path torts five issues on| Place once occup he blithe |which he challenges Lundin to de- ted fend his reputation, namely tie a tac. Shogbire the abANIS the Lundin has misquoted the surgeon-| 00 and. He has left for eoents the stot | Patts unknown. But not alone, For praacor ttoeners repr events t |he took with him several angora |machine trust; that Lundin offered | hush money” to two Seattle park | Co. policemen; that during Lundin’s ad-| "0° jney the clty was quarantined by| |army officers and soldiers were pro-| lvented coming here because “con ditions were #o bad”; and that Lun- | |din, as prosecuting attorney, gave jauditor permitting thousands of gal- Hons of alcohol to be shipped here, Imuch of which was destroyed by the police, din on trial on these five charges jand to meet him in open: debate |upon them with the public as a ljury,” the mayor chalienges. “I affirmative and prove |to be in possession of some clothing] McGuire's willing form into the \was put in a “tank” near the drunk) stift.” TU never take another drink if you don’t want to do nothin’ else but.} |gospel who enter the political arena And McGuire left, rejoicing hugely. and his challenge to Lundin to | McGuire, ex-convict and burglar de jgeneral of*the U. 8. navy; that his! |goats, befonging to as many Seattle ministration as prosecuting attor-| Jan illegal order to the then county “’ now stand ready to put Lun- lwill take the |my case.” | Lundin was out campaigning at ithe time the charges were issued, |but his aides sald the charges will be placed before him for an answot jat once MAPL PARENT - TEACHERS’ association will meet Wednesday, February 20, at 2:30 p. m., at the Maple school to hear Miss Marion | Penewell, of the University of Wash: | ington home economies department, | talk on “Nutrition.” Bntered a4 Seoond Class Matter May 3, talks before the largest So The Star is going to do thi It will mean in one written speech you will reach more political meetings. And it will mean for the voters that in one reading they will be able to digest Doesn't that sound like a fair propo- Haul out your typewriters, gentlemen. And remember, 0} GING! The Jailor thrust) The Newspaper SEA’ »pportunity to put over your pos- of voters. of Friday, February turn over ONE COL to each of you, for you to political story you desire to for you gentlemen that you would in a month of 1 arguments of ALL the ndidates. 2 column. And NO FEAR WIDMER THIEF VICTIM | Father of Four Motherless Girls Disappears Foul play, because it was believed j te was carrying Ae TTRRRS senor} money, is feared ag the fate of Ed. ward Widmer, 46, former coal and |fuel dealer of Ballard, who disap: [peared Thursday evening, while en route from his new bulb farm at Foster to Geattlé. Ho ts being sought by his sister, Miss Minnie Widmer, prominent Seattle musl- clan, residing at the Sheridan apart jmenta, and hia four young, mother |less daughter: | Widmer, his sister sald, had tele-| | phoned her two daya before to draw | |@ large amount of money from a} | Seattle bank for the purchase of ;feveral thousand dahiin bulbs. [was en route to Seattle to. got it, |but she fears that some one may | telephone on: | |have overheard the versation and attacked bim, think ing he had the cash with him, Widmer was last seen by neigh bors between 5 and ¢ o'clock Thurs |day evening, dressed to come to town, He was in the habit of walk. jing to Renton and taking the inter jurban there for Seattle. |. He has not been seen at his usual haunts Jn Seattle and had little | money with him, she said SENATOR MAY | DIE, BELIEF WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The jcondition of Senator Frank 1. | Greene, of Vermont, seriously wound ed Friday night by a stray bullet in la battle between prohibition agents and bootleggers, wax “extremely critical’ today, his physician, Dr | Daniel L. Borden, announced. “The chances are against Senator Greene's recovery,” Dr. Borden sald. “He has suffered a severe hemor rhage of the This was caused by a fragment of bone striking « / blood vessel within the brain itself.” Motorcyclist Is Killed in Crash TACOMA, Feb. 19.—August L Belsart, drove hia motorcycle |head-on into a street car on Puyal. lup ave. yesterday, being Instantly jkilled. He was riding behind a itruck and ‘turned out to meet the street car. He lived near Milton, 1999, at the Postoffice at Meattle, ‘TLE, W ASH, He} ‘Wash, _TUE SDAY, To the Candidates ‘ARMED CAR FOR BANKS! Increase in Hold- ups. Results in Decision to Buy Motor “Fort” A Juggernaut of steel, plated with gray armor, with windows of bullet-proof glass, and mount- ed with quick-firing rifles, will soon bo seen on Seattle streets, it was announced Tuesday, An association of seven Seattle banks has agreed to purchase and maintain the armored car, | so aroused are they over the in. | creasing number of daylight | holdups. | Following closely upon the sensa. |tlonal hokiup of two Metropolitan | National bank messengers in tho} lalley back of the Federal Reserve! bank. of San Francisco, Monday} morning, In which armed bandits excaped with 312,000, the adoption! of the armored car idea was an} nounced by Joseph C. Glass, of the Bank of California, Tuesday | According to Ginas, the Bank of | California, the Dexter Horton Na | tional, the|Seattle National, the First National, the National Bank of Com: | | merce, the!Metropolitan National "the Federnl Reservo bank hi | repetitions of the recent robberies. CAR WILL CARRY |LIGHT FIELD GUN | The auto would be mounted on aj) jtruck chassis, It would be bomb- | proof from the bottom, impervious to projectiles under the caliber of_a| light field gun, mount two or more | machine guns, and have windows of bullet-proof gtass, The car would guard messengers carrying money from the bank to the auto, carry the messengers to their destination and guard them until they reached safety inside, It would have the destructive power of smal! war craft. The cost, estimates, would be between $5,000 and $6,000, and would cost about (Turn to Page 7. Column 3) ass Lundin Still Keeps Lead AS thé date for the primaries draws closer tho ballots come in faster in The Star's, straw vote on the mayoralty race, but Alfeed H, Lundin was maintain- ing his lead when the votes were checked up Tuesday. The Ber io) at noon Tues ay: . 518 < ABS yd Total Votes If YOU en't yet cast vote, DO IT TODAY! You'll find the ballot on page 16, Mail it to Thé Straw Vote Editor of The Star. your under the Act of Congress March 4, ot islet NAPA PPP PPP PPP PP PPP LAP PPP PPP PPP PP PDP PPP With the Biggest Circulation in Washington The Seattle Star 1879, Per Year, 19, 1924. by Ma! a HOME EDITION $5 to 99 T W. 0 CEN ‘TS IN SEATTLE. ANOTHER EX- BOY? Daugherty, A ttorney General, Slated to Follow Denby to Oil Quicksands Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, who is expected agreed to urchase and maintain the|%0 follow Secretary Denby and resign from his post in the lequipment, to prevent disastrous cabinet, altho today he was reported still clingin fice in ales of Joga Teo ble ch that he piles * * to his of- wird out. | County Court Calendar Is Clogged With Cases Dilatory Tactics’ of Attorneys Is Blamed for Congestion BY JOLIN W. LSON A total of 860 civil cases have been noted for trial on the civil calendar of King county courts, and in the orderly process of court procedure, exclusive of numerous .delays that are thrown in the path of justice by attorneys, fully a year would be required to get rid of them. The congestion of the county courts is greater than {t has ever been and {is increasing day by day, according to County Clerk George A. Grant. Tho congestion of the criml- nal courts is greater than it has ever been, but this will be ame- liorated asthe spring and sum. mer months arrive, Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas says, The criminal calendar has 88 cases where issues have been Joined, according to Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas. These cases will be set just as court procedure Criminal cases develop with more rapidity during the months of November, December, Janu- ary and February than at any other period, ac ording to Doug: las, In summer the crime ‘wave subsides, but it reaches the peak during the coldest months of the year, “Tho dilatory tactics of at- torneys in seoking to avoid trials of thelr clients is one of the biggest factors in the con- gestion of the criminal calen- dar,” said. Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas. “The state seldom asks for the continuance of a criminal case. On the other hand {t is a recognized part of criminal practice to avoid trial as long as possible. Material witi¢sses leave the jurisdiction of the court and evidence is hard to procure after a lapse of months, People’s minds lose their Impressions of what tran- spired ‘and sometimes prosecu- tions are dropped. “There are ample judges here to care for all the cases we have to t Prosecutor Doug- Ins said. “AU the deputies avail. able are busy every day trying criminal cases and even. then we refuse three complaints for every one filed." ‘SPURNS. be | Adtoenes 7 Gener Delays Expected Move to Resign : From U. S. Duties y A. L, BRADFORD . . (United Pree Starr Correspondent} WASHINGTON, Feb, 19—In the face of an open that he resign and what regarded here as a broad hint from President Coolidge to the same effect, Attorney General Daugherty today was clinging — to his post in the cabinet. A three-hour conference last night |® cabinet discussion today and brief conference with President | Coolidge resulted in Daugherty ag \ciding not to quit until he had b |given a hearing and a chance reply to his critics, DAUGHERTY WILL BE INVESTIGATED Agreement was reached this after noon whereby the senate will adopt ® resolution to investigate erty. Senator Wheeler, democrat, and author of the vestigation resolution, consulted Senator Willis, Ohio, republican friend of Daugherty. Willis told Wheeler that his nal resolution would be fo republicans. Willis wanted the contain the allegation that the | partment of justice had lost the | fidence of the people. | Wheeler agreed. The ag | assures adoption of the resoll The only point remaining to be | cided is whether a special comm jor the regular. judicial co shall make the investigation. RESIGNATION 1S CABINET SUBJECT President Coolidge and his ca today met to consider the tion of Daugherty. As the cabinet met, Daught | dicated thru his friends that h | disposed to fight efforts to get hi out! of the cabinet until he has had a chance to defend himself before a senatorial investigating co! Daugherty arrived at the cab meeting a few minutes late, I evaded all questions, oe ‘I have nothing to say," he to newspaper men. “I like you” but there is nothing I can s¢ you.” Daugherty remained with | dent Coolidge after the cabinet jing broke up. When he came. | he again refused to say anything. | “The only thing you can quotes | on,” said Daugherty, nothing to say. Other members of the cabinets | equally reticent, but indicated in | roundabout manner that they did 1 expect any development t Daugherty’s case. It was stated on Daugherty’s. half that when he had an say he would say it in a public statement. No intimation given as to when such a stat might be expected. Assistant Secretary of the (Turn to Page 8, Column THis re 1s MoM— /] AND HERE IS Rs