The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 20, 1924, Page 1

AX VICTIM IS DYING! Algona Merchant Shot From Ambush _ WEATHER The Newspaper W ith the Sigg est Circulation in Washington he Seattle Sta Entered « Home Edition | Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 51 Minimum, Today noon, 51 ———___Y 38. i ae Matte sioftiog at Geatti®, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 9, 3879. Der Year, by Mall, $3.60 * Says Witnesses LieMan Found; Seattle “Says It With--’” Wife Go n e,; Home eves Edmunds Resident Sheriff Believes in Seattle Hos- Murdered Man NO, 806, SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1924 TWO CENTS IN Howdy, folks! Summer will soon be here and then we can the janitor! all make faces at Hooray! ee Seattle newspaper AAWashington oarsmen MGrowned if their st Won't somebody @ubscription to bt Anothe ‘eXam.professer says that the ma er: al composing a human being is} cWorth only 98 cents. But what if the duman being has just drunk a quart of gin? “Let us hope,” postcards K. M “that Japan pays back that $15,000, Charging that the defense tes timony in the Ole Knutson man. staughter case hearsed in the office of Attor- ocy Ralph Horr, and framed so that all witnesses for the de tense would tell the same story,” Deputy Prosecutor Robert Mac. farlane sprung a sensation in apparently the victim of was brought to the Fginia Mason hospital, in Seattle lwhere it is feared he wil Ie i# myftering from a fractured skull A broken the head and face, and on his fogs. Munne: BAX atta iFM, sever uta on ANE pital; Mystery in Was Shot Down oa tha present time, the a. 0. ».| Deputy Says Testi- Rs PaiRipikegncieds 12s cise nics ees ae 4x Washington seems to. be in ot Kn t by Sheriff ae ae ull 4 pao roles v bsition of a man Who has crawled in of Everett, ednesday, to scour was shot down and kille bis flivver and inadvertently mony utson MS the country surrouding Edmonds yard of his home on pened the ofl cock = in search of Mrs, J. Mu 7 night as be was on his way ho Prager oe | Trial Rehearsed whose aged husband, Joshua from his shop, was murdered by & POLITICAL NOTE | Munney, was found near his a man who layin walt 10 slay Would you call our form of | Before Court burning home Wednesday morn him, and that the motive for the government an oiligarchg? ing, by neighbors, near death slaying was personal rancor, -* it fro crushed skull and burns. Sheriff Matt Btarwich, Wednes. day, shifted bis search for clues to Seattle, o A woman is believed to be tn volved in the case, Starwich de clares cateh bis breath. eee | One way to stop drinking would be | yo" 4o pars’ a law compelling every per- 40n who takes a drink to follow it ith a chaser of Nujol. j ary | . SS ‘A gent that came from Belle Air, Once said to a girl named Clare: 4 N give you a ring, Tomorrow, first thing,” And she thought he meant solitaire. eee ack of & Sign on the | If you really want to know what| Js meant by the “power of the press” | just drink some of this six-month: | ‘ bid apple cider! . . | French boxing authorities ha prohibited prize fighters from kiss- ing each other after bouts, probably | on the ground that there is enough) cruelty in the ring as it Is, see | Note to the Society Editor: Will} you please print the following in| your estimable columns: “Mr. in| Brew is entertaining a cold in the pend this week.” . o- | vr. DIAKY (February, 19) ter playing little upon my new Hittle harmonicn, that ts «0 soft in tone it pleases me mightily, office, where most of the day. my extraordim y con | ide, who doth sell steel , did , and much talk of this nnd that, Jeo sh the dark weswers Jal school ther, which heaven help us alt! | A. J, 8. dent's secretary, Knutson is alleged to e run down the girl. Macfarla charged that 11 per rons who were at the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Holt on the night of the accident, all had met in Horr’s office, rehearsed their tes- timony and framed it so that all | woudl tell a similar story. |Christian Won't Be on Trade Body WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 orge B. Christian’s nomination to be a member of the federal trade commission was withdrawn from the senate today by President Cool ldge, €. Bascom Slemp, the presi announced, Vote Over 1600 Mark ITH more than 1,600 polled in The ‘6 straw vote on the mayoralty situation when the total was checked up to noon Wednesday, Alfred H. Lundin was still maintaining the lead he took Saturday over Doc Brown. The standing: votes 8 A EDWIN J. BROV OLIVER T.ERL 1,608 voted, vot Saturday. found on Total votes If YOU haven't ballot today at midnight ballot will be your closes you Page WASHINGTON, Feb. torney neral Daugherty will be asked to resign from the cabinet if he is connected by one specific fact with the Teapot Dome oil scandal. Unless tre is so connected by evidence turned 20,—At- up by the senate committee his resignation is not likely to be asked by President Coolidge. This w the Information from re. Hably informed quarters today Daugherty replie sa ional charges made in the senate jate yesterday by Senator Wheeler Montana, author of a resolutio 1 senate investigation of I erty’s Inv ation. | Wheeler charged that the ment was protecting Jesse Smith, a c friend Daugherty, who committed here a few months ago, money In, connection with cases be fore e Sepaetenest of justice; th % crooks; Elkins, Oil WASHINGTON, Feb. % Senator David Elkins, West Vir- ginia, today told the United Press that he had dealt in Sin- clair oil stocks then Benkard & Co. the New York brokers, whose books were examined terday by the senate Teapot Dome committee, depart. that of suicide accepted Public Crazy Sau Sen: |Bought, Sold Sinclair ‘Issues; “Tf That’s a! Crime, Let Them Holler Their Heads Off”, Clay was Daugherty was a friend of EB. L, Do-| with a fractured skull heny and Harry F. Sinclair, lessee} Irving Smith, 27, of 3542 Admiral of the naval oi} reserves; that /way, fell 20 feet to the ground from Daugherty and B.B, M an, owner} traveling crane at Marginal of the Washington Post, conferred| way and Horton st. He was brought here Sunday and, before that, at|to Providence hosiptil, critically in- Palm Beach Jured. McLean has figured in the sennte| Falling lumber at the Lander st taken to the city hospital | 4@y to ensatior ments, which will involve of an Algona resident, whose hus. band. last week complained to the prosecutor of her friendly relations with another Algona man 1 develop the wife |Slays Three and Investigation and is now under sub-|d0ck, Possibly fatally injured Fred . poena to appear again, | Allen, 82, of 2803 Alki ave. He w: Commits Suicide The department of Justice has | ‘ken t hospital. HOMER, Il, Feb. 20, — Louis n and iy now protecting crooks,” ES : Kuntz, 65, a butcher, exterminated a raid. "Wo know now that) Auto Hits Train; | he ea 1 aha ar bat te ae torney ’ getietal «Is - prokectiiiie rere, following a family quarrel, a Three Are Slain) ins to a report made to the oro last ay, 1 formed, | _ GREENV Texas, Fet |ner today by Constable Elliott “omy last Sunday, T am informed, | GR , . Feb y anes ete Daugherty conferred with Rdward B.|Three’ were killed and three others era ira: Jowsph SVieth ten MeLean, millionaire Washington {seriously injured last night when | ri Iu Hrd ei ay publisher, We know that Daugherty,|{he automobile in which they wero went to Palm Beach and that he was riding was struck by a Katy passen there consulting with McLean, |gor train at a grade crossing on the | “We know also that when McLean |outskirts of Leonard, near here. wax about to disclose all he kne about this ee "alm a HOME BUYERS, * 3 ATTENTION Want Ads homes are of: prices. Here home the Every many day in Star bargains in fered at sacrifice is a comfy little Unlvarally district: in Stock Buyer Nor IcB “ONL r $3,900 MN. furniture, including dandy <r electric range; electric heater; with bed- linoleum; dining room set. buffet, table and 6 chairs; room Ret, rugs, ete Down payment $500 } “Certainly clair oft dealt in 1 bought Find sold Sin stocks," sald Wiking, © "I woveral hundred shares thru | Benkard & Co., and IT don't care who| |knows it, I buy and sell any kind jof stock I want, ‘There 4 no Jaw against it and my office does not pre- vent my dealing In stocks, | (Turn to Page 7, Columne 2) about $30 0 the contract month ete, ete There are to this home. Ads NOW, many more features Turn to the Want | | | | jes schedules delayed. |dent | buquerque, killed himself, Blizzard ‘Swoeee Gotham’s Streets NEW YORK, Feb. 90.—An army of 2,000 hastily recruited’ men today | battled with v 's first real | blizzard of the year, Slect and snow, driven by a gale which swept this section thruout the night, left a trail of thorofares | blocked with driftee snow, suburban highways almost impassable and, Caples May See : Obregon at Border | WASHINGTON, 1" — Presi nolidge today took under con: ation’ an inyitation to” moet sident Obregan of Mexico at Al. M, on March 28, at jthe annual convention of the United States Good Roads association and the Bankhead Highway association, aide: 00 loan promptly. I don’t want to " Sheritt MeCulloug th 6 south go to any. more of J. P, Morgan's! Fe i Bers. aoe bin ead ioe tne : nyeterions sheriff's bloodhounds. were - 1 edn mt mg. theory that Munney wo ae | Knutson % @iarged with running lof a murderous attack, and that fire He aatiie elke W. J. Simmons ‘aw sold alt hix|down and fatally injuring Tene wan then set to the house in an ef Wednactay naea Wrights in the K. K. K. for $200,000, |Branshaw, 22yearold cripple gtr [fort to coyer up the crime ‘ PB. K. K-must be, about,an good as) 08 December 23, 9 4 failing to / notre burned (0° the ere ee Cines che talene pot Dome. after th ay search of the smould id a® the motive - is ig tt: | Macfarlane formally told the court failed to reveal eer Goat cite cae SOUNDS LIKE WEDDING BELLS that he would “prove the testimoi wife of the injur a disp rowed “HY ils’ inv lof defense witnesnes” had been Munney apparently aroused |t) 0, Alors iran was out to see"hin bet framed. from unconcciousners flames | wir} last Sunday nigh : ousnens by james | Smart was shot at arm's lengt Stephen Hraun mads his usual trip to) The a8 burning his legs, He staggered (0/ ine sheriff said ree shots en Celine on suedey night. Pi pressed tement to a small pool in the of the | tered his bo red Braun ma usaal awee: >" he courtroom, and both ouae J quenched purn belie At. at } BI duel ge Meyer weep aver the couftroom, and bot i jhouse and quenched burr ihn waketier’e meus tne sirbabedl (O.) Chronicle, Def Counse A. Vand It’s all very well to talk about the mildnese of our Sotatee| clothes, As neighbe cted OO hla: day's ‘tiider Whidh: arabian pgitinceby bhind ze Ralph aa ON and the balmy Puget breezes that blow in the blizzard sea- x rories ee t me fons in to more than $200, wag in his pock If Coolidge es . cir feet, makin 18 pto : ; % house, rushed up, he fell 1 ogper seat ete eateisia te aU tal thasdsaweinet< uacanetacnens son, but we know, from experience, that many Easterners) siouy, atter saying ho had last seen |, 8h" bis wife, hearing the shots, harmony on the oil thing, and who The duties.of Mr. Macfariane are | take it with a grain of salt, believing it idle boasting. So 1f\ nis wite on the back porch | Fue ot of the dent: pine bas are past masters at investigating, we | prestribed by law, anc fell for the idea of Esther Aaland, of 504 E. Denny way, Munney was brought to Seattle) Smart's fully loaded _ revolver, Suggest Doc Brown and Malcolnt] outside = wine al who saw the Japanese cherry blossoms blooming in Feb- ce tment. Dhyalan, who gove | whick. he for protection | Be: jmuch a statement,” said Va é ; Figg L : pt men! - Peugias iy oe isha ce Beitaeee 4d prove that|7uary in the yard of S.W. Fuertelt, at 4801 Beach drive pti rae ag |axainst holdups, was grasped tightly | e: D DFO ey oe ‘ aa , * in his hand Hie stood on the crossing at mid-|the defense had conspired to detent|S. W., and suggested: “Why byt you just say it The Smart home was brilliant night, Justice in this case. I ask that) with Photo by * & Carter, Staf Staft Photographers lighted at the time of the shooting. As the autos homeward sped; ie counsel be Sees trons Te he is | Smart had traversed # lonely stretch He was very much. struck by the| marks expunged from the records | where he could easily have been moonlight— jand the jury told to disregard them | ambushed should anyone have But that tan't why he te dead, | untess much is hia intention. Tf that aug er ty. S ccuse | Pulley Drops 40. Feet and }empustedshoute ewe pe true, the! wit w my excep. fai of al aide heethaeee Strikes Man on Head These facts indicate that the | Lil Gee Gee told J. Dashleigh Fitz-| ae ts ma killer waited until Smart camo | ‘hugh that he gave her a headache,| “That's just exactly what will Ss) ig RARE nj.) UP to him, then that he stepped and the next day he sent her a box| prove to the court and this jury." | 0 Yo ec in jamais wie t tee Tuet of accl:| from the ‘shadows afd fired,” | of aspirin tablets the big brute! | sald fariane, “if the defense wy. porte Ne 3 \er ar Starwich said. “The gun, prob. | calls certain witnesses to the stand,” BRB AE Clay, 28, of 610 E. 60th st! aniy 9 32 of 38-caliber, held | ieee E \ "the accusation camo during the jwas working at the base of the acs A + was ] Pre iepagd | ute Roda bd W I" =| smokestack at tho city light stes . “ip sapg ccna ias | Spagl ae gaa deh (2 repeat ag spe fe aun a id ‘nig Senator heeler Flays Attor ney Gen plant on’ Eastlake, riveting. | A pul.| Starwich dectarea that tt is prob. f 10, Selma Nelson ar plant o1 astlake, f A puke} foe Doc Brown. He is the only | who, with Selma Nelson and hig . val, Wl Deni s All Ch arges ley dropped off a scaffold, falling | @ble arr may be sin the have to stop once in # while to | Were in Knutson’s car on the nigh | WE CAN HAVE BIGGER MEN IN SEATTLE POLIT I. Shorrock Serves School District 21 Japanese-American S or ca of Co to chusetts with A big bisiness man told The Star that men of af- fairs refuse to run for public office because they can't stand the grublic’s gaff.” Shorrock, vice president of the Marine National bank, shown above, he erved the public 21 years and isnt much the worse Jor wear Blar Stall Photographers Years, and Stands the Public n099 712 “Gaff” Willingly UN for office? Me? Not much. “I’ve tod much at stake in my business. I can't afford it and besides, I refuse to take the abuse that goes with a public job.” It was one of the BIG BUSINESS MEN of Seattle king. He was discussing with a Star man the qual- ities of the various aspirants fot the mayoralty. The Star man had emphasized the importance of getting rae ntative men in public office. He had stressed the fact that Seattle, as the largest corporation in Washington, should insist on having competent ad- ministrative forces. Public business, The Star man pointed out, could be handled much the same as 7 private business, provided the ‘right sort of men 4 could he induced to perform public duty, whether it be in the government of the city, county, schools: or state. “You're a theorist,” said the Big Business! Man. “It doesn’t work out that way. Show me a really representative business man in this town who is willing to give his time and stand the gaff of the public. You can’t find one. They're just like I am. 4 They realize what is needed but they won't go thru iq with it. The public is too critical, too ready to find Ee fault and heap abuse and vituperation upon any public servant with whom they may disagree.” The Star man had been challenged to find aman such as he had described. He pondered long over the Big Business Man's idea, and then started out to prove his theory—to find a “rally representative busi- ness man” who would serve, the public ina competent . and take the public’s “gaff.” 4 The Star man looked long and diligently for his 4 man. He was beginning to think the Big: Business Man was right, when lo, he walked into a Second ave. bank and there found one who was not only willing , but HAD ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE SERVICE q FOR 21 YEARS. 3 So The Star man is presenting his man today in the : person of FE. Shorrock, vice president of the Marine a National bank, who for 21 years has been a member of the Seattle school board, presided over the des- tinies of children ranging in number from 10,000 to q 45,000, helped build 60 school buildings and stood the public gaff without having it interfere greatly with his peace of mind or his prosperity. “In my opinion a man in public business need not be more bitterly assailed than a man in private busi- n provided he conducts his affairs on gcod busi- ness principles,” said Mr. Shorrock, explaining the . reason why he is willing to do public service. “I cau readily see how a man may get himself into diffi- culties, how he may be misjudged for a time by the public and all that, but if he is sincere, purposeful and exercises the best judgment he has, he need not fear the public's opinion in the long run for the public is appreciative of right effort. “My only compensation has been the realization that the work of the school board benefits every home in the city—but that in itself is enough.” SO, MR. BIG BUSINESS MAN, re YOUR MOVE. Romance on Rocks FRANCISCO, Feb, 20, — wove does not thrive in the jont, Even the che Anot make it grow. ‘That was the expla Japan husband, provided for her by | her A. Asal, Japanese, and she never again will re: turn until her husband egrees to declares: Mrs. A, Asai, formerly Adele ablde by oustoms-of the Qccident, onion, of Boston, who is en route If my husband adopts our cus: her home in Massa: toms, then we will live: together Mary Ko Asai, ear-old daughter, She has left the home in far her again, in America," she otherwise — well, we. al Mary and 1." ‘But ome,