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

ral Who Paid for Ferguson’s Teeth?—Page 7 WEATHER | | | _ FORECAST / ! Vol ele Home Brew | Howdy, folks! How many or le SOUNDS LIKE- Mayor Brown will not be a can didate for the nomination for Will Hop-Off on Last Leg After . ° wernor next fall, he Declared 08 Lunch at Van- a — one couver By W. B, France Three of the roundthe-world flyers en route from Los An geles, will reach Seattle at four They o'clock Wednesday afternoon, . according to a word received Earl Gray, Buti from the squadron by Lieut and hi Theodore J, Koenig, command trip to Seaside, ing officer of Sand Point alr yesterday. drome, Wednesday noon. Here's hoping th As they approach the city they 0 fal n. will be met by Geut. Koenig tn + eee ne bearitig County Commisstose CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON m. A. Gaines. He will be accom IVY CLUB two other planes, accord The flivver driver who is al na made Wednesday morr ways telling you how he passed one piloted. by Lieut. Kenneth H that twinsix Packard on the ean of the organized reserve, Seneca st, hill. 4 the other by: Capt. Carl Con vs % of the Boeing Afrpiane Co. the Polsba t ig courtesies in the :aegpin howe 4 par Koentg will guide the @ e aving up all his garbage so ae the Sand Point landing 2 iy ie eS VANCOUVER, Wash, March . 1%—Murky skies, but dry miedo palais #0 weather, greeted the fleet of Et gal i i around-the-world flyers and Who never wants to stay in ded? thelr ceceris ae they arrived here, at 12:06 p. m. today. A i to be luncheon wag ready for the avi ators, who were greeted by army officials of Vancouver barracks, and representatives of Portland and Vancouver cham bers of commerce, wspapers about “ d; Laughs Mockin eee The trip from Eugene was NOT IF IT's A RENABO E cto Charley Cortis bas traded hs tractor ™ade without event, Martin for = runabout. It rides easier —wi- said. loughby (0.) Republican. eee cee ceases EUGENE, Ore, March 19.— A National Permanent Wavers’ association has been organized in| York. fo doubt ft Is composed of poll tletans who are permanently waving Undaunted by rains, the around tho-world flyers, headed by Leigh Wade, In Plane No. 3, hopped off here at 10:46 a. m., bound for Vancouver and the American flag. | Seattle eee ‘ Wiis’ ingit ls: dtl codoen’ valeiae “Iv take a harder rain than Shhace ; this to stop us,” commented Maj. F. L. Martin, as he Who learned how to wiggle Mt . La sake a "| pared for the start, in spite of MG ta. “I's. 40a rains whieh caused délays. You acquire very soon A big crowd was on hand to bid | bate as the’ planes sailed y into the| eee | the first start Lieut. Lowell | “The people of the Ui ted States * ag gic ae h s Dr. Lavermore, winner of the} ice Biotec at Si tog ta e not fo SECOND START Cuticat: he | 1S SUCCESSFUL t:ecs Both Maj. Martin, in Ptane No. GIVE HIM THE D. 8. c. 1, and Lieut. Leigh Wade, tn| The soldiers’ bonus has again gt oe ; ne Fes Rody passed the lower house of con. | \*°Te # iad spindle ic Leone | gress. ‘That makes the iach |t return to make a second start service stripe that old John T. Lieut. Wade made the alr aty Bonus has earned, |10:53, while Maj. Martin followed | “7 © at 10:45. iets | The fleet of escort planes which nied the I {a an ugias fliers from 6 which arrived t from Vancouver atter the three Yb DiAKy OMareh 14 This evening to rendin Chithin “Got Wings,” the causing wach on “All Goa’ the play that is prour in New “ork, PLANE HERE Ask Permission to Name| One Flier “Seattle” ri see C, Reiter, J. Carmody, Vuqua, J. Gottetein, € Capt. Mason, i T. Burnett, Fi Fitzgerald, “Rothenberg. Ives amber of Commerce officials ane was nd many | Ct Merl Marr, a Fe hag with | have wired Maj. ¥, .L. Martin, home, my wife, thank heavens, asleep.” | commanding the squadron of four| ES seats lee (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) |i .NMENT 1 tics show that 54 of every 100 ba the sons Who have reached the age of 65 either are © poorhouae or - de pendent entirely upon relatives or friends for their upport. Does this mean anything MAY CHRISTEN: | COURTHOUSE ROW HOT The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNI SDAY, ~ The Seattle Star MARCH 19, 1924 * WORLD AIRMEN DUE AT 4 PROBERS) Here’s Seattle as the World Flyers Will See It TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE MAY BE | This picture shows how the round-the-world army aviators will look to Seattle and how Seattle will look to the flyers when they arrive here this; afternoon. The airplane view of downtown Seattle was made by Frank Jacobs, Star staff photographer. town Seattle if they fly directly from the south. The planes among the clouds, forming the upper half of the composite picture, are from a view of | army airplanes sweeping over Elliott bay. The plane picture was supplied The Star by Capt. Frank M. Fretw ell, commandant of Sand Point, who w ill greet the flye rs Ww hen they arrive today. FAMILY FLEES COOLIDGE WINS FIGHT WON BY\45 MEN PERISH! SEEK MISSING FROM BLAZE ‘Johnson and La Follette Split Primary Vote | | Awakened by Flames; Jump to Safety From Window by the roar their burning home FARGO, Senator Hi N. arch on, nia, and Sei of Wisconsin, Awakened of flames in lette, vote, victory for to YOU? Does it, set you to wondering whether will be indepe mdent at 40 and in the poorhouse What sends these folks to the poorhous found out, from the lips of the inmates themselves. splitting It will be the aviators’ first sight of down- Insert shows Lieut. T. J. Koenig, CALLED! Grand ; Man Jury Fore- and Judge © | Confer Over Fuss | in County Office Recalling of the King county grand jury to probe anonymous charges of ire regularities in the county auditor’s office loomed as @ possibility Wednesday when James McCabe, foreman of the jury, conferred with |Judge Everett E. Smith, |who, in addition to the | |county commissioners, fe- | |ceived Tuesday a letter of protest, purporting to come from disgruntled employes of ; County Auditor D. E. Fei BON. E 3 DOUGLAS KNEW; 2 |FAILED TO ACT “=~, | Information concerning But jrumors, collection of funds 4 | other regularities in certain 5 offices were laid before Pros Attorney Malcolm Douglas at time the grand jury convened, Star has learned, but these |never submitted to the jurors consideration, Prosecutor ou: |admitted Wednesday. | “Prosecutor Douglas never cone | ferred with me or gave the |jury any information relative /to tribute payments or other petty graft in any county office,” Fors man McCabe of the grand jury sald. Wednesday, “If he had, we would WN have been glad to investigate them.” McCabe declared that he had con jferred with Judge Smith over the |probable reconvening of the | Jury, but that it was decided to take no action, pending developments in the county row, | FERGUSON DENIES |HE EXACTED TRIBUTE County Auditor D. E Fer who was the target of the anony= mous letters, Wednesday denied all of the charges made. The letter charged Ferguson. forces: employes to contribute heavily to his campaign funds; that ho has a col tor making monthly. rounds colle . 19—With } of Callfor- | ator Robert M. La Fol the | President at midnight, Tuesday, the fam- | ge:in the North ‘Dakota=preal-| ily of Fred Agastino, 1318 21st | dential primary appeared assured ave. S., narrowly escaped with |tho basis of tabulation at noon te a ttire, to |4ay | perth Min Pica dot L. B. Hanna, state manager for! the home of a neighbor, where |cooiage, issued this statement at| they watched thelr home burn | noon | to the ground, | ‘Without question, President Cool-| % t ‘ase ee ae {lL win the primary.” Firemen from several fire-fighting |") count at noon, from only 237 units fought the blaze for an hour |out of approximately 2,000 precincts, but the flames had gained such | stood é that it was uscless to at-| Coolidge, ‘ Johnson tempt saving the build bie Pollet, ois Agastino told the firemen that he| had built a good-sized fire in the liiving room heater, which apparent-| Georgia Vitor, to ly set fire to the house a few hours after the family had retired. The Select Candidate | YOU at 60? ? The Star has And | would raise tho good right WOMAN Mrs. Burckhardt Gets New| Settlement Marital troubles of Frederick Otto Burckhardt, Alaska neryman, and former reputed millionaire, and Mrs. Loulse Burckhardt, which resulted in a plane Falls in Flames | TOKYO, hicariv'19c-Javaiinee sub- ship Tatuska, near Nagasaki, can . according to official an- the nayal ministry. | and |nouncement by men, Salvage operations are in progr bitter divorce battle in Judge |the announcement said. }1ice of Minneapolis and Chicago were | a8 the letter charges. Calvin 8, Hall's court several ee called to aid in the hunt. “No one has been given to under= months ago have ended, it was TOKYO, Mareh 19.—Lteut. Taka-| Baffled by a total absence of clues | Stand that he would be fired untae: Jearned Wednesday. hash! and his crew of four menj|to the whereabouts of the pretty| (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) And the referee, if there was such|were burned to death this afternoon | young waitress, detectives wired to} =e n individual to decide such fights,/when thelr airplane; caught. fire| her grandmother, Mrs, Lora Dennl- arm of|while fying to thelr airdrome, Mrs. Burckhardt in token of victory. | Tokyo. can Sub Is “Sunk and Air-| GIRL IN EAST marine No, 43 collided with the war. this | morning, with the loss of 40 officers | giain, near | son, lections were made to pay for a trip to California taken by Ferguson and to pay for teeth knocked out in am | attack by a former office employe. “There never has been a cent col=” lected by me from any, of my ems [Believe Y. W. C. A, Roomer | pioyes” Ferguson said. | “The letter, T belleve, was written elther (by | May Have Gone Home Fred E. Phelps or Joe Kennedy, or by both, because they were dis= The search for pretty Mildred De| charged from this office. £ 18-year-old Minneapolis girl,| “There fs no collector making thé =~ | who Qisappeared under mysterious| rounds of the employes collecting & clreumstances from her room at the} monthly sum of money; and the) | YW.GA Friday, assumed|employes are not forced to 8 eth scope Wednesday when the po-| tickets to various charitable aff HOW ABOUT THESE? 1612 Seventh ave. S., Minneapo- John O'Con- |lis, and to her aunt, Mrs A settlement, reached out of court, ES | nell, 240 Lakeview ave, Oak Park,j has been signed which winds up the | Chicago, to sce whether they had|| Perhaps one of these little homes. tigation and gives to Mrs. Burek < VICTIM IS DYING. \heard from the girl recently, may be just what you have beet hardt complete posnéaalon of that It {s believed the girl's relatives looking for: 10-year-old son. rederick Ott | may be able to throw some light 7 affectionately Saige! uddy.”” upon her disappearance. The girl es icky in addition, the settlement con-| Youth Runs ‘Down Man With |" reported missing ‘Tueada "great tress ade veys tho pretty Queen Anne bunga- low ‘home of the Burckhardts at 1802 Auto; Skull Fractured |family was all asleep when the suf-| apLANT Ga, March 19. Fourth ave, W. to Mrs. Burckharit | focating cloud of smoke and flames| Georgia voters went to the polls|as her sole and {ndividual property.| Willlam Coffee, 47, victim of a Sat- burst upon them. They managed!today to express their preference for | Mrs. Burckhardt {8 also awarded) urday night traffic accident, was r to escape thf a bedroom window. |qemocratic presidential candidates. | $1,500 cash for 26 shares of stock she | ported Wednesday to be near death | « The house and its contents, valued|ywith only Willlam G, McAdoo, a|owned in the Alaska Consolldated|in the Providence hospital, suffering | ¢ ut $3,100, was # total loss. Agastino| “native son,” and Senator Oscar! Canning company, © $1,000,000 cor-| from a fractured skull, inflicted by| and, 2 carried $2,000 insurance, Fire Mar-| Ww, Underwood, of Alabama, entered | poration; her attorney fees, totaling|an auto driven by Melvin Bryan, 17, shal Robert L. Laing was invest!-|in the primary, an excer lly | $760, and all of the household furnt-| of 3 Morgan st., at Fifth ave. and gating the fire Wodnes,‘ay close race Ww ted i ge 7, son st. Rae Are YOU Headed for the Poorhouse? tomorrow it begins, in an absorbingly interesting series of stories, to tell you why. It’s a series every thought- ful person should read. For all of us must fight the prospect of a penniless old age, with no income, no job except heat, large low only $800 25 a month, ine cluding interest. $1,400 | Mrs Y. W. A.. who was an intimate c. | friend of Mildred’s. |. The girl came here last year and| For a 3-room ‘hous complete, garage, 00 cash, several restaurants Her room contained hats, coat and cape, . all the dresses they had ever seen her wear 1| wore in the room after her disappear: | ance. had worked at a waitress, Turn to the Want Ads and see} | who will show you theso lite home: and no friends. 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