The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 19, 1924, Page 7

WEDNESDAY, MARCTT 19 1 MURDER PROBE. \_sransox ra STARTS ON PAGE 1 Arrested in Kansas City After Sister Is Slain 1924 KANSA Auth Jenne woman, said b (Viking J showed es " y committes representi asked her why she ney a bank, ¥ 1 of the Chamt ¢ Commer field ts a have lid not p ewspaper As t she the one, spectators beep banks,” James asked to view tho arrival ata dis “me to avold risk of danger sh ‘ owd ather od Ascassin.|* crowd wath David Chamber of too near committee. w Whitcomb, pres Commerce, chal Acting Mayor ©. B. Fitegerald; Dr B, Eagleson, Capt. Frank M, Fretwell Col. A. H, Beebe, May: A. A ree months stody today Dillard Whkins Commissionets nd beat age, was tak aad held fo Dav the w brot! Ole of the Dosing Wee" Coyle wm A and Frank Rex Smith | married ‘oix’ t hamber of Coinmerce, Col 4 by frien : herift” Matt Star f 8. Ha nd Claude Ram chairman of the r had attacked arrel rece Tom Dobson sident By. mas|mon, D: of |S4¥, who wealthy banker sv. ningham Doplin, she had more than $500,000 ‘orth of stock In hi nk, which he nt. the adquired from board ham, as well as from her othe ination of t 1, Maj. F. y was found dt Lowell H. Smith: Lieut of ashes whic’ and 4, Lieut, Erik H. Nelson, Lieut resulted from Nelson is following the other three Licut. matrimonial ve Lytars of age the beauty 2 }lantto in August or September, ynurderer believed to be the woman's! After thelr arrival will, and other papers. The house) will be escorted to the College club, | had been ransacked, apparently f ‘i stay in Beattle, jeeeity and clothing had been left seer untouched. Contents of strong boxes, ehesta ond drawers had been scat- cman’ "DESTROYERS 10 wi jespite her many only 9 d retained much of y which has admiration of} pau + veon| War Vessels. Ordered to Her head had Passage Stations a biow from a Tpavy qbject and her throat cut! estroyera of the Asiatic with a rusty pocket Knife. The] scouting fleets will be placed at the body was discovered by a boy WhO! dispoml of the round-the-world fly peeked in a window of the room/ers under orders 6f acting Hecte where the was committed. | tary of the Navy Roosevelt, accord. The body was fully clad }igg to word received The woman a9 aduate of «| Wednesday. chiropractic. seh vol a had pra The ships wil! be stationed in the teed her pfofession at her home| Yellow sea and around the Japan under the name of “FE pelago for the Oriental di fanchard.” There was . of the fiteht. They will fur Sbie mystery about her clientele./nieh fuel and render any other as Frequently imposing appearing auto- | sistance that might be needed. mobiles .would be parked in front} When the planes reach the At ppt the-house. Until recently she reta’ watts mervant and two negro house|tbe route homeward. ‘They. will he | men and lived !n style and comfort.| Placed along the Labrador coast, However, within the last few weeks | 0d at intervals from Labrador t+ neighbors tid Dr. Wilkins appeared | the #oltheast of Iceland. to be tunning short of money, Her| ea es ~servanta were dismissed, collectors | NELS were unpaid and her rent was over-| ON ON WA i HERE’S MORE ABOUT FERGUSON. | STARTS ON PAGE 1 Catch Brother Flyers CLOVER FIELD, Los An- | geles, March agp away in he ‘pungled up.’ No one nas been| pursuit of his fellow flyers, compelled to contribute to my cam-| Lieut. Erik Nelson, piloting the “Palgn expenste, altho a number of| fourth around-thewor'd — air. employes made Yoluntary contribu-, Plane, “took off" from here at Mona,” daybreak today. «Fetguson said that he had not With the mifor repairs which cillacharged any employe for protest-| forced a day's delay, following the if agalist assessments, BOt sev-|fourth plane's arrival from San ral employes were let out for “the| Diexo, completed and everything In abood. of. the office.” perfect condition on the big air “When I went t6 California on a}¢raft, Lieut. Nelson and his mechan. Vacation a year ago I paid my own| clan, Lieut. John expenses,” Ferguson said. ‘No col-| were away at 6:20 a. m., planning lection was made.” to reach Eugene, Ore., before dark Several employes Of Ferguson's} If they ate successful they will office, when interviewed by ‘Tho | have covéred in one day what their Star, denied there was any unrest }fellow flyers took two days.to do. in the office and declared they did Tomorrow, according to their sched Rot believe the statement was|tle, they will join the main party drawn up by any employe. lat Seattle, 4UDGE OFFERS TO | Lieut, Gy C. Moseley,°from Clover SHIELD INFORMANT |fleid, and Mra, Moseley. “took off Judge Everett £. Sait Wednes. | with the world flyersand escorted day said that he would do nothing |them to the Tethachapl, returulnic towards-ealling a grand jury unieas | to the fleld at $a. m. 6 pthained the names of office em- ° ¢ a=" QKEHS BASE. AT | the alleged condition. “I will protect anyone who signs Ws name fo such 4 communication and will do everything in my power Any exists,” Judge Smith said, “But | sat stoners “*/Turned Down “Shady Deal” Wade, | mittee trmen | ° where they will live during their | | ola and | “shad: | {Fourth Aviator Speeds to c Harding, Jr. | THE SEATTI YANKEES LAND Puzzle: Who Paid for IN HONDURAS Auditor’s Dental Bill? Consulate and Legation Are etter Charges Employes , Fired On by Drunks Repair; Ferguson Deni TAR Assessed for Teeth 8 It 1 sald aulted me American © fired upen before t left the cruiser Amapala } Americans to pass thru their lines hen Morales explained the sat were not HERE'S MORE ABOUT BURCKHARDT STARTS ON PAGE 1 WILBUR READY FOR OFFICE ot|New Navy Head to Be In- OILY POLITICS com ete, control Bud ducted in California divorce trial, ted in coming to intervene, bu ure, valued at $10, Most significa settlement mplete contr ment as secretary of the na r court last October, this] contirmed by Jexpects to take the oath of of @ member of the cabinet in bers tn the supreme court suite tr the state building here today Tomorrow morning he wi and | for Sacramento, where he w his resignation as chief jus lay began its investls Judge Hall's Geciston granted the|Callfornia supreme rs that the presidency divorce to Mrs, Burckhardt. He/ Friend William Richardson be offered in ex-| found the charges against her char-| At Sacramento 1 of nation’s |actér and ability as a mother un-|by Mrs. Wilbur | sustained by competent test! dren and W He awarded er 5 shares of t ngton. Leonard, the youngest son, will ré main In San I » to complete nis term in hi hi w colved last fight notice of end from Friday evening until Bun-| his confirmation and wired the pres! day evening. Judge Hall gave Mra,| dent he was leaving for Washington Hurckhardt possession of the Queen| immediately Anne he at tho end of which was to be sold and the proceeds divided equally be-| tween the twe GETS AUTOMOBILE | IN NEW SETTLEMENT The home is Jued at $12.00 altho new settlement, which ot know whether |°*2e%, the Old, Mrs. Bur Okiahodin oli operator | Une Swarded a Cadillac wad interested, as Mra. Burckhardt refused to com-| . ~ ment on the settlement Wednesday Leonard Woed,| sue expressed deep Witness Says Heard Wood sed gerade # the center of interest. A highly salacious at : a the character and conduct WASHINGTON, March 19.—Deter urckhardt was made by| mined n * band in nd 0 at whe Was tent an endeavor to prove unfit to care for leave tender of the to Gov J in the 19 the senate ol! cc ntrol her son of rum year was t be joined nd the three older 1 proceed to Wash al ¢ pened thi state amy canning stock and gave her cor of the boy, but provided that father should have the privile by re ¢/ taking the boy away over the tort 1 that Gen. Le ad been offered support for thé nomir if he would let oll interests of the fence. Only him by an cribed as a ‘Wood from Des Motnes. ding to Ris story, Wood Elevate Clerics March 24, Report ROME, March 19.—The ne |aistory at which Archbis In| New Ye 1 Meund 1 to Hays of Chie na dle was announced to Jake Hamon and politician cen ated by at which tion of the pleasure that ; uireh ill be in Seattle | J her boy has been given to her, Mra. ‘ He told of a Carmi Thompson, of Ohio, Ing supporter, about olf lands, this talk was #0 vague that It shed the rumors ‘of =| Rurckhardt’s wholly obtained. An appeal from Judge Hall fight in directed to the court war end finally} | conferences here between Legion of of| ficiais and those high in tho depart ment The a Hard but the decision notice of which was uston of the di- will not be prone- t on an ofl deal ivan: ‘a government iteelf has not vorcee hearing, uted. | was said officially, PAST BLAME BERGDOLL WILL rg seemo | CINCINNATI, Oblo, March 19—| ~ arm es | John R. Quinn, national commander Darden Absolves Daugherty | of the American Legion, today vert |fied the report that the legion had | and Harding in Statement | Government to Aid Legion in|". "oreeentative to. Germany Ke to urge Grover Bergdoll to return | BALTIMORE, Md, March 19— Returning Dodger to the United States. James. G. Darden, “mystery| “ | n." sought as a witness by th! wasHINGTON, March 19.—The| © Teapot Dome and Daugherty | tnited Staten government has in: What's in the Air | comenittsea, today declared in a copy- | structed diplomatic and consular rep: Wednesday, March 19. righted interview published by the! ecoctatives in Germany to aid,| vening Sun, that neither the late| whenever possible, American Legion | President Warren G. Harding nor] representatives who have gone to| Attorney General Daugherty had any| Germany to get Grover Cleveland| knowledge of the deal between Harry | perwaotl, draft dodger, to return F. Binclair and former Secretary of | nome and take his medicine, it was the Interior Fall, whereby Sinclair! ened at the state department to- obtained government ol! leases. | a: y | “Fall handled the whole thing him-| “Tite action was taken following FREDERICK & NELSON jdidn’t even bring it up at cabinet FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET ‘DOWRSTAS STORE KDZE-—12:20 to 1:30 p.m." KEJC—$20 to 430 p. mj; $20 p.m KFHR—4:30 to 5:20 p. m.; 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. KIR—6:30 to 6:15 p. m.; 7:20 to 8:20 p. m. KFOA—8:20 p. m. Colonel Darden was mentioned by | Roxie Stinson in her teatimony be foro the Daugherty committee as a |man who met with Daugherty and Jess Smith, her former husband, in a shack in the woods near Columbus where they were supposed to be dis cussing an oll deal, | Both committees announced tnten |tlon of subpoenaing Colonel Darden and professed to be unable to find him. rdon wna chief of the “squat- tern” removed from the Teapot Dome freservation by marines sent by for |mer Secretary of the Navy Denby at Fall's request. | In the interview Colonel Darden, |eaid: ‘I expect to go down to Wash- | ington to appear before the senate | committee asm government witness. | All this talk of their not being able BURNS ATTACKS 2. 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In tan and brown and blue and gray combinations, Korean Crepe | © \proteet them from extortion, if | ‘Bhigss there is something more sub- Mantial than an annonymous letter Bpoh which I may aét, 1 will take | fo further steps in the matter.” Prosecutor Douglas ead that the | Seattle, WASHINGTON, Match 19.— The proposal to develop a combined army and navy air base at Sand Point, at was fecommended to the Tow had not heed referred to him | House aval affairs committee today either by "ye bodta of county corn. | ¥ Rear Admiral Jackson, assistant missioners br anyone ¢ise. ycnlet of naval: operations. “T have looked up the law and if the practieg of assessing office émployes were followed f find noth. ENGL ing hat Diages {t under criminal } action,” Dougias waid. Douglas re. | AIR FLIGHT fused to cothment on his failure to | PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, March ince former charges taid hefore | Vestigati: rr) “"r have’ it iin, 119,—His majesty’ ship Thiepval has him befor@ the grand jury for in-| matter,” Fria” boNt the | sunt lett here on a long journey thru Chaitman W. A. Gai }the Aleutians and Kamchatka, ’to es Loatd Of county coments the | tabtish stations. and supply caches the botrd had received ne yt |for the British government round-the- | the letter, ved & copy of |worid seaplane flight. The depart- “We lure wan impressive. 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