The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 26, 1924, Page 1

IZ - Ferguson Qu 933, 000,000 Oil Deal Is Charged by 7 WEATHER il The Newspaper W ith the Biggest Circulation in Washington The SeattleStar | Botered May 2 0 ar | FORECAST : ass Matter 1499, at the Postottiog at Wash, WEDN Boattle under the Act of Congress March 2, 1879, Per Year, by Mutt, SEATTLE, WASH., DAY, aia 26, 1924. Homer Brew Teaches an Apt Filipino Boy Fine Points of Boxing Game And She’s Really From Seattle ay Seabrook Is Ten or Eleven 0h ars Old in “The Fool,” but She’s Quite a Young Lady: Off-stage; Stellar Part was evidently a str BY HOMER G, BREW , formation I gave him. BY LELAND HANNUM (Ex-boxing Expert) I showed him how a boxer A® HA! The dark secret ts | ELL, &n opponent into a lead. out! | \ Oght t him the cor od Will the orchestra leader play | 10:80 Tuesday evening. | iming a blow. I criticised | @ little music, a la mysterioso, For ye 1 have been a keen | the boys In the ring, analy s | | kettle drums and flute predomi. : faal student of boxing. 1 am the their wenkneases and show! | | ? Than’ Howdy, folks! Gosh, we fee gink who Invented the famous how they could tmprove th | | Mr. Frank Gates, 708 22nd just like a dern scoffwork today. e) punch. I never used it boxing. | ave, has the stage. He has a | yaa 5s the ring. In fact, I never Ho nodded his head. I could | sketeh, ‘‘All Honors to Seattle— é s in concert at} was in @ ring. 1 did all my seo that he waa getting my | Get ‘Em if You ( and he t We fighting just outside the ropes. points. | ndience to any Bat I sure talked @ tough bat Refore the last bout of the morning “ladies b Now I'm thru evening, he disappeared. 1 | & | . tle, turned my attention to the pro | Mr. Gates has been perusing | pbrow is @ gink Tuesday nb at the Crystal smam. A minute later, I saw the World's Almanac for 1924 ’ rew to p Pool 1 n the small box Nate Druxman, promoter, | and he finds some grievous er- | Bananas above the entrance. A little climb Ho was rors in that useful compendium | : a pino boy sat next to | closely followed the ifttle of information. H ucting “Poor China,” says Mr. Gates, even you are entering the Mount remembe ruxman placed one hand on { nier-Mount Tacoma multi. to buy on the boy’s shoulder and held up round batfle. Here's what the | s they learned | islands, the other for almanac says—Mount Tacoma out of a I told him about 2 “Ladies jement’ he was named by the Chinese.’ a couple of{ I named their arities. 1 carolled. me great “Yessir, you'll find tt right on pointed 0 stakes pleasure to introduch to you page 679 under tho heading ‘Chi. made. I my ‘Punching Pancho’ Villa, world’s | neso Origin of U. 8. Pacific Coast to hear Paderew- | with swings and oka. fiyweight champto: names.’ Can ft be that this ef. e Geo this mornin described my famous ee fort to rechristen our historic Mount Rainier is another item of Oriental propaganda?’’ But Mr, Gates isn’t thru. He still has a song-and-dance act and he asks the New York World punch for him He was a nico young and very grateful for all the in 1 I'm thru as a boxing expert a may consider this as my er of resignation. Y¥ MOTHER GOOSE UP-TO-DATE Sing a song of 60 miles, At Last, Secret's Out! “Mt. Tacoma” Named by Chinese Explorers Is Legal! Witn ess [ almanue editors to tuke a more thoro course in “the glorious orthwest,” while he cites their misinformation bulletin’ furs ther. “San Francisco {s mentioned on page 140 under ‘Ports of the World,’ *’ he says, ‘but Seattle is evidently just an Indian trad. Ing post to the New York World, for {t isn't mentioned at all.’* Truly a serious oversight, my hearties, and not to be repeated {n the 1925 compilation, I grant you. Iso, on page 291,"" he adda, “giving the population of the cities of the United States, Be attle Is again noglected. ‘What's more to the point, they add insult to. injury and say, ‘Seattle—the growth from 1910 to 1920, as projected, gives figures believed to be consid- erably in excess of the popula- tion!” Ouch! Los Angeles, working overtime, couldn't sing an anvil song more tunefully than that dirty little crack. Mr. Gates hopes that youd! read the World Almanac and help him rescue Seattle from the onslaughts of a lot of misin- formed ang evidently prejudiced New York newspaper men. And every hill on high, But « burly motor cop Saw them going by. boa the cop had caught them, Daugherty’s Friends Ric 3, we Oh, then, Shey, nah. sins! s s wine gene OOO) papeciphllBhee 9 ee ‘ 2 Was that oto way f . : : 5 | To spend a day in spring? nu im in eanup a : Dish-washing beautifies the hands. ee and many a Seattle girl points —> OS " ‘ eT i¢ 2 | ne es an with de. ° *, “ : * : ae | Sime tee wm Pte") Mirs, Roxie Stinson Tells Senators “Jess i An me lessen’ ‘Ny sie H ” ‘Session Must Be A. Chleago packing firm wil here and Harry Were Sore About It i 9 after kill cattl electricity. j | ® ROMNEY i BY FRAZER EDWARDS | testified. | CONGRATULATIONS, RAY! “WASHINGTON, Marche S6.— ‘L asked him if he and Harry wore No, ‘5 wint p trom Amos Sat- No, that's wha Five friends of Attorney Gen Members of the board of county, commissioners are . hand dressed. It ts sore about and they were our j SD eee cen wnat te eral Daugherty and Jess sath tienda, téo!” | within their legal rights to hold an informal investigation Band Will soow_ be siright Bovge up ee atts thee “What kind of @ deal was itr’| ‘of the office of County Auditor D. E. Ferguson, according es told the senate Daugherty coni- ho Beate ct deat sie, tats |to an opinion rendered the board Wednesday by Prosecuti “s | O14 Sas Grump, the eage of| milter today that Jess Smith | on repiing, ; |Attorney Malcolm Douglas. The opinion states the i in Hollow, says: “Good old| iad told her. “e - After asking If she knew whether | \has no authority to make a formal investiga’ | Ametican fooa is good enough for) ‘the Saeaky Goa othe vec sore (i 3+ McLean, Washington pub. |of extortion or to compel witnesses to testify, i me. Let th’ other folks have all th’) of 01) tent aie Stinson sald | Usher, was one of the five men, and |. The only legal basis for the invest!- i chop suey and Mah Jongg they jet i” = Mrs. Btineor recelving negative answ the gation, Douglas said, ts if the board | | want.” Smith told ber. committee turned aside from the believes “practices exist In any coun “ee After openly accusing Daugherty | matter, - s y 7 n- | Of “moral responsibility” for Smith's ty office detrimental to proper con- | i What has become of the old-fash- seat i ie achetes tment bere | “I have no doubt tn my mind duct of county business,” it may in-| der its general powers and duties as” i loned woman who turned the plates | dea! Ma ‘ ae ¥ awe Dolieved |DUt What Jess Smith committed sui quire into them, informally. | upside down when she prepared the vaste phi 4 por Prony Mra. Stinson |!4¢,” Mrs. Stinson declared. Chairman W. A. Gaines, of the|and funds, the opinion holds. | table for dinner? launched into the story of Smith’s| “BUt' sho added, “I do feel that board, sald that he would have to} pit Say. 25 iad pasos Gnantial affairs, telling of the $23,|Hrry Daugherty was morally re [consult with his associates on the | of the board will be determined j 5 Pages 7 evening at the Ritr-| 000,000 “deal.” She said she asked| one ~ Ne aay | board before deciding whether to/the next meeting, Which will be held j ; Carlton, Mrs. Uenry Bramble Wilson will smith one day if he had profited in| “I feel that from the way Jess push an Informal Investigation of | a cobthin Goal. arranged his house and all his ef. charges contained in an anonymous} “‘Jeau said that five men in the past fects that he contemplated killing few days had made $33,000,000," she | himself, but I think he was driven to it by his association with Harry rdsley. 210 Riversid= Drive—New York Even- ing Post. sioners and Judge Everett G. Smith} that Ferguson’ has instituted a tol ee Daugherty.” | System in the office. The letter was niin 2 ” ppe the £ r. sy and ce sooo gas to DRAG LAKE FOR From items enumerated by Mrs.| Gay Seabrook, the latest of the Seattle girls who have come “home this ar 8 cypress come from dissatis. Hic 9 Spal eng eee eanator Moses estimated! stage successes. Miss Seabrook plays the pathetic part of “Mary Margaret,” the little ed emn Be the’, epinioll thal the she takes ber bath. Tk eee Nutoes ha ee bias wea crippled girl in “The Fool oF the Met. " }courts or the grand jury are the Gosh, we hope she doesn’t slip on a i re ne AES to. Washer) 9505.0 proper bodies to make such an in- the soap! passe BY CYNTHIA GREY | } vestigation.” Gaines sald. ewe | An inventory of his property atter| ey she must be only a little TRALIA GIRL Commissioner Frank Paul, Wonder if one of Miss Hopper’s) his death showed he left an estate girl—" “I'd say not more however, said that he favors a beauty secrets is that she take | 4-Year-Old “Youngster Lost |or $214,182.56. lthan’ nine: Or ten at: the most—" 1 Av tenegas tages tale the charges bath on Wednesday instead of Sat- | ji “Who was’ in Daugherty’s apa: |“Of course, no grown person could | and believes the board shou urday night? ; Near Lake Union Docks siaerdatta time yas Smith oar | ON CONTEMPT jtake a child's part and get away | DIES IN AUTO | call in all persons who know con- *° Be ; —- mitted suicide?” Senator Ashurst wth it like ied - ard auDDet } — that exist in the auditor's General Pershing has almost com pr | Alt i her mother travels with her. } —— | office. pleted his history of the war, The PLAYING ON OLD ScoW et? Martin, special assistant to ilieti break Held In- |222?* that large lady in the mob| Parents Summoned to Ta- | After reviewing the statutes which bom - clam 10; be Interesting. ag: Be the “attorney. general, acconting t. | Pugilistic Outbreal scene—!" | . 8 * define the power of the county com- ia thé-mmam who. wrote those perfect. | Parents and Posse Search what Mai Daugherty’ told me." sult to U. S$. Court Theso conversations T overheat! Coma; Sister Questioned | missioners, Dougins finds that the , fascinating General otaees rei | for Child All Night! “Did Mr. Martin spend the night disc during tho pe rtormance of ‘ *| hoard “has no power to hold a for- week, telling the doughboys to be . | roman 3 i eee ning Pollock's drama, “The t mal hearing to investigate charges sure and keep their blouses buttoned. ee Jin the rtomen -the night: be fore PAGE AND HILL MIX! ptaying at the Metropotitan this POLICE PROBE CASE OF dctortinn Wik HSS county #3020 A frantic search of the North eri Ao Por ag pacman pial iD we a ee motes Pi officials or to compel witnesses to, Pershing’s took will! End district by the parents of pow Me ; hee : ‘ i eid hey were speaking o} if Pe | testity. ; | dyearen Arihoe (adees,, 917-N: | ‘Yes Hat's what T understand” “Impecunious Toad” Epithet searwarei. tho cheerful uttte lame Mquest Ordered by Pierce jtestits.’ Re ar From: » John J. Pershing, 36th st... had failed st daybreak beet ease wie te aoe Causes Short Setto heehee chyences sant aaby da og County Coroner board is of the opinion that practices | To: The pudlic to locate the lad, who has been | Smith _ effects after his death au into the hearta of her audience. i exist in any county oftico detriment: | Subject: The World War. missing since Tuesday after. | 4%ked Senator Moses, : “ can |, TNO Personality of that pathetic) 2 costa, March 26.—Police and| al to the proper conduct of county | she. 6 | noon. Strong indications point “Not that I know of. mae-D. Mes little. pinafored form stirred me | ounty authorities mada plane today | DuSiness, there 1s nothing to £ ete concn eee Srpeint va % in tclbews; code footlights Bat, of the aOR ot for'a, thers investigation into the cir-| “use from, conducting an tavostt: ime of the year, you| ory the harbor patrol was ul cout |footlights, ont of the world of | fo oro tio ‘ fos in ‘ 8 as et et pict ‘e. Seb Sasbea. to drag Lake t nion at Vancouver Man Is 7 to answer to {| make-believe, on to the great cumstances surrounding the death of | a * the foot of Stone way Wednes- Dead in Pasadena charge of Lage a bey - of life, where i ph as ait Miss Edith Houston, 17, of Centralia, | : i SNA, Cal, March 26. sek by \ airatias charge are #4 lara wali aon who died in the arms of her sister, *. + ef { hi Ste eee Haas, about 4| pel Ball, formér manager |against Assistant United “‘gomething of this T said to the; Mrs. Opal Logan “epclitaleeclahet UNDER AUTO : | jmother, Mrs. Joseph > Based } of the nk of Toronto, n nf Y Rs aia ene tong ’ vas | While being rushed in an auto to a &, TH OFFICE <|:|pzm Tuesday and 34 rae ie lot vabeaves: B c Pig nthe as is de if he contempt pete i auntand talk with this (drug store in South Tacoma Jost SEZ earch for the boy fer inquiries | aM et Shoe posed *| ‘The occasion 0} 1 NE neg 9 abe enon boadthargc. ae che . Killed a | night cigs: = aced the youngster to the |Paxadena Hospital hero during the | argos arose during Page's argu |jittle girl. “Curiosity once killed a a ae: set pect B Ped eg sae ven gente night. Death was unexpected, fol-|ment to. the Jury. in the trial of|eqt, you know,” he replied, “ut| After questioning ars. Lowan-who| Deputy Sheriffs. investigate er workmen had seen Facet crite whieh was not! Morris Sykes pe cehmccharadie ar op ha ariee n, police declared that they be to Get Details i ithe bo: on @ scow a Tuesday afternoon, petit ved the girl died from the effocts - a os trie end him hom Ball and his wife came by In Hilt had represente the govern my calling bour, A_ petite ah ‘illegal: operation eomens . . 1 not ed. They tett November to st the winter iaeat. person, clad In. blue mult ire, Logun ‘admitted borrowing an, Crushed under an ‘overturned * po 3 6f 1 mains will be shipped to Van Due, hurled 1 brimmed hat, tripped into’ ~as- ty Genthalia | ve y ang 2uto in a collision near Alderwood 1 t The be it seen abou ouver for 1 zor caren nial my office Dark, dark z her sister here for the oper | Manor arly Wednesda: morning, 4 that he nthe dock by two women, and: arent: 89 und bright and shining put denied knowing where or Florence Tuttle, *8, probably was ane ked < "dha turned mine; regular features of ee A tebshe fatally hurt. She was removed trom @ tee m to ran along hotne ' British Aviators ph ster betes mould, a small moutt : ithe wreckage and taken in anoth There parents of the child orga agg gpa ies gular rows white tee dead girl ts the tor of auto to a doc affiee in Seattle, he ; . - aalgs which at Lyons, France iin of insinv Mt brown hair falling from be. |Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Howat cat later {to aie ehaviaenas: eed ie i : 2 , ¢, March 26,~The pat 1 the bat; 1 noted a glance, | tralia, who y amme t She is suffering fyom internal | But it put out b file eve Vremont dist ¥ world ere ar. ? nt, Dbinblike voice an. | the pollee juries; sbroken. arm and a} . Lu r father be an. impecuniot nounced, “I am Mary Margaret, Oh —~ shed side f ie ‘1 é sit was tomy V n Fee ee iuneture. Hill rose and |<J-<mean Gay’ Seabrook—and, Ti) the Nev York-Washington air} he is. 0 SHUBEter Of Aiea Rulen n pete t ‘ t At sat <p at na ad You wished to me, becau : tei. the vet aaa fuitle, of the Darrell, hotel. evel leant aha ft terday. | struck at Page's face with clench jin J a Foal. excuse to get into |All route, the first esta Aq Deputy sheriffs were making an awit ‘ : They flew from I where | fist Sa iesikamnnat tial newapaper: office, . You my ountry, wa Moy }investigation to get details of the | Bird ' me of igang ag Bae “Churn to Page 6, Column 6) =| — (Turn to Page 6 Column 1) !19, 1918. |nevident, hee ce en NRE EA | Can’t Force Witnesses to Talk BY JOHN W. NELSON ouglas Rules Board May Act on Charges Held Info gation and holding a hearing to termine to what extent the int | of King county are affected.” managers of the county's business — Chairman Gaines said the Friday. fore the board. Death by Fire na Volcano HAT was the end, on the wedding day, of men who were brave enough to marry the super-women rulers of the tropical Pacifie island that’s the background of The Star's thrilling new serial. That's the situation faced by Floyd Clark, Seattle artist, when, in order to save his life, he allowed the island queen to go thru the tribal rites that made one of the island beauties’ his wife, It followed the kidnaping of Clarke from a deserted house on Beacon Hill, into which he had followed @ beautiful young woman In black, when she made her way into the house in the dead of night. Who was the woman in black? What was she in the Beacon Hill house? island? How did he escape? It's all ready for you, in rapidly moving fiction that you'll hardly be able to wait for. It isn't published in book form. You must get it in The Star. Don't fail te begin reading “The Beacon Hill Mystery” By Fred W. Williams lilustrated by Clyde Ludwick Seattle Artist Starts Next Monday In The Star The board. has this authority uns How came Clarke to the — position Ferguson has declared that he will letter matled to the county commis-| not allow his Socres to testify be | tion of changes 4 nn cae