The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 31, 1924, Page 1

a Temperatur Maximum, 49 Toda: | WEATHER Ny y noon, Howdy, folks! March came in like a lion and it’s going out like the es moter. 5 , eect acetal a nd waving dillboards f a radio se a your weekly t m the eric he lmpid river purr you shallows, We zz quartet, * OH DEATH, WHERE THY STING TOULOUSE, France, March ji.—Four men working in a local distillery were overcome by liquor fumies today, fell into a vat ef brandy and were drowned. —The Star. e ongress announces that no mor © seeds ‘Tuke a ommon peopl ay the only stuff t Which fs it correc Dear Homer: 5 to say: To EAT soup, or ti’ DRINK a oup?—Worr! That depends Some _ people YODEL soup not without It Se up and to driving far int cursing horribly. but after = din- % —— Bet Neat Alt is not’ bliss that Blisters, remarked Lit Gee Gee as she gat down on the radiator. "nad Aeon: . o. is that they lot of mone and yet they are no good on eart eee CANDIDATE FOR THE IVY CLUB The after-dinner orator who always begins his speech, “Un- accustomed as I ain to public Imitating an Hale, the Prince of Wales might well announce, * am sorry that I have only . WELL, HE'S GOT THE VOCABU- LARY AND THE IMAGINATIOD Dear Homer: I am afraid my little boy is going to be a politician. Listen to what he said last night: “An nole giant comed right Upon the porch and I felled him down with my two hands and deaded him.” —E. b Insanity in state has creased more than 1 00 per cent in are t becomes of blades that al! are thrown away, When people become insane they ring trips. Then hirp in the eve-| can iit be distributed. That's | ever got out of con- 7. bot the roads villianous, and the car's maffier did drop off, and se home, teak and creamed potatoes, happy POISON speaking . “Is this turkey hash good to day?” ‘ou bet! We use only the finest | Veal in that stuff.” one collarbone to give to my country.” . in. worrying, EVERY are amber ain <i t CHAPTER. I. Ai Baer was mystified. yet-when she’ did he was surprised. *| that she sprang from space, suddenly stood before him and /jlawt: scended the steps and— The door had not | opened. She had gone thru it. Clark whistled and scratched | which One funny thing about airplanes | his head. then, while he stared, she Yes, she had passe He was a practical man. | ghosts. He— The girl had smiled at him. over her shoulder and smiled. It was not so mnich that he bad [zled upon it seen her'smile—he remained to him a pleasant memory | house of a fleeting vision, a something tha camo out of the shadows of the dark | | night. | stood this, And here he stood, street, In front of an empty house, a house with @ hundred windows, a de serted, empty wreck of an old place, | jon Beacon Hill, uninhabited no doubt | tor ye No ghost could. smile or—well, leave that impression of a smile, He |was suro of that. And there was| something vety real about this girl |Had he not watched her night after | [might enter this’ house at an ho’ when none but himself and this ¢' | were abroad? Musing over his pip dark hours, brooding over the paint-| {ings he could not sell, she had first |found him and he had— Yes, that was the foollsh part of | it. He had foilowed her to this place sensed it. There | w alone, on the Big cars, the |denly and For a swept by 1 in the long, rings, the light and she had entered {t and he had| jim, | stood outside and allowed her to go| ;|in. She has never come out. Or, at | had gone least, he had never seen her come |standi out. And there was the big mys ay. | Clark had determined to go right | fume thru the door. as Then it fell Clark chuckled uncasily. in fact, oned with it before from one of the many | passing around this cornér. In a sweeping curve little ones, shielded his out on the smiling down at him, He could see no more. its “wa ‘oolishly in | ha there ¢arne to him the! of the thing that fired him this night Igor rustlefof silk and She ascended the steps. He did not believe in| and prov intersection, flashing |lights upon the old bullding. thin stark, bare jand dark old abode of another da | wrapped in the pit of the night, moment The Newspaper With the Bigge: 2 t rag then brill darkness THE START OF A NOVEL OF SEATTLE “The Beacon hill Mystery” BY tere V. WILLIAMS NE WILL INTRIGUE YOU 8 threshold, then— A flash of light blinded him. brilliant! into illuminated again. jViolated section 10% of the revise statutes in fal to answer any question. The He under hey ing ant should have reck- ‘The light came ton that were came up turning sud to head. the light and then left in| at on Now ‘80 delicate the darkness again Clark. waited ould appear that he might get his : measure his way, irl who had gone before eyes from the come and.iin the brief interval that | Visited him until him he made irs, half a flight above The find the another car} glare to} her | auto! y ond left him| § he dark in the] subtle per-| d fragile that it} are generally sent to hospiti\te, al- |!nto the houso after her this time, tay was like the Klw of a’ rove mingled | tho there is a growing movement |confront hier, if need be, and ask hor | with the caress of a violet. 1 among. Ney Or ore to|Why in thunder. and what in the| . His senses swam h. the intoxi-| make comic strip out of |8ame of beaven she waa doing in a|cation of the moment. The blood | init place of this kind at that hour. | pounded ‘in, his temples. He felt that | } b: . She was gone. He had stood there|he stood on the verge of a strange | i ¢ BOBBED vam and. allowed her to pass him and en-/and mad adventure. ‘The boy in him| | A firt there wus nn’ she bobbed her |ter the old building without even|came back. The mah in him fell! Ven 84 4500 and 1.) addressing 1 word to her, And she! away : i ) She sat, with w a0 i the barber's had smiled at him, too, as much as ww he climbed with agile step, \ Ata sorta to Invite him to follow her. gripping the bannister for support breathed a penn 2° 2 she rk had never followed @ woman|and guide, The headlight from an: That the dirt bec show when | before in his life. He had ided | other auto burned in the windows of tied ee Forte Wee: ba women, ‘They interferred with his|the old house like a hundred suns, | vital ork, They took his mind «ff hiv| marked him at the top of the landing br ir ik curled (Bot they're somewhat thin Vor the curls entinot cove with the a 8 of xpri And i bean oa ite like « Die (Her “iweetie” Ine Tie thal Nee she tooks the ent has dragged in), in ente little rings, he Sines she looks very What she “tooks Me behind she has hind she Wy (As @ matter of fel wetter of fact, she just tooks (Even as you und 1) | 1924 earvig crop ; OD ix almost Buy some polwon bait to pio’ via If you can't 1y PWN, sprinkle bootlog wii toe ioe 6 Whisky on * ill ili ih ainting, But thia one? Well, there | wh as mystery, a subtle something, a— | | were old. | welght. They crenked under his | surged him, © the girl had been, she was not in sight. He ancended tho stairs. The boards |around dismayed. thru On the moment Clark made| playing with him, ‘This Tle looked | ‘Then slow anger girl was | She was making | {swift comparigon. ‘The girl had made|a fool of him, Hither that or she| |no sound, He did, The next mo-|was mad, | ment Clark amiled. ‘That was easy.) A soft laugh startled Clark. 1t| |Simple. of course. He was er }came from above. He looked up. | than she There on a flight of stairs leading | At the door Clark put out his hand|to a third story of the house stood and felt the panel. He tried the) the girl knob, ‘The door was cloned. I was! She faced him now. He noticed the locked, Clark felt in his pockets, He| superb lines of her figure sunder « pulled out a string of k Ono of (Turn to Page 10, Column 1) them fitted into the lock. This was} f. FE: . fortunate. 7 wong open.) NAGAUNEE, Mich, March 91 But it ac med upon it hinges: Two Hospital patients andoan em The noise,’ coupled with the fact! ploye tort. their lives’ inn blaze that the gift had made none when) whieh destroyed the city ho alow he openéd the door, staggered. him | twoutory, frame structure, here late | pie was dismayed ut first, stood pu lvl wight, | portant \answer |the tenth, SEATTLE, WASH., Death Witness Is Fired! MONDAY MARCH 924 SINCLAIRLOSES INDICTED JOBBY s. > BY JURY TALKING | Cite Oil Magnate Merchant Patrol- for Contempt of man Says Police Court; Failed to Pressure Used Answer Queries to “Get” Him WASHINGTON, March 31.— Harry F. Sinclair was indicted today by the federal grand jury on a charge of contempt of the senate oll investigators, Sinclair refused to answer the questions on the ground that the committee—or any congression al committee—was without con- stitutional authority to compel a man to divulge his private af fairs, Involved in the long legai tigh h is expected to follow in the In: point of authority of sresstonal investigat ® point which Siggladtr omuet™ appear “votuntary before the court for arrangemont of ball or a warrant will be imsued for his arrest The indictment specifically charge Sinclair with 10 counts, nine for many questions which he refused before the committec, aln & general charge that he Harry ¥. Sinclair did auc of th hited States and contrary to. th form of the statute, in the name ich questions were mid dod.” He remembered now. She Taken With | Booze had paused on the top step, half turned, glanced at him! At Country Dance William Denny Price Tho indictment ch was'an fol He knew she would appear, and|, 1 ope a thee vod lel It-seemed to him} was arrest | As a direct result of his testi mony at the Inquest into the death of Gideon Emard, 52year old cripple, held Inet week, Jack Roe, merchants’ patrolman, has been discharged from the employ of the Puget Sound Merchant Po- lice Patrol compdny, it was learned Monday. That the police had brought pres. sure to bear in order to force Roc's discharge wan denied by Chief W. B. t | Severyna and M. Bertelsen, manager 5.|of the merchants’ patrol. Roe de ». |Clared Monday that he was given to = committees | understand that such wae the case never before has | {been finally declded by the “court | Roe's testimony in the Emard case ¥ department for its alleged treatment of drimken or injured prisoners. Mr. afternpon,” Roo said, “that he couldn't Keep me any longer because if I remained on the job the police 4 | would make it unbearable for them He told me, that whilo he considered me to be fairly honest and efficient steat@pressure had been brought bear in the case.” Hoe, at the inquest Friday, told of | seeing a drunken. prisoner man handied by the police at Third ave and Virginia st. on the night March 17. ‘The man later was ad mitted to have been Emard, who was held in the city jail almost 24 hours [unconscious and fractured skull, from which he finally died in the city hospital a few hours later. While Roe admitted to the jurr that he was sure the prisoner had been slugged across the head by. < “d h © ¢ % ed at Earlington danco hall Sunday | Policeman with a blackjack, he re night Sheriff Matt Starwich |fused to swear on oath that the 4 deputies, charged with. posses. (Prisoner actually was hit with the sion of Hquor with intent to sell. weapon. Ho saw an officer strike Price had five pint flasks of |the man and immediately afterward moonshine in his possession when |8@w @ blackjack in the officer’s arrested. He admitted having sold | hand the balance of a’ gallon of the stufr/~ Another pert of his testimony to youths attending the Sheriff Starwich sald. A picture, dn of the page, gives you the back of your neck ti snapped this lady's photo as she thrillers staged by the airmen Saturday. dance. | This Is the Reason Why was of having seen the three offi (Turn to Page 7, Column which in conjunction with the sy at the the reason for that. “erick in morning. The photographer was sky-gazing at the A photograph of uny other one of the thousands who witnessed the civeus would have looked the sume. ¥ jcaded behind |way, maintained a constaht fire un- | was wounded. | | by | names."* | William B. | H19 Delfeved th inva Infiuenced largely | {hie JUryW verdict, scoring the-polien |» Bertelsen told me Saturday | suffering from a| st Circulation in Washitaetoit The Seattle Star If Your Neck’s Stiff If you are one of the umpty 7 complaining Monday of stiff necks and who couldn't figure out the reason, we would respectfully refer you to the photo| above, showing some of the airplanes doing their stunts at the aerial circus Saturday, and then to the picture at the| bottom of t this § page— (EDITORIAL) NG-county republicans ‘submitted to the power trust whip at their convention when they failed to go on record on the power conservatioon question. For a brief minute Ralph Nichols, fighting for the public power development plank signed by Adam Beeler and Fred H. Lysons as a minority platform committee, had the rank and file of the convention with-him. But John P. Hartman, J. C. Herbsman, William A. Loffland of the Seattle Lighting Co., George H. Rum- mens and other friends of the power trust, launched a counter offensive that put the machinery rule back into action. The majority report was a compromise plank, written by William T. Laube, indorsing both private and public development, a plank that in reality meant nothing. It was tabled, together with the public development plank, and the “livest issue of the year” was buried so far as the county organization is concerned. The republicans of King county may “bury” this issue but they need not be surprised if, like Banquo’s ghost, it comes back later to haunt them. For, even tho the republicans don’t seem to realize it, the public of King county is now in the mood to settle this public conservation question for all time. Child Slain; 8 Wounded in Family Feud Battle Death Fight Follows Quarrel of Boy and Girl; Wagon Ambushed BOONEVILLE, Ark. March 31. A child was killed and eight mem- bers of the Van Allen and McCarson families were wounded in the re- newal of a feud in Lick Creek valley, Later, as the Van Allen family drove past the McCarson farm home, someone inside the house opened fire with a shotgun. The Van Allens near here. jquickly barricaded themselves be- The McCarsons, firing from their|hind their wagon and returned the house, and the Van Allens, barri- fire. Women and children joined in ay on on the road-| the warfare, handling firearms with deadly expertness. Wilmoth Van Allen, 3, The injured, expected to live, include: Mr. and Mrs, Sam. McCarson; Mae MeCarson, 14; Ben McCarson, 20, and Maxey McCarson, a childy Mr. and rs. Charles Van Allen and Ruby Allen, til the last member of both families was killed. The difficulty arose over a trivial matter. Sam MecCarson, 12, and Ruby Van Allen, 13, quarreled at a school house in the valley, when Ru- called Sam's elder sister ‘bad } Van SHIFT CAPTAIN AIRMEN START WEDNESDAY OF POLICE WEDNE: Dolphin Goes to Headquar- | | World Flyers Hope to Get ters’ First Patrol | Away Early on World Flight Wednesday > Han ‘eek fixed as the day for the start from Seattle of the flight of the American ‘Transfer of two pollée otticers 18 | Jordered Monday by Chief of Police | Severyns, Capt. Charles Dolphin, commandant at Ballard {A squadron around the world, it precinct station, Is assigned to com-} was announced Monday, . Weath- mand the first patrols at headquar-| er conditions permitting, the ters. Lieut. J. A. Wilkes, second inj four Douglas under !command at Densmore precinct sta- | ‘places Captain Dolphin, C crulsers, Maj. Frederick L. Martin, will hop off from Sand Point field at 6:30 a, my Aprit 2, for the first day’s 650-mile jump to Prince Rupert, B. ©. tion, under Capt. @, G. Bannick, re The retirement of Inspector Harry O'Brien has caused a y everal of whom are not | NT MANIAC SLAIN!) TWO CE —|ATTACKS o. OFFICER ~~ WITH AX ,000 Seattle persons who were | it jthru my coat sleeve and drawing the | IN SEATTLE. Night Policeman Is~ Forced to Slay Assailant to Save Own Life Cornered by a maniac with an ax, Night Policeman F. M. Im ho'f of Kent shot and killed his assailant, J. D. Pemberthy, in the yards of the Puget Sound — Electric Co., early Monday morn- ing, at Kent, to save his own life. Pemberthy went insane late Sun- |day and residents of the district re« ported he was roaming the railway yards, armed with an ax. Several persons fled from him and the call to the police was answered by Chief of Police Fred G | Walter Waller, a | man; The three’ found Pemberthy and attempted to disirm him. He al tacked them and cornered Patroimam: Imhoff, who was forced to shoot to Protect himself from? bis enraged ase sajlant, who brandished the ax over his head and twice struck the officer with the weapon. Pemberthy was a batchelor and a laborer, He lived in a house of the top of the hill and owned two or three other properties in K@at He has cousins in Tacoma, it i# said. A About six years ago the man went insane while waiting for an electric train in the depot of the Puget Sound Electric Co. in Seattle, He broke several windows and finally was overpowered. He was sent to the asylum at Steilacoom, | according to Kent officers, but later was released as cured Imhoff related his harrowing exe periences to The Star Monday. “We followed Pemberthy down the railway tracks and he went in the roundhouse,” he said. As We neared the door he came out, brandishing the ax and with the wildest look I have ever seen on — his face. He made straight for me. ‘I turned and ran, as I didn’t want to hurt him. I ran as fast as I could, but he gained on me and I tumed to ward him off. He struck me the back of the ax a glancing blow on the arm. Then he struck mo with the blade of the ax, cutting blood. If I hadn't warded that blow off it would have killed me. “I hated to, but I had to shoot to protect myself. I shot once to scaro him, but he kept coming. I then shot him three times before he fell. Each bullet took effect. He died @ few hours later.’* Brunk Driving Is Cause of Arrest H, K. Sander, a real estate man, Colman building, is under arrest Monday as a drunken driver, follows ing a Khoo at Broadw and Pine, Séntences Man A fine of $250 and a term of $0 days was handed to Stanley McClus- key, convicted by a jury on a liquor ~ possession charge. Jude Everet$ Smith passed sentence. DOHENY! HE magic name of the oil fields! The magic name in_ poli- tics! Who is E. L. Do- heny, focal point. of the senate oil investi- gation? What man- ner of man is he? What does he think? Doheny has told Kesinae & Capt. Joe Mason, of the first pa-| Visiting planes that came here for trol, was appointed temporary. in-|the big aerial demonstration on Sat. | pector, leaving Lieut, W. J. Smith} urday ate expected to stay over to in cha of his patrol, tain }escort the flyerss over the oy and Dolphin will now command Mason's! for some distance on their fir patrol, with Lieutenant Smith as his{ flight up. Puget . sound ingistant, No more changes pre con-| morning, when the weather t templated for the present, at least, will be obtained, it will be deter avcording to Chief Severyns i (Turn to Page 7, Column 6) \ this in his own words. His story will appear in The Star, starting Thursday. It is called: HOW I MADE MY MILLIONS