The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 1, 1924, Page 1

Paul Charges Perjt ener INN dul | SN SPSS NARI N NPS | Sc greenness 265 t aess WEATHER Temperature Last 2 Haare Maximum, 34 Minimum Today noon, 47 Boterea SEAT VOL 28. NO. 32 18, WASH, A Story of Seattle and The South Seas “/GIRL IS MAIMED > BYAUTO Driver and Com- panion Held in Jail After Acci- dent on Yesler “The Beacon Hill Mystery” BY FRED V. WILLIAMS Howdy, folks! You think this first item will be about April 1. Aprit Fook! janitors’ union announces that} jauntteere April 3 Members} ay ter can’t ed anybody wine . : oct Ga nly had Apri | when they designated this | | | day of the fishing sea. . HEIGHT OF CRUELTY p boss says he is go- a raise, and then Dragged for 160 feet on the Yesler out of his office way cable car trestle, at the end of face yells, “April he line, at Leschi park, by an al reed drunken driver in a speeding eee Fi auto late Mon: afternoon, Tea March came in like! // hetle ald, W-yearold Garfield 14 High school student, was in the city went out like corned x hospital ‘Tusaday bably fatally in jured. . The driver of the automobile, } yi fas joined the Safety | \/ iBhe now says, “Would| / Me Bave this? Would te mo have that?" = ee Homer Brew, Jr., belongs to lub. He says, “Buy ‘Wittamma’ wr" Charlies E. Johnson, 30, of 107 Sint | av, Sy in beld in the city Jail, without | hail, on a charge of drunken driving. | Another man, Jack Cox, 28, of Issa j quah, who was riding with Johnson, | alno is held without bail on a charge | of being drunk. ‘The Ronald girl and a girl school-) mate were walking slong the trestle on a plank ald@walk wt the side of the| | structure about 2:90 p.m, The auto | mobile, which in auld by witnheses to have been speeding at 50 miles an hour plunged down the grade and dis regarding the warning signs at the ond of the trestle, started across it Miss Konald saw the auto coming and, risking her own life, impulsively pulled her companion to one side jus as the car swerved and struck her. | She was thrown 35 feet ahead of the| machine and immediately caught on the bumper and dragged 150 feet. At the city hospital the girl was found to he suffering from compound fractures of both legs and the right arm, She also has a dislocated hip and severe cuts and bruises, extend ing over the head and body. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ronald, 3412 Dearborn at., were notified and came immediately to thé hospital. Johnson and Cox were held at the said, “By Heck, Wash my neck m the puople.scon't stare!” —H. E. Man. Secretary's Wife Fears Liv- in New Capital Home.* Bi up. lady. Perhaps your; fan get in on an oil deal or ekent bloke in the world is) Who can turn around so Wreaths were tossed about their necks. START HERE x [eraved in civilized tife, GEE, TH’ OF FICE Ployd Clark, Seattle artiat, is pu For a moment the incongruity of VAMP, SEZ: id over the visits of & mysterious | ihe situation struck hint and almost | sore, Me eee eee. vee Vs Yohume on'th’ raisin’ of man in black to.an abandoned old jmotorcycle officers arrived. Both | use on Beacon Hill at midnight | made him laugh. \y le foilciws her, enters the place, and sition he was in, how to unchoke a baby? | therein a flash of iight from pase- Ing nists her standing ot the has swallowed a button. ‘airs: She emit Te pirkues, iat He forgot the p> | mon were badly intoxicated, it is al- the fact that he | teged, Tey were remanded to jail was at the mercy of strange People, | hy Capt. E. L. Hedges, who ordered | the— |that no bail i accepted. } the top of the staira he clasps her) The girl who had befriended him, cheieetnsietceninageeciachencecenue in hie are. When « light. swings | Urwin! old house: aguin.che- aes, to | NO from ber actions: must have eS ‘its fot hi of the - claimed him for her, own, ..gota horror, that indtead of the beaw ‘March Driest ae and Windiest 4s all right, but it don’t | I$ to be made to broad. song of the English night- Not to te outdone, our | of Commerce should imme-| tiful woman he had followed he /strangie hold on the throat of her holds an ugly old hag. Tho light! pi chen fe tries to break away, yi of iron bind him to’her, He saw her hands cloge about the) body. He screams ‘and| maidens throat, saw the light of life awakes Clark F894) aim in the eyes of the fallen for, len. She ix unable|realized, from the expression on the f 34 Y } Ei or tell him where ‘i €: "When 5 scoman| td te of how ha. vot there. Orher (nce, oe the Miris' around, that’ death | or ears vitae wa da ot how, Be oe ot them | *2s Imminent. ¥ her vaped 5 ar she| meinoneys wen vest ie, Clare, and.ike| , Then the man In. him asserted It: yt ‘4 “faking pedo | girl who has eos him, 16@Ps | seif; he forgot the strange role into ‘ ee RT ECS (rit THE STORY | yeh h he had been ¢ by influences Baa ; CHAP ERC HE jbeyund his understanding. He stag. Bathe woria fiyers will | CRY. like that of a panther, |Reted to his feet and’ protested, ‘the hardships. The} Nigores: Show: Marks! Broken by Past Month! The pastymonth had the least rain fall for any March: in 34 years, and | atxo had its strongest wind, accord: ling to compilation of phenomena re- ports by M. B. Summers; meteorol- ogist at the Seattle federal weather Clark did no more than lay a re- rang out and echoed thru tho} s iiiconir.when.thes| cane” Crisis bawaahe: peocee (body. [peeaininie diesd, feeble as it was, on| ™ British Columbia without|of his new found friend hurtling to | he shoulder of the woman who’ had | ward him. befriended him. The next moment ‘The next morient.she was at the|"@ snatched it way. The women, he Star says that it|throat of the maiden who ,had|hO watched the fight, flung them. & week to operate touched him. The two went down oa tats him “with the ° fury: ot | nirgay dftice, into “the sand hey fought: Uke) iy, was beaten to his k by |The total precipitation for the | | Wild animals, uttering queer Sut |i ie sesauit, bewildered he there Month was 42 of an inch—the low: tural sounds as they tumbled about ede het et, Oe thelt | est’ on record sirice the bureau began | i |blows, made helpless, a child under | © ae . the. ground. théiv’ attack. “Now keeping account in 1894, ‘The lowest SAR z All-the-spell their. beauty had cast | he realized these | rigure in March prior tothe past rin 2 | upon him “coi and fell away, Clark, | jerenge Sich with whom he liv“! onth was .88 inch, In 1911. ‘The tod neat ail this|in surprise, and disgust, saw the | oe h ia roe of men. Clark was! greatest’ precipitation in any past Mt tine tans, M87ING \Cighting instinct of the ane | Dahon cciite a of grain, to the | March was in 189,,when it reached About noon comes wed | rise up in these women. " Whieahe a " ny 6:25 inches. 2. iagn® me and ber: | ‘The other women elosed in a citcle| There he lay, at their. marcy. Per-| ne trace of snow noted during rid oy fom to Fare 8. b Coren 1) the | about’ the combatants and watched | the past month was normal. a some high upon | close the struggle, flerce lights in Winds attained a, maximum veloc se iat fling the dog | their eyes, faces tense, white teeth | ity of 54 miles an hour for the| the chewed bp ssp lp gleaming in smifea. ;month, on March 28, breaking all And she ont that 1! They were fighting over him, mis- | | Previous, ch records. ‘The great-| jes st wind in this month formerly was | March 10, 192%, when it. reached a maximum of 60 milés an hour. Sunshine during the past month | was above normal, being 47 per cent of the greatest. possible number of hours. The normal figure for March is 44 per cent. erable him, poor artist whom women iM of His own race ignored hecans= he enuld no Potomac Takes ” Toll in High’ Water Ravages in’East buy TODAY’S WANT ADS Offer m nice tract, of ground, that an be bought for a small down payment with redsonable téermé BALTIMORE, Md., Aprii 4, {Three thousand persons in the }town of Kitzmiller, Garrett county, ;/Md., about 40 miles from Camber. [land, were reported marooned today without food or heat, cut off from leommuntcation, a8 a’ result of the| | Potomde river flood. ge “Ah tow! ina church an’ few wordy mum. | and you're un- | He Birk ralsed quite a row eHent a-milking a cow;| the deuce vEW YORK, April Will, A. Hays continues official yhead of the motion pleture industry until March, 1928, it was announced following the annual meeting of the ‘Motion Pigtire Producers’ and Distributors’ LAKE FOREST PARK ce OED The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in W ge zton The Seattle Star TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1924, COUNTY PROBE FAILS! RRR PAL PAPA R AAA AREAAPA RES RPE The Organ Grinder (EDITORIAL) ‘ TLE READE do not be too hard on the J party organ. It has to play the part of monkey. it is its duty, and often its editor puts his tired head on his pillow and lies awake cursing his obligation to regularly applaud measures and candidates that he really longs to handle with a fire shovel. When honest and courageous investigators, over at Washingt besiege a nest of crooked party bosses, it is the organ’s business to decry investigation and publish big pictures to show that the investigators are really doing nothing but making movies for cam- paign purposes. Punishment of big government crooks will cause the people to lose confidence in the government, you know. When an independent or third party movement threatens, your party editor must announce that La Follette is too sick and too old and the irregular movement has evaporated. When Hiram Johnson loses North Dakota, the organ editor must announce his funeral notice and if, next day, Hiram doesn’t sweep South Dakota, it’s just nails in his coffin. In his news columns the party organ slave has to print facts that all can read and, in his editarial column, proclaim that his facts are base lies. When any man of ordinary decency has to outrage his self respect by publicly posing as professional liar, apologist for crime and associate of dirty crooks, for no better reason than that it is for the advantage of the party, he is to be pitied. Indeed, gentle reader, be kind to the party organ man. Nobody loves him. Even the masters whom he serves laugh at him because of his servility in the uses. they.can.put.him.to... Besides, he. is the living evidence in support of the theory eatin =I} of all of us from the esteemed anthropoid simian. * ‘Horde of Spies Are on ry the Job in in Washington Capital -Is Walled City, Says Noted Author; Amazing Situation Described EDITOR'S NOTE—The following article by Julian Street, noted author and magazine writer, now in Washington, gives bis impressions of conditions and personalities in the amazing situation now focusin, the attention of the country on the national capital, Other articles b; Mr. Street will be printed, BY JULIAN STREET Written for the United Press Copyright, 1924, by the United Press WASHINGTON, April 1.—Like Jericho of old, Washing- ton is a walled city but the hosts of Israel have only begun to march around it and the wall still stands. Thru the city gates travelers pass freely, with the eyes of sleuths upon them; the mails come and go, tho letters are in some cases mysteriously opened and resealed before jdelivery; the telegraph and telephone connect tle city with the world outside, tho both are said to leak at times. Some. truth, to. be sure, does escape thru the wall, but) truth outside of Washington does not look the same truth inside. Washington's ey BELA, BOYS, DRIVERS | jthings, but most of all, I am st “KNEW ALL ABOUT IT" | gered by the knowledge that ov I have boen hore two weeks and in| hotel bell boy and every taxi dri that’ time have undergone a disillu-|in Washington knew on March sionment profound and painful. have been disillusioned about many (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) World Flight Start Is __ Postponed for One Day [Bad Weather on Route Causes Delay;) Will Hop Off Thursday BY W. FRANC vorable. Circumstances have again . con- | Canadian , city spired to delay the start of Amor-|day morning at ica’s round-the-world airplane flight | ing: which was scheduled for 6:30 Wed- | nesday morning, it was piven announced at Sand Point airdrome ‘Tuesday. Anxious to be on thelr} storm approaching down the ro way, Majer. L, Martin and bis |@f the ‘fight.’ It was conside flyers would admityonly one day's | possible that rain would reach delay, and the jhop-off was set for | attle: Wednesday, the same hour Thursday. Keven should weather Weather reports from the district north of Seattle on the route of|the squadron would be ready the first day's 650-mile ‘hop to | leave before: Thursday. Lieut. Lay Prince Rupert, B. C., were un- (furn to Page 7, Column 4) B. The barometer. at Was reported ‘Tu 29,09 and still fall a falling barometer all along the course, was report is not constructed like the! ‘ordinary human eye but sees as normal many things which to the eye of an outsider appear grotesquely improbable. 1 | 1921, what I have only lately learned, Rains was reported at Sitka, and | indicating e& conditions: become favorable, tt Is unlikely that TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. * f Mystery Move Seals Lips of the Witnesses County Commissioner Who Wanted Toll Charge Investigated Now Seeks Arrest of Man Who Dragged Him in on Similar Accusation A warrant for the arrest of Walter W. Spencer of Riveton Heights, former county road em ploye, on the grounds of crim- inal libel or of perjury, was asked from Prosecuting Attorney Mal- Douglas Tuesday by Com missioner Frank Paul of the south district The complaint against Spencer was| 2 made by Paul on the basin of asworn) and mysterious change of heart, affidavit signed by Spencer, charging| Indications pointed to an inquiry that Patil had been a party to the | with no complaining witnesses Tues collection of funds from road em- |day noon, Commissioner Frank Paul | Ployes of the south district, and that |said. At the 11th hour Auditor Fer- |the money had been collected with | cuson gracefully consented to permit | Paul's knowledge. hig entire staff to appear before the moer's affidavit was made | commissioners and testify, providing after Pab! had urged the in: | the hearing is heid in public I sari of the toll collection! Empléyes of Ferguson signed | charges {n Auditor Ferguson's office.'round robin affidavit immediately Supporting, his, complaint, Paul |following the circulation ‘of — the tendered an affidavit sworn to by! charges 10 days ago, it no one had W. L. Grittman,» who handled the contributed to the so-called “5 collection of the funds, stajing that |pot.” This affidavit was prepared by the funds wero coliccted wifhout the | Deputy Auditor W. E, Faris, and knowledge or consent of Commis-| passed by him. It is believed to have | sioner Paul and that he, on learning | effectively sealed the lips of all em BY JOHN W. NELSON On the eve of an investigation of toll charges in the office of County Auditor D, FE. Ferguson, more than a half score of persons who formerly had agreed to ap- pear hefore the board of county commissioners, sitting board of inquiry, which was to meet at 2 o'clock Tuesday, had a sudden ! | | a of the arrangement, immediately or- | ployes. dered its discontinuance. “Several of the persons who A supporting statement signed urged the investigation have by all of the employes in the county shops at Kent declared that the affidavit of Spencer was false. The emptoyes agreed to appear in court at any time to testify under oath that the state- ment was false and volunteered to appear before any investigat- ing committee or board of, in- had a sudden and . mysterious change of heart,” Commissioner Paul said. “They told me that they would not appear at a pub- lic hearing. The board believes that anyone who has a legiti- mate complaint should be will- ing to make it before the board.” “The board has gone on record as quiry. opposing the collection of toll in K | The statement of the employes said{any public office, and. stands ready Y lin part: to hear complaints from any: per- “We, the employes of the South/son against such practices.” Com- commissioner's district, state that we have read a copy of Walter Spen- {cer's affidavit and that the same is j untrue in many respects and that|ly and that the board reconvene at {said Spencer perjured himself when |any time that developments war- he made said affidavit and that wejrant when testimony may be heard are ready to testify in court to this|of misconduct or extortion existing effect.” in any county office. The employes also stated the con-| ‘The resolution was tabled when tributions were made voluntarily last| it was pointed out that the board September and October to pay forjalready has taken this stand in its printing and circulation of a budget | original resolution calling an in- Treport and a road report from the/quiry into the charges made jSouth district and that 5,000 copies jagainst the auditor's office. lof each were printed and distributed} «, want to go on record here as among the taxpayers of King county. | opposing further consideration of The statement was read in open any anonymous charge,” Commis: sioner Paul said. Both Commis. meeting of the board of commis- jsioners Tuesday and becomes a|sioners Gaines and Dobson concur: red. regular part of the records of King . county. It was signed by Fred An- dersen, A. 8. Playford, FE. P. Car- Amount Fixed at $5,000; May Arrest Magnate ter, Paul F. Playford, James Mil- den, P.. W. Morgan, .T, R. Reise, Albert Bissell, Martin Courtney, G. W. Swan, Lee Brannon, Clark | Hamilton, W. C, Jones and T. F, Smith. WASHINGTON, April 1.—Bail for Harry F. Sinclair, indicted for con- tempt of the senate oil committee, was set today at $5,000 by Justice Hitz of the district supreme court. Sinclair has not yet appeared. Commissioner Paul declared he was prepared to force action on the If he does not present himself short- ly a warrant for his arrest will be | Spencer affidavit, thru the criminal issued. missioner Gaines said Tuesday. Commissioner Paul moved that the hearing be continued indefinite- as ag: ‘ery ver 4, courts of King county, Grittman, who collected the | money, said the voluntary contribu. (Turn to Page 7, Column 4) BOOZE GETS 10 \ Three More ‘Die. of “Canned Heat” Beverage TOLEDO, Ohio, April 1.-—Three more persons died from drinking “canned heat” for intoxicating Kquor here today, bringing the total num- | ber of fatalities in two days to 10. John Koscsak was found by police in a hotel early today. He died sey eral hours later in a hospital. Short, ly before nocm two othr men died, in & bourding house, evening, It will leave Wenat- On Sunday night. and yesterday) chee for the return trip at, 5:20 Saty seven men died from the effects of ‘yrday afternoon, arriving in Seat dvbiking “canned heat.” tle at midnight. Convention Party Will Leave Friday Delegates from King county to the state republican convention, which will be held in Wenatchee |Saturday, will leave Seattle: Friday ‘afternoon, at 12:30, on a special train, which has been arranged by the Great Northern railway. ‘The train will leave from the King st, station and will arrive in Wenatchee at 7 o'clock, Friday the ues: tod ute red Se- to igh 1% acres, with wonderful view) Koud woll, hearing frujt; Jota of nits shrubbery, Good 4-room bungalow; bath, built-in fed- lures, Poultry ‘hotne, brooder hours, garaj Where can you The floods, with! the ice and snow I ghich followed the disaster today, thave made roads to the town jm. pasnable. ‘The flood awny washed finplicate fn house like this far {telephone and telegraph cables con. $600 Hoy came Only 30 min nedting te town with the outside world, Food in stores was spoiled | by water, A snowstorm is raging thruout | Western Maryland and West Vir. \ginia, idding to the suffering of the flood victims, ‘The Want Ad columns wili tell ¥OL_more about this little bar Sath, \ HOW | MADE MY MILLIONS and the thoughts of a millibnaire who is defying his accusers in Washington. You may think of Doheny as an enemy of the commonwealth; you may think of him as an upright man. But whatever your opinion, you'll be interested in his own story of how he came West to find fortune, how he was a butcher, a surveyor, a pros- pector and finally an oil baron, tion. It starts Thursday in The Star. is told in simple words of his own choosing by EB. L. Doheny, oi millionaire, politician and leading figure in the senate oil inv It's the story of the struggles of a man who’ ‘defied ae: BY E. L. DOHERY