The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 1

_— “PLL NAME MY OWN MEN!” SAYS CHIEF “Ii VOL. 26 Declared Dead: The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington Botered as Becond t gress March 9. aes Matie Per Year, by Mat, $3.60 SEATTLE, WASH.,; FRIDAY, APRIL 4, Po TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE, 1924, * How the Grafters Were Exposed : Plotters Chief Severyns, in Police Basement, Finds Dictaphone “Mighty i if ) Handy Little Instrument” a | ; ot ang ”s OEY hy ° | Corpse” in City Hospital Sits Up and | ftome Brew | Astonishes Nurse and Doctor Who j ° ° mM eee Are Preparing Him for Morgue on Set ae | yet? So—ho-HUM—have wel After h been officially D J. A. Wunderlich an “ a . diate Ber iptaty ges 2s cg ly Sp Al aaah ee vll—y Everywhere I Go, They Dog My |) acky splits ospital Friday, and while the n and had succeeded in re i se ir Share gi grrcapall rl Trail,” Says Official; “I Know the | the “remains, Mike Kauffmar over on his side, his h tes a ware ne Tain, ee | cates Dantes aa ee sreame Gang, but I Am Still Boss | Sudscrider asks The os and rubbing his eyes. The | lief that he was de | eee £ i ington durcau for the meaning 0, “corpse” is still all dh | The morgue wag notified and : ; ‘ i are a: aReaE Hheaeant 2 c'| dail reser maak eke aoa OW malcontents in the police department “shad- ii Why go to all that trouble? Ask Kauffn an employe of the ingly, “Died at 815 a.m.” Ten ”’ him day d ni vith tw: 1h eny married © Northern Pacific railroad ware. n later Dr. Wunderlich ow’ him day an night, with two men usually i Snes house, was found in the furnace nurse were amazed jtraveling in a big Winton car, was revealed by Police iy A news item in this paper states! room of the freight sheds at 2 her OE pag ng |Chief W. B. Severyns Friday. | en nisrate:- ven fering from delirium tre- | Ganerses tiie mitten “No matter where I go or what I do, they dog m: iH glass net with / him be imme PERCE Py fataene yo igy - : fi : Woodhouse says that “moonsto | nion | trail, said Severyns. “I know the gang. I know 4, — his “ |what they're trying to do. They’re trying to ‘get } were something on me’ that may serve as a blind to ~ i clty jail and. then | “Returned to life at 9:25 their own damnable efforts to wreck this department, } ce “cal, Ae eRe ah | “But this I want to make plain: I am still chief of olice. I expect to remain chief of police. And Pll jbe chief of police in fact, as well as in name. | “No matter what influences are brought to bear, /no matter what men in high office or low do to trv to |break down the morale of this force, I'll stay with ; why L9H one . sts ie ns fection. thok beat Cold D eck i or P ower P lank this thing to the finish. If I don’t make good, T’llex- tng corpels wil! give him Just as ect Mayor Brown to say so promptly. If I’m ever — aks coqeebgheagey STACKING TH EIR CARDS oreed to quit, the man who forces me will teil me “_** ' 5 , . Fi Aine hcite. bec ivves | why in, very plain language, and then perhaps I'll “Teddy"—because it's a rough-rider.| have my say.’ er Site | WENATCHEE, April 4.—The cards and state officials. | Mayor Brown previously had intimated that he Ss are being stacked today for the re Look at the peace and industr 3 "7 i rump Yen, why. I had $60,000) ALY Noes. state. conventions| prosperity te the ee ee |(the mayor) would boss the police department, and left me once. : 1 went|WBIch meets here tomorrow that! |that any reorganization plan must be acceptable to picmme— And T suppcne We Oil weet) a will be played out| ‘Teo bad ‘some of the boys. back {a |him eet for what it is worth—to decide who| Washington are belng probed by « | 2 i i iri E ir eee Meee 00, AUT) Ce ee ise agit ational’ Gocmmitten (10¢. Of. pestiferdus. Gemoorats. But | _Severyns Friday was in a spirited mood. He had the air ; @= Serres RW TUY GrtONOeS Td Sese this deat. maybe some of ‘em are guilty, If jof a determined man, well satisfied with his efforts to stay ae s Swat s The power fight is lost. The pri-| ‘MY are, soak ‘em |the tide of department unrest that has threatened for the oi oa 2 eae rep = pcigyr vate power interests have enough eee besos: more planks |last several days to sweep him off his feet. peemscesting ‘Sinieclt over the land.| Voss f Prevent the adoption of any)" 7 Dy met Oe ne be any Gower | Nattily attired in a close-fitting suit of gray, his pipe aa oe Laan Sea esis be re gee sameeren Ga aoe |clenched between his teeth, Severyns paced back and forth ss toad power plants. The trust ia “sitting | Yention wants the cities to have ; : : ae in his spacious office as he talked. The government has about $7,000! iretty. thority to nell their cheap power fr “Here we are taking all the risk and dat gold-braid guy getting all the jack!” That's “Yes sir, I'll be chief in fact.” he repeated. “I'll name $00 tied up in unused postoffice sites.) “ riis the blegest issue, if not the! Competition with the private power! what Chief of Police W. B. Severyns heard as he, in the basement of the public safety; Tl ays: d By ‘friends’ I 4 ot @ Kencunced. ly issue of any stat portance, | flKs outside city limits building, listened in on a dictaphone attached to his office desk upstairs, where malcon-|™Y OWN men. ‘i name my friends. By ‘iriends’ I mean 4 Why not lease them for gasoling| 7 te ot ateat the nent election | THERE'S LOTS OF HARMony, | 2Mtding, listened in on ae NONE ae f sdeeedate! gl) ails men who are friends of what I have attempted to give stations? <9 the bys at Meevlony . i D AND OTHERWISE tent cops were holding a secret meeting to protest because a olice higher-up was “hog- Seattle—an efficient police department. They may not be isfy siboe ad Asdaict ir Mandate which, Republican leaders and folks who\ ging” the graft. Severyns refuses to name the higher-up.” ee ge AG | ecaonal Sender tha f ring hte apt hong 1) oe ee ier tana ate oe Weare — en oe “My little dictaphone told me one night who my friends pe aed oie ¥ There will be a flurry—the special bles are filled with chatting pout | ‘are. The boys using my office for a meeting place forgot With « scoffiaw pa interest boys hope there will be. But] cians and folks wh t ‘i ‘i int , rast J pers, the old am of the! ks who want to be pol all about the little instrument under my desk. I was in An ignordinance ma, old hokum of “Look out for the iticians. Committees are meeting ' y : f What a lucky Scornstatute am 11*| cities or they'll steal your taxable| ang settling the fate of the nem ithe basement at the other end. [I heard it all. Strange | : a abe | property.” mi being results, from Politicians are also gathacte’ ate} TAKES HOME jand weird revelations were made. That’s why I know — Ol4 Silas Grump, the sage ‘ot| care aaywy, aut couldn't help fit Ce eee nanny Ce coe MU ERED IN Hi |about what men u want in this department and where I t Pumpkin Hollow, says: "Go t0|they did. : |want them to work. = cnureh and Jearn about the here- } Harmony—lots of it, some bottled, | Maybe Guy E. Kelly, Tacoma at after, or go on a joyride and it.” some vocal. And the watchword of P k U id mE Sk | Former Spouse Due, Too: | Severyns aris he aud Tuspec te ee oe wht at Bab. 3 , or eens and see K-" | torney, will be defeated for re-election | the follows whe. arteries ‘oO enti er as ’ ing on the shake-up list. It probably will be ready Satur- 4] caxorDare rom rine rowsox | ayse'nan {rnapemat yt coneation down in Chabal | Oem Seek “Unidentified Slay He May Be Ousted ‘day. At that time it will be submitted to Mayor Brown |be because some of the folks who are| “100k out for Maude Sweetman." Third Victim of Shootin, Braise i)" pays ifor his approval, but— 8 rie AB retin eae Arze ‘T'll be chief in fact as well as in name,” says Bill Hovers Near Death : U. Stillman has moved in and ta lSeveryns. a possession of the $8,000,000 Stillman ——- jestate at Pleasantville, N. Y., and} POMEROY, Wash., April 4— The Waldmans lived nine miles| announced her intention of staying | Posses were scouring the hills | west of here. ‘The two young people |there with her children and watching all roads leading i Her banker husband, who recently out of Garfield county Friday in lost an action in supreme court for an effort to arrest the man who retrial of his divorce suit, was due shot and killed Mr, and Mrs. Al- in town today and friends of the The moron who sees something smutty in everything he reads. eee were married only 10 days ago. About 8 p. Thursday an un identified man knocked at the Wald- Reconsider Action to | Reinstate Fired Cops| | | not be too surprising. Superstitious Sudience can’t throw eggs at him. Maybe Nick C. Richards, Yakima m proper)» desperate fight. He is a million. | |now pledged to him give him the 2 The radio entertainer has one ad-| POWER TRUST LEANS Call i re pris camceree| “Call in 14th calling cards —Socially Worried. | double cross. That, however, would | Vantage over the stage star. The) TOWARD RICHARDS Dear Homer: What are the | will lick Kelly. ‘Richards is making | t Di | Ans.; Threes a ; aire banker as well as a lawyer. He| fred Waldman, newlyweds, and | man door, Waldman, who was about |couple were watching to see if he | wd y edt Ubward are COn-|ig also a big stockholder in private probably fatally wounded Mrs. 25 years of age, answered. “Here's | would make any attempt to regain : lered very, eee baie. contpanied _He wasn't among the invited) Barbara Waldman, 55, mettee of |xome mail for you," maid the un-/the Pleasantville property, ‘Mon-|,’ 4 special meetihg of the clvil| stated by the commission earlier in ‘ | Nor can Guy Kelly boast of being | “uests—high in official municipal! Waldman, about 8 a. m, Thurs- | HOON ne Mites eave a aman | Danie, jservice commission to reconsider re-| the week when no witnesses |ap- Old Silas Grump is a mighty dainty!a public ownership man. Tom | “!TCle*—who seated themselves atthe| day evening. three times, killing him almost in- | ! ' The courts confirmed Mrs. Still-!instatement of two discharged pa-| peared to prosecute the charges diner. He always eats his orange| Aston, of Spokane, paid lobbyist of |*7"Ual dinner of the Ah King estab-| gherift E. 'V. Powell iis ordered] stantly, Turning, he murdered Mrs,|man’s rights to care and protection 7K trolmen, dismissed several months | against them. Me 8 Over the kitchen sink. |the Washington Water Power com: | /#hment at 707 King st.—but he had |the arrest of Ralph Waller, former! Waldman with a singlo bullet, He|as the banker's wife, hence the Un-| geo on alleged serious charges, wall! 2 Einin wad “alsobieed 3) ae i éi5 8 pany, and State Senator G. B, Groff, JU8t 48 Much fun and ate just as) jusband of a. sister of Mra, Wald-|then went back outside and loaded | accustomed scurrying of servants ai | Se cod “Beiday, by, Mayor, J, |Chiet, W, 3. Severyan Seana : TODAY'S DEFINITION arch-enemy of public ownership, are |™UCh chow mein—or is it pung chow! man, should he be found in this) his gun. \Reentering the house he|the winter home at Pleasantville. | Brown, on complaint of Mrs. Adolph Rus: } Peace: Something that never |backing Kelly for national commit-|—®* the chief of police, the clty|county, for questioning Waller | shot the old lady six times, emptying zh npeeniarsce naa | crmme stwo, men, Harry J. Hubs, | aell, abet: Phiiney: aye eo aa } stays in a house where there | teeman. jcomptroller or any other of the hon:| was separated from Mrs, Waldman’s | his gun into her body. She was con: Okeh Stn for Work. |densny the mayor's chauttvur’ Heieds betas” the) grand ean | are two or three boys and only If the power company Influence, | ored 13. sister a few imonths ago and blamed | ceded a chance to liye by attending land Driver Harry Weedin, of the | Kuhn had extorted money from Hel q é one ear, | wielded by bold lobbyists who handie| #4 thereby hangs the talo of the! jis trouble on the young bride. physicians Friday, on Park Roadways Jdetective department, were rein. (Turn to Page 10, Column 5) "oe the lobbying business for the com.|0bscure Chinese who, thru superstl:| NHetaiis of the brutal murder were | Posses were immediately organtzed | WABHINGTON, April 4--An “act ‘ ‘ ee The trouble with giving your wite| panies during sessions of thy legis. |tion of the diners and the host, Ah) joned to Sheriff Powell Inte Thurs-|and a wearch of the hills begun by | authorizing appropriation of $7,500. Pe. | allowance ig. that vaya lature at Olympia, goes to Richards, | King, Jr, was bidden into the merry. | tay Mra. ‘Waldman, after hé shériee twat by All roads leading out Y \nsnailant had departed, Altho she had|of the county are being carefully six or seven bullet wounds in her|guarded. It ig belleved the | 000 for construction and improvement | jof roads and bridges in the national | making at the Jast minute Thurad he'll win } night to rub elbows and wield choy | Power trust agents and lobbyists eee ds it before you borrow it mur: | é: Jare prominent in nearly every large Li'l Gee Gee refuses to ride with | County delegation to the convention. sticks as the 14th member of the | party. jbody, she dragged herself to tho tele- Ihis parks was passed yesterday by the derer is slinking on the hillsides and | gonate, capture is expected hourly. Bill’s Chief Yet, But | | phone and notified the sheriff. Me, sake | Bie # Us in our Bouncing Bet | And they are mighty active, too. | The dinner was arranged by the) ———————— eae Root fi orce S emora 1ze ; & “I'm afraid of getting ptomaine|. The G. 0. P. can almost certainly|son of the noted Chinese character | ee Poison,” she rays, “riding around in| © depended upon to go on record|of early Seattle days, whose name HERE IS = aa &n old can like th about at follows: he bears, Frank Mitten of tho state | That Harry G. O'Brien, police in- ts, Heutenant: higher offi: | ie eo 56 Wa “ | M.: | y G » police in-;geants, Heutenants and higher offi: 2] ‘4. | Coolidge for president. inspector's Keats he ba Bane A GOOD HOME |spector, may be put in charge of the | cers taking sides with the mayur or & After reading a few copies of the| Hurrah for the Mellon plan. BDPAKSE AG, City VOmutey That - Congressional Re. erringly house orgin Gas company cord, one is led un. the view that it is the of the Great American Cheers for the soldiers’ adjusted compensation act. Restrict immigration a la Congress: man Johnson's bill. Down with child labor. Cheers for Gov. Hart's administra: | An optimist in a gink who thinkal thats he puts “rR, ik ush” on a letter it | would be made, but said it was prob-| Haag from headquarters to Dens” 4 ( P > ’ sroke the bad luck spell large rooma, in perfect condi. | able. more precinct, Capt. C. G. Bannick ‘ ll be delivered sooner 1 tion and the Hart code, who broke the Py ‘ i : e ooner than {t| gy a G |] ton. It has reception hall, From the maze of conflicting ru-| from Densmore to Ballard precinct, therwise would be | Wild enthusiasm for the tariff. Di ed Sh |] living room. with. fireplace, re s q hays Teabe dak the poor tanner, Cc ittee Okeh stress ip dining room and kitchen down: |{mora and reports that have found|and Capt. B, C, Collier from the spe: arkas ? Economy—ah! That's. the stuff! ommittee ens pase Reals atnira’ ond ithroo large bed. || thelr way Ike wildfire about the city | clal detail to a headquarters patrol. |) at can you say as to his| 1, . cpap beach at Point] ing by, according to information at Tooms Upatatrs. Good-sized lot || since the start of the row between| Provided this slate 1s approved and " ower tax! | Smashing onto the beach a iB bY, ¢ ey. . } 4 hehe | “WHOOPEE” FoR Cabinet Choice! Calvert, about 870 miles north of Se-| ceneral offices of the line here, and |] trouy: S75) cam sae per ncathe || Mayor B. J. Brown and Chict Sey-| put into effect, the special detall will | ‘ tore Just as soon believe the plat-| WESLEY fi JONES WASHINGTON, April 4.-The | attie, on the northern ond of Queen| was to make an attempt to haul her | including Interest, This is a |/eryns, there was hardly a single fact | remain for a time under Lieut. Li J. a of a political party.” aiare th diy awals Cheatl nomination of Harlan F, Stone of|cnartotte sound, the Pacific Steam: | off the beach Friday afternoon, | real bargain, that could be established as definite | Forbes, but he will be superseded by 4 bind Aa Let's find nome way to bust the|New York to be attorney general|«hip company's Alaskan froighter,| ‘Tho Admrial Rodman carrion a = os and conclusive Friday, The police}a higher officer, probably Inspector # Station arew soning off unt al stadt vrai Rated eaten today wag ordered favorably re | Aamiral Rodman, was in distress | crew of 25. The Want Ads will tell you || department seems to have been more | O'Brien, who would revert to a cup. | ig % m. Baturday morning! phd ny f Wesley Jones and all|ported by the senate judiclary com:|{ryiday morning. The company's| ‘The accident occurred at about 9:80 || where this property can bo scen. |{or lesa demoralized in the ensuing |taincy, in the event that he is phyak | Ni A. J. 8 | the rest of the republican national’imittee without a record vote, Aluskan steamer, Queen, was stand: (Turn to Page 10, Column 2) controversy, with patrolmon, ser. | cally able to return, i a ] Carroll was toastmaster, Included in the list of guests was Police Chief W. B. Severyns, Police Inupector Joe T. Mason, Deputy Comptroller R. G, Gallant and sev. feral others—13 in all, and the last |minute guest—the obscure Oriental Rocks; No Pass AGROUND IN STORM ‘Steamer Admiral Rodman Drives on someone will want, All conveniences and can be had for a small down payment, with regular monthly payments for the balance. CAPITOL HILL, SNAP $4,750—Modern residence of six engers Aboard |police special detail provided he is Jable to return to Seattie from Call- \fornia, and that Lieut. Ralph Olm- |sted might be appointed to a cap: tainey by him was admitted by Chief of Police W. B. Severyns Friday. The chief did not say the changes the’ chief. While he would not say so ditt: nitely, Severyns intimated that cin cessions had been made on both sides effecting a compromise, Chief Severyns’ tentative slate ih: cludes the transfer of Capt. J. J.