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wae FY. 385 Sener Se Bridge Investigation by Experts Demanded Paul’s “Spite Work” Charges Denied by Fellow Officials of County fevestis the wre iD A an Associat anded Monda s ¥ } Ss that 2 x en them, making it P. demn the bridge and t trave The commissioner blames his p Wical enemics the ‘courthous ying.” and says they sought to have the br © d and the 2,000 per sons a ug the road compelled to detou order to injure Paul in the neighd< 1, which is in t @astrict from : and from wt Other cour HER MORE ABOUT DEMOCRATS STARTS ON PAGE 1 ‘om January, 1923, to October, 1923 State democrats should favor and pledge their support to the Bone power bill. That was the keynote of the speech of Schwellenbach, temporary chair- man of the King county demo- cratic convention, to the 386 delegates who convened Satur. day morning at 10 o'clock at the Modern Woodmen hall, 1929 Third ave. Sechwellenbach, carrying the con tention with him, told the delegates that they should support the Bone Mil, allowing sell their power outside their limits without tax. “There has been a very persistent effort,” he said, “on the part of the power interests to confuse this issue with the question of public cities to ownership. . T can look forward to the time when practically every Recessity of life will be furnished fo the people either directly or Mirectly by electric power. “I do not say that the power resources of the state should be developed by public development alone, but certainly the people of this state should have an op- portunity to protect their own in- ferests. To protect those inter- is the Bone bill should be ssed.”* “i Schwellenbach also paid a tribute the late Woodrow Wilson, scored pie present administration and its Heannected scandals, and pointed to the progressive achievements of his Pjarty as warrant for replacing it in power. | Schwellenbach raised a cheer ‘from the delegates when he com- Pared President Coolidge’s “calm- fess” with “the calmness of a Fiaan who, after his wife has been - 3 ‘See 5 —S3SS SBERS MIZE LEP a seer Among the many democratic Women at the King county conven- Yon Saturday was Mra, M. B. | Marker, well known for many years ‘a worker. —Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer ‘Wr while he hunts up a policeman, ad of soaking her assailant on the jaw.” Following Hhwellenbach the keynote speech, was unanimously M permanent chairman and the Mire temporary organization made Manent. Shortly before noon the tion adjourned to attend the eekly meeting of the King County 5 Hocratic club, HFANT 1S HURT A woman and her baby boy were y hurt Friday when the car in she was riding collided with _H: Culbertson, of Tacoma, and fmall won, were taken to the hospital. They were later re- @ after treatment, The truck h hit their auto was driven by ‘Ohta, Japanese truck” farmer. Was arrested on a charge of is driving and held in $360 The accident happened at Du- h ave. and Corson ave, in-| insulted on the street, calmly leaves | BOBBED HAIR! THI EATTLE STAR Now the Girls Themselves May Vote On Feminine Haircuts, Too GRAND TOTAL TODAY wnat ¢ ne A 4 * 1 ‘ edings were H . be } Y t 1 oral ~ S fiom « ‘ ‘ 4s that “th hould be Moines The My 2 hem yote for t . sale RK. W,. € r Ow n look ® “ . tan pw, it's This 5 t " ‘ este . £13 \ 28 TAKES A ie b> hye © the we et AT THE “é han on this, we'll thr: t open. A Ole Herne nd jot mailed before 1 o ft ! will be unted the fi a Ory be published Me ay A 1H hout the thing now and baw And = do v G 4 Here are some of ir tod mak th Com ent QUOTES BIBLE how about startir am ! ed AGAINST BOBBING to get Doe to bob G a at t 1 say th ibbed =} we're with you. | = the law of G r er That a for t« y Remember 5 > A ed cont ali ballots in the mail by midnight w jumping dirt wally ought to go in the waste| will, be counted. Final result on the constru asket advises bobbettes to Monday difficulty is omy xx: Wor boys and bobbettes. “thes yh FIREWORKS ARE DEMO FEATURE Schwellenbach Touches on Bob Ballot (Mark coupon by striking give reason, clip and mail at Seattle Star, Seattle.) I, a male person, do do not hair. My reason is out either “do” or “do not,” once to Bobbed Hair Editor, like women to wear bobbed follows: Reporter Buys Auto for $11.75 Marine Scribe Loses Two Chances so Snaps Up Saturday Offer in a Hurry; Says Car Is “Some Boat” “On the dotted line, young man,” instructs Mel Miller, selling The Star's marine re- porter a Dixie Flyer for $11,57, Saturday. The reporter started out to get a car for $25 Bidding by dealers finally reduced the price to less than $12, after the newspaperman had missed a trio of bargain cars, including a de luxe old Lozier at $15.65. 2 : Sty " ° eee —Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer S » reas > s rs 5 | Everything in Speech (State reason in 25 words:) BY THE MARINE REPORTER | | ————————_ me HEW! Glad that’s over! The King county democ s with § ia esas ba t PROBE MUTINY INDICTED MEN sturdy "Now be aturday yw he can hardly wal n called a feast. Dem the old bus p to the ebay Sens rc ON HELL SHIP ARE FREED googie Y r s i tual Hoth ecotn | But, horrors! walt the old bat-/ Rebel Lodgemen to Appeal}Woman Forgets to Ignite Lewis B. Schwellenbach, the key pee = See we hip be able to make Queen Anne to Supreme Dictator Gas: Man Also Killed oter, got action 00: . ; " abe wots, got in action soon aces ems Investigating Body Named; |Severe Blow to Gambling | rin reporer lox ancther baresia) Ls fe opening exercises. And Lewis ia ae 7 Six insurgent members of the jas early Jaturday morning | Friday when an Overlund he'd had | some keynoter. He keynoted all over Rebels Freed True Bills, Opinion his ‘eye on, at $18 was sold right |) Me edge, who objected to the| killed a woman and a man. the politica! lot Warning Seld Back, ( bor : under his nose was a terrific | 10 ese 0 es «ox any “i Her poor memory cost Mrs, Mary Sela Bac abe € ; i Pg he lodge offices, were nmarily dis oe | . He refused to keep cool with Cool-| contractor, that “no power on earth} Within eataies | after, Chott | biow ; wea mined from the order by Deputy |# Miller, 78, her life, when she Hawe: ‘tn fact: ARE SERS an compel these men to sell thelr | case hi né to @ jury Jack Sears| Friday night the reporter resolv Dictator. ‘Thomas Roche. Priaay|turned ona gas heater in her bed | ° " bodies into slave Fr. H a ¢ M. Enos were freed of |to lose no more bargains. Just the or, ° Mrerae secon he mer ae upervisor of of common gambling {nmin his check Saturday |"IADI- Announcement of the de-jroom and forgot to light it. Her | for scandal that is now in session in| SePUTT NOF OF Judge Mitchell Gilliam’s|he and F bs, the camera |°*/0Nn was made at the regular! daughter, Miss Ethel Miller, with Washington was preparing court late Friday. The two me . hunt and Bat ot ize ane and ‘ COn-| whom ahe made her home, found ‘ pti or a cluded an inves n and Mainly, however, his remarks the rebellion of 16 coolies from a Lab atoagie ne the ee ait be ae Gown HST tor of nine Insurgents lasting a week. |tB€ aged woman dead at’1 o'clock . a {ell Ship" in Seattle harbor, indicted by the recent King 917 Dixie Flyer : | i Ware Geveted to the sWGntion, In Svorest’ te: ebatvundl < investi-|grand jury a nmon gamblers, it] Then the. reporter went and ne six dismissed are T, L.jwhen she entered the room to see the state, And when he was thru | ting committee of three named tolbeing charged that they conducted |bought himself a new hat. ‘The|Crowder, George Francis Burton,/{f her mother was sleeping well | Wie the administrative code, the the conditions that caused the nd “blackjack” games in|old “one was ‘too smal Haward O.-Dunlop, Thothas F. 80m-lqne siller home is at 4674 East | taxation system, the superintend. ry coolies to revolt from the 1 rooms. | Well, now, about this new boat - aed aah : helmy a bed ‘ pear | Yorthwest Fisheries company full-! he outcome of the case on.| She's a five-passenger cabin cruiser, |De Stiane wero: candidates by ent of schools and our own local | Northwest } mpany | The outcome of the case ts con-| chy Selec yg: he | Petition in opponition to the “‘regu.| Mrs. Miller was the widow. of county commissioners, these sub- |‘igxed schooner, the Ben F. Pack-|xidered one of the most severe blows Mel who" wept; as i e jects, as well as the keynoter, | 4rd. Other members of the commit-/against the gambling indictments | parted with her, said she answered |!4r’’ slate, |Jonathan L. Miller, and ts survived were pretty well exhausted. tee are Peter B. Gill, business agent urned by the recent King county |her helm well. ‘Thére gre port and| Three of the nine named in the|yy @ large family. She bad turned He also devoted much time to the| the Seamen's union, selected bY! grand jury. Several of these cases |#tarboard storm curtains and riding |clvil complaint against the lodse/on the gas before, forgetting to Bone bill, and received great ap-| the rebels, and Frank 8. Polet, of/nave been tried with no convictions |lights and, the fo'c’sle @eck im solid ov My a ated, Bt od Ary {ght it, according to her. family. | plause, And when he came to the| Polet & Co., ship age nM. they were|Temulting and the former trial of|sheet tron. \ There! waa. no Sere Robert Teehes ‘into ‘cept neg| James Maien, 60, a teamster, com- Joverburdened farmer he bore down| The 16 were arrested as they w Te) Enos and Sears stood nine to three | With ‘the boat, but they're going to ts z me | mitted suicide at his rooms, 610 | seitie fhewies fa ana wiht cic escaping from the ship In Elijott bay throw one in grat y¢ names ‘of the three had beon | ; id not sugge | definite relief for the farmer, aside | from certain generalities, which tho early Friday. Late Fri released from the city the outcome of the in a launch day they w pending |farmer can neither eat nor wear. Nae Most of the remarks concerned | "®@rins: lthe farmer were nddressed over at| Prem Singh Gill, youthful Hindu, the corner where Walter Ronald) *Pokesman and leader of the men, sat. Someone suggested ‘tHat {t was|2%4 © former student of the Untver | because Ronald was the only dele-| gate present who wore whiskers, His good words for the Bone bill were so well received that it is freely: predicted that this convention will go on record for that measure. All of the democratic war horses were on hand . excepting Judge |G. A. C. Rochester, Edgar Battle and Col. Hawthorn. These three well-known followers of ‘Thomas Jefferson straggied in one at a time,| while the Keynoter was tn full| action, thereby loosing the applause that should always greet those in |high standing with the party. If the program outlined by the | opening speaker is carried out in jthe platform, almost any one can/ vote the democratic ticket this year without seriously violating his con-! science. | But to an independent, who some |times votes the republican ticket, the high note reached in the key-| note speech seemed to be “We want| | in” HERE’S MORE ABOUT AIRMEN || STARTS ON PAGE 1 | ereek and so wa left in a blinding| snow storm at 115 p. m. | | “The storm continued for the en-| | tire flight to Chignik. | “At Kumlik bay I landed to check | | my position and to escape for a time, | the severe snowstorm. | “At 4:45 we left Kumlik bay and | arrived at Chignik at 5:50 p. m., con-| tinuing to fight the snow all the way, “The strain of the flight was ter- rible, as we were forced to follow) the shore line to check our position | and to fly at a maximum latitude of | 400 feet. “The storms at Kanatak were a/ terrific strain on the plane and per. | sonn aster. “We are now preparing to go v| to Dutch Harbor. SPEED AIR RAGE PARIS, April 26.—France’s effort to demonstrate her iong-distance su- | perlority in the air was a step nearer success today when it was announced officially that Lieut. d'Oisy reached | Aleppo, northern Syria. at 56 p. m. Friday. It was d'Oisy’s second step since hopping off from here Wednesday, to attempt a record flight to Japan to offset the records being made by the British and American flyers, at- tempting to fly around the world. The official communiaue announce ing the arrival was confined to a mere statement that d’Oisy had reached Aleppo, and did not state| what the next stop would be. It was presumed, however, that the next leg will be a Jump of something over a thousand miles along the coastal | route to Japan jand al and t voiced y of Ore Washington, complaint ship is filthy aid. “Th “charged are exorbitant, We ¢ allowed only one cup of water » University of the a day Ives with. We were a ar pair for flimsy cotton socks were made that some of us would ‘get it’ when we arrive at Naknek, Ali n. We had to eat three meals of vile Chinese food per 4 Seld Back protested the cannery | company was responsible for the shin had provided extra | n the men an fn-| ged he food and had gt crease in pay vanced many much 4s $100 on their month contract to labor, He sald he had ad. of the insurgents as 50 seven FIVE KILLED IN TEXAS STORM DALLAS, Tex., April 26 wind storms thruout Texa which reached cyclonic proportions in some sections, took a toll of five lives and injured a score of persons. Heavy property losses resulted from high winds, hail and heavy rains, which caused small streams to overflow and flooded lowlands in some parts of West Texas, Mrs. Frank Keenan vere |. Dies in Hollywood HOLLYWOOD, wood mourned today death of Mra. Fr of the veteran stage and screen ctor, seized with sn apopleptic stroke late last night at the Writers’ club while her husband was starring in a pla¢ on the stage before her. Mrs. Keenan was 56 years of age. She and the actor were married in Boston 40 years ago. Two daughters survive, one the wife of Ed Wynn, comedian, MOVIE “OPERATOR” IS SENT TO PENITENTIARY FOR MONTANA SWINDLE Be Mont., April 26.—Har old J, Binney today faces three to six years in the state penitentiary for obtaining mone under false pretenses in promot- ing the Vigilante Motion Picture Producers company. Binney, who weighed in at 334 pounds, and who rated himself as the biggest Individual asset of the company,*nipped ex-Gover- nor Sam Stewart and a number of others in his promoting scheme, according to the findings jate Jast night of a district court judge, He was sentenced short- ly after. Binney was arr months ago at San He was also engaged operations In Seattle Angeles April 26.— Holly- the sudden k Keenan, wife ted several Rosa, Cal. in film and Los following |* r Friday, | for acquittal when the jury disa-| dived. ithouk “pabelantan |Olive st. by turning on two Jets greed. | it tainly. ts © thrillin, to walk ” 1 d F It! oestatnty (16 "thrilling to) walk men were dismissed for the|!% ® range. Hy body was found The trial, lasting three days, was | Proudly, down the» street» }lodge offense of taking a case into|*t © & m. by Lee McCorkle, living closely followed by a large number |that you're the owner of a real the superior court before threshing |Dext door. McCorkle smelled gas, of people who crowded the court | automobile, even if it did cost only Bland broke the door. Malen had 11187, Saturday night, after the|!t out in) the lodge channels. Th room. Attorn Walter Fulton | $11.87, Saturday nciinad oer psurgents appealed to the superior|Piussed the keyhole and cracks of and Adam Beeler bitterly contested |Party up at the reporter's house | 2st : - the door and windo His death i y to w guest or’two, |COurts to compel the local officers the legal points that arose during |!# over, he'll: say ‘to @ gu "lto place the natace of the insur.|!% attributed fo despondency over ® trial. “Deputy Prosecutor E. D. |nonchalantly: “Oh, »T'll-run you © tase. ee ice batlots iil health and unemployment. Ivin, aided by Deputy Robert |bome in the old sloop. . . . Oh, no TL. Cenwé: ee | abet at Stk Te Se Oia Macfarlane, prosecuted the case with |trouble at all ; fares € erll nist ot os fie he utmost vig Sunday there ts going to be a tour announ¢ he six wil A . Pace ol the tay lromenhore, probably eut to Volun-|resort-to-en appeal to the sape-mo| Olympic Men. Fail lure of the jury to convict inal park, or some- {dictator of the onde: . the two men will not deter Deputy |*#er Park or Kinnear park, or som me nt thay order to Return to Ship : where not very far ou ne | ee aS Colvin from prosecuting others in-| i ae ; ta tha: feel of : the: boat | SAN PEDRO, Cal., April 26—Two dicted by the grand jury for |"ePorter ge! : Wi |members of the Hawaiian Olympic |frambling, he arinounced Saturday, (De doenn’t want to be caught nine| Burton Will Head HERF’S MORF «ROUT FORESTS STARTS ON PAGE 1 |river “burn,” where a fine growth of young timber was being ignited from | the flaming snags of the area ray. aged two d les ago, Victor O. Wal | fire ‘den for Southwestern | ‘ashington, is heading a large corps of, men, fighting the flames over an entire section of land, | New blazes have also been report- | ed at Cowelman, west of Lewis river, tho the snag and stump fire on the} |old “burn” and the stricken area at Stevenson are declared to be worst }from point of money losses, | Flames have already crept into the | logging camp regions of Pierce coun- |ty, near Ashford, and as loggers have left their work to save the lumber crop. Smoke was also seen west of Shelton and small fires are burning | j between Silver Lake and the Ever. jett Golf club, near that city. Nearby blazes were encountered Friday in brush just outside the| northeast ‘city limits of Seattle, at 32nd ave. N. EB. and 95th st., and at 35th ave. 8. and Dakota st., in the | southwestern part of town, ‘where | homes were reported threatened for a time. | | |both sides of the Columbia river. |'These were largely in slashings and | were doing no damage, altho the dry weather made them potentially dangerous. | oe | Seattle's Cedar Falls power line, lcrowsing the country near Black River junction, was reported endan- | gored | by flames which have been raging across brush and young tim. ber lands on Black river hill. The rity light department had no reports on the extent of th but residents in that section estimated that the conflagration already) had traversed about 60 acres, What’s in the Air SATURDAY, APRIL 26 KDZE—12;80 to KFJC—8;30 to 4 p.m. KPHR—4:30 to 8:30 p,m, KHQ--8 to 9 p. m. ROBBER VICTIM Pape blames the winds and the extreme drought, for the flame threats. Fires in Oregon were reported near Hood Rt Wamic, Marsh- field, ‘Tillamook and Mulholland | creek. Astoria reported fires on |team, which arrived here last night Party Convention |sbo#"@ the U. 5. army transport WASHINGTON, April miles from the dock with a squall coming up. Tell you all about it Monday. 26.—Rep-| 96] sailed today for the east coast. résentative Theodore Burton of| The Hawaiians, including several Ohio will -be temporary chairman |boxers and 15 track mén, came from and keynoter of the republican na-|the islands in company with ‘1,700 mal convention at Cleveland in| American soldiers, bound for east- | June. Jern posts. ‘They were. given a | His selection was approved by|night’s Mberty here and two of | President Coolidge today in a con-|them failed to return to their ship ‘ ference at the White House with|by the time it departed. John T. Adams, chairman of the we in the /republican national committee, and David Mulvane of Kansas, head of on arrangements for Attacked by two bandits hallway of a hotel on Washington st. Inte Friday night, Earl Knapp. |the committee 724 N. 76th st., was knocked helpless | the convention. by a violent blow on the head and = - The Salvation Army each year gives about 450,000 Christmas din- ners, 175,000 toys, and more than 26,000 Thanksgiving dinners. |Somme, were missing when the ves-| Donse BROTHERS DEALERS SELL | | GOOD USED CARS | There was a time when we looked upon our Used Car Department as an essential evil. Now we realize that it is/a tremendous asset. We sell only GOOD Used Cars and thus make friends who come back to us for new cars. Good Values for Today— Dodge Brothers Touring, 1922 production; High Hood Chevrolet 1923; new, Touring. Ford Roadster, 1974; 800 removable de Tt m with car ‘s Ford | a Tt be apprec Coupe, 1923; new; & cord tires many must be finish nd accessories great seen to tated, | WLEaton East Pine at Summit | A st-0313 | §. 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Positive relief and good digestion re- stored by CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS They give you health, bodily comfort, ease of digestion, free elimination, an active liver, a clean colon, sweet breath, a healthy tongue and an alert, contented mind in ¢ vigorous, well nourished body. Sold evervwhere—-only 25 cents robbed of $1.50. The two men who robbed him are sald to be Roy Car penter, 26, and Jack West, 25, both of whom. were arrested and identi- fied by Knapp and a witness to the holdup, Axel Ogren, Carlton hotel The two bandits were arrested at Second and Washington by Patrol men G. W. Perry and James Neylon on suspicion. Two other men, J. E. Tesch, 35, and A, I. Grey, 38, were held in jail Saturday for Investigation. Grey had a pistol when‘he was arrested at Fourth and Battery, and Tesch was in possession of burglar tools and skeleton keys when arrested by Pa- trolman C. W. Black at 1320-A Sev- enth ave. A. Achrs, 855 W. 48th st., was held up by an armed bandit at Fourth and Columbia about 1:20 a, m. Sat- |urday, and was robbed of ON account of our rapidly increasing Savings and Safety Deposit Vault C by Annexing an Adjoining Room of Close Convention | on Pike Street, thus making it possibl of Coast Gas Men The one-day conference of the Pa- | cific Coast’Gas association closed Fri. |day night with a banquet at the New Washington hotel, following a day of discussions of problems coun- cerning the industry and its co-oper- ation with the public. Delegates who are attending from the entire length of the Pacific coast are spending Sat- urday. sight-seelng as guests of local | gas company officials. main banking offices. Board of Directors, Laube Says Taxes Must Be Slashed Taxes must be cut down or they will become — confiseatory, Prof. Frank J. Laube, of the department of political science of the university declared in an address at the meet: | ing of the members’ council. of the Seattle’ Chamber of Commerce. Fri- day noon in the Masonic clubrooms, Prof. Laube read government statin. tics on the increases in taxes and population in Washington in sup. port of his statement, The Seattle real estate board had Peoples Savings charge of the program, Announcement considering the convenience of our Commercial, find it necessary to Enlarge our Banking Quarters entrance to our Safety Deposit Vaults through our We are pleased to advise, also, that Mr. H. 0. Penick, for many years a banker and successful business man in New Orleans, La., has bought a substantial interest in the Capital Stock of this bank and has been elected as Chairman of the JOSEPH T. GREENLEAF, President. business, and ustomers, we our building le to have an Bank