The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 28, 1924, Page 1

: - ee ot i. a - a aS a s 2 $S fora Name for Reporter’s $11.57 Auto; Send ‘Em in; Pag night and Tw Temperature Maximum, 72 Today 1 Howdy, folks! Times change. | Once they went home to | mother; now they go to the su- perier court. With Vam- the Crowe de Guerre! STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT:| ‘The onion crop is above normal and | strong winds are predicted this sum mer, | ars YE DIAR (Apri Awake, far in the coun- (Lord's day.) try, the West Point foghore meaning across the bay. a dreary sound, and not unlike autumn days, but the birds in the frees outside and the smell of growing | to cart water fe robing,.clbeh Mire. Mower 4cth ony. “It ls so you cum make more enatiy Mcwier sauis bea coper’, rome 1 did te toll her, and soon high words | betwen us. But peaceful enough, short Wy, and le work again. | j When a girl tells a man she can} cook, the plot begins to thicken. | aoe At this week's meeting of the tiga club it*was decided by a/ ing vote that the bathing girls on windshields . be obliged to} hén their bathing suits one % the man to surrender. The fel és ; cpsRapaa rege aries slow reached for his pocket and). BENWOOD, W. Vay April 28. fin: de teeits ot 3 Bert: Pizor fired. Three other men ran} One hundred and fourteen men 3, from the store and as they reached! were entombed in the Benwood LET NOISE BE ‘the curb Pizor fired into the crowd.| mine of the Wheeling Steel Cor. UNRESTRAINED | One man fell to the sidewalk. poration early today, it was a _— eee German scientist says continent) of America is drifting westward. Get out of the way, Hawali, here we come! The United States may be sliding foward China, but no scientist has} yet devised a speedometer to show how fast we're traveling. % oes | Little drops of water, little orains | of sand, the mighty ocean and th ditto land; “But why these drops of watcr and little grains of sand ‘dre always served with spinacl de cannot say off-hand. a —Detroit News. oe H Twenty-five thousand - year-old; ‘skeleton, perfectly preserved, has | “ust been @ug up in Los Angeles.! A. Chamber of Commerce | ) The L. opt Row advertise, “The Best Cli- ite for Skeletons in the World!” | see 7 EFFICIENCY In’ order to aid the police reporter in work, and to permit him to sleep ut interruptions, bandit victims Pledse fil! out the following blank | mall promptly to the city editor: a | Dear Homer: You ask, “How the coal bin?” its BIN—and gone. | —A. Jack 8. | see | Bedtime Story: “I'm going to get; ‘Yearly in the morning.” ‘ 7-7 ‘The height of politeness is to get a Wallingford car and give a your standing room. oe i mom LL GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE || VAMP, SEZ i| I just love fishing, but I hate | | fo bait th’ hook. It frightens | | “}me to death when a big bull | | ‘Worm lets out a roar, x” oe | Well, the swimming season will! |! opened soon, and Li'l Gee G she is going to get her le to teach her to swim again. eee at Jones upon a saxophone Was wont to flat and sharp, | Fils neighbor lost his temper, now om struma upon a harp. —M. H. M. coe Slave bracelets are coming into five, and a skinny girl's arms are! mning to look like a curtain | 1 Gee Gee has got a beautiful of the new bracelets, She ped her dad’s auto chains. | aw 6 there goes the gas meter, and) fan’'t another quarter in the borhoodt Nf A. J, 8 possibly with rains to The esday ; moder erly Last 34 Hours Minimum, 46. noon, 56, winds Policeman Shoots Robber * 8 &* the Postoffice at Seattle SEATTLE, WASIL., Warn, \Cop Surprises Four }in the state for several days, | Stimson Logging Co., IN CARBLASTs NTOMB MINERS ‘Rescue Crevii Will Dig Out Entomb- ed Workers in. Shaft of Coal Burglars While in| Drug Store; One Wounded Surprising four suspected safe- crackers burglarizing a drug store at | First and Harrison at 320 a. m Monday, Patrolman Percy Pizor shot | one man, riddled the yeges’ auto with bullets ‘and sent them flesing into the night. Pizor was walking his beat when he saw a large limousine standing at the curb with a man loafing. be sido it. He drew his gun and yelled His companions picked him up, ! {threw him inside and drove away. |Pizor tired from ancther gun which he carried and shot the door from | its hinges. The door fell into the street. The wounded yegx, when he fell, dropped ® loaded pistol and this, along with the door, are held as evid Pizor last year shot and nounced here. A gas explosion occurred 30 minutes after the men had gone to work. The first of the trapped workers were brought to the surface later in the morning by rescue squa Two miners, both badly. injured. were pulled to the top and taken to a local hospital. bandit in a thrilling duel near the} The explosion occurred about a jsame scene. mile from the rance. An open —— $$ ing at Brown's Run, two and a half jmiles from the entrance, was |crews were attempting to reach the | men thru both openings. Rescue squads from the bureau of | mine car started into the mine at {the Brown's Run opening and six men worked their way into the stope of the main entrance. | The rescuers working at Brown's Run found the two miners in a dazed condition, The men were not suf fering from gas but were badly bruised, Word was #1 to the surface that the cave-in was not as bad as feared. | Air was circulating thru the cor- ridors of the mine and there was lit- | - RAVAGE TOWN y eee “Moisture May | Hamper Flame Spread With four forest fires in the Southern and Central parta of| | Washington promising to become) more serious Monday, state fire fighting forces were looking to Sreater humidity Monday morning} to check the spread of the devas-| tating flames. Conditions T. Frank Koepfli, deputy Ki | vere. under the Act of Co’ MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1924. * * * * * ing county coroner (left) es- corts Wm. McDonald, 16, from the coroner's office to the} \tle gas. The fact that tho corridors | City jail for further questioning regarding his wild speeding were |of the mine showed no fire, the ex-| Sunday night thru downtown traffic, during which he killed somewhat better Monday when tho|Plosion was not thought to be so se. jan unidentified man and wrecked his own car. Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer | humidity rose to 68 at 7 o'clock in Seattle, showing far greater) WORKERS AID moisture in the air than Sunday| RESCUE CRE from all bru |afternoon, when it slumped to 24, Workers extreme dryness was evinced by re-|™!ne in automobiles and mine res. | ports ranging from 17 to 16 de-|CUe Cars arrived from Pittsburg | | griies. hhunsdity | ana Clarksburg. Trained rescue | f There are no indications of rain). .ceq shaft, aided by tho scores | hov ever, M. B. Summers, Seattle meter- ologist of the United States weather bureau, announced. A huge blaze, covering 12 tiong of reforestation area, was stil! sweeping almost unchecked along Lewis river Monday after razing a logging camp, a school house, mill/ |of recruits from surrounding coun try. After the first blast, muffled ex- plosions followed and great clouds | of smoke poured from the mine. — | see. Funds Are By John W. Nelson that is given th Hundreds gathered hout the mine mouth, many of them women and children. Eleven men in the mine were be- dollar and séveral homes at Cougar,|ijeved to have escaped, altho the| EYO'Y * 5 Wash. Saturday and Sunday. It! number lacked Knagepaapal iam, park veate by ees aes te TR a Re Rath domster| Ait one coh oetnel ne ke héealy guarded and made to return | to 10 years’ growth. State forestry | said the explosion caused no fire, a fall dollar's worth of value in serv men, local volunteers and drafted| which increased the chances of res- ice, Fred P. Matthys, secretary, of the} | parle board declared on Monday, 1 ite Tf Seattle has makeshift bath: houses in its public beaches; if parks are not properly developed, It 1s, be: ‘MAL DAUGHERTY | cause the budget allowances awarded lthe department by the city council state forces and local firefighters | |are-inadequate, Matthys sald | Monday. | “Pho park department is. hindered | Only a rain can end the danger | by lack of. funds,” Mattheys aad, of further lous of property and prob “We know that our parks ean be im- able toma of life Se aaa | Attorneys May Prevent His} [rete Was rele ke Ries tal on and ‘ego, ie equate ruses. ut ot 0p Trip to Washington officials in the offices of Fred KE. | swimming beaches. But you can’t Pape, state forester at Olympia) 2:2 £2422 ———— gct blood out of a turnip.” who is directing the fight against] wAsHINGTON COURTHOUSH,|: Matthys placed responsibility the flames. Ohio, April 28.—Attorneys for Mal|squarely on the lack of funds for ‘A. fresh outbreak was reported| Daugherty, president of the Midland| the condition of the bath houses at Monday in the large acreage of the| National bank, and brother of tho|the beaches and the undeveloped Mineral Lake Logging Co., after it|former attorney general, indicated| parks of tho city, :such as Seward was reported under control Sunday. | today they will institute proceedings | park, Cowon park and Lincoln park, forces are combatting this blaze. cuing the men alive. Increasing spread of fiames in) the Clemens Logging Co. holdings, in Grays Harbor county, and at the camp near | Elma, were also being battled by| It may endanger the Pacific National | to prevent Daugherty from being “We made a comprehensive re-| Logging Co. holdings also, it is be-|taken to Washington, port to the council last year out- | Heved. | Daugberty’s arrest, ordered by the| lining the needs of the park de- ‘A blaze, avhich for a time Saturday | United States senate because he rej partment, recommending an ad- thr tated the Seattle city power | fused to testify befor. the committen | ditid halt aill levy," he said. | line from Cedar Falla, near the Black | investigating the department of jus. | "This was rejected. We were held} | Fiver hill, and at Trude, three miles | tice, wax fixed for noon, but in tho|down to a 1-mill levy. This pro- north of Barneston, was under con-| meantime John MeGrain, deputy ser-| duces $239,000. Our estimated rey- trol Sunday and only small fires are|geant-at-arms, sent here to arrest}enues from other sources brings the total to $814,000 for the ye “Out of this wo myst maintain him, wired Washington for instruc: now raging in the Seattle territory, tions, it is believed, r, | lighted. il Blamed Bathhouses Park Board Secretary Declares No Available our roads and boulevards, our park! policemen, our zoo and the auto camp grounds, and conduct the many playfields of the city, as well do all development and. repair, nd improyement of new parks, In a comprehensive report to the city council fprmer Park Board President A if Dyer last’ fall ree- ommended an additional appropria tion of « half mill for submission to the voters for approval as ‘a charter amendment, Matthys said. The council voted this Proposal | down, The present charter limits tho | park revenue to one mill. In its feport the park board | pointed out the unpleasant ‘condi: tion of the city's bathing beaches, saying “all bathhouses ure shack structures, most of which are. al: ready decayed. The stench and un- tidyness of these floors in warm weather keep away many. people.” “In the past five years the funds available for renewals and improve: ments haye been miserably smull and inadequate,” Matthys — said, Shabby, outworn and unfit build- Ings should be replaced with ade. quate strictures, “Tho playfields where our childven congregate, shouid be fenced to keep out objectionable characters after the supervisors leave, and should» bo Tho Nghting should be done (furn to Page 7, Column 7) we March 4, BOY DRIVER KILLS Liat WEATHER ewspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington The Seattle Star fics Batered as Second Class Matter May 2, 2 Per Year, by “| Ba AFTER CRASH * EuOU A BILL T0 Sped Thew Crowds While Intoxicat- PRD RSLs ae RAD WILL HUNT FEROCIOUS GRIZZLY ARMED ONLY WITH BOW AND ARROW April 28. a Fran be » ear first battle of with a Kod ¢ says he will prove that modern man is still as good as the savage weapons and condi- tions being equal. Creation of “Traffic Bureau| Favored in Council Body | | COMMITTEE “WILL ACT! Makes Police D Division Per- petuating Organization A favorable report on the Fuqua traffic ordinan creating a manent traffic of with bureaucratic autonomy, will be made by the public safety commit- | tee of the city council at Monday's meeting. | The ordinance, fall due to widespread opposition | |from the Automobile club and other motor organiations, is expected to} pass the councit. The ordinance places Sergt. Frank Fugua perthanent head of the départment Councilman “R. B. Hexketh and bureau police Twice moro the hands of death inseribe the passing of lives thru jautomobiic crashes and Seattle's jdeath clock shows 11. dead since the first of thin year. An unidentified | pan and Henry Elderton, county | Phil Tindall, majority members of |farm resident, were the Bunday vie-|th0' pute. ‘afetycommities, both aires Rp-teee jo January | voted favorably for the proposed| 1, 1924, Seattle has lost 17 citizens } neltbanoe. from gunshots, five homicides, nine | °™ : | “Bot ised |from suicides and threo accidental | _.“Both Bob and I have prom! Tshool | Fuqua we will yote for the ordl- | shootings. | Ni et ance,” Councilman ‘Tindall © sald. The committee took no formal action on it, but we agreed to bring it out at today’s council meet- ing.” The ordinance introduced by Cohen. It merely traffic department created a permanent bureau, but an opinion from Corporation Counsel T. J. L. Kennedy interprets it as meaning CONTAGION BAR IS STRINGENT © | Bees and Salt Pork Under Hoof, Mouth Embargo was prepared and Councilman A. Lou states that the | office under the same civil service NEW ORDERS ARE ISSUED | protection granted the detective de-| | partment. The ordinance, Cohen j claims, takes the traffic department | Fruits and Vegetables iM |out. of politics, and makes’ for | reat efficiency in its manage- | — Infected Counties Hit | Breater See ines | | While Foqua only ranks as a The text of gine new and most/ sergeant, it is the intention to pro-j|s stringent quarantine order yet draft-| mote him to a captaincy eventually, ed by the state of Washington| Cohen says. Fuqua has been head against possible infection from the | of the traffic department for two foot and mouth disease from Callfor-| years, succeeding. Lieut, Carr, j nia shipments was made public Mon-/ former traffic head. He has made It supersedes both foregoing | many friends as traffic head, but orders and is designated by Director | opposition to bis’ elevation was | 5. L. French of the state department | based on the need for a thoroly of agriculture as Quarantine Order| trained and efficient man at the No, 41. |head of the permanent traffic de- Complete embargo, except by spe- | partment. clal permission of the director of agriculture, is provided against hon- ey bees or thelr products, live stock, | poultry and poultry products, dogs jor pet stock or circus or carnival! FORD SURPRISE | animals, The same ambargo applies | to dressed carcasses, including salted | Coolidge Quoted as Intend- 0 fs ked 1 sats, hides, hoofs, Vacs, Wot rm otravs seeds in| ing to Deliver “Shoals” sacks or bulk, copra, fertilizers and packing house by-products, ASHINGTON, April 28.—A sen- Mil and milk. products and ail/ sation was sprung in the senate agri- fresh fruits or vegetables, or raw/| culture committee today when Chair- ‘farm products other than cirtus|man Norris read into the record a | fruits, are also prohibited entrance | telegram in which President Coolidge |into the state by the new order, if| was quoted as saying he hoped Henry they come from counties of Califor: | | nia or any other state where ths dis-| ease is known to exist. | Fresh fruits or vegetables from | non-infected counties are allowed to enter Washington if disinfected and|number turned over to the commit- |fumigated in accordance with the| tee under a subpoena to a local tele. “that will make it difficult for me to deliver Mussel Shoals to him as Lam trying to do.” Washington formulas graph company, was sent to “William Citrus, dried and manufactured| J. Cameron or Ernést G, Liebold, care fruit and vegetable products from|Dearborn Independent, Detroit, y “James Martin Miller, Na- tional Press club, Washington." Liebold is Ford’s private secretary. The message, dated October 12, was read into the record by 1923, w: | Norris avd reads as follows: “In private interview with Presi- dent Coolidge this morning he said, ineidentally, “I am friendly to M Ford, but wish someone would con- vey to him that it is my hope that Mr. Ford will not do or say anything that will make it difficult for me to deliver Mussel Sh to him, which I am trying to do.’ California may be shipped into the state if fumigated. This also applies to nursery and greenhouse products. California Men. Return to| Homes; Meet Slated Here Hanipered by a lack of the under- standing of the contagion situation in their own state, a comrotitee of five California “hysteria calmers” met with B. lL. French, director of the state department of agriculture, ‘Explosive Kills His nitroglycerin, which exploded, banker, a fruit grower and a wal: identity was not established (furn to Page 7, Column 4) BE OKEWED | | | | held up since last} as, that Fuqua will be perpetuated in| Ford would not do or say anything | Tho telegram, which was one of a} Man on Streets | land Dr. L. C. Pelton, state vetorins Jarian, at Olympia Saturday, but} KANSAS CITY, Mo. April failed to make a dent on the r me man was killed hoof-and-mouth quarantine orders | explosion whieh — rocked just promulgated, it was yeported | within a radius of thiee | Monday. / blocks, Authorities believed the The three men, a San Francisco |man was carrying a quantity of ed; Caught When He Wrecked Car BY SAM GROFF ( Fleeing at 65 miles an hour along Fourth ave. from a pursu % motorcycle officer, Sunday ight, an automobile with a drunken 16-year-old Los Angeles , William MeDonald, at the wheel, plowed thru dense theater crowds of auto and pedestrian traffic, killed an unidentified man at Fourth and Pike st., and continued on a four-mile chase along the crest of Queen Anne hill, before McDonald was cap- tured and jailed. MeDonald, was still in JaN « Mon- day, awaiting an inquest, which will be held Tuesday morning at 9:20 to'clock by Coroner W. H. Corson. Two other men, G. D, Williamson. 2% and Wilam ..McMillan,.. 26, ar also held by the police as stispetted |passengers in the death car. SPED THRU CROWD OF THEATER PATRONS | The-wild death ride started at | Fourth and Dearborn st., where Me: | Degesa passed Motorcycle Officer O. K. Holsehumaker at 65 miles an hour. The officer took after him and the two machines roared up Fourth ave. with throttles wide open, while ped estrians fied in terror at their | proach. Whirling, zigzagging and skiddin:; MeDonald brushed by crowds of peo- ple, scraping fenders with street cars and autos. At Pike st. the, street was filled with men, women and) children. . Desperately, |sounded his horn and d increasing speed. caped unhurt. A man he: the fender hit him. He was thrown over ten feet in the air and landed on the pavement, where the auto again hit him and tossed him in mid- jair. He was dead when picked up. McDonald sped on and Holschu- jmaker caught up with him at Olive but at that instant his rasoline gave out and the youth left him be- hind. In making a turn at Second ave. |N. and Valley st., McDonald's car swerved and crashed into a bulk. head. He fled on foot. Sergt. G. 8, Norton and Patrol. |man G. C, Collins, Fred Mills, |Frank Bertrand and E. EB. Darnell had also taken up the chase. Bob Stone, 616% Summit aye. N., had chased McDonald in his car, and while the police were seeking tho death driver, Stone found him a few blocks from the wreck, secking a new wheel to replace a broken one. Stone took McDonald to the | policemen. Later, the officers traced (Turn to Page 7, Colunin 6) eee CAR KILLS MAN Auto Backs Off Vacant Lot and Hits Victim Making the 11th auto death of the year, Henry Elderton, 65, resident of the county farm, was killed Sun- |day afternoon at Corson ave. and | Vale st. by an auto driven by P. C. McCarthy, of Tacoma, McCarthy was backing his car off a vacant lot and didn’t see the aged man, who was behind the car, El. derton was crushed under the wheels, and died in the county hospital soon after, without having regained con- sciousness. McCarthy was not held by the police. McDonald: hed thru, Fines and Jail Terms for Men Edward Gay and Richard Bennett, alleged members of the “Olmsted gang” of bootleggers, were sentenced by Federal Judge Jeremiah’ Neterety Monday morning, under recent cons victions for liquor law violations, Kennett was fined $1,000, while Gay was given a fine of $600 and 75 days in the King county jail, Both € and Bennett are at lib. erty under bail as the result of ths ral on the Lenora gurage, 2110 ave, April 17, in which six including Charles Harvey, for | mer policeman, were arrested by pro- hibition officers, and a truckload of whisky seized,