The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 24, 1924, Page 1

Mrs. Landes Orders Chief to FIRE EVERY GUILTY COP! Ex | WEATHER Tonight and W moderate northwest w Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 71. Today NO. 104. "Howdy, folks! Don't you just Jove to work on these nice sum- mer days? ne . |The democratic convention opens in New York, and one of the ple issues is whether people I be stowed nate = sarsaparilia, Now that both political parties) ere promising the farmer relief,| perhaps one of them will give hi Wie? from the city relatives that him every Sundoy. see Betcha the democratic platform contain a plank denouncing the n administration for the earthquake, BA ape } fi ® BROWN MAYOR, AT LEAST f een ce is attending the according to Sar Toke an oe see Silas Grump, the sage of in Hollow, says: ‘‘Nothing & woman happier than when can get her husband to waste orth of his time doing 75 cents. 1100 reward for recovery of the of Adam Short, drowned in river on June 2. The body can) the ednesday, cloudy ; pinds Minimum, 52. noon, 61 The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington at the Postotfice at Seattle, SATTLE, "WASH., ‘Wash. under the Act of Congress March TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924, The Seattle Sta _Bntered as Second Clase Matter May 2, HOM EDITI ‘TWO CENTS IN ON SEATTL EL Washington Woman Halts Convention Mayor Demands Divorcee, Slain, Is Found Drifting in Abandoned Boat NACORTES, June %.—Lying face downward in the skiff in which she was last seen alive at} 10 a. m., Sunday, and mark to indicate foul play, of. Mrs. Rene Isberto, 32, u pretty Cypress island divorcee, was found at 4 p. m. Monday by a Mr. of ‘Anacortes, near the mouth of Thatcher pass, near here. Skagit county officials believe the woman was murdered and are seeking two} the bedy men to clear up the mystery deach |J. Knake, a Guemoes taland rancher, | Jeff Wooten, a Cypress island fisherman, with whom she was last | her men seen alive, and Paul former husband, are sought. Wooten, it ts feared, may also have met his death, No trace had been found of him Tuesday morn- altho officors started an imme ite search. Mrs, Isberto und’ Wooten left Secret harbor. on Cypress, island Sunday morning in the skiff ~ DRIFTING SKIFF FOUND WITH BODY “the Getting SKI WI IL Tifeleos cargo was sighted Monday after.) eoriy noon by Savage, who rowed out into the current. and rescued it, Inberto, the without a} Savage | points to the murder theory is the |fact that both oars and the oarlocks were missing from the boat. The oar: locks, fastened to the thwarts by pieces of string, had been removed) jby breaking the cords, Dunham found Skagit county authorities declare that Isberto ts employed by a steam- | ship company on a boat running out | of Seattle The woman waa the daughter of | A coroner's jury was convened | Tuesday forenoon to sit on the case before Coroner H. D, Dunham, | Anacortes. ELEVATOR KILLS Hotel Clerk Crushed as Lift Starts arts Up Crushed in an an levator at the — hotel, at 27 Yester way, Tuesday morning, John Hol eer, night clerk, was instantly killed. His body was found by a precégnized by the fact that Short|>ringing it into Anacortes at 6:39) not0) guest about 6:30 a. m. [an impediment in his speech.” | in Cheescboro (Ala) Her-| . se | | Ralph Dale was fined $250 in Mon- } huno for taking two bites out of} ty Sheriff Frank. Nichols. es him right for not replacing eee | ANDIDATE FOR THE POISON | | IVY CLUB feet and walks out of his er on his hands. (The great question before the} American people today is whether unused parts of the United States Mall’ be made into golf links, gaso- stations or chicken dinner inns. eee talked about his mighty drive, He praised his putting, too; then, of course, he played around Ww 1821 Cre B, De Mille has written a Fy telling how to break into the tie best way to break into the is when the doorkeeper’s is turned. GRAPHIC SECTION jis for the pee can print of Deptty sirls, so can wel * does the he- apps part his down the middle? ‘The law re- tach block to have an alley nthe center. f-) aeye Homer Brew, Jr, has got Crap- | mers’ anemia, He bought a pair last week, and has been fading fer since, se atever troubles Adam had, hen he was young'and giddy, Me never heard a flapper say That he was once her “atiddy.” i 6 6's pat’ w hard guy," sald LA’) Gee pr Razing at the iron statue of in H. McGraw. atling,"* he cried in tender jto’ Ne'er have loved but thes hen we must purt,” the maiden ng, tld "No amateurs for me.'* I'l Gee Gee. YE har be, (Sune 43 an, Tater to town, Tonth, indeed to but, 'M*, Cool of the woods for city That but must, methinks, earn | And s0 to work, but Lord! ing of shining waters way mountains, could think ik, and what will be th ot T know not, albeit 1 ean fo work in the ae, o* re comes a period in the life |but her feet were bare. Tuesday evening. The woman's body was clothed Dr. 3. D. Brooks examined the body and de clared that she had. been strangled to death. Coroner autopsy failed to disclose any cause of death. She had been dead less than 24 hours. It is. virtually Dunham said, was murdered. certaing however, that Mrs. Isberto Authorities doubt that Wooten is “fesponsibie as he} was an intimate friend of the wom- an, Dunham and Sheriff “Tip” Conn of Mt. Vernon believe Wooten may have. been killed by the same person who murdered his compan: jon. An added circumstance which Dunham's | Holeer had called one of the guests at 5:30 a. m. and It is sup- [posed that between that time and the time he was found he had started to make atiother call, From all appearances, the clerk had entered the elevator in the lobby and had turned on the power before he was fully Inside. Tho cage shot upward with Holcer’s body half inside, crushing him against fhe top of the steel frame work. He was found in that po- sition. Holcer’s wife is living in the hotel. Coroner W. H. Corson will inves- tigate the cause of the death, it was announced. Dollar Men Lag! High-Priced Aid for Park Needed E HATE to admit it, folks, but the Dollar Men are not “coming thru.” The campaign for a Seattle-Tacoma state park on the Sound, where the good folks from the two cities could mingle and enjoy themselves and where tourists by the thousand could enjoy the hospitality of The Charmed Land started off well. Dollars flowed in to the Auto club, which is handling all contributions. But they came only in hundreds. come in thousands if the Estate plan was to go over a lot of dollars to make up share of the park fund. They should haye Common Folks’ Summer ‘with a bang! For it takes the $10, 000 that is Seattle’s So we've decided that it’s up-to the $10 and $25 men to come to the rescue. We know there are hundreds of fellows about town who would like to contribute the larger amounts and who have been holding back because they thought it was a “dollar affair.” We talked with one this morning—Nathan Eckstein, Schwabacher Bros. And he’s coming in, folks! president of ! He'll start the bigger ball rolling with Whatever sum you folks want to give. $25 or $50 or less? Shall we set the next step at Let your checks decide. And don’t forget that the Dollar Men still are wel- come. And the $100 men as well, The plan is to purchase 90 acres on the Sound, two miles south of Des Moines, and turn it over to the state, which will improve and maintain it as a state park, Seattle is raising $10,000, Tacoma $5,000 and the state will give $3,000 toward the purchase price. Funds are rolling in at playspot, Are we in Seattle Tacoma for this inter-city to let our neighbor lead us? Fill out the coupon below for AS MUCH AS YOU CAN STAND and mail it, with your check, to the Auto club, at 416 University st. Auto Club of Washington. Forty-eight residents of (Turn to Page Make checks payable to the Zenith, just south of Des 1, Column 4) at HOME FOR CHILDREN SET AFIRE Jap Institution Is, Blamed for Blaze, | at Sixth and Main EELING among residents of the Japanese colony was reported to |be high, Tuesday, following the at tempted burning by @ firebug of the | Japanese Congregational church's | children's home and kindergarten at Sixth ave, 8, and Main st., early in} the morning. The lives of one family was’ im- periled by the fire. About 2:15 a. m. flames and smoke aroused several Japanese passing by ‘place and @ fire alarm, was turned in. After the firemen arrived they succeeded, thra ‘stréiidous ef fort, in putting out Ute blaze with & nominal ops. Apparently the firebug had ‘piled Wood and other material against a | door and set it on fire, Had tho blaze | gone undiscovered for a few more minutes the entire would have burned to the ground. A Japanese family living In the building fled to safety when the | flames first broke out. at night. Pollce Chief W. B. Sev-| eryns tater In the day ordered an investigation to determine whether | janese feeling in Seattle. Fire Marshal Robert L. Laing and Fire Inspector Frank Harshfield | the blaze, which, they declared, was undoubtedly of incendiary origin. [According to Laing, the fire, when walls of the basement paint shop, jand in a few minutes more probably | Would have gotten beyond contro}. The buliding and ground were re cently sold by the school aistrict to the Rainier Heat and Power Co,, and was uninsured, LYLE TO OLYMPIA Prohibition Director Roy C. Lyle left Seattle Tuesday morning for Olympia to attend the convention of Washington druggists which con: vened there Monday for a three-day: meeting. While there Lyle will con. fer with convention officers on sub- Jects affecting the co-operation be- tween druggista and prohibition of- ficers. OPEN ROADS ARE CALLING; BOOKS TO AID CAMPERS ACON, eggs and. flapjacks— Dew on the grass, and the sun just peeping up over the horizon— Who wouldn't be a gypsy, wandering around from camp to camp in the faithful family fliv- ver? Probably you've done it. But it's a lot more pleasant when you really KNOW HOW, when you know all the short cuts and the quick triedand-true methods. Surprising how much easier It makes auto-camping. The Star's Washington bureau has just arranged for you 9 bul- letin that tells all these’ things— ® complete . encyclopedia. on the “what's” of auto camping. from A to Izmard. Tella you what to tuke and what to leave at home,’ how to plan your trip, how to fry your fish, what spate equipment you'll need and’ how many cans of beans you need for your family. If you want {t--and/you will— fil out und mall the coupon bo- low. Automobile Editor, Seattle Star 1322 New York Avenue Washington, D.C. I want a copy of the bulletin, “Autocamping,” and enclose here: with 6 cents In loove postage stamps for same: St, and No, or RR. Clty... State. establishment | the fire was the result of antiJap- | discovered, had eaten thru the door | and was just spreading up the lath | ADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York, June 24.—A pathetic | tribute to America’s great democratic |lender—Woodrow Wilson—delivered | with fire today by little Mrs. Prank Reeves, of Wenatchec, Wash, | brought the first day's nension of the | Washington delegate, after reading 4 resolution that moved the delegates to a storm of emotion, moved the convention adjourn until Wednesday | as a mark of respect to the wartime President | The motion carried. The seastony jwill be taken up again at 11 a, m. tomorrow Tho resolutions committee went at once to the Waldorf hotel to start | building the party platform PAT HARRISON SWAYS DELEGATES Tho nationat convention swung thru its firnt session today, swayed Tribute to Wilson Ends Session, With Big Demonstration BY ROBERT BENDER | ypanison SQUARE GARDEN, New York, June 24.—The democratic convention battle of 1924 | In w temperature around grees, and in an atmosphere of still, Saved; Firebug Tg | democratic convention to u close. The |high tension, Cordell Hunt, chairman of the democratic national commit tee, called the convention to order at 12:44, o'clock and wha* to be the most memorable session in the party's history got under way. | It required several moments for Hull to get order and he then In- |troduced Cardinal Hayes to give the Invocation, eee HE official call of the convention was then read by Secretary Greathouse of the democratic nation al committee. At ‘ts conclusion, the temporary officers were put into nomination. by the skillful and forceful oratory| Senator Pat Harrison leading off as af Senator Pat Harrison and cleared | temporary chairman and keynote the way for its first big battle—|speaker, Announcement of his name mo over the platform. nated ta ertheless, swept high pitches of enthusiasm, once at the conclusion of a demonstration for Woodrow Wilson, there was a moment when the great throng struck a revival note. The |band was’ playing “Glory, Glory, | Hallelujah.” brought a round of cheers and pro- @ hot day and it was stil! longed hand clapping. fn. the Garden. Harrison, nev- the delegates to and long Other officers named + |. Secretary, Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana. Executive secretary, District of Columbia The chair then recognized Ex-Gov. | Campbell, |the following be named to escort Chairman Harriton to the platform: Bert New, | 90 de-| promised | of Ohio, who asked that / PoliceShowdown Within 24 Hours EMANDING the immediate removal of 100 or more Se- acute head Tuesday. within 24 hours. ness. jtemporary term of office. Mrs. Landes Writes Chief Mra. Landes, in her letter, says: “June 23, 1924 “Mr, William B. Severyns, “Chief of Police, “Seattle, Washington. “Dear Sir: I desire to call your jattention to the fact that business- men and our citizens in general are seriounly disturbed over the lack of law enforcement. in this city, Boot- legging gnd gambling are carried on openly Hhd apparently with rio. fear of the consequences, Violations of jlaw in the peol rooms and the card [Koodaa: ang: sa6t. risiorted fo -the 11 cense committee of the city council jaa they should be. Burglaries and |hold-ups are of daily occurence. The vision In white was Miss) Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska; Mixs |The hold-up on First ave. 8. Satur- There were | Anna Cast, star Metropolitan opera|Caroline Ruutz-Reene, no children quartered tn the place | soprano, and she cast a momentary |Newton D, Baker, Ohio, . spell over the convention which | added to the «striking the memory of Wilson. In fact the Initial tribute pald | permeated with the atmosphere of! | respect for tha democratic war presi: | |dent. Every reference to hix namo also Iaunched an investigation Of | brought cheers and applause, and|the floor. jon one occasion a demonstration) | laated approxiniately 15 rot 15 minutes | ‘ BY M, D, TRACY AN FRANCISCO, June 24.—Fleet- er almost than tho sun itself, Lieut. Russell Maughan flew by day- Nght from New York to San Fran- elsco on Monday and the dream of erican airmen of a dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight became a reality. A new era of aviation has been opened up by the courageous and successful adventure, army and civ- {lan flying men declared today, as congratulations were showered upon the daring army officer’ who left Mitchel field, New York, at 259 a. m., Eastern standard time, and ar- rived in'San Francisco 21 hours and 45 minutes later, What army men visualize is a fleet of algplanes on one Coast called by wire or wireless to defense of the other and spanning the entire United States within a single day. It was past dusk when Maughan’s record flight came to an end at Crisney field, but afrmen pointed out he had been delayed at dawn, that the sun was up 37 minutes before the little plane hummed off into the West and. that the flyér, actually arrived 18 minutes ahead of schedule, WAS “AIR SICK" . DURING FLIGHT Maughan was “alr sick'’ a couple of dozen times during his Might. He ate little, he said, between the time he loft New York and his arrival here, Face wind:burnt, eyes flaming, red: rimmed, sunken and bloodshot; hands trembling with sheer fatigue, the alr man was bundled off to bed after he had sketched a brief, unromantic word pieturo of his epochsmaking flleht, In the mountain country we made 140 miles an hour, Over level coun. \tey, faster timo—better, than 160 imiles, I think,’ he sald, ‘Me and ny plane.’ DROVE IN RAL | FOG AND CLOUDS Maughan flew In the first flash of day at Mineola, Before he banked down out of the skies here a new | darkness had descended; the sun still was the fleetest, but Maughan had accomplished what no airman before him had succeeded In doing, “Wor the first 200 miles the wouther was fine,” the flyer sald in Connecticut, | -* Seraton HARRISON'S appear ance was greeted with pro- session wes longed cheers and applause. “Tear the hide off ‘em, Pat!’ “We're counting on you, old man!" | land similar shouts went up from Harrison waited for quiet to be restored, and then slowly pro- (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) Dawn-to-Dusk Flyer Reaches West Coast his narralve. “Then for 150 miles wo drove thet rain. Then came 100 miles of fog. Atter that we had low- hanging clouds all the way.” “Records show your trip to have been one of the few most. important ones of the country,” sald a telegram received from Major Hansley, a com- mandant at Mitchel field, Maughan's reception at Crissey field was one of the most inspiring spectacles ever witnessed in San Francisco, AUSTIN TO PEN Grove Roadhouse Man Gets One to Five Years Al Austin, proprietor of The Grove roadhouse, was sentenced to serve one to five years in the state peni- tentiary at Walla Walla by “Judge J. T, Ronald, Monday, ‘Austin was convicted as a Jointist, following his indictment by the King county grand.jury, Scores of-friends pf the man, many of them of power. ful influence, interceded with Judge Ronald and asked leniency for the convicted man, the judge said. Wilmon ‘Tueker, counsel for Aus- tin, was denied a motion for a. new. trial when sentence was pronounced, He has filed an appeal to the! state supreme court. , Underwood Backers Cut Betting Odds NEW YORK, June 24,--Under- wood backers showed up on the Wall wagers cut the odds on the South. erner'y chances of being the demo. cratic presidential nomineo from 1 to 4 to 1 to 3%, J. 8, Mried & Co. re. ported. The largest single bet put on any of the “dark horses’ was placed on Underwood, $5,000 to $17,000, he will be the nomin Smith an LcAdoo odds lengthened with Smith's quoted at 1 to 2% in- stead of 1 to 2, and McAdoo, 1 to 4, Other odds, Glass, 1 to 94; Davis, 1 to 3%} Ralston, 1 to 3%, l 4 Street betting arena today and their) day at 1045 a. m. iva fair example. The bandits were not apprehended and evidently had no fear of being caught. This and many other crimes of like nature lead to one of two conclusions. Either there is collusion between members of the |police force and criminals, or else the police department is so ineffie- fent that law violators neither fear nor respect its power. “The patience of the general pub- lic is about exhausted, if I am to believe the reports which come to me, You have asked the council for additional patrolmen to cope with tho situation, a request which the council has been reluctant to grant for fear ‘of merely increasing inefficiency or something worse— especially in the face of your own publi cstatement that there are many men on the police force who should not be there. Personally, would be loath to increase the tax- payers’ burdens by adding men to’ the forco until there has been a house-cleaning in the department. “May I further remind you that the mayor and chief of police are the law enforcing agents of the city and thus responsibility for the above mentioned conditions is placed squarely up to this office and to yourself, While it is true that [ 4m mayor only ina temporary eca- pacity, at the same time it Is my duty while mayor to insist upon a policy of law enforcement and to protect the public as far as lies in my power. Now, if a statement made by you that there are 100 men on the police foree who should not be there is true, then it must follow as a logical conclusion that 100 men should, be removed, ‘Taxpayers should not be called tipon to pay the salaries’ of such men. Furthermore, itis’ only fair to the efficient and worthy men in your department that thoge who bring-disgrace upon the police!force shouldrbe weeded out. The police department has Jost the confidence of the people. The innocent men are under the stigma of graft, boot- legging (and connivance with crime, as well as the guilty. For these and other equally tent reasohs I feel obliged to files an ordet that you remove from your)” department, without delay, the men whom ‘you believe to be protecting |” law violators or who are themselves law violators. I desire immediate results and a written statement, within 24 hours, from you acknowledging the, receipt of my orders and reporting results. If there are any obstacles within or without your department tending to prevént or impair the effectiveness of such a move on your part, please include such a report in your com- munication to mo, ROME, June 24.—Cerare Rossi, one of Premier Mussolini's right hand men and a prominent fascist leader, surrendered himself at the lo- cal Jail at Regina Coell and was interned in connection with the Kidnaping and supposed murder of socialist Deputy Matteottl, attle policemen believed by Chief of Police Severyns to be guilty of law violation or protecting law violations, acting Mayor Mrs. Henry Landes brought the police crisis to an Immediate action is insisted upon by the acting mayor, who demands from Chief of Police W. B. Severyns a report The letter to Chief Severyns came with startling sudden- No intimation had been given that the acting mayor would interfere with the police department during her “COLLUSION OR INEFFICIENCY” Mrs. | cent burglaries and hold-ups as evi- | dence that there is either | between members of the police force jand the criminals, or else iho police | Landes cites numerous re- “collusion department is so inefficient that law violators neither fear or respect its power.” The letter goes on to state that “the patience of the public is ex- hausted” and that the public has lost ¢onfidence in its police depart- ment. Referring to Chief Severyns’ re- quest for additional patrolmen, Mrs. Landes says: “I would be loath to increase the taxpayers’ burden by adding men to the force until there haé been a housecleaning in the de- | partment.” Mrs. Landes points out that re- sponsibility for the condition rests squarely upon the mayor and chief of police, 4 “While it is true that I am mayor only in a temporary capacity, at the same time it is my duty while mayor to insist upon a policy |of law enforcement and protect the public as far as lies in my power.” GUILTY MEN ORDERED REMOVED | Referring to the statement by Chief Severyns that there are 100 men on the force who should not jbe there, Mrs. Landes protests against taxpayers paying salaries of Such men. “The innocent men of the depart- ment are under the stigma of graft, {bootlegging and connivanée with ‘crime, as well as the guilty,” the }letter to Severyns states. | “For these and other equally po- tent reasons, I feel obliged to issue an order that you remove from your department, without delay, the men whom you believe to be pro- tecting law violators, or who are themselves law violators. “I desire immediate results and a written statement within 24 hours from you, acknowledging receipt of my orders and reporting returns. If there are any obstacles within or without your department tending to prevent or impair the effectiveness of such a move on your part, please include such report in your com- munication to me.” SAYS MRS. LANDES BROKE CONFIDENCE “I have had as yet no oppor- tunity to reply to Mrs. Landes’ let- ter,” Chief Severyns told The Star. “TI want time to consider it very carefully. Then I will make my own statement. ‘ “Mrs. Landes promised me. thers would be no publicity in the matter until I was reidy to give my side of the argument.” The letter, was precipitated, to some extent... by) a statement made by thé chief some days ago, saying that “if I had\iny way, Td fire a ;wundred poticemen." Severyns bidmed the clyil ‘service )\commission for his‘ inability to: “elean up” the Polico force. Ne aes MANY MISSING Chinese ‘River jer High; Ruins ~~ Crops hi | Property SHANGHAI, igune 24.—The Min river has overflowed its banks in one of the most disastrous floods in its history, according to reliable reports reaching here from Foo Chow, Foo Chow is three-fourths Inun- dated, many people are missing and are feared to be drowned, and milk lions of yen damage has been done, according to the reports, Heavy rains have ruined the rico and tea crops, adding to the mone- tary damage of the flood. Higher water is expected today following reports from Yenping, far: ther up stream that the river thero hag reached « level of 60 feet, elght feet above former highest water marks, Rain continues te fall heavily thru. out the Min valley, Sg cae eal