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

—— cr ee , : i i at f a ‘PASTORS STAGE BOOZE ROUNDUP The Newspaper With the Bigg est Circulation in Washington Home Edition Home Brew Howdy, folks! Goshhotalntit! Cia ie The scofflaw demands the freedom of the sprees; the bystander at the Alki beach pleads for the freedom of the seas; but Li'l Gee Gee, the dern feminist, will not be content without the freedom of the shes. see We beg your par— Don while wo yo To pet a drink of Hto see Article In yesterday's Star says a modern flapper’s costume weighs only 24 ounces. Ha, Ha! We can see thru that! see Fastern botanist says plants are nervous. Especially manufacturing plants, . COMING! COMING! Den't fail to read Home Brew's special Horse Show Number! Order from your nmewsdealer today! The supply of copies will be limited! Qur staff photographer will be at the stadium tonight, snapping pictures | of horses and notables! Gala scenes | on the tan bark! The latest sports models in blue-blooded nags! Ing equestriennes at Play! Reserve a Dozen Copies to Send Home to the Folks! eee We have an infallible method of producing good weather. We just write one joke about how hard it ts) raining, and ten minutes after it is in print, the sun Is shining. eee A Bhiek ts like a kerosene lamp; He tan't especially bright, He usually smokes, he’s often quite low, And he always goes out at night. eee Did you know they aren’t going to put horns on filvvers any more? No. Why? They look Mke the devil now. “ee | SAYINGS OF THE GREAT Cleopatra: “You're an easy | Mark Anthony.” = 4 «2. You've got to” hand it to Los Angeles press agents. One swoop of their pens, and the sunburnt hills become the golden brown hiis. see Everything is burnt and dried in Los Angeles. One man has fenced off a small space in front of his house and is charging people 10 cents to see the grass grow. see THE END A national home for aged news papermen is soon to be built in) Florida. The trouble ts there aren't | any aged newspapermen. As soon as) = honipiperinan reaches 35, his) Sexfuatitic usefulness ceases and be becomes a press agent. eee Living in a home for aged journal- ists would be horrible. Imagine hav- ing to listen to 150 bimbos telling of the good old days when they worked with Dana on the New York Sun. pase . What is needed is an asylum for editorial writers who have gone crazy trying to think up new ways to razz the administration, sae The Brazilian federal army, con- sisting of 5,000 major generals, has begun its attack on the rebel forces, composed of 4,500 generals, A general massacre Is feared. see ‘The chamber of commerce is back- ing a movement to put the Puget Sound clam on the map, Suggested slogan: The Puget Sound Clam; it speaks for itself! #7 ge BULLETIN THE STAR WINS BIG VICTORY! ONE MORE MAN TO BE PUT TO WORK ON THE WEST SPOKANE ST. BRIDGE! . o- Minister says drinking is a dis- ease. Hourbonic plague, probably. eee LAI Gee Gee says she wouldn't mind this hot weather if it soaant) for the Wttle stream of cold per-| aspiration that trickles down her backbone. see Don't fail to reserve your copy of Home Brew's special Horse Show Number! Out tomorrow! Despite this | sensational feature, the price of The Star positively will not be falsed.— Advt. ‘This afternoon, by conch to Leschi park, nd to playing tennis with HK Hermann, bat Lord! could hit nothing, and did say it was because I wus out | ring from the hives, whieh he a# good use ne wny, And so to swimming, ind Inter did sup on potato wala Rome, singing merrily. A. dt. 8 Dash- | rt Wiches and parsnip wine; und anon to| Ot the Postoffice et Seattio Wash. uni SEATTLE, WA SH,, THU RSDAY, JULY A, 1924, Bro the Act ef Congress Mareh 3, 1579 * Per Year, by Mail, TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. The Seattle Star Ratered as Secood Class Matter May 2, wn Plots to Hamper Probe! FILE 62 JONTIST. CHARGES Douglas’ New Drive) Against Liquor Is| Under Way, Arres Are Ordered MARIEALL ING a small army of | investigators, including private citizens, ministers and policemen, |Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas, Thurs: | day dealt another. blow to open lawlessness in Seattle. Twenty: eight jfointist informations were| |filed, based on the information and levidence gleaned during the past | |several months. Sixty-two persons, 13 of whom plaints. Three of the defendants; are Japanese, Douglas said. side the city limits are included in ithe lot, Douglas said. The warrants for the arrests of Sheriff Matt morning. Starwich Thursday sheriff's office was assigned to the |work, Starwich said. Hail in each jcase was net at $1,500. |18 CONTINUATION OF CAMPAIGN It is the second large batch of Jointist information filed in the past two months and Is a continuation of | the cleanup campaign inaugurated | by Douglas at the conclusion of the recent grand jury session. Deputy Prosecutor E. D. Colvin dl- rected the cleanup move thru his se- cret agents, headed by T. P. Rags dale. A number of citizens, includ- jing three ministers, volunteered In- |formation. Five police officers also | participated in getting the informa- he | 108 tomether, The ministers who alded Douglas are Rev. J. W. Hannum, Olympic Court Presbyterian church; Rev. H. I. Chatterton, secretary of the Seat- tle Council of Churches, and Rev. E. G. Randall, of the Rainier Beach Presbyterian church, * Conviction on jointist charges is punishable by a fine and imprison- ment not exceeding five years. Prowler Gets $140 in North End Home The ‘North End burglar” kept up his nightly activities by raiding the home of N. F. Herr, 4609 Densmore ave., according to a report made Thursday. The prowler secured $140 cash and a watch. Hot Stuff! ‘AY be fine stuff when the thermometer is down to zero—but, in midsummer, what we want js COOLING DRINKS AND FROZEN DESSERTS. And so— our Washington bu- reau has ready for you a bulletin telling how to make 49 different kinds of homemade cooling drinks and 34 different kinds of home. made frozen desserts, If you're hot, fill out the coupon below and send for the bulletin and COOL OFF! Summertime Editor, Seattle Star, 1322 New York ave., Washington, D, I want a copy of the bulle- tin, Cooling Drinks and Frozen Deserts, and enclose herewith four cents in loose postage stamps for same: | | | | i} [Nx Li8a dy HVA Sa oe | | | St. & No, or R, RK. State... Seven roadhouses and joints outs | the men and women charged with | being jointists were turned over to! Practically the entire crew of the} Neterer Is on City’s Side in Telephone Rate Case EDERAL judges from outside the state of Washington de- cided the telephone injunction case, it developed Thursday. Federal Judge Jeremiah Netor- er, of Seattle, did not concur in the opinion granting the tele- phone trust an injunction against the state board of public works “Had the case been before me I would not have granted the In- Junction,” Judge Neterer said Thursday “I wrote the decision, Incorpor- ating the views of Judge Gilbert and Judge Rudkin. They are not |] my views.” || Judi Gilbert in district Judge at Portland and Rudkin is circuit court judge at San Francisco, tho formerly he resided in Spokane || Telephone company attorneys RIMINAL COURT ROOM, Chi cago, July 24.—Friends and inti- mates of Nathan F. Leopold and Rich. are women, are named in the com-}ard Loeb today helped the stal pave the way for punishment for the | | millionaire youths who murdered Slowly but surely State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe produced damning fragmenta of evidence which he hopes will force Chief Justice John E, Caverly to order the boys’ ing. |ments at today’s early session. The | tler, maid in the Leppold home for four years, took the stand. Sho is small and falr and spoke with «| | pronow! d accent. | GIRL WHISPERS HER ANSWERS There is u strong bond of affection | between the maid and young Leo-| pold. Nathan stiffened as she took the stand. Thelr eyes met and the |girl looked at the boy in mute mis- jery. “Yon,” she almost whispered, an she was asked whether the type- writer on which the $10,000 ransom letter was written was similar to the portable machine she had seen in the Leopold home. “Yes,” was the whispered response to the question of whether a charred automobile rug was similar to the one which she had seen in the Leo- pold home. Miss Sattler was on the stand but ja moment or two and left almost in a state of collapse. j Leopold and Loeb again lost their jamused smiles when Dr, Emil Deutch, eye specialist, testified that the glasses found near the body of Robert Franks had been prescribed for Nathan Leopold. TELLS OF FINDING RANSOM LETTER Andy Russo, an electrician, was the first witness, Russo 1s an employe of the Pull- |man company. He testified to the finding ofanote ina Pullman car in | New York on May 31. Robert Franks, a 14-year-old school- boy. hang: | There were several dramatic mo-| | first case came when Elizabeth Sat-/ Thursday refused to comment on the surprise move of Corporation Counsel T. J. 1. Kennedy tn at tacking of the phone company In superior court, Wednesday Frantic efforts were being put forth to meet the charges of eva. sion of franchise obligations made by Kennedy. the franchise obligations Kennedy and his aanistante, Walter B. Beals and George Meagher, were preparing Thurs- day to press thelr arguments be- fore Judge Everett E, Smith in superior court when the teie- phone company must show cause why it should not be prévented from raising rates as announced by the phone company following the Injunction deciaion. Leopold Maid Witness TWO OTHER BOYS ARE INDICTED FOR THREAT AGAINST JACOB FRANKS IHICAGO, July 24.—True bills were returned by the Cook county grand jury today, charg. Ink two 19-yearold boys with at- tempting to extort $3,40 from Jacob Franks, father of the 14 year-old boy murdered by Na- than Leopold and Richard Loeb. The two boys—Walter Boryca and Ignatius Ciombras—sent a letter to Franks on June 21, one month after the murders of Rob- ert, threatening to kidnap Joae- phine, Robert's 16-year-old sister. They demanded $8,000 Boryca and Ciombras admit- ted the letter wan sent because of the publicity given the Franks murder case, belleving the elder Franks was so terroratricken by hin cariler loss that he would pay. Sn | This note was addressed to Jacob Franks and directed him to throw the ransom money out of a train window. The note said. “Proceed immediately to the back | platform of the car and have your | package ready to throw off. Whan | you see a first large red brick build: {ng count to five slowly and when you get opposite a large sign which says: ‘Champion’, throw the package as far as you can to the right. (Signed) “GEORGE JOHNSON." ‘The note was put in the car by the boys and Franks was instructed in the ransom letter to secure the note. ‘The place where the moncy was to be thrown from the train was a few miles from Chicago, The plan was fox the boys to be near the scene in their car and pick up the money. Jacob Franks did not get the note because he failed to follow the in- structions of the ransom letter de- manding $10,000. Leopold turned a half sickly grin on Patrolman George Homer, who (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) ANCOUVER, B. C., July 24. —The Canadian Bank of Commerce, Granville st., near Robson, was robbed of $19,000 in cash shortly after 9 o'clock by three armed men, who coy- | ered the staff with revolvers | and made the manager open the safe, | George Bonalli, manager of | the bank, was slugged over the | head with a revolver and badly injured, tho he was not ren- dered unconscious, Another man, a stranger in the bank, was also struck, but not so badly hurt. The bandits did not discover $18,- !o00 in cash in a box in the vault. When the men came In they {commanded the 11 members of the staff to hold up their hands, “We will shoot If anybody moves," was the sharp command, | The manager was then ordered Ito open the safe, Mr, Bonalll hesi: ‘tated and then the leader of the |bandits struck him over tho head, Infileting a nusty sealp wound, Mr, Rob Vancouver Bank Bonnalll then opened the safe and the bandits grabbed what cash they could get in a hurry and left, The robbers were not masked. They were not youths, their ages running from a ue oa years, $125,000 THEFT Jewels Taken i in Holdup of Detroit Store DETROT July 24.—Two bandits held up the Capitol Jewelry Shoppe here today and escaped with dia. monds valued at $125,000, Entering the store while Joseph Maze w York, Jewelry salesman, wan dixplaying a’ case of dlamonds to Jack Wolfe, proprietor of the store, the bandits covered Mazer and Wolfe, and a clerk, with revolvers: The bandits selzed Mazer's diapluy eave and rifled the show cases in the store, ‘They eseaped in an auto. mobile, MAYOR SPLITS COUNCIL \Secret ~ Conference Seeks to Tangle Investigators in| Their Work EMBERS of the city council, | for years a unit in opposing |Mayor E. J. Brown's policies of jelty government, are believed to} have developed a sharp division of ntiment recently, The Star learned Thursday. | A secret conference, between the|cinity and farther south conditions | mayor and five council members, |was held last Monday, when the! imayor made a distinct attempt to win a majority of councilmen over jto his view of things. The councilmen who attended the jconference are E. 1. Blaine, Wil- \Mam Hickman Moore, John E. Car- roll and R. B. Hesketh and Mrs. |Kathryn Miracle, ADVANCES PLAN TO HALT PROBE Both councilmen and the mayor |wWere noncommittal over what took |place, but {ft is known that the |mayor advanced the plan of throt- jtling the public Investigations |which have been started by tho ef. ficlency committee of the council, including a probe of the police de- |Partment and g@f the civil service commission. Councilman Phil Campbell and Ralph Nichols and Mrs. Henry Landes were not in: | |vited to the meeting. | “There are a lot of things going jon outside the charter limits,” Mayor Brown said Thursday, “There in a lnwful way to con- duct our government and an un. Tindall, W. T. lawful way. "I have asked the corporation counsel for an opinion on the Proper body to conduct Investiga- tions, and later, after I have re. | ceived his reply, I expect to take action to stop thix innuendo and rumor atéak our ‘is lida Gia RELEASE EDITOR Magee Will Enter Court at Santa Fe, New Mexico EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M,, July 24.—After another comfortable night In the county jaih, following unsuc- cessful efforts of Gov. Hinkle to have him released for appearance today, Carl C. Magee, editor of the State Tribune, at Albuquerque, to. gether with Sheriff Delgado, will ap- pear in the supreme court in Santa Fe today. Hearing before the supreme court is scheduled for 2 p. m, today. Altho Sheriff Delgado refused to release Magee when presented with pardons from the governor, contend. ing that the pardons were not logal in case of direct contempt of court, it is understood he has now agreed to honor the pardons and release the prisoner as soon as a small tech. nical correction 1s made, Magee left the county, jail here this morning for Santa Fe. Early. morning occupants of the streot cheered as Magee sped out of town, driving his own automobile, with Sheriff Delgado and a deputy In the rear seat, Trestle Burned in Oregon Woods Fire! MARSHFIELD, Ore, July 24.—! Fog and « sudden drop in tempera. | ture, combined to ald fire fighters combating the several forest fires in Coos county last night, and ree ports from Davis slough, the most serious blaze, wore that the fire was under control, It was reported that 1,000 foot of trestle and 600,000 fect of fir logs had been burned, At 1 P.M. It Was GZ The Worst Is Yet to Come (6 JIGHER than a kite climbing the way That meteo. M. B. Summers, U t the Seattle weath rologint er bureau Thur mercury an it gave every lay morning evidence of hitting the 90-mark and making a record for the year before the day ts over It wan 81% degrees “above” at 10:30, within five degrees of the pre vious high record for the year. June 29 it jumped to 87 degrees above zero. At 1 o'clock downtown thermome ters hovered around 92, of the more optimistic |more than that mometers, atop with some registering Government ther the Hoge bullding mometer soared, was afraid the supply of ice where the breezes blow, registered a modest $6, a gain of two degrees in one hour, Seattle mopped its collective brow, gazed sadly at the little thread of sil very metal as ft soared in the glass tube, and mopped again Even early Thursday morning, soda fountains reported a rushing business as the temperature, which fell only to 66 during the night, mounted to 74| by 8 a. m., and less than an hour later was marking time at 76 degrees, ready to make a noon-time onslaught on the higher numerals. Extreme dryness in the alr and easterly winds, with the high tem- | peratures all over Washington and | Oregon, made forest fire hazards ex- | tremely high At least one threatening fire, started by a cigaret thrown by the roadside, was burning near Tenino | Thursday morning. Several smaller oneswere reported In the sume: vi- jare worse, {t was announced at the office of the Washington Forest Fire association. Urgent warnings were issued si- multaneously by the weather bureau, the forest fire association offices and the stdte forest supervisor's office Thursday morning. STATE PARK HOP AUGUST 4 Y. M. B.C. Plans Dance for Leschi Pavilion Mark off August 4 on your en- gagement book. You're going to be dated up that night, for that’s the night of the big salt water park dance of the Young Men‘s Business club, at the Leschi pavilion. Every cent taken in will go to the Seattle fund of $10,000 sponsored by the club, which is making a down- town canvass to raise the fund for the park purchase. It's a community dance, and the park is a community affair. And here's a chance to dance for pleas ure and a park too. So save that date. Herman Cellan, of the Cellan Printing Co., heard of the dance proposition Thursday, and volun- teered to print 1,000 tickets for the dance free. Warren Anderson's widely known 15-plece orchestra will play free for the dance, thru the courtesy of An- derson and the Seattle Musicians’ association, it was announced Thurs- day. D. D, Olds, who operates the Les- chi pavilion concession stand and a confectionery in the Leschi commu. (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) SHIP IS ASHORE Steamer Sumanco Calls for Aid at Mouth of Columbia ASTORIA.» Ore, July 24.—The steamer Sumanco sent out a call for a tug to assist her after running ashore near the mouth of the Co. lumbia river this morning, The message from the vessel says she lies In a good position and is In no immediate danger. Observers at North Head report that thick fog and smoke from sur. rounding forest fires prevent them from ascertaining the Sumanco's po- sition ‘The Sumanco Is a steamer of 9,545 tons, owned by the Submarine Cor: poration, of Port Newark, N, J., and | operated in the Atlantle-Pacific conat | trade by tho Transmarine Co, She was built in 1920, at Newark, N, J. WEATHER Fair tonight and Thursday; moderate winds, mostly easterly, Temperature Last Maximum, 86, Hours Minimum, 66, | truth,” I Tough for fat men Thursday, but a few people managed to keep cool while the ti +} This youngster, out at Alki beach, said he felt fairly comfortable, b cream cones might play out. Tacoman, Held as Star Writer of Events Leading Up to His Arrest BY G, LUCILLE BUTLER TACOMA, July 24.—“Tell me the | said to Richard Conner, | today, when I talked to him in the| “tank” at the county jail. | “I will,” he replied earnestly, and as he looked squarely into my eyes I confess I believed he would. Conner, who ix 38, 8 charged with murder in connection with the dis- covery of his wife's body in an aban- doned well, after she had disappeared when the two were out for a drive. Ione Holt, a friend of both Conner | and his wife, worked with Prosecutor Selden and got from Conner state- ments that she reported to the prose- cutor and which supplied the evi-| dence on which the arrest was made. | “Did you kill your wife?" I asked. “No,” he replied. “When Mrs, Holt came to see me while I was in jail at Vancouver [ had an {dea she knew more about! my wife's disappearance than she let on. When she told me about hav- ing seen Pearl on the road in an auto with some men, I decided to try to draw her out and learn more. “Why, how ould I have told her that my wife's body was in the well when I had no idea where Pear! was. | There is something very rotten in NEW CAMP FIRE Another Incendiary Blaze | Puzzles Army Post TACOMA, July 24.—Alarmed at the series of incendiary fires which have threatened the lives of hun- dreds of men at Camp Lewis, and culminated Wednesday evening in the destruction of the huge Butte building, camp authorities have in- creased to $500 their reward for in- formation leading to the apprehen- sion of the firebugs. Every resource is being used to run down the guilty parties, The Butte building, almost in the heart of the chmp, and used as a recreation center, was completely destroyed in last night's blaze. The flames leaped across the avenue and partially burned. the quarters of Col. Jones, of the 10th field artinery, A small barracks caught fire, too, but It was saved. It was the 12th fire in a few weeks and next to the Greene Park theater, valued at $35,000, was the most disastrous blaze of the series. $700,000 FIRE 14-Acre Pavilion and Mills Destroyed in Portland PORTLAND, July 24.—A° $700,000 loss resulted from a fire yesterday which started in the Swift-Mowat shingle mills at North Portland. ‘The flames destroyed the mills and spread | to the immense building of the Paci. | fic International Livestock Expos tlon: ) Tho exposition building was thé largest structure of its kind west of Chicago, covering 14 acres, EB. A, Stuart of Seattle is president of the association, From the exposition building the fire jumped to the hay barn of the Swift & Co, plant, which was de-| stroyed with its contents, Two smait. | er storage sheds were burned before the fire was checked, Insurance on the exposition plant 1s sald not to ex coed $350,000, Conner’s Own story jof anger against Mrs. Holt, despite” jfound near the body,” I remarked, |“Why didn't you make some effort |convinced that she had run away */down the dim jail corridor: Wife Slayer, Tells Denmark, somewhere.” : IS NOT ANGRY » | WITH MRS. HOLT Conner apparently has no feeling? |what looks to him like a betrayal He does feel, however, that he has not had a fair chance since ard arrest. “Officials found a gun in yout home that coincided with a bullet to hide the gun?” “I never thought of such jthing,” Conner replied promptly. | |The gun had no guilty connection in my/mind and I let it hang in the cupboard as it always had.” — “What was your idea as to what had become of your wife?" He hesitated a moment. | =~ “Well,” he said, then, “I—I was with another man, and if that was the case, I thought I had — try to forget it.” NOT ALLOWED TO om SEE WIFE BURIED 5 He continued, after a moment! hesitation during which he star “But when her parents got to wore rying, it troubled me. I liked her father, and he was worrying himself sick. So when Mrs. Holt came and asked for some of Pearl's handwrit. ing, I gave it to her. It was Holt's own suggestion that she a letter, supposedly from Pearl, I. thought it would do no harm, and would make it easier for her father,” B. W. Coiner has been engaged by Conner's realtives to defend him. Al torneys’ Burmeister and Gordon have withdrawn from the case, it was ans nounced Thursday., No reason: given. ; Conner was not permitted to at tend the funeral of his witty hi Wednesday. A District Attorney Wallace said the case probably will come | in federal court in September. sre) was transferred from the state after it was discovered that Mrs G ner’s body was found. on Camp’ Ia grounds, a federal reservation, ~ PROGRAM. FOR TONIGHT AT | HORSE SHOW ‘Twelve events are on this even-.}) tng’s program at the University || } of Washington stadium: 7:45—Four-in-hands, 8:00—Novice three-gaited saddle. horses (36 entries). 8:15—Novice huntérs (20 entries), $:30—Heavy harness pairs, 8:45—Military class (16 entries), © 9:00—Five-gaited mares, any size (four entries). 9:15—Roadsters, single (four en: tries), 9:30-—Tandems (eight entries), 9:45—Ladlos' hunters (25 entries), 10:00—Polo pontes (13 entries). 10:16-—Exhibition drill by Busi ness Girls’ Riding club, 10:30-—-Special exhibition of horses owned by Clyde Walton, Music by Hdmonds* Park band, f