The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 30, 1924, Page 1

s “Whitewing, ' Sees Traffic Peril! F IGHT INSANITY PLEA WEATHER might and Thursd ds le vartadle win mostly westerly FORECAST a Home Bre WORLD “FLIGHT! TO END IN SEATTLE | City Officially Set as Start: | Stop Location | |Huge Navy Dirigible Will Be Here This Fall | AMERICAN world flyers will end nelr flight in Seattle and this will the great navy Shenandoah this fall, It was nounced Wednesday. has been officially destg- as the beginning and end of Howdy, folks! One advantage of being a summer commuter is that you can always miss the boat at night. Sitting up with a sick friend ts no longer a good excuse. always tell down to the v boat waa pull city seo but you can that you got rf just as the last | | | nated Whenever the clud puts on a good | pote arn a dt aad ttt geod) world, Congressman John F. Miller hijinks, ‘you can see a dozen men : said Wednesday, following a long crawling down to the waterfront lke | gnats. Theyre. runnin for thelr distance telephone conversation with Sy m ae gad I Gen, Mason M. Patrick, chief] ‘ ees jof the army air service at Washing- Steamboat captains never wait for |'°% ! been fasued,| & the passengers. They make them mad want Orders have already to ‘ Patrick said, instructing roceed to Seattle on their arrival on American soil. will The orders be delivered to them on the of their flight across the which fs scheduled By coach to Fletcher's Bay. in swimming with R. Felten, the warmest ever I And did essay a Atla’ icts a story sent out Angeles Chamber of} “and is merry but did land | by Anon to home, the | Commerce Tuesday stating that ithe Los flat, so not so merry. world there. MAY REACH HERE IN “NAVY WEEK” | It was considered probable that the| world flyers would reach here during | the week of August 18 to 23, which, | |besides being Navy Week here, ts/ the week of the Pacific Northwest | flight would officially end Dear Homer: I lost my Latin pony. | Did you see it at the Horse Show last week?—H. M. J Next to a permanent wave the most impermanent thing in the world is a permanent job. . . . Ford: ao o Beck of = Ferd: «| Merchants’ exposition, during. which | 4 WHEELS AND ALL | |thousands of merchants from the Pa- | | cifle Northwest will be in Seattle. a BROKE Orville Wright may be a guest of | ° at the termination of the| When the Barnes circus comes to| World flight. The Seattle Chamber town, we're going to warn the side- |of Commerce Wednesday telegraphed | show fire-eater that he may swallow | him an invitation, as “the father of | flames but that he'd better lay oft |American aviation.” to be its guest | Seattle moonshine. bee the celebration of the flyers arri- . val Little dropa of whisky, | SHENANDOAH ALSO | Little apriga of mint, \TO VISIT HERE Gives the drinker's nose a | Seattle 1s practically assured of a| visit here by the navy's Mighty rosy tint. sie shih <" dirigible, the Shenandoah, the city late in ‘There is no truth to the rumor that Blue Law advocates are trying to} Participation in Pacific fleet man- change the confection’s name to nut euvers in Hawaiian waters, necess!- mondaes. tating a flight, not only across the continent and half of the Pacific CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON jocean, but from Seattle south to | San Diego, Cal, hea CLUB jin the navy department's program. 0 oor! | The dirigible will be based with | Lewis, the Seattle Chamber of Com- |merce has been Informed by Ad- | miral W. A. | will fly west in the big ship. | |the Shenandoah at Sand Point was jsiven as the reason for the selec- tion of tho military reservation. The Patoka, its mother ship on the west coast, Seattle, however, and she may serve as a base for the balloon when It |makes a promised filght to this | city. The big cruise itself depends on the results of tests to be conducted on the ship to determine her alr worthiness before September. It will be the longest flight at- tempted by the craft, the only one of its type in America. The tentative schedule the OUR OWN TRAVELOGS | Shenandoah, and the length of Its Vashon Istana, | cruises, according to Admiral EB. W. Dear Homer: Commaters who ride on| Eberle, chief of naval operations, the “Vashon ferry are becoming inge | will bring the airship to Besttle bi iy ined re after a five and one-half-day cruise tnt Micaroe Smock, the island orator, {actors the Pacific from Hawall. was only five feet six inches s few) ‘Tho schedule follows: as Scant yente ‘tnot | Lakehurst, N. J, to San Diego, Thorn, Co sinth ballding, °F | ia Fort Worth, Tex, five and one- Clarence Dragg takes a run on the) pait days. peactt Wy to hisltrest perce, ot TeM*) Gan Diego to Pearl Harbor, H. 1, J as sen, the banker, can’t sleep in| three days. Maneuvérs with the fleet, using ry-sized bed unless he curls Deal of the Commercial |the U. 8. 8. Patoka’s mooring mast, elab the ferry named V1875. He and Pearl Harbor as bases, 10 days. Pearl Harbor to Seattle, five and |one-half days. says you can't see out of the windows | any more than you ean ubourd « sub- Seattle to San Diego, one and one- half days. marine. The county Is thinking of providing San Diego to Lakehurst, via Fort Worth, seven days. You’d Never Suspect--- to run for the bout. Sincerely, OW. the number of rib-tickling laughs that Gene Ahern gets daily into his comic, “Our Boarding House,’ that runs daily on the sport page of The Star, If you haven't been follow. ing the adventures of Tho Major and the other board. ing house folks, better get acquainted today. ON THE Sport Page The gink who stands on the side- lines of the tennis court and yells good advice at you. o* e Tactics Sound,” burbles a Nothing but. eee Said the linotypers, “we're no college And no frat house musters us in; But, speaking of yells, Just sec what this spells— Etaoin—Etaoin—Etaoin!” see : A professor at Lehigh college has Invented a non-breakable cigar. Now two can pet as cheaply as one. . “Politic headline, “* for Li'l Gee Gee says some folks ate | so high-toned that they order a ham.) burger sandwich under glass, eee There's only one thing wrong with Doe Brown's political machine. He always runs it with the cut-out wide open, After walking upstairs and saving $10 on this suit, we have decided we should have walked up three fights | and got it for nothing. AS, B. Lack of space for maneuvering] will probably come to| Entered as Second ¢ * Matter May 2, 1899, | | huge} | = September or early In October. if has been included | | mooring mast erected at Camp) Moffatt, chief of the) val Bureau of Aeronautics, who; U.S. Flye O. K. at Kirkwall City’s Silent Beauty Inmate of Harem Here Says Seems to Like Her Job Not a word. could be gotten out of her—but she fell for Such is Berthilde—latest inmate of one of the cameraman. at the Postetf SE ATTLE, Seattle's downtown harems. OLU! b tie Es Mile. to take her throne Seattle's harem, What, you've never city’s seraglio of bea PTUOUS, ist from zels, jealously secluded from prying eyes one day and then fitful glimpses of the at the pleasure of their keepers? Kept in the bondage of a zenana in the Western world—right here in and charms of thelr Seattle, Certainly, dently like the gilded cage, for they in revolt against the cushioned ease habiliments without which the public never sees them, Perhaps, it’s just a suspicion, they and gorgeous are not {n a position against the harem life. Certainly there are compensations. Without a doubt the and her companions of leisure and adulation, lead u life turn the average housewife of Sent- tle green with envy. ‘The latest styles and softest fab rics grace their sinuous forms; thelr bobbed changing styles of coiffure—nothing is too costly if it enhances thelr ap- and hair ‘8 piled peal. Life passes them are waited on anxiety over the bill—no socks to noses to wipe and seats to spank. Not even the ing whether father tonight. seem to care where b Where do these\ seragiio sirens come from? Out of the Bast—East Orange, N. J., perhaps, tho Call. fornia has contributed a few. Not flotsam from the tightening up of the movie industry, beautiful and dumb, Juno-eyed hing the spirit of the mys- whence she came, Berthilde arrived hand and foot. monthly grocer’s darn—no anxiety of wonder: is Vor they never know or —Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer and) Wednesday as queen of heard of our uteous damo- limited to outside world they evi- haven't risen to speak out mademoiselle which would in the} but they No by- little little trouser out or in no Is. w © at Seattle, W ASH., Fe a Nothing, but ' French girls, too, All with waxy complexions and lustrous hair and brilliant orbs. Alien to their more commonplace counterparts on the outside of their glassed-in cages. Wonderful wax-works! Beautiful Dumb Doras, modeling the latest gown creations in Seattle's depart: ment stores and shoppe DRY MEN SLAIN Posse Seeks Rum Runners as Result of Gun Battle WILMINGTON, N. ©, July 90.— Posses of 150 men today searched for rum runners believed responsible for tho murder of Deputy United States. Marshal Lilly and Leon George, prohibition agent. Tho bodies of the two enforcement officers, riddled with bullets, wore found in their auto near Phoenix last night. Both had been active in combat. ing rum runners. Took Lump Sanae Alimony, She Says Declaring that she was induced to sign a settiment for a lump sum, instead of reeciving her regular monthly alimony of $100, Mrs. Lu- ella M. Jones told Judge Everott Smith, in superior court, that her former husband, Alfred H. Jones, had taken advantage of her {Illness and immediate need for money, 60 Believed Dead A in Burned Vessel MANILA, July 90.—-Sixty natives are believed to have perished when the motorship Agusan was burned in tho they are the sea of Mindanao near the coast The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington | The Seattle Star WEDNESDAY, JULY ‘Complete First Hop From | CHEERED BY SAILORS | |Fog Fails to Delay Ameri- trom hundreds of biuejackets who | be and must be jof control when it crossed some ob- {lt HOME EDITION | March § 1924 1879, Per Year, by Mall, 42.60 ed Ro a TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. TTER BATTLE! STARTED ON SLAYERS State’s Attoroney Opposes , | Da arrow “Medical Defense” | N 0 W STARTING Bs ee FLIGHT OVER ls Temporarily Halted | ATLANTIC and" RIMINAL COURT ROOM, Chi-| cago, July 20-—State’s Attorney | Robert E. Crowe and his staff of | ants made a vigorous effort to-| to prevent admission of the long-awaited “medical defense” of | | Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. confessed murderers of Robert Franks. A bitter fight between State's At-| torney Robert E. Crowe and Clar-| jence Darrow and other defense law. yers opened as soon as court con-| vened today and temporartly blocked | Brough to Orkney Islands cans in Latest Jump-off presentation of the defense testi-| % ' | mony. | BOARD UNITED | STATES Dr. William A. White, of Wash- CRUISER RICHMOND, | ington, D. C., was called to the wit- ness stand as the first to testity for) the defense when the state's case| 7 was rested Benjamin Bachrach, a defense law yer, started questioning him, but was |tmmediately interrupted by Crowe, who demanded that the court either exclude medical testimony’ or {m-| Kirkwall, Sootland, July 20— America’s round-the-world ayia | tors winged their way grace: fully into Houghton bay at 4 p. m. today, The three army planes, roar- ing in perfect unison, came out | | |Z of the haze which shrouded panel a jury to try the question of | the Scappa flow and circled | insanity gracefully over the Richmond “These boys, your honor, have before they alighted on the | pleaded guilty,” Crowe shouted, “and bay. There was a pid attempt of the defense to intro-/ | duce the question of insanity should stopped by this had been straining their eyes to-|court. Your honor has no authority tremendous ward tho horizon for moro than|to decide whether these boys are) jan hour jn expectation of the/sane or insane. If this question is fiyers. | to be honored, your honor must, un- “We had a pleasant trip, altho | der the Jaw, impanel a jury.” | the fog caused us some trouble,"| Opposing attorneys argued back! Lieutenant Lowell Smith, filght/and forth, quoting from supreme commander, told newspaper men court rulings in support of their/ |who dashed out to meet him ‘with | * ¥ officers in one of the Richmond's | eihericthiubtaineit ade at 33 . ganas: W ednesday a Star reporter the way Seattle. atito owners ‘ACCUSE CONNER worked as a street cleaner. The length of the flight was ap. proximately 370 miles: 1808 Woman Is Hurt, Driver Arrested Mrs. Viola Berry, 40, colored, was} |in the King county hospital Wednes- | day suffering with a broken ankle and a fractured hip as a result of a crash between her car and one driven by Frank W. Nelson, 34, a half mile north of the Duwamish bridge on Marginal way late Tues- day night. Nelson {s alleged to have been drunk, and was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Ray Ramage and R. B. Mur- phy. C. A. Rodman, 39, and R. L. Gates, 45, companions of. Nelson, were also arrested on drunk charges, structions placed in the street by | paving contractors, It leaped the curb, struck tho chijd and crashed into the building. |Will Probe Fatal Traffic Accident Coroner W. H. Corson has called an inquest Into the death of Isabelle Elsen, 6, killed in an automobile crash Sunday night, for Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock. The little girl was instantly killed {when the auto In which she was rid- | ROUGH, Eng, July 30.—The jescaped unhurt., sumed today, Lieut. Lowell Smith | 4 his companions taking off for | Death of Wife (Turn to Page. bad Cchema 2) TACOMA, July. 30. —Richard Con- BE PATIENT CHILD CRUSHED: |Jail, was formally charged with the |murder of his wife, Pearl, on May efi acento And Ail in Good Time Brown | Assistant United States District At- A torney Wallaco A. Mount, before Japanese Youngster Killed ~ ; W. Hammond Tuesday, The com-} Just how Mayor B. J. Brown will in Motor Car Smash plaint charges that Conner deliber-|save the city $100,000 in the opera- Automobile acoldents took thelrjand kiled his wife with a revolver. nounced some day soon. 25th victim in Seattle since the first] Altho tho time of Conner’s ar-| When asked Wednesday if. his Tsukayo Yosul, 6-year-old Japanese |Mount, it is expected the accused |000 would be placed before the city child, was crushed against a build-| will be given a hearing before Com-|council budget committee, the may- an automobile driven by EB. ( Brad: | Thursday morning. public “at the appropriate time." ner, Cambridge aparments, The “The city is paying me $7,600 a died a short time later at the city I am not going to waste my time hospital. sitting in at budget hearings. When own recognizance after his arrest, I will take up the budget estimates told the officers that his car got out with my. department heads. that will save the city money, I run up against a stone wall.” in mind the, collection of garbage under the health department as the be made. The mayor favors transfer of the partment to the public utilities de- partment, American world fight was re-| Murder Charge Filed for ’ | Kirkwall, in the Orkney islands, 450 |ner, 34, held in the Pierce county jlast, in a complaint sworn to by Fae Will Save $100,000 United States Commissioner Thomas -= ately and with premeditation shot|tion of a city departent will be an- of the year Tuesday night, when |raignment was not announced by! statement that ho could save $100,- ing at Fifth ave, 8. and Main st. by /missioner Hammond at 10 o'clock jor said that his plans will be made child, who lived at the Alki hotel, | year salary,” the mayor sald,. “and | Bradner, who was released on his | the council gets thru with its work, “Whenever I try to do something It is known that the mayor has place where the alleged saving can garbage division from the health de- Defense Day Issue in Bryan Campaign ing with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Elsen, 2709 224 ave, 8.| LINCOLN, Neb, July 30—Ob- wag struck by an inbound Tacoma: |servance of National Defense day Seattle interurban train, at Duwa-|loomed as a major issue toda mish ave. and Chicago st. when Governor Charles W. Bryan, Se ————— democratic vice presidential nom-|Removal Orders Would Be Ineo announced that he would ask President Coolidge and the war de- partment for an interpretation for Mystery Rum Boat Sent to Company Still Is Unfound Search of tho Seattle harbor|@" Order sent him = by General] A movement to protest against the Tuesday by a coast guard cutter,|Georse B. Duncon, commander of | August 1 increase in telephone rates failed to reveal any trace of the|the seventh army corps area, re-| has been inaugurated by J.C. Unger, mystery “Scotch Ship,” which garding observance of the day. $208 Rainier ave., Corporation Coun- declared to be hiding here. he ELT aE sel T. J. L. Kennedy announced information was given by a man NEW LIFE ROPE IS UP Wednesday. who claimed that he was a former} A new safety rope was stretched,| Unger consulted with Kennedy on part owner in the ship and had| Wednesday, across that section of | the most practical means of pressing |signed away his interest by mis-|Madrona bathing beach where there |® city-wide boycott of telephones as take. The ship, he declared, was|is q sudden drop into 15 feet of wa-| means of warding off the higher tolls. Tentative plans which were dis- cussed were to formulate an active campaign, Kennedy said. The’ pro- cedure favored is to send agents | thruout the clty to obtain approval of the phone removal campaign from phone Users and then to present theso demands in bulk to the tele phone company, Kennedy added that while the movement has a great deal of sym- pathy behind it, nothing definite has been determined yet. “It would probably be the most effective weapon available to tele: one which stood off the coast rum runners. the and supplied Late ter, north of the diving platform. A man was drowned there recently. Great Air F orces for Japan Will Be Built OKYO, July 30,—Extensive plans for developing Ja- pan’s air forces are being formulated by high offi- cers of the army and navy, it was learned on good au- thority today. Details of the plans have not been an- Reporter Cleans Streets; Finds Drivers Are Menace —Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer tried to get the “inside” on drive. So for two hours he Miracles do happen, and he By a Star Reporter “(QEATTLE motorists place’ a higher premium on the, insane desire for more speed than they. do on the value of human Iife. “Many drivers are apparently \ ‘out. to kill.’ = “There is no such thing as a closed season on pedestrians. “Football players’ could’ get fat training in dodging’ and ‘open field running on Seattle's street These are’ no. idle statements. — They.are facts proven by, actual ex- perience. For two hours Wednesday morning I worked as a street ceaner and got the.“real lowdown”.on the | methods of .drivers, of automobiles in the downtown district. You can talk about the hazardous occupations of steeple climbing, deep” sea diving, dynamite manufacturing — and race driving. But the men en- gaged in these occupations should meet and pass resolutions of admira- tion to the Seattle’ street sweeper. The courage his job requires sur-— passes that of the Mexican revolu- tlonists. ge I can .tell these things, but ‘the street sweeper won't. » He must | ture out ‘on. the ‘streets again © morrow and the next day. And- he doesn't want to anger the motorists. It is dangerous enough with them all feeling friendly toward Bin ‘50 he says nothing. s Wednesday the city editor deck to find out exactly what kind automobile drivers Seattle had. So T went down to John Royle, keeper in the street department, and — got an outfit and started to work. The city made nothing on -the deal. {was too busy dodging the charging “petrol buggies" to'do any work, And scared—~say, I wouldn’ do it again if it meant» my: job. _ The first car, I tangled with - a roadster that came tearing < the street. I moved just in time. to avoid a trip to the hospital, and E went across the street. , The dcivery q jammed on_ his. brakes ‘and tu . at the intersection to come» back. | (Turn to Page 2, Column .6) Jack Mullane, superintendent of | county-city building, chewing ‘al: gar stub—A. N, Thompson, poultry grower of Sunnydale, looking nleas- ant.—Ea J. Brown, attorney, coming out of Second ave. tallor's shop. Nate Druxman, cigar salesman and boxing promoter, dashes by in Ford coupe.—Sam Levinson, pawnbroker, stationed at door of his store. —C. EL Beach, candidate for ‘state’ superin- tendent of public instruction, talking politics, —W. ‘C. Denison, Inter-Ocean « Insurance Co., hurrying into L. G, Smith building. —Fire Chit { George H, Mantor leaving city counell) nounced, phone users in fighting the rate in. of Cumiguin, crease,” Kennedy. said, chambers.—Lottle M. Brinker, fam tice court clerk, Joaving cafe,