The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 16, 1924, Page 1

=n -) Greetings: Have you regis tered? Dumbell Dud is so dumb registered cattle can vote. eee he thinks Another earthquake hits Japan.— News Item, Wouldnt’ that jar you? Li'l Gee Gee Is the prize Dum- bell. She wants to know why the fans boo the pitcher when he hits the bat almost every time, . Dumbell Dud had rubber heels put on bis shoes today so he won't mar Homer Drew's desk during the lat- ter’s vacation. o- PHOTOGRAVUR: SECTION This is an action picture of Dum- Delt Dud during the morning rush hours at the office, Joe Bungstarter was away for the day when the picture was taken. eee Relatives of Gilbert Goof Have bought a nice new casket. Gilbert's health was good until He spit in my waste basket. eee —s % FUNERAL NOTE | “So I tipped the head waiter | two cents and—’ | oo ——36 eee “Dumbell Dud {s not as dumb as} the bride who thought a can opener was the Key to all her cooking prob- Jems," Yakima. HE WINS THE DOLLAR of Wrath-But Not - = area gr wrest ais ts ; | No hymn of hate shall ever echo | From these mighty guns— | America does not hate. | | But when, in righteous wrath, They flame their dread rebuke, | Woe to the luckless foe Whose rash, unmannered deeds Have brought him thus A direful penalty. ‘erse and photo by ©. A. Clay, Warships Arrive for Fleet Week Festivi Pacific Squadrons in Elliott Bay Are Greeted by Seattle Leaders | SCUXJELCOME home!” sald Seattle tes, with Mayor Brown, Captain J. 8. | to the Pacific battle fleet Sat-/ Gibson and B. J. Friedlander, went ‘ont to welcome the flect 16 the city. ‘The flag#hip Arizona first was visited and greetings extended to Rear Ad-| miral W. V. Pratt, Then the harbor | patrot boat went to the Omaha and | welcomed Rear Admiral Schofield. Replying, the rear admiral ex | urday. | Giad to be backt*’ “responded | thousands of tars, from rear admir- als to plain gobs. | Ships in the harbor Include The Arizona, with the flag of {Rear Admiral W. V. Pratt, com! pressed satisfaction at thelr return! |mander of the division, the Missis-|to the city for a short rest following | |sippi, the Maryland, the Idaho and | strenuous maneuvers off the Wash-| | the Tennessee. lington coast. | | The scout cruiser Omaha, flagship] The ships arrived in Elliott bay| of the destroyer division. with Rear|tate Friday afternoon, steaming in| | Admiral F. H. Scholfield. |and dropping anchor tn formation. | The U. 8. 8. Relief, hospital ship./ Shore leave wan granted thousands | The machine ship Nachez, the sup-| of gobs soon after and the streets) ply ship Arctic, the destroyer tender|and hospitality tent at the county- Melville and destroyers 333, 317, 319,| city building ‘became fast-moving 325, 318, 304, 302, 314, 315, 206, 332,/ seas of blue uniforms. | 316, 324, 275 and 341 Women’s organizations next will At 10 a, m., the reception comi (Turn to Page 2, Column 5) | The Navy Quarrel Gobs Have the Best of It in Controversy || Over Their Conduct | (EDITORIAL) | \IDESULTING from trouble between some members of the} | Seattle police department and a few men of the navy, al |bitter controversy has been running thru The Star. Sailors ‘have been roughly condemned and the policeriticized. So far public sentiment seems to be with the gobs. The} |Star has received scores of letters from civilians. Some) | agree with George E. Ingalls and C, L. Harris, who led the} | express the opinion that a majority of the navy men} ever, | | and are gentlemen} lare real men, want to be gentlemen Clark Stewart, eight years old.| when treated as such and given a chance. \A large number) 1612 Ninth ave. says Dumbell Dudg fs so dumb he thinks Anheuser Busch ig some sort of a rare plant. see And others think Dumbell is so dumb he thinks: .A football coach runs on wheels. A baseball pitcher is for home brew only.—Zenabla Laurine, Enum- claw. oo Oliver Twist is a dance e Celluloid is Harold Ligyd’s sister. Sing Sing is the Chinese nationat anthem.—Annie Osterberg, Everett. A wrist watch is some kind of sentry duty.—Fred Beckman. A telephone operator is a surgeon. Virgil Crabb, Everett. sae The dumbest dry agent in the world wag the one who didn’t pinch the liquor runner because ‘the bootlegger said all he had Elliott Bay rum, eee 1100-200? Who Jost his job ‘till Doc's return? ‘Whone ears with criticism burn? Whose caps ‘are working on case?" Gaze now on Will * the m Severyns’ face, “Do you wish to mu you recelve a divorce “Ah should say not! Ah wants to be retired from circulation."— Judge. OUR OWN TRAVELOGS Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 14, DUMBELL DUD ESQUIRE STOP WOOF COMMA WOOF United Staton t WOOF EXCLAMATION POINT TWO WOOFS STOP| WOOK WOOF STOP GLUG GLUG STOP, I, BREW. ge a nui ligula bie sir Ty again if| of civilians, as well as sailors, have participated in the letter- writing. i The following, from the crew of the U. S. S. Meyer, is typical of the navy letters, and with its publication, The !Star declares itself out of the quarrel. Things are running smoothly following an understanding between the police land navy shore patrolmen. Seattle is glad it has the oppor- tunity to play host to the men of the fleet, and a quarrel iwith our guests is a queer kind of hospitality. The Meyer letter: Editor The Star: are pretty lazy fellows he must bo} , the crew of totally unfamiliar and uninformed as} ol that Mr. C. 2 U. 8. 8. Meyer, f : ey arris’s article in The Star under|to the daily routine on board a Unit- | date of August 12, 1924, in regards}ed States naval'veesel, It ls sug gested that Mr. Harris pay a visit to some vessel of the United States navy and see for himself if the) navy men are what he calls lazy. | WILLING TO STAY AWAY | if ATTLE SAYS 80 We are sorry to state that there} has been somo unpleasantness 1) tween the police foree of Seattle and the men of the nayy—but we ure glad to state that only a few of Se attle's police force and a few navy men were involved. | The men of the navy have always} looked forward to visit Seattle and other, Puget sound ports for liberty and reer use we have al-| to navy men serving in the navy at the present time was unjustified and uncalled for. True: there are some navy men who indulge in drinks and vice, ac- cording to Mr. Harris's statement, but I there are plenty of reasons for doing so. The majority of navy men Ko ashore looking for clean and whole | some amusements but are snubbed and outcasted by the majority of the people, tho a very few navy men misconduct themselves while on shore duty. INIFORM HONORABLE AND HONORED The majority of the crew of this army ways had a ant stay and] vessel have served in the army or Bh agar navy both in time of war and in time | thought we were welcome by tho) of peace and cannot understand how| people of Seattle—-but if the major: | Loe ity of the people of Seattle have the | anyone could make such a statement vyieaingteden |same opinion of the avy men « and be an American Pipe ie wouter why Mr. Harris{of Mr. Harris and Mr. Ingalls, thinks it a dishonor to wear the unt-[hope that: the commander in chief) of the United states fleet will recom: | mend to the navy depurtment that | he keep tho fleet in Southern wators | in the future, | We believe that the crew of the} Meyer is represontative of other ships in the navy and would like to hear) thru the columns of ‘The Star some of the opinions of the poople of Ne attle "THE CREW OF THE U. 8B. 8. MEYER NO, 279." form of the United States nayy Sn time of peace. Probably he does not | realize that there are over 86,000 men wearing the uniform of the who respect and honor It yuld like to know If Mr. Harris ha had the honor of wearing the uniform of the United States army or navy In regards to Mr, Harris's state ment that he Ss of the opinion that the men in the navy in time of peace | now ever seins = * |demand most of the sto ) of Hate NEW BASE FREE FROM ICE Is FOUND Open Water 20 Miles North of Angmagsalik MAY HOP OFF TODAY Only Bad Weather Can Keep Smith and Nelson Down REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 16 The homeward lap of America’s round-the-world flyers is expected to start today when Lieuts, Lavwell Smith and Erie Nelson take the alr en route to a base 20 miles north of Angmaesalik, Groeniand The new base tor the flyers was found by Lieut. Schultze, reconnotter ing expert for flying expedition. It will do away with the flyers hav {ng to battio the foe packs which surround the siy Sf Angmagsalfy The two American airmen were ex- pected to wing away Friday but thelr flight was stopped when Licut Schultze cabled of finding the new bane. Ho spent the day in establish. ing mooring buoys and moving pro- visions from the Danish steamer ertrude Rask, Only reports of bad weather betwoon here and Greenland will prevent the Myers from g: © away today sitet a ABOARD U. §. 8 RICH MOND AT August 16 All ts in lines for ihe flight of the American so fir as the n is conce: American cruisers are in po The Reid is nearest Reykjavik. The Richmond is second, midway in the flight. Next comes the Billin: while the Raleigh is Just outs fee barrier of Angmagsallk Here there are heavy seas and the ship is fog bound. There is a bit ing cold wind and rain fs pelting the decks. NEARING END OF LOEB-LEOPOLD HEARING ley, le the writes Ray Clithero from) i tished attack on the sailors. Most of the letters, how-| Darrow Fights State’s Med- ical Evidence on Boys TO KNOW FATE SOON Young Slayers Forced to Talk, Counsel Charges IMINAL COURT ROOM, The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation ir 1 Wa roner Will Probe Killings at Carnation OPAPP PRA nana shington Seattle Star Hone! EDITION y 1699, at the F at Beattie, Was! der the Act of Congr eG SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1924 - ' I MARTIN DENIES REFUTES ATTACKS ON TALE Flagship of World | Flight Hit Peak, | Flyer Says; Wreck Was Unavoidable Major Fred L. Martin, whose | story of the wreek of his plane off Port Moller, Alaska, during tho American round-theworld | flight has been attacked by Wil iam Sullivan, Northland fisher. man, answered today the assault in his veracity, Major Martin is | on furlough at Lake Whatcom, | near Bellingham. | $i | BY MAJOR FRED L. MARTIN | | 6 stetements of Mr, Sullivan are. Oorrect bot can bo easily j mininreryededt By anyone ‘hot famsliar | with that country, That had we winged our course to the southwest inatend of the south, it might have [been possible to cle: 1 obstruc- | | Uons with 150 fe elevation. | _ But In the path of our course due | |south {t would have required several | |hundred feet to prevent a crash, | | The mountain that we hit sloped | |from the p which was on the | crest of a canyon to the west ot} southwest. This peak was southwest | Jof where we crashed, and estimated to be 2,500 feet above wea level. It| was estimated that we crashed gainst the mountain 1,000 feet above wea le This could be verified by | the reading of tho altimeter on the }ingtrument board of the airplane (POG HID PEAK FROM FLYERS | The mountain ts directly south of where we crashed were much higher, |some of the peaks probably 4,000 or | 5,000 feet | ‘The tops of these peaks were! {clouded in. fog during the entire | time we were there, so their height! |could not estimated accurately. | The terrain to the north and north west was much lower, At. potnts| | quite level, but the ynajority of the} jcountry was rough, rolling grouna |for several milex, until you reached |the mountains in the direc’‘on of be | | ithe Bering sea coast, which prob- lably were 2,500 feet high. | At the base of the mountain we jstruck was a small valley running in a southwesterly direction. Had we had the good luck to have been {flying im the direction of this val- jley it might have been possible for us to have climbed sufficiently for | us to have passed over the moun-j {tain, but due to the fact that the for was an impenetrable white} | mass, this was not learned until the} | fox had lifted on the morning of} May 2, and not until the morning of | May 4 did it lift sufficiently that} (VICTIM IN MceCOY SHOOTING } 2 Accused of having shot Mrs. Theresa Mors (shown above) “Kid McCoy” (inset), former prizefighter and later a mo- tion picture actor, is held in Los Angeles: His lawyers say he will plead insanity. Saw Attacker; Not M’Coy, Woman Says Neighbor Heard Screams and Watched Stranger Stagger From House voice, muffled, in reply. Sounds of a scuffle told of a desperate, OS ANGELES, Aug. 16 related by Mrs. Eva Martin to | A story (Oe at Chica: we could see the top of the peaks /the effect thut she saw two men| but brief struggle. 16.--With only twol w we crashed. running from the apartment bul'd-| “When I heard the shot, I turaed more 4 left to testify, the} Where we struck, the ground | jn in which Mrs, Theresa Mors | on the light,” Mrs. Martin said. Leopold-Loeb murder hearing today jrotied steeply from a small valley |was found dead last Wednesday, to- | Was exactly five minutes after mid- neared a close, State's Attorney | for about 1,000 feet then sloped off day further pened the m: ery | night. I rushed to the window. Robert E. Crowe expects the closing |much more gently towards the high: | yisroundine the woman's death, |‘There was a full moon. : oe avoia Dr aug Pemenvilé jer ground, The right pontoon! Norman Selby ("Kid M , who| “Then IT saw a man under my tok Sh big ad Stag ite allenist, | struck the crest of the steeper rise | way ed on suspicion of mur-| window, crawling on his. hands and for amination by Clarence Darrow, chief defense attorney cross Darrow expects to finish with the doctor at toda short session. Chief Defense Attorney Clarence Darrow indicated today that he would o's medic stricken from the records of the Leopold-Loeb murder hearing on the ground that the youthful slayers were examined under com pulsion While cross examining Dr. Hurold Singer, state allonist, Darrow brought out that the youths Were questioned under the direction of State's attor- ney Robert , Crowe, despite the fact that the boys had beon taken from Crowe's custody and placed in that of tho sheriff. Severa¥ squab! and Crowe occurr evidence between Darrow d during the first few moments of the session, Darrow charged that Crow ad violated the constitutional rights by bringing the state allenisty and “forcing the boys to answer under comp "1 did not compel them to talk crled Crowe, “Once they started talking it was hard to stop them; | they Just wanted to show how smart} they were." Darrow then brought out that the boys had refused to answor practically all questions asked by Dr. Singer, stating they refused to tale on tho advien of counsel */ CRASH , | THROTT! .| Waited 3 Months, | Then Gets 6 More} Jot ground, andthe airplane crashed and was thrown up about 200 feet | jon th more gentle op WITH OPEN | At the time we crashed I had the | sope. | |throttle wide open, to| climb rapidly as 10 Jair speed indicator showed that we | |were making a speed thru the air of about 75 miles per hour. Had we struck 10 feet it} jWould have caused the nose of the | {plano to strike first, which would | \no doubt have resulted in death to \both of us, the speed of tho plane would have been checked in: | tantly | The statements of Mr, Sullivan | ure correct, but made in such a way lower, las to be misleading | Iam extremely gratified that he found tho jane, as two other par |tles had failed M. CG. Collins, a negro, was ren: | tenced to nine months in the county jjall by Judge Austin 3. Griffiths when he pleaded guilty to a charg jof petty larceny, He has already been in jail 96 days, awaiting trial, tho court wan told, ‘| dering the woman he hoped to muke | knees. his tenth wife, was not the man| “I stood paralyzed, watching him. Mra, Martin saw stagger toward the |Then he stood up and I got a good CRASH CHARGE ;——_ 0 PROBE LAYING 'Whether Deputies or | Malone Shot Down | “Informer” to Be Determined THORO probe to determine who killed Ted Lashe, shot down during a wild shooting af- fray staged Wednesday by Sher- iff Matt Starwich outside the Snoqualmie Valley State bank at Carnation, will be made Mon- day by Coroner W. H. Corson and his deputy, Frank Koepfli. Lashe, said to have turned ine former and given the sheriff ine formation on which the raid wag: foiled, was shot twice, ‘ The sheriff's office saya ‘he waa shot by D. C. Malone, leader of just before Malone was shot dead inside that institution. Deputies’ guns used .45 caliber shells; Malone’s gun was a .88 Colt. A .45 bullet is said to have been. {found in Lashe's body. It is to decide who fired the fatal shots into Lashe that Corson and |Koepfli will make their autopsy. They will tell their discoveries ta }a jury, sitting in Seattle, Tuesday {morning, | PROGRAM FOR PROBE IS OUTLINED Monday morning at 9 o'clock Koepfli, Corson and the jury will go to Carnation, taking with them the sheriff and his deputies. The scene of the slaying will be ex- amined and witnesses heard. Tuesday the coroner and his as- sistant will give the jury the medi cal testimony. Deputies will tell their part in the affray, which shattered bank windows, placed a lgirl cashier in danger, resulted in the death of Lashe, working under “protection” of the deputies, and wounded Virgil Murphy, a deputy sheriff. Murphy may testify from his bed the hospital. No inquest will be conducted en the body of Malone. Coroner Corson refused to discuss his investigation Satunlay. He said “everything will come out at the inquest.” Prosecutor Bert Ross said that, if [it was proven that the shooting of Lashe was accidental, his office would take no action in the matter. |REPUDIATES | “CONFESSION” | The alleged confgssion of John | Bench, driver of the automobile used jby the Carnation bank bandits Thursday, concerning his knowledge’ of the crime, was repudiated Satur- day morning thru his attorney, Willam Phelps Totten. Bench is declared to have verbally jrelated the details of the plans to Deputy Prosecutor Bert C. Ross, Deputy Coroner Frank Koep- } fli and Deputy Sheriff Beebe. Bench in bank while the gun battle was go- ing on inside that resulted In the death of D.C. Malone and Ted Law- nd lean forward several min-| View of him. I would be able to| she, the other two members of the ainst the side of the build-| identify him anywhere. He was] gang, st few minutes after she heard |About five feet five inches tall.) Bench repudiated his confession, @ womans’ screams, Mrs. Martin be-| heavy chested and bulging at the} thru his attorney, on the grounds loves, waist line. He wore no hat. He/ that it was made under duress and SAYS McCOY {staggered toward the front of the 1 WAS NOT THE Mé | building, where he leaned against | 0 | the brick ‘archway and stood still, Sho was taken to the city Jail bY lite was facing me, ‘Then he stag. Detective Herman Cline: to whom | gered (6 the street, Soon afterward she related her story, to s he} T hos elaway.” sulla {dentify! McCoy. Tho exboxek ke oe enone ae was ordered to walk down the jatl| Testimony of a coroner's autopsy corridor und lean inst a wen, |8Utgeon that while the shot that SPAS Meri T him a. fow | Killed Mrs, Mors left no distinguish. minute: jable powder burns on her face, the revolver was fired at Aigo, clos “MeCo: tall andf stately; the shies aa as etek and pouchy, |2N4 left the coroner's jury in doubt a Wait hotraibitsatataly ‘Jus to the cause of death. Therefore, @ was not a bit state Tene au ‘ District Attorney Asa I has ming und that the womun was killed | subpoenaed Mrs. Martin to appear] With @ revolver held a few inches Herons tf from her head and recommended grand jury next Tuesday to Call tanta) jfurther examination of the case, According to Detective Cline, Mrs.) FACES MURDER Martin sald she saw a man run from {DESPITE VERDICT the back yard of the apartment] ‘The finding constituted the first building and a second man crawl on |Support the dapper “Kid’ has re Nis hane nd knees under her win.!/celved for his suicide story. It dow. Her account of hearing a shot| Was a setback to the state, but and a woman's sereams te more vivid | District Attorney Keyes says Selby than that of any. other ‘witness. must face & murder charge nover “Oh, Goi, don't ‘do thai,” a | theless woman screamed, according to Rumors elrewlated immediately Mrs. Martin, There was a man's (Turn to Page 2. Column 5) |Zanni Alights in : Siam, at Bangkok BANGKOK, Aug. 16.—Maj. Zanni, Argentine airman, arrived here in Siam today from Tovoy, Burtaa, com- pleting another lap of his flight around the world, 2 YEARS FOR THIEF After having been found guilty of. ja robbery charge, Elon J. MacNicol sentenced to from two to five 4 in Monroo, reformatory by ott Smith, | WEATHER || Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Sunday; little change in temperature, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 71, Minimum, 55. Today noon, 61. was the robber gang attacking the bank, 1 holdup | was captured in the car outside the — iF i <== rani aeecyerran Hie eee aa Peas