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

(County Helped Build Roadhouse, Accusation In The Newspa Temperature Last 24 8 Maximum. Today noon Entered as Second Class Matter May he Se 2, )a0. per With the Biggest Circulation in Washington at the Postoffice at Beatt SEATTLE WASH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 1924 * Home rew Boy Slayers Await Fate ij Leopold and Loeb 5) INJURED IN ee Sent to tel STORM FURY | rier ON LINERS sommniion) Franks’ Murder lt es Ce Nag sree ae “ne| Passengers Suffer During w manufa | ould be ago, Aug. t are >| Terrific Storm on Atlantic ;8 & saps: “The False Alarm!" Must fea story about a political can Gidate. Krupp The famo : any th made ¢ se molars aidt ur to ca te & bridegroom who |Nathan Leopold and Rich [rests in t of Chief Just R hand. Caver! Caveriy today named Sep-| VESSELS REACH HARBOR at 9:30 a. m. as the day mee Smaller Craft Still at Sea May Have Met Dire Fate N dane John newspaper y Einstein, t real Oar idea would tion sleut of Wales moonshine tember 10 pinchi taking for imposing slayers prisoners. Justice Caverly also that on the day ¢ Spectators will be permitted. Onl members of the press, members the families of persons involved case and the various Reys will be permitted in the n room in p the for @ shot announced sentence no If these newspaper sob-sisters don’t p telling usithat the Prince of iy “just @ reg’lar fellow,” we know we shall scream! (E WEEK-END OUTING start fore concluding th The forgotten mayonnaise tice. Caverly said he would The return for the mayonn Stricken ‘from the testim The second start marks bg to do with t The arrival at Chilblain River of testimony to intimic The attempt to cook supper court, SAYS COURT WON'T | BE INTIMIDATED | “This court will not be intimi |dated by anyone or anything,” Jus. | #0 docked late jtlee Caverly declared. He said the} Twenty-four others were treated jcriticism. of the length of time in. >Y Surmeons and. taken their volved in the case and the introduc. , homes or hotels. | | tion of testimony after the pleas of] The Homeric, of the same line, also | | guilty wea unfounded. ‘ was hard hit and seven of her pas | “Nelther wealth nor poverty had | S¢lgtts were Injured: hing to do with this case,” Jus-|_ The Arabic wan a veritable hos | thee Caverly declared. verything | Pital ship as she steamed into port,| done by this court was dont for the | mere than three score ber paseen purpose of justice.” | mers stretched out on mattresses on Hearing ‘of _ evidence W YORK, Aug. 28.—Two great ocean liners, battered by giant in @ terrific storm which raged | the Atlantic Tue were rt here toda hile f their when in more than e case, Jus.| 50 ed from jaju about b: which all & | The Arabic, line, which + meet her a | severely hit and passengers | were taken to hospitals at once when aterda passengers suffe der they thrown re waves | ge et = the most fire that goes out. “Whe fire that smokes. The fire that won't cock pTié'decision to eat cold beans drafty tent. Mhe mosquito that buzzes The sudden storm. Sea captains said } the wor ney additional hurric the storm was had encountered, an: rien of the fury of the ne were expected as other lin. 1d into port men feared for caught in th may have stiffered verely t the big youthful slayers of 14-year-old Rob- fert Franks was completed today th a fiery denunciation of Nathan and Richard by State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe. Crowe cluded a whirlwind of invectives. He termed ‘the murder of Robert Franks “the direst in the history of Chicago,” «and the murderers he jclassed with rattlesnakes and mad} dogs. The smaller storm, whict more se. cor his speech with even liners A new storm Was repotted moving northward from the West Indian hur- ricane zone an The Danish steamer from American ports, reported that her captain had been tent that blows away. beg dios: The wife who makes sarcastic re- about your wooderaft Hhe sicepless night. The cold, dreary morning. The breakfast. he words with your wife. The rain-storm. route South committed,” he the $10,000 ran- crime “simply was for to a tion picture actreas, and Jack’s sis. | ter, who 1s chaperoning the couple Miss Taylor and lett here on the same train, whilo ru mors of their igagement fluttered in their wake either of the two would confirm reports Ferry Menace Urges her demands that the city | s til impeach Mayor Brown. Of | sc , the city council hasn’t any | | to impeach the mayor, but! | st. Might think up a few more things to call him Dempsey | JUDGE HAS THREE Cerro Ebano also was blown from his down, tired “and perspiring from his| crew was blown overboard and lost | were consumed in reviewing the in-| | which was supplementary to the evi LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2§.—Jack |ing—one of the most sensational on| Luis Firpo do their stuff, ts report howls of Little Bobby. | Caverly to sentence the two slayers.| With him, according to reliable tence them to terms in the peniten- zi for several days to study the thou jsnid. washed from the bridge and lost panes The capatin of the Doheny tanker | CHOICES OF PENALTY bridge, but managed to cling | When the state’s attorney sat|lower deck rail A member of the | three-day argument, a few minutes| " ; Jack, Miss Taylor | dictment ebarging Nathan and Rich 5 ; | ard with “kidnaping for ransom.”| in Salt Lake City? dence charging them with murder.| nempsey, who left here Tuesday for The court was adjourned. The hear-| New York to watch Harry Wills and | " | record—was completed. led today to be in Salt Lake City, |t decision to return home. | Nothing remains but for Justice |resting between trains. jm e spanking he gets. | He has three choices—hang them;|report, is Miss Estelle Taylor, mo. P < s y wife who calls you a “big | S¢ntence them to life terms or sen- tiary of not leas than 14 years | He intends to go into seclusion sands of pages of evidence and argu: ments. gh a ‘Port Commissioner Says New Site Is Imperative; Chamber Acts Before adequate ferry facili- ties can be provided on Seattle waterfront, it will be necessary to acquire a new ferry building site, in the opinion of George F. | Cotterill, port commissioner. | Cotterill eaid Thursday the site now used by most of the ferries anding ose nly 60 feet LPP betimes. for landing purposes is on peg alg any 4 & ox and) wide and go situated as to cause that she is Just a Sittle enddly permanent ‘inconvenience and dan-|" phig deal, t she did not langh. bat did | 5. a ers, It is owned Mi seriously, the fond, foolish crea-| 8°" 10 passengers I : fe : And so to’ the office, where did | Jointly by the county an 6 por Most of the day, writing this and| of Seattle. Putting Jittle black letters in a) ‘rhe Star’g insistence that the fer- ‘ow, surely a strange way to| 3 e BA one’s time, and did wish I was w|TY” business -growing faster | than artist or m tatooed man ina eir-|mort any other line of waterfron or aia have & Job running an ele-|activity--be pleced on a safe and And so to home, and to telling 1) ponis, brought forth all man- about the first prize I did ance ‘ intertatten for satfia work, bat |ner of favorable comment Wednes- day | wc Me Btar's mile marthon swim Be staged at Green lake Satur- afternoon. IA'l Gee Gee says oi is going to enter if her water-| are fired in time, investigate conditions. Saturday to further question | Meanwhile ferry users and citizens | It will meet . consider the! We don't know why anybody wants awim a mile around Green lake, | the car service is perfectly deal—the strange affair by which the jcounty commissioners three years ago leased the bay ferries to the Kitsap Navigation Co, for a period of 10) | years. YE DIARY (August 27) by reason of the one company, is one of the obstacles. in the way of providing ferry service !to meet present, to say nothing of \future needs, according ferry | patrons. to Three Are Drowned Rot believe me, until I did find w| 1 did make, which did silenee| 4°) committee from in Columbia River 1 lek of Cl 6, ded bya ; |Chamber oz Commerce, headed ath THE DALLES, Ore., Aug Rench, for indeed it i master- af raffin work, And 0 to bed. pe | i 4 | 15. H. Miller, ita president, iff . ts | it smell rid smoke in the|moet with the port commisstoners| Thres Mrsons were drowned in the) PR aut , att Pa > ta ew to, Columbia river, four miles west of| din’t autumn leaves burning—it’s|at on early date with a view to ign cigars |persuading the commission to pro- | this city last night after dark, when vide some temporary ’ rellef. one after the other went POY, 50 me A committee from. the Seattle|companions in distress. if ‘amber of Commerce sent a repre-| Mrs. BE. B. Greiner, and sentative to the ferry slip Wedhes.| Mra, Victor Buncel were fay afternoon to check traffic and | tims. th the Vashon! 29.— See to rescu cracked ‘co and a Mr the and vic A.J. 8, D. believe it look at Mother Ryther's orphan home. on Stone way. si Jou lieve faces yther’s homeless | summer }to find not so are some be they home playing something look it. | cause way mean WILBUR PROGRAM. generally are recalling the old ferry He’ll View Sand Point | navy, | both sided lease, favoring the operating | yrday Camp Byer, the navy air base, Wilbur railroad day. over pick the land automobile ® may the field Chamber at the They're Glad School Starts Soon Joys and Girls Out at Mother Ryther’s See Chance to Work a Relief After Monotony of Vacations S — % ea . 4 zie og gi Why the grins? Why, they’ em, e glad school is going to start next Tuesday. If you don't They are Stanley Murphy and Josephine Eiseman, who live at Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Btaff Photographer ‘What ofThese Mr.Candidate? ILL the “County Ring” continue to boss the county thru its control of courthouse affairs, or will a cleanup administration go into office that will wipe out the power of the machine? This is the issue, The Star believes election of county commissioners. to every King county veter. We believe the 10 questions below are pertinent ques- tions that the voters would like to have every candidate answer truthfully and conscientiously. And we invite ALL candidates for county commissioner to answer them for publication in The Star. 1 when school |{ count what Have you had 2 dealings with To what extent? Over If thru the was it always bid? BY DANA W. NORRIS LAD s¢ ool is going to start? If you dap't be grins on those part of Mother of orphans and one look They are big. fc up on § it at the Kk way They've with nothing to them ' means tony They have a omething to do. been around all do, Vaca nothing but hard time hanging to mm Oh, two of them But they yea or “keen” for the lucky ones ven a “trip to the mountains” by kind-hearted persons. Or may- |} have been taken into some a week or one are school who haye been in the coming It’s of vital interest Stanley ad school |. ked him "Yes, I guess I the above, is 10 "Are start?” you KO to we he said will »m,"* rin give us to. do.” 14, losephine Is have an employe of King In what capacity? For th of time? | Are been you } county Are move costly What. will 6 (it running in the trict) of getting ficlent construction that district? Will you retain any of fhe present supervisors and road bosses there? 7 any officials and you in sympathy to reduce the county auto: you but she doesn’t to Lincoln high employes? with the number of for officials? hool next sday "Yes, I'll arts, I'll I've be be n glad scared ies to death’ be to h but I'm to go any You £00, doesn’t | much to us as it does to} ki financial | county? how long le of com ver been gh} be your method North dis: economical, ef. of ronds in hool nxious vaeation Ki a period material petitive 3 How | this real ¢ her by you lived Do have punty tate? Who is paying campaign expenses? Has county employe contributed? Any Have you prom any in | Have you agreed to any defi- nite road for section of in are running. sympathy with ak the present you own your construction any the district | “By | ution? which you you in nything H 8 plan to br one-sided ferry leases and substi tute for them adequate b fee and proper term: 9 King county is crying for tax reduction. What plan you to bring it about? 10 public Are te J the organiza Land and Sea” Wilbur, secretary of the Sand Point from water approaches he inspects he King m What will you do to clean up affairs by or ma at serv. is Curtis D, al facilities? will view and and forenoon 4 control of county the so-called “county ring chive? 5 jobs government id economize rating expenses? Do you “tribut when ‘ have How will you act to cut down will arrive faktne station at the county on | avor tem useless What is your attitude on a city-county merger? On of utiliti for example, would you vote next year to give the county light contract to the city light department? 6 Fri Commodore Samucl: A. Perkins of! Tacoma Yacht club will steam to. Seattle Friday morning,| up. the secretary's party at Seattle Yacht club at 9:30 and| him the whe an} trip will -be made aroand| that th the r appre or abolition of the which gounty employes must ald*® campaign funds? Do you favor a rule prohibiting the plac ing on the payroll of relatives of ownership iy Coneretely at base, a executive | — a LOSES WATCH AND CASH A watch and $3.00 in cash was the loct of & room prowler who early | Thursday morning rifled the room of George 8. Carter, Craig hotel. The thief used a pass key to gain en trance, \ —LY Ammunition Stores in Arsenal Blow Up ATHENS, Aug. 28. A majority of the ammunition stores in the naval arsenal exploded this morning, There were many victims, naval conditions to the field view land ches and plane a to the Commere¢ at by city for a lunche s0| The return of Hippodrome will be noon to 1:30 m. made automobile, ttle Star EW WASTE CHARGES HOME EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. Girl 19, Dies During Party Thee Arrested im COUNTY TRUCKS “Ends Birthday MADE A FILL FOR ‘GROVE’ Celebration ‘a | Candidate Phillips on Road 4b ACOMA mpanio : as Inspector, Charge p.|BUT HE DENIES STORY ating her both *| Truck Driver's Affidavit Is Read at Political Meet Cc WwW and HE torious Au is dead s wh night girl roner F. J. Stewart was to con an invest de the to girl's the a former roadhouse North End resort, constructed by King coun rding to an affidavit polit meeting at the Unt Mb P. F. Morrow, an commissioner from the Star learned Grove ne was bruised and a f hav- badly ndications police said. ér th stadium, jaw k showe partially en choke ac reag taxicab t 4 o'clock the former swore to the affidavit before of the Peace J, W Olmstead, of 8601 Gr wood ave., on May 9, 1924 In his affidavit, Leavans claims that he nd another county truck driver named Sid Stenmore, ‘hauled county gravel in county trucks and {filled in.the swamp on which Tho {Grove was buiit. for an entire, week. |This took place during the summer lof 1921, the affidavit states, Both |were drawing pay from the county fat the time. HILLIPS MAKES AL read count girl was de: of the sailors Justice ny him physician. He police station | affair. BOY 1S. KILLE BY TRUCK ‘Harold Burton Falls as He. | Rides Bicycle a 9 the and made a report of the drove them to his affi follow- a speech by H. J. Phillips, also lidate for commissioner, after denounced the road Harold f Phillips, Morrow said. |Mrs. 1. M employed under Tom Dobson, North jaye. .N. W. 1 T ly | Bnd commission as road inspec jkilled Thursd the time, and the work truck done with materials and men under and the direction of Phillips. 4 Phillips avit houses. was oon him on grave jay. W |. The ran over W. Drayus died he w boy ‘ay to the | denies ction any connection The affidavit b: toll S. Stoll 28, of 6 stopped into a aid. un to certify that I, favans, was a county employe under Tom Dobson, county commissioner, and John Peterson, as superintendent of road district No. 9, of the North or Third commissioner's district (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) and ar-by | The lad! the rear truck, after the front had passed him, Stoll said. Jared that he was driving 5th W., and as proached Dravus st. starte pass the boy. The front wheel |passed, Stoll said, when suddenly he felt a bump at the rear of the truck The truck driver looked around cue fam, gue wowte ama veae Skagit Delay Quiz Held Up | for Ten Days the boy for first bicycle drug fel from his | wheels of the jwh south on ave The driver said he could not un- derstand how the lad fell under the | truck. He believes the victim may have become excited and lost his | Investigation! of cies gelayit ie |completion of the Skagit power |project was delayed Thursday, when jChairman George F. Russell, of the j board of public works, told member Jot the city council the Board wi MAY FLY FRIDAY not yet prepared to make the re- | that the board port ’ Russell ‘said | public works was gathering the data |and would be rezdy to submit a re- port a week from Monday. Skagit | Engineer Carl’ i Uhden and other |members of the boatd had a meet- jims Thursday morning and an- nounced that. they decided not to attend the committee's meeting. Pending the report, the counci! voted to delay. paying R. C. Storrie & Co, the July work estimate of $32,000. Attorney stephens Chad wick, for Storrie & Co. served no- tice that the contractors will expect interest on the money due until it is paid. The council consented to the j demand, balance. Stoll to be recognizance was released on his own Gale Subsiding; ‘Airmen May Hop for Labrador Coast ABOARD U. INDIAN HARBOR, orab! weather fo |prospective route of flyers from lvigtut, Indian Harbor, gave strength to the of the American airmen that} would be able to take off to- for home . at sea was believed to be| RICH MOND, Aug. 28. ‘av ts along the | the American Greenland, to hépe they morrow A Rale subsidin The at Teel | west shor now anchored three miles ichmond is ickle harbor, just of Indian Harbor | Present plans call for to arrive Icetickle jwide circular cove. nt the Richmond tioned 25 miles out jbor, | At a conference aboard ship last | night, assignment of the ships for| Commenting jursday {for the flight down the coast were | charges brought against him by |made. The Lawrence will leave a|the Rev.. U: G. Murphy,, missionary |few hours after arrival of the fly-|to the Japanese, Mayor B, J. Brown nd take up a position just off | discussed some of the larger aspect |of the immigration question 3 ree | Mr. Murphy Wednesday. accuse t W. C. T. U. CHIEF DIES | Brown of responsibility for condi ions along street8 thru which’ hun aside pe gD cig | Gres ot achot “children sine have seh robs oy tac Wash: | 1g pass going to and from schotl. Jington State Children’s Home, and {4 Mie vent of the mayor Was Noe known Me Ay ai ‘ cReees Hquested. It will be considered next poe ae hone -folletgae ade iieas, {Tuesday by, the Council cfficiencs Jat her home following an_ illness y. by é jot over a year, Mrs. Brown and | committee : her aged husband, Rev. H, D.| Brown, replyin ho attenap | Brown, who survives her, organized |t0 answer Mr. Murphy's accutit [children’s work in this state. Mrs.|tlons, He contented himself wi tL [Grown was for five years president [Sane that recent arrests of BROWN DODGES Makes No Reply to Charges by the Rev. U. G. Murphy T flyers a the sta har the Harbor, During will be from the upon for the mC made no attem of the city federation of the W. C.}| Japanese criminals prompted th? = minister's action.