The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1924, Page 1

IS DRY ENFORCEMENT A FAILURE? STEEPLE-JACK KILLED Chicago Youth Will Faas eee The Newspaper With the Biggest Cir culation in W ——_— hington F Home WEATHER . ‘andy #0 ate Sat ht Edition SORECASI _ FORECAST _ VOL. 26. NO. 171 SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1924. TWO CENTS IN ee Fal Story of Leopold-Loeb Sentence in Pictures: Page 3 (Home Brew Falls to His Death [st ,] Sentenced to Go to | :| Gallows October 17 rdpbee “ies Plunges 75 Feet to Ground at Youngs- | Attorney Says Evidence Flimsy; Points| Re re ah | town When He Starts to Paint | ' »ilst"Swisiocaa" to Leopold-Loeb Verdict and | Howdy, folks! Remember the wonderful Saturday nights Cea at POL! : ‘ in the old days when a fella RIN 8. chen ‘h » mo could spend his week's wages in ul Saturday, nearly 4 coupla hours? ¢ MoConnell, 4050 8 You said you wanted homely rover Staff at Steel Plant Ewellchere am i. and T've had Demands Justice for Doomed | We can br And departi Posters p town. seven years’ experience Here's William Jennings Bryan, the great Commoner, a8 Beveryns in keeping the letter ALLING between 75 and 100 feet from a flagpole at the|| on nie. HICAGO, Sept. 13.—Public interest here is being focused he appeared in Seattle Saturday. Bryan scored the ae ~ Bet Pacific Coast Steel company foundry at Youngstown, 4 on a slight, 19-year-old boy, with prematurely white | 472 flayed Nicholas Murray Butler in an interview to The K. S. Hanson, 45, steéple-jack, 110 Cherry st., was instantly hair, who sits in “death row” in the county jail under sen-| Re. by Wrak'Jacube, Mar Matt killed Saturday. LEOPOLD, LOEB tence to hang on October 17. nN . ° . Hanson had been employed to paint the flagpole, which is The boy is Bernard Grant, from “Back of the Yards,"|Commoner, in Seattle, Gives Views on 150 feet in heighth. He was hoisting himself to the top, Chicago, who was forced to give up school at the age of 14 using the old line which had been on the pole for a long time. ARE WORKING to help support his family, and who can't see why Nathan Booze and Bootleggers The rope was rotten Leopold and Richard Loeb, millionaire’s sons, escaped the | A. Parola, a janitor, was helping Hanson raise himself. death penalty to a confessed murder, while he is sentenced William Jennings Bryan, probably the greatest “dry” When near the top the rope suddenly snapped, Parola said, to hang on what his attorney terms “very flimsy evidence.” figure in the country, in. Seattle Saturday gave The Star | jand Hanson plunged thru the air to the ground. | A y Thomas E. 8 an exclusive interview on booze and the prohibition law. Star. - 'BROWN'S RADIO'BOLTON GRILLED Masset ite! nS Ses WORLD FLYERS “= TE eT i? y ARE ON WAY | |must be done to increase the public's respect for the pro- nell sh se ‘O ssi “under | |hibition law?” “Is prohibition a failure?” UNPAID FOR BY EFFICIENCY cop onrs ib dea a1 wen ot tt pee e | Bryan answered each promptly and poititediyi7 5 | LAW FOR POOR, | SAY ENFORCEMENT OF | mae a ordacens, ll gc ws against stealing and murder Globe-Circling Squad ron| 22%, seis’ stealing and murder ot ae cs Hops Off From Washington ‘»~ tin iy i Nar pal tte fe ot| IS WINNER — mped out yet ver limsy evidence 7. tee trict proht. poe! PLANES TO MEET THEM, bitin ee ie tal veoame | French Still Refuses to de |the prohit | of 1822 two boys! Lieut. Smith and Comrades |thonta te revealed” sald. Bry s| mit He Is Beaten Start 400-Mile Flight Bay: hee eorgs wet who prea repeal of the law on that jeune m Sept. 13 t 5 in the Iilinols » until yesterday day star been Ghost of Mayoralty Fight) Nichols Hints Power Trust in $1,485 Action Penetrates Civil Service DONATION, SAYS MAYOR BOLTON ON COMMISSION The Prince of Wales is rightly saia | ANd Radio Company Says It | Admits He Lives at Power | tern wesw the same time al to t, he ws en largely repu rial and our vain a g in the rattan shop at round AWAIT OFFICIAL COUNT to- be the best-dressed man in the Was Certainly Not Man's Home T AaSer abitiier aight tn'“eotikt ool! pe tlngel sag 8 yxy] PRS | never thinks of repealing the larceny | works. Here he ls shown at the Bel z ; hart thee A, Bf aks ee a: ha | statutes when a thiet steals his auto-) Returns in From All BUEIAE mont races, ing the latest thi ron ibe ca ng Peete ea an sr | Sic taleriasl‘atterneea clothes. The | Ghosts of the 1 eet the tentacles of the 8 out of murdering ; » the gun p Ales pete 0 mobi | | topcoat was made by Monsieur Kup- a ice by drunken drivers, he no| penhgjmer, famous Parisian coateur, er considers the personal liberty perior court whe They ned ir cells and then| penetrated into el jotorcycle cycle Co. . ere marched Into the huge dinin ton; © noitormlgarst sl ow mgnme sestheden sa af er = gam a Fen mete rable en Mela rian iil the. other” brtamnan for ‘ ae \ copetionr io Merpectace™ | (00% ROLAND H. HARTLEY, ot | two pints. The prince's companion Fon torn radio used council efficiency committee probe) 10 I f 4 Grant wer 13.— The] n urges penitentiary sentences|\/ Everett, was leading EB. L. is the petite Duchess of Sauerkraut, i: lari of that department. id clita Ve | leaded guilty to the mur-| rou: world flyers hopped ott | for bootleggers. Bootleggers convict-| French, of Vancouver, by 1,843 votes,» wearing an anti-cloche hat and a See heen to their| 7. H- Bolton, latest member of will be sepa,| 0¢r Grant denied having been with | fron ing field for Dayton, Ohio,| ed three times should be sent to| Saturday, and claimed the” republies genuine horse-hair bustle, very chic. Brown, sccording the comn nm to be appointed by i¢ not for-| Krauser, But Krauner’s confession | 400 miles away, at 10:50 a. m, astern | prison for life as habitual criminals, |can nomination for governor. complaint, had a complete new Mayor F wn, was ques ing: eet.) fnatalied | at toned by Ch alph Nichols in an effort to bring out facts nt stood trial. | standard tod tified Grant| Final reports fr ant. ¢ see implicated ¢ The clerk | he says. Hartley's lead is from unofficial | i A icated unsettled | Education of the public must be | returns from all but 46 precinets in looked something like the boy who/weather along the way but no rain.) continued. for best results of the dry|the total of 2,435 in the state. ® | broadca: Looking back over the old days, we | home a short time prior to the last can remember the time a feller could | mayorality nominations by the Ex he store t they will see each ance In assembly " hat would connect Bolton's appoint was with Krau Tho only other|Under ordinary conditions the flight |; buy a nickel’s worth of crackers and sior Co tal cost of equipment)‘ 1 in the dining hall, where they hotild take “betwee ft law, In spite of Hartley's lead, French celnio ots t he Stone & Webste witness was a 0 sald he| should te etween five and six| *\, " hi cheese and get some of both and installation was $1,485 ment with the Stone & Webster In have no opportunity, to speak. | Witness was a man who said. hejtiolh ts : an’ SX) “The bootlogger 1s a little lower! refused to admit that he was de) ey 028 "He is said to have made several) “uences. everal yeats from now it is.pos-| had seen a person resembling Grant) hoor ee Ro than the criminal, and his patron {5 teated and declared that the official | . le is make hav rf mitted ne : in the nefghborhood of the store) No stops are contemplate: ti o” “ . TODAY'S DEVINITION | promises to pay for the outfit, but| | Bolton a erg oe Banger ible they will meet again on the|!® the neighborhood ft mon Cia ps lower than he,” Bryan said. “The) count would place him ahead of iis, criminal steals a few paltry dollars.| onnonents, The bootlegger steals a man's braln.| 71. totais tor the two men from prison honor farm or at some other hen the company requested a set teme “outside job.” Until then, they must | JURY RETUR: tlement last week, the mayor said DAYTON. |by the Sept. 13.—Headed | ng bomber, largest A lawyer is a fella who gets Stone & Webster lobbyist and h two other fellas to strip for a of the power trust automobile bua! ratio. Is [VERDICT OF GUILTY “The lust for money actuates the | © underftood it was a cam-| | follow arate trail | craft ever bi : < fight and then runs off with oie och ee tine Advined to “une good Judgment”| “Tho jury returned a verdict of thanalr craft ever built, 12) pootiegger. ‘The love of money als 1 ee eae are; Hartley, their clothes. be palin co athe Excelsion Co, say| “Did Robert Whiting suggest to) ang “not to put on alrs,"lf-they|sullty and ordered a sentence of tthe round theaworid: fens, to {ways has been a strong temptation, | 97-955: ich, 66,112. : sae eget a the mayor, Edwin J. Brown, that! wanted to make prison lite bearable, | death Thvtoc " The boozer yields to hisappetite; he| No more totals and no reports that they had no such idea in : mind when they sold the equipment) You be ap inatalled it in the | eee diseased throat above his | on the 46 missing precincts will be” once, It is more of a crime|@vallable until the official carivas of liquor than it is to sell jt." | the vote Is made by the auditors of We don't know because superior co months ed civil service com-|they protested that they had no in-| “Since then Krauser has made a| «rng Nichola asked tention of being up-stage, and ndded:| statement denying Grant, was with present plan is for the world chol |fyers to remain in’ Dayton until Bolton. “Did the mayor's ‘associa-| yf we had good judgment wo| him. Monday while a new motor fs in- ation. ude hed aot home. hae alta: we seigttiheael Sustaers Se: bine ai Shexin' ‘5 5 Sat nuts the counties where the precinets are eunctimen hey & Brown used the radio extensivély| tion’ with Whiting have anything] wouldn't be here. ___ (Turn to Page 3, Column 2) |stalled in Lieutenant Wade's plane |CHARGES HUTLER’S missing, (Was Ganared Sain “we his campaign, both In the p gr snec' aidawared Bolted. whet’ hen | - oi i Se a samaration The missing precincts are in out- Sign on the Back of « Ford sand finals. His nightly talks}, "1, go with clvil service Hartson Goes South ran ice of booss to a decrave| Ceeway pinces, where thére tala * za | “on the alr” were one tea- : : ly low price of booze to a decrease | telephone communication. Results My pappy was a bicycle, tures of his election. Thousands of| BOLTON ADMITS HE | | to Study Smuggling |in the demand for alcoholics. He of the election trom these precincts { My mammy was a mule, radio fans, not only In- Seattle but| LIVES WITH WHITING | | Millard Hartvon, collector of cus-|DFanded the statement of Nicholas| have been mailed to the county Granddaddy was a lawn-mower, | |thruout the Pacific coast, lstened| “Only this,” replied Nichols. “That |toms, left Friday ‘night for a com-| Murty Butler, president of Colum-|auaitor and these letters will not be” Fyt I'm a speeding fale! in on the mayor's campaign talka.| the civil service ts the most influen |bined vacation and business trip to | Dla university, that Hquor is used! opened until the official check fs <i ____s¢| The cost of the radio Is $1,200) tial department of city government | Jcallfornia, He will confer with |More widely in the homes than ever| made. 4 RES and the installation $285, The mayor| and {t would not be a good thing to} 1 Sitter vernmental officers on {before as “greatly magnified and| yt is not believed that the vote A vicious man says that {t's only | is said to have offered to turn back| have a competitor of our city since the ladies began to vote that|the outfit, but the Excelsior con-| department control it.” | the electio ised {t, because of the cost| Bolton admitted that he has lived a at Whiting’s house, 406 Smith st.,! ght | lecteeting untrue” ti é | |smuggling activities. % a ,| from these precincts will materially - Bryan castigated Nicholas Murray | change the totals. The absentee vote . i ie Butler, head of Columbia university.) is not expected to change réstl Two Pencils Were [as a ‘wet, and refused to discuss] qitner, as tere are but 1,000 of these ave been called Pry den Tribune ation and wear and tear on eee off and on for the past three years, oe +) | polities. i cau!pment I Oo I t ts said. Dias telser' Means he Ai, but’ he sald’ fie: does hot ‘ktiow that hief’s Only Loot | “Butler thinks that because lquor | ERENCH SAYS HE ae T'settor Feu | Whiting {# connected in any way| Two nickel-plated pencils formed |is necessary to him that it is neces- SAYS HE |the total loot of @ thief who broke |sary for everybody. There are many | CONCEDES NOTHING into the home of H. C. Rolfhelm, | people who do not need alcohol to| “I’m conceding nothing,” French Defense Day Was with the power trust or that Whiting | an . actus is lobbyist for the power company.| te ie caren “Disappointing” Whiting aver, alae: haw: Oean /6322 Maynard ave., Friday night.|stimulate the brain, Mr. Butler{S8id Saturday. .“I am sure a re That yon be wise ceavahal bil" power, contbatiy. le Nothing else was taken, Rolfheim|sees double many times multiplied |check will place me ahead. ‘There And call the Weights WABHINGTON, Sept. 13—A gen-| (Aelia and atate legislative | reported. the | atieation:* ce \nave been rnany , irregularities alk And Measure guys eral shakeup of the reserve organi-| 'st In city hall and sta' plate on. thaldiquoeradeation: And get him canned. orida has taken nothing from |ready.” —O. ¥. dated, Inseeter, mee of the tinh Lag abiare probable, n but a few pounds of fat, It has| Other candidates, however, readi- in’ disap The committee concluded Its probe | Defense Day Flyer | Bry ate teat of the civil service Saturday and} left him Jean, bronzed and fit, with|ly conceded victory to. Hartley Bic ihn veered de Tuesday will begin an Investigation vg ise en Wrecks Army Plane) piercing eves that peer out” from|Lamping and Reyelle wired thelr _ circles. Coolidge deaf and dumb clubs wilt | pointments | be organized in every state, it i6 an Altho the r bs regiriyy alta of thé poliée . departmert.: ‘The ‘in-| Bt Ore,, Sept, 13.—While| Shaggy eyebrows for all the world|Congratulations, as did Mark Reed, nounced. It fs not necessary to be |the general results “satisfactory” | 00 MU MO seid in| vere enj ta A r ; ra ar republican leader, from Shelton. ven ion will probably be held in)| were enjoying to the full the good things of life—at attemp' © alig Friday at} lke an eagle. i . to join the club, it is understood that the turnout| re tre oe cHier Ww. B, Severyns. |! least us : e ; i ull t ae od a jate raptta is oo te Friday at | Pe TAUDED BY The Incomplete tofals:indiod tetiatie Dumbhess will be sufficient lor “one day” volunteers and the least as far as the world could see—when jthe conclusion of an air circus in) Rey. MARK MATTHEWS Judge W. D. Askren and Judge W. . . number of communities participat: | j cbeervation =0¢) Defense ‘day; Lieut ached Seattlo|H. Pemberton will have to rum . . | Foye » ‘ | The commoner ‘Tea § . : CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON (ine, were. not entirely what was! Waluable Diamonds é ” BASES pags ay eres rae Friday night and went to the Gow-|agains each other in the final elec IVY CLUB | hoped for i Stolen From Home| handing fled ond completely demot, {an hotel, He ts here to fill an on. |tion. The woman who has her puppy's | Out of the 16,792,781 persons who | 5 ; ished one of the army 8 Ha vilang | sasement for the Eliison-White lec-| Judges Main and Mitchell were monogram stamped on his biscuits. | “participated” in the test thruout) piamonds valued at several hun gripped them and turne em into fools. The rich ture bureau, elected in the primaries. Askren’s) ese {th uuntry, only 828,000 actually |dreq dollars, as well as other Jev E af brok ienti ‘d tock bate airplanes, Bryan was visited by Rev. Mark| unofficial vote is 89,783, and hi YE DiaRy | offered: themselves: for Vode AY leiry, were. taken by‘ burglars from saat ‘ig PI sa A habe “ an hi ie hr man were iat ihe Serer et not injured. | 4. Matthews, Saturday. Scores of must have 94.446 votes to be elected ember 12) Inervice with any of the regulat|thy jome of Charles Bushell, 6812|| Successful and sophisticated, but the threat of the |{altho the plane, which was used in) jamirers called him by phone and|in the primary. Early np, and to packing the househoia |#ervice with any he hom Charles Bushell, i P ded ret ‘ forest patrol work, was damaged be- Ahad Ying sé y goede ta boxes, and anon comes W.| military organizations. Greenwood ave. Friday night. ty made them act like in Crime stalks in, feud repall yd others came up to shake him by the mand we do try to figure With 120,000 regular army troops leaning on the tattooed arm—crime past, crime <a Reet hand, | Baskets of frult and beautiful 1 booth ind refrigerators down ihe wie iiatnea wae Boy Plays Hookey; | present. You'll get the thrill of a lifetime in the iYes We've Bananas "He ste tie ‘of the <cleinést ‘en Criminal Assault work ever aid, 1,220,000 ruon , clumax of this mystery story of the first order by that has ever been in public life in gain, heaven forbid. “And Mes i. He Can’t Be Found | Isabel: Ostrander. Don’t fail to read the first chap- From Honolulu Now) tie word's history," Rev. Matthews} MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, Sept. 1 7 ig heartily, but 1 aid arep Police detectives Saturday were ter of The first Honolulu bs as to be} sald. —Howard Kinton, negro, was put — chine Enters Apartment searching for 12-year-old George Gil Tplnded on sale in Seattle for six —_————— to death at 12:48 p. m, today in | rand | bert, who ran away from his home, | yenrs were to arrive here Sunday F SOLDIERS HURT Georgia's first electric chair exeeu- oF patente wid. eis | and Steals Purse 82 36th st., rather than go to ‘ THE TATTOOED ARM” aboard the Matson liner, Lurline, DENVER, Col eve 13.—-Five | tion for assaulting a white woman, — wife's toe, which do be| entering the avartment of Mnalschool. The boy left home Friday The bananas are consigned to tho] soldiers from Fort Logan were in-|The negro faced death calmly. Ho 7 Lng ne cosa Hd 908 | Soratrom, 1 Minor ave., Friday |morning to go to a n by school, Washington Consumer company.| jured here last night when a train} was the first prisoner executed in ‘to hed. night, by removing a windowsereen, |but didn't arrive there, His par In The Star Tuesday This company will endeavor to place | car plowed thru the ranks of a com. | Georgia since the noose was abolish 2 ge ‘a thief stole a purse containing $24! ents believe that he may have gone this product from Honolulu on the} pany forming for Defense day pa-jed and tho electric chair substituted A. J. 8. ‘and escaped. to Yakima, market regularly. rados. | for capital punishment. yecyemry