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MAYOR: DENIES HE GIVES == 9 COUNCIL MEMBERS BOOZE Beer rerremnnnrrrponnangn Sg RRMRNRE TT Neeson een nn The Newspaper With the ‘Biz ‘gest Circul: ation. ‘in \ shington : The Seattle Star <. ered ae Se e at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March %. Per Year, by Mall, $3.60 “VOL. 26. NO. 174, SE ATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1924 TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE F erry Inspection Law Weak! INSEATTLE AS | INVESTIGATION Ba ha] PRIGEDROPS — Pounced Upon by F valet | AT STATION hi Telicts sate ae titenane |Peownded Fight Between| men to Avoid Inspection Slams Door as He Leaves; The lot of column conductors | Shippers and Dairy in Sight Returns to Snicker | ce ana, Ni. L £# is getting easier all the time. “ee PRICE 9 CENT A TUBBY, ungainly-looking ferries and freight boats ply Puget Sound waters Ida Reussenzehn, clerk for the U.S. Air Service at Daye NTS A QUART without licensed pilots or licensed engineers, The Star’s investigation of NICHOLS MERELY SMILES ton, Ohio, is to ye married to Lieut. Jack Harding, ’round- a to eentence ‘sem Looks Bad for Farmer but the fer business uncovered Wednesday. Committee Adjourns at Noon the-world flyer, after his trip. So says Mrs. Rumor. Consumer Not at All Angry Due to a rule of the United States government’s steamboat inspection service Until Friday Morning 7 - * Tk LIFILE PAL x ia aia ferry boats and freighters under 65 feet in length are not required to have Telephone company head reit ROSPECTS of « prolonged milk | licensed officers in charge. | AYOR EDWIN 4. BROWN erates his policy of increasing war, disastrous to the farmer, | M threw the bond of friendship between | Dut benefiting the consumer, loomed| Neither is inspection of engines or hulls required on 65-foot boats exce pt those | a verbal bomb shell ' into the eity counell efficiency | his organization and the sub- | Wednesday as the Seattle Milk Ship operated by steam. committee probe of the police seribers. pers and the Mayflower Dairy locked department when it started the We In Seattle, poor nuts, can't | | orns While estimates are difficult to obtain, fully a dozen of these queer-looking seem to realize that when the A pleasant reaction to the consum 6 second d f its investigation contrivances are in use in public ee ae ens Gd oan tx Oia of malic to 8 conic service the entire length of the Sound. No Wetoens "ees ie er EY A per cant Irn merely ying to be rand 6 cents 8 pint ., Seweimen TS, Army Airmen Make Easy Flight Brown per cent it is merely trying to be | | @uart and 6 cents a pint. proved a| doubt competent captains and engineers operate these boats, but there is no} p.in t r pill for the milk producers of ote. | the district. For the decrease to the |8OVernment supervision to protect the life and goods of the patrons using them. | =i Po XSusr a If Judge Caverly Leopold and Loeb, the do would have b to live on spi sien gs “i SIs ne ;. a 98 consumer was accompanied with a| These boats are solely in charge of their owners, who are issued operators’ | Nic) muckrak bs ellos tercoren From Chicago to Nebraska City : L areata. repetiors. the. de>) drop ot, 16 ca ‘fo Siae—to. the pro. | ieenses * ‘without examination of any kind.” tained & proportion of honest men,| Font CROOK FLYIN LD, {are now 24 hours behind thelr west- ji wspaper couldn't say that the) ducer | Laws governing the steamboat inspection service of the United States ounc i Omaha, .Neb., “Bent ne | ern schedule on account, ot «tama bandits cscoped in a high-powered| The p drop of the milk ship. overnment require: “You,” shouted the mayor at army world flyers safely completed |lay-over yesterday, due to. bad car. : pers was brought about by the arr g bs q Nichols, “have been telling it |their hop from Chicago to Omaha | weather 12 was a Chevrolet yal in Seattle Tosedty night of « No boat, while carrying passengers for hire, shall be operated or navi- around that John E. Carroll, /today, landing at Fort Crook flying| “We are not going to. take any “ Kobert Hesketh and Ge ander eaaie % PAGE CYNTHIA GREY Hadas be ; the Mayfioner Dury ted except in charge of a person duly licensed for such service by the lo Feel caer eee Tes en | field’ at 1548 pom {chan s from now on,” - sald ,aeut When a newspaper prints cook- | {ts first of Snohomish county) cal board of inspectors. iia, pallens itabver thes wat Carefully circling the field, Lieut | seit We bare cee 0 on hay or Deg yeu call t Vit- Fain heer dine ane ened seers “NO EXAMINATION shall be required as the condition of obtaining it. 1 am telling you now that | Lowell H. Smith, flight commander, | 1.10 tnneceasary risks ‘at this Stag there is no man living who can | made a perfect landing. A moment | t off his entire) such a license—” 4 - } William Jennings Brya: EEO Ae | ee hen Snob h "get confiscated whisky whe: lam Jenn! s Bryan | s and when Snohoris! , , ate av i ’ e Broadway high school atudenta on|miik was obtained, cut the price to} hat, it is claimed, is why so many snub-nosed ferry boats may be found in tiie arene searaee Stulsky “The Constitution and Publie Speak-| force out competition. public operation. 10 the hospiials and to people ing.” w o 7 e% "No, Hortense, he didn’t favor. an Tibdothe Weaa ional “Wednesasy,|. For boats over 15 tons’ capacity, an inspection is required of both engine and} he PFE FANS Oets (Se . . th ‘ows of tries jarding the} amendment to the constitution Pro-| when James Crehan, president of ‘lot p once each year. But any man with an empiric knowledge of nav: 2 phan Bee ge loot | of the game. The daring aviators were in fine ton IL, and Lieut. Eric Nelson | spirits and all were keen to con~ landed tinue on with their “job” and end oke | the historic flight im complete’ suc- A crowd Setihserer at 2b Fee UrOKy | caes, . Lietit: .Jask Hiatal ae usually cheerful. Old Lady Rumor | says that the lieutenant held a re- KR The airmen were escorted to a Lewd | union with a young lady at Day- u had a list) form where Charles Gardner, }ton and that all is well with the s where|tary of the Ak-Sar-Ben, ‘Gata leeecees carried on. I demund| booster society, introduced them to that lst to Lieutenant | the crowd. | ; Comstock or the chief, and if you! The armen hopped orf from May- er | iater Lieutenant Wade, in the Bos-| igation OF | mayor comes , 7 publ: ms e e uneed th a BACK field and nearly mobbed the flyers. er mevonte et |hnad contracted for Suchaaish rane |Of propelling engines may be employed by the owner or operator of such ves- AND UPTERS SNICKE WALL MOTTO FOR A RADIO FAN ‘milk on a basis that will enable him |Sels to transport passengers and freight. PAP scien ta ose #6 |to meet the low price set by the z 1: 7 Ohm, Sweet Olin <1 ise scan, In some instances regular ferry boats have been sawed in two and the two bootlegging —— The war has been in progress for halves made into makeshift carriers that come under the 65-foot exemption <: enone ees: an|saxeral_montha but actualy hostil: clause. (Turn to Page 3, Columa 2) ie you are acting in bad faith.| wood flying field, Chic go, at et | SURPRISED JANITOR tit ce te ‘rove he has SS Aa A i eae Spo ea eae | here an vhathinne Uakcaeeaiseltron baste Prariretepetine 9 thelr, iy, FACES COPS, SHOT- is up to the democrats | Per cont of the wocatlon's ‘milk Court Petition | Be - Renton Child Pe resuraption fue here meta ae Srmed, with —ahotgulelt ities aug eS er ne | elahenadl ° / Ffisilco, Feat Wileieth cease (CONE Convicted of De-| |tor Joe Mason, Lieut. | ; pistols search wan being made | tr Joe deorge Com-| to a bounteous Nebraska “corn-fed” | 92 | Stock, Mead of the dry squad, and| meal shortly after the landing, and| Margaret Ettlin, 22) 1° ; nughter of Mr, and Mrs. Elizabeth W. Harris, head of following the tumultuous cheering} A few minutes previous, the Janitor while cleaning up had *. ee | ‘This lasted two days, when the! the petition of the Pacific Tele-| stroying Signatures | today. for ‘The governors of the Shanghai golf | association cut off Crehan’s entire! phone & Telegraph Co. for removal | months old, “Ww . | ‘ | the women's divistor ah z ; stepped on one of the push but- course have forbidden players on the | supply We were whipped,” said/of the Henry Clay Agnew sult) rouis J. Benedittl, found guilty| Mrs. Louis Ettlin, Renton Junction, {ecu ah saaaroptae previouser | of the crowd on hand to greet them. tons of the electric .burgian Sale linksguntil the fighting moves some-|Crehan. “In another day welto federal court Wednesday of violating the state laws guarding {| ¥h0. dixappeared from her home | by these: teen : y| The fog which delayed the start// situ) which is connected with wher else, } would bave gone to the wall. But) rhe case wan brought to recover |the people's initiative rights, w | about 4:30 Tuesday afternoon y layor to remain to aid) early in the day vanished and per-| headquarters. They probably figure some of the| we began laying our campaign. soldiers might get injured by flying| We now have contracts with Sno- ior 6 ed urn to Page 2, | 8 port. yers $7.45 from. the phone company on|oniy a tool “pliable and faithful in|. Footprints of the little girl led ro n to Page 2, Co'umn 3) [mitted a safe Jumpoff. The flyers |the basis that it had failed to file | ¢), thru underbrush near the home, but it eT White House to Jungle—? AN AMERICAN presi- dent went into the land of lions. ... ROOSE- VELT—AND AFRICA— the soft, low beat of drums in the jungle night —the shrill chattering of monkeys in the hands of higher-ups who go un: golf balls. jhomish county dalrymen to supply|the Atigust 1 rate increase with| punished,” Justice C. C Dalton said} te trail was lost on the road, | ae leure jus with all the milk we want.’ the state board of public works and | Wednesday, | Bloodhounds from the sheriff's — The first fleet of trucks with| therefore, that the tariff is not ef |office here were rushed to Renton 2 cM BEE eae LI'L GEE TH OFFICE. | Snohomish county dairymen were) gective, Attorney Agnew sought re- VAM cL | | guarded by Mayflower employes covery of the sum paid to the com: * Beauty is only skin deep but | | armed with brickbats. pany under protes i . 7 . | Signatures and return them to Ben-} hilo like th’ devil at th’ drug- | | rhe ik Shippers association,| ‘The case wi t for argument) oditti at his pool hall and card || claiming Crehan is attempting to|on its merits for October 9 before room, The Men's Exchange, 1334%| & Ly a (Turn to Page 2, Column 4) | Justice Whitehead Second ave. | Three auto racers have been kill-| ~ a ep Psa I Miss Cordelia Thetl, deputy prose-| cd.in the past two weeks. The mor- cuting attorney, ~ made a vigorous | tality among racing drivers will | prosecution of the card room pro: soon be as great as that sieed |prietor and state witnesses eusily | pedestrians. | One Tentac le {blasted an alibt story offered by De Be: 64050 }fense Counsel Adam Beeler. Hi : ay Judge , 12 Men Make Thrilling Es- ——____--—— f} Beneditt! was convicted of hs ving | yesterday afternoon. They searched | Paid solicitors to take Bone bill pe jall last night and this morning but jUttons out among the voters, obtain! no trace of the baby could be found. Dalton in finding Beneditt! guilty, sald he would defer pronun: cape in Wyoming Tragedy f |ciation of sentence until next n Octopus! | | re) a |TZEMMERER, Wyo, Sept. 17. “It is plain that this man is the} F hoe Hatten aata The 12 men who dug them. *. victim of higher-ups,” a tile man takes a few drinks of | (EDITORIAL) “He had no interest one way or the|*¢!ves out of a side entry, following ] | a s hartn the Hone bill” |the explosion, which wrecked Sublet my S j- a atin MAAS BOW. aja ml ONVICTION of Louis Benedetti on a charge of || ir tne mone stan AGS AAR RIY k sls plht wee ay 7 ees filon cari be. Bverybody thus | aiding in a conspiracy to defeat the Bone Power Theil asked Mati ed ba ten Ga aaa lence broken by blamed the liquor. | But ‘I bill is a victory for honest politics and honest govern- MIB tee the ee ye vaved’ ie the |be alive, company headquarters sald the crazy laughter the lquor that killed him.|1 nent, ramoupt" : today: Raa te eee | Benedetti was found guilty of paying for the cir- S hebods paid me: anyihidg7, the |; weren, bodies. had Ueda, ken 0 of hyenas — huge ” GRAPHIC SECTION culation of initiative petitions. It was charged that isoner said i oe eects eet Aa aaacieee cath elephants like si- || after he had hired agents sd raga Bone ie Pe: BE le a 3 ntiagn oe Webater [tho main tunnel arid entries, and 13 Robert Foran, a news- lent gray shadows Enoch Bagshaw, titions, he substituted fraudulent names for the |] fh2 prowecutor snapped. had not been accounted for | aner ms 7 ¢ e oo ae i the “Little Giant”|| — bona fide names these agents turned in, so that the ||. ‘Attorney Adam Peoler jumped tol} All other 8 will probably be paper man who accom slipping through of Western foot- lists would be thrown out at Olympia. jhis feet and vigorous jected and | removed I Hepery Se tHe carey panied : the Roosevelt the tangled forest ball, who put his But the victory is an empty accomplishment unless Pa Ses Supe OE OO aR eae} :C. | expedition in 1909, has growth. players thru their the law can reach farther, and seize the crooks who ||. | ARRIVE 3 | aught the spirit of first chukker yes- employed Benedetti to do their dirty work. That he |)/Disowns Rum But | a min e ¢ x arrived on Ae) Af g d hai ‘t erday. was merely a tool in the hands of others is self- || * w nkee dea wine Gea mat bail Atrica—an nas Wwrit- || evident, for Benedetti, part-owner in a card and pool Is Found Guilty Hed ort (ita. cascAB Te enleH teach ten the absorbing story Old Joe Bungstarter says: “If you room, had not sufficient interest in the fate of the || Miss Bonnie Atl ake found! work was pushed with renewed | a oR It’ al don't “ge your moonshine, your |] BoOG' hill to waste his time and money on fighting it, ||S¥!'Y Tuesday evening by a fed-| Vie \|/ of Roosevelt’s adven- moonshine will age you." | Stk 1 nf eorapansated ‘ (er fa ar aty Oe enit pee Pro-} Quiet prevailed at the mine and tures there ei ilene ue !] unless he was c ed. jiibition taw. Sho will be #en-line Morning wun had died nee aan i — ve DIARY | Benedetti, the toel, gets his proper punishment. |tenced Monday, Miss Hunt denied Sinlch ciadnred seorketeanediaaiy bs Varly up, a raw, cold morning, oo aid|| And it is well deserved. But The Star believes that pane ane wale ving S| after the explosion yesterday | Eas uae ak weaver, setae. || Benedetti, the tool, was lily-white as compared with pa Pieote,) XERPeh. ECan Clalniea | hae hor a acaeen a a, ‘“ ing m cold shower every morning, but the scoundrels who were manipulating him. |that liquor found in her apart the main aitcatioe Seon ry WITH ROOSEVELT Mies ty gate sound nell tarsoaveteatons | They—the manipulators, whoever they are—are ||ments velonged to another Raum to-besioe somes tnscae Bl rote) the men the law should seek out and punish, if such hich | | | j They did not realize until several | IN AFRICA” fait py ee 4 rien ‘ : * 01 pr the explosion occ ti Eig Dy dbs oy Pg ‘|| undermining of the foundations of our government is San Gabriel Fire minutes after the explosion occurred | t b t i what had happened, but when word 1 do return home at | o be stopped. ; + came to them they immediate! | NE ors | For it is only in the blocking of the cause, and not Yields to Control |()"),, task of twining their | | By W. Robert For: Nominated b: mation for the|| seeking to stop the effect, that such work can be PASADED then tho twisted timbers and fallen ry » Kobert Foran ? ation for se sibility of c rocks and earth, None of them was Polnon 1 ne father of an halted / ‘ a o has " r Ais 5 ' briel mount forest fire which |injured in making the escape. Infant who has Just learned to talk, Cutting off one tentacle of an octopus does not kill {has laid waste more than 60,000| Belief prevails here that the ox: *x— __@ | the monster. Jacres during the past 16 days was|plosion was in one of the side slopes | considered bright toddy, providing | where a small crew was zghooting.” ya TO SSS ab TPT Re aay oe ee ee ee OE AP i a OE Bh (Turn to Pago %, Colfmn 3)