The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 23, 1924, Page 1

ee aL Turn to Page 9 for Graphic WOMAN Lf WEATHER . wather with probably in t 4 Wednesday derate temperatu Temperature Last 24 Hours a 66. Minimum, 51 Today noon, 55, ees eee VOL. 26. | NO. 179. Ke POLICE-BANDIT U.S. A. Good Enough She Had a Chance to Be a Belle at Warsaw but Prefers Studies in Des Moines School Howdy, fotks! ‘This is the sea son of the year when the bang bang of steam in the radiator j pipes is sweet music to the ear, 1 The trouble with some apartment ‘ house radiators is that they're not hot enough to keep the room warm an not cold enough to be used as| a refrigerator, } What ds rower| perma-| | the dw a pe ment wit y “New species of tree discovered In | aguay which has sap like wine News item. | Woodman, spare that tree S: 0 ABIGAL APPLESAUCE SAYS: “dean Dow (ag mergue, the noted French painter, says women were prettier 50 years ago, Well. I know twas.” } An Italian princess has opened a school for love-making at Lake Como. Post-graduate courses will be taught by American flappers, it is reported. PROPOSED CURRICULUM OF THE SCHOOL FOR LOVE-MAKING " One boa earetien Ben tay in how “I think you're jast wonderful!” "Kindergarten course in how te make eae bétr-ect toot thra = week-end house 4. Special course in adjusting » man's | tie, lifting = piece of lint from his cont lapel and telling him he needs = good woman to look after him. 5. Primary lessons in how to act (a) Oo = moonlight night, (b) In = sports roadster, 19 miles from town. widows Stadeate course for gree) = Figine Pearson had a chance to be a belle in Warsaw's He) | diplomatic circles and a student at the University of War- Cleveland judge is sentencing | saw this winter, But she spurned it. She.is on her way liquor violators to stay on Ae sate back to Des Moines to complete her studies at Drake 0 da “hen't etn tr the constitutionar | Miversity. Her father, Dr. Alfred J. Pearson, American was head of the German depart- amendment which forbids crue! and| minister to Poland now, unusual punishment? |ment at Drake before his diplomatic appointment by Pres-| FAMOUS ADS ident Coolidge. Scollard Is Accused i in Seattle Milk Battle thru the Anderson ferry line for}of affection for me was in April.| erator prayed and pleaded with tha ue AA cae a . | (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) | pedestrians to be carried from the|1924. That my husband, had for] i 1. fsa {| resenting the milk shippers," said| Ww. W: he junior pastor to tell al “You Just know she wears them.” | Foner’ aeso- |Gultteau, “And” at the same time lease Side f un Madison Park dock to" the feid,|some time treated me without attec-|""" “hake a clean breast of ty for “*#e ¥ \ . he i They may disembark there and will/ tion; that Rey. ght continued his} the sake of Methodism,” Hall that J a director and stockholder in the nto ide oO} ar 2 t sap) Still a lot of men who are masters ‘ Heapcatle moder mnsolidated Dairy Products com: Overcoat and Suit Mra. Willlam Sparks, 1322 Ward|be restricted to thg sides of brite, aad Patera ded BEL of their fate have to get thelr own! United Daltymen's tion, | Dany, he has shared in the half mi Stolen From Store |). Was. paintuiy injured Mor opr i. aves Mat “Sorhiat about three wienthi a ago Mr. tar Sato vat toe breakfast. lion dollars in profits that this con Thieves. Mond: ht broke the o a by E | Committees in charge wish to} sake and for God's sake,” re in an organ | Thiev mday night broke the|when an auto driven by Eddy he Pevaieay Stace be ofp hr nde deh dly intercaie” | cern haa eaped from farm goods it| ¥) of the Christy Clothes) Young, 519% King st., a chauffeur, make the big reception at City Sa ee colee ie ins i a8 Tusband| p_llight dropped his head and The n China isn't half so| that were trying to get a monop- | handled in 1923." 1p, 300 Arcade building and stole/ran her down at Fairview ave, and/ bark immediately following the ar ca that ‘he Would G6" the fume’ ts cee. “All right, Tell them to_ terrible as the’ world war. They're | oly on the Seattle market. Scollard empnatically denied that} suit of clothes and an overcoat.|Roy st. Young said she walked |"VAa the biggest event of the day. |) i" ¢ eave ts. 2 aren’t any four-minute speakers ollard. as head of the’ Dairy. there was anything amise Interpert the act ax a sign|into the side of the car. The wom-| Mayor Brown will introduce the fly-!C 4° t 6+ 7 was horrified. brt he See hte folloge: ip aks S ausotation, {x siippomediy rep-' ‘(Tarn to Page 2, Column 6) early winter lan was taken to the city hospital. (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) — |, 1 Make this statement of my ows THE HORKORS OF WARK In America: Beans, The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington ‘The Seattle Star Botered as Kecond Class Matier May 3, 189%, at the Postoffice at Seatti, Wash. wader the Act of Congress March #, 187%. | - |Detective Head and Chief Story and Fi irst Pictures of the AND E Aton Per Tear, by Mail, $2.50 SEATTLE, LEAGUE IS PROB BRIBE OFFERED. waar we swreoca WORLD AIRMEN PROSECUTOR, | ,ammuurionsurrts) WILL ARRIVE ERHAPS th burg! rete ee he Chamber of Commerce Rush | Confer With Douglas | Plans for Welcome | |CLAIM CRIME RING BARED SAWYER IS DEAD. THRONGS TO GREET MEN THth ay N Say Detectivev Sought Copy Reception to Be Held Down of Bon Marche Confession Town After Arrival WASH., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924. At any rate, 6 Helboek day night M Pastor Who Gave Harding’s Personal Doctor Dies Very Suddenly POLICE SEV (mes OF BY LELAND HANNUM OUNT VERNON, IIL, Sept. ERYNS Tuesday sent word sratvtciel'G., Wankt date ue AME . her betrayer,’ Elsie to Captain of Detectives Charles | * Reeve Sanaa’ T swoop dow “ ier betrayer, Elsie ¢ Tennant to return to Seattle im pera ied a ie that ir a are the | poisoned her husband, Wilford, mediately from his vacation near | Tent He died sudden st lap of the to love the minister, Rev. La Dungeness. The chief said he ordered Ten After an all-night session ad while talk-| Tue m nant home in connection with : the charges that a member of Maca Re, gues Sgr Brg Ot hiper one é é | the pretty brunette told a complete story, two deputy prosecutors $1,000 m ; was contain ree each for a copy of the confession re r was 64 years old ved by the chamber tev. of one of the principals in the Apoplexy presumably was Lowell Smith, squadr Bon Marche robbery mee Of his Cent. th news, Band for several years, loved rater ther with on i) affe pi she said. I at be two thet, ad Morte i } terney's staff, ied to an investiga | caused the chamber’s Might commit- hos yan nes ' tof” Tuesday, almed at 4 reported tee to call a meeting Tuesday noon| declared, combination Seattle p “4 Report Thousands Flocking | ‘° perteet final plans for the mon- "| Pastor Prays ° ghwaymen respon ster reception here wo years for — There to Form Colony It will be the biggest demonstra-| in His Cell Ppamgige moval: See. enste apa the aera Bort | She dictated a complete confes- Malcolm aE a4 a | went has ever seen and more ‘hab ; © Tuesday 0, Bept., 38 000 out-of-town persona are ex-| *#02 Bert Ross is in process of forme Ip teat o swarm into tle to greet| Rev. Hight, still pious, held in the . the two anid xican state of Jalisco, |! 14 rivers at the end of their his-|Same Jail for the murder of his hed with the| ear Guadalajara, where th toric fight ‘ | wife by arsenic, whic m + a con- t of Japanese are flocking and settling | “ % feased, prayed wheh told the woman on the richest land to be found on| KOENIG UNABLE | nad confensed © North American continent, Isa.|TO TAKE CHARGE “I Jove her,” he said. “She re- M tural exy According {to present Arrange-| cinrocated my affection. It was all ¢ California, dec ments, Maj. H. C. K. Muhlenberg.|a terrible mistake.” head of the air service school at the! The Rev. Hight supplied the wo: University of Washington, will be! man with the arsenic to poison her in charge of arrangements at Sand) husband, which she confessed she conferenos Point field. Lieut. Theodore anti: ae "| City Gets Heaviest administ Ms po sphs : aa) a . a Rain i in 7 Months ote jured several ker pi ago ae Ju Mrs. Ann ment that they had been @i Wrom 1A Monday affenconits tino patrol over th yM-} Hight, wife of the circuit rider pas- poser ee lo'clock Tuesday morning $8 of an| 2ich suffered a slight relapse Mon-j tor, for 26 years, fell sick and the | Douglas also refused to make alinch of rain fell, which is the heay.| 0% Afternoon, and Js confined to/ minister, kept what he said was his " his bed. Koenig is commandant at|end of the “murder compact,” gave statement Hl the city has experienced | 1), air field Nag: polstnkt der dtoods ind etie Later, Detective R. R. Herbert, | since ‘ebruary 11th, the weath as to be of the moat trusted jer bu office said. At that time| Private and public automobiles| died September 12 Cay nts men, was called | 1.88 Inches was recorded. | will be on an equal basis so far as| The woman's confession in full oi 4 Weather observers look for unset. | accommodations 2 concerned Ppt The , according |tled weather conditions Tuesday|the field, according to officials of tor » obtain a/ night and Wednesday with strong|the chamber. Four thonsand auto- | Confesses to southerly winds | Ease Conscience “T, Elsie Sweeten, of my own free Pastry Appetizing, will and without compulsion, and Armed soldiery from Camp Lewis| after having been fully advised as to So Thief Swipes It! and from Forts Lawton and Warden | my right and that what I may say The Chatterton bakery, 19th’ ave. | Will police the landing field and be|mnay be used against me, and for the jand E. Prospect st., displayed a fancy | spattered among the huge gathering| sole purpose of clearing my con- selection of pastry at reduced prices. |to prevent any spontaneous demon-| science, do make the following state. | mobiles can be accommodated in | the two fields thrown open along- | side the landing place. of Norris Lockwood, As a partici pant in the Bon Marche holdup of August 8, in which the bandits ob tained $14,000 in cash and checks. | This confession, it is said, names certain Seattle detectives and police as being “on the in- side” of the crimo ring. The | \ tnie¢ was afflicted with an appe-| stration which may endanger the] ment: Prosecutors are sald. to have | tite, He broke the glass and part of| planes or the lives of the crowd.| “The first time that I noticed that heen offered $1,000 each in re | tne display Arrangements have been made|Lawrence M. Hight had any feeling | vanished { turn for a copy of the Lockwood sa 08. 1 .o | Here’s What Happens When Somebody Cares and Thinks In China: Chop suey. & The Puget Mill company 3 articles of incorporation for a new | golf course to be situated near Madi son park . Old Joe Bungstarter isn’t going to play on the course. He s he is| afraid of slicing over into Kirkland. | NOTES FROM THE SILVER SCREAM Now that the man who posed for the Arrow Col lar ads has gone ings. into the movies ae ny epee After about a year of this somebody had an idea. thé announce. Gia ment that the bull which posed for the Bull Durham signs has been en- The new idea not only saved thousands of gaged to play animal parts in the HERE was once a city that'left its grade crossings unguarded. People were killed and injured and automobiles wrecked in large numbers at the cross ‘| crossings, warning bells and lights installed and watchmen provided. dollars, (EDITORIAL) HE main result is the Community Fund drive, now under way in Seattle. Giving to this fund isn’t charity as much as it’s insurance. The charity ‘dollar has wings; the Community Fund dollar is anchored here; it goes to work To care for this situation , the city provided a special ambulance, an under- and pays dividends. ltaker’s wagon, a wrecking car and a doctor at each crossing. Then it established | a fund to pay damage claims instituted by relatives of the victims. Out of every dollar y jing and reereation—that Gates were put at the|coming generation. yu give the fund, 36 cents goes toward character build- insurance against diseased minds and bodies of the Six and a half cents goes toward health—that’s insurance against epidemics and costly new hospitals ten years from now. Nearly 17) cents goes to child welfare—that’s insurance against a generation of mental and physicial wastrels in 1935. but also saved a great} i human lives. ¢ nh ; f A OE dias many ae # and missions—that’s insurance against crime. rel bp At BN! HERE was once a city that left its poor and unfortunate folks to shift for) The rest of the money goes to needy families, protective work—a dozen mi- Gets” failed io’ track. (ntact themselves. Many of them died; others turned to crime; some became |nor things—and all of it is insurance against some evil or another. Md inital cnanizes On the community ; others drifted down to begging on the streets; ‘girls oe CU Ke ‘feria “went wrong”; mothers could not bring up their children decently; the whole} THE $750, 000 Community Fund replaces 53 “drives” for 53 local “insurance ; ARy standard of civilization in the city slipped for the worse. while at the office, 1 nee ong others spoke for Up. and after abroad in several fo my bookseller ‘much more efficient if poverty and want could be, in | stead of waiting until after it happened. ty bons, ana’ ts gedtrelag wii my | ST O0} becoming a nnd she did say, Sew, dare Je") er than imprisoning ¥ 1 and there were no servants, and ea, Ievching heartily, to bed, Anon | cise some plate, spoons shd forks, | Then somebody got the idea that it would be cheaper, more biisiness-like and | It was urged that preventing a man a criminal or a woman from becoming a dope fiend, was cheap- the former for ten years or putting the woman in a publie [hospital for a cure that, in reality, wasn’t a cure at all. agencies.” © The $750,000 builds a gate ¢ ss the grade crossing of life, where crime, poverty, disease, misery and death rush by to claim the unfortunate. And it’s a wole lot cheaper than omitting the gate and surrounding the grade” crossing with ambulances, doctors, mortuary wagons and tombstones after the tmischief has been done, a measure, prevented, in-| Woman Slays Husband for Love of Tells of Death Agreement weeten, |arrest on a confession last night by Hight implicating hers ‘Hight, middle- aged Methodist Episcopal pastor of on) Ina, the village in which Mrs. Sweeten lived with her huse Three and a half cents goes to homeless men! ville Fire Tm € hae i | ! atta anne type Ri ete oe — es ~ TWO CENTS IN- SEATTLE, | ED! Two Con Contest Poisoning of Wife Arsenic; She fi 23.—Naming her pastor a® 34, today confessed sh@ so that she could be free wrence M. Hight. of questioning, following hew accepting the her and she reciprocated thé | Plantes to Marry, Says Wife Slayer ‘OUNT. VERNON, IL, Sept. 23.9 } Stat Attorney Frank Thomps son will ask that indictments charge jing murder in the first degree be | brought against Rev. Lawrence Mg) Hight and Mrs. Elsie Sweeten for the deaths of Hight's wife, Anna, an@ Mrs. Sweeten’s husband, Wilford, The little community of Ina is itt an-uproar. The arrest and confess | sion of Mrs. Sweeten and the previe | ous confession of the minister added | |fuel to the conflagration of gossip © and high feeling. No one worked im |the village yesterday or today. The” | citizens and housewives visited” among one another, exchanging opine jtons. | Fellow churchmen of Rev. Hight | today appealed to the public not to convict Christianity for the sin of @ ~ single church leader. The Methodist Episcopal confers Jence at Carbondale will meet tomom |row to take up the case of Reve | Hight and “deal proportionately." J | Rev. -Hall, moderator, talked ta) | Hight for a long time during the night, holding his hands thru the bars of his cell door. Several news. | paper men stood about as the mode the Rev. C. @, Hall. Mrs. | Sweeten and I fell in love and ina | tended to get married. We made ans rangements to put her husband, Wilt ford Sweeten, and my wife, Anndy out of the way. She, Elsie, asked free will. I make this statement Eis! me what to get and I got arsenies |}, bought it at Benton July use I didn't vay, and after ais death it was up to me to put my wife jaway ac ing to the compact. 7 did not intend to do anything until after we had moved, but she, my wife, got sick and T did. ™. HIGHT.” Signed) “L, Forty Cars of Fair Boosters Invade City | Forty automobiles filled witht |Puyallup boosters for the Westerty | Washington fair reached” Seattle Tuesday morning and paraded thé |downtown — street: At noon the boosters were guests of the Seattle Ad club at luncheon in the Masonfg fbrooms. ‘The Western Washing4 ton fair, one of the most important © lin the Northwest, will be held at \j jens allup September 29 to October $9 “MAN SLUGGED, ROBBED © Police’ Tuesday had found ne trace of two bandits who slugged Roy 1. Smyser, 110 W. Roy st. it the rear-of his home, robbing him. of $50 and a diamond ring, 8 night. eee