The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 25, 1924, Page 1

P0 D * ah WEATHER } T the Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington i The SeattleSta Botered ae Ceoond Clase Matter Mey 5, 161 jostofticn at Seatlie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March sete, by Mall, VOL, 26 WASH., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢ HOME] ti Hil TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE -SEVERYNS WARS ON BOOTLEGGERS (Home Brew | Cle Elum Ranchers Take Roles WILL HOLD What Happened, Per Year, NO. 181. ~ SEATTLE, \IDENTIFIES = girls! Now is the time | for winter underwear! =e In ew erial ameless River r Dalton ? Rah Ste eke “Tf such a thing should be per- || — z peep Ny des Move Against Liquor mitted, OR THE OFFENDERS || Two Suspects Held im Be, Gon eat, Semen 0 Sellers Follows Dis- LOOSELY PUNISHED, the || Jail; Officer Slain: PERO. geting, baigastion | al of Two Cops people’s right to initiative When He Questions ‘ pn orld id | Wednesday ¢ measures for a vote is Gang eds i anesabarton: tae tie | ae sg F virtually destroyed.” URDERED by three DP } C'ns “Tearotay slmed. 6 | } Justice C. C. Dalton said |} whom Ie ted atlenipleaial mo OE smashing blow at the “higher that on September 16, when he | cutee Palreiasn Ree ; ft rag Tok wa found Louis J. Beneditti guilty || potice’ department, lay dead der that all known bootleggers of conspiracy to defeat the Bone piece Mitpne Meaprtr hs cen resclved te dsoll for, treet i tale aned. paces | Power Bill initiative measure. at 8:40 a. m., two hours after the the day, sending. the’ seletingephy ‘ot Severyns’ announcement of his The maximum sentence for sheeting. a. Richarteecl o"be ihe meat humoreva ever. I rend. ed whoa usioneee eat Dalton” - such an offense as Beneditti’s —|/in jait, and two other men are be’ Anon home, and to playing chess with ing sought. Richardson was capo wate, tured only after a terrific race of |a dozen blocks, during which shots: |flew. Litsey identified the prisoners |as one of the trio, as he lay dying of dl she still unable to tell « pawn, and indeed I fear the will sever learn, so moddied-hended she be, albeit she did win two out of the three games, but by accident merely, And so to bed. start a general cleanup persons is $1,000 fine and a year in jail. On September 24th, Justice Dalton called Beneditti before him and let him off with a fine of $250. desirable in the city who means of 4\*°;: have no visible or lawtu nupport There will be no line drawn In his, lin the hospital ‘ ~¢ Che : walarter: eal | 4 | A second suspect, Melvin Miller) | You can say this for the um- po gt yl lM besa. “A light sentence, but justified by the belief |! 5 “rete shortly before, noon! | Weeden ‘carried ly. Chtnens settlers they make their living by tawful en-{] Beneditti is merely a tool for higher-ups,” ||Thursday. Ho in sald to have ads Th re almost as useful as the mitted knowing the members of the” gang suspected of Litsey’s murder, ” |but declared he was not with them Thursday morning. The last conscious act of the wounded officer was to {dentity a! | deavor. j This move will be the most effec |tive thing possible in the disruption lof friendly relations between offi |cers on the beat and the law violat orn, he. says] | spurs that used to be worn by U. & army aviators see was his excuse. The Star would like to know why Justice Dalton’s ideas changed so materially in eight days. Nowe that the primaries are over,! i the Community Frind wit have a) | picture of Charles Fairchild, poles) } it of defeated candidates to. tak Bere enero abies If loose punishment of such offenders is || character and alleged narcotlo ade. care: ef. f er : bone pear ae harmful to popular government on September — |/ “3; a8 Ms, saxer. for protection,” Severyns Our {dea of a real college hero fs a cheer leader who goes thru an ing | Litsey told Capt. BL Hedges, | said. | Lieut. R. W. Olmsted and Sergt 16, The Star believes it is just as harmful on 7 E. C. Griffin that about 6:30 a mo, In connection with his plans, the entire football season with inflam-) matory rheuma A. BASEBALL DITTY Famous battles have we seen, since the Poilus hurled the Germans out of France, Bat the greatest yet may come, if it’s Walter Johnson versus Dazzy Vance! We hope the Community Chest} goes over with a bang. What good is a chest with only one lung? The gink who hung around Ms] swectic’'s house so much that her! father threatened to charge ~him| storag>, gots home so seldom after| he gets married that the neighbora| think his children are orphans. eee Don't blame that IMinois minister who put arsenic in his wife's coffee, He may have done it to Improve the flavor. | |chief alzo will order that suspicious persons be investigated in an |fort to clean the town of the ho upa, thieves and gunmen that |been operating here for months. | The chief declares that Mayor | Brown has given him free rein in {his cleanup plans and that there will be no interference from that source. | Severyns' move follows on the heels of the dismissal Wednes. day of City Detectives Ross Watson and John F. Majewski on charges of having offered bribes for a copy of the Bon Marche robbery confession. Capt. of Detectives Charles fant and Deputy Ross were to confer ‘Thursday the Watson-Majewski case. Ten nant declared Thursday that he fully apptoved of Severyns' action | in Giemiseing the two detectives. ef the past ‘Ten. B Prosecutor September 24. It sees no reason why eseape so lightly. It would like to ask Mr. Dalton how he squares his changed ideas with the title of Justice that he bears before his name. Beneditti should Bone Power Measure Foe Given $250 Fine Beneditti Only Tool of “Higher-ups,” @ man named Nicholson, in the Pine) St. market, had told him that three” | “s ous characters” were hang< ing around a rooming house at 1) Seventh ave. LITSEY SHOT AS HE j REACHED FOR GU 5 Upon going to the place, Litsey | sald he saw a man, Richasgon, éit— |ting on the steps. The other two: men were in a nearby washroom. “What are you fellows doing?” Litsey demanded. , “Stick up your mitts,” yelled the” bandit, flashing a pistol. The gun’ was pushed into Litsey’s side, but the officer heroically tried to drat |his gun rather than submit to the disgrace of being held up. | echoed down the street. Litsey sank jto his knees under a deadly hail of | bullets. 4 Three bullets ripped and tore their way thru his shoulder, hand and abdomen. Other bullets rid- died his uniform, tearing chunks The report of the bandit's gun’! + ws | 211 SA V ED IN Says Judge Dalton ee ge p—bt as POISON started to run. him innocent | SUSPECT CAUGHT When Beneditt! was on trial he| AFTER LONG CHASE denied, under examination, that he| Patrolman E. N. Johnson, a block. OUIS BENEDITTI, found guilty on September 16 of conspiring to legally defeat the Bone power bill Taxicab drivers who believe that the longest way around Is the short- est way home. ASYLUM FIRE “She rose in her saddle, took slow aim, and fired. <) SR aE re) . i - lw a $2 ednesday by Judge] was paid anything for destroying | @way, ran up and grabbed Charles 94:9 ie The bullet spat, whining, close to where the girl was | ; bribes biel corse jsignatures. Judge Dalton, in finding | Fairchild, whom he recognized. “Man Falls Dead om Chicago| plowing with the team in the field below. | ‘One Woman Dies; Other The maximum penalty for this) him guilty, lamented the fact that| “T know, you!” Johnson sald, Streets.”—Heading AS | Rescued. at Steilacoom | charge is a $1,000 fine and one year|the “higher-ups” in the case sania ets ig that I don't know,’ e Frobebly he found « safety match HAT was “Cattle Kate” Cathrew’s warning to the f Jin the county jail escape unpunished. fe pursued Richardson. Dewn Hit the first time he struck it WAS. fat hae aan heat Nimaléea | pesieditti was) convicted: of .x Miss Cordelia Thiel, deputy prose. | Seventh ave, thru an apartment eee | girl rancher that her encroachment on Nameless TACOMA, Sept. 25.—Lives of 211] solicitors to got signatures for cuting attorney, prosecuted Bene-| house corridor, up alleys and downy The kind of girlies River was unwelcome to the cattle rustlers, over whom aged and Infirm women patients at|jower bill and then destroying the|ditti. He was defended by Adam|side streets the two men raced. I like best she ruled. T0 SEATTLE |the Western Washington Hospital signatures. In the place of the origi: | Beeler. Richardson dived under houses, one aon libfle spared You'll find the story of the battle between these two Ito. the Insane at Fort Stellacoom, | nal signatures fake petitions were| nae | _ (Turn to Page) $, Cotumit 2) ~ nm my ve % * jes 801 est of here, were) suty r © names on which we: r= ar women—a battle of wits as well as six-shooters—a nar- “7 |saved late Wednesday night by |dingualitica fe nasal 133, 000 DEAD IN ) The Chinese rative that will keep you on edge until you have fin- Hop Off From Santa Monloalaece nurses and attendants when! 7. Gordon, president of local! 1. , race. The ‘ a he oy" : fire broke out.in the three-story h re 1 f Electri ished the last chapter. Y| No. 46 of the Brotherhood o: H $ k five wee aut thrill andes tiie “nocturnal adventures of’ Kata |. 0M Wayitd:San Franoleon | strgotite nscany the vatiintar 77 | ores O¢ Camparpend at lect eres “emo ond a 1k ss rustlers One woman, aged $1, died early/jeniency in Beneditti’s behalf. The | and her cattle rustlers. : i Thursday morning from shock, fol-| jatte 1 member of that organiza } “We've been You'll love Nance, the ranch-hand girl, who carries TO ARRIVE THERE TODAY lowing her rescue, however An-| on. ‘The union went on record, dur-| a married 20 on alone after her father has been killed by the cow jother patient, a woman, was miss-|ing the initiative campaign, as op-|Report Heavy Loss for Wu! ‘ inal Races thisven Are Expected to Reach Here | nx Hospital authorities declared | posed to the bill Pei Fu at Chao Yan hee ata ; nee ‘ they were satisfied that she had)” judge Dalton said he was influ ig *% never had a You'll pity 6-year-old Sonny, who lives in a cave in for Finish on Saturday Jattempted to walk to her home at exit eats rds lentency by the fact -- us aa the mountains with his mysterious father. | Renton following the breaking out/that he believed Beneditt! was the; LONDON, Sept. 25.—The catia Lem gaa And you'll follow the story with greater interest be- ‘LOVER FIELD, Santa Monica, | % the fire \tool of “higher-ups” and also by the| Mall's correspondent with cause the illustrations for it were made by Frank Ja- C Cal, § Speeded y ateerion: < ie Ware, ponte on) fact that Beneditti's wife ad ee eer i the north of} u Po lahrd n : ’ vont GHalee ait ; ended the breaking out of the ———— |China, claims tha e Pet Fu's| cobs, The Star’s cameraman, on the Masterson ranch, fre att ree rah fgets an fire a€40:60; c'dloticx and ‘énly her losges at Chao Yang were 23,000. He | near Cle Elum, Masterson and members of his family taking leading roles in the pictures. jeulean labors on the able-bodied nur Jad that Manchurian were considerably less. part of every and attendant at casualties WOMAN KILLED the-world flyérs took off from here eS ae at 10:15 a. m., for San Francisco, | . e C1 h spate! a eae It’s a story you can’t afford to miss—The Star's next |*) th) way te 4 Sand the end | ‘2? hospital prevented a great loss The dispatch came via Mukden, 1 thy 2 ' Me f life, Supt. Livingston and Assist. | Chang's headquarters. , Vi » The course’ will be stocked sith serial—and it starts October 1. It’s written by Vingie of the historic flig lane SANA Way Giclared Pica a9 lions, tigers, lcopards, pumas, bears E. Roe, 2 ter who knows the Northwest ju re- Promptly at 10 o'clock, the hour one p he rescue | ° . jer ). Roe, a iter k : F At one point in the rescue of the | | at tdi member her as, the author of “Va! of Parad —and |set for their departure, Lieut.|women, Livingston, in order to make aay aye | hat are the animals for? Oh, kak - : ‘ i Smith, the commander, throttled up| certain all the patients were out, re. fra ree Sp ry like that of our own ; out, re | they're just ha the scenes are laid in country like that of our his motor and started his big plane | turned to the ward, and in the dark-|Mrs. Nettie Reid Dies on} ang hao Attack iy i Yakima valley. skimming down the field. Close be-|nest felt the beds to discover one| tal 5 o ae relay pete We don't k why the origh Don’t fail to begin it—no need to worry about |hind him were Lieut. Wade and| woman, frightened stiff, lying under | Way to Hospita iain ana wavefaceh directing the| nators of th ue blub didn’t pe tas ed feet Lieut. Nelson. the covers ee cee * “i : Hees “Smoky,” one of include eleph Nothing makes| Whether you'll finish. It’s called Ne dar 4 | Going over the ward thoroly a half} Fatatty py an automobile, |Sitillery preparations of Chi Hsieh the cussedest cowpunch- ; Near the far end of the field the | Fatally injured wy an av | Yuan's armies before Shanghai, the better bunker than an elephant. ‘. ” cruisers took the air almost simul. | dozen others were found. They were | \frs, Nettle M. Reid died in the Nor-| united Press learned today J ers that ever threw a rope. N ede | ‘6 1 taneously and climbed in steady as.|t0° paralyzed to move or to respond | wegian hospital a few minutes after | ~"\" hardened fsaabablar wha tue He appears twice a week in EWSPAPER NOTE | ame cent, while the crowd below loosed 2 {to the shouts of the nurses the accident, Thursday morning. She | son gervice in Canadian, Chilean ana |} the dally feature, “OUT OUR ates that Marion Davies lusty cheer. Without circling the} Many of the patients were aged | was struck at Third ave. N. W. and! Chinese navies and Bent (6 Vokin iy WAY,” drawn vy Cartoonist doesn't get more votes in that . ery, ‘ O b 1 Geld, the thr ; ‘9. {and bedridden, while others were of |w. $b b auto driven by yeas baa Williams for The Seattle Star. a are . . t ee planes headed to W. 55th st. by an au iven " 3 << One illia ‘ national presidentialépoll, and it star ts in The Star cto er ward the north and were away for | the epileptic type, and as a class, the|o, A. Nelson, $801 Highth ave. N, W letganiatts-&: Caan aces 2 eter Willlams’ cartoons are popu- ae tH a / fa : Grissey field, San Francisco, which | Wards were the most difficult of any elson was driving south on Third | 0" kiue Kian here three lar because he gets all of his set us be perfectly fran sie Jin the institution to handle, months ties sald authori W., he said, when Mrs, Reid | es the street ahead of him. | “* they expect to reach about 3 o'clock ideas from actual life. He was Li'l Gee Gee, a Gee G Kidnaped, Slugged |Epidemic Closes Schools at Tacoma epped between this afternoon, a cowpuncher himself for six i | bs a rs swerved and applied his brakes, years and knows all about the “e * and Robbed of $128) atiac. the Word ertinica anacascors | Drive. Riihee Pall but was unable to avold striking her. | Improvement Club funny side of h jollar has only| Two bandits Wednesday night Kid:| TACOMA, Sept. 25.—Closing of | After the wérld cruisers and accom-| Drive First Piling [Nelson pleked. her up unconscious| Will M Frid also’ understands Mie yut the common sense it|naped 7. Suzuki, 816 Washington st..| 5ubtio and private schools was ore Leg te ip mh Sa heh pole t Coos B: fe) land dashed to the hospital but she 1 eet Friday tly lfe, and if you miss his arried him into an auto, and then} sired by city Nenlthy Rithieitien today a ba is piss ye ty 1 iy ORE: a 8 ay, re. |died before treatment could be ad-/ A meeting of the Interlaken-Mont-|| drawings on “Why Mothers . Aiugged him. unconaciou after | 1" : Banta, Berbera Sad: Along: the CONst! ss hRArRIDLD) Ory, Bebti 261 ministered, take Improvement ciub will be held}] Get Gray” you'll miss a lot of which they robbed him of $28 nats | 0 prevent further spread of Infan-|to San Franciscu. e | First piling were driven yesterday on Mrs, Reid was the widow of orge | Friday, September 26, at 8 p. m laughs. ici and $100 in checks, he reportedsto| tile paralysis, which is assuming | Tomorrow they will go on to Eu-| the south Jetty at the entrance to} Reid, who diod some yearn ago, She|the Seattle Yacht club. The annual| Watch Williams’ cartoons tm the police, ‘The injured n wis! epidemie Proportions. Fifty cases |Kene, Ore. and Saturday romplete | Coos bay, which, when completed, | was employed by Dwyer & Co., man-| election of officers will be held. Rev.!] this paper and it will soon be * umped unceremoniously into the| have been reported in three we jthe trip, officially ending the flight! witt extend one and @ half miles into ufacturing jewelers in the Pacific|J, Ratph Magee will be the principal come a habit, —A. J, & ‘street an hour later, with four deaths, | (Tu Column 3) the Pacific ocean, block. speaker,