The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 4, 1924, Page 1

. , Oakland- San Francisco Trains Are Wrecked 1S DEAD IN CRASH The Newspaper With the Biggest ¢ Civealalion in W: WEATHER te dics: The SeattleStar HOM: shington Botered aa 5 VOL. 2 NO, 241 ax WASH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1924 TWO CENTS IN SEATTL Home Love, Words and Bullets! ao SCORES TRAPPED Mother Is Real Sufferer| Lurks in City’s | IN RAIL HORROR! ew i 2 ea ee Frame Schools 25 May Be Dead in California Tragedy; | : ‘ e Hye QEATTLE'S school children | and tne South Park | scnout 30 to 40 Injured; Commuters Are must be protected from He hare | unnecessary fire hazards, Fire r in these | Wiped Out During Collision wdy, folks! Cheer up, it Marshal Robert L. Laing de | s to t tle ech | might be worse. Flivvers might clared ‘Thursday li been, ‘siienmanaias we pee: : ee ‘ alll nom Following the denour t ' KLAND, ( ec. 4.—Two electric trains, loader aren ng mcieione a ‘ ped rity tal ef with people route to work in San Francisco, were Waa, Wren and ee the King There is only one exit, a day with a loss of life estimated at from t rway up thru the center of ome, Laing announced ventig the structure to the third floor 80 others were reported severely injured. 1 e The be nt . | fu followed the} in Oakland > the pollee emer= eee | nate fire hazards the furnace fi urred on the Key| gency hospitals and a wrecking trai Candidate for the Polson Ivy “Some dings are v © the main entr ui tem’s Oakland|was r from Route @ud: Gink who orders a dag of fit for use,” wa An t A fire starting io the fur 40th and Hollis| shops, carrying not wrecking Peanuts at the opening dinner at ng in | ace room under these stal nt but doctors and first aid the Olympic “ea | would sw account 1p up this exit like Laing said e ae | furnace ; 4 two| The work of clearing We: nano thdie: iaee'A tana n | “There would be only one wrethagt: and) Getto Bh peta cafiny Alley.” Theos | way out for any children and injured proceeded aie aival ‘ etek tos aie trapped on the second or 25, § Fran-| Within an hour the inju pi wl Tannen at avbersens tn | third floors, and that would Sal befog’ coariedl Ge Minna scape pre Natidings will be arrested | be to jump thru the win at. at. the |qrhherever’ rocdl kee Sinan” ane . of the t ows.” found. Many died in ambulances ABIGAIL APPL that \ The nearect fire plug 10 n, with/en route to the hospitals . Graham at. nearly a half a mile | heads crushe dead at the Oak e spot where the wreck took away 1 morgue place was within a matter of yards . Principal Etta of th others died at Oukland hos-|of the end of the rock portion of America has no He was making © Van Anselt school at fre | ing tho morning. It was|the Mole. A little farther on and ] emees- ak Teed tion of the Van oo! | (Turn to Page 15, Column 4) b hat others of the injured| the trains would have been on the nd others were reported|trestle built for nearly a mile into ad, but in the confusion verifica:|the bay—and drowning would have n wa impossible The trains) added to the horror of the disaster. 4 12th st. Key route train| The wreck is the first serious ac- ARRESTED HIM CET 17, 796 Sacramento flyer on the San|cident in interurban system of San tept the doughbil- ity short line Francisco bay region in many years, as & passenger aboard tho|and the most serious ever reported ¢ annual meeting of the Rhode/ 12th st. train of the Key Route,” E./on the Key: Route ystem. Red association opened tn Ta. W. Ewing, of the Western Electric | coma Mat ‘niet. and, LI Gee Gee [nate $2,500 for “Malicious |But Drop $23,000 in Bonds “sma; ol te Ueited “Prem | H baething about these bolshevists ! ssault and Beating” | mole just about to run out on the} q cde tad | 9 at San Francisco trestle work section of the pier. Yellow atickers are now decomring Dec. 4—Three| “A tain ahead of us was =| a populer at New York colleges, ac rece! va more slowly and I felt the brakes wrding to dispatches. Heck, they've ME Biccing| applied to our train to prevent “| wen popular in Seattle ever since & Electric! running too close to it local first halibut schooner sailed mate’ wake com ny’s of-|on the San Francisco. a e P ; here today, seized a : into port. | Mother and I are pals, Dad said he would break every bone in her body, and then 1\ Thureds aining $ ; hort tine was Masia) Laver 1 «| Informal Reception at New ar aa shot him,” said 18-year-old Ford Kenney as he embraced his mother at the’ Snohomish’ by James negotiable t and ¢ 4 eh Uns rua dala oe hehe Olympic Tonight ve The kind tal aes * |county jail Wednesday. The picture was made as the boy bade his mother good-bye in| AeA again a ira * Apparently its brakes failed to func- ) Fi hia ‘id rots into} front of the jail entrance. st v1 Ange apt | Settee wae oe tion or the wheels did not hold of! gtocynolders—the owners—of {hh : s 3 | ndnu ater lying int) is Stoc —of the ai Y MOTHER and I are pals and I ito crush every bone in her body,” put in the # that the two ¢ of an alley where bandit as be track sais ee | conmmnettey Hotel corporation will ” » “ETS * a ered ants obile had bei ked. “The front platform of ne =| have an opportunity to inspect their CROs: WORD PUZZLE afraid. she was going to be hurt.|-boy. “He struck her and she ran from him| * W. A. Johneon and. Harry g,| Short line train hit the rear of |!nvestment Thursday evening when { “What in four-letter-word-meaning. |That’s why I shot dad. | and I grabbed my gun and shot grace O'Lage had just stepped from the, WF train above the floor level /an informal reception will be held ut place-of-eternal-torment is the matter| Ford Kenney, 18, years old, looked straight ¢ «8 sult door on thelr way to the} ®md it seemed to sweep right |the new Olympic. i ae this six-tetter-word-sinitying | into the eyes of C. 'T. Roscoe, prosecuting at- | HE SHERIFF permitted the lad to ac- t. D. when the thru the car, killing and inJur- | 4 srangements have been made for condemned-to-perdition typewriter /to»ney of Snohomish county, and Sheriff | gine i res HC"! derior J knocked John Ing as It went. |entertaining 7,000 stockholders and now? t company his mother to the front en- t was a terrible scene. 3 \ . . {James McCulloch. They seerned to under- | : “ when ho refu eect . |friends, The guests will be taken 4 ie vt 4 ve ~~ | trance of the jail building. There, before watchel, and fled acros Men pee oi fre handed jthru the public rooms of the hotel ». Span- | stand. f | the gaze of a curious group that had|< a cburch to where| Veen A ere was and permitted to inspect one floor of ere be-| The three were closeted in a little room | gathered, the strong arms of the youth| 4 d them, and drove| fe" 3 ors ga wore in the | S0ePing rooms row boasting jit the Snohomish county jail. Ford had! foideq his tiny mother in tender embrace.| clearca Joh ge bonds. | var car of the Twelfth st. train, I| They will meet A. S. Kerry, prest- spent the night there while his father was They parted thei boy eotng shack’ teva’ 6 | a ar on was not severely) In-t eae | deat of the cormocadiany in the ma- or ; ; a | é ; X f } pea. rine room an nk A. Dudley, ie Exovidence, hrompita in Renta. Hs nae the mother to the little chicken ranch at! aad on He Robles | president of the Olymplc Hotel com: Gee Gee says radio statlons ought| tye = th \ th, a 22. cdilble fife: Mrs | Alderwood. |Frustrate Suicide Accused Hijackers A lst of 18 severely injured was] anY, And the officars of both Joi eee ne mouth wi a 22 er 5 e . / eof ye | cerns. ludiey also is president of broadcast Ie. in lc read-| , . Prov’ ence a » fa py 3 re s no’ | ed et dent ake vod-| + rouble occurred Tuesday at the Kenney| At Providence hospital the father wept Attempt in Court Fight Extradition Be eich woe Hart more or| {ue United Hotels company of Amer- : home in Alderwood Manor. | when he heard a formal charge had been| SAN FRANUISCO, Dece. 4—The| SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.—E ota re “! jica, of the which the Olympic less severely, but railroad officials did not belleve those requiring ex-| tended hospital treatment would| filed against his son. Tho painfully} subsidiary, wounded in the tongue and lips, he is re-| We dot mpt of Victor Bean, charged] possible means of escaplr th burglary, to commit suicide in| tion to Canada to fact aperior Judg xt “I wish mother would hurry up and ees ot jcome; I want to see her,” continued the lad. over be broadcas' sound too mu ed Wood's court] piracy on ntinu ie hare sitinina Ani afar em- | umber’ ove LIQUOR WITH AG! et ie “And how is dad this morning? | covering and will be home in a few da here today, was frustrated when| ployed by Milo and Ariel Ei number over ei : Pits ape EBM rr “ft was ail ray felt.” heme ved. “Ford| Ballite James Crowley snatched. a suheddtan ane ne short Ine train was from] SAN PEDRO, Cal, Dec. 4.—Mrs PROPOSED COLLEGE YE There it is, folks—the story of one of AS, ah My /ASUly,« Ne MUrMUred,’ | LOTd) His Rind ‘as Me Wan saat t indicated when the two men! cacramento. Seraphia Nuncla, 102 years of age, FOR RADIO red for preliminary hearing be- tragedies; the grief that follows in the isn’t a bad boy—there isn’t a mean hair in| (yoke hin throat, Emergency calls w re sent to all] paid a $50 fine here for possessing Neutrodyne, silicon, 2 + s hee surely p yon’ ake hi ambuls 01 1d hospitals! six pints REE oneee, une tei del: |wake of bitter words and violent acts. Son | as head. | : ah ly ey on pes aan : , n are accused ‘T|ambulance companies and hospitals’ six pints of Nquor. Galena, galena, galena! lin jail, father in the hospital, mother weep- pie , prison for something that I myself |Warning of Storm : “ Hquor vessels in Canadian Sekete tate vale [ing her heart out at home. She, by all odds, | eas aa 1 had been working! , &t San Francisco | they cain vision ot aor oom-/ WI hat Will Christmas s the greatest s' . 4 ts . % 421 SAN FRANCISCO, De Storm | Stitutiona rch a Static, statle, static! | 3 a8 © | night and day with the chickens, trying to} , na ca r pert fal ed all ure without warrant: Mothers, leave your children with HERE was a tap on the door. make a go of things. long the coast today as the barom us. We will take good care of them “My boy—is he here? May I see} “When I returned from the war I got) °t? in the face of They are insured while fn our care.” % = on orm sar -. Cost Folks in Seattle? thing happens to the kiddies, mother | little woman—Ford’s mother. One eye was “T am receiving instruction from the gov-| : = Estimates Run From $5, 000, 000 Up; will get the insurance! badly bruised. ernment now in poultry raising. Nobody| Steamer Evidently gen tsae onntiaei Matil | More Sane Buying Nou ug from the 0. : m | ° him?” hold of the little place out at Alderwood. | re gem ye North Pacitio. M S Ady = s | 1 rain fell hi uring th ain What a seucts kare tat if any It was the quivering voice of a sad-eyed | Later I started the chickens. morning 1 treet The kindly face of Sheriff McCulloch was | knows how hard I have worked. This is the DHA you ever have the children eat ' t L building: NICK st down to the table and say:\comforting. Prosecutor Roscoe had departed | second time I’ve been to town since May Lost umber Cargo ( advertising man for BY JIM MARSHALL l ‘AndLbesst!—gather: round, bose “Whore spoons are theset when|after informing the lad that he might be When I came in for breakfast Tuesday ; Se Chalvant Lowman & Hanford, standing at Hw much will Christmas cost in}and girls!’ Tho price of Christmas you were having guests for dinner? | able to ask for a suspended sentence, altho | morning it wasn't ready and I was in alstrewn with lumber t nid ene ee A SRR TOF = erase fd nite aeere, ee “ pes ii ad a to. any, ¢xter ah pat , ile 2 arge of second- | hurry to get back. I started to se » table to have come from the OTN OW seme t obedy KNOWS, HANG, WHat 6, | Stick up the ‘din. the window ‘The bride of Chartle Chaplin ja|he would have to file a charge of ond. ’ s irted et the table|to ne from th , ‘ : A HUTCHINSON, lawyer, hur nobody cares much and the gentlema itl be. only 16 years old, and may have to|degree assault against him. myself and my wife pushed me back, ee came South Ce lone BaboU Avie Gung Five tain dolidre! bay tie oon: | eith ieee ee he sro go back to achool. “Ford always has been a good boy,” said “That was like waving a.red flag at me. is dg Spipiba vide sprgy od fegt ECKMAN, building contractor, |servatives among business men, and |tiquors as usual. Shenft Starwle! Well; that wouldn't be so bad.|the mother. She was brave. She choked | What happened after that I am not sure of.|cont city harbor last night z into the Hoge bank. I. M. jfrom this the estimate of holiday|may have got 800 cases the oth ‘Think of all the fun she could have | x ‘ * ] I we a rage: I | y head 1.9 ee . $s H ES, tationery salesman spending ranges up to three times that | day, but, as one well-known thirs EMepohitae back a gob as she sat there beside her only | I v in a rage; I lost my head. Tho vessel did not rer n ‘ eae hasta mate Pits. sea baner URGES miat ; ¢ ece Jackie | Pack @ a psf ni cn ebeae ts i * pustling for lunch on First ave ? assuag emarked: “That ain't a gun! “ie child and realized that he was a prisoner. | Then the boy came with the gun and Cae eee Sevatin See | BILL MOULTON, printer, wear uring 60,000 families and aver-|dron in the bucket.” : $. 0n% | “He just couldn’t stand to think of any-| he shot me. Maybe he, too, lost his head,|" . : ie ombrero, going Into j®8iMg their expenditure: up t $50, OA YE DIARY body hurting me,” she continued, ‘“He| but he was protecting his mother and he the Haller building, — CECI, il ate ane Ae aiihn Getta ABOUT SOUP THESE DAYS (Decemt 3 x i be onded tl h MARTIN, nan, Wearing.a {AMC #2 ? A good home Chri: anybody, much less his} should be commended rather than con-| | here are thousands of single men gi home Christmas dinner, Up Petimes, and to the ote, aasing| Wouldn't harm anybody —| de 1 for it.” oney se in | broad smile down § Fe eee ae inthe buy, on the whole, | fom soup to nuts—only nobody trou the time of day Second ave, with father, but he was afraid—O, that gun— | demned for it. HDB. Ct PEON and women who buy, J. Uoeghlin end ff Grese. Thence to|-" r, D | THOS. Co {OME SON, floor | oore expensive gifts than do m |bles about soup much, these days— work, und in the afternoon to the ite it must never be in our home again!” man at Frederick & Nelson's, |¢,):¢ Another million dollars is the | can be set before a family of five for ain floor movin, estimate, And perhaps another mil-| $10, more or less. Of this amount hall, where Darlington, tomer p.| “I heard him threaten her. I don’t would! Cx follows the storm. Carlyon Drive | ARO ANG Henderson, M.. Starwielt, ; i heard him ne he would ' A. ROAKES, lawyer, walking lion for the Christmas dinner—$600,-|the bulk will go for a bird and the J. Kallivan, FE. Meacham ‘and —— eee : I U d F in from home, on Westlake. C. |o99 for the “family style”; $460,000 | pudding and the rest may be ex. giheras and thence £9 home, where haal- ~ E Ss ndaer Y@| a. wrance, & movie |For the glittering fare served within | pended on oysters, celery, vegetables in rom the beach, and ano ‘ mits “ comes, Binnie, which did give me an t. CLU joarshot of the bands in down- | and “fixtr wxruse to stop work, and we did t realtor, hurry WHO KILLED DOUGLAS RAYNOR? QurErA, Poe: A Comunt, andl ORD $ * Ma Rusvell, defeated candi: | thristmas presents. Some. families | manage to lead tho field, Dolls an¢ Whose overshoe print was found on the sun- date, The: complaint, by’V AN ALL- Heer tot moth; YOnpLiy. IntGMRRRTAGh Winter GREER Gt E:RTTeeRT aE nel }doll houses, some of the former ex room floor? Chelan, law fem ‘ehallenges th WEATHER CAR ‘houbandsl, momar ahekty bagaly any- | quisite things of European workman. reht of Carylon to tho certificate of thing—and incidentally get Ju@ as|ship, are having a large sile, sales , , 7 town cabare and restaurants, and| From this figure the price ranges Lr, ir aaa with great pleasure; ) f ‘ Dr Data ing along Third ave, with unr lin restaurants from the | up to $10 a plate at some restaurants | 7 S a . 7") i ‘ | Drella WILLIAM B. BEBB, [the south side to the may go Nigher if expensive i Raa | Who fired the single mystery shot? fueceaafut mate senate “atickerent:[ Union at. propery owner, hunts {UNecee turtiee uptown ave rioerted locate aaa pis ‘rive ie & woman alwayn gets it aa eautitu wi e? didate from ‘Thur a county, 11H) ing for books at public library tatisticlans have figured that | anical » Which have last word that bothers « man. | W: =j R 5 b ] f uit filed here yestordity by AMOrneys | pa es the “average family’ expends $50 on | grown in favor in recent years, still It’s her delay in finally reaching it | as 1 aynor 5 : 5 for Mr he “aver | y 4 TAL Gee Gee wants to know tf ta the scarcity of radium that makes Alo equipment ao high || What did Pennington Wise, master detective, find? 5 election and the right to a salon's |] Here regain In «Used eM Ti uoh Kick out of it, the off hunch |managers 8 . . 5 Arise h a ji Fi ‘ Jehair at the coming te ature gloned ca {that “It's the spirit of the thing” “Altho tl amount spent for hol: Now is the time to tay in a large| Are you interested in mysteries? Then you'll enjoy this best mys: ‘The petition, filed both in superior working out |day gifts is surprising,” sald one supply of neckti Then your wife of the year, by Caroline Wells—a story ,s0 intriguing that you court and eae te weeretary of state, ge aN i Rol BY ang ay soo K |store manager, “the drain on pocket won't have an excuse to crochet you | tty) in ry ‘row'in ‘The Star charges irregularities in a solicitation SE FA vk Sh ons, SN'T AD ATE) books is not so great as might be otal for Christina spares won't be able to drop it. It starts tomorrow in The Star. [of votes, in counting votos and in re-| RA Na AE aire cal ed ee | On the other hand the once-famed} supposed. Of late years people have y for the Preven:|taken to giving usoful gifts and of munitios road TNs & Kerdbone tenpicne and other matters In|] whore tis eur ky located ive and call a free spender un-| moro as an exchange proposltto j| the nature of bribes If he way elected. | ti ee ypu trlottos Un is generally suppowed." towel, bY m tarred men; if he-ear BU CAHOLANG TELLS pmised cortain com: |] ronight’s Want Ady will tell you He: for somo years and no ¢ tives want. So that it works out ANE WELL bachelor,