The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 11, 1924, Page 1

GH SCHOOL BOOZE PARTY Brings 20 Suspensions and Protests From Parents "WEATHER -.-= The Seattle Star yw wt Temperatere Last VOL. 26. NO. ame Bre Howdy, folks! M eaten this morning over last spring Make this a Mus { ays an advertise Sure, let's ‘ yers. sow many dumdbe ind some that are But dumbest ts he the sea r the Yule-tide to come in Santa The Newspaper With the Second Clase Matter May SE ATTLE, WASH., | BRIBE OFFERS any an ess was cackled (EDITORIAL) HOLESALE charges have been made that bribes have been offered in an attempt to corrupt certain city and county officials. The officials admit they have been ap- sf watches ©) proached. They say they know the men who of- fered the money. But THEY WILL NOT DIS- CLOSE THESE NAMES. Frank ps civil service | makes the charge that “certain pers had see: | sold to applicants, for Ps of $500 and up, copies of the supposed list of questions to be al Christmas,” all saxophone Ht persons dumd as sin, commissioner, THURSDAY, Douglas Storrs Is Jailed! AND PRISONS!) AUTHORITIES “Th' meanest man I know told bis fiveyear-old son yesterday that Santa Claus has just died from eat % ing too many Es % <imo ples.” phonograph and ra- all the rage td puz- | go craz Combination tio sets now hey’d also include a cross-w outfit, then we could a’ together Here He the remains of @ radio fan,| ourned by his many rela ions; fe went to a powder-mill, smoking his pipe, ind was picked up by twenty-one stations. Williams’ Purple Cow. eee Li'l Gee Gee says that all of the presidents wrote books. In f President Polk's book, “Polk's I tory,” is still a best-seller \. CHRISTMAS CROSS-WORD | PUZZLE ' “Hey, howabouta little service, eseee Getoffa ma foot! What- . Canta buy acoupla presents without mo fighter way thrua crowd? . Howmucha these stockuns? Comon, Lizzie, let's godowna basement. Scheaper there Merry Chrismus, Missjones. hoppun, too? Aintit fierce?” Chas- The federal court in New York has cided that newspapers can publish ns. Well, they may able to ge y with income tax eturns, but heaven help them if they | y¥ to publish women’s ages! ae oe S ince ne tax ret Of course, there is no reason why they should not be permitted to print | ncome tax fi considering the bathing girl figures they publish. see disregarded <carning Of the cold wave on the way, And froze the radiator Of his little Chevrolet. oe Considering the popularity of cros- | word puzzles, isn't it peculiar thut nobody has tried to have a law passed against them? ae SUGGESTION TO CONGRESS | Why not treble the circulation of | the Congressional Record by printing snappy pictures like the above? AE ‘The report card of Lita Grey, Char-| Chaplin's 16-year-old bride, has been given to the public, and it says: Deportment, 100." Wonder what Mabel card ways? Normand'’s sae Difficult Jobs: Ben Turpin work- ing @ crossword puzzle, eee | company {8} The Bekins now operating a vans between Vancouver and Seattle Flum runners bv reed to allow | them to use the Pacific highway dur-| ging the slack hour | stornge fleet of moving | YE DIARY (December 10) Karly up, a wi wrmy day and AL noon nen, # fine tay. | . And did | non the murine iy vaetly Hike an Horan ‘would be more realistic Sf a few of the diners were hanging over the rail, And sy Ww home, \Omaha Health Oe Dec. 11—In the face of a |W storm of protest, Dr. A. 8. Pinto, asked in the police sergeants’ civil service exam- ination. HE REFUSES TO NAME THE MEN. Tom Dobson, county commissioner, charges he was approached by a man who offered him $10,000 if he and Commissioner Gaines would vote against Ewing Colvin as the new prosecu- tor. HE REFUSES TO NAME THE MAN. ROSECUTOR MALCOLM DOUGLAS is entrusted with the job of enforcing our laws. If he will turn to Volume 1, Section 2008 in the Remington Code he will find a statute reading: “Every person . . who, after the commission of any felony, shall harbor, conceal or maintain or assist any principal felon, or accessory before the fact, or shall give the offender any other aid, know- ing that he had committed a felony or had been an vaccessory before the fact, with intent that he should avoid or escape detection, arrest, trial and punishment, shall be deemed an accessory after the fact and shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail notemore than one year or be fined in any sum not exceeding $500.” If Mr. Boyle and Mr. Dobson know the names of the men who offered bribe money—and they say they do—it is clearly the job of Prosecutor Douglas to take action against them. Either they must be made to name the bribe-givers and thus clear the names of dozens of other men now under the cloud of suspicion, or Mr. Douglas must proceed as the statute specifies The public will NOT be satisfied to see him sit idly by and say “his office will not act in the matter.” That is HIS JOB! FForTS are being made at the city-county building to have Dobson, the retiring com- sioner, appointed county purchasing agent. The great game of polities works in ways that are strange. What better letter of recommendation for public consumption would a new purchasing agent desire than the story of how he, as a coun- ty commissioner, had been made an offer of $10,000 for his vote and had turned it down? If Tom Dobson is sincere in his statement that this bribe was offered to him, it’s his job, under the law, to tell who offered it. It’s Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas’ job, if Dob- son refuses, to make him tell. IF THEY DON’T DO IT, THE PUBLIC— ALREADY OVERFED ON SUCH SCANDAL IN CITY AND COUNTY POLITICS—WILL KNOW THE REASON WHY. Would Annul Childless m Marriages in Two Years Advocates Commissioner Law; Opposed by Wife and Others advocated adoption of a city health commissioner, today held firmly to his theory that childless marriages should be made null and yold after two years. Among those who declared opposl tion to the commissioner's stand were marry and inserting the marriage clause A Home his wife and Omaha club women, dD Pinto asserted that if some . ete to increase, the|| for Christmas native stock, lower European races will sqgn control the United States; | He ocated a law taking married |, women out of industry and providing | for annulment of marriages where | there ix no issue In two years, | Here ix an opportunity to bring real joy. A small down payment will handle, 5-room 4a condi Mrs. Pinto pointed out to her hus- tone MUTOH. widercOuaenAmné band that if hie had been in of- ni Living room fect when they were married they} Good view, All ne vat’ Ghent: divorodd. tasny,|| In Cony rooms, nice baxe- | would have he et al Bin pmo men A wor kl ng mans parn- years ag ne rat chile e}} dine. Just $2,760, $800 cash. more than two years after marriage, | Move right in. whe said. -——-—-— tand while marriage Dr. Pinto declared h dixcusming the ebranka law, whioh provides for 10 days’ no | Tonight's Want Adu will tell you who has the key. tice before licenses are granted. He eugenics amendment forbidding eplleptica to two-year Biggest Circulation in Washington Home cas March & » 1924. Por Year, by Mail, $2.00 oe TWO CENTS” IN SEATTLE, DECEMBER 11, IS ARRESTED BY SAN FRANCISCO |,,,dAuSkies for Rainier! Thrills of a Rex Beach Novel Can Be Yours at the Mountain Resort Now —e | Defendant in Ruth Garrison Case Faces New Charge TWO WOMEN INVOLVED Former King County Deputy Sheriff Again Loses to Law OUGLAS STORRS, former | King county deputy sher Uf, exconvict from the Wash. ington state prison, and the man for whose love one woman died and another went to the penitentiary for killing her, | is in jail in San Franeiseo, it was learned in Seattle Thurs day Storrs is in the county Jail of the California city a charge of living off the earr of two women, ac at the time « that b tel with ad regis om dee tered at the I “Mr, and Mra. At the time of Storres, may he gave a name, it is de ® arres Jalightly different jared Finger prints of the man held, however, are identlea) those | } of Douglas Storrs, and officers | declare there can be no mils | take of his idemtity, Storrs, who has offén been called the greatont in Washington criminal refuned to talk | Thursday when interviewed by rep: The Star in San He would say nothing identity of the two wom lover history,” resentatives of Francisco. however, * 1 that at former rancisco police. they understan ast one of t from Was las Storrs, while he was a deputy | sheriff of Kir Ruth Garri- | | Because of her mad love for Doug- [non, a murdered | high #6 | Mra. Storrs by plac ja fruit cocktall ¥ j with her in a dow | ig atrychn taking n lunch ror in superior fg her deed. ane and fary for Ruth Garrison wast court here after confe | She was found crimin: Nip, the Alaskan Husky, stood for his picture with Miss lith O'Brien, of Carolina Court, like the gentleman he is, without even a protesting “Woof!” Above is “Jack,” the leader of the 14-dogsled team, im- ported from the Far North to carry visitors over the snows of Rainier National park this winter. to Walla Walla peniten' | An attempt is being made now by Attorney Fred Wettrick to c ain her freedom on the ¢ } longer inaane, An attempt was made at the time to connect Storr und that she ts no with the murder LL the thrills of a dyed-in-the (Turn to Page 9, Column 3) 41 wool Rex Beach hero or heroine, And right yard, so to speak! All by way of saying that the Ral- mance! swaying over the snowy wastes in an lies tak exe sative mer National Park company, as an = pecs wee added winter sports attraction for | huskies, may be yours if you 80 de-| Rainier National park, has imported sire With the from farthest Alaska @ team of 14 slightest touch of imag: | Alaskan huskies, together with two | | Senate Okehs $111,000,000 |ination you can transform the Es: native slelghs and an Esquimau | | ; ‘ quimau driver into your faithful ser- driver, Mr, Kakisenoruk from Deer- | for New Ships, Repairs | vant—which indeed he is, for tho time |ing, 250 miles north of Nome. |being-—save the heroine—and return) ‘The dogs.and equipment were to WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Speed ing up its program, the senate today passed the new navy bill providing for expenditure of $11,000,000 for t now cruisers and the ing of six battleships. The action was taken without a record vote upon a compromise en to the inn in time for supper. Ro: leave: Seattle for Rainier " Thureday. 6 MAIL BANDITS: FEAR GOMPERS GIVEN TERMS NEAR DEATH recondi gineered by Senator Charles EB. Cur tix, now republican lender, and coat cleared the way for other {mportant Get 1 to 25 Years ‘| Leader Is Stricken During $2,000,000 Robbery | CHICAGO, pending jeaught in tha jam have + Mu matters the over Dec. 11 Six bandits! SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Dec. 11— who confessed participation in the|The train bearing Samuel Gompers M ‘ S $2,000,000 mail robbery at Rondout, AIM SE! [ii ene 2 toss weve ve to the federal prisor for terms ranging from 1 to They are Brent G |formerly of stricken president of the American | Federation of Labor, ni from € orth |City, passed thru San Luis Potosi at boezbeny Het cits | seock, Chicago, LEW for the HUBBS, Franklin, sales manager driving down Mexican Consul Vasque at Laredo has been advised, accord. Pike st J. CARROLL, old- Kansas City; Herbert time ron Tike st., looks |Holiday, Kansus City, 1 Wylie | ns to messages here today. wets if he should carry an | Willis, Jesse and Joe Newton, cow The railway agent at San Luis Po.! umbrella to lunch, RAYMOND |boys and brothers, of Dallas, Texas. |tosi said that he had no information| AUZIAS DE TURENNE, bank I al spun i pale Abe ae a that Gompers had died from the at- or, takdng afteriunchéon stroll |e ieee vcentaent in: mecusinme tho tack of Neast trouble which hit Hith on Westlake before returning to at the Mexican capital, No mem. i : {conviction of William J, Fahy, work. FRANK ATWOOD, paint alle 1 two Chi.| bers of the train crew knew of tt and wallpaper merchant, in his ;f Postal Inspectors,” and two Chi) i spent wutd ‘ walking north on {a0 politicians, for complicity In Third ave. A. MEMORY TUT |the robbery A previous and unconfirmed report | According to Glasseock's testimony | h#d been received that Gompers has | | Sunday best, NER, who works in a bank for living and sings in the choir for [at the trial of Fahy, the postal in.| Passed away on route home. recreation, enjoying the sun in. {Spector furnished thé information| Gompers was placed aboard an shipments on whieh the | International & Great Northern rail way train yesterday t money front of National Bank of Com ng operated and was being | in South America eth aed MANTHROE OV BY, f Fahy received 25 years in Atlanta | rushed to a lowe Ititude today be. bond salesman, hurrying out of . Teary balldlhg, REV. Ww. q, \#ame time cause, of a sus hoeurt affection, | JONES discussing the situation | - spe ae to) TBBOKIS Sty with E, Shorrock, L. T. BAR i tae} . The veteran labor leade wus. | Non nantes Mati for we. |Mining Diamonds teibleen wills utténdldie’ tho: traug | other order.» MAJ. Ki, 8. GULL, uration of President Callees in Mex looking as happy as if there had Ico’ City beer! ho election, hurrying across Diamond mining will soon become Gompors will be brought thru &: Second ave, JAMES M. LANG, [profitable th South America, A. An-| Antonio, according to A. W. Hart druggist, standing in front of |derson, who is stopping at the St.|man of thigwity, who was with the | Stimpson building contemplating | Regis hotel, believes. Anderson says|labor leader in Mexieo City, and | that m few diamonds have who has returned here. |found on the gold claims ht the new drug stor liwh there. DR. J been neern physiclan, wondering = what |is Working with dredges, and sub-lont after he reuchéd Mexico City catiwed the tate political land (untial finds hive been found near}that the wititude was too much for wlide, traveling Up Union at. the gold digginges Gompevs Edition Police Know How Boys Got Booze! Father of One Boy Pleads With Board to Give Students a Chance; School Heads Are Called Arbitrary Pee a ae a | What The Star Thinks About This Affair (See Editorial Page) N EXHAUSTIVE investigation of the booze party held last Saturday night, which had resulted Thursday in the temporary suspension of 20 Lincoln high school stu- | de ents, was under way Thursday. New developments were: | —Ewing D. Colvin, chief deputy prosecutor, an- nounced he had started an inquiry in an effort to discover the name of the bootlegger who supplied the moonshine for the party. —Chief of Police Severyns had obtained information concerning the source of the booze and declared he would attempt to arrest the man who sold the stuff. A few of the boys and parents met with Chief Severyns Thursday morning in an effort to trace the bootlegger. —Dr. C. W. Sharples, president of the school board, declared he would be willing to forgive all the students connected with the party if he could find the man who sold the Le. P prigee of the suspended pupils, incensed because the school board took action before even inform- inf them of the party, announced they would register , 4 formal protest against the board’s sudden and arbi- in our own front | Ceremonies at Mexico City |AS father uf one of the boys sus: | Mexico | school Hartman said it was soon appar: | trary action. Jeft home rather than happened. The party, which resulted in the |suspensions, was held at the home of William H. Stoyer. The party had been arranged with the consent of the parents. According to Robert Evang, father of one of the boys, several of the youths brought liquor, whieh caused alt the trouble. The aifair started as an innocent dance, but before long several pres- ent were so intoxicated they had to be taken home. Those present at the party ranged in age from 15 to 18 years. Six of the 20 pupils suspended were girls. school students, it is said. All those known to have been present have | been suspended, The school board learned of the party Tuesday and at their meeting | Tuesday night took up the matter. | Wednesday the students were no- tifled that they had been temporar- {iy suspended. |PARENTS WERE NOT INFORMED OF ACTION Parents of the students involved |were not consulted by the board or informed of the action until the young folks, themselves, did so. It is reported that three of the boys left home rather than tell their parents of being suspended. | ‘The parents were so incensed |that the board should take action| without taking the fathers and mothers into consultation, that they will make a formal protest to the Thursday he had already started to Some of those present were not high | Ee of the boys suspended were reported to have to tell their parents of what —Parents of the suspended pupils and the school ‘board will meet Tuesday evening at the Summit school, at which time the parents will be allowed to dis- | cuss the matter with the board. run down clues in an effort te find the bootlegger who sold the pupils the booze, He said he had been informed that part of the Saturday night party had gone to ® roadhouse outside the city ~ and the other to the private home. “I do not believe Lincoln high is any worse than any other high school,” Colvin said. “Only @ very small percentage of the students are involved, but we must take action to stop the supply even to the few who are now getting liquor.” | SHARPLES WANTS TO PUNISH THE SELLER | Dr. C. W. Sharples, president of | the school board, sald Thursday that there was nothing vicious about the | party. | “There were more than 30 girls \" and boys present,” he said. “Such | parties, where liquor is consumed, is encouraged by present prohibition |laws and methods of enforcement. The boys and girls consider it a lark to get liquor because it is prohib- ited.” School authorities are doing every- | thing in their power to find the boot- |legger, Sharples said. | “I would be willing to forgive all the boys and girls if we could get | the evidence on the bootlesger’ who sold the stuff,” the doctor sald. Chief of Police Severyns said Thursday he had a clue to the iden- tity of the bootlegger who sold the |board against such “arbitrary ac-|moonshine. The chief met with sey- tion.” eral of the suspended boys and, their Deputy Prosecutor Colvin said|fathers in an effort to get the ad- dréss of the man. . * . “GIVE BOYS A CHANCE,” ' 3 PLEADS FATHER OF ONE iCalls Student Meeting at Home to Protest Summary Dismissal BY ROBERT EV 4120 Interlake Ave. pended by the school board and | Ja friend of all the students in- lvolved, and spokesman for a num- ber of the parents, I wish to protest gainst the arbitra action of the officials in children without first notifying the arents or giving the youngsters a jchance to tell their story. | ‘The boys and girls are entitled to a square deal. The parents and the children are determined they shall have a square deal, At o meeting of 28 of the students at my home Wednesday at 11 a. m. hey effort to get falr treatment from the board. I asked my son, Leon, to jeall the students together at my home, We do not want the school board to prejudge the boys and girls, then jislye us a dummy hearing, We want ‘the board tnembers to act as humane representatives of Seattle school chil | dren We do not believe the lives Jot theno youngsters should be marred j because of a sma {indiscretion that | pt on them without premeditation. | | The house party was arranged | several days before with the con: sent of the parents, Tl was held at the heme of Mr and Mrs, William H. Stoyer, 8918 Meridian aye. Saturday night, Someone brought liquor, The boys. and | girls thought it a lark to drink some of it, The parents knew nothing more of the incident until! Tuesday night, when the ehildven cume home with suspending the | } to stand together in an} the news they had been expelled. TI immediately voiced a protest to school authorities and so did other parents. We were given no satis: | faction. I then asked my son to get all of the students who were at the party | together and I called on some of the parents and talked with others by telephone, | We are going to demand from the board that they give us a fair hear- ing before they reach a decision in |the case. There have been many | students guilty of innocent pranks, |who have been summarily dismissed from the public schools we are sup- porting and paying for. We want to see the person who sold the liquor to the youths: punished for violating the law, We are co-operating with Chief of Police Severyns and the boys are giving him their aid. I and somo of the other parents jdoubt the authority of the school |bourd to dismiss the students for an | indiseretion committed Saturday ove: ning. It seems to me that the par- ents, not tho school board, are the Jones who are responsible for the ac: | tions of their youngsters when they aro not in school nor attending a | schoo! function especially on a Sate }.urduy, ® Moro inquiries for special trains |to the Northwest have been made | thts winter than ever before, H. A. Lawrence, general city passenger agent of the Union Pacific, says Lawronce predicts more tourists next your than ever before In the histery vf the vity.