The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 5, 1925, Page 1

TROOPS GUARD CAVE VICTIM TOMB! Biggest Circulation in W: ashington POSITIVE proof that Elmer 1. Manheart dined at the Butler hotel cafe Saturday night with Mrs. Lillian Helen Morley, shortly before Mrs. Morley was shot to death In a taxleab at Harvard ave. and Harrison st., was given police Thursday when Dr. J. I. Wilson, prom inent dentist, identified Man- heart as the man he had seen in the eafe with the woman on urday evening ed of murder Mrs. Morley,” ide: entere at the man wh SEEN AT HOTEL Edition Bre m2 Fr REPAIR JOB fay A Haines, prohibition com af bootleg liquor? itswame, toe best oavertioment | WOULDN'T END MENACE : Demands Council Provide yaad be of Mittle | use » Waur nnnnnnmnnnnnnnnnd WEATHER The Newspaper With the BUTLER WITH Per - SE ; ar = ——|Dentist Picks Prisoner as BOW TO orem eae | Tennant Says Identification “DEATH TRAP”: ~ Beeees_sse,s0e to erect bul = aera ‘Patch ae. sink with the Bitoards warning by inkers of the | $150,000 Permanent Road Met of our moonshine ¢ Tas Companion of Woman pauEGeree in Taxi! ature Last M re = “| The Seattle Star !*s: SNOMEAL ONE. UR RRAAS PEARVANY 5, 1995 * 1WO CENTS IN SEATTLE. | tars, Morley's Companion Home f [oe eeeee, THEY SAY Clinches Manheart Case | DEMANDS REAL Howdy, folks! Didya see where Ee adreriuing oe Job’ on Railroad Ave. ——.. LOT--MAJEWSKI. sites Ex-Sleuth Says Severyns | turther smash | Has Plot Information ” IS PROMISED « ed at the fa of city of S ‘ : mahi © WF JANN ACD 1k WILSON WAS WITH TWO GL ennant was the - ¥ BEWARE RUM! lor Wt comeress appropriates $50,000 | Sekt Wilboards for the prohidi- | °” Ge depertment, wc may yet see) + igus like these : the: Sort DRINK RUM i | comm! ‘a up Tues ween 12 and 16 wait Butler cafe were to be ring, on Feb | Wt KILLED YOUR | |ruary 11, they would oppose the INQUIRY ters during the i DADD * * job over which the city xt the identifica ——————— ———% | has dallied for a year, and which, tion of Manheart on’s story was th: n he was in the cafe Fred May of the /Police Head Denies That He |." wi Was Told Anything LICK... CMIEF SEVERYENS| tee Muy. koawa. whe the two» vatrolinen| He ww withing alone at are who were to rob C. D, Hill: danced, of $90,000 last May, former Detect n FP. Majewski sald Th [they say, would leave the street just as much @ deathtrap as it ie now | turday evenin bh two guests, ve ee wees 2S "Insets Are Preserved in t eee ieee | From F n th, Railroad is N INSE i rom. Pike st. south, al DONT BE AN INS soles 4 ave. ls a ST-foot rosdway and &© ‘ in fairly good “Sipe” “But “trom | ———H | Pike st. north the road narrows to bi sore FIRST! 22 feet, with a five-(bot sidewalk, a the Great line of poles at the edge and only Waa Seer s brenkard! a flimsy rail on either side, not sub | HES DEAD NOW! | stantial enough to keep any vehicle — % | from going over into the Sound. Three persons were drowned here | Hi that, some Seattle bootlegser | iast Sunday, when their car caught @l make a fortune giving aW8Y jn the uneven planking skidded @emetery lot as a premium with} | into the rail ath bottle aes proved fatal | FIGHTS | “PATCH” JOB Cotteril! said that the port would | Wy deane’s a radio announcer, | insist that the plan for permanent KPAE! improvement of the street, n a eee fe ————______—.| how the present transfer track, ( the child la. MAYOR TO DEMAND east to provide additional room. Sefer wut wit com || CITY COUNCIL MAKE | = "i RAILROAD AVE. SAFE || hi ° at Ma BROWN will demand Tasos WE GET WEARY oF | that the city coungl take READING ABOUT || immediate action to make Rail- ywhile his gu aman a he a The man was walter, tr Severyns also knows w braid” executive is ar man ts who appre ne Majewskt's le 4 they moved Dr. Wilson took particular no. of the man on account of the adit gang, the former de-| argument as the ma His tes portance nee ich nant and his staff} ‘ounded Manheart, ree murder tive death would make a full investiga’ the affair’ if Majewski wot e chain of evi This picture, by Staff Photographer Fred Carter, shows Railroad ave., the trap, as it exists today. Line No. 1 shows the present width of thé street north of Pike is: ile. tel Rims vabreaen —22 feet, with only a flimsy rail between street and Sound. Line No. 2 shows hoW @)\ wom Majewski xays were to have 57-foot street would be created under the Port Commission's plan. Line No, 3 show8|beon members of the bandit gainst the prisoner now adjoining Railroad ave., would be moved 30 feet) “Severyns knows who soon as Deputy Prosecutor Mac ald Majew “That's just camou- | la preme court | fin B Ker so knows | mpia hey are, Kernan iy Severyns'| Ten’ hopes to prove that ! | former: investigator an ght-hand|"“Manheart met Mrs. Morley in Los rr t ed! man. Kernan can tell him } (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) " ‘I am coat going to tell who the — : road ave. safe for the public, he Highway Patrolman Suspended Be- irrbe demand wil be fa tbe, Sort || cause He Handcuffed Three of a letter which the mayor is 3 preparing to send to the council. || N ATTEMPT to smash all speed jat the ma Pilowers of a religious sect inj] It is prompted by the fatal A records from Seattle to Port-|his pri Tm Angeles declare that the world} dent Sunday in which John Peter- |} and ended in arrest for the to end Friday. son, his wife and Mrs. Clara Fitch || ers and suspension for W. J. for the warning. We'll|| were drowned when the Peterson j state highway patrolman, that ton of coal we ordered Mp Yonnte en, over the ocean, My beanie yeltd’ over the sea, ang. ar returns from a (he reason we favor the child la-| in the that were sald to be in ment from the ring. = pases engagement. State Budget Measure Less | vo Sl ore 4 THAN UAB SY OAS 91°| bacete, ca et rmaake, on iivention rs rather than at the ar jtion,”” Severyns said them in and question them. ir;TOt Found in Duwamish rs op-| there nything to this Maje |story, want to know it and the| River Lost on Sept. 17 eration of state departments the} BODY FOUND rest OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 5 ing appropriations for o men had no right to vic the law and Clark did right in ‘Industrial Insurance Agency, and/ ng to get | ©, This was finally | He identifies Manheart | }On overhanging rock drops ic jabout the mouth. Huge icici to the face of the shelf. {nel Rt 4:30 a. m. and sewers committ re. | the streets h's bloodhounds, SR oo ele 70 mile and took r port 1 repor rutome » did not sanction h tolt the | to the rumor | 1 how to a Ford fender. has been Anoski gave the thug $80 in cas ny and his pocketbook, which contained | — a number of checks. The re "}then Jumped back in the car |his companion drove away |Ballard police dnd officers fr z Hesdauncties searched in vain for) ho 13th death was registered Wedne Anoski js associated with the/when Selichl Okihara, ur-old son Jooth Fisheries Co jot A. Okihara, 1122 Hiawatha place, was Instantly killed at Fourth ave by a car driven by} Sim on ext move. ‘will be to outlaw the backs of Fords. Pinal know wr ys in|, Tf the railroad lobby's plans xo * ’* | thru, Christensen writes, “it will de- jprive taxpayers of roads to travel over for the sake of saving a few hundred thousand dollars to the larger corporations,” y are, but important per: | nually call- of course, day afternoon agreed to. ‘ow the cost for this temporary ze. 9 mprovement, a8 shown by the no- A CIRCULAR LeTrER |ltieew of unseasment sent to property -— owners, has swelled to $60,000 for | the job the streets department would have done for $28,000 “This is ridiculous. It will not We rete 04 Chariey, My n unusual variety of good dandy FORD SEDAN, TUDOR, $ cor auto crashed thru a flimsy ral || staged the raid, it was arresti hom,” sald McArdle la cenculd ieneonst bos. and sete. tie seen Borie Thurs om) i ¥ ’ oH y Bi apn any as Appr ee 4 . bill w ier Majewski never told me who| Found floating in the Duwamish | ; Y on 2 i. he automoblie writer them and bring | tro¢ 1 in the house today y He never told me any-| river n the city limits, Wednes- Gabriel's horn sounds On|) urged repair of the avenue in his || jocal papers and Jolh Miller should have taken 1 by the various de it I thought ot. | di ie the be es 3 hy da) me radio nut is 1 ated | veeatiid asked by the various K day evening, the body of 3-year-old | W, 30 annual messag’ cr of the car, were arrested officer 4 are very slightly under , s going to be involved! Margaret Ettlin, daughter of Mr. and fo send him @ postcard, say-| 74 bet iudieifts to © Olyrepia ° era ‘ Aoi ee aughter r.and| "Your program coming over ree “ é F ahaee 4 © of last year; these were arbi-|in his It was a surprise| Mrs. Joseph Ettlin, of Renton, was | ratulations!” ago and then abandoned, be re- | Clark swore o0 & & sei ~~ trarily cut in half to conform to| When he ignored Tennant and pick-! held by the coroner Thursday as fan now and substituted for the | !# filler ies pays ; 912° Governor Hartley's request f& ‘gold braid’ | The girl disappeared from he: 4 to people who be-| “Patehwork. Job.” Peres awd thee ie bad 3 mand) State reforma ut Monroe gets| Severyns sald he had been unable| home September 17, 1924, From all soul af pe Iay, all} “Under this plad, agreed to Pe eeray tet: Eee ded him."! $129,000; state penitentia to locate Kernan, said by Majewski | {indications she wandered to the river rene 90! Tresye 000 train to know about the alleged plot bank and was accidentally drowned. | and Rambler, traced the lit-| 4d ave safe, And, ther continue this horse play, the port will fight for an tm-| ~~ | praverni that will wipe out this | jdeathtrap forever.” EARLY. Now turn to the Want Ad page and see who Ix offering this one the police! roads thea | Openings jdown to ting stations are of the speed test, whi 6 njewski's ste was th hig 3) 7 35 stations mre da.|the city engineer, the port and the| tr conor Yarwden 1 Lake Majewski Y was that a high | Sheriff Matt Starw femain silent wh \ exe , spartme ‘ Wel broadcas state,” he said, “the westernmost i ae i : § oom hospital, xecutive of the department had | Rattl ta hie callnumber./* [400% on which the railroad, has | sere om! Pee ‘eg: Woolley hospital, $2 state cus-|#ent a@ trusted Meutenant to him|tle girl to the highway near her| gierendarad Ale: traction -would bé| tte oad rats aan aiiaga gas "it todial school, $19 ; Orting home, | (Majewski) with a proposal to hold-| home and later, on two different at-| moved 20 feet east, and a new road. t car came tearing. past me 000; Retsil home, $120,000; state; up C. D. Hillman, last while | tempts, traced her to the river bank. | . : ; ‘* ar came teartr ak fair, $31,000. the wealthy 1 estate operator The coroner declares the tot met and & Greate while way, 30 feet wide, would be in-| hour late. They set out in pursuit j fair, , soak | 5 learning to play alled alongside the present road pry overtook the car 13 0 down Washington University, — which (Turn to Pago 7, € y) death aceid ntally. 4 nd = a bard ben This wouJd make the avenue a unis) tn road but had to drive asked for $3,000,000 run it for the rh Tee 8 | 0 and thence to ao feat: ite’ fe 1 tat jum, 8 $1,395,130 for one arene, where playing nc wi-|form width of S7 feet Ita entire) an nour to do it Ballard Fish Dealer Is Victim | yer oheration. » State educational A. Kitche and ¥. Webster, length. | Clark slipped the handcuffs on fara, AR Se freance them handily, taking 2, “This plan, which would cost|the three men em to of Thugs y h will get lee ria them by my greate skill: 159 099, was to be financed by as-| olympia. t: thal [ieee or. Washington ‘ |seaament of the property owhers.| arrest to McA iyo | Crean oes alan Avia ETE ne state, as owner of the harbor| McArdle sai with automatic pis-| 0" mal g4788 bilengburg |S S R d U: i $10. 000 andthe port of Seattle wan t0| bo understi laylight, holdup inte pormal, 247,284; Ellensburg] enator Says Roads Using i more than ha \breakneck speed over the highway.] Ballard Thursday morning, ing . Fi d . His criticism of Clark was directed] Phillip Anoski, 2228 Elliott ave, a}, or the bullding program the unt und at lature | ne * i ah rnerctiaht, oF 490 $256,000 in addition: fortane awnite the man who} INCREASE! | 5] 7 ee rehar spe sped before the| $256,000 of this coming from the] ost @ way to remove gum) «Because of the protests of other Old Spokane Bridge oer OETA: Ha burcied Tt university's building fund, the other —Recording | reduction of the road and bridge fund! |property owners, and undoubtedly F Ae seogn bite ‘ $100,000 as a straight appropriation. | ol hat f f ax he Lie | oe, p capt y . | topped: to make «-d¢ ‘ propriation charges thal jund of | tax in the se counties of the| the Opposition of the railroads, Nee Is Used Temporiraly| fa) | $100,000 or more, state from 4 to 2 mills, and the re 2 cents ion. in Seattle n was dropped and arrangement#| West side traffie Thursday morn 4 bandits drov in the interests of the duction of road district taxes from eters, een, Seattle | were tha for the ‘patch’ Job. ling was temporarily diverted back|Ono of ‘the men jumped out 4 “| | large railroads of the state 10 to 6 mills. uch higher il which the streets departm sald Eom: Wiohtarib aA. street. be e SI S ” WAY cheaper to use moonshine. | Gould be completed by day labor for {to the old Spokan t carldrew a pistol, which he held ag ry | influence ne a enator If your organization has as ‘ 28,000, the property owners to pay | DTdse due to steam shovels work: | Anoski's und threatened to kill George F. Christensen, of Stev- much success in getting these VIRICK RADIATOR CAPS ev icaneme oS . ling on the 23rd ave. 8. W. end of|him if ho did not surrender his ens, opened an attack today on | two items reduced as you did the FEW automobile code, just a be ° the new bridge having to occupy] money. the so-called “State Federation 1%g-mill levy, it is going to place in the legistat Sorae; WOLeE TONY DEOPSELY. OS TOES | thie. Fight otway, for: a few hours. |) of Taxpayers’ association.” the smaller counties in a position Use of thin viel’ stich, |asteed (0, but council failed to) The old Inndmark on the tower| Christenson has talked of start-| where they will be unable 4 eld 5 wi | provide the other half of the money.| route looked familiar and doubtle ber| Ing @ senatorial investigation of the| Keep up. thelr roads, but. of ap Boy Latest Vic’ t Then, after more hearings, it waslty many West Seattle folks t se p y IctiM Of jassociation; C. E. Arney, Jr, its] Cones te will Fave lage, opie decided to let a contract for the|lehange was not undiverting a lexecutive secretary, has virtually ” | vork, which the engineer extimafed, |" — : Motor Vehicles Jdared him to €o ahe Riles Wen ind NE abe done in that way, would cost $40, | ‘The ratirouds, Christensen s 000. This the property owners, | TODAY’S m automobiles |, Tes ne celle a eager to end the menace, also winning thelr great fight to repeal WANT ADS the one and a half mill permanent | ‘highway levy, He charges that at| Ha | 1 Ont the next legislative session, further used cars, Here is and Union legislation in the interest of the! It 1s common knowledge that the |\May Wheat Takes |Max C. King, 31, Majestic hotel ralltdhie de; tobe allgped over rallroad lobby is the strongest. in ° : ‘ The little Japanese boy jumped! The letter says in part |years. Besides tho road program, } Big Drop in Chicago |,..:; the curb in front of the} “tn doing away with the high-|the lobby has been insistently back CHICAGO, Feb A sharp drop|White building and ran Into the|way levy it eaves them (the rall-|ing the plan for a state tax commis- was registered by May wheat at the|p of King’s motor .ca His| roads) nearly $200,000 each year in| sion that would deprive counties of Jopening on the board of trade today. |skuli was crushed by a wheel } tax: which would — be 1 on} power to assess railroad property, ranged from $1.97] King was booked it the state lturning this funetion, virtually 5%, compared with alind released on his personal recog-| “I understand that. wt next | over to three appointive members of lelose of $1.09% yesterday, | for! commission, nizanee. eon! ou sare ce t A 5.8. TRAGIC DEATH IS NEAR State in Charge of Grim Task at Tunnel; Hope for Collins Fading LY FE. D. LEONARD Uy 1 r 1 eve t . BP. hi 1 f al govern m are | victim Jing mud is ain. even get my hand thru that {s left.” |New SHAFT MUST BE DUG The only means of reach Oi. s now would be thru a new aft Y t be cut directly to the Joned a plan of a gi- From emerged, e work being org vernor W Fields, who, on estion from the Cincinnati Post soldiers, commanded by Brig- Ky., Feb. to pre . f Colin tombed explorer, be cred tod I know the Lord is able to give my boy strength to last until the new shaft reaches him.” adler H. H. Denhardt, Major Hubert ‘aptain Alex Corney. commanded troops at during mill strikes Rescuers est lies 160 |feet from the mouth of the cave. He ‘charges |'% 60 feet straight down from the j surface. The cave mouth opens from the side of a pit on the slope of a hill water s cling Riskmg his own life, Roy Hyde wriggled thrn the contracting tun Reaching a point 20 feet inward, where dislocation of the walls prevented further progress, he called to Collins. There was no answer. Again and again Hyde shouted, his voice muffled in the nar- row passage. Finally there came to his ears a faint, ‘Oh, oh!” Collins apparently has lapsed into a coma, He bas not been fed for to to Page 7, Column 4) BRIDGE BUILDING WRIT SOUGHT Magnolia Residents Want Viaduct’s Restoration Petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Mayor Brown and the city council to rebuild the present Wheel er st. bridge, partially destroyed by fire last June 30, was filed in su perior court Thursday noon by five residents of the district. No date has as yet been set for the hearing. The action brought in the name of the state charges that the city executives have refused re peated requests of the residents to repair the span on 20th ave, W from Lawton way to Thorndyke a jand on W. Wheeler st, from 15th ave. to Thorndyke st. The bridge was crected in 1912 after residents in the district had been assessed many thousands of dol- jars for the improvement, it fs al- loged. Citizens for whom the writ is asked are Donald and Mildred T. Clark, Cecil and Lotta Gray and Matthiew Sloan. The petition was filed by the law firm of Wright & Wright. FIREMAN HURT Knocked Unconscious Re- sponding to False Alarm While responding to a false alarm late Wednesday night, Capt. Pat- rick J. Donohoe, acting first battal fon chief of the fire department, was knocked unconscious when his auto skidded on wet planking near tho Kast waterway dock. It over. turned. Donohoe was senseless when rescued, and was taken to the city hospital and later removed to the Providence hospital He has a painful head injury. |