The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1925, Page 11

ERFOAN. S84 4%, w25. @ OFFER SiGH Councilman Says Wanted to} Be Fair to Company COULD GET IT FOR LESS} “City Fathers” Opposed to Referendum on Sale x t V carlines is 1 t w but * ¢ ‘ T ad f one © af licat Ho refused ay whether dis . are e to putting . sed in The Star Thursday, Oliver T. Erickson, councilman elect, favorst t ferendum rider H ares aA refer end aly fair meth It ¢ Dy special el > s or could be 1 next ing’s general i 4 cheaper plan T € . who must re-/ c nymous, explains that a on the measure would N right if restricted to vote Valley residents only. | of the city isn’t vitally | * was his naive e&plana- It isn't as tho we were pay- simply paying ds, | Valley compan getting velatic nade could have gotten ss, but we were plan ning out of business and th sides and | give them a fair price as long as} t thy wera gclnw .codserd.” | HART PROBE UP TO DUNBAR Fullerton Won't Prosecute;' Pierce County May OLYMPIA, May 22.— Informal} charges against ex-Governor Hart} @:: be looked tn by Attorney} General Dunbar Saturday Prosecutor Fullertor unty, says there's Hart. He ations, which were «i referred to fees fo wind affairs of the Scandinavian. ican bank. Dunbar may decide to hand the} case to Prosecutor Selden, Pierce county. The affidavits wore made | in Tacoma. WON'T DISMISS PARDON CASES Hold Other Charges Against | Ex-Governor of Kansas e TOPEKA, Kan. May 22—None| of the remaining pardon sale cases! against former Governor Jonathan / M. Davis, his son, Russell, and/ former State Bank Commissioner Cari J. Peterson will be dismissed, despite the acquittal Wednesday night of the elder Davis on charges of soliciting a bribe for pardon. Attorney General C. B. Griffith made this announcement Friday. adding that the state was prepared , © go ahead with the remaining cases, including the Fred W. Poll- man case, when they are reached on the docket. The Poilman case involves Rus- sell Davis, who was trapped in the act of selling a pardon to Pollman, @ paroled bgnker, for $1.250. The state has accused Russell of being the agent of his father and Peter- son. Ex-Goyernor Davis way jubilant Thursday, “Politics in adjourned.” he said, smiling. “I am goirtg back to the farm, The cornfields down in Bour- bon county need me. I am going back to see about the crops and make a living. I may go fishing occasionally.” | Early Resident Dies in Hotel Apartment Mrs. Francis Adams, 89, pioneer _Tenident and aunt of H. L. White,| 4911 California ave., was found dead | in her apartment in the New Wash- ington hotel Thursday by her maid. | ‘The aged woman had died from heart failure. She had resided at the New Washington ‘hotel for several years, Funeral arrangements will be made Friday. oe British War Leader 2 Dies After Illnéss LONDON, May 22.—-The earl of @:: formerly Field Marshal ench, of the British armies in France during the world war, died today at Deal, The earl of Ypres had been criti cally ill for some + he past two days his condition gradually grew worse, This morning he grad- wally sank, Mrs. Green Dies; | In City 37 Years Mrs. Marghareta D, A. Green, 79, resident of Seattle for 47 years, died late Thuraday at her home, 606 Cloverdale st. The hody in at the Booth pariors, awaiting funeral ar-| rangements, She was a native of lowa. ‘Two sons, Charles H. Green, Bothell, and Adolph Green, Seattle, and a daughter, Mra, P, i, MeCar- thy, Seattle, survive First Heat Victim Ill in Kansas City mRANSAS CITY, Mo, May 23» The first heat prostration of the} sear occurred yesterda when B./ A, Krebba, 5 was overcome while | Manding on a street Ho Wan removed to the General hoapl-| corner, E pear at dist ave. N. and E. a) Amundsen Made First Polar I tion in 1897; Been s beer Amundsen. Norwegia | apt ORATION 4 work Rn Am e-faced ame we known in Seattle thre years ago this month, has t of old derlust. in Viking The is veins Norseman was b July 16 » physician of tho sea wegian navy trained hint Belgian expedition first officer of the polar ship. His record mastership of Spited Ne rthern sea He joined the 1897.99 Belgica won him the Gjoa and exploring around in 1901 on the Gjoa, he relocated the North Magnetic Pole. The ship at the time drifted thru otle brated Northwest passage In 1006 he concetved the idea drifting over the pole in ti schooner Maud. The scheme ran into difficulties In 1910 Amundsen Madeira in the Fram. In January he was off the ice barrier. With four companions he raced the Brit 75,000 SAMPLE ONTARIO BEER Canadian Province Does Big Business First Day In 1903, the ailed from WINE Ont.. May 22. — Ap. proximate: .000 persons, two. rds of them Americans, already have paid between $150,000 and §$200,- 000 to teat the cent beer that went on sale yester day These figures are based on reports from hotel and restaurant proprietors who sold nearly half a million bottles of the new beer to thirsty pilgrims ho came from far and near, by train, airplane, auto, Dbicyeiw ‘ind afoot, to taste it Despite the immense crowd that was entertained, not one arrest was made. That the new beer is not of intox- joeating strength was indicated by the fact that a $100 prize, offered by a brewer to the first person to get drunk on 44 per cent, went un claimed. Visitors who attempted to take home « bottle or two of the new bev erage as a souvenir or were disappointed. When the crowd took the ferry back to Detroit, cus toms men made certain that no beer went except that which was on the insige. GIRL ESCAPES 2 KIDNAPERS Menacing Mins Jean Beamer, 8 Eo tarpegs en eee haa! « or in Steen’n cafe, 2219 Firat Apparently intending to kidnap Sel, biniomn.icubhtavace we, acpled (a. with a revolver Thursday Miss Alice Francis, 15, two young " |night, two bandits held her up and| men seized her early Friday morn: ing, as she stepped from a street Madison st. The girl screamed for help and fought so desperately that the thugs released her and fied. The girl ran} to her home, 1411 4ist ave. N. The girl called the police. The girl had been working late in a downtown restaurant. She started home about midnight, arriv, ing at the scene of the attack 2 minutes later, Just after le-ing an eye-opener | . xpedi- Going Ever Since thin at eM stiania, now renamed 0: The Maud drifted over t AY then was forced south by the o*, The famous Bear, whi left Seattle again for t eth | Seattle, Repatrs were ma 1 in June, 1922, the Ma ut again. When last heard from she * frozen into the ice north of Alaska, | She expects to be several years the trip. Siamese aan || HERE'S MORE ABOUT AMUNDSEN STARTS ON PA Amundsen's intention to th | ward to some point about midway to | the pole and there, if a landing place could be found, to bring both planes | down, rémove all the fuel from one and to make the final flight to the | Pole in the other. Whether he will | Proceed in this manner depen the weather. | Tf ideal condi h pre. vail the two planes could go north and return on the fuel in their tanks. Amundsen was ready for a similar polar flight Inst year when his planes proved fau in final tests, That | flight was to have been from Alaska but in planning for his second at [tempt he decided that berge | Offered greater advantage He be |Heved at first that hia s« flight would carry b t Most point ft earth to A but this plan was altered so th | planes turn to Spitzbe j they return at all will re “kick” of the 44 per | Amundsen Is Only One to | See 2 Poles Roald Amundsen is the only man jim the world who has visited bo poles. . The Norwegian explorer, well known in Seattle, reached the South | pote December 14, 1911. He won wic race with Captain Robert F t. heading a British expeditior Scott reached the pole January 1912, ran into a bizzard on the back and perished First attempt to reach the Nort pole was made by Captain Jolin Davis, British, 1588. He reached North Greenland. From that time explorers kept pushing the “farthest North” potnt nearer the pole, Robert FE. Peary, American, made three unsuccessful attempts before he finally reached the goal, April First attempt to re pole was made in 1774, by Captain | James Cook. He xot only to within 1,200 mil of the axis, - Scott's winning, but fatal, ttip, was his second. He made an unsuccessful }attempt in 1902 eee | \Is The polar ship carrying on and his expedition to Spitzber. wen for the pole flight in the Farm THE SEATTLE xploration Life Work 0ROTAY GOES of Vikings’ Decendant BACK 10 CELL Leaves’ Asylum Today for Ingleside Jail MAY PLEAD GUILTY Says She Wants to Have It All Over With ‘ FRANCT#CO, M Re « from t Napa insane aw 1 matricide was to be sught back to old cell in In | iN go before Judge Har back to hear read the medical | ment that she is not insane ¢ competent to stand t for mother’s murder. | If given an opportunity, Dorothy | will plead ty to the charge, she| s said to have admitted at Napa ast night Such action would have to be th her father’s con ” I want to plead guilty and have it over with quick the titan: | haired defendant is reported to ave urged. | FIREMEN FIGHT THRU FLAMES © Escape Death in $13,000 Automobile Row Blaze | Seattle firemen were injured in a Diage that ened Automobile tion Jate Thur w with destruc and which was ¥ quenched after damage to- talling $13,000 had been done The four fire fighters were on the roof of the paint shop of F. W. Lott, 1511 1th ave. when it crashed down, precipitating them in- threat to the fiery inferno below They fought their way thru smoke and flame 40 safety, suffering only minor burns bruises. The fire started when a pan of| gasoline ignited from an electric} spark, Loft said. It exploded and/ scattered flames over the building. | Three trucks, three autos, the} paint shop, the apartments of Mra. John Bacchus and the used car de-| of the Smallwood Motor | | port Co., adjoining, were damaged. | he tonnes were wholly covered ch the South | -o5 “Farm,” Not “Fram,” .! Name of Vessel « ed-in. One of them drew a gun/ and stood at the doorway, with the] Dist trained on the = girl The ot robbér took the money from register M. Simonds, operator of a | Shell station ‘at 74th at. and Tenth E, waw held up and robbed by a Jone bandit about 9 Antund- | ° | the car she saw the two men follow- It has been called the “Fram,” ing her. They suddenly dashed up) being mistaken for the original and seized her, but afterward re-) Fram in which first. Nansen and leaned her when she fought them/then Amundsen made polar trips. | and called for help. jit was the Fram which carried The girl lives with her sister and) Amundsen south on his winning brother-in-law, Mr. and Mra. J. Is! trip to the Southern axis in 1911. McCumber. ee Maine Police Seek Woman, Lost in Fire WINTHROP, Maine, May Every state police facility today was placed at the disposal of searchers hunting for Miss Aida Hayward, missing since early Wednesday, when an unknown man shot anf wounded her aunt, Mrs. Emma T. Townes, and set fire to the Townes cottage. Several hundred men are engaged in the search, thus far without find- ing a trace of the missing woman. Miss Hayward is believed to have been kidnaped. Mother Says Fred Stimson Incapable Fred F. Stimson, 2%, scion of a wealthy Seattle family, is incom- petent to administer his $100,000 properties, according to a probate court petition filed by his mother, Nellie C. Stimson, late Thursday. Stimson is expected to return to Seattle between June 1 and 7 for arraignment on a state drunk driv- ing charge. Hearing on his moth- er’s application for-a guardian was scheduled by Judge Ronald for June 2— School Kids Stage Pageant of Nature A nature pageant in which the pupils of John Muir school appear as children of the wilds is in progress at the school auditorium. The first performance was given Thursday night and it will be re- peated Friday. 2 Florence Keller, a teacher at the school, wrote the pageant in honor of John Muir, the naturalist. Miss Merrick is directing the ‘perform- ance. Alice Brown, David Gruger, Donald Piper and Arle Jensen play the principal role Pole Is American, Peary Claimed It mundasen was authorized to claim as Norwegian any new territory dis. covered on his polar trip. He cannot, however, claim the North Pole That is American, Peary, 08 discoverer, nailed the Star and Stripes there years ago Just how much territory Peary staked out as American never has come into question, It.js unlikely, tal, where he soon recovered. Yeu totday was tho hottest duy of the i" Boar here, the Mercury reaching 99, | however, there will be any Interna: | possession, tonal squabble over ownership of the polar regions, Amundsen’s Round The round trip distance between Amundsen’s starting point and the pole is about 1,300 miles, airline. He carried supplies in the plane suff! ctent to sustain him and the pilot for two weeks, in case of emergencice There will only be a slight surplus of fuel over (he estimated requirements, however, . 2 Planes, 2 Ships in Dash for Pole Two planes were to fly to the North Pole from King’s bay, north. jern Spitzbergen. One was to carry Amundsen, the other, Lincoln Ells worth, an American. The ships were of the Dornier type and carried spe: cial scientific apparatus for observa tions. They were not radio-equipped. The planes were convoyed by two ‘fea ships, the Hobby and the Farm. The Farm lately was reported frozen in north of Spitzbergen. ove Pole Flight Plan Broached in 1913 First suggestion that he would fly over the north polo was made by Amundsen in April, 1913, He lectured in Seattle April 7 of that year, telling of his scheme to take two airplanes on the Fram, his ship, and fly them over the Arctic An all-metal plane, which was to have been used on a later expedi- tion, was flown last year in Seat- tle, It crashed and was wrecked. eee Amundsen to Locate Pole Landing Place LONDON, May 22.—Capt, Amund- sen's main object in his North polar air flight, according to authorities, ix to find land suitable for an aero. drome, which later could be used on the dreamed-of alr route across the “roof of the world.” Such a sta tlon would make possible the inatl tution of @ 50-hour air line between London and Japan or London and Seattle, Pole Fi verte Claim \Territory for Norway | OSLO, May —Liout, In Diet richsen, pilot of ihe second plane in the Amundsen North pole expedi- tion, carries authorization to take “in the name of the king of Norway,” of any territory dis covered during the trip, Trip Is 1,300 Miles | ’ T GIRL CASHIER IS HELD UP Bandits in Cafe Takes Cash From Register bbed the cash register of $55. Miss Beamer wan alone in the restaurant when the two men walk o'clock Thursday. Simonds was pre- paring to clono the tion when the holdup walked ta. Lend Waiting Plea, Denied Bail Bail for relase pending an appeal was denied Harry Landaker, con vieted murderer, by Judge Everett Smith, late Thursday. Landaker is the only one pf the four co-defendants who is carrying his fight to the supreme court to evade a life sentence imposed by a jury for the murder of Louis Barei. Oscar 1, Redden, Joseph Burt, ex- policeman, and Ghester Rothermel, have acquiesctd to the sentence, With Landaker they are awaiting a traveling guard from Walla Walla. — HERE’S MORE ABOUT SKAGIT STARTS ON PAGE 1 I | 4 specting the validity and mar- ketability of sald bonds, “Tf said opinion shall approve said bonds as valid and as mar- Ketable in all respects, in fact as well as in law, the contrac- for shall thereupon be bound to proceed with the performance of this contract, “If said opinion shall not ap- prove sald bonds as valid and as marketable in all respects, in fact as well as in law, the contractor may, thereupon at his option, be released from all obligation under this contract and his bond hereunder shall he nullified.” Attorneys Preston, Thorgrimson & Turner, the answer says Haskell represented, were attorneys for Car stens & Earles, Inc. Their favor able opinion upon the bonds could only be secured by such contractors as entered into a “proper arrange. ment” with the three bond houses, SAID FITZ WOULD SEE THEM THRU Thereafter, the answer says, Mulr was introduced to C. B, Mitzgorald, president of the council, after Has: kell had told Muir that the bond houses mentioned controlled the city council thru Witzgerald, It Was about this timo that Has. kell, the answer says, told Muir about Carl F, Uhden, In the lan. guage of the answer “It was further represented that said bond houses had se. cured, the employment of ono C.F. Uhden as chief engineer in charge of the Skagit power development project, and sald Uhden would be at all times subservient to them or would lose his employment, and that thi the control of sald city council and the sald engineer in charge, concessions would be ayallable thruout the perlod of STAR FREDERICK & NELSON SHOE REPAIR SHOP DOWNSTAIRS STORE BUTTERICK PATTERNS LL Sepmdith Goedpntocenany Friss Frodarah 6 Nedom Serre i — One of a Charming Group of Hats at $5.00 PICTURE Hat in lilac and salmon pink, with crown of transparent hair braid and crepe-faced brim in the Spanish mode. Trimmed in clusters of Jilac. Other charm- ing styles in poke and close-fitting hats in the newest Summer shades. Leghorns, ben- galines and Swiss-style hair braids. An at- tractive selection at $5.00. pow? TAIRS STORE Just Received Some Beautiful Coats at $17.75 and $25.00 COATS of soft, lightweight polaire cloths in love- ly Summer shades; some in two-tone effects, at $17.75. BLACK SILK COATS in a number of smart les. Simply tailored and fur and marabou trim- At $25.00. HANDSOME TWILL AND BENGALINE COATS in a wide variety of styles and fashion’s newest colors, Many are trimmed in Summer furs, An unusually fine selection at $25.00. --DOWNSTAIRS STORE ined, A Special Purchase of Fancy Neckwear Embroidery and Lace Collar and Cuff Sets Crepe de Chine Jabots WO HUNDRED AND FIFTY pieces of fine Neckwear and a limited number of crepe de chine Jabots are included in this special purchase. The collar and cuff sets are in beige net-and-lace and all-over em- broidery—lace trimmed. Exceptional value, Saturday, at 79¢. DOWNSTAIRS STORE “Camp Olympic” for Outing and Camp Equipment : MPREHENSIVE displays of portable and com- pact Camp Furniture, Cooking Utensils, Portable Phonographs and inexpensive Records and other Equipment Section in the DOWNSTAIRS STORE. New 4-Piece Suits for Boys Vest and Two Pairs Knickers for Boys of 7 to 16 Years, Vest and Two Pairs Trousers (One Long) for Boys of 4 to 9 Years. $985 MART little Suits in the newest fab- rics ‘and shades, Well tailored in every de- tail, The two new styles are sketched. DOWNSTAIRS STORE Boys’ and Youths’ Tan Oxfords with Crepe Rubber Soles, $3.00 A GOOD Shoe for va- cation days to come. Made on a broad-toe last. Sizes 1 to 6. Low- priced at $3.00 the pair. Children’s and Growing Girls’ Patent Leather Pumps, $2.25 to $3.00 One-strap style, in a neat, comfortably-fitting style. Sizes 814 to 11, $2.25; 1114 to 2, $2.50 and 214 to 7, $3.00. Smart Patent Pumps For Growing Girls $3.85 Also tan calfskin Pumps in the attractive one-strap style sketched at right. With low rubber heel. Sizes 2% to 7, i —DOWNSTAIRS STORE Men’s Summer-weight Pajamas—$1.95 F printed pereale, corded and crepe madras and muslin. Proper weights for comfort during the Summer months. In plain colors and white. With mercerized “frog” fastenings. Sizes A, B, C and D (36 to 46). At $1.95. Men’s Lightweight Union Suits $1.00 and $1.50 INE rib, knit cotton Union Suits,- with short sleeves. Ankle length. Flat-lock sewed seams. Comfortably-fitting. Ecru and white. Sizes 36 to 46. At $1.00 and $1.50. —Men's Section, DOWNSTAIRS STORE equipment to aid the camper in enjoying the outdoors in comfort. All displayed in a convenient manner, and in a rustic setting, in “Camp Olympic” Outing said contract to the contractor dealing with sald bond houses.” Muir, the answer states, was in- formed that the special utility bonds to be issued, could not, under the laws of Washington and the ordinances and charter of the city | of Seattle, be discounted by the city, and that it had been provided in the contract that the contractor should accept the bonds at par and accrued Interest. ‘The three bond houses, the answer says, said they were ap- proach‘ag other prospective bidders so that all might figure on permit- ting them to secure the bonds at the same discount STORRIE & CO. AGREE TO DEAL says, that the bond houses promised | they could induce the council and Uhden to pay’ for the contractors’ equipment, including the construc- tion plant and the adit tunnel, Storric & Co. agreed to change and resubmitted, on October 14, a bid, eliminating any amount figured to cover the discount. They agreed that the bond houses men- tloned might take over the bonds in the name of R. C. Storrie & Co. and that they might for their own use, secure in the name of Storrio & Co, all advances and any con: cessions which the council and Uh den might allow, Some time afterward, Storrie this | & letters were signed by Storrie &] Co., the answer sets forth. | LOSES? The work progressed and in Jan- ' | Mary 1, 1922, Storrie & Co. received | $125,000 as. an advance on the contractors’ equipment account. As |the adit tunnel was drilled, estim- ates for that job were advanced, Aggregating in September, 1922, $48,578. From the first sum, Storrie & Co, day they disbursed $5,000 to Carstens & Earles, $5,000 to Price Believe Decision Assures Okeh of Skagit Cost Approval by *the city auditing committee is all that is necessary to okeh the $1,739 proposed to be paid the three expert hydro-electric engineers on the Skagit survey com- & Co. ahd $10,000 to Grant & Co., | mission, to cover the discount. : | Corporation Counsel Kennedy CITY FAILS TO ruled that way Friday, in an | ALLOW CONCESSIONS | And here comes the rub. There: jafter, the defendants allege, when janswer to queries of Comptroller Harry Carroll. Carroll asked if it was not necea- Accordingly, the answer says, an amount which, with the promised “concnasions’ would be sufficient to absorb the discount demanded by the bond hovses, was figured into the first bid submitted by Stor- rie & Co, It w tendered to the beard of public works September 30, 1921. Storrie & Co.'s bid was the only one received, the answer states, A postponement of the award was taken until October 14, Pend- ing the postponement tho bond houses, the answer says, {nformed Storrie & Co, that they had been unable to seo all the prospective bidders, ‘Storrie & Co, were request~ ed to reduce the amount of their bid in a sum sufficient to deduct the discount they had figured on, ‘The bond houses, Storrie & Co, aay, told them they could secure concessions from the counell and the engineer sufficient to allow for the discount. These concessions, or the money, they represented, could he paid over to the bond houses by Storrie & Co, \n a direct transs action, At was at this time, the answer Co, allege, they were informed by the bond houses that the city de sired to issue an additional $1,000, 000 worth of special fund utility bonds for work to be done outside the tunnel contract, The bond houses wanted this issue, too and asked Storrie & Co,, the latter say, to use thelr name im submitting a bid. TOLD THEY MUST ASSUME ANOTHER SPLIT They were told the bonds would soll on the open market at 95 and that unless the contractor agreed to assume one-third of the 6 per cent discount, the tunnel contract would be held up, Storrle & Co, again were agree: able and the bid was submitted, The bond houses, the complaint states, caused two contracts to be written, so that the actual agres ment would be velled and cloaked, Storrie & Co, later were released from their responsibility in this is: sue, The bond houses prepared from time to time lettérs to the city con: troller, asking for delivery of the original issue to various banks, The allowances were vecelved for thelr work, Storrie & Co. found the sums previously advanced them for the contractors’ plant and the adit tun. nel, were being deducted and that instead of realizing on promised “concessions,” they were getting only the amount of their bid. In March, 1928, the bond hou! again sought to secure moneys from the city in the name of Stor- rie & Co, and, according to the crass-claim complaint, secured the passage of an ordinance appropriat- ing $74,000 for the purchase of ma- chinery and equipment owned by the contractors and $65,000 for the construction of the adit tunnel, But the warrants never were issued becaure Corporation Counsel Kennedy rendered an opinion, declaring such payment unlawful, The City of Seattle paid Storrie & Co. cash in the sum of $1,760,- 688.29. They claim they lost money on the job because of their arrange: ment with the bond houses and that, instead of owing R. M. Grant & Co, any stim whatever, R. M, Grant & Co, owe them $10,000 by reason of the deal that failed, sary for the board of public works to approve the council appropria- tion for Major Joseph Jacobs, Stir- ling B. Hill and W. C. Morse. Ken- nedy said it was not, The opinion is believed to pave the way for the council to pass the appropriation over the mayor's recent veto. Carroll Talks on Street Car Needs Seattle's needs along lines of rapid ¢ransit, as compared with other world cities, and the lessons Seattle may Jearn from municipal planning, will be set forth in an address by Coun-* ejiman John B, Carroll in the council chambers of the city-county building Friday evening at 8 o'clock, Councilman Carroll recently re turned from the international con- vention of planning commissions in New York, » TO PAVE HIGHWAY King county commissioners will open bids June § on paving thred milos of permanent highway No, 10, , On JuRe 1 they will open bids on paying lee of 16th aye, S y '. te