The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 3, 1925, Page 1

a ho Was the Pretty Girl. Barbara Saw in Bruce’ s Office?—‘The Path of Tides TODAY FRIDAY Bvlered as Becond Class M | MONEY GONE, JURY PREPARE ee ~ ROA y ine, at SE ATTLE, WASH, * Postoftioe at Beattie, Ween, THI RSDAY, DECEMBER 1925. wnGer the Act of Congress March 4, 187%. ‘The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington ~~ The Seattle Star ter May 2, Wer Your, by Mail, $4.00 iit 155 Die From Gas This Year In Seattle’s “Little DEATH LURKS Man Takes IN BATTERED Life at Age BUILDINGS °F 83 Years 7 Nl TER stan No Attempt Is Made to) ‘m' |! Inspect Gas Fixtures of Darkened Rooms HUMAN LIFE IS CHEAP Suicide Trust Exists Sinister Halls; Profit Is Made by Landlord on Sam from By his entire time Des “Little ual suicide Id buildings, huddle for support thet called thru courtesy, } attered old buildings, aten, of paint. di in t Bu: deat al} and bu a ty America ‘Home Bre Howdy, Red Grange expects to make $100,000 play Ing professional football this winter, He's now got the ball on the $20,000 line, with $80, 000 to go. in ome Mi Co. The Istadt Ur widow survi Wheat Sells for $1.75 Per Bushel CHICAGO, Dec Wheat sold for Jackie Coo- movie star, today will retire Groff Yesler Japar flourt: . trust exists In drab o- (By 1 $1.75 a b ad of T the first time it ha é 1 together, as if de! id it for dear old Rut- in Ch nde 1924 the ® from @ $10,900! but tels. weathe ia December figure since beyond a outloc stage is her for conceptior $190,000 look playing resy ready It come Journa THE FOOTBALL GAME (Grange Starring) ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2—Despite the handicap of a 30day dis- count, Red Grange today led his Chicago Bears to victory over the St. Louis All-Stars, haunted hallways. SELON 10 $3,000. DARKENED HALLS The famous Illinow star carried &) ARE SINISTER federal reserve note for a total gain!" phe hotels, singularly, of $14,000, but almost fumbled a| i144 oniy with old men first mortgage the’ First Ne- they are not: all old. tlonal bank yare men broken and [lives they have ted |dtigy little bedrooms description. A gas plate is tiny room. A twisted bed * and half the space. are all alike. Hideou torn and stained, covers the v The halla are dark and tunnel-I'ke |The very alr is sinister and seems | Eimer instead of me crowded with the spirits of (Turn to Page 4, Column 3) CHILDREN HURT. ~ IN RAIL CRASH oe Chicago- Bound Train Leaves hie Track in California from $1.49 4 Oriental lar dirty and the coi own by face | the gas, them for Here death thing alive, creeping turn clatme tiny Throws Acid in Husband’s Face LOS ANGELES, Dec P)—Claiming it “ seem peo~| Aulcen Hartz, beauty Perhaps | rendered to police her Perhaps they [acid attack on by the Hartz live in owas with Harte ti blinded fr res paradox, is thru ho: on }a her estranged bent | band They dirty chi rimina beyond | swult in the ho m the acid partially of the | hin with The n one corne wife was dentally when they corner oom I ng spr takes u nk cume feet and engage th nt to meet him cid spilled wanted to die him t hing hap and hurt Iw Someth Time was taken out for Grange in the second period, when “Red” was caught off his bank bala ce and knocked out by a certified check, He came back, however, before the stock exchange closed for the re The Red Topped rs thru the loca} note he but down out of 4 scores Doughboy Loses Doughboys’ Cash ed dollars € at: dough to ithe dougt boy. Sergt. T. Reyburn, of Fort Law lost that 4 10 crisp $10 givin The of Company mess sergeant the money—it One means bank in third quarter, ton nount aying = T Wedne « the property ntown fay arth h Serkt Rayburn is If someone find lost around Western, First or Third aves. and Pike st.—Fort Wine rad ick slascing aE Lawton soldiers will put the finder lp dey uaa pit pec eg in the hall of fame, if the money is * | returned. 43-Ounce Nugget Found in Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec P)—The largest gold nugget discovered since the Dawson was brought here today by C. B. Nel son, The nugget the Kantishna country 43 ounces. Nelson nuggets, ounce, infantry Secon Dec. 3.—({By U. P.) women and two children Can't Santa Fe The St. Louis players vainly tried to check Grange, but all their checks came hack N.S. F. The game ended as tled down over the clearing house, but Gr received a rousing cheer as he dashed off the field and headed for the cashier's cage. check passenger Grany | boun when the cars left tho ra at Legrand, near here, early tod ‘The , injured en to hospitals, are: Mrs. J MeMicken, Rich mond, Ci and her two small chil dren Mrs, W. L. Fridenthal, Livermore, } cas yU Mrs. H. B. Walch. Jalso referred to Walsh, Fresno. Extent of the shop's petrol | known here. Jones and Will | rhe ruilroad has commissioners, and bern, L, Lassen ment as to the we did see W but trainmen find no reason for the mountain. fstieuffer, . the Baie = The Law Would H alt Sad * Journey ‘‘Over the Hill’’ il aroused anon by the © Wirdies in forest gindes. fivy tir eo - over Hagles and Citizens of State Urge Pas many people, H. Druxman, the King: G, Vollice, ¥. iippe, the duke of Fourth ave.; 8. Toole, the. scribe; Lord pickles, your k up on the our plat larkness set. ‘al nge Denver, Mrs, Thomas Colo., | was discovered in| injuries was not and weighs This evening in 1, baggy to Everett, with Morris, the bexin; issued no state also brought of the wreck, they could many of them weighing an| He reluctant to talk] cars leaving at his find and returned imme- | diately to eantehne reporte was 0 \ ‘kin, another cht Whereupon c rails. Mayor Smith of Everett: F, Fw vere qua, the teaffle czar; L, Austin, the Beau Brum- mel of Boxiana, and many others, And enon, mighty late, to home. Pickles have olives, W) ‘ou eat hostess can’t chec pits left on one sage of Old Age Pension Billi in Legislature BY MARIE ROWE LYMPIA, Dec. 4 and mothers machiner WHAT ARE THE WILD WAVES SAYING? ‘Many officers and their from the Bremerton N planning to att Dt NBA | Aged fathers deserted by ul, of Olympia, the most humble their | to the poorhouse crowding old| CARE FOR of spe SPEAKERS URG idmen| “If t odd Job to take sinla ing, | pointing out that home is preferable waves avy Yard are dl the theater this paper children. D, men out of a} alization taking nd ho this wa. the tragedy tors listened to W when prominent Hagles of the s appeared before them to urge the out of | py ige of the old age pension bill. Christmas? "y 19,000 of represent this bill,’ former deputy of King coun thelr children of them, ‘Thelr I've had them in ou can't make them ay upport for their aged parent We have of children in the help their the ag its toll of the state ¢ of in spend pupils million in edu cational institutions, it should make ne tor the old," sald Herbert Geoghegan, of Ho. nactment of the bill would to the edick won ork care its that le yor Broy brose Bailey ar other, Will nobody the clinche. and the F tll fig Am- x each Inesday eve sxome provin Rev. J aulam ta Ww the end, he old ti get the t wave N that state,” by: of snohomish, said | aver man's industrial when he is 60 years old pension bill as intro. duced by Son, Oliver Morris, of Grays Harbor county, provides for the payment of $26 a month to all indigent aged. ‘I'hese applicants must citizens the United State 15 yearyeand residents of state for shall have committed the last 10 years and not have an nual income of $400 4 year The film the Hill shown In connection with the represent members the Eagles 60,000 person suid Bert ©. prosecuting It "Yor don't ¢ children court NT SNAKE lodge, who HOW TO Pr who favor Flows, attorn ask won't, and he for thie ib no hundreds of thousand years United ates parents,” owe ich {to past wer ices," said William Short, of Seattle president of the State Meleration of “We who the fruit who erime in in won't ‘We or “Over waa weed your open | snakebite remedy t the stake wate | Labor reap hearing Speakers of the evening wore we| J. ©, Dennis, Tacoma; Rey, J ym (Torn to Page 4, Column 3) hould provide,’ "It we igno ‘show ingratituc Gidday, Dobbin this problem, —A. J, 8 wid Dr, A. C, l rush | plained Wednesday at the | nual | attended by | guten several other | seasions will end that uted last i t repented a ‘ITY council's judiciary committee has “taken under business manager plan of city government introduced Monday by Councilman Blaine. That means the committee wants to feel out public sentiment on the measure before making its report. It wants to know what YOU think about it. Mr. Blaine’s m adopt it. Obviously, this is th on the ballot—the Mu nance for a chance. Let's look over the } Municipal League Plan CITY MANAGER to take the entire adminis of the city, fire departments, over ineluding and and all public utilities, with all the authority of « czar, yet to be hired and fired at the whim of a majority of the city coun: cl, City attorneys hold the amendment is illegal and will result in lithgatio: ure is a compro mise. a charter revision election. tarily withdraw and leave the field clear with one it should be more s satisfactory to adopt a plan that meets some of the de- mands of both sides, such as the Blaine compromise, and give the voters | Now They Want to Know What YOU Think of It-- (EDITORIAL) e only practical way out. inicipal league’s charter rovisions of these plans: Blaine Compromise A BUSINESS | MANAGER +L to replace the board of public works, whith spends 98 per cent of the eity’s money This gives us a business man Ager over our business and re tains the government in the hands of the people, Manager hired on a ract by ordi nee and fired only for breach of contract, Police put under an elected police commission It will clear up the muddle into which various factions have dragged the city manager campaign. It will clear the decks and set up ONE MANAGER ISSUE at the polls, so the voters can decide, without confusion, whether or not they want to amendment and the ordi- Neither side will agree to volun- advisement” the Two measures now are ssue. In that event, Charter Revision ? : RGED by many elements among voters who insist any charter changes must be made by elected freeholders Unanimous for retaining gov- ernmental funetions in people. Conflicting in many other ideas as to what charter re visions shall be made. You, as a voter, don't want to go to the polls in the spring to fac a maze of tangled issues on this manager proposition, plan, provided that plan is satisfactory. City council, the only body that has power to clear up the muddle, is waiting now to find out how YOU feel. ready to report as soon as it finds out ‘ Tell ’em. Pick up your phone now and tell ’em. you get home tonight. Let ’em knowhow folks DO feel. ‘what the Committee members are: WILLIAM HICKMAN MOORE, chairman. 6595; (home) EAst-1515. OLIVER T. ERICKSON. MAin-6595; (home) CApitl-2321. (home) EAst-4823. They'll be glad to get your views. And if you're interested in straight- ening out this manager muddle, you'll give them. MAin-6595; The judiciary committee is Phones PHIL TINDALL, You want one sentiment is.’ Or call ’em when (bus.) MAin- Phones (bus.) Phones (bus.) ANNUAL SHINGLE! MAN IS STABBED ‘KING OF SLUMS CONGRESS HERE. Plan National Publicity to Aid Pacific Coast Mills Plans for a nation-wide publicity ampaign for shingles wer Red Cedar Shingl ens, ) Pacific Coaat dele- Hotel. Thursday evening delep million pieces in The Olympic The tes of Hterature distriby and even more will if the planned It was reported to the more than a advertising re year be placed this year pudget is adopted. J. Monte, of Seattle, discussed subject of mill efficiency, and ident A. J. Morley, of Aberdeen, year of prosperity in the industry n pts ot The Best Thursday's session will be devot to the question of United States standar shingle congt with the annual dinne entert t the Olympie adopting for red will dance Spanish | Hotel Lew edar Me and in mullroom e Thursday evening | Real Estate are offered every duy in the Ad Columns of ‘The § is a special offering Tuys Want MODE RN FURNI Wt $600 been waiting for a buy Jon’t fall to come out day and inspect thin cosy strictly modern LOVE rest ja right up to the minute, hay ing hardwood floors, fireplace, hookoas ! lovely | bedrooms, convenlently array with all kind# of built-ing, ce mont basement, laundry trays and garage down. 2—— Ad Columns to the Want oe Who {#8 offerin YOU WILL RBADING Turn and dandy MONBY TAT ADB. LALA SAR a os cella at home ny TH ox ninth an-| |Refuses to Give Police Any linformation hed his right thigh, right thumb siiced off and bad. cut in the left hand, Tony refused to give the police | information he called at the Wednesday night, for He said he is a laborer. he had across son any when hospital, pital attaches declared @ valuable watch und $468 in cash in his pockets. Shortly after the came to their attention, the police picked up Charles Oster at Sixth ave. and King st. Detective Dan Griffith suid he had no specific information against Oster, but that as both the prisoner and Matson are Finns, he believed he might know something about the stabbing ARREST NURSE: the| | Charge Young Woman With | Possession of Liquor Charged with the quer Mobo as placed in the elty night following a robm, 12101 Stewart st R. F. Newton made the arrest and found small quantity of moonshine on the | She w possession of Grace , 25, a nurse, | jail, Wedne raid on her Sergt premises 4 later released on $500 bal). Fred Stevens, 41 Dry Squad Officers J. R, MeCarthy and W. G. Morrison Wednes {night at 1 BK. Northlake | Hight gallons of moonshine held as evidence. 'Two Men Arrested for Street Attack || 2a, and Al Kirby, | in the city Jail] on complaint of | With who | him Yesler | A third man | meg. were Holwne the New was arrested by ave are being | | first John Lyneh, » placed night Fincher, 2008 fala the men beat way, near First ave excaped. ‘The two reated by Officer 'T. Ww, HW. Braillard at ‘and hotel, Wineher was treated in the elty lhompital tor Miilsen. about the fate Ho is employed « sa railway steam. fitter, ave at rand} Ting- STN {which connected directly | turn for FACES COURT Frank Gatt anc and Followers May Be Convicted BY HERB KRETSCHMAN Qvartu underworld came up to the surface Thursday and moved bodily up to Judge Jeremiah Neterer's court in the federal build. in “king” was threatened Frank Gatt, alleged king of Seat: tle's bootlegging underworld, was on trial Thursday on a charge of con spiracy to violate the prohibition law According to prohibition agents, the “king,” whom for years they had attempted to get, had at last fallen into their trap and was doomed to take a long sojourn in the federal penitentiary And so the “king's” followers ral Ned to his call. Swarthy-faced, dark haired, forelgn-looking, most of them were, but all carefully and expensive ly dressed, No riff-raff these, but | coln-fed parasites on the prohibition | act The were King" and atly surprised afternoon when the when Arinello Pepe, one of the de fendants, turned government evi He testified that he was a man" at the Monte Carlo, told of a cache of liquor kept 17 at the St, Paul hotel with the his followers Wednesday trial started dence. bottle He in room poolroom, After the Gatt tried “oat” raid, wel in the care. $1,000 and then Monte he testified that him to be the He offered him a Dill of sale Carlo poolroom in re his pleading guilty to the charge and taking al the blame for the alleged bootlegging operations He also implicated some of the other defendants, Joht Gatt, brother Jof Wrank; Romeo ‘Tronea, Blanohi, Morello, Chavlos moo. Prohibition the stand, OW of the ary on the Mat yoom, 404 With ave fiave beon operated by Mrank Gatt He and two other agents, he sald, ontered the office behind the bar and found Gatt and his wife\®oun. (Turn to Page 4, Column §) NX ’ to to the raid) Mebru Carlo pool | picked | started August | Ro- | Agent Karl Corwin, on | alleged to | Desire,’ Page 14) 14! Late Home Edition v SEATTLE, S REPORT! Japan” Condition of DROP PROBES Kipling Still QF SHERIFF Very Serious B URWASH, En Dee P) rd (By ngs tood today informa abhorrence of publicity Dr, Cur physician, His Lord Daw tion this A and tt tension: now und the king’s nin, bulletin had passed there at noon 4 better had been no ex which is plural of the characterized pneumonia Kipling, his 60 maintained his strength. Mrs. Kipling, who was Caroline Balestier American, him unceasingly nights gium despite years, has nursed the past n Bel two His daughter is Another ssued bulletin was be 7 o'clock tonight Rebuked Boy Is Home Again H turned to th: James Jr., 16 home, * of wan dering, and © were search ing for him on his parent's request With only a quarter in his pocket, James dimppeared Tuesday after his mother had reproved him about his school work. The crew of a Milwaukee train him up at Black Diamond Wednesday and they reported he at tempted another dash for liberty when the tmin was pulling into the Seattle freight yards. Thursday morning James’ father Keneral manager for tho Great Northern railway, telephoned the po. lice that the wandering youth had returned. Arrest Girl in Auto Theft Case A girl and two young men were in the city jall Thursday on open charg attempting to steal an automobt They were Ralph Durning, James 8. Moorcroft, 19, and Anna Jenkins, They were arrested Wednes night at . by Officers Jordan, of for and Vine st Merkley and B. ear division. rs said the trio had just when they r had been reported rom BE. A. Hullin, h ave. the T prowler he office the ¢ halted. The c stolen recently 521 Blaine st. Durning has a police record, hay- ing been wounded by Merkley short time ago on Westlake, while trying to carry off a safe, | Jenkins claims she was only otal with the men. were **joy- 0 si! at Miss | | AND MAYOR Committee Calls In Stenog- rapher to Dictate Jury Findings $1,000 FUND USED UP Few More Witnesses May Be Called to Wind Up Investigation ITH thelr $1,000 fund ex- hausted, King county grand jurors Thursday fore- noon went back to considera- tion of their annual report. Several witnesses, in the sher- iff's investigation, may be called, however, during the afternoon. It was considered possible that the jury may complete its work late Thurs day. Indications nearly that the final report ready for an official draft © seen shortly before noon Thursday, when Arthur Royse, court stenographer, left the jury room with three members of the jury and the transcript of testimony already pro- duced, They disappeared and were said to be preparing the report Other members of the jury lounged about the courthouse corridors dur- | ing the interim. Only an appropriation by the board of county commissioners can secure additional funds to pay their daily $3 salaries, their mileage allowances and other expenses. County Clerk George Grant served notice on them at the close of Wednesday's session that pay warrants for the last week in November are ready, but that the fund is exhausted, and this much of the fourth week's hearings has already placed them the red.” Two or three more witnesses, sought in connection with the probe of affairs in the sheriffs office and county jail, could not be reach- ed Thursday forenoon {it was learn- ed. They were oxpected to be summoned during the afternoon No indictments have actually been voted as yet on the jury's work. It was learned from high author- ities, however, that the jury might conclude its 19: ession Thursday evening, tho it was more probable that the final report and the in- dictments cannot be prepared for Presiding Judge Smith before Fri- day. Deputy Prosecutor Robert gunder, directing the fury’s es to Fase, 4, Column id was Bur- pro- M ystic N umbers Charm Thousands of Readers The freedom and dominion of their| More Details on How New Game Played Given Here; Fad Spreads Rapidly BY JIM MASHALL RE YOU playing “mystic numbers?” esterday The Star told of this fascinating new game by which you can discover your character und foretell your future, accord ing to a lot of folks who believe in what they call “the science of numbe § presents the game merely as an amusement for winter evenings, to take the place of cross-word puzzles. In the first story you were told how to transform your name in to a number and from this num ber work out your character and future, by means of a key Some folks had a little trouble last night, Judging by telephone calls to “mystic numbers.” Well, let's try again, It's really very easy, Suppose we take a name everybody knows, as it's gener. ally written by its owner, Let's figure out Mayor Brown's char acter and future by the numbers, The mayor writes it Edwin J Brown. new You first reduce the name 4 digit by means of this table 3 628 9 fgehi opays zt yk to u w Mirst take all the vowels in the mayor's name, ‘They are sup. posed to give the key to his char acter, ey are e, i ando, You Will see by the table that "e'? is “i" is 9 and “o” is 6 Five, @ine and make 20, To got you add the 2 and the 0, giv ing % ‘This number the charactor number, Remember that a minute six, added, one number, is | TP ORDER to enable Mystic Number fans to get full en- is Joyment from the game, The Star each day will discuss more fully the character and future told by each of the nine numbers used in playing the game. One numbey will be discussed each day, Clip these boxes until you have a full set. The number 1 denotes mentality. When it is ar. rived at as a “character number,” it indicates that the subject mentally awake and {s more likely to be gov erned by the head than the heart, Its owners generally are impatient at delay and seek to force affairs thru to a conclu. sion, In business their os! tion to “short cut" things, They are likely to depend on “hunches” and snap judgments, As a “future number,” 1 indl- cates the subject should engage in a business requiring brain. work rather than artistr she would make a better or accountaint or financfer than a painter, sculptor or writer, Tf the number is combined with 3, an artistic number, the subject Might well engage in a business requiring both artistic judgment and brainwork &, architec ture or clothes designing, Com bined with 4, the number should spell success, adding high men tality to a flair for hard work, Now add all tho letters, vow: els, and consonants, in the mayor's name, "Reduced to fig ures the namo becomes 646.94 1-2-0:6:5-5, Add these up und (Turn to Page 4, Column » s