The Seattle star., August 04, 1921, Image 1

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The Star Goes Into 10,000 More Homes Than Does Any Other Seattle Newspaper
VOLUME 2%
JITNEYS MAY BE REPRIEVED!
Star Man Probes Baffling Oregon Murder Mystery
Home
Brew,
Lan evening in the like of
L ijttij-; home bkkw. jr.
4 p. m.—Bees parent arrive
home on Jitney and Inform# neigh
borhood.
4. Jl—Asks parent If hs haa
brought home any candy, toys, fruit,
nuts, furniture, bricabrac or food
•—especially food.
4JS—Fights terrific battle with
Jack, his sidekick, using straight
lefts and taking a wallop on the
right sar. Swears violently.
4:42—Tak-n to bathroom by fe
maJe parent, who washes tongue
With custllo son p. this being the
penalty tor using the language
copyrighted by the male parent.
4:41 —Preseats against custile soap
and demaads Falm Olive In future.
tall—Attempts to hitch pet pup to
sisjbii, with baling wire. Pup pro
tests vehemently aad makes escape
rnmum street to neigh bors home,
e e e
iil—iAj "Wnen do ws eat?"
; «H—Ditto.
•, 411 i Otto, con fnrlso.
Ml—Bnt as OP ft* 4Bpper
I MMteitt storing cargo of milk.
Pur. potato chips,
oaks, water and
earn.
I
st to explain tally
>f "idiosyncrasy."
Ity" and "Socra
4at—Decides parents are numb
skulls and accumulates pet pup. one
air rtfle. three unripe apricots, wad
Of oOy waste dropped from a street
car aad placed for safe keeping on
table aad four small rocks parked
on ths female parent's boudoir in
mala parent's favorite ash tray, re
tires to lawn aad calls loudly for
playmates.
4 I? Wings neighbor's pet kitten
with air rifle and then, sheds tears of
sympathy for cruelty. #
5 21 —Caught rating grssn wind
fall apples. Q|ven castor oil and
•est 14 his room for disobedience.
4:2J—Uncanny silence.
4:26—Unearthly howl and loud
•plash frtftn bathroom.
43? Rescued from bathtub.
Which is doing duty as the North
sea. terrific battles bf Jutland and
being put on for playmate s benefit
With the aid of one tin boat, one
Wooden boat and four sticks of wood.
[ 121—Undressed, dried and put to
bed.
4:44—Silence again.
5* S:4S—Asks for pup.
* Hi—Asks for toy train.
S 44—Asks for disreputable doll
Which be calls Jim."
4:44 Asks for bread and peanut
liutter.
4:44 —Asks for girl friend to
come In and read to him.
s:4?—Asks for building blocks.
4:44-—Asks for drink of water.
6:4? —Wants more water. Told to
get up and get it. Gets up and goes
Into kitchen.
4.Hl—Discovered on lawn using
hose to slues down dry lingerie on
neighhoi s line. Explains that the
hose slipped.
4:02—"0h. why did you spank him
so hard? He's just a little feller and
he didn't mean anything wrong and
■ Well, you know how It goes.
4 07 —Given candy peace offering
by male parent, with whispered ad
monition to keep it a secret from fe
male parent. Immediately yells
"Oh. thank you, .daddy, for the lovely
candy."
4.07 V4 —Male parent In disgrace
Keels guilty as the devil.
I:4) Put to bed again.
4 10—Protests that he has forgot-
I en to kiss male pir»-nt goodnight.
' 4:11 —Kisses male parent good
ight and Is advised to wipe candy
ehrls from mouth.
4:ls—Gets last., final XXX three
•tar complete night extra drink of
Water,
« 17—"The HI chenibr
"Yfah, he looks peaceful enough
—when he's a/deep."
• • •
K.%SY
"My dear," aald the eminent sur
geon's wlf». "I shall need a new fur
Coat thla year."
"All right," wild the great man,
Til look over my list and find aome
On" who can afford an operation for
appendicitis."
• • •
"Your husband says he b-a<h
a dog's life," said one woman.
"I'mi, It's quite similar," an-
P m «>--Ted the other. "He comen
in with mtid«l> feet, makes hlnv
sw4f comfortable by the fire,
growls a few times and waits to
be fed."
• « •
I.lfe la too abort for moat of the
king apeeclica.
I'**!* thl* mi a ami
mall II lo ><Hir Irlrnili
In lh» Kant. T'-ll Ihfm Out I Nr
aillr* hl|hM Irnnprntliirn Ali
en- 3 wan 7*. «»„ SI.
At noon Vii(n>l I II km 51.
Tonight and Fruiay, fair;
moderate Masterly
mi «</,«.
Dentist a
Dr. Jckyl
and Hyde?
Debonair Town Favorite as
Suave as Ever Just Be
fore Alleged Killing
FIRST OF FIVE ARTICLES
BY mm I. BOAI.T
RO>KB( R«i, Ore.. Aug 4
[ The metainorpttaei* of Dr. RJrh
! ard Brum field occurred a few
mmute* *f«er 6:30 <>'< tsrk on the
evening of July 18.
It *nu at I JO that the doctor ar
lived at th# Boss Handy Kitchen,
ate a dish of Ice crnun with evident
relish, and chatted pleasantly with
friends.
He was. at that moment, the Dr
Flmmflrl l that Rosetiurg had known
and respected for year* —a com
mindtng figure of a man. tall and
well set up, clothed In impeccable, al
most foppish, babllamenta, and on
Um right aid* of 40.
WAS COOL AM)
NKKKNK, AS USUAL
Altho the evening wma sultry, the
doctor seemed. as usual, cool and
serene. ll* thanked tha waitress
punctiliously for ssnrlng him. tie
dabtwd hla high, white forehead with
a square of snowy linen. He sat
upon his head a straw hat of floe
and costly texture. He nodded to
acquaintances aa he sauntered to the
door, lis Stepped Into his watting
automobile—a snappy Klgtn Hi* with
red disc wheel*--and drove away.
At about 4 o'clock be killed a man.
according to a skillfully conceived
but bungllngly executed plan.
IN SHOKT TIME.
DR. JKKYL BECAME MR IfVDfZ
H wajk then, some time between
430 and I o'clock that ths meta
morphosis occurred that changed Dr.
Brum field from a respected lewder In
rtosehurg society to a killer. It Is
to that metamorphosis, so sudden
(Turn to Fags 7, ( olumn S|
SCHOONER AND
GREW ARRESTED
Wine-Laden Vessel Taken
by Guard Cutter
Capture of the wlne-lsAen schoon
er Taroma. of Los Angeles, and the
arrest of her crew by coast guard
officers was reported here at noon
Thursday. A ring of boose runners
that has been employing four or five
boats to brtng California wine Into
Seattle Is believed broken.
The Tacoma Is being towed to Se
attle by the coast guard cutter
Guard.
News of the capture was received
at coast guard headquarters by wire
less from Gunner F. C. Green, mas
ter of the Guard. The seizure Is be
lieved to have been made In the »l
clnity of Friday Harbor.
Federal prohibition agents stated
Thursday their opinion that the Ta
coma was one of several v. seels
known to be supplying Seattle with
California wines.
FIST FIGHT THIEF?
Michael McCarty, 22. Is held on
an open charge In city jail accuiwd
of robbing Gus Gustafson. 34. of a
quantity of small change and valu
able papers In a fist fight. at First
ave. and Battery St.. Wednesday
night. Gustafson said he was at
tacked by three men. one of whom
was McCarthy. A complaint will »m>
filed agulnnt McCarty in federal
court, it was stated.
13, ASKS DIVORCE
NOBLBSVIIXK, Ind . Aug. 4.—A
1 J-year-old bride In her divorce mm
plaint on file her* today charged
that her husband, Floyd Moore, car
ried photographs of other girls In
hi* pocket*. They have been married
since butt May.
COLLAR PRICE DOWN
Old HI Cost of Dying revived an
other body blow thla morning, when
B>->Utle r«tall clothing dealers and
haberdaahers announced a 6-cent eut
on oolbtra, to 20 cent* apiece. The
announcement follow* the cut of 214
cent* by the manufacture^*.
HE RAN WHEN ASKED
Alex Jlroualea, »*, waiter, nuide
the mistake of running when dry
squad men asked him what he bad
on hi* hip. He wo* arrested and a
pint of grapo I* held as evidence
against him. Broualea waa released
oa $5OO bond.
The Seattle Star
Knl«f«d aa Bafond Cla«» Matin May I, lilt, at Ihn Toalofflra at flraltln. Wuh, umlcr tha Act of Cottar*** Man h I. 1179 r»r T«ar. br Mall. |l to IJ
MOTHER REFUSES TO
GIVE SON WEDDING
PRESENT: MURDERED
BOOHKVILUC. I ltd.. Auk. 4
Formal charges of murdering hla
mother »»(* to tw filed today
i*aln«t liolllr I>effendoll, 22 Jrim
old. The mother's body waa found
In the woods near IMlrnan late
yeeterday with the head blown off
by a shotgun.
William Deffen<b>n. IT, told an
thortties hla brother killed their
mother because ahe wouldn't (Ira
him the houaehold furniture a*
Itollle'a fiance demanded.
Dqllle and Mia Nellls Shop
taugh were planning to be mar
ried, William said. but tha girl
said hrr home had to be furnished
before the ceremony.
COMES HOME TO DIE
PORTLAND, Aug 4—GOttlelM
and Julia Schmidt kA had been mar
rted 40 year*. Four month* ago they
quarreled. Ootllelbi left.
Yesterday he waa found dead an
der ths roam bushes In the bark yard
of hla old home, when* hla wife still
waled She found him eo
"He wax coming home to me -He
needed me." the old woman sobbed
"Bui he died before I could see him."
ODD ANIMAL CAUGHT
BERKELEY. CaJ, Aug. 4.—A Ut-
Ue animal at flnrt thought to be the
"missing Unk' la captive here. It
haa a faos like a man, tall Ilka •
squirrel, hand* resembling those of a
human, aad Jabber* a distinctive lln
go. It Is about q, toot tail and dark
brown. Pslm slty ft California
•vrtentUrta will be aakrd to define Ita
speclea.
PHOTOS MYSTERJOUS
SUPERIOR, Win. Aus 4 Th«
hidjr of Arthur A. MeDonald. 40. wa*
found hanging tx forr « Mim tad ml
painted rroaa lo tha parlor of hla
homo hw«,
Mil« the My wara two myatwl
oua pMopipht of hlmaelf In hla
pnatur* of drath. taken thre* dajra
»fo
WOMEN BEAT EDITOR
HONOM.ru,*. T H, Aug 4—The
office of ths Korean Times was
wrecked during ths night by a mob
of Korean men snd women.
The women beat the editor.
The men wrecked the furniture.
pre*ses and machinery.
"COPS" IN HOLD-UP
Firing twice Into the air as they
approached, two chugbike bandits,
posing as speed oops, held up the
Everett-Seattle motor stags near
Bothell Wednesday night.
After examining the car closely,
they fled. Driver John Salisbury re
ported Thursday.
PRISONERS FREED?
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. The
state department today received a
cable from Its representative In Riga
stating that the bolshevik mission
there had received unofficial Infor
mation that the American prisoners
In Russia had been released.
PAT GETS HEAT ON
Arrested Tuesday night at Seventh
ave. and Weller st.. while drinking a
can of canned beat. Patrick Beardon.
39. was found sweeping the floors of
the city Jail Thursday morning by
his wife, who thought he had been
kidnaped.
PEDDLER DIES RICH
PITTSBURG, Aug. 4 —lsaac Kauf
maun. 70, died here a few days ago.
Born In Germany, he came here pen
niless and begun pedilllng. In 60
years he owned one of America's
largest department stores.
BYNG ON HIS WAY
LONDON, Aug. 4.—hord Byng
left Dondon today for Canada to be
come governor general of the domin
ion. He departed for Liverpool
where be was to board the Empress
of France for the voyage to Qucbec.
N. Y. SEES SNAKES
NEW YORK. Aug 4.—New York
em forgot It wm "dry" when a Nix
foot rattler *lld from a telephone
booth In a mllway terminal. Tenant*
are afraid they'll win 1100 offered
for 14* return.
WANT BRIGHT IDEA
l>on't forget It August 9. Cov.
Hart's tax reduction committee
meets at 10:30 a. m. that day, at Gl2
Hinckley block. Beeves Aylmore,
necretary, wants suggestion on how
to cut taxes.
LIKE SATURDAY!
KMl*oniA. Knn.. Aug. 4.—Bath
tubs were full today. Commissioner
Dyer revoked the rule of bathing In
more than four Inchea of water when
a bouvy rain feli.
On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise
SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1921.
Taxes May
Go Higher,
Is Warning
Reduction Impossible, Mel
lon Tells House Ways and
Means Committee
MAY REQUIRE MORE
WASHINGTON. Aug 4—The
prr«#ui high Uim mul br In
rrrjiwd approximately t-M.Mtr
900 a >r«r if Itw C'vrnmrnl U
to meet al) H» ripnriUum dor-
Ins Ihe pmwnl floral year, Her
rwtary Mellon U>4aj Informed tha
Ihmim wa>» and mean* commit*
lor, which la rndratoring lor»
due* taxna
Melton frankly atated that on tha
prraent baa la of estimated rioendl
Iturea for the current jraar reduction
of the preaent ui la lmpoMlble.
Should tha tariff bill be delayed pant
I January I. an additional (T0.000.M0
in Internal Uita would b* nrcraaary.
ha aaid.
Mellon gara the commute* a oom
pl«"t* review of tha difficult flacal
i altuatlon facing tha government. ll*
jeat:mated the yield* of the varleua
'new laxnt Which ba augjreated. In
eluding the lev lea on autqfnoblla*
bank che, ka. tn<-r«aaed porta ra and
higher rate* on tobacco and cigareta.
Ilia flgurea reeval tha bin atgmp
In government r«*K Ipta during the
laat year. ta«t year tha revenue*
amounted to C 5.000.600. Mellon
»aid. or 11.000.009.000 In •>(«« of
tha revenue* enlmated to ba nerea
•ary for IJII The alump In govern
ment receipt*, however, la eatimated
at »1.400.000 000
f. I*. STII.I, SI'KNDING
tIO.IHM.OOO A DA*
Mellon revealed tha expenditure*
In July wera greater than the mime
month laat year and atated that un
lea* more rigid economy «u prac
ticed hla eatlmatea would bo exceed
lad. Tha government I* atlll rpendlng
| more than 110.000.004 a day.
j T)orrllnary expenae* for July.
IMI," he aald. "amounted to about
U13.000.000 aa agalnat 1307.000.000
for July. 1010. while Uie current
defl« It for July. 1»I1, ww about till.-
000.000 aa agalnat |;«.000,000 for
July. 1»20."
Mellon declared that hla program
for revenue rerlalon with the aaidat
anca of the new tariff bill would
ralaa I4.00J.&00.000 for the current
y«*r aa agaimrt an eatlmated need
of 14.200,000.000. Ife win of the opin
ion that 1360 000 000 out of the 14.
tSO.OOQ.OOO grand total expendlturea
can be obtained from aalvage of war
materials. A new tag Incraaae waa
-uggeated by Mellon today. It waa
the doubling of tha present docu
mentary a tamp taxea. aaying J3O.
000000 could bo obtained In thl*
manner.
JITNEY VICTIM
DIES OF HURTS
Trygve Klock, 4. son of John
Klork. alruife by a Jitney near hi*
home, 124 N. ?»th St.. Sunday, while
playing In the street. died In Provi
dence hospital at 4.43 a. m. Thursday
without regaining consciousness.
Don llomman, 13« N 7»th at., drlr
er. will proliably be tried by a roro
ner's Jury I-'riday morning.
Another Boy Struck
and Seriously Hurt
Jack 10, perhaps fatally
Injured at noon Thursday, when he
vteppod from the curb at Fremont
ave. and Kwlng »t. Into the path of
an auto driven by ft. W. Cunning
ham, I*. 6437 I-itona a»«.
Jack's skull was fractured and his
ahoulrli-r blade broken. Cunningham
rushed him to lakeside hoslptal.
I>eputjr Sheriff J. W. Dill wit
n"*wd the accident. He arrested
Cunningham.
Jack wa« living at the ftythep
Child home and wax on hia way to
see hie mother, Mr*. Mary Heva, who
lives at 936 W. «lxt at
16-Month-Old Baby
Hurled by Crash
ITurlfMl thm th« air, but practl
cnlly unhurt when ho fell to the
sidewalk, baby Ororge Wendell, It
months old, Mca|Kid serious Injury
Wednesday afternoon when the auto
In which he was sitting was rammed
at Fifth ave. and Bike »t. by an auto
driven by Robert Cameron, 1540
Westlake ave.
Fewer hahle* are born In June
than in any other month.
Seattle Tenors Exalted
Ktrle and Kelly Are Praised at America's Greatest
May Fill Caruso's Shoes
Theo Karle and (inset) Patrick Kelly, Seattle's two
prospective u-orld'a greatest tenors.
Who la to fill Caruso's shoes?
Win It b« Theo Karle, unquestion
ably th« foremost concert tenor In
America today?
Or will It l«e Patrick Kelly, this
city's latest 'wonder of the musical
stage?
That the world's greatest tenor,
now. after Caruso, will he on* of
these two Seattle songsters. Is Ito
protnble not In the least.
"Karle was the musical sensation
of 191&-1 A In New York," says the
Musical Courier.
ll# performed In "The Wayfarer"
In New York for two years and
sang every night for si* weeks in
high I) flat In Kosainl's "Cajus
Anlmam."
The New York Run deobirrd It
lo lie the "most wonderful exhi
bition of consistent singing ever
heard In New York."
He sang for Harrison Wilde, a no
ted musician and critic, In Chicago,
In 1915. Wilde refused to hear him
at first, but after considerable per
suasion assented. -As K;irle finished,
Wilde exclaimed:
"Yoiyig man, you're greatr*
It was a rare compliment. Wilde,
PROBE KILLING
OF TAXI DRIVER
SPOKANE,. Aug. 4.—T>oe* James
O'Brien, desperado, wounded In a
fight with Sheriff George B. Italy
|it Mount Vernon, Wash., when hia
partner, Jack L. Swiggett, waa killed
lust week, know the circumstances
attending the murder of Lee Stater,
taxi driver, here several weeks a<ro?
I'oUce Chief Weir haa asked the
Mount Vernon authorities to make a
I thoro Investigation of O'Brien's re
'cent actlvhJes, following word from
j Sheriff Beay that O'Brien displayed
unitau.il nervousness for the first
time when Slater's death waa men
jtloncd to him. O'Brien Is known to
have been In the vicinity of Spokine
when Slater mysteriously disap
peared. leaving his taxi parked In a
fashionable aection of the city.
Slater's body, bound hand and foot,
was taken from the river above here
several days later.
[director of the Apollo flub In Chlca
■ go. begged the singer to perform for
I the rlub He did so—five times. And
j won Chicago's plaudltii.
iTof. Clifford W. Kantner. SO#
Spring st., one of Seattle's leading
teacher* of voice, knew Karle when
' he began taking lessons here In 1810
under Vrof. Edwin J. Myer.
"I consider Karle the greatest
: concert artist In the United Stales,"
said Kaniner. "I believe he la held
In like e.*te«-n» by every critic In Se
| attle, If not In America. He has not
I yet ventured Into the operatic
; field."
Kelly, on the other hand. has. and
la proving hia superiority as a
i tenor. • ,
I Kelly was a student under Kant
ners Instruction for two years and
Is now under five year contract with
I the Kan Carlo Opera company In
New York. He was heard here when
the opera company played this city
,i few yearg ago.
"Here Is a .tenor with * ringing
lyric voice destined for a big career,"
says the New Vork Sun, criticising
Kelly.
So—who Is to fill Caruso's shoes?
Wanted $4OO for a
$l5O Car; Arrested
Keenan Cheadle waa arrested
Wednesday morning on a charge of
making false proof of law. Keenan.
tt Is aald. repreaented the price he
paid for an automobile to be 1500, to
the Northern Insurance company.
When the auto wan stolen last week
he demanded $4OO Insurant**.
I'pon Investigation It waa found
that Keenan had paid $l5O for the
car.
WIDOW GETS $15,000
An order disposing of the estate
of Howard I. Sawyer, murdered Se
attle Inventor, was filed tn superior
court Thursday.
The order place* the estate, valued
at $15,000, entirely In the hands of
Madge Anna Sawyer, the widow, re
cently acquitted of killing her hus
band.
Two hundred and Milrtoen firms
engaged In making coal tar products
last year, and 82 In producing dye*
alone.
7late
Jg EDITION
Curtain Is
Rung Down
on Caruso
World's Beloved Tenor
Passes From Stage as
Thousands Mourn
MONSTER FUNERAL
«T CAWIIJ.O CIAN'FARRA
(I'nited Pttm Staff Correspondent)
NAFIJW. Aug. I—Knriro1 —Knriro C%-
roi>o puwd from the Mace
day.
Itasplte the solemnity of the
funeral nervier* and the *rW
which ail Napiea displayed. the
frrllng persisted thai Canne
merely had finished a part and
that he waa retiring while the
plaudit* of the audience echoed.
Part of this fwling «as due to the
magnificence of the funeral plans.
The national and city government*
co-operated to a»* that the higheat
honor waa paid Caruso. King Vic
tor Emmanuel personally saw to It
that the famous Church of Han Fran
cesco di Paloa should be the scene of
the last ceremonies. Representa
tives of the city of Nsples and of oth
er countries paid a final tribute.
MOI RNEJ) BY IMMBNSB
THRONG!) AT CATHEDRAL,
Mourned by immense throngs
which parked the magnificent cathe
dral and all the streets around tt. Ca
ruso wa« committed to his Maker in
solemn mass of requiem. ,
Music which would have delighted
the great tenor during his life
poured from a choir of 400 voices
and from an orchestra.
One of Caruso's closest friends,
another tenor, de Lucca. <♦»* dur
Ing the services. Severs! times his
voice faltered, but be finished while
many In the great building sobbed
Thousand* who had failed to gain
admission' to the church were
packed about the wide areaway
which lends to the entrance.
The program for the funeral pro
vided that the body should be
taken to the cemetery this after
noon to be laid In the family vault
Until the hour of removal to the ,
church, the great tenor's body lay j
In the hotel room where he breathed j
his last.
Caruso lay as he probably
would if he had prepared the
plana himself. Immaculate in
evening dress, the stnds and the
silver-burkled shoes, the 'tenor
was as fastidiou* In his final ap
pearance as he had been in life.
His face, composed, lighted by per
fumed eandlea, still showed the faint
smile with which he had faced death.
Music for the church service* was!
provided by the great orchestra of i
the Ran Carlo* theatre, whose instru
ments often had been the foil for
Caruso's great voice.
MARVEL AT FORTITUDE
OK IIIM WIDOW
One of the marvels of Neapolitans
was the fortitude of the widow.
Plainly grief-stricken, she calmly su
perintended details of the funeral
and discussed the singer's business
affairs with his agent*.
The widow has announced that she
will make her home In Italy hereaft
er. retaining the great villa near
here fur her re*idence Her daugh
ter, Gloria, will be reared as an Ital
ian.
Mrs. Caruso will return to Ameri
ca soon after the funeral, to close
the estate there and superintend the
removal of the tenor's art collections.
Caruso, long before death, had se
lected the former under secretary,
Porzio, as hla executor. Poriio had
a long conference with the widow
today. Hpproving her plana for re
turning to America.
California Priest
Murdered, Is Belief
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 4 —Belief
that the Rev. Father Patrick Heslln.
of the Holy Angels' church, Colma.
Cal„ has been murdered. was ex
pressed today by Constable Landtnl.
•>f I>aly City.
Lundlnt Immediately formed a
posse and began a search of the hills
around Colma and Daly City for
some trace of the missing priest.
Ku Klux Klan, White
Robed, Holds Parade
CONROK, Texas, Aug. 4.—Two
hundred white-robed members of
the Ku Klux Klan. led by a horse
man carrying the Stars and Stripes
and another bearing the fiery cros-*
of the order, paraded here late ln.se
night.
The Impressive ceremony was
given an atmosphere of warning by
banners stating t at gambling and
bootlegging must - s pp and that "we
want no mulatto children."
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE
BUSSES
ASK TO
RESUME
Service Demanded
by Cowen Park
Folk; 18 Drivers
Nabbed in Day
Another victory «u mbUni
by 6eatUo Jitney operator*
Thursday, *hrn Acting Chief
Jmtlrt Fullerton, of theaaprea*
court, (TinUd the petition of 41
jltwnr* to apply for an order
putting them under the retrain
ing ord>r that now protect* the
Inlerv roars In the MH.luthera
suit.
Whether the court order prevents
the city from Interfering with the jit
ney men waa referred immediately
to Corporation Counaoi Walter F.
Meier for a ruling.
MaJ. Carl Keevea declared TTmro
day moraine that he had received BO
official notice of the supremo wuit
decision, and that he would continue
to arrest all Jitney operators except
the *5 protected under the McGloth
em auto.
KKKVICK MAT BB
AIJUIWED FOR N DATS
If It Is decided that the 43 Jitney
men are to be Included in the Mod
McOlotbern suit. The new order,
the motor huw» In town will be able
to run for at least 20 days more.
In an order granted by the
preme court on July 22, the city tM
restrained from Interfering with the
*5 operators who bad Joined la the
Mcfllothern cult. The new order
If granted, would give the U peti
tioners leave to Join In the petition
for a rehearing, and would bar the
city from molesting them on their
routes.
The exnet effect of Justice Fatter*
ton's trder will not be known until
the legal department rules oa the
case.
IIOMK OWNERS PREP AMI
1 DEMAND OS CITY
i Home-owner* living fai the db>
trlrt north of Cowan park wan
preparing Thursday t* demaad
Jitney imlM for that sertlaa.
With <m motor buuei ruled
off the streets by Superinleadeat
of \ lltlttae Cart Kreves, the
north Cow en park district was
left practically withoat mat
portation fsrilltiea.
Hundred* of resident* living blocks
beyond the end of the Cowen park
car lines tramped angrily to aad
from work Wednesday evening aad
Thursday morning.
It is expected that the home own
en* of the section will demand that
the city council grant permits for a
sufficient number of Jitneys to serve
the district.
Approximately two-thirds of Lb*
city's Jitneys were put out of boal
netts Wednesday, and 18 drivers were
Arrested for running in violation of
the council edict. The only bussea
running are the <5 protected by in
junction proceedings in Uie McGloth
ern suit, who have until August 20
to file a petition for a rehearing of
their case.
Des Moines Rides to
Work on Tires Today
BY HKRBKKT IJTTLE
I'nHfd Prwts Staff Correspondent
MSB MOINKN, la., Aug. 4
Street ram were a memory in
lies Moines today.
Seventy-two bun**, bit omni
bus bndlrt on three-ton truck
chassis, »m covering every
street ear line in the city.
I'erhaps It wan because peopl*
didn't Jam the cars at the usual rush
hours, but rather arose early and
(Turn to Pan 7, Column 6)
POOR OLD KING, BACK
IN WILDS, KNOWS NOT
MUSA HAS DESERTED!
OAKLAND, CaU Au(. 4 Poor
old King Rogo at the SwahilLs!
Far off in Zuft»< ,£d he probably
Is perfectly happy and doesn't
know he hn« been deserted by
Musa Ityram.
Rut he has.
Musa appeared before Naturali
zation Clerk J. J. Kingston and
today he has on file his applica
tion for cltlaenshlp and a promise
to renounce forever all loyalty to
King Rogo.
Musa came to America from
his Swahill home with Dr. L. F.
Herrlek, of Oakland, when he wa«
iiged 16. lie now blacks shoes
and makes them shine as brightly
as his own black noM.