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PROSECUTOR'S CASE AGAINST HEADS OF COUNTY FIZZLES
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VOLUME 24. NO. lf>7
SPEEDERS TO
BE JAILED ON
FIRST ARREST
Drastic Action to
Be Taken Unless
Autoists Obey
Law in Future
Jail irrma for >1) tprfdrn an
first affrnM may *oan bn mflfd
out. Poller Jtadgr John II O*
don announced Thurmdny thai U
rharH with tpMllni
had appeared in police court on
«nr day and that ho KM plan
nine drwif action to I hie
mnlrr.
"I had hoped that tha drivers
would eventually coma to their
aenae*.*' raid fJorrlon. "but It look*
Bow aa tho tha only way 10 curb
them la to sand them all to Jalt ra
gardlee* of how email their Infruc
tion of tha law may be.
"Pravtoualy I have (Irtn out Jail
sentences only to second offenders.
In addition to canceling licenses. All
ftret offenders being fined a mini
mum of |!i, under 10 mile* ait hour,
and IS for avery additional mile.
"Seattle auta driver* are "bow
ing a caDam di»rrgard ef the
dang IT ta Ufa and property they
are causing, and they mutt be
a tapped at any coet, even tha
every aaafclat la pat In tali."
Gordon canceled four "white" drlv
«ra* licenses and Issued bench war
rant* for eight men who attempted
ta forfeit bail. Eleven driver* have
bean arrested In tha last 14 hours
tar apesdtng. and one man far rack
leas driving.
WOULD DEPORT
MAN FROM B. C.
PORTLAND, Sept. 7 Canadian
official* are endeavoring to com
piele arrangement» for the deporta
tion of Philip Gevurtz. former Port
land furniture merchant.
Oevurt*. who *>* engaged In the
hotel btiaineaa In Vancouver, B. C.
In I*ll. wae aentenced to fire yeara
in the Britiah Columbia penitentiary
to defraud.
The Canadian official* requeated
R. P Hon ham. of the United Rlatea
Immigration aervice here to eetab-
Ifmh Oevurt a* American eitlaenahip
ao that he may be deported. They
do not Indicate whether he will eerve
bta aeatenca or be deported Immedl
ataly
MINISTER IS
A CANDIDATE
PORTLAND. Or«.. Sept. 7.—Dr.
W. T. McElveen. paator of tha First
Con*r»g*ttonal church. *" la»t
night nominated Independent eandl
data for r«;r(MnUtlt< In congreaa
from thU dlatrlct.
When Dr. McElTewTa name waa
placed In nomination, but one man
of the lit preaent voted agalnat him
At the opening of tha m'itln* only
It were prtMnl, but Fred Roaa.
leader of tha striking nhopmen, put
out a few telephone call* and within
It minute* gathered together a ef
ficient number to make the conven
tion legal.
Dumb-Bells
Jacob Dobrin in Contest
He Pulls a Nasty One
Maybe You Know Some
Dollar Apiece for Best
Jacob Dobrin Is the first entrant In
the Dumb Bell Dud contest.
"Speaking of Dumb-Bell*,"
write* Jacob, "there Is a fejlow
In our office who Is *o dumb
that he thinks the Canadian
border pays rent. I told hlai It
was prertmbljr only a rumor
(roomer)." »
Not sfc-IJad.
Jacob's Dumb-Bell Is so dumb that
he's probably wondering why Poln
dext-r hsan't been Invited Into the
proiy-eselve senatorial candidates'
elimination conferences.
And he probably thinks that—
Bismarck Is a German coin.
Oratorio la a speech.
Rhubarb la a fenc« wire.
Optlmiam I* an ey* diaeose.
Kplnllt la a amall gun.
Alfalfa is a college fraternity.
The y, M. C. A. Is a miners'
anion.
.Marine corps U a dead sailor.
• • •
Remember, ths Dumh-Bell Kdltor
•f The Star wants to hear about the
Dumb He|| In your office or block.
Hand him a note :ibout what
your Dumb Bell thlnlt*—and he'll
l»sy a dolflr aphce for the three
best submitted this week.
STATE ATTORNEYS UNABLE TO PUSH INDICTMENTS IN COURT
County Commissfonera Lou Smith (left), Claude C. Ramsay, chairman, and Tom Dobson, who went on trial in tuperior court charged i oith grand
larceny Thursday. "It'll all flivver out in half an hour" was the claim if IHftmxt INWRfy Walter S. Fulton, when the state woe granted a recess in
order to interrogate witnesses. Fulton was right. —rseise by m** * carter, star at.rr n>e*.ir.n>e»
SCENARIO FLIVVERS
Famous Reconciliation Scene Not
Enacted in Hart Case
BY LANSING WARREN
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7.—Something was wrong
in movie land today, for one of it* choicest traditions
had collapsed.
It had failed to work out in real life, and with no
lew a pillar of film sentiment than William S. Hart,
two-gun man and hero of the Went.
Hart and hi* beautiful wife, formerly Winifred
Westover, had quarreled and were estranged. Then
yesterday the stork flew down upon the scene, and
friends of Hart brought the glad news that should
have brought about a reconciliation—"lt's a boy!"
All Los Angeles was ready to direct the closing
scene. Almost anyone recalls it. A mad dash thru
a mile and a half of thick underbrush and, with shirt
front torn away, "Two-Gun Bill" bursts into the quiet
little room and kneels by the bedside, placing upon the
spread a single flower caught up by the way. The
single word, "Winifred*"
Then for the final fad»out a touch of comic relief,
Big Fiill with tbe baby, who squalls lustily. Bill:
"Ain't he a he-man, tho?"
But this did not happen—any of it
Instead, Hart received the news from hia attorney*.
He didn't move hiH features.
I'm glad it's a boy," he mid, and later muttered
Aomethinx about property nettlementa. An far as ran
be learned he has not communicated with the mother.
WOMAN JUMPS
FROM TRAIN
PORTLAND. Sept. 7.—0.-W. It. A
N. officials here today recatvad ft re'
port stating that Mm. J. W. Craig
head. of Pendleton. Of*., who Jumped
from a train window, had been dis
covered unhurt.
Mrs. Craighead, who had been (TO
Inmate of the "tale Insane aaylum at
Pendleton, laat Saturday waa re
moved from tha Inatltutlon by her
relatives, and atarted with them for
Mlaaourl. Left alone for a few mo
menta. the woman leaped from a
window of the apeedlng train east
of Baker.
She waa found at a ranrh house.
Mob Takes Negro
From Jail to Rope
ORANOK. Te*., Sept. 7.—0. J.
Johnson, negro, under death sen
tenee, waa taken from the county Jail
at Newton by a mob of 100 men
today and hanged. His body
was riddled with bullets.
Appropriation for
Irrigation Is Urged
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 —Senator
norah. Idaho, today offered an
amendment to the I.iberlan loan bill,
providing for appropriation of SJO,-
000.000 for Irrigation woik In the
West,
The Seattle Star
Katara4 M ■•ootid CtoH M.ti.r Mar I. I Ml. at it.. r«a<>>rrica Wuh, un«>r tha AM of Concraaa March I. illl. for Taar. ky Mall. II to |l
JAPAN VESSEL
IN COLLISION
SAN KRANCIHCO. Sept. 7. —The
Japanese steamer Rhsuyo Maru wa»
forced to return to her dock here
today aa a result of colliding In
the bay during the night with tha
steamer South Coast. a lumber
achoonar.
The Khauyo waa proceeding to
aea when the colllalon took place.
She waa struck amldahlpa e.nd waa
d/tmaged, but Just how aerloualy
rahnot be determined until a part
of her cargo la discharged and an
Investigation made.
Damage to the South Coast waa
■light.
Thirteen Hurt When
Auto Turns Turtle
WBNATCHBE, Sept. 7-—Mrs.
Clifford Gresse, of Cashmere, In near
death, and Elsie Banko I* still uncon
scious. its a result jnt an auto sccl
dent which occurred Monday night
on the Heaver hill grade. Kleven
other persons were more or lees ae.
verely hurt when a car driven by O.
D. Bunko, of Caahmere, turned over.
NIX MKMIIKRN of the Y. W. C. A
national board, vtfltlng In Seattle
from Southern and ICaatern cities,
were guesta at the local Y. W. C. A.
monthly board meeting Tuesday.
On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise
SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922
Accused County Heads Absolved by j
Action of Court Before Trial;
Witnesses Are Blamed
Grand lanrnj charges on
whlrh HID rminljr rnmrniMlonm,
Claud* C. Kimuf, lxw ('. Smith
*nl Themai DokMn, wrr» to
hove kern tried wir» dltmtowd
by Huprrinr Court Judge Calvin
R. Hall Thur»da» noon at the re
quest of the proserutlng attor
ney's office.
Lark of evidence to convict was
the reason given by Deputy Prose
cuting Attorney John D. Carmody In
asking the dismissal.
It waa the third sarrfcstra set
back that Prosecuting Attorney
Malcolm Douglas has received In
three days, and friends of his
were commiserating him on tha
misfortune of loalng so many
cases Just at election time. On
Tuesday the t'nlted States cir
cuit court of appeal* denied his
plea In the county's suit for
taxes on the emergency fleet
corporation's property. On
Wednesday his complaint rharg-
Ing a "conspiracy" against milk
shippers was thrown out of
court. And on Thursday his «f-
fire was forred to admit It could
not make a rase against tha
commissioners.
Tha climax to thw expected sensa
tional trial came out of a clear sky.
Soon after court convened, Carmody
snd I>eputy Prosecuting Attorney
Dert C. Hoes requested time to exam
In* th« state's writneijea.
Fifteen of these witnesses were
quizzed before four msmheni of the
grand Jury that returned the Indict
ment against the county commission
ers. The grand Jurors were: I» O.
Hoor. foreman: Hemhsrd Swanson.
William J. Brown and Nellie W. Sar
gent.
Fierce H
Wave Grips
Middle
CHICAGO, Sept. 7—The heat
wave continue* to hold the coun
try In Ita grip today aa far Weat
fin the Kocky mountolna.
The year'a heat record* were
broken In practically every utate
of the Middle Weat yesterday, and
threatened to full again today.
Cooler weather lata Krlrtay or
Haturdny Wa* the cheering word
from the weather bureau here.
The hot wave waa caused by a
"low" over the Dakota* and a
corresponding "high" over the
Appalachlana,
Heorea of proatratlon* were re
ported, and at leaat six deatha re
aulted from the heat.
Hchool* were cloaed In many
cities at noon.
Crop*, especially corn, were re
ported burning up from the In
tense heat In Kan*aa, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan.
•"Tha testimony tha state's wtt
neases were prepared to glv* on tha
suuid. today." Carmody aald, "was
so utterly different from that whlrh
they wer« supposed to have (Ivan In
tha (rand Jury room and on whlrh
tha Indictment atralnat tha commls
sloners were baaed, that It would
have been ahourd to go to trial. We
rould not even have made an open-
In* statement on tire t>aala of the
teetimony these wltneases would
liave irtven today."
Carmody aald that the Indictments
••ere returned upon teatimony to the
effect that repairs to tha county
ferry iMchl. involving expenditure*
of til.6io.JO of tha county's money,
were made upon a labor plus and
cost plus Iwala.
Witnesses this morning, ha said,
did not recsll such testimony. Others
denied that they had so testified and
some stated that they did not Intend
to give any such Impression to the
grand Jury.
After Carmody had made his mo
tion for dismissal, Walter S. Kulton,
counsel for tha commlaatoners, de
Glared to the court that he would
have liked to see the cage tried on
Its merits, so that any stigma at
tached to his clients by reason of
having been Indicted, would be
cleared once and for all.
Two additional indictments against
the commissioners are scheduled to
lie tried at a later date, lloth charge
grand larceny, nm In connection with
repairs to a ferry and the other In
volving disposition of county fuel oil.
aald to have been turned over to
Capt. John l>. Anderson, lessee of the
county ferries.
"Loose and Irresponsible Conversation"
The New York Times, recog
nised ■■ the spokesman for
irral business and financial In
terest* centering In New York,
publishes an editorial under the
caption, "IxM(*e ('oil versa! Ion,"
aa follow*:
"Yesterday'* statement at the
While House about the Chicago
Injunction I* proof enough that
the popular reaction ha* bern
unfavorable to the high and
mighty attitude of Ihe attorney
general. On Nunday he tele
graphrd lo the New York ller
ald that the government would
pay no attention to looae and
Irreaponiible conversation on
the part of people who may
them*elve* yet be brought Into
court.' It la now plain, how
ever, that *o great • multitude
of loose and Irresponsible con
versation rose up In protest Iliat
RAILWAY PEACE
MOVE STARTED
Shopmen Endeavoring to
Settle Dispute
CHICAGO. Sept. 7. —Striking
shopmen were today reported la
be working for peace with M or
more railroad* on file following
basis:
1. That strikers, men who re
mained at work and new em
ploye* be placed on the seniority
list* ss they stood June M.
!. reunion rights to be re
stored.
S. The settlement proposal Is
not to be rlas«ed as a precedent.
4. All mailers not settled
thru the agreement to be re
ferred to a board composed of
five union represcntatlvea and
five railroad representatives.
WASHINGTON, Sept. T—William
H. Johnston, one of the leaders of
the 400 000 striking railroad shop
men, today admitted that there was
"mthetanee" to the reports of re
newed negotiations he)ween strikers
snd railroad executives for peace.
Discussions were understood to he
scheduled today between strike lead
ers or their representative* and a
group of conciliatory railroad execu
tlvcs.
Johnston's statement rlosely fol
lowed announcement In Chicago that
the policy committee of the shop
crafts' union had been called to meet
there Monday.
It was Indicated h*re that negotia
tions now going on or In prospect
were expetred to develop something
for submission to the policy commit
tea.
One of Pre*ld*nt Harding's chief
(Turn In Pag* 7. Column 5)
the admlnlsl ration fell it desir
able. aftrr a cabinet meeting, to
luun a word of reassurance.
"No one'* constitutional liber
tie* are to be taken away from
him by the Injunction. It will
be u*ed only again*t those who
are violating Ihe lawn of the
land. If Ihl* explanation la
correct, the wonder deepen* why
the attorney general *aw fit to
do NO much thundering In Ihe
index. And It cannot bo denied
that Nome of the language used
In the injunction gave color to
the fear* which tl«> While
House seeks to quiet. When a
prrson in enjoined from 'ln any
manner, by letterN, printed or
other circular*, telegrams, tele
phone*, word of moulh, oral
persuasion or NUggvation, or
thru interview* to be published
In the newspapers, or otherwlNe
In any manner whatsoever,'
IHOME®
|ED IT IO N1 J|||l
SKARIN
WOMAN
IS CALM
Alleged to Have Confessed Killing
Hochbrunn; Says Her Money Was
Earned by Stenographic Work
OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 7.—Clara Skarin, still in the Oak
land jail awaiting return to Seattle for trial for the alleged
murder of Ferdinand Hochbrunn, aged millionaire, was as
cheerfully confident today as ever, despite her purported con
fession of the crime.
She turned away proffered condolences of many friends
she seemed to have made during the two months she was em
ployed here before her arrest.
"I will clear myself—there is nothing for me to worry
about." she told them.
BliV V«*\.Sa*.«
Miss Skarin, when asked
regarding plans for her de
fense, indicated she had none.
"All the money I have is
what I earned as a stenog
rapher and that wouldn't pay
for much of a lawyer," she
said.
She declared ah* would not fight
extradlUon.
Tha alleged confession wms mad*
first on Tuaeday night to Polio*
IJeutenant WlUlam Kant, of Seat
tle. ircoMlnf to Kant. It wu made
verbally and waa expand»d and reit
erated yesterday afternoon when
Kent waa permitted by Oakland
police to take Mlaa Skarin out for
iunch and later atrollad with har
thru tha park.
Crowd* in the park saw tha two
talking earnestly, but no ona aue
pected a *lrl waa telling the alleged
•tory of a murder she la claimed to
hava committed, to an officer who
la sworn to prosecute her.
The two returned to tha Jail late
In the afternoon, after which. Kent
said, MSkarin approved a written
statement which he made, covering
the rase, to hla superior officers In
Seattle.
Previous to that the alleged con
fession had not b»«t put Into any
form of writing by Mis* Skarln. &1-
tho a muiw of the story had been
telegraphed to Seattle by Kent.
Extradition* papers were en routs
to Sacramento today from GOT. Hart
of Washington, and officer* thought
extradition might be completed by
Saturday night.
Acordtng to Mlas Skarin'a atory.
aa retold by Detective Kent, the girl
admitted she killed Hochbrunn after
he had made an alleged attack upon
her a\ his home In Seattle, where she
was living as hla ward.
LIVING WAGE
FOR PASTORS
the annual Oregon conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr.
William Wallacs Youngaon, super
intendent of the Portland district,
mads a plea for living salaries for
ministers.
Rome ministers. Dr. Toungson
said, are forced to take up side
llne« of work tn order to support
themselves and families.
"If the church doei not awaken
apeedlly to the neceaalty of provld-
In* It* minister* with a living aup
port It will find Itself without a
mlnlatry capable of the leaderahlp
which the tlmea require." declared
Dr. Toungaon,
doing certain things. It certainly
looks aa If he were condemned
thereafter to a life of silent
medllatlon and prayer. But thia
wa» never the Intent of the
government, we are now In
formed.
"Thin ptnratory deliverance
by the White House la dotibtlesa
preliminary to a trial chance
In the term* of the injunction
when It cornea up for a final
hearing next Monday. Tho
thine haa palpably (one 111 with
congress and tho country. The
expected enthuaiuatlr rallying of
ritixeiu In aupport of a ma>*
tic department of Juatice did not
come off. We may now expert
to hear fewer grandiloquent
worila from Attorney General
Daugherty, while loose and irre
sponsible conversation about
hint will go on freely. 1 *
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE
MURDER STORY
PUT UNDER FIRE
First Degree Charge to Be
Pushed by Police
Lieut W. E Juatua, 11 Hug «M
of detectives. waa at work ThoiWfajr
clearing up tha few loose ends of
mystery which were left after Clare
Skarin's confession Wednesday that
she killed her aged uncle, Ferdinand
Hochbrunn.
He la on the trail of evidence
which, he believes, will support the
charge of murder In the flrat degree
thnt has been filed against Mlaa
Skarin.
While admitting the crime to
Lieut. William B. Kent, who waa
sent to Oakland to bring her to Seafc
tie Immediately after her arrest last
Saturday. Mlaa Skarin contends at
present that she slew her relative in
defense of her honor—which story.
If borne out would, of course, prw
elude any verdict of murder In th*
first degree.
Kurt her Investigation of the at
leged confession will prevent MM
Kkttrln's return before the middle
part of next week, IJeutenant Jus
tus said Thursday. Detective J. Ma
jewskl, of Seattle, Is working on tha
case.
Lieutenant Kent haa been ordered
to do further work of checking up
on the details of the crime before
the woman Is brought back.
Mrs. Robert R. Herbert. wlf«. of ft
Seattle detective. Is due In Oakland
Friday afternoon and will tak*
charge of Clam Skartn. The party
will return, leaving OaJcland about
Monday, and arriving In Seattle
Wednesday or Thursday, making the
trip by steamship.
The work of obtaining the confer
slon fell to the lot of Lieutenanf
Kent, who has received high prais*
for excellent police work. Kent
made himself the confidant of Miss
Skarin and won her complete con
fession.
By lier own admission. It was
the kindness of Kent that Im
pelled hoc to make the state
ment. She announced that what
ever she had told Kent would
he used strictly In her own inter
ests.
"I have absolute confidence,"
she said, "in Detective Kent."
Her arrest was accomplished
by the untiring efforts of Chief
of Detectives Charles Tennant,
who has conducted the search
for the woman for over nine
months, and by so doing, added
another laurel to his string of
achievements.
The Sknrln girl's story, ns told to
Lieut. Kent, was as follows, accord
ing to dispatches from Oakland:
"1 killed Ferdinand Hockbrunn
(Turn to Page 7, Column J)
A Home Close
to Grammar and
High School
This In Just the kind of a
homo that some will want and
havo been looking for.
SOUTH OF
WOODLAND PARK
A rood R-rooni and bath on one
floor; corner lot, liOxlOO. facing
eaat and south; on# block to
car; cloae to RrHinmar and high
school. Put to $3,000. with SSOO
cash, balance SBS per month, in
cluding intercut. No
to a**umr. Why pay rent when
you can buy a home on no easy
terms?
Tuni to the WANT AD sec
ttion HIMI see who la offering
thia comfy little home.