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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
HOTEL PROJECT
TOPS 100000
Rhodes to Call Meeting for
Active Canvass
Over the .a. 600. 90 mark


The hotel fund Is growing-not by
leaps and bounds s-but growing
A subscription. of $4,000 by n. II
Latimer. president Of the Dexter
Horton hank; s. 900 BY the Automo
bile club. $1,000 by spencer +. An
derson. vice president OF the Univer.
sal Savings and Loan association. and
$500 by Seattle Hotel News, brought
the total at noon Thursday to
5000. 500.
Chairman A. J. Rhodes, OF the
Chamber OF Commerce hotel commit.
tee. who subscribed the first s25 900
to the fund. has called a meeting OF
his committee for Friday noon. The
Chamber OF Commerce committee is
not the board that will manage the
new hotel campaign. 1t was or
ganized months ago for the purpose
OF creating sentiment towards the
hotel project.
Following the meeting of the
chambers committee. steps win be
taken TO organize city-wide com
mittee for the further handling OF
the campaign. II Is expected a meet.
ing OF at least 200 business men will
be called before long, and a mass
meeting to which everybody is to be
invited VIII follow.
In the meantime. the voluntary
subscriptions are coming In steadily.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Woman Falls Down
Elevator Shaft

Falling accidentally down the ele'
vator shaft OF the Bon Marche at
1915 .. m. today. Mrs. Ravina de
Bruin, 45. "A clerk. was taken TO the
Seattle General hospital. where II
was discovered she had fractured
rib and cuts about the face. She will
probably live. Her residence is at
1114 Stewart ut.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

The mayor asked the cooperation
Of Meier's department In taking some
practical steps TO discourage the
hahi,uai use of drugs in this city.
which h. says he has noted In the
newspapers IN a growing evil.
According 10 hts Information. tho
mayor says. a number Of persons are
brought into court as many az six or
eish, times charged ar disordcrly
persons. meaning they are habitual
drug users. Under the prcssn, sys-
tern the maximum sentence they can
be given h t5 days. The mayor ad.
vtses that future cases Of this kind
b~ turned over 10 the prosecuting at.
,orn~y for prosecution under the
state vaxrancy law. penalty for vio.
iaticn Of which is sis months impris.
onment.
During this time the mayor
says. ~ would be possible 10 cure
many OF the cases. The possibility
OF such term would also act as a
deterrent 10 others who look lightly
on the habituai use Of drugs"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Olympic Hardware Co. to
Give Part of Receipts;
Mayor Boosts Hero Fund
Nile Temple Collects $l11.92 for Fire
man LaCasse Family; Hazen
Titus Sends $10O

we could figure II amounted to
fi1iI2."
The boys OF Nile temple may be
philanthropic. but they are poor
mathematiclans. When The Star s
young woman cashier counted the
contents OF the sack. IL contained
siii.92.
Checks and money orders for the
fund reached The Star today from
several other sources. bringing the
total up to 3t50.42 to date.
In addition TO this. the Olympic
Hardware Co, 1921 First ave,
writes.
We shall be pleased to give per
cent Of our receipts for the coming
week 10 the fund for Fireman La
casse's family"
Haxen J. Titus. OF the Chauncey
Wright Restaurants Co. one OF the
first to suggest n fund for Fireman
Dooicy. and a contributor OF 800 10
that fund. made a similar contribu.
ton TO the 1.aCassc fund. Jacs,
Sullivan. attorney. sent IS. and c,
%. Hart gave SIS.
q. A. Held sent $40. Ernest T,
Reynolds contributed IS. y. !.
Br~ssier mailed check for s2.5o.
And Patroiman w. ]. Sheehap sent
n money order for IS with this letter;
Enclosed you Win find one
days pay to fulfili and start the
ball rolling along the line of that
suggestion Of mine ] arm hoping
others will do likewise Yours for
morn action"
Patrolman Sheehsn had suggested
previously that each fireman and
policeman give days pay.
Contributions may be made 10 the
treasurer OF the fund. Herbert Scho-
enfield. OF the Standard Furniture
Co. or TO The Star. Address mail
"LaCasse Fund"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Caillaux Trial Is
Now in Final Phase

PARIS. April I5.-The prosecu.
ton was prepared 10 complete final
summing up OF IT'S evidence when the
trial of Joseph Caillaux, former pre-
mier. charged with plotting against
France during the war. was resumed
this afternoon.
Defense attorneys were to begin
their. final arguments as soon as the
prosecution finished
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Poisoned Whisky on
Sale at North Bend

Poisoned whisky being bootlegged
near North Bend sent four men from
Sheriff Stringcr's office speeding
thither late this afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff Mike Willard. at
North Bend, phoned to Stringer that
several men there and at Snoqualmie
had become III after drinking the
stuff.
Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff
Frank Brewer left for the scene in
an auto, accompanied by Deputies
Stewart Campbell and N. l.. Loveall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Lowden Plurality
Now $4,000 Votes

CHICAGO. April 15.-7Governor
Frank o. Lowden's plurality In the
Illinois preferential primary Tuesday
was more than $4,000, returns today
Indicated. All but 227 precincts re-
ported.
Lowden'a total In $685. OF the 5.a62
precincts was 294.S7s: Woods. total
was i59,s2i. Hiram Johnson's vote
WIS 46.1s1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

Many Seattle wvvpen WIRE be-
Ing considered ~ prospective
brssl~- Of Louis A. Hilton. nj
legged modern BIucs's srd. pclyxs
mist. slayer. rubber. confidence
man ard "fence.- sccorssinr 10
list of nans~s dispstched TO
this city today from lo~ Ange.
lee.
Police OF that city. searching the
effects Of Hilton. alias Charles "
Harvey. and also known aa Andrew
Hurt and Watson. discovered the
list. containing tho names Of rs wo
men scattered thruout the North
west. Hilton IL presumed 90 have
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15


Italian
SAUL KING. 20. English Jew.
ERNEST WATSON. IS. Scotch.
According to immigration offi-
cials. all the prisoners were nc-
counted for when they went down
stairs to the dining room for sup
per at o'clock. The next check
was at midnight. when the new
guard came on. Three men were
then found missing.
A search revealed no cut hars or
other clues as TO how the men
might have made their escape. and
the theory held lis that they hid
under a table In the dining room
until the guards and their CON-
panions had gone upstairs. and then
escaped thru the door leading from
the kitchen. This is the only exit
from the mess hail. IL is said. The
cook. who did not leave until
o'clock, declares that he saw no
one after the room had been
cleared
Cardinals was to have been d..
ported with the next party to leave.
His passport was verified Tuesday.
lie was sent TO McNeirs Island
on August 10. 1913. from Califor-
MA. on a charge OF using the mails
to defraud. He was released on
March ?7. and was immediatclv
held by the immigration authorities
for deportation.
King and Watson were to be de-
ported to Canada. They were ar
rested for entering the United
states Illegally. a few weeks ago.
Descriptions OF the escaped men
were sent out Thursday morning.
In the meantime an investigation
Is being conducted. says Commits.
sioncr White.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
five MEN Die
IN MINE SHAFT
Bodies Recovered After
Fatal Accident

DAWSON, N. NJ. April i5.--The
bodies OF five men were recovered
today from the Phelps-Dodge coal
mine here. following an explosion
last night that caught the quintet Of
shot fifers unawarcs when they be.
lleved the shots had been previously
fired By electricity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
hint Death
MYSTERY IN
BURNED TAXI
Driver Disappears. Leaving
Charred Auto Beside
Bothell Road

Deputy sheriffs of King and
Snohomish counties were search.
Ing Thursday for the driver cf .
motor ear. found burned by tho
roadside. two miles novth Of
Botheii. early this morning.
The missing man Is Nelly r~Rcd-l
Hayes. driver OF an East Union jlt.
ney. who borrowed the car at z
Thursday niStr from a garage a,
Virginia st and Fourth ave. saying
he would be back at a. IN.
He planned to drive two men TO
Everett
AL Fawcett. brother OF Everett
city attorney. i~ alleged to have re.
ported seeing the body Of man
lying near the car. s. r. Hitsman.
night marshal Of Botheli. towed the
car into Botheii. and declares he ~sas
unable 70 nnd anyone connected with
the car.
There have been eight taxicab
murders IN Seattle In the past three
years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

on, did you notice their snappy
step those smiles,
lis II a worthy. bona fide proposi.
tiony'' asked the mayor.
''YoA bet" we told him
That's ali ! want 10 know he
said. and sat down at the editors
desk and took out his check book
and fountain pen and wrote:
TO the Fireman LaCasee Hero
Fund. $50 DO"
And Laxicr boosted the heavy sack
up onto the desk and cianked II
down and grinncd.
There said he. lis tiii.is more
for the fund. Nile Temple held a
meeting last night The mayor sug
gcstcd W. all chip In something for
Fireman LaCasre's widow and her
two sons. and the boys dug down
into their pants and tossed IS bills
and silver dollars. and halves and
quarters and dimcs--and few pen
nics--into the middle Of the floor.
We gathered IL up. and ms near as
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
DODE TO GOSHEN;
~ NOW ARE WED

CHICAGO. April 15.-Frederick w.
Seymour. 81, and Mrs. Marie Web.
bcr. 10. could think Of nothing nicer
than ride to Goshen, Ind So they
eloped yesterday to that city from
Chicago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
DR. DERBY FIRED
- RAILWAY ENGINE

NEW YORK. April 15.--Dr. Rich
ard Derby, sonin-law OF the late
President Roosevelt, fired an engine
on the Long Island railroad when
the regular firemen struck.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
OF MIDDLE
~ CLASS HIS PLAN

NEW YORK, April ia new
union OF middle class men and
women" was advocated by Chauncey
NJ. Depew to solve industrial diff
culties
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

obtained them thru a matrimonial
gazette.
Some Of them. interviewed by The
Star today. said they could no, re-
member having corrsspondsd with
such a man
Miss Evrlina Mo.sr. a teacher. Of
si70 10th ave. ~ r.. ono OF the
women on the prospect list was
said by n woman living at that sd.
dress to have married n man named
James Donaldaon some time ago.
after which she sold her home here
and moved to Munson. wash. three
weeks ago.
Miss Zoc Estes. another name on
the list, was the maiden name of Mrs.
Ernest Edwards. now living at 1907
~. ssth ri.
Mrs. Edwards said she could not
recall having corrrsponded with any
man. She said she knew a man
named Harvey In Alaska. and an
other Of tho same name who was n
driver for a laundry she formerly
pstronizcd here.
Captain OF DetecttBes remnant uis
covered today another alleged victim
OF Hilton. who. he says. was Blue
beard's's- 2sth wife. as near as he
can learn. Mrs. Gertrude Wilton.
who owned farrn somewhere In
Alberta. married Hilton. under the
name OF J. r. Watson. here In June,
1917. according TO Tennant They
went to the Hoods Canal country
and Mrs. Watson" returned here in
October Of the same year. Tenant
says. and disappeared. Every effort
to trace her failed
That Hilton was toying with the
affections OF the daughter OF Coun.
Gilman oliver T. Erickson was also
established definitely today.
Correspondence between Miss Irene
Erickson, now "a student nurse In the
Alameda county hospital. at San lie.
andre. Cal. and w. l.. Lewis" alias
Hilton, was brought to light by the
investigation into Hilton's affairs
being made In Los Angeles. news dis
patches said.
Councilman Erickson's daughter
has been In the Alameda hospital
some time, her father said. but he
denied knowing anything about her
connection with the 'Bluebeard
case" He said he had not heard
from her for several weeks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
TWO KAISERITES
ARE CAPTURED
Plans for New German Re-
volt Are Unearthed

PARIS. April ia news
agency dispatch from Beriin to
day said that Major General Won
I.uettwiis and Major Bisehon.
accused Of attempting 10 foment
a new revolt In Germany. have
been arrested. The men were
found hiding oh nm estate In
Prussia, the dispatch said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Three ESCAPE
DETENTION Cell.
Prisoners Flee From Immi-
grafton Station

Three aliens held for depor.
taiion made their escape from
the United States Immigration
detention station. foot Of Union
St. some time before midnight
Wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE

baeteries-oeschger and ONetlt
Toney and McCarty. Gonzales.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
GIVE DOPES
LONG Term,
MAYOR ASKS
Caldwell Would Imprison
Drug Addicts Six Months,
Hoping to Effect Cure

D~eiarinx the city h not ade-
auztciy handling the dope prob
lem. Mayor Caldwell this after
noon addressed y letter To Cor.
poratioo Counsel Meier recon-
m~sdinK . more drastic program
in dealing with a<idicss who ap-
pear In the police court.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE

johnson. Zachary. Snyder. Court
ney and Garrity; Russell. Pennock
and Walters
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
LaCAssE FUND TO DATE

Oh. hoy. Did you sce Mayor
Caldwell and his friend. y. u.
Iaxier. hot-footinE II up Union
Vt. In seventh ave. this morning.
Juggling that heavy saekY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

LILLE the prince mingled
with Us quite extensive
ly. his big warship did
not enter the harbor. but
swung to its chains
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

Batteries Quinn and Ruel; Nay
lor, Neiner. Kinney and PsrkinA
Walker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

len there are Charlie
Chaplin and his wife.
Charlie has been getting
himself divorced. or
something. and there
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

HERE IL an awful waste
under our present eco
nomic system. a waste
OF brain energy.
NEo lose biiliona he.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
Ueaher

Tonight and Friday, occd-
SioRdily rains: moderate
SouthWesterly ieinds,
Temperature Last - Hours
Maximum. Sc. Minimum. a.
To-day noon. t5.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15
BLUEBEARD'' LISTED SEATTLE WOMEN As HIS PREY PUP!
As IT SEEMS
TO Me
DANA SLEETH .

DO NOT know how
much the wires have car.
rird OF the troubles ot
our popular heroes and
haroff.a r.f..spflv
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-12

A man who gives his name as
George Raymond Martin, was arrested
by the police in this city Tuesday, vio-
!!ently insane. He was taken to the
city Jail to await the arrival of officers
who are to take him back to his home,
Mansfield, S. D. Barton was placed in
a cell, where he nearly ended his life
Wednesday noon by hanging. For a
moose, he used cloth belt, which he
fastened to the top of his cell, jump
ing off the upper iron bed. When
found he was black in the face and was
unconscious. The discovery was made
by two l. w. WIS confined in the Jail.
They called Desk Sergeant Darby,
who rushed into the cell and cut the
strap. Barton fell to the floor like so
much lead. Upon recovering con-
sciousness he made dash for liberty
and succeeded in getting out into the
desk room where he was overpowered
The I. w. WIS assisted in overpower-
ing the maniac.
Barton says his mother resides in
New Scotland, N. Y. His wife is dead
but he says he has a little girl. He
imagines that he has gotten into some
terrible scrape. He talks about six
shooter and throwing it away. He
says he was always too much Of a cow
ard to use the gun. He is farmer
and carpenter by occupation, was we'll
dressed and plentifully supplied with
money. The police found $1,015.O0 in
currency in his pockets.
Barton tried to commit suicide the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-12
The Clapps Are Delighted With Park
RAPIDS

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Clapp and
daughter, Mrs. Collins Of Topeka,
Kans., and Mrs. Clendenning arrived
home Saturday morning after fort
night spent at Park Rapids, Mime
sofa, where they occupied cottage
on Long Lake, adjoining the Minot
colony. The Clapp party enjoyed
splendid luck fishing, landing several
fine catches. On the morning they
left, AL Shire, one of their fellow cot
tagers caught a Northern pike that
measured 2inches in length besides
catching seven fine bass, the smallest
of which weighed five pounds and
the largest seven pounds. Bass are
just beginning to bite good and the
resorters are preparing for harvest.
Any moment may see the worlds rec
ord broken as Frank Taylor and Rev.
Erickson were left gn the ground to
guard the interests Of Dakota fisher
men.
Mr.. Clapp purchased several fine
lots fronting the lake with fine shall
low beach line and besides obtained an
option on tract Of % acres lying
back from the waterfront, all heavily
timbered and among the most attract
i've of the many locations about beau
tiful Long lake. Mr.. Clapp has let
the contract for the construction OF
log bungalow which the Clapps and
their friends will occupy next season.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-12
NONPARTISANS' FOES
COMPLETE PLANS
Every District in Northern Half of
North Dakota Ready for
Campaign

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 10.-Or-
ganization work preliminary to the
fall campaign has been completed by
the Independent Voters association,
every district in the north half of the
state being ready for work. The
Northern part of the state is divided
into four districts, with headquarters
in Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Minot,
and Williston. At group meetings in
the four cities, attended by members
Of the Independent Voters association
and by republican and democratic par
ty workers who are cooperating in
the fight on the Nonpartisan league,
arrangements were made to place
county managers in every county in
the district.
The balance of this will be employ
ed in organizing the southern part of
the state in a similar manner.
The resolutions adopted at each
meeting ask the national campaign
organizations to send nc more speak
ers into the state. The republicans
and democrats alike supported this
plea to the national organizations.
Only presidential and vice presiden-
tial candidates are welcome under the
wording Of the resolutions. The the
ory Of urging the national campaign
organizations to remain outside Of
the state is to do away with the pos
sibility Of befogging the state issue
which is held to be paramount.
In each group meeting the candidacy
of j. F. T. O'Connor for governor was
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-12
DRS. HOVDA AND MUS MOVE
INTO NEW QUARTERS
Establish Private Hospital in Quarters
Above Union National Bank

DR.. H. H. Hovda and his assistant,
DR.. Olive Mus, have moved their Of
fees from the Nash block into more
commodious and convenient quarters
in the Union National Bank block. In
their new place they not only have
several more rooms than formerly but
have suite Of rooms on the floor
above which are designed for patients
coming from distance and desiring
the services of a private nurse. Their
office suite together with the added
rooms above give them complete
private hospital equipment which will
be enlarged gradually as the demands
require. On account of the easv ac-
cess enjoyed in the location of their
quarters in the downtown business sec
ton, patients will have no trouble in
locating the offices which are no.
maintained.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-12
IITTL TLEMOTHERLE,SS y GIRL FOUND IN
STARVING CONDITION IN OAK PARK

Elsie Hummel, aged seven years,
whose mother died q year ago with
the flu, and whose father lives in
Pittsburgh, Pa, was found cold and
half starved, sleeping on bench neaf
the wading pool in Oak park, at seven
o'clock Monday morning, where she
had been taken by her aunt, Mrs. A.
E. Mohr, with whom she had been
living, the night before, according to
statement made by the poor little
girl.
Mrs. Gunder Kivley, while walking
thru the park, found the little girl,
wrapped in newspapers, lying on the
bench where she had been all night
long. She wore only q little thin
dress and her peaked face and poor
little hands that resemble bird claws
more than anything else, were evil
dence enough that she had received
but little nourishment.
Mrs. Kively took the little girl to
Mrs. John Campbell, police matron,
who made an investigation. Mrs.
Campbell is inclined to believe the
little girls story, who declared that
her aunt took her to the park the
evening before and told her to remain
there.
Mrs. Campbell called on Mrs. Mohr
II her home, in the northwestern Sec
ton Of the city near the Davis Ice
cate condition. She declared that the
little girl went to play with some 9th
er little girls at five o'clock the after
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-08-12
NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
CONTAINS INTERESTING FACTS

The new issue of the Telephone Di-
rectory issued by the Northern States
Power Co., was distributed among the
patrons this week.
James b. Brokaw, Division Man
ager, has arranged directory some
what different from any heretofore
issued and the new book is certain to
be far more convenient than the old
one. There are two columns of names
to the page instead of one, reducing
the number of pages materially and
making it quicker for anyone to hunt
up the calls.
The rural names appear alphabet
cally along with the others and this
also is a great convenience.
The directory contains a liberal am
cunt of advertising, but not enough to
make it a bulky affair. Manager
Brokaw intends to issue new direc-
tory, every six months, thus keeping
the list as up-to-date as practicable
A great deal of valuable informa-
tion is contained in the directory, and
1T will pay each subscriber to look it
over carefully.
Half of the trouble caused by the
subscribers in giving calls would be
eliminated if only they understood
how hard the operators try to be ac.
curate. Of course, an operator occas-
ionally makes mistake, but very fre-
quently the error is caused by careless
ness on the part of the subscriber,
either in giving the wrong number, or
not speaking plainly.
Few people realize the amount Of
traffic passing thru a switchboard in
a city the size of Minot. Twenty
thousand calls during twenty-four
hours is not uncommon and single
operator will frequently handle $50
calls during single hour or one every
14R seconds.
All subscribers are cordially invited
to visit the telephone exchange during
business hours. A competent employe
will be glad to show anyone who calls
through the operating room and ex
plain the system. An Independent rep
resentative recently visited the tele-
phone exchange and was surprised and
much interested in tre intricacy of the
work. After you have once visited the
place and realize how complicated the
work really is, you will think twice be-
fore again letting out cuss word
while waiting to have your call an
sWered