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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
PROPOSED BOND
BILL RAPED
BY COUNCIL

scattle's city council is unanimous.
~ opposed 20 the bill. pending In the
Legislature. which provides that sub.
Heausnt court decisions shall not i'm.
pair tho validity OF bonds that have
once been upheld by the supreme
court
A vote taken in committee of the
whole Monday resulted in instruc-
tons 10 the councils legislative com.
mlttee 10 work against the measure
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
BOOTBLACKS PUT IN
THEIR WORST DAY.
COPS SHINE 'EM UP

BootbiaciSs put in The hardest
day in their history Tuesday. Rea.
son. every copper In town got a
shine.
For tonight. at Masonic temple,
the police viii forget the cares of
crook chasing and do nothing else
than dance. according to the pro.
gram.
Every one is invited.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Okehs Belgium's
Bond Payment Plan

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.--Presi.
dent Wilson sent to congress today a
message recommending that the
United States accept an issue of Ger
man bonds for payment of debts con.
tracted by Belgium with this coun.
try prior 10 the armistice. The an.
nouncement was made at the White
House.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Gasoline War Is
Pleasing Motorists

DENVER. Feb. 22.--Denver motor
lists were jubilant today over the
prospects OF further hostilities in the
gasoline price war here.
Gasoline was selling for 2o.7 cents
gallon today. This price was fixed
by the O'Malley. Kelly oil Co. The
Apex company announced II would
meet the reduction.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
School Kids Raise
81 "Lunchless Day"

The Star today received 81 from
Miss Minerva Meyer. teacher at the
InterIake school. ITS for the fund
for Seattle hungry people," she ex-
planned. 1T was given by room 20,
fnterlake school, on Lunchless
day'"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
immigration Bill Is
Accepted by House

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-The
senate's emergency immigration bill.
limiting immigration for Is months
after to three per cent OF the ma
tionals of any country now resident
in the United states. was accepted
today by house conferees as sub.
stitute for the johnson bin prohibit.
ing all immigration for year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Write thIar'
MESSAGE COMES IN
SHORT SENTENCES

Then. In short staccato sentences.
in q low voice. she dictated the mes
sage. One Of the witnesses wrote
as she spoke.
Half an hour later she said: The
voice grows weaker"
The clock struck 10. The lights
we're turned on. Mrs. Doran ap-
peared flushed. She read the notes
she had dictated and placed her sig.
nature under them as testimonial
Of their accuracy. This ia the mes
sage:
II arm the professor who speaks 10 you
from the beyond. have broken thru
the veil. Tho heip Of the living has
Uurn 10 Page ), Column y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Lands Makes First
Baseball Decision

CHICAGO. Feb. 22.--Judge X. NJ.
fandis handed down his first deci.
sion today as commissioner Of base
hall when he awarded title TO Phil
rodt. player. 10 the ST. Louis Amer
leans The st. Louis Nationals had
claimed right TO Todt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Dry Agents to Keep
Eye on Cops Tonight

Practically tho entire force OF
federal prohibition agents. headed
by Director Mcdonald. will attend
the policemen's bah tonight
"our presence Is not to be con.
Ftrued as in the line OF duty" Nc
Donald said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
DRY AGENT
BEATEN IN
HOTEL RAID

/ As a result OF hand-to-hand bat
tie that occurred during a liquor raid
at the New Occidental hotel, s334
First ave, Monday night, II. b.
Hailowell. proprietor of the place. and
n. IL. Nicholson, a patron. are spend.
| ing washinrton's birthday In the
city Jail. while Leonard Regan. I'D
eral prohibition agent nursed !
bruised nose. a black eye and sundry
other marks of conflict.
| Prohibition Director Mcdonald de-
clared that he will prefer charges
of assault and resisting a federal Of
fieer against Hallowell. who was held
Tuesday without bail. Nickelson. II
| is said, probably viii face only
liquor charges. as he took no part In
the fight.
TAXI STOPS IN FRONT
OF HOTEL: BOOZE FOUND
Agent Regan and another federal
officer approached the New Occi-
dental hotel at s p. m. upon informa-
ton that a delivery OF two cases Of
booze was to be made at that hour.
As the pair drew near. taxicab
stopped in front OF the hotel and the
occupants entered the place.
When they came out two quarts Of
whisky were found on Nicholson, who
said he had purchased them from
the clerk.
While his companion watched the
taxicab and it's occupants. Agent
Regan assembled the stairs to inter
rogate the clerk. The two quarts OF
whisky taken from NICHOLSON were
In his pocket. In the midst OF the
conversation, Hallowell came in and
demanded to know what was going
on. according to Regan.
I'm proprietor of this place and
what goes on is my business,"
Hallowell as reported to have said.
SMASHES BOTTLE.
STRIKES AGENT
With that. 1t is alleged, Hailowell
spied the liquor in Regan's pocket.
snached one of the bottles and
smashed 1t against the newell post.
He then struck the agent and ut.
tempted to get hold of the othergbot-
tie. according TO Regan.
Agent Regan is a small man. but
he Immediately began to battle with
his big opponent. He had no chance
to draw his gun. but used his hand.
cuffs as "A blackjack to defend him
self For several minutes the two
men struggled on the floor. Then
the other agent. hearing the racket,
ran up the stairs to Regan's aid. II
Turn to Page ), Column q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Extra! All About
the Big Massacre

The massacre Of his shrubbery was
reported TO police Tuesday by A. J.
Warren. 1853 26th ave. N A varie-
gated laurel had its head completely
Topped off and rhododendron was
knitted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Impolite Burglar
Steals Clothing

Impoiitely entering thru a rear
window, thief stole several score
dollars worth Of clothing from J.
L. Redfoni. AIS GARD ave. s. Mon.
day night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Seen Anything of
This 8-Inch Dog?

A fluffy-tailcd Chinese dog. eight
inches high. which vanished from the
homo of Lawrence Dressed. eo4 w.
McGraw at. Monday night. had
evade dpolicemen Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Purple Stocking
Gang" Is Arrested ?

1.-THE Purple Stocking Gang
were in Jail Tuesday. They are
alleged to have rifled telephone pay
boxes and secreted the loot In a
purple stocking. The men under
arrest are Walter II. Hayes. sS
chauffeur; A. Thod. 80. sailor: s
c. Riddle. "a. logger, and +. Lynch,
80, sailor. Detectives Montgomery,
Peyser and Phillips make the
charges.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
SUES HIS FORMER
WIFE TO COLLECT
ALIM0NY DUE HIM

William Wedgwood Instituted
xsuit In superior court Monday for
back aIimony alleged to be due
from his former wife. Mary Jane
Wedgwood. Wedgwood cites the
divorce decree. signed February
70, 1916. by former Superior Judge
Kenneth Macintosh. granting him
sz5 month. lie claims no part
Of the alirnony has been paid.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Cat
Wire USED
TO OBTAIN
EVIDENCE!
Federal Agents Suspected
Of Tipping Off Activities
to Persons Implicated

BY means Of a tapped telephone
wire leading into Black Cat tavern,
the notorious resort on the BothgIl
road near Lake Forest park. which
was raided last Friday night by Sher.
III Matt Starwich and a party of
picked deputies. every telephone con-
versation carried on by persons In the
tavern for the past several weeks has
been recorded.
Night and day a federal govern
ment operative sat at a table in 4
shack nearly a mile distant from the
roadhouse and, with a teIephonq
headgcar strapped 10 his ear. record
ed every conversation verbafim- T71o
record reads Ike a dime novel
SHERIFF AND PROSECUTOR
HAVE THE EVIDENCE
With the record In hand, the sher,
III and Prosecutor Malcolm Doug "
are enabled to lay grave c, ffkes
against the alleged prvprfetorn,
former Policeman ID. ~. Schoonover
and Aaron McSparen. as well m to
bring proceedings against the alleged
property owners. Mr.. and Mrs. James
I,ochnane. 20 close the place under
lock and key.
Two agents OF the federal govern.
ment are under surveillance. follow
ing the discovery that the tapped
wire evidence was being tipped or 70
a private detective agency and w1a
leaking" to persons under sus-
picion.
The evidence shows that the tav-
ern was being used as a dive OF the
worst character. frequented by per
SONS notorious in the underworld. and
that. on one occasion. the daughter *
prominent merchant was lt1rsd
there. mistreated and induced to "a.
ter a life Of shame.
GIRL Is RESCUED
BY HER FATHER
Every effort was made to locate
the relatives Of the girl in time 10
save her. but they could not BE-
found. Later she Is understood to
have been rescued by her father. who
was conducting a private search else
where at the time she was in the
Black Cat
Against -. n. SCHoonover. I0rs
mer policeman. and Aaron Nc
Sparen. arrested when Sheriff Matt
Starwich raided the Black Cat
roadhouse. Saturday night. =
charge OF being '.jointists' was filed
Monday by Prosecuting Attorney
Malcolm Douglas.
The charge is felony under
fno iaur Each of tho vsnu fssr-
nished 81 900 bail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
Tramps Use School
for Hotel de Gink

Tramps are using the Dunlap
school for a Hotel de Gink. the jani-
tress reported to police Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22

A YEAR ago vilification triumphed.
We have a new mayor at the
city hall now, mayor with ready
tongue, mayor who helped buy the
car line, it is true, but who neverthe-
less was able to make people believe
that he would prove corruption in the
deal
That mayor has had his opportunity. He
was voted $4,000 to make probe. He hired
Burns detectives. He hired lawyer. He
hired an engineer. He has $1,000 left Of
the probe fund. He had inquisitorial powers
thru the grand jury.
And the grand jury reported that there
was no corruption.
THE HUMAN BLOODHOUNDS whom
L Caldwell brought to the city found the
same. Every honest man. with any grain
of sense and decency, would have known
that there was no corruption in that deal
unless Caldwell himself was a party to the
corruption, so closely was he identified with
the transaction.
birthday of that great American who
idealized Truth, it is highly proper that
the city set itself right. c. b. Fitzgerald
and his family are entitled to public repara-
ton for the injury unjustly done them a
year ago.
They are entitled to public vindication.
And so, two weeks from today, Seattle
should go to the polls and help elect c. b.
Fitzgerald to the council
Seattle needs his type in the councl-a
level-headed, clean-cut business man. 1t
has had enough of spouters and buncombe
pedders.
L'ITZGERALD is no trimmer, no wishy-
J. washy citizen. He is no demagog, no
fire-eater.
But when he was mayor, the fares were
nickel on the street railway and the car
system did NOT go to the general fund.
1t did NOT lose money, depreciation charges
omitted.
Under Mayor Caldwell. the fares are
higher the railway HAS gone to the gen.
eral fund; it HAS lost money, depreciation
or no depreciation.
We need men like Fitzgerald in the coun-
Gil to make the mayor behave, to keep the
mayors hands out of the railway funds
and to play square with the management
of the railway system. The street cars
are taking in enough fares to pay all ex-
penses and all obligations. The city does
not want the system to go back to Stone
& Webster at their own terms.
The city needs Fitzgerald in the council !
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22

If1fa III AAkfUf1. oAf'F A-1ttF @~*sArAN
and actor. turned In hts later life
to studying and writing on the &C.
cult. Finally he Published n curious
advertisement for someone inter
cst.d In spirituaiistic acience.-
This advertisement was answered
by Mrs Doran. member Of one OF
Detrolta oldest families. writer. lee
Episcopal church
The professor and Mrs Doran held
several conferences at h~r homo
shortly aftcrward Prof. Bradford's
body was found. fully dressed. tn hts
gaA-filfed room The unfinished
manuscript Of book on which he
had been working iay beside his
typewriter.
HAI.r.wRITTEN PAGE
TELLS HIS PURPOSE
One half written page was stifl IN
the machine. II read.
--- ard h is fhru scientine fs~ss thss
propose 10 dsmo@ssr~sc clearly the
phenemena es the spirits. snd prove that
ell the phcnsmeus arr oatsids the de-
main ef the supesssiur~i."
Mrs. Doran. speaking Of her final
conference with the professor. says:
ills last words to me. a few
hours before his death. were that
he would prove 10 me. in a very
simple manner, tina, tho dead can
communicate with the living.
II answered his advertisement
thru a Simple desire 10 know more
about a thing In which ! was little
vcrsed. am not n Spiritualist. nor
a believer In the psychic"
PREFERS TO REPORT
ITO WOMAN"
Prof Bradford. after making all
preparations for reporting his ex.
periences In the unknown" to Mrs.
Doran. opened the gas Jet and start
ed on his great adventure.
Mrs. Doran recently announced
she had vague prescntiment that
she would hear from tho professor
soon
Psychic students thruout the city
agreed to concentrate at O'Clock
that evening on the professor. 20 nc
ceierate the return OF his spirit"
Leading spiritualistic pastors urged
their congregations TO join in the
concentrated party"
Mrs. Doran. with a few friends
gathered in her home. said: Il am
not engaging In this adventure aa a
spiritualist- I feel II my duty to
do so as a human being. Certainly
IL Prof. Bradford does communicate
10 the world thru me. a great step
toward convincing mankind that the
dead can talk will be taken. I have
never heard spirits talk, but l realize
that does not mean they cannot com.
nunicate. / am engaging In this
with an open mind"
THREE WITNESSES
NONE believes"
At the appointed hour. Saturday
night, Mrs. Doran was standing in
her parIor. Three witnesses. none OF
them believers in spiritism. were
present. Curtains were drawn. One
lamp lighted the room dimly.
For several moments Mrs. Doran
stood silent. staring at a dark cor.
ner Then she said:
II feel strange presence. be-
lieve it to be the spirit of the pro
fessor. A week ago | scoffed at such
a thing. I wonder IL there are many
concentrating their thoughts on this
now? wonder
She placed her hands on her tenn
plies and directed, Turn out the
light" This was done. A moments
silence. Then:
Il hear his voice. It Is faint. but
Il grows more distinct 1t is the pro
fessor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
KILLS SELF
AS TEST OF
Spirit talk
Woman to Whom Professor
Confided His Intention
Claims Message

DETROIT. Mich. Feb. se---Thc
world today awaits cxpectanty sci.
entific investigation OF the startling
adventure In spiritisrn OF Prof.
Thomas Lynn Bradford and Mrs.
Ruth Starkweathcr Doran.
Prof. Bradford killed himself Mt .
o'clock on the night Of February TO
make .ths great adventure" He
hoped to solve for all ti,nc the age
old problem of life after death by
trying to communicate from beyond
the grave with Mrs. poran- Now
she says that she has received a
message from him
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22

SOKANE.--Gooos believed to be
part OF loot taken from home of
state Senator Guy Il, Croft recoy-
cred by police.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22

TODAY WE CELEBRATE in honor
of George Washington, the great
American to whom Honesty was holy
and Truth enshrined!
1t is fitting that on this day we of
Seattle dedicate ourselves to Truth, and
do justice to a man who was sacrificed
one year ago, almost to the day, on the
altar of political untruth, demagogic
chicanery and unscrupulous ambition.
That man is C. B. Fitzgerald, good
husband and good father to those six
lovely children you see in the above pic
ture.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22
ONE YEAR AGO Qet us talk yer,

ONE YEAR AGO (let us talk very
plainly, c. B. Fitzgerald, then
mayor of Seattle, was accused thru the
insinuations and cowardly innuendo of
political shysters, Of having shared in
a corruption fund of half million or
million dollars, or so, for the purchase
of the street car system from the Puget
Sound Traction Co.
Today we know - all of us know -
that it was base untruth, spread by
political vultures during a conscience
less campaign!
Think what that lie (why mince
words?) meant to the Fitzgerald fam
lily, living almost at the edge of Ballard,
in one of the humblest sections of the
city a family of growing daughters
and ambitious young boysI Think
what that lie must have meant to Mrs.
Fitzgerald! Think what it must have
meant to Fitzgerald, square-shooting
young American of that sturdy type of
citizen who marries young and raises a
healthy family, moving out almost to
the edge Of the woods to make both ends
meet--the type of young American who
runs Ford and tries to have a good
time doing it!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-22

MAYOR CALDWELL ALWAYS
A'A KNEW that c. B. Fitzgerald was
no crook or CRATER. They were thrown
together time and time again in many
important matters; they Travelled to-
gether across the continent on public
business; they conferred together on
the street car situation; Caldwell knew
that Fitzgerald never got nickel out
of the transaction.
And now the whole city knows it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-14
Find Part Of Big Bond
Loot IN Boarding House

Rv Associated Press:
READING, Pa, Feb. 12.-Bonds
worth $4,000. which were part Of
the $4,000 loot in the robbery OF
the Peoples Trust company OF
Wyomissing on Feb. 4. were recover
ed in a rOOming house here. II was
learned today. They We're issued by
the Narrow Fabric company Of
Wyomissing.
Mrs. Mamie Mcdonald. proprietor
of the house, reported that when
two strangers who had rented
room failed to return she had found
a grip containing empty money bags
and the bonds.
Today it was learned that the two
men had returned for the bonds.
Mrs. Mcdonald tried to detain them
until she could notify the police but
the suspects left hurriedly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-14
FIND SOUND CABLE
SCHEME is SUCCESS
Ships Able to Enter Ports
mouth Harbor in Fog as
in Gotham.

LONDON. Jan. 1s.-Navfgation Of
ships by means OF sound signals
from a cable laid at the bottom OF
the sea was demonstrated a. Spit
head in the presence Of a number
OF naval attaches who had accepted
an invitation from the British Ad-
miralty.
The cable. seventeen miles in
length. is laid from TIE entrance to
Portsmouth HarbOr out TO the
Warner I1sht on the Channel side
OF the Isle OF Wight.
This has been designed 10 enable
ships to find their way into the har-
Dor or 10 an anchorage at night. in
foggy weather. or when all naviga-
ton marks are invisible.
BY means OF a dynamo installa-
ton on shore the cable is charged
with high Frequency current. and
ships specially fitted with a receiv-
ing apparatus on the bridge are able
TO find their way by picking up the
sounds which the cable gives out in
Morse code.
Laid for over a year. the cable is
now regarded as a permanent addi-
ton 20 the navigation facilities Of
the port
The system. which Is a British
naval invention. was first used dur
ing the war. and now. owing to it's
great value TO the mercantile ma
rine the Admiralty have made
general disclosure Of the principles
upon which il is worked.
a similar cable has hcen laid OK
perimentally in one of the channels
Cf New York Harbor and those are
the only two at present in use.
During the experiment excellent
results were obtained, and tests
showed that the cable could be eff
fective up to forty nautical miles
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-14
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS.

The longest stride that civiliza-
ton has taken thus far is marked
by the disappearance Of the comic
valentine.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-14

Phonograph records. 10 inch
double faced. soc each. three for
$3.50. at Blue Bird Shop. 9741-tf
Salzburg. now 10c and two for
95c 9723-tf
Evening star., 1921-06-04
TRADE CONDITIONS.

NEW YORK, June 4.-Dun's review
of trade says.
Another month has passed without
general recovery in business. but con-
ditions are steadily working toward
stronger and sounder basis
Changes that are essential to revival
nave long been in progress. and there
is hope that more decisive turn for
the better will be witnessed after the
ending of summer. With special
causes for hesitation. the present sit
uation is marked by waiting in many
quarters. the disposition being to
defer important action until neces-
sary readjustments have been ex-
tended.
while exceptions to this policy ap-
pear in certain instances where l;qu;-
dation has seemingly been completed,
the attitude of most buyers is reflect
ed in their persistent disinclination
to operate beyond immediate require
ments, future price considerations
being a factor. That the yielding in
some commodities has been checked is
evidenced by the smaller number Of
declines in Dun's list of wholesale
quotations. but the prospect of addi-
tional recessions is assigned as a
reason fort the Withholding of de-
mands IN not a few lines. and this
phase is still prominent in the great
iron and steel industry.
Weekly bank ciearings, s5,1os.-
5s5S31"
Evening star., 1921-06-04
SENSATIONAL UPTURNS
FEATURE wheat MARKET

CHICAGO. June 4.-Sensational up-
tdrns this week in the price of wheat
have resulted largely from a belated
settlement on the part of a few stub
born bear spectators in the May de-
livery and from big cuts in the esti-
mated yield of the 1921 harvest An
extreme jump or 171s cents formed
the record during one session. Com
pared with week ago. wheat prices
this morning were 9A cents to 10
cents higher, corn was up * cent
to " cents, oats, haA cent to X
cents. .
Mistaken theory that big receipts
which were looked for at the end of
May must mean lower prices in the
wheat market, was chiefly RESPONSE
BILE for the weeks widest fiuctuation.
The big receipts came. but they
were needed to meet export demand
than to settle pit dealings, unless at
almost prohibitive cost. Another
crisis in the market quickly followed,
owing to statements from a leading
authority that the probable domestic
harvest of winter wheat this year
would be $4,000. 900 bushels, a falll
ing OF of 100000 bushels or more,
compared with a month ago. With
only scanty reserve of old wheat in
sight. the July delivery was at once
III Sucu eager demand that the price
jumped 9 cents. Subsequently, other
radical, bullish crop estimates caused
further gains. but then a reaction fol-
lowed. partly owing to lull in ex-
port call, partly to improved weather
conditions. and partly to arrange
ments for immediate opening of trade
in the September delivery here.
Corn and oats were steadied by the
readiness with which elevators and
shippers absorbed immense receipts
of corn.
Despite a heavy increase of the
stock of lard, provisions reflected the
strength of grains.