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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
PARDON WAR
CONVICTS IN
U. 5. PRISONS
Prisoners From.
Three Cities Are
Given Freedom
by President

WASHINGTON. Dec. is.--Prcsi.
dent Coolidge today eommuted tho
sentences OF tho 81 political prison.
ers remaining In federal jails.
The clemcncy was unconditional.
Warrants are being prepared By
the department OF justice and the
men win be freed as soon as the doc.
umenss can be delivered 10 the war.
eens Of Leavenworth and Atlanta
prisons
Sentences commutcd include those
of all wartime prisoners In federal
iaits convicted at Chicago. Kansas
City and Sacramento.
The Communication OF sentences
was announced at tho White House
today.
The release Of the prisoners wis
decided upon following the favorable
report from the commission made
TO Attorney General Daughtcrty and
the president.
The members Of the commission
were Newton ID. Baker. former sec.
Rotary OF war: Bishop Charles II.
Brent. Of New York. and Gen. John
@. Hartford.
A formal statement issued NJ the
White House today said tho presl.
dent has conmuied the sentences
Of the remaining wartime prisoners
convicted at Chicago. Kansas. City
and Sacramento to the terms al.
ready served"
The names OF the prisoners re-.
leased. together with the places OF
their conviction, follow:
Sacramento:
Elmer Anderson, Harry Brewer.
Robert Comedian. Roy =. Counor.
Pete Dc Bernardo. Peter Mortimer
Downing. Frank Elliott. John
Graves, Henry Hammer. william
Hood. Harry Gray. Chris A. Lubos,
Phil Mclaughlin. George O'conneli
John Potthas. Edward Qulgley.
James Quinlan. Myron spague.
Caesar Tabib. Jacob Tori. George
voetter. Vincent santilli.
Kansas City:
wencIl Francik. F. ]. Gallagher.
Chicago.
c. J. Bourg. Alexander cournos.
Harry Lloyd. Burt Lorton. Charles
II. McKInnon, James Rown. James
/ r. Thompson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Tries Suicide After
an Alleged Quarrel

Following an alleged quarrel with
her f4.year.oid daughter. Vivian,
Afra. G. a. Hamilton. Pueblo apart.
ments, swallowed poison Friday
night in an attempt at suicide. nc.
cording 10 a report made by police
after an Investigation
Mrs. Hamilton was taken TO the
city hospital. She was said TO be
out Of danger saturday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
2 Women Are Held
for Killing Child

CATsKILL, ". Y. Dec. i5.--AfrH.
Rose Rothcnberg and her sister,
Mrs. Esther Lit, were released on
s35 900 bail today. following their in
dictment on charge Of strangling
to death the formers 7.year.old boy.
Howard. whose body was found be.
side an old barn at windham. "a
weeks ago. Evidence against the
women and against Burt Branaugh,
wealthy Windham farmer. indicted
with them. Is circumstantial.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
YOUNG COVELL
FOUND GUILTY
Life Term Recommended
for Lad of 16

CooUILLE, Ore. Dec. l5.-Alton
Covell, 16-year.old boy. charged with
killing his stepmother. was found
guilty of first.degree murder and
recommended for life sentence in
prison by a jury here today. after
As minutes elaboration.
The boy was charged with killing
Mrs. Fred Covell. at the instigation
of his uncle. Arthur Covell. crippled
astrologer.
Contention that the boy was sub
normal and that he had been influ-
enced by the crippled mystic whose
nurse the lad had been. awaited the
defense nothing, unless IT was TO
keep the boy from death sentence.
Arthur Covell. the uncle of Alton.
believer in Hindoo mysticism. as.
trology. theosophy and reader OF
the stars. is facing a sentence TO
hang, from which he will appeal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Let Us Bid!
n HIS is no time for petty complaints
about the way the Community hotel

HIS is no time for petty complaints
about the way the Community hotel
project is managed Folks who
have grudges to air and special favors
to ask, should be regarded as traitors to
worthy cause. But
The Stars attention has been called
to what City Light department officials
believe is an effort to favor private
power company on the hotel lighting
contract
Frank Hull, secretary to A. S. Kerry,
says the Puget Sound Power 81 Light Co.
has purchased $4,000 worth of hotel
bonds. He adds that it has been the
policy of the hotel corporation to give
contracts to holders of bonds.
If this is true the City Light depart
ment, owned by the citizens of Seattle,
has every right in the world to claim the
job-or at least right to bid on it.
The Puget Sound Power q Light Co.'S
subscription of $4,000 looks pretty small
beside the subscription of S2600000
which the owners of the City Light have
made
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
BY MRS. GERTRUDE SMITH

I came to Seattle five years ago
with $4,000 In insurance money
that collected after my husbands
death in Spokane. To-day l am pen.
nilcss.
have always been a homo-loving
woman. Today look back on a
nightmare OF being behind prison
bars,
/ have always loved peace and
quiet. Today I am nervous wreck
as result Of being driven to tho
point Of suicide.
In November at the time l was
considering trying to obtain EN-.
ployment in one OF the stores. n
woman whom had considered a
friend. began to talk TO me about
the possibilities in n rooming house.
She told me there would be much
more money In It for me than in
going 20 work rs a clerk and after
arguing with me for several days
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

room. They were not called. as the
jury has completed taking of tes-
timony.
Tile investigation, by the fury. OF
gambling in Seattle cardrooms. has
occupied the past four weeks Of the
jury's time. Scores of witnesses.
many of them habitues OF the
gambling halls. were called. sher.
iff Matt Starwich, Saturday, an
nounced that he had made com.
plcte preparations to handle the
indictments. All of his available
deputies were kept within call to
serve the warrants.
Preparations for the report OF
the jury were made Friday by
Captain Colvin and Judge T.. L.
Smith. Judge Smith left Satur-
day for two weeks vacation in
California, but before his depart
ure from the courthouse Friday
noon, he called i'm Captain Colyin
ana directed that the report.
when II was ready, be made 10
Judge Calvin 5. Hall, who has
succeeded Judge Smith as pre-
siding judge in the King county
superior court.
The jury has completed only one
angle Of its vice probe. ii was in.
dicated Saturday. All of its time.
to date. aside from that voted to
probe of petty jury tampering.
which occupied the first week OF
its deliberations. has been given 10
the gambling Investigations. Prose-
cutor Douglas, Saturday. said that
he expected the jury to spend sew
eral weeks more before its labors
are completed. Other subjects are:
vice. liquor law violations and al
legged graft. The jury also will
make an investigation OF King
county roadhouses
The jury will probably sit well
into January before its work is
done" Douglas said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Poor Geography Costs Man Two Months IN Jail

what port in France he landed
in.
Surely you know the name
OF the French town where you
stayed asked Dumott.
Yes. sir, boss. the town was
Belgium"
The courtroom rocked with
laughter. to Johnson's amaze
ment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

Because he did not know his
geography. Arthur johnson. ~,
negro prlzefIghtor. must serve
two months in the county jail.
johnson was tried In police
court Saturday on a charge OF
stealing an alarm clock. suit
OF clothes and vest. City At
torney Ray Dumett punctured
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

Tho 18th infantry" responded
Johnson
But that was n white mans
regiment" S.
Johnson then said that lie
was IN tho hospital corps.
Dumott asked him what ship
no sailed In. Johnson didn't
know. lie had also forgotten
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

his allbi and when johnson saw
he was going TO be convicted no
appealed 10 the court for mercy.
Judge, am n veteran OF the
world war and saw service in
France. am entitled TO some
consideration"
what organization we're you
in" Dumett asked him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

How big a town is Belgium"
asked Dumett
"Oh. It's just little town.
about the size Of Everett" said
Johnson. Again the courtroom
rocked with the shouts OF the
spectators.
Don't you know that Bel.
gium Is a nation OF several
million Inhabitants" demanded
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Grand jury
Ends Probe
OF Gambling
SXty-five Indictments Are for Card
Games; Two on Jointist Charge and
Three for Perjury

Returning II true bills the King county grand Jury made
its report to Judge Calvin S. Hall at o'clock Saturday aft
Sxyfive of the indictments for conducting
gambling and two onts charges and three for
perjury The perjury indictments returned against
witnesses called before the grand jury.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
WANDA Won KETTLER.

Wanda's postcard showed a large
old.fashioned building. where, we
presume. she Is rooming. II was
called-according to wanda-Buck-
ingham Castle.
Wanda hasn't met the king yet,
but we just know II she does she'll
Tell him she Is a friend Of Doc
Brown's-and guess that viii make
George feel pretty cheap!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
YECC SUSPECTS
ARE CAPTURED
Armed Police Squad Takes
Three Men Prisoner

Halted by the sn0tguns OF n
police squad i'm heavily armed
prowler car, three men driving
another machine were arrested
early Saturday morning ut
Broadway and Pike ST.. and were
held i'm the city Jail by Police
Capt. Il. l.. Hedges for inyesti.
cation liz connection with the
recent safe robberies in the city.
One OF the men. w. l.. Meyers,
&c. has police record, accord.
ing to Hedges. and il is believed
that he is the owner OF an auto.
matte pistol which was found In
the ear.
The other two men, S. G. Gabriel
%, and c. o. Beauchamp. 90. are not
known TO the police.
Capt. Hedges special armored
auto, In charge OF Sergeant f. c.
Griffin and Patrolmen C. w. Bell and
C. y. Peterson. was touring the down.
town district about 400 n. m. when
they saw the other auto and gave
chase. They quickly overhauled II
and the policemen pushed the muz
zles OF their shotguns into the faces
Of the three men. commanding them
TO halt or they would be shot.
When searched, the three men
were found 10 have no weapons,
hut in side pocket Of the auto
they found pistol which was
still warm II was Of Spanish
make, fully loaded. and had been
purchased from an Eastern i'm.
porting firm by mail.
The three suspects refused TO give
any explanation OF their presence in
the vicinity according to Hedges
and were turned over 10 the detec
tive department FOR further investi
cation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
tIe Association OF Building

the Seattle Association of Building
superintendents.
ons thing has been worrying LII
Gee Gee for months and months
does skunk have fleas7
Judge c. c. Dalton rules that only
regularly licensed BARRIERS can bob a
girls hair. This makes an embar-
RAISING situation. as a barber is apt
TO forget himself and say. Can I
shave you today. Mlss7''
The BARRIERS having succeeded In
preventing beauty parlors from bob
bling hair. the beauty parIors should
now enIoln the BARRIERS from using
axle grease to beautify drugstore
shelks.
Give Him Christmas Necktie."
Gays a Yuletide advertisement. There
Is Just one answer TO that. Damn!
why Is that woman running down
Second ave. in such peculiar man.
nerg"
"oh. that's my wife. She's doing
her Christmas lope.ing early"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

on motion Of Clark Jackson, ~
perlntendent OF city utilities, the
board OF public works Friday re-
fused TO grant the puget Sound Pow.
or & Light Co. a permit to construct
f2.duct conduit tunnel thru the
eity's streets from Spring IT. to sup
ply scattics community hotel. The
olympic. with electric light and
power.
Jackson's motion was made after
no had been Informed BY superin'
tendent ]. d. Ross OF the city light
department that the city has been
given no opportunity as yet 20 bid
upon the contract OF furnishing the
hotel with electric current.
Ross declared that the action Of
the Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
is distinctly unusual. as the proposed
construction work indicates that tho
company expects no competition In
the furnishing OF light and power TO
the olympic hotel
ION large construction Jobs similar
TO the one proposed II has been Gus
tomary for the city and the light
company TO do the work jointly when
competition In furnishing light and
power was expected. and divide the
expense" Ross said. This action I'm.
dicates that the company expects no
competition in furnishing light and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
HOLD IN. DAVE. HE'S a.REaBIN'
.Nuhian children In the Inner

Nile valley love
castor oil 30 much
that they not only
drink II. but baihe
in IT," David
Whitcomb at y
dinner given by
the Seattle Associ
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X 4 Il

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What drives a woman to suicide?
few days ago The Star received a request from
friends of Mrs Gertrude Smith, a Seattle widow to aid
in a search for her The friends feared she had killed
herself.
Two days later Mrs Smith reappeared. She HAD
contemplated suicide For two days and two nights she
said she had tried to make up her mind whether to live
or die. And-death lost.
The Star asked her to tell what had driven her into
serve a warning to other unsophisticated widows
likely to fall into the same trap, Mrs. Smith agreed.
And here is her story as she told it.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Coolidge Frees 81 Men
Home Brew
Howdy. girls. Made your
Sweetie a crochetcd neciStie YETI

Howdy, girls. Made your
Sweetie crocheted neelStie YETI
The Ynie season is dedicated 10
.'poacc on earth and goodwill 70
men" Nothing Is said about women
shoppers.
We wish the KDzE radio station
would broadcast some OF Chopin's
music. so that we could say they aro
doing their Christmas Chopin early.
According 10 the society column.
many people are planning egs-nog
parties for Christmas.
Our telephone number Is MA in.
oseo.
Everybody in the United States
should be worth $3.50. according to
the census bureau.
Somebody's been cheating us,
Today's Leap Year suggestion for
girls: Leo DTuxman. A real bar.
gain: handsome and wealthy: can
keep you in the Fatirnas TO which
you are accustomed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
TRAyELOGUE

LONDON.
Dear Homer: They're singing
a new song over here In dear oil
London. The chorus ends, "Yes,
We Ave No BahnanIias To-die~
And I saw the Prince Of Wales
Thursday and he didn't fall off
his horse once. lie was riding In
a limousine. Soulfully,
WANDA Won KETTLER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

Dumett
MY Gnwd. boss. it sure done
grow some since / was there"
said Johnson.
Your geography Is -er,
faulty" Judge Gordon re.
marked. You can spend two
months in Jail brushing up
on it,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
PAID S1,i0O FOR
$3.50 PLACE; LOSES

The real estate men finally talked
me into buying an +. Madison st.
rooming house. Twenty-one rooms
Of furniture were to be included, and
the agents told me that the house
had been paying SO pes 5vom.
was TO pay 81 400 for the place.
500 down and the balance at $50
u month, with per cent interest.
Later. when went down to the
county.city building. found that the
same place had been sold year
(Turn TO Page 3, Column 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

about 1t. she brought out man to
see me one afternoon whom Hhe in.
troduced as real estate ngcnt.
learned later that the woman was
n runner for this agency and It
was for purposes OF making sale
only that she had scraped up an
mountaineering with me.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

The dial telephone IL undoubtedly
much easier for a person who slut
tiers, hut how about the Einlx who
has ~. yitus dancer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
BOARD TO HEAR
REQUEST MONDAY

Frank Hull. secretary 10 \. s.
Kerry. president OF the Community
Hotel corporation. said Saturday that
he will lay the request OF the city
light department for a chance TO bid
ON the power contract before the
board OF directors AZ the board meet.
ing Monday.
THE Puget Sound company has
purchased $4,000 worth OF hotel
bonds" Hull said 1T has always
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
CITY Blocks Power
Line to New Hotel
Has No Chance to Bid, Is Reason
Given for Action

been the policy. where other things
were equal. TO give contracts 10 hold.
cra OF hotel bonds. do not know
whether the power contract has been
awarded 10 the Puget Sound com.
pany or not.
II received communication
from Mr.. Ross few days ago ask.
ing that the city light department
be permitted TO bid on the power
and light contract | informed MIR.
Ross I would lay his request be.
fore the board OF directors!
A. s. Kerry. president OF the
hotel corporation. said that tho
matter OF letting the power con.
tract is up TO the lessees. or tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

Old silas Grump. the sage Of
Pumpkin Hollow, got drunk last
night and made some lemonade out
Of his wife's lemon complexion
creme. lie IS expected 10 recover.
Liitle drops u tcater.
Lite Ordins ot RE,
Make me feel this morning
Like I rant 10 dc.
Miss Florence Dodge, graduate stu.
dent In forestry at the University Of
Washington. Is preparing o thesis on
THE Significance Of Spiral Fission
IN the Secondary LameIlae OF Prosen.
chymatOus Tracheid."
Wen bet that means she's going 10
write something about notholes In
wood
CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON
IVY CLUB
Bimbo who tells your wife 10
give you a box Of cigars for
Christmas.
4. J. s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
KERRY CERTAIN NO
CONTRACT LET YET

THE building Of the hotel has
nothing 10 do with the letting Of
the power contract" Mr.. Kerry
said. II do not think any power
contract has been let. however: m
fact, / gm sure 1t hasn't yet"
superintendent Ross has asked
Corporation Counsel T. j. l.. Ken.
nody for an opinion az TO whether
the city has a right to run con.
duit down Fourth ave. 90 supply
the hotel. should the city receive
the contract Tho hotel stands on
University properly under lease to
the Metropolitan Building company.
The city must obtain permission
from the hotel lessocs to run a tun.
mel under the hotel to the vault on
Fourth ave-. or University st" Ross
said. II do not believe we could
establish our vault on University
st., between Fourth and Firth ayes,
as that is the property controlled
by the Metropolitan company. We
have never been able to run con.
duit on any property controlled by
the company nor permitted TO serve
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The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-08-24

fying-fish made them a feast one more
was caught the next day, the fortieth
day, but all hands made the captain,
worst Of the lot, take 1t himself.
When he left the clipper, Captain
Mitchell headed for the American
group, 4 spTsnkling Of isles on the
charts. in latitude IT north, longitude
1913 80 west. They made this position
and found no land. Hawaii was the
nearest. The supposed land was one
of the mistakes which even today
show on Pacific charts with the nota-
tion "E. d." existence doubtful.
There was corking good news
story written of this voyage when the
survivors got to Honolulu. The writer,
a young reporter, made the Coast pa
pers pay 800 column for It. He
was Mark Twain, then only Sam
Clemens.
Pitcairn island, Inhabited now by
descendants of castaways, has annals
that stand alone. In 1889 the crew
of the British navy ship Bounty mu-
tinted near Tahiti. The commander.
Lieutenant Bligh, once with Captain
Cook, was set adrlft with eighteen
men. Their 23-foot boat was so laden
that fair swell was crisis. They
had food for five days at ordinary ra-
tions. Yet Bligh took his boat west.
ward S,61S miles in fifty days.
Mutlneers Separate.
The mutineers separated; sixteen at
Tahiti built schooner; the others
went to Pitcairn with the Bounty,
which they burnt, and settled down.
Two years later the warship Pan
dora was sent to get those at Tahiti.
On the way home she was wrecked
and four of the prisoners and thirty
one of the crew of efghty-nine werc
lost. The survivors filled four small
boats They rowed and sailed LOO
miles in eleven days, making Timor
island, where Bligh had landed.
Some Of the Pitcairn islanders
passed through America during the
war, going to the front. 1t was 1903.
however, before the colony of mutt
neers' descendants was found.
Christian, the mutlneers' leader, IL
one Of the men who cannot die. After
years, when the mutiny case had been
forgotten save In admiralty records,
one Of Bligh's followers saw man In
London. He looked like Christian. The
man caught curious glance-and ran.
Perhaps. The Pacific Is prolific Of
mysteries.
Men today need not face the terrors
of small-boat voyages. The Trevessa
with her tale from the Indian ocean
is still fresh in the news. The sea
remains the sea.-New York Times.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-08-24
|CufiCura Soap
AND OINTMENT -
|Clear the Skin
NEW IN WORLD or HARMONY
Recently Invented Device Seems to
Offer Undreamed-of Possibilities
to Composers Of Music.

Added possibilities for orchestral
composition are revealed In device
perfected by Bernard Samuels, Euro
pean musician. Competent judges in
the world Of harmony believe that his
"areophor'' will greatly advance scor-
ing for wind instruments by tinting
future compositions with new and
strangely beautiful harmonies, and
will also prove q blessing to the mu-
sicians themselves by saving their
health and nervous energy.
This instrument Is said to provide
q means Of holding a tone indefinitely.
while the performer Is resting his
lungs. This Ii accomplished by foot
pressure on q dust-proof bellows. A
small bellows operated by one foot sup
plies the air. Connected with this II
q rubber tubing which terminates In q
small metal reed fastened near the
mouthpiece Of the instrument. Both
the reed and the regular mouthpiecs
are held in the mouth Of the musician.
BY a sort of stopcock both are con-
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-08-24
ArftcrioNlIt- sfIkrvM

slons. lcontractions, and in the position
of the lid over the eyeball.
The sensual, amative thoughts con-
tract the lower lid of the eye. The
true eye of affection and conjugality
Is open, the lid is round above the
eyeball, instead Of straight, as 1t IL
In the amatlve eye.
Great distance between the eyes
denotes an excellent faculty Of form
needed by the artist In composition.
A fine, deep-seated, alert eye indi-
Gates keen, rapidly operating brain.
When the brow overshadows the eye,
keen perceptiveness as to color, form,
number, weight and size are present.
The more prominent eve is more
emotional than the deep-seated. small
eye.
The eve of the successful public
speaker is full underneath the eyes,
and the eye protrudes at the inner
corners. The faculty Of language,
which Is strong in him presses the eye
downwardly and outwardly.
The small eye sees more detail than
the large one, but the larger eye has
a greater sweep Of vision.