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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
PYRAMIDING OF
PROFITS is
ONE CAUSE
Outrageous Prices Charged
by Trust to Itself
COMPANIES lNTERl0CK
Four Prices Paid for Poles
Company Sells Itself
PORT COMMISSION
REFUSES TO PAY
INCREASED BILLS

THE Seattle Port commission
l. Thursday refused 10 pay Its
telephone bill. showing n 20 per
cent Increase over the July
charge. and ordered its attor.
neys. Bradford and Snyder. To be
prepared TO bring contempt pro.
Greetings against the telephone
trust " any attempt II made
To interfere with service.
These steps were taken by
Col. George Lamplng. Of tho
commission. with the approval
OF other commissioners.
Iainplng showed bills Of the
commission for service nj the
main plant and nj various
docks For July the total was
AiI.o5; for August The amount
asked Is Sss3.s5. The increase
Is not quite 20 per cent.
II have instructed our aitor.
nsy 10 pay The old rate. and no
more" Col IamplnE told Tho
Star. III service Is refused. VIC
shall regard u as an attempt on
the part Of the company 10 In.
terrier. with and hamper public
business OF the port and win ask
contempt proceedings at once.
III II Is necessary. We will put
In our own intercommunieaiing
system and use only what outside
trunks we have 10. We arc not
going TO pay this increase. In
any event"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

start the day right and join
the American Legion" was the
slogan adopted by 200 Legion.
naires Of Rainier. Noble post No.
/ for their one-day membership
drive Thursday.
And hundreds OF Seattle's for.
mer service men FASTENED to
take their advice. according to
reports OF workers in the field.
pouring into Legion headquar-
tiers at the New Arctic hotel.
Augmented by rs volunteers
from the ladies' auxiliary of the
post. the RainIer.Noble men went
"over the top" with the sunrise
and we're on the streets to greet
early risers hurrying TO their
days work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
West Seattle Home
Wrecked in Blaze

Fire early Thursday totally dc.
stroyed a house at 5622 10th ave. s.
w. The place has been unoccupled
for two weeks and incendiarism Is
suspected. The family OF Mrs. G.
Peterson. living next door in $500.
abandoned It's home and took to tho
street during the fire, but firemcn
under Battalion Chief A. c. Benefited
saved the house. Nearly half mile
of hose was laid from California ave.
to fight the fire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Has Your Friend Given
to the Park Fund, Too?
Make 1t Your Business to Aid This
Community Recreation Project

and camp place, between Seattle and
Tacoma. with accommodations for
10000 auto parties and long sweep
OF beach on the Sound.
And IL you haven't yet seen the
tract when Seattle. Tacoma and the
state park board will make into n
family recreation ground for every.
one in this section OF the state and
visiting tourists, hop into the old
bus or get your auto.owning friends
to take you out, and look over the
tract.
It's located off the High Line road
to Tacoma. and between that city
and Dos Moines. The entrance to
the park is hcralded by roadside
sign and Is Mt the northern end OF a
long highway bridge,
Drive down the partly completed
rond. thru tho tall timber. and look
over the wonderful camp spots. Get
out of the car und walk down TO the
trurn to Page Z. Column @
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Wenatchee Southern 0kehed

FINDING n -year-old fight Of
~ Wcnateheo ahipplng interests
with the Great Northern and Chi
cage. Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
companies tho interstate commerce
committee Thursday authorized the
Wenatchee Southern Railway Co. to
build i32-mile independent line of
railroad in Chelan. kittitaa and
Benton counties.
The action was sought by the In
dependent company in order TO
make n connection between the
Great Northern and the Milwaukee.
10 facilitate shipping by running a
line from Wenatchce south along the
Columbia 10 Beverly. crossing the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

Milwaukee. and continuing on 10
Kenncwick. touching the Great
Northern and tho Union Pacific
lines
The action was fought by both
railroads when application was made
and hearings given the matter last
year and the year before,
The wenatchee Southern road Is
a strictly wcnatchee enterprise. 1t
has been promoted and financed by
Wenatchee business interests and
fruitgrowers with view TO provid-
ing the district with an outlet that
would relieve congestion during the
peak season.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

| OWING your dollar TO the State
VI Salt Water park fund makes you
an active supporter of the poor
mans paradise project. And II
doesn't mean that you've done your
all for II. either.
The Young Mems Business club
eampalgners. sponsoring the PROPOSE.
ton with The Seattle Star. ure Civ.
Ing most OF their time, and have
done so for several weeks. TO col.
lectlhg the purchase fund. And they
are making generous financial con-
tributions in addition to their work,
So that you, IL you've already
handed in your check to the fund.
should constitute yourself n commit.
tee of one TO get nj least another
subscription from friend for every.
one will benefit from the free outing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Seattle Pays Respects
to Pioneer Shipbuilder

opened machine shop here by
saving up his dough He had his
business going fine, beyond bit
Of doubt. and then. In 1889, the
fire burnt him out.
He built his shop again, they
say. in just about a week. His
courage kept him on his way: no
struck winning streak. In 1893,
the year Alaslsa's rush began,
they needed boats--"WeHi build
them here" said Mr.. Bob Moran.
From such humble start
there grew our big shipbuildlng
trade--when Robert saw IA Job
to do, he met II unafraid. And
now tho people 20 10 cheer u
great Seattle -~shlpbuldng's
local pioneer. our Mr.. Bob Moran.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
RATE is QUADRUPLED

nOCroRS In one quito OF Of
~ fees In the Cobb building
ARE charged $50 for services that
formerly cost them $40. under
tho new telephone ratio increase.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
w. NJ. Beals has been informed.
Beals warned telephone patrons
again to write across the face OF
that portion of the telephone bill
returned to the telephone COM
pany. illegal excess charges over
tho franchise rates are paid un-
der protest in order to avoid dis
continuance OF telephone service
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Hold Two Women
on Theft CHARGE

Four men and two women were
held by the police Thursday on open
charges, following the alleged theft
Of an nuto spotlight and tire Wcdncs.
day night, pntrolmnn j. A. Hague.
wood made the arrests NJ Western
ave, and Boll 1T.
Those under arrest nro Mr.. and
Mrs. A I. McGovern, Glndys Gray,
Lawrence Goldman, Howard Niece
and George Jackson,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
MENACED
80, 900 Soldiers Fight Floods
Pouring Down on City

PEKIN, Aug. Floods again to-
day threatened the city Of Pekin
The Yung Ting river burst its dykes
west Of the city and poured down
upon the capital, reaching the south
walls. where troops Of the Chris
tIan general" Feng Yuh Slang, were
endeavoring to stem the flood.
Thirty thousand soldiers were de-
tailed by Feng Yuh Slang to build
temporary dykes around Nan Yuan
village and across the lowlands be-
tween Nan Yuan and Pekin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
BRUTAL BEATING
OF G0BS HERE
is CHARGED
Sailors in Hospital After
Seattle ARRAYS
BOYCOTT is FRAMED
Indignation at Treatment
Runs High in Fleet

WHILE Seattle has spent
w Thousands OF dollars and Seat
tie men and women have given
up their time to make pleasant the
visit here OF thousands Of naval
men, naval officers Thursday were
investigating serious charges OF
brutality on the part Of a few police
officers here.
The investigations are the result
OF repeated protests from sailors,
who accuse policemen Of manhand-
ling fellow gobs.
Several sailors. now confined in
the base hospital at Bremerton, ore
declared 10 be suffering from in
juries inflicted by arresting officers
in Seattle.
The accusations do not lie against
the entire police force. but against
a few officers who. sailors say. ap-
parently have grudge against the
navy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

LOW the telephone trust. OF
IL which the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph Co. Is n unit, TX.
nores federal laws and battles
state ratercguIating bodies by
an Intricate system of fictitious
operating costs. was explained
Thursday by persons familiar
with its operations.
Boiled down. IL Il n case Of n
father collecting two bits from
son for a five-cent top and
giving him 20 cents for being n
good boy. It's all the same, be-
cause "ihc money stays In the
family"
The complicated system OF join
ownership and control OF the varion
units comprising the telephone trus
has been gone into by the publ
service commission of Oregon. which
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
A|RMEN FACING.
LONG DELAY
Smith and Nelson May Stay
Week at Reykjavik

pEYKJANIK, Iceland, Aug, o.
Nv Ice binding the Greenland
coast probably win loosen within
a week and permit resumption OF
the American world flight, seamen
familiar with these waters advised
Lieut.. Lowell Smith and u confeIt
ence of naval officers today. Mean
while, the airmen are held here.
They are tho center of attention,
their visit being ono CT the import
ant events in ReykJavik's history.
The planes were to be brought
up on the beach and overhaulod
today, after II was found that fly.
ling on to Angmausalik stu was
Impossible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
SWEETHEART OF
LOEB HELPING
HIS DEFENSE
Lorraine Nathan Testifies
at Murder Hearing
DICKlE WAS RECKLESS
Dragged Of Being Drunk
and Frightened Girls

| CRIMINAL COURT ROOM. Chi
~ cago. Aug. 7.-Lorrainc Nathan.
Is. former sweetheart of Richard
Loeb. took the stand today to pre-
sent whatever mitigating testi-
mony' she could muster TO save
Loeb and Nathan Leopold from the
gallows for the killing of young
Robert Franks.
In low but firm voice the girl
told of her meeting with Loeb in
November OF 1921.
SAYS SHE KNEW
HIM VERY WELL"
How well did you know him 2"
Chief Defense Attorney Darr o W
asked the pretty witness.
"well. very we1l." she replied.
do you mean by that that you
went with him TO parties and
dances?"
Eyes. sir"
The girl told of Loeb acting In n
peculiar manner at her home. She
| said at one time she remarked TO
her sister that Loeb, who had
| Dragged of drinking. appeared to be
acting very young. With an en-
barrassed little laugh the girl said:
My sister said, That isn't acting
young; shafts acting cuckoo
Can you tell OF some other time
that you saw Dick?"
Yes, / saw him February %,
1924. We had n date"
what did you do?'
SAYS DICKIE DROVE
VERY RECKLESSLY
I'VE went out automobile rid
ing"
What did you notice about Dickie
that night?"
He drove very recklessly-we
nearly had several accidents. /
/ pleaded with him to drive more
carefully but he laughed at me-
Il believe Dickie made a trip to
Birmingham?
Yes, that was in June. 1928"
did you see him at that time p
Yes, sir: he came home from
Ann Arbor and / saw him before he
went to Birmingham
1 CHICAGO STUDENT
SAYS LOEB NERVOUS
Max Schrayer. Chicago, student
of the University of Michigas, was
n witness and said he knew Rich.
ard Loeb very WELL indeed"
He said he noticed Dickie was
very nervous, but whes States At.
torney Robert H. Grove objected
to this as conclusion, Schrayer
told how Loeb fumbled with his
hands and jerlied his head almost
necessarily.
The Witness said that Loeb evi.
| denced extreme nervousness by
twitching movemests and Jerking OF
the faco and mouth. Loeb tainted
several times during his stay nj
the university, the witness testi.
fled Also he drank d good deal
and smoked a lot, Schrayer said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
ny AyRIDGE MANN

H,HE Commerce Chamber bunch
l. will go, tomorrow, up the
Sound. They'll stop and see
Rosario. to eat and stroll around.
They leave to spend n pleasant
day.-and there IL where they
cant But more than that, they
20 TO pay respects to Bob Moran.
Moran's n shipping pioneer
whom many people know. lie
left New York, arriving here
some fifty years ago. He hardly
had II single cent; muchinst was
his trade. He started out with
firm intent. without n bit of aid.
He worked IA steamboat cngl.
noor dozen years or 80, and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

DODGE, BROTHERS

Beauty parloF experts are now call
ing themselves "cosmeticians." Why
not Exterior decorators?"
One Of the most useless things
TO kipop Is hop to cheat al solitaire.
Bundle Day" for the Near East
Relief. has been set for next wednes-
day. LII Gee Gee. who is very warm.
hearted. Is going to donate Is hair
nets.
All sorts Of clothes are needed by
the refugees in the Near East. Now
is the time to get rid Of those neck.
ties you wife gave you last Christ
mas,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Man Kills Wife, Two
Sons and Himself

NEW YORK, Aug. AFTER
shooting his wife and two young
sons to death ms they slept in their
fashionable Claremont ave. home
carly today. Henry Hopkins Lyons.
IS, electrical engineer, retired to his
own room and ended his life with
a bullet In his head,
The cause of the tragedy is u
mystery,
Mrs, Lyons and the children 70.
turned from vacation visit with
relatives Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

Houdy. folks, The favorite
game these days Is. Mesquite,
Mosquito. Swat that Mosqulto.'
Mosquito goif Is all the rage. When
a skecter Is on the hack OF your
neck. three strokes Is par. II you
kin Il with one swat It's a birdie =
There Is aHoiher good thing abos-
suHmer. 10 Is that the butter triil
spread.
LII Gee Gee says: Bachelors are
unfortunate. They have no homes
10 stay away from"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Cop and Wife Hurt in Smashup

DETER sAYBERo. Seattle policeman
hospital Thursday.
when Maybcgs
Maybcrg Mrs Mayberg visiting
Monroe
pnning
his
AT tho hospital said that Mayberg probably
His wife
department
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
Why Phone Rates Went Up
An Editorial for
Out-Of-TOWnFOlks
EDITORIAL

CAND POINT FIELD. in Seattle, gets the honor of
~ being the final landing place of the official round
the-world flight of the American airmen
The planes are expected here about August oath.
But Seattle is anxious that the entire Northwest
shall have part in welcoming home these history
making voyageurs. Just because the field happens
to lie in King county is reason, Seattle figures,
why this city should have all the glory Of an honor
that rghtfully belongs TO us all.
To that end, the Chamber Of Commerce committee
which has the arrangements in charge has asked Gov
Hart to send invitations to all governors Of Northwest
states, and has asked Mayor Brown to invite the
mayors of all Northwestern cities to come and help
in the welcome.
The chamber has asked all chambers in the North
west TO send delegations.
And The Star is asked to broadcast an official well
to all citizens, from city and country, TO come
to Seattle and take active part in this occasion that
will go down in history.
Seattle wants youl 1t feels that the occasion is too
big 10 confne TO n one-city affair.
And so we ask you again, governors mayors, cham
bers of commerce and citizens: Come to Seattle Aug
ust oath and help us celebrate!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
FATHER SHOOTS AT
STRAY CAT; KILLS
BABY SON IN HOUSE

NJoGALES, Ariz.. Aug. Lit.
IN tie Howard Greason, 4.ycar.
old son OF Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Greason. was sleeping peacefully
In his crib, His parents were
chatting on their front porch.
A stray cat wandered by. In.
tending to shoot the cat Grea.
son drew revolver, The
weapon was discharged prema.
turcly. A bullet ploughed It's
way thru wall, Hearing n
faint cry, Groason rushed into
Towards room-and found him
dying. The bullet. accidentally
fired by The father, had pono.
trnted the child's heart.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
IL GEE GEE. TIL OFFICE

Ny racket may be weak. but 1t has
lots Of CUTS.
Soft Jobs: scrubbing the hurricane
deck OF a canoe.
New serial in The Star Is called
THE Nervous Wreck" Bet the hero
Is gink who let's his wife drive the
flivver.
Sign on the Front OF Ford;
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
ONE SAILOR is
SERIOUSLY HURT

One sailor. Arnold Lewis. 20, is In
hospital suffering from several frac-
tured ribs. said 10 have been re-
ceived when a policeman jumped
on his body at the time Of his ar
rest One rib has punctured the
boys lung.
Seaman Cross. OF the supply ship
Guyana. was beaten about the face
with blackjacks and all his upper
teeth knocked out. He charges that
at the city jail he was denied medi-
cal attention for his hurts.
Junior Lieut.. Harry d. Power:1,
of the u. S. S. Mccauley. is investi-
eating the Lewis case. Other naval
officers are probing the Cross cass-
1t is admitted that the sailors
sometimes deserve arrest, but naval
authorities say that the beatings
administered are not justified
Police. on the other hand. maintain
that the proyocation sometimes Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
GRAPHIC SECTION

Mrs. Eras m u 8
Hoecake. president
Of the Wives Mutual
Protective Associa-
tion. tests tho new
wireless dictograph.
which listens IN"
at all conferences
at the club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
SAYINGS Or THE GREAT
Adam: II never kissed any
other girl but you"


Peggy Joyce has divorced her fifth
husband. Now her press agent will
have to rig up another marriage.
Nominated for yicc-president Of tho
Poison Ivy club; The shortstop. who.
when he misses an easy bounder.
inspects tho ground and picks UP a
pebble as an aiibi.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

II this Chicago murder trial doesn't
move faster. Leopold and Loeb will
die Of senile decay before II lis half
over.
Mary had little Ford.
!. Its looks rerc far from trim,
nd eucryuhcrc that Mary droue.
She'd come b1cj on the rim.
VIC
mo One good thing about going on a
'sha trip. Your wife can't invite
fyall her relatives to ride in the back
! seat.
w DIARY
august g.
Up between sir and seven. and after
dresseing myself then TO the office TO
prepare business against my going away.
where all the day, and dined nj night
at home, where q little angry with my
wife for ,ninding nothing now but putting
up curtains on the coach, and indeed she
doth express the wish To place dolly
under tho crnnkcase, which II folly.
A movement is now on foot TO
move Nisqually glacier. with its tons
Of cracked Ice, to Vancouver. with
It's gallons of Bloo gin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07

Habit lasts. The man who started
life swinging scythe all day. now
swings a hrassie all day.
Dear Homer: Ny wife ran Off 10
Tacoma. What shall do1-worricd.
Ans.-Let her stay there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
TENNIS DEFINITION

Ills net game
was u nu ; ualiy
weak"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
SEvERYNS GIVES HIS
SIDE OF THE STORY

In any case where II Is found
that policemen have been guilty OF
brutality in handling navy prisoners
they will be suspended" Chief Sew.
erns declared Thursday.
At least three cases have been i'm
vestigated by Severyns recently, but
no actual brutality was proved
against the arresting officer, he said.
In the Lewis case, Severyns de-
clared. he had had no complaint filed
with him from navy officers and had
only heard of 1t from hearsay.
Severyns said, however. that in
most cases which have come under
his notice the navy men were drunk
and disorderiy and violent, in several
cases attacking the policemen with
out justification, and that there are
two sides TO every question.
The police are not kindly disposed
toward the gobs. Severyns said. be.
cause a month or two ago two police
men were attacked and severely
beaten by sailors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-07
SAY SAILORS HAVE
DECLARED BOYCOTT

Gobs have MADE constant com.
plants TO The Star about the
treatment received here ever since
the first battleship arrived in Se-
attic in July. Wednesday night
two boys declared that hundreds
of sailors had declared boycott
on Seattle. simply because the POI
lice were .'inhuman in their treat.
ment."
A group of sailors Wednesday
protested TO The Star about the ac-
tons of the police.
1--WE know some sailors drink and
get noisy" one of the gobs said,
IN other cities. however. the DO.
licemen are men enough 10 deal
with the gobs without using clubs
and blackiacks.
In San Francisco and other
Coast cities, the cops use their fists.
Here the cops beat sailors face
to pulp with clubs. IL he even talks
back. All we usk is fair play"
The sailors also protest because
the policemen manhandle gobs
when the latter push away the an
noyers who loaf around the landing
dock where the sailors come ashore.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-17

Grand Dukes ring should have been
hers. Somehow / felt that / had
robbed her, not The gysssiy rich
Benjamin Kernochan. Z And sol
turned the ruby into cash, Engaged
discreet lawyer, and Mrs. Henry
Adams learned that certain stoel,
which she did not know belonged to
her husband was hers. She lives, |
believe, in comparative luxury upon
farm in Massachusetts. She
should live well; the income from
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars-the price paid me for the
Grand Dukes ruby by a dealer in
stolen stones-is ample for a widow
ed lady of simple tastes.
Yes, was an amateur. Thank
God, l had not yet forgotten that
was also a gentleman. d
The adventure of the Grand
Dukes ruby had cost me money, i'll.
stead Of showing me a profit. Yet
if by that adventure / was lighter in
my pocket, | was also light in heart
thinking of Mrs. Adams, rs l sailed
the following week for Europe.
(Begisning in Our Next Issue:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-17
MAIL ORDER HOUSES
MAKE HIRSCH BANKRUPT

BRUNSWICK, July 17.-Henry
Hirsch, well known business man
who has conducted ladies' and
children's shoe store and repair de-
partment at 1922 Newcastle street
for the past several years has take1
the voluntary bankrupt act and his
store has been closed.
Judge E. G. Butts represents the
bankrupt and the date for the first
meeting of creditors has not been
set as yet. 1t is stated that IL
abilities are $4,000, While assets are
estimated at something like $4,000.
In a statement this morning Mr.
Hirsch said mail order houses and
the determination of people here to
patronize these in preference to the
local merchants contributed more to
his financial difficulties than any
one other agency. He also said
that he has large number Of ac-
counts which he failed to collect.