The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 18, 1919, Page 1

f) % AS MU RDER FAILS! akes to See Death Tube Snatched From Under Door On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Tides in Seattle SATURDAY ” £ ing! ify He | i 5 4 Eg e ee 7 eee ta i i é i; if it’s not going to retain the tooth Me about visits from Zz n creditors; most BMF pet superstitions, is about as nas a cash % Fationai, scientific. y, * 1 et m carry'a good luck cant personages in in lucky pocket and swasti- ‘stones, and charms. ee that particular cians waves, - other three fe left? Not ache, or ere—you understand; astral body of itself, ) if you gather DO matter. THE EASIER Oct. 18—(By United Jast fears of British the United states the peace treaty to have been dit of the Shan- Ht. In official quar- in @ section of the Accepted an final the administration's eon of the covenant, v Of sentiment here, te zy ad SUNDAY ocr, | lest tia wide i il testants, last Lieut, Maynard left Mineola on the first leg of the transcontinental flight at 9:24 a. m., October 8, and arrived at San Francisco at 1:27 Pp. m., October 11, flying time 24 hours, 56 minutes, 55% seconds. On the second leg, Maynard left San Francisco ai 1:19 p. m., October 14, and arrived at Mineola this after- noon. Sixty¢hree aviators started in the race, 15 Francisco, Twei have been forced to Nine of the con- testants have killed. Great shouts greeted the preacher- aviator when he appeared over the field and spiraled toward the ground. Mrs, Maynard, with her two chil- dren, waited at the edge of the group around the landing field, As the big plane came to earth, she, with the little ones, rushed toward it, e@eorted by two officers. Bach child carried a big red apple for “daddy.” Maynard turned to his wife imme‘ diately when he stepped from his seat, He threw his arma about her and they embraced and kissed each other several times. The children clamored for their father’s attention. He’ picked up each little one and planted a resounding kiss on its lips. Mrs. Maynard appeared to be very (CONT'D ON PAGE NINE) oO KRONSTADT FALLS, * OFFICIAL REPORT LSINGFORSB, Oct. 18.—(Unit- od Prem.) —Burrender of Kron- stadt, Bolshevik naval base defend- ing Petrograd, was announced of- ficially today by the Finnish gen- eye flag_was hoisted over Kronstadt at 4:45 yesterday after- noon, .eceording to &@ Finnish news agency Seattle Star od as Becond Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffies at Beatt SEATTLE, WASH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1919. Wash., under the Act of Congress Careers! Men! Marriage! Clothes! Kitty Gordon’s Letters to Daughter Made Public Misa Kitty Gordon, the famous published in The Star. “My Advice to My Daughter” This is the title of a series of let- tera written by Kitty Gordon, famous actress and film star, which will be published in The Star. . ‘When she wrote them she had no thought that they would ever be pub- lished. She wrote them out of /the| fullness of her succeasful life to her only child, Vera Heresford, who 1#| now coming into lovély young life. ‘They arg intimate, personal, worldly: | wise, perhaps, but jammed with ad. vice that is 100 per cent worth while. Learning’ that. Mixs Gordon had written these letters of advice to her |daughter, The Star, thru the News: paper Enterprise association, pre- vailed upon her to permit their pub-| Heation, as they are not only un. usual, vital and exceedingly interest. | ing, but contain much that every parent and daughter can read) profitably. There will be five of the | articles in addition to the short intro- | ductory letter published today, oil actress, whose intimate letters to her daughter, Vera’ Betestord, will be THE INTRODUCTORY LETTER My Dear Daughter, Vera: You're getting to the age now, Verda, Where you are no longer a child. You are getting to the age where you mpat think and act for yourself—make your own way in life, [| will do what I can to help you make a success of your life, of course, but whether you are a muccess or not, will, in the final analysis, depend largely upon yourself. Now don’t misunderstand me, Vera. By success I don't neces. sarily mean making an enormous lot of money. By success I mean leading a life you feel Is well spent. I mean by this that when you come to the end of your life, many, many years from now I hope, you can look back over it and nay to yourself: “Weil, I certainly got a lot out of life. I'm glad wo have lived. I've been contented and-—happy.” Happiness, Vera, is the big- gest thing we can get out of life. If I can point out the way to you to get happiness out of your Nfe I'll feel that I have accom. plished a great deal. I'm going to tell you, ina few more letters, my advice on the way to get the most happiness, contentment and satisfaction out of your life, Your mother, KITTY GORDON. Mise Gorln's West letter to her daughter will advise her to “Be Able to Make Your Own Living.” 30,000 SHIP MEN TO STAGE S. F. PROTEST SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.—A “procession of protest,” in which 30,-| 000 striking shipyard workers will participate, will be held Wednesday morning in Market street, it was learned here today. Fifty thousand shipyard and meta) trades workers have been on strike since October 1. The parade will be in protest of the closing of shipyards | in this district, New Want Ad Rhyme . Contest Starts Today See the Classified Page for particulars. Newspaper Page Is Printed From Photo-Engraving LOS ANGELES, Cal., The Los Angeles one page of today's edition from Photo-engravings, of typewriter copy, eliminating the use of type. The Times gives the Literary Di- west credit for originating the method, but claims two improve- ments. The first improvement 1s & method of allgning the right- hand column, The second is making headlines from typewriter printing by a Process of enlarging which the Times says it has accomplished “without extra labor.” DOCK STRIKE CONTINUES NEW YORK, Oct, 18.--Thousands of longshoremen continued on strike today despite statements from union leaders that the strike was over, It was said the meh remain- ing out were being influenced by radicals Oct, 18.— Times printed | HELSINGFORS, Finland, Oct. 18. —The Finnish parliament rejected yesterday the peace offer from the Bolshoviki. March 8, 1879 HALF TON TO BE LIMIT ON NOVEMBER 1 ‘Plan to Meet Crisis When Strike ‘Begins Announced by Coal Dealers “Weather Forecas ast. Per Year, b; CENTS Late Edition Mail $5.00 to $9.00 Tonight a gentle SUBTLE SCHEME TO STEAL MONEY Awakened by the odor of gas fumes, Michael Dunn, Puget Sound hotel, 718 Sixth ave. S., leaped from his bed early Saturday |morning, and discovered a rubber death tube protruding under the door. A flow of BEGIN ON PREPARATIONS deadly gas fumes was filling the room. Sud- Some gloomy coal men declare that if the miners succeed in gaining their demands for a single-shift six- hour , with, timeanda-hailf pay for hol sand Sundays, the output | Of mines thruout the nation will be | eut down 60 per cent and many mines forced to close down indef nitely. Reputable dealers said Saturday that local mines are outputting at Present §,100 tons of coal a day, about half of which is shipped to Se- attle and fs being uhloaded from the ears into trucks and taken direct to the customer, Conserve Supply At the office of the Central Coal Co,, owners of the Grand Ridge mines, it was reported that their out- put is about 400 tons daily. Ot! local mines are outputtting approx!- Mately the following number of tons daily: Newcastle, 700; Black Dia- ; Carbonado, 700; South ; Hyde, 250, and four or five others, 600, About 5,000 tons, or more, a month of Utah coal is being recelyed here. | Vancouver island mines, on which | the burden of furnishing Seattle will fall in case of a strike, are now out- | putting about 7,000 tons a day, it is estimated, These mines ship approx: imately 20,000 tens to this-city every 000 tons of which is domes- This is not enough to fill the pres: ent orders, it is maid, and in order to avert the possibility of actual suf- fering, the Chamber of Commerce and the dealers themselves are pre- paring to take extraordinary steps to conserve the supply and handle it in such a manner as to do the most good during the strike: oor. Convinced that a bore er adbesm eeriamarscomarerner waa subtle attempt was being made to murder him by asphyxiation, the der Dani No arrests in the case have been WILSON SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Five Doctors to See Presi- dent During Day WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—(United Preas.}—A statement issued by Preat- dent Wilson's physicians at 11:20 to- day said: “The president rested well last night. There is no material change to note'in his general condition.» No new symptoms have developed.” The statement was signed by Drs. Grayson, Ruffin and Stitt. Dr. Grayson said Dr. Hugh Young of Jobns ‘Hopkins university would again visit the White House today. The president's prostatic trouble re- sponded to treatment, Grayson said, and there are no indications at pres- ent that an operation will be re- quired. Grayson said the president showed improvement today and he is hope- ful that the gland swelling will not further retard his slow progress toward recovery. hall. eget i ifals ii or the cuff of their trousers,” he said, “and they're wise to the marked money racket. The | police _ can't catch them with marked money be- cause, when you buy from a dealer and hand him your dollar, the Goin changes hands three or four times inside of five minutes. The dealer immediately slips it to someone else, j who passes it along until it is lost to the purchaser's eye.” After the stoolpigeon had obtained | evidence against the 14 places visited he escorted his girl companion home and returned thru the district just canvassed. Tucked in Hat “A policeman stopped me,” he said. “He wanted to know what I was doing. I told him I was on my way home. He searched me. He emptied my pockets,’ felt in the lining of my coat, in the cuffs of my pants, inside my hat and under the sweatband. Then he turned me loose. And all the time I had the 14 little ‘bindles' of dope tucked un- der the ribbon around the outside of my hat, where he failed to look.” IT BURNED LIKE FIRE—THE STOLEN ROSARY—AND THE THIEF RETURNED IT PROMPTLY WHEN SHE SAW THE AD IN THE STAR The girl laid her leather canteen bag aside in the wash room of the Bon Marehe tea room Friday noon. Other girls chattered and laughed ‘as the OWner of the leather bag bent her attention to removing ink stains from her fingers. The bag cost ite owner $10. It contained a dollar in dimes, quarters and pennies—and a string of gold romury beads, ‘While girls chattered and laughed and the leather bag’s owner soaped an@ watered the inkstains, a wo man’e hand reached out stealthily and peized the leather bag. ‘The theft went unnoticed until the owner was ready to depart. The owner of the leather bag went to the business office of The Star and inserted the following advertise- ment in the “Lost and Found” of Friday's paper: THE PARTY WHO TOOK BLACK leather canteen bag from Bon Marche washroom is known, Re- turn same to The Star and avoid trouble, No questions asked. An hour after the paper was on the street, the office telephone at The Star jangled. A tearful voice wanted to speak to the owner of the leather bag. “I stole it while you were was! ing your hands/” the woman wept over the phone to the owner. “I meant to steal it, too, But when I went thru it I found that gold rosary —oh, I just couldn't keep it, so I want you to come out and get it right away. What must you think of me —stealing your gold rosary? eee And so the gold rosary, the leather bag and the pennies and dimes and quarters came back to their owner when owner and conscience-stricken thief came together out on—well, one of the seven hills of Seattle. “I'm glad I put that ‘ad’ in the paper,” said the owner, “even if it was a bluff about knowing who stole my bag. An ‘ad’ plus a pricking conscience is a combination you can- not even tie. “But I felt so sorry for that wo- man when she cried and ‘told me that the gold rosary burned like fire when she fingered it in the privacy of her room, > “I asked her why she took my bag, and she sald she just saw it lying there, and it looked so easy, li the other girls talking and no attention. “She's a well-todo woman, too,” added the owner, “and lives in @ dandy house” ' ; t