The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 10, 1919, Page 1

WEDNESDAY 99 VOLUME NO. a AS IT SEEMS TO ME _BOXA SLESTS A ” SLEETH R-R-RE-LL! Whatever be the typo graphic delinea: shiver, 8 quiver and a ct of the tecth—that's wha here aod now The Khole known world I'll tell “twas a qpill day; and it was a chill night, af when, in the chilliest predawn, % started, the kitchen fire, it was golder than the befrost | ed marrow of organized charity. And I came,downtown and tried i a brief, brisk jaunt thru the streets, and nigh froze myself, and, fh with the bitzeard wind blowing down my goosefleahed spine, I chanced on a six-feot thermometer that sald it was 25 above zero, When any fool knew that it was that much below, at least I never saw a thermometer that d the truth, whether \t be on the of the yebr the | And of all the lying indicators We the thermometer owned by ¢ weather man Is the most depraved It has for 20 years been my sin ‘fre conviction that the weather Man took bis thermometer in on cold nights and bedded it down [with a foot warmer under its chin and a hot water bottle to its back. Just as it is my innate impres- » sion that he puts the same indicat or in an ice pack about July 1, and | keeps it there until the ducks be gin to fy. ‘ other day. I believe the universal introduction of an efficient foot warmer would do more to solve the divorce problem than any other thing whatsoever, and I hold that OMe foot warmer will go farther to : a or ee BAKING of foot warm- ere—I bought a new fangled foot warmer the promote tranquil domestic rela tions than any court of arbitration on earth But about this particular warm- er. It was one of those tin cans that you inject a chunk of peat to, after lighting the peat. The ysterious fuel is supposed to urn without air, or interruption, Tand keep your toes hot until dawn. Ei) «I waited half an hour before I went to bed for the thing to get a head of steam on, but it refused, #0 I took it to bed with me to keep i from getting chilled. And a m., after I had man- aged to warm my own feet, and another pair with my own private heating system, the durn foot warmer started in and performed more than up to advertised prom ises. Indeed, get that it burned an ob across one toe and scorch@ able patch on two other toes before 3 woke up enough to share its ra @iance with my wife I don't think anything ever got hot enough to warm her feet I believe she privately ho game opinion regarding my periods So I decided that I didn't need a foot warmer, and it has been give as a Christmas present to our eld est child. I believe in giving our children all the advantages of mod ern civilization and invention, oe so hot 4id this warmer «tz is the glacial cs * THIS cold weather con tinues, there some most filvvers abc fice As I write there are ma » curb, trying to dls to six at letermined owners into them. So far no society tion of cruelt Ito protest practice of jazzing the f rts of alcohol that the have poured = la couple of quart gh proof Ihooze. and while I hope I am no und I would hate to ¢ even a faithful Henry of may be its sole, solit pleasure in a routine and labori career, still it seems to me th it fair for a husky driver lo a fii yor witho t asking wheth it has prohibition lear or Bebure affiliatio t t m be Ihe damaged beyond repair by thi Renforced jazz. A What if the water does freeze in Pitigyradiator? Is it not better that ea of water become solid | ks than that even one lowly a virtuous flivver be force on he dizzy and akiddery paths of dis ipation? Dec. 10—The pound 1s less than $4, but to that for the LONDON, worth something there's a bright side | Eritish. They ean buy on extended E eredit« in the U.S. A. and sell Amer fean good to South America at prices > lower than United tSates dealers can accept. Valutal Tides in Seattle OAL "THIS IS THE More SnowPredi | THURSDAY DRC, 1 Piret Low Tide 10 Lat Viret High Tide Second Second High Tide |) LIFE, SA HAN Stands Up on Her Rear Tril- bies and Says Mouthful on Seeing Snow BUT GNU YAPPED AWFUL Woodland park was in full ery Wednesday. When the first hint of dawn came, Hannah, queen of the polar bears, took one peek at the snow, and then she stood up on her rear trilbies, took a full breath, and emitted a he-roar which Animal Keeper Gustay L. Knudsen interpreted as follows: “This ts the life!” Aroused by the unmaidenty roar loosed by Hannah, Joe, king of the bear pits, «talked forth to learn the reason for the uproar, Joe took one jwlant at the white, flaky stuff, and, | |with Bonnie, lady-in-waiting to Queen Hannah, unleashed a cry of violation of the liquor laws.! Walter Allen is counsel for the de- | fendant« welcome which could be heard in Ev- | erett King Joe and Queen Hannah rolled and tossed in the powdery snow, | stopping anon to chew icicles from | rock and tree stump, fondly imagin-| ing they were gamboling on their na- | tive heath In that dear Arct cirele. But do not imagine that Joe and Hannah and Bonnie enjoyed the snow alone Rudely yanked from sleep by the polar trio, Jack and Ela the griz 7 bear team now playing an en cage at the Woodland park 200, waltzed forth from their lair to joir their frixky cousin bruins. High the roaring came the staceato yap of the Eust African gnu. He Yaps in Protest in the tropics, Charley, above bears Born the PAGR TWEN Birds to Be Fed at the City Parks Wild bi N not ry in f stribution at pu But the birds must patronize cer. t ks yution of food for | th is place only at] lunteer, Cowen, Roosevelt, Wood-| Kinnear and Mt. Baker parks And they know just where to go, too," J. W. Thompson, park superin- In the past we have scattered fte at the parks mentioned nd the birds knew just where to hen the park foremen began to a grain Wednesday morning birds literally by the th nds began to assemble for the free eats, attle’s public s long as the snow lasts, parks will con quer u Supt Woman in Whisky Case on Trial Here From Renton to Seattle with a 10- | gallon keg of whiskey was too long a trip for Mary Radokivieh, Nick and George Aasweter, ac Miss Charlotte Kolmitz, trict attorney agents they were coming | Vraschar cording to t di revenue arrested ay 24a leged Feeding of the wild birds who fro-| On Entered as Be 4 Class Matter May 2, ATTL Wash. under the Act of Congr MBER 10, 1919. se March 4, | | | | | —Creas-Dale Photos | Volunteer park youngsters loitered on their way to school Wednesday long enough to enjoy the first coast- | ing of the winter. Snow fights were common, tho the white powder didn't pack well in the hands, There day was a thin sheet of ice over the wading pool in the park, and skating fans were planning to sweep It clean of snow when school recessed Wednesday afternoon. But the favorite sport was coasting on the park hillsides. Every kid had his sled, and every sled had its load of lsughing, red-cheeked coasters, Above are some of the scenes snapped by The Star photographer about the park. TULSA, OKLA,, IS IN FLAMES Town Is Threatened by Fire in Bitter Weather TULSA, OK Dec, 10.— Tulsa's trusiness district was threatened today by fire which spread over an entire block be tween Third and Fourth streets on Main. ‘The fire started at 3 a. m. and was believed due to a sudden in- crease in gas pressure which caused burners to flare up. With flames still out of control! at 7:20 a. m. there was no estimate of damage. Firemen were handi ped in thelr battle by extreme A Eleven alarms were turned in during the night One lumber yard with a large stock was burned to the ground, the fire department be ing unable to divert fighters from} the main business district MURDER GASE 24 hours’ work on the ease, reached no solution of the mysterious murder of James Adama, 47, negro foretnan of tio junk yard of the Alaska Junk Co. Adams, who lived at 110 25th ave. After tives have | de was last see p. m. Monday. His dead body, with a bullet wound in the left side, was found, face |downward, in the yard the next morning by fellow workmen A purse containing $112.60 was found untouched in his pocket, jevery co Cecil Is First to Fall in Action on Slippery Sidewalk Cecil Shively, New Grand hotel, has the honor of being Seattle's first #lippery-sidewalk casualty Cecil is also carrying a painfully bruised hip as the result of his honor. Cecil slipped at First ave. and Marion st. Wednesday morning. He fell on a flashlight he was oar rying in his hip pocket. A city ambulance took him to a hospital, where his injuries. were found to be painful but not serious. A liberal application of linament was applied by sympathetic stu- dents and he was ushered to Yes ler way and started on his slip pery way home. FIRE FIGHTERS KEPT ON JUMP Retter be careful and not stoke the too frequently these Seattle firemen are kept f nippy days ‘amily stove lon the jump putting out fires that IS UNSOLVED start from overheated stoves and chimneys, An overheated stove caused the fire which completely destroyed the houseboat belonging to M, 8, Dar gan, 107 Northlaks ave., late (fue® day afternoon, ‘The damasge_armount ed to $1,800 and was not covered by insurance, The roof of M. Soul's home, 970 20th ave., as damaged $50, while D. Vrange First ave. and Denny way, suffered a $10 loas to his roof H, P. Bunkibine, 19th ave, and ©. Thomas #t., reported a small fire, and the department responded to another “hot stove” call at 706 Bighth ave. 8, « | Completes First Air Journey BRITISHER WINS | DARING FLIGHT. London to Australia LONDON, Dee. 19.—(United Press.) | Captain Ross Smith, British | ator, has eompleted the first flight! from London to Australia, according to a message received today. He landed at Port Darwin, in the | northern territory of South Australia, according to the message. “All's well,” Smith said. Smith flew a Vickers-Vimy aero- plane, avi Smith's flight constitutes one of the most remarkable feats in the his- ory of aviation, H@ started from near London November 12, flying across Europe to India and’ thence soaring over the Malay islands to- ward his destination. ‘The distance covered is estimated at about 12,000 miles, Smith presumably has won the} $40,000 prize offered by the Austra- lian government and a $10,000 prize | offered by a London newspaper, | Recent dispatches reports him as| racing over India neck and neck with the French aviator, Etienne Poulet, who started for Australia from near | Paris in a French plane, At one| time the two airmen were only 45 minutes apart. DIVORCES INCREASE IN WAR; SUICIDES DROP LONDON, Dec. 10.—'The war In- creased divorces and reduced sui- oldes in Britain, “Cause and effect,” says the British Divorce Reform union, ) cted Tonight | blizz wildly MERCURY DROPS T0 18 ABOVE ‘Blizzard Didn’t t Exactly Blizz, but It Got Pretty Chilly Here at 4 A. M. | 23 DEGREES AT NOON, Seattle emerged from the hay | Wednesday morning to find | housetops and streets mantled with the season's first snow and the mercury down lower than it s ever been in December Aince Uncle Sam started keeping | weather records here. At 4 a m. the temperature was 18 degrees above zero, Four hours later the mercury had climbed up to 21 degrees, which was two degrees colder Altho it stopped snowing while early riners went to work between 0 a m. and &, the snow began to fall again at $15, and Muttered for a brief period. The blizzard predicted by George N. Salisbury, official weathersmith for Seattle and vicinity, failed to but the weather observ er saved his reputation when Seat tle found a blanket of white about! her hills and dales this morning. Started 2:30 A. M. | The firet flurry of snow came shortly after 2:30 o'clock Wednes- day morning, riding on biting north. erly wind. Altho the snow arrived several hours later than was ex pected by the weatherwright, every kid in ttle will forgive his error) in prognostication. A sled and snow! | will make a kid forget anything. But while the predicted bliszard failed to rear and tear in Seattle, it jwas not so in other regions. Off| | Cape Fiattery a 60-mile storm is rag ling. and, with icy weather to the horth and east of the city, Weather Observer Salisbury expects Seattle to be host to continued snow, with a stiff breeze accompaniment ‘The mercury hugged 24 degrees all | Tuesday, | Fine for Plumbers lee-bearing climate had its effect on pond in and around Seattle. | of bonfires at the edge of! wag proof thru the evening! fever the boy and girl skaters were still there The freeze has helped to swell tho | coffers of the plumbing fraternity, Phone wires are staggering under the weight of calls for help. Verily as scores of housewives may say, the frozen pipe is an abomination and a | nuisance devoutly to be avoided. Firemen Busy Numerous chimney fires are keep ing the fire department busy. “Over heated stoves” is the cause most fre quently noted at fire headquarters. Despite the coal strike and nippy weather here In Seattle the fuel sit | uation fs not alarming, according to fuel dealers. Conservation of fuel is urged by the dealers. “Feed the Birds” Don't forget to feed the birds, was the plea of Seattle Audubon society members. Police Capt. Hans Damm, on duty Wednesday at police headquarters, urged all his patrolmen to have their families scatter food for the birds. “A bird with a full stomach can weather the cold," declared Capt.$ Damm, “but they will soon die if they don t get food.” Legion Defines Policy on Guard and Police Duty Police and strike guard duty cannot be performed by members of the American Legion, as mem. bers, but as individuals they may act as they choose, This statement of policy was made public Tuesday following a meeting of Rainier Post, No, 21, Tuesddy evening. Post Commander Fred Liewel. lyn, it 1s announced, will attend the national committee on policy convention at Washington in January, FOH, LADY, LADY! SEE THE SNOW, THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW TODAY! PPP PL PLL LLP LLP LDA the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star 2 _ Wei ither Forecast: YOU HERB! “Christmas & Co." acknowl edges receipt Wednesday at The Star office of this, from Herbert Schoenfeld here's to help he is lovingly called by his friends), Newberger an’ Cliff Winkler (cnown as the Boy Gladi ator by his friends) you are ned determined that no more’n a $ can be slipt over on the fund that, considering the worthiness of the affair, I just as strongly insist on slipping in $4—in this way: a $ for each of my crew and self; that is, for Kenneth, Herb jr., an’ Ralphie. #o there! hurriedly, millions of speed an’ best wishes for the success of the affair y, if “Hazen Titus” is the * could I be the . (period)? Snapper” (as "Co Doc MATTHEWS | _ WITH MERRY CO, Movie Men “and Whistling | Singer Also Join ; Matthews was one of those who joined the Mer- ry Christmas company at The Star office Wednesday, and add- the “spread” and Yuletide vaude | Mal thewn. it ie: | In the early part of his career as a “pilot of the sky,” Dr. Matthews, | then a spindling youth, once essayed to preach @ sermon. sie made copious notes. But when he reached the pulpit he was unable to read what he had written. Hence, the secre. tary. Dollars were received towards the Christmas dinner fund Wednesday from Malcolm Douglas, attorney; W. R. Case, general sales agent for steel and iron equipment; D. W. Signor, 114 Boylston ave, Councilman | Robert T. Hesketh, and Herbert | Schoenfeld and family. Movie Men to Bat Manager Joe Newberger and his! chief assistant, Cliff Winkler, who are rounding out the vaudeville pro- gram, got word Wednesday from Endert, of the Famous | Players-Lasky Corp.,and Frederick | B. Fisher, manager @& the First Na- tional Film exchange, that all their stars are at the service of the Merry Christmas company To a number of their films will be added, if possible, “The Miracle Man.” t (CONT'D ON PAGE TWENTY) CENTS Late Edition Per Yoar. CONTINUE It has never been officially | jcaig confirmed by Dr. Matthews, but here | tions | proposal, sion continued in force all |Uon measures included in its An unknown automobile salesman | 0f last week, which wert: more 0 reticent to divulge his name noti-| tic than the Garfield national yesterday, Mail Cr) %, $5.00 to ght and irsday, snow; net so cold tonight; moderate sterly wind TALK ON WALKOUT Decision on Wilson Proposal =a May Come Before Night, _ It Is Believed [DISCUSSION IS VA BY J. L. O'SULLIVAN IANAPOLIS, After two hours debate, union chiefs of the coal miners jor proposal to end the coal strike, ‘They were to reconvene at 128 p. m. “We probably will reach aa agreement today,” acting Pres dent John L. Lewis sald, as hey left the meeting. Indications when the meeting | cessed were that the miners ware not far from accepting the eat hd dent's proposal. However, were many speeches and anyorje ¥ wished fo talk was allowed to go limit, Frank Farrington, preatder(t of th TUinois, miners, held the 4 large part of the mornin, is claesed with th who advocate further on the basis of the p Hall Is Chilly The miners’ chiefs huddled t er in a small group \in the meeting hall on the thirteenth of the Odd Fellows bul Iding. The temperature was | low, of the ruling of fuel admin officials preventing norinal of meeting halls, in order to serve coal. Many wore their coats, as they joked about Pipes or cigars to “keep \varm.” 4 If the meeting continues 430 p. m, the miners will | walk down 12 flights of be rt hot street, as elevators will stop at tl time, under the coal cotu rules, It’s Below Zero in Chicago Zone CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—Withh the mere cury below zero, and a@ blizizard ised by the weather main, Gl went on shorter fuel ratic ns The Ilinois public utilities x » Snow | Makes Every She Has 21-Carat Complexion BY AILEEN CLAIRE Me for the winter! Those balmy days on the bath- ing beach at Alki, with the sun rougeing the nose and the brave lads out there in the water al- most as deep as their kneecaps teaching the wrens to swim, make a hit with me. And I fall for the spring and the wanderlust and the new spring styles every time. But give me the winter, even if I do have to wear overshoes, which is more of a burden than a guilty conscience, When the snow flakes begin to flutter down and the old crab who lives next door begins to seatter ashes on the sidewalk where the boys coast, then I feel that I have not put on my “heavies” in vain, I lke the feel of the air. feels like Romance, Generally there is nothing ahead in & working girl's life these days but matrimony,or the monthly pay check, But when the snow falls every It Girl Feel girl knows that she's got a 2h carat, 18-Jewel complexion and — feels like any Johnny that bobs: up may be one of those million- aire chaps who got soured on life thru a unfortunate love heal fair and are living in ob There's Romance in snow drop and disillusion, my buddie, in every cough di A lotta wrens like the summer days when they ie shimmy down the boulevard in - one of the same and get freckles on their ankles wearing thin sox, Not for me. I would rather hear sleigh bells than have old sol shooting them across for @ knockout. 4 Even when the slush gets over the topof my dogs and I do a tailspin on the icy pavement, the snow makes a hit with me. The greatest indoor sport the world is to sit by a cozy with a good-looking homme across the tea table and watch the snow drifting down on trees and sidewalks and things, Me for the winter!