The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 12, 1919, Page 1

i. Tides in Seattle FRIDAY DRO, 12 SATURDAY DRC, 1 Viet | Wlrwt hg 48 am Second Low ¥ ide 1 t ‘ Ligh Tide $1 tt John D. Probably Will Save a Penny or Two Next Year NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—John Rockefeller, Sr, has “sworn off” his personal tax assesament in New York city from $5,000,000 to $1,900,000. At the present rate this will cost the city about $78, 000 next year. The only time Rockefeller ever raction was during administration of Mayor ’ He successfully protest ed against raising his assesament from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. He continued to pay taxes on the $5,000,000, but late yraterday his attorneys swore that his property in the city was worth only $1, 300,000 Two Landlords, Haled Be- fore Court, Get Trial Con- tinued for One Week WOMAN ALSO IS BOOKED FUEL BANS ARE BEING LIFTED Majority of Miners Will Obey Order to Return CHICAGO, Dee, 12—Fuel bans | were gradually lifted thruoat the bituminous coal consuming regions today as miners returned to work. Stores which have been oper- ating on a six-hour schedule to- morrow will start the regular nine hour schedule. The was lifted early In the case of stores on account of the ap- proaching holidays. Reports reaching here early today | indicated the great majority of | miners would obey orders and return to work. He peeted to remat on their de FT Mra. May Jones, proprietor, & rooming house at 703 Columbia | arrested by city health of- Friday morning upon | int of roomers in her house. plainants declare the heat | not registered above 60 degrees | the cold spell. Mrs. Jones| objected strenuously to being book- | ed at the police station. She was/ released after depositing $25 bail R. Myers, proprietor of a rooming house at 414 Galer st, and Mrs.| Edith L. Taylor, landlady at 1102 E. Republican, were both arrested Thursday on charges of maintaining insufficient heat. They appeared in} police court this morning and their cases were postponed until Decem ber 30. In both instances, health officials declare, the heat was found to reg. ister lower than the 65 degree mint- | mum required by the city ordinance, | | wages of 31 Swamped by Piaints | Miners at Peoria, Marion, Kinkaid| C. R. Frasch, health officer, tn) and several other [Illinois towns commenting on the drive to be made| held mass meetings and declared by the city against the landlords, | they would reject terms of settlement declared his office was being «wamp-| agreed upon at the Indianapolis con ea by calls from indignant and | ference. frozen tennants. Local unions “I've had 16 complaints this morn-| messages sent ing already by 10 o'clock,” declared | nat Frasch, “and it isn't 10 o'clock yet. ‘These people have got to keep their heat up to the regulation mark, or else they'll get into trouble.” The health department will invest! gate every complaint, it is said, and in every instance where it is found that the tenants are suffering from poor Heating, the landlords will be dragged into court and fined if found guilt PR ie FF 5 i ban er, some were ex out, standing pat 24 for an Increase in| per cent immediatety, | today from received th inter at Indlanap- members to return to work at once, The mesange, signed by acting President John Lewis and Secretary William Green, declared the miners would gain a great moral advantage by returning to work im mediately. It also asked the miners to keep faith in their leaders claring “vindication of their ment, we are confident, Umately “el 6lia urging headquarters de jude. will ub come COAL SITUATIO DEADLO Schools Have Only aWeek’s | tiey Supply on Hand—Min- Per oe" Beene ers Meet Saturday . a TANNER ACTS FOR STATE © the Pacific who has be - for the ¢ With but one week's supply of ee arn coal left in Seattle public schools, with the coal situation in the». state of Washington still in dead- ss st Sis lock, while mines in other parts “ . of the nation were reported re opening Friday, Robert H. ir lin, district president of the United Mine Workers, urged that the state investigate the state ments of certain co operators here that they ¢ reopen their mines witho i er the conditions Not Much upon this week at India i — mH Re N IS CKED HERE ight profitab} statement of cert they cannot invest in the rate the operators that miners the 14 incre y.| ne allowed by without ipan er t of after mour time to con Moore nner said. Coal he for twe in Seattle Frida ence called for 10 the Labor temple situation will be d wort of definite upon Harlin said Fr W. V. Tanner eral of the state pointed by Gov. Le bring miners and oper that the pol of the not be defin i , To Define Policy “It will be defined a Rien of the conference une ow here ‘and until then not 4 to speak. 1 told Mr. Ta that while 1 didnot helieve the matter) «coping body ‘was one to be handled by the state,,to afford more room when to@rists by the federal government, he wish w use it for camping. ida peful th ye producing b lay he had informed n nthe forme who has bee Hart attorney ¢ ar ulpped to burn oil , district mad and fuel a rated Friday h n representa vuln B to ‘ Ir eupr here are Rast, where lifted, he tomorrow autofobile of the limousine invented with a tele that can be drawn out eee Rntored ae Second Cine Mattor May 2, 199%, at the Postoffion at Seattle, Wash, Mercury Is Down to 13, Here Today = Weather Observer Says Fri- day Is Coldest December Day in 35 Years NO RELIEF YET IN SIGHT The coldest December weath- er over recorded in Seattle in 35 years came Friday morning, at 8 o'clock, when the mercury dropped to 13 degrees above rero, @ fall of six degrees from the temperature of the same hour Thursday. At noon Friday the temperature was 71. Old King Boreas began to tighten his hold om Seattle late last nigtt, degrees above zero. Unoffielal ther mometers regiatered as low ax 1% |Atarese above zero, With no relie¢ from the cold anap in sight, Seattle has turned tts at tention to blanketing its water pipes and conservation of ite fuel and gas supply. The weather observer anid that the cold «pell would last thru Friday and Saturday, and possibly longer. Pedestrians and automobil ints who were abroad Thursday even ing experienced a sharp north wind, which, according to the weather man, ts deflected from British Co lumbia, where the mercury has drop ped to from 20 to 22 degrees below zero. bd Trains running into Seattle from the South and East were several hours behind schedule, Intense cold in the mountain regions caused icy rafis, thus reducing train speed to a minimum. The landlords were E4ith I. Tay lor, 1102 E. Republican st, who was released ¢ her personal recogni zance, and BE. Myers, proprietor of a hotel at 414 Yale st, who was re leased on $25 ball ‘The cases were scheduled for trial in the police court Friday. Numer ous other landlords have cases pend ing in the court. All have been arrested since the present cold police snap begar While home-staying the warmth of the open hugged the radiator, hundred at od nto Thurs folk enjoyed hearth or of jee frozen and skaters flocked there jay long Hundreds of skaters ff) Green Lake Thursday night and F day morning. The lake is frozer but most of the skaters keep awa from the center of the lake, where the ice is not #o safe, All small shallow bodies of water are froze Ah Suey, who runs a chop suey joint at 615 Weller st., late Friday rn 1 y Rev Officer Ralph 1 Ah Suey had found a w morphine fresh and un from the hands of the He hid 25 packages of th of cord we od in the back was b arrente Internal enue thar, to keep yntaminated uthorities white drug in 1 ments then piled the wor in plece ar yard. to Hugh rit i When da weather ou Hugt hivers Hugh whethe zero outwide work for the the it plant cking Whenever ana, foremar at the San Jun ing & compan Warren teps feels days he out into 21-degree weather and warms up. ehilly | these this FRIDAY | Birdies Singing for Mr. Kennedy Mr. Maurice Kennedy, ener getio research worker and jews. harp accompanist at the county-city butiding, looked op from a massive volume and ex claimed its t {t- 0000,” | Startled friends discovered he had | Just read as follows: | “Permit issued to ¥. W. C. A. (for manufacture of hair and face lotions) | for 10 gals, alcohol.” | Thin occurred Tuesday | He was reported slightly improved Friday. ‘22 BELOW ZERO ~ SPOKANE MARK SPOKANE, Wash. Dec, 12.—It was 22 degrees below sero here along the river bank this morning The official weather bureau ther momoeter, located in the heart of the |when the thermometer registered 14| business district and therefore af fected to some extent by tha heat of the buildings, registered T45 below at 645 a m,. and 13 below at 9 & m. It was the coldest many years Fortunately ing. A heavy ers the city breeze was blow: blanket no of snow coy today | Tacomans Shiver With Weather at Six Above Today TACOMA, Dee. 12. was the coldest day ever recorded in Tacoma. The official thermometer of the United States Weather bureau at 730 a m. registered 6 degrees above nero. Residents of outlying districts reported that thelr thermometers regintered below zero early tn the morning. One Fern Hill man ported 4 below. “This ts the coldest weather w have any record of in Tac a.” Weather Observer re maid Cover. — Ten Below in Hood River and Centralia PORTLAND, Dee 12 Rec rd-breaking December weather has of the states of Oregon a ington in its ley grip today and Hood River That t minimum in the hist ta anh Ain > early Wa below temperatures The Dalles, Ore., ation of 4 below The minimum mark reached in Portland during the night was 4 above the coldest December ever visited upon this city reported a reg zero weather EUGENE, Ore., Dec, 12 old ther in the history of the Up wan experi The mer The The emt we lamette vailey t night grees above total snowfall i now 8% inch: ither observer. l having trouble ording Street cars are nd some rating cars at lines are not of attempt is being made the how let ¢ ud that messenger bo # not know to adapt by On the Columbia st. 1 First and a#cond aves., bic the latest wrinkle iW, bh cle in outdoor tween st hig | j sports day in} | chuck | very thing i Sh! His Burglar Sends $1 He Wants It “Chucked Into Sack With Dr. Matthews’ Dollar” for Firlands Fund HITS AT BOOTLEGGERS “A woll known burgiar” joined the Merry Christmas company today and mailed The Star a “wicked dollar’ for Uhe Firlands Hospital Santa Claus fund, which he requests be placed in the same sack with the dollar con tributed by Dr. Mark A. Matthews. pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The “well known burgiar” writes: “Merry Christmas! line i» not so good just now. You oam't jimmy a window on cold nights fike these without waking up the whole household, but I'm sending you & § for the fund, which you can into the sack with Dr. Mat thews’ $1. It is a wicked dollar, but it is going the police force one het Why don’t you appeal to the bootlesgers’ unian, they're making plenty of money (Signed) “A WELL KNOWN BURGLAR The “wicked ar” owas duly “chucked” into the Firlands Christ mas sack, and with it other dollars from readers of The Star anxious tc help make the yuletide merry out at the lonely hospital. Other contribu tors today were F. W. Went, of West & Wheeler “A Seattle Elk"; C. A. Claypool, dep- uty prosecuting attorney; A. L. Mil ler; Capt. J. 8 son; Frank L. Mer rick of the Pacific Highway garage Carl Uebel, Port Blakely; Thomas| Brown Louix Ruben stein Prescription ter in's © accept my check and mem worthy club," say Rubenstein’s letter, bership in your Please accept the enclosed dollar from Wilfred L, Brown,” writes Mr Brown Herewith check to help the good cause,” in Merrick's way of putting it 1 regret that you limit your con tributions to $1," writes Capt. Git If you find that your fund 4 for further short please call on me ution: me request and John J was made t My am surprised,” t tle Elk fund this time. writen the Sea to that your ‘kiddie is not filled to overflowing by Herewith is my ‘bit of company the an Earl, m Joo Newberger Merry manager Christmas nounced today t a vaudey at Vern and who have just pleted a theatrical engagement, ha offered their act, “Bits of Nonsense. With the fr half ral and vaudevi 1 moving ple ture program into shape Merry optimint ile pair nearly rounding the Christma. today that Firl ping be a ¢ wuce All uld be addressed company was on will 5 communication The Merry Ci in care of The Star to ristmas Company jastic audience hill to wateh enger 5 const on their biker. game comp: gyrations of bike skat way those messenger kids life-like imitation of galvan ntrifugal motion wrung loud and hearty applause from the nd er ned th dozen top of th rlor od ined ¢ cheer gallery ean sum Il the ordinary man that he skate the will mon the superintendent of the, fool factory Take the the county-eity Thoughtful would clubby if they w way from th provided a nice the Uxpayers. not that It most on his ear a inh man who started to en building thought it shed all the entrance and ean pavement But the janitors the w would certainly that ter janitors thu: for reckoned free te did One man's feet left the pavement | Hiuniness in my | REAPING DEATH TOLL Sa caeceeeneeatittaeteiatetetetataiemeaaarate ate ee OOO On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromi The Seattle Star Gas Pressure Is Sinking Toward Exhaustion Point Gan pressure was gradually sinking toward the point of ex hauntion Friday afternoon, under the «train of abnormal demand for heating purposes. “We had normal supply early Friday morning,” declared Super intendent 8. R. Hutchinson, “but people are using gas for heating far beyond the amount available. Unless there ta curtailment, in an ewer to our appeal, the city is, of course, in danger of being with out sufficient gas pressure to- night.” Many apartment houses, Hutch inson believes, are not supplying adequate heat, and as a conse quence too many people are de pending upon gas heaters, Gas pressure has been below normal ever wince the freezing weather set in Short Weight Profiteers in Police Court Laboring under the impression that Christmas shoppers merely bought thetr Yuletide ty pretty boxes, led two candy facturers into all sorts of culties Friday morning court M facturer, was arrested earlier in the week by city health officers for short weight candy boxes: “People don't buy Christmas candy andy, but for the pretty expounded Myers In his de for thé man eal in nu fi police for the boxes,” fense.” “Twenty dollars, and let's see you fill your boxes to the top,” answered the court.” J.C. Rarman, another Seattle can: dy manufacturer, short weight waa fined $10 for boxes STEAMER AFIRE: RACES TO PORT ST. JOHNS, N. F., Deo, 12.—The Leyland stean Mercian, is afire 45 * south of Cape and is mak ‘or this port, ac Race ording to a wire * message here today CONTROL SUGAR ANOTHER YEAR : WASHINGTON, Dec {United Press.)—The senate today passed the MeNary sugar bill continuing govern ment control of sugar distribution another year, and prices for Forced by Fire | Into Cold Night Fire, starting when boiler »ping ignited, forced pants of the San Telmo ap Minor and Stewart st, onto the iey xt night clothes at 11 p Damage was $600. pipe the occu-! rtments ave s in their m. Thursday YAN DAT WATER BANE EEM FOR TO GET =| DE SNOW OFF {sioner for hee A with startling suddenness that he came down wrong end to, an act that caused him to the cement and immediately thereatter ekid a few feet larboard listener | Innocent bystanders filed affidavits later that the acrobatic pedestrian | (CONTINUED OX PAGE TWO) such on his Myers, Third ave. candy manu CENTS Late Edition Mall 9.00 Per Year, by $6.00 to ONE MAN DIES; ~ TWO.BARELY ESCAP With the report of the death of Frank Cate, 42, hotel, 84 Pike st.” early Friday morning, by asphixj and the near death of two victims Thursday, the police b investigation this morning to determine the cause of epidemic of gas victims. Cate’s lifeless body was found in bed in a room in Pike st. rooming house. He had evidently been dead hours. Gas was flowing from a plate, which Cate had ligl ed for heat. The body was removed to the morgue. Ga had not been employed for two weeks. He was fo employed as a motorman by the city, and was a met the Auburn Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Capt. Hans Damm, believing that the recent numb asphixiation casese were due to accident, rather than ii | began the investigation today. | Peter’s Kelly, who's life had been saved at the Thursday, after he had been found nearly dead in jhotel, 916 Eighth ave. S., told Capt. Damm this mornii he did not attempt to end his life. He said that he mu left the gas burning, and that it went out. | George Heston, 516 Seneca st., also a Thursday gas explained he had lighted his gas plate for heat and th it! |evidentally gone out after he had fallen asleep. The police declare that the gas supply is very low in tle, and that it is apt to go out at any moment. used, it is said, is of a poor quality, creating poor gas, gras is much more poisonous, it is said, than the u luminating gas manufactured from good coal. It is urged that all persons using gas for heating bee during the present cold spell, as the gas will be low al to go out at any moment. g PIPES FREEZE AND STOVES EXPLOD Explosions of three kitchen | ranges, caused by frozen water | pipes, resulted in the serious in- jury. of two people, a fire, and the wrecking of three homes morning. 62, 1124 Hardy st years janitor at the suffering a? his left 1 bate: IM or an Geor Maring, umber of school, is ture of Ethel Marche. of the left shoulder result of an explo. which shattered victims are in the Marin, leg places. The m an orking? Then take it down to the nd Sailors’ club, at ave. and Cherry st. “So many returned service have had their overcoats that there is really a lot of fortunate suffering right aid the appeal today. who has an old coat that a fi could use while working certainly be appreciated.” overcoat that's ter Bon ploye of the in suffer. arm, as the m of the « the kitchen, B City hor broken “s was ke explo 1 00 at éa Mrs 1 Lar ury shortly kitchen r wrecked kitchen A flying plece of the stove doce | ploughed thru the kitchen wall and) breakfast The steam pipes nearly struck Mrs. Newton. |frozen. Hearing an unusual H. A. Levigne, 311 22nd ave., re! noise in the pipes, Mrs, Maring ported to the police at 8:30 a. m. that! moned her husband, who waa. his stove had exploded. The windows jin the upper part of the house, were shattered and the kitchen! Miss Maring, standing ni wrecked. There were no injuries. | deluged with’ scalding water She Had Warning severely burned about the jarms and shoulders. Her Motoreycle Officer Geor Rey- #! y ficer George Rey-| miraculously escaped severe nolds was gent to the Newton resi: but was blackened wi 1 ndition. De lawd just told me dat some'in‘! was going to happen,” Mrs, Newton confided to Officer Reynolds, “and I ran into the front room. Just then the stove exploded and dis piece of iron just missed mah haid." | Officer Reynolds declared the} kitchen was a complete wreck. Doors leading from the kitchen were blown from their hinges. There n't a whole window left in the house. | Pieces of jagger iron were stuck in} the wall like bursted shrapnel. Many | i. blown thru the/ men pipes ised the ex-| Newton, colored, rely escaped serious after 8 a. m., when} ; Ange exploded and} dence occurred while breakfast all of the windows and the/| being prepared, Mrs. Maring and her daughter built a fire in the range to “-- in, re The force of the explosion the stove thru the wall inte bathroom, tearing a gaping hole: setting fire to the dwelliig, the flames had done great d the fire departm got them under Those who are expecting: to pe GET INTO BUSINESS for themselves sho turn to our Want Section, Some very go investments are offe you there today. In sity the size of Seattle businesses are chi hands every day, however, rived and plosion. The explosion at the Maring rest-| Don McDonald to | Sniff State Dry! Appointment of Donald McDonald, | Seattle prohibition commis: | the jnate of Washington|f many people who have | was announced by Secretary e| ‘ Treasury Glass today, "| bought from these Clas: = ss sified Ads lately woul not sell for twice the amount of money they invested because— of « “ SOME CRO WASHINGTON, Dee. 12.—The | total value of Important farm crops for 1919 was $14,092,740,- 000, the crop reporting Board of the agricultural department an- nounced today, -———_———__—___—_-s