The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1919, Page 1

GAS CLAIMS ONE MORE VICTIM Tides MONDAY DEC. 18 rt Low Tide VOLUME . AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH that pre other da see of this moc lesa I think « And, of cc that is there we shine if we had prohibition, No boy will ever a for liquor from a ish wood alc raisin de alleys and He is a pers Zen who can tr in Seatt) th who can always bee no moc nm und uire a taste tev something wit Suddenly not promoted resulted in a r bus situation The moonsh is poisoning a « of the pu junk man turns to moor hours and inflict rd poisons fon a foolish crew « ra And for this ab bie that has the of Alaska ¢ rankness, » professional pe E soners get from $10 to $20 a quart And th s increasing proportion as the es mand the ability of me fures to cope w attic is _ proven Indeed, Band fillip ciated wi ing of moonshin Who would never ev y stuff had “y eutt hie leisure stuff, t th st for offic the t the risk t adver th the m and the secrecy ure that is anso- king and drink ttracts many en sniff this free and i] be just as the moon. his grapo ckages of namite to speed 4 generation of wi! drink remain above allow with Hly poison off th hardy drinkers, who = while they imes it does seem silly pour really decent whisky into gutter by the gallon, while a few hundred feet away alien took is peddling t Ison at 50 cents a thimb Just as it aeems si! beer with a low percent , put allow half the homes ¢ the city to dope up imitation brews t would ruin the stomach of zen calf of Babylon. some alcoholic ND do you remember that one of ments the jefent and conten ‘Tee hee! It is now ithe worker h home and un thinks more ages and such Istranded on the arid ¢ jothing to do but think amuse him but argumer yecasional snatched Doubtless the in Ruesia | lo dope Rightly pes China + te monarchy hut off proused the drt tors no bition not make Hers’ iy of the 1 bons LAMETTE RECOVERING in Seattle PURSDAY DEC. 16 Piret High Tide First Low Tide Rotered as Second Ch Ss Worry About Freezing Weather? Not These Folks Decision of Court |War Time Measure Is De-| clared Constitutional by U. S. Supreme Bench WASHINGTON, Dec Press.}—War-time I, the su (United hibition is constitution pro. preme court today decided. Enforcement of the continue . the court decreed act must ntil peace is proclaim BY Lid Down Again It is believed that pistols were Ticket Come Let’ on, go! This i line “If you're shy of good help on your force.” Rubbing Is it ez course! Get your rhyme ee the Cla for ALL ified Page particular On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be ane Matter May 3, 1899, the P THE TTLE STAR wkaters “MERCURY BACK “7033 MONDAY _| Cold Spell Broken, but Snow May Fall Seattle weather has begun to act human. not human Sunday With the coming of Monday morning, it might be said that the weather was entirely human. A person dropping into Seattle yrning would hardly the temperature 2.2 degrees zero ae bate last Friday, lowest December weather in years for Seattle clock M me state in and other and girls It was nearly Monday that dropped to believe above the nda ening the tormperati vero. ¥ 1 Mo ding eather Observer N There wa. nowfall onda thermome of mur degr doints max morning of the gentle, warmin Sunday snow 1d sunshine r thru in Green olidly f skater en mo trom Vi ind park lus glu late of police several bad air r lant members partments signa by planting red lanterns 4 duckings were o accidents or totfics at Seattle, MONDAY Wash, under the Act , DECEMBER 15, 1919. Green Lake Sanday than it baa ever attracted before, Muigbody Who Thinks He Can Skate Alonell MRS, SIVERLY First Time Out, Is Some Filbert, Vouches |§$ EXONFRATED scone a8 one pelts ep , One of 5, 000 Who Tried It at Green Lake Coroner’s Jury Finds Man J. BE. BOYDEN _WARN NG! are of g warning 4 this is public poisoning the sued to the toda slow normal gency The apt to any thus poisonous fumes. Mar was he rele are using emer flame i almos tant me the Death has claimed ‘two victims by gas the cold spell others have afte ing poisoning since while three barely escaped des rushed to the city pol Watch If it as quickly as better not to He not room where the flame rn off the ga ible. It in € for } to go to al Koes gas is burning of eur plumbers put in a busy day ice-bitten pipe joints and 1 water tanks nd. repairing PPR 0 Compromise TheSeattleStar 2 of Congress Weather Forecast RAR AR nn CENTS Late Edition Per Year, by Mail to $9.00 and Tuesday, rat onlght a rearing southens Was Ready to Sail for Aus- tralia; Husband Halts Flight Here START LEGAL BATTLE Mrs, Donalda Ayer, actress and usic hall entertainer, with » ticket for herself and 10-year-old daughter for Australia in her purse, was prohibited from coking the daughter ci by a pv by Superior Judge John 8. dury Sunday. Mrs. Ayer has contracted an €ne ” gagement in Australian concert hallay and intended to train her daughter for a career as st jcording to Wallace C | \¥ jaltho Ayer ‘This Cold Snap Ruins the} Strange Epidemic, Ac- ag | cording to Observers Photo by Cre Thonsands skated on Green Lake Sunday. Seattleites have had fe w apportonities to try their skill on this Iake—it being 5 a rare It does freee over. It bs estimated that more people skated « Sleeping sickness does not on a cold spell, acc Commissioner H. M since the a last Wednesday commissic until thrive | ording to Health Read t of the cold cases of sleep reported to the health have steadily de. Monday morning the| creased record was nil The sleepin death from | urred No | ng to the health records. Sporadic | strange ailment were | the beginning of the week, but since that mild attacks of the disease have been noted | Of the 60 persons reported stricken | with sleeping ness since October | all are recovering slowly, the Ith commissioner's records show It may be only a coincidence, but sleeping sickness began to disappear when the cold spell came to Seattle, Dr. Read said MAN OVERCOME “BY GAS FUMES Overcome b sixth and last vember 11, accor Committed Suicide Waite commi ioner's of the ted up to 1 spell last time only a Tacoma ta uicide in the home Chapman cases rep committed Hillie borer of Mr from Mae Siverly, two miles Friday morning. returned by a cor. jury at Enumclaw Monday verdict completely exonerated Siverly, who has been held in the county Jail since the shooting puty Prosecutor John D, Car conducted the examination for which was chosen Enumelaw the verdict oner’s The Mrs, mody the coroner's jury at Enumclaw Mrs, Siverly man shot himself because not Ko to Tacoma and liv ays she and Chapman were in kitchen when they he brother coming. She ran outsi¢ ide to meet him and Chapman up: stairs and shot himself , * Charles Christiansen, h says he heard the shot. He was first to see the body rly maintains that Chap- she would! with him. went y fumes fre Mitchell, is room at a 10 Sixth ave, condition lived in the house orge Siverly, her husband said to live at Lake Wenatchee had been married and divorced once before, She and Siverly had planned to and she says she would have married Chapman precarious mornin He was rushed to the city hospital a semi-conscious condition, where administered treatment is expected he will recove Discovery of the body was made in nepa physicians OUT OF FASHION! | Do you know that “servants” s are out of fashion? one s only a living room, dining room and kitchen small bedrooms upstairs ? @ Do you know how to best plan a home for this part dozens of roo @ Do you know homes t downstair that and thr the ol country? @ Ever hear of a Puget Sound “glass house” These are just some of the interesting feature: series of ten articles on “Hints on Your Home attle womi They will appear on the Woman’s and read the introduction. by Dorothy y Gould, morrow. Turn to Page 12 $$ S$ $$ by Ira Roberts, another roomer, who occupied the room across the hall from Mitchell, Roberts smelled the gas and, with the aid of . R tinson, the landlady, the door to Mitchell's room was broken open. Mitchell was found, lying on his bed. ‘The it was discovered, had backfired flame was burning in the air fold Police that only a small | portion of the gas is consumed when ‘the fame backfires, It is believed that Mitchell got up, lighted the heat- ‘er, and then went back to bed. It is thought he fell while the fs deadly fumes filled. hiy room, The OF BT) windows tightly closed, it is written |) saia n, for The Star, |} Mrs. Stinson, after calling the po- | » beginni Tice, administered first aid, and parti- age beginning to- |) ce sar stitchel before the city ambulance arrived, Mitchell is a laborer, half-dressed, heater flame, The mant- | and big houses with of Seattle's new $40,000 declare ? asleep were | form their | | the miners’ representatives, }be of financial benefit voreed husband, who ler. He is a traveling salesman, The liner for Australia sails trom Vancouver Tuesday, Mrs. Ayer will not be aboard, however, as she in- — tends to stay here and fight a Jegal battle with her husband for the cum tody of the child. Ayer secured @ decree Sunday, giving him posses sion of the girl Mrs. Ayer planned to leave for neouver, Sunday. Her hi ‘3 heard of this, secured a lawyer; “ in turn arranged with Judge Ji for a hearing. After hearing cane outlined by Ayer's lawyer, J signed the temporary ing order and decree The Ayers were married 4 York in 1906. Mrs. Ayer divorce in Denver, October 1915. The girl was awarded to Mra. Aj was allowed to see her. Ayer was ordered to pay his wife $140 a month. He says he has done this, and has given her $1,000 mere than this alimony to property edu. | ate the girl s 5 years she has been on ne Ayer told Judge Ju have paid her this ss has not given the child an edueas altho 1 suse of her professional am ions and her continual nomadio— life, she is unfitted to have custedy of the girl. The girl does not wish to become an actress or dancer, yet her mother is planning to train her as such.” Mrs. Ayer says she will secure an attorney, and fight to retain of the girl. MINERS RETURN ON WEDNESDAY Coal mining will be resumed tn the state of Washington Wed nesday morning, Six thousand men, who went on strike November 1, will re turn to work in approximately 75 mines, with a temporary increase of 14 per cent in wages, pending final settlement by a commisison to be appointed by President Wil- son. William Short, president of the State Federation of Labor, made this announcement at 11:30 a, m, Mon- day, at the conclusion of a confer- ence of representatives of 36 local unions of the United Mine Workers, comprising district 10. Mass meetings were held in all localities Tuesday, Short said, to in. the miners of the action of representatives, The conference began Saturday in he Labor temple here. It was ad> journed over Sunday, and resumed t 10 a. m. Monday, after mine owns rs had notified W. V. Tanner, repre« senting Gov. Hart, that they were willing to renew the production of coal as soon as the men were ready to return to the pits Just t re the conference Te. opened, President Short and Robert H. Harlin, district president of the United Mine Workers, held a consul: tation with Tanner and United States District Attorney Robert @, Saunders Harlin and Short went immediate. to the conferenee and addressed The re sult was a vote to return to work, W. PD, Moore, president of the Pa- Cictie Coast Coal company, made it plain to Tanner that his company would resume not because it would to the com- pany, but because of the urgent need of coal for railroads and to prevent an utter famine, This company pro- duces ber cent of tthe 3 state's coal, JUNEAU SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE JUNEAU, Alaska, Dee. 15.—No great damage resulted from an earth: quake, it Was learned here toda: which shook buildings in this vicin- ity about 4:10 p, im. yesterday, “It was believed the tremor came. from the volcano Katmah ly