The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1919, Page 1

Tides in Seattle THURSDAY Sl pom, 09 ft. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise FRIDAY 9, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. The Seattle Star Entered as Second Clase Matter May jer the Act of Congress March 3, THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1919. Pe $5.00 te CENTS Final Edition + Year, i NO WOMEN SLUGGED 'D’Annunzio Arrested, encaare AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH LL, it finally got here, didn’t it? T suppose that if a census had been taken of the children of the turkey; no, sir. 75 cents a pound for tur- dizzard, bones, neck and all lay down my hand and watch willing spenders fuss with the | I think 15 years from now my 4 have been over the distant pory of the 1919 turkey. eee rT Among the mass of letters that thru the desk Tuesday, one scrawl caught my eye. I it and I forgot all about that tree out home. The letter said: “Dear Santa Claus: Will you please bring me something for Christmas? I do want a pair of | roller skates. My mamma has no | money. and I got no papa, and I am seven years old. Please don't | forget me, Santa Claus.” And with S this note was a name and ad HATS a bit of a peek at one Christmas; I give it as contrast to another sort of Christmas that I want you to think Inclosed, too, was a note from the girl's mother, saying that the girl had begged eo hard to write to Santa and so she let her. “My ttle daughter never has had a istmas,” was her closing line. I looted an office fund for a ten- } dollar bill and set out to see wheth- er this was a sv # ‘nuff letter, and sure ‘nuff g.fl who never had d a Christmas. FOUND the number, a few blocks from this of. fice. A paintless old shack of a place. I rang the bell, I guess it wasn’t in order. I knocked, but no response So I slipped around to the back but With the usual wish for a Merry Xmas and at the same time to remind you of our Classified _ Business Opportunities CHRISTMAS DAY WITNESSES GRIM TRAGEDIES HERE Father Kills Three Babes and Himself; Woman Held for Man’s Death; Two Brothers in Stabbing Affray Christmas brought a toll of violent roger, in Seattle sadly in keeping with the spirit 0 “peace on earth—good will toward men.” When the police cast up the red total on Christmas day the record showed that a father | had slain three of his babies, then ended his| own life with a bullet thru the brain; a man} shot to death by a woman the police say, and} a man in the city hospital, stabbed thru the) abdomen by his his own brother. The idea of a giftless, chill and cold Christ- mas for his three children acted with demoni-| ae force on the inflamed mind of William Potter, 37, of 6222 29th ave. N. E. Potter was ill with pneumonia. Because of this his wife had decided to have no Christmas celebration. Christmas eve. He became delirious shortly afterward. The three children, Grace, 5, Wilson, 4, and |George Lloyd, 17 months, had just been put |to bed upstairs by their mother. |was in bed on the second floor. The mother went downstairs to lock up the house before |‘ | retiring. e While in the kitchen she jthree shots, At first she thought they from outside the and she believed that a hold-up was In progress Hardly Grasps Tragedy A fourth shot rang out, and she recognized it as coming from ur | stairs Altho she could not imagine what had happened, a mother’s pre |monition told her something tragic |had occurred. | She ran upstairs, There the | floor lay the dead bodies of her hus band, baby boy and daughter The | A tot of a girl, shut up alone | nied child, Wilson, lay writhing in jin a cold shack of a house, two |agony on the floor. As ah | days before Christmas lin paralysed terror, he That sort of a thing to stiffen and grow limp be done, that’s all there is to it | Her mind was slow to react to the cide |shock, but finally the police we | notified, Wilson was taken to the jelty hospital. It fs thought he will The other three bodies are morgue Pott ed and stupefied |from the tragedy which wiped out | nearly all her family, spe the night lat the home of Mra. B. J 6233 29th N. E. The wounded hoy, | shot thru the chest | this morning Nor is there any known system | of insuring a decent living for every deserving worker, tho we do better in this country than they do anywhere else on earth, and we always have with us the deserving poor with little children who in vain for a little of the cheer that other children have in reck- less abundance. But if we look right sharp about usually we will discover some one chance in some small way to Nehten somebody's load, and make any way one child the happler for |our being alive. | God biens us, everyone. little t door where a pathetic fir \branch, stuck in a wet showed somebody had bring Christmas ch | after rapping for some ] the door was hesitatingly unbot | Jed and q littl tot of a girl peeked lout Yes, this was the place came house no, her she was working; nted some [roller skates and had written San- jta about them. too, seemed shouldn't O I went back to the of. fice and wrote a let ter to the mother, and put in the ten dollar bill, and told her to be sure and get the skat |tell the little girl that her letter just in time. ‘Phere isn’t any known method of finding out who is deserving and who isn't. 8 Roots, ave, Wilaon, He died at 11 jare being made. man for Dare Potter was a sal & Dodge, Inc. |eatat@ brokers, 1319 1, 45th st A second tragedy ct attention of the police | ing of John Car’ (CONT'D ON PAGE The Georgetown train despatcher | notified poli@ when he saw. men | breaking plate glass windows in the | Heldricks’ #hoe store, Bighth ave d Adams st., at 5:60 a, m. Christ mas, When officers arrived, the window breakers were gone and had | taken with them a stock of shoes, us; Mrs. Potter told her sick husband this early! Potter also| heard | was | Arrangements for the four funerals Stated, Until Situation Is Cleared Up NEWS IS _SONFLICTING| ROME, Dee. 25 25. — Gabriele @Annunilo was reported late to- | Flume by his ewn supporters. | The poet's followers, it was nald, ROME, Dec. | Plume ia growing more complicated | hourly, it has been indicated here, but everthelens, settlement of the dis Position of the city ts believed immb nent jo *Annunalo really proposals made by the Fiumians themacives. The censorship yesterday permit: | ted partial revelation of negotiations | inder way at Fiume between a’Anfunsio and the government The Fpocha’s Fiume correspond- ent telegraphed additional details on the recent plebiacite there Open conflict has broken out, he said, After’ the national council vot ed to accept Premier Nitti's propos als, there was a demonstration in front of dAnnun: palace, the peo- ple shouting th tti's plan was Net Acceptable and that the govern ment could not be trusted. D’Annunzio, however, ordered the council's vote ratified by the popu- lation violence followed. Ex trem er, and pre ted ite publication. They also prevented many persons from vot ing Under the cirourmstances, d’Annun xio decided to annul the ratification te “it an article printed in the Vedet- len, December 21, the poet admitted “Fiume'’s voice that “accord no longer exists,” asked a frank statement of the peo ple's wishes. The Rome G “Under Secret rnale d'Italia #aid y Foseart now fs acting the yvernment’s go be tween in an endeavor to induce d’An nungo to accept the national coun- cll'a vote.” The Epocha said reports on the result of the last Fiume arrived in Rome last night and were communicated to the cabinet Zebra Burglar Is Sought by Police |}, ta the object | Christmas. “The vebra burglar” lot by police Dressed in a loud-striped suit, walked off with Alfred Arias’ over {| cont, which was left on a chair in a Third ave. waffle house. “The zebre | | burg! rried crutches, says Arias, | who lives at 420 Vine st. search i d ‘This is the time of the year whe from memory's storehouse cor | recollections of last year's Christmas presents What's became of all the | | gifts the family received from frie nds and relatives just a year ago? Well, ut where they are The Photo of Uncle Edward in the Handsome Bronze Frame—Down in the cellar behind the cobwebs in the farthest corner The Diary Given by Cousin Emily | to Sister—Duried under a lot of) er odds and ends tn the bottom wer of sister's bureau, (Sister kept her diary conscientiously for two days and then let it lapse.) here's aby Held by His Own Men, It Is! What Shall It What hag it profit at the Christmas- tide, If opulence and luxury abide And love of all our fellows be denied? afar, This is the season which we dedicate Not to smug pride or vain and vaunted hate, But to that love which knoweth no them— The situation at} tta d'Italia, | plebiscite | he! them ;— Faith in this estate. This day we fix our faith and found our trust That man is purified of dross and dust And is not only generous—but just! 0, ye of pomp and circumstance and power, Captains and conquerors and lords of dower, Haply ye flourish for your little hour. But though ye seize the earth and fruits thereof, Or heap possessions to the skies above, What shall it profit, if ye have not love? Love of our Key. tide. wing Hr that year? In this mad are met, Lo! those were Wise Men come from out the East, With no gaunt bellies gladdened for a feast, But come to seek the shelter of the beast, (Copyright, 1919, to get, . BE. AD And not on each tomorrow be denied. What if we hugged that wisdom close and dear Not for a day of merriment and cheer, But for the days of all the Christmas If we should strive to give and not metes should be set? Profit? For they had glimpsed a vision from A vision concentrated to a Star, That Love-of- Men crown the Manger with a diadem, Men cry hosannas to the Garment’s Man had found an avatar. But scant the gift the Spirit asks of world, the House of Thes and Me, Hope of Ourselves, the Door to make men free, fellows, which is still the Such is the wisdom of the Christmas- day when wisdom shall world where surging men upon our boundaries John D. Cie $100, 000, 000 ‘as Gift to Aid in Education NEW YORK, Dec, 25.—John D.|those entrusted with the education of Rockefellers 1919 Christmas gift to] youth and the increase of knowledge |the welfare and education of man-|should not be led to abandon their kind, the largest single benefaction| calling by reason of financial pres- ever recorded, was $100,000,000. |eure, or to cling to it amid discour- The donations, $50,000,000 of which |"@ements due to financial lMmita- went to the Rockefeller Foundation | tons.” and $50,000,000 to the general educa-| Five million dollars of the $50,000,- tion board, were announced here last 000 given to the education board, a night by Ivy L. Lee, Rockefeller’s| Rockefeller created institution, was publicity agent. The gifts bring the |for the benefit of Canadian medical total philanthropic benefactions of | schools, the announcement said. the multi-millionaire to approximate-| Rockefeller’s previous gifts to the | ly $450,000,000. | public were: | By Rockefeller’s own Instruction neation board, 1902, $1,000,000. |the entire gift is to be available a chisetion 1908. once for increasing the salaries of | 515 the teaching profession, and for the promotion and well being of man | kind thruout the world.” | ‘The nearest approach to Rocke | feller's benefactions was made by the | late Andr Carnegie, who ga away an estimated sum of $350,000, 000, dying “a poor man” with $30,-| 000,000 left The recent public be | quest of the late Henry C. Frick, at In addition, it has been roughly | first estimated at $117,000,000, finally |estimated that Rockefeller’s gifts for was reduced to $50,000,000 | which no record was kept, amounted n federal and |to more than $10,000,000, It was estimated by the board that jum accom-|approximately 600 colleges and unt- nent, said: | versities in the United States will ® attention of the American | benefit from the Rockefeller gifts. | public has recently been called to the |urgent and immediate necessity of eneral board, 000,000. General education board, 1907, | $11,000,000, education board, 1909, General $10,000,000. General $29,000,000. Rockefeller foundation, $82,000,000 Rockefeller institute, $10900,000. edu jon board, 1919, jinh {pa "| wreckage. members of the teaching profession, ! denying yourself the pleasure of providing more adequate salaries to] You should practice self-denial by “le is of the highest importance that saying unkind things about others, TRAIN DERAILED; ONE MAN KILLED Two Others Dying in Big Four Wreck COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 25.—One man ts dead and two others may die as a result of a Big Four freight wreck near Worthington, O., late last night. Shortly after leaving Columbus | the train hit a derail, causing the en-| gine and six cars to leave the track | and go over an embankment. The boiler exploded and set fire to the Turk, Pie, Cigars Gone Thru Window Boys are blamed by W. R. Steb- bin, 2721 Jud@kins st., for stealing his Christmas dinner from the house Christmas eve. While Stebbin was absent, some one gained entrance thro a rear window, took turkey, cranberries, pie, ‘neverything, to- gether with €hristmas presents, in the form of a box of cigars and a pair of pink house slippers, The house at 2721 Judking st. was also prowled, says Stebbin, 'Tis true, Herman, time waits for no man. ~The only chap who can Terrorize:s Couim District “wild Man” Rey Reported Near | Lake Sammamish; Or- i ganize Po Posses With deputy sheriffs scouring | the country about Lake Sam ‘There was no one in the |cept the woman, and think! jWas a@ friend, she went out. | sooner had she appeared out: |door than the man struck her continued to rain blows upon until she sank to the ground ; conscious. | When she regained | several minutes later, the man | disappeared. Posses were o | but their search was fruitless. man had.a wild look jn his eye, | said, and wore rough clothes | wae unshaven, While posses and deputy sheriffs were searching near Wilburten, authorities at Northrup were fied that a man had just a woman in a farmhouse near In this case he knocked at the and when the woman opened struck her to -the ground. She thought it was her husband co home. Altho she swooned when the grabbed her, she says she bel he kicked her after she fell, and tempted to choke her, but on seeing her apparently lifeless, The man did not attempt to the women. Wilburton and Northrup are to- cated several miles apart near Lake Sammamish, in the _in the Squak valley. Sun Did Not Rise on One Fast Game Celebrating Christmas with — Mississippi marbles and picture — pasteboards at 1207 Jackson st. just before sunrise Christmas morning, 10 men, all colored, were arrested — and taken to central station by Patrolmen W, Dench, N. P. Ander- son and G. F, Reynolds. They are” charged with gambling and being in _ a place where gambling was being — conducted. Fall Thru Manhole Injures Man’, Lawrence Fernandez, 19, hotel, First ave, 8. and Washin st, was taken to the city early Christmas morning with a bads ly lacerated leg. Fernandes said he was walking by Washington st. and Occidental ave, when he fell thru am open manhole. There was no sign | iz Ag beat it is the musician. or light over the manhole, according: to Fernandez, 48 Howl Given by; Family Account Book Given by Doing service as a/Father to Mother—Doing splendid ‘service as a catch-all for stray cook- ing recipes! AND TODAY Uncle Bachelor, Who Thinks aby Will Break in Two if You Touch Him—Better not let him get too near that Christmas tree; he might pull it over. I wouldn't let him play with that little cart; he might trip over it. My, what a care babies are!” Aunt Sophronia, Spinster, Has Always Yearned to Marry Poet—"Look at him dreaming about that tree, He's probably saying to ) Imitation © | Neighbor Jon | bath for the pet canary. Pair of Suspenders Given by Uncle Simeon to Brother Who Always Wears |a Belt—Holding up the trousers of | the nd elevator man in the | building where brother works. | Brother having wished them on the jotevator man shortly after last Christmas, Snow Shovel Given by Father's | Brother, Ebenezer—Over at Eben. ezer's house, Ebenezer having bor rowed it shortly after last Christ mas and not haying returned it as yet. if pyne himself that it is sweet to be young and in the midst of loved ones!” His Father — “Now, Aunt S5o- phronia, he's not thinking anything Uke that. I know that expression oan his face too well, He's thinking that Christmas Is fierce because ft has made his mother forget to feed him at the usual time!" His Grandmother—“Let me feed the baby a little stick candy, won't you? He ought to be allowed to cele- brate Christmas, Don’t say T can't let him tear up this magazine; he just loves to tear things. Please let him chew up my muff if he wants to; it won't hurt him, Oh, I don’t Oh Where, Oh Where Are They Now—Last Year’s Christmas Presents? see how you can be so strict with | the dear little fellow, especially on” Christmas.” His Grandfather—“He's a” smart little fellow. I'l just bet he knows all about Christmas.” His Mother—“Of course he doest He knows we're talking about him and what we're saying about him, And he Knows all about Christmas, because I told him all about it. Listen to him, now, telling us that he knows everything we've said and all that's going on!" “i Tho Baby Himeelt—"Goo, gem) googly, gurgle, goo-goo!” cost”