The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 15, 1920, Page 9

Section bs The Se attle S tar Pages 9 to 16 TTLE, WASH, THU RSDAY, JANUARY 1920. AMERICAN EXPLORERS FIRST AGAIN! Daring Movie Adventurers From Pacific Coast Make History in Descent of Victoria Falls | BY EDWARD M, THIERRY | / ng two men A. Staff respondent With | { The descent of Victoria Falls, in South Africa, by William Stowell and Pliny pieces of thsonian- Universal Afri Horne, was the last spectacular stunt in, the life of Stowell, and the last, for a long hinera ¢q > tedious; Jee, wpemiee) |) time, at least, for Horne. Stowell, with Dr. J. A, Armstrong, business manager of ; ro:hs Ae VICTORIA FALLS, South|} the Smithsonian African pedition, were killed in a railroad wreck in Belgian Africa.—Two daring Ameri-|) Congo, a few days after history had been made in the Falls adventuré. Horne was 1 and most cans have performed a world-|} injured in the wreck and is being invalided to America. made. On |beating feat—the descent of || ESE BETO EOD SEY Bit ; ooo an | Victoria Falls! did: Imagine a cleft in the earth first went over the cliff of Catgract|brink he was Invisible to the men|#ome beautiful scenes Scaling a precipice of 869) 400 tect deep and of a width vary-| island to the bottom of Devil's cat-/at the winch. So other members of| ‘This stunt was a motion plotune feet with a rope, they ac-|ing from 260 to 400 fect; sheer, per-|aract, the most wenterly cascade of |the Smith complished a hazardous climb |Pe%icular cliffs, absolutely without | Victoria falls, a distance of 260 feet. /J. Arn ‘down the remaining rocks to the water's edge at the ex- treme bottom of the great pit—a total of more than 400 |} feet—and stood where no} in the earth human foot has ever trod. an party, led by Dr.|triumph. For the camera, ong of Los Ang the narrow ledge 4 4 watch on the oppos ered in full sweep the magnifi- the chasm. Here cent picture of the cascades of the rom main falls y half a mile githe can turesque trick! Rainbow retly opt ‘ nd@ the su) ly dry rock n portion of the eat ids; the chasm at right angles besi river, which cascades ride of the nar , leaving the op |GO OVER THE ON END OF A maximum cular and le came in daring a ited feat man down th The win First to ate the pit were on the of the cliff and weigh a fly, for c n «m Pliny W. Horne and William Stowell, | swirling pool of w & maelstrom | with | rs, the rope pe over could be seen, and not ——— both of Los Angeles aptly called the Boiling Pot t the edge. The winch ' re bearing the weight sorne le & camera man and Stowell| Jfad the rope broken there would by Thomas McEwen, | pf. ye mstrong watched for signals Bandits in Fight a film director for the Universal) have been no. es for Stowell or | © & veteran and ¢ tof distress Film company, They are members © from the bottom of the pit ew of Batotse na After Horne reached the be 1 Shoot Policeman { the § an African expedt n't neale the wides. The ft i Aidan _ STEG Jan. 15.—Polieemam mn, & ntista and mo ewim the whirlp ur shah — mS 8 1 wv ph touring Africa P f ¢ sionary-explorer Dr. Livi a to defend himeelf f a any living thing been at the bottom of the chasm, save baboons and bird: To appreciate what th de not the edge iT but two. us to and was slowly lowered r a Penetrating the full distance, they| After he disappeared over Pliny W. Horne, Universal camer man, and William Stowell, Universal direc- tor, both Americans, who made the first trip to the bottom of Victoria Falls. Stowell u killed and Horne badly injured in a railroad wreck shortly after their falls adventure. | Stowell, in helmet, and Thomas McEwen, veteran “rigger,” on Livingston Island, pick-| ing out a place of descent on opposite wall of cliff. Horne starting his desce nt, neat | a y S a Danger Point, into 400-foot chasm of Victoria Fall. Whirlpool rapids and part of rock wall near Reinbow Falls shown in the background. 5—Map showing Victoria Falls, Rain- bow A Boiling Pot and Danger Point (indicate d by star), where Horne and Stowell) went “ he top” and down into rock pit where man never had been before, sie RE’ S been a lot of SMALLPOX RAMPANT, SAYS talk about the high cost | CITY HEALTH COMMISSIONER af living aed advancing Dr. Hiram M. Read, health commissioner of Seattle, created a sensation Thursday | morning when he bitterly attacked “the lack of laws to enforce vaccination and the) costs of clothes. ence of laws passed in recent years to prevent vaccination,” a condition, he asserted, | that has Iéd to a smallpox ravage in Seattle and thruout the nation which is constantly _ increasing. | | “Smallpox is rampant in Seattle and thruout the United States and is increasing,” Dr. Read told delegates to the Washington State Conference for Social Welfare at the Y. W. C. A. “Why? Because it is one of the most contagious of contagious diseases and is This Clearance Sale | spreading among the unvacci-| wi here a ’ mt siuants ovneteie | COMMAssioner Read of cnet Saaiky ie Peewet Sy Sa Oe lack of laws to enforce vacci- SAYS: the time being, because we re selling gS nation and the presence of . : = laws passed in recent years to fine suits and overcoats at special re- “The Bolsheviki of sanitary science would have you believe there is ‘ 5. no such animal as typhoid, Giphtheria and smallpox.” ductions—prices way below present prevent vaccination. codima “Smallpox is rampant in Seattle and thruout the United States owing “The anti-vacet ists will tell you that it is dang vacein- to the lack of laws to enforce vaccination and the presence of laws || market values. passed in recent years to prevent vaccination.” ate,” Dr. Read contin masion of “Housing a: It might Interest you to know that fn the world war 4,500,000 soldiers i@iand sailors were vaccinated without ini cil as is, tees lien haeess wan hopt fh: Gente thi weit ia single accident, and as o result|! ae by sanitation. Unfortunately, we have not the authority that made there was no smallpox in a vaccin- for good health in the army.” “eben: sae They’re made by fng is a willing and protect health. ciple is law, state and unless t as may not y manner | who nile court, was th MEN IN ARMY KEPT “More than 4,500,000 soldiers and sailors were vaccinated without a por goed health in the army. “Never heat » house with gas ateda ths heating appliance is prop- Bamsiatsly seowentey Setoctole ofl] wv sesss of cur lange and growing popsiation, but we never witer || You know what that means in style, housing, proper clothing and food “In the mad scramble to get to the cities we leave the farmer with from birth to death “Anti-vaccinationists and their kind should not be allowed to ive correctly| Millionaires, and all who accum lowed to live In these districts, It is|the editor declared, after scoring blame,” “Cait and we’re going to sell them this sea- a criminal, the blame { reall FIT BY SANITATION single accident and as a result there was no smallpox in » vaccinated “danitation, properly carried out in erly connected with » chimney.” right living. It covers the conasid- ; : quality, service. We’ve got a lot of fine Proper ethical relations and educa- ||... cdient help to feed the cities.” max nein Bye dominate or control the lives and welfare of our people,” | models; splendid all-wool fabrics. cond prin-| ulate great wealth, should be curbed “Heredity and environment, se who think not of their neigh-| jur ays the ju yullty ibiy crm Weetion Wheelie son. It gives us a chance to save some 4 “The me n the army were kept | Berson during the world war.” ‘ i % o . . Be Sopedleesotae nenlgy Beant “Some so-called scientists will tell you that you are not sick when | ee fave mot the authority that made || you are sick, and you only think you are dead when you are dead.” all its details, is an important and, m eration, as you all know, of proper a word about our bad housing and unemployment.” on every act of existence, site . tion, and every ae suits and overcoats here; very latest “The first principle of correct Iv-| id urte|in their ruthlene queet. for wealth, | not the child himesi te gener They were made to sell this season Yet if a child grows up| an institution for the feeble Superior Judge King Dykeman ides over King county juve princip anitation = to live in a sa not want to live in a sanitary man Decase they are poor, and they MAY /ot oe nck & Nelson's assem-| "Mayor Fitagerald welcomes the| extra money for you and to make good ag m sat as smallpox, ty-| bly room ; a es to the ence | 5 A Y ria ete, and thi, Is] om flats aod North Seatle diel afer "whieh Prat n.| friends for this store. c in the breed-|.17, of W., outlined th national con- | aks rs jr ‘ ers, he de-| ference in Washington, D. C. DESTROYED 1,200 «= |clared, and it ts © tor this reason that} The conference will continue until] HOUSES IN — | the pens fon ned mothers are net al ‘1 Saturc day e e i sigs SGA Mpinen Shay Blase Special Clearance Sale Prices of the most ‘caper’ f Battles for Cash; Assumed New Name | cHCAGo, Jan. 1%—-Atterneys to| CHICAGO, Jan. 14—Jean de Kay | $ $ $ day prepared briefs which will be|has either disappeared to make her ubmitted to support arguments in| own earcer under an assumed namo | e e e 1\ the suit in behalf of Henry Ant r committed suicide, authorities be- | geared gon of Pi ved today. In pushing their Maran, S/7eer t Henry Fieta,|{% the girl, they eliminat rl, ane sd | theories of kidnaping which were ad go millionaire, van sult wifl determine whether fins de Marsh, choras | ch . , heiress and protege ° These figures represent a big cut on oF RES TE Fede truss (and eat ihe Holl house two woos cee. our former prices. Clothes we’ve been 0 cities |tablished by Marshall Field's will , inefticent| which he declare: randeharen, or |NOW COMES HIGH ! selling for $55 to $85 and that are eas- now in| Peggy Marsh has atready reertvea| GOST OF HANGING ily worth much more at present mar- 0 from Marshall Field 111,) LONDON, Jan. 16 England's ortly after the death of Henry | pub! ith » now in ra share | $190,¢ 1 order executioners, the hangmen, | paid local | Pyena want their pay Increased and thelr| ket costs. to Enforce - ‘a claim has t presented ¢ | + the night #es | the house of commons by a member} | istine Hailwood | Plan Memorial on [ot that Rody. -Aurus Copyright 1919, Hart Schaffner & Marx TEERING — | University Campus iow it was paying the exccutioners | ; ‘ E toe erected on the campus were consid-| The hangmen recently. were de ' . sped out before ini-| prived of the privilege of taking a sl and eco red at the first meeting of the t ersity of Washington Service Me Jub scheduled to be held Thursdi oon at Meany hall, Lloyd I ex-captain of marines, is pres tor of the ex#ervice men’s club, the ]of that bod Aug STAMP OUT U/SAYS SURV #| away the rope with which the erim:| y|inal was hanged This reduced one rt,| oe. the sources of thelr revenue, 1s Corner Second Avenue and Seneca Street. the rope could be sold ton Fors . price to guriosity collectors, World, «: , Wine, asvociate editor of The Surve; ‘Who succeeded Griffiths on the ros