The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 17, 1920, Page 1

The Star's Phone MAIN 600 Get the Habit! NO. VOLUME 22. | AS IT SEEMS TO ME , DANA SLEETH Ke and bedraggled gutter, I saw a yellow pup yesterday Poor pup! He had played tag with flashing char tots nway once too often. | And I felt sorry for that name less, unknown ! lump of yellow skin, lying there, crumpled, with stite lps awn back from his | white t in a last snarl of defi ance * Borrier, I fear me, than I am when I see funeral lines pass, bea fing unknown dead to their PY residence G For, you see, a dog is always faithful, honest, courageous and | loyal, but many men are not one is really more certain of dome fugtice when he mourns the un timely death of a dog than when he laments the passing strange hurrying to the “crematory soe HERE are all sorts of T | men, but only one sort of dogs | And if faithfulness, un- [ selfish loyalty and un checked affection be eternal traits, | indeed, then, whether dog. or man, | OF angel display these matters lit- | tle; we give praise to the jewel, | not the flabby finger it accidentally | adorns | Which reminds me of a bit of a | dog story mre thru the ed- ror’s mail ther day, sent in | by ome who desires to remain un- [| bamed. The story goes } that « “A few years ago I was with a | dog and pony show. One morning @ collie, called Lady, wandered a short distance away from the lot, and one of the dog boys sneaked Up on her and gave her a cruel blew with a club. It was an un- Just, cruel, Reediess act. Lady gave @ Uittle cry of pain, then she whim- and moaned like a child heart was breaking. *I-gave that roughneck a cuss- “fag, and when I called Lady to me she siunk up, her stub of a tail be- tween her legs, trembling all over and still crying “I sat down on the ground and took her in my arms, soothing and caressing her After that, every time { would sit near her, she would come as close as she could, Jean against me, and look at me with an affection and worship that Was wonderful to see } “Some days latef I asked the boy | who had beaten Lady to strike at | me with his club while I was noe | ing Lady. He did, and it was all I Gould do to keep her off his throat When he struck her, she just cried | @ moaned, but when he made as | ff to strike me, who had befriended | her, she bared her fangs, snarled ‘| } | j | Vitiously, the hair on her shoulders stood up like bristles on a fighting boar sprang at en. my arms, I that pass she and him as a leopard «pr “As I held he P thought about th eth understate in Does the State Teach Crime to Boys?— Page Four Bride Not Sorry for Honeymoon Murder— Page Ten Seattle Boys Answer Call of Offshore Wind — Page Nine On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise o, at the © at Beattie, Waal March & WASH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1920. KIDNAPED BOY SEES YEGGS BLOW SAFE! POSTOFFICE BANDITS SET OFF FIVE BLASTS Flee With Boy Captive, Who Is Finally | Set Free; He Fears They'll Return Kidnaped by cracksmen and forced at the point of ja gun to lie on the floor of the West Seattle post- ‘office at California ave. and College st.,early Satur- | day mornirig, Robert S. White, 14-year-old paper ‘ carrier, watched his three captors while they set off {three blasts of nitro-glycerine in an ine ffectual at- jtempt to Blow open the postoffice safe. | Five charges of the powerful explosive were fired! in all, two before Robert arrived on the scene, but the big safe did not yield. The thugs then ordered the lad to his feet and marched him ahead of them a mile and a half to Avalon and Admiral ways, where they told him to “beat it.’ He puree to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary ia ing, 2629 46th ave. S. W., wheve he has. been living, rhile his "parents are in Australia, and telephoned the po- } |ttee, then hurried to deliver his papers. | ‘The three men, whom he described as “black bandits,” be- cause of the clothes they wore, escaped a police net that was spread over the entire neighborhood. Youth Was Standing in Doorway of Postoffice When Kidnaped | Young White went to meet the paper car at the usual place in front of the postoffice at 30 a.m. It was raining, and he sought shelter in the postoffice doorway. The door was suddenly flung open, he says, and two men dressed in black overcoats and black caps stepped out. see, but my knees sure knocked when one fellow stuck his gun in my rib said Robert, when he finally returned home to get a bite to eat and a cup of coffee after spreading the news of. his experience over the neighborhood. | “They all had gr@at big guns, and by the way they talked I know they would have blown the head off any one | who came along. “I was standing in the south door waiting for the paper car, when the two came out the north door and told me to throw my hands up. The only thing I could do was obey, TODAY’S STAR ENTS Late Edition Mai! 9.00 ar, b, to derate southerly rdered displayed rm warning wale eisai a NORTHe=e °°” CALIFORNIA AVE, NANG The cross on California st. shows the place where Robert 8. 14-year-old paper*carrier, waited for the paper car. The cracksmen, ing inside, saw him, came out, and at the point of a gun, forced him \lie on the floor at the spot indicated by the cross inside the room. pried 7m the north door and left by the same route. QUENTIN | QUID THE QUESTION Should private homes be One Thing Lacking | in This Booze Item) The United States might have been ahclared “hone ary at mitinignt Ft day, but three sincere souses in Seat- tle found « method of beating the game. The three men arrested and charged with Megally tting a skin. full were: John Wershing, for liquor? laborer; Golbert Jorgenson, laborer and Byron Corselyea, * ANSWERS fireman. They refused to divulge the} ED F. SMITH, 1521 34th a maaret don't believe legitimate <p {homes should be invaded. What |man has in his own home, I believe, he ts entitled to. If they're it, sure, go after ‘em. DR. LOUIS ERICKSON, bidg.—-No. I'm hot against bition altogether. But’ think should be a limit somewhere, C. W. TROVE, 2308 N. 44th New, ‘Cop Arrests Dick for Speeding William Hoffman, Chief Warren's latest motorcycle patrolman, may not know his fellow officers, but he does know his duty While cruising along a Capito! Hill street Friday night in search of the|I should say not. It is um. illusive speeder, Hoffman arrested|can. We have always considered Detective William Worsham oing|man's home his estate. What 35 miles an hour,” Hoffman re-|man does in his own home is ported jown business, I would say. If ® —aernaae yman is making it to sell, Wind Blows Him in | therwise, no. But what are : |asking me for? : Front of Motor Car) mms. ANNA MATTHEWS, 1801 which blew him in| Ninth ave—Why, no; of course not. A strong wind Exactly. Almost any dog will | and then they made me come inside and lie down on the)‘ nobile driven by |If people want to make it in Qualify where a lot of big, husky floor with my face to the wall M th ave. N., late}own homes I don’t think it should: hemen will fail to pass. | ™ ne wall, Friday night, was responsible for the|be taken away from them, : “Greater love hi no man than | gui HA ag : r ” wr de « | Accident which caused severe bruises SHARP, 110 Spring st— this, that he lay down his life for | pantech ag a, You know what we'll doytine of tatk and possibly internal injuries to|Certainly not, ‘The home is the fee, Sat a if This is Robert 8. White, 14-year-old paper carrier, kidnapped and held captive by three cracksmen, who blew to you if you say anything,’ bum jot Seattle's a rotten town perf 2 ee Ping pombe i It should web ia Pm « s f it's bad business when our first Jc a r Se wade car that sort of {the safe in Post Office Station W, California ave. and College rly Saturday. one of them said tome. And/,i'". ete gs ah hla a CE according to th oy lial eabael cur dos r ble rincely | Just about that time he poked | have got ever th own way | mnee m i breeding, wi this tow 4 sal the gun against my _ back|' a | dts master, i tho f Re» Bprspelscos, ds to waxlBtate of Aviattan to Federal Court — he may be again. a Valies “koa faliad” the ‘pennies ° Melo, Taini and William Machem, 80, you nee, the nsiderable | “Phey. exploded three| cathered up their tools, ordered the Site Up to Dads convicita in the police oat a to be said for t le habit of inten : ey sve. |lad up from the floor and hurriedly| ‘The fate of the proposed park{Uor charges and there tineaimiam shedding a secret tear for the mem- | i pak _ while I was the re eft i Pee ae eer bond issue of $750,000 and the avia- | ¥ forced to produce $500 bail each ory of even ar . an | Just be fore setting one fe f, orale’ cone. walked rapidly|tion landing site bond issue of $500,- | When arraigned before United States pup, flung forgotten into a gutt | one of them said to me, ‘You, ily telling him he could} 000 will be decided by the eity| Commissioner R. W. McClelland, Frt a ie mun, so’s you won't get hurt.’|¢o when they reached Avalon and|Council next Monday afternoon [aay afternoon AN t th ht t t w » If the council approves the bond| rem BT ; Fae ur in away,| Admiral ways fast as he cquld | {Know anything abou ad started Wied me and | son running inmost atthe. wage ne| tissues, the proposals wilt be voe’| Carried Arsenal, ~ ay ia . oe } Ime he meant ¢ to get away returned to his grandmother's and|° by ve pent ple at the municipal Cop Arrests Him nS ay “ ¢ ‘om the blast q election March 2. ae chemistry of explosives Ma’ ine Fuad eae ah ———- - With a box hook and a loaded ne Sealing timber? Are you @ drafts thouaht shit ‘. volver in his possession, M. Deete ugh 1 been #h é geting imberAre po ‘oct Botton Avon’ [Divorcee Weds Too _|s:iw, man surveyor? Can you sell cotton seed? . 3 ke and ‘they were | eae cle Pl icesient W.. Dench | Soon and Is Fin at 17th ave, and. Bie Be Are you an eng + an assistant he robbersiano: Aeron BEN Central stat. ey cad ‘|night. He is held pending investiga- engineer? Can you teach manual WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.— |plan or policy or preparhtion had|were built on the theory that subma re : Be = TS) tion joined the W me rn ; Gsonwe King, whe ‘Gaya when ne [22 ? What do you km bout Pre: wen ade by the navy department nes would tay in still water close be n wn squad at the post 1 dj only been divor da se eo saad pnal th: ‘ie + you paces nha Sipe my thas. it ma a not Py valli % p te hs aoee E i * What's your name p seattered in considerable| married Mary A. Hoffee, January P. Salah telegraphy or telephony? Are | Vestigation of the management of | 000 ' 1S’ monthe after war was weeny attori wan nbs? 1 we t tell him. Then | quantity it the floor, where it} 2, was fined $100 by Superior Judge | ‘osed. as : Police, » . sepnony the navy during the war will be rs “ : - i was when he waved! had been spilled by the band W. Frater Friday for contempt E pure ing agent, a shippin, clare hat it did not enter the war |¢ ted men rec a th ad bee piled by th andits in " 3 pty fierk, ages cw 7 ote : ao asked as a result of the dis hol My nis iI Pe i ome time; that te ain declared the gur You're Irish, aren‘t you”’| their haste, they sald. © knob of |of court. The law says a divorcee | Lands in Bastile. Regge : sroreoue® | closures today by Admiral Will segrtgesiey bo pine vethor dey J : he eat id rif s| the safe dock, they found 4 eithe: io ry Avithin af r Ralph Woodall, 20, flashed a clerk, with knowledge of electrical, | — se uf Parsee ore a (commanding officers in the critical | DEC L. ARES OFFICERS NOT : tae i t him I wa jibe « ‘ x. 3 Hs Bag oy ne = ‘ all not marry ‘within six month! liuaeet obertea $t0. hues a Police oe eu, mse OF steel | senate sub-committee regarding | 70° were not allowed to select their | FAVORED BY REWARD! “Tt was a pretty slim|shot off with nitro ; | This C Li ke Sullivan, 22, Larned hotel, 2041 Wests) «7 TE recta awards and decorations, members | ‘™P0T ef etch bited poe. pri er gaa a p BOR 8909 | seitow were all kind of thin.| A mirror, left Friday night within | is Tomes Like a |lake ave., and now he is in the city,” hing of intere 1. ¥ < Che Ma Peer Os, MEN TO” | hing Mt cgtIA | mot. hava’ been. in | hes one tine optooe a them if they had|a foot of the safe by Frank L. Delg | Bolt of the Blue ‘#107 2 oven charge. above ‘ of | “9%: uments by Sima that he |Posenkion of full information; that |) pm pera etna | tan euper|atendent ae. fae pores lor shop thieves are working | wants them any aie | - it did not rely.on the judgment of ¢ ey. WER ee nbroken by the eX! again, W. D. Hawk, 203% First bear vendon ab aware sk cinehd ag » 203% : 1 ask the man a er been left rs rm Mnonthe | experienced men in tr n L wish would print m fellow kept me covered | Plosion. 3 ig [QV S.) Feported to Police Lieut. 4 stoft te with on jor Tony MONENA | iat could not be carr cuit shina 1 the time, but he was pretty de Don Thompson and C, A. Truitt Sor ease we bolt 6 203 postoff ttar Assbvica ‘eubabed the: ear hat in red headlines if possibl wan i leeping upstatre when they | Wickman the theft of a bolt of you ail ab. ® i a z ms read from his Ir ked by ator Trammell if he}cent. H ed me to go with them, | were eeping up c |ish bios seme | not to te ee a pt knew pretty we What it was,"| er diem; some pay $750 a ye ‘ , a ur egarding the parting ne Aaclave a work was adminis | p 4 panda OP fone t wool over lie. eves,” £0 | structions eta a cooniantion { Bims Seckared He Wie. Vet car aine| APRAID: SANDING 9 . ise Truitt; "so T asked Don what *.|Burglars Use ia “The ' 7 10 $9 s tN dye arene r ‘ (i HIM BARLY | should do. ora pay from $7 10 $9 0 da the Hale sub-committee on shipboard Para i a gun’ he askes to Haul Away Loot ° 4 Pienty of jobs If you can 4 P indis, an ordered to go to All allied admirals performed theif The only one thing I'm seared ; ; einai iti »| Diamonds valued at shoo ana | ator MeCormic Wh » an tous care id,“ I sald, ‘What shall we do} one thing we nounced that they would go to sgt. ms sald, “I | duties from shore f, and that’s that they may come) I know a fellow back East who | Clothing at $100 were hauled in an cence’ Matrained, the lade with the full committee to get pak ee arama Md he did not oritcige [back tomorrow morning to ‘get’ me.) 20+ nis oad knocked off when he | Suto by Bosech's Murder” the strong backs and the empt ditional authority to make pull the wool ever your the admiral for doing his work on|phey told me not to give any de-|fiia'ts atop some aate robbore’ Don | home, st, Friday eads, there is less call : J doi ant to pull shore, and was confident commend: Paar ight! SE pe | i ," Don | hor bh sweeping Investigation cription, and said they'd said night "4 Did you ever ».to think that When Admiral Sims had finishea| Nuts out of Mi Fda ubis service hed. bens rendered | did. But 1 guesw they're nearly!" «we can't do anything,’ 1 told z ats you can be an expert about ar veghitic bila Gehmational eooort: Chaia | ¢nat.We WOME Rs sc cleared all suspicion of neglect of! i, soared as I am.” | So we let the ' | OER thing you want to be, if you will [Tending his sensationél report: Chair’) British as the Gerr duty from Commander D. W While he ake kent, “ohvered” by [ease et ate Satter are ant|Cheer Up, Madam; J. S. Fletcher « take the trouble to try? |nounced that he would auk Chairman |, Sims did not disc ve ley, brother-in-law of Wecretary Dan] one aman, Robert says, the other two Robert la a nephew tne She Left the Bed) Or are your leisure hours fu i these inetructio: iels, who lost his destroyer ne s , SeMtie. eaoh: atid 7 vf ws ee sata hansen I of the full committees to call a " ked at the « ith |P. Spaulding, master of the s Mrs. Taylor, 1426 Bighth ave. i geeupled with the fox trot, the | I meeting of the xenate navai| tf the U. 8. had had a larger |Jacob Jones, |. Lcomaive “ahot” the building rocked! snin Beattie Spirit, whieh lett & rented a room toa “short woman,” || A Detective Story movie and the skating rink affairs committee on Monday to shad Wats eae Se wikia “yt é os tae from « submarine two|#t@ & shower of dust and plaster) recently, with an all-Seattle crew, | Who left bright and early this morn. . vA Aq . cuss 2 method of making a thoro| 00" WOr ems told the committer |inles distant, the admiral disctosed, (fell. Wheh the men finally gave UP /after being launched in a local ship.|ing with the pillow cases and sheets in 12 installmaeny } op Looks All Night investigation of the entire conduct of| ("'71.6¢ ‘of 600 deatroyers thrown in| The shot wae made from the t the task in disgust, the upper half] yard. Mrs, Mabel K. Spaulding, wife cee R kef il | re 4 the tape sal baifhen te oe of the outer safe door had been|o¢ the mariner, lives 2619 W: when America . joined the allies | commanded by Ha Rose, one of the at 45th r m. ockefeller at Hats for Ladies ata sit abewmamtaneiont when | America, - doing cre Allies | commanded by Hane ees OF tre | abuttaded: acid) bait yawn) BIA ENGL avo, ‘g.. W.-with ‘overt, hig grand. nee | Begins M Monday > A strong wind broke a in| MADE BY NAVY HEADS hice ates lower half remained in place and|mother, and Capt. Spaulding» young |Dies at Island Home| wont of the Fiorence Hat In his report, Sims charged that| The 110-foot submarine chasers, he| sims gave Bagley crddit for fine|the inner door was not feazed won, Billie. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Mrs, Wiit-| in T! y 11 st., Frid ; ® he h ment. A¥e. and Union ria ‘yl aitho war had been imminent for|added, “were one of the misconcep: |destroyer service in the war, despite| Meanwhile, White says, the ban-! Robert attends. the Lafayette jam Rockefeller died today at Jekyll | night. A considerate cop watched’ ronthy before it wus declared, nojtions of the war.” ‘These light boats|the lous of his ship, dits kept up @ ‘continual pessimistic school, California ave. and Lander st. island, off the coust of Georgia, the opening #11 night.