The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 4, 1920, Page 1

oy OLSHEVIKI ASK U. S. TRADE Tonight {ij VOLUME 22. NO, 292. AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH HE sob sisters, male and female, had a great time during the recent visit of our young Mr. Heifets, who plays the fiddle, Prepared to find soul throbs and heart chords and such, they found "em, and pictured great audiences ' sighing in sheer ecstasy as the _ Wonder youth drew the golden "A s0b sister who has to write a column or two always finds a thrill ora throb, for that's what they are there for, but the facts about _ Brother Heifetz are otherwise. ‘ And, seeing that I am not re- quired to bow down to any sacred cow, or even a sacred bull calf, and geeing that if there is a mission for > this colyum it is to say frankly What an average observer sees; | eutting cant; squelching the sob, and eliminating the bunk, I'm go- ing to make a remark or two about Mister Heifetz from Russia ndbody else will dare make, that hundreds of bewildered ‘nes who heard him will admit are na . SCHA HEIFRTZ was born to music as the sparks fly upward When he first toddled he could play, and when be was a baby he could perform “technical works on the violin. Heifetz is a phenomenon; a prod- he has mastered the violin as men have ever mastered it, nd as an example of technique, d to the nth power, his recit- is are a marvel for the skilled Musician. His notes come like diamonds, polished, shining with and, Ike dia- his notes are without without soul, without that that is the motive of all _ When reviewers say that Heifetz as a bear cub; he entered a trance, and he did superhu- rather inhuman, things with was no offering that held ‘Any sweetness, any emotion, any ‘relief for tired hearts, and I don't Believe that Helfetz has any emo SE PEIFETZ should go broke 2 3,000 miles from home; meq should lose his best fid- die; should fall hopeless- ly in love; should break Jeg and acquire the seven-year ¢ after which he witl be quall- to start in to be a great vio- oe He has the foundation; he has mastery; he has everything brain, and fingers, and wrist, ‘and spring steel playing arm re- Sauire to do their perfect work; but “he gives us for two hours showers of sparks, gushers of pink lemon- ‘Bde, pinwheel pizzicato, and “ghostly harmonies, but no boiling ‘lava of red-hot blood, pumped ‘from his heart. And it seems tmportant that au- diences understand the distinction between the showy, technical, flow- ‘ery passages, and their players, ‘and the rhythms of the great mas- ters that are music itself when feelingly rendered Looking for a miracle, the au- dience came and marveled; mob hypnosis, net; but no one in the audience felt, during the two hours, the slightest stir from with- in, unless it was of wonder at his technique. | And those male and female sob ‘sisters who try to make this cold, awkward, unfeeling boy wizard in ‘to a moving, vital force, merely ‘show that they are superficial chatterers, without real feeling or knowledge of what they write. ae 6 IND while I am being mean and fault finding, I might as well make a good job of it and re- mark that it is an out e to keep a couple of thousand \ratient folks, some of whom hay « ‘ae 40 miles and who must leay ea ‘y to be able to meet themsel Seon. xg to work next day; keep these folks waiting until 8:40 be fore beginning a program Recitals might well start at 8 sharp; in these suburban days of magnificent distances, the sooner ‘after 10 we start home, the better, to drag out the intermission ods, to prolong the applause \eriods, to delay opening for half 7 hour—these things are bad tate, and work a real hardship on the audience, scores of whom had 1o leijve about the middle of the Heife iz program Indped, that model of prompt- ness, Mr. Spargur, has on two oc- casions recently delayed the sym- phony concert some ten minutes or more. Of course, folks always come | late; if you began at 10, they would be just as late. Shut the doors on the minute, and keep them shut until the firet number is played Don't penalize 1,800 prompt folka for the laziness of 200 laggards, s ES Weather and fair; moderate east- erly wind Forecast Thursday, U. S. COMMERCE On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise | TheSeattle Star Rantered as Second Clase Matter May §, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattia, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 2, 1879, Por Your, by Mall, §§ to $9 =a FEARS DROP IN J MONEY TO RUIN Congressman Urges Stabilizing of For- eign Exchange ; British Pound Reaches New Low Level WASHINGTON, America’s export trade is in foreign exchange, Se declared in the senate tod: b. 4.—Destruction of threatened by the decline nator Thomas, Colorado, He annonnced he will call up next week his resolution for a commis- sion to stabilize exchange. ° ** =W YORK, Feb. 4.—(United Press.)—The greatest single drop demand sterling has taken since the present decline in foreign exchanges be- gan was made today when the British pound opened at $3.27, off 54 Later in the morning $3.2334, and at 12:30 o’ch record drop of $3.20. Collaps= trading to a standstill. to 19.02. LOCAL BANKERS EXPLAIN CAUSE OF MONEY DROP ‘The drop in exchange value of the! English pound is due, according to| local bankers, chiefly to the fact that American exports are so vastly in excess of imports from Great Britain, ‘There are other factors, too, but the chief one ts the above. Since Britain's exports are #0 much smaller than America’s, Brit- ish money is not in demand. OUR MERCHANTS DON'T NEED BRITISH GOQDS In other words, American mer- chants do not need the British pound to buy British goods. The British pound, not being in demand here,| naturally decreases in value in the| United States. This decrease has been gradual and will probably continue until such time as British exports stabil- ize it. In the past, whenever one coun- try’s imports exceeded thé exports, stability in exchange was established by shipping into the country in} whose favor the balance was, enough gold to equal the trade. Now, how- ever, Great Britain is unable to send over enough gold to balance the excess due to the United States. SHARP DROPS USUALLY DUE TO SPECULATORS Sharp declines in tne value of the} English pound sterling on the stock | exchange, such as occurred today,| are usually due to speculators, in ex. actly the same way as other stocks | are affected. | ‘The sharp decline may be followed | the next day by an increase. What is true of the English pound, | is, of course, true of all Wuropean | exchange at present. Raid Resort, Get | Two Cans Opium ns of opium valued at $250 ated in a raid on King st., Tuesday F Two a can were confisc a resort at 719% the U. 8. Deputy Sheriffs J treasury department, and ©. Connor, N. 1. 4 from yesterday. demand sterling fell to lock it had reached a new in foreign exchanges virtually brought ranes fell to 15.2 and lire |BRITONS PEEVED | AT EXCHANGE MARKET FALL BY MILTON BRONNER LONDON, Feb. 4.—The continued rap in value of the English pound in the New York exchange is caus- ing the bitterest feeling against America in England. Lord Beaverbrooks has begun a series of articles on the first page of the Daily Express. His first article 1s captioned “America’s Fi. nanctal Hostility; Quick Scuttl Its Share of the World's Burden.” An editorial says a European con- ference could devise plans ta save Europe from the squeeze America seems determined to carry on. Amer- ica and all its industries, according to the editorial, are in the position of the profiteer, no better than the ordinary profiteering English wool- monger or grocer. John Bull, a weekly paper of large circulation and unfriendly to the United States, has a savage attack under the caption “What's Your Game, America?” Bankers here claim that the ex-| ut into professional life in all parts | change rate on English pounds 1s down partly because of the fall of all European credits. The dollar ex- change, they say, is not really New York-London, but New York-Europe exchange, Six Deaths Flu Toll é : in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.—New influenza cases reported today totaled 187. There were six deaths. Four deaths\and 248 cases were re. ported yesterday, Goat Island naval station has been closed to visitors and liberty was denied men in. training be. cause of influenza. Laws to Curb Reds Urged by Palmer WASHINGTON, Feb, 4.—Sedition legislation is necessary to combat ‘a condition of revolutionary intent in fafternoon, by Capt. John Hamer, of|the country on the part of both jaliens and citizens,” Attorney Gen- eral Palmer*told the house judiciary | Loveall, Earl Ramage and I. Brown.| committee today. | | | Wooden Legs am Saved by Firemen) ‘Two wooden legs were rescued by | Firemen Edward P. Ford and F. W. Trimble from a fire in the home of Thomas Dutton, 6525 20th ave. N. W.,.Tuesday, Thinking Duttan was in his room, the firemen dashed thru smoke and flame. He was ab- sent, but they brought out his limbs. i | QUENTIN QUIDNUNC DAILY HE ASKS A QUES TION OF FIVE PERSON! TODAY’S QU Would you vote for Hoover if he ran for president? ANSWER: MRS. T. J. MILHOLLIN, 620 17th ave. I think I should, I have a great admiration for him ANG MacLEOD, 3909 Brook- lyn ave—Couldn’t say. Hadn't thought about it. ~ MRS. HATTIE PATTON, 1526 Broadway—I'd see about it. I don’t know who you are, you see. DR. HARRY A. WISE, 2029 Moise Terrace—Why, I don't know but what I would, ,T guess he's all right. MRS. E. P. STOWELL, 137% 29th ; I don't believe a, Palmer read extracts from “red” pamphlets threatening revolution and murder of public officials President Watches ; Storm from Porc WASHINGTON, b, 4.—Despite a hail and wind storm, President Wilson sat on the south portico of the White House in his wheel chair | today. Asks $11,375 for Death of Daughter Damages of $11 for his daughter's death in street car ac cident, January 6, are asked Wednes- day in a claim filed against the city by Charles J. Machek, Miss Sophia ek, the daughter, died January 275.76 875.76 Hinting at Allied Break With Dutch PARIS, Feb. 4.—Should Holland |persist in her refusal to grant the j allied request for extradition of the |former kaiser, “one allied + power” |is prepared to sever diplomatic re. lations, according to the Petit Parisien. STEAMSHIP VALDEZ, Alaska Steamship Co., 1s at Pier 4, after a |10-month trip to European and At- lantic ports, | | nglish” walnuts originated in China and Persia, and later we grown extensively in France and England, 4 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1920. Seattle-Art Mecca School Make Ambitious Plan Paris of the Pacific - MISS NELLI Seattle will be one of the great art centers of America !f plans form ulated by culturedoving residents of the city are carried te a successful conclusion, 3 At @ meeting in the Frederick & Nelson auditorium, Wednesday Morning, arrangements were dis- cussed for the development of a mammoth schoo! of the arts here and the founding’ of a repertoire theatre in Seattle, If a schoo} of dramatios and muate, and @ theatre where professional ac- tors produce the best current drama tle Will be second to no city in this | country in the arts, Seattle will become the dramatic Mecca of the Pacific. Under the direction of Miss Nellie Cornish, a school of fine arts has | been developed in Seattle which has already become nationally known. |Puplis from the college have gone of the country, carrying with them |the artistic ideals fostered in Seat: | | tle. A score of them have gained | nation-wide fame as dancers, as mu sicians and as actors, When Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenberg (Mrs, Browne) left jis built here, it will mean that Seat.) E CORNISH (Other Pictures on Page 13) Chicage to found the Cornish Little theatre here, Seattle’s colony of ac- tors and playwrights found a conge nial laboratory tn which to develop thelr art, The Brownes are the founders of the Little theatre movement in the United States, Now it is planned to establish a regular theatre in Seattle, to be man- aged in connection with the Cornish school, where the best) American plays will be produced by profession: actovan ‘The dramatic season Will be for six months, and Seattle will see the finest plays of the country as soon, or before, they are produced on Broadway. - The Cornish school was started here six years ago with a total reg- istration of 12 puplis, Today it has an enrollment of more than 1,000, and is one of the ten largest art schools in the world. Plans discussed at Wednesday's meeting include the formation of a stock company to take over the in- terests of the Cornish school and to | make it a civic institution, dedicated | to the development of a Western cul- |ture which will carry the name of | Seattle to wherever the fine arts are | discussed thruout the world. ‘SAFE CRACKED; MONEY GONE Highly Skilled Yeggs Here, Say Police Robbers crpockdd ‘the safe in the Independent Fuel cotnpany's offices at 1268 Oceldental ave. during the night and escaped with $1,009.16 in cash and checks, Police say the work was undoubtedly that of men highly skilled in their craft F, 8. Chambers, a driver for the company, discovered the robbery shortly after 7 a. m, Wednesday. His attention was at first attracted by lights burning in the rear office. He found two windows open, Entering, Champers saw a scene lof confusion. The safe door was hanging by its lower hinge. One of the boxes in the side was open and | bare of contents. It was here that the money had been kept. All about the floor papers were | scattered, and the office was covered with fine particles of dust from the cement, of which the safe door was |partially constructed. A crowbar lay near the wrecked safe. Chambers called the police and | notified the owner, J. J. Arms, De- |tectives said the crowbar had been {used to pry open the upper part of the door. “Soup” was then poured sufficient quantity to break the door | open. Arms, after checking over the con- tents of the safe, reported to the police that $272.16 in cash, $132 worth of gasoline checks and ap- proximately $600 in checks were stolen by the yess |Mayor Is Better; Sits Up Today Mayor Fitzgerald was sufficiently recovered from an attack of flu Wednesday to sit up for the first {time since his family physician, Dr. |W. B. McClain, ordered him to bed Sunday, Dr. McClain said his pa- tlent would not be permitted’ to leave the house until Monday, The mayor had a conference with his 'y at p, m. Others were 2 [not allowed to visit him, in, they said, and exploded, in just | THREE YANKEES SLAIN IN SYRIA by Brigands | WASHINGTON, Feb, 4,—(United Press.) — Tiree American relief workers have been murdered by brigands in Syria, according to a | dispatch received today by the state | department 4 | ‘They wee, killed, last Sunday near | 21 Mali, north af Aleppo. | The identity of the Americans was | not reported to the state department, The relief expedition of which they | were part was under the American | Commission “for ‘rellet' of the Near Mast, which! ‘hus headquarters ' in New York city. German Peace Man Resigns in Huff PARIS, Feb. 4.—Baron Kurt Von Lersner, head of the German dele- gation here, refused today to trans. mit to Berlin the allied list of pe sons guilty of war crimes and the accompanying covering note. He returned the list and the note to the French foreign office and notified it of his resignation as pres: ident of the German peace delega- tion. Guards Searching " for Two Soldiers VALLEJO, Cal, Feb. 4.—(United Press.)—Thruout the aight 75 guards combed the government reservation on Mare Island in search of Private W. W. Brown and George Walls of tho United States marine corps, who last night made a successful dash for liberty from the barracks where they were held for general court- martial as deserters Razor Talk Lands . ‘ Husband in Jail All is not peace and harmony in the household of B. C, Clark, 27, 212 22nd ave. He argued with his wife, She left. He asked her back. She refused. He talked razor fight. 4Now hi [Relief Workers Murdered! |From Window Dead Deny Seattle Jap License to Marry White Employe SPOKANE, Feb. 4 Spokane with ployer, ~Coming to her Japanese em & Seattle merchant, in order to wed, a white girl was turned down at the county auditor's office because the clerk doubted her age. ‘The couple now Is attempting to obtain data from the coast to prave the girl eligible to a Heense. Their names are |] here. FIVE MEN OUT not known Complete Massacre Panel by Friday BY CLEM J, RANDAU May |(United Preas ff Correspondent) GRAYS HARBOR COURTHOUSE Montesano, 4.—Probabllities that two more days will see the com pletion of the selection of the 12 reg: ular and two alternate jurors to try the Ceptralia murder case seemed very bright when the trial was re- |sumed here today. opening statement for the | prosecution, setting forth the facts |concerning the case which the state will seek to establish, will be present ed by Prosecutor Herman Allen, of | Lewis county, Friday, it is believed. | Seven peremptory challenges may neys. Five were used yesterday to jeliminate as many temporary jurors |from the box. The following men | Were chosen to take their places: | I. H. McMurray, teamsten, Aber- | deen, E. EB, Sweltzer, farmer, Oakville. Alfred B. Currier, electrician, Ho: quiam, W. E. Inmon, farmer and woods- man, Elma, Currier did not last the day out in the box, however, being unseated by peremptory challenge by the prose- cution. ‘ The fifth place, vacated by Robert | L Stetoe, was not permanently filled when court adjourned last night, Much time was lost yesterday, when Attorney Vanderveer chal- lenged Talesman Walker, on the ground that he was not the man of that name summoned by the sher- iff, After taking the testimony of the county treasurer and assistant county auditor relative to the prop- jerty and residence of Walker, the |ehallenge was denied by Judge Wil son. The examination of Walker will be resumed today. He admitted his op- position to all labor and capital or- ganizations yesterday, and said he Was opposed to the I. W. W. in par- ticular, | Druggists were kept busy again }last night, supplying remedies to | persons suffering from the epidemic of influenza current in this commun- ity. Some Aopbf a to the ability of Bert Bland, one of the prisoners, to |attend court today, because of influ- jenza symptoms, will be cleared up | by an examination of Dr. J. H. Fitz, |county health officer, Sullivan ‘Aiding | I. W. W. Prosecution MONTESANO, Feb. 4.—Jehn Sulli- |van, of Seattle, formerly national vice commander of the American Le- gion, is aiding the prosecution of 13} alleged I. W. W. charged with ert: } inal syndicalism, on triat here be- fore Superior Judge Ben Sheeks. | “The general charge against these men is membership in the I. W, W jorganization,” .Special Prosecutor Sylvan) told tha tulesmen jailed, to the Yury pi Mahof 1 C ‘ | Ralph Pierce, of Seattle, is repre- | senting the defendants, six of whom | are at liberty on $500 bail h. Bares Newberry 8 | ‘Campaign Tactics' | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich,, Feb. 4.— The Newberry senatorial campaign in Michigan was confessedly a “bar- |rel, campaign,” according to testt- |mony in the trial of Senator Truman, )H,' Newterry’ and 134 aides on eleo- | tion fraud charges here today. Frederick Cody, eastern manager for Senator Newberry, told James | Swineheart, New York, that New- berry was to “make it a barrel cam- paign,” the latter testified. Woman Who Leaped | Delirious to the end, Miss Anna | Nelson, 20, who jumped from a win- |dow at 1306 E. Union st. Saturday night, while ill, died in the city hos- pital Tuesday, The body is at Bon- ney-Watson's, Flu Hits Judge of Police Court Police Judge John B. Gordon was confined to his home with flu Wed- nesday. His bench is being filled during his absence by Attorney Phillip Tworoger. A Good Resolution I resolve to purchase a Home or a Real Estate investment this spring. Start early. Turn to Classified Page today. OF JURY BOX SOVIET | BY RAYMOND CLAPPER | | Soviet Russia tod lopening of trade |with the United States. ay asked for The |overtures were made by Lud-| wig C. A. K. Martens, Soviet representative, in a statement lations sub-committee. Martens said there have al- jready been negotiations be- }tween Soviet and American yet be exercised by opposing attor-! representatives with regard) understandings will be to peace. willingness to enter a binding agree- |ment of mutual non-interferenc | | international affairs at a conference ARREST SIX IN MURDER PROBE Down by Assassins CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—Michaeb Car- in connection with the Maurice ("Moss") leader; late yesterday. Tim Mur- phy, labor leader, was arrested, but established an alibi. Police reserves were rushed into the stockyards and Englewood dis- tricts today to guard against out- break of: a,)labor war. hérenth df ‘Baright wet be on the trail of the slayer, seek- ing revenge, police said. The list of suspects under \arrest continued to grow during the day. Enright was shot to death with a siwedoff shofeyn. 7 Ennight (wis pobvibtes in 1912 of murder but was unconditionally par- doned by Edward F. Dunne, then governor. He has been connected with the plumbers’ union as busi- ness agent and secretary. Obly [lagt | Year | Ennight | was wounded in a gun fight following the clash of opposing factions at a meeting of the union. Enright was wealthy, He was killed as he was driving up to the door of his residence late yesterday. His adgsallanta escapéd ‘in a black automobile. Ratification Soon, “WASHINGTON, ' Fev. , 4.—Treaty atificatién' within two weeks rire next Monday i& fhe Pah ot republid- an leaders in the senate, ‘They are prepared to adopt cloture, if necessary, to bring it about. Dem ocratic assistance in the passage of an amended cloture rule, has been promised, . ‘ ‘ Wilson Discusses - Treaty Situation WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—-Presi- dent’ Wilson and Secretary Tumulty today had a long talk about the treaty situation, it was learned at the White House, Tumulty, it was understood, gave the president a full report on the outlook in the new treaty fight which will start next Monday, when the pact goeg.on the senate floor for debate, 1,000 L. A. Homes Under Quarantine LOS ANGELES, F 4.—More than 1,000 homes he are under quarantine for influenza, City Health Commissioner L. M. Powers an- nounced today, Early today 65 new cases of influ- enza were reported, and yesterday the new cases numbered 391. How- ever, the death rate is low. 590 “Flu” Cases Reported in Week Influenza cases reported at the city hospital up to noon Wednesday brought the total for the week up to 690, There were 70 reported Western ave. Tuesday, A whole new cases totaled 209. At the county health bureau the total in the county outside the city was reported as 177, including 10 new cases reported Wednesday. Ten pneumonia cases were reported at noon, HUDSON BAY CO. will bulla auxiliary schooner to ply to Far North trading posts next summer, TH LAT TO SENATE Ml Reds Anxious to Open Relations With America; Says Agreement Would Be Rigidly Respected relations| |before the senate foreign re-| The soviet government stated its) ses | Chicago Labor Man Shot ozzo, president of the Street Clean- ers’ union, and five other suspects were held by the police here today ot Gunmen ad- known’ to Senators Planning| Eq (h TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE “ENVOY” at Stockholm in January, 1919, be (United Press Staft Corteepondent) | teen & soviet amet named Lathe WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.— |noff and Secretary Buckl | American embassy in London, |said. ‘This attitude was in March, 1919, he asserted. In all, 16 peace proposals have |been made by the soviet govern ment to the United States and ak lied nations, Martens said. AYS AGREEMENT | WOULD BE (KEPT x on Martens promised that any under — standing arrived at will be scrupu+ lously observed by his government. “I want to say that the economic” interests of Soviet Russia are | sut- | Gieient binding guarantee tat “It is in the in- terest of Soviet Russia to b |and maintain economic fs |between Russia and the | States. It is clear that any | standing of thip or any other el ‘ter must be kept inviolate by Russian soviet government,” much as the United States be free to break off economic # lations in case of non-compliance,” This desire to tions, Martens said, was fore two American journalist were in Soviet Russia recently who obtained “specific ut on this point from Mr. Lenine sonally One of thege;men, Martens has a signed statement from offering explicit guarantees the “soviet government me interfere with the internal” | Martens stated. U or es di reached and representatives of Jnited States have cont interfere in Russian internal fairs,” Martens said, “the government on the other hand has acted as if such an agreement hi been teachedy’ tye m4 at ot oe eee » NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Five | surrounded by a staff of and stenographers, comfortably ing the entire fourth floor of 32 © fices at 136 Liberty New are'on the’ alert for a long-di telephone call. On the alert, but, the same time, extraordinarily b They have waited for that call | nearly three years. When it comes, and it is iw 4 {ry ot it will tell el that the i tes, fol A lead of the allies, has nen eae bargo against the Russian G ative. As central rings off there slide noiselessly into operation elaborately prepared mechanism the greatest buying campaign conducted by a single organi in the history of this country, 1 uying campaign which, with an order for $2,000,000 wort of shoes for immediate delivery, | probably ‘reach the billion da iar {mark WRhin ‘the next few months, | For these five men, known as |‘‘the American committee of All-Russian Co-operative,” di their quiet, scholarly appearance, are thé Big Five of the Ri f People’s Big, Business, the Ne York buying and credit agents for 80,000,000 consumers, organized in Russia in five great departments and 50,000 local societies, on the ~~ principle ‘service to all, service from all, and profit to none.” Sue Grocer for y Gas Explosion Alleging they sold her small daughter, Helen, a can of gasoline mistaking it for kerosene, causing an explosion in her home January 11, Mrs, Clara Miller started suit in superior court Wednesday to recover | $200 damages from John Blair and — | James Whittendale, grocers at 1725 Yesler way. . A Ask Six U. S. Ships * for Pacific Allocation of six of the shij board's new 17%-knot Y ships to the Pacific 8, 8. Co, operation out of Puget been asked by A. F, Haines, president, now in Washin mH was reported at local offices Wednes day, Pershing Crowd ‘ af Oe Opposed to War © Altho the apartment house at 1120 15th ave. is known as the Pershing apts, tenants object to the boys playing war in the street, Mra, J. hoy occupant, complained Wednes- lay. ‘ SHIP! BOARD'S oll station at Manila is nearly ready for oper- ation, United States merchant ves- sels have been compelled to oll at - British Oriental stat da the *