The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 12, 1920, Page 1

Despondent over his plight, E. W. Smith » 27, alleged ra plosive expert of a gang of four accused cracksmen, twice attempted suicide in the county jail during the night and | Was in serious condition at the jail hospital Thursday A jagged piece of glass, smuggled in to Smith in EM Weather Tonight and Friday, fair; gentle easterly winds, Forecast {ilk _ VOLUME 22. _NO. 299. -_———_—— mysterious way attempts. He ending his life by a jailer. he w jand la pla added out his neck Smith has served sentences least a fi r imprisonment. ha Si Conviction ashed his throat but was restrained from a jailer, hearing the commotion, saved him. Altho he suffered from loss of* {blood his injuries were not as serious as at first thought| Walla penitentiaries, in Folsom, again will r He is held with und Hi. in at On the Issvie of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Sqoond Clase Mattor May 2, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash __ SEATTLE, WASH., The Seattle Star under the Act of Congress March 2, 1879, Ver Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 192 ARY 12, 1920, Salem and Walla was the first instrument used in his death|and was making an effort to hang himself, when once again| pending investigation of the blowing of safes of the Inde- ~ pendent Fuel Co. and the Blackstone Lumber Co. Both jobs netted a large quantity of gasoline checks, checks bearing cent sale of the led to the arrests by Detect inan and Ralph Jon LATE EDITION ; Re egistered serial numbers ~ Yoris, Claude Fortner, ll _ TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE _ iv Postoffice Vault Robbed by Yegg TCC oc CoE CL CLIC LLL CLNLLS LM. | || AS IT SEEMS TO ME ETH DANA a FO PHERE have been millen- | * a niums tn the world’s his tory, Periods when man | kind loved rather than hated; rejoiced rather mourned; gave rather than a; believed in the brother. of man, and practiced it a millennium was wit- in the yegr 999 A. D., when Christian world believed the y of judgment was at hand. “At midday the prisons were to the houses of the nobility, to sit at table, and senators their wives washed their feet. “We are all sinners, people iid, ‘and have nothing to boast plane—that day in July, 1790, when the nation Dias the Feast of I saw bishops, court generals, monks, nuns, ty ladies, workmen, sailors, tmen and street girls leveling ground with hoes and spades. iy the king himself made up ‘hls mind to join in the work. That ‘was the greatest feat of equaliza- which mankind has carried @ut; the hills were made low and valley filled. At last the great tre of liberty was ready. At the alter of the Fatherland a fire perfumed wood was kindled, and Talleyrand, bishop of Autun, with | @ retinue of 400 white-robed priests, “All was forgiven and forgotten. Halt a million people collected in ‘one place, animated by one spirit, | felt themselves that day to be | brothers and sisters. We wept, we | fell in each other's arms, we kissed each other. We wept to think what wretches we had been and /how good and amiable we now were.” | I mean, by citing these two mil- | tenniums, merely to show that man—cynica!l, selfish, sordid man has within him the germ of erhood, and can, en masse, h angelic heights and live for hour as Christ lived; loving his ighbor as himself, full of good s, filled with the spirit of | God, which is love. ) What man has done, man may Go again. ° 'M SORRY some musical folks extracted misery mq from my Tuesday's col- 3] ournn, where I referred to promoters who chaper- time will give to the railroad workers his anewer to their demands for im- mediate wage increases, which they have been preasing in negotiations with Rail Direetor Hines. These ne gotiations have been in progress since February 3. The delegates will see the president ax he sits in his wheel chair in the White House gardens. Bert M. Jewell, head of the Amert- can Federation of Labor railway de- | partment, today was named chair- man of the committee of three to meet President Wilson, Other members are J. E. Manion, of the Railway Telegraphers, and Tim- othy Shea, of the Firemen and En ginemen. ENT TO STUDY NDS OF WORKERS Before meeting the railroad men, the president will study the whole wage controversy, which was pont- pened Iast summer, when he request- ed the men to give the government's fight to bring down living costs q chance to show rewults. A written report covering the en- tire controversy will be delivered to him today Following the announcement that the president would meet the rail men personally, Secretary Lansing |admitted that he had called off all! cabinet meetings until further no-| tice. It was recalled that the eabi-| net handled the coal strike, and the | | lealling off of the bi-weekly meetings | wan regarded aa showing the presi dent's decision to handle the-railway controversy alone, + Union leaders today were not op timiatic over the probability of their! gaining from the president their com: | plete demands. Officials, however, believed they would prevent a railroad strike. SHOP EMPLOYES GO ON WITH STRIKE PLANS President W. G. Lee, of the Broth: | erhood of Railroad Trainmen, tele phoned Director General Hines’ of- | fics y today, and asked for a con: | |ference. Lee has given Hines formal notice that hie union wishes to ter-| minate its present contract Febru Putting the wage question up to Wilson will not cause cancellation of the strike order, effective Tues- day, already sent to 300,000 members of the United Brotherhood of Main \Pastor Sued by Husband of Secretary indignantly ~ Denying, Asks Divorce SAN PRANCISCO, “Your loving, begging John,” was the way Rev. John F. Poucher, resigned pastor of the Central Meth odist church here, ed himself in letters to Mra, Irma Smeltzer, says her husband, William G. Smeltzer, a Feb. 123— rancher, in a $50,000 alienation suit, | charging that while his wife was act- | ing as church secretary, she lost her heart to the minister Following indignant denials by both, Mra, Smeltzer has filed divorce act ainst Smeltzer. The members of Poucher’s church do not believe the charges, and ac- cepted tho latter's redignatiqn pniy because he insisted. The jor'es wife also remains loyal to him Poucher’s friends say that the suit is instigated by because Mrs. Smeltzer ref to a ranch and live with t Smeltzer, # his wife and Poucher were f tly seen together at Los Angel resorts, another charge that is rously denied by both the minis ter and Mra, Smeltzer, GABY DESLYS IS ol to gO She) Smeltzer’s parents, | complaint, | FIND $15,000 GEM STOLEN BY HOLD-UPS Thrown Into Mud and Dis- covered by Seattle Man; Search for Jewels Prospecting for diamonds was the chief diversion Thursday of real- dents in the vicinity of 26th ave. and FE. Pine st, following the dis covery of m $15,000 gem by RA Cook, of 1420 35th ave. in the aneer| street in front of his Cook also found 4 diamond-studded | watch. Watch and gem were part) of the loot *tolen from Cyril C, Cohen | rs, Minn Ruth Cohen | and Mrs, Joseph Dans, by two rob who held them up Tuesday eve nok firet found the Cohen car, }@ Ford, in which the robbers fled. | | Later he searched the ground about) the spot where the ayto stood, and! recovered the big diamond and the | | watch, Two uncut diamonds and a! | diamond-atudded wedding ring re! main unrecovered ‘Spurred by’ the success. of Cook, | other persons began hunting for the remaining gems Thursday. It is) supposed the robbers threw the! goms away, thinking them “phoney.” 72 New Cases of Flu Are Recorded With the flu epidemic fast awina-! ling, the number of new cases re ported at the city hospital for the }iast 24 hours up to noon Thursday was None was reported in the county outside the city. Mrs, Maud M. Heckman, 6036 30th ave. N. ©, died of Mu at the city | hospital early Thursday morning. J B. Pinard, 60, a grocer living at 1604) Fourth ave, died late Wednesday | night of the same disease. ~ Tobacco| “but they'l| to hell to spit." Take} Svangelist “Bony” Bull ) iw holding revival services her Pedestrians l 68 | Hit by Autos This Year | Mise Edna Green, 21, 917 Baat lake ave., is in the city hospital Thursday, suffering body bruises and cuts, She was knocked dow at Bastlake and Howe st. by ney driven by W. C. Yahnoe, en ave, and Howe st. The ma chine passed over her without a wheel touching her Pedestrians Hit by Actos | 60) | This Year | Alma Cornelis, 4003 8. was badly bruised |} | SPOKANE, Feb. s can go to heaven, Miss Bighth ave. S THE YEARS ROLL BY, bringing perspective, understanding and ripened judgment, we are coming to see that to Abraham Lincoln belongs the glory of being the typical spirit of this new nation. And today ’round the world men are coming to see that Lincoln embraced within the soul of him those vital qualities that have set apart the few real masters of the race. For mastership comes not by inlght, not’ by mental spirit for the public weal; sacrifice to a great ideal; sacrifice without vainglory,- without hope of reward, attainment, but without desire for it. * * TRIKE UP 10 WILSON not by conquest. the sacrifice in Sanee EROES, PHILOSOPHERS, master musicians ereloloy 17eoooeeaewe ofojojo oe) oo} THEY DO IT ON $140 AMONTH But Fail to Provide for Some Emergencies Household budgets, chronicling monthly expenses in a scientific manner, continue to pour into the of. fice of the King county fair price committee, Miss Ethel Dean, secre tary of the campaign to make mar riage safe for young couples, will use the budgets in an attempt to formu: late a practical working budget tor| | two people living on $150 per month One budget received Thursday di today are dead men. * * * IND, NO MATTER HOW BRILLIANT, no mat- ter how devoted, no matter how exalted in its concepts, does not save humanity. there is finally only one thing that saves humanity, and that is the loye that passeth all understanding, and this Lincoln had to the ultimate. And when the last gilt image of greatness is lost in the purple mystery where time joins eternity, still the white soul of Lincoin will shine as a star for stumbling sinners. DANA SLEETH peae o)ofofofofoletojojojofojofofo} President Surely Must Be Okeh Now If Work Is Sign WASHINGTON, Feb. 12- Prosident Wilson’ today showed how fur he had gone toward re- covery by Taking complete charge of rail- road wage controversy; Deciding to preside at the next cabinet meeting Appointing John Barton Payne secretary of the interior; Approving the sale of ex-Ger- man liners: oiding to accept an offer to honorary president of the an Olympic association. |Clear Weather Is and artists, and logicians we have had, but these Lincoln, Socrates, such spirits are more alive today than when they died, for they had a great love for their fellows; they had, a great vision of a clean world where injustice could not come, and they had a zeal for service that only death could hamper. & Indeed, PAYNE TO TAKE LANE’S OFFICE President Names Him Sec- retary of Interior eb. 12.—John ton Payne today was named sec- of the interior, "Payne, at present chairman of the | [shipping board, will sucéeed Frank- WASHINGTON, | | | | lin K. Lane, who leaves the office | March 1, |} The nomination of Payne will be sent to the senate today by Presi- |dent Wilson, it was announced at the W hite House, EAE) eee) of o[o] 5} Toward Seattle in High Powered Car Deputy sheriffs, police all Northwest cities and office inspectors were ling Thursday for |who blew open the vault \the Tolt postoffice early jday, a escaped with joo e yeggmen are | lieved to have used a powered auto to escape to | attle. found the place in co lable disorder. Plaster jfallen to the floor and pa | were strewn about in ¢ ion. » Sheriff Stringer was tied and Deputies Fred 4 Brown and Asa Lee were patched to ae scour county highways { trade! of the men: A’ large quantity of Savings stamps were looked by the They entered the crac! was used to blow the vai Tolt is nearly 25 miles tast of Kirkland on the § qualmie river about 12 below the falls, and is a r agricultural center. Want Taft to Be ° * University CINCINNATI, 0, Feb, jcampaign was under way here jday to bring William H. Taft, {mer president, back home as presi- jdent of the University of Cincinnati ” to succeed Charles W. Dabney, retin ling executive, Slain by Soldiers LONDON, Feb. 12—The Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspondent re ported today that Admiral Kolchak, former head of the all-Russian anti | Bolshevik government in Siberia, has been executed by his own troops. Aviator Starting ‘ Flight to Sea RIVERSIDE, Cal., Feb, 12— Albert Smith, of March field, left flying field shortly after 9:30 a, fi today for a flight from Jdivérside te | Seattle, by way of San Francisca Maj. Smith expects to make a land — ing at the Presidio in four hours aft er leaving here. He will remain in San Francisco overnight, leaving to- morrow for Seattle, There has been a lot” DEAD IN PARIS tenance of Way and Shop Employes, Vice President Malloy said today. “The only thing that will avert visiting artists. This was written in reply to a leriticlam that had appeared in a Doctor Is lhaemned | vided n salary of $140 as follows: Payment on home, food, $31.51; clothing repairs, $: light, | about the hips when an automo: |] bile driven by F. Sano, 502 Main l] at, struck her as sho stepped of talk about the closing — Predicted Again of the shipyards hurting Theoretically, Seattle's climate Tacoma paper from a Tacoma BManager; even a casual reading should have indicated that it had SM pousible reference to such an organization as the Seattle Ladies’ Musical club, or those who have pad charge of its seasonal pro- grams. Indeed, as this club has geually faced a deficit, and as Mrs. BM. A. H. Gottstein, in her work as 4 Manager, has received nothing but the satisfaction of a good work @M dora, my eriticisrn could be 9 ponsible stretching have been to cover either the club or its : it may be taken for granted that will do no injustice our strike ia the granting of our de- mands,” sic Mattoy—“A- cash wage advance is what our men want.” Malloy this morning sought a con ference with Hines to deliver a letter framed yesterday by the strike com- mittee of his union, The letter is in- tended to give Hines one more chaace to meet the demands of the union, Malloy said, Driver and Auto Caught on Train GREELEY, Colo., Feb. 12-—W. T. | Baton and his auto took a 1,175 foot |ride on the fender of a locomotive. | Eaton was slightly bruised, Actress Dies Following an Operation on Throat PARIS, Feb. 12.—Gaby actress and dan died in a hos. pital here late yesterday following an operation for an infection of the throat several weeks ago Gaby Deslys was widely known to| the American theatregoing public haying app tions in the the legitimate stage pictures. She gained notoriety about nine years ago when her name was coupled with that of Manuel, the de posed boy king of Portugal, Dealys, | red in many produc: | United States both on} and in motion| from a street car at Bighth ave. 8. and Andover st,, Wednesday Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year Mrs. J. Orth, hurrying to visit a sick friend, was crossing Mad- ison st, at Fourth ave. Thursday ing to catch a street car struck by an auto driven || rthur M, Burns, 3760 14th N. FB. She sustained a scalp wound, Burns said he took the injured woman home, |former crown prince, water, fuel and operating expenses, | $20.10; chureh, $9; recreation, educa tion and life insurance, $10.05; per sonal and music, $10.16, and ment on furniture, $25, A balance of $6.43 must be made to cover taxes, fire insurance and interest on mort wage assumed upon purchasing house, No provision is noted for dental or medical expanditures, BERLIN, Feb. 12--The former | kaiser has forbidden his son, the! to surrender | himself to the allies, and has re- quested the Dutch government to prevent such procedure, the Kreuz Zeitung anid today, ts | Friday, y:| server should be clear and fair tonight and but the old fog seems to according to Weather Ob- George N. Salisbury. “No break-up of the fog in sight yet,” Salisbury said Thursday. The mer- cury registered 32 degrees above zero at 8 o'clock Thursday mornink. She Offers Home to ' Woman Lost in Fog Mrs. Phoebe Hunt, the 80-year-old! Wowan found wandering around ona downtown street Jute Tuesday night, was offered a permanent home by Mrs. L. W. Detmer, 87th ave. and Bothell road, Thursday, 4 hang o1 of “Dope” Dealing Secretly indicted by the federal grand jury on 49 counts Thesday, Dr, Thomas P, Butler, 1549 W, 63rd st, is accused by internal revenue agent dispensing dope to addicts in wholesale quantities, it became known Thursday, More than 900 sales of morphine and cocaine are alleged to have been made by Dr, Butler, according to |records in the hands of the revenue officers, FALSE TEETH, gold filed, of fered for sale by Henry ie etiny and J, R. Ferguson, led to their > Attest, police @ald Thursday, business in Seattle. And it has been proven — that this city is too big for that to happen, * Business in Seattle is good However, among a popula. ion of 400,000, there are ak ways changes and opportuni tes Tor new business, Many good Investments offered you today on Cli tied Page.