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

{iit VOLUME 22. NO. 808. } AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH F YOU want to know how much you miss of the beauty of life every day you go over and spend couple of hours at the exhibit of the Fine Arts society, at 13 Fourth ave. Here ts given the work of local Notice some of those water col- Ore of the boats on Lake Union; look at some of the mountain and each scenes; observe the play of Might and shadow and color In the and the brown and pur. shadows of the great woods. & Little pictures of nature; litte ts to set down what nature over land and sea; won- § z i iff & type, of the same class, painted in Much the same style, but if the latter is not the better picture, I am, indéed, ignorant And is not “Bertha” a better Miniature than the one given hon- his “Boulders,” which received honorabie mention? HERE {w little exhibited a that is futuristic, and even that little fs under- standable, and, for the most part, pleasing. It in, on the whole, the record of earnest students, some of them achieving mastery of their medi- um; students honestly trying to put down what they saw; clean, hard-working, rightseeing paint- ers, getting a little of the glory fagt is Puget sound, on paper and vas, “Most of the exhibits are studies, not{}< more; snatches of a mood of f ure; but there is at least one pict > there that could enter any nath 4! salon without apology. ‘Tha » the stirring group of coni- fers sending to the gale at the icy top) ®t the world. That is more that/a picture of a place; It is the spirit of the grim, desolate peak. There is much in this exhibit that will endure, little that is banal or worthless. As a record of work earnestly done,it i# one that should give profound satisfaction to the exhibitors, for here is noth- ing cynical, blase, hectic, florid or decadent. Much of it carries the sign of a worker as yet not sure of himself, hut also much of it brings a breath of fresh hope and youthful brightness that is worth much. see N HONEST artist is ever dissatisfied; seeing clearly, he understands how futile his beet work iy beside infinite nature, but most of those whose work is shown at this exhibit need feel Nothing but a renewed resolve to Tonight and fair; gentle southerly winds, Forecast igs 4 iy On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Wednesday, SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 WOMAN ACCUS HE DENIES VISIT WITH DEFENDANT BULLETIN: The jury, that will decide the fate of Mrs. Anna Nemitz and her son, William Fay Ealy, charged with | the murder of ‘Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan of Puyallup, was final- ly selected at 2:40 p. m. today. | Mrs. Sophia A, Spilman, of 3907 Wallingford ave., threw! |the courtroom into a furore Tuesday morning at the trial jof William Fay Ealy when she declared the wife of a juror had told her she did not see how her husband could sit in| ‘the case as he was a friend of Mrs. Anna Nemitz, mother of | Ealy, who is charged jointly with the crime of murder. Mrs. Spilman had been called to the jury box to replace! | Juror W. W. Strafford, who had been excused by the de- ) . “Has anyone talked to you about this case?” asked Dep-| uty Prosecutor Patterson of nats jurymen to hear the testimony | and substitute for any of the regular that he was | against capital punishment “That is proper ground for the ask that the juror be ex- cused,” said Judge Ronald, “but 1 | have some doubt whether the defense | can object to a juror because he * doegn't believe in hanging.” | “Well, the lady was Mrs. Shaw,”| Prosecutor Patterson smoothed the; responded. | matter over by announcing that the There was a stir in the jury box. | state had no objection to Lewin be- Wittem. A. Shaw, of $316 43nd ave.| (Turn to Page 2, Column 3) | 8. ic rail Counsel objected that the matter was unes- Ealy Trial [JN the spectators’ benches a man recently discharged from the ‘pen- itentiary where he served seven | years for murder, and another tried! on a charge of murder several | weeks ago and acquitted, were seen) chatting together. | . . | QEVERAL young boys who slipped} At 10:45 tht jury list was exhaust-| into the back row benches to_ jed with one seat ntiii vacant. Judge|hear the case tried were ejected by| Ronald excused the 11 others with | Major J. 8. Jones, bailiff, who paces consent of counsel ufhtil 2 p, m.,| back and forth inside the entrance that they might not miss the oppor. | Keeping intruders out tunity to vote in the municipal elec- * 6° tion, He cautioned them that they| ARS. NEMITZ seemed pleased were to discuas the case with no one.| A¥when her husband, Robert H.| George W. Bryan, of Puyallup,|Nemitz, took a chair by her aide.| husband of the woman whose stran-| Several times they bent their hedds| sled body was found in the brush on | together, whispered and emiled. j Jones point, in the Mount Baker . Park district, the morning of Octo- ber 20, was present in the courtroom for the first time Tuesday. “I'm satisfied,” said Patterson. “I don’t care to question Shaw,” Fulton added. “It is quite possible Mra. Spilman Mr. HILE Judge Ronald's attention is centered on the questions of jcounsel and answers, he keeps con HUSBAND OF VICTIM stant vigil over the welfare of all SITS NEAR ACCUSED |present, Several times a day he Sad of face, he sat in a chair at) halts the trial that the windows may the end of the first row of specta-|be opened and the room thoroly tors, scarcely three paces from the|aired, “I don't want anybody get- Seattle Stylle Third of The Star’s snapshots of attractively dressed women on Seattle streets Nine times out of every ten black is very becoming to a | blonde. The young lady pictured here, wearing a full length black plush coat and a black fox fur, would readily qualify. | This street costume is set off by a jaunty little white tam | (plus a fluffy pompon) and black-buttoned white felt spats. DAISY HENRY. 7, 1920, boy and his mother who are accused of Mrs. Bryan's murder, Changes in the jury box took place rapidly during the morning until the venire was depleted, and| only Bert L. Swezea, prominent club- | man and president of the Pioneer| |Commerciat Printing Co., remained jon calt, Judge Ronald instructed }that more talesmen be summoned forthwith to court, that the case| might be resumed at 2 o'clock, Over the objection of defense coun- sel, the judge said he would insist upon qualifying one or two alter: ~~ eee eee keep striving, for their work is good. A musician may compose a sym: phony that seems to him a per- | fect expression of his thought and his emotions, but there never lived a painter who felt he had attained | perfection or painted the ultimate picture. All art is discouraging to its devotees; all art is largely incom- prehensible to the layman; but of all arts, the most discouraging, and the least comprehensible, is that of painting; of trying, with a gob of pigment, to breathe eternal life in to canvas, | So all artists are sorrowful in their maturity; and never more #0 than when they see an average crowd rubbing their unimaginative noses against the gilt frames at a salon, | drive ting flu,” he said. . jones WHEELER was greatly concerned Monday night. He was about to be locked tn the jury- room when he suddenly remembered he had left his auto standing on Fourth ave. “Let Mrs. Wheeler it home,” said Judge Ronald. eee ‘OUNG EALY and his mother, quite good looking people at jose range, take the trial seriously but show no trace of fear as to the outcome, ( EALY JURY Henneken, Mrs. Cornelia Barke ave. Mra. Sadie L. Davey, 4234 Third ave, 8. W. Mrs. Antonia Reinholdsten, 2506 N, 39th st. Fred Forcier, 5126 24th ave. N. K, H. D. Wheeler, 2212 Bastlake ave, John G. Rosenberg, Riverton, —) Harry J. Kingsbury, 1811 46th ave. N, Clark M. Gallup, 2329 334 ave. &. William A. Shaw, 6315 424 ave. Ss. Ww. C. A. Jones, 6202 46th ave. 8. Mra. Lena Kellogg, 3724 12th ave, N. BE. George ¥. Foster, 6'14 65th ave, 8. 4106 If the lady in the picture will come to The Star’s editorial reome and identify herself she will receive two tickets to “Pollyanna,” at the Wilkes. ADM, BENSON IS WIFE IS SHOT; SHIPPING HEAD Retired Naval Man Will Be Chairman of U, S. Board |Young Portland Woman Is Found Dead in Bed PORTLAND, Feb. 11—Police and deputy sheriffs today are searching jfor Russell Clark, With three bullet holes in her body, his wife was found |dead in her home Iast night. Clark jhas not been seen since 11 o'clock Monday morning. ‘The young woman was found in her bed, the body being clad only in a light gown, stockings and slippers, and officers believe she was killed |Just after rising yesterday morning. Neighbors report the Clarks had frequent quarrels, ‘The husband is an automobile dealer. eee | Admiral W. 8, Benson, retired, will be the new chairman of the United | States shipping board, it was an- | nounced today at the White House. | Benson was chief of naval opera- |tions during the war, 4 position cor- responding to that of chief of staft in the army ‘The nomination of Benson will not be sent to the senate until John Bar. ton Payne, who is to become secre. | tary of the interior, has had a chance to clean up pending business. This} PORTLAND, Feb, 17.—"I have may take from four to #ix weeks, | \illed myself. ‘You will find my body | a “ Jon King's heights," | BYRONS-COMPYNS land fraud| A posteard bearing that messago case way resumed. in’ the United /and signed by Russell Clark, suspect- States district court here ‘Tues-|ed slayer of his wife, was received day. by Chief of Police Jenkins today, | _ SEEK HUSBAND) The Seattle Star Entered as Second Clase Matter May 2, 1599, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $6 to $9 fe ie five Hin MISSING TH INAL DITION Ee Foe ES EALY JUROR! ‘PUZZLED BY _ THEFT CASE Boards Motor Car, Rides to Hotel, Then Discovers Diamonds Gone Police detectives were asked Tuesday afternoon ‘to recover $3,000 diamonds, set in a plati- num brooch Le anegigee 4 disappeared at 1:45 p,m. wi | Mrs. E. J. McWhirter, of Walls Walla was riding In » taxicab | from Third ave. and Union st. | to the Frye hotel. | Mra. McWhirter, whose husband loperates a string of coast dru, | stores, reported to her husband thi {abe was wearing the brooch when |she boarded the taxteab. “When she reached the hotel the lbrooch was gone.” McWhirter told the police. “A thoro search of the |taxicab was made, but without suc jcast. My. rife to at a lone to explain what happened to the Jewels.” Police believe that only a clever ) thief could have obtained the jewels mediate attention. The brooch, it was reported, had been made by ‘Tiffany of New York, or by the Star Jewelers of New York. G0 ARE RESCUED FROM ICE PERIL Ship Is Released From Im- prisonment in Floes F., Feb. 147. Prospero, ‘The coastal steamer with 6 reached Twillingate last night after being locked in ice flees for 200 miles northwest of St. Johns, ‘ eee BOSTON, Feb. 17.—United Press.)—No further word has been received from the United States shipping board steamer ed Mountain, which was re- ported in distress about 1,000 miles east of New York, accord- ing to officers at the Chartes- ton navy yard here. SOVIET ENVOY DEFIES SENATE WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 Press.)-—-Ludwig C. A. K. Martens. soviet representative in the United States, today defied the senate | foreign relations sub-committee and refused to disclose secret Instructions from his government. These documents have been hidden, he said, and he declined to disclose their location. Some have been destroyed, he said. Martens was cross<uestioned for the first time by Wade H. Ellis, at- |torney for the committee. | “Do you still refuse to submit your instructions and correspondence, se- cret and otherwise?” Ellis asked, “I do,” Martens replied. “We can- not reveal our secret code, “Have you destroyed any of these documents?” “Not very many, them.” | | ST. JOHNS, N. | only part of Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year 116 A bruised kneecap and a slight cut on the nose are the extent of George Dolph’s Injuries as the re- sult of being struck by an auto driven by Frank W. Vance, 4150 night at Whatcom ave. and Mas- sachusetts st. Dolph lives at 905 . Pedestrians “| Hit by Autos A. Silver, Stewart hotel, report. ed to police Tuesday that an auto- to Will B. Albert, 7318 Ninth ave. N. W., kept on going after knock: James #t., Monday night. silver was uninjured, 45th ave. 8. W., shortly after mid- Fairview ave, A This Year 7] mobile bearing the license issued ing him down at Third ave, and (United | | j | | | e for Polls open until SF ayvor 2gera andidate for all the peoph [BIG VOTE POLLED; | thruout the city was responsible for the expeditious balloting, according to Chief, Deputy Comptroller James P. Agnew. Under the supervision of Thomas Irving and a corps of assistants, voting machines which were put out of commission early in the day be- cause of faulty use by voters, were speedily repaired. By a peculiar coincidence, the firet CLOSED BY FLU 70 New City Cases Re- ported This Morning Total cases recorded... Total in city ....... County, outside city Deaths .. ‘The influenza fight in King coun- ty centered in Cherry Valley, Tues- day, where schools were closed by local boards at Snoqualmie, Du- vall, Novelty and Tolt. Authorities at Kent have asked permission of County Health Commissioner G. H. T. Sparling to close the school there, | but he refused to ratify such action. Pleasant Hill school opened Closing of schools Is in direct op- {position to the wish of Dr. Spar ling. “The children are better in school than roaming about outside, if teachers will only obey the health| rules sent out," he said Tuesday. | “When schools are closed without | permission of the health commission: | er they will not receive their per} diem allowance. ‘This action is sus: | tained by an opinion of Prosecutor | Frea C, Brown,” John B. Anderson, state commis. sioner of health, indorses Dr, Spar- ling’s stand in favor of keeping the schools open. There were 19 new cases of flu reported to Dr. Sparling Tuesday morning, Seventy new cases were reported in the city up to noon, She’s Had a of the Warm Walk) SOUTHAMPTON, Feb, 17,—“I walked thru hell with you for two. years. Now I think you better take a little walk on your own account," Mrs, Edith Whitaker informed her husband, Then she handed him chloroform, He took it. Youths Arrested for Shooting Craps Nine youths, two of whom were 14 years old, were in the city jail Tuesday as the result of their brief experience Monday night with a pair of dice, Patrolmen stopped the game at 1317 Seventh ave. | has been re- i 70,000 IS FORECAST | | IN ELECTION TODA without attracting the wearer's im-/ city comptroller night. Inventor Robbed: He Buried Money at | His hands and arms jlashed about his bod rope and wire, Frank Wil |spoon, who claims to be @ jinventor, was found by po |late Monday night at ¥ ave. and Jackson st. Witherspoon eaié ne had held up and robbed by two the highway inbound from |The robbers bound him, he ‘turned him Joose. He had . the city ‘with his hands ted fearing to etop at a farmhouse for ‘aid thinking he might be sate for a robber himself at. that hour, named Huntley and had expected. get about $6,000 in Liberty and cash as payment H gave him $1,200, he said, whi buried near Renton on. the way Seattle, fearing he might be h After leaving Renton his a bile became balky. He finally forced to abandon the machi said, and started to hike the ing distance when he was the two men, a tall one and a one. They had obtained $25, he Witherspoon said he had a Clyde, living in Seattle, wo a driver for the Seattle company. Pel discharged, when they were ed a hearing before Co R. W. McClelland tate ernoon, The women were ¢ with the possession of more 20 quarts of whisky. Two armed bandits held wu; J. F. Vandervort, Sterling nen aa Queen Anne ave. and John st,, midnight, and relieved her. of. Both men wore white handl for masks :