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

Tonight rain; Temperature in Last Maximum—0, Minimum—4t2. Today noon—49, VOLUME 22. NO. 824 bx Weather and moderate southerly winds, Saturday, ™ Hours On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise. TheSeattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash.. SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MARCH, 12, 1920. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879. ’ -PLANNING NIGHT SESSION AT MONTESANO 0s Per Year, by Mati, TWO CENTS IN SEATION) «SR AS IT SEEMS | | TO ME DANA SLEETH EARNEST, sincere and somewhat militant lady writes me that if I am going after the cruel fur trade, I will have to go After the doctors who cut up live ats, and hoptoads, and frogs, and things; and after the packers who Kill calves, and thereby cause Mother cows great distress, and @fter the men who go down to the fea in boats and cruelly catch small fish with sharp hooks, And she figures that by the time T have carried out this program I will be canned. I agree that if I _ fan amuck that way, I would de- @erve canning—mayhap pickling, Smoking and dehydration as well. I have no objection to the fur trade whatever. I merely remind €d the fair critics who scored my tomeat gloat that they were per Petuating cruelty by their cra for fur, and that the pot and the kettle should be able to get along together on the pantry shelf. Those who must sigh and sob Will find enough cause in this bloody old world of ours, without going so far afield as a grief- Stricken cow. I never saw a grief- “Stricken cow, but there may be some. I am not a vegetarian. I like pork chop and a mutton chop, ven if it's not mutton, but rather ora, I respect the fine sensibilities of | Yegetarians. I can understand the » Brahmins, who wil! not even kill a | poisonous snake, because it may be the embodiment of their maternal aunt, who died 40 years back, but | that doesnt mean that I'm going "to lay off of rattlesnakes, fleas, Woodticks, the tribe of cumex, or the, predatory cockroach z eee OME hearts are so soft that they squash. And it is a peculiar type of intelligence that ‘would justify the wear | ing of crucified muskrat pelts be- ‘@ause father orders tenderloin. If the natural order is the one ie Of truth, then the lower was cre [fs Sted for the sustenance of the up 1) per, ana probably @ man has as “uch right to his lamb chop as we i the wolf has; and the mutton has F © the right to the tender, pretty ) grasses, growing so innocently be- | pide the path; and the flea has his Proper field of activity, and, in turn, serves some other hungry en- tity. ) From top to bottom of the ladder of life, the various rungs fit in, “each below the other, each as & “step in the general purpose, and ‘perhaps the lesser animals, as the nts, were given for the nourish ment of man, Else what use are 2 If the world was created for a purpose—and purposeless creations ‘gare infrequent—the sole purpose would seem to be the development ‘of humanity from the lowest Destial cave-man order to a pitch ‘of being a “little lower than the angels.” Unless one holds to the animal goul theory; unless one believes ) that man is of no more importance in the scheme of things than the J evolution of field mice, or the sal Tyation of sea crabs, the other things and creatures are justified ‘only by their use in man’s devel ‘opment, La, i ERTAINLY we can agree that while millions of babies perish for lack of food; while millions of mothers work Uke Deasts in the field; while entire ‘races are sunk beneath the waves of depravity, wrong living, wrong thinking—th is field enough for our sympathies, and our mon fey, and our labor, without cuddling playing wet nurse f@ nanny goat or to a tumble bug. I deplore needless suffering, not ‘po much because of the pain ft igives animals, as because of the prutalizing effect it has on men; Jand the relief of these domestic an- Simals that help bear our burdens, ind their painless death when ath is met, are most worthy ac vities for humanitarians, Pgut the hides of ten thousand lgs, ake mot enough to balance the Miose of one tiny prattler who is Kicked out of life because of man's ‘{nhumanity to man. fo I’m not going to bind up broken-hearted crustaceans, nor comfort sobbing whales, nor sit up nights and smooth the fretful Mbrow of a sick bull calf. Such en ergy a8 I have I'm going to give : to poor, de! afflicted, brow. beaten, eter hopeful and eternally disappointed humanity men, women and let the dead cats bury their dead, If Bars Are Down If the state legislature lets down the bars to general legislation, labor twill ask for a program of laws “necessary for relief of/the workers.” This was announcement made in [plate federation bulletin toda Police Asked to Find Missing Man}! Disappearance Wyke, 4 23-year-old O..W. trucker ‘was made known to the police F day. Pyke was a returned soldier a ed at 1113 Seventh avg, Bans nt as a purchaser of coal during red Thursday. the war, | |Gustaf Nelson Is | today by ‘FRAME-UP,” SAYS FATHER OF GIRL IN DIVORCE CASE He Knows Irene Has Done Nothing Wrong, Despite Mrs. Kruse’s Story Trene Crane, the 19-year-old auburn-haired girl named by Mrs. Carl F. Kruse, of the | Castle apartments, 2132 Sec- ond ave., as the one who broke ‘up her home, is being shel- tered today in a tiny cabin, deep in the forest back from Des Moines. FINDS A HOME: Here, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Crane hardy plo isactbiies |neera have hewn out a home in the Adopted by Well-to-Do Bel- | ory er, r ieee ey ae ee iestien ot lingham Family | girl who, they say, Is the v }@ frameup by stool-pigeons, | tives and a jealous wife. FATHER AND DOG MEET | VISITORS AT THE GATK Baby Smith, the “problem child,” has been adopted by a well-to-do fam. | fly tn Bellingham, her mother eaid| Endeavors to see the girl yester- Friday. jday, to get from her the details of ‘When the little gtrt was born six|the “frame-up” into which she tx do- weeks ago its parents decided to give |Clared to have been innocently drag: her up to some family who could af-| ed, were vain. ford to give her an education, mee Her father, a lean, Abraham Lin in straightened circumstances them. |Coln-type of woodsman, with long, selves with two other children to/ spare limbs and a face that is tanned raise. and weather beaten, met all visitors ‘fhru The Star the Bellingham fos|*t the gate, beyond which no one ter parents were found. There were | Passed—her father and hts dog. many other applicants. “She is not there,” he said, mo- “T'm sure they will give her love | tioning with a gaunt arm towards the and good care,” ‘the mother said,| little house that sits 100 yards back after the child had gone. “They have |‘? the clearing. a good home and plenty of money| “What is your business?” he asked, and say they will educate her well. | directly, stepping outside the gate I want to thank everybody for doing |®4 bolting it. “Well, I'm sorry. She » |isn’t here just now, She has been wae ee |here, but has gone. Perhaps we'll jecome into town together tomorrow. } There are some things in this case I want to look Into.” Speedy Work Stops Fire in Hospital | "77! (er aeuinst SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 12.—| fence, and stretched his Defective wiring caused a small fire|aiong the top rail. The Peto ts in the Mater Misericordiae hospital | rier sprawled at his feet. at 10 o'clock this morning. Quick | NOTHING WRONG—SHE action of firemen with chemical at |W: AS JUST A LITTLE FLOWER paratus prevented the blaze fro spreading to a store room filled with | paints, oil and grectins. t fou see,” he went on, |} Means a lot to me. I'm an old-timer |here. I know a lot of people in Seat |tle and in Tacoma. ‘They know who I am, and the kind of a man I am. And they know Irene. I’m not done Held for Killing with ‘this business yet ALEXANDRIA, Minn. March 12.) “I have had talk with the girl, | A warrant charging Gustaf Nel-|and I know there was nothing wrong | son, son-in-law of United States Sen-|—that she wasn't ator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota,| wrong. ‘When she went to Seattle to with manslaughter was issued here | work, she was just like a little flower: District Attorney Walter | a little, soft thing that would be easy Jacke. Nelson is alleged to have | for some kind of people to pick. shot killed Joseph Middleton, a farm | “T've heard these things about her er, in a quarrel yesterday. A charge | being mixed up in this affair, of second-degree murder against Nel-| I'm going to town to look around a son was dismissed late last night. ttle for myself. And when I find hk who's—well, then the girl will have a chance to explain her side.” Berger Wins Stay | Crane looked down at his Airedale of Court Sentence |2"4 kick« CHICAGO, March 12.—Sentenced Meer BE on January 23 of last year to serve 20-year sentences for obstructing the . FRAM) iT TO HAVE A ¢ he's been framed up on, and she |araft, Victor Berger and four other nt to have a chance to tell ths: aeaaare cteinel’ another See that dog? Both his front legs continuance Thursday when the! » broken—see?” case came up for hearing before the| It was apparent that the bones had U. S. court of appeals. been set and the legs had healed. ‘The five affected are: Berger, the| “Well, sir, you couldn't buy that Rev. Irvine St. John Tucker, J. Louis |4og. He used to belong to General Engdahl, Adolph Germer and Will-| Green, over at Camp Lewis. Got run | ‘am Kruse. jover and his legs broken. They were going to kill him, but I got him. 1 carried him 11 miles in my arms \Says Hun Whispers | Best dog T ever saw “Well, so-long. I'll mee you about {Many Arrests Are Expected | | Labor Wants Laws| f Charles Emmett | see i-|the Le the other matter later will have @ look around.” Affected U. S. Navy| WASHINGTON, March 12. —| but first 1 Ch department | ee was a victim of German propaganda were made by Admiral W ms Kruse Must Pay for before a senate naval sub-committee Wife’s Apartment! today Carl F. Kruse, proprietor of th This propaganda misled the de-| pure Food Shop, must pay his wife's partment into a misconception of| apartment rent while her suit for di the problem of defending the Amer-|yorce is pending, Judge A. W. Frater jean coast during the war and pre-| decreed Friday, Mra, Kruse's motion vented full co-operation with the| for $1,000 suit money and $1,000 tem allies, Sims told the committee, | porary alimony Judge F Aétied which is investigating the navy's [pat in the war 125 COAL MEN Fires Two Shots at “Peeping Tom” BE. B. Agen, 15 W the police that he fired two shots at a window-peeper Thursday night | “The man was about 60 years old |and wore a black hat,” Agen told the police. Liner Esperanza During the Day Is Again Afloat —_ W YORK arch 12. \~ The INDIANAPOLIS, March 12—|Ward liner Espeta which went | Capiases for the arrest of 125 in-|aground on Madaga reef, off dicted coal mine operators and work-| Progreso, Mexico, Wednesday night has been refloated arid arrived at ors t were scattered thruout the cen- competitive field today. Many arrests were expected today Two-thirds of those indicted late yes terday by the federal grad jury hére are operators. The remainder are mine union officials and workers. The men are from Indiana, Ilinois, stern Pennsylvania, Ken- sour, Kansas, ‘Tenness- rly this morning, a radio. |Senators Probing Mexican Boundary § DIEGO, March 12.—Unitea ates Senators Fall of New Mexico and Smith of Ariz |the subcommittee of the senate on d with violation of | Mexican affairs, are in San Diego, fuel control act and|for the purpose of making investiga- defraud the govern-| tions along the border district. Oth ers Will arrive later and hearings will be held. | Onto, | tucky, Mi Alabama and West Virginia. They are cha er act, to conspiracy doing anything| and| told | | | members of | | "GREEKS TOIT. (MOTHER JONES |MAN WITH MRS, | TURKISH FORCES: “this case | Peace Conference Gives Per- mit for Attack BY ED L. KEEN LONDON,» March 12.—The peace conference has decided’ to permit the Gresks to attack the Turks jin, Anatolia, and take whatever measures are necessary to expel them from that region, it was learned semi-officially to- day. ‘This permission was given on con. |dition that after the campaign has been successfully concluded, the { jent “Ji The strike, which began October |taxen to San Francisco today, ac-|damaging confession first gave the 1, 1919, is referred ta by union men Lewis county authorities the infor- . rding t ral officials h y asthe struggis.which will determine | °O°@2s to: federal: o * here. [mation on which much of the case| lthe fate of unionism in this 12] as built up. OAKLAND, here today, | ship: in a long drawn out strike. IS IN FRISCO [Will Help Shipyard Workers | in Their Strike husiastic workers, who are engage Greeks will return to the positions | district occupied .by them before the fight-| Mother Jones is expected to appeal | |, play the races occupied the at-|f first degree murder,” Allen said, jing an. It was said to have been|to other unions to rally about the| >on today of federal agents,|“the complaints have been filed and ified that the Greeks may pursue | shipyar@ strikers. Her appeals to} yii9 they held Julius E. (Bert)| warrants will be issued to prevent Turks as far as they deem neces Italian the last to withdraw their objections ample dance area. Here for Wedding Beulah Delmont Ice of Po mona, Cal, received a li to wed |Clarence Bugerie Anders 21, of Ellensburg, from “Cupid” Morris Kennedy Friday Thief Felt ‘Safe . Near City’s Jail| »,. | Chateau Thierry, and five of ‘em did | A thief sneaked up to the city’ jail liriday and stole the spotlight off Patrolman Watson's automobile. To say that Officer Watson ts perturbed is putting It calmly. |Union Lawyers to Raise Scale Here) superior court Rumor Shipyard Will Open Soon! Th Sweek, treasurer of Skinner & Eddy interests, left for Cuba Fri- day, to meet D, 18. Skinner, president. t is rumored the Seattle yard, prae- tically idle, contracts and open up once more, js soon to negotiate new, union men in the past have aroused them to" high pitches of enthusiasm. representatives were | She is ne d anc jH | | cook 90 years old. rly a | Hoasewives Fail assistant United: States attorney re-|toward the accused men since none | The Greeks in the Anatolia, region| +, | garding the latest development in |of the prisoners will be released even |‘ are said to, number 90,000 and to| to Block Permit} fi. case in which Dempsey 18| tho acquitted 0 field pieces. The Turks! Memosthenesian logic and Ciceroy-| charged with conspiring to evade the| Officer in charge of the troops de-| under “ Mastapha, Kemal, number | ia puasion was on. tap at the meet: | draft. haclimen! Bee’ yuardiig “ea cuunty sales ling of the Seattle board of public| Gardner and Mexine Dempsey went | jail and attaches of the sheriff's of-| ry 0 works Friday, when every housewife | together to Ti Juana from her moth-| fice felt confident today that no dem- | Collegers to Put in the neighborhood of the Lafay-|¢r’s home in Yakima, Wash., federal | onstration of any kind would follow ette school in West Seattle came in|men said." Gardner was arrested at/ the verdict. Up de Luxe Home |(0° reien tor, or against, the} Ti Juana with the ald of Mexican of-|- "Phat the prosecution will demand | Education luxe will be offered | hullding of a garage at 4202 Admiral] ficers. He ts a close friend of Jack.|the death penalty for the accused I.| |reluctant freshmen by members of) v After prolonged, argumenta-| Mrs. Dempsey, is. the goyernment’s| w, w., charged with firing from am- Aipha Sigma Phi fraternity at theltion on the part’ of! the. entire} chief witness against her ‘former |push into the ranks of the American | university. They have ordered Seat-{neighborhood, the board granted | husband. Legion paraders on Armistice Day, tle architects to plan a brick h thé permit SEO og Og now seems certain. Under the Wash- with sun and study rooms, and « a 300 Retailers of ington statutes the jury will decide Cook ‘Carries Gun, * Cops Arrest Him Willlam Nicoloft, 22, a ‘cook, won't |#Fe On the way home after organiz-| 1 4 4y Defense Counsel George F.| for a fow days. He wag arrest-|!"& the Washington Retailers’ Asso-|\ aerveer and Defendant Elmer Thursday night, at Fourth ave.|Clton here. George A. Phillips.) coien Ww, H: Abel will close for the | 1 University st., by Patrolman H.|Presidentelect, of Spokane, said an) oc cution. Sebenick and charwed with earry.|edueational bureau will ‘be estab-| iby teal bs pene) bya lished, and”“no price fixing propa-| Ra EN ganda permitted to ereep into the| Louis Silvain to She Saw Marines Go Over the Top marines went over the top & Hic—Hic—Hooray! This Peril Is Pas Seattle lawyers are going to hi | |a union of their own with a minimum| ‘The hiccough epidemic, which h wage ajgreement that will boost the! been sweeping the city for the cost of living for the harassed liti-|two months, is now on the wane, gant. The bar association's fee com-| cording to Seattle physicians mittee, proposes a tax of $100 for un-| day contested divorces, $100. appearance | jin U. &, court, and $50 for a round in Wouldn’t now be a good time to go see that suburban acreage or lot and get it ready for spring garden? The best buys in or around Seattle are listed on Classified Page. CaL, March, 12.— | Mother Mary Jones was given an welcome by union men when she arrived from | Los Angetes. She was hailed aa the | an of Aro” of the bay district | Judge to Make His Charge to the Jury This Afternoon BY CLEM J. RANDAU GRAYS HARBOR COURT HOUSE, Montesano, Maroh 12.— Altho further delay was experi- enced in the Centralia murder trial today when Judge Wilson announeed that his instructions for the jury would not be ready until afternoon, attorneys still believe that the case will be in the hands of the jury before ad- journment tonight. A night ses- sion will be held, it is now thought. ‘The largest crowd that has yet at-| tended the trial was present today, | only to be disappointed when the an-| nouncement came that no session ‘would be held until afternoon. Jurors and attorneys are equally ‘anxious to bring the case to a close. Many of the jurors are farmers, who are eager to return to their spring Plowing, and for this reason a short Geliberative seasion is looked for in jeome quarters. Regardless of the verdict brought in by the jury, complaints charging the 10 defendants with the first de- gree murder of Arthur MacElfresh Will be filed by Herman Allen, pros- ecutor of Lewis county, Allen said original the alleged slayers of four former wervico men have been prosecuted charged them only with the killing of Warren O. Grimm. Should any of the men be found not guilty on this charge they will be immediately re- DEMPSEY HELD sceeseee S \charge of slaying MacElfresh, who; |was shot by a .22-high power bullet fired from Seminary Ridge, overlook- ing the vicinity of the I. W. W. hall at Centralia. PROSECUTOR EXPECTS VERDICT OF GUILTY MacElfresh was shot as he ran for cover when the volley of shots was poured into the ranks of the pa raders, according to the evidence brought out at the trial. He was shot thru the head and died instant |The bullet which caused his d was later identified as having been | fired by Loren A. Roberts, whose Said to.Have Gone to’ Tia Juana Races With Maxine LOS ANGELES, March 12.—J. E. Gardner, under arrest here, charged with threatening, intimidating, in- fluencing and corrupting a witness called by the fedral, grand jury at San Francisco, and Maxine Wayne, divorced wife of Heavyweight Cham- pion Jack Dempsey, probably will be | 1 d SAN FRANCISCO, March Maxine Dempsey's trip to Ti Juana “Altho we expect a verdict of guilty any loophole of escape of the men we believe to be guilty.” The new angle to the situation ts sure to prevent any hostile action Gardner in jail in Los Abgeles. Mrs, Dempsey, divorced wife of Jack Dempsey, was scheduled to ar- rive here today, to consult with the| the penalty to be inflicted in case a verdict of guilty is found. Special Prosecutor C. D. Cunning- ham will open for the state, to be fol: | State Organized Three hundred state businessmen organizatiot . Be Police Judge Louis Silvain was appointed | municipal judge Friday to serve dur- More Rain, Says t ATE DITION WILL REARREST ANY OF MEN WHO ARE ACQUITTED | Aching Bones on. | University Youth Eg UH) Alaskan Wants a Wife : March 31--Writes Maybe it's an April Fool fo the making, and maybe it isn’t, here's the letter received by Star this morning from @ ir man who says he must have: | bride by March 31 or lose a ff left him, conditionally, by his Editor Star:—Being -a this wonderful city and the many wonderful ways your per has been of help to the of the community, I wish to say @ you and your paper may be heip to me, if you will pu letter. I am an entire else I shall lose a fortune of left to me by an uncle of mina, if I am married by the time I am years old, which. will be March Stat, Otherwise the money will go | other relatives already well for, and I really do need the and am sure that there is some girl in Seattle that could: love’ if I could only find her. 80 publish this’note in your paper, | PERRY CUNNINGHAM, | Address Gen. Del., | + Seattle,- Wash, Uses Home Lights for Rifle Target Des Moines citizens, aroused by mysterious firing from a high-power ig sath | jea rifle thru windows this week, nounced today that“they have the mystery. “A 13-year-old boy practicing and his only target iat night lighted’ windows, Earl Carr, A bullet nearly Mrs. Carr and pierckd two walls. : A University C Indications of a sweeping ache epidemic appeared on the uit versity campus today, following pub- lication of quarterly examination schedules. The grind begins at a, m., March 22, and lasts four days, Missing, She Says Leonard F. Johnson, 19, Univer- sity of Washington student, was re ported missing since March 8 by Mrs. DeRoy Johnson, the youth's mother. Mrs. Johnson told the po lice that she believed her son had either left for California or Texas, or joined the army, ° Vets Indorse Gift Ex-service men at the university have indorsed the proposed plan of New Yorkers to present a colossal statute to France as a memorial gift, to be placed on the banks of the Marne. " Dr. Suzzalo Due Home From Tour Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the university, is due home tonight after a trip thru the Bast, whe he sought faculty material for the’ — the Weatherman ing the absence of Judge Gardon, |iikewise Thursday night at the Hy-| No sunshine in sight—more rain |dah hotel. Ada Miller, a roomer, told| due. This was Westherman /Salis- | the polfee she saw them leave with a|bury's deduction today. Southerly complete outfit of her clothing, and| winds will accompany the moisture, || SOMETHING DOING she wants them arrested, WBE ES pera Soldiers’ Bonus Plan Is Failing! WASHINGTON, March 12. |Threat of financial disaster if fur ther burdens are laid on the people | | will prevent congress from passing | |lexislation to give bonuses to former soldiers and sailors, members of the | house ways and means committee | said today, Somethin by Varick t s Looks Gloomy for Rabbits and Dogs) Alley cats, rabbits and fuzzy. | coated puppies are althking fearfully | today behind woodshéds and back- yard woodpiles, ag ‘the result of | word received here that the price | of pelts for fur has increased 50 per cent in the last year. ‘ Author of “The Two-Faced Man,” “The Lady of the Night Wind” and many others. BEST DETECTIVE STORY PUBLISHED. IN MONTHS Will be Printed in Twelve Installments, Starting Monday in— THE SEATTLE STAR state institution. EVERY MINUTE IN Doimé , Peis ©