The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 23, 1920, Page 1

Weather Tonight and Wednesday, fair; moderate westerly winds. Temperature Last Maximum, 56, Miniw Today noon, 4, 4 Hours , 38. Entered as Second Class Matter May 4, 1999, at the Postoffice at Beattie, 22 aN. a vOL. 2 a. NO. 333. 1 1 TO ME DANA SLEETH NE PERFECT ——- © recently I was pruning apple trees on a hill, Down the valley a moun- tain stream flashed in | the sun; off across the Columbia the stretches of blue and foothilis below. Nothing in the landscape but a dis. Teputable white cayuse, that I Bought at a bargain months ago afd hitched up at once. The cay ‘use unhitehed herself and has since Been & non-paying boarder. I fig- “ured it alt out, and decided that my at even @ reasonable valua- worth more than the la- id get out of the white she rests in Ee grouse, Jost the hawk the next time up, and then foupd him over the river, circling lazily: . t then I heard a thrumming and a distant roaring. and looked at my wk again, and it was an aero. plane, way up in the spring heav ens, gs easy and as effortless as the great hawk Seeing acroplanes flying over cities is not much of a sight, but when the great arc of the heavens the field, and they mount up hang there that somehow gives "You @ bigger idea of how man has “taken unto himself the wings of the morning. [A] i T THIS MOMENT I am writing painfully, toil. fully, with quick, fur tive dabs at the keys, because I haven't much any skin on either hand have been appiying the dor Dmant lime-sulphur spray, and HI onty hope it is as disastrous to | all,manner of fungus and bug and ] | larva as it has been to my city ‘ softened hands. The horny-handed son of toll is F mo far-flung metaphor, so far as the farmer is concerned. Until a [farmer bas attained fists like hoofs, fists with horny layer on horny layer, he will be of slight tse, and nobody can work in gloves and be effective. Sp ” that cat like acid, and brush that fears like nails, and splintery wood that gouges, and a ot Hide on thia rusty spike, and a bit on that jagged bit of tin; a blood Diister here, and a hammered nail yon, the rural life is no place for @ manicurist fiend The hill farmers are bent, gnarled, twisted men; they walk Sideways like some great crab; they have taken on the atmos ‘phere of old, distorted trees; they Wok unblinking at the sun, and Move all day over the steep hills Be tireless as engines. eee UT THERE ARE compen LB | sations; one of my neigh bors remarked casually mf that he achieved two deer during the big , and another downed two out ‘of three the first day of the sea son. Some of these farmer boys Dare wizards with shot gun or rifle, and they will snap-shoot a Bounding buck thru the brush at Dgueased distances more times than they will miss; and snap-shooting deer in the brush with a small bore rifle, any bore rifle, is lke breaking clay pigeons with a 22, and always breaking them. The hill boys of Oregon Washington didn’t have much of a chance in thie war to show their Uuneanhy skill with the rifle, but in ithe Filipino campaign the regi Ments from these states hung up [I gome fecords that were the marvel the regular officers. There is ot a house nor @ cabin in this fownship that doesn't have at least expert rifleman for a steady Mboarder, and the occasional turkey shoots produce some fancy results would take well on the “big ‘The bili farmers work hard when work, but all have time to ip the streams and get their and do some plain and or and || sews) TRAILED BY | DEPUTY FOR | TWO WEEKS jE. J. Thompson Arrested— | Police Detectives Scout Theory of Sheriff's Men Held for investigation in con nection with the Bagnall murder case, E. J. Thompson, pugilist, was brought to Seattle from Van: | couver, B. C., Tuesday, by Dep- | uty Sheriff Stewart Campbell, After a two weeks’ chase from | | | Thompson is known to have been | the owner of a blue Chalmers bug, = Sherif? John Stringer. Walter A. Bagnall, eter®f the Acro Alarm | |Co., wag lured to a lonely spot near) | Kent, March 1, by @ man who shot him thru the head and robbed him ef $60. | Bagnall was last seen alive Sun day by Oscar Lowenthal, manager lof the Auto Service & Sales Co. Fourth ave, and Spring at.. Febru ary 29. -He was in company with 4 tall, dark, well dressed man with leurly hair and heavy voice. They | were planning an auto deal in which ja blue Chalmers bug, owned by the jtall man, was to ficure. They were | riding in the blue bug, according to | Lowenthal | The day of the murder, a blue bug | waa seen near the spot where Bag nall's body was found, says Stringer | Thompson will be faced by Lowen: | | thal to determine whether he is the |man seen with Bagnall. Thompson's | description tallies with ‘that of the man seen with Bagnall, charges | Stringer | Thompson formerly lived in Ever ett. He was known as Charley Manning’s white hope, declares Stringer. He served a term in the Everett county jail for assault with | intent to rob, and then came to Se attle, according to Stringer On March 2, he and his } Annie Thompson, left Seattle Prince Rupert, but feft there after, is Stringer’s story. there he is reported to have to Vancouver | Police that Thompson may know who mur |dered Bagnall. They said he “al had plenty of money that assumption retuse to b | would have know | wife. for soon rom gone detectives scout the theory and on | Thompson, they say, was releaned from the army a few months ago He has @ police record, they said, in ttle, Tacoma and Snohomish Japanese May Get | Island in Pacific | WASHINGTON March 2 ‘The leenate has unanimously adopted resolution by Senator Lodge re ing the president to state wh the island of Yap is to be «¢ Japan, and whether any steps bh been taken to obtain it for the United States. \Face Scratched as | Automobiles Jam Automobiles driven by William Schornick, 8337 14th ave W., and ‘J. ¥. Day, 3818 Linden ave., jammed at 43d and mont Monday afternoon. Schornick sustained scratehed face |She’s Opposed to John’s Profession Andrealla refuses to abandor lthe profession of bootlegger, accord jing the complaint of his wife Zen who filed divorce complaint \Tuesday. They lived at 1511 Shelton | wet. | Protest Gouging! EW YORK, March 23. —Rent | * advanced on Albany in battle jon today. hundred men and women | bearing the figurative scars of con: | 4inued “gouging” by their landlords, entrained at Grand Central station | for the cay numeraus ing. | | John to Five '( Stitches in Heart, Seattle Man Still Fighting for Life SAN FRANCISCO, March Calvin Gilmer’s heart has contin ued for four days to beat despite the fact that it carries with it three stitches used te up a bullet wound ‘Those attending Gilmer refuse to success for the operation, y hope the Seattle man will survive Gilmer shot himself after he had failed in an attempt to reconcile his wife. The bullet passed thru his body The stitches of catgut were placed in the pulsating organ after it had been ascertained that Gil mer was losing a pint of biood daily COUNTY-CITY AMENDMENT UP Municipal League Commit-_ tee Indorses Measure | A special committee of the Muntej-| sald pal league Tuenday, voted Vivien M: Carkeek's proposed con- stitational amendment permitting combination of city and county gov ernments in Washington. The amendment was to be acted on by the league itself Inter in the day The chief provisions follow Compicte home rule; Limitation of indebtedness; Clty<county to have 80,000 population er over; Combination, if desired, in. elude school, road, diking, drain: water, irrigation or other districts. After the amendment receives in dorsement of the Municipal league, | it ie the intention to push its pass age before the special session of the legislature Carkeek said the plan would re duce taxes one-third. MAYOR TACKLES TRACTION DEAL Intimates Excess Price Should Be Lopped Off GL n'y cattoensy Ge ares “arroll, city comptroller, upon t Gnancia) situation confronting the municipal railway department. After reporting a net loss of more than $500,000, figuting depreciation at lit tle more than four per cent, Caid well said in a formal statement “From the examination I have been 4 to make It see to me that the city must take one of two ourses—it must continue pro ceed on the $15,000,000 valuation price and figure on actual deprecia tion on what is equivalent to wat ered stock, of #lse it must make new valuation and charge off in lump sum the excess price paid for the lines and thereafter figure the| etual depreciation on the real value | of the lines.” RULER-ELEGT OF ELK LODGE DIES "| Homer Myers Expires Fol- lowing Operation a Myers, exalted Homer ruler-eloct f Seattle Lodge No, 92, B. P.O. B died in Minor hospital at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. He was stricken with kidney trouble while on a Port land excursion of the local tc Sunday, March 15, and underwent t Minor hospital Wedn operation | day morning. Jes. | Com. | He is survived by his widow, sie. His home was at 323 W. stock st Myers was elected exalted of the local Elks’ lodge March 1 was to take office April 1, As sult of his death, another el will be held Myers was born in California, 37 years ago, He was affiliated with ruler) He| are tion pital to urge passage of |Hugh Baird, in the firm of Myers &|to the German peace treaty and the bills designed to curb | Baird, auto dealers, Fourth ave. and|American attitude toward Russia and James st to adopt, ade __SEATTL E, WASH, TU 1 Did the Indians Shoot Little Aunt Ellen? On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise eSeattle Star Wash. under the Act of Congress March slate The Star Seattle Story Book Appears on Page Five Today | —— EDITION 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mail, wo” DAY, MARCH 23, 1920. HOLD PUGILIST IN MURDER S FLEEING Government Troops Continue Battle With Radicals Thruout Germany LONDON, March 23.—A_ war. rant has been issued in Berlin for the arrest of Gen. Erich Luden- dorft, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch sald today. Ludendort!, the dispatch sab, hae dpapprared. o-e LANDON, March 23.—Forty persons have been killed and 65 wounded in between Spartacans and Ebert troops at Henningsdort, an Exchange Tel- sone dispatch from Berlin a one 8Y CARL D. GROAT BERLIN, March 22.10 p. m>— Karl Leagien, head of the Berlin labor delegations, tonight demanded resig- nation of the entire cabinet Of Presi.) dent Ebert. i Radical workers have decided to continue the strike unless government complies with the de Ae Hed representatives earlier had warned independent socialist leaders that they cannot hope for support in and foods if they persist in a © tending to Germany’ rnin. Food i becoming scarcer dally. The meat supply, according to gov ernment officials, is sufficient to jast until mid-April onty It was understood the radicals also | have been informed that mo aid may be expected from America unless they offer assistance instead of ob xtruction to the rt government The general strike, which radicals persist in con 1g, cannot last | more than a few days longer, the} government The radicals workers will remain out until object members of the F adminiat om have resigned Dispatches from Leipzig aaid the situation there was quiet, following bloody fighting for several days Ebert troops controtled the city and the general strike was ended | Pitt roanm were killed and n fighting at Hennigadort Spartacans and soldiers gement developed into a in which tanks and ine were employed, The but t of first supp entu: uulwed at ucked n with and ev to reut But | They Teach Anyway LEWISTON, Idaho, March 23 Despite the fact that they pasa the teachers could not 172 in this of the} ow engi rding to a 5 State chers’ association state in short 100 teachers; 4 teaching on permits. \Jap Speeder Must Pay Fine of $100) M. Yomato was fined $100 by! Justice Otis W. Brinker when he pleaded guilty to driving a high-powered car 65 miles an hour on the Pacific highway near Kent Monday night. Yomato was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Kart] Ramage and N. L. Loveall after a chase of four miles, Yomato| pleaded that he was going for medi- cine for a sick sister Anthracite Coal Men Order Strike} The scale of a that the | ora will cease work April 1, un- less operators agree that any wage increase granted in the new contract | shall be retroactive to that date. Ask U. S. Attitude on Peace Question PARIS, March 23.—The senate for- eign atts mmittee late yesterday ted a resolution asking the gov- ernment cor official Information as to the relation of the United States Turkey. jing. The bill wan defeated, 52 to 40 | day In contrast with the 1919 ses: | sion, which killed the Lamping) bonus bill, the © legislature seems eager to provide for quick relief) for returned service men, The vote in the house was &8 to 3 eee [court today on a charge of criminal PROBE NEW STATE TAX SCHEME INTRODUCED, Voted Down After Being Branded: as “Bolshevistic and Non-Partisan” URWITZ OLYMPIA, Wash, March constitutional amendment, to the field of taxation to stocks, bonds, men and other sources, in place of the present limitations to person 4nd real property only, caused a lot of frank talk in the house tie morn BY ABE 2A extend ‘The measure, which would have to pass both houses by two-thirds vote and be ratified by the people at the November elections, before it could wan branded by tori Teed, floor peter. asa Bolshe- scheme.” in direful tones he P tared how North Dakota went to thé dogs by the non-partinana driving the | regular republicans out of control. FIRST THEY DID WAS REFORM TAXATION “And the first step they undertook when they got declared reform of the taxation laws the time to tamper with the taxation.” he said, feelingly Repre Davis, of Pierce, appropriations com in similar tune. He # that If the peo. amendment to the would then have is not entative n of the mittee, followed chairn ved thie constitution, they the power, thru initiative, to change the taxation system without consult ing the legislature And the result would be that pretty soon business will #1! be ta out of business Referring to what people may do under excitement, he mentioned the municipal railway deal of Seattle. SAN CHARG: “WEASEL WORDS” Frank E: Sanger, of Whitman however, furnished the “thrill” of the morning Branding the remarks of Leaders Regd and Davis ax “weasel words,” he declared that he had been bunked by the last seasion of the legislature and would not be fooled again. fam not a socialint. It get mine |as I jog along,” he said, “But when ever anything comes up that is of benefit to the people, somebody gets up to tell us that this ie not the time, and that it is non-partisen prop agand ago it Wax some other k nda, and four « ago It was something else, And on, Now, the fact ix that this ix in effect in New York, Mas sachusetts, Wisconsin, and other places besides North Dukota If you want to keep that nen | partivan chap out of control in this state, then give the people justice and not bink,” he declared Phi H. Locke, of Aberdeen, made | similar remarks, Fight Being Made for the Bonus Bill OLYMPIA, March 2%-—A_ strong effort will be made today in the senate to eliminate the referendum clause attached to the soldier bonus which passed the house yester: Delaware Expected to Okeh Suffrage DOVER, Del., Mareh 23,— Ratifica- | tion of the suffrage amendment by | the Delaware legislature was prac tically assured today, ay leaders of | the opposition decided they did not care to be held responsible for defeat of a national measure, Stockton I. W. W. Placed on Trial STOCKTON, Cal., March 23.—R. V. Lewis, classed as the “intellectual” of the local I, W. W. and a national figure in that organization, was placed on trial in Judge Plummer's syndicaliam. Lewis is the third of the 11 men taken in a raid here to be tried. His case is exvected to be a hard fought one | BANDITS DIDN’T RATTLE HER — GAGGE ‘Enter Lafayette Shop Tuesday Morning and | Escape With Diamonds. | Four youthful bandits robbed LaFayette, Inc, jewelry | 1536 Second ave., of $10,000 diamond and platinum jewelry ai |$100 cash, after binding and |S. M. Feldman, ppoprietor, and_ Nellie Goldman, 22, an 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The | bers escaped. é The robbery occurred shortly er Feldman had opened his the day, He was dressing @ case and had just said “Good ing” to Miss Goldman, as she the store, and started up the to @ small mezzanine gallery, the bandits entered. The leader, a talt, rawaenni nosed youth about 24, pull plated revolver and wall Feldman, who stood behind: case, commanded: The 1 ir was. follow: tectives that he first thought jbery a joke, | The tall leader, sensing that. |) Man Was not taking the riously, struck him over the I j with the butt end of the gum man then stuck up his hands, FOURTH BANDIT COLLECTS LOOT Miss Goldman was then seen ing open-mouthed on the The tall bandit started for her a while forcing her up the stairs, g orders to his two companions to Feldman. At this juncture a youth entered the store. He one who removed the jewelry { the opened safe and rifled the cases, Miss Goldman, forced up the row stairs, Was told to sit down, was bewildered, she told the tives, and hesitated. “Hurry up, you poor fis one of the bandits, “or I'll blow. your brains.” A quantity of white cloth and @ eral ropes were produced and ldman gagged. Her arms and Iq were thoroly bound, While the was being tied up, two other of bandits bound Feldman and im with a large blue bandana kerehief. He was then lashed to rungs of the stairway, Both Feldman and Miss Go were out of sight of pedestrians Second ave. ONE MAN SCOOPS UP THE JEWELS While three bandits stood over their prisoners, the fourth rob ber leisurely scooped jewels from the | trays which he pulled from the safe. | Feldman had opened the safe before —Photo by Cress-Dale, | the bandits entered Above, Nellie Goldman, who was bound and gagged by jastiay ae Seeanetes, bandits who robbed LaFayette jewelry store, 1536 Second| partners, id irceo Tne SAFE the man cok ewels signaled to hit Just as the men ave., Tuesday morning. She carefully noted descriptions of | avout to leave the store, one of t the men, struggled free when they left, and summoned the sae og Wet on Feldman's finger. — police. Insert below shows S. M. Feldman, who thought the] stripping pe Private ol he bandits were joking until he was hit over the head by the} putea a stick-pin from ae jleader of the gang. The artist’s sketch shows the arrange-| tie. | ment of the shop, and the positions occupied by Feldman and| A second later, and the four Miss Goldman, when n the holdup men entered the place, Weep OUR: en te ORES Whisky Smugglers =: : Face Federal Jur summoned the police by phone, Detectives D. M, Blaine, Chad lard and M. J. McNamee, who detailed to the case, hurried to. scene in a police automobile. D | tive Blaine found two diamond | valued at $700, in a waste paper [est where they had fallen while @ fe was being rifled. Federal operatives from Ore | were filed with U, S. Commissioner | oma, REMEMBERS TO gon have arrived in Seattle to | McClelland against Olmstead, Clark, |GET DESCRIPTION join in the investigation of inter- | Russell, Campbell, Morris, Brooks| Miss Goldman, altho suffering national = whisk: wggling,..| and Williams, Tuesday, Charges of | yousness because of her ordeal, which resulted the arrest of | violation of the federal prohibition | not too bewildered because of nine men and the selaure of 96 | law were filed at the same time | experience to obtain accurate det cases of liquor at Meadowdale, inst Fred and Verner (alias | tions of three of the bandits, She early Monday morning. Slim") Lindquist, arrested Sunday. | not see the fourth man who wo The complete list of men held was! Bail for each of the men was fixed | down stairs, She furnished the d |wive out at 0 Monday, after all, at $2,500. he case against Olm-!tives with the descriptions of had been interviewed in preliminary | stead, Clark and Russell, named in| men who tied her up. | nearing. {one complaint, will be heard, March! ytigs Goldman lives at 154 1 ‘Those in custody ure: ‘31, at 10a. m. The Lindquist broth-| ave, The LaFayette, Inc., shop Roy Olmstead, police lieutenant, |¢S Will be heard the same day, been located in the present site Lieut. Roy Olmstead and Sergt. ' Seattle, - four months, altho Feldman isa Thomas J. Clark, police sergeant, ‘Tom Clark were dismissed from the | pioneer Seattle jeweler. The st Seattle, | police department in a general order | wag just in the process of being ‘A. J. Russell, gonstruction fore-|!#sued Monday afternoon by Chief! sured and Feldman is not of Police Warren, man, Seattle, whether all the necessary steps F. C, Rutter, ohaptfeur, Seattle, been completed in order to coll J, A. Auth, Sa a Seattl Councilman Philip Tindalt's| insurance for the theft. Howard Cam} ) laborer, Ta-|“mug’ has an intrinsic value to| ‘The stock was all high-grade com, some one in Seattle, It was stolen |CIY., Ne told the detectives. Charles Morris, chauffeur, Seattle, | Henry Brooks, laborer, Seattle. Alfred Williams, laborer, Seattle, Charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the government 'u from, a MeBait studio case, an tront | 49 Pa ee et to of the Hinckley building, tro The glass was