The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 17, 1920, Page 4

» CHEERS FOR T. R. FEATURE COUNTY G. O. re MEETING Guy Kelly Tries to Oust Him Featuring the morning session of the King county republican convention at the Hippedrome Saturday was a demonstration | te the memory of Former Presi dent Roosevelt. This was elicited by the state ment of Mayor Hugh M. Cald. well, temporary chairman of the convention, that the republican “party will nominate for presi dent a man who will try to measure up to the qualifications ‘of a Roosevelt. The entire assemblage rose tn honor of the “strenuous American” amid enthusiastic applause. ‘The incident is of special signifi @ance because the delegates to the @envention are fully #5 per cent the @ame who attended the convention @t the same place four years ago At that time the mention of Koose- yelt was avoided, and eight years ago | most of the same delegates greeted Roosevelt's name with anger. ‘The convention organtsed with Caldwell as temporary chairman Vietor Zednick as secretary, Cha: B. Allen as assistant secretary, and R. C. Lyle as sergeant at arms “TOO PROUD TO GET INTO IT, TOO IMPOTENT TO GET OUT" Judge George Donworth ts to be named permanent chairman “The democrats were too proud to get us into war when we should have been in, and they are too tm potent to get us out when we should @ut of it.” Mayor Caldwell! de on assuming the chair. _ Caldwell confined his remarks to 0 BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING NEW ACQ- UAINTANCES REMEMBER | will be able AN EVENT Seman FOR SEATTLE WONDERFUL LESSOD national affairs, County affairs | wore pased up Te claima for the | republicans credit for the progres | aive and humane laws of the state. He approved the xyndicaliam bill and declared the democrats tog Allat ing to pass similar legislation for the nation The “non partisans” he described as } America’s Mexican policy, he eatd has been the subject of “storm | ridicule af the entire world - | Attacking the foreign policy of | the Wilson administration in gener lal, he drew a laugh when he said that the democrata are contemplat ing giving up the Philippines and jtaking over Turkey, The interna | tlonaltzation of the Panama canal | he considered a mistake, | | GBORGE H. WALKER TO | BE DELEGATEAT-LARGE political paraxttes.” | ltact that exeervice men have had an opportunity to study conditions lin other lands ‘and have come tack with the firm conviction thhat the republican form of government of country, and its institutions, are going to be worth strenuously | fighting for. | ‘The county convention is expected to select George H. Walker, mem ver of the school board, and clyse friend of Senator Miles Poindexter, as delegate at large The delegn.| tion to the state convention will) be instructed to vote for Miles| | Poindexter for president. Support| ers of Gen, Wood claim that they | to pas resolutions this POSITIVELY NO CHILDREN UNDER 16 ADMITTED YOU ARE A MOTHER, SEE “THE END OF THE ROAD* THEN TELL YOUR DAUGHTER WHAT SHE OUCHT TO KNOW. YOU ARE A FATHER, SEE “THE END OF THE ROAD” THEN TELL YOUR WIFE WHAT TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTER. YOU ARE A DAUGHTER OR SON, REMEMBER “THE END F THE ROAD’—IT IS A FIGHT WAGED | showdown at the Pierce Caldwell called attention to the [44y" Now Playing ON PERKINS as Committeeman TACOMA, Wash, April 1T—-A bit tor fight te unseat 8, A. Perkina, of soma, ranking republican national man from Washington, with the came to a head here today announcement that Attorney Guy & Kelly, former sppaker of the state jouse of representatives, ts a cands diate to succeed him. Simultaneously an announcement by Perkins that he will demand a vention, which convenes here today, gave promise of one sekstons in the county’s history. Perkins in the oldest member of the national republican committee in point of nervies. Ho is the only one of the committeemen who has reo ord of continuous service since the of Mark Hanna. “I have served the republican party for 25 years and never have bandied & cent of tts money,” he sald today “It te up to Tacoma to say whether it wants to coptinge a Tacoma man on the natiomal committee.’ AAA ene giving their candidate —_ second | ohotoe. It is also ammred that Capt. Bw ing D. Colvin and Wiliam = T. Laube will be chosen delegates to the naffnal convention from the} first district, which Includes King county William A. Gaines will be) chosen to lead the “King county delegation at the state convention in Bellingham next week. FEATURING RICHARD BENNETT WHO SCORED IN ‘DAMAGED GooDs DAILY AT 10 A.M. tho liveliest | | |Star pro LaCasse chase on the installment plan raised—and then some—in th other aubscriptions were almost forgotten htm, @ had He te He THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920, Money Keeps Rolling In |Owners of Lincoln Hotel Each Send $100) Hero’s Widow Gets Home. Mrs. Charles F. LaCasse, widow of the fireman who lost his life in the Lincoln hotel fire last week. Readers of The sed a fund be raised to finish paying for the! ae: which the fireman had just started to pur- before he died. The fund w: ree days. the books and found he had paid me $5 more than I had intended to charge him. “So I am Gonbling him and am sending my check for $10. Will you, therefore, kindly add this to the tuna | & check for $5, J. W [Otrmn tan 87th and Greenwood, | wrote: | “I mee the LaCanse fund has gone over the top, but here is $5 for the) widow and family for @ worthy joanse and a noble act Iloane CHECKS KEEP COMING TO STAR Another check for $ esmes from vw. 1 Friend™; one ef $3 frem J. A. Kafvel lected by Mra Jotm Hayes, of 9009 Fourth ave 8. for Mra. Johm Roman, jof 189 Henderson st, and family | whose little home was destroyed by jfire Tuesday night 1 be placed in the hands of ~ | James Turple a Giembied war vet jeran of Seattia branded as worth Yees thé land that Uncle Sam threw open to soldiers. “The enty land that te epen to }exeervice men is on the sides of the mountains.” Turple declared Saturday. “All of the land worth filing upon has Leen preempted by the squatters.” lof four veterans who journeyed to Eugene, Ore, in the hope of settling on 360,000 acren recently thrown open to homestead entry. Soldiers Party Leaders Considering Convention Chief BY HAROLD D. JACOBS NEW YORK, April 17.—Selection lof a permanent chairman for the re publican national convention at Chi cago in June already is occupying the minds of the various presidential candidates and the party leade ‘The jockeying in this connection |all underneath the surface, of course has a parallel in the naming of a Teferes before a big championship lboxing or wrestling* match, The principals in the latter events often hold out for their particular choice until the’ promoter, or athletic com. mission, is forced to disregard therm Owing to the large field of pret dertial aspirants, the republican chairmanship this year is of unusual importance, In addition to keeping things moving smoothly on the floor his influence in selection of the | Ous committees is a vital factor |conservative and progressive branches of the party are expected to fight for demination of the resolu | tons committee, whieh will draft the | platform, | The credentials committee prob- bly will be called upon to decide a number of contests between «tate delegations, which, due to the appar ent closencas of the race, may havea great influence on the ultimate selec tion of a nominees, Already there are 17 contested delegates from Georgia and two from Minnesota. Southern mats may many as 66 additional. ‘ d0HN BLAIN, former U. 8. shipping board officer now ur grand jury indictment for alle: fraud against the government, was given three weeks’ leave of absence |from the state, Friday, by Federal Judge Neterer furnish as When some people spend their time in self-contemplation it looks to others like time thrown away, va ie Uh et | Turble was a member of a party | FOR GOATS, were declared to have a preferen tial right of entry. | “We mpent over a week Investi gating the land,” “If the exservice man was a goat the land would look good to him. | The bottom lands, and acreage along the rivern that is level and fit for cultivation, has been grabhed by squatters, All that in open to the soldier is land on top of the mountain peaks.” Exservice men have only second | preferential right to entry on the land. Turple declared that a mini. mum of $1,000 would be necesmry to homestead one of the tracts ff one wanted to raise mounwin goats, Victories Over Stanford OAKLAND, Cal, April 171—Cal- fornia oarsmen made it three etraight victories y when the blue oars of California Mashed across the Mniah jine four lengths ahead of the Cardinal boat tn the varsity race. ‘The Bears led from the start, rowing M4 strokes to the minute. The Blue and Gold « finished rowing 38 and inereased their lead half a length in the last hundred yards Previously the California second and third varsity crewa had both led the Stanford second varsity to the finish line. The California freshmen won from the Stanford first year men in the last race the day. They led by pout two lengtha, toda Oregon Primary Is to Be Held May 21 SALEM, Orey April 17.—Oregon republicans will mark their ballots for five presidential candidates at their primary May 21 The time for filing declarations of candidacy expired last night and the secretary of state's office today an- Nownced the names of the following republican presidential aspirants will #o on the ballot: ifonard Wood, Hiram Johnson, rank ©. Lowden, Herbert Hoover and Miles Poindexter, The lone democratic candidate will be William Gibbs McAdoo, | Sontag Accuses Pair of Burglary Val Sontag, middleweight bo: was named as complaining witness in an information filed in superior court Saturday Prosecu! ¥ Clark's | odd | | | | reported Turple. | CHAIRMAN FOR CALIFORNIA “U" | _ G.0,P. SOUGHT) WINS:IN RACES ‘Take Three Straight Crew! | | | C. Brown, charging J. J. Fisse and | Bugene Gentile with burg The | pair is alleged tp have entered Son | tag's rooms, 12th ave, and 1, Jeffer- | Von st, April 14, | story with a background of intense and continuous WILLIAM FARNUM ADVENTURER” A play of dramatic conflict, of romantic flavor, of colorful characterization and rich atmosphere. And William Farnum surpasses himself in em- phasizing its dramatic fireworks! There are duels, love intrigues, plots and counterplots, with something always happening! action —a play of swashbuck- ling hero and court in- 31 play by Oliver G. DEMPSEY AGAIN DELAYED, Symphony Orchestra artists under Reginald Dunn, ing Rimsky-Korsakov’s priccio Espagnole” and “Louisiana,” Wallace. “Ca- Malotte on the Wurlitzer (Request Program) “William Tell” ......... “Song of India”... Rimsky-Korsakov Concert 1:30 Sunday CASE Attorneys Win Court Order for Continuance SAN FRANCISCO, date for the opening Jack Dempsey and obarged with conspirt draft, was again pe when the . Federal Judge Bean April 17.—-The of the trial of Jack Kearns, ng to evade the} oxtponed today alled up before | o The hearing was continued for two weeks. Attorney Henshaw, who is asso-| ciated in the defense of the heavy- | weight champion and his manager, asked the postponement Later the attorney mitted that laughingly ad-| ‘ “our office in busy with | the Mary Pickfas&! case just now.” Henshaw is associated with Attor-| ney Gavin McNab, attorney for the} film star. Fail ‘to Conviet in Liquor Cases TACOMA, April 17.—-Uncle Sam is meeting with small success in the prosecution of the first cases under the national prohibition law her Following the acquittal yesterday of John Young, porting be and Alfred 1. 1 lar charge, were fre Judge B. 6, Cushman. charged with t t W. Hedderly tried on a simi dd by Mederal after the gov- ernment had produced its evidence, Walker and Willia used © whisky tra ncouver, Wash, today. am Fonneville unsportation at were on trial Booze | Police Sleuths Go Out |After Home Distillers Dry squad officers went on a grapo hunt late Friday night and 8 a result five men are in the jelty jail and 600 gallons of mash have been dumped out. Lieut. E. Collier, in/ charge of the raid, | bas intimated that last night's | raids were only the first of a pro. ram to clean up Seattle'ss home | etilertes. The men arr were: Sam | |Greece, 36, at 8 8. and| Dearborn st. in whose possession the police found $2,776 and papers, | whieh proved valuable tn locating | additional liquor haunts; M. EB. Snavely, 66, and A. EB, Harris, 43, | 1208 BH. Pike st cro, $2, and} Dineco, 32, Eighth ave. 8. and| | Charles st, Anothir house Bayview st. land Beacon ave. was visited and a complete still and gallons of mash were confiscate | | Suit Case of Booze Lands.Him in Jail Ten days in the county jail and a fine of $100 Was the sentence given George Ryan in the United | district co Friday after. | Ryan was ted at pier PD with a suitease full ef Canadian whisky. BANK CASHIER IS. SENTENCE! California Man Five-Year Term SAN FRANCISCO, Apefl 17.— c. ‘ant, former assistant cashier the Santa Rosa National bank, tod) was found guilty of conspiracy connection with the wrecking of th institution, and Was sentenced Federal Judge Bean te, five imprisonment , Fernando Samoz@, ence pre of the American Products Co, "Wal found not guilty of a similar char The verdict, reached by a jury } evening, was read today in the U! ed States district court, Mra, Grant collapsed when she heard her hue band's fate, She was carried from the courtroom, 100 BURIED IN | BUILDING WREC Four Persons Killed in Eng: land Tragedy 5 WOLVERHAMPTON, — En April 17——Four persons were ki 16 injured severely and more 100 buried in wreckage when a jard hall collapsed here last night Workers continued searching ruins today 1 amlght find ditional deca dua,