The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 14, 1920, Page 1

Tonight Temperature Today a x § {ill Maximam, 64. Weather and fair; moderate westerly wends, Saturday, Last M4 Hour, Minimum, 41. neon, 55, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise e Seattle Star at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congrede March 3, 1479 Motered as Second Clans Matter May 3, Ver Year, by Mail, #5 to #9 perfect virtuoso an hour with his Bye ge [ Sy z 5 ‘ns technical abi! ihterest or value operatic aria in per a silly, tawdry thing to & glorious voice, controlled, subject voice, that you you will with, and an eternal song into of a thousand rapt = . a ifeitt, H sig gE [ { : j & we like jazz above opera; jazz, at least, laugh in it; much ing but a sick whine. eee hy t i | E HA n a E the local prosecut are troubled because modern cigaret docs stain the fingers ye! and they have no whether suspects arr or no, To the police to the movie scenario of intellect, to. smoke betokens a crimeateeped Fyig3 & s Uae i the officials are wondering the #tain has gone to. And yet it is simple, The stain ,@ismppeared about the same time the last shred of tobacco vanished iy! present imagines that they are potting»to- in ‘any considerable quan in cigarets thene days, I invite hopeful person to split open sure enough tobacco is found , let me know. I'll buy that myseif. Smoking cigarets is doubtless an sin, a crime against the stat« & present help in time of trou a the professional reformer. Misnent out of a job, but thin ‘be said for the modern cigare: Jeast, he isn't using the ‘What he is using seems to be a mystery, but certainly it tobacen. . IOR ie it tobacco that is smoked in the aver. age pipe mixturé Ill bet that nine. tenths of the, modern gmokers would be mighty sick if they smoked a pipeful of barn-cured, home twist for a “ 2 TN bet that nine-tenths of be fed brown paper, shred with @ little chemical flavor ded, and we would never the difference. Hulf! There ain't no Je any more ‘as for an all Havana cigar ean find one, 4 single brand market, you'll be lucky what they say they know what they are. At the ft's Sumatra; more likely it's or Conn.—emphasis on ae sover Is Against > Industrial Courts (INGTON, May 14 vaining and “good will” with opinion exercising the only ‘offer the best hope for in pence, Herbert Hoover told Jabor committer today steps should be Hoover declared gtions, compulnory ar Collect Proprietor and Police Un-| | able to Learn Motive of Plot to Start Fire | | Firebugs, prompted by an un. | jknown motive, threw an oilaatu- | rated bundle of burning papers thru |the warehouse window of the Wik | | Ham Robbins Hardware Co., 208 Fuaih | }road ave. S., early Friday morning. | Discovery of the incindary attempt | was made when Abe and Simon Rob- bins, both 17, opened the place of business at 6 @ m. for the day | They noticed smoke isxying from the |broken rear window and called the patrolman on the beat. The whole | jrear room was found filled with |smoke. The smouldering bundle was | lying near a stack of hair and cot | ton mattresses | Investigation of the outajde of the building revealed a number of burned matches. The window had! been broken and the bundie hurled thru the window which was barred | William Robbins, proprietor, told! the police he was unable to explain | ‘@ motive for the attempt to burn the | place. He valued the contents of the store at $15,000, An attempt to! break into the store was reported to the Police by Robbins several days half-burned | 0 police head. ago. The police took t | bundle of newspapers | quarters. oi Natalee Portland Guests Routed by Flames PORTLAND, May 14.—Fire in the Jaeger apartments, abortly after 10 o'clock last night, routed some 75 im} | mates, some of them half-clad, and |caused damage which may reach | $25,009. HANCE TO GET RID) OF PINT OF BLOOD!) Have you a pint of surplus blood to part with at a moment's notice? | Tell Dra. O. C. Jones and L. L. Bull, | at tity hospital. Your name will be| listed, and when needed in a blood transfusion operatian you will be called upon. | |Germans Refuse to Attend Meeting | BERLIN, May 14—The German cabinet today decided to refuse to participate in the Spa conference with the allies unless French troops | were withdrawn from Frankfort be- |fore the conference was called |Fair Weather Is | Official Promise) |) Pair weather tonight and Satur |day, with moderate westerly winds, jis the program announced today by U. 8. Weather Observer Salisbury | his pilots is ready | {Veteran Missing, | | Police Seek Him) Leaving his home at 212 19th ave. for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club, where he had hopes of obtaining work, Ben Deutsch, 21, a fisherman | | failed to return home on May 6.| Mra. Betty Katy, with whom Deutach | was living, notified the police Friday of his disappearance. Bremerton Day . Is Observed Here | “Bremerton Day” was celebrated by the Chamber of Commerce mer. bers’ council Friday, when 100 | Bremerton citizens were at} |the Masonic club room luncheon, W B. Jessup, editor of the Bremerton | | Searchlight, and Dr. F, A. La Vio-| liette were speakers | Good News: Butter on Skids Eggs Tottering. New Spuds Lower. An oversupply of fresh cream sent the wholesale pric in Seattle shoot cents for bricks and 63 cents for cubes, a drop of Hetail prices are 68 to 60 cents a pound Egg prices are threatening drop. Local demand ix not keep ing up with the increased rece of the fe ruesta reamery men. California new potatoe 10 wholesale 1 from Californis |) the local mark I wholesaling at 66 4 pound, onions i] have reached afd are pound, SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MAY Why could David Rodgers get no financial backing in his shipyard plans? . The question, after two days of public agitation, remains as mooted as ever. Was it because Rodgers truly lacked the financial training and experience that would make him a good risk? Or was it because the Associated Industries opposed his plan to unionize the plant? If the former, it is regrettable, of course, but something that could not be helped. If the latter, it is nothing less than the same criminal syndicalism which has made the I. W. W. in- tolerable. ag The Associated Industries deny the implication. WHAT DOES DAVE RODGERS SAY? The public is entitled to havethe straight goods from him. He introduced, in his public announcement, a letter to Judge Gary. ; But that letter needs explanation. By itself, it means noth- But thing that i for 14, 1920. He must answer the one big question in the public mind, namely: ; ‘ “Could Dave Rodgers have got the necessary money and backing to operate the Skinner-Eddy yard No. 2 if he would agree to the ‘open shop’ plan?” If the “open” or “closed shop” had nothing to do with Rodgers’ inability to get the needed support, he has done the city needless nigh by insinuation of it. If it did have some- thing to do with the failure of an enterprise of such magni- tude, then it is time the public knew it. If the Associated In- dustries is guilty of driving out a legitimate business, capable of employing 6,000 men, the city must lose no time or effort to curb that organization. , Dave "odgers had as much — to operate his plant as a “closed shop” as any Associated Industries'member has to run his plant on the “open shop” basis. If, by using the “s; pathetic” and “general strike” methods, the p Pres og Indus- tries got the banks and other sources of finance to lay down on Rodgers, to squeeze him and to harass him, are they one bit better than the reds whom they profess to denounce? If Dave. Rodgers has such aoe to make, he should up—at once. He should make his charges, not by insinua- tion, but in plain, direct, unequivocal language. HAVE YOUR CAR READY SATURDAY TO GIVE ORPHAN KIDS GOOD TIME the good of chil-| Stuart P. Walsh, the Boy Scouts’ dren, expecially the homeless. But what is wanted now is more ma chines to get the children to the Moore theatre Boy Scouts were busily engaged today Oiling 1,500 bags with oranges, | executive, will be on hand to see | that each youngster |from the autos safely gets to and Even Fire order to qua ordinary dre {Turk Rebel Leader |ciatmers ait over th o. the basement of t Government Is Ready Trial Postal Flights. | From Seattle That an air mail service will be| actually in operation between Seattle and British Columbia cities in the near future was predicted by sPost maater Edgar Bi Arrangemen: and ing. It must be supplemented by facts within Rodgers’ know]- edge. And, having stated his dase in yy to the public, Rodgers should now come forward and tell the rest, Hos the opportunity you've been looking for to help give a homeless tot a good time The Ro ltary club needs 150 more autos on Saturday morning to call at the dif. ferent institutions im the city for or. | phan children who are to be taken to the Moore theatre, where a ape | Gal performance of the Orpheum | circuit bil, headed by Will Creey, | lis to be put on expecially for the been amembied. fOF | youngsters. | Chief of Police “The hardest thing to get a/ the Moore with a man's time,” says Chairman Wil tam J. Smith | committees, “We have had no trou-| police band bie getting everything everybody haa responded most gen beree put on by erously and it's fine to know that| the peace | men will contribute so freely to any The Boy Scout Friday being made with officials at Vancouver and Victoria, eerie $ CONTINUING, YET BE attle, meet an Incoming boat at one of forvign packages and | of the Canadian towns, and return with Ie letters, Mail can be delivered and distrib} Courthouse, Postoffice and|Report Canada Wants Wat- uted 24 hours qui ent # m, it w Boeing plane than at pres ix declared os the Boeing company, states that to make the round | Hydroplanes will | ¢ and the pres them ir bay plane 50 Barracks Razed DUBLIN, May 14 barracks dl inued last night, tod: Bruree son for Air one Attacks on po public butldings | * trip at any time according to ad be used in this service ent plan { land at the foot of Union st can carry 750 Friday aft tion of the fields was mi: Grath, Claud ¢ yet be sent viees her to miles in County Limerick, stroyed the the postoffice Roads were barricaded and com munication lines cut by the raiders. It was announced officially that more than 50 police barracks were de stroyed in Wednesday night's raids. Watson nine of the ried, is now imprisonment at S north of Cork, confe armed men de pourthouse and burned yon & tour of inspec a nding Edward Me amsay, chairman of the nity commissioners, and Postmaster Battle fw to recommending one of them to the rtment as terminal ern and southern air mail service McGrath, who is superintendent of mail transportation, was director of | and New York for a y during the | war, and was appolmted to take | charge of the plans for such service her uring the recent visit af Otto Serie gasat sanecest poaceaane Pat? general, Mrs. Hulda Pfaff, employed in the It’s Tough Riding | office of Dr. F. G. Nichi t Burien in Christie’s Auto) station, appiica tor a warrant today i | for the arrest of her husband, Alston | | "gio ane. Friday, In the beauty, who, she says, violated a court] in Spokane, W. Christi’e automo: | * the o recently issued, when he bile, bee » thieves stole hi th door ff th doctor’ | rect result of her in the door of the doctor's cushions Thursday night from Thursday, and dragged her |!0& detectives to shi 714 Burke ave se nan la ‘ led to his arrest ut 4714 "Burke ay oud Hataead, < ateee 1 to his fainted, i be ‘te ean In her complaint GET NO MONEY| ,.M™. Pitt VANCOUVER, B May 14 When Charlies F Dunean die Mareh 10, he left an tate of $7 toa 6 1 nephiew in Scotland, iso that the boy, In ify, must wear kilte as until he Dus prope uthorties b report th will be asked to 7 order that he may ada to face a char; with a for an east Canada, and the are said to belie several murders t Order Los beard" Miss € Bs, It's tough riding, Wash rear seat of A auto hes | office garage declares she Aivorce. | Chr divorce marriage she was band will . tracting with the » it he for he fe | kidnap their minor permitted to remain at S IT THE RAIN | OR COOL NIGHTS?) Talking about did you ever hear of ‘corset climat | While estimating the advantages for locating corset manufacturers on the enterprising Cham Commerce inve with the pro: has reached | weat et No. 18; fails the dd, the h MeClean Ne wWeatminater to strenu accept | cers’ library at the This in the first night, Hereafter meet every other F Guy M. Parmele Miss Muriel Rocke will go to| Puget sou tions impc Car tigators un that Se ex vorable elim the f t Climate apt juite disturbed over this later canization ir Condemned to Die}'*”’"" Kemal, leader of the Turkish nation: | aliet rebels, has been condemnded to | day death by an extraordinary court-mar. | fats tial, an Exchange Telegraph diepaten | will i OF 18 meet ut noon at the Good! indifference on the Richard J*, Scholx/ band, Mes, Therec reedom of J'reas.” | Preaton, Wash., pe or COMM May 15, cafet: Aigeuse fh vited, Satur P it apples, cookies, candy and nuts, in niture store, where the Warren will be at brought in on an 8. O. 8. call of the Rotary club) W. BE. Carr will be there with the we wanted, | there will be a regular musical jam. James P to the’ gal rumor in circulation he | for the murder of N +} they did not deny | is under way | Watson is known to have lived in Canadian authorities He Violated Court| Bluebeard Woman for 000 damages yesterday Miss Wombacher married Watson name of Harvey er by virtue of the* big 'Post Auxiliary to Meet Tonight| Thé Women's Auxillary of Seattle Ameri¢ | meet tonight at 8 o'clock In the offi She Asks Divorce for “Indifference” After enduring two years of all e part of her hus | at he Standard Fur. Mente” have | Performance Marshal Bringhurst is making the affair an excuse to get into the | frolic, and a number of firemen wil | be on duty at the theatre during theft It's up to you, Mr. Seattle Men er and Women, with big cars and small. Join in with the other good fellows and be at the Moore Saturday morn -e at 9 o'clock. George H. Dowling has charge of the Rotary automobile committee. guardians of |If you can help him out by getting | Jother machines lined up, telephone in charge of him at Main 140. ls Granted Permission to Study Law Books gang of kids he Lieut. from all reports the | 4 Revised Bill for Veterans, Murders | Due Wednesday | WASHINGTON, May 14.—A max imum cash bonus of $500 for the we is th® service man was agreed to today by today republicans on the waye murd of | means committee, maximum benefit to be allowel ee of life|on the optional forms of aid (which an Quentin are farm and home aid, vocational Lee De training pal-up insurance) was here refuse to dis- | nat Gov, Stephens | pardon Watson in| the be taken to Can. ‘ge of murder, but that such a plan May 14.—That| Watson may house and Fordney y bill to ins to submit revised the committee Wednesday hat he committed | Sued by $100,000 May 14.—"Blue- atson was sued by mbacher for $100, Without the qfiver of an eyelash, Charles W. Kelch, burglar, forger, — - _ —— | criminal, stood complacently befare Judge John S. Jurey in superior | jcourt this morning apd heard him | | self sentenced to life imprisonment. | “Have to say?” asked the judge after sentence had been pronounced, “Nothing much,” said Keleh, “ex- |be taken fram jail to the prosecut- ing attorney's law library where I can study up on how to perfect my Thus he revealed his intention of assuming the role of lawyer in a last effort to save himself. His motion whenever he wishes, a deputy sheriff | will take him from cell to the law library on the fourth floor of The windows of the library over. look Fotirth ave. They are not barred and are often unlocked and his guard while in the library, how ever, to prevent any attempt he | might make to escape. his sentence, Keleh's mo- tion for a new trial of a grand lar CHIEF'S ACTIONS ceny charge, of which a jury con- Judge Boyd J, Tallman — | Kelch is a young man, little more Investigates Dry than 30, but served two terma for Dismissal at Court House writer of death threats and habitual you anything | lcept that I would like permission to appeal to the supreme court.” was granted. From time to time, the County-City building. open. He will be closely watched by | DEN |r cw | Before ficted him recently, was denied by Squad burglary and forgery {n the peniten- at Walla Wall then was re- ‘anadian army war, He had returned e from London but two weeks when he was arrested again, for grand larceny by forgery. He had, it was shown during his trial, used a stencil to forge checks against a fuel company's account in a local bank These checks he ts said to have been successful in lspreading broadcast before he was | y | caught e |Policemen Try to | Boyt fACING SE) a ” Do “Squads East” |" usworth Bovie, six times conviet Something similar to the wails of | ed of forg diagruntled doughboys could be|of penitentiaries, is scheduled for heard Friday morning ‘Terrace | sentence as an habitual ériminal in ave. the station where | Jie J.T. Ronald's court Saturday Capt, Hans Damm had the potice-| resecuting Attorney Fred Brown, men of the afternoon shift doing | who appeared for the state against squads east” in compliance with | Kelch and will also appear in the nt orders from Chief Warren | Boyle case, says Boyle; since 1902, that all policemen shall drill once or | has been out of jail leas than a year twice a week fand a half, He served four terms jin Walp Wala prison and ene in ATCHES CASE OF _ [Silom Ore. Brown says. “BAIT” ON LINE Y, M. C. A. Burglar Hansen, a fisherr | Uses’ Sk light ase ‘otch whist! and Al Os After several rooms in the ¥. M. ht Ike at the latter's home|C, A r robbed Thursday W. Gist st. late Thursday | night, guests saw the feet of the. ia W. Benson, of jnight. ke is being held in the city) prowler vanishing thru a skylight in gan suit here Fri-| jail Friday awaiting federal ipvesti-!the swimming pool. Mostly cloth Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell, who Is back in Seattle after a fishing trip on Vancouver island, lms announced in 1919, under | he will make an invest ion of the It was a di-| incidents surrounding the dismissal action in employ: | of >, Collier from the post. adow Watson that ‘dry” squad and would take such action ax the facts Jin the matter may justify.” Mise Wombacher been damaged in deceived into con onfossed bigamist on near police an Legion, will | Armory r & held the auxiliary riday night is president tt is at} will | Mrs. | and ecretary Ike caught his tin I} ver, ¢ 20) and a five-time inmate | tT EW LATE EDITION ATTEMPT TO DESTROY amues. SEATTLE WAREHOUSE FAMILIES TRAPPED - BY BLAZE - INWOODS Women Scout Danger and Keep on Washing While Back Fence Burns Two hundred men, with HI Nitti | HT cee ae HT th the long @ry grass greens, which burst th swept down t closer to the lake. lake, telephone calls brought brigades and crews of shovelers axmen from Seattle—some from the fire warden's office, others from the Seattle Electric company, and many — volunteers in motor vara STAR PHOTOGRAPHER NEARLY BURNED ALIVE intending to get behind the new fire front to obtain pictures. " He was gone nearly half am hour, When he atempted to return by the same route he found the fire had jumped the road and was burming fiercely on both sides of him. Noth- ing remained but to run for it. Covering his camera with his coat, with head down, he charged thru the flames, reaching safety nearly suffo- cated and his clothing covered with sparks and cinders and ready te ig- nite in a dozen places. “It's a hard life,” he grinned, ing the ashes from his face. I got the pictures,” WITHIN STONE’S THROW OF ROW OF HOUSES It was nearly 3 o'clock then— three hours after the Tire had broken. out afresh over its new course—and in that three hours the flames had advanced, despite all efforts to check it, over an area more than half a mile in extent and was roaring with. in a stone's throw of a raw of houses overlooking the lake at Ken- more. The homes of James O'Toole, Charles Parker, Bily Gorman, R Foster, J. Ringenbach, Al Anderson, S. Sterling, Tom Schuter, J. Salmon, J. Jarvis and B.A. Terry, the store of J. Mitchell, the new ol filling station of Ed Mahler, the John Me Master shingle mill and the mill boarding house were directly in the path of the oncoming fire, ‘Two women were in the boarding house, closest to the advancing men. ace. One was ironing, the other washing dishes, They laughed and making light of the fire fienters? efforts, unaware that their back fence, scarcely more than 100 yards back in the brush, was at that moment aflame, Luekily for the inhabitants, whose homes seemed doomed, 1. W. Fuller and a bucketand-shovel brigade of 16 men arrived in a Seattle Electric w f they saved the row some | wip- “But Hot |