The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 29, 1920, Page 1

RENT RAISED: KILLS SELF Weather On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise e Seattle Star and S te rly showers; » prob. moderate southwesterly winds Last 24 Hours Minip . 43. Tempera Maximum Evtered as Seound Class Matter May 9, 1999, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1878 Per Year, by Mail, ia ||AS IT SEI IT SEEMS TO ME | LEW A. GI GREENE fine T | to an inte Vine. It is a triftin as physical exer T find it stim Puts me in tune wi is so ordin: T walk and clean Rew paint cb le humber HE passed Mine town ry were “Sehoo! that morning I passed by. Young @ut on the porches faces good bye ar Brush at @ stray lock to talk across the the roses in front of Jim could use bis bat chalked and numbered ‘on the concrete walk, left from last night's hop-sco’ f meross the way a Malt , @ fox terrier, separat of tree trunk, were lou an agelong hatred. fone young husband re others on this street. but I § Rot discovered them thus far I Rot forget to turn at the first and wave to a girlish face gt smiled after him there was the with geraniums the sills inside the and the bar and ri mm skin the cat and do the inder, and ‘the dry, peb yard full of atter and gingham big brick blooming le win bs aay P18 a street in this town this like a thousand « streets in a thousand other towns that rfluous to describe it St fe typical. It le f Middle-ciass—or I would te it did 1 not s0 “class establishes ems #u implying hall Serie ¢ t © Ye are the Sh elity that is be hid Toxen light a =? * on a cand giveth light unto a the hous- HF pers ried ugly Mu and marital! unfairne and pestilence, and fam have wesulted heartache and misery And the q to the homes o thru which I to me street morn Why 40 we earth with wires, ar the sea, in or ery and brin fresh and het” John jones stoop in his per, smoking apading up ar: the sounds and the quiet evening and Beely. \ Wh ask that t splash) under out m it | hirt H und the Newspapers are r veyors of new ew is the unexpected, the urn to Page 2, Column 3) ENGLAND an extensive SON “SE A’ TTL E, Ww ASH., DENOUNCES CALDWELL; HOTEL MANAGER, — CALLS HIM_A WHINER onE-EYE). WILLS SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920. “TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE WHY WAS CHIEF WARREN FIRED? HE ASKS Mayor Caldwell said today that he had nothing to add to his former statement regarding Ole Hanson's part the purchase of the street railway. i ee Ole Hanson, former the Caldwell camp the street He dictated the following statement: “Why Mayor attack ‘The answer * into * * * mayor, continued today * to pour % shot in controversy. railway purchase does Caldwell me d is easy duty from “Mayor Caldwell, after he performed his arduous the office in Washington, Flanders’ fields, finally came back to Seattle not very successful in his private law practice. return to the public payroll. He had to have issue. war in government's law 3,000 miles Perhaps he was He wanted to some kind of an “He picked on the municipal car line and attacked by innuendo municipal ownership and operation. He spread a tissue of suspicion thruout the community. Thousands voted for Caldwell because they believed that he was withholding some facts which he would later expose. “He was elected. He is now called upon to make good he has anything in God's world except his sewer-minded sus- picions, why don’t he present them to the proper tribunal? He is a lawyer. He knows what such procedure should be. He did not have to ask his former assistant, Meier. He knows, or should know, Now in order to protect himself from the charge of obtaining his office by false pretenses he is using vituperation. “T note he says Ole is a polecat. All right. A polecat only sprinkles its beneficent essence upon a present foe. Caldwell attacked me nightly during my absence, when he knew I was under contract calling upon me to deliver a lecture in scattered communities. If widely par Cigar Stand Robbed Last Night ter ciga by after the lock Mereh tered burglar re mao the Put Up the Netting, Sam AFETY ALGIERS, IN May m la afety devic tubs revered FIRST BATHTUBS) alibi for black “Now that I am back, he is whining. Proving his cowardic by sowing broadcast half truths, malicious and slimy sugges- tions; has sought to discredit all men who supported the car purchase. “R. H. Thomson Seattle while ¢ ington, D. C. “William Hickman Moore was judge, mayor and councilman while Caldwell was unable to raise a beard. “But what's the use of enumerating the others? Caldwell now squeals and says he dislikes to enter into an altercation with me. “Dear Hughie should have thought of this before he started his cowardly, unmanly attacks. “T would like to ask Caldwell if he agreed to make the attack on me in conformity with an agreement with the Seattle Union Record? “I would like to ask Caldwell if he promised E. B. Ault, of the Seattle Union Record, to fire Warren in return for the promise of the Record’s support in case Fitzgerald was nomi- nated with him? “I would like to ask Caldwell if he knows that his ally, the Seattle Union Record, came out in bold face type editorially and not only advocated the purchase of the car lines but said: ‘We are convinced that we are getting more than jour money's worth’? “I would like to ask Mr. Caldwell why he sat advising the city government during the negotiations with the street car company and never by word of mouth, writ- ten er spoken, did anything but approve of every move made by the city government? “Last, but not least, I would like to ask Caldwell as a citizen, to state the true reason for discharging Joel F. Warren when he repeatedly said to me while I was mayor that Chief of Police Joe) F. Warren was the only rea al chief ot Police Seattle ever had.” who helped purchase the car lines, lived in dwell was haunting the alleys of Wash- Strikers Hope to Attain Results NEW YORK, May 29.—-Officiais of the International Brotherhood Electrical Workers today predicted the r ffect of the strike of 12 power house employes of the Brook lyn Rapid Transit company be felt today 29-—An Al to have in to. prevent It marks rn would he guid QUICKER United States Suffers Long- er From Labor Troubles, Says Briton ! overing more q ubles art out of the United abor tr head the ndustries of Great Britain rived in Seattle Saturda the New Wash He of the elec Vincent is at ston till Wednesday is making idly trifica tem adopted by the Chicago waukee St. Paul railway ve that labor troubles in country will soon pass the erious declared Sir Vincent tage From what I have try, bust eturning Raven seen of thi # conditions are oft to normal here and, but I bellev ownward path. 1 by President H President H. B waukes,' Other Vincent on the di cent arrived compan and Vice the Mit ram of country with Sir are Altho railroad the ortheastern of its und intends to electrify more. Milwaukee leads the world declared Sir Vincent clear acrons the tudy the London electrified some line the th in ne Mi ning nd the continent to electrified lines in Wa Montana,” he added. Du the war Sir Vincent Raven was in charge of the Woolwich which produced quantities of war material for He will leave Wednesday for | enormous ng Exercises Elaborate observance of Memorial day. T Memorial starts at 10 a, m The program will o'clock, at the First church, when Walter F. corporation counsel Louis Shorett, post, No, 31 Other plans a day day begin at Meier, will will preside nambers inclu airs, by W. L, Donley; invoe Rey. J. D, O. Powers; harp se Mrs, Ruth Osborn Boyer |J. Worth Densmore; tysburg Address, Thomas N. “Star-Spangled Banner,” Mary Scott; reading, Rey. Joseph yES After the services, rans will be at the Good Decoration the tivil memoria! services at G. A. R -GEN. HASTIE T0 CONDUCT BIG PARADE | Memorial Day Will Be Cele-| brated by Customary complete for Mon parad Presbyteria speak. mmander of Miller patriotic tion, tion, vocal solo, | Lincolp’s Get- Swale; Lion Martha Hinck- the guests of the Bats cafeteria of graves and further plot, ALL TO BLIND [Unwilling to Pass Increase to Tenants, Aged Man Ends Life By Gas Driven into a fit of melancholia because of a notification of a raise in |the rent of the rooming house he was subletting, J. D. Brodie, 60 years old, |living at Western ave., committed suicide by taking gas some time Jafter 11:20 last night in a room at the Stewart hotel, 86 Stewart st. In the | will, which was made a few days ago, Brodie, who was blind in one eye, lleft all his possessions, amounting to several hundred dollars, to the blind yor the city | According to Mrs. Clara McCurdy, who lives in the rooming house which Brodie ran, the deceased had been threatening to take nis own life for sey- eral days, ever since the receipt of a letter from West & Wheeler which notified him that the rent on the| | small frame house on Western ave. [had been raised. Worried because he| |could scarcely make both ends meet jand because he feared to raise the jrent on his tenants, Brodie feli = the fit of melancholia which en in his suicide last night Brodie, who was a member of the First Presbyterian church and a resi- {Orders Release of Mrs. Shibayama, proprietor of the Stew-/ | i art, who notified the police depart | 0 Hare, Who Violated | ment | Espionage Law |NO RELATIVES ; |ARE KNOWN | Patrotman J. J | dent of Seattle for many years, had} |been out of employment all igre | owing to his poor health why was brought on by the constam use of! chloroform, according to Mrs. Mo- |Curdy. The past few days had shown & marked change in his mental atti- fier and last night Mrs, McCurdy spent mych time with him attempt:| ling to kéep him from taking his life.| He had disconnected the gas plate! lin his rooms. At 6:30 last night he | went to the Stewart notel and in-| quired for a room with gas connec tion, At 11:30 he returned and rent ed the room for one night. With the gas hose in his mouth, this morning his dead body was discovered by K WASHINGTON, May 29.—Presi- Kush was sent out| Sing, Wines toma orcad te ne | reported him dead at the time of his ie “political pri: arrival on the scene. ‘The body was | ere eee ee A Bugesé turned over to the coroner. No reia-/\ Debs, Rose Pastor Stokes ahd tives of the dead man are known. | others has been demanded by the The will, which named as bene-| socialistic party convention and citi- ficiaries the flind of the cit#, was! zens’ committee in petitions to the | witnessea by Mrs. McCurdy and her| White House. The socialist petition is-yearold daughter, Etta Say. This| was given Secertary Tumulty two was done more to satisfy the whim| weeks ago. jof the old man than as a legal pro-| Mrs, O'Hare was convicted of violas ceeding, according to Mrs. McCurdy,!tion of the espionage act, as were | who had known Brodie for 20 years.) Debs and the cthers, She has been | “I didn’t want to sign it,” she said,!at Jefferson City, Mo., prison since “put I saw that he was worried, and [ae 14, 1918, ON JONES BILL lodge. |Committee Named to Pre- | pare Pacific Port Clause | A committee consisting of J. D. Lowman chairman, W. B. Hender- Saul Friedenthal, S. J. Wettrick an@ J. D. Mansfield was appointed teday by S. H. Pyles of the national affairs bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, to make @ written recommendation on the clause in the Jones shipping bill providing that preferential ¢3 Causes Stoppage in In- 2 ores : ental stalling New Orders | faiiroads to po. Pacitic ports on @ “ |parity with Eastern terminals shall Because the construction fund of | not apply exc for commerce car the city light department is empty, | ried in American ships 63.000 users of city power have been | Conferences have been held at the unable to obtain any construction or|Chamber of Commerce for two days installation work for the last wéek,|and the hearings developed a wide |J. D. Ross, superintendent of city|divergence of opinion and interest, |lighting, announced Saturday, | Representatives of American ship- | An emergency ordinance will be in-| Ping on this coast approved of the re Depleted Construction Fund | Lake View cemetery, will be at 3 p. jm. under the direction of J, W. Thornton, Water memorial services will be held at the Bell st, dock at {5:15 om A special feature of the parade will be the fife and drum corps of | the G. A. R, made up of veterans | from the Retsil Soldiers’ home. | UNITS IN | PARADE | Order of units of the |elude Brig. Gen acting adjutant and staff; N | officers’ training of Washington; ot officials of the day and drum corps; Cushing, Sexton posts, and Grand (Turn to Page INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Ma Harry Ice melted when poli his home and found bim making raisin whisky over tho kitchen stove. None of the whisky was either in or on “ice,” police said, parade’ in Maurice ‘Thompson, general W, N. G,, W. troops; reserve corps; University tor and public Hiks’ band; fite Stevens, Miller, and Green Lake Army of the Re Column 5) raidest ltroduced at the weekly \tn Jerable conditions, Ross 4 |measure will permit ea pay for necessary construction work their light bill, Contracts worth over $340 were turned down by the city lighting de- partment Friday, on account of lack of necessary funds, it is said Mayor Hugh M, Caldwell today an. nonuced that he will urge ounci! to consider the plans vanced by Superintendent Ross onstruct an 11-foot tunnel thru 8,5) feet of solid rock at the Cedar in dam, Approximately $400,000 has peen| t in an attempt to seal the Cedar yor declared. ad 4 spe | Prohibitionist Gets Small | Vote! SACRAM vote given prohibition delegates in the presiden- tial primary election, was one-haif of 1 per cent of the total vote cast, the city | meeting of | Striction on the ground that it aids y council to relieve the intol-; (hem in meeting foreign competition, od. The| While representatives of foreign ship- h person to}Ping concerns say it is a discrimina- tion which will drive Japanese and the expenditure to be rebated out of | English vessels to Gulf and Bastern coast ports. Used Car Sales Never before were there as many Used Car sales as now on auto row. The different Used Auto managers seem to be vying with each other to cut prices and put on sales. On classified page to- day you'll find bargains in Used Cars.