The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 21, 1920, Page 1

On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise EW Weather Tonight and Thursday, fair; moderate south- westerly winds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 71. Today noon, 68, ° VOLUME 23. AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH HE aerial forces had a great battle over my tent at 4 am, and for two hours I watched and listened to the titanic yeombat, and renewed my gratitude to a kind Providence that led me {to escape from the lands of torna. “do, and lightning and thunder satorm. In the Northwest a thunder yehower is a ten-year spectacle, and ‘in 20 years I believe I have read of Sgome six persons being killed by ightning in the Northwest. I now of one little town in the Mid- Sdilc West that lost twice that many ‘every summer. ‘The wrath of Jehovah was very lose to me in my youth. Some- } times, when the exhorter was shak- Mme us over the very brink of a ‘Blowing hell. there would arine one ‘of those sudden tempests. The lit- We church would rock in the gale, the lightning would blaze and the thunder would crash, and thru the how! of the storm and the rush of the wind and rain, the preacher | would urge home the terrors of the State of the damned until every | Jost sout among us urchins would ® quiver in mortal terror, and would solemnly forswear stealing water- | melons, and hooking prunes from | the grocer’s sidewalk display, and @ucking birds’ eggs and smoking orn silk cigarets. Hell seemed mighty reasonable @nd close when the heavens opened ‘@nd beiched forth their wrath. eee IN) OR was the threatening of wag epared of a family of half a dozen. Women cooking the even- meal were snatched up in a | fiery chariot; farmers in the field | Were smitten; the horseman on his | Gteed was taken and the horse was @pared. All sorts of cruel and freakish and deadly pranks were “indulged in by the gods of my youth. and for days after one of _ these biack storms the entire com- munity walked slowly and spoke of | the dead in awesome whispers. Some folks sought the cellar, sore sought the middle of a huge feather bed, some put thelr faith fn lightning rods, and others in fervent prayer, and some defiantly walked forth bare-headed, looked the heavenly batfle square in the face and appeared to enjoy the tempest. D ‘then those summer rains that always mess- e4 up the Fourth and Decoration day and the Sunday school picnic. Out here we can usually expect days of sunshine and nights of giadness from June to September, but no man knew what the day would bring forth In the prairie * states, And when it rained, it was M> Oregon mist, no Puget sound fog, gently dropping balm from heaven. When it rained back there, it came down as tho the heavens had opened their sluices and vowed to cover the earth with a watery winding sheet. In five hours I have seen tiny Drooks swollen to great, rushing torrents — torrents that tore houses, and barns, and chicken coops, and fences away, and rushed them for miles down the valley. This afternoon, say, would be burning hot, dust ankle deep, no of rain, and the old lazy tte would be merely a series of ‘warm puddles among the hot sand- bars. Afid by tomorrow evening the Platte would be a raging, howling torrent, miles wide in the river bottoms. It would seek new chan nels, gobble up corn fields by the hhalf-section, leave great railroad bridges on dry land, and make new channels thru orchards and hay fields. So in my youth nobody saw rea- gon to doubt the Biblical account of Noah. We might wonder how ft came that Noah had so much ad. vance notice, and aleo why it took 40 days and nights to rain enough to flood the earth, but generally we accepted the statement ag essen: tially true, tho some of us boys who had suffered occasionally won- dered why Noah took wood ticks ‘and water moccasins into the ark. eee HICH reminds me that the flood story in the one story that is found in the annals of every race and tribe and peo- ple, And now comes geology and shows that not only was there one flood, but that there were many, some of which were world-wide, and some that were merely Jocal California, for instance, hag’ been submerged and elevated, resub- merged and again thrust up from the deep, perhaps a dozen times, and wherever you today find a des ert, a level, sandy plain, you will find evidence that in former ages that was the bed of elther.a sea, a great lake or an ocean encroach- Minimam, 54. Se MAGEE IS BACK HOME Husband to Be Turned Over! to Colorado Authorities | for Violating Parole | | ee | LES, July 21.—Clyde} Bissell, musteal genius, and the 13-| year-old girl, Elizabeth Magee,, be! was alleged to have abducted and cruelly mistreated, were back in| this city today after a month search on a fajse clue which was! lost in Seattle. | Bissell, whose real name is Clyde Spinning, has married the girl and is to be handed over to prison au- thorities in Colorado, where he is wanted for violating parole at) Buena Vista. The girt ie back in the home of her sorrowing parents, Mr. and Mrs, Constantine Magee, of this 108 AN! The couple were never tn Seat- te. ‘Their trait led thru vartouw California cities, ending at Loa Gatos, where they were recognize! and arrested by Sheriff Lyle, but they had never left this state. Bissell, or Spinning, and the girt both deny that the letters received by the girl's mother and purport ing to describe horrible experiences thru which her daughter was pass ing at Spinning’s hands, were writ- ten by Spinning or with his knowl edge. Detectives and postal authorities are now searching for a supposed pervert suspected of writing letters. According to Spinning and the girl, their disappearance was not in the nature of a kidnaping, but an elopement. ‘They went away designediy to get married, they say. and obtained a license and a cere: | mony was performed at June 2%, six days after appearance. The bridegroom used his true name, Spinning, to obtain the I cense and the girl used the name Elizabeth “Creer,” her mother's | maiden name, Spinning is embezzling a from the girl's mother, but this charge will be dropped, It is said, when he is turned over to Colorado prison officials and taken back that state to serve out th mainder of a long term for The girl's father said today he would take steps at once to annul the marriage of his daughter to the masquerading convict Spinning. while a boarder in the Magee home, posed as a music He was capable, it in said, of play. ing almost any sort of instrument like an adept Boys Drop “Bomb” on Passing Auto Mrs. F. M. Scott, 2120 N. 90th st, narrowly escaped «erious injury Tuesday afternoon, when boys drop ped @ large lump of clay on her auto Visalia, | their die | $100 Liberty, bond re an. when it"passed under the 12th ave. | 8, bridgé. The clay tore a hole in the | top of the auto and lit in the rear of the machine She saw the boys running down the bridge, but motor cycle officers later failed to locate them. ITHER A CAT OR VACATION VANCOUVER, Wash. July 21.— The county auditor's must either find a cat or give all the young lady clerks a vacation. A colony of mice made its home in the office and @ reign of terror resulted. Bandits F lee i in E Auto, Slug Man Facaping in an auto, two bandits robbed and slugged a man who re fused to give his name, in front of the Fales Paper Co., Fourth ave, &.| and Dearborn st., early Wednesday T, J. Hammer, 802% Seventh ave. a merchant patrolman, notified the police of the robbery. Bruce Is Again | Held as a “Red” James Bruce, alleged L. W. W, or. gant: fell foul of Set. P. ¥. Keefe's red squad again this week A warrant charging criminal syndi. lism was filed against him Wednes- ty by Prosecutor Fred C, Brown, the | cnarged here with | to} | very. | | office here! Batered as Second Clams Matter May 3, 18 At the Postoffice at Seattia, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1579. The Seattle Star Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 SEATTLE, WASH., WED! TOLEDO’S SALESGIRL WINNER When the judges of the great national salesgirls’ beauty contest reached the picture of Mis Helen Howland, there were | est of Toledo's salesgirls, was entered in the national contest for a chance on the stage and in the movies at $100 a week. NAB WOMEN IN _|INDIAN BUNKS “WET” CABARET RUNAWAY BOYS Seize Beer in Magnolia Bluff) They Decided ‘to Abandon Resort War Path Five women and 12 men were ans | After a “wild” adventure with a rested 30 a. m. Wednesday, when |real Indian with whom they are police police raided what they say has «aid to have bargained to go on the been @ prosperous ‘wet” cabaret, at warpath, Kenneth 2330 W. Crockett st, on Magnolia|dall Penney bluff, nty-elght quarts of beer! were en r were seized. Port Townsend, The alleged cabaret was Aixgulned Missing since Sunday, when they as a farm, police Apple trees |toid their parents they were going |xrow ina backyard orchard. En- ty picture whow, Kenneth, aged trance wan gained by flashing @uto) 11 and Randall, 12, were recog- lights on the windows of the house.|1i..1 in «Port ‘Townsend bevt The proprietor would then come oUt )ionny, where they had fallen asleep with a flashlight and look over the Ae ery el party. Police obtained knowledge of)" stp. and Mrs, William A. Sturges, the system of signaling and by this| 50710" ‘Bontius ave, and Mr. and means gained entrance and surprised} try” 7, W. Penney. 1920. Terry ie. revelers, G17 tae ave., this city, parents of the lads, Patrolmen from. Ballard precinct) were notified that they had been | made: the ‘arreate. found and Penney started at once ‘BUILDING B BRICKS to bring them back runaway ute home Seattle boys, today from a Seattle. The Indian is said to have been | nesday. Detectives Joe Bianchi andthe hotel and said they were willing |John Majewski say that Thompson |to come back to Seattle. ‘They gave According to a message from Port Townsend, the two boys went to an Indian wigwam near that city Sun- day afternoon and spent Sunday SOLD AS BUT TER = with the Indian? showing him |the revolver they had carried from Tries to Get Money fF} considerably relieved when he i) ” learned the expedition had been Dope’ called off and the boys had con- Attempting to sell crated bricks| sented to return to their homes, |for butter the accusation made) ‘They readily admitted their names |against Harry’ Thompw 30, Wed-|to the man who awakened them in attempted the sale to obtain money|no reason for their escapade except to buy dope. that they were in search of some Thompson approached the pro-| “real fun.” |prietor of a Yesler way restaurant| Penney was expected back from Monday, showed him a butter crate|Port Townsend some time this af- |he had brought to the restaurant on | ternoor 0 sell! Nutt and Acorn Both Arrested following on arrest of Nutt, 44, of 2483 First ave. ding 28 miles an hour on agon and offe evidently believed the | proprietor would take his word that the crate contained butter. Instead, the proprietor started to open the box. Thompson turned and ran. He was arrested today ‘ 12th ave, Tuesday, came that of A Acorn, of 3500 Frink blvd., for vio. lation of a traffic ordinance, Nutt, |who isasalesman for the White Ce wed on $16 bail, Acorn, manager of the Western Distrigytion Co., was freed when he surrendered 1 $2.00, ‘Thompson Closely Turkish Cabinet . Files Resignation LONDON, July 21.—The Turkish cabinet has resigned, according to dispatches here, ‘oh's” and “ah’s!” right out loud. Miss Howland, fair-| Sturges and Ran-| SDAY, JULY 21, 1920. MAY GOLDEN IDENTIFIED AS HOLD-UP Japanese Says She Is High- waywoman Who Robbed Him of $140 Here Robbery was added to the charges against May Golden, 22, Wednesday, after S Sugrura, 4159 Shelby at. identified ber as the woman who stole | $140 from him on Weller st. between (12th ave end 14th ave. Sunday night! Bafecracking, shoplifting and pick- ing of pockets have already been (admitted by May, according to Cap- ‘tain of Detectives ©. EB. Tennant. She was arrested at Highth ave. and | Virginia st. Monday morning, after battling with Lieut. Gus Hasselblad and Patrolman P. BE. Knapp. Investigation of a reported quarrel was being made by the officera. They ‘were holding May as one of the prin- cipals, when she ran. Sugrura was taken to the city jail bo Mate Hasselblad and Knapp Tuesday Paste he said, when he saw gave him a con- temptuous Ang but sald nothing. May accosted him on Wellér st then grabbed his purse, containing | Al the money, the officers. and ran, Sugrura told Prowlers Invade New Washington Prowlers chose the New Washing ton hotel Tuesday. F. B. Ladebeze room 1016, reported to police that room. EN MINUTES TO HIS FORMER WIFE} CHICAGO, July 21, — Divorced wives are worth 10 minutes of any |former husband's time, Judge Trude ruled when he ordered Lieut. Eddie Nelson to pay his former wife $10 @ week alimony. Mrs. Nelson testi} fied Nelson made a dollar a minute as an aviator, Alaska Aviators Again on the Way ers of the army squadron of four un der command of Capt. St, Clair Street, flying from Mineola, N. Y., Alaska, and which had been weather. bound here since last Thursday away in rapid succession today the next stop, Grand Rapids, Mich The other flier left here yesterday afternoon and arrived at Grand Rap. | tds safely last night for R. G. RICKEY DIDN’T RESPOND | | LINCOLN, Neb, July 21.—The} lexecutive commfttee meeting of the [national prohibitionists «was rupted Tuesday page calli “Mr. Beers, Rickey,” “Mr. Lightwines. | no response. iHe Stole Shoes, Jailed 90 Days Many persons pay $20 for their shoes these days, but few spend 90 days in jail for them, However, C. G. Smith proved the exception and did just such a thing Wednesday upon order of Justice Otis W. Brinker. Smith stole a pair of brogues from J. F. Currier, They cost $12.50. Rainier F iesta Opens Thursday A feature of the Rainier valley an nual fiesta, which opens Thursday, will be an address by ¢ Louis F. Hart on the evening of the second day, Games, sports and music will enliven the three-day celebration. “Mr. He got UIJA BOARD TRENTON, N. J., July 21.—“They are really going crazy over ouija boards,” said Dr, Marcus L. Curry He predicts overcrowded insane asy- }iums unless the popular taste swings | to more wholesome diversions, Three Men Wounded in Ireland Ambush) CORK, July 21 Three soldiers were wounded when a'band of armed men ambushed i military lorry near Bally Bourney today, to} «ot | inter: | afternoon, by a hotel| FANS ERRATIC}: NAVY MEN SWARM T0 (850 Annapolis Men March Thru Seattle “Streets Tuesday Afternoon Seattie got a close-up, intimate ac- | quaintance wtih midshipmen, officers and sailors off the battleships today, | when hundreds swarmed ashore be- ginning at 20 a. m. for tours of the city by auto, and dinners and recep. tions in the city’s private homes. A parade of 750 visiting future ad. mirais, stalwart lads frewh from the | naval training academy at An- napolis, scheduled for 2:20 p. m., was easily the feature of the day's pro- gram from the public's point of view. The midshipmen, coming ashore at the naval float at the foot of ‘Washington st. at 1:20 p.m. were to assemble for the parade at that point. Led by a battleship band, the line of march was up Yesler way to Second ave, thence north on Sec: ond to Virginia st, and to the WAIT TO SHOW THEM CITY Automobiles waiting at the Armory, were to escort the midshipmen about the boulevards and later to recep. tions and dinners in private homes. At £:30 p. m. midshipmen, host: | hostesses and partners aasemble at the Armory for the first Midship- jmen’s ball. A farewell dance for the| “Take a sailor riding | scout und treat these enlisted men) a yu would want your son to be |treated if he were visiting a strange port,” the appeal today et 2 yaiter, service secretary of t Be a good J. ‘tee official program is largety for |the entertainment of the midship- men and battleship officers, The en- listed “gob” has been largely over- | looked, Fuller pointed out. | “Yesterday,” he said, “hundreds of blue jackets went sight-seeing in pri- vate automobiles, but there was a) waiting line. Just drive your car up to the building at Fourth Madison at any hour of the day and get a load of sailors. The majority | never seen Seattle.” | Beginning this afternoon the pub- Ne for the first aboard the battleships are from 1 to 5 p. m. Jand including Sunday, The Connecti- jcut, flagship of the squadron, |chored nearest the fairway Bell st, wharf. IELS DUE THURSDAY NIGHT Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, who arrives here tomorrow evening with Secretary of the In- |tertor John Barton Payne, lasked to review the midshipmen Visiting hours | here. He and Payne, aboard the battle- ship Idaho, of the Pacific fleet, are scheduled to drop anchor here after | a cruise in Alaska waters at 6 p,m, tomorrow, The review, if arrange- immediately afterward, The two secretaries will address the King County Democratic club and the Chamber of Commerce on Friday, and are the city Friday evening. Washington state midshipmen are being allowed extended shore leave, the longest period of absence being granted J. D. Shaw, whose home is in Spokane, and who has been al- lowed 15 days. He will rejoin the squadron off California. Midshrp~ men from this state with the squad- ron include RB. B. Adel, C, C. Adell, A, A. Ageton, S. G. Baker, Jr., H. D, Bat- |terton, K R. Belch, G. M. Brooke, W | P. Burford, R, B. Carr, B. B. Cassels, J. RK, Celi, Jr., G. W. D. Covell, 0. G. Fllis, Jr., R. F. Frost, W. A. Graham, A. C, Harshman, E. A. Hefty, C. W. Kail, L. A, Kniskern, R, E. Libby, D. Libenow, I. L. Lind, A. I. Mal- strom, K. M, McLaren, M. FE. Miles, ©, Miller, A. J, Robertson, J. D. | Shaw, H. D, Smith, F. A. Sparling, |W. H, Swalwell and R. H. Wishard, | eee |\WANTED! 1,700 |GIRLS TO DANCE |WITH SAILORS Seventeen hundred —men-o'-war men from the battle fleet want 1,700 | girls to danco with them at the Arm- (Turn to Page 2, Column 3) CITY TODAY time was allowed | daily up to| is an-| off the) will be! ments can be made, will take place | icheduled to leave) (GIRL WEDS KIDNAPER We'll Take Back All We've Said About Lawyers ¥. Castner, 1766% . Ballard, hax a better light than Diogenes had . She lost her purse Sunday night on Pier 4 and in addition to some change and valuable person. al papers, there was a $300 dia- mond ring in it Tuesday, in answer to her ad. vertisement, the purse and all it had contained, were returned to her by George Coryell, Jr., 1162-66 Empire building. He is a lawyer. ‘CAR TOKENS FOR SALE THURSDAY |Urge Passengers to Buy Early Beginning ‘Thursday, patrons of the muny lines will be able to purchase | street car tokens at all of the prin- cipal transfer points in the city. It the hope of the railway officials to lect m wide distribution of the metal inks so that traffic will not be slowed up next Saturday, when the new fare schedule is put into effect. The tokens will also be sold by the conductors aboard the cars. Cash fares, under the council orfinance, are 10 cents; the tokens, however, pride R SFR een Media t quarter. be issued on fares paid cash or with tokens The five-eent tokens’ which are jmow In circulation, will not be good \for fare after Saturday, but they |may be redeemed at room 507, coun- Nata building. D. W. Henderson, superintendent lot railways, has requested the public to limit themselves to purchasing jonly 25 cents worth of tokens during \the first few days the new schedule lthree suits, two pair of trousers, a| Visitors will be given Saturday night. |ig in effect, in order to facilitate op- coat and hat, were stolen from his | jeration and help out the conductors, “= ERWIN BERGDOLL GIVES SELF UP NEW YORK, July 21.—Erwin Bergdoll of Philadelphia, alleged erect evader, for whom ‘federal | authorities sought for two and one- [half years, surrendered himself to- day at Governor's Island. He is a | brother of Grover Cleveland Berg- ERIE, Pa, July 21—~The three fly-/are from the East coast and have | doll, for whom a nation-wide search is now being made. Bergdoll was ordered confined at Jay, in which prison his was held for some time | prior to his escape from armed guards while on leave at the home of his mother in Philadelphia, ‘2 LITTLE GIRLS INRUNAWAY CAR Nadine Barber, 5, and her cousin, \Jessie, 4, were displaying cuts and bruises Wednesday, as proof of their wild ride in @ runaway auto down the East Olive st. hill Tuesday evening. Jessie, daughter of G. W. Barber, 509 Olive st., jumped from the car, and escaped with bruises. | Nadine stayed tn the front seat until |the auto crashed into a woodshed, after running wild for a block, She is the daughter of O. E. Barber, 1728 lith ave. MURDERER TO BE EXECUTED SANTA ANA, Cal, Mose Gibson, murderer of Roy Trapp, Fullerton rancher, was to- day sentenced to hang at San Quen- tin prison on September 24, follow- ing his plea of guilty to first de- gree murder, this morning. FLAMES SWEEP BUSINESS BLOCK MARYSVILLE, Cal, July 21.— Fire swept a business block here this morning, causing damage esti- mated at $250,000. Starting from an unknown cause in the garage of Fred 8, Moore, the | Fort brother July 21.— flames rapidly enveloped surround: ing buildings and stores in the busi- ness section, TH Ea f Pd) TWO CENTS IN "TWO GENTS IN SEATTLE DEFENDER Smart Seamanship Displays ~ ed by Both Yachts in Toe day’s Struggle ABOARD U. S. DES ER GOLDSBOROUGH, 21. — (Wireless.) — R won her first race today the contests for cup. She was nearly half a in the lead at 2:50. whenb yachts were still standing © jshore for the mark. :e The mark was about miles distant, but it was sailing. The breeze had ped up to 12 knots, Designer Nichotson of the rock advised Lipton that the rock's bottom should be before another race, if she | not win today. It would be sary to put the challenger in 4 | | | ae ‘The breeze was not more three miles an hour but signs of picking up. THIRD RACE IS a ; STARTED AT ONE orcLeg | The preparatory signal sounded at 12:45. ‘The seemed to be picking up @ light breeze and moved fairly Shamrock set a baby jib Resolute sent ‘up a No. 2 fib. sail and Captain Burton the baby let down and the Resolute's lead with a No. # Shamrock grossed the line slightlp anead of the as the race got under way P. m. Resolute was only 19 behind the challenger. The official starting time Shamrock, 1:00:22; Resolute, 1 Half an hour after the race got der way Shamrock had a ing lead. She was at least an of a mile to the good and to be gaining rapidly, At 145 Shamrock was well ahead of Resolute. Shamrock was within two the Jersey highlands at 1:50 when # | swung about on starboard tack, | olute took in her jib topsail and | baby jib the same as the chali Shamrock heeled over well. lute held to port tack and the yachts began to converge. Resolute finally swung about Shamrock immediately split and the Resolute went into the by 100 yards. Resolute put up 4 smaller and Shamrock a larger sail, Shamrock, when within a mile € the beach tacked to starboard Capt. Adams waited until was well to the weather before tacked to starboard. Shamrock mediately went back to port, sloops were so close together that 4 man could have jumped from deck to another. Shamrock was close under the @ fender's lee. The wind was f ing and both craft were over | their racing lines for the first since the series began. Work on. both boats was Shamrock made a fake tack © up the wind, as if to go to Resolute followed, but when rock drew away again to si Adams was just as quick, Apiece of skillful sailing foll Shamrock splitting tacks and lute doggedly hanging on to her, At 2:25 Resolute was holding lead of about a quarter of @ At 2:30 the contenders were ting tacks again. Smart ship was evident on both ts The eight-mile breeze made it time for fast thinking and action, POSTPONEMENT FLAG HOISTED EARLY TODAY The postponement flag hoisted about a half hour the start today and for a was feared the race could not run because of calm seas, The wind was rej about three miles an hour, and committee apparently was unwil to take any chances on having th race start without assurances The crowd of spectators 4