The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1920, Page 1

‘AIMED WOME @eather Tonight and Friday, fair; continued warm, moderate northwesterly winds. {iit VOLUME 23. HUMOR PATHOS a2 ROMANCE D.HENRY Man About Town Copyright, 1920, by Doubleday, Page @ Co.; published by special arrangement with the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. There were two or three things, gently against my waistcoat pocket. | that I wanted to know. I do not] “Would you mind telling me," I/ iGare about a mystery. So I beganjasked her. “if you ever meet with inquire. [the character commonly denominat | took me two weeks to find out)ed as "A Man About Town’ during | t women carry In dress sult/your daily wanderings?" . And then I began to ask why| “I think I know whom you mean,” mattress is made in two pleces./she answered with a gentle smile is serious query was at first re->"We see them in the same places ed with suspicion because it/night after night. They are the Pgounded like a conundrum. | was at/ devil's body guard, and if the sob Mast assured that its double form of diers of any army are as faithful as ‘construction was designed to make | they are, their commanders are well Tighter the burden of woman, who! served. We go among them, divert es up beds, I was so foolish ing a few pennies from their wicked q persist, begging to know why, Ness to the Lord's service. S then, they were not made in two| She shook the box again and I pieces; whereupon 1 was dropped a dime into it P | In front of a glitterpg ‘The third draught that I craved | friend of mine, a critic, n the fount of knowledge was en-| from a cab. He seemed at leisure; g tteninent concerning the charac-|and I put my question to him. He & known as A Man About Town,| answered me conscientiously, as 1 | “He was more vague in my mind than was sure he would. & type should be. We must have a| “There is a type of ‘Man About Goncrete idea of anything, even if it) Town’ in New York,” he answered. be an imaginary idea, before we can|“The term tx quite familiar to me, | comprehend !t. Now, I have a men- | but I don't think I was ever called tal picture of John Doe that is upon to define the character before as a steel engraving. His eyes It would be difficult to point you weak blue; he wears a brown | out an exact specimen. I would say and a shiny Black serge coat. | offhand, that it was a man who had stands ab fm the sunshine,.a hopeless case of the peculiar dis someth! and he keeps | case of wanting to see and know. At| f-shutting bis pocket knife and|6 o'clock ench day life begins with | ning it agairf with his thumb:| him. He follows rigidty the conven if the Man Higher Up ts ever) tions of dress and manners; but in d, take my assurance for It, he| the business of poking his nose into HM be a large, pale man with blue) places where he does not belong he lets showing under his cuffs,| could give pointers to a civet cat) he will be altting to have bis |@r a jackdaw. He & the man who polished within sound of & has chased Bohemia about the town ling alley, and there will be} from rathekeller to roof garden and gomewhere about him turquolses from Hester Street t@ Harlem until But the canvas of my imagination,/ you can't find a place in the city) When it came to limning the Man) where they don't tut their spaghetti | | About Town, was blank, I fancied|with a knife. Your ‘Man About| that he had a detachable sneer (ike | Town’ has done that. He is always | the smile of the Cheshire cat) andjon the scent of something new. He Pattached cuffs; and that was all.|is curiogty, impudence and omni. ¥ ‘Whereupon I asked a newspaper re-/ presence. Hansoma were made for | porter about him. him, and gold-banded cigars; and the “Why,” said he, “a ‘Man About| curse of music at dinner. There are n’. is something between @| not so many.of him; but his minority der’ and @ ‘clubman.’ He isn’t/ report is adopted everywhere lexactiy—well, he fits in between] “I'm glad you brought up the sub- Mrs. Fish's; receptions and private| ject; 1 felt the influence of this Boxing bouts. He doesn’t—well, he| nocturnal blight upon our city, but I n't belong either to the Lotus|never thought to analyze it before. of to the Jerry McGeoghoghan| I can see now that your ‘Man About Pinized Iron Workers’ Appren-|Town’ should have been classified VA# Left Hook Chowder associa-|iong ago. In his wake spring up Zion. 1 don’t exactly know how to) wine agents and cloak models; and Gescribe him to you. You'll see him | the orchestra plays ‘Let's All Go Up everywhere there's anything doing.|to Maud's’ for him, by request, in ‘Yes. pose he's a type. Dress|stead of Handel. He makes his Glothes every evening: knows the | rounds every evening; while you and Fyopes; calls every policeman and/I see the elephant once a week.| waiter In town by their first names.) When the cigar store is raided, he Who, he never travels with the hydro-| winks at the officer, familiar with | 5 derivatives... You genera see) his ground, and walks away im. alone or with another man.” mune, whiif you and I search among My friend the reporter left me, Temperature Last 34 Hours: Maximum, &, Minimum, 59. Teday Noon, 7 | hotel a climbing | just the presidents for names, and among and I wandered further afield. By this time the 3,126 electric lights on the Rialto were alight. People the stars for addresses to give the Entered as Second Ci Matter May #, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. ee On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Ter Year, by Mall, $5 to #9 GUNMA MAY BE PITCHFORK Mercer Island Again Scour: ed by Man-Hunters Who Seek Criminal Another Mercer island manhunt was started Thursday when a sher iff's posse, led by Deputy Matt Star wich, started combing the inland with the county bloodhounds for a dark haired foreigner, who after sticking a gun in Mre Herbert Bowerman’s ear, robbed her of a $400 diamond ring and $490 in cash as she lay fainting In bed. The robbery occurred at 7 «. m after her husband, Herbert Bowerman, collector for the Great Northern railroad, left his summer home at Anderson landing. to take) hin morning dip in Lake Washing | ton HIGHWAYMAN WORE RED MASK The highwayman wore a red mask, Mra. Bowerman told the wheriff, and | entered her bedroom but « minute) or two after her husband-had left. | “He placed the gun—a big nickeled one—in my ear and told me he would | kiN me if 1 opened my mouth,” said) Mre. Bowerman. “b threw up my hands and he ordered me to take off my engagement ring. That ix all @ said. 1 fainted then and just re member seeing him pass out of the door,” ‘The eash was removed from Bow erman's trousers, which lay on a din ing room chair. The highwayman wore a tan sult and was described by Mra. Bower man being a foreigner with jet black hair, He was about 35. Mrs. | Bowerman declared she saw the same man lurking near empty howse below the Bowerman home Wednes day afternoon, Evidence in the house disclosed the fact that some one had slept in the house Wednes day night. WATCH MAINLAND ON ALL FERRIES All ferries leading to Seattle have been notified of the robbery and a close watch for the bandit will be maintained. The dogs were started from the county stockade und: leash of Deputy Sheriffs R. W. Mc Cullough and Earl Rammage. Bowerman told the authorities he! had not been absent from the house for more than 10 minutes. He said his wife was just recovering from her fainting spell when he returned. After she told him of the robbery Bowerman dashed to the home of F | | | } desk sergeant.” R. Armstead, official of the Pacific My friend, the critic, paused to ac who in a SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920. WEARING R RED MASK Oldest Dog Likes Candy Hates Cats, Loves Travel ATER He never drank, he never smoked, ) possession of the Burges family when he never swore— |he was 14 years old, his original And, on the other hand, he never owner leaving the city and, under the aid a day's work in hin life, never/ impression that Teddy was too old voted, never assumed any family re-| for a long journey, entrusting him to sponsibilities and never saved any | kindly keeping money— | Last summer," however, Teddy ac His one virtue is that he gives out | companied Mr. and Mrs. Burges on a no rules for achieving ripe old age, | 9,000unile motor journey to the East tho his record Of years stands thus | and return. far unchallenged. Four years ago Teddy survived an Teddy is a poodle, a white fluffy; attack of paralygis, his cure being at poodie, of the type cherished by tribued to the use of violet rays. He ladies, unloved by men and scorned by continues to receive regular treat tomcat. He tm 26 years old, and, ments. there is a keen light In his brown On two occasions Teddy is cred eyes ited with having routed burglars. Mrs. E. C. Burgea, 708 BE. Denny He eats freely of candy and cake believes that Teddy is the old-|and has no teeth, so all his food is t dog in the world. He came into | carefully pulverized for him ‘Beauty Is Now Machinery to Bride of U.S. | Run Offices, OBS WOMAN PONZI HELD ON CHARGE OF LARCENY “Bushel Basket Millionaire” Surrenders to U. S. Of- ficials in Boston BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 12.— Chartes Ponzi, the “bushel bask- et millionaire,” who claims to have made his millions operating in international postal reply coupons, formally surrendered himself to the federal authorities | here today. Ponzi, accompanied by United States District Attorney Daniel Gal | laaher, surrendered to United States Marshal Duane a few minutes before 1 o'clock. The little promoter was lextremely nervous and grave when he gave himself up, Nelther the fed eral authorities nor Ponzi would say What Ponzi'’s reason was for sur tendering. Ponai’s action came, it was under stood, when the state authorities ere about to place him under ar- rent. At 145 Captain MH. A. Armstrong of police headquarters, at the request of Attorney General Allen, applied for a .warrnnt for the arrest of Ponzi on a charge of larceny. FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE SILENT Tho federal authorities refused to make any statement. Shortly before 130 Rank Commis sioner J. C. Alien declared that the capital of the Hanover ‘Prust com- pany, which he seized yesterday, was not simply impaired, but probably | wiped out. The capitalization was | $4,000,000. Ponzi’ conducted _ prac: tically all of his mysterious financial operations thru the Hanover Trust company and held a large share of the #tock in the institution. ° Other Schemes |Like Ponzi’s |Are Springing Up BY JAM HE! NEW YORK, Aug. 12- is about to become the center of get rich-quick exploits in foreign ex- change that will leave Ponzi far in | the rear. A new company to enter the field claims to have made 400 pér cent in one week upon a preliminary ven ture of $5,000. This is at the rate of over 20,000 per cent a year. NOW THEY NEED NO MORE CAPITAL Don't take the next tmin to New York, however. The company has | . Tr EW LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE | Kids! Here’s Something All for You! List Say, kids! Ye of the younger generation, listen! Listen close! ‘This means every youngster in Seattle, girls and boys, both tall, short, skinny, fat, frecklefaced, rosy cheeks; in fact, no matter what your singular description may be, you want to listes, On page three of today’s Star there is something important, something which goncerns every boy and girl in Seattle, So if you are a youngster, un- der 14 years, turn to page three and’ read, and then tell the world you aren't withing that one day was here, now! U.S, WILL NOT STEP INTO ROW Won’t Take Sides for Pres- ent in Allies’ Fuss BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. — The United States will refrain “for the present” from “taking sides” in the differences between Great Britain and France. over Russia, it was Jearned tour @ the state depart MANNIX DEFIES BRITISH DECREE LONDON, Aug. 12.—Archhishop | Mannix today declared he was de. | termined to visit Ireland in defiance lof the British government. He refused to divulge the time of his departure or the method he will use to elude the Scotland Yard de- tectives watching the Nazareth house, where he is stopping. “I am confident that T am going to Ireland." Mannix declared. “I am only remaining in London unti! I can continue my journey. I am going to see things thru. Just at present I am preaching to Ire- land, by my example.” Mannix indicated he had been asked by the government to promisg that he would only visit his rela- tives if he was permitted to go to Ireland, but he refused. “I have other purposes In my visit and intend to preserve free- dom of action,” he said. LONG BEACH HIT h | ‘Columns of Women, Aged Men and Boys Ready to Fight to Death WARSAW, Aug. 12—Columms marched | i P ii ay i F i 8 il j j 8 i } i £E I k i i f ik i F $ t it i! fad fi 3 2° c i i $F | i 5 F i = f |British Trying - to Close Breach Diplomacy WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—1 and have split on the tion of how to combat Russian shevism. The British today were to close the breach. A note was ceived at the French foreign: differences are being adj The schiam in allied dip! caused by France extending tion to General Wrangel, shevik leader in the Crimea and by, Britain advising the Poles to accept the Bolshevik peace terms, gocording to dispatches, j cz first re) Premier Lioyd-George at 27 Wrangel fused to credit the When Premier Millerand 3 Lioyd-George had advised the to accept the Bolshevik t told the cabinet it was a vishetiogs po the Hythe agreement, under which. France and Britain were to act in. concert in the Russian crisis, The sudden disappearance of the French-British liaison came as a sur- prise to many diplomats. ton officials expressed fear France and Britain would go into it" alone hereafter, which would mean. the western barrier against the’ spread of Bolshevigm had been weat-— ened. ‘¢ The official Washington attitade evidently -was “hands off" for the present, until ft was seen whether the differences could be patched up. | . eee now announced that ft has obtained | BY TIDAL WAVE France Takes Action C Steamship Co., neighbor, | quire breath for fresh eloquence. 1 $500,000 from a wealthy investor and} Passed, but they held me not Paphian" eyes rayed upon me, and Nett me unscathed. Diners, heim- gangers, shop girls, confidence men, panhandlers, actors, highwaymen: Millionaires and outlanders hurried, skipped, strolled, sneaked, swag- gered and scurried by me; but 1} took no note of them. I knew them all; 1 had read their hearts; they had served. I wanted my Man About Town, He was a type, and to drop him would. be an error—a typo- graph—but no! let us continue, Let us continue with moral 4i- gression. To see a family reading the Sunday paper gratifies. The ons have been separated. Papa | earnestly scanning the page that 3 the young lady exercising fore an open window, and bending —but there, there! Mamma is in- terested In trying to guess the miss- ng letters in the word N—w Yok The oldest girls are eagerly perusing the financial reports, for a certain young man remarked last Sunday that he had taken a flyer in Q., X & Z. qWillie, the 18-year-old son who attends the w York public school, is absorbed in the weekly article describing how to make over an old skirt, for he hopes to take a prize in sewing on graduation day. Grandma is holding to the comic gupplement with a two hours’ grip; and little Tottie, the baby, i# rocking along the best she can with the real Me transfers, This view is in aeags to be reassuring, for it is de Efile that a fe of this story ukipped. Wor uces strong ee a nic I went into a and while it was being mixed I asked the man who grabs up your hot Scotch spoon as soon a# you lay it down what he| was not particularly soft upon my understood by the term, epithet, de-| brow that was not at all fevered. A| meription, denig characteriza young doctor came along, grinned, | tion or pellation, viz, a “Manland handea@ me a morning newspa-| t Town.” ae auid “Want to see how it happened?” | he asked cheerily. 1 read the article. | Its headlines began where I heard| | the buzzing leave off the fore It closed with thew “Bellevue Hospital, where it was i thanked him and departed said that his injuries were not serk ‘On the sidewalk a Salvation lassie|ous, He appeared to be a typlesi shook ber contribution receptacle! Man About Towe” seized my advantage. “You have classified him,” I cried with joy. “You have painted his| portrait in the gallery of city types | But I must meet one face to face. I must study the Man About Town at first hand. Where shall 1 find him?” ; Without seeming to hear me, the] critic went on. And his cab-driver | was waiting for his fare, too. | “He is the sublimated essence of Buttin; the refined, intrinsic extract of Rubber, the concentrated, puri fied, irrefutable, unavoidable spirit of Curiosity and Inquisitiveness. new. sensation is the breath of his | nostrils; when his experience is ex | hausted he explores new fields with | the indefatigability of a——" “Excuse me,” I interrupted, “but can you produce one of this type? It is a new thing to me. I* must study it, I will search the town over until I find one, Its habitat must |be here on Broadway.” “I am about to dine here,” said | my friend ‘Come inside, and if there is a Man About Town present | I will point him out to you. I know | most of the regular patrons here I am not dining yet,” I said to him. “You will excuse me, 1 am going to find my Man About Town this night if I have to rake New| York from the Battery to Little Co ney Island.” I turned to cross the street heard something buzz like a bee, and| then I took a long, pleasant ride | with Santos-Dumont. | When I opened my eyes I remem-!| bered a smell of gasoline, and 1} said aloud: “Hasn't it passed yet?” A hospital nurse Jaid @ hand that | to- ation, he, carefully, “it to the night pus! It's @ hot sport t you can’t bump to the rail any re between the Flatirons — see? I guess that’s about what it means.” y that’s wine 1 A|ing on the island. and borrowed an automatic. Hel combed the woods about Ackereon/ landing for an hour or ‘more, but | could find no traces of the man save sional fresh foot prints which were lost In the underbrush There is a slight possibility it} stated at the sheriffs office that the fugitive. may be James Sphyridis, Greek, who is wanted for| the killing of ll-yearold Mary Jane Pappas with pitchfork recently The man answered the description of the Greek and ‘there is a slight that he has been in hid was a possibility They Practiced Without License? Warrants charging five men with Practicing dentistry in Seattle with out a license were filed Thursday by Prosecutor Fred C. Brown. Those charged were John Doe N. D. Zevin, M. T. Levin Delap and T. B. Leavitt Deputy Prosec Bert who prosecuting the clared other warrants offenders would ANDIT DIDN’T ALLOW FOR THIS NEW YORK, Aug, 12.—When he was held up by a bandit, Samuel Segal, jJeweler's clerk, turned in a fire instead of a police alarm, The} firemen responded to the call and captured the bandit Dykeman Holds _ Court This Week Superior Judge King Dykemap tore himself away from his kids} and their summer play Thursday to| mount his bench for week, | Goldberg John Dy tor C. Rose de simils shortly is cases for filed be one :| where he will listen to dog-day apgu-|resolution introduced by Representa: | ments by heat-suffering lawyers, IS ZION TOWN CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion City, hag de ereed that all love seenes shall be cut from movies shown here, EXPECT OKEH States Edison ORANGE, WN, J, 12.—Thos. Navy Officer SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-—Milo | Abercrombie, San Francisco society | A girl and divorced wite of Lieutenant | ve Wilhelm Von Brincken, former Ger- | man army officer, was Mrs. Swenson today L rday a telegram came from White Cloud, Mich., clearing up the question of the baptism of Marie Roedel, first wife of Von Brincken, on which hinged sanction of Miss Abercrombie’s church to her mar riage to Lieutenant Knute Swen son, U. $ The wedding ceremony was per formed immediately—postponing a} trip to Santa Barbara which the bride | had planned after her wedding had been delayed » Sunday The wedding ceremonial was com pleted with a nuptial mass. Aug. une of machinery in offices. Replying to the speech of George Knute Mr. Austin, who presented him with « commemorative silk flag at the 43rd annual convention of the Ediphone, Edison said within a few years ma chines will do about everything in an office, just they do in the shops “Office workers will have better |Jobs and comparatively better pay the more they use the automatic d vices,” he said. “Do you know why the office worker is as well satisfied as any body?" Edison asked, in discussing the present unrest. “It is because he sees and ungerstands the prob: lems of his boas nd he's satisfied to see the president paid $50,000 salary because he is clone enough to know he earns the money.” Master Builders to Hear Dr. Iregon Dr. D. BE. to master | terested the ¢ ON SUFFRAGE Tennessee’s Action Is Due Friday Louis Iregon will speak builders and others in development in tommerce assem: bly hall at 3:30 o'clock next Tues day afternoon, Dr. lregon from the office of the chairman Likelihood of favorable action on the|of the international trade educa federal suffrage amendment by the| tion development committee of the state legislature has increased, lead-| United States and Canada, | ers declared today. Rent That Vacant tor Todd, president of the up: | Room per chamber, predicted the ratifying | would be passed in the ay. He believes the house | also will act favorably SAVE TIME ‘A second attempt to prevent nc: | o b tion on the federal suffrage amend! SAVE STEPS ment was made in the house today. SAVE MONEY Efforts were made to pass joint RENT THE ROOM TELEPHONE MAIN 600 STAR WANT AD DEPT. You are ag close to The Star Want Ad Department as your phone is to you, LOWEST RATES LARGEST CIRCULATION ST RESULTS NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 12. resolution senate Fri tive Story, of White gounty, which | would have prevented action on suf. | frage by tho legislature on the} grounds of unconstitutionality. Representative J. F. Odle, of Cam den, moved to table, and Story made a plea against the motion. The resolution was tabled without @ record vote, | Edison today predicted the unt.| comes | needs no more capital, The new concern to enter the for- eign exchange field is Montgomery | Macdonald & Co. Inc. 1482 way. It began in biff-bang style by sending out alluring circulars to | 4,000 clients, promising them 30 per [cent profit in 60 days, to be made in foreign exchange operations. But A. H, Montgomer, of the corporation, has now announced that no money would be taken from the public, as a wealthy investor has | promised to advance $500,000 and in | return is to receive profits on a “50 | 50" basis. | “At no time did we intend to ac- cept any money thru the mails,” said Montgomery. “Now that we | bave half million in sight we don't jneed any more, and that amply ox | plains our new attitude. | SAYS MANY ARE DOING IT “Ihave reason to believe that vari- ous persons are making an untold amount of money in a quiet way thru foreign exchange operations. Several times the millions Ponzi named has been made. Every point of contact we came across in our preliminary operations showed signs of wear “We, could get plenty of money from the public if we wanted to take it, We have been besieged by cli ents who wanted to invest amounts from $1,000 to $50,000." Seattle Day Aug. 25 . . at Chehalis Fair Word was received by the Cham ber of Commerce that the South west Washington fair commission has designated Wednesday, August 2 as Seattle-Tacoma-Portiand day Jat the exposition in Chehalis, A | big delegation of business men from Seattle is invited for the occasion. EWARDS AREN’T . VERY EXCITING MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 12.— Fred Fisher found a bundle of se curities valued at $72,000 and re- turned them to the owner, two street car tickets a» @ reward, \ Broad. | LONG BEACH, Cal, Aug. 12.— One man was slightly injured, a lunch stand wrecked, piling was torn loose, planking knocked out, flooring displaced and damage estimated at several thousand dollars was done to the beach front concessions here last night by heavy ground swells com- bined with the high tide. The tide tonight will be seven feet, four inches—one inch higher than last night's mark. Dancing and oth- er concessions at the outer end of the pleasure pier were kept open and suffered no damage. Preparations to prevent further loss tonight are be ing made by a crew of city workmen. | EXPRESS FIRM ASKS NEW RATE WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. — The American railway express company today made application to the inter. state commerce commission to in crease its rates so as to cower the recent award of Wage increases to employes. BUCODA, WASH. " SWEPT BY FIRE BUCODA, Wash. Aug. 12.—Vir- tually the whole business section of Bucoda was wiped out by fire early today. Five business houses, an apartment house, a hotel and a residence are in ashes. The loss is estimated at $45,000, ° $100,000 Fire Loss . at Calexico, Cal. CALEXICO, Cal. Aug. 12.—Sey- eral business buildings were dam- aged and several dozen automobiles | The loss is estimated at $100,000, Alone; Recognizes Anti-Red Leader BY WEBB MILLER LONDON, Aug. 12.—France officially notified Premier George .that it had recognized the regime Of General Wrangel as the de facto government of southern Russia, it was announced by Lioyd- George's secretary. This was the first official word received by this govern- ment, Before receiving this confirmation Lioyd-George had professed to dis believe the report that France had recognized Wrangel,-as it was in di- rect conflict with the agreements reached by the British and French premiers at their conference at Hythe, MILLERAND’S MOVE CONSIDERED COUP In recognizing the anti-Bolshevik government of Wrangel, in the Crimea, France maneuvered Britain into such a position that Premier Lloyd. George must also extend recognition wr break the hitherto solid front the principal allies have presented to Soviet Russia, officials. believed today. The whole thing was looked upon as a shrewd diplomatic coup for the purpose of forcing Britain into the line with France and the United States, which oppose recognition of the Soviet goverm ment. Lioya George was holding recogni- tion of General Wnangel as a club over the Bolsheviki. That was one of the steps the allies intended to take if the Reds showed bad faith at the Minsk armistice conferencé and it became necessary for the entente virtually to wage War against them. Consequently, the news of France's recognition came as a shock to official Britain, It was regarded as a direct secession from the policy definitely agreed on by Lloyd George and Millerand at Hythe only a few days ago. Advices from the Crimea today in- dicated that the Wrangel offensive against the Bolsheviks is attaining big proportions. Wrangel was said He got| destroyed by fire here tarly today.jto have joiried forces with the Den Turn to Pago 4, Columa 6