The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 16, 1920, Page 1

MD ‘to Russ _ gpot. He \ {il VOLUME 23. ‘Temperature Maximum, 74. ‘Today Weather Tonight and » fair; warm ; ward op lr westerly winds. Last % Hours: Noon, 64, | MAN ARRESTED FIN SEARCH FOR metaphorists. to avoid the breath of the deadly upas tree; one may, by into the subway, Joses a nickel thru a hoe in the liste thread, if the police drag a telephone you will see the mad, irre- sistibie rush of the “rubber” tribe fo the spot. ‘The importance of the event does Bot count. They gaze with equal in- terest and absorption at a chorus of a man painting a liver pill They will form as deep @ around 4 man with a club- foot as they will around a balked gutomobdile. They have the furor 4 i. They are optical giut- ting and fattening on the . fortunes of their on gM t and and glare anc all gees po thagsd es their fishy ‘eyes like goggie-eyed perch at the hook baited with calamity. Nit would teem that Cupid would these ocular vampires too cold for hia calorific shafts, a et to discover an im- adies og tances the Protozoa’ tres, Deautiful romance descended ‘ two of this tribe, and love into their hearts as they about the prostrate form of been run over by a ve@pon @ame crowded @ man who had Wprewery wagon. ‘William Pry was the first on the was an expert at such With an expression of happiness on bis features, he 4 over the victim of the acci- Ustening to his groans as if to sweetest music. When the of spectators had swelled to closely packed circle, William saw ‘violent commotion in the crowd ite him. Men were hurled ike nine-pins by the impact some moving body that clove i@hem like the rush of a tornado.} Nth elbows, umbrella, hat pin,/ e and finger nails doing their ty, Violet Seymour forced her : mob of onloekers to ai aret row, Strong men who even | fad been able to secure & seat on | 5:30 Harlem express staggered cee. ike children ag she bucked enter. | Two large lady specta-| who had seen the Duke of Rox- ) purgh.married and had often blocked | traffic on 23rd st. fell back into the ? gecond row with ripped shirt waists een Vinee had finished with them. | William Pry loved her at first sight. | ‘The ambulance removed the un-| eonscious agent of Cupid. William! ‘and Violet remained after the crowd Jad dispersed, They were true rub-| berers. People who leave the scene ‘oft an accident with the ambulance Save not genuine caoutchouc in the Gosmogony of their necks. The deli-| cate, fine flavor of the affair is to be had only in the after-taste—in ting over the spot, in gazing _ fixediy at the houses opposite, in| overing there in a dream more ex- quisite than the opium eater's ec stacy. William Pry and Violet Sey- Hee a 1:30’ the following morning, “just to see if Maxine got home all right, the mother Rad him arrested. Po Heemen J. F) Little and H. J. Rush took him to headquarters. Purvis said he is years old. Search ts being made for the girl thru the women's division of police. Sergeant’s $412 Stolen at Night Sergeant William L. Batley start- 4 out from Fort Lawton with $412 Saturday. He was back in barracks Monday without the $412. Some one stole it while he slept in the Travelers’ hotel, 109% Yesler way VEN AVIATRIX NEEDS FIRST AID NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—After loop- ing the loop §7 times, setting a new world aviation record for women, the first thing Mins Louise Bromwell did on alighting was to call on her maid for a powder puff. Unhappy Girl Is Saved by Copper Acting as tho she intended to com: mit suicide by jumping, a girl of 20 who said her name was Evelyn Mowrey was taken off the 12th ave. S. viaduct early today by Police Ser: geant G. H, Comstock. She was locked up on an open charge for safe keeping after Com- stock said she told him: “The only reason I didn't jump was because I was afraid it would only cripple me.” AIL LIGHT FOR DOBBIN ALSO? horse at night you must have a tail light on him in this county. Prose the judge to this effect today. The judge said he'll walk before he'll tore ture a horse that way, b’gosh. MRS. FRANCES M. HILDITCH, 60, died at her residence, 2319 Boyer ave. Saturday after a short illness. She is survived by four sons, Phil. lip G., Douglas, Roger C., and Frank R. Hilditeh, and a daughter, Mrs, T. H. Gambern of Tacoma, She has been a Seattle resident for 21 years. ARMSTRONG SMBER one night-—" Pp. #. touched the throttle and fed a drop more gas to the pulsing engine of the police “prowler” car. “<I was walking my beat, and follaed a fella for severa) blocks that was stewed to the gills and wearing a stovepipe hat. He went up to @ door and fumbled around, and I went rolman gour were connoisseurs in casual- (Turn to Page 4, Column 2) up and asked him what he was do- SPOKANE, Aug. 16.—If you ride a) cuting Attorney Orndorft informed | Knapp | On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise e Seattle Star Bawred as Second Class Mutter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 4, 1879. | SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1920. SSING GIRL {PILOTS GO TO RESCUE ON LAKE Aviator J. D. Hill, who saved two men from drowning on Lake Washington Sunda U.S. ATHLETES LEAD OLYMPICS } in Dashes ANTWERP, Aug. 16—American athletes Jumped into the lead in the Olympic contests here today by their | Wonderful performances in the 100 | meter dash and the 400 meter hur: dies. Charlie Paddock of Lon Angeles finished first in the 100 meter dash and Morris Kirksey, San Francisco, second, The fifth and sixth places were also captured by Americans, lana Loren Murchison of New York pion, Edwards, and fourth to Alik | han of France, | A new world record was net by F. F. Loomis of Chicago in winning the 400 meter hurdies. 54, a second lower than the former record, cisco took second in this event; A Deseh, Notre Dame, Ind., third, and Andre of France, fourth; Christensen of Sweden, fifth, and C. G. Daggs, Los Angeles, sixth. Pentathion, won by Lethonen, Fin- land; second, Bradley, America; third, Legendre, America; fourth, Hamilton, America; fifth, Nilson, Sweden; sixth, Looland, Norway. IRL ON LAP, HOW COULD HE SPEED? < Aug. 16.—"Whaazzis man done asked Judge Hyde. “He sped 47 miles an hour with a | gtrl on his lap,” testified the speed cop. | “I don’t see how it can be done— lbut he gets a day in jail just the same,” said the judge | {home to bed, but guessed he'd got! but prohibition’s changed all that. | the wrong house.” Hergeant Gus Hasselblad, in the seat beside him, grinned at Knapp's reminiscence and swung the “prowl ers" spotlight acrows the boulevard, swept with its rays a shadowy lawn, then threw it back again and up along the side of the roadway far ahead of them. It fell upon a sailor “That yarn,” said the sergeant, “is As old a the hills. [Capture Big Gob of Points| J. V. Scholt, University of Missourt, | Third place went to the British cham: | His time was} Jobn Norton of San Fran | —Cress-Dale Photo. CLOUDBURST IN TOLEDO COSTLY Damage Estimated at About Half a Million TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 16.—Damage j estimated at $600,000 was done by a cloudburst i Toledo today. Weather bureau instruments recorded 3.653 Inches of rainfall in an hour and @ half, the largest in the city's history. Damage to pavements will total | $100,000, aceording to estimates. The city will be lightless tonight and = probably longer. Telephone service was greatly hampered. The first floors of many build. ings were flooded and cellars thru- out the city were inundated. Water was three feet on many streets, | Tennessee Vote Is Due Tuesda NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 16. As the time neared for the final vote on suffrage in the house of representatives, workers redoubled their efforts to sway those who re- | mained noncommittal, on whose ac: tion it was conceded the result hinges. Prowuffragists and = anti-suffra- gists alike believe they have enough votes assured, Both factions ob- viously were worried, however. The house was expected to act Tuesday, altho the issue may be forced late today. EDWARD BUSH, 68, an employe of the city water department, died at the Lakeside hospital Sunday of a cerebral hemorrhage. The body is at the Butterworth undertaking estab- lishment pending funerai arrange- ments, You don't that old gag no more.” hear ee HE sailor ahead of them wobbled, careened, righted himself, and ambled unsteadily on, Knapp slowed down the car, Has- solblad held the spotlight on the sail. | or's back, | “Looks kinda ple.cyed,” Knapp ob We used to hear | served. “This prohibition booze sure light rays. | peared. ng, and he said he was trying to get |it every night in them good old days, | tangle tho boys’ feet.” | —_—_—_—_—_—____—____—_- ‘Pitot Hears Cries From Lake and Skips Over Waves to Drowning Men ] | | | | | It has been done—for ‘the first | time on Lake Washington at least— and J. D, Hill can boast today that he is the man who did i | | Two men struggled Bunday in the lake | They were half a mile off Madison |park. They yelled for help, None came. | | Twenty minutes passed. Their cries became faint, Their struggies | conned Per Year, by Mall, $5 to #9 Imperialism Not in Soviet Program Allied Aid to Poland Difficult U. S. Can Stop Any World War Hazard BY J. W. T. MASON Famous Authority on European Affairs. Talk of another world war is a sign of Europe's overwrought nerv flict breaking out at this time. Germany in not ready for it and| Allies’ difficulties, and German lead-| until Germany is ready the most that could happen would be a local confilet confined to the eastern part Poland as far as Serious operations are concerned. ‘There is no doubt but that the ef. fectiveness of the Russian operations against the Poles has revived Rus sian imperialism, The very * of the Bolsheviki on the field of bat tle may be their undoing, Imperial iam plays no part in the Soviet pro beside an upturned canoe. | Tam; nevertheless it looks as if Len: | ine and Trotsky are having the ut most difficulty in controlling the martial spirit of the victorious Rus- dan soldiers. Many Russians who have been COmnen | The Germans want the allies to be- .| eve a Bolsheviki spirit of conquest | | There is no danger of such a con | is rampant. Such a viewpoint would add to the |ern believe it might even force the jaliies toypermit Germany to increase |her army as a barrier against @ So- jof Europe and probably limited to | Viet invasion of western Europe. This German suggestion appears to be fantastic. | The most Russian imperialism can be ambitious for is perhaps the re- conquest of Poland. Serious aid to Poland by the allies on a sufficient scale t prevent the realization of that desire would be difficult, but by no means impossible, It would not mean a world war. If « world war were threatened by some totally unexpected develop- |ment, the American people could stop'it. They could stop it by per- emptorily demanding an end to the petty partisan spirit shown by every- ‘Those who watched help | fighting against Poland are not com: | body at Washington in dealing with lex from the shore gave them up./™unists, They have been defending | grave international questions, There was not a chance on earth, | their country against foreign invad: | S0 scores of watchers thought, that Gitvert Farrar and Clyde Johnson, residents of 1427 Seventh ave. would “last 10 minutes longer in the cold-water. j hail hie wife and Allen had been to Lake Crescent and he wan steering his craft for the hangar of the Western | Airplane Co. . with engine going to follow them, and then he heard Farrar’s and Johnson's cries. HAULS ONE MAN INTO THE COCKPIT Quickly the flying boat was turned around. Her engine started with a roar and she skipped and danced along the surface toward the sinking men A minute later Hill reached down | and hauled Farrar into the cockpit behind him, dripping, Johnson was lifted over, and the first airplane reecue from drowning was complete, almost. Hill waa not satisfied until pad- dies, pillowa and other floating par- aphernalia had been salvaged. Then he drove his winged rescuer back to the han; 40 miles an hour. . 57,000 People in Alaska, He Says | Alaska’s total population for 1920 will not exceed 57,000, according to unofficial extimates made by W. T. agen. bureau of education chief for fe northern territory. Approxi. mately half of this number «re na- tives, it is believed. Rescues Three Kiddies; Drowns FORT COLLINS, Colo, Aug. 16. After rescuing three of his small |ehildren from drowning here yes: jterday, Albert Farring, 38, was lovercome while attempting to bring |the fourth to shore, Father and son died together. | Frisco Secretary Pays His Respects W. F. Benedict, assistant secre tary to Mayor Rolf of San Fran- | cisco, paid his respects to Mayor| Caldwell Monday. Benedict is stop-| |ping at the Frye hotel. He is ac- |companied by his wife Brush Fire Burns Down Shack Here Fire in the brush near 57th ave, 8. and Avon st,, Monday noon, burned 10 acres and destroyed a small shack, Firemen under Fire Chief ‘Thomas Nunan put out the blaze. | | “And to their brains it does queer: ler things than that,” agreed the ser: \goant. “Fotla one of these gays that |gets Nt up on prohibition booze, ‘and he never goes up to the wrong house. Ho's suffering from aphasia, he 1s; lost his memory, got pricked with a poison needie, or something new and | Jazzy. The old gags passed away with the old-time brands of whisky.” | Their eyes traveled down the spot- The sailor had disap- ers and have not been offering their lives at the Soviet altar. ‘This clase apparently wants to Prolong hostilities. Germany see an astute leaders opportunity to help theig own Po deve! ‘ How serious it fs there is no immediate means of téjling, but cer tainly Germany's word in the matter cannot be accepted. Ride, Nip, Nap; It must not be forgotten that the present development in eastern Eu- rope is due to Poland's own imperial- | sstic effort to invade Russia. It was Russia's response that overwhe! the Poles, This makes, Russia's tion a defensive one, There - now it has developed very * and may dfsappear as quickly as it came. Cafe, Girl, Taxi, (LABOR BANS ALL WAR MATERIAL COLE By ee Dieladened TH LATE |War, Says Expert Enemy Penetrates Within Miles One Side; A use, © ited States cruiser” been ordered to.the Baltic ee: Aeron ee te nounced, Black sea, ioe atic waters, where conditions are allt unsettled, will ‘soon be the battleship St. Louis | iz many American reli’ workers many relief om tered thruout that area, a oe e : $130 Is Gone! Belgians and Swiss Refuse WARSAW Morris Fredgard, 18, of St. Paul, living at 414 James st, reported to the police today that he went to Gerald's cafe— Met a girl named “Buster”— Put her in a taxi-— Went to White Horse tavern— Had drinks— More drinks— Feit dopey— Woke up— Minus $130. N y Seaplanes in 25 Southern Flight SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.—All of the 12 navy seaplanes which started Saturday for San Francisco from San Diego on a _ practice flight, were expected to reach Moor- ings off Tiburon in San Francisco bay before tonight, some of them after trying experiences at sea. The ladt of the planes, the Nos. 4 and 11, reached Moss Beach late yesterday after having suffered mechanical troubles and run out of gas at sea. TRAIN RIDES INTO BRICK BUILDING; GIRL IS INJURED TACOMA, Aug. 16.—Miss Gene vieve McLean, employed by the Mo- Lean Storage & Transfer company was seriously if not fatally injured when a freight train crashed thru the one-story brick building of the company this morning. The build ing was almost completely wrecked. If the accident had happened a few ininutes later it is probable several persons would have been killed. Miss McLean was the only one in the building at the time. A Northern Pacific switch engine was shunting freight cars onto a side track near the McLean com: pany property when, thru a failure of the brakes or some other cause, the string of cars was sent crash- ing through the building. sergeant twisted the bright electric beacon rapidly about, “There he goes,” he said, “up the walk to that big house on the right.” They watched him. He seemed wallowing in a heavy sea. “He don't even know the light ts on him," Knapp declared, “Must have an awful edge on. the number on the house from here. It's 706 19th avenue.” “He's going up the Hasselblad, getting out. eps,” said We better I can read} to Handle ’Em PARIS, Aug. 16.—Labor thruout Europe was on guard today to pre vent the continental nations sending aid to the Poles in their war with the Bolsheviki. Following the lead of British labor ites, the Belgian workers at Ant- werp refused to handle munitions being sent General Wrangel in the Crimea, and the Swiss Railway Men's union, sent a committee to consult with the director general of Swiss railways with regard to refusing right of way to war materials, It was annéunced at Rome that Signor Daragona, socialist, would be sent to Moscow to conclude an al- Hance between the Soviet Russian 4nd the Italian labor confederations. Parley P. Christensen, the Amer- fean farmer-labor candidate for presi- dent, cabled British labor his party's congratulations on the laborites’ suc. cessful intervention to prevent mili | tary action against Russia, French socialists adopted a resolu: tion declaring neither money nor war material should be sent to the ald of Poland. LLOYD GEORGE RESISTS LABO LONDON, Aug. 16.—{United Press.) ~Labor's “council of action,” formed to dictate to the government as to its handling of the Russian situa- tion, was challenged by Premier Lioyd George today in the house of commons. He declared the government's policy was unchanged and that any attempt by the “council of action to strike at the roots of democratic principles of government,” would be resisted by every means at his dis- posal. The laborites have threatened to call a general strike if the govern ment makes war on the Bolsheviki, on the head by a puff of smoke, or, fell out of a cherry tree when he was a lad.” eee EB WAS fumbling at the keyhole when they asked him: “What's your name?” “Mike Walsh-sh-sh.” “Whateha doing here?” joing—hic-—to bed, but I guess I got the wrong—hic-house.”’ “Lock him up,” the sergeant or dered. “I told you he'd try to epring wag.” Knapp stopped the car. The] overhaul him, He's prob'ly been hit ;some new: BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The Riaseiai have surrounded Warsaw, their being on all sidts of the city, at @ radius of about 12 miles, according @ @ispatch to the Berlin post today. The fortress of G was reported to have fallen the reds’ assault. i ee HAND-TO-HAND BATTLE IS WARSAW, = Aug. 16.—(United Press.)—A great battle for Warsaw ” has started along the entire front ‘ war office's official statement ao clared today. oe Both Poles and Russians launched attacks at many places and hand to hand fighting raged. : ° ° BERLIN REPORTS LONDON, Aug. 16.—A Berlin dis patch to the Daily News today ‘Warsaw had been under Ment by heavy guns since However, the bombardment mentioned in dispatches sent from the Polish capital, Warsaw was in a state of 3 according to information from Bole hevik sources today, Reporte from Soldau, which is in the hands of the Russians, said two Polish aviators landed at Soldau They were reported to have the fall of Warsaw was hourly, and that panic reigned. French military officers have from the city, they sald. aged from 15 to 18, have been st cruited as a citizens’ guard. ‘ BOLSHES PUSH MOSCOW, Aug. 16.—(United Press§, —The Bolsheviki have pushed thei? — lines to a point five miles from War saw, where the battle is continuing, it was officially announced today, The communique said there was fighting on the Radimin-Okiniett line which ts five miles from Warsaw on the eastern side of the capital, way around Warsaw.” the north: (Ture to Page 4, column Qo