The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 18, 1920, Page 1

‘ BY q isinherttéd him, and cut down | | "pie. Tomorrow I'll stand in line to Weather Tonight, fair; Thursday, fair, warmer, moderate westerly winds Temperhture Last 24 Th Maximum, 63 Minimum, 50, Today Noon, 58. yx § On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise 23. VOLUME \ HUSBAND, KILLED FOR WARSAW IS | SAFE NOW, SAY POLES Peace Envoys Return From Minsk; Refuse to Make Public Red Terms BY CARL D. GROAT BERI Aug. 18, — Polish peace delegates have returned to Warsaw from Minsk, bearing ‘HUMOR PATHOS The Shocks _| of Doom Copyright, 1920, by Doubleday, Page | @ Co.; published by special ar- rangement with the Wheeler Syn- dicate, Inc. ‘There ts an aristocracy of the pub- He parks and even of the vagabonds ‘Who use them for their private apart Mments. Vallance felt rather than knew this, but when he stepped down out of his world Into chaos| his feet brought him directly to Mad- | ison Square. Raw and astringent as a school: | Birl—of the old order—young May | breathed austerely among the bud @ing trees. » Vallance buttoned his cont, lighted his last cigarette and) took his seat upon a bench. For three | minutes he mildly regretted the last | d of his last thousand that it) d cost him when the bicycle cop put an end to his last automobile ride. Then he felt in every pocket and found not a single penny. He | sentatives will return to Minsk In bad given up his apartment that! time to take up final negotiations morning. His furniture bad gone to with the Holsheviki before the end ‘ward certain debts. His clothes, seve | of the week. what were upon him, had descended " , to hs anectrant for back wages, FOLES ADVISED BY BRITAIN As he sat. there was not in the!" rhe pritish minister In Warsaw whole city for ‘him a bed of a Broiled | wa, said to have instructed the Pol- lobster or a street car fare OF &/ isn government not to accept the carnation for his buttonhole unless | new torms submitted by the Rum she should obtain them by =pongiNE | gians because they infringe Upon a mses. | Poland 4 bp hs chenen the perk. P nd's sovereignty and to have promised that the entente would fur- And all this was because an uncle! nish officers and munitions. German military experts here Ge allowance from liberality to noth | clare the fall of Warsaw depends al- And all that was because his | most wholly upon the amount of am- _mephew had disobeyed him concern-| munition for the Russian bs Hing « certain girl, who comes not into | According to Lithuanian reports the ‘this story—therefore, all reagers who | poisheviki, while plentiful in man Yerush their hair toward its rpots may power, do not, possess enough artil- de warned to read no further, There | jery. was another nephew, of a Qifferent| Warsaw was said to have three Branch, who had once been the pros: | weeks’ provisions and foodstuffs are Pective heir and favorite.| Being | being brourht in. The city was be- without grace or hope, he long |ing carefully guarded against air ago disappeared in the mire, Now| raide d@ragnets were out for him; was| Advices from members of the to be rehabilitated and rest: And} American mission fn Warsaw, te #0 Vallance fell grandly as jIayed by way of Posen, said the to the lowest pit, joining the |tatter:/ Poles had pushed the Reda back ghosts in the little park. about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) In the ‘Then arose one from a seat near) vicinity of the capital, reeapturing leaping fountain, and came and| Radzymin (10 miles north and cast gat himself at Vallance’s side. Helof Warsaw, on the river Rhadza) Was cither young or old; cheap lodg: | The situation in the Lemberg sector ing houses had flavored him mus-| was described as “unimproved.” tily; razors and combs had passed | GENERAL STRIKE IN him by; in him drink had been bot-| UPPER SILESIA tled and sealed in the devil's bond.| ‘The Polish legation here claimed He begged a match, which ts the/that Cierchanot has been retaken. form of introduction among park|This was said to give the Poles an/ ‘benchers, and then he began to talk.| opportunity to cut off Red forces “You're not one of the regulars,” | west and equth of that city, “he said to Vallance. “I know tailor-| A general strike in protest against €4 clothes when I see ‘em. You just! the Polish-Russian war was progress | stopped fora moment on your way |ing in Upper Silesia, it was reported thru the park. Don't mind my talk |here. Disturbances were said to ing to you for a while? I've got to|/have broken out in several places. | be with somebody. I'm afraid—I'm| At Kattowttz the crowds were re afraid. I've told two or three of| ported to have attacked French cav-| those bummers over there about it.|alry, killing one trooper and a ma ‘They think I’m ¢razy. Say—let me|chine gunner, Nine of the attacking tell you—all I've had to eat today | civilians were killed and 26 wounded. was a couple of pretzels and an ap-|The French were withdrawn. | After consulting with the Pollatr ministry regarding the Russian| terms and receiving counter propos ala, it was reported the Polish repre inherit three millions; and that res | eee | | | autos around it wil be too cheap| for me to eat in. Don't believe it,} do you | “Without the slightest trouble," | +gaid Vallance, with a laugh. “I lunched there yesterday. Tonight I/ ret couldn't buy 4 five-cent cup of cof-| MOSCOW, Aug. 18—{Via Wire \ fee.” }ieas to London.)—(United Press.) “You don’t look like one of us,|“The tnemy has broken thru our (Well, I guess those things happen.| lines to the northward,” the Rus 1 used to be a high-flyer myseif— | sian official communique said today. | }some years ago. What knocked you| (This evidently refers to the Pol-| out of the game?” ish claim that Russians have heen “{—oh, I lost my fob,” said Val-| ejected from the Danzig corridor.) ce. | “Our renewed offensive has re “It’s undiluted hades, this city,”|sulted in recapture of Clechanoff | ‘went on the other. “One day you're | (50 miles northwest of Warsaw). eating from china; the next you are| “To the we occupied eating in China—a chop-suey joint.|Hrublesof (80 north of Lem T’ve had more than my share of hard | berg) and other villages. luck. For five years I've been little | see better than a panhandler. I was nothing. Say—I don't mind telling | ARE BARRED OUT: you—I've got to talk to somebody you see, because I'm afraid — I'm afraid. My Ide You wouldn't think t id Paulding, one of the millionaires on Riverside Drive, was my uncle, would you? Well, he is. I lived in his bh once, all the money I want ed. Say, haven't you got the price of a couple of drinks about you—er-. what's your name “Dawson,” said V: I'm worry to way that financially.” “I’ve been living for = week in a coal cellar on Division st,” went on Ide, “with a crook they call ‘Blinky’ Morris, 1 didn’t have anywt eit to go. While I today alt chap with wome pa pocket was there, asking for me. [ didn't know but what he was a fly cop, I didn’t go around till after dark. There was @ letter he} had left for .me it} from a big ¢ lawyer, |; jead I've seen ign Ann st. Pauldi ants me to play the prodigal nephew—wants me to come back and be his heir again and blow | mucereded in his money. I'm to call at the! rent with Mrone on a plawyer's office at 10 tomorrow and joint policy toward the Russo-Polish (urn to Page 4, Column 2) (Turn to Page 4, Column ‘ LONDON, Aug. 18.—A dispatch | use|to the Times from Danzig said the | British corenissioner was reported | to have ruled that munitions ships | en route to Pond would not be al- | lowed to enter the harbor. Several | were said to be approaching at the time the ruling was made. Another dispatch to the | from Brussels exid the Belgian cab- | inet had definitely decided not to} aid Poland pending the outcome of Wiations at Minak. At} time, the Belgians } vo munitions t 1% eros# the from France lance at I'm No. all in Times reel peace n% wa or rs me back | una | fron to | dered | which attempt jtier, en rouse Toland. Before the Britieh labor delegates William Adnmecn, member of | and Barry Gouling, | the English transport | expelled from! were said to have in reaching an agree workers again there Ay —Dav wntown his they ” {Woman 100 Years jers of ene March 3, 1879 The Seattle Star Hotered as Second Clase Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Cor Por Year, by Mail, $6 to 99 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1920, y OMAN i | WINS EASTERN BEAUTY RACE ‘ Abe: Miss Mary Cunningham, daughter of a Springfield, Mass., railroad engineer, has been chosen by an art committee for the leading part in “Rose Girl,” a musical show, after an Eastern beauty contest. Judges in the nation-wide salesgirls’ beauty contest, conducted by The Star and 100 associated newspapers, are still at work, So many beautiful salesgirls were entered that the judges have found it difficult to select the one prettiest. But a decision will be announced shortly. The Rental Month is almost here, Changes ‘of residence are most frequent at thin time of year. If you are looking for a house, apartment, or flat, or if you have one of these for be sure to con sult the Want Ads daily and use them often and you'll be satisfied in no’ time. The realty Want the Buyers’ and ide. Phone Main 600 KiNG OF DENMARK ORSE sale or r Ads are Bellers’ COPENHAGEN, Aug. 17.—King jing is not all fun, even if you're a popular king King Christian was mounting his jhorse near Hadersley, The stirrup broke. The king fell backwards. The annoyed animal either forgot his rider was king of Denmark, or Old Rides in Air |ete aian't give a whoop. Anyhow E Ses jhe kicked the king four times MANSF LD, Engiand, Aug. 18. | An old lady named Mrs. Sissons, who < a some time ago celebrated her 100th | May Golden Faces Burglary Charge birthday, took an aeroplane flight the degree other da: She is said to be the] oldest passenger to have taken an| aerial trip. She displayed no nervous ness and had the pilot promise that/Was the charge against May Golden, Burglary in the second the next time she went up he would | 22-year-old alleged safecracker, shop: | loop the loop. Mannix Was Not | Warned by Pope) LONDON, Aug. 18.-Arehbishoy Mannix denied reports that the pope had sent him dvising | rested a month ago by Lieut, Hassel against the Australian prels biad she admitted safecracking, shop posed visit to Ireland |iitting and pocketpicking lifter, pickpocket and burglar, Wed. While on probation Tuesday morning, she was arrested by Lieut Gus Hasselblad, accused of breaking window in the Jewelry store of C. 1120 Howell st. When ar nesday Hudson, ACCUSES COLEMAN OF MAKING THREAT Seattle Murder in 1916 Involved in B. C. Slaying Yesterday . “It was revenge, He threat ened her and me. He sald he would do the same to her as he did to Blanche at Seattle.” This, dispatches said today, was the exclamation that burst from the lips of Charles Sampson, of Se attle, in Vancouver, B. C, ¥ r day when told that his wife had been brutally murdered and that William Coleman wan being held. Coleman, he sald, was “the man who had made the threat, “BLANCHE” KILLED IN SEATTLE IN 1916 “Blanche,” aecording to Captain of Police Detectives Charles EF. Tennant, of Seattle, was Mre. Blanche Coleman, who was stabbed to death in a hotel here in 1916, John Soudas, a Greek bootblack, wer convicted of the crime and sen- tenced to life imprisonment, but es- caped. He protested that he was innocent and euid he had seen the described. The description, M is claimed, was that of Coleman, who, cording to the police, was ‘Bianche’s man.” Mrs. Coleman waa reputed a woman of the under- world, ‘Coleman, after convincing the fury that he knew nothing of the crime, left the city and was lost track of. He had been chief of police at Ed- monton, Alberta. Word that Mra. Alga Sampson, wife of the Seattle trainman, had been murdered in a manner similar in many Ways to that in which Mre Coleman was slain reached here yes- terday . Sampson had jeft his apartment in the Waldorf, at Seventh ave, and Pike st, and was then nearing Van couver on his train. It was said at the Waldorf that Mrs, Sampson had been living there until some months ago, when she moved to British Co | lumbia, | | She was known about the hotel as |@ quiet, unassuming woman who had very few close friends. Her mother, | father and sister, it im said, called on | jher at the Waldorf frequently. Their names and thelr address are un | known, | Dispatches wala Mrs, Sampson was | around the lobby of the Castle hotel |!n Vancouver on Monday evening as usual. The murder, presumably took place some time Monday night, tho the crime Waa undiscovered until yesterday afternoon. 'FINDS BODY LYING HUDDLED ON BED Fred Saunders, said to have been a family friend of the Sampsons, called the room of Mrs. Sampson on the telephone but got no response. He went upstairs and knocked at her door. Receiving no answer, came suspicious and tried the knob. The door swung open. Saunders | started back as he beheld Mrs. Samp. json lying huddled on the bed, her |head resting on a great red stain. The body had been partially covered by a heap of bed clothing, Saunders | called the police and was detained as a witness, In the bathroom the wall near the jtered, as if the murderer had | washed his hands before he fled. [Under the bathtub was a man’s undergarment with a bloodstain |near the neck Close inspection of the body re [vealed an angular gash back of | Mrs. Sampson's left ear, as if she had been struck from behind with a weapon of some weight This in- strument has rot yet beer four | Neither was there money or oth | valuables in th® room, with the Jexception of a 10-cent piece. Sam> | bis wife on Mon. the police found sink blood-spat- |son said he saw able money. murder done by @ man whom he! he be) The real motive for the crime, he insists, however, but revenge. He made a lengthy statement regarding Coleman to the police, The statement is being withheld, At the time of Mrs. Coleman's murder here four years ago, Cole- man admitted he had been in con: versation with her im the room of another woman in the Plaza hotel, Fourth and Pine st. in the evening a few hours prior to the murder on June 17, 1916, He said he left her thera She was slashed to death in ber apart- ment jn the Christie, Fourth ave. and Olive #t. Soudas, arrested In his bootblack stand at 1613 Westlake ave. four hours after the murder was discov- ered, had blood on one of his hands. He said be had cut his finger. Captain of Detectives Tennant and Detective Meyer Peyser locked him up. They learned from other resi- dents of the Christie hotel that Soudas had left Mrs. Coleman's apartment about 4 a. m. by the back way. A bloody butcher knife was found. The wash bow! in the bath- room was blood-stained. . Gotng to Boudas' room in the Dem ny Hill hotel, 3016 Fifth ave. the de- tectives found a bandio of his clothes, stained with blood, ‘They traced the bloody knife to ® nearby butcher shop. The pro- prietor told them he had loaned it to Soudas. On this evidence the Greek was convicted. He escaped March 1, 1917, from the county Jail before going to the peniten- tary. SOUDAS MAINTAINED HE WAS. INNOCENT Paul Carrigan, an attorney in the L. C. Smith building who de fended Soudas, recalled today that Soudas had stuck to an improbable tale of the murder, declaring it true, no matter how unbelievable, thruout the trial. His story was that a big man with a knife entered the apartment while he and Mrs. Coleman were there. He said he saw the big man stab Mrs. Coleman with a knife. She got up, he saig, and staggered | another room, where the big stabbed her agoin, then fled a door down the front way. Mrs. Coleman's, body lay with the head against the door, wh‘ch opened inward, having fallen into that po- sition, Soudas said, after the mur- derer left “I gave Soudas a werular th'rd degree,” said Attorney Carrigan, “I told him frankly I didn’t believe hi wild tale, but he answered all my questions logically and insisted s9 positively that the story was true that he finally convinced me it was, and 1 defended him as best 1 could.” During pre into man thru the trial Soudas was y for a detailed de. seription of the murderer, He said the large man wore a gray suit and box coat and had black, bushy hair. “This was Coleman's description,” said Carrigan, ‘“Soudas told me it was Coleman, but on my advice Coleman's name was not mentioned by the defense.” Spurned by Girl, He Ends His Life BEND, Ore., Aug. 18.—Spurned by the girl he loved, L. J committed suicide, “Life is not worth living. T have found out that the girl I love did not care for me,” said the note two ounces of carbolic acid, was not robbery, | Onglish, 24, | an employe of a local box factory, | which | day and is certain that she carvied | English wrote just before drinking building caused hurried evacuation of LATE ITION i TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE _ " “GOVERNMENT OF ALL NOW; NOT OF HALF”--MRS. CATT NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 18. Commenting on the suffrage victory, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Woman's Suffrage association, who directed the fight for suf- frage here, said today: “For the country and the world, this victory means this government which purports to be “by the people’ is indeed by the people and not half of them. “For women the suffrage vic- tory means opportunity for more work and added responsibility, It ia too belated to come with a shock or surprise. We have been ready for it. We are ready for the work that lies ahead.” BOY, 13, SAVES DROWNING TOT “Scout Trainnig Did It,” He Declares For saving the life of Carl Me Causland, 6, from drowning in Green Lake, Harold O'Neill, 13, of 1860 E. Green Lake Way, was the hero to day of his brother Boy Scouts and his neighborhood alike. While fishing Carl fell into the lake at Denny station. His small brother, John, was unable to get him out and called for help. Harold plunged in, swam with the lad to safety and was restorative measures when B. Kidd, 3702 Woodlawn ave., along in his auto, Scout training did it,” said proudly. AUTO DEVICE IS URGED IN BILL 'Would Force Use of New “indicator” | Every auto in Seattle will be |equipped with a direction indicator |in the shape of an arrow, if an ordi- nance considered Wednesday after- noon by the public safety committee | is adopted by the city council. A | compulsory for every motor vehicle, lexcept motorcycles, to be equipped with a mechanical device attached to | the left side of the wind shield, show- |ing an arrow to indicate in which di- |rection the driver is turning. The | device would be illuminated at night. FIRE MENACES TWO TOWNS SPOKANE, Aug. 18.—Scotia and | Newport, Wash., are fire menaced to- |day as timber blazes advance un- checked upon them over a wide front. ‘The flames are less than a mile from Scotia. Colville is surrounded by fires. | Five hundred men are vainly fight- ing fires around Wenatchee, in the Wenaha reserve. The fires have stormed and carried three separate trench systems built to combat them, driving the fighters back Large areas of the Flathead forest jin Montana are blazing before high winds. Hundreds of grimy, smoke- sore fighters along the lines are un- able to control them, . | $60,000 Loss Thru i ‘i Fire From Gasoline SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 18.—Fire, | starting from an exploding gasoline torch, did $60,000 damage in the warehouse of the Holey-Mason Hard. ware company here last night Fifty-foot flames shooting from the neagby hotels, “The Incomplete Story;” or “The Part He Didn’t Write” He had signed away all claims for damages for personal injuriqs, BY HAL ARMSTRONG 1s FOUNTAIN pen traveled jerk H ily along the dotted fine at the|no matter how painful, as well as bottom of the page. ‘The signature. |the claims of his widow, ax LEE J. SMITS |fictary, in, case the fall killed him ended in a big black splotch where | Tomorrow he was going on his first only at period should have been jairplane {light It was a signature known to read.| Tomorrow morning he wae going The that of to Sand Point flying grounds to hand staff writer, jover his, waiver to a long-faced chap There are three things that will|of sober legal aspect, to elimb in be: make a staff writer nervous when he|hind a pilot, and to soar. And may signs them—a marriage license book, | be he would write a story a confession to the dry squad, and a oF waiver of claims lH { FLEW. But he left out part Smits had one charming wife al-| of the story, and here it is: Nervousness hadn't, at that time, | mindedness, ready, #0 he hadn't signed for a lie} is akin to absent. cense, and bh Smits climbed out of even started his home brew, #o it) the plane, felt of his stomach to see lif it was still there, then strode It was a waiver that he held in his |away to the car line. He waited, per- hand, Star. a clever wasn't a confession, . haps utes before he fished into his pockets and found he hadn't a nickel, He glanced at his watch, It wa a few minutes of six, almost supp |time. He knew few people in the city, certainly not the street car con- {ductor, and those he did know were |probably just then drawing their chairs up close to tables on which were high glasses of cool, refreshing water, No, he would not call them from their supper. He would walk, eee Y, BUT he was thirsty, and, phew, but it was hot! He pulled off his coat, untied his fourin-hand and opened his collar, then hit the sweltering, glaring pavement. He guessed, roughly, that it was no more than two and a half miles not more than 20 or 30 min-{to the a artment where Mrs, Smits was already putting on the table a pitcher of water and tinkling tc and dishes of , crisp salad. It had been a wonderful afternoon in the clouds, He was passing a drug store, Inside was a soda foun tain, and behind it a smiling girl in white, He turned to enter, stopped suddenly, threw his coat over his other arm and proceeded on, hot and parched. Dust gathered on his brow. Per- spiration moistened the dust and made it mud. Mud slid down and streaked his face. That reminded him of a funny story he had read in the Post The Post—it was the day the Post Was on the news stands, Yes, there it was, just ahead of him, He r picked it up, put it down again hurriedly, and journeyed on, just as » | the news seller reached out his hand for the nickel that wasn't there. eee ONG, long afterward, at 8 o'clock, a staff writer plodded wearily into an apartment. His shirt was sticking to his ribs, his feet were sore, and godliness was not in him, “Where,” asked his wife suspi- ciously, “have you been?” “Once mor he growled, reaching for the water tap, “I ran out of mon- ey and had to walk.” “Oh, then you remembered,” she exclaimed, with surprise, “to deposit jwhat I gave you this morning! He held up his coat and pulled something out of the upper inside pocket. It was $45 in bills, The proposed bill would make it} TENNESSEE © BECOMES 30TH TO House Votes 49 to 47, and Long Civic Battle Comes to an End NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. Woman suffrage became part of basic law of the United States to by the Tennessee legislature the Susan B. Anthon: : tional amendment. 7 The Tennessee house passed | Patification resolution, which had | ready been adopted by the | Tennessee was the 36th ratify, thus completing the i tion and putting the amendment into the constitution, bringing to a a torious conclusion the long fight 4 equal suffrage in the United States The vote was 49 to 47. The victory came after two of debate, The first test of strength on resolution resulted in a tie vote, to 48. This vote was on tne ¥ without result, the house the motion and started to vote the ratification resolution. The vote was accompanied by scenes in the house chamber. = that Walker's move would in any change in the final reconsideration is called for. il ‘Women now will be able to the November elections on equality with men unless the amendment’ is j blocked in the courts or a reconsid- — eration changes the result, 4 VOTE COMES WITH DRAMATIC SUDDENNESS The vote in the house came with dramatic suddenness after an inef- fectual attempt to table the resolu- tion of ratification had been made, Speaker Walker moved to table. The vote on this was 48 to 48, and the house went into an uproar because the decision was in doubt. A ec: ond roll call also tied. Then the speaker announced the vote would be taken on the original resolution providing for ratification. When order had been restored the clerk began to call the roll slowly and the onlookers held their breath. The vote was announced as 49 for suffrage, 47 against. Speaker Walker was immediately on his feet and the house was in con- fusion. Then Walker said: “I change my vote.” This made the result 50 in favor ef suffrage and 46 against. Walker is an anti-ratificationist, By changing his vote he gains two |days during which a reconsideration may be had. | The anti-suffragists will immedi. jately begin work to get a reconsid- | eration and defeat of the amendment, For a minute after the final vote was called it looked as if it was a tie, It would have been but Representa- tive Harry Burns immediately an- nounced he changed his vote from “no” to “aye.” This gave victory for the resolution of ratification. Nine states refused to ratify the suffrage amendment. They were Ala- bama, South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, Missis- sippi, Maryland and North Carolina. Aside from this and the possibility of a change in the result through a reconsideration, the only step re maining to make the 19th amendment operative is the promulgation of a de- cree from the secretary of state, Suffragists estimated there are 27,000,000 women voters in the coun- try. Seven million of these already have had presidential suffrage thru state action and 17,000,000 have local suffrage. eee WOMEN PLAN CELEBRATION ‘ Seattle suffrage workers are pre paring to celebrate, With the women of the nation, they will hold “jollification meet- ings” Saturday, following a schedule worked out weeks ago by national vommitteewomen, “L expect the 9,000,000 women of states who are enfranchised for the first time by the Tennessee legislat- ure'’s action will do the most cele- brating,” sald Mrs. Dr, E, P. Fick, Seattle suffragist. “But weeks ago we received word that the Saturday following ratification would be the day of national celebration, All the whistles will blow, and we shall prob- ably arrange some kind of luncheon under auspices of the Seattle Gut trage club.” x