The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 6, 1920, Page 7

ROVER LEFT- oe KIDNAPING OF EDITOR National Guard Officers in Texas Resent Criticism + Of Houston Press HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 6.--Ousting ef Col. Hille Mayfield as provost Marshal of the Galveston military gone is only the sequel to a sensa-/ Yonal attempt to suppress freedom Of the press and substitute military | @ictatorship for American law. Mayfield admitted he had given! the order which resulted in the ef fort to “arrest” G. V. Sanders, edi tor of the Houston Pre National guard offic dectge to Sanders’ exposes of the Manner tn which the Texas national | Guard was being used to break the Strike of coastwise dockworkers. | KIDNAPING TAKES PLACE AT COUNTRY CLUB The attempted “arrest” or kidnap- ing took place at the Houston Coun- y club, Guard officers had been ordered Mayfield to bring Sanders within the jurisdiction of Brig-Gen. Jake Wolters, who commands troops main- taining martial law at Galveston, the seaport near Houston, Arresting officers did not march bolily up to the office of The Houston Press and arrest Sanders. ‘They came quietly at night dressed fm mufti, They visited his home in a quiet residential district. Sanders was not at home. This fact and the further fact that these officers, acting outside their martial law zone, were In a hurry to exe cute their attack on freedom of the) Press, saved Sanders from being kidnaped and his constitutional | Tights from being outraged. He was at the Houston yeah club. When the uniformed officers arrived there and attempted to take Sanders away without warrant. leading citizens of the metropolis of .southern Texas promptly pre vented the kidnaping. TROOPS IN GALVESTON } SINCE JUNE 8 | ‘The dock strike in Galveston ts, ins old. June §, Governor W. Hobby ordered state troops to Galveston on representations that city officials couldn't or wouldn't Protect strikebreakers in moving freight. The troops came tn They) feamped in a city park. City offi- cials ordered them to move. They Moved to a sandy stretch of bevh | miles from the docks that were theoretically in need of a heavy and constant suard. Citizens who knew there had been | Mo disorder justifying the imvasicn| of the state troops resented their Presence. They backed up their) city officials’ demands that the troops be withdrawn. ‘The answer of Governor Hobby was the forcible removal of all city | officials, from the mayor d&wn to| the Inst peace officer, on the groun! that they were not co-operating with the militia By this order CHINA MAY BAR FOREIGN COURTS Extra-Territorial Privilege Is Endangered SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.—Are the extraterritorial privileges en joyed by the United States and other great powers in China to be cur tailed? Following the return to this port ot D. A. Verenikis, minister plenipo-| tentiary from Greece to China, with the announemmmant that negotiations for the es ireek gation in Peking had been bre off, the feeling among those In touch with Chinese affairs has been preva lent that the great Asian republic is but paving the way, if possible, for the withdrawal of certain privileges long enjoyed there by foreign powers generally | The chief rock upon which the! Negotiations between Greece and| China split was the right to try/ Greek nationals in courts of Justice composed of Greek officials, America and other big powers have long been trying their nation- als in courts of their own in China,| and it is this privilege that is threat | ened, it in said. by the failure of} Verenikis to establish consular rela-| tions based upon the same rights, HE SEATTLE STAR The young ladies are not studying Greek dancing. Nor are they taking the barefoot cure. ture! Learning to sing! They are studying voice cul- They are students at the Bedford Hills voice culture school, Studio Camp, conducted by Ma- dame Scherer, famous French instructor. | ture of the school is that new students are not requested to The unique fea- Many in touch with recent Chi. use their voices for a month or more after they arrive, but nese developments have noted the are given dancing, jumping and other exercises as a prelimi- nary. Above, Miss Dorothy Hall, who is also seen jumping rapid. growth of national thought and feeling in the Celestial republic, and in the face of this the insistence of the Chinese foreign minister on Chi nese courts for Greek nationals is| taken as significant of a wider move | ment Skull Fractured in Collision; Man Dies Ernest W. Peterson, 20, a postof. fice special delivery mensenger, | whose home was at 1208 E. Pike st.,| was dead today as the result of a| fractured skull, sustained when his| motorcycle collided Saturday with an| auto driven by C. T. Olinger, 1016 4 Soldiers Arrested | Here for Speeding | Four soldiers from Camp Lewin) in the lower picture. The school is for girls only. Prosecute Minister Refuses to the- Thief Who Took His Coat PORTLAND, Sept iat's fingers left the keys 6—The organ. Silence | | Second ave. W. at Fifth ave. and| spread its mantle over the church. | | Stewart st. Olinger te under arrest. | The congregation bowed its collective head as the pastor commenced his prayer. ‘Our Father, Who art in Heaven,” the minister commenced. “Hallowed be Thy name. And for Gen. Wolters, leading corporation| Were under arrest today for speed- give us our treapasses as we forgive lawyer of Houston, was made dic tator of Galveston. Arab women paint their feet, and the children their hands, with a| henna stain. NATIONAL CAPITOL GETS A SCRUBBING ing at 45 miles an hour along FE. Marginal way, in an alleged stolen auto, They gave their names to the, police as W. H. Cunningham, James A. Cook, D. J. Martin and W. H. Brennan. All are 18, those who treepass against us.” And, as the man of God prayed, & stranger entered his study. The! stranger was ragged. He was dirty He was not a respectable member of society. It’s housecleaning time at the national capitol—while congress is vacationing. Cleaners pre doing a thoro job this sum Woolard at work restoring paintings in the capitol. UPPER LEFT—Artists mer, Charles Whipple and Perre UPPER RIGHT—Workmen cleaning e bronze Goddess of Liberty on top of the capitol dome. CENTER—The national capitol. of the capitol. Washington's fire department called into action to aid in washing the out- LOWER RIGHT—Painters holding forth in the senate room, ‘The stranger had a coat. It was a miserable garment, with great gap- ping holes where the elbows mh have been, with frayed cuffs and ragged hem MINISTER'S COAT WAS BETTER ONE The minister had a better coat. & new, respectable looking garment It hung in the study, within reach of the thief. Evidently, the thief did not know, or did not heed the Scriptural in junction, “Thou shalt not steal.” He took the minister's coat fled down’ the street He At a nearby |masoline station he tomsed his rag ged garment to the attendant, a ing that he had found a better one The gasoline man, being a world ly man, called the police, The materialistic bluecoats laid strong hands on the thief and marched him off to jail. They identified the coat by the minister's name and notified the owner. ‘The minister was the Rev. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the First Meth mist church. ‘The thief was Charles Davenport, “Ray Rum Charlie,” of police fame, habitual drunkard and occasional thief. AS HE FORGAVE, 80 DID THE MINISTER Monday morning the authorities called the minister to the police sta t “We want you to prosecute this fellow,” they told him. “He ought to be in jail. He's no good. It's your duty to the community ‘The minister pondered. Then he answered—answered in words that are not often heard in the sinister building at Second and Oak sta. “Two thousand years ago,” he said “a certain man who was to die read. ily forgave another man, a thief who was about to die also, Last night | |I asked my God to forgive me as I forgave others. “1 will not prosecute.” Meddling Cops Spoil an Interesting Game Ten men caught playing penny ante with $3.85 on the table when Police Sergt. P. F. Carter and Patrol man J. J. Heughen walked Into thelr room at 1930 Seventh ave., faced gambling charges today, They gave their names as: Ben Lyons, Sharpe, J. D. Crane, Minnick, Al Ansong, H. J. Ha West. A E. D. Miller, Nelson, A. O. rdon, George bush and B. F Jewish Folk Observe New Year With Feast Marking the year 5680 of the an of the creation of the ording to the Jewish tradi ttle Jews will feast, begin ning Sunday and ending Monday, celebration of the most solemn sea son of their religious year, ‘The day is known as the Day of Memorial, and calls the Jews to divine purpose in life and stirs him to noble needs, G. N. Vice President Holds Confab Here C. O. Jenks, vice president of the Great Northern railroad, was in Se attle last night in conference with local ral officials, He left for Van couver before midnight and will pass thru Seattle on his return to St. Paul Tuesday. He prophesied a relief in the rail situation and heavy rail graf. fic when the crops along the line are put in transit. Ostrich feathers valued at $2,500,- 000 were imported into the United States in the last 12 mopths, in | a wr RY y wee 4 3 ’ b A} ~ x St [7S as 2 et ”, ee. ES 4] INTRODUCTO DISPLAYS - Millinery,Apparel Fabrics, Accessories. SEPTEMBER. 710.117 FREDERICK & NELSON WISG i a bVES + ASS WAR MINISTER'S WEAPON, BOOKS Reading Matter to Prevent Salvador Revolutions “ISCO, ta, 6— the SAN FRA Sept. Books, not bul must be weapons against revolutions Such is the inspiring ideal from the war minister of one of the fiery little Latin republics, Salvador, who has just arrived here on the “City of Para,” after a troublous experle to invest a big sum guns, shrapnel and #h book stores of San Francisco. He is Gen. Pio R. Bosque, who holds the war portfolio in the cab- inet of President Jorge Melendez. He is a lawyer, and holds that ed. ueation is the best answer to the perplexing problems of the age President Melendoz’ hax just passed thru a’ crisis that, say local Salfadorans, might have been serious, but is now happily ended without the firing of a single shot. Arturo Araujo, son of Dr. Eugenio Araujo, the we of Salvador, becoming dis with President Melendez’ started a revolution, but was fo to flee to Honduras, His father was arrested and the son fled to London, where he is said to be now. * ‘The trouble being over, Dr. Araujo was released and his property re turned to him, while the son must remain in exile. ce, lia, but In the atistied cab || Wire Briefs REDWOOD CITY, Cal.—Loxin C Thornton, a handless man, mended for, airplane pilot's after exhibition flights. COF %—Rody of Nathaniel F. Davis, an civilian representa [tive with the Rhineland high com |mission, found on bank of Rhiné. BAKERSFIELD, Cal.—Five negro hoboes hold up and rob crew of thern Pacific freight train at Goshen Junction SPOKA William P. Bradley, 18, dies from gunshot wound infllet ed by accidental discharge as he slipped while drinking from spring. i ith the Thieves today for sneak license 36 | Police searched | thieves who visited three apart ments in one house at 1526 Broad way and stole $49 from Mra. F. Fro lich, $8 from L, Pfeifer, and $8 and @ watch from W, R. Purvis A pickpocket got $10 cash and a check for $36 from the purse of G R. Rand, 831 Yakima st ore Coutney, a sailor, reported $18 and his razor stolen from his 1@om in the New Avon hotel, 606 Second ave, | not in machine government | Ithiest man | recom: | Everett Thieves Are Sought in Seattle Five men who obtained $150 in cash on a check tendered to D. C Tounds at an ett garage, then snatched the check out of his hand and fied in a Ford auto, were being sought for today by Seattle police They headed their car towards this city. Girl Has ’Em Picked Miss Edna Morris, 217 25th ave. jaffected pockets like a man, Today the police are looking for two men who jostled her on a Bal jlard North street car at First ave. jand Cherry st. ,and picked her | pockets of $75 Tax Rate to Be Up 2.5 Mills, Forecast The probable tax rate for Seattle property owners will be in the neigh borhood of 74 mills, or 2.5 mills high er than last year, according to pre |liminary tabulation made by County | Assessor Frank W. Hull | Ask County to Keep Old Street Names Adherence as nearly as possible to existing street names when naming new additions in the city is requested in a resolution drawn up by Prose: |cuting Attorney Fred C, Rrown for presentation to the board of county commissioners for action Tuesday morning .KGED TO HAVE BEEN ing narcotics, Tom Dong, alias An Tom, and Foy Yin are under arrest Avy polipe Monday, Wears Man’s Pockets; | ., When the call came to. produce ' living from the lands The Mayflower, presidential yacht, swings at her berth = the Navy Yard dock here ready to take the nation's chief executive to fea. The Mayflower was re-decorated and ree} fitted this spring for the summer cruising of the presidential; party. The photograph of the ship shows the tower of the | Navy Yard wireless in the background. Right, the interior, of the sleeping cabin to be occupied by the president. Left, the smoking and lounging room. ‘ BROTHERS TAKE UP FARMING TO HELP SOLVE JAP PROBLEM FRESNO, Cal., sept. -“Pro-|and the ery was raised that white duce more food,” urges Uncle Sam, | men are letting the brown men in- “Save the land for the white farm. | Derit the soil by virtue of sweat and labor, they decided to give up their or,” pleads California. | city work and ‘do their bit" “Aye, aye, sirs,” said the two sons| A tract of 800 acres, formerly of former Lieut. all ed by Japanese near here, bought by the Wallace boys moving on it with their tractor, they al call and moved frtm their chosen profes: sions out on the land. planted it to hay and grain. Kenneth and A. J, Wallace, Jr.| “It takes more than preaching te” are both college graduates. Kenneth | solve the farm labor shortage,” says was formerly a lieutenant in the! young Wallace. “American boys cai army. A. J. Wallace, Jr, was al farm as well as Japanese, and it's | lawyer. | the finest kind of a life to make your | sad