The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 27, 1920, Page 1

YORK GOVERNOR TO GRANT PAPERS FOR RETURN OF BETTY BRAINERD! On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be Nod Compromise Weather and Thursday, probably rain; moderate easterly winds, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 57. Tonight Today noon, 55. Gl VOLUME 2: aaa S ‘ynthia 4 Grey His Swestheart Is Angry Just because he carclessly paid at- to another girl—she refuses him explain—how himself map e tt? What Day Was is ly 23, 1897? F Bomedody wants to now and 4 "t know where to find out— Row would you go about it eee TPT re; FP Sees Dfow Can Chewing Gum ‘Be Removed From White Fox Fur? "@ tried hot water; but the gum fast and refuses to budge— would you remove it mae. t t €% 2.9 te Is the Correct Age shall he oe 2 ot ? Perhaps you not to contemplate a fourth ae this into matrimony—bdut, could you answer te ty tte 27 2 SE ARE a few samples of the “hundreds of questions asked Cynthia Grey each month. it would you say if you were in cage ate a ie Ey tg Grey's malt araee prizes to those who submit the the rules of the contest: 5 apa rhe | Pail i : TE : ; i EB H : } i I i & & Get ready for a big eve- ging’s entertainment next Tuesday night, The Star will = election returns from its building, Seventh ave., of »n Union and Univer- Lo sts. There will be no et cars and no auto traffic interfere with your con- wenience. A direct leased wire, covering every part of the country, will flash the news to you as quickly as “Melegraphy can bring results. You are invited to The Star's party. Come early! ‘Bad News Spuds Up WI holesale. ‘The increasing firmness in the po- market during the last week or | tato two lead to a few wholesale houses quoting Y: gems at $42 a ton ‘Wedneslay. The increase was not wnanimous with commission men, however, and most of them hold to the old price of $49, feeling that the tt condition of the market is ‘temporary, and that spuds are ue for a drop soon. What Do You >» KNOW About Seattle? QUESTIONS G—What is the longest street in Seattle? @—What were the original boun Garies of the city? G—When did the first electric street ear run in Seattle? (Answers Thursday), ‘WASN’T FLOU, MADE ’EM NGFIELD, Il., Oct. 1-—Hix girls became serloudly ‘sit bd the result of mistaking cockroad for flour and using it as for gravy. CK Minimum, 46, Disappears “After Having’ Trouble With Teacher; | Has No Money Search was being conducted from | the sheriff's office today for Hazel | Coltina, 13-year-old daughter of Osear | | Collins, of Enumclaw, who disappear: ed yesterday morning, after a quar-| rel with her school teacher. / The little gir! had no money. She ie described as being § feet § Inches | in height, about §$ pounds in weight. | She fa dark complexioned, with dark | | brown hair and eyes and dimpled | cheeks, Her apparel consisted of a re | brown shoes and ere ane ee Blethen’s s Dog Howls Sigaals; ="! Peeves Woman! ih . B Hilekey, yan on. 10 eee that abated. moa in ile t 4 ist i i a a Ls to other the used his bark as & near as can be figured t, the signals meant: One long how!—-No supper. Two long howls—Not enough ‘Three long howls—Full moon 1S i it Some neighbors sald the dog was continually howling in single howls. a First Student Body Assembly Thursday The first student body assembly of the year will be heid at Meany hall on the university campus Thursday at 11 a m., Robert Abel, president of the axociated students, calling the meeting to order. Graduate Manager Darwin Meisnest wili make hie an- nual financial report at the assem bly. AMost ANOTHER BOMB MYSTERY! “Another bomb explosion,” thought H. C. Hosley, 5639 Kirkwood place, early Wednesday, when he was awakened by a loud crash. He noth fied police. At 7 a. m. Hosley phoned again to say that the mystery of the noise had been cleared, “A chunk fell off my chimney,”"he aid. Alexander’s Body Lies in Cathedral ATHENS, Oct. 27—King Alex- ander’s bedy lay in state In the cathedral of the Greek church to day Draped with flags and simple | wreaths, the casket stood in the center of the rotunda under guard of picked troops. Funeral services and burial will be| Friday. UBLICITY WINS HIM A HOME! CONCORDIA, Kans., Oct. 27a] published interview in which Robert W. Hatton expressed a desire to find a good warm jail for the winter re- pulted in his location by relatives of; Seward, Neb., who say $30,000 estate| has been left him. POSTAL SAVINGS TAKE BIG CLIMB, ‘The net increase in postal savings deposits for September in the United States was $1,500,000, am against) $2,075,000 In August, according to & report received Wednesday by | Postmaster Edgar Rattle In the list of cities arranged ao- cording to the amount of postal say- ings depoutts on hand, seattle stands | 13th, with $1,295,781; San Francisco | 4s 16th, Tacoma 11, Portland ninth, 4 SEATTLE, 1, WAS patoffiog at BAAttIe, Wash, under the Act of Congress March.2, 187%, H., WEDNESDAY, , OCTOBER 27, 1920. The Seattle Star Hotered as Kecond Class Matter May 3, Por Year, by Mail, $6 to $9 ‘Whoo-00-pee "Y? Says Mr. Lambert; ‘This Is Some Skatin’; Whoop!’ BY HAL ARMSTRONG 'N the long corridor ouside the courtroom of'Judge John 8. Jurey, young Mr. Frederick Lam: bert, aged 9, was sliding up and down the marble floor aa one slides @n a slippery sidewalk of a frosty morning. “Hey, Speedy™ he panted, houting ac me “This tx some ain't it?) Wait a min Lemme ere the little ele phant you got in your button- hole. Whereja get it? Can I have it? I got a G. O. P. button, too, but it ain't a elephant. Thanks, Watch me slide~ who-o-o-pee!” Young Mr. Lambert skidded full 50 feet down the marble and tumbled into a heap, cee UQPEEDY,” he confided, get- ting up, “my mother's in there, He pointed. towards Judge Jurey's courtroom doors. “Yeah, and my, Speedy,” he added, “do you know who I amt? T'm 6 witness, Iam. My mother’s suing Joe MoLaughlin for $10- 00. Wheew, I hope she gets Mt. MeLaughlin come right up onto our poreh one time and called her an old divorced cow, ‘That's why I'm a witness. Come on in, Speedy, and hear me tentity.” Young Mr. Lambert took me fle the hand #24 led me into “To. eet ‘a here besite.my . =\MRS, PEETE IS UP FOR MURDER Formally Indicted by Los Angeles Grand Jury LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27-—Mra. Richard C. Peete, former tenant in the home of Jacob C. Denton, was todsy formally charged with the murder of the wealthy mining man in an indictment returned by the county grand jury. Indictment of Mra Peete today brought to a climax one of the most mysterious murders of recent years. Only one indictment was returned. The woman, who had been under technical arrest since yesterday, wan immediately taken to the county jail She had been held in the district at torney’s office after whe refused to testify before the grand jury today. Her refusal was on the advice of her attorney, W. J. Ford. BR. C. Peete, husband of the indict e4 woman, and their G-yearold Gaughtfr, Betty, were present when Mra. Peeto was taken to the county Jail, When brought to the Hall of Ree- ords from the hotel at La Crescenta, where she was kept under heavy guard during the night, Mra, Peete appeared to have completely lost the remarkable composure she hae ex hibited since she came here from Denver. Denton is believed by authorities to have been shot to death In the kitchen of his home on the morning of June 2. Subsequently he was buried in a rude vault in the base ment, where his body was found on September 23. Five Gallons of Saki Cost $200 K. Mikal, Jap, pleaded guilty in the United States district court Wednesday to posession of five gallons of anki, and was fined $200 by Federal Judge Neterer. Your Husband Advertises— Why Don’t You? Anyone cfin advertise—nearly everyone should advertise. It ien't necessary to own a big store or a great factory in order to use the service of advertising. Want Ads Are Handy House hold Helps, Here are a few ways in which Star Want Ads will help you: 1. Find @ tenant for your va cant room. 2. Locate a good cook, dress or «maid. 3. Show you where to buy all sorts of things at bargain prices 4, Fing « buyer for oid books, furniture, ete. 5. Locate lont jewelry. 6. Find a vacation your #on or daugh: 7. Give you choice of many homes in which to live. Advertize, and read advertis- ing. Read Star WAnt Ads for profit. Use them for resulta, laun- Job for sister, Speedy,” he advined, “T got to go now, Watch mea Speedy.” eee RINNING broadly, young Mr, Lambert marched to the witness chair, hitched himself into it, grinned at the judges then at the jury, tugged at his trousers, and waited. “Pred.” asked his mother’s lawyer, “do you know what it means to tell the truth? Do you know what @ lie Is? “Yep.” amsured young Mr, Lambert. “Sure, I do.” He sat up very straight and grinned again. “You tell the jury,” said the lawyer. “Tell the jury what hap pened.” And young Mr. Lambert id so, with emphasis and In consider. able detail, concluding: “He called my mother an old diverced cow. I heard every Using, you bet!" RINNING, he climbed down. He marched straight for the door, and winked at “Bpeedy” to follow him. “Golly, did you get an earful, Speedy?” he inquired, outaide in the corridor, “I ain't agenirt of being & witness, but I don't like it much. 1 hope ma wins. If she does, Speedy, I'm gonna ask her bas ayn about 450. oe me atide— SHE SHE SMASHES IN STORE FRONT Auto Wrecks Drygoods Win- dow; Driver Held After amashing the whole front ond of the dry goods store conducted by Mrs. Annie M. Stanton at 607 Eastlake ave., by driving into it with her auto In an effort to avoid a col- | Maton with another auto, Mrs. L. E. Wood, 26, of 4038 Sixth ave, N. EB, was booked at central station on « \charge of reckless driving Wednes- day, Lieut. C. G. Carr, head of the traffic squad, ordered the booking of Mra. Wood and fixed her bail at $250. No one was injured in the accident. Mrs. Wood was driving north on Bastiake ave. An auto, driven by Mra, 8. B. Frazier, 4064 Arcade build ing, was ahead of her. Mra, Frasier turned her auto, and, in trying to avoid her, Mra, Wood crashed into |the store across the street. REWARD OUT FOR JEWELRY He, she, tt or they, who will direct the return of a platinum wedding ring, an onyx and pearl ring that had never been worn, and a couple of strands of pearis to the home of | Mrs, J.D. Layman, 1245 22d ave. N,, as quietly as the aforesaid jewelry |dixappeared two weeks ago, will re- ceive a liberal reward, Mrs. Layman announced Wednesday. The return of other valuable jew eiry which disappeared simultaneous ly will also be appreciated, she stated. | He, she, it or they will not be in terrogated, Mrs, Layman promised. BONDED BOOZE IS TOTAL LOSS While a crowd of reporters and ordinary citizens stood around and cheered or cussed, deputy United States marshals, under the personal supervision of Chief Deputy W. B. Theodore, destroyed 15 cases of bonded whisky Wednesday, The cusses drowned out the cheers, Prohibition agents also presented the Red Cross with the battered re- mains of 15 copper still outfits that |have served their usefulness as evi- | dence in liquor cases in the federal | court, WED 3 MONTHS; WANTS DIVORCE Married the Inst day of July, this year, Mrs, Dena Pratt began suit teday to divorce Frank Tobias Pratt. Mrs, Pratt says her bride- groom failed to support her and was a frequenter of low resorts, She asks that her maiden name, De Bruin, be restored, CANDIDATE Huge, Informal and Cheer-| ful Is Christensen; He Routs Reporter BY ABE HURWITZ Parley Parker Christensen, farmer labor candidate for president, who |addreaned a big crowd at Levy's Or pheum at noon Wednesday, in the biggest man, by far, in the presiden- | tal race. | He stands atx feet fouror fs it! fourteen feet aix—weighs 220 pounds, tramplen on formality, speaks his mind freely, campaigns efithuslastic. ally, looks cheerful, expects to be de- | feated, but sees victory ahead in the | near future. Christensen arrived tn town Wed- nesday morning, and went to the) Washington. He was in conference with farmeriabor leaders of Seattle! and wan interviewed by newspaper reporters. . “How doeyou stan@ on the Jap.) anene question?” he was asked by the | reporter for an afternoon paper, | HE COMES RIGHT | BACK AT REPORTER Chrimensen, cont off, his joa tag rolled wp, moving about between the bathroom and the clothes ctawet. shot back: “What's the idea? Want me to “Whom is your paper supporting a<. for president?’ Christensen then} awake “Harding.” “What ix Harding's stand on the Jap question?” “But,” interjected the reporter, “T ‘ Parker Christensen, a i: Tr EW ATE DITION TWO. CENTS IN SEATTLE RL MISSING AFTER any presidential bor party, who came to town today to sddress a did not come coh be interviewed. I'm| "Gon meeting tm Levy's Orpheum. interviewti v; “Sure,” waa the cheerful reply, “and I want to be plain. What do I care a damn about anybody leas ing land to the Japs? That's not a national question. GLAD TO HAVE JAPS, HE SAYS, WHEN— “Our Industral program would wipe out such irritations as these. | I'm against Orientalizing America now. Certainly, under present eco- nomic cqnditions, the Japanese do not improve things. If the exclusion Jaws are not strict enough, eo ‘em tronger., But the Japanese not) getting more numerous here now. In} California the question ix being Gragged out simply for senatorial politics, When the farmerdabor pro- gram is working we'll be damn glad to have the Japs and others to help produce things, because under our economic system, we'll want and will have room for all the production possible. Adopt the farmer-labor program and you have no Japanese problem.” Christensen believes the farmer- labor party will poll between 4,000,- 000 and 6,000,000 votes and will carry several gubernatorial and con- gressional offices. It is possible, he figures, that the farmer-laborites will hold the balance of power in congress. SOCIALISM TOO FAR AHEAD OF US: Asked wherein the farmerlabor program differed from the socialists, and why protest votes should not be centered on Eugene Debs, Christen- wen maid: “Kugene V. Debs is a great man. His imprisonment is shameful. But socialism is too far in advance of us. We are not ready for it, though all of us are dipping into soctaliam and moving towards it. Even Wilson did that. Now, I don’t mind telling you that we are opportunists, We are offering just such a program as the people of this country are ready to accept. We want the socialist party to tinue; it is doing good work, but it will be eventually like the Fabian society in England, too far ahead of the people, but the inspira tion for liberal parties and think- wa” Christensen declared the “league of nations” issue a mere smoke screen to draw the people away from the real industrial are FARM ER-LABOR SEES VICTORY IN THIS STATE BY J. F. BEAMAN CHICAGO, Oct. 27,—The farmer-la- bor party, the political baby of the 1920 campaign, expects to be able to teach its parents an economic lesson in its first presidential election ap- pearance next Tuesday, Nurses of the infant “phenom” to- day had hopes their ward might even Influence the naming of the next Dena! president of the United States, altho to Page 16, Column Q SAYS HIS WIFE MADE HIM SPEED |Novel Plea “Fails to Save Him. From Fine When Wililam Fleming, 50, eales- man, was arraigned in police court Wednesday, on a charge of speeding, he pleaded that “his wife made him do it.” Fieming was arrested on Eastlake ave., October 2%, by Motor- cycle Patrolman ©. V. Harvey, “My wife was always telling me I drove too slow,” Fleming said. “She complained because other autos were continually honking their horns be- hind me, . So I stepped on her a litue and they pinched me.” Judge John B, Gordon fined him sia, DUMPS CLOTHES IN GARBAGE CAN After stealing vest, trousers, $20 in cash and a $1,600 diamond ring trom R. Robinson, St. Charles hotel, early Wednesday, the thieves dump- ed the trousers and yest into a handy garbage can, where they were found later. Caldwell Is T. R. Speaker, Spokane Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell jour neyed to Spokane Wednesday to de- liver the featured address at the big Reosevelt memorial gathering held in the East Side city. Jap Gunmen Stage Hold-up on Street Two Japanese gunmen robbed A. R. Sloakem, 3828 Meridian ave. of $52 at N, 38th #t. and Meridian ave, early Wednesday. Both Japs carried guns, but were not masked, HEAR BANDITS ON BOTHELL RD. Posse Rushed 0 Out Fails to Find Them Five autoloads police and deputies and five police motorcycle men‘were rushed to the Bothell road early Tuesday following a report that three heavily armed bandits were operating in the vicinity. No trace of any of the bandits nor their victims cbuld be found. FINDS BULLET IN HER HOUSE Called to investigate the falling of plaster and the subsequent finding of & .22caliber bullet in a wall in the home of Mrs. H. Swanson, near Ren- ton Junction, Deputy Sheriff R. E. Murphy reported Wednesday morn. ing that the commotion was the prank of small boys, Mrs, Swanson explained the shoot- ing occurred in an upstairs room, Sunday morning, shortly after she had arisen and gone i a No ar CHINESE FIGHT SOVIET REBELS , HELSINGFORS, Oct. 27.—-Chinese mercenaries are being employed by the Bolshevik government to sup press street fighting in Petrograd and Kronstadt, the naval base, ac- cording to advices received here to- day from the former Rugsian capital, ‘The Chinese, well armed, were de- scribed as enjoying the work. Rioting by saflors at Kronstadt cul- minated in the blowing up of two Russian torpedo boats, . There’s an Important Article by Senator On Page 9 of Harding Today’s Star Tomorrow We Will Print a Signed Article by Cox; Friday, Christensen; Saturday, Debs COUNSEL GETS ONE Declares Seattle Girl Is Mot Accused of Any Crime, as Father Took Child, NEW YORK, Oct. 27-—Governor Alfred E. Smith will sign exfradition papers at noon tomorrow c@lling for the return of Miss Betty Beninent to Washington state to fage charges growing out of the alleged kidnaping” of the child of Geen’ Stags, he announced today. | At the conclusion of the hearing the governor made his announce ment, saying he woul sign the pe pers today if Miss Brainerd’s counsel — had not asked a delay to allow them | Ume to prepare for @ further fight.” | It was assumed fhey will ask @ | writ of habeas corpus in the hope of |fighting it out in the state supreme jeourt. . That prea eit SA J considerable time, Miss Brainerd is at Uberty $3,500 bail, after having been © See Isidor 3. Kresel, attorney for Mian Brainerd, based his tf . tradition, mainly on the tody of the baby, Thetefore, tend that Miss Brainerd is cused of a crime.” After listening to the vs opposing counsel for several sal utes, the governor finally that he “could not go back of tifleate signed by the go unless Kresel could prove the ant was ‘not in Washington-at time of the alleged crime, he sign the extradition warrant, Kresel offered no evidence of nature, and Smith held that requisition must be honored, ing he did not propose to “tura, th hearing into a trial.” "4 It is believed Governor Smith’s cision to grant extradition papers due largely to the feud tng tween him and the [isco won are hethamtany a , ea with with the kidnaping case, the turn of the baby, the fight for Brainerd’s release and the o amuse vidhaenicnd ee ca- MRS. STAGG Is STILL BITTER, SHE WRITES Mrs. Edith Cunningham mother of the kidnaped baby, Stage, in a letter received by D Sheriff Herbert Beebe here today presses her thanks to lotal ties who helped her in tracing child, and adds: “I have little doubt, ‘had ft been for your assistance, we still be searching. “I surely hope your efforts to tradite Miss Brainerd will be ful. After having found my thin, i and so unnatural, Iam 4 kidnapers), “I hope, if I may de of any in the way of assisting the tion, you will let me hear from you." Beebe said he had learned Miss Brainerd had written friends, asking them to. send ner $2,600 for her lawyers. The said he had been informed the money had not ices GO sent, ‘THEY EY WORKED ON. HUMAN BEIN Information charging Dra. M. Yaples and N, D. Zevin, tists, with practicing without a cense, were filed in supertor today by Prosecutor Fred Brown. The information states that July 6, Dr. Yaples was treating teeth and jaws of Earl Moran, . human being, and Dr. Zevin waa performing similar work on Mary Smith, also.a human being. ‘ Dartmouth Won't Play Turkey Dartmouth’s gridiron warriors due to arrive In town on Turkey. according to ® telegram