The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 17, 1920, Page 1

Tonight a occasiona ruthu Temperata Maxton Toda, 59. Thursday: rain: fresh nd i ire Last 4 Hours Minimum, OL 59 yy neon, The E Epic Lumberjack. He Did Wonders. Let’s Collect Yarns. Do You Know Any? BY LEE J. SMITS Standing alone in his might and inventivencss is “Paul Bunyan,” central figure of America’s meager folk lore. If you've never heard of him, you brand yourself what an okt-time Tumberjack would designate as a “eatchelearrying, cigaret-smoking, beet-pulling hay-kicker, a high-bank dude.” And if you are a high-bank dude, Meet “Mr. Bunyan,” the man who _d@ug the at Lakes, logged off North Dakota the winter of the blue mnow, and started the Mississippi river. EXPLOITS AMERICAN IN BIGNESS AND WILDNESS The exploits of this epic hero of the tall timber are American tn their Bigness and wildness, and are being @ollected carefully by certain uni €4 in preserving them for posterity. “Paul's prowess has been told of from Maine to Oregon, but of late years he has been especially famous in the Pucific Northwest. He will pase away with the last of our rav aged forests In solemn drawl, you can hear of “Paul” and Bis titanic activities from any old-timer of the woods. No one ever saw film, but everyone is familiar with his works, and wonder is piled upon wonder when pipes are @rawing and the shanty boys spin y Fon tis DEEDS Only among ploneers could “Paul” Drive. His deeds are inspired by @uch imaginatiqn as grows only in the great outofdoors For hours at a Ume, lumberjacks will pile up the achievements of their hero. Each story is @ challenge, calling for a yarn still more heroic. eliciting a snicker is an artist indeed, as the “Paul Bunyan” legends must Siways be related and received with perfect seriousness, “Paul Bunyan” haa become a part of the everyday lite of the. loggers. He serves a valuable purpose in giv ing to every hardship and tough lem of toil in the woods its whimsical turn. ‘ For example, a logger was recent- ty pinned agsinst a mountainside by an upset carioad of logs. Both leg» ‘were broken, and it was hours before his companions could extricate him. “I bet you was wishing we'd hustle wp-and get you loose, his pals afterward. “PAUL” IS COMFORT TO INJURED LOGGER lope,” was the response, “I kept hoping ‘Paul Bunyan’ would come aiong and hitch old Babe to the mountain and pull her out from under me.” Babe is “Paul's” ox. “Paul” is known wherever there fs timber, He is now making his entrance into high-brow society thru the activities of students of folk v lore who are beginning to cultivate | him. To complete and preserve Jegend of this mythical woods giant ‘The Star invites its readers to con tribute such “Bunyan” tales as they may have heard. ‘They will be printed in The Star and then turned over to the Uni Historical society for preservation. No doubt future generations will ead of Paul Bunyan just as Ameri an school and university students study the exploits of the legendary heroes of Greece, Rome, Scandinavia and medieval Europe. REASONS WHY I wanted to know why some of Seattle's business men used Star Classified Advertising day after day I communicated personally with @ number of them, aaking them about results, ete Ea Miller, of United Motors Co, mid: “The Seattle Star, with fts large ulation, reaches the class of readers who respond to our advertising. I get sults thra The Star Columns. H. M wald sold 26 lots already from Star adVertiaing.” W. B. Cole Commercial Co: “The Star ha the circulation of any Seattle news paper. It ts the paper for the people. Its service is good.” best re Classified Neleon “I have this month Inv. largest business) men Real Estate, Used Auton, age and @ dozen other business agreed unanimously ‘The Star is absolutely in cireulation and that gon Why is The Sta to produce a full RESULTS. in Acre. lines of that upreme the Rea capac Many more is measure BY CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER The story-teller who succeeds tn) said one of | the | Yersity of Washington and the State | POLICE FIND GUNS. IN; AID ON CHINATOWN! TONG WAR? SEATTLE GETS BIG NEW HOTEL $3,500,000 HAUL MADE BY ROBBERS Federal Officials Announce Amount of Plunder in Mail Car Theft OMAHA, Neb, Nov. 11—The rob- bers who last Saturday robbed a storage mafi cir on the Burlington road at Council Bluffs escaped with | eral officials announced here today. With the arrest of Fred’ E. Poffen barger, 19, Counei! Bluffs, who ts said | to have confessed complitity in a robbery, federal officers are hopeful | Poffenbarger confessed that he and/ Merle Phillips, who is also under ar- rest, planned the robbery and were aided by two other men. Pffenbarger with the booty. Practically all of the loot was tn bonds and negotiable paper, announ: Ten registered mail sacks were taken, all of which came from banks on Pacific coast, DENVER BANDITS |DERAIL TRAIN, FAIL AT THEFT DENV Nov, 17—Police today were searching this vicinity for six bandits who attempted to |rob Union Pacific passenger train eastbound, last night, and Sled Rock Island passenger | train No. 6, eastbound, six miles east of Denver. The Union Pacific train was flagged at Sandow, a blind siding near here, and the bandits attempted | to board the train. Colo. 1 them with a vob the bandits was nm wounded, train crew repuls ley of shots. | believed to have The Rock Inia Union Pacific t tracks. It was flagged by the brakeman | of the latter train with the ba ARREST MAID in on the same tits was in progness, Chris ‘AUTOS CRASH tmas presenta. | plunder ‘amounting to $3,500,000, fed-| said he helped the men get away | it wan] FOR STEALING Bernice Waalk, 18, domestic at the home of Mrs, F. H. White, 936 11th jave. N., was arrested Wednesday aft | ernoon when she packed up and pre pared to leave, Mrs. White has been ing jewelry for a month the girl's sui was found an jewelr wrapped up as THRU WINDOWS; | they will recover the plunder shortly, | jeity in making Members of the|, d train followed the | while the battie |, jot William | while On the Ieoue of Americanism There Can Be No Commie on | patina HERE’S SEQUEL TO THAT STORY ABOUT STOLEN UMBRELLA Tt was raining yesterday morn ing and Mra. A. Bpinsor was carrying her umbrella, She was turning the corner at First axe. and Virginia ot A man approached. “Vl take that,” said the man, hing the umbrolla from her haw de ee. Mra. Bpinsor was sitting tn her Window at 1927 Heeond ave this morning, It looked like rain. A woman passed the window carrying an umbrella, Mrs. Spinsor ran out “Where did you get that™ she inquired of the wotnan, “Found it,” the worian sald. “Well, I'll take it; it's mine,” Mrs. Spinsor informed her, And abe did, for it was, HARD BATTLE AT BRAINERD TRIAL: Lines Drawn for Fight to| Finish, Says Askren “Never in my experience as prose cuting attorney of Pierce county have I geen more elaborate prepara for « legal battle than are ap. tly being made for the defense of Retty Brainerd.” This statement came from the lips D. Askren Wednesday he wan here to work wi Deputy Sheriff Herbert Beebe of this 1 check on ev he lared nerd of kid- dence with w! dec would convict naping bs ich opens in Tace ma Dee We have an open and shut ¢ Askren stated, “but we certainly have not been dealing with a set of simplified facta. From the prosecution's point of view the kidnaping of Bobby Stagg was planned by a mastor mind and ail was carried out accord ery 4 ing to plans evolved by a person who understood the law on the sub | Jeet 4 who also understood the methods employed by those whose business it is to detect wrong “We te not puzzled, but the etr cumstances of the case had to be arefully worked out to avoid being puzzled. In the defense at the pi time, according to my information |two firms of attorneys in Seattle and one in Tacoma have been em ployed. In addition to these a big jaw firm in New York has had a hand tn the matter. » prosecutor w wld not divulge the nature of the ¢ nce he had checked up in Seattle other than to confirm the report that the p |tion believes it hgs definite! lished the fact that much of the clothing bought to be used for the baby when it wae kidnaped was ob tained at Miss Oliver's Baby shop in this efty “Our case is now complete,” he concluded, “and, if need be, we could go to trial tomorrow with aswura of conviction,” OW ABOUT THIS | | } | ONE, CAPTAIN? | ‘Two automobiles collided at Second| Here's one on the army captain, e, alld University at ortly after|who grabbed the Kuby family’s midnight Wednesday morning, and | flag because it was flying after sun crashed thru the front window of the | down. Brown hoe store, 1222 Second ave.| (He was Capt. R. D. Allen, of the Policemen gathe' up 29 pairs of |U. 8, quartermaster's corps) | shoes and took them to headquarters| ‘Today somebody telephoned The for witekeepiig. Both care were|star that the fing files nisht and wrecked i day on the quartermaster’s depot | One machine was driven by H. W.|behind the Sears Roebuck building | Donahue, 4312. Greenwood ave, a - driver for the Triangle Tours Co.,| ANACONDA, Mont-Thomas Mar the other by J, H. Robbina living at| ron committed suicide by drinking the Del Norte, 1 enth ave.|poifon, after shooting and killing Drertber ws Mins yucedy Ailes Dag Deg achogh Moucher ] CHICAGOAN | day by Abe Frank, veteran botelman | tle with SEATTLE, WASIL, wt AND TITUS | TO BUILD. (800 or 900 Room Structure | | Costing About Six Million Dollars Announced Beattlo is to have its new hotel. ‘This announcement was made to ui f u of Chicago, who is moving to Seat- hin family and who wilt! have associated with him in the| hotel enterprise Hazen J. Titus, | ‘The hotel will cost about #tx mf fon dollarn, it was stated. It will]? contain $00 to 900 rooms. | “It will be the best hotel on the const,” said Frank today, Frank has also bought the tnter ests of all stockholders in the Chauncey Wright he w Restaurants Co, |“ 1899, at the Postoffics at Meattia, Wash, WE DNESDAY, NOVE MBE | Six jlanguidly puffing | were Imuled unceremoniously out of their bunks early eeant J “dope squad” of Ah Kee's smoke house at 213% and pelled to open for inspection the! | raiders found to to the American hotel at st and ruided | yes a yount | entee his pillow as the police en tered and rising up tn bed, found | himself lof several police pistols. ped his weapon and gave himself and « quantity of yenshee were Discovery of the Kee'n rumors that a tong war was being y.|ecretiy planned in Chinatown. This was put | Wickman, a ander the Act of Congress March 8, 1979, Per Your, by Mall, $5 to #9 The Seattle Star Botered as Becond Class Matter May 8, ‘STEAL SHIP IN HARBOR HERE EM Weather TH EW LATE EDITION t 17, 1920. —_ — TS IN SEATTLE *” CHINAMEN CLAIM NOT Orientals Smoking Opium Hauled Out of Bunks by Police Stx Chinamen lying “on the hip.” at optum pipe today when Ser-| Forbes and his police burst in the doors | 16% Washington st. In two oe! safes which Ah Kee was com- 11 revolvers. were sent new on his patrons on open charges Then Fortes: and bis patrolmen hurried 469 King room of # K inese salestnan, Yoon whipped a revolver from op the muzzies He drop looking ‘into p. Two opium smoking outfits yond In the room. He was locked pon a charge of possessing nar oticn revolvers in two nafes led today to wild denied by Chinene societies, the qcuns were turned over at eaiquarters to Lieutenant J. ©. of the pawnshop detail, th orders to tind out where they ere purchased if possible, and by hom. In the eafes with the guns ee ee int mom.® ‘They| Fortes and his men found con oe ceten tin “ns yey siderable yenashoe and a small ny polated “in (Chicage years) mount of opium. This was con- Frank recently sold the famous Hotel’ Oliver in South Bend, known as one of the finest smallcity hotels in the country. He has recently been operating the Ho Sherman in Chicago, and Reet a Chicago restaurant. For 15 years Frank was superin- tendent of dining room service on the Santa Fe ratiway Asked today when hotel would start, Mr “We are not ready this ‘The site in Fut the building of the hotel is cer tain.” ‘SNORING LEADS TO STABBING!) r t work on the!“ Frank said: | to announce | not w yet selected. | F. Q. Pitts, 51, ix a terrific enorer.| cap concealed under his coat, police bo ant complaints against his|say they found Jesse Flowers, col- snoring have been made by bis 12|ored, early today at Eighth ave 8.| bunkhouse mates at the ‘cuson |and Washington st. Construetion Co.'s camp, near Red-| Mowers ts said to have explained mond. But they availed nothing. that he waa “going to see a friend,” Tuesday night one man in despera-| when Sergt. W, F. Donlan and Pa- tion threw a shoe at Pitta, Another | trolman Vallett overtook him in dropped a board” on the floor, A| the police prowler car. third broke down his bed. At 3 a. m. Pitts arose and attacked one of the 12. When Frank Nielsen | interfered Pitts stabbed him over the J heart Nilsen will recover, Pitts is in the county jail. WORD OF THE DEATH, IN| ¥ Galveston, Tex, of Thomas Pren-| Joe. recelved In Seattle yester-| h iny ter, Mrs. J. H. Blo | te 1137 Harvard ave, N jn ® OFFICES WEE Din the |p King st, station Tuesday by L. ©. | « Gilman, new vice president of the © Great Northern railway PROSECUTOR WILLING TO DISMISS MOONEY CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. trict Attorney Matthew Brady, of San Francisco, de- clared today that if the court for Thomas Mooney, now serving life in the state peni- tentiary a new trial, be offie “hin, 49, ago an 62. missed, but the others were fined $20 trolmen ¢ | Mey FIND GUN |HANGING ON |COLORED MAN side pocket and an extra hat and|/ he HOUSTON, Tex. Nov, 17.—Di ‘orce announcements, handsomely ngraved, are the latest “thing” ere, it developed when agents of a local printing house solicited bust- one ong 125 couples who were some us a result of the preparedness parade bomb explosion here in 1916, he probably would move that the case be dismissed and Mooney be freed. Brady made the statement in answer to a letter he received earlier in the day fr seated along with the six pipes, wis and lamps in use when the entePod. 20, Yee Tuck, $0: Ah 4a; F. Jos, 60; Sam.Wong, and Leong Bo, 46, are the pat- being bela. Kee gave his om Woo Dip, one In police court tater he was dis ach for being in a place where op! | m was smoked. it Torben were Pa- F. Reynolds, W. W Schocnover and C. F. ench, D. With a Colt revolver bandy tn his hee Donlan says, that he Oakland last n nd been arrested in for moonshining. mitted, vly IVORCE CARDS LATEST OFFERING ranted divorces here, “The divorcess yarted with no ill feeling and will continue friends, Divorce was grant 4 on grounds of incompatibility,” dy read. ~(United Press.)-—-Dis- s should order a new trial |San Francisco. | board Girl Makes $100,000 aYear SPIRITED Plays on Emotions of Sex NEW. YORK, Nov, 17.--"Wom- en,” says Anita Loos, who makes $100,000 a year writing scenarios— “are gfeat in emotion only—tmen are great in mentality.” She had been asked how she ac counted for the fact that she, at the for scenario writer in America. “I attribute it to the fact that at | and that there is only.one. other, pro- the age of 14, when I had written | fession where the pay is as good, aad my first scenario and had cepted by D. W. Griffith, it a I already home, and ‘never made the mistake | Judges Picked for The Star’s $5,000 Scenario Contest ‘The fst of judges has been com- pleted in the J, Parker Read, Jr.-Se- attle Star scenario contest in which | manuscrijits, |three prizes of $2.5 $1,000 will be given 00, Louise Glaum productions, The contest ts simultaneously in Seattle, Portland, are three judges. district are P. G. Lynch, manager of the local Pathe Exchange; Glenn E. Hughes, instructor in dramatic atthe University and Miss Daisy Henry, The Star's motion picture editor. Ouija Picking Members For Next Cabinet WASHINGTON, Nov. 17-—“Mr. Ouija” already has picked several members of President-elect Har- ding’s cabinet, according to a group of republican congressmen here to- day. i Representative B.C. Little, Kan- sas, ix authority for the statement that the Ouija board has given clear, answers to questions as to who will be in Harding's official family and he is inelined to believe the knows as much about these allimportant inquiries as any one else, except Harding himself. With a group of congressmen around the board, Little that the question was asked: “Who will be secretary of state?” ‘The little triangular table moved over the board and spelled out the word “Lodge.” In a similar man- ner it picked “Wood” for secretary of war, But when the board was asked for the new secretary of la- for, it failed to spell any name, “How long will it be before the democrats come back into power?" the board was next asked, Little saute Witty years,” was the reply, the congressman sald. “Are you joking about all these ‘om Mooney, appealing for questions?" was the next inquiry. “Yos,” was the prompt reply from claims | jknew in what fields women were at | “the person who does the work gets $1,500 and/submitted to the scenario editor of for scenarios The Star these Judges will select the accepted by J. Parker Read, Jr.#for| three best. being condncted | carefully scrutinizéd ‘scenarios will Spokane, | Tacoma, Los \Angeles and | names to conjure with in the movie In each city there | world |lan, The judges chosen for the Seattle |Tournier and Allan Dwan, art} Read will buy the four next best at of Washington, | $1,000 each and the ‘balance of the She says she will stop writing scenarios when she finds she. has written a tragedy instead of a comedy. of thinking pend ah oay Sheahan mental masterpiegrs. to the purely peed, pe bn &nd the emotion of laughter is my Special gift.” Mins Loos:says’ an» outsider can picture game gets are astounding, that is the opera, “In the picture world,” she says, Nig A that’s all.” ‘To this trio will fall the tremend- ous task of reading the hundreds of From all the scenarios The judges from other districts will do likewise” Thus 18 be submitted to the grand judges— ~Mack Sennett, Marshall Net George Loane Tucker, Maurice After the major prizes have been awarded for the best three scenarios, 18 at from $400 up. The contest closes December 1. Do Five Kings Beat 4 Aces,Is Judicial Query SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.—It's a sad tale, mates, but unless five Kings beat four fees, Manuel J. Fernandez is mighty likely to go Jail, But, In any event, there ts a y of hope for the decision may tell the poker playing world what's the high hand when the joker’s wild It to happened like this: Fernandez and his friends, Benjamin Santos and Miguel Olympus, sat down for a friendly game. ‘There came ® time when four natural aces smiled in the hand of Olympus. Fernandes opened, Olympus raised and the war was on. The pot was over $500 when Olympus called and showed his hand, rhat's a fine hand,” said Fer nandez, “but here's five kings.” He showed four monarchs and the joker. Now Olympus doesn't figure that five kings ever could sit on a sin- gle throne and he had Fernandes arrested for robbery. Police Judge MeAtee pondered at the -taje. He passed it up to the lawyers. They thought that perhaps Mr, Hoyle knew. So the case hasbeen continued Foe 16 Feasts Hrnene ea $7 worth of Atte Bona ss Mever understand why the scenapio| |age of 26, had come to be considered | writer is so. well paid. . She, admits the highest-paid and most sought/ the salaries everyone in the moving AWAY IN NIGHT BY. ‘PIRATES: Coast Guard Cutters Pursue Libeled. Craft. Manned by Outlaw Crew —_— a Stolen presumably by a piratet — trew, the 6i-foot gas beat Roches — point disappeared from her m at the King & Winge ehi some time after 10 p. m. and is being pursued today by | coast guard cutters Scout and cadia, under Capt. C. B. Weet, ‘The Rochepoint is a Canadian owned by the Dominian Trust Vancouver, B. C. She was libeled the United States district court October 21 by the King & Winge € | in order to recover $4,323.75 alleg due for work and fittings. At the requ@it of the Ib the Rochepoint was berthed In yards, instead of being moored Lake Union, as is customary, _ The vessel was there at 10 Bp. Tuesday, the company reported” the United States marshals but was found to be gone at 6'p. & when the new watchman came duty. The night watchman had net a at noon. 6. N. FAST M GOES FF TN SPOKANE, Nov. = 17. Landis and one fireman are seriously injured as. derailment of the fast mail train No. 27; near Idaho, early this morning, The engine is said ‘to be tm { Kootenai river. Information cerning the wreck is meager, wires to the scene of the accident. ing down. “BOY TRIPS AND SHOOTS HIMS CENTRALIA, Nov. 17.—While parents were attending the of a neighbor's child, George Nels 16, tripped over his .22 rifle fatally shot himself thru the neck. — The boy had been shooting target. He rested his gun on a Returning from an inspection of th target, he backed onto the rifle, ping the trigger. The bullet in his neck, Death resulted an bour, ASK AGREEMENT ON PLAYFIE Further efforts to reach an ment whereby the school board undertake the supervision of recreae tional work at the Seattle playfielda, will be made by the board of park commissioners, it was voted at regular meeting of the Wednesday, Pending settlement of the contra: versy between the two boards, the Playfields will remain open ,it was) announced. Field houses _ be opened Monday. Financial details will be out by a joint committee of members from the park school boards, FIVE MEN DIE EARLINGTON, Ky., Nov. 17.9 Five of the 16 men trapped by fire tm the Arnold mine, near here, taken out dead this morning, | were victims of suffocation, The dead are; Roy caleid white; Hugh Perkins, 42, white; Bond, 44, white; Alex James” George Anderson, negroes, ‘The other 11 were rescued and in @ serious condition. The fire . discovered in the mine last Tuesday WOMAN PURSE _ SNATCHER HERE Mra, Anna Huse, 711% E. Union , notified police Wednesday that a oman about 60 years old snatched her purse from her hand ag First ave. and Pike st. Tuesday even- ing, The pickpocket disappeared. the .crowd before Mrs. Huse catch her, The purse contained merchandise, &