The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 8, 1920, Page 1

’S SMASH THIS UNFAIR TAX! Sec. Houston Plans to Increase Levy on Incomes Less Than $5,000 a Year Weather Tonight and Thursday: probably rain; moderate rsuthweste rly winds, Temperature Last M4 Hours Maximum, 46. Minin ‘Today noon, 43, “el On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Second Class Matter May 3 V OLUME : 23 SEATTL BE, W ASH., WEDNE 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wanh., The Seattle Star under the Act of Congress March 2, 1879, Per Year, by Mail, $6 OSDAY, DE Cc EMBE R 8, "1920. on rari le ln pie agin “TWO C (ell —— Bunyan: Paul B. Runion. “B, for Bunion.” His Undoing. And His Wooing. Gay. The Stor bas printed legends in some form other, Extem- myths have been eliminated so torent in here =*4i continues md, tw let the unrestrained imagina~ ‘of Paul's admirers have full play require the establishment of « nent Paul Bunyan department in| ‘Star ‘The series is fittingly conciaded, w communion Delieve, with the fellow from Ed C. Hemp of Snoqualmie lis, whe traces the origin of the Bum myth toone Paal B. Kunion, » Mi rated ae siettnalls: rd te hie, undoing. Mcusss the otade’ for BY ED ©. HEMP ‘Thirty-seven years ago I had hired | chore boy to John G, Shephard, | 3 nan forthe Saginaw Lumber Co. | e went in camp on: the first of | Detober afd in a week the stage was | for the coming of the men.| ong those to arrive were the union boys, Paul and Bill. They ed from the state of Maine. Paul | six feet seven Inches tal). Bith| “was five feet seven inches. Lill was! wely like by all, as he was a/ od sport and a mixer. He would you the shirt off bis back, ex when under the influence of one, and then it was fight It —— * Pau! Ronton*that had to step and ciean up the whole bunch. Paul was of a much different type Bill, ‘but under the spell of war a terrible man, fighting, ng big tales and always bragging he would do with his stake in spring. 'L. RUNION'S OGGING CONTRACT Paul once took 5 small a es > Fw an eccberiocees a fo weet for him. His feet on 9 brass rail he proclaimed that he | Emad a contract that would last ten He snid the tract was as | am hell's half acre, nothing but », the biggest; tallest and test-that } ‘ TO DESERT | University Girls Rescued | From Clutches of ‘Healer’ Just in Time Two young men students of the | University of Washington who feared | for the safety of two girl friends, to | whom they are said to be engaged, caused the arrest of “Professor” dia and magic healer, of 215 24th ave, it wae learned today, just as} the “prince” was preparing to dodge | his white wife here and fly with the | younger of the two girls to his ™ | palace” In Hindustan, | The girl, who had gone to the | “prince” with her elder aister to get | treatments for imaginary diseases, became frightened at Pondexter’a ab and in- the™, ti b the result that today the ler" in held by the superior court in bonds | of $3,600 to anwwer a charge of grand | | larceny | FOLLOWS STORMY MEETING | WITH PARENTS | C, Pondexter, self-styled prince of In- | royal | U.OF W. MEN HALT FLIGHT OF ‘PRINCE’ WITH CO-ED ! Star Man on Pacific Fleet WAS READY | “Maneuvers Like F ootball” Vets Score Pro-Japs Four Posts Join in in Letter. Reply to Sam Hill, Dr. Matthews, etc. “Lines Are Drawn Definitely.” “Greatest Threat Since 1861.” “The line is drawn definitely between your views and | ours," American Legion in reply to pro-Japane y M. A. Matthews, W. B. Henderson, T. S. Lippy, Eugene | Hunt, Rev. J. L. Gordon and Judge Thomas Burke. The Japanese propaganda was published on Septe smber 25, Octo- ber 9 and October 16 in the Business Chronicle, a weekly pub- | lication here, edited by Edwin Selvin. At a joint meeting of the four Seattle posys, a committee of two from each post was appointed to answer these articles. The committee consisted of Philip Tindall, chairman, and John J. Figs to Elmer Noble post; Stephen F. Chadwick ;and A. C. Deutsch, Lloyd R. Savage, Lloyd T. Cochran post; W. M. Inglis and ng D..Colvin, Rainier post. ELVIN DECLINES TO STATE WHETHER ISSUES WERE SUBSIDIZED The committee wrote Selvin, inquiring as to whether the) issues named had pay emir = whe how many extra copies i res) eved 9 oie aa whether of aot thy special editions of the being seng to Eastern and foreign ‘with "interests with yy urpose of making it appear that Seattle A This information Selvin declined to | was strongly pro-Jap. | furnish. The committee then drafted a reply to the articles, which was approved by the four posts, and also by Roosevelt post, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, and by Fortson-Thygesen post, "is the blunt statement of the four Seattle posts of the} » artic i by Rev. } eattle post; George A. Hubbard and) er grew in.the good old state. This wild boast took the lumber- off their feet and brought Weryone to the bar, crazy to buy M@rinks to their new ‘boss All day 4 all night the merry crowd kept iting the event of a new lead in the logging industry. | But the prestige of Paul B. Runion short lived. Paul was a cham top loader, but whs not next | fo laying out ronds, skidding, deck- Hing. ready for the sleigh haul; and |po. when the snows came on, the re} war a rank failure, and the non ment of the contract. ptight here is Where Paul Bunion bern, JMBERJACKS SNUBBED FOR HIS FAILURE AM the lumberjacks snubbed him his failure as a foreman. Some- asked his middie name. He said | was Bunk. a wag said his name waa on and the middie name began th B, that it should be Bunion ind so it went. When the lumber. ks got too familiar with Paul uni he would take a fail out of couple of the biggest and best, so} ightaway the crowd of old-timers ered and Paul sought other fol These were easily found among gers, for Paul had a pocket full | money and was willing to buy/ inks for whoever, would listen to} tales of wonderful feats of log: | m. He told of sieds with 24 foat | punks, six corner binds and a peak let me state at this time that! 9- and 10-foot bunk with two and ree-corner binds peaked out was a od haul for an ordinary team of | res. It was a pony team for Paul. LT OF LISTENERS ELD THEIR BREATH lot of listeners heid their breath er these tales, and always the jory of the big blue ox would loom | up. Paul would launch out on this| Miter getting f full of liqnor. He! had not bought him yet, but had his @ye on him, and did not wish to pur [chase until fall, as the coet of feed Was too much ery day the big blue fellow consumed a ton of hay. Paul continued to get @ good crowd f of listeners as long lasted, it being too drive, #0, while great event to turn wan the ealoo: loaded here an ax. tut when the spring freshet came | and the drive was on, Paul seized pike pole and peavey and started for the drive under Jim Butler, he of the} me of a hundred 4 , and #ec-| $44 to none but Jack nroe. PAUL WAS SURV | OF JACK MONROF’S JAM For the benefit of a few old-timers | Twill ada the old song of Jack Mon 106, and maybe some will recognize | t linen. Paul Bunion was one of | ye few survivors of this om hing flood of logs and rocks as his money early for the| waiting for this | up, the only p and many a log was that never grew or saw/ JACK MONROK | Come, ai! you mberjacks, Bo mantully and brave,” ‘ Bhat sow thete Gary's rocks, Bheir foreman's site to wave (urn to Page 4, Column 2) 4, | the forward right. to the left, that in the right column shifts to the center, leav-| |ing a strong, front line facing the enemy. {aril lent water on Gary's | was privileged to see a sight seldom | | witnessed by ling ‘The arrest followed a stormy meet of the “prince” and the two | students in the home of the giris’ | parents, | son, Mr. and Mra. William Fan. in the outskirts of Auburn, one Jevening recently How the Pacific fieet aruis: No. 1 snows tne entire sect, as composed at present, with seven battleships and 16 de- stroyers sailing in a straight line with the destroyers on the flanks. This is the formation used when sailing out to meet the enemy. Should the enemy sight the fleet first he would beable to see only the leading ships and could not tell how} |many were behind. No. 2 shows the fleet in prospective battle formation, form- ing on the fleet guide indicated by arrow. The shaded ship is imaginary, the same distance being maintained as tho it were present. Airplanes far in advance scout for sight of the enemy. No. 3 shows the sudden shift should the enemy appear to The rear ship in the middle column shifts or destroyer attack and all during the maneuvers, or actual attack, dash around and thru the columns. Other formations are used, but those explained above are the most important | ones. Drawings, for purposes of lucidity, show ships steaming | much closer than in actual practice. rr BY PAUL N. WILSON Bremerton, first complete battle maneuv- {tty ers held by the Pacific fleet, just | concluded off, San Francisco bay have satisfied navy officials and ob servers that this unit of the United States navy, designated protect the West coast, is being maintained at the highest possible point of ef. ficiency. Seven dreadnaughts, stroyers, I watched in action more 300,000,000 worth of American insurance, by on’ The pee than 1 manned of the n man-power. In spite of r er and rains ness more best ugh weath ack dark r positions a marvelous demon t team-work and 2,000 and piteheb they maintained th Tt wa of eff to to a dot stration | training. with 16 de! MAINTAIN POSITIONS went thru thelr formation | pant NIGHT AND FOG for three days with the ion of the best trained football from the flagship by commander: in the country—and this is no m comparison. | flet, the tre. ANTIC MACHINE atop ple og Begice CONTROLLED BY ONE HAND ie tee cotoulaad re With every gun trained on @ pros line the night and the for paeere area iis Serge of his ata-| maintained thelr . positions lg eb ect «coll aty revealed every ship in and with every precaution of actual | ; ii Mata’ war taken, the Pacific fleet, stretch. | ing out for miles over the } And it was not done by following marched and countermarched, about. | !#hts, for we faced and shifted from one position to another just like a ¢ nth chine controlled by a single hand As the only newspaper correspond. permitted travel with the| fleet. in its last maneuvers before |iickness depend the sailing on its long tour of South |™ore than a thousand American waters next January, in-chief of t mendoud sea ff Pacific ghters tion to an lightest closed, arn position ocean, were sailing und clowed rhits © ma-| Cloned, all Het nit | by those It was done mysterious methods unde ste nly by the men on the bridge, men upon whone knowledge and to ot lives men 1 | them. Far beyond the range of vision-— 35 miles ahead of us—airplanes, op- erating from the battleships, scouted for first sight of the theoretical enemy. A mechanical whisper in the wire- jless room announced that’ the had been sighted, “Im tely every gun on the ship was ula te Page 7, Column 4) any civilian, Aboard the Arkansas, now at Far North! enemy fleet” ba The destroyers | drop back to protect the rear and left flank from submarine|A they | its expected | | their ¢ actual war conditions, every porthole | the | below | | |. Detalla. of the alleged cireum. |stances leading up to Pondexter’s downfall were made public for the firet time today by Assistant Prone cuting Attorney C. BE. Claypool. | According to Claypaot the “prince” made his first appearance in Auburn Jnome weeks ago, clad in a red ture ban, long flowing robes and bedecked with quantities of massive, tho cheap, jewelry. He knocked « When Mrs. ¥ “prince” ia all her “Madam, T am sent here by the Lord. There ia someone fl) in this Jhouse. I have come to cure, them.” Much astonished, Mra raid to have admitted that her two daughters had, or thought they had, some minor ailm a The “prince” | entered and extended bis I¢ft hand to Fanson, who had come from an- other room, explaining that princes of India always gree the left hand because It was nearest | the heart BEAUTIFUL GIRLS MAK HIT WITH PRINCE Fanson bade the “prince” Might talk ¢ their conversation, in whieh ” divuiged that he waa imbued with the remarkable divine power to heal the sick and wic the two Mi Fanson, 19, the other 20, and beth unusually attrac tive ris, entered the room “Ah! exclaimed the “prince,” ac | cording to Claypool, “I perceive that this beautiful girl is the one who is most ailing. He pointed to the elder daughter. “No,” said Mrs. Fanson, “my youngest daughter is the one, Neith- er is very sick, but the younger one in wor The Miases Fans the Frankons’ door 1son appeared, the | od to have inform be seat- it over one prince” then informed the n, it is said, that he had | divine power to “thru. their bodies,” that he had already detect od what their ailments were, but be fore he they would have to come to his “sanatorium” and be more thoroly examined with the aid of erystals By a sort of mesmeric power, | Pondexter is said to have convinced both parents before he left that [treatments were necessary to save chters’ lives, So “magic he that he separated the couple from $500, it is alleged, with $6 ad- ditional for each daughter's exam! they was | nation, not to mention the affair to because he had “cut his price. After an appointment, for the first examination wa. the is said to have used the teler |inform “wifte,” who w Jtortum on 24th ave, that “two more patients” that sending h nd that he “so busy all day in the work of the | Lord” that he had not had time to | eat Fanson asked the “divine one” to sit down with his family at dinner, but the “prince” declined graciously (lurn to Page 7, Column made, he he Fanaon is| «1 friends with | ked, | could admininter treatments | n jetor U nited Spanish War veterans, THEY TELL HIM “Charles MoLaughlin just dropped | dead up here,” came a call from the | Woodlawn apartments, 6 Third lave. to police station Wednesday | Dr. BE. L. Botts, from city hospital, and Patrolmen C. G. Stanley and KE B. Oakes were detailed | When they entered the apartment, a white-baired map met them, Where is he?” breathlessly asked the doctor. | ‘Who? man | “McLaughlin, | Botts added. The white-haired man pinched him seif and said “In he? Why, I'm McLaughlin.” The apparent resurrection was ex | plained when tenants told the offi cers that McLaughlin had falle into }a chair, to all appearances dead, but later had revived. Mel ae is 80. asked the He's dead.” Dr. ‘THREE GiRLS MAKE ESCAPE | Three girls, who leaped to liberty | from a window in the juvenile deten tion home at 200 Broadway, durin }the supper were t day Wailterine 16 hour Lola 16, Mondorf, Nissen, and Blossom Dines, |CABLE BREAKS, CARS HALTED | With the of | the VYesler way | fic was temporarily halted at 11 | Wednesday morning. Service was | be resumed within half an hour, jcording to a staten way offices at noon, age reportad. DROP CHARGES AGAINST YOUNG At the request of the attorney's’ office, charges of grand larceny agaihst Ed Young were dis missed at the beginning of tl in Judge Boyd J, Tallman’s court Wednesday, Young was accused by Durant of misrepresenting ty he sold her. The prosecu- © Were no grounds breaking a enble line, on No serious dam- was prosecuting {for criminal prosecution, white-haired | 7, of seeking to stir up street car traf: | 30 | ent from the rfil- | trial | It follows in part: “The opposition to the Japanese, in the final analysis, ix founded upon an instinctive recognition of the im-| the two races, If such an amalga- mation were possible the fact that/ the language, religion and habits of the Japanes¢ immigrants are differ-| ent from ours would be of secondary importance, for those differe might be expected to disappear in one or two generations. But no number of generations will eliminate the fact |that Americans are of one great di | vision of the human race and the | | Japanese of another. | INTERMARRIAGE CAN | NEVER BE POSSIBLE “Whatever may be the aspirations of the Japanese, it is certain that |the American people will never con jsent to intermarry with them. Only one conceivable circumstance can bring about such an amalgamation jand that is a conquest of American pan and the inability of the an population, of th ritory to migrate the This aspect of the situation is not academic. It is brought home to us by the statement of George Shima, |the Japanese ‘potato king,’ who, testifying before the congressional | besasaltton on immigration last sum | mer, boldly advocated the riage of Japanese with Ameri adding it as his opinion that a fusion [of the two races would improve the | American stock. FACING GREATEST THREAT | SINCE 1861 “When your contributors the advocates of Japane: accuse » exclusion prejudice they forget that race prejudice could not be aroused by any amount agitation if it did not already and that it cannot be prevented from asserting itself by inveighing against those who recognize its existence and who are merely endeavoring to put an end to the evil which pro. vokes it “In our opinion the present numbers of the Japanese on this coast, and their prospective in- nase, constitute the gravest threat to this nation that it has faced since 1861. It will lend point to this statement to call attention to the fact that out of @ total of 445 births registered i Seattle during the month of Oo tober, 1920, 52, or 11.7 per cent, were Japanese; while out of a total of 348 registered in Nover ber, 51, 14.7 per cent, wi Japanese. “Those who have expressed them- selves In your columns would hush, on purely mercenary considerations, all mention of the peril which this increase involves, while our national authorities continue their past policy of conciliation towards Japan, ‘Thru out the articles In question the dominant note is one of fear lest any Joffense to Japanese sensibilities diw turb the prospect of trade relations with the Orient. We ask: Would you surrender the Pacific coast to Japan for the sake of trade relations? | Would you, saddle upon the coming generation ‘of Americans the burden of an allen and unwelcome race (Lurn to Page 7, Column 2) \ = RACES TO PORT intermar. | of | exist; | TOBACCO, CANDY. AND GAS TAXES ‘Secretary Houston Tells Congeelll | $12,000,000,000 Must Be Raised in Next Three Years ECRETARY HOUSTON’S PROPOSAL to increase the tax on incomes of less than — $5,000 is positively outrageous! The more so be- cause the surtax is to be lowered on incomes over $5,000. The tax is sufficiently burdensome as it stands today, so far as the man of moderate means is concerne: Every cent more taken from him is so much F taken out of his actual living means. Secretary Houston’s proposal is preposterous, — It MUST BE FOUGHT TO A FINISH. His startling proposition was revealed today in the following dispatch: BY RALPH F. COUCH } WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Secretary of the or Houston today asked congress to boost the federal m tax rate 2 per cent on incomes under $5,000, Houston at same time asked that: Surtaxesbe lowered on the larger“incqmes over. Corporations made to pay a flat tax of 20 per Sriced profits, SOOO Bit g increaseg be made in sting consumers bacco, cigars, Cigarets, candy, chewing gum sa Gasoline be taxed 2 cents per gallon and autos 50 cents | horsepower. $2,000,000,000 EACH | YEAR WANTED Houston’s proposals were contained in his annual presented to Speaker Gillett of the house, at noon, and ai intended to net the government approximately $2,000,000 ,00 a year, That part of the report dealing with taxation W “YOU'RE DEAD," |=: | possibility of an amalgamation of | intended as a guide to congress in passing new revenue | to take the place of those ‘STEAMER AFIRE, enacted during the war period a which are now failing to po. duce sufficient revenue the government, according the secretary. At least $12,000,000,00 ‘next three years, Houston | clared, if the government is te pay its ordinary expense al meet $7,500,000,000 worth floating debts and Vict | SAN PEDRO, Cal. Dec. 8.—With flames raging in her hold and en- dangering a cargo valued at close to a million dollars, the 3,400-ton freighter Sudbury was reported speeding toward this port this morn- | ing. notes before May, 1923. | Wireless messages stated the ves-| Concerning the excess profits t =. sel probably would reach here about) repeal of which business men are noon, Latest advices from the Sud-|manding, Houston wrote: bury reported she was considerably ‘ Diego and San Pedro, ‘hye’ Gucead peatita Se Members of the orew were battling | Joe he ia Again PE the blaze, and it was hoped the Sud | peated aaa T talleve & Pipers bury would be able to reach here | without assistance. It was! stated, | Placed in lange part by some Seeme | however, aid would be needed on ar-| °°rporation profits tax, | rival to quench the fire. The 20 per cent tax on und | | profits of corporations is Hol | The entire local fire department {and a harbor tug are in readiness to | Proposal for replacement. The eam holp fight the blaze on the steam, ship's arrival, The Sudbu bound from New York to San Francisco, was to un load some goods at Los Angeles har-| bor. while individuals and partners obliged to pay surtaxes ranging upto nd 70 per cent on incomes over $5,000. The lower surtax rates on not slightly more than $5,000 a would be increased by Houston. The secretary also recommended abolition of the present consumers’ tax on ice cream and similar luxuries, and urged against a “radical” use of the general sales tax, $20,000,000 TAX ON CANDY ASKED i @louston presented this summary te: show what his plan of tax revision wot yield the government In addition to .| money now collected: Normal income tax, $150,940,000, thi sing rates from 4 and 8 per 1 12 per cent djusted surtaxes, $230,000,0 Corporation. ine HELD AS THIEF, PLEADS INSANE" | William F. Brennan, the first man in. Weatern District of Washington | to face prosecution under the federal | auto theft act, entered a special in | sanity plea of not guilty In the U. 8. district court Wednesday, Brennan is acc ed. © transport ing a stolen auto from Portland, Ore, to Seattle, Crossing the interstate line with the vehicle brings him un- der the provisions of the new Dyer Au ARMED UP; NOBODY TO ROB The victim is all that is needed to make another holdup here, The rob two rough characters who Kawagukti's shop, at 86 W.) ‘Tuesday, They stole an au-| pistol. . Ibuted profits, $690= cont, New tax, 100, 60 to license, $100,000, horse-power, new t $90,000,000, 2 cents per gale lon, new tax, Admissions to theatres, $70,000,000, 10 per cent Increase, Tobacco and snuff, $8,000,000, increase: nts per pound. and clears, $75,000,001 $2 per 1,000 additional, coeasories, $100,000, bers are visited K Main st., tomatic $13,000, $2,000,000, 7 $20,000,000, 5 per per cent 5 per cent addi- Take Coats; Leave Behind Booze Smell The tenants of Mrs. Lucia Nedvi- deck's house, at 9772 Gist ave. 8, took with them two coats valued at $160 and Jeft behind a pungent aro: ma of whisky. additional Candy, tional. Movie filma, $4,000,000, Tollet soap, Jewelry, $45,000,000, Stamp taxes, $134,000,000, 100 per om additional. SAYS BUDGET SYSTEM 1S IMPERATIVE Houston scored practically all of a multitude of proposals advanced for | the refunding of Liberty bonds and Far North! Victory notes into Ionger term sé perfumes, etay curities at higher rates of interest, He'also condemned the continual agh: tation for the government to take” (Zurn to Page 7, Column 2 must be collected during the - |porations now are escaping with & ~ | single tax of 10 per cent, he P a