The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 11, 1920, Page 1

Tonight an Maximum, strong southwesterly ‘Temperature Last 2¢ Hours ul Sunday, rain; gale, 4. Minimum, 38 Entered as Second Class Matter May &, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879.« The Seattle Star Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 TACOMA LOOKS FOR STAGG eS Ew Weather 1s ATE DITION VOLUME 23 WASH, by ‘SATU RDAY, SEATTLE, 1920. DEC E EMBER 11, ‘TWO CENTS IN SEA North: | Eskimos Hospitable. A Communistic Society. Liquor a Curse. Siberian Thieves. Te the third of a number of = for The Star by Capt, John J famous Arctic adventurer and gkip- wc his experiences la the sone which Kip- He, ing, whaling aod “walrusing Arctic seas, Mis stories reek romance om the frosty top of the _. werk BY CAPT. JOHN J. BEI N THE ARCTIC play the highest form of hospt tality in the world, I soon discovered ©n my trips into the Far North ‘They will share their last mouth- ful with a stranger. The meanest Exvkimo will take you into his cramp. ed home and clothe and feed you all winter, and be glad to do it ‘The Eskimo instinct bf hospitality has been developed thru generations of struggle with nature. Communism is the only system that would sup- port life. When one feasts, all feast; when one starves, all starve. SHREWDEST BARGAINER IN BUSENESS DEAL + Indeed, when ne thinks there ts need, an Eskimo will give his sled _and dogs, his rifle and beat. At the “mnie time, he is the shrewdest bar gainer in the world in a business deal. ‘The Eskimo ts peaceful and gentle, "except when he gets drunk. But he quickly adopts the worst ways of the whites. He wants a bouse, and a stove, and invites tu- reulosis. With an oil can and a .) gun barrel, he concocts murderous » He craves tea, coffee and to- bacco after his first whiff of them. Hl i + i nee iy tae | wan onton “They don't. ress furs. the moral aspects of the case, unscrupulous is prevented ‘s ERE, Street COULDN'T MAKE WHISKY TRIP trader knows every other Every incident of note is along by word of mouth so from Siberia to Canada, report | of whisky trading would travel like wildfire. Traders are licensed and | they are watched A ship might make one whisky trip, but not the second, in these days. Tt ts also wrong to think of the traders as taking advantage of the 0 d innocent natives in trading. An c @oesn’t part with precious pelts for mirrors and red calico. He Must have full value in flour, tea, gugar, ammunition and firearms. Eskimos on the American continent are as honest as they are shrewd, as a rule. Among the Siberian tribes ‘are some of the worst thieves on earth. We were due to sail from Whalen, Siberia, in the Thrasher, now the Kamchatka, at 4 o'clock one morning when we discovered that ev- ery line had been cut loose and re- moved, from halyards to boat tackle. ‘When you trade with a “Chuckshi” you must lock up your furs as fast iat = them back under your very JAP SOCIALISTS UNDER ARREST TOKYO, 10.—(Delayed.)— ' Police today os up & meeting of 200 socialists being held here to form a national sotialist federation. Fifteen leaders were arrested, GOOD JOKE ON THE BURGLAR Altho bis watch was stolen from his room in the Main hotel, 414% Main st., last night, ] smiled as he reported to police. “Won't be any good to him,” Pappas said. “I've got the key.” NATURALIZATION HEARINGS v4 ‘were being held before Federal Judge | Neterer in the United States district court Saturday. Have You Any- thing for Sale? Anything from a mouse trap to a piledriver may be noid thru the aid of a Star Want Ad As soon as any article be- comes no longer useful to why not turn it into many discarded things in your garret which you could turn into money tomorrow. Just telephone your ad to The Star, and a Want Ad will quickly put you in touch with buyers. Call Main 600 TONCCINI the natives dis | ‘There is no way to protect the Eski- | Howard mo from the vices of civilization ex-| southwest of Vale and buried the to educate him along certain | trunk, pleaded that even the| where Howard mid he buried the kkeep away from the) trunk, September 14, in an effort to Sel BCS PONT Eee, OFe Mytematinty .the’ oon Aside from | weeks, and his disappearance caused danger of getting savages drunk,| no concern until ‘as he hands them over or he will! John Pappas) STUNS MAN, BURIES H | Says He Battered Man od Head With Wrench and Stole His Automobile VALE, Ore, Dec. 11—Using a) wrench with which to batter George | lw. unconsciousness, | George Howard, crammed the | body of his view into a trunk and jburied him alive, according to a| signed confession which District At torney KR. C. Lytle bas in his pow | seruion today | Howard's confession stated [t was his desire to secure Sweeney's auto mobile without buying it that caused him to murder the Vale man. Howard, according to his state ment, answered an advertisement |which Sweeney had placed, offering [his machine for sale. He anked| | Sweeney to demonstrate it and when they had reached a lonely spot on | the road about a mile from Vale, knocked the owner of the car into |insensibility with a wrench which [he found in the auto. The confession relates that How-| ard then covered Sweeney with a robe, returned to town, purchased a trunk an! went back to the scen: of the assault where Sweeney's st alive body was placed In the trunk. then drove several miles Sweeney into Offictale have gone to the place Bird lg Ceor ar cal often absent from Vale for & month had elapeed. Then a search was started i ee vag last Monday and brought) WANTS ROSS’ PAY RAISED Mayor Urges $7,500 for Light Superintendent Mayor Hugh M. Caldwe’ recom mended to the city council Saturday that it increase the salary of Super- intendent of Lighting J. D. Roem, ‘The mayor pointed out that the! salary of the city engineer had been | increased from $5,000 to $7,500, while | Ross’ salary was left at $5,000, “The city should not be in the po- the head of a department for services rendered and for carrying the re-| .” Caldwell said. creased before his reappointment, January, it cannot be increased p Fond | ing the succeeding three-year term. | Success of the postoffice sale of unclaimed parcel post packages, to 2110 First ave., next week, is assured. J. F. Caraher, clerk in charge of this section of the postoffice, an-| nounced Saturday that amomg the} articles to be disposed of is a ahip- | ment of booklets titled “Home-Ma Beverages, by @ Practical Brewer The author states that at the re quest of innumerable friends he has been persuaded to part with lifelong secrets in the manufacture of suit-| able banishers of the demon thirst. Beers, ales, porters, wine, liquors, | | cordial#—the list oarries on thru the pages of the pamphiet. Caraher says that he has not de | cided just how he will dispose of | these books, but it has been suggest ed that they be offered as premiums to those who purchase the largest amount of other articles less closely related to Bacchus. It is understood that members of the dry squad and federal prohibition force will be on hand to “mug” for future reference those who secure copies of Mr. P, Brewer’s work. If| sold, it 1a conmidered possible that the | department of internal revenue may lay claim to the moneys derived therefrom, In all, more than 2,000 articles will be auctioned off on December 15, 16 “Ts Civilization Worth While?” ENDS Father of Was being conducted pag bprosecuting attorney Saturday, while ‘CHICKEN FIGHT IN KILLING 12 Shot; Self-- the Peter Colaginio, 48, who fired the with Sweeney. Howard was located fatal shot Friday afternoon at his and arrested in Garden Valley, | nme, 1920 Lith ave. S., was in the county jail.on an open charge. The tragedy was the result of @ quarrel over chickens. Colaginio, who surrendered himself to Députy Sheriffs Stewart Camp- bell and Frank Elliott, fs said to have explained that McGibbon came to his house with two men and a tacked him because he had com-| plained to authortties Monday after seeing two of the McGibbon boys stealing his chickens. He claims he shot in self defense when MeGibbon men with him of hia own home. bruises to ment. ordered the two to take Colaginio out | his state Mrs. MoGibbon, who in now left | with 10 fatheriess children, declared | her husband went to the Colaginio chicken affair. MeGibbon's three shots, Colaginio is sition of inadequately compensating |home at 5 p. m. to talk over the body was taken to ama ed incident to the posi-|the county morgue, where one of| ot the caliber of Co Pe the ealary. of Ress is not tn. | aginio’s gun, was extracted by Chief |Depaty Coroner Willis FH Corson, maid to have stated he shot each of the other two men, The salary of the lighting chief does | but he is believed to have been mis- nat come out of the general tax levy. | taken, in his excitement. Local Postoffice Will Auction Off Home Brew Secrets Bidders will see what they are get ting. all have for at } west, st six months, from many sections of the North-| | held unclaim ‘They come been a POLICE. CHIEF IS ASKED FOR |BOOZE RECIPE: Advice on the latest home brew WwW. | situation was asked of Police Chief Searing Saturday by an un- identified correspondent. “I would like to make a little home b, w for Christmas,” the chief's cor- respondent writes, He adds that he fears federal officers will arrest him, but says he is not quite sure that} the fears are well founded, “I won't make any more than three or four gailons,” the letter contin- ues, “Two weeks ago the federal of ficers said you could have all you wanted in your home, and now they threaten to throw you Jn jail for hav- ing beer, way?” Inspector Hans What are they worth, any Damm took the letter under advisement and stated that he wishes the writer to pen an other missive, addrens, ‘The and 12, Everything will be open,’ say tor what purpose giving his name ‘and inspector would not Atmation pay? } “supremely happy.” | NEW YORK, Dee. 11.--Does civil. the “L doubt it,” says Elsie “And certainty hbor have | Ferguson. The famous actrees beauty has) | Just returned from an extended trip | |that included China and the Philip pines and spent no small part of het | bewerving first-hand the life of | of those countries. or the thing [bor for what his Does his neighbor cakes, rice? n Then, bor, Therefore, satisfaction. | “As for civilization, worth while? | “I had a very good opportunity in China to wateh thore people who make up the masses there—uredu- cated, unrefined, and, perhaps, un- ctvilized ax We understand ctviliza- tion. I found them supremely hap py and unquestionably peaceful. “Does your Chinaman hurry, rush and tear thru: his day's business? He does not Does he expect to transact some all important business tion has done is to save life. plex, | keen, result. competition that there bas grown taining pleasure call on us or we wear the end, we return to |quainted with that man and often | business is not mentioned between | them. Send This Protest on Income Tax to Your Congressmen Every effort has been made to| }be held at Barnett’s auction room, | deliver these parcel post packages, and ert name of congresaman Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Believing that Secretary Houston's proposal to raise the tax on incomes of lean than $5,000 Is wrong in principle, and particularly unjast if surtaxes on higher incomes are not raised in proportion, I earnestly ask you to record your vote emphatically againat it. It is not the small and moderate tncomes that should be further burdened, for every cent taken from that source is the taking of money needed for actual living costs. The present exemptions ef $1,000 for single men and $2,000 for married men are scarcely representative of the minimum costs of living, and therefore to further handicap those of small in- comes is unjustifiable and oppressive. I believe I am voicing the senti- ment of a majority of your constituency when I ask that you vote against this unfair proposal, Respectfully yours, NBO oeccee dh ceccccnccserecernscesseenecencs sts eresscsesceeeessowes: Clty -.eeeeeeeenee | OREGON IS Elsie Ferguson Has Her Doubts dant cooditiens bat in not seriously Elsie Ferguson, the actress, has returned from a world tour. She found China very fascinating and the people there Upper picture shows Miss Ferjuson He says he strug-|in China, standing behind the camel. Lower—Miss Fergu- lech from MoGibbon's grasp before! son back “in civilization.” seizing his revolver and he displayed | substantiate ‘uncivilized’ Chinaman does not envy his neigh has. almond while he can only afford perhaps, his wife is more comely than that of his neigh- “And, since I have watched these people I have come to the conclu- |we call ctvilization,” she says, “I|sion that after all much of our |doubt if it makes for happiness and | ‘civilization’ ts a burden on our | peace. And, after all, what else ts | hands “One of the chief things civiliza- And yet civilization has become so com- 80 is lons of life as a “Wo have so many means of, at- that all of them ourselves out trying to get them all. And, in the very things we began to disdain with the with one, then lunch with the other} gaining of civilization, man concerned? He does not. He “We seek to further art by edu- often spends months ‘getting ac-|cation, and yet our art certainly cannot compare with that of China, where no effort is made to encou! age it. tS (dents when other men crashed into AUTOS KILL ‘ONE, NINE HERE Aged Man Vietim of Run-| away Car; Three Women Are Struck Nine women and men, four | them of advanced ages, were injured in auto accidents in the blinding rain | and wind storm Friday night | | One man died in city hompital Sat-| jurday morning from injuries re | ceived when struck by arunaway au | to Thursday Two men were penned against the rear of their autoy in different acci- of them, While a pedestrian and mo torist were arguing over 4 collision, another auto struck the car of the} a motorint. | After keocking down two women and perhaps fatally injoring one, Friday night, an autoist speeded away at 12th ave. and EB. Denny way and left his victime lying in the street. They were taken to city hos €1, of 102 N. the result of pital, Mra. John Taylor, Broadway, may 4 pbeing struck by t 0. Mrs. Paul Washburn, 55, re 616% KE. Mercer st, ia the other woman injured, Police were unable to find the dyiver of the anto, After striking the ito of @ mn F., the auto of Wililam A. Blair, 1630 Boylston ave., rebounded and struck Mra. John T, Murphy, 45, of 1019 Pike st, at Ninth ave. and Pine et., | present situation. i might otherwise be deferred until ‘ident of the park board and others named Van Spence, 5207 22d ave. N-| nave been Jnvited to attend the mest: IM ALIVE WIFE REFUSES TO COOK TURKEY, NOW HE WANTS DIVORCE wife, Margaret, wok the turkey he brought home on ‘Thanksgiving jay, Ernest Lyle Strickland wants a divorce in his petition, filed Saturday, he says he had to cook it himself. He adds that his wife was in the habit of spending all his money and failing to take care of the household expense They were married September 1926. Because his wouldn't UNEMPLOYMENT MAY BE RELIEVED : Mayor Calls. Conference to} Discuss Crisis Declaring that the unemployment situation is one of the most pressing problems confronting the city gov- | ernment, Mayor Caldwell issued a/ call Saturday for a conference of of. ficials to discuss meang to relieve the “The purpose of the conference.” the mayor stated, “is wo determine what can be done by the city and county governments to aid in the so- jution of this problem by furnishing employment during the next two or thf®e months on public work that later in the year 1921." The conference will be held in the mayor's office next Tuesday at 10 o'clock, Members of the city council, the board of public works, the board |of county commissioners, the presi- ing. Injured, physicians say. AGED VICTIM OF RUNAWAY AUTO DIES ‘W..J. Campbell, 66, who was struck by the runaway auto of Dr. C. L. Spe mee at Third ave. and Jamen st. Thursday morning, died in city Hospital at 745 a. mm todayy his legs were broken and he was badly ;bruised. His advanced age. it i said, hastened death. His wife was present when he died. Dr. Templeton’s auto plunged down the steep James st. hill from Seventh ave. to the waterfront when the brakes broke, according to his report to police. He narrowly missed street cara, autos and pedestrians during the mad dash, Campbell was hit while crossing James st. at Third ave. He lived at 302 W. Sist st. Dr, Templeton's ad dress is 2893 Sist ave. 8. Alex Ruggireo, 402 Ninth ave. N., received a slight bruise on the thigh when he was struck by the auto of Dr. William A, Glasgow, 904 Cobb building, at Westlake ave, and Har- rison at., Friday night, He was tak- en to his home by Dr. Glasgow, TWO AUTOS BUMP INTO PEDESTRIAN The autos of Petér Lucas, 8053) Meridien ave, and George EK. Me gard, of J. A."Robling Sons, tangled with Nick Mathieson, pedestrian, of 2121 Bighth ave. N,, at Westlake aye. and Crockett st. Mathieson was knocked down’ by Lucas’ auto as he stepped from a street car, He blamed Lucas for speeding, Lucas said that Mathieson should have stayed on the! safety platform, While they were talking, Megard's auto smashed into the rear of Lucas’ machine, Mathie son was uninjured, but his clothes were rutmet Leon Gillard, 1137 Fairview ave., was pinned against the rear of the truck of ©, Jacobson, 1316 Denny way, when the auto of H. W. Peak bumped Jacobsons truck from the rear. Gillard was unloading the truck. He was treated for bruises at the city hospital, Peak lives at Lake Forest park. An accident identical to this one occurred at Eighth ave, and Seneca st. Hurley Beckel, 15, of $924 Wood. lawn ave., was the victim when the auto of A. H. Clintworth, 4514 W. Walker st,, crashed into the rear of @ delivery auto that Beckel was un- loading. Beckel was bruised, eee SPOKANE AUTO DRAGS WOMAN FOR 13 BLOCKS SPOKANE, Dec, 11.—Dragged 13 city blocks beneath an automopile which had run over her but failed to stop, Mrs. 8. 8. Kirkpatrick, 69, died here at midnight last night. Police arrested @ prominent ranch. er of Opportunity, Wash., at his home, but refuse to disclose his name. , Before she died Mrs. Kirkpatrick explained she clung to the frame of the car, hoping the driver might stop. Eye witnesses said the ma. chine gathered more speed. ILVER’S SILVER AND PANTS GONE S. Silver's silver and trousers were stolen from his home at 2014 Cherry st. inst night, he reported to potice 1D BOMB SHOP DUBLIN, Dec. 11.—Sinn Feiners and police engaged in a battle here today following discovery of a bomb factory in a cyclist’s shop on Parnell st. One man was shot and three ar- Feats were made. The police reported the confisca- tion of large quantities of finished bombs and materials in the shop. Accomliing to unofficial advices, armed Is attacked the postoffice at Cavan, the railway stations at Londonderry and Armagh and 4 mail train at the Inch station. MURDERER GETS 10 TO 20 YEARS Charles Davis, convicted of murder jin the second degree for killing Peter Angle June 18, 1920, in a dis- pute over a dog, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the state,penitentiary by Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman Saturday morning. Sentence was imposed tmmediately jafter the court had denied a motion | for a new trial, presented by Thomas Page, attorney for Davis, on the ground that W. H. Routley, the state's principal witness at the trial, Was under the influence of liquor when the tragedy occurred, ‘ASSERT HE HAD ‘GARDEN GLOW’ Dry squad officers say they found a ‘pit of the well-known beverage, jarden Glow,” distant relative of “Mountain Dew,” in Martin Olson's shop, at 122 Washington st., Friday night. They charged him with vio- lation of section 4, city liquor ordi- nance, Saturda JIMMY SAFE; GET NOTHING Yeggmen jimmied a door and opened a safe in the store of A. L. Wold at Issaquah Friday night, ac cording to Wold’s report to Sheriff John Stringer Saturday morning. He said it was a perfect job of safe opening — without explosives or sledge hammer. But the safe was empty before the robbers started. Experts are now taking finger pfints in the vieinit: SPEEDERS ARE GIVEN WARNING Motorists who think there is no speed limit on Westlake ave. N. are going to be diyillusioned speedily, say motoreycle patrolmen working out of central station. The belief seems to be growing that there is no speed limit on this highway and it is all wrong, the policemen de- Saturday,’ The silver totaled $17.) \ Newspaperman Who “Kj MAY HAL “THE TRIALS naped” Son Expected Spring New Sensation TACOMA, Dec, 11.—Sensationay velopments in the Stage ase are expectea here within next few days. One persistent rumor is | George Stagg, father, whose kil ing of Bobby Stagg on 14 started a nationwide search resulted in the arrest of Miss Brainerd, Seattle society girl writer, will appear in person give himself up as the real Stagg is known to have @ sense of the dramatic. Sp stunts, such as parachute leape fi airplanes, are “right in nis Tne” 4 belief is strong here that Miss erd, altho her trial is only three away, will never face a jul Stagg will come inte court, am the man,” and make @ full fession exonerating Miss MISS BRAINERD'S FOUR ALTERNATIVES If Stagg does not appear, Miss Brainerd’s plea for venue is refused, one of four will happen. She may— ed counter-affidavits and will | strenuously a removal of the another coynty. Hearing on the motion for © of venue may take all Tuesday, @ a decision may not be an Judge Fletcher at once, TACOMA NEWSPAPERS BITTERLY ATTACKED Attorneys Henderson and han bitterly attacked the newspapers in their petition | change of venue, charging the pay vied with each other in the p tion of lurid stories. * It is believed the defense holding the trial in Thurston ¢ That every step in the trial hard fought was indicated this when it was learned that the { fense attorneys have made a study of the life history of of the probable jurors, There, feeling here that neither the def nor Prosecuting Attorney Will Askren has overlooked a single pt in the preparation of their The kidnaping of Bobby St: night of September 14 was the be ginning of one of the most sensi al and romantic cases in Nortl annals, The case contains. element of appeal; the sti tween a father and a mother possession of their child, the friendship of a society girl wealthy connections for a h but penniless newspaper the appearance of wealthy and ential New York newspaper int in case; telephoning across a relentless search for the kid baby, resulting in the disco ramifactions that lead into @- prominent Seattle homes, and the extensive plans both for a fense and prosecution—some ‘ “persecution” —of the girl STAGG'S PRESENT OF CANDY A RUSE TO GET CHILD Bobby Stagg was stolen from mother’s home the evening of tember 14 by George T. Stagg, had telephoned a plea to his fo wife that he be permitted to see son again, Stagg went to the with a box of candy. While Bai Stags, his former wife, was cf the candy to her grandmother in adjoining room, Stagg rushed out @ the house to a Ford coupe. Mrs. Ada Cunningham, Stagag’s mother, was on the in front of the house, She a and gave chase. Stagg leaped) the coupe. A woman who was at thy wheel had the car under way, Cunningham tried to run in fro the car, but was brushed aside | the fender. ‘The prosecution charges that woman at the wheel was Brainerd; that she hired Edith Ni son, a nurse, to help that she concealed the homes of Seattle friends; sisted in taking it to state via Canada; that shea for hiding the child in New York, It is understood the defense a = wae ey #4) loke clare, 1 contend that Miss ee was nog (Turn to Page 6, Column 2)