The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1920, Page 1

| | e , i ' Moderate {iit Weather Tonight and Sunday, rain. ing southerly, Forecast » twoind becom- On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Bo Li - VOLUME Propheti. A Pleasant Phantasy. Flowers in Fancy. Flower of Womanhood. BY HAL ARMSTRONG Loats LaFontaine had a dream; . dreamed in his home at 615 Adams ‘ Dreams sometimes seem pro- $ He @reamed he was cultivating lovely flowers. Some bulbs he dug ‘and took to friends in Green Lake. A day passed in his dream and he d he Feturned to the house of friends to see how the bulbs were x on. They were in a dish on dining room table and had start a to grow a tiny bit. > Ho sat in a chair admiring them. onte door opened. A girl came in . “Ringing. She left the door open and (mat nearby, singing the sweetest song d ever heard. She had long, gold- en hair. It billowed about her shoul 'e. ders Her face was as sweet as the ) Most deautiful flower. All the while Si whe sang he gazed, enraptured, into - big bine eyes. NOW BULBS WERE “IN FULL BLOOM ‘The song, too, was «weet, and Hit- dng. But before she had finished she arose and fitted out of the door as as a butterfly, still singing, gene in the rain. | Wheos LaFontaine arose to follow his glance fell again on ‘The bulbs were in full bloom. presence of her and the sweet- of the song had brought them 7 but somehow, he dreamed. | ‘They were the lovenest flowers he * ae 1) with tiny blossoms of beautiful blue ike the eyes of her who had just gone. The other was a tulip, golden 0 like rich velour. aid | LaFontaine was . He touched them, and lo, the tiny bine flowers died, but the tulip lived and only held its head the higher. A it seemed to smile. Such was LaFontaine’s dream. It onded there. THEN THE FLOWER OF WOMANHOOD In reality, In March, 1918, Le Fontaine fell in love. It was a girl fom the East. They passed two PP months of wonderful happiness, + much “together. There was a lovers’ quarrel; LaFontaine enlisted. He reached Camp Lewis on May 20. On June 6 he.was rejected; an © examination he falled to pass. He returned to Seattle and met another girl, very much lke the first one. Yet are women ever alike’? ‘The first was sweet and pretty, like @ wild flower; the second like a flow- » @r, too, but of a different kind. Like @ rosebud. she unfolded some new beauty every day. He married the second one She remains in bis life. The other van ished Who can assert or deny that dreams are prophetic sometimes? "This Sounds Like Good Old Times Raising a chair in the air, Tom Curtain, 39, recently released from the federai penitentiary at McNeil island, smashed H. J. Landwehr, employe of the Our House bar at 161 Washington st., into unconsciousness late Friday evening. According to Landwehr’s state- ent to the police, the attack was brought on by Curtain’s belief that Landwehr had “squealed,” and sent him to the penitentiary. Chinese Injured in Auto Collision Wong Hip Chong, 55, of 522 Sixth ave. S., was in Providence hospital Christmas, his left collarbone frac- tured and his left shoulder disloe cated. He incurred his injuries when an auto he was riding in, driven by Henry Wong, 664 King st., collided with one operated by Austin Fowler, of Sumner, at 14th ave. and E. Alder at., Friday afternoon. A Gloom Killer a plano or a phonograph n your home during the winter months is, indeed, a gloom killer. You ean get elther or both of these instruments, used, but just ag good ax new, by asking for them in the Want Columns of The Star Lota of peop town, or are going winter, are eager their instrument Get one of these at a sacrifice price this month thru a Want Ad. Phone Main 600 & ° ¢ who are leaving away for the to dispose of the! | had ever seen. One was a hyacinth | GUESTS AT. ‘HOTEL FLEE | AT ALARM ‘Shoe Shop on Fire; Ten- | ants at College Inn Flee | in Nighties | Twelve guents of the College Inn, LN, 40th #¢ and 14th ave. N. BE. were routed from their sleep at 145 a, m. | Christmas morning by a fire which | wwept a one-story building next to/ the ian. W. Adair, cobbler, of 40044 14th | ave N. BE, who wae sleeping in the | rear of his shoe shop, was aroused | [by the crackling of flames. He i downstairs in their night clothes. | ‘The main damage done by the fire | was the destruction of 700 boxes of apples in the storercom in the rear jot A. C. Shaffer*s restaurant, next to Adair’s shop. The loan is estimated at $800, fully covered by tnsurance. Short circuit is blamed for the blaze. The building is owned by & Mrs. Clark. FLAMES SWEEP ATLANTA FIRMS $100,000 Damage Done in Retail District ATLANTA; Ga, Dee. %5—Fire which gutted three retail establish- ments in the downtown section here today caused damage estimated at $100,000, shortly after noon today. |'The blaze, which for a time threat. jened a whole block, was believed | under control at 1 o'clock. A falling wall endangered the lives jof approximately 20 firemen, but all were reported to have escaped. Origin of the fire was unknown. ‘ATTEMPTED JAIL BREAK FOILED 'Prisoner Attacks Guard, | but Plot Fails | Believed to have planned a Christ- | mas ive to escape from the immigra- | tion detention station, nine prisoners held for deportation were removed | to the county jall under heavy gaurd Friday night. The removal followed an attack lon a guard by one of the men and his subsequent charge that his com- rades were implicated in the plot to break jail According to the statement issued by Commisisoner Henry W. White Allen Robinson, 19, one of the prison- ers, attacked Guard J. 8, Harlan, seized him by the throat, bearing him | to the ground, The attack came as Harlan was marching at the side of the column of prisoners. | Guards rushed to the assistance of | Harlan, Robinson bitterly upbraided | his alleged confederates for not com ing to his aid, “as they had promised to do.” The men held tn the county jail |are Allen Robinson, Robert Steven- son, Gordon MeBain, Horace Bole, Harold Ciissold, George McInnes, William Hutchinson, James Proctor and Hugh Kettyls. AN are British subjects and natives of Canada, Kng- | land and Scotland They Enter House | Like Stage Burglars Burglars stealthily slid their silent feet up to J. C, Blackford’s basement Friday night and entered thru the |door, The door fell down with a loud crash after they got inside, jawakened the Blackfords and caused the prowlers to hotfoot from the scene in haste | | | | | compulsion. BRIDE, GROOM Wash. under the Act of Congre March 3, The Seattle Star 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $6 to $9 EX-COP HELD FOR AUTO DEATH TH Ea Date EDITION A baby for a Christmas present! Jeremiah Neterer, brought to Josephine Perez, Friday. On charges preferred by her hus- ‘band, Mrs. Perez spent several days in jail. Friday she was arraigned before Judge Neterer for sentence on a charge of manufacturing liquor. their 22-month-old baby. SEATTLE, WASH., SATUI That is what Santa Cla tDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1920. us, disguised as Federal Judge Perez wanted a divorce and he wanted If it hadn't been for the mother-love of Mrs. Perez, the shrewd- ness of the United States judge and the fighting spirit of Lady Josephine Forbus, lawyer, | and Miss Charlotte Kolmitz, assistant district attorney, Perez would have gained possession | of the child. As it was, Mrs. Perez was found to have made the liquor under her husband's KILLED BY GAS Tragedy Occurs on Wed- ding Night NEWARK, N. J. Dec. 25.—Mra. Carmaila K, Bruillo, a bride of a fow hours, and her husband are dead in their home here today, following tragedy on their wedding night. They were found dead from asphyxi ation and it is thought that the girt wife, accustomed to using ofl lamps, blew out the gaa jet as she retired, Bruillo, a war veteran, sent the girl money a month ago to make the journey here, They were married at Ellis island on Thursday and yew terday the wedding feast continued here. Argentina to Greet Secretary Colby BUENOS AIRES, Dec, 26—The Argentine government has sent @ battleship to Montevideo to receive Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, it was announced today, This action was necessitated by the fact that the American battleship Florida, on which Colby is visiting South Ameri ca, will not be able to enter the port here, because of lack of sufficient depth in the harbor She was allowed to go on her personal recognizance. was with her baby again. Perez? Oh, he is spending a merry Christ || SNOWY CHRISTMAS || BUT FOUR TIMES IN 30.YEARS IN SEATTLE Seattieites who climbed out of bed Saturday morning expecting to see a “white Christmas” were disappointed, Snow has fallen on Christmas day but four times in the last 30 years, The white Christmases were in 1911 and 1916 and traces of snow fell in 1904 and 1915. But wateh out for New Year's. The records of the weather bu- reau here show that snow has fallen almost every year on either the last day of the old year or the first day of the new. Alleged Gangsters Are Not Merry SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25—It wasn't a merry Christmas for Bd (*K. 0.9 Kruvosky, Tom Brady, “Spud” Murphy and the other de- fendanty in the Howard st. vice gang cAnen They spent a gloomy day tn the | jail here, with only a few brief mo- ments outside their cells, These moments came when they were offered the opportunity to at tend mass in the prison chapel. Only Kruvosky, Brady and Jim Carey took advantage of the opportunity. ‘The other men took a brief stroll around the jail and were returned to [their cella, Christmas day she mas in the county jail! FINDS HIS WIFE AND SON DEAD Dental Expert Returns to Tragic Christmas SANTA ANA, Cal. Dec. 26.—Re- turning to his home in Garden Grove, three miles west af here, to spend Christmas with his wife and son, Dr. Wilson Putnam, a Los An- geles dental Xray expert, late last night found both of them dead, their bodies stretclfed across beds in separ ate rooms of the Putnam residence, Mystery surrounds the cause of the death of the wife, Mrs. Anna Put nam, 40 years old, and the boy, Wik son, Jr, 15. A half-filled tin of salmon tying in @ sink gave rime to the theory they may have succumbed to ptomaine poisoning. Is Held Up by Two Thugs; Loses $275 Two bandits robbed him of $275 on Sixth ave., between Pike and Pine streets, Thursda night after he had | got off an Everett interurban, Raf. faito Forrieri, Right hotel, First ave. and Columbia st., reported to the po: lee on Christmas morning. One rob. ber wielded the gun and the other searched the unlucky Raffaito, RAID COUNTERFEITERS:! GETS BOY FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT CROOK PLOT ‘Charge Scheme to Flood | Country With Million-Dol- | lar Bogus Coin Product CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—A million dot lar counterfeit plot to flood the cities of the Middle West with bogus mon. | ey was frustrated by federal officers | yesterday, who raided two planta, }one here and the other in Detroit the arrest of George F. Choate and T. B. Tyler here during a police up. They were held by police aa suspicious persons, records show, and their apartment was ruided. Local police and federal author+ maid more than §20,000 in bogus wan seized. Choate and Tyler, according to po lee, furnished information which led to a raid of a fiat at Case and Can field aven., Detroit, where nearty $86,- 000 in counterfeit money waa found after police battered down the doors. No arrests were made, ax those who occupied the flat had fled. Capt. Thomas Porter, federal oper. ative here, said he learned the coun. terfelter ring has agents in other cities, | The bogus currency, according to Porter, was in $1 and $20 federal re- serve note imitations, Porter said } Very little, if any, of the “money” | had been put in circulation. : Fi HUNT MEN IN Detectives Seeking Alleged Profiteers WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—A search was on today to find the first of the | government officials charged in tee |timony before the senate investignt ing committee with having made huge profits in dealing in coal. Senator William M. Calder, of New York, chairman of the special senate committee on reconstruction, which is conducting the coal probe, has as- jsigned detectives on the trail of the | jone man whose identity has been revealed to the committee. This man was formerly a “dollar a year” official in one of the depart ments here but is not now in the government service. He was identified to the committee by George H. Cush ing, director of the Ame sale Coal association, who made the charge in a recent hearing that a pool of government officials profited }in the “wild scramble for coal.” It is understood Cushing’s identifica- tion of him was incomplete. Calder guid that as soon as the former officials had been located he would appear before the committee to answer the charges and give in- formation on the operation of the pool of government officials, Lands in Town and Is Robbed of $59 “Don't be in a hurry.. Keep on walking, but go slow!” The voice of a bandit spoke the above words to J. EB. Smith of Au burn from the shades of the boxears on Railroad ave, at the foot of Co- lumbia #t. at 7:20 p. m. Friday. ‘The robber then stepped out of the shadows, brushed against Smith, so that Smith could feel a gun in his pocket, and robbed Smith of $59 The highwayman had a gray cap pulled down over his face and wore a black overcoat. Smith was on his way home from Port Angeles. He had just landed from the steamer Sol Due at Colman dock Elks Provide Tree for Little Guests For the kids who were overlooked Santa Claus, the Seattle Elks their annual Christmas tree ony Saturday morning at the Ike’ temple, All sorts of goodies, toys, clothes and holiday offerings were provided for the youngsters, by staged ore COAL FRAUDS ean Whole: | SANTA DISGUISES AS DOCTOR STORK AND LEAVES BABY GIRL Santa Claus «lid down the chim ney at Mrs. Martin's p pital Christmas mornin, | Atlantic ansisted J. Stewart Cease Hatred, Is Warning of | Pope Benedict | ROME, Dec. rive evils af- flict present day society, Pope Ben- edict said in response to greetings of Cardinal Vanutelli, head of the |college of cardinals These are: Indiscipline, Jamong brothers, inordinate craving for pleasures and enjoyment, refusal to work, loss of faith in God. The reply of Hix Holiness dwelt on social reconstruction, as the card inal, in his message, had praised the pope's efforts in that direction. | “The war is not over if men are [still fighting among themselves,” | said the message. “Moral damages are greater than the material. | “The nations and peoples wil | vainly endeavor to reconstruct if | they forget what i» written in the | Holy Booka, that reconstruction is impossible without God's co-opera- hatred ing tion.” mid the message. “It is the! ame minston and the duty of the Dope|quto were soir wf onions 'Hardings Enjoy Christmas Day | in Home Town | MARION, Ohio, Dec. 25.—Prest- |dentelect and Mra. Harding tried |hard today to make this an old-fash- lioned Christmas, but they could not jescape the fact that they are in the | limelight. Presents were sent from every cor- ner of the United States and the boxes and other remembrances were of the greatest variety. ‘The Christmas plans of the presi- dentelect provided for a day of com plete rest. The savory odor of a tur key kept the senator's mind from thought of his association of nations plan and the cabinet. Monster Price | Paid for Our WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The na- tional, Christmas dinner will cost at} th | {h ast $100,000,000 estimated re today Approximately 70,000,000 pounds of |turkey will be served, Turkey aver- |aged about 65c a pound thruout the | United States yesterday. This item alone will run the cost up approxi mately $45,000,000. Cranberries. mince pies and other “fixin's" ac- count for the remainder. In most of the big cities, the buy- ing of presents despite the reduced demand, has caused more than $1,- 000,000 to change hands daily. The buying rush began early in Decem- ber. Wounded Vets Are Given Bit of Cheer WASHINGTON, Dec. —Indi- vidual Christmas trees placed on the tables at the bedside of wounded American heroes who are confined to their beds, was one of the fea- tures provided today for soldier pa- tients in hospitals here. The trees were trimmed to suit the distinctive fancies of patients. The American Legion, Y, M. C. A., Knights of Columbus, Red Cross and other organizations united in supply: ing cheer for the soldiers who are still in hospitals, Special Christmas dinners and various forms of enter tainment were held today at all hos- pitals. it was Musical Thief Is Powerful Busy Several records were broken early Christmas morning, when Seattle's musical thief broke into the home of M. Hild, 16 Dose ter and es- caped with a heavy mahogany phono graph and 80 grand opera records. This is the second time mn two days that large phonographs have been stolen. Besides the mechanical songstress, valued at $300, and the records, the burglar carried away a black mantel clock trimmed with gold, four silk shirts and six soup spoona Christmas Meal. SINS ON COUNTY HIGHWAY | IS FATAL © Suspended Patrolman at the Wheel When Car Strikes Carpenter j D. N trolman, who wz department Schoonover, 22, former pi. dismissed from the ntly for alleged mils onduct, held on an open 3 charge in the city jail Christmas, : His auto ran down and killed Ernest ; O. Sundblad, 36, carpen of 115 N, 105th st. on the Country club read, | quarter of @ mile north of the city | limits, at 1:45 o'clock this morning. | Sundbiad was returning from @ Christmas eve party in a Sixth ave, 7 [hall at the time of the accident, He | was walking along the road in come pany with Julius Hillstrom, 330 Ny 104th st Schoonover took Sundblad to jside hospital after the accident, the man died on the way. Schoonover’s story is that he was driving north on the road at a @6- mile-an-hour pace. Another auto was. coming south, and the headlights of — the approaching auto blinded him, rece was ¢ he said. ra Schoonover said he aid not see the two men walking along the edge of the road, that he did not sound warning for this reason, headlights were burning, stopped within 35 feet, Sundblad was struck just was passing that of the south. ordinary Injored." Nefther itroce biad had had anything ing the evening, and was no smell of liquor on Schoonover’s breath, Hillstrom said + a Two weeks ago, Schoonéver was in a speedboat that is alleged to have rammed a boom of logs near Alli |Point. Schoonover and Ben Oreutt swam to safety, but Jean Jones, 19, the third occupant of the craft, | drowned. CITY OF FUME NOW ISOLATED Government Troops Digging Trenches TRIESTE, Dec. 25.—The eity of — Fiume was completely tsolated today as a result of conflict between Ga- brielle d’Annunzio and the Italian government over the treaty ef Ra- palo. All roads and paths to Flume were closed and heayily guarded by regu: lar troops, Royal guards formed a comon around the city, except for a | brief sea space. Trenches werg dug at many points and barbed wire was set up, closing all roads. \POET’S TROOPS ARE WORRIED OVER SITUATION ROME, Dec. 25.—Followers of Ga |brielle d’Annunzio, who are holding |Fiume against Italian troops are divided on whether to continue re sistance, according to advices from the beleaguered city today. The population still hopes blood shed will be averted. Several have occurred between the poet's forces and the Italian regulars, But so far casualties have been few, Many of the legionnaires favor only passive resistance, others are still faithful to d’Annunzio and deter mined to fight. D'Annunzio is on duty with hie troops night and day. He is sur rounded by guards. Refugees from the city reported that a plan for mining the port and blowing uy Italian warships if they endeavored |to force an entrance was being ‘gon sidered. The legiohnaires are com centrating at strategic points around the borders of the territory held by a@’Annunzio, They are well armed with machthe guns, |Auto Overturns, Man Is Injured Bruised when he was pinned under an overturned auto at Rainier ave and Plum st., Friday night, Joe John son, who lives at 65th ave. 8. and Or cas" st. was recovering at home Christmas, The auto he was riding in was driven by BE. Johnson, 59% Wilson ave. Another auto collided with his in passing, Hit by Street Car, Skull Fractured Struck by a Mt, Baker street ow on Jackson st., between Ninth am 10th aves., Friday, Fred Kalberg, 28 lumberjack, of Bellevue, was in cit hospital Christmas with a possi® fractured skull igi