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

Fresh Maximum, Weather Tonight and Tlesday Rain, Winds Today noo Southerly On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise VOLUME 23 | Booze One Year’s Income Booze Runner’s Profit How Do They Get It Reporter Tries to Learn BY RALPH J. BENJAMIN VANCOUVER, B.C. Deo. 21-1 found a boozerunner—one of the many who deal in big shipments into the States. He asked me to give ds in Teapects to some of his old frie Seattle and Tacoma, and th a Et Ranged his mind and asked me anything of the kind n he not nding a boose-runner in Vancou is as hard as locating a thirsty in Seattle or Tacoma. is man was in his cupe—if you what I mean. He often gets that way T found him mm a hotel where Where's linoleum instead of tile on Bhe lobby floor and a huge brias A epittoon is a necessary and popular ele of furniture. I had seen him mY times in Seattle. He is an old BDolice character. Im fact, I think the Pederal prohibition agents have heard interview him. bad him and crave to The last quart he had taken In Wardiy made him bubble with [Christmas spirit. I told him I was Seattle. u're "Merican,” he spluttered dt’ see yuh. Here, le's have drink.” wasn't beer. hen he told me about it. He may have been chaffing me—excuse my » Please—but I doubt it. 4, “1 mage $40,000 thus year in liq’r ness,” be announ “1 ain't caught yet. Maybe they'll get some day. Maybe not. How do it? That's easy. Easy. ttin’ it ‘cross tne fne’s kind of sometimes. Have to wait d and take a chance. ir tliru t) Seattle. ‘Tod risky. Sell “nother gang on the other side. @t them take the risk of getting It Oh, yes, I did make a trip or the line, but it qin’t safe | you know the ropes. get the across.” “Do you split with the customs rs?” 1 asked. * he said. “Don't have to. Never can depend on ‘em. aaah - In, too, been done! Some of i 1 be pass over a little paper now then, but I don’t know nothin ut it, I'm honest about it—I don't no American officers.” in This courtesy. "What you dotn’ up here?” ed me. “Ob, I'm just looking around.” I him. When I met him I told i Was a newspaper reporter. LING TO FIX JENJAMIN UP "7 "Go ahead and make a good story outa this! he lnughed, and slapped The on the shoulder. “Don't write my Mame up. I don't want no publicity. too many friends now.” PThree of hia friends walked tnto the room. They eyed me for a min- Mite. One asked a quest'on behind Phils band. My big friend hesitated at 5 . then asked me: flay, you wanta get some across? Relieve me or pot, 1 didn’t! But I D said I did. [) "Got some goin’ f wicht. I can fix it'for you. } E tile. Can have the boys on the fide send 4 case or two up to he over maybe to- trou other Souse. Can you handle a couple cases of Scotch?” No, I didn’t want any Scotch “Lots of Scotch in Seattle now,” I told him. “How atout some Three Star Hennense: I inquired. fore I left Seattle a friend asked me to find out if they still made any by that “Haven't got any now,” the booze inner fold me. “Too expensive for Pipedinary trade. Can get some if Bent ‘er. How soon could we get it, Joe?” Sie A slender fellow who probably Menied having any information. Ff Bad been suspicious of me ever sinc he entered the room. COST $14 IN B. ©.; $150 IN SEATTL¥ t dem it cost?” I asked. My paper out of his pocket and handed ft to me. I still have it. It's a price Met gotten out by a big Canadian booze house. Three Star was quoted at $43 a case, F. O, B. Vancouver. “Now that'll cost you ‘bout $150 a caxe laid down at your door in Seat- tle,” he explained. “Can let y' have case 'r two Scotch f'r half that.” I began to see where he made $40,- 00 this year. “You want me to pay you now?” “gure,” he said. “Don't worry. Tl fix it for you to get the goods.” I told him I didn’t have any money, and asked if he had an agent in Ta coma or Seattle. “J told you I don’t know nothin’ Pt that end of it,” he insisted “You slip me the money and sue you get the goods. That's fair fnough, ain't it?” g 1 mentioned the fact that several ‘agents for boozerunners are taking orders in Seattl ‘acoma “gure,” he said. u're known (Turn to Page 4, Column 7) Don't go | . and they'll | the boys! guess some of the boys paused and sampled the quart | lime he neglected his | your | knows all the native songs of Venice | rend pulled a printed sheet of | im) s », WASH., SATTLI MONDAY, DECEMB OR 27, 1920. at Seattic, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the P ELS SUVIEL G Tt EW LATE EDITION TWO CENTS I ATTACK JAIL MATRON 2 TACOMA WOMEN FAIL IN ESCAPE ATTEMPT DOG: FOILS | AT STORE |Frustrates Attempt to Break | Into Augustine & Kyer’s; | Homes Are Robbed Burglars, determined to enter one of the stores of the Augustine & |Kyer chain Sunday night, had both thelr attempts frustrated, once by «| dog and another time by the timely | arrival of an employe, After entering the company’s store | at 1520 Third ave, the thieves were | routed when an employe arrived to} attend to the fee cheat in the store Nothing was stolen DOG RAISES COMMOTION; PROWLERS FRIGHTENED AWAY | | A few hours later, an attempt was | made to enter the store at 816 First ave. A bird dog, kept overnight in the store, made such a that the prowlers were frightened away. After ra the house of H. | Pernberg, 1214 15th ave. N., Sunday night, thieves stole several pieces of ailverware. A pair of cuff links waa all that burglars took from H. Bratt's home at 5536 27th ave. N. #. Flashlight, a box of candy, a hunting knife anda nail file were stolen from 1518 16th ave. N., according to a re | port made to ‘police by Mins L. R. Cane. TROUSERS BURGLAR AT WORK AGAIN The trousers burglar took a | Campbell's trousers, $10 in cash and a ring from Campbell's home at 1204 Righth ave. W. Two pocket knives c and $12.50 were stolen from HH. Thomas’ home at 1401 Elghth ave. W. These two burglaries are be lieved by police to have been done by | the same thief. Theft of a package from a mail box was added to the long list of | such offenses now reported to police. Edward Andemattan, 323 Seventh ave., wag the victim. A package con taining @ $12.50 tie pin was the loot FAMILY ICE BOX | RAIDED, PROV ONS TAKEN A side of bacon, box of apples, | four pounds of butter and other gro. ceries were stolen from an icebox at |the home of F. C. Evans, 2203 Zist jave. 8. A window was broken in the An reon & Farley store at 7329 26th jave. S. W., ‘Sunday night and $3 in| | pennies stole While Mike silfet| |slept at the Niagara hotel iY King st., a thief stole a ruby ring @nd $18 from the room JAPAN CANCELS HER OBJECTION Withdraws ‘Protest Against California Anti-Alien Law WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.— (United Press.)}—Japan has with- drawn her objections to the Call- fornia law prohibiting all land holdings by Japanese subjects according to reports in official circles here today. The report followed a conference today at the state department be |tween Representative Kahn, Califor- nia, and Roland $. Morris, American ambassador to Tokyo, Who has been conducting the negotiations for a new agreement with Japan | Kahn, who has been one of the leading members of congress, fight-| jing for absolute exclusion of Japan-| |ese immigration, went thoroly into the entire question of the California | |anti-Japanese land | nd Japanese |immigration to this country. WON'T DROP BUTLER SUIT Motion to dismiss the suit brought | against them by the government| was denied Hotel Butler Co. Monday by Federal Judge Neterer.| t following the arrest of one of oe bell boys on @ charge of selling liquor on the premises. ‘The defend ant is given 10 days in which to; alewer, This is Miss Lucy Page written to President-elect Harding asking him to quit | ST’ smoking cigarets so as to be a better example to the youth ‘he mentioned President Wilson and ez- of the nation. President Roosevelt as non-use ment was made at Marion as to whether Harding will swear off as urged. For 20 years Miss Gaston has been the bit- foe of the cigaret in / ter cardidacy for pre developed. WILL HARDING SWEAR OFF? sident in January, 1920, but no boom ! / Gaston of Chicago, who has rs of the evil “pill.” No com- America. She announced her WAGE REDUCTION PROBE IS ASKED | Open Shop Move Also Due for Airing WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.—A_con- gressional investigation of wage cuts, | efforts of employers to establish the “open shop,” and the cost of living! may be asked by organized labor, The textile workers, it was learned | today, are negotiating with Samuel Gompers, head of the American Fed. jon of Labor. These negotiations may 4 to Gompers seeking inves tigation of conditions in the textile trade. The textile manufacturera have probably led all others in cutting wages. A number of textile factories have closed for both long and short periods, and workers charge these | suspensions have been in the interest of the “open shop,” | The railroad workers have also| made charges against the railroads | and at the same time ha al working alliance with in both house and senate, The charges | of the railroad workers may be voiced soon by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, who expects to make @ speech opposing the Poindexter anti strike bill recently passed by the sen ate The railroad men declared that the | roads are taking ntage of the | section of the Exch-Cammins law | which guarantees earnings of 6 per! cent. William H. Johnston, head of the machinists, aaid the roads were letting out rep work to private Abatement proceedings were insti-| companies on the cost-plua system, | Velope tuted: by ‘the Tinited. Btates, atiorbey | cneruny canning ah ceceemee tee] elo Fon r 1 by giving great profits to private air companies. Many of the railroad officials, John ston said, are financially interested in these repair companica, =. | in connection with the death of Jake CLARA HAMON | IS NOT BITTER “| Love Them All, and Women, Too,” She Says ARDMORE, Okla,, Dec, 27.—Clara Smith Hamon, charged with murder L. Hamon, “empire builder” of Okla homa and politician, probably will | “not” be tried until after January 17, it was stated today The woman’ is not embittered toward men, she told interviewers, “L love them all, and the women, too,” ahe confided. Clara Hamon then declared “su-| preme faith in God,” explaining | were it not for thit #he would have been “unable to have withstood what she had,” The woman revealed a secret hope to write a book--perhaps the story | of her life—and alsq expressed fears that her education was net sufficient for the task. Already Clara Smith Hamon ts re ceiving offers to go into the movies ke the lecture platform. But) her plans are “vague.” She was released on $12,000 bond when arraigned on Christmas day, and is now staying at her sister's home near here. Football Player Is Dead in Oregon City OREGON CITY, Ore. Dec, 27.—-| Royal ("Tubby") Niles, one of the greatest football players ever de in the colleges of the Pa-| orthwest, died at his home! WIFE SHOT: SUICIDE? SO THINK COPS Shooting Follows Violent | Tacoma City Jail Matron in| Quarrel With Husband, Who Is Arrested That Mrs. Louise Winters commit: | ted suicide as a result of dexpond éney following a quarrel with her husband in thelr apartment at 1116 Harrison st, Sw night, was the conclusion reached by Detestive Capt. Charles K Tennant, Deputy Prosecutor John 1. Carmody and Depaty Coroner Frank. Koepfii, after thoro investigation Monday Carl Winters, 31, ber longshoreman } an open charge early Monday affernoon, however, He probably will be released soon, ac cording fo Capt Tennant WW, rayd hi Wite shot thruthe mouth after they had quar- reled, QUARRELED AFTER HE | REBUKED OLDEST CHILD | Winters was questioned at length by the three Officials In Capt. Ten. nant’s office Monday morning. He | denied that he had shot his wife, | while admitting they had quarreled after he had rebuked Marie, 15, their oldest child, for being out late the night befor: He had slapped the gfrl and pulled the nose of the boy, William, 9, be said. The children then ran out of the Winters’ apartment into that of the landlady. Winters says he was in the kitchen when the fatal «hot was fired, He rushed into the parlor and found his wife on the lounge, with a revolver bexide her head. Winters said his wife was drunk on boose brought to their apartment by a friend from Ballard. PUZZLED OVER POWDER ‘SON FINGERS fhe impression of a powder stain ed gun barrel on the woman's throat and powder stains on her fingers baffled investigators. Deputy coro ners say the woman could not hav pressed the gun against her throat after sh® shot herself, Winters says | he knows nothing about this Mrs. Winters threatened sul- cide but had declared she would take ber husband with her, according to Mra, BE. M. Wolfe, landlady. The gun used in the shooting was the property of Mrs, Winters, accord ing to her husband. She had got it from a man with whem she eloped | a year ago, he declared It was only with the greatest dif. ficulty that he persuaded her to re. turn at that time and the had never been happy since, Winters asserted NEIGHBORS HEARD SCUFFLE BEFORE SHOOTING Winters said he had been unable to get work for some time. Tenants of the apartment doectare they had heard the sound of scuf. fling in the Winters rooms during | the. evening. Several empty beer bottles were found near the body of the dead woman by Patrolman Fred Milla. Cardinal Gibbons Is Reported Better BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. Fol lowing a very restful sleep last night, Cardinal Gibbons, who is ill at the home of Robert T. Shriver, at Union Mills, Md., was said to be ina much improved condition today. ‘bernelt | A_ RECEPTION TO DR. J. FE. CROWTHER, who preached his fare- well sermon Sunday as pastor of the First Methodist church, will be given in the church parlors Tuesday night. | FOUND HE COULDN'T |) GET HER MONEY, SO_ || HE DEPARTED HENCE || “Inside of five days after our marriage, Roy Washington found out he couldn't get my money,” testified Irene Washington, in her divoree suit before Presiding || Judge J.T. Ronald. | here today from tuberculosis. | Niles was chosen all-Northwest | fullback several seasons during his} gridiron career as a member of) ithe Whitman college eleven, “He lett, and I want him to stay gone,” she added \ Whereupon the court gave her 1 decree, KNOCK HER DOWN, BUT ARE FOILED Hospital After Desperate Fight With Prisoners TACOMA, Dec. 27-—Mra. Ella Buck, night matron at the city jail, was in a hospital today, suffering from painfut Sunday night, when two women pris oners under her care attacked her in & desperate effort to excape, Two women prisoners stole a re volver from the matron’s desk, snap. ped it in her face, and when it was the head and choked her. the pretext of uning the tran'd revolver, The two women set upon the matron, They knocked Mrs. Buck to the floor, but fuiled in an effort to gag her. The matron got the little finger of one of her assailants between her teeth and held on until the cries of the prisoner attracted attention, Mra. Marie Brown, 23, held on a liquor charge, and Mrs, Opal Miller, 22, held under a forgery charge, were rebooked on charges of first degree ana ult 120 SINN FEIN ARE ARRESTED Four Killed in Raid on Dance Hall DUBLIN, Dec, 27.—-Four men were killed and 120 Sinn Feiners captured early today when police and soldiers surrounded a dance hall in the Bruss district of Limerick. Sinn Fein sentries fired first, killing a poli man, Three sentries were killed by the return fire. The 120 prisoners were marched away to military headquarters, where they will be held for examina tion. The party included men! and women, captured as they poured thru} EXPECT FIGHT the doors of the dance hall after an change of shots announced the ap- proach of troops. A’ large crowd had gathered for the dance. It was one of the few enter- tainments of the nature attempted in recent months, It was openly a Sinn Fein party, and sentries were scat- tered thickly about the building. GAIETY STOPS AS SHOTS ARE Fined Despite the nervousness of some of the dancers swaying to the whine of concertina and violin, it was gay and noisy, The gaiety stopped with a Jolt when a shot was heard A sentry had spied the first dark form that told of the approach of a large body of troops and police. The shot which gave the alarm killed a policeman, From all sides of the building shots rang out. Three Sinn Fein sentries dropped dead, The soldiers poured onto the dance floor, meeting no op- position there, Covering the dancers with revolvers, the officers made a cursory search for arms, Ne announcement was made.as to what had been found on the dancers, but officers gave the impression that some long-wanted Sinn Fein leaders were in the party, and that a number of important documents might be seized. The military raid was the first in Ireland since the holiday lessened the fighting. ‘ne Sinn Fein party was giving a Christmas dance, its pro moters taking advantage of the good fecling which seemed to have settled on both side: HE LEFT HOME BAREHEADED! Charging his wife with leaving his house bareheaded one evening and meeting a friend who bought her a hat, George Falt is suing Rose Falt divorce ys his wife left him perma. nently December 8, and took not only her own clothing, but some of his, injuries received late | | | | | Haas and John .B. Carroll, terms expire this year, have all indi- cated that, they will run again. } | and STARVING CHILDREN WILL GET HELP FROM $1,000 A PLATE MEAL NEW YORK, Dec. The $1,000-a-plate dinner to be given in the Hotel Commodore to raise funds for European children will } | | consist of three courses—beef stew, bread and cocoa, it was an unced today, Its cost will be 22 cents a plage, but at that it will Just twice as elaborate as the ain nerved to European young. | | ' m. sters by American relief seekers, Among the guests will be Herb- ert Hoover and Gen. Fritz Kreisler will play. Pershing. MAY TAX FOR CAR SYSTEM Council Considers Putting Plan Up to People Sitting as.a committee of the whole, the city council was scheduled husband, was still being held in the! found to be unloaded beat her about |to consider Monday afternoon a res bj city: jal) on olution which would submit to pop- One woman had asked permission | yiar vote the question of paying for to get @ pitcher af water, and the \the street car system out of general other, wae released from her cell 0” | taxation, While fumbling around the drawer of | heen attacked by the taxation bureau the phone desk, she found the ma of the Chambgr of Commerce, ‘ oe CAR SYSTEM T0 BE DISCUSSED “Making the Car Lines Pay” will be the subject of a tlk and discus- sion at the weekly noon meeting of the Municipal league Tuesday at Meves’ cafeteria. B. H. Betley, civfl and hydraulic engineer, will give the talk, and the discussion will be free for all. Mayor Caldwell and members of the city council, as well as the gen- ral public, have been urged to at- tend, JOHN BUSHELL IS OUT FOR COUNCIL John Bushell, a retired auctioneer for many years a resident of Seattle, filed for the city council Mon- day morning. The primary election will be held op February 21, 1921, Councilmen’ T. H. Bolton, A. F. whose ON ROSS’ PAY With the city council split over the question of raising Superinten- dent of Lighting J. D. Ross’ salary from $5,000 to $7,500, a lively tussle is expected when the question comes before the solons Monday afternoon. While the various councilmen have not indicated their intentions in re- gard to the ordinance raising Ross’ salary, it is believed that the vote is divided almost evenly, A. T, Drake, the ninth member of the council, be- ing absent in the South. ‘ " Five Armed Bandits Rob Express Wagon KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dect 27.— Five armed bandits held up and robbed an American express wagon near the union station here today. Driving up behind the express wagon, the highwaymen covered two guards, foreed the driver to alight and open a lock on the wagon cage and load a safe into their automobile, The safe is believed to have con tained jewels and currency, Com- pany officials refused to estimate the losa, GHoT ‘CERTAIN WILD DUCK” Complaints charging Jim Nelson and P. A. Cornelius each with “shooting a certain wild duck after sunset,” the former on Dee. 23 and the latter Dec. 26, were filed by the prosecuting attorney's office Monday morning. REDDING, Cal.—Unelothed body of infant, found beside the Southern Pacific railway tracks, believed to have been thrown from train, SEATTLE 4 MILLIONS — INTRADE | LOSS FOR AMERICA Bolsheviki Order Huge Or= ders in U. S. Canceled After Expulsion Decree CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 27.— Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, of the Russian soviet govern- ment, has cabled Ambassador Martens in New York, ac knowledging the latter’s ex-_ pulsion by the United States government and ordering him to cancel all contracts with American firms, according to” information received here. eee NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—*“The gee ture of the United States ; ment. in terminating non diplomatic relations will cost American more than a hundred million lars,” Ladwig C. A. K, deposed “bolshevik ambassador,” clared today. Martens was ordered deported be cause he is a representative of the soviet government, which, it is ab leged, seeks to overthrow the ican government by force. He surrender January 2 WILL KILL VAST KAMSCHATKA DEAL Furthermore, Martens said, tinued refusal to resume relations with the soviet will render worthless the $6,000,000, 000 ogfer for American goods Washington D. Vanderlip brought back from Moscow, as as the concessions he obtained im © Kamchatka, a When Martens leaves here he will carry with him $50,000,000 worth : contracts for goods placed American concerns and more $100,000,000 worth of orders his government for contracts not made, he said. Th were cam celed by direction of ‘ ter Tchitcherin immediately he 6 always sought was the friendly co operation of America by which both “Russia would rather tra the United States than any country, but if you close your to us we will be forced to turn Great Britain, France and European nations. Your own news dispatches will inform you of how close we are to resumption of trade relations with those countries, “Since last summer we have shipped about $500,000 worth of American to Russia. These shipments have been in small lots because we have had difficulty in wetting money shipped here and the American dealers were compelled to take their payments in gold upon receipt of the goods. “Mr. Vanderlip’s contracts were made directly with the soviet gov- ernment and I know nothing of their status personally, yet he was quoted in your press as saying they were worthless until your govern ment resumes commercial inter course with us. The present situa tion would indicate that would not come until your European business rivals get all the cream of our business.” aa : Won't Believe Russ Quit Peace Move LONDON, Dec: 27.—The Polish legation here refused today to credit reports that Russia had with- drawn from the peace conference at Riga. According to dispatches from Copenhagen, Adolf Joffe, head of the soviet delegation, broke off the negotiations, declaring the soviet’s international position now is 80 strong that there is no need for a treaty with Poland. New Building for . * Prisoners Planned Expressing their ap) val of a new building at the Willows for the care of prisoners, the commissioners of public safety Monday invited the county commissioners to hold a joint meeting with them to discuss the. project,