The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 12, 1921, Page 1

Abb Srrevreaes s” bt i _ either suit CHOOL BOYS MOB “ENEMY” bh ~ § Weather Tonight and Sunday, rain; moderate erly ‘Temperacure Last Maxtmum, 34. Today southwest- winds, 4 Hours Minimum, 34, noon, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star | Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 VOLUME 23 <= Why This Underhanded Suit? Why Not Suit Straight to Point? New Suit to Keep City in Hole. Just Some More of Mayor’s Bunk. QUIT started by 14 taxpayers to force the city payment of interest on its street car bonds is just a sneaking and backhanded piece of business, which naturally is highly improbable of success. It is sneaking and underhanded:for the simple reason that does not approach, squarely. It is sneak ‘payers are the alleg Caldwell’s suit. and the railway question frankly and underhanded because, tho tax- The Star has repeatedly stated it has no objection to, and © ‘would welcome a suit asking for the release of the city from Straight to the point. i FA suit to do what? To determine whether the city can re-} NO! . Instead,-wegind ts agreement to purchase the traction system, ; asking for a reduction in the purchase price if the cit honorable claims for such its would geal with the real come eo pon ie ws mae | ld settle once and for all whether the city ; . “a was defrauded or whether there was corruption. Scheme to Aid Social Wel But no! That sort of suit is not started. or a suit had a request. Either of these It goes too other suit—the kind of suit that can lot more yoise but get nowhere in the long run— a Vike the mayor’s probe and the grand jury investigation | a lot of other temmy-rot like that which did not pro- and could net produce, any facts that had not been fully known to Mayor Caldwell at the time he himself sat in the 000 for the traction system. conference that resulted in the city’s offering $15,000,- ‘Instead of a fair and square suit to fix the blame and the uil in the si ted in by ‘the mayor’s private prober, Wilmon Tucker, d therefore carrying the mayor's approval. frauded? NO! the street car lines? A suit by the city against traction company? NO, nothing as square as that. then, does the suit intend to accomplish? to defautt | complainants, it is plainly ached | | fare Drive Meets With | © ‘Universal Approval By TOM Next™ Tuesda? AIS afternoon—along about 3 or 4 o'clock, say—there are going te be a lot r fully empty! Seattle atomachg which are usually comfortably filled at that hour of the | day, if I'm any judge of things. / The “tunchicss Tuedfiy” is “tale | ing a-holt” like a bulldog gripping a/ tramp’s grousers. } if there is blame and guilt, and the fraud, if there was| Take “Herb Schoenfeld, for in| car deal, we have this new suit, parti tance, You know Herb. He was! loriginater and chief conspirator of eattle’s once famous Dad'a day. “WOULDN'T HURT A LOT To determine whether the city was or Us OLD sPoRTS” Well, when I asked Herb if he'd be willing to go lunchiesa next Tuesday, he chortied with glee and yelled: “FINE! It wouldn't fart a lot of | us Old exports (erb inn't very old, at) suit to compel the city to default payment! | tt) to go without chow for two default! the city out of a financial hole, but to it into such a hole after it is apparent the city can come out the latest! suit to hound the city railway into’ that, if let in good financial condition by days! I think you have a splendid| | idea, expecially if you can get away with a general observance of it At this point L suppose I should j explain what lunchless Tuesday's aii about. A couple of days ago I pro- posed that Seattle foiks go without thelr lunch next Tuesday, so they not face it, and which it will not! coud reatize, along late in the after permitted to operate under honest and expert Star However smart the attorneys behind the suit may be. oes not grant that this attempt can succeed, It “fs not begun in good conscience. ? 4 That the attempt should even be made is the disgraceful | part of this business. That it should be encouraged by the Mayor now that we can see daylight in street railway finances, is the humiliating aspect of the thing. of statesmanship, indeed, for a mayor to try city to default a payment it can otherwise RIVERS RISING; FLOODS FEARED Bridges in Danger in Three ‘ Counties With Green river overflowing its banks and figoding farm lands in the | Airplanes today combed the country | Vicinity of Kent and Auburn, Fri- day's unprecedented rainfall is likely to cause serious damage, according to observers. Rising water 1# threatening rail road and highway bridges in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. The weather bureau reported a precipitation of 1.16 inches, establish ing a record for 12 hours, between 5 a. m. and 5 p. m. It predicts con tinned southerly gales, which may melt snow in the hills and cause fur- ther damage. Parachute Leap Held Up by Bad Weather Rain, rain, rain! Or, if not rain, then clouds and wind! Villiers, “Flying Cowboy,” doesn't know when he will make his 20,000. foot parachute leap over Elliott bay. But he's stili hoping for a clear day. Lumber Is Down to pre-war prices and other building materials are far below their cost a year ago. If you ever intend to own a home, wouldn't now be the time to look for a lot or acreage on whieh to build? Altho you cangnow build for 1-8 less than '@ year ago Real Eatate -valnes in Seattle are steadily increasing and will Increase for many years to come. Lots and Acreage around Seattle are investment. You will always find the best bargains in Seattle ad- vertised on Classified Page of The Star. Look there today. in or a good So Ivan De| PLANES SEEK LOST AIRMAN Lieutenant Is Missing Since Thursday H SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 12.— } | between here and Ei Paso for Lieut. Alexander Pierson, twelfth squadron, Douglas, Ariz, missing since Thursday. Corps headquarters today expressed the belief that Pier son was either lost killed, Pierson was en route from his |home station to Pablo Beach, Fla | where he was to hop off at one min lute past midnight on Washington's birthday in an effort to make a coast to coast flight within 24 hours, He was to land at San Diego, Cal. aero Immigration Bill Meets Opposition WASHINGTON, Feb, 12.—Oppost tion to the Dilling! m emergency immigration bili developed in the senate today on the grounds that it would admit to this country 125,000 Germans a year The ‘bill would limit the number ot immigrants from any country to 5 per cent of the number of na |tives of that country » DPNT BRING CL ANY FISH HOME Bel because SLAND,—Mra. George den was given a divoree her husband fished too much and mostly in vain and winter, she said, brought home any .fish. but ely ‘Ship Without Fuel | HALIFAX, N. 8., Feb, 12.~A radi message re ved here states that the British freight steamship Bristol ‘ity has exhausted her coal supply 300 miles from land. The vessel is burning cargo and woodwork, Im mediate assistance was asked. The Bristol City i bound from Bristol for Boston | ' in Mexico or} telden fished sum: | Sends Call for Help! noon, @ little of how the jobless and [hungry people feel, Then I pro posed that all hands on that day give | the money which they usually spend for lunch—or a little more--to the Sock! Welfare league, which is try ing to raise $100,900 to help thene needy and deserving people SUNSHINE, NOT A TEMPEST, IN THIS TEAPOT Now to get on with the story: The brightest ray of sunghine on this snowy day came when Mra. A P. Hill, who runs “The Teapot,” at 1222 Fifth ave, droppedein to say that all proceeds from “The Teapot” Tuesday lunch time will go to the Welfare league fund. Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas said today that yea, you bet he'd go lunchless Tuewlay, and that !t wouldn't be the first time either. “It's m fing idea.” he said. “I've gone without lunch before, and many other lunches have cost only 10 cents.” | Dr. onds give me this ¢ Go to it |“ALL OUGHT TO TAKE | ADVANTAGE OF IT” And Reginald H. Parsons, Northwestern Fruit © made a plea for the |before the member# council lunch eon of the Chamber of Commerce Friday, said “I wart to compliment you on ‘our suggestion. We ought all to e advantage of it.” Walter B. Nettleton, who te tn charge of the drive, said Saturday thet only $21,555.85 has been sub scribed to date, and that the drive will be extended over to next week. “If we can get several thousands | of people to adopt your lunch |plan next Tuesday,” he suid we | |should take in several thousands of {dollars additional,” 8 | LUN | HEADQUARTE CIAL WELFAE ‘ RAL BULLDIN t me down quick,” Gilman, vice pres Great | Northern railway. “I never cat lunch anyway, and this Is a chance to make the absence of the habit} count. The whole idea of lunchless | | Tuesday is mighty good In this con-| | nection, I'm ng you. It ought to produc M. A. Matthews took 10 see from his busiest day today, to! ver the phone: “Fine | of the | 3 oF YoUR| SSDAY TO THE} OF THE 80-| LEAGUE, 201 said L. ©.) ? ES Samu Asia, importer and ex porter, hastened to pass on the good news that he would go without two hes for such a worthy cause. “Haven if it were a harder job than | it fe 1d do it,” he said. “You know | this is an easy way to do some real} | wood in the community, A fellow can bite on the end of @ cigar and get about lunch any day | Roy J. Kinnear, of the Kinnear}! also gave hig hearty indorsement. | ration is the word,” he de-| clared, “and Um going to go hungry with you.” | Co, 1 “Co-« | man, SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1921. TH LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE ---at the End of the Week WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--- . LEONARD ALLISON Because he ts gamely finishing out Na contract at the univer- sity after going thre a galli foottalt arason, in which by team met one diecouraging feat after another, Allison (a coaching the “frosh” basketball team, and will also coach the “W" bascball team soon. Girl, 8, Talks Constantly for OneWeek WAUKEGAN, Ti.,* Feb, 12, Physicians here were puzzled to- day over the case of Miriam Ru- bind, Syearold daughter of a wealthy department store owner here, who has talked constantly for one week. During that time she has not slept, it was sald, except for two hours Monday night. During her sleep she continued to talk The girl is said to realize her condition, but ts not worried, Her conversation is ratjonal for that of a child. She thlks constantly about dolla, dolis’ clothes, school and dancing. jans have ordered the child to remain in bed in the hope that she might drop off to sleep and stop talking, ut whe con: tinues to remain wide awake and laughs when something amuses her fancy Doctors say the child is In good health and are unable to explain her condition. One theory advano- ed was that the talking spell is a forerunner to sleeping sickness: Physi ‘OFFERS AID; IS HELD UP Stops to Help Stalled Ford Stopping his auto to offer ald to a Ford, apparently stalled near the Autoist Ford plant on Fairview ave, Friday | night, Dan Samples, 2377 Eastlake was robbed by the two men who wanted asxistanece, They stole from him at the point of a gun, got in their auto and drove away, after cautioning Sample not to follow. ave, Report, Russian General Is Dead WARSAW, Feb, 12.—A wireless dispatch from Moscow today report- ed that General Kuropatkin is dead. Kuropatkin, one of the chief mill- tary figures in both the RussoJap- anese and world wars, has been re- ported to have died or been assassin. ated at various times since the bol- shevik regime began, but in each in stance a denial wal later sent out. Amateur Detectives, Here’s Case for You Two men asked H. Weaver, train- where 1705 Jackson st. was Friday night. A half a block further along, another man asked for 1705 Jackson st, and said he was watch ing the first two men. The mystery nteeped itself further iseoveréd there was no 1706 Jack won st when coppers | E. E. RHODES and HENRY CLAY AGNEW Because these two young Scattte attorneys in the Hinckley block, who this week started @ fight im superior court, asking that a receiver be ~ appointed for the Scattic Municipal Railway system, had the werce to do ichat Mayor Caldwell has been for @ year nolsity proclaiming should be done, but which he haa, somehow or other, neglected to start. You've got to hand it to them for doing one, definite concrete thing, which is more than the mayor has done? ‘8 MASKED MEN | “KIDNAP LAWYER |Texas Sheriff Posse Loses) Trail | Pewee | HOUSTON, Texas. Feb. 12.— | Bight masked men kidnaped B. 1.) Hobbs, former Houston attorney, | on the strects of Alvin, a town) | south of here, today and escaped! to the country, according to re-| ports here. A wheriff'a posse which started | in purevit font the trail and re turned to Houston. Hobbs was kidnaped In Houston last Saturday night and tarred and feathered and ordered to leave Houston within three days He went to Alvin last Monday. She Says Neighbor | Snatched Her Hat} Mra Florence Alexander, 3823 Mth ave., is today solving the mys tery of an attack. "1 stepped out Friday evening to speak to my newsboy,” she reported | Saturday, “and a woman neighbor tore my hat off and nearly broke my finger.” Man Drops Dead on Street; Heart Fails | James A. Burrows, about 45, drop- ped dead of heart failure at 22d ave. N. W. and Market at. at 7:15 a. m.| Saturday. He was married, lived at | 6 W. 8th st. and was employed |by the Continental Pipe Co. in Bal lard. Two boys, about 14 years of} age, found him lying dead in the! |atreet, where he had dropped while | on his way to work. He had been jeomplaning that his heart bothered him. ‘The body was taken to the Mittelstadt undertaking parlors R. ROBIN IS VISITING DENVER DENVER.That well known harbinger of spring, Robin Red Breast, has arrived. Residents of the Capitol Hil district here watched one frisk about yester- day. ‘Come On, Cowards’ He Said; Cops Came “Come and get me, ya cowards.” After William Jones, 1907 1B. Madi- son st. had hurled this challenge twice at police by phone Friday night, they came, Jones is charged with being drunk, Snow! But Who Said It Was Beautiful? The rain which had been coming down steadily for two daye turned nto fine flakes of snow ut 9 a. m aturday, The snow melted as it hit the pavements, We Can Bring Back Original Floradora Six BY DR. EDWARD J. BING VIENNA, Feb, 12.—“New cho: rus girls for old” may result from Professor Holzknecht's use of the Roentgen rays for “rejuvenation of women, he indicated today in discussing his discovery with a representative of the United Press, Holzknecht declared he bad al ready succeeded thru his treat ment in bringing back the youth of an actress, formerly a singer of melancholy songs only, who now has become & soubrette as a result of application of the rays. Discovery of his method of “re: juvenating” women by means o! the Roentgen rays was an nounced recently by the pro. fessor Holzknecht !* @ young man, who was associated with Pro- fessor Steinach, famous “rejuven- ator.” but while the latter's proc ess has proven effective for both sexes, Holzknecht's methods haye been applied more especially to women, The new use of the Roentgen ray causes improvement in both the mental and bodily functions of women, Holzknecht said. “Personally, I do not believe ‘rejuvenation’ is quite the ct word to describe my proc he said, “But I can say that my pattefits show marked improvement in their bodily con- dition, “Five hundred women were ex- amined in a Vienna clinic, and the growth in energy among women between 40 and 50 years of age in social activities was noticeat These women became fresher and lovelier, their ekin was firmer and their mood better, and actually they gave the impression of hav ing been rejuvenated.” Holzknecht said that only one treatment was possible, but that its effect was “quite prolonged.” Arkansas Restores Sale of Cigarets LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Feb, 12.— The bill repealing the Arkansas anti cigaret law was before the governor tod following passage in the state senate, late yesterday, by a vote of 56 to 37. The bill previously was passed by the house The measure restores the sale of cigarets in the state, except to mi nore, and provides for licensing of dealers Sen. Chamberlain Is Back in Senate Now WASHINGTON, » rlain place in the + » today after a long illness. Chamberlain's ¢ob leagues congratulated him on his 6x cellent recovery after awseries of op: crauions, COL. C. C. DALTON Because he ta cheating the di- court, which 1¢ a sort of repair shop where broken matrimonial effairs are mended, under his kindly guidance and friendly counsel TRAIL TRAGED IS DISCOVERE Bones of Man, Six Dogs Found in North | DURANGO, Colo. Feb. 12—A tragedy of the Dawson trail has been revealed here with the receipt of in- | formation by friends of Jack Parr, |former Durango resident, that the | bones of a man and six dogs were re- ported found 350 miles from White | Horse, Yukon terrifory, OFFICER LUNCH TUESDAY tics 4 RESCUES — * HANGING Ten-Year-Old Is Attacked as “Bully” and Strung — Up by Rope LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. lice and school authorities anno today they would make an im tion of the attempted lynching yesterday of James Rush, 16, more than a dozen of his mates, whose ages range from | to 14. ATTACKERS FLER i FROM PLOICEMAN Rush was attacked by his plage mates in the school yard, @ placed around his neck, and would-be lynchers drew him off the ground. A patrolman rescued the boy fi death as the others fled, Was learned, had been accused of ing a bully by the other boys, swore revenge. According to the story by authorities, several boys it is said had been by Rush held an indignation ing Friday and agreed to “get bully.” Waiting until school dismissed in the afternoon, boys attacked Rush. One of @ had a rope. In spite of the struggles, the rope was. p around his neck and the other thrown over the limb of a al ne vorce courts out of their prey |The lynchers drew the terrified thru hia new domestic relations | in the air. “Tie the other the lad down. A physician summoned and Rush was home. CHIEF QUESTIONS EIGHT ACCUSED That the boy’s neck broken is a mystery to local cians. They declared death strangulation was barely a’ E'ght boys who are said to participated in the attempted 3 ing will be required to report to the chief of police until case is disposed of. Heads for Heaven but Lands in Wong Fee, 34, planned two to heaven and landed in jail. trolmen N. P. Anderson and R, In the man's clothes was found a|Baerman confiscated the two letter addressed to Parr and written by his flancee, Miss Mary"Maese, San | Elizario, Tex. | Parr and Alex Strong left Haines, | Alaska, for Fairbanks, 780 miles, No- | vember 23, 1920, against the advice |of friends. Indians reported finding | the bones last month, Nothing is known of the fate of Strong. It is believed the men were victims of a wolf pack, Parr served overseas with the 20th engineers, ‘Man Dies on Way to | Hospital; Identified The man who died while being brought to city hospital from 703 Co- lumbia st, at 1:30 a. m. Saturday, was identified Saturday noon as Gust Johnson, by John Bystrom, a friend. Death resulted from alcoholism, according to the coroner's office. Johnson's antecedents are unknown, according to the coroner's office. He was about 40, Union Waitresses O. K. Anti-Jap Bill Enthusiastic indorsement of the | anti.Japanese bill pending in the leg- islature was voted by the Seattle | Waitresses’ unioh at its meeting in |the Labor temple Friday night. No: tification of the indorsement is to be sent to every senator and representa tive at Olympia. [Four Are Burned in Apartment Fire MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 12.—Two women and two children were burned to death In a rooming house here to- day, They were trapped in a room on the second floor of an old frame dwelling. Trial Here Opposed by Stevens’ Slayers C. A. Brown, Louis Madsen and Ward Daniels, charged with murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Patrolman Voiney L, Stevens, will be heard in superior court Monday on their plea to be tried in another, county, | Voluminous affidavits have been filed by the youths claiming that | King county has been stirred to hys- terical rage against them and that ja fair trial is consequently impossi- | ble.. ” Prosecuting Attorney (Malcolm Douglas will personally argue the state's side of the case, ages of dope. | Jimmy’s Grip Had the Usual Conten Jimmie Forino's grip had just most people think grips cogtain tl days. The four bottles were by Patrolman F._J. Mullen, DEMOS SWIPING THE FURNIT WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.— democratic officials about to are taking the White House ture. The matter hasn't been ed to the police, tho, because furniture taken is being c It is the custom to allow each tiring cabinet member to take high back leather upholstered chi in which he sat at cabinet meeti if he replaces it with a new Several of the secretaries have cated they will do this. ees aglia, both 14, buried it. They were | arrested, foreed to dig up the alatm and are held by juvenile authoritiem 7 we Ce ce Has Liquid Hops; One hundred and forty quarts liquefied hops equaled some beer and also a jail visit for La: Buck, 21, waiter, of 2608% Third ave ‘Noisy’ Fish ‘Heard’ — by Cop at Distance Patrolman Joe Revelle smelled the fish coming two blocks away. When it arrived he took it into custody, and also George Willis, 21, negro, who was transporting it Willis ia held on an open charge. The fish” was in a box. Woman Arrested for Running “19th Hole” Mrs. D, Jaogr, 82, of 161 Washing. | ton st., was at Hberty on $300 bail Saturday, after being arrested on a) | warrant issued in Justice John B, Gordon's court. Her establishment is alleged to have been a 19th hole © for the elite “golfers” ef “a ‘ ton st.