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GERMAN REDS Tonight and southeaste Maximum, 53. tll VOLUME 23 Peeves: The Celluloid Ashtray. Chalcraft Gets It. You Can't Peeve Him. He Reads Dictionaries. ‘This te the ninth of « serice of ar- tleles in which members of The Star staff tell what displenses them most, aad why BY EF. P. CHALCRAFT } 8 A MATTER OF FACT, 1/ wasn't aware that I wag foster | Parent TO a peeve, To be sure, I saw what Afleen, Red, Angle and the others were writing, for, contrary to tradition, I do read the front pare of my own paper oc casionally. But nobody said any- thing to me about baring my inner. Most emotions to the waiting world, and I came to the conclusion that, | we knowing my amiable and easy: | going nature, they'd decided to dub me Hopeless, and leave me out of) their peeve party. My desk crouches coyly next to the city editor's, the principle being. | I suppose, the same as putting the Worst boy on the front seat in school. Several times during the last jweek the city editor has addressed Me—bdut not a word about peeves. AT FIRST HE WAS ENCLINED TO BE MIFFED For a white I was inclined to feel somewhat peev—er—miffed about it But on second thought and first look im the dictionary I felt otherwise, I got an eyeful of synonyms and changed my mind. “Peevish,” says Webster (t wasn't ‘Webster's dictionary, but I'm not go> ing to be accused of writing free ad. ‘vertising) means “feebly fretful and irritable; 2 Gencription to hang on a ro “Childish, ota Hm! Reading turther: perverse, perhaps imitative child's fretful ery.” That's as far as I got. I slammed the book down gently and went out AED LEAVE THAT TO THE REST OF THE FORCE Write a peeve? Well, I guess not!) Let the rest of the force air their contrarity if they chose, but as for) me—! ‘That was two days back. A few minutes ago the city editor turned to me and said: “Chal, old top, I've gotta have a peeve out of you right away.” “Can't.” I implored, “Write it,” said he. So, tho I don't qualify, I have to| sworn out in Tacoma against the! shine. write about my peeve. But that's nothing, It isn't the first time a re} porter hag milled out half a column or 80 about something he hadn't the | slightest idea of. (Yes, dear proof reader, I know a final preposition’s against the rul I'd revise the sen- tence if I weren't so p—~pushed for time) What have I to be peeved about, anyway? Got a wood job, short hours, my own boss, and making Niore money than I know how to spend. p { And there you are’ Ill Was This Wind; | Wafted Rum Smell) MOULTRIE, Ga, March 24.—The smoke from a dozen stump fires blew across the road at Lewis John- son's farm, near here. But the wind shifted as a county police- man passed, He got a whiff that suggested and found a 100-pound It's an Ul “stump rum,” lard can outfit in a hedge wind—" said the policeman, Man Is Drugged on Train; Dies BUTTE, Mont, March 24—The} +] death late yesterday of George E moved from an Oregon Short Line train Tuesday suffering from a) lapse of memory, was due to drug-| es o ging, according to a statement by | Chief of Police Murphy today, | a gs Clark boarded the train at tello, Idaho. Local authorities believe the man was drugged in Pocatello, robbed ot $6,000, and placed on a train foi Butte. BUY THAT USED CAR NOW Autos, both used and new, will not get any cheaper. The indications are that the prices will soon raise, as haw happened already with @ balf dosen makes of new cars Poca ‘There will be no shortage of this season. We have been told that a8 will soon be cheaper. | The Aifterence between a good used || auto sold by @ reliable firm and « new auto is often only the price ‘The best bargains In used cars can aiways be found on the Want Ad page of The Star. If you expect to buy Hook there today. If you have @ used car for sale call Main 600. THE SHATTLY, STAR ‘The cewepaper with the circulation, Weather casional rain; moderate Temperature Last 24 Hours Teday noon, 47, | Chria, you're soaking wet. oth in his life. | be got into his dry clothes, Friday, oc- rly winds, Minimum, 44, LOCAL ARRESTS IN CRONKHITE CASE? SHOOTING PROBE IS EXTENDED Former Army Man Held at New York, Charged With Murder With Capt. Robert Rosenbluth, formerty chief of forestry eervice in this state, held in New York on war. | rants charging him with “murdering | or causing to be murdered Maj. Al exander P. Cronkhite,” local arrests | were thought Thursday to be con- templated in connection with the In. Lewis in 1918. Rosenbluth was held Thursday | without bail for examination Satur. | a. m, Monday. day. He was with the expeditionary forces and at Camp Lewin His ar fest was said to have followed ad minions by former Sergt. Roland Porthier, arrested in the same case. LONG CODE MESSAGE 1S RECEIVED A long code message was recetved Thursday by Chief J. F. McAuley, of the bureau of investigation of the department of justion. He immedi. ‘Stely went into “conference with United States District Attorney Saunders. While the contents of the commu- nication were not disclosed, Saun- ders conceded that developments tn the Cronkhite case were expected tate Thursday afternoon or early Friday. Chief McAntey refused to com ment. Thursday morning District Attor. ney Saunders received a telegram from the district attorney in New York, Francis T. Caffey, asking if he had filed charges against Capt Rosenbluth, At that time no action had been taken, but shortly before noon Saunders sald he was having a warrant charging manslaughter officer, Maj. Cronkhite was shot on Octo ber 25, 1918, at Camp Lewis, Wash FIND HE WAS OT IN BACK litary investigation found A the time that Major Cronkhite acci. dentally killed himself. turn from France of Major Genera Cronkhite, the major’s father, the de- | partment of justice reopened the case. The body was exhumed and it was established that the dead officer had been shot in the back, the wound being impossible of self infliction. On March 19, last, former Sergeant Roland Porthier was located and be. fore a court martial pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaugh ter. He claimed that his gun was accidentally discharged during target practice and that the bullet struck Major Cronkhite. He is said to have implicated two others, At the time it was rumored that an enemy of the major and a brother officer was hidden in a clump of bushes at the time of the shooting. Rosenbluth’s arrest followed many months of trailing by agents of the department of justice, during which the former captain was traced thru France, England, Russia and Siberia. fle is a forestry expert, and for a year wan chief of forestry service in this state. BEGIN HERE TODAY Chris Lawlens, adopted son of George ch an English millionaire, marries daughter, Marie, soon after her ather's death, Maris, believing herself her father's money, goea with to a seaside hotel on their honey There she overhears “Feathers Dakers, her husband's ehum, remark that Chris married for money. Marie swimming, and would have drowned Weathers’ saved her Later takes her to the theatre, and Heriot, @ 7 Mre. hin wife. Feathers Chris gorse rowing with Mra widow. The ° Heriot begs Chris not to tell NOW GO ON WITH #TORY (Continued From Our Last Insue) Chris swore under his breath, He would have gone on without speak. ing, but Feathers caught his arm. “Hullo. And then: “Good Not an r accident, surely? Who have you pulled out—this time?” “Myself. I went out in a skiff and the damned thing upset.” Feathers stood aside silently and Chris went up to his room He had never felt #0 uncomfortable He had a hot bath before On the re! Lord, | START On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Sta Entered as Second Clase Matter May 3,1 at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Yoar, by Mati, §5 to $9 Sneexy Ka-chew! | Kaachew! Gold id the head. Seattio Moose install officers, | Seattle schools up to date, say teachers | Jolting cider, Y, Saki, 608 King st. $100 bail | Shorteake season on. Louisiana | Yeatigation of the shooting at Camp | trawberries hit local mart, Masong hold “extinguishing lights" ceremony Thursday | Queen Anne high grads to meet 9 Schoo! auditorium. Champ life savers of ¥. W. CA | clanses go to Portiand to pick prises Strong men and bakers weep. | Hard wheat four drops $0 conta a | barrel. New dean of men at U. James E Gould, architect, Succeeds Arthur A. Priest Raise more crops, Revive bust ness. Wm. A. Day, Frisco, tells Ro | tary club Rogers Brown Co. bankrupta Re cotver invests $250,000 in treasury certificates, Aspiring pharmactete taking ex ams at Frye hotel. Dr. D. B. Garri- fon gives ‘em. ” China boy and Jap boy come to | Seattle a stowaways. Uncle Sam to send ‘em back. Extension class in dreammaking starts April 5 at university, Tues days, 10 to 12 Sold liquor to U. of W. student ads guilty. Sentence Monday. Wiliam Emch, Lake Union busy place these days. |Sun Dodger crew training hard for| | race with Golden Bears. Sun Dodger, U. of W. comic | monthly, has eye to business, Sells | movie rights to its jokes | Federal jury soaks Reany Myers, | 414 Yale ave. N., for having moon Sentence Monday U. of W. graduates 61 ors of science, art Where're all the married men? | John W. Wilson arrested. Charge, embezalement Waa former Seattie manager for N. P. labor agent Back to home and fireside. School work's over at U. Registration for | epring quarter begins Tuesday Fake deputy assessor abroad | Don't let him list you for taxation, warns Assessor Frank W. Hull | Chamber of Commerce wants county to give government 420 acres | at Willows; neck federal hospital 1 Forest service men unite to stamp Jout campfire menace thin season. “Put out your fires” to be slogan, Too much work. Dean M, L. Spencer resigns from U board of con |trol. Prof. Fred A. Osborne takes Job. Henry Suzzafio one of highest paid | university presidents in country, says annual report of bureau of edu cation. He gets $12,000 a year | Mra Mary F. Roberts sues Seattle | Bakery Co. for $12,300 for killing | husband. Drops suit Wednesda | Names wrong bakery company | defendant State supreme court justice to con | duct initiation ceremonies of Phi Delta Phi, honorary men’s law fra ternity of university, Saturday night, April 2, at Blanc’s cafe. bache! or something. | SEATTLE, WASH.,, THURS CITY HUNT FOR BOOZE 1 DAY, MARCH 24, 1921. America Passes Away at Age of 86 Cardinal Gibbons is dead. in America parsed awuy today after & long Hiness. He was 86 years of age, Cardinal Gibbons died at 1135 a m Monsignor John Bonzano, apos tolic delegate to the United States Bishop Owen MB. Corrigan, viear gen eral of the Baltimore IS ILLEGAL Court Decision Kills Search | Warrants; Heavy Damage | Suits May Follow Search warrants baued by the po- Mee court to enforce the city's dry jordinance are without authority end, | no peace officer hax a right to pro. joeed under them, Superior Court jJudge Austin EB. Griffiths decided Thursday morning. By the deciston thousands of much warrants ismued during the last year and by the presumed legality of which police have closed many small places of business and are alleged to have used hand axes to demolish furniture, are declared in valid | | Because of this fact hundreds of damage suite may be brought | Agninat the city on the heels of |Judge Griffith's decision, according jto Attorneys Jobo J. Sullivan and jJohn F. Dore, who represested J. |W. Day, proprietor of a soft drink extablishment ac 14244 First in his petition for an injunetion against Police Chief W. H. Searing | which Friday's decision grants ‘The police had clamned they found |nard older to Dey’ place and had | threatened, ft wamlieged, to close up his establishment and demolish the paraphernalia he used in his bus ners He brought his court action months ago to teat the validity of | the search warrant under which his place was entered by the police His contention that the city In| jWithout power to confer jurisdiction on its muncipal court to issue search and seizure warrants is specifically | upheld by Judge Griffiths The court holds that the legista | ture alone could grant such author: | ity to the municipal court and fh has hot an yet done no. In connection with the ruling the court adds: “It is not necessary now to decide whether «uch warrants can be used lawfully as battle axes to destroy | property.” | In conclusion the court says it May be regretted that the efficiency | of enforcement of the dry laws may | be hampered by the ion, but points out that the superior court and justices of the peace are fully clothed with power to issue all nec emmary search and eeizure warrants Girl First Poll Tax | Victim to Register In the grand rush (the “rush”) being fictitious and the “grand”| being untrue) to register for the | poll tax Friday morning, Miss Flor ence V. Schultz, 614 Blaine ave., stenographer in the off of Peters & Powell, attorneys, was the | first King county subject to sign up with Assessor Frank W. Mull | John Barrett, 41, 218 Occidental ave., came 15 minutes later to apply |for the privilese of paying $5 for }m license to live in the state. And Harry Hasn’t a Shot Left Now Harry Grey, former naval chief, goes home before dark now. A thief stole his trusty pistol night eaters | Ia Hé rang for a hot whisky and went to Marie's room, He could hear her moving about inside, and tapped at the door, “Come tn.” “Did you think I'd got lost?” he | asked lightly. | “Did you play billiards, after allt Marie avked. She did not answer his | question No.” He looked away from her and up at the moon with vindictive eyes. “I took a skiff out and got upset.” He laughed awkwardly “Got upset!’ Her voice was full of alarm. “Oh, Chris, you might have been drowned!” Hia handsome eyes searched her face; she looked wonderfully sweet and dainty in the moonlight, and with sudden impulse he stooped and took her hand. “It's a queer sort of honeymoon, Marie Celeste,” he said rather hoaraely “Are you sorry yet that you mar. ried me?" “Of course not.” “Good night, Marte Celeste.” 4 “Good night.” ! She opened the door again and looked out on to the landing; she know Chris’ room was the one next) to hers, with a communicating door | | which she had locked of her side: = { She had put out het hand trem blingly to knock at his door when suddenly she heard his voice from | Within, speaking angrily | | “Look here, I'm not going to be ectured by you and that's finall The | | Lord ¢ knows why you've sud denly climbed into the pulpit like| this, If you say you saw me with| Mrs. Heriot it's no use denying it,| but it’s nothing to do with you, and| "ll thank you to mind your own| confounded business. It Was an ac) cident that the skiff drifted away, 1 |tell you! And it's a darned lucky | thing I could swim, or should have been left on that Infernal boat {all night! And then you would have |had something to talk about, but as it is. he broke off, and there followed the angry slamming of a| drawer, we [in blank astonishment and a large number of other clergy: men were at the cardinal's home when hin eminence died MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD AT THE BEDSIDE Dr, Charles D. Donovan, permonal physician of the cardinal, spent moat of the morning at the bedside of the dying prelate. When he left at 11:20 o'clock he notified the members of the household that the cardinal, be cause of his weakened condition, could lve but a short time, The members of the household gathered at the cardinal’s bedside, They were Joined a few minutes later by thy cardinal’s confemor, the Rev John Boyer of St Mary’s sem- inary At 1130 o'’clocy the nursing sister told the priests gathered at the bed side that the cardinal had only a few minutes to live. Father Stickney read the prayers for the dying and administered again the last rites of the church. The sister enid the car. dinal breathed his last at 11:33 o'clock, but she did not officially Pronounce him dead until 11:37 clock. GRAM IS SENT POrE BENEDICT Immediately after the death of the cardinal, Father Connolly as chancel lor of the archdiocese, fied Bishop Owen B. Corrigan, aux ilary bishop of Baltimore and pastor of St. Gregory's church, of the death of the prelate. Bishop Corrigan at once sent a cablegram to Pope Bene. dict XV. in Rome, while Father Con nolly sent telegrams” to every arch bishop and bishop in Ameriba News of the death of the cardinal quickly spread and before noon a large crowd gathered tn the rain in front of the cardinal's residence on Charles st Mayor Froentng ordered the city hall bell tolled and the flags on the municipal building placed at halt | mast The cardinal has been tn poor health since last December. He rallied during the latter part of February and apparently was on the road to recovery, when a sudden turn for the worse came | last week and all hope for his re-| recover covery was given up The final stage of the cardinal’s iliness began on Sunday. He had recovered suffictentty (Turn to Page 7, Columa to ‘Then Feattiers spoke, quite quiet and without any anger. ‘It's no use losing your temper, Chris, It was the merest chance that I happened to see you. As you say, It's no business of mine, but as Mrs. Heriot is the of wom. an she is, I say that you ought to tell your wife the truth. You can’t trust Mrs. Herlot—she'll make the devil's own mischief one of these days.” Chris laughed defiantly. He was furious at being hauled over the coals in such a manner, more especi- ally as Feathers had never made the slightest attempt to do such a thing before. he amuses me, anyway,” ho said, ntly. ‘She doesn't bore me to th, as the rest of her sex do, and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.” CHAPTER VIII Marie woke in the morning with a bad headache. She went in to breakfast before Chris arrived, and ‘he looked at her when he viol * * * Head of Catholic Church in BALTIMORE, March 24.—James The head of the Catholic, church archdiocese officially noti- | The Late Cardinal Gibbons ‘WOOD TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE enger on Wenatchee Major General Leonard A. Wood, |delegated by President Harding to investigate and |eonditions in the Philippines, will rail April 9, the new liner Wenatchee, he announced political industrial day from Seattle, on The $472,022, | preciatio Chamber of Commerce. | ns pre-| not uador, | it and also anged | in a wire sent today to the Seattle | He has cancelled reservati | viously made on the liner sailing from San Fra ja banquet which had been ¢ for him in that city. His reason for changing his plans inel ms it is announced, is that by sailng |from Seattle he will travel on shorter route and can hb en days later and will four days sooner than from San Francisco. ° arrive in Manila if he sailed PASAI . nent | as | (CARLINES SHOW $20,736 GAIN Major General to Be Pass- Profit for February of Muny System Announced Seattle's street car system made | jo) 20,736 last month, according to the official figures made public Thurs The average daily gain, due to the increased fare, was $8 February expenses totaled including interest and de- n charges, uded in among The revenue amounted to $492. Increase fares Principal for the due on the purchase price of the lines was the expense month resulted in a drop in the number of passengers carried of 3,500 daily. Urging Hamon Girl to Avoid Movies EN the |Procter Suing for Clara Smith amon ’ he First Gen. Wood’s Fund CHICA March 24.—William ‘attended meeting. Cooper Procter brought suit today to | cates your intentic $110,000 he advanced for Gon. Leonard Wood's futile fight for the presidency yes! Sprague, Chicago, who Was treasur-! do so. er of the Wood campaign committee, sauntered up to the table. It was Mrs, Heriot who spoke, “Personally, I'm too worn out to | the gr playing do anything but lounge about,” she said. “And you * * * you look wrully tired yourself, Chris.” with un M te raised her eyes. 1, he had rather a nasty ad-| ventu last night, didn't he?" she/ sald quietly, “What a fortunate! «nobod thing for you both that he could swim, wasn't it, Mrs, Heriot?” Then Mrs, Heriot said with a little Juncertain ‘laugh: “So he told you! | How brave of him! I advised him | not to, you know. I thought after ur own dreadful accident it would only unnerve you again.” Marie laughed. ht it was a most exciting fu said which led into th den. Mrs. Heriot laughed softly. “So you told her, then,” she said, | rday’s | picting your life tragedy by | picture films and urges you, in the The suit was filed against A. A.| name of religion and morality, not to (Signed,) “8. Hl. STAINES, Church Clerk.” “You mean press d Cal., March 24 First Baptist church of this ci following telegram to earnestly as patches, ball in vy to the A Bachelor Husband quoted Raptist church of this city, by unanimous vote of a largely: depre- in of de motion Chris turned on his heel without answering, and followed his wife into there were some children sunshine Marie was standing watching them4daynamited. Two more persons | eoing eyes. and Who told you about last night?" “Somebody must have told you,” he said doggedly, Her brown eyes tet his sorrow. fou ought to have told me,” she “Chris, don’t you think we coukli | currency. go home at the end of the week?" » home!’ he echoed kharply, Aunt Madge?” think I'm rather tired of * she said, ‘But it would 1 |have been horrid if you had had to stay out there all night, wouldn't it?” She rose with a little yawn, as if the|shan’t be sorry to subject no longer interested her, and | myself.” walked over to the open window His face changed leave a little, comes Feathers,” he added. He had not seen his friend that (Turn to Page 9, Columa 2) ll go tomorrow if you like; I the place “Here ‘Machine Guns, Hand ades, Rifles Used in Fi Buildings Dynamited BY CARL D. GROAT BERLIN, March 24—@ |communists fought today for trol of the government. { ‘They instituted a reign of thruout mid-Germany. | Property destruction and 25 followed the trail of 4 from the great shipyards in burg to the mining regions im | south and even to the outekint Berlin. Police fought off the reds, some cases were o mobs, They were forced” | trench at Eisleben, Hand | rifles and machine guns lin the fighting, Banks jand public buildings Mines were rendered | Were flooded or the | out. The death list inctuded: Seventeen in Hamburg, Freiburg and five in Eisleben, Eisleben was the scene of iticularly violent demons ‘Street fighting broke out there: |the police beleaguered in thelr it racks. ‘ derailed when communists section of track. Twenty thousand workers |big Leuna works went on ining the street crowds and ing the work of the police more cult, é At Hamburg the fighting when communists urged fellow | workers to join them in @ Police interfered, using thelr ae. volvers and rifles. Two policemen and 15 ists were killed. e | Huge bands of communists, by lawless elements, participated | the looting of banks and |in Wansleben, Mansfield and La zig. : Efforts were made to bring ity police into action against the rising. FIGHTING STARTS z AT, NOON HOUR é Fighting in Hamburg begaa noon when lunch hour crowds. the big shipyards. E Arguing violently for a strike, | munists precipitated small fist # which grew into riots, Police charged the s crowds. Two policemen were beaten | killed while the mob swept |them. The remaining officers ff into the crowd, killing 15 before streets were cleared. Hamburg quieted at night with streets heavily guarded, ther rush was expected today, but declared they were able to meet attacks. Three attempts were made to mite a courthouse at Leipzig. © pants of the building were driven. The third explosion did great 4 to the structure. The nearby at had been cleared and no resulted. COURTHOUSB ~ 18 BLOWN UP <a Three deaths were reported | Freiburg when a courthouse oo fe injured in the crashing masonry. Police beat back a great crowd at Hettsted which stormed a line of ficers demanding that the town hall, be handed over to them, Re! f tionary banners and flags ero out in the mob, Rat” A large band of radicals re guards away from a small bank +e Rodlewisch, tore the bars from the” windows and obtained a quantity - Communists gained the support other workers at Marienburg heavy police guards were stationed factory gates, The workers unit declaring war on the officers. Bie Police quickly suppressed a be which formed at Auelbach intent of ” wrecking the town hall. t Rioters used armored lorries in rorizing Mansfield, A large fired on a squad of police early iy (Turn to Page 2, Column > | wa san