The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 28, 1921, Page 1

Weather Tonight and Tuesday, fair; moderate wi southerly ‘Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 56. ¥ a Story Book Lady. Grows Poetic. t-Car Seats. Men Only.” te the twettth of 2 aon ot _ BY MABEL CLELAND O PEEVE is absolutely no good wire brought this heartening to the writer of The Star's No. 134,240,239% walked into he mayor's office Monday and ac- es HL Alfred Owen, Hizzoner’s the man who Invented wa milk,” he declared. “And the n won't pay me royalties.” Owen referred him to lL. B Youngs, superintendent of the city department. Col. Work Named Asst. Postmaster ‘ASHINGTON, March 28.—Col Work, Colorado, has been ‘ ARMSTRONG LIKED THAT HOME BREW Praises ie Lady Snoqualmi for Pint’She Kindly Slip- ped Him During Raid Geattie, March 28, 1921. MRS. V. L. MURPHY, Care Mr. Murphy's Butcher Shop, Bnoquaimie, Wash. Kind Madam: ‘The pint of homebrew you so day while the sheriffs deputies were searching your beautiful home ts hereby acknowledged. I would be a dog not to express my heart- On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Butter drops 2 centa! 363 days until Easter. Postoffice still needs pens that don't serateh. John Sol was shining with moon- whine. $10 fine, Masons get behind move to estab Hah hospital here. Frye hotel building among those Needing face washed. Looks like a right fine spring, as the watchmaker remarked. John Day and Charles O. Sunde were in police court Monday. ‘Ten-SHUN! $885! Pay call for W. N. G. April 15 and May 1, Ahoy, mates! Shipping board en rolls 34 in navingation class at U. Btove got het up; $4,000 damage to | C. M. & Bt. P. coach at Enumclaw. HE ik 243 z ai Es fis tia, | ily Hy rf! Eg t i Rs Ff Zz Ar i £7234 tip 4 s HT ee | the families in Seattle are making hs : But 1 have never tasted such Gelicions, satinfying beverage as the pint I slipped into my overcoat pocket at your kind and timely suggestion while the deputies were out in the yard. My own recipe produces no such finished product. R&TURN TO SEATTLE FRAUGHT WITH PERIL ‘The trip’ back to the city from Snoqualmie was fraught with peril. Bill Downey, in charge of the deputies, noticed a bottle was miss ing out of one of the five cases they found in your home. Pos. sibly he didnt suspect me, but the coincidence seemed to agitate him. He mentioned it, gruffly, several times. | i was with considerable relief, Bill the Burgiar finds prt Look under mattress, sease, Geyser. Hydrant, First ave, W. from house. Seattie second only te Los Angeles in growth rate, 1900 to 1920. Gains Beattie to Philadelphia. Accepts pastorate Arch St. M. E. chureh. Dr, J. K. Crowther, Neighbor gathered three bushels of dandelions Sunday, Going to have nice mess of greens. Emptying jail gartage can, Nick Gasick, trusty, hears call of liberty. Seen him anywhere? Toll bridge acroas Cotumbia, be tween Pasco and Kennewick. Plan of Yakima business men. Everett beer comes high. John Condes had 48 quarts, Biffted $300, federal court, Monday. lawn need mowing? Star city editor knows jobless ex-soldier who needs work. Main 600. Recruiting note: Members W. N. G. MAY eacape poll tax. Brig. Gen. Thompeon asks ruling. Burglary st 160 Main st, John Thompson and Jams J. O'Brien, al- leged ex-convicts, arrested. Bring on your Austrilan mail. Eddie Hubbard, flyin’ postman, meets steamer Makura April 2 Near-sighted burglars overlooked $11, steal 60 cents from home of Mra. T. C. Taylor, 1888 24th ave, N. Nominated for vice president Ihi Lambda Upsilon fraternity. Cart Zeno Draves, 611 10th ave.» N, Still starts fire. House at 48th ave, 8. and Bond st., destroyed. Own- or disappears—quite naturally, Bring ‘em to Seattle! Boeing Air. plane Company seeks contract for building 200 army pursuit planes. April § to 29, Preas club auditorium, Miss Hester Hosford to lecture under auspices City Federation Women's Clubs. “Calvary.” Easter cantata. By Seattle Pacific college chorus, Mon- day night. Third ave. W. and Nick- erson st. Lor’ lumme, w‘at ha subjec’! “Tax appointed first assistant postmaster) 1 assure you, that I got out of|ation,” Prof. Frank J. Laube, U. of general, the White House nouneed today. BY AILEEN CLAIRE on Washington st., snugly hidden up a back alley, is Yussif Ben All's coffee shop, presided over by Yussif's spouse, the voluptuous Fat‘ma. It was past midnight and the few Greeks and Turks and Arabe in the place were drowsing over their thick, tirupy coffee, when ti was pushed open and a small party of uptown “swells” poured into the little cafe. ‘They were “slummers,” who, tir ing of the more orthodox cabarets, dad invaded Yussif’s place in search ¢ a thrill, The boys were in trig tvening clothes, the girls in glitter. rocks. Yunsif, smelling some easy money, hered them to a table, and La Belle i'ma waved a fat hand from her oe at the cashier's dewk. “You mak’ the dance?” auéried Tuseif politely, beckoning to the street door | an-|the auto at the edge of the city|W.: (Turn to Last Page, Column 1) heavy-yed pianist to strike up a fox trot. The invaders “Gisregurded the curious stares of the few habitues of | the place and plunged into the flat- footed, rubber-ankled steps of the monkey toddle—that latest of Broad. way dance inventions. “1 say, old dear, this is pretty rough,” whispered one of the young men to his partner. “The old buck Blanc’s cafe; Tuesday noon. (Muny league meeting.) who runs this joint might pbject to our dancing like this. These kinds of resorts have to be more circum: spect than the cabarets uptown. The police keep closer watch on them.” The girl! removed her cheek from the man's long enough to say: “That gets a gurgle out of me. | You can’t shock thene people.” | The dancing grew in intensity, |newer and wilder variations of the jcurrent steps were attempted—then the music stopped with a crash. The dancers, startled, halted their tracks. flashed before the eyes “slumming” party. Yussif, with an authoritive arm rained, stood In the middie of the | floor. “The nounced, “What's wrong, oldtimer?” one of the boys asked. “Are you closing of the shop ees close,” he an- in| Visions of @ police raid | SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1921. Mrs, Stillman Enjoys Happy Easter With Children * 4 »& * » & * Batere@as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, §5 to 69 * *» # =| TheSeattle Star *+-_ » © * » S-- ee AFFECTS ‘Inside Story of Famous Divorce Case Is Revealed INCOME RETURNS Profit Derived From Sale of Capital Assets Taxable, Says Supreme Court WASHINGTON, March 28—The federal government, by decision of the supreme court, today won one of the big suits growing out of the ted- eral Income tax laws. One hundred | millions will be kept in the federal treasury as 4 resutt, The court held constitutional a pre vision of the law providing that a profit derived from tne sale of capital amnete—stocks, bonds, or other se curitiee—is income and therefore taxable. | The court held that auch « was income and not capital, but cided that the tax can be levied only when it is clearly apparent that taxpayer derived a gain from of capital asseta. e In accordance with a concession by the government, the court knocked owt one proyinton of the Juw which applied to recurities purc! before Mareh 1, 1913, The law provided that the profit on the xales of sueh secur. Hies showd be computed by subtract- their value on that date from jaan & Trust Co, Chicago, aa trustees for the estate of Arthur before converting assets which have appreciated greatly in value during recent years, LONDON, March 28.--The moat destructive arson campaign yet at- tempted in England by Sinn Feiners was carried out over the week-end. Damage amounting to thousands of pounds was done in Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire, where 40 farm fires broke out simultaneously. Hay ricks, thatched roof buliding» and farm property were destroyed. One suspect was under arrest. Turkish Troops in Disorderly Retreat ATHENS, March 27.—The 12th corps of the Turkish army has been dispersed, according to the Greek communique today. The war office reported the cap- ture of Afliouncarahimaar, east of Brulsa, after Turkish nationalists Wore frustrated in an attempted sur. prise attack. The Greeks launched an immediate attack while the Turks were con- fused, the communique said, with the result that the enemy started head long in disorderly retreat. Cops, Beauties ’nd Home Brew Tangled Patrolman 289, bathing beauties, a gallon of alcohol, a suitcase of high- voltaged flavoring extracts and a home brew outfit were all tangled up Monday. Copper 389 and the Alki Venuses were photographs, but the others appeared in their native spir- ita. They were salvaged from Raster street cars and sent to the lost and found bureau of the muny railway. up?" “It ees my wife, Fat'ma. She mak’ trouble,” replied Yussif, dropping his voice and indicating the gesk whore sat the coy and giggling Fat'ma. “{ don’t care how mooch you do | dance, but my wife, she ver’ relig’. She don’ lak the--what you call eet? monkey toddle.” “Well, we'll go @ little easy on the toddle," the spokesman for the crowd promised SCHMITT WILL HANG FRIDAY Hour Secret; Seattle Wom- an Thinks He’s Her Son John Schmitt, the murderer, has three more days to live—Tueaday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday he will be banged in the penitentiary at Walla Walla for the killing of three Seattle policemen and a civilian at Olympia, Tho exact time of day when the trap is to be sprung is known only to W. G. Potta, the new warden, A woman who thinks she may be the mother of Schmitt, has been located in Seattle by Sheriff Matt Starwich, She has time after time looked at the picture of the slayer and declared ashe believes he is her son. Starwich is keeping her name se cret. She is not quite sure of Schmitt's identity, If he is her boy she does not want his sister to know. The sister is shortly to be married. Attempted Suicide; Condition Serious Mrs. Stella Robinson, 32, who tried to commit suicide Saturday in the Seward hotel, 515 Third ave. by drinking bichloride of mercury, was in serious condition in city hospital Monday. Her condition is not critical, as yet. Utilizes Auto to Steal Horse Cart Using an auto ive power, an thief stole a twowheeled horse cart, belonging to J. H. Statleselt, Ferdinand st. and Lake Washing- ton boulevard Suday night, “Ket no work,” Yussif repeated. ‘Fat'ma, she ver’ relig’. She ees raised lak that. All her life she ees | queer about dance. She say she no lak the Amerique dance. Ket give her a pain.” “Well,” snorted one of the girls in- dignantly, “I think your wife is very | narrow. There is nothing wrong with lene American dances.” Yussif . shrugged his expreasive shoulders and glanced cautiously at his gigantic spouse. “She been lak that all time,” he repeated. “She ees lak that when I marry her. I was in acrobat beez ness with Streets of Cairo company at Alask’ fair here, Beeg tumblin’ act.” “Did your wife work with the company, too?” a girl asked. Yussif beamed. “Bhe one of the bes’ in the beez- ness," he declared proudly. “She do | the hoocha-cooch!” “T've had such a happy Easter,” Mrs. James A. Stillman declared today. Mrs. Stillman apparently dismissed her divorce suit from her mind en- tirely to revel in the Easter sunshine ‘with her children. “It's one of the have spent in years,” she . “Bo many of my friends have written me beautiful letters assuring me of their love and friendship, “I had my children with me. They are well and happy. “The other things are bad dreams. ‘These are the realities.” SON REFUSED FATHER'S HAND AT INTERVIEW It was learned today from a re- Mable source that Mra. Stillman and her wealthy husband had an inter. view at the banker's apartment in New York last January. Her friends related with amusement the story that on entering the apartment she shook hands with, Stiliman, but that their son, “Bud,” refused to see his father’s proffered hand. ended when Stiliman said: “It pains me very much, Anne, to consider all you are going thru and will have to go thru. I am very sorry.” Mra. Stillman was maid to have ended the interview with the re. tort: “Don't feel sorry for me now, * & & NEW YORK, March 28.—Here are the facts in the Stillman divorce tangle, which has shaken society. The information obtained comes from charges officially filed and from affidavits sworn to and now locked up in the supreme court of New York. EPISODE 1 4¢77IM” STILLMAN, as he was known in 1901, married society's. debutant beauty, Anne Urauhard Potter, in Grace church, on June 3 of that year. | It was the crowning social event of that season. Gossips freely predicted that the couple would soon part be- cause, as they expressed: it, their taaten were identically alike. These prophets of grief reminded each other that Jim and Anne be- longed to the outdoor set of whirl. wind spert, and that each boasted in- dependence of thought, purposw and action, Jim was a Harvard man who had been pitcher of the Varsity nine, winner of the single seull race on the Charles river, and later quarterback on the Harvard team which beat Yale 18 to 0. Anne was an auburn-haired beauty with the blood of her impetuous actress-mother stirring in her veins, an equestrienne of note, tennis play- er and breeder of pedigreed dogs. Roth were fond of saying they were unconventional, that they adored bunting, and that they were fond of children. ‘lwo years after their marriage a duughter, Anne, was born to them. Upon their return to New York James Stillman entered the employ of the National City Bank asa clerk, ‘The Interview was said to have} ek & & HERE IS THE INSIDE STORY OF STILLMAN DIVORCE CASE the territory were unfriendly to Mra. Stillman because of a dispute over the building of a boat house. They were hostile to Fred Beauvais, who muperintended affairs for Mra. Still- man, they said, because of his dom- ineering way and the fact that he would not permit profiteering. “They wouldn't have dared to around the house,” one declared of the alleged statement by a witness that he had seen Mrs. Stillman and Beauvais in a room at the summer home. “Beauvais is terridie when he's angry. I've seen him fight. He broke a man's jaw with one blow. No man in Grand Aunse would have dared peep thru a keyhole or climb ladders to watch Fred.” * & & His father was president of the in- stitution. His college training, his ability to think and act wisely at a critical momnt, together with his father's powerful influence, served to Promote young Stillman. In 1904, then, James was seen to be steadily advancing towani the po- sition of bank head. It was remem: bered that his family was linked with the Rockefellers thru marriage. Fut between the mantle of his father and himself the powerful fig- ure of Frank A. Vanderlip, erstwhile reporter who developed into a mighty figure in world finance, stood guard. Meanwhile Mra. Stillman, still. 9 society favorite, attracted more at: tention than when she had been feted as plain Fifi Potter. In the Episcopal church, where her young husband was a deacon and Sunday school teacher, she was the recognized lead- er of ultra-smart bazaars, She came into marked prominence when on several occasions she ap- peared in classic poses at public ex- hibitions, her tall, erect figure and Grecian profile causing much cdm- ment in the press of the day. In 1907 it. was whispered about that Stillman, Sr, was keeping a sharp lookout on his son, The father was then not only president of the bank but chat of the board of directors. “Fifi" Stillman was still a favorite in society. EPISODE 2. IGHT YEARS LATER, in 1915, it was generally known that young “Jim" Stillman spent much of his time at his clubs. Old newspaper clippings hinted that a rift had come between him and his talented wife, (Turn to Last Page, Column 2) = PORTLAND, March # yearold Irene Carlson was a here today and police were : for the burglar she put to rout’ night by crashing a vase down this head as he was about te shoot ‘TOKYO, March 38.—The Japanese government has sent an ultimatum — to ‘the Chita government in Siberia: notifying the Chita government that unless it will negotiate with Japan, — Japan will take free action jn Siberia, to protect Japanese fishing inter esta. Ha! Ha! Aged Gents Laugh at Poll Tax » Ha-ha-ha-hal Gales of demoniac laughter teased from the private sanctum of Coum cilman Robert .B. Hesketh Monday, and was echoed on the fifth floor by © Charles R. Case, superintendent of streets and sewers. Both Hesketh and Case celebrated their 50th birthdays Monday, LINEN WAGON DRIVER RATHER PROVOKED BY FALL OF 7°STORIES BAN FRANCISCO, March 28. —Griffith Humphrey, a hotel linen man, shoved his linen wagon thru the open door of an elevator at a Fourth st. hotel today. The itor was’ absent. Humphrey and his linen wagon fell seven stories. Humphrey was found unhurt and smiling, sitting comfortably on top of the high pile of linen when the crash attracted other hotel employes. “Now, I've got to take this stuff back up,” he commented. “I wanted to stop at the fourth floor.”