The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 11, 1921, Page 1

| ! } Today ; moderate Last 24 Hours Minimum, 46, noon, 56, ~ VOLUM On the 1: The Seattle Star fatter May 3. Entered as Sec ue of Americanism 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921. a There Can Be No Compromise Warh,, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 EX-KAISER BARRED FROM. WIFE’S BURIAL mann @aeather Tonight and Tuesday, prod- ably rain westerly winds, Temperature Maximum, 68. TH LATE EDITION weed The Taste of Earwigs. They Dote on Soap. H Slide Piano Strings. Paris Green Appetizer. LILLIAN A. LE BALLISTER. PARWIGS are my pet “peeve” at Uhis season of the year. Rumor ya they were brought here a num: ¢ of years ago from Holland in/ Eabulbs, but 1 did not make their PeMcquaintance until the kalver took there, when their Wimnigration was very noticeable, show remarkable intelligence and nination of the insect. Being of a democratic disposition, to Queen Anne H y to Roy st., mak journey on the e all Queen Anners a retiring nature, ithey came pably interweight, | and having Soupled with a disbelief in race sul ieide, guined a foothold long before their arrival was noted. TA 1 don't blame them for selecting pone Anne as thelr initial place of residence, as It Is one of the } beauty spots of our city. I know, be. @ause I live there. Iam WPecause 1 Fannot erad Shav® tried everything y to nicotine | Their favorite hour of labor ts un- Ger the cover of darkness, stripping | the stems of tender green planta in P Mower beds and concealing them- 3 ate t from coal oll among the petals of roses, ) T@ahlias and other lovely bloksoms, “Which they adore to mutilate It “peeves” me when my friends - ‘our roses are beautiful, but ‘do not bring me any, because they # are full of earwigs.” They seem particularly fond of “music, eating whole scale passages out of my Chopin, making a simpil- ‘fied edition, as ft were, _ In Diterature, their diet ts varied, px from the dally paper to ‘ebster's Unabridged and Shakes. certainty was peeved when I “found them playing tag tn my bath tub, so I decided to drown them. I filled the tub and gwaited results. They playfully entered into the spirit | of the affair, and after sundry re * lay races, they practiced the “craw!,” brush, then ate the soap. positive annihilation. It was exc lent as an appetizer; seemed to make them more ambitious, for after spreading a sumptuous repast on flower beds and various places, I actually found them dusting them elven in it, and om closer invest! Fation discovered tiny trails leading to my plano. Aba! they are going to die in the plano, I mused, but as a muser I am a faile selves on the felt that adorns the hammers, and being disturbed, romptly slipped down the strings, ¢ firemen answering a hurry call, and scurried to my clothes closet. Horrors!. They have eaten the therries on my new spring hat, and that is my peeviest “peeve” of all! HALF-BREED IS UP FOR MURDER Thomag Gurand, half breed Indian clamndigger, who shot Oscar Boklen with a rifle om Vashon island Decem- ber 8, 1920, went on trial for murder in the first degree In Judge Mitchell ath's court Monday. Bokien died is wound February 11, 1921. Questions put to prospective jurors by counsel forthe defense Indicated See of that Gurand would plead self-de- fense, Gurand’s Indian wife watch | td the proceedings with obvious in- a terent. ™ Gurand, who {# said to have been living on Bokien's land free, is sup posed to have shot the latter as a re. sult of a quarrel over a seine. Earnie Bokien, Seattle chiropractor, in a brother of the dead man. At the trial John D. Carmody, leputy prosecuting attorney, is repre- venting the state, and Arthur Griffin the defendant Battle Practice of Fleet to Continue j SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 11.—Rat practice of the ships of the Pa cific fleet will be continued in south ern waters for the rest @f the month, 1% was announced today. The big guns of the dreadnoughts will boom morning. An made that the de have ttered ‘ds in practice in off the cor t tomorrov cement er sh Dancers too Happy, Two deput ffa attended They oners t of the ev en oe ing they noticed r ng out and] much corr n ther with increasing ty as time passed The ed ot , throng F following the leaders. They captured i f G. A. Quallt, R and Arthur ’ played hide and"seek in the bath) Someone advised Parts green as/ Dr.| 7 Are Under Arrest |: Our Pet|MIKADO S Peeves.) THANKS FOR | INVITATION TO PRINCE | washes Heir to Japanese Throne Cannot Visit America at This Time, However | WASHINGTON, April 11—An ex change of felicitations between Prost ldent Harding and Emperor Yosh! hito of Japan was made public today The subject of the measage from the | Japanese emperor was a recent invi tation from President Harding for the crown prince of Japan to visit the United States. The Japanese emperor's message follows I learn with sincere gratification that your secretary of state recent communicated to my ambassador at Washington, in an informal and con manner, of your willingness 1 an Invitatic the crown [prince to visit the United States, The gracious thought which prompted you to make this communicat is very highly appreciated, and I keen: | ly regret that certain unavoidable circumstances, mostly concerning myself, she preclude me for the [present from accepting on behalf of my son the invitation se courteously j offered.” The Japanese emperor, it was said at the White House, feels that be couse of his own Illness, the absence of the crown prince would be unde sirable, altho there Is reason to be} lieve that the prince may take ad vantage of Harding's invitation and make a special trip to America. Seek to Identify Body of Suicide LOS ANGELES, Cal, April i1.—/ Authorities today were seeking to e»- | | tablish identity of a man about “ | years old whose body was found yes lterday in Laurel canyon. He evt| dently committed sutcide by swallow ing poison. A collapsible drinking cup beside the body contained dregs of a poison. Marks on the clothing Indicated he had recently been in Portiand, Ore. His suit and cap bore the trade | mark of KR. M. Gray of Portland. Tea Drinking May : Be Banned in B. C. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 11.— Four o'clock tea drinking in bust | ness offices, at least in its unmodt. |fied form, will be prohibited here| shortly. The English custom of recessing in the late afternoon while all hands and the cook have their Ceylon ia} declared to be detrimental to the pub- Vie health. Tea taken “straight” is declared by leading Britie#h phy- siclans to be underiming the national | virility. Efforts are being made e to banish tea, substituting In its place the comparatively innocuous brandy and soda. “You Made Me What | I Am Today;” Smilo It was a sickly smile that James Carroll gave Judge Gordon in police court Monday as he explained “that it was only Smilo that made him that} Fine of $19 was levied | Italian Tea Party fk Is Now Permissible The lid’s off on tea and coffee to | Italy, according to the latest post office bulletin. They will be accept-! “1 in the mails from now on, \It’s Risky Mailing Things to Japs Now Goods sent to Japan thru the reg ular mails are accepted by the post office only at the sender's risk, It was announced Monday, Thin is be tain articles, such as foun cause ¢ tain pens, are aubject to import duty | at the Japanese port of entry, and | unless. accompanied by a customs will arrival | manifest be confiscated their Alleged Sea ‘Booze Runners Deny Guilt) upon Anton Korla and Frank Mace alleged international whisky r ners, arrested by police last week land turned over to federal authori |ties for prosecution on booze pleaded not guilty Monday | Federal Judge Netgrer. A containing a shipment of y was seized, following a clue given by papers found on the per sony of the two men arrested. \Pay Final Claims | of Bankrupt Firm Payment of final dividends to reditors of the ‘Thos. Pt. Yates Co. bankrupts, was filed In federal court Monday. The dividends totaled | $1,146.26 on claims of $7,116.63. reciente BRIDE INSISTS ON NEW HUBBY BEING AN ALL-AMERICAN The most anxious applicant for haturaliaation tn Federal Judge Neterer’s court Saturday was Axel 0. Olsen That was his name, Now it te Edwards. ‘The explanation ts» that Axel fiance refused to marry him uw he became an American citizen and had an American name. Axel mado the riffle on all three counts Humane week Kodak, weather, Fishing feeling. Parks canoes, First forest fire of season— Maury iwland. Lawrence Co! starving Chinese, Women's King County Repub! club. Meeting today Japanese association to lst its members for poll tax. Every week ts safety week to the man who uses a Gillette Patriotic organizations to arrange Memorial Day program. April 28. west “canned goods” feed, April 29. Concert, St. Joseph's boy choir, Holy Names academy. Knights Templar to give grand ball, Shrine auditorium, April 21 Clean up. Spade up. Crusade for civic cleanliness to begin April 18. Want to be an actor? Community Service drama institute begina April 15. Dr. Harriet J. Clark to leave April 17 for mission work in interior of India. Open door tn home of Mra. Barties, 703 Fourth ave. N. Only the wind, police say. Chamber of Commerce gets back $1,200 contributed for Rotary club meet decorations proving popular an senda $4,000 to an Wins travel scholarship to Scan: dinavia. ©. L. Apderson, U. of W student, 939 19th ave. Young (7) Men’s Rep hear ‘the Rev. W. A. Major Thur®| earned previously and $83,000 being | dertaken day noon. Wolf's cafeteria. Shots fired when police cateh Bert Lang, 20, laborer, who tried to sell new suit, believed stolen. Try this with your mince ple 250,000 Armenian children starving to death in wake of Turk Thomas P. Endicott, skookum tyee National Association Dyers and Cleaners, to visit Beattie Wednesday Seattle Hotel building getting tts, face washed Monday. Yep, behind the ears and everything! Frye next? To see friends in few days, Thom as Dobson, county commissioner convalescing at Virginia Mason hes | pital Kegchew! Three pounds of snuff lost on Ballard car and turned in to railway lost and found department Monday. A $4,000 fire wiped out the homes | of John H. Blank, 8612 Wabash ave and Frank Hewitt, 8610 Wabash ave., Saturday afternoon Sheriff's deputies were rushed Monday rning to investigate a vaguely reported robbery at Brown's grocery store near Duvall, One hundred pennies, flour and to- bace were «# n from the groce of Mrs, M ngland, 6615 Call fornia ave, nday night Fire started by « itaneous com. bustion damaged V >, Fuller's warehouse at First ave. 8., near Hol gate st., Saturday night, to the ex tent of $4,000 Bandits Beat and Rob Girl of $20,00 CHICAGO, April 11.—Three ban dits beat Miss Gertrude McGuddy, cashier for the Consumers’ Coffee id Butter store, here today and escaped with $20,000 In currency, which she was carrying to a bank Seana panes ame emeremmepmmmmmmmmmmnaa he Stalled Auto; or, Why Police Court Was Late T Annee BY LEE SULLIVAN jthing wouldn't budge It was an impatient throng that} The carburetor or accelerator or tirred uneasily in poli court. | something else was wrong, the Everything was in readiness for| judge had decided as he removed the rap of the bailiff. Every ly|the handkerchief from under his was there-—-except Police Judge} wilting collar. Slowly he fanned | John B, Gordon himself with the kerchief, but he ge Gordon, almost for the firs! | didn't swear. ‘The judge doesn't time In the 16 years of his punctual | swear und sober term as police judge It was then that a fair young was late lady, like a fairy godmoth While everyone walted on him.|breezed up to Judge Gordon's Judge Gordon was trying to coaxy garage a palatial auto and prof. ome lens of life from hi puto) fered assistance, near his home, But the refractory] Whe crowd in police court still Arena. Pacific North: | purpenn. CHEER-UP CAMPAIGN IS BEGUN Drive to Swat Old Man Gloom and His Cousin, Pessimism, Opens hundred representatives of| WASHINGTON, April 11.—The tically every ofkantzation in the| tariff congress got under way at ty gathered at the Pig‘n | noon today. t noon today to put the Mid on] ns ineg ‘ pessimism revive the old Seat | special seesion by tle Spirit | President Harding, the congressmen » theory that “there are a/and senators elected in November »ple living In Seattle who| hurried thru the formalities at don't know what they've g0t" the | renaant ypon thelr ¢ 3 purpose of the meeting was to ‘3 a ee eee sunch an extensive advertising| Adoption of rules, the swearing in| campaign to boost Seattle locally as|of members, appomtment of com well an nationally | mittee memberships, already de | Plans were announced to show! cided, and selection of a committee | ides in all moving picture |theatres, to put booster lines in all | newspaper advertising, and to rub- ber stamp all letters sent out by firms, cluby and lodges with the slogan attle—wonder city of the Northwest—the New York of the Pacific Const — healthiest | city nat or went—the clty with he greatest natural resources | in the world.” | A campaign o is planned to enc booster education image people who industries and her every angie. It was impreaned upon the meet- tng thet the campaign te to be moneyless and that no money will be asked for Or accepted to further ita . tae Rosy Prospects for Municipal Carlines With prospects brighter than they | have been since the municipal rail- resources from ficlals were preparing to pay all pay roll Warrants imeued Monday. This t» the first time since Febru lary 1 that the warrants have not | been stamped “Not paid for want of | funds.” | The overdraft of $589,400 of No vember 27 has been completely wiped out, according to H, L. Collier, aanintant city treasurer. More than $400,000 jn interest likewise haa been paid by the street car aystem. These sums, however, have not all jcdme out of the earnings of the rail way since November, | borrowed from the general fund. | Collier declared that the railway able to meet the next pay . with cash payments of would be day, Ap warrants, “The financial outlook for the raft way is growing continually bright jer,” Collier waid. Elwell Confe sor Now Says He Lied BUFFALO, N, Y., April 11.—Roy Harris, confessor of the murder of eph 1, Elwell, New York whist expert and clubman, was locked in solitary confinement today his adminsion that his confession was untrue and made merety to test the loyalty of bis wife. His wife also is in a cell here | Veterans’ Show at the Met Tonight Everything from jazz music to rapid-fire cartooning will be on the bill to be given Monday night at the Metropolitan theatre for the| benefit of disabled soldiers, George Hood, manager of the Metropolitan, has donated the theatre, and Carl | Reiter will send up some headline attractions from the Moore Or-| pheum. pa Awaiting Baptism, Boy, 14, Drowned ALBANY, Ore, April 11.—Four teen-yearold Clarence Alexandria was drowned in the South Santiam river yesterday while waiting, with 30 others, to be baptized. according to news reaching here today TT aruel Alexandria, ht miles east of boy was a son of rancher, living | here. talk of Seattle to talk optimistically, to bury forever the gloom specter! and to boost the city, ber people, her | way Went on a warrant basis, city of.) $254,909 hav-| biioan club to| ing been taken out of railway funds| fovernment departments to be un T SNTS IN SEATTLE ‘WO CE ENDS MESSAGE TO HARDING 67th Meeting of Nation’s Lawmakers Gets Under | Way at Washington | to walt cupled houre The renate, thru pent sion ‘Tomorrow the on but President a few Harding, o¢ minutes in the having already gone ot these formalities, briefer Ume in see many even a consideration of tariff matters, which leaders have | decided to make the first business of the session, will begtn. More than a hundred new mem bers made thelr appearance today ‘Their relatives and friends, here to nee them begin their congres- sional careers, formed a large part lof the crowds which filled the gal- |leries tn the house and senate, eee Hundreds of Bills Are WASHINGTON, April . 11.—Sey. eral bundred bilis were th the house today. The emergency tartff bill was Introduce@ by Representative Young, | North Dakota. It carries the same | rates on which wheat | protective | wool, meat and pther agricultural star contest. CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST vontest is ppen to gt ny Protucts as the measure of the last in King County who have hed | nension. stage, screen, cabaret oF perience, Universal Representative Good, Iowa, chair. man of the house appropriations |committes, presented the budget | bill, @ reform favored by the ad- | ministration. | Others introduced or ready for introduction were oa employes are barred 2—-Girls under 18 who enter the contest must have the written consent of parent or guardian, 3—Contestants must fret submit « Photograph of themeelves for the use of Judges in selecting those to appear in the teat filma | Immigration bill fm the form 2 +—From those who appeag tn the teat vetoed by President Wilson. Soldier | fim the Judges will choose the winner. | whe must. me contrac bonus, introduced by Fordney,| must necept @ 10 weeks’ contract with the Universal Film Co. at Holly- |chairman of the bouse ways and| wood, Cal | means committee. 5—The winner wil be paid $1,000 and Authorizing reorganization of the | {rerslie after a special con will appear tn a “lead gressional committee concludes in leatveeect ‘taeasen. ik che | vestigations. “makes good" in flim @he will be Authorizing transportation Inves-|offered a permanent position with tigations by senate committee to ap te oog agi produce revision o «DOI ne cannot guarantee the re- Broduce revision of transportasion. | ks of ay binitted in the con- | Consolidation soldier relief agen-| test it & copy lcles, as recommended to President | made if the ph Miss Jessie June MacDonald of Seattle is one of the several King county girls chosen today to make the race for a place in the galaxy of Universal motion picture stars, Miss MacDonald has the distine- | Harding by the Dawes commission ° Army and navy appropriation bills, which were caught in the | closing jam of the last session, }Oklahoma Wins in | Suit for Millions | WASHINGTON, April 11,—Okla dozen girls selected to appear in the first test films of The Star-Untversal contestants, ‘Test films will be made each week during the contest. They will be photographed and developed here and shown at some local theatre. Miss MacDonald is a stenographer in the claim department of the American Express company’s offices { here. She resides at the airview hotel, Sixth ave. and Madison st. homa, by a decision of the supreme won court today, its suit against Texas over to oil lands in the Red with an estt f mated value of $100,000,000 to $160, | 000,000. | The United States government tn-} tervened in the case In behalf of the |Indians, backing the position taken by Oklahoma and claiming land in the bed of the river as a public do- Its claim was sustained. | main bs / ELECTED . ° P Miss Daisy Henry of The Star and Sinn Feiners FAil 1 oom Bourke, manager of the Seat: a | tle offices of the Universal Film com: in Bold Attack) piny, wit act as judges. Two other DUBLIN, April 11.—Sinn Fetners judges will be announced tomorrow. were repulsed today {n a sensational These four will select a fifth. attack on the London Northwestern| The judges will announce tomor- hotel here, In temporary use as|row where the first test film ts to be | | “Black and Tan” barracks. made. The Sinn Feiners rushed up to the| Names of girls picked by the building in a motor car, blew in a Judges for each test film will be pub: | portion of the front wall with heavy lished two or three days before the explosives, and plied the building filming, with instructions as to the with hand grenades, inflammabie | time and place to report bombs and revolver shots. The decision of the judges will be The Black and Tans, some of them|based upon natural ability, Me: still in pajamas, quickly met the at: |beauty of features, tho a distinct a tack, killing tWo and wounding sev-|set, will not be the primary consid eral others. One Black and Tan was |eration in their finding. The some killed thing termed “film personality" | waited while the judge, aided by) And besides it was too much trouble the pleasant young Indy, pushed|to take his collar off again, He the judge's machine out of ihe|steered the auto beside the curb, garage and onto the grade of the| stopped it and got on a street car street ’ eryone sighed relievedly as The car moved. The lady hopped} Judge Gordon puffed into court. into her high-powered bus and] With an abstract look of profound f away again, while the| worry on his countenance, he strode judge settled himself comfortably ross the courtroom toward the and ‘coasted down the hill, But at/ bench. Obyiously he was puzzling the bottom of the hill the machine} over what was wrong with his ma ped again | chine The judge looked at his watch.| As he passed the desk of his It was He had no time to| clerks, E..B, Bodwell and William ‘bother with the “heap” any longer.! Dougherty Onstatt, he stopped, Take Test Film This Wee Half Dozen Girls Picked tion of being among the first halt) ek Miss Jessie June MacDonald, a Seattle girl, chosen to ap- pear in the first test films in The Star-Universal film —(Curtis photo. Coupon on last page.) | puNERAL WILL BE which causes the motion picture act- ress to “get over” with her audiences is an elusive quality, hard to de scribe. WHAT IS “SOMETHING?” “PUNCH” OR “CHARM” One successful director and produ- cer says of this “something”: “I know it when I see it, but can not describe it in words.” Dorothy Phillips calls it “punch.” Mary Pickford says it is “charm.” It if really both of these qualities and many others, Many possess this personality and }do not realize it. When friends speak of it the usually thinks she is being Ylattered, nothing more. If you think you “belong” to the silver sheet, here is your opportu: nity to prove it. Remember that personality rather |than mere beauty is what will count in the final award—the $1,000 con- tract with Universal. This is not a “beautiful” girl com- | petition. It is a screen personality contest. It {s open only to King county girls, and some girl from King county 1s going to win that $1,000 Universal contract. Landis Sentences Boy Bank: Thief CHICAGO, April 11.—Francis J. ‘arey, employe of the National City [bank of Ottawa, Ill, who stole $96,- | 000, was sentenced to one year in the jna jton, D. | Landis, Members of congress sought to im. pe: h Judge Landis when the court blamed officials of the bank for the jerime because Carey, who is 19, was |foreed to support his mother on $90 ja month salary. |Poor Pay Causes $7,000,000 Thefts CHICAGO, April 11.—Low pay and poor working conditions of postal clerks have cost the govern- | ment $7,000,000 in mail robberies in less than a year, was the opinion of many postal offiicals in Chicago, obtained by the United Press today Leo George, secretary of the Chi cago postal clerks’ union, charged | the holdup epidemic to the tempo: jrary clerk system, which, he said, | was the result of night work and poor pay. jeracked the top of the desk with his fist so sharply that both worthy clerks toppled half way off their chairs, and explained: “I have itr “Better see a doctor, vised Clerk Bodwell. But the judge paid no attention to him. <A look of peace settled over his face. He fairly beamed, The reason why (we auto had stalled was no longer a mystery. “I forget to turn on the gas,” he said to Clerk Bodwell, C,, today by Judge K. M then,” ad- jonal training school at Washing: | FORMER EMPRESS _ ‘PASSES - | ATDOO ‘Wilhelm and Ex-Crowm Prince Won’t Be Permitted | to See Funeral in Germany ~ BERLIN, April 11—Netther fom mer Kaiser Wilhelm nor the crows | prince will be permitted to attend — the funeral of the former katseri@ at Potsdam, it was announced te — day. eer Other members of the family live, ing in Germany will be : to take part in the services. ernment officials also granted petition that the former body be allowed to lie in state to the funeral. | Dr. Dryander, pastor of the |family, left today for Doorn. He charge of the ceremonies at U | private chapel there Thursday. | Prior to the services at P | it is planned that the body shall in state in Wild Park station, | royal waiting room. Reports of the kaliserin’s hours said she realized that she near death and that she faced |calmly. She declined nourighment | She spoke of the funeral, ex ling the wish that it be simple that she be buried near her where she had ruled during 40 of her married Ute, Augusta Victoria April a9 were at Doorn when death HELD AT POTSDAM : ‘The empress was a victim of be trouble, The iliness was by worries of the world war kalser’s flight Into Holland fall of 1918. is The funeral will be held at dam, where the empress 30 years. The body will be there Wednesday after preli services here tomorrow. Only bers of the family will attend — ceremonies in the chapel here. The kaiserin’s death was p In her chambers at the time the former kaiser, their th Adelbert, and the physician, Wilhelm, after leaving | chamber, was reported ta hat cepted his loss stoically. always carefully guarded, watched today in the-expefits large crowds would gi ther’ the arrival of relativea/and thizers. f a9 i © Ke Born in extle, Fringes Schleswig-Holstein died at the age of 63. \ SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HER HOME She was born Oc 22, 1888 fore the German em had bee solidified, and while her hon try was still at war. Its union the German empire plete when on Februaty 27, 1881,\a married Wilhelm, thé crown prt Wilhelm II succeeded to the tl March 9, 1888. During the time the emperor building up the empire, preparing the great campaign to extend its ritories, the kaiserin devoted h to the home. Her chief claim to was her ability as a hausfrau, She never aspired to shine in co festivities. Her husband calmly household affairs of the kaiser‘s n nificent establishment Another delight was her seven’ dren. These were the crown p Friederich Wilhelm, Eitel Fri Adelbert, Augustus Wilhelm, Joachim and Victoria Louise, ‘The constant warfare between crown prince and the empe caused her much worry and spent much time in attempting: reconcile their many differences. During the war she was into the background by her jent husband. She was said to genuinely over the suffering a by the war and did a great deal 1) comfort those who lost relatives, She contributed mugh to the German B Cross and did some hospital work, PERSONALITY WAS AGAINST HER d Even in the latter service her p sonality was against her and well-intentioned visits to the pital wards were not a great When the final disaster came immediately followed the kalser intd exile, continuing her role as faithful hausfrau, Their had wrecked her health, ho and shortly after the flight to Am ongen she was seized with the attack of heart trouble, which th ened her life, The suicide of her youngest Prince Joachim, was a severe and it was feared she would rally from the illmess which fo