The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 14, 1921, Page 1

ES onight and heavy frost mod. west Forecast Tee ‘Star's daily circulation of 67 .000—going up—is at least 10,000 c Friday, fair; in morning; erly winds, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Se: ond Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, Whole Bag of ’Em. , Gum-Chewing Flappers Mid-Street Halts. And No Home Brew. ; This is the twenty-seventh of a se- rice of articles in which members of The Star staff tell what displmers them most, and why. BY JAMES L. MORRISON iO YOU WANNA KNOW what m’ pet peeve is, do you? Well, I'm write mine tn regujar English fo that folks won't have to run to the dictionary to find out what it ls If the readers of this column think it ix | @ cinch to write a pet peeve they will find they are mistaken, for most of them will be in the same boat I am; they will have so many that they | Won't know which one to write about | first. the street in the middie of the block © (course the men don't do such 4 thing), making it necessary for me to jam on all my brakes at once and burn up about $40 worth of tires?| That's one. Why do these flappers about 16 years old insist upon chewing gum in the movies with thele mouths wide! open? Is it because they think the| gum manufacturers do not do enough wertising? Or perhaps they get a free package for letting the general public know that they are still mak | ing gum. Well, it makes me peeved | every time I hear one, That's two. Why don’t they let us have home brew? I think this is my pet peeve. If they ever pass that bill where they are allowed to sell that nice amber} fluid for medicinal purposes, I know that I will be sick about two cases a Week. I like it, and it makes me Deeved because I can’t get it Three down. | refer you to Daisy Henry's about being a “shrimp.” The ith call me “Little and such endearing ¢ a friend that calls t Why do the women start to cross | i Jasper name me “Tom Dutt. j you peeved? It just burns me up. | And the income tax and the poll tax! Wow! They make me so dog fone peeved that I refuse to write} any more , ‘cause if I do it won't be Say O'Callaghan Won’t Leave cHi¢ April Call lord mayor of Cork, 12,—Donal | is Bot going to ave the United 8 in compliance with the ruling of the | government. This word was received today by the committee of the American Asso- elation for the Recognition of the! public from O'Callaghan, | oc chan is to speak here Mon cht and then continue his tour west of the Mississippl BEGIN HERE TODAY and follow. there's any water, was not afraid of cattle—they were, thing he remembered, day was) smoke again and Crumpy'’s yoke-| had slaked thelr thirst and gone on. Bob Birnie, Yeattle king, with nie wite| in this country they find it much art of his world s| breaking. The herd was still going, | | mato pitched forward. The waron| nut the herd was crazy for water, a ruddy and Dr t was long past midnight when a a the wagon and the stopped so abruptly tha uddy |. i ata wore fe sits wind a fted out of the dark but ‘he trembled with| Sut Sow it was running and some | sprawled helplessly on his back. jand the foremost were. plunged | | ear-old| ness and the oxen threw up their/the dread which no man could|how the yoked oxen were keeping | “tnyoke the wheelers, Ezra, and| headlong into the soft mud whe: ia lont.| heads and sniffed, and put a new| name for him close behind, Buddy heard dimly|let the poor creatures have their|they mired, trampled under the ne into their “M-baw-aw-aw-mm!" | Th » were not the normal, every-| his mother’s sharp command to} chance at the she cried | hoofs of those which came crowd- J They g sharply so that the} day sound: The herd had some-| Ezra sharply, and FE: "dodging the|ing from behind. wind blew into the front of the| how changed from plodding anima and back, Ezra! We're not|horns of the frantic brutes, made} Someone shouted a warning. On +) og they Rac ondie wagon. |to one overwhelming purpose that| going to be caught in that terrible | shift to obey the echo of that cry, a man| i water, The herd be ilo-ry, Missy! Dey smelis watah,| would sweep iything that|trap. ‘They're piling over the bank! Fairly on the bank of the stug-| screamed twice Sueabie sho's yo’ bawn!” sobbed Kzra as he| came in it Two thousand|ahead of us. Get away from the!gish stream with its herow Ezya," erled mother _ fiercely, | NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY | broke into a trot beside the wheel-| parched throats and dust-dry| leaders, I am going to shoot.” | patches of quicksand, agon | “It's Frank Davis—they've got him ers, ‘“Lookit datah buhd agin’ It!/tonguew—and suddenly the smell of| Buddy crawled up a little higher) thus halted by the sheer nerve and/down, Climb over the backs of s ii (Continued From Yesterday) |"Tain’t fur, Missy wetah! ans every. intaretd sec. | 08. the blankets behind the seat,/ quick thinking of mother ame) the cattle tho! no oth way: ‘The bawling of the herd became a| Buddy to the back of the 4 7 stag land saw mother steady herself andja very Uv island tn @ sea of/and get him! doleful chant of misery ‘The tattoo of widespread, 0nd a delay against which the cat-| im the rifle straight at Crumpy. | welterin cks and tossing horns| “Yas'm, Missy! Ezra called back, “No use car Bob Birnie| horns clashing against wid tle surged blindly. It was the mob | Ty was the familiar, deafening |and staring eyeballs. Riders shouted) and then Buddy saw him go over = 4 the boys. “They may as well|horns filled him with a formiexs/ spirit, when the mob was fighting] tar, the acrid smell of black pow-/and lashed unavallingly with thelr) the herd, scrambitps, Jumping trom hunting water as running terror, #o that he let go the seat|for its very existence, der smoke, and Crumpy went down | quirts, trying to hold back the full) back to back. We'll tura the, catule Siete clutch at mother’s dress, He] Perhaps Buddy doséd. The next) Mealy. The gun beiched black | bulk of the herd until the foremost’ Buddy ge that always, F | members of | determine j the » iM arder Trial Ends; under the Act of Congress March %, 187! The Seattle Star b.. Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 yi oar Reader, these circulation arguments make us just as tired as they do you. Others may lie and -amouflage, but the little fact remains that , opies in excess of that of any competitor, six days a week, seven days a week, or ) any Way you want to figure it. Ho-hum! Spring fever certainly has had a bad effect on some people—isn'’t it the truth? And ain't mathematics terrible? Ee Weather LATE EDITION SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921, LOSES SHIP BOARD JOB Col. Chas. R. Forbes in List Believed Decided on by President Harding WASHINGTON, April 14.—Preat Gent Harding today was understood ve determined on the following | intaeits for members “ét ” shipping board: James A. Farrell, chairman, and former Senator George Chamberlain, of Oregon; Col. Charles R. Forbes, of Seattle; merce Alexander; James Thomp- son, of Mobile, Ala Who/the other the seven-tnan board will be is still unknown, eee Forbes, tho nominally of Seattle because he maintains a residence on Mercer island, is more at home in Washington, D. C. He was one of the original Harding men, Former Congressman Will Humphrey, of Seattle, was a candi @ate for the shipping board, and tho| a noisy campaign was made for him, it evidently bore no fruit. The Seat tle Chamber of Commerce was in duced to recommend him. 100 Line Up to Pay Tax for Existence Thursday, the first day for col} lection of thé poll tax, found 100 persons responding at the rate of 5 a plece to County Treasurer Wm. aines during the forenoon. The mails brought the dues for the priv lege of living from 2 others. Gold Dust in Safe of Princess Sophia | vernal pounds of gold dust and 1 nuggets were on display in Fed eral Judge N rer’s court 7 morning, The precious metal sented part of the contents of t 8 a's safe, that Div ank Walters The Sophia was sunk laskan waters 30 months ago. timony was taken in court to the amount of expenses to inst ft is being prepared. sx contents o be charged a A dec to Jury This P. M. In behalf of Thomas Gurand Vashon island fisherman, charged with first degree murder for shoot ing Oscar Hokien, torney Arthur Griffe fense, consumed the entire morning Thursday in his argument thi Jury. he ¢ . it was expected, would be in the hands of the jury this afternoon. December 8, At n, for the de to former secretary of Com-| EB} '| Baby Boy Born to Widow of Slain Officer Nearly every cop read it with a pecullar thump down under his at SEES SEVEN, NOTA JUD He Would Have Given the| Contract to All the Girls, and Then Run It Wednesday night “Mrs, Wililam Angie is at Prov headed the ¢ bulletin It read: dence hospital, room doing nicely. It’s a boy. “W. H. SEARING, “Chief of Poties.” The reason for the peculiar throb under the star is that “the boy” is the son of Patrolman W. T. Angie, slain with two other policemen by the bandit, John Schmitt, who was hanged for his crtmes April 1, 3, and is If I were judge of a moving ple ture contegt —. Ame Tam too Anyway, I went to pags cl In-| ternational Film Enterprises studio, | at 14th ave. and B, Pine at., pester: | Page One, Column 3. [Se ages 4 orem I grope for words to deseribe them. They were seven girts, being made May day coming up. Humane week stil! on, ee ready for their recondgrvout in The Pa F note: Bobw on Cherry! crar.Univernal mgv competition Wekaeind, eenctite, today | fF a 1.000 contract to play in Uni-| (maybe. pes = oo ng BUBBLE OF GOOD NATURE “MAKES THEM UP Chicken pox leads gious diseases in Tacoma, iat of conta | College of Puget Sound ends drive} Mr. Binney was “making them | fer $1,000,000 endowment. up.” Mr. Kinney’s first name te LW. W. denied use of Spokane| Harold, but bis jollity makes up for | church for amnesty meeting. that, He ts a big bubble of good na Jury finds W. B. Graff guilty of ture. He patted their dimpled burglary in the second degree. cheeks with grease, He amiled into, and told them they had He rouged and| It was evident that iN with Seda Bc | Tastes canned corn maine poisoning; Mra Yakima. Short change artists In limoust: pto wera, thelr eyes wonderful lashes. powdered them he enjoyed it. }bunks A. C. Hoodentyle, 2100 14th| 1 would rather be a “makenp man” | ave. out of $5. than a judge, but I am neither. Wants to see real city, R P.| We climbed Into autos with cam-| ——___ Bonham, immigration inspector, | eras, tripods, boxes and good humor, and drove to Volunteer park. The Tt was a perfect aft | Portiand, in town Wednesday 2 POLICEMEN Legal views on social questions.| sun came out Superior Judge King Dykeman, Es-|ernoon for “shooting” movies Brrrrtrrrrrrt’ Maurice Rey Me-| have two of you girls come strolling Micken, ¥ un commuter, takes | down this path together, You are! first plunge in Puget Sound Wednes | looking at the tulips and the panstes,| ‘Two ws hy “have resigned un | day “ ‘Aren't they beautiful? der pressure on charges of being| | Thieves have royal time and steal| Oh, look! Isn't this wee one sweet? | guint j¢ was learned Thursday. | $40 worth of crowns from office of | “Then you come on, look up, rest) i G. Briggs and D. lL. Wood were | Dr. I, C..Stuart, 4058 Arcade bulld-|ter @urprise, and say, ‘Oh, there! in, otficers. * teh, | comes Mary! Why, so she does! Yor ‘The two officers were arrested with | Boy, bring two croix de guerres! » Mary! Come on over" Stand) ites other persons in an auto last H. Alfred Owen, mayor's secretary, | on your tiptoes and wave at MArY) gaturday night, it is alleged. insists he will wear straw hat|to attract her attention. Don't be!” Wood was booked on a charge of May 1. affected; Just be natural, All right. | driving while drunk You serve! Ben Evans, playfield) yary ABJURED | Earnie Henry, 29, broker; H. M chief, tells park board Wednesday TO WAIT A MINUTE le 7, salesman, and Lillian St of plans for increasing tennis facil-| “Now, you two other girls areiciair, 21, housewife, were the three ities: coming down towards the steps here | other members of the alleged party aye be wore underwear only st | trom the Griveway, talking tomether, (Charged with being Grunk, they for | party; Mra. Ovida Hanson seeks di-|and just as you reach the top step! feited bail in police court. orce from Henry L. Hanson, Spo-|jook up, surpris and discover) he arrest of the party came kane. | Ma *Yoo-hoo, Mary! Wait for US) after they had an accident on the Purse matcher flees toward wa-|a minute” You run down the steps gookane st. bridge. | terfront after grabbing purse of Evajand come towards these first two armont, 1409 Fifth at Firs | ch ave, ris. | ne aaa Pike ot | ryou remaining three girle come| Charge Girl ‘With Is Cut, but Not Here! Park board determines Wednesday | into picture from the path there | Forgery of Check s Cut, but Not Here to call for applications for park| hy the pond, You are looking at the gery ec. | TACOMA, Avril 14,—Retail bread superintendent. Pay, $4,2 Last | goldfi As the four other girls see | Gretchen Butler, alias Bobby But-| prices were sliced by two bakeries uperintendent fired | you, you look up and register smilea| len, accused of stealing a $150;here today. The new price ts 13 Queets valley folks meek anfety! and wav You may, ‘Yoohoo! All| check from Dr. G. A. Ghent and{eents for a pound and a half loaf, road to Quinault river. They're bur-| right, we're coming over.’ hing it at the Bon Marche,/or two loaves for 25 cents, The led in heart of Olymple forest. Fear} en come into the center| was charged with forgery in the | Prevailing price has been 15 cents. being trapped by fire. of the picture here together, smil.| first degree by the prosecuting at-| oo Outlines school building program, |ing, happy. You haven't seen each|torney Thursday. She ts said to] Seattle prices continued generally Delta Epsilon fraternity, banquet| other for a long time and you have| have indorsed the name of Ruth | today at 16 cents, with no prospect Wednesday night, Floyd A. Nara-|lots to talk about, and you're an| Cal non the back of the tnstru-|for an immediate reduction, accord more, (Turn to Last Page, Column 3) ment ing to bakers. No wonder Director Harold Binney liked the job of entry in The Star-Universal $1,000 film actress contest. “making up” The interested spectator is Miss |Ruth McAllester, another contestant,—Photo by Price & Carter, Miss Peggy Lampman, | Star staff photographers. ~~ Slush Fund for Tax Plot Charged WASHINGTON, April 14.—De | mands for sional investiga jtion of the movement to adopt a ln s tax this session were made to- con day by Representative Frear, of Wis consin, In & speech tn the house he charged that Jules Bache, New York broker, and Meyer B. Rothschild, ¥ York wholesale jeweler movement by New York | candy men, druggists and c ‘to Jorganize a huge slush fund and | maintain a well financed lobby at Washington to put over on the peo. ple a sales tax on everything they eat, drink and wear, and lessen the tax on big business interests,” | Frear introduced a resolution de manding an investigation of “this scandalous condition.” Tacoma Bread Price ‘TWO JAPS ARE FOUND GUILTY In ® sealed yordict returned in Federal Judge E. EB. Cushman’s | ourt Thursday, Torakichi Saito and Mitsuyonshi Fujiwara rs of the crew of the Japanese Ala- ma Maru, were found guilty of onspiracy to smuggle seven of their countrymen into the United § They fo two years’ imprisonment or $10,000 fine, or both. Sentence will be pro. nounced Monday. ling of seven Japanese stow: | aways that were found concealed on | the Alabama Maru when she arrived in Seattle, December? 20, 1920, 13 Men From Wreck of Ship Are Saved BEAUMONT, Tex. April 14— Thirteen members of the crew of the ill-fated Col, Rowle were picked up Jeight miles off the port of Tampico, according to a radio message re- ceived by port authorities today. Here’s The Star’s New Serial Story: COW COUNTRY, by B. M. Bower: and the funeral they had later in the day. Down at the edge of the creek the carcasses of many dead animals lay half buried in, the mud. Up on a little knoll the negroes dug a long, deep hole. Mother's eyes were often filled with tears that day, and the cowboys scarcely talked at all when they gathered at the chuck-wagon. After a while they all went to the hole which the negroes had dug, and there was @ long Something wrapped up in canvas. Mother wore her best dress, which Was black, and father and all the boys, had shaved thelr faees and looked ‘very sober, The negroes stood back in @ group by themselves, and every former mem- | ates. | maximum penalty of | the same verdict Shotaro Ya mane, Seattle restaurant keeper; T. | Yoshido, Kent farmer, and S, Saki, | | fireman on the Alabama Maru, were | | uitted of conspiracy charges, atio, ship's quartermaster, and Fujiwara, ship's penter, were | din connection with the OUT TODA Town of Melissa Is Dest ed by Twister; Official Parties Search Ruins — DALLAS, Tex, Apr April 1! dead and 75 injured today ag the sult of the twister that town of Melissa, Tex. Appeals for reitef from the age of the tornado that swept | the country late yesterday here today, Relief parties are searchhing | ruins of the town, All churches in the town, three ton gins, evéry business house « cept a bank, the postoffice Houston & Texas Central ral station were wrecked by the which formed near Franklin, farm houses about Roland Chambersville, and then gave to its full force as it reached Melian Five of the known dead are me groes. The other three are childre Scores of business men, and physicians were made into | partie and rushed to Melissa word Pi the storm first reached Famous Hotel Is Lost in F’ e: SANTA BARBARA, Cal. April 1 —Origin of the fire which the famous Ambassador hotel last night and drove over wealthy guests from the building more or less disorder was still @ | mystery today. Many of the guests, who largely Eastern people, lost val belongings. Among the guests routed and ing their baggage and belongi were: H.K. Kent and wife, 8S. E. Brown, Portland, Ore. { | Two Men Overcome in Johnstown Fire JOHNSTOWN, Pa. April I4— | Fire today threatened destruction of |a block of buildings in the center of the business district here. All fire companies of the city, and adjol | boroughs were called to fight the spread of the flames. ‘Two men were overcome Ly \War Is Declared « on Eastlake Speeders © “Competition among jitney ee ers is making Eastlake av a itable speedway,” Lieut. €. G. |traffic division chief, said Thy |day. “With Westlake ave, |lake is one of the worst streets red, speeding in the city.” After complaint had been to Mayor Caldwell a drive against, speeders on these two streets was b stafted Thursday. few minutes Buddy saw them draw jthetr tattered shirtsleeves across \ their faces, And father—Bud looked once and saw two tears ru ning down father’s cheeks, Buddy had never dreamed that fathers ever cried. Mother read out’ of her Bible, and all the boya held thelr hats in” front of them, with their hands: clasped, and looked at the ground while she read. She sang, “We | | Shall Meet Beyond the River,” th she sang “Nearer, My God, te. Thee." It was from that day that missed Frank Davis, who had (Turn to Page 9, Column 3