The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 16, 1921, Page 1

Today v VOLUME 23 oes FIGHTS MAN SOOO CN TTCOTOO, ROO TTTTOTOTO TOES EM Weather Tonight and S lerate eas winds, Temperature Last % Maximum, Sunday, fair; easterly Hours an. Minimum, oom, SA, Oe On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise FOR BABY ARARAARAR ALD DDD DPD PDL APD PD DDL APRDP AD ADAP TH EW LATE eSeattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1999, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Warh., under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per AP’ SATUR DAY, SEATTLE, WASIL, L 16, 1921. Our Peeves:| The Radical-Baiters. Gone But Not Forgotten No Communism for Him, But Oh, That Mitch! ‘This is the twenty-ninth of 9 se Yes of articles in whieh members of The Star staff tell what displeases them most, and why BY A. J. SHANNON THIS were a year ago. Palmer and his trained @ hounds would have me in P writing the follow Peeve L. In those hysteric Jays, the try wag worked Up into a pan the pdssibte overthrow of t States government by the The jails and detention s Were full of stupid-t als accused of pr Kinds of subtle and trines of sovernment, PN’'T DARE HINT OF A HANGE IN THOSE DAYS athe best of a Unite red du: | 1 hardly br th One ¢ might are governments the that things might t Proved, the entire nation in throes of a home-brew ror. (Or so Mitch Palmer have ha s believe) With the extinction of the prest | ential hopes of Mr tablishment of the and the general reducti the bolshevist scare was dropped. Why? | Does any one think that there are Tees communists in Amer than last year? That all the “reds” arrest ed last year have been deported or converted? That every one is now| centent with the present plan of gov ernment—beneficent tho it be? Afe all of the radica} baiters now | convinced that you can kill an idea by throwing its adherents into the hocsegow? WANTS NO COMMISSARS LIKE OUR LEGISLATORS My objection ts not directed against | Opposition to communistic doc No person who has seen a e legislature in action wants to; doased by a flock of commirsars) of the same degree of intelligenc Communism would be merely an aggravation of the ill¥ attendant upon the present form of democracy, and would rob democracy of the freedom {t now possesses. But radicalism has been used by oliticiane as a red rag whereby to Palmer, the ew American plan” n of wages, immediately festering sores in the body politic. When anybody had the temerity to _@bject to anything, he was immedi | Ately assailed ag a “red.” | The country was over-propagan ized. | “The laborer {s worthy of his hir you would say. “Bolshevist the Rich would yell fo back to Russia?” | a Little Brother of “Why don’t you | sY OWNED THE PLACE ‘These self-constituted guardians be- | Jieved in some occult way that the| United States of America had been @eeded to them “to have and to hold,” and that they were the sole arbiters Of its fate. Meanwhile the rent 4 food Profiteers raised the cost of living un @isturbed, and “war” millionaires § bought diamond necklaces | stuffy wives. Everyone was busy| bunting “reds | ‘Today the hysteria has to a great! | extent subsided. We are beginning fo realize that a great and powerful ‘and happy government, based upon the soundest principles #0 far devised Goes not have to fear few hait- starved, ignorant foreigners dealing im vague and pleasing generalities which fall eventually of their own weight. "The radicals are stil! #pouting, but | the national hysteria has subsided ‘There hasn't been a “red” arrested for a month. | But what wonderful bunk Mitch Palmer handed out while the demand | Tasted! ‘ NORMAN CARL ANCHARD Worman ts only 9 years old. his 16-foot catboat overturned dn @ nasty squall last Saturday white om the home course in the Beattl Yacht club boat race, he ¢ v right ed Mt and finished third in a field of eight. That takes courage area? Huh! Does he look itr i | lives were lost. \to crops in prospect EY SEEMED TO THINK | |37 Are Killed in for their }r «: TORNADOES, BLIZZARDS WREAK RUIN Terrific Gales in Midwest, North and South Take Lives and Property April CHICAGO, sons were killed damm aged to t t millions of 1 tornadoes dotiars in bi whieh covered the entire Central West today Crops we fé¥eled, bulldt destroyed, trees blown reads blocked by wires forced to t and early gardens MOST DAMAC IN SOUTHWEST The wind storm did the most dam age in the Southwest, where many A tornado hit por tions 6f Arkansas and Northeast Texa ving death and destruction in its wake. Twelve were killed In Texas and least 49 im Arkansas. Telegraph and tel wires at were down and reports of the extent | of the damage were meager. Nurses, physicians and food supplies were rushed to the stricken areas. The storm today centered. over Titinoin and was sweeping toward! the region of the Great Lakes. The wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. HEAVY SNOWFALL BLOCKS RAILWAYS H. J. Cox, in charge of the United States weather bureau here, said it | ; as Chicago's worst storm. The rage the public; and incidenta IY | wind was accompanied by a rain. p detract attention from a multitude) which, wan nearte a cloudburst. The rain fell in torreats for a period of more than 12 hours In the Northern and Western states a heavy snowfall blocked rail- roads. All trains that were not en tirely late Freezing weather over a large por. tion of the storm area was forecast for tonight, with ditional dam: One County Alone HOPE, Ark. April 16.—¢10:10] A. m)>—Thirty-seven a and }50 igjured in Hempstead county alone as the result of the tornado | which swept southwestern Arkansas, aceording to best available reports rived ere at this hour today It will ake three weeks to c highways in the storm's path, was estimated. All vegetation was completely de- stroyed. Leaves on the outer edge of the tornado swath were burned black. The villages of yh and Blevins were practically troyed Communication with the stricken area was paralyzed. rnado ori nated near Texar nd swept thru Miller nd ead counties, It cut @ path more than a mile wide, according to late messages. Small villages and plantations in its path were reported | demolished. Fourteen bodies, most of them ne (Turn to Page 4, Column 5) t.--at the End of the Week WETAKE OFF OUR HAT TO: HELEN GORDON Because she is the youngest ac- credited life saver in the Northwest Helen has “just turned 10,” but she holds a Y. W. C. A, life savers’ cer tificate. To win it she had to swim 100 yarda, using two atrokes. Helen aya she'll probably save only SMALL people her first season or two. tern | suspended were running hours | it Scene of Ruin in Area Swept by Vast Storm ARKANSAS PRISONERS $20,000 IN BEAT GIRL FINE BOOZE ATTACKERS DESTROYED rty-nine kil! men destroy ed; crops over a wie hundreds of thou TEXAS Ele seriously da property lons nds of dollars. four god by Mall, $5 to $9 Movie Entry Is Natural Comedietite F ound EDITION ‘K nockout’ BLOCKS bt c ENTS SIN SEATTLE ‘ATTEMPT. TO TAKE ~INFANT! | Snatches Child From His | Arms as He Attempts | Kidnaping |} Snatched his distraught mother from the arms of 4 man who was fleeing from the Lyon building with his prey, Sigmund Clein, Jr, three years old, was rescued at 10 a. m Saturday from str m™ who had held him from his parents a year. w ISCONSIN sportation “ nea par — | | | Rushing across the street with Nearly Kill Soldiers Who Matt Starwich Is Grim Exe-| wo ne atl aac ‘ Maltreated Army Nurse cutioner; Sad Spectators of the Peace C. C, Dalton’s court | tied up: sh to rejoice with a crowd of her | gan endangers at Tacoma Watch It Go friends on accomplishing what the | | ILLINOIS eventy.m ilean | - machinery of the law had been la hour gale, accompanied by heavy TACOMA, April 16,—-Lawardus G BY GEORGE CHANNING |boring three days to accomplish. rainfall, does heavy damage to || Bogart and Evert pyn, Camp| More Nquor was mixed on a cor | WOMAN WHO HELD trees, © buildings and te Lewin soldiers, who confensed yeator: (tin flat-nos@ rock near the city | CHILD NOW IN JAIL ‘¥ t mulaned lines lay afternoon before United States|/2U™P Friday than any bartender Meanwhile, Mrs. John A. Wang: 7 MISSOURL—Two villages hit || ¥ . " Statewiin the prepro days could have ness, 17th ave. S. W, sister by cyclone with light damag Commissioner Hammond that they] served in a lifetime. And more of of the man from whom Mrs. Gleim 1OWA-—Heavy snowfan ana || assaulted Mise Eleanor |it was soaked in the marahes hard |snatehed her child, rests in the sleet, accompanied by b wind Scheyer, a nurse, in Green park, ad. | by than the skins of a nation cow county jail, under $1,000 bail, 9% tying up traffic and dameging }/ Joining the army post, Monday night,|D8¥® Abeorbed at a sitting charged with kidnaping. She was me propert narrowly escaped death when they}. StMe men stayed their inelina | ee in Attorney, T. D. 7a |] COLORADO — Heavy snewfat || were placed in the main tank of the/#0% ! Weep, and women, who had| | ‘The woman had blocked every ai al }| blocking railroads and tying up r ¥ come to Witness, turned their backs | ate t of offi t Pierce county jell, after their hear r i | attempt of officers of the law to ef 4 |] telephone and telegraph. wirgs r on the destruction 2 ex Cwenty | fect «peaceful adjustment ftiininn " " . tn nou mane jollare’ wort igured at) 1 31 - = ws : cella, where other prisoners cannot | watered to the sea. hires ne brat on. got at them. Prisoners were waiting ISTARWICH GRIM-FACED — * [rete oe tne Dart 00) an j for the t¥o soldiers when they were | ex ECURIONER |‘ Bon ot a wom» © brought here from Camp Lewlg, jan to have her own child and tad age One NOCKED DOWN, BEATE [apres Sod... Wehout: Sater | positively refused to-give him up, — ’ KICKED BY PRISONERS" Sherttt Malt Sucreh éragged ¢2 according to Mrs. Clein's story. [cance i She had obtained possession of Column-3.. jules. retina wens ein ae 'e ten ERY qua: nrey Clein, ti “Gestitdte circum oo Great sunrisa atruck by several of the prisoners be | the finest liquids, including Scoteh, and about to become a mother a — Bright ahd-earty: for the jailer could interfere. bourbon and other varieties, second time, turned him over ‘a> Pummet the pessimist. The prisoners dectared they would) presides these, the cases and suit- | Mrs. Wangness, a neighbor, to care Last day of Mumane week ] Dent the two soldiers to death if they | casen of beer, moonshine and grape. | | for. 9 | Mail ;for Bristot bay; leaves! Were left in the main tank, Seret.| ordinarily commanding consider-! Months ago, when Mrs. Clein felt | April 23. | Ch — : Hacatte — ge the | able value, paled into nsteRenanes 5 —_ — take care of her boy, she Electrical show; Orpheum theatre;| COUtY Jail waiting trial for the mur. | ie a | | asked that he be returned to April 3. . | der of C, M, Bardon, Northern Pacit-| | Thei whole paul represents athe La | | She found, she says, that the bn Reappointed U. 8. commissioner, | '¢ Tatlroad conductor, tz maid to Wave) 0 ge interference with the} had been taught to call Mrs. Wang. | Blaine, George D. Montfort rece gpa nr- yp —ieeogthesbe edt pehet: | pales operations of antininen ness “mother,” and to call his > list virgin fordst areas; Prof.| art and Impyn » posal garbage ms £ | mother “Mrs. Clein.” 4 o sought to provide the where Cc. B. Rigg, botanist, U. of W | “My crime was pretty bad. bet] dina: gor conviviality. It had been | She found, also, she claims, ti Futher and son banquet; Tuesday, | there are worse things than murder, coieg from automobiles that ply | the Wangness family had no bp. m., First’ Methodiat chureh.| and I would like to help give thone, | ‘ " tion of giving him up. . upon the roads that link Vancou | To invade the movies? Federal | fellows what they deserve,” he sald. | 10. np G with the metropolis of Came | Advised by the department of pub | Judge Jeremiah Neterér visits Calt| D. W. Cole, “ruler” in the upper| inc’ Noctiwent, Ite ownere had lic welfare, she took the matter fornia. cella a prisoner serving four months end the judge and paid their | three days ago with Deputy Prose Honor Jefferson. King county | for larceny, declared: ae, °° Ana Setedeek ke Bee jcuting Attorney Chester A. Batchel femos meet at Meves’ cafeteria I would be glad to take four| fines. | And Stary . or, who sent a communication to E. T. Mathes to speak more months jut to get a crack at |e eee ai ee no drop escape ee | Mrs. Wangness, asking that she call, | Re hem birds. I been in pretty to’ and talk the matter over. George Neat was fined $150 when | °)° bat “abe ithe’ this He and four of his deputies hurled [Friday before Federal Judge Cush-|Cromeed my path before, huckled when they smashed. | CHILD LOCKED IN ROOM mar “WEILL, TAKE CARE OF Sometimes a bottle went safe, roll When an attempt was made to Tacoma police search for J. 8 ah a THEY PROMISED 4|ine into the muck below pat oe ge oneting: i A cits Vale guner ae nen the jailer took Bogart ani hy ‘ ‘ein and her husband, Sigmi : pS killed at last Th = M-limpyn out of the main tank, the| SHOOTS N OFF BOTTLES; Clein, 23, who hastened here from ited here last hy | 1 aie 5 - AIM PERFECT is ‘ x prisoners urged bim to let them re-| | San Francisco a few days ago | “Inclined to be penurious” was the | main | Bae tenga ret eae Lo the |help, the doors were barri . Saclay > : “We'll take care of them. Give | rescue it Starwich whipped out wy : “~ a | against them and the chil hee Rive | ry de poe Bet fo ratio a ‘em to us. You ¢ need no tr automatic, took « aim| Miss Grace McClure, a «stenographer employed by the pay tag a locke “ for them guys,” the pr 4 nipped the neck and the hith| American Can company, is the second contestant picked for| Justice of the Peace Cc. C. Dalton, aa front) he had a lump on hia head, Impyn|missed. But Starwich was in finest actress competition. —Photo by Pinney’s Studio. | torts to serve the warrant failed at Sivinion, was bruised about the body land cruelest form. He never lost 4 * * * * % * * * * noon and at 6 p. m.. Friday. | P. Pothier, alleged slayer}. two soldiers are bound over | shot They think they Have discovered Sending, special delivery, contract} Attorney T. D. Page, however, lot Ma lexander Cronkhite at|'? the t district court because] Crowds that had come up, pant-| her—not the winner of ‘the $1,000/as agreed, Will guarantee ten me to Justice of the Peace Dall * 1 Sante oe sxpected to arrive in| theif crime o¢cur on the gov-|ing, gave it up for hopeless. No! contenet offered in The Star-Univer-| Weeks at $100 weekly to girl selected | “MnOUNcing she was his cliemt, udinia Sane & for trial ernment reservation. ‘Phey will o|man, except the officials, laughed | °°" wh ‘ an contest Winner, Aust have umter. Be Would produce her if bail were set ivthe seth Versaty of the or. before the federal grand Jury here|or smiled. It was serious business. |S! Moving picture contest, for’ only | or nine if whe wulty ue we have op.| Which might be furnished. ganization Epworth League | June 13 and will be brought to trial/ Men and women stumbled thru the the five J have authority to de ton on her services in future, Wire|.5#turday morning, while Mrmoos ef the Madison St. Methoatt Er federal court during the June | litter of worn-out suitcases, burlap | cid but | stralht opinion any likely talent de.| Clim and her husband were waiting loopal church will be observed 8 ™ bags and boxes, looking for the > ieee tained etic fir-th conten | in court for the woman to Se a his confes Impyn says heloverlooked that was not there j lett skin ectunatt ed ah saseia, sees run tad 4 yo | Pae came in again and was close | His wife, Elizabeth Van Dusen, re.| ¥9% born in Harlem, Holland, and And when the clink of the last] Ich, GacUret: Taree ane Seaport : Powis val i © with Justice Dalton in a long confer- unen to come West, so A. Van Du,| that he came to the United States |dead bottle echoed down the deep | “mbition en to be sent to Uni wa the deen, ee ents of Tacoma, sued for divorce $ August 13, 1919. His father, moth-| ravine the procession moved mourn: | ver whether she wins the ard. tovadipenestaiibinet suints | Deputy sheriffs, acting on a susp urde; y have been married 35 /°" ®n@ three brothers still live in|fully away with no other comment | contest or not, to make good in com Gc nines Chance an u) cion, went quietly to Page's office are, Holland. than a concerted groan. | eay se yp ‘0 Sty one and made certain that the woman . for t east Improvement elub | ra and a sister reside in Am-| SAND POINT, Idaho.—sh« the teat to show the “get 4 Bm ‘ a will be held at a meeting in the|sterdam, Holland. He came to the| Kirkpatrick Ronner = <a go" ‘vivacity that she displa today. Later entries will del pattie and found Mrs. Wangness, 3 patrick, unty, | £2” yt used in test films the third and| her brother, her 12-year-old daugh- | Beyent school building at $\p, m.| United States a few months betc harged with accepting Itquor bribe,| the first week's tryouts ar fourth weeks of the contest, except | ter and the coveted child ‘ | Monday (Turn to Page 4, Column 3) Jreleased on $2,000 bail por yes very probable the those wh ify that they can ap-' Promptly Deputy Sheriffs Wililam 4 She came into the contest. among | PO"? for tr CEP ORCAS, (Turn to page 10, column 6) . the first entries, yveral times her photograph was tossed into the dis jeard as too unprepossessing ach |time it was brought back. The F | Judges finally decided was a x | Y and, with some reluctance. Pe decided to call her for test a | Nobody took particular notice of \t her when she reported for her first 4 | tryout. She was not as attractive as | some of the other prettier girls, bf ut when got in front of the 4 i y "She isn't much for looks, and for 4 | that reason I don't think she'll win * 7s the $1,000 contest prize. said Harold Be who directhd the test “Wut she's got pep—barrels of it! If she'll just be natural, she's a knockout, Boy! How—she—can is act!" William Cutts, manager of the Clemmer theatre, where the fir test films will be shown, beginnir Sunday, agreed that the girl “had i something B. | | Ben West , who has come here a ALFRED BICKFORD. | HAROLD WERKS. J, H. NEWBERGER— | thom ‘Universal City to supervise the Because he was the moving spirit | Recause this Seattle youngster has| Because this young vice pre siege contest with the co-operation of The a behind the meeting of business men| made the nation happier whistling | of the Seattle National bank believés | star, admitted he “got a kick” out of p. which this week decided to conduct|hia songs and because he has put|in turning sunshine into the dark| her first appearance 4 a merciless war on ceattle pessimists. | his own home town on the song map. places. Every few weeks he stages! ‘Their enthusiasm ran Py ier 4 They will consistently tale Seattte's| Chief of hia successes is “Hindu-|an entertainment for ‘the plucky,| they wired Irving Thalberg, director| Mrs, . R ¥ . good points and will spread che news|stan.” Weeks gets steable fortunes cheerful ike who are fighting | general of the Universal Film Co., at Bas ae pe fer : is nid oh my ha Pde in, Jr. whom Of progress the city ta now making, for hls aonga. They're the tantalis-|gloom and disease at Firlands tuber-| Universal City, “the film capital, of ‘ er a hard struggle from the arms of a man This, Mt As expected, sill offect the ling, mesmerising sort, “Sunset” Cella |culosis sanitarium. He raised the | the world further instructions | @howas trying to take him away from her Saturday.—Photo ~ Jharm done by the gloom sage nsers.|his life story this month, funds for @ movie machine, Iie witea back: | by Price & Carter, Star staff photographers, 4