The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 20, 1921, Page 1

Tonight n; mode Temperature Maximum, 51. Weather and westerly Today noon, 51, Thursday, rate south- y winds, Last 24 Hours Minimum, 40, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Second Cla. > oO “VOLUME It’s Cleanup Week. Clean Up the Lake. A Look at Madrona. Bathhouse a Disgrace. ‘This ts the thirty-sccond of a se- rice of articles in which members of The Star staff tell what dixpleases them most, and why, BY CHRIS SCHWABE ow" SRE’S your peeve?” ‘This was my morning greet ing from the Managing Editor. I left my home along Lake Wash- ington early, while the sun was slow ly creeping over the Cascades and distance—a wonderful sight. I was satisfied with life, but the demand of the M. E. reminded me that I had a few peeves and that he and his editorial staff are my daily peeve, but as we are all in| the same boat I can’t afford to rock However, my real peeve ts the ity of Seattle, its officials, or per haps its the people themselves who &re to blame. Anyway someone ts to blame for the unsightly condition of the water front along Lake Washington from Madrona Park to Leschi. I have driven strangers to our city ever our lake boulevard and have heard them exclain with delight about the beauties and natural grandeur of this wonderful drive. But the uns unk in our boulevard can't be explained. Madrona park if a natural park and with very Uttle expense could be made a beauty spot. ‘The bath house on the beach ts a @isgrace to the community and the Bathing public. A modern building built along graceful Lines to conform to the surroundings, with con- yeniences for the summer bathers and the traveling public should be built this year. ‘The beach from Madrona to Lee chi could be made into a beautiful park. It has all the natural ad nts Imke Washington lapping shore line, the drive on the side, with a panorama of the What other city haa such a nat- tral spot to beautify? This ig cleanup week, *fr. Mayor. ‘Visit our backyard and set the ma chinery in motion to make this beach an asset to our city. MOROSCO HELD IN BOOZE CASE Theatrical Man Is Arrested in Brooklyn NEW YORK, April 20.—Oliver oneo, theatrical man, was ar Taigned today in a Brooklyn court on a charge of violating the Volstead act by possession of 92 bottles of Hquor bottled after the act became effective. He was held under $1,000 bail for the May term of court. Revenue’ agents charged that Morosco packed the bottled liquor for transportation to Los Angeles, barrels of liquor there. ment of barrels was held up also. Charles R. O'Connor, prohibition Girector for New York, granted Mo- Tosco the permits to remgve his stocks of wines and lquor from Great Neck, N. ¥., to Los Angeles. Meyer Kaplan, revenue agent, made the complaint against the pro- goods. He said the 92 bottles in ex. cess of the barrels bore labels indi’ cating t they were purchased after the Volstead law became effec tive Leon C. Winstock, state stperin. tendent of prisons and Morosco’s per- sonal friend, put up the bond. Morosco waived examination when taken before United States Commis- sioner McGoldrick. ets Long Term on Statutory Charge Sentence of 10 to 25 years in the state penitentiary was imposed Thomas Desmond Wednesday morn ing by Judge Calvin §. Hall, when Desmond 5 1 guilty to a statu tory offens ving a young girl. in Trial of Boy 11 Set for May 31 ‘OX, Ind, April 20—Tnal of urkett, 11, charged with mur. 7, a playmate, today wan set to begin May 31. T' trial recently was postponed on ac count of the serious tllneny of Prose cutor Dilts. Judge W. E. Pentecost of the Starke county court will pre side. Young Purkett shooting his playrm giving day followin K Ce 1 dering Benn ts charged with te last Thanks quarrel. 15 Prisoners in ‘Escape; 6 Captured KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20—| 7 Fifteen prisoners at the municipal farm at 1 wed their way to freedom ¢ ay. Six were recaptured fter a hase by guards, Nine are still fugitives, Mt. Rainier showed plainly in the| Cascades and Mt. Rainier always in| view, after securing a permit to take 42) The ship-| on| DN SEATTLE, WASH., WE DAY, APRIL 20, 1921. The Seattle Star Matter May 3 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattio, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, §5 to $9 IND TWO BODIES IN HARBOR! EDITION | POLICE ARE HUNTINGFOR ASSAILANT | Rejected Man Enters Home| and Opens Fire on Couple; | Both in Hospitals | PORTLAND, April 20. — Mrs |Thomas Raker, 19, in fighting for her life at Sellwood hospital here to day, while her husoand lies danger ously wounded at Good Samaritan hospital. | The Bakers were shot by Jen |Boydeon, of Vancouver, Wash, & |disappointed suitor for the girl's! hand, ccording to the story told by Beker as he iay on his cot in the west side hospita! The shoot ing occurred last night, when Boyd: son stalked into the Baker heme, [revolver drawn, and opened fire on | | |}Baker and his young wife, the wounded man said. Police are searching for Boyd fon, who hi disappeared. Girl Takes Deadly Poison by Mistake Mistaking bichloride of mercury tablets for aspirin, Irene Pendleton, | 18, a chambermaid, is near death to | |day. She swallowed three four-grain } tablets of the polzon. | That the girl's fate wi] not be j known for several statement of Dr. F. tending physician. | Bichioride of mercury is one of the slowest and) band deadiest of poisons, in pain, Miss Pendleton, who ts a maid tn & lniging house at 1316% Seventh ave., returned home from a shopping trip Tuesday afternoon, complaining | of a headache. In the belief she waa | taking aspirin, she poured three in nocent-looking tablets from a vial. Dr, Clancy was called and admin istered first aid. The girl's mouth Was slightly burned. She refused to be taken to the city howpital, in spite} | of the advice of her physician. Assassins’ Attack Causes Man’s Death The girl is not } Meat Cutters’ and Butcher Workers’ | junion of Chicago, died here today of | |blows on the head when he was stugged with a baseball bat April 5. His assailants have not been appre- hen John coded cou: Kilulski, whom Rokosz suc: an president of the district | Harding Will Go to New York May 23 WASHINGTO?D April 20—Prest dent Harding will |trip to New York May 23 to ap 1 veraary of the founding of the New) today. Allies Invited to Legion Convention WASHINGTON, April |that formal invitations to prominent | presentatives of Great Britain, |France, Belgium and Italy had been Jextended thru the state department land the embassies to attend the ‘third annual three-day convention at Kansag City, beginning October 1. ‘The special representatives invited included Marshal Foch, Admiral |Beatty, Lieutenant General Baron ques and General Enrico Cavii gia. Asks $25,000, but Jury Gives Him $1 Damages of $1 and costs were awarded Wednesday by a jury in Judge Calvin §$. Hall's court to Adolf Loewe, attorney, who sued August Mehihorn, jr. for $25,000 charging slander. Loewe enld Mehl horn called him a “shyster” nearly three years ago. | hands and make a second |of $150 diamond York Commercial, one of the oldest | Alaska, newspapers in the United States, it| Marshal L. T. Erwin, in Seattle with was announced at the White House | prisoners. Attend Summer U. Is Plea to High Grads High school graduates are Jurged to attend summer school at out by Prof, Frederick C. ldean of the summer seesion at the university, to all high school seniors lin the city. Thought Sheriff Was a “Customer”? Carl A, Johnson, 40, accused by an basal’ being | the university in letters being sent | Bolton, | Jagent of the sheriff of mistaking wald age for a regular customer, was arrested by deputy sheriffs! |Tuesday night at the Greenwood garage, Greenwood # nd 85th st i} ohnson, they say, sold a quart of! Moines is proj Work Day and Night to Make More Dollars DENVER, Apri] 20.—The first American silver dollars ever manufactured in Denver will be coined at the local mint begin ning next Tuesday, it was an nouneed today following recelpt of more than 1,000,000 ounces of silver from western © camps, Colina of this denomina tion were made last by the Phil adelphia mint tn 1904 until their resumption at that place last month, officials said, ‘The manufacture of sitver dob lars here will continue several months, day and night shifts being used, it was stated. The new coins will replace those withdrawn from circulation dur ing the war and melted for ship. ment to India, Page One, Column 3. Summer turs. And some are not. Baseball's the news today Get out and root for the home tear! Rotartans hear and see Boy Scouts at luncheon Wednesday Eddie Hubbara wings to Victoria with 600 pounds of Oriental mail. G. M. Lowry elected president cen tral district Sunday school conven ton. Master barbers propose to raise haircuts price to 60 cents on Satur days. Pitnk-plank-plinkity-plank. U «ta ents organizing varsity string Robert Kell elected secretary, Seat- tle Ad club, to succeed BE. P. Kobl, rentened. Chamber of Commerce organizing auto tour of Puyallup valley for next Tuesday. Imposing services Tuesday for Honna, Japanese wrestler, slain Fri- day night. New field pleces, including 75 mm. rifles and other equipment, to be given 146th F. A “Say it with flour.” Seattle to con- tribute flour for starving Aremenian children next week. Americanization press in planned by post, American legion. To be rechristened. Third thra the foreign Rainier-Noble CHICAGO, April 20—Btanley RO | pantry, W. N.G. will be called 161st kowz, 62, former president of the |intantry after May 1 Popular (7) pastime; paying your poll tax. County treasurer has re ceived $10,965 to date. “The Enchantrens,” annual spring opera at U, tonight, at 8, Jean Mo Morran has leading role. Mrs. Warren ©. Fuffelman re elected president parentteacher as |, was assassinated @ Year 889. | sociation of John Hay school KELSO.—Mra. wife of Judge Randall, burned about lace when home catches fire. Nick Nicclo, 21, arrested for theft pin belonging to 1633 17th ave., on Mra. W. A. Moore, lat a dinner given on the 125th anni-| April 7. at Kokomo creely s New gold strike is, real thing, says U. Rose, alleged embezzier, on charges cabled allowed to go East Earl B. arrested here from Shanghal, on business trip. Student body at U getting worked up over big Junior-Knight carnival 20.—Th® | to be held in Campus armory Satur ducer, after inspecting the barreled| American Legion today announced | day night, April 30. Hurrah! Policeman 8. G. Cur lette’s handcuffs have been found! Somebody stole ‘em yesterday. Must have lost ‘em today. Offense: posseation of grapo. Plaster: $75, Plasterer: Police Judge John B. Gordon. Plaster Myrtle Johnson, 100% Westlake N Miss Hazel Archibald and Mins | Alida Bigelow tell Seattle Ex-Service Women's club of formation of a Na tional Women's Overseas Service League in New York Mrs, John Jenst, 206 Summit ave. N., left home at 7 p. m. Monday and returned at 9, to find her bus band’s woolen underwear and sox missing from the clothesline, Other clothing was left untouched. Some chilly thief at work? No Oregon Land Opening for Vets PORTLAND, April 20.—Govern: ment land office and military offi clals here today stated they knew nothing of a plan to open land on a large seale to exservice men. In quiries from Seattle announced that reports were prevalent there of a roposed land opening in Oregon state. Daddy Draper Sick, Writes Secretary of the only self-supporting children’s home | “Daddy” Draper, founder in the world, is sick, it was reported to The Star Wednesday, by his, 13- year-old secretary, Kathryn Weat- over. But, tho "Daddy" ts sick, the work of building for raising funds for a new the nicely, thank suing aun, kiddies out at Des) CONGRESS -ANTL-JAPS ~ FORM CLUB Western Solons Organize and Name Senator Hiram | | Johnson as Chairman audi | WASHINGTY asmoctation . Apr 20—An of western congressmen to fight in congress for Japanese exclusion laws was formed here today | Senator Hiram Johnson was elected chairman and will name committee which will of anti-Japanene | jon. Pinna are] ram thru this; an executive | frame a immigration jto force much a neanion The | compo fro program legis Pi of congresn ecutive committees wiTl be of two representatives | the following states California, on, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, jahoma, Nevada a Texas, ' Petitions Filed on Senate Bill 180 Petitions containing 4,000 names asking Yor a referendum on senate [Dill 180 because it does not compel school children to mubmit to medical examination were filed with the city comptrofier Weinesday by J. W. Gilbert, executive secretary of the | League for the Conservation of Pub- | lle Health. Signatures of 24,000 per sons are necessary. Says U. S. Won't Settle Dispute BERLIN, April 20.—The United Mr. | States, anewering German feelers, |™cTed University tradition, wil be | haw declined to accept nettloment of | the reparations dispute with the al lea, it was stated today in diplo matic circles here. \A ks I Extradition of Larceny Suspect! Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm | | Douglas Tuesday afternoon request: | ed Gov. Hart to extradite J. Ro Me Donald, wanted here for grand lar- ceny and recently arrested at San Francisco. British Girl Golf Champion Is Winner LONDON, April 20.—Mina Cecil Lvitch, British woman golf cham-| | pion, today won a 36-hole tournament | at the Ranelagh club, defeating | American woman champion. | Mins Leitch scored a 70 today and | [Miss Stirling a 73. Both played| |a round yesterday in 7: | | ‘The British champion also won a [medal offered by the club for the/| best 18 holes, 2 Seattle Mothers Follow Mrs. West That The Star's famous series on the care of babies, by Mrs! Max | Weat, is being closely read by Seat- tle mothera and mothers-to-be is in- | dicated by a@ letter received by Mra. | | West recently from Mrs, Dan D, Bal- | lard, 2221 Federal ave., who declared that The Star series was invaluable. | Praises “Man Who Sent Him to Pen Altho he was sentenced to the state penitentiary for three to 15) years when he pleaded guilty to} grand larceny, A. C, Petridge, for mer proprietor of the Petridge Auto Salen Agency, has written to Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jones, thanking the latter for his kindness, | Petridge says he was well treated, and the county Is being saved muc money by the methods followed by the present prosecuting attorney, NOW LE'S See - 1 USED The OuT- GOSH! I'LL HAFTA GET uP SOME NEW ONES, UM-M,Le'S SEE NOW. | catcher; Niehaua, pitcher. lover him Aug. 24, 1920, after he had | Wiliam Randaf,|among others, Miss Alexa Stirling, |been kneked from another freight) SEASON OPEN ||: GROUNDS IN (Movie Mermaids S GOOD SHAPE “Perfect Figure” Picked FOR OPENER Clearing Weather Promises | Record Attendance; May Smash League Mark Seattle's Coast league baseball | warriors were to trot out before the Seattle fans for the first time this seanon this afternoon at the Rainier Ney park, with the Sacramento ns furnishing the opposition for the Siwashes, Play ts called at 3} p | m. The park has been dolled up for! the opener and the field ts In good shape in spite of the raina of the last few days The new stands will accommodate about 14,000 people. Preceding the game the usual baseball parade thru the downtown streets waa staged. At the ball park the usual preliminary fentivities were to be confined to Mayor Cald. well pitching the first ball and Chief of Police Searing trying to catch it The complete Seattle Uneup fol-| lowe: Lane, right field; Wisterzil, | third base; Murphy or Bates, first base; Eldred, center field; Ken-| worthy, second base; Cunningham, left field; Spencer, catcher; Stumpf, | shortstop; Schorr, pitcher. The Sacramento Jineup follows: McGaffigan, second base; Kopp, left field; Pick, third base; Mollwitz, firat base; Compton, center field; Ryan, right field; Orr, shortstop; Elliott, Rededicate Columns at U, Clean-up Day Rededication of the colunma, the feature event of Campur Day anntal clean-up day at the univ sity, Friday. Work in the morning, a lunch in the afternoon prepared by the co-eds, apecches following, a| ball game between the varsity and, Oregon on the heels of the talks and | 4 dance in the evening are the stunts prepared for day Hear $40,000 Case Against Railroad Hearing on the sult for $40,000, brought by Cora V. Pettby, as a minintratrix of the estate of Roy C. Pettby, against the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad, was be | gun in Judge Calvin 8. Hall's court) Wednesday. Roy C. Pettby, switch man, wan fatally injured, i is claimed, when a freight train ran train by an from beam. Seattle Woman Has Letter From Harding} Minn Nan Elizabeth Beall, Hotel Livingston, 1931 First ave., is the proud possessor today of a letter from President Harding, or rather from his secretary, George B. Chris-| tian, Jr. It is in reply to a letter of con- gratulation sent to the president, Christian, in his reply, bays: “My Dear Miss Beall: ‘The prest dent very greatly appreciates your kind message and he asks'!me to| convey to you his hearty thanks for | your congratulations and good will. “Regretting that the pressure neo- Seearily incident to the opening} days of the administration has pre-| ented an earlier acknowledgment, believe me, sincerely yours, ete.,” Miss Beall's greetings to Harding were couched in verse. | | Campus Election Is on This Afternoon The annual spring political eaul- dron ts boiling again at the unt versity. Candidates for the various student offices of the Associated Students of the University of Wash- ington were scheduled to be nomi. nated at an all-university assembly in Meany hall Wednesday at 4 p. m. Offices to be contested are those of president of the student body, senior representative, junior repre- sentative, sophomore representative, graduate representative and Tyee editor. Herbert Hunsaker and Robert MacFarlane, prominent in the de bating field, are sald to be the most likely candidates for the presidency. Fordney Promises Protective Tariff WASHINGTON, April 20.—A pro tective tariff will be given all south. agricultural and manufactured ern products in the regular tariff bill, | Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee stated today. He made this promise to John Henry Kirby, Texas, presi of the Southern Tariff ase ation, which appeared before the commit- | poise. AND WIFE SHOT BY SUITOR Se gee a Little Miss Louige Lough, 207 N. 60th st., has won the un- feigned admiration of the noted sculptor, Alonzo Victor Lewis, who declares her figure to be 100 per cent perfect. She is one of the entries in The Star-Universal contest, who were “‘movied” at the Crystal Pool yesterday.—Photo by Price & Carter, Star staff photographers. All girls entered in The Star-Universal $1.s00 moving pictare contest are nett: to the cemtrat public Mbrary, Fourth ave and Madison st., EXCEPT those who were last week in front of The Star office, those whe appeared yeaterday at the Crystal Pool, scheduled for Sunday filming and those whe have entered the contest since Inst Saturday. . Twenty of Seattle's most beautiful girls tripped out of the locker room at the Crystal Pool yesterday after- noon, ready for the plunge. ‘There was a tremendous splash, a gale of laughter swept the guller- tes. Harold J. Binney, 215-pound director of the test films in The Star- Universal moving picture contest, had lost his footing and tumbled backwards into the clear blue water. He came up blowing like a_por- Cameramen Len H. Roos focused on the bevy of laughing beauties as they passed by and the rythmic “click-click” of his shutter announced that the second week's test film of the contest was regis tering perfectly. BEAUTIES DIVE AND SPLASH LIKE MERMAIDS Bright, golden sunlight flooded the The beauties dived and splash- a rope ladder leading to a tiny plat: form high up under the skylight and, while the crowd watched breath less, poised. herself on the edge of her lofty perch, leaped out and plunged like @ bullet headlong into the water 40 feet below. As the spray settled she bobbed to the sur face smiling. It was a tremendous dive, for a woman, The crowd applauded. Manager William Cutts, of the Clem- mer theatre, on whose screen the films are being shown, asked Miss Mayhall to do it again, but her drop was too fast for the camera, A third ‘time she dived, and the camera caught her. The sculptor, Alonzo Victor Lewis, one of the contest judges, sat with the other judges looking on, Every move of the 20 girls, every smile, every individual mannerism, was ob- served. OF THE RLS ATTRACTS SCULPTOR’S EYE One of the girls who had come with her mother, attracted the par- ticular attention of t!e sculptor. “Wonderful!” he said. “That girl doesn’t make a move that isn’t gracefulness itself. Her figure is tee urging protection, 100 per cent.” these | T ‘WO CENTS IN SEATTLE plash ! 1 IDENTIFY © ONE MAN © LOST FOR © SIX WEEKS Body Floating Off Pier 14; Other Ashore in East Waterway; Boat Found Two dead bodies were recovered from the waters of Elliott Bay, Wednesday. One of them has been identified as Al Joch, day watch man at Pier 14, who disappeared February 8. The other has not yet been identified. Joch was last seen aboard @ scow owned by the Border Line Transpor- tation Company and anchored along- side the pier. He is believed to have fallen overboard, while suffering from a fit. f % The body was first discovered Albert Meyers, 215 Thomas st, = Ei coroner's office, who recovered She is Loulse Lough of Ballard. The sculptor is cager to model her, in clay. But, to go back to the beginning, 42 girls were called for yesterday's |test film. Owing t othe uncertainty of the weather and the fact that some of the 42 are unable on account of their employment to appear for tests except on Sunday, only 20 came. The others, who did not come and |who can appear on week day: [included in a second call, issued to- day, to appear at the Central Public library, Fourth ave. and Madison st., jat 10:30 a. m. tomorrow, When the 20 beauties reached the pool at 1 o'clock yesterday after. noon it became at once apparent to the camera crew that splash pic. |tures cannot be directed from a dry |berth. Director Binney was in a | quandary. BAT! G SUIT FOR | companion, Earl McDonald, 16, | Urday, when they left on a noticed the corpse floating some below the surface of the water, immediately notified the police = iv we body. Joch was identified by W. Day, foreman on the pier. Joch lived at 1818 Sixth ave. His sister was notified. i Police were unable to recover i body of a man washed up on ane flats below Spokane ave and “ ing st. Wednesday. The body caught in a deep below a head. It is that the — high tide will wash the ree. Police were investigating We day the Mart Kinchen, age 16, and a Be wrt have been missing since § p. m. Sat cruise on Lake Washington, still unheard from Wednesday, cording to the police, is Kinchen’s parents live at 1545 47th st. eee . Snoqualmie Falls Boy of 9 Dro Coroner Willis H. Corson left afternoon for Snoqualmie investigate the drowning of a old boy named Shanklin, in the there at 9 a. m. The drowning occurred a half bove the falls, near the With some other children the was on his way to school stopped to play on a raft. Evidently the others went on ing him on the raft. It is he lost his balance and fell off, An hour later his body was by two women and a man lying six feet of water. . ee The body was removed to Ee home of his. parents where « Samuel Max of Snoqualmie tried in vain to bring back life. 2,500 Pay Poll Tax; but oh, Lots Haven’t At noon Wednesday 2,500 had paid their poll tax of $5 to County Treasurer William AL Gaines, Statements had been sent out to 46,000. To avoid duplication =~ i tY IS A PROBLEM into a bathing suit,” | BINN | "Get some- |one yelled, “and direct from the water.” “They haven't got a suit big enough to hold me," Binney replied, blushing. ‘The pool attendant sized him up. “Nope, don't think we have,” the attendant concluded. “Wrap him in a tent,” shouted a spectator. “Get a barge,” other. “He'd sink it,” came a protest. A happy thought struck the at- tendant. “Come on,” he said, and Binney followed. The attendant dug up a long-forgotten bathing sult that had been especially made by the factory to fit a huge dummy used for ad- vertising purposes. It would house three ordinary men. It fitted Bin- ney perfectly. All afternoon, in the three-men's size bathing suit, the director swam, floated and stood in the pool, shout ing: “Camera! suggested an- Iris in! Now, girls, come down to this end of the tank and dive! Register smiles! Hey, kid, get back, you're in the picture! Iris out! Cut! Blub-blub!* TEN GIRLS CALLED FOR. 'NOTHER FILM TODAY Ten girls were called for a test film * the Pacific Film Enterprises studio at 14th ave. and E. Pine st., at 1 o'clock today. They were in- structed to appear in party dresses for an “inside set.” County Treasurer Gaines asked that no one attempt now to pay his tax until he has reecived a statement, | The tax becomes delinquent May 1, but Sheriff Starwich will not begin — enforcing payment until June L 2 Rum Runners Are Caught (Almost) Notified by the postmaster a Kingston that two of the crew: the rum-running launch were to slip into Seattle W¢ < day morning aboard the steamer — Dauntless, federal officers met the ~ boat on its arrival here. ‘The men were not aboaml. They escaped Sunday night when they’ ran the Xeniel on the beach at — Admiralty Inlet after a running, fight with the coast guard cutter Arcata. The launch was bringing in booze from Canada, Bold Bandit Boldly Burgles 2 Chickens After having boldly entered the home of S. Fakima early Wednesday morning and burgled two chickens therefrom, a bold, bad bandit was put to rout by the Japanese, The intruder escaped after a scuffle, But not before he had been forced ta drop the hens. Logger Hurled 80 Feet to His Death ABERDEEN, ‘April 20.—-A « New entries continued to pour in at The Star office today, line jerked. Jack Olson, 45, was catapulted 80 feet to death,