The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 26, 1921, Page 1

THREATENS TO SLAY JUDGE On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise EM Weather Tonight and Wednesday, | fair and warmer; mod- * erate westerly winds, * sheveens oo 53. Today {if VOLUME 23 } How Fast- —Can You Think? Quick as Lightning”? Really-You Aren't. Thought Is Slow. BY JUNE E. DOWNEY, PH. D. Testing the time of mental proc- esses ‘bas of late become a favorite occupation of psychologists. You can easily time yourself to see how fast you can read, write or speak, but it is still more important to be able to + think fast. The various applications of employ- #ment psychology have called our at- tention to the great differences be-| tween individuals in the ease with | , Which they can comprehend direc * tions, detect a fallacy in reasoning, “OF see & point to a story, Investigators of human nature have not yet, so far as I know, snap- Ped a stop watch to determine the pre- @lse number of seconds necessary for wn ' Fate is compared with the velocity of Jove at first sight, but they are en- @eavoring to time the number of | tmaginations one may trap, and the Mike. ‘THOUGHT SLOW ne does noc need to study the dof human thought very long to ¢ that the expression “quick thought” is a misleading one; it is excessively slow when its pound or light. Sound waves travel at a rate of About 1,100 feet per second, Light} Wavels at the amazing velocity ot y. say from about 400 ta 700 feet (per second. And when those nerve currents get - @ammed up in the brain by the need redistribution—otherwive knowo an alarming rate in comparison WARNS AGAINST __. FOREST FIRES! "ASHINGTON, April 26.—Henry fC. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, written to the governors of all states asking thelr co-operation the nation-wide observance of protection week, recently pro | med by President Harding for 22 to 28. Human agencies are shown to ve been responsible for about 136,- of the 160,000 forest fires which We occurred in the United States iring the last five years; and these 4 have been prevented by care Vigilance on the part of citizens, ‘The area burned over in five fears, 56,488,000 acres, is greater wn that of any state of the Union feast of the Rocky mountains except ‘exan. PSays She Will Sue Bebe for Salary PASADENA, Cal. April 26— ‘Claiming that she has an agreement with Bebe Daniels to act as her agent, Mrs. Florence Meehan, of this} city, announced that she would file suit against the movie actress today, aiming 10 per cent of Bebe's salary e-last two years, thru her at- , Neil McCarthy, of Los An- Mrs, Meehna says she is now em aged as adviser with W. C. De Mille, movie producer, _ Fund Will Help | : Oregon Students PORTLAND, April 26.—A_ perpet- ual trust fund of $200,000, to aid de serving students of Lake county, Or- _ gon, wag freed of litigation here to ‘day as a result of a decision handed down by the federal court in the Dr. | Bernard M. Daly will case. The fund, available inpmediately, ) will supply 150 young men and wom- en of the isolated county with col lege igistgey and general higher edu- “Reds” “Cause Head of School to Quit VALPARAISO, Ind., April 26. ident Daniel Russell Iparalso university had handed 4 4is renignation today, charging that that seat of learning swarms with “reds,” “pinks” and whades of radicalism. He stated all efforts to curb bol- shevik tendencies have failed. jodgedon | other | Temperature Last 24 Hours Minimum, 43. noon, 49. <> Wi SWALLOWS BICHLORIDE MERCURY “He didn’t Sp Speak to se! When He Came Home,” Is Her Explanation “My husband didn’t speak to me when he came home last night. 1 thought I had lost his love. So I wanted to die.” ‘This was the reason fog her at jtempted suicide that Mrs. Mary Anna Weimar, 26, gave as she lay in a city hospital bed Tuesday. “I have been ill for some time,” ,Shé said. “My poor health has made | me despondent. I didn't care to live! {2 ¥ More after Winfield neglected to speak to me when he came home.” But she was nappy again Tuesday For the solicitude shown by her hue Mrs. Weimar is the wife of Win 8, Weimar, silversmith, of 6714 EB Marginal way. She was rushed to city hospital The Seattle Star Botered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Por Year, by Mall, §5 to $9 SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1921. FEARING HUSBAND'S ’ LOVE IS DEAD. TRIES {Motorboat and | Crack Train in | | Thrilling Race NEW YORK, April 26.—Fight- ing to establish mechanical mu premacy two engines of steel pointed toward New York today in a race on land and water. The Gar, Jr, expreas motorboat cruiser, was leading by @ narrow margin after 18 hours of racing against the Havana Special on the Atlantic Coast line ‘The boat, piloted by Gar Wood ofy Detroit, fairly fies thru the water at a speed faster than the average express train. It was un hampered by necessity to stop at stations or of changing engines On theeAtlantic Coast line, the road had been cleared for the |] Havana-Spectal Every arrange |] ment had been made for the safety and speed of the train. The train and.the boat lett |] Miami, Fla, at 230 p.m. on Mee. |] day. | | The ttain’s schedule brings it into the Pennsylvania station at 10 p.m. tonight. The distance by rail from Miami to New York ts 1,240 miles and the distance by sea in approximately the mame. | Page One, Column 3. April’ showers. May flowers (mebbe). Brush fire breaks owt at Allyn, Mason county, Pi Lambda Theta sorority at U. of |W. initiates eight. quire three men to pull him off. Bo read the charges aguinst Palos, filed by the prosecuting attorney toed pv ag him of assault in y states, to tell what @ job it was to remove Palos from his vic- tim, Neterer Soaks “Wet” Chap $1,500 SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.— Frank J. Bettencourt, 5817 Shattuck ave., Oakland, pleaded guilty to a violation of the dry laws. Federal |Judge Neterer today fined him $1,500, the largest “booze” fine ever levied here. Auto Skids Block; Two Are Injured Harold L. Squire, 21, of 4236 W. Sixth st., received a cut on the mouth and his mother was badly bruised when they were thrown from thelr | auto as it collided with another at Gilman ave. and W. Howe st. Mon day. Ti other auto skidded a block down @ hill and crashed info his, Squire told police. Officials to Talk “Law Enforcement” “Law Enforcement” will be the theme discussed by Prosecuting At- torney Chiet W. H. Searing, and Methodist Episcopal Bishop William 0. Shep ard, Wednesday night at Plymouth Congregational church. The meet ing, open to the public, is arranged by the Seattle Federation of Church es. Alfred H. Lundin, former prose. cuting attorney, will preside. Music will be furnished by the 18-piece orchestra of the University Presby-| terian o'clock. FEARS FATHER SO RUNS AWAY Frightened by the sight of his irate father, Glen ‘Warner, 14, of 3894 BE, ¥ st., Tacoma, ran away Surday |after he had returned home late after attending a ball game, following at- tendance at Sunday school, Glen knew that he was supposed to come right home after Sunday school ‘As he approached the house with Cecil Myers, 15, of 4013 BE. F st., Tacoma, Glen saw his father waiting lfor him. Glen decided to run away Cecil thought it was a fine idea, That | night they slept in an old’ shack | They then stole a bicycle and rode lal the way to Seattle, each of them taking turns riding on the handle |bars. They were picked up here by Policewoman Hunsicker and sent |nome Monday. chureh, beginning at 7:45 Malcolm Douglass, Police | $15 p. m. Friday: Queen Anne high alumni to hold union. Calendar for May term being 4@raft- ed by clerk of federui court. Near Bast relief nets $1.000, equa) to 10 tone of flour, on first day. Held for deportation to Canada; Arnold Kaufman, Albert Bradley, Peter Strack. 'y in exact science.” Hes ter E. |. lecturer, told Fed- erated Women’s clubs Monday night. ‘Women's American Baptist For. eign Mission society of Columbia riv- er district to meet in Seattle May 31. Ellis Lewis Garretson, imperial po tentate, Ancient Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine, leaves for tour of East. One Hundred Per Cent club Frank W. Hull, J. E. Rows and ter G. Koenig; Arcade building Mon- day noon. “Long distance breathing” demon strated. Tuesday night clase, Com munity Service Dramatic institute, University club. son, E. W. Peterson, was killed in an itomobile accident, sues C. P. Me-mage and Alger Fowler for $15,- FIND BODIES 2 SLAIN BOYS SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.—Be- cause a father went mad over the death of his wife, the bodies of two little boys were lying on «labs In the morgue today, bullet holes thru their heads. And the crazed father was praying that their souls were in heaven, that their dead mother might have them and be happy. It marked the climax of the tragic case of John Cornyen, who yesterday walked into police headquarters and announced he had killed his two boys, Andrew, age 9, and Arthur, age 7. Late yesterday afternoon the bodies were found at Chapman, Marin county. They were discovered by searchers after Cornyen, his mind disordered and unable to give the police coher Jent information, had failed to lead | the officers to the spot where he said he had shot to death his boys, “be cause their mother always wanted therm.” Cornyen was held in the detention home today while medical authorities studied his case. Montana University President Resigns MISSOULA, Mont., April 26.—Dr. E. O, Sissons, president of the Uni- versity of Montana, tendered his |resignation today “L desire to devote my time to pursuing special study and to write,” Dr. Sissogs said, The board of regents has not an- nounced his successor. Evidence Is Weak Against Tito Ligi NEW YORK, April 26 eral authorities have fatled to obtain |sufficient evidence to charge ‘Tito |1igi with ayy connection with the | Wail Street bomb explosion, but will continue their investigation of him, Willlam J. Flynn, chief of the depart. ment of justice's bureau of investiga- tion, sald today, Mrs. Josephine Anderson, whose |" The fed-! “JAIL MEP "HER PLEA ‘Confessed Woman Bigamist | Begs for Release of Iegal Husband | “I asked them to arrest me ag @ bigamist and they arrested Fred | Hunter instead, What can I do to | wet him out so that I may take his [place In jail? I'll never be a witness against him.” Thus Mra M. E. Hunter, who telephoned police Saturday to come and get her at the El Rey apart ments because she was a bigumint, |ntated the purpose of her visit to |the prosecuting attorney Monday afternoon while she waited to be in- terviewed by Deputy Prosecutor Bugene Meacham. | EAGER TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN JAIL “I know Hunter won't appreciate my attitude jp the matter, but I'm not going to let him be punished if 1 can help it. I can see him now aitting In the jail brooding over the situation and I am eager to take his 1 do so and have Hunter released.” After a conference with the prose cuting attorney it was announced that no charges would be brought against Mrs. Hunter, she being ¢x- pected to bring annulment proceed. ings against Hunter and probably later try for divorce from her first — Sutton. unter, who had ‘been arrested on his arrival "here by boat Saturday night, was also to be released. Two Deportees Are Brought From North William G. Strenk, immigration in spector in charge of the Alaska dis- trict, was a Seattle visitor Tuesday. He brought two deportees from Ketchikan. |Oh, Boy! See the | Train Whiz By LONDON, April 26.—-To prevent whisky pilfering railway companies have decided to hahdle such traffic on recognized days in the week, when the whisky will be dispatched in locked and sealed vans. Mary Is 107 Years Old, and Going Yet DWIGHT, Ill, April 26—Mre. Mary Potter, 107, is the oldest per- n in the Mississippi! valley whose age can be authenticated. She in able to attend to household duties, remembers stories of the Revolution told to her by those who participat- ed in it, and has outlived seven of her, eight children. DETROIT TAKES OVER CARLINES DETROIT, April 26.—To the tune of snorting steam shovels, clanking cement mixers and the shuffle of 500 pairs of feet, the municipally owned street railway'y “mile-a-day” construgtion program ‘is under way. By a two-thirds vote, the service- at-cost ordinance of the privately owned Detroit United Railways, by which {t hoped to obtain a 30 years’ extension on its expiring franchises, has been defeated. ‘The city will begin immediately to take over the lines on which fran- chises have expired, Twenty-five miles of D, U. R. lines will be added to the muny lines this year, In five years the entire 900 miles will have been taken The muny railway already has 18 miles of new track in operation and will bulld 82 miles of extension that the D, U, R hee iamered for years. NOW FACE .5.PROBE Saunders “Authorized Make Inquiry Into Al- leged Combine Sweeping federal probe tnto an alleged combine of master plumbers and deating contractors, which, it! ia believed, may be costing private! home buliders in Seattle thousands of dollars monthly, was begun Tues day by District Attorney Robert C. Saunders upon receipt of authoriza tion for an investigation from the attorney general. ‘The actual gathering of data is being done by department of fustice operatives under Chief J. F. Mo- Auley. When the matter has been thoroly Investigated, the results will | be compiled into a report and for. warled to the attorney general, who will then order criminal prosecu | tien if any violation of the Sherman jantitrust law is shown. MAY LEAD BEYOND to boy eed Judge Richard Wingor, in his pro- against the plans for the pro posed Roosevelt high school, Saun- stated, led him to wise. 3 weet ington for authority to council of the Associated Industries Monday, Arthur Gerbel, chairman of the Master Builders’ association, de elared that Seattle plumbing and heating concerns are allied with the plumbers’ unions to keep plumbers’ prices at a high level, and to force out any insurgent contractor who ref to permit the general asso- elation to fix the amount that shall be bid upon any contract. Should the preliminary investiga- tion show the scope of the alleged combine warranted it, the attorney general might send a special corps Of investigators from Washington to assist the local authorities, it was stated. Immediately upon receipt of the authorization from the attorney gen- eral, District Attorney Saunders went into conference with Chief Me Auley, of the bureau of inventigu tion, Plans and details of the probe were worked out at the meeting, Saunders said afterward. Saunders made it clear that his office is not a clearing house for com- plaints, but stated that trained opera. tives from the departnfent of justice will be reiied upon to furnish the data for his report. Musta Been One Uv Them Wild Wimmin! Her luminous lamps lulled Luctus Larsen, logger, with a lullaby of las- situdinous love. Her’ fast fingers fished a fiver from his flashroll, Lu- | 7&~ cius laments, Constable ( Quits to Be Port Fire Boss King county commissioners Tues- ay accepted the resignation of Con- stable John H. Boyle and appointed James H. Woolery to succeed him. Boyte is now fire marshal for the port commisnion, Compiles Results of Governor Probe Résults of hie independent investi- gation of the collision in which the steamship West Hartland rammed and sank the Governor, April 1, are being compiled Tuesday by District Attorney Saunders. The investiga tion completed, a report will be for- warded to the attorney general with. in a few da Baunders mated Plan China Relief Campaign on Friday Plans for ‘taking up relief funds for China will be discussed at a meeting of business men at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 p. m. Friday, GUARDS LIDS TH Ew LATE EDITION ~ TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE SUICIDE OF NOTABLES - NOTE IS SENT IN MAIL TO ASKREN Depositor Signs Violent Mis= sive Objecting to Decision in Bank Case TACOMA, April 26.—A threat to kill Superior Judge W. D. Askren — because of his action in grand jury indictments against 4 S. Larson, president of the closed Scandinavian-American bank of Ta- comm, and Charles Drury, bank tor, was received by the judge in mail today. The threat was written on wrapping paper and was signed Depositor.” The letter read: “Be careful with your decisions tn the Larson and Drury cases. should have heavy fines and p sentences, “Shoot straight, or I will. “I can do better than the woman.” “The woman” referred to aj ently is Julia Smith, now se t.rm in the penitentiary for sh and seriously wounding Askren tag year while i was county p ='Only Four More Day Film Star Contest! There are but four days left in which to enter The Star-Universal contest to win a $1,000 contract to play in moving pictures. No more entries will be received at The Star office after Saturday. No “movipg picture schools" are being operated in connection with this contest. Those that have sprung up as a result of the contest are not vouched for by The Star or the Universal Film company. Contest- ants are not advised to enter such “schools,” ‘The next test films will be made | *o°4, Thursday morning. There will be no more thin one test film made after that. Next week will mark the beginning of the semi-finals, in which the judges will choose the sirls to take part in the final sprint of the contest. A contest similar to The Star-Un!- versal competition was held in IIli- nois last year under the auspices of the Chicago Elks. It was won by Gertrude Olmstead of La Salle. She went to Universal City, play- ing the lead in “The Big Adventure,” being shown this week at the Clem- mer theatre. Part of last week's test films in The Star-Universal cons test are also being shown. CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST The contest ts open to girls of any age living ta King county win Rave bad previous screen, cabaret oF other theatrical experience. tar, Uni- versal and Clemmor theatre employes are —G ndier 1° wne enter the contest @ written consent of parent must frst submit « photograph of themselves to The Star for the use of judges in selecting those to appear in the test flimes. 4—From those who appear tn the test films the judges will choose the winner. accept a 10 contract Universal Flim iy aad at Holiy- traveling expenses to Los A\ retu: Payment will be rate of $100 8 week during the 1 weal? engagement. position Nis Univeral ition w ni —The made If the photog: —No more entries will be received after April 20. $—In the final tryouts every effort wilt be made to sult the convenience of com- testauts as to hours. All girla who have not yet been filmed, including all who have-entered the con- test since last Saturday, are called for ‘They ‘are rain or shine, 20 1. W. W. ARE NOW IN PRISON LEAVENWORTH, Kans. April Twenty of the I. W. W. mem. bers sentenced to serve time in. the Leavenworth prison had “checked in” today, ‘Twenty-seven others were expected to arrive within a few hours. They were convicted of espionage in Judge Landis’ court in Chicago. Most of the I. W. W. were deject- ed because of the desertion of their leader, “Big Hill” Haywood, said to have fled to Russia to escape prison. Mid-West Gasoline 22 Cents Gallon CHICAGO, April 26.—Filling sta- tion gasoline in the Middle West to day dropped from 25c to 22c a gallon, it was announced by the Standard Oil company of Indiana. Gasoline at tank wagons is now 20c instead of 230. Boy, 19, Confesses Aid in Bank Theft CHICAGO, April 26—Harvey Pe- trus, 19, sald to be a member of a gang of bank robbers, confemed to police here yesterday that he par- ticipated in the theft of $17,000 trom the Summit State bank of Summit, Il., three weeks ago, HEROINE OF 4 DIES IN CREEK CONDON, Ore, April 26.—Helen Crawford, aged 4, gave her life here Jate yesterday. while. trying. to save her 12-year-old cousin Elsie from drowning. The oider girl was res cued, The two children were crosing a foot-log over Rock Creek when Elsie slipped into the stream. The baby, clutching her cousin’s dress firmly, was dragged from the log and into the swift current. $250,000 Slander Suit Against Girl LOS ANGELES, April 26.—Dam- ages of $250,000, for alleged slan- der, are sought by John G. Moran and bis wife, Lois, in a suit against Miss Grace Day of Pasadena, filed here today. Miss Day is declared to have re marked that Moran was madly in- fatuated with her and did not love his wife. Other alleged slanderous | statements are cited. Moran is a member of San Fran. | cisco’s art colony, Miss Day is said to be of a wealthy family of Youngs. town, Ohio. | HOQUIAM.—Celebration held in honor of B. E. Baldwin, civil war veteran, on his 80th birthday, he | picked it up when it dropped fram wagon, Katy Twigg. comely 20- girl, is defendant in a suit in J W. P. Brown's court in which Becklund, grocer, is asking for claiming the girl took that from his home. Miss Twigg den the story, asserting on the wii stand that the two families had on the best of terms and she been asked on one occasion to come _ over and cook a meal for ‘while his wife was away. She all the money she ever obtained arranged for by her parents with the Becklunds and covered by notes, Titled Women Plan to Shoot Big Game_ LONDON, April’ 26.—An tion to darkest Africa, Ring has just been organized, will imclude’ three titled women. The party con- sists of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Viscount and Viscount ess Titchfield, Viscount and Vis. countess Maldstone, and Captain and Mrs. Gerard Leigh. It is planned t shoot big game. Jaw Hurts Laughing at Poll Tax Jeste King County Assessor Frank W. Hull nursed an aching jaw Tuesday morning, Queried, he answered; “I've been laughing too hard at the side remarks of the checks com ing in as poll tax remittances. On@_ man sald: ‘I think of poll tax and pole cat together.” Another re marked, ‘Hart pinched me—ouch? and a third merely squibbed, ‘Hartt ¥ Oh, har, bap, har!" : FRED’S A SLICKER Fred Mills, motorcycle patrol- man, has the high cost of living beat to a fraggle, Here's the way Fred works it, according to his own boast: “When they pass the plate in church, I flash my star on them Ane, ent WY. Ree, Bataines” Bs