The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 29, 1921, Page 1

4 Bricks t Des Moines highway. June 21, Mrs. Myrtie Griffiths’ court alleged Ee we | | il Tonight ~ VOLUME 23 What Do You erly Temperature Today Know? Flower That’ Living Petals. Lunch Near? It Has a Spasm! BY K. E. PREE Animal. On any rocky seabeach just below | line, or in pools left when | the tide the tide is low, you can find one of the most beautiful flowers in the world, one which is not really a fow- er at all, but an animal It t& called the sea anemone, tho it looks more like a sunflower than an anemone. A brownish, cylindrical bedy or thick stalk is fastened to the rock and around the upper efige of this grow several concentric rings of pro jections which look like the petals of a flower. Sometimes these are white, but fre n of pink. hese are really tentactes not un- like the arms of an octopus, and they are as deadly to the various little creatures on which the sea anemone feeds. In the middie of the flat central portion inside the tentacles is a dark ish colored spot. This is the animal's mouth. When anything edible comes with. | im reach and touches the tentacles, they fold inward swiftly and cram the unwary visitor imto the alway bungry mouth. Just Inside the mouth and within the stock-like body is the stomach, and anything nutritive that gets in side is promptly digested. But the sea anemone ts not very Gever and it ts easy to fool it. If the center of the anemone fs touched, as by a pebble, or if the ani- mal is strongly disturbed in y other way all the tentacles close, dpe KEPT ON THE TROT Big-footed bankers kept cops busy Friday answering emer. gency calls. Twice during the Morning. bluecoated reserves were rushed to banks when the emergency alarm buzzers sounded at central station. “Stepped on the wrong bumer,” was the excuse given each time, Federal Reserve bank, 208 Colum- bia st. and the Union National bank, Second ave. and Cherry st., were the offenders. Judge Lindsay Is Dead Here, Aged 82 Robert H. Lindsay, 82, ‘former King county court commissioner, at 2a. m. Friday, at the Mead. nitarfum, Injuries received last June, when an automobile struck him at the foot of Cherry st. In this city, are said to have been responsible for his death Judge Lindsay was 2 well-known lawyer. His widow and two daugh ters survive him. Funeral arrangements will be Made by the local lodge of Elks. Asks $21500 Damage From Rroad Blow-Up Caught, she says, in a shower of lowing an explosion of the Pavement Mth ave. &., off on 1920, McClung is suing Judge Austin E. for $21,500 for her R ‘x county in injuries McClung and her husband. McClung, assert they were Mrs. HF. f tiding in a motor truck when 200 Square feet of the pavement blew Bp beneath them, lifting bricks 15 feet in the air. She claims she was thrown to the road and pelted in ithe storm. tor Escapes Death in Auto OREGON CITY, Ore., April 29.— Dr. C. F. Anderson, of Gladstone narrowly escaped death late last night when his machine, going at the| Fate of 20 miles an hour, hurtled over a 25 foot bluff and into the Clacka mas river Dr. Anderson managed to free him self of the wreck and swim ashore He suffered only minor bruls Fespor machine Of water for the cident ne located today under 10 f lows. is said to be a total Townley Conviction Upheld by Decision $T. PAUL, Minn., April 29.—The state supreme court today upheld the Sack county court in the convie tion of A. C. Townley, president, and Joxeph Gilbert, former organizer of the National Non P: were rged with conspiracy courage enlistments during the War, found and sentenced to Merve 90 A h in the county Jail Meantime pert was convicted On another charge in Goodhue coun ty and is now werving a sentence in the Red Wing jail Townley's case probably will be pep pealed. and rain; fresh northwest- Maximum, 53, the | t in the steering gear is held | ather Saturday, wind. Last 1 Hours Minimum, 3& neon, 50, WILL ASK HIS HELP |Marine Unions Break With Admiral Benson and Go to White House WASHINGTON, April 29.—Martne away from a conference with ship owners and Admiral Benson today, went directly to the White House to ask President Harding to intervene | and prevent a seamen s strike The union officials announced they would ask the president to im. | duce the owners and the United | States shipping board, represented | by Benson, as chairman, to withdraw [their decision to reduce seqmen’s wages 15 per cent on May 1. The offer to let President Hard ing decide the whole wage and seth, seamen's leader, after one the ship owners or by Admiral Benson. “We offer to put the whole ques tion unreservedly up to the presi dent and the marine onions will abide absolutely by his decision,” dectared Furwleth. “We will not agree to arbitration by President Harding,” waa the im- answer of the ‘owners’ WASHINGTON, April 29.—Calling | of a conference of employers and em- | ployes to settle the question of wages | land bring about a return of industry to normal was understood to have [been discussed today by President | Harding and his cabinet. The sug: gestion for the conference was made lto Harding by Senator Pomerene, |Ohio, just before the cabinet con- vened. Says No Hope for Liquor Law Change WASHINGTON, April 29.—There is no hope for any amendment to the Volstead law which will permit the |sale of light wines and beer, Repre- man of the house judiciary commit- tee, emphatically declared today. Such legislation would violate the prohibition amendment, he said, and added his committee would not waste time in hearings on this ques- tion. Colorado Now Has Anti-Oriental Law DE! Colo, April bill aimed at excluding Orientals from holding real or personh! prop. erty in Colorado, which was passed | by the last general assembly, was a law following signature by | Governor Shoup. The bill provides for submiasion to vote of the people an amendment to the «tate const jon authorizing the legislature to enact a law prohibiting property owning in this state by per sons ineligible to citizensh up. Portland Shrine i in Seattle Ceremonial Nobles of Al Kader temple, 500) strong, will leave Portland on a «pe cial train “caravan” over the North. ern Pacifi iraad at 4:30 p. m day for Seattle. ‘The divan of Al Kader temple will aid in the ceremonial to be put on Nile temple, Seattle, Saturday aft ernoon and night Sunday night ‘Charged With Trying | to Fire Apartment) Accused of ting fire to an apartment building at 1424 7th ave April 11, 1921, Joseph Miller was na preliminary hearing in Jus tice of the Peace C. C. Dalton’s court Friday. The charge against Miller ix arson in the segpnd degree ne burned apartment was owned lby Mary A..White. Miller denies all allegations Mary and Doug ANGELES, April and Douglas Fair 2 jaunt around the most famous husband e they their way in September on the trip of their lives, it announced tods They intend » first to Japan. Th China Ital and Great F ain are visited, and, on the return to if the Journey materializes, will tour the United States, Los 29, Pickford | planning Filmdom and wife believ clear to det most extens nke are lobe. wee rt to he America they j ON WAGES | workers’ representatives, breaking | quently they show beautiful tints of | working conditions dispute was dra. | matically made by Andrew Furu-| proposition after another made by | the seamen had been rejected by! sentative Andrew J. Volstead, chair-| 29.—The | today | to-| | The Portland Shriners will return Mary | On the Issue of Americanism There Can.Be No Compromise narens Mar SEATTLE, WASH., FRI ch 2, The Seattle Star Entered as Second Clans Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattte, Wash, under the Act of © 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 oe x & LATE i DAY, APRIL 29, 1921. | “Any Husband Will Know What I Mean!” went Sor hear Jay han¢ ed to emulate ror an honest man Friday, A thief tole the epotiight from his auto * . ay whens Try Willie Dalton! | Can « party line hog who refuses CHICAGO. April 29.—Selection of to allow the other party to call the|a jury to try Willie Dalton, 17 department be pre .4’|charged with absconding with $772 Question bothering Corporation Coun 000 worth of bonds from t North | | wel Meier as result of fire which de jerp Trust company of Chicago,/ stroyed home of Mrs. Anna Waiker, ! where he was employed, was com | How much does it cost to forget? Be ag “Hardly a word had been said—it was something in the air.” And then this frank, anonymous man goes on with his revelations of the intimate side of married life—as he sees it. He is tempted by the lure of another wo- man’s questioning eyes—by the elation that she is interested in him. And his own wife does, sometimes, “wiggle an ugly tongue,” as she herself admits. Here is THE MAN’S SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE with all its counter-emotions and va- grant fancies and inherent desire to test the candle flame, and twinges of conscience when he does! . All told in the gripping new daily feature, “THE CONFESSIONS OF A HUSBAND” | Page One, ‘Column 3. Joytul greeting! Paid your poll tax yet? U. of W. ‘naustriar clam ‘visite Sumner plants Friday. Alaska seeks compulsory schoo! law for children from 7 to 17, Dr. A. L. Nair arrives | after many years in hospital work in | India, ‘The boy was the son of Mra. J. E 8. Nakaanina, graduate Imperial Jones, 411 Fifth ave N. university, Tokyo, arrives in Seattle |to attend U. Confiscated opium worth $9,000 Bast by customs officials for | medicinal use in army. American Legion posts to sell pop ples; funds to be used for decorating graves of soldier dead. Zioniam.” Spokane, to speak at Make it snappy! tions left for Chamber of Commerce | hwestern Washington trade tour Action to be taken by Seattle busi ness men in regard to China relief; 8 p.m, Friday rooms. Victorian Literature, latest class in U extension course; Prot. A ham, 4p. m, May 6, Henry bidg | George Long, under arrest in Van-| | couver, Wash. to have served time at McNeil island | for smuggling. Friday & p. m.; Masonic club rooms Arcade bide FW Burglars fail Randolph, field secretary} anagh, 162 B. 62nd st., of national organization. ave. §. and Dearborn st., Thursday assault on cellar) afternoon. Mrs. I. A. Hopkins, lof Flora Co., soft drink manufactur | grandmother of the driver, was ers, 421 24th ave. |taken from open # Howling watchdog | knocked unconscious by the impact protects store of alcohol while $21 Is} After the accident the boy wa e brought to the hospital for atten pmax would have beén | sign, Tho | Wednesday night OUR GREAT MUNICIPAL GARBAGE PAILS BY jon't know! For been head ment of the He of al Cham | gold ve | av | | parte | ticke Ne boxe to be Plan World Tour} mo talki oft is t 1 the ont “Lapeu aber p fish them “Umbrella: frequently misplaced by the Chambers de more ‘umbretlas xt huge able capped Friday BEGINNING NEXT WEEK IN THE SEATTLE STAR BOY OF EIGHT ROUTS THIEF Blocks’ Doorway ‘to Home and Calls for Help An eight-year-old Seattle boy roat- ed a burglar Friday night. in Seattle The burglar opened the kitchen door at 10 p. m, and started to en- ter the house, He found the boy #tanding tm his pathway, The lad refused to budge. When the burglar attempted to push past him the boy cried for help, |and One maurauder fed. of W. Rabbi Julius L. Leidert, | Educational Only 18 reserva line auto, Johnson was released on | depositing $1,000 bail, covering city| }and federal court charges. Dry | squad officers say Anderson was! about to deliver the booze to a hotel. | On Way to Hospital His Auto in Wreck | While taking the small son of V.| vans, 1409 20th ave. S, to city| hospital for attention for a cut finger, Donald Hopkins, 18, of 3325 a7th place, driving his car, Chamber of Commerce R. Ben Room 1004 on dope charges, said | 7 | gated today by the coroner and jpled for four years CHIEF SLAIN BY THUG IN ai Policeman and Companion Are Shot When They Ac- | cost Murderous Stranger CHICAGO, April Ps Two women | #® an automobile, anwwering the de-| lweription of the machine in which the murderer of Police Chief George Rebm of West Chicago Med early to. day, were arrested at St Charles, ML, late today. The women were alone when taken [into custody. Their names were not |made public pending questioning by! jofticialn The slayer was not found. oe | . CHICAGO, April 29. —George | Rehm, chief of police of Weet Chica | 80, was shot and killed by an aniden. | tified man early today, and James | Schnera, the chief's companion, ser ourly wounded. Rehm and Schners had just direct | e4 tWo women in an automobile how to Ret to St. Charles, Ill, and crommed the street, meeting a stranger. “Where are you going?” the chief asked. Several revolver shots were the an- wer Investigation showed that the mys- | terious prowler who dtd the shooting eetaped in the car of Wy " who were directed Posten were Sheriff George county, Armed surrounding towlig ture of the kil Word wan flashed here. and pol! squads are touring plwecr ren towns, Two theories about the have been advanced, One wan thet they were the man’s companions, who was in Went Chica- go to commit a robery, The other was that the man threat. | ened to kill the two women if they did not help him escape, The man who did the shooting is about 30 years old and wix feet tall. Center hall, § p.m. Onateys eee Bunting to wave in lowntown . streets for annual session of York Chauffeur Held; Gruesome Murder Rite Masonry, May 2 to 6 Peddling Booze? Myste thed New Washington hotel, 620 p. ™./ 4, he drove into the alley off ystery Unearthe Wednesday, transportation bureau.| xarion st., between First and Sec SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 29— Chamber of Commerce, to meet ond aves, Friday, Harry Johnson,| What is@pelieved to have been a Administrative code explained to) 4, chauffeur, was arrested by dry | murder of the most gruesome char- | Young Men's Republican club Thure | coiad officers. Seven quarts of acter, in which the victim was ap: day by Legislator R. F. Gleason whisky were seized, together with|Parently lured into a deserted house in Spring Valley, near here, in the dead of night, shot to death and his body later burned in an attempt to conceal the crime, ig being invésti an The victim was a man Diego police, between 25 and 30 years of age The body was saturated with off and was badly charred. From the remains the investigators deduced that the man was well dressed in civilian clothes, altho the shirt he wore was that of a marine soldier. was committed had not John been oc M u Seattle Typothetae to| with an auto driven by H had he attempt Diogenes in a search Select Jury to | blazing body @ youth who lives near by, was at flames last night. He discovered the near the old well The murder party, including the [victm, apparently went to the de |werted ranch house in an automobile Auto tracks near the house were trac main road. Meet Our Lord High |Mandarin: Hon Hugh) A letter addressed to “The Lord High Mandarin of Seattle Province” ived by Mayor Caldwell Fri he contents are et was rec day ne pleted today. AILE! <t reader, I gentle an hour with C, A. Ct lost and found municipal railway who keeps track forgetful net ca re than ne he man article people he the nam disease that st umbrellas, | noodle to the rple for and automobile n on street curs. ee to tires and the articles most public, are than three days | key suffer jared the summe turned into this other single more there are| de . Books and heavy casualties, and of course people are than any always losing purses I do them a cut comes "I don't count overs ally them like don't tke, N ¥ list lunch boxes Nobody forget the shvedy t | believe ome lowe fortune to hang on to one for) the ‘ as the epistie is written in| ideographs. known Chinese ino Of © 4 PURFECT p> enatn Lihat seal» FT in here to claim overshoes, They're glad to be rid of them.” Chambers declared that some Pp |ple use the street cars for garba pails. Instead of throwing things in the ash ean, they carry them out on thelr shopping tours and leave them quietly on the street car W. CHICAGO 1 by investigators to the nearby | | | entrants in The Star-Univereal $1,000 movie t. * | Star. | to repo) ‘last tei | contest after 6 tered the ished in Wi | Th | slow one view a It may do this, r | si The juc sider 10 | selected whos It is un photogray The Star the conte the semi nar * rt. st is p.m. pontest the The ‘Star, Low as the reclas equire a wi ir for the es they with plike’ phs have t during th st will inate, e TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE SHIP WORKERS GO TO HARDING MEMBERS CREW OF ‘LIGHTSHIP MISSING Cutters Searching for Mea of the Relief Find No Trace PORT ANGELES, Wash. April —Five members of the crew of lightship Relef, anchored on |tilla reef, Cape Flattery, were yesterday and, altho an all search has been maintained by } guard cutters, no trace bas bees found. | The coast guard is sti! patrolling ithe beach between Ozette and Cape — | Wlattery. | ‘The lightship men were in a boat launched for the purpose | picking up a sack of green tables dropped for them by steamer Queen, inbound from | fornia. A 40-mile gale from the west re | vented them from reaching the Ugh | ship again. | Summoned by wireless, the ler Queen returned and, with | coast guard cutter Algonquin, | ducted an all night search tor ‘the | missing men. : | When at daybreak no sign had been found, hope of rescue was tically abandoned because of { high seas and bad weather the night. The Queen proceeded im to Sound today. eee PORTLAND, April 29.—® Warrick, district’ superintendent | lighthouses and Ughtships, today Face, 23, of 823 Cloverdale v5 a is One of| ceived a radiogram from Mat tracted to the place by the sight of PROCESS OF CHOOSING BE process will of necessity be a judges wish to re fy all photographs. k or more to but as soon as a girl has en entered in the semi-finals The r will make the announcement whom they had already semi finals, held. that all girls whose n published in rly be asked On the other hand it ix likely that some of them will * * * & # =! Judges Soon to Pick List of Contestants fer the Semi-Finals\= The entry rer oe All girls in The Star. versal Film company contest who have not previously been | photographed by the moving picture camera, including all | who enter the contest on or | before Saturday, are to re- | port for test and tryout at! 10:30 a. m. Monday at The | Those who have al- | ready been “movied” are not This will be the and tryout. closed to entry Saturday. Contest judges will hold a meeting Saturday to commence choosing from the hundreds of girls who have en- 1 who are to ‘The ranch house where the murder | appear in the semb-finals. | Aw rapidly as they are chosen their od.{@ames and photographs will be pub- is on page 12 today. ni- be their last opportunity to do so. Those who have not been “movied' should come to The Star at 10:30 final tests in which the winner will be selected. ENTRIES RECEIVED UP TOG M. SATURDAY Entries will be received up until 6 jp. m Saturday. girl can enter. CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST The | versal and Clemmer theatre employes barred, 2—Girls under 18 wno | must have the written o or guardian 3—Contestants ir the contest at of parent must first submit’ a the use of judges in selecting those to appear in the test films 4-—From those who appear in the test he Judges will choose the winner, She must accept a 10 weeks’ contraet with the Universal Film Co. at Holly- wood, Ci winner will be paid $ ling expenses Low Pa will be rate of $100 a week during the engagement 6—The winner will appear tn a Univer. fai production, If she “makes good” this flltn she will be offered @ permanent position with Universal T—The Star camnoc guatantes the re- turn of any picture submitted in the eon- tent. It Is advisable to have a copy made {f the photograph ts valued. $-—-No more entries will be received after April 30 %—In the final tryouts every effort wit! but stages of | be to enter All girls who have not yet been filmed, Including all who have entered the con test since last Saturday, are called for hursday, ‘They are mmor theatre box Thursday morning, ch 10 o'clock office at rain or shine. Another Note Is ) “T guess this is some kind of a disease,” Chambers explained. Sent to Panama Mes WASHINGTON, April 29.—Secre Los® articles are collected and}tary of State Hughes has sent an- stored in a little room in the rail|other note to Panama on that coun way department. The room looks | try’s refusal to accept the award of like a junk store on a spree.| Chief Justice White on the boundary (Guitars that won't play mingle with |dispute with Costa Rica, it was broken phonograph records. A vol-| learned today at the state depart- ume of Robert Ingersoll leans | ment against a family Bible, Photograph| In view of the repeated refusals uibums pal with dog collars, and|of Panama to accept the White jautomobile tires tread on empty }award, the latest note from Hughes whisky bottles may be in the nature of a final ultt cue t ear st thing we-ever found was a bowl of gold matum to bring Panama to terms, it was believed. } fish,” Chambers said, “But they all | ene jdied of pip omesicl 88, 2 pid. of the pip oF homesickness, or | aad Kicks; Breaks “hes Arm of Dry Agent |} About three times a year the] A Henry Ford registered violent |lost articles are auctioned off. This |protest against prohibition Friday. Jyear they will be sold at the We Gordon B. O’Harra, federal probi- jiake market. ‘The proceeds will go|bition agent, was confined to his lto the ‘Treuinmen'’s Beneficiary Asso |home with a broken arm. His Ford ciation. The auction will be held |backfired when he attempted to Saturday morning. evank it @ con- Some who have entered have|¥?ecked. No one was known to have been on board the launch when failed to respond to calls to appear for tests and tryouts ‘Monday*will | “#8 torn from its mooring beside Monday and register in order to be | the Jetty and sank. Ie is completely J eligible for the semifinals and, the After that hour no photograph of themselves to The Star for | de to mult the convenience of con- | Anderson of the lightship R ate names of the missing They are: Robert Nelson, engineer, tn chare@ | of small boat. E. Antonson. V. Helkel. J. Olsen. eed — Wr. ° Union ‘eged on the rocks near Pier south of Smith Cove, during the early Friday, a 30-foot gas lat believed to be the Anawa, was pier. ‘The launch buckled am! after foundering on the rocks submerged and harbor officials wer@ to make an effort Friday afternoom to determine ite identity. cee Rescue 2 Men From Storm-Driven Scow Buffeted across Elliott bay in the gale of, Thursday night, Conrad Sundstrém and Erie Hogberg, whe were on Chesley seow No. 10, were taken off by a fleet of small boats after three hours’ fight grainst the storm, The scow broke loose from the Alkf retaining wall and drifted nearly te the pierheads of Smith cove. Harbor — rol Boat No, 1 was unable te |rescue the men and control thé | scow. The call for help sent out by the patrol was answered by the Lik lian D. Foss, Fanshaw and Resolutey eee 450 Passengers on Grounded Steamer BOSTON, April 29.—The Portus guese steamer Mormugao,- which ran aground in a heavy fog on the | southwest tip of Block island early | today, is resting on the rocks and is |not in immediate danger, according to wireless reports reaching here. Reports said that high tide may float the vessel, on which are 450 Portuguese immigrants. Tugs and | wrecking crews have. gone to the ship's add. Coast guards are now standing by. The forward hold is said to be filled with water and some of the seams are leaking. Altho the passen- gers are calm, it is expected they will be removed during the after+ noon. Three hundred of the passengers are bound for California to work im the orchards. One hundred are em route to New Bedford and the re+ mainder are on their way to New York, ak There was danger of & panic when the vessel struon, while feeling her way thru the fog. Most of the passengers were asleep when she drove her nose onto the low shelf of rocks off the point, They rushed to the decks without waiting to but were calmed by the of- sand crew. ‘The Mormugao formerly was @ German freighter and was fitted for passenger service last year. This was her third voyage from Lisbon, She had a crew of 100 and carried cargo for New York and New Bed- ford, She is a steel steamer of 5,236 tons, was built in 1904 at Hamburg, > 7 and launched under the name ef | Kommodore, During the war she was seized from Germany by the Portuguese REE ment,