The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1921, Page 1

SPEC Tonight Today {i{l hy EW Weather and Wednesday, showers; moderate westerly winds, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 59. Minimum, 50. noon, 33, SESSION OF uecistarune oRce> 1 CUT TAXES, LEGISLATURE URGED e\ On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise stoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the P: Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 TH LATE EDITION x VOLUME 23 Greetings, folks. Be optimistic. The tax confab ts about to meet. Be DARN optimistic. | “Taxes are high,” They all did hiss; j “But,” said the first, “You can't cut this.” “Taxes are high.” ‘They all did biat; “But,” said the second, You can’t cut that.” \) i. B. sends this from Houghton, ‘ash: henpecked man from Nebraska, ~" ly stole off to Alaska; She got a divorce, As a matter of course, And went back to her home in Kalamazoo, Michigan. ‘The author sends this note: “I ould have sent this lady to Kas haskia, which would have made a better jingle and where there is more ; for grass widows, but I stuck) truth.” . (ts “Bullet Strikes Girl's Knee With- 't Puncturing Skirt—Police Bat fled.” says a headline in the Phila-| deiphia Record. The police are #0 stupid. —Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press. ore “STONE WALLS DO NOT A PRISON MAKE” ‘rom the Spencer, Ia, Reporter) ‘The mayor's report revealed that P the city made $14 by renting the jail for a garage. It is too loose for ners, but will hold an automo- bile if the engine is not running. eee “Flock of Bilis tn Congress Pro- posed for Ex-Soldiers,” says head line. As tho the vets didn’t already have a bunch of bills. ee Cireus ts ¢oming to town. And 80) % “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” It has been} go long since “Uncle Tom's Cabin”) has shown in this neck of the woods) that we'd begun to think the play| was off the boards because Little Eva must have grown up. ee Lots of bogus notes in circulation im Seattle, say secret service men. Be careful about thone $1,000 bills. Don't change ‘em too suddenly. cos Waal ets IRE The man who shout 11 tell the world” is seldom bur- dened with a message that will | startle the universe. | A man I hate Is Henry Poe. He always says: “What d’you know?” eee A REFERENDUM Metroit Free Press) My advertisement ot February 24 was an error, I will be responsible for my wife's debts. Leo Tyo. oe How FAR BACK CAN YOU REMEMBER? We can remember when the nickel- @deons used to grind out “Bedelia” fn front of the movie houses. We can even remember the old fashioned girl who wore so many pins in her waist line that you took chances with lockjaw every time you | hugged her. q ee THE “MOVIE” ORCHESTRA Fligh diddie, diddle, He played on the fiddle, While wifle played, the snare @rum; When along came a film with bath ing girls in, And put the whole band on the bum. eee THIS SHOWS THE ADVANTAGE) F CARKYING A DICTIONARY | Notice -~ Susan Chickowski- and Wilun Kurtz wish to apologize thru the Press to the slander and insult | they committeed against Miss Goldie | Russell. They were ignorant of} ‘what the word hemorrhage was. Bixned by Wilma Kurtz and Susan j Chickowski—Sheboygan (Wis, I’ress. | OLYMPIA, Wash, May <—_ ' ISOM WHITE DAY STAY Halt Execution Set for May 20; Boy’s Fate Up to Hart uw Acting Governor William J. ("Wee") Coyle today granted te Isom White, sentenced to hang on May 20, a 30 day reprieve. or ry Seattle Will Keep . 4 War Risk Offices District headquarters of the war risk insurance bureau will not be moved from Seattle to Tacoma. This vas definitely assured Tues- day when owners of the Arcade building lowered their rental offer from $257 to $2 a square foot. This is the figure at which Col. Charles Ro Forbes, director of the} federal bureaus, had announced he would keep the office in its present location. The agreement follows a week's work on the part of Arthur R. Priest, agent in Washington, D. C., of the Seattle "Chamber of Com. merce, Finds Diamond Pin; Gets Term in Jail Accused of having found a $200 diamond pin and kept it for himself, Nick Nicossio, charged with grand larceny, was allowed to plead guilty to petit larceny before Judge King Dykeman Tuesday. He was sen tenced to 28 days in jail. KILLS SELF BECAUSE HE CAN’T GET FALSE TEETH THAT'LL FIT! OMAHA, May 17.—Because he could not obtain falne teeth to fit, Jacob L. Rothschild, former sa loonkeeper, killed himself by shooting. He had purchased 28 seta of false teeth, none of Which gave satisfaction, his wife said. Clubman Is Killed Auto Smashup MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 17 Klause A. Bergenthal, aviator with Pancho Villa In Mexico in 1915 and well known Milwaukee clubman, was killed here today when his automo. bile crashed into a street car. Chief Justice White Is Resting Easily WASHINGTON, May 17.— The condition of Chief Justice White to day was described by his physician as “satisfactory.” He rested com fortably during the night. White underweant a minor operation. $120 Paper Bags Are Sold for $7 Jake Papin was heid in city jail on @ grand larceny charge Tuesday, alleged to have stolen paper bags worth $120 from a fruit stand at 501 Pina st., owned by J. Wise, and sold them to 8. Morita of the Tokyo grocery; 130 Westlake public market for $7. Don’t Miss the Ads Make your dollars do full duty, Read the advertising They're of opportunities “to sa things you have to buy. éolumins of The Star full on The best offerings of Se attle’s best stores appear reg- ularly in The Star. | Unions and Individuals by Saunders Seeking an injunction against the strike activities of marine workers, whose walkout May 1 resulted in tying up shipping board veeels thruout the country, United States District Attorney Robert C. Saun- are: Marine Engincere’ Beneficial A sociation No, 3%, and W. B. Jack ling, business manager; D. W. Mill or, president; W. M. Cooma, record. ing secretary, and C. 8. Fallett, treasurer. Masters, Mates and Pilots of the Pacific, Seattle branch, and P. Mul- ler, business agent, Marine Firemen, Oilers and Wa- ter Tenders’ Union of the Pacific, Seattle branch, and John Carney business agent. Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, Se attle branch, and P. Gill, secretary. Marine Cooks and Stewards’ asso | clation of the Pacific, Seattle.agency, land John Morkgauer, secretary. Neptune Association of Licensed Masters, Mates of Oceanic and Coast wise Steam Vessels, Inc. Seattle tary, ASKS FOR JUDGMENT | OF $10,000 A DAY The government asks for judg- ment against the defendants of $10, 000 a day since May 1, the date of | the walkout, and until such date aa the final judgment is render and for a permanent injunction re ain ing the unions named, or any of | their members, from trespassing up on shipping board veswels or other |property, or from defacing or de- | stroying the same, and from Interfer- ing in any way with the strikebreak |ers who are sent to man the idle | abips, The government charges, In the | bill of complaint, that the strike is a “deliberate and purposeful at tempt to destroy American | merchant marine.” Violence, intim- idation and threats have been sorted to by members of the union in carrying on the strike, it is de clared, and government property to the value of $15,000 has been damaged, “The defendants, | recites, posely intimidated and assaulted citizens of the United States who were willing to work" on shipping board veunels. ALL UNION PROTECTS ALIENS The shipping board gives prefer. “ the complaint ence to natural born Americans or citizens of the United States, it is stated, but the Sailors’ union of the Pacific, it is charged, has in ef. |fect a so-called “list system,” by which the plaintiff “is prevented from giving employment to natural born American citizens until after the aliens who are members of the union who precede them on the list have been employed,” Union pickets are “arrogant, im- pudent and discourteous, and are de- | liberately attempting on instructions from the defendants to destroy the merchant marine,” one of the counts in the complaint alleges, It is further declared that patrons are driven away from the shipping board vessels by the strike, and that |irreparable damage is being done to |the government, The work of bulld ling up the merchant marine during the last five years is being totally | deatroyed, it is claimed, with a cost of billions of dollars to the taxpayers of the Untted States, Distulet Attorney Saunders and R M. Semmes, district director of the | shipping board, who formulated the feourt action during a conference | Monday, declare that officers of the union have openly declared that the unions are no longer in contro) of (Turn to Last Page, Column 5) |Action Is Started Against branch, and Albert Barron, secre: | “have deliberately and pur-| SEATTLE, WASH., TU Seattle's new screen queen, winner of The Star-Unlvereal Film company contest, will be served her farewell banquet, before she leaves |for Universal City, at the Hotel But ler grill room Wednesday evening, May 26 Dean Andrews, of The Star staff, in charge of the winner's farewell arrangements, went to the Butler | yesterday to make reservations for the winner and her party. “You can't buy any banquet here,” sald John KE. Savage, definitely. “Just tell me how many couples you want served. The banquet Will be on me and Mrs. Savage.” The contest judges battled until 3 | NSDAY, MAY 17, 1921. Miss the ; o'clock this morning in another vain | They | \effort to decide the winner. |adjourned to think it over until | Wednesday morning, when they will convene again, | Merchants began lively bidding to |day in the matter of furnishing the winner's wardrobe, Which includes: A ©port guilt from the Florence Upstairs | store. A from the Market Blouse shop. at from Maxime’s. | 3 | sport akirt from Saling’s Sitka, treet hat from, .......7 treet shoes from Buck Shoe Co, | Two pairs of gloves from. .......9 | Sport shoes from Brown-White Shoe } eo. ‘BOY KIDNAPED AND MURDERED | DETROIT, May 17, — Standing calmly over the body of the child she was accused of kidnaping and mur | dering. Mra. Evelyn Elizabeth Lewin re. | today denied she had anything to do with the case. Mra. known as “Madame Le Grande,” was arrested when play- mates of little 6-yearold Max Ernest | identified her as the woman who stole the child while he was playing in the street last week. The b * body was found In a ditch near the outskirts of the city | last night, after a search of five days. Lewin, Fear New Outbreak of Mine Strike War WILLIAMSON, W, Va., May 17.— | Fears of further trouble were felt | today, following a comparative two |day peace in the Industrial warfare jin the hill country east of here. A | brief exchange of shots at Raw! early |last night served to maintain the |tenseness which broke into a three |day bullet battle between striking miners and company employes last | Thursday. | | Like Tennis? | Get in Meet! Do you like to play tennis? The Star is staging a big ten- nis meet at Woodland park and |] it's open to everybody and it |] costs nothing to enter, There are events for men and women, both singles and doubles, and mixed doubles, and a special boys’ meet | Entries for the tournament close on Wednesday at 6 p.m Full details of the meet and the entry blank will be found on to day's sport page. Tom Cadillac, Globe-Trotter Cat, Back Home SAN FRANCIBCO, May 17.—Tom Cadillac, globetrotting cat, was back In the United States today. He rode thru the Golden Gate perch- ¢4 on the shoulder of C, G. Poole when the liner Sonoma arrived from Australia this morning. At the wharf he was met by a battery of movie cameras and a corps of new# paper correspondents, Tom refused to talk but kindly permitted the reception committee to stroke his nose. Then ha retired to @ fashionable hotel to partake of additional calves’ hearte—his favor- ite food. Mr, Tom Cadillac left Detroit, Mich,, at an unknown date, a stow away in an automobile crate des- tined for Australia, “When we opened the crate at Sid ney,” Poole, who is a Sidney auto- mobile man, said today, “Tom was #0 emaciated we thought he was dead. When he came to life, how Jever, the government ordered him |elther chloroformed or deported.” Poole wired the automobile factory ho was bringing the cat home. He ordered 40 calves’ hearts placed on | ice for 'Tom, engaged passage on the liner Sonoma and started for the United States. Today with eight of his nine lives still intact and insured for $5,000, ‘Tom reached his native land and will leave immediately for Detroit, Expense Estimates Rudely Slashed WASHINGTON, May 17.—A_ de- ficiency appropriation bill, slashing |more than 60 per cent from ‘the de- |partmental estimates was reported |by the house appropriations commit tee today. | It carries $100,680,42 606,338.08 loss than the estimates, Farewell Banquet for Movie Winner Butler Hotel Will Honor Film Queen Four of the 12 girls over whom the judges of The Star-Universal Film company contest are deadlocked in their efforts to choose the winner. Left to right, they are: man, Pearl Vassar, Nina Louderbach and Jessie Foz. before the contest opened. She is one of the survivors of the steamship Governor disaster. —(Photos by Pric & Carter, Star staff photographers.) Ruth List- Fox almost lost her life just Evening gown from ? Tre cape from Octonek Koaltting Pumps from Taxter & Baxter. | Howe (atreet. evening, sport) from.... Corset from Knettle Corset Co. ? Two outfits of lingerie from : | Negtigees from ? Boudoir from Ye Olde moccasins Shop. om | les from Traveling bag from . Suitease from Western Trunk factory Trunk from ? Camera from onery from wers from Pinehurst Floral Co. Merchants who desire to add to the wardrobe or offer further sugges tions should communicate with Dean Andrews, of The Star, Main 600, Lo heal 16. |D0G WRECKS AUTO; 4 HURT Three men and a girl were brought to city hospital Tuesday, after their | Auto had struck a large brindle dog and overturned at Duwamish ave. and Luelle st, The injured were: Roy Lyes, 33, of Tukwila, John Anderson, of Foster. Andy Dunbar, of Foster, Miss Kate Paritt, 18, of Tukwila, The three men were badly bruised, while Miss Paritt received facial lac: erations and bruises, All four of the injured were on their way to work in Seattle in Ives’ auto, Ives said that the dog trotted slow ly in front of the auto. The dog sud denly stopped, and Ives was unable to avoid him, The right front wheel of the auto hit the dog, the auto slewed around to the left and com. pletely overturned, pinning the party of four underneath, Witnesses righted the auto and the four victims were brought to ctiy hospital in the auto of M. V. Lemon, of Tukwila, The auto was wrecked. The dog received a broken back and was shot by police officers from Georgetown precinct. waits 52 YEARS FOR BEANS SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.—With a 52-year-old appetite for pork and beans, the Rev today from Australia Boston. He has been in Australia as a min- ister and Y, M, C. A. secretary since 1868, “I'm just going to fill up on Bos- ton baked beans and then go back to Australia,” he said. Marsh is aged 80, R. W. Child Named Italy Ambassador WASHINGTON, May 17.—Rich ard Washburn Child, novelist agd short story writer, has been chosen ambassador to Italy, it was learned at the While House todav- 6 en route to | imately $160 taxes on it, counting also his personal tax W. D. Marsh arrived | TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE LOWER LEVY IF CALIFORNIA LAW © IS PASSED HERE Local Officials Can Reduce but Mills; This Is Not Enough! State Can Aid by Changing Tax System County Commissioner Ramsay promises an effort to duce taxes in King county by about three mills. The school board will try to cut taxes by four mills, The city of Seattle will cut another two mills, is man Fitzgerald’s promise. Count it up. If their performances are as good as their i tentions, the total will be a reduction of nine mills. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. The tax levy in Seattle is 71 mills. The man who o a $4,000 home, the average little home, today pays Vy ouncil household furniture. If nine mills were cut off bpd i would reduce his taxes $20 a year. And that mighty welcome. But it would still keep his taxes year—which would still be outrageously high! What is Seattle going to do aboutit? Perhaps our offic can cut even more ine mills. Perhaps they can go§ RE Is. regon and California, and New York, and Massachusetts, and a score of other states point the In those states, real estate and household effects do bear the WHOLE burden of taxation. In those states, stocks and bonds, and bank depo Mortgage loan investments, and all other fi tangibles” are taxed! ” me In Washington a billion dollars of such property esci all taxes, Why? Because the governor and the legislature of this state ha} been too spineless to act. ere is a crying demand for tax revision in this state. An aroused community will see to it that our canlevitog Stein going to cut expenses to the bone. But even after they have reached bone, taxes will remain too high on real and personal property until time as the legislature changes the tax system. To get the legislature to do this, means a battle royal. To get the hanes’ to call a special session of the legislature will mean an even gi le. But if the tax burden ts to be lifted in the proportion and in the that ft should be, so that the present taxpayers may enjoy sul tenefits NEXT YEAR, the legislature.must act THIS YEAR. There's the hub of the thing. There's no use knocking Seattle because of the tax rate, Seattle is probably no more extravagant and wasteful than other cities of its sims, But Seattle is suffering because its tax burden is NOT distributed fairly — among those who should pay. Seattle gets the worst end of the tax game in every res} only aces the same way that other parts of the pra rong at wid in- tangibles are not taxed, but it gets hit further taxes by the state itself. ee nn Washington is the goat of the Pacific coast in tax systems. And Seattle is the goat of the state in the distribution of taxes, These are the cold, naked facts in the tax question. What will Seattle do about it? What will the state do about it? What will the governor do about it? The governor doesn't dare call the legislature together in special session to tackle the real tax problem. He doesn't dare recommend the same laws here as in California, which would give this state, beyond any doubt, the same rate of taxation @& our Southern brothers boast. He doesn't dare. And the legislature never DID dare—they have had the opportunity to give Seattle and the rest of the state proper tax relief, — and they didn't do it. Too many powerful interests have prevented that — And they will continue to prevent it—if we, the puBlic, continue te ag think in small terms of “saving taxes” by the elimination of a janitor here and a clerk there. Such savings are driblets. They help. But sig- : nificant help must come from a revision of our ancient Bnd outworn tax system, The governor must be MADE to dare call a special session of the legis: lature, And the legislature must be MADE to dare to pass remedial tax leg- islation. Whenever the public demands it loud enough, it will get relief, GET BUSY-—ON THE MAIN TRACK. Don't get sidetracked, Don't be content with reducing expenses to the bone. Don't let that mollify you. “Expenses” are only part of the tax problem. . Demand real legislative action! Demand a special lature! Make the governor earn his salary! eimai as eee (Tomorrow The Star will bare a few more truths problem.) ae 5 Two Sisters in “Miracle’’ * * * es + *% * #& * Eat Tablets From Lambs’ Thyroid Glands * * * * * & * * Tiny Tots Grow Like Weed COLUMBUS, ©O., May 17.— pervised the phenomenal develop- Science has fed 10 inches to the et mae height of @ 10-year-old Ohio girl | 4,2 "scale fhe two girle were in the last six months. ‘The 9- Bot and neither could walk or talk year-old sister of the girl has eat; | when brought to the attention of en almost ag much height, the bureau last November, That which adds inches to a “After 27 days of thyroid gland person's size is tablets of thyroid | feeding, the elder girl had glands of cattle and lambs, grown three inches, and today The two children grown by has grown a total of 10 inches,” science are the daughters of Mrs. | Dr, Goddard said, “The other has T. W. Espenschied, of New Phila- | advanced almost as rapidly. delphia, according to Dr, H. H. Dr, Goddard declared this is the Goddard, of the state bureau of fastest physical growth of which juvenile research, which has su- | geience has record.