The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 19, 1921, Page 1

JOBS: {Il Tonight a casional Toda; Weather ate southerly winds. Temperature Last 2 Maximum, 56, nd Friday, oc- rain; moder- Hours Minimum, 49, y noon, 55, . MANY VETERANS TAY STILL BEGGING! TAXES: On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise 1899, at the I stoffice at Seattle, VOLUME 23 Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 STAR’S STAND | = IS APPLAUDED | i: DITION o,f a * ¢! ATTLE, WASIL, THUI ISDAY, MAY 19, 1921. Greetings! Did you buy a ticket from your .creet car con- ductor for the carmen's relief ball? fare time is promised. see Prohibition Commissioner MacDon ald f% all fussed because his phone service went dead for an hour. Some People are most unreasonable. eee Mac thinks bootleggers cut his ‘Wire to prevent a booze raid— And any man would sure get sour If on the phone he glued his ear, And waited patiently an hour, But couldn't get bis wine or beer. eee SEATTLE STREET What's at your lead fag playhouse tonight?’ “The country will soon be as dry Qs & sunkissed chip,” says Dr. H. I, Bowlby, secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance. For a chap who| Wants to close amusements on Sun- / @ay, including movies, baseball, the _ @tres, concerts and merry-go-rounds, seems a bit rakish to allow even Sol the pleasure of osculation. eee 3185 buys a Ford. Balance as you —Classified advertisement. ~ Dit difficult at first, but one " (pon masters the feat. Bag eee A safety razor manufacturer guar. @ dozen shaves with each In the case of buyers with chins, we fawncy adjustments made on a territorial basis. eee AMONG THOSE PRESENT the river bright faces we see, And among them we make out Tom Hopp, might even yet be among us it he Hadn't called fellow mortals “Old eee Brother love isn't nearly as com [} Mon among men as love for the sia terhood, eee REVIVING A LOST ART Sir; Exhibit B is my evidence that art of repartee is not dead, as often been declared: The other ning—exact date escapes me for the nonce-—I was riding homeward on a Greenlake car when an intoxi ated man (loud cries of “Where'd get {t7") climbed on board. About n there was the unmistakable odor the stuff that made reformers furio Addressing no one in par: Weular, he began a graphic descrip tion of how he had fallen, head fore- off a two-story building. At when he had repeated the story ‘peveral times, one of the listeners Jost patience. “Say!” the auditor growled rough- ty, “you didn’t fail of 0 no building: you been kicked by the old white “ule; that's what's the matter’th yout” MONSIEUR X. eee Michigan man hos died from @rinking antifreeze mixture. Prob- ably he couldn't afford to buy coal this spring. oe Tt must be that summer Is at hand. Furs have just advanced in price. oe We can only hope that Mars does ot send its messages “collect.” We have enough unusual expenses now Increase the Value of Your Dollar by taking advantage of the money saving oppor- tunities which are listed H in The Star’s advertising | columns every day. ~ The best offerings of a Seattle’s best stores ap- i= pear regularly in The j Star. SEATTLEITE: “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” OURIST: ‘wan; quit yer/ kidcin'r* | eee 60 PLACED AT WORK IN STAR'S CAMPAIGN Few Requests for Men Stil | Unfilled at Office in Stuart Bldg. ‘Two world war veterans came into the adjutant's office of Rainier.Noble |} post, American Legion, after the same job Wednesday, ‘The head of a local fish packing |goncern who wanted a cook for one | of his cannery tender boats had pick led thelr names fgom the lists printed in The Star, asking that one of the onee. A few questions developed the fact jthat one of the men, altho he q fied In every other respect, could not bake bread.) The other chap was given the card, and reported for work. Disappointed, the veteran who couldn't bake bread turned to leave the room. Just then a woman came tn. “I want to find @ capable service man to manage a hotel my brother is operating on Whidby island,” she rald ‘The man who had just lost out be- cause he couldn't bake was called back. He got the job, That's the sort of service they’re giving down there in the basement of the Stuart building. Thirty-three veterans were supplied with jobs Wednesday, making a total of 60 since the start of The Star's cam- paign. Most of the calls for men to work are filled immediately, but there are a few that are still going begging. For instance, a call is listed for a combination painter and paper hang: er, at $6 a day for painting and 45 cents a roll for hanging paper. No one has been found for this job yet Among the men sent out to per manent positions yesterday were three to the Carnation Milk Products factory at Mt. Vernon, an all-around painter employed by the manager of the Colman butiding, and an assist ant gardener for one of the other Carnation plants. Most of the calls coming in, however, are for tempo rary work. All are needed; all are welcome. There are nearly 130 names still on the waiting list of men who need work badly. Telephone your needs to Elliott 479. Thirty jobless veterans registered Wednesday. The list follows Herbert & “Brown, 6572 Fifth ave. N E., office man and bookkeeper Jack Castleverry, 1322 Eighth ave engineer, fireman, pipe fitter Fred J. Giroux, Second ave. N.. electrical helper. George A. Gatch, 1971 17th ave, time keeper, garage helper, laborer, HR. G. Foster, room 619 ¥. MC. A, chauffeur Bimer E. Taylor, 1821 17th ave, truck Griver, chauffeur, Niek Strauss, 117 Third ave. ta. borer }Ralph Hl. MeAaley, 219 17th ave N., railroad clerk, traffic manager, George Teabo, fireman. George BR. Kennelly, 4412 Eighth ave &., stock clerk and tool room man. Merriit A. Young, care State Armory machinist John Spelling, Richelieu hotel, carpen ter, Irwin BE. Sick, cabinet maker. John Sather, 1618 Bellevue aye, Apt 4. butcher, clerk. R M. Stretght, Pennington hotel, men’s furnishings clerk, grocery clerk truck driver. Ernest W. Shears, 2617 E. Aloha st., er. N. Brestick, 1633 Summit ave., chauffeur. truck by, Wash, hante. urton, 708 Columbia st, or and truck driver nock, 2814 Bighth ave & ¥. M. C. A., chaut Moyer Zuckerman, logging camp four and truck driver or work Fred A W., farmer. Harry J. Reed, Schwender, 6755 26th ave, N, 05 Ninth ava, Apt. E, sack newer on flour or feed packer. D, Graidenburg, 2609 Western ave., ik driver, store clerk Jack Silverman, 2609 man Washington at | Denies Checking Halts Bonus Pay Reports that the checking of dis |charge papers by representatives of | the Victory Medal department of the army at Olympia is delaying the work of handling bonus lare wet at naught by L | ver T. Dockery in a staten only do his clerks not d {nus work, but they voluntarily as | sist in the clerical work in addition jto their own duties, Col, Dockery ways, t, Col, Ol ent, Not men be sent him to go to work at Arnold A. Rechberger, 212 Sixth ave. N., chauffeur. rank M. Morgan, 6417 Linden ava, | bookkeeper, typint, clerk. | |W. Taschek, 121 Liberty Court Apts lereight claim adjuster George H. Wagner, 2605 B. Aloha at, | saorer Aibert T. Olson, 4635 Willow at, car penter. pplications | (Editor's note: All of the fea ture writers were working on other assignments Wednesday, so that it was found necessary to dispatch the dramatic critic to “cover” the AL G. Barnes circus, Here is how he handled ity BY THE DRAMATIC CRITIC The idea! wedding of three arte | music, dancing and skin tattooing— permeated with esthetic charm the opening performance of the Al. G. Barnes circus Wednesday, There | was @ wellnigh perfect blending of the beautiful with the best of con- tinental grotesquerie—the animal and tonal texture of fine chamber music and the lady snake charmer and the armless wonder confining their interpretative endeavors to works within their own abilities such as eating peanuts with the toes and caressing boa constructors. By way of prelude to the main| drama, a delightful and artistic side | show, featuring many of the warld's greatest wonders, was given. a these exceptional offerings, most captivating, perhaps, was Surita, the tatooed beauty. Combin ing the purely pictorial qualities of the cinematagraph with the dramatic Madam Surita formed a ch pastel effect in red and purple inks Her scenic investiture was unex celled and it intoxicated the eye with its cubist groupings and its Degas arrangements of snakes and Amer. ican flags. DEAD SEVEN YEARS, HE IS MOST REALISTIC Another number that could not 1 to make a deep impression on the rming the realistic performance given by clmer McCurdy, the Oklahoma out law, in his role of the Petrified Man McCurdy, who has been dead seven years, had little trouble in imperson ating a dead man, The spectators were peculiarly en tranced by the eyebrows, hair and toe-nails of the petrified outlaw. The humanity of the thing was petrify- ing. Approaching the principal portion of Mr. Barnes’ performance with the WILD ANIMAL TAMER TAKES HUSBAND TO TAME FOR LIFETIME ‘Al” Ewing, auditor of the Al res circus, is the bravest man in the world, He was married Wednesday night to Mabel Stark, “world’s greatest wild animal tamer.” Imm ely after Judge C. C Dalton had tied the hitch knot, the show opened and Mabel climbed into a steel cage with 14 maneating tigers. he'll be a nice person to have round the house,” commented Ewing, after the ceremony, “in case a burglar breaks into the place.” artistes acting with the smoothness | humanness of a Bolm Ballet Intime, | discriminating lover of the arts was | NOTHING T00 coop FOR THE SOLD, ERSM Powerful Drama Presented by Mr. Barnes’ Animal Thespian | proper artistic detachment, the oritic | nique of the porcine Paviowas, and | Was struck almost immediately by | so responsive were the young specta- | the superior technique displayed by | | sea lions, chimpanzees and blood. sweating behemoths, as contrasted | | with the brand of acting seen on the American stage ‘ | All of the animal actors played with exceptional unity and finish, | The great aggregation of man-eating Ugers enacted their respective roles with much of the dramatic fervor of & Mrs. Leslie Carter or a Pri ja Dean, and the antics of the dancing | | elephanta were reminiscent of the! best of the Greek drapery school of dancin; NG TECHNIQUE OF TRAINED HOGS ENTRANCES Capt. Tardieu's band of trained hogs appeared in a brief choreo: graphic drama, set to the music of a} Chopin valine, The audience, espe ly the younger generation of the/ ritical fraternity, was entranced by! the native grace and dazzling tech- ‘DRY FORCE OF STATE IS CUT TACOMA, May 19—The federal prohibition enforcement staff for the | state of Washington is to be cut im-| | to two men. Orders were received here from Washington today directing that 10 of the present force of 12 federal dry Jagents in thin state be “temporarily | suspended” for want of money to pay their salaries. W. J. Montgomery of Tacoma, and one other to be named later, are to |remain on the payroll as Uncle Sam's booze sleuths for this district | One agent will be stationed In Ta. coma, the other in Seattle, ‘The order affects only field agents Director Donald A, McDonald and | his force of stenographers remain on pay. The “suspension” period is 40 days, after which time the government in funds and the men, may resume work at m lately if they their former salary. desire, IN ATT SNEEZES TIRE BLOWS UP Sheriff Matt Starwich sneezed |aboard an Auburn stage bringing him to Seattle Thursday morning. A tire blew out at once, Seven |fellow passengers tried to, muzzle | him when the trip was resumed, |but it was found to be more peace: | |tul to get Starwich to agree to curb himself. | Auto Turns Over; | Banker Is Injured When his auto was overturned, after colliding with that of Patrol. man W.'J. O'Brien, Wednesday aft ernoon, A. C. Thompson, 1709 46th ave. 8. W., president of the West 8 te bank, was bruised, The occurred at California ave, and W, Graham st, tors that an encore was found imper-. ative, But it would be a work of superer- logation to metition the many excel- lent animal artists that the maestro has gathered from the great centers of the world. One would have to dwell lovingly on the richly variegated tonal effects | of the band of 40 pistes; on the max tery of expressive motion and mimot- |io artistry displayed by the Thirty Clowns—Count Them!—on the ex quisite delicacy of pink lemonade and varnished popcorn; on the super- abundance of vitality that seems to |be an integral part of panthers, and on the graceful posturing and the beauty of a mammoth tentful of Arabian horses. Mr. Barnes has proved bis title to rank as one of the great impresarios of the century. run for his stirring drama. VACCINATION AT BROADWAY Because Franklin Stead, 15, of 722 Broadway N., came to Broad way high school Weanesday broken out with smallpox, seven physicians from the health department were vaccinating the school students | Thursday. More than 2,000 students attend the school, according to kK. Froula, principal. Students show ing successful smallpox vaccination marks were not required to be vac-| ated. Those refusing to be vac. ed were ordered home for two weeks, Little opposition to the vaccina- ting was encountered, Froula said. The state law forbidding school physiciand to vaccinate school chil- dren without thelr consent does not go into effect until June 10. A referendum against the law is now being circulated. 2 Boy Safe Crackers Are Caught in Act PORTLAND, May — 19.—Two youthful safe crackers, aged 16 and 17 years, were in a local jewelry store at 2 a, m to remain at |today, as they were busily pound- ing away at the safe. The boys are Fi Oakland, Cal, and Frank Birdsall, 17, San Francisco. They came from California a week ago rding to the story told the police. They are said to have con fessed to the robbery of a large drug store here three days ago, were grilling them behind closed doors relative to the robbery of an other Jewelry store last night, in which $500 worth of loot in jewelry and money was taken, and Spokane should join,” he de- We predict a long | cornered by Police} le Dargoff, 16, Police | CITIZENS’ EETING ON TAXES PLANNED Real Estate Association at) Session Decides to Go Into Question A mans meeting of citizens and tax jPayers to demand a special session of the legislature for tax revision purposes was proposed Thursday by | Ed ¥. Sweeney, capttalist, and one of Seattle’s large realty owners. | “Tacoma, Everett, Grays Harbor | clared, “for they are in the same box. Let us go down to Olympia in a special train to demand this request.” | Gov, Hart is now, in the East Sweeney, however, bélieves that the plans for this mass demonstration and protest against Washington's pantiquated and confiscatory tax sy» ltem should be vigorously pushed without let-up, so that when the gov- ernor returns, there would be no further waste of time, were killed elther in one house or the other, One important measure was killed by the house rules com- mittee, There was a bill eubmitting & constitutional amendment for the purpose of enabling the state to tax intangibles, A bill to raise the in- heritance tax, a just and equitable measure, passed the house, but failed in the senate. A bill to permit the state to lease coal lands and have the money go into the school fund of | the state was stifled.” IN A SPECIAL SESSION THEY COULDN'T DODGE Meacham pointed out that in a regular session of the legislature the press of business makes it easier for the lawmakers to dodge the tax prob: lem, In @ special seasion, called for | tax purposes only, the problem could be met squarely. “We must revise our tax system,” he declared, “because {t is funda mentally defective, We are at a de- cided disadvantage With other states |becaune of this, no matter how eco- | nomical our administrative officials | may be.” | Claude C. Ramsay, chairman of | the county commissioners, promised | | that the county would cut every pos- sible item of expense, but that the basic system of taxation must be; changed to obtain all the relief “ sible. “I don't want you to understand that I am giving the county officials, or anyone else, a clean bill of| |health,” he eaid. “There is, no! doubt, some extravagance among us | all, and we're going to do our best jto cut it out. There are extrava ances now, there were 10 years ago, | and there will be 50 years from now. | “We can only do our level best as/ officials, but you must help give the | officials the proper tax system. You musf* help them by honest criticism, not merely by kicking at some ex. penditure that affects others, but see to it that you don’t come around to exert pressure for some ends of your own, Help keep expenditures down to the lowest level possible, and also |help by demanding that our tax bur- den be placed more equitably, that it be distributed more fairly.” AT REAL ESTATE M ING The tax problem will be a special Jorder of business of the Real Estate association at the next meeting. to cut down expenses to the mini mum, All four tax levying bodies in the county, port, school, city and county, have joined hands for this purpose, Assessor Frank Hull and Councilman C, B. Fitagerald » appointed Wednesday as a subcom mittee to make a thoro study, so that duplications of work might be elim. inated, and that other expense items might be co-ordinated and reduced. This subcommittee Was empowered by the general committee to make general recommendations on all phases of the tax question, While voluntarily joining forces to ring about a reduction of public lexpenses, the actual tax levies will have to be voted separately b the In order to obtain various bodies, other point urged in favor of a spe- elal session of the legislature, WASHINGTON, ing marine AL ORDER OF BUSINESS § | #re wage, basis, of Labor tax-levying bodies are hard at work | on posal were | wage the strike: workers’ and that reli dropped all save three sociation, “TF EVERY MAN AND WOMAN on sgh ay ms rt mills. This "ead Hor all elected off. cials and theiremployes. It would include the sheriff, county clerk, assessor, pepe an of schools, county commi ore donisles and « all pane sed A10 cent reduction of salaries, all down the would result in a reduction of of one mill.”—County Assessor Frank Hull. “YOUR MASTERLY ARTICLE in The Star last evening re taxes is the best yet. It thoroly analyzes the situation, and, like a qual- ified surgeon, tells how to remedy it. If the — governor can be induced to call a special ses- sion, there can be no dodging this time, as it would be called for a specific purpose. Taco- — ma, Everett, Grays Harbor and Spokane should join; they are in the same box.”— E. F. Sweeney, capitalist, in a letter to the tax editor. “YOU'VE HIT THE NAIL on the head. I am glad to see you take the tax matter up in the way it should be. Efforts made at the reg- ular session of the legislature to get at the ker- nel of the problem were futile. We were too pressed for time; there were too many other matters on hand, and there were influences constantly on the job to prevent tax revision. A special session, for tax remedy.”—State Representative Robert Trip- ple. MARINE STRIKERS | SEEK SETTLEMENT 19.—Strik- ready they Davis ‘The campaign for a special session|#nd the United States shipping| matter ig finally fought out in the of the legislature is now in full| board. courts, swing. At the same time, the various| The strike committee which called] ‘They will resist the injunction, — Davis submitted a detailed pro- which Davis today will place before the employ- ers. The proposal contains a desire to settle on the basis of a 15 per cent as proposed Chairman Benson 10 days ago, but} which at that time was rejected by | States shipping board vessel to clear 7) Proposals also were made for payment of overtime and Sundays. Labor department officials today were doubtful whether the ship own- ers would accept any proposals made by the strikers thru Davis, eee Postpone Hearing on Injunction Here on the injunction granted six marine unions will be postponed until May 27, when the matter comes for reduction, one tax-levying body instead of four,| Hearing in federal as at present, the state law would | temporary have to be revised, and this is an-|government against (THE STAR hit the tax problem at the vital place. It scored a center shot—a perfect bull’s-eye. Only by a revision of the taxation system can we hope for substantial relief— can come only thru a special session of the legislature, so that needed con- stitutional amendments may be passed and submitted to the voters in the 1922 election.” —State Representative George F. Meacham, addressing the Seattle Real Estate Associa~ tion Wednesday noon. “WHATS MAKES ME SORE is that the big men in our community pick on petty things and picayunish items in their criticism of the tax situation. They talk about an extra janitor or two at the courthouse. The Star has — pointed out the real meat in the cocoanut. If we dropped all the janitors—in fact, if we county officials, we would mi C. Ramsay, in speech to the Real Estate As May engineers and seamen : to settle on a reduced 3 notified Secretary F t a conference to- , &t which they asked him to re- open negotiations with vessel owners | ag settlement, ”—Chairman Lemay oncanecaal only six-tenths alone, is the up Friday Cushman, hefore Federal Counsel for the unions held a com+ ference with their clients in the of fices of Senator Dan Landon Thurs | y, mapping out their plans if the Landon declared, | : Freighter Clears With Non-Union Seamen by| ASTORIA, Ore, May 19.—The freighter Eelbeck, ‘fifth United — from Portland and Astoria with, non-union crews since the marine strike began, crossed out of the ~ Columbia here today. ‘ ‘The Eelbeck carried a cargo wheat for Leghorn, Italy. Logger Is Crushed __ by Rolling Log ASTORIA, Ore., May ¥ son, a logger prey ce ae Paces gon Timber company's logging near Clifton, Was crushed while at work by a rolling log. He died while — being taken to a hospital here today, the