The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 21, 1921, Page 4

ACCUSED OF | ROBBERIES Lives in Home of Luxury; Posed as Housemaid and Hauled Loot Away CHICAGO, May 21.—The family of Mre. Joseph B. Heil, millionaire’s ‘wife and confessed robber, stood loy- ally by her today as she stood ac @used of stealing $25,000 worth of Rouseholt goods. : Two children and her husband x Mhained with her at the detention thruout the night, while she un- nt examination to determine if ghe was a Raffles or a kleptomaniac. Verdict of physicians and police > Waa that it was a clear case of kiep- * temanta. “SHE LIVED IN PALATIAL HOME Mrs. Hell, charming young wife of @ millionaire banker and investment Broker, lived in a palatial home, sur- Founded by every luxury, Her hus Band gave her $300 a month for pin Money, and besides paid bills for @verything she purchase She had a nurse, a cook, two maids @nd a house man. She is the mother! @f three sturdy young boys and a Giri, recently married. Yet, when traced her to her home, they : $20,000 worth of stolen house held goods and jewelry, ranging ” from canary cages to diamond rings, gitver and de luxe editions Pawn| Gekete for $5,000 worth of goods | Which had been disposed of were found. i Mra. Heil waa identified as the “perfect maid™ by a score of house-| | Keepers on the North Shore Gold} » .c They identified her ag the} It was lonesome for Gwendolin Armour, heiress to the Chicago packer's fortune, to study | So her mother, Mrs. P. D. Armour III, invited four of Gwendolin's friends Here's the class at the black- all by herself. to join a private kindergarten class in the Armour home. THE SEATT board. Left to right, Mervyn Baum, Gwendolin Armour, Dorothy Dickinson, Bunty Stl- well and Logan Monroe. tle, trembled. Then she entered. The sculptor followed. “Re seated, please,” he sald, and | MOVIE CONTEST WINNER Plauss. Every eye waa centered mi the little girt in the big chatr, | THROBBING OF HER WHITE | who, for many months, hag/ still trembling, she sank down tnto| THROAT VISIBLE ads for a “maid.” and after| ing a few days, would disappear} the most expensive household | on which she could lay her| - | Mrs. Hell used her own $6,000 bile to haul the goods to her] She explained to her hus- Qnd children that she pur the goods at auction. They sht she had a penchant for auc sales. Her husband made out to her covering the amount she said she paid for goods home. | amd called police. “I had no reason to steal,” Mrs. tied piteousty. |. “By husband gave me everything Possibly want I taken the things until I would about my home. I was so would hide the|ceed in this new business because gn jovety. Oh, I hope the other giris a chair that had been placed for her} at the head of a long table. apparent then what was in her mind | the thought she was to be told she was out of the content. Anxious inquiry was in her wor derful brown eyes as she glanced from face to face about her, pret began: “Miss Kiolet.” he said, “the fudqes | —you—we—there aren't any other girls coming. We have decided when you go to Los Angeles as the | winner of this contest—we are glad | to tell you,” Mr. Lewis ts the.createst sculptor | in the Northwest, one of the greatest | in America: “I don't understand.” She looked) up at him, purzied. Her eyes Mash. ! ed a hint of sudden belligerence, “Please don't joke me.” “This isn’t a joke,” Lewts hurried | to agwure her. “We have chosen you | congratulations. as the winner.” Her eyes closed; her ttps trembied. She seemed about to cry. Dumb never knew | founded she sat there as Lewis con-| why, 1 didn’t ese how I could win tinued: “We know you are going to mo you have amtvtion and determination | as well ag the other qualities that we think a star should have, We are all of as very proud of you, and glad.” Spontaneousty those gathered) ,|about the table broke forth in ap set in. healed, affected nftined in a Le on $155,- this year. fortunate been by a “pettect thru the Ry thought bad been purchased at “@uction by Mra Heil. 1 +1 Gon’t know why she has done ‘this terrible thing, but I will stick to her to the end,” sajd her million » aire Mrs. James Carolan, a 20-yearold and 9 bride of a few weeks, ‘when she heard her mother As-s0on as she was re. she hurried to her mother's . side and refused to leave. Mrs. Heil was released from jaf to- Gay on $10,000 bond, after charges of y were made against her. She was release on account of her @elicate condition, Authorities had planned to hold her until her prelimi ? mary hearing, next week, but physi- clans advised that it might impair the woman's health. | , Arrangements were made to send he to a hospital until the baby she E STOLE LOVE OF EB WarreR's Wire Charged with altenating the affec- ald the wife of a former waiter, yo Glanetti, a proprietor of the | S. @avern cafe and cabaret, at Second | ae &ve, and Union st., is facing a $10,- | 000 suit in. superior court. Gianetti 1s accused by Hans Peter (Rasmussen of winning Mrs. Jennie Hy Alice Rasmussen and providing the Money for her divorce suit, which is E Row pending. Rasmussen has filed “® cross-complaint in the divorce ac tion, / MINISTER FACES CHURCH CHARGE WINONA LAKE, Ind, May 21— 'e “marrying parson” went at Elkton, in his Md, was argued befofe the judicial commission, the @upréme court of; the Presbyterian church, Several years ago the Rev. Me indi» little parsonage 1 criminately marrying elopers who dodged over the state line from) Pennsylvania and Delaware. | In the case, which wag reviewed | before James P. Goodrich,’ Indiana’s| former gevernor, who presided over the high tribunal today, it was charged that the minister married thousands of couples in the littl town. One count against him states that as many as 1,000 couples were married tn one year. The hearing today brought out the allegation that Rev. McKimoyle and the minister of another Bikton church were running a race for] “Gretna Green” honors, to see who could marry the most couples, and that the former was Th the lead when the preabytery of Newcastle, the low est court, stopped the alleged marry ing marathon. The case was dragged thru church courts, and prebysterian authorities | suggested that the pastor reaign Decision by the judicial commis sion will be on whether or not the lower courts had power to make such @ “suggestion.” The: findings of the court will be made public to the general assembly next Wednes- day. MINE STRIKE MAY END TODAY Miners of Washington were to make their decision on continuing the coal strike or ending it in con. vention at the Labor Temple Satur- 15 BABY IMMIGRANTS REACH UNITED STATES TO CHEER CHILDLESS NEW YORK, yMay 21.—The ner Aquitania arrived here esterday with 15 immigrnat The United States government has waived the usual entrance requirements for this party, in- Lelnding the literncy test and they will be passed without the formality of an inspection at Ellis island. The immigrants are all under one year of age. They are Eng. ish babies who Will be adopted ‘by some of the most prominent i this city. All of th fasion Ate ehiileta at prevent. day. |. State Labor Director Edward Clif. |ford has submitted @ proposition |which provides for a resumption of work, which has ceased since |March 15, and the appointment of |two operators, two miners and an |impartial mining engincer to adjust |the matter of wages, If work ix resumed the wake scale existing before the strike will gov- ern. P IQTUTTERS A SNEEZES CEASE | | There will be no more stuttering jand sneezing by friends of the Pet D jother judme, | He’ be reading. We'll go right in Slowly she raised her head. The) Visible across the room. fhe swal } lowed, Toare gathered in her eyen.! She «miled a happy, whimeten) little wmile, tried to apenk, couldn't, then | dropped her head again. “If an artist or a camera could only catch and register the emotions | that fitted across her face just! now? exclaimed Wayne Albee, an | A moment later she had recovered from her confusion. “You'll excuse me, please,” she begged. “I'm so happy I can't any what I would like to, It's Just won derful; the most wonderful thing that ever happened In my life, Just like a falry story. "Oh, thank you— | al. J can't my any more, just | now.” ‘The contract was read. There were At 10 o'clock she | was motored home “Now,” she mid, “T know fust how the president feels when he's elected after I got Into the contest TI thought another girl would—she was don’t turn against me—I hope they don't. “My mamma will be so surprised. They'll be in bed, except my brother. and surprise them, I want you to nee my Mamma when I tell her. “We thought it was wonderful when I was one of the 25 girls in the semifinals, When I was one of the last 12 we thought there must be something wrong about it. There! usually is, you know, in these con- tents, “But new—oh, my—it’s dream, I hope I won't find It ta.” ALMOST THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LAST STREET The car stopped before a modest cottage far out in Ballard. It ts al most the last house on the last street, “Come tn, aN of you. I want you all to see my family.” She ran up the steps and pushed open the door, Startled, her brother sprang up from his chair at the din ing room table, “I'm the winner™ she exclaimed. “Yes—you—are,” he grinned, unbe eving. “I am!” she insisted. “Well—don't you want to kiss the winner?” She threw herself at him, threw her arms about his neck and kissed him, He backed away awkwardly. “This ts my brother,” she intro- @nced him, then darted out of the room. “Mamma! PF David?’ she cried out. must get up. I'm the winner! the winner!” Lights flashed on. She danced in and out of every room, “I'm sd happy” she fairly mang. David, her smallest brother, tam. bled down the stairs and into the kitchen, his hair tousled, clad in overalls and jumper. She seized and kissed him, “Won't you be sorry when sister goes away?” she teased, and kissed him furiously again. “Ab? he said, bashfully, digging a big toe into the floor. “Go on away! Mr. Kiolet approached—a man just past middie age, with kindly, weath- er-beaten face and toil-gnarled hands. He wore @ hickory shirt, faded over- alls and heavy working shoes, And Mrs, Kiolet, motherly, anx- fous, happy and sad at once, in a great blue Mother Hubbard, “GREAT DAY FOR US!” SAYS FATHER KIOLET “This js a great day for us,” wid Father Kiolet, “It is a great day. We're very happy for our little daughter.” He smiled thru his tears, “We'll miss her,” he added, and choked up. Mrs. Kiolet spoke. She had been watching her daughter's gleeful face and was smiling at her tenderly. “We have a great deal to be thank- ful for,” she said. “This is our 39th wedding anniversary, too, today.” Her big, motherly arms reached out and folded her daughter to ber breast, ‘Wb left them there, Yesterday, while Frankie Iay in bed with a bandage across her eyes and Dr, Frederick Bentley, a spectal ist, attending her, Mrs. Kiolet con | fided: ke a up and “We feel that it is a great honor | roveki family who endeavor to pro |nounce® thelr name. The superior |court Friday afternoon changed their |surname to Parker, The petitioners |were Frank and Rebecca Petroveki and their three children, Joe, Abe and Sam, that our little girl has n seelcted | to win the contest, She's been our | mainstay all winter, while Mr. Kio- jet Was out of work, We had just | alee her #alary and what the other chil- dren coulg earn sometimes. “She's been @ wonderful help to us, Starts oa Page 1 She needed clothes, but every cent fhe made she gave to ua She never Waa so run down for clothes, so you nee how thankful we to the mer- chants who are doing so much for It was lthrobbing of her white throat was, tr now “Hier big stater is going to go with her to California. We want her to do her best, and we know she will, I hope you'll be proud of her. We have brought up all our girls to be litue women—each one just the sare.” Today Mine Kiolet's eyes had #0 improved that her shopping tour could De scheduled for Monday, be ginning at 9 o'clock, ‘ALL ABOARD ON TRIP TO CHINA! Four Chinese girts, the prettiest that the local colony can produce, were relling stamps Saturday in Se attle banks. Each stamp, which com three cents, le guaranteed to save & life in the famine district of North ern China. The girls who will work for thelr starving _fellow.countrymen, are Florence Chinn, Litian Chinn, Ruth LouieHugh and Mary Chinn The quartet of Chinese beaution will also offer tickets to the big car nival that will be held in Chinatown next week for the starving hordes across the Pacific. COUNCILMAN TO GET KEYS TO THE CITY Seattle's Chinatown tf In readiness for the opening of GoHing Monday night, when Councilman Lew Cohen, designated to represent the mayor, will receive the keys of Chinatown from Goop Dip, Chinese. consul, in behalf of the Chinese people The foreign trade interests of the city will be ropresented Monday night by the attendance of men and their familiea connected with the shipping interests, the men who have come into closest contact with the Chinese people. The Moore band will be on hand to welcome in the crowds, after which they are to be given over to Chinese entertainers, The outdoor attractions will be a Chinese band, a Chinese orchestra, of which Theodore Lea iv manage: Chinese dance, with the Misses Lon- nie Woo, Mixa Margaret Chinn, Mise Mary Chinn and Mise Lillian Chinn, dancers, on an out-ofdoor platform; & group of Chinese children In char acter songs led by little Alice Chinn; & Chinese theatre in which continu: crus vaudeville will be seen, and a fashion show where the pretticnt Chinese girls gf the city will display priceless costumes loaned for the oc casion. ORIENTAL WONDERS TO BE SEEN INDOORS Indoors one will see an old dynasty school, the Jom houses, hear solos sung behind mynterious screens, view the work of the Y. MC. A. visit the Masonic Temple and tea houses, and in all probability end with @ second visit to the Pagoda Tea Shop for refreshment. The decorations inside the Great Chinese Wall are being furnished and placed by the Chinese mer chants of the city, and are true to design and color of the old civiliza- tion, Dragons, fireworks, confetti, good luck omens and charms will ~ppear and mysteriousty disappear. He who cares may pause to rend the quaint bulletins hung on the Bund, done in Chinese characters by the local news dealers, Each night will see an entire change of program. Clubs, frater: nities, churches and all other organ izations are urged to attend in group formation, in order that the guides and lecturers may handle them in ro- tation. The entrance to Chinatown is on Seventh ave. between King and James, the entrance arch ha ing been designed by students of the University of Washington. Cable Car Balks; Second Ave. Jammed Because a cable car took the mid die of Second ave. and Madison st., and refused to budge therefrom, traffic on Second ave. was halted from James to Union at., Friday aft- ernoon. Before the recalcitrant car could be moved—n matter of 20 min- utes—the tooting of irri auto horns could be heard in Iverett (al- most). Disarmament Plan in Senate Blocked WASHINGTON, May 21.—Irate Southern senators —_— temporarily blocked @ senate yote on the Borah disarmament tw the navy bill “en LE STAR | EGYPT REBELS! Cavalry Charges Mobs in Narrow Streets CAINO, Exypt, May 21.-—-Pighting continued late yesterday between Rritiah troops and Exyptian national inte here and in Alexandria. Britiah cavalry swept the harrow atreeta here, clearing them of mobs f revolutionista. Heavy casualties were reported. Many nationalists were killed and wounded in engagements with Frit- ish troope at Alexandria. One Brit ish soldier waa killed. Details were meager. Tenewed outbreaks were expected today. Report British Will Send Men to Silesia BERLIN, May 21.—British forces tn the Rhine district are preparing to send a military contingent into Upper Silesia, according to reports received here from Cologne today. Unofficial advicen stated that the British commander, under orders from London, was making up a pro Visional division, consisting of two brigades of infantry, three hatteries of field artillery and the usual com plement of cavalry, Miers and plo neers, Urged Speed to End “he ° Turmoil in Silesia LONDON, May 2%1-—With the Pritish uring speed on the wettien ment of the Jpper Silesian question by the supretne counell, the French continued to play for time today Premier Briand informed the Brit- ish government that he agrees, in principle, with the proposed special meeting of the council to consider lthe problem, but that ft must await completion of the debate in the chamber of deputios over his foreign policies Inarmuch an the chamber has ad journed until Tuesday, tt is not be lieved the council can meet before Friday, \France Receives Note From Britain PARIS, May 21,—<(ireat Britain }today informed France that her attitade on the Upper Slerian ques en is unchanged, An official note forwarded by Lord Curzon, British pecretary of state for foreign affairs, was re ceived by Premier Briand. The communication reiterated the Brit- inh stand on Upper Silesia. Buy Residence Land SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 21.— Whether a Japanese is prohibited from purchasing residential as weil an agricultural lands in the United States will be determined next week by court action here The suit is the remit of the male to « Japaneses of a home tn the fashionable Highland Park ree- identinl dixtrict. District Attorney Hugh Bradford announced that the sult would be brought to determine the breadth of the treaty between Japan and the United States relative to the ownership pf land. Japs Lose in Appeal to State High Court OLYMPIA, May 21.—The state eu- preme court yeaterday refused to te sue a writ of mandate in behalf of Takuj! Yamashita and other Japan- ene to force the necretary of atate to necept and file Incorporation paper* of a Japanese holding company. The Japanese, claiming they have been naturalized, will appeal to the U. 8. euprems court. Yamashita sought In 1908 to be allowed to practice law tn thin state. He failed because he did not show hia citizenship, He arerta he was naturalized in Pierce county. Democrats Keep Up Fight on Newberry WASHINGTON, May %1.—Demo cratic leaders, determined to keep the ford Newherry case alive, today planned a fight to prevent the sen. ate elections committer investigation of the matter from being abandoned George White, chairman of the democratic national committee, is urKing Senator Pomerene, Ohio, rank ing democrat on the committee, to keep the investigation going. Ford wants the committee to go on. Hoe still maintains that New berry’s neat was “bought” thru use of large sums of money. He has jtelegraphed the committee so, |Woe! New Famine in Cooks Develops Here Too many cooks #poil the broth— but too few of them and Seattle | housewives don't get any broth. The city is again facinga shortage of cooks, according to the placement bureau of the Y. W. C, A., which is | being besteged with calls for cooks, maids and housekeepers, PATTERSON, N. J, May %1.— Liout. William Coates and Mra, John Brady are dead here an a result of & 2,000-foot fall of an airplane in which they were riding yesterday Tho fall followed a sudden cfumpling he the machine's wingn, ‘ARREST WOMAN U, §. ATTORNEY Miss Charlotte Kolmits, deput; United States district attorney, wa arrested at 1:30 a. m, Saturday o1 the Des Moines road, just south o the city limits, by deputy sheriff. who charged her with speeding 6 miles an hour, She was released on her personal recognizance, but in alt probability will be required to appear in a jus tice court, when court fans will be treated to the spectacle of the prose- cutor prosecuting a prosecutor. | Deputies Asa Lee and Ray Mur-| phy, patrolling the highway on motorcycles, made the arrest. | Miss Kolmitz said she speeded be- ;cause she was afraid of her pursu /ers, not knowing tliat they were dep- uty sheritts, | She was told to appear later in the day and furnish bail, . It’s a special comedy of 5 |] Tells a great story. Will cure full reels—not a slapstick, but real funny ‘situations. Bob Edgar, Tenor Pathe News Topics of the Day Two-Reel Comedy, ‘Kids’ Pals,” with the Wonder Dog $75,000 Cut From Roosevelt School | Announcement wag made Friday night by the Seattle school board | that it had cut $75,000 from the gen- eral contract for the new Roosevelt high school, The reduction brings the general contract to $668,000 and the total cost to approximately $1,000,000. ‘The additional saving was effected by the elimination of tennis courts, | athletic erounds, shops, greenhouses | an@ refrigerator rooms, A different | type of tlooring also will be used in halls and stairways, PRONE Columbus, O>—“I suffered very much pain during m. i! Ra run Com helped me wonderfully, two children since I began taki your medicine and did all of my own work including washing. You may this letter as a testimonial if Mrs. Tomas L, Cunisry, 704 WestMound St., Columbus, Ohio. Such acondition as Mrs, Christy was in points directly to a deran; con- il of § woman 8 prin. and by ollowing her example takin, E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Conn Sd women may be relieved from ailments and be restored to normal dealth and str just as she was, If there is any: ‘ing about your con- | Sition yeu do not ungereeand write Lydia .F. Pinkham Medicine Co, | Lynn, Mase., about your health, Good apple sees ple; go to Kaas gees any grouch. Full of reel stars. All critics say “Great!” SHORT FEATURES Prizma—in Nature’s Colors Scenic Beautiful : IRMA FALVEY on the HOPE-JONES WURLITZER LOEWS .7 PALAcEe HIP CONTINUOUS 1To 1! AL GAMBLE 4 Co, Rapid Fea Cateulatiag FEATURE PHOTOPLAY Eugene O’Brien in ORLDS AP. 0 It is sometimes but a step from Comedy to Tragedy and Lee the 3, quitter of the Oriental cabaret lurked the sinister of the Spirit of the Poppy. 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