The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 21, 1921, Page 7

A + GAMBLING * SWEEPING 3 _ TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921 CAPITAL Government Employes at Washington Are Hit by Fever Over “the Ponies” WASHINGTON, June 21 —Expec- | tant eyes turned toward a big black board, a throng filled Pennsylvania a overflowing across the street r tracks, impeding automobile traffic, refusing to heed the admoni tions of three policemen. All eyes focused upon the blackboard, where Presently a youth with a piece of chalk inscribed three names, followed By cabalistic numbers, A buzz of conversation «wept the wd. There was a mingling of sat: | isfaction and grumbling, with plenty @f curses under the breath. Shrill| Voices of women were heard, and ‘their presence was further marked | Monda: by the gayest dresses and hats. Tt was the regular afternoon gath- | ering of a few of the race bettors of the national capital. Inside the news | Paper office operators were ceaseless- ty answering the query, “Who| Won?" and the inevitable sequel, | “What did it pay?’ Washington ts gambling mad. No eity in the country, so the knowing | Professional gumblers say, hi a Worse case af betting fever, Govern ment employes by the thousands wa ger every afternoon a sum that in the aggregate looks like an item in &n appropriation bill before congress There are bookmakers or their agents in all the government build: | ings. When George Carter took of-| fice recently as public printer, ne! found horse racing gambling among PROFITEERING IN AFRICA BRIDES IS ORDERED STOPPED LONDON, June 21,—Profiteer. ing in brides on the east coast of Africa must be stopped. One of the clauses in a treaty signed by the British government and Afri ean chieftains provides that $25 shall be the maximum price. Gets Two Years for Raising Bank Note George Smith, 28, © two years in MeNeil island pent he pleaded Federal Judge was sentenced when before tentiary guilty miah Neterer to raisin Ire. | serve note. Smith was indicted by the grand jury, He b a long} record of imprisonment in other | states for grand larceny and other offenses. Gets 60 Days for Breaking Dry Act David Viess, pleading guilty to violation of the national prohibition act, wus sentenced Monday to 60 days in the county jail by Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer. employes of the government print ing office so widespread that he was forced to suspend some employes and to threaten general dismissal to stop it, Women as well as men were “plunging, and, according to Car ter’s investigation, devoting more time to a study of “form charts” and | “dope sheets” on the horses than to their duties, There's the case of a young man who not so long ago Was a secretary to somebody of importance. He was thinking about getting married, he | said, so he saved his money, It| amounted to $3,000 when he started | betting, with visions of a big pile of | easy monty. He's a taxicab driver today, and he isn't thinking about anything much except getting three meals and a bed. BAREFOOT AND OXFORDS pes... 1™ Sizes 8% to 11. Sizes 11% to 2. SANDALS |of us ought | money we're spending on our public jeut out the high school as a free in | Seattle.” | inte my office, things, But I'm going home and tell | | my people not to kid themselves they haven't the money, Yet if they | MUST REDUCE | to reduce the expenses of King coun: | | recommended jthe reformatory or the penitentiary. jand possibly the Old Soldiers’ home. |Men are being sent to the reforma tory who belong in the penitentiary, he said, and vice versa. |sotidation of public offices was urged lby R. P. MeBride, Spokane county | chief accourtant HERE MORE ABOUT Crogon said: “Every mother’s son and daughter rescue, to be proud of the schools, CROSON DEFENDS SCHOOL SYSTEM “The greatest thing we've done in| the right direction is to Improve our | public schools, I can get along with. | out painting my house this summer and do it next year, but if my boy's | education is neglected he tan't ge back to make it up next year, Ni every boy and girl used to enter high | school Today we say every boy and girl should have a chance. 1 believe Jthey have a r to that chance, | But unless you say you're going to| stitution The youl have to pay for it n be said of free text ame © books. 1 be e in a good teaching force. rm not aldn’t be cut y teacher hit That's what saying salaries We ought to make | the ball all the we're doing in time. This silenced the school critics. The tide of battle turned toward road building. The assembly seemed split about 60.50 én whether more roads | should be built or construction stop. | ped for the present. James O'Farrell, Pierce county commissioner, declared he was n in favor of curtailing expenses until unemployed Soldiers had been taken care of, “A man with a family of five came ” said O'Farrell, *and | told me: ‘I've got to have something | to do. My kids needs something tol eat,’ Until that condition is relieved, I'm going to sy maybe we've got to groan a little longer under our tax burden. “We've got a $225,000 overdraft in Pierce county now, We want a sin itartum, a ferry and a dozen other want these things, I'm going to re member that on of the best ways to make employment for soldiers ix by | making some kind of big public im provement.” TAX RATE Claude C. Ramsay, chairman of| King county commissioners, said “We've got to get the tax rate! down, There are lot of men here who could fill your eyes with tears | telling of men who can't get work | and who are losing their homes by taxation. I find it's not always the} fellow with the family that gets the | work when. there is work. We must} fo home from here and resist the demands of the people for big appro: | priations and cut out every item of unnecessary expense, We're going ty government next year, and the first place to cut ts the administra tive cost of government; then cut ex penses, But the average official | hasn't the stamina to withstand the | demands of the people.” | Mayor Ben Hill, of Walla WaMa, elimination of either Sweeping. climinations and con He advised retain ing efficient employes at good mala-| ries and eliminating deadheads; a) \complete budget system, lived up to;| elimination of unnecessary elective | officers; consolidation of assessor | Lake Keechelus— im the heart of the Cascades— tat Ww7raese rou the : RAR VOR ag YR HAR interest. Lake Keechelus is over six miles in leng heart of the Cascade Motorists will find heart of the Cascades On the motor road from Seattle to Ta- coma and the East, the motorist passes through many points of unusual scenic pearance of a great river, and is at an elevation of 3,000 feet in the very enchanting country dotted with beauti- ful lakes and mountains and huge fir, spruce and cedar trees measuring in some instances six to eight feet in diameter. And all along the route the motorist can get Red Crown Gasoline—the all-refinery motor fuel that insures ready starting, rapid acceleration and more power. Look for the Red Crown sign. ‘ STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) RIND one of these. It is th,—having the ap- ituated range. this region a most 8 | a “a x A PES Pry => =Er7 Gasoline uality >. Hh OSD Ly tye Maw Pir SRR er ARB yenry OLS ORR AD | Usted and one minute later the com jetudy of tuberculosis and the inves |Ugation af the curative properties THE SEATTLE and treasurer; consolidation of sher iff and clerk; elimination of county commissioners, three other elective officials taking their place; combin. ing of justice and superior courts; firing of extra employes when extra work is finished; changes in meth ods of assensment to save expense, permitting each person to asweas his own property, as is New Zealand; compelling defrauders to sell their property at its assessed value; mak ing impossible the use of the county government as a collection agency by forbidding attorneys to summon | a person to court to pay a bill elimination of the office of constable. | NOT FOR CUTTING OWN SALARIE “Aren't we insuing bonda, too? he asked, “Could state insurance be written to protect people against in digence, thus elim! ing our tnett tutions for the poor and our tax for chartty? “When we loan to banks all money in our county treasuries at per cent and then borrow it back from the bank at 6 per cent, that inn't nomy., Spokane county has paid | $1,200,000 interest in two over years.” McRiride's motion that tf public of. flce employes are reduced 25 per cent of, their salaries, the salaries of elective officiais be similarly re duced, was laughed down, Elective officials’ salaries are fixed by law, it was pointed out. EX-U-BOAT IS SUNK BY BOMBS Naval Planes Send Sub- mersible Down BY A. L. BRADFORD BOARD U. 8. 8. HENDE SON, OFF HAMPTON ROADS, June a) The ex man U-boat No, 117 was sunk by naval planes 60 miles off Hampton Roads today. The submarine sank after two at tacks, in which 12 bombs were dropped. Three bombs were dropped in the first attack, made by three navy machines, at 10:23, One direct hit was made. At 10:32 three planes ON again went to the attack and drop nine bombs. One bomb hit the submarine just aft of the conning tower and the others drop ped near her. ‘ Six minutes after the bomb ex ploded on the submarine the vease! ing tower disappeared. Lieutenant Colonel C. C. Culver flying an army plane and accom: | panied by an observer, cras the U. S. 8. Henderson. tioned a considerable distance from the rget. Both men were picked up from the water by a naval plane. Both escaped injury. ee pd near Plane Catches Fire; Crew Is Rescued NORFOLK, Va, June 21.—Naval plane NC-7 caught fire over the Middleground lighthouse, Hampton Roads. The crew of seven men were rescued by a tug. The chief radio operator stuck to the plane and was rescued by FE. J Applegate of the tug, who swam to the plane for the unconscious man. The naval plane was on its way to take part in the bombing tests off Norfotk. The NC-7 carried bombs, but the uses had been fixed to prevent ex plosion, Delegates Named to Legion’s Convention Delegates to the state convention of the American Legion at Hoquiam in July were named Monday night by the Ratnier-Noble pogt as follows Charles H. Paul, del¢gate-at-large George M. Brazer, Phil/ Tindall, Paul Edwards, Bruce Gregor, Dr Walter Kelton, G ‘*° «6Salzman, Thomas Nash, Lieut Gov, W. J Coyle, Hervey Lindley, J. R. Dean, W. 8. Pollitz, Louls Schwellenbach, Malcolm Doug}as, Alvin Hankins, Tom Patterson, Maurice Thompson Thomas Haphmond, Harry Wein garten, Act Younger, H. E. MacDon. ald, Hazel Smith and Frances Rotch. Study Tuberculosis Establishment of the Alice Me Dermott fund of $100,000, for the of radium, was announced by Presi dent Suzzallo, of the University of Washington, at the graduation exer. cises Monday. He also announced the Nellie Clayton Sands legacy of approximately $20,000, which will be loaned to deserving students who |have not the financial backing to jcomplete their college courses. Falls to Death in Merced River SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 ert G. Ray, prominent San real estate dealer, fell to bis death in the Merced river, near Yosemite, | yesterday, when he slipped from a! rock and was whirled into the rapids, rding to a report received here. Altho he was instantly whirled from view, R. C, Rappen, of Oakland, made a heroic effort to save him by plunging into the swollen stream. | The effort was futile, Ray having, it | is believed, struck his head on a sub- | merged rock, which rendered him unconscious, Rev. Ambrose Bailey Heads Local Pastors, Rev. Ambrose M. Bailey, pastor| of the First Baptist church, was | chosen president of the Ministerial | her of- | Thrapp, | ohureh, | Hudson, | Union of Seattle Monday. ¢ ficers are; Rev. Russel F. pastor of First Christian vice president; Rev. J. D. pastor of Keystone Congregation: church, secretary, and Rev, BE. G Randall, pastor of Rainier Beach Presbyterian church, treasurer. Will Give Concert j pic rations in the Norgt. STAR 200 DROWNIN JAPAN FLOOD! Entire Villages Are Sub-| merged TOKYO, June 21.—Terrific foods are sweeping large areas in Japan. Death lists today approached 200. Entire villages were submerged un. der 15 feet of water in the Hita dix trict At Kyusha more than 600 houses were washed away. « Heavy rains caused the floods. The district of Kyusha was inundated so quickly that th nds had narrow escapes. At least 180 persons drown ed there. The flood quickly swept hundreds of Ughtly constructed dwelling! houses jnto the torrent where they collapsed and were carried out to sea in a mass of debris. Bridges were torn out and swept away In the Hita district the waters spread more slowly, filling the wtre of many villages, some of them to a depth of 16 feet. Twenty: | three villages were known to be un der wa their inhabitants taking | to boats, some living precariously in trees and others clinging to roofs of cottages which threatened moment ave their foundations. akuoka, a city of almost 100,000 persons, great damage was done, AMUNDSEN WILL MAKE NEW DASH Will Bring Out Two Little! Girls to Seattle NOMF, June 21.—When Capt Roald Amundsen, victim of the Arc tle which frustrated his recent | attempt to reach the North Pole arrives in Seattle he will be accom panied by two little girls who have t been out of the North | One is the 12-year-old daughter of . fur trader named Charles Carpen dale, at Bast Cape, Siberia, and th other is a 4-yearold native Chuch yt girl. Both will be sent to Norway to be educated. f Held fast in the ertp of thg tee and swept ashore 90 mileagfrom Cape Serge, Capt. Amundrefi said that his expedition was gendered hopeless when the propeligt of his schooner Maude was smasfed. The explorer plans tg have the Maude towed to Seattle/for repairs. and will then return f@ further ex | Washingto MMome a Shrine LONTION, Jun Sulgrave man or, Northamptghshire, the home for centuries of AGeorge Washington's | ancestors, wit dedicated today, after its restoraton, Henceforth the manor wil! be main tained as @ memorial. Its reconstruc tion was completed recently at a cost of $160,000, raised by the Sulgrave Institytion of America. ‘The manor, a survival of Tudor dayy, with Jacobite additions, has be@h restored to its original state, | alyng with the meadows that sur- gpund ft | In connection with today’s cere: mony, a bust of Washington was un. yelled at the manor, 1,000 State Eagles at Annual Conclave ABERDEEN, June 21.—More than 1,000 members of Eagtes lodges of this state are in session. here at the 22nd annual convention of the order. Election of officers will take place to- day. Meeting Tonight for New Girl School | To stimulate public interest in the Ruth School for Girls, which will be opened July 1, a mass meet ing will be held at 8 o'clock to night at the First Presbyterian | church. Dr. M. A. Matthews will) preside, The Ruth School will be for delixfquent and refractory girls. Nuh Special Special $59.00. lary | cabinet officer, who |steamer William O'Brien | . New Model | Superior Gas Range ITH its glossy black enamel finish and blue porcelain splasher, drip tray and broiling pan, this Superior is as good-looking as it is efficient. Equipped with four top burners and one simmering burner, and oven measuring 18x18x14 inches. Requires floor space 46 inches wide. HERE’S MORE ABOUT LOST SHIPS STARTS ON PAGE ONE trying to get liquor from the vessel. | Four departments of the federal government today took up the search for the issing ships. “Crews’ whereabout never report oa." { The mystery of the ro tan tanta-| of the vesnels was more than tanta lizing because it all happened a short distance from Washington—off the Hatteras. On @ calm sea and in clear weather the ships disappeared, thelr crews go: ing with them ‘The schooner Deering .ran ashore vicinity of the cape, all sails set, her cargo untouched. | SQUALLING PARROT \ IS FOUND ABOARD A lone equalling parrot was aboargl the schooner The parrot and a bottle containing a hastily scribbled note were the ‘sole relics of the schooner, the Deering-— which piled up on the coast on Janu- 31. The note suid the Deering had been captured by an oll/ burning crew and captain in the chaser and her made prisoners. William JB, Worm ell, Portland, Maine, was eaptain of the sailing Vexsel, and big daughter has been instrumental in ofousing of ficials to an investigation®f the acct it. She has made andndependent search the country W@er for her father Another young woman was instru Miss Wormell in caus an investigatig@g. She was Miss turbara Bauer, of Big Springs, | xas, who wro@ the mast gu here that th is onnection between the wytcking of the Deering und the disappearance of the Hewitt a steam veel, which left Ss Texas, Jung 20, with a load of sul phur. mental with HANDW NG Is 1D FIED Miss AVormell has had the hand. writing on the note brought tn from ering identified as that of Engineer Bates. © other vessels which safled out oblivion were not identified, but the commerce department was inves Mating today. While four departments of the government were officially concerned in the investigation, other depart ments were interested in the mystery and romance of the disappearance. The coast off Cape Hatteras is wild and seldom approached. It would be possible for a 20th century Captain Kidd to hide there with his band. It is suggested that such a pirate might be using a submarine in his raids. Another theory—advanced by a only partly serious—was that bolsheviki have captured the ships, made prisoners of the crews and taken the cargoes to Russia, Again, there was the theory that rum runners might have wanted the vessels to carry on their illegal trade from Cuban ports eee Mary Celeste’s Fate Is Now Recalled WASHINGTON, June 21.—The Cape Hatteras ship mystery today recalled here the strange case of the Mary Celeste. In 1887 the sailing Vessel was discovered in mid-ocean with all ‘sails set. ‘The captain's table was set for dinner. In the crew's quarters a deck of cards lay strewn on a table. The toys of the captain's son lay about the cabin. What became of those on board has never been explained. Str. William O’Brien One of Lost Ships NEW YORK, June 21.—The was re vealed today as one of the five American vessels which has disap- peared mysteriously. Lawrence Richey, investigator for Secretary Hoover, said the William O’Brien was lost two months ago, apparently about 700 miles out. He is here searching in shipping circles for any information regarding the lost vessels. Richey said the William O’Brien started one trip but was forced to put back following a@ dispute be tween the captain and chief engi neer. With a new engineer she be gan another trip from which she never returned. —— | $59.00 —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE for Theodora Home} A benefit concert for the Theodor home will be held Tuesday evening, June 28, at the Metropolitan theatre The home is conducted by the Volun | teers of America, and is one of the | best-known institutions of dts Kind in the Northwest, FREDERICK | & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Nashington redoubled their efforts| Both are held on liquor jtoday with the purpose of raising | . — ———a subscriptions for the entire amount) WENATCHER. — Otis Johnson, tl completion of the campaign. WOMAN HELD HOME BREW. 25 Bottles Taken; Brew Mash Is Dumped Mary Kelly, 27, 1611 Terry ave, was arrested Monday night at her home and a flask of whisky and 25 bottles of home brew seized, Twelve gallons of brew mash were dumped. J. B. Conway, 27, was arrested at Religious Workers of the city en-|Second ave, and Washington st gaged in raising $75,000 for a church |Monday night and a quart bottle of center building at the University of | moonshine liquor seized. ae charges, ~ ~ r : ' Typographical Uyfon Is Sued For $2G000 Claiming that, altho itfomplied with union demands, tts men were called out on a sympasietic strike against other shops, the Pacific ‘Typesetting Co. browht Mon day against the Inténational Typo- Union 9 $20,090. The Seattle fficials are all as defenfunts. suit graphical union's named Redouble Efforts for Church Center| before night, the original time set for | 30, commits suicide by shooting af |Lake View sanitartum, Soap Lake, | | Broad-brimmed | Garden Hats Laden With Flowers | $7.50 HE Hat sketched, with its wreath of lilacs, is an example of the charming modes for wear with Mid- summer Frocks offered at this price. They are of chain and Italian straws, many with organdie trimmings, also, in Jade, Pink, Cherry, Purple, Brown, Old- | blue. Very attractive values at $7.50. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE FREDERICK _ & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET | _ FREDERICK __ & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET — A Selected List for Dancing Bose of Araby—Fox Trot (Long-Flath) Isham Jones’ Orchestra, . Lovin’ Lady—Fox Trot (Fenton) Isham Jones’ Orchestra: I Love You, Sunday—Fox Trot (Straight) Isham Jones’ Orchestra | Jinga-Bul»Jing-Jing—One-Step (Jerome) Isham Jones’ Orchestra: Dreamy Paradise—Fox Trot (Van Alstyne-Schmidt) Isham Jones’ Orchestra Be Sweet Woman—Fox Trot (Jones) 4 | Isham Jones’ Orchestra 5038 5031 Fair One—Fox Trot (Mallen) Isham Jones’ Orchestra Sultan—One-Step (Haenschen) Isham Jones’ Orchestra Kismet—Fox Trot (Henlere) Isham Jones’ Orchestra $1 Happy—One-Step (Hugo Frey) Isham Jones’ Orchestra Rosle—Fox Trot (Merkur) Car! Fenton's Orchestra | Caresses—Fox Trot (Monaco) | Green Bros.’ Novelty Band Just Snap Your Fingers at Care—Fox Trot (Silvers) Introducing “Love Flowers” from “Greenwich Village Follies” Gene Rodemich’'s Orchestra Castle of Dreams—Fox Trot from “Irene” (Tierney) Gene Rodemich’'s Orchestra Sudan—Fox Trot (Pollack) Green Bros.’ Novelty Band Dolly—Fox Trot (Wadsworth-Arden) All Star Trio My Wonder Girl—Fox Trot (Hickman-Black-Bloom) Vernon Trio Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere—Fox Trot (Kortlander) All Star Trio © Toodles—One-Step (Green) _ Green Bros.’ Novelty Bi Girls of My Dreams—Fox Trot (Berlin) Carl Fenton's Orche I Wonder Where My Sweet, Sweet Daddy’s Gone—) Trot (Stark) Bennie Krueger's Orche Satanic Blues—Fox Trot (Shields-Christian) Z Bennie Krueger's Orchest Tea Leaves—Fox Trot (Whiting) ag Rudy Wiedoeft’s Californt dabberwocky—Fox Trot, Rudy Wiedoeft's Californ Moonbeams—Fox Trot (Price-Stept) Green Brothers’ Novelty I Call You Sunshine—Fox Trot, Introducing “Say. Green Brothers’ Novelty Cherie—(Dear)—Fox Trot (Bibo) Carl Fenton's O dust Keep a Thought for Me—ox Trot, Int “Always” Carl Fenton's O | 2059 2051 2105 2102 2103