The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 14, 1921, Page 1

the East that it was 57, Tonight ana moderate lll VOLUME 23 f Tell your sweltering friends In temperature yesterday was 65. Lowest was 52. ly tw Seattle's highest At noon today d Friday, fair; winds; most- esterly. <—_ egory. war has not been Home Brew) Howdy, folks. Have you found that trout stream yet? eee ‘The 300 alleged drunks arrested the Fourth of July were thrown into the jail’s north tank. The poor fish! eee i Mayor Caldwell quizzed police on! 1 aty timates. Not like restaurant men slice ham, we hope. eee Bandits who kidnaped tax! driver forced him to drive them to Spo jane are now in jail. Well, that's better than paying the amount regis- tered on the taximet __ A Detroit woman obtained a | divorce in five minutes, The fact that her husband was a golf cham- pion may have accounted for the speed with which it was granted. eee ‘Will Hays says he is going to pick }Postmasters without regard to pol F ities. Which, of course, means with- ‘out regard to democratic politics. All that Will asks of any postmaster is that he be a republican. na eee ' Thirty young men in an Evanston, TIL, club have resolved not to walk ‘with or to talk to a girl whose skirts ire too short. What do they call 9 short” in Evanston? eee EVERYBODY LOOK PLEASANT, PLEASE The marriage of Miss May Ann Bentz of Alvada and G. E. Imber of _ Berwick was solemnized this morn- at Alvada. ter a reception and dinner at “the home of the bride's parents, the bridal party motored to this city and ‘sat for their pictures.—Fostoria (O.) ‘Times. eee “Joyce .taught me to spend money.” says Pegsy of that name. And gosh what a hard time he had. She had td stay up late every night studying her lessons. >| * ee Be that as it may, the Miami! unl Aims left a million and a half to E charities and education in Cincin-| nati. | eee | “Be that as it may, the Miami un! versity students voted Afice B. Good | the most popular girl in the institu. _ tion. eee ‘The, paperhanger has no sense, He isn’t smart at all; For, tho his business is imniense, It drives him to the wall. —Cincinnati (O.) Enquirer. ‘The aviator’s just as bad, His is a bitter cup; BH owhen his business is best, Poor fellow, he goes up. | ese “Mrs. Story,” says the Youngs town Vindicator, “is a dress econom- | fst.” Humph. They all are, these days. { : eee i They're talking now of making Silesia a buffer state. A buffer) | state, as we understand’ it, is one/ that gets kicked from all sides. eee Cheer up, young fellow. When you are as good as Babe Ruth they notice, it when you strike out. eee Bears have been stopping New| York Central trains in the northern part of New York, These are great days for the bears, but poor ones for | the bulls. American Legion at ~ Hoquiam for Meet; HOQUIAM, July 14.—Delegations to the state convention of the Amer- fean Legion are arriving here today. ‘The convention opens tomorrow. Bremerton and Yakima were first open headquarters The United States engaged in the great war with several idealistic motives clearly in mind. Perhaps the dearest of these was to make this the last war—to abolish war from the human cat- Thru the bickering and conniving of Old Men at Versailles and in the foreign offices of various Sages civilization to date has been cheated. our idealistic aims being realized. WON ein the sense of SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921. ono Now comes the big news that at last a step has been taken which ought to achieve the ong- prayed-for end of armament limitation, the be- ginning of a program to beat swords into plow- shares and spears into pruning hooks. Every real American will do everything within his power, will bring to bear every ounce of press- ure which he can exert, may succeed. in order that this object For only thru its success will real progress be made by civilization AUTOMOBILE IS CRUSHED BY MIXER | Huge Machine Runs Away} on Fifth Ave; Car’s Driver Nearly Killed W. E. Taylor, life insurance man, 202 Ith ave, narrowly escaped death when a concrete mixer weighing several tons got away from its driver and crashed into his car at Fifth ave. and Union st. Thursday. Taylor reecived severe bruises on ‘his left side, and his Grant car was badly wrecked. That there were not more casualties was due to the quick wit of E. R. Burt, 623 Blanchard at., who saw the mixer coming and warned other autoists “The mixer was going up Fifth ave. from Union st,” Burt mid “At the top of the grade at University st. it wtalled. Before it could be started again it got away from the driver and backed down toward Fifth agnin at high speed. I speeded as hard as, I could ahead of it and warned sev- eral autolsts to get out of the way. The mixer finally was going 20 miles | an hour.” | At the Intersection of Union at.| Taylor drove to the side, but the mixer skidded and erashed into his car, witnesses said. | The driver of the mixer, maid to be a son of “Pat” McCune, contractor, refused to give his nam BOLD ROBBERY ON SECOND AVE. Auto Bandits Snatch Grip! From Bank Messenger | Motor bandite held up two bank messengers at Second ave. | and Spring st., at 10 a. m., Thursday and escaped with a | bag containing currency. The, | amount was not announced. Scores of persons witnessed the robbery. It occurred in front of the Palace Hip t * | The money was being taken to the Northwest Trust & Savings bank. It} was in charge of Northwest mes- sengera The bank loses nothing. If the money is not recovered an insurance company must stand the loss. | “We are fully covered against loxs by theft,” said E. Shorrock, prest-| dent of the bank, after the robbery. The two messengers had reached the corner when a Bulck car with| three men in it dashed up to the| curb. One of the men jumped out of the| car and stopped the messengers with | a black revolver. He seized their sack and tossed it into the car, back ed away, threatesing the crowd with hia revol and climbed onto the! running board as the machine dashed off. mie Frazier, 12-year-old sop of Raymond KR. Frazier, president of the Washington | Mutual Savings bank, cross the street, said he reached the scene just in time to hear a man in the crowd shout: “The license number is Wn. 111,508." : | This is the only police clue. The bandits sped north on Second ave., | pursued by Ben Franklin, a taxi driver, who lost sight of their car when it crossed Pike at. About 10:30 the bandits were sight- ed on Lake Washington bivd. A car with fur policemen was in hot pur- suit. ‘The two messengers are Leland C. Higbee, 7534 34th ave, 8, W., and| Charles Fisk, of Lake Ballinger. Hig | bee was carrying the bag. i License No. 111,508 is carried on a machine belonging to Guy Howard, with offices in the Stuart bidg Howard had reported his machine stolen when the robbery occurred, | up the law Mrs Casper Cassidy Starts Her Search: Here for . By Wanda Things a Divorce Von Kettler had been going quite smoothly for about a day and a half, so I might have expected the weather to break. And it broke—a beautiful splash that settled down on top of me like a silver thaw. Quoth the editor on last Thursday morning, when I found myself within his private sanctum: “You've got a husband—can you imagine that? “And you want a divorce— understand? “Now Seattle has plenty of | How many of them lawyers. }do you suppose you can tell lyour troubles to within—oh, say—the next few days?” All of which explains just why I, who have never even captured a husband, started out last week to divorce the creature. eee To begin with, I needed a name, and concluded Cassidy would do—~ Mra, Casper Cassidy, Then Casper needed to be decided upon. He would be a real estate man who dealt, when real estate was slow, in haberdashery. And about his faults—well, I de cided that Casper should have sev- eral faults, to be distributed sepa- rately among the chosen attorneys: atlaw, eee Up on the fourth floor of the Ar- |cade building a little man who wore specs and a brown suit was the first tormect Mra. Casper Cassidy, He didn't know she had just come into existence, so merely looked up from an overgrown volume to re- jmark, “Well, well, what's the trou ble?" “I want a divorce.” I replied with much speed, glad at least to have that much over with. “I want a di vorce, and how much will ft cost and how long will it take?” He told me to be seated, and calmly adjusted his speca, all of which made me decidedly nervous. What's the matter with these law yers, anyway want it, nd haven't time to walt for preliminaries? “You want a divorcet’ he ex.| Albert Christianson was killed claimed, finally, and stared suepi-| while working on a building at Utah | ciously at the cringing individual be-|ave. and Sander et, at 10 a m./ for him, well! ee a Thursday when a 70-foot gin pole And now that we'd gotten that far|. ay ak cute a Bh I really felt better. |fell on his head. Christianson was “What's your complaint?" he|@ workman employed by the Had. asked, “On what grounds?” dow Engineering Company, of Ta “Oh,” 1 replied, “I've got plen- ty of grounds, ( —my hus band—talked in his sleep about Stella, and, of course, 1 wasn’t Jealous or anything, but I just wanted to know who she was, and he REFUSED TO TELL. So, naturally, we had a terrible argu- ment, and finally Casper took his hat and walked out. That was three months ago, and I've been living with my mother ever since,” “Do you KNOW of any Stella?” he asked. “Maybe she wasn’t ANY- BODY.” “Maybe then he divorce.” “Hummm! he wasn't,” T agreed, “but ed about her, so I want a spoke the gentleman | in the brown sult on the fourth floor of the Arcade building, “We'll look d see where you come in.” eee He delved Into the shelves for a twin to the volume he had been de vouring when I had interrupted his peace. He slowly and carefully, while I chewed a hole in the corner of my handker- this denoting impatience and more nervousness, You see, I'd never applied for a divorcee before, and I wasn't certain I was acting according to Hoyle. And I did so want to get my divorce properly. It would mean so much to me in the cases to follow if 1 could just feel secure in the first, And besides, I've heard tell that it’s best to get a divorce properly, anyway—it avoids so (Turn to Page 7, Columyy 5) don't they know that | |when we women want a divorce, we | With Wires; Crashes read the grounds for divorce | ] ) ; Miss Wanda Mra. Casper Cassidy).— Photo by James & Merrihew, LABORER DIES '~ ASPOLEFALLS \Crane Becomes Tangled coma, According to a witness, Jack Carr, }1621 8th ave, a crane operated on |tracks became tangled with the | live wires of the poles, tearing down the pole. CLAIM PARENTS SLEW CHILDREN ALBANY, Ga, July 14.—Charged with participating in the murder of her two small boys, Mrs, Glen Hud son, prominent Albany woman, i# in | jail here today, Her husband is in an adjoining cell, held on a similar | charge. | The bodies of the two little boys, Robert and Isaiah Temple, 10 and 14, sons of Mrs. Hudson by a former marriage, were found on the front | porch of their stepfather’s house with | bullet holes in their backs. Both | were dead, Beside the bodies lay Hudson's | pistol. | Super-Battleships Anchor in Harbor Admiral EB, W. Eberle, commander. in-chief of the Pacific fleet, arrived in Seattle harbor Thursday after noon abourd the flagship New Mext- co, The Mississippi accompanied the New Mexico. Mayor Caldwell was scheduled to board the flagship day afternoon and official address of welcome. ships will remain here only a short time, leaving for Bremerton, where they ‘will undergo minor repaira, von Kettler (alias| JAPAN'S ANSWER PUZZLES Accepts Invitation for Disarming but Is Silent About Pacific Angle BY A, L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, July M4. — The state department today was notified of Japan's acceptance of the invita Uon to a disarmament conference. The Japanese communication, how- ever, omits any reference to a discus. sion of problems In the Pacific, which was also included in the tentative in vitation sent out last Saturday, FAILS TO INCLUDE PACIFIC QUESTION It was stated on high authority that Japan's failure to tnclude the Pacific questions in her acceptance waa not necessarily regarded as an expression of disapproval of the Amertcan proposal It was added, however, that the Japanese govern- ment would have to agree before. band to include Pacific problema, be cause any practical results of dis armament would have to be based on an amicable settlement in the Pa- effle. Officials were plainly perplexed by the Japanese answer and it was a» sumed that no formal invitation naming & date for the conference will be prepared until the Japanese at- titude is cleared up. The possibility of Japan making some such answer had been foreseen and discussed here, bit it was be- Neved that she would finally accept unreservedly. CHINA SENDS ACCEPTANCE Formal notificauon that China would participate in the conference also was received today. All the five nations which re- ceived the American query as to whether invitation to a conference | would be welcomed have now re. |plied, with an unconditional affirma. tive, except Japan, China's notification of her willing. ness to take part in the conference included a statement that she would welcome dis ions of the far east- ern problem, The United States wit! offer no ob- Jection to the participation of Bel sium and The Netherlands in dis- cussions of problems touching the Pacific, it was said. It is recog nized that these two countries have a stake in the east and the confer ence is fncended to be a full expres | | sion of the views of the intorest | nations in dofin ettling the Pa cific question No formal reqnest was mad> by these two countries to come into the | conference, however. ee American Munitions Men Okeh Disarming BY HAROLD D. JACOBS (Copyright, 1921, by United Press) NEW YORK, July 14.—American munitions makers today placed ‘cord in favor of limi nents. themselves on tation of arma Men whose business interests would receive huge profits thru war indorsed President Harding's pro- (Turn to Page 7, Column 6) Youth With $31,000 Has Not Been Taken SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.—Rus- sell Griffin, 21 year old messenger for McDonnell & Co., brokers, who is charged with walking off with $31,- 000 worth of bonds which he was sup- posed to mail, was still at large to- day, A warrant for his arrest was sworn out today, charging him spe- cifically with the theft of $5,000 worth of negotiable bonds, The other bonds were non-negotiable, Griffin was an exmavy man. He was injured in service and later took special, courses under the federal vo- rd at the Uni and at Stan- nomics. versity of Californ’ ford specializing in Ambassador Herrick Arrives in France PANIS, July 14.—Myron T, Her- rick arrived here today to take up his duties as ambassador to France. He was greeted at the St. Lazare sta- tion by Premier Briand, War Min- ister Barthou, municipal authorities and Jules Cambén, president of the ambassador's conference, ‘charge of grand we bait { G Here’s Hoping the Conireres on Disarmament Will Talk Our Arms Off 4 Taxi Chauffeurs in Seattle Drive Many a Man to Drink SEATTLE BANK SOUND On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1878. Per Year, by Mail, $> to $9 TH ED LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Let Your Common Sense Guide You (Editorial) The Star congratulates the Dexter Horton tanks on the open, candid manner in which they have met a sin- ister propaganda that mysteriously began a few days ago. A little group of persons, with malicious motive, started whispering around, “They tell me that the Dex- ter Horton bank {is near the rocks; if you have any money in it I advise you to get it out.” There were variations on this lie, but the general tenor was the same. And, as always, where there is a bell wether, there were a certain number of human sheep who followed. A small run developed. sees The old-time bank president understood money, but he wasn’t very wise in the workings of the human heart. He constitutionally dreaded publicity of bank affairs, except okehed-in-advance, eulogistic stuff. But times are changing and bank presidents are learn- ing that the public has both a right to know about financial matters and a determination to find out; and that a wise policy is to tell the truth even on unpleasant aspects of the subject. & Over in Tacoma a few weeks ago a malicious ran was started on an institution that was, and is, as sound as any in the country. The scare was launched by some- body with a grudge, or a half-wit obsession, or a per- verted desire to tear down. The manager of the bank promptly called in the newspaper men, laid the facts before them and invited them to tell the whole world about the run and how ‘ori ode ordered the doors, ke} night is m: le e doors, 0} and day and eve: ly paid in fa ia Every hour for one whole night and most of the next day an interurban train entered the city with ONE MILLION DOLLARS in cash. Finally there was more money piled in the vaults of that bank than ever was gathered in one spot in Tacoma before. And the run?” It fizzled out over night. The great heap of money had planned withdrawals began inquiring into the FACTS they saw how foolish they looked, how like sheep they were acting and they went back to work. That bank, by its prompt, courageous laying of the cards on the table, converted a serious attack on its business into a demonstration of strength and confi- dence. It taught a whole city in one day how unshake- ably solid it was; it gained a prestige that will endure for many years, Now history is repeating itself here. The whispered insinuations against the Dexter Horton banks are just as unfounded, just as malicious. The Dexter Horton banks constitute one of the strongest financial institutions on the Pacific coast. To assume that the Dexter Horton banks would fa: meet every obligation is almost as absurd as predicting that the Bank of England might collapse. The banks are amply able to pay every depositor in full in good coin of the U.S. A. The persons who with- draw their money will feel just as sheepish, when the little flurry is over, as the Tacomans did. And the Dexter Horton banks by their frank, open policy will profit in the end just as the other one did thru a more thoro public understanding of its towering resources. Today's episode at the Dexter Horton banks is just one of those unthinking exhi ms of mob psychology which will break out occasionally in the sanest of cities. It will pass as quickly as it began, The Star is confi- dent, because the good sense of American citizens will swing back to equilibrium in a hurry when once an un- derstanding of the facts is reached. Only fools rock boats and peint loaded guns. Only a small fraction of one per cent of our population is fools, and the other 99.99-plus per cent is well balanced LEAPS OUT OF Don’t be a mutt! COPS GRILLED AGAIN FRIDAY| PATROL; FLEES, Diving head first from a pa- ‘trol wagon on his way to the Smith, al- leged burghur, escaped after a desperate battle with Patrolman Robert Bridges at 12th ave. and Main st. at 11:30 a, m, Thurs- Because Ghief Searing was out of the city Thursday, Mayor Hugh M Caldwell postponed his personal in- vestigation into brutality charges against city jailera, The mayor's inquiry will be re- sumed Friday when he will hear evi- county jail, S. W. dence submitted by’ Frank Dwyer, 4] day, after Bridges fired three resident of the city for 30 years, who] shots at him, charges that he was beaten up by! fridges was in charge of five policemen and robbed of $15. Caldwell dectared Thursday that he wag desirous of hearing from urable to chase Smith for men who claim to have been man handled in the city jail. the four other prisoners so ee escape. Girl, M ing Ten When Smith leaped from Months, Discovered Margie Rhodes, 17-year-old daugh- r of B. R. Rhodes, of Sedro- ‘oolley, who has been missing from home for 10 months, was returned to her family today by Deputy Otto Seifriz. The girl was found Saturday: in the company of B. McGtbbon, now | ‘#lled_ to locate under arrest at the county jail on a caught him. and running south on 12th d him, fleeing man was scarcely touched. When people who prisoners who were being trans ferred to the county jail and was fear would the wagon Bridges ran after him and In the battle that fol- lowed Smith's clothes were nearly torn from his body, Smith escaping ave. Fifteen patrolmen have been de Bridges fired three shots at the RUN ON induce circulate any such statement | rumor, shall be guilty of « grose — The run on the Dexter Hi banks at Second ave. and Cherry subsided materially Thursday. | The bank opened an hour bef regular business hours, at 9 a and cheerfully paif. depositors asked to withdraw their accounts, Notices were posted at all bie cop the savings bank is Lab gp to all depositors: will open from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. longer, if required, to date all its customers.” $ Some depositors withdrew af thels money, These, however, were not numerous. For the most part cus tomers who entered the bank made @ few inquiries and walked out, sas isfied their money is fully protected Bank officials issued a state ment just before noon to the ef- all still be $2, tution. “This run was started by the ma licious utterances of some person o8 group of persons with a grudge against the officials of this bank,” ag official said. “We are protected * nase TELEGRAM FROM JOHN U, CALKINS, GOVERNOR OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK AT SAN FRANCISCO, TO FED. ERAL RESERVE BRANCH IN | | “The Dexter Horton National | bank is a strong, conservatively | managed bank in extraordinarily | sound and liquid condition. It has never used re-discount facili- | tles of the Federal Reserve bank for current purposes and is | therefore in position to avail | itself of the opportunity to ob- | tain funds by rediscounting. | “The assistance of the Federal Reserve bank, if necessary, will | be granted to it to the fullest extent.” ——. the Burns and Pinkerton detective agencies and are making every effort to apprehend the source of these ub terances.” W. H. Parsons, vice president, de clared bank officers had succeeded in running to earth six persons whe had helped cause the run by theis unfounded statements, “These stx,” said Parsons, “will be arrested and prosecuted. We are try ing to find others.”* Another official said: “The de positors may do as they like. It is thelr money. They can have it if they wish. But the ‘run’ seems to be practically over, and the bank is ag safe as the United States goverm ment.” Two newsboys vending early edé tions on Second ave, startled many citizens by crying “All about the Dexter Horton failure.” At the re quest of the newspaper offices these newsboys were arrested, tho the newspapers they were selling com tained nothing but the most reassure ing accounts of conditions at the bank. Star newsboys were instrueb ed to mention nothing about the bank in crying their papers but whag was contained in the headlines, see Reports put in circulation the last few days that wholesale bakers and grocers are refusing to accept checks drawn on the Dexter Horton bank were indignantly denied to day. Morganstern, secretary ot © Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Inc, wholesale grocers, declared: “The report is absolutely ridicu lous. The Dexter Horton bank is just as safe as the United States treasury. I understand these wild . rumors have caused quite a run ow the bank. It ts an outrage.” — Gus Rasmussen, president of the Seattle Baking company, when told of the report, said: “We're not refusing Dexter How ton checks. We're taking all we can get. I only wish we had a million |douara of them," Te