The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 23, 1921, Page 14

SEATTLE POSTOFFICE IS PANNED Tacoma Business Men, Unable to Get Action, Divert Trade to Portland Special to The Star TACOMA, July 23.—The Seat- te postoffice needs a shot in the wrist with some high-powered, pep-producing compound, That's the opinon of Tacoma business men, Here's what they say: “It takes longer to get a letter from Seattle than it docs from Portland.” Tacoma business men have tried Yt. Mail from Portland comes thru tm fine shape and ts promptly delly- fred. Mail frem Seattle falls into a hole somewhere and js delayed In reaching Tacoma, FIND TACOMA POSTOFFICE IS NOT TO BLAME At first the Tacomans blamed their own postoffice for the delays | Then they investigated, They found that the Tacoma postoffice is not to Dlame. Recently a business letter was mailed by a Seattle business house. It was two days getting to Tacoma, tho the cities are only 40 miles apart. A business letter mailed from Port- land arrived in Tacoma nearly a day Bhead of the Seattle letter. on it. His reply from Se- that it had gone out of Se @ certain mail train. That The truth of the matter the letter didn't leave Seat- train the Seattle office But that was all there The Tacoma ter 7c anything about it with- violating the posta] regulations. TO CHECK IF AeEEFEEEEH employe of the Tacoma port that it would be mighty up on the Seattle mail regulations permitted. yy stamping the is received of the en- very much t cost any done. How fr HE g FA RE ifs i | i Ff if 8 g f stilife z 1 [ aE a ft j e 8 i 5 ef® {t would show jance, which served us well for 20 ime is wasted |years, unless and until peace is a» ween the two /sured and secured from all dangers.” MAN WHO DIED OF BROKEN HEART TO |} BE BURIED SUNDAY || The pilot of the w Acod steamship Gevernor, Captain Henry H Mar ~ the man who died of a broken heart night at eattle Cen will be buried Sun eral hospital day. Funeral services will be from Bonney-Watson chapel Marden decline the wreck, three the Captain dated from months ago. It was hastened when his pilot's license was taken away from him for a year as a result of the wreck MUST SETTLE PACIFIC STATUS So Urges Premier Hughes of | Australia |] Wednontay | | BY ED L. KEEN LONDON, July 23.—A_ conference }to thresh out the Pacific problems should be arranged immediately, | Premier W. M. Hughes of Australia told the United Press in an exclusive linterview here today, He urged that |the meeting be held tn London with in three weeks. | Japan's need of room for expan ston must be recognized fully at. this conference to assure its success, he | declared. “There can be no disarmament un: | Ul the need for armaments no longer exist.” Hughes mld, “From this, it follows that until the vital problems of the Pacific have been settled by agreement by the three great naval powers, disarmament or limitation of armament is impossible. | “Therefore,” he reasoned, “it is vital that a conference be held to deal with these problems as soon as possible, | “London ts the most convenient) Place for the Pacific conference, | altho I belleve the disarmament con: | ference would be more convenient in Washington, perhaps. “We must go Into the conference prepared to give way os far as we} can consisently with our own vital) interests. “We are confronted with certain basic facta, Amongst others, one may be stated. Japan needs room for.,expansion. Inexorable circum: stadies compel expansion. Therefore we must consider how far we can help Japan without sacrificing our own interests. That is one of the questions for the conference to set: te. If it is humanly possible, it| must be settled. “Until we clear away the outstand: | ing causes of international disputes, I repeat, there is no arrangement for disarmament possible, “You cannot expect Australia to give up the safeguards of the Brit-| ish fleet and the AngloJapanene alll | { | Is Not Favored BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, July 23.—The THE SEATTLE STAR FAKE GAS MAN APPEARS AGAIN Loots Home Here and At- tacks Housewife In one of the most audacious daylight robberies of the year a well dressed, smooth — sha man, believed to be the fake gas tester who attacked a wo man Thursday night, Sa morning forced an enter the apartment of Mrs, Waters in the Talcott apart monts, 1603 Terry ave. and took $70 from a dresser drawer while Mra. Waters stared in amazement, According to Mrs. We the man knocked at her door, and when she opened it he pushed ber roughly aside and started in ally to search the house, He walked the living room and pulled up the carpet. He then searched the Victrola and the plano and ransacked the house while Mra. Waters followed him from room to room thinking he was crazy When he found $70 In a dresser drawer the burglar sald: “Well, systematic into | think IR quit.” “What do you mean?” Mra. Waters asked bim. ‘Stand aside,” burglar. Mrs, Waters then called for the police, The man then seized her and, holding his hand over her face until she ceased shouting, be Ned, Police believe him to be the same man who attacked Mra, W. A don in her home Thursday He represented himself to be a gus tester, replied the Ger HERE’S MORE ABOUT FISH STORY STARTS ON PAGE ONE left to do. 1 did it 1 leaped rdown at him, scooping at him with both hands. But it was only Green river water that 1 scooped up ente the bank. | have never seen the trout since, eee Green river water is cold when you Jump into it early in the morning. I departed thence, dripping, campward. “Lot's get some breakfast and get out of here,” I advised the wife, “Why.” she retorted, “I thought this waa a nice piace to camp. I haven't even looked around yet. They may you can stand on the bridge over here and see where the White and Green rivers run side by side for quite a long way without mixing.” “This place is the bunk,” I aasured her. “I've paid $7.50 for a license to fish all over this state and I'm going to get my moneys worth.” eee When I return from my vacation | to see! TU sell my license half price to @DY-|that the line is formed right and ong of my description, It must be somebody with green eyes. The county auditor saw I had green eyes and made a note of it on his rec If you want to see scenery and smell the [we when be issued the license, iry and the pine trees, and night. | HERE’S MORE ABOUT |! | WAYFARER STARTS ON PAGE ONE | | against the university's great ata-| }dium, Altho the structure Je built] and the Pacific Northwest in having | the use of it, t is a debt of some: | |Nhing like a qua: of a million dol lars hanging over it, With the ble crowds expected at “The Wayfarer,” the mon in charge believe a large part of the Indebtedness can be wiped | out “There ls no doubt about the sue cena of the venture,” Edgar L, Web: » general manager, declared to \« “The way the people from all parts of the Pacific Northwest are | coming to see this wonderful produc tion, I ve we will have capacity houses every night.” LARORATE ARRANGEMENTS | DR HANDLING CROWDS Wayfarer’ is ready," aid htgomery Lynch, producer, today |The rough spots have been | smoothed off, all the detalls so nu merous in a production of this mag nitude have been attended to, and we | are confident those who see the pag eant will aay it js the most remark able show ever staged.” Flaborate arrangements have been made for quickly and easily handling | the crowds at the stadium tonight and every evening next week, Licut. ©, G. Carr, head of the police traffic | squad, will have charge of the 30 plicemen, mounted and on foot, and with motorcyclea, ‘These will regulate the traffic, An. other force of policemen and fire men kill be on guard at the gates and inside the stadium, RED CROSS ON HAND | FOR A DOUBLE PURPOSE } The Red Cromm haa set up‘ first Jald tent near the big stage and | nurses, doctors and an ambulance will be on hand to render asnintance | quickly in case of aceident or sick: | neas, either among the participants or the audience. | ‘The Ned Crons also will have repre: | sentatives of all its various depart. | ments taking part in the big Flan: | ders battle scene with which the pageant opens, | W. 1. Priestly, vion president of | the Hitt Fireworks company, will | have charge of the notsemaking ex | plowives and devices used in the bat- te, ; | Prot. Edmond 8. Meany, of the) university faculty, will act as pro- | loeutor, explaining the various scenes and episodes of the pageant His | vole will be amplified by the use of & sound magnifier loaned thru the | courtesy of the University Music| store, | It # expected the male of seats for | | “The Wayfarer” will be larger Mon- day than it has been any day #0 far, as a renult of the first performance. | For this reason Darwin Meisnest and his force of clerks will make un-! usual efforts to take care of the | Mnewp. He announced yesterday that the line should form south on Fifth ave. and around the corner east on Sene- ca st. Policemen will be on hand | kept in order. HERE’S MORE ABOUT | COMING SUNDAY EVENING JULY 31 AT 8:15 P. WITH TWO SHOWS D. AFTER—2:15 AND WI M. AILY THERE- 8:15 P. M.’ LLIAM FOX 'S THE GREATEST CINEMATIC CLASSIC OF AL L TIME “OVER LADS”—THE STORY OF MOTHER LOVE, WITH SMILES, TEARS AND THRILLS, THAT HAS TAKEN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, PORTLAND AND SAN FRANCIS! NOW PLAYING ITS 46TH WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY THE HILL” | ADAPTED FROM WILL CARLETON’S FAMOUS “FARM BAL- [0 BY STORM. RESERVED SEATS ON SALE THURSDAY EVENINGS—(RESERVED) 25¢, 50¢, 77¢ MATINEES—(UNRESERVED) 50¢ PLUS WAR Tax METROPOLITAN | 'GOOD-BYE, BILL! GLAD YOU CAME Greatest Elk State Conven- tion Here Nears Finish OUT OF WORK, CUTS THROAT Laborer Despondent Over Unemployment; May Live Donald A. McDonald Mississippi NEW DRY CHIEF} HANGED BYR Seattle Man Wil Succeed|Taken From County 2 % : KIDS’ PICNIC tiie a United States has informed the| "ep beside a wishing river in a nice, clean camp where there's lots British goverument that it does t : he charge ~ by Bot lof dry wood and lots of fishing, come When the 30,000 Brother Bills WASHINGTON, July 23.—Roy C.| HATTIESBURG, Misa, 3 ze | small son complain. fixed deft : 5 Fas i I i i i ! i WOMAN KILLED; AUTO DRIVES ON Police and Sheriff Seek Death Car Plot Instantly killed by an automobile en the Lake Samammish highway Mear Adelaide Friday morning, Mrs. Katherine Okun, 63, wife of Demeter Okun, an Austrian farmer of Kent, ‘Was taken to the county morgue. Coroner William H. Corson is in vestigating the case. After running over the woman, the autoist apparently stopped and went back. This is proved by the! fact that the body had been dragged | across the road, while a broken | Raltimore Sun and vice president of | Springfield, Til, the state capital, headlight and pieces of shattered glass were found on the opposite wide of the road. Finding the woman dead, the au toist drove on. Police and the sher. iff’s office have been asked to hunt down the driver of the death car. Mrs, Okun had been in the habit of soliciting alms from people by xa tine PEACE PROGRAM vious to her death, begging on the! @treets of Issaquah. Loggers at ohan declared that Mrs. Okun believe there should be any post | ponement of the disarmament and| Pacific conference in Washington or that there should be any pre-/ Mminary conference on the question} of the Pacific affairs in London, it was stated on high authority Explains Japan's Aims in Far East NEW YORK, July 23.—‘Japan's position in the Far East is no less special than that of the United! States on this hemisphere,” said He- | sio Mitesunaga, president of Nippon Dempo Tsushin Sha, in an address delivered at a dinner in his honor last night, given by W. W. Haw- kins, president of the United Preaa. Prominent publishers and news paper correspondents representing newspapers in all parts of the coun try attended. Dwelling on Japan's position in the Far East, Mitsunaga added that it was important to remember that Japan's position there was “special, to Greenwater, You won't find any mosquitos, 1 slew ‘em all last night. Now, I'm going elsewhere—to catch a fish, See you later. GOV. SMALL IN COUNCIL OF WAR Hurries to Consult With Chi- cago Mayor BY CARL VICTOR LITTLE CHICAGO, July 23.—The indicted war with Mayor William Thompson, his political sponsor, Abraham Lennahan small, Hale the misuse of millions of dollars while serving a9 state treasurer, slipped into the etiy of refuge from Spring. not paramount or predominant.” “Therefore,” he said, “Japan must exercise the most prudent reserve in |respect to any policy which might subject the Orient to the will of the very things we all oppose—absolut- | ism. { “Japan looks for open co-operation | and not for opportunity to impose | her will.” | Paul Patterson, president of the jthe American Newspaper Publish- jers’ association, welcomed the guest | of honor in an address which aroused the enthusiasm of the pub: jlishers present and was warmly cheered. | _ NOT APPROVED 4 begged from them several times | Before her death Friday morning. Her husband is an invalid and Mrs. Okun is thought to have re sorted to begging to keep her tam- fiy. Her purse contained $19, which loggers declare was given to her in| Mrs. Okun had a railroad | Monohan. ticket to Enumcla President of Bank Is Being Hunted CHICAGO, July 23.— Warren C. Spurgin, president of the Michigan Avenue Trust company, sought by authorities today, follow- ing disclosures that the bank is in solvent: The loss to the bank was placed #8 $700,000 by examiners today, who | dominion home rule th closed the institution pending fur-| clude the right to sec ther investigation. George M. Reynolds, chairman of | which lacks the board of directors of the Conti-| which comprise the constitutiong of | mayor w nental and Commercial National bank, and one of the biggest finan ial institutions in the Middle West, an uncle of Spurgin, believed the loss would total close to a million dollars, SUNNYSIDE — George Wheelon, ot J. C. Wheelon, partially aralyzed after swallowing lye, was being | fortnight Sinn Feiners Dislike Pre-| | jh | mier’s Plan CHARLES M. McCANN LIN, July 23.—Opposition to of Premier Lloyd Irish peace offer was ex. | 1 by Sinn Fein leaders here | BY DL acceptance or | Pressed today, It was predicted that, barring new | jobstacles, “President” De Valera| would return to London within a | not to accept the plan in| ita present form. The general sentiment of Sinn | Fein leaders is that a resumption of hostilities is preferable to a potential | does not in. | de from the te army, and free fentures | empire, to raise a sepa ny of the other dominions. ‘There appeared, however, one vital jreason for hope. A sober sincerity holds both factions against reopening the old war wound, which every one here believed would be @ merciless fight to death, There seems a sentiment here in Dublin that the army has won its age-old war. field to confer on how to resist ar. | rest. | THREE MEN GUARD | ACCUSED GOVERNOR Small's visit to Chicago, his polltt al stronghold, was announced. He came surrounded by a vigilant body guard of three burlies Smal! was indicted for conspiracy, embezzlement and operating a confi dence game by a grand § at The governor, by order court, has three days of g of the oe before a sheriff's posse will attempt to ar rest him, On the first day all flew to the arms of Mayor Thomp- son and other political a It was generally spect the advisability of calling out the arrest, Adjt. Gen, Frank 8. Dickson, in full uniform, made a hurried trip to Camp Logan today, where the militia in camping. Gen. Dickson, who has given the historic state house of Sangamon county a warlike aspect, haa told the governor that “troops can be mobilized in 20 minutes,” SAYS HE FIGHTS FOR PEOPLE “{ have made and am making a it in the interest of the pe gainst predatory interests, and in following that course, I have made powerful enemies,” Gov. Small said. “My indictment is the result enemies are responsibf for the San amon county grand jury indictment are the d and front of this tempt to ruin me Those who fight for the people find the road hard, but IT am going thru, ‘Those who could not control would ruin me.” Small's conference with Chicago's dubbed “Thompson's Last tand” b enemies of the poweful politieal machine, The governor's indictment comes on the heels of Thompson‘s recent repudiation by his own elty eounctl, which voted to investigate the hiring of highly paid elty experts, Several of Thompson's pet measures have ple and dermanic bods governor of Illinois held a council of | state’s chief executive, charged with | a Small and Thompson conferred on | My| || STARTS ON PAGE ONE kid beat me. A lotta kids was there who got crippled legs and bad backs and things. They sat in autos and watched everything just like regular kids, only they got niore fan, I guess. All the Elks was special nice to them, and none of the rest of us made too much noise around thelr cars. We had speeches an’ every. | thing. ‘This guy that’s namo ts Mountain, he’s the big guy of the Elks—ho give us a swell speech. He says the bigeest job the Elks doce is with us kids. He says he wants to see all of us kids grow up to be real Ameri cuns and regular fellas, and he knows we Will, becuz this ix the greatest country in the world for kids. And then he says | Boys, I want you to repeat | with me the pledge to th’ flag.” And we all lifted our right hand and repeated after him, “I pledge allegianee to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands: one jnation, Indivisble, with liberty and justice for all.” And then a band starts to play, and we all feel kinda fanny at the stummick. And you can bet, we're real Americuns! And | so is the Elks! | diminy crickets! | ann —_— HERE’S MORE ABOUT SKAGIT STARTS ON PAGE ONE | supplementing It when needed with steam, figuring fuel ofl at present | prices, * Theep figures (which are taken ltrom Mtr, Uhden's and Mr. Ross’ | charts) and which tnelude the inter- est that the city will have te pay on the $2,800,000 of maney already spent on the Skagit, show that for 25,000 kilowatts the annual cost will be $1,121,000, or at the rate of 01197 per k. w. ‘The gross gost in creases, as the load inceases, up to 50,000 k. w., and the per kilowatt cost deer ea until at that®point it would reach .00906. At 60,000 kilo watts production, the combined ca pacity of the two plants, the aggre gate cost would be $2,150,000, or a per kilowatt cost of .0091, | Figuring on the same basis, Mr, Petley says, except to complete the Gorge plant and to use the Cedar river, it and the steam plant, these sts would be: 100 k, W., $1,798,000, or .01788, 60,000 Kk, w., $1,872,000, or .00914, 60,000 Kk. w., $1,872,000, or .00792. He points out, too, that if fuel off declines in price, as is likely, that the showing in favor of the former plan would be even better, If the city takes over the street ear load, as is planned, the 607000 point will not be attainetl, according | state troops, if necessary, to prevent | Irish republican | been frowned upon of late by the al-! to Superintendent Ross’ estimates, be says, until 1927, fraternal order, With perfect weather as stage netting, the antlered herd has put on a threeday program of ex- cursions, contests, parades, picnics and. pep rallies that has eclipsed anything of the kind ever held in the state. Paul Wells, of Bellingham, was elected it of the state fed- eration of Elks shortly after noon Saturday, Other officers The big event of today be the monster parade, sch for 2 p. m All of the 21 Jutate |lodges will be represented with erack drill teams, brass bafds and | floats, while several of th@ outside | delegations will try to show Seattle |something new in the j way of | marchers. to led The line of march will be along | First, Second and Third gives, Autos will be forbidden to pagk on these streets after 1:30 o'clogk. In the evening all of Elkdom will troop to the University of Wash ington. stadium to s¢e “The Way- farer." The Elks will open this great American pagsion pagegnt. Dr. Carl Hoffman, exalted ruler of Jeattle 92, will play the title role, For fight fans, a mammoth box ing exhibition will be ataged at the Pavilion, Fourth ave, an@ University st, while many of the Brother Bills are expected to pay a lawt visit to The Purple ‘Prail, the big carnival at Fifth ave. and Lenora st. Small boys spent most #f Satur. day recovering from the exicitement jand ice cream of the Big \ Brother jpienic held Friday at Woodland park. More than 60,000 Seattle kids thronged over the grassy lawns of the park, ate ice cream an% cake, {competed in numerous contests and | laughed at the clowns, i Bremerton Elks defeated tt)e Ta }coma Lodge, 10 to 4, in ning inn- ings of fast bail, winning the, state |championship of the herd. — { A‘reception to visiting Elis was staged Friday night by the Seattle Press club. A big delegation \ from Portland and Vancouver, B. C.) was entertained at the club quarte Grand lodge officers of the (Elks |were entertained Friday afterhyoon jon board of “Dave” Rodgers’ palaltial yacht “Carrie.” ‘The party cruiged around the Seattle harbor, thru 4he canal locks and into Lake Washing ton. himself, \ Parmelee Delegate to Legion Meeti Guy M. Parmelee was elected re resentative of Seattle Post, No. 1 of the American Legion Friday nigipt to attend the legfon'’s national co vention in Kansas City, Mo, convention begins Oct, 30, the |, Rodgers piloted the big yawht) Yarson was taken to city hospital where he is said to have a slight chhince for recovery. The arteries in throat were not severed. (The proprietor of the hotel, ¥./ Katease, found Larson lying on the floor of the room with a bloody tazor in his nand | Katease said Larson had been de- indent and out of funds. Latson 4 been employed at Richmond +h at the cooperage works but became despondent when he lost his job a short time ago. His sister, Mra. Ole Melange, 6047 Lyle, Seattle, today was named fed-|-—Casey Jones, @ white eral bition director for the state ot hington to succeed Donald A. McDonald. Lyle will have heafiquarters in Tacoma, IDAHO FALLS, Idabo—Ross K. Parker, rancher, killed when light- ning strikes shovel he was carrying. Sixth ave. N, E., sald Larson bad never shown any signs of despond- ency before. Larson is unmarried and his parents live in Norway. ‘HART'S GENERAL DENIAL IS WEAK Admits Charging Christmas Cards to State OLYMPIA, July 23. — Republican officials tere were divided today on | the effect of Governor Hart's “gen: leral denial” speech made before the | Washington State Bar association here yestegday. That Hats denial of extravagance and inefficiency wag weak was gen- erally admitted. Hart admitted that he had charged several hundred dollars’ worth of |Christmas cards to the state, promised not to err in the same way Jagain, He disclaimed any financial | interest in thé firm of Jones & Hart, | Tacoma, who received several state bonding contracts, Formulation of the plan whereby |the 20,000 depositors of the defunct Scandinavian American bank may |regain their total deposits of $1 000,000 was credited to Hart by Ha |He claimed that the new plan will leave the guaranty bank fund in tact. Four months’ operation of the ad- ministrative code is too short a time |to judge the operation of the civil administrative cede, Hart declared, BOY, 15, SHOOTS ANOTHER LAD 15 YAKIMA, July 23.—Robert Reyn- olds, 15, lies wounded with a bullet in his shoulder today, while police are conducting a search for his assailant, George Nutt, also 15, who escaped from the detention home a few days ago. : Nutt was sent to the home after wtecling some tools, He is believed to have shot Reynolds in revenge, and} SUNDAY, JULY 24th HOODS CANAL Steamer Whatcom leaves Colman Dock at 9 & m. Two hours ashore at Union City. Ar- rives Seattle on the return trip at 10:30 p. m. Music furnished by Brooks’ Jazz Orchestra. Staterooms. Lunches Served, ROUND TRIP TICKETS Children, 5 to 12 .... .$1.00 This ts one of the most popular of the many delightful excursions on Puget Sound and your reservations should be made early. _ TO THE BEAUTIFUL SAN JUAN ISLANDS SUNDAY, JULY 24TH, the Steamer Sioux will visit Richardson, Friday Harbor, and East Sound, going through the San Juan Islands, Str. leaves Colman Dock at 8:00 A. M, and ar rives at 10:30 P. M. Round Trip ..... 00+ /$2.50 Children ............$1.25 Lunches served on board, or bring your own, Spend a day in the open. There ts real recrea: tion in a day spent on the water, “SOUND NAVIGATIO! : me IN CO MAIN 3993 COLMAN.DOCK. thinking the latter had informe! on him, \