The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 29, 1921, Page 7

JULY 29, 1921. Man Caught in Dope | Fight Is Sentenced Domingo Echanis, arrested Mon day night in one of the biggest and most spectacular dope raids ever made in Seattle, in which 160 one-tae! cans of opium were seized from bis home, 1243 Sheldon st, was fined! $100 and sentenced to serve 30 days wo il) ' tm jal, by Judge Gordon, when he F EN pleaded guilty to posseasion ef Dar Lad cotton, 9 Adventure Reach- Keohants was arrested after a ter- Oil Region by | rifle battle had been staged in front of his home by the arresting officers at the risk of their lives. Holds Comptroller Is Park Secretary Administrative affairs of the Se jattle park board may be changed by the ruling, handed down Thurs day by Corporation Counsel Walter |. Meler, that Harry W. Carroll, aa |city comptrotier and exofficto city | clerk, ts also secretary of the board jof park commissioners, Heretofore the park board has always main tained its own secretary, NORTHCLIFFE GETS SPANKED Can't Eat Dinner at British Embassy BY JAMES T, KOLBERT WASHINGTON, July 29.—Wash ington today suddenly found itself the center of the fight over the per ne sonnel of the British delegation to ‘me in the plane were Pitot !tn. gisarmament conference to be nh and Mechanic Bill, “ + in [bold here. had “wo My i i ak saves Bre Officials of this government, while make Fort Norn maintaining ® discreet ailence, ky @own aorake A Seema’ | watched every little move made in « wis Propelior. Undaunted, the battle, knowing that on the per get to work ‘and fashioned a|*022¢! of the British delegation may a ‘with which we “hob.|{nally depend the results of the con- for our second start. (ference of the powers, The British battle came with the the difficulties of fy-'yisit of Lord Northcliffe, British pub- llisher, who has attacked the plans stretches on allie Lioyd George and Earl Curzon, enareds of miles, unbroken | fritisn foreign minister, to come an occasional trading post |nere as delegates. Because of the Police fort on one Of attack, Northeliffe’s newspapers, in . cluding the powerful London Times, equipped with pontoons | were boycotted from receiving gov and runners in fall orjernment news in London. the only one feasible, for} Soon after Northelif arrival the north country is sloughs |here yesterday it was announced that a dinner planned for North cliffe at the British embassy bad jbeen cancelled, as had an Invitation to Northcliffe to sojourn at the em- bassy. This was done despite the fact that Ambassador Geddes and Northeliffe are personal friends. When attempts were made to deny the story, Northeliffe gave the United Press a statement supporting it in every way and charging that was responsible. Company N, Alta, July 29.— Fort Norman tn the ever to make the across the desolate, Meklens wilderness that separates ~ Arctic oil fields from civili- oat & trip full of thrills T never But it proved that air- ‘over the unexplored wil- practical. D have endured the hard- “flatboating it" to the oil I did last year, spending the perilous trip, to realize that airplanes will "But northland flying, too, game. ‘as far as Fort Vermillion Just a short after. which we made in 2 hours Yet the same trip. the year before, had} He a! declared incidentaty that cu s hostile to Americans. Northcliffe leaves Washington to night tO continue his world tour de | hat will take him thru the Britis ‘ates, |dominions, including Canada. The dominions may have a deciding ef p-|fect on British policy in the div to|@fmament conference, t Fullerton} Altho visibly affected by the Reat, get better | Lord Northcliffe was in @ jolly mood as he chatted with the United Preas this morning. The correspondent rere icq |Senlal from London today that the British foreign office had inspired the action by Geddes was charac there would | terized as “one of thosediplomatic swirled to instant | denials.” ion headed upstream,| “Just a plain Ne.” Northcliffe said. after three attempts we finally ithe narrow Ray river channel in and spent the night at a Hud pest. cken- + When wo ran head-on into swirtea thickly about us, off everything. Had the | continued we must have been Pls lost. Fortunately we soon thru Ht and found that Fuller. had stayed on the course. Mackenzie river stretched out ue, We circled Fort Provi- but made no stop, and two later we made a perfect land Fort Simpson, tying up-t a in the river. first smooth stretch.|1 am sorry that my friend Geddes two miles away. Thatinas been placed in such an embar- . minute. Fortunate-|rassing position.” the pipe helqgand we re-| Northcliffe advances the opinion ‘Vermillion. that Lord Bryce, former British am- morning we again took |nassador to the United States, is the d north thru a foglike | proper person to head the British forest fires. We tried delegation to the disarmament and to excape the smoke, but | tur East conference here. ‘Was so thick that we had eee to get our bearings. oe ° real thrill! Tho Aying Official Circles barely sce orwe s ing. Often Fullerton Blame Sir Geddes to mount quickly when| LONDON, July 29—6ir Auckland @ spot where the $e8 |Geaded, British aminennder, cote on than | his own initiative In boycotting Lord not envelop us.| Northcliffe as a dinner and house [ COME guest, it was stated in official circles , SMOKE today. h and fifty miles of| It was stated that Geddes was con- we broke out of|#idered to have acted property. ean into the clear again.| Lord Curzon, foreign minister, who Gust approaching the Great|"™* *ttacked by Northcliffe's papers calle as not the proper man to attend the ag proposed disarmament conference. yo aygaed oA gene wag not available to the press today. King George today was drawn into the Lloyd George-Northcliffe feud. The premier, carrying his fight on played havoc with somany| xorthcliffe into the house of com expeditions. A short time! mons, read @ message from the king. taxied to @ landing at Fort) repudiating the accuracy of a state backweddy at the base Of! ment said to have been made by “ ‘ Northcliffe in America. time from Vermillion to| In this statement, as cabled here, was two hours and 40/ Northcliffe wag represented as say- the same trip took ing that the king told Lloyd George there must be no more killings in Ire land. “I hope,” Lilceyd George told the commons, “that the king’s statement may do something to sterilize the ef: fect of the criminal malignity which, for personal reasons, is endeavoring | to stir up mischief between the allies, misunderstanding between the Brit- ish empire and the United States, and frustrate the hope of peace in Ireland.” “The statement,” Licyd George said, “appeared in certain Irish and English papers, attributing words of the greatest concern to his majesty relating to the Irish policy. “It is quite impossible always to deal of calumnious statements, but these were always of the most cate- gorical character, ealculated at the present moment to prejudice serious ly the Irish settlement.” * Star Carriers to * See Minstrels As guests of the management of |the Moore theatre 200 Star carriers |will attend the performance of the Famous Georgia Minstrels Friday night. early the next Morn) -.ached Norman we were at 4,000 ‘we had to make Fort Nor ir. ‘The panorama of mountains, fore nightfall. We had flown | jake and rivers that stretched out an hour before we noticed @ | pelow us was magnificent. in the radiator, The river! 44 wo circled down about Norman ‘was ice-choked, but Fuller: | men-at the fort ran up flags. Out a free spot and we rhe water appeared smooth as glass jul forced landing just ing we anticipated an easy landing. islands” and ted up to 4| Pujilerton, however, smashed his fee block. In two hours re-|mawiess record of five years, for we were completed and we took jianded with a hard bump and one of with the aid of two curious In our pontoons crushed Uke an ese had been attracted by oUF shel, ‘The right wing began to sink & Ti and it looked as if we all would have » © > [We awet over Fort Wrigley at an ito swim for it Law of only 100 feet and at #) Canoes put out from the fort and of 120 miles an hour, Natives -mtruck. After we passed @ climbed, and when wo Pe rescued us, towing the wrecked plane is to shore. x (Copyright, 1921, by Seattle Star.) HERE’S MORE ABOUT BOY HERO STARTS ON PAGE ONE stomach, but it wouldn't coma, And I worked his arms, too.” At the Heinke home Franklin soon recovered sufficiently to be ltaken to his own house by his play- mates, How does it feel to be a ile saver? Said Sherwood: “1 didn’t feol the water at all, I didn’t feet anything, I just knew that was Franklin drown. ing and I had to get him out I wasn't scared if the water was two or three times over my head.” Sherwood learned to swim about two years ago, He never has had jany lessons, Just picked it up. “I used the double over! stroke,” he explained, “because that is faster, It's a man's stroke, know, All overhanded strokes men’s strokes. Side stroke, that’ woman's stroke.” ‘Then Sherwood fetched a grin like the one you see in the picture. “You don’t know of anyone who wants to hire « livesaver, do you?” ho asked. “I think I'd ike to be one, I like to save lives.” eee So that’s how Sherwood got his new swimming suit, Wranklin's mother gave it to bim. Other boys may have new yellow and black swimming ota But shucks, they probably just Went Into @ store and bought ‘em. . Boy Who Can’t Swim Saves Lives of Two Russel! V. Harkema is only 15, and he cant awim, but he saved Mra. Hazel Anderson, of Vancouver, B. G,, and Iris Kerr, 11, from drown- ing in Echo Lake last Tuesday. Roports at the time stated. that Elmer E. Morris had lost his life attempting the rescue, and that an “unidentified man” had succeeded. Russell was that man. He was fishing from the shore when he heard screams and saw the girl and woman in the water. He saw Morris go down, Altho not at home in the water, Russell pushed out om a leg and paddled to the frantic victima Rus || sell isn't just sure how it all came) about, but somehow he managed to hold the woman and the unconscious girl and at the same time keep an arm over the log. A_ little helped by shoving out @ bigger log from shore, Russql had been forbidden to go into the water, ao he eneaked to hiv home at 4 Highlands and hid the wet duds. But his dad, H. L. Harkema, found « out, and today the young hero is known. HERE’S MORE ABOUT WAYFARER STARTS ON PAGE ONE night and Saturday night, either for seats extending down both sides near the stage or-for standing room around the rim. Men will be sta- Uoned at the car lines again if the pacity of the stadium is reached and people will be warned to turn back and avoid the walk to the gates. Tt is annowneed again that no one will be seated after 8 p, m, when the bomb announcing the start of the performance will be shot, “This great outpouring of people has exceeded our fondest hopes,” said Edgar Ll. Webster, general Manager, today. “Our only regret im that the people of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest did not realize the beauty and enormity of the pro- duction tn time and see it the firet two nighta, HOPE ALL MAY STILL, SEE IT “It is exceedingly unfortunate that such a production should be shown here and that everyone who wants to see it can not. I believe, however, we will be able to make arrangements so that every person im this part of the country will be able to see the pageant before it is Gnished for this season, railroad and steamship officials, who are vitally interested in tourist travel, witnessed “the production Without exception they are enthu siastic over the possibilities of bringing people from al) sections of this country and Canada to see the production every summer.” PUBLIC WARNED AGAINST TICKET SCALPERS Ticket scalpers have started op erations, according to Meisnest and every effort will be made to end this practice, The public ts warned by the management against buying from these brokers who are charging higher prices for the tickets than they can be purchased for at the Arena box office ore Cars Not Handling Big Crowds Properly The street car system of the city is not taking care of the crowds go- farer,” as well as might be expected, according to many who use the cars. It was pointed out last evening that the Broadway cars were un loading large crowds at the Kast lake transfer point and that these passengers could not be taken aboard the Eastlake cars going north owing to the heavy loads a} ready carried. As early ag 7 o'clock the Proad- way cars were being turned back at this transfer point and going to the barns. It was suggested that these cars could be operated through to the university campus entrance and thus large numbers that want to get early seats, including many in the chorus and east, could reach the stadium before $ p. m. Mrs, John Rich, who has charge of the nations in the final scene of the pageant, announced today that more than 3,000 persons were in girk| | aed ing to the stadium or “The Way-|®” | THE SEA Va Broken Lines of Women’s Low Shoes Reduced to $1.95 Paie 100 PAIRS OF WOMENS BLACK KID OXFORDS with medlumwright soles and Cuban heels, sizes 2%, & 3% and 4 only; reduced to $1.95 pair, 100 TATRS OF WOMEN'S WHITE CANVAS OX- FORDS AND PUMPS, with eanvascoverea@louis heels and turned ales, sizes 3 to 5%, narrow widthe reduced t $1.05 pair, 125 PAIRS OF WOMENS WHITE TENNIS SHORA, ‘with red rubber trim, sizes 4 to & reduced to $1.95 pate, eece CHILDREN'S WHITR CAN VAS TENNIS SHOES, with white rubber trimming, sizes 12 to 2, 61.65 pain YOUTHS BROWN CANVAS OUTING SHOES, with rub>- ber soles, sims 11 to & $1.45 pair. —THR DOWNSTAIRS STORE Men’s Union Suits, $1.35 INE-RIBBED Cotton + Union Suits of sea- sonable weight, in ankle length, with short sleeves—in white only. Sizes 36 to 44. Priced low at $1.35. { Labor Shifts Cost Industry a Billion NEW YORK, July 29.— “You're fired” and “I quit" cost one Antert- can industry $100,000,000 last year, the American Engineering council declared today. The council, making public @ re port of its committee on the elimina tion of waste in industry, declared that metal trade firms lost that sum thru unnecessary labor turnovers. With an accompanying idleness of machinery, the lows reached $1,000,- 000,000, the report said. Pellagra Situation . Is Not Exaggerated WASHINGTON, July 29.—The last thing fn the administration's mind is to exaggerate the seriousness of the pellagra situation in the South, President Harding today stated in a letter to Representative Byrnes, South Carolina, 14 she expéctea at least 3,500 In the march tonight and Saturday evening. She declared that repre: sentatives of foreign countries and the uniformed fraternal orders are now rallyimg loyally to the cause of the pageant and are turning out in large numbers. : . Newsboys to See Pageant Tonight Thanks to Dr, C. D, Tolman, dentist in the Pantages bullding, and @ bunch of good fellows, all members of the Seattle Newsboys’ union will jbe given an opportunity to see “The Wayfarer’ tonight. Dr. Tolman voluntarily scouted around and solicited donations from the following 13 prominent citizens: B. L. Swezea, Frank Waterhouse, M, F, Backus, Eagar Ames, Thomas Burke, A, W. Leonard, H. C. Henry, W. H. Latimer, P. D. Truax, J. W. Swalwell, Lawrence Colman, Josh- the march of nallong last evening ua Green, H. Weatherspoon, TTLE ST AR FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET 1 N TAIRS, STORE AND-MADE in every detail are these dainty Blouses— with fine hand-seaming, -hand-run tucks, hand- hematitching and hand-embroidered dots. Blouses that would ordinarily be marked at prices considerably higher. Long-sleeve models as pic- tured, with cuffs and flat collars ghat turn back so smartly over sweater or jacket. Sizes 34 to 46, On Sale Saturday, in the Downstairs Storey-at $2.25. A New Purchase of Organdie, Swiss and Voile Frocks Special $6.85 Saturday S following a favorable purchase. Poy adh estes rad nie ag ; ba je dy f estan owe gegiog Embroidered Imported Dotted Swiss in combination with organdie —in a profusion of frilly styles, tucked models, tunic an and Plain Voiles HEER, ruffly Frocks of the type just now in keen de- mand, priced decidedly below their regular value al vestee effects—many with broad organdie or ribbon sashes. Sizes from 16 to 42. Four styles from the offering are sketched. Special, Saturday, $6.85. Missing President CHICAGO, July 29—"A blonde without visiblo means of sup- port, who luxury,” was report today by authorities Warren C. Spurgin, fleeing presi- dent of the Michigan Avenue ‘Trust company. Detectives were convinced that the blonde was a fugitive with Spurgin. Witnesses were found today who declared Spurgin, accompanied by another man and two women, drove up to the bank at 9 p. m. on July 17, After the men spent nearly an hour In the bank, they rejoined the two women and drove away. That was the last positive trace of the |banker. ‘The man who was in the jautomobile was identified and is also missing. Charges holding him equal ly responsible with Spurgin for loot ing the bank may be made One Woman in Case Shows Up CHICAGO, July 29.-—Mrs. Mary McHugh, mentioned in connection with financial dealings of Warren C. Michigan Avenue Trust Co, ap- peared at the state's attorney's of- fice bere and told of her transactions with the banker, ‘The woman was acocmpanted by her husband. They told the officials they had been depositors in Spur gin’s bank and had purchased 1,000 | shares of oi! stock at $1 a share from him, value and a higher dividend was paid, Mrs, McHugh said she wrote a letter to Spurgin thanking him, but) When the stock increased in| -Returned Mra. C. K Wesley, known tn the Underworld as “The Beauti- ful Blonde,” will be brought back to Seattle to face charges of having flooded the Northwest with bad checks im 1916, 1917 and 1918. The woman's husband, “Jim the Penman,” believed fo be one of the master forgers of the decade, will not be extradited, the Seattle police declaring that they bave no specific charge against him. Mrs. Wesley disappeared from Memphis two years ago while wait- ing extradition proceedings, and has been a fugitive since that time. She ts said to have tricked the governor of Tennesste into delaying extradition on the plea that she was in confinement in a hospital at the time the Seattle forgeries were sup posed to have been passed. She had three small children with her when she appeared before the governor, The specific charge against the woman is passing a forged check for $87 on the National City bank. She is sald to have tricked a large num- ber of banks in the Northwest, however, A Seattle detective wi! leave shortly for Memphis to bring Mrs. Wesley here, declared she bad no other dealings with him, The McHughs, who live in New York, were motoring from California to their home when they saw their name mentioned in connection with the case, and hurried to Chicago to tell what they kney | eran CMU AR LEA eC PRA TRE MAINA the” "ef" ag warn ipccul Sy" es | ‘Nt Arrest BY LAURENCE M. BENEDICT CHICAGO, July 29.—Len Small, INinois’ indicted governor, today went about the people's business— but stayed outside of Sangamon county. ‘The executive, accused of juggling millions of dollars of the state's funds for his vwn personal benefit, began a tour of Northern Illinois counties with a view to letting con- tracts for good roads. Down at Springfield Sheriff Henry Mester held the bag in the shape of two warrants for the governor's ar- rest awaiting his bird to come back to the capital to roost. The course of procedure which the governor will follow, fighting the charges against him, which he @e- clares are the result of a political plot, was mapped out at a two-day meeting of the governor with his five attorneys here. Friends of the ‘governor said decision was reached to fight the battle out on the orig- inal contention that he is not sub- Ject to court procedure . ‘There was every indication today that the governor had decided not to submit to arrest. “I do not propose to be annoyed any longer in serving the people,” the governor said. “Others are try- ing to keep me from looking after the affairs of the.people, but I pro- pose to go ahead and do my duty. “I am going to stick to business as closely as possible and will not tolerate any futher interference. I believe I have wasted too much time On them already, pry - FREDERICK & NELSO Polly Prim Aprons Special 50c N practical dark-blue percales patterned with pin stripes or small white figures are these convenient Aprons, trimmed with narrow white rick-rack braid. With shoulder straps and ties in back. Special 50¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Reduced to 85c ECAUSE the range of sizes is incom- plete, these White Skirts of the tubable, boilable © type for tennis, outing and picnic wear, are greatly underpriced. They are of heavy white twill with trous- ers pockets—sizes 21 to 27 waist measurement, Reduced to 85¢. —THE DOWN: STORE Boys’ Shirts 75c fA TTACHED -COL- LA LAR. Shirts of heavy and mad- ras, with pencil stri of blue, green, lavender, pink or black. Coat = with one pocket— '° THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE BLONDE WOMAN [WOMAN TOFACE |GOVERNOR SHIES|REJECT IRISH . IN BANK THEFT) CHECK CHARGES) FROM SHERIFF! Believed to Be Fleeing With| “Beautiful Blonde” to Be|Len Small Decides to Dodge PEACE PROFFER Sinn Fein Turn It Down but Hope for Another BY CHARLES M. McCANN DUBLIN, July 29.—Sinn Fein te day began drafting a rejection of the principal terms in the British peace proposal, The Irish will make coun- ter proposals, principally regarding the degree of self-government and the relations to be maintained be- tween Ulster and the Southern coun- tes, ‘The repty probably will not be sent | to London before the middle of next week. It is being drafted from a “trading” viewpoint. That is, the principal terms in their present nebulous state are turned down with the idea that the counter proposals will lead to further : If the government's offer ts elastic, Lioyd George is expected to answer by inviting De Valera to London for more conversations. This invitation, it can be stated authoritatively, would be accepted. If the govern- ment’'s proposition is a flat “take it or leave it” offer the peace negotia- tions seem doomed. Man Is Blamed for Hitting Fatal Blow A coroner’s jury, sitting at an im quest into the death of Andrew St. Croix, 65, bricklayer, killed in a fist fight at Maynard ave. at Weller st, Monday night, found Willard Black, who originally gave his name as Ben Jones, 55, responsible for St, Croix'’s death. men came from a soft drink parlon, St. Croix was felled by a blow from Black's fist, his head striking curbing and fracturing his skull, The fight occurred after the two © ©