The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 1, 1921, Page 1

4 ‘wish you were here. ‘Ss oe Ming ‘The new slogan of the W. C. T. t 9 Paste this on a postcard and mall t) to your sweltering friends im the East. Tell them that Se attle’s highest temperature Au- gust 31 was 63, Ag noon September 1 It was 60. Tonight Fair, moderate southwest- erly winds. VOLUME 23 Lowest was 53. and Friday— DOPERS | HINKLE FOR MINES RUN Secretary of State Urges| Co-operative Leasing and | |] vetoed by Governor Hart. Operation by Jobless Secretary of State J. Grant Hinkle | urged today that coal mines still On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The SeattleStar Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. PA Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 SEATTLE, WASH., THURS: WIN: Gov. Hart and Local Courts Blamed by' Police Inspector “A dope peddier is worse than a murderer,” said Police Inspector Hans Damm. victim's body, but they kill “Why it is we can’t get *in superior court, I do not know. sible to get justice. “We can't try our cases dope peddler would get what is coming to him. have no state law against t DAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1921. Shortage * * & Weddin “They not only kill their the soul. a conviction of these men It seems impos- in police court, where the We he drug evil. The state bill that was passed by both houses of the legislature was Narcotic Agents Risk Lives to He is to blame.” Catch Dangerous Crooks Who Laugh at Law and Escape, With Help poties and who re tew dope traffic ) admitted today that they are ratively butting thelr heads against a stone wall. It & getting herder and harder to get a conviction against even the worst offenders. Time after timesmembers of th court with a small fine and a short term in jail, while the common boot- legger, whose work is honorable and upright in comparison to these de- spleable criminals, is given the limit. Ed Hagen,.ex-poticeman ana boot: legger, le serving a two-year term in the penitentiary. His offense was slight in comparison to that of these . | traffickers in human souls, ELUDES ‘POLICE .|Fingerprint Clue Futile, De- which adds much to little town.—Medina A PLEA Deer girls,’ we admire your powdered Sea 1 sland Clothes, right to beautifully We taud you for wanting to be young and ‘even excuse the rats in your girls, will you srent vs @ ‘ernce son wear rotted hose/ kindly wash OF aad —City Hall Applesack. cf 8 Foggy days in Seattle goeth before = fall. ore “Make the world ary in ten years." like the ladies would have a " warm time making Seattle dry in the wpext ten years. rm Dr. Frank Loope, The Star's mew “shut-in” reporter, lives in ged. Judging by the time they report for work, so do some of the other reporters. oe OUR HANDY POSTCARD WRITER (Une as Needed) “Having grand time; wish you were here. ‘Lovely people at this lake; wish were here. “Lovely bathing and wonderful beach; wish you were here.” “This is the view from our cottage; wish you were here.’ “Picture of four-poundér Bob ught; lots of fish at this lake; wish were here. The bunch in our bathing sults; . WHY GOLFERS GO WRONG bh so after the 19th hole, a golf ball Per @ string of pearls, says tective Says No trace had yet been found at noon Thursday of the lone bandit who early yesterday held up the Green Lake State bank, E 72nd ave. and Woodlawn ave, and escaped with $4,000 in currency. Lieutenant of Detectives W. FE. Jwetus declared the bandit’s finger. prints which were left on a board inside the building, had proven un- satisfactory for photographing, as they were hopelessly blurred and smeared. A ti Picture failed to bring out the lines, by which iden- Ufication might be made, MESSAGE FROM MARS CAUGHT? NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Signor Mar cont believes that he has intercepted messages from Mars, according to an announcemént made today by J. C, H. MacBeth, London m: jer of the Marcon! company, at a Rotary club luncheon here today. A series of experiments on the yacht Elettra, in which wireless wave lengths of greater length than those of the highest powered station in the world were obtained, led Mar cont and other experts to believe that Mars is trying to communicate, MacBeth said, VERY claim and statement we make concerning the working force of The Star Classi- fied Ads is backed up and reinforced with evi- dence to substantiate it. Ask any persistent pa- tron. When asked why a protest had not been made before, a police offi- cer atated that their witnesses would be barred from the stand if they did 30. Not all the biaéne tp Inid on the courts, however, Police say a big moneyed ring in at work protecting the peddlers “The lawyers arefgetting rich, de fending these men when they ap- pear in court. Why shouldn't they protect them?” said an officer. “All the members of the narcotic squad get for their work is the ex ercise. They can't get results the way things are now.” Pattolman R. F. Baerman, of the arcotic squad, said: “You know I-can't aay much. The ituation is simply this: We are getting tired and discouraged of running these fellows to earth and seeing them slip thru our fingers in court. The dope peddiers, who are the most contemptible ériminals in existence, know they are safe. They expect to be fined. That is part of their business, When we run them in they furnish ball and go.” ARRESTED IN PISTOL DUEL, RELEASED In one case particularly, the piti ful Inadequ shown. E, Echaniz, a Spaniard, was recently arrested by narcotic squad men at his home in Georgetown. Echaniz and his wife, it Is claimed, tried to kill members of the narcotic squad, who captured them after a pistol battle, One hundred and sixty one-taol cans of oplum were found in their apartment, hidden away. Echaniz was tried before Police Judge John B. Gordon, who gave Echaniz the limit of the law, Before |he was tried, Echaniz was held for $1,000 ball. After Judge Gordon sentenced him Echantz appealed, His appeal was granted. While await ing trial before the superior court, | Echaniz, was released on $260 ball, jafter he had been convicted. That fs the law. “We have no quarrel with Police Judge Gordon,” say the authorities. “If all the dope cases were tried be. fore Gordon, the dope evil would soon be stamped out.” LAXITY OF HARRISON ACT 18 BLAMED It Is the extreme laxity of the Har rison drug act that seems to be at the root of the entire matter. Instead of performing its purposes, the Harri- son act is « loop hole for violators. Under this act, the presiding judge monthe | y of the law is clearly | {2 the penuantags tor from ape for to ten vara ortine him $1 of $1, | In several cages witnesses Gope peddiers claim they were bar- | red from the stand in superior court. Meanwhile, the dope traffic ts claiming fresh victims, The average | life of the addict ts short, and new recruits must be added constantly Police deciare that a tremendous per: centage of all crimes of violence are committed by dope addicts, intent on getting money to buy dope. Thou- sands of Seattle boys and girls are being caught in the Insidious net of the dope traffic yearly, police say. A thousand times more deadly than whisky, dope claims victims from the allowed to escape | with a fine that is a small percentage of their profits, ROOM WATCHED ONE HOUR; 14 VISITORS In one case cited by the police nar- cotic squad two patrolmen watched@ dope peddier’s rooms. In one hour 14 addicts came to the place to buy dope and there were 11 phone calls. In some casos addicts given treat- ment at the city and county hospitals are cured. fmmediately upon being discharged, cured, after suffering torments, the addicts are seized by dope peddiers and become confirmed cases again. In only one or two cases out of hundreds have there been permanent cures, 8 If the peddiers were given a long term in prison, the traffic would kill itself. With a new law, the mint- mum sentence to be ten yeare in the peni ntiary, in a year's time the dope evil would be a thing of the past narcotic squad agents say THREE IN JAIL FOR BURGLARY Descriptions Fit Men in Cigar Store Prowling Three youths are being held in the clty Jail as suspects, following an early morning attempt to burglarize fhe Gus Smoke Shop store at 625 Pike st. Finding three men at work on the front window of the store at about 6 a. nt, a man employed by a res and Patrolman George Collins ar. rived on the scene. Collins arrested G a description furnished by the who said he saw the trio at work Holt was taken to jall Police prowler cars and motorcycle officers began a thoro search of the E. L. Mason, 22, and H. B. Scott, 21. These men answer the description, according to police, of the two other jalleged burglars Mason and Scott were taken to lelty Jall, where they wére questioned had admitted being with Holt. They said, according to Collier, that they were walking with Holt along Pike st, when he disappeared, After eat ing breakfast they were arrested and informed of Holt’s capture, The cigar store manager denied all knowledge of tho burglary and said nothing had been taken, All three men are held on open charges for investigation by detectives, taurant next door gave the alarm! After a search of several blocks, | SER ea teed * td teachers in King (top), who teaches hool. the Sel Miss Pickard is of Teacher * © & g Bells Is Wh 1 County, according second grade at the Oak Lake one of 650° King pores Bi teachers, some of whom are shown below, attending the s? * Ep, the shortage of to Miss Lois Pickard annual institute of King County teachers at the Broadway HARDING CLAIMS Hope of Dropping Armies and Navies Futile WASHINGTON, Sept, 1.—Hope of | entirely abolishing war is “perfectly futile,” President Harding told affi- cers at the army war college here to- NAMES WARSHIP Armies and navies probably will al- ways be necessary, he said, no mat- ter how far aspirations toward world peace lead. The president blamed a lack of un- derstanding for warfare in West Vir. ginia, and declared that a policy of understanding at home and abroad would solve many Ills. Practically every high officer of the army was present in the small lec ture room of the war college when the president spoke. Secretary of War Weeks and Gen. Pershing also spoke briefly. “No matter where the best aspira- tion of the world may lead us, there may never be a time without the ne- }censity for armed forces,” President 4 Harding said. lieve with all my heart that ing to diminish the burdens of armament. I believe with all my heart that we will have lesser armies jand navies, but there may never bela |time when there won't be requisite defense agencies. “It Is perfectly futile to think there will never be a conflict when we atop |to think that in the 2,000 years of Christian clvilization and the 4,000 years of pagan civilization, we have only lately come to a civilized state of warfare, and even that does not apply to all nations. “But Amgrica, I can say unseeming boasting, has | to it than any other nation. “And lt pledge you now will never be called to ser without ne nearer hat you under this administration for any work that) district and two hours later arrested | you cannot enter with all your hearts | and souls as American citizens.” President Harding told the army officers that the principle of under standing should govern the ‘nation both In its domestic and tn its world laffaira, “We ought have no conflict in West Virginia,” he said, ‘That condition Is due, I belleve, to a lack of understanding. “'Fhere ought never be conflict be- tween nations if thgse in authority have understanding, @ to be defenders of an administration that believes in fullness of under. standing at home and a fullness of understanding among the peoples of the world.” 1 want you} “WASHINGTON” Walla Walla Git Sponsors Giant at Launching CAMDEN, N. J, Sept. 1.—Another | giant syperdreadnought was added to Uncle Sam's navy here this afternoon | when the U. 8, 8. Washington, a capital ship of the latest type, slid | majestically down the ways at the |New York Shipbuilding corporation's yards, Miss Jean Surfimers, 10-year-old | |daughter of United States Represen. |tative W. J, Summers, of Washing: | |ton, broke a bottle of champagne | across the bow of the vessel and | named it “Washington,” as the props and supports were released. A delegation from the state of Washington, including the sponsor's father and several officials from the nation’s capital, attended the launch- ing, several of whom made brief speeches at a luncheon following the ceremony, The main dimensions of the ship are: Length extrem 624 feet 6 inches; breadth, | 7 feet 5% Inches; depth to main deck, 47 feet 2 inches; draft, | pormal, 30 feet 6 Inches; displace- | ment, full load, about. 33,000 tons. She weighs 16,800 tons. ‘SOVIET IDEA HITS IRELAND Workers Seize Mill and) | Bakery; Raise Red Flag | DUBLIN, Sept. 1—The red flag has been raised in Southern Ireland. | In Bruree, County Limerick, a | group of transport workers seized a | mil and a bakery and declared them. { selves a soviet ie Placards declaring that the mills [viet workers were put up in the; town. They contained the announce: | ment: | “We make bread—not profits.” The action followed the dismissal of two employes of the mill, whom | the owners refused to reinstate, : Over one-fourth of the tobacco grown in the United States comes trom Kentucky. SAVE 34; FAIL T0 Solved; Gallant Ship and Crew Are Discovered ‘The Canadian steamship Canadian Importer, with 84 officers and men on board, has been rescued a thou- sand miles off the California coast. The vessel, drifting helplessly off the traveled water lanes. was dis- covered last night by a sister ship, the Canadian Winner, answering the started full speed 2:15 a. m., Thursday, received first word of the discovery of the Im- porter in a wireless message from the Observer. Dp. m., lati- tude 39:29 N., longtitude 137 W. Crew all safe. Slight list. Want powerful tug. Observer putting lines aboard at daylight. Algerine and Canadian Winner proceeding to Observer im- mediately.” August 19, the Importer put to sea from Puget Sound with 3,500, feet of lumber bound for Australia. She was not heard from again until a wireless from the Cordova flashed word that the Importer had been found helpless and adrift 625 miles southwest of Columbia river light- ship on the morning of August 25, with 17 feet of water in her hold, her engine room flooded and her wireless out of commission. The Cordova also fiashed the warning for “all ships to be on watch | for the lifeboat with two officers and nine men which the distressed Im- porter had sent for assistance Au- gust 20. This little boat has not been | heard from to this day. It was thought that the Cordova would tow the Importer tn. Captain Bissett, of the Importer, told Captain Westerlund, of the Cordova, that his vessel would ride easily Tt is thought now that he would submit to a tow only from a vessel of his own line. ® MANY VESSELS AIDED SEARCH Wher the Cordova steamed away with f assurance of the Import- er's safety, Captain Bissett'’s, “Oh, she's all right.” cheerily sent danc-/{ Ing over the water in answer to Cap- tain Westerlund’s repeated proffer of ald; was the last heard from the Importer until tle message this morning flashed from the dark which veiled the Pacific. Many vessels had searched for the Importer. The Canadian Observer, the vessel which finally found her, the tug Algerine, the steamer Cana- ian Winner, the cutter Snohomish —all had combed the ocean for a week, but without finding anything |* sinister traces of a lumber, a floating except the foundered ve: spar, bits of wreckage Marine men gave the distressed steamer up as lost and credited an. other score to Davy Jones, But the lifeboat and the fate of its gallant crew is aa much of a mystery today as it was two weaks ago, Whether it foundered, was picked up by a sailing schooner, or has landed on some deserted portion of the coast between Point Arena or Cape Blanco, is a mystery yet to be by Capt. 1, C. Collier, who said they | like that which is now distressing us| were now thet property of Bruree so-/ fathomed. The cutter Snohomish ts continuing its tireless search for the little craft. In view of the Observer's reference to “a slight Het” of the Importer, tt s assumed that Capt Bissett had some of the lumber cargo jettisoned in order to rolieve the vessel's posi: tion, This also would explain float- ing lumber found recently, which gave rise ta fears that the vessel had broken up. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE | aa But) | STEAMSHIP IMPORTER RESCUED ADRIFT LATE EDITION FORM FOR 'Pacific My ster y|Armed Airplane Are on Way t Coal Mine War i scouts. after an observation trip : thy fighting zone this ported miners were refo y tack rroups, Ga Scouts said the miners’ movements, indicating they persing, apparently were Taneuver. Thirty miners were kil in Crooked Creek and Blair “Mount battles yesterday and last night, cording to reports of air ats brought here today. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INVADERS | The fliers reported steady of miner reinforcements moving ig the battle zone, Logan forces, expecting an early today, swept the ridge Blair to‘Mills creek with machine gum) and rifle fire. The miners did ap reply until the barrage ceased, they reopened sniping along the. mile fighting sector. A special of reinforcements was reported railed near Logan today. “Logan county sent a stream of men and supplies into tnountain passes thruout the dng. Fear was expressed in | streets that the miners renewed attempts to advances: federal troops are sent. Two red armed men from Bluefield calm to the aid of Logan county. i Officials here were advised miners had sent out parties to recruits. The miners were told tl the armed force had no intention disbanding. Advices from M Albans, the gat zone, were that the proceasion of —§ miners toward the Boone county |/ frontier continued. Wives were cut during the night fi many sections of the hills. pa service Was demoralized, FIELD HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED Miner reinforcements are pa: thru Boyne county on their way £@ |the Logan border today. It is Be” lieved at least 5,000 are massed on the border, Minors refuse to disclose thelr cass. ualty list. It is said, however, they estimate the dead at about 30, A de tachment atiacked a machine nest near Clothier early today, a er returning from the front Forty or more were killed and wound | ed, it was declared. : ‘The miners established a field hom pital at Clothier, iy Train service haa been suspended: except where the miners commam doered trams. The ancient Babylonians wear breeches €