The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 2, 1921, Page 1

1129 LAD FACES KILLING PROBE!) ~_—— il “VOLUME 23 On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise e Seattle Star flee at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress Marph 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to 89 Tonight and Thursday, rain; mod- erate to fresh easterly wind. Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 30. Minimum, 40, Teday noon, 43, HOME’ til “TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Matter May 3, 1899, at the Po: SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921. | : Day of Glory for Mutt Dog Coming! 5 LEGION Be oprisceapapie: They’re to Have Show All Their Own Mntered as Second ¢ a? @BhGARrT wt & 7S? | may raise light rates, says The must be light: | Door Politics; New Bill Asked BY H. FE. CAYLOR ANBAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 2-—A/ resolution demanding immediate | paeage by Congress of the five} fold, plan of adjusted compensation | (for ex-nervice men was passed by the | third annual American ore con: | vention after speakers id scored ek door politics,” which, they de- | clared, was responsible for the bill's | [recent defeat | = Speakers who presented the report | +declured that the recent defeat of the bill was brought about by a small | minority. | It was declared that the country as a whole favors the adoption of ithe bill as a “national obligution to lex-nervice men.” Exclusion of all aliens for five years, providing relatives of aliens tareaty naturalized in this country | f j f i : i CHEHALIS, Nov, 2.—Six-yearold Herbert Coleman went on trial here today, charged with being a delin- quent boy, for the reason that, last month at Randle, in the Big Bottom country, east of here, the state jleges, be sbot and killed his | mate, Lynn Peters, 9, ~ Li if iF i I i I i i i [ i Carrots Week, and in Seattle it) be Call on Your Coal Man Week. | cee | E t i U | ! ij zs H a. f ¢ | i | “She enslaves 7 n with ffectively Resolutions favoring dignified than “naturalization ceremonies, encour-|eyes more Jagement of societies for betterment | Cleopatra,” aliens analyet of aliens and movements to free | Madalyn: { adopted. This new photos said from usurers were also A resolution was adopted demand.| to do justice’ to thé “mystic ing that congress draft suitable legts- | orhg,’" jlation to provide for the teaching of |the English language, civil govern- STA D AYS BURCH TRIAL! cir oem Hh egy tating to look at as if he Co and American history in every | Need Time to Consider In-|*ome weird curio. He shrank from the famous Hatfield family of West Virginia and Kentucky feudists, and They pes es ee from up Big Bottom way stood in a kn in the center of the St. Helens hotel lobby a large part of yester: day afternoon conversing tu a in’ whispers, Herbert. ing intently, his mother's band. The news quickly spread ubout Chehalis that the boy had ar by a big strike, figures ob- today frem government sources and ‘the National Coal as soctation showed. HOUSEHOLDS NOT sTOCKED With the first touches of winter aiready here, the coal reserve situ: | ation, as summarized by the na- tonal coal associations, follown: | 1. Household consumers have not | (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) of coffee in the North. “ Is it that home brew has a Z Disastrous Fire in Portland Conquered PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 2— the puling infant stage. ; o- me any More since we got mar- Did you ever hear of a fisherman Delt to & fish after be caught It?” Seattle municipal railway is generous. With every fare they @ ring. eee Now 1 lay me down to deep, In my little bed ; If T should die before I wake, How will I know I'm dead? . “- Now that the civil service is about announce the age of compulsory “Rtirement for city hall employes, of the boys have gone back to i - / Cop fangrily, to fair motorist)— ‘ Next time you don't stop at my YU pinch you.” i Motorist (coloring}—~"Sir! How @are your” Judge. oee 3 WHY? WHY? & Were visiting « farm on Bain- island yesterday. A pretty ht in a basket of eggs. As Walked up the steps we sald: beautiful eggs.” And then he got mad! oe eo THEY'RE SENSITIVE Beattie wife wants divorce because threw her from second story. men are getting touchy. ose ©) Bett way to strike is to strike out fer yourne|! A New Closed Car for the Winter? You are going to sell A ie 14 car some time, and 5 re is a brisk market for /Msed cars now, -At this time of yar, man . y People buy new closed cars thru The Star want ads. Those who are in the mar- Ket for uned car bargains that Fall brings its best \ car offerings, If you want to buy : bay or sell, | femember that The Star is MB paver for used. car ads, THE SEATTLE STA. ( i STAR “The Paper with the circulation” stocked their bina heavily, but there | is available in retail yards the coun. try over @ sufficient supply to tase | on an average of three weeks. Taken together, the stocks In bins and yards will average approximately a| six weeks’ to two months’ supply, | 2. Public utilities have reserved | fficient to last from two to four | months on the average. | 3. The railroads nave approximate ly a six weeks’ supply, with another week's supply on wheels. 4. Industries have been buying slowly and have only amall supplies. | “Taken as a whole,” the associa- tion said, “the public utilities and the railroad systems are better! equipped with coal reserves than are, other consumers. But the househeld | user is belieevd to be in position to augment his stocks now withow! Breat difficulty, both from supplies | (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) Hungary Is Handed | Allied Ultimatum) PARIS,, Nov. 2.—The council of ambassadors today sent an ultima: tum to Hungary demanding that abdication of the Hapsburgs be pro- claimed by Monday “ee Former Emperor Karl, who made an unsuccessful effort to regain the throne for the Hapsburgs, ix In custody and has been placed on a British warship until the allies de- cide what to do with him. The abdt- cation proclamation is demanded so there will be no further attempts by Karl to seize power as king of Hun- gary. Conference on Jobs Called by Hoover WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Secre- tary of Commerce Hoover today | called @ meeting of the standing com- | mittee of the unemployment confer- Frogs to be held in New York Novem- ber 4. | ‘The present condition of unem- ployment and the progress of emer- gency measures will be discussed, Will Not Abolish Labor Department WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Prest- dent Harding has upset plans for re- organization of the government, drafted at his request by Walter M. Brown, chairman of the foint execu- tive committee, It was learned today, Harding has overturned Brown's Plans for abolishing the department of labor and substituting a generdT department of public welfare which would include bureaus devoted to labor, education and public health, The Star is going to make your dream of a Mutt Dog Show come true. It’s a bully idea, Ri and we've al started making plans. We’re going to get best hall we can find—perhaps the Arena people will let us have theirs for one day. And we're ga* have lots of prizes — prizes that will make every kid in want to bring his dog to the show. Of course, we with you, Russ, that our show should be too exclusive for the high-toned Just watch The Star for further details and tell all the kids to spread the word around, We’ll have the dop-qucent show anybody ever heard of. And every cent will go to help swell the Community Chest. Who I8 Avridge Mann? Well, we aren't going to tell you. It’s @ secret and a mys- tery. But, we will tel! you this— Avridge Mann today becomes an institution, a depertment, a REGULAR FEATURE, He first broke into The Star ‘way back in the summer as the signature of @ whimsical letter about something-or-other that ap- peared in the Letters to the Bd. itor column, And the next day he broke in again in the #ame place. ‘And he haa done #0 every day, except one, ever since. That's persistence for you. His letters are all in a quaint prose-verse, The one day be didn’t break in was two or three weeks ago when, instead, there was printed in his usual spot a letter from Avridge Woman, an Bima aub- seriber, who voiced antipathy to his daily outpouring. In fact, she frankly panned him a# a no- good and a waste of space. In response to her denuncia- tion, the editor of The Star has received scorex of letters from all parts of the state rushing to Avridge Mann's defense: Hence the decision to promote him. ‘Hereafter, thatead of being merely an item in the editor's mail department, he will stand forth on his own ayridge legs and speak his little plece daily in “ Your pal, his own right, Look for today’s “pome* at page 6 But who be is—well, we're not telling. Except that his initials are W. B. ¥. But maybe you'll recognize the pieture! KANSAS CITY.—World’s record | for parachute jump broken by Engll|five aviators, flying every known Chamnvers, of Post field, Fort Sill, | kind of flying machine, are here for EDITOR, The Star. =| 7 . Delay in Arbuckle Trial SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.—Altho sot for next Monday, it was prac- tically certain today that the trial of Roscoe Arbuckle, charged with mansiaughter as a result of the death of Virginia Rappe, would not open until the middie of the month, ' probably November 14, | . Two holidays, Armistice day and a loca! election day, will interrupt the first week of the trial if started Monday. ripe Armistice Day to a Be Legal Holiday, WASHINGTON, Nov..2.—A reso- lution declaring November 11, 1921,/ a national holiday, wag adopted by | the senate today, In presenting the resolution, Sena tor Nelson, Minnesota, explained that the resolution applied only to Armistice Day of this year in honor of the burial of the unknown Amer- lean soldier at Arlington national cemetery. A similar resolution had already been adopted by the house, |Airmen Assemble | for Aero Congress OMAHA, Neb. Nov, 2.—Seventy. who leaps 26,000 feet from army air. | the opening tomorrow of the Inter 4 Rational Aero congress, | Possible industrial disaster in Port- ‘and's milling district was averted jhere today when massed apparatus extinguished fire which broke out junder the planing mill of the Bast- jern and Western Lumber company’s plant early this morning. | Sawdust became ignited from [frictional sparks thrown by planing | | machinery belting, and was gnawing | at the timbers supporting the mill) ‘floor when an employe sounded an | alarm. | Brewers Refuse to. ere Wax Enthusiastic! SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.—-Altho/ local prohibition agents have re- loeived instructions under which | “medicinal beer” can be sold imme- diately, breweries today were a bit timid about placing their product on the market. “There is some doubt whether the rulings are such as to make brewing profitable,” one brewing company announced. Wherefore the brewers said they would merely mark time until they had further information, . . 40 Cents Tax on Each Case Beer WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Medici- nal beer is to be ‘taxed by the treas- ury department 40 cents a case or |40 cents on each prescription, under | ja ruling by the internal revenue bu- reau today. BETRAYED BY DOG, TRIO OF BURGLARS ADMIT THEIR GUILT Betrayed by the dog that ao- companied them on all their ex- peditions, L. Triplett, 20; Paul B. Holenbeck, 23, and Roy Kennedy, 20, confessed Wednesday to 4 series of burglaries to Lieutenant of Detectives J. C, Whitman, The dog was found in a Seattle home which was robbed last month, The burglars had evident- ly forgotten it and locked it in. When Triplett, Holenbeck and Kennedy were arrested Wednes- day ‘they first maintained their in- nocence, But when they were confronted by the dog, who mani- fested its recognition with joyous antics, they are alleged to have broken down, Lieut, Whitman said that, among others, the confession clears up the following robberies: J. K. Ramde, 1808 EB. Cherry st., October 16; Theodore Carlson, Savoy hotel, October 25, and H, Lamin, Diller hotel, October 30, sanity Plea BY FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW LOS ANGELES. Nov, 2.—Defense attorneys for Arthur C, Burch and Madalynne Obenchain have joined in a sharp fight to force Madalynne to trial first, it was believed here today. WILL PROBE BURCH SANITY Burch’s unexpected plea of insan- ity, entered yesterday, when he was called: to trial-tor his gleged-part-in the killing of wealthy young John Belton Kennedy, is interpreted) by legal experts as the first move in @ joint defense effort to switch’ the trials. ‘The insanity plea came’ with such sudden surprise to the state that a continuance of the trial until’ next | Monday was asked and obtained, | With Burch's sanity under a long- |arawn-out investigation, attorneys | | for Madalynne Obenchan are expect- ed to appear in court and insist upon | their client's constitutional right to be brought to trial “within a reason: ableytime.” ‘This will mean that Madalynne may go to trial for the actual murder while Bureh’s case is still enmeshed in lengthy preliminaries. District Attorney Thomas Lee SEATTLE SHIP GOES ASHORE West Aurora Aground in Tacoma Harbor; No Danger Ip, C., the steamer West Aurora went jashore in Tacoma Harbor Wednes-| jday, according to advices received by | the merchants’ exchange. She is in no danger, according to the message, jana will be floated at high tide. | | ‘The West Aurora is owned by the Ishipping board and operated by Struthers & Dixon. ‘The steam schooner San Diego, | which went ashore at Jefferson Head | ‘Tuesday, was floated under her own | power at high tide, | Bound for Seattle from Vancouver, | Majority in Senate Against Sales Tax, WASHINGTON, Nov, 2—A ma-| jority of the senate still is aghinst | the sales tax, an official poll of r publican senators today showed, \ their gaze and held closer to mother’s skirts. ren bands: [little fellow there. Isn't it ten rible? Look, he doesn’t scem Peters, grim, termined to keep his promise to his dying boy that he will justice done, employed a Tacoma lawyer, Beverly W. Coiner, to as- sist Prosecutor Herman Allen thru: out the trial, Coleman's defense of his child, that the shooting was purely an accident, he, some days ago, employed G. L. | Thacker, a Chehalis attorney, to pre- sent. Chehalis people's view of the shoot- ing is that it was the climax of a boys’ feud, a youngsters’ replica of the old bloody feuds of West Virginia and Kentucky, where most of their fathers came from. \Harding and Father Observe Birthday WASHINGTON, » Nov, 2,.—Presi- dent Harding today is observing his birthday and the anniversary of his election. This is also his father’s birthday. The president is 56 years of age. PARROT BETRAYS MASTER AND RUM TO ORY RAIDERS WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 2.—When policemen, headed by 4 Mayor Worthern of Pasco, raided the residence of V. Volkman, on the eat side of Pasco, they were greeted with a cheery “Hello, come in,” in response to thelr knock, The officers entered and found the sole occupant of the room to bé a large parrot, Fur- ther investigation revealed two stills which had been in. use, Volkman pleaded guilty to hav- ing liquor in his possession and was fined $200 and costs, On leaving he said, “Now I'm going home and wring that parrot’s neck.” ‘and de.