The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 18, 1922, Page 1

First in News—First in Circulation (by 11,727 copies a day)—Call Main 0600 to Order The Star at Your Home--50 Cents a Month—Why Pay More? ——eo They Want a Baby for Vacant Place By Aileen Claire He had a rather apologetic manner, this primly dressed, middle-aged, cheery-faced little man, who came into The Star office today. And he rubbed his hands ahd grinned— almost vacuously, it must be confessed—for several min- utes before he found his tongue. _ “You see,” he explained, clear- ing his throat several times, “you see—I want a little girl. Or, rather, we want one—my wife and I, We've read in The Star how you've found homes for so many babies—and we thought maybe you could find a baby for a home, just for a change.” He handed over a card which pro. claimed that his name was W, A. Baugh: man and that he was principal of the Cascade Tunnel schools at Wellington. He looked like a school teacher—but there was no atmosphere of the class room about him now, He was human -intensely human. “We've two boys,” he went on, “two Entered as Second Class Mat ianin " eevee: VOLUME 24, NO. 19. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star . Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 ter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seatt! OBENCHAIN JURY IS DEADLOCKED! “SEATTLE, WASH. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922, fine boys. But now they're grown up; one's teaching school, the other's down in Tulane university in New Orleans And the home seems—seems—well, it's sort of vacant. And the wife and I think maybe it would be different if we bad another baby to bring up-—a girl this time, “Both of ua teach, you see, #0 we don't want a very young baby; that ia, we want one that we could send to school, © We could wateh her-— because we vouldn't be able to kok after her at yore during the day. Say a girl from ‘our to eight years old, “We aren't wealthy, We're school teachers—and I guess that tells the whole story, But we've always had enough. And we'd give the baby so much love, too! “But it's got to be a case of straight We couldn't bear to get to SECRECY SHROUDS MURDER! ; Police Work Upon New Clue; Arrest Is Not Expected Immediately | Under the Giseniis seerecy, the }eearch for the murderer of Patrol | Charles O. Legute, who was found shot twice tru the head « rly | | Friday morning in an auto in the | Main Street Garage, 1242 Main « | was proceeding Saturday, under the Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baughman ‘Jove a child—and then give her up.” ‘The Star—Main 0600—will be glad to get into communication with Mr. Baughman if anyone thinks of a way to help him out of his predicament. (Home Brew )Girl Wins svacee 2 | tn Contest on Slogans 2:25. © raat eee: bee: List of 22 Awards [3|4™ Kent and s HITCHED AND SEMI- HITCHED We haven't mentioned Dan Lan- don's vest for five days. Ain't poll- Ucs awful? | i i bat J bs The game was 19 innings lorg, But father stuck it thru; also held by the coroner, but accord: | ing to Lieut. Kent, will not be con- 4 And then a runner pilfered home, of the board of Bo father sneaked home, too, ‘The winner is Miss Dorothy | *dere dag tty Rae | “The oo Thomas, 10$ Amon apartments, Se- . 1 think,” aaid Kent, “ty the “What has become of the grand | attie. mothers?” asks a beadiine. Mrs. Grace Petiicherc, Sultan, | j We don’t know for certain, but we | Wash., won the $5 second prize. Her garage owner, who was taking tary get practice.” | “Legate waa killed by soft-nosed | Prd “Purchase Pacific North- | think they are all down at the |*lowan was bulleta?” He was asked. | cabaret. pany wea Profit, progress | -ves," Kent replied. | eee age ida “Prom a Colt’s pistol, model 387° | The other judges were Louis H. ; Ibsen's play, “A Doll's House.” is| nurnett of Tacoma, and W. J. Hind.| “I don't know nae showing at the Winter Garden thea-|jey of Spokane. From other sources It was a ter this week. Which reminds us of! They announced the 20 winners of |that the bullet removed from ie the theatrical promoter who adver-|g1 prises to be as follows: | gate's brain was not one that had tised the film with @ banner across| Northwest Products, the goods the| teen fired from his own pistol the front of bis playhouse reading, |gods provide-—G. ‘M. McAfee, 1502| It was thought positively that Le “Come and Bring the Kiddies.” | Burwell, Bremerton. gate had been murdered in cold ble | Partie hasern or either while asleep or while talking ia Ha Northwest. Pi ey Me to a friend of a person whom he had LITERARY LABORS \elfic Northwest Products—M. O’Niel, henet usted |county-city building, Seattle. gone there to see. ad ‘eee yriter 7 ag? Northwest Products are the best, The reconstraction of the ] » da: ~ elmaacal athlcnlaaae TO! buy them; boost the great North-| orime, ype ore by patiee, indl- r —C. P. N. 25) | cates t peate was from | If tr7ING to spelt, out th ae me ote! west —-C P: Hooper, 4423 N. 25th st) the front, the first ballet striking | mt Seppe me miIDDie, then staRTs/ Northwest Products, worthy arti.| him RN ie ~ = | aus 3 As 5 cles from a wonderful land.—Don| knocking him to floor - ee ot gO areal a Gotten, S. 3111 Tekoa st., Spokane. ear, unconsciow The morderer q Poetic efFusions that herein appear, | By your actions create prosperity,| then fired again, coolly timing ya The colringe GETS jommed, @B Fer-|iuy Pacitic Northwest Products.—L.| for the center of the forehead. a and then The clk ribbon speels come L.. Smith, 1209 W. Cloverdale, Se | when he found that Legate ot! | oUt of gear! | attle. breathed. | eee | Keep your dollars at home by buy-| Legate was then stretched upon joY! BUSs! heRe COMes the/|ing Pacific Northwest Products| the floor of the car, his arm folded | re pair m An! Mrs. Ray Hitchcock, 1908 8. Lat. Ta-| across his chest, and his own pistol u * e coma. lwhich the murderer fired onee thru =| Always best—Pacific Northwest | the rear of the car, cutting the cur rirenieyaes ts, Amercian 10.6 fares) Eis SG L. Beales, 407 B. Gord tan, end once turnte garde floor, eee” wae Y st, Tacoma. | was tilted against his ear. Wrong, Margie, wrong. It's ©) Northwest made for world-wide| Questioned on the murder, Capt tragedy. i trade—J. A. Stone, 339 Diamond | Tennant was evasive., jave., Hillyard. “De you expect any arrests today, But it is comedy for the peragratt: |r; ert ey ang wealth: tor| D0,vou exmect any arvems aay | ) - so cae a [longevity and health; Pacific North ae | | west Products. —Mildred Ft As a means of retrenchment has! <o4> sth g., Seattle it occurred to any of the mayoralty) Buy Pacific Northwest Products candidates to advocate a cut in the) ,14 your eagies will come home to mayor's salary? | roost.--Ethel Kelly, care Rhodes Co., | Seattle. And we have yet to hear any can-| rink, eat and drink Pacific North didate include in his platform @ 5 | west products.—Helen MacBeck, 4214 Lindgren, STEPHEN MILLER NOT FOR MAYOR a cent fare for the benefit of auto iin Nw. E., Seattle cee. 1 meee riding to ae, ee ‘a If you want the best that money No New Candidates Allowed | which their cars are parked for the ican buy, Northwest Products will day satisty J. H. Zegender, Cushman, After 5 P. M. Saturday | Sade U. 8. Veterans hospital, Tacoma. mo BLESS "EM! | From North to South, from East! s4any people who had been ure Seattle boy robs Oak Harbor bank |to West, Northwest Products are the | ing nim to run for mayor were dis. | so that he can wed wealthy girl. | pbest-—Mra. 0. Eklund, 2311) appointed Saturday when Dean Ste 4 Any boy who has nerve enough to Charies st., Seattle phen I. Miller, head of the college of | i rob a bank has nerve enough to| Northwest Products and North-| husiness administration at the Uni f marry a wealthy girl |west skill keeps Northwest money | versity of Washington, said he would} E ee in the Northwest's till.—H. | not file. { BP lon ed aad rg Briggs, 105 N, 42nd st, Great pressure is known to have fooen't, expect ‘to | Where money talks and values! been used to induce Dean Miller to start life where her tell Northwest Products always sell. | onter the contest on a “strictly busi father lett off Karl Mehner, Bremerton }ness administration” platform, He : | Far as East is from the West. | 4, said to have declined only because | “Drop Proves Vatal.”"—Headiine.! Northwest Products are the best fairy would not permit | his other Another wood alcohol case? Mrs. Ed T. White, 2 Walnut ave.,| nim to become a candidate at this; oc Everett | time | Freshmen at the University of | Make Northwest Products your| ‘The last chance for candidates to Washington started wearing their little green caps yesterday, Now they’ve got something on their minds besides hair. o- selection; they mean and emphasize | ge for mayor or council came Sat | perfection. Chas. ¥, Whittlesey, 816 yrday. City Comptroller Harry Ca Second ave, Seattle | rou waid the books would close pre-| Northwest Goods of any kind are| cively at 6 o'clock | the finest you can find.—Harold Sul-| ay the field stood Saturday morn | llivan, 15th st W., Puyallup. ing, there were seven candidates for | United we stand, divided we fall and 14 for the three counctt | Tourists to Seattle this summer | li will be presented with the keys to mayor ) the city, according to the Chamber | Northwest Products best of all.—F. | vacancies of Commerce. They will not, how-|M. Ossinger, 9 42nd ave. w. | Prof. F. D. Hayden, eclvil engineer | \ ever, be given the keys to our cel Northwest Products put “fact” in and a member of the University of lars satistaction—Mrs«, W. Chase Fisher, | hington faculty, H. Alvin Moore, ibe W. 2822 Hartson ave comotive engineer; George W QUERY —— - Parker, who has been employed in It bas just been discovered that| JACKSONVILLE, Mla. — Tuesday,) the city registration office, and MH the University of Washington has a|April 4, has been selected by mem-| MeSorley, a resident of the city |- seismograph. Wonder why it hasn't bers of the family for the burial of| since 1884, are late entrants in the recorded thone Californian tremors |Col, Henry Watterson, veteran news.| race for council Clark Nettleton filed Friday { port comminmioner that were caused by battle practice |paper man, who died here December off the Catalina Islands! 22, 1921, wat ger" Explosion Occurs|Five-Story Struc- | Other shells, of the same caliber,| TOKYO, fired from an automatic pistol, were atternpt to bomb the imperial palace |dian soldier | Are You Interested in Radio? Scores of readers ask for full information on all available literature published by the United States government on the subject of radio telegraphy and telephony, list of reference books on the subject, in- formation on obtaining radio license, schools of radio, ete. This is too long to print, but any reader desiring information may obtain it by writing to The Stur’s Washington Bureau, 1822 New York ave., Washigg- ton, D. C., inclosing two cents in stamps for postage. ; | NIPPON KILLED! BiG NEW BUILDING FOR CITY: at Entrance of} ture Planned at BY CLARENCE DUBOSE March 18—An apparent) day by the Metropolitan Build- ing company to erect on the northwest corner of Filth ave. and University st. a five-story office building. late yesterday resulted in the pre. mature explosion of the bomb anda the death of the man who was carry: ing it. In round figures the building is An unidentifiod man atterr ted to, expected te cost $400,000, fain entry to the grounds of .¢{m-| During construction it will be perial palace thru the main gate. A®| known as the Stuart building annex. | be stood at the gate, the bomb sud: | Four stories high on the University | denly exploded. | st. front, it will rise to five stories A letter attacking the conduct of | in the middie of the biock, where it the government and making a direct | will join the White building annex appeal to the throne was found on) Ground will be broken next week, the mutilated body of the man, }it is announced, for the White build: | Guards have been increased at the | ing annex. to be built at the opposite residences and offices of prominent /end of the block, at Fifth ave. and government officials, | Union a«t Police orders announce that s4di-| When both buildings are complete tional precautions are being taken to | their corridors will connect with the protect Premier Takahashi and other | corridors of the White, Henry and government leaders. Stuart buildings, around the entire Threatening letters have been re | piock. ceived by several high officiain, The construction of the annexes — will be reinforced concrete, with ex teriors similar to those of the Stuart, Henry and White buildings. The Stuart annex will have a front jage on Fifth ave, of 177 feet, and with the White Annex, will make a | continuous frontage of 355 feet along | the avenue, Howells & Albertson are the archi- tects. WASHINGTON, March 18.—The |"prohibition navy” has disappeared |on a mysterious cruise. | It in believed ambushed in south. jern waters waiting to trap a booties | flotilia. These facts are known: Secretary Mellon announced change of seven or eight coast guard verseis to the prohibition department to hunt smugglers, Lieut, L. FR. Jack, Washington coast guard man, was appointed to take charge. ow both the navy and the ad sha paneeak with: nen. miral have “disappeared” and none “The Canadian was turned over to|f the officials of the prohibition us by Col, Jone Avila of the Mexican | >Ureau, the treasury nor the coast necret service," King said, “We ques: | uard will open their lips to clear | the mystery of the phantom fleet, Canadian War Veteran! Proves Complete Alibi LOS ANGELES, March 18, — A Canadian war veteran, arrested last night in Mexicali, Baja California, by the Mexican secret service, in connection with the William D. Tay: lor murder mystery, was releaned early todaf when he established his innocence to the satisfaction of American officials, Deputy District Attorney W. C. Doran announced. Detectives J. A. Winn and Edward King, working under orders of the | district attorney's office, arrived on | the morning train from Mexicali without the prisoner, It was first reported at police headquarters that they had brought tioned him at length and he estab- lished the fact that he was not the man w Storm in Colorado Now Moving East d immediately left for Los Angeles.” The r waa said to have been treat when LA. Cock, rancher of|. WASHINGTON, March 18.—The| Santa Ana, failed to identify him as |Colorado storm will move east-/ one of two Canadians who, ho said, |80rtheastward during the next 26 hours, attended by rain, snow and * threats against a “certain for. | | aptain in the Canadian army’ |Sleet in all states except the Florida the day before Taylor was shot. {peninsula and probably New Eng Cock picked up two men in his/land, the weather bureau forecast | machine he was driving to Santa | today, Ana on January 31, he told the dis-| The trict attorney's office. One of them | what wore parts of the uniform of a Cana-|in all The man who had made | states, ta thought to have been di rected against Taylor displayed a .38 caliber revolver, Cock said, Taylor was shot with this type of weapon. temperature will be higher tonight and Sunday} except the New England| the bureau stated, | some May Bring Bonus Up Under Gag Rule the th Winn and King t continued their search for the two men de. WASHINGTON, March 18,—| scribed by the Santa Ana informant, | House leaders today found Speaker | : aeenieomens Gillett in an unreceptive mood about ! “gagging the house Monday so the bonus bill could be forced thru Back from his Florida vacation with President Harding, the Massa chustts chieftain let it be known President Harding, leaving here|that he still cherished the thought} late today for Washington, is expect-|that the honus ought not to be ed to reveal soon his remedy for|brought up under the gag plan—sus. breaking the legislative jam between | pension of the rules, This was his himself and congress, position before he departed, Harding Will End Vacation Today ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 18. oun | awarded Coo per Resigns, but Sammy Is Marvel at Chess Also a Prodigy in School CAREERS Sammy Rzceschewski BY RUTH ABELING {I'd sing—like Caruso NEW YORK, March 18.—Sammy | That's what I'd like! if I could Reeeschewski, the nine-year-old mar-| “Chess! with a tinge of amuse- vel at chess, is also a marvel in|/ment, “It's fun, but not a career.” school, Proving the child's brain is! As for sports, baseball and the not a one-wided affair, but that he is | like, Sammy says: & prodigy. He will be 10 on May| “Ball? Oh, it’s all right. I couldn't 26, and is nearly ready for high|play, tho. Why, I can’t throw well school. enough. Sammy already has 20 medals| “Don't have time for it, anyway him in recognition of his —never thought about it at all. I prowess at chess, but some day go to school at 10 and I'm there un- he’s going to put them all away and/|til 4, Then I take my singing les- forget that he ever played the game. ; son. "Chess as a career?" repeated! “I don’t have any boy friends. Sammy. “What would I want that/I'm not much interested in them,” for?” | he says. “Perhaps youll be a banker,| “Girls? No! No! Haven't any then?” | time for them!" His gesture was} “Nope™ positively, “no banker.) that of waving the whole trivial lot Why should I be «a banker? money only when I need it. “And I won't be a lawyer. “And I won't be a doctor.” I like | out of existence. “I like to read. I read biography and history, I like to drive my car and I like to listen to my records | A pause. Then: of Caruso, Galli Cure! and Tettra-| “I take singing lessons, After($inf, But I'd rather sing than any- school every day I have a@ lesson. | thing. Not for Mayor’s Job Widespread rumors that Frank B. Cooper, resigned super- intendent of schools, had quit that office for the purpose of en- tering the race for mayor were silenced Saturday when Mrs. Cooper told The Star: “No; he isn’t going to run, His wife won't let him.” Cooper's resignation o at the school board me afternoon, It was accepted, to take effect August 1, In his letter, Cooper said, in part “With the completion of the pres- ent school year, I shall have ended 21 years as superintendent of the Se attle public schools. This period has been one of notable growth for both the city and its educational system. To have participated as I have been permitted to do in the development |of an institution so fundamental to g00d citizefship is a distinct honor, and has given me much satisfaction,” He praised the present status and (Turn to Page 4, Column 5) me suddenty | ting Fri NIGHT WITH MEN JURORS CHANGES iil TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE | |foreman for a report on —— HOME | EDITION | DEBATE be summoned to resume tions at 9 o'clock this morning, being locked up all night, Refreshed igh dence of agreeing on a Obenchain jury shortly after 9 a. m. 2 court when the jury returned. had no word of comment on the \ or its probable verdict. He talked te, newspaper men about everything “ cept the case, but his nerves unsettled. ; Defense Attorney Judd Rush, hopeful for acquittal of his chatted with the door guards court attaches, serene and natured. A. B. Keyes, deputy district ney, was apparently well with the situation. At 10:20 a. m. the jury had no evidence of progress toward agreement. It was said the nine three split still remained. A Superior Judge Reeve that he did not intend to ask ps for some hours yet. Seven ballots were believed have been taken up to 10:20 a.m. Judge Reeve was quoted as ing unofficially remarked that would dismiss the jury morning if it remained deadlocked, — The jury that tried Arthur Burch, co-defendant with . was dismissed after it had dell ated from Friday afternoon Monday, disagreeing, 10 to 2 for conviction. rs TACOMA, March 18.—John Ken= dall, 25, held in jail as the suspected assailant of Elsie Sparre, school teacher at Elgin, March 3, was at rested in a North End house last — night, after reports that a “crazy man” had taken possession of it was telephoned to police headquarters, Kendall was cooking himself @ meal in the absence of the family when arrested. Police say Kendall ts a former in- mate of Monroe reformatory and Medical Lake and Sedro-Woolley asy- lums, They say he was Sorin from Seattle for having attacked old man with a gaspipe bludgeon, @ few years ago. Bandits Stage Two Kansas City Holdups KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 18.—4 Shortly after three robbers in an alle tomobile obtained $9,000 from two In- terstate bank messengers, two masked bandits entered the Hoover & Allison Manufacturing Co, plant, in North Kansas City, and escaped with a $2,100 payroll, after locking three employes in the vault, VIEWS OF WOMAN TRENTON, N. J., March 18.— After being locked up for two nights on two mixed juries, Mrs. Anna Cunningham, mother of five children, has come to the conclusion “a wornan’s place is in the home.” She was excused from further jury duty by Judge Irwin Marshall today on her own || application, | completed “A woman's place is not on a || permitting jury, particularly if she is mar- |) Monday. ried and a mother," Mrs, Cun, ningham said after she had been excused. Her experiences in be ing locked up overnight and her worry over leaving her family alone had greatly overwrought her and rendered her unfit to give her best services, she said. in Arbuckle Case SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. Selection of two alternate jurors to serve in case any regular jurors should be incapacitated was the task before the court in the Roscoe | (Fatty) Arbuckle trial today, } It was believed this work could be | by noon adjournment, opening of testimony | Olympia Cafe Is Lost in Flames | OLYMPIA, March 18.—Fire early; today dedtroyed the Crane cafe building here with a loss estimated at $18,000, WOMAN HOLDS HER BROTHER PRISONER; HE CALLS FOR AID Responding to a call for help at 1200 Marion st, Saturday, Motor. cycle Patrolmen George Reynolds and R. R. Moulton found Miss Carrie Hopkins holding her broth: er, J. R, Hopkins, a prisoner tu her room, She begged them to+ guard Hopkins until her lawyer arrived to settle a civil suit, The cops referred her to the prosecuting attorney, Hopkins then called the fire de- partment and the coroner, but had not succeeded in escaping at noon, in spite of the excitement.