The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 5, 1922, Page 7

__FRIDAY, MAY Tulip Beauty Reigns at Bellingham Fete! cerca City Is Big Wilderness of Flowers Queen Crowned and All Set for Function of Loveliness By Wanda von Kettler BELLINGHAM, May 5.—With the Growning of Queen Aletta and a gor feous pageant of flowers and danc ing girts, the third annual tulip fee tival of Bellingham was ushered into the ofty Thursday night. | Bellingham streets were ablaze with tulip lights, flags hung at every crossing. The armory, decorated within to represent a forest wood. land, was the scene of the coronation. Five thousand people witnessed the crowning of Quean Aletta. SPRINGTIME ELVES DEFEAT SNOW WITCHES The ceremonies of the threeday festival actually began when the Van- couver police Scotch bagpipe band, kilties and all, escorted Miss Aletta Day, tullp queen, and her four miaids ef honor from the banquet room of the Leopold hotel to the armory at 8p. m ‘With her entrance upon the wood. land scene, the pageant began. Old King Winter, it seems, was In con trol of the world. Snow flakes fet! from above. The trees were anow.covered. Old Father Time de tired to place kind Spring on the throne, Old King Winter objected. Snow witches danced in anger, Yet the springtime elves, accompanied by sunshine maidens, pursued the gow flake witches and finally drove them from the scene. Springtime flowers then appeared to greet the gunshine and Tulip was proclaimed the fairest of them ell Miss Day, elected as the Bellin ham Elks’ candidate for festival queen several weeks ago, now in the part of Tulip, was escorted to the throne and crowned by Dr. W. R. Gray, of Bellingham, “Father Time” of the pageant. Following a @ance of the sprites and a grand ensemble of the cast 186 peopia, including elves Indiana, | pioneers and all the flowers of spring: time, the floor ofthe Armory be- came the scene of the coronation Dall, with Queen Aletta and Mayor EB. T. Mathes, of Bellingham, lead- ing the grand march. The four maids of honor, the Misses Merie Jackson. Ida Lamont, Albertine Pearson and | Lenora Hansen, dressed in light tulip | shades, followed the quean, whose robe was white and silken and whose crown was of brilliants. QUEEN WILL REIGN FOR WHOLE WEEK Queen Aletta will reign tn Belling | ham the remainder of the week. The city will continue to be @ biaze of | tulip Nghts by night and tulip buds! by day. According to Roland G. Gamweil, | chairman of the Blossom Show and) queen's affairs committes, 50,000 tulips ere on display In the Liberty hall cut flower exhibit, one of the leading attractions of the festival ‘Two hundred and twenty thousand, bulbs, be declares, were | a thought toward this year’s festival. Many of these, besides those at the! cut flower display, are being ex Nbtted In downtown store winlows and hotel lobhies. At the north end of Bellingham ts the tulip farm, where 60 acres of! government land is devoted to hort! cultural expertme: Tulips blossom on the greater part of the 60 acres, for Holland tulips have been found to grow with remarkable success in Bellingham soil, Fach day of the festival auto busses make numerous trips to the farm with visitors from all the Northwest who are crowding the oly. | According to festival officials. 10,000 gueate in all are expected to visit the etty before the ciose of the| celebration Saturday night B. C. CITIZENS WILL ATTEND One Scotch bagpine band arrived from Vancouver ‘Thursday night Eight are expected Friday, accom. panied by 9,900 people from British | Columbia. Saturday Seattie’s Cham. Ser of Commerce will arrive in a Spay at noon. Thousands of Seat tleites are expected to accompany them. Alrea@y, however, Bellingham has taken on the carnival aspect, ita] streets are busy with festive people,| its hot dog stands.are numerous, | its hotels are struggling to accom-| modate the crowds Friday at 2p. m. the tulip parade will be held. Sixty tullp floats have been entered, representing both Bellingham organizations and those) of Skagit county towns. The pa-| rade, including marching organiza-| tions, floats and smaller decovated| cars, is expected to extend two} miles in length. A second parade will be held Bat- urday night, when all floata will be filutainated, and the town, snore than ever, will be ablaze with ights. Saturday, it seems, will be the gayest day of all. The queen| of the New Westminster May fee be celebrated Friday, will turday noon in Bellingham to visit the sovereign queen of the neighboring domain. ‘The queen of| the New Westminster festival ts Miss Irene Carpenter, who w _ companied to Bellingham by her ‘al court and Mayor J. J. John | tival, ta of her city, aturday night Queen Aletta of the tulip festival will entertain with| &@ banquet at the Leopold hotel for] her guests. The same evening the city and its swarms of vis tors will Join In a caratval street dance, a riot of confett! end a toot-| ing of tulip-shaped horns. Hellingham thin week ts undent ably “Tulip Town.” are American Indiana found with beards. rarely 1 be| Lovely Aletta Day, Crowned Queen of Bellingham Tulip Carnival, As She Appeared After The Coronation And As She Will Look In Her Charming Role, Befitting Her Own Comeliness. Phot by fandieon, Beilingkam IRELAND REBELS |BANDIT AND MAN VIOLATE TRUCE! KILLED IN FIGHT Another Wounded In Road- Free Staters house Brawl BY GEORGE MACDONAGH BRISTOW, Okla, May 5.—Preaton DUBLIN, May 8-—A Free State | Fanning, notorious bandit, oat ow drew Payne, of this city, were kille force was ambushed by republican Se ee Sure af aes ae: rebels at Newtown Cunningham, tW0| wir6 badly wounded in @ freefor- hours after the Irish truce wae de |}! fight in m rondhouse near here today. Fourtor was taken to the county jail, where he refused to discuss the affair. BOY IS KILLED ‘Three loyal soldiers were shot to death and four wounded. This action of the De Valeraites, who opened a murderous fire from their ambuscade, mowing down the provisional government troops, who were observing the truce, has stirred | UP tremendous feeling against the tn IN MACHINERY | eurgenta. Newtown Cunningham ie a littie| Following the death of Herbert town near Londonderry, The Free| McCormick, 1S-year-cld engine wiper, State force, which had just been | aboard the Alaska Stearnship com notified of the armistice, wae pro ~ ceeding to the village for refresh. |PS2¥ lner Northwestern, Thursday | ments and bad halted in one of the narrow streets, The sudden hall of rifle fire. Friday he might hold an inquest. McCormick was working in the en gine room while the ship was lying at the American Can company pier. The engines were reversed suddenly without warning, according to wit nesses. McCormick was caught in the machinery and his epine was fractur He died in the city hos pital a half hour later. The lad is survived by hie parents, Mr. and Mre, Samuel A. MoCormick of 16 Etruria st Mayor's Genteelness sides, gave the loyal troops no chance to escape. Some attempt was made to return the fire, but the Insurgents | were well concealed. The firing last 4 for 20 minutes. FIRST JOB HUNTER STARTS ON SEARCH FOR OR. E. J. BROWN It has happened! Herb Owen, mayor's secretary saw him first, He » seedy, unshave4 and had the pompous air of the chron ie job-hunter. He slid furtively into the office, approached Owen, and asked, ina iteresiod in the letter received 3 y by Mayor Caldwell from a Buenos Aires official, Here is how the communication is hoarse whisper: subscribed by the polite Latin: “I wanta see Mayor Brown!” “Invoking your genterlness, I Owen rred him to the may-|'thank you in advance, hep'ng you or-elect’s office, will give preferent attent’on to our polite request.” | The letter asked for toformation concerning Seattle's system of city overnment. ‘WOMAN, 2 MEN IN RUM RAIDS * ‘Two men and a woman were un der arrest Friday on boom charges | Dogs Join in Vote Against Supertax! Ethel Rappaport, 24, mistook a/ thirsty policernan in dteguiee for a| MILAN, May 6.—@tx hundred dog customer, it in allege aenl owners, each accompanied by his of 2 ee pst quarts | dog, mot to protest against a super of gin were seized in her place Of) tax on dogs. All the dogs were| busines, ait . Madison st. She| parking aa the vote of protest was is held for $750 ball taken, Two large stills and five gallons Ne is ceice Snya r, 22, he 4 ir pores rr L. C. ROWL 37, clty Uneman, . ey ie line raid at | 1428 Boylston a co 4 in without bail, after a police raid at|!'28 Boy! ® was confined fn 7019 Jone ave. w | the city hospital Friday with a pos R. 1 Keller, 43, laborer, 411/ “ble skull fracture, Rowlen fell 20 ’ . rs id eet from light pole eno! Ineadison st., was released on $500) {et from a light pole at Beacon ave ball, after police aay, they seized and Hanford st. Thursday moonshine tn his possession. Cadet Exhibition Drill at U. of W. /—nenmmenscntinanraceinnentcinca HEIRESS WHO WED POLISH LABORER TO BE SUED FOR BALM Units of the R. O. T. € were to demonstrate drill and tent raising PARIS, May 6 Suit for aliena on the parade grounds of the Uni-|| tion of the affections of Anastane versity of Washington campus at 2 || Vonniatsk will be brought lp. m. Friday. The different unite | against Mrs. Marion Ream-Steph of the corps were to compete for,| ens, Chicago heiress, recently Friends were invited to married to a young Polish rail attend the demonstration road worker, by a woman . — = = who claims to be Vonslatsky's : legal wife. |Avenue Extension The woman, who calls hernelt * Mme. LAouboff Mouromsky Von Ordinance Vetoed | Fis. ri Caimn ta nace bach Mayor Caldwell Friday vetoed &n |) married to the former Polish avi ordinance extending 36th ave. 8. W. | ator in Russia in 1920, has filed to the lake front on the grounds that | ohare amy against Anne it would run directly into the Mount || tage, It be went to New Baker bathing beach. He suggested | york tomorrow. She also an that the street be extended a little to one side so as not to interfere with the beach. Women who pay New York number nearly vounces she in at the end of her rewources and will bring suit against the hetress, who she al leges stole her husband's affec tons _haeannaite | income taxes in 160,000. | a afternoon, Coroner W, H. Corson sald) bs Politely Invoked SEATT MURDERER IS CAUGHT HERE Escaped Convict, Seeking Job, Is Arrested Encountered while hunting « job, John B. Koetters, 45, machinist, con. vieted of murdering Mra. Emma Kraft, In Chicago, in 1912. and wh eroaped from Joliet penitentiary, Mit nola, three years ago, arrested late Thursday night by City Detect. ives Dan J. McLennan and James Deom, ‘The officers were passing Univer: amity et, at Second ave, in a dense crowd, when Koetters brushed past them. They recognized him from a romues’ gallery portrait and stopped him for investigation, Kootters at first insisted that his name was Hummel, but later con: fonmed that he was Koetters, He was being held In olty jaf! Friday, pend: ing the arrival of officers from Chi- cago, He tol4 a story of dodging po- Mee during days and nights filled with worry. Koetters sald he had not known a moment's peace since hin escape, be- cause of the widespread advertising ent out by the Chicago authorities. Ho was arrested in San Francisco two years after Mra. Kraft had been found slain in the Saratoga hotel fn} | Chicago. He waa later convicted of the crime, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Koettere had been employed as elevator bose for the Pacific, Tele-| |phone @ Telegraph Co. in Seattio juatll two weeks ago. |Evangelical Church and Society Merge TACOMA, May 6.—AMoerger of the United Eva lieal church and the | Evangelical association was unani- | mousy approved Thureday by the delegates to the convention of the | Oregon diocese of the association | here, C. L, Schuster was chosen pre siding elder, but one being chosen thie year. “ae L. Ht. Seager of Napervitie, is presiding over the daly ses aaa which will terminate May 8. Kev. G. L. Level is representing the United Evangelical church. COP FIRES 28 TIMES BEFORE HE HITS PUP A barrage of revolver shote- 28 tn all-—were fired Friday by Motorcop George Reynolds be fore an innocent ttle poodie, whieh had consumed @ can of sarwig bait, ceased tts gyrations and gave up the ghost “First time I ever heard of a pooch eating earwig bait,” maid George, wiping hia trusty weapon, “First time I ever heard of « cop staging a sham batue trying to hit a dog, too.” said Captain Collier. “After thia, you'll re port for target practice every day. Either that, or carry a brass cannon.” |Burglar’s Haul Nets Him $11,500 in Loot PORTLAND, May 5-—- What ta sald to be the most costly burgiars’ raid staged in Portland tn recent years occurred late yesterday when , $7,500 tn Jewelry and a painting worth $4,000 were removed from the | bome of Miss Nellie Hunt, an artist The robbery occurred while Mins Hunt was visiting friends, and was not discovered until late last night The picture was painted by Mine Hunt, and was a hunting scene. Po- | lice are hunting for ft President Again Rebuffs Children WASHINGTON, May 5.—Preat- dent Harding today, for the second me, declined to see the “children! ESTAR CHINA DEFENDER NAVAL LEADER |°*oy% ROUTS ENEMIES 1S COMING HERE Wu Pei Fu Shatters Chang ots Fullam Will Make Tso-Lin Troops Tour of Pacific Coast STIANOHAT, May 6.-—Wn Pet Fo's) WASHINGTON, May 6-—To viotory over Chang Teo Lin has been nroune interest in aeronautica, both smashing and complete, according to commercial and military, Peer Ad- reports from al) sectors of the battle ral W. F. Fullam, rotires, will field near Peking today. jledve Washington Maturday for a) Not only have the central fences | tour of the Pacific Coast, under the) turned the right wing of the Man |susploes of the Aero Club of churtan army and out off thousands | America. | of Chang troops, put ep have Hits first stop will be at Fouston, | driven forward all aloug the line, | Te. om May 14, thence Los Angeles, routing the invaders, fan Francisoo, Portland. Seattle, | A detour around Peking by ewitt| SPokane, returning via Minneapolis A Wu Pet Fu troope cutott| Elaborate arrangements for public | bog pv of « ia body of | ™etings, receptions and reunion of Chang soldiers who are wandering | veteran jors of the great war now |leaderies, many having taken|!" civil lt being made all along refuge in the French concession |'h* route | nearby. oa PAGE 7 Seattle Post Will Open Dance Series ‘The firet of a weries of dances to summer by Beattie Post, No. 1%, American Legion, will be held Friday evening, May 6, at Leach! park pavilion. Proceeds will be ured to buy uniforms for the American Legion band aad to send be given this |the band to Port Townsend hospital on Mothers’ day, May 14 |Students Observe | May Day Festival Btudents at the Seattle Pacifle cot. lege were celebrating thelr annual May festival Friday with @ Maytime pageant and « campus day observa. tion. on Loretta Petteng:!l will be Queen of the May tn the pageant composed by Prof. % M. @tudart of the college On the First Floor, Saturday: 2,000 Rag Rugs | at Very Low Prices —all in the quaint “hit-and-miss” colorings, so popular for chamber, bathroom and sleeping-porch use. sizes, at very low prices as follows: 24x36-inch’ Rag 24x48-inch Rag | 27xh4-inch Rag 80x60-inch Rag Four Rugs, each 70¢. Rugs, each 85¢. Rugs, each $1.00, , each $1.20. nea ed - je, First Pleor The first act of the victorious central commander on entering the to be @ proclamation inviting Bun Yat Sen, of the Canton govern. outekirte of Peking wae reported «bust CHICAGO.—Arthar Gaines, ao cused of coming home drunk and wite, sentenced by Police! Judge John Haas to attend church | FREDERICK ment, to assist in the unification of China. and put 36 cents in plate each Bun. || day until June 13, ve & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET ‘The Chinese presse here rejoices today, claiming that Chang had) been completely Gefeated and that! Japanese domination of Manchuria ‘es menaced by the blow struck by Wu Pei Fu. | eee Marines on Guard as Rebels Retreat WASHINGTON, May 8.—A detach-| ment of American marines has been ispatched to Tung Chow, about 15 ites from Peking, to guard againat Poesible violence by retreating |Teo Lin forces, American Minister, ‘Schurman at Peking notified the state department today. While it s not know whether there are American interests at Tung Chow, it te assumed the marines were ordered to the town because of It» nearness to the capital, ‘The marines reported everything quiet. SAYS BOND RISE | BENEFITS BANKS FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET DOUMSTAIRS STOR: Three-piece Outing Suits in Tweeds $16.50 HEN worn with the skirt they make thor- oughly practical Business and Traveling Suits—when worn with the knickerbockers they are transformed into sensible Stam ped Articles Towels, stamped for patch-work patterns crochet edgi ing "B06 et edging. Unbleached Muslin eon Sets, prob pleasing easily-w patterns, 50¢. Stamped Buffet Sets in Lazy-daisy and cross iAdvance on Liberty Issue |, Cutine Outfits. No Gain for People i) BY W. H. PORTERFIELD We WASHINGTON, May 6.—Charging | that bankers rather than the gen-|]) eral public are recetving the benefit |I/ 5 mixtures, and misses—$16.50. jot the Liberty bond rise, Senator Ed win Fremont Ladd, republican, of |North Dakota, in an interview given me here today proceeded to turn a whole battery of spotlights on the) appreciation of these bond Bald he: “I note a recent newspaper utter. ance as follows. “Holders of Liberty bonds are 91,600,000,000 richer today than they/ were last September, Recent spec: | tacular movernents in the stock mar. | ket have taken the spotlight, but the rine of Liberty bonds has been going| steadily forward until today most jisnues are hovering around par. while Vietory bonds are slightly above par. Rome $15,000,000,000| | Liberty bond obligators are tn the! hands of the public.” “We might well ask, Who re alized the profite” We well re- | member when some of the bonds were selling around 82. We well remember the question of ‘frozen credits’ when banks were compelled to close out thelr loans scoured by Liberty bonds. It was impossible for the people of the country to get the m to pay off thelr obligations release their bonds, Bank credit was re- stricted and loans no longer available, The result, they had to sacrifice thelr security, It has been several months now since we have heard anything rttealarly about ‘frozen cred- in,’ but Liberty bonds have been | ‘steadily going forward.’ “During that period of tnorease of value who have been the actual own: | ers of the vast amount of the bonds? Any suggestion that $15,000,000,000 of Liberty bonds are in the hands | of the public needs a mighty lot of | qualification. That term ‘public’! too easily includes “bankers and in vestors.’ The average citizen of this country has seen mighty little evi serviceable tweed mixtures tan, gray and brown, sizes 16, 18 and 20 years, $7.25 _ New Crepe de Chine Gowns $8.95 —4n simple tatlored style with rows of shirring topped with plain band and shoulder straps of self material, also with Calais lace, rows of shirring or smal! tucks and knots of two tone ribbon. In Pink, Orchid, Peach, Nose, Lightblue, poem when they called at the/Aenoa during the past few months Unusual value at $8.95. © House. of unincumbered Tfherty t —THE DOWNSTAIRS Mra, Kate Richards O'Hare, lead! the hands of t) ; j FAB er of the group, declared the chil rd | dren would call at the executive i] offices every day at 2:15 o'ciock| 790 TO BE IN } until the president grants a hear.| ing on thelr petition to free their BIG CARNIV | | fathers, held in federal prison for AL! } | politien! offenses committed during! Seven hundred boys and girls, with | the war. Aivestel Says He’s | Ex-Governor’s Son |icnown to be In the vicinity of Asto ria, The relationship of the youth under arrest to the famous Oregon statesman has not yet heen satisfac torily established, however. |Traphagen Put on | Zoning Commission D. H. Traphagen, Seattle contract or, was appointed a member of the zoning commission by Mayor Cala well Friday, He will fill out the un exipred term of Moritz Thomsen, who recently resigned. BE. 8. Good win and Grosvenor Folsom were re appointed, A DANCE AND ENTERTAIN: MENT will be given In the A. O. U thelr parents and friends as guests, will celebrate Friday night on Fifth |[| ave. between Pine and Stewart ata. with a street carnival. The boys and |}! girls sponsoring the entertainment |f| are members of the Greater Beattle A New Pump | ASTORIA, Ore, May 8.—A youth Bicycle club. Costumes and dec |[| for Misses claiming to be the son of George E. orated bicycles will be in order, Pre: | ee Chamberiain, former governor of vious to the show, a lighted parade |]} $5.85 Oregon, ex United States senator and will be held thru the downtown dis-|[! has the smart low heel ahd one present member of the United States trict. Parade formation will begin strap fastening with buckle, shipping board, today was under ar- at 7:15 at the bicycle club headquar perforated tip and vamp, and rest here, charged with violation of ters, 604 Stewart «t. Numerous|f} Goodyear welt nolo. the prohibition law and passing bad prizes have been offered for cow | Made in sine: to &, widths checks, tumes and stunta. | Friends of the Chamberlain family | - — | $3.88 spring gh wie ae in Portland notified police here that! FUNERAL SERVICES wil be —THE DOWNSTAIRS George E. Chamberlain, jr. was held at $ Sunday afternoon at the STORB | | Bleitz Undertaking Co, for David M, |f} Addington, 87, who ied Wednesday | at his home tn Burien City, Mr. | | Addington had lived tn Seattle seven ara, having come here fromm Win. | | | hester, Ind. He waa an O44 Fellow for more than 66 years, aad that or. ganization will have charge of the funeral, 1922 Record of 5 . Large Pedestrians Hit Chinese Baskets by Automobiles 75¢ | | OOD, substantial Chinese 7 Baskets finished 1} rich, 224 vornced nmaseitunnurratier f} aAsk-dFewH coloring, are 116 inches deep and 18 Inches in w hall, 1409 Ninth ave, Tuesday being knocked down at Fifth ave. 8. | evening at 8:15, by Camp 69, W. O. and King st. Thursday by an auto Waeneer: in a style waitadle tor w. Griven by J. W. Myern, 4843 40th MAGA, WOM SRO oF LNEP } sidiiacdabiiinenipcn ave. &. may be used a8 wood baskets. | SMS. WALLACE. —Mra, B, ran 0 Pl FO OT ie al ser, Garfield 5983, wishes to learn the ‘This day Inst year two pedes- STORE who former hotel address of Mra, Wallace lly lived at the Sterling trians were mmjured by autos, | making a total of 309, aie AS In Tweeds of gray and tan sizes for women Tweed Suits —carefully tailored in good, 7 Ty of 14, —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE is incomplete: An pra Pane a wo: The Highly-Favored Wool Slip-on Sweaters $1.25 to $2. RIGHT COLORS and the favorite combinations in profusion are fea- tured in this group of Wool and Worst- ed Slip-ons—in a range of sizes that provides for the 10-year-old girl, for women and all the sizes between. Red, Brown, ia “le y, Black, Green, ler, Buff, Jockey-red and novelty weaves—navy, mato, Copenhagen, tan, white. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Misses’ Stockings, 50c “RIBBED Mercerized Stockings in very elastic F weave, reinforced at Black and White, sizes 5 to —180 pairs of Brown Elkskin “Scout” Shoes in the practical style pic- tured, staunch and ser- viceable, with heavy leather soles. Sizes 11 to 51g. Special $2.25 pair. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Trig Spring Top Coats For Little Girls: $8.50 to $16.50 RIGHT Reds, soft tones and Blue in Velours, Cloth, Flannel and Tweed, fashion these smart Spring Top Coats for Ee Girls and young Misses. Sizes range from 7 to 15 years and prices from $8.50 to $ THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Boys’ Athletic Union Suits, 50 Well-tatlored from cross-bar muslin, and eased with knitted section in back—me- dium high neck, sleeveless and length. Sines 26 to 34. Priced low —~THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Broken Lines of Boys’ Suits $5.45 AILORED with care from long-wearing suitings and priced so low because the range of sizes $1.25, $1.95, $2.50 and $2.95. TUXEDO FIBER SILK SWEATERS in plain black, Boys’ Shoes, Special $2,25 Pair stitch designs, hem- item gti for crochet- finish, 4 THE DOWNSTAIRS. Men’s Muslin Night Shirts Night ; of a good quality pe —designed by 2 known maker, to 19, and? peice $1.15. —THE STORE Trpr opr py 7B 20, 8 — rth-while saving—$5. sie —THE DOWNSTAIRS STO 95 and White brown, to ~84.95. heel and toe; Cordovan, 914, the pair, 50¢. "THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE of Tan Polaire 16.50. in knee at 50¢.