The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 5, 1922, Page 1

p— THE iE NEWSPAPER WITH A 15,000 CIRCULATION LEAD OVER ITS NEAREST COMPETITOR <—@ OLE PPL LDP PL PP LLP PPD PAA PAAR IAAL ALAA PADD APL MOB ATTACKS RAIL SHOPS! On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Sta Watered as Beoond Class Matter May §, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mall, $6 to $9 PPRAPD DAP DLP DELL LPP LPP PPP PP PP PPP WEATHER Tonight and Thursday, fair; moderate northwest toinds. Tomperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 73. Minimum, 53. NO. 112. <a WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922. TWO CENTS. IN ‘SEATTLE tks say o “i VOLUM E 2 SEATTLE, WASH., ——— 290 4TH OF JULY CASUALTIES! Approximately 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the country’s Fourth of July celebration, according to reports to the United Press today. New York, where children fired hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fireworks, led the country with 11 dead and 45 injured. Drownings at bathing beaches in various parts of the country also added to the toll. Four were dead and a large number injured in Seattle. - Howdy, folks! Yes, isn't it jeiet today? #3 eee “he Fourth of July tm the best r of the year that the banks closing. The other A CELEBRATED eS THE FOUTH e darn holiday after another. 4 : ‘ | __ [Firecracker Burns} Prove Fatal to “Peggy” Larson; 3 Other Victims 18 Strikebreakers Stoned by Mob SLATER, Mo., July 5. Eighteen strikebreakers were driven from Slater today by a mob of 200 striking shop workers, who} hurled stones and bolts, The rioting occurred at the} Chicago & Alton shops here. The mob, including many women, stormed the building and when the 18) terrified workers appeared. they were driven en masse) Both Called “Patriotic” By Robert ‘Bastien. Bermann It is the summer of 1918. The scene is in a modest cottage anywhere in Amer- | He’s Shell- -Shocked! ica. A gray-haired, kindly faced woman sits on the porch, gazing at a tri-col-| But Happy That| ored service flag, fiaunting valiantly in the breeze. A smile—a brave, tired little | smile—flits across her face; she is; He Got Thru 4 poem: J ¢ De da oe: she’ il bs * : able to haul down the flag and wel- With Whole Skin Bf James ea W. Egan come her boy back into her arms. Suddenly the smile deserts her face and is replaced by an expression of fap dation; ; fear, like an icy hand, clutches at her heart. . _green- coated messenger boy is : making his way up the path, a yellow envelope in his hand. The little old woman gulps; then Out of the clover at 7:20 a. m. Refreshed and rosy after a night similar to Argonne in 1918, Feel like bursting into song and danc- vision superintendent f Henry L. Mencken troops, you tame wild women? Where is Clara Skarin? Dad is beginning to learn that ie} the cost of the June wedding} ‘counts—it's the upkeep of the} “we view ave., was killed by an auto mobile driven by Hugh McGregor, 804 Harrison st, when he ran er that had failed to explode. ‘The other two casualties were danichi Matsumo and Kiku Hib- ija, 620 Main st, who, while on a holiday outing, were drowned in Lake Washington when their cance overturned. . Little “Peggy” Larson—whose bap. WE FAIL 10 PLEASE THIS ing joyous Jig at having to get up and toil on the neble holiday made popular by John Hancock, dobn Adams, John Dempsey and oher famous patriots. ee On the way to Independence day | breakfast. Narrow escape from four well-aimed firecrackers and two tor | pedoes. eee her smile returns as she reaches for | the telegram—“Pshaw, ” she reas- sures herself; ‘“there’s nothing to be afraid of; I'm getting old.” But her hand trembles as she tears | open the envelope. . . The smile freezes on her face as | } ] Civil War in Dublin at End DUBLIN, July 5.——The Irish revels surrendered their. last stronghold to the Free State troops at 8 o'clock this evening. Only six insurgents were in the Sackville street fortress when they put up the white flag, thus pia we. j | she scans over the brief typewritten | lines. “The war department regrets to in- form you—” ending civil war that started in Dublin a week ago. Eamonn De Valera, former president of the “Trish republic,” was not with the rebels when the surrender came. His whereabouts are not known, Inio one of Jim Boldt's chow chateaus for the matutinal scoff. Charming waitress dares an ar: der of hot cakes, “One hundred orders shead in guy We just dote on is Old Benny |tismal name was Olive—died at 2 10 | ! # a. m, after desperate efforts had | drives like « snail and won't let | been made to save her life. Playing} } al lim front of her home at 1614 Seventh | Jave. W.. she threw a lady-finger fire. jeracker into the air It did not ex-| SPORTING NOTE H's a wise caddie who knows when to kick his boss's golf ball | tte the green. : “vr | |, there's a goof in this man’s town meegy ie? I'd like to chew j we guessed it—he's the bird who says: Igt hot enough for you?” eee Today's Fable—Once Upon a Time was a High Waterfall That Not Called the “Bridal Veil.” eee "The other day the pi family period addressed 1 boy of this} received a Brew, Dram | | *| WHAT ME OF. | The td fashioned man who ted to write a chapter from the Bible on the back of a postage | | amp? } ae "He will be able,” says the New Herald of a struggling artist | swering alarms, most of which were|a worse,” have never It was estimated that | obsession of trying to do good, I $4,000 and | have no feeling of disappointment or) Pho won big prize, “to xo to Eu} ‘Pee and see the old wasters.’ Rot come to Seattle and look | the city council? j eee | pA generous jug of coffee, schnapps or tea— Ahammock hanging from a tree Sunday sweetie giggling at my side— | Ah, that sere enough | for me! Paradise eee cease ‘8 FOOL And afterwards “en, Sinking Over Hill and Dale . Sinking Over « Little Home Where t Love Had Been Reborn . . .| » Change... Thruout the and the Avons, the Vole of Soul 2 an Whispering Ik Cieeup of husband Shoes in hand. Flash shoes let's), showing rubber poles Door opens wife away ice « The Setting crossing throws embrace—kins LF he w ithout | | here, |plode until it had landed in one of [the plaits of her little dress, setting | the fabric afire. With unusual ‘ran to } presence of mind. | the sidewalk and | buried the front of her body and her | face in the ivy wall. | from the flames, but her back wa: terribly burned. She wes picked up by motorist, who amothered the fire in an auto robe and then rushed the child to the Swedish hoapita As soon as he had turned her over to the physicians, the man dixappeared without giving his name. He had apparently tn. jured himself in jumping out of his machine, and it was thought he might have hurried off to get hospital treatment himself, The only clew te his identity was a Wenatchee plate on his car. Funeral services for “Peaxy” which covered th will She thus partly saved herself | a passing America’s cken, ‘He “Bawls Us Out” Because It Pays) in Real Money| and Enjoyment By John O’Donnell BALTIMORE, July 5. — The enthusiasm of a wealthy boot- lecger applauding prohibition is a weak and delicate emotion com pared to the glee with which America’s foremost critic, Henry Louis Mencken, observes the national = indifference to his ertticiom of life and letters. “| fall to we a single change in| philosophy,” the discussing effects of his be held at the home at 2:30 Friday | voluminous writings during the past afternoon, for friends only The fire department was kept busy from dawn until Inte at night, an caused by fireworks, rockets or Ro man candies the loss was $5,000. bet ween see CASUALTIES ELSEWHERE | PORTLAND, sons were killed July & in ‘Three per two crossing accidents and one man was drowned as the toll of Independence _ day casualties in this vicinity 10 yours, “The only change in America will be a change from one imbecility to he continued. “Since I labored under the moral \ futile effort railroad | have discovered that fireworks casualties were reported. | PHILADELPHIA-Lucius Gray, 8, had part of his cheek blown away when he placed a lighter firecracker | in his mouth ee PITTSBURG.—Three children and two men were shot and seriously in jured in Fourth of July celebrations . ALBANY, Y —Three persons out of ideas. { I enjoy | FINDS cohol and ideas. come 6 voted myself to criticism surdities. | other | American life in this year of Our Lord, reached after due prayer, | government of the United “1 criticize American life bec ause | Joing it and because I find ‘ofita + writing, as in living, the only | tification is the fun you get out THREE SOURC \OYMENT IN LIF bachelor of 42 It is possible | enjoyment out of women, al | now & | “{ get little enjoyment out of women, more out of alcohol and most | ‘Therefore, 1 have be a connoisseur of ideas and de- | of the ab-| 1 never expected to make] yple adopt my opinions.” Mencken's opinion “But Here of is 1922: “It Ie one of my firmest beliefs, that the] States, in| jrunning « gauntlet of high the the kitchen now, and the cook sharpening bis cleaver. I love my life and so do you. Just ask * a stack.” Yours wisely tak doughn ‘The Sa gives much away, Boldt. at Brer Back to tickle a typewriter after! explos ives. Getting more agile in bursting shells. ly noon, Off for the races, nt, Speed toward Col ok, Successfully go over the. top in face of the aenvy cannonading at the postoff It’s the zero hour there all a long. eee Book passage on’ some at 12 o'clock tior th This was m Finally leave the ma guy saying good o hi it girl. Learn the na steamer is Washington, Fine Ar can moniker for the Fourth. W ington: First in war, first in peace and last among steamboats cee ely sup: Long voyage enlivened by shel- lacked = sailor whose fa te blurb is, “If my pony wins I'll give my baby some.” Repents at intervals of 30 seconds thru out trip, Only passenger who (Turn to Page 4, Column 4) Tennis Matches WIMBLEDON, July 6. Mrs. Peacock and Mrs. Beamish, two of the foremost Eritish players, won their way Into the semi-finals of the British national tennis championships here today, In the mi-finals tomorrow Mre 2 ish will play Mra Molla Mal the American champion, and Mrs. Pe ck will go against Mile, Lenglen, the European champion, American League Ru Cleveland seer coop © 38 | At Detroit 6 i 0 Batteries—Uhle and O'Neill; dodging | CITY HAS HEAVY | | | Tacoma | ‘tid Mone’ boat. which 1 suppowed was to leave $100,000 Passed Yearly in { | | | | plac States secret service “Peggy” BAD CHECK LOSS Worthless Paper BY E. P, CHALCRAFT Bad check artists, flooding the city with their w 45 paper, are taking from Seattle business more than $100,000 a year, according to the estimate of W. H. Uecker, manager of the Stores Mutual Protective association, enday, ring June we handled 46 Their face value aggregated near ly $1,000, “1 am confident that $10,000 month i« a conservative figure on the fece value of worthless chec that are passed in Seatt A constant stre: is passing thru the police department, the prosecuting '« office, the Stores Mutual Pre teetive Business bureau. to m of bad checks ective asso while the United is coping with a serious situation in regard te ching of stolen treasury chec eo All classes of society are Included | In t Fraternity of Forged Check and Larson . | ® of these Fourth of July the | the battlefi } She reads no more; the paper falls from her nerveless finger as she falls} back into her chair. “Dead,” she moans; “dead! My baby—my baby boy—” The words drool off into nothingness. But now she is animated. Horror} “They killed him! he screams. called it patriotism—but it was just murder. . « * « @ Time passes. It is July 5, 1922. private room in the Swedish hospital in Seattle. On a bed lies 6-year-old Olive Larson 1 Ee o’ My Heart,” as her fond parents dubbed her—her baby bandages, an expression of indescribable agony on her baby face. Around her are gathered grief-stricken relatives—mother, brother: sters. They have been at her vedside since the morning before, when, her little frock ablaze from a fire-| cracker, she was burned from head to foot before assistance could reach her. A grave-faced doctor leans over his little patient. A light- footed nurse flits about the room. | pense. The doc tor picks up “Peggy's” frail wrist. /then shakes his head compassionately. “I'm sorry,” he says. “I can’t tell you how sorry. We | did ev erything that could be done—but she’s out of her pain.” Stark silence follows, then— A wild ery. “My little Peggy—Peg o’ My Heart. And that’s what comes celebrations! They call it patr iotism | —but it’s murder—just plain murder. + * & He frowns, and gr ief disappear, and there is only | “They wpa him! They | The scene shifts to a} form swathed in | There is an air of sus-| } | | Both the scenes have been acted and re-enacted hundreds | of times. The first, however, may never be re-enacted again. The | ation and the Better) yulers of the earth gathered together and passed laws which, | they hope, will prevent wars in the future—and murders on | elds in the name of “patriotism.” But the “patriotic” Fourth of July murders will continue | just as long as a benevolent state continues to permit mer-| hants to sell death- dealing firecrackers to children, | but it was believed he bad made his escape earlier in the day. Sur- render of the rebels came after the Free State troops had battered position after position with ma- chine guns and 18-pound shelis. The rebels, forced to flee several hotels they had fortified, because of flames that broke out, concen+ trated in their last fortress. The surrender came when flames had almost entirely consumed the stronghold, exposing the little band of six defenders. It is estimated that 50 were killed and 300 wounded in the week's battle. Most of the cas. ualties were among the Free State troops, ee : Hecker to Hang OREGON CITY, Ore., July 5.-— Russell Hecker, 24, convicted Sat- urday of the murder of Frank Bowker, Portland musician, Apri 16, will hang September 22, ac- cording to sentence passed by Judge C. U. Campbell this morn- ing. The defense was given 60 days in which to file a bill of ex- ceptions. Portland Quake PORTLAND, July 5.—A slight earth tremor jolted Portland shortly before noon today. It was only of sufficient strength to rat- tle dishes. No damage was done. eee Big Mill Burns PORTLAND, July 5.—Complete destruction of the huge electrical- ly-driven lumber mill operated here by the Murphy Timber com- pany today caused a loss of $25,- 000, according to an announce- ment at noon by Edward Murphy, president of the lumber company, ore Mine War Death NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio, July §.—Thomas Marshall Webb, killed in new outbreak of mine dis- orders near here today, Several others were injured in a “free-for- all" between union miners and strikebreakers, Many girls youths | © appreliended, usually for | ~ small amounts, but the big v “ shed attributable to high class wional crooks, 1 men and dest, and most suc: | |women, whose repertoire of tricks i#|ceasful stunts ts known as the din. | ly varied ner pail method | The firet essential for the person} A man, roughly dressed, and cherished that the rare or lat Pitteburg ‘ 5 11 8lwho would past a worthless check is| carrying, a workman's dinner pail, justice in this republic is stupid, dis Batteries—Jones and O'Farrell;|to establish his or her identity, so| enters a store and makes some pur- honest, 904 inst all reason And |Carison, Hamilton, Hollingsworth] that when the time comes cash may | chases (Turn to Page 4, Column 4) Mattox, be obtained for the paper without! “I'm a little short, and exec utive | lett mke and Bassler branches, is corrupt, ignorant, in-| ork-Philadelphia game th 4 from Iphia) ealied off; rain lcompetent and disgusting-—an alied off; ore than this Judgment I except no more t Vi 20 lawmakers and no more than oa National Lea rh [emgeutomers of their laws. gue “Wise pelief no less Chicago iar | are dead and 26 suffering injuries as | wcacbaeactan Husband seated in Morris|a result of Independence day celebra- | ; Mockinged fee ano stool, | tion ope : eee lome Is Best After All ST. PAUL, Minn.-Four were tn os Hushand kissing wife, tad. jured, none seriously, by fireworks ¥ fo organ strains of “I Ain't | yexterday. Five drowning and three | pe olving injured in auto accidents marked the fading to | holiday. Over West Senttie Ae ee “Home, Sweet Home.” CHICAGO.—Six met death here in The End. (Turn to Page 4, Column 5) Worker Is Hurt With his right arm severaly torn as a result of having been caught in operating machinery this afternoon at the F. 8. Lang Mfg, Co., John Stoleis, 48, 305 26th ave, S., mechanic, was rushed to Providence hospital. both its legislative in} tells the clerk, “so I'l pay you a} eash deposit, and come in on payday and give y the rest, and get the, goods t He departs. The following Satur. | day he appears with a check and) eks the clerk from whom the pur-| | chases were made. The agreement ig recalled, and the “workman’ (Turn to Page 4, Column 2) plously | and Jormand, right now,” he