The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 17, 1922, Page 1

‘hs ™——> THE NEWSPAPER WITH A 15,000 CIRCULATION LEAD OVER ITS NEAREST COMPETITOR <—@ 500 STRIKERS BATTLE GUARDS 13 KILLED IN MINE WAR ATTACK VOLUME 24. NO. 122. Tontght and Tuesday, fair ; erate northwesterly winds POREEAST mod- Kz HOTEL DRIVE HALF OVER the "Gold Ship" came im, We had meat that day. “The exciusive story published yes- terday accentuates again the supe rior news-gathering facilities of this newspaper.” —Agnouncement eee This is Keep Coot Week. We Rope mad dogs observe it. eee *!5 The mounted cop 8 In filma I pan, j Because he “si— Ways gets his man” ee ‘The Mt. Everest climbers quit when an avalanche killed seven porters, The avalanche did some- thing we have always longed to do. see ELECTION NOTE A lot of people have the po- litical bee—and a lot of them are . going to be stung. “e- There are two T. Pattersons tn town. Both are lawyers. Both ob-| fect to being confused with the) other. We don't blame ‘em. “ee j Today's Sunshine Smile: Weill, if Vancouver goes dry, there is still Beattie. o- T hate the guy who kicks my shin, Then says, “I beg your pahdon.” Next time I get @ chance I'm going To plant him in the gahdon. | . . SAKES ALIVE! ‘Twenty-five years ago today, Seattle was gold crazy, She still is. eee Judge in Vancouver holds that « poker debt is legal inasmuch ss/ “poker is a game of skill.” Yes, and many a déaler who is too skiliful get« hurt cee “$500,000 In Booze Stolen,” headline in The Star Zip! Goes another quart! eee SOME LOW FELLOV says a MIGHT TRY TO FILL \"The Wayfarer’ and similar produc-|Sunday night, F. Cromwell of the UP THEIR COLUMN mee att we cg si alae a sve agi tar hana ot a = sw ARG (PE “To reach the magnificent Olympte of clothes, shoes, shirts and other WITH LARGE TYPE . |peninewia, a large number of motor| wearing apparel. Fifty dollars in LIKE THIS, BUT WE jtourists and travelers pass thru|cash and navy discharge papers were ARE ABOVE SUCH | Seattle. ‘Tourists bound for Rainier /aiso taken, he told police Monday & y q) BV jis jonal Park, Hood Canal, the San vase CRUDE AND OBVIOUS | juan Iniands, the resorts in the Cas.| This is an undisputed fact facing TRICK. cades, make Seattle their headquar | every citizen and on which none pits, he jters. Man ortamen, yacht enthuel-| ean dodge.” a Secretary of the Treasury Metlon | .+. and other out-of.doors people out-| The 440 men who will sell the hotel says Uncle Sam's coins are all high Oh, they'll pass | cee j ign in front of the Cleveland! um of Natural History Purpose of the Museum | To Explain the Beginning oi of Civi tion.” Great! When does it begin? one ‘X, RUDYARD! } fent says Rudyard Kip | wrote a poem about us. Lensee Oh, yes) | When ‘Omer smote ‘is bloomin’ lyre, He'd ‘card men sing by land an’ sea; An’ what he thought ’e might require, ‘FE went an’ me! ly artistic TH) (Corres fing once took—the same as . | This ought to be the national an-| them of colyum conductors, Len Ha less humorist of the Washington News eee | avows HL. G. Wella comes out with a plea a for birth control. Buby carriage manufacturers are planning counter: Dropaganda. jin the state enter the city $1,600,000 RAISED ON FIRST DAY Huge Sales Is| Made as Leaders| Open Campaign Seattle's campaign for » $t,- 700,000 community hotet has passed the half way mark before it has really started. Frank Wa terhouse, president of the Cham ber of Commerce and general chairman of the hotel committee, With 440 men taking an part, the campaign to sell re 700,000 worth of 7 per cent first mortgage gold bonds for the erection of » community hotel in Seattle got under way Mon- day. Plans which have been drawn up in preparation for the drive, call for an eight-day selling campaign, but some of the workers are so enthusi- astic that they believe the bonds can be sold in half that time or less. guests Into Seattle every day. “The number of visitors who datiy | come to Seattle show the tremen dows demand pi ities of our city,” the statement read. “Seattle is a logical hotel center be cause of its geographical location Many of the finest motor highways It is the} terminal point of five great transc tinental railroads. It is the tert for @ iarge number of transatlantic us }and coastal steamship companies, “® ever Increasing number of tourists visit the Pacific North- west and a very large percent age Include Seattle in their itin erary. Seattle ls the natural con- vention center of the entire northwestern section of the Unl- ted States. The ordinary con. vention delegate, it has been fig- ured by the United States cham- ber of commerce, spends on an average, $10 2 day. The type of delegate who attends the great business and fraternal gather- ings spends very much more. “The University of Washington, with its thousands of students, ath letic events and college functions brings thousands of visitors annually |fit in thie city “No city can truly prosper un- Jews ite hotel accommodations {ficiently ample to meet rements, The time hi ved when Seattle, if th city ts to hold its place, must have a new and Giatinetive h hotel. ust a Husk in the Wind! By Jack Hall There is a type of aged people that is hideous—hideous and yet, pitiful. uman system sometimes dries up until a mere bleak husk goes drifting here and there on the winds of occasion. At a fruit and vegetable stand I saw such a specimen, A bit of a bitter old crone, pale watery eyes, hands like the claws of a very skinny vulture, bowed over, dressed excellently but her clothes drawn in and cemented to her shrunken body as tho she ed upon hotel factt- | On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise | The Seattle Star Sevond Clase Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Geattin Wash, ender the Ast of Congress March 8, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, 06 to 9 ZATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JULY 17, 1922. GIRL BATHER JS DROWNED Wyo, July 17.—Hasel Her ‘aniaone of Mr. and igh rhe A 8S. Moore, tourists en route Yakima, Wash. to North Daher, }was drowned in North Fork creek, |"sn of here. She went bathing before hor par ents were awake. When they arose, a search re vealed the body a quarter of a mile down stream | MANILA, P. L, July 17.—Gouging }out one eye of @ native Filipino | woman and cutting off both her | bande, a crazed native today terror ined the American residential hotel district of Manila. Armed with a bolo knife he at tacked at random, seriously wound: ing eight natives, some of whom were servants in American homes. An army officer finally laseted the maniac after he had plunged into the waters of Manila bay. Bloodhounds Trail bioodhounds on the trail ef the mye- terious trapper who ts believed re sponsible for the death of a young | l®eeer named Rainey, whose body was found in the bush at Half-Moon | bay, near here. Rainey is known te} [have quarreted with the trappe | whose name could not be nncertained a. | Work Starts Soon on State Building OLYMPIA, July 17--On Sept. 9) | Will be laid the cornerstone of the| | state administrative building, central unit of the new capitol group, ac. cording to the announcement of | Clark V. Savidge, building committee | member. The entire group will cost $5,000 000, according to preliminary esti mates. | Auto Thisves Get Policeman’s Car Police Sergt. W. HE. Carr's auto} stolen and later found stripped of tires, tools and a spotlight Sunday night Wm. E. Murry of the Coliseum the: | jater, reported that hie auto was stol- | Jen from in front of the theater and| that a few minutes later saw it apeeding down Westlake. There were five soldiers in the car, he enid. | Harding Says Yap Treaty Effective! WASHINGTON, July 17 ident Harding proclaimed the effect iveness of the Yap treaty between} Japan and the United States on July 14, it was made known today jat the state department when the| | official text of the proclamation was | made public | | Thief Takes Fall. Out of Sama After befriending a fellow sailor | j/Announcement of! ‘RUNS AMUCK; Congressman and | | HURTS EIGHT} Millionaires Are | cial revenue intelligence unit, |investigated the alleged graft opera- Presi. | lected wax distr | federal officials to gain immunity | bonds will hold an important meet-| jing in Koller’s Rink, Third ave, and | University at 6:15 o'clock Mon | day night ery worker is urgent-| jly requested by Frank Waterhouse, | general chairman, and W. L. hodes, citizens’ committee chairman, to be present. hated even a breeze playing tag with her skirt, She was insisting on the vendor securing for her a white onion that would weigh exactly 2 cents’ worth and he went thru the pile and he picked and he weighed, and he picked and he weighed; first one onion would be half an ounce short of 2 cents’ worth, the next would be half an ounce over; meantime the | line of customers formed on the right and waited, while und he hypnotic stare of the erone he fumbled for a %-cent onion. At lust he came to with a jerk, | Mine Esther V. EXPOSE HUGE WHISKY RING IN CHICAGO! Accused; Probe} | Up to Jurors CHICAGO, July 17.—Internal revenue agents today sought in- Getment of mere than 50 men, including milllonaires, a member rand Senmntional evidence corruption of prohibition officials has been obtained, nts aald. Two! | prebibition officers are reported to} have been on the payroll ‘of certain | breweries, With salaries of close to! $100. 000 } “Men on every floor of the federal} bufiding will be implicated,” an agent | said. Mont of the men sought have | been out of office for many monthe, federal officials deciared { Among those against whom Indict- | ments will be sought are: ' A congressman from Tlinols, | A millionaire building con | tractor. ) A former internal revenue of- | ficial, who, agents claim, ro eelved as his share $100,000. Two former directors of prohi- bition, The owner of an fron foundry, Col. A. C. Karnshaw, chief of a spe which tions, sald it will take nearly three weeks to present all of the evidence to the grand jury. “This evidence will cover the cot lection of $500,000, most of which was ‘cleared’ thru the offices of Mitchell,” Earnshaw said “Specialized and efficient business procedure, rivaling “even the moat | highly organized modern eatablinh- | ment, was followed by the ring,” Earnshaw stated. “The money col. ibuted freely among “A wealthy foundry owner was | in charge of the drug stores whose licenses have been revok- ed. Within a few months we will show he collected $20,000 from druggists exclusively. This man’s work was confined exclusively to drug store violators of the law, and he was strictly prohibited from approaching any others, “There is evidence to show that all| brewers were forced to pay this ring | $5 on each barrel of real beer shipped | from the Illinois district. A wealthy | brewer, who hag been granted tm- munity, will be one of the main wit nesses for the prosecution.” The prosecution has followed an In- vestigation covering a period of 18| months, ordered by federal author!- ties when saloons started operating | wide open in Chicago. | Besides federal officials, a number | of city employes, including police of. ficers, are involved in the evidence. AFTER MOTORING to California, | Johnson, deputy pros. | ecuting attorney, was back on the job Monday, seized a medium size onion and with a magnanimous alr extend- ed it to the wom ‘Here, Vl give you this one,” he said, and waited for her to decline it, and to either paas on, or else stretch a point and buy a 3-cent onion, Without a word the crone took the onion, turned it over and over, peered at it from half a dozen angles, opened her com- modious purse and tucked it away inside; then tottered away up the street, 1 wonder what sort of hell that woman had gone thru to get her money. | Red | ntes was as follows: ‘Ice Cream Today; Tomorrow—What? —Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers Henry Redmond By E. P. Chalcraft lee eream today; tomorrow— what? We all shall solve the riddle | one day. Some sooner than others, All too soon, perhaps, will the Ul- timate Knowledge come to Henry ond and his white-haired com. rades at the King county home, | But there's a landmark on the wa: with The Star's shut-in party.” The spoon in Redmond’s hand tremblingly scooped up the last drop ot melted cream from the plate “Y'see.” he remarked, with a sly twinkle in his eye, “I figure I e'n get a sort advance idea o” heaven if they'll let me go.” | to Thru the courtesy of The Wayfar- er management and with the cooper- ation of Dr, Frank R. Loope, editor | of Sunshine Smiles, The Star has ar- ranged for 60 auto loads of shut-ins witness the first performance, next Monday night, But 40 cars still are needed, Dr. Loope says, if no one is to be disappointed. And shutins de siring to go must let him know before Saturday, so he can send them their passes, You have a car? Then cali Dr. ‘ep: I'm going to see The Way- | Loope, at Capitol 2267, and ask him | how you someone. may bring untold joy to see We all shall solve the riddle one day. Some sooner than others, Tee cream today; tomorrow— what? WOMAN FACES | MURDER TRIAL| LOS ANGELES, July 17.—Mrs, | Clara Phillips was accused of the! premeditated murder of Mrs, Alberta | Meadows by the verdict of the cor-| testimony by Mra, Peggy Caffee, al |leged eye witness to the murder. The verdict delivered by a jury of | men after deliberation of a few min-/ “We, the jury, find that Mra. Al berta Meadows met her death from fracture of the skull inflicted with a| hammer by one Mrs, C Phillips | with premeditated intent to kill.” "Taxpayers to Hold Biennial Meeting | Initiative measures to be voted on at the general election Nov. 7 and} nomination of candidates who will | support measures proposed by the Taxpayers league of Seattle, will be} considered by that body at its second | biennial state ference of taxpay- | ers, to be held in the assembly room | of the Hotel Frye, Aug. 2. Every taxpayer is urged to attend, | Photographer Loses Life in Eagle Falls' While trying to take @ pieture of Skykomish river from a rock above Kagile falls, Harry Gilbert, 23, 2423 34th ave. 8. W., slipped from the |PLANE F. ‘ALLS AVIATORS DIE) LOS ANGE , July 17.—Three men lost their lives here yesterday | when tho airplane in which they were riding, fell 1,000 feet to the loner’s Jury reached today after brief| ground about a mile from Rogers’ | Airport son, pilot, a Canadian, Gerald Schel lenbach, of Los Angeles, and Ken. neth C. Dublin, of San Diego. Let the Classified Help You From day to day, thruout the city and country, gpany changes take place, People come and go, and during their travels buy and sell, The classified: col- umns are commonly known to all these people, and they are always on the lookout for some: thing new. Let us suggest a home to these travelers, #0 they might stay with us, TTLE FARM . With 8-room tionally @ See MR. Spokane St 2371 W. Or Phone West 0499. Turn to the Classified and Find rock Sunday and met death in the falls below. Veh epi (oan the Home You Want others wounded today. the Richland Coal company. The strikers had marched here from Avella, pag with the an Richland m where, at midnight, they nounced intention of Maite down the aes Paes been operating with strikebreakers # Deputies “rushed here from Wheeling gathered 1 ad and wounded for transportation to Wells. webs | police believe this was a si ; nal that everything was ef readiness for the attack. . Quiet followed ~ until’ five o'clock, when the strikers be- gan leaving Virginia City for Cliftonville by two routes. The 50 men employed in the Rich- land mine saw # large body of miners on the brow of the hill overlooking the Valley In which the mine is lo- | cated at that hour. | Sherist H. H. Duvall, notified of |the march, placed his small band of | deputies at points of vantage. As the miners appeared on the the brow of the hill, Deputy Sheriff Irvin Macingo started up the read to meet them, He had got but a short distance when he was felled by a shot in the mouth. Almost immediately after the first shots were fired, the mob of miners began pouring over the hill and down into the valley, firing as they went. The attack- ers came from two directions, and the defending guards and deputy sheriffs were caught be- tween @ cross-fire. Meanwhile a large body of attack ers made straight for the coal tipple, | which they soaked with oil, a match was applied, and the big structure was soon ablaze, the flames eating their way up the incline and attack jing the head house. A steady fire poured into the horde | of miners by the guards was answer | ed by the strikers, who procured a) small cannon and fired several balls | | Union jtheir men dent of strikers will nounced, | cluding clerks, Outnumbered about 40 to 1, the they fought in buildings near by, idly scattering ranks of the miners,| President Hurry calls were sent to Wheel. ing and Wellsburg, and fresh forces | | of deputies were rushed to the scene. | | The strikers took to the hills, rived | Hight strikers were captured by |deputy sheriffs as the battle finally died out, and these were brought to ithe Wellsburg jail | All during the morning the dead | | and injured lay on the hillsides under }® burning sun. At noon an under. | jtaker from Wellsburg arrived and |the work of removing the dead and | wounded was begun, Eight bodies had been recovered at 1 o'clock. According to conservative esti. mates, the damage to the Richland |company’s property, including the | loss of the tipple and incline, will be j between $60, 000 ang Li 5,000, LIST OF DEAD MAY BE LARGE) AVELLA, Pa., July 17.—The death | list in the mine war at Cliftonville may reach 30, according to word re- ceived here today by Justice of the (Turn to Page 7, Column 4) day. Jat Toledo, other points. western. Ohio, TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE BLOODY — DUEL IS" WELLSBURG, W. Va., July 17.—In a battle between deputy sheriffs, mine gua and 500 striking miners at Cliftonville, th miles from here, 18 men were killed and Sheriff H. Duval, of Brooks county, /12 striking miners were slain in the bi which followed the burning of a coal tipple The miners were hauled from Avella by auto trucks to © Virginia City on the state line, where they were joined by other strikers from West Virginia and Ohio. E At 2:15 a. m. a terrific charge of dynamite was set off the miners’ tent colony, across Crowe creek in West V: }In a few minutes rockets her set off in Virginia Braye. OMPLETE TIE ROADS NE More Union Rail Men Are Joining Strike BY CHARLES R. LYNCH CHICAGO, July 17.-Complete tie [up of the nation’s railroads loomed |today as dissatisfaction spread thrue out railroad union organizations, Nearly one million ployes may be idle should peace pare — leys scheduled for this week fail. leaders struggled to in line as unauthorised | walkouts increased in number. A gradual increase in the number of men who have walked out in um authorized strikes was reported from many sections of the country. The largest single group to walle out has come from the maintenance of way men, J. C. Smock, vice pres the Maintenance of Way union, declared at least 25,000 mem- bers of the organization are idle, The be outlawed, he am Added to this figure are 14,000 offs ers, stationary firemen and engineers, whose strike was authorized today, and 8,000 members of the American Federation of Railroad Employes, ins painters freight w. Maintenance men were reported walking out in many sections of the country without strike orders, Clerks and station employes are out Danville, TL, and President E. H. Fitagerald of the clerks has been appealed to to issue m strike call on the Chicago & North- Clerks and freight handlers on the Chicago & astern Mlinois have vot (Turn to Page 7, Column @ and handlers and other classes of unskilled laborers who haye into the Richland company store. j Walked out, totaling at least 26,000, | Bight thousand stationary firemen The occupants were W. H.’Robin-| guards were soon driven back, but |®4 engineers laid down their tools — ana |®t 8 o'clock and joined the ranks Gf” | poured a withering fire into the rap- |e striking shopmen. Grable, maintenance of way organization, ars in Chicago for a conference — with the railroad labor board. It was reported Grable brought # ey message for the board from Presk dent Harding Grable was to make a last effort to stave off a strike of his 400,000 maintenance of way men, He sought assurances from the board that men would not be asked to do work of employes —_ Union leaders predicted he would unable to hold his men, were that Grable would be forced authorize a strike at a meeting of 200 general chairmen in Detroit Thurs- now on railroad emMe hoki inspectors, of the Indicatt