The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 25, 1922, Page 7

Novel Idea Said to Be Gaining Headway; Many Operators Favor WASHINGTON, July 25.—A new fdea in the line of ship subsidies ts gaining headway in congress, while the Lasker subsidy schenve remains inactive in committee, Tt is this: Pay the proposed ship subsidy to the sallors who man American ships, instead of turning It over to operators.” The new subsidy {dea has been favorably received by several mem. bers of the house committee on chant marine and fisheries, which Is dealing with the whole subsidy ques- tion as presented to congress by the 3 Likewise, It meets with the tndorse- ment of many ship operators, par. ticularly those In the freight and tramp ship business, One of them, Capt. Robert Dollar, bas indorsed ft Publicly in a book recently pul- Uashed. It is proposed to operate the sub- sity for American seamen in connec- tion with the La Follette seamen's act, which requires that an Amer. fean standard of wages be maintain. ed on American ships. Operators complain that this law Puts them at a@ dinndvantage in com Petition with foreign ships, on which wages are lower. object to the provision of the La Follette act which requires them to pay off sailors in any port in which wages are demanded. This leads to desertions, operators contend. Opposition to the Lasker subeldy continues in congress. Not a few dwindle, it is believed, tf the subsidy were paid to the seamen, rather than to the operators, It would overcome the wage handicap to which Amer- fean operators object. In addition, {t could end the desertions of Amrer. sallors when they reach foreign wubsidy could be paid in bonus when the porta. by t i a i | ae already establish- i i HERE’S MORE ABOUT SLOAN STARTS ON PAGE ONE made at the Sioan plants, took them over and put one of its own men in tually jobless. He continued to su- pervise the work—-but friends knew that no arrangements had been made for his remuneration. Later Sloan ran for congress on the democratic ticket, but was defeat. ed by John F. Mille: In the meantime affairs of the Sloan company had become involved. (The brother is now in Washington, pushing a $3,400,000 claim against the government) ‘Things finally came to such a pass that Sloan gave up his office in the Lyon building to cut down expenses. ‘The culminating move came Satur- day, when he was forced to check out of the New Richmond hotel to week cheaper quarters. Sioan was born in Cleveland in 1862, He had been engaged tn the ship designing business in the North- west since 1896. . PAYS TRIBUTE TO J. A. SLOAN George E. Ryan, formerly vice chairman of the democratic state committee, paid the following tribute to Joseph A. Sloan Tuesday: “T have known Mr. Sloan for about 15 years. He was a kindly, consider. ate man, and would have made any sort of sacrifice to help others, He had been in fll-health for more than a year, and the long-drawn-out litiga- tion concernnig settlement of the Sloan shipyards’ claims with the shipping board preyed heavily upon his mind. Those who knew Joe best will say “he wag all man.’” Thieves Make Raid on Merchant Show Thieves who on Monday night en- tered the Moulton drug store, at 18th ave. and E. Union st., escaped with several boxes of cigars and cigarets. A large amount of candy also was taken, Weldel & Co., who occupy & booth at the Merchants’ convention, Bell st. terminal, reported that thieves stole a complete radio outfit and two sets of radio crystals from the dock Mon- day night. Removing a window pane in the Manzor & Jackson store, $25 Howell st. burglars entered and stole a pair Of shoes valued at $15. BERT LYTELL IN THE FACE BETWEEN’ JON BOGANNY'S TROUPE IN “SCHOOLROOM DAYS” OTHER VODVIL KIDDIES ALWAYS 100 In addition, they | * * & * THE VISION OF Understanding rolls aside THE WAYFARER By Leo H. Lassen Rey. Cleveland Kleihauer, in the part of Wayfarer, gain- ing his vision from Underatanding. * s» * the years, And like a lamp, or some distant star, She has led and he has followed far Down all the ages, with their joys and fears. The cross of Calvary, that Of blood which sanctified knew the stain its cross-set wood, And would not have been, if men had understood, Is holy now, that Understanding can explain. And in the wake of this newer gleam The Wayfarer sees a vision of fair lands That holds a promise of the glorious dream That He had dreamed; and then he understands More truly the song of Bethlehem and the Star And why he had followed HERE’S MORE ABOUT WAYFARER STARTS ON PAGE ONE duced with a smoothness excelling that of last year. The soloists and chorus were applauded vigorously. ‘The seating of the crowd was ac) | complished with ease by a contingent of Boy Scouts. j Nearly 200 shut-ins witnessed th great drama from vantage points in autos specially donated for that | service, parked along the edge of the | jbowl. The party was in charge of Dr. Frank R. Loope, Star shut-in editor. Perhaps the most outstanding tm- | Provement made in this year’s pro- | duction of the passion play, in point of comfort for the spectators, was| the handling of traffic by Lieut. C. G, Carr, head of the police traffic | bureau. About 25 policemen were on the grounds, aiding and directing | |the traffic thru specially constructed lanes, and guarding road crossings. | bed, behind the scenes, with St. Peter this strange light so far. On Side Lines at Wayfarer’s Opening Night It was hotdog night for the “an. gels.” The Roman aoidiers hobnob- md the Twelve Aposties. Three of the soldiers sustained mustard burns bout the earn, ee Ananias and Abraham staged a footrace, the prize being « string of wieners and a cup of coffee, eee ‘The attendances was greater on Monday, the opening night, than on the opening night of a year ago, ac- cording to the management. cee The audience also enjoyed hot dogs, while ice cream bars ran a poor third for popular favor. Popcorn was runner-up. ee ‘The efficiency of Carr's force is em- phasized by the fact that not a ain- | gle complaint or injury case was re-| ported. Carr declared that had the stadium been full to capacity, it would have been emptied tn 20 min- | | utes. / The wonderful mechanics of | the passion play staging is not realized by the average spectator. It was hard to believe that small army of electricians and stage hands were constantly at work behind the scenes, con- trolling and directing the won- derful lighting effects and stage settings. ‘The perfect acoustics of the stadium are realized when it ts taken into consideration that The Wayfarer | {# produced on the largest stage in| the world, with a cast of about 3,000, | and even the most delicately modu. | lated tones are heard perfectly at all points in the mammoth bowl, in) lowest speaking tones, | Undoubtedly one of The Way- ‘tarer’s greatest features {fs the/ chorus of 2,000 voices, that becomes | as one harmonious, mighty voice, | swelling in rapturous volume in numerous songs. JUST LUCK, SAYS CHIEF Albert Hampton, special federal limmigration inspector, from Wash ington, D. C., wanted to find out if} |Seattle had any thieves. So he left his auto parked out all night, Mon. day, loaded with camp equipment. | Tuesday, Hampton found his car) undisturbed. He called upon Chiet | Severyns. Sevchiet,” he wala, “you've » model | city. It's positively remarkable.” “Mr, Hampton,” replied Severyns, “gon't try it again, You won't be so jucky another time.” Girl, 18, Caught in Mangle, Is Rescued | Her hand caught in an electric | mangle, Helen Kalosmica, 18%, laun-| lary worker employed by Frye & Co., was saved from terrible injury by the | iprompt action of. her companions, | who shut off the power as she was being drawn, screaming, Into the ma- | chine, Miss Kalosmics was taken to | Seattle General hospital, her hand and | arm severely lacerated, Her home is at 1508 Ninth ave, 8. There are more than 20,000 steam- FiVerys ‘The Three Wine Mon ducked for a smoke. Fire alarm waa sent in when Balthasar’s cotton whiskers caught fire from a Fatima ar Be Two sheep were tn Heaven, mo- mentarily. Stage hands promptly ran them out of the tent, however, and the angela continued dressing. “ee The angels complained they were not given enough “hot dawgs” and Procesded to go to the other extreme. “ee Beelzebub, according to announce. ment, was not present. cee After drinking five cups of Jim Boldt's coffee, one of the Rabylonian spear carriers stage a hula dance, singing, “Where, Oh, Where Is My Little Kick Goi . Tt was a large night for the fat men, who couldn't seem to get used to the narrow seate. ee In the curve of the great bow! sat a little maiden, on her daddy's knee. She wanted to see the sheep. Thru. out the opening scenes she fidgeted. In the nativity scene the sheep appeared. A little lamb broke from the fold while Understanding was speaking, and scampered across the stage, uttering plaintive bleats, pur. sued by a shepherd. The audience snickered, “Daddy,” whispered the baby, “is that my sheep? I want him.” see While the Rev. J. E. Crowther, author of the pageant, was speaking, declaring that “no monetary consid eration or profit was desired by the management,” his speech was Inter. rupted by loud ringings from nearby hotdog counter cash registers, Again the audience snickered, one One of the 200 s#hut-ins who at- tended Tho Star's Wayfarer party, as guests of The Star and Wayfarer management, was Mien Nellie Mol berg, who, for the first time in 22 years, saw the outside world. she was entranced by The Wayfarer, as were all the other shut-ins. Miss Molberg wax taken thru Se attle’s business section, and could hardly believe her eyes. The scenes of 22 years ago were yet impremsed on her mind, and the great bulldings and traffic of the downtown section were “falrylike” to her, as she de- clared, Cuts sustained by bathers at «um- mer resorts on broken bottles are ers, tugs and barges on the Rhine the latest woes to be blamed on pro-,price which Hoover hibition, REPORT SECRET STRIKE PARLEY Believe Peace Negotiations Resumed BY CHARLES Rf. LYNCH CHICAGO, July 2%6.—Thallroad and union chefs today waited for the next move toward settlement of the rail strike. Altho the public's oo were turned on Washington as the place from which the next step toward peace is likely to come, indications pointed to the resumption of ret negotiations here. Despite Chairman Ben W, Hoop- er’s assertion that the board “eon templated no further action,” it was reported that Hooper and Bert M. Jewell, president of the striking shopmen, were again holding con- ferences Both sides refused to deny or affirm this report. Altho union leaders have declared that they would not consider settle: ment by {ndividual roads, it was again tndteated that the strike may be troken up thru separa oe ments, Union chiefs, altho opposed to such settlement, continue to au thorize conferences aimed at indi vidual peace. Middle West ratiroad executives Jald plans to form company organ fzations which would more strongly entrench the position of the men who refused to strike and the new men employed Tinton chiefs viewed the move with alarm but refused to comment. They indicated, however, that should such organizations be perfected it would definitely eliminate chance the strikers have of return ing to work under thetr old senior: | ity rights, The question of senior ity rights t* the chief stumbling block to a settlement of the strike. HERE’S MORE ABOUT STRIKES STARTS ON PAGE ONE of the mining Industry. eee WASHINGTON, July —Presi- dent Harding has failed In another attempt to settle the coal strike, it was revealed officially at the White House today. his first proposal, submitted to the warring factions still! another plan for solution of the present tie-up and | troublesome conditions in the mining [industry, have been received favorably by the operators, but was rejected by the miners as “too complicated.” coal strike, proposed nome weeks ago that a minimum wage for miners be | established and that they be guaran teed employment for 280 days each year, it was revealed at the White House today, Indications today were that the president and his cabinet, at a long sension, had decided to await develop ments for a while in both rail and coal industries before taking such drastic action in the immediate future as government seizure and operation of the mines. While the cabinet was In session, reports were current that the Inter. state commerce commiasion later to- day would declare a national emer- gency and thus bring into play its vast power to control the distribution and prices of coal. eee Union Heads Asked Huge Bribe, Charge CHICAGO, July M.—An offer tu nettle the strike of the Chicago bulld- ing trades’ workers for $75,000 to 1 $100,000 was made by union heads, Henry H. (Smash) Hanson testified today. Hanson ts the chief witness for the state in the trial of “Tim” Murphy, Fred Mader, “Con” Shea and others in connection with gang terroism In the labor war. ‘The witness told of several conver- sations with Murphy and Mader, In which he alleged they agreed to call off the strike on payment of that amount by the Chicago Builders’ as. sociation. Hanson said he acted as the “go-between” In the negotiations. “When I made the proposition to the builders, I was told I was 20 days too late,” Hanson ald. Hanson told of a trip by 50 strikers to a building where nonunion work- ers were being employed, where re- volvers were drawn and an effort made to intimidate workmen, PROFITEERING ON COAL PRICE Hoover Warns Against Rate Boosting BY KENNETH W. CLARK WASHINGTON, July 26.—The fed. eral government is prepared to take charge immediately of any coal dis- trict in which the operators refuse to co-operate with the government in prevention of profiteering, It was stated that the government is determined to use all its powers to check the climbing coal prices and the refusal of operators in a district to accept the Hoover plan, under which coal prices are to be kept at a maximum of $3.50 a ton at the mines, would result in the appoint- ment of a government commission to enforce such a price, A nation-wide system by which all profiteering in coal will be reported to the federal government has been announced by Secretary Hoover, by Hoover revealed a case of fla- grant profiteering. A price of $18 a ton was being charged for coal in one part of the Kentucky fields, as compared with $3.50—the maximum is seeking to establish thru voluntary agreements, THE SEATTLE ST any} The president, after the rejection of ‘The second proporal was said to Girls and the Hightand Park Metho- Harding, tn his efforta to settle the GROCERIES WILL BE SCARCE WEDNEQBAY, FOLKS, GET ’EM H Ww! Fill up the fee box, folkn |] Wednesday the annual seattle |] Retat! Grocers’ picnic will be held | at Mall's lafe, ‘The great majority of groceries will be closed for the day, and as the butchers are also going to at tend the jubilee, It might be Just as well to buy your wienles In ad vance. | Among the many features ar- |} ranged for the day « chewing contest for sa the pushball battle between the |] butehers and grocers. More than 6,000 are expected to attend. NEW PAGEANT IS BEING PREPARED White Center Plans Unique Festival Week Soon Representing the combined ef- forts of several organizations of the southwest district, a carnival and fiesta with very unique feat- ures will be held at White Cen- ter, in the Lake Burien district, on four evenings from August 16 to 19, Each evening a pageant will be given depicting some form of Ort ental religion, These pageants ere the work of Seattle men, two of them, the Mohammedan and the Buddhist, being written by John | Mennich of the University of Wash ington, and the third one, which dramatizes the Jewish Passover, was written by George Henry Little, who has traveled extensively in Palestine and who ts furnishing many cos tumes from his valuable collection. Booths and sideshows are in charge of the various organizations uniting tn the fiesta, and will open every evening immediately fol- lowing the pageant. A contest for the election of a queen of the fiesta will be con- ducted Thursday evening, En- trants are to report under the greon light which now marks the spot at White Center where the fiesta ts to be held. Several expected in the contest, which will close just before the open- ing day. ‘The staging of this “Oriental Fi- esta” represents one of the largest community enterprises ever attempt- ed in the southwest district, and the jcommittes in charge expects that it wil) draw large numbers not only from Seattle but siso from many |points in the Northwest. The pro- ceeds are to make possible the erec- |tion of certain buildings of which the community is very much In need. | Among the organizations backing jthis enterprise are the following: (Southwest Young People’s Commer celal club, Dumar Improvement club, |Burten City Improvement club, West & Wheeler ball team, White Btar Athletic club, South Park Campfire dist Episcopal church. ‘The gates to the fiesta will be lopen each evening at 7 White Center is reached by the Lake Burien car line. DISABLED VETS DEMAND RELIEF Ask Congress to Pass Laws for Their Benefit WASHINGTON, July 25.—What the wounded doughboy wants was put up to congress a short time ago by Congressman Lineberger, who read into the record a series of de- mands drawn up by the Pacific Const Disabled Veterans’ convention, held in Ban Diego this summer, Here are the wounded doughboy’s wants: 1—A law preventing railroads jfrom charging more than 1 cent a |mile for passage of doughboys and | families to reunions. | 2—Expedition of payment of com- | pensation by the veterans’ bureau. 3—More hospitals in California, 4—Rights and privileges for dis- abled officers equal to thoso of reg- ular officers of the army and navy. | 5—Extension of time before can- cellation or reduction of compensa- tion. 6—Establishment of a tubercular hospital in Los Angeles. 7—Decentralization of the work of the veterans’ bureau. &—Relief from the “inefficiency” jof the war risk bureau. | %—Financtal aid for the families |of veterans while the latter are un- dergoing processes of rehabilitation. Finally, the wounded “vets” served notice that they did not want to be |bunked with veterans of other wars, | because “this close contact with the afore-mentioned of our different wars has credted dissension and {ll feeling between them.” LAYS CHARGE AGAINST KLAN MEDFORD, Ore., July 25—J. F. Hale, who charges the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson county with threatening to hang him and nearly accomplish: ing its purpose, testified before the Jackson county grand jury called by Circuit Judge Calkins yesterday. | The jury session was held at Jack- ‘sonville, the county seat, five miles |from here. Tuesday the sessions will be held in Medford, | The story Hale tells outside the Secretary JUrY room is that on the evening of| of Commerce Hoover warned today.| March 1 last, three masked men lured | |him into an automobile and that he |was taken 16 miles into the hills, A large group of men in Klan regalia had assembled. They commanded ihim, Hale says, to admit intimate , relations with several young Med- ford women whose names were men tioned. Hale refused, He was strung up by @ rope thrown over a limb of a tree and noosed about his neck. | lThen he was let down. | ‘This was repeated three times. He |wan also ordered, he declared, to withdraw a suit he had pending in One of the first reports received court against an alleged klansman, \Hoe refused. More dead than alive, he was re turned to Medford, where he was ‘freed and told to leave town. He did so, but not until he had obtained a ftalr description of several of the men who had attacked him, he said. ive be | nal, from meager press dispatches 'NO MUDDLE IN “CASE OF RECALL| Precedent for Governor’s Naming of Commissioners | That King county would not be left without a head in the event that the county commissioners were to re- sign or be recalled in the contention |} of Thomas Murphine, former counsel for the port of Seattle, | Murphine today took issue with the statement of Deputy Prosecuting | Attorney Arthur Schramm, Jr, as | published in The Star Monday, to the |f| effect that the law made no pro-| |vinion for the appointment of a new [board of commissioners if all were /to quit or be removed at the sam ‘time. | “A similar nftuation arose tn Yakima county in 1916," Murphine | said, “All three county commission ers were recalled at the same time and It was necessary to carry tho! matter to the courts, The state supreme court held that the governor |f/ had the authority to appoint two new commissioners, who could, in turn, polect the third member of the board.” HERE’S MORE ABOUT BARON STARTS ON PAGE ONE town of Jean, KY. She had taken her life with poison, She wag buried in Lawrence coun- ty, Kentucky, where, according to BSchuett, t ‘moonshine baron” ts | an officer, Schuett said that from interviewing natives who had viewed ithe girl's remains, he learned of her |identity, He received his “tip,” he} } | | | i} | that carried the girl suicide’s name as Anna Mae. Schuett asserted he would call up- on Gov, Edwin P. Morrow for aid in recovering the girl's body, “Persons who had known of the activities of the band, but made no effort to atop them because of ‘bust- ness reasons,’ told me my wife was only one of five other young women who had been held captive for long periods of time by the feudist,” Schu- ott maid. “Our searching party was driven out of Jean at the point of guns Sun- day. Citizens of the village merely laughed at us ae wo fied.” Schuett's face was haggard from sleepless nights, spent driving and trudging thru the rough country. “I believed at first that Anna Mae had run away to commit suicide. We went down into Kentucky to have the body exhumed, no that we could Bive it a Christian burial.” After arriving in Lawrence coun. ty, Schuett sald, they learned the “true situation.” throw the entire state of Ken- tucky Into civil war,” he contin- ued, “but I cannot tell it all to the newspapers. 1 shall carry my story to the government.” MORE ABOUT HAZZARD STARTS ON PAGE ONE gated by the British consul here, The patient was Clara Williamson, who had gone to Dr. Hazzard’s sani- tarium with her sister, Dora. Both were subjected to the “fast” which Dr, Hazzard prescribes for all of her patiente—and Clara William. son did not survive it. An autopsy revealed that she had starved to death. Dr, Hazzard admitted that the woman had starved to death, but hela that it had been the result of medical treatment which she had received be. fore coming into her hands. The Jury refused to accept this defense and convicted her of manslaughter, Dr, Hazzard is now nearly 60 years old, but says she ts still a young woman—due, she claims, to the periodical fasts to which sho has herself submitted, SAN FRANCISCO,— Winner of coveted poster prizes and regarded ‘as one of most promising students at California School of Arts, Vincent Henry, 17, is dead. 26-lb, foe capacity 50-1b. ice capaci e “8-Minute” ange | 16-inch oven, $69.00 18-inch oven, $74.00 Best 6-way Water Coil, $3.00 _ FREDERICK & NELSON = Autumn I's Foreshadowed in | JNFLUENCED by the season-to-come in Suits. long straight lines in the 38-inch coats—ar the precision of expert tailoring in the ing touches. is $50.00. The Suit at left, with satin lining, $45.00. 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