The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 27, 1922, Page 1

eee WEATHER Tonight and Friday, fair; con. tinued warm; moderate north. westerly wind, Temperature Last 44 Hours Maximum, 69. Minimum, 52, Today noon, 62. VOLUME 24. NO. 181. aS. The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor “The RED HOUSE MYSTERY b) A:A-MILNE The most gripping detective story of the century—and as humorous as it is absorbing. Don’t miss the first installment, which appears in THE SEATTLE STAR Monday, July 31 '16,000 PERSONS SEE WAYFARER Pageant’s Success Proved by Drawing Power Proving its tremendous success by the Increasing drawing power of the ; eee production, The Wayfarer bids fair |to eatabliah & new record for attend | ment, Thursday night will see the Kreat bowl filled to capacity, 20,000, and turning disappointed patrons away from the gates. Wednesday night's performance of |The Wayfarer was deciared to have been even better than that of Tues. |day evening in smoothness of oper ation and leasened time between acenes. The immense throng, thrified by Timothy J —_— ng ——— the inspiration andeuplifting message adh ql nye Sank meg you why ‘of the drama, came away from thi He eae eornctarsh to thicken ie. | radium voting It the moat beautitul jand satisfying production they had lever witnessed. | An airplane, soaring low over. | head, gave = touch of added real | jam to the great battle scene of | Flanders, as the performance | opened, Amid crashing bombs | and gunfire the plane roared | above In the twilight, half ob- | seured by the dense clouds of powder smoke that rolled across | the Stadium grounds, . | Added attractions secured by The} | Wayfarer Wednenday night were sev- | eral new vocalists, Frank Tiffany | singing “Lie down, lie down”; Miss | bottom is so that they won't fall out when the package turns upside down | tm her pocket. cee ‘They had to cal) off the yacht race yesterday because there wasn't any wind. They ought to “Invite Doe Brown to these contests. She doven't ask, for she can see, | ‘That the weather is far teo warm for me, eee By the way, customers, H. E./ Mann wants to know if you saw that/ Mr. G. I. Feelgood from Tacoma is spending a few days here. eee Down in that dear Los Angeles the flappers are pow carrying ham | mers in their vanity cases. “ee * CAMPAIGN SLOGAN | a oe Vith Mud! ~* Lola Wiley singing “Arise, shine, for | ee [the light i come”; R. D. Bradley | sang “Why Do the Nations Rage?” | and Frederick Wiederrecht sang “Christ in Flanders.” | A crowd of about Maude Sweetman, candidate for the legislature, says she is an expert on jelly. | If she gets to Olympia she'll seo} . at the gates for seats when the pro- |euardes into the best seats, ignoring reservations, and refused to be dis 10,000, waiting | DeWolf Hopper’s fitth wife has wae we oe fiverse. ibe ak | 0 eres casualties among spect | Bet he started to recite “Casey a pas the pertenmeare, | Geet. ere | when two women fainted in the ogre ther ; «knelt of parting| final rush for seats and ano The curfew tolls the knell of Parlin?) woman sprained her knee while ec 4 herds wind slowly o'er climbing over a seat. They were The fouing herde wind Wowly Wer | taken in charge by the Red Cross, In the rear of the stadi Among the crowd were 20 injured The ploughman homeward plods his} weary way. | He'll work upon his radio after tea.|eallors from the Pacific fleet, sta CLEV BLAND, 0. July, 27.—Tell. | eee tioned at Bremerton Naval hospital. | tale’ Bertillon measurements today # a ~%\The party was in charge of F, M. | ‘lisclosed the identity of Cleveland's 2 I'L GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE ie, ‘chief pharmaciat's mate. | “sphinx woman,” charged with mur. | VAMP, SE hey were guests of Rainier Noble 4eF in connection with the fatal | Ged made woman both beautl- ie ‘American Legion, Joshua; Shooting of Thomas A. O'Connoll {ful and foolish — beautiful that | | Cen, capitalist, and Dorothy L,. | Heywood, Conn : | man might love het, foolish that | \ywoo4° fed Cross field director, They, She i# Mrs. Mabel C. Champions, | she might love him were ‘4 posted in autos and on wanted in Indianapolis on a charge of a8 anarone : larceny pe ag gp, he closing night, will be B09 ee : vith Bryan tell of the past and Saturday, the closing nigh ” Doyle telling the future, the only |Army, Navy and Veterans’ night; it Cow-Puncher Sets ful t was announced. The Vayfarer . aiaetaeater alongs aaa Pee Mn NOUN at night to seatic| New Roping Record ‘They are going to name a moun the nation, and it 1s expected| CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 27.—Ben tain jn Montana after President|that on that evening the greatest |Jobnaon, Isriker, Okla., cowpuncher, Yonder if they'll pick out| crowd of the season will jam the |today held the world’s record for rop- stadium jing and tieing a steer, At a frontier oe. ldays celebration here yesterday John- Bonney Will Gives “nt Fortune to Heirs | ‘The sum of $138,800 Is distributed ives of Lyman W, Bon-| ney, ploneer Seattle undertaker, ac- Win Success” says » Bi |cording to his will, which was filed Une. |for probate in superior court Thurs The world must be Just full of | day | successful wives. onney died July 18. | vrs ee his widow, Dera Presley Bon. ney, iu bequeathed $10,000. The will directs that a monument $10,000 be erected the | tumily burial plot It's queer that been started te many people are out of it & movement hasn't bolish thi getting SOCIETY NOTE “Fight Your Husban Jamong r y back when r tokens had a triangu-| 1 of a creacent? “-* | Do | the street « Jar hole inst | to cost on Our alert contemporary, The Star publisher an account of a town ealled| More than half the population of | Frogmore that bousts of » pix that| France was engaged in farming be- } (Lurn to Page 7, Column 3) jfore the war Near Hood’s Head The waters of Puget sound searched Thursday : i i i ‘Trying to walk a narrow ledge run ning along the aide of the boat amid ships, the youngater slipped Into the water and disappeared before anyone {edad go to the rescue, | Jack waa one of a party of 40 Boy | Scouts returning from a two-week | stay at Camp Parson, Hood canal, to Seat Field Secretary H. ©. ‘Thompson reported to the boy's mother, Mra Florence Wregierworth, Stewart ho- tel, that every precaution had been taken to prevent accidents, and that the tragedy was unavoidable “Unfaithful,” Says Wife in Jail Cell NEW YORK, July 27.—Cursed by the wife who said his days were numbered because of his unfaithful ness, John Reiser, sportsman, today mournfully planned the funeral of his slain affinity, Mise Rertha Katz. | The wife, Mra. Minnie Reisler, in Jail, charged with slaying the young and pretty sister, whom she charges her husband's love, heaped in vectives upon the dead Bertha and Reisler. “I did right.” she sald. stole Baker, Murdered, Is Found Near Everett EVERETT, July 27.—With three bullet In his body, and evidences of robbery nearby, Peter Karas, 34, owner of an Everett bakery, was found siain in a gulch on the Mukil. teo highway, near the city limits Wednesday The sheriff and police are working on several clues to the morderer’s identity Two empty pocketbooks and a bank book were | found beside Karan. Reveal Identity of Woman as Murderess son roped and tied @ steer in just 20 4-6 seconds. Fred Beeson, Ar # City, Ark., roped and tied h rin 211-5 see onde. Five riders were slightly injured when their mounts pitched them | skyward Principals of Big Lawsuit in Hiding! NEW YORK, Jury 27. — While James Henri de Rothschild, Paris, is hiding aboard a westbound transat- lantic liner, Marle Porquet, of Paris, sued him for $500,000 in a ch of promise case, is believed to who San nee STRIKES NEAR EN Working Girl Sues Wealth PARTEYS MAY Claims Caste Distinction’ BRING PEACE BOY IS DROWNED IN PUGET SOUND Lad, 13, Falls Off Steamer found seclusion in a convent. {sionally for the week-ends, er the Act of Congr March 8, 1879. SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. The Seattle Star Entered as Beoond Clase Matter May #, 1899, at the Postoffice at Bem Por Year, by Mali, #6 to #9 TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE TENNANT AND ‘DAMM FACING “DROP IN RANK (Other Members of Force Expected to Be Dismissed Entirely Coming a4 the forerunner of | the mest sensational shake-up in | the history of the-police depart- | ment, Chief of Police Severyns | his district, at the of imme- dilate calling for » general tightening of reins by higher officials, ‘This will be the opening gun In the vice clean-up planned by Chief Sev. | eryns, Mayor E. J. Brown and Prose cuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas, | It Is expected to be followed by @ | wholesale lopping off of heads within | }a few days It ts freely rumored that In- speetor of Police Hans Damm and = Captain of Detectives Chartes Tennant will be among the first to go, They will mere- | ly be relieved from their prevent offices, however, according to the reports, reverting to their permanent ranks in the depart- ment, | It i believed that the ax will deal lean kindly with other high officials jof the forces and at least half a dozen of them are expected to be divorced | jentirely from the department before the amoke of battle clears. “We're going after ‘em in earnest,” |Chief Severyns said Thursday. “Nar |cotic traffickers, bootleggers and im- | moral women are going to be driven | lout of business in Seattle, no matter | what the cont. Of course, we plan Landis Grout |to fight every form of law-breaking but ite on these three particular; KANSAS CITY, July 27.— Has) ing,” typen that we'll concentrate. | America a social caste? jeould “Every sergeant on the force ts into their set. A jury must answer that question, going to be held to strict account vigted @ ability for conditiong in his district No matter whether he's innocent or|Old stenographer, who hi filed ala guilty personally, b@ will be held to | $50,000 breach of promise suit against any law-breaking in his/® millionaire business man here 40 territory—and if he can't put a stop |years her senfor, to it he'll have to step down.” She charges she was left waiting No actual dixminnals are expected |at the church because she Is a work asked by Mixa Landis Grout, 23-year | classes, [blame for Jeymoon to China—but that he called |h | All Filmdom Bows to Czar of Movies | LOS ANGELES, July 27.—Fiim- lof his set turned lher | “They told him I worked for a lv-| America.” thumbs down” on | ding day killed, until next. week, as the chiet witl|!ng girl; that her eld suitor had| to be fair game- |give hia subordinates a few. days to|bought her a $1,600 engngement ring | has been jclean up thetr districts. jand a $4,000 automobile, planned a | wealth. brilliant chureh wedding and a hon-| "If a jury Miss Grout says never accept a “That they | working girl country, by some decides a man other reasons than a girl's so: Jott the wedding because the women cial position to filt her on her wed: |in the strike. I believe my sult will have jdone much for the working girl of | ell, I thought our boys went overseas to fight for democracy--that this was | democratic without “Perhaps the jury's decision will teach rich men not to trifle with the | affections of working girls. jcause a girl works her heart appeard to be killed, as mine | Just be- man of must |dom salanmed to Will H. Hays, and jthe king, smiling benignly, an-| |swered them with soft and cheering | | words. | Fifteen hundred of the elite of the! |moving picture world were present | |to pay homage to the new head of |the industry at a banquet in Hays’| {honor at the Ambassador hotel last | | night | Picture queens, garbed In the most exquisite gowns, and writers, stars! and producers who paid tribute to Hays, made the evening the most dazzling in moving picture history, Roulette wheels will whir to- night; faro dealers wilt work as | hard as they ever did in ‘49. and | ®the sky will be the limit in d and seven-toed Pete, Because tonight Monte Carlo [1g | night for the Northwest Merchants’ | chan of the affair is | \Calvin. Coolidge convention, and tha roof of the Bell Calvin 8. Coolidge, vice-president | Miniature gambling palace of the United States, will arrive in| benefit of visiting merchants. | Seattle at noon August 16 and will Only “queer” money will be ured remain until 11 p, m, of the same |—so the chief has promised ‘protec: day, according to a mensage to Presi-|tion” for the night. dent Frank Waterhouse of the Cham-| yfonte Carlo night will be a strictly | ber of Commerce Thursday. Water: | stag affair, and attendance will be house wired an invitation Wednes- limited almost entirely to out-« Gay. Aq elaborate program of enter town merchants. Local merchants | tainment js to be, arranged. lena the women who are visiting the % Antal lconvention will atte: Sen. Poindexter to |itial performance of 7. ry | Products” at the Woodward theater, Give Talk in Tacoma | wiiic tne otners are gambiing. Senator Miles Poindexter left Seat-| The bathing girls, selected by The | | tle Thursday for a tour of the South. | Star for the Saxony and Pacific Knit. | west, He will spenk Thursday night ting companies and the - Olympia} at Tacoma, on Friday at Olympla, | Knitting Mills, made their last ap.| and from there on he will cover the|pearance Thursday at the noon| smaller towns of Western Washing-| luncheon at the convention, 1. T. | ton. He will return to Seattle occa-| Arlander played @ cornet solo during | tho luncheon, for the} | problems, ern sr THE max man? WHICH? your while, Big N ight Tonight ‘ at Bell St. Sho Local merchants were more en- thusiastic than ever Thursday over conference, who said he would. re-| ped from an Everett interurban train the convention, declaring that they |™ln In Washington for any future |at Seattle, Wednesday night, Office. | had already begun to reap the profits More than 2,400 out-of-town mer- and business men have regis. | tered at the convention and more are |\Coming Here Aug. 16 | s¢. dock wit vo converted into « {still coming in. $250 IN PRIZES For the best solution of this girl's 2 GIRL, an unspoiled child of the wilderness, is thrown for a winter’s length Into the sole #0- ciety of two men, cooped by north: ws In an isolated cabin, MEN fall desperately in love with her. Then the big cli- the girl must choose, ‘The city man or the outdoors Watch Friday's movie page for full particulars concerning this contest. It will be worth 50 SURVIV( OF 00 BROUGHT BAC Lewis Says Coal)Steamer Calista Strike Is Won;} Rammed a2 Harding Calls ew Conference na Z i Ay i E toward foot of University st., at about 1p. m. cee First reports of the disaster were PHILADELPHIA, July 27.— | received at the radio office of tl “The ml have won the [harbor department, which tmmedb | strike,” John LL. Lewis, presi (ately got in touch with the | Trensportation Co. owners of Calista, and the Perry-Davis Co. Island company dispatched the Hyak to the scene and the : | Davis Co. sent out the Holyoke and the Mountaineer, f The disastor was the result of the _ heavy fog which lay over the Sound — this: morning. $ It is believed that there was oe understanding of signals, and the big Oriental liner was literally on top _ of the Sound steamer before anyone realized the peril. According to early reports, the Cal” the leading fi conference in the central com- petitive field. This will be issued in the next few days. “The miners will not receive a wage reduction,” Lewis declared. “They will return to the pits at the same wages that they re- celved when they marched out on April 1.” ista was practically cut in half by eee the impact. é BY JAMES T. KOLBERT 8a sank almost immediately, It is _ WASHINGTON, = du — President Harding today, in a new attempt to terminate the rail strike, obtained from the two leaders of the warring factions the terms upon which the dis- The Calista was bound for Oak | Harbor, Coupeville and other it | Ports under the command of Capt, D. H. Lovejoy. a | The Hawaii Maru wa: by Capt. T. Suruga, pute, which is daily growing | Just ax the Hawail Maru hove into _ a menacing, could be set- | sight, on her way back to Seattle, a § : ' message was recelved by radio from Capt. Suruga stating that all passen- gers had been saved. ’ At the O. 8. K. offices, however, ft | was said that the Hawaii Maru was’ jcoming in with “the survivors,” | which gave the impression that some lives had been lost. First, the executive held a lengthy conference with T. De Witt Cuyler, president of the American Axsocia-| tion of Railway Executives, whiéh represent all the railroads involved ‘Then he summoned Bert M. Jew- leader of the. striking ~My Bs SRS YS RE men | ® Out of these and other conferences | an Held; Whisky which may be held, the executive Still Is Sought . hopes to evolve a concrete plan for! With John Horess, allas E. L. Hole the restoration of peace and normal |ter, in the county jail, Sheriff Matt conditions on the nation's railroads. | Starwich was searching Thu | Intimations that the president |for the still which Is sald to have ; Might endeavor to arrange a peace| been the source of supply for |conference of the railroad executives | Horess' alleged Mquor business, jand striking shopmen in the near fu-| Horess was arrested by Deputy ture were given by Cuyler after his | Sheiff George Bundy when he step: |call of the president jers say they found two gallon of Cuyler said he reviewed the entire | moonshine in his suitcas |situation from the executives’ stand- | point. With the senfority rights of the strikers the principal barrier to peace, Harding is making an attempt |to induce the Eastern rail executives jto recede from their position that the strikers will lose all seniority standing. | He is appealing to the striking shopmen to return to work, promis. ling to use his influence to obtain a |hearing of their wage dispute before jthe railroad labor board, | Leaders of the disputants respond: jing to the call are B, M. Jewell, lend. er of the striking shopmen; the six jinternational presidents of the shop lcrafts organization; Timothy Healy, jhead of the Stationary Firemen and jOllers’ tinion. T. De Witt Cuyler, chairman of the Association of Railway Execu: jtives; L. F. Loree, president of the |Delaware & Hudson Aged Ministers Get Huge Pension Fund PASADENA, July 27.—The synod jot California Presbyterian chureh, U. _ S. A. represented by 700 men now jin session In Pasadena, has unanim- jously recommend an endowment fund of $30,000,000 for the board of jministerial relief and sustentation |tor the care of aged ministers and | their wives. ‘The synod also unanimously ree Jommended a minimum pension of $1,000 per annum for the honor roll | ministers. Falls Off Scaffold, Wrist Is Fractured” Having fallen six feet to the ground from a scaffold, Simon Gumont, 48, a | bricklayer, was in the Providence | W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsyl- | hospital Thursday, badly bruised and |vania is already here and other | suffering with a fractured wrist, He executives are expected was employed by the Grant Smith (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) Co, and is a resident of Bremerton,