The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 21, 1922, Page 1

OPLE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAVE ELECTED THE STAR THEIR FAVORITE SEATTLE NEWSPAPER — BY 15,000 PLURALITY Neen RAR OTHER AGAINST DAUGHTER! Testifies at Court Inqui WEATHER Tontoht and Tuesday, generaty fair; modera Maximum, 63. Today i westerly. Temperature Last 34 Hours te winds, moatly Minimum, 54, noon, 60. 52. VOLUME 24. NO. 1 On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Batered as Second Clase Matter May 8, 1999, at the Postoffice at Seattian Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1818, Per Year, by Mall, $6 to 60 "SE ATTL E, WASH, ., MONDAY, AU GU ist 21, 1922. That School Teacher Is Insane ‘The Seattle Star “Two CENTS IN. SEATILE i SQU ELCH THESE RAFFLES! Street raffles must go! Dr. Brown is right when he says that as long as he is mayor there shall not be another one in Seattle. The touts that infested the street car- nival which squatted in the business dis- trict for three days That, Mawruss, is what comes from Being too ambitious! We told Joe ppot to run off that dynamite so fast! eee ‘Would you auspect that the above @ picture of still Miter Frequently when « girl says “Cut , out the rough stuff,” she only means she wants you to shave. cee WHAT'S THE FARE TO EVERETT? “Girl wants night work: is ex- Perienced stenographer, wut would 7 lamest anrining. Hews fro Dp mM on Write B19, ea Herkia.”—Prom the Bverett Herald. eee A lot of these candidates are in > politics for their health. They've got to eat to be healthy. { 4 eee Mary had a bathing suit, It was all in one piece, | And every beach where Mary went, They needed more police. ose Sometimes the girls forget and lft | up their skirts in crossing a muddy * ||) LVL GEE GEE, TH OFFICE Vv MP, SEZ ] as you like; but | | “Girl in Love is Vindicated,” says ‘® headline in The Star. Sure, in that condition they're not responsibie. . Good looks do not a sweetheart make, Nor winsome smiles engage; 1 know, for my girl's homely— But she drives a handsome Paige. ~—Frivolous Bill. ove The Chamber of Commerce t# go- | ing to send the vice president a Puget Sound salmon. Hope the postman LE knows the vice president's name. 2 CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON IVY CLUB Big Cheese, who takes your best girl out ving, and then pretends to you he doesn’t even know her, eee The Cave Lady: “No, Ab; you Needn't falsify; I found a biond hair on your clyb this morning.” “ee When a mogauite lands on « red nose leeeing? It fe estimated there will be room for 138 more business firms in Seat tle’s business district early in Novem ber—when the various campaign headquarters move out. J. L. K. eee As we understand the railroad @trike, both sides to the controversy @e using the block ‘system. THE poG WiLL LISTEN Why is it that a man will spend hours talking to his dog, and then never have a word to say to his wife at dinner? see ‘The coal strike may be over, but (urn to Page 7, Column 1) last week sold hun- NEW WONDER PLANE MADE IN AMERICA BY FRANK GEITY (Copyright, 1922, by United Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 71.-—-An American motoriess airplane, capable of rising from and alighting upon water, has been completed and will shortly be put thru @ series of tests, which, if successful, will far outdo any- thing in the gliding line where the fyers start from mountain tops, Glenn H. Curtiss, pioneer in the flying world, anid today tn an exclusive interview. Praising German achievements at Geretield, where an airman remained aloft 2 hours and 10 seconds in a motoriess plane, Curtins sald he expected shortly to demonstrate a glider in which the pilot literally “lifted himeeit by the bootatrapa” from be our. face of the sea, tnstend of start. ing down a mountainside. “Motorless flight, as demon- strated In gliding tents in the Rhine valley, is, in my opinion, not only an interesting but a most useful development in the realm of aviation,” Curtiss sald. “But while this is mighty good sport, the reat test comes when a man tries to get his plane, without any mechanical motive power, up off a level stretch such as the surface of the sea. “If gliders without motive power can remain aloft two hour « rising current upon a mountainside, it encourages us to believe we may yet learn to soar Jike the albatross over the ocean. “It is this kind of soaring flight in which I am particularly interested, having just completed & motortess plane to start from and alight upon the water. “The other line of progress which may be advanced as a re. sult of glider practice is the de velopment of a low powered and efficient airplane in which the motive power may be an engine of five or ten horsepower, mini- mizing the cost of planes and popularizing aviation in general.” eee GERMANS TRY | SAIL PLANES BERLIN, Aug. 21.—Conquest of |the air with rail planes—motoriess lairplanes—ia the next objective of lGerman science, judging from ex |periments being conducted at Was- serkuppe, where Herr Hentzen al- ready has remained aloft two hours and 10 minutes in such a machine. This stands as the world’s record, but it may be smashed when the (Turn to Page a Column » DESIRE PEACE, SAYS HARDING WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—This country’s principal concern ts poace | Harding declared today in an ad- dress to 1,000 eitizen soldiers he re viewed on the broad ellipse back of the White House, “There is no thought of armed warfare and no design to carry on an armed campaign in any direc. tion,” Harding sald, explaining the effort of the government to indues young men of the country to enter soldier training camps. Seven Are Rescued From Chicago Fire CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Seven- per- sons were rescued from death today when fire destroyed a building formerly occupied by the notorious lizzy Goldstein's Campbell gardens, |The damage was $25,000. YOU MUST REGISTER BY TUESDAY NIGHT |} OR BE LEFT BEHIND | Last cli to registed If you haven't had your name placed on the books by Tuesday night, then you can't vote at the primaries on Sept. 12 If you have registered at any time since Jan. 1, you don’t have to register again The registration ts expected to pase the 96,000 mark Monday. land the securities of peace, President | dreds of dollars of mobiles. When the buyers “chances” on auto- gathered Saturday night for the drawing they hadn’t a chance; the promoters weren’t there. The “dark” sign was reigned. hanging and gloom he higher-up in this thievery ought to be hunted out by the police and put in jail. And all future swindles of the sort prevented. Even at their best, lotteries are no good. Those that were winked at by the police during the war days when con- ucted by repu- table Seattle or- ganizations for civic and patriotic purposes were not en- tirely commendable, and they are com- pletely out of place now. Besides, you can’t make fish of one and flesh of another. “Carnival” Raffle Fraud| Mayor Says It’s End| of Such Things With thousands « of people left holding the bag in the big raffle #taged In connection with the street carnival at Fifth ave and University st, last week, Mayor Brown announced that no more raffies would be permitted in Se- attle, Numbered coupons, entitling the holder to a chance of winning one of three handsome automobiles, were | sold thruout the city, supposedly for the rans of Foreign Wars and the 91st Division association. There organizations, however, were not connected with the acheme, it is sata. | When Saturday evening, the time | appointed for the drawing of the Wueky numbers, arrived, a large crowd gathered sbout the Arena, | where the drawings were to take piace. They found the building dark and ite doots closed. having by the police, they were “going south” with the proceeds of the raifle ticket sale. Charges of graft reached Mayor Brown,. who immediately lssued strict orders that all raffles should | be barred. “The holding of raffies,” sald May. | or Brown, “has always been {ileg | but hae been permitted under certain in POLICEMEN ARE FACING department In caso should lve faces Fred Mills and E. H. Davey, probably fatally Injured in Sat- urday morning's crash between @ police auto and a street car at Ninth ave, and Pine st. This announcement was made following a probe of the crash by Chief of Pollee W. I. Sev. eryns, Inspector Harry O'Brien and Mayor E. J. Brown. Whether or not complete dis- missal will follow the suspension of the officers hae not been Mills and Davey were in euch erit feal condition Monday that Severyns and O’Brien @id not attempt to make a thoro probe, Investigation of the stories told by witnesses, how- Jensen and Investt- gator Robert Kernan were also in such condition that — questioning them was abandoned. circumstances. The present fiasco shows that the law should be strictly | enforced.” Historic Gems Are in Tacoma Were Once Worn by! European Beauty TACOMA, Aug. 21.—Diamonds that once sparkled on the pink- tipped ears of one of Europe's most famous beauties are today ip the window of a Tacoma jew- bi Manges ‘The diamonds, valued at $4,000, were purchased last week by Robert Friedman from a gray haired little woman from the South, The story? It’s confidential— part of it. But here are the de- tails as far as they can be learned: eee More than 26 years ago there was & man, formerly of Tacoma, high in} | the council of Ruropean financiers. | | His wife was beautiful, vivacious, | lclever. This man’s business with [the masters of Europe brought him | to the court of Emperor William at} Berlin, The emperor continually gave ox pensive presents to those who | Pleased him, and the rich man’s wife | won the royal approval by her witty remarks and her delightful «mile The emperor summoned the facaitas | Jeweler, nought out two rich ste had them set in pure gold ear screws, [and gave them to her as a token of his respect and admiration. Years passed, The rich man's for. tune came crashing down about his ears, and he died. The emperor Is | |now a maudlin man in his Holland | jextle castle, ruling a roomful of |spectres, And the diamonds break | {the suntight into glorious colors in a ‘Tacoma window eee “The little woman—and 1 know her story is e—had many other fii t she only sell th said Fried man, “If those two diamonds could talk, they'd tell a story of ly and broken hopes, The n? She has gone to an other state. Few know her here, or elsewhere. been forg it?) She lived here once—that was long before she knew of the diamonds. Now she brings them here to sell, so that she can spend the last days of her life in comfort.” } YE BEATEN | TACOMA, Aug, 21.—Set upon by a} lerowd of strike sympathizers as he| emerged from a hotel here last night, | |W. L. Anderson, an employe at the | Northern Pacific railroad shops, was badly beaten and abused, he told the | police, | | SHOP EM | | Frying Millis, In & moment of conscious ness Saturday night, told Severyns that he alone was responsible for } the crash. “ft was driving too fast,” he said “I was hurrying to get the boys home. I don't think 1 was making 50 miles an hour when we hit the street car, as 1 was turning weet on Pine and couldn't have. made it if had been going that fast, “We went out to Lake Union at 4a. m, Saturday to watch a booze, beat and relieve some other officers, We left at 7 a. m. and came back, Then the souitant Happened.” CREW FIGHTING |FLAMES AT SEA NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 21.—The shipping board steamer Lake Stry mon is afire 26 miles northeast of hip, off the North according to @ radio received here today The fighting fiercely to control the flames, which have con- sumed part of the cargo, and are threatening. the ship. Two coast guard cutters and a shipping board steamer are rushing to the scene Pan tigh’ ina ¢ crew ia LOCATE LOST GOLD CLAIM GOLDENDALE, Wash, Aug. 21.— A tale of virgin gold, brought into The Dalles in the daya of old, when homesteaders were beginning to set tle the upland country, has been re- vived Charles Wannasste, Indian, man to whence, an educated claims he can lead a white the Lost Spaniard mine legend has it, the Indiang once brought rich nuggets to the lements to trade for food and calico. It te \ituated, says Wannas- mic, at the head of the Lewis river, in the unbroken fastnesses between Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens, in the Cascades. Do You Know How to Use a Want Ad? When you are ready to ndvertine this, that, or the other, what do you do next? Do you write the smallest possible WANT AD you know how, or do you write a de seriptive one really telling some: one what you are trying to sell? The BUYER will not know what you are trying to sell unless you make it complete. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING to SELL tell a compl not just give your address or telephone number. Mrs. Anna S. Walker (above), mother of Miss Roberta Walker (below). In Judge Griffiths’ court Monday Mrs. Walker accusel her daughter of being insane, The daughter | answers that her mother’s charge is the result of parental objection to her fiance. | Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers 0 FOWL LOY By E. P. Chalcraft Denying that she is seeking t© prevent her daughter, Miss Re berta Walker, from a Pes, the man of her choice, Mra. Anna 8S. Walker, prominent edu- cator and social worker, on the the witness stand Monday in dudge Austin E. Griffiths’ pointed charge was made. In response to questioning by her attorney, John J. Sullivan, Mra. ‘Walker told of the sudden change noted in her daughter's ct about two years ago. “All our lives we had been pals,” the mother said. “In fact, we were like two sisters. Then suddenly, Roberta changed, She | seemed to think that I was her worst enemy.” ‘ Some of the indications of mental illness, Mrs. Walker sald, were a tendency to quarrel and — =e changes in facial expres- _ owe to Page 7, Column Column AUTO THIEF FLEES JA TACOMA, Aug. 21.—Fred D serving a two-year sentence in federal penitentiary on Me Island, escaped this morning, accord: ing to word received here, The escape was the first to oce at the penitentiary since last 1 day, when Roy Gardner and companions, Everet Impyn Lawardus Bogart, made their d for liberty. Delage was arrested in last spring on a charge of tra ing @ stolen auto from Massachusetts to Washington, BANDIT SLUGS; © YOUNG WOMAN CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 21.—-A roughly dressed man stepped from behind a trve and struck Miss Anna Frank, 18, a blow on the head that: knocked her~down yesterday, while she was walking home from @ © neighbor's house. When found by Walter Conrad, who was driving along the avenue, : Miss Frank was lying un with a handkerchief bound around her mouth, She does not remember anything concerning the affair, sa that some man grabbed her. a WOULD ACT ON BLUE SKY LA SALEM, Ore, Aug. 21.—Amend. — ments looking: to the tightening up _ of blue sky laws of the state are now > forming in the minds of state offi. eials, to be submitted to the legisla ture in January, ‘The legislation will be directed par ticularly at non-resident corporations and stock-selling organizations, Banking laws aiming to protect de. & Ppositors in state banks are also weak, declares Frank Bramwell, state s+” perintendent of highways, who says © he has discussed several bills with members of the state banking boards” COURT WARS ON SPEEDERS Peeresses Caught in Opium Den Raid PARIS, Aug. 21--Two famous English peeresses were caught when Angry Dogs Tear Girl to Pieces! BERLIN, Aug. 21.—Tnterfering | STAR WANT ADS will do the rest. others, Fraulein Elizabeth Borschen was herself set upon by the three] animals and torn to pieces when her dog was attacked by two} | luxurious oplum den was, raided \here. ‘They were finally released and ‘their names kept secret, Father Jailed for Charies FE. year-old son on the cheek and arms, with a hot tron three months’ imprisonment. Persons convicted of reckless drive ing will be fined $3 a mile if they” were going 80 miles an hour or less at the time of the offense, For each |mile over 80 the fine will be $5, This announcement was made 4 Monday by Police Judge John B, G but escaped with don in a renewed effort to careless autoists in this city, Branding Own Son ROTHERHAM, Eng,, Aug. 21. ‘Taylor branded his 1