The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 20, 1922, Page 1

78. Atina Q. Nilsson, beautiful blonde actrese, Who wag burned recent . is reported entirely recovered m her press agent. eee Mustapha Kemal, Turk leader, mds tike one of those soul-stirring t ads. eee LOCAL WAR BULLETINS confectionertes ban Turkish de- — refuses to eat slice of ‘Universal Fite Ca, decides to reissue | Viegia of Stambeal.” “How Would You Handle the Clara in Case?” asks The Star. Well, if we were in the prose. jor’s office we would shoot Johnny . and if we were Dore we would Jack Crests coffee. Woe are sorry Walter Fulton didn't up Clara's defense—he cries #0 utifully. eee ofled up his rusty rod (For hunting was his Without tmpugning the honor ot) Deur coppers, Screenland suggests this ‘ ising slogan for Seattle boot | rgers: “Booze From Contented eee The frost ts on the pumpkin, The kida have gone to school, To learn to count in numbers, And to bays up - their pool. ; s. It's the bemidtty. f NECK AND "NECK The race in the American grows hotter every day. New York Yankees are now abeut $300,000 Full! many a lump of purest an- thracite the idle of mines of Penn } syivania bear; full many a lump of ‘Washington coal is in a car not get Plosion; it’s the candidates for cheer leader practicing. . pine Some of the boys, however, speak 7 tn iow, « ing for “another helpin’ spuds, Mrs. Smith, please.” ‘They're conserving their voices for ) the big game. Hy i CLUB NOTICE Mi All members of the Knitting society are notified that the Clara Skarin trial will be an event of this month, oe Governor Hart is now asking us j celebrate “Joy week.” Have you "paid your poll = wet? es ‘ ot | IVORY IDA’S BI AU TY 4 | SECRET: | i | OA cake of soap mixed with | © | water will do wonders. { —_____________4 } é Shooting season opens October 1, ) but state officials have not yet an- nounced a bounty on guides. ove Did we hear a second to our mo tion to give Turkey the mandate Over Los Angeles? eee The war will wage around Con Stantinople until the last correspond ent gets the writer’s cramp. & eee I can remember, My little son, When coal was selling For “Five” a ton. « ~Detroit Free Preas. I can remember, Sweet Cherte, When dresses reached be- Low the knee. CAUTION There's a Seattle man who ts so afraid his coal will be stolen that he carries it in bis inside _ pocket to and from work every day. . The Volstead act has one big flaw it: sin It doesn’t prohibit people from drinking wood alcohol “ee Gosh! Here we are at the bottom @riving « locomotive thru a forest | coffee heuse destroys supply | I ting qpywhere. H cee > Thet awful noise you hear out) university way isn't @ boiler ex- sia eeeeetatomatenn tint teen en Tonight and Thureday, fair; moderate southwest erly winds, | } IEND STRIKES AGAIN Beast Man Kills Boy, Shoots Brother and Father and Misses Mother The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor ' GRAFTS ‘Congress Is Stirred by Disclosures About Income Tax Division; Why Dover Resigned BY C. Cc. LYON WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—A move to bring about a congressional investigation of the workings of the federal income tax is today under wa ‘There is hardly a congressman who has not received from ‘That the small taxpayer is unable to have his tax claims adjusted because of priority stven large corporations with million-dollar claims. ‘That claims handled by at torneys who were once offi- clals or employes of the in- come tax division are given preference over claims han- @ied by attorneys who never had any such connection. thru the division. constituents complaints against the present methods em- | ployed in its assessment and collection. Attorney General Daugherty, in his report to congress, de-| Charges Made Against i i . clared the bureau of internal revenue now has before it re- | fund claims amounting to “billions of dollars.” | others of the Under the system in vogue, \Crown Prince Fears Bride May Rule Doorn EDITOR'S NOTH: The tnatde story the of the k strong effort break off bin with Princess Hermine ts presented here rs courtship and are bel with by Ferdinand Jahn, who was sent by the United Pre bor eosin, home of th ames uit for the hand of the prin led for the firet tine & dispaton, BY FERDINAND JAHN (Copyright, 1922) by United Press) SAABOR, Silesia, Sept. 20 ‘The kaiser is a wonderful lover, friends of his fiancee, the Princess Hermine, said today “Wilhelm is all fire and flame,” they declared. Fervid love letters from the kaiser to his princess all but swamped the little postoffice here. Some of the more endear- ing episties were delivered thru a third party, Withelm—*the aged hermit of Doorn,” as some call him—evidently fearing his ost precious love phrases would lincloned ‘The princess’ announcement to- day that she would leave here on November 3 for Dorn and marry the kaiser November 5 was a blow to the monarchists, led by the crown prince and his wife, who are doing all in their power to break off the mateh Friends of the princess state that she is going thru with the marriage in spite of all oppost- tion. The Junker party plans to send a delegation to Doorn in a final effort to break off the match. Crown Prince Withelm and his wife fear that if the former “war lord” actually marries the prin- (Turn to? Page 8, Column » the public is kept in absolute | darkness as to who wants the “billions of dollars,” and to! . | whom are now being paid the $100,000,000 appropriated by | seare Roebuc It ten't the heat iat bothers: the | Congress for cash refunds. Congress itself doesn’t know. ‘KAISER IS AN ARDENT LOVER system is imposed by law. The gov-| | The secrecy which surrounds the ernment could be defrauded of hun. dreds of millions of dollars without the knowledge either of the secretary |of the treasury or the commissioner | of internal revenue. ELMER DOVER WENT UP AGAINST SYSTEM Officials and employes who would divulge an income tax or tax refund secret would subject themselves to fine and imprisonment and bar ther. selves from ever again holding gov ernment office or employment | have has come largely from taxpay | ers who have learned conditions thru thelr own personal experiences in dealing with the system Elmer Dover, of Tacoma, as- sist secretary of the treasury, found conditions in the income tax division so unsatisfactory that he resigned Job when he failed in hig efforts to correct them, Dover's friends declare he went in- }to the treasury department under } express orders to correct evils that | | were known to exist, soon found himself on the losing end | terie of employes and attorneys Dover frankly warned hi) asnoct |ates the system being follvwed could easily result in gross frregularities. | His first move was an effort to put into responsible positions trained {men whom he previously knew to be free from alliances with representa tives of big interests that had claims pending for Aax rebates, WAS REFUSED ALL IN¢ORMATION Ho inveighed against methods | that permitted government claims | for additional taxes to lie unconsid ered for years, while claims against | the government for refunds were | rushed thru and paid. Dover insists the audit r w di visjon—the check on the system: |was abolished without notice or warning to him. The straw that broke the cam- el's back, however, was the or- der that went out to officials and employes to furnish Dover with no information concerning matters (arn to Page 8, Column 2 | but that he! of a bitter fight with a powerful ¢- | The Seattle Star Batered as Gevond Clase Matter May %, 1499, at the Postoffice at Seattia Wash, under the Act of Congress March 6, 18 Per Year, by Mall 65 to 69 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922. Mra, Dalsye Stottlemayer, wife of | Frank H. Stottiemeyer, rancher, values her left hand at $25, | 000. } She !s suing for this amount plus | $250 medical fees in superior court Wednosday A jury was scheduled to return tte verdict to Superior Judge Otis W.| | Brinker after the effect that a wart-remover, Mra. Stottlemeyer purchased fror k & Co, so injured left hand that she is now suffering | trom an incurable malady, | In October, 1920, according to the | evidence, Mra. Stottlemeyer paid 23 cents for a package of Dixie Wart | Remover, which was, according to tts label, “paintean and harmless.” Mrs Stottlomeyer told the Jury that after fiero applications of the remedy | GASSMAN NOT | | STREETS HEAD | | Helper,” Says Mayor | | Personally escorted into office and | | installed as of the} city department of streets and) Mayor Brown, Tuesday, “superintendent” |sewers by Gassman’s political | Cart | changed considerably over night, leording to a statement made by| ac the mayor Wednesday. | “There is more work in the de-| Thomas, as-| can do. Help | | was 1 have put} |Mr. Gassman with | | Thomas,’ the mayor sald | Asked who is superintendent, | | Brown sald: | “Well, as assistant superintendent, | |Thomas ts temporarily the head of the department. Gassman is work: | ing with him, I realize that Gass-| man cannot receive pay unless his yappointment is confirmed by the | city counciel.” | | Cc. B. Fitegerald, president of) |the city eouncil, Wednesday morn: | jing said he would seek legal opin-| }ion of Corporation Counsel Walter *. Meier on the authority of Mayor Brown to install Gassman in office | without the sanction of the coun-| fl. | partment than Byron sistant superintendent, urgently needed. to work * 6 | N. B, BECK, resident of Seattle years, died ‘Tuesday at the | awedlah hospital, He is survived by | his widow, three sons, N, B. Beck, | Jr, Harlan and James B. Beck, and| ‘one daughter, Jean, all of Beattle OLYMPIA, Sept, 20.— The ptate of | Washington is to be brightened by a ipping of Pollyannaline dys. ‘The governor of the staye and all authority want the throat The first guftaw sho ? commonwealth to enunciate joud chuckles of uncontrdilable mirth for one week jd sound off as early as possible on the morning erwise, but of agreement and not of | reproof, will be encouraged. In a message issued today, Gov Louis F', Hart called upon all persons whomsoever to eschew dourness and gloom, and brighten the corners of the state with little deeds of kind- of October 9. Smiles, gentle and oth: | | ness, little words of en during one | entire “Smile week.” Funny folks are implored to thrust |a jovial thumb into the ribs of dull | | neighbors. | Newspapers are offered the sug: | gestion to publish more news of a| Joyful note and less. of murder wa erime during the seven days of chuckles, fenat posed to the inflammation that set in, | jand that she had contributed to the | Mrs. Daisye Stottlemeyer her hand developed an Inflammatory Poulsbo | condition, whose pain bothers her to- day, Her husband, she sald, is forced to wash the disnes and the clothes and | assume most of the care of their small son. George F. Vanderveer, Mra, Stottie- meyers attorney, pleaded for award hearing evidence to/of the full amount of damages ask- | that lin Peters and Powell, the defendant, Mrs. Stottlemeyer was predis representing condition of her hand by not apply 4g the medicine to the warts alone. Due to a only 11 persons were seated on the jjury. Nine of them will have to agree to « verdict, according to pedge Brinker's instructions, HOUSE AGAIN PASSES BONUS Such information, as congressmen | Status Changes; ; “He's Just | |President’s “Veto Promptly | Overriden WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. — The house passed the bonus bill again today over the president's veto, The vote on overriding the veto} was overwhelming, 258 voting to} president The veto now goes to the senate, | which is expected to dispose of it by tomorrow, ‘The house overrode the president's veto in just the time it took to call the roll The vote was taken without a min. ute's debate, Republican Leader Mon. | dell insisting that been too thoroly discussed by the house previously to make further jconaideration necessary the bonus had “MISSING” MERCHANT AMAZED BY STORY OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE! Amazed by the published re. ports of his disappearance, Oscar C, Johnson, retired silk merchant, of 3700 60th ave. 8. °W., walked into the police station Wednes- day morning and told tho police that he had been living in a downtown hotel since he left home Monday. Johnson explained that he had decided to separate from his wife, and had divided his property with his family. Johnson was report. ed missing by J. G, Weathers, a friend. “LET’S HAVE WEEK OF MIRTH,” ORDERS HART The funny bone will supplant the | uncrooked finger which of late, it ap- pears, has directed attention to gath |oring clouds of sadness, The commonwealth is expected to give the world “the laugh" with a prolonged peal of mirth, A grin will split the state. Equine cachinnations are barred, endeavored to show | shortage of talesmen | Values Hand at $25,000! Claims Wart-Cure Failed | | | | rating joverride and only 64 to sustain the| | { | | | | i] | | | Two CENTS IN SEATTLE ~ MANIAC IN DEATH ORGY ON RANCH! Olympia “Beast Man” Stages Murderous Attack in Grant County, While Posses Watch Woods in Southwest Washington, Where He Struck Before EPHRATA, Sept. 20. 0.—Opening a murderous fire, without warn jing, or apparent motive, a maniac, believed to be the “beast bi of Schneider’s Prairie, shot and killed August Bonjorni and probe 4 ably wounded the lad’s father last night. The shooting took place at the Bonjorni ranch, about five miles from Wilson Creek. Alfred Bonjorni, brother or the murdered boy, was shot thru the arm by the madman, and Mrs. Bonjorni narrowly escaped death when a bullet from the fiend’s gun missed her head by inches. Descriptions of the maniac indicate that he is the fiend that at- tacked Mrs. Harry O’Hara, her four daugh- ters, a son and a neighbor near Olympia two THOUSANDS ARE FLEEING TURKS Christians. in Exodus From Constantinople Pree confidence of Mustapha Kemal, the British to forego militery meves in the Near Hest until a con- ference could be held with the Turk- Kemalliste were reported within 50 of the olty. ae In London representatives = 000,000 workers gathered to demand that the government avold @ clash with the Turks, eee WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— The Turks have issued a formal proclamation that “all men in the Smyrna region between the ages of 18 and 45 will be held prisoners of war,” the state de- partment was advised by Ad- miral Mark Bristol today. eee LONDON, Sept. 20.— Stirred by the military success of Mus- tapha Kemal in Asia, the Wahibi tribes have revolted and threatening coast towns on the eastern border of Mgypt, word received by the Exchange Tele- graph from Cairo stated today. llery Is held in readines: it w quell the disorders, ported. CONSTANTINOPLI Christians, fearing a repetition of the horrors of Smyrna, fled by the thousands today as t! alists are reported drawing near- er their former holy city. Greeks hastily gathered their possessions and besieged the em- bassy by every available means. Mustapha Kemal, according to re liable reports received here from Smyrna, has left that stricken city ar oe ple y The Turkish cavalry, according to word received here, has reached the outskirts of Bigha, on the edge of the neutral zone, Kemalists are} knewn to bo on duty near Chanak, where the British are intrenched, The Greeks and other Christians (Turn to Page 8, Column 3) Stop Putting It Off Any Longer This is the advice of one of Se- attle’s Realtors, and so he is offering you a splendid little home at terms that are within your reach. DELAY Nearly new hardwood ment basement; lose to ¢ : oms, With closets; linen closet; fine lighting and plumbing fixtures, A real snap, $3, 360; $860 cash, $35 per month. If you are interested in this little home turn to the sified columns, and see who will show you this little home. ig now in Nicomedja, near Ismid, | which is 60 miles from Constantino: | weeks ago. August was when the fiend let plowed thru his arm, tect his son. trail of the maniac. where his condition is said t is prostrated with grief. Description of the maniac plexion. opping kindlin nly came up out warning the boy was shot thru the head. ’ Hearing the shot, his brother ran out of the barn. A” that of the beast man of Olympia. tall, with broad shoulders, narrow hips and a dark com- dhim. With. Joe Bonjorni, the father, rushed from the house to pro The fiend turned his rifle from the boy, took careful aim and shot the father thru the right temple. As he dropped, Mrs. Bonjorni, who was watching from y |the window, shrieked in terror. the window, the shot going wild. He disappeared around the barn, still carrying his rifle. News of the murderous attack spread quickly thru the countryside, and heavily-armed posses, captained by Sheriff Mack Deycous of Grant county, immediately took up the The beast man fired thru Joe Bonjorni was rushed to the hospital at Wenatchee, © be critical, Mrs. Bonjorni is said to tally closely with He was about six feet This is the same man who is thought to be the “Peninsula Beast” who held Portland in a reign of terror a few weeks ago by his assaults on women in city parks. ARREST SUSPECT IN $3,500 THEFT Detectives Hope. to Clear Up} Many Robberies Seattle detectives are holding Sam | Lynch, 22, allas Roy McDonald, Wed: | |nesday, as a suspect in the $3,500 |robbery of the King Bros,’ clothing | store, at 1202 Second ave., Sunday night. According to Lieut. of Detec tives William F. Justus, Lynch may be charged with the robbery. In connection with the theft, De- tectives G. L. Gordon and Frank Du- }cett are looking for a second man, } believing that Lynch had an-accom- plice. Gordon and Ducett, in investigat: | Ing the theft of men’s wear from the | store, found a yellow slip, an applica- tion for an auto license, bearing Lynch's name, on the floor, and tracks made by rubber overshoes, They traced Lynch to a house at 19th ave. and Madison st. where they put the man under arrest, and later found rubber shoes matching | the tracks in his room, Lynch was arrested here in March, 1917, as a bandit suspect, and later returned to San Francisco, where he Was facing a grand larceny charge. Lieut. Justus hopes to clear up |many recent robberies thru a close | check of Lynch's movements in re- | jeent months, Lynch denied any con: | | nection with the robbery, but could not explain the circumstantial evi- |dence. He told a story, Justus said, that proved to be untrue, Clara Skarin Must Enter Plea Friday | Clara Skarin must plead Friday to }the charge of first degree murder ‘filed against her in superior court in| jconnection with the death of Ferdin. and Hochbrunn, This date was fixed by Presiding |Superior Judge Austin BE. Griffiths when Miss Skarin was arraigned be- |fore him Tuesday afternoon, De- | fense Attorney John F, Dore asked for a week in which to plead, but the court denied the request, JAPAN CLINGS TO SAGHALIEN TOKYO, Sept. 20.—Advices from Chang Chun today said that the Japanese delegates to the conference between Japan and soviet Russia had notified the Russians that Japan will not evacuate Saghalien until in- {demnity for the Nikolaievsk massa- cre of more than a year ago is paid. iMayor Again Urges Five-Cent Carfare Five-cent carfare is urgently needed and should be put into ef fect on the municipal rallway at once, is the opinion of Mayor Brown, repeated Wednesday. “I believe that with the elimina- tion of the transfer system and the authorization of $1 weekly passes, the short haul traffic would in- crease in volume sufficient to over: come the reduction in fare,” the mayor said, ———— JUANITA MILLER IS FREED OF HUSBAND IN “LILY ROMANCE” OAKLAND, Cal. Sept. 20,— Juanita Miller, she of the Ily loves and the exotic weddings, tor day went back to her mystic gar- dens—free once more from her husband, “Finis” was written to Jua- nita’s “lily love’ romance in di- vorce court here when Superior Judge Quinn granted her a di- voree from Juan Miffer, the “Illy lover,” and Juanita announced that “never again will I be at- tracted by handsome men.” She took no pledge, however, as to men who are not handsome, Cruelty in such ferms as sing: ing in the bath tub at 7 a. m.; re fusing to mend the fence so that Juanita’s cow—successor to the one which once animated the 40- year-old skull she carried at her wedding—could not escape; an al: leged “general laziness and rev fusal to pay family bills,” togeth- er with desertion, formed the a ground for the divorce. outside the barn ae PEATE ET RR ME at