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

» VOLUME 24. NO. 184, Howdy, folks! Gosh, but it's hard to write this first linc, We mever knew what to say. Now we've said it. eee Fatima, daughter of the Sultan of ‘Turkey, has secured a divorce. Bet her husband told her he preferred a camel. eee Perhaps he made her the butt of alt his jokes. eee LITTLE HAREM-SCARUMS! ‘The only difference between a Turk and a film actor t# that the Turk doean’t have to pay alimony eee If the United States sends troops over to help the Greeks, some gen eral ts sure to say “Socrates, we are here!” cee It was up to Henry Ford to either shut up or shut down. He didn’t do & rainy day? ee And now they're playing golf by flashlight. The chances are that it is not only the links that fe lit up. oe Speaking of atrocities, did you no ties that the Turks entered Smyrna en massacre? eee CAKE-EATER Stand back, sir; you ori not “Enis ts damp weather we're having. (Note to ninth Say the above sentence as fast as possible to get the correct effect) | The skecter t ra of prey Which flies about at night; bout three-cighths of it ta beak, ‘And five-eighths appetite, And fifteen-cightha or so is burs And ninetcen-eighths ts bite. —Baldy Jack. eee Autémobitiously speaking, queries M. T. Head, would it be correct to my that @ toupe is aan man top? > MODEST SI Siti, the Somes battler patho defeated Carpentier, wants “1,000,009 francs to fight In the United States. Why doesn’t he ask us to can- eel the allied debt? If the Senegalese fights Jack Dempsey he will quickly siki the floor. eee Quick, my lad, here comes the coro. mer! eee A otrt I hate Ja Stella Keats; She parks her gum On movie seats. eee Another happy thought for Smile week: To Gate only 510 Seattle pe- destrians have been hit by autormo- biles this year, eee BACK AGAIN, BY HECK! It will soon be time again for the funsters to predict that New York will win the world series, So far as we rink Prohibition * Director Roy Lyle has not started an Investigation of Rodolph Valentino getting all shined up before he ap- pears in front of the camera. eee Horse racing is becoming popular again in Russia Our idea of a real sport is a bird who a race for roubles. eee “Community Fund Drive, Sept. 28 to Bepts 15."—Bign at Fremont ave. and jird mt. Whoa! You're driving backward! eee Wanda is busy rounding up all the ddgs in town for her Mutt parade. Going to the dog», as ‘twere. ee GOTTA CEFGAREET? Writer says French girls do not smoke as many cigarets as American girls. If he wants to know the reason he might try amoking a French pill. eee No radiot as yet has concelved of the idea of using a wire-haired ter- Bier as an aerial * By Wanda von Kettler HAT the Mutt pa- rade, scheduled for Saturday next, is reaching afar as! well ay nearby for Its troops of pet enimals, email boys and small girls Was proved Tuesday after noon when a woman from Bellevue walked into Community Fund heedquar ters. Said she: “My boy's in school and can't get into town during Maltese poodie that's ready to be in it, too.” So the words, “Gerald Stephenson, Bellevue—with one poodle,” were written down in the book labeled, “Annual Community Fund—Seattle Star—Mutt Dor Animal Youngster Parade There's simply no keeping them out now, The buttons which guar. antee ah entree in the parade are speedily being exchanged at 333 Henry bullding, Community Fund headquarters, for the l-cent contribu: phone might bring his white mice, “Dear me, yes,” said we, “We want ail the white mice we can feel about it, We want all the ant Tore to Page | 8, | Column 5 NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 27-—Naval | seaplanes today lWeated and torpe- |doed « “hostile” fleet off the Virginia capes. ‘The planes returned to their bane here this afternoon, each of them jhaving dropped one Whitehead tor pedo—with the war head removed no they would not explode—on a battle. ship of the Atlantic fleet Scout planes were expected in later with results which will tell whether the “enemy” was “de stroyed.” ‘The attack on the fleet was a teat of the efficiency of the new torpedo | planes. SUSPECT IS LIBERATED OLYMPIA, Wash, Sept. 27—~Ar- rested near Centralia and brought to Olympia as @ suspect in connection with the assaults on Mrs. Jorgenson land Mrs. Weldner, here, a man giv ing his name as Sir Edward G Lambden, of London, was released lwhen the assault victims failed to [identity him as the Aseailant C-2 Passes Over San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27.—The army dirigible en route from Ross field, Arcadia, , to Ban Fran lelaco, passed over the business dix ltriet of San Francisco, flying toward Crissy field at 12:05 p. m. today. Three army airplanes formed an ee oort. The dirigible, which was three hours late in reaching San Francisco, wan flying low and was the center of attraction from noonday crowds on the streets. already | And that’s just exactly the way we | The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor | The Seattle. star ee eee Ot the Postotfice at Geattia Wash. the Act of Maren 6, 1679, Per Year, by Mall 66 to 69 eATTL: E, WASH., WE wei = SEPTEMBER 27, 1922. I( POLITICS AND THE BONUS The Literary Digest poll of the sol diers’ penus—the heavjly shaded states favored the bonus, the lightly fod states opposed it. eee ‘ASHID N, Sept. 27, — Con Kresumen are asking one another what, if anything, the veto of the soldiers’ bonus means politically in the face of elections, The recent postal ecard ballot on the bonus showed sentiment in favor of the bonus in the North and Cen tral West and on the Pacific coast Literary Digest readers in the! East and South and the mountain | |states returned a vote against the | bonus. All the states that favored the bonus in this poll gaye republican veaagderned two 5 tannin ago. TWO ESCAPE FROM M'NEIL Launch Aids Das of Prisoners for Freedom Commandeering the prison launch under cover of darkness The two men untied the boat at the moorings at the prison dock and drifted with the tide until they were |some distance away from the prison, | Peronto, whose arrest and subse. quent conviction recelved consider able publicity at the time, was re loeived at the prison in June, 1921, junder a sentence of two years, He was found guilty of embezzlement of gig ooo funds. Turner, facing a term of three | years for forgery, was committed | from San Francisco and had been in | the prison less than a month. | Both men worked in the office, and | their excape was not dincovered until | they failed to report for duty, at 6:30 ja. m., according to Chief Clerk W. Johnson j Peronto, a trusty, had free ac- cons to all parts of the grounds, according to Johnson, so the theft of the launch was # comparative- ly easy matter. Investigation Wednesday disclosed that the launch was taken between 9 and 10 p. m, Tuesday. The boat was found near Steflacoom, two and one-half miles east of McNett island. believed the men made their way to Tacoma, taking a train at that |potnt for Chicago, where Turner is jaald to live. Warden F. R. Archer was in Seat- tle Wednesday, when the escape was | reported to him. So confident are prison officials that Peronto and Turner have taken tempting any search of the vicinity where the launch was discovered. Police and other officers as far Prison authorities were unable to explain how Turner managed to get outside the prison gates Tuesday |night. He was a trusty but was al- lowed privileges only inside the prin on. Peronto was allowed all privi leges of the guards and other civilian |employes about the penitentiary. Warden Archer was unable to ex- plain the reason for Peronto’s ac: tions. as he was allowed to go to town any time he so desired It was believed that Turner must have induced him to help him make the getaway or may have discovered some means to compel him to help From there, Johnson stated, it ts | a train Bast that they are not at-} | East as Chicago have been notified. | He had no reason for escape | Want ieee Out!!* GRAND JURORS: of Indictments Expressing their dissatisfac- tlon with the manner in whieh Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas has handled the indict ments against the county com missioners and against J. E. Chilberg and J. F. Lane, former officials of the defunct Seattle Scandinavian-American ban k, the county grand jury petitioned Superior Judge Calvin 8S, Hall Wednesday to take prosecution of the remaining indictments against these and other indi viduals out of Douglas’ hands. our advior, and thorely county commissioners,” of the grand jurors reads,” the petition and also case against J, BE. Chilberg and J. 1. Lane, all of whom were indicted by the body named, wo feel inclined to | § appeal to you for help and aasint- | # ance In obtaining additional counsel, jor in reopening’ the cage, or in hav- iH ing another grand jury investigation tn these cases.” Judge Hall, who as the pre- siding judge called the grand Jury into session May 8, assured L. G. Morr, foreman of the grand Jury, that his petition will be presented to the superior court judges at thelr next meeting. ‘This probably will be next Mon- day or Tuesday, Judge Hall said. “We met with an insidious ef- jseredit all our work, all thru our detiberations,” Foreman Horr said, after he had presented the grand jurors’ request to dudge Hall, “A deliberate at- tempt was made to discount our findings. We were practically called a bunch of bolshevike, when, as a matier of fact, after being In daily seasion with the 16 other menthers for more than nine weeks, I know that the grand jury was composed of sen- sible, sane and cautious men and women. (Turn to Page 8, Column 6) BANK VICTIMS ON WAR PATH To Demand Needed Law From Next Legislature Revision of the Washington state banking law, so as to afford greater protection against loss to those who entrust their money to financial institutions will be sought at the next legisiature, according to Henry W. Powell, attorney for the Depositors’ Pro- tective association. This asxociation is composed of | 2,000 persons, most of whom were de- | positors in the defunct Scandinavian. American bank of Seattle, and who Tuesday requested the superior court judges to recall the recent county grand jury Into session again, for the purpose of more thoroly investi- | gating the failure of the bank In which they lost thelr money. Presiding Judge Austin EB. Grif. fiths presented the request to his fel- low jurists, who decided to postpone any action until Judges Mitchell Gilliam and Otis W. Brinker, who are altting in outside courts, return to Seattle, next week. “There are three important changes in the présent banking law that we are going to seek,” Powell sald, “First, segregation of savings deposits from commercial depos. its, Under the present system, with the exception of the mutual (Turn to Page 8, Column | » By Homer Brew Well, we see where Fatty Ar- buckle is in town, and all these bright reporters are running around town trying to find him. If we was a bright reporter, we'd simply look around for the fattest | | «uy in town, and then we'd walk up | to him and say, Howdo, Mr. Ar-/ buckle, and he'd be so surprised he would say hello, who in h—— are you? And then we'd say, kinda jolly-like, | well, we ain't heard much about you | for # long time, and he'd say, laugh. | ing, ty that #0? | And then we'd say, just to break | the ice, well, how does it feel to be a |fallen star, and he'd say, laughing, | well, it don't feel 80 good as three eet and then we'd say, are you £o- | Ing back to California, and he'd reply, yes, they won't let me stay in the U. 8. And we'd say, well, give our regards to all the folks from Iowa, About this time, if he didn’t indi- H. Brew Interviews “Fatty” in City cate that he might buy us a cigar, we'd kinda move off toward the re- volving door, and then we'd say, well, we understand that your first two trials resulted in a hung jury, ain't it too bad the third one wasn't hung, too? And then we'd go back to the office and write a sob story about Fatty Arbuckle and how he has been reduced to his last one hundred thousand ($100,000) hax yad and has to work for a Ily- ing. Then we'd go out to lunch, 1 BEG COURT FOR) A PROSECUTOR Entire Panel Signs | Petition for New) Man to Try Rest! “Because of the dual capacity of | dinsatiafied | 8 with the dismissal of the indictments | # against the members of the board of | in the matter of the handling of the | # RM Greed for Power Cause of Greece’s Sad Plight ING CONSTANTINE has been forced to abdi- cate because he brought Hohenzollern ruin upon his country. The influence of his wife, ex-Kaiser Wilhelm’s sister, is primarily responsible for his plight. Like her brother, she fled from the scene of her disaster at the first sign of peril and is now in Germany. When Constantine resumed his throne after the world war, he found Greece at the highest point of | her power since the \# classic period of Athens, 2,400 years ago. Constantine dis- missed the warnings of the allies and turn- ed to Hohenzollern as- piration, He resolved to defy the Western powers and conquer Turkey for Greece. He counted upon dissensions among the allies to prevent inter- ference with his plans, which included the incredible project of seizing Constantinople. Had Constantine succeeded, German influences, thru the queen, might org dominated international relations in the Near East. Constantine fell as Wilhelm Hohenzollern fell. Both were blinded by imperialism and believed their armies invincible. The, balance of power in the Near East has been made unstable and the danger of bolshevism again has become a reality thru Constantine's debacle. * * * HE only person who can save the situation, even in part, for Greece, is former Premier Venizelos. He foresaw the disaster Constantine's policy would § entail and has been a voluntary exile since the latter‘e~ return to . Appeals to him to return to Athens § since the Smyrna collapse have been met by the reply that Constantine first must go. Now that Constantine has gone there is little doubt Venizelos will become the head of the Greek ministry with practically dictatorial powers. He was the allies’ friend during the war. He won for Greece a great victory at the peace conference. His genius may yet be capable of undoing some of the Hohenzollern mischief Constantine has inflicted. KING CONSTANTINB lf * &* + * * & Grecian King Quits Throne ATHENS, Sept. 27.—King Constantine has abdicated in oe of Crown Prince George, it was officially announced today. In a message to the Greek people, the king stated that, | P for the national interest, peace and unity, he had abdicated in favor of the crown prince. The king, when faced by a revolt in the army following de- feat by Turkey, tried to save his tottering throne :by the declaration of martial law, but this was of no avail, and he stepped out in favor of his son. Constantine relinquished the throne when reports were received that transports loaded with mutinous Greek soldiers were speeding toward the capital. Mutinous troops have landed at several points near Athens and the few remaining members of the Constantine govern- ment conferred with leaders of the insurgents. It was believed that bloodshed would have resulted if the king had held onto his fast-diminishing power much longer. The abdication of Constantine followed closely the resigna- tion of the cabinet. It was reported Constantine made a plea to the revo- lutionists for permission personally to assume command of the Greek forces who expect to defend Thrace. GREEK FLEET SUPPORTS FORCES OF REVOLUTION The warship Kilkisdemos and torpedo destroyers have joined the insurgent forces. ments of unruly troops were marching from the provinces on Athens caused the utmost excitement among the populace. Confirmation was received here of reports that the Greek } fleet is supporting the revolutionaries. The abdication was preceded by a riot of the populace in the capital. The rioters served an ultimatum on their king a which he was given but one hour to step down from the throne. The king immediately called Gen. Metaxas into conference, at which it was decided the situation was in the hands of the revolutionists. The official abdication was then announced. Col. Gonaas, whose name ‘was signed to the manifesto dropped from an airplane, which demanded Constantine's ab- dication, is considered the leader of the revolution. Tchipoures, whose name was signed to another air procla- mation, is also one of the leading spirits. AMERICAN WOMAN MAY BECOME NEW QUEEN In case Prince George refuses the throne—and it has been rumored lately that he has an aversion to sitting on the Greek throne—among the next in line is Prince Christopher, who is now in Paris with his wife, the Princess Anastasia, who formerly was Mrs. William B. Leeds, widow of the deceased American tinplate king, who poured great wealth into the cause of promoting Greek national unity. Prince Paul and (Turn to Page 8, Colusan 2) BITTER WARFARE H |order to evacuate. {| Kemalists were reported here today entrenching in the neue Rumors that various ‘detach-| Bel; “TWO ‘CENTS IN SEATTLE oe IN BALKANS TO FOLLOW REVOLT | Rebels Who Ousted Constantine Are ‘ Expected to Demand Revenge on =} Turks; Allies Are Disturbed | King Constantine was forced to abdicate the Greek throne in favor of his son, Prince George, following a bloodless revolution of his army, who demand that Greece wage a finish fight on the Turks to prevent them from occupying Thrace. Other dispatches from the Balkan region tell of a bloody revolt in Jugo-Slavia, in which the Black Hand militarists were said to have proclaimed Prince George as king. Turkish forces in the neutral zone were reported en- trenching and a battle is expected when the 48-hour ulti- matum limit expires. The guns of the British fleet are trained on the Turks, who have thus far defied the allied | | Pt | i y | | | | | |] Greek warships and large forces of soldiers that have cast their lot with the revolutionists, led by Gonatas, are reported to be moving on Athens. The greatest disorder prevails there and the country, as far as can be learned, is without a government, the cabinet having stepped out of power just before Constantine's <—“K-r attempts e uphea’ ly complicates the of Great Britain, France and Italy to bring about peace in the Near East. e dugg tee fs in taken by the allies, who expressed ha Kemal, most bitter wars of the Near East between the Turks Greeks might come to — BRITISH FLEET READY CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 27.— Reinforcements of tral zone to strengthen the positions that have been seized in defiance of the allies. Guns of the British in the waters adjacent to the Chanak area, where the British are entrenched, have been trained on the Turks. _A clash is expected as soon as the 48-hour ultimatum exe ires. Sir Charles Harrington, commander-in-chief of the Bri forces, is confident he will be able to cope with the situati if hostilities start. He pointed out that the Brtish fleet en- tirely dominates the area. * * ATHENS, Sept. 27.—British and French ministers sent a note to the Greek government suggesting that G: warships be removed from Turkish waters, where their prea ence is hampering the prospect of peace. Mustapha Kemal, leader of the Turkish nationalists, yes terday protested against the presence of Greek ships in the Bosphorus straits. * & & JUGO-SLAVS REVOLT! BERLIN, Sept. 27.—Revolutionists—the Black Hand militarists—have proclaimed Prince George king of Jug Slavia, according to unconfirmed reports from the Hungar+ ae sae of Baja, which is on the Danube river, 90 miles from jelgrade. The revolution followed a bloody clash, the report said, in ie le. ° Croatian decentralists are also reported to be behind the movement, ‘ Prince George, who was born August 27, 1887, is the eldest son of King Peter. George renounced his right of succession |to the throne in 1909. Prince Alexander, now the ruler of Jugo-Slavia, was at ia time designated crown prince in place of his brother eorge. € SOVIET PLAN IS APPROVED LONDON, Sept. 27.-The British government is favorable to Russia's demand that the soviets be allowed to participate in the conferenod of powers designed to bring about peace in the Near East, it was authoriter | tively learned today. However, it was stated Britain will withdraw her provisional consent {f France protests. x It was not believed, however, that | France would object to her position. | which is involved with the little en- tente and the Kemalists, It ig known, that Kemal wants Russian represen: tation und France has, in a way, sponsored the ciuse of the Turkish leader. “RESULTS TELL THE STORY” WHY? Because Star readers wait and watch for STAR WANT ADS EVERY DAY