The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 3, 1922, Page 1

SO SAYS | « HUGHES HOME) il ‘NO WAR FOR U. S The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor The Seattle Star Rntered as Second Clase Matter May %, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879, Per Year, by Mall, $6 to 69 LASKA ONCE A To peer rs ab dae WOMAN GETS |¥YOU GET TROPIC JUNGLE, f= pm SEAT INTHE | POLLAR You've heard it said: 6 A RR “That rain was worth a} _ Excavations Made by Seattle Outfit r This Summer Unearth Mastodon Remains at 60-Foot Depth million! Mrs. W. H. Felton, Wednesday Seattle will |grasp the full significance of By Robert Bastien Bermann | A great expanse of white sand, gleaming and burning) Georgia, Is First such an expression, for The| +|Star’s S f G -| Woman Named; |5*"s Shower of Gold actual-| under the merciless rays of a tropical sun. Towering palm trees here and there, with maybe whiskered monkeys toss-| ly will pour dollars into the! Cannot Serve ing cocoanuts from their branches. The sky a vast, clear pockets of all who will - stretch forth their hands. | ATLANTA, Oct, 3—For | are shower will begin promptly | the first thme in the nation’s his- jat 30 o'clock Wednesday when the| ‘ " t & woman has been given | do of the Seattle National bank! dome, blue as a sapphire, and beautiful, mercilessly si he sa thes harar4 States gwing wide at Second ave. and Cor} beautiful. senate, thru appointment by Goy- | ¥™bia nt And all within almost a stone-throw of the North Pole!) ernor Hardwick today of Mrs. This is the weird picture that is painted in Seattle today W. H. Felton, Cartersvill by E. J. Mathews, vice president of the Chamber of Com-| Merce, who recently returned from a visit to the properties of the Keewalik Mining Co., of which he is president. That is the time when, i | you present the accompanying to the place made vacant by the death of the late Senator Thomas _— properties lie more than 100 miles to the north of jome. a Tonivrt and Wednesday, occasion. ally rein; moderate south. erly winds, VOLUME 24. NO. 189. ARQTe TWO CENTS IN AMERICA ‘TOBED TURMOIL Hughes Answers Protest Cable From Bishop in Near East WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The inited States government has expressed the sentiment of the American people regarding the Near East situation, will continue to express it by appro- priate action, but will not be drawn into a Near East war, t This is the clearly defined position: of this government, as set forth | Secretary of State Hughes in an SEATTLE coupon properly filled in, you E. Watson, will be given 50 cents! Mra. Felton, however, probably will| The Star wants its readers to|/change of cablegrams with ARMY OF CLERKS WILL BE WAITING |never actually occupy @ seat in the | become independent; The Star'James Cannon, who, on oe PRESS AGENT! are so ugly. Your ‘haps one reason why they are to keep Turkey out of Europe because the Turks were the origi mitre” = ll, GOING, GOING, GONE! ‘This is Fire Prevention woek. It comes too laic, however, to save Maj. Cari Reeves. eee Why don't we have Fire Wi Prevention week? eee When Mayor Brown fired the opening gun of his campaign by de- claring he would reduce taxes by | $1,500,000—it was undoubtedly an air gun. n Suggestion to port eds Why not give Siki some novel Rickname and call him Kayo Stkt | It was while he was on this visit that Mathews made the discovery which led him to paint the imag nation-stretching pleture ot an [equatorial scene in the Arctic. | The story would tax the credulity fof a leatherneck—and yet ft tsn't |the tale itself that’s strangest. | The most amazing phase of the [situation t that scientists who | have devoted their lives to proving! |that truth is stranger than fiction jcome te Mathews’ defense. They! jay his story i actually true—| | substantially so, at any rate! “The Keewalik Mining Co.," Mathews explains, “operates en hy draullc gold mine on Candie Creek, | & tributary to the Arctic ecean, at the northeast corner of the Seward Peninsula, in Alaska. “In the course of developing this property last summer, we found it necessary to make a long cut In the earth-—a cut 3,000 feet long and some 60 feet deep. “We found nothing surprising at firet—just the usual layers of earth and ice that one expects In Arctic mining, “Rut when we reached a depth of 45 feet, we came to a beaver dam. “Now, altho there are no beavers in the vicinity of the mine, there wouldn't have been anything #o very unusual about this, but for one fact ~~that beaver dam was 45 feet be neath the surface, “We knew we had uncovered & beaver city older than any ha- man city in the world—older, even, than mankind itself, per- haps! “Because, of course, it takes thou- jsands and thousands of years for | slow.moving Nature to build up a 45- | foot plateau. | “But greater surprises were |store for us | FIND BONES OF TROPICAL MONSTERS “Ag we went deeper, we uncovered | mastodon bones—well preserved re. | mains of the great-«reat-grent.great- |erandfathers of the elephant, who | Used to roam the world in prehistoric times. It was awe-inspiring just to| (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) | Chaplin’s Ex-Wife Is Now Bankrupt LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2.—Taxicad concerns, florists, department stores | and many others are among the of ficlally listed mourners to the bank ruptey petition of Mildred Harris, ex-| wife of Charley Chaplin, which is on| file here today. ‘The petition deciares that the act-| reas owes $30,000 and has no money to meet the debts. The petition was |forwarded from the United Staten din |trict court in Duluth, Minn., where |it was filed September 22 Millions to Be Lost in Baseball “Pools” East, Especially, Is Here’s What Star Gambling on the | Man Learned of World Series System Here NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Millions of dollars will change hands in the next week as the result of the world’s series, which opens here tomorrow. And the mil lions won’t go to the ball players or thelr clubs. Despite the nation-wide revulsion | against gambling on baseball, gamb- lers will reap.q golden harvest from the series that will make the players’ profits seem mere small change in| By Hiram Hicophat I been on The Star goin’ on two weeks now, but nobody ain't seen my name in the paper before because I! ain't had no chance to write for the) paper yet—not till now Seems like it’s right hard to write | for the paper | Soon as I graduated from the In-| terstate Correspondence School in} Journalism—Learn Be a North or Cycione Sik! or Battling Biki— | gomething peppy and original? | eee A Paris dispatch says that Siki| floesn't train for his fights. Ab, the| Seas Willard system! see SNAP INTO IT! ‘The army has issued a new order regarding salutes. They will be required only when they eannot be avoided, according to staff officers. | That's the way they always | er ee | Long skirts cover a multitude of | shins. | eee This long skirt racket |» just a stall. It keeps the calver in. eee (That wheeze is rotten. Whoever heard of keeping calves in a stall? Any simp knows they lock ‘em up tn the silo—Ea) | . Our idea of misfortune is for a) one-armed man to be calling on twin | sisters. Love Netite Brown? Not on your life! Bhe picks her teeth With the carving knife! eee CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON | IVY CLUB Silver-tongued orator who de- livers oration before justice court in minor case. . ‘The “sliding decollette” gown tn! the latest importation from Paris. | pastor, the Rev. comparison. ‘The gambling will not be as in the Mills Girl Makes be aa in th Another Appeal [20% tnere ts no fear that. baseball NEW BRUNSWICK, NX. J, Oct, | itself will be,contaminated by the 3—Charlotte Mills, 15-year-old | sigantic scheme. daughter of Mra. James Mills, who| But the public will be bled Pata was found shot to death with her| The baseball pool is the gamblers Edward W. Hall, to. | Weapon thia year. Tickets are sold, day appealed to Ellis Parker, known | #iving different figures on a game or as New Jerasy's lest detective, to ald| games. The person holding the num in the mystery probe. |ber which proves correct or mont The girl, shortly rhe had |nearly so wing a prize. In other been taken to task by local author. | Words, Just adap ine ie ities for appealing to Gov. Edwards} AND THE HO «ny for state ald, addressed a letter to ee FROM 20° TO 2) P , the ty detective of Bur a Lara Mager. gee asked him to| A hundred dollars worth of tickets solve the érime. sold—with $50 as the prize ‘There's only one answer—no mat ter how the game or the series comes out. The gdmblers win; the public lonen. NEW YORK SPENDS MILLION A WEEK Baseball pools in the major leagues You Can Do Better by Placing ||tccet'ss'tninseyhis | A million dollars a week ts spent lin New York alone by upward of 400,000 players, according to est! prmates by pool agents. fter YOUR “WANT ADS” in The Star’s “GREATER CLASSIFIED” New York, has probably 25,000 pools, all exeept 100 or so being small private pools in offices and fac tories, and semi-private enterprises loperated in cigar stores, There are four big pools. Chicago spends about $100,000 a lweek in some 60 pre’eastonal pools. | During the last world series ticket sales in these pools totaled $450,000, police estimate. | & present-day gown could wlide either ap or down Gosh, it doesn't seem ponsible ier) Philadelphia baseball gamblers spend at least $60,000 a week, accord (furan to Page 7, Colymn 3) cliffe or a Dana by Majl—Ten Short | Lessons, I come up to The Star paper | lan’ aaked the editor for a job “Meaning which?” says he. Then I explained, sort, how T had learned to be a Northcliffe or a Dana didn't know which, but one of "em | and wanted to wr his paper. | “All right,” eayn he ahead an’ | write—an’ we'll pay you for what jgets in the paper—somethin’, any. way.”’ “But what shall I write about?” saya I “Aha,” says he, “Northeliffe an’ | Dana never had to ask that.” | “All right,” says I, knowing that it must be all right | So I been sittin’ around the office | waiting for something to| |write about, But nothin’ turned up ;~~not till today, at any rate. \HA! A SCENT! | ON TRALL OF STORY | But lookin' av a story that come | over the telegraph wires this mornin’, | \T seo as how the gamblers in New lYork are expectin’ to clean up maybe | a coupla million dollars a day on | world series pools this week an’ next “Aha,” says I to myself. “Well, Benitle’s the New York of the Pa- cific const—or maybe it’s t'other way round—New York's the Se: attle of the Atlantic const, Any: way, ff the gamblers in New «are goin’ to clean up two million—why, shucks, the gq blers out .ore’ll get at least four, T'll go out an’ get a story about } it” I knew what to do right away. | ‘The I. C. 8 had sald all journalists must maintatn a close Haison with | persons in all walks of life, even (Turn to Page 7, Column 4) Javer since | | rar . @ by Capt Morrison ACH fall brings its constwide scandal when the Alaskan salmon boats come home. Work- ers complain they have been un- derpaid, underfed, mistreated, overworked, The Star assigned Max Stern, reporter, to sall on a “hell ship” and to work in an Alaska can- nery—the most unusual news- paper assignment of the year. Stern mae@e the tnp—a« month at sen going North—worked a» month tn the cannery, and re- turned to Seattle » few days ago. On his nightmare voyage to these isolated fisheries beyond Behring sea, Stern, becalmed, then storm-driven, encountered many adventures, learned much of man's inhumanity to man. For two weeks one cup of water was issued to each man—one cup of water for drinking and washing. The food—two meals a day—was next to impossible to cat, except the tempting mince pie or canned food FOR SALE. Disease, gambling, danger, even death, sailed always with the crew, Stern’s story, “The Price of Salmon,” Is a colorful, truthful plieture of Northern conditions, more interesting, more in- structive than fiction. Watelt for it, beginning in Thursday's Star, 12 POISONED BY BAD FOOD NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Twelve per- sons were suffering here today from mysterious effects of poison food, Mushrooms, it is belleved by sur. geons at St. Vincent's hospital, are responsible for the poisoning. The patients, grovelling from the terrific effects of the poison, refuse to tell where they secured the food Four families were stricken, in- cluding several little children, Woman Rages When She Is Sentenced County jail furniture may have tough sledding for the next half year, A. Myers and wife were sen: serve six months each, Monday afternoon, on dope charges, by Justice of the Peace C, C. Dalton. When Mrs, Myers heard the words that assured her board and keep In the county bastile, she grabbed a handy chair and slammed it across the floor But before further damage could be done Deputy, Sheriff Bill Downey took charge of the irate woman and coust proceeded, & senator to suc ceed Watson will be chosen at the [democratic convention that convenes jin Macon tomorrow, Before congress |reassembles this candidate will have |beon elected. The appointment of | Mrs, Felton ts therefore entirely hon- orary. Mra. Felton is a woman of ad. |vanced age and is known as “the rand old Indy of Georgia.” She has \for many years been a leader in the | woman's movement in Georgia and ‘her selection by Governor Hardwick |wan im the nature of a compilment |to her efforts in behalf of the women of her tate. Former Senator Hoke Smith is |"‘forced to decline” to allow his name to be presented an a eandidate to the nenate to succeed Watson, Smith an- nounced today. Press of business, which involves him in “obligations to clients which will require several months longer for performance,” was given by Smith as his reason. MAYOR BROWN WIRES TO DR. LORENZ PLEA TO COME TO SEATTLE Heartily indorsing the effort The Star is making to bring Dr. Adolph Lorenz, world-famous Aus- trian orthopedic surgeon to Seat- tle, Mayor Brown wired a person- al request, in the name of the city of Seattle, to Dr. Lorenz to “include this city in your Western errand of mercy, for the benefit of the crippled and health-broken children of the Northwest.” Dr. Ira C. Brown and other leading Seattle physicians have Mispatched or are preparing simt jar requests. RACE RIOTS ~ IN ALABAM MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct, 3.— Montgomery was placed under mill. tary guard today as @ result of race rioting. ‘Three companies of jthe Alabama National Guard policed the city, One negro is dead from a gun. shot wound, one white man and dozens of negroes wounded when & mob attempted to storm the county Jall here and take posses sion of Joe Terrill, negro. Terrill was charged with having slain George Wilson and wounded Joe Partin, game warde KILLERS ARE SURROUNDED STAPLES, Wis, Oct. 3.—Two Aighwaymen who shot and killed | knows that ambition can be realized | Paris from Constantinople, by systematic saving—even of the|the state department urging that xmaliest amounts. It, therefore, | United States use force if need has made arrangements so that any | Prevent the killing of Near person clipping the coupon on this | Christians. " page and presenting it at the Se | Secretary Hughes’ reply to B attie National bank Wednesday |C#nmon contained om notice th {morning or any time thereafter Oe eee were 1 refuse tee for 10 days, will be credited with pom pong comin Ga pore 60 cents actual cash. Be there aegis ly. Get your. Plenty of clerks |"U™anitarian duty, as always: will be provided to accommodate you. / Any and all may avail them-| selves of the opportunity this plan affords, to throw aside careless | habits, extravagant and wasteful | practices and start now toward « |woal of independence and happl- ness. ! Start @ savings account for all the children. If you have no chil- Gren, start some bright boy or girl on the roed to thrift by opening }an account for him or her. This| is @ practical, businesslike way of |quoted in regard to serving as an actual benefactor to ; some of your young friends, It fsn’t the amount you start in thete ‘account; {t's the idea of STARTING [THEM that counts. Wouldn't it /s# be pretty fine to have some of the \big men of Seattle 20 years from | Secretary Hughes last night now point to you as the one who |ablegram: | wave him his first lift on the high | “IM the present situation, bway of succeas? has resulted from the clash of | RULES ARE the defeat of the Greek forces, # |AND VERY can incidents of the retreat and the PLE prisals effected, not only have REMEMBER THIS: You turn 19 | 4on¢ all that is bie for relief the coupon and 50 cents cash:|i, aid of th Bag pes ar ‘That starts you with a dollar bank |cverted in appropriate matuer account. and gives you a Liberty/ingiuence against all acts of c1 | Bell savings bank, too. There are only three rules governing this offer: One dollar of each account must remain on deposit for one year. If the second is not made within six months the 58- cent coupon will be deducted when the account is closed, at which time the Liberty Bai savings bank must be returned. Only one account may be opened by an individual, but accounts may be opened by every member of a family if prisals. “Instructions have been sent to continue and urge these representa- tions and to emphasize the import- ance of immediate peaceful settle ment in the interest of humanity, the coupon now! Go| “You will also recall that in June to the Seattle National bank, See-|We mgreed to join in inquiry ond ave. and Columbia st., Wednes-| Which we hoped would place respon: — day and start saving money, either | Sibility and prevent the recurrence of for yourself or your youngster, or|#trocities, both. “Keenly alive to every huinanl It'll be the best thing you have|tarian interest involved, this govern: Ned make the sentiment of the American * . people understood and to take every Blame City Railway ai ’ “As you are aware, the exeout for Woman’s Death | has ‘no sutnorte te go besond thin way for not providing a safety stop —--——_—— at 47th ave. S. W. and W. Othell ‘ , elo} Rum Ship Escapes |was fatally injured Saturday even. Pursuer’s Shots Paul Montgomery here today | believed surrounded by a posse of 150 late today on a small lake near here. mobile with her husband, Dr. Sidney Montgomery, 22,a Northern Pactfic| Bartlett, when a street car, obscured |wuard, was shot when he attempted|by the trees, crashed into their ma- chine. Dr, Bartlett was slightly hurt. were | Mrs. Bartlett's death returned a ver- dict at noon Tuesday. Mrs, Bartlett was crossing the tracks in an auto- The Seattle Star Thrift Coupon Worth 50 Cents; Cut It Out . 4 HE SEATTLE STAR has arranged with the Seat- tle National Bank, Second ave. and Columbia St., to help every Star reader start a bank account. | This coupon is worth 50 cents to you. Cut out the coupon. Take it with 50 cents to the Seattle National Bank, October 4 to 14, inclusive, and you can open a $1 savings account. Besides being credited with a $1 account, each depositor will be given a Liberty Bell bank. A picture of i the bank appears here. SIGN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS HERE: ever dene: ment has not failed in any way to appropriate action, Blaming the Seattle municipal rail (Turn to Las? Page, Column 1) at. where Mrs. Sidney Bartlett, 45, jing, a coroner's jury investigating} mw YORK, Oct. § the rum chaser federal dry navy, failed to stop @ liquorsmuggling ship in the nan rows, officials reported here to day. x The rum runner escaped in the fog after 10 one-pound shells were fired. This is the second time in two weeks that whisky smugglers jhave failed to heed the commands of the dry navy. Boatmen Arrested. for Aiding Rebels, NOGALES, Ariz, Oct. 8. Pilot Salvador Lama and Helms man Humberto Martinez of the jsteamer Mexico are under arrest at | Mazatlan in connection with alleged |forces of Gen. Juan Carrisco, |cording to word received here. EANEST THIEF |AVL' SHOWS UP AGAIN Seattle's “meanest burglar” made his appearance again Monday night, breaking into the Millionair club, 98 Main st., and robbing the cash regia. jter of $2. The donation box yielded !7 pennies. ac. 1 Killed, 2 Hurt PORTLAND, Oct. 8.~-L. | Jewell, 28, was instantly killed and |Fred and Arthur Zastro, brothers, were injured early today, when the Zastro car plunged from a curve in the Willamette boulevard here and hurtied over a 40foot cli — | smuggling of munitions to the rebel +7 | When Auto Plunges |