The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 14, 1922, Page 1

j : PER aL dod ee ES ee ee ee ee Tonight an gentle Maxtinum, 65. Toda) winds Temperature Last TT TTY AE Recetas et ills oe cries pamcatiestiiqun ern id Sunday, fair; northerly M4 Hours Minimum, 48. noon, 63. Howdy, folks! Heaven . Lady Duff Gordon, famous modist has been fired from her job. Ev chute jumper, to leap c @e Ronda, par from the tower of the L. building. Doc doesn't like to see any body ele make money by falling down on the fod. eee UNSATISFACTORY Hell and First Ave. continue to be paved with good intentions. eee An ordinance forbidding the nail- b ing of campaign posters to trolley. ‘wire supports would go a long way . toward the elimination of the pole . ‘There was a young man in Gueynedd Who delieved what a dootlegger said The sidewalk jumped up When his lips touched the cup, Aad they left the poor beggar for dead. chicken farms around Seattle have turned into chicken dinner One can no longer find an appe- tizer, but, considering the price of food, it is just as well. eee ‘We used to think the longest word Honorificabilitudinity. Then we ran across— Anthropomorphologically. And finally we came to— Antidisestablisbmentarianism. ee i “How a14 you like the girl I aug up for you?” “As far as | am coneerned, you can Query her again.” . — LI'L GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE | VAMP, SEZ: | After the hardest day at the office the ordinary man needs | only 20 minutes at home to brag himself into a good humor. | Lil Gee Gee adds that it Is a for- tunate thing that people can't read the kisses that have been printed Spon a girl's lips. o- After trying to pronounce the ames of some of these Turkish gen- @rals we are of the impression that the Moslems believe in the freedom @ the sneeze. “Death hath no terror for me.” he cried. His friends just declared he was boasting. none of them knew what the poor guy went thru hen his better half gt roasting. him « not he dared hope pearly gates might reward His distorted life lived tn horror, knew doxgone well he'd find © in hell If bo got there a little before hert —Thelma Robertson. ee fo far as prices are concerned, we i just as well prepare for a late see Why is it that the gink with the finest tackle always catches the bull- heads? . . Despite the ruling by Daugherty, a of ships are sailing out of Seattle With full cargoes, according to Steve Gately, veteran mariner. eee ADDLED AXIOMS It’s « long lane that has no Petting party. . Yes, and it’s a Jong lane that has Bo paving—Iy First ave, The famous Italian poet refuses to Believe that the pen is mightier than the sword . Oh, shucka, let's call it a day. Boy, @lavicab! gently her employers consider her a/ designing woman Mayor Brown has forbidden Mink | a The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1922. ATHENS, Oct. 14.—Two | Greek soldiers were rushed t }surances of the Hellenic gov night. the Greek government has or ;mandeered railroads in the territory to carry out the order. Transports have been rush- jThracian ports to evacuate tons of Greek-owned wheat. jeence of the government. TURKS READY FOR RETURN CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 14.—The way is being cleared today for the return of the Turk to Europe. The armistice signed by the Kem- sand allies at Mudanta, scrap- ping the treaty of Sevrem, which sup» } the crescent In Thrace with Perces, becomes effective at mid- to start evacuation of Thrace ed to Rodosto and other! troops, munitions and 75,000| jIt was believed the sending} jof troops toward®Thrace was | done by enthusiastic tom-} It does seem sometimes that all the | manders without the acquies-| Near East Defy ArmisticeTerms the quail on a day like Ai pa iTwo Battalions Rushed to Front in Spite of Government Orders to Start Thrace Evacuation well-equipped battalions of ‘o the front today, despite as- ernment that it had accepted | the Mudania armistice, which becomes effective at mid- Reorganization of the army was feverishly pushed, altho rdered its troops and nationals at once, and has com- |LLOYD GEORGE ACCUSES TURKS Charges Slaughter of Two | Millions today in his xpeech defending the Near East poligg of his ministry. ‘The premier spoke here at a lunch- eon of the National Reform club. | The flery Welshman declared that the government had been assailed with unprecedented misrepresenta- tion, He excoriated the anti-government Press and praised the speech made | yesterday at Birmingham by Austen ‘Chamberlain, leader of the govern- ment tn the house of commons, Uoyd George stated that the for the; Turks, since 1914, had slaugh- . the. from} tered a million and « Arme the step in car fe gee gy oa. ir pact, rum- '@ were determined,” from the{ sald, “to prevent = repetition in Greek army. Thrace of the unutterable hor- General Plastiras,: commanderin-| rors in Asia Minor. It was nec chief in Thrace, openty declared that his armies would defend that terrt- tory at all costs and to the end. From Athens came reports that sev. eral battalions had been starged for the front and the Hellenic army was DUE SUNDAY Transport Thomas on Way to San Pedro WASHINGTON, Oct, 14.—Or- ders were issued this morning by the war department directing the transport Thomas, carrying sur- vivors of the City of Honolulu fire, to proceed to San Pedro and land the passengers there, instead of San Francisco. eee SAN PEDRO, Oct. 144—The army transport Thomas, with 261 survivors of the burned steamer City of Hono lulu, early today was diverted to San Pedro on orders from Washington. ‘The message intercepted was dis patched to the Thomas from San Diego radio station and raid: “Pro ; g |ceed immediately to Low Angeles and | foundered after having been rammed | |discharge passengers taken from City of Honolulu, then proceed to San Francisco to discharge regular pass. engers. Advise commanding officer of troops and transport quarters: (Signed) HART.” ee SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.—In | terest in salvaging the burned liner |City of Honolulu had not entirely (Turn to Last Page, Column 5) H.G. Brew | Expert on Good H ome | | |Lets Public In on How He | Operates His | manecean | By Homer Brew | Well, folks, quite a few peoples 6 asked me to give a helping hand jto thia Better Homes we which makes the 64th week we have cele- jbrated this year, not counting | Cancer week, which we are going to Jignore up to our bungalow on ac- count of not having no cancers to celebrate Me and the wife has given some of these model homes the 0. 0., but we prefer our own humb'e little cottage invented which I will explain bere for the benefit of my 1,466,209 read ers. 1. In our model home the otill ts built right into the furnace so that the wife can look after the brew at (Turn to Last Page, Column 6) lon acet. of the clever devices I have | “There is no use trying to biuff a | first-rate fighting animal,” the pre- | mier etated. “The Turks knew what we meant, ané that is the rea- son we have peace. “The French government sent us (Turn to Last Page, Column §) ee |To Give Lecture on Near East Situation W. W. Eddy, instructor in the de- | partment of history at the University lof Washington, will talk on “The Near East Sityation” at the Work- ers’ college, at § p,m. Sunday, at the Labor temple, Mr. Eddy recently re- turned from Greece and Turkey. DREDGE SUNK | BY STEAMER 3 Men Believed Drowned at Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14.—Three men were believed drowned in the | Willamette river at 12:35 this morn- ling when the steel dredge Portland |by the outbound inter-coastal tramp | steamer Santa Clara, on the east side | of Swan island. | ‘The missing: Ban Johnson, carpenter; Tom | Campbetl, fuel passer; Ben Welling, fuel passer | The Canta Clara struck the dredge's fuel scow, tearing a hole in the dredge’s port side, and then | veered off and ran aground on the | island, 7,000 SIGN UP IN THRIFT ARMY More than 7,000 persons had joined ‘The Star's Thrift army by noon Sat- urday, Friday was by far the greatest day of the campaign. More than 2,000 new accounts—-2,008 to be exact— were opened. Early Saturday morning—an hour before the Seattle National bank opened for business—crowds of ‘peo- ple waited. Among the hubdreds eagerly walt- ing to help themselves to the Gold Shower were many school childen. It was Saturday, and they could get downtown. Also there were scores of parents | and other relatives, who, their hands | filled with coupons from The star, | anxiously pressed forward to open accounts for various members of thetr families. Many from suburban districts were there, authorized to act for large groups of neighbors. It isn’t every day in the year tint one gets a dol, lar for 60 cents—the crowds seemed to realize that, Here are two things to remem- ber: Pilot S. S. Dalby, of the Santa Clara, cowld give no explanation of the accident. ‘LUMBERMEN | WIN RATES WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—The tn- terstate commerce commission today, in @ sult brought by the West Coast Lumbermen's association against the Abilene & Southern Rallway Co., found that rates on lumber and other The Seattle National bank will be open Saturday evening be- tween the hours of 6 and & p.m. That will be an excellent time to drop in, Scores of clerks have been provided to accommodate the crowds. No one will have to wait more than a minute or two. The Star has extended its offer including Monday. Mon- day should be one of the largest days of the period. forest products in carload lots from points on the North Pacific coast to points in the Southwest are unreaa- onable, unjustly discriminating and ‘unduly prejudicial. The commission ordered that ship. be reimbursed on the shipments ween charges paid the railroads land the rates found reasonable by the commission, | 118 is the last call, Thrift campaign offer will have p bigger, better—more able to look t It's all over Monday. By the time The Star reaches you again your final opportunity to avall yourself of the Thougands of Seattle folks feel thriftier, within #lx months, * * % * The Seattle Star Rntered as Kecond Clans Matter May 3, 189% at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 Inaugurator Of First International Airplane Mail Service And Sponsor For Many Good Points About The Local Postoffice, The Gentleman Whose Picture Is Here Printed Will Become After Saturday Night, Mr. Battle, Photographers, * * * & & Four Main Contenders for Place Being Left Vacant Edgar in Seattle by Battle Sometime within the next month » gold-lettered sign, “Ed- gar Battle, Postmaster,” will dis- appear from the postoffice build- ing and somewhere downtown will be emblazoned on an office door the inscription: Edgar Battle, Real Estate and Insurance, After eight years Postmaster Bat- tle, who is the last democratic fed eral appointee to remain in office here, was preparing Saturday to re- enter private lite. “My second term expired Friday, the 13th,” he said with a smile. “I guess that's my lucky day. Yea, I shall hang out my old shingle again.” Kecause Postmaster Battle's successor has not been appoint- ed, he will remain in active charge for the time being. The new postmaster probably will be installed within the next three or four weeks, There are reported to be no less than 23 applicants for the appoint- ment. Applications are to: be in Washington by October 24, Then in- apectors will be sent to Seattle to conduct the examinations and one of BABE RUTH GOT $10,000 FINE! Home Run King Given Rec- The Star's thrift campaign coupon is on the back page today. Find itat ord Assessment once, fill It in, clip It, and go at once —_— to the bank with your 60 cents. You] NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Babe Ruth will be given credit for one dollar in| was fined $10,000—tho largest fine the savings department and you will|ever assessed in baseball—last June be presented with an attractive Lib-|for breaking training, it was report- erty Bell eavings bank. ed here in baseball circles today. Deposits must remain at the bank According to these reports, Babe one year before they are withdrawn | kicked over the traces because he be and the initial deposit made now] came discouraged about his slump in must be added to—a little at least Mbatting, and was fined by Colonels Ruppert and Huston of the Yanks. those who pass will be named. Un- like other federal appointive po- sitions, the postmaster must be a resident of the city in which he seeks to hold office. Among those prominently men- thoned for the Job are Harry Gil- ham, a close friend of Represent- ative John F. Miller; County As- sessor Frank Hull, County Com- missioner Claude C, Ramsay and C. M. Perkins, present assistarg postmaster, Postmaster Battle succeeded Geo. F. Russell on October 1, 1913. Dur- ing his two terms the postoffice has more than doubled in volume of busi- ness and in receipts. “And at the present rate It will again double within the next eight years,” he said. “So far this year we have had 12% per cent more bust- ness thin during the corresponding period of 1921.” One of the big things in which Postmaster Battle is recognized as a leader In securing for Seattle is the establishment of the Sand Point avia- tion base, This week he is sending to Washington for specifications for an airplane hangar to be built there by the county for housing of trans- continental alr mail planes, which have been promised as soon as all facilities are ready, ‘The fiest international air mall service in the United States— that from Seattle to Victoria, B. C.—was inaugurated largely thru the efforts of Postmaster Battle. Postmaster Battle has lived in Se- attle for 20 years, Before coming here he served for several yeam as United States consul in Acapulco, Mexico, where he also was agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship company. at the Aretic club. EARL L. PARRHAM 1s charged with grand larceny in an information filed in superior court. He is alleged |to have stolen an automobile belong: ing to the Traung Label & Litho- «raph Co. the face—ns a result o made on the comortab’ Prosperity, To them th paign will bring no their chance and have m What have you done? panned, he world in regrets, Will the kiddies in your house ask you why Will Your Kiddies Ask Why You Failed? you didn't get them a Liberty Bell bank and ¢ the start they have lo way that leads to e closing of the cam- They've had nade the most of it. 100 per cen man. The Star's offer is good until the bank closes Monday. to the Seattle National Saturday night be- tween 6 and 8 and go home feeling like a Or else, don't fail Monday! t on their little investment? Clip the coupon now, take it Postmaster Battle makes his home| TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Summons Body of Inquisitors to Sit in November Order From Judge Griffiths Comes as Big Surprise; Way Paved for Investigating Prosecutor Opening the way for an investigation into Prosecuting At- torney Malcolm Douglas’ handling of the state cases against the county commissioners and other prominent persons, and |for a probe into the failure of the ndinavian American bank of Seattle, a county grand jury was summoned Satur- | day by Presiding Superior Judge Austin E. Griffiths. The jury is to report for duty November 13. The calling of the grand jury came as a complete surprise to those who were in court at the time. Judge Griffiths had © just summoned the petit jury for November when he read CITY DETECTIVE IS FEARED DEAD summoned under special court William N. Peterson Being rule for November, 1922. The members or panel there- Sought in Woods Lost for three days in the track- fore not exceeding 75, shall |be drawn in accordance with the law, October 14, 1922, and of the persons twenty drawn shall report and be present in department No. 1 of the-above court, November 13, 1922.” Judge Griffith declined to comment on his purpose in calling the grand jury at this itime. “Any matters of sufficient public interest that may de- velop will be presented to the grand jury,” he said. At a meeting two weeks ago, At that time, however, Judge Griffiths said the way had been left open for calling a November grand jury. Judge Griffiths has consistently re- iterated that when the next grand jury was called he would ask them to investigate the carte blanche fil- ing of affidavits of prejudice against him by Prosecutor Douglas, and it is considered certain that this will be one of the first matters on which the new grand jury will be request- ed to act, Prosecutor Douglas was scheduled to jeave Saturday nigh t for Los Angeles to be at the bedside of his brother, Gordon L. Douglas, whose Ufe doctors despair of saving. He was taken ill suddenly a few weeks ago WEEK MORE WET SHIPS WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, — One more week of grace before the Daugherty bone dry lid is clamped down on American ships thruout the world and on foreign ships in Amer- jican territorial waters was allowed | today by Prohibition Commissioner hounds, The party arrived at the camp Sat. urday morning and the bloodhounds took up Peterson's trail. Peterson must be suffering from extreme cold as he had no blankets when he left camp. is y Detective Peterson has been a member of the police force for 30 years. He lives at 2019 Nye Place. ARREST COMING IN ARMY PROBE Cronkhite Jury’s Report to Net at Least One TACOMA, Oct. 14.—Arrest of at least one person charged with Haynes after a conference with| complicity in the death of Maj. President Harding. Alexander P. Cronkhite four As a result American and foreign] years ago at Camp Lewis is ex: pected, following the return of the two secret indictments by the federal grand jury here yes- terday. ships can leave foreign ports for American ports on or before October 21 with Hquor aboard and will not be held to have violated the ruling. f Haynes also announced that the} One of the indictments is connect- Mellon regulations providing for en, |¢d with the Cronkhite case, it is be forcement of the ruling due to go | lieved. The other, according to ru- into effect today would be held up |mor, contains charges of a secret na- for a week. ture against one or more persons in - another case. A DANCE WILL be given by the], One of the bench warrants spect- Admiral Line Officers’ club for Ad.|*es that the person is to be held miral employes and their friends at |Witheut bail. the Seattle Yacht club Saturday, | | Only two persons have been placed | oct. 36. under suspicion in the Cronkhite case, 8o far as is known in Tacoma. One is Robert Rosenbluth, former captain in the 218th Engineers, and the other is Sergt. Bugler Roland Pothier, who served at Camp Lewis |in the same organization. Rosen: bluth was held under $25,000 batl by the department of justice 18 months ago and Pothier was held under $10,- {000 bail, | Cost of the Investigation here is believed to have been more than |$50,000, An equal amount probably will be expended if the case should develop into federal court trials. Dirigible Again * Going Eastward EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 14—The giant airship C.2 left here today on the second leg of its transcontinental return trip. After installing a new motor at Fort Bliss here, which required two days, the C2 took off for San An- BETTER LOOK AT THIS ONE Are you looking for a home near a grade and high school, for the conventence of the children, WALLINGFORD SNAP m modern home; near two lines, mmar school and incoln high. Full price, $3,150; $250 cash, $30 per month, cluding interest. Cheaper than rent. SSS Today's classified columns will tell you where you can find this home. CALLS COUNTY GRAND JURY! |