The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 1

ee RUN BOOZE IN ARMY TRUCK! ynight and Sunday, rain “VOLUME 24. NO. 259. HOME BREW! = | | Howdy, folks! Do your Christ- mas shopping carly! oe Alphonse, brush the dust off Inst New Year's resolutions! oe. | Tomorrow night everyone wil! be hanging up his Christmas stocking, | and most everybody will try to bor-| Next Monaay, tn honor of Christ nas, this column will print a Santa Claus joke.—Advt. . THE JOKE * “Merry Christmas,” said che bootlegxer, as he gave his client 8 bottle of moonshine. “Merry Christmas and many of them. Ha! Ha! Hat" . According to the society column, there will be a number of eggnog parties Monday. Don't you just love aes? eee "Twas the night before Christmas ; And all thru the house ; Not a soul was treating, On the table with care; In hopes that our bootlegger Boon would be there. eee One way to get even with your fo agree ba the kiddie a for sermon, Doo 8S. B. Asia. to Ralph Horr—One pyorrhea treatment for a wounded veteran. Lafe Hamilton to Fra Christmas card Prod ne ae Tider to three votes south of Georgetown. Dan Kelleher to Frank Water. house —Two jelly beans. { Count George Hay du Barry to, Chief Severyns—One autographed | copy of his song, “The Sweet Voice of Music Wilt Clean Up the oe Jail.” A. W. Leonard to the city council —One bill for bond interest on the $15,000,000" traction fs i I Ls | 3% " Col. Alvin Owsley, head of American Legion, says the Legion will turn Fascisti if necessary to protect the country. Wear black | shirt and everything? Oh. colonel, the laundry workers would never; permit you to do that! | oe 4 POLITICAL NOTE Seattle citizeus are trying to get Doc Brown and Dr, Hawkins out of the clinches by Christmas, Radium has dropped to $49,600, 000,000 @ ton. Shucks! And we've already finished our Christmas shop- ping! oe Up to the instant of 12-emming to press, nobody has suggested that the! department stores are going to start # campaign to abolish Christmas. see | BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, WARD ‘(Dear Homer: This may not be cur- reot history, but here goes—Ward Me- Connell.) 1 Doe Brown, you've cleaned the town Of all the dens of vice; Why don’t you clean the street cars Of all the doggone leet .* robbed the | traced | Those bandits who Denver mint should easily be by their sc oe us to introduce our next | yea, the next president of | eomtry!-Edwin J. | *) Brown, Ladies and| wated! . | Permit governor this glorious Caughing gentlemen, be BROWN FOR GOV. Inasmuch as he will have to live in Olympia if elected gov- ernor, Doe Brown is sure to se- cure the votes of many Seattle citizens. | oe | If Doc runs for president he won't need a Laddie Boy, He can take; along his bull | “-* bd | at | It's an unlucky boy who gets a | | | pair of these peon pants for | | | Christmas, | —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—___—_— 6s | history strong aa The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor The Seattle Star Bntered as Second Class Matter May 9, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, W under the Act of Congress March 9 PAPA 1879. Per Year, by Mati, $6 to 99 SE ATTL , W. ASH., SATU URDAY, : ( E MBER 28, 1922. VETERANS HIT | PRO.JAP MO OF PREACHERS ‘Denounce Action| of Local Council| of Churches to Secretary Fall Action of the Seattle council of churebes, in Interceeding for the Japanese who are being evicted from the Yakima Indian reserva- tion, is roundly denounced in a | letter sent to of the | Interior A. B. Fall Saturday by Stephen F. Chadwick, comman- der of Seattle Post No. 18, Ameri- can Legion. ‘The ministers’ plea ts charactertzed by Chadwick as “a misdirected ef- | fort, prompted either by religious zeal which closes its eyes to current and actualities, or, as we firmly believe im one instance, prompted by a paid propaganda of the Japanese empire.” The letter follows: “At @ meeting of Seattle Post No. 18, American Legion, department of Washington, held December 23, 1923, attention was called to the apparent campaign of propaganda being waged to effect a modification of your decision to oust from the Yakima Indian reservation Japaneso settlers and farmers, our attention being particularly drawn to the | speeches being made and resolutions | being secured by the Rev. U. G. Mur: | phy and to a communication from what is styled the “Seattle Council of Churches,” which appeared tn the paper as having been sent by Russell F. Thrapp, president, and Herbert 1. secretary, asking the ex- “By, direction of the pest, I am addressing you. We feel that your visits to our state and your under. standing of the legion's position with reference to tie Japanese hardly (Turn to Page 4, Column 1) FINDS HUSBAND IS ‘WED’ AGAIN Agrees to Withhold Action for Children’s Sake | were thrown into the | diseard Saturday morning when | Mrs. Anns Sorilla cy ih Mra. | John Sullivan met in | Judge J. T. Ronald's chambers ‘Saturday { Both women are the wives of the | same man. | Thirty years ago John Gorilla | came to America to “make «@ for- tune.” His wife stayed behind, tn, | Finland—so that she could work and | repay the money that had been bor: | rowed for her husband's voyage. | During all the years since then | she had faith in the husband—altho | she heard from him rarely and of | |late not at all. Finally, however, she came to Se. attle—atill believing in him and/ yearning for his arms—and found | j him living in Renton as “John Sulll- van,” with another woman, and with | five children by the second wife. ‘The natural impulse for Mrs. So- | rilla was to start bigamy proceed jings—but there were other consid. erations. There was the other woman— * who, entirely innocently, had supplanted her, believing her to be “Sullivan's” legal wife. ‘There were the innocent chil- dren by the second marriage. And s0 the two women met in Judge Ronald's chambers and talked it over. As a result, Mrs, Sorilla came to the decision that she will not prosecute, nor will she interfere with her husband's second fam- ily, "(tf “Sullivan” wi providé her! with enough money to get along she will forgive and forget every thing and quietly go away—no that the children will never know. Turn to Page 11, Column 7 You Can Do Better, Too, If You Place Your Want Ads in The Star’s GREATER WANT AD COLUMNS { Youngsters See Real Santa Claus | members today. jon the way. jin every public building and along|taken to a hospital here. | Hom EDITION Flashes\(M? LENS | OFFICER IS TERRORIST — YOUNG SAMMY FORGIVEN VWLING GREEN, Ky,, Dec The juvenile court today release Sammy Jennings, sx, on he re- turned 74 cents and confessed he had tolen it from the first grade collec- tion box. The pupils in Sammy's put their per the Ke presents f sprees tr U. S. Army Truck Baspoosible for | Mae tid the cour, | ‘Borrowed’ From Slaying of Two! RAIL EMPLOYE HONORED | Camp by Booze SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Dec. 28 a box unies in Cros the poor r teacher, Prominent Men |x», -" sna «non %) Runners | Bamuel Dodds, al ticket agent. ramen 23— MER ROUC Dee. | Dodds has served the company con- | —_——— Wholesale roundup of terrorists | tinuously for 50 years. | TACOMA, Dec. 23—Brig. Gen. in Arkansas, Mississippi and | eee | para Aen, of ae q Loulsane was promined today | LUNCH POISONS SEVEN | | ‘iat toner! Restate: of fl by state and federal officials CHICA! Dec. 23.—A pre-Christ-| | the charge that an army truck probing the murder of two men | ™6s tune mn of pickled herring| | was absent from Prey post for with milk for a “chaser” resulted in four days on a boozre-running iq by» meshed meh, ptomaine poison for seven persons| | explolt. Many men, prominent In this here today. The victims were Mr.| | “From what I know of the] section, will be Included in the |and Mrs, Andrew Liezko and their/ | regulations concerned the use list of 20 or more persons {three children, and Mr. and Mrs.| | of these machines said he, “f | John Kudarik | | do not see how it would be pes | . charged with complicity in the | M cule for tho weetiagnani kidnaping and killfng of Watt Daniely and Thomas Richards last August | Licenses of automobiles of the| ent Harding today granted @ last hooded band were issued in Ar minute Christmas pardon to one po-' kansas and Miasissipp! and have litical prisoner, John Pancner, of De- furnished information on which of-| ‘Tot ficlals prepared to round up mob/ ‘borrowed’ the truck, Too many —— would have known of | ts absence from the reservation, However, I am glad to have the information, and will see the matter Is sifted to the bot | tom.” 4 PRISONER IS PARDONED WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Presi- | | | & | BANDITS GET $20,000 o7e Additional troops were on thelr) PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 22.—J. H. By Bob Bermann rar — Morehouse parish dis-| Dennis, paymaster of the Pittsburg) Using a United States ai je" lay. A machine gun com: Coal company, was shot and killed/ transport a cargo pany ls en route from New Orieana | today by six masked bandits, we cont Me d Whisky 5 and two companies of infantry are| robbed him of a Christmas payroll |COMtraban' rey They will be ponted | of $20,000, Dennix died while being |Canada to Seattle, and jgetting assistance from every road and trail, while federal ore full of deputy sheriffs aera are teens esentte a etn.| KAISER NEEDS MONEY |they got stuck in the m | force those who ure already on the| DOORN, Dec, 23.—Former Kaiser|that is the latest exploit | |eround, the bodies of Watt Daniels| Wilhelm, being in need of emoney ||ocal bootleggers. ‘g and Thomas Richards fis in caskets in a lodge room here awaiting ex- for Christmas, has sold a wedding Photograph of himself in a field to hear the ushering in of the |Texented in jewelry and clothing ar) “9 Renoal of capital punishment ticles. j Joy season of the year, }iaw, The boys and girls, recruited from YAIRI To 10. Increase inheritance tax West Seattle high school, will ride in WOMAN TAKES 11. Make board of public works \huge trucks, singing en route and! elective, lat special stopping places those 12. Reduce state college and unt-| songs that warm the saddest hearts at Christman-tinre, ald Angels Sing” and “Little Town of Bethlehem.” wit! linstead of traveling about, |the “Santy” with two little visitors. The little visitors are Virginia Woody, 7409 Green- wood ave., and Pauline Jones, 731 N. 75th st., while “Santy” is George F. Mather of 3202 Judkins st., who for several years has been a most successful Santa Claus in this city. Kiddies who see him no longer doubt there is a Santa Claus. The long hair and beard are natural, but grown especially for Christmas-time. CAROLERS TO GREET SANTA Seattle Streets Are Filled by Youthful Voices By Wanda von Kettler * With two bundred Goys and —Photo by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographe ra! The Whole Town is talking about the stirring Pacific Northwest novel || now running in The Star— “The Sky Line of Spruce. Another Chance to start this entertaining story is furnished you to- day. Turn to page 9 and ‘THIRD PARTY AFTER HART Progressive Bloc Will Try to Smash Machine With the announced intention of smashing the Hart machine, Chartes H. Heighton, recently ‘amination by surgeons. The bodies|marshal's unifomp, and his bride, were dislodged from the oottom of}Princess Hermine, wearing her fa Take Ta Fourche by a terrific ex-| mous diadem. The picture was dis- plosion yesterday after they had| posed of to an American agency for MAYOR WOULD pal ge gedaan Dh pat oor¢ Abney August. The men had been bound with wire and thrown (nto the lake. It is believean mombers of the (Turn to Page 4, Co bi} FIGHT PARSON, Challenges Hawkins to Box- ing Bout for Astoria Mayor E. a. “Brown hurled a challenge Saturday at Rev. Chauncey J. Hawkins, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, to climb in the ring with him and stage a bout for the bene- fit of the Astoria fire sufferers, “There are a lot of people, beside myself, who would enjoy this,” said Dr, Brown, “and it would be much more dignified than holding dances in his hurch. “The fight would be for two two- minute rounds, using light gloves covered with shoe polish, I will guarantee to Rev. Hawkins that he will be handled with care and I will use only my left hand.” Mayor Brown's challenge came in the form of an explanation of an sets Ancien a oe ines Ores give yourself.a treat. | sented — i xg elaborate program arranged for “arol we | istric: an fl a Christmas eve for the benefit of the vasa ey» l beg oe jo ~ —————— | party” movement, with @ view | Astoria sufferers, All dance halls ced, Seat ——————— | toward forming a nonpertizan, |ieiow Yesler way have agreed to ring with “Christmas” Saturday progressive bloc in Olympia, sim- SANTA’ Ss *S PACK | ilar to the. progressive bloc in V2-YEAR-OLD GIRL |! IS LIGHTENED} sitios us simaay won wo DEFINES CHRISTMAS the birth of the King, 80, || urday for protection. | members inimediately. come, remember what it means A spare bedroom, plied high-with| Here's the platform of the new to us. The Infant Jesus in His bloc, as outlined Saturday by Heigh- costly presents, at the home of Mrs. | 451, N paatin 0 feasting |) +R. Barnaby, 4908 gist ave. 8., was| 1, humble manger lay. » budget syste His, but with arms outstretched A State budget system. He received all the sins and hand. ||found stripped Saturday morning,| 2 Limit real estate and tangible » wo > ' ed to property taxes to 40 mills, the bal- ships of the world upon His }}when Mrs. Barnaby looked to make) Ji06 to be made up by taxes on in~ ee hones eo yale sure the gifte were all secure, AM | tangibles, excess profits and incomes sonading trom Hig lips He died || sus. a stone get a.eik capselahtl ah mercower cities to eell their upon the cross to save our souls. 1) 1 oe hosiery, several kerchiefs, a} power outside of their limits and per- Let us recall for what our hearts Sty grec a de eli rejoice and, like the shepherds, || ult case, many articles of Jewelry eutgtue to. bow in silent, reverent prayer |/and a few paira of slippers were) 4, Consolidation of county and city with peace on earth, good will to || taken, WP ag wren, ever sounding . Some ie Bureiars also raided the steamer} 5. Strong anti-narcotic act, with ages. From the presents we re- |” president Jackson, at Smith cove, , means of rehabilitating addicts colve let there be born a feeling || quring fumigation, and looted the| 6 A real bank guaranty law, if) taking $200 cahs and | Possible, and, in any event, repeal of | present law 7. More liberal | pensation act. & Re-establishment of industrial home at Medical Lake. of truth, progress and happiness, so with onr fellow men let there be peace, as was intended crew's quarte: $98 in Chinese money | Several other raids upon Seattle | {homes netted thieves approximately $1,500 worth of Christmas gifts, rep- workman's com- afternoon, For Saturday after. women's noon has been chosen to see and DEADLY ACID Mrs, A. Matson, %5, committed suicide Saturday morning by swal- lowing carbolic acid in her roome at | 706 Yesler way, She was taken to the city hospital in a dying condi. tion and attended by Dr. Charles Firestone, but died while treatment versity feer, 18 Tax bus and auto freight lines on the basis of their pings. 14. Eliminate some of the normal | schools. 16. Increase filing fee and annual Heense fee for corporations. 16, Memortalize congress tax exempt securities. “Hark, the Her- Thruout the evening the singing continue, but the boys and girls, wih join se of people at the County-City against | tuna | income jthem. 1 iw kins turn over the entire and all salaries receipts to the employes will split A their Burgiars lightened Santa Claus’ |about 15 members of the next leis-!anq Nate Druximan. It was on| BY ARIE FRANCES KIERNAN || 1.4 considervbly in several raids | !ture—sonre ‘republicans, wome far-/iniy program that Mayor Brown What does Christmas mean? A ||P! F . |mer-labor and some democratic, but} wantea to meet Rev. Hawkine in word of joy, a day of blessing, || ¥riay night, and as @ resule, Sante) iy men of known progressive lean-| combat. i or only a day of feasting? "Tis || himself appealed to the police Sat-|ings—and plans to approach other! «7 aiso challenge Rev. Hawkins |to give a list of all the properties owned by the Plymouth Congrega- tional church, their location and the the church receives from also want to much the Rev. Hawkins’ sala amounts to in one year, and furth: more, I want to know the names of every person who contributed to} thé fund for the investigation of | vice in Seattle.” Brown intimated that it had come to his attention that some of the church's property in the vice district of which is complaining. Rev. WAVES BUFFET | DISABLED SHIP With her steam steering gear dis- | abled dor Star, is wallowing in heavy seas boxing program | has also been arranged by Dan Salt | know how} included holdings | the Blue Star line vessel, Tu | $10,000. . eee | PEACE APPEAL BY POPE | LONDON, Dee. 23.—Pope Pius | XI, issued his encyclical today, fer- | vently appealing for peace thruout jthe world, according’ to a Central | News dispatch. SLEEP WALKER FALLS OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 23.—Mre. | Sarah Grigsby, domestic, early today | ten five stories from the Hotel Clay- ton, crashed thru the skylight of minor injuries, She said she must have been walking in her sleep. . . BANDITS RAID LUDLOW LUDLOW, Mo., Dec. 23.—A_ ban- dit gang terrorized Ludlow early to-| day and after dynamiting the safe in the First National bank, escaped with $3,000, They overlooked $30,000. Descending on the town, the ban- adits opened general fire from rifles and revolvers, forcing inhabitants to remain indoors while they kidnaped | the local telephone operator to pre- vent news of their attack reaching other ‘sections. HARVEY ON WAY HOME SOUTHAMPTON,. England, Dee, 23.—American Ambassador Harvey sailed for New York today on the Berengaria to report to President Harding and Secretary Hughes on | possibility of the United States tak- ing a hand in settling the European | problem The Berengaria was slightly dam- aged in a collision with the Ma- jestic yesterday, but this did not interfere with her sailing eee $100,000 IN LOVE SUIT LOS ANGELES, Dec, 3.—Fred C. | Stillwell, prominent hotel man here, | was today made defendant in a sen- sational jsuit filed by Donald A. Boyd, insurance man, who asked $100,000 for alleged alienation of the affections of his beautiful young | bride. | . CAMEL BITES ACTRESS LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec, 23.— nor Boardman, leading woman in Goldwyn productions, may lose her right arm as a result of having }been bitten by a camel while work. jing In a desert picture at Indio yes. Th wound immediately be. it was said, Miss | Boardman was working under direc- j tion of Rupert Hughes, novelist and jnoreen writer, et the time. “-* NO TRACE OF FLYERS an adjoining store and suffered only | A detailed account of daring adventure was to The Star. today by a ber of the gang of ners—who said that it “too good to keep” and a that it had been de to use the device any lanyway. According to the bootleg the truck was “borrowed” a [ago from Camp Lewis—a j army officer being paid $800 | vance for the “loan.” The | tion was made on the unde lthat if the bootleggers got right, the truck would be ret |and that would be the end of it;s the other hand, if it was “knod over,” the army officer would nothing about it—the truck h stolen, he would say, The three men who made \erew of the truck were al jin the uniform of private {and the truck was duly tagged Ww a regular government license, — So equipped, the men started |for the border, When they Blaine, they made a slight just the other side of the line, up a load of 80 cases of whisky had been cached in the woods, |then started blithely back for Si | tle, In Snohomish county, h they fell into trouble. The t of the road and got stuck in so badly that the bootleggers ¥ unable to dislodge it, ‘They ¥ cursing their luck and dise advisability of phoning to 8 ; assistance, when slong came tomobile full of Snohomish deputies. a The deputies stopped as they saw the stalled truck, got « and offered their assistance. forced, the bootleggers were able get their machine back on the after an hour or so of hard and, thanking the unsuspec! uties, they resumed their trip. A couple of hours after the uor was safely unloaded at the & leggers’ storehouse, and the tre was on its way back to Seattle. But the bootleggers are not to tempt fate, “We got away with it fine thi time,” their spokesman told } Star, “but we'd be bulling our too much if we tried it again, is the second time we've pulled the: trick—the first time we didn’t any trouble at all—but we aren’ ing to work it any more, Three and out, you know.” “By the way,” walked out, “it was good stuff we got, Let you have a case tor $1 if you say so.” he added, QUIET WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—CI mas will be observed quietly at @ie” White House. 4 The president and Mrs, ne |Bullding park and there lend thelr | was being given her, 1 health J# , “ » wot rd voices with the rent to songs sung | said to have been the causo of her| 4, the Hart machine wat © herd bere great lighted tree erected | aot, Investigation ix being made by 4 " (Lurn to Page 4, Column 3) Coryner W, H, Corson, (Turn to Page 4, Column 7) v OG ‘ . wi spe Chri 00 miles from Liverpool in the! SAN DIEGO, Cal. De s| Harding, wip i nerenaae North Atlantic. awaiting the arrival|Rockwell field officers announced | 4 n of aid from an unnamed Vessel, | today they had received no con. | Will be downstairs for the Christ Which bas answered her 8 ©. §,/fitmation of the reported finding |@/nner, at which only a few, iavaa call, according to dispatches re-/of the bodies of Col, Fran G.| friends are expected to be e delved: hi by the Merchants’ Bx. |Marshall and Lieutenant Charles F.| ny enrersnnencrtitfpl . change. | Weber. Airplanes have been The Tudor Star sailed from Seat-|called but cavalry search is con-|] CHRISTMAS SPIRIT : i Portland and | tinuing | . HOLIDAY FOR JURORS MARION, Il, Dec, 23.—After a tle for Liverpool via San Francisco on November 1, her argo being’ secu! by the Pacific} Steamship line, local agents for the | owners, | HITS POLICE COUR Police Judge John B, Go listributed Christmas cheer to 2) Blue Star men who were brought before hi The position of the disabled ship {brief session today, jurors in the | o4. various minor offenses Sal is: Latitude 48 North and longitude | Herrin massacre trial were turned | gay ee 24 West. ‘This ix considered a dan: {over to custody of bailiffs for the | ‘cys he told xerous position in the North Atlantic | Christmas holidays and a recess of) | op 9, “Merry Christmas” by marine men jecourt taken until January 2