The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 1

HUNDREDS FIGHT IN RACE WA The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor = Ne attl St Batered as Heoond Clase Matter May §, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, W ash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, #6 to 6 TWO CE NTS IN SEATTLE. “VOL UME NO. 270. et DISASTER i i . 22 DIE IN UP TO BIG Baar FLORIDA BUSINESS Fetase ey ROTING Kelso Tragedy W ould Have Been’ : . \Negroes Barricade Cabin and Army 6 Averted if Shipments of Steel a Whites Rushes in to Attack Place; Had Not Been Delayed | i Assault on Girl Is Cause ROSEWOOD, Fla.. Jan. 5—Twenty-two negroes KELSO, Jan. 5.—Big busin bosirisie—either the railroads or the steel interests—was directly responsible for Wednesday’s| bridge disaster, which claimed a toll in human lives now es) timated at 35. This fact was established yesterday when, 24 hours after the tragedy, the steamer Cowlitz came up the river, tow! ing | whites are dead in a race riot which has raged here since night. Hundreds of white men, heavily armed, poured into Ro wood today to reinforce the handful standing guard o barricaded negro house in which a score of blacks are | sieged. two big barges loaded with bridge steel. This steel, intended for use in the new bridge now under construction to supplant the span which collapsed night be- fore last, was ordered months delivered at least 60 days ago. Home Brew Howdy, folks! State legisia- ture convenes Monday; open sea son declared on taxpayers. eee To prevent profiteering, Olympta restaurant proprietors have agreed | Rot to advance prices more than 75 per cent. eee Legislators from Kalama, Castle Rock and White Bluffs will come to Diympia to eee life in a great city. eee ‘The sotone will paint the town rei DEFINITION Legislature: A small croup of politicians completely surround ‘led eee ‘Visitors to the legislature will note that the Temple of Justice is some blocks removed from the state capl-| = eee | ‘The ditterence between a senator | and & representative is that the sen-| ator has more room to spit. eee Among the many historic ruins tn Olympia are the Tumwater Bottling works and Gov, Hart. eee | CANDIDATE FOR THE | POISON IVY CLUB | Bimbo who gives his little boy @ quarter, telis him he will put it im the bank for him and then drops it into the gas meter. eee Did’ya notice where Doc Brown ordered an investigation of the city’s bridgework? ese Sing a song of sizpence, Pocket full of rye; If this were the year 1910 We know what we would buy. eee After reading “Gargoyle,” Hecht, we are in favor of adepting | the pure food law to modern novels. | Under such regulations, the Hecht book would be labeled. “Guaranteed 99 per cent of Sex Content by Vol- ume.” eee PROPERLY REBUKED B. 8. Franklin, insurance adjuster, | went into a Bellingham restaurant | New Year's day and ordered roup.| The waiter brought it. at “You have your thumb in !t,” tor plained Franklin. | “Oh, I don’t mind,” said the waiter. “It isn't hot.” / eee | Winter quarter opens at the unl-| versity and candidates for the glee club are urging everybody to carry them back to Ol’ Virginny, back where the cotton and the corn and ‘taters grow. eee Bizty-five per cent of the student body are working their way thru col- lege; the rest are yelling their way| thru. cee t |known missing to 33. | bridge collapse late Wednesday eve- [struggle for life. McDonald died ago and was supposed to be | Had it arrived on time, the new bridge would have been com pleted, the old bridge would have been closed to tralfic—and Cow lita's population would be con- siderably larger than it now ts, But the shipment was delayed. The authorities took a chance. And the disaster rewulted, j Leral authorities began an inves tigution today into the disaster, Tt wan not unexpected—that is the outstanding feature of their findings to date, The timbers of the bridge were rotted for dozens of feet, and half of the citizens of Kelso, know. | ing of this condition, had refused to use the span for montha. In view of the fact that this was common knowledge, the authorities will attempt to ascertain who was re- sponsible for permitting the eontin- wed use of the structure. 3 s Fii}f ie had swelled to two and the list of During the night Harry Kirk, who, with G. O, McDonald, had been sertouxly injured in the suspension ning, died after making a game early Thursday morning. The estimated list of dead has been set at 35 by Deputy Coroner w. Van Noten, who has ar- rived at this figure by a careful check of homes and places of em ern hic Page 7, Cotuma > ‘MUNITIONS AND OPIUM SEIZED! Customs Officials Make Big Double Haul on Boat Locating narcotics destined for the United States and ammunt- tion that had already heen placed on board for the return trip to al customs Inspeciors the President Jackson Thursday night One hundred and fourteen stone Jars, containing a little less than one | ounce of smoking opium each, were | found hidden in a can contatning | Of the Cowlitz river. sugar in the steward’s quarters. arrests, according to H Blackwood, special deputy inspector, have been | made yet, tho investigations in-| volving crew members are now under| maht) leads down to a diver, who is working on the bottom of the riv way, he asserts. One thousand rounds of ammunt | bodies. tion for Winchester rifles were found | General view of wrecked bridge at Kelso, taken from a boat on the west side! Three of the automobiles which were on the bridge at the! time it collapsed, as they looked after being hoisted from the bottom of the river. Below: . |Dredge hoisting one automobile out of the river after the bridge disaster. The ladder (on patcnea at 2:30 p. m, with a special | Harding and his cabinet, at. er, searching for| The dead included two whites and 20 negroes. Many others were injured in the outbreak which foll an attack on a young white girl and climaxed in an at to forcibly take a negro suspect. Roads leading to Rosewood were thronged with reinfe ments and a sanguinary battle was momentarily exp | The block house of the|——————— blacks will be stormed when 9 the forces have gathered, ° FRANCE CALLS | was feared. Fears were ex-| |pressed that the outbreak | ' |would spregd to surrounding} | sections of the state. an nenait en's Soung’wnite |Mobilizes Forces After ri, Mared wh hi . eh With Britain and joined » posse hunting one ——i of the negroes, sought for the PARIS, Jan. 6—Premier attack. care conferred twice last ‘The blacks refused to give up spertenaent fel dead and « dosen other Desiegers were wounded. The battle Insted more than an hour, with both sides entrenched tn build- ings. Hundreds of shots were ex- changed. Other negroes tn the section, terrt- fied, huddied in their huts and prayed until daylight The bodies of An@rews and Wilker son were in the center of the fight- |ing most of the night, but were re- covered shortly before dawn. When |the main skirmish died down near midnight guards were maintained | around the barricaded house and| many. sporadic fighting continued until! Great Britain will not be sunrise. to this conference, Practically the entire white popu-| ranged. = lation of Cedar Key, heavily armed,| The crisis will come Ji was reported marching on Rosewood | when the next reparations jin retaliation for last night's kill-/by Germany fall due, ‘TB@ | ings and further serious trouble was | government ts expected to expected by officials. joratorium and Italy and The infuriated mob was expected well as France, are to storm the jall at Bronson, where | this, | two suspects are held. A posse was! Premier Poincare instructed trailing two other negroes suspected | Barthou to call an immediate of partictpati {ine of the reparations | for notification of Ger rmany’s | default in coal payments, ‘HAIDA RESCUES John. Bradbury, British jof the reparations commission, igned. Two sessions, tl must be held under the Vs |treaty to allow suffictent th |all to have a voice in the | ments, Destruction “Island Rocks | ine hetatormed al aren | Heve, ¢ march on 1e Menaced Vessel | begin French troops along the Rescued as she was drifting ashore | Will be reinforced, it is on Destruction island shortly before |®4 the advance guard will {noon Friday, the four-masted barken- | inte Westphalia and occupy tine James Tuft was taken in tow | chest German coal country, by the coast guard cutter Haida and | * vi is being towed into Seattle for re iU. S. Rhine Troops | pairs. | ‘The vessel was first reported May Be Re | Thursday, when distress signals were heard by A. H. Fletcher, Hoh ranch.| WASHINGTON, Jan, er, who sighted the helpless vessel |American troops on the Rhine | being carriea shoreward by the ocean | be withdrawn in the near future, currents, Communteating with Port |Tetary of War Weeks declared to Angeles, the cutter Haida was dis-/@fter the meeting of detail of 12 lifesavers from Neah|the precarious European bay in addition to her crew. brought about by the collapse of | Wallowing thru heavy seas under | Premiers’ conference in Paris, forced draft, the Haida picked up | discussed, —Photos by Fred Carter, of Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers |the vessel Friday morning between| Weeks stated that no orders the mouth of the Hoh river and De-|been sent to Gen. Allen, eo in explaining to the law: just exactly what they want | iplished at the coming session | | sianeits tir vehectenia of the Feul ane ; ; pony! |struction island. A line was put\of the American forces, but # ; or rehea of the yell|son had been in port only two days, I t G t f aboard the disabled vessel and the|"there is a prospect of ordering: = mom had boon in port eniy ewe Sars. MAN FALLS 25 Legis ators Guests o fo ee cae caine hone i he Set Ba , SEZ ]tionista’ ammunition had sri | 2 Bevin which state senators and represent |bernt, B. C., for Callao, Peru. The Now Up to Fran | in life that ecount—things like || Evidence of the dete, hee re day in the legis ents for the vessel SHID 2 . be diamon now being held at the custome office. | Workman PI u n ges Thru y to exchange thetr views on needea|Czecho Finance Minister Is| Jagents for the vess of te American Gc yet. But around 100 legislators, |recommend a German rep plainly specify ‘Thursday evening, John F. ‘om Kelso to the se vas : ‘ dock, Thursday ning, John FE from Kelso to th a chin was shot twhee by an anar, ‘These classifications in the] {is before the French government, After # gallon of aleohol has been|#teamer, Alaskan, went down off!) /) 6 dle Ae © oapita rang peake » to exp i e He died in th ity hospital at attle, speakers were to explain that hurried to ear-by hospital, for homes, to buy, or houses to] {to France, tt was deci authon telephone post? | Such t# the verdict of Victoria | gnerman, BH. B. Groeschel, both of| ators were surprised to learn | program, in line with the recently| A bank employe named Saipal was Ronee . And miss the ilac’s bloom. jbeach three miles west of Pachena | pulkhead, when the accident hap-| {0 further projects of statewide Stephen J. Chadwick, former chief | minister, each shot taking effect. He |] Beene views Garagen P| Spans Safe : | V'd think about tt twice ; ship, were also found - | was a luncheon given tn honor of| Gov. W, J. Coyle, County Assessor! Raschin's currency reforms, eran 5 rooms ||D. Blackwell sald Thureday, 1 couldn't watch the fat old damea |wtation Tuesday. Captain J. A.|school, under jurisdiction of St.| rooms, Arcade Butlding, After the| Hanson of the state development |miral Frederick Singer, U. 8, N., dies | 4 ¢ ‘ locity,” said Blackwell, “and all |concealed on board during the same | Some people mistake the glee club| inspection. Tho the President Jack id pws wanes thone Pad are eT he Haida has not yet reported the gi eked i : | lieved to be making Seattle a dix hog to the rescued vessel. She LI'L GE TH’ OFFICE | | tributing center for Chinese revolu | i y on ay oO api a sailed’ ‘December 29 from Port ar | American Proposal — | After all, it is the little things | | smuggled the goods on board sl ila W. OM. ‘company are leeal double seizure te| atives and local business men were \¥ ‘gy pt WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The rings. jature lay. legislation. | : * SHIP'S CRE Steamer Hatchway | True, the legislature hasn’t opened |' U8 a weston, Chamber of Wounded by Assassin RENT |mission or conference of expert "es dippnn sages greater While working on board the steam-| ComPrisink & quorum for both house | strexg on the need of the comple- PRAGUE, Jan, 5.—Finance SELL figure! now | ete’ sata ng no chances of being misunder-! ¢ Union Pacific 6, were guests 0} ec lion o! ° o ead! rh. * 7 \ fa gaged meh gee rei LOST AT SEA ler atissourian, at the Union Paciti © were guests of the cIt¥ |tton of the Ocean Beach highway,| Minister af Czecho Slovakia Ras: EXCHANGE The propees! of tie Ajai hol for radiators—15 cents.” VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 6—En @ 424 st., slipped on} 0 project . nes route to, Barclay Sound, the 100ton | Amrud, 2808 N. 48d mt allpped Oe |eelll Dring hy direct Dee toe) ane a ETT Mathes | WANT AD columns are happy {| this country ts waiting for a ty iid gene ss : guldes to those who are looking }|as to whether the plan ts acceptabl poured into its vitals, can you blame|Pachena Point Tuesday night with | ¢ 45/4 m, Priday. in Olympia the chamber had decided on {t as, where ft was reported his wounds an automobile for trying to climb a|all hands lost | "Amrud was working with George| | Mat the out-of-town legis | the biggest plank in its logislative| were serious, palin Oh tig ee ee c t | , r ND . ¥ . A A o- |today following the discovery of | yaks Burien, and 8. A. Btengel, 4712| that the Seattle program ts en- | adopted policy to pull with the rest|held, following the shooting. It was heat; base- Engineer Claims I wouldn't dle in springtime jthe body of a man lying on the! goth ave, 8. W., Installing a new| tirely unselfish—that its alm 18 | of the state instead of against It. | charged he fired twice at the finance ment; laundry} ‘every. conve: When summer rosea scent the air, |Point late Thursday. A battered od | benefit, rather than purely local |Justice of the state supreme court, said his motive was political hatred sr aes th; Kania T seit tos The Kelso bridge disaster I care not for the tomb. life boat and three cork belts,| He ia survived by his widow, Mrs. | matters, | was to preside at the luncheon with! Bankers of Czecho-Slovakia have : ; large corner [cause no fear of ‘a similar f called to go in autumn, marked with the name of the lost| Frances M. Amrud, The principal event of the day/the following as speakers: Lieut.| been aroused to bitter opposition by | jphe in Seattle, City Engineer Vv And if I missed the winter, | Distress signals from the vessel) WINNIPEG, Map.—Fire of un-|the legisiators by the Chamber of | Frank W. Hull, Senator Havre H a —— | 1 basement; in “We keep ono man busy fi IAfe would lore half its spice |were seen at the Pachena light|known origin destroys Provencher|Commerce in the Masonfe club| Phipps of Spokane; Col. Howard A.| NEW ORLEANS, La-—Rear Ad-! ing all bridges and trestles tn A-slipping on the ice! Ratiiies and Bert Young, both of| Boniface public school board, doing |luncheon, a general discursion was|bureau of the Chamber of Com-/here as result of injuries received both of | Boniface public schoo! board, f it : ’ b , a _sucdh “‘abnat ‘thane: Aeanok: known to be perfectly enfe for 0. Heck, Victoria, are the only known dead, |! $106,000 damage. No one injured. scheduled, beginning at 1:80, in (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) howtan struck by automobile Tuesday. . traffic they are called on te