The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 19, 1923, Page 7

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928. Flashes BOY KILLED BY AUTO TACOMA, 19.—Richard Mer, Syearold son of Mr. and Mrs Paul A. Jasmer, was dead Friday the fourth person to be run down ‘and killed by automobiles in Tacoma in a period of 15 daya Lee R Sloan, driver of the machine which fatally injured the boy, was booked @t the police station for the accl dent and released on bis own re Cognizance Jas ee 1922 HEALTHY YEAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The gen @ral health of the nation during 1922 Was better than during any year in the history of the country with the @xception of 1921, the department of Sommerce reported today The death rate per 100,000 was bee &, aa compared with 12.1 during 21. DRUGGIST DYING PORTLAND, Jan. 19.—W. L. Play fair, shot Thursday night, when he battled with a young robber who en tered the Playfair pharmacy and or dered him to “stick ‘em up," whs near death today. The robber escaped after a short battle with Playfatr One of three bullets fired by the fee Ing robber struck the druggist under the heart. FLYER DIES IN DROP AVALON, Cal. Jan. 19.—Ptunging from the air during fleet manouvers, the naval seaplane F-5-I-2 crashed into a halfsubmerged rock off Santa Catalina island, killing Lieut. Wil- lam H. Rohrbach, pilot, and serious. ly injuring two other flyers. Five other naval men in the plane escaped injury. . AIR RECORD IS BROKEN MINEOLA, N. Y. Jan. 19 Lieut. Alexander Pearson, Jr, who yesterday broke records for a non stop fight, when he few from Dayton, Ohio, tn four bours and four minutes, departed on a return trip at 905 a. m. today. Bradley Zones, civilian, accompanied Pea’ won. A heavy northwest wind was blowing. eee THREATENS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 9.— A man who gave his name as Frank Fox today was charged with wrong fully using the mails in connection with the mailing of « threatening letter to President Harding. The letter threatened the life of the pres fdent tf he did not mail $25,000 to an Ely, Ohio, address. Fox said he was a dairy worker. He declined to discuss the charge against him. eee AUTO KILLS GRAIN MAN CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—Howard B. Jackson, 52, nationally known grain man, and official of the United States grain corporation during the war, was killed by an automobile here today. Jackson was struck by machine driven by Kart Kaufman, died a few minutes later. Kaut- was held by the police on « of essault with an automo WOMAN WINS FORTUNE NICE, France, Jan. 19.—Mrs. Pau! Murdock Eaton, sister of former Representative Victor Murdock, of Kansas, has established two records on the French Riviera. After win- ming more than $50,000 in an even. Ing’s play at baccarat, when she was entirely ignorant ¢f the game, Mrs. Baton announced she was thru for pood and declined to woo the goddess further. ‘Demands Testimony of Oil Magnate WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—-In an attempt to force Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, to testify concerning op- eration of all corporations under his control, Senator La Follette today de- manded that Sinclair appear before the senate committee investigating oll prices on Monday and give evi @ence under compulsion. ‘This action was the culmination of & clash between Sinclair and La Fol lette yesterday when Sinclair refused to reveal all of the financial opera tions of the Hyva corporation, which he controls. Criminal Betrayed by His Pet Parrot PARIS, Jan. 19—-A man carrying @ cnged parrot was arrested as a Jong-wanted thief when the bird led ow Lienas In china Cocoanut Palms are |Planted as Insurance for a Family And cocoanut palms, bearing as they do many times a year and for many years, are a rich heritage. But the richest heritage from the cocoanut comes to you in the form of ‘The Healthful Spread for Bread It is a heritage from Mother Nature, made by Science into food Insurance for you and your family. Nucoa is made from the fat pressed from the snow-white meat of the cocoanut. Science has made it into a spread so deli- cate, so fine in flavor, it is a) revelation to those who never) before tried the spread made from the masterpiece of Mother Nature’s cupboard. Nucoa has no nut flayor—| just the “taste” of the finest spread ever eaten. eel t | The Mudania armistice cede river, to Turkey. Greeks, disp lretain Eastern Thrace by for Disputed Territory in Thrace d Thrace, east of the Maritza puting the award, may seek to e. The Ismid peninsula and | Chanak, shown here, are strategic points from which Britain may direct an offensive again the possession of Mosul grows. st Turkey if the dispute over PARIS CHAMBER | IN FIRST BATTLE [Deputy Cachin Will Be Charged With Treason PARIS, Jan. 19-—Pollce at dawn today threw a cordon about the residence of Deputy Cachin to prevent his escape while legal formalities to enablo his arrest were completed. Cachin, a communist, was to be arrested on charges of treason, aris. Ing out of radical activities In the Ruhr. ‘The chamber of deputies, after a} scene extraordinary ev for tts stormy history, voted 371 to 143 to jsuspend M. Cachin’s parliamentary | fmmunity. | What developed tnto Mterally a! “battle royal" was staged in the chamber last night as deputies| warred with words and finally with fists and feet over Cach alleged | treason, Actual fisticuffs started when a conservative accused the communist of cowardice, “Pig! retorted Cachin, sufficient to start « battle anywhere tal France, and radicals in mass forma-! tion descended upon deputies of the right, Prince Joachtm Murat leaped a desk and struck the first blow for the* conservatives. Darine, chatr- man of the finance committer, « former amateur boxer, did consid- erable execution on radical features. Many noses were bloodied and eyes biackened as struggling deputies fought and rolled about on th floor. Those who did not join the battle beat the “devil's tattoo” with| their desk covers. Deputy Andrieux, dean of the chamber, declared he had seen noth- ing like this in 40 years, HERE’S MORE ABOUT ARMIES STARTS ON PAGE ONE heavy guns are placed on the Rus sian frontier, and her commercial airplanes could easily be cohverted and used for scouting. Added to the regular soldiers, also are 150,000 safety police, which is a military as well as @ police organiza tion. One hundred thousand of these are armed with a rifle to every three men and every one has « dagger and a revolver. The remaining 60,000 safety police are divided among tho regular municipal police organiza tions. The safety police is consti tuted of former regular officers and non-commissioned officers and capable of quick transformation tnto & second reichwebr, bringing Ger- many’s potential standing army to 266,000. HOME GUARDS ARE PLENTIFUL In addition there are 150,000 tech. nical specialists organized by re- gions and recruited by voluntary en- listment to assure non-interruption of public service in times of strikes and disorders. They are all under command of reichswehr officers. Veterans’ society, “home guards” and sporting and marksmanship or- ganizations, “for military prepara- | tion,” exist in large numbers. Taking all these together, the French roughly compute that the to- tal man power of Germany which could speedily be armed in event of war is more than half a million, WALLY REID | STARTS ON PAGE ONE an artist who held a unique place in the hearts of the patrona of the acreen,” declared Jense L. Lasky, of |Famous Players-Lasky. “It was a |heroic strugsle he made, and the entire world was charmed with hi: art these many years, watched, ai it were, at his bedside, hoping that bis valiant fight might be a win- ning one. Cut down in the flower of his manhood, his passing is all the more tragic. Nevertheless there is this consolation: that he still lives upon the screen and the world may continue to enjoy the note of hap- piness and humor which he helped to introduce.” “Goodspeed, Wally,” said Mary Miles Minter, “you were our play- boy of the screen who brought us joy and laughtery You always made | us feel that youd were as much for} us as we were for you,” “In the death of Wally Reta tho motion picture industry suffers an irreparable loxs," declared Douglas Fairbanks, “My heart goes out in sympathy to the wife and mother) of Wallace Reid,” said Mary Pick- ford. “Fis death was a great trag- edy because I know he would live ldown every mistake he ever made. He was @ charming boy with a jgreat genius.” “FOO TRAGIC,” SAYS CHAPLIN “{ hope he has at last found a happy ending to his story,” said VIGILANTES ARE WAITING BATTLE Town Arms as Warning Is Given of Attack HARRISON, Ark The federal gover began Investigat lante rule whieh here with approval of couriy of ficials this week, A committee from the state legis expected to begin « ituation and the lynch: ing of BE. C. MeGregor and the fog: king of more than ore of former employes of the Missourt @ North Arkansas railroad at the hands of the mob, which was organized to prevent paralysis of train service. C. A. Arabright and a corps of de partment of justice operatives ar rived here last night. They immedi ately begun investigating. Harrison became an armed camp At dusk when word was spread that & hostile force had organized at Springfield, Mo, and Cotter, Ark. and was marching over the hills to overthrow the mob. Shotguns and rifles, which have been carried open ly thru the streets, were kept handy by every man. The “citizens’ court” continued rounding up strikers for questioning in the face af the Investigntions. A statement iexved by the committee said the legislative investigation “was welcomed” and “we congratu- late ourselves on having wound up this situation with a minimum amount of tragedy and unpleasant ness, What the civil and court au thoritien were unable to handie in the past two years the citizens have accomplished in two dayn’ time.” Home Brew leader of the liquor bloo tn the hotel, eee lature also ¥ probe of the OR, ace the solons, Watch how they flock— Headed for the leader Of the liquor bloc! eee At the present time the legislators are stalling around on the question of taxation, The only agreement they can reach fs that all taxes should be paid by the taxpayers, eee HOW TO INCREASE TAX REVENUE L Levy « poll tax on all ten- phones. 4. Levy an ad valorem tax of 50 per cent on pretzels, eee Newton's first law of gravity, “All that goes up must come down,” has been disproved by the senate taxa tion committee. cee Fyfforte to build up a republican steam roller this year have failed, and G. 0. P. leaders are contemplating hiring @ kiddie kar. eee At the Inst session the democrats held their caucuses in a Ford sedan; they have now moved to larger quar- ters in the senate telephone booth, : UMPH—ZZZ22227, Political observers note first conflict between the executive branches of the state govern- ment. Gov. Hart tries to drown out the senate in « snoring match. eee You can eay this much for our state legisiature: It might be worse It might meet every year. eee The senate ts adjourned. 13 Men Accused of Killing Young Girl WOLVERHAMPTON, Eng., Jan. 19—Thirteen men have been arrested and charged with participation in the murder of 19-year-old Pauline Cad wallader. Marshall Neflan. “The whole affair tw too tragic for me to express the grief and sorrow that I feel,” was the com- ment of Charlie Chaplin. Reid's funeral will be held from a Hollywood Episcopal church to morrow after which last rites will be conducted by the Elks’ lodge, of which Wally was a member. Watch Your Step! Sherlock Holmes in coming ‘Tomorrow in SEATT ARMY SEEKS TO CLEAR CAPTAIN ‘Officer Held in Probe of Dancer’s Death SAN DINGO, Jan, 19.—Investiqn tion of the death of Irite! Man It-clad body b at Torrey Pines, near here, Monday, grew tn creasingly Involved today. Army authorities served formal de mand on civil authorities for the re- Jeane of Capt. L. D. Jacobs, held bere for investigation. When their de mand refused, habeas corpus Proceedings were prepared. Jacobs has furnished what authorities ad. mitted appeared to be a complete alibi, but was held for further tn vestigation. Rogers V. P. Clark, Los Angelos movie director, whose alibl also was Pronounced As seemingly complete, was brought here face Mann's mother, who, at the inquest yesterday, volced ugly charges Against him involving his alleged re- lations with her daughter. Arrest of J. ¥ Angeles norms that still anoth od with t custody wny yearold dancer, whone h was found on the bei wan to | eo rf man connect case had been taken Into Rion, was in no connected the Investiga however, with jtlon of Mise Mann's death, police an. |Rounced, being charged with obtain j!ne money under false pretenses here. HERE’S MORE ABOUT APPLE PIE STARTS ON PAGE ONE a | for $10 worth of their best product {It was to be ready Friday for de liverion, | The contest plew have already met thelr fate, It waa decided Thursday night, after the judging was com. {pleted at Hughson'’s Ford corner, | where the entrants were all laid out on long tables, that home made apple jnice are safe nowhere, provided that people are human. Tt was decided they'd better be shipped to the or pha immediately, while the or phans’ chances were good, Thursday jnight youngsters at the Washington jcn lidren’s home, at Mother Ryther’s homa, at the Theodora honm, and some fn private families had unex- pected ple for supper, It ts now time to nay a few “Thank you's.” Firstly, we thank Mr. Dave Boldt, of the Boldt Restaurant company for offering to carry the ples to their orphan home destinations tn the big pieracked Boldt delivery bus Secondiy, we thank Mr. Robert H. Park, representative of the Ford com pany, who himself piloted a Ford truck and delivered those remaining pies which couldn't be squeezed into the Boldt bua, ‘Thirdly, we thank the judges, Mins Edna Walker, King county home demonstrator; Minn Martha Dreaster, instructor in the University of Wash- ington home economics department, Mina | LE STAR HERE’S MORE ABOUT PHONE MOTHER STARTS ON PAGE ON dl u Mrs. Dorothy Bruckart —Photo by P Hier Beall Photographe thelr attitude ts the same—particu- larly when they're in some kind of trouble. Because everyone in a child after doing wrong—and that applies to men ae well as to women, “That's one reason why T have to be so careful. When I have a girl ‘on the carpet,’ I have to think, ‘How would I like to have this taken up with me, if our positions were re versed? “It doesn't do any good to lecture and criticise, But if I can get the right ‘mother attitude’ and reason with the girl in such « way that she doown't resent it, the unfortunate im cide will be turned into an actual benefit.” One of Mra. Bruckart's most tmpor- tant duties te the supervision of em: ployment. She visits the home of every girl who applies for & job be fore a definite decision ts reached, her recommendation, “The phone company,” she ex plains, “owes a certain responsibility to the girls It employs. Many of | them are very young, scarcely more than children, and we couldn't bring them in contact with girls who would have a bed Influence on them. So we have to be absolutely eure of the character of every girl employe—and the only way that I can learn this is by going right into the homes. | “Of course, I havetto be careful about this, too, If we got too paren- tal, the girls would resent it—but that's just one more of my pr lems.” ‘ Another matter which comes 41 and this decision rests entirely upon | who herself could not be with us, But | rectly under Mra. Bruckart’ who sent two able representatives, tion ie the distribution of ick red ba bao ae a po fits, After an operator has been with me Dresaler’s representatives the company for two years she ts were Mies Martha Cekada and Miss] entitied to full pay for the firt four | Kate Dekker, both seniors in the| weeks that she is ill and half pay| home economics department, whose | for the next nine. After five years’ | training has made them authorities on ple Fourthly, we thank the Hugheon Co. for letting us use thelr corner, and V. Webster Van “Winkle, of Hughson’s, for serving most satis. tagtorily as ple custodian, Fifthly, we thank all the plemak. ers of the city who contributed ple in the good apirit that was evident. And, sixthly, we whole-heartedly thank J. L. Johnson, of “Associated National Pictures, Inc.," who first thought of the apple pie contest and proceeded to whisper the big idea to ‘The Star and the Coliseum. The lat ter two gindly put It over. MORE INDUSTRY COMPENSATION OLYMPIA, Jan. 19. —Workmen’s compensation will be increased 76 per cent in this atate in future by @ bill which was introduced tn the house today by Representative Beel er, of King. Tho bill stipulates that no additional revenue shall be de- ducted from the men's pay to care for the increased compensation. Roosevelt School Presents Concert Albany Ritchie, former manager of the Seattle Symphony orchestra, will be the principal soloist at the concert which was to be given Fri- day evening by the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee clubs of Roosevelt high school in their auditorium, under the direc |tion of Ernest H. Worth. | paced . service nhe gets nine weeks’ full pay | and nine weeks’ half. And after 10, yeare—the maximum—she gets nine | weeks’ full pay and 39 half. Mrs. Bruckart distributes all the checks from the benefit fund and lalso calis on every girl taken sick within eight days after the case has been reported—or earlier if neces | ry This Isn't all, tho. She's real mother, too, whenever one of “her girls” gets sick. In addition to the cheek and the physician's care that she brings, she always has some little dainty—flowers or fruit or » book—to show the girl that her foster-mother ts thinking of her. Mrs. Bruckart has countless other | duties—too many to enumerate. She has charge of all the rest rooms in the various exchanges. She assists }in the nelection of for promo tion to supervisory Joba. And #0 on. And, ob yes, in closing: How does she knew how to handle all theme detatin? How in she able to got the girls’ viewpoint? By the only way tn the world. She's worked her way right up from the bottom, and, as it’s all taken piace in the last 10 years, she can still remember the ily.” | OBBERS STERN | CHICAGO, — Kind-hearted robbers | waited until Mra. Loretta Nash got home before they robbed her of her $500 fur coat, “We didn't want you to catch cold,” they snid FREDERICK & NELSON usual. In 80-inch width, and in Gray Orchid Old-roxe Rowe Light-biue Tangerine Orange Bky-blue Ash-rose Navy Special, 19¢ yard. | FIFTH AVENUE AND PI DOWNSTAIRS STORE| A Saturday Feature: | 2,400 Yards of JAPANESE CREPE Special J9e Yard Following a special purchase, this excellent quality of Cotton Crepe is quoted at a much lower price than Serviceable and attractive in women's and | children’s frocks, and admirable for fancy-work uses. STREET the following colorings: Apricot Yellow White Green Raby-blue Brown Pink Old-bluo Black —THP DOWNSTAIRS STORE BUT THOUGHTFUL || Duke’s Home Turned |TRUCK DRIVER Into '« Dancing Club! 1S RELEASHE D pore After full investigation of the death of tin Bindin, 28, n hotel, who was killed in am Jent Wednesday night, Com H. Corson Thursday i the releas eof C.D. eve of the auto im ing for rebuilding the Bank snenger, Web» land. at or r, mw testify at a com to be held at 9:30 a, im. JAPS MAY BREAK’ SOLEMN TREATY About to Reocoupy Viadi- | ete vostok, Is Report | Houne, f duke jof Devor rmer renidence shire, hag been turned into 18—Many hi dug up LONDON, Jan. bones have been n ex Japan ts about to violate tte woolen international agreement | and reoceupy Viadtvostok. This | iis jo is the rumor which has reached | A. G, Denbigh, operator of vast etgh fishing and furtrading conces ¢ ‘ t he | Ina the sions in Siberian, who is in Seattle ' w ‘orced te » |W. Th on a business visit. énen¢ Conditions have grown so much worse in Siberia since the Bolshevik! | warehe supplanted the government of the) after Far Eastern republic, Denbigh #aid| articles at his puite in the New Washington | them Friday morning, that business ts vir- | tually at @ standstill, tn spite of the) country’s tremendour renources, and this, he presumed, was the the Japa’ reported decis Denbigh came to Seattle with the iden of making arrangements to en: large his business in a material way 5 feceived 6 he The such alarming Far East © truck was loaded with ne who had been celebrat- ting of Mr. and Mra. won, 1201% Howell et, night. Webster was car when It etruck @ Cowe et car, at Ninth ave, and Bindin wae injored inter nd died a few hours later, Lieut. C. G. Carr, four were #itting In the front seat truck when the crash oo | that he haw ab ing them only obtained the he exchanges | for as actually which he said, “I think * is in sights, This an’t go on Indefi think some sort of thing nitely, and soon 1 form of stable ent will supplant the b i, Fiven the eee fon Vindivostok History records that Str Walter leigh ones paid 600 pounds stem «@ for a pair of shoes, the equiva. nt of about $2,000 today. jason tor FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE In an Exceptional Offering Saturday: 1,200 Pairs Full-F ashioned Stockings At $1.95 Pair — —Silk Top; Lisle Sole, Heel and Toe, —in Black only. —unusual values at the price, —also broken lines of Women’s Silk Stockings from regular assortments, in various colors, reduced to $1.95 pair. FREDERICK & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Men’s Brushed-Wool _ | Sweater Coats | $5.35 GPECIAL purchase of 168 Men’s Brushed- wool Sweater Coats makes possible this un- aay low price for sweaters of such good quality. Colors: Pearl-gray, Camel, Blue-heather, Brown-heather; in the style pictured. Sizes 84 to 40. Special $5.35. —Moen's Section, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Remnants of Cotton Goods and Odd Lots of Bedding AT CLEARANCE PRICES Choice remnant lengths of various useful Cotton fabrics as follows: Ginghams Galatea Devonshires Poplins Cotton Crepes Comforter Challies White and Colored Outing Flannels Bleached and Unbleached Muslins —alno O44 Lots of desirable Bedspreads Sheets and Pillow Cases Some of these slightly sofled from handling. All at unusually Low Prices for Clearance. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE NEW! 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Sizes 6 to 16, Low: priced, at @B¢ each, —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Boys’ Wool Ruff. Neck Sweaters $2.15 In combination colorings of Blue and Gold, and Maroon and Gold, Sizes 28 to 84, at $2.15. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORB Boys’ Corduroy Knickers At $1.45 Pair Made of sturdy quality Corduroy, with taped seama, and lined throughout. — Sixes & to 16, Low-priced, at $1.45 pair, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORB