The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1923, Page 1

Mi iH WEATHER and Taureday, feir, rold- winds perature Last tt Hours Maximum, 39 . Minimum, 34, Today noon, 39. Hntered as Seochd Clase Matter May 2, 1809, at the Postoffice al Beatle aah, Vik) IN PERIL AS SH under the Act of Co March 2. 1819, Per Year, by Mall, 66 to o8 The Seattle Star VOLUME 24. NO. 298. gigs EATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928 * “TWO CE} SEATTLE. S IN we Americans tell untruths today more glibly jj than we did 35 years ago?. 3 Has our conception of honesty degenerated so far that the machinery of justice has been rendered use- Jess by the rust of perjury 7 : Judge John C. Townes, Austin, Tex., ‘America’s most learned jurists, thinks so. He says: “It is almost impossible for courts to render justice y. We need in our courtrooms more of the rug- “ged honesty which formerly was our priceless That’s an indictment of the moral fabric of all American society. ’ Are we guilty or not guilty? one of I (fome Brew Perjury Is Howdy, folks! Why jail folks iP their own moonshine? “They won't last long, anyway. : collar is advertised as the} Sol Now for the Gollyneds, the | and the Gosh Darns! see | AUSTIN, Tex, Fer Ws realy too bad, but if those fists now exhuming the of Tutankhamen had used foresight they might have) dominant a courts that factor in justice in thwarted ay cow in the ruins of First | the law school of the Univ eee talk of a man mdrrying a for ber money is ridiculous, ever has any money. oo tion. i QUERY Poindexter accepts the post n ambaxsador, would him a Lima Has-been? eee Hore Declared Perfect.” Judge John O. Townes of the tuture. mining American justice. it the close of the ses- they can get in the last see J. Cleary, of Whatcom, ther eany divorce bill. the marriage knot wasn’t to render saya. to perjure themselves. changed. eee becomes any easier tn s we may expect to hear hone conversations Ike this; ly lacking, “Love of easy eee GRANTED is only one legitimate for divorce: when your your bonded stuff radiator, . Record Violent vance by attorneys, tae “We no truth in the rumor the ‘chariot taken out of Phar- a men's tomb was @ ROME, Feb. 1. quake shocks wi oe vento observatories today. hot invented until 1109 eee about 700 and 300 kilometers, Onished the prosecuting at- mets Office will He when they ng their final charge against Chil- and find that he has dled of Do You Care to Build Your Own Home? > What do you | when they clect a man | Senator and send him to —Ourion: i, Dunishment, | rar venient. BOY who wid, “Vigiiance is H price of ‘itherty,” never forget into the Liberty on those at Ot or conveniences? 3 = eee On Van Dyke wos 0 sitly young|| limit with a lot of a J homely old pan; Chill avd wouldn't st ‘ou have and it only takes $100 cash, |] surance i , Lp? We called him our moving van. i eee i Se POple Are born foolish, some | aye “nd others play pect hre located, es Ce ee 4| Are We Liars? Habit Now |Justice Being Thwart- ed, Declares Jurist T.—Greed, love of eaxy living and a breakdown of moral fiber have made perjury so American . That statement comes from Judge im able to dig up the remains of | Jona C. Townes, 15 years dean of | ty of Texas and a lawyer, jurist, writer and educator of nation-wide reputa- And #0 deadly in earnest ts Townes | in Economy Fight (EDITORIAL) The Star's congratulations to the joint appro- priations committee of the house and senate! Your report is a ep in the right direction. You have cut the budget estimates $1,500,000. That’s fine, Now if the road funds are reduced to the proper point and other state costs held down, we | ought to see a drop of 214, mills in the state | levy. That will help some. * *% % But taxpayers must not be too sanguine, This is only ONE STE The road funds have not yet been reduced and, for that matter, the appropriations bill is not passed, Legislators must yet do both, In the | 4ppropriations bill there are various items that still can be cut and which ought to be cut. | Then there are all manner of supplementary and | Special appropriations which are likely to appear, and which ought to be regarded with a cold eye. * %* % The taxpayers may yet win a tangible reduction in state costs IF THEY KEEP UP THEIR FIGHT. Olympia is beginning to hear the voice of the people and to respond. Now is the time to speak out em- phatically. The Star suggests today again, as it has repeatedly suggested in the last week, that you wire or write or speak in person to your legislator on this subject. Let | him know how you feel. To make the registering of public opinion ¢ ; are printing here today a form letter that you miyht use. It can be addressed, if you wish, to Lieutenant Governér W. J. Coyle or Speaker Mark Reed, or to Senator Dan Landon or Representative James H. Davis, appropriations committee chairmen, all of whom are dehy good work to hold down appropriations. Or, better yet, it can be addressed to the members from your district. There is no time to waste. If you want economy at Olympia, yoerend it today. A good beginning has been The a little ti letter: — it. Do your part. Here is the As @ citizen and taxpayer I wish to state my views on legis lative appropriations and taxation reform. T feel that the present legiviature ought to oliminate every possible waste and extravagance from our state government and hold all the essential appropriations to the most economical basin Nothing short of a considerable reduction of the total expendi. tures should be tolerated. After this reduction ix completed an intelligent effort should be made to reduce the heavy burden now carried by real property, thru the substitution of other taxex, These should be taxes that would take the money from people beat able to pay, and which would touch only lightly those of amail means. Under no cireum- ign <as be won if the citizens show) liste thin afternoon. TURKISH BAN OF WARSHIPS Kemal Orders His| Officers Ready for Duty; French Seize More Land| United Press Summary Gq" AT BRITAIN today sent Xa warship steaming full speed to Stayrne harbor, in an- ewer to « Turk uitinatum that al allied menofwar of more than 1,000 tons leave before midnight, A similar move will be: Brit ain'’s answer to every ultimatum Turkey issues, It was stated nu- thoritatively, altho London still belleves war may bo averted. Retired and active officers of the Turkish army have been or- dered to register immediately. ‘The Britis) also startled Parts with flat “No” to the Quai WOrsay’s request for permission fo move trains manned by French troops thru British-ocen- pled Rhine terriiery, Rall traf fie in the Rubr and Rhineland was in chaos today, as the French pushed forward, oceupy- Ing seven more towns, aut CONSTANTINOPI 7.—Retired and active offi- cers of the Turkish army under Mustapha Kemal have Feb. been ordered to register im-| mediately. The military commander announced all evaders will be punished. ne ORDER FLEET ae te wovernmest has insted an ultimatim onlering all allied warships over 1,000 tote to leave Smyrna harbor before midnight tonight, it was learned on the highest authority to- day. Tn response to the ultimatum, ‘eat Britain sent a warship of “con rably over 1,000 tone” to Smyrna p kee what will happen.” In the meantime, acting under or ders from London, the acting British high commiasioner at Constantinople conferred with the Turkish repre- sentative at Constantinople, urgently requesting the Angora government to reseind the ultimaty The British cruiser to test the Turk ts expected to arrive at Smyrna Tt ts belleved that, despite his 10 years, he has resigned his office as dean and will | go tack to teaching so that he will) be more intimately tn touch with law studenta—the lawyers and judges | stances should any new tax be imposed unless at least a corre. sponding decrease be made simultaneously in the present taxew. Yours very truly, [here there ts little Ukelfhood of sert- |ous developments, partially because jthe harbor Is nadequately fortified, with little ammunition, but prine!- pally because the Turks recognize the strength and also the potential | friendliness of the British positions. | The Angora government has given | Ample indication of desiring peace jwith Great Britain—but Britain ts By this and by writing and lectur- | ing he hopes to do his bit to combat | the menace he is convinced is under- “Tt i almost impossible for courts Justice today,” Townes “Time was when men preferred to have their necks broken, rather than Times have “It takes moral courage to tel the truth, and moral courage is grievious- living {s causing Jawyern to abandon the ethics of Is this the woman {t cost | their profession and the dictates of lo marry? Well, ewan back| their own consctences. Even the . I told you to leave my| public is ‘in’ on the secret that moat loner” |testimony nowadays is framed in ad- the witnesses merely telling on the stand what | | their lawyers order them to say.” Quakes in Italy -Violent earth- recorded by the selamographsa at Naples and Bene ‘The shocks were declared to be spectively, from the two places. Today's offer in the Want Ad Columns calls your attention to some choice lots that are being offered for sale, Terms are con- “wi LIVE ON A SMALL LOT in the le sag without here two large tracts, Jn the thr ne pald against them, part of the on one of them. urchase price a pay ie th to give you ttle fi furunes and ny tiberal a real eutate contract as to terns and forfeiture as anyone could ex- Turn to the Want Ad Columns NOW and see where these lots ASK HUGE SUM FOR HIGHWAYS OLYMPIA, Feb. 7.—An appropria- tion of $2,226,914.95 in made from tho public highway fund for the comple- Betting on Falls Down tion of road work now under way In this state, under the terms of a bill lintroduced before the senate Wed- |nesday by the committee on roads Jand bridges. Of this amount $205,05- wort west goes for n the Pacific highway between lle and Vancouver, $11,876.10 for work on the mountain road between Tacoma and Rainier National park, $69,631.08 on the ific highway near Elbe, and $146,393.77 for work on roads between Seattle and Bl ‘Theater owners face the return of the old 10 per cent war tax in a new form under the terms of a measure introduced before the senate by the Fevente and taxation committee. The bill provides a 10 per cont excise tax jon theater admissions to go to the leommon school fund, Reinforced in almost every sec- tion and containing more drastic teeth than the one introduced in the house by Adam Beeler, « second anti: |narcotic bill appeared before the leg- islature Wednesday, It wax intro: \duced before the senate by Senator Grass of King county, The Grass narcotic bill is intro. duced before the senate in place of |the engrossed house bill drafted by Heeler and passed by the house, Seven other bills were introduced in the senate Wednesslay. reau predicted by a fle forecasts Francisco, came dope. him, good Lord be Salisbury, with you, Thursday is fair ond colder, BLIZZARD ON Stern Reprisals y for Rail Sabotage DUSSELDORF, Teb, 7.—-French troops have been ordered to fire upon Germans in the occupied areas |who attempt sabotage on the rail. road lines, Persons convicted of such sabotage by military court-martial will be I thle to the death sentence, the French high commund announced, today, while a hurricane was ported off the Hatteras const, All eastern trata wore three were buffeted by the storm, Salisbury! It’ll Be Tough if He George Salisbury, patriotic ge attle weather dealer, tied in his activities today with the North- Products show. We get Seattle-made weather from today on. Pursuant to authorization of the United States weather bu- at Washington, Salisbury issued, this morning, the first e.| made-in-Seattle wenther fo under the new ruling, It tne first time local weather has been local bureau in years. Prior to the protest of the Seattle Chamber of Com- merce against the system, Seat- from San Salisbury now will disregard the San Francisco forecasts and try to give us a straight line of to fans are betting on It'll be tough now if he falls down on the job, May the Mr. The forecast for tonight and EAST COAST NEW YORK, Feb, 7.—Tho Atlantic seaboard from New England to the Carolinas was blizzard nwept today. ive inches of snow fell in New York and vicinity last night and early re. four hours late, while shipy at sea | determined not to permit Turkey to | tasue any ultimatums, and any others will be met as was the pres lent one. The British cabinet for the third consecutive day considered the situ. ation created by the breakdown of |the Lausanne conference and consid- jerm it unlikely the conference will jbe resumed. The British have not |communteated with Ismet Pasha, as reported from Paris, but are await- ing the Turkish envoy's next move. FRENCH TAKE SEVEN TOWNS ESSEN, Feb. 1.—French troops in | the Rubr advanced all along the line today, occupying seven more towns, pushing into hitherto unoccupied ter. | ritory to'vtird Redervormaid. Lennep, Krebsoege, Wermelskireh. en, Overet, Bergischborn, Swaben and Lippe were taken over by the invaders. eee Britain Bars Trains of France on Rhine LONDON, Feb, 7.— Britain this afternoon sent a note to France flatly declining to permit trains manned by French troops to trav erse the British Rhineland zone, It was learned on highest authority, The British note suggested such trains be diverted. The communica: tion answers a French note asking what view the British would take of troop-manned trains, In view of the «trike of German. rail workers, eee TURKS QUIT PEACE MEET LAUSANNE, Feb, 7,—Both the Turks and Russians left Lausanne today and rumblings of impending war in the Near Bast followed on their heels, Ismet Pasha, recalcitrant to the last, departed for Angora with a ma jority of the Ottoman delegation at 6:40 a. m,, leaving @ few secretaries “In case the allies change their minds," M. Masnigl, representing the en: tente, bade them a cordial farewell at the station, but feeling was that (Turn to Page 8, Column §) | of Rhine Soldiers BAVA AH, Ga., Feb. 1 —Soldiers of the Eighth United States {nfantry mepped on American soil here again jtoday after their long “watch on the | Rhine.” |accompaniment of booming guns and [shrieking whistles. German-American children. eee Last Detachment of Yanks Leave BREMEN, Feb, 1.—Fifty Amori- can officers and 100 enlisted men, | occupation, sail for New York on the steamer America today. BONE DRY LAW I$ UNDEFEATED | OLYMPIA, Feb. 7.-—“Them days | ts gone forever,” sang the wet logis- report of the public morals commit. |tee. indefinitely postponing action jon senate bill No, 18, was adopted by the senate. ‘The bill would have repealed the Washington “bone dry" law and the Volstead act and put them on the state statute books, It was tn- troduced by Senator Grass. SIX CRIPPLES CHICAGO, Feb. praise here by Emile Coue, French savant, who apparently oured six cripples thru his “day by day” the. ory. Hundreds of followers of the ty mous Frenchman stormed Orchestra hall early today to be on hand for the afternoon lecture, at which Coue promixes further demonstrations, His audience last night broke into & tumultous demonstration after five apparently hopeless invalids threw way erntches, abandoned wheel chairs and declared they were cured. Cous was the only calm person in the hall, “Tam not an extraordinary person I do not perform miracles,” he in- sisted. “I am not a healer but a teacher, I teach people to cure themselves.” Coue leaves for New York tonight to sail for France, Pay Cash to City Rail Men Saturday Preparation for paying the munic- {pal railway department's — sem!- monthly payroll of $125,000, duo February 10, in cash, is complete, City Treasurer Ed L. Terry an- nounced Wednesday, “The railway fund is now in shape to meet the drain of a cash payment, and there is na necessity for lasuing warrants for the men’s pay,” Torry sald, Surrounded by cheering thousands, |of the state was to |the troops debarked from the trans- | Port St, Mihtel this afternoon to the | |» [bors and waterways, called by the ‘With the soldiers were the Ger-| chairman, Senator Paul Houser. }man wives of 63, and a number of left over as the last of the army of lators Wednestmy when a majority | | | miesion charged when the bill was would have taken the provisions of PRAISE COUE) 7.—The hisses of hecklers were turned into cheers of on Lonely Road Mrs. Ruth shown above, (inget). were death while lorfely road ne woman had been estranged from her husband. Waller was about to wed & Memphis girl. McElwain Tucker, 20, and Duncan Waller, 19 shot to ‘YANKS BACK ON |HARBOR BILL 1S AMERICAN SOIL|-T0 BE UP TODAY Savannah Weloomes Last {Port Commissioners. Fight Proposed Change BY FIELDING LEMMON OLYMPIA, Feb, 1.—-What action is to be taken on the bill pertaining to the leasing of the harbor areas be decided Wednesday afternoon at a meeting the senate committee on har- A suggestion made that any legislation passed -by this ses- sion be made to apply only to Seattle, will be considered by the committee, Senator Houser said. The presentation before the open hearing Tuesday afternom of the committee substitute bill, which in- vests In the state commissoner of publié tands the right To lease the tidelands and harbor areas, brought forth a storm of protest from the port officers who were present at the meeting. “The harbor areas of the state could be ‘flivvered’ away for a song under this bill as they have in the past 30 years,” George F, Cotterill of the Seattle port com- ready before the gathering. “The bill gives the land commis: stoner the sole right to lease the lands, to set the amount of the lease, and to make other decisions that could very easily lead to discrimina- tion,” he added. "Besides, it takes away from the port commission that right that the state has given it, the right to lease these lands.” Judge Kellogg, of Bellingham, at- torney for the Bellingham port, sus- tained Cotterill's charges and added that the measure is fair neither to the port districts nor the people of Washington. “I see no reason why ‘the matter of leases should be referred Hack to the state. This right was grated to port commissions and should jremain there," ho sald. Cotterifl and W. §. Lincolja, also of the Seattle commission, ciime to the hearing prepared to present amendments to the bill that ‘was up for discussion at the last heaving, FOUR ATRMEN ESCAPE DEATH EUGENE, Ore., Feb, 7,—Four fly- ers who lost their way In the dense fog of Tuesdiy night were safe to day, following narrow escapes from death or injury, Tdeut. R, L, Maughan, famous as the winner of the Pulitzer aviation trophy in 192}, and his mechanio, Sergeant Klutz, barely escaped death when their plane dropped thru the fog after darkness had fallen, and toppled into the Willamette river north of here, They extricated themselves trom their straps with difficulty and reached the shore, ‘Their pidne was badly damaged. Lieut. William ©, Goldsborourh and Private A, F, Carlow, fn a sec. ond plano, landed at Yonealla, in the northern part of Douglas county, with thelr plane uninjured despite the tight quarters and roughness of their Impromptu landing field, VESSELS HIT TN'FOG NEAR - GOLDEN GATE Liner Wilhelmina Rams Bellingham Freighter; Crew Takes to Boats SAN FRANCISCO, Feb Scores of lives of passengers a crews of the Matson Navig company’s liner Willelin the E. K, Wooa Lumber com- pany's freighter Sierra were put | in jeopardy at 4 a, m, today | when the two ships collided at | sea in a fog seven miles off the Golden Gate, at the entrance to San Francisco harbor. Reports by radio to the Radio Cor- poration of America shortly before 9 a. m. deseribed the Slerra lstin over on her side at an degrees angle waterlogged nd The Wilhelmina, first ¢ Jing badly, later was found talking only a comparatively small amount of water und was standing by, while &pproximately 100 passengers aboard her ned the rails, watching the Spectacle of a sea disaster. The Wilhelmina was en route to San Framcixco from Honolulu, and | was expected to reach port ng out of coust ports with ight | The crew of the Sierra had | been forced to take to the small boats at dawn, when their ship became 90 listed and waterlogged as to make it impossible for them varion i Fu ele ea | not reached the scene of | sion. It was belleved that | unable to Tocate the vessels in | heavy fog. The Wilhelmina was instructed by | radio to sound her siren constantly | and use all possible means of sum- moning the tugs, The tugs were not | Prepared to take directions by radio. | First word of the collision was re- ceived by the Radio Corporation of America at approximately 4 a. m. |when the Wilhelmina reported by |radio and asked aid. | By 5 a. m. the radio brought word | that the Sierra was in a Serious con- | dition and her crew was leaving the ship. During the morning radiograms gave additional details of the dis- aster. The Sierra was proceeding southward while the Wilhelmina was crossing her path, Incoming from the Hawaiian islands. The Sierra was sighted by the look- (Turn to Page 8, Column 2) 5 #32 | | | \Flashes DOG HOLDS PRISONER CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—Rob, a police | dog, today caught and held Joseph | Meisner as he fled from the taxical in which Joseph Chlesinger, chaut- feur, was shot to death. Meisner was taken to police headquarters for questioning. Rob was with his mas- ter, Frank Baker, when Meisner rushed from the vicinity of the taxi- cab, The dog leaped in pursuit and jeasily overtook him, Meisner was | trying to shake Rob from his over: | cont when the police arrived a few | minutes later. ee HALT 2 SEATTLE LADS ROSEBURG, Ore, Feb. 7.—Two Seattle boys, who had run away from home and were bound for Texas, armed with revolvers and hunting knives, were taken Into custody at Canyonville, near here, late Tuesday. ‘They are Tom King, 15, and George Harris, 13, and were in an automo: hile belonging to the Harris boy's stepfather, They will be sent back to Seattle. eee BREAD IS GIVEN AWAY CHICAGO, Feb, 7.—Bread was free here today. Highty-eight stores of a chain of groceries gave a loaf to everyone making a purchase, The move was the latest development of the cut-price war began between two chain store organizations, Officials clared bread would be given away “as' long as necessary to prove our statement that no one oan sell bread cheaper than we can,” eee DOG SAVES FIVE LIVES SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. Prince, a bulldog, saved the lives of five people early this morning by giving an alarm of fire, Mrs, John Nye, her three little children and her father-in-law, Henry Nye, @ m- tired sea captain, were aroused by the dog's bark, to find the apartment house in flames and thelr escape cit off. Tiremen carried them @own « ladder,