The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 1

a ° provide employment for hundreds of men thrown out traffic. ‘ of other employment by the storm. A majority of autoists were specially careful Mon- Small boys and girls are warned by the police of day in avoiding accidents due to the snow, only about © _ coasting dangers. Several children met death earlier half the usual number of accidents being reported to | in the winter as a result of sledding crashes. Look- the police. “Drive carefully and slowly,” said Sev- : Bring out the old snow shovels, folks, and use ‘em for yourself and all concerned. Sweeping snow from outs should be posted at all street intersections eryns. “The icy streets are doubly dangerous when | on the sidewalks. By so doing, you may save someone sidewalks is compulsory under a city ordinance, the coasters, and special care should be used by the kid- covered with snow. Don’t drive fast. Save your } serious injury and at the same time make life easier police chief points out. Then, too, snow shoveling will dies in avoiding hills that lead into arteries of heavy own life and the other fellow’s, too, WEATHER Entered as Beco: Class Matter May 2, aon under the Act of Congress March 8, The Seattle Star SEATTLE, WASH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1923. 9, Per Your, by Mail, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 33, Minimum, 23. i Today noon, 25, FORECAS VOLUME 24. ae CIT * Y IN STORM G GERIANSKL Winters Cust’ BLIZZARD HITS THE NORTHWEST ‘Steamer Sinks in Waterway and All Craft Is Rocked in Lakes; Traffic Halted and Lines Down; Cold Continues BY JOHN W. NELSON Buffeted by one of the worst blizzards in years and inundated by a half-foot of sno Seattle shook itself Monday morning like a great Dane emerging from an icy plunge, an began to take stock of the damage which 12 hours of continual storm have heaped upo the city and its environs. The storm was general thruout the Northwest, Beginning early Sunday, a light snow soon turned into a heavy storm with hu ragged flakes drifting down. | At 8 p. m. the wind from low) pressure areas off the codst) of British Columbia, came) with a drivi force that} raised havoc with the city. The temperature fell steadily | until, at 8 a. m. Monday, the} U, S. weather observer re- ported it 23 degrees above) zero. Street car service, electric Nght! Turks Give Allies wwe at | Three Days for the Evacuation of Smyrna Bay | ¥ Wall, anyway, Old ‘Tut can conssle| LONDON, Feb. 12—Two French | himself with the thought that his po. | Mlers and a German were killed tn litical chances are every bit ax good! @ clash of troops and civilians at) * as Governor Hart's. Gelsenkirchen, according to @ Cen- j goals tral News dispatch from Bertin, — | “Just because Old Tut is now petri-| The French soldiers reported alain | ¥ fied ts no reason why you should \inake the death roll for the invaders ty vio @ hard guy,” remonstrates| req within two days. A trooper | wounded at Bochum Thursday died | | Saturday night. Howdy, folks! Mayor Brown is envious of all * the free publielt: hamen js getting ae 4 | Reports that the King County| Democratic club will back Tutankha-| | | men for governor are erroneous. eee 4 Our Seattle Forecast System Goes Hay-Wire Well, folks, @ terrible thing has happened. Our weather man—the fel- low we've all been #0 proud of ee HISTORICAL NOTE weather forecasts from Sen Francisco. Most everybody knew the Sen Francisco dope | CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 12— gained the honorary title of “Two Tank” on account of his tremen- dous capacity. . The allies having refused to heed an jultimatum that foreten warships | over 1,000 tons leave Smyrna harbor, | the Turks have issued another warn: | and phone service were hard hit dur. ing the night. Automobiles by the wcore skidded off the slippery pave- —has gone hay-wire, Saturday night most every- body greased up his car and was wrong about eight times out of ten and so the Cham- ber of Commerce entered pro- test and persuaded the United — ments, crashed against curbe and telephone poles or stalled in the high drifts. Train service from the! outside was interferred with only slightly, | Probably the biggest damage was filled the gas tank prepara- tory to @ spin around the boulevards or into the country because our weather man said Mt would be clear Sunday, tho still cold. ing, this time giving France and/ The newly-discovered flu germ is| Great Britain three days In which to declared to be so small that tt can) withdraw thelr war vessels. pass thru the pores of an earthen-/ There is no indication that the sec- | ware filter, fond ultimatum will recetve more Remember when we wore mosquito | consideration than the first. States weather bureau at | Washington to let George Sal- isbury, Seattle weather man, suffered by ships and shipping on And Sunday when the kids Rotting masks? js Mumaoby Kamel ond fimet ate te Seattle's waterfront and in Lakes |]| wakened and began to quarrel a a1¢¢ | meet at ‘egal aipeid ma be venice, Union and Washington. The steamer about who would ride in the what {t was talking about az A pirt 1 tke biases Pairs ane xem ea eal Fidalgo was sunk at the Albers Bros. front seat with dad, dad dis- wero placing utter dn Betty Bright; on George when he pulled She leaves at home Her appetite. one mill dock. Probably the eartiest damage was that sustained by the Western | Washington Automobile show at | Fourth ave. and Blanchard st, where |the big tent, threatened by « crush- ling weight of snow, was lowered to javert disaster, Hight-weeing crowds jand the exhibits were removed be- |fore the top was lowered, and the| covered that the dope our weather man had given him wan ali wrong; that instead of being FAIR, it was BLEAK as all get out; that storm clouds hung low and that snow already had begun to fall. And before the minister got thru shaking hands at the church door 1t was coming down so Turkish Commander Is Not at Smyrna) : | PARIS, Feb. 12. — Mustapha TO DaT ARE calculates that there ary| Kemal, commanderin-chtef of the i gevcig laters > "| Turkish armies, {s reported at| a ee |Smyrna, where the Ottoman ultl- 3 ee |matum to allied warahipa to leave| Seattle folks wallowed thru deep snowdrifts, slipped on icy sidewalks and labored long Scientists are still hunting that|the harbor may expire at any time.|and diligently to start cold automobiles Monday morning as they prepared for the day's } } The annoying part of it is that tion for Saturday night and | Sunday and both fanned out. The Seattle bureau says no | station under the sun could | — a sn om ems te earthquake of two weeks ago; "but who wants an earthquake? see Lady om Queen Anne hill doesn’t like this Seattle-made weather. Pre- fers it made in California. eee Dear Homer: Fairbanks is I see where Dowo coming in “Robin Hood.” 14 this fellow Hood any rela-| tion to Little Red Riding Hoodt—| HH. W. Who was it sald that the three principal subjects taught in schools nowadays are readin’, writin’ and radio? see Well, anyway, the police have lo- cated Clara Phillips. She's in North Anerica. cee Last Minute News: King county Juries quit playing poker and take up bridge. tee When your opponsnts make grand slam, would you call it the “Bridge of Sighs?” see SHORT STORY Don't ever speak to me again! one A war yet tells us he has been Gassed twice, once at the city hall. . . “Mamma, why has papa no hair?” “Because™he thinks #0 much, my dear.” “But why have you x0 much?" “Because— Go away and do your lessons.” Pit ae) Li] Gee Gee got a great kick out ot the Auto show, but she said she was sorry they didn't exhibit any of thone one-man cars she’s heard #0 much about. ————___________.__.__ LI'L GEE GER, TH’ OFFICE VAMP, SEZ: Th’ trouble with havin’ » | wife who Is a good manager is that you are usually what is managed. Saturday we saw a parade of the children of members of the Moowe, and we just wondered if they were called Mice, see Perhaps the reason you nee so few Photographs of pretty girls going hunting is because no few girls go hunting in bathing sults, sae And perhaps the reason there are #80 few statues of women in Amer: joa im because It In no difficult to seulp a speaking Nkenens, one ATTENTION, TANK CORPS! TOTANKHAMUNAt Loxor, Baypt, Feb. 3), H.C. 997, REGINALD PERCY TUTANKHAMUN, beloved husband of the several Mesdamex ‘Tutankhamun, Adoring father of wver elslld in Tngor and ite environs, member of Saxor Tank Corps, boytiood chum ot Dick Mehards and Wart Hartholomaw. Yunornt arrangements. rill be a rival of remaine mortuary «€ the Cocktail Kinbalmers, 144 intersent in Plant- ma Doop ‘The French government is without definite Information ax to when the latest ultimatum ends, Constantl- nople dispatches having the hour it commenced. ‘BAR SUPPLIES FOR GERMANY ESSEN, Feb. 12—France and Bel- | cium will deny Germany ell products Jot the Ruhr from midnight tonight |until the Cuno government capitu- hiates or agrees to pay heavy duties. Invaluable supplies of steol and iron, as well as fuel and the fintsh- ed products of factories, will be lont to Germany until the issue ts set- ted. | Temper of inhabitants of the occu- pled areas was aroused by announce- | ment of these new reatrictionn, It |was reported that secret organiza- |tiona of Ruhr citizens, sonrewhat similar to those organized in Venice |during French occupation, are now meeting regularly. German officials are doing every: thing in thetr power to foster strikes in the occupied zones, and the French to combat them. A report from Worms today raid the French seized half a million marks there and sixty million at Mayence to prevent the Germans utfiizing the money to pay strikers, A number of agents distributing strike funds were arrented. ‘The French !nformed the mayor of Fesen they will help themselves to coal here ff this district falls to meet the needs. France May, Yield on Ban of Exports PARIS, Feb. 12.—France does not desire to prevent entirely exports from the Ruhr, {t was announced officially today, ‘This country i# willing to permit exportation to allied countries, Pos. (Turn to Page 5, Column 5) You Need That Auto NOW!! Why always say next month or tomorrow, when your opportunity iy always NOW? Bargains in food wed carn are being offered daily. LATO MODEL HUDSON ROADSTER Double automatic swipe and other uarantes, ‘Thin tras, 10-day ce Wo will trade, car like now. ‘Turn to the Want Ad Column NOW and Kee who ty offering this bargain, grind downtown. FAMILY KILLED BY GAS FUMES Man, Wife and Four Chil- dren Are Victims PITTMAN, N. J., Feb. 12.—Six per- sons, an entire family, were killed here today by escaping gas when a main burst. Three other persons in different houses were overcome by escaping fumes and resuscitated by pulmotora, More than a dozen persons were made m. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Tio Pucci and their four children. Police and gas company officials are unable to determine the cause of the accident. 1 aS, Sal ¥ CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—Four persons were burned to death when the farm house of Andy Polac, near Saltsburg, Indiana county, was destroyed by fire late Saturday night, according to word here today. Bodies of Polao and three small children were re- covered from the ruins. One child died in the Indiana hospital. Mrs. Polao was severely burned, but will recover. OLYMPIA WAITS FOR ONSLAUGHT Heighton Will Attack His Accusers Tuesday OLYMPIA, Feb, 12.—Olympla is marking time Monday in anticipa- tion of the onslaught which Repro- wentative Charles Helghton of Se- attle has declared he will make on his accusers if they do not attempt to press their charges against him for attacking the Hart administration in a speech in Seattle a week ago. Heighton served notice on hin ao- eusers that Le vould taunch his coun. tornttack Tuesday by asking « legis. lative investigation into the motiven which led certain representatives to attempt a voe of censure against him, Heighton has three points which he wants Representative John Hanks (Turn to Pago 5, Volumn 4) STORM GIVES SOLONS REST Seattle and other Puget sound cities were cut off from communica tion with the state capitol Monday. For once members of the legislature were able to spend a day without “hearing from the folks at home.” Seventy-five telephone poles be- tween Tacoma and Olympia were blown down by the gale which swept the Sound country Sunday night. Besides a loss of $10,000 to the com- pany, the mishap caused all manner of inconvenience to persons and in- stitutions who depend on the tel- ephone to keep in touch with affairs at Olympla. ‘Tho Western Union's lines also were down between Tacoma and Olympla. and messages sent from Be- attle were held up at Tacoma until Monday afternoon, when they were to be relayed to Olympia by automo- bile, No damage was done to the high tension wires of the Puget Sound Power & Light Co. it was reported. A few local service wires were down In Seattle, but wore being repaired Monday, Coal Dealers Work to Supply Demands ‘That therw is ttle Ukellhood of an acute coal shortage in Seattle was evidenced Monday by statements made by officals of meny of the larger fuel compantes of the city, ‘There ts now 2,000 tons on hand at the Carbonado Coal Co., which is available for immediate distribution, according to L, W, Norman, sales manager. This amount alone would layt the company a number of days, it fn ntated, ‘The Canal Coal Co, and the Breen & Peabody Con! Co, report 600 tons on hand, ‘They are experiencing no difficulty in keeping up thelr supply. 'Tho only obstacle at present ts tho delivering problem, say tho fuel dealers, All of the firma are working night and day to keep up with the sudden: ly increaned demand and report that unless the weather gets suddenly worm, they will be able to cope with the situation, Battered Yacht Sinking in Lake While craft in Biwott bay Inekily escaped damage from the storm which swept (he clty Sunday night, numerous craft in Lake Union suf: fored, according to reports to Port Warden Paul Bdwards, A crew was is shown Lewis W. Rotter, 408 Eastlake (upper Lower left view shows a very cold bug Photos by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers, * * nent to Lake Union Monday, where ® large private yacht was reported adrift and sinking near the Untver sity bridge. Several Inunches and tugs. were torn from their moorings during the night and harbor patrolmen were busy all night rescuing them. eee STORM HALTS RUM RUNNERS Seattle rum-running skippers were bitter Monday as they gazed baleful- ly thru their wheethouse windows at the snow-blanketed hills above the bay. The skippers feel they hava n real grievance against the weather for the storm which mwept the straits and the Sound Sunday paralyzed their activities while parched throats and ready money awaited the well- laden rum ships, ‘The rum-runners are utilizing thelr forced vacation by repairing and overhauling their ships in prepara- tion for the spring trade, Nine ships are tied up at their wharves here, Scotch whisky that has retailed for $65 a case has jumped to $92, and will continue to rise if the Cana- dian “ht-jackers" do not cease thelr activity in American and Canadian waters, rum runnera also com: plained, American whisky {9 being confis- cated by the hi-Jackers and’ sold to Canadian booze-runners, who in turn soll it to other runners. Ono firm which hax sold three quarts of Scotch for $20 for some time past 1s reported going out of business in the Puget Sound coun. try. According to one of their salem men, they will migrate to California and renew activities in the South in the summer, eee Water Supply Is Unharmed by Cold No damage was sustained by So attlo's water supply system Monday as a result of Sunday's blizzard, This department reports that both in Se. attlo and on the Cedar river the sys tem came thru the blizzard without a hitch, But numerous householders called for ald when basements were being flooded by bursted mains, Curtibeealasid Buries Its Mine Victims CUMBERLAND, Is, G, Feb. 1.—~ Sunday Cumberland buried its 83 mine dead and"is preparing Monday to repair the only active con! mine in this district, which was disublod by blasts Thursday, One body still romaing in No, 4 mine, The Western Union messengers found the going unusually hard, but|*how was postponed until Saturday. | they managed to get around. Sidney McClinton, a Western Union messenger, sted it was | (Upper right) negotiating a pile of “the beautiful.” for three days without announcing | (left) is doing what thousands of other Seattle people found necessary Monday morning— \cleaning the sidewalk in front of his residence, that was left out all night. The young woman who is having difficulty to keep right side up is Miss Corinne Mason (lower right). ICY PAVEMENT Alva Larkin, taken to the Swedish hospital. ity of Second ave. and Yesler way, flowed, covering the heavy sheet of foo, upon. injured, and ‘on foot. storm. rose in kitchens and basements, eee Seine Boat and Barge Are Lost fled thru the night rescuing house- moorings by the wind and waves, A seine boat broke loose from the foot of Madison Point during the night and, it Is believed, went down, as It could not be controlled, A coal barge owned by the Arrow Coal company, at 14th ave. N. W,, sank during the night when its cargo shifted and holes were battered in its hull, 2 At Fuhrman ave, two. houseboats broke loose and were tossed by the angry waves of Salmon bay, Harbor patrolmen finally secured them, ewe Launch Sinks After Battle With Storm Lashed by high winds and battered went down at Albers Brothers’ dock at 4 a, m, Monday, Two hours moorings, Lillleo tugs to itv assistance and the fireboat Duwamish, The Fidalgo battered itself against the docks, turned over and sank in five fath: coms of water with its cargo of 9,004 sacks of oats. The boat was valued ft $80,000. Seven members of the crew who struggled all night to save the oraft leaped to safety a few min. ‘utes before the boat went down, a ae ie CAUSES FALLS} Sunday's snowstorm claimed sey- eral victims in sidewalk accidents Monday, While walking in the street at Broadway and Pine st, owing to the heavy drifts of snow there, Mra. 23, 1823 Nagle place, & telephone operator, slipped and fell, sustaining @ broken arm. She was Dozens of pedestrians skidded, fell and swore, early Monday tn the vicin- where a drinking fountain had over- idewalk with | ‘ing the slop- ing walk almost impossible to waik Several persons wero slightly | Several automobiles were stalled in snowdrifts on highways near Seattle, en within the city, many auto- ists were forosd to abandon thetr cars temporarily and Journey downtown ‘The police and fire departments were kept busy during the day by falling Ught and power wires, and various traffic accidents. The harbor Gepartment's boats spent a busy night Sunday in salvaging vessely blown from thelr moorings by the Water pipes which froze during the night and broke Monday also necesst- tated several calls for ald, as wator Harbor patrolmen at Ballant strug. | 2Y boats and small craft torn from their by heavy sean, the gasboat Midalgo cartier the boat broke loose from its Unable to control it, the harbor patrol boat No, 2 called two. thick a fellow couldn't seo across the street, and before night a raging blizzard had hit Seattle. Happenings lke this were common when we got our DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 12— The era of weather a la carte is dawning. Snowstorms and rain in sea- son soon will be placed on the open market by American aviation fields. ‘Theso forecasts by McCook field officials today followed the announcement of Prof. W. D, Bancroft, Cornel! university, that artificial rain and snow- storm-making has proved suo- cessful. By sprinkling — electrically charged grains of sand thru clouds from an airplane, Mo- Cook field experimenters un- der the direction of Prof. Ban- croft, have on several occa- sions produced snow flurries and dispersed fogs. ‘The charged sand, It was ex- plained, releases the surface A la Carte Some Day have hit the ball without re- | ports from ships at sea Satur day night, as the storm broke from that direction. 4 How shall we ever explain it | all to Washington tension of small particles of wal permitting them to be united with neighbor par-— ticles and form rain drops, i L, F. Warren, a co-experl- mentor of Prof. Bancroft, de- clared the area over which the artifically induced rain falls may be regulated by the pilot who liberates the sand. 2 Any aviation field, equipped with the electric sand device, || Warren aid, may give a rain or snow storm to a specific To- tt possible to save crops threatened by drouth and to Provide adequate snow for coasting parties. Street Cars Win Battle With Snow Seattle's street raiway system was coming out on top Monday after an all night battle with fallen trees and snow drifts as @ result of Sun- day's bilzzard. Supt. D, W. Hender- son, of the street railway department, sald that servicé had reached nor- mal at noon, Two trees were blown across the tracks on the Fort Lawton line dur- ing the night. A tree was blown down in Woodland park. In each in-) stance the trolley wires were carried to the earth, Delayed services on the Fauntleroy, Phinney and Alki lines, due to snow drifts, was normal at noon, Hender- son sald, A polo was blown down in South Seattle and held up service until the damage was repatred. No further trouble was expected as the snow had hardened enough to prevent much drifting by Monday noon. Railroads Suffer Little From Storm Little inconvenience wax suffered from the week-end storm by any of the railroads entering Seattle. ‘The Chicago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul an: nounced that all {ts passenger trains were on time and that freiht serv. foe had not been hindered seriously, Tho Great Northern reported that some trains had been delayed a little, but that the line was generally in go0d shape, A similar statement came from the Northern Pagitio, IS FORECAS While Seattle folks may the snow storm over, they look to their coal suppites, ing to George M. Salisbury, who pi dicted continued cold weather day, following Sunday’s storm. ‘Tho forecast for Monday night ‘Tuosday is fair and continued Salisbury announced. The coldest point reached in past two days was 28 degrees ab zero, Monday morning. During Suz day night the wind reached a of between 40 and 50 miles an h snow fell. ‘ Storm warnings were posted al the Coast Sunday, Salisbury warning shipping that a nei gale was coming, Trouble Shooters Repairing Line Several score linemen and “trou! shooters” were rapidly repairis damage to the lines of the P ‘Telephone & Telegraph Co., Monda following Sunday night's bilzs and snow storm. Between 600 and 700 “shorta” » reported at phone headquarters day afternoon and night, d age started soon after the heavy bogan to fall, Phone company officials Mon were optimistic that service