The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1923, Page 1

Behrens,” Dantetson, Jacobs,” meant, McKine » Murs Entered as Second Class Matior May §, 1899, at the Fostoffion at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1818, Per Year, by Mail, $2.60 Rh ini wor soufhert Temperature Maximum, 47 Milt: “VOLUME nd Saturday + Today noon rich & v winds Last M Hours Minimum, 38. SHATTLE, WASH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923. Howdy, folks! Here's hoping this cold wave isn’t & permanent wave! eee We notice where ef our con temporaries charges that the snow) Blockade is the fault of the city ad-| min | Perhaps Doc Brown's influence | in heaven failed on account of} strained relations between nieneelt | and Dr. Hawkins. $076 | | campaign promise make was that he snow storms dur HOW LONG AGOT on Washington st has this # sign in the window: coe 8 BEEN SOUP ee It might help the tnternational! economic situation tf we could trade | bushels of rye with Germany for| bottles of rye eee Wanda Hawley, movie actress, | sues for divorce, charging desertion. | ; “I Wanda} Daddy's | w: Probably she is singing. My Sweet, Sweet | pleased. Potlua had a riotous time in cafes, drinking free beer and lquors. Officers requisitioned by force Gone GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE VAMP, Don't let the baby play with he flivver; he might swallow It U1 pedis at the University of Wash: gion have a rifle club. In view of all the domestic shooting scrapes these days, you can't say that the; miversity does not fit tte girl stu- dents for the duties of the home. one Seattle man said he saw an aurora borealis last night. Well, when the street lights re- volve about Oh@ Ns Rend fast endiich hey have that effect. see LARRY OF THE LOBBY SAYS: | The Society for the Prevention | of Cruelty to Animals will never have to proceed against the state legislature for failure to keep the pork barrel full. ove | lodging from dispatehes, the legis: | ture is full ef mugwumps thie | year You don’t know the definition of mugwump? A mugwump fs a man who sits on e fence with his mug on one side nd his wump on the other. eee London man announces that asbes tos placed In tobacco will keep cigar ashes from falling to the floor. Don't you fust love asbestos cigars? eee | “The wedding,” says a newspaper | item, “beggared description.” We bet it beggared the old man. a ee THE HEIGHT OF REFINEMENT EL, Jersey Guernsey cow, rich milker, for sale. 1600 15th ave. —Want ad. “Oh, you skid!" said the auto as it} slid into @ snow bank. | see Perhaps the reason that the ex-| kaiser is not getting along with his wife in because that wood, he saws ts too long for the kitchen stove. oe Every black sheep was somebody's little lamble once. wires Happy chapple, underatand? Eating candy from her hand. Jovous days, you wXit allow, They cre in their courtship now. ‘fter marriage see the man Eating cold beana from a can. see “This check is aoubtless all | said the bank have right,” ashier politely, “but | yon anything about you by ‘ou could be identified?” answered Li'l Gee Gee, | blushing, “I have a mole on my left| elvow.”* } LOGIC DEPARTMENT | | There's always two sides to | every question—the wrong side .| and our side, | eee The Duke of York's allowance 1s to| be Increased from $60,000 to $125,000 | a when he marries Lady Eliza-| beth Bowes-Lyon. Gosh, that young couple must be planning to put in a furnace! sae Weatherwright Salisbury looks like more anow. says it Hurrah! Now tee will have some nice, warm, sun-| shiny weather! eae Shortage found in the accounts of} me muny Nght department. We hope nohody was Nght-fingered, ae If THE member of the Interna tional Typographical Union one WHO SETS this copy will be #0 kind as to etick in the little stars aa) indientea THIS |COLYUM bottom of the pag may reach the 4 | A. CONSUMMATION be wishdd voutly to will be able and kiddies AND WI to the wife to go home wie they | coup. | niclpal railway will reach @ cri. | his opinion, stmplity }1, Counciiman B: L. | later that at the Hart code was struck Friday | the ESSEN STORES FOR SUPPLIES Warlike Situation Now Existing in Many Towns of Seized Region DUSSELDORF, Feb. 16.~—Arresta, restrictions and resistance Rubr multiplied today until r districts were in a state scarcely Unguishable from that of war. Conditions were worse at Easen, where two infantry companies were sent out to occupy the town ha and French so! with nets joyfully helped t shops and restaurants. Increased thruout the day. German nationalists were reported preparing « demonstration against | the invaders and the French took extraordinary precautions, fearing a lers fixed bayo- emselves in The tension Fave General Fournier sought to break |the shopkeepers’ boycott against | French troops by permitting his sol | diers to break in and take what they whatever they required. will probably be imposed by tomorrow, tn view teased resistance of the popu there after French troops partly withdrawn from the at Dort of inc lation were city It was stated the chief burgomas. ter probably would be arrested an a result of his refusal to obey orders ot General De Goutte. Hunger ts beginning to make Itaeit felt in several localities and French soup kitchens are appearing here and there. Germans are patronizing there/ ‘mu some instances. The Wolff agency has « report that « German rail worker wan shot and killed by a French soldier near the eastern dor) (Tere. to Page Cotune 1) CARFARE AGAIN | MOOT QUESTION | 5-Cent Delay Ru Rumored; Big) | Loss Thru Storm (Above) The crew of the ill-fated Nika, as they appeared late Thursday night when) they reached Seattle aboard the steamer Ki sap II, They were picked up from their smail]| boats after they abandoned their flaming vessel as it drifted on the rocks off Cape Flat- tery. (Below) The Nika after it had been abandoned by its crew. The flames have swept the deck houses and superstructure and are rapidly consuming the hull. On the left are shown the ship's officers. From top to bottom they are: Capt. Peter John- son, Supercargo A. H. Galligan of the Everett Packing Co., First Assistant Engineer L. C. Hines and Chief Engineer J. D, Pritchard. Photo of ship by Lieut. M. R. Hemingway, U. 8, N. GRAVE FLOODS | Brave Crew of Nika Is ARE IMMINENT Praised by Its Captain Melting Snow may eaeielt Battered and Bruised Men of Ill-Fated Valley Towns | | BY SEABURN BROWN Rumors of a possible postponement ment of the date on which the Fitz gerald five-cent carfare ordinance is} to go into effect were rife at the} city hall Friday morning. Altho city officials, when asked for opinion on the matter, refused to commit them: | | nelvés, several departments sald that the financial condition of the mu: sin Other photos by Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers. March. After remarking that it would, in matters to al- low the higher carfare to remain in effect for a short period after March Blaine dented he contemplated propos ing any council action to hold up the carfare ordinance. *“T am not certain that this would be an effective move; but It in cer: tain that the finances of the railway have been hard hit by the snow- storm, and that some relief would be (Turn ¢ to Page 9, Column X ‘HEIGHTON HITS PUBLIC WORKS. Steamer Are Brought to Port By Steve Arnett immediately taken away in a walt: ing c They were rescued from the blaz- ing Nika by the coast guard cutter Snohomish, under command of Lieut. and haye stood the test when death | M. R. Hemingway, All of the crew of 88 officers and men were landed at Port Angeles and later took the train for Port Townsend, where they were picked up by the Kitsap and |brought to Seattle, With public utilities almost back toa normal basis, and other business! Once more the men who sail deep gradually recovering, the flood peril 100 outside the city was the most serious | feature of Friday's storm situation, |Per cent perfect under difficulties, | The two feet of snow which has blanketed the Northwest all this] | week was molting #0 fast that {t wns feared the Whitey Green, Duwamish and Snoqualmie rivers all would overflow their banks and inundate water have proved themselves stared them in the face, Thelr faces showing plainly what hardships they had undergone but a w hours before, Capt. Peter John. valley towns in King county son, chief engineer; J. D. Pritchard | «tn my 26 years of sea life I have In Seattle, however, there was no| “nd the crew of the til-fated” steamer ) yet to see the discipline displayed by |danger of anything more than trif vege at ; Ste Caen dock | the crew of the Nika while she was ‘ing Inconvenience from flooded col-|!ate Thursday night on the steamer |{n distress,” said Pritchard, who ts | Asks Election of Board by| lars. Kitsap, now at his home at 5400 First ave, People All street care were operating Fri-| Many of the men were haggard | N. day morning—some on a slightly |and fatigued from the long hours| ‘The Nika first lost her rudder and | modified schedule, but moving stead: lof waiting on board their \ily, Business houses were, therefore, | steamer, Many of them were batter- nble to operate with practically fulljed and bruise Chief Engineer (Turn to Page 9, Column 4) Pritchard had to be assisted ashore | —-~-- — |by members of his crew and was OVER-WEIGHT FUEL || ———___ vatenor cuances|| A City That Can Smile FREED OF CHARGES (EDITORIAL) peice JUDGE JACOB KALI Well, it was quite a storm while it lasted. BY FIELDING OLYMPIA, Feb. 16. LEMMON ~Another blow wrecked | was rolling In a heavy sea, com: pletely helpless. In addition to this the terror of the sen, the most dread- ed accident that can befall a ship, oo (Turn to Page 10, Column $) morning by Representative Heighton with the tntroduction of e tall ca ing for the abolishment of the dire tor of public works and the election of the state board of public works by tho direct vote of the people. This is the fourth bill introduced thin week that Is almed at the Hart administration. Helghton early in week introduced two mensures one Culling for the abolishment of NA finally decided the long: controversy Demand Data on | nding Tt caused late perhaps, but he delivered it. The carrier was there licenses and the other titutes a le lo isa rathecboe Ot hicianey! Embassies’ Booze || ft” morning, when he dis | a good deal of inconvenience, some suffering, some Representative Willis Mahoney missed charges against six local|| casualties; it disrupted business and disarranged our went still further Thursday intro-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. In. | fuel dealers who were accused of | pleasures, ducing a bill calling for the repeal|formation regarding the amount of || selling more we than the law But, after all, now it wasn’t so bad, was it? Seattle pkey Aisiates that aa long aul TO ky importe: ; by forpign “b Judge Kalina held that the. aity came thru in a typical Seattle way, with a smile and the board’ of public. works was cre. | basstes here since national prohil bt | ordinance prescribing a lewaltond |) a joke. ated to look out for the people's | tien became effective was ordered by of wood waa constitutional, but |) The milk man delivered your morning bottle, an hour rights in the matter of dealing with | the house today that, as the Jaw was passed with || 4 The Seattle Star FEAR 45 LOST ON WRECKED SHIP!) KING COUNTY MAY GET ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVES LYMPIA, Wash. Feb. 16 King county will have tw more —represer en in th house after next election, if bill introduced before the house Friday by William Totten, cal ing for the cr 1 of representative district, become aw The new 4! dncts 1 to 4 trict embri rict embrace porate prec tain limits. PORT PROTEST REGISTERED! \Commerce Cham- ber Assailed for Harbor Stand | BY BOB BERMANN | Bitter protest against the ac- tion of the trustees of the Cham- ber of Commerce tn attempting to persuade the shipping board to sell the old Skinner & Eddy” | shipyard site to the Admiral | Oriental line Instead of to the | | port commission was to be made at a luncheon at the Rainier club Friday afternoon, at which the part commissioners were to meet with the chamber’s advis- ory comtmittes on port affairs. Port Commissioner George F’. teril! maid before the luncheon that | he felt the chamber was being used as the tool of private interests and that he hope to persuade the ad visory committee to recommend the rescinding of the trustees’ action | So many Important propositions are directly concerned by the port commissioners plan to buy the prop- erty, Cotterfll naif, that the success of the deal ts absolutely vital to the general Interests of the port. He explained that not only ie the {mportant industrial develop- Cot- | but the deal would also serve protect millions of dollars’ worth) of investments already mado by the commission. “In absolute disregard of the port commission’s established plan to concentrate transpacific shipping terminals on the upper waterfront,” Cotterill said, “the Admiral line now Proposes that it establish {ts trans- pacific terminal downtown. This would not only mean serious inter ference with our. policy, entailing great congestion and other difficul- but ft would also menace the} Smith Cove terminals—which we constructed at a cost of $3,600,000 —as the Admiral line is the prin- cipal user of those facilities. Also, it would cheat the downtown sec- tion out of the very important in- dustrial development which we con- template if we acquire the site.” Cotterill also pointed out that the erection of the much needed health and immigration station In Seattle was contingent upon the success of the deal Cotterill sald: that the legislation now pending in Olympia to take away the port commission's author- lity to grant waterfront leaseseyrould also be taken up at Friday’s lunch- eon. This legislation, he declared, and the opposition to the Skinner & Eddy deal are all part and parcel of a carefully planned campaign to rob the port commission of all its power (Turn to Page 10. Column 3) HUGHES NOTE RAPS ENGLAND WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-4 United States has prepared a © as note to Great Britain denouncing the, attitude of the latter government tn expelling two American consuls from New Castle, England, it was learned today. The note, signed by. Secretary of State Hughes, takes no trouble to conceal the displeasure of the Amert- can government at the stand taken by Great Britaln in connection with her action some months ago in can- celling the exequateurs, or recogni- tion of United States consuls in New Castle, It is understood that Secretary Hughes shortly will publish the American note, making plain the ex- treme annoyance and displeasure of this government, The New Castle incident has caused an unusual amount of friction between the two governments. SENATE PASSES OMNIBUS BILL OLYMPIA, Feb. 16.— With a unanimous vote of 40-0, the omnibus appropriation. bill, drafted jointly by the house and senate appropriation committees, passed the senate Iri- day, Senator D, V. Morthland of Yakima made a strong appeal for the increase of the state fair appropria- tion from $40,000 to $75,000, but his amendment lost, ax did one by Sen ator Warner Karshner of Pierce tions, the board should not < 4 the house || ® view to preventing fade, ns : ' f 4 7 be appotntive, it ‘elective By a, vote of 189, to a alles iq conviction wan poxsble s unless in the evening with your Star, The postman, the Hilal lee ch a ee apadiath ieihos din |] there was pyidone th pend Ho carman and all the rest of the outdoor workers showed tive Crampton of Michigan to forca|| pointed out thet all of the acl) that quiet, peace-time’ herois: } seldom si |See Sarcophagus | webtetniy of/tho ireastury: stellen tal cused fuel deers had wetuaty |) ; 1 Bs | e heroism ‘that is m sung T |] sold more weod than noceswary. || and not always appreciated. in Inner Tomb give information regarding thoi! ig he discharged them. | The city departments, unequipped to combat an LUXOR, Feb, 16—The inner tomb |amount of intoxicants Imported by |] me six dealer are: Henry || ; Me f , IAL: | emeigency Tall suc! § ve; er 8) se s ot King utankamen, who ruled tora smuaen sine tational yro-|| ander, Ed Vert, W. R, Hock {| cmereency fall such ag the weatherman surprised us Upper Haye 8.600 yours ago, Waa) i iiiti0q became ottoctive, Proviously, || Ink, B- 0, Cornwath Hye ||, vlthy dug us out’as “expeditiously Mél'we hid "airight yartia mpened 4 |} and ¢ Heott, # dwie 0 expect, Pata secs Uroke thru a seuled| Mellon, replying in part to the in.|{ and ©. W HN aii I is ” utors i pre: ton ABIGRE thas duaidaey neraai(le tee ene Sant wore || After all, the storm got the “goat” of only the nd looked o the J au 0 16 udiclary Cot ld among the neys, appearing " 7 A. sarcophagus wan dis-| stated he could not “properly” give fon Fi i dyspeptics and the grouches and the weaklings of the are the information, comitiunity. cloned, i county, striking the entire approprias | tion from the bill, } ‘Cho bill, after passage, was imme: diately engrossed and transmitted to the house Two CE NTS | IN | Nootka Sound, ment planned hy the port at stake, | to | (4 i —s) SEATTLE. FATE OF MEN ON WRECK If NOT LEARNED Tuscan ‘Prince Is ystery; Crews From Other Ships Rescued The fate of 45 men of th wreeked British freighter Tus can Prince remained in doubt a noon today. Conflicting wireless messages were recelved by the harbor radio here thruout the morning, one stating that the captain of the Tuscan Prince was at the Estevan Point radio § station and that the crew had ef been landed on the beach. These 9 v reports later proved unreliable. Advices from Vancouver alse state that the Point Grey wireless station bad talked with Estevan and no mention was made of the Tuscas jay Prince. The location of the vessel, first re ported ashore on Estevan Point om on the west coast of Vancouver | was not definitely known and grave fears were felt for the safety of the crew Reports that a burning ger vessel had been sighted off Pachena Point proved to be an- founded. It is believed that the lights seen were flares sent up by the crew of the steamer Santa Rita, The tug Sea Monarch ‘s making § a search for the Tuscan Prince inj] the nelghborhood of wan point. | The Sea Monarch was forced to” leave the crew of the Santa Rita om: the beach at Carmanah light, near where the vessel crashed yesterday afternoon. Latest reports stated that the motorship Coolcha is being pounded to pleces by the surf on Vancouver island. She was — wrecked on the rocks a few — miles west of Victoria, The salvage steamer Algerine ported to the local radio station at |10 a. m. that the waves were |mast high the Cooicha, and that It was impossible to get near’ hee. Local operators are of #he: opinion that she will go to pieces” | within a short time. : The wooden steamship Nika is @ total loss off Cape Fiattery. She lost |her midder and was wallowing in the | seas yesterday when she caught afire snd burned. Her crew was rescued |by the coast guard cutter Snohomish.) The steamer Santa Rita went jashore five miles west of Carman |ight yesterday afterncon. First re ports incorrectly stated that she |was wrecked off Tatoosh. The crew of the Coolcha was land ed at Victoria by the Algerins and the men are believed to be ing to Seattle. The crew of the Nika and a num ber of her officers reached late Thursday night, being bi from Port Angeles on the Kitsap 11. ‘The Santa Rita ts regarded by se men as a “hoodoo ship.” Marine will remember the great disaster overtook the Peruvian barge Pi at Destruction island, off the Wi ington coast, two years ago. was in tow of the Santa Rita was rolling in a heavy sea, with Bh decks awash. Her cable parted | the furious gale that was blowing @ the time and she piled up on th | beach of Destruction island with tl |loss of some 25 or 30 lives. The fated steamer was under comm of Captain Lancaster. The rescue of the 38 members | the crew of the Nika is the undertaking ever accomplished by | the coast guard cutter Snohomish, according to seamen. 4 It was impossible to lower boats in the seas while the Nika was afire "}and yet every man was taken off means of a breeches buoy, witl the loss of a single life. Chlet Engineer J.D. Pritchard was. probably the most seriously injured. | He suffered a severely strained b when thrown against a hatch covers ing. He was met at the Colman doe Thursday night by his wife daughter. “I've been at sea for years but this ts the first accldemt” (Turn to Page 10, Column 2) over | bi, Senator Demands Debt Collection © WASHINGTON, Feb, 16—If necessary, this country can go ta” war to collect the money borrowed by foreign governments, Senator Reed, Missouri, democrat, declared yesterday in a fiery speech in the senate on the British debt funding bill, Ausailing Great Britain and those | who believed the United Stat ought to be lenient with Its debtor Reed sald: % “T've been asked how wo are go to get our money, One way is have enough nerve to demand it, we can't get it that way, then FE would get it in the way other mie | tions got theirs from weaker ae tions. I have in mind some possess |slons of other nations not far from | jour shores that could be taken with in 24 hours. I would get the moneg |in the way it has been done thr jthe countless centurles—by insist on, and, if necessary, enforcing eur | rights,"