The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 20, 1923, Page 1

eee hi aperature um, 49 Today noon, 44 WEATHER Last 3 Hours Minin 3 Entered as Second Clase Matter May 3, he Seattle Star |. 1899, at the Postoffios at tle, Waeh, under the Act of Congress March #, 1879, Per Year, by Mail, 1.00 25 25. VOL. NO, 20. * TAH INDIANS ON WARPATH nen cme ~ TWO CENTS IN | = SEATTLE, ~ folks! March have come in like a lamb, b iy behaving like a mad coyote. ‘This is a marvelous age for v fshing furniture in small apartments, Dut it took the automobile thieves to develop disappearing motor car, | a “I would lke to buy some pillow] Blips,” said J, Dashleigh Fitehugh | Yesterday. “I don't know th ®ize, but I wear a No, 7 hat Milwaukee trains are now movies. This will be| attrac going over the| and the Rocki where | Most of the scenery is obscured by sthe mountains. TRAVELOGL Crossing the Continental Divide, the traveler can go for- ward to the movie car and look at a perfectly splendid scenic film showing the beauties of the Continental Divide. Chicago. Phe yiext’ move will be for Admiral liners en route to the Orient to show Pictures of the Pac! In the old days the only iment a man wanted when riding on @ train was to sit in the smoking compartment and swap lies with th Fest of the travelers, To obtain all the advantages of amuse traveling in a Pullman, go to a Movie and stick a cinder in your eye. one WOOF! Woor: Of course it may be only a co- incidence, but the Seattle kennel show always comes to an end just a littly before the frank- furter seasim opens at the balb park. here, is from Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he fs said to have had con- siderable success with the moon- Cheyenners. Jackson says he Is going to use cowpuncher tactics in rounding up rum-smugglers. May we not loan him Doc Brown's little bull? pele Help! Succor! Assistance! I see that the street cars are on the alide agnin. Why not send for Pete Witt? é must be about out of spending Money by this time —H. E. Man. cee ANCIENT HISTORY Harry Wickersham, engineer, says he has discovered the road. bed of a railroad run by a pre- historic race on Puget Sound. The roadbed, no doubt, is that now used by the Rainier Valley line, Resident of Rainier Valley bought 4 bottle of milk the other night, and When he got home it was butter. . . We're glad it didn't open on the 17th of March. It also happens to be National Prune Week. . But don’t tell your boarding-house landlady. oe T like originality. T hate trite phrases, give me credit; That lingo makes no hit with me, You said it? Their line of talk gives me a peeve, Their parrot phrases sure do fret me. They win the leaden razor, Steve, You get me? Nobody home ; their brains are dead, AM their remarks are dull and drouthful. ‘Ain't it the truth? Oh, boy, you said A mouthful. ‘The League of Nations has re- ceived word that a male slave sells for $6 in Abyssinia, Employers don't need shop there, do they? SUGGESTION In your Community Fund sub- scription next year, don't forget to designate a part of it for the municipal railway. CHOKE GUARD, MAKE ESCAPE CHICAGO, March 20.—Tywo con- victs being transferred from the * the open prison choked a guard into submis gion and escaped last night ‘The prisoners were Thomas Pruett, Chicago, serving 15 years for murder, and John Hale, Chicago, verving 10 Years to life for robbery, Report Two Held DENVER, Colo, March 20—~ Police today refused to comment on the reported urrest in Albuquerau N. M,, of J. W. Morgan and Peart Ward in connection with the $200, the reqivest of Denver police, " emperor Carl Jackson, new prohibition chief) Orange Week opened here Monday. | |were being made to transport food | Follet penitentiary to the Statesville | for Mint Robbery| 900 mint robbery here last Decem: | ber According to reports the two were artosted there lust night at Princess Hermine Reproaches Him for Optimistic View of Life Fone-co! ore it baked sole some sevens exe! brie BY FERDINAND JAHN (Copyright, 1923, by United Prem DOORN, March 2 proach your former I What 1 re ident Wilson for the most Ix’ that he saw the world thru rose-c npectactes With thix suceinet comm Prin * Hermine, bride of who was granting me erview her marriage, summa pressions of America’ dent, based upon her SAYS WILSON WAS PROPAGANDA VICTIM Contrary to most of her men, the princess did not admit th belief that Woodrow Wilson had idealistic motives, “but be didn’t hold jit necessary to seek—even from neu trals—a pleture of actual conditions {in Germany | Wilson, . therefore, tinued, was a “victim” of entente Propaganda—not entirely without }fault on hig own part. “His long absence from the Paris comference is difficult to reconcile with the role of world arbiter to which he believed himself called, “Finally, the author was right who said Woodrow Wilson, if not In- tellectually Inferior, was subordinate to his partners in cunning.” Regarding Germany's immediate future—and in this connection th exemperor agrees with his bride— wartime presi reading Hermine con: | sion, PESSIMISTIC OVER |GERMANY'S FUTURE As I pointed out to her the na tional spirit sweeping Germany as a lrewult of the Ruhr occupation, she | sighed: “I'm pessimistic,” and switched the conversation to personal affairs. Apropos of the crown prince, who, on Christmas and his father’s birth. day, came to Doorn and who Is ex pected here at Easter, Hermine call- ed attention to his unenviable po- ition—banistiment to Wierengen. “In this he resembles his fathe the princess said. “Both possess un- nsun) energy and do not permit themselves to be crushed by exile,” She told how the jaland home of the crown prince once was isolated by ice from all communication with the: mainiand. ‘The population, {n- cluding the prince, gradually was approaching starvation, and plans | by “airplane. “Just as the Dutch government was about to under. jtake. this. rescuo mission, a thaw |came, breaking up the ice | PRINCESS’ SON |CALLED BOLSHEVIK ‘The princess smiled reflectively at a reminiscence of what happened to |her little boy at the hands of a Dutch policeman, There was quite ja snowfall a fortnight ago and the |lad threw a snowball at a police. man. Not knowing the child, the Jofficer “followed him to the castle | gates,” the princess said, not spec- ifying at whet pace. Thereafter |some of the Dutch preas talked of |Hermine’s son—despite the fact. she |pointed out that he was only up to \th epranks of ordinary youngsters— as a “bolshevik.” That the ex-kaiser is living in no superfluity, but on the contrary, (Turn to Page 6, Column 3) A Modern Furnished Home Here is a bargain being offered in a furnished home that makes ft ready to hang up your hat and coat STRICTLY MODERN BUNGALOW Completely Furnished Price Reduced to $3,950 Arrange Your Own Terms ‘The living room in thin coxy Jow extends full width of I has extra fine fireplace that really heats; hardwood floorn; bullt-In cab inet Kitchen with breakfast nook dandy baxermont with | ¥ trayn, good «aria to match ho The furniture consinte of wolld oak Alning sot henutiful buffet. genuine leather davenport, ete, You can find more home by turning to th AD COLUMNS NOW, about this WANT }the princess is free from every illu-| WIDOW'S HOME MAY BE SAVED | Court Refuses to Allow Eviction Proceedings BY JOHN W. NELSON Four children and a widowed) mother were happy Tuesday in their} tion into the street, and with the loss of all thetr possensions, Tuesday |a ray of hope has presented itself;) |they stil! have a warm roof over) | their heads, and a chance—a fight: | ing legal chance—to retain $1,615 | paid towards their home ‘The mother, Mrs. Helen Kennedy ppeared at The Star office one day last week. » told her story—the old, old story of a widowed mother |left with the care of a large family |by the sudden death of the father, and of the foreclosure of the mort. gage. Attorney Robert Grass, repre senting the holders of the mortgage, Lucien F, Jones and Annie C, Jones. |had obtained a default judgment against her while negotiations for a | ecttlement were in progress. EVICTION STAYED BY COURT The case was one that legal aid. Judge Jacob Kalina asked to take up the woman's fight required was | | |for retention of her home. Judge hig’ ase WY bo asked tg| mllant, This she filed to do, Kalina petitioned Superior Court) gyicag ch 20-—The most}. c*atte voters will be asked to} As the policemen wero taking her Judge Ott W. Brinker to stay the intents Mite ne the eae tant |study their charter and to study|to her home, where she lives alone eviction proceedings, which bad |stigdie West war Lreaking cp ‘to,|the managerial form of government] with her sister, Miss Gershbach |reached the point where Sheriff | qq. that they may pass upon the ques-) fainted. She was cared for by her Matt Starwich was compelled t|° Fonlowing generat zero and aub- {tof Whether or not they want] sister and put to bed foreibly efect the family. The evic-| ero temperatures over the entire |t0 “lect 15 frecholders to revise the ——$—$—$—$—$—— Judge Kalina’s petition for an in-|registered a gradual rine today, with |t¢, Of the council reports ‘Thurs- Junction will be argued March 23 aibIIIty. of above. freexing weathwr |°Y: “The case is a sad one.” Judge |hetore night. | Final decision to kil the Muniel START STRIKE Kalina sald Tuesday. “Mr. and Mra.) High winds, occasional snow tlur- |Pal league Lh parton ibe for! CARDIFF, Wales, March —20— Kennedy were industrious, hard-|rtes, and freezing weather are the |the Clection of 18 frecholders Wa'lmwenty thousand South Wales |working, citizens. They pald $600 lofriciat forecasts for most sections |Teached At Tuesday's mowing. Al niners are on strike today to enforce cash down on their home in April, lof the Middle and Northwest for |Proposil by Councilman Philip ‘Tin-| Miers Nas on SAN May t 1919, when Mr. Kennedy was In |the opening of spring, however. dail to have tho voters say whether)” a,4 strikers, members of the South | eeepuete weer Sale wea inten oa eects et a eae tate tar ‘mag | Wales Miners’ Federation want non- Sickness came. He was for six . * dors ta revise chartel aicaie rane ing months, ‘Then death last Aprit took |Georgia Fruit Crop | abandoned. esc eT vat heaaaleah wecbiees unlenl the father away Councilwoman Kathryn Miraclo| . : | oka Ge aneo | Is Damaged by Cold ("mn Bann inet ale WaT ORE ene To ME ¥ . { ATLANTA, Ga,, March 20.—Con- |jeague proposal and the committee she Bt Lon Marae Me | Rhonda district gave two weeks’ “To settle back payments Mra, |*iderable damage wax done the Geor- | wii recommend that the proposal | notice threatening a similar eouree Kennedy turned over a diamond|#!@ fruit crop by the cold wave last | he permanently tabled and that the . |The ring, she claims, was worth |$500. She w Aited with $180 in ymente, Last pvembe the four while trying to feed hil. dren, the youngest of whom months and the oldest, 13, Mrs. | Kennedy got behind again “In January Attorney Grass of. fered hor $150 for her equity In the home, which then totalled $1,615. Pending settlement he obtained a de- fault judgment against her and then refused to continue with tho sbttle. |ment agreement “{ think the case can be defeated |purely om its merits in a court of Jequity, and I intend to fight it to |the Jimit.” |Lenin Reported MOSCOW, March 20.—After two days without news from the bedside ot Premier Lenin, and with reports current In such places as Tiga and Helsingfors that his condition was worse, Moscow was relieved today lo read in the official bulletia that fur- ther improvement is noticeable. Lenin is able to move his paralyzed hand and foot with greater freedom; his affileted speech is unchanged, Absence of a bulletin on Sunday was due the fact that Russian |papers do not publish Mondays, |Labor Leader in West Passes Away Just night after a locy illness, Slightly Better! & 3 iY All England has taken a Uttle home at 6419 Norfolk st. Mon-|Keen interest in the divorce|xing st. was. painfully, injured day they were threatened with evie: suit of Hon. John Russell, white her t-yearcold son, John, was |son and heir of Lord Ampt-| |hill, in which sensational |” testimony questioned the) paternity of his wife's child, above, Gregory Russell. The suit was won by the husband, leaving the question of the child unanswered. Upper right is Mrs. Christobel Rus- sell, who lost her fight., Be- low are shown the two men who figured prominently in the case. Left, Edward J. Mayer, named in the proceed- ings, and, right, Hon. H. John Russell, husband. | BLIZZARD Is | BREAKING up UP ring to the owners of the mortgage, |™&ht, which forced the thermome- | citizens study the questions of fu- | tera to 17 degrees above zero in some |sectiona, the lowest temperature in 37 years, Smudge fires glowed thru- out the night in orchards in all see. |tions of the state, but trees in Con. tral Georgia, in full bloom, were nip: |ped, ngricuttaral experts said, ‘The peach crop in rth Georgia was lalightly Injured, | COMMONS BILL LONDON, March 26-—Phillip Snowden, labor M, P. presented thi afternoon in the house of com |mons a bill to provide for national. lization of land in Great Britain and abolition of private property. The bill was formally read |tho first time, | | Snowden will introduce in the lhouse tonight m resolution. propos: ing ual supercession of the cap italistic system of government by an Industrial and social order i on public ownership and democratic \control.” | Conservatives and liberate will of. for ainendment to this opening drive Jof socialism, first In the history of |itngland to be made in parliament, Jand the resolution appears certain |to be defeated, It will to demonstrate the actual strength of | |the labor party | Cars Collide; 60 Persons Hurt for | suive | Two BANTA CRUZ, Cal, March 20. O. A. Mveltmoe, for meny years al SPRINGIIHGLD, Mews, March 20. loader in the Iabo movement in| -Hixty persons were reported ins | \the West, died at his home hera| sured when two street ear collided in Hast Springfield today, ‘CHARTER PLAN| } CHILD HURT BY. AUTO MAY DIE Thrown From Mother's Arms to Pavement Struck by an auto at and Marton st noon, Mra, Second ave. late Monday after- Neliio Swendson, 2611 probably fatally arty according to 6 police. Mra, Swendson was carrying baby acrosa tho street, sho sald, when an automobile struck her, in-| juring her about the hips and} throwing the onto the pave-| ment on its Tho child re ved a skull fracture three inches length She told police that the} driver did not Atop to ascertain what injury, if any, he had caused. E. F. Gterin, 1065 KE. Prospect st., driver of the car, declared, however, | that he his car and tried to find the woman and that he fall ed to do He said that he was driving slowly when tho accident oc- | curred. in the stopped TO PEOPLE) ture action. Tablet Will Mark Spot of Massacre A tablet commemorating the massacre of eight white settlers on the White river, two miles north of Auburn, Wash. will be dedicated Sunday on the spot by the Washing. ton State Historical society, ‘The killing was known as the Whit River massacre and occurred Oo: tober 21, 1 ‘The place is located on the east highway, CANADIAN MONEY IS NOT LEGAL TENDER AS CAR FARE HERE ANADIAN money accepted on cars, This will not be ttle street went forth trom iperintendent of uit leorge KY, Russell Tues: day when he received a petition from the Chamber of Commere asking that Canadian money as legal tend In wt the chamber, Russell out that since Seattle will not accept Canadian ney at par, the street car lines afford to snorifice the difference in exchange. Strogt ear conductors attempt to discount the ¢ coin but will veruse to Ac ay 1 tenor will be demand Canadian do ukase the office of accopted lettor pointed banks m could not to will not nadian opt it American money H us were quoted \Pair in Big Car it Girl Fights Jap Thugs Who Try to Kidnap Her Flee as Screams Bring’ Police By B. Groff The timely arrival of two p licemen in a poll owler car early Tu y rsbach, 18, at # Japanese thug, after she had been attacked in the street at Raluler ave, and Mt. Baker boulevard by another Oriental. Miss Gersbach collapsed as the officer ived, « m from bh desperate wt \¢ the two n. Brulsed and injur the girl was cafried to her home, 4808] Vrontenac by the alicemen. Mi Gerebach, formerly a em. ploye of the Senttle Cap Co, had en to a dance’ Monday night, in company with several of her girl friends, #he said. Shortly after mid. night, the party was returning home, and in-spite:of her friends’ | warning, Mins Gersbach decided to KARAS FAMILY go home alor HAND REACHES OUT rROM CAR “I was waiting for a Rainier car,” he said, “when a large auto drove up alor ¢ me ond a hand reached out 3 grabbed my wrist to hard that the man w id of me got out of the car and wrapped his aris around me. He bent me back #0 far I thought he would break my spine, 1 him in the face and screamed at t top of my lunge. He kept saying, ‘Come along with me and I won't hurt you. I've got lots of money, that. He was so strong he would have dragged me into the car if an- other machine had not come along just then, He dropped me on the pavement and Jumped into his car and drove off as fast as he could. TRIES TO QUIET GIRLS’ SCREAMS “E-thought the other car must be the police, but it wasn’t, Another Oriental got out of the auto and mame over to me, He grabbed me} low did. screamed as loud as possibly could, but he hands over my mouth and tried his 1 best to choke me. Miss Gersbach’s clothes were al-| m torn from her body being forcibly carried toward the waiting car, nother machine was heard approaching and the — girl again screamed. Losing his nerve, her captor let her go and escaped. The third auto contained Patrol: men R. R. Thompson and ©, Luce, who immediately stopped. After the girl told her story, tho officers took her to a nearby Jap colony in an effort to identify one of the Orientals as a possible as- The South Wales Miners’ Federa- isting national wage agreement and to fight for higher wages, The fea- eration Wants all other miners to unite for the struggle. Searchers Rescue Two Portland Boys PORTLAND, Ore, March 20,— Searching parties today found Rich- ard Wright and Merrill Bittner, Portland youths, lost for 24 hours on Lareh mountain, ‘Tho two youths spent the night in Oneonta gorge, two miles east of Multnomah falls, ‘They were uninjured and but little the worse for their experience. They said they had wandered from the trail while descending the mountain Mon: day morning, SHIPPING HEAD PASSES AWAY Seattle associates of the Crowell & |'Thurlow Steamship Co,, with offices Jin tho Hoge building, were advised Tuesday of the death, Monday night, of Peter H, Crowell, founder of the line. Mr. Crowell, 86 years old, passed away at his winter home near Daytona Beach, Pa, Hoe was one of the most widely known shipping men in the United States, Besides being the head of the Crowell & ‘Thurlow line, which does an extensive inter coustal business and sends steamers to this port twice a month, Mr, Crow: jell was head of the Atlantic Coast |Stoumship Co, and of the Boston Maritime corporation, ‘The body will bo taken to Boston, arriving there at 97M "1 RAW hh Niwa Saturday, and the funeral will be held there, and other things like | tion has voted to terminate the ex- | Hazel Gersbach, victim two Jap thugs, who attempt-| puten’s boy ed to kidnap her | night. —Photo by Price & © Star Staff Photograp! of Monday |The two yoaths were charged GANG VICTIMS, Prosecutor Says Seve Charges May Be Filed By Bob Bermann EVERETT, March 20.—M. Cleopatra Karas, her two ¢ dren and her _ brother-in-law ral we were the victims of a well-organ- ized murder syndicate, sccord- ing to Prosecuting Attorney O. T. Roscoe, who announced to day that be had practically com- pleted unraveling the mystery which surrounded the murders. sinister band of commercial m jthe case which he will take court. With the assistance of responsible and tried to force me to get Into|Greeks of the community, Prosecutor his machine Just like the other fel-| Roscoe has learned the secrets of a nur- put his/gerers, and he has nearly completed into As a result of Roscoe's discover in th® lies, a dozen or more murder mys- struggle that followed, As she W8S/terjey may be cleared up, for he intimated that the Karas family has been by no means the only victim of the syndicate. WILL FILE ‘ INFORMATION George Dinas, Greek restaurant proprietor, who was arrested Sun- be charged with the Karas mur Dinas is being held at present | but that he would file an informa to win his liberty tablished that Dinas was in BE erett Friday night, a few hi before the quadruple altercation with Mrs. Karas, ‘Two different witness to swear to this. nie Brow jbeing held In ‘the clty jail as a terial witness, GIV! COMPLETE | STORY OF CRIME For two days, Chakos stubbo! thing about Dinas, but upon bi interrogated by a relative, W. Shilaos, of Seattle, he finally bi pressed by her. however, does not believe that Dinas admits authorship of letter to Gust Karas, in) whi he mentioned that been paid for Peter Karas’ mu der, and that he “owned” Gus' head. Gust Angus, who wi Seattle last night, in with the murder, had 90 direct nection with the crime, to Prosecutor Roscoe, but being. held ass oa smatarial . witn Several other arrests are exy and it was olea more than on’ first-dogres munler charges, California Man Is LONDON, March 20.0. W. cey, & botanist from San Franc! Cal, has been missing from Hotel Cecil since Search was instituted today, day at Morton, Wash., will probably der. in |the county jail on an open charge Prosecutor Roscoe said today tion charging murder in the first degree }in case Dinas made any attempt Tt has now been definitely es- We murder, and that he was in a violent are ready One Is Mrs, Min- neighbor, who was in |Mrs. Karas’ door during the argu: |ment. The other is George Chakos, |Mrs. Karas’ young brother, who Is ma- rniy refused to admit that he knew any- eine | roke down last night and gave the police a complete story of the alterca- tion. Dinas, it seoms,, was In Mrs: Karas’ debt, and was being hard- Prosecutor Roscoe, this a ich $1,000 had aes t's arrested in connection con: according is meroly NOSE, y intimated that | avocate charter revision to pro one man may be tried ‘Tho four victims of the murder | he also insists that the ward systent were to be buried this afternoon: The services were to be simpl with only immediate relatives present, Missing in London} Sta. isco, the last Thursday, [the Tropical Radio Co. os WARRIORS IN- BATTLE WITH ARMED POSS Piute Indians on | Horses Are Out for Trouble and | Fighting Starts SALT LAKE CITY, Mareh The Piute Indians are on the warpath near Monticello and Blanding and a battle is said to — be in progress in the mountains nearby between the Indians and ~ posses of citizens. fee The Indians are armed : high-powered rifles and are mounted. Bee The trouble arose over the ; two youhg bucks known and Joe Bishop's 20. of af ia robbing the Nelson sheep eam| Blanding. Last night a band of the Piut | jbraves surrounded Blanding |managed to liberate the p |In the battle which followed no @ | was injured, but a horse was jfrom under one of the raiding Bi dians. Another Indian pulled onto his horse and rode away. As soon as the battle was posses were ‘organized to £0 the Indians and it is sald that braves were encountered today am |that, altho the Indians had ¢ an ambush, scouts of the Posse caught sight of one of dians and gave the alarm, An attempt was made to kill th sheriff during the Indian raid, i he managed to escape. The cut all telephone and in the vicinity in order for aid could be sent out were well i It is sey dred Indians are on the but no confirmation of can be made until t phic munication is restored. It that trouble with the In the vicinity has been ani some time, If the Piuves surrender the ’ oners, the matter will be without blooished, but it ip | that ff they refuse, troops called to all in their recai In the meantime word ig : |awalted by the governor today f further information vans Indian uprising. ITALIAN SHIP > Three Steamships Rush to Give Assistance W LONDON, Conn., M —The Italian steamer Guilia distress and sending out S. Ov { nals from latitude 41.47 north, tude 58.37 west, according, to” sages picked up by the radio here. Three steamships close by, West Lake, Talosa and have gone to the Guilla’s 35 BUILDINGS LOST IN K#Y WEST, Fla, March ‘Thirty-five dwellings were d by fire here today, The fire was brought: under trol when enlisted men from rmy and navy stations were o to aid firemen. \ Origin of the blaze, which ed in a branch building of tez Cigar Co. has not been termined. Red Cross organizations churches organized to care for ff was the only motive behind the} ties made homeless by the blaze. crime. He thinks that Dinas was | tal damage was estimated at $200 also responsible for the murder of Mrs. Karas’ husband, Peter Karas, hast Juls, and that he fond | MAYOR BAC necessary to kill the other four to provent hls arrest COMBINE PLA While members of the city o cil judiciary committee were to approve an ordinance pro for the olection of 15 freeholders t revise the charter, Mayor Edwin Brown was indorsing a chartei vision that would consolidate county and port commission gor ments into one bddy. i Mayor Brown declared that heh i made a study of the cost of }inont In Seattle, and of the oh revision proposal, Net only do |consolidation of the three exist | governmental bodies in Seattle, Jof representation should be revive {at tho samo. timo, Control Fire on American Steam NEW ORLWANS, La. Maret ire aboard the American stem Ophis, standing off Chalmet Pol nt, near here, Was under control ly today, according to a mess The sald the damago was slight,