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

Tonight, rain; ,~ § {ji WEATHER rain, Saturday, prodadly moderate winds, changing to southwest, FORECAST to high south VOL. 25. NO, 47. Entered as Second Ch SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923, Matter May 8, 1699, at the Postoftice af Geattis, Wash. under the Act of Congress March %, 1879, Ver Year, by Mail, $2.60 The Seattle Star |. * Howdy, missioner Read calls Mayor Brown a plefaced liar, Flat terer! eee Brown charges that people oper. folks! Health Com- ated on at the city hospital come out with sponges and scrapron sewed inside them. Mebbe, but when they come out of the mayor’s office they're full of bull. . Dr. Read called the mayor “that curley-headed bird." Probably be- cause Doo is so flighty: eee CORSETS 80 Style dictators say the corset is again becoming popular. Hurrah, now we'll have more room In our street cars! eee The reason the politictans can’t put the muny- railway on a paying | basis is because they are wholesalers in words and retailers in ideas, see LITERARY SECTION Newspapers thruout the coun. try are again running lists of the books most enjoyed by vart- ous prominent persons. So far nobody ‘hu - admitted that their favorite book is a beok of fish-hooks, eee ts the moat ular ‘writer whose Works éver githered d@ust on the top shelf of the book-/ case. . . The trouble with Shakespeare's plays is that they are so full of quo- tations. Li'l Gee Gee thinks that Chaacer | & j ident would have been a great writer if be had only learned how to speil. oe PERSONAL Everybody has his favorite man of letters. Ours is Charles M. Perkins, the postmaster. eee What is the use of these girls try- ing to make a non-stop dance rec ord? Huh, think of all the proposals of marriage they will get! eee When Mayor Brown was elected he set out to make a non-stop talk record, but he had to give up in his 36th week. WHISPERING HOPE We are hoping that some of our bootlegger friends will invite us to compete in a long-distance drinking endurance contest. eee Etiquet Note: It is considered bad form for a girl to have a 72-inch waistline, . I love my pretty bathtub, So shiny and so white— But I never go near the doggone thing Except on Saturday night. eee Sporting editor repartee: “Don't think just because you have drums in your ears and a band in your hat, you're the whole parade.” see Li'l Gee Gee says the renson she doesn't keep her nose to the grind- stone ‘x because she is afraid it will shiny. o- Many a man in an insane asylum wonders how a golfer gets that way. a0 STYLE NOTE Cheesecloth should be worn by girls with mouse-colored hair, oe In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of the telephone operator. see Green grows the grass where Ben Black 4s at rest; He used dynamite for a cold in the chest. . “Forest Protection week,” official- iy proclaimed by President Harding, cornmences Sunday. People over 60 years of age should pick out a medium sized forest to protect. . We are going to help save the forests by not using toothpicks, Parts) CANDIDATE FOR POISON IVY CLUB Firms adyerti_ing saxophones for sale on the installment plan, oo 8 Walking in Seattle is a henlthy exorcixe if you don’t have to cross the street What has become of the little boy who used to say, “All right! Just for that you can't yell down oar rain-barrel any more!” | | | | }leader by SENTENCED 10 PRISON TERMS #3 Are Convicted of Combination to Make Public Pay Higher Prices NEW YORK, April 20— Seven tceders in the pottery in- dustry ere sentenced to Jail here today for violation of the antitrust law, The Pacific Sanitary Manu- facturing company of Rich mond, Cal., was fined $5,000, and Newton W. Stern, its pres- ident, was fined a like amount. Thirteen individuals were fined from $2,500 to $5,000 each, and 23 corporations — controlling 80 per cent of the pottery production of the country—were fined from $2,500 to $5,000. Archibald Mf of the Thomas company, was Fe federal district 10 months in fine. The following were given six months in prison with a $5,000 fine: J. BE, Wright, president of the Wheeling Sanitary Manufacturing company; Ewey 8. Aitken, genera! Manager of the Trenton Potteries company; George ©. Kalbfelsch, factory manager of the Sanitary Manufacturing company; Philip J. Faherty, treasurer Lambertsville Pottery company; William B. Mad- ck, secretary John Maddock & Raymond B. Crane, vice pres- Eljer company. Judge Van Fleet told these defendants that the evidence had fully showed that they con spired to take cheaper bath- room tile off the market so they coukd sell a higher-priced artitle; that they banded to gether to prevent competition and caused much damage to “home builders thruout the country.” Archibald Maddock protested vig: orously against the sentence, “I regret that I am forced to send to jail prominent business men such as you are,” Judge Van Fleet ans- wered, “but the evidence is con: clusive and there {s no loophole.” All defendants have filed appeals for a new trial. Maddock, president Maddock & Sons singled out ax the o Van Fi of the court, given and prison with a $5,000 The judge then imposed fines on| the other whose case clemency. (Turn to Page Mrs. Cook Elected 13, the defendants in Column 5) G. A. R. President | WASHINGTON, April 20.—Mra. Anthony Wayne Cook, of Pennsy!.| vania, is the new president-general of the D. A. R. Results of yester-} day’s lection, announced today, showed Mrs. Cook defeated Mra, G Wallace Hanger, of District of C lumbia, Mrs. Cook got 940 votes out of a total of 1,719. A total of 860 votes was required for election of president-general, tt was announced, this being one moro than half the number of registered delegates. Mrs. Cook today swept her ticket into office with one exception. Mra Thomas A, Edison, of New Jer ney, wife of the inventor, candidate for chaplain-general on Mrs. Hang: er's ticket, was elected over Mrs, Rhett Goode, of Alabama, by a vote of 871 to 826. Have You Found Your New Home? If you haven't, here iy one that uppears in the Want Ad section today that may interest you. North End Beauty Brand New TO BE SOLD BELOW COST LOT 40x117 PRICED AT $4,200, WITH TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASER 6 well arranged rooms, including beautiful sun or music room; large living room has massive tile fireplace and rench doors to both dining room id sun room; best grade of ‘dwood floors in the 3 main rooms; 2 bright, sunny bedrooms; won- derful tile bath with Pembroke tub and pedestal basin; model built-in kitchen with breakfast alcove; full cement basement, han the best of heating plant and laundry trays, c, ete, Turn to the Want Ad columns NOW and see who will show you this property. | the jury recommended | Abow tain” dows. WILL ATTACK SUGAR PRICES U. S. Will Try to Force Present Rates Down BY WILLIAM J, LOSH April 20,—The| | government's move in the | sugar situation will be an, attempt | WASHINGTON, next \to bring down prices to consumers. | ‘This ‘wilt more difficult than the winning of the suit filed yester- alleged sugar gamblers, als admitted today, sult, they sald, does not hit} the real culprits in the sugar gouge. | lit hits only the agents of the actual Jownera of vast suppies of sugar, who, according to officials here are engaged in conspiracy to increase sugar prices and who havp masked their operations behind a screen of gamblers and speculators at whom yesterday's sult was aimed. | Manipulations of sugar prices on lthe New York exchange were, In other ‘words, “arranged, the gov. lernment said, to cloak a worse plot lto levy tribute on the American sugar consum Girl Victim Still Near Death’s Door SPOKANE, April 20. Homer, who jumped from an auto. Mon mobile driven by Charles Reed, day, when the bandit's too great, is still unconscious in a howpital here and has only a bare} chance to recover, Reed, after the aceldent, shot and seriously wounded automobile, Articles found in the car have been identified as having been stolen from n Modesto, Calif, drug store March 18, jailed ‘Mins Gladys |* a deputy sheriff, then abandoned his| « —Photo by MAIL FRAUDS All the campus turned out to do it bit Friday at the University of Washington. Carmen Batie, freshman, gives Jim Bailey, law senior, and, incidentally of the general Campus day staff, a little thirst quencher from her ‘lemonade bucket. |Below: Cliff Newdall and Sam Bassett, juniors, work on the stadium ticket office ,win-| have taken in ts $7,044,500. (Cliff looks.in and Sam looks out). The gentlemen with the spades are Robert) | Knox, president of the Engineers’ council (above),and Henry Kruse, |same (below), busy on the cinder path stadium entran “cap- vice president of ‘the Price & Carter, Star Staff Photographers Profs, Students and Alumni Don Old Duds, Wash Windows, Fix Paths and Work Up Wonderful Appetites BY WANDA VON KETTLER This is campus day at the Uni versity of Wayhington. Six thousand students, instead of attending classes und fretting over the combination of spring days and library books, are giving vent to their energies by cleaning up the campus, Campus day is a tradition. For more than 20 years at Washington it has been an annual event, fea tured by old clothes, hoes and rakes, and co-eds with lemonade pails, ‘This year it is being cele brated with the same old spirit. Even The Star staff photographer, when he happened upon the grounds in quest of snap-shots, was request ed by a group of some 20 over. and not-to-be-sniffed-at indi viduals to remove his collar and tie. DAY USHERED IN AT 7 O'CLOCK At 7 o'clock Friday morning, when the getup chimes pealed forth, the day was formally ushered in. At 7:50—the chimes again, tho necessary they were not, The university dis. trict wan decidedly awake, with the majority of students already speed: Ing over campus paths. At 8:15 the usual "group" pleture of the workers wax snapped on Donny hall steps. Then 8,000 the work began. Between and 4,000 men made their way other to the stadium or to the rondways and areas nearby. CO-EDS HANDY WITH LEMONADE Something ke 2,000 girls betook themselves to the Juneh rooms in Home Keonomics hall, ene near the stadium and the d Cross’ headquarters, alao near atadium, Lunch was to be served at 12 o'clock on the lawn be- fore the dormitories, Hence the poe tuto salad and sandwich preparation, the lemonade} Lemonade needed to be awarded the workers thruout the morning, Hence, the canteen squads. Fingers might ssibly be bruised or otherwise. Hence, the “Red Cross” girls. It was expected that by 12 o'clock that workers would have accom. plished much on the stadium foot ball field, on the roads nearby— and on the various windows that were being scrubbed—all this In ad- dition to having acquired healthy appetites. Following food, the campus day lawn ing was to be held, at which two campus honor so. | cleties: club, for women and Ovi men—were to announce the ‘Tolo for pledges, ube” club, nounce pledges, The afternoon was to be finished off with the Washington - Idaho game, while the evening was to be- gin with an albuniversity sports. clothes danco in the campus ar- mory. At noon no one had been re- ported ducked in the freshman pond for refusing to work. Pasadena Smokers Must Go to Court | PASADENA,” Cal, April 20. | Scores of smokers will have to ap: peur in court tomorrow on a charge Jof amoking on Pasadena street cars. Pasadena has suddenly decided to emulate Zion City and officers raid: od street cars today, enforcing an obsolete ordinance against smoking on public conveyances, that organization es-| tablished to further the spirit of campus day and promote window! washing, also threatened to an- ARE CHARGED | BY U.S. JURY Texas Politician, Dr. Cook an di) Others Named in Sweeping Probe FORT WORTH, Texas, April 20.—Indictments charging 92 oil promoters and associates with using the mails to defraud, were returned by a federal grand jury here today, Those named in the indict- ments included Dr. Frederick A. Cook, former Arctic explorer, and E, ©. Kingsbury, prominent Texas politician, The indictments involved 15 separate promotions, including some of the most prominent In ‘Texas. The grand jury report followed intensive investigations made by the department of justice and postoffice| department agents during which they discovered an alleged gigantic swindle involving millions of dol: lars annually, and extending to all sections of the United States. Arrests of those named in the In-| dietments were ordered to be made | immediately and United States mar- shals armed with warrants hurried from the federal building immedi {ter the grand jfry report) ‘was returned. Bonds of from $5,000 to $10,000 | were to be anked in each case, Dr. Cook and a number of other promoters were recently arrested in connection with the alleged swindle. Their arreits wero ordered in ad-/ vance of the grand jury report. Among the individual companks named in the indictments today were: Petroleum Producers’ associa- tion. Producers’ Oil Co. Pilgrim Oil Co. Hogg Creek Caruth Co, J, W. Caruth Oil Cor Consolidated Producers and Refiners Co. General Lee Development In- terests. Louisiana Lease Syndicate. Dorado Oil Syndicate, Texas-Mexia Drilling Syndt _ cate. According to a statement by Fed- eral District Attorney Henry. Zwel- fel, based on the government's evi- dence, outstanding stock of the com- panies involved Noteworthy among the companies involved are the three big Fort Worth ‘‘mergers''—the Petroleum Producers’ association; the Revere Oil company, and the Pilgrim Oi) company. The companies named in the In- dictments, according to District At- (Turn to Page 12, Column 4) FOOD MOBS IN DEATH BATTLE Eight Killed, Many Wounded in Ruhr Attacks BY CARL DPD, GROAT BERLIN, April 20.— Eight persons haye been killed and many wounded in hunger riots at eim since yesterday, The torch of revolt is bein carried thru the Ruhr valley by excited unemployed. Barricades of mattresses and household furniture were set up in the streets of Mulheim, where en- raged armed men camped about the clty hall, besieging the authorities. The criminal police, assisted by some citizen volunteers, finally suc- ceeded in chasing the weary hunger rioters from the city hall and the inner section of the city, Twenty were arrested, The invaders fled into the west end of the city. A dispatch via Amsterdam an- nounced that there was violent fighting about the city hall dur- ing the night and that this stronghold was at that time the only point holding out against the demonstrators. The unemployed met with little resistance In most of the towns, In- asmuch as the security police have heen disbanded by edict of the French forces of ecupation, The rioting began Wednesday when officials were unable to satisty the demand of idle workers for in. creased government distribution of food, They threatened then that if the food was not forthcoming within a few hours there would be trouble, ‘The most serious situation ts in Mulheim, There the stores havo (Turn to Page 12, Column 4) totals $17,395,000 | » }and the total amount of money they HOUSE OF COMMONS REJECTS PROPOSED PROHIBITION BILL Loxnox: April 20-—The house of commons, by a vote of 2 to 14, rejected a probibition bill introduced by Edwin Scrymge. mour, of Dunde The Scotch prohibitionists’ bill, which was up for a second read ing, would have prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors except for scientific pur. pores. One member after another rose and tore the proposal to shreds, nome of the speakers pointing to the United States as a “horrible example of prohibition.’’ WATERHOUSE SCORES POINT Shows Deal Bene- fit to Company, Not Him Frank Waterhouse scored a dect- sive point Friday in the sult which | has been brought against him by William T. Laube, as trustee in bankruptcy for Frank Waterhouse | | & Co., to recover $200,000-odd, which | Waterhouse is wlleged to have ab- stracted from corporate funds to Pay personal losses incurred in building the steamer El Aquario. R. H. Rodolf, formerly accountant for the Waterhouse “eompany, and joriginally one of the principal wit- nesses for the plaintiff, testified that the company, and not Water- house personally, had derived bene fits In the way of insurance com- missions as an outgrowth of Water- house's action in signing as indem- nitor for construction of the El Aquario. This is one of the fundamental contentions made by the defense, | inasmuch as the plaintiff hi maintained thruout that house was acting personally when he became indemnitor for the Mc- Ateer Shipbuilding Co., and that he made {it a company matter only when ho saw that a heavy loss was likely to result. Another telling point was gained by the defense during the morning, when Rodol¢ identified checks for huge sums to be expended on the El Aquario and signed by Neal H. Beg- ley, former vice president of the company. It 1s the defense’s con- tention that this impeaches the evi- dence of Begley, who testified that he did not know anything about the deal until after he had left the com- SION MORE 10US THAN USUAL Outside of these two high, lights, the entire morning session was even more tedious than usual. Rodoif was on the stand continuously until recess Was taken, and all of his tes- timony was on bookkeeeping mat- ters. In spite of this, there were numerous arguments between oppos- ing counsel, neither side being will: ing to concede anything. Clarence L, Reames, chief coun- sel for Waternouve, protested at one point that he was “simply trying to shorten a trial which otherwise would last interminably,” but nei- ther John B. Hart nor Robert P. Oldham, attorneys for the trustee, wolud give way. There will be no session Saturday, Judge Calvin 8. Hall having agreed to adjourn until Monday morning. With efforts on both sides cen- tered on the impeachment of their opponents’ star witnesses, trial of the suit has resolved itself into the question of “Who's a Mar?” Neal H, Begley, former vice prest- dent and financial man of the com- pany, contends that Waterhouse was acting as an individual when he went on John McAteer's bond to insure completion of the steamer Ei Aquario, and that Waterhouse was outside his rignts when company funds were used to pay resultant losses, w. H. Bogle, former trustee and counsel for the conipany, takes an exactly opposite’ stand, declaring that the El Aquario transaction was at all times company business, and that Laube, og trustee in bankrupt: cy, is not entitled to recover any of the funds expended. BOGLE IS PUT OVER HOT FIRE All of Thursday's session of the trial was devoted to attempted im- peachment of these two witnesses, The plaintiff? had its inning first, subjecting Judge Bogle to a merc! less cross-examination, in the course of which John B. Hart, chief coun- sel for Laubo, sought to trip him on Alivgedly contradictory statements Which he mada o year. aga, when testifying on the samo matter ba. fore the trustee in bankruptey, Neele, however, seem to be too wert a lawyer himsvif, and refused to change his stery In any. way, Theve were numerous exchangos hetween Hart and Box'é, the former declaring ‘that the witness wasn't tent fying, but was making a speech Page 12, Cotumn 6) *|serious by hospital attendants, ro. BREAKS “CHEEK BONE - OF OFFICER! Regan Confined to Hospital Attacked In a soft drink pas lor at 213 Second ave. at mid night Thursday, Leonard Regan, federal prohibition agent, was in the Virginia Mason hospital Fri- day suffering from a fractured cheek bone, received at the hands of Howard Matson, 3%, @ teamster. According to federal prohibitlom — officers, Regan, in company with other agents, had entered the soft rink parlor shortly after midnight, ‘They bought drinks over the bee and tmmediately put the proprietor under arrest. Matson wus standing | jin the place, and walking up to Regah, he deliberately struck him tm — |the face with his fist. Regan was | stunned by the blow and was rush. (ja ed to the Virginia Mason hospital, | Matson was placed under on charges of assaulting a Jofficer, and is now being held in th county jail. Angelo Colasurda, prone of the soft drink parlor, under ape on charaes of sion and'sale of liquor, This is the second time within a few weeks that Regan has b jsaulted by men in connection |llquor arrests. He was attacked Frank Mayhew at the Imm station recently and clubbed’ hew into unconsciousness. M fs at liberty on $1,000 cash bail \charges of assaulting a federal 6 ficer, Regan's condition is regarded ¢ | oe TEN MAROO. NEAR RESC NORTHPORT, Mich., April The airplane sent by T. E. Wilsc Chicago packer, to rescue 10 p | Marooned and reported starving 0 |Fox island, arrived here at ja. m. today. After a brief stop [Northport for Pilot John Miller be get, his bearings, the plane ” for the island, 18 miles across, Jake. Miller found that he could aligi on a cleared place on the islan and planned to return the people” the mainland, The plane, which left Chicago yesterday, made the 450 miles three hours and ten minutes’ fi time, an average of about 150 m per hour, Second Plane Is Totally Wrecked NORTHPORT, Mich, April The second mercy airplane patched from Selfridge field, Clemons, to attempt to take aid t the party of 10 persons jon South Fox island, in Ni Lake Michigan, was totally here this afternoon, The accident oecurred Lieut. Russell Meredith at to make a landing. Both Meredith” and his mechanician escaped unin jured, according to reports. RIEDA’S — OLLIES She was sitting on the beach under ® gay umbrella, With the handsomest man of season. He was not her husband. Her bathing suit was much low. She thought it becoming. She was supposed to be beautiful, One of those faces without lines. She looked much younger than Kj” But wasn't. I hate women who will not duce their friends to you. He was married, so I really be care. I never had a man look at me the way ho looked at her, Of course he had no respect her, How could he? Her husband was on the veranda, . When I nodded, 2 Despite the fact that he was oni 3 teresting I felt sorry for him. be T loathe pretty women with Bi ed figures, es They make me feel thin, Who doesn't take an interest other péople'’s affairs? I wondered if he knew where was, T told him, |