The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 28, 1923, Page 1

- The Seattle Star Entered a Second Clase Matter May 8, 1809, at the Postotfite a Beattie, Warn, under the Act of Congres March #, 1879, Yer Tear, by M 0M EDITION SE. ATT W ASH., ru R DAY, APR RIL , 1923, _Two CENTS IN SEATTLE, Site Is Highly Strategic Howdy, folks! If April show ers bring May flowers, next month is going to be awfully hard on horticulture. However about Seattle tainty Pilchuck J weather prop her reputation that it would rain here ter, WHAT ADDRESS? Seattle letter carriers will nual ball tonight at the Masonic auditorium. We hope all the mai he able to find the hail. men will ne day A letter carrier, howeve gets @ day off always gocs jive ke walk in the country. “. We hope the bors don't atten: ante in their uniforms—somebody ‘Will mistake them for a reunion of confederate veterans and “Dixie.” . ar MUSICAL DEPARTMENT An organ has been invented which accompanies its music With appropriate gusts of per- When it plays one of these Modern jazz songs, the fragrance ‘ef ripe old cheese is wafted over the andience. When, it plays, “Don't Bring Mo Posies When It's Shoesies That I) Need.” a faint Cloud of Alten’s Foot- ‘ase is blown over the auditors. . Study in black and white; A coa train colliding with a milk wagon. eee RIED-EGG’S OLLIES T was crazy about him He was x0 distinguished. One day he was standing under # pile-driver. Suddenly I saw him pi With his pen-knife. When the coroner arrived He was as flat ax a pancake Men are so funny. oe A ‘ot of women are two-faced. ‘There ix the one they wear. at o'clock in the evening and the one they wear at 8 o'clock in the morn. ing. CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON IVY CLUB The gink who beats you to the only parking place in the block. oe The duke of York is now married, but we don’t sec why worry about it. We don't have to live with her. A girl I like Is Jennie Wrangles; Bhe won't discard Her curves for angles. “Mam the doo: “Teil him we don’t want anything today.” there's a policeman at aoe ‘The quickest way to get.a busi- Ness man out of his office these days | is to yell “fire” or “fore.” oe # SPORT NOTE Home Brew wishes to enter Dr. E. J. Brown in the Univer- sity of Washington track meet today in the running broad state- ment contest. . The drunkest man we ever knew dropped 4 nickel into the Madison! st. cable slot and then got mad be- cause he didn't get any gum. aee My = sweetheart’s daughter, She lives over there by the still; She's newer been known to drink water, And I don't think ahe ever will, we abe Yuned, Say what you ite 4 corn on the | cob in worth two on the toe. ee Mach lady her own problem handles, But we can forewee many scandals, Every hole in the too Of her stocking will show Wf whe'x reporting those new if Tut be Omiya . € gotla yo a now wo we can up early tomorrow in time for King k his teeth | we should) the bootlegger's | Map showing, in black, Mor bor, business section and othe » PROBE KILLING OF FISHERMAN for Firing on Flag The state. departments of. the | $600,000 price to be paid. | American and Canadian governments | Sattirday were probing into the cir-| cumstances stirrounding the killing | of Jacob York. ay American fisher man, who was hot to death aboard ho ‘Tshing Boat Stloam, near Van-|a question of prime public importance. couver, B. C., by members of the Do- Wear Waremnar f.nsiorr Bar N= ‘an (or r main Skinner & waterfront feature Eddy No. 2) tract in its relation to har- Moran Tract of Inestimable Value in Port Development Plan In its campaign of FACT-teélling about | Courage Flays oeetities | purchase of the Moran tidelands by the Port of Seattle, | The Star yesterday the proposed, showed how, at current prices, tract has a present cash value of at Jeast three times the And that the potential value! lis almost inestimable. Today the intention is to show that the tract has a |Special U E value for the port which makes its acqu ion This is because it lminion’ fisheries pattol boat Malas |}¢cupies a highly strategic position as relating to Seattle's | pina ‘Tuesday | Capt. John Courage, master of the am, stated Saturday that the ves was rounding Cape Cook, Salan-| istand, when the firing started | “We were} & halt,” xaid de jaboard the Malaspina. told to h and we ¢ Capt. - Courage tinued, the Canadian vessel using} two-pound. shells. They whistled over our heads and exploded all sround us. fing, but they paid no attention. Finally, Jacob York, a Seattle man, | |ran for cover in the pilot house. Aj rifle bullet struck bim soon after he} lente of our crew had been shot.” CREW FORCED TO | LEAVE VESSEL |. The firing then ceased, | to Capt. Courage. The vessel was in} (Turn to Page 4, Colamn 6) 6 ‘BOOZE VESSEL IS CAPTURED ! Craft Loaded With Whisky | Taken in Golden Gate SAN FRANCISCO, April 28.—The motor boat Herron was seize | Golden Gate and brought Into port here at 2 a. m, this morning, loaded to the rails with Scotch whisky, suid to have been shipped from Canada, ‘The coast guard patrol boat Tulare | | made the seizure. | Two men giving the names of Gott-| fried Benson and Melchion Olafson, both of San Francisco, were aboard the boat and were placed under ar- reat, The alleged rum runner was cap- {tured in dramatic fashion, | | Capt. August Anderson, of the Tu- | lare, reported that a few minutes be- | fore 2a. m. he sighted a motorboat | smaller than the Herron, heading | | (Turn to Page 4, Column 5) RUM SMUGGLER | MAY BE REBEL Would Classify. Bootlegging “ jan’? } as “Insurrection | WASHINGTON, April 28.—Boot- legging and mm = running may) shortly of declared to constitute jan “insurrection” and smugglers be clawed as rebels minst federal euthority, it was Hlearned here today, | Such a step would permit the president to throw Into against violators of the prohibition | law the entire military strength of| thia government. It would, in ef fect, constitute a declaration of mar: 4, Column industrial, | sources. jobbing, land transportation and shipping re-| Study the map a minute. The tract (20 acres of owned land plus six acres of under firing con-| Elliott bay proper. It is only one-third of It adjoins Railroad ave. We ran up an American directly and efficiently with all the industries of the city the transcontinental lines. It is central, handy, IN A LEVEL ARE. harbor | area and with Moreover, the makes it THE ate lease) fronts on the main a mile south of Yesler way. with its trdcks, which connect A. proportions of the tract are ideal for the and we called out that one| purpose. The land has a depth from the habor line back to Railroad’ ave. va ving from 1,300 to 1,400 feet. This DEEPEST TRACT ON THE ENTIRE according; WATERFRONT FROM SALMON BAY SOUTH. The importance of this fact lies in the po: the port proposes to utilize to the full, of dividing a strip rourth ay dility, which 1400 or 500 feet deep along Railroad ave. into convenient | sized industrial tracts to lease to factories which are seek-, | jing convenient sites. After these are apportioned, there is yet left ample room for the construction, on the bay side, of pier and slip terminals for the handling of a great "| coastwise traffic. While it is true that the port at present is not using its terminals all to their capacity, yet it is also true that it does need an adequate central waterfront site close to the level commercial and manufacturing section. The Beil st. in the original port commissioners to fill this need, failed to do it. designed by the} but but its location terminal probably was It has other valuable uses, under a high bluff and far to one side of the industrial |, |district makes it highly inconvenient for coastal and inter-| |coastal busines (it is int sting to note, by the way, that when the port condemned this site in 1913 the court fixed a price of $70,000 on. 997.6 square feet of land acquired from the Pacific Coast Co. THAN THREE The price on the Moran site which the port MORE ACRE, This is at the rate of MILLION DOLLARS AN proposes to pay is $30,000 an acre.) The other or present terminals, situated far to the north of the harbor frontage, are well suited to| than the fermented juice from a |handle important specialized traffic needs such as trans-| conglomerated mash, pacific, trans-shipment cargo, lumber, grain, fish, fruits and other cold storage commodities. But for general commodities requiring interchange w: |the local wholesnia, the local wholesal facilities. and manufacturers as well as vicinity And it is this traffic which is the cream of the local shipping business, his class of commerce, which now makes up three- fourths of the total volume, and which is increasing at a) the! | credited! harbor, | | whirls 40 it hag }strange mixtur | enese | and manufacturers, as well as vicinity | jrapid rate, does not come and cannot be attracted to any | of the present terminals because of their distance from,) and, inconvenient relation to, the main central business and! against the Unitea industrial district. | States government, and bootleggers, merece shows at least twice as many steamers and as much As a result, the daily record of com- tonnage being handled at three inadequate, temporary and more or less makeshift private docks located ne t north | and south of the site the port proposes to buy, as at all) action|five of the north aad south end public port terminals. It is to obtain a share of this well-pa) to assist in serving the growing needs of Seattle's indus- trial and jobbin, inary Vi concerns, that this tract would be of jue, | ng business and | Ties Phone Co. Thomas Je-L.. Kennedy, Seattle corporation counsel, 18 rith ‘blocking temporarily, at least, the effort of the Pacifié Telephoné & Telegraph: Co. to use the federal| court as a means of striking another body blow at the pub- lic. Kennedy in all matters where the public’s interest has been involved, has proved his loyalty to the electorate and his fightingequalities have gained hini.a reputation which is more than slatew ide. ‘Scenes of Old Days Ar Are Re-Enacted Below Yesler | Open Gambling, Booze Selling, Brazen Wom- en—All There to Get Strikers’ “Poke” BY JOHN W. NELSON er games running wide open, women, . drunkenness n violation..of the liquer and gambling laws, scenes of wh Western folks thought were by-gone days—this ig the picture one may most any day in the district south of Yesler way and west’ of Thousands of striking congregating to spend br 1 oW Ww their “pokes. A visit to the district, even in the staidness of 1 perfectly proper mid- ternoon ries in. this turbulent Volsteadian era. rough and with its. vortex ave, and Washington’ st. Long: oremen, lumbermen, loggers picturesque attire and tanned face: |heavy boots, crushed hats or. cap aro everywhere, ‘Then there are the smilo joints, a Wooden-faced Jap- women ply ¢ ether and apple smilo in the new ver. wlar, and men stumbling here and there, aimlessly, faces placid and expressionless, almost devold of human understanding. The drink has a wicked kick, causing, after certain stages, wild nings, The Jap smilo joints are everywhere, and their barrooms ave crowded. ‘The odor is vile, even worse than the old saloon odors. It |is sour, combining the stench of fer Life, uncouth, at men and trade of selling to the south | meting mash with that of packed humanity, The smilo is litte more I walked into one large pl “Our House." A most respect with barber shop and re In a back room a number Vacation by Automobile? © How long have you been sitying, “Next month I'll get my ma chine’? Perhaps many months have already paxsed by. No need to Jot any more go by with prices and terms go Yeasonable, See today's auto offers, LATE AL TOUR) Now cord tires and a spare tire, Car in perfect condition thre out, $300 down buys this ear. Turn to the Want Ad coltimns NOW and see who will demon: wtrate this car for you, sere and| awakeng strange memo-| Second | in} e | Jot tnblex, | freeze-out men playing and then, stil (Tarn to Page 4, Cotumn 4) (Strikers Urging || || Booze Be Banned |) |] TACOMA, April 28 —Striking loggers who have just come in from the mills and camps were circulating the following handbill in Tacoma Friday: FELLOW WOR The bootleggers will help the master to keep you down, as |] they are a’ part of the capitalist system. So use all your organ- |] ized power to put liquor and dope out of business, while this strike is on for the release of all class- war and political prisoners and demands. (Signed) INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD. aks STATE SEIZES JAP ACREAGE Under Alien Land Law Twenty-one acres of valuable agri i _.| cultural fand on Vashon island was jescheated Xo tho state by order of | Judge Walter M. French in superior |court Friday, and will be added to the state's school fund. The land |was oscheated under the anti-alien land law. ‘The case is the first of more than 100 to bo tried, according to Deputy Prosecutor Ewing D. Colvin, who brought the suit against Kichio Aral, an American-born Japanese, now student of the University of Wash. ington,and ‘Tom Okubo, lessee of the tract, Two months before the passage of the net in 1921, Colvin alleged, Okubo | deeded thé land to Arei, who in turn | leaned it back to him. A ywarly rent [el of $200 is equalized by interest on ja dummy mortgage covering transfer, Colvin says. lerce onergen, attorney for the two Japanese, announced he will ap. | peal the case, | Tho case is tho first escheatment. under the anti-allen land law. and ite stecossful culmination indieates the Biicoaka, of ths pac ign to. auppreas Jaw, Colvin rummy, | farther | |First Property to Be Taken} tho| in Kut |NEW RATE KILLED, IS CITY Joker in Writ of HOPE Review Restrains Company From Filing New Tariff in Time for May Bills BY BOB BERMANN That the Pacific Telephon e & Telegraph Co.'s plot toy |force increased rates upon the public, in spite of the de= | \cision of the state department of public works, has been blocked for the time being, pressed Saturday among city jof Judge D. court, department's ruling. F. Wright, of the Thurston county sup in granting a writ of review of the public work at least was the opinion ex- officials, following the This writ, which is not returnable until May 23, defini ly enjoins the telephone company from filing any jtariff with the public works department until after the leourt has passed upon the matter—and this is the joker) by which state and city officials hope to defeat the cor- poration’s plan. The law specif s that the phone comp: cannot charge | sny rate that has not been filed with | the state department of public works |~—and it is the contention of Attorney General John H.» Dunbar that this will make it impossible for the com pany to put into effect the increased | j rate allowed it hy Federal Judge B.! shman in his ruling of Tues- provi This, according to some opinions, will happen in Tacoma Mon- day when the phone company makes its motion before the constitul court. axsembled there for a tempo: rary'injunction, restraining the de’ partment of public works from in- terfering with the new rate: HOW ACTION MAY | BE TAKEN MONDAY | Attorney General Dunbar will ob- Sect, on the ground that the consti. | tutional court is vested with no rate- |making powers, but that, on the jother hand, the law specifically pro- vides that all tariffs must be filed with the department of public works. Then the phone company will pro- test that it cannot file the Cushman taritt because it has been specifically | enjoined from such action by @ state court, “All right,” the court will answer— at least, that is what the officials | hope—“ANl right, then take your sult | back to the state court and fight it jout there and don’t bother us.” This is by no means an assured (Turn to Page 4, Column 7) } ‘MAYOR ADVISES PUBLIC T0 BALK |Don’t Pay Advanced Phone Rate, Urges Brown | “Don't pay the increase which |will be asked by the phone com- |pany in its May: bills—no matter | what the courts do.” This was the advice offered to the |public Saturday, by Mayor E, J. Brown, “Don't refuse to pay your bill: he said. “Tender the telephone company the amount that it is en- |titled to under the present, legal jrate. If they refuse to accept that, don't pay them anything. Just sit | tight.” Dr. Brown declared that he would “tear out" most of the phones in his dental offices on Columbia st. and that, in addition, lie would refuse to pay a penny more than the old rato, | “Judge Cushman’s ruling was an outrage from every angle,” he de- clared. “There is no possible point of reasoning to sustain his action, ji.a phone company can go into @ United States court and set aside the decision of « state government on the grounds that it isn't making enough money, why can't the work- ing men go into court and demand more wages? Why can’t the farmer demand more for his wheat? Why can’t the merchant demand more |for a pair of garters? If we are going to guarantee the dividends of stock gamblers, then we should also guarantee the prices of wheat and of labor. “I own an apple ranch over east of the mountains, and my returns from It last year weren't sufficient to pay taxes and interest. I won- der what Cushman would do if T went into his court and asked him to raise the price of my apples.” Mayor Brown also indicated that he would fight renewat of the phone company’s franchise, which expires July 19. “If this corporation continues to bleach the public white,” he de. clared, “I would not permit it to have a franchise if f can prevent 1G", He said the only real solution of the whole matter was for the state ‘end sid ‘HOLD WIFE IN - STABBING CASE |Man May Die From N Wound in ie __ Dire. Nellie ‘lanipaod 2s |Seven-inch needle thru his fo | penetrating the brain. Thompson, in the city hospital, little chance of recovery, hospital thorities admitted. He has not b conscious for 36 hours. Mrs. Thompson was ‘arrested by de teotives after she had related her husband had staggered h 2 a m. Thursday after a drin bout. She observed the needle. truding from his forehead she and pulled out the weapon with teeth. The injured man lay delirious his bed all day Thursday care, until Mrs. Thompson called hospital Friday and had him remow to a ward there. The needle pen trated Thompson’s brain for tance of six inches, it is cla thru the bones of the forehead. Mrs. Thompson was held when detectives rearched the house, ing the needle. It is believed p that Thompson may have stabbed in a fight while under fluence of liquor, altho the openly doubt this theory. GASOLINE BOO! PRICES DRC y OF SAN FRANCISCO, April 28-8 ductions in’ the price of script books in the principal cons clties was announced here tod the Standard Oil company, Tho reduction already is in The price reduction in geles and San Francisco price of 17 cents per gallon for ers of these books. Other oll companies so far as be learned did not join in the tion, Charge Three for Liquor Violati ‘Three separate complaints | ing possession of liquor were in superior court Saturday by. cuting Attorney Maftolm D All four of tho defendants ¥ rested Friday by Sheriff Matt wich and his men. Mike Sertich was charged — manufacturing liquor; Louis 0. G man was arrested by Sheriff: wich at 5425 57th ave. S, when 12 cases of Scotch liquors: found in his garage; R. M. Salto, Japanese, were ¢ with manufacturing liquor, RIEDA’S © OLLIES ‘Her husband could not yacht. : Much less keep it up. Everyone knew this, f Still you couldn't afford to them. T was invited to a dinner, For the naming of the yielt, ‘The other man of the triangle there, Tt was a rare opportunity. Who would not have taken ad) 0 boot e their own, DD Just,