The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1923, Page 1

——* oD DON’T BE MISLED but don’t let them Ii} FORECAST WEATHER disturb you. rly winds. Rateted as ass Meller May &, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, ¥ VOL. 25. NO. 63. Howdy, folks! spring is really here. a cold in our dome. eee Now we know We've got Angeles bas nothin; attle when it comes to weather, but they've got the movies, Of course, everybody doesn't enjoy earthquakes. oo. 8 Los n Se election is over. Nothing to worry about but earwigs and spring| he cleaning. yee wise .Y Mall, # | The SeattleStar §: by poor losers, journalistic or individual. The port project HAS BEEN APPROVED, by a heavy majority. It is going right ahead, by the millage plan if not by bond transfer. The obstruction- ists who are today threatening injunction suits and other wild blocking tactics are merely exhibiting their own bad sportsmanship. They need not be taken seriously. They can’t help it if they are small and narrow; selfish environment made them that way. Enjoy a grin at their antics, or pity them, PAA tnt ntact ttt tPA POPP POPPA SEATTL , WASH., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1923. LEASES BELL ST. DOCKAGE Bayside Firm Will Bring Fleet of Steel Ships and Lumber Vessels | The Bayside Steamship company, | operating « ae fleet of steel steam jers and lumber tessels In the coast! trade, completed negotiations THEM DAYS 18 GONE FOREVER | Wednesday with the port commis- Times have changed. In the old days all saloons were closed sion wh lish bh on election day, . ce * a large p } st. terminal M: Hoople, st candidate | in th nd) of general cargo. for the council, seems definitely to| -The »ping firm closed the deal have out | thra its representative, J. P. O'Hallo : ran Augus: . who runs @ gaso- line station; was defeated for the, TH ¥ SE ee tases “eceln School. board. Somebody must have)” ae generat treigts cargoes from h h southern ports to Seattle and spread the remor that he wes work- Standard Oil. sae ing for th then proceed to } cortes to load lu bam end Ana: | aber for the return | | trip. | Torliner Was a candidate for the school waterway commission, We The line will maintain a continw- | rd, port commission 49d} oys schedule between Seattle and | don’t! California ports and will commence know why he didn’t run for earwi®) operations witbin a short time, ac inspector. YE ED GOES ON A TOOT (From the Guemes Beachcomber) t ‘The Beachcomber will be late next 66! 9 week owing to the fact that wo are go-| ing to Wiltingly Wander into Witifut | Wetness on an exearsion to Victoria, | Chiropractor here insures his) hands for $50,000. | ‘The first hand we held when a high school freshman we thought was} worth twice that amount. i ie Etiquet Note: When being strapped | into the electric chair, it ia bad form | to tip the electrician. aoe SENTIMENT John F. Murphy, Seattle attorney, | has obtained the flask that the cus-| toms officers took away from Julian, Eltinge. Murphy was probably in-| fluenced by the poet's words: | “You way break, you may shatter | The flask ‘f you will, But the scent of the bourbon | Will hang round if still.” | Don't these tadio fans talk tunny7} Yes, but don't you remember when golf was a foreign language, too? | see Tomotrow is Straw Hat day, When | are we going to have a Brown Derby day? | It's a good thing Straw Hat day | didn’t come a little sooner. Think of a candidate throwing his straw hat into the ring! oe TH’ LI'L RESKIL! “I'm off to my afternoon tee- party,” said Gee Gee, as she picked up her golf clubs. see Anyway, Seattle holds the non- stop record for burglaries. sires And the attorneys in the Water- house trial hold the noh-stp record for talking. see “Let's Settle Down.” says an edi- torial. No, let's settle up. arg ens * LI'L GEE GEE, VAMP, SEZ: ‘ | Nothin’ is so hopeless as try- | _ | ing to explain how you eame to | forget your weddin’ anniversary. ed nse ‘The coroner is becoming hard. | boiled enough to call it a natural) death if it occurs while one is diving | thru the windshield. . “Here's where T give him the} heir,” remarked the nurse bringing the baby to its father, here SPEAKING ABOUT the who now declare they wil) seek an injunction— TO PREVENT the purchase of the Skinner & Eddy tract— pO YOU remember the story of the bad little boy who was locked in the clothes closet for an hour— AND HIS mother finallys asked him if he was going to be good thereafter— AND HE said— NO! I'VE spit on your bat, and I've spit on your shows, and I’ve spit on your dress— “AND NOW I'm walung to get more pitt’ DOESN'T THAT remind you of cording to port commissioners ony) | Wednesday /Summer Snow Falls Along| | day asx a cold wave made the East |tinue thruout the day and tonight, | lwith slowly rising temperature i dicated. | had snow flurries. | when temperatures of 101 and 104) people | aged fruit and vegetables and de- SWEEPS EAST Atlantic Coast | WASHINGTC May 9.— “Topay turvy’" weather, predicted by scien- tiffe experts here as a result of the sun’« “vacation,” was in evidence to- and Middle West shiver, while Calt- | fornia, Arizona and other Western states baked under abnormally high temperatures. Cold weather in the East will con- to-| morrow, the weather bureau here in- The chilling fingers of the "May winter” will bring heavier frosts and | more snow to the entire Atlantic sea. | board and as far south as Mississippt | tonight, the weather bureau pre- dicted. By tomorrow, however, slowly ris-| ing temperatures should mark the| passing of the Alaskan storm. ‘The Middle West and Northwest | were slowly recovering today from| the effects’ of the Alaskan blizzard | that swept down on them, spreading | freezing temperature, snowstorms, | sleet and heavy rain, and bringing | frost as far south as Kentucky. | Navigation on Lake Superior was | reported hampered by snow. Min- nesota, Illinois, towa, Indiana, Micht- | gan and North Dakota reported snow. St. Louls and Hannibal, Mo., } Even Kentucky reported snow mixed with sleet. | A heavy * thunderstorm, accom- panied by high winds, hit Washing: | ton late yesterday and the temper- | ature fell rapidly last night. Frost | wes reported from many sections of | | the South. } Just how much damage has been | |done to crops could not at once be} states, are under arrest here. ‘Th ‘estimated, but spring planting wos retarded and some fruit suffered. Forty-year heat records went to smash in California and Arizona, | were recorded, CROPS NIPPED | BY BLIZZARD CHICAGO, May 9—A “May itz. | zara” that swept the Middle West left abnormally low temperatures, dam- moralized Great Lakes shipping in| its wake today, The storm, which comprised snow, hail, sleet, rain and wind in different localities over a dozen or more states, was followed by cold winds, clearing skies and temperatures of 23 to 30, | that, according to predictions, will moderate this afternoon. Fruit damage was reported heav- fest in Nebraska, Ilinois and the South Central portions of the Central West.t Freezing temperatures were declared to have killed a majority of the early spring gardens in the Northwest. One man, William 1D. Doehring, was killed at Pana, Il, when blown the folks pfailea te Ki the port deal— AND ARE trying to get more spt? into the water while fishing. |Committee Names w SHIPPING (0, |People Decisivel y Vote for Progress Tax Limit League Ought to Disband and Chamber of Commerce Get in Step (EDITORIAL) By a decisive vote Seattle has spoken for progress. The acquisition and improvement of the Skinner & Eddy site by the port commission, the erection of the Montlake-Stadium bridge and the 2-year school building program all have been decisively approved. By a quirk of irony, the so-called taxpayers’ organi- zations which fought all these issues succeeded, because of the small total yote cast, in killing only the bonding feature of the school plans and possibly have blocked the bond transfer of the port. This will result in plac- ing the load on the taxrolls, contrary to the plans of the officials, but will in no wise halt the projects them- selves. The average citizen will pay his bit cheerfully and probably enjoy on the s‘de a quict smile over the misdirected zeal of the saper-serious “tax-savers” which turned out results so completely contrary to their intentions. a a The “Tax Limit League’ and some of the others ought to disband. The former especially has been a 100 per cent failure in everything it has undertaken, and nothing but a heavy expense and disappointment to its donors. The public has rejected completely its guidance. It is time for the propagandists to depart. ** 8 In Tuesday's election the people again repudiated the civic anche & of the Chamber of Commerce. The chamber had tried to block the port commission from obtaining an option on the Skinner. & Eddy property and had used its every effort to swing the election against the port. The Star today counsels the chambe: more to GET IN LINE AND IN STE REST OF THE CITY. These are days for constructive leadership, forward- looking leadership and for teamwork. The Port of Seattle is one of this community's great- est assets for commercial advancement. It is well- managed, efficient and of the greatest potential value to Seattle and the whole Northwest. The Chamber of Commerce and the business men ought to be unitedly behind it, helping upbuild it and helping to spread its fame, instead of hindering and slandering it. . 8 & directors once P WITH THE The Montlake bridge is going to be a great aid to cross-town travel, to opening up the North End, to making Stadium events accessible. It is going to cost us something; it is going to be worth it. The new schools are needed. Seattle never yet failed to come forth with money when it saw that it could be wisely expended in the education of her children. #2 Oliver T. Erickson was paid the highest sort of a tribute. As a candidate for re-election he made no campaign, but simply went before the people on his record. The voters showed their approval of his pro- gressive ideas, his integrity and his ability by giving him first place on the whole ticket. Messrs. Tindall and Hesketh were re-elected coun- cilmen and Mr. Lincoln port commissioner, as they de- served to be, a reward for faithful service. ‘ Mayor Brown's candidates and the candidates of the reactionary element were defeated. Out of a field of four, the people wisely selected Messrs. Holmes and Thorgrimson for seats on the school board, % It was a quiet election, but a constructive one. TWO SUSPECTS |READ ABOUT _ MEXICO CITY, May 9.—Two| What do you know about th Americans suspected of being bandits | great sport of intercollegiate crew who secured $250,000 in Wells-Fargo| w. is the secret of rowtr and American ecks In| power? What .i« rowing form a recent holdup in United | Why is one man picked for Seat and anothe for bow? police are withholding all Informa-| ‘The University of Washington ha. tion, and details are unobtainable, | one of the greatest rowing machine but Indications are the robbery oc-|in the country, Learn somethin curred in Washington statd, More j about the technique of this grea arrests are expected, sport that will make the } of national inter shington goes Hast Hudson soon. a center Borah Candidate" CHINA TROOPS PRESSING IN ON OUTLAS Ransom Demand Is Cut to $50,000; | Four Women Are Reported Held PEKING, M to make n and the best of take what ransom © bombastic demand for first asked, the bandits are econd, es from Lin hile, fears for the » camp hort of risoners, Monday indi least four women «till ar including # Miss Lillian Auld, her | aunt, Mra. Lillian Seaton, of Eugene, re. and Mins Fleming, a British | nubject, thelr companion, These had | reservations on the wrecked’ expresh and prisoners who escaped the bandit camp deneribe)a Woman they left behind a» having light hair and of tho general appearance of | Mrs, Heaton. | RICH MEXICAN AND | WIFE CAPTURED The Mexican minister here states | ho is positive that “Manuel Anetra Vera, a rich Mexican of Guadalasara, | Mexico, and wife were captured by | | the bandits and have not yet been re-| | teaned. ‘The brigands are moving further | into the hills with thelr prisoners, | away from the rdifroad. | Besides making negotiations for re }lease of the captives more difficult, | this move ajso makes increasingly jpertious the journey to safety of] those women who may be freed. Negotiations are under way be: tween the Shantung provisional gov: | ernment and the chiefs of the, kid: papers, thru which it is hoped’ here release of all the captives may be ef-| | fected within 24 hours, The story of} |the first demand for a million dollars | |ransom has now been clarified. The brigands communicated with} local officials near Lin Cheng, who by ‘the onimunications ministry. | |Thru this government. department, | foreign legations learned of it Immediately an ultimatum de-} | manding release of the captives was | (Turn to Page 7, Column 3) COURT UPHOLDS | "SUGAR GOUGERS | Government’s Petition for Injunction Denied YORK, May 9. — Judge ayer this afternoon announced o|that the government's application ?\for an injunction to restrain the! z|New York Coffee and Sugar ex- »\change and the New York Coffeo| and Sugar association from specu: latfng in sugar prices has been de. is | nied. «| ‘The judge's announcement was in «the form of a brief memorandum. | | Formal decision has not yet been handed down, nor have the judges ained the denial, memorandum sate, The application for a prelimin: 1 Ol of ‘The Star sport ary Injunction ts dented NEW YORK, May nator | staff, has been assigned to tell Star anda stating our reasons for this Borah, independent republican, has| readers the inside of Coach Russell decision may be filed later.” been named by the executive commit-|Callow's great coaching tee of the committee of fotty-cight | You'll find it interesting and tr as its presidential candidate. Borah | formative reading. was selected because of his oppor. | tion to the world court and the| league of nations. sport page Thursday, Wateh for it! IN A SEA OF BURNING OIL MAROONE “I've read about this sort of thing,” Allie was saying. “Tanks bursting and rivers afire “One thing sure, this lightning won't last long A blue glare and a ripping explosion gave the lie to| Gray's words, Allie Briskow recoiled, “We'll be burne alive!” she gasped. “Roasted like rats in a trap!” “Flowing Gold,” Rex Beach's thrilling story of the Texas oil fields, from which this scene is taken, will begin in Th Two Inke vessels were reported (grounded near Whitefish Point, Star tomorrow, eM | fe system. | | ‘The case was heard before Judges n- | Roger, Mayer, ‘on and Hough. Increasing sugar prices caused the The first story starts on The Star |government to Institute suit in the federal court here, seek’ng to dis jsolve the coffee and sugar exchang land association on the ,round their |manipulations were responsible for lthe high prices, The defendants were represented by John W. Davis, lformer ambassador to the court of /st. James, who declared that it had Inever been proved that the public |ia suffering from high sugar prices, and said the government was “burn: ling down the barn to catch the rat” WASHINGTON, May 9—The fed- dj oral government will inimediately federal’ judges in New © ing the government » applica (Turn to Page 7, Colum York, deny: ion for 4) ENT UH ene ry arg appeal to the supreme court from | the decision of the special panel of | ims Gertrude Mae Williams, a m forwarded the demand to the Pekin| of, nurses of the Minor hospital, will be one of the body of government, where It was received| nurses who will attend the mass meeting Friday night ‘at\ the Arena. All the nurses of the Public Health league in the celebration of ‘National Hos- pital Day Saturday. —Photo by Pric Nurses. to Attend Mass Meeting in Body As a forertinner to the observance in Seattle Saturday of National Hos- pitdl Day, a mass méeting program will be beld in the Aréna Friday night under the auspices of the Pub- lie Health league of Washington. An interesting with hospitals, their relation to the public, and with nursing, has been arranged by the league. Four hun- dred nurses, dressed in uniform, will attend the meeting and will be ‘so placed in the hall thet they will form a white cross in the center of the audience, Judge Harold M. Stephens, of Salt Lake, City, former member of the Utuh supreme court, ‘and for one | year a member of the American Col: | Hlege of Surgeons, will be’ the «prin cipal speaker at. the meeting. He Memor- | wit) talk on “The Hospital and the Public.” | President Henry Suzzallo, of the University of Washington, and Miss May Loomis, of the city hospital, are Jalso scheduled for speeches at ‘the | meeting. | A feature of the program will be a tableau, presented by a corps of nurses, depicting the nursing meth- odg in the days of Florence Nightin: gale, pioneer of modern nursing methods, as compared to 1923 meth ods, Music will be furnished by the po- lee band and 80 nnrses who saw overseas servico during the last war will uct as ushers. Open vouse will be held Saturday at dill hospitals in the elty from 2 to 6 o'clock p. m., in accordance with the national plan for the celebration of Hospital Day. Averyone is urged to take advan- tage of this {nspection opportunity * a‘ Hospital Gloom Killer TW 0M DITION JO CENTS IN SEATTLE, Ex I ORT PROJECT WINS! GIANT STRIDE S| i | enber of the graduating class 1 the city are co-operating with) ec & Carter, Star Staff Photographers Lieut. MacReady to Take Bride Today LOS ANGELES, Cal. May 9.— Lieut. John A, MacReady, who, with | Lieut. Oakley Kelly, was the. first aviator to complete a non-stop flight from New York to San Diego, will accomplish today what he has never attempted before—marriage. | ‘The girl is Miss Nellie Turner, formerly of Columbus,. Ohio. Lieut. | All Constructive | WI | RE-ELECTION EASILY FOR PROGRESS IS APPROVED! Propositions and — Candidates Win in Tuesday Vote By John W. Nelson Seattle voters at Tuesday's election placed the stamp of their personal approval upon the constructive measures that were submitted to them for consideration. While # comparatively light vote was cast, the old Seattle Spirit ruled at the definitely and plainly rejecting 'y bit of the reactionary and self- ish advice which was dished out im great quantities in the weeks preced- ing the election. P By a handsome majority the voters” ordered the port commission to pure chase the valuable Skinner & a shplyard site from the United States government for $600,000, and to use | this site for the development of Seate | tle as the greatest Pacific coast port MONTLAKE BRIDGE i NEEDED VOTES 3 With votes to spare, the electors ordered the elty to issue $500,000 ~ woith of bonds for the con 0 of the important Montlake-+ | bridge over the Lake Washing growing section” een and east the University of Washington |relieve the congestion placed the Fremont and University bi aid in the growth of the y by bringing the instit nearer to students of ‘Capitol and E. Madison and boost all at tions held in the Stadium. Then, as a final and’ pro Jact, the voters placed a thre tax levy upon themselves to fin the Greater Seattle school build! program recommended by the sch board and Superintendent Thomas R Cole. INCUMBENTS WIN In the contests for office, same attitude was shown by th voters. The successful candidates are all men who stand out for § attle's future growth and prospel on a broad, progressive basis, i harmony with the spirit of Seattle's founders. Oliver T, Erickson, Philip Tin and Robert B. Hesketh, incumb councilmen, were elected by stantial majorities, W._ 8. Lincoin, president of (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) se ‘ School Bonds Are Voted in Tac TACOMA, May 9.—Voters by a three-to-one vote authorized ' issuance of $2,400,000 for cons tion of new schools and the duction of the intermediate | or junior high school plan. Six: intermediate schools will be en ‘one large grade school and addi to seven other grade schools, — Mrs. Victor H. Miller and ‘Thompson were re-elected scho rectors, Chester Thorne, port missioner, was re-elected without Kelly will be best man, The cere- the bridegroom's parents here. mony will take’ place at the home| progtam, dealing | of position, and James A. Hays | Jesse S. Jones were unopposed re-election to the park board, |“‘Seattle’ Newspaper Trying to Cover Seattle voters were grinning Wed- morning following. an at- tempted uproar on the part of a “Se attle” evening paper which, having exhausted itself in a fruitless effort to serve selfish moneyed interests during the Port of Seattle campaign, endeavored to cover up its defeat by publishing another bogey man story that the Tax Limit Jeague would seek to enjoin the port commissioners from acquiring the Skinner & Eddy site in spite of the fact that a ma. jority of the voters authorized it, The newspaper story, like those that preceded tt during the campaign, said that if the port commission sought to go ahead with the purchase court action would be instituted by the Tax Limit league. Tt attributed this ennouncement to 2. 8, Goodwin, president of the league. “E told the newspaper T thought such a step likely would be taken,” nesday ax special pains will be taken to ac. quaint visitors with every angle of hospital life. sald Mr. Goodwin to Tho Star, “Of course you understand that is only my personal opinion, No moye has Springs Funny § Decisive Defeat been made and I do not know ex: what the league might do about: but I think it probable that kind of action to restrain the commissioners will’ be taken in courts, A meeting may be called { first of the week.” ‘The “Seattle” paper and the Ta: league base their complaint on tf fact that the transfer of the bonds apparently failed to three-fifths vote, altho the proposition, definitely aut! port commission to pure Skinner & Eddy site, was cart the port commission, with the: ity vested in it by the Tuesdi will finance the purchase by @ ch tax levy if the bond transter tailr@ This is the shoe that pinches, |» The “Tax league,” havinyy oppo tho bond issue on the pretence of tempting to limit taxation, no the necessity of paying for the S. "| ple's port thru a direct levy. It ti been hoist on its own petard that's the why of the howl Grin, people, grin,