The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1923, Page 1

Entered as 8 4 Clase Mt M Hours Minim: Temperature Last Maximum, 57 WEATHER | | | | Home Brew Howdy, folks! Two hundred million pins are manufactured every day, yet you can't find one | when you want it | FASCISTI they ba thought he was = fun of the dead. eee PAVORITE WALL ‘ a . One of the great my tion maki Mussolini by Some Is¢ Yalled a Bluff; by Others a Napoleon; He’s Cave-Man vs uae non otne rota ng.| Puler; He Kicked Italy Back to Life; has paced a resoston &-| Dangerous? Maybe, But It’s Worked MOTTOES x If You Have’ Nothing to Do, Don't Do It Here. x x islature has passed a resolution de- nouncing the Darwinian theory. They Id now enact a measure! ce ae | BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS {NNOUNOEMENT Joe Bung-| ROME, May 17.—Call him a Svengali, a hypnotist, an starter, madoatig.ogy 5 _— vic ed egotist, a dictator, what you will, but Benito Mussolini has ndorns the head of this column, bas| cove, 3 , i tesa Glettling for overa. vcar....ze| saved Italy and he has saved King Victor Emmanuel III. has @ fine stock stored axcay and will) Some call this.son of a blacksmit! A dle soon embark in the retail’ trade.! Watch for further notices. —Advt. | now, premier an. tator of Ita American Indian made himseit | supple by rubbing himself with | le oll."~-Selence note. average garage to be in excellent condition. eee niin ei i ennneeiesneoninie mechanic i How would you like to become fa mous as one of the parents of a pro-| fessional bathing beauty? x-———— ——~ —--—¥ LrL GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE VAMP, “ Tw reason they call {period | | furniture is because it means th’ | end of your bankroll if you buy | | any of it, } SS cee They call Luls Firpo “the Bull ot} the Pampas.” Ha, ha! another rival) to Doc Brown! j . When Manager Wolverton first| f took over the Seattle team, the sport-| i eds crowned him with a laurel wheath. But now all he gets fs potson | vy. i see | Lots of men would leave their foot. | prints Time's eternal sands to grace, Had they gotten mother’s slipper At the proper time and place. eee “Have faith in the government of your fathers,” says Uncle Joe Can- non. We have the faith, Uncle Joe. We wish we had the government. eats TODAY'S FABLE i Once upon a time a bride didn't} ; ee 4 get a pair of silver candlesticks. | Benito Mussolini ‘ cre The year’s dumbbell prize goes to the gink who left his entire fortune Hi id 54 2 : to the mother of the "Uaknown Sol-|| How Did Fascisti Become Reality? brah eae | What is the Fascist! of Italy? Whence did it spring? Virtual, This, boy's and girls, is Prof. Adol-|| Control of Ialy by the Black Shirts, under the magnetic leadership piu McSwoop, who will tell bedtime | of Mussolini, is one of the outstanding world topics today. It has stories. by radio been “on trial” for several months and appears to be growing a we | eek stronger. William Phifip Simms in the accompanying article gives j dk. Touleat Star readers a clear, concise pen-picture of the Fascistl, {ts origin | ha Gan vrelate’tas and its probable destination. adventures of : Charlie Cockroach | and Billy Bedbug, | Napoleon. Some call him a bluff. But today, after severa? months’ trial, and tomorrow none denies he has done a good job. night he will tell | But for this bold “upstart,” as his enemies call him, this man who once of the strange dug ditches in Lausanne, Switzerland, for a meal ticket, Italy today would things that befell very probably be in Russia's stakes and Victor Emmanuel just another king Scratchie-Scratchie, the Cootle, and| in exile. Brer Louse, who never joined the 5 aaioy, ba How Fascisto Started 4 pein he Briefly, here's the who, what and why of it 4 It takes a “good line” to win’her,| After the war Italy started to go to pieces. Class hatreds sprang to life.| and “good lyin’ to keep her. Unemployment became a menace. Prices were high and money was scarce ge Bolshevism menaced the country and a communist, revolution seemed ’ : : impending. Disorder was everywhere. q Two deat mutes were married in| ‘Phe Italian. government seemed powerless, It did nothing, or very little, Seattle yesterday. Yep, they are un-/ to wet things to rights. There was an enormous deficit in the budget with : speakably happy. which the cabinet seemed unable to cope. it: wate From the Italian point of view tho government's foreign policy was j , TECHNIQUE supine. Stagnation at home and abroad. The country seemed slowly drift. j ~ I opened my desk at eleven-fifteen; | ing to its doom. | - 7 removed both my collar and| About this time, in Milan, the blacksmith’s son, Mussolini—now by sheer Eoat; (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) Inserted a sheet in the ancient ma-| meet - npaere —— chine and instructed my fan-| ion TEMPUS TODD “You may float," I retmarked;s “but | 4 pray do not soar too high—we | FUT RR Sra a must dig, we must delve; YOU THE FELLER WHICH ADVERTISE ( Ts einai ag rte 159003 iD New SECONDHAND SEDAN 7 4 A : Fo CHEAP (wine Hu 4 ished by twelve.” R_SALE icles NINE HUNDR, : —Ted Robinson, in Cleveland Piain aN Dealer. : 1 got to my desk at a quarter to, ten; | I doffed both my weakit and coat, | ] I stared at the paper and glared at 4 the pen, and sighed; “Oh, for : something to quote! f 4 Then thru the exchanges I started | i q to seek, and the very first : thing that I read Was the poem preceding, entitled “Technique” (10:01) I'm obliged to you Ted! 4 —F. P. A. New York Tribune. q cee 4 Our boat is at the wharf, And 5 minutes’ time have we, ‘ 4 We clip your stuff, dear| 7 boys, | . a Here’s a double health to j thee) THERE IT 15 ~ THOROUGHLY FIRST C NOT HARDLY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT- ED DOLLARS ON EASY TERMS) | Foutottion at Beattie, Wes der the Act ef Con The SeattleStar | ATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923. BRIBERS TO DIE! Three Thousand Russian Officials and Citizens Found Guilty! GREAT ROOM POLICE STATION STORM CENTER (POLICE STATION STORM CENTER) G LY AKEUP HITS NATION Roads Swamped With Orders, Says| G. N. President | By John W, Nelson Prosperity which has come to the ¢ country during the past has given the rail roads a flood of business that has never been equaled, accord ing to Ralph Budd, president of | ireat Northern railway, who In Seattio with a party of eat Northern officials “working trip of inspection, ho described it ire year is apending © of Washing-} on its improve total $30, system. Prac-| ement will t program whic ».000 for the entir ally all of thi« smpleted to prepare | when NEW EQt WENT FOR BIG FRUIT CROr In addition for improvement, otftright yo line has pur 500 new refrige the fruit crop and ha. haxed } ator cars for placed orders and in constructing } 4,000 freight ‘cars and 58 locomo. | tien: | The money to be spent in this state for tmprovements ts sub “(Yarn to Page, Column 2) FEAR VICTIM IN CRASH MAY DIE Three Men Held in Jail as Result of Accident | | —— partment, Capt. Mike Powers, who is furnishing the fire for a fine} little stew that is about to boil over in the Seattle police de-| vith the: freight, said- his shout of Capt: Powers charges that Mayor Brown and|warning was unheeded. Chief of Police Severyns are trying to retire the older men} (HOME EDITION Mall, 11.50 TWO CED * IS MADE BY LENIN} Bolshevik Chief Sets Out to Cleanse Government of Corruption; 2,500 Givers and Takers of Bribes Are Sentenced to Terms in Jail MOSCOW, May 17=Sixty-one persons have been sen- © tenced to die in the Russian government’s new campaign to clean its departments of bribery. In the movement, ordered by Premier Lenin, 3,265 per- sons have been found guilty and sentences ranging from death to light imprisonment have been inflicted. More than 2,500 were given from two to 10 years in jail. Of the total number found guilty, 1,664 were convicted jof of giving bribes | and the remainder of accepting. ENGINEER DIES; PASS MEASURE TRAIN WRECKED TO BE DRAFTED \Dead Man “at “Throttle as | Council Will Get Ordinance © | Passenger Hits Freight | Soon, Says Tindall LIMA, Ohio, May 17—A dead} An ordinance providing for a) man was at the throttle when the | aojar. % ration a ensthound (Lake: Erie and Western | (7 2) 2 Week:aas Plan, of operation paasenger train lastnight” treated |{R- *hevetreet | railways will be drawn by Corporation ~ ‘| headon with a freight near here, in- juring 13. persons, authorities be-| Thomas J. L. Kennedy, for submis- |sion to the city council, just as soon” Metéd “today. | “A physician's report following an las the: “presect ies! are‘ ort l|autopsy on the body of George Bass- nance is disposed. of. lier, 61, engineer, indicated he died : lof heart trouble a few minutes be-| The utilities committee of the | |fore the crash jcouncil, at its meeting Thursdays! | | P.O} Early, Basslet’s fireman, be ho leaped to safety pose the un- |controlied passenger train crashed | voted to take such action. The com: mittee heard a, comprenensiye res jport on the operation of the Tacoma, jstreet railway under the pass plan, [made by Councilman Philip Tind Disregarding an order which he Ome : d was so favorably tm Three men aro held in the city! ¢ iy " . clutehed in his right hand to stop | 44 ail on open charges, and another in| i” the department to make places for political favorites.|st Oakland, Bassker’s body swayed | th the ‘reaujts: of Re pass system in the city hospital ring be-| Three old men, knowing the pension fund was being dissi-|with the engine as it sped slong | Oe naa oe te aot ee veen life and des e result of z. dis d b P. harge. 50 miles an hour. 1 pated, dted because of worr owers charges, i wa rt “ ride whieh to an end pat Photo by Price & Ca y late Photographers “ft called to him we had passed ie oan age of such an ordinaney orning, at 6 o'clock, Sites the Oakland switch,” Early said /[°re 4 auto, in attempti tod "He paid no atteation. The |, Councilman one. T. Erickson, in to make a turn from 16th next instant we piled up on the | /'S ayaa ie" council last week, jto the Garfield ast. bridge, over. |freight. I am satisfied Bassler, | [vored she encores of a pass” turned and rolled onto the car jdean of engineers on this. line, was |e eae aaa operatic |tracks, pinning the four occupants laend nt the throttle—how long I ne mera councilmen have since | underneath, can't sa Beak the idea, | Herbert Manley, 40, 515 22d ave, This verston of the vecident was|, TH® Mew ordinance will not be tne | was brought to the city hospital in |a eritical condition soon after the |nccident, by W. B. Kiloves, driver | |for the Yellow Taxi Co, who wit- hex nessed the crash. Manley lapsed into unconsciousness almost imme: | diately, and hia recovery is consid. any 41-year and during that:time cess of the higher fare measure un [°C te aur, 49 . Men for Political Pets; Says [aar’ srer"oreroskca or misne|"! testes stows 4 | 2. L. Miller, 49. was arrested \. : : es rail fick raaditsip: Stir ther selent’ and 3 Worried and Died laaooet se errors ae |lodged in tho city jail jmorning George W. Clark, 43, Later in the | and | ‘These men are eald by Klleves | Counter. charges of. lax administra. jto have extricated themselves from|{0n- Underworld protection, and at)T am still fit, and I refuse to be| macoptA, May 17.—Jewels and|four months ago from San Qué Le ovbettine® tak and 45 have run, st @ court action, has resulted, all] pensioned until I can no longer do money representing $6,890 were |tin, Cal., penitentiary, where they © Jaway from the scene of the eraah,|Decause Capt. Mike Powers 1s 60/my duty. If able-bodied and experi-|itolen. by bandits in this city and{Were serving life sentences for mit years old, going strong, and refuses | Clark: admitted that. he was driv. | Years old; 80 ; ing the car when the amashup oc-|' be retired po | curred, and both admitted that they} Capt. Powers, who has been inj the men injured the department 32 years, insists that Capt. |no able-bodied man should be re- |had been drinking, the police de day that the All three men will be held pend-| tired, regardless of his age or length| seeking to destroy the pension io divulge the hiding place of his|became suspicious, but were over= Jing the outcome of Manley’s tn-|of service, And he points to the) fund, in order that many offi- |money in his home. The robber|taken after a thrilling chase, | Juries, police said Thursday, Manley | record of the older officers of the| cers may be induced to leave | oscaped with $4,750, *| Automatic revolvers were fou! |is believed to be suffering from a|Substations to justify their claims} the service, thus providing Robbers entering the room of Mrs.|in their possession while two |fractura to the skull, besides bruises |to efficiency, Jand possible internal injuries "Why Is it that more safes have Manley runs a card room at 76|been stolen in the last year in the ler way, the police downtown district of Seattle than pointees and a say MAKES CHARGES ‘Declares Mayor and Chief Retire Old i Bis, ee | A department row that has shak-jever before in the history of te! ROBS MAN OF Oc salty piney bodtaealth ty anal en Seattle police circlés to their|city?” he asked ‘Thursday. “In the taken to. the pollee atatton, jdepths and brought tharges and| substations. the older officers are DES MOINES, Towa, May 1? preserving order. enced officers are forced into retire: | there are no funds left Powers charged Thurs- many vacancies for favored ap- for patronage and the construc- (Pun to Page 7, Column 5) supported by Mrs. Bassler who said | Toduced until the present ordin raisi ar pased 6 Iner. husband. before starting out|@8iNe carfares’ is die Councilman ‘Tiridall said. In Wednesday morning haz complain-| xd of pains In the region of his| Present state, the ordinance: canna e be amended, and the council . “a Bassler had been with the com.| ot Wish to interfere with the’ wues nce. They are still. $4,750 CASH |Two men, alleged to have escap vicinity last night, according to re-|der, were held here today ay ports reaching the police. ling arrival of California auth George Lezeth of Eatonville, near | ties. here, was forced at the point of a} The two attempted flight in tht pistol in the hand of a masked bandit |automobile when two police officers: for | in line of duty.” | administration is M. 8. Wand stole jewels valued at $2,050 from beneath her pillow as |she slept, according to her state. ment. chester rifles, a quantity of ame munition and burglar tools were covered in the car, A circular reaching here a wide opportunity Easy Terms LASS. NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON EASY TERMS, HUH SUPPOSE T EHO, PAY CASH WE Ray ng AIL AIM Story by Octavus Roy Cohen W hours later resulted in sdentification: of the men as Thomas Walton G. P. Burt, alias Charles BE. Reedy They also are wanted in Spokane, Wash., for the shooting of De Sheriff Richard Gashatt, who wounded in an attempt to Burt, police said, Mustrations by Weston Taylor ges 1F You WAS TO PAY CASH, MR.TODD, TWOULDNT CHARGE You ONE CENT EXTRA. |GOOD ACREA TODAY Are you ready to take piece of ground just g city limits? Today4 columns offer