The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 7, 1923, Page 1

dening w. eee WEATHER Temperature Maximum, 85. Today Leth Minim noon, 69, 1 Clase Matter May he Seattle Star ‘SE Howdy, folks! One-piece bath- ing suits have been offiieally banned by the park board. Now it will take at lea: foot of material to make Square f silk handke: ribbon. The new ruling makes it sir for the girls ey can step righ out of the water, take off one sec tion of their bathing suit and be ready for the ballroom. With two-piece there will not be the at Alki Beach. eee LULLABY Baby, baby, With a pole, Catches fishies In the bowl. Then he'll stick "Em in the soup— ‘apa’! knock him For a loop, e- Nearly $5,000,000 worth of rabbit/ skins were shipped from Australia last year. Now we know where all those squirrel-skin coats came from. aap ae President Harding urges an “inter. national fraternity” of nations. There should also be a sorority for the weaker sisters. . . If the fraternity of nations is a Greek letter affair, how will you get the Turks to join it? “ee MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Now that a San Francisco doc- tor has declared that the lady on the dollar has adenoids, perhaps the following diagnoses are in | order: } The Austrian Crown—Pernl- cious Anemia, The Russian Ruble — Rigor Mortis, The German Mark—Putrefac- tion. The doctor complains because the lady on the dollar has her mouth open. Mebbe somebody has just stepped on her corn. 38 ow If it keeps up being warm we soon won't be able to tell the difference between the butter and the mayon- naise.—Kirk Herre. | eee Oh, what is so rare as a day in June? Tl answer this famed exclama- tion— It’s finding a Democrat holding a job In a Republican administration, “o Boys at the Oklahoma Agricultural coliege will nave to wear overaiis, says new president. But, no doubt | they will manage to have 'em made with bell-shaped bottoms, *— % | LY'L GEE GEE, TH Deere | VAMP, SEZ: | _Another date, another hairnet. | ae Prisoners at San Quentin to hold a track meet, says a dispatch. Clara Phillips ought to win hammer throw. ce The Leviathan, world's largest ship, is to have musical comedy en- tertainment aboard. Bet some of the passengers will be just crazy to see the chorus girls to their staterooms in taxicabs, ° YE, DIARY (June 6) | Up betimes, and to the office, but Law! it was so hot that even the type- | we would not work, an 1 to the Crystal Pool with Henry Ci world’s | lightweight. photographer, ‘and’ Cynthia | Grey, and did gambol in the cool waters | for upwards of an hour, finding great dex therein. | And did essay a divo trom level, but did tand on my pain’ never before did I ex- sand did. seo John Nelson, an- the tfice, did much busi- ness, then home, to supper, and to bed, see Every young man should strike out for hinwelf—but not when play ing baseball, Friend; One who will money. Enemy: lend you One that did, Another day, another holler (from the vows). How Often Ba a girl's |} Princess Mary and |points out | | @vwy, “aX Master George Henry Hub | Lascelles, and a view of his | nursery. } JAPAN INDORSES | SOVIET PARLEY } Negotiations for Conference Will Be Opened BY CLARENCE DUBOSE TOKYO, June 7.—Decision of the Japanese cabinet to.open negotiations looking to. a formal conference at which Japan and Russia would at- tempt to reach an understanding to- day paved the way for interchanges between Japanese foreign representa- tives and M. Joffe, representing Rus» sla, The cabinet voted to enter into such exchanges two days ago, The exchanges will be confidential and, it was expected, will cover de- tailed terms 6n which Japan would be willing to resume the formal confer- ences which were broken off several months ago and which Russia has requested be resumed. | The general belief here was that) mugh, time may be consumed in these interchanges which may lead} to nothing and which may resuit in a confidential agreement to be followed by a formal open confer. ence. Prospects seemed ultimate agreement, Japan is insisting upon recogni- tion of the debts of the czarist regime by the soviet government; recognition of old treaties; and pay- ment of indemnity for the massacre of Japanese at Nickolalysk two years ago. It was believed possible, however, that these terms might eventually be modified slightly. Japan will submit her views to Joffe, representing Russia, within a short time, it was stated. Civil War Veterans Begin Encampment GRANTS PASS, Ore, June 7.— Six hundred civil war veterans are here for the opening today of the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Business meetings are scheduled for today, with a big parade a fea- ture of tomorrow. Today’s Want Ad Bargain Here is a home that someone will want. Perhaps your apart: ment is getting too warm and you have been thinking of a little home, Better look . this one over, to favor an CLOSE-IN BUNGALOW. 4 nies rooms with bath and sun porch; attractéve and substan- tinl; on paved street, among good homes, with unobstructi- ble view of lake and mountain: lot 40x120; furn and Jaw dry, trays. Pri for im- medinte sale to $4,000; easy terms, Will nell furnished, One of Seattle's Realtors ia selling this property, Turn to tho Want Ads NOW, | requirements franchise, and operate ag «(Seek to Unload on Seattle Public So as to ‘PHONE CO, MAY SPURN PERMIT Kennedy Has Plan to Start City’s Own System By John W. Nelson That the Pacific Telephone & Telo- | graph Co. will snub the city council's | on the matter of grant ing public necessity without a franchise was declared on high authority Thursday to be the procedure | planned | The total indifference shown by | the phone company to demands from various city officials that litigation | against the city be dropped and that | an equitable rate be agreed upon verifies this suspicion, which has been prevalent in the minds of offi- clals for months. To offset this proposed action, Corporation Counsel T. J. L. Ken-| nedy has perfected a plan to start} an Initiative petition seeking to grant the city power to operate its! own telephone system. The success | of the move would enable the city to condemn the $18,000,000 plant of the| Pacific company in Seattle and buy | it in at junk prices, or at the outside to buy it at the assessed, vaiuation, which is $3,500,000 <ennedy says, KENNEDY SUG) iTS INITIATING LAW A recommendation that the com- pany drop all litigation as a prelimi-| nary to consideration of the fran- chise request was made Wednesday by Superintendent of Utilities George F, Russell in a report to the council. Various other requirements to be! asked, such as an equitable phone rate, compliance with the rulings of the state department of public works and other safeguards are being drawn by Russell and Kennedy. “If the phone company attempts to disregard the efforts of city offi- cials to safeguard the rights of phone users, the people will, have one recourse,” Kennedy said, “BY: initiating a law permitting this city to operate its own phone util the city ean acquire the phone pif at its own price, “The law could not be voted upon before the general election in 1924, which would give amplo time to circulate petitions. Once this right was established and the city's own plant installed the Pacific ‘Tel- ephone company will have to talk turkey, ‘The concern is , paying taxes only on $2,600,000 of valua- tion but is drawing a high revenue on its own yaluation of $18,000,000," Idaho Authorities Search for Slayer SPOKANE, June 7.--Idaho offi- cors were today continuing the search for Frank Strand, alleged slayer of W. Wedel, a neighboring homestender, Woodsmen believe the man will never be found, an the forest in which he is believed to be hiding is almost impenetrable, The hunt is being centered in the mountains near Santa and ern. wood, Idaho, southeast of St, Marios. a, 1899, AT’ TLE E, WA , THI King George RSDAY, JU BATTLE OVER CAR MEN'S PAY! POPPED PAPA neanncnctnty vor Year, by Ma qj by Shall Be _Fed, Cause of Royal Row Fears His Grandson Going Hungry Princess Mary Decrees Child Shall Sleep at Wisconsin Night, and Has Her Way By Milton E Bronner (Nn. E. June 7, George, A. Service LONDON, King him enough.” Princess Mary: he’s fed enough. No, middle of the night to fe That’s the row. times The conversation Says given he There's a looking poor child isn’t getting enough to eat! ‘Just like a grandpa! I simply won't wake him up in the 1 him. Mother and grandpa can’t agree on meal for Baby George Henry Staff Correspondent) royal worried: “‘I row in the palace. tell you, Mary, You don’t feed Of course That's mid-Victorian!” scelles absolute! Hubert re isn’t But they’ve said approximately that, gossip has it. The king thinks a baby ought to be fed regularly three hours, awake or asleep. argue: be fed every three hours. Modern nursery and he'd like to know why custom laughs at that, nowai 5 baby every His own children were, he his grandson shouldn't Princess Mary is left at night as long as six or seven hours if he is sleeping. Young Master is raising him like any Queen Mary, meanwhile, is {doesn’t share the king’s anxieties daughter ih the row over the bab oe 6 two to one pgainst acess. ate nurse to wait on the baby, fo wait'on the nurse. Lascelles is not a bottle baby. other | bit of patience with grandfatherly notions. Mey is bossing youngster, and she hasn't a a most docile grandma. She at all, but sides with her feeding times. the king, and the upshot is George Henry Hubert’s and al She herself picked out the furniture for the nursery. The! articles are plain and simple, painted in gay tints and deco- ‘rated with bright-colored des [onneeet sary luxury her order he is called “Master Lascelles Highness.” |ter what the king says. ens. She has decreed’ that} and tiresome ceremonials be dispensed |!” uy —not “His And she feeds him when she pleases—no mat-|47 for and 39 against ‘and it was Frantic Lrohers Dumping Trash Stocks on Market Evade Blue Sky Law BY JOHN W. NELSON With more than 250 Seattle stock selling and promotion concerns faced with extinction thru the reqtlre- ments of the “blue sky” law, which went into effect Thursday, millions of dollars’ worth of bogus securities will be foisted upon the public within the next 90 days before the law be- ‘comes completely effective, accord- ing to George 8. Kahin, attorney and director of the Better Busin bu- real of the Seattle Ad club. The law went into effect thruout the state Thursday for all firms that | have opened thelr doors since March 8, but firms operating prior to March 8 have 90 days in which to obtain their licenses. St least 75 per cent of the 300 con cerns listed in the files of the bureau will be forced to close thelr doors at the end of the 90 days of grace, Kahin predicts. WILL ATTEMPT TO UNLOAD EVERYTHING But during this period millions of dollars’ worth of stock will be offered for sale in one of the most frenzied auctions of worthless securities this city has ever seen, Kahin fears. With fly-by-night stock-selling con: cerns, bogus oll promotions, phony timber export companies and almost every other conceivable enterprise from world development projects to psucdo nurseries selling Japanese rogebuds, operating almost un: te d by the law in Seattle, it is time that Seattle investors receive protection, Kahin says. During the past year Kahin de- clares that between $5,000,000 and $7,000,000 has been taken from the salary worker, the small professional man and the laborer of Seattle. “This huge toll to the credulity of the public and the greed of sharpers would have built hundreds of nice bungalow homes for pur people,’ Kahin declared, MONEY 18 ALMOST ALL A TOTAL LOSS ‘And of all this vast sum invested in get-rich-quick schemes, not ono dollat in every hundred ever paid or will pay a dividend, Kahin de- clares. Moro than 99 per cent of the money is @ total losg to the in- vestors, The bl effective tho Inst » sky Jaw, which became jursday, Was passed by legislature after the Botter Business bureau had devoted more than two years to promoting such fa measure. It provides that all con. corns selling stock or securities of any kind must first make applica tion to J, Grant Hinkle, secretary of state and commissioner for the enforcement of the law, Not only obtain the first com- must the concerns approval of the missionér but every agent and every | salesman must also be personally certified as a stock salesman by Hinkle. Then thé concerns wish- ing to sell stock must make sworn affidavits on the personnel of its| officers, the number of shares of stock issued, the percentage of com- mission paid agents, and just how the money obtained from stock sales will be spent. MATERIAL ROVED they must their advertising. material to the secre for his approval. Per mits, issted under the authority of the state, will be given to those who pass the tests of the law Upon a proper showing Hinkle has Authority to revoke the license at his discretion. ‘The law provides that all concerns engaged in stock sales and promo- tions must obtain licenses. Those firms ‘which began. operations prior to March 7, when the law was signed, must haye their licenses at once. Firms that were operating prior to March 7, have 90 days in which to get their licenses. “And it is during the next 90 days that the period of frenzied finance will exist, bogus concerns will make desperate efforts to unload their worthless se. curities,"’ Kahin sa: Wild promises of quick riches will be made during this period and a heavy toll will be exacted from la borers, school teachors, stenograph- ers, widows and professional me: Knowing that their days are limited these vendors will make a last ef- fort to clean up, and will prepare to move their headquarters at the end of the 90-day period.’ BUREAU WILL CHECK ON ALL CONCERNS Pending the expiration of this pe- riod of 90 days, the Better Business Bureau will make confidential re. ports on all investment proposals, free to the public, Kahin announces, This service has always been avail. able, but there is a greater need than ever for such advice during the next 90 days, Kahin says, The bureau has offices on the fifth floor of tho Central building. To facilitate the work of Commis. sioner Hinkle, files of information obtained upon 250 Seattle firms of doubtful standing will he turned over to the state, Kahin says, Represen: tutives of the commissioner are ex: pected to arrive in Seattle Thursday mm to Page 9, Column 5) MUST BE A In addition verbatim. His mother} submit | when hundreds of these | ‘llowing the accident. * INDORSE LIQUOR | IN VOTE House | Approves Repeal) | of Dry Law, But Action Not Final MADISON, Wis., dune Wisconsin assembly, ik first blow in the West at abso lute prohibition, today approved the Tucker bijl to repeal the state | dry enforcement law, and sent it to engrossment. ‘The vote of ap- proval was 47 to 43. The question of final pass: emt nd engrosament vote, d to kill the an identical | After final passage me OUMd: siaine4o- dhe has killed # half dozen ie antl prohibition propos: A hard-fought battle of two hours | | preceded the decistye wet victory | Proposal for a . rendum on the |18q) amendment whe defeated, 60 to "87 by the wets, who referred |the bill to the ju committe where it willbe amended to vide for a referendum on the tion nullifying the |providing for a | gress. A resolution congratulating Gov jernor Al Smith for “his, leadership in leading a movement to return jto the constitation: of our fathers,”| was introduced by Assemblyman wet floor teader. It failed to get the two-thirds majority nec- Jesary to bring about immediate | eration, the ballot count being | refune repealer usure which jciary pro ques Volstead act and memorial to con- const referred to the committee. it will come up for consideration next week. | The repealer will be placed on the | assembly calendar for next Wednes- | (Turn to yee: 9, Column 5) CROWDS STRIP _ BARBOT PLANE PAULSBORO, N. J., June The “flying flivy which Barbot, French aviator, cal ‘aviette,” is in a gara, day, wrecked almost beyond repair. } Barbot, in an attempted flight jfrom New York to Washington in jhis aeronautical freak, was caught | in a gust of wind late yesterday while passing over here and crash- jed into a tree before ke could, get jhis machine under control. Barbot announced his intention of returning to New York and again jattempting the trip, but meanwhile jsouvenir hunters arrived on the | se In their desire to secure a piece of the airplane which has been the talk of the world, the souvenir hunters damaged the motor and wrecked the framework. | orges | his Enraged Pet Bear Injures His Master PORTLAND, June 7.—Down under the Front st, bridge Cesare Zenzold, known by every child in Portland, lies on a pile of rags in his little shack, perhaps fatally wounded, Cesare, the hand-organ man, with | the big trained bear which performed so comically at his master’s bidding, is crushed and torn—attacked by the bear he raised from infancy, The animal is dead, shot by State Humane Officer Cross, at Cesare's bidding Cesare's shouts wore heard by passers-by on the bridge, who saw the man struggling with the bear, and rushed to his aid. With difficulty the animal was beaten away, but not until he had left his master bruised and bleeding on the ground, Workman Injured in Fall From Staging Falling 20 feet from a scaffolding on a building under \construction at Mirst ave, and Virginia st. Carl Wellmoyer, carpenter, 1226 Westlake ave, N,, received internal injuries which may cause his death, accord. ing to officials of the Swedish hos pital, to which he was.removed fol. Wellmeyer slipped on the narrow planking and plunged to the ground while working on the building. He was employed by Hans Peterson, contractor, BOMBARD CARS WITH BRICKS SCHENECTADY, N. ¥,, June 1— State troopers may be summoned to prevent further rioting of street car strikers who jist night bombarded seven trolley cars with brloka in the heart of the business district, + | pher, jer, having |write for readers of The | lis here to-|s Miller to See Fight “U” Editor to Write for Seattle Star A to by Price & Carter Staff Photographers Max Mil adventurer journalist, philoso- and amateur box- completed his scholastic the University of Wash- left Thursday morning for Falls, Mont., where he will Star the human interest side of the happen- ings before the _Dempsey-Gibbons world’s staged at Shelby, July 4. Miller has been editor of the Uni- versity of Washington Dally for the past year and has attracted wide- spread attention by his editorials de- nouncing college life and collegians in general, He did not become interested in journalism until after his ‘sophomore r. In his second year in college, he won the university welterwelght boxing championship, and retired an undefeated titleholder, So Miller thoroly familiar with the fistic sityation and its different phases, and will be able to present to The Star readers an intensely interesting series of articles. UAMOR FOR work at ington, Great - HIM IN GRADUATION He hag just completed his “four- r course at the university, but he id participating in the graduation exercises held no particular interest for him, They can mail my he said Wednesday. ‘This trip is going to be my vaca- tion,” he went on. “Late in July I gail on the steamship Niagara, from Vancouver, B. C., for Australia, where I will join the editorial force of the Melbourne Herald.” Miller is a.native of Montana. While there he will stay with his older brother, who has a ranch just outside of Great Falls, “Shelby is about three and one- half hours’ ride from Great Falls,” Miller stated, “and I'll be running back and forth between the ranch, G Falls and Shelby most of the time that I. am over there. My brother's ranch is known as the ‘Lazy M," BROTHER PROMINENT IN LEGION CIRCLES Miller's brother is a prominent member of the Montana American Legion, under whose auspices the big fight is being staged. This, he says, will enable him to keep in close touch with the situation, When asked what he thought of the rival fighters, he said that he admired Dempsey for his gameness under the most adverse conditions. “He has been criticised severely for his war record,” Miller said ,“but maybe some of this is unjust, Re- gardless, he must be commended for his gentlemanly action and grit for carrying on as he does, “T don't know very much about Gibbons, and wouldn't like to pass any opinion until I see him in train- Ing.” diploma to KANSAS MILKMAID IS TWO-STATE CHAMPION ANSAS CITY, Mo., June 7.— Elsie Krasney, 19, Kansas milkmaid, was milking champion of two states today Elsie outmilked Bornice Wallon, Missouri's entry, in twe minutes of competition, during which she filled a pail with four and eight. tenths pounds of rich Jersey milk, Altho her opponent was a co-ed from the Missour! College of Ag: riculture, who had milked the best cows in that state with such she was picked by the governor to contest for inter. state honors, Hlsie's practical training on the “old home farm" enabled her to win the honors, | |banks im: HOME| {i(ll ‘Two CENTS IN SEATTLE. WOULD HIT AT BANKS! Russell Proposes — Seattle Withdraw: City’s Funds and Force Agreement By Lester M. Hunt ; Nine million, four hundred re sand dollars on deposit in Seattle: » y be withdrawn and shi led to banks in Tacoma by the city, in protest against the refusal of local institutions jto honor $125,009 in salary warrants” issued Monday, if the proposal of Superintendent of Public Utilities George F, Russell is acted upon by” other city officials. Russell was outspoken in his cone) | demnation of the action of the banks Thursday, and declared sharp reprisals by the city were necessary” to bring them to an understanding of their responsibilities, “You can't talk to a banker fi any terms but money “Civic interest carries little But we can talk to them in own terms. We have millions deposit, and I am heartily in ff jof withdrawing them and pl them in other institutions. could just as well transact our ness thru Tacoma banks,” he said TREASURER SAYS IT COULD BE DONE be City Treasurer Ed L. Terry championship, fight to be/|clared that the city has $9,400,000 Seattle banks, and that this could withdrawn, without formality placed elsewhere, at the discretio the city treasurer. b He decliped to speak for public tion, however, and would not fn cate whether he favored the d action proposed by Russell. . According “to city officials, city 1s obtaining 2 per cent in on this money, while warrants dray 6 per cent. f Mayor Brown sald Thursday morning that the city could readiigy negotiate a 90-day loan of $400, to meet the warrants, on the secyyss: ity of its large sums on deposifyga MAYOR TO ACT AS REFEREE “It would be a strange thing deed, if the city could not be $400,000 for $0 days on the of its deposits in local banks,” mayor said. “This' would be up the finance committee of thee council.” The mayor said that in case withdrawal of funds should favor with the city council, would endeavor to act in the of referee. Harding Defends World-Court P. WASHINGTON, June 7.— dent Harding today publicly reiter ated his belief that the world co} art would not involve the United Stat in any surrender of its che policies. At the same time the pre said American adherence to court would be a long step to this country's largest feasible con tribution “towards stabilizing ef zation.” The president's statement made in a letter to Bishop Tho F. Gailor, Tennessee, head of Protestant Episcopal Church. hone Hands ARE TAKEN FROM BIG CLO NEW BRITAIN, Conn., June 7. Hands were taken from the clock in the First Congregational church be- cause of the state law forbidding — any clock to record daylight-savinj time. LOCATION OF FAMED SHOA NY reader may obtain a per sonal reply to any ablo question of fact or infor tion by writing to The Washington bureau, 1322 York ave, Washington, D. cy in closing 2 cents in stamps, Le gal, medical and marital ad 8 can not be given nor can tended research be undei Unsigned letters cannot be swered, All letters are con thal, Q. What and whore are Muscle Shoals? A. A stretch of rapids in the nessee river in northern Alabama tending for a total distance of miles, but swiftest just to the ea; Florence, Ala, The stream — sweeps in a westerly direction: it turns northward to Paducah, where it joins the Ohio river, |