The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 18, 1923, Page 1

Toner errant ae ana rEXPLODING VOLCANO DESTROYS 5 TOWNS! ——eeEeeeeeeee Oe ns Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Tear, by Me! seattle Star SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday; south- westerly winds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 64. Minimum, 50, Today noon, 59. “Two CENTS IN SEATTLE. NS OF LAVA QUNT ETNA! JUN 1923, AMUNDSEN FLIGHT CALLED OFF! reas 50 TRAPPED IN WRECK VICTINS ARE 6 Hers Arrives at TRIAL STARE IMPRISONED once OVER POLAR ec “Arrived bette measies, Best wishes. od nm | ‘ fs “i “PATHE.” ae A . ne ree : ee Monday morning than Wale {BY FAITHFUL WIFE nto Truck anc Overturns; Fire Adds to Perils Walla by the Larson family " from Ole Larson. arson eft Seattle 7 o'clock Sunday night, promising te advise family of his arrival at Walla, members of the sald. LOS ANGELES, June 18— BY JOHN W. NELSON Two persons were killed, several | Ole S, Barson, former Seditle and others are expected to die and | Tacoma banker, left Seat) scores injured as a result of a | night erash between a Sania Monica interurban train and a large touring car near Beverly Hills Howdy, folks! What did’ya do yesterday? So'd w | Wall of Flaming Destruction Pours From Erupting Peak; Scores of Villages in Path; People Flee It's a lor tour. Nature SATANIA, ly, June 18.—Hurling thousands of tons] whet you ¢ of flaming lava high into the sky from its main crater, while@ five new craters are belching molten destruction with re= ports like those of a thousand cannon, Mount Etna is in> eruption and already has destroyed five villages and threat 4 ens a score of others. 4 A great wall of molten lava, 30 to 40 feet in height, slid 7 oyer the spot where the little town of Lingua Glossa had stood and advanced in a flaming line, 300 yards across, upon neighboring hamlets. The village of Boscoragate dis- appeared. Three entire townships were obliterated by INHABITANTS STA LOADS THEY FLEE HOMES p Inhabitants of the threatened towns, warned for days” by rumblings and mutterings of the great volcano, fled safety in time. No casualties ‘have been reported, roads are clogged with rude carts and peasants and families staggering along beneath loads. of household Arctic Plane Dash Is Indefinitely Delayed; Relief Vessel Recalled EXTRA! EXTRA! Li'l Gee Gee's got the seven vear iteh, but she thinks that if she works real hard she can seratch it out in three or four years his Walla family Ferro, Piccilolo and Pallamellata, ivancing wall of lava. SR UNDER CHRISTIANIA, June 18—Roald Amundsen's airplane flight over the North P been indefi nitely postponed, according ubers of relief organizati here who were making ready to go inte the frozen wastes and misfortune man thing about a lawauit yer’s brief, Sund nitent at yea " bows im Walla Monday, but at ary sail impoaing nan Al Lasker of the shtp-| board is going to take 600 ma it m the Leviathan for a six. day trial spin. member il] remember the Leviathan, only e went by the name of the Lavi Nathan then. One of the A. E. P.| good thing about a rainy ’Sun-{ this morning. The train over turned and caught fire. Mrs. Harry McAfee, Lox Angeles who was driving the machine. instant death. Vernon Gray, Monica, a passenger In the ban, was crushed to death wi thru a window Santa terury when met | Waila try-| | but had not yet presented himself for sistration. Prison they had dof Walla and that pected at the penitentiary at \inoment Teargon hin ato Wilmon Tucker, Seattle quiet! any} ¢ None | ¢ The The the of neglect king in still beautifal but shrubbery lack that | aranes only & skilled gardener HOME ONCE WAS meet hin, A telegram Amundsen, it receive § was antiounced, an- | 1IZ..~ trom Mrs. Evelyn Mare bal) Field, wife of Marshall Field hicago, is reported ‘longings, snatched from in front of the fiery masses inundated their homes. as The outpouring from Etna’s old and néw craters nouneing that @ trial flight May i1|(0 have just taken out a $2,-\in volume each hour. failed, and that, this renulted In his 000,000 life insurance policy. | Proposed air trip over the pole being délayed Her husband, it is sqid, is the Now and then great bursts of flame shoot high the inky pall and flare against the sky; lighting the Later advices from the reilet or-| beneficiary, with a ghastly red glow. | At each new demonstration of the awakening gian new flights are begun by the terrified Sicilians. The lava pours down the mountain sides and over the surrounding country at terrific speed. A line of railroad has gone under; the station of Casti; ganizations dd that Amundsen’s A « flight had been definitely aban CHINESE SEIZE MISSIONARIES lione burst into flames and then was burned in lava. As in the days of old Pompeii, the terror of the vol him:| pr the loned for this year anes | commandin n ep jew ¢ Th nC ronment. received a me 4 $40,-| Sound, the Olyn Amundsen dated Nor appearance tle. The which s Tucker, « (Turn to Pa al M Priest and 500 Converts Are has communicated itself to the country side for mile around. Cattle and sheep are being driven in great he paneer dag 1 8 bo aM all Taken by Outlaws from the direction of Etna. The populace fills the streets Alaska over the polar regions and to! ROME, June 18.--Chinese pan-/ Of nearby towns, even of those at a safe distance. No wo eae make landing in Spitzbergen, | dits surrounded the Roman Catholic|is being done. z |Preston Can’t Get Much Sleep for Thinking About His Atlantie City Trip wreckage, but all of the sengers f a BT | escaped. altho many reeelved minor) BY WANDA VON KETTLER seen ¢ un Weeks a went into the frozen| mission near Hankow, China, and EXPLOSION SOU DS LIKE END q injuries from the impact and the fly-| soe Oe forced to wilderness of northern Alaska beyond captured Father Malotto, the mis ing glass. | ‘ written.” all communication with civiliz . and,500 Chinese converts, OF WORLD TO TERRIFIED PEOPLE | anteed t He traveled by dog sleds with picked | « to’ cables nere| The eruption began at an early hour Sunday mornin 2 |men and an airplane which he pro-| tod with a terrific explosion, as tho the end of the world ha The brigands demand a ransom at . JUDGE FAVORS | posed to assemble at a good spot for r he take-of ot $1,000,000, threatening. tc "come. The whole top of Etna appeared to have blown off ae wer ext Dries if-thia ln not paid at once, |Then. followed a rain of lapilli and ashes, which fel | Keane Believes He Is Win- ner Over Health Dept. and the members of his family and relo of friends knew of his departure. When he surrender self at the prison gates he re not | thé bondsmen who have pow for his > Attorney the rhododendrons get BEAUTIFUL AND HAPPY mother chance grow. SHOOT ON SIGHT, OFFICER “Did'ya see where Chief Sev- eryns has turned in his star?” s Did he?” a Ford.” j the ear over | An unide crushed, was wreckage and {pital in a mil expected to I The interurban was loaded with passengers and traveling between 40 and 50 miles an hour , month nm newly when it struck the touring car, marrie try to subsist on a diet) hurling it nearly 73 yards. Th of caviar, French peas, olives and first car of the train crashed alad o a telephone pole and over: turned, temporarily imprisoning between 50 and 60 persons and burying a number beneath the wreckage. The second car of the train caught fire as the power wires fell into the youth n from benea: mimodic entire front ed to a local hos: He is wagon from Alnek ¢ 9, Column 7) The t 000 surety home 11, result ep; bought ed m utinfactoril: ry, but 1 am Know of a Good Sleeping ie _ Powder for Mibs Champ? «= abandon flight relief expedition shrimp e university, but m was made of it in the none of the reporters knew how to spell it received ILLUSTRATED SONG for. ne nd trip with veral years. The p-ofts,”” on dd his mother u good, ch the chums It was expected that nothing fur i u be effediive are to be the guesta of The | ther would be heard from him until) Pope Pius has cabled Father Wil. Steadily for many minutes after the blast. lar, means even more to the |l0ne after the flight, as messengers helm Leufers, at Hankow, to do his) ‘The population of villages at the foot of Mount with dog: ‘ould take weeks to get ost to effect e lease of 0 . ‘ ine) ae Le eee lta the srearaee pela te eemuntoninoc eee ee jrushed from their homes and gathered in the streets, chat-— iB hi watking Ori alc dren. (OR : | eyes \tering excitedly. Women, with babies clasped to their while visiting hie grand. Amundsen carried & radio outfit) PEKIN, June 18.—Honan bandits| breasts, rushed about hysterically. They sought aid in but it failed to function as well as today surrounded the British mis-/t{he churches; many fell on their knees and prayed. Al about them fell the lapilli and hot ashes while a thick p champs? Preston Eldred Star's champ who is to leave Seattle Wednesday morning for Atlantic City J., where the last week of the month he will play in the first national marble tourna. ment, {s reaching the stage where it ig difficult to “Only Presto { sleep. two days more,” says no wonder.” F ton’s accu as a marble shooter has won a free round trip ticket to Atlantic City for both himself and his mother Daniel Keane, proprietor of the all-metal, Little ¢ iry, won what his at torney, Philip Tworoger,, considered a complete victory Monday in his sult to bebtraltl the city from inter.| Meanwhile Mrs, C. B. Eldred, fering with the delivery of his milk| the mother, is busy packing the in Seattle suitcase and a grip or tw Keane was advised. by Judgo| There is reason for some “extr Mitchell Gilliam to make another ap-| Packing. Preston and his mother, plication for a permit to distribute| After spending one week in the his milk. famous resort and tournament | *f see no reason why you should| téwn, Atlantic City, plan on re- le not be granted a license,” Judge Gil ning west as far as James. mn said. “I will withhold formal| town, N. D., and there remaining *| decision in the case for 10 days.” for perhaps two weeks before sign, “THIS| Keane is an independent dairyman.| continuing their Journey hom your own judg-| He doea not belong to the Seattle) WILL VISIT GRANDMOTHER Milk Shippers’ association, and he| ON HIS TRIP E, |welly. unpasteurized, natural milk In Jamestown, His license to sell mflk w: grandmother whom I must feed to the end upon remorse, 1 must falter alone in my self-made course, 1 must stagger alone with my self- made cross, For I bartered my graces for silk and inces, My heart 1 sold for a pot of gold. on the even 24, after a big get and sightseeing trip earlier in the day in Washing ton. PRESTON SAYS HE IS IN GOOD CONDITION Reservations have already been for them at hotels, Fi the day or two days fol the tournament will mother, will find time to spend ; just one day, at feast, in Dick. | had rae fee on i emgaaie: hi sion at Shih, threatening to inson, N. D,, the to here ho | W8S dispatched by means of MSicarry off the missionaries unless 4 r) was born just 14 years agor and |Witeless was picked up at an out-|the Chinese government. admits of impenetrable smoke hung over their heads so that th where he still has friends Hee ete ion te cually|them to the army. The women of could not see what threaténed. : jqett, about Atlantic City: ‘The pee ge dl a a gs hae inte Disawcttintei Let dine ont |, Castiglione and Lingua Glossa lay in the path of d 0 marble champs, representa. |"°" ee safety and the me re hold out ee . . * . e tivea of all wath 60 tte tied Amundsen's plane wax All-met ch : structive masses. These towns quickly emptied themsel States, and their escorts will ar. | 8" sea pra Mn Pict hh aee a of inhabitants. rive at th@t place ee eee ion cai Ravenn aa ee cen | By afternoon they were destroyed. Great clouds o ing of June | niseumiee. a soporte: Was bur in: oltous smoke seen by the fleeing people who glanced over their bi nib |lation in Berlin that his plane was shoulders told first of the destruction of the pine forests — )® second-hand German mii with a) lof Lingua Glossa, ie feouten welch Ian oan weata| | Then the lava reached the railroad and the station was develop defects and cause him to as |make a forced landing in the midst | : | burned. : Re lets fight | Transport Loaded With Arms | aRTHQUAKE SHOCK ADDS TO Many ot nial \y tie company whieh manitea, 'S Captured by Destroyer TERROR OF ERUPTION BLASTS thee days ha | -—— | Darkness came on, but there was no cessation of the lava’ ds the Am AY IN irectly across is the WAY OUT.” Use ment. the muny posted street cars the plano. Pa pac n ) t : Re INOPLE, June 18) advance. By this time people from all the surrounding cou troyer, operating in the ry . try were in flight. commence, and will continue un Sea of Marmora, has seized a Turkish rete i: e loaded weiter ‘cconting| Just before midnight a strong earth shock was felt, add til some nf the 40 players | rsa be ee bit MIA POLICE HUNT transport loaded with arms, according on ways if practice means any- ansport loaded with arms, according : thing—and ‘he's culwaye held | FOR 2 GIRLS to advices received here today. The its terrors to those of the eruption. — ; | from) Houses trembled on their foundations and the roads al lng the national champ sree! end of Grean Lake Sunday evening! qnrace in E was disputed which the inhabitants of the destroyed villages were back to Seattle. rm Fenton, 15, of the Ravenna | sround between Greeks and Turks | Caping rose and shook beneath the despairing cavalcades, Which reminds us that Pres partments, sus peng os following their War, which ended in A new mouth was seen to have opened in the volcano’ ton Ig yet to be presented with He) aid aay Bye Bu eae W defeat tor‘ Ureroer Turkey att ‘side. It was near a spot named Mount Nero, after the em the etly champ medal. We haye |°f ® Wi ; Kime sent men and supplies to the) deror of ancient days, and from this new hole the most kept it for the final morning. rifying flow of lava came, racing ahead of the other stream The prefect of Catania was informed of the disaster an | hurried to the vicinity of Lingua Glossa. He was accom |panied by a deputy and by the local’ authorities, ter away from him by the k art. | - — - —| cor: ACCIDENT TOLL | lthe night, but were still missing | disputed territory and held them (OT SANITARY The gold award will be hung w Bishop Ccireale arrived and gave what comfort he could Preston has a he hasn't SMeneanrennemeoaRe Some of the movies ought to be on the move instead of on the screen. | ‘Gre "The entire Coast f# laughing at tattle over the latest phase of the flasco—the accidental dis-| rters of a million 4 by the city eouncil,”—Frank | Waterhouse, Yes, but not half as hard as it laughed over the accidental discoy- ery by Mr. Waterhouse that he was hot an American citizen when he Was going to run for mayor. ser @ | LI'L GEE GEE, TH’ OFFICE | | VAMP, SEZ: | Cheer up! If you could afford | |a big expensive car, people | | would think you were a boot- | HIS PREMISES coat the ment because he sold mi | MOUNTS T0 31 | Monday | re for eventualities. There is 1th department claimed | Gone eth the population. bathing beach, it was reported, lreport from Constantinople that a | _ 136 injured in automobile accidents | quart cheaper than the sociation, Attorney charged. y | (Mra. F. Ferris, mother of one) nothing in the dixpateh to Indicate wos not keeping his f | a of the girls, was unable to shed| why the selzure should have been | 7 train time, Wednesday, Anoth- , Ley premises in a sanitary and proper! Autos Continue to Leave) ec something which helps to jany, High ion, the miyaterious dis) made by the Betish. manner and revoke ne | | kee; e bd f 4 ae ode mB Records for the past 60 days were Wake of Death beside aed | tor a walk and were last seen in| LONDON, June 18.—The Brittsh introduced in court which showed | Ee | | vicinity of the Green Lake} foreign office today confirmed a Keane's milk ax fifth in cleanliness,| (ciyrignt, 1928, by United Prowse) | elief trains were ordered ow < purity and general excellence in the| thirty four persons were killed and Today’s rye | Turkish transport had been seized Ri . d tr P, di uve proceed to the stri a. [entire city. | . In the Sea of Marmora by a British district and troops were dispatched to lend what aid the ‘. Keane, declaring that he was fight lin 27 cltles, over the week-end, ac-| Want Ad Offer \Erwin Bergdoll Is duatravar’ |could. ; ice au ing the battle of numerous independ:| coraing to figures gathered by the | 4 | Officials explained that the Turk. ng 1 S: a B} a oe milk. distributors, retuned tol eaten Press, Are you looking for a good in Freed From Prison), ‘ haere Ns Sie Giles Advancing relen! cae y at a speed of about 250 yards al stind by the health department's of:| your pertons were Killed and 90|| cloed ear that will stand ‘all SAVENWORTH, Kans, June 18,((0") Vvseel Wi bransporne ’m™s/hour, the molten stream split into a number of bran Mes Lea der and brought an injunction pro-|injured in New York city, Detrolt|| Kinds of weather? Hotter look |{—Bewin 1. Beradoll, wealthy draft which poured down convenient slopes, sparing property ree ceeding against Dr. Hiram M. Re ported four. killed 2 in-|| this one over . {tion of Article XIIT. of tha i rae: ‘ if. Re |todger, wt Tenve Fort Leave ang Lrudnslaecahles nendeah thes high ground. Indications contrary to first reports y a he city, to prevent their inte , in Los peniten here dnesday OF | is ‘ | . : * tisthoe Witik iia busines: , Montroae, Colo}, reported | ss ||forving two year and ten montha| THrkish war that part of the town of Lingua Glogsa might be saved, ana. Wan. t0 ARUSHA App llon liens! (nee riches | JDSMOBILE 4 CouPE \for ovading military service dung n A continued lava stream came pouring in on the fie fori. patinit’ Monday ‘atternoons| creveuind Hike news firat claws Guard Begins Its eddies of the first and the whole district was reported b: n Wranciaco, Milwau-| hanical condition: lota. of || 0 war: y “If they refuse we will stand on the| kee, suftalc Po vou must & San Summer Training |the prefect, who was on the spot, to be in the greate d Cincinnati each re *, You must see it and Bergdoll's sentence was court's decision, woroger sald. yorted two killed. oT saab epitie oveland Berg:| CAMP LEWIS, June 18.—Train-| Peril. ride in it to realize this won- |) months for good behavior Other fatalities were: derful value Terma brother pver Pons iy r} we Perhaps you could trade your ma-| Youngstown, Obio, doll, who to Germany when | ing aetivities started today for 1,800) Damages were reported to be enormous, loss in prope chine a4 a®first payment on a home,| St, Paul, 1; Columbus, Oblo, 1; Kan’ | sought by ra for evading the| national guardsmen gathered here) almost inestimable, \the balance to apply lke rent. You | sas city, jullinger, Oh, y ae Md | fete i au. Pai etts ust Ls iN Se ene bfon yhnt td ster Relief work was pushed as fast as 4 ‘i ew thru the! mington, Del. 1; New Palestine, Ind, | home in Philadelphia, ‘i «| Be i ® ment camo ? 1 se sn tne properties thru nthe wraverisi Onloc ds hehnded: seotlons sof the Northwest (Turn to Page 9, Column 2) At this rate it won't be 200 years| until all the people h political | Jobs and make a living taxing one nother. cut 14] Sign in a hospital: vo Children Atiowed in the Maternity Wards,” | Chicago, 1;| The you play. Want where Ad columna will tell ay ae this car is diss All right, left foot, take a step and the right foot will follow, possible in the Be