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HAR erate we Maxtmum, Today DING SHIP RAMS DESTROYER! OI nn tn tne etre tell tPA Pr tr P tPA PAPAL APL PROP PPP PPP PPP Entered as Second Clase Matter May & 1 Postoftioe at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8/1819, Per Year, by Mail, $2.60 =| The Seattle Star ee VOL, 25. NO, 131. Howdy, ! Well, Presi dent Harding can't say we didn't give him an exciting time on Puget sound! a, ate Phe president wore a light-colored suit when he rode in indicaging that he had no intention of changing a tire on the road. Harding's car was almost com- pletely surrounded by secret service nen. One has to have a lot of guards | Ground one’s car these days to keep the accessory saleamen away. “ie Si) Amongthe most disappointed mem bers of reception committee were » delegation of Kitsap county fleas waiting to welcome Laddie Boy QUERY During his transcontinental jour, President Harding has operated a tractor in Kansas, driven a locomotive over the Rockies and painted a house in Alaska, Would it be proper to call him a migratery worker? see The president's trip will not be omplete, however, until he has done longshoring in Seattle. course the president has to nake at bh @ show of work We pay him $75,000 a year Next y the republican cam p point with pric to the constructive work perfor Harding. Even Henry Ford never driven a locomotive. see Mayor Brown was worried over what to wear during the visit of the executive. He finally compro- by on a new pair of THE COSTUME DE RIGUEUR Magnus Johnson, the new sen- ator from Minnesota, attained political honors, by wearing no man's collar—not even his own. Doc Brown should have ap- peared in the procession in # bathing suit. gallon hat has gone out But the one-pint pocket x - ——- * Presid of course, was the traction in the parade. But Gov. Hart and were the side | | Gov. Hart had a specially mono grammed plug of Granger Twist— p'tu—for the occasion. The president—it this be io majesty stop us—is not averse to chew gf tobacco on occasion. How | do We know? Well, wasn't he a country editor once? per ea IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS Mrs. Harding — Now remember, | Warren, I don’t want to see you sneaking a bite of that horrid old to- baceo from Gov. Hart... . Remem- ber down in Portland how you dis- graced us? ... I never was so humil- iated in my life. . been all right back in Marion when you were getting out the paper. got to remember our po- it’s a filthy habit, any- his Alaska visit, Harding declared that he would do all in his power to ald the salmon industry. The chief problem, however, is to persuade the salmon to enter the cans Juanita Miller, daughter of the famous California poe' announces that she is going to marry the moon. Well, she'll have to wait until she finds it full. Li'l Gee Gee asked a gob if his ship fired a presidential salute when the Henderson arrived “Well, if gups weren't fired replied t “then the ship's janitor wa f NO NAMES MENTIONED Man charges that insane bar- bers are allowed to shave the in- mates. A lot of those fellows have escaped to Seattle and are now working along Second ave. see a 4ut there As little danger in get ting a shave. You can always tefl} when you are in danger by the sud- den draft in your windpipe. oy) 168) Little Homer Brew, Jr., doesn’t want to spend his vacation on a farm. He is afraid that if he is bad they'll use the thrashing machine on him DESPITE THE excitement of the President's vinit DESPITE THE wild cheers and the waving flagw OLD JOE Bungstarter continues his efforts to apprehend the owner of the mysterious hand TODAY HE failed, but, ahl— WAIT UNTIL tomorrow! A J, 8. It might have | SE ATTLE, WA day FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923, * TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE, WILSON CEES RESIDENT HARDING: Seattle and the Pacific Northwest are glad to’ see you back, glad to hear you voice your views. ‘Today those among us VESSELS CAUSES FOR who are critics of your administration policies will withhold their criticism and join with your warmest supporters to make you feel at home in our western city. ( UNEASINESS! *roday, for all of us, you embody the dignity and the high hopes and the aa tige of the United States govern- IN roc! And as such, Warren G. President’s Party in Wreck Mis Accident Delay Seattle Arrival President Harding arrived in the Seattle 'Reactions of the Day Do Not Occur) Ment. Without Cause, Harding, Seattle bids you wel-, you homage. He Says NEW YORK, July % . world has been made safo for come and pays democracy. But democracy has yet made the world safe against ir rational revolution,” declares former Name Twins Born Here tite etn seer] Today After Hardings From Revolution,” in the Atlantl ADIES and Gent Meet Warren Harding Curlel and Florence nthly Kling Curiel, Seattle's newest citizens, born to Mr. and Mra, Albert ‘Our civilization cannot survive |] Guriel, 182 26th ave., Friday, July 27, at 6a. m Henderson auspicious in the stars for these twina, the fond rock, the U. materially unkeas it is redeemed spiritually,” Wilson stated in one of the few articles he has written since Iness overtook him in the |} names of ress nd the first Jady of the lanc White House. “In these doubtful Also t illariy beneficent influence and anxious days,” the g born on the day of the president's arrival in being a boy and a girl, enabling them to bear the 21 gun salutes, The president docked at the Bel] st. wharf at 1:15 and was to proceed imme- diately to First and Bell st, whence the parade was to start. 4 see upon the tw since tHe names of the president and bis wife in part, when he world is at re so eupbonious that they may be adopted with pleasure for The unrest,” and “look which way you || new arri will, the road ahead seems darkened While idle names of the twins have 1 nitely de by shadows which portend dangers || cided ja practi assured that Seattle's presidential twins any kinds, it is only comme will bear . names, according to Dr, H. J. Davidson, who dence that we should look attend r. The youngnte re sligntly Indisposed Friday and attempt to assess the caus nd we for a photograpt thing to wear,” ch The United States Transport Henderson, earrying President Harding and his official party, crashed into the Destroyer Zei- lin at 8:46 Friday morning in a dense bank of fog off Dout Bluffs at the entrance of Ad: miralty Inlet, ramming a . hole in the forepeak of the de- stroyer and delaying the Hen derson over three hours, a No one was injured in the accident, according to radio ad- vices in Seattle from the trans — ‘mending Program Made Over Following Delay we Se ote Schedule Off, But Committee Acts Quickly| in tow by, another dase va listing badly dat noon to Revise Arrangements for Day vas. feared iinet aie “ag — \ |be’ beached. REVISED HARDING Jensuien 2 een PROGRAM |proceeding at a slow rate of ives in Beattie stress and ¢ moat | ely w means of removing them Commenting on the cause of th Russian revolution, which Mr. Wil son describe as “the outstan nee s kind our ag erts that $a systematic de to the great body of Russian of the r nd privileges which all normal men desire and must have if they are to be contented and within reach of happiness.” “It was against capitalism,” wrote, “that the Russian leaders di- rected their attack, and it is agai capitalism, under one name or an-| When the U. 8. teinsport Kender other, that the discontented ciasnes everywhere draw their indictment. rons, Wao de aatatiines: , crashed into the destroyer ge of social forces must n in a blanket of fog off Port great and widespread re. | Townsend, delaying arrival at the actions like which ts now un- | Bell street terminal until 1:15 p. m., manifesting ne mayor, ch: r or commerce and do not al officials immediately began a provocation ng President Harding and when the accident occurred. had entered the fog blanket time before the crash dnd slowed down as a matter of te Voluaieee BAF cele. caution. Z he Vole eee Most of the party aboard the ff the set program for th transport was at breakfast ourselves irre: eption in Seattle oe , < Seep when, the aceident happened. cilably to an attitude of © off immedi Several were thrown from their this movement of the t > c > pres t lan r Visits Orthopedic hospital chairs to the floor by the foree — frankly to put to oursaly 4 ‘ . 4—Addreane crowds at of the impact and dishes were — tion: ‘Is this capitalis y cov in time N 5) dium. hurled from the table and coffee — impeashable?” which is a . i spilled from the cups. of asking: ‘Hay & . er. | park celebration c maven Heatu ¥ The Zeilin had apparently ally used th t t if i ’ | tried to cross in front of @ fit of the cou hie it 4 there, f party a half hour Henderson's bow, and had capital is empl F he H : v { Press club after the stadium | judged the distance. Had the eae of their fellow men sident will be with the boys | address big ship been traveling at full | he state from 2:30 to 2:4 | Mayor Brown wired H. n | speed, she would have | ci ifteen will) be Ay morning, after news of the delay | i the destroyer and sunk her, it is s hospital n 2/had been recetved, asking him if it believed, 2 and th | would be oll right to revixe the en The crash left the Hendersoi 1 go the stadium, arriv: tire program of the day. The pres i 4 | practically undamaged. ing there on the scheduled time ot [ae nt immediately wired back that it ; | ibousands. ct: jerecna “1c would be agreeable to him. s < Seattle streets, shore line and hill piliaatincashesiatpeonsinmcmaietet on both sides of the city Gunman and Screaming | N ation’s W heat Growers °g AWN -” [nates an Woman C Riot : Eager eyes’ watched the chanm . » A y |beyond the Wi Pot lighthous aa vl In Desperate Situation , ! lm emo cot th NEW YC b jslimpse of the incoming tran and a . By 10:30 the crowds were beginn ming woman stot twol McNary to Lay Problem Before President} / 4 j jt get, impatient, and soon policemen to de ath on the running When He Reaches Oregon jWards the news flashed over East Side here last midnight cify that the wreck delayed tht president and his party. he ciidepattered 'Godles ot the|, (BX HAROLD E. SWISHE! [agree that an extra session of con SALEM, Ore July 27.—"The | gre ia adv »le, it should be con First dispatches from the Hend son stated that the ship would rs ph es c he 6o " » | Vened in September, and the law en delayed an hour, and the com te |gutter, where they had rolled, and|“Nestarowers of the country aro) Vy ote during September that in charge of: the: day's cclebrati they died before they could reveal |*#¢ins te financial situa-|ine ayorage wer sella his wheat immediately made plans to shift tion. Untess they are given ald, and |to meet his bank obligations, outfit lthat immediately, many of ther will |she children for school and settle his | program. {bills as far as the money will go. Parade thru without and hiy wife to be club luncheon. A gunman board of a taxicab on the upper "| tWo patrolmen were found in the the mystery of the strange shooting. is ng At 11 o'clock the transport hh not arrived, and another mi set the arrival at 1:30 p, m. Impatient crowds still waited pectantly at noon for the natit chief executive. Many returned 4 their homes, to come back to to in the afternoon, but others si at their posts during the entire The Zeilin, which was rammed 5 The taxicab dashed away and was lost in the maze of after-theater |b¢ ruined.” traffic from Broadway ibe Chadkes tee ate ator Charles 1. Me Hundreds of police are prowling | 2% ecg : am J 3 pol are prowling | wary, of Oregon, explaining his in | tod: Tre ane ery dives for the /tention of boarding President Hard murderers and the underworld ing's special train tomorrow as it a turmoil. All ferries and railroad |.” stations are guarded to prevent es. “If the guarantee ty not lished by that time, the be in the he of speculators, and \the farmers will benefit The growers are discouraged, and well |they may. be, Their present cond! speeds south thru the state, and | tion is due lar ly to higher wa reing o! n| 4 need ‘or pro rt | cape of the death car Teale dbecthe eeteas producers of| Dei YR apse atime ee aa the president's transport, i . CAR IS DRIVEN the nation largutia: canbe: tarnetu Hurdua hal} ber of the 88rd Destroyer divi BY A WOMAN An investigation of the situation |nones k hat tha Wag oe pha comes greater by finding the pr Capt. R. Morris commands the The two policemen, Charle tarted during the last session of of his ¢ | 1 less than the cost of | ? vision, < | Reynolds und Frank E. Romanallt, | congress, where he was senior mem: | producing it. It Is a grave situa ‘The Henderson proceded on to S both off duty, were standing at the ber of the agriculture committee, | jtion confronting an industry which | attle as soon as the disabled Jentrance of the Queensborough | coupled with a more recent canvass | r¢ presents half the nation’s wealth.” | had been taken care of. The bridge when a taxi dashed by with|of the wheat belt of the Northwest, | fosidoy being the ranking mom: port would have not arrived on sereaming woman inside. convinced the Oregon the senate agriculture comtit.'| oo time had the accident not happe | pair commandeered a some emergency aid tae And vecatilead ha ona: OF the | t { it is believed. The ship had | drt by a woman, who later dis I seantng atatennen th ckciey | é traveling slowly because of the | appeared, and overtook the flecing| ppEgIDENT TO G yaa proslaisd, wenator Bet previous to the accident. | taxi after a chase across tho bridge dopo |Both men mounted the running | RESULT OF PROB! (Turn to Page 9, Column 3) pour and "Patrolman Gussman| ‘t intend to lay before President | ; Harding May Stay | walking his beat, came ypon them, | Harding the situation as it has been | qm f | to See Pages eed any help?” Gussman asked {revealed to mo thru personal investi | ked | |when he recognized them. Gussman | 8ation, supported by scores of ‘pe | |noticed that the clothes of the |titions and requests for aid I have | |woman inside the tax! were torn and her auburn hatr disheveled on case,” Reynolds | | The taxi started away again, and just as it turned m corner Gussman | heard a werles of shots. He ran| |up and found the two patrolmen in | the gutter. They never regained | consciousness and died in a hospital, | There is no known motive for the Jerime, Authorities hesitate to be- lieve that the gunman killed the two to escape, unkeas he was some notor. jous criminal, Reynolds’ statement |that he needed no help “on this |cane’’ led to a suspicion that he may have known the man and woman, received since congress adjourned,” | Senator McNary told the United Press, “1 will not pointedly ask the prest- | dent to convene a special session of | congress, but some emergency relict |is certainly necessary, and I see no way for this to be obtained except | thru congressional action, and that | at once. | “The Goodwin bill, introduced dur ing the hast session, placed on the calendar, but buried In the final jam of affairs, fixes ® minimum of $1.75 per bushel for the 1923 wheat crop. ‘This mqasure enacted into a law| would shve the situation, I believe, | and prevent hundreds of American farmers from being forced into bank- ruptey by less than $1 wheat, iit | to be of any real ald, prompt action jg necessary. If the president should DON’T WAIT TOO LONG!! Now while there are a few homes to pick from is the right time to buy. A little later the choice ones will be gone. COWEN PARK BARGAIN ,800; terme. y $1,000 below market ° absolut modern rooms, hall, large liv posing brick room; ment, More details about this ho can be found in the Want Ad columns today, Turn to them NOW, That President Harding may over night to see the “Ameri was\the hope expressed by p officials, Friday afternoon. The beginning time of the formance was postponed until” for Friday night and an invite was to be extended the pi Owing to the fact that many disappointed in seeing him, it is 1 lieved possible that Harding will | cept the tyvitation. PROBE PLOT TO KILL PRESIDEN WASHINGTON, July 217.—p ment of justice agents two me ago tnvestiguted a reported p (Turn to Page |