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i _ YOU WEATHER | Temperature Last 24 Hours } Maximum, 57 | Today inds Minimum, 41 noon, 36 Howdy, folks! Alki Beach is ng to have an official bath uit inspector this year. The unofficial bathing sult inspe tors will be on the job as usual, how 9: 60 The inspector will be called upon | to decide whether flappers are wear. @ one-piece bathing suit or one © of a bathing suit 6 of 9 WORDS OF FAMOUS WOMEN Kyo—See here, Adam! I've been the making of you! Some women would have taken every rib you had!* o-. Bootblack—Who's the sink yuh was important king talkin’ to, Jimmy? Newsboy: ed te Aw! Him an’ me's work ether fer years. He's th’ edi tor o' ome o' my papers. eee tish Columbia ay they are going to drive the De mon Rum out of Canada, Here's hoping they will head him in this direction! YE DIARY (April 8) “Insane Soldier Weds Five Times.” Headline, see ‘Twelve out of every hundred wom- en who cross the international bor- der at Blaine in autos carry liquor, according to Millard Hartson, collec- tor of customs. The female of the species is more daring than the male. see With the drugstore sheiks letting their halr grow long and the flappers cutting theirs’ short, the equality of the sexes draws a step nearer. see Jay Jackson's fiivver Wouldn't budge, And what he didn’t Say was “Fudge!” see After we had played a selection on our harmonica in the office yester- day, the boss said we'd be playing a harp next. Whaddee mean by that? see SIGN ON THE BACK OF A FORD: ‘—TINCOLN’S PAPA | ¢ ° The recent White House breakfast, at which President Coolidge enter- tained a dozen members of the sen- ate, included sausage, pancakes and black coffee. “A flock of puppies, a stack o hots and draw 12 in the dark!” eee “Fiends Infest Parks,” says head- line in The Star. Yep, we know those birds. They're always scat- tering the remnants of their picnic lunches on the greensward. see Li'l Gee Gee attended a vaudeville show the other night and thought she had got into the wrong place when she didn’t see any acrobats as the curtain went up. But then the trained dog act came on and she knew St was vaudeville, CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON IVY CLUB ‘The gink who borrows a match from you and then puts the burnt stub back in the box. see “Yes, sir, our steaks are as tender as @ woman's heart.’ “Gimme a can of sardines. A fortune awaits the man who first gets the brilliant idea of draw- ing a comic strip for children, « Sign on a paintless, topless, springiess, ’ WHY GIRLS STAY HOME | Another candidate for the Polson vy club is the farmer who feeds his ree sawdust in the dark so the fag will think it ts bran Downcast Alaskan Prospector—T just ain't got th’ heart, ‘cause with every ounce o' gold I takes out o th’ earth, I decrease th’ purchasin’ pow- er o' th’ dollar! one Rchool's out! Now be careful, children, and go rig: straight home! prohibitionists | Senate Orders Probe Wheeler | bh, farsa sald BE. H. Hatch, yawn ing away a few spring fever germs, “twhy shouldn't we make a gateien?”’ “You're slightly incorrect, Ted,"’ sald Mrs. Hatch, with a’wifely amile “You ‘mean, why shouldn't YOU make « garden?’" Mr. Patch looked sternly at his wife. He is president of the Yours Truly Biscuit Co. And chairman of the elty affairs committes of the Chamber of Commerce. And in charge of Clean-Up week. And past president of the Kiwanis club. And past president of the Manufacturers’ association. And he thought he ought to be entitled to a little re- spect. Howéver .. + “Well,” he said, ‘we'll Promise.’’ ‘The compromise was effected when he grasped a No. 2 shovel. Mrs. Hatch grasped the situation, to even things up. And so, at 729 Broadway N, where Ted Hatch lives, Mr Hateh may be observed laboring | mightily with the more practical side lof botany and floriculture—while Mrs, Hatch supplies the advice, ‘The same division of labor, it is rellably reported, {s going on more or less’ in thousands of Seattle gar- dens. In many cages, tho, it Is the wife who does most of the work, com- and exhibits the broken finger- nails, proudly, over the supper table, Seattle gardens will blossom this year as never before. Florists re- port heayy sales of shrubbery, seeds and plants. Officials of dahlia, rose and other floral so- cleties say that interest Is growing Mrs. George H. Guy, who works thru the Chamber of Commerce, to increase interest in flower growing, is enthusiastic oyer the Seattle, long recognized as the commercial and industrial giant of the Pacific coast, also is forging te front rank among cities beau- tiful. Held for Angling Without Licenses Two men, the first of the season to be arrested for fishing without |iicenses, were charged in complaint sworn to Wednesday by A. C. Mar deputy county ganie warden. ‘They lare A. A. Pike and Victor B. Spur ler and they were arrested near Con) ‘eld, Sunday. Boh were bonds each, released under $25 prospects. | Can Rid Seattle and King County of the Average Crook in 48 Hours if You Want to, But---That’s What Dr. M. A. Matthews, Presbyterian Minister, Says. He Tells How on Page 2 of Today’s Star BOY KILLED BY TRAIN The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington Botered as Second tI Ss Everybody's making garden in Seattle these sunny spring days. Bankers, manu ers and lawyers “dig in” just the same as bricklayers, motormen and clerks. |“Ted” Hatch, president and past president of half the societies in town, busy, with the advice of Mrs. Hatch, in his garden at 789 Broadway N. The SeattleSta Class Matter May 2 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattie, Wash. vider the Act of Congress March # SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1924. ~~” + Here's —Photo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer PROJECT DELAY CAUSES LOSS | Water Shortage Threatens Seattle Storage MUST RUSH _ SKAGIT! Load Steam Plant to Make Current; Expensive By John W. Nelson Seattle's publicly owned light plant must stand the burden of | $500 to $1,000 per day, during the remainder of the dry season, due to low water in the mountains | and the failure of the Skagit | builders to complete tho Gorge | unit on scheduled time, it was learned Wednesday, | | | J. D, Ross, superintendent of the) | light department, announced that one unit of the Cedar river hydro. electric plant has suspended opera |tions because the water has all gone {from the impounding basin behind |the masonry dam. | ‘This unit produced 12,500 kilowatts of electric power, and the load has |been shifted to the steam plant on | Lake Union, necessitating the use of 11,600 barrels of fuel oil per month. Water in the mountains, Ross said, {a about half the normal supply at this time of year. The masonry dam at Cedar river is standing high and dry. The second unit of the Cedar |river plant is being operated trom {Cedar River lake, which is full, but, }due to the low water supply in the mountains, the Jake must be pre served to insure Seattle plenty of water for its wat yatem, | DELAY IN SKAGIT | COSTING BIG SUM Ross declared that the supply of water: behind the masonry dam in normal years lasts until the end of) June. As the water in the lake is drawn off, the burden on the (Turn to Page 9, Column 4) | | “Save Europe” Program Filed by Dawes Board Foreign Loan for Germany Is One| Phase of Allied Financial Plan What Experts Propose in Reparations Plan TO GERMANY: R JEF for two years from reparations payments, these to be taken care of by a foreign loan and a tax on industries at present nonproductive. Return of economic control of the Ruhr and Rhineland, Stabilization of her currency means of a loan of 800,000,000 her armies of. occupation are concerned. Assurance of slowly but stead. ily increasing payments by Ger- many, under allied supervision. Protection against an udverse exchange or trade balance that might result from incautious German payments, TO THE UNITED STATES: cold. marks and creation of u Provision for payment of the gold bank of emission costs of the American army that A return of German capttal | was four years on the Rhine that has “flown the country” | 9 THE WORLD: with collapse of the mark ; | Probable settlement of the rep- TO FRAN | arations problem that has kept Priority in reparations pay- | Europe in turmoll since the sign. | ments in so far ag the cost of | ing of the Versailles treaty. BY WEBB MILLER ‘United Preas Staff Correspondent) PARIS, April 9.—Gen. Charles Q. Dawes today delivered to the repara- tions commission the report of the committee of experts of which he Is chairman | The report virtually recommends | rewriting the financial provisions of the treaty of Versailles It is a “business-like” plan for ob: taining reparations from Germany, while balancing her budget and sta-|gold marks to stabilize Germany's bilizing her currency, currency and take care of her imme: At the same time there was sub. | diate treaty obligations, mitted the report of a second ex | 4.—Obtaining reparations payments perts’ committee, headed by. Regin-|from sale of railway and industrial ald McKenna, dealing with German) bonds and from revenue from mo. wealth abroad and means for its re- (Turn to Page 10, Column $) turn, The Dawes report proposed: 1.—-Creation of a bank of emission, to issue paper money for Germany and handle the reparations account, / FOR N LOAN IS PROPOSED 2—The taking over of German railways by a company which will run them for the benefit of both Germany and her creditors, %.—A foreign loan of 800,000,000 factur- | 1819, Per Your, by Mall, $4.60 x of Indictments! Well, Well, See “Ted” Hatch Dig In | SENATOR Industrial Leader Bends Back to Help Make Seattle City of Beauty— Wife Bosses the Job T0 FIGHT CHARGES Technical Viola- |. tion of Accepting Fees Alleged Against Prober WASHINGTON, April 9.—The senate today voted an immedi- ste investigation of charges by Senator Wheeler of Montana that he had been “framed” in | the Indictments returned against | him yesterday at Great Falls, Mont. Following a stirring speech, in which he denied the charges iu the indictment and declared it was a move to block the sen- ate Daugherty investigation, Senator Walsh, Montana, his colleague, introduced a resolu. tion providing for an investiga- tion of this charge, which was promptly passed, eee BY FRAZER EDWARDS (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, April 9.—De claring that his indictment at Great Falls, Mont., for alleged unlawful receipt of money In connection with the procure ment of ofl leases from the in- | terior department was “a part | of one of the most damnable conspiracies ever started in the United States,” Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, today charged on the floor of the sen- | ato that he had been “framed.” | Wheeler said he had been itn jtormed that the republican national committees several days ago knew he was to be indicted. Department | of justice sleuths have been Investi-| gating his history for months, he declared. The young democratic progressive made a completo denial of all the} charges and insinuations that have | been made against him since he be- gan the Investigation which preced- ed the resignation of Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty from the cabinet. | “This was done solely for the | purpose of injuring me and de tracting from the work of our | investigating committee, which | has unearthed conspiracy tn the shadow of the dome of the cap- ito,” Wheeler said. “I ask you to Investigate and 1) will tell you that you will never| {find one dishonest thing. in my | life."* | Wheeler told the senate of several | attempts he charged had been made |to “call him off’ in his investiga- tion. | Shortly after the Investigation started the republican national committee made an attack on me as a protector of I. W. W.." he said, “They have sent their miser- able sleuths to Montana to frame a member of the United States sen- ate, | “Lam not asking for sympathy. I am able to take care of myself, but I’ want the senate to know the truth.” Wheeler sald he incurred the dls-| | pleasure of large financial interests of Montana by yoting for Senator | Walsh of Montana for senator in| |the state legislature. | | Tho financial inter he said,| “were bitterly opposed” to Walsh, | jand, after he had yoted for him, Wheeler said that he was told that he would be driven out of the state, Later when he became United Statés district attorney, Wheeler said, he prosecuted some prominent Montana politicians, and from that time on a bitter fight was waged | aaginst him, Wheeler told of being defeated for governor of Montana in 1920 and his| election as senator in 1922 by the largest majority ever given a demo. erat in Montana, FOUGHT CORRUPTION IN-BOTH PARTIES “During my term in the state legislature I had occasion to fight cor- jruption and graft In both the repub. |lican and democratic parties,” Wheel: er said, "I came down here and ran (Turn to Page 9, Column 5) r | |hardly satisfactory, It HOME EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. Wheeler He Fought Crooks; They Strike Back (Editorial) HEN any dares to attack predatory business and cor- rupt political men in this | nation today he must have spotlessly clean hands. Not only must he be morally and legally free from blem- ish; he must also have so guarded his every move and word that there is no weak spot in his armor. If there {s a bad spot in his record, no matter how old or how completely it may have been atoned for, the secret agents of the crooks will find it and the poli- tician will publish it. And if he is not scrupulously , x & u man state Friend Is Injured; if Brother Narrow- ly Escapes Death at Ballard The Oriental Limited, cracke train of the Great Northern raflroad from St. Paul to Seattle, Wednesday. morning crushed out the life of 1 oe careful at all times, they | year-old Loren Hildreth, near the will “frame” him and ruin | Ballard station, narrowly’ missed kille him ing his brother, Virgil, 14, and ine jured another brot! Billy, 12. Witness the indictment yesterday of Senator Wheeler of Montana. And then, recall: The three boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hildreth, 6416 Seaview ave., were on their way to school when the accident happened, about a. Fi 530 a. m, They stopped at the The contemptible whis-| tracks to. watch the Bellingham out pering campaign that was | | bound train go by and then started conducted against Wood- |)" tx intound_ Hal row Wilson; the slurring | approaching and made a desperate | innuendo assault on Theo- || jump, landing clear of the kK dore Roosevelt; the case || Just as the roaring locomotive ~ ind- || Stfuck Loren and. Billy, who were | against Judge Ben Lind lin the middle of the! tracks sam sey at Denver; the des-|| Loren was hurled violently perate search for some || against Billy. th boys ground for an attack on asks clear ot the Senator Walsh; and the |) S64 several feet. more recent burglarizing of the office of Senator La | wrenched. knee. The train was stopped immediately and Engineer Follette by the agents of the corruptionists. ‘+ ‘om Grant and Firman A. Wo. . Newell rushed back and picked up the unconscious form of Loren, who had recetyed a crushed hand and crushed chest. e HE STAR does not be- a took him to the home of a lieve that the charges || elshbor, where he died within against Senator Wheeler || initteisiad vaeceke canan fo the will stand. We know that || alc the indictment comes from Montana, the worst gov- erned state in the Union, the state where the cor- rupt special interests are CRASH DYING. most stoutly intrenched. oe We wonder if William J. x Burns and his secret ser- || Husband Is Held by Police After Serious Accident vice had a hand in this as- sault on Wheeler, We won- pea Mrs. Anna Wardrip, 20, was | in the city hospital, at the point der if unseen hands in Washington city pulled the of death froma fractured skull, Wednesday, while her husband, - strings. We know that at no time during the senate D. V. Wardrip, 25, was held in investigations has Burns or the Re a on an open : as the result of an auto accident his secret agents ever early in the wioraing, in hiealil turned a hand to help|) Wararip’s auto turned over at catch crooks or to get evi-|| 28th ave. W. and Gilman st, dence against corrupt poli- pinning the girl under the car, | amusement the gloating of |}1m company with Mr. and oe a Seattle evening party |} Jack Kilcallen, 3817 13th ave. Wa organ over Wheeler's in-||the Wardrips were returning trom: aieement Ja dance at Fort Lawton, At 28th — Nae eae ave, W. the car suddenly swerved — and turned over, Wardrip declared. | ‘UT the facts are not all Mrs. Wardrip was caught between known. If, when the ita one and the car tracks, frac | ; aia turing her skull, The other octue truth is learned, it is found || pants were uninjured. ee that Wheeler has taken one || The injured woman was rushed cent illegally, that he has ||t° bei a te isd two soldiers who ih + saw the accident. ; ithe score outside |} \ccording to the police, a pint bet! either the legal or moral |/tte of liquor was found in law, then there is no pun- || wrecked automobile after the ay ishment in the law books strong enough to deal with him. If he is guilty, we dent, and Wardrip is ‘said to have admitted he had been drinking, © want him soaked the limit that the law allows. Mrs. Wardrip was very FOR WE HATE A to | Wednesday forenoon and di le | feared the injuries will cost her life, peotbsetetii deta Rvew teh HYPOCRITE WORSE THAN A THIEF, HOW DO You | LIKE THESE | homes that are being offered for sale in tonight's Want Ad) columns? eo French Skeptical of Dawes’ Report PARIS, April 9.—The French press | today was critical of the Dawes re- | port, skeptical as to its success and! ACRIFICE FOR QUICK AS GOOD AS NEW. beautiful bungalow of & WILL SAI This unfavorable to its adoption, Perti-|} — spactous Toons surrounded by [i | nax, celebrated critle of the Echo de|| ge Tanuiy® homes. Must be sol Paris i TT vor Ss } room, with tile fireplace, Paris, sald: “The work presented Is/] Cove; leaded. glass bookoas gives: Ger-| once more very attractive dining Convenient cabinet — kitchen) two cheery bedrooms, with!) ventilated closets and adjoltts ing bath room, Linen closet: concrete basement; — laund) |} trays, furnace: nice. lot, wit Rarage to alley, ‘This is abs lutely the best’ bargain of Kind In the entire district, hy ' +. aoe = ==] ‘The Want Ads will tell you) where you can find this itl] comfy home. Bie) many means of starting her evasions of 1921-19 200 Homeless in Fire-Swept Town| NEHALEM, Ore, April 9.—Two hundred persons are homeless today, and most of Brighton, near here, in in ruins as a result of a fire which swept the town last night. Damage amounted to approximately $125,000,