The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 17, 1924, Page 1

Do Your Bit Today for the Common Folks’ Shore Estate! See Story Belo PENNSY WINS JUN Maximum, 71 Today , ie NO. 98. VOL. 26. Home Brew Howdy, folks! The University of Washington oarsmen are row ing in the Poughkeepsie regatta this afternoon, We don't know why they're rowing when Evin rudes are so cheap The motto of the Washington crew s. hey Sh Not Pass’ the re gatta is not but a shell game rowing {s a shell of a sport; and we make any more bad puns this. The University of W on uses the Contbear stroke umbe of the Eastern ws 8 ashtoned p COMING! COMING! Under the auspices of Homer Brew, Madame Erysipelas J. world-famous mouth will be featured here shortly, playing the “Eat ing Song” from “Boldt’s,” with the muffler out, and triple-ton- gueing a maize obligato on & 10-inch E-flat roasting ear. G. Hoecake, organ artiste, Corn on the cob ts all right, but it ought to have scuppers on each end to prevent the butter from running nto one's ears. . Oh, sce the dathing beauty! Oh, slant the Ussome Mmb! { records holds the cutie? Ha! Hal the gal can't swim! o-* F " Tommy Olsen, the demon sports writer, says that tobacco manufac turers are going to make'cigars half an inch shorter hereafter, as nobody smokes the last half inch of a cigar anyway, WELL, WE WOULDN'T MIND Sign in front of a movie theater x - x “Compromised, With Pola Negri” | ~ —* eee : This Is Know Seattle week. Inter: H esting fact for today Second ave. ks was once a cow lane. Now it’s a/ * chicken run. eee % Whatever troubles Adam had In Eden's land of bliss, He never wiped from off Ms cheek A carmine-colored kiss. It Is true that there are no swea words in the Japanese language, end since the passage of the exclusion law the inventors over there are hard at work.—Screeniand. ea Sign on the Back of Ford: Pt ee GALLOPING DAVENPORT Sacto és eee A fortune awaits the man who first lays out a golf course in a ceme- tery. Think what wonderful hazards the tombstones would supply! And what a perfect bunker a ne grave would make! o- . The only hole-in-one some golfers | they are! will ever make is when buried in one. One advantage to playing golf in when you slice an open grave a cemetery is that you can jump into and pull it closed after you. CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON IVY CLUB The gink with the big mus- tache—the kind into which one pours a cuppacawfee and drinks it on the way to the depot. ‘ The senior class graduated at the university and a tot thers have quit, working their sons’ y thru college. 4 Students in the college of Mberal 14 received the degree of B, A., and when they ask for a job, that Is what | 1 lot of employers will say—B. Ad e graduate students hi many letters aftar thelr f tt ire frequently mi taken f tation (June 1 dined, we, and there saw But why go farther? A. 5. 8. i rdcomere ye oy Temperature Last vly-dug Well, anyway, you've got to take} our hat off to the barber. | he ta of wife and J out to | WEATHER 24 Hours Minimum, 51 —<—<—<——_________ SEATTLE DANCING DISGRACE Policewomen’s Head Says Conditions in} Dance Halls Are Intolerable | Seattle dance halls are “a disgrace to the city and should be abolished.” This statement was made to The Tuesday by Mrs. Mina C. Van nkle, head of the Washington, D. C., woman's police division. Mrs Van Winkle ts also president of the | International Association of Police. | women. “The dance halls operating in Se-| attle are a distinct menace for the| morals of young Seattle girls and men,” Mra. Van Winkle told Acting | Mayor Mrs. Henry Landes Tuesday “If I had to put up with such condi ;Uons In the city of Washington would resign.” Mra, Seat re. Van Winkle made a tour of le dance halls in company with Elizabeth Harris, head of the tle women's police division, Mon- | y night. She said that the sys “cloned” dance halls had been in the Eastern cities, as relic of unsavory past.” Mra. Van Winkle left Seattle Tues: day for Toronto to attend a meeting the International Policewomen’s wociation. She had a long confer ence, before she left, with Acting Mayor Landes, in which moral and civic problems were discussed. She also met with Seattle's policewomen Monday night. | Mrs. Van Winkle was formerly a society matron of the national cap ital, but took up police work 20 years axo and is now the nation’s leading | authority on women police, according | to Mrs Landes EDSEL FORD IS THIEF VICTIM * $100, 000 Stolen From Home While Auto Man Absent DETROIT, Mich., June 11.—Burg- lars have broken into the home of Edsel B. Ford, son of Henry Ford, and escaped with $100,000 in Jewelry it was learned today. | The home has been temporarily vacant while the Fords are In the | East. ‘ | The robbery occurred within the last three days. IF loat Dreadnaught | Off Mud Banks) WASHINGTON, Juno 17,—The battleship West Virginia, which } [struck a mud bank in Hampton} | Roads late yesterday, today was at Lynnhaven Roads, near Norfolk, Va., undergoing minor repairs, after being towed off the bank by tugs | and mine sweepers last night. Aboard the West Virginia were members of the navy contingent to the Olymple games at Parle, | wonders of the park's scenery has | |Good News Millions Coming. Visitors, T'oo. Fleet’s the Reason, The United States’ navy tieet, | which will visit ttle nd Puget | Sound this summer, will spend be: | tween five nd six million dollars here for pi provisions and enter-| tainment, Capt, J. 8. Gibson, chair. | man of the Seattle navy reception committee, told the committee at ita] meeting Monday night In addition to thi KE. J. Fried. lander, chairman of the executive committee, estimated that at least} 100,000 visitors would be attracted | to Seattle ‘durt the stay of the} fleet. He stated that an extensive | dvertising campa was being! planned to bring people here from Wastern Washington and the nearby | Northwestern states metereshicetele ements ieahiacnssnahtnadastbenen nasaabantnat lect and paper, She, has climbed to Gib-| |side of Paradise Inn and will have | | Jit and to know a thing you've got to | opens Tu jthe trails The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in ‘Washington Entered as Seoond Class Matior May 2 Wash TUESDAY, eress March ATTLE, WASH., JUNE Rainier ‘Salesgirl’ Sells Peak Our Own National Park Opens Tuesday and the Girl Who “Sells” It Is Going to See It for the First Time Altho Miss Nena Simpson, of the American Express Travel Bureau, has induced many persons to go to Mt. Rainier, she has never been there herself. She will make her first trip within a few days and declares she should be able to induce twice as many persons to go after she has first-hand information. The mountain picture shows one of the scenes she has often described to induce tourists to make the trip. Photo of Miss Bimpeon by Frank Jacobs, Staff! Photographer. a 188 NENA SIMPSON haa tray. eled the Wonderland Rainier National trail of park with penctt jralter rock and has scaled Pinnacle |peak in her plans. Her tales of the | | induced hundreds of persons to make the trip. But Miss Simpson has never been jinside the park Within a few weeks, however, she will have broken this record.’ She} will have frolicked in the snow out Make Dollar Park YOUR Memorial! rR” mastered the ski-step. | Miss Simpson came to Seattle re-| cently to take charge of the Ameri can Express Travel Bureau in the | Washington hotel lobpy. While in} San Francisco she included the Rain. | ler , ational Park trip in many of | to a community as a permanent memorial to them- ner tours. “1've always known 1 could have| Selves. Ler aasrty gea ey fdreteeg Tab It isn’t often that we ordinary citizens get such an to the mountain if T had been there ¥ myself,” she said Tuesday. “This| Opportunity. summer is the first time I've had the But every man, woman or child who contributes a pportunity to go, and I'm. sure golds. dollar or more to the new state salt-water park between MUST KNOW IT BEFORE SELLING IT “You've got to know a thing to sell Seattle and Tacoma will have a lasting memorial to his name inscribed in the park. The monument will be a huge Memorial Book that will be kept in the home of the caretaker. In it the name of all donors will be placed and shown to all park visitors. see it and study it No one can really tell tourists about the wonders of his country until he has seen those wonders himself.” Rainier National park officially y. The road is open up ep of Paradise Inn and around the park are all _ * ONTRIBUTIONS were coming in rapidly Tuesday, it was said at the Auto club, 416 University st., where all checks and contributions are being sent. The checks, officials said, were in both large and small amounts, but it is the hope that the park, which is to be a summer shore estate for the common folks, can be purchased largely with small contributions. Begin- ning Wednesday The Star will print daily the list of con- tributors, The contemplated park consists of 90 acres of wooded to the door passable ‘The season ia the earliest this year that has ever been known in the his- tory of the park. The snowfall wag (Turn to Page 9, Column yd Utah Senator to Arrive Thursday Feed Smoot of Utah will] Senator arrive here Thursday night aboard} land, with an excellent stream flowing the length of the ne Great Northern celweyy Ort land. It lies two miles south of Des Moines, extending Heveati hcl Cid Aa eed from the high line Tacoma road to the Sound, where Claude W. Meldrum, assistant gen- it opens on a fine bathing beach. eral passenger agent. ‘ It’s owned by the Gantz estate of New York city. me Durponeot the oH ag Administrator George W. Fowler, of Tacoma, shaved tle vielt and tho length of his sta ; i : ipa Vanienown | {n, enitie, « Chamnber|... dQWD the price to $200 an acre when he learned of the of Commerce officials declared when| park idea. ‘That's $18,000 for the tract. The state notified by Star of Smoot’) park board will contribute $8,000—all the money it has omits, Fi ne for fi Pa Hi) available, Segttle’s going to raise $10,000 and Tacoma he distingulwhed .solon will probably be’. perfected © be his sohediied ,000, so we can make it a real inter sity park, And arrival (Turn to Page 9, Column 8) x q % e Seattle Star Patrol Chief Plans to Bar Straits; No Quarter, Order to Guard Ships OY OLMSTED'S new 100. foot speed boat, now being | finished on Lake Union, cannot be used to run liquor or any other contraband article Into Pu get sound from Canada, or any foreign country, was the ulti- matum issued Tuesday by Capt. F. G. Dodge, commander of the coast guard service here. “Olmated can use that craft for a| fish boat, a pleasure boat, a tughoat | or a ferry boat, but he will not use Mit to run Hquor into this country,’ }Capt. Dodge declared. | “An soon an the ship ts ready for use, I'm going to put every avail-; able craft under my command on its trail, and we'll ‘dog’ It untll we find out exactly what he built it for. “T will soon have 15 rum chasers junder my command, and I also ex Ipect two or three speed boats. Ev. jery one of these boats will be used |to form a chain across the border | \ waters between the United States | * and Canada. i NO TIME FOR ANYTHING BUT DODGING “My orders will be: ‘Give the Olm. sted boat one order to stop. If it inn't obeyed, fill her full of lead.’ very one of those boats will be {manned with a machine gun that |can put 900 shots Into Olmsted's aft in a minute, Her speed won't do her a bit of good against fire like | that. If that craft gets by the line | of my boats, she'll be so full of holes | she'll sink like a window screen.” Captain Dodge said he had been out to Lake Union and had Inspected | | the new boat “That ship was built for business,” The said, “but {t will be so busy dodg. |ing my fleet that it won't have time for anything but dodging. (POLICE DON'T WANT TO ARREST HIM > ‘body knows what Olmsted's | business is. He should have been arrested dozens of times. But tho police and dry officers apparently do th w la ids }bi a Bi tu 4) qT wu 7 of e st not want to arrest him. Ho's had} by) things easy for a long time, but that's at an end now. He's up| bi against a different proposition and tu he's going to stop.” Captain Dodge said that he doubt- ed if Olmsted would attempt to trans. | fer liquor cargo at sea | (Turn to Page th Column 2) SIX BOXES 'N BY SAM GROFF TIMENT and cigars didn't mix N) very well with Traffic Officer Joo Blank, And thereby, as the poet says, hangs a tale, It's a true story, hut because we've been asked to, we're goin tocall the cop Joo Blank, But not becuuse that's his name, m m: cl a an lo Sergt. Frank Puqua is authority, his bank account grew, they grew ‘ur i |Final ATTACK CALLED mation of Acting Mayor Mrs. m: to Joe, as it was an unusually fat and good: | vi T US. Declares War on Olmsted! (ANIMALS THICK IN IN NORTHERN WATERS; ICE FLOWS HEAVY Alaska, June 16 seals and walrus abound tn the Arctic ocean this summer, amid one of the heaviest ice runs in recent years, ing to officers of the Herman, which arrived yesterday from San Francisco. The Herman {s bound north ward on a whaling and hunting expedition. Unusually heavy ice was encountered on the voyage, Capt. Laine of the Herman ported, particularly between Can- nibal island and Nome. ¢ schooner will remain here for a few days until she can get coast guard cut ar now in the vicinity of ‘3 island, as to sailing condi s further north accord schooner off here re- word from th ter E ‘ALL READY FOR “POWER DAY” Drive for Bone Bill Here Wednesday |Ross Answers Last Minute. Lunge at Measure designated by procla- Ber- ha Landes as “Public Power” day, ill open a final drive on the part Wednesday, of the Bone power bill workers to| obi necessary to insure the Bone power | bull being placed on the ballot in the tain the remaining signatures ‘ovember election. Men and women who wili circu- te petitions Wednesday will be lentified with badges in yellow and lack, which will read, “Wednesdgy, une 18, Power Day. Sign the Bone in." These workers will be at tables on downtown corners and other pub- | places. Others will obtain signa- ures in the residential districts. Signatures will be taken in Seattle p until June 28, it was announced uesday at headquarters, while out f-town petitions will be recetved up ntil July 1. Large handbills, carrying an at-| ck against th Bone power bill, le their appearance in Seattle uesday, ffset the effect of the “Public rday.” Similar to previous attacks, | the arguments are but veiled mis- an attempt to | confuse the issue, J. D. Ross, chair: man, said. atements made in Dozens of phone calls are now be ing received each day at the Bone) iI] headquarters from men and wom- iN ures, supporters will pay for signa- Others come into the office he workers say. Ross Tuesday issued a call for There is no) more volunteer workers to aid in cir- leu ating petitions Trick Cigar Loses Cop Nice Little Rake-Off ore bitter In thelr sarcastle arks, But Joe still grabbed off the gars and sold ‘em. Finally, one of the cops hit upon plan, He went down on First ave. nd bought a trick cigar. He gave it nd Joe put it in his pocket, joking rope. When Joe showed up that after- for the Btory, Like his fellow’ cos. /, con atthe olaar eran on Third | Joe got lots of cls from admirers lave, he presented the smoke to the | and friends, But Jop didn't smoke. |arecK who eagerly bought hte elms | Fora wHilo'he Buve the Tones Away |i eduiced) Fates, “And becdiile’ the to the other men in the. traffic bust cea had wisttange label: the’ Greek yon tosted it out by lighting it. Then a brilliant iden struck Joo] Rang! in the middle of his think tank, He] 4 duzaling pyrotechnic display en gave away no more cigars, He saved | sued, lasting for 0 seconds, The em up, packing them carefully in| Greek crawled out from under the boxes, And whenever he had a box) counter, minus his mustache, and| or two full he took ‘em down to the|with his halr singed off. His face nearest cigar store and sold ‘om, was blackened with powder, but Naturally, Joo's thrift didn't make | there was blood in his eye a hit with the other cops. And as| But Joo had taken a flying start, nd was six blocks away, “LIE” apparently as an effort to} Po: re. | a nereenets e pee WO CENTS IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE. U CREW | SECOND! | ‘Crowds Cheer as Regatta Starts on Hudson River Race Course POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June .17,—Penn’s varsity junior crew won the first of the day’s races, by four lengths, from Washington which spurted into secon place ahead of a tiring Colume bia crew. Syracuse got up to iakel jfourth place from Cornell, The Penn crew rowed easily” at the finish and had strength® left for a cheer for its op- ponents at the finish. Thousands of rowing fans crowds ed along the course on the Hudson this afternoon, as the pride of the |nation’s university oarsmen started the races which will decide the 193g) | Water supremacy, A fleet of yachts, with pennants | Waving took up positions along the course, the shore trains tottowed © the struggle on the river. The freshmen crews and the vars) ity men were set for races which * come later in the day | A struggle that may equal the — Sreatest rowing battles of recent © years was forecast as Pennsylvania’ stalwart crew, favorite among the Eastern entries, undertake to turn back the triumphant “Huskies” ~ Washington in the 27th annual inter= collegiate regatta today. #y Columbia's chances and those ot | Syracuse were considered less, while. — Cornell and Wisconsin were not/ac © corded better than a fight for fifth — in the Varsity races. | The Washington crew, champions ~ |from the Coast, and winners at the | |26th annual intercollegiate regatta here last year, was a favorite to re- = peat its triumph. The’ Westerners | | were favorites at 2 to 1 over the big ) 9} Pennsylvania crew, their strongest rivi wk HUSKIES DRAW “LUCKY LANE” Others in the varsity race, which [Starts at 6 p.m. daylight saving | time, were Syracuse, Cornell, Colum bia and Wisconsin. ; Coach “Rusty” Callow’s huskies | fre not the smooth rowing aggrega- tion that triumphed last year, but) | there appears to be even more power | in this year's boat. The Washington baat | | si en who want to know how much the | CeW Js not evenly balanced, one Or | two tall men in the waist upsetting the nice line of heads and shoulders | z “ land want to hire out as solicitors, | finat pra by some of its rivals’ in= final practice, but Callow’s men are | probably more powerful and faster | than any boat which will take the water today. Besides which, the Westerners have drawn the lucky | lane, No, 2. 25 | Last minute shifts were made im | some of the Eastern boats for the minor races, but all Varsity enti remained intact. Jim Race, coach of Pennsylvania, ~ : and Jim Ten Eyck, Syracuse mentor, | reported that their charges were in good shape for the afternoon’ — struggle. ee Dad Vail, Wisconsin coach, wore a long face and wasn't so confident: about his crew's chance in the var- sity event, but sald the boys were fit and ready. SEVEN TIMES WED, NOW HE’S SOUGHT ILLIAM ANTHONY, seven times married, is again in bad with the law. Arrested some |] Weeks ago, when his numerous |] marital adventures were under in. vestigation, he {s again being sought by police. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Anthony. on a charge of defrauding an inn- keeper. He is accused of surrep: tiously removing his luggage from |] the apartment of Laura Salves, 1608-C ‘Terry ace,, on June 2. Ans thony, according to the complaint, owes $7.40. On April 10 a warrant was |% issued for Anthony charging him |= || with defrauding Sibella Davis, |] proprietor of the St. Charles hotel, of $13.70. The case was dismissed after Anthony paid his bill. Investigation of Anthony's mar. || riage proclivities revealed nothing | | egal that would warrant prose- | | cution.