The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1924, Page 2

CAMPFIRES ARE UNDER BAN All Permits Withdrawn for State Forest Safety ated for f settt was at LANDS NEED NO? BE CLEARED NOW ta: to bu land not forced by nece their was annou the Saturday slashings ptembe cuttings will much dryer will burn easily ated out, th and the se tilization values til damper remain and be soil Tho a light wind was in the so up summ: In addition, it shes blow if left ur es will and po away now weat en island village Saturday morning, all danger of flames ting up a foot hillside into Cove and nearby farm structures was believed past. | The fire, which threatened Cove all Friday and Thursday night, had | eaten back upon itself and tho stil! | smoldering is believed under control. Lioyd Marsh, 15-year-old son of A es Anti-Crime Chiefs to Meet Here orthwest Association of Sheriffs and Police Will Draw Many Noted Sleuths to Seattle Shortly | creasive J. Marsh, Cove storekeeper, achieved | Provinces, to attend the fourth convention of the Northwest Association_of Sheriffs and fame and the gratitude of his neigh-| Police here July 21 to 24, are? dors early Friday morning when he permitted himself to be suspended over the steep cliff above West pas. | Sage so that he could reach the blaze with the nozzel of a line of garden| hose, He was credited with saving! the town as the fire had pt to) within a block and a half of own when the wind died- down Fires Approach Nearer Seattle brush fires the Forest... and o southeast of Seat across the h motorists com ing in from Star lake and over the Des Moines road reported Saturday ‘The fires are not yet dangerous to property, residents say, tho several have been burning for three or four days. An auto party which came in from Star lake, between Auburn and the Des Moines highway, Saturday, ran the gauntlet of blazing timber and was forced to stop once to remove a | burned tree trunk which had fallen} across the road. The fire is in standing timber. Similar smal! fires are eating into the brush and loggedoff land at Black Diamond, Maple Valley, Ce- dar Mountain and near Duwamish, at Cardmore station. A thick pall of heavy smoke blan-| keteed Seatt’e Saturday and is duo fo the small near-by fires and to} larger conflagrations in British Co- | lumbla, according to Seattl> officers | of the Washington State Forest Fire | Prevention association. | Continued dampness from humid. | ity in the air ig the only factor sav-| img Western Washington, it was an- nounced. Slashing fires were report: | ed Hear Everett and at camps of the; Sammish Bay Logging Co. in) Whatcom county, ond at the Clear| Lake Lumber Co, camp, in Skagit | county. Neither his become serious thus far. | HERE’S MORE ABOUT | FIRES STARTS ON PAGE 1 |) Other fires burning today were In the Bul} run district of the Se- quola national forest, burning over a 2-mile front with 25,000 acres of timber and brush land already laid ‘bare, In the Tahoe national forest, where sthe fire broke out again yesterday in ‘the vicinity of forest hill, Placer lcounty. All roads in the vicinity have been closed except to persons bearing passes. i) Ip the Yuba pass district of Sier- {ra county, the towr of Calpine was Saved from destruction by a narrow onargin. {| In Shasta county, where fire is} burning over a 10-miles front be- tween Montgomery and Hatchet ereeks. _ Street lighting and electric car and ‘train schedules tn several cities have “been curtailed in order to meet the | situation caused by a shortage of water power for hydro-electric power production. Trrigationists in many sections al- yeady are on “water rations, In newspapers. water and power companies are conducting campaigns | to educate consumers to save water. Tn San Francisco all water faucets 4n pulle places are hung with cards urging conservation. ‘The state raflroad commission has named a waterpower adviser who is directing efforts to conserve the power supply, in order to avold a serious situation which may develop in the fall. Thru the mountain regions, snow storage, on which is dependent the flow of streams during the summer months, is a% much as 75 per cent below norms! Streams which usually flow with a lively current at this sen- son of the year, in many instances are entirely dry, Fear High Winds in Flaming Woods LOS ANGELES, July 12.~Halted on three fronts, the fire in the Santa Barbara national forest, which has raged over thousands of acres du ing the past 48 hours, was believe definitely under control today, By nightfall, according to optimia- tle word telephoned to oleal forestry services officials, it is hoped the en tire blaze will be under complete| control, High winds from a new di-| rection js the only thing t wit} chise the fire to again become un Manageadle. | “Since | population of seven [SENATOR BORAT Abov , No. 1, Supt. C. EB. Long, J. Devitt, Edmonds Burnaby, B No, 3, President Luk Constable David Ritchie, Calgary, ‘Alta, Below, No. d'Alene, Idaho; No. 7, Inspec James McDonald, Vancouver, I bes KING county 10 19: 20 murders. Eig lo t ‘0 were | cases were In the s popu there wore but 17 solved al w solved and came same year, ih Lon lation of 7,258,000, murders—and t and tried. That is one of t fourth sa. convention of ¢ sociation of be held in Seattle July 21 to 14 It will be history of the org branches of federal, state, and city law enforcement bodies, with dominion, provincial and city officers of British Columbia and Alberta, will be fully represented | and fully co-operating. To Seattle goes the honor of en tertalning approximately 620 sleuth» Professional man hunters and law enforcers on those date: Luke 8. May, president of the Revelare International Secret Serv ice, and president of the Northwest | College of Criminality, the only one of its kind in America, also is preai dent of the association and the prime mover in ita organization. SESSIONS HELD IN ELKS' TEMPL Sessions of the law enforcement men, including special agenta of the railroads, judges, attorneys of all branches of government, psycholo gists and criminologists, will be held | in the Elks’ temple, volunteered by | that fraternal order for the use of | the association. | “Crime {s increasing in America| beyond the most far-fetched imag- ination,” May explained Saturday 1913 burglaries have in creased 1,200 per cent—100 per cent! & year! “Public apathy—a refusal to turn were 4,1 ¢ reasons for the As inte nation: Northwestern iffs and Police, for the first time, in. the that al county the first time zation jover evidence, refusal to serve on! Juries, and inefficiency and lack of co-operation among law enforcement | officers and departments, I class as the two biggest factors in the in- crease in crime. DISCLAIM LABEL OF “REFORMERS' “We aren't reformers. You won't see any change in ldw enforcement! after the convention, not in one year| or 10. It will take a generation to| get back to the old days when the! public had a horror of crime and the officers were united on getting| the man, not keeping their clues! and evidences secret because of | Jeaiousies among various govern- mental bodies.” Contrasting figures on county and London crime, May. also} pointed to the fact that in 1922, in Los Angeles, with # population | of lees than a million there were murders; in Chicago, with a million, there | were 228, as contrasted with Lon-| don's 19, with a population more} than three times as great. In 1921, in King county, there were 23 mui ders and but 15 were tried. NOT CRITICISING OFFICERS HERE | ““t'm not hitting at Matt Starwich| or any one other officer. It's a national failing, and King county} is only a small spot on the map of the United States,” he continued, | “And we are goliig to change public | feeling and that of the officials,| jurists and attorneys, if it takes o lifetime.” | One of the principal addrésses will be delivered by W. J. Devitt, chief constable of Edmonds, Burn aby, B. C., for 18 years a “mounti with the red-tunicked Royal North- | west Mounted Police, He will speak | on “Crime Prevention,” { Another famous man-hunter, | |scheduled to speak on “Criminal | Identification,” on which he Is a recognized authority, is James An derson, inspector of detectives and former chief of police, of Van couver, B. « Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal court of Chieago, and « psychologist, called in on the 1 pold Loeb murder case, will also ate |tend and speak King} 1S ON PROGRAM Judge W. A. Kvans, court, from Portland, Am, a8 are vid Witehie of the of the Ove on IMef Constablk falgory Alta cireult B.C. department of I¢ Seattle > An formerly Seattle, and probably Capt. Du Matheson, of the San Francisco po Senator W. E. B police; J. ¢ ark criminologist Hare. WwW. te Washing president, Matt Searin and Starwich Judge W. A, Evans, Portland, Ore.; No. 6, Sheriff T ctor James Anderson, Vancouver, 0; Capt. Hans Damm, of the | 1 Walla Walla penitentiary; No. 2, Chief Constable W.\"" Mcy, No, 4, Chief| Seattle; J. Quarles, Coeur No. 8 Sheriff} King county, is a member of the |b Go to the Game and Pitch a Dollar at the Park Tin Tub! Now Seatt take care the t can be told! a@ little orphan to and it's one that Chest fund, the the Salya- ha Community Associated Charities tion A and “Do Loope's Shut-Ins’ Sunshine society can't touch. Hence the bucket brigade at the Pacific Coast League Baseball park this afternoon Also hence the city-wide week's drive, starting in down- town office buildings Monday The little orphan is the Salt Water park out on the Sound beach t Des Moines and Tacoma. ye =Young Men's Business club took It in charge and ite enthusiastic members have induced Seattle and coma to adopt it, with the great of Washington to act as and general family en ate part-parent advisor, Today is Young Men's Booster day at the But they are going to the Salt Water park enterprise with the baseball rooting. Hence the park bath- ing beauties in the Second ave. parade at noon today, and the park “bucket brigade” in the grandstand and bleachers this post meridian. Equipped with everything from the old oaken bucket to the family foot tub, a squad of Y. M. B, C. workers will go thru the stands this afternoon, and every good Seattle booster is cordially Invited to ante with as much small change and as many dollars as he can spare. B.—No street car “hinkies” or pants buttons accepted. Well, after the contribution baskets and buckets have been carried out overflowing with silver, Robert B. Porterfield, chairman of the drive commit. tee, will marehal his team cap- tains, John 1, Edwards, Gene Murray and “Doo Bishop, to lay plans for obtaining the rest of the $8,000 stilt needed, in an office building campaign, start~ ing Monday morning. “We want to make {t snappy said F. A. Strang and Carrolt Collings, publicity committeemen, and Charlie Frisbie, who ap- points speakers from the club #0 other civie organizations can hear the good word convern- ing the park. “So just warn the men in the office buildings that the tess fuss they maké the cheaper they'll get off.” You see, when they located the park, Seattle boosters found that it could be purchased for $18,000, ‘The state contributed $3,000; Tacoma Is to handle $5,000, and Seattle $10,000 of the purchase price, Frank L. Gates has over the chairmanship of the speakers’ committee to Frisble, and he announces that any civic or other organizations who wish to hear Young Men's Business club orators orate on the vir- tues of the Salt Water park and the self-satisfaction to be gained by contributing to the good cause, should get in touch with him by calling MA in-8254 Folks froin out-of-town anifested a real Intere enterprine, The colved cheek park. combine have t In the Star from 1" dolar A a ‘Pasco to Be Host to Water | meeting, | pr. |dresa the Seattle Doctor Is | Society Secretary | PORTLAND, July 12 tending the Pacific Coast Oto.| society convention | here were preparing to close the an nual conference today, Dr. A. ¥, Cun. | ningham, Vancouver, B.C. was} elected president of the association | late yesterday, Vancouver was lected as the 1925 meeting place Other officers elected included ©, Benson Wood, Lox Angele vice president; Dr, Hans Franciaco, second vice president and Dr, Walter F, Hoffman, Seattle, sec ctary-treagurer, | | | ry past | mediately | ophthalmological 1, of Monroe, who will and a few ticles into the | day the necessary ie down and | at the park helped buy t's the spirit, folks; makes neighbors And evéry time Seattle something to help its | neighbors it adds materially to its fold of friehd« Give it—and amile—when the boyn call on you noxt w MANY GOING TO BASIN. MEET our | dollar Th what all. doen that's of us ik. Scheme Delegates of The th the Columbia will be held annual convention ain Irrigatioh league Paseo next Monday, More than deleg: trom’} Washington, Oregon, Idaho ana are expected fo be present th meeting. Francis M. Goodwin, retary of interior, one of the principal spe arrived in Be and will proceed to Pasco with the delegation leaving this city Sunday | [night for the conventi | Elwood Mead, new commis sioner of the reclamation rervice, who was in Seattle during the past week, will be another of the speak ers of nationat repute who will ad gathering. SPECIAL TRAIN FOR SBATTL | A special train. |delegates from Seattle und other | Western Washington cities, will be |put on by the Northern Pacific, a ording to an a nt with the Chamber of Coram steel Pullmans will le Seattle 7 o'clock Sunday evening and jarrive in Pasco Monday morning | 6:35 The train will leave levening, at Seattle at |The fare for assistant nec: | who will be! ora at the! ttle Friday | the OLKS to accommodate at Pasc> Monday } 4 will be back in eaday morning. tound telp, with Hower berths both wave, will be $20.91, and for upper berths $19.41 | H. Hedges, chairman of the committee in charge of the trans portation, asky every person who Wishes to take advantage of thi train to get in touch with him im in the Doctors at-| | 40. Dr. first tarkan, San | pies iy gee , , " : | Adoo, Among the noted law-enforcement officera of nine Western states and two Canadian| j confident that | lleve this I would not ren: his train of | Pet Parade It'll Be Greates t Ever Seen Here | Battleships’ Mascots Entered Famous Camel And There’s an | Will March Ahead | Ant Entered, Too | nd Hed + ttle Florenc jeorge 3 Cha M’ADO r i 40t KIDDIES FRIEND TO BRING PETS Mf A. ¥ SINGING. DAVIS’ PRAISES — Sure John W. Is Real Pro- |» gressive, Declares Loser NEW D w YORK 1 fit J the ne democrat and w party have the support of William G. Californian announced nailing for McAdoo pledged himself © Davis-Bryan cc ‘ore urope today to mt when he returns from hi > abrod in September Adoo fol “Mr, Davis and 1 past 21 years, and I ha of discussing his who su convetni know my 8 axuen before the fied that the demc platform APPROVES ETHICS OF ASSOCIATIONS fr. Davis’ professional sand association with great ban! uses and corporate in tho concededly ethical tn have raised doubts in the mind f many re ‘ogram outlined conne eve s to his ny the great reforms party must the genuine m a also sympath the den execute with ocratic to serve interests of th ople ewe tified 1 onom) doubta are not § cause a lawyer's views political and social qu more to be judged by his actions than judged by are 5 rofession is a physician's to 1 the character f tients, Mr. Davis’ high ¢ integrity and service should « Any apprehension of this sort ae president, the itt la s wou faithfully execute essive mandate. ause 1 th nev th shou mere believed people to have interosts always of the subordinatd slavish partnership. “I therefore give the Dr ticket my hearty support take part In the campaign return early in September is-Bry >on mm BRYAN TO BACK DAVIS RACE Dem. Candidate Progressive | at Heart, Mentor Says WASHIN' ; Hitia Jennings Bryan today Dranded th democratic —presidentia? — nomine John W. Davis, as heart,” whose previous “profession: connections, Instead of being u ha: dicap, will be turneé into an adva tage.” Bryan said he had given Davis k apport because he had been co: vinced that “his indorsement of our platform is thoro and earnest.” He told friends here 4 person conference with Davis had won hi jover to confidence in Davis’ progres: siveness, and he was su: his campaign speeches “will co: vinee the voters that he {s at hea: & progressive, In spite of his profe sional connections.” “If he can do it, these tions, instead of beng a ® Davis conne handfea jto him, will be turned into an ad. the vantage,” declared reason that they strength of his Bryan, ‘for will show charactes/a tl ma who can maintain his Integrity and mputhy with the people in spite such personal associations, and such he wilt appeal to ths ODDS ON GALVIN Democratic Money Scarce, | but Bryan Is Favored W YORE Coolidge too Wall Street “Plenty idge « reported be July 4@ comtnanding lead political betting toc of money to bet on Coc 12 to 1," J. 8. Fried & Ce Odds on the preyident re-elected widened fre to Wednesday to 11 & youterd the commission house said toda There was ittle ¢ tle mone in sight, it considerable 12, wasp Interest in the stre on the possibility of the election bs ing thrown into cong It we said, and if this happens, money avaliable at 1 to 8 (hat Gov, Brya the democratic vice — pre politica! ry sracter ty r ald, be ind shall “a progressive at ople, President | as lontial | Washington during [hominee, would gain the provider t get in D. © nd ¢ i M 8, Fotheringt mpa rdage for any Don't The mn| nd forget—945 sharp how ownur ut putting on 4 | Sail Boats Offe Sports Show Will Open Today; Expect 200,009 Life ¢ Ol Wild Go Exposition Set Outdoor Scenery, A! 7] CLUBS TO MEET AT GROUNDS BAIT CASTING TOURNEY SUNDAY are on ountaing, Ra tion and € nunitiee ce & large crowd wom exhit mitted free daily Jectun wh ba. Heidemann, national en of adventure will be r Cheap Means of Avoiding Dust LA FOLLETTE IS You Can Get One for as Low as $125 and They |Militant Organization Is | Formed to Aid Him ert M. 1 for p the nucleus of his | r to boost Seattle in e La F Pres ! was formed Friday no | nts from « cafeteria demoer: lette for dent club | n at a meet ing of insurg rinall parties a Progressives k rest republicans, farmer-lat meeting dx} William 4 | porary that 4 m pocialints "i vorltes were 4 A ohairm: m: of thé ¢ il be hall hy meeting downt n large wn when ne to the Action c ollette and hi: 10 Pro. urn Ce 1 at Cleveland re council ind platform. Snyder, former date for ticket Bull nd a con the cant demo: oke at t © meeting aler an be for Li was voted two o realty ted that Charles W. Br running mate the idea m a as a but Buck, former : of the Washington iq | Oration of Labor, denc parties: 1¥| Ralph Nichols, Ben Shield: group of leaders of Bridges insurgency tate secre State Fed- ced both ol tary and a 1920 were large Robert present David Lavine wa ted tre urer of the club and John W. Nelson secretary. ny BOOMED HERE wus Grain Field Burns : EGYPT PREMIER CAIRO, Egypt, July 12.— Pasha, premier of Egypt, and dangerously ed railroad station here this morn- aghiul shot m ne e, for Alexandria. The premier was bidding good-bye to friends when an n n crowd, suddenly drew a small auto- 6 n-| There was great excitement for a |time and when police arrived |premier was lying on the |flobr with a bullet in his right lung |He was taken to his home, where Physicians made a hasty examination in }'Und declared the premier’s conditio n- {18 “satisfactory.” rt} The man who fired the shots was jset_ upon by the crowd j beaten before he was reached by po: |lice and taken to jail. His name uuld not be learned during the early ‘cltement, nor was there any appar: jent reason for his act, There was tremendous excitement thruout the city, as it was ut first reported the premier had been killed. al m and nc. ap ne an of KLUXERS GATHER Claim 30,000 Will Be Seen at Stanwood Tonight Stanwood, north of Seattle, is to play host to the knights of the Ku Klux Klan Saturday night when in} Members from all over the North y. | west will hold an outdoor pl. | ization” meeting in a field Just north », | Of the clty limits, to | According to a communic ation, the 1} attendance may total 40,000, y, | ates are sald to be coming from as far south as California. The ceremontos will, it is Jin the nature of et | procoodings. will o- | the publie is us| Tho letters in| July 12" n, }on the oy | sald in initiation, The not be secret, and} invited | “K. K. Ky—-Stunwood, | ave been painted in white pavement all over Northwest the pust few ys | days, badly | “natural: | Dele. | td | IS SHOT DOWN wounded in a crowd. | ing as he was about to enter a train| unknown man, who had wormed his way thru the! matic pistol and opened fire. | the} station | | | | | | | | | | | Aren’t so Hard to Learn to Run ditor's-Note: Water travel, for | pleasure mostly, is taking on add. ed interest in Seattle as the high ase of a calm, but an oe ways become more crowded. oard will serve on the smalke Many persons do not know how raf much a boat costs, how get | LOW COST IS one, BIG FEATURE : And the Yesterday The Star told to get a motorboat, how it d its advanta; Today iM tell the same points concerning a suilboat, much better # for «auxilign: is @ big atime You can pick up a Iittle a » fully equipped for ws ‘litte a nd from that they range it y varied t up to seagoigg | sloops costing $200,000, | A good saiiboat, with $h mil 4 thrill about riding in| equipped with cabin and capable@ nlonie at four can ke out $1,500 seccall cost about $3,000 nex] ng cost, without engi ally nil. Wind forms yo] power, and you can ‘stall nty of that on the Sound Care of the sails and inal nting o a year, and a acquired knowledge of hall the boat in various winds and@ rections are the only other absoliiy tion. how | tion. } wie HERE accomodating picked up for | hand, and will d piloting] The operat it His pra sons thrills, mot lak and | easily sirplanse nd Mr And. they Wboat gives all the thrills with n of dan, and it has of low original ts sull ¢ Ave while ren't fool-p’ ‘eed the | necessities MANY FEAR THEY | CAN'T RUN ONE | The big disadvantage which dd ‘ailing boat meets is the fear of tal ice that he cantiot operate it. Ba} ja few trials with a friend who S88 the know,” and learning the fedal and the wind and the fille] jand the tug of the mainsail, mak i person of average intelligent able of handling such a craft There are dozens of types of SF ts and scores of different rigs sails, but a few hours with owners and builders and the family which wants to get away frag the dust and tin cans of autometll outing will find the type that sal its pocketbook and size. And there is an organization i rattle, particularly attractive te ti average citizen of moderate mei jwho owns a boat, motor or sali] jeraft, and in which hecan joi |races, social affairs, week-end jfround Puget Sound and its it and J. W. Lough, its past. coms [aor Will tell all about it tomormam] added attribute and upkeep. in Smut Explosion MILTON, Ore., July Peo hun. bur <1 when a separator m: caught fire from smut ex. plosion. The flames were stopped| after harvest ands plowed long! be trenches with the aid of plows hitched to automobile HERE’S A CHANCE TO GET FAITHFUL PET AND SAVE LIFE IFTY fine die Moni Humane pathetically retary Farrar nought reprieves for The Star. On Sunday only citizen may have a dog just by paying the lice fee of $2.50 for a fe- male $2 fora male, There is UL no board bill (o pay, The offer Close Conventio holds good only for the one day. EUGENE, Ore. July Thore dogs not taken into homes || state convention of dru tomorrow must die Monday | will be held in Corvallis, it wasi “The lot of dogs we have now |/ cided at the session which closed halt is especially fine," Farrar said. |) last night. A. Crosby, The D “I hate to see them put. to |/ was selected president for the toll sleep, because any one of them |} r. Other officers elected wet) would make a fine pet for some. || B. Russell, Portland, vice pre body.” |W. F, Chapman, Roseburg, The humane barns are on the || vice president; Linn B. Fel water front, at the foot of Har. || Newberg, third president; A. We rison st. len, Portland, secretary, and 3 Laue, Jr wer chine a dogs, doomed to the barns of pleaded with Seo- that he them thru so Oregon Druggists SPEND SUNDAY —ON— : PUGET SOUND : Take « pleasant water trip by steamer up the beautiful, scenic HOOD CANAL toa's most celebrated fjord, and one of Seats ost popular resorts for summer outings Round Trip Fare $2.0 Children Under 12 Years $1.00 Stop will be mado at Union City, Bring baskets or lunch will be served on boat Steamer Leaves Colman Dock 9 A. M. Returning, Arrives About 10:30 2. Come along for a dey of real pleasu , Make reservations or obtain further (ion of MA Ine: PUGET SOUND NAVIGATION CO. comfortable Aine tle’ your rows ocaowtPawaPp e@aya0o o~ Scurseows