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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
''SHOOT TOKILL"
IS N. Y. ORDER
"Crime Cruisers" on Look
out for Desperadoes

NEW YORK, Dec. %. - Twenty
crime cruisers were added Today
TO New York's equipment for shat
tering the crime wave
Twenty automobiles. bristling
with the latest automatic arrna.
iment, carrying five police officers.
made their initial cruises today.
The crews. consisting Of one sharp.
shooter. one uniformed man and
three detectives experienced in
strong arm" tactics. conducted In
dependent invesiiga tions and
worked with patrolmen. They are
ito shoot TO kill'' any criminal
caught in the act.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Aged Woman Found
Injured on Street

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. Sat.
tired only in night robe. Mrs.
Ellen Adams. AGED 20, was found
early today lying in a street.
At the emergency hospital II
was found she was suffering from
"A broken leg and a broken arm.
Police believe the aged woman.
who was unable TO explain her
plight. wandered Into the street
while walking in her sleep and
was struck by an automobile or
that she fell from window.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22

A Shoes and HtockIngs" thief
made raid on the Y. w. c. A. Reai-
dent club. 10i w. 5sth st.. early
Wednesday. Three rooms were iobt-
ed. A pair OF stockings. dress. suit
diamond ring and purse. contain
ing SO. were taken from one room.
from another a suit and SO. and
from the third SIS and a pair of
shoes and stockings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
M'Adoo Rents Home .
Near Los Angeles

los ANGELES, Dec. 2e.--w. q,
McAdoo. former secretary OF the
treasury and son.ln.Iaw Of President
Wilson. has rented the Beverley
Hills residence OF Edward T.. DO.
heny. Jr.. for the winter season. nc
cor,ilnR TO a letter today from Me-
Adoo to Collector Of Customs Elliott
here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Rotary Club Stages
Christmas Program

Members of the Rotary club were
TO stage Christmas program at
their regular Wednesday noon lunch
con at tho Masonic club this week.
The University Christian church
quartet and the Rotary quartet were
to sing. Addresses were to be made
by Henry Nanny and Asabel Curtis
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Coldest Weather
Is Gripping Denver

DENVER. Dec. 22.--The coolest
weather OF the winter was reported
by the local weather office ,<last
night when the temperature drop.
ped to ono degree above zero. Fair
weather was forecast for today and
tomorrow. Rail and wirc com
munication was badly demonlizod
on account OF the storm. A heavy
snow was reported In the noun
tufnx
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Drugged and Robbed,
Says City Prisoner

Z Aitho John G. Berg. 40. insisted he
had been drugged and robbed OF his
gold watch and so. he was arrested
by Patrolrnan @. r. Howard at First
ave. and Battery II. early Wednes-
day and Jailed on a charge OF being
drunk. According TO Berg's story,
he was drugged In a First ave. hotel
at D. m. and did not become fully
conscious again until a. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Get YOUR HAIR
" CUT EARLY, MEN

Get your haircut eariyi
All shops. members Of the Master
BARRIERS association Of Seattle. win
be closed both Christmas and New
Years days. Il was announced Wed.
nesday.
They win remain open untii Sd. m.
the night before both holidays.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
6 MEN ARE
VICTIMS OF
EXPLOSIONS
Four Killed in Powder Blast
and Two in Blowup OF
Locomotive Boiler

SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. s2.--Four
men are known 20 be dead as re.
suit Of an explosion IN No. : packing
mill OF the DUPONT powder works at
Moosic. seven miles from Scranton.
today. The dead are samuel Bowen.
Edward croone. Calvin shotwrli and
one unidentified.
All telephone communication with
Mtooslc. which Is seven miles distant.
was broken by the blast.
Some Idea % tho force Of tho ex.
plosion could b. gained by tho fact
that the iar violently shook the eon.
trail portion Of Scranton. rattilng
wlpdowH.
Relief workers started for the scene
in automobiles.
DENVER. Dec. .s.-Two men
wcrr Killed and. another seriously
injured near Monument. Colo. this
morning when tho boiler OF santa
Fe locomotive cxploded. according
10 reports reaching here.
I J. 4. Clayton. fireman. and X.
X. Hartman. head brakeman. wxtr
insfantiy Killed and Harley Plcrron.
engineer. seriously injured
The explosion WINS believed TO
have been caused by failing Of the
crown sheet In the boiler. due 90
low water
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Alleged Bad Check
Artist Nabbed Here

Harvey Dingler. ss, logger, was ar.
rested ~ 2537 Ninth ave w, Tues
day night. by Detectives G. l.. Toms
and H. NJ. Barton. following the re
ceipt Of telegram from spokane
saying that Dingier had passed bad
, checks ther~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Still
REFUSES TO
Save IS0M
Two Days Left to Make a
Doomed Boys Mother
Happy on Christmas

There are two more days In which
Governor Hart can commute the
death sentence of isom White and
so give whites aged. sorruwlng
mother Merry Christmas
But. In spite of a downpour Of let
terS from every part of the state urE.
ing him 10 save the is.ycaroid. men
tally defective boy from tho gallowa
by Christmas day. the governor hsls
Indicated hc does not intrnd 20 con.
slider the rs1ntt~r for aoftte time
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
Short Change Men
Flee Empty Handed

Two short change artists fled from
the butter store of Morris Williams.
9G pike st., Wednesday and left sl5
behind. when they became aware
that williams realized their scheme.
Police officers failed 20 locate them
In the congcsted market district.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
BLAMEs HOUSEWIFE FOR
USING TOO MUCH GAS


Whitwell blamed the housewife for
using more gas than is necessary for
her purpose. This ELECTED several
smokers from the lobby.
r. J. Fassett, representing the city
of Everett. objected to further exten-
sion of time being given TO Whitwell
lie declared that the commission
should be more interested In the
problems of the housewife and less
Interested in the technicalities of the
laboratory.
The university professor concluded
his testimony and the cross-examin-
alton was taken up under the direc-
tion OF Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Kennedy.
Before the final adjournment of the
hearing the Seattle Lighting Co., the
municipality OF Seattle. the engineers
of the public service commission and
the cities of Spokane and Tacoma
will submit testimony relating TO the
application of the gas companies in
the three cities to make a permanent
reduction In the heat standards of
the gas
GAS rs POORER AND
COSTLIER, SAY CONSUMERS
This was expected to require all
the balance OF Wednesday and
possibly Thursday.
The three cities are fighting the
reduction OF the gas standard.
A. Goodwin, Jr, proprietor of the
Turn In Pace n. COluInn Al
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
ALWAYS SAVED CANDY
FOR HIS GRANDMA

& y
FOR HIS GRANDMA
This disability nccessitated a con
dacrable amount OF waiting upon her
4nd. as was particularly fond Or my
&randrna. helped her with every
Shsnx could. l ran her errands.
rought her food. cot her books, and
When got candy during my school
reats. always saved bit for her.
~We became very chummy and
were great pals. and when the folks
vouid go out. I stayed howe. and
grandma and I would read and she
would ten me stories OF her youth
and adventures that her parents had
An Europe
sSsrandma was very euperstitious,
- remember now, and believed
swery strongly In spirits. She be
.n~yed one could communicate with
neAaead. ana told me weird tales OF
how dead men haunted the homes
* men who had murdered them,
Eaockinx at the doors ~ midnight.
len disappearing 20 return again
space did not mean anything 20
Ac dead. and they would visit and
1rosecf loved ones. she told me.
-she related 70 me how, when she
pas III one day long ago. her
mother, who was dead. came TO her
4 dream and passed her hand over
r forehead. and the next morning
ke was entirely recovered
BELIEVED STORIES
~ GHOSTS AND DREAMS
These stories had a remarkable
nffect upon me. because / believed
erery word my grandma told me.
XfsIt xas some time later that grand.
decided 10 go back 20 the old
1ntry. I missed her considerably
a long time after that But she
xavs remembered her Jack In the
fers the folks received from her.
Ia told me she was always think.
< OF mS.
Zone Friday night. I remember.
nd a peculiar dream IL was very
bal. and left complete picture In
NJ mind in every detail
u ~crandma was in her home In the
bid country--ln her bedroom. a room
mRd never seen. yet was able to
describe next morning fully TO my
y father.
AS was saying. my grandmother
was ln her bed. and l dreamed she
called me 20 her side and took my
hand m hers
Jack. my boy she said. 7 am
going TO die, and / want to thank
you for the many kindnesses you
have shown me. You have been 10
good 10 me. and 7 win always watch
oyer you and will never forget you,
even tho l will be In the Great Be
yond-'
.she lifted her head and kissed me.
|. and then sank upon her pillow
] dead.
sgOTHER TOLD HIM
lTO FORGET 1T
eWhes I awokc next morning,
told my mother OF my eresm. II
seemed so real--but she only die
missed II with a shrug OF her shoui.
der and the remark that dreams are
never true, and told roe abruptly TO
I forget It. | want TO add that grand.
ma was fathers mother
$50 tried to forget the dream. but
At was too real. ! was not at all
surYrised when my father got let
ter about 10 days later. advising him
~ his neither had died on the very
plight ! mentioned. and her
1st words before she died w>re--T
Am going TO die. Jack almost word
\ for word. as I had dreamed. az best
the folks at the bedside could remem-
ber.
Il have often wondered since what
there 10 in dream but have never
been able to explain 10 my own salts
faction how l had that one Grand
ma and were separated by more
than 5000 miles"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22

ELDORADo, Kas..--D. w. Shapfer.
Tulsa. okla. c. G. Blue and Charles
Algeo. Eldorado. killed in auto smash
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
LETTER COMES FROM
>EIGIIBOR or PARENTS

one of the many letters. copy Of
which was received by The star to
day. Is from C.. r. nlnsingamr. of
Moust Vernon. near stanwood. the
home of tho boys feeble. old parents
II l. counterHigned by Mrs. Biasin.
game. who has known Mrs. White
for many years. II reads.
II cannot sat IDLY by,in this hour
Of trial. when the great state Of
Washington Il aroused az never be-
fcre. shaken by a principle that IL
Life Itself. clothed with Truth and
Love
"My wife and are personally
acquainted with isorn Whites awed
father and mother. and knew them
and their surroundings where they
were raised. in the Ozark mountain
region Of Missouri and Arkansas.
mainly in Tany county. Missouri. the
heart Of the Bold Knob district. In
the days when bad influence seemed
10 rule.
f>OM'S Af0TIIER GREW UP
IN IGNORANCE AND POVERTY
Mrs. HiasinEarne has known from
her girlhood day. the mother Of Iaofn
White. and knows that she grew up
In ignorance and poverty.
Now. In the name of a principle
that Is Truth. Life and Love. my
wife and I. with thousands OF God
loving and serving citizens. of this
great commonwealth. the state OF
Washington. beg Of YOU 10 give an
swer to our prayers. this prayer that
has gone up 10 the God OF Life. that
IL reflected and manifested In you.
that thru you he may say 10 us all.
This boy WIN not hang
"Fraternaily and lovingly submit
ted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
KENNEDY
Charges
BURNERS
DOCTORED
City Attorney Shows DEM
onstration at Hearing
Is FarCiCaI

Refusal OF State Public Service
Commissioner Il. V. Kuykendall TO
hear further complaints OF Seattle
gas consumers featured the opening
session Of the pubiic hearing on the
gas situation Wednesday.
we could listen to these com
plants for a week and not get any
where" Kuykendsll declared He Inn
mediately called DIR. George T.. Whit
well Of the University OF Washington
and former employe Of the gas
company. to the stand.
Efforts OF the Seattle Lighting
Company 10 fool compliments at the
gas hearing Tuesday evening with
doctored apparatus were frustrated
by City Attorney Thomas ]. J.. Ken
nedy.
Kennedy discovered during the
practical demonstration" staged by
the gas company that the pctcock
of one OF the burners had been
reamed out TO twice It's normal size.
With the greatly increased flow Of
gas that resulted, the burner gIowed
with a hot. blue flame.
There gentlemen. you sec what
kind OF a flame can be produ---a
when the gas Is properly adiusted.~
Charles X. Poe, attorney for the
lighting company. declared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
WOULD TAKE LONGER
TO COOK DINNER

Whitwell made the assertion that
a lowered u. T. U. standard would
only force the housewife to spend
three more minutes cooking dinner.
There would be an increase OF
eight per cent in the volume OF gas
used under a 4s0 b. t. u. standard"
he said. 80 far as time is con-
cerned IL would take six per cent
longer TO cook over stove with the
f6o standard than the coo standard
Whitwell admitted that the pro.
posed $50 II. T. ". standard would
he the lowest permitted in any Amer
lean city
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
STORY
Grdndmd's Death.
A Small Boys Dream.
Accurate as TO Fact.
5000 Miles Apart.
BY Hal ARMSTRONG

PTUiIs STORY was told me by
i Jacob Dohrin. n mattcroffact
young Insurance man. with offices
in the Northern Lilo building. had
never met Mr Dobrin before. but !
do not hesitate 90 youch for his
keaelty. The story is here set down
r,irn, Just as he related II. II -
~. those inexplicabic incidents
!, wot not. might occur 10 any
.swher was but n wee lad, as !
fecoIiect Il. and we lived In New
|York in tho tenement district my
|srand.aother was living with us.
\ ~she was then in her sixties. ana
had become partially paraiyzed thru
an accident. losiry practically the
entire une OF her tcft arm and leg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
ADMITS HE WAS
EMPLOYED BY COMPANIES

Prof. Whitwell on taking the stand
"Wednesday morning. admitted under
cross-exam<nation that he had been
employed by the three big gas com
panies Of the state during the recent
summer.
After reading a number OF techni
cal reports, the university chemist
declared that in his belief. greater
efficiency could be gained with a
lowered standard OF heat units.
]. NJ. Geraghty. corporation coun-
sci OF Spokane. interrupted Whit
well at this point.
What the lighting companies are
furnishing" he stated. lis heat
units. n they furnish less heat units,
as you propose. then they should
charge less for their gas"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
KENNEDY DEMANDS q
INSPECTION OF APPARATUS

Kennedy Immediately demanded an
inspection OF the appliance. Upon
being taken apart. the enlarged pet
cock was discovered.
Caught at their own game" Ken
nedy declared.
The gas officials were nonplussed
at the discovery Of their scheme. but
Offered no explanation.
The slippery work of the gas COM
pany officials came after nearly
eight hours OF testimony by Seattle
housewives and business men that
gas here had jumped so per cent in
cost since the lowering of the
thermal heat unit standard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22
GAS CONSUMERS SHUT OUT!
COMMISSION REFUSES TO HEAR MORE KICKS
Ueather

Tonight and Thursday
rain. moderate east
orlH tcindS.
Temperature last 20 Hours
Maximum. q. Minimum, 81.
To-day noon. is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Postal Clerks Protest
Denial of an Increase
Bmrseson Said TO Have Circun-
vented Law by Demoting
EmDEOyces

The action of Postmaster General
Burleson in denying an increase in
salary to SPECIAL clerks Of the depart
ment as provided BY law which be-
came effective July / has brought a
vigorous protest from special clerks in
postoffices throughout the country.
In circular letter, sent broadcast.
it is asserted that the postoffice salary
Increase bill included all grades and
classes. "Yot,' the letter reads, "the
Postmaster General, through the first
assistant, Mr.. Koonz, has denied even
the meager increase to one grade of
clerk, known as the special clerk, with
the exception of those actually sorting
mail"
1t is charged the Postmaster General
through his first assistant got around
the law by demotng these special
clerks to fifth grade clerks.
1t is declared this act is contrary to
civil service laws, which specifically
provide that dcmotions can De made
only on written charges which must
be substantiatcd.
Special clerks receive salary. under
the old law, of $1,75O year. The new
law provided an increase to $4,000 a
year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Peace Hearing Postponed
Say Resolution Ending War
Was NuIliGed bv Wilson's Veto

W ASHlNGION, July 26.-By agree
meat of counsel, Chief Justice Mccoy,
Of the District Supreme Court, to-day
postrohed hearing on the request of
Harry A. Mccartney, a Chicago lawyer,
for mandamus order to compel Sec
rotary of State Colby to declare Off
ciaiiy that state of peace exists be-
tween the United States and Germany.
The hearing was set for Wednesday.
Before the bearing was postponed
motion to dismiss was made by govern
ment counsel on behalf of cambridge
Colby, Secretary of State, and Henry
IT, Bryan, editor of laws in the State
department. Accompanying the mo-
ton was brief of government counsel
IN which they argued that the peace
resolution ending the war with Ger
many was nullified by the veto of Pres
ldent Wilson last May, and that since
congress did not reenact the resolu-
tlon there was no such law to be pro-
mut2ated.
~ addition, it was contended that Mr.
McIartney had no peculiar interest in
tne peace resolution that would Justify
MS maintaining the mandamus action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Three Accused of Plot
To Smuggle Diamonds
Sailor on Whom $4,000 Stones
We're Found, Woman and
BROOKLYN Man ImDIicased

Mis- Jacobsen, a sailor Of the Swed-
lsh-Amerlcan liner Stockholm, who was
arrested on Friday by Fred Schermer.
customs guard, as he stepped off the
gangplank at the foot of West Fifty
seventh Street and upon whose person
were found between $4,000 and $50, 900
worth of cut diamonds, was arraigned
yesterday afternoon before United
States Commissioner s. M. Hitchcock.
He is charged with engaging in con
spiracy to smugglc diamonds into this
country
Mitchell Saffron, of 1852 Ocean Ave
nuc, Brooklyn, also was arraigned be-
fore Commissioner Hitchcock with
Jacobsen, and woman whose identity
has not been disclosed is named in the
complaint as d third defendant.
The complaint charges that the three
defendants entered into the conspiracy
about May !, 1920, to smuggle cut dia-
monds from Sweden through this port;
that the woman, on or about July 90.
had a conversation with Sonia Escola,
u Finn, and that as result of this
conference Jacobsen attempted to
smugglc 239 cut diamonds through
Pier 95, North River Saffron denied
the charge and was placed under $500
bonds. Jacobsen was paroled in the
custody of Customs Inspector Lynch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Alice Drexel
Coming Home,
Romance Over
Will Sail For u. S. From
Paris With Month-Old
Son Unaccompanied by
Husband, Capt. Barrett
Parted From Aviator
Strife Following Elope-
ment Said to Have Been
Over Financial Matters
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-The ro-
nance of Mrs. Alice Gordon Drexel
Barrett, modern Juliet Of society, is
reported to have smashed on the rocks
of marital dscord.
With her -month-old son Mrs.
Barrett, only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John X. Drexel. of New York, and
granddaughter of the late Anthony
Drexel, Philadelphia banker, is said to
be planning TO sail for New York
minus her husband.
Captain William Barrett, aviation
officer, who eloped. with the society girl
in June, 1919, after she had outwitted
French maid, engaged to guard her,
is believed to be in England.
Reports reaching here from Paris
ascribed financial matters az the
reason for their separation. Since the
captain and his bride sailed abroad
in August, 1919, nothing had been
heard of them by friends of the former
Miss Drexel, until the cables related
their strife, and the decision of Mrs.
Barrett to return TO her home.
Separated Before Sons Birth
Friends announce they learned the
couple separated before the birth of
the son. They also said they heard
Mrs. Barrett and her child had been
living in Paris, and only recently Mrs.
Barrett went to Nice.
Captain Barrett promptly won the
sobriquet Of mystery man" after
his marriage to Miss Drexel by the
Rev. A. A. Boulton pastor Of the New
Rochelle, N. Y, Methodist Episcopal
Church.
He said he had served overseas and
had been discharged from the army be-
fore he met and wooed the heiress
to the Drexel millions. When he was
asked if he were not Captain William
Nathan Barrett, of Hillsboro, Ore, he
denied it.
Family Never Met Barrett
Mr.. and Mrs Drexel announced that
they never had had the pleasure Of
meeting Captain Barrett. They be-
slowed parental blessings, but when
Captain Barrett and his wife went to
the DreXel home in New York to return
their call they found the house closed
and the Drexels off to their summer
home in Newport.
Mrs. Barrett is twenty eight and her
husband four years older She is q
niece of Anthony j. Drexel of London
and Philadelphia, and of George w.
Childs DreXel and Mrs Alexander Van
Rensselaer,, of this city.
Mrs. Barrett has tHo brothers, John
Il. DreXel il, who Two years ago mar
ried Miss Elizabeth Thompson, daugh-
ter of De Forest Grant, and Gordon P.
DreXel