davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1921-12-28

Tuesday evening a large carbide
tank exploded in the new theatre
building at Milford which caused quite
a blaze and threatened to ignite the
building An alarm was sent in and
the flames were extinguished by the
Carlisle fire company. In order that
the theatre, which is under construc-
tion, may be rushed to completion t
is lighted at night from these tanks to
furnish light for might shift"
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Page One,
Cohmn-3.


Great sunrise
Bright and enriy.
FUNNEL the pcsaimis;.
Last day Of Humane week.
Mail for Bristol hay; leaves
April -.
Electrical show: orpheum theatre
April 20.
Reappoin,ei u. q. commissioner.
Blaine. George u. Montfort-
To list virgin forts, arrns. Prof.
c. n. Rlrg. boianist. Y. Of w.
Father and son banquet: Tuesday.
6 o. m. First Methodist church
To invade the moyiea7 Federal
Judge jeremiah Netercr yisits Cali
fornia.
Honor Jefferson. King county
demos meet nj Msves' cafeteria.
r. r. Mathes 10 speak
George Neat was fined $3.50 when
he pleaded guilty 20 booze charges
Friday before Federal Judge Cush-
man.
Tacoma police search for J. s.
Yanamoto. alleged slayer OF ~
Honna. killed here last Thursday >
night
inclined 10 be penurious" was the
way Claire A. Butler. OF Puynllup.
characterized her husband. She was
granted divorce.
Rev. J. Philip Anschutx. Tacoma
pastor. cited for bravery In front
line trenches in Flanders as chaplain
with Ivy division.
Roland p. Pothicr. alleged slayer
Of Maj Alexander Cronkhite nt
Camp Lewis. expected to arrive In
Tacoma May 2 for trial.
The s0th anniversary OF the or
ganization Of the Epworth League
Of the Madison ST. Methodist Epis.
copai church will be observed sun.
day.
His wife. Elizabeth van Duaen. re.
fuses TO come West. so A. Van Du.
sen, OF Tacoma. sued for divorce Sat.
urday. They have beon married 35
years.
Election of n board of directors
for the Northeast Improvement club
will be held At meeting in the
Bryant school building at p. m.
Monday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16

They think they have discovered
hcr--not the winner Of the 81 900
contract offered in The star. univer.
sal moving picture contest, for only
the five Judges have authority to de-
eide who wins-but---
They think they have Found Sc.
attic girl with natural talent and
ambition enough 20 be sent to Uni.
versai City whether she wins the
contest or not, to make good in com.
edy.
And II she continues TO the end OF
the contest TO show the "got up and
20" vivacity that she displayed In
the first weeks tryouts and test
films, II Is very probable they win
SIND her.
She came into the contest among
the first entries. Several times her
photograph was tossed into the dis.
card as too unprepossessing Each
time IL was brought back. The
judges finally decided she was a
type" and. with some reluctance,
decided 10 call her for test.
Nobody took particular notice OF
her when she reported for her first
tryout She was not as attractive as
some OF the other pretticr girls
But when she got in front Of tho
camera,
"She isn't much for looks. and for
that reason | don't think she1l win
the 81 900 contest prize, said Harold
!. Blnney. who directed the test
films. "B,it she's got pep--barrels
of ~ II sherl Just be natural. she's
n Knockout. Boy! ow-she--can---
actl'
William Cults. manager OF the
Clemmer theatre. whore the first
test films will be shown, beginning
Sunday. agreed that the girl had
something"
Ben Westland. who has come here
from Universal City TO supervise the
contest with the cooperation of The
star. admitted he "got kick" out OF
her first appearance.
Their enthusiasm ran so@hIgh.
they wired Irving Thalberg. director
general of the Universal Film Co. at
Universal city, the film capital of
tho world.' FOR further Instructions
lie wired back:
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81 Are Killed in
One County Alone

HoPE. Ark. April fs.--uodo
A. Thiriy.scven arr dead and
so injured In Hampstead county
alone as the result Of the tornado
which swept southwestern Arkansas.
according to best available reports
received here at this hour today
II will take three weeks TO clear
highways in the storms path, II
was estimated.
All vegetation was completely de-
stroyed Leaves on the outer edge
Of the tornado swnth were burned
black. The villages OF Dolph and
Blevins were practically destroyed.
Communication with the stricken
area was paralyzed.
Tho tornado originated near Texar.
kama and swept thru Miller and
Hampstead counties II cut a path
more than mile wide. according to
late messages. Small villages and
plantations in Its path were reported
demolished.
Fourteen bodies. most OF them ne
Turn 10 Page 4, Column 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
GHEY SEEMED TO THINK
THEY OWNED TIE PLACE

These self constituted guardians be
lleved in some occult way that the
United States OF America had been
decided TO them Ito have and To hold. 7"
and that they were the sole arbiters
OF It's fate.
Meanwhile the rent and food
profiteers raised the cost Of living un.
disturbed, and war" miilionaires
bought diamond necklaces for their
stuffy wives. Everyone was busy
hunting reds"
To-day the hysteria has 70 a great
extent subsidized. We are beginning
10 realize that a great and powerful
and happy government. based upon
the soundest principles so far devised,
does not have to fear a few half
starved, ignorant foreigners dealing
in vague and pleasing generalities
which fall eventually Of their own
weight.
The radicals are stilf spouting, but
the national hysteria has subsidized.
There hasn't been a red arrested
for a month
But what wonderful bunk Mitch
Palmer handed out while the demand
lasted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
HEAVY SNOWFALL
BLOCKS RAILWAYS

VI. J. Cox. In cnarge Of the United
States weather bureau here. saId d,
, was Chicago's worst storm. The
wind was accompanied by rain.
which was ncari, cioudburat. The
rain fell In torrents for a period OF
more than ~ hours.
In the Northern and Western
states heavy snowfall blocked rail.
roads. An trains that were mot en-.
tircly suspended were running hours
late
Freeing weather over a large por.
ton OF the storm area was forecast
for tonight. with additional damage
TO crops In prospect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16

Sending, special delivery. contract
as agreed win guarantee ten
weeks at 800 weekly to girl selected
as contest winner. Must have under.
standing If she suits us we have OPP
ton on her services in future. Wire
straight opinion any likely talent dc.
veloped 40 far in contest"
The second test film will be made
Tuesday. Mondays Star win an
nounce the names of contestants
who are 10 appear in Tuesdays test
film and the place where they shall
report.
Entries for the second test film
close today. Later entries win BE-
used in test films the third and
fourth weeks of the contest, except
those who specify that they can APP
pear for tryouts only on sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
BLOCKS
ATTEMPT
TO take
INFAN !.
Snatches Child From His
Arms as He Attempts
KIDNAPPING

snatched by his distraught
mother from the arms Of a man
who was fleeing from the Lyon
building with his prey. Sigmund
/ Ciein. Jr.. three years old. was
rescued at 10 a. m Saturday from
strangers who had held him from
his parents a year.
Rushing across the street with
| her long-sought child. Mrs. Gather
inc Clein. 2i. came to Justice
OF the Peace c. c. Daiton's court
TO rejoice with a crowd OF her
friends on accomplishing what the
/ machinery of the law had been ia
boring three days to accomplish
WOMAN WHO HELD
CHILD NOW IN JAIL
Meanwhile. Mrs. John A. Wang
ness. s435 18th ave. s. W. sister
! Of the man from whom Mrs. Clein
snatehed her child. rests In the
county Jail. under $1,000 bail.
charged with kidnapping. She was
arrested In Attorney I. d. Pages
I office.
The woman had blocked every at
attempt OF officers of the law TO ef.
feet peaceful adjustment OF the
matter. She had claimed to Mrs.
clein during four months Of en-.
treaty on the part of the latter
that Mrs. clein was not a tit WON
an 10 have her own child and had
positively refused to give him up,
according TO Mrs. Clein's story.
/ She had obtained possession Of
the boy a year ago when Mgs.
Ciein. In destitute circumstances
and about to become . mother Z
second time. turned him over "a
Mrs. wapgness, a neighbor, to caro
for.
Months ago. when Mrs Clein felt
she might take care OF her boy. she
asked that he be returned TO her.
She found. she says. that the boy
had been taught to cali Mrs. Wang
ness mother and to call his own
mother Mrs. Clein"
She found. also. she claims. that
the wangness family had no inten-
ton OF giving him up.
Advised by the department Of pub
lie welfare, she took the matter n
three days ago with Deputy Prose
cutting Attorney Chester A. Batchel-
or. who sent a communication to
Mrs. wangness. asking that she call
and talk the matter over.
DOORS BARRICADED:
CHILD LOCKED IN ROOM
When an attempt was made to de-
liver the note. according to Mrs
Clcin and her husband. Sigmund
Clein, %. who hastened here from
San Francisco a few days ago "a.
help. the doors were barricaded
against them and the child locked In
bathroom.
Justice of the Peace c. c. Dalton,
at the request OF Batchelor, issued
warrant for her arrest at once. Ef-
forts TO serve the warrant failed at
noon and at 6 p. m. Friday.
Attorney T. II. PAGE. however.
came to Justice of the Peace Dalton.
announcing she was his clieot. and
he would produce her II bail were set
which might be furnished.
Saturday morning. while Mrs.
Clein and her husband were waiting
in court for the woman TO appear.
Page came in again and was closeted
with Justice Dalton in long confer.
ence.
Deputy sheriffs. acting on suspi-
cion. went quietly 20 Pages office
and made certain that the woman
they wanted was there. They waited
for Page. and when he returned they
entered and found Mrs. Wangness.
her brother. her 12-year-old daugh-
ter and the coveted child
Promptly Deputy Sheriffs William
Turn to page 10. column 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16

Scene of Ruin
in Area Swept
by Vast Storm

ARKANSAS -- Forty nine XIII
ed: crops lcveied: homes destroy.
cd over wide area. property loaa
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars.
TENAS - Eleven killed. four
counties seriously damaged.
WISCONSIN - Transportation
and communication lines par.
aiyxed by nearly foot OF snow and
aieet accompanied by high wind.
street car lines and lntcrurtans
tied up. shipping on Lake Mlchi.
gan endangered.
ILLINOIS -- Seventy tn lean.
hour sale. accompanied - heavy
rainfall. does heavy damage tn
trees. frame buildings and toie.
graph and r,ilsoad lines.
MISSOURI Two villages hlt
by cyclone with light damage.
IOWA--H Heavy snowfall and
slcet. accompanied by high wind.
tying up traffic and damaging
some property. "a
COLORADO -- Heavy snowfall
blocking railroads and tying up
telephone and telegraph wires.
NEBRASKA - Heavy snowfall
with wires down and railroads
blocked.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
WANTS No COsisussARs
LIKE OUR LEGISLATORS

My objection - not directed against
-ehis opposition TO conmunistic doc
rnss- No person who has seen a
kate legislature in action wants TO
BE- bossed by a flock Of coumissars
Of the same degree OF intelligencr.
Communism would be merely an
sxrravation Of the Ills attendant
upon the present form OF democracy.
and would rob democracy OF the
freedom " now possesses.
But raiIcalism has been used by
poiiticians as a red rag whereby to
enrage the public; and Incidentally
10 detract attention from a multitude
of fostering sores in the body polite.
When anybody had the ternerity to
object to anything. he was immedi.
ately assaflsd as red"
The country was over-propagan-
died.
The laborcr f. worthy OF his hire. .
you would say.
..RoIshevist.s a Little Brother of
the Rich would yell why don't you
no back to Rusaia7''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
ny A. :. SHANNON

IF THIS were a year ago, Mitch
NJ Palmer and his trained slcuth
hounds would have me In Jail FOR
writing the following pceve.
In those hysterical days. the coun.
try was worked up into a panic over
thu possible overthrow Of the United
States government by the "reds."
The htls and detention stations
were fun OF stupid.looking tndividu'
ais accused Of FORMULATING various
kinds OF subtle and fearsome doc
t.4nas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
.TORNADOES.
BILLIARDS.
WREAK ruin
Terrific Gales in Midwest,
North and South Take
Lives and Property

CHICAGO. April is.-Sixty per
sons were killed and property dam
agci to the extent OF millions OF
dollars in blixzards and tornado~s
which covered th. entire Central
West today.
Crops were irccied. buildings
destroyed. trees blown down. rail.
roads blocked by snow and slect and
wires forced 20 the ground. fruit trees
aud carly eAraenn danaErd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
WELL TAKE CARE or
THEM" THEY PROMISED

When tho tailcr took BogDrt ana
Impyn out OF the main tank. the
prisoners urged him to let them re.
main.
Wen take care OF them. Give
'em 20 us. You don't need no trial
for them EuyH." the prisoners de.
ciarcd.
BoEart's right eye was hurt and
he had n lump on his head. impyn
wns bruised about the body.
The two soldiers are bound over
10 tho U. s district court because
their crime occurred on the gov.
ernment reservation. They viii 80
before the federal grand jury here
June ~ and will be brought TO trial
In federal court during the June
term
In his confession Impyn says he
was born in Harlem. Holland. and
that he came TO the United States
August ~. 1919. His father. moth.
or and three brothers stiiI live in
Holland.
Bogart said his parents, four
brothers and sister reside in Am.
sterdam. Holland. He came to the
United States a few months before
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1nsDN'T DARE HINT OF A
VHA>GE IN THOSE DAYS

j One dared hardly breathe that this
might not be the best OF all possible
governments, At the slightest hint
that things might possibly be Inn
proved. the entire nation trcmbled
In the throes Of a home-brcwed ter.
ror. tOr SO Mitch Palmer would
have had US believed
With the extinction OF the prest
Dental hopes OF Mr.. Palmer. the ee
tahiishmcnt of the american plan
and the general reduction OF Wages,
the bolshevist scare was immediately
dropped
Why
Does any one think that there are
less communists tn America than
last yearf That all the reds" arrest
ed last year have been deported or
convertedf That every one Is now
centent with the present plan OF gov
eminent -beneficent tho il be-
Arc all OF the radical balters now
convinced that you can XIII an idea
by throwing Its adherents into the
hooserpwf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16

SAND POINT. Idaho Sheriff
Kirkpatrick. Bonner county.
charged with accepting liquor bribe.
released on $4,000 bail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
PRISONERS
Beat GIRL
ATTACKERS
Nearly Kill Soldiers Who
Maltreated Army Nurse
al Tacoma

TACOMA. Aprii is.-fawardus q,
bogart and Eyert fmpyn. Camp
f.ewla soldiers. who confeased yesicr-
day afternoon before United States
Commissioner Hammond that they
hrutaliy assaulted Miss Eleanor
scheyrr. a nurse. In Green park. ad
Joining the army post. Monday night
narrowly escaped death when they
were placed In the main tank Of the
rierco county Jnn. after their hear.
ing,
They are now lodged in separate
cells. where other prisoners cannot
get at them. Prisoners were waiting
for the two soldiers when they were
brought here from Camp Lewis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
ALFRED RICKEGRD-

ALFRED BTCKFCRD-
because he uas the mouino spirit
behiHd the meeting of business mcn
iohich this toeek decided TO conduct
a merciless tcar on sedttic pessimists.
TheD wiH consistently talk Seatfic's
GOOD points and ,oiH spread .he nctos
of progress the ctr Is noU making.
This, u Is cTpcctcd. tcH offset the
harm done bv the gloom d,Apenscrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16

NORMAN CARL BLAECHARD--
Norman Is only years old But
npn his I6-foot catboat oDerturned
IN a nasty squat last saturday ,ohfe
on the home course In The Seattle
yacht club boat race. he cOoHD right
cd u and finished third In a fieid Of
eight. That takes courage. Scarcdf
Uuhl Does he look ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16

HEIEN UORUON-
because she Is the youngest nc
credited Hfc sdUer IN the Northwest.
HcIcn has "jua turned TO-" but she
holds a Y. w. O. 4. NE sdDcrS' Ger
tticdtc. To iein 10 she had TO s,sim
100 yards. using tioo strokes Helen
saDs shcH probably snUe oHlB
SNAIL people her first season or
t0o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
$4,000 In
fine BOOZE
DESTROYED
Matt Starwich Is Grim Exe-
cutioner: Sad Spectators
Watch Il Go
ny GEORGE CLAIMING


More ilqnor wns misci on Ger.
tain flai no~<t rock near the city
dump Friday than any bartender
in the pre- pro days could have
served In a lifetime. And more Of
II wnA soaked in the marshes hard.
by than the skins Of nation could
have absorbed at a sitting.
Strong men stayed their inolina.
ton TO weep. and women. who had
come TO witness. turned their backs
on the destruction. For twenty
Thousand dollars worth, figured al
the current bootiegrcrs' prices. ran
wn'rrcd 20 the sca.
sTaRwICH GRiMFACED
ExECuTiO>ER
crmfaccd snd without mercy
Sheriff Matt S,arwirh dragged c.
cases Of hcnds9 uyuors 70 the. sse.
rEssl slqnrys rce4 Qv<<onlnn.sDopes
we're -ff bottles Quart bosises1 81
the finest liquids. Including Scotch.
bourbon and other varieties.
Besides these, the cases and suit.
cnsrr Of beer. moonshtnc and Erapo,
ordinarily commanding consider.
able value. paied into insignificance.
The whole haul represented the
accumulated results OF two months
of Starwich's Interference with the
buainess operations Of gentlemen
who sought to provide the where
wifhai for conviviaiiiy. II had been
cuiled from automobiles that ply
upon the roads that link Nancou.
yer. u c.. with the metropolis OF
the Northwest It's owners had
faced the judge and paid their
fines. And siarwieb was burying
the remembrance,
Aye. and he let no drop escape
He and four Of his deputies hurled
bottles against the rock and
chuckled when they smashed.
Sometimes bottle went safe. roll
ing into the muck below.
SHOOTS NECKs OFF BOTTLES;
AIM Is PERFECT
Spectators began moving 10 the
rescue, but Starwich whipped out
his automatic. took careless aim
and nipped the neck and the hith
erto unscathed bottle. The dcpu.
ties fired. too. Sometimes they
missed But Starwich was In finest
and cruclest form. lie never lost
shot
Crowds that had come up. pant
ing. gave II up for hopeless. No
man. except the officials. laughed
or smiled II was serious business
Men and women stumbled thru the
litter OF worn-out suitcases. burlap
bags and boxes. looking for the
overlooked that was not there
And when the clink OF the last
dead bottle echoed down the deep
ravine the procession moved mourn
fully away with no other comment
than a concerted groan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
| Our Pet
The Radical -Baiters.
kGonc But Not Forgotten
TNo Communism for
Him.
But oh, Thqt Mitch!

TIT. 4. the twenty -rirth Of . Sc
re- Of articles In which members Of
The star staff tell what di~plras.es
them me-t. and ehy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
HAROLD WEERs--

HAROLD WEEKS
because this Seattle vonnostcr has
made the nation happier ichisfhn0
his songs and because he has put
his oion home torn on the song map.
Chicf Of his successes Is Hindu
stan" Weeks pets sisabic fortunes
for his songs. They're me tdntaiis.
ing, mcsmcriSinD sort sunset tells
his ne story this month.
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KNOCKED DOWN. nEATES.
KICKED ny PRISONERS

! roRari wRs Knocked sqrg and
'basi'y t-ssatrn. frnpyh vas kfckeJ and
struck By several of IN. prisoners BE-
for the Sniier could interfere
Tho prisoners declared they would
beat the two soldiers 70 death II they
were left In the main tank. scrgt
Charles w Hamiin. who II IN the
county jaii waiting trial for the mur.
der of G. NJ. pardon. Northern Facif
ic railroad conductor. sz raid 20 have
been ono or the firt 20 attack Bo.
ERrt and fmpyn-
My crime wnt pretty tod. bu,
there arc worse things than murder.
and ! would like 10 help give those
fellows what they deserve he said.
y. w. Cole. ruler in the upper
celia q prisoner serving four months
for larceny. declared.
Il would bo glad 10 take four
more months just 10 set a crack at
them tardz been In pretty tough
places. but nothing like this ever
-. a al.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
Weaher

Tonight aud Sunday, fair;
moderate edSteriy
tcinds.
Temperature Last 81 Hours
Maximum, 81. Minimum, a..
To-day noon. 81.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-13
Helping the Family.

When you pay your income tax next year
| you will be permitted to subtract S400 from
| your total income for each dependent child in
your family before you compute your tax, If
present plans for tax revision are carried
through. Also the excess profits tax is to go.
That tax has been one OF the prime instigators
Of profteerfng. Business must have a certain
profit to keep going. For several years bust
ness has been making money for Uncle Sam
rather than for ITSELF To Offset that handicap
and meet the excess profits tax without con-
sequent and sometimes disastrous slump in
necessary profits more businesses hoisted their
prices SO that they still would have almost
the old profit after paying the excess profits
tax.
II, after the removal of the excess profits
tax, 1t is discovered that the fat corporation
income tax OF Is per cent gives relief to bust
ness prices should be stabilized merely by
supply and demand, and not regulated by tax
alton. That in time and in turn will relieve
the consumer. II business does not take the
removal of the excess profits tax into consid-
Grafton when adjusting prices for next year it
will not prove its right to the relief congress
offers in removing the Objectionable levy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-13

water He would have stuck there until death
took him. Faithful until death That's a dog
everytfme. Even more faithful than are most
humans.
Yet you will hear ever SO many people conn
planning about the vicious dog next door. There
are few vicious dogs. They wish TO be friends
with everybody. People who fear a dog con-
jure up these false feelings. dog under
stands. II the dog that growls at you when
you pass could speak he would tell you that
you are not neighborly. The dog wants friends
But when you make some ugly remark at him
he understands you, even though you may
think he does not, and ever after he will re-
gard you as an enemy. That's why he gives
you an ugly look when you pass him. The
next time you see q dog that you imagine is
dangerous speak a kind word to him, and OBJ
serve the change in his demeanor. Chances
are the dog will wag his tail and smile at you.
! OF course there are undesirable dogs the
same as their are undesirable humans. But
like humans, the majority of dogs are good.
They were given loving hearts by the Creator
lust the same as humans, and they wish to
love and be loved. When you fail to be on
friendly terms with dog, nine times in ten
you and not the dog are at fault