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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
BY CAnIIo CrANFARRA

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
MALES, Aug. s.-EnrIco Ca
ruso. the worlds greatest tenor,
died here at 4 q m. today.
His golden voice was stiIled
forever when he failed to rally
from q relapse following an on
eration for an sbscess.
Caruso's death was expected for
several hours before the end came.
He never had completely recovered
from the effects of an operation for
pleurisy. which he underwent in New
York last winter.
AS a result of this operation, physi-
clans state. he suffered from a dia-
phragmic abscess.
Another operation was performed
in an effort to remove the accumu.
lated pus. but 1t left Caruso badly
weakened and he rapidly sank.
Last Thursday the famous tenor
and his wife. the former Dorothy
Benjamin. went to a sanctuary in
the Pompeii valley, where he offered
prayers OF thanks to the Virgin for
the recovery OF his voice, heard a
mass and gave 10000 francs as q
thanks offering.
Afterward Caruso visited the exca-
vations at Pompeii.
On Saturday he felt pains in his
abdomen. Those were the first
warnings that the final illness was
at hand. He called physician. who
advised him to go to Naples and con-
suit specialists. Arriving In Naples
on Sunday night. Caruso called Pro-
fessors Sergf. Carozanzasodo and
Moscat.
After long consultation these
specialists diagnosed his case as
acute peritonitis. with tendency to
spread. They decided to operate.
Caruso. whose fortitude when suf-
fering great pain was considered re-
markable, continue to keep up his
good spirits.
agony increased. His strength
wancd. Injections Of camphor were
required every two hours to stimu-
late his fluttering heart.
His breathing was difficult and be-
came Increasingly labored.
His wife, who also maintained her
courage. remained at his bedside for
hours.
She saw her husband steadily
drawing nearer to the gates OF death.
but. remembering the successful
fight he made against what were
considered overwhelming odds dur
ing his previous illness In New
Turn 70 Page 2. Column q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
State Sues
tORecOVer
.LandofJap
Seattle Lawyer and Wife
Made Defendants in
Suit Here
ACTION FIRST IN COUNTY
ACTION FIRST IN COUNTY

Suit wAs filcd against Van G.
Griffin. . Seattle ATTORNEY. his
wife, Emile Griffin. and 3. Tsu-
tai<awz. ana his wife Tue.dsy By
tha stale Of Washington. alIeg-
ing Griffin h holding land val
ued u &s.5ee for tho Japsncss
- . subterfuge 10 evaAe The new
stsH aiien propcrsy law.
II Is alleged that In December
1913. Griffin received . warranty
deed from +. c. Lowry and Kate ~.
Lowry 10 a lot In Wirth's addition to
Seattle. and that this property b.
longs to T. Tsutakawa and wife.
This is the first action brought In
this county against alleged alien land
offenders. A somewhat dormant Law
has existed for sorne time regarding
alien land holdings. In June OF this
year. however. the new law took ef'
feet
The state asks that the lot be con.
and turned over to the com
monweaish as state property.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Seattle Capitalist
Dies After Stroke

l. w. Ostrandsr. father OF H. r.
osfrander. Seattle capitalist and
shipping man. and uncle Of Maurice
McMicken. Seattle attorney. died af
the residence Of his son, zoo 4oth
ave. ". early Tuesday morning. as
the result OF paraiyuc stroke suf.
fered a short time ago. He was a
civil war veteran and was prominent
In banking circles In Olympia. shei.
ton and Puysllup for many years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Governor Wanted G. o. P. Senator

Might not the republican governor find in Delaware
a competent republican lawyer who would like this chan
celorshp?
But you see the thing the governor really after
was to create vacancy in the senate of the United
States to which he could appoint republican, and it
leaked out that the senatorshp for the unexpred term
had been rendered to Thomas Coleman dupont a mil
lionare manufacturer of powders and several thou
sand other things, republican national committeeman
the big boss Of the republican organization in the state
and cousin of Henry A. dupont, whom Wolcott had
defeated five years before.
A lot of politicians at once branded it as a deal
by which chancell0rship for IL years was to be
traded to democrat in return for United States
senatorshp for 20 months.
The result sensational chapter of political his
tory even in state where political skuduggery and
corruption have been common.
The unconsulted state senator's took up the fight
Two republicans, J. Dolphus Short of Milford and j.
Crurn 10 Page g. Column o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Alleged Attacker
of Woman Caught

MODESTO. Cal. Aug. a. Frank
Hubert who is alleged to have at.
tackled Mrs Karl Konow yesterday.
was captured today by two men OF
"a posse. who delivered him to the
sheriffs office In Modesto. Hubert
admitted his Identity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Congressman Flags
New Tax Proposals.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.AThe new
tax proposals OF Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon for levies on auto.
mobiles, bank checks and increased
postage were denounced today by
Representative Bachacrah. New Jcr-
sey, leading republican on the ways
and means committee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
ENRICO CARUSO IS DEAD!

Dear Folks and All: what has
become Of the oidfAshioned brewery
nat that use to be the feature Of
n the rsradcsg
l1sre than 1oo Enstcrn chr
supD6lBts agTivc here today,
ulanlneusly drr1aring that .
sugn. IN the cne b worth two On
President Harding arrives st
Ylymcuth- ----Newspaper item Old
I'M, warren. old stuff Ths PHI
uims landed there 800 yearS ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
.U-HO, MATES, TWAS
A HARD SHOT BUT
SKIPPER MADE 1T

Thomas Fisher. 10. sailor. living
at 5o0h Sixth ave. s.. may know
how TO tie a reef knot. but when
II comes 20 playing kelly pool
Fisher is dut OF luck. Monday
night Fisher attempted TO play
pool with a companion. He got
his face In the way when he went
70 shoot He was taken TO city
hospital suffering with a cut and
diaocated jaw. where the cue
struck him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
roDAY's TRAGEDY

TODAY'S TRAGEDY
Aias for poor Bonnie q. Lee,
uno lighted match to see
Wnere the gas pipe was leaking.
wnen his wife began shrieking.
bring back my Bonnie to me-"
0ny'
stafue should be erected 10
msmory Of Ssmbo jackson.
nssFo pastry cook. who invented
ns cream los years ago, assever-
~ Star editorial.
Al right, and let's put a rasp
m tart on the grave Of the
.moo who first thought Of n
associate marsbmalIow CO
esanut sundae.
20 matter how trinIng a man
s, ~ chirps Cloteen, he Is always
snns TO help a friend get rid OF
: bottle Of bad liquor.
~ YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
- THEM
N... usners were Messrs. Green OF
t,,s Pa. In white bridal satin,
-. eu with the Young Mems Bible
49,, VI Union Baptist Sunday
''l-PhilaceIphia Tribune.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Victim of
Operation
in Naples
Worlds Greatest Tenor Fails
to Rally From Relapse;
End Is Sudden
S TRICKEN SATURDAY
TARUSO is dead!
u And in every city
and crossroad hamlet

HARUSO Is dead!
And in every city
and crossroad hamlet
in the country people are
mourning the passing Of z
great artist.
Most OF them never saw CAruso.
they never heard the golden notes
pouring out from thar wonderful
throat but the phonograph-an
inanimate machine OF wood and
rubber and steel springs--has car
ried the liquid rcfrains Of the
Great Neapolitan to the humblest
cottage.
Carusc. more than any other
singer. perhaps. helped to popu.
larixe the wonderful classics OF
music. He was the ambassador
OF song. He made the Italian
operas masterpieces to be loved
around the world; he carried their
beauty and glory into log cabins
on the Yukon. into 'dobe huts ON
the Mexican border. into the lum.
Der camps Of the Northwest and
into the fetid tenements Of the
East
And II Ii one Of the miracles
OF modern science that he win
continue TO act as tie supreme
missionary Of song.
Caruso. the golden -throate is
dead, but his voice goes singing
on.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Nothing Very Heavy" About Him

The politicians watched Wocot when he reached
Washington. They found him lean, lantern-jawed
chap with pale face and very black mop of hair.
That's about all he revealed for his performance did
not live up to his sensational arrival He fitted into
place presently just average member.
Then recently he handed the politicians his big
Jolt. He resigned. He announced he had been ap-
pointed chancellor of Delaware.
Senators almost choked in their amazement
ator resign? To accept cabinet place-sometimes,
but not always To go onto the supreme bench-yes.
But for any other reason-no!
What is a chancellor, anyway? Delaware and New
Jersey to be the only states that have them The
chancellor is sort of judge who tries equity
The job pays $500 and the term is IL years.
But the situation had in it another puzzle for the
senate This democrat had been appointed by repub-
lican governor, and would have to be confirmed by
republican state senate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
By w. C. McMurchy
Special Dispatch to The Star

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Josiah O. Wolcott,
of Dover, Del, has treated the people, and es-
pecially the politicians of the United States to
new sensation. He has resigned his seat in the
United States senate to take stock job back
home!
The job he's taking is cosy enough berth, to
be sure, but it is not one to greatly impress the
average member of the senate or congress. It's
the kind of job that governors hand out; in
this case, the state chancellorship.
1t was Wocotts second jolt for national politicians
The first his election democrat to the senate
in 1916 the year when Hughes carried everything east
of the Aleghanies He then less than 40 years old
and utterly unknown outside of Delaware where he had
been attorney general for four years. What there
about this democrat who could win where Wilson
couldn't who could reach the United States senate
the PROSTATE form Of Senator Henry A. DUPONT for
IL years the incumbent?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
All Could Cut Rates in Half

All railroads could cut their rates in half We have
shown them how. But I'm afraid they won't do it.
Under Wall Street management the only way they
know to make money is higher railroad rates-which is
the poorest way in the world to get business
Ford said he wasn't magician" and didn't WELD a
magic wand" This is his recipe:
keep the railroad busy and the equipment busy
and all the men on II busy.
ION the D., T. & !. we getting along fine
making money where the road never made money
before, making il because the men are busy and
their hearts in their work.
We eliminated waste and dead wood. All rail-
roads can-and should-do the same thing"
Ford declared he found enough scrap along the d. T.
& l. to pay for its purchase
What is the first thing you would do if you were
given all the railroads to run ?" asked him.
Slash rates, boost wages let lot of the 60"
he replied I'D let some of the go back to the
farm--temporarly. They'd be of more use there
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02

Special Dispatch to The Star
IN CAMP, VIA OAKLAND, Md, Aug. e.
II am not trying to burglarize my railroad-Pm
making it serve the public"
That is the boied-down answer Henry Ford
gave when asked him to tell his magic formu-
la" for curing Americas railroad ills
Giving two hours out of his vacation in the
West Virginia mountains with H. S. Fifestone
and Thomas A. Edison, he told me how after
purchase he rehabilitated the D., T. /. railroad.
And he declared that application of the same
methods would make all "sick" railroads well.
1--WE cut freight and passenger rates 20 per
cent and we boosted wages" said Ford. "And
it won't take long to reduce the rates SO per cent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
Josh WISE SAYS
Whut god h > iish th't's
N b tn lAkes

7As foreign-pcru population OF Sc
oilis q 75.s75. says statistics bureau
e Chamber OF Commerce. Yes. and
! ~ Of Us were born out In the
ph1hney Ridge district
Russian officials are sore because
~ weren't invited to the disarma-
mt conference. What good would
4 y! They haven't got the steam
~ fAxe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
KARL HINTS THAT SHE TOLD
A LIE

- 0ke.
fRARL HINTS THAT SHE TOLD
a LIE
rslsehood.--The story that
nsssed around town while Mrs p.
9h<isi was visiting at Menomonie
~ Iie and hope everyone who
~ the paper win run across this.
= hey win know It isn't 80 about
~. as II wns a madeup story
shich I started myself and is .
hlzehood. Signed: Miss Pearl Ne.
VILE Stanley Cwis) Republican
Professional baseball Will be .
sre1t game when the men who play
4 are as Interested In winning as
she fans are.
Five men were carved with
fazors. one shot and three beat
n With clubs In an Alabama
dance hall. Can the Pacific
Csat league beat that for .
Nely ball?
We zee by the papers that
Thomas A. Edison. who is out on a
pcnic with Henry Ford. spent some
tine Ginning himself. Elect him
. congress.
SPEED
Three months have passed and
'hey haven't finished paying the
s'diers' bonus. And the Hoge build
NJ was erected in IS days,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02
FORD Tells
HOW WTOSAvE
RAILROADS..

striving
sehs sssusv Fsr<s nsst :ts.s his !l..s fer resssi
sssc - ~ 49, sss c:s.s sss ssSy rsss h.. ssse's'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-02

Paste this on . postcard and
mail Il To your swvi~ving friends
I'm the East Tell them that Sc
attic's highcst temperature Au-
gust WAS n. Lowest was SO.
At noon Auguss : IL WAS g..
Unsettled 10 Gather to-
night; moderate icester-
iy tcinds Wednesday. -
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
WORKERS
WILL DEVISE PLAN
TO AID EFFICIENCY
Delegates of 246 Groups
Meet i'm New Orleans
Sept. IL to 16.

Several hundred delegates, repre-.
senting a4s groups OF government
workers win meet at New Orleans.
September l2 to 1e. TO devise prac-
teal methods of cooperating with
President Harding TO put more
business into the government" and
more heart into the Civil Service
The present Civil Service system.
according to Luther c. Steward.
president OF the National Federation
of Federal Employees. which num-
bers under normal conditions. 5oo.-
900. is beset with a complete lack
OF consistency and Standardization.
great waste in human effort and
government funds.
Fifty thousand government en-
ployes get less than a living wage:
ten to twelve diffrent rates Of pay
exist for the same work: scientists
and highly skilled workers get less
than common laborers; and the 90
per cent turnover in the service is
costing the government millions an
nually." declares Steward.
The government, IL Is argued.
must recognize the service as a
huge business enterprise and conduct
II along modern bTpiness principles
before the plans Of the administra-
ton can be made successful.
The government workers declare
their intention of cooperating in
every way with the President to
secure these ends
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
yAPS ALSO BUY
BRITISH AIRSHIPS
Special Cable to The Washington Herald
AID Chicago Tribune

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
AID Chicago Tribune
HOwDEN, Ensl: nd, Aur 2l.-
While America IS have been busy
arranging to purchase England's
largest airsh!p. the ZR-2. japanese
agents in England are also careful
~ investigating England's suvp!us
airships. They hive visitsa tNo air
drome at Pelham. looking over
the R-37, which is now thre"-quar-
ters constructed-thoug ii is stat
ed II never will be finished. in view
OF England's cessation OF its air
ship program.
1t is understood. however, that
the Japanese agree with the group
of British experts who state that
giant heavier-than-air craft are
not fitted for war purposes. 1t is
stated that the Japanese recently
purchased sixteen nonrigid air
ships of the SS-Z type. $50 feet long
and capable of keeping the air for
thirty-six hours. such as the Brit
ish used in the North Sea during
the world war for scouting. The
airships have been debated ahd
sent to Japan.
British air officers declare the
Japanese are pinning their faith on
searlanes, and English seaplane
experts are now in Nippon teaching
the jars to construct types SIMILAR
to those used by the British during
the warA
Copyrirht, le2l)
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
"DONT TELL NON,"
PLEADS DYING TOT

NEW YORK. Aus. 2I.-"Don't
tell Mom-
Although his skull had heer
crushed by the fail OF a heavy gate
and his little body was bruised and
ahraded, the first thoughts Of EIar-
old Flynn. az years old. was of his
mother. whom he knew to be i'll.
The stork had arrived at the Flynn
nome only three days before
Harold and a group OF BOYS,
among whom were mis- two brothers.
were playing at a great iron gate
IN Dewitt Clinton Park, when the
gate fell on him. The other boys
tug ged vainly TO lift the gate and
then screamed for help. Police
men and men from numerous auto
MOBILES hastened 70 lift the gate
All the way 70 the Roosevelt Hos
pitai the little fellow kept pleading
with his rescucrs Don't tell Nom.
II would worry her"
He lapsed into Inconsistencies
Just before ARRIVING at the hospital
ana died while phys clans were
working to restore him. The mother
mas not been told of the fatality.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
RAPS MONOPOLY
CONTROL OF ROADS

NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-RaIlways
of the country are controlled by a
small group which STILES competi-
tion and indirectly dictates the
conditions under which We live" J.
A. II. Hopkins. executive chairman
Of the Committee OF Forty Eight,
charges in an open letter sent to-
day to Chairman Clark Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Mr.. Hopkins cites the recent ac-
ton OF the Erie Railroad In turn
ing over its roundhouss 70 the Rail-
way Service Corporation as "fresN
roof" of this alleged monopolistic
control
We appeal TO you TO take pronHt
and energetic action TO put a halt
% this latest attempt Of the rail-
-oad executives to avoid their OBJ
li-ations end responsibilities to the
pUb'ic." Ho- kins writes the com
mission chairman. referring TO the
Erie action.
Until the time comes when the
american people demand public
ownership OF public utilities. gov
arnmental control and supervision
offer the sole defense OF the peo~'e
tgainst the constant aggressions o,
the banking clique behind the rail-
rod executives. We look 20 your
body to prove In tangible manner
that this defense is as strong as
circumstances permit" Hopkins
con cIrGes
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
Awaiting Miss Washing
ton"

Here In brief are the details for the
selection Of Miss washington."
ANY woman In washinston or tho
. suburbs Is eligible.
Submit = Photograph to the Art Editor
Of The Herald, or see the Art Editor and
grange to have one taken.
fhotogrsphs viii % accepted until
Iusust 25. They viii be submitted to
the Board Of Judges August 90. Ths
atists will ask the ten most attrs otiye
II the young women to appear IN person
and will select the one most suited for
the role Of Miss Washington"
Tss decision will be made as shortly
The judges are: Dr.. Nitchell Carroll.
vice president Of the Washington Arts
Club and editor of Art and Archaeology;
Henry ". Bush-Brown, Of the wsShing-
ton Arts Club, well-knowu artist and
sculptor; DR.. Thomas A. williams, Of
the Washington Arts Club. an authority
On art: cuno Il. Rudolph. District Com
an expert in artistic portraiture.
Miss Washington" will receive . trip
to Atlantic City, with all sxpsnses paid,
to . magnificent eelebration. at which
she will Be an honor guest.
Before departure wsshingtou nsr.
chsnts viii make the following additions
to her wardrobe; ~
Rizfi Brothers vin Civ. her .n even
ing gown; J. u. Gliding & Co., an sf.
ternoon frock: the Hecht Co.. bathing
suit: the Meyers Shops, . travelling nat;
William Hahn q Co.. shoes. and Selling.
er's, $40 = stteet. . string Of the famous
'Du Barry" Psarh.
She will be accompanied By . chap
erone.
chance 70 win Q 5000 golden Venus,
offered for the most beautiful reprssen-
tative from the various cities.
Soc will bs . central figure In . series
Of elaborate receptions. balls and enter
tainments- s..
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
BOY BANDIT SLAIN:
HELD UP DETECTIVE

CHICAGO, Aug. 2l.-Sergt
Thomas Egan. hero OF q dozen
spectacular shooting aTrays with
bandits, was shot and seriously
wounded last night in a duel with
a 15-year-old robber near the resi-
dence OF Chief of Police Fitzmorris,
which he was guarding. In a
statement to Sergt Charles yelling
carly this morning the youth gave
his name as Walter Martinovich, of
1905 Main street. Stroudsburg. Pa.
He was ''out to get some easy
money" he said.
Martinovitch was shot three
times. Both detective and bandit
were taken to the Illinois Central
Hospital. Later the bandit was
removed to the county hospital
where he died a few hours later.
Egsn. who has been on special
detail at the home of the chief OF
police for some time. had been fol-
lowed by Martinovitch He turned
suddenly only TO be confronted by
the robber with an uprafsed pistol
stick EN- up said the rohbo-
Egan sought TO draw his revolver.
AS he did - the bandit fred three
times. On bullet struck EFan over
the heart. Before ne fell ne ared
three times. all OF the bullets TAX
ing effect
The Washington herald., 1921-08-22
KIWANlANS REPORT
GRAND old TIME
Hagerstown Outing Replete
With Enjoyable Fea-
lures.
"A good time was had by all"

"A good time was had by all"
This was the consensus OF opinion
among the members OF the WASH
ington Kiwanis Club last night as
they arrived home after a weekend
OF picnicking and entertainment at
Hagerstown, Nd, as guests Of the
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
The outing was replete with
''unannounced" features, one of
these being a reception held at the
Hagerstown Country Club, where a
dinner was served with all the
trimmings" 1T was the sort of
dinner that one reads about but
at present rarely participates in,"
said one OF the local members.
Many Of tn epicnickers toured to
Rra ddock Heights, while others
motored by way Of the New Market
road. but regardless of routes all
agreed that II was the most lively
ricnic ever participated in by the
local Klwanians.