davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
AVIATOR DIES IN.
3RD AVE. CRASH

Rickenbachcr TetrazzinL colora.
tura aviator. is dead!
Rick" was a plump cock robin
that had his habitation and his be.
ing in the rubber plant outside of
Mayor Caidwelrs office.
Miss Ida Lundberg and Mary Nc.
Williams. stenographers to Hizzon.
err, tided "Rick" over hard winter
by scattering bread crumbs on the
rubber plant. ''Rick" was never
late for the bread line.
AS slight return for his board,
the bird was accustomed to chirp
cheerfully outside the window when
the Elsie Smith typewriters were
Gathering on the days output of
mayoralty eloaucnce.
Tuesday when Miss Mcwilliams
arrived at the office. she discovered
the dead body OF ..Rick" lying out.
side beneath the rubber plant. his
feet turned heavenward.
II is believed that he had been
imbibing typewriter oil. which is
said to contain a high percentage of
alcohol. The night watchman OF the
county-city building reported Tues.
day that he had observed red.
breasted bird flying erratically about
the offices OF the mayor.
That Rick" plunged to his death
when he lost control OF his wings
is the only explanation that was
vouchsafed by the members Of the
mayors staff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
DEAD BABY'S
MOTHER HELD

Accused OF manslaughter for the
death OF her 14month-old baby.
Trenton. Mrs. Gladys Primeau was
held in city jail Tuesday without bail.
Coroner w. II. Corson is the prose.
cutting witness. The complaint al.
leges that Mrs. Primcau locked her
three children in their home at sI3i
Ninth ave. s. w. Saturday night and
left them. During her absence. tho
two older children turned the house
topsy.turvy and gave the baby bot.
tie of lysol 10 play with. He spilled
II over himself and some OF It trickled
into his mouth. lie died In city hos
pital Sunday morning.
Mrs. Primeau was arrested late
Monday night at her home.
When she left the children. she
wrote a note to her husband. telling
him not TO worry. The baby was dy-
ing when he returned home.
Mrs. Primeau will probably be ad.
mitted to bail Tuesday. according to
the coroner's office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
JAP EXCLUSION
UP TO HARDING

SAN FRANCISCO, April E.-v. =
McCiatchy. OF Sacramento. was -
route TO Washington today to Iav -
fore the Harding administrators =
declaration OF policy adopted By tho
Japanese Exclusion league of Cn1Is
fornia as its program with regard -
Japanese immigration.
The program covers these eoup
principles.
Absolute exclusion for the futuro
OF all japanese immigration, male
and female. and not only laborsra
skilled and unskilled, but rarmernr
and men OF small trades and profao-
sions. as recommended by Theodore
Roosevelt Permission for temporary
residence only for tourists, studenta
artists. commercial men. teachers
etc
such exclusion to be enforced b.
United States officials, under United
States laws and regulations. a u
done with immigration admitted Or
excluded from all other countries,
and not. as at present, under an ar
rangement whereby control and reg.
ulation is surrendered by us T.
Japan.
Compliance on the part Of all d.
partments Of the federal government
with the constitution and the aban-
donment OF the threat to attempt q
take advantage OF certain phrasine
OF that document as to treaties.
For the Japanese legally entitled
to residence in California, fair treat
ment, protection in property rights
legally acquired. and the privilege Of
engaging in any business desired. ex-
cept such as may be now or hereaft-
er denied by law to all aliens or to
aliens ineligible to citizenship. and
provided particularly they may not
hereafter buy or lease agricultural
lands"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05

EVERY SIX MONTHS the federal
II government requires newspapers
to file reports on their circulation,
ownership, ETC., with the postoffice au-
thorities. The Star, in making this
report today to the government, be-
lieves it also may be of interest to our
readers.
For the six months ended March 81,
the daily circulation of The Star was
64,6S5. This figure is 1O,7O3 in
excess of the circulation of The Stars
closest competitor. Six months ago,
when the last previous statement was
published, The Stars lead was 8,435.
These are six-month averages. The
Stars circulation is growing, which
means that it is greater at the end Of
the period than at the beginning Of
the period The Stars average daily
circulation in March, 1921, was 6,91S.
II is now well over $1,000, which is
more than 5000 above the figure Off
cially reported to the government six
months ago.
Circulation, however, is merely a
measure of papers strength. The
Star is prouder Of the uses made Of its
strength than Of the mere possession
of it.
A newspapers whole duty is not
done when it publishes news. All pa
pers print the news, more or less i'm
perfectly, depending on the ability Of
the reporters and the independence of
the editors. The Star performs only
half its duty when it merely prints the
news.
Three things that have happened
this year will illustrate:
1
WHEN JANUARY rolled around
w this community was in the midst
" Of most surprising plague of pessi-
mism. Our people were being told
that business was rotten and would be
worse; that Seattle was in for period
of depression; that other cities would
take away all our trade.
One agency of publicity even went
so far as to circulate a big-type scream
headed: "Our Back Is to the Wall"
The Star, on the other hand, daily
during January published on its first
page facts and figures, and interviews
with prominent local and national bus
mess authorities, tending to prove that
no "panic" was in sight, that the coun-
try, and especially Seattle, were not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
BY DOROTHY FAY GOULD

yIyHAT GETS ME Is: where do
w most people rechargc their
spiritual and intellectual batteriesf
The rich leave town annually 10
attend the theatre. opera. picture
galleries, 10 see people and clothes
tnot the Cinderella OF the arts these
DAYS, eitherl to eat where food Is
eecondarily calorics and firstly an
artistic achievement
But where do the servants Of beau
~ among the low in pocket get their
sustenancef
Make Seattle the kind OF city
you want To live in" is Miss Nellie
Cornish's lofty motto. Patch up
~ s'huild up must be each ones
choice. Getting people In shape to
enjoy life Is the pet charity of the
town. but giving nothing really
worth while to enjoy life with leaves
no future for the well In body or
mind to accelerate their spark with.
when Seattle pays more for right
education than for fire and police
protection: when she spends as much
on education as on chewing gum.
when she pays a city forester TO pre-
serve her trees tsueh as the Madison
1T. row was) as she now pays TO
cruelty chop these up: when she has
the foresight TO lay out her streets
In an economical manner in good
grades tas Queen Anne is nosl and
TO reach strategic points tsuch as
Olive stl: when she decides TO coz
dinate her municipal buildings into
. convenient ard beautiful grouping.
with an auditorium among them:
when she admits that II she hadn't
been hoggish about trying to get two
hotels she could have gotten one.
Gghen she wants a dignified and adc
Fhuate watergatc where. for instance.
khe wenatchee could land. when the
beautiful views from our homes and
. Apartments are not always seen thru
= forest Of telephone poles. when the
city wishes II had been more com
scfcd within half It's present area
(snch n saving In taxes1. and a hun
dred miles OF beautiful street pave
ments had been thoughtfuIiy plan.
ned and laid out where needed. In
place OF our vertical and unused
streets on every hiii-then we shall
have a perfect city.
II you don't think the above
enough OF grouches 20 get busy
working on. read Main Street
author. Sinclair Lewis.
The honest but short~iEhted bust.
ness man who says we haven't time
and we're too busy to waste money
on beauty had better ask himself
why annually every one who can af-
ford ii leaves town for New York or
San Francisco. incidentally to spend
q pretty sum OF money on products
that are not made in Seattle"
think that for the fellow who can't
leave we should develop beauty In
our midst, in order to retain our best
population. Commerciallsrn without
atfractiveness Is nothing but a husk.
I don't blame those who leave
town; I envy them the chance they
get to recharge their intellectual and
spiritual batteries. But what pecves
me is: Where are the res. OF us GO
ing to get the recharge necessary to
maintain our vital spark7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
3 BOYS LOST
IN BLIZZARD

BUTTE. Mont. April 6.-Search.
ing parties numbering several hun.
dred men and boy scouts today en-.
gagged in a search OF the main range
OF the Rocky mountains for Henry
Christensen. Eugene Gil and James
Mcdonald. three youths lost in the
blizzard since Saturday, The trio
had been hunting in the mountains.
when they failed to return yester.
day searching parties were organ
lied.
1t Is believed tho young men might
have frozen to death and that rccov-
cry OF the bodies will be almost i'm.
possible until the SHOWS melt by
summer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05

While there are few unconverted
monopolists still extant, it is doubtful
if more than thousand Of this city's
325, 900 people now entertain any seri-
Gus notion that the street car system
can or will be handed back to Stone &
Webster. We haven't got the efficient
management to which we are entitled,
yet, but The Star believes that will
come.
WHILE THE ISSUES of Seattle's
w prosperity and the fate of the
street car system hung in the balance,
the pro-Japs Of Seattle set out to
strange the alien land bill which Rep
resentatives Jones and Beeler had in
troduced in the legislature. They en-
deavored to kill the bill by delays in
committee, by chickering's over whether
it would be acceptable to the Harding
administration, by arguments over
constitutionality, by every possible
means but discussion of its merits.
They even induced certain officials
and business bodies to support their
campaign, using threats Of japanese
retaliation If the bill was passed
The Star knew that ii the bill ever
came to q vote both house and senate
would pass it. The Star, day by day,
demanded a vote. Finally the Japs and
the Jap-lovers exhausted all their
tricks. And both branches of the
Washington legislature showed their
substantial Americanism in the size of
the votes by which the bill was passed
-72 to 10 in the house, SO to 2 in the
senate.
What of the Japanese threats?
They have not materialized. No Jap
business that is normally Seattle's will
be taken away because Washington
passed the alien land bill. The Japs
knew that when the threats were
made, and the Japs' American agents
knew it then.
For the politicians and business or
CARNATIONS that were so badly misled
as to take these threats seriously, and
carry the Mikado's message to an
American legislature, The Star has
only sympathy-not censure. We
hope they have learned the lesson now
that American courage has nothing
to fear from japanese bluff, and that
firm stand for American rights and
against Asiatic infiltration is the
surest way to preserve our peace.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Mayor Wires Good
Luck" to Ball Team,

Mayor Hugh NJ Caldwell unslung
his typewriter long enough Tuesday
TO indite an epistle to the Hon. Will
liam Kenworthy, now stopping In
Los Angeles.
'Good luck for the coming season,
Bill" messaged hizzoner, as he made
arrangements to get the flash news
of the Seattle baseball teams first
game Tuesday. down In Moyieland
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
AMERICA
WILL NOT
SANCTION
THE PACT
President Harding Says
Treaty OF Versailles
Can't Be Ratified
BY RAYMOND CT.APPER

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Tho
doom OF the treaty Of versaiIIea. 70
far az the United States is con-
cerned. was pronounced definitely By
President Harding today.
In unmistakable wordg, the prest-
dent, speaking 70 newspaper men,
made II clear that he was convinced
that there Is no practical way Ia
which the United States can consider
ratifying. the treaty.
Harding denied. however. that he
has approved immediate action on
the Knox peace resolution.
There In no need, according -
Harding. for precipitate action in ~
gard to the Knox resolution He In.
dicated. however. that he saw M
particular reason for a marked ~
yersai OF the position he took when
he voted for the Knox resolution Il
the senate and when he indorsed 4
In his speech OF acceptance during
the campaign.
At the outset OF his interview WITH
the newspaper men today Harding
denounced reports that he approt61
the plan espoused by the senate =
reconcilables calling for Immediate
adoption Of the Knox mcasure. Theoo
reports he made clear. are entiro1y
unauthentic.
Tho president insisted eha4 ho =
committed to no definite progTam
and declined TO discuss any poasdhao
plan at present He indicated, hou-
ever. that the whole subject Of inter.
national relations would b DAFT
with In his message to congress n9xt
II was Indicated that whatsvce
stspu ~ tziken wound eosn1 aion9
piccemeai. II was fnsisted that u
administration In going to mov6
cautiously and prudently In solvtnG
the situation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Minnesota Bank Is
Robbed of $50, 900

ST. PAUL. Mimi, April 5.-The
state Bank OF Withrow, Mimi. IL
miles northeast of here, was robbed
of $50 900 early today. Some useless
loot was found In school house
near Withrow.
The bandits evidently had divided
the loot there,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
General Wood Is
on Way to Seattle

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.--Mat.
Gen. Leonard Wood will arrive in
San Francisco today en- route to Sc.
attic, where he will board a trans
Pacific steamer for the Philippine
islands
Wood goes to the Philippines as a
special representative OF President
Harding TO study conditions there.
Gen. Wood and Elihu Root. who
will be with him here. win address
a meeting under the auspices OF the
American Legion In the civic audi.
torium tonight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Jap Liner Bound
Here. Goes Ashore

TOKYO, April 5.--About TO sail 70
Seattle. the steamship Alabama
Maru, with large passenger Int
aboard. was driven ashore sunday
night by a storm that swept the
southern coast OF Japan taking =
toll of 80 lives.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05

"Israel against Lord is the titlo
OF suit involving an ailesrd breach
of contract in Judge BQsd J. TAI.
mans court
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Farther and
Farther Out
The Seattle Subdivisions Are
Extending

Inc bSdtNic SHDuuVeb0uS arc
Extending
That which was a country
road two years ago. today is n
paved highway. We see little
bungalows and beautiful new
residences springing up each
week on nearly every raad run
ming from Seattle.
Most of these home owners
now have autos, which, tho they
may live ten to twenty miles
from tho center OF town. get
them to their business In from
20 10 40 minutes.
The prices on lots and acre
. age close to Seattle are bound
to raise.
Get yours now.
Look on the Classified Page
In The Star for bargains.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Carl Is Reported
on His WAY Back

q BUDAPEST. April S. - Former
Emperor Carl left steinamanger at
$50 a. m. today for Switzerland. nc
cording to an official announcement
here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05

Stattsticians figure that the popu.
lation Of the world averages ITO
women TO every 100 men.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Our Pet
EPeeVeS::
Too Little Beauty.
Seattle Un-planned.
Spiritual Recharge.
Where Do We Get 1t?

THIS is the ntn~t~~nth Of . s~rt~s
e artirie~ In which members Of
The star staff tell what displc~sso
them most, and Why.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
HARDING BANISHES TREATY!


Tonight and Wednesday
fair; heary frost tonight;
moderate N. W. u1nds.
Tcmp~aturv Last 20 Hours
Maximum. So. Minimum. 30.
Today noon. Is.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-05
Bitterness and intolerance
Marks Start OF Lads
Trial in Indiana

KNOX. Ind. April s.--Cccii Bur.
kett answers TO the state OF in-
diana today on first degree mur'
der Indictment
The trial is IN circuit court. where
an adult charged with similar Of
Tense would be tried No distine-
ton win be made In the trial OF
Cecil Burkett because he h boy
OF only II years
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Local Lawyers
Save Tax Board
Bill By Insight

Back of the amendment, pas
sage and recall of House Bill No,
9, providing a tax supervision
board for Multnomah county,
followed by the final acceptance
ty aonferees and ratification by
both houses of the original bill
passed by the House was a story
of the confusion of the pendenus
legal machine of the senate by
two young Salem lawyers, Guy
Smith and Roy Shields, who
formed the amendments insisted
upon by the local lawyers invalid
ated the measure. Then amend
ments, wherein the senate insisted
upon naming the commission,
made it special and local legislation
and therefore unconstitutional.
Messrs Smith and Shields are
employed, under authority of the
legislature to pass upon the vail
dity of measures after passage to
guide the governors action. The
bill was validated when the provi-
sions were eliminated and the APP
pointive power rested to the Gov
arnor, who, however, refused to
take advantage of the situation
and answered that he would Sc
Iect as members of the tax board
those chosen by the Legislature.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Seen In The
CrimeIight

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 21.-
The Memphis branch of the
federal reserve bank was rob-
bed of several thousand dollars
shortly before noon today, po-
lice reported. The robbers es-
capped.
Sandwich, Ont, Feb. 21.-
The case against Rev. j. o. L.
Spracklin, charged with the
murder of Beverly Trumble,
an inn proprietor November 5
last, was set for today. Strong
telling cause exclusion from the
court room of allaexcept attor-
neys, witnesses and newspaper
men. Rev. Spracklin, former
liquor license inspector, killed
Trumble during a raid on the
inn. The minister declared he
shot in self defense.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb.
.21.-Thieves who broke into
the Grantsville bank at Grants
vile, Utah, about fifty miles
west of here, either Saturday
night or Sunday, secured sew
eral thousand dollars of Lib
erty bonds, war stamps and a
considerable amount of cash,
the total of which has not
been determined. The robbery
was discovered today.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Dads Asked Oranges;
:: Won't Get Sick ;;
On Patton's Present

An eagerness to satiate the Or
ange hunger of Councilman H. H.
Vandervort and other fellow alder
men. together with a marked So
licitude for their physical welfare
was displayed by Councilman Hal
Patton, now at Long Beach, Cal,
in the purchase of a present for
The city fathers which was this
morning received by City Record
er Earl Race.
At the last regular council meet
ing Mr. Vanderyort rose to his
feet and suggested that, since Mr.
Patton was going to California, it
would not be uniting for him to
send to the aldermen back home
crate of oranges. This morning
three crates were received by Mr..
Race, each of which was jammed
full of the fruit.
"~o show my fellow councilman,
Henry Vandervort, that l am not
stingy l am sending not one, but
three boxes" reads an accompany
ing note to Mr.. Race, "These you
can distribute to the council with
my best regards"
The crates measure six inches
in length and 2 y inches in width.
They each contain six small, tan
gerine" oranges.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Man, Injured In
Silverton, Better

North Howell. Ore, Feb. 21.-
Winter Boughman has returned
from Silverton where he has been
confined in the hospital for some
time recovering from an injury
sustained while cutting cord wood
near his home. 1t seems that a
piece of steel flew from the wedge
as he struck it with another imple-
ment and the particle of steel deep
ly penetrated his leg. A serious
cash was cut in the member and
young man will be laid up for some
time, although he is able to be
around the house.
Henry and Ella Lovery of Salem
have been visiting friends here this
week. They formerly lived at
North Howell, going to Salem few
months ago when the family moved
to that city.
George Vinton made too hot a
fire in the smoke house few
nights ago with the result that ne
will have to build a new one. The
little building and contents were
burned.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Of
Jap Sentry Is
Believed Sure

Toxic, Feb. 2O.-Conviction of
Toshigiro Ogasawara, the japanese
sentry who shot and killed Lieuten-
ant Langdon of the United States
cruiser Albany at Vladivostok late
in December, is forecast by news
papers here, including the well In
formed Jill Shimpo. They declared
also that several high officers Will
become involved in the case.
1t is asserted the officers of the
sentry's regiment may be found
culpable because of their instruc-
tions to the sentry would have been
justifiable only in times of war.
It is declared Ogasawara will be
found guilty because he pursued
Lieutenant Landon more than the
80 PAGES prescribed in the regula-
tions. Belief is expressed, however,
that his punishment will be slight.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Shippers Claims
Against R. r. Due
Pronto, Is Report

Shippers who have any claims
against the railroad administrations
during the time of federal con
troll are urged. in a letter being
sent out by the public service com
mission today to present those
claims Immediately. The statute OF
limitations on these claims ex-
pires February 2s. the letter points
out. and all claims must be filed
before that time. The notice ~
based on a recent Interpretation of
the statute applying 10 this ques-
ton By the interstate commerce.
commission which points out that
modification 20 the commission
that a complaint may or viii be
filed later for the recovery OF dam
ages IS not a filing Of Complaint
within the meaning Of the statute
Claims must be filed with the in
terstate commerce commissioEI-
washington. ID. c.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
League Council
Meets In Paris

Paris, Feb. 21.-Questions of
great Importance were laid before
the council of the league of nations
when it met here today. These
problems included the allied atti-
tude toward Danzig and Armenia,
the proposed plebiscite in Lithuanin
and plans for the relief of Armenia
A commission to study amend
ments to the covenant of the league
also was to be named. Three of
these amendments were especially
important.
One, introduced at Geneva by
C. ]. Doherty, a Canadian delegate,
proposed that article ten should Oe
eliminated from the covenant. Two
others were sponsored by Honorio
Pueyrredon. Argentine foreign min
lister. One would proclaim as mem
bers of the league all nations which
have not announced their desire to
remain outside. The other would
provide that all members of ths
league council should be elected by
the assembly.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-21
Bulletins

Washington Feb. 21-A proposal to repeal the six per
guarantee provision of the transportation act was
defeated today by the senate, SO to Ia
Medford, Ore. Feb. 21-Judge Calkns today granted
change of to Josephine county for D. Hines vice
president of the Jacksonville bank charged with completely
in the banks failure All other defendants will be tried in
Jackson county The grand jury started sessions today and
the bank cases will probably be called next week.
Washington Feb. 21-President Wilson is expected to
recommend to congress before he leaves office that author
ty be granted for United States to accept German
bonds to applied against the debt that Belgium
America it learned today at the state department
Washington Feb PA bill appropriating $5OOOOOO to
buy seed grain in drought stricken of the
passed the today without record vote 1t
goes to the house.