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SEAMEN AT BREMERTON IN DEADLY LOVERS' BATTLE FOR SEATTLE GIRL! Weather ■ ■■■■ /krr»»» tonight and Friday: 1111 I strung to whole south ■ ■lll easterly gaits. I I I I I TVmparntwe |«l »| nwn I II& Maxliiinm. 41. Minimum, 10. | I P Tad*) noon. U. VOLUME 23 Far North: Called to a Child. Quest for Advevhire, The "Black-Birdcr Scent of Sca-Icc. (TMa k «be IIM •» • aatokw •• MM wrlllmm imprrlmtlr **• >w kr «»»«- *»k» ■« f.n .i Ar.tir »4>o»««i*r »»4 rftlr ■•V. 4«UUUm« k'.i aad ,> ,i " to lh» mm »>"'» Kia- ItaTwM ■'»•• fc».—u .u I— •» 4mnl *r MM " ( apt pirturrtel. MM(« mi Ik* A »■>■■■■ lri4Ht m*mmm tivmrbmtk*. Mt •( ■MM I to. kM lac N y«a»» k~n lr«4- IMS wlt»ll*8 mm! «*lni4ac !■ An«t« mm. HU »tar(M mbmiv «• Uw li«ril l*f «l Ui WIU BY CAFT. JOHN J. BEKTOXCCINI rG NOKTH called to ma when I nu a child, my nose In a book, plckinc out U» ilofk# of tiw N°r* nriL 1 was 11 roars old wheo 1 first ■hipped oat of Stockholm u d«k boy in the biigantlna Henry, looking for idvriitim I f«P«t to (O On tanking to tong w I It**. BnauH I bavt spetit »D my Ufa •Bong men of my own wnym. It doea not »»«m to mo that my exparteneaa hav« been remarkabla. To lira In •M placa year after year and never to feel tha lift of a deck, never to a oak my ahlp out of tha Ice-floe ' saver to buck an Arctic gale—that wouM seem (trance to ink -I WAB A S.UI/OR, AND THAT TKIXM IT AIJ." When I tu a lad I knockad about t» all corners of tha world. I waa a sailor, and that tolls It aIL When I «aa qualified aa aa able seaman, the ■oath Seas attracted me and I drifted down Into the dreamy, trwrh arobs watam of Pulyneala. It waa 3* years ago that 1 first went to aca, and yet In that Urae cr£tm*tto« baa I kid Its heavy ha hit on *rerr trlba, tha teat of tha old sailing days are anrfad. and there are few places ft hrrr tha white man'* ways and the White man's law are not In force. Did jrou mr hear of a "black MnJ«r"4 Wd you know that lone after chattel atavery had b«*« abol ish .-<1 by every ciTlltxod luUcn, there •Xietnl In the South Hras the worst form of tltn traffic, carried on by white men? In the old alave days, the captive* purchased on the coaat of Afrkm were prisoners of war. many of them. The white men bought them from Arab tra«l»r« and raiders When -blackbirdlng - thrlv ed. white men tricked the native* Into captivity by rtfte and promises and transported them In drovea. aa "contract labor." from the Eljla and Solomon*, to South Auvr.can planta tion*. HKKVKTI All A SEAMAN on a nuanuuiKß" I eerved my time aa a seaman on S "blackbtrder." We would touch at • Bvi|t port and oar crafty "con tractor*" would go aahore to ply the chief with Manor and to apln fine bin of travel and wage* In diatant Ma Inspector* of the British govern ment aalled In the Mackbirding ■choonera, and the native*. Jamtnnl between decka moat of th» time, were plentifully fed and treats aa valua ble property. Only the atubborn one* were shackled. The moat cruel part of the trans ion waa Ihe fact that the dark ttiunl natlvea were on their way to a land of hard work. That may not aound tragic, but When you rerwmbf thai they never bad worked, that they had Inherited a vaat lazlneaa, and that alnging. feaatlng. dancing, love making and war-making were thetr rmdal pur aulta, yon will understand that the drudgery of a plantation killed them in body and In spirit. BI T UK VEARNED EOB TIIK EAR NOKTH *The alghta and .'mella of "black bl.ding" were not according to my taa'ea. I auppoae. I wanted to g"t Into the real North; I wanted to breathe a wind charged with the ■cent of sea-Ice. Whaling th»r» waa adventure, I aald In mjaelf. and so I headed for Hun Kr*nclsco. of all porta In the world the port of adven turers. That ahlpwreeJc. starvation and< the m'**f iinuulrif t**d lurk Imagina ble awaited m+ in that pursuit, I did Dot gue** I'm glad / didn't. SUES MAN WHO GAVE HER RIDE Invited to take a ride In Ployd J. 11l k*V automobile, Kthel Vera Eaton was hurt In an accident and now she want* s2,ftlo from ftiggM, according to her complaint In the case h hi» h ia now being tried before Judge Boyd J. Tall man. Hhe aceuac* Kigga of being an Inexperienced driver and having In efficient brakes on his car. The -car backed down a grade on Beacon I ave., April Ift, 1920. Instead of responding to flitfga' effort* to aend It forward Hhe Maya ah* waa thrown out. Rigga say* ahe Jumped when there waa no need of It. Ilirg* ' claims the plaintiff a*ked for a ride and Induced him to drive, knowing he waa inexperienced He consider* himself blameless j HUNT FOR MORE GIRL VICTIMS OF SEATTLE'S "BLACK PRINCE" Prayer Saves Girl Victim of Thugs Murdered Officers and Accused Men The picturea show sonie of the principals in the San Francisco "House of Terrors" at tack on girls and the murder of three officers investigating one phase of the ease in Santa Rosa. The fire men at the top are accused of a shocking!)/ brutal assault on Jean Stanley and Jessie Montgome,/-}/, San Francisco telephone girls. The four girls shown accuse the quintet of the most revolting crime in San Francisco in years. Top. left to right, Edna Fullmer and Pearl Hartley, who have testified, sinre the arrent of the men, that th< y were attacked some time past and threatened with death if they complained, The other girl in the top row is Jessie Montgomery, who was found hysterical after being maltreated by nine men, she toUl police. Below, shown in a hospital brd, Jean Stanley, who, after a three-hour battle against the thugs, jumped thru a window and fled for police. The thr< e men shown together are the officers slam in Santa Rosa while, investigating the girl attacks. George Boyd and his two companions are charged with the murders. The picture inset at right is that of Boyd, former Seattleite, who is held in San Francisco, awaiting recovery from wounds to be arraigned for murder. RAN FRANCIBCO, Dec. I—Jean Stanley, one of the two alrls who were the moat recent victim* In •The Houm* of Terror/* on Howard at., ex plained today that ahe believed pray* er saved her from the Mtill morn shocking fate auffcrod by Iwr chum, Jessie Montgomery. felt that Homethlnv must muat save me from those four human brutes, and that that Something muat be God," she said. "f forgot my danger and my helplessness*. my exhaustion from a three-hour struggle, the hor rible pain from the blowa they l»ad struck me. And I prayed. "With all the atrength of my body, heart and prayed, right out loud. I aaked God to The Seattle Star rntrreij » flrmnd Hut Mattrr M«y 1. !»*», at th» r<v»tf>fnr«> at S"-att!«. W*»h . linger tha A<-t of CongTfi March 1. ll7t, T>r T»»r. tij Mall, t'j to I* make those four men a a weak as babies. 'O, Ood/ I wild. 'You are more powerful than th« y are. You can take the atrength out 2 CHINAMEN UP ON DOPE CHARGE After a preliminary hearing Thursday la-fore li. s Commissioner McClelland, Toy IMng and Wong Pong Wing, were acltedUl' a t! to ap pear for final hearing on narcotic charges Friday morning. They were arrested Wednesday af ternoon by federal narcotic, agenta, and xmoklng opium valued at 52,000 waa seUod. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise SEATTLE, WASH.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1920. of their arma and let me ea oape. Help me" And I knew He would. "I nald this prayer twice. When I finished the aecond time, three of the men let me go and without a word walked out of the room. "The fourth. McDonnell, aald; 'Girlie, that fool prayer of youra baa ustwl them away. Hut I'm not that easy. Give in to me, or I'll call them hack * "'Go uliead and call th« rn,' I Mid. "When he went outp I stnsr gered to the window, puiihed my arm thru the pane, and crawled thru. I ran for two blocka, found a policeman, and brought him back to savs my friend." LURED TO HIS LOVE COLLEGE? Prosecutor Leams Details of negro's "Treatments" as He Seeks "Patients" "Prhi** R. C. l'ow)»i(»r, wtw nmoimrwho conduct* an al la«ad lo»a eellaca and aanltortum for "dlTtna hmling" »t lit l«th »**„ roarlnrmd Mr. and Mr*. Wil liam Kmnmon. f»rm<-ra naar Auburn, of ht« power to euro tha «lch and wlckad. It *aa trained today. by p«rfonnini la thalr homa »«» ; ireeka a*o aoma uncanny IrUka of ! Hindu mafic. I Many y<<un« ftrla baaMaa th* Hro IdutfUtn of ill- and Mra. Kanava w»ra lured unauapecttagly . into fba n**m « r'utrhaa. authoritM* «a*d Indujr. Aa rrtmrt la Ma| made : 10 find aoma of bia other • paMaola* I wl»lla IwliUal l*ruaa< utor C. E. 1 t Taj pool la prrparuia tha proaeeti I lion of I'ondritw aa ehar«aa of cnutd larrrn*. i MAIIK tNOONnCNTIONAI. I'KOPOttAldt TO YOINU WOMKN I <*laypool aUd today that the I chant** oa which tha aelf atyled prince of India wa* tha firat time arretted by tha police mora than a fortnight a«e wrra thoaa of making unoonvrntlonal propoisla to younc women who oamr to him for apLrlt ual ami byglanus advloa. Thla prior to hla arreat hr •tata officiate on tha charare that ba obtained I -00 from tha Kunaooa II legally for "treatment" of their daughter a. On hla flnt iMt to fha r*an*nn homa. w hara ha la atld to have been dirartad by oth.r "patient*" In Au burn. ha t<4d Mm. Ktenann ha had !■»••*> "aatit by tha He dis played noma of hla mafic In a mnat ■aloiindtUK manner. It la uiWrd by tha alate. W'lim Wr and Vm Fnnimn m*rm Inely wrr* tn ram doul.t.of bin aMI- Itjr to "*«•• thru the badl'x" of their <Un<rht»r». ronilcxtar kn Mid to h»ve cifrrrfxl to pm»» hia pn«»n> of **c ond elrht liy r«*dln* the numeral* • m o«rr.iJ bank nutee while blind fold ed. IIF.AK FAO7IKR A INMOST sroil.H BANK NOTK THICK Mr. and Mr*. Fanaon hail no cur rency. but a ft'hool tear her who wt/i present, Minn Myra lUnahaw. pro ducrd aevaraJ tails, according to (JlaypMl Htandlng hi fhe center of the FSn aon'a aittin* room, red turhaned and 'lad In his flowing rot***. the "princa" produced a black handage which waa tiffhtly ai»ut hi* eye* Ho than reached out hia hand and the eurrr n«-y waa platvai upon hla palm. Mr Kan arm. wtir la hard of hewr- In*, leaned forward with hia good ear cloae to one" that ha might not nnaa anything that waa aald. Tha big negro*a feature* he'rayed confusion. Try aa ha might, he could not read the numbers of the varloua hank notea. "Homeone In thin room in looking st these hills." he is aaid to have de clared Indignantly at last "Thst person's mind la working againat my mind."* Mi k. Fanaon led her hunhand back a few paces and inatantly the "pHnce" waa able to read the num bera. Accurately, one at a time, he read them, *natchcd off hla blindfold and returned tho money to Mlaa Hanshaw. "TKK\TMKNT* ADMIMSTKRKI) TO NOI.KM OF filKI/H lIiKT Thin demonstration §o moved the FanMunn, It I* Mid, that they con- Cfdfd Ijin "aeeond *lght" without fur then challenge. Mr*. I-'hiwhi In *aid to lulve called up their bank, ar ranged for a $6OO loan that the money noOfMlry for their da ugh tern* treatment a might he ad vanced to the "prince," and cloned the deal at once. Part of the "treatment*, * accord ing to Claypool. waa adminitfirt <>d to the aolea of the patient'* The girl, draped In Kuuze. waa required to Mtand before the "prince" on a f«|uar< piece of paper which had been previously Mprlnkled with oil. Standing thuM, It I* aald, *he who given to un<l*t'Mtand that Hhe munt have all confidence and faith In the "healer" and mu*t not question hie methods, which were "for the beat," thnt her Die and sine might be Mwept ftwijr. I Write to Your Congressman! SECRETARY HOUSTON'S PROPOSAL to raise the tax on incomes of less than $5,000 should be nipped in the bud. Let your senators and representatives know your opposition to it Send them your protest. Fill out the form letter below and mail it NOW! The senators of this state are Wesley L. Jones and Miles Poindexter. The representatives are: John F. Miller, First district (including the city of Seattle and Kitsap county); Lynn Hadley, Second district (including King county outside of Seattle and the Northwest tier of counties); Albert John son, Third district; Dr. W. W. Summers, Fourth district; and J. Stanley Webster, Fifth district Houston's proposal will be acted on first In the house. If it is killed there, it has no chance in the senate. Write to your representative in congress by all means—but to make doubly sure, write also to your senators. Clip this, fill it out, and mail: Had. .. ...... .... .. ...... • . U—« ln«*rt aama of coagraaamaa WMMiltl, D. C. Ttaar (Hr. Vrilrrlnf iktl Hi* i alary Tlonatnn'* prapmal to nbt ft* •at an Inramaa af laa« I baa SMM la iraal la prlmri»le. ami particularly mM V aortaaaa an hither hmmn ara not ralaad In proportion. I earnestly aak you la record your rate emphatically again*! It It ia not tha amall and molrnla birutnaa I hat aha uld b* furthar burdened. far •vary rant taken from (hat aourre la tha taking of money needed for actual Utlnf oaata. Hie prevent eieroptlona of |IAM for (tail* man and t!.Mt for married man ara ararwHy rapraaatilatlva af tha minimum roata of llvinc. and therefore to furUiar handicap Ihoaa of amall In come* ia unhaatlfiahir and appreaaive. I believe I am *o4rhtc tha aenli merit of a majority of your oonatltuanry ahrn I aak that you vot« afalul thla unfair proposal Keapertfully jbur*, N'une i.... Addreaa Qtjr .................................. .......'.........» I.i FIGHT TO AVERT TIE-UP OF CARS Crews May Quit Unless They Get Cash Pay With the city railway fund gotnf on a warrant t>iut« Friday and mr employee threatening to protect thmmtlTfll from lorn of wm<i by draatic action, a conference wan call fd for Thursday afternoon to deter n>in»» m>*ana to make the warrant* negotiable. That ulreet mr employe* may quit work If they are unaMe to caaii war ran La la believed poaalbla by city of flciala. More than 2.000 person* arc in the employ of ihe traction ay* tern Mayor Caldwell, members of the council, railway chiefa and other city offk-inla will confer with Seattle hankera on tho financial aituatlon confronting tha city. That the council would pa*a the Thomson ordinance Increasing fun** to t 14 centa waa Indicated at the meeting of tha utllltiea committee Thursday morning Certain minor change* were made In the bill by the committee. Mayor Caldwell, appearing before tha utllltiea committee, urged that Immediate action he taken to protect the trainmen from poaalblllty of lons thru InnhlUty to oaah wmrranta that will l>e laaued them in lieu of caah waf«a. Condltlona under which the bank* will accept these warrant a will he threnhed out at the afternoon con ference. Councilman John F2. Carroll ad vocated that a loan he m.wle from the general fund to tide the railway over the emergency. Other membera of tha council pointed out that the general fund la already over 1100,00* in the red. HARD FINANCIAL SLEDDING FACES SEATTLE Thnt Seattle In facing hard finan cial tfleddliifr waa Indicated Thuredivy by a special report prepared by City Comptroller Hairy W. Carroll for the city utllltle* committee. With the committee fighting den perately to *tmight<n out the tan gled finance* of the light nnrt rail way department?*, and with the Sktigit river project In a perilous condition thru failure to well bond*. Carroll'* report indicate* that drastic ntep* mUMt be taken to pull the city'a ut Hit ten out of the nlough. Including obligation* to be met thin month, the atreet car ayntrm la "in 3s 1 MAN STRUCK BY RUNAWAY AUTO Car Dashes Thru Crowded Business District Ramitn* aw*7 down the steep James st. bill, swerving nnd dodging ant on, street cars and pedsetrlana. the anto of Dr. C. L. Templeton. 2533 3iiit tvt fl„ rmlfd Its wild ctrwr on the rough plank a of the waterfront <lll»<Wty a few f*et from the bay. Thursday forenoon. W. J. Campbell. ec. civil engineer, of 302 W. Hist St.. was struck at Third ave ami.James st- by the run away auto and perhap* fatally in jured. Both his lein were broken and h* received numerous cyts and bruises. Dr. Templeton was the sole pas wen ire r in the auto. THOI OHT HRCKIJWS llltrVKK AT WIIKKIi Wltns—ea who saw Campbell struck by the auto, thought the car was driven by a reckleas, wild driv er when the anto did not stop, and they notified police. Campbell was brought to city hospital. Search was started for the auto. A a soon as the auto stopped en Railroad ave., T»r. Templeton hasten ed bark to Third ave. and James st. and then came direct to police sta tion. where he made a report of the accident. lie *a.«» hooked. "Something gave war under fho car as I was coining down James st. near Sixth ave.," Dr. Templeton told traffic division officer*. "The brakes and everything else went wrong. COM J) IHI NOTHING TO HALT IT "The machine raptdly gained speed I could do nothing to halt it. At the base of the steep hill at Fourth ave., 1 swung* Just in time to avoid a man. At Third ave. I tried my best to avoid Campbell, but the right front fender «tru<4 him. "It's n miracle, I think, that more people were not Injured In the acci dent. a* I had no control over tin auto. 1 Mived myatdf by ugile Hteer Ing only." the rod" more than $831,883. The book deficit In the lljfht department Ih placed ill s'» 14.000. Approximately $650,000 I* required to cover out standing obligations to complete work on the Cedar Full* construction work. Home si! 00.000 must be paid bank to the steam plant fund before summer. The balance In the general fund la only $16,703. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE GOB SHOT 3 TIMES BY RIVAL IN LOVE! Attacked in Dark, Assailant Flees; Victim Won't TeH Who He Was BVkEMERTON, Deo. authorities torn reticent Vxltty com* oernlng the case of Kdward Hun* ertck. a young artman from the MP* ply ship Orion, who Ilea In the yard hospital hero suffering Croat m nasty bullet wound to the leg aa Ika rvrult. It la Haul, of a lovers' fetxt over the affections of a Snttle tfrU If the authorities hare learaedl from llumerirlc the Identity of bIM ! rival, they refutied to dUclnse ft. Tb* I (flrl a nxnie, It was stated. wOl M kept secret, except from the aourM martial If such a court la ImiilMfc ' ] OAI'<«HTKR OK GOOD ij FAMILY IN HK.miJ{ . j (the is said to be the daofbC? < afl a (rood family of some promlneace Healths and Is considerably |nllni%< ed over the affair of last night. TM •hooting, she learned today, ali Ml third attempt of the rivmt Mp*V| young Ilumerick'a life. Twice before, in SeatUa, It twliy, Iluraerick was the target at Htm other man's pistol, but both M||[ eeraped without % scratch. . RKKTHKA TO lUTTKAti 8 limNTITT OF AfIMnJIXV I Ilometirk was ilandbf wharf at I o'clock hurt light ■wttS for a Seattle boat, when On MpQ shot waa fired from Cbe dark. wnaMt Ing him. The would bo uswlii fled 9tf fsr as can be learned, has been captured, llomartrk last night would not reveal the other safbCf identity, sad aald the affair would b* hushed up aa far aa ha waa ohm oerned. MARRIED WHILE DOPED, SAYS HE Wants Divorce Decree From Drug-Fiend Wife TTndrr th, Influence of dnmi miniHrrrd by the woman wftio aats* *e<iu»ntly became hi* wife, Gilbert Hawkins «u forcrd thru the MM runt* ceremony In July, 1»1», h* complain* in hi* petition for divorce from Helen Hawkins, filed la S\J» pertor court Thursday. "I told the magistrate who ptfc formed the ceremony,** his petition declares. "that I did not want to many the girl but couldn't belp It* Hawkins says the gir! kept hbm nnder the influence of narcotics fbr several days and that on tho lOtfe day, while they were walking dowa First avf, she lost her mental baW ance and screamed m loudly that both were arretted. In police court be a vera, he wM allowed to go after It had been ew> plained to him that his wife wag % notorious drug uaer and was weft known by the police. He claims he has not lived wjtlft the girl since that occasion. INDIAN EDITOR ' TALKS AT "IT For the ptft 1«0 y Mir* Fnirlar# has all but throttled education iifc India. was the »tatement of Pr. NU 8. Hardlker, editor of Young India, whit addreaaed an assembly of jour** nallsm atudenta at the universiljft Thursday. WORLD LEAGUE CHIEF QUITS BY HENRY WOOD OENEVA, Dec. Disagreement In the leacue of nations was n» phaaizert toduy when the rreignatioa of Ilonprlo l'ueyrrwlon a* vice preal* dent of the assembly was laid the sesxiun. HARDING WON'T RESIGN SENATE I MARTON, Ohio. TVc. 9—Pre*idea Elect Warren (». Harding will retail*, hie senate ifat for the present, an«t| no Immediate action will be takt* on the offer of Governor Cox to ai* point Senator Elect Frank B. Willi* should Harding desire to resijrn his senatorial office. It wan indicated ifli a statement from headquarter* lur« toiv