Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1924, Page 16

i JAPANESE TRADITION UPSET BY MURDERS Record of Orientals for Few Mari- tal Ruptures Broken by Two Love Tragedies. 6 FAITHLESS HUSBAND KILLS 3| Suitor Slays Girl in U. S. Who Re- | fused to Marry Him. d Py NGELES, May . one following mons Two love wiftly upon e colony of L 2 set tradition that goes back through dreds of years of the light phil- wsophy of the heart of the people of and of the om and lantern fetes, and re- @ strange conflict of emotions sh of oriental viewpoint cishas, veals in the c with occidental assoclation and cus- | toms It is said that sex crimes are seidom | known in Japan, and so far as the here, they wer are to of Leing unknown until among the numer- record go the deg the 1z ous J California, although picture b they had never rival in the United and occider striking served with the the world ad sort of Am ! heritage of the oriental mind. w ther good for him nor his people who were his neighbors. Nak| married, despoiled the home of neighbor, ei Yoshi, through i ation for hi's wife. Yoshi, who had not even a veneer of Americanism, retaliated by de- spoiling Nakamura’'s home. It is the American custom for a_man to pro- his own home. So Nakamura, i\ his Army pistol, kill 2 d his wife, and, returning home, slew his own wife and himself. Letter Telly of Tragedy. There was mystery about the trag- edy until a note from > ¥. Muramoto, an uncle 1 away, most con American absorbed a o ing not far was found and translated. It : T am writing down all the I have be discovered this He came to way. On May me’ over and id he en his revenge and was hap 4 n I heard him mention venge I became suspicious of wife's unfaithfulness. 1 made u e, but when 1 ~he would die, :I(v 1 decided to kill 1 of them and nyselr ‘I felt sorry for my baby, Harumi, 80 1 started to take her to you to ar- range for you to send her back to Japan; alhough this is ou. I ask you to Farewell.” the end of a f a Japanese who did not take his affair of the heart with light philosophy, but followed it through vears and to the n th death for the object s and himself was the -m. tragedy = of old Jap hima, the lover, was left to unrequited affection when ty daughter of his neighbors away for America seventeen His one purpose was to her, and 2 few months ago he d in reaching the shores of arted out to search He found her in £ Kusuno Mat- merchant in as happy, and re- a when he came to re- 1it in the belief that he love. nurs eh the pr sails ago. ve follow new his could win h & the decislon for both aid, when he left her. He returned and shot her down, killing stantly. Then he shot himself ived but a few min- ; o, left a note, and said pman had made a fool of pan, 1 that she really loved him, he h ding him to believe and that The “Biarrits” White Kidskin—aristocrat of Summer Shoe Fashion— appears here at a Demo- cratic price. The “Nore” An individual tailored mode —White Kidskin, with a tiny chased belt buckle. 510 The modes illus- trated and others also at our 7th St. and our 9th St. stores.. the cherry | Y. |clouds low.” mountain. | port at once at Washington. ou east | Mirage Causes Says Martin on Way to D. C. World Flight Chief Tells of Narrow Escape in Fall; Plan to Rejoin Com- panions Believed Canceled. By the Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash, May 26.—A mirage sent Maj. Frederick L. Martin, former commander of the United States Army around-the-world flight, off his course and was directly re- sponsible for the navigation of his plane to a wrecking fall against a mountain near Port Moller on April 30, Maj. Martin said here yesterday when he arrived from Alaska on the steamship Catherine D. He was ac- mpanied by his mechanle, Staff Sergt. Alva L. Harvey. Before he told In detail of experience, . M with his family Bobby, efght years of age. aj. Martin explained that he was w1 away from the Pacific by th mirage on April 30, soon after his plane left Chignik. He was taken off his course in a northwesterly direc- tion Narrowly Missed CHft. “The weather was foggy and the Maj. Martin said. “1 course, heading south, but suddenly hit the side of the Had we hit ten feet lower we would have struck an abrupt clift and probably both been killed, but as d on a gradual slope lid about 100 feet, changed my ing it to pieg Martin Broke his nose, but . Harvey was uninjured. will leave S ashington. s from Gen. Mason M. f the Army air service, aj. Martin at Belling- ham. The first, dated May 12, di- rected him and Sergt. Harvey l‘t_t; re- G tle to- It also stated plans to “send to rejoin the flight at the farthest convenient point, from which you can complete journey with the rest of your command.” The other telegram canceled the order sending Harvey to Washington and assigned him to Chanute Field, Jll. This was interpreted by Maj. Martin as meaning that the plan to send him to Europe has been aban- a “If another Douglas cruiser were available 1 would like nothing bet- to rejoin the other fivers in Maj. Martin said. “But it THE _EVENING Plane Crash, would not be fair to the other men, who have made excellent progress, for me to take any of their places.” CLUB HONORS MARTIN. Adventurers Vote Aviator Life Membership. | By the Associ | CHICAGO, Ma ~The Adven- turers' Club vesterday voted a life membership to Maj. Frederick L. Martin, commander of the United e-world flyers, a April 20, for excgptional and meritorlous | service to his government.” Maj. Martin flew the club's flag. The Chicago chapter of the Na- tional Aeronauti Association is making plans to welcome Maj. Martin s mechanic, Sergt, Alva Harvey, Martin 1s expected to reach St. Paul some time Thursday. He will be met by a committee from the Adventurers’ Club and brought back to Chicago in the private car of the president of the Chicago, Great Western railroad. A _squadron of airplanes from Chanute Field, Rantoul, IllL, will leave Wednesday to meet the train bearing their former commanding officer and escort it to Chicago. SN R P R HOP-OFF POSTPONED. French Flyer Delays Start From ! China to Japan. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, May 26.—Capt. Pel- letier Doisy, the French aviator, who flew here from Paris, has postponed until tomorrow his hop-off for Japan via Peking and Korea. On his way to Peking he will stop at Shochow, Chihll Province, and Tsinanfu. BUDGET RAISE SOUGHT. VIENNA, May 26—The Austrian government today announced its in- tention to request the council of the league of nations at the June meeting to permit the government to balance its budget with the eXpenditure at $106,000,000 and the revenue essential- Iy higher, instead of at the present level of $70,000,000. 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