The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 23, 1919, Page 14

PREPARING FOR | 'Hie’s Picked to Pilot U.S. Naval | CROSS-SEA TRIP, Plane in Transatlantic Flight | Three U. S. S. Naval Flying Boats to Be Used NEW YORK, April 23.—By United Press.)—Three naval flying boats, the N. C1, N. C3 and N. C4, will be used in the transatlantic fight of the navy, which ts to start soon, it fas learned today, The wings of the N. C.2 will be fitted to the N, C.-1, which was par Wally Wrecked in the recent storms, "The N. C.2, making two expert mental flights yesterday, remained fn the air three and a half hours. In the final flight she carried 11 pas fengers and gasoline, bringing the Joad to 28,500 pounds Experiments, carefully worked out by naval flyers, show that the N. C.2 an carry 11,500 pounds of gasoline « 5 and oll, which, at the rate of 650 pounds per hour, will carry her ap- Proximately 18 flying hours, Her Bpeed is estimated at 95 miles per hour, but her pilots believe an av- @rage of only 70 will be attained in Fegular fights. 361STMENTO PARADE HERE Veterans of 91st to Reach Home Saturday » For four hours on Saturday Seat-| te will play hogy to its own sons—_ Feturnigg heroes of the 3¢ist Infan-| try—veterans of some of the hard: ‘Pst fighting in which the American won undying glory for itself crushing the Hun. © Word has just been received from | Col. A. D. Cummings, commanding | detachment of Seattle's own division men, that the men Lieut. Commander Patrick N. L. Bellinger, who is likely to fly the reach here about 10 o'clock | Navy-Curtiss seaplane in an attempt to be first to cross the Atlantic by morning, or two days / airship. head of schedule. How Range of Airplane Has Been } Lengthened in Five Years’ Time Men who won honor and fame in —- people of Seattle, The soldiers! sailors’ welcome committee has/| oneigead completed all arrange | ite for their reception. ‘The 361st men will come over the Pacific, arriving at the st. station. Immediately up- arrival and following the first Argonne forest will be made feel at home and welcome by/| 784 Miles—Bilarrtz to Holland, Guillax, May, 1913 900 Miles—Paris to Warsaw, Moulinais, June, 1915. 500 Miles—Marsellies to Tunis, Garros, September, 1913 ew — > C. Ue Stead Gall relatives at Byes! M a Eng., to Montrose, Capt. C. MH. A. Long station, the bo: ny oreo a e boys will fall in| 1,350 Milee—Berlin to Posen, Mulhousen and Darmstatt, Stoffler, thru the downtown Octot 913. od Their march S88 $26 Milee—Marveilies to Bordeaux and Monte Carlo, Moulinals, April, 1914. 850 Milee—Bertin to Serbia, Schuler, July, 1914. 940 Miles—Voihynia to Salonika, Smolianoff, July, 1917 2,000 Miles—London to Constantinople, Savory, July, 1917. 2,000 Miles—Berlin to Mosul, Hease, December, 1917. 2,900 Miles—London to Cairo, two R. A. F. officers, August, 1918. 4,000 Milee—Ellington Field, Tex., to Mt. Clemens, Mich., Lieut. John E. Davis, October, 1918. 4,500 Miles—San Diego to New York, four planes under command of Major Albert D. Smith, January, 1919. 5,200 Miles—London to India, December, 1914. GAIN BASEMENT Let Us Remind You That in the Basement } ——~>- You Always Pay a 4 tee To prove it look at these ~|—Silk Dresses ‘—That Are —Only —$13.95— Notice particularly the many pretty styles we have at this price, how smartly they are trimmed and the Silks, notice how good the qual- ity is. $ —Styles suitable for women and misses— ’ | sizes 16 to 42, in navy blue, green, brown, os Burgundy, Copenhagen, gray, taupe, dust. 0 aap of the a pe endigll possible a turn over stocks ’ uu can always feel assured tti t the latest fads in ihaive and colors. aT rr cope eames ” ee lot tp Py F necie amie models; various tunic, straightline, novel long waist and other charming styl ivi wide variety to choose from. rite am Rdaalad —Some cries are Pied bee bende of accordion pleating, as sketched —or with pipings in contrasting colors—embroidered, i designs; Georgette sleeves and ‘buttons. pay wee eee 60 eee se iis Orville Billings Shoots Self| _ SEATTLE | TACOMAN ENDS | LIFE IN HOME | Was Facing Charges in Se-'}| attle Case | TACOMA, April 23.—"He be gan snapping the gun. Mr. M. B. Hubell, a friend of the family, | who was dining with us, sald, ‘Orville, you'll have to get some thing better than that to seare auto thieves,’ “My husband then turned the gun around to polnt at his head, laughed, and fired It, He was Just going to say something, when it went off. I shall never forget the look of surprise on his face when he fired.” | With these words Mra. on ie | Billings, wife of a prominent 1 |man, explained to the poll ldeath of her husband at the dinner | table in thelr home here Tuesday | night Hillings shot and killed him self with a revolver, the bullet en | tering thru the ‘mouth and piercing the brain. He died instantly | have been tried in| the supertor of King county at} 9:30 a. m., Wednesday, on a charge | fled in behalf ef Gladys Utter, 14 | | year-old deaf mute of Seattle, adopt ed daughter of H. W, Utter, 901 24th jave. N Mad Been Autoing According to the statements of hie |f) |wite and Hubbel, all three had been | f/ out In the Hillings automobile Tues day afterngon. While dining Mrs | Billings asked | “Did you bring that gun in?” | Billings rose from the table and,| lgotng to the machine outalde, |brought back the revolver. He be | jgan snapping it at various objects | labout the dining room, and at Hub | |bell's remark about scaring auto [thieves with the chambers empty nuddenly flipped the gun about in| jhia hand and fired the fatal shot. | | Hla mouth was open, as If he were | about to reply to Hubbell’s sally, and | & gradual look of surprise spread | over his features as the misntle | crashed thru his brain. He fell for ward without a sound Was Prominent Man Rillings was one of the most prom: tnent of Tacoma financial men, He was an unsuccessful candidate for | | the republican nomination for gover | | | nor in 1912, and president of the Pacific Putiding and Loan associa |tlon until a few months ago, when | he was removed from that office by internal forces tn the association | He came to Tacoma tn 1901 from Preston, Minn. He was married to | Minnie Emerson of Auburn the same year. In 1907 he organized the butiding and loan association ‘The charge against him was filed September 6, 1918. He waa brought to Seattle and released on $6,000 bonds. The case was set for hearing in October, 1918, but was continued on the appeal of his attorneys until March of this year, Billings then stated that it was necessary to un dergo an operation, and the case was finally net for 9:0 a. m. today. Billings was 63 years old on Octo- ber 9 Int. FIRST 10 FIGHT "ARRIVE IN N.Y, | Heroes of Byng’s Drive Re- turn on Santa Teresa NEW YORK, April 23.—(United | Press.)—Seven officers and 266 enlisted men of the Lith engineers, [the first American volunteers in | France, the first to reach” the front, the first to suffer casualties and the first to take part in Gen. Byng’s great offensive, arrived here today on the transport Santa Teresa, More than 1,500 men of casual and convalescent companies also j arrived. The Duca d’Abruzst also arrived with 1,175 men of the United States army ambulance service nections Noa. 626, 627, 629, 632, 645, 655, 563, 669, 657, 669, 666, 673, 579, 687 and 496, and provisional sec- tions A, B and C, quartermaster detachment; headquarters detach- ment; hoxpital detachment; motor repair shop detachment and casual companies 2418, Massachusetts; 2419, Illinota, and 2426, California, Vampire Love Is All False, She Says CHICAGO, April 23.—Jealousy has no place jn the love psychology of Mra, George Lamb. “Vamp love in not true love,” she says, “It's only temporary. Men do not love women they can not re- spect.” Mrs. Lamb does not think a real man can respect “a rag, a bone and a hank of hair.” “[ studied this paychology even before I knew that George (her hus- band) waa living with another woman,” Mrs. Lamb aaid. “I was 80 positive it would work that I in| vited the ‘other woman’ to come and live in my house. If I can not win back the love of my husband over the wiles of a vampire—then I will be ready to admit my theories are all wrong.” Her husbapd refused to accept the tent, she says, and left her, giving | her $10 @ week for the support of | their son. | “Think of {t." she says. “I for-|}) gave him after his blonde went back to her husband and he returned to me. My theory was all wrong—all wrong.” | SEARCHES FOR SON Does anyone in Seattle know the whereabouts of Claud Dixon, a sol- dier in the American army? His father, Elbert Dixon, now at the National Soldiers’ home in Tennes- see, has lost track of his son, and is asking postmasters thruout the country to post notices advertising for the missing on, hen you think of advertising, | | think of The Star, »———— Voiles 30c Yard Curtain Voiles and Marquisettes—quite popular for curtains for town or summer home—plain or with imitation hemstitch—white or ore. | Marquisette 60c Yard Mercerized Marquisette, 50 inches wide; excep- tionally good grades; evenly woven of combed yarn—white, cream or ecru. a 36-Inch Burlap 35c Yard So many pretty things can be made from Bur- TheBonMarché A Sale of Men’s Worsted Trousers at $5.25 a Pair * This is a lower price for this grade of Trousers than we have been able to quote in two years’ time. They are made of heavy worsted —with cotton backs—in neat dark patterns. Good-looking Trousers with lots of wear to them. We took a maker’s stock of Worsted Trouserings—at a price— Had the goods made up to our order— And so we can say $5.25 a pair as long as the 300 pairs hold out. Well tailored trousers with two hip pockets with button flaps—two side pockets, one watch pocket and belt loops. laps — wall coverings, other things. This is in blue, brown, green, red or natural. STAR MEN'S CLOTHING SHOP—UPPER MAIN FLOOR eS C2O2722 pee yysss Rgsea2s HOME FURNISHING DAYS AT THE BON MARCHE Curtainings Invest a little money in Bon Marche Curtain Stuf spend a few hours at the sewing machine, and you'll hay nicer curtains—at a smaller outlay of money—than other way we know of. 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