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This powerful out-of-door love story el. begins in next Star. | BREWERS LOSE IN TEST CASE ‘The court held the act was con: stitutional and Judge Mayer had no jurisdiction to enjoin the enforce- ment of a constitutional act. ‘The court recommended that the | ct attorney hasten final deter ‘mination of the issue in the highest} court, and in the meantime interfere with the business of brewers as little as possible. WASHINGTON, June 26—(United | Press}—The house judiciary commit “tee today decided to provide separate ) enforcement acts for constitutional and war-time prohibition. This action will have the effect of | slightly modifying drastic prohibi tion enforcement measures during the life of the war-time act ‘The vote today was a direct versal of former commit While the two sets of enforcement fegulations will be distinct, the house q@rill consider both at the same time Sccording to committee plans. THUGS HOLD UP TWO WORKMEN NEAR HOME Two holdu community, and committed same three thugs, were re police Thursday morni re tee action. one the to the in by sorted 3 26th ave. 8 ave. 8. W three men 4 had stepped e tallest of the was spokes erted that he was 6th few moments from a stre trio, carr man. Wher he was returning fr told to Feeney a om work, three up near his WATER SHUT OFF Water will be shut off f until 5 p.m. Fri 5 way, from E. Howell st Rhymsters, Attention! the your watching pages for Are you Classified rhyme? The Star, publishes sev- eral of the Want Ad Rhymes daily. Yours may be printed any day. Watch! this the of on See condition we contest C lassified page. Soldiers Killed in Attempt to Rescue Comrades Cap- | tured by Bolsheviki GEN. GRAVES REPORTS WASHINGTON, June %6.— (United Press)—One officer and three men of the American expe- dition in Siberia were killed and two wounded when they went to the assistance of five of their comrades captured by anti-Kol chak forces, on June 2, Maj. a William Graves cabled the week’s Seattle members of the Sist infantry, a regular army unit. The men killed were Second Lieutenant Albert Ward Corporal Jemme M. Reed and = Pri- Craig and Charles L. MARTIN CALLED. | IN BOOZE CASE | vates D. P Flake The wounded are Cotporal George A. Ienmon and Pri ‘vate Clarence G. Crail. ‘The extent of phe injuries of the wounded men bas got been deter. | mined Second Lieutenant Custer Fribley, | quartermaster corp, and Corporals| | Bastland W. Reed and Harland Dalw (spelling believed garbled in trans | miasion), and Privates Harold C. Bul | tard and Forrest Moore were fishing | [in the vicinity, of the Souchan line} on June 22, Graves reported. They | were surprised and captured by antl. Kolchak forces and taken to Novits kaya Francls Elevator Operator and Court Clerk Questioned S. M. Martin, a real estate operater, appeared Thursday at the county-city building in re- sponse to a grang jury sub- poena. It was reported that Martin drove the automobile in which were a number of sacks of whiskey destined for patients | at the Providence hospital. Mar. | tin merely did a friendly act for | & physician who is alleged to | have failed to deliver all the | | sacks. Die in Fight It is not even hinted that Martin| ‘The enlisted men captured were! obtained any of the whiskey for his | members of Company H, 31st Infan- | own use. The whiskey, in which the|try. When news of their capture | grand jury is evincing Interest, was| reached the Jist Infantry, two pla @ part of that taken from the coun: | toons of Company M went to demand | ty-clty building on the night of June | the release of the men. They were 4. According to county-city building | met by the anti Kolchak forces with | gossip, Superior Judge Clay Allen, | the reported cnsualtios who ordered the destruction of the| Lieutenant Fribley and booze which resulted in the calling | captured with him still are In the) |of the grand jury, engaged in an | enemy's hands animated conversation with the phy. General Graves reported that, | stcian whom Martin drove to the | territory ound the Souchan line} Providence hospital when the jurist| had been a Bolshevik hotbed for/ | learned that not all of the sacks of | weeks, American troops never had whiskey arrived at the hospital. been interfered with until this occa | Court Clerk Called sion The ist Infantry is a regular Alfred Hamilton, an elevator ope jarmy unit, and tho the war depart rator at the county-clty | building, | ment has not obtained the emergency made his third appearance before the | saareasen of the men involved, their grand jury Thursday morning. He | serial numbers indicate they are reg was followed by F. W. Campbell. | yiars who were in the army | clerk of Judge Allen's court. It was) outbreak of the war and wei | Campbell's second appearance before | giperia from the Philippines | the inquisitorial body Campbell was preceded and fol }lowed by a number of night watch-| 34 gt Troops Are All Western Men) |men and elevator operators who are known to have been in the county ANCISCO, Al age of the enlisted per-| | tho June on were room. vator ope ( first June 26.—The Cen union, in executive Neb., city building when whisky thefts sonnel of the Bist infantry re ¢ Mrs. Walter C. Smith, wife of | °°?" "| rchy, appeared before the jury yes | ddie West, w w gina | when the wholesale whisky thefte{ Ve"? to the Philippines in Angust/ ) Siber also was escorted into the grand jury |'"S ' Siberia | ppearance Tuesday tral Labor Off to fescgeges at thia time Te recom were committed on the night of June 4th lieted nen from the Pacific Walker C. Smith, who is awaiting yi rr amie tei aie thot trial a charge of criminal an ‘ assigned to the Eighth division terday as the first woman witness. os ggg elgg itn yy lhe was in the county-city building | 4 naite omg Al ‘ |to swell the 27th and Bist infantcy oO a strength rior to their mov 8S. Murphine, night watchman, |*° V8* strensth, | was Alfred Hamilton, ele- ps m1 ho wan recalled sll clg ~ No General Strike - | | Called for Omaha| Weaver Trial Put OMAHA sion last night, decided not to call a eneral. strike in sympathy with the aver, who was to have | te umsters nthe ago OD & MMF | mended moral and financial assist | charge growing out of the sh0ot-| anoe for the striking teamaters, ft Andrew Uren lawtiebruary:| Ai union men are asked to refyse ained in Gay jong to haridle goods delivered by non sptember Seen 4f Cour union teamsters, and all union men was continuously to allow Deputy | Will be i each week for the John D. Car-| Support of th store’ strike dtate in the} . The mee 1140 adopted a resolu later to al.|ton denouncing Mayor Smith | “unworthy to b the chief executive of all the people of tt for his attitude on the strike. Thirty cal unions, including the street car had voted in favor of a general walkout, but the execu committee decided the time in-| for the atrike | trial firat iting Attorney mody to re nt the | crimina re t trial, | low Aim to attend the Storrs trial in Okanogan, and last, because of the illness of Mra, Carmody. Scheduled to be tried Wednesday, Weaver was ut off again. He is one of a trio used of killing Uren. - | opportun: |MASSACHUSETTS VOTES | FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE|MEDICAL MEN IN WAR | BOSTON, June 26-—Massachuhetts | WILL ORGANIZE HERE | | yesterday took its place among the | | states to ratify the woman's wsuf-| An organization of frage amendment to the constitution, |men who in the vhen the house voted favorably, 185 |their country during the war will | to 47. The senate ratified the amend formed Friday night at. the} ment last we Army and Navy clur } tn, ne city men all service medical | of were fecond Clase Matter May 3, | committee |mecond 4%'n Le 26, 1918 ander the Act of Congress Maren ¢, eSeattle slar |: 9 at the Postoffice at Beattie, Warn. 1878, LATE EDI Per Year, by Mati, 36 TION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE 00 to $9.08 THIS LOS ANGELES SOCIETY GIRL Comes to Seattle With a Shivery Dance That Shocked New York HAS CHIEF WARREN WORRIED NOW ‘This is 19-year-old Gladys Wise, who deserted Los Angeles society a few days ago to come to Seattle and dance the “Shimmir.” York. Gladys ought to know! cee Mian Gladys Wise, Low Angeles society girl, packed up her duds and took a train for Seattle a few days ago And now she’s here—much to confusion of Chief of Po- Warren and other old folks is to keep Seattle 19-year-old us whose duty it ladys is here to show se cattle a thing or two about Shimmie dance,” which was for New York where they ruled it off the stage But Gladys Wise and Alexan. who pays her sal Yorkers are old the Shimmie der Pantages ar fom that Is and \Freight Rates May Be Raised Again) WASHINGTON, June 26—(Un The ra ad Press.) administra is giving ideration” to the as question of raising freight rates Hines told] commerce | deciared the ® ‘e prob nues to meet again, Director General the house interstate today. He faced ng administration in deficits Inez Reed Murder Trial Is Near End REDWOOD CITY The Inez Reed murder case Dr. Ephriam Northcott in a causing the girl's death th operation, will go to Arg by set and the judge's tr will occupy the day obtair rev Cal, June 26 in which cused of an ille jury ru opposing tructions |President’s Seal From Gold Nugget! (United Press.) personal which Presi will attach to the p will be made from the impres: sion of a seal ring, manufactured from a gold nugget presented to him by the state of California for a wed ding ring, The signet is his name, in shorthand, resembling Arable characters. PA The Wilson treaty , June nt LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED NEW YORK, June 26.—-Liberty bonds quoted today: 9%'s, $90.90; frat 4's, $94.86; second 4°, $04; fhemt 414%, $95.20; $94.18; third 4M'm, $95.14 fourth 44's, $04.22; Vietory 3%'s, 7100.06; Victory 4's, What is the “Shimmie Dance?” Gahce is an innocent little pas. time. But while knockers knock and boosters may what is the “Shimmie,” way? “Primarily,” asserts Gladys, “the ‘Shimmie’ is danced with the feet, the body swinging and swaying from the pedal extrem ities With the blending of seem ingly impossible musical chords, which, when played the proper syncopation, your senses pleasantly, When the old jazz band, in our tootsies simply won't the reservation. The may boost, any with short, } stay on JURY IN DIETZ CASE DISAGREES Futile Deliberation | SPOKANE, | the case of Lone Star Dietz | football coach and film star government of falsifying his The jury in famous Ju accused disagreed at a mix to six after 14 hours vote and was harged sitting today ig said, indict Dietz on the another charge. grand here it ame or jury will, BUTTERWORTH TRIAL IS SET FOR JULY 14TH After knocking out 44 of the orig ounts, Federal Judge Wednesday ilbert M, Butter 14. Remaining nwt th attle undertaker hin ith using the mails to efraud the parents of Paul Heiden rich, a sailor who died while in ser vice at the University o€ Washington naval training station SOLDIER IS SENTENCED Harry L, Smith, discharged sol dier, waa sentenced to five days in county jail Justice Otis W. srinker Thursday morning, for pass. ing morphine sulphate tablets to John Ozek, county Jail trusty, to be onveyed to “Red” Hayes, another inmate, Smith was a visitor at the Jail. inal indictment Neterer announc yuld reset th: | worth trial om Jul | counts charg | 10:90 to: | delibera that} Well, they wo n't permit it on the stage in New But it’s being done at the Pantages this week, and Gladys insists that it's not a naughty dance. And eee ‘Shimmie’ really is pleasing mis behavior of the pedal extremi ties.” The problem that is puzzling the whether Gladys should be permitted her authorities is to nstrate shivery three times a day at Pantages theatre, or pack her things and return to sunny California In the meantime, the cashier at Pantages is running to and from the bank with sacks of coin reaped from the wide-eyed throng that intends to pass judg: ment independent of the city au thorities art |Mayor of Muncie Is | Held Under Arrest} MUNCIE, Ind., June R Li Bunch and He e yrney for Delawa were arrested on a fed- t charging conspiracy ails to defraud. Each ased on $10,000 bond. Bunch and Murphy by a federal grand and charged with s protection money pald Ly fake fight swindlers. r. Wilkins’ Case Goes to Jury Soon | MINEOLA, N. Y., June 26.—The jury that will decide the guilt or in: of Dr. Walter K. Wilkins, 4 with the murder of his wife, Wilkins home, at Long to view the scene of the (United Murphy coun- was re Roth indicted were jury, were alleged charg Beach today | slay v4 Everything in the house was vir- tually unchanged since the night of Mrs, Wilkins’ death. A layer of dust) covered articles in the home The case will go to the night or tomorrow | All Bids on Meat Surplus Rejected WASHINGT , June 26.(United Press)}—All bids on 142,000,000 pounds of surplus army meat have been re. jected by the war department, be ause of unsatisfactory prices and in quate distribution, it was learned today. The war department is preparing a statement on the bids to be Issued late today, | jury to mayor | ring in| nn Tonight and Friday, fairs moderate westerly Wie wh MONARCHISTS. ARE ACTIVE IN GE day by the Freiderich Wilhelm advised today. The was accompanied by port said. The former crown prince remained with the German armies for a time after the kaiser’s abdication of No- vember 9, He later made his way to the Dutch border and was temporarily interned at Maastricht. He left for Mos- terland, a little fishing village on the island of Wieringen, near the Dutch naval station at Helder, November 21. He has remained there, with only occasional visits to the main- land, ever since. The belief has prevailed in some | quarters that Friederich Wilhelm's name will be included in the list of those accused of war crimes which the allies will present to Germany after peace is signed, with a request that they be turned over for trial by {an international tribunal. | Recent reports from Germany in | dieate the royalist faction is gaining | strength to the Duteh government by the Ger. man Officers’ association, demanding that Holland refuse the allies’ re quest for extradition of the former kaiser, Several incipient movements | for restoration of the monarchy have | been reported in the Rhine provinces, which have always been particularly loyal to the Hohenzollerns. | ‘Peace Concluded,” Foe Leaders Say BERLIN, June 26.—(Delayed) |(United Press}—The government is- sued the following proclamation to- day Peace is concluded, All efforts must be directed toward fulfillment of the treaty The Tagebiatt said today that hos: tilities are progressing against Po- land in the region of Notec, north of Posen, |Hindenburg Resigns as Leader of Army, | LONDON my agreement to. reti life after y I hereby lay down | the chief command of the German | armies,” Field Marshal von Hinden | burg declared in a letter to President Bbert, a News Agency dispatch from Copenhagen stated tods June 26.—"According to to private ace, German Delegation Is Due in Tomorrow! LONDON, June 26.—The Paris correspondent of the Daily News re- ported today that the new German delegation is expected to arrive in Versailles tomorrow night A note was recently sent | RMAN LONDON, June 26.—Rebels are in plete control of Hamburg, a news dispatch from Berlin reported today. They were said to have seized the hall and to be liberating prisoners. Von Lettow, the dispatch added, has ordered to crush the revolt by force. PARIS, June 26.—Reports received to American peace stated that 100 persons have been killed riots at Hamburg, Germany. LONDON, June 26.—An Exchange Tel graph dispatch from Paris today repo that the new German peace delonstions ‘ive thete at 7 o’clock Saturday The dispatch further stated the treaty be signed at 2 p. m. that day. PARIS, June 26. comm (United Press. Hohenzollern, fort German crown prince, has escaped Holland into Germany, big three former crown Ff a staff officer, th TO SIGN TE Believe Formality Will” Concluded This Week _ VERSAILLES, June 26.—“The situation is greatly improved; unless the. unforeseen happens — the treaty will be signed Satur. day,” Paul Dutasta, baggy of the peace conference, told United Press today, following "= 2 conference with German repre sentatives at the Hotel Des Re servoirs, PARIS, June 26.—The peace treaty will be signed at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon it was learned from trustworthy sources today. It was further learned, unofficiMly, that Foreign Minis- ter Mueller, Herr Giesberts and Herr Leinert had been appointed to sign for Germany, They will arrive in Versailles Sat- urday morning, it was said, (Herman Mueller is the new Ger man foreign minister, Johann Glew berts was minister of posts and tele graphs in the Scheidemann minis- try, Leinert also was a member of the former commission) The note sent by the big four te Berlin yesterday, protesting the sink- ing of the German fleet in the Scapa flow and the burning of French battle flags in Berlin, folk lowed presentation of a report by @ special legal committee, which de clared these incidents “are examples of the spirit which the Germans must put down if they desire admit: tance to the league of nations on an equal footing.” The big four was expected to take | under consideration today an inter. | cepted wireless message from a Ger- |man army commander, indicating his intention to attack the Poles as s00n as peace is signed. President Wilson and other prom nent allied peace delegates will be the guests of President Poincare at a. dinner in the Palais Elysees tonight. President Wilson glans to leave | Paris Saturday night, after the treaty is signed, sailing from Brest on Sunday. ‘Taxing bachelors may not boost the matrimonial game, but it is apt te @m- courage emigration iy