The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 29, 1919, Page 16

a House Referee | il. clic BOLSHIE TOWN _THE SEATT 16 ARE KILLED Describes Gas Attacks | and Details War Career LE STAR _ IS RECAPTURED Reds Made Advance in Pet- IN SHIPWRECK | |Lake Tragedy Investigation | Is Ordered MUSKEGON, Mich,, Oct, 29-—With ation under way to rograd Battle Region 4United Press.) LONDON, Oct. 29 taking the offen:| ~ The Rolshevikt, Hive on the Petrograd front, have | © of the Made important advances at several) y City of W points and recaptured Krasnoe-Selo, | ton, the official death list was placed am Moscow wireless communique at 16. surteen of the victims have been identified Captain Rot steamboat ins etl | the disaster, | department in Washington | War Mothers Here { Meet to Aid Gobs ‘pense involved | The local organization of the War Mothers’ met Gai n Tuesday evening in the Armory. The Brothers Divorced | yon. yeas, son of Representative |DUrPOH 14 to place some new sallor BVERETT, Oct. 29.—Mattic Garri-|simeon Fesa of Ohio, ts the new | 4s with new mothers, a divorce trot | parti 0 S prother of Truth |Paramentarian of the national on, by Judge Alston Monday.|OUse of representatives, He his Garrison is given custody of |tary to his father for six years. He five minor children, Bird M. Garrison, wife of John E.| another brother of Ruth, granted a divorce Tuesday. She allowed $100 a month alimony $2,000 as her share in, the com ty property. Hoth decrees were on the ground of cruel and treatment. D MAN INJURED; Ee MOTORIST IS HELD 3. J. Thomas, 81, a watchman at Hanford st. dock, was suffering severe cuts and bruises Wed- iy in the city hospital. He was by an auto driven by H. R. Arr, of White Center. at Whatcom and Hanford st, late Tuesday claimed today A dispatch from Viborg said that X } Gol, Fivengren of the Finnish army 4 fad captured Toksovo, 17 miles ortheast of Petrograd, in an un ) @uthorized raid from the Finnish frontier. | The Finnish government recently @ecided not to join in the offensive | t Petrograd because of the ex-| t Reed, United States wctor stationed here an investigation into upon orders from his League of America Meetings are held every first and {third Tuesday at the Armory. For information, phone Ballard 2408, Mrs Eva Holland, president succeeds Clarence Cannon, resigned | Twelve Children Attacked by Dog NEW YORK, Oct 29.—-Twelve | | children were bitten yesterday after noon by a dog which invaded a parochial schod!, The building was | cleared by employing the fire de | partment. The dog was killed by a policeman. The children who were bitten were taken to a hospital i “LOGANBERRY JIM” TO BUILD NEW CANNERY “Loganberry Jim” Fullerton ts go ing to establish a modern loganberry canning factory in Port Townsend. ‘The purple berries sell at $240 a ton, he says, and there is no invest. ment that promises such sure re turns, He predicts there will be a stampede to Port Townsend when farmers there begin to reap $1,000 an acre from the hybrid fruit. Appeals for Jobs for Service Men Appeal to Seattle employers to hire | exservice men whenever ponsible| was made Wednosday by M. P. Good ner, director of the Veterans’ Woel- fare commission, Employers should phone Elliott 5084 or Eltiott 1570. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29.— ‘The house military affairs committee today reported out a bill granting six months pay to the widows or par ents of men who died in the ser¥ice during the war. is being held pending devel- THE BON MARCHE Ba RGAIN BASEMENT | It’s Kept Us Busy Getting Ready 998 Samples at About Wholesale Prices Everything From Bootees to Women’s Sweaters / i 1 |" . Continued From Page One | | trenches?" asked Kalina. | in His Murder Trial Here mall x | his life onthe stay w nine & and then told how t Helen in Vietorta thi t first mee! b's mind with m Umes he was) witness while he talked, but now on the aking down, He) (here was an uneasy stir in the room managed n self poswension|at the mght of tears from the big! after long pauses, during which he| Canadian. The 12 jurors stared wiped hin reddened eyes with a hand: | thoughtfully out of the winaow kerehiet. | Mefore Smith took the stand, I%r Did Deed, But Not Murder “I did the deed, but God knows I didn't murder her,” Smith said, after court adjourned Tuesday Tentimony of alienists preceded that of Smith, They told of the ef. fecta of shéll shock. Jake Kalina, counsel for Smith, claims Smith was emo they maid suffering from insanity due to shell | and emotional, shock when he killed his wife,| “It Is common for thee» persone to wounded his motherinlaw and| make threats,” Dr. Robertson sald, | turned the gun on himself, The| “but they do not generally carry | state maintains Smith deliberately | them ¢ planned death for his wife and him self | Helen wan a dear, lovely woman,” | Smith testified; “and Johnnie—why, | I think the world of that boy.” | Twoyearold Johnnie is the only child of the marriage, He in in the | custody of the grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas McMahon, * Speaking in a seminervous man ner, Smith started his testimony by | telling how he came West trom East: | @n Canada at the age of 27. He continued, uninterrupted by ques | tions, and told how he was success: | ively Umekeeper, grocery clerk, sur vey man and timber erutser. Then the war broke out | “I ‘took on’ as a gunner and went overseas with the first contingent| from Victoria,” he maid. “After short | training on Salisbury plains we were | rushed to France, We arrived there February §, 1915, and four days later were tn the thick of It, Describes Gas Attacks “On April 1 we shifted to Yprea, and there faced heavy shell fire. We replaced Moroccans, whe fled when Jerry” sprayed gas on them. They thought the gaa wan some evil spirit “We were under heavy fire night| and day, The strain was harrowing. Many Inds didn’t last. The Germans | sent gas over in clouds and shell. We were short 6,000 after Ypres, “For 17 days I didn’t get a rest, while the Germans bombarded us continuously,” He then traced his whole war his- tory. telling how he finally broke down, and was compelled to retire] to @ honpital in the rear, | “How long were you tn the “About nine months,” the witness answered, “and at the close the gas got me. When I began to cough blood. I was sent behind the It “What ¢ffect did continuous shell fire have on the men?" continued Kalina, “They never wanted to go back,” | was hin terse anmwer, “When I went to the rear, the doc- tors said 1 bad appendicitis,” Smith said, “but the by ln Were Nooded with wounded, so I Was sent to Eng e\in his handke | Klotched his cheeks, Dr. Wilt maid. long struggle self out of deb further tn th to try and draw him. | while only ainking | Smith said, One days when he came into Vieoria, he t Helen HMation was ef- | ted in Beacon Hil park “I was happy when she threw her arms around my neck Smith fa and buried his face hief, There had been silence, and all eyes had been on the A Nobertac 706 I ay, for mer nerve specialist in the Canadian army, and Dr, Frank T. Wilt, former physetan with Base Hospital No. 60,/ were called by the defense Shell shock invariably lowers men tal stability necessary to rena ‘ime, | and a man stricken Is caally © cited | “Zeppelin raids were frequent | causes of reviving terror peculiar to | shell shocked patients," he tentified. | “Shell shock itself is caused either | by the concussion of the air from | & shell explosion or from a purely | peychic cause. j “Sudden shock is responsible for | an unexpected recurrence, I knew | of one man who waa walking along the street when the rumble of a passing truck caused bim to fall to | the pavement terrorized “Probably Deranged” ‘The letters Smith wrote to his wife and her father were then read by Dr. Robertson, The letters con: | tain such passages an “I would never let anyone take my wife from me, so when she would | not be mine in life, she will be in| death.” } “Dear Elsie, Sweet Wife: I would sooner see you dead than lose vou, | my love." “The man was under intense| emotion and probably deranged,” Dr Robertson declared. “The returned man has great) difficulty in settling down to ordi: | nary life, he answered to a ques | tion. | Dr. Wilt concurred substantially in the testimony of Dr. Robertson. A} reminiscent angle was injected when he said Smith had several “stigmata.” Thix was the identical word he used | in describing Ruth Garrison when she was on trial. Carmpdy also prosecuted that case. “There seemed to be a little fog on the man‘s mind,” the doctor natd. | “Hoe became excited when telling of | the shooting.” Dr, Wilt bad exam- ined Smith Neck Would Swell At times Smith's eyes would puff out, and hin entire face and neck would swell, while red streaks Smith has been in this condition while In the county jail, David Mor- | wan, jailer, said, when called, | “There wa: narked tremor of the) man's hands“ Dr. Wit continued, “and his heart action was irritable. He has some hereditary defects and | | Jand, My appendix broke just before if | they operated. They thought I was | done for, but f wanted to live, and I | aia. “The poison from my appendix permeated my syxtem and nettled In two bullet wounds.” Under cross-examination by Car- tody, Dr. Wilt declared allenints Judge inm=ine any man who contem- | plates muicide, Kalina tried to show that Smith's varying passions re-| | Nine hundred and ninety-eight items are included in _ this big sample line from one of the larger Eastern costly. my leg. I could hardly walk, #0 they | sulted from shell shock. He would! sent me back to Canada.” threaten, repent. and then threaten, | Living Was Costly counsel contended. “T met my wife in Victoria in Aw-|. Carmody argued that repentance gust, 1916, and married her In Sep. | for threats was caused by the court Taaimen”* order which instructed Smith to pay Smith his wife $25 a month. stopped and apparently |? FE. Logan, 5920 40th ave. 8. W cried, but his eyes were dry, tho red.| rormer Canadian army trained nurec, He blew his nose, wiped his eyes|totined no two canes af aholl hawk | with a handkerchief held in a trem. | ‘°s'ifed | bling hand, and continued 7 | “Johnnie was born here Auguat 20,|_ “The mind of a shell-shocked per: | 1917, and Helen stayed here with her |*0", '* frequently undermined,” he| mother,” he testified, “We had pre. | "4 viously made our home in Victoria, |, Smith has shown few criminal ten When she wouldn't come home 1|2encles while in the county jail, Da wrote her a bad letter, which I after. | “ld Morwan. Jatlor, declared wards regretted. After Christmas| “When his face would become| she came back. But I was only mak.| blotched Smith acted worse,” Morgan ing $65 a month, and living a, | “Many accused murderers do not| “I went on a fishing trip, but that| exhibit criminal tendencies," Morgan failed. She came home to her mother | *4mitted under crogy-examination. when I etarted on this trip. I went| Trial started Monday morning to work tm a powder plant on James| Mrs, Thomas McMahon, mother of island, near Victoria, when I re-| Helen, w9s star witness for the state. turned.” Sho bitterly condemned Smith. The _ jobbing houses. Most of the articles are _ are somewhat soiled from _ the trouble of laundering. 38c Will Buy Children’s Outing Skirts, Bloomers, Caps, Toques, Children’s Aprons and Dresses, Children’s Muslin Drawers and Infants’ Silk and Wool Shirts. 88c Will Buy Stocking Caps, Children’s Outing Gowns, Boys’ Wash Suits, Outin Flannel Skirts, Leggings, Toques, Sleepers, Scarfs, and Babies’ Knitte Jackets. $1.00 Will Buy Children’s Knitted Bonnets, Boys’ Sweaters, Babies’ Knitted Jackets. There are Women’s All-Wool Sweaters at $4.50, $7.50, $8.00 and 00; besides Children’s Brushed Wool Sweater Sets, Children’s All- ool Sweater Sets and Boys’ All-Wool Slip-Over Sweaters at $5.00— And Many Other Desirable Items Priced From 20c to $9.00 They’re Still There Those two great, big 34-ton Delivery Trucks are still ornamenting the Automatic Mark-Down Corner in spite of the tempting figures on the price tag. Who'll get ’em? hs Everything in the Automatic Mark-Down Corner — including Trucks—is sold thus: 25% Off After 12 Selling Days 50% Off After 18 Selling Days rments for women and children, and many andling, but the savings more than pay for the Many bills were only slightly offret by his «mall wage, and it was one | Mate finished its case Tuesday morn ing. ik WASHINGGTON, Oct. 29.— ‘The national prohibition lid was being clamped down today, with the government ready to use all the drastic powers of the en- forcement bill, which became law late yesterday, when congress over-rode the presidential veto, The first work of enforcing war time prohibition, according to the law, les with the bureau of internal lrevenue, Evidence concerning viola | | | Wi | | } the bureau to be turned over to the Evidence concerning violations, particularly in the large || cities, een collected, and the attorney general is expected to start prosecution. wholesale prosecutions in the next few days Daniel Roper, commissioner of in ternal revenue, in a statement, made jit plain that he intends to make the |} nation bone dry the law enforcement bu vided in the prohibition law, ap pealed to “every law-abiding citizen in the United States” to support hinr in the administration of the prohibi tion law. For the present, employes of Noper's department who can be spared from other work, will be put on prohibition duty “Not to enforce prohibition effec: tively would reflect on our form of government,” Roper said Rigid Enforcen “Close cooperation between fed- jeral, state, county and municipal of- AU, a8 pro | ficlals is of the utmost impo oe Collectors have been instructed to get in touch with governors and Prohibition Lid Clamped | } | On; Screwed Down Tight tions, of the law will be collected by | department of justice for eriminal| Roper, pending the organization of | probably will be the stopping of the! anle of 2.75 per cent beer, since the | lenforcement bill prohibits any bever- | age containing one-half of one per | Jcent or more of alcohol. | Fundy Available Funds for clamping down the lid| will be made available today, house | The ney bill | |agreed to by the senate yesterday, | |provides $200,000 a month for en |forcing prohibition. ‘The house was| lanning to take similar action to- | | Dry leaders in both houses today | denied reports that any effort would » to bill making the n the time the clares war-time prohibit: | nd and the beginning of ul prohibition, January Such action could be ac 1 only by e: of war| which would lamation of pr time, dry leaders here prohibition and | constitutional prohibition will merge, | |Since President Wilson has let it be known that he will not lift the war time until ratification of the void after | ® is centering in the deale: to force the |overnment to allow them to dispose of the supplies now on hand, If the supreme court should sustain the | action of the federalcourt at Louis- ville, which held the wartime act un- |constitutional because it. deprives | holders of bonded liquor of the right |to dispose of thelr supplies, it would offers Hquor owners relief. It was pointed out that, in case 75% Off After 24 Selling Days Given Away After 30 Selling Days |mayors in each state, and request |the government does not allow bond- their cooperation in urging upon|ed Hauor to be sold, a loxs of more |Sheriffs and all other local officers | than $200,000,000 in, revenue will re- the vital ity of their immedi sult. About 60,000,000 gallons are ately assuming their responsibility |now In bond, and the tax of $6.40 a undgr the new act.” gallon has been paid on only 10,000,- The immediate effect of the law 006 gallons of this large supply, The Bon Marché h Take Advantage of the Schools Being Closed on Thursday and Friday to Bring the Youngsters to the Bon Marche for Winter Outfits LISTEN, BOYS! Have You Seen the Dandy Mackinaws at $6.50? The Bon Marche has them—gar- ments that keep out the cold and rain —'cause they're all wool. Your neck simply can’t get cold with such big rolling collars—and they have two large pockets to put your hands in. Plaids, stripes and checked effects in pinch back, plain back and Norfolk styles. Boys’ Overcoats $7.50 to $22.50 Lots of good warm coats that will wear indefinitely. All wool and wool and cotton mixtures—in waistline, full belted, plain or fitted-back styles. Boys’ Suits with Two Pairs of Trousers at $15.00 UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Girls’ Practical School Coats for Chilly Days THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE GOOD DAYS TO BUY THEM Fashion shows its clever hand in the style of coats for the petite school miss. Blouse- backed Coats in Russian styles. Loose-hanging models with front belts. Full-belted Coats in tailored designs. Yoked-back styles, or Coats with shirred skirts, in Empire lines. Some are full lined, others require no lining. Egyptian velours, wool velours, bur- ellas, wide-wale corduroy, zibelines and mixtures are the materials shown in dark, serviceable colors for school wear. Sizes 6 to 14, Prices $10 to $15 Other Coats for girls and Jun- iors up to $100.00. DAUGHTER SHOP-—-SECOND FLOOR Aprons—New—Different—$1.95 Three New Styles—As Pictured NE Apron is a \ O “Victory” slip- over style in at- |v tractive plain col- | ored chambray or percale, prettily ¥ trimmed. with |") plaids; adjustable | ||! pocket —_buttoning },/ | on. NOTHER | Apron is indigo | blue, has figured or striped effects— very serviceable | and in a practical || style — with large square collar— })| front fastening and piped in white. TILL another Apron of light-colored percale—in pink, blue or lavender, is elab- orately trimmed with rick-rack braid—at $1.95. APRON SECTION, SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Brighten Up the Home for Winter With New Curtains and Draperies All will be bright within—even if the winter months are dreary—if you have good looking draperies and curtains. Here are the materials of which to make them, or you can get them ready made. Scrims 25c Yard It’s easy to make your own cur- tains—and it’s easy to economize with Curtain Scrims at 25¢ a yard. With neat border and allover designs, in pink, blue, tan, green and gold. Comfort Covering 40c Figured Comfort Covering — strong and durable in good designs and color- ings; 36 inches wide—specially priced for this occasion at 40c¢ a yard, Madras 70c Yard With pretty Ecru Curtains like these you can make your rooms most attrac- tive. Dainty color figures in pastel shades make them most effective—36 inches wide. Madras 85c a Yd. Imported Scotch Curtain Madras in allover designs—a very nice quality and te Biosaancalad inches wide, at 85¢ a yard. Poplins $1.50 Yd. Changeable Colored Poplins —very much the thing for overdrapes, por- tieres, scarfs, pillows and all decorative 2 gt seid mercerized, 86 inches wide, Scrim Curtains $1.75 Your new curtains will cost you very little if bought here at $1.75 a pair. Silk hemstitched and trimmed with neat lace edge. White, ecru and cream, 2% yards long. Curtains $4.00 Pr. Marquisette Curtains—made of mer- cerized marquisette—hemstitched and finished with insertion and edge, white only. From American and English manufacturers, Madras Curtains $4 Cream Madras Curtains—all ready to hang—with dainty colored designs in blue and gold, rose and green, rose and blue and others—21@ yards long. FOURTH FLOOR ’ | | ; |