The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1919, Page 16

: | The Night Before Christmas ] DEFENSE British Press Favors Plan for Government of Ireland | STAGES FIGHT Money Backs Man| ed of Girl’s Murder ANGELES, Dec. 24.—(United | Reading of depositions was by the defense when the of Harry S. New for murder) for toda: seasion. About) ‘of the depositions which the haa obtained, have been read. came into court, even more a and apparently indifferent ‘On past days. He nodded to his ther and his half sister, Miss Edna , as he took his seat, but never he settled himself in the chair i his gaze on the “no smok- iS” sign which hangs on the back @esk directly in front of him, ntly the gaxe was fixed) # day. day yesterday he never took) from the sign. before court convened oom gossip was enlivened by) Passed around that Mrs. Lily , New’s mother, is anxious to/ & witness who has testified case, for alleged perjury. Just about ready to ask for warrant for a witness,” 2 firmly stated, when d about Jus the the report. has been some sharply con testimony. Bars Freedom? tho New may be saved from ‘and from prison he still) win his freedom. | the jury find that New kill- ‘Lesser, but that he is insane, agreed today that there is) indication an effort will be! to send him to some state in.) for the criminally insane. New case may paraliet the ‘Thaw case, for New's defense well financed and he has at- with the ability to carry on and hard fight from most any y not for both the defense and for obvious reasons In discussing thie phase ease, but it is known that it given careful thought. Strong Insanity Plea insanity plea has grown stead. | ninence. Deposition upon | is being piled up recount. | peculiar actions of the defend. | new turn was given the Insanity | when copies of the records ‘the Central Indiana State hospital ‘ the insane were introduced to a history of insanity in New's 's family. DEPORTED REDS "ARE DENOUNCED WU. S. Notifies Foreign Gov- | _ ernments of Expulsion WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The Inited States notified all foreign nts of the deportation of tly who are now at sea ort Buford enroute to for Hango, Finland, they will be sent by train to Ik Russia. official notification constitut- @ severe denunciation of the de- “reds,” who were charged h being arrayed against “govern: | it, decency and justice.” | The “reds” will be delivered to Boviet ritory Russia and not into any ter- ' or anti Bolshevik factions, General of Immigration etti declared today. controlled by the “white Camingtti said that just where the oI “Weather conditions, Orders will be “Wirelessed to the officers in charge, he said Requests Gen. Moss to Qui OLYMPIA, Dec. 24.—Governor Louis F. Hart has requested the resignation of Adjutant General Har- | pared the taxation powers with those | police reserves and the officers were | | | when Mrs. Sarah Tabor, his mother- BY ED L. KEEN (United Preas Staff Correspondent.) LONDON, Deo. 24. me political observers today saw in the unant- mous laudatory attitude assumed by the Northcliffe preas toward Premier | Lioyd George's Irish proposal a pos sible rapprochement between the great publisher and the statesman. Both the London Times and Mail leading Northcliffe publications, were | Profuse in their praise of the pre mier’s plan. Heretofore theme news | Papers have been bitter in their tacks upon the premier, following | Lord Northeliffe’s break with him during the peace conference. Evening papers yesterday contin ued the shower of praise which had been heaped upon the premier. Lioyd George's proposal gives the) world an example of British states manship, the Evening World de-| clared, while the Weatminater Gazette mid no American could con demn it fairly. “The scheme puts Irish fate in| Irish hands,” the Evening Standard! asserted, while the usually hostile Star sald the premier clearly had one | eye on American opinion. It com-| | of state legisiatures in the United Staten, justifying the division of Ire land by the precedent in the United States in the division of Virginia and West Virginia . King’s Message “If the premier’s plan fails to work,” the Star asserted, “we will say to the American people we've given the Irish the sume powers of | self government as porseaned dy the | states of the union, and they've re} fected them. It will be difficult to keep up the antiEritish campaign In the United States if that hap phere Parliament adjourned jate yester- day until February, after the lord | chancellor had read the king’s mes-| nage. % King George declared relations be tween the allies were happy and) PUEBLO RIOTS ARE SUBDUED Women Picket Plant and! Stone Workers | PUEBLO, Col, Dec. 24.—wWith a} dozen rioters under arrest, quiet pre- | vailed here early today, following | yesterday's disturbances at the Min nequa plant of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, when Austrian women | picketed the plant and threw stones at workers who had refused to obey union orders and continue the atrike. | The men had gone back to work last | week | Mayor Studzinski was one of the| victims of the mob, suffering many bruises when he was knocked down by the women and severely pum meled. A riot call brought out the compelled to use their riot clubs free ly. A large number of men were in: | volved before the police arrived, but the sight of sawed-off shotguns car- ried by the latter had a subduing ef- fect. Five of thone arrested were women. Germany Will Sign Protocol Shortly BERLIN, Dec. 23.—{United Press.) |The entente’s answer to the recent | German note requires unconditional | signing of the protocol, it was under- | stood today, The discussion of the quantity of marine materials Germany 1s re-| quired to deliver aw compensation for the sinking of the Scapa Flow fleet is left for later consideration, it was | understood. } jermany will sign, it was gener- ally believed, | FUNERAL HELD IN TACOMA | Funeral services for Mra. Harriet | Talbott, 54, Seattle resident, who} died in Tacoma, were held in Taco: | |ma Wednesday morning | vey J, Moss, iesuing instructions for Moss to transfer his autbor- office at Seattle to his a ? H Kee A woman never pays much atten- tion to what her husband says, un: less he is talking in hts sleep. ‘VIRGO DENIES any Jat Columbia cig beneficial toward all. Ho expressed Kratitude at the success of the Parid conference, but regret at the happy position” of Rusaia, where, he said, there was no immediate pro pect of a constitutional government upon which permanent prosperity de- penda. ‘The king's statement that “the task of remedying the grave economic ait uation of a large part of Europe” | Was too big for one nation, was con sidered significant in view of the Velled appeals for aid from the United States, which have been made repeatedly. He sald Great Britain would “gladly cooperate with other governments,” The high cost of living ing the government's con sideration, King George concluded. COLONIES NOW BEING DIVIDED Allies Discuss Mandatories Over Former Hun Holdings PARIS, Dec, 24—(United Preas.) The peace conference today took up & complete project for allied manda- tories over former German colonies. It divided Germany's former hold Ings in southeast Africa between Hel | gium and England. At request of | the Japanese delegation, which was | awaiting Instructions from Tokyo, the’ conference reserved action on former German holdings in the Pacific, Other mandatories have not been assigned The conference wan advined today that only the German naval mission returned to Rerlin to discuss the Intent allied note, demanding that Germany sign the protocol. The re mainder of the German mission re. mains in Paris, the conference was advised. ‘The conference has taken no action as yet on publication of the | note to Germany. General Berthelot waa to return from London this evening, after dis cussing settlement™of conditions in Turkey and the Orient with Premier Lloyd George yet -DEATH BLAME Must Face Trial on Charge of Killing Maud Tabor PAWPAW, Mich., Dec. 24.—Joneph Virgo, accused of killing his wife, Maud Tabor Virgo, by an Mlegal op- eration, continued to maintain his innocence of the crime today Virgo has been questioned almost constantly «ince early Tuesday, inlaw, declared her datighter's death resulted from the criminal op- eration performed by the accused man According to attorneys, Virgo stuck to hin original story that he was asked to perform an operation by Mrs. Tabor, but refused. “Joe always said he didn't want brata running around the house,” Mrs, Tabor said. Virgo will go to trial in January, according to present plans. Coal Miners Back at Work—Harlin The coal strike in this state is Just about over, said Robert H. Har- lin, president of District No, 10, United Mine Workers of Amer after the return Tuesday of 1,800 sin the Koslyn-Cle Elum dis: t And 160 jn the Cumberland field. Practleally full crews are working everywhere in this district, Harlin sayn TENNANT GIVEN DEGREE A spectal team of policemen con ferred the degree af Master Mason upon Detective Captain C. B. Ten am,* ‘un- it} TIGHTEN BAN ON’ ‘ARMS TO MEXICO Licenses Ordered Revoked by Secy. Lansing | WASHINGTON, The ba and muniti 24.—(United shipment of Mexico ned today by an order of Bec Lansing and Dew n the ws te Presa.) arte was tigh retary of State NT licenses prior to outstanding un epten under = whict war could be seit to Mexico, were ordered revoked, effective January 1, 1926 No specific reason was given for the action, which was taken the war trade board act MEXICANS FREE TWO U.S. TARS: Official Announcement Made in Mexico City Is BY RALPH H. TURNER (United Press Staff Correspondent) MEXICO CITY, Deo, 23.—(Night) The two American sailors arrest ed at Mazatian on charges of a» which resulted in a demand the United States for their | have been given thelr lib- | was } nault, from release jerty, it today An investigation of the affair is ntinuing, however, it was said rding to one report, the sail were armed they came Other maid thes officially announced ore when ashore were intoxicated A complaint to the American, state department ix being prepared | that United States warships off Tampico are disturbing that region with thelr target practice, It learned tonight WILL TESTIFY ~~ ABOUT MEXICO Man Who Furnished - reports kin’s Bail Will Talk BY RALPH TURNER (United Press Staff Carrespondent ) MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24.—J. Balter! Hansen, who furnished the $500 ball on which William ©. Jenkins, Amer foan consular agent, wan releaned | from the. Puebla fifi! on charges of collusion with his abductors, an nounced today that he was going to San Antonio, Texas, to tentify before the Fall congressional committee According to Hansen, who is an Americag citizen and who provided the bail for Jenkins despite the pro- tests of the latter and against the wishes of the state department, he} will tell the committee the “real” | canditions in Mexico. Reports were received from the | |horth today that General Francisco | Murguia, chief of federal operations there, had defeated a Villixta force near Murquiz, the rebels suffering heavy casualtion and losing a num-/ ber of prisoners and a large quan tity of supplies GRANTS DELAY IN RED TRIAL Pleading in Centralia Mur- der Case Due Dec. 27 TACOMA, Dec, 24.~-Eleven al-| leged I. W. W. wharged with mur der in connection with the Armistice day outrages at Centralia, were granted a stay of pleading until De cember 27 by Superior Judge Wilson sitting at Montesano, yesterday afternoon, George F. Vandeveer, attorney for |the accused, shad asked for a stay until January 2, but this was re fused, The prisoners were remand ed to the Gray's Harbor county jail, where they were sent when the cane was transferred fram the juris diction of the Lewis county court RAILWAY BRIDGE | IS SWEPT AWAY Ice Floes Destroy Four Spans Near Pasco PASCO, Dec, 24.—Ice floes in the Columbia river here are responsible for the destruction of four spans of the big O-W. R. & N. bridge which connects Villard and Hedges, and there is little hope of saving the re mainder of the structure For the past 48 hours workmen have been using dynamite in an fort to dislodge the ice in the river, which is responsible for the damage done, SHIPS’ LIQUOR ISSUE RAISED » C, Dec, 24. favorable re working hard ruling on the question whether liquor may be sold on vessels controlled by the United States shipping board. If the board rules intoxicants may be dispensed on its boats other American ship owners are pected to do lkewise. Chairman Payne of the board ts expected to limit his decision to what may be done within the three mile zone. He probably will rule that liquor cannot be sold within three miles of the shore New laws might have to be passed to require American ships not to traffic in in toxicants when outside United States waters. BRITISH FORCE OCCUPIES BAKU Take Action to Prevent Turk Raids From Caucasus LONDON, Dee, 24 A wireless dispatch from Moseaw British (United Press.) y reported that forces 4 occupied Baku and Batum to prevent the Turks raids into the Caucasus It was also ed that Bol. from making nant Tuesday night at the meeting of Ark lodge, No,\126, F. & A. M., 1 A man oceasionally says nothing and saws wood, but no woman can do it shevik forces had occupied Konstan tinograd, in the center of General Denikin's front, Tee ET tut rf an it V. Er Call, in master the Ca n | know 1 “The promin |to the the Ca | compel 1917, rights be ‘rev control: said, Editor of N. ¥. Call |TWO AVIATORS KILLED NEW mailing rights, rleson has replaced the rescind his = —= ae a ae a hal iz ~ ! Roasts Burleson) IN 2,000-FOOT PLUNGE YORK, Dee 24.--Charles RIVE IDE, Cal, De 4 vin, of the New York | tenant rbert M, ‘Tichborne, 1 a statement regarding Post-|Mount Vernon, N. ¥., and Private Gerteral Burleson’s reply to} Allister Lima were instantly killed | Ws suit for restoration to the | yesterday when their plane fell 2,000 that | feet. The machine was wrecked and onsti- | the cause of the accident will remain should | Lieu of 1 said yesterday it is well the people unknown. t one thing that stands out ently from Burleson’s answer petition of the publishers of ll for a writ of mandamus to | the postmaster general to |). onder of Noveniber 18, Sag revoking the Call's mailing wil ‘a is that his actions are not to| |STEPHENS PARDONS MAN) SACRAMENTO, Deo. 24.—-Con vieted of first degree murder in San » in 1898, Thomas Chelini n granted a pardon by um D. Stephens viewed, reversed, set aside or} led by court of law,'” Ervin| It requires a good-sized closet for eome family skeletons, [framed by either sid: HOLD TREATY OVER HOLIDAY SY WASHINGTON, D. CG, Dec. 4— toward a treaty compro mise in the senate was halted today, while hurried home for Negotiations will be re sumed next week Progress senators Christmas, Senator Hitchcock today republican will force Senator extremists to said reservationist Lodge and othee accept & compromise which will then be submitted t¢ democratic senators. Altho the conciliatory spirit grows, no concrete proposals have YO Bees