The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1920, Page 16

HOUSTON TOBE _ TREASURY CHIEF Meredith of lowa Will Be Agriculture Secretary WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—(United Preas.)}—David &. Houston, secretary Agriculture, is to be appointed Secretary of the treasury by Preat “ent Wilson, it was learned today at Bie White House | + Houston will be succeeded by Bd st paper, Meredi| edith of Iowa, editor of “Successful Farmer.” — | ith is on his way to Wash- n from Miama, Fia., ‘And ft is ood he will take up his new | at once, | lan and Woman to | Face Red Charges guy _ PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 27.—(Unit- 4 Press.)—Formal hearings on de tion in the cases of Mr. and! Victor Saulit will be held here/ before United States Immigra-| Inspector W. F. Watkins. ‘The Saulits are alleged ringleaders | the communist party here, and | Payne, chairman of the U Rey TH ICHIGAN ELECTION FRAUD TRIAL | Aero Hearse Carries Coffin Thru the Clouds to Cemetery {United |nero hearse, draped tn black and with flowers ce height of 2 ped plainly visible Westward the machine purred its way to the little foothill cemetery five miles distant Lieutenant J. C. Johnaon piloted the bh He waa carrying out the dying request of Abrams, his former employe—a burtal by air SAN JOSE, Proaa)—With the propel a ai a flowerladen casket, bear ing the body of Charles J. Abrams, Airplane mechanto, was carried thru the clouds yesterday afternoon to Oak Hill cemetery, So far as is known, it was the first aerial funeral in history Thousands of persona, gathered tn Garden City Aviation park, saw the Cal, Jan the wing 0 feet, Its car to the body, was er droning trap. -| | | RED TAPE STOPS |FEED STARVING, SALE OF HULLS, WILSON URGES Shipping Men Tell of Efforts | To Recommend Money for) to Buy From Government | States on “Bolshevik” Front : | Efforts to bay U. 8. wood ship) wasHINGTON, Jan. 27—(United hulls, moored in Lake Union and : ‘ claowhere, were detailed Monday by | Press)—President Wilsan, it became Seattle shipping men, in reply to the | known today, will recommend that announcement made by John Barton | congress appropriate $150,000,000 to 8 sae be used in feeding the starving peo ple of Poland and other states on the ping board, that the board solic’ offers for the hulls. soar to al, ‘BEGINS Senator Newberry Answers | “Here” as Name Is Called] Fifteen answer the r late defendants ‘iff's first trains had detained fraud the noune re orney of Shiawase his plea of not ! ndre rial opened, nine of the 1 men had pleaded nolle the remainder He contendre plea a ¢ respondénts to pursue their reg ular without appearing jin court and guarantees immunity mild t order summoning the $ury | trom a prison if found] was f to all attorneys, while | guiity, assuring the accused men of} Chiet insel Martin W. Little no more serious punishment than a declared had no reeallection of | ging hearing the summons. | By the time the story of the bit. | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. 27 ter contest between Henry Ford) rhe jury panel in the trial of Tru afd Newberry for Michigan's seat! man i, Newberry, United States sen in the senate tn 1918 ts carved out ef proc gui! ° the defense present nging the entire | q of the manner of ray J Senate jected petition on the ground that tt con-| tained untruthful statements. He to the businesses nentence ator, and 134 others on election fraud captured in @ recent raid by and police officers, The Universal Shipping and Trad-|“Rolshevik frontier.” |ing company, it was pointed out, ¢m| nis appropriation has been urged 7 tered into negotiations for the purl yy Herbert Hoaver, General Bliss ti chase of six of these vessels last) ang others in close touch with the . ion owen Keg yp pes ss to com-| situation in that part of Europe, plete the deal on account o! La M Is Passed [Pi oiicis on the part of the ahip-| The matter of making the appro- ‘ASHINGTON, Jan. 27.— The| ping board officials, it is declared. Americanization bill pamed| Capt. W. A. MeGee and G. C.| et. Renate yesterday by a vote of 36/ Thorndyke, Seattle shipping men, de-| Wilson {» not expéeted to send a 4. It carried an appropriation of | clared that lack of a definite policy| note to congress, but will suggest } to be distributed among| prevented sale of the hulls by the|to individual members that the ap- on a 60-50 basis government board propriation be authorized Ba 5 * nerican THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT Clip From the High Cost of Living With Bargain Basement Savings Dress Well, Yet Economically!! | Wool Jersey Dresses ~ at $15.00 Solve the Problem Correctly You’ve been wanting a Jersey Dress for a long time because you’ve needed something that was practical and smart-looking at the same time. Well, here’s your chance to get one—AT A SAVING! 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Sizes range from 27 to 37 waist measure. 2 i | bitter and kicked around the courtroom there promises to be not even a jakeleton left. | Senator Newberry and all of thone Indicted with him are charged with conspiracy to corrupt the electorate lof Michigun by the use of money | printion is before congress at pree |, en tor and a dozen or more | lected of his political chiefs are charged jalso with fraud in the filing of j the senator's expense saccount. | CHARGE cost V The gover dence inte: berry’s campaigns preceding the mary and general elections in |1918 cost between $500,000 and $1,000,000. accorting to evidence | mitted at the trial, | public speakers, advertisements in | newspapers, and in some cases tn |actual vote buying. It also is al lleged that Newberry filed a false letatement of expenses with the seo- to be mub- retary of state, thereby committing | | perjury. | Indictment of the senator and bis | workers followed one of the mont campaigns ever waged In | Michigan. In the primaries New- lberry was opponed on the reput> | troit automobile manufacturer. Ford also was a candidate for the [democratic nomination, having been elected by supporterr in both parties. James W. Helme, former state drag and food Inspector, en- tered the Ileta for the democrntic nomination and it waa alleged that he was tn the employ of the New- berry interests, who were sald to | have sought to aplit the democratic vote. Helme in among those tn- dicted and his connection with the campaign wns expected to prove ot Senator Newberry himeelf. Among the managers for New. berry during hin campaigns who | were indicted with him are the fol- lowing: John S. Newberry, brother of the | senator, who, according to a cam paign statement, gave $99,000 from the Newberry estate to the cam- palgn fund. | Allan A. Templeton, Detrott |manufacturer, chairman of the ‘owberry campaign committee. Paul Ht. King, Detrolt attorney, Jexecutive) secretary of the com. mittee, | Charles A. Floyd, Detroit, rafway | manager. | The list of indicted includes doo- | tors, lawyers, politicians, manufac- |turers, retail merchants and several |newepapermen, One country edi }tor was alleged to have recetved a ton of white print paper for bis services in behalf of Newberry. Practically all of thone indicted | stood mute when arraigned and pleas of not guilty were entered by the court CASE IS DUE TO BE BITTERLY FOUGHT That the case will be bitterly fought was apparent from the start Attorneys for the defense stated that in the event of convi tion here the case will be appealed to the highest courts In the coun Attorney Martin Hf New York, one Littleton of ff the most promi lawyers in the cour for the de ich of his indictments for the chief counsel He has spent r time here the were returned, preparing legnl bat Efforts were made to obta lay at tho last minute bec many of the principals suffering from influenza, but Judge Sessions overruled them The court instructed attaches to take great precautions to prevent spread of the “flu.” venire were told to take all possible precautions to saf Elmer White Traverse coun men, physician's certificate | was ill with influenza Atto for Newberry nounc try, is fenne. nince showing he jury service ree of the the jury afternoon, ed were unfit row neys are expected in presenting Martin W. LI city, heads the de George B. Nich of the de Jury the de York ® legal array will charge during the case selec y the other retary of t committee, | mut when the case, The money was spent. | in obtaining | Iiean aide ty Henry Ford, the De-| nearly as great @ sensation as that| have | Members of the| was excused when he sent al tleton, | ;|in the harbor by gunfire’ from sub- charges, was drawn in the proper manner, Judge C, W. Seenions ruled | today, Judge Seastons made his decision in denying a petition by defense at- torneys challenging the jury on the| frounds that it was improperly se YOUNG MORTON GETS LIFE TERM} Sentence Is Passed on 15- Year-Old Everett Youth EVERETT, Jan. 21.—Fifteen- 4 Jomeph Darwin Morton, of Inom White in the |nrust npend the nr | the prison at W This In tho 4 |Judge Re « who | tenced yesterday | jury's verdict was that the boy be/| jnot hanged. | When the boy heard the verdict jhe smiled. Hoe said he feared the} death penalty, as was demanded Jot White, When sentence waa pro-| |nounced he wept again as he hy |done so often during the trial. ‘STATE SOLDIERS ‘ARRIVE IN U. S, |Last of A. E. F. Come in on Northern Pacific WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Among [the pamengers transferred at sen |from the disabled transport Pow: hatan to the transport Northern Pa cific, which arrived In New York last @eck, there were three state of | Washington men. They are Dick J | Reith, of Seattle; Louis Dewey, of Vancouver, and John H. Dearinger, jot Addy. Among the troops composing the “tast of the A. EB. F..” who returned on the Northern Pacific, were Field Clerks Harry C. Logan, of Charles ton, and F. X. Morginson, of Three Lakes; Maj. E. H, Rosemere and | Maj. T. R. Phillips, of Tacoma. Clarence A. Hamm, 425 Seneca st Seattle, arrived Saturday on the |transport Martha Washington. He |has the distinction of being the last Seattle man of the A. E. F. to re } turn. ‘Aged News Vendor | Gets Prison Term) | TACOMA, Jan, 27.—-A. Groas, aged | newspaper and magazine vendor, was sentenced to 28 months at McNet!/ island penitentiary by Federal Judge | Cushman yesterday, 14 months each | on two counta, the terms running consecutively. ‘onvicted under the war- | age act for publishing de famatory matter against the govern thru circulation of L W. W and other periodicals. Gross wa. time espl ment, Pastor Defendant | in Love-Suit Case v. John ¥. | Central Meth: |) Was sued ye | William |that th | wife’ ated his y explain the action 1ard in declaring the entral church vacant Smeltzer is a theatrical manager of Palo Alto. | Charge Bolshevism on Board Powhatan! WASHINGTON, Jan, 27. A reso. lution asking investigation of | charge at Th evism among the jerew was responsible for the disabling lof the army transport Powhatan was |introduced in the house Representative Britton, Minots, Brit jton also asked the secretary to in |form the house as to the truth of re | ports that a mutiny broke out on the transport last December, jand as a re ship was disabled an yesterday by Ameriea ult the |Burning Steamship Is Sunk by Gunfire WASHINGTON, Jan (United | Press.)-——The shipping bh Marne, wit a ca ight fire yesterday dock, and at the Panama canal rd steamer of fuel oil, at Cristobal request of the orities, was sunk marines, the advised today navy department was What a girl in love calls a square meal wouldn't even pass ax a treo! lunch “with the average man, E SEATTLE STAR TheBonMarché Established 1890 Fixing Up the Home With New Curtains If you are busy all day with other cares of the home—and must get things “ready made it may be ahelp to know that you can get cur- tains all ready for hanging at prices that will suit your purse. 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