The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1920, Page 14

= EL Fee 4 fi 3 Perec mepewe-« _— JAPS’ WAR IN SIBERIA Seven Factions Write in Ap- peal to World to Stop Conquest BY JACK MASON PEKING, China, July 26.—The Dalta News Agonoy, which reresents the various Russian governments, tmoluding the soviet repubitc, insues AM Appeal to the proletariat of the) world against Japanese aggression | in Siberia, It recites the unprovoked nature of | Japan's war of conquest under the sloak of “peaceful occupation,” | ‘charges the invaders with enacting “& reign of terror, and bears out fully the exclusive reports I sent re- cently of the new Jap war in Siberta. EE. BY SEVEN ‘ARIAT UNITS ‘Tt ts signed by the seven princtpal litical units of Siberia, including eviki, Menshevikt, social revo Tutionary, internationalist, Maximi}- ist and communist committees, In part it says: '“Japan, having begun her tnter- ¥Yention in Siberia together with the Other nations, is not onty not follow- Tag the example of her allies by Withdrawing her troops; on the con- ‘trary, is continutng to tncrease her forces there by landing military . daily, “On January 31, 1920, the reac- #ionary rule was overthrown tn the Far East, and a democratic pro- Visional government was formed, til the reunion with the rest of ussia could take place, The new ovetnment; met with the solid sup- port not only of all the sociatist par | tes and dements, but also of the) Dourgeols groups, *ho have tinatty | Feconctled themselves to the idea} that there fs no other road to the Fegeneration of this borderland but petootne the central soviet Rus “The Japanese pretended that they | to keep up friendly rejattons | THE I've GOT A CAKE AL The OvEM FOR. THE Piearc “romorrow! Duckworth Finds No REDS PRESENT Good Shoes in Russia TRUCE DEMANDS Corrempondent J, Herbert Duekworth entered Soviet Russia wihost & permit aod (reveled Independently af ever the land of the Bolshevike—not feith the new government. However, | oce4 bie nd taconite bac te | on. the night of April 4, a fow hours ‘acta aod he te pow writing the trutn After peaceful assurances were hypo _ @ritieally made by the official repre Sentatives of Japan, the Japanese Buddenly attacked our non-suspect- ing military forces thruout the prov- from Vladivostok to Harbar ithout any declaration of war,) any warning. they began to) up and batter down the army n Mmurderously bayonetting soldiers, severe, “Life in the Far Fast ts dying ‘Bway completely. The railroads have jot functioned for many weeks, be-| ‘eatae the railway men dre being ter-| ‘ Torized, abused and brutalized by the Japanese soldiers, ‘The workers de quit the factories and gone to bills, to get away from the hor- Fors that are reigning in the places by Japanese troops. | “We appeal to you, workers of the) world. Demand your governments| to energetically interfere and com- pel Japan to withdraw her troops. | ‘We do not. want war. live and labor peacefully, and build, ‘our lives ourselves as we see fit.” { ARE INJURED IN ACCIDENTS Two Women, Three Men! on List | “Dwo women and three men were { fajured in Sunday auto crashes. Elsie Crepeau, 18, of 3503 Edmonds | wt, was cut on the face by broken glass when a truck hit an auto she ‘was riding in at 39th ave, 8, and Rainier ave. Raymond A, Davis, 10103 63rd ave. C., was driving the auto. Arthur B. Coulter, 49, of 825 84th ave. 8, is in Seattle General bos | Dital. His shoulder was dislocated | | when his auto overturned after run- | ming up an embankment at Bist ave. S..and Lane st. Mrs. Coulter was glightly injured, George W. Clayton, 28, of 6042 8th ave. S. W., received severe ‘bruises and a broken arm when Motorcycle collided with an auto nm by Lioya: A. Wright, driver : feattle Diary, at California and W. Urandon st. William eet p Pred 28th ave. S. W., asting Thief Lures Pants, ‘$300 on Hook! police ‘were ‘Kkeepiig their eyes peeled Monday for Seattle’ pole” ‘thief, who fished pair of pants belonging to John| hrweiss gut of his first. floor : the thief obtained nearly $200 currency. Mohrweiss {9 a roomer at the | the soles of which were covered with | heobmails I bad knocked tn while in | NOTHING for The Star. By J. H. DUCKWORTH Copyright, 1920, by N. E. A. REVAL, Esthonia—(By Courter to} New York, by Mail to Seattle)—I did not see a decent pair of shoes the} whole time I was in Russia—at least on the feet of anybody but a soldier of the Red army, or a cormmissar. Many times I had admiring crowdm pointing at my American army shoes, Finland. In Pskov at least three persons out woven from the bark of birch.) ‘There ts a scarcity of leather. but worse still an absolute famine tn Russia in chemicals with which to tan hides. BOSS SAYS HF: KNOWS ABOUT IT In Pakov I had an to look rather closely into the shoe business. I was taken erognd by B. A. Leponky, hatrman of the leather tn- dustry. Leposky’s father was asxint- ant to a bishop. Hx ts quite a young) man and feadily admitted that he) knows absolutely “nothtng about! leather, He is a chemist. Leposky was ordered to. take his job—and he had no option in the matter. Leposky’s office is in) a fine old manaion, set In a wonderful, shady garden. A lot of office giris and men were) busy in the drawing room and) Ubrary. i Many of the fine pictures and naments were still In their places. All were numbered with a label. Everything in the old home now | belongs to the government and the numbers were to keep tab on them.) ‘Things eanity get “lost” in Russia | these dayn FIFTH OF EMPLOYES ARE WORKING NOW ‘There are 12 leather and shoe fac) tories in Pskov, which {n normal) times employed, altogether, about 2,500 workers. In May, Leposky ad. man and boys working, At plece-work the men could make about $00 roubles a month, I sug- Bested that this was get mieh with bread at 500 réubles a pound, “Well,” said Leposky, et cheap food when they work for cers, too. | | “the men | Wrangel, | the government, and a lot of privil-| manded | tally runing and net more than 62) Anti-Bolshevik Chief to Be Sacrificed? TONDON, July 36 wil agree to surrender of Gen. ant) Bolshevik comman. in southern Ftumsia, an de by the Moscow govern. ment an a der ‘The factories are run by shop|conference to be held in London, committees, committees in the office I visited two factories. In the first about 50 men were making top-boots for the officers of the Red army. The Mather was obviously of very | Allied nations would be represented for settling the Fustan-Pollah war, | the} Held have berun armistice negotia-| Yona with Polish military chiefs, a ||| Moscow wireless message sald. A ot = military poor grade. It waa full of holes. Prverything was made by hand 1! saw mnachines, but they could not be used because there were no motors. Fiven had there been power, it is | doubtful whether they could be run, they were so worn and neglected. FORMER AMERICAN 18 CHIEF INSPECTOR Sam Paul, formerty of the Pant shoe factory, Jamaica Plaine, Boston, ia Inspector of these factories. 1 can imagine his feelings watch- ing men painfully “pegging” soles on shoes with wooden nails. The soles were no thicker than thore usunlty put on dancing pumps—-e Bolshevik idea of economy. ‘The soles of all the shoes I saw being made a soldier would wear thru in a 26-mile hike. “Is Leposky a Communist™ 1 asked. “No.” was the reply. “Well, are the workers Commu ribet? “Oh, perhaps 1 per cent. and bread.” Prisoners Cut 1,110 Cords of W. Chief Guard Ralph McCulley, of the King county stockade, wubmitted Monday to Sheriff Stringer the re- sults of the wérk actomplished since the beginning of the year by county prisoners on the county land ‘The report shows that 5° acres of land have been cleared, yhile an ad- ditional 90 acres have been slashed Two cars of cedar posta and 1,100 cords of wood were cut, while mitted, only five factories were par- ( PICTURE BRIDES PHOTO SHY )| Between July 1,1911, and March 1 of this year, 5,749 Japanese “Picture Brides” have come inte the United States at the port of San Francisco, Those above pictured, part of \a shipment of 75, are the latest to arrive, and are shown half- heartedly trying to avoid being photographed, in compliance with orders issued by official Japanese chaperones during the the Pacific coast, ‘essional investigation:of the Oriental situation on | | and there are even it was reported here today, The soviets guaranteed Wrangel’s Personal safety in their message to the British government, agreeing to @ conference at London at which Rolshevik commanders in general = conference ohieftains to negotiate a formal ar ralstice will be held sbortly. A message from Warsaw declared dempite the armistice preliminaries, progressing. The Poles were said to have reeaptired also along in, many prisoners and a quantity of material being Oghting was the elty of Greaino. Poles captured several = forts the River Ni taken ‘The Ned armies were sald to have ered heavy casnalties In an un cenaful attempt to cross the Nie men, afte Grodno. ‘The soviet Choryn- Kouwin, In allied circles here the belle Prevalled the entente had won the | diplomatic battle with the Bolshe- ‘The rent | viki. are nothing. They just want work | posal The wan Stateemanlike British armistice characterized as recognition of armistice proposal was of the tion of Russian trade relations, BELFAST IS NOW AN ARMED CAMP, Killings Increase; Soldiers| || on Patrol BELFAST, July 26.—Altho several clashes occurred during the night, re- sulting In the death of one constable | and the wounding of three Sinn Fein- orn, this city was comparatively quiet today. The constable was «hut by a|f/ sniper, The Sinn Feiners were wounded in a street fight with union- ints. Belfast today presented the appear. ance of an armed camp. Thousands of British soldiers patrolled the streets and guarded public buildings while motor lorries and tanks were stationed at many points, Breast works were everywhere on the out skirts of the town. A civilian ignored the challenge of 4 British sentry who ordered him to halt. He was shot, Sunday passed quietly, except for the murder of Police Sergt, Mulhern. Who was shot by several men at the entrance to a Catholic church. Disorders occurred in several Heighboring towns during the night At Bangor and Netownwards, a num-| ber of saloons were looted incidents occurred at Lisburn. Police dispersed a large mob whieh attempted to eet fire to a convent on Netonwords road. An armored car and machine guns were used. WIFE MURDERER HANGED BY MOB Virginians End Life of Con- fessed Slayer Similar FAYETTEVILLE, Va, July 26. The mob spirit here had subsided to- day and authorities were seeking the identity of leaders of the band that lynched William Bennett, Jr., con victed murderer of his wife and un. born child. The lynchers gained entrance to the jail after summoning the jailer on a pretext. The victim's body was found hanging to a trea, The allies preliminary to a peace which they evacuated armies were | reported driven gut of Rudnia and pro- al the necensity for real world peace. The also de clared to have been a recognition |}) imperativeness of resump-| SEATTLE STAR SQUADRON ON WAY TO FRISCO Midshipmen Say Good-bye to Seattle With thousands of midshipmen, officers and bluejackets taking their lant look at the hills of Seattle, the Second Atlantic fleet, after spending & week here, weighed anchor and steamed out to sea Monday morning ‘The navy men played hont Sunday afternoon, entertaining their shore friends and acquaintances aboard the big gray fighting ships. Thousands of persons to: k this last opportunity between the docks and the fleet were kept busy all of the afternoon. The fleet will steam directly for San Francisco, where it will remain for ax days, From the California metropolis, one-half of the fleet will go to San Pedro, and the remainder California vinit, the middies will re- turn to Annapolis and their studies, arriving there September 1, CADET JAILED WITHOUT CAUSE Wins Release on Haseas Corpus Letters recetved by parents of mer chant marine cadets, stranded at Hille, Hawaiian Cadet Birney 8, Pullington, 6407 Greenwood ave. was released from the native Jail on habeas corpus pro- ceedings. Cadets, backed by the American Legion, have mud Capt. BE, F, Eck- hart, of the training ship Vicksburg, for $26,000, Wight cadets resigned from the Washington state training ship, alleging that the captain had unjustly punished Fullington, and cause, Brother cadets foreed open the Fullington after he had been tncar. cerated for a minor offense. On reaching the island, the captain had the cadet jailed. Daniels and Payne on Way Back East SPOKANE, July 26.—Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of the Interior Payne were en route back to Washington today aboard a private car attached to a Northern Pacific train. They left here last night. derstand why her husband doean't pity old bachelors more than he dora of inspecting the floating fortrensen, | and the numerous small craft plying | to Ban Diego, After completing their | inlands, state that | had him jailed without sufficient) doorn of the ship's brig and released | o | It's a fact that » woman can't un- | e New Census Gains Listed by Bw WASHINGTON, July 26, census bureau today ani ° following 1920 population Marnhfield, Ore, 4,084; t mince 1910, 1,054, or 26.4 pe Tonopah, Nev, 2,144, an of 344, or 6.4, Woman Stricken 23 British Made on Way to Church| Citizens of U. S.A. Btricken with heart trouble on| Twenty-three of the 44 aliens ad. her way to church, Mra. FV. A.| mitted to citizenship in the United Stokes, 629 Manafield at. Spokane, | states district court Saturday were died a few minutes later Sunday | British. evening, at the home of her son, ——$ Walter Mitchell, Douglass apart | J. A. METCALFE, University aft ments, 114 24th ave. N. triet grocer who died last week, wan buried Sunday afternoon at Wanhelll cemetery. Funeral ser | A cranky old bachelor says the Of course, you know let of Lord probably made some giris| vicer were held at 3:30 at the Ual-| but you would no doubt be surp homely because there were notlversity Undertaking company’s|to learn that there are people rooms. enough chaperona to go around. Ba Why The Bargain Basement Is a Different Kind of a Store The Bargain Basement is a store of extra values because you save the cost of Deliveries, C. O. D. and Charge Privileges, Free Alterations to Garments, and Expensive Fixtures. That’s why you have a right to expect lower prices here, And that’s why you get them! The Style Sensation of the Year Is the Accordion-Plaited | ETON DRESS of Serge or Tricotine at $15.00 | We are now showing five entirely new adaptations of this most | popular style in the favored navy blue | serges and tricotines. | Like the many other models which we have shown this sea- son, they have the smart little Eton jacket effect with skirts in accordion or fancy plaits. And they are finished with wide } sashes of plain or fancy ribbon. Shown in a complete range of sizes, from 16 to 42. consider you in the same class. THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT | | ' ECURE your street car tokens at the Bon Marche — Personal Service. SECOND FLOOR | ¢ | “Sally May” Dresses made to sell at $3.00 to $4.00 $1.95 | day at $5.00 a pair. | | kid, black kid with Athletic Union Suits Reduced to $2.75 | Women’s Athletic Union Suits with wide ribbon shoulder straps —elastic web at waist. Sizes 84 to 44. TheBonMarché at About Wholesale Price | | High-Grade Pumps and Oxfords at $5 a Pr. i} We have regrouped several lines of high size is here you get a bargain. Summer Underwear Reduced Women’s and Children’s Underwear marked down to lower figures—making it eas- ier for thrifty méthers to lay aside more savings. ESTABLISHED 1890 Wonderful News for Mother— “SALLY MAYS” COME IN 2 TO 6-YEAR SIZES Daintiest of little dresses—in organdy, voile and dimity—in white, tints or cunning little patterns— just as new and pretty as they can be. : On sale at about wholesale prices—by special arrangement with the makers. BABY SHOP—SECOND FLOOR “Sally May” Dresses made to sell at $4.50 to $6.00 $2.95 Still Further Reductions on -grade Pumps and Oxfords and offer them Tues- Not all sizes in all styles, but combined lines are tan calf, pecans leather, suede quarters and hand-turned or welt soles, low or high heels. If your SHOE SHOP—UPPER MAIN FLOOR Children’s Union Suits 85c Down goes the price of Children’s Taped- Women’s Cotton Vests—Special 50c Boys’ Poros Mesh Union Suits $1.00 Splendid values Fine - ribbed Cotton jo Vests — regulation and bodice top—regular and out-sizes. Exceptional values at 50c. Boys’ Poros Mesh Union Suits—high neck, short waist Union Suits for Tuesday. Sizes from 4 to 9. Very special, 85c. sleeve, knee length— sizes 8 to 16 years—at $1.00. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE