The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1920, Page 14

SHOCKING DEATH PLOT. CONFESSED Suspects Alleged to Have, Detailed Plan to Wreck Train, Slay Survivors SPRINGFIELD, Il, Sept. 1.—De- falled confessions of 4 plot to wreck | the Diamond Special of the Mlinols| Central, kill all wreck survivors and | | Murder farmers and others attempt ing to give an alarm, have been ob- | tained from 11 of 20 alleged com- | Munists arrested here Sunday night tm connection with the alleged plot, Officers clatmed today | The alleged confessions impticate Members of other communist groups, ©. BH. Paul, Chicago inspector of the | immigration department, claimed. _ NEW INDUSTRY OPENED HERE “Coal By-Products Plant to Begin Work at Once __ ‘The new coal by-products ptant of ‘the Beacon Coal Mines Company at Allentown, south of the city limits, ‘Was officially opened yesterday. 11) _ te situated on a 30-acre tract of coal | wad, and crude, light and middle. ght oils will be distilled and sold ‘at the factory to refineries and man- ‘facturers. | _ Starting with 100 tons of coal. it is mg to use 1,000 in the near future. nm will start within the next | @ays, with from 25 to 30 work. | ‘men employed. The company main- | tains headquarters in Seattle, THE SEATTLE STAR {('M SCARED OF THAT BEAST IN THE CAGE; +E LOOKS IN ATERRIBLE RACE, AND IM ‘TOLD “THAT HE FOLLOWS. AND CATCHES AND SWALLOWS, ° ALL. CHILDREN OF SCHROOL-GOING AGE, yy Min PLAN INQUEST ON SHOOTING [Will Be Held as Soon as the| Wounded Can Testify | | For the purpose of definitely plac: | ling the responsibility for the killing | lof Special Deputy Sheriff John J. | Donovan and the serious wounding bof John FR. Conlan, digo a deputy, and Lester Faull, a Renton youth, at | Bryn Mawr, Saturday night, a coto- | ‘oner’s jury wae impaneled afternoon, to view the body an before it was buried, Tuesday morning. | Deputy sheriffs and detectives | have been checking up on the gun | duel which wae waged in the dance | hall at Hryn Mawr, and have come | to the conclusion that only two guns | were used inthe fatal fray said to have been started over the theft of a cap, Donovan is said to have fired | | five shots, while Conlon is auld to have fired three times. | | Donovan's funeral waa held from | St. George's church rgetown, In terment wag in Caly cemetery. At the city hospital today Conlan’s condition was reported much im | proved. He haa, it is said, better | than an even break for recovery Faull, at the Renton hpspital, was ted holding hia own with hop covering Miners Compete in | Big Rescue Contest The Newcastle team of the Pacific | Coast Coal company is fighting today lat Ladysmith, B. C., for first honors) | in the Internationa! mine reseue co teat being held there, The Newea team tied for first place } | There are nix men on the team. |Missing Laborer Is | Sought by Police Police were searching Tuesday for | Epgene V 7, cemetery Ia | -— TheBon ESTABLISHED 1890 Marché Wash Day Needs Reduced Wash Tubs Reduced to $1.29 Galvanized Iron Wash Tubs, No, 1 size, made with strong handles. Washboards Reduced to 43c Zinc Washboards with strong wooden frames—full size. Wash Boilers Reduced to $1.95 Heavy Tin Wash Boilers with durable metallic bottom—large No. 8 size, Clothes Baskets Reduced to 66c Split wood Clothes Baskets with reinforced bottom — large No. 2 size. Clothes Wringers Reduced to $6.45 Universal Clothes Wringers with steel ball bearings, and guaranteed rubber rolls—with en@osed cog wheel. Clothes Pins and Apron—19c Two dozen common Clothes Pins and a pocketed Canvas Apron in which to carry them. HARDWARE SECTION—FOURTH FLOOR A New Rest Room The Balcony Rest Room has been opened for your convenience on the Upper Main Floor, where you may sit and rest or read or watch the busy throngs on the avenue. “Nu-Life”’ . Corsets Self- Lacingand Wednesday Specials Lotus Pound Paper 33c Box Only 250 boxes at this price; 72 sheets to the box. with him. He wrote a letter to Bon-) friends, 7 bérer, who wa ‘ted missing by ney-Watson, in which he gave tn BE. O, Truesdell, a brother, living | jis mother, M haries J. Perret structions for his funeral. Other let-|at Walla Walla, arrived in Seattle| 94:7 Woodiand Park ave. He was Envelopes to match, package, 10c. UPPER MAIN FLOOR SEATTLE 20TH GIRL RUNS AWA The Children’s || Easy to CTY OFS, . Sept. 7 — Finat ‘Matistics of the 14th census will show ‘Bhat Seattle ranks 20th in the list of the nation’s largest cities, it is esti. _ Mated here. Portland, its nearest _ Fival in the Northwest, ts No. 24 in ‘the list, but is over 55,000 behind in 2. Mayor Is Cop; He Organizes Force of Own ALLIANCE, 0, Sept. 1.—from raises in pay and changes in conditions, which the mayor were incompatible with the the city. toid the force to quit if it to. It did, and the city was Nothing daunted, the called his safety director and m, provided clubs and @ policeman, and pa- the city. Westover walked ys, and relieved him- organizing a new police force. ine Men Nipped reall? Gambling Raid) pre u j George Mowrie, 24, is charged with Tumming a disorderty houme. Peter 405 Entertains “Friend” With Usual Results John Argenbright, a cripple, enter- tained a friend in his room in the Regina hotel, 202 Second ave. last night, he told the police today The friend was hungry and broke. Argenbright, unable to cross the room unaided, told the friend to help himself to 50 cents that was in a pocket of the host's coat hanging on the door. The friend took $85 and “beat it,” ‘Argenbright says MRS, T. F. BOLDSBARRY Jost $104 to an uninvited guest Monday, she reported to the police. | Oliver L. BR. Truesdell, the retired} | grave of his wife, Mra. Bertha Trues- T0 RE WAITRESS ters were addressed to relatives and | Sunday night lant Because she didn't like her school teacher, it is said, Thelma F. Avis, 15, daughter of J. W. Avis, of Kirk. land, was reported today to have run away from home last Tuestay, Her father told the police, who are asked to help find her, that she left word she was going to Tacoma to be & waltrens. Theima was last seen tn the vicin. ity of Cowen park, on ¢5th st, Sun. @ay night. U. S. Sends Protests to Mexico Chief WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.— The United States has sent a note vigor ously protesting to the new Mexican government against the continuance ~j}of the Carranza program against American oil properties in Mexico, it was learned today. Letter Carriers Re-Elect Officers At their final session at Bothel “| Monday afternoon, the Washington Rural Letter Carriers’ association re elected Harry White, of Mount Ver- non, president of their organization} for the coming year. Dan IL. Davis was reelected secretary treasurer and A. L. Bryning was appointed delegate to the national convention in Texas, Sunnyside Thieves Take Seven Watches Thieves, who broke into the Sunny- | side pharmacy Monday stole 80 cents in Canadian silver, it was reported | to the police Tuesday. | They also took 10 fountain pens, two safety razors and seven watches ‘|Army Recruiter on | | Inspection Here} Army recruiting offices in the Mutual Life building were inapected | today by Col. Charies H. Martin of the adjutant general's office, who is in charge of the recruiting activities for the government. He will go to Spokgne this-evening. To Bury Suicide Beside His Wife, In compliance with the request of| army sergeant, who shot and killed himself last Thursday over the dell, in Lakeview cemetery, his body will be buried Wednesday beside that of his wife. Truesdell’s body was found by a mourner an hour or so after he had killed b If. He had a picture of his des ‘¢ and a bouquet of roses THAT THIRD PARTY THE THIRD PARTY WILL "HAVE TO ANS! WILL. BE DISPLAYED IN OUR AVENUE WINDOWS- AND MILLINERY SHOPS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Shoe Shop Moves Down to a handy posi- tion beside the Women’s and Growing Girls’ Shoe Shops on the Upper Main Floor, where moth- ers will find a bettered our service and_ increase¢ stocks of goad shoes for the kiddies. Visit the New Stationery Shop Just inside the Upper Second Avenue Main Floor Entrance, where the Silverware has been, you will find a delight- ful and newly-stocked Stationery Section. And the Silverware is now up on the Fourtn Floor with the China- CORSET Adjust Visit our Corset Service Shop and be- come acquainted with Nulife Corsets, fitted by corsetieres who are well informed on the features of the Nulife Corset. PRICED FROM $5.50 to $9.00 FLOOR SHOP—SECOND Eight-Button Silk Gloves $1.25 Milanese Silk Gloves, with double finger tips, come in gray, and pongee; self em- broidered. UPPER MAIN FLOOR 36-Inch Percale 35¢ Yard Percales for dresses or aprons, in lengths to 8 yards, and in neat fig- Kiddie Cloth 60c Yd. For children’s tub suits, rompers inches wide. FABRIC ,FLOOR (THIRD) “Every Tub on Its Own Bottom” The Bargain Basement is a store by itself—a distinct and separate organization from its parent store, the Bon Marche. The Bargain Basement has its own staff of buyers, and sells only merchandise pur- chased by them. And the main reason that prices are lower here is that the Bargain Basement charges you only for.the merchandise you buy—and does not ask you to pay for Credit Losses, Superfine Fixtures and Superabund- ant Salespeople. You Always Get “A Dollar’s Worth for Your Dollar.” Satin Messaline and Taffeta. DRESSES at $14.75 Smart Silk Dresses in a score of good styles are here in a variety of}, attractive and becoming colorings—Navy, Brown, Black, Gray, Silver, Copenhagen, Tan and Wistaria. They are finished with¢accordion-plaited bands, tinsel thread, fancy braid, novelty edgings, hip ruffles, novelty buttons and many other trim- mings. In sizes from 16 to 40—but not all sizes in all styles. The Smartest of Autumn Hats -$4.95 The woman who is anxious lock her best knows that upon her Hat depends the success of her appearance, And there are many women who wish to look well— yét who must economize. To them the Bargain Basement Millinery Section is a Godsend, becapse Basement Bakery Special «| OUR FAMOUS It supplies them with hats that are charming in style and moderate in price, See our new Autumn hats velvets, duvetyn, combinations, beaver, plush and other Fall ma- terials. All seasonable colors. in Jelly Rolls 20c COME EARLY