The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 13, 1920, Page 7

_ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990. 1} i | 10 TESTIFY Chinese Who Try Humani- arian Work at Nikolayevsk Are Punished Third Articte of a Series BY JACK MASON Wi NVOSTOK hy Messenger the Pacifio)—The Japs have Haputed cor ol of the ashes of Jayevsk—-a symbol, perhaps their whole conquest of mari 4 Siberia may turn to ashes in “Their mouths. *Bince June & when they reoceu the scene of massacre, they matically stripped it of every able thing and shipped in 6,000 of army supplies! Bome 2900 sok nh when I went ne. Maj. Gen was in command. A Jap dron was in the vicinity, under Admiral Kuwajima. 0 US QUANTITIES ARMY STORES “T aaw enormous quantities of army filling several large godowns houses) and piled 12 to 15 feet over open spaces equal to three blocks. At intervals Jap steam- arrived with more supplies. [Day after day 500 Jap soldiers con- 4 the mlvage work. Every ruin dug over for metal. Corrygated from—-from the roofs of 2.000 burned | Buildings —was carefully straightened Wired togeth lron stoves, by os, Were set in neat rows, awalt shipment. Miles of telephone and ric wire were taken down trom . rolled up and carried to the bank. Insulators were un P| ed and boxed. Anchors, buoys, chains, machinery the electric light plant, new tron and ingots—every scrap of metal the 144 square biocks of desolate Wikolayevsk was being recovered. and sent on steamers fying it eserchant flag of Japan. Bent where? i do not know. Why? Jap would tell I was not per to photograph this spotiation T saw it, day by day, with my eyes! [ELESS RUSSIANS TO VLADIVOSTOK | homeless Russians, straggting by hundreds from the interter, sent in Datches to Viadivostok, miles by steamer. Russian Red Cross steamer! carried food and metiical sup-/ to relieve the situation. Little: were sent ing the shere to the bodies, now coming te the in large numbers. effort has been made by to capitalize the massacre in ways: As an excuse for were in the f 3 »S HIRE (Trimble Camp Is Success NESSES |Cost Per Girl, $6 a mE. * ¥ eek made plant of the North Bend Hees The which was the buliding up to the four which had been placed in a glass jar. sivueng your own’ as the Campfire Girls did it on Trim- ous ble Island. It’s now the latest fad for stockings, so Second ‘occupation of the maritime| @vé. shops advertise, and quite en art to get a “tight” roll. 9 accomplish which she for two years alternately fo- BY DOROTHY FAY GOULD times a day was personally selected @isorder and then suppressed | Feeding 650 gitls and guardians, at | 4nd bargained for, and the $6.4 week fron hand; supplied arms and|s weekly average of $6 per girl, is| V4 the triumphant result) to reactionary “White” lead- like Seminoff, and signed agree- with Red or non-Red provie governments, only to tear up when it served her purpose; ond—Asg a pretext for inhuman tment of thousands of Chinens, well may pave the way for encroachments upon prostrate i S BRIBED TO FY AGAINST CHINESE “When the Jap relief? expedition d, they immediately rounded up questioned every living person y could not understand how the 4 Chinese civil population of) had esxeaped massacre with the Jap soldiers. Were Chinese in league with the Reds? Russian witnesses, who had never * tof such @ thing, suddenly | she hadn't « cent to pay for the sup/and several parents ibered” when banded five or yen. in Viadivostok. Some disap ! \ One such “witness,” with whom I . admitted without a bid#h he “remembered” for five yen, he needed to buy some salt to his fish. Five yen would buy poods (108 pounds) of salt. And entire valuable supply of salt is Japanese hands! | Many Russians told me that Mr. 4 Be Hanaoka, special representative | the Imperial Japanese govern it at Nikolayevsk, had a large to. of such statements. My nal contact with him, and other vations, convince me that he is real head of Japanese affairs in section—above general or ad- |. He was formerly first secre of the Japanese embassy at| ograd, and, claims intimate dship with former U. 8. Ambas- Francis PEACEFUL ESE CIVILIANS ‘The 4,200 Chinese civilians at Nik Olayevsk were a peaceful part of that| Mixed population found in all Siber-| fan towns. The Chinese ships had} unwillingly present at Niko- fayevek since last fall, frozen in the Amur. Originally they were sent from Shanghai, in July, 1919, under orders to proceed up the Amur to Hab- sk, there take on winter cloth- ed supplies, and then proceed to Harbin. The little squadron com Prised three small river gunboats and a tug, under Captain Chen, On October 25, 1919, they were within 20 miles of Habarovak when Stopped by shells, fired under orders Of the Russian “White” (reactionary) General Kalmikoff—a mercenary in dap vay. Kalmikott refused permis-| sion to proceed to Harbin, or even to) spring had made the river again nav. | Obtain supplies and winter clothing from their own stores in Habarovak. Gaptain Chen was forced to turn down the Amur. He barely Reached Nikolayevsk before the river froze over. All winter the boats re- mained there, frozen in, with scant food and fuel, and no warm clothing. They took no part in the bloody ts of the winter and spring. were neutrals, paasive specta- tors, in an open port, their country} ike terms of peace and friendship Russia and Japan. ESE TRIED TO PRISONERS it when they heard that Trepet- planned to kill his Jap prisoners to save them. The Chinese Trepetzin, asklus the financtal feat pulled off this sum mer by Mrs. Keith Logan Bullitt, president of the Seattle Campfire Girls. She ts president and custodian of the BIG IDEA among Campfire dev. Otaes in Seattle, and was instrumen tal in getting William Pitt Trimble to lend safe and secluded Trimble i» land for the summer camp. CHEERFULLY OBDERED AND SAID: “CHARGE rr? Having little cash, @ BIG IDEA and plenty of PEP, she made out a conservative budget. Interviewed thousand and nine butchers, bakers, grocers and vegetable men, and finally got wholesale prices on let- tuce by the crate, ice cream by the mountain and stew meat by the ton. Quite cheerfully she announced that plies, but expected to. be able to, ‘Witnesses who had diffl-| packed off her tents, and kettles, and) girts and of the wonderful heip ‘t in “remembering” also had dif-| cans, and food. and kept her thoughts| is to have a daughter eager to do ty in either leaving or remain-| of prison bare for unpaid bills for| beds, divhes and keep ber drawers Private midnight amusement. Every mouthful the 650 ate three SEC. WILSON’S WIFE IS DEAD She Had Been an Invalid for Ten Years nes Williamson Wilson, wife of Sec! retary of Labor Wilson, died surly to- aay Mra. Wilson has been an invalid for 19 years as the result of a para lytic stroke. Mrs. Wilson was born at Mary Hin Scotland, December 18, 1859, and came to America with her parents two years later. She married in 1982 and became the mother of 11 chil- dren, nine of whom survive. Funeral services will be held from the Wilson residence here Thursday | and interment will be at Blossburg,| ™ting work were donated by Rosia Pa., the Wilson home. RAR RAR him to treat them as all ctvilized countries do their prisoners of war He replied that he intended to send them back to Japan Not satisfied with this oral aswur- ance the consul and Captain Chen joined in a formal letter to Trepet- win, dated May 22, pleading for the lives of the Japanese and “White” Russians. It did not avail, but it showed their desire. With destruction of the town im pending, the Chinese then turned to evacuation of Chinese civilians. igable. By crowding their four small ships, and towing various junks, sampans and other small craft, they carried all the Chinese and 650 Rus wians safely to Mago, a hamlet 20 miles up the river. There they gave refuge, also, to a few Japanese civil- lana who escaped. They fed all, as far as possible, from their scanty storen. How waa their work of mercy re qaited? By virtual imprisonment, during months of “investigation,” while disease and starvation work grimly, hand in hand, to kill them all, ‘Théy are there yet! (Tomorrow's section of Mason's re- port will tell the simple, tragle story of what he saw oo the Chinese ships Mage) Better still, when the $5,000 bod. get was raised (ns bf course It was, and all bills paid) there remained $200 on the bright side of the ledger of experiment in whether the grownups of Beattie believed to {campfire for the girls of Seattie. BIGGER CAMP 18 PLANNED NEXT YEAR Twenty women speciafy inter. ested in the movement have beard the report of the camp, and plan for a bigger and a better one next summer. Migs Alice Paul, one of the most active of tha vice presidents, plan Red conferences similar to Eastern enes; Miss Ruth Brown, the charm ing teacher from Greenwood school who has charge of the work at lthe office headquarters, Mrs. Henry told enthus- benefita to the ' iastically of the | in order so she can earn the coveted beads and privileges of the Camp fire circles. Twelve hundred giris over town now belong, and only piack of funds to pay another worker as capable and lovely with | girts as Ruth Brown, keeps the work from growing faster. Mayor Caldwell became such ap enthusiast after the return of his firla trom the democratic, helpful} life at the camp that he asked the Kiwanis club to hear Myx, Bultitt tell of the aplonti! work. has voted to ‘father’ Campfire as part from all the girls’ of its civic work The 400-044 geste who visited camp this summer might think that theScotony of tents and build ings sprang up inetanter like “Min- erva from the head of fupiter com pletely armed,” but those who know the Inside story can may: “Yen, the lovely flower boxes that |make the dining hall so homey were given by the’ park commis. |sioner, the flower pots the girls | used by the hundred in their deco jand severni others, a fly screen by Mrs. Merrill, and best of all, the welcoming fireplace grew brick by | brick as Miss Brown indefatigabty | | went from brickyard to brickyard| and collected a donation of a few hundred bricks,” | FIREPLACE HEARD THINGS }If WONT REPEAT | Many a time at the “Grand Up-| |roar,” when Miss Rose Giaas led} the girls in wild garb thru the stunts of “Countess du Spoof” or “Baron Stringbean,” tho fireplace | heard things it will repeat only to| the grandchildren of the girls when the hour of “once upon a time” arrives, ‘The girls are already on the atitt! hunt for a “handy man” for next} |surmmer. For it was admitted the only speck in the bine horizon wan the fact that ten gallon kegs of ice cream will weich a. ton of two, | and that without a wharf the waves | wijl play splash with» the baggage. Righty to one hundred girls landing: or taking the ferry from a rowboat | often proved a dangerous procedure. | ptain McMillan and Purser Gar. net were frequent rescuers for the! girls, and often picked up tho! stranded Evinrude, aptly nicknamed! by the girs “Develina.” ‘The! guardians’ prayers were answerod and the summer endeg without a Rpeaciacaroe ati FAIL TO BLOW | UP NEWS PLANT Attempt Also Made to Kill The einb|f] The fature of th THE SEATTLE STAR we IS EXONERATED, by Law Murder Honest Birds TACOMA, Ww | never have . | Cleared of Japanese Insinu- Publisher ations pH REND, Ore, Oct 18- tice here are trying to wotve | which was! WASHINGTON, 13,—The | t state department today made public | ® a hote from Edward Beli. charge of| (ie American ecabasay at Tokyo, to} he fish canneries nad the crows |the Japanese foreign minister to protected because they eat up con clear Colonel Burnett, American mil: | siderable fish refuse, but the erqwa itary attache, of insinuations in the! also destroy more game birds than Japanese press of improper conduct |all of the sportsmen put together. | fh Connection with a recent attempt “Crows eat the game bird exes and | by two Japanese to sell him military! the young. 1 have often seen crows MAPS supposed to belong to Japan. altting on tree watehing the | Rell pointed out that the maps, nests of grouse yeaxant, When which were of eastern Siberia, were crows once spot such a nest, they | of no value or interest to Burnett, stay there until the female « e bird ind that he refused to buy them. | leaves; then they eat the exgs or the Golomel Burnett also denied to the| young. They never tackle the full jtate department that he asked for| grown game birds, but they certainly |mape of Formosa and Mongolia cause havoc am the young, Be IA valued | cause they are protected, the crows | from the home of} Miss Kate are increasing in great numbers, 1) MePadden tnclude fa believe they will very nearly kill the rope game birds off.” ee Oct. in making a study of birds of | myste attempt to blow up the newspaper | attached Yo eft in the be unday fa bomb ment of to barn | quarts of dynamite fure ” ¢ not only om being de the life of| of the e building Gems VANCOUVER. it c Ryan errters race for Pritish Colum U.S: COLONEL Crows Guarded FINDS HUSBAND * where whe had had a consultation PAGE 7 ‘DEATH FIGHT HIGH IN AIR Negro Shot “on Roof’s Edge Falls Five Stories Oct. 1A Geath ged on the root of ing here youterday, | when Patrol Martin Gill was Burtek | forced to #hoot a giant Santo Domine | Ko negro to Save himacift from being hurled into the street GM) said he tried to arrest the ne | gro, later identified as Rafael Cottin, Mra, Kurlek, who ts 21, and the) 0n complaint of a woman that he had mother of a yearand«haltold baby,| insulted her, Cottin rushed the por jeclared she planned the divorce be | Nceman, and the two fought for over, cause her husband refused to discon: | 20 minutes on the brink of the root tinue the operation of a still, She| Pedestrians on Sixth ave. steed 5 maid to have told t police that | transfixed, watching the battle she destroyed one wtill, and that her Finally Gill was able to reach hie husband, after beating her -up,|Tevolver. Ae Cottin made his tase simply built another. rush, he fired twice, The negro, with The body is in the county morgue,!|® bullet,thru his stomach, slid off | the roof and plunged to the atreet be- DEER TRAIL, Colo —Sate erack.| low He landed in a basket of wet rom Deer Trail State | wash on the sidewalk, where he ex k and national bank bere | pired a few minutes later. HANGING DEAD Wife Makes Discovery After Divorce After calling upon her atterney,| NEW YORK, etruggle was © pertaining to « divorce suit from her |* five-story b huvband, Mrs found Burick’s body hanging trom an archway between two rooms in their home at 6712 Kighth ave, Tuc# day night Alexander bia legislature from Atlin FREDERICK & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET DOWN An Important Offering for Thursday: 50 Jersey Suits Reduced to $16.75 . XAMINE these ‘Suits closely—note t firm, close weave of the jersey “(whic adapts them for eooler-weather wear) and their careful making—and you will agree they are unusual for this price. Sports models, with, patch pockets, narrow belts and inverted back plaits or tucks, offering choice of Pine-needle-green, Copenhagen, Chinese- blue, Brown, Purple, Grays and Tans ° Sizes for women and misses—16 to 44. ¢—» Considerably reduced in price—$16.75. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORM «& Boys’ Stockings 45c Pair ET him climb = and scramble about as he will, these Black Stockings will be slow to show the effect of hard usage. Staunchly ribbed, and featured in sizes 614 to 10. Priced at 45¢ pair; 3 sx. pairs for $1.25. ~ —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE ‘Coverall Aprons, $1.85 With Attractive Dress-like Feature AYLY polka dotted in Blue, Pink, Green or Lay- ender on white ground is the Percale Apron at left, fea- turing novel yoke ef- fect and generous use of rick-rack braid. Price $1.85. At right, Percale Apron in dainty small plaids and figured ef- fects of assorted col- orings, with three- quarter-length kimo- no sleeves, and trim- ming of rick-rack braid. Price $1.85. “THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Style as a Beautiful Colors in Knitting Yarns Just Received eS skeinis —weighing about one quarter pound—in the love- ly colorings that will soon be forming holiday gifts. Peacock, Azure, Tur- quoise, Green, Nile, Red, Cardinal, Yellow,‘ Orange, Brown, Tan, Pink, Navy and mixtures — $1.25 skein. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 1,680 Yards of White Outing Flannel Special 20 ¢ Yard OR Thursday, a durable quality of twill-weave Outing Flannel at this very low price, With winter night gowns and pajamas to be made, children’s petticoats and many other garments, it will pay economical women to purchase liberally. Twenty-seven inches wide, special 20¢ yard. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORT Neckwear Values at 50c ANY of the Neck- pieces in this group were formerly marked at considerably higher prices. 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