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

Counterfeiter Held With the two alleged principals un ington was still a| the Carnegie hero fund. loffice today reported one policeman r artest Tuesday, and thelr territory, 4 The child ran across the railway! was kill Seven police soldiers ite lnyout of dies, inks and - before the Seattle tracks at Fourth and Stark streets! were wounded. Three Sinn Felners te the banda of federal aut SBitre, He is sur-|She had time to pass in front of the! were killed. An unknown number \ Fties, one of the most remarkable! Viveq py his widow, Mrs, Ada Will-|tain, but became confused and|were wounded and 16 captured counterfeiging cases in the history Of) tame: and three atepchildren, Winnt: | Started back. Cork, according to dispatches, has Htho secret service on the Pacific Coast | 64 Nf Preston of Ritxville, Dorothy | | A® she stood on the track. Mac |become a “staggering wilderne } hae been brought to a close by Oper | A aig Rernard W. Preston of this|Gonald dashed out, swooped up the Comparisons were made with the atives under Capt. Thomas B. Foster, | German chemist, | Wanner | ruth b a‘leged | Paul Pemont, @dmitted enemy nm, and Panion, Harry Nelson, 20 by Captain Fo ‘Bringing th eommissione ‘TWO MEN UNDER Wnder Captain Foster have men. MPected. ‘ peonstantly. r, inks, acids, themicals. Secret service ope ‘The master chemist, at his stated Tuesday. making plates are almost perfect.” | S-who is now Fyenrs on McNeil Island. BLEACHED $1 BILLS ‘AND SPLIT THEM 22 bills, :etamped split Malini, the magician, has nothing Henry Nelson for rapid sleight- if the police and J. ‘ethand, ‘ st., are to be bel _ Nelson is one of two js eral net. leather soles— Men’s Shoes Old Prices $10 to $15 Boys’ Shoes Values $4.50 to $7.50 Gift Slippers Exchanged After Christmas » ‘TCRSDAY, DECEMTER 14, 1990, HOW 2 AS | MAKERS OF BAD MONEY \ = t Counterfeit Layout Seized; + German Chemist and +feur, are being interrogated Tuesday or, preparatory wm before a United States SURVEILLANCE FOR MONTH For more than a month operatives ‘watching every movement of the two | Suspicion was first attracted | to them when flashing of lights, | thought at first to be bootiegser# @ignals, were reported to come from @ room at 529 10th ave. The seeret) Service began its surveillance, with the result th@t the activities of the s@ccupants of the room were sus Egmont and Nelson were trailed They were seen to buy photographic even succeeded in watching Egmont, Making plates of $10 and $20 bank} “Egmont ts one of the cleverest| Men I have ever seen,” Capt. Foster; “When it comes to he is absolutely wizard. He employs a method of! Producing phetoetchings without the use of a camera, and the re ‘The only other man known to th service who used a method ;}aimtlar to Egmont’s, according to/ ‘Capt. Poster, was H.R. Wilkins, | ‘fing a term of 15 Men’s Comfy soles, new price .......--.+.-. Men’s Kid Romeo, black or brown, new price..... . $3.45 Children’s Red or Blue, fur trimmed, $6.50 and $8.50 $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 $5 in st it a couple salesman, of son's fe after Hines neer. He exciting chase of nine blocks in an Master counterfeiter, and his COM | ther part of town, by a posse of/ truck bore down upon him. & chauf-| police and citizens. | STROLLS INTO STORE WITH STAMPED ENVELOPE Gillespie sald today he was in the grocery of J. J. Arnott, 730 Harrison Ist. trying to sell the grocer a com signment of walnuts when Nelson strolied in about 3 o'clock. In Nelson's hand was a stamped and addreased envelope. ‘The newcomer approached the gro- cer and asked him ver for a $5 bill the bill to put in the send away, Nelson said Arnott opened his produced the bill and handed it to Nelson, who laid a pile of silver on the counter in exchange. As Arnott picked up the silver he says, he saw Nelson put the bill into the envelope and seal It grocer amounted onty to $4.75, and so in formed Nelson, who surprised, began {risking his pockets | for the missing two-bits to make up envelope found the SCOOPS UP CHANGE AND WALKS OUT When he could not nm get in my car.” sald Gilles nd we'll follow him.” This was done. ered. Two Women’s Shoes $4.95 to $9.85 Save $3 to $6 a Pair Men's, Women’s and Children’s Xmas Slippers now on sale in our Basement Store at very attractive prices. Women’s Comfy or leather soles, new price ......... $1.95 $2.45 Sizes 5 to 8, new price. . ..... .$1.68 Sizes 8} to 11, new price... ..$1.78 Sizes 114 to 2, new price.....$1.88 Boys’ Romeo or Everett style— Sizes 1 to 6, at. . ..,o.-0+--20-$2.88 Girls’ Shoes $3.95 and $4.40 Values $5 to $6 a lingering He was a pio-|Teward of $250 from the came father of the baby here when Wash-|™endation that will be forwarded to} would change He wanted cash drawer, silver seemed much tina the quar oped up the $4.75, counted times deliberately [pocketed It, handed the grocer the ¢ sealed envelope and said, according | to Gillespie: “Here, you keep the letter with the bill in it till I come back with the other quarter.” As Nelson left the door, the nut who had beard of such transactions before, told the grocer |he was swindled. But Arnott saci, Sree 1 obtain the proper | noe wish to open the envelope to them, and then) "out the blank sides with his The two halves were Nelson was over- taken, halted and asked to open the envelope. TURNS SUDDENLY AND FLEES CROSS.LOTS “You're too superstitions,” he t said to have told Gillespie. “The Dilt's In the envelope all right” But, without opening it, he turned suddenly and fled croselots with Arnott and Gillespie tm hot purvult. “The ning blocks were rapidly tra- versed. Two firemen and several civitlans, young women and dogs Joined the chase. Nelson was caught and ovrerpow- policemen on motor cycles, R. R. Moulton and G. F. Reynolds, reached the scene. ‘The enve! was opened. espie, nut salesmen, of 911 W. pT ya sicseiis said Gillespie today, “but no $5 bill. had a couple or three other rfeiters held here today in the fed-| -oty, addrensed envelopes, in his derviee ts pocket, Bow home of the counterfeiters yes-| Every afternoon they found only one at home. For several hours waited for Nelson. only to find he had been bagged, after an man is the center of his universe—and he's it. ‘There are now more than 82,000 Girl Scouts in the United States. Seattle Pioneer (OFFICER SAVES {CORK LOOTED Dies Here After a Long Illness risks eath in Path of Train British Troops Prepare to Funeral service Will be held at 2 m. Wednenday Bonney Wat James ater Willams who died Mon «| from a horrible CHILD'S LIFE and Auto Truck PORTLAND, Deo. 14.—-Snatehing Uttle 6-yearold Hazel Simmons from the path of an encoming Southern Pacific train and then saving her death © the wheels of a ponderous oll truck, earned for W. R. Macdonald, a night jwatchman on Portland Heights, a thankful recom and a ehild and topped aside as the limited | | As he did so a heavy Union On Com. Pressing himself and his little charge into A narrow space between the train and the truck, he stood silently, Jealculating his chances of escaping unseathed. Both of the rapidly mov: ing maases brushed his clothes as) | they rushed by | Mr, and Mr¢. H. 8, Simmons, of Spokane, parents of the Little girl, witnessed the daring rescue | TO TALK OVER {Discuss Proposed Dropping of Utilities Dept. | Counciiman Oliver T. Erickson's Proposed charter amendments abolishing the department of public utilities and creating the office of superintendent of transportation will) be considered by the council judiciary committee at its semsion Tuceday | afternoon. ; If the resolutiona, embodying Erickson’s ideas, are adopted by the city council, the proposition will be, submitted to the voters in the March election. | The judickury committee will also) consider Councilman W. H. Moore's Proposed charter amendment pro viding that positions in the city service which do not carry compen- sations shall not be included in the classified civil service. The amendment ts designed to clear up any uncertainty as to whether members of the park board, | theatre censorship board and other public officials serving without pay) are civil service employes of ot | LAMPING TO ASK LEGISLATION To Lobby at Olympia for Port Laws Col. George B. Lamping, commis stoner-elect of the Port of Seattle, | ‘will go to Otympia during the session | of the legislature and work for tm portant legislative reforms affecting | the port, he told the Women's King| County Republican club Monday. Included in the measures that will be advocated by Lamping are the fol- lowing: Consolidation of the city, school and municipal electio! ox tension of the power of the port) commission to act as agent for farm- ers in the handling of shipments, and « law to allow the commission to sell its surplus ice to the people : . Harding Receives as Political Callers MARION, Ohio, Dec. 14.—Practical politics crowded the league of na- tions Into the bdckground today, as President-Elect Harding turned bis attention to a list of political callers. Harding was also considering se Hously the proposal of Colonel George Harvey for an association of nations in which members would be | pledged to abstain from offensive) warfare without a referendum of | thelr peoples. Lips of Lady Touch Old Wardmote Horn FAVERSHAM, Eng., Dec. 13—An old Mayor's day ceremony is the blowing of the wardmote horn, some centuries old, by the new councillors 'This year’s ceremony was par- | tleularly interesting, as Lady Alex lander was the first lady to under-| take the task, a difficult one. To Hold F uneral for T. J. Reid Wednesday Funeral services for Thomas J. Reid, 548 18th ave, who died Mon-) day, will be held Wednesday at the) Bonney-Watason parlors. Reid is sur- vived by ‘his widow, Mrs. Bertha Reid, and two daughters. Woman Celebrates - 94th Birthday Here Her 9th birthday waa celebrated Monday by Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Herlinger, 1427 W. 62d st. A birth day party, with two large cakes to hold the candies, was attended by relatives and friends. ee |Parks Association to Hold Election | Annual election of the Natural) | Parks association of Washington! will be held Tuesday night, in, the | assembly room of the Arcade bulld-| ing. Clarke V, Savidge, commission er of public lands, ig scheduled to ad-| dresa the meeting on “The Relation! of the State to Ita Scenic Resources.” C. J. Buck, assistant district forest- er, of Portland, will speak also. Naval Reserve to Be Reorganized Tonight Reorganization of the naval re-| serve in the Thirteenth Naval dis-| trict in to be effected and officers} elected at a meeting of naval reserve | | Tuesday in Justice of the Peace ' Hoer's court room, hard Feiner, @ veteran of many govern-| @ntal battles, and the survivor of | munitions destined for the all officers of the district at 8 p. oe been elected’ odist of the senior THE §S BY ARMED MEN Resist Attacks BY WEBB MILLER LONDON, Dec, 14.—-With Cork] under the complete control of the} military, the go nment today pre-| pared to meet attacks elsewhere in| Irelar There were indications that the| Irish republican army were ready | for assaults on crown forces in the counties bordering on Ulster. In the fighting y day, the Iriah ruins in France, the piles of mason. ry and steel being spread out over five blocks In an apparently inex tricable mans. Reports today sald incendiaries, after firing the buildings, raced thru| the brightly iMuminated streets, shooting rifles and revolvers. There wis considerable looting, these reports said. MRS. MACSWINEY: SEEMS GIRLISH, SAYS WRITER BY ZOK BECKLEY WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—It te} to picture an’ ardent Sinn! ‘one of the bitterest ordeals the hu man heart is ever called upon to bear, aa a slender, gentle, blue-eyed girl of 22 years, whose ready smile is her chief facial characteristic Yet that is Mra Muriel Swiney It is hard even to think of the Uttle lady mayoress as a mother— 80 child-like is she in appearance, It » hard to realize she ts a col lege wornan. Tt is hardest of all to tmagine her bearing up proudly as she did, while | her husband, Terrence, wasted to death from his hunger strike to aid the Irish cause, Yet beneath her amazingly girlish semblance, I am told, les a very deep reriousness and an intellect of which any student of twice her age might be proud. LIKES TO TALK ABOUT HER BABY Mra. MacSwiney loves to talk of her baby, Molga, two and « half, who has been Jeft with relatives in Mac Cork. As 1 stood near her, someone showed her « button bearing & photograph of herself and the baby She reacht4 for it eagerly “Oh, let me look at that! bad, you know,” she remarked in her soft voice, “but it doesn’t do the baby justice, She's a lot bleger now, and so pretty and bright™ Her face lighted as she said tt, mother-pride fairty beaming from her young blue eyes. For an in stant she looked grave and almost grown up. But the next moment she was emiling again and greeting vis tora, * “The blood of martyrs flows in ber veins,” Lawyer Frank P. Walsh, who excorted her, told me. “If whe. felt that her own life's sacrifice would serve the cause of Irish freedom as she feels her hus band's death served it, she would not hesitate a second. She has crossed the sea, without thought of herself, to tell the story of Irish hopes and bloody Irish tragedy. “People often remark that Ter. rence MacSwiney could have been more useful alive than dead. But he knew better, And his little wifo knew better.” of Tt ien't Peter MacSwiney Must Face Probe WASHINGTO: Dee. 14.—Peter MacSwiney of New York, who went to Ireland to visit his brother Ter. ence, will be allowed to return to the United States ag soon as he gives a esatiafactory explanation of how he left this country without an Amert can passport, it was explained today. Peter MacSwiney went to London just before his brother died of his long hunger strike. ROBBERY FACES “PEROXIDE JIM" Information Filed perior Court An information charging WiMl Reuther, known as “Peroxide Jim, with robbery was filed in the superior court by the prosecuting attorney Monday afternoon. in Su- Reuther has been tn the city jal! To Talk Logged-Land since his arrest December 9, and the subsequent accusation, made by the police, that he was guilty of several robberies, including holding up of the Buck Shoe store, 403 Union at, in daylight November 28 and obtain ing $293. David Lamar .Must Serve Prison Term WASHINGTON, Deo, 14—David Lamar, know as the “wolf of Wail at..”” must serve one year in prison on the ground that he conspired in 1915 to restrain foreign commerce fn the supreme court today decided, Simi+ lar action was taken in the case of Henry B. Martin, associated with La- mar, The court dismissed their ap peals. Medina Can’t Buy New School Site Permanent injunction against the acquisition of a new school site by school district No, 171, Medina, was issued by Presiding Judge J, T. Ron- ald, Monday afternoon, A restrain ing order against the directors has been in effect for some time on peti tion of Wallace Carter, who claim the authority for the contemplated purchase was being derived from an invalid election IAS DE TURENNE, nd Auzias de Turenne, LEON AL son of Raym: class at Harvard, according to word received here TTLF | Year building program of 1916 and | AGAINST PLAN STAR DANIELS URGES | BIG NAVY PLAN Says U. ‘S. Can't Declare! Building “Holiday” WASHINGTON, Dec, 14.—For the United States to agree with two or three nations for a “holiday’t in naval construction would be “a blunder worse than a érime,” Secre tary of the Navy Daniels told the house naval affairs committee to- day. | The United States ean neree to! suspension of new construction only all the nations of the world to do likewise, Daniels ansert He strongly recommended the Prompt completion of the huge three asked for the authorization’ of an other program ing of 88 vessels. In support of the belief that the) United States could not agree with Great Britain and Japan to stop the| building of armament, the secretary allowed Admiral Koonts, ehief of naval operations, to quote figures showing the relative first line strength of the three natjona, “If the three nations could stop| all construction now, the United States would have a first line} *trength of 468,000 tons; Great| Britain, 864,650 tons, and Japan,| 826,000," said Koontz. j Daniels referred to the fact that an alliance exists between Oreat Britain and Japan, While Daniels was testifying, Sen- ator Borah, Idaho, introduced in the senate a resolution requesting the President to enter into agreements with Great Britain and Japan to re duce naval armamenta. AD DANLELS URGES COMMITTEE 18 The committee ts virtualy want — againat the suggestions of Dan lele The 1916 program, according to Chairman Butler and other commit tee men, upon its completion, which | probably will be by January 1, 1924, wi make the United States the! greatest naval power in the world. even allowing for some uncontem- plated additional construction by Great Britain “The completion of the present bullding program will give the Unit ed States a supremacy of 31 per cent over Great Britain in first line fight ing ships—dreadnaughts and pattie crulsers—eaid Representative Brit ten, Iliinola, a member of the com- mittee. Daniels said navy recruiting is In creasing the enlisted strength, gotng from 100,000 to 190,000 during the last year. He recommended the re moval of the naval war college from Newport, R. 1, to Washington, #o that it can be in close touch with naval operations, MOTHER RYTHER TO SELL BRICKS Head of Great’ Charity to Be Honored at Ball Mother Ryther, herself, wil be given an innovation Friday night at Crystal Pool when the members of the Seattle Retafl Grocers’ asvocia- tion hold their annual commercial masquerade and charity ball. Plans for the event call for Moth er Ryther to lead the grand march with “Weary” (W. A.) Wilkins, and to personally superintend the sale of brick coupons to the dancers. A large number of Mother Ryther’s personal friends will attend to form a bodyguard of honor and assist in the brick coupon sales. Some afternoon thie week, the weather permitting, Mother Ryther will sell brick coupens on some downtown street corner, assisted by the automobiles and regular brick coupon salesman. A number of her friends have planned to be on hand to greet her and it i# expected that hundreds of other well wishere who know her by name and deed only will take thin occasion to meet her face to face and help her swell the funds needed to continue the work of the home and erect a small iso lation hospital ward unit. Yesterday Wilkins recetved a check for $100 from a maritime workers’ union organization and the members of the milk wagon drivers called at his office with a request for 300 tickets to sell at their an- nual installation of officers Friday night. Large numbers of the milk wagon drivers have already con- tributed personally, but they are going to contribute as an organiza tion Friday night. Personal solicitation of the bust ness men and large business insti tutions is continuing and every ef- fort is being made to wind up the campaign within the week or the next ten days Legislation Tonight Legislation necessary to, the devel opment of logged-off lands in West- ern Washington will be discussed at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room at a meet- ing of the legislative committee of the logged-off land conference. 35,000 Tourists at Fed. Camp Ground More than 35,000 tourists from 36| different states and eight foreign countries stopped at the Denny Creek federal camping ground, 60 miles east of Seattle on the Sunset highway, during the past season, ac- cording to J. W. Lundeen, district ranger, Tuesday, To Tell of Women’s Manufacturing Show Mrs. Dorothy Simonton will re port on the recent manufacturers’ exhibit staged by the club women of Tacoma in an address at the! monthly hincheon of the women's Commercial club at the Elks’ club Thursday noon. i City to Appeal From Reservoir Decision Appeal from the decision of Su-! perior Judge Clay Allen by which a permanent injunction issued Monday | against the construction of the Ve unteer Park reservoir is to be take by the city to the state supreme court, it was stated Tuesday, | 1 | i i FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET THE convenience for,/Christmas shoppers. or express here, weighed and stamped, and forwarded immediately. This Station is located at the Sixth Avenue end of the Downstairs Store. . § SORE a | PARC DOW STAIRS Lovely Corduroy Robes $5.95 IDE-WALE weave and soft and supple as vel- vet is the corduroy in these attractive negligee garments —women’s gifts with a dis- tinct appeal. In the style pictured, in Cherry, Rose, Copenhagen and Wistaria— $5.95. A similar style in nar- row-wale corduroy, with large round collar, in Rose, Copenhagen and Wistaria— $4.95. Other attractive Corduroy Robes in plain or brocaded effect, $8.75. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 200 Crepe de’Chine and Georgette Blouses Reduced to $5.85 ° ERY timely for givers of these practical gifts is this underpriced offering of Blouses. Excellent qualities of Georgette and Crepe de Chine are featured, with me- dallions of lace, em- broidery, plaitings for trimming, and there are also tailored mod- els. Choice of White, Flesh-color, Navy, Brown and Black. Reduced to $5.85. For Sizes 36 to 46. —THE DQWNSTAIRS STORE Wednesday, an Opportunity for Saving: 150 Winter Hats Reduced to $4.95 GROUPING of many odd lines of Dress and Tailored Hats under this low price af- fords substantial sav- ings. Included are Hats in Velvet Duvetyn Felt Beaver Beaver-and-Velvet —in Orange, Gray, Sand, Navy, Brown, Purple, Overseas-blue. Reduced to $4.95. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE A New Shipment of Suede and Kid Pumps To Sellat $4.85 Pair HR EE styles of Pumps are featured at this very low price, as follows: BLA CK SUEDE PUMPS with Louis heels; sizes 414 to 8. BRO! INZE KID PUMPS with beaded vamps; sizes 5 to 8. BRONZE KID ONE-EYELET TIES; sizes 5 to 8. Featured Wednesday at $4.85 pair. -~THE DOWNSTALRS STORE ee , POST AND EXPRESS-FORWARDING STATION .is a great -ackages are safely wrapped for mailing White Japanned } Bread and Cake Box $2.00 N_ out-of-the-ordinary gift that merits real appreciation. As pictured, in white japanned finish, with roll’top, and lettered with the words, “Bread and Cake” in gilt. Top is perforated for ventilation. Size 11x1114x13%4 inches, - Extra good value, $2.00, Spark Guards | $3.00 and $4.00 Very attractive value in these Spark Guards of .« coppered wire, with sub- stantial steel wire frame lined with fine-mesh gal- vanized wire cloth. Size 31x31 inches, $3.00; size 87x31 inches, $4.00. Enamelware Roaster, $2.45 As pictured, Oval-shape Roaster of smooth, seam- less blue glazed enamel, made with raised bottom and hot-air pocket along | — inner side. Self-basting and self-browning. Size 11%4x17%; will hold 16- pound turkey. Attractive: | | ly priced at $2.45. —HOUSEWARES SECTION, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Cut Glass Sugars and Creamers $2.50 Pair SDIUM - SIZE Pitch- | ers and Sugar Bowls in the attractive cutting pictured, on clear, heavy glass; unusually low- priced at $2.50 pair, . Chocolate ik Sets $6.00 and $7.50 | 4 Floral and conventional patterns in several ar- } rangements to choose 1 from, in these Chocolate | Sets — gifts that will be | | put into use immediately on Christmas day. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE