The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1920, Page 4

D’ANNUNZIO ( PREPARING FOR FLIGHT Poet's Troops Surrounded in Fiume by Forces of Italian Government BY CAMILIO CIANFARRA ROME, Deo. 27 the regency of Quarnero, tottered to @ay with the collapse of Gabrielle @PAnnunsio’s outposts. Reports here indicated General ‘Cavigiia, in command of the regulars, was steadily tightening the circle about Fiume, and that outlying por- tions of the regency already had fallen mto bis hands. Zara, garrisoned by a small force of d'Annunsio's legionnaires, ‘eapit ulated to the regulars without Mt was announced officially today SCOUT CRUISER , SURRENDERING At the same time the scout cruiser "Marsala, swinging at anchor off Zara. signaied her surrender when two bat Ueships crept up to her from under the fog that lay over the Adriatic. The Missouri and the Fulgo made th raid and triumphantly rejoined t Meet with the errant Marsala, one of | the first vessels to desert the poect:/ commander (The scout cruiser Marsala was Duilt in 1912, and carried 4.7inch guns. She is a 3,600ton vessel) Various versions of the first ox @hange of shots between regulars @nd the legionnaires defending Fi me reached-Rome today. The of ficial version was that General Ca Viglia sent a party to the outposts of the city to arrange final conver gations with @’Annunsio’s represent: tives. The poet's troops were said to have opened fire, killing five and wounding 40. Another version was that Caviglia ordered an attack to forestall one ty the detent ding fordes. 60 ARE KILLED, MANY WOUNDED; _IN FIUME FIGHT PARIS, Deo. 21.—Sixty have been killed and many wounded In fighting Bround Fiume, according to advices to the French foreign office today. General Cavigtia, commanding the Italian regulars who are attacking the city, expected to take Fiume to day, according to these dispatches. Gabrielle d'Annunzio, ported ready to flee. POET'S AIRPLANE TO TAKE HIM AWAY D'Annunzio persisted to the last tn @efiance of government troopa continued to write proclamations Qnd appeals to Fiume residents to eee clung to thelr post- continued to edge in toward poet-commander pre ht His own airplane the official rest legion’s outposts the regulars, it was reporta said, that the Italians troops pouring into the heart poet commander to oun flight at the poet's government was totter. At first his adherents scarcely | Believed that their own people would "actually fire upon them, and the le protested their entire loy- aly. Actual battle was said to have been precipitated by D’Annunaio him. meit, who ordered an advance on the “first outposts to creep in toward the The legionnaires awoke then to ‘the fact that the regulars fully tn | tended to fight, it A Steady weakening of the Fiume forces resulted. $3 * AD’ _ ARE DEPARTING "Many of the poet's closest friends Qnd advisers departed. Reports from other posttions tn the Fiume territory were dubious, Dis Patches sald d’Annunzio learned of the return of one Jone scout cruiser to the regular forces and the sud- Gen yielding of small garrisons. Fiume remained practically the only defensive point, and its garrt fon of less than 5,000 men was not @zpected to stand long before the large body of troops under Caviglia. Pinned Under Auto, Oregon Man Killed BEND, Ore., Dec. 27—Pinned un- uo derneath an oyexturned automobile! for three hours, Lane Thomas was so seriously injured he died Sunday Morning ofter being brought to thia city. Patrick Rogers and Fred Yosburg ‘Were injured, but wil! recover. ‘The three men were riding in a ma chine driven by Rogers three miles north of here Christmas night when the car slipped and Went over the edge ofa newly constructed fill, over-| turned and pinned the three under the automobile. Stomach Pump Cures Fireman “Suicide” William E. Schuberg, city fireman, | and his wife, became angry at each other Sunday night. ‘Ten minutes later, his wife noti- fled police that her husband had faken carbotic acid. PH¥sicians and @m ambulance rushed him to city hospital and prepared the stomach pump for use, It became too real- istic. “Didn't take nothin’” Schubere admitted abashed. “Was' just scarin’ the wife.” Longshoremen Hold Annual Election Polls for the annual election of the WLongshoremen’s union officers will close at 8 p, m. Monday, Ernest Ellis is running without opposition for preside nt t of the union, TUESDAY | AFTERNOON, FROM THE WOODLAND PARK Presby- terian church, will be held the fu- nheral of John W. Hoffstater, 79, who @ied Christmas day. ASSOCIATED EMPIOYES OF THE WESTERN UNION Telegraph Co. have invited their friends to a @ance at Dougias hall, January 6. --Fiume, capital of shot, | .,8an Franciaco, | Big generals don't get a Foch had to wait for the his marksmanship. | Petain is gray SEEK HEAD OF BONDING FIRM Portland Money Concern Closes Business PORTLAND, Or. Deo. 27.—The| bonding house of Morris Brothers, Ine., did not open its doors today, fol- lowing an official announcement last night by Fred 8. Morris, head of the concern, that “this is ¢ end of the corporation's business.” John L. Etheridge, until recently president of Morris Brothers, is said to be missing. Morris stated he had asked the authorities for a warrant for the arrest of Etheridge on a charge of larceny and embezzlement The bonding firm has branches in Seattle and Tacoma, and Morrin announced their doors would not be opened today AMOUNT OF LOSS | MAY BE EXCESSIVE | Auditors are still working on the| books of the bonding concern, and the | amount of the deficiency over assets is not known, but it ts feared it may amount to $1,000,000. It is believed the losers will be confined to investors in bonds which have not been delivered, as the other indebtedness is fully secured. ‘The wrecking of Morris Brothers, according to Fred §, Morris, was due to the reckless extravagance of Ethe ridge, who, it developed here recent ly, served two terms in the New Jer.) sey penitentiary, for forgery and for | obtaining money under false pre tenses. Etheridge was a candidate for dele. gate to the imperial council of the} Mystic Shrine from El Kader temple of Portland recently and took w floor in his own behalf, at that time/ dramatically admitting his penitenti- ary record. He wag not elected as one of the four local delegates. Etheridge was one of Portland’s| best known men and charity work. | ers. He belonged to the most ex-/ clusive clubs and maintained an ele-_ — country home, besides a fine home. He was very prominent | in Liberty loan drives and war relief | mévements, for work in which he gained much we SEATTLE BRANCH 1S CLOSED TEMPORARILY Orders to close until the comple. tion of the audit of the books of the | headquarters firm at Portland were received at Morris Brothers’ Seattle! branch at 9:30 a. m. today. T. D. Henderson, vice president of Morris Brothers, Inc., and head of the local offices of the bonding con. cern, stated that the closing of the firm’s business would last only until the audit is finished “We expect the order Is only tem porary,” he said. “There ts every indication that the audit will be com- pleted in two or three days.” \Trench Rat Terrier Is Made Mascot Here Born amid the fire of angry guns near Ypres, Belgium, tn July, 1917, Serabo, the champion rat-killiig dog in the trenches, became an honorary member of the American Legion Friday when his master, Deputy | Sheriff George Bundy, former Cana- dian army sergeant and Spanish. American war veteran, joined Seat- tle post No, 18. Serabo played dead in a sack while Bundy smuggled him from Europe to this country aboard | @ troop ship, |High School Boys Form Field Unit Composed entirely of Lincoln high school students and alumni, the first | battery of the regiment of fleld ar. tillery to be raised in Seattle will be inspected by state officers and sworn |into the national guard Wednesday morning. Human Nature Study | Club Invites Public! The Human Nature Study club| announces weekly meetings for| saleemen ana others who deal with the public. Meetings will be held every Tuesday evening at 234 Globe building, First aye. “and Madison st. Unemployment B. Books on Tap at Library Books on unemployment, with remedies as suggested by well known economists, have been segregated for the convenience of those interested at the public library, SAN DIEGO-—-U-boat 88, former German wea raider, to be destroytd at target practice, re He was as happy as a small boy when he outshot General Dubail and | MANY }him. He lives at North Sth at. ;|AUTOMOBILE |ACCIDENT jon | day. |IN CRIME CASE after-war “diplomatic” hunt, Marshal Petain who served under him in the World War. n the center; Foch is just raising his pipe to take a puff. ‘orfolk, with his back to the camera, is United States A mbaseador Wallace. WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Mrs. Fred H. Eckart Victim of Collision Crushed when the auto In which she was riding overturned In @ cob Msion at 10th sve N. and B. Har. rison st. Sunday afternoon, Mra. Fred H. Bokart, 45, of 411 W. Crock ett st. received injuries that result ed in her death at Providence hospi tal Sunday night ©. PF. Paal, 403 Lith ave, N. was driving the auto in which Mrs. Eck. | art wae riding. It collided with one/ piloted by C. M. Harter, of Tacoma. URT IN ACCIDENTS TRAFFIC | Seven other persons were recover:|*X*reise of the most drastic econ ling Monday from injuries received im traffic aceidents Saturday night and Sunday Miss Adelia M. Parker, Broadway high school inatructress, was sort | ously, but not fatally, injured when | run down by the auto of W. A! Keerner, 1616 Third ave, Sunday) night at Third ave and Pine et Several of Miss Parker's ribs were) fractured and the auto wheels crushed her arma. Overturning on the North Trunk Dishway Sunday night, the auto of W. H. Maxon, 72, crushed and cut and Greenwood ave Alfred Dulken, 19, of 524 N. T?th/) St, received a deep cut on the leg.| He was riding with Maxon. Maxon was forced off the road in attempt ing to pass another auto. CHILD DRAGGED BY STREET CAR Show Nokera, 5, was dragged by a reet car at 23d ave, 8 and Jack fon et. Sunday night and received body bruises and lacerations. The! child gras taken to the city hompital Knocked down by the auto of Joe | Collins, of Renton, Saturday night, | Mrs. Ella Gre 72, wan severely bruised at York atation. Mra Gregg [ives at 8602 Dayton ave. Darting out thto the path ef the} aut Goodman, 1544 W. 62nd st. Saturday night at W. 62nd at j and 20th ave, N. W., Elmer Lane, | 6, of 1720 W. 62nd et, was badly bruised. Struck by the anto of RG. Mor) rison, Tacoma, at Eighth ave. 8, and Adams st, Raymond Reindoffer, 70, received a deep gash in the head and a bruised knee. eee PROBE FATAL Coroner's deputies were investigat- ing Monday the fatal auto accident the Country club road early Christmas, in which an anto driven | by ex-Patroiman D. N, Schoonover | ran down and killed Ernest 0. Sun-| blad, 36. Funeral services for Sun- | blad will be held from the Rafferty chapel in Fremont at 3 p. m. ‘Thurs: | Schoonover ts at Hberty. THIRD MAN UP IN GANG TRIAL BAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 27.~ James Carey, third member of the so called Howard st. gang, waa sched uled to go to trial today before Su perior Judge Ward on a charge of assaulting Mins Jensie Montgomery on Thanksgiving morning, Carey's trial and the calling of Ed (K, 0.) Kruyoxky for sentence will be today’s proceedings in the gang ster prosecutions, Carey's trial will be followed by that of Thomas Brady. | Carey is the man who ts alleged to have met Miss Montgomery and her companion, Jean Stanley, at a| dance hall the night before Thanks: | giving and to have taken them to’ the Strollers cafe, where they were sup-| posed to have been joined by the other gangsters, Robert Covington and F. J. Brad. | ley, proprietor and waiter at the Strollers cafe, respectively, were ater arrest today charged with con: | tributing to the delinquency of Miss Montgomery. They were released = $500 ball. NEW WITNESSES TO BE PROBED 8AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—With & recommendation that the grand| Jury investigate the characters of the “alibi witnesses” offered in the case of Ed (Spud) Murphy, prize fighter awaiting sentence for alleged felonl- ce to do any shooting when there's a war on, -So Marshal |ing the soldiers’ bonus bill before the jbe replaced by a simpler and mo: | Certain tax upon corporation incomes | FOR SALES TAX THE SEATTLE STAR MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 192 nnn = —— ‘ ’ BUSY PROGRAM CLOTHES PRICES | HERE’S MORE ABOUT TREE BLOWS UP, [Discussion of Domestic Af- _ ey Clearance Sales On) | Mystery Explosion Is Being fairs Is On in East to be all right, you o'n get the goods | Probed P| “ that way, but you're takin’ a big FY BY KAYMOND CLAPPER CHICAGO, Deo, 27.—Fetall prices| chance, Maybe you get the goods| Mo NO, Dec, 27.--With @ | | MARION, Obie, Dec, 27.—Preai-| of prac tically all clothing a and maybe the agent don't come |foet of fuse and a meager dene |dentelect Harding dropped foreign | (heir lowset levels ninoe 1016 In ver {back- Do you holier then? You |tion of @ stranger as their | affairs today for vital domestic mat: |tised giguntic clearance males, throw. | can't make a yell, Mont of the boys | clues, police and shegiff's deput jters. ‘These Included dixcumsion Of | ing millions of dollars’ worth of goods | is on the square, but they is #om®| are practically at a standstill t plana for lowering taxes and the! on che market crooks in this business yet. We try |in their efforts to solve the mys wre intimate matters of nelecting| Phe main sales were of men’s muita, |t? keep ‘em out, but you know how | o¢ explosion that occ 7 pinet members and a private secre | piankets, women's hats, coa 4 is, with lote of money in sight,! tree 100 feet south of the tary mutts. Other large atocks of Mboda| they put us all in wrong, and then | pacific station Christmas night | Members of the finance committes | wii be thrown on the market the | et caught themselv@®.” A stranger wearing a fedora 4 of congress were to be among those | ator Christmas sales progress, mer An I left him, he suggested that | and a short-length leather army 4 conferring with Harding this week. | nants maid I might get a chance to talk to ®) attracted the attention of the | 1t was expected he will take up with | «~~ fellow in Beattle named + 404 | shal shortly before the explosion, Bi them consideration of a plan for cut-| pointment to the eabinet, possibly as was all right, he «aid. He) nay not been seen since. The (: |ting government expenditures postmaster general | wouldn't give me any telephone num-| was found yesterday | WH! DL Hays, chairman of the re | Among the congressmen to arrive | bers or addresses } —_ pu an national committer, also is/are Benator McCumber of North Da-| “You might tell too many good FUNERAL SERVICES FOR on the calling Het. It is expected he! kota, Representative J. W. Good of | fellows “bout it.” he sald. “Anyhow,| RY JOHNSON, 66, who wae kil F will urge upon Harding the appoint: | Iowa, Floor Leader Frank Mondel! of |I don’t know how the boys handie| Wednesday night by a Cowen Park ; j ment of Richard Washburn Child an\the houne, Representative Patrick ft in the cities down there. Too/| street car, were held Sunday after: | hip secretary. Also it in possible he! Kelly of Michigan and Representa | risky. Sorry you don’t want no} noon under the auspices of the Balk | wit talk over hin own expec ted ap-| tive Daniel Rt. Anthony, Kansan, | Beoteh.”* ors’ union j | - - — —_———— — WN | — "SEOOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ; held outside Paris, > to prove Dubail is wearing the cape; On the right in the markings before reductions are taken. ‘SOLDIER BONUS IS DISCOURAGED | Houston Opposes It In New ||| Tax Plans WASHINGTON, Deo, 27.—Oppos- senate finance committee today, Keo retary of the Treasury Houston reo ommended A substantial reduction of agere = gate taxes collected from the people. ei Neduction of the extreme murtaxes. |]! Replacing of the excess profits tax with a “simpler and more certain tax upon corporation incomes or profits.” A simple myntem of apecific ales oF consumption taxea, “Sound public policy demands the Goods Section. omy,” Houston added. Unless every unnecessary govern- ment experiment in avoided and ap-|]/ —40-inch French Serge Plaid....reg. $3.50, for $2.00 Propriation requests reduced to a —40-inch French Wool Stripe....reg. 3.50, for wr naperelirg wah en & sound —48-inch French Wool Plaid....reg. 6.00, for pene ye A reg Pv —48-inch French Wool Check....reg. 6.00, for fovernment “will be seriously tm —66-inch Velour Plaid.... ...reg. 7.50,for 3.95 pertied during the next threo yearn —56-inch English Coating Plaid. .reg. (eg rok ree 66-inch Mannish Coating......reg. 7.50, for pated an ze Pat —66-inch Heavy Coating....0...reg. 7.50, for 4.50 SOLDIERS’ BONUS . Houston said the soldier bonus —66-inch Chinchilla Coating.....reg. 15.00, for 9.90 hong He about pftnee see, —A8-inch enn bey EGR yd bso +4 » mawerer, I pak ath 56-inch Tinsel Toned ing...reg. 10.50, for 17: rorance prowiatenentace of'the init) 56-1. Heather Mixtare .. 6.50, for 4.90 cont $4,534,000,000 per year. He con- —56-inch Bolivia Cloth........ 10.50, for be} fensed his inability to suerest how —56-inch Velour Coating. ... 7.50,for 4. {tt paawees oo ce See —56-inch Checked Velours ..----reg. $7.50, for $395 “I have given my thought te plans for meeting existing government |]! costa, rather than revenues to meet new burdens," he said. Houston os timated the tax revisions he proposed Would yield $1,731,500,000 per year. Houston recommended that the revenue from taxation be held until | 1923 at @ level of $4,000,000,000, com. pared with tax receipts of $5,400,000, 000 for 1920 and $4,700,000,000 for 1921, The reduction of extreme tncome urtaxes would not exempt the rich, but would tax the rich, he continued. They now avoid taxation by invest- ing In tax free securities. The excess profita tax is “loaing its productivity, and promises, in the near future, to become a statute of | exemption, rather than an effective ax," he said. “I recommend that Sale Begin- ning Tuesday inches. A Sale in the Contract Department e Household Linens, Towels anc ofite.” * muy “er m1 | f Sat saminal tas oe Sonat and Bedding protien, gach os ten -reneniiy bees —The contract department is an organized section of ates teen rnd ben wae pr the store from which we supply hotels and other large of carporations. . institutions. It is operated entirely independently of ASK SIMPLE SYSTEM other sections containing like merchandise. There are on hand at all times very large stocks. The object of this sale is to reduce them. —Magufacturing prices for Spring, iW oe in this sale. i}! Huck Towels iI —Good quality Huck Towels, size very desirable for office or home use. each or $1.10 a dozen. Turkish Towels ~—Good weight absorbent Turkish Towels, small size, 14x23 inches. Sale price 19¢ each or $2.25 a dozen. Huck Toweling 18c a Yard —Plain Huck Toweling, 17 inches wide, suitable for making towels and scarfs. Advocating a “simple system of specific sales or consumption taxes designed to collect a moderate por- tion of the aggregate tax levy from & few highly productive taxes on non-essentials,” Houston said that Miscellaneous mies taxes supplied about 20 per cent of the revenue dur. | ing the fiscal year, ‘This could be in- creased to 30 or 36 per cent, but “no| radica] increase, such as doubling, would be justified. He ured a “fair balance” between consumption and wealth taxes, and opposed the mubeti- | tution of sales taxes for corporation | taxes, “I do not oppose all sales tauxea, al- tho I have recommended the repeal of those which are difficult to en- foros, unduly vexatious and of incon. siderable yield.” ‘Taxes he proposed would yield lem than $730,000,000 per year, whereas Pillow Cases 45¢ Each rey ely wal over $2,000,- —Best standard quality, size 45x36 inches. eee | ‘ ous assault, Superior Judge Ward _ Single Blankets $3.98 Each today ordered conunued until Friday |}| —Five-pound dark blue Single Blankets, size 62x84 the passing of sentence on Ed (K, 0.) inches. Heavy, coarsely woven blankets, suitable for camping and sleeping porches — will give excellent Krvvorsky, Murphy’s companion | service, Cotton Sheet Blankets 1921, are met in 14x20 inches; Sale price 10c Ward said he was giving Kruvosky ® continuance in order that Kruvos- ky’s attorney could have sufficient | time to prepare a motion for a new | trian! \ —Best quality, size 60x76 inches, gray only, with blue iB Béward Lomasey, attorney for']/ and pink borders, Sale price $1.98. Kruvosky, told the court he had| pe y, si j : i 2. found new withewen In, defense ot|{| Same quality, size 64x76 inches. Sale price $2.19. his client and asked a continuance that he might go into the matter and prepare to make @ fight for a new trial Ward then specified that hin re. marks did not apply to Lomasney, and proceeded to expreas the belief that the witnesses In a “kindred cane” whould be “made the subject of a searching grand jury investiga. tion,” The four witnesses presented in| cAurt Friday as the new ficures tn! A . ; the Murphy care were aaid to have! —64-inch mercerized Damask, standard quality; pret- disoussed their testimony in the sa. flors stripes Joon of the MeDonough brothers, | bof } al fot e 4 . ein batt tend brokers, who have figured amassing 4 My che in several criminal case invention: | Napkins $1.00 a Dozen ~-Plain linen finished Napkins, hemmed ready for use, free from all filling, size 17x17 inches. A quality that will give excellent service. Mercerized Napkins $2.65 a Dozen —Excellent quality Napkins, size 21x21 and 22x22 inches, hemmed ready for use, assorted designs. This price is less than the manufacturers’ price today. Second Moor STORE HOURS 9 TO 5:30 —56-inch Fullwool Cloth ...&...reg. 6.50, for —56-inch Knitted Wool Jersey...reg. 5.00, for —42-inch French Serges ........reg. —48-inch Wool Poplin. ....—-..reg. | AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN WOOL DRESS GOODS Decisive Price Reductions Coatings, Suitings a] —Special Sales have added weight when the exact statements of the reductions are made by a store recognized for substantial savings on merchandise at the regular "8.50, for 4.50, for —Materials of high grade, both Aduviedl nell aud Imported in extensive displays in the Dress 3.50 2.50 The above materials in a wide assortment of colors —56-inch French Serge ..----reg. — 56-inch Imperial Serge ... —56-inch Mannish Serge . —42-inch Heavy Unfin. Worsted —48-inch Heavy Crepe Poplin... .reg. Belted. models Kit The above materials in Navy and Tailor Blue only terials, Serges, Melton Cloth, Homespuns, Automobile Coating and Melrose Crepes. Widths from 42 to 56 The Regular $2.50 and $5.00 Materials $1.77 a Yard 389 Yards Woolens, All Odd Pieces —Discontinued lines of Coatings, Suitings, Dress Ma- Savings Are Noteworthy Special Price Basemer'z YEAR-END CLEARANCE —tThe groups mentioned are an indication only of the great savings possible on many other items in the Special Price Basement. and navy. —Velou Dresses at $15.00 Dresses —Satin Dresses in navy, taupe and black. —Tricotine Dresses tn brown, taupe ‘only. Sizes 16 to Consisting of Regular $19.75, $22.50 and $25.00 brown, —Georgette Dresses in navy only. Dresses in taupe, green—plain and checks. Serge Dresses in navy brown, Tricolette Dresses tn Co penhagen and navy. 42 Tiicamesil Hats and Banded Beavers, $2.95 Regularly Priced at $4.95 to $10.00 —A complete variety of styles, shapes, materials, sizes, trimmings and colors popular this season. Coats at $15.00 Regular $19.75, $22.50 $25.00 and $29.50 Coats semi-belted, loose flare some with fur collars of Coney and Sealine; others with collars of self material, broadcloth, silvertone, goldtone, cheviot and mannish Velours, mixtures. pheasant red, kin blue, novelty Navy, brown, taupe, Burgundy, green, Oxford, Pe- black majority silks, The full-lined with —Sizes for misses, 16 to 3@ Sizes for women, 36 to 46. tions recently, * 4.90 | $5.00, er ---reg. 6.50,for 3. ..reg. 17.50, for ioe 0 reg. 7.50,for 4.90 7.50, for 4.90 Skirtings f q «i Dress Fabrics